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Mr. Henry White, an able and well-known ing only upon reaching the age set by the constitution for the retirement of judges. real-estate and probate lawyer, assisted in the school for about two years. Professor His lectures upon Constitutional Law, de livered before both the Law School and the Isaac H. Townsend was connected with the seniors of the college, were made especially school about four years, was appointed pro interesting by the recollections of a long pub fessor in 1846, but died early the follow lic service and familiarity with the practical ing year at the age of forty-four. He was application of constitutional principles, and peculiarly well fitted for such work, and also by his intimate fellowship with men of by his untimely death the school lost an

national fame and in instructor of much fluence. Old federal promise. At this time the ist that he was, he school had become undoubtedly shaped fully identified with the views of many a future lawyer toward the College, or Uni versity as it is now aconservative national policy. During the called. The connec last few years of his tion, as said before, connection with the dates from the pub school he took little lication of the names active part in its work of the students in the on account of his ex College Catalogue in treme age. He died 1 824, and the appoint ment of Judge Dag in 185 r, at the age of eighty-six. gett in 1826. Degrees Between 1842 and were conferred upon 1847 three professors graduates for the first served for short peri time in 1843, and in ods. One of these 1846 the school had was Judge William L. been formally consti Storrs, who was at the tuted, by vote of the time of his appoint Corporation of Yale ment a judge of the Su College, as one of its DAVID DAGGETT. preme Court of Errors, co-ordinate branches. and later its ChiefWhen it became Justice, and had been in the State Assem necessary in 1847 to find new instructors, the bly and National Congress. A scholarly and choice fell upon Hon. Clark Bissell and Mr. brilliant lawyer, he became one of Connec Henry Dutton. The former was at the time ticut's most distinguished judges, and was Governor of the State, and had been for ten unfortunately compelled to relinquish his years a judge of the Supreme Court of Errors. professorship because of its interference with He discharged his duties in the school with his judicial duties. During the present year great ability until 1855, when he retired from some members of his family 1 have founded active life. Governor Dutton is still well in the school a lectureship which will bear remembered, especially by his old pupils, for his name. his brilliancy and versatility and his warm kindly disposition. At the time of his ap 1 The daughters of the late Lucius F. Robinson, of Hart ford, a nephew of the Chief-Justice ami a graduate of the pointment he already had considerable ex perience in public life, and was known as school in the Class of 1845.