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HALT WHO GOES THERE?
"Reservoirs from which to draw
highly trained men and women for
Bpecial or technical service." That is
the label which the United States gov
ernment has placed upon the colleges
and universities of America. No
longer will the Idea remain that the
university is a place for fun and
frolic, misconceived or not as it may
have been. The universities have now
been mobilized for service and students
will fall In line.
Every man or woman who enters the
University of Nebraska this fall must
realize that he or 6he is a part of the
great government "resvoir" and as
such must be ready and fit when called.
Old students who return to the
campus this fall will find that during
the summer the University has been
transformed; new students who are en
tering the gates for the first time will
find that many of their pre-conceived
ideas of University life must be dis
carded. As Chancellor Major Avery
Bays in his message of greeting to Ne
braska students, "Practically every
man who enters college is to be a pri
vate in the army, training himself for
abler service in his country's cause
and every co-ed will be, unofficially, a
potential Red Cross nurse, relief
worker, civil service applntee or ex
pert knitter."
College life, 6pirit and traditions
should be maintained as far as possi
ble because it is the spirit which men
have acquired in college that has made
them leaders on the field of battle.
Athletics should be encouraged be
cause it is the training which athlees
have received in college that has made
tLem premiers on the water, in the
trenches or in the air wherever they
have gone. All of these things, how
ever .are secondary to the government
program and this fact must always be
kept in mind.
When you approach the campus
gates this fall a sentry may step in
your pa'h with the familiar, "Halt
Who goes there?" To those who come
solely for "credUs," social eniovment
and frivolity t" Aes are barred; to
those who cor th a seriousness of
purpose and &isolvo to better fit
themselves to aid in the fight against
German autocracy and atrocity the
sentry will answer "Pass."
For every man or woman who reg
isters there is a place in the great
army machine and because they will
fall in line with the government pro
gram and fit themselves for that place
The Daily Nobraskan extends to them
a hearty welcome.
OUR POLICY
The new
staff of The Daily Ne -
braskan begins this year's work with
feeling that it has a bigger and more
responsible task ahead of it than any
other during the fifteen years of the
paper's life.
It Is through The Daily Nebraskan
that the University will speak, for it
is the official organ; it is through The
Daily Nebraskan that students will
learn of the policies ot the administra
tion and of the plans for help; it is
through The Daily Nebraskan that stu
dents and faculty members will learn
of hindering forces and make correc
tion and through it they will learn of
the helpful forceo and give their sup -
port.
To make possible all of these things
by giving all the news and giving it
fairly and Impartially and by represent
ing in the editorial colmuns the views
most in harmony with the aim of the
University, to help win the war, is the
task which is faced and the task to
Cuence and energy.
SOLDIERS' LETTERS
The Nebraikan wishes to publish
thla semester soldiers' or sallora' let
ters from the front or from the training
station. Students now In the Univer
sity, members of the faculty and Ne
braskan readers over the state are
anxious to bear from their former ac
quaintances in the service, but men
In trench and camp have too little
time to favor all with a personal let
ter. Interestls letters from Corn
buskers In the service will be gladly
used In order that their friends may
know of their progress.
Soldiers or sailors who read this
notice may address their general let
ters to The Daily NebraBkan, Station
A. Students and members of the fac
ulty who have received letters of inter
est may send them to the above ad
dress or leave them at the office. Man
uscripts will be returned if desired
Military Information and personal mat
ter will be strictly censored.
THE CONFLICT
There Is one battle line in France.
There u another battle line, equally
Important, In the hearts and In the
minds of all of us. For us to win
abroad we must win at homo. For the
American soldier to be victorious the
American citizen must be victorious
We cannot win this war unless each of
us wins his internal conflict, tee!s
himself to whatever sacrifices may be
asked of him. cultivates unselfishness,
prepares himself to withstand adver
sity, is willing to eat dess, wear less,
and to do away with unnecessary
things. We must learn to test every
thing we do in the light of the ques
tion: Will it help win the war?
Leslie's.
PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
OPENS SPECIAL COURSE
(Continued from page 1)
in charge find it possible, with the
new additions made to the teaching
staff, to offer a complete study In any
branch that may be desired by stu
dents of any college.
Alexander Explains Work
In a recent interview concerning
the work which the Psychology depart
ment would andertake this year, espe
cially in regard to student soldiers.
