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additional building has been caused by the growth in the appreciation of the Langdell system of instruction; and thus again there is a connection between the history of the school and the history of its buildings. In fact both Austin Hall and Langdell Hall serve as commemorations of Professor Lang-

fessor Langdell died July 6, 1906; but the name of Langdell Hall had already been decided upon and the foundation had been laid. It is worthy of notice that at Har vard no other building has been named in honor of a living professor. The building was not ready for occupancy

AUSTIN HALL Occupied since 1883. Gift of Edward Austin, Esq.

dell, the former marking the end of the experimental stage, at Harvard, of his method of teaching, and the latter marking the ultimate approval of the results of his method by an important part of the Ameri can bar. Langdell Hall is named for the late Pro fessor C. C. Langdell, who was appointed Dane Professor of Law Jan. 6, 1870, and Dean of the Law Faculty Sept. 27, 1870; and who resigned as Dean June 18, 1895, and as Dane Professor Oct. 9, 1900, thereupon being appointed Dane Professor Emeritus. Pro-

at the beginning of the academic year 1907-08, but parts of it were ready shortly afterwards. The first lecture was delivered at 9 o'clock, on Oct. 17, 1907. By the beginning of 1908 nearly the whole of the building was in use. The present dimensions of Langdell Hall are: from north to south, two hundred and twenty-nine feet; from east to west, seventy feet in the stack, eighty-two feet in the wing south of the stack, forty-seven feet in the wing at the extreme south; and eightythree feet from basement to roof. The