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ducted by men of such eminence in those years as Minister of the United States to departments of knowledge, have been a most England, but resumes his work of instruc successful innovation, and are an established tion with the coming year. Hon. Francis VVayland, LL.D., Dean of feature of the school. Among the special the Law Faculty, is a man of very wide ac lecturers and instructors who are now asso quaintance among prominent men, having ciated with the regular Faculty are the fol lowing : Hon. Edward J. Phelps, LL.D., held many other positions of honor, and been and Hon. Henry Stoddard, lately one of the prominently connected with many liberal Judges of the Superior Court of the State,

and charitable movements. He graduated at Brown University on the Law of Evi in 1846, and studied dence; Hon. William his profession at the E. Simonds, a wellHarvard Law School, known and successful commencing his prac patent lawyer, on Pa tice at Worcester, tent Law; Hon. Mor Mass. Soon after his ris W. Seymour on removal to New Haven Corporations; Mark he was elected Judge Bailey on Elocution; ' of Probate for the New M. Dwight Collier, on Haven District, was af Attachments, Judg terwards Lieutenantments, Executions; Thomas Thacher on Governor of the State with Gov. Marshall Corporate Trusts; James M. Townsend, Jewell, is now Presi Jr., on the Transfer dent of the Board of of Monetary Securi Directors of the State ties; Roger Foster Prison at Wetherson Federal Jurispru field, and an active dence; George M. and prominent mem Sharp, of the Mary ber of the National land Bar, for several Prison Reform Asso years Legal Editor of ciation, being Presi the " Baltimore Under dent also of the Con necWILLIAM L. STORRS writer," on Insurance. ticut Prison Society. Of these gentlemen He was for several Mr. Simonds resides in Hartford, Mr. Sey years President of the American Social mour in Bridgeport, Mr. Sharp in Baltimore, Science Association. The executive duties and Messrs. Collier, Thacher, Townsend, and of his position as head of the Faculty re Foster in New York City. Except in the quire his constant attention; and although cases of Professor Phelps and Mr. Bailey, he formerly taught the classes in the Law none of those named are otherwise connected of Evidence, he now takes no part in the with the Faculty of the University, the list work of instruction except to deliver two not including those members of the Univer courses of lectures upon English Consti sity Faculty who also deliver lectures in the tutional Law and International Law. He special and graduate courses of the Law also presides at the meetings of the Moot School. The President of the University is Courts. During the years that he has been ex officio one of the Law School Faculty. at the head of the school, its increased Professor Phelps has been absent for four prosperity and the uniformity of its develop-