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Gardner, George. Age, 23. Lincoln.
Graham, W. F. Age. 25. Lincoln.
Higgins, Charles N. Age, 21. Lincoln. Hurd, D. J. Age, 18. Lincoln. Jansa, Frank. Age, 21. Lincoln. Jira, Frank. Age, 30. Lincoln. Johnson, A. S. Age, 23. Lincoln. Discharged September 13, 1898.
Jones, Samuel R. Age, 33. Lincoln.
Jones, Archie B. Age, 18. Lincoln. Koert, E. H. Age, 21. Lincoln. Langer, J. F. Age, 19. Lincoln.
Longnecker, R. H. Age, 21. Lincoln.
MeNay, James F. Age, 31. Lincoln.
McCormick, William. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Nemecek, Thomas II. Age, 20. Lincoln.
Olsen, Ore E. Age, 22. Lincoln. Piquett, James M. Age, 22. Lincoln.
Seelig, Fred. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Selzer, George. Age, 30. Lincoln.
Simodynes. F. J. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Stewart, G. O. Age, 21. Lincoln. Severin, Henry A. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Templeton, Daniel. Age, 22. Lincoln. Templeton, Perry J. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Vaughan, John. Age, 24. Lincoln.
Watson, James. Age, 25. Lincoln.
Wolf, Joseph. Age. 23. Lincoln.
Wilson, M. G. Age, 26. Lincoln.
Recruits
Engler, H. W. Age, 31. Lincoln.
Shoaf, John R. Age, 18. University Place. Skinner, K. 1. Age, 18. Lincoln.
Skinner. E. N. B. Age, 18. Lincoln.
Company L
McKin, Loomis L., quartermaster-sergeant. Age, 26. Lincoln.
Company M
Hitchman, J. C., first sergeant. Age, 24. Lincoln. Discharged September 19, 1898.
Chapin, Edward T., corporal. Age, 21. Lincoln. Mustered as private.
Christie, B. W., corporal. Age, 21. Lincoln. Mustered as private. Pearse, A. S., corporal. Age, 21. Lincoln. Mustered as private.
Peck, Harry J., corporal. Age, 25. Lincoln. Mustered as private. Wiggins, Frank E., corporal. Age, 25. Lincoln. Mustered as private.
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Privates
Bogert, Edward L. Age, 37. Lincoln.
Burr, F. S. Age, 28. Lincoln. Discharged August 29, 1898.
Cakler, R. G. Age, 23. Lincoln. Discharged.
Cottle, Louis E. Age, 23. Lincoln. Fall, P. C. Age, 26. Lincoln.
Ferguson, C. H. Age, 21. Lincoln. Flick, Odis. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Gordon, John L. Age, 21. Lincoln. Transferred to Hospital Corps.
Lambert, James MI. Age, 23. Lincoln.
Lane, William H. Age, 40. Lincoln.
Moore, Fred E. Age, 25. Lincoln. O'Shea, Vincent H. Age, 20. Lincoln.
Richardson, Nete. Age, 21. Lincoln. Discharged, disability.
Sprague, Richard. Age, 27. Lincoln. Died August 8, 1898, at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, of typhoid fever.
Steele, Duncan C. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Thorp, Harry G. Age, 30. Lincoln.
Whitmore, John E. Age, 26. Lincoln. Transferred to United States Volun- teer Signal Corps.
Wolf, Fred. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Yeatman, G. E. Age, 27. Lincoln.
THIRD REGIMENT, NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Field and Staff
Bryan, William Jennings, colonel. Age, 38. Lincoln. Resigned December 12, 1898.
Vifquain, Victor, colonel. Age, 55. Lincoln. Mustered as lieutenant-colonel. McClay, John H., lieutenant-colonel. Age, 54. Lincoln. Mustered as major. Beck, Charles F., adjutant. Age, 38. Lincoln. Schwind, William F., quartermaster. Age, 33. Lincoln.
Pulis, Charles C., sergeant-major. Age, 24. Lincoln. Promoted second lieu- tenant, Company I, Third Regiment, N. V. I.
Hortquest. Otis F., steward. Age, 27. Lincoln. Abel, Richard C., musician. Age, 24. Lincoln. Browne, R. S., musician. Age, 43. Lincoln.
