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Rh courses or in the advanced courses in the graduate department, as follows: Chaddock, Chicago, Columbia, Columbian, Georgetown, Iowa State, National, Northwestern, University of Georgia, University of Louisville, University of Maryland, University of New York, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, and Yale.

A number of the Japanese students who have in recent years come to this country to study law have taken the special and graduate courses in the Yale School. Some also have taken the undergraduate course. Among them are Kazuo Hatoyama, who is now at the head of the law department of Tokio University, Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and head of the treatymaking power in the Empire of Japan; Sawada, who is a member of the House of Commons of the Japanese Parliament; and Soma, now Judge of the Court of First Instance. There are five in attendance at the present time, two of whom are studying for the degree of M.L. Hatoyama was one of the first applicants for the degree of D.C.L. after the establishment of that course.

WILLIAM K. TOWNSEND.

The Rev. Dr. Woolsey, then President of Yale College, in an address delivered at the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Law School in 1874, made an eloquent plea for what he termed the ideal Law School,—where might be acquired a knowledge of the history of law, the doctrines of finance and taxation, comparative legislation and the other liberal branches. Such a plea comes with peculiar force from so true a scholar, whose contributions to political science have been so generous, and whose devotion to the cause of education so constant. Since then there has not only been a rapid development in political and social science, but more especially there have been many new opportunities offered for their study. In these departments, as we have seen, Yale University and its scholars are in the foremost rank; and in the Law School, while the practical side of legal education has been the first consideration, yet the courses as now arranged show that the ideal of President Woolsey is being made a reality, and that the advantages of a connection with a large university have been seen and improved. The value of such advantages as are here touched upon can hardly be overestimated. The student who, while acquiring his technical professional knowledge, broadens his mind by a glance at the kindred sciences and by contact with those who are absorbed in their pursuit, goes to his life-work not only better equipped for the race, but with a finer conception of his duties to himself, and of the dignity of his profession, and a nicer appreciation of constancy and truth in its practice. Whether the student enters the broader fields of scholarship into which he is invited, or merely gains an idea of their reality and extent, something has been accomplished. The school, pervaded by the spirit of scholarship, is working powerfully for the elevation of the profession.