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Entered at the postofflce at Lincoln. Nebraska, as second class
mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Sessions of the legislature seem to be a favorite time for poorly
informed persons to spread untruths about the University. The fol
lowing appeared in an Omaha paper on February 19. 1917. in an
obscure article on the Dafoe bill to establish a state printing commis
sion: "Large sums have been spent in the past by the institution (re
ferring to the University) without the formality of letting contracts
according to bid and there appears, according to Printer Dan Webster,
to have been little responsibility assumed by any of the school author
ities in the process. The new measure is expected to inject business
principles into the University."
This Is an example of where that short and ugly word could well
be used. If Mr. Webster has been quoted correctly, he has been
guilty of speaking without making an attempt to ascertain the facts,
or he has been guilty of an offense equally bad. of intentionally mis
representing the facts.
To show the unfairness of what was said in this article, and in
the hope that the legislators would not be misguided by a statement
so incorrect. The Nebraskan yesterlay asked H. A. Evans, the pur
chasing agent of the University, whether printing contracts were let
for the University catalogs or other University printed matter, with
out calling for bids. Mr. Evans1 reply was put into written form, and
given to the chancellor. It is sufficient answer to the charge made
by Mr. Webster and should encourage him to be more careful the
next time he speaks about the University.
Mr. Evans says:
"February 23, 1917.
Chancellor S. Avery,
University of Nebraska.
Dear Chancellor Avery:
"This is to advise you that all printing for the University of Ne
braska, regardless of the department, is awarded on a competitive
bidding basis which is conducted by the Purchasing Agent.
"We have complete records on all printing, which date back sev
eral years, which are open to the inspection of any printer or citizen
of the State of Nebraska who has any doubt in his mind In regard to
the correctness of the above statement.
'Very truly yours.
(Signed) H. A. EVANS, Purchasing Agent."
Some of the detractors of the Unijpjsity.wTto' are wont to speak
iu the manner of this Omaha news article, could, with profit to their
own business knowledge, spend some time in studying the efficient
methods used by the University. It is to be doubted if any institution
or any business house in the state approaches it in business efficiency,
and especially in the care with which money is expended.
PRAYER
The University is to take part in the Universal day of prayer
next Sunday, and Professor Stuff will speak at Vesper services in the
Armory at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
There is something fine in the thought that the students of all
the nation are to spend this day in prayer. To turn one's thoughts
to a higher being, to spend even a little while in the contemplation
of man's real Insignificance just as a man, will do everyone good.
It Is to be hoped that the student who is 6o busy reading the
paper Sunday morning, or resting in bed. will find time for an hour
in the afternoon, to join in this vesper service. Students who know
Professor Stuff will welcome the opportunity to hear him. Those
who do not go will miss a message, which, coming from a man on
the rumpus who commands the highest respect, is bound to be uplifting.
Hard luck is still with the Hunkers. Yesterday Captain Camp
bell's arm was broken during the tussle with Ames. And still Ne
braska never gives up the fight.
The comment on the weather should have been held over until
todav. Yesterday afternoon was still better.
NON
COMPOS
MENTIS
Our Daily Thought
Cheer up, tomorrow's Saturday.
The latest story Is a good one.
There is a certain professor on the
campus who is very near-sighted. A
certain well-known co ed wanted to go
to the Portmanteau Players, Wednes
day afternoon, but to do so would have
to miss this professor's class. Fin
ally, she found a girl friend and of
fered her a dime to wear her hat and
sit iu her seat in the class. The bar
gain was closed, one girl went to see
the Players, and received credit in
the class, and the other girl spent a
very profitable hour in the class-room
and earned a dime. Don't try to
guess the names, because you never
could.
The Lenten season ought to be a
money making season for the young
swains around here, if the old adage
of "money saved" is true.
Yesterday,
We celebrated the
Birthday of
The one man in
The whole
World
Who holds the
Record
Of never telling
A lie.
Other men
Have said,
"Father dear,
I never prevaricate"
But they
Have never been
Able to
Get away
With it for any
Great length of time.
Far be It from us
To cast any
Reflections
On any of the
Bold protectors
Of this noble race,
But it has become
A historical fact.
Never having happened
Before or since.
George Washington
Is the father of
Our Country,
Noted for having
His hatchet ready for
Any occasion
And he certainly
Could make the
Chips fly.
