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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Official PPr of the Unlvcralty of Nabruka FERN NOBLE Editor LEONARD W. KLINE Mng. Editor GEORGE NEWTON News Editor ARNOLD WILKEN News Editor RUTH SNYDER Society Editor PAUL E. CONRAD.... Business Mngr. Offices Newt Baement University Han Business. Easement Administration Bid. Telephones News. MUMineos. iwo( Mechanical Department. H-JH5 Published every day during- the college year except Saturday ana aunatj. Subscription price, per aemester. IX T.-.,t..-.i mt ihn Dostofflca at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second-clasa rnail matter under the act or congress 01 mn.u 1879. Reportorial Staff Edith Anderson Eleanore Fogg Oswald Black Grace Johnson Anna Burtless Jack Landale E. Forest Estes Lyman Mead Carolyn Reed News Editor ARNOLD A. WILKEN For This Issue WHAT AND WHY WE READ What most of us read outside of what is required by our instructors is determined largely by accident. We have a few minutes between classes or between conversations with each other and we pick up the most con veniently located magazine or book and skim through it. Such a method of doing anything is inefficient. There is great- danger of wasting time on books that have noth ing to give. Reading should widen one's acquaintance with the world and with people. It is of no value unless it definitely effects the life of the reader. Reading for reading's sake is an an tique idea. As long as people are judged by what they do and not by what they can do. that long will read ing be effective only in so far as it effects their actions and ideals. The danger of wasting time with books or magazines that are useless is a serious one. And it is not easy to judge the worth of a book hastily. A book cannot be greater than the man who wrote it. One can judge books therefor by their authors. If an author has accomplished or is achiev ing worth-while things, one may safely conclude that his book will -be worth reading. How do we read? Milton said: "As good almost kill a good man as kill a good book." A good book he defines as "an inmortality rather than a lie." If we read hastily, carelessly, not receiving even a glimpse of what the author intended us to see, we are truly killing what we read. Reading exaggerated, sensational literature makes one unable to ap preciate good writing. It is like eat ing pickles and candy before lunch. A student could not but be bene fitted if he would set aside definitely each day or week a certain time for reading chosen material. nerve-racking, body-destroying grlnl and life would be Indefinitely sweeter without them. But after alf. now that we are through with them, don't they have some few virtues? How many student! really learn any thing very definite about the subjects they are studying before the examina tion cram? How many students gel each day's work as It comes, with out saving up a few lessons for the day of leisure which never comes! It Is a safe bet that out of every 100 students, sixty would study seldom or never without the prospect of exam (nations to goad them on. Then, too, the semi yearly cram makes the best possible review, clear Ing up points always vague before, arranging the work in organized form And the concentration necessary to write a term's work In two hours Is not to be Ignored In this day of scat tered attention. Finally, even though school might be made as pleasant and effortless as a lotus eater's paradise. It would be rendered thereby the poorest prepar ation for life that can be imagined, and college is Intended to furnish the best possible foundation. No matter what work one under takes, if one is to gain any degree of success, weeks of effort compared to which examinations are a misty dream, will have to endured. For this there could be no better prelim inary than the system of study evolved during the week just "passed. Examinations mean hard work and strain, but they are necessary, not- for greater ease in compiling grades, but as furnishing discipline which will prove a thousand times useful in later life. Drake Delphine. KING POLITICS BEGINS HIS REIGN (Continued from page one) THE BONDS ON STOCK EXCHANGE The daily quotations of liberty loan bonds on the New York Stock Ex change beohv par do not represent any real loss for those holders of lib erty loan bonds who do not need to sell them. The figures do mean a very small loss for those who find themselves compelled for one reason or another to sell; but those who hold on to their bonds have one of the very best investments In the world absolutely safe, free to a great extent from taxation, and bringing in an ab solutely certain income. The loss to them is purely imaginary, a paper loss, not a real one. Secretary McAdoo, In a speech be fore the liberty loan conference In Washington Iecember 10, made the statement that, while sufficient legally competent evidence was not In hand to warrant conviction befoie a Jury, yet enough was known morally to con vince a man of understanding that the hand of the kaiser was at work in bringing about sales of liberty loan bonds and depressing their prire on the exrhange. This Is added proof that the loss Indidated by the differ ent between par and the stolk ex chnage prices Is fictitious and not real. Treasury Department, Bureau of Publicity. THE NIGHTMARE The gruesome sentinel of the term boundary has been passed, examina tion week may be forgotten again for four more fair months, and a kindlier attitude toward the system replaces the pessimistic t yrebodings of the past are hard a beastly. lications in Omaha high school and did work on the city papers. He is at present working with the State Jour nal company. In the Classes In the senior class following the custom of last year, a senior co-ed has announced herself as ready for the race. Elizabeth trazim af Ravenna, so far alone in the upperclass contest, has been active in dramatics in her! class during all four years she has at tended the University. This year she is chairman of the senior class play committee and last year she carried