TIIK DAILY NEBRASKA!
II I. I .
AMERICAN DESCRIBES
POST
Walter M. Wolff, Former Nebraska
Man Writes to Dean Buck
From Germany.
Dean P. M. Huik has received a loi
ter from Walter M. Wolff. I'ennei :.u
dent and Knuli.-di lep:unieni ca!er,
now In Germany, in which Is given
a graphic description el' cnnlitf ns
in that country. The postwar G.-i-inany,
sas Mr. Wolff, . i-iv lurt.
shows signs ot thrift ami o.-;'.o.
trained ol liiials aio lil..mc.l by Wolff
for nim li of tin- chaotic i on. ii; ions
through which the- country U cassiiiK.
Anii'Mcau doilar.i buy far me:--' in Ger
many than in tin; I'luted S.ates. A
suit costs $10 and a haircut liirco
German universities are sul ioring
in every way an.l t ho culture ;.ml
learning of that famous countiy Is le
eching a setbai k because the p i'1'.o
run no longer spare the time to in
vest in pursuit, if knowledge. sa
Wolff. The country i.i fairly l'Ui.tie.ij
for it ", existence, he ilot lares.
In closing his lotto;-, Wohf otters
to furnish Dean liuck or the I'nivei
sity ot Nebraska any . info, mrticii
hbout Germany which inigiil be de
hired. The letter follows:
C'HK.MNITZ, Alt., Germany, Ocio
her 11, llCl.-Penn Piiilo M. Duck, A.
M.; College of Arts and bcieuces, tac
I'n.viisity of Nebraska. Lincoln, Ntl.,
U. S. A. My IV ar Ileal) au,i 1 rote..
Bur: It was with much regret thai 1
left Lineoin on tl.o G of lusi Juue
w i.hout saying .-omibye to j.u when
I knew that the 1'uuue Wi.uUi find
me in Germany on an exton ied visa.
As you were more tiu-.n busy wit.)
the i egi;-t,ration for the first stimuli:!-ses.-n
:, I considered it wise to lorego
a 1..1VW. il t-om'o.-i'iuv, expecting t.
write to yiu before this. I have been
in .he laud of the Germans shite, the
ll'tii day of August; have ;:-avckJ
oer most of the countiy; and oavi
gtt.en a pietty gotx! idea of the con
ditions and tho people as tney a;i
today. However, it is only now tha.. 1
am finding time to corrcspni'-d oaei
moro with the honicl.-.nd.
In the first place, plea.-e forgive
my gross negligent e of last June, for
I am very sorry indeed that, it oe
cured. Now I shall try to give you
some idea of w hat, is transpiring to
day in post-war Germany.- To a foi
eigner, touring the country with Amer
ican dollars in his pocket, Geimauy
must seem iike a veritable ten-cut
store! For every "paper" dollar (not
gold or siher) he may have today
120 German marks which will buy
far more than will 100 cents in Jie
U. S. A. For instance, it costs less
to navel, say from here (Chemnitz) to
Hamburg and uturn, than it does one
way from Lincoln to Omaha, although
the distance is five times as great.
No "Paint or Powder."
A fine suit of clothes can be hn.l
for U-n AAniorican dulhi's (1,200
marks j, and a hair-cut costs but two
or three cents, for the individual
Who likes his beer, a large glass of
the 12 per .nt vari. ty comes to but
four cents. In the way of tweets,'
everything is to be had be.e ixct-pt
ice cream and chewing gum which
is almost unknown and the women ,i
net use paint or powder at ail.
People Work Hard.
