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

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faculty .29 , Dr. Roscoe Pound, Dean of the College of Law, is in his thirty- fourth year, having been born October 27, 1870. He is distinctively a Nebraskan, having taken the degrees A. B., A. M., and Ph. D. from the University of Nebraska in '88, '89, and '97 respectively, and with Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi honors. The foundation of his legal educa- tion was acquired at the Harvard Law School in '89 and '90. While practicing law in Lincoln he served on the board of examiners of ap- plicants for admission to the bar and also as director of the Botanical Survey of Nebraska since 1892. ln April, 1901, he was called to the supreme bench of the state as commissioner, and served until his res- ignation last September, in order to accept the position of Dean of the College of Law. He is an Associe Libre de llAcademie International de Geographie Botanique, also secretary of the State Bar Association, and a member of the local council of the American Bar Association. His vigorous and able direction of the College of Law during the Iirst year of his deanship has been in keeping with his scholarly attainments. Professor H. H. Wilson is the eldest member of the Law Faculty. He entered the University of Nebraska as a student in September, '73, and received therefrom the degrees of B. Ph., A. M., and M. LL. He was one of the first in the institution to be decorated with the key of Phi Beta Kappa. He has been in active practice in Lincoln since 1881, and during that period he has been of the counsel in some of the most important litigation in the state. His connection as instructor with the College of Law dates from 1891. His class practical nature. His principal subjects are riers, damages and evidence. In addition to has the direction of a law business which is in Lincoln. Professor Charles A. Robbins received College in 1881, and later a Ph. M. from the work is of an extremely torts, bailments, and car- his work as instructor he one of the most extensive his Ph. B. from Hedding same institution. In 1885 he took the degree of LL. B. from Northwestern University, where he received iirst prize for distinguished scholarship both years as well as iirst thesis prize. He remained in Chicago one year after graduation, clerking in the law o-thee and Writing for legal periodicals, and in 1886 came to Lincoln, where he has ever since-been engaged in the active practice of the law. He became connected with the College of Law in 1893. Although he has several other departments ot instruction, his work is devoted especially to contracts, commercial paper, and plead- ing. He successfully combines the theoretical and practical and insists on the logical correlation of the subjects in which he instructs. Besides his duties as a member of the Law Faculty he acts as counsel in impor- tant litigation. Professor- W. W. Cook, the youngest member of the Law Faculty, was born at Cleveland, Ohio, 1873. From Columbia University he re- ceived the degrees of A. B., A. M., and LL. M. In 1894-95 he was an instructor in mathematics at his Alma Mater. Receiving the Tyndall fellowship in physics in 1895, the next two years were spent studying in turn at Jena, Berlin, Leipsic, and Berlin again. Physics, mathe- matics, and chemistry, and later economics, nuance, and law had his attention. Returning to Columbia, he resumed his position in the math- ematics faculty 1898-1901. He continued his work in law, completing the four-years course with the degree of LL. M. He became a member of the American History department in the University of Nebraska, 1901, and later a professor in the College of Law. His subjects are domestic relations, wills and administrations, equity, corporations, and constitutional law. His work is keenly analytical, and the plan of case study is followed strictly. 5

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'fditors and Managers Q29 1. Knapp, Charles Tyler. Phi Delta Phi, Delta Upsilon. English club. Minden. Prior to the Spanish war he attended the University two years. While a member of Co. D in the Fighting First he was wounded in an engagement near Malolos, P. I. At present he is clerk of the dis- trict court of Kearney county. Will combine law and real estate in St. Louis. 2. Cronin, Neil M. Alpha Theta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Innocent. Sutton. Freshman Law. Takes his A. B. in June. Graduating from the high school, he taught for three years. Has represented the University twice in interstate debates: in '02 with Coloraclog in '03 against Mis- souri, an assistant in the department of argumentationg an instructor of the Lincoln high school in Greek history and argumentation. 3. Craft, Charles P. Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Theta Chi, Innocent. Aurora. A. B., Nebraska, '03. Member of interstate debate team against Kansas '99, Missouri '02, president of the Debating Association in '00g Oratorical Association '01g Jeffersonian Club '02g Junior Law class 1902- 035 assistant in department of argumentation 1902-035 Ivy Day orator '03, editor of Senior Book '03, of the Year Book of the College of Law '04. Will practice at Aurora. 4. Buchanan, William R. Phi Delta Phi. A Virginian by birth. Present home at Auburn, Neb. A graduate of the Peru State Normal. Was in the service of the B. 85 M. R. R. Co. before entering the College of Law. ' An assistant editor of the Year Book. He will not enter the practice at once. 5. Rees, Samuel, Jr. Phi Delta Phi. Omaha. From the high school to the University of Nebraska. Will take A. B. degree this year, as well as that in law. One of the assistant managers and editors of this publication. Trained as a practical printer in the Rees Printing Co. of Omaha. Will not practice immediately. 6. Griggs, Burt. Beatrice, 1881. Present home Lincoln. Graduate of Lincoln high school, which in 1900 he represented in the interscho- lastic debate. Later, an instructor in the same school. Spent two years in University work as preparation for the study of law. An assistant editor of the Year Book. Intends to locate at Sheridan, Wyo. 7. Sargent, Charles Robinson. Lincoln. Ranks as a Junior Aca- demic, active member of the University Y. M. C. A., formerly president of the Union Literary Society, an assistant editor on the Year Book. He may go east for further study. 8. Lee, George Arthur. Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Theta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa. I-Iumboldt. A. B., Nebraska, '03. A member of the interstate debate team against Missouri '01 and against Kansas in '03. He is now the leader of the debate team that meets Washington University at St. Louis in May. President of the University Debating Association 1903-04. An assistant in the department of argumentation. 9. Bickford, Roy. Wellfleet. Freshman Law. After graduating from the Arlington high school he took a course in the business college of Davenport, Iowa. He takes his degree of A. B. in June, 1904. He has attended to the duties of the vice-presidency in the University Y. Ilgi. A. the present year. An assistant business manager of the Year oo . 6