THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
IDENTIFYING THE DEAD
HOW MEN SLAIN IN BATTLE ARB
' RECOGNIZED.
Turkey the Only Country-Whlch Re-
fusee to Make Use of Any Contrlv
ncee by Which Ite Dead Defend
ere May Be Known.
"A dead man ia of no use to the sul
tan; why, therefore, trouble about
hlmr replied a Turkish pasha (gen
eral) when -asked why Turkey, of all
the warring nations, omitted to supply
.some sort of Identification means for
Its lost men.
Every other nation In the present
conflict prorldes meant of identifying
the dead, and these tags or Identifica
tion slips are usually .sent by the vio
tors to the vanquished after a battle,
sui a courtesy of war, although It has
been noticed that "courtesies of war"
axe going Into the decline Just now.
The British and Japanese systems
are the most elaborate. Each English
soldier has a small oblong card
stitched Inside his tunic. On It are en
tered the man's name, regiment, next
of kin and other similar Information.
. resides this, erery article of his cloth
ing Is stamped with a number which
corresponds to one written opposite
bis name In the regimental records, as
well as the county depot of his bat
talion. - The Japanese system Is very simi
lar. Each man has three disks one
round his neck, another on his waist
belt and a third in bis boot on each
of which are three numbers corre
sponding to the wearer's name, corps
and brigade respectively.
Russian soldiers wear a numbered
badge shaped like an -"ikon" sacred
picture Image which Is formally
blessed by the priests.
Germany's soldiers carry a metal
disk bearing a number, which corre
sponds with a number at the Berlin
war office. After a battle numbers, not
names, are telegraphed and certified.
And the effectiveness of this system
may be Judged by the fact that after
the fighting around Mets In 1870. when
the casualties exceeded forty thousand,
complete lists were posted In the capi
tal two days later.
The United States government uses
a simple cloth tab woven Into the
shoulder strap of the tunic Italy uses
' a small ttno plate affixed to the trou
sers at the waist, on which are em-
bossed the soldier's name, place of or
- lgln. number and date of enlistment
-while the Portuguese cavalry soldier
. has a number stamped on the leggings
The French, who formerly used little
aluminum name plates, which In war
with savages seemed an Irresistible
attraction to the enemy, now use little
cards; but Austria still has an ornate
'Identification badge of gun metal,
shaped like a locket, with inside all
particulars Inscribed on little parch
ment leaves.
IMPROVED BY MORE SLEEP
Praise Better Than Fault Finding.
Praise a boy for his good deeds
rather than spank him for bis bad
ones. .Many a parent has tried It, with
successful results, as well as pleasant
ones for the boy.
Hardheaded business has made a
similar discovery. A Pennsylvania rail
road superintendent found that post
ing in publio places the faults of his
employees failed to reduce the num
ber of delinquencies.
"IH try a new game," he said. "The
failures I shall keep to myself, but
the particularly good bits of work
done by the men I shall paste upon a
bulletin board where all may read."
And the result of this scheme of
heart instead of fist? A quick drop
, of two-thirds In the number of men
who required discipline. This was
pure gain, and a big one, for the rail
road, but the men profited even mors.
There was a decrease of more than
70 per cent In loss of wages through
tuopenslcns.
Improved Torpedo.
The dirigible torpedo of a New
York Inventor Is propelled electrically,
' guided by a single insulated wire, and
kept at the required distance below
the surface by an automatic depth
regulator. At the will of the operator
a Jet of water or a beam of light can
be thrown up from the torpedo to
show the exact location reached.
London Schoolchildren Recently Made
the 8ubject of Some Interest
Ing Experiments.
There are some Interesting conclu
sions In the first report of the re
cently appointed official psychologist
to the London county council a post
which Is, I believe, unique In this
country. Mr. Cyril Burt's chief work
Is In applying tests to backward chil
dren In the schools to ascertain wheth
er or not they are suitable for tuition
In the special classt i for the mentally
defective. Mr. Burt has examined over
2,000 children 400 subnormal chil
dren, 200 certified mental defectives
and about 1,400 normal children. The
great majority of the 400 children who
were presented by the teachers on the
ground of mental Insufficiency were
found to suffer from mere dullness,
backwardness or special and limited
defects rather than from mental de
ficiency. Only 24 passed the medical
examination for admission to a men
tally defective school Mr. Burt says
there is a striking disagreement as to
where the line between the defective
and the ordinary child Is to be drawn
and remarks that school progress h
only a very indirect m assure of men
tal ability or Je'ect. His conclusion
is that there Is no one definite or con
stant mental characteristic in which
children classed as mentally defective
resemble one another and differ from
ordinary children. In intelligence, as
in every other quality, they over'-p
enormously with ordinary children and
are not a separate class or species,
out largely simply the Inefficient tall
end of a more comprehensive normal
group. Mr. Burt's report suggests the
need of more delicate discrimination
in the selection of children to be
classed as mentally defective. Re car
ried out an Interesting investigation
to show the influence of loss of sleep
upon school work. In one school the
children were divided into two groups.
