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LAW STUDENT SUES .
RAILROAD COMPANY
Alban M. Emley Brings Suit Against
the Northwestern for Injuries Re
ceived Several Years Ago
Alban M. Emley, a Senior In the
Law School, has brought suit against
the Northwestern railroad for 150,000.
On October 18, 1903, Alban M. Em
ley, then thirteen years of age, got on
to one of the passenger trains of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Company at Wlsner for the purpose
of riding a -short distance and then
Jumping off while the train was in
motion. He stated In a petition filed
yesterday in district court that he did
start to get off and either in doing so
or when he struck the ground, he fell,
his right leg being thrown upon the
track. It was run over and crushed
just above the ankle and it was neces
sary to amputate it just above the
knee. Emley asks for judgment
against the railroad company for $30
000. lie did not become of age until
June 1, 1915, so the statute of limita
tions will not have run against his
cause of action for a week.
Emley says in his petition that he
and other boys at Wisner were .In the
habit of jumping on the trains and
riding them for a distance, which fact
was well known to the agents and
servants of the company. On the day
of his action he was seen by the
agents and servants to get on the car
and they knew that he had no ticket,
but merely meant to ride for a dis
tance and then jump off. They saw
him standing on the platform between
the cars and made no protest.
At the time he was hurt the plain
tiff says he had chosen no vocation
for life, but was contemplating be
coming a public singer. He was thir
teen years old at the time and says
he had a voice well adapted to that
profession. The loss of his leg made
it impracticable for him to pursue his
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ambition, however, so he decided to
become a lawver. This will make It
necessary for him to stand upon his
feet while making arguments, which
is very difficult for him to do. He has
thus been a student and does not
know his earning capacity, but de
Clares that it was generally dlmin
ished by the loss of his foot. He also
suffered great pain and declares that
ho had been greatly humiliated and
chagrined by the attention he has at
tracted to himself by his limping.
SUMMER COURSES IN
FIELD- GEOGRAPHY
Field Excursion Will Be Through the
Black Hills Six Weeks Taken
for Detailed Study
All students who contemplate regis
tering for summer school courses in
field geology will please consult with
Professors Barbour and Schramm be
fore June 4th. The field excursion
will be through the Black Hills, South
Dakota. Six weeks will be spent in a
detailed study of mines, mills, and
ore deposits of the Black Hills. The
courses will Include a study of the
general geology of the region; the
construction of one topographic base
map; stratlgraphic and structural
geoloeic maps; a study of the mica,
gypsum, quartz, and cassiterlte mines
at Custer and Hill City, with a de
tailed study of the mines of the north
ern Black Hills,' with especial atten
tion to the Homestake mine, and the
coal mines at Cambria, Wyoming.
Other features of geologic interest
will be studied incidentally to this
work. Special attention will be given
to the sand, hills and bad lands of
Nebraska; the thermal springs, Wind
Cave, Crystal Cave, the mineral de
posits, and quarries in the vicinity of
Hot Springs, South Dakota, the gran
ite needles at Harney Peak; Spear-
fish Canyon and Falls; and the intru
sives of Sundance Mountain and
Devil's Tower.
PAGEAM
CHAR AC
Your Reservations at Harry Portei
"NEBRASKA FIRST"
' A NW SLOGAN
A Traitor Is Detected at the Univer
sity of Nebraska But Will
Not Last Long
The man who leaves the Univer
sity this SDring with the idea that his
obligation to this University is paid
until Registration Day, September 17
1915, is a traitor no more, no less
He is permitting himself to become
a part of an intimate life only to play
false with its finer sentiments, and,
after all, with that "spirit" which sus
tains the University and assures him
that there will be another Registra
tion Day.
Here we are. a body of students
and what is the significance? We do
not even speak to each other unless
properly introduced!" There is a
plausible fiction afloat that we can
have no University feeling because
"we are scattered all over Lincoln,"
or "we have no common ground of
union, inasmuch as some take French
and some take Math.". Rot!