Company A
Schwarz, Charles F., captain. Age, 25. Lincoln. Ralston, George S., first lieutenant. Age, 43. Lincoln. Morrison, E. R., second lieutenant. Age, 22. Lincoln. Gildersleeve, H. J., quartermaster-sergeant. Age, 37. Lincoln. Johnson, V. O., sergeant. Age, 26. Lincoln.
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Stein, H. L., sergeant. Age, 20. Lincoln. Appointed first sergeant. West, R. B., sergeant. Age, 23. Lincoln.
Pinkham, James P., corporal. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Steinbach, George, corporal. Age, 27. Lincoln. Discharged.
Felber, C. D., corporal. Age, 21. Lincoln. Discharged.
Robertson, John H., corporal. AAge, 29. Lincoln. Dority, James MI., corporal. Age, 25. Lincoln. Discharged. Hanson, C. F., corporal. Age. 24. Lincoln.
Barr, John MI., corporal. Age, 20. Lincoln. Reduced to ranks.
Marscey, William E., wagoner. Age, 29. Lincoln.
Lenker, C. F., musician. Age, 21. College View.
Ball, William A., artificer. Age, 27. Lincoln. Deserted July 10, 1898.
Privates
Barth, William. Age, 35. Lincoln.
Bowman, C. W. Age, 18. Lincoln.
Clark, William H. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Dogny, P. A. Age, 20. Lincoln. AAppointed wagoner.
Dunkle, George W. Age, 22. Lincoln.
Fritz, C. W. Age, 22. Lincoln. Gaussoin, C. H. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Harris, Van Teil C. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Heggblade, Emil. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Johnson, J. O. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Kennedy, M. P. Age, 28. Lincoln. Discharged.
Kucera, Frank. Age, 21. Lincoln. Linard, F. C. Age. 21. Lincoln.
Lyons, H. H. Age, 23. Lincoln.
Leidigh, O. G. Age, 19. Lincoln. Discharged.
Maher, Thomas F. Age, 26. Lincoln. Discharged.
Mendenhall, J. M. Age, 19. Lincoln. Discharged.
Myers, William. Age, 28. Lincoln.
Michael, William. Age, 26. Lincoln. Discharged.
Miller, William A. Age, 36. Lincoln. Discharged.
Orlofsky, Samuel. Age, 21. Lincoln. Discharged.
Pace, Ike E. O. Age, 24. Lincoln. Transferred from Company F, Second Regiment, N. V. I.
Polsky. Bert. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Prieskorn, Edward. Age, 22. Lincoln.
Ray. A. L. Age, 21. College View.
Schlegel, Paul. Age, 19. Lincoln Discharged.
Spelman, A. J. Age, 18. Lincoln. Discharged.
Spencer, A. N. Age, 20. Lincoln. Stephens. J. E. Age, 21. Lincoln. Trombly, Warden F. A. Age, 22. Lincoln. Discharged.
Von Busch, William. Age, 22. Lincoln. Walker, George A. Age, 19. Lincoln.
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Company E
Knutson, Anton H., corporal. Age, 22. Lincoln.
Privates
Connor, Charles J. Age, 31. Waverly. Grimm, Arthur. Age, 21. Lincoln. Company H
Hall, George E., second lieutenant. Age, 24. Lincoln. Promoted from first sergeant.
Lytel, James L., sergeant. Age, 25. Lincoln.
Company I
Pulis, Charles C., second lieutenant. Age, 24. Lincoln. Promoted from sergeant-major.
Private
Watkins, Albert, Jr. Age, 19. Lincoln. Discharged October 20, 1898.
Company K
Shuff, Carl L., first lieutenant. Age, 21. Lincoln. Resigned November 29, 1898.
Brown, Guy M., corporal. Age, 18. Lincoln.
Company M
Leonard, Sherman. Age, 19. Lincoln. Transferred from Company I, Sec- ond Regiment, N. V. I.
TROOP K, THIRD REGIMENT, UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
Cameron, Simon, quartermaster-sergeant. Age, 38. Lincoln. Mustered as private.
Raymond, S. E., corporal. Age, 18. Lincoln. Mustered as private.
Sidner, S. S., corporal. Age, 23. Lincoln. Mustered as private.
