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275 NOTES. Harvard Graduates. From Mas- New England outside Outside of New ToUl. Class of sachusetts. of Massachusetts. England. 1893 34 I 19 54 1894 30 2 17 49 1895 32 4 13 49 1896 23 7 »7 47 1897 27 2 IS 44 1898 42 I 25 68 Graduates of other Colleges. From Mas- New England outside Outside of New Total. Class of sachusetts. of Massachusetts. England. 1893 5 9 21 35 1894 I 20 38 65 1895 14 30 52 1896 1.4 II 45 70 9 19 12 23 It 77 104 Holding no Degree. New England Outside From Mas- outside f of xN ew Total of Class of sachusetts. Massachusetts. England. Total. Class. 1893 4 I 7 12 lOI 1894 20 I 10 31 142 1895 16 3 14 33 135' 1896 10 4 9 23 140 1897 • 26 7 16 49 170 1898 25 2 25 52 224 75 A glance at these tables shows several interesting facts. Most notce- able of all is the increase in the number of Harvard graduates, there being 24 more than last year in the first year class. There are also 27 more graduates of other Colleges than last year, while the numlxr of students who do not hold academic degrees is increased by only three, a circumstance which speaks well for the high standard maintained in the School. Next to Harvard, Yale send the most graduates to the class of 1898, there being 21 in all, the largest number ever in one class. Yale sent but 8 last year. Brown sends 11, Williams 9, Amherst and Princeton each 5, and Dartmouth 4. Leland Stanford, Bowdoin, and Trinity send 3 each, while six different Colleges send 2 apiece. Twenty-eight have each one representative in the first year class. The total number of educational institutions from which the class is dra»vn is 44. There are 87 whose homes are not in New Engla id, and who have received no degree from Harvard, an increase of 9 over last year. All these figures are encouraging, as they point to a steady widening of the influence of the School. Factors Acts again. — While the courts have treated the general sub- ject of alienation of real estate in a broad and liberal spirit, in cases of personalty, on the other hand, whether as a matter of common law devel- opment or of statutory construction, they have resisted any attempts to encourage commercial interests at the cost of private rights. The ex- tremes to which the doctrines of conversion have been carried, where, on the Continent, ownership has long ago given way to the exigencies of trade, is one instance. Another is the untiring opposition of the courts
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