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

 - Class of 1897

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CIS me Clre. Brilliant October weather greeted us when we descended upon Lincoln at the beginning of the Senior year. There were greet- ings between friends who had not met since the previous .I une. Lies were Uswappedv and wonderful vacation tales were told. W'e were all bulging with political news from our own partic- ular sections of the country. Jones was morally certain that Mc- Kinley would sweep Idaho in November. John DeYarman Smith, who had returned, together with his name, from Iowa, took Sun- dry and several of his friends into quiet corners and told them to bet their simoleons that Bryan would go out of the Hawkeye state with seventy thousand majority. Sid. White, who had evi- dently been associating with a gang of ward heelers in South Omaha, appeared resplendent in a Nloudv suit and a bright red necktie, and offered to bet 355,000 that the champion of silver would carry Nebraska. Flaherty was back with his expansive upper lip and his Hibernian cast of countenance. Most of the old boys drifted in and our erstwhile lone girl QGod bless the girlslj found solace in the presence of another one of the emancipated to keep her company on the front seats. lVhen we looked over the H large and intelligent audiencev that greeted Professor VVilson at his first lecture we discerned a lot of new faces. Greenfield had come from Lexington with his popu- listic ideas and his insane desire to wear low shoes regardless of the weather. Hassler had walked in from Pawnee City and brought with him a pair of glasses and a ministerial expression which never left him. Frank Brown answered U presentw the first afternoon and hasn't said a word since. Babcock, Carr, Creigh, Goodner, Gates, Green, Parker, Ridgley, True, and lVallis also shed the light of their countenance upon us for the iirst time. But this history is not the leap year edition of a country weekly and I shall not enumerate at length the numerous virtues of our charming new comers. The term started off beautifully. Professor lllilson, after the

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42 THE DIGEST study, or in other words, knowledge may be imputed to him which he does not in fact possess, provided it is in the mind of his agent, for knowledge in the agent is knowledge in the principal. Though agency is a proper subject for discussion in the class room, it seems to be improper for a student to exemplify the principle of it while he is reciting or during the time he is taking examinations, for these acts, according to the weight of authori- ties, cannot be done through the employment of an agency. But upon this question the opinions are by no means harmonious, and upon principle it is dirhcult to reconcile them. The better rule, however, and that which has been followed by our department, is the one stated above. Other subjects treated of during the Junior year and which came in for their full share of the time, were Sales, Bailments and Carriers, Partnership, Criminal Law, and Notes, Bills, and Checks, but as my space in this volume is limited, and my time for writing this article is borrowed, it must suffice to make mere mention of them here. Special lectures on such important sub- jects as Insurance, Police Powers, Water' Rights, Cases and how to ind them, were given by leading attorneys and judges of the state, during the year, and note books prepared and handed in for inspection and approval. The Juniors commenced to hold moot court trials among them- selves as early as before the Christmas holidays, and continued them during the year, having a case docketed about once in every two weeks, at times oftener. Usually some one of the seniors would sit as judge when the trial was had, and then it was that the Juniors envied him not a little in his exalted position. In this connection N. D. Burch, a junior, on the list of those who dropped out, deserves special mention for instituting, arranging and being more or less connected with nearly all these trials. I-le would bring an action against a fellow student on the slightest pretext, and prosecute to the full extent of the law. During the spring term each Junior, as a part of the regular course, had to prosecute or defend a case in justice moot court, based upon a statement of testimony furnished by Professor C. A. Robbins. These cases as a rule were well worked up and the Juniors took considerable pride in winning them.



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44 THE Drensr first roll-call of his class in Evidence, explained at great length that' he was teaching the most important branch of the law, and that no student could hope to be a bright star in the legal firma- ment unless he firmly grasped the principles about to be eluci- dated. The next day Professor Robbins, in Common Law Plead- ing, fixed us with his eagle eye and told us that no study in the curriculum was half so important as the one we were then be- ginning. Judge VVebster occuiped the instructor's desk on Friday. The Judge carefully wiped his spectacles, smiling be- nignly as he did so. Then he said, MYoung ladies and gentle- men, I but voice the sentiment of all great lawyers when I say that Equity transcends in importance all other departments of juridical learning. I trust you will realize this and give Equity the attention it deserves? We at once felt that grave responsibilties rested on our should- ers and we began our work with great vigor. I-Iow could we feel or act otherwise when We were engaged upon three studies each of which was more important thanany other? After the year was fairly begun we found much to keep us- busy. The presidential campaign was on and was fully as ab- sorbing as the excellent works of Bispham and Stephen. Some of the class and a large part -of the faculty pretended to study law during the day and made political speeches at night whenever and wherever crowds could be found patient enough to lriten to them. The joint debate between the sound money and Bryan clubs of the University attracted its share of attention, since three of the four speakers were from the Law College. Interesting as thecampaign was, its results caused no deaths in the class and thc- vocal organs of the Dean and Professor Robbins and Flaherty gradually returned to their normal condition. With one exception the class elections, which are usually events of great interest, attracted comparatively little attention.. The election at the beginning of the year, when Smith beat Waal- lis for president by the narrow margin of one vote, caused a rip-- ple of excitement but succeeding meetings of the class were very peacable. Should I fail to mention the December election of the Maxwell club the omission would never be forgiven. Few of us will ever

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