Bulletin of the School of Law

1904 November-1905 January

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1904-1905 November-January

1904 November-1905 January

SERIES III NUMBER III NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CHICAGO EVANSTON BULLETIN OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW (UNION COLLEGE OP LAW) POUNDED OFFICE OF PUBLICATION NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BUILDING LAKE AND DEARBORN STREETS CHICAGO PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON CHICAGO Edmund J. James Ph.D. LL. D. President Northwestern University . Four (Law Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy) Chicago. LAW SCHOOL CHICAGO Offers ' Law Bachelor Laws. Special Law. oftheChicaiio Law Institute Library . Law ! !' . Northwestern University Law School Northwestern University Building Corner Lake Dearborn Streets Chicago. Northwestern University Building Corner Lake Dearborn Streets Chicairo. QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF THE SCHOOL OF LAW . II. III. IV. V . CONTENTS OF No . SERIES III. NOVEMBER JANUARY . CHRONICLES OF THE PAST QUARTER LIST OF ADDRESSES IN THE COURSE ON LEG AL TACTICS FOR . REVISED REGULATION S FOR LEGAL SPEAKIN G AND WRITING (FORENSICS) THE ALUMNI AND THE LEGAL ADVICE CLUBS ADDRESS OF THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY AT THE INTER • NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ARTS AND SCIENCE MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS Entered Post Chicago Ill. . . CHRONICLES OF THE PAST QUARTER. . Resignations Appointments Faculty. Resignations. Dr. Edmund Janes JAMES President University University Illinois. To Law School Departments University . University University . Professor Thomas F. Holgate Dean Faculty Liberal Arts Acting President . Professor Nathaniel Clinton SEARS Professor Louis Lee DENT Board Trustees . Professor Sears Faculty Professor Dent . Appointments. Illinois Practice Equity Pleading Mortgages Board Faculty Illinois Practice Professor FOLLANSBEE Equity Pleading Professor ADAMS Mortgages Professor GREELEY. Executive Committee Board Mr. Charles Yoe FREEMAN (A. B. Princeton University LL. B. Northwestern University) Lecturer Corporation Practice Corporations . Mr. Herbert J. FRIEDMAN (A. B. LL. B. Harvard University) Lecturer Liens . Mr. Dwight St. John BoBB (A. B. Northwestern University A. M. LL. B. Harvard University) Lecturer Public Service Corporations ( Common Carriers) . BULLETIN OF THE LAW SCHOOL. Executive Committee Forensics BULLETIN Mr. Ebenezer Washington ENGSTROM (A. B. Northwestern University Instructor Rhetoric Elocution Albion College) Instructor Voice Training Forensics. Mr. Henry Lee PRESCOTT (A. B. LL. B. Harvard University Instructor Forensics Harvard College) Instructor Forensics. . School Professional Associations. Faculty American Bar Association St. Louis Professors ADAMS KALES GREELEY SCHOFIELD. Association American Law Schools St. Louis . Professor WrGMORE American Bar Association International Congress Lawyers Jurists St. Louis . Professors HYDE WrGMORE International Congress Arts Sciences St. Louis International Law History Law BULLETIN. . Publications Farnlty. Several Faculty Professor HYDE International Law Professor KALES Future Estates Property Illinois Professor LITTLE Corporations Professor WooDWARD Quasi Contracts. Professor WrGMORE Evidence Volumes II Volume III Volume IV . Professor ELDER Extraordinary Remedies . II. LIST OF ADDRESSES IN THE COURSE ON LEGAL TACTICS FOR . (Third Annual Series.) All Addresses Evenings Hurd