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The undersigned would venture further to suggest, in favor of such an Association, that, if organized and sustained upon the broad and generous principle of cultivating a mutual respect and regard anaong the members of a profession so widely extended, and embracing within its scope so many subjects of important and interesting investigation, it can hardly fail to be of great value as an instrumentality for good, beyond its bear- ing upon the personal relations of its members. It can be made the medium of a sound public sentiment upon matters outside of the imme- diate precincts of professional duty, and will go far towards creating and strengthening that relation which ought to subsist between educated men, and supplying a principle of national life and unity to the active thought of the country.
Yours truly,
George S. Hillard, Horace R. Cheney,
Emory Washburn, George H. Bates,
Benj. R. Curtis, Thos. McC. Babson,
Chas. Theo. Russell, John J. McCook, Thos. Russell, Of the School.
E. P. Brown, J. Q. A. Brackett, Wm. H. Winters,
Of the Alumni,
The second meeting was held in Dane Hall, on Thursday evening, July 9th, and was organized on motion of Hon. Geo. S. Hillard, by the appointment of Ex-Gov. Washburn as Chairman. Prof. Wash- burn, on taking the chair, made a statement of the objects of the meet- ings, and expressed himself as heartily in favor of the establishment of an Association of the character proposed, believing that the existence of such an organization would advantageously affect the prosperity and in- fluence of the School ; that it would be a bond of sympathy and union between the members of the profession in all parts of the Union, who have enjoyed the advantages of a legal education at Cambridge, and would assist in securing the success of those important principles and objects to which the attention of the Alumni had been called in the above circular. On motion, Mr. W. H. Winters was appointed Sec- retary. Hon. Chas. Theo. Russell moved that the meeting proceed to the organization of an Association of the School as proposed. The motion was carried.
On motion of Hon. Richard H. Dana, Jr., it was voted that a com- mittee of five be appointed to draft a Constitution. The Chair appointed as members of said committee, Messrs. Dana, Lathrop, Wright, Brackett, and Babson.
During the absence of the committee, Mr. G. H. Bates, of Dela- ware, read letters in response to the circular fi-om Judge Geo. Hoad- LEY, Cincinnati; Gen. Geo. F. Shepley, Portland; Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, Washington, D.C. ; Hon. Wm. Pinckney White, Baltimore ; Gov. R. B. Hayes, Ohio; Judge Nathaniel Holmes, St. Louis; Hon. a. G. Magrath, Charleston, S.C. ; Hon. Chas. Peabody, New York ; Judge Devens, Worcester ; Judge Marcus Morixjn ; Hon. John C. Churchill, Washington, D.C; Prof. Theo. Parsons, and others.
