fTHE NIGHT LAW SCHOOL ASSAILED AND DEFENDED Dean Ashley, of Law School of New York University, Takes Earnest Exception to Caustic Criticism of Night Legal Courses Voiced by American Law School Association. WHKN Confucius x\.is Mlntstei of Justi. i? in sani "ffurel) the grand ob ? I to n. hiev* is that there shall b t twentx thoosauid n.w lawi arara placed upon the statute booka The tune is ,->mnig when we shall h.i\< .?efcndVui sci\ es from In the mean time v.,? must develop laxvxrrs X\ o never know When x\ e may nerd them. Haxc you ?-x er al os i self tc isrefl upon the x ai let j ol a man Mght net er to ttt d ts rw.-i't upon the advice ?>f .1 com peteni attentes ' if x?>u ?ire making ? xvill it 18 as important to have an attorney as that JTOS Should hove | surgeon when amputating a leg. . -t technical thlngi _ illsd the st nu Um? o! x\ Ilk many wills bOVO been drawn 1?\ ama teurs the old proves a re? sd te raed where there's a will then - s beeodi it." what la and ?? *i??t compe? tent gild en a la ? oouri ??f The arguments sb* Dl the ads iniity of eviden.?? often seem t" .?il outsider not unlike the laiiuni.? nient between H ntul the king, in "Ah e In Womio: relating to the decapitation of the Cheshire cat. The ea gument Wea that you OOUld not cnl off a head unies- .s a bod) from Which to ?nt it off. While the king's argument ares tl it anything ihat had B heed OOUld PROTEST AND REQUEST OF DEAN ASHLEY. Repetition of the word "aicr.n seeosssury when deeding arith any phase of the lawyer question. as is now the ease, v.' s I IS dis? using the "proteel and retine ?Terence D. Ashley,deen ol the \eol of New York university. The protest is against a resolution of the \ menean i.aw- Bchool Kau ? reamhie of whl* h thai "fhe maintenance of regUllUT M of instruct:"!' In Ian al night parallel to courses In the day t? nds Inevitably to lower stands] This resolu? tion declares tl ? ? *. the as sUon hereaft-r "not to admit to membership am I . xv school pursuing thiB course " The req ? at the resolution bo repealed or modified This resolution, a ording to Pean Ashley, was proponed withoir planation and WS 1 without . debate. "Which goes to psova ' again that the lega! n t for :he layman to und. ?stand. Hi ? Btand by and marvel at it. If the decedent has said. "1 am dying. It was John Smith who B. that evidence would be admissible In a court of law. Hut if he sold. "It was John Smith n ie. When I get well 1 xvill kill him." that at ment is not admissHi-. It" you have th<* time and the money a lawyer will explain this thing to you. There are others who xvill under :ake to Dtrova that studying lew at night. When the student is to earn hia living In the dayl frids inevitably to lower si It is the opinion of I ihley, x\ho has; just made an exbat report bas'd on months of study of this question, that if the evening ?ols were ahandoned, as the American haw Bchool Association d?-sires, many worthy men would HUMS I anted from entern legRl plot.ssi,mi or made to ??Mail their le-cai training entirely througl . lerkshlps in ?>tii. ? \t d ? oncernlng th?' old belief thai the b.st wav t.. acquire a fcgal edu - at-.on vv id law " tn an oiii? ?? i'.'.in table) says "The Btudenl ould first ' . thorough am weil phuined edu? atlon In sal m.? law. When this is acquired be m post! km? to I..H ii practice that is to ?-av. the application of big knowledge t?> actual Inc. Then, bill not ?-ai her. he should enter a good .?Mice, where b,. ??an "bt.iin 1 v actual experience the knowledge ol pi a. 11.'.? w in.-ii in- reqt DEAN AMES OF THE HARVARD LAW SCHOOL. The ' >u BOhoOll . ' '' SI sens, are uplifting ihe educations standards of the profession bj ??f fordlni such men ns cannot attend ?lass at other hours hii opport Unit) to study In B law school where g thorougb .?n.i systematic training hi given. He Quotes g ?Conversation thai be once had with tin- late Dom Am?