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APPENDIX VIII.
REPORT OF THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF LAW.
WILLIAM PEPPER, M.D., LL.D., PROVOST,
SIR : I have the honor to submit my report as Dean of the Department
of Law for the scholastic years 1890-91 and 1891-92:
THE FACULTY.
Instruction was given during the year 1890-91 by the following
professors and fellows, and in the following subjects: By Professor
Parsons, in the Law of Partnership and of Decedent Estates; by
Professor Bispham, in the Principles of Equity, Pleading and Practice;
by Professor Biddle, in Torts and Evidence; by Professor Hollingsworth,
in the Law of Contracts; by Professor Graham, in Criminal
Law; by Mr. Pepper, the senior fellow, in Pleading, and by the
Dean, in Constitutional Law and in the Law of Real Property.
During the" year 1891-92, lectures were delivered by the same
professors and fellows upon the same subjects, with the exception
that, Professor Biddle having been succeeded by the Hon. George M.
Dallas, the lectures upon the Law of Torts and Evidence were
delivered by Professor Dallas; and, during the year, Mr. Pepper also
delivered a course of lectures upon the Law of Corporations; Mr.
Charles Cooper Townsend delivered lectures and gave instruction in
the Law of Real Property and in the Law of Contracts, and Mr.
George Stuart Patterson delivered lectures and gave instruction in
Constitutional Law and in the Principles and Practice of Equity.
During the year 1891-92 from twenty to twenty-five lectures of
an hour in length were delivered during each week that the school
was in session.
The Hon. George W. Biddle having given to the University a fund
as a memorial of the late Professor Biddle, the Trustees of the University
have created a senior fellowship to be known as the Algernon
Sydney Biddle Fellowship, the incumbent to be annually elected by
the Board of Trustees upon the nomination of the Law Faculty; to
hold office for one year; to perform such duties of instruction as may
be designated by the Dean of the Law Faculty, and to receive an
annual compensation of 58500 to be paid out of the income of the
endowment made by Mr. Biddle.