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94 94 HARVARD LAW REVIEW mentaries, and a sufficient knowledge of Latin and German to pass the admission examinations. The unknown young man made his way in the Law School and in Cambridge as easily as he did everywhere through his life. He was soon acting as secretary for several professors, was popular in his class, and was gaining high rank in his studies. He became much sought as a private tutor, but was not too busy earning his way to serve on the board of the Law Review with distinction. At graduation he stood second in a class of 129. Just at this time the faculty voted to try the experiment of dividing the first-year class into small sections, in order to give the students at the beginning of their course the advantages of a small class, with more frequent opportunity for discussion and more in- timate contact with the teacher. The plan as adopted provided for the division of the class in criminal law into two sections, each of which in turn the professor in charge of the subject would teach, while an assistant taught the other. For success in this plan it was necessary to find a young teacher whose instruction should compare so favorably with that of his older colleague that the students assigned to his section would willingly stay there, and not defeat the object of the division by following the professor and swelling the size of his section. To fill this difficult position the faculty unanimously chose Westengard. His legal ability, his character and personality, and his experience as a tutor, marked him out as the one man among the recent graduates of the school best fitted for the appointment. The experiment was a complete success. If there was any observable drift among the class it was not away from the younger man. The next year (March 13, 1899), he was appointed Assistant Professor of Law for five years. He proved to have a winning manner and excellent method as a teacher and at once established his place in the school. His future as a successful professor of law seemed clear and secure. About the time that Westengard was appointed Assistant Pro- fessor of Law, Edward H. Strobel was elected to the chair of Bemis Professor of International Law. Strobel was a bachelor. Westengard, just married, was setting up a home of his own, and the two joined forces. For two years they formed one household. The intimacy thus arising made it natural for Strobel, on his appointment, in 1903, to the important and difficult office of