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With the March number the Harvard Law Review completes the second year of its existence. It has been most successful and has filled a prominent place among the publications of the University. The leading article of this number is an essay on the "Comparative Merits of Written and Prescriptive Constitutions," by Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, of Michigan, one of the most eminent authorities on constitutional law. The article states clearly the relative advantages of the two systems, taking the constitutions of the United States and England as typical forms, and will be of value to every student of constitutional history...
Since the danger from connecting the library with outside systems is so great, the question of having the lights is narrowed down to the possibility of establishing a system within the college itself. If such a step were taken, the yard, the gymnasium, Memorial Hall, Sanders Theatre, and the Law School reading-room all ought to have the benefit of the lights, as well as the library. It has been found that the expense of the plant for such a system would be at least $20,000, and the corporation are not at present able to devote so large...
...Yale Law School baseball team is being coached by Hubbard, the captain of the team. Mattison and Stewart will form the battery...
...proper subject for legislation (a) for the protection of the state and the citizens-Cong. Globe, Vol. 29, first session, 33d Congress, p. 1135; (b) it is not a sumptuary law-Blair, Temperance Movement, p. 337; (c) and does not infringe on personal liberty-Lees, Liquor Traffic, p. 91; (d) It is proper, also, for the constitution-U. S. Supreme Courts Reports, Curtis, 16, p. 519; Our Day, 1, pp. 11; Journal of Social Science...
...present local option law is working successfully-Nation, Jan. 31, 1889; Christian Union, Feb. 28, 1889; (a) it educates the community which must enforce the laws-Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Cambridge Tribune, March 9, 1889; (b) any defects in the present laws should be remedied carefully, not by revolutionary methods-Science, 9, 105; Professor J. B. Thayer, ibid...