University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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16 THE I 9 I I COLORADO AN ICaui g rljnfll ' J ' he law school of llic University of Colorado was opened in 1892 with Judge !Moses Hallett, of the United States Court at Denver, as its first dean. The course, at first fixed at two years, has been lenorthened to tliree — the period of study now required by the leading hiw schools of the country. It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools — an association having for its ol)ject the general improvement of law-school study, and the attainment of excellence and uniformity in staufhirds. The entrance requiiements are a good moral character and a high school education or its equivalent. The case system in the nuiin is ' m|)love(l. supj)lemented by some text book instruction. ])rincipally for the first year students, together with lectures by eminent practitioners of the Colorado bar. While aiming to inculcate the broad principles of Aiiglo-AiiiciicMii law. thus fitting the students for practice in any state ill the Iiiioii. the riiiversity of Colorado School of Law pays especial attention to what may be considered the jurisj)rudence peculiar to its own slate, and the so-called arid states of the West: and consequently the subjects of mining law and irrigation law receive attentive considera- tion, these topics, together with the Colorado Civil Code, being taught with great thoroughness in the regular course by the resident faculty as well as by the ablest specialists in those fi( ]ds to be found among the Colorado practitioners. The school is now occui)ying its large and handsome new building, erected in 1000. which will doubtless answer its requirements, even con- sidering the steady increase in the number of its students, for several years to come. Besides the students ' rooms. ])rofessors looms. lecture i-ooins. retiring rooms, and what not, the new law Ituildiiig has a com- modious and well-lighted library room, with an excellent and constantly increasing working library, and a Moot Court room that would meet the needs of the Supreme Court of the State. Here, as Bill Xye would say. ai-e often heard the strident voice of the District Attorney, and aiioii the sickening ci-unch of the quash of the indictment. Here the student dis- ])orts himself as in a sure-enough court room, devises his remedies and process, draws his pleadings, nnikes his briefs and argues them, tries his cases, objects like a real lawA ' er. saves his excei)tions. and takes his case to a reviewing court if necessary by ai:)peal or writ of error. In short, it is a genuine practice court: and many a callow freshman therein has been compelled to pay a mooted debt, or had his title confirmed to a Monte Cristo mine, or gone to an imaginary jail for failure to siip|)ort a lictitious wife. The interest taken in this work borders upon eiithiisiasm. It is the students ' law clinic, and completes and confirms and xcrifies his leiral education and makes of him a lawver in fact.

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THE 1 9 I J COLOR ADO A rhnnl nf fHrbinur IIK Scliool of Mi ' diciiu ' is hcoinniiio- (,, wax fat and kick. After i|L v» ' ; is of t ' rtort and hope, alternating; with disa|)i)ointnient. tht ' plan ■ to nio ( ' the Jnnioi- and Senior years of the School to I)en er seems to he on the point of realization. Alonu- with thi ac -oini)lishnu ' nl. the entranre re |iiirenients Iia c hccii increased o a to call for two year- of colleo-e work, in addition to (he hinli scliool tiaiiiinii- hitherto re(|uire(l. And a if in iilad anticipation, this year ' s entering- class, the lari -est ever I ' eoixtci-ed in tJM ' Depaitnieiit. can hoasi that more than half its menihers IniNC had collcii ' e experience, and conld meet the increased entrance requirements h(d orc they p) into elh ' ci. Nor is the increax ' d cin ' olhueiit coidined to the Freshman class. l ' ei-y class hoasl- an increased enrollment, and the total percentajiv increase in attendance o tM- the pi-e ions year is 70 per cent. Every department of the school is crowded to the limit of its capacity for room and teachini - e |iiipment. The (Milhn-ia-m and execntixc talent of Dean Ilai-low lia ' e already prodncecl iheir lou ' ieal (dh ' ct and there appeaiv- to he e cry reason to exj)ect thai this (dl ' ect will i row more and more manifest as the year- pass. The time is certainly not fai- distant when the Colorado School of Medicine will he recoo-iu ed fi ' om ocean to ocean as the one irreat medical -chool of the ' c-t. and the peer of any -chool. cast or west.

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THE 1911 COLORADO AN 17 HE College of En iiiuri-ing. founded in 1S93, comprises four I 1 1 department offers a four years ' course which leads to the degree ■ dej artments — Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Chemical. Each of Bachelor of Science in that j articular branch of engineering. The history of the engineering school has been so often written that it seems needless to recount either vicissitudes or triumphs. Our ahnnni and friends nil know liow wc lia c grown and developed in num- bers, influence, and cllicicncy. No small part of this success is due to these same alumni, who, by their loyalty to their Alma Mater, and also to the ideals which have been instilled into them as students, have had a strong influence in bringing both men and money to our assistance. The number of students enrolled this year is almost exactly three hundred, with a faculty of twenty professors, instructors, and assistants, who do no teaching outside of engineering subjects. Our facilities have been materially increased by the new power plant now nearing completion and by the establishment of a government timber testing station in the engineering building. The first object of the College of Engineering is to help young men become engineers in the best and broadest sense. How well Ave are succeeding may be judged in pai ' t at least by the record and standing of our graduates. Engineering courses are frequenth criticized as being too highly specialized. The elimination of all electives certainly does rob the course very largely of personality so far as individual tastes are concerned. On the other hand, the course is meant to accomi lish certain rather definite results, and even by the most strict adherence to i)rescribed subjects there is time to give the student scarcely more than a good foundation in each branch of his specialty. The desirability of the addition of certain cultural su1)jects, if such were possible, is fully recognized, and it would seem highly desirable that the University of Colorado should very soon take up the question of offering five and six year courses in engineering in addition to the regular four years ' schedule. Our .second object, partially included in the first, is to be of more direct service to the state of Colorado in working out her engineering problems, and in assisting those industrial organizations where our facilities and experience may be valuable. Sufficient funds have not been available to permit us to enter this field as we have desired and planned; however, each department has done a considerable amount of such work and is anxious to do more. The more nearly the College of Engineering succeeds in perfecting itself along these lines the greater will be its future development and the closer it will approach the ideals of its supporters and founders.