from enveloping himself in cold, legal logic and congealing into a picturesque and frigid juristic glacier. We cannot help calling attention again and again to some of the passages in Dr. Dwight's farewell message to Columbia students. They read like words of inspiration. No lesson ever taught in lecture room was fraught with such treasure for the young lawyer. The venerable Warden, patriarch-like, paused as he passed from us to give us his blessing, and at once an exhortation and a warning. Would that these words could be burnt into the hearts and lives of every lawyer : "Moreover, as has been well said by another, a tinge of insincerity in the heart unfavorably affects the conclusions of the intellect. An insincere man is an unsafe man. Be thoroughly fair and honorable in the practice of your profession. It is of more importance to be honorable than to be skilful and able. The immense business of this country cannot be transacted without the aid of honorable lawyers. Without them there is no confidence between man and man. Without confidence the bands of society are loosened, if not dissolved. Never forfeit your word, though it be given orally, to a professional brother. If you do you lose his respect and friendship for ever, and at the same time commence the corruption of your character. "I may sum up all that I have written in a single expression. Be systematic students, concentrate your powers, and be thoroughly honorable. If you follow this advice, I will willingly leave all things else to the ordinary opportunities and vicissitudes of life. If you succeed, you are nobly successful; if you fail in life, and all is lost, you still have that priceless. jewel, honor." ALUMNI DIRECTORY OF THE In March last a special committee was appointed by the Standing Committee of the Alumni Association to prepare a directory of graduates of the Law School similar to the Alumni Directory of the College, and the work of the sub-committee is already well advanced. The graduates of the Law School number about four thousand, and of these more than half have been located through information furnished by city directories and correspondence. Inquiries as to men who were graduates of other colleges will be made of their respective colleges, and as soon as these returns are complete, it is proposed to publish a first edition as a means of securing further information. The Committee on the Directory is composed of John P. Pine, William G. Lathrop, jr., and William S. Sloan, Secretary. The Committee will be glad to receive any information likely to facilitate their work, and especially desires particulars as to the date and place of death of any deceased members of the School. Communications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Alumni Association, 26 Exchange Place. LAW SCHOOL ITEMS. The senior class will elect officers for the ensuing term on Monday, November 2, 1891. Every man of Columbia who took the bar examination last June passed with credit, and a large number of the present senior class are now New York lawyers in active practice. Lieutenant Samuel E. Smiley, of the U. S. Army, who has been in the present senior class for the past two years, has returned to the army and is stationed at Fort Niobrara, Neb. The number of students registered in Columbia Law School is about three hundred, the present senior class numbering about seventy. All other departments show a marked increase in attendance over last year. We are pained to note the death of Henry A. Gildersleeve, Jr., of the middle class. He was the son of Judge Gildersleeve, of the Superior Court of New York. Bright, able, and popular, in his death the Class of '93 loses one of its most promising young men. The Law School has lost another of its members by death during the past summer. Frank L. Jaynes, of last year's middle class, was