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...right of Congress to enact such legislation is derived either from the power "to lay taxes" or "to regulate commerce...
...leading article in the Law Review for February is the second part of Mr. Blewett H. Lee's "Limitations Imposed by the Federal Constitution on the Right of the States to Enact Quarantine Laws." The essay is carefully written, with minute reference to cases. Mr. Thomas M. Stetson contributes an interesting discussion of "riparian rights in connection with the Great Ponds" of Massachusetts. Under the heading "Notes" some facts are given about the recent growth of the Law School taken from the reports of President Eliot and Dean Langdell. The past year has been one of great prosperity, the attendance...
...before commencement. The subjects for the essays are as follows: 1, The Liability for Negligence in the Case of Heaven vs. Pender, 9 Q. B. D., 302; 11 Q. B. D., 503. 2, What Limitations, if any, are imposed by the Federal Constitution on the rights of States to enact Quarantine Laws? 3. History of the Law of Business Corporations prior to the year 1800. The successful essay will be printed in the Harvard Law Review. The object of the association in offering this prize is part of the larger object for which the association was first organized, to call...
Everyone remembers the reply Polonius makes to Hamlet, who asked him if he did not at one time act in the University. Polonius not only admits it but is rather proud of it. "I did enact Julius Caesar, I was killed i' the capital." It is recorded that Queen Elizabeth attended amateur performances of the students at Oxford and at Cambridge, and was highly pleased with the endeavors of the striplings. At that time it was the custom, when any distinguished personage paid a visit to the Universities, to entertain him in royal style, and the representation of some...
...more in doubt as to the final result. We think that, instead of waiting for something to turn up at which it is possible to strike, the students should themselves take the initiative. It is they who know best what they want, and if they wish the faculty to enact rules which they can heartily support, they ought to let that body know what these wants are. Some action should be taken, either by the athletic organizations, as heretofore, or a general discussion of the subject should be encouraged. We think that action by the executive committees of the athletic...