The Daily Nebraskan
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VOL. XVIII. NO. 53
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1918
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SECTION B GIVEN
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Demobilization of 350 Men To Be
Completed Today Uniforms
Being Issued
Disbanding of Section "A" Will
Probably Start Tomorrow
To Be Completed Soon
Immobilization of section B started
at seven o'clock this morning, and
Captain Drake estimated that at least
three hundred and fifty men will have
received their discharges before even
ing. The majority of the men dls
disrharged today will leave Lincoln
tomorrow morning.
Announcement of the probable order
in which the companies will be given
discharges was made yesterday as
follows: section B, companies P, G,
and H; section A, companies A, B, C,
D, 1, and K.
Fresent plans contemplate the com
pletion of the demobilization work
within one week. This of course, does
not allow for any unforseen delays.
Military Headquarters Working
Overtime
Captain Drake and his corps of
workers at military headquarters are
working from twelve to fifteen hours
a day in an effort to discharge all
members of the unit withinthe alloted
time, and after the equipment Is Is
sued very little further delay is an
ticipated. Issue of Winter Uniforms
Distribution of winter clothing to
all men of the S. A. T. C. is progress
ing rapidly, all men on the city campus
having been supplied with their equip
ment last evening. A supply sergeant
has been appointed in each company
who attends to the distribution of the
clothing thus saving considerable de
lay and difficulty.
Previous estimates concerning the
length of time which would be re
quired to distribute the clothing have
been thrown to the wind, and a task
which ordinarily would have taken
twelve days to complete Is being, ac
complished in four.
Governor-Elect McKelvie Speaks
Governor-elect S. R. McKelvie ad
dressed members of the university
student soldiers' unit Sunday after
noon, at the Orpheum theatre. Ne
braska's future governor proved very
popular among the soldier boys be
cause of his enthusiasm and evident
interest In their welfare. He advised
the men to be not forgetful of rend
ering a service to their country, even
after they had been -discharged from
the army.
The meeting at the orpheum was
held under the ausplcles of the War
Camp community service, company
B, C, and D being in attendance. An
open competition to ascertain which
company could sing better was held,
a cash prize of $25 being offered to
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HAROLD T.SANDUSKY A
YICTIM OF INFLUENZA
DISCHARGE
Harold T. Sandusky, '20, an acting
sergeant of company "B" and a
prominent member of the Junior class
died at 3:15 p. m. Sunday at the "T"
street hospital of Spanish influenza.
He was twenty years old. His parents
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Sandusky reside
at Sterling. Nebrv
Sandusky had been ill only since last
Thursday and his death came very un
expectedly. He was a member of Alpha Theta
Chi and had made a wide circle o(
friends during his attendance at the
"niversity. since the organization of
t!e 8. A. T. C. he has taken a promln
et part In the military life of the
battalion and of company U; where
he wa, e!11jked M . fread -Sd
comrade.
PLANS BEING MADE FOR
ALL-UNIVERSITY PARTY
The first all-university party of the
year is to be held Saturday evening.
December 14, at the Armory under
the direction of the war camp com
munity service, which has volunteered
to pay the expenses connected with
the party, so that it will be free to
all university students. The commit
tee, under ' the leadership of Wilson
Bryans, promises an exceptionally
good party, with pep enough for
everyone, and it is expected that every
one will be there. This is a closed
night on the university calendar and
there will be no other parties.
There has been little opportunity
this fall for the students, especially
the freshmen, to become acquainted,
due to the men being so closely con
fined to barracks. This party will be
vry Informal and full of the old-time
school spirit which we hear so much
about 'so that everyone will soon feel
acquainted with everyone else. Last
year there was such a scarcity of men
in the school that these parties were
not all that could be desired, because
there were extra girls. The S. A. T. C.
men are all to be free Saturday night
so it is promised that there will not
be a repetition of any lack or men.
Dancing will be the chief feature of
the evening's entertainment, and will
be continuous except during a short
intermission, when there will be sev
eral clever stunts. The music will be
good and there will be refreshments
for all.
FRENCH PROFESSOR
SPEAKS AT TEMPLE
Doctor Reinach Tells of French
Architecture Before and After
German Bombardments
Professor Theodore Reinach, of the
French educational mission to the
United States, talked at the Temple
last night on the Castle of Coucy, the
townhall of Arras and the Cathedral
of Rheims. He showed pictures of
them before the war and later in their
wrecked condition as a result of the
German bombardment. He said that
this was not the work of undisciplined
troops, but occurred as the result of
a system of defacement.
"The Castle of Coucy was the most
splendid example of militry architec
ture when the building o' feudal
castles was at its height. It ws built
about 1230, enlarged and beautified in
the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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LORD CHARNWOOD SPEAKS
ON ENGLISH DEMOCRACY
Lord Charnwood, recently selected
as chairman of the committee con
cerning England's relations with Am
erica, and who has been in this coun
try several months, has arrived in
Lincoln. While here he will speak at
the auditorium, Wednesday, afternoon
th... n'rlnrk. on the subject of
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."Democracy in England and the
United States.
