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"A tournament of champions" Is
what the 191S Cornhusker football
schedule, "announced" Saturday by Dr.
Stewart, might well be called. Listed
on it are Denver University, cham
pions of the Rocky Mountain confer
ence, Washington state, champions of
the Pacific coast, Notre Dame, co
champions with Pittsburgh among the
"independent" teams, and Syracuse,
champions of the far east. Dt. Stew
art's doctrine is football democracy
without subterfuge to produce as
good a team as possible and meet the
world. Nebraskans who gasped at
last year's schedule have a bigger
gasp coming nowv and those who
watched the valiant 1917 Cornhuskers
go through this season will, fate dis
posing, see another great team tackle
this list of giants.
' There is no reason why the cam
paign to eliminate smoking at Uni
versity parties should not be success
ful At the two open dances Saturday
evening, upon the request of the organ
izations giving them, little or no smok
ing was in evidence. The campaign is
based on good taste; it is not directed
against smoking, but against filling
the air with tobacco fumes where to
bacco fumes are not appreciated. The
average co-ed, perhaps, does not mind
tobacco smoke; a few of thorn do,
and a still larger per cent of the
chaperones find it obnoxious. Under
these circumstances University men
can with politeness do nothing else
than- refrain from smoking in their
presence or in their vicinity. In party
halls that have no smoking room, then,
there should be no smoking at all.
The question of lowering the draft
age from 21 to 19 has been under con
sideration in Washington for a long
time, and the fact that no authoriza
tion of this increment in registration
has yet been made seems to indicate
that the president and those in confer
ence with him are not yet fully con
vinced of the wisdom of this move.
Tho recent request of General Crow
dcr that a registration be held for the
700,000 men who have become of age
since the first draft also lends strength
to jhis opinion.
There is indeed some room for
doubt about the result of such a
policy. From the standpoint of man
power the lowering of the draft age
does not seem necessary, at least for
several years, since there remain sev
eral million men yet to draw from,
and since, if General Crowder's recom
mendation for the registration of all
who are now 21 becomes effective,
there will be 700,000 more to add to
these. From a psychological point
of view the younger age limit would
have an undoubted advantage, since
it would show America to have a re
serve not of two million men, but of
six or seven million.
One angle of the situation which
college men, particularly those in the
upperclaases, see, is that tho lowering
of the draft age would mean the prac
tical draining of men from educational
institutions. Colleges without senior
and junior men is conceivable, but
the complete blighting of higher edu
cation for men points to an after-the-war
effect which forces one to ponder.
It is said on good authority that Eng
land today regrets the wholesale
closing of her higher schools. And
Bach a regret seems natural, since
it means that after the war there will
be no college men, no young men who
havo received the benefits of higher
education, to beep burning the light
of culture for which America Is flgut
ing.
This loss may be much or it may
be little, Just what it would amount
n In a matter of opinion. But groat
or small, It dosorve3 consideration.
America is fighting for tho prosorva
tlon of hor civilization, which la por
potuatod largoly by hor oducatlonal
system, and such a blow will not do
dealt It unless circumstances really
demand
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THE PRESIDENT'S DEFINITION OF
GERMANISM
Innumerable articles and many
books havo been written to deflno
"Germanism" and show to tho worm
what It means.
In his inosBago to Congress Decem
ber 4 Prosidont Wilson deflneB it as
follows:
"This Intolerable Thing of which
tho masters of Germany havo shown
U3 tho ugly face, this monaco of com
bined intrigue and force which we
now see so clearly as the German
Thine without conscience
or honor or capacity for covenanted
peace."
This Thine must ho crusnea, ana n
not truly brought to an end, nt least
shut out from the friendly Intercourse
nf tho nations, says the President, and
it is only when this Thing and its
power are indeed defeated that tho
timo can come when we can discuss
peace with the German people.
Treasury Department, Bureau or ruo
liclty.
WHAT ABOUT LA FOLLETTE?
What has become of the inquiry Into
the utterances and conduct of Senator
La Follette?
Is this gentleman to be permitted to
retain his place in the senate by de
fault of the committee charged with
the duty of making report upon his
fitness to represent an American
state?
After a few meetings of tho commit
tee and an interchange of letters be
tween it and the accused senator the
matter seems to have been dropped.
Why? Is the Wisconsin senator too
clever for his colleagues? Or is the
spinal column of the senate too pliant
to resent and rebuke his -disloyal at
titude?
La Follette's discreet silence of late
cannot atone for tho indiscretion of
his speech at St. Paul or the unpard
onable use of his senatorial frank to
circulate that speech throughout tho
country.
The silent man is none the less
dangerous. Concealed disloyalty is
more to be feared than that which
avows itself. Senator La Follette is
under suspicion as a citizen, and no
man whose loyalty is not above ques
tion has right to a place in congress.
The committee should either declare
his utterances and actions proper to
a loyal American or insist that the
senate vacate his seat and afford Wis
consin the opportunity to send to
Washington a man who can be trusted
to give wholehearted adherence to the
country's cause. Denver Post.
PSYCHOLOGISTS DISCUSS
HEW MENTAL TESTS
Dr. H. K. Wolfe Reports Inter
esting Session of National
Meeting at Pittsburgh
The reports of the various commit
tees on war work formed the great
est part of the program at the twenty-sixth
annual meeting of the Amer
ican Psychological Association at
Pittsburgh according to Dr. H. K.
Wolfe, who recently returned. Tho
attention of the psychologists was es
pecially devoted to mental tests which
have a definite value in selecting per
sons for the different phases of army
work.
The president of the association,
Dr. Robert M. Yerkes. of Harvard.
gave a most interesting address on
Psychology in Relation to the War."
