University of Nebraska College of Law - Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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22 THE DIGEST 8 In 1891 Judge Reese was selected as lecturer upon the subject. of Real and Personal Property in the college of law in the State- University of Nebraska, and held that position until he Was- elected Dean of the college in 1893, which position he now holds. Judge Reese ranks among the leaders of the Nebraska bar, both as counsellor and advocate. He is popular, and respected by the bench and his professional brethren, and is strong with the people. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has served as Grand Master of that order in Nebraska. He is amem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and represented the Ne- braska Conference of that church in 1888 as a lay delegate to the General Conference held in the city of New York. Dean Reese is exceptionally Well fitted for the position of trust that he holds, and his moral influence over the students is one of his strongest points. He is the idol of the students and is hon- ored and beloved by all of them without exception. As an in- structor he is energetic, patient, and entertaining. He strives to make the most difficult subject interesting and attractive, and his success in this direction is in no small manner due to the exten- sive fund of experience and illustration that he has to 'draxv from. 'lf r ' Ah ,z-rf : 'S Q

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prof. fibarles CI. Robbins Prof. Charles A. Robbins, Secretary of the Law Faculty, was born at Abingdon, Knox county, Ill., June 5, 1861. His father died when he was two years old, and as soon as he was old enough he Worked in a brick-yard, on the farm, and in a store, during vacations, for means to attend school. He completed the course in the Abingdon High School, of which our present Congress- man, J. B. Strode, was principal, in May, 187 6. In the fall of the same year he entered Hedding College, from which institu- tion he graduated- in 1881, with the degree of Ph. B.. H rustling H -as he says-out of school hours and during vacations to pay his way through college. In 1884 he was awarded the degree of Ph. M. from the same college. . After teaching school two years, Professor Robbins entered Union College of Law QNorthwestern and Chicago Universitiesj in the fall of 1883, and graduated therefrom in June, 1885, with degree LL. B. Although he clerked in a law office and taught night school While pursuing his law course, he received first prize scholarship both years, as Well as first thesis prize. He remained in Chicago one year after graduation, clerking in the law office and Writing for legal periodicals, and in 1886 came to Lincoln, Neb., where he has made his home since. He was married in January, 1889, to Miss Bertha J ones, of Abingdon, Ill. Professor Robbins became connected with the College of Law in 1893, and is one of the hardest workers and most successful instructors in the Faculty. He is clear and logical, and has a forcible Way of presenting things so that they make a deep and lasting impression upon the mind of the student. A hard worker himself, he insists on the students putting in full time while here, telling them that they can play after school is out. Al- though he has several other departments of instruction, his spec- ialties are Contracts, Commercial Pape1', and Pleading.