Harvard Law School and the training of great lawyers
The speaker extols Harvard Law School as a model of instruction shaping not only capable practitioners but masters of law. He praises case‑method teaching, the rise of specialists, and the role of professors in guiding students, emphasizing moral education, disciplined inquiry, and the fusion of democracy with scholarly rigor.
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United States Supreme Bench
Justice Story
Nathan Dane
Ume
Swauer
Phillips
William Story
God
Harvard Law School
Harvard College
Lacy
Amenea
Pex
Times
Regins
Jie
Wnurservas
Greenleaf
Rteares
Story
and Watsons
Washburn
Langdell
Ames
Gray
Thayer
Ted
Germany
A Dinner Talk by Langdell at Harvard Law Association
The Harvard Law School Association hosts Professor Langdell who lauds law as a science learned from printed books. He recalls the first talk nearly seventeen years ago and urges aligning U S legal education with continental university standards, stressing the library as central to teaching law.
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Carters Ophaing
Carter
Dadge Holmes
Crand
Austin Hall
Congress
United States
The
Union
Chrysippus
Crantor
fLaughter
Professor Langdell
Harvard Law School
Langdell
Harvard Law School Association
Mne
Law School
Dane
Christendom
England
Europe
Distinguished Boston Legal Figures Attend Ere of Orator of the Day
A prominent gathering featured Attorney Langdell beside President Eliot with judges and generals while Boston's leading lawyers filled the tables. After a lengthy meal, an array of bright eloquent speeches followed as ladies and students watched from the galleries.
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Charles W. Eliot
Professor Langdell
Judge Heimes
Judge Newall
General Lawton
Georgia
Ne ‘ Cooley
Michigan
Darwin E. Ware
E. Rockwood Hoar
Derman B. Eaton
Robert M. Morse, Sr
George O. Shattuck
Boston
Solomon Lincoln
Edward L. Pierce
George G. Crocker
U . H. Crocker
J. Lewis Stackpole
John C. Ropes
Wiliam Everett
Martin Brimmer
Henry S. Lyde
Nathan Morse
Edward Avery
LE. Nettleton
Henry W. Putnam
Charles F. Dunbar
William W. Blackmer
Woodward Emery
Archibald M. Howe
Edwin B. Hale
Thomas Kiley
Alexander Young
Henry Parkman
Address by Judge Sewall on legal education and past reforms
The presiding officer introduces Samuel B. Sewall and the audience greets him as he reflects on the early days of law, praising Harvard Law School and noting shifts from witness restrictions to fuller equity jurisdiction. He cites improvements in insol vency law and the weakened state of pleading, comparing old and new practices with humor and applause.
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Samuel E. Sewall
Samuel B. Sewall
Sewall
Harvard Law School
England
United States
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Austin
New York
Christopher Columbus
Justice Parker
Stearns
John Hooker Azhinaulpplause
Mt. Auburn
Georgia
Story
Greenleaf
Nnw Schooel
Oine
Hinary Washburn
Law School
Langdell
Giet
Cambri
Althouh
Lauffer
Ces
Tyeo
Las
Tam
Cooley Praises Harvard Law School In Address
Judge Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan speaks to the association noting Harvard Law School's vigor and influence on American political institutions. He reflects on the law as a feeder to national progress and praises ongoing renewal of the school’s vitality.
Harvard Law School and its influence on national unity
General Lawton lauds Harvard Law School for shaping constitutional thought and strengthening the Union. He recalls Chief Justice Story and Greenleaf, notes the school’s role in linking law to public security, and hopes for ongoing alumni connections across the nation.
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Harvard
Senate
Law
Republic
Harvara Law School
Wen
Great Lakes
Prairies
Joseph Story
High Court
England
Greenleaf
America
Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
Lawton
Harvard Law School Honor Amid Harvard President's Speech
In a ceremonial moment at Harvard, President Eliot is presented amid applause as Mr. Carter praises the law school's rise. Eliot recalls Langdell and the shift toward a scientific approach, noting four or five new professors and the law school’s growing stature within the university.
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Jude Cooley
Carter
Eliot
Law School
Harvard College
Washburn
Parsons
Dane
Divinity School
New York
Professor Langdell
Langhter
Langdell
General Lawton of Georgia Visited Harvard Law School
General Alexander R. Lawton of Georgia, 1842 law graduate, was welcomed by the president and honored by Roger Walcott with three cheers. He recalled a quotation about national unity and connection, and paid homage to Story and Greenleaf as he spoke at the Harvard Law School gathering.
