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OlReial Paper of the
University of Nebraska
WAN G. BEEDE Editor
LEONARD W. KLINE. . . . Mng. Editor
FERN NOBLE Associate Editor
- KATHARINE NEWBRANCH ,
Associate Editor
ARNOLD WILKEN.. Associate Editor
DWIGHT THOMAS. . .Sporting Editor
GEORGE DRIVER. .Business Manager
MERRILL VANDERPOOL
., Asst. Bus. Mgr
Reportorial Staff
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Nebraska, as second-class man matter
under the act of Congress of March 3,
1S79.
There is in the contemplation of a
great life. In the calling to mind of
the attributes of a great personality,
a solemn inspiration that can only be
surpassed by the warm enthusiasm
of contact with that life when it is
in ruddy bloom. When this morning we
lay our books aside and go reverently
to the chapel to contemplate the life
of Chancellor Andrews it will not be
awe, it will not be wonder, that will
be highest in our minds. It will be
the power of his principles. For his
talent we do have awe, for his success
we do have wonder, but for the ex
ample of his staunch, sturdy fight for
truth and right we have the greatest
feeling of tribute one man can have
for another the common love for
man's common heritage of living truly
We can none of us ever match in
brilliance, in scholarship, in wisdom,
this man whom the world has lost, but
everyone of us can fight our battle
of life with the same ideals of un
flinching honesty and championship of
truth as did he.
All of us are inclined to say "ouch"
after reading of the action of the Uni
ersity senate in cutting the Christ
mas vacation from two weeks to one.
The holiday recess, it strikes The Ne-
braskan, is a blessed institution a
furlough when students after several
months of real or fancied work are al
lowed to go back to the old home
town and get acquainted all around
again. It is a sort of "King's Ex"
from the toiling, tiresome world when
one has the privilege of planning to
make others happy and that planning
takes lots of tia;e and thought, even
for trivial conclusions. One week will
mean that we will have to apply syste
matic efficiency to this war-time
Christmas. It will be a busy Christ
mas for all of us busier than normal
because we have more things to plan
for and more to care for. But, out
side of a very natural and very selfish
reluctance to give up the old-time
habits, we do not object at all to this
probably necessary legislation.
On the other hand, students are
waiting very anxiously the decision of
the special senate committee appoint
ed to consider dropping Easter recess,
and we are wondering Just as anxi
ously if the executive dean will find
it advisable to strike out any Univer
sity holidays on the calendar. Stu
dents are inclined to feel that they
have Justly earned a rest in the mid
dle of the second semester, after a
long, unbroken stretch of study. The
interpretation of the general senti
ment of the senate, too, seems to be
against completely dropping the re
cess, and students relieve that they
will be given some sort of a respite,
although it may well be an abbreviat
ed on:.
The question of working straight
through the year without the observa
tion of some of the University's tra
ditional holidays is, it seems to The
Nebraskan. the hardest of all to con
template. Every freshman as well as
every' senior knows that Nebraska has
too few traditions to cut them whole
salely even in a time of stre.-s. A day
does not make much difference at the
end of the year, but a day scheduled
on the calendar to be used for the
commemoration of our traditions
means much to the University com
munity. Students would regret to
find that it were necessary to resort
to that measure In order to make It
possible to finish the year's work early
in May. But their attitude is in this
the same as it was in regard to a
corn-husking vacation If it is the
only solution to the problem then they
welcome the sacrifice.
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES
NOTE. University of Nebraska stu
dents learned last fair of the ter
rible fat of the soldier in the prison
camps of Europe. Winter is coming
again: the long, cold months when
the eternal monotony of the prison
ers' life is the least bearable. The
American society for the relief of
war prisoners publishes the follow
ing strange appeal to remind us that
the time has come again for us to
help relieve the frightful emptiness
in the lives of 6.000.000 soldiers,
among whom there will soon be
numbered men of America.
Some of the greatest universities of
Europe are less than a year old. Many
of the students have no feet. Scores
of others are short a hand or an eysv
The faculty cobbles its own shoes
and wishes it hadn't lost its tooth
brush. Everybody connected with these
more recently established universities
of Europe is uniformly dirty, ragged
and lousy.
The fiag-and-drum department of
war has a great deal of the dramatic
to recommend it; the prison camp
lacks several points of being thrilling.
The deadly monotony of it drives
a man mad. Authentic reports state
that ten per cent to twenty per cent
of all prisoners of war are insane.
To save their minds, classes are or
ganized in everything from Sanscrit to
insect powder. And university pro
fessors are to be had, in abundance.
prepared to teach anything within the
range of human interest.
