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

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46 THE DIGEST able rifle ball that pierced seven feet of solid steel by reason of the unusual powers of concentration. True will always remember the afternoon when he gallantly es- corted Judge Websteris daughter into the equity class and smil- ingly sat down beside her, only to have the Judge read him an extended lecture a few minutes later. If we live a thousand years the picture of the real property class will remain fresh in the galleries of memory. I can shut my eyes now and see the Dean, as from day to day he despairingly looked over the aggregation of hopeless imbecility before him, and strove in vain to detect some evidence of intellect and under- standing in the students who received his explanations of legal principles with vacant and meaningless sta1'es. In years to come the Real Property class of this year will be referred to as a com- pany of flunkers who won their championship through sheer ig- norance and clung to it with a grip like grim death. But enough of these filmy nothings. As the year draws to a close we are beginning to see how valuable the weeks spent here have been to us, and we appreciate, as never before, the eflicient corps of instructors who have labored so faithfully to make some- thing presentable out of the crude material that Providence has thrown in their way. If we donit set the world alire it will not be the fault of the faculty. They have done their duty. It only remains for us to do ours. - 'V' K0 10 9 ' wa S' Q W A

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AS WE ARE 45 forget the eagerness with which the barbs dug ballots out of the waste basket, or the pained surprise apparent on the faces of the frats when they witnessed the hostile demonstrations of their oppo- nents. For weeks the two factions struggled for possession of the presidential chair. The daily papers of the city teemed with news of the coniiict, and the college publications added their voices to the tumult. Finally the chancellor, fearful that the janitor would some morning find the law room slippery and sloppy with gore, prorogued the club until the end of the semester, and sweet Peace fluttered ljaack from the mountains where she had been sojourning in fear and trembling. ' The course of the Twenty-fifth Nebraska Legislative session was followed with more or less interest. The bookkeeper of the sen- ate was taken from the class, and several alumni of the University held positions either as members or ofEcers of the upper and lower houses. Then, too, our attention was attracted by the large num- ber of fresh bills, which the teeming brains of our legislators brought forth. The anti-fraternity bill, the anti-football bill, and the bill to change the requirements for admission to the bar will probably never be excelled as monumental curiosities. The year has not been remarkable for startling occurrences. But, as the apparently insignificant happenings a1'e cherished longest in the memory and remain to comfort us after more stir- ring events are forgotten, it may be well to recall a few of the little things which have made us laugh during the months just passed. Who of us will ever forget Flaherty's announcement that ua bill of revivor was filed when a former complainant was laboring under death or other disabilityj' the Mother disability, of cour sg being marriage. The reply of Placek to the carefully worded question of J udg 1 Reese as to whether a certain transaction constituted a mortgage or conditional sale will probably never be excelled. Mr. Placek thought the question over and then replied, 't Yes, sir, I think it wouldf, - lVe have all preserved for future use the two little narratives of the Dean in regard to the man who fell out of bed because he slept too close to the place where he got in atf' and the remark-

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A Dolitical Snap Shots If the members of 797 were followers of Brahma and believed that their ultimate end was a condition in which they should be alike and thus become re-absorbed into Brahma,their political views would be very seriously in the way, and the ideal state could only be obtained by a very rigorous course of asoeticism. Nearly every political party in the heavens above 01' the earth beneath or the waters under the earth, has its followers in the class from the gold democrats, by Green, to the woman's suffra- gists, by Babcock, and the old adage that 4' great minds run in the same channel '7 is proven to be false. The political personnel of the class is about the following, republicans, twenty-one, silver re- publicans, three, democrats, six, gold' democrats, oneg populists, four. However, the members do not agree with their respective parties entirely upon the leading questions. On the question of protection and free trade, twenty-three favor the first and eleven the latter. On the money question the members are hard to clas- sify-as hard for themselves as for the writer. Twenty-two are bimetallists, five are mono-metallists, and the other eight are un- decided but take their stand unqualiiiedly on the St. Louis plat- form. Their reasons for their beliefs are such as would make Mc- Kinley or Bryan turn green with envy. Here are a few: Gates, 'CI am for gold because we read in the good Book 'And Aaron made unto the children of lsreal a golden calf and set it up before them and they fell down and worshipped it.'7' Goodner, UI be- lieve in the eternal principles laid down by our forefathers that ' all men are created free and equal. TVhite, I am for silver be- cause it is and has been the money of the Chinese for the last ten thousand yearsf' Parker, 'C I am a believer in the New Testament, and is it not written that Judas sold his master for thirty pieces of silver, proving beyond a doubt that silver has always been rec- ognized as money? 3' Jones, HI am a believer in bimetallism, l--l mean a mono-metallist,,'-well, I stand on the St. Louis