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professor of law at Cornell in 1887, he character of bills awaiting approval. In resided and practised his profession in El- June last, he was appointed a Commissioner mira, N. Y., and was for several years City of Statutory Revision in this State, which Attorney of that city. His practice covered office he still holds. In the School of Law Professor Collin has the wide range customary with lawyers of the inland cities, and he acted as referee in shown himself to be specially fitted for the many important cases arising in that section work of imparting instruction. He is pos of the State. While devoting his principal sessed of the teaching power to a marked energies to his profession during his resi degree, and of a manner that at once wins

the confidence, re dence at Elmira, Pro fessor Collin neverthe spect, and good will less retained a special of his students. His work embraces in interest in sociological studies, particularly in struction in the follow ing subjects: Criminal the line of charities Law and Procedure, and corrections. A Torts, Civil Procedure natural love and apti under the Codes, Pri tude for teaching found vate and Municipal exercise in conducting Corporations, Wills a Sunday class of sev and Administration. eral hundred prisoners Professor Francis in the Elmira Reform M. Burdick is a native atory, for the discus sion of questions in of DeRuyter, N. Y. He was graduated from practical ethics, which Hamilton College in proved a successful as well as an unique ex the class of 1869. For periment, attracting a time after leaving considerable attention college, he was a mem from prison reformers. ber of the editorial He is a prominent staff of the " Utica member of the Na Morning Herald," tional Prison Associa though during most tion, and the author FRANCIS MILES FINCH of this period he gave of several important a part of his energies bills, in the line of his special studies, which to the study of law in the office of the Hon. have lately become laws in New York. The Charles Mason. In 1872 he was graduated most important of these are the Consolida from the Law School of Hamilton College, tion Act for the care of pauper and de and upon his admission to the bar in the pendent children, the act consolidating the same year, entered upon the practice of his laws governing the Elmira Reformatory and profession in the city of Utica. He was the law of the past winter, known as the elected Mayor of Utica in the spring of "Fassett Prison Law." During each of the 1882, and in the fall of that year was of last three years- he has been employed, dur fered the professorship of law in Hamilton ing a portion of the closing months of each College, which he accepted. He entered session of the Legislature of this State, as upon the duties of his position at once, and special counsel of the Governor, to examine was soon recognized as among the leading and report upon the constitutional and legal law-teachers of the country. Professor Bur