In each of the European prison
camps, social workers are now main
tained to organize and promote such
studies, recreations, games and sports
as may save the mind of many a
young fellow headed toward melancholia.
A man who has lost his foot is in a
bad way, but he may make a crutch.
Cp to this time, nobody has thought
out the problem of an artificial brain.
It is expected that the increased
number of social workers to be added
to these camps, this winter, will save
many a life.
Last year, it will be remembered.
the college students of America con
tributed more than $200,000 to what
was known as the "Students' Friend
ship War Fund."
Dr. John R. Mott, upon his recent
return from a tour of the European
prison camps, states that hundreds
if not thousands of lives were saved,
last winter, by this means.
It is asserted that, in many cases, a
ten dollar bill would have bought all
the necessities to keep a prisoner
alive to buy a sick man food suitable
for an invalid, or an overcoat for
some anaemic fellow with Insufficient
clothes.
By the way, had you noticed the
inferior grade of Worcestershire sauce
we're getting lately?
Takes a triple dose of the stuff to
make a steak taste like anything at
all.
Wonder what's the matter?
The war prisoner that's what ails
everything.
The thought of him takes our ap
petite. '
He haunts us he does with his
ean, unshaven" jaw.
And his sunken eyes.
And loose teeth.
PP GRENADES
Our Daily Poem
Little drops on water
Little drops on land
Make the aviator
Join the Heavenly band
Essay on Autumn
Now that we are having lots of
autumn these days; we feel sufficient
ly inspired to write the following es
say. Autumn is our shortest season.
Just as soon as autumn comes, autumn
leaves.
REWARD
A reward of SO cents in Mexican
money will be paid to anyone finding
and returning to the Rag office one
joke that has been lost or stolen from
this column. We wouldn't care but
it was the only joke we had for this
week. If you should see the joke run
ning around loose, the following in
structions ."ill assist you in catching
it.
Instructions
If you should see a joke that you
wish to catch, observe the following:
Take a piece of cheese and tack it
securely on a waterfall. The joke
likes cheese and makes a big swoop
at it, and of course gets mixed up
with the waterfall and gets its feet
wet. It makes the joke just awful
mad to get his feet wet and so he
hunts around for a nice piece of gress
to dry them on. The minute the joke
lights on the grass you rush at him
and tie his tail In a bow knot. This
is not difficult, as a joke is nothing
but a short funny tale. When the
joke finds his tail is tied in a bow
knot, he always ducks his head under
his body to see who is following
him, and in doing this he gets his
head caught in the bow knot and
chokes himself to death. This is why
most jokes are dead ones.
Once a big molice pan
Met a bittle lum
Sitting on a sturb cone
Chewing gubber rum
"Howdy," said the molice pan
Won't you simme gome,"
"Tixy on your nin type"
Said the bittle lum.
Exchange Editorials
CONVOCATION
The musical program which was
postponed from last Thursday morn
ing on account of the equal suffrage
Convocation, will be given next
Thursday at 11 o'clock in Art hall.
The Eiche string trio of Lincoln will
give the program. Jessie Wilkins will
play the violin. Lillian Eiche. the
ce!!o and La Rue Moore the piano.
Following is the program:
Trio op. 52 Rubenstein.
Andante.
Scherzo.
Allegro.
Military Department Wants
Addresses of Soldiers
There are a number of men en
titled to commutation of rations for
the second semester 1916-17 whom the
military department is unable to lo
cate. Lieutenant Allen, assistant com
mandant, has requested that anyone
knowing the correct address of any
of the men communicate with him at
once.
Last spring most of these men were
among the number who left the Uni
versity to Join the army, navy or some
department of one, and it has been
impossible so far for them to be lo
cated. They were all officers in the
cadet regiment last year, and as the
University of Nebraska is a members
of the reserve officers' training corps,
they, having signed the contract with
the government, are entitled to the
commutation of rations. As most of
them were well known around the
school, it is hoped that the department,
of military science will be able to
locate them within a 6hort time.
Grant Bloodgood
E. B. Douglas
W. G. Gilbert
Ira D. Beynon
John L. Champa
Charles RMmer
Jay B. Worley.
McKinley F. Clark.
WHY LOITER?
One of the lessons that upperclass
men always learn but seldom put in
to practice is that it pays to get Into
the habit of attending classes at once,
and to dip into their studies at the
start. The habit of sliding over classes
and cutting recitations during these
days is due to several causes. The
tolerant attitude of instructors, the
difficulty in purchasing text books, the
weather, and the very ease In slip
ping up" are all reasons that make
for this habit. But Indolence now
means a serious reckoning for the
future the best proof of this is actu
al illustration. And everyone who has
seen the library about a week before
finals, and who knows the "cramming"
that ends only with the wee sma'
hours, knows too that the actual ex
ample is more than imagination.