One group were allowed to sleep for
two hours dally in school, the other
group worked in the ordinary way. It
was found that among the children
who were allowed to sleep those
who suffered most from lack of Bleep
at home gaine " greatly In general abil
ity. In the worst cases the gain more
than made up for the loss of time.
Experiments of the same kind are
going on, which Mr. Burt says may
show that lack of sleep may be as
damaging to school work as lack of
food. London Mall.
Aerial Dreadnaughts.
When Mr. Tennant spoke In the
louse of commons recently on tne
large aeroplanes used by Russia, he
was alluding to what Is known as the
Sikorsky biplane, the dreadnaught of
flvlne machines. This biplane is the
largest heavler-than-air machine yet
invented, and can carry at least twice
the load of any known aeroplane. The
dead weight of the machine Is no less
than three and a half tons, and it can
carry a load of over a ton.
Nearly half a ton of fuel and oil Is
carried, and when on a war recon
naissance could carry a quarter of a
ton of explosives, consisting perhaps
of half a dozen giant bombs, each
weighing 10 pounds, as compared with
the one or two which aeroplanes now
carry, or ten or a dozen 20-pound
bombs. Although compared with a
Zeppelin the Sikorsky biplane only
carries about a quarter the amount of
explosives, and has a much shorter
range, it has the very great advan
tage of being. much cheaper, easier
to build, less at the mercy of the
elements, and a smaller target. It
was stated in 1914 that the Russian
government had ordered five of these
big biplanes. London Times.
Light for Sick Room.
To shade the electric light in a sick
room or In a child's sleeping room,
make a bag of green china silk, large
enough to slip over the light, shade
and all. Put In drawing string to Us
irbn. This will soften the light won
derfully. N
Journey Into the Unknown.
The University of Pennsylvania
Amazon expedition has made another
Journey into the unknown and is now
exploring the frontier regions of Bra
iIL Peru and Bollvift. The expedition
expects to spend six months in that
region and to return to civilization at
Para.
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game, except in the case of the Iowa
game, when the tickets will be placed
on sale November 8. Reservations will
be filled in the order of their receipt.
The following is the University of
Nebraska schedule:
October 2 Drake at Lincoln.
October 9 Kansas Aggies at Lin
coln.
October 16 Washburn at Lincoln.
October 23 Notre Dame at Lincoln.
October 30 Iowa Aggies at Ames.
November 6 Nebraska Wesleyan at
Lincoln.
November 13 Kansas at Lawrence.
November 20 Iowa at Lincoln; an
nual home-coming.
Military Science Reprieves and
Excuses
Students who are subject to the Mili
tary Science requirement, desiring to
be reprieved or excused, must make
application for the same to the Com
mandant during registration days, and
file the reprieve of excuse at the time
of filing the the application for regis
tration.
CITY Y.M.C.A.
CORNER 13th AND P STREETS
OFFERS
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP RATES
$7.50 for Full Privileges for School Year
Cost is $6.60 if you are a member of
University Y. M. C. A.
Swimming, Baths, Gym Classes, Bowling, Billiards,
Rooms, Cafeteria, Downtown Headquarters,
Where the condition under which a
student expects to be reprieved or ex
cused exists at. the time of registra
tion, a reprieve or excuse will not be
granted subsequent to the filing of the
application for registration.
Printing that's better, at Boyd's, 125
North 12th.
Special Invitation to every young man student to visit th
Building and see for himself.
CHAPIN BROS.
127 So. 13th
FLOWERS ALL THE TIME
College Gkls Will Like
Our Copies of
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Jeanne Lanvin, of course, is famous all
over the world, because she designs the
simplest and most charming clothes for
young women.
Early this week in one of our Express ship
ments we received several copies of her smart
est dresses. They are to the last degree ' 'chick"
We've seen nothing like them so far this season
Fall Frocks
Fall Coats
Fall Suits
In the Smartest Styles Imaginable
for Young Women are here
We'll say nothing of style. You can
appreciate that better by trying them on.
The shades, the materials and- trimmings
are the season's very latest.
Smart Fall Waists
$1:50. $2 to $6.50
Misses' Fall Coats
$12.50, $15 to $35
Supreme In Women's Fashions
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