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...Samuel Williston '82, Dane Professor of Law, Emeritus, and one of the greatest teachers and scholars in the history of Harvard Law School, died yesterday morning at the age of 101. He was the oldest living alumnus of both the College and the Law School...
...Williston's former students and colleagues at the Law School remember him as one of those rare, "natural" teachers. Roscoe Pound, University Professor Emeritus and a long-time friend of Williston's, yesterday said that Williston was "not only a magnificent teacher, but a natural, thorough-going, 100 per cent common-sense lawyer...
...Williston's greatest influence was as a teacher. Before he retired from the Law School in 1938, Williston was by common consent the greatest American teacher of law. He was noted for his scholarly insight and patience, and most of all for his masterly way of handling a class...
Other freshman action today includes a basketball clash with Dartmouth here at 6 p.m., and a swim against Williston Academy in the I.A.B. pool...
Using questionnaire responses and application folders, the Radcliffe Residence Office attempted to avoid major errors in freshman roommate assignment. "But there is a minimum number of things we can do, and after that the situation must and does take care of itself," Miss Williston said, "in this area, there is such a thing as working very hard for very little reward...