OLINC0LN. NEB.
SPOTLESS CLEANERS
9 u.m Uerling. free.)
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W. GuwutN Our Work.
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St.
DANCING SCHOOL
larn te Dance tor f S.0O.
Open Dally
Franzmathet Academy
1018 N Stmt
Lincoln Theatre
THIS WEEK.
g. Beeutilul Girts
"The
AMERICAN
VENUS"
with
ESTHER RALSTON
FORD STERLING
LAWRENCE CRAY
FAY LANPHIER
Extra Added Attraction
MAYER BROS. CO.
SPRING STYLE REVUE
,rt BEAUTIFUL 1Q
10 LIVING MODELS lw
Th. Levelteet Creations far
Mil Sprin, Wr
Every Eveaing at SiSO
Om Show Oaly Each Evening
COMEDY NEWS FABLES
LINCOLN" -SYMPHONY
Jr.n L. Scholar. Cond.
wlLBOlTCHENOWETrt
SHOWS AT I. a. VT, .
? 35c NITE BOe CHILD.
MAT.
10c
Rialto Theat re
ALL THIS WEEK
ELINOR GLYN'S m
"Soul Mates"
With Aileen Prlngle Edmund Lews
Metro-Goldwym Pictura
"DIZZY DAISY"
Ha) Roach Comedy
NEWS TOPICS SPORTUGHT
SHOWS AT 1. 3, 8, T
MAT. 25c NITE SSc CHILD. 10c
LYRIC
THIS WEEK
Th, Finest and Funniest Story of
tho Year
"THE
COHENS
AND
KELLYS"
Other Entertaining Picture
ON THE STAGE
Dallas Walker Trio
In the Musical Novelty
"WEST oi tho GREAT DIVIDE"
SHOWS AT 1, 3, 5, 7, f.
COLONIAL Afc13
A Story ol Hair Raising Adventure
ZANE GREY'S
"WILD HORSE
MESA"
with
JACK HOLT, NOAH BEERY
AND BILUE DOVE
AUo Newe and Ceaaedy Pictures
SHOWS AT 1, S, S, 7, 9.
ORPHEUM
TH UR. FR I . S AT.
"TTT&E T5AYST)NXT"
Tbe Fascinating Production
"SLAVE OF
FASHION"
with
Norma Shearer and
Lew Cody
Other Entertaining Features
shows At" l. a, a, 7, 9
MAT. ISc NITE SSc
THURv FRL SAT.
Ray Wynne's
CYCLE OF COLOR
Aa Aesthetic Blend oi Harmony
Symmetry and Color
, STUDIES
fascination 5. An Oasis
Mystic Vase. 6. Even-Tide
Te Silence 7. A VUion
.Deers. s. Moth A Flame
. MODELS
"as Kennedy Jean Laurier
jdrjHillery EmUy Fetirnier
jO BE AN NOUN CED
PRINCESS WAHSETKA
World's Famous Physic
HAVE HER SOLVE YOUR
PROBLEM
Ak HerWhat JTou Will
. JHE VOLUNTEERS
Ainiinf Novelty by George Rete
ll , Presented by
WhW??n H H"ra"
Kalcoyne Domntco Russo
MAXINE & BOBBY
JE JrtAN SOME DOG"
JXHE WINKING TbCL"
AlsaTTTews and Co
-BABiCH ANrTKCCrP.CH E.STRA
e fto'V? T i -. .,.y
Interest in Drill
Growing Rapidly
(Continued From rage One)
sens military training camps. It is
the so called pacifist movement
Many well meaning but misguldod
people, who have not iriven the aub-
Ject much thought, are joining in the
movement.
, On account of my experience In
the war with Spain I know some
thing about what "lack of prepared'
' AHta in .irr..l.. J 1
had been
v.uiiih-u wiui proper
nuiuuui, ui now ariuiery tne war
could have been won without the loss
of a single life on the field of battle.
and probably without the wounding
of a single soldier. "Lack of pre
paredness" therefore cost the lives of
61 men killed, or died in service, and
177 men wounded in the First Ne
braska regiment alone in that small
war. A needless tacrifice of life to
satisfy the maudlin sentimentalists
who oppose proper preparation for
defense.
I am opposed to war. Every man
who has been engaged in war is
opposed to war. But I am more op
posed to criminal crelessness that
results In the needless sacrifice of
the lives of men who volunteer to
serve their country in time of war.
It was criminal carelessness on
the part of this government in 1898
to send the volunteers of 1898 into
action, as it did, armed with old 45
calibre Springfield rifles twent-five
years out of date with 600 yards less
effective range than the rifles in the
hands of the enemy. The enemy had
smokeless powder. A cloud of smoke
marked every volley our men fired
and designated our line as a target
for the enemy. Our artillery equip
ment was nil. No preparation, and
our patriotic volunteer soldiers paid
with their" lives and suffering the
penalty for such governmental crimi
nal neglect and carelessness.
The navy was better prepared. It
had more modern equipment. For
that reason Admiral Dewey was able
to sink the entire Spanish navy, sta
tioned in the Pacific, without the
loss, of a single life.
