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pass creditably the regular examinations in the same, in addition to the required exami nations in the School of Law, may, upon the creditable completion of the course in law, and on the recommendation of the Faculty of Law and the Professors of History and Political Science, be accorded the degree of Bachelor of Laws, cum laude. In obedience to what seemed to be a de mand for such action, it was recently deter mined to provide hereafter opportunities for graduate work in the law, and an announce ment to that effect has been made. The scheme proposed involves advanced instruc tion and study in the following subjects: Contracts, Mercantile Law, Corporations, Railroad Law, Insurance Law, The Law of Real Property, Jurisdiction and Procedure in Equity, Domestic Relations, Admiralty, Roman Law, American Constitutional Law, American Constitutional History, English Constitutional History, English Constitu tional Law, Comparative Jurisprudence, Gen eral Jurisprudence, Political and Social Science. An extract from the Announce ment of the School for 1889-1890, will indi cate the nature of the work and how it is to be conducted : — "Each graduate student at the opening of the university year will be required to select three subjects, to which the work of the year will be devoted. One of these he will designate as his major subject. To this he will be expected to give his best energies, making his investigations therein thorough, comprehensive, and exhaustive. To the other subjects, known as minors, he will give such attention as his time will permit. It is expected that his work in the minor lines will be of a more general character, and although thor ough so far as prosecuted, will be less extended than that given to the major subject. By special permission from the Faculty, a student may de vote all his time to one subject. Each student will be under the guidance of the professors in whose departments his subjects lie. He will re ceive from each full instruction as to the subjects to be investigated and as to the nature and direc tion of his work, and also such individual assistance as may be needed from, time to time during the

progress of his studies. Periodical reports and examinations upon work assigned will be required, at which time the professor in charge will go over carefully with the student the ground covered since the last report, making such criticisms and suggestions as may be necessary. In a word, the scheme proposed contemplates independent in vestigations by the student in the lines chosen, under the immediate direction and supervision of the different members of the Faculty. In addi tion to the foregoing, each student will be required to prepare a thesis upon some question connected with his major subject. This production must be scholarly in character and exhaustive in its subjectmatter, and the author must be prepared to defend the positions taken therein. Graduate students will be expected to attend all non-resident courses of lectures given before the school, and in making provision for such courses their needs will be kept specially in view." It should be added that the course of in struction covers one year; that it is open to the graduate students of this or any law school of recognized standing, and that, if completed in a creditable manner, it leads to the degree of Master of Law. It is believed that the work proposed will meet the needs, first, ol those who desire to devote an additional year, under the direc tion of teachers, to the general study of the law; secondly, of those who propose to make a specialty in practice of some particular branch of the law, and who wish to take advanced preparatory work in the line of the specialty chosen; and thirdly, of those who have in view the study of the law as a science, and who desire to become familiar with the sources and philosophy of our jurisprudence. The school is at present housed in Morrill Hall, where an entire floor is given up to the lecture-rooms, the library-rooms, and the offices of the resident professors. While the accommodations have thus far been am ple, yet, if the attendance continues to in crease, more spacious quarters must be provided. The authorities and the friends of the school realize this; and a building, to