The bark never scared him
Either.
But we cannot help
But feel that
Somewhere, somehow.
There is a mistake
About that little
Lie.
Reporter: Do you know any news?
Student:. Nothing, except that I
swallowed a dime a little while ago.
Do you see any change In me?
paring to run against teams from Cor
nell. Michigan. Minnesota. Kansas and
Missouri at the big meet to be held at
Omaha.
Five Year Ago Today
Tryouts for the lnterclass debates
were held with 31 contestants for the
four teams. ,
UNIVERSITY NOTICES
Field Geography
All members of the class are re
queued to meet in U 309 next Sat
urday, Feb. 24, at 8:'i0 a. m., sharp.
The semester's work will bo outlined
Baseball at Nebraska was still In
the air owing to the reluctance of the
Missouri valley conference in chang
ing the stiff eligibility rules.
and the class divided into sections for
field work. N. A. Bengtson. i
JUST A FEW DAYS MORE
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XI Delta
Xi Delta will meet at the Alpha XI
Delta house at 1:00 p. m. Saturday.
Important.
Palladian and Union
Palladian and Union will hold a
joint open meeting in Palladian hall
tonight at 8:30 o'clock. Visitors are
invited.
THE DAYS GONE BY
Seven Year Ago Today
The University democratic clul)
was organized at the Lincoln with a
membership of fifty university stu
dents.
The Nebraska relay team was pre-
Four Year Ago Today
The Cornhusker basketball five re
turned from a four days' trip into the
enemy's country with four games from
Drake and Ameg to their credit.
Fifty students returned from the
Nebraska student missionary confer
ence held at Crete.
The first University Week venture
was definitely announced.
Two Year Ago Today
The Nebraska rifle team ranked sec
ond in class "C" in the national
matches, having defeated several of
the larger eastern schools.
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Do the Above Marks Look Like a Suit?
Just about as near as the best illustration we can find looks like the new
Fashion Park Suits
and Coats
That arrived this morning by express
Yon have never seen, nor do we ever expect
to see clothes designed so distinctly ahead of
what we thought Was style.
PARK FLANNELS SCOTCH KNITS STANSBURY FOX FABRICS
In TWO-TONE HERRINGBONE EFFECTS
Inverted pleat and yoke backs belt all around and disappearing
belts both buckle and button.
We Ask You to See These Garments Quick
You'll Do the Rest
CgJ
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Store
One Year Ago Today
The Huskers defeated the" Drake
basket tossers by a score of 34 to 24.
Meal ticket $5.50 for $4.50. Newbert
Cafe. 137 No. 12th 8t
A Lesson On
Preparedness
A member of the faculty, whose at
tention had been called to an editor
ial in a local paper bearing upon the
question of preparedness, had the fol
lowing to say, printed because of Its
interest to the University public:
"A morning paper closes an edior
ial with this sentence: 'That is to
say, less conscription of men means
more conscription of money. That,
at bottom. Is the choice before the
country.'
"Most of those who believe In a
minimum amount of compulsory train
ing for every able-bodied male citizen
between certain ages will be inclined
to accept this statement. In the great
struggle between Rome and Carthage
the men of Rome prevailed over the
money of Carthage in spite of the gen
ius of Hannibal. After the Punic
war the Romans pressed on to con
quer the world through the use of
their own citizen soldiers, and the
mercenary soldiers of the east were
easy picking for the Roman legions.
After the ancient world had been con
quered, however, .the policy gradu
ally shifted. The wealth of the Em
pire was used to maintain the legions
who established their fortified camps
along the Rhine, the Danube and the
Euphrates. When these legionaries
were mustered out after several years
of paid service they frequently made
the best farmers and vine dressers
along the slopes of the Apenlnes. It
was a conscription of money, not of
men, and it worked just as the edit
orial suggests; but under this system,
though peace was maintained, the de
fense of the Empire as everybody
knows gradually weakened. Finally
about the middle of the sixteenth cen
tury the last remnant, Constantinople,
fell before the valorous Turks while
the last emperor endeavored to de
fend his capital by the use of mer
cenaries secured with money obtained
by 'taxing' the gold and. silver offer
ings In the churches.
"The record of history shows that a
mercenary army is a poor substitute
for a people bound together through
the ties of a common training for a
common defense."
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