University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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The Leaf and the Lily. S ai leaf on the brensl. of some bi-ond bay reclining, A companionship feels with the lily beside, Whose smtely white heard, nl. ench sunseL repining, its loneliness shows, though il, droops low to hide, So my lienrt, l'ull of pity, went out, never dreaming Thnt it more than fi-iendsliip :incl sympathy gave To Beauty, whose life, under uubumn Suns beaming, VVould, lily-like, clie on the crest of Lime's wave. But lo! when the lily ut cluybreuk resplendent, Was l'lll.ll1i'SSlY plucked some fnir hezul Lo adorn, The leu,i',1which haul l1it,liel'Loseemed inmlepelulent, Could but. feel Llmt. 'twins pau-l. of its lil'e gone, :ind mourn Anal l, like the leni, Loo, Loo l:LLe, have discovered, That my l1e:u'L more than sympathy gave on thaw dny, And now l know well it can ne'ex- be recovered: Though lonely I wnil, while L-heyeu1'scl1'ifLaiw:Ly. . E. J. 'l'. -90-

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Thomas Mclntyre Cooley, LL.D. N October 6, A. D. 1859, Thomas M. Cooley delivered his Hrst lecture in the law department in the University of Michigan. This was the begin- ning of instruction in law at this institution. The subject of his lecture was The Origin of Title to Real Estate in America? With this period in Judge Cooley's life as a starting-point, we will sketch only a few features of a career that has become permanently fixed as a part of our state and national life. The biographical facts we are all familiar with. They have been published again and again. His labors in the various departments of work-his contri- butions to history, politics and jurisprudence-cannot be even catalogued within the limits of this article. A fair review of them would iill several volumes. When Judge Cooley delivered his first law lecture he was only thirty-four years old, and had not received the advantages of a liberal education. He was the only resident member of the faculty, and upon him fell the adminis- trative duties. Perhaps some unpleasant things may have been said, at the time, about placing the important responsibilities of organizing and develop- ing a law school in the hands of one so young, but his dog star soon disap- peared. He had for several years devoted his best efforts to the study of law. He had mastered the fundamentals of the science. It is proper to state, in this connection, that his early and severe study of the law had been made under adverse circumstances. He had inet many of the trials which confront students now seeking for a legal education. WVealth was not his heritage. He had been compelled to solve financial problems, involving the support of himself and l1is family. The possibilities and opportu- nities for a great future had not been given him. He made them. Through that industry and mental acumen for which he is now so famous, every active principle of jurisprudence was fresh in his mind when he first appeared on the lecture platform. Right from his books, he met with a warm hand those who sought to enter them. Of what great value to the student is such a teacher! When a man has learned everything he is in no position to teach anything. It is the growing man that leads the student. The new law school was a suc- -23-