Fisher, C. D., farrier. Lincoln.
Mason, S. W., saddler. Age, 28. Lincoln. Mustered as private.
Privates
Auterson, John. Age, 23. Lincoln. Berkley, John O. Age, 31. Lincoln. Transferred to Signal Corps. Chizek, R. C. Age, 18. Lincoln.
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Cowden, Tom R. Age, 19. Lincoln.
Gearhart, R. H. Age, 18. Lincoln.
Murphy, John K. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Murphey, C. W. Age, 20. Lincoln. Noyes, Alex. Age, 24. Lincoln. Nye. C. L. Age, 24. Lincoln. Oliver, J. A. Age, 20. Lincoln.
Page. Edward. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Perdue, Curtis. Age, 18. Lincoln.
Porter, Robert. Age, 30. Lincoln.
Powell, Willis M. Age, 19. Lincoln. Died August 6, 1898, of typhoid fever. Rhine, Madison. Age, 19. Lincoln.
Robinson. Fred. Age, 19. Lincoln. Rumsey. John W. Age. 22. Lincoln. Schultz, Henry C. Age. 19. Lincoln. Schultz, Gottjole. Age, 21. Lincoln.
Virgin, David T. Age, 18. Lincoln. Wallace, James P. Age, 20. Lincoln. Wehrs, Henry. Age, 20. Lincoln.
Woods, Lewis A. Age, 23. Lincoln.
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CHAPTER XXI
THE PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN LANCASTER COUNTY
Lincoln may well be called the educational center of the Middle West. Her student body each year approaches the mark of 8,000, a very large percentage in comparison with the population of the city. First in the field of educational work in the county, of course, is the University of Nebraska, comprising seven colleges. In the suburbs of Lincoln are three strong denominational shcools : the Nebraska Wesleyan University at University Place which is the central college of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the West, with over 800 students ; Cotner University, founded and maintained by the Christian Church, at Bethany, with over 250 students ; and the Seventh Day Adventist School, Union College, at College View, with over 300 students. Besides those mentioned Lincoln has a military academy, two large business colleges, three conservatories of music, many private studios, and a finishing school for boys and girls. The secondary schools of the city consist of twenty-eight public schools, with an enrollment of 14,000 pupils.
EDUCATIONAL BEGINNINGS
The first district school in Lancaster County was organized at the Colony, afterwards called Lancaster, in the latter part of the year 1864. The district was six miles square. The first board of directors consisted of Jacob Dawson, John M. Young and Milton Langdon. Simon P. Benadom, one of the surviving pioneers of early Lincoln, states that the first school in the county was 11/2 miles north of the Town of Roca, a log house upon a sand hill and, in fact, called the "Old Sand Hill" School. Phoebe Elliott was the first teacher here. The follow- ing year, 1865, District No. 2 was organized at Yankee Hill, with John Cadman, W. R. Field and W. T. Donovan as directors. In this district, in the dugout owned by John Cadman and occupied by him as a residence, one of the first schools in the county was taught by Robert F. Thurston, with about fifteen scholars. This school was opened prior to the one in District No. I as the latter had not yet been completed. The Cadman dugout class was taught the three R's in the winter of 1865-66. Judge A. W. Field and his sister, Mrs. J. E. Philpot, four of Cadman's children and three of Donovan's, were pupils in this school. In the fall of 1865 there was a school taught by Miss Alice Carter in a house built by W. T. Donovan on his farm at Yankee Hill. It is thought that about this time there was a school taught in the vicinity of Saltillo.
In 1866 the stone seminary in Lancaster was completed to such an extent that a school was opened in one room of the building which stood on the site of the
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present State Journal Building. The interior finish was then very rough and there was no floor. This was the first school in Lancaster and was conducted by H. W. Merrill in the latter part of the year. He had about thirty in his class. Early in 1867 Mrs. H. W. Merrill taught a term of school in this same seminary. It is said that Mrs. Merrill divided her time between her class and a year-old baby. She lived in one end of the building and John Monteith had a shoe shop in another part of the structure. The classes here were a little broken up by the Indian troubles which threatened the settlers; many of the pioneers left with their children, but most of them returned later. In the spring of 1867 Elder Young's fond dream, the seminary, burned and- so ended the school therein. John Cadman opened the Cadman House upon the site after rebuilding the walls. This left the Village of Lancaster without a school and so it remained until after the location of the state capital and the founding of the Town of Lincoln.