It was not only in the ordnance
department that there was no
proper preparedness but the quar
termaster, commissary and medical
departments had been equally neg
lected. Hon. Russel A. Alger tells
in his "History of the Spanish War"
how he as secretary of war at the
time, could obtain canvas for tent-
age only by taking canvas that had
been purchased by the postoffice
department for mail sacks. There
was almost no camp equipment for
cooking, no uniforms and but little
cloth from which to make any, few
ambulances and wholly inadequate
medjcal supplies. Read Alger's his
tory for more details.
Who suffered to pay for the neg
lect that was caused by the pacif
ists of the years preceding the Span
ish American wart Ask the parents
and the relatives of those killed in
battle or of those who died in the
fever stricken camps of the south on
account of the lack of preparation
in equipment and the lack of trained
men for such service. Ask the wound
ed and health broken soldiers who
endured it to tell you the price they
paid for "lack of preparedness."
Surely no modern "pacifist" can. tell
very proud of the results of the paci
fist propaganda in the years preced
ing the war with Spain when he
recalls the suffering of the men who
volunteered at their country's call.
We do not want war. But we do
want adequate preparation for de
fense. As long as this nation may
call its citizens to the defense of the
colors, so long must it be prepared
to give those men proper food, shel
ter, medical care and military equip
ment. Anything less than that con
stitutes nothing other than criminal
neglect.
So long as this government can
take my boy and your boy, as it has,
and should have a right to do, and
stand them up in line to be shot at,
I insist that it shall be prepared to
place in my boy's hands and in your
boy's hands a rifle that is at least
the equal of the rifle in the hands
of his enemy. I know what it means
to" put men under fire withor.t such
equipment, and heaven forbid that
this rich and prosperous nation ever
make it necessary for anyone to do
so again.
Our equipment at the outbreak of
the world war was equally obso-
lete, thanks to the pacifist propa
gandists and their influence in con-
... e a a . ;
gress. Not a single piece oi Ameri
can artillery was used in the Ar
gonne. Our soldiers had to "use all
French and English machine guns
and the inefficiency of our airplane
srrvice is known 1- evArwrtne: When
the time comes that soldiers will not
be needed when the millenium ar
rives we may abandon military
training and preparation. But until
that time arrives this notion owes it
to those who will be called to" fight
in its defense to make their service
as free from needless loss of life,
suffering, and sacrificing as possible.
There may be those who will call
me "a jingo" a militarist But not
so. I am opposed to war. But I
know the necessary requirements for
defense who must defend when call
ed. Some training and adequate
preparation are necessary.
As to military training in cur
state university, I was three years
a cadet at that institution when Gen
eral Pershing was the commandant
There is no department in the Uni
versity that does any more for the
student than the military depart
ment. First and most important it
"" Ulivuilg anu toss OI L.JJ m , . .
live,. If our army in the Philippines ly W T
h..i hn ttAiiinnnj . ''"who are able to obtain their univer-
teaches some respect for properly
constituted authority, it teaches dis
cipline and obedience to law and
ordor. Who Is there who will say
that auch Instruction Is not needed
among the youth of today? Secondly
it is the best physical training that
can be prescribed. And lastly It has
some value In supplying a few train
ed men available to assist in training
and organizing the civilians in to an
army whenevor this nation may be
suddenly forced Into war.
Those privileged few (about three
sity education free of charge from
this genorous state and government,
are giving little enough in return,
when they are only asked to take a
small amount of training to equip
themselves for some military service
in defense of the government if the
emergency arises. They who would
not are neither patriotic nor grate
ful. And in conclusion let me call the
attention of the pacifists to the fact
that every constitutional right that
is theirs, and every right of individ
ual liberty that they enjoy, was ob
tained and given to them by the army
and navy. Until they can chow some
better means of safe-guarding our
rights and liberties and for protect
ing our nation from international
plunderers it is my contention that
we should maintain a reasonable
amount of military training and an
adequate supply of military equip
ment
Very respectfully yours.
FRANK D. EAGER.
Department Commander. United
Spanish War Veterans.
WRESTLING MEET NEXT WEEK
Annual Numeral Event Held Thurs
day and Friday Afternoon
The annual numeral wrestlinjr meet
will be held Thursday and Friday af
ternoons of next week between the
hours of four and six. The rules of
the National Collegiate Association
will be followed til through the meet.
Numerals will be awarded in seven
classes: 115 pounds, 125 pounds, 135
pounds, 145 pounds, 158 pounds, 175
pounds, and heavy weight. A three
pound weight allowance will be made
in each class. These matches are
open to all men who have not comp-
peted on the varsity team. Numer
als will be awarded to the winners in
the classes, but no numerals will be
awarded without competition.
Special Showing:
New models and woolen
Two Pants Suits $35 to
?50. Top Coats $25 to $45
LOU HILL
College Clothes
1309 O St.
Up a few steps and turn
to the left.