The committee of which Lord Charn
wood is chairman. Is a sub-committee
of another the purpose of which is to
promote an intellectual entente among
allied and friendly nations.
His lordship delivered an address on
the life and Influence of Abraham Lin
coln at the Illinois Centennial celebra
tion October 5. 1918. Lord Charn
wood is an enthusiastic supporter of
home rule and therefore is a great ad
mirer of Gladstone. Through his en
thusiasm for the latter and because
of his Intimate knewledge of the life
of Lincoln, he is very well fitted to ef
fectively encourage sympathy and un
derstanding between his country and
the Unied States.
Lord Charnwood delivered a course
of lectures tbroigh tht assistance of
the Schlff foundation at Cornell uni
versity, on the contribution of the
British empire to civilization.
STEWART IS BACK
AMONG HIS BOYS
Head Coach Returns After Half a
Year as Athletic Director in
Army Cantonments
Basketball Prospects Bright Big
Games in View Practice
Daily Now
"Doc" Stewart is back among his
boys. The director of Cornhusker
athletics who has been In army ath
letic training since the middle of last
summer, burst into the gymnasium
yesterday afternoon during basketball
prctice and he was literally smothered
by the reception accorded him.
He wanted to know how the basket
ball situation was lining up and how
his boys managed their gridiron sea
son, and as he talked, more of his
former pupils crowded around to
shake his hand and. tell him how glad
they were to have him back.
Dr. E. J. Stewart has just returned
from the "Big Ten" confarence at
Chicago which he took in on his way
home from Camp Gordon. Ga., where
he has been director of athletics for
the past season. While at the windy
city pow wow he snared a few victims
for this winter's basketball qintet and
for the Husker gridiron campaign next
fall.
Coach Stewart told Captain Jackson
that he had several interesting trips to
the far east in prospect for the basket
flippers, but could not announce them
yet. The schedule will be worked out
in full at the Missouri valley c .infer
ence which is to convene shortly.
Jumbo Steihm for November 8
Two Bie Ten numbers for next au-
I tumn were Included in the catch. Jum
bo Steihm with his Indiana Hoosiers
will take a shot at his former prote-
! ges here at 'Nebraska on November 8
and the Iowa Hawkeyes will en teres in
the Cornhuskers at Iowa City on Oc
tober 11. Kansas and Missouri will
probably occupy their customary dates
on the calendar and Notre Dame and
Syracuse will make their appearance
near the last of the season. West Vir
ginia" scheduled for an October date
this year and cancelled on account of
the length of the trip, will not be con
sidered for a 1919 game.
Basketball starts in Ernest
The basketball squad is gaining new
members at every practice session and
Captain Jackson announces that prac
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THE FLU
When your back is broke and your
eyes are blurred,
And your shin bones knock and your
tongue is furred.
And your tonsils squeak and your
hair is dry,
And your doggone sure you're going to
die: - . A
But you're skeered you wont and
afraid you will
Just drag to bed and have your chill,
And pray the Lord to see you through,
For you've got the Flu. Boy. You've
got the Flu.
When your toes curl up and your belt
goes flat.
And your twice as mean as a Thomas
cut
And life is a long and a dismal curse,
And your food all tastes like a hard
boiled hearse,
When your lattice aches and your
heads a buzz.
And nothing is as it ever was.
Here are my sad regrets to you.
You've got the Flu. Boy, You've got the
Flu.
What is it like, this Spanish Flu?
Ask me. brother, for I've been through
It is by misery out of despair.
It pulls your teeth and curls your hair,
It thins your blood and brays your
bones,
And sometimes, maybe, you got well,
Some caii n r m, i -"
INNOCENTS SOCIETY
NAMES NEW MEMBERS
Cable Jackson. '19. and D. V. Ste
phens, '19, both of Lincoln were Initi
ated into the Innocents, honorary sen
ior men's society, yesterday. They fill ,
the vacancies caused by the withdraw
al from school of members ejected last
year.
Both of the new members have been
prominent in athletics and school ac
tivities. Jackson is captain of the
varsity basketball team, a position
which he also held last year. He Is
a member of Delta Upsilon. Stephens
won his letter in track and was presi-
! dent of the Junior class last year. He
was a member of Nebraska's stock
Judging team which has taken high
honors at the Internationa! livestock
expositions. He is a member of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
The election , of new members at
this time departs from the precedent
established by the Innocents society,
but is made necessary by the failure of
several of their members who are in
the service to return to school. It is
customary to fill vacancies by the elec
tion of former Innocents, but none of
these are in school, at tho present
time.
