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The fund from which this prize is offered was presented to the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for Promotin Useful Knowledge, by Miss Emily Philli s o Philadellphia, in honor of her brother, on. Henry . Phillips, who was a. member of the Society. Information regarding the terms of the com tition may be obtained by writing to the erican Philosophical Society, 104 South Fifth street, Philadelphia.
Miscellaneous Prof. Paul S. Reinsch of the University of Wisconsin, one of the best known contempo rary writers on political science, has been a pointed Theodore Roosevelt Professor at t e University of Berlin for 1911 and 1912. He will lecture on "The Expansion of the United States." Harvard University has decided to 've a new law de ee, "Juns Doctor," to gra uates of a prove colle es for one additional year's wor in the Law School after they have com pleted the re r three cars’ course and received the de e of LL. . For those who hold the degree of LL.B. from other univer sities two years’ work will be required. The new degree is designed to fulfil the needs of those who desire to specialize in such subjects as le a1 history and jurisprudence, internation law, Roman and m cm civil aw, etc. Professor William Graham Sumner of Yale died in Englewood, N. 1., April 12 of apoplexy. He was stricken in New York City on Decem ber 27, when he went there to address the American Sociological Society, of which he
was president. Professor Sumner was a native of Paterson, N. ., and was graduated from Yale in 1863. oing abroad, he studied at
“The Financier and Finances of the Revolu tion," and a uHistory of Banking in the United States."
The proceedings of the American Academy of Political and Social Science at its four teenth annual meeting, held in Philadelphia April 8-9, were devoted to consideration of
the topic “The Administration of Justice in the United States." Justice John P. Elkin, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in his introductory remarks on this subject said that while judicial decisions ma not always be popular they are always rig t under the law. A few years’ experience on the bench, he observed, has the tendency to increase a
man's respect for the doctrine of judicial precedent, and to teach him that it is better
to know the settled law than to s culate about what it ought to be. The “t ird de "was discussed and some police experts denied that this practice was resorted to in the brutal manner that has been alleged. Several prison, charity, and robation of’ficials spoke on the treatment of t e offender, and juvenile court work was considered by a number of grominent children's court judges and others n the second day of the meeting a lively oontrovers was precipitated by the o?osed views of x-Congressrnan Charles E. ittle field, who defended the injunction, and J. H. Ralston, one of the attorneys for Messrs.
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison in the Bucks Stove case. Samuel Gompers also spoke, de~ claring Mr. Littlefield’s speech to have been “insultin and abusive." Samuel Untermyer of New ork presented a notable page; on “The Administration of the Criminal w." He proposed remedies for what he termed the “unbridled license of the press in com mentingC. u rain on of and 'n spoke pending Arthur NewtrYlori in a cases." similar strain. Everett P. Wheeler of New York criticized the misuse of insanity pleas in criminal cases and suggested that the homi cidal insane be put to death if convicted.
the universities of Gottingen, Germany, and
Oxford, England. On I118 return, he was engaged as tutor in Yale College. He took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and for a short time he was at Calvary Church, in New York. In 1870 he was called to the rectorship of the Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, N. 1., and remained there for two years. In 1872 he was called to Yale as professor of political and social science, and was the first American professor to offer a course in that subject. He occupied that chair continuously up to the time of his re tirement in 1908 as rofessor emeritus. He translated Lan e's “(gimmen on the Sec ond Book of 'ngs" (1872), and he was the author of “A History of American Currency” (1874), “Lectures on the History of Protec tion in the United States” (1875), "Life of
Andrew ackson" (1882), "What Social Classes Owe to ach Other" (1883), "Protectionism” (1885), "Collected Essays on Social and Politi
cal Science” (1885), "Life of Alexander Hamilton" (1891), "Life of Robert Morris,”
Necrology- The Bench) Barkalow, john S.——At Paterson, N. 1., Mar. 29, aged 76. Served as City Attorney of Paterson, 186~1—1867; as Presiding Judge
of the County Courts, 1871-1881; appointed Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals in 1897. Beecher, Edwin E.—At Fairfield, Ill., Apr. 13, aged 90. Prominent for many years in the politics of southern Illinois. Donahue, Charles.——At New York City, Apr. 17, aged 87. Former Supreme Court Justice; specialist in maritime law. Dow, Duncan.-—At Bellefontaine, 0., Apr. 15. Author of Dow liquor tax law; served two terms in state senate. Fursman, Edgar L.—At Troy, Apr. 2, aged 73. County judge of Rensselaer county 1882 1888; Justice of the Supreme Court, 1889 1902.