While the American vis. tor cui en
joy hiuu-e'f tiiiougli the ;.b:ienn,u
alut.i situation, the average Ovinia.,
works hard and finds every tiling eiy
Ligii. Seventy-five marks for a day's
wit. k is consioe.ed good pay, Lut wh. n
one is lorted to five enc bundled tj
one iiundrel twenty -five marks for a.i
wdkia.y cut ton shirt, he i ft- -n J.re
goes the Jiieasii.e of w.aii::g siun a a
ar.icie. In lSurlin, for iu.-ta..;-e, icee
on many artieies are aimo.-t lie; s.iine
as in tlx.' t-'iatis at h.;lue. i'.uw i r.,, J
fruit e.n.1 -.-..r. .1.1. .j ...... -
how ever, and are also more rcas-.i:-
able in price. '
To date I have bee-:: i.i Hamburg,
Kiel, Leipzig, I!e:iiii and many small
er cities, not to in ntior. numerous
"Do, fer." and cveiyw here there are
only signs of iLrilt and or.. or. Al
though the l'utuie for Genua. .y has
taken a gloomy ;-.--peu. I do jr.l bi
Hove she will ."-ink :o luW as tJ be
come another Austria, Pedaii '. or Uus
fit. The present Geiman g .c eiuiueut
is bein.; ri-'.itu'.e.! and hell in ton
tempt because of its ut.tr iiviTii k-acy
and neglect of the country's welfare.
It. is merely another tase of too many
untrained officials, too much icd tape,
and extreme short sightedne.-r, ana
ignorance of governmental afiai.s.
And yet, from the physical standpoint
Germany is still the clean, well or
ganized land for which she has always
been famous. Her hilis an valleys,
rivers and lakes, flowers and foliage,
are still as beautiful as ev?r before;
and the people, in general, arc slid
as hospitable and as thrifty as they
were before the war.
Universities Suffer.
On account of the serious H. C. L ,
the universities are sufferirtr in every
way. German culture and learning is
WAR coins
rocehlng It severe setback hot nitre the
po; .plo can no h nger spare the tlmo
i hey l'o:merly invested In n'.gtv pur
suit of kiiowld.Tu. (l.rniany I.i jerar
th ally figliting for her exist -nee, an.l
i or the moment, niuvchi i on jt.'.iuly
giving loiiiinunisii) in Genua ny aucti
.uii. tins; and the boh-heist with his
iy, 'Win- dad Proletariat katia bel
li ti!" i.i today ti e worst enemy with
in the "Kcich!"
1 hn.l the good fortune of attending
tiio "Kie'.er Ileistwoclte fur Kunsi uud
issensehaft" a few weeks ago, to
which several hundred Swedish una
Xoiweigi.iu students were invited us
guort- of the chy of Kiel. Many of
be hiUiiCii by well known Gorman
university pi olersors, and high-chis.i
music, made the week a nio:-t profit
able, occasion. 1 particularly enjoyed
; lio siilendid presentations of "Got
von He; lichingen," and "Hie Nijeiun
gen," in which also Herlin and Ham
mrg lu ofes.diJiial talent parlit ipate.l.
Offers Information.
Per' mis 1 have given yen enough
of - ea of the present Germany
to. i.. t:in.!, since c.onuo! begin
lo ,t il you ali of tiio many lnter.'.-tmg
epeiienees which 1 have had in the
.wo niontlis ihat 1 1-ave been here, h
th .e is a.i.v particular inform. .(ion
o..ci ruing tie: many which you would
like to have me imesttgate or repoit
for .ou or f.-r our good eld I7, ol N.
I shall be more than glad to get i-oii-
Vour loiiner student and
;-:ng ish Kei aitr.:. nt reader.
WALTKlt M. WOI.FF,
Horfstra.-so 17. Ch. mni'z, Alt., i.
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LOST A MARTEN NECK PIECE:
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Saturday. P:esumably picked up by
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NEW DEPARTMENT AT
AG. COLLEGE ADDED
Horticulture Branch is New Depart-n-ent
At College of Agriculture
To Support Forestry.
The horticultural department of the
Ncrraska agricultural college has
pledged Jts support in the advance
ment of the state forestry association,
recently organized for the purpose of
conserving thnber and encouraging
a unore extensive campaign of forc
stiit'ou in the state. The department
will lend i' - services and experiments
in the treatment of the industry, spe
cialists at the college announce.
The association also has been giv
en the support of organizations in th-?
is'ate. A revival of interest in Arbor
day as a means of increasMig the
jiiunib 'r of trees planit d is one of ihe
l!:.r..s under consideration, ine aim ::
the r-ssociation is not only to preserve
forests in the state because of their
,i sihi-tie value, but to encourage
tree plant'ng as a means of further in-
)'.-. ising the economic assets of th'
ouiir.onwoalth.
