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This was not to be the limit of the problems facing the
University, for on August 9th, William H. Woodward died at
the early age of forty-three. His death was not entirely un-
expected, since the University Treasurer had been in ill health
for some time.
Shortly after Woodward's death the College and Univer-
sity held their respective commencement exercises without
incident. This was probably due to the fact that the College
officials had moved their exercises ahead one week to the
17th of August, while the University held its program on the
traditional date of August 26th. The academic year began for
the College and the University one week later. The College
counted thirty-eight new freshmen and the University four,
all from Hanover.59
During the summer the news of the alleged ineptness of
the counsel for the defense spread rapidly throughout the
countryside. It reached the ear of the famous attorney,
William Pinkney, of Maryland, and the case piqued his interest.
The fame of Pinkney was wide and earned. It had been said
that he was " . . . the only man at the bar of the Supreme
Court, who could meet Webster upon anything like equal ground."60
With Pinkney's entry into the case it became necessary
for Webster and Hopkinson to consider menas of excluding him
59Lord, pp. 155-158,
60Shirley, p. 202.
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Filkins, James Heasom. An Analysis of the Dartmouth College Case with Respect to Its Impact Upon the Evolution of Higher Education, dissertation, December 1973; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501218/m1/69/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .