THE DAILY NEBRASKA"
The Daily Nebraskan
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A STRONG PLAN FOR A STUDENT COUNCIL
The plan for the student council, as recommended by the charter
commission has many strong features that will win for it an almost
undivided support, although certain details may not be just what every
one wanted. The essential thing now is to get the plan adopted and
elect a strong council next fall. That will be the beginning of what
is believed will become student self-government at Nebraska Univer
sity; a close relation of all student activities to the upbuilding of a
bigger and stronger Nebraska spirit.
It is good that the commission decided that from the first, the
council should be wholly a student council; in fact as well as in
name, a governing body of students. This may lead to some mistakes
at first; but probably the quickest way to learn how to exercise an
important power is by exercising it. Had fatuity members been in
cluded in the council plan, the inevitable tendency would have been
to throw the responsibility upon those members, refer difficult ques
tions to them for final decision; and then make the faculty the scape
got for mistakes. Under the present plan, if adopted, the students
will be entrusted from the first with the responsibility for the actions
of the council, and they will have to depend upon their own best
judgment on important matters.
Because of this responsibility upon the student members, it is
necessary that students who are advanced in the University, ac
quainted with student life and student condition's, should make up the
council. The juniors and seniors, then predominate, and rightly.
The sophomores are represented but do not have a vote. The fresh
men will not have a voice in the council in the beginning.
The plan for the council can be changed readily, If the majority
sentiment of the students should deem a change advisable but it
cannot be changed so easily as to make it the football of University
politics. Amendments or revisions may be presented in a mass meet
ing of the students, and upon a majority vote of that meeting, shall be
submitted for adoption at a special election called for that purpose.
This provision for a change should enlist in hearty support of the plan
those who disagree with details, for if the plan does not prove success
ful, it can.be changed.
Students and faculty members who for yvars have hoped that
the time would come when the Cornhusker student would be able to
express himself through a representative body, able to gain and hold
the respect of all, and governing by right of popular choice, welcome
the plan as submitted by the council commission.
The scene at the railroad station last Saturday, when the Uni
versity men took leave of their parents and turned their faces to
wards Fort Snelling, drove home the fact that these men, our com
panions, our classmates, our friends, are preparing themselves for
a serious task. Some of them may never return. The sincere hope
in every heart at the train was that all would return, but the tears
in the eyes of those who were left behind were mute recognition
of the fact that it may have been a last parting.
Nebraska is proud of her men who have volunteered to train for
the officers' positions in the army of the first 500.000. Many have
sacrificed opportunities In the business world, joys of friendships, the
happiness of their homes, to go into the work. They may be called
upon for the last great sacrifice; if so, we know that it will not be
in vain.
UNIVERSITY NOTICES
Nebraskan Staff
Applications for election to the fol
lowing positions on The Daily Ne
braskan for the first semester of the
school y-ar 1917-18, will be received
at the student activities office until
5 p. m. May 17, 1917:
Editor in-chief, managing editor,
woman associate, man associate, busi
ness manager and assistant business
manager. Application blanks can be
secured from the secretary. T. A.
Williams, secretary student publication
board.
HEDWIG BONEKEMPER
MADE PRESIDENT OF
D. G. V. FOR NEXT YEAR
COMMENCEMENT
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UNI JEWELER
Established 1871 1143 0
Iledwig Bonekemper,'18, was elected
president of Deutscher Gesselige
Verein at the annual picnic of the
club at the farm grove Friday evening.
K. Zut, '19, was elected vice president;
Clara Schulte, '18, secretary, and
Arnold Wilken, '20, treasurer. Doro
thy Pettis, '19, L. H. Redelfs, '19, and
iieiiwig Bonekemper were chosen
Members of the executive committee.
The remainder of the evening was
spent playing baseball and singing
patriotic songs.
Louise Coe, '17, spent the week-end
in Nebraska City.
Harvey Nelson, law '19, visited at
his home in Omaha Sunday.
The Feople's Home Library has
been adopted as the official report
of the International Aid Association
which has 250,000 members. The
object of this association Is to lower
the death rate and teach economy.
The association believed the distribu
tion of P. II. L. will aid in accom
plisbing these objects.
