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The Daily Nebra skan VOL. XVH, NO. 49. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS STRICKLER GIVES LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Large Number Hear This Noted Speaker at Temple LOCAL SOCIETY IN CHARGE Fundamental Laws and Principle, of the Science Explained in Clear Interesting Manner Tb annual lecture of the Univer sity Christian Science society was -i. in the Temple theatre Saturday night ly Virgil O. Strlckler, C. S. B. Mr Striker is a member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. Mass. ' Mr Strkkler is an alumnus of the University of Virginia. He took up the study of Christian Science In New York City and soon attained promi nence ia that movement in the me tropolis He is now in his seventh vear as a member of the authorized lecture board of the International Christian Science organization. Mr Strkkler in his lecture said: As it peconies more generally under stood that through the ministry of Christian Science people are being healed of sickness, sin. unhappiness, worry, fear, and other discordant con ditions, there is an ever-increasing desire upon the part of the general nubile to- learn how these results are accomplished, it is the purpose of this lecture to explain how Christian Science does these thing?. There Is no mystery about Christian Science healing, nor is it difficult to under stand. It can be stated without any reservation whatever that every per son who is willing to do so may learn how to heal sickness and to destroy the desire to sin for himself and othere throrgh Christian Science. Many Different Religions Beliefs It is said that there are more than two hundred different kinds of the Christian religion alone, not to men tion of hundreds of other forms of religions that are not Christian. It is a fact that people do entertain widely different religious beliefs. In many instances the differences are iH.nnnnillnKlo n rwl vat ovprV OftA llP- lievcs with all of the sincerity of wnicu ue is eapanie mai ma own yw- conceded that, in the main, all people are equally honest and equally sin cere in their religious pcliefs. The only reason why they are grouped together in different forms of relig ions is because they honestly be lieve that tbrough their own particular M" in in reunion mey nun nuu inc buuvi which they so earnestly desire. As ono considers the supject of re- w. ; t . i. . i i j , . I . it- kiuii iruin iiii uruHU viewiiuiui h becomes entirely plain that most of the people in the world are believing as their religion many things that are hoi true, Every one will recognize not only the desirability, but the necessity, of exchanging false and erroneous be liefs about religious matters for posi tive troth. In no other way can he Rrow spiritually. True religion consists of spiritual truth, and not of erroneous beliefs; hence It follows that one's religion is limited to the amount of spiritual truth be knows, and that erroneous religious beliefs are only ho many de lusions that serve no other purpose than to obstruct spiritual growth. ChriHtian Science aims to destroy erroneous religious beliefs, by substi tuting a knowledge of truth in place theroof, and to destroy out of the hu man mind all evil qualities by plant ing good qualities In their stead. It wages relcntlPFs warfare against all wrong mental qualities. It seeks to substitute love in place of hate, un selfishnens in place of selfishness, hon (Continued on page four) Delian Literary Society Gives Patriotic Program The Delian Literary society held a Patriotic meeting Friday evening. Dean C. C. Engberg was a guest of the clnb. The following program was Kiven: "The Recessional," Paul West; "Columbia the Gem of the Ocean" arle Elliot; "Italy and the War," Emor Homer; "History of the Flag." Augusta Janovsky; piano duet, Velma Hall an(j Catherine Tool; "Home Role." Mamie Coleman; "Columbia." lbert Metslnger; "A Helpful Family ol the Republic," Ellen Schank; "Our "Jrtr in War," Chauncey Woodle. Alter the program there was a short social period. Tb.9 Delian society meets every Fri day evening and all students are cor flly invited to attend. IOWA COLLEGE HAS NOVEL PLAN FOR HELPING STUDENTS In order to meet the requirements of the farmer who hitherto has had to break away when harvest help was scarce in order to enter school on time and be still at work in the spring when he as not needed, the Iowa State col lege has adopted a new plan whereby a student may enter school In the middle of November adn be released at the end of March. The students thus enrolled may, if they choose, classify in the regular work the next semester in February, or they may continue their work In the special course. They take only half of the