drowned while in bathing. His home was at Tulare, California. At Columbia he was a quiet, industrious student, well liked by all who knew him. The junior class held its first meeting on Wednesday, October 21st. Mr. Gitterman called the meeting to order, and Mr. Goldthwaite was elected temporary chairman. After a heated discussion and an exciting vote, Mr. Henry C. White was elected President of the class, Mr. Cowing, VicePresident, and Mr. Haight, Secretary and Treasurer. Harvard graduates seem to be in the majority in the junior law class. Among the wearers of the crimson we have with us J. P. Lee the athlete, Parker, Winthrop, Greer, Post, Baldwin, Goldthwaite, Halliday, and others. Yale is also well represented, having sent White, Robinson, Sheldon, Marsh, Jewett, Dillingham, and many others. The first meeting of the middle class was held on October 21st. Vice-President C. DeWitt Rogers presided, and officers for the ensuing year were elected. Joseph G. Deane, of Greenfield, Mass., was chosen President; George H. Furman, of New York, Vice-President; and Robert G. Dillenback, of New York, Secretary and Treasurer. Messrs. F. A. Acer and C. H. Jackson were appointed a committee to draft appropriate resolutions on the death of Henry A. Gildersleeve, who was a member of this class. TEXT-BOOKS TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH STUDIES. Oliver vs. L. & L. Ins. Co., 100 Mass., 531. O. & M. R. R. vs. Wheeler, 1 Black, 286 Canal Bridge Co. vs. Gordon, 1 Pick., 297. Stowe vs. Flagg, 72 Ill., 397. McCulloch vs. State of Md., 4 Wheaton, 316. Mining Co. vs. Woodbury, 14 Cal., 425. Reed vs. R. R. Co., 50 Ind., 342. Dutchess Mfg. Co. vs. Davis, 14 Johnson, 238. Eaton vs. Aspinwall, 19 N. Y., 119. Buffalo R. R. Co. vs. Cary, 26 N. Y., 75. Kaiser vs. Lawrence Savings Bank, 56 Iowa, 104. Bigelow vs. Gregory, 73 Ill., 197. 392. Armour vs Laurence, 3 Sandford, 161. Brower vs. Appleby, 1 Sandford, 108. Commercial Bank vs. Pfeiffer, 108 N. Y., 242. Comms. vs. Bolles, 4 Otto, 104. L. O. R. R. Co., vs. Curtiss, 80 N. Y., 219. Morrow vs. Iron & Steel Co., 87 Tenn., 262. Williams vs. West Union Tel. Co., 93 N. Y., 162. Wetherbee vs. Baker, 35 N. J. E., 501. Van Cott vs. Van Brunt, 82 N. Y., 535. Coit vs. Gold Amalgam. Co., 119 U. S., 343. Dupont vs. Tilden, 42 Fed. R., 87. Christensen vs. Eno, 106 N. Y., 97. Boynton vs. Andrews, 63 N. Y., 93. Douglas vs. Ireland, 73 N. Y., 100. Schenck vs. Andrews, 57 N. Y., 133. Bosley vs. Nat. Mach. Co., 123 N. Y., 550. Campbell vs. American Zylonite Co., 122 N. Y., 455. Dorris vs. Sweeney, 60 N. Y., 463. Greer vs. Church, 13 Bush., 430. Hibblewhite vs. McMorin, 5 M. and W., 462. Dexter vs. Norton, 47 N. Y., 62. McConnell vs. Hughes, 29 Wis., 537. Marie vs. Garrison 13 Abt. N. C., 249. Lee vs. Griffin. I E. B. and E., 272. Cooks vs. Millard, 65 N. Y., 360. Goddard vs. Binney, 115 Mass., 454. Somerly vs. Buntin, 118 Mass., 285. Green vs. Armstrong, I Denio, 550. Killmore vs. Howlett, 48 N. Y., 569. CASES CITED ON AGENCY. Butler vs. Maples, 9 Wall., 766. Bickford vs. Menier, 107 N. Y., 490. Holland: "Elements of Jurisprudence." Pollock: "Essays in Jurisprudence and Ethics," chapters i., ii., viii., ix., and x. Pollock: "Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law." Maine: "Early History of Institutions." Walker: "Introduction to American Sheldon vs. Sherman, 42 N. Y., 484. Covington Street Railway vs. Packer, 9 Bush (Kentucky), 455. Hyatt vs. Adams, 16 Michigan, 180. A., T., & S. F. R'y Co. vs. Weber, Admr., 33 Kansas, 543. Sullivan vs. Union Pacific R'y Co., 1 U. S. Circuit Court; 1 McCrary, 301. Sherman vs. Johnson, 58 Vermont, 40. October 20th: Huff vs. Ford, 126 Mass., 24; 110 N. Y. Haack vs. Fearing, 5 Robertson, 528; also in 4 Abbott's New Series, 297. October 21st: Lynch vs. Metropolitan El. R'y Co., 90 N. Y., 77. 6 London Quarterly Review. |