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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Oniclal Paper of tho
University of Nobraslcu
IVAN G. BEBDB Editor
.LEONARD W. KLINE. . . .Mng. Editor
FERN NOBLE Associate Editor
KATHARINE NEWBRANCH
Associate Editor
ARNOLD "WILKEN. , Associate Editor
M. L. SPRINGER... Business Manager
C. E. JOHNSON Ass t. hub. Mgr
Rpoortorlal Staff
Harriot Ashbrook, Eleanor Fogg,
Carolyn Reed, Edna Hours, imoiiio
Schwab, Ruth Snyder, Gaylord Davis,
Lyman Mead, George Newion.
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Subscription price, per semester, jl
intnmii nt thf! nostofllce at Lincoln,
Nebraska, as second-class mall matter
under the act of congress 01 -Miireii o,
1S79.
The desire of students for a repre
sentative Cornhusker for a book that
would hit a common mean between
the old extravagant booK ami me pro
posed "war-time Cornhusker" has
been granted by the publication board
which voted just before recess to con
struct tho 1918 Cornhusker along the
lines originally outlined by the eaitor
in-chief. It will be dedicated to Ne
braska' and the war, but will contain
as well a history of campus activities
for the year and will publish Junior
and senior class and organization pic
aires. The proposed "war-time" book
did not meet the favor of students
because its scope was too limited, but
its eeneral conception that of look
ing at the University year from a
war point of view which co-incided
.with the original plan of the editor
will be followed out.
This morning begins a new year, the
most momentous probably that has
dawned since the beginning of civili
zation. Surely no more titanic forces
have been struggling for a supremacy
which to all indications will be perm
anent than those of democracy and
autocracy now at death-grips No
one cares to pause to prophesy what
will be the world situation at tho end
of this new year, but. everyone well
knows that during it history that will
effect the future of the world for cen
turies to come will be enacted.
It is our privilege as young men
and women not only to live in this
stupendous age, but In our small way
to help "make history." We not only
have the honor of living at a time
when the future course of the world
is being determined, but, we have the
opportunity of taking up the cause of
humanity and justice and helping to
establish these principles forever in
tho world. May this new year, then,
for every Nebraska student, bo happy
because he or she is doing something
for America.
WAR SAVINGS
"War Savings Stamps mark an
epoch in our national life." Secretary
of tho Treasury McAdoo.
Many a successful business man has
said that the saving of his first dollar
was the most important single act of
his life; that it marked the beginning
of a habit and a course of conduct to
which he attributed his success.
Something very analogous to this,
it is believed, is going to be the effect
on the American Nation of the War
Savings campaign. Not only are mil
lions of individual citizens going to
begin to save, but this habit of econ
omy and saving Is going to be a
collective movement, a movement not
of individuals alone but of the nation.
The habit of saving formed now has
a deeper incentive than ordinary. We
are saving now not alone for selfish
reasons, we are saving now from
patriotism, saving not alone for our
selves but for our country. The com
bination of patriotism and thrift is,
indeed, going to make the War Savings
campaign an epoch in our national
life. It is not only going to be a thing
of tremendous benefit to millions of
citizens, it is going to be a thing of
tremendous advantage to the Nation
ij a whole, and affect our whole
national life. It marks the beginning
of a now era in American life, an era
of economy, good sense, and patriot
ism. Ex.
Exchange Editorials
RUMOR AS A WEAPON
(From the New York Timos.)
As tho channels of print aro rapidly
closed to the Gorman government's
propagandists In tho United Slates,
thoy are re-sorting more and more to
I the spreading of poison by word of
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who do tho German government's work
without knowledge, tho pacifists and
Socialists, but of tho actual agents of
Wilholmstrnsso; for it is certain that
this poison cannot bo the product of
any others. Tho German agont per
vades tho land. In every community
whoro he stops overnight a fullblown
rumor pervades tho town the next day.
It came from somebody on tho "in
side," somebody who got it straight"
and it is whispered from one to an
other until the whole community is
uneasy and agitated.
Sometimes the rumor is that of a
transport which is supposed to have
beon sunk with an American regiment
on board. It is usually given with tho
utmost particularity, including the
name of tho regiment, the names of
the survivors and all the details. This
bars all possibility that tho rumor is
mere accidental rumor, of the usual
war-time kind, for the particularity of
detail argues an author. Sometimes
the story whispered by the German
agent is that there has been a mutiny;
in such cases the camp and the regi
ments engaged in tho outbreak are
named. Sometimes he poses as an
Englishman or a Canadian with a
friend or relative in the army or in
the foreign office, and in this case his
story is that tho British are holding
their army at homo and making the
French and colonials do the fighting
for them; in such cases ho particu
laries in figures and dates. Sometimes
he masquerades as a newspaper man
or a government official, and whispers
the "inside" information that Japan is
getting ready to declare war on the
United States.
These aro only a few of his lies, a
few of those which come constantly to
newspaper offices through frightened
and excited inquiries by the dupes,
not of the German agent, but of those
dupes who have given currency to
his stories. One and all, they are
false; and their purpose is to spread
alarm and distrust among Americans.
This method of propaganda began
while the German agents were still
able to make use of newspapers and
periodicals, but when their far-seeing
employers knew that those channels
would soon be closed, it has increased
in intensity and viciousness as the
subtler method has been gradually
taken away from them. Americans
who hear such stories should recog
nize clearly their source and be on
their guard.
ATHLETICS TO CONTINUE
AS WAR MEASURE
(Continued from page one.)
sired that the schoois exercise ail
economy possible in managing the
sports, and eliminating some of the
things that have been regarded almost
as necessities, such as training tables
and pre-season coaching and practice.
Immediately upon the reading of
these letters, from such authorities,
the association unanimously decided
to continue athletics, although they
should be made subservient to any
work of military preparation. Ath
letics are really to be considered as
one of tho essential forms of military
training .
Besides adopting resolutions to this
effect, the association declared itself
to be strongly opposed to the playing
of freshmen in Varsity contests, and
to any lowering of the present eligi
bility standard. The association pre
fers to have the standard of playing
slightly lowered, rather than have
athletics return to their former state
of professionalism.
PROF. 0, J. FERGUSON HEADS.
ENGINEERING COLLEGE
(Continued from Page One)
mittees. He was chairman of the Stu
dents Publication Board, and Professor
H. B. Alexander, anotner member of
the Board, has been advanced to that
post. Prof. O. R. Martin, and G. N.
Foster have also been appointed as
faculty members of tho Board. Dean
Stout was a member of the executive
committee of hte Faculty Patriotic
League, but this position has not yet
been filled.
STATEMENT OF 'THE PIPER'
"The Piper," given by the Univer
sity Players on November 9, 1917,
for the benefit of the French orphan
fund, netted $310.S6.
Tho statement follows:
Expenditures
Costumes $ 37.49
Play expenses 8.20
Advertising 20.15
Music for play...... 10.00
Refreshments 4.13
Printing 3.00
Total $ 82.97
Receipts
Ticket sale $3G5.00
uofroshment sale 28.83
Total 5393.83
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Recoipte $393.83
Expenditures $ 82.97
Net profits turned over to
the Fronoh Orphan fund.... $310.86
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