LIFE AND WORK OF DR. A. A. MURPHREE


 "From the time the University was divided into colleges
until the period of the world war, the Law College had a
steady and satisfactory growth. Prof. Farrah remained with
us for three years until the close of the 1911-12 term. Prof.
Thomas W. Hughes then became dean, and remained three
years, and I succeeded him. The enrollment during our first
year was thirty-one. The next year it jumped to forty-two
and in the fall of 1911 to fifty-three, remaining at this figure
during the next year. During this time only two years of high
school work was required for admission. With the beginning
of the 1913-14 term, three years of high school work was re-
quired and the following year four years became the require-
ment.
 "Our law studies comprised a two year course until the
beginning of the 1917-18 term when the present three year
course was inaugurated. In 1913 the enrollment jumped to
seventy-seven. With the introduction of the four year require-
ment, little gain was made in enrollment until 1916, when
there were eighty-two students. The enrollment dropped to
forty-six during the 1917-18 term, and sixty-two during the
next year, due to the world war. Many law colleges closed


their doors entirely during
our faculty felt that it wol
the enrollment jumped to
115, the following term to
was 198. Since that time
the present enrollment of
 "As to the number of
first year, but the number


this time, but Doctor Murphree and
uld be wise to continue. In 1919,
ninety-eight, the following year to
154, and in 1922-23 the enrollment
there has been a steady increase to
1927-28 of 274.
graduates, we had only three the
increased steadily to twenty-seven


in 1914-15, and varied until 1923-24, when twenty-eight were
graduated. Last year, fifty-four were graduated and this year
there are 50 candidates for law degrees.
 "I shall remember Dr. Murphree not only for the close co-
operation the Law College received from him, but also for his
democratic and friendly spirit," said Dean Trusler. "I re-
member that when I came to the University President Mur-
phree was living modestly in the Taylor Flats on University
Avenue. None of the faculty members had automobiles in
that day, and Dr. Murphree's method of locomotion was via
bicycle. Of course, later on he used some splendid makes of
automobiles."