-, oi' th? Harvard Law School in winch that great teacher es i b" belief i bal evening law ?choots have distinct advaatagei And .Lines BaiT Am? s atpM B mas? ter! t. Ph. fort] lus connection with the H irvard ?Lan s.hooi," authority, "was its the period which President Blioi and Langdell Inaug ted, bul no one did more than Aines t.? crown with success." N.? greater tribute to ins powei and BUC . "old be ?i than ?thai of Prof? ssor Kirch vv.v. of CoiumblS I'niv ersity, win \ power of hi.ml statenirnt vv gg as Characteristic of bini a? the pene? tration of his thought HTid th?: re? lentlesa consistency ?>f his reason? ing." ? the ve.is practical u^c" The early Struggles "I th;? same wnriii noting viThen he was. < ?Kl'.- ! k?d in " th?? Ifanchester mills. He confld? i t?. a lawyer ins dream ol going to (.?]]? g . ii" .m t. ?i on advice to tt - t?. work .' ?. t. i. He fail. hoiarshlp, and ai? me?! h?-ai t broken h" sat d'.'.vn upou the demy building and bo?! mto tears. p. ii in spit" of this blow he did no! Waver m his purpose. He remained . ! 10 i., il. end in other v prk. Hi- aistar Hannah a* nl him illy sin..M .m oil Of gs. Each I d the r into the h"?. i '"Il II IS the happiest ?h' v ,lt II,'. ?If. ." H?- entered Han ird and at the ? ?o in?? class ' Ti ?. a?hie) m in !?? port, "i! i. ici .h ? ? ' ? rn living and ; . e's own edui etion, Lut i able to do i':. an element of strength snd "f ghar* enter which rnakea of them atrong .m'1 liberally educated Ian UilKs'ih il w as d? an Of the 11.h a SI d ? ? . sdl) ? on? ed< d t" i i .. gr? r, 11- was the found? i ;'. m?,' and tea? hing i iw, no ed :,t ..h. N? ilty Law School. In oth.l v\ ..| ,| ?. w b) nol 1-,'iv ?? : ? ' The w i it? al U nd? d g d ? snd nigh a ai th. N.w York I i Ity ?Law Scii".?i last w.. k. There mor. ? lectrldty In the air in tho The men s ere more alert ?i,, n i. si p.us put to them The stud' nts were Interested, stimu illsed. The snalytlcal pow? ra of the m? n were ?being devel oped at high ?speed by ?the prof? ? mads them thinl ? yers. 11? I I.? I a l"t of questions, Lut h*i did nol do much shswerlng. I!- w.i - tint tOO t? ndi i- ?.I Hie. feel? inga pf th pothelleal, m? niai disturbance not to anguish of more than one mem? b* r of the els a, Bui you were eon? oua thai law xsa.s being absorbed during those crowded sixty inmutes. ? iL baptised men in breln Bra. if he led Hi" student to the brink of ? precipice he did not let him fell ovi r. I? i ..i- felled tO indieate the path The Ute Dean Ames, of Harvard Law School, and Other Leading Authorities Quoted as Considering Evening Uw School a Support of the Profession's Highest Aims. baek I?? I tilgt] Modest ly, in ?til ?h? ciih.iIoii.h, b" pb?. . d lb. r nid? nl on hi own level ?Both, apparentlyi wet groping m Hm wibl ' 'b iiuib, and while be ?would g'?*" ?Ped slhle i I?:wh, hfl ?WUS 0? ' t lead/ ' ,\, tni .? iiu? ? tud? ni kigg- ""'' ?'" I?, follOW lb? m '""HI H ?'".'Ulli' a|. pai.ni to Ihe erhole claai tliei the i?.,i oni] in . onfui Ion ?'?? b< it"'1 mm in many wa< 'a, but moai of al becauge be made then help them sit. r .? thus 'bit a grrlter han de . iibed I'm.i' Bsor Arnes- method o leu- Inn?. Ami il n the B-O-callei Hal ' .'id ? '"in 'hat is n ? d a! th' N.vv York i nlverdlty Lava tV ii""' i'ti.i'cN ?ir Amea once said thai if ? lawyer's pfH? s wer? ? onductH ; in Hi.? int.r."?! .?I lb. ?-( lid? 'it Hi? suggestion eras mid" by one ?>r hii colleague "end If? by some magi dan's power, I h? com? niiiimI an unfallti with all SOI F. oI ..nier ths coming "f th? : ?? cllei .me would arrani I >pl?_s of a scientific law- book) n*e should bs i t be la w ? paradiHe. TENNIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS. i ? ? ?j Ann made srith ??< view of boa ing boa.; | n ? ?. Imni Ion to ibis dream <>f perf? tlon we ma-, a? tually liinlc, If v.?