The Legal World long been fond of the summer climate of New England. Justioe Hughes will be busy with the work of the commission
to inquire into the second class postal rates. Charles Noble Gregory, dean of the law school of Iowa University, has ac
cepted the ofiices of dean and professor of law in the law school of George Wash ington University, Washington, D. C. Dean Gregory is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and from that institution received the degrees of A.B., LL.B., A.M., and LL.D.
For several
years he practised law at Madison, Wis, and was attorney for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. In 1894 he was made associate dean of the college of law of the University of Wisconsin, and in 1901 became dean
of the law school of the University of Georgia. He is now on the staff of the American Journal of International Law, and is editor of the Tarifl' Reform Advo cate.
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A rkansas.— The annual meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association was held at Hot Springs May 30-31. M. V. Tomp kins of Prescott, president of the asso ciation, made the' principal address. Judge U. M. Rose spoke on “Reminis cences of Early Days in Arkansas," and Judge Joseph W. House on "Per
sonal Reminiscences of the Constitu tional Convention of 1874." Georgia. —The annual convention of the Georgia Bar Association was held
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Special addresses were made by Judge
Arthur Gray Powell of the state Court of Appeals, and by Hon. Dupont Guerry of Macon.
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Louisiana.—The annual meeting of the Louisiana Bar Association was held at Lake Charles, La., June 2-3. The address of welcome was delivered, on behalf of the city, by Hon. C. B. Rich ard, mayor, and on behalf of the bar, by Attorney U. A. Bell. The president's
address was delivered by E. H. Randolph. Addresses were made on “Sources of the Civil Code of Louisiana," by Hon. Henry P. Dart, and on "The Standards
of Legal Education," by Robert T. Tullis of the Louisiana State University Law
School, and Prof. D. O. McGomey of Tulane University.
There was a dis
cussion of “Suggested Changes in Louisi ana Pleadings," led by Charles Payne Fenner, E. T. Florance and George S. Denegre of New Orleans, P. J. Chap
puis of Crowley, and A. A. Gunby of Monroe. The annual address was de livered by Congressman Martin W. Littleton of New York on “Economical and Structural Changes." I-lon. R. E. Foster, federal Judge for the eastern district of Louisiana, took as his topic the history of the federal courts. The following officers were chosen for
the ensuing year: Joseph W. Carroll of New Orleans, president; Benjamin W. Kernan of New Orleans, C. A. McCoy of Lake Charles, Judge A. A. Gunby of Monroe and E. T. Weeks of New Iberia, vice-presidents; Charles Augustus Duchamp of New Orleans, secretary treasurer.
at St. Simon's Island, on Thursday and
Friday, June 1 and 2. The meeting was opened by an address by the president,
Judge Joel Branham, of Rome. The annual address was delivered by the Hon. W. A. Blount of Pensacola, Fla.
Mississippi. —The Mississippi State Bar Association convened at Hatties burg on May 2 for a three days’ session, President W. H. Powell of Canton presiding. The address of