the leading part In the junior class play. She is a member of the Univer sity Dramatic club. The fight for junior class presidency proves every year to be one of the most exciting battles staged with as many as five candidates in the field, but so far this year D. V. Stephens of Lincoln seems likely to have every thing his own way. He played end on the Junior football team this year and is chairman of the Junior athletic com mittee. He Is a member of the all University party committee and of the Saddle and Sirloin club at the state farm. In the sophomore class Lawrence Shaw of Osceola Is, as yet, alone In the race. Shaw won his football letter this year and was a member of the freshmen varsity squad last year. He was also a member of the Olympic committee la his freshmen year. substituted for the army field hat. Besides wearing them at drill, by a unanimous agreement, the cadets are wearing their uniforms to classes as well, and most of them are being worn seven days a week. UNIVERSITY PLAYERS IN "THE BUILDER OF BRIDGES" (Continued from Page One) CADET REGIMENT TAKES SOLDIERLY APPEARANCE (Continued from page one.) had been let, measurements taken, and the order sent in. The uniforms were to be on hand before the close of the semester. Shortly after the contract bad been let, the work had begun on the order for over nine hundred cadet uniforms, the government order, closing down factories and Industries east of the Mississippi river, caused nuch delay. As fast as the uniforms were com pleted, they were delivered to the Lin coln retailer to whom the contract had been let, and all last week, lists of available uniforms were posted every morning at the Armory door. Poor transportation facilities helped to de lay matters, and it was not until Tuesday that all the uniforms had been delivered. There was a rumor spread during examination week that the delay would cost the cadets $7 more, because the government would cut Its allowance of $14 in half If the uniforms were not being worn by the end of the first semester, but the time was extended by at least a week. Adds to Appearance Colonel Roberts stated several weeks ago that the wearing of uniforms would add greatly to the appearance of the cadet regiment, and also make more ar parent the good drilling that is being done. The appearance of the various companies at drill Wednesday night surely verified his statement, for It looked as though real soldiers were at work. The uniforms correspond. In every, detail excepting the cap. very nearly to those worn by the United States soldiers, the drill cap being Tickets for this play, "The Builder of Bridges," which Is to be given by the University Players on February 13, at 7:30 o'clock In the Temple thea ter, will be on sale this week. Every seat In the house will be sold for 25 cents. This play should appeal especially to the engineering college men, since the nlot centers about Jhe building of a big bridge and the hero la a middle- aged engineer. It Is a modern drama with extremely clever lines and was written by Alfred Sutro. The play was given by almost this same cast at Central City on December 15. The cast is as follows: Edmund Thur8fleld...Gyuue Foler Arnold Farlngay Walter Herbert Walter Gresham Glenheim toe Sir Henrv Killick. . ..Gilbert Eldrldge Peter Hillard Herman Thomas Dorothv Farlngay. . .Katharine Pierce Aunt Cora Debney. .Elizabeth Erazim Miss Closson Gladys Corrlck MInnlne Elvera jonnson PATRONIZE OUR PATRONS" (Continued from page one.) ine the Comhusker and other student publications, then go there and make your purchase. But above all things else, be sure and tell the merchant that vou noticed that he is advertising in the Cornhusker. It will please him. and it will do more towards securing his advertisement than all the argu ments the business manager could pre sent in an hour. If you are interested to know who is advertising in the Cornhusker turn to the last page of this paper, and see the list that has been submitted by the business manager. The list is not complete and will grow as the ad- ertising campaign advances. Another list will be posted in front of the Col lege Book store which may be con sulted at any time. Now let's all get n and push and make this Cornhusker t success. Banking Pays! Good salaries. One of our boys. Just out of school, has a po'sitlon at 1100 per month. Many others recently placed. 0 Strong banking department, under experienced banker. Many other courses offered. New classes Just starting. Nebraska School ol Business A COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE , Corner O and 14th 8t Lincoln, Nebraska Evans STUDENTS HEADQUARTERS Orphc m ShoeRepairicg Co. 211 North 12th Street Orpheum Building "SPA" Get your Lunches at the City Y. M. C. A, Cafeteria Pirn 13TH AND P EYE CONSZUVA TION Important Phone L7773 for Appointment EYEGLASSES That excell. Consultation free DR. W. H. MARTIN Exclusive Optical 12v4 "0" St. Opposite Miller & Paine Luncheonette llfS ILLER'S RESCRIPTION HARM AC Y Waffles and Coffee 15c At ( mwiM A5!"P miuuiird UAi-t 136 North Eleventh Phone D 1589 Lincoln, Neb. 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And Peter answered and bald unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; If thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and and one for Elijah. Matthew 17.3. 4. I. Moses, or The Establishment of the Religion of Jehovah. Sunday, February 10, at 10:30. II. Elijah, or The Conflict between Jehovah and the Gods of Canaan. Sunday, February 17, at 10:30. III. Jesus, or How Christianity Fulfilled the Religion of Moses and Elijah. Sunday, February 24, at 10:30. Appropriate and helpful music In charge of Mrs. Carrie'B. Raymond, Organist and Director, and the Choir, composed of Miss Upton, Mrs. Gutzmer, Mr. Bagley and Mr. Reid. The First Congregational -Cfiurcri Thirteenth and L Streets The Service Flag in The Window means a soldier at the front and a place to be filled in business. Serve your country and serve yourself. Our training prepares you. Ask about special classes. 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