THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Unlvcralty of Nabruka
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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!
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at 1100 per month. Many others recently placed. 0
Strong banking department, under experienced banker.
Many other courses offered. New classes Just starting.
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