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The Law School of Cumberland University.

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Something should be said here of the every day. All who have experience with young men know that those who attend government of this school. Law students are subjected to the same class regularly and recite well when there, rules which apply to young men in the other are not likely to be insubordinate, trouble departments of the University. During the some, or dissipated. The better to insure early years of the institution there was a his presence, however, the name of every regular code of by-laws. The book contain student is called. Should he be reported ing them was not as large as the Code of ill, the matter is looked into, and if at all Tennessee, but it contained mandates, pro serious, he is visited by some member of

hibitions, injunctions, the faculty. If absent and regulations which frequently and with entered into all the out excuse, he is ad details of student life. monished or informed, They directed how he in aggravated cases, should study, when, that he cannot be graduated. A rule and with whom. They which is rigidly en indicated how he should meet and treat forced is that every the professors; they student must be pres ent or examined on all prescribed his up-risings and his down-sit the law in the whole tings. A copy of this course. Careful atten was handed to each tion to these matters matriculate. To en secures, in general, force these laws, moni good order in and out tors were appointed. of school. Further A system of espionage more, it is announced, was established. Once at the beginning, that in the week laggards, every student is pre delinquents, and other sumed to be a gentle violators of the law man. He is so recog were arraigned before nized by the faculty the faculty. Charges upon the streets as NATHAN GREEN, JR. were preferred by well as in the college the college prosecutor, halls; and knowing and the cause tried in public. It is easy what is expected of him, he rarely fails to to see that such a state of things could come up to the standard. Now and then it not long exist. The whole system was de has occurred that students have been disor tested by the students and faculty as well. derly and dissipated to such an extent as to Since the re-organization of the University require notice. In such cases they are qui and Law Department after the close of the etly called up, and an opportunity given for Civil War, the old code has been entirely repentance and reformation, which, if they abandoned, and a new one adopted, as re do not improve, results in their enforced re markable for its brevity as the old one was tirement from the school. The reins of for its prolixity. As it will require but government are held so loosely that the gov little space, it is here given entire : " Sem erned feel no pressure, but so firmly that per praesens, semper paratus." The stu they can be tightened in a moment. After dent is expected to be present and prepared more than twenty-five years of experience, it 10