. Princeton sketches. The story of Nassau hall . Pattonwishes to found chairs from which law will betaught, not so much as a science as a branch ofphiloso[)hy. The professional law schools haveno time to deal with the History and Philosophyof Jurisprudence, and the institution whichfirst secures a foundation for advanced studyin this department will enter a field compara-tively unoccupied in this country, and ^^illdoubtless draw about it a select body ofscholarly jurists. Experience has shown thatsuch a philosophical course affords an invalu-able basis for the subsequent study of practicelaw.
. Princeton sketches. The story of Nassau hall . Pattonwishes to found chairs from which law will betaught, not so much as a science as a branch ofphiloso[)hy. The professional law schools haveno time to deal with the History and Philosophyof Jurisprudence, and the institution whichfirst secures a foundation for advanced studyin this department will enter a field compara-tively unoccupied in this country, and ^^illdoubtless draw about it a select body ofscholarly jurists. Experience has shown thatsuch a philosophical course affords an invalu-able basis for the subsequent study of practicelaw. This Law School will not come as acreation, but as the outgrowth of the presentDepartment in Political Science. In fact, it isin a measure already realized. When Dr. McCosh came to Princeton, thecatalogue show^ed 264 students; when heretired, the number enrolled had increased to603. Dr. Patton in his inaugural was rashenough to express the hope that he might liveto see the numl)ers reach lOOO. Four yearshave sufficed to see his dream more than. PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, I4I realized, and the only practical limit to growthseems to be the lack of accommodations. Durinirthis period twelve ])uildings have been erectedor undertaken at an aggregate cost of over$1,000,000, and other valuable endowments havebeen given to the college. However, the needshave outstiipped the generosity of friends, mostof the recent structures have increased the ex-penses rather than the revenues, and there wasnever a time when liberal endowments weremore uigently required. About thirty menhave been added to the teaching force, and thestrain upon, resources in this regard is par-ticularly severe. This unprecedented growth, so inspiring toall who are interested in Old Nassau, is due toa variety of causes. A large part of it is a direct outgrowth ofthe splendid work done under the administra-tion of Dr. McCosh. His own world-widereputation strengthened the college he gov-erned. Under his leadership), Trustees, F
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