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Lawton
Georgia
Alexander R. Lawton
Law School
Roger Walcott
Harvard Law School Association
George O. Shattuck
Story
Greenleaf
Harvard Law School Dinner Speech by George O. Shattuck
George O. Shattuck speaks for Harvard Law School Association noting early legal education at Harvard, praising the college’s influence on the law and stating the bar helped shape the university. He recalls instructors, benefactors, and the profession’s role in advancing education with applause and reflections on founders and leaders.
Harvard Law School Honored by Edward Austin Gift
President Carter extols the donor Edward Austin and the new law school building in Cambridge. Frank W. Hackett of Washington lauds Harvard graduates and recalls a humorous bench of judges anecdote as he praises Harvard’s influence and notable alumni.
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Austin
Shattuck
Carter
Cambridge
Law School
Harvard
Aregret
Judge Holmes
Edward Austin
Roger Wolcott
Frank W. Hackett
Washington, D. C
Tiarvard
Ile
Washington
Boston
Tie
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Claims
Attornney-General
The
Treasury
Professor Gray Addresses Practical Education Appeal
President Carter presents Professor John C. Gray who jokes about a short speech. Gray greets the audience, remarks the school’s merit lies in practical teaching, cites printed examination papers, and says the system saves students time and years before entering their professions.
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Gray
John C. Gray
Carter
Judge Hoars Benediction In Senate Session
The presiding officer introduces Judge E Rockwood Hoar to deliver the benediction amid his protest. Hoar jokes about being called up as a reminiscence and compares his status to an old Worcester acquaintance.
Undergraduates Day Irony Festivities and Torchlight Parade
The programme lists boat races at 0 30 a m then a Harvard Westeyan football game at 2 30 p m. An 8 p m torchlight parade proceeds through Cambridge streets ending at Holmes Field with a fireworks display. Grand finale features a statue design with Bronze fires cannons bombs and pyrotechnics.
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Seratch
Harvard
Westeyan
Jarvisfield
A.P. Peabody
Fb. BE. Hamilton
EF. — Palmer
E. J. Rich
EL. Meix. Garrison
Glee Club
Pierian Sodality
No. 4
University Hall
University
Hemenway Gymnasium
Cambridge Street
Broadway
Quincy Street
Harvard Street
Prospect Street
Main Street
Coreve Vard
Harvard Square
Garder Street
Mason Street
Brattle Street
Craig
John Harvard
Lecture on the physiology of nutrition at the Institute of Technology
Professor William T. Sedgwick opened the Lowell course on the physiology of nutrition. He defined nutrition as the sum of events moving matter and energy through a living organism and outlined digestion, absorption, metabolism, and secretion as core stages.
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Institute of Technology
William T. Sedgwick
Lowell
Gate Tender William Lawlor Receives Medal for Heroic Act
William Lawlor, gate tender for the Boston and Maine railroad, was presented with a gold medal by the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescuing a deaf and dumb boy from a moving train two months ago.
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Lawsrut
William Lawlor
Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts’ Humane Society
Knights Gather, Police Guard Restored Amid Pay Dispute
Spectators report Knight group gathering near the tannery area and threaten trouble. Police guard has been restored as the faction has not been paid this week due to funds shortage, fueling quarrels.
Peabody Man Sentenced for Wife’s Memoria Day Killing
Patrick Crowley of Peabody who killed his wife on Memoria Day and pleaded guilty to manslaughter was sentenced to five years in the State prison.
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Lawrence
Patrick Crowley
Peabody
Day
No Better Remedy for Croup Courts Than Coes Cough Balsam
Advertising line states Coe's Cough Balsam as the best remedy for croup, available at druggists.
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New Hampshire
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Pearte
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Simatl
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Jong
Russia
Hearst
Museum of Natural History
Alway
Teatcher of Law
James C. Carter
Samuel Sewall
Cooley
Thomas M. Cooley
Ponce de Leon
Law School of
Eliot Speaks
Benjamin Lynde
Ater
Colege
Joh Lowell
Walker
Theophilus Parsons
Christopher Cuore
Charles Jackson
Harrison Gray Ouss
Lemuel Shaw
Benjamin W. Curtis
Charles J. Loring
George T. Bigelow
Christopher Gore
Alwani
Gvent
Otis
Adams
Samuel
John
Quincys
Judes Hoar
Wolcott
Law School Association
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Sedgwick
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