The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and Other Matters - May 16 1919

It demands on the part of the teacher the same qualities as are called for in any other branch of scholastic work ; concentration of purpose sympathetic handling of the individual case delight in the walk for its own sake as one of the noblest in which the human faculties can engage. [...] * Every hour in the class-room ought to imply several hours of private study ; how many depends upon the nature of the subject and the individuality of the teacher. [...] The student who runs away to the office as soon as the lecture is over gets little good from the lecture and I should suppose the student who runs away from the office to attend lectures does not get the full advantage from the office either." (r) Briefly : Do one thing at a time and do it in the best possible way. [...] I should like to say something about methods of study ; the value of the comparative method which is calculated to quicken and invigorate the understanding " and no less to "open and liberlize (2) ; the importance of instilling into the student a sense of professional honour and of civic duty ; but I must not encroach further upon your space. [...] On the one hand there are those who feel that for a considerable part of his time at least the student should be free from any office duties so that he may devote his time to the study of the science of law ; on the other those who believe that the student can best understand his reading if he can see the practcal application of it from day to day in an office or at the Courts.