Isn't the cause of this leakage in
our University life merely lack of
effort or, if you will, of interest?
Americans abroad, who can recognize
each other only by the trouser cuff or
the cut of the collar, always speak
and New York to San Francisco, Du-
luth to Brownville, Texas, is quite an
area. There is something mightily
wrong, then, when students wno
know each other's faces will not speak
because they are "scattered all over
Lincoln."
To be sure, "some take French,
some Math." That is what we are
here for, and that is the very reason
we should get back of Nebraska First
in order that "some more may take
French and Math." That is the only
ground of union that we ought to
need. To have studied at the Univer
sity of Nebraska and to speak English
is sufficient ground for a -courteous
and friendly recognition of one's fel
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Till the Pageant Movement
low-students, both predecessors and
contemporaries. v
If you are not a traitor, you will
begin today by greeting the first stu
dent you meet with a friendly "HI!"
and keep it up all summer. Every
"grad" every student, wherever he
and you may meet, will go his way
with a warmer feeling for our institu
tion, and for you. The practice will
increase the popularity of the Univer
sity; It will foster that solidarity of
comradeship which casts such an in
valuable halo .about the heads of East
ern institutions no more worthy than
our own. Put all other collegiate as
sociates in their proper perspective
and, large in the foreground, - will
loom
"NEBRASKA FIRST!"
RESEARCH TABLE
GRANTED STUDENT
Miss Susanne Parsons Will Spend the
Summer at the Government Sta
tion Making Scientific In
vestigations Miss Susanne Parsons, a .fellow in
the department of zoology, has been
granted a research table in the United
States Biological Laboratory on the
Mississippi River at Fairport, Iowa.
Miss Parsons recently received her
master's degree working in the field
of parasitology under Doctor Barker.
She will spend the latter part of the
summer at the government station in
vestigating the method of infection
and the life history of the parasites
of certain species of turtles. Miss
Parsons expects to take her doctor's
degree in zoology and chemistry.
Lover (passionately) Sir. I love
the very ground your daughter walks
on!
Father (grimly) No doubt you do
it's worth $200 a front foot Town
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COMMISSIONS ISSUED
T MILITARY MEN
At Commencement Exercises Senior
Cadets, Will Commission With De
grees From the University
Military, commissions have been is
sued by Governor Morehead to ofllcers
of the University cadets whose Senior
year ends June 9. At the Commence
ment exercises the cadets will receive
degrees from the University and also
commissions from the Governor. The
commissions from the Governor cer
tify that the cadet officers are retired
officers of the Nebraska University
cadets. The officer will receive a com
mission and go on the retired list with
the rank which he occupied In the
cadets. The , Governor's commission
shows that if the retired officers are
ever called upon to do service in the
service of the state they will be ex
pected to obey the orders of their su
perior officers. No retired cadet offi
cer have ever been called upon to
enter the military service of the state,
but all of them entertain a hope that
some day they will be given an op
portunity to command troops in de
fense of their country and to show
their skill and knowledge of military
affairs. The commissions were Issued
to the following:
Majors: A. H. Dlnsmore, Lancaster;
L. L. Ewing, Jefferson; H. B. Harley,
M. V. Reed, Lancaster.
Captains: W. H. Baurrtann, R. F.
Clark, R; E. Fee, H. W. Graham, M. C.
Rohrbaugh, Douglas; W. M. Bryan,
IL P. Miller, P. O. Southwick, P. M.
Wickstrum, Lancaster; H. G. Hewitt,
Custer; R. M. Higgins, Cedar; L. L.
Hines, Dundy.
First Lieutenants: F. C. Albert.
Platte; E. M. Hansen. Lancaster;
H. L. Temple, Dawson; R. P. Wagner,
York.
Second Lieutenants: K. C. Fonts.
Jefferson; Albert V. Kjelson, Dawson.
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