At thirty years of age he had
already earned for himself a substantial practice, and his constant
application to the study of law, together with an easy and impressive
delivery, gave his instruction at the school peculiar power. Some burden
too heavy for him to bear brought his work to a sudden close. Those who
were accustomed to meet him, and look for him, and listen to him, will
find it hard to realize that they will see him no more. His work at the
school is now in the hands of Mr. Albers, Mr. Smith, Mr. Jenney, and Mr.
J. G. Thorp, Dr.

A course of lectures on Railroad Law is now being given, for the first
time, by J. H. Benton, Jr., the counsel for the Old Colony Railroad
Company; and the course on Real Property, which was but partially
completed by Mr. Wetherbee, has been taken up by Christopher G.
Tiedeman, now Professor of Law in the University of Missouri.

It is safe to say that everything that means, intelligence, experience,
and hard work can suggest, to continue the school at its present high
grade of excellence, will be afforded by those who are, and who will be,
intrusted with the charge; and it is proper to add that the school has
benefited greatly by the untiring efforts of Mr. Samuel C. Bennett (son
of Judge Bennett), who is now Assistant Dean, and also one of the
regular instructors, and who faithfully seconds the work of his father
in the general direction of affairs.

The school already has a large and valuable library, and an annual
appropriation is made by the University for its care and increase. The
State Library, Boston Public Library, and Social Law Library, all of
which are in the immediate neighborhood of the school, afford every
possible facility for extra investigation.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Prof. Wm. Mathews, LL.D., in Bay State Monthly, November, 1885.

HON. EDMUND HATCH BENNETT.

From among the hills of Vermont and New Hampshire have sprung many
renowned citizens, whose talents, industry, moral worth, and practical
wisdom have been by no means unimportant factors in the prosperity and
progress of the nation, and in the due discharge of its legislative,
administrative, and judicial functions. The subject of this brief
sketch, Hon. Edmund Hatch Bennett, was born in Manchester, Vt., April 6,
1824. He was educated in his native State,--first in the Manchester and
Burlington academies, and then in the University of Vermont, at
Burlington, where he graduated in the class of 1843.