work, but they take it twice as fast. More than a hundred took advantage of the semester opening last Monday, the entire enrollment being in the de partments of Home Economics, Ani mal Husbandry and Agricultural En gineering. A great deal of this suc cess is due to publicity given the new semester. Forty thousand copies cf advertising matter sent over the state of Iowa. It is the first time a school has ever triad a plan like this and its great success so far leaves hardly a doubt but that it will be adopted in other agricultural communities. LAST OF DIRECTORIES TO BE SOLD TODAY Fifty Remaining Books Left On Tables on Campus Take One and Leave Money The fifty student directories which remained out of the 1.230 that were printed will be left on tables at vari ous places on the campus this morn ing and those who wish them may take the book and leave the twenty-five cents in the box that is also on the table. These are the last directories that may be obtained this year as no more will be printed. There are twelve leather-covered directories which will be sold at the same time. The Y. M. C. A. wishes to express its appreciation for the help which the girls who have managed the sale on the campus have given them. For the last three days of the week co-eds had charge of four tables on the city cam pus and one table at the farm campus. Satisfaction with the directory is being expressed over the campus. It is more complete and more accurate this year than before, and for this reason practically every copy was sold the first two days that they were on sale. CONSUMERS LEAGUE AT WISCONSIN TO AID IN FOOD CONSERVATION The local branch of the National Consumers' league at the University of Wisconsin will co-operate with the National Food Conservation board in saving food. A "White List" of all Madison merchants will be published in order that the buyer may know to whom to go for the best line of goods. A series of talks on current economic problems will be given under the aus pices of the University league. An active membership campaign is now being waged. STATE FARM REPORTER ENTERS WIRELESS SERVICE Ralph A. Eliswortn. '20, who has been acting as State Farm reporter for the Daily Nebraskan. resigned last Saturday, to leave school and take up wireless work in the United States navy. He left this morning for the Great Lakes training station, where he will remain for about three months before entering the training school at either Harvard or Yale. Ellsworth was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho, agricultural fraternity, and assistant editor of Agriculture. Cammutation of Rations GjvenOut Saturday The quarterly commutation of ra tions of the Reserve Officers' Training corps were given out Saturday to the men from last year who had signed nrnrt They were for July, August and September, and amounted to $ 27.60. FACULTY MEMBERS AT ILLINOIS TAKE MILITARY TRAINING Faculty and members of the admin i,.iiv. fnrrfl of the University of Illinois are now drilling as well as the students. The military aepanweu.. have a company from each college. The drills are held every Tuesday and Thursday evemuB m m regular drill hour. UNIVERSITY CADET BAND FORMS ORGANIZATION Purpose It to Further Greater Unity Among Members Dwight Thomas President The University band, following a plan started last year, has completed an organization to be known as "The University of Nebraska Cadet Hand Association." The main purpose of this organization is to create a greater spirit of unity among the members of the band than can be gained through the military organization alone. The officers for this year are, president, Dwight Thomas; vice-president, H. It. Anderson; secretary, Bure Newman; treasurer, L. H. Redelfs. Last year when the plan was sug gested for such an organization, it was greeted heartily and officers were elected. The association went but lit tle farther than that at that time. This year, however, it is the purpose of the officers and members to see that the organization is effective, that reg ular meetings are held and that the business of the band is discussed be fore the organization as a whole. The band has been one of the livest and most useful organizations in the TTniverslty for a number of years. It has been as much a part of football games and rallies almost, as the team itself, and it has been the band that has been the first number on the pro gram of University week every year, leaving the people in the towns visited eager to see what would follow. Not a little of the credit that is due the band must be given to Dr. C. B. Cornell, the director, personally. Sev- i.1 years ago he took charge of the band, when it was little more than a disgrace to the school. By insisting on certain principles