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SUNDAY. MAY 15, 18S7.
NO JINGOISM HERE
Outstanding world event, of the past . few months.
trouble in China, trouble in
Central America, difficult
ies
a crumbling as usual irom .ui, - -
o'brk in the Balkans, have probably brought home
f many people the realization that all is not well m
the world, that the dream of world peace and world dis
armament is still far off.
The armies of the world today are nearly equal
in numerical strength to those existing before the
World War which, you remember, was supposed to be
the war to end war." In effective destructive strength,
though, the armies of the world are far stronger than
those in 1914. The navies are stronger than ever. Ad
vances in aviation, in chemical warfare,, in ordnance,
in tactics, have all contributed to a more menacing
preparation for war than ever before.
We would all like to make ourselves believe that
the world is closer to universal peace than ever before,
v-. ; hut the saddening experiences since the
last war, and the grim, deadly earnest preparations of
all nations are simple facts wnicn even vne
sionate peace advocate can not deny.
The simple truth of it is that human nature with
an its characteristics of distrust, greed, fear, and ever,
lust for conquest has been mighty little changed. And
every government from the smallest to the largest is
taking no chances for the future. They're all playing
safe. In part it's a great game of passing the buck.
France raises her quota of airships. Great Britain
does likewise to keep up.
But underlying it all is a great fear of every na
tion for its actual existence. The rattling phrases of
Mussolini, for instance, may all be for paper consump
tion in the presence of nearby stronger neighbors like
France and England who could easily put a damper
on his whole program, but those same phrases disclose
a spirit which at some time r other may flare forth
in full blast of cannon, rifle, and machine gun, and
which most assuredly would, if there seemed any hope
t all for success. Other warlike governments could
also be mentioned. And there is ever the possibility
that new ones may arise, as Italy metamorphosed itself,
for example, after the late war.
The possible disastrous consequences of another
great war are admitted by every one. There isn't a
person in the world who would not be glad to ec some
method worked out for a total elimination of all .var,
and what would be still better, for an elimination of
all the causes of war. Disarmament has been mentioned
most persistently as the solution. Attempts to disarm
have been made. But the nations have refused to dis
arm. They are willing to throw away the antiquated
weapons, but they balk at dropping the modern, ef
fective ones.
Faced with actual conditions such as these it is
idle talk for any one nation to forge the way ahead and
disarm itself. Such a course would be suicidal. WThat is
more, it would so rob that nation of any influence in
world matters that even its sincerest desires for peace
and general disarmament would have no weight.
The United States, ever strong for peace, and in
its whole past history never a wholesale preparer for
war, has faced the present world situation in a most
sensible manner. Neither alarmed into jingoist prepar
ations for greater wars, such as exist in France, Italy,
and Japan, nor yet illusioned into childish disregard of
all prudence in throwing away all its arms, our country
has chosen to follow a middle course. Our regular,
standing army is so small, and what is still more, it is
scattered over so large an area from Maine to Alaska
and the Philippines, that it is in no sense an aggressive
force against any nation no matter how small or how
weak. At the same time we have provisions for an ex
pansive citizen army, in case the need for defense
should ever arise, to make our army potentially power
ful enough to deal with any possible force that could
bj landed on our shores.
As organized, this plan of defense revolves about
an army composed of three main parts the regular
army, the national guard, and the organized and un
organized reserves. The regular army, scattered as it
is, and small as it is, is in the main a most useful in
structional force for the other two parts, the national
guard and the organized reserve. At the start of a
war it forms the first line of defense. The natioral
guard we are all familiar with. It is the second line of
defense, hastily to be formed by. consolidation of organ
izations while the regular army is holding the linfs.
It in turn forms the shield for the organizing of the
reserves which in the end encompass the entire man
hood of the nation. The task of the organized reserves
in this part of the organization is the drilling and train
ing of that great mass of troops which may possibly be
needed for any major emergency. The organized re
serve consists in the main of reserve officers, and those
reserve officers as the years roll by, will more and more
be the product cf the E. O. T. C. system now in opera
tion in many colleges and universities.
The student taking advanced work in the military
departments of colleges and universities maintaining
this instruction, ar charged with an evident responsi
bility in the plans for defense of their country. Th
system in its present form with well organized and co
ordinated instruction in the duties of jtm.or officers,
is the result of lessons learned in all our previous wars
when our soldiem were many times woefully misled by
pecn oT scurs. The purpose cf the system is not train,
ii'.g of polished !d expert t.fficers. That would be im
Tta.il';e icilued. But it is the purpose of the ysteTi
to Lfive in reserve a large number of organized Intel
2:;;ent men who have qualities of WdrnsVip, and tu
Live soiiie knowledge of the elementarv mattera in.
vJn d. J.eny ,f the lessons learned will, of course, be
f v"gf'i 'Tif but many will not, and those that are, wiil
le c; .: l!y recollected in private Rfcurlv anf f ,..;.
- r if tee t:m should ever come for their rA
rX i;. won, future oTkert will at least ha betU-r
T. C. than if they had to cram all their military know
ledge in a few short months after declaration of war.
The real worth of this middle-ground plan of de
fense under which our country is now operating will
of course never be known until such a time as it may
actually be needed. Till then, it may be remwurins to
the average citizen to know that in this present condi
tion of world uncertainty, his country is neither ag
gravatingly, jingoistically war-mad, nor is it supinely,
temptingly defenseless.
Red Long with his CulIcgUto department store
(facing campus) believes in catering to all present
and future needs of students. On one display table he
has several "memory" books. On another he has a
"travel" book. On a third he has a "recipe" book. The
cycle of a coed'3 life.
THE INSPECTION
Over 11 hundred students in the University Re
serve Officers Training Corps are standing inspection
this week end by army officers from Washington. The
Nebraska unit is in effect in competition with 22 other
colleges and universities west of the Mississippi River.
