Second Biennial Report
Nevada Historical Society
1909-1910
pg. 74
Lawler's Institute
In the 60's, Lawler's Institute in Carson was a very popular
school, and next, perhaps to the school conducted by Misses
Clapp and Babcock was the best in the State.
Many young men now stooped with age got their educational
start in life at the Lawler Institute. James D. Torreyson,
at one time Attorney-General of Nevada, and during his
younger days a clerk in the State Controller's Office, was
fitted for Yale in the little brick schoolhouse of the
Lawler Institute. Mr. Torreyson graduated from Yale in the
same class that graduated President Taft. "Jimmie," as
everyone in Carson called Mr. Torreyson for so many years,
solved the problem several years ago in the city of his
nativity. Mr. Torreyson was always deservedly popular,
socially and professionally. He was well-seasoned in the
practice of Blackstone, and a lawyer of state-wide
reputation.
Joan