IKON SPHINX ELECTS
OFFIOEES F02 YEAR
Iron Sphinx, honoiary s iph inoit'
iicn's organization, held it:, initial
if ti:.g of the year last c-v-.iiirg ai
die I'i.i (Janini:'. lel.a hou::e. Kh'c
dou of tfficrs and t'oe gen.ra1 buai-i-.-ss
for the f-.uning year wire the
i:k-
ir.attf.rs b: ougiit up to lie. ineit-
il!g.
The organization adopted a -.'.solution
whereby every member pledged
hi in self to promote school activities
,'ur the coming school year to the
a-.-3t of i.is ability and to co-operate
.vith every organi7.ition o: the cam
pus in helping stage tho various
Vfiits put on by the university.
The offitei s elected for the year
re as follows:
Piesi.lent, Charles B. Hall; vice-
president, John Ho:iingswo:ta; fcc-cre-tary.
Rex Smith; treasurer, John
-"pear; sergca::t-at-arms, Ross Mc
JJlasson, George Smaha.
Questions pertaining to the coming
ilympirs were brought up and dis
cussed to a certain extent and meet
ings will be h as often as ntces
rary up until tLt time of the Olympics
Ui perfecting plans for Ih-J annual
( la ss -jcrao.
DISAR1AIAMENT IS THE
SUBJECT OF ARTICLE
Professor Tells of Fundamentals of
Conference of Many Nations
at Washington.
An expression of public e inlon on j
tho problems to be considered by tho J
conference on the limitation of arma
ment will no doubt have an importi'it
bearing upon the results. Hut In or
der to have an intelligent expression
of opinion it is necessary to under
stand the questions which will come
up tor sot. lenient. It is gratifying to
know that the students of tho Univer
sity of Nebraska have a keen inter
est in the coming conference. They
have ro(u-sted that members of the
faculty co-operate with them in the
study of causes rf war and steps
toward disarmament. The taculty
has generously responded to this re
quest. The following artic'o by Pro
fessor Alexander is the first of a series
which will appear from day to day
on problems connected with the Wash
ington meeting.
"Nationalism as a cause. for war, or
at any rate as war's justification, is
a modernism of politics. In early
tunics wins were waged frankly for
plunder and glory;
later on religion.
liaile rights dynui-stie succe:sions ( ni--nial
expansions, were op. niy avowed
pretexts for militant aggression.
Since the rise, in ihe modern world, of
the conception of the soverignity of
peoples, the preservation or realiza
tie l has been the one motive to wlii- h
no -i h:vo most, virtually res-tine
wl-.cn in quest of a casus belli, it hr-s
gone un'.er .ne name oi mjciiiimu.
and today there are few civilized peo
ples who cannot be brought to fight
for tho preservation of nationalistic
liberties. If political wars threaten
the future they are more likely to be
promoted under this than under any
other pretext.
I: can hardly bo denied that na
tionalisni has engendered anil docs en
gender beliggerent attitudes which
breed wars. Put nationalism is young
in the world, and it may fairly be
asked if there is not chance for a
civi'ized enlightenment in which this
need not be the case. Granting ti e
premise that wherever there is a de
veloped national sentiment there
should be erected a soverign sta'r,
need we jump to wars as the conse
quence? As I see it, this is the cri
cial question; a nay' make disarma-
And why should not nations exist
and form without rupturing society?
Essentially a t." '- n group of peo
ple possessing a tradition and owning
an ideal; their real bond is in Ihe ini
matcrials kingdom of thought 'ieir
culture, if you choose and it does not
seem incredibly Utopian to look for ; n
advrnt wherein peoples slnuld find
pleasure in. rather than tak umbrage
nt the differing cultural complexions
of earths nations.
KONESKY CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
The Komensky club met Saturday
evening at Faculty hall and cected
the following officers for the. c:. suing
year. President, Adolph Iirazda, vice
piesi.lent. Rose ISolehlavy, secietary
and treasurer, Charles Luke, saigcant-at-arms,
Itlanche Votajika an 1 (Turks
Xovatny.
The president appointed a soci-1
committee and membership commit
tee. Plans were made for the next
me, ting November 12.. Arrangements
have been made for regular meetings
to lie h id at fatuity hall every sec
ond and fourth Saturday of each
"tp.lt GUI
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