Arthur F. Odlin, LL.B

              LECTURES BY
ARTHUR F. ODLIN, LL.B.

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FORMER ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF PORTO RICO

FORMER JUDGE OF COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

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ARTHUR F. ODLIN, LL. B.

ANNOUNCEMENT
JUDGE ODLIN is by birth a New Hampshire man and received his degree of Bachelor of Laws at Boston University in 1885.  He was engaged in the active practice of the law in the State of Florida for about twelve years thereafter.  In the Fall of 1898 he removed to Porto Rico and made a special study of the Spanish language and jurisprudence for the purpose of enabling him to intelligently follow his chosen profession in that island which had become American territory as one of the results of the war with Spain.  When the transfer from military to civil government was ordered by Congress in 1900, he became the first Attorney-General, which office was created to supplant the former position of Secretary of Justice under the Spanish system, the latter office being then abolished.  In 1901 a new and modern system of Courts was planned for the Philippine Islands and his name was one of those first selected.  He was assigned to one of the Manila Courts and afterwards presided in several of the Provinces.  His most important decision was sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1906.  At the end of 1904 he resigned to practice law at Manila and after two years more of active life there returned to the United States.  He has made a thorough study of the needs of the Filipino people and also of the general conditions which exist in the Orient as bearing upon the question of American influence and responsibilities.





OPINIONS

Those who were so fortunate as to hear Judge Odlin Friday night had a mental feast, a treat more appreciated as being so rare in Orlando where the lecture field is sadly untilled.  Judge Odlin is a graceful speaker, wielding words as an engraver his tools, so that his sentences stand out with all the force and clearness of an etching.  To the mind's eye every description was a picture, finished and artistic.
His points were so well chosen that the Philippine Problem seemed not a question but an answer.  In a few terse words he made his audience understand the condition of affairs, social, political and religious in the islands.  The lecture was one of the most charming ones ever given in our city.

Orlando (Florida) Star, June 12, 1904.


Judge Odlin delivered an address on the Philippines in the parlors of the San Juan last evening.  He was for many years a resident of this State and has spent the last two years in the Islands as a judge of what in this country would be known as the Circuit Court.  He has been a close observer of conditions and his opinions were expressed in clear and forcible language.
Jacksonville (Florida) Times-Union, June 13, 1904.


Former Judge Arthur F. Odlin, who had a distinguished career on the bench here, and who now is a member of the well-known law firm of Pillsbury and Sutro, lectured last evening before the members and guests of the Y. M. C. A. at the Marble Hall of the Ayuntamento, on the most famous law case in American history.
The address was intensely interesting.  In giving a resumé we are compelled for lack of space to cut out much of it, and we regret that the fine flavor of the speaker's thought is lost to a degree, while much of the wit is perforce excluded.

Manila Cablenews, December 12, 1906.

HEADQUARTERS, FORT MCKINLEY, P. I.

December 15, 1906.

MY DEAR JUDGE ODLIN:

I want to express my appreciation of your lecture Monday evening.  Rarely have I received in one evening so much instruction combined with amusement.  I am exceedingly glad I was able to make the trip to Manila to hear you.  It seems to me that if you ever get tired of practicing law you would be eminently successful on the lecture platform.

Very sincerely yours,
W. S. EDGERLY, Brigadier-General, U. S. A.

LANCASTER, N. H.,
January 22, 1907.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I have favorably known Honorable Arthur F. Odlin for many years.  He has creditably served as Attorney-General of Porto Rico and as a member of the Judiciary established by the American government in the Philippine Islands.  By education, natural intelligence and experience he is well qualified to discuss the important and interesting questions which have arisen and will arise in connection with the insular possessions of the United States.  He is a close observer and a good talker.

CHESTER B. JORDAN, (Ex-Governor of New Hampshire.)




SUBJECTS OF LECTURES

1.
Four Years on the Bench in the Philippines.
2.
What Shall We Do with the Philippines?
3.
The United States as a Colonizing Nation.
4.
America in the Far East.
5.
America's Most Celebrated Law-Suit.
6.
Fads and Follies of Modern Civilization.



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