Dally average of agents in the field
this season Is over $13. A banner
year for selling to farmers. tf
Dr. Stewart Advocates Athletics As
A Step In Winning The War
That the continuation of athletics is
an important step In military pre
paredness, one which must not be
overlooked or sacrificed, is the belief
of Dr. E. J. Stewart, director or atn
letics, who issued a statement Satur
day pointing out the importance of
athletic as well as military training.
Dr. Stewart says it is a significant
fact that the allies have found ath
letics so beneficial as to retain games
close behind the fighting lines. He
points out that over sixty Nebraska
athletes have volunteered and have
been accepted on the record of their
physical fitness. Dr. Stewart feels
that it would be a mistake to abandon
the college sports except in the minor
branches even although new teams
must be built up by Missouri Valley
schools. He says that while the Kansas-Nebraska
game next fall may be
played without a veteran in the line
up and before a much smaller crowd
than customarily attends, the benefits
of athletics will still be secured.
This is his statement:
"The question of whether or not in
tercollegiate athletic competition at
Nebraska University should be contin
ued, until the conclusion of the war
has been suggested to me so often that
I am taking this opportunity of advis
ing the many friends of university
athletics of the situation here and at
the other universities throughout the
county.
War College Endorse Athletics
"The first element entering into
consideration is that of effect upon
the plan to equip a large army as
planned by the government, and since
such noted military leaders and au
thorities as Generals Wood and Bell
and Major McAlexander have already
issued advice to the colleges and uni
versities throughout the United States
not to make the mistake of dropping
athletics, and since it is very ap
parent, through the acceptance by re
cruiting officers of the college ath
lete in preference to the non-athlete,
that intercollegiate athletics produces
the best type of soldier, it should be
logical to suppose that no action will
be taken to stop the development of
the hardy constitution, character and
physical and mental courage, which
college sports develop. In fact it is
more probable that the college au
thorities in conjunction with military
and following out some plan which
will be suggested in the near future,
will outline some system of compul
sory participation for every student
in the University, thereby insuring to
Uncle Sam a better type of physical
manhood for the future military needs
than is available in the present emer
gency. "In the present plans for military
camp schedule, as partly outlined by
the war college, is included certain
hours for competitive sports. The
history cf the development of competi
tive sports within close proximity to
the actual front trench lines in Europe
since the present war began, proves
conclusively that the military authori
ties have recognized the value and
importance of competitive sports as
a physical and moral developer of suf
ficient importance to warrant the de
votion cf considerable time to them
within the actual firing zone at
the front.
Sixty-Eight Athletes Enlist j
"Statistics at the office of t'aptain
Parker, at the University of Nebraska,
will show that a far greater percent
age of the athletes are considered as
desirable candidates for commissions
in the reserve officers corps than from
any other organization of like numbers
in the University. '
"It is also a matter of no little pride
to the department authorities that no
less than sixty eight athletes have ap
plied for a commission or have actual
ly enlisted in some branch of the serv
ice. There is also quite a bit of con
fidence in the athletic authorities that
those accepted will make better sol
diers because of their athletic experi
ences, since discipline, courage, sacri
fice, of many little comforts, and de
termination to win are as necessary
in a football season as In a battle
between armies.
"It is .true there is a great deal of
uncertainty In the minds of many as
tc the best action to pursue concerning
the athletic question. It is quite pos
sible that a football game next fall
between Nebraska and Kansas will
net two thirds of the attendance to
be expected under normal conditions.
It is possible that all of the members
of the varsity teams of both institu
tions will be only those who are too
young to be of service as soldiers, and
It is also possible that the standard
of competition will not be ss high j
as in the past, but of course all Insti
tutions will be as equally hard hit and
competition will be very keen.
"England has already publicly called
attention to the mistake made in the
early period of the war In sending
her college students and professors to
the battle front where most of them
were killed1 in the first six months and
is now reopening her colleges and
universities and urging her young men
to continue their studies where the
age limit bars them from enlistment.
It is quite probable that the United
Stateg will guard against such a mis
take as England made In the early
period of the war.