In the fall of 1867, soon after the first sale of lots on the new plat of Lincoln, the school directors erected a small stone house for school purposes on the north- cast corner of Q and Eleventh streets. In this building George W. Peck taught the first schoot in Lincoln in the fall of 1867, with thirty-five pupils. During the winter of 1868-69 school was continued here with Professor James as the teacher. The number of scholars increased to about sixty-five and in order to better accom- modate them the Methodist Church was purchased, on the southwest corner of Q and Tenth streets, and in this building another class was organized, instruction beginning May 5, 1869, with T. L. Catlin as teacher. The stone schoolhouse became a town jail in 1873 and the old Methodist Church continued as a school- house until the summer of 1889, being known first as the South Schoolhouse and later as the J Street School.
During the spring of 1869 Miss Griswold, later Mrs. S. B. Galey, taught a select school. By 1870 there were three schools and the question of bonding the district for $50,000 for the construction of a high school began to be discussed. On June 17. 1871, an election was held at the White Schoolhouse and the bond question was given a favorable vote of 151 to 60. C. M. Parker, W. A. Colman and B. W. Ballard were judges of this election. On August 19th an election was held to determine the location of the proposed $50.000 high school building, three sites being considered. One was block 63, between Fifteenth and Six- teenth, M and N : another was block 155, bounded by F. G, Fifteenth and Six- teenth ; and the third was block 120, bounded by J. K. Eleventh and Twelfth. There were 235 votes cast, as follows: 185 for block 63, 32 for block 155, and 18 for block 120. The board this year was composed of Philetus Peck, S. J. Tuttle, A. 1 .. Palmer, John Lamb, A. L. Pound and W. T. Donovan. On De- cember 23. 1871, the board adopted the plans and specifications for the new schoolhouse offered by Roberts & Boulanger. On February 15, 1872, the board decided to advertise for bids on the construction of the high school building, to be completed by September 1, 1872. On March 11th the bid of Moore & Krone for the brick, iron, stone and masonry work was accepted. The firm of Parcell & Dehart got the contract for carpentering. By the Ist of January, 1873. the building was ready for use.
During the summer of 1881 a school building was erected just west of the State University, at a cost of over ten thousand dollars. It was known as the First Ward School. By 1882 there were ten school buildings in Lincoln and
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thirty-one teachers. By 1889 the number of buildings had grown to sixteen and the enrollment to 4,750. In this year there were eighty teachers employed.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
The bill providing for the charter of the University of Nebraska, known as S. F., No. 86, was introduced into the Senate of the First Territorial Legislature on February 11, 1869, by Cunningham of Richardson County. On the same day it was referred to the Committee on Education, of which C. H. Gere was chair- man. This committee reported it back the next day with amendments. It was passed and sent to the House on the 13th. Under the suspension of rules it was read a first and second time the same day and was referred to the Committee on Schools. On the 15th the bill was read the third time, passed, and forwarded to the governor, who signed it. It became a law on the last day of the legislative session.
The building was provided for by S. F., No. 32, which was a bill to provide for the sale of unsold lots and blocks on the townsite of Lincoln, and for the erection of an insane hospital, a state university, and agricultural college. The original charter of the university provided for twelve regents, nine of them to be chosen by the Legislature in joint session, three from each judicial district. In addition to these nine the chancellor, superintendent of public instruction and the governor were members ex-officio. This arrangement has been changed considerably.
The charter of 1869 provided for six colleges: the college of literature, the sciences and arts; of law; of medicine ; of agriculture; of the practical sciences, surveying and mechanics; and of fine arts. The amendment of February 19. 1877, reduced the colleges to five by the union of the agricultural college with that of the practical sciences.
After the establishment of the university the criticism which came from other parts of the state, localities which resented the establishment of the capital at Lincoln, was very bitter. The Morton History states that "the main fault was that the university was opened too early ; and its scant patronage and an inferen- tially high per capita cost of students was industriously ridiculed and denounced. While the complaint was very plausible, its foundation was as flimsy as that of the first building."