- ? hum ot i um mon at will I h. II ... -, put ai ' i of the tu< .nid . .1 <>u ? spe lally for th? |udl< gted ' -i ? of 'be multitude of clients who . ourt, We 1 turn to the repoi '-d In ten? ? ami we may ?? by subj? ?'i :?? ?i n ti i "ider "i' lun?*) Lo enable us t?. trace the genesis and th. enl ? f b u,.o i menta "if n be 'be prof? lbat '. ' ? nate bel ??. sen the nd the t.? draw ap? pal ' ni ly ?? imilar and I an;. . renl milsu in g s ent to gra| probl? m ??f th.'.r ? mastering old un?" i ? rae for him to pursue than i" travel srith li im class through a ?? ? oil? ctlon of i mind thai ? ? pursued al the New- Torb ty Law s hooL LAW BY DAYLIGHT AND LAW BY NIGHT. Benjamin F. Peiner | I to n Ashle) in a b" i in? corporated In tic .bans report thai tin r.? may I boots ':? re are i i But," he add . [km aj of no law In n aim of phj -i : do? main a hi? h raak? a i he student oi untight sup' rlor I I dsnl of law by lamplight, i iom "... ? \ perience I thai in respi cl i i earn, gtn? bs, ?briet) and hon? -sty of thought and sin< i ril y ot pur] ii.- ?-? i .ral average "f th? body of the night law schools of this clt) perior to l ? ? ds j school." "if an ? ?? bool is carried on With tit.- idea thai M:; students must '..idled, that allowance must I . mMd,. for then, and that It Is gj uapesssT I? fofrt* ?*? "?"?? f out fiadnetea n ,i,? |;ist fourteen yeara *op t* ning ncn haxo maintained S bul ter a'. ,i . lowering of edU* -a liona I ..ids b] ISg Men ?"me here from th' i i.,.,'.- schools siaserhsse, Lringim Hill'ateS fh'iwmg a good re-on Obtained; s?.me enter the da/ divisloi and others the evening The- m aid?/ lake the name average rani an our own Mijderif**. BSflM do wel and Othsra pOOdy, b?t there |g gg in tli.ation thai the previous standard! have been higher then our own." POOR BOYS WHO ATTAINED EMINENCE. loan All? lells ?if I a.ses thai on- under hi notk < <.r pool boya who. boose a of < rnjng law . i,.,..; , were enabled t?, get an tde? ..ilion and afterward beCOWS ? mi - n?-iii in their profession. He helleres tin- ut ni? ?.?' thousands, and that ring law sebo i ?an i ?? specie] ' ? '.pie. ? ?r twenty reara aen," seys r^-an ley, "in the "id Metropolis? ' wa* ? n the point of sdvlslng a .student to Kixo up law.study bOCQUOl I believed that he would xva-ife his time and money. 11? eras ;i mat hinist In the Brooklyn n^vy jard, and bis daily employment physically tired him eat. POrtenately, I did nor follow my im? put?e. The man did well In ins. law ted Sad M S? admitted the New Torh Har. His eoorna ? that tinas i es been a as srell managed important " \ man. r" started lift 10 g newsboy, ha-.?. ?ere abou Hail Park. By sheer grit he obtained good preliminary sducettsn Ha red the Met**opolia Lew School. end for '??- led his ?. sltbough Ji< wsa ?n compet?? fon n Itb bright, able mind them go'.d exemples of ooi ? ful praotloa at the time of his death. "Bvery sxpsrionoed lawyer- knoara thai be does his heal n ork under uro. These men know Jh.- ini portanee of rystemetising every mo? ment, compelling their attention to (he subject on hand and putting a ?i power for ? arg n who ?!? ?.. lop into our cultured lawyers.*1 The Carnegie roundatl* a hi now in reetigating i?pai education In the United States. This will include an . semination of the requlneasenta fag admission to the Lar in the several a, end II onS are likely to be produ* tlv* of much g* od. Will il d*. ids to sgree u it-t the i- lolntton pass* ?i by the Ames sa i.aw Bchool Aseo* ialI n'.' "Once satisfy un that our evening division is detrimental to the highest aima of the professtofe.** says Dean Ashley, "and we shall discontinue it st once.*1 That's fair enough. Give the man a heerh BOY OFFICER TELLS ABOUT SMASHING SPANISH FLEET AT SANTIAGO vont In tied from third page ** at the half drown?