and by a little tact applied at the right time, he has produced an organization which, as has often been remarked by citizens of the towns visited by the band, is a real credit to and the best advertise ment they have seen for the Univer sity. At the beginning of the present year there were rumors that the band would be removed from the military department, but no definite action has been taken along that line. Later un authorized statements are to the ef fect that the long established custom of having commissioned officers in the band, may be taken away thta year. Any such action as this is sure to bring emphatic protests if not more from the band members. Following are the officers appoint ed by the military department for the present year: Captain, Leslie Ellis; first lieutenants, Dwight Thomas and Earl Wilson; second lieutenant, Allan J. Sutherland. HISTORIC PRESS IS OFFERED NEBRASKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY An old Washington press which has until very recently been used at the otlice of the Banner County News in Harrisburg, Nebraska, has been of fered to the State Historical society. The press has a very interesting his tory which Mr. A. E. Sheldon has been trving to discover and put together. THE RED TRIANGLE An Appeal in Behalf of the Campaign to Raise $35,000,000 for Y. M. C. A. War Work (By Daniel M. Henderson, Author of "The Road to France") Lift up the Red Triangle Beside the thundering guns A friend, a shield, a solace, To our ten million sons! Go build a hut or dugout By billet or by trench A shelter from the borror, The cold, the filth, the stench! Where boys we !ve, returning From out the gorl loam Can sight the Red Triangle And find a bit of home! Lift up the Red Triangle 'Gainst things that mar and maim; It conquers Booze, the wrecker! It kills the House of Shame! Go make a friendly corner, So lads can take the pen And get in touch with mother And God's clean things again! Where Hell's destroying forces Are leagued with Potsdam's crew, Lift up the Red Triangle And help our boys "come through"! KANSAS MEETS MISSOURI IN DEBATE BATTLE THIS YEAR Kansas will debate the University of Missouri in place of the usual de bate with Nebraska. The question will be "Resolved, That the terms of settlement of this war should include the establishment of a league to en force peace." It has not been decided yet which side of the question Kansas will up hold. The affirmative is substantially the program as proposed by the so ciety known as the league to enforce peace. WISCONSIN PLANS TO HELP EMPLOYEES OF UNIVERSITY A committee has been appointed by the employee's association of the Uni versity of Wisconsin to make plans for the welfare and happiness of the em ployees of the university. Arrange ments have been made for free athletic instruction for all women employees, co-operative buying of food commodi ties at wholesale prices, and medical attention by the university clinic. The families of the employees will receive all benefits of membership with the exception of voting. THE CAMPUS WHISK-BROOM SOON TO MAKE APPEARANCE New Magazine of Campus Fun To Be Published by Girls' Journalistic Fraternity "The Girls' Book," or ,'The Campus Whisk-Broom" is the newest of the new. A magazine by girls, for girls, and with them forever is being whipped into existence for its first ap pearance next February. The book will in no way compete with the Awg wan or the Cornhusker, but only per form the function its name implies, it will brush up the dust about the campus. Theta Sigma Phi. the girls' journal istic fraternity, realizing the opportun ity for such a publication this year, when the greater portion of the Uni versity attendance is made up of women, has already started work on "The Whisk-Broom."' and subscrip tions will be sold the second Lalf of this week. The book will be absolutely original in its make-up. It will be full of "per sonalities," and contributions will be made by some of the most famed of Nebraska's lady literary lights. The "Whisk-Broom" will be only for fun. and it will fill a much-felt need when lightheadedness and laughter are quoted at rather high prices on the markets, these days. To Assist Food Administrator Professor J. H .Frandsen of the Dairy department, has just received notice from Mr. Gurdon W. Wattles, federal food administrator for Ne braska, of his appointment as chair man of the committee of dairy pro ducts. He has accepted the appoint ment and will do whatever he can o assist Mr. Wattles in this work in Nebraska. Union Literary Society Holds Weekly Meeting The Union Literary society held its regular weekly meetiny Friday even iny in Union hall. Temple. A pro yram was first given, after which the evening was spent in games. Professor