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terprise, others are sure to be raised up to additional professor, but did not enter fully fill their places. After teaching in the Law upon his duties until 1880. He was a grad School two years, Judge Cooper resigned, uate of the Lebanon Law School in the moved to Nashville, and engaged in the class of 1858. He had represented the practice of the law. He was in a short county of Wilson in the Tennessee Legisla time elected to the Senate of the United ture, in which body he was made chairman States. At the expiration of his term he of the Judiciary Committee, which position became interested in the ownership of a he filled with distinction. He had acquired silver-mine in Mexico. On a certain day, a large practice in his profession, and was

noted for his skill in when riding through debate and often for the country in the his fervid eloquence. vicinity of the mine After entering upon in company with a the work in the Law friend, they were set School he found it upon by highway rob necessary to abandon bers, who fired upon practice almost wholly. them, killing the judge He was made Presi instantly, while his dent of the Board of friend made his es Trustees, which posi cape. Judge Cooper tion he still holds. was a popular and Lincoln University in efficient law professor. Illinois bestowed upon He discharged his him the merited com duties in the school pliment of LL.D. Dr. as he discharged every Martin was selected duty, public and pri for the position which vate, faithfully and he now holds, on ac conscientiously. count of his remarka In 1868 Hon. Rob ble aptness for that ert L. Caruthers was work. Laborious, elected Professor of clear-minded, enter Law, and began regu taining, and instruc lar work in the school. HENRY COOPER. tive, he cannot fail to He held the position interest young men. until two years before Until 1853 the course of study required his death, which occurred October, 1882. He had practised law much of his life, and two years in school. The faculty, however, was one of the most distinguished members allowed young men to enter at any stage, of the bar in the country. He held many giving them credit for what they had read at home. Experience convinced them that positions of trust, having been attorney-gen eral in one of the judicial circuits, member it was better to reduce the course so as of the Legislature of Tennessee, member of to enable students to complete it in fifteen Congress of the United States, member of months. This reduction was made in 1853. the Confederate Congress, Confederate Gov In 1871 the course was still further reduced, ernor elect of the State of Tennessee, and so that it might be accomplished in one col for more than ten years one of the judges of legiate year. The reasons for this change the Supreme Court. are here frankly stated. While the fifteen In 1878 Andrew B. Martin was elected an months' course existed, it was observed that