Prof. H. W. Caldwell, in a paper read before the Historical Society in 1889, had the following to say in regard to the construction of the first building :
"On June 5, 1869, the sale of lots began and the first day 105 lots were sold for about thirty thousand dollars. The next day the Commonwealth remarks that `now the completion of the State University and Agricultural College is assured.' Eleven days later the paper announced the arrival of Mr. R. D. Silver. who will immediately put in a large plant for manufacturing brick for the 1111- versity-the capacity of the plant was to be 12,000 brick per day. The plans of Mr. J. M. Bird, of Logansport, Ind., were accepted on June 2d and on August 14th the Commonwealth contains an editorial description of the plans for the new building, classing the style of architecture as Franco-Italian. The same issue of the paper announces that the excavation for the basement of the uni- versity was completed.
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"On August 18, 1869, the contract for the erection of the building was let to Silver & Son, for $128,480 ; soon afterwards the troubles which followed the uni- versity for so many years began. Even the Brownville Advertiser, a good friend of the university, thought the policy of letting a contract for $28,480 more than the appropriation, unwise. The State Journal came to the defense of the regents, arguing that it was better policy to begin the erection of a building of sufficient size and well suited to its uses, even if it were necessary to have an additional appropriation, than to spend $100,000 upon a building that would soon have to be torn down because unsuited to the needs of the future. The cornerstone was laid on September 23, 1869; two days later a glowing account appeared in the columns of the State Journal. The exercises were in the hands of the Masons with Maj. D. H. Wheeler as master of ceremonies. A brass band from Omaha, imported for the occasion, headed the procession. In the evening a grand banquet was given. Governor Butler made a few remarks and Mr. Wheeler a short speech. Then Atty .- Gen. Seth Robinson gave an address on 'Popular Educa- tion,' but as most of it concerned Greece and Rome, and very little of it related to Nebraska, any further reference to it may be omitted here. The banquet-thanks to the good ladies of Lincoln-was enjoyed by fully a thousand people, dancing being indulged in from 10 until 4 o'clock. This was the beginning, but the end was not yet. as Lincoln people well knew. The regents visited the building and, after inspection, approved the plans and construction on January 6, 1871, but before a student had ever entered its doors, the cry was raised that it was insecure. On June 13, 1871, three professional architects were employed to examine the building thoroughly. Their report was made June 23d and pronounced the build- ing safe for the present, and probably for years to come. This probability they thought could be made a certainty by a few repairs that would not be very expensive. These repairs were made and September 6th the university was opened with an enrollment of about ninety students the first week. However, the rumor of the insecurity of the building would not down, so March 18, 1873, a special meeting of the regents was called to consider further repairs. After a report from another set of architects a new foundation was ordered to be put under the chapel. The foundation walls, as they were torn out were to be exam- ined by an architect under the direction of the attorney-general, Gen. J. R. Webster, who reported that the foundation had not been built in accordance with the contract. The chancellor in his report of June 26, 1877. again called the attention of the board to the condition of the building. Four architects were now employed, one from Omaha, one from Nebraska City, and two from Lin- coin. On the strength of their report, the regents resolved, July 6, 1877, to tear down the building and to erect a new one at a cost of $60,000, $40,000 of this amount to be raised in Lincoln. Work was to commence immediately on securing the above amount. The citizens of Lincoln were not satisfied, so they sent to Chicago and Dubuque for architects who examined the buikling and pronounced it easily repaired. A committee of Lincoln's citizens met the regents on August 15th. From the new light thus secured, the resolution to tear down was recon- sidered. A new foundation with some other repairs was ordered, and the bill of $6,012 was paid by Lincoln. Various attempts to secure an appropriation to reimburse the city have been made, but all have ended in failure. At the same
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time the roof was repaired at an expense of $1.625, but the water still found its way through, till finally in 1883 a slate roof was put on and the 'leak' stopped."
The first board of regents of the university comprised the following men : First Judicial District-John C. Elliott, Robert W. Furnas, David R. Dungan ; Second Judicial District-Rev. John B. Maxfield, Abel B. Fuller, Champion S. Chase ; Third Judicial District-William B. Dale, William G. Olinger, F. II. Longley. The ex-officio members of the board of regents were : Governor Butler, Samuel D. Beals, superintendent of public instruction, and A. R. Benton, chancellor.