*?! Spanish sailors stac.erlm; up through the surf. This so *.f such a rochlgQ. action were nuickiy dispelled, bowever, for the "soldiers," Who but B moment .?eforo had been calmly butchering drown? en, droppsd tb? r leaded breanns an? fled In BVery din I >a vainly ?? oriag to protect their heads from the rah* of blows that srere < i ding on them. a? are shoved off t--> to ?back to our ship ne passed a ?sorpss Boating on its hack, with mouth and syBB wide open. little while It would ".?ve a ooaVOJslVS shudder as if Something vv.'ie attaching it from below; gOSM CaiTllV probably. We ?were buey all the afternoon trans? ferring prisoners; ah told, betereen tero and three hundred were taken on board the Indiana. ?Captain Ta. 1er m? t the (ornmlssloritd officers at the gangW.y and ?e<(iiested their paid. (In French), they all prompt.) gav.; then they were taken down In the wardroom and given any clothes they no.?-.-. ? The enlisted BSea wer?- lined up in two long ranks, and 1 certainly felt sorry for them partit I? I lnrly their petty officers I You know, the ?iiic-f r rms Is I' hief of poli'e Oft board ship ami 'of the waik" of the low.i d-?ha W.U. I ???a; the Oqiiendo's roaster at hi re wearing hi ittons. lined up>along aide a mess servant, all his authority It was pretty tOUgb I strongly suspect that the Spanish officers had warned their nan what t" f if they w.i" osptUted by the ITanksaa fer th?-v an looked a? if they -landing by for a general ma? to kegln at any iiioni.nl, m the i,, t host? igad that 1 brought ?.a b.i.ml ..ce of the prisoners wore a ThefSSS cap ribbon and I endeavored to tell him that I would enchS-BgS ""?? Of the Indiana 1 admiral's quarte be wea ssnl to the Iowa Inatesd, climbed up on one 0? the eight-L.vii tu wbli h ext* nd well o it over tl ahlp'a side, and ha paaeed nearly undi The poor old man looked oomplete broken i???. Ile lad on a suit of civilian |clothes (loaned him by Captain Waii wriglit, as he had been obliged to take o bis uniform to swim from bis btirnla lp) and had 04 nher hat n??r His son, who Fervid on his staff, W| with him, The boat was half full < r, and in the bottom, swishing bac snd forth, was the body of his sailor tu derty? who ha.) died from Iofs of blood o the way out. ('a).tain Taylor and the officers ma?l i to keep the m* n from eheei Ing, but it was Impossible, as they wst ,.11 over the ship ,ltl,i were ivil< with excitement, when Cervera was on'.; a few feel sway one crowd start..i i yell ?ike xvihl lli'llans. hut tl).- junto officer of the wat.h tame running foi ward and made them pipo down. Th. yells were, ehaagod into three oheers f ? the edmlrrl? whloh be gravely aekaowl edged. I was the boat officer that raglit, an?: about 10 o'clock was sent to the Harvar ? one of oui surgeons, WOO was help iiii- the Spanish wounded. When i gol there he was just amputating a man : arm at the shoulder. Some of the pria oners were terribly hurt; one man i ?an ha?i his backbone shattered. The smell , of blo'.ti wa - sick* nii-'. A SPANIARD SWIMS ABOUT WITH A LEG CUT OFF. \\ : ? o v ? got book tu t lie In.liana, a Spanish oll er v. as being taken on beard whose rlghl leg ha?i seen eul oft between th?- ankle and the suss. He had been en one of th.- deetroyers, and when she blew up be had jumped overboard and SSd -'? ' mixed HP x\iih the propeller, which had cut off his h | i 101 as a knit.' would hSVS don?-, ib- eras a >--""d looking young i?.-i* low. about twenty rears ??id lie nad been IB the water over IWO hours, and is the sea is extremely saltj here juu osa bneglne w hat he and?. ? a I made my report to the captain, *. 