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Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications.
The years in which Professor Randall
taught were previous
to the introduction of the Case system
in the Colleges of Law.
In a degree he anticipated this method
of teaching. He had
familiarized himself with a large number
of the important de-
cisions of the courts in cases where
commercial paper was the
cause of the litigation. In addition he
had the happy faculty
of developing by hypothesis a well
constructed controversy. His
students from these hypotheses and cited
cases were led to the
derivation of the principles on which
the decisions of the courts
rested. This method was in striking
contrast with the a priori
method long in vogue among teachers of
the law. The test of
time has demonstrated the wisdom of his
method. It may not be
too much to say that in a measure he was
the forerunner of the
present method now universally in use.
Others have written upon the personal
qualities of Professor
Randall but it may not be superfluous to
add here that his high
ideals as to what the legal profession
should represent, supported
by his own unimpeachable character,
aided greatly in determining
the character of the College of Law. The
spirit of industry
and of moral earnestness in the Faculty
permeated the student
body and has led to a quality in the
College that in turn has
reacted upon the graduates and produced
a body of lawyers de-
voted to the best ideals and practices
of the profession. The
character of the lawyer is quite as
important to the state as his
learning, or his ability to try a case.
From this point of view the
College of Law has won its place. The
Faculty has been largely
responsible for this result and is
entitled to high praise for the
inspiration aroused in students by
virtue of what they were. Not
the least worthy of mention in this
particular was Emilius Oviatt
Randall.
RANDALL, THE JOURNALIST.
BY JAMES W. FAULKNER, L. H. D.
There was something of the Bohemian in
the composition of
Emilius O. Randall, a tendency to escape
from the conventional
and to appear in the natural. This
trait, observed by many of
his friends, had its origin in something
akin to a congenital