Professor Yerkes, who is now a major
in the United States army, has been
for the past ten months chairman of
a committeo of psychologists having
under consideration the possibility of
applying scientific methods in classl
fying men in the army. This com.
mittee finally developed a series of
tests which has already been given to
an the men in four of the larcer can
tonments. Recalling the well known
conservatism of army methods, this
accomplishment in the first year of
the war Is at least noteworthy. The
order has ljecn given to apply these
metnods to all the other cantonments
Another group of psychologists has
worked out and are severally aDDly
ing more definite tests to the men in
highly specialized branches of war
service, particularly in aviation.
Perhaps even more important than
these definite scientific contributions
are the services rendered by another
group of applied psychologists in con
nection with other specialists in work
ing out plans for the "classification of
personnel" in the army. Professor
THE nan V NEBRASKA
W. D. Scott of NorthwoBtorn Univer
sity has boon tho nctlvo cuwrwuu
this commlttoo.
Dr. Wolfo spont Bovoral hours in
.,,1lfil Inhnrfttory Of tUO
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Univorsity of Chicago and a halt aay
at tho Univorsity of Michigan, Buw.b
nrnnilorflll rflOniS Of thfl PSy
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chologlcal department of the largest
and most sorvicoahlo in uio
Forty rooms aro hero dovoteu to pay
ninnn nnr mvn now labora
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noglo Institute of Technology.
ATHLETICS BIG HELP
IN TRAINING CAMPS
(Continued from page ono.)
gard to athletics and physical train
ing. Thcso views do not tally with
tho college view. It Is necessary to
havo this view boforo one can servo
the country in this matter. The army
has little need for inter-camp competi
tion. The armv unit is the company
and Inter-company athletics havo and
will bo nromoted with tho Idea in view
of promoting company spirit and in
Riving healthful recreation and exor
cise for a large body of men. Tho
army has no iieed for intercollegiate
competition that is athletic games
between the men who represent one
college and thoso who represent an
other college who are in the same
camp. And the army does not pro
pose to feature its leading athletes,
nor the names of the colleges they
represent, in whatever games are
played. There was somo or tnis at
the start of tho present encampment.
0
"There is another point about army
athletics it is well to remember.
There is little if any time for practice.
The men in camp are busy from 5:30
each Monday morning until Saturday
noon, with few intermissions. There
is not the time for intensive coaching
in sport as in our various colleges.
The teams that play must necessarily
be chosen at random and with the
idea in view of getting as many men
into the games as is possible.
"The plan of having college coacnes
and trainers at various camps may
have a far reaching and unexpected
effect. The mere fact that our draft
may show how physically unfit wo are
as a nation will bring to a head the
fact that more attention must be cen
tered on this point in our scheme of
education. Tho army must have men
who are physically fit. It has the
scheme of keeping them so and of
greatly Increasing 'heir health, cour
age and morale. Surely the various
trainers and coaches who make a pro
fession of physical fitness and who
visit these camps cannot well stay
without learning something of value
from the army system. Would it not
be profitable to the nation to have
them incorporate some of this system
in their own at the different colleges
when they return to their former du
ties? This is the broad field we are
tending toward. It is one of the bene
fits we should derive from war.
STEWART ANNOUNCES
HUSKER 1918 SCHEDULE
(Continued from Page One)
plon of the Pacific coast, and Denver
of the Rocky Mountain district. After
the trip to Missouri, Kansas will play
here. Kansas has never yet failed to
give Nebraska a strong fight for the
valley championship and may be
counted upon to live up to its reputa
tion. After the Kansas game come the
two hardest games of the season,
-Northwestern and Syracuse. North
western is always one of the strongest
teams in the country, and last season
ranked second of the Big Ten schools.
Nebraskans already know what kind
of football Syracuse plays, and will be
glad to avenge the 10 to 9 defeat they
administered on Thanksgiving day.
Schedule Shows Standing
This schedule shows more than any
thing else, the kind of a reputation
Nebraska is gaining. When a school
can get games with the champions of
every district of the country, and get
all those games on the home field,
that school has a real football team.
In spite of the formidable aspect of
the schedule, however, Cornhuskers
are entertaining no doubts- of the team
coming through it with a good record.
The team for next year should be even
stronger than the one for 1917. There
will be an abundance of new material
from the freshman squad of this year,
and the men already on the varsity
will have had more experience. Some
fans are so sure of the showing the
team will make that they are assert
ing that there is a strong possibility
of its coming through the season with
out a defeat.
The Schedule
The complete schedule follows:
Oct. 5 Iowa at Lincoln.
Oct 12 Open.
Oct. 19 Notre Dame at Lincoln.
Oct. 2C Washington State at Lin
coin.
Nov. 1 Denver University at Lin
coin.
Nor- S Missouri at Columbia.
ir ir.nmo nt T.lnrnln.
NOV. 1U jutu ...
Nov. 22 Northwestern at Lincoln.
Novj 27 Syracuso at Lincoln.
PROMINENT ENGINEERS TO
ADDRESS LINCOLN MEETING
State and City Socletlea To Join
In i Banquet at Lin
coln, January 11
Dean Mllo S. Kctcham ot tho Uni
versity of California, a member ot tho
A. S. C. B., Georgo Campor; senior
highway englnoer, U. S. offico of pub
lie roads and Major C. B. Cook, A., It.
C. of tho U. S. geological survoy,
aro among tho speakers who will ad
dross tho Joint mooting and banquot
of tho Lincoln Engineering socloty
and tho state socloty of civil engineers
to be hold at tho Lincoln hotel Friday,
January 11.
Tho subject of Dean Kotcham's ad
dresB will bo "Engineering and tho
War." Mr. Campor will speak on tho
"Construction of tho Omaha Cantone
mcnt" and Major Cook will talk on
"Military Mapping." All of tho ad
dresses are of timely importance and
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