11 ? In about ten minutes came up on rie 1 Bgsin. Ingoing forward i h;.d to pass th< room skylight; when i gol si of ii I looked down and saw the yoiiu, Spaniard Btrstchsd out on B table, 1.1. by tour sail.us. Ih. two su . . i Bdlng over him with tbslr I rolled up and th. ir hand.'i dripping wit. blood. :ere were puddles of blood SB? Sbredg of Issb on tiie table and on tin deck; th- BOOM sary ie-ainputatioii at.t, Dg iiji were going on. Th. end of ?h< stump looked like B bloody SPOUg? . -VST] now and th? ti he would COUM to hi? i. : to, grosn in ? sickening fssblon an. Bhoul incoherently in Spanish. His le*, had hc.n eut off at 10 o'clock in th? morning and ho had n eelved bo i attention until midnight During thai in:.?' tlio wound had b?'en soaked in all ? and ?dragged Up on the where it bad been filled with sand and small shells. i certain.) van sorry toi the .? of them w.i?. haii naked, but e k little l ? ?low had all hi. tin-i \ 0tt? la came Over the slri" suit ?is a ramiod and sainted, but everybody was bo sxclted and bus) that the) kepi running around and paid no attention to him, go he had to rep sal his saint.- .?.?-v.-rai times Before ii -?.t the recognition it dSSsrvsd. ABOARD THE BROOKLYN WITH COMMODORE SCHLEY. I was s?m in charge Of t).?- Btetun cut? tot l ii a still later trip, ami on tic WS) sack i" the ??lap p;. the Brook? iv h it? i .?ih? sr of tin it eh ballsd me and told ne- to I Sn. along Id? When I [gol ?a board b. i"i.i me that Commodore Sciii.y wanted a boat ot?oar, I went be 1..W to the cabin .mil saw tin? commodors With one of lis aids, wh?, was reading a telegram or letter which bad apparently just bses .oui?' ?u. tie eomnaodore kept rubbing ids hands and savin.,: "Very good, ? - ''? good." When i vs.is announced he shook hands sad gave roe the trie gram In an envelope, saying thai h. ? d ?t taken '.o the N'.,?. Ymk at one and that air the Brooklyn's boats were away from th. ship. I went along id ? the \, a York and gave it t?, th. officer of the in ? i> While on lb. Brookl) n I lest nsd that ?he had been hit repsstsdl) in the run ' nfng fight and that one man had been kill? 'i rere! grounded. Th man, > ?' reoman i.hi--, had been tak? ing ranges with s ? I Horn her i' ? and had been ett i w hull bad ? m "it , 'us i.. th.- mouth and had tak* n heed .' d tadlmeter overboard, bul had : not torn bed the ablp Off Sautiaiso, July L This morning, it being independence Day? we full ?Ir ased ship, rainbow fash? ion, and ni noon Ired .? national salute of twin!, one guns. AU forenoon ne were busllj terrina prieonera to the van..'!" eiix?lerlee; i was glad when i got m?- outfit aafaly on board, for th. re v, a ?o.? i. i \ v sw.-ii running and the boats were loaded slmoet to the gunwales PROSPECTS OP QUIET NIGHT SUDDENLY VANISH. an? 11.n paea end sre all expected sn "all-night In" for the grst a e/eeks, ?mi shortly after midnight bump* d v inli ally into the Lot? to, i ..!' my hammock, ablch was banging m the paasegewey; i looked ever the the gunner? end asked what i he malt, r; he 11 plied : "? \t ii.-r.il Quarten baa none end you had better turn out." i piled fun. pul my ttaiform on over my pajsroao, end tan up on the bridge. The captain and the navigator were already then- and the ship was speeding along to-Taid th* harbor entrance one of Hif signalmen told ma thai the -i nhlcfa was ?m searchlight dut>. had sig netled Hun the snemj erare trying to I Ink B v ' ? s"l a? loss the channel ' it v.ani proved to be the Reins Merosdee), Hohson's attempt to block the an? ' had not been entirely auoceesful Ai boos as era tren in mage the batteries oponad oa us, averybody on the bridge of i ours*, i" Ins entirely unproteeti i i Oppose yOS know how the lanR-*? Is found for modern gUCuB. A ?bait of the harbor is divided Into squares; the posi? tion of every aguara is asactly known and the angle to which the l'un must be at* rated in order to bM an ohjsst in the aquara is worked out, so that all the gunner baa to ?in i*? te Und what square the ? H' m?. v ? ?? I is in ? whii-h is ?loiif bj lam? me i ha. eompsm bearings, etc.), ] then look up the necessary angle of eleva- I tica and Maze away. Well, we got into one of the danger I squares, In about a minute a big mortar .?