2 SMART WEARrli O FO VVOAE Xt7 I
& , T .
l ' felP f This sale will include some of our regular I
i ! $1BS0 $2450 $295Q I
rHU Y These are Early Spring Dresses, some
li :
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at
tllU DAILY HBB&A8KAN
Ten Years Ago
Lloyd Foster of Lincoln spoke on
"National Preparedness" and won a
W. C. T. U. first priie of $25 for
the best oration on the liquor problem
at the University orational contest
held at the Temple. He was to re,
present the Nebraska at the state
prohibition orational contest at'Belle-
vue.
W. W. Burr, a University gradu
ate and connected with the agricul
tural office for the United States,
was elected the hoad of the combined
department of experimental and in
structional agronomy.
Four thousand seven hundred and
seventy more students attended the
University of Nebraska this year than
did in the year of 1871 according
to a computation of Professor Bar
bour. Since 1911 the Student body
increased 300 every year until 1915
it numhered 6000.
Twenty Years Ago
A new honorary society for girls
in the Junior class was organised
under the mysterious name of Silver
Serpent' The pin was to be a small
coiled serpent, and the colors silver
and green. Ten sophomore girls were
to be chosen by the Juniors in the
spring. The object of the Silver Ser
pents seemed shaded in as deep a
mystery as its founders, but the in
formation was volunteered that it
was to promote student enterprises,
especially those undertaken by the
co-eds and to create greater class
interest
Pat McLaughlin, chairman of last
year's inter-fraternity baseball man
agers, called a meeting at the Del
house to settle the schedule of last
spring. It has not been finished and
the pennants had not definitely been
awarded. The Phi Gams had one
pennant, but the other had to be
given.
Try our SSc Luncheon g
Sunday Specials
I ELKS CLUB CAFE
Open to the Public
13th and P Streets
You may have a new spring topcoat, hat, and suit but
untrimmed hair and unsightly complexion will ruin your
entire appearance that you save spent so much time and
money in selecting.
liberty Barber Shop
E. A. WARD
These are Early Spring Dresses, some
reduced from our regular stock, others
by special purchase.
At
Calendar
Friday, March It
Kappa Sigma House Dance.
Theta Chi House Dance.
Alpha Sigma Phi Spring Party
Lincoln Hotel.
XI Psl Phi House Dance.
Saturday, March 20
Delta Delta Dolta Spring Party
Rosewilde.
Sigma Tau Dance University
Club.
Phi Gamma Delta House Dance.
Phi Kappa Alpha House Dance.
Gamma Phi Beta Dinner House
Dance..
....Phi Delta Theta Spring Party
Lincoln Hotel.
Alpha Theta Chi House Dance.
Lambda Chi Alpha House Dance.
Lutheran Club Party Temple.
Big Sister Board Luncheon Ellen
Smith Hall.
On The Air
University Studio, broadcasting
over KFAB (340.7)
Thursday .March 18
9:30 to 9:55 a. m. Weather re
port by Prof. T. A. Blair. Road re
port and announcements.
(Other Periods Silent)
Kreiger Starts His
Professional Career
Nick Krieger, pupil of Harry Reed,
boxing instructor at the University
of Nebraska, will make his debut as
a professional boxer Friday evening
March 19 in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Kreiger is booked to appear in the
curtain-raiser against Harry Priesen
dorf of Grand Island.
Hotel
D'Hamburger
Buy 'em by the aack
1141 Q St. Phone B1512
Liberty Theater BIdg.
5c
Splendid Dresses
an Exceptionally Low Price
They Will go Fast
CrepeZatin-Prinis and Twills-Black and Colon
Size 14 to 40.
Dr. Condra Working In Kansas
Dr. G. E. Condra, chairman of the
Department of Industry and Surveys,
is in Kansas this week and next mak
ing a collary of the Kansas and Ne
braska soil formations.
Many Pilgrims Visit Rome
Pilgrims to the number of 1,250,
000 visited Rome during Holy Year.
P
The Senior
That's what we call this
new model because the
men that made it know
everything about style,
tailoring and fabric. It's
a finished product.
With Two Trousers.
$35
Spring Suits
and Top Coats
Silver frays, salmon tans; no spring
ever brought out such good looking
materials... See
Top Coat Spe
cial at
$28.00
Some snappy new Oxfords for young
men are here.
and now burtteth into
print t
m&
ire
a correspondence course
for those college men and
women ho move to Charles
ton time!
EJEKKKJSISISI
given by Prof. Susie
Smart, B. E., whose latest
photo appears above.
Assisted by:
ind
the tattling
Twosome!
Enroll NOW in "Campus
Ch-tter!" A few minute,
spent reading the daily Chat
ter column, and the berofits
of the course are yoartv. We
. do NOT dangle an A. B.
degree before you aa the
promised reward of success
fully completing the course;
we DO assure you however,
that "Campus Chatter" will
lead too to a dres of
knowledge of current colle
giate happenings and op
portunities that will be both
pleasing and profitable.
EEEJEEEEEI
LESSON I will appear to
morrow! Read it and know
the truth about a certain
stylish member of a certain
stylish fraternity; the mis
take he made, and his sad
awakening.
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