Dr. H. B. Alexander Eaid:
The department of Philosophy
wishes to put its psychological equip
ment very fully at the disposal of the
state, and now especially at the serv
ice of the Federal government- for
military purposes. Such equipment
might conceivably be levied upon for
use in the selection of personnel, or
might at least be expected to help
eliminate where men have sense de
fects which should debar them from
certain types of service. But whether
to be so used or not, a renl service
opens up with the new demands made j
upon our State University. It is hard
to see how enough men are to be pre
pared for Psychological service even i
by calling into requisition ail exist
ins university facilities for the train
trrg of Psvchologi.-ts. The demand j
will bo- for manv hundreds Th sp. , Stanford and University of Illinois,
plv in respor.se to the first rail forarf t0 ,e assisted in charge of the
rsvt hoiopisfs was lens than one hun- laboratories by a corps of highly so
ared. The government will scarcely I J01 stu.lent-asis;ants. Every ef
undcrtake to give special training to ' fort w, b niade lo rc-rpetuate Dr
persons r.ot previously initiated into j Wolfe's incessant fidelity to the work
.Vsvrho'Offv bv the ur.lvn-iiies and;f t:'e laboratories. N'o pains will be
tested there as to their adaptability. ! fare(1 t0 ut tne fi':iest we for m':i
Men looking forward to military serv-j ly and educational purposes,
ice will do well to canvass their in- Those interested In discussing Fsy
iividual availability early. joholo?y es a possible field of service
An important pf.i t of bis service to j fo" themselves, are urfred to make in-
he University is the collection of ap
paratus made by the late T)r. Wolfe,
one of the best the universities of the
country can show. When duly housed
in the new Social Science building it
will also have quarters that compare
! favorably with the best Psychological
aboratories. It is the purpose of the I overnmeni h uenianu ior i-sycnoio-Tsychological
staff to make these fa- tists it is none too early to make a
cilities available to the utmost, espe- decision regarding your training.
cially for war purposes. The atten- j
tion of military students is especially j FAMILY OF FIGHTING MEN
called to the course in experimental j Nelson A. Miles was the first man
Psychology, which proposes for the''-o ta graduate of West Point who
present a bias toward military, as j ever held the position of command
well as educational, uses; TuOft cf alitor of the United States army since
toward the problems of army person , fie earliest days of the republic. An
r.el, including educational reconstruc-' ncestor, Rer. John Miles, who emi-
tion. An effort will be made to do'.'Tated to this country from Wales in
all that may reasonably be attempted jlSG3, commanded a company in King
with such preparation as men will be (Philip's war, and his house was known
(found to have had, toward learning
; the uses of Psychological apparatus'
and tests and their application to the
problems of selection and training of
, soldiers
Experts in Charge
Dr. Hyde, broadly and thoroly train
ed in Psychology, here and in Europe,
and long associated with Dr. Woire.
and Dr. Bentley, who has spent the
tince he ben trfnin bere
I with Dr. Wolfe, at Columbia, Clark,
SiASKirS WAli -
SENDS MESSAGE OF GREETING
Major Samuel Avery, In Washington on Leave, Says University
Has Never Undertaken Bigger Task Than
That Assumed This Year
Tel. them for me that there .. no place out of uniform would
rather be than at my desk In the Chancellor's office. At no time has
h Un' e . y undertaken . blfl8er task than that sh. ha. Just ...urn
me umvc 7 i h f thatask: I am equally
ed. I am sure tnai siuaen.
.... ... in i.l. n thnir work under these new
cenfictent mai mey -r
tions with an even deeper seriousness man in.
came a year aoo."
BY IVAN
Washington, Sept. 15. In his field-service uniform Major Samuel Avery,
Nebraska's war'chancellor, now on leave of absence doing special army
duty In the capital, has lost none of the appearance ot .n
Acid-rimmed spectacles and the familiar mannerisms known to at Corn-
husKers-inciuainn mo vvwu'v.... , .
.nv tendency of strangers to take him for a regular, ne
impresses one instantly as a citizen soldier, one of the many big men who ! former colonists and the English tiiem
have put aside their everyday vocations, to devote their special talent to 6eives , and the term clung to the Atoer-
nh.it of the areat war America
Education and active service will go
band In hand in the University of Ne
braska this fall. That is the way
Major Avery interprets the late pro
visions made by the government for
the training of registrants of military
age. Practically every man who en-
tors coliego IS 10 ue h innmc ...
army training himself for abler
service in his country's cause. Every
so-called will be, unofficially, a poten
tial Rod Cross nurse, relief worker,
civil service appointee or expert knit
ter. The University, in short, will be
an officers' training camp set down in
the midst of the cultured, steadying
atmosphere of college environment.
Retains His Interest
Major Avery discussed the problems
and the opportunities of the Univer -
sitv as he sat at his des
?sk in the Sur-
geon General's building. Although
pressed with his duties here he has
not in the least' lost touch with his
institution. He was enthusiastic
about the service she was to render
this year. "The Univers. v will be
practically in the hanas or the govern
ment, turned over to the needs of the
time." he said,
elude educated.
And these needs
specialized soldiers.
The prospect of training students as
privates in the army, instilling them
simultaneously with riato and Platts
burg, also appealed to him as a war
measure. He referred to England
wno aid not nave time to soive tne ea- jCf njs work, however, consists in con
ucaWonal problem; she lost a year or !j;rence and consultation with the
two in the education of her youth, 'heads of educational institutions in
America has profited by her ally's ex regard to the cor.rses of study in the
ample; America is making every col-1 f hemical field. University authorities.
Jef.
a Aest Foint.