Hall Law School Northwestern University Building Lake Dearborn Streets ' . All . No . . . Oct. IO. Preparation Case Trial Edwin M. Ashcraft Esq. (President Chicago Bar Association ). . Oct. . Methods Public Records Wells M. Cook Esq. ( Assistant Corporation Counsel City Chicago). . Oct. . Special Assessment Practice George A. Mason Esq. (Author Mason Special Assessments). . Oct. . Acquisition Retention Clientage Frank Asbury Johnson Esq. (President Chicago Bar Association ). Nov. . (Eve Election . No ). . Nov. . Brief Argument Supreme Court Merritt Starr Esq. ( Peck Miller & Starr) . . Nov. . Practice Pleading Illinois Statutes Keene H. Addington Esq. ( Jones & Addington' Supplement Starr & Curtis' Annotated Statutes Illinois). . Nov. . Land Condemnation Practice Samuel A. Lynde Esq. ( General Attorney Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company). . Dec. . Probate Practice Hon. John H . Batten ( Judge Probate Court Cook County). . Dec. . Justice Court Practice Robert N. Holt Esq. (Assistant States Attorney Cook County Justice Peace Cook County) . BULLETIN OF THE LAW SCHOOL. IO. Dec. . Justice Court Practice ( ) Robert N. Holt Esq. Dec. . ( Christmas Recess. No ). . . Jan. . Organizing Advising Corporation Levy Esq. Moran Meyer). . Jan. . Some Features Practice Railroad Law Robert J. Cary Esq. ( Glennon Cary & Walker Attorneys Lake Shore Railway). . Jan. . Practice Masters Chancery Victor Elting Esq. (Master Chancery Superior Court Cook County). . Jan. . Tax Title Practice Harry S. Mecartney Esq. ( Oliver & Mecartney). . Jan. . Municipal Contracts Securities Granville W. Browning Esq. (Master Chancery Superior Court Cook County Assistant Corporation Counsel) . . Feb. . Practice Juvenile Court Timothy D. Hurley Esq. (Police Magistrate Chicago Chief Probation Officer). . Feb. . Landlord Tenant Roland K. Jones Esq. . Feb. . Bankruptcy Practice Sidney C. Eastman Esq. (Referee Bankruptcy Federal Court). . Feb. . Examination Witnesses Amos C. Miller Esq. ( Lackner Butz Miller). . Mar. . Practice Federal Courts Ingolf K. Boyesen Esq. ( Herrick Allen Boyesen & Martin). . Mar. . Acquisition Retention Clientage Frank H . Scott Esq. ( Scott Bancroft Lord & Stephens). . Mar. . Practice Police Magistrates John R. Caverly Esq. (Police Magistrate Harrison Street Station). . Mar. . Banking Trust Company Practice James C. Hutchins Esq. (Counsel Illinois Trust Savings Bank) . . Apr. . Law Office Wark Dealings Clients Silas H . Strawn Esq. ( Winston Payne & Strawn). . Apr. IO. Ways Manners Judges Hon. Arba N. Waterman ( Judge Circuit Court Cook County Appellate Court First District Illinois). III. REVISED REGULATIONS FOR THE INSTRUCTION IN LEGAL SPEAKING AND WRITING (FORENSICS) . (Adopted .) " Public Speaking Moot Courts . " . Persons . " Forensic Writing Speaking. Forensics Lectures Exercises Moot Court Public Debate Practical Legal Advice. " First . " . . Parliamentary Practice ( ) Elementary Course ( ) . " . Voice Training . " . Legal Argumentation Briefs P. M. Argumentation Briefwriting . " . Oral Forensics BULLETIN OF THE LAW SCHOOL. Oral Forensics Professor Forensics. A . " ( ) . " "II. . Moot Courts. Moot Court P. M. A B . . All . Each Professor . Professor Bulletin Board ( ) Professor . One . On Professor . Each . All . . . . Public Speaking . An Secretary' . . No ( Faculty) LEGAL SPEAKING AND WRITING REGULATIONS. School . " . Public Debate. A Towle Prizes Public Speaking . No School. " "Ill. . Legal Advice Clubs. All Legal Advice Clubs IO Secretary School Secretary. 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