THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Company C Mascot is Unique
Addition to S. A. T. C. Family
,0ood corning. Mr. Zip. Zip. Zip.
7 your hair cut Just a abort m
Mine!"
Mr "Zip" i"ay be found ,n the S"
. T" c barracks at all hours of the
L ' Contrary to most Important
.rmy personage, he H very easily in
Llewed. The party In question. Is
Lt a sergeant major, a lieutenant or
tn .djutant. but. Quite to the con.
trry. i nought but a very handsome
,nd well behaved member of the
Cnlne Bpccies-a large, husky bull
L the official mascot of "C" Com
p,Dy.S. A. T. C. Section "A."
By vlM0 of the enu,ne Pn dl8"
played by this distinguished mascot,
ha has been christened "Zip." He Is a
-regular gentleman," too. or at least
tht is the concensus of opinion
among the Company C boys.
Ordinarily, Zip Is an amiable gen
tleman, but like most bulldogs Is very
easily aroused at the slighter provo
cation. Trouble is brewing at the
present time between the Company
IT mascot and (his bnve and war like
gladiator. Incidentally. members of
Company C are contemplating Issuing
a challenge for a battle to be staged
with the Company n mascot in the
near future. ,
Zip Is also a favorite at the mess
hall, and after each mess formation, Is
fed by the corps of cooks at the Tem
ple. So proud are the owners of this
mascot, that a collection has been
taken for the purpose of purchasing
a collar with the company designation
upon It.
A Military Laboratory is Open
To Search for a New Formula
Among all the laboratories of the
University of Nebraska that are lock
ed against the storm of the influenza,
one is still open thj greatest "lab"
of them all. It Is the laboratory for
studying military science. It is open
from the first moment the morning
bugle breaks on the dawn until the
last note of "taps" dies out in the
quiet night.
Many are the students in this great
experiment station, each one seeking
the formula that will prepare him for
France with the quickest amount of
speed. While they work at this most
complexing problem of trying to gath
er together the necessary material
with which to make out of themselves
officers of the American army, they are
at the same time unconsciously dis
playing human characteristics, human
nature, Americanism.
A visitor in this huge laboratory
would notice first of all a sportsman
like spirit among the experimentors.
When one man has no towel, his com
rade Bhares one with him; when
straw for bed-ticks runs low each man
goes fifty-fifty; in. fact the motto of
"do to the other fellow as you would
be done by" Is getting to be the spirit
Ball
While they last we are giv
ing away absolutely FREE
the official D. & M. Football
and Basketball Rules for
1918-19.
. Ask the Hardware
Department
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of the camp. A stranger in this mil
itary school would also notice thor
oughness, the essence of success In
any laboratory. When a job Is assign
ed to a private he does not rush
through it -in any fashion Just to get
It done; he sees it through to the end,
executing every detail of his task.
Mixed with it all is humor of the
rihest kind. Always some one is see
ing the funny side of the experiment
and expressing it to some willing
listener. But keen, fair competition is
the thing that most impresses itself
on the observer. When army and
navy men are both put in the same
laboratory, each one in view of the
other, both full of pride of his own
branch, there could not help but pre
vail a strong tendency to beat the
other. But it is the best kind of com
petition minus malice.
Every specialist that has lectured
to the students in this interesting lab
oratory, helping them all to find the
longed-for formula that makes a man
a better man, an officer, holds out the
hope that every man who really
works on this great military experi
ment, will have a chance to put the
result of his work which is himself
Into actual use over on the fields of
France or in the streets of Berlin.
When the formula is found, and when
it completes its work, the old world
which is only a big laboratory full of
co-workers after all, will be a better,
a safer, a more happy place to live in.
REV. N. R. MILES WRITES
OF YISIT WITH J. F. LAHGER
The indomitable spirit of Ameri
can soldiers who have been wounded
on the battle fields of France is fur
ther emphasized by the following let
ter from Rev. N. R. Miles, 00. to the
alumni headquarters. Reverend
Miles recently visited Captain Jerome
F. Langer, '01, a prominent graduate
of the engineering college in a London
hospital. Captain Langer, covered
with seventeen wounds of a serious
nature and suffering from shell shock,
was anxious to return to active ser
vice at the front. Tho letter follows:
Ramsey Hauts, England,
September 28, 1918.