LeRossignol Is Member of Fuel Committee Professor J. E. LeRossignol has re ceived word from the Federal Fuel administration of the state of Nebras ka, that he is appointed to serve as chairman of the fuel administration committee of Lancaster county. The other members of the committee are Mr. E. B. Sawyer. Mr. Geo. W. Ander son. C. C. Quiggle and Mr. O. J. Alli son. The letter accompanying the ap pointment gives the nature of the duties connected with the work. "It shall be the duty of the committee to gather information regarding the sup ply of the fuel in the county to in vestigate and report on prices charged in the community, and the gross mar gin charged on the different sizes and quantities of coal, and whether such margin is excessive." "All local requests for assistance In obtaining coal shall be presented to and considered by the committee and forwarded by the chairman to the state administration, with the recom mendation of the committee." CORNHUSKERS CINCH YALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP Avenge Defeat of Last Year 13 to 3 KANSAS SCORES BY KICK Cook, Hubka, Dobson and Shaw Star For Nebraska RiddeJI Is Injured In First Few Minutes By Dwight P. Thomas Lawrence, Kan., November 17. Ne braska cinched the Missouri Valley football championship here this after noon by defeating Kansas 13 to 3 in a bitterly fought game. The one big feature of the battle was the double quick of the Cornhuskers in the sec ond half with the score against them. Cook, Dobson, Hubka and Shaw were the Nebraska stars. Cook was the chief ground gainer during the period that gave Nebraska her first score. He carried the ball 55 yards in the 80 yard march from Ne braska's 20 yard line to the Kansas goal, making the score on a pretty thirty yard run. Hubka's bull line plunges were factors in Nebraska's second score, which came without los ing the ball after the kick-off follow ing the first Cornhusker score. Cap tain Shaw, although repeatedly injured was the mainstay of the Nebraska de fense, breaking through the Jayhawk ers' line and stopping play after play. Wilder, Kositzky and Dobson shone at various points in the game. Schel lenberg was gang-tackled every time he carried the ball, but was good for a small gain whenever called on. Bill Day cinched himself a place on the Missouri Valley eleven by his great defensive work. The Kansas score was made on a place kick in the sec ond quarter. The Jayhawkers failed to get close enough to the Nebraska sroal to threaten a touchdown. The First Quarter The first quarter of the game was chiefly a punter's battle with forward pass and an end run interspersed now and then. Dobson managed to hold his end of this game in fine shape and the ball went back and forth with the edge a little in favor of Nebraska. A fumble or so broke rather bad for the Huskers in this quarter, and Rld dell and Cook were injured, Itlddell being forced to leave the game. A for ward pass from Dobson to Schellen berg netted fifteen yards. Dobson broke up two forward passes in this quarter, one of them that went over the goal line and the other which gave Kansas a five yard loss. Score, Nebraska 0, Kansas 0. The Second Quarter In the second quarter Kansas punt ed and the ball went over Nebraska's goal line for a touchdown and the ball was put in play on the twenty yari line. After Schellenberg, Dobson and Otoupalik had made several good gains on line plunges, Kansas won the ball on downs and carried the ball to Ne braska's 17 yard line. At this point Lonborg made Kansas' only score by a kick from, the 25 yard line. Score, Kansas 3, Nebraska 0. On the next kick-off Cook returned twenty-three yards. Time for the first half was called after a number of lin? bucks by both teams and an exchange of punts. Nebraska was in possession of the ball on their forty yard line. The Third Quarter Nettles kicked off for forty-fiv.1 yards and Schellenberg returned four teen. Dobson and Foster exchanged punts and the ball went over Nebras ka's goal line for a second touch-back (Continued on page three) Student Assistants' Club Holds Progressive Meeting The Students Assistants club hold a progressive meeting in the electrical and mechanical engineering labora tories. Thursday evening. J. L. Lyne spoke to the student assistants of many departments, on electrical phe nomena, and showed the use of the automatic telephone. At the Mechanical Engineering building, F. L. Oswald of the wood cutting department, gave a practical demonstration of different uses of the saw, drill and lathe. It is the intention of the club to have similar meetings every month, at which the workings of the yarious de partments will be explained by the assistants. Josephine Zrust was elect ed secretary and treasurer of the club. n