S.N.T.C. UNIT NOW
BEING DISBANDED
Ensign G. A. Webber Arrives from
Great Lakes Station to Direct
the Demobolization
Ensign Webber arrived Monday
from the Great Lakes Naval station to
take charge of the disbanding of the
local S. N. T. C. unit. He states that
all men of the company will be out of
the service in time to return home by
Christmas. All arrangements for put
ting the men on the Inactive list have
been made and work will begin this
noon.
Naval medical officers are expected
from Omaha this forenoon, and will
begin immediately on the work of giv
ing the men physical examinations.
Yeoman E. J. Allen was sent here
from the Great Lakes to hav charge
of the book work necessitated in re
tiring the men. He has been prepar
ing forms and records for the last two
days and will have everything in readi
ness when the examinations are begun
today.
Ensign Webber made an inspection
of the naval barracks in Social Sci
ence hall Monday afternoon. The in
spection was as good as could be ex
pected under the conditions in which
the men are living.
Only a very few of the men stationed
here are in the U. S. navy and these.
alone will be given discharges, the
members of the S. N. T. C. being re
tired to inactive duty. At least half of
these men remain in school.
Issuance of Uniforms Uncertain
The question of uniforms Is still
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AWGWAN STAFF NAMED BY
PUBLICATION BOARD
The staff for the Awgwan, Nebras
ka's comic monthly, was announced
yesterday by the student publication
board. Herman Thomas, '20, will be
editor of the magazine and Harold
Weeth will be business manager.
Other members of the editorial staff
are Dwlght Klrsch, '19, managing edl
tor Carolyn Reed, '20, associate edi
tor, and Oswald Black, '22, associate
editor.
Assistants in the business depart
ment will be Richard Hadley, assist
ant business manager; Byron McMa
hon, circulation manager, and Russell
Bailey and Howard Bennett, advertis
ing solicitors.
Work on the first number which is
due about Christmas time is well
under way. This number will prob
ably be published before any subscrip
tions are taken, and will be given out
to each person as he gives his sub
scrltioz.
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Another Student Dies of Dreaded
Disease Thirty Cases Re
" ported by Infirmary
Students Urged to Take Precau
tionary Measures Schools
May Be Closed Again
Another epidemic of Spanish Influ
enza, the dread disease which in
vaded the university campus at the
first of the year, is now confronting
university students. More than thirty
cases have been reported at the S. A.
T. C. infirmary and one death, that of
Harold T. Sandusky, of company "B",
occurred Sunday morning. The preva
lence of the disease among other stu
dents Is increasing. Although the sit
uation over the state is not serious
enough at the present time to warrant
a state-wide ban, It may become neces
sary for school authorities to enforce
restrictions similar to those adopted at
the first of the semester, even to the
point of closing the university until
the first of the year.
Assumes Serious Proportions
The sudden rise in the number of
cases within the last few days is con
sidered by university authorities as
another outbreak of the influenza
plague which, since its appearance
early in the year, has never entirely
disappeared. The serious nature of
the malady has been manifested by
the heavy toll it. has exacted among
university students and the present
outbreak promises to assume grave
proportions unless checked very soon.
It will doubtless be necessary to con
tinually combat the disease until it is
finally blotted out. Medical officials
assert that this may not be accom
plished for some time.
Precautionary Measures
Meanwhile It is highly essential that
strict precautionary measures be
taken by every student. Frequent
gargling of the throat and all other
means which will aid in preventing
the spread of germs are urged by med
ical authorities who also request that
each student should take drastic
steps to avoid catching cold which
might be followed by more serious re
sults. Prominent physicians advise
people to stay away from moving pic
ture shows, and all other public gath
erings which tend to bring people into
close contact with each other. They
also urge students of the univer
sity who are ordinarily confined dur
ing a large part of the day, to get out
in the open air as much as possible.
Medical authorities agree that it
would be a great thing for everyone if
all conventionalities would be thrown
aside and the wise act of using "flu"
masks be adopted by all. In many
of the smaller cities, vas well as in
New York City, this expedient has
been resorted to with great success.
SPECIAL CLASS PLANNED
FOR HUSKER WRESTLERS
Cornhusker wrestlers will occupy a
corner of the sporting page this winter,
according to an announcement by Dr.
R. G. Clapp, director of physical edu
cation, yesterday. A class In wrestling
will be held on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at 4:00 in the chapel and
is open to all men Interested In mat
work. The class will 'begin when
school takes 'up after the Christmas
holidays.
The Nebraska wrestling . team will
be picked from members of the class,
and a series of intercollegiate meets
are to be scheduled. The first one is
already arranged with the Iowa Aggies
from Ames, Iowa, and several others
are in line.
Skepticism is always sweeping Its
door yard to prevent the religious peo
ple from finding any dirt there, and
the religious people keep on polishing
c their faith d work tn keep ahead.
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