To the Editor of the University Journ
al. Dear Sir:
As an item of interest the following
may be worth -while. Rev. N. R. Miles
recently visited Captain Jerome
Langer and found hira in a hospital in
London where he had been ten weeks
nvar(n? from the effects of wounas
and shell shock received in the first
battles of the July drive The shell
burst and gave him seventeen wounas,
,aciTir a sliKht fracture of the
skull that has partially affected his
hearing and one has injured his knee
joint so that his leg is temporarily
Btiff. He is anxious to get back to
the front again but perhaps he will
not be given permission. At his bed
side was a beautiful bouquet of roses,
the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw
Reed, and on being carried from the
boat his stretcher, with others was
strewn with roses.
REV. N. R. MILES.
FORREST ESTES, EX-20
WRITES ON ARMY LIFE
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rain outside. The ram, I didn't no
tice, because this so-called dry state
of Colorado, where it is supposed to
be a veritable desert, has Just such
things from every afternoon to once In
three or four days, f peaking of rain
- for the first month that I was here,
Inst summer, we missed about two
days without our sundown-shower that
interferred with the evening baseball
game over cast of the Y hut.
It's a pretty nice place out here at
Fort Logan, particularly because Den
ver Is not very far away, unless one
tries to walk it, and the authorities
have been pretty good about giving us
passes. It seems as though the Den
ver folks cannot do enough for us,
the way they are always hunting up
something new and exciting. Since
I enme here, early in July, there have
been several times, when three or
four hundred automobiles would come
out and load up with fellows and then
go for a big hike over into the moun
tains and have an all-day picnic.
Those events occur on Sundays, and
it beats laying around the fort about
forty miles. One Sunday when there
was a trip of that sort, my folks were
out here, and we had gone over to
Golden and up Lookout Mountain.
There was quite a stream of cars that
passed us, coming In, and apparently
the men from the fort had been taken
clear over the mountain park road,
and were being brought In by way of
Denver.
I have been quite fortunate, myself
in meeting some nice Denver people,
too. The war camp community ser
vice in Denver has organized what Is
called the "Soldiers' and Sailors'
Club," and we can go there and al
ways find friends. For quite a while
the rooms have been located over on
Curtis, street, and every Saturday
night a dance is given, at which dif
ferent organizations in Denver take
turns in showing us a good time. Just
this last week the club changed its
quarters to the rooms of the Denver
Woman's club. I haven't had oppor
tunity to go there yet, and I'm afraid
none of us will, for a while. Just to
night an order was Issued, that has
quarantined the post, and we can't go
away well, I don't know how long it
will be, but it seems quite certain that
the order will hold good until the dan
ger of Spanish Influenza has become
at least materially less; it came after
a number of cases had broken out
downin Denver, and while lt isn't
particularly popular, it is understood
and every body seems to be taking it
in the right spirit. Well, we'll save
C. H. FREY
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part of our pay now for the great day
when quarantine is lifted.
Today the Liberty Loan was pre
sented to the men, and It seems to be
quite a popular thing. I dov.'t know
how much was subscribed, but quite
a percentage of the fellows took out
bonds here, and some more I know
personally are going to take them out,
through their home banks.
This is surely a fine place, Leonard,
for a vacation, but it's no place to go
to war. 'I think the hardest luck that
can be wished onto a fellow, Is to
put him on here, permanent, for that
means that France in about 15,000
miles away, and he's got to walk lt,
If . he's going to get there. This idea
of limited service men is certainly
great for now things look more hope
ful than they did.
It's getting rater late and I'll have to
be hitting for my downy cot but I
surely was glad to all you fellows
the other day and here's hoping It
won't be too long before I can get
back on tho Job at N. U. Bgaln
They've changed my address since I
saw you. I'm In the medical depart
ment now. Sincerely,
FORREST.
Forrest Estes.
Medical Department,
Fort Logan, Coloralo.
NEBRASKA WILL HAVE
WHEAT FOR SOLDIERS
Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 22. Never did
western Nebraska wheat look better
for this time of the year, according to
R. K. Holladn, state county agent
leader, who has Just returned from a
tour of Keith. Deuel, Cheyenne and
Kimball counties. This section has
hnd plenty of moisture to give the
wheat an excellent start and prob
ably enough to put it through the win
ter In good shape. With a reason
able amount of rain next spring an
other large crop will be assured west
ern Nebraska.
No matter what you say
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS"
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