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FLOYD R MECHEM.
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Professor rioijd R. Mechem. BY HENRY C. ADAMS. T LAWYER and not an economist should have been selected to write - this sketch. Professor Mechem ' s contributions to legal literature, while by no means a measure of his activities, are the most visible expression of his life, and comment from a layman seems out of place. I can, however, bring- together a list of Professor Mechem ' s writings, and, after all is said and done, what more worthy testimonial of the success of a scholar ' s life can there be than a simple statement of his contribu- tions to his chosen science? A personal narrative is quickly told. Professor Floyd R. Mechem was born in the State of New York on the 9th of May, 1558. Removing, with his family to Michigan, his boyhood was spent as is the boyhood of most American youths whose expectations rest upon the conscious- ness that success in life depends upon their own effort. Work upon the farm, the keeping of books, a clerkship, and other like occupations, were tasks which he assumed while gaining from the common schools all they had to offer. In 1874 he enrolled himself as a student in the High School of Ann Arbor and remained there until 1875, supporting himself meantime by whatever form of remunerative labor came to hand. Upon leaving the High School Professor Mechem did not find it possible to pursue his studies in the Literary Department of the Uni- versity or to enter upon his legal studies by enrollment in the Law Department. Being under the necessity of making his own way, he spent some time in teaching school, devoting his evenings to the reading of law. He was admitted to the bar at Marshall in 1879 and began practice at Battle Creek, having formed a partnership with Mr. Wadleigh, the gentleman by whom his legal studies were directed. During the eight years that followed he gave himself unreservedly to the practice of his chosen profession. He served four terms as City Attorney, and in 1882 declined a nomination for Prosecuting Attorney of Calhoun County. Although his success as a practitioner was assured, the character of the
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