Abondonment an Error
"A few colleges and universities
Jumped to the conclusion with the
very first declaration of war that It
would be a patriotic action to Immedi
ately eliminate intercollegiate compe
tition and there schools gained a
doubtful classification immediately as
being most patriotic. Since this first1
wave of sentiment, these same schools
have repented fully for their hasty
action and even now an effort is be
ing made to re-establish competitive
sports at Harvard, Michigan and other
schools for the remainder of the spring
semester. This effort, however, will
prove unsuccessful since all .athletes
immediately stopped their training
with the cancelling of schedules and
It will be several years before the dis
organizing effect of this hasty action
will disappear from these schools.
"Economically the abandonment of
athletics at Nebraska and other
Bchools would be disastrous.
"Consider, for instance, that Ne
braska already has $2,000 equipment
in her stock room for football and
other sports next fall, ordered with a
view to outfitting the candidates who
were available last fall. Over head ex
pense, like salaries of coaching staff,
will continue as before and without
the revenue of football, basketball, and
wrestling, baseball and track, the sur
plus of $8,000, of which the athletic
department boasts, would be eaten up
in a single year.
The Situation Summarized
"Summarizing the situation as it
applies itself to Nebraska University,
it can be said that the situation does
not demand the abandonment of in
tercollegiate sport but when such a
condition arises, Nebraska's authori
ties will be the first to act.
"The war college authorities have
openly advised the retention of inter
collegiate contests.
"The economic situation demands a
continuance, even if on a smaller
scale, of intercollegiate contests.
"Statistics from every recruiting of
ffice in a college community prove that
the college athlete is the first to en
list, the most desirable from a mill
tary point of view and that the elemi
natlon of the machine which turns
out these types would be a real dis
aster instead of a hindrance to the
military.
"Abandonment of intercollegiate
competition because of the uncer
tainty of the future, because of the
loss of most of the be6t athletes in
school, or because of the gloomy out
look in collegiate athletics, would only
reflect upon the ability of those
handling athletics to 'make good' in
the emergency caused by these dlscou
ragements and would be the Vasy
road always to be avoided.
"And finally it would take five years
efter the re-introduction of intercol
legiate athletics before the same stan
dard of competition would result.
"Again it is the opinion of the writer
that Intercollegiate athletics of the
future will be so co-related to military
preparedness that the government wiil
soon tak precaution that no future
action is taken by colleges and uni
versities eliminating that branch which
has proven itself so valuable in fitting
the college young men for the war
which is now before us.
"Ir our ignorance as to the possible
duration of the war would it not be
unfortunate if any institution elimi
nated athletics only to find that when
school begins next fall, the action had
only disorganized the department and
that the war was already over.
Training for the Soldier
"If on the other hand the war is to
last five years as many think, would
it not be best for the universities to
be furnishing to the soldier of the
next few years that training in char
acter, moral courage and discipline
which the present emergency has
found to be most prevalent in col
lege athletes.
"Of course, since the adoption of
the selective draft bill, there can be
no suggestion offered fairly, that any
number o f the university athletic
loams will be other than those too
young for military service or other
wise exempt from draft, and the sta
tistics of the recruiting office show
conclusively that there is never a
thought In the mind of the athlete to
evade military service for the pleasure
or the honor of the athletic field.
"In view of the misunderstanding
which seems to exist in the minds of
many let me call attention to the fact
that the Missouri Valley conference
has officially decided to continue in
tercollegiate competition and that the
annual .championship meet will be held
in Ames, la.. May 25 and 26.
"The annual intercollegiate athletic
association meet, the largest in the
country, and the one which is made
up of the large colleges and univer
sities of the east, will be held in Chi
cago June 9 on the University of Chi
cago's field.
"The annual big nine conference
meet will be held at Madison, Wis.,
June 1 and 2.
"The Rocky Mountain conference,
the Pacific Coast conference, the Pa
cific northwest conference, the south
ern conference, the Ohio conference,
and in fact all of the annual meets
staged throughout the United States
will take place thfa year the same as
usual.
"It is true that individual members
of these conferences may have con
cluded to eliminate spring sports and
in two cases fall sports, but the sober
Judgment of the best thinkers in these
conferences has decided that the
best interests of the United States
and their respective institutions can
best be served by retention of inter
collegiate competition."
E. J. STEWART.
Ruth Jorgenson. '18, spent Satur
day and Sunday at her home in
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