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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To the Commandant of the Battalion, University of Nebraska, 'fSir- I have the honor to report that on Thursday evening of last week, when dressed in full uniform, with my sword Ca present from Co. EQ hanging at my side, I passed near Station A one Hardman, a law student, one Buchanan, a law student, one Davis, a law student. These three individuals failed to salute, but on the contrary smiled, grinned, chuckled, laughed, and boisterously hallooed, thereby both 0-mitting respect and C0111-mitting disrespect to the office with which the University has honored the undersigned. BU1:DE'r'rE GRANv1LL12 LEWIS, Caj1ia1'1L of Company E. At this time the commandant sternly faced the jury and said: Officers of the jury: You have heard the fair and impartial trial of the accused. You have heard the evidence. You will retire and, after giving the matter fair, candid, and impartial consideration, you will return the following verdict. I want to caution you, officers of the jury, not to deviate from the following findings: QReadsj I. We ind after carefully weighing the evidence that one Hardman, a law student, one Buchanan, a law student, and one Davis, a law student, are guilty of disrespect to a representative of the University and should be instantly expelled. 2. VVe find a certain law professor, the inventor of the curved ball, also late football coach of the University, guilty of disapproval of the military department, and recommend he be permanently en- joined from entering upon, going into, trespassing upon, or crawling over into, the athletic field of the University of Nebraska. 3,. We further find the Law School a source of trouble, a hot- bed of insubordination, a promoter of disrespect, and recommend the students thereof be required to drill six hours per week in accord- ance with the ruling of the war department, as Company '17, with Lieutenant Linn Murdock Huntington, late color sergeant and late editor of the Senior Annual, as captain. 4. VVe further recommend for the better dispatch of business, for the avoidance of complications, that the executive officers of the University be removed to the east end of the Armory and that one Seeley Clark be hereafter required to be on duty in full uniformfl The jury took the instructions, marched once around the plat- form, saluted, and returned the verdict as found. The commandant rose, drew from his pocket a blanket order from the board of regents confirming the findings, read it to the audience assembled, and, with the band preceding as before,'the military cavalcade re- 135