Out of the 23 units being inspected, 13 will be chosen
for Blue Star rating.
Last year Nebraska missed Blue Star rating by a
bare fraction of one percent. The weather was bad,
with rain in the spring hindering outdoor drill, and
finally with rain all day of the inspection. This year the
unit is fortunate in having fair weather for the inspec
tion proper, although many rains have previously han
dicapped much of the outdoor training.
The theoretical phases of the work were examined
Saturday morning. University facilities for training
and instruction were examined Saturday afternoon. The
advanced course men and those of the basic course
examined Saturday in the theoretical phases of the
work accounted for themselves creditably. The deciding
tests, which will determine the distinguished rating,
win come Monday when the whole regiment is exam
ined.
Notices
SUNDAY, MAY IS
r ulee Club
Glee Club .racial rehearsal. St. Paul'i
church 2:30 thin afternoon. s
Kappa Phi
Kappa Thi initiation Sunday at St. Paul'a
Church at S o'clock.
TUESDAY, MAY 17
Home Economic
Home Economics e!ib meeting Tuaaday at
T at Ellen Smith Hall.
SUNDAY, MAY 22
Home Economic.
Home Economic, club breakfa.t Sunday,
Mt 12. at 8 o'clock at Aa CamDua. Fifty
cent.. Ticket, may be secured at the Home
Ec building.
head of that department in the Uni
versity of Nebraska. While here he
was president of both Phi Beta Kappa
honorary scholastic society, and
Sigma XI, honorary scientific o?ietv.
From 1922 to 1924 he was national
president of Sigma Xi.
At Iowa State a press dispatch says the coeds are
baking 2 thousand cherry pies for hungry male students
as part of the annual spring celebration. It's only a
short time now till graduation, you know, and the way
to a man's heart is through his stomach. Iowa is a great
practical state, you must admit
"Well, I've sure had a good time, but I haven't
learned much," is probably the thought of many a senior
among the country's 60 thousand candidates for degrees.
In Other Columns
Poorly PeJd
For inventing a device which lumbermen admit will
save 100,000,000 feet of lumber annually through the
elimination of waste in cutting, a Wisconsin youth wins
a prize of $1,000 from the lumbermen's national asso
ciation. It is admitted that the device will save many times
the cost of the award, but the inventor, as is usually
the case, will probably only get a day's wage for his
ingenuity. The men who develop and manufacture the
machine, or whatever it is that is required, will get the
profit.
John Milton, hy the way, received lesa than $25
for "Paradise Lost," and Paul Dresser who wrote In
diana's well known state song, which sold into the
millions, was paid $100.
Men who blaze trails and establish footing in the
unknown must rest content with fame, not dollars.
Nebraska City New.-Preaa.
Ten Years Ago
As the rifles cracked, the heavier guns boomed,
and cadets drilled at top speed and efficiency during
the R. O. T. C. inspection Thursday, thoughts could
well have gone back ten years to view the scene and
note the contrast with thankfulness.
Just ten years ago the military was the dominant
factor. Each day men students were leaving for train
ing camps for intense drill, then France, many never
to return. Both faculty members and students were
drilling on the campus. The entire university had been
offered to the government for war purposes.
Many other students were leaving the university
as soldiers of the soil leaving to work the rest of the
year on the farm to produce more foodstuffs. Coeds
were studying Red Cross and first aid. Medical stu
dents were leaving with ambulance and medical units.
Athletic teams were seriously crippled by the loss
of men who had 1 tt for the army. Many schools canceled
all athletic schedules. Many parts of the campus were
planted to potatoes and other produce.
In short, every effort and thought was bent on
the business of war. Wearing the uniform was not
then the wearing of a "monkey suit." Students did not
condemn the military, even in jest.
A thought into the past it worthwhile. Thereby
we can better appreciate the present nd guide our
selves for the future.
Indiana Daily Student.
Wheai Prof.. Fall Out i
A friendly argument recently arose in the thought'
factory of which this department happens to be a small
part of the machinery having to do with whether or'
not "would" and "should" were properly used in the
following sentence: ;
If Mr. Coolidge really vould like another term in
the White house and it is not certain that he should
he still might be unable to say whether he will be a
candidate for renomination.
The sentence was submitted to the English de
partments of tJie state universities of Iowa, South Da
kota, Nebraska and Minnesota, with requests for opin
ions, and the answers were as follows:
Hardin Craig, Iowa My opinion is that "would"
and "should" are used correctly. Whether or not they
express the meaning which the writer intended, only
he can telL What it now means is this: "If Mr. Coolidge
really desires another term and it is not certain that
he should desire it he might still be unable to say,
etc." I am sending you the comment cf a member of
my staff, which may interest you. What I have said
is not in agreement with it. '
L. A. Sherman, Nebraska "Would" and "should"
should change places. "Should" in the first line of the
paragraph would be equivalent to "were to" and
"would" in the place of it in the second case tr "wish
to," "desire to." The distinctions here are about as
puzzling and rabtte as I remember to have xecn, J hope
I have made them clabr.
O. C Kellogg, South Dakota ''Would" is correel
if idea is optative. "Should" is correct if idea is that
of propriety: otherwise "would" should be repeated.
J. M. Thomas, Minnesota The sentence should
I think, rpad at follows; "If Mr. Coolidge really would
like another term in the White house nd it is not
certain that he would he still might be unable to stay
etc."
Question: If professors of Engl?h who are sup
posed to be authorities on the use of words can coe
to no closer agreement, what k 4 . gsti hf
are,. an ifee part of ordinary folks? '
BiocK City Journal.
CADETS AWAITING
INSPECTION MONDAY
(Continued from Page One.)
