The Legal World The commencement exercises of the Y. M. C. A. Evening Law School of Boston were held June 15 at Ford Hall. Ex-Governor Guild of Massachusetts delivered the address. The class numbered fifty-nine.
Higher standards for admission in the Yale Law School to courses leading to the degree of Doctor of Civil Law and Juris Doctor were adopted at the corporation meeting of Yale University held June ‘.31. In addition to the Bachelor of Laws degree now required a student must now have a Bachelor's or higher degree in arts, science or philosophy.
The graduatin Law School, at
class of 1910 of‘_the Mercer acon, Ga.,
ave a banquet
on the evening of June 3. he facult and the fifty-seven members of the class 0 1910 were present. udge Emory Spear, Dean of the Law Schoo, responded to a toast, while ches were made by O. A. Park, E. P. allary, and H. A. Coddington. This is the last class which will be graduated from Mercer in the one-year course.
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Baxter, Edmund.—-At Ridge Top, Tenn., June 12, aged 71. General counsel of the association railroads of the South in matters relatin to interstate commerce; formerly counse in Tennessee for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; member of the faculty of the Law School of Vanderbilt University; an eloquent orator whose success in his profession was phenomenal. Cochran, Morris Johnson-At Los Angeles, Cal., June 21, aged 56. United States land commissioner at the new town of Parker,
Ariz.; had held many positions of trust. Dantzler, Charles C.—At Orangeburg, S. C., June 20, aged 52. Member first circuit of the judiciary. Lillard, C. M.—At Lawrenceburg, Ky., June 19, aged 91. Formerly county judge. Love, john C.—At Bellefonte, Pa., June 13, aged 67. President Judge of Centre county, Pa., 1895-1905. Milburn, George R.——At Helena, Mont., June 24, aged 60. Graduated from Yale, 1872; engaged in real estate 0 rations in Washington, D. C., and later hel a clerkship in
the United States pension de
was admitted to the bar in Santa The bar examinations in Virginia were held this year in Roanoke, instead of bein 'ven by the Supreme Court of A peals at yte vrlle as in former years. T is change is due to an act d at the last session of the General Assembly, which took the matter from the hands of the Supreme Court of Afpeals, and vested it in an examining board 0 five members, who must be "competent lawyers." The fift -ninth annual commencement exercises o the Albany Law School were held June 9. The degree of LL.B. was conferred on members of a large class, in which Harold H. Corbin of Saratoga took the chief honors. Plin T. Sexton, State Regent and president 0 the Wayne County Bar Association, delivered an address on "Le al Ethics." J. Newton Fiero, LL.D., hea of the school, presented the candidates.
One hundred and thirt -two young men were graduated from the w School of the National University at Washington, une 6. Representative Charles L. Carlin, of i 'nia, a member of the class of '91, delivere the rincipal address. At the same time one hundred and sixty-five diplomas were Eze sented to raduates of the Georgetown w School. e graduation exercises of the National University were held at the National Theatre, while those of the Georgetown Law School were held at Chase's Theatre on the same evening. The young men of the latter school were addressed by Secretary Charles aagel, of the Department of Commerce and bor.
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special Indian agent, and built the Crow Indian Agency in Montana; first county attorney of Custer county, Mont;
elected
district judge in 1889; Associate Justice of Supreme Court of Montana, 1900-1904. Osborne, William H.-—At East Brid e water, Mass, June 5, aged 70. Civil ar veteran; representative in legislature; pension agent; judge of the district court of Plymouth. Portlock, William N.—At Portlock, Va., June 17, a ed 56. For many years judge of the Norfol County (Va.) Court; took a prominent part in drafting present constitu tion of Virginia, in 1901—2. Rohr, R. H.—At Humboldt, 1a., June 4. Served two terms as county judge at Beaver City, Nebraska, where he resided.
Royle, Jonathan C.—~At Salt Lake City, June 6, aged 82. Authority on mining law; Confederate Judge Advocate during the Civil War.
Nccrology- The Bar Daniel, john W.—At Lynchbur, Va., llune 29, aged 68. United States nator rom Vi ima. since March 4, 1887; Ad'utant on GenfEIarIy's staff in Civil War; a mo cratic leader in the Senate; author of “Daniel
on Attachments" and "Daniel on Negotiable Instruments"; was several times seriously considered as Democratic candidate for Presidency. Dodd, john L.—At Louisville, Ky., June 24, a ed 60. Prominent and esteemed lawyer 0 Louisville; director of the Louisville Bridge Company and other corporations. Eosly, jams C.—At Pittsburgh, June 27,
