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

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Only after night has fallen And the weary student slumbers, And his books are all forgotten, When the quiet of the midnight Settles on the Uni campus, Only then this being wanders Through the halls of the Main building In and out the Law School portals. Coke is his renowned cognomen. Coke, of common law the keenest, Known of all as its exponent. From the picture in Pound's oflice ' He emerges and will converse And of him I asked this question, Who these famous Law School students? Then he mildly smiled and answered, Answered long and told me ot them, Of the ones he best remembered, Of the ones he most encountered. Told me of these noble Seniors, Of these graduating lawyers, Who have struggled through their cases, Who have suffered many troubles, Who have burned the midnight lampwick, Who have ground and dug and labored, ,fi fr ff-s AWN 'YZ 5 K' L fy rf ggi 88 'if'

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ghe :Zqrwal :faq af the :fearned 'GUke'a Efpecious Jpectral Jpzrlt .if Should you ask me, who these people Who these dignified old Seniors, Who these graduating lawyers, VVho appear in reproduction, In a faithful 1'ep1'ofluction, In the Book, the College Year Book? I should answer, I should tell you They are men of many places, Many names and many nations. There are very many of themg Many more than I can mention. I should answer. I should tell you Just as I myself was answered, When I asked this self-same question. In this student population On the campus of the Uni, In the halls of the Main building Wanders one well-known to lawyers, One well-known among the students. One well-known among the doctors. 87

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That they might obtain a sheepskin, That they might hang out a shingle. Ye who on the Uni campus Have an interest in the Law School, Have an interest in the students And especially the Seniors, Listen to these tales about them, Told me by this famous spirit, For he answered long and fully Of the ones he best remembered, Of the ones he most encountered. When the lectures are in session, When the discourse is progressing, Wlien with gentle, peaceful breathing Roth and Righter sink in slumber, Then I slowly look about me, Look upon the men attending. 'fThere is Allen-ever Ernest, Never earnest in his actions, Never earnest in his talking, Never known to work his cases, Famed by last year's red Sombrero, Loved and longed for by the ladies. There is Armstrong with the ringlets Where the brush has never bristled, Where the comb's teeth never trampled, District judge in Senior Law court, One who puffs a pipe of briar Of diminutive construction With the greatest satisfaction. 1 From the Black Hills of Dakota, Famed for jollying and joshing, For his fondness for things foolish, For his knowledge of-well, nothing- For his worship for the Wyer, Comes Bump Campbell-chronic flunker. There are, too, the boon companions, Never seen without each other, Corlett, from fair Colorado, Alter from a place called Alma, Both of them are only youngsters, So I won't say much about them That in after life might hurt them, Or prevent them from reforming- Those two iirm and strong bound comrades 89