(..ii cam. whirring along out of the darkness shsad aad burst directly under the itarboard bow, dishing the bow plate and ?1? lugmg the bridge witli Water. body dodged except Captain T..v b. didn't even wink; he certainly is a bud. 'a SHELL MUSSES UP OFFICERS* QUARTERS. W. started ahead full speed both I engines, but before we COOld clear a ; sh? 11 lauded on the quarterdeck, passed i through it ju.-t as if it had been paper, : ?low ii through th. orlop deck, through tin- ammunition passage and burst In the aardroom, knocking three of the officers' rooms into one. I MVer saw gOOfc COnfUSlOn, everything ? attend around; there were pict? ures, swords, broken gla;-s and clothes all over ti'?' placa One fragment passed through the steerage and blew all our ? earthly belongings out on deck, but we j got them ha? k. The water main was cut j anil everything awash, and for a short time we w.re afire, but it was soon put out. I.uckilv we had all gone to battle Stations about tan minutes before: if W. hadn't 't would have been goodby to j tb. whole gteeraga The ship isn't hurt, sad th?' only things lost-are the pSttSOttal i reperty nimg tluin- ', derstorm. Hardly had they died away when a soldier on the beach commenced Oigwagging. W e read: "Passed over city and U> fight." The range was re dUOed _,"U0 \.ii(ls and No. '1 turret tl abont ten degrees to the left The aa ond shot was Bred al ignis the shrlska and re I then the smnal came: "Kell In bay t?i left Of city." It being ! No. Is turn one?- inore, she was trained tive degrees to the right and the third shot lircti at a quarter i?j il u seemed t?> us as if the shell had hardly passed out of sight when the signalman commenced caiimg up. \x a acknowledged? and then read the i.aage: "Pell In lower part i I city." xft.-r that it w.o- easy; el regular in tsrvalfl a shot WOUld be tired into San? tiago. This was kept up all day ycstci na. and until about 4 o'clock this after? noon, when we got a signal from th. eral re.piesting us to cease liring, as an armtottoa bad boon daclarad loaklne low erd the surrender of the citj DEADLOCK ASHORE ? SANTIAGO SURRENDERS. July 15. There appears to be a deadioch ashore. The Bpanlefa general he exprsssod hla stter Indifference to the destructl* n ol the ' it.-, and the deeth of non-eombatante. Ib?re have been a serles of armistices, followed by repeated demands for sur render. The general keeps urging our commander in chief to run into tlM bor over thS iniiies, wlii? h the admiral declines to do, referring tr exploding ti - mines so. the channel will be clear for the battleships. To d?? this, however, 11 is necessary th_t to ?upturn tiie batteries and fort, that command t!i mlns Brida otherertse Um yachts sad JaunchSB will he sunk and their greWB killed, tO no purpose, ami vv.? will p. i'i")t where we started. It has finally been decided that two regiments will he ssat to th? and these troops, together with a thou? sand nun from the fleet, will storm th" shore ?batterl.se Meanwhile the counter? mining partis, will b.? ready, and the moment th.? Spanish flag falls they Will run in and dear the channel of the min? s. Then th_ tleel will form column, go through the entrance, and the .?its will be under their guns. W . don't know yet whether the land at? tack on th. forts Is to be by day or bv night; all the midshipmen went down ?o the carpenter shop this afternoon and had their swords sharpen.-?!. It would )>e a splendid finish if the nav;. could cap the destruction of the gpsttlsil sea power by a successful storming ghostly." Copy of a ?able dispatch _.nt from Qnnntettamo t.? NOW York via Key We.-v on July lo lit--: "gaatlego aartendsred tbta morning. l'l?