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

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dressed in punctilious military fashion. Then came twelve jurors, all ofticers of the battalion: a jury heing allowed to the three culprits through the leniency of the commandant and upon the assent of the captain of Company li. These three luckless gentlemen came next, closely guarded hy six .Freshman sentinels, heavily armed, and monotonously chanting the paragraphs respecting the guarding of prisoners. The whitened and drawn faces of the doomed did not conceal their identity, and Hardman, Buchanan, and Davis were easily recognized. They were seated upon the south side of the platform still closely guarded. The presiding officer took his seat upon the drum, Counsel Lewis, captain of Company E, maintained an erect attitude upon the north side with chest it la Militaire, and with a determined countenance that hoded no good for the accused. llfhen all were seated and dead silence once more restored, the commandant rose slowly, carefully arranged his moustaches, and spoke as follows: ''Ladies-ahem-and-Gentlemen1 This is an occasion of niuch pleasure-ahem-and-pain. Pleasure-that the University -through its military department will exact the penalty-after a fair-ahem-and impartial hearing-the penalty for an insult to its dignity. Pain that there should be lacking in the XVest that I'5f7l'Iiz' dc corps-de corps-ahem-which is characteristic of the older and more dignified institutions of the East. That the University-ahem -the University-in the capacity of one of its departments can overlook a brazen affront to one of its representatives-ahem-to- wit-the battalion counsel, Mr. Lewis, captain of Company E-is. of course, donlt you know-impossihle-quite impossible-don't you know. The presiding officer thereupon resumed his seat upon the drum, pulling vigorously his moustaches. Violent nods of ap- proval Were noticed in Faculty Row. There was, however, one exception. One head shook negatively. Thereupon the command- ant arose, turned to the acting clerk of the court martial, and spoke: :'Major Hewitt, late captain of the defunct and canned Company D, you will record-ahem-don't you know-you will record the name of that law professor who invented the curved ball as an additional defendant in this trial. Ahem-ahem-I want to caution those present that the department can tolerate no insubordi- nation or disapproval. Counsel Lewis, captain of Company E, you will read the charge upon which these three defendants are arraigned. After proper salutes and observance of military decorum the captain of Company E read as follows: 133

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