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California Law Review

Volume XII.

JULY, 1924

Number 5

I

William Carey Jones

T WAS in 1889, as I recall the year, that William Carey Jones, then an associate professor at the University, signed my "studycard," thereby admitting me as a student in his classes in United States History and Constitutional Law. The latter subject, and his course in Roman Law, given in the senior year, constituted the entire curriculum of legal subjects at the University at that time. It was much easier in those days of small numbers-the University had an attendance of less than half a thousand-for students and professors to become intimately acquainted. In no one of the classes I have mentioned were there more than a score of students. In my own case, the friendly contact then begun ripened into a warm attachment and deep affection as the years rolled by. Professor Jones was considerate and kind in classroom. He rejoiced at the success and advancement of his former students, and enjoyed keeping alive some form of contact and association with them. In his later years he found as keen enjoyment in attending the very democratic meetings of the college fraternity of which he was a charter member at the University, or in associating with a group of law students, as he did in sitting down at the most formal gathering. He kept his spirit and his heart youthful by association with his young student friends, yet a simple and charming dignity of manner commanded universal respect.

We who were permitted to attend the University in the "old days" enjoyed a rare privilege. We sat at the feet of the masters, and in the list with Kellogg, "Prof. John," and "Prof. Joe" Le Conte, Moses, Howison, and others of the "elder statesmen," I place the names of younger men, such as Edwards, Gayley, O'Neill, and Jones. This list is not by any means exclusive, and every "old grad" would name others. The greatness of those men was not only in their knowledge and learning, but in their personality which influenced and inspired the little groups of students who enjoyed an almost "upper chamber" association with them. And so it came naturally about that "Wm. Carey," who once gave but two courses in "law,"

should become the beloved "Dean Jones" of the School of Jurisprudence of the University of California.

After graduating from the University, Professor Jones studied law and was admitted to practice. He did not practice very long, and I remember, now as I think of it, seeing the discarded brass sign stowed away behind some legal-looking papers and law books in his room in old North Hall, and which bore the inscription "Wm. Carey Jones, Atty. at Law." Professor Jones was more of a student than a practitioner. The atmosphere of the library and the lecture hall was more to his liking than the engagements of office or courtroom. I shall not dwell upon his ability and fame as a teacher-others will do that. He had a deep and an abiding reverence for the Common Law. He believed in being well grounded in the fundamentals of legal knowledge. What was more natural, then, than that, as the outstanding feature of his life-work, he should choose to edit and annotate a new edition of Blackstone? Next to the title page of that monumental work there is an extract from the Oxford Lectures of Sir Frederick Pollock. From that I quote one sentence which, to my mind, might well be spoken of Dean Jones: "So venerable, so majestic, is this living temple of justice, this immemorial and yet freshly growing fabric of the Common Law, that the least of us is happy who hereafter may point to so much as one stone thereof and say, The work of my hands is there."

As a neighbor, Dean Jones was genial and helpful, and took a lively interest in the affairs of community and town. In 1894 he, with other freeholders, drafted a charter of the City of Berkeley. The finished document was largely the result of his study and foresight, and many of its provisions were copied and adopted in cities throughout the country.

Dean Jones was devoted to his Alma Mater, and a labor of love on his part was the writing of a History of the University of California, which appeared about 1895. In preparation for this work he collected a vast amount of material, and preserved in a delightfully interesting way the early history of the University.

Dean Jones was a good citizen. He never counseled nor countenanced anything but reverence and respect for, and obedience to the constitution and laws of the land. It will never be said that any act or word of his caused a fellow-man to think less of himself, or his country and its established institutions.

Supreme Court of the State of California.

William H. Waste.