The first faculty consisted of : Allen R. Benton, A. M., LL. D., chancellor and professor of intellectual and moral science ; S. H. Manley, A. M., professor of ancient languages and literature ; Henry E. Hitchcock, A. M., professor of mathe- matics ; O. C. Dake, professor of rhetoric and English literature ; Samuel Aughey, A. M., professor of chemistry and natural sciences ; George E. Church, A. M., principal of Latin school; S. R. Thompson, professor in agricultural department.
The university started with the single college of literature, science and arts. The courses included were the classical, Latin, sciences and Greek
The first students were: freshmen-Frand Hurd, Tecumseh : Uruah M. Melick, Camden; H. Kanaga Metcalf, Rock Creek; W. H. Sheldon, Percival, Iowa ; Mary W. Sessions, Lincoln ; sophomores-Wallace M. Stephens, Nebraska City ; William H. Snell, Lincoln ; juniors-J. Stuart Dales, East Rochester, Ohio. Mr. Dales received the first degree in course the next year, 1873. In addition to the students mentioned above there were twelve irregular students and 110 in the preparatory or Latin school.
At a meeting held June 25, 1872, at the close of the first year of school the agricultural college was established and $1,000 appropriated for necessary improvements. In 1885 the State Legislature appropriated $25,000 for the chem- ical building and two or three years later provision was made for the industrial college building, now known as Nebraska Hall; also provision was made for Grant Memorial Hall. In 1891 the sum of $37,000 was appropriated for the library building.
The medical college was established first in 1884, but was not successful, and was discontinued two years later. The school was revived in 1902 by an agreement with the Omaha Medical College. Thus began the College of Medicine of the University of Nebraska. The State Legislature of 1909 appropriated funds with which to purchase a site for the medical campus in Omaha and the Legislature of 1911 voted another appropriation for the laboratory building. In the summer of 1913 the entire staff and equipment of the college was moved to Omaha. The college of law was established at a meeting of the regents in August, 18gt, and W. H. Smith was the first dean. A handsome building for the accommodation of this school has recently been erected upon the campus at Lincoln.
Prof. H. W. Caldwell, in his paper mentioned before, said in regard to the teaching of military tactics: "The act of Congress of July 2, 1862, donating 90,000 acres of land to the agricultural college requires that provision shall be made for the teaching of military tactics. This condition has been faithfully fulfilled. The department was not put into operation without 'some friction ; but in later years the relation between the military professor and the cadets
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has been peculiarly pleasant. The regents asked as early as 1872 for the detail of Col. James J. Brisbin as instructor in military tactics. This request was refused on the ground that an officer of that rank was never detailed for such a purpose. Finally a commandant was secured, and in the fall of 1876 Lieut. E. S. Dudley entered upon his work. The first year no suits were required and service was voluntary. But in December, 1876, the regents passed a resolution requiring suits, after the word 'advising' had been stricken from the report. The following June drill was made compulsory on certain classes for one hour each day. In the fall of 1877 trouble began. The students felt that their rights and liberties had been invaded and they proposed to have aredress of grievances, at least to have their say. The old Tichenor House, at the corner of Thirteenth and K streets, was then rented by the university and used as a dormitory for boys. Far up under the eaves on the third floor two or three indignation meetings were held and resistance was resolved upon. A petition was, however, first to be tried, at the suggestion of some of the more conservative. This was really supposed to be a sharp move, for the leaders expected of course that the request would be refused, then they conceived a just cause of rebellion, and of war. would exist. This petition was duly signed by nineteen brave young men asking to be excused from drill on the ground that they had come with all the clothing necessary for the year, and their pocket-books would not stand the additional drain for the mili- tary suits that were required. The answer was awaited in trembling expectancy for the brave nineteen had resolved to go to some other school rather than submit to such tyranny. The answer came. It said (1) that for the coming year since no announcement of the requirement had been made, suits need not be purchased ; (2) that two companies would be formed, one for those with military suits, and one for those who had none. The noble nineteen met and consulted. They agreed that the facuity had out-generaled them; eighteen of them fell into line and drilled, known in the squibs of the times as the 'ragamuffin squad.' The nineteenth got excused on the ground of manual labor and set type on the Hesperian Student to prove it. He has not been unknown in political eireles since."
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