Those students with a real purpose
in attending the university will be
gin work at once. It is as inexcusable
to cut classes during this time of the
semester as it is to loaf before the
quarter-mile post has been reached
in a mile run. It pays to get one's
scholastic licks in early. Were this
fully realized blue-slips would fall
much in popularity.
"There once was a grasshopper and
an ant " Minnesota Daily.
ANNUAL ALUMNI BANQUET
AT OMAHA THURSDAY
ACCORDING TO PRECEDENT
The hen that cackles loudest may not
lay the largest eggs;
The mule that kicks the hardest may
not have the toughest legs;
The tree that is the tallest may not
bear the sweetest fruit;
And the girl .who Is the fairest may
not wear the smallest boot.
The man whose brow is highest may
not always know the most;
The hero who Is bravest may not make
the loudest boast;
The arm that is the strongest may
not have the farthest reach.
And the man who talks the loncest
may not have the finest speech.
The rose that is the reddest may not
have the sweetest scent;
The man whose strut is proudest may
not be the most prominent;
The woman who has jewels that she
measures by the pack
May not have the slimmest fingers or
the most delightful neck.
The man who works the hardest msy
. draw the highest pay;
The one with deepest knowledge may
not have the most to say;
But the man who is the most modest
gets the last seat In the rear,
And the one mho blows his bugle is
the one whom people hear.
Selected.
The annual alumni luncheon of the
University of Nebraska will be held
Thursday noon at 12 o'clock at the
Rome Hotel in Omaha. The lunch
eon will be in connection with the
Nebraska State Teachers' associa
tion which is holding meetings there
the last thre days of this week.
Ir. E. M. Pollard, '93, who is
president of the 'general association,
will act as toastmaster. The themes
of the various talks on the program
will be based on "loyalty." . Chan
cellor Avery will address the associ
ation on the subject of "Loyalty of
the University in War Times." Mr.
Pollard will talk on the loyalty of
the alumni of the state to the Uni
versity. Mr .W. H. Brokaw, county
superintendent of schools of Seward
county, which is one of the best
organized local clubs of the state,
will tell of what that club has done.
Mr. Edward Huwalt, . principal of
South Side High School in Omaha,
will talk on the cooperation of the
alumni of the University who are in
school work In the state, in helping
to organize local University of Ne
braska clubs in their counties.
The above list of speakers is in
complete and others will be arranged
for later in the week.
make
but
no
Olcott, Kansas Coach, to
Teach Naval Recruits
Herman Olcott, the Jayhawker
coach, has accepted the position of
director of athletics at the Great
Lakes Naval Training station at Chi
cago, and is awaiting orders from the
naval department. Although regret
ting to leave his team in the middle
of the season, he says he feels it is
his patriotic duty to do so. Many
feel that his absence win
great difference in the tPa,
Olcott himself says that hp i.'..
fears for. them. No successor ha k"
appointed as yet but the
freshman coach will probably
-charge of the squad. 6
Wesllesley Women Pledge
Moderation During War
Nearly one thousand women of Wei
lesley college have pledged them
selves to a course of self discipline
consisting of the following regula
tions: No candy, ice creas or other
edibles between meals; no high heeled
shoes or extravagant clothes; eight
hours' work, eight hours' sleep, and
eight hours' recreation daily. "Recre
ation" is to consist of Red Cross, first
aid, navy unit league, or social well
are work.
ENGINEERS TO GIVE HUSK
ER ENGINEERS IN FRANCE
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
The Engineering society has placed
a ,box on the door of the tool room in
Mechanical Engineering building in
which contributions by engineering
students will be placed to raise money
to send Christmas presents to former
Nebraska engineering students who
are now in France. This box will
be in place until November 12, when
it will be opened and the presents
purchased so as to be ready to mall
not later than November 13.
A list of Nebraska engineers in
France will be posted and anyone
who knows of some one whose name
is not there is asked to leave the
name with Dean O. V. P. Sout. Any
one wishing to send a Christmas let
ter to the boys please leave it with
Dean Stout, so that all letters may be
sent together.
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CO-OPERATION
There is always a spirit of close co-operation between this school
and the business interests of the country.
When you enroll here you are identified with an Institution of
recognized standing.
Best Instruction Best Equipment Best Evironment. Enroll Now
Nebraska School of Business
"Credits Accepted Everywhere
T. A. Blakeslee, President H. F. Carson, Secretary
Gertrude Beers, Treasurer
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