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"It scraped the mountain summits, and with a glancing blow, Brought down six spotless ribbons of pure, eternal snow; And hurtling madly northward, it reached the Ice-king's palace, And garnered seven streamers from aurora borealis; Then speeding from our planet, it dashed aloft into The glittering constellations of the empyreal blue, Then paused, and swift descending, brought with its captured bars, To grace our glorious banner, just eight and forty stars. Now wave, ye gallant emblem! And blow, ye trumps of fame! We glory in the manner our fathers played the game!" Amid terrific plaudits, Vesuvius left the stand, And joined the Earl of Dunderhead, who warmly clasped his hand And said, "It gave me pleasure to listen to your speech, Which, in your Yankee idiom, was a forensic 'peach,' But 'pon my word of honor, I own myself in doubt What was the stirring subject you must have talked about!" Clyde, O.
The State University Law School: III, Its Duty to Teach the Law of the Jurisdiction1 BY WILLIAM EMMANUEL WALZ DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE COLLEGE OF LAW BY TEACHING we mean a system- one, purely intellectual, that there can atic training of the student, in the be no intelligent practice of that which midst of an atmosphere of freedom, by is not theoretically understood; the means of subjects and courses of study other, purely moral in aim and purpose, that are not merely good for mental and viz., that all true teaching must tend moral discipline, but also valuable in to develop the whole man, a man capable themselves and useful to him long after both of finding and doing his work to contact with school has ceased, so as to the best of an ability based on natural fit him for the duties of life. and acquired tahnts working together At every stage of its progress teaching harmoniously and brought to their of every kind is subject to two laws: utmost perfection. In so far as these two principles favor as intimate a union 'The previous articles in this series were: "The
between theory and practice as it ie
and its Mission," by Prof. Charles M. Hepburn
state University Law School: i its Rise (Apr-) 179, and "The state Univer-
possjble to establish in teaching, and in v . so far as they make for wholeness and
sity Law School: II, its Duty to Democratize Legal Knowledge, by Judge Andrew A. Bruce, 24 Green Bag (May) 225.
wholesomeness of manhood, we might , say by way of introduction, almost by