He commented upon the incoming
Freshman class. "They will be eager,
i serious fellows," he said. "No other i
I l:ind ill care to run the rL;k of being
j .
quiry for lniormaticn at room 111,
I ibrary building. It may be worth
while to discuss your special fitness
fir this sort of Aork tho you may not
lave made the full preparation im
j lied for the course in experimental
psychology
In the emergency of the
I . . . J M w-k 1 1 -
1 1 "Miles' garrison."
Daniel, the great -frandfather of
elson A. Miles, and Daniel's three
ons, of whom one was Joab, the gen
;ral's grandfather, served in the Rev
olutionary war.
HAVE A HEART, JUDGE
In the long run an automobllist
foesn't gain time by making too much
nf ft in tb rltv limits. The chances
'are he'll hare to do some.
CIIANCELLOR
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condl-
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twlth which they
BEEDE
ninnoina of both hands In his
coat
He
nas oeo.caica nc.n ..
inducted Into the service as privates
ii infantry while their fellows are
fitting themselves for technical or spe
cial service."
College life, he thought, weuld be
( jmewhat broken up by the progres-
lve nature of the courses of study
uoieuipiutu uj- w.c Bu..u,.
educational heads. He expressed the
lope that the Cornhusker atmosphere
would not be lost and -that as much as
ossible the University tradition might
le preserved.
Status of Co-eds
AEked the status of co eds, he smil-
1 tgly predicted that theirs would be a
(status quo ante, ine spienaia worK'put ,nt) one-g hanj9 and such mate
Ifone by University women last year rJfllg flfi ,ie about onC- To be napPy
jv.ould be duplicated. In t-hat connec-
t on he expressed the hope that the
enrollment of women would be normal
5.1 view of the invaluable training the
University offers in fitting them for the
places being vacated by the constantly
i lcreasing number of men called to the
irmy. To them, too, must fall much
of the responsibility of preserving stu-
ent activities.
Major Avery is very interested in
in-lhis assienment here. He is officer in
L sartre of the unit on University rela
tions, Chemical Warfare service. To
him falls the work of replacing in ed
ucational institutions instructors in
chemistry who have been assigned to
tther army duties. The ''rger aspect
'anxious to arrange the curriculum so
that it will be of the greatest value to
!lhe country in the war, are referred to
him when courses in chemistry are
'under discussion.
:
MUCH PROPERTY REVERTS TO
CROWN
Few people realize the large amount
of property which passes every year
to the crown or England owing to the
owners dying without heirs or next-
tf-kin. and vir-V.out having made a
will. In most of these cases the de-
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ceased Is an illegitimate person with
no children.
As a rule tho crown does not ap
propriate the whola of the property,
but makes what la called a compas
sionate allowance to the relatives ot
the deceased, although they may not
bo his relatives according to law, and
in some casos to friends and servants
who have performed services for him
which entitle them to consideration.
The amount of the allowance Is
determined by the treasury, or, In
the casa ot the estates of persons dy
ing within the duchy ot Lancaster, by
the chancellor of the duchy.
The money docs not pass to the
king himself, but to the nation, and
thus goes to relieve taxation.
ORIGIN OF "YANKEE"
It Is aald Hie term "Yankee"
inated with the Indians when
orlg
they were lnalllance with the French " col
onists against the Engjl.. They were
unaDe to pronounce the French words
,.Le8 Anglais" and prooced the
words "Yangee" which gradually took
J the form of "Yankee." When the Kng
lish abandoned the country the In-
lans made no distinction between the
leans.
MAELSTROM OF NORWAY
The maelstrom of Norway Is a dan
gerous whirlpool off the coast of Nor
way, caused by a rushing of the cur
rents of the ocean In a channel be
twpfin two of the Loffoden islands, and
glfied b contrary wlndSf
,Wriirtlnn fftooordlne to the
stores) often -of small craft caught
in the eddies of it, and sometimes ot
whales attempting to pass through It
DOING ONE'S BEST WORK
To do one's best work and be tone's
best self Involves th aulet but final
I acceptance 0f such tools as have teen
'and nserul and contribute to the
joy oJ llfe one must tae up tne
wor aj
hand and do It as best he
may, without envy, Jealousy, or strife.
The Outlook.
DERIVATION OF "MAJOR"
Major, like mayor, is from the Lat
in word major, greater, the compara
tive of magnus, great. The French
for the same adjective is majeur, the
Italian maggiore; mayor, by the way.
Is the Spanish form. A major Is
"greater" than a captain, but less than
a lieutenant colonel. He is the lowest
field officer.
CHEERFUL MAN ALWAYS IN
DEMAND
Give us, O give us, the man who
sings at his work! Be his occupa
tion what it may, he is equal to any
of those who follow the same pursuit
In silent sullenness. He will do more
in the same time he will do it bet
ter he will preserve longer. Car
lyle. ORIGIN OF "TORPEDO"
The word torpedo is said by the
authorities to owe its designation to
the Latin very "torpere," to be stiff.
owing to its inauspicious appearance;
probably also from its resemblance to
the species of fish known by the same
name.
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