PORIION OF GRgUNOS OHIO STATE UNIVER...SITY SeAll OF 'HT 1914 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY The Ohio State University, located in Columbus, is a part of the public educational facilities maintained by the State. It comprises seven colleges and a graduate school: The College of Agriculture, The College of Arts, Philosophy, and Science, The College of Education, The College of Engineering, The College of Law, The College of Pharmacy, The College of Veterinary Medicine, ·The Graduate School. This Bulletin is devoted exclusively to the work of the College ot Law, offered during the academic year beginning September, 1914. [Note: The rrni~erslty publishes a bulletin, descriptive of each College. Copies may be obtained by addressing W. E. MannjUnlverslty Editor, Colum­ bus, Ohio. and stating the College in which the wr ter Is interested.] 3 CALENDAR 1914 Entrance exammations, Tuesday to Saturday, June 9 to 13 (8 A. M.) Summer Session, June 22 to August 14- Entrance Examinations, Tuesday to Saturday, September 8 to 12. (8 A. M.) First semester begins-Registration Day-Tuesday, September IS. President's Annual Address, Friday, September 18 (II A. M) Latest date of admission to candidacy for a Baccalaureate degree at the Commencement of June, 1915, Thursday, October 1. Date for mid-semester reports to the Deans concerning delinquent students, Wednesday, November 18. Thanksgiving recess, begins November 25 (6 P. M.) and ends Decem­ ber I, (8 A. M.) Christmas recess begins Saturday, December 19 (12 M.) 1915 Christmas recess ends Tuesday, January 5 (8 A. M.) Latest date of admission to candidacy for a Master's degree at the Commencement of June, 1915, Friday, January IS. Final examinations, first semester, January 28, to February 4. First semester end& Thursday. February 4 (6 P. M.) Second semester begins-Registration Day-Tuesday, February 9. Washington's Birthday, Monday, February 22. Date for mid-semester reports to the Deans concerning uelinquent students, Saturday, March 20. Easter recess, Saturday, March 27 (12 M.) until Tuesday, April 6. (8 A. M.) Competitive Drill-Cadet Regjment-Saturday, MaY22. Memorial Day, Sunday, May 30. Final examinations, Friday, June 4, to Thursday, June 10. Entrance examinations, Tuesday to Saturday, June8to 12 (8 A. M. ) Commencement, \Vednesday, June 16. 4 COllEGE OF LAW Faculty WILLIAM OXLEY THOMPSON, D. D., LL. D .• PRESIDENT of the Uni­ versity. JOHN JAY ADAMS, M. A., LL. D., DEAN, Professor of Law. WILLIAM HERBERT PAGE, B. A., LL. M., SECRETARY, Professor of Law. (Absent on leave 1913-14). GEORGE W . RIGHTMIRE, M. A., Professor of Law. ALoNZO H. TuTTLE, M. A., B., Professor of Law. (Acting Secretary) EDGAR B. KINKEAD. M. A., Professor of Law, Judge of Common Pleas Court. JOHN A. SCHAUCK, M. A., LL. D., Professor of Law, Judge of Supreme Court. EDMOND B. DILLON, M. A., Professor of Law, Judge of Common Pleas Court. WILLIAM B. COCKLEY, B. A. , LL. B., Assistant Professor of Law. CHARLES E. BLANCHARD, LL. B., Assistant Professor of Law. 5 6 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AIMS AND EQUIPMENT The purposes of the College of Law are to impart an accurate knowledge of the principles of the law, to illustrate the application of these principles to the practical affairs of life and to furnish such legal training as will fit students for practise in any part of the country­ in a word, to teach students both to know and to apply the law. The college occupies a building upon the campus, which was com­ pleted in 1902 and is named Page Hall for Henry Folsom Page who was an attorney-at-law and lived at Circleville, Ohio. He bequeathed a large estate valued at nearly a quarter of a million dollars to the Ohio State University. On the first floor are three large lecture rooms and two other class­ rooms, the offices of the Dean and of the Secretary, and room of the Law Literary Society. On the second floor of the buiilling, the law library is shelved in a fire-proof stack room capable of housing fifty thousand volumes. Large reading tables are provided for the accom­ modation of the students. There is also a consulting room for the accommodation of students. LIBRARIES The Library of the College of Law contains the reports of the Federal Courts, the reports of all the states and territories, including also the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Alaska, a complete set of the English Reports as well as the reprints, Canadian Reports, Australian Commonwealth Reports, the National Reporter System, American Reports, American Decisions, American State Reports, Lawyers' Reports Annotated, American and English Annotated Cases, American Bankruptcy Keports, Interstate Co=erce Reports, the Statutes and Digests of all the States, of Canada and England, the standard Legal Encyclopedias and General Digest, standard Legal Periodkals, and about one" thousand well selected treatises. The Noble Law Library and the Emerson McMillin Library are included in the above enumeration. At present the library contains over 16000 volnmes, and large additions are being made annually. COLLEGE OF LAW 7 The following libraries are also accessible to the student: The University Library contains about 120,000 volumes of care­ fully selected books upon all subjects. This is quite complete in the most recent standard works upon history and political science, philoso­ phy, etc. A good collection of the leading scientific, technical, and literary magazines and journals is to be found cere. The State Law Library of over 45,000 volnmes is the largest and most complete law library in the State, and ranks among the best in the United States. It contains all the American Reports (Federal and State), Decisions, Digests, and Statute Laws, and keeps abreast of the pUblication of current text-books, books of reference, and leading law periodicals. The department of English, Scotch, Irish, and British Colonial Decisions is well cared for and growing yearly more compre­ hensive. About 800 volumes have been added to the Library annually for the last few years, among the recent additions being about 100 vol­ umes of Australian and Canadian Law Reports formerly missing from the catalogue. This library is located in the new State Judiciary Build­ ing in the grounds of the State Capitol, and many students avail them­ selves of its privileges. It is open every week-day, except Saturday, from 8:30 to 5 o'clock; on Saturday it closes to the public at noon. The State Library, in the State House, is a library of general literature, history, science, biography, political and social science, philosophy, etc., comprising over lSo,Ooo volumes. The leading magazines, journals, and other periodicals are also to be found here. The City Library with 80,000 volumes and large reading rooms, located on Grant avenue, at the head of State street, may be used by students, under reasonable restrictions. The Public School Library with over 85,000 volumes, is open to students of the University. C L 2 8 THE OHIO ' TATE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION General Requirement Applicants for admission mn t be at least eighteen years of age. University Entrance Board The admission of students is in charge of theUniversity Entrance Board, which determines the credits which sha1\ be issued on all en· trance examinations and certificates, and furnishes all de ired infor· mation* to applicants. Corresponclence relating to admission hould be addressed to the Entrance Board, Ohio State niversity, Columbus. Admi.. ion to the Course Leadinlr to a Delrree There are two DIodes of admission to the course leading to a degree (a) by examination,lb) by ct!rtificate. Admi•• ion by Examination The Entrance Board wili conduct entrance examinations June 9 to 13 and September 8 to 12, J914. A. part of the examination may be taken in June and the remainder in September. All applicants for admission who do not possess certificates covering entrance require· ments must take examination for admission. ScHEDULE OF EXAMINATIONS. The honrs for examinations are 8 A. M. lind J P. M. Students intending to take any of the examin· ations scheduled in any given half-day must appear within one hour of the time set for the examination. Stndents applying for examina­ tion will first go to the office of the Entrance Board, Room 100, Univer­ sity Hall, for registration. Tuesday A. M. History: Ancient and Medieval (to 814 A. D.), Medieval and Modern (after 814 A. D. ) ,English. P. M. English Composition and Rhetoric, English Classics, Chemistry. Wednesday A. M. Algebra, Physical Geography, Greek. P. M. Plane Geometry, German, Spanish. o.\. "peel,,) bull~tln of entrance inlormatlon will bt' mailed On rt>qup-l, Ari­ d r~". The I'n\ypr 'Itv Editor COLLEGE OF LAW 9 Thursday A.M. Civil \,,.Qvernment, Solid Geometry, Zoology. " P. M. Beginning Latin and Cresar, Elements of Agri- culture, Trigonomeby, Commercial Geography. Friday A. M. Physics, Physiology, Botany. P. 1\1. American History, French, English Literature. Saturday A.M. Vergil, Cicero, Domestic Science. Admission by Certificate Applicants may be admitted without examination on presentation of properly indorsed certificate from a first grade high school in Ohio, or a school of equivalent rank, or approved normal school, provided that the work covered by saiJ certificate meets the requirements in tbe section entitled "Requirements by Units." The certificate must show that tbe applicant is a graduate in good standing of the school issuing it; and also must state in detail the studies pursued, tbe text-books used, the amount of work done in each study, the amount of time devoted to it, and the fact that the applicant has pas8ed in the work. Any entrance requirement not covered by a certificate must be met by examination. Blank certificate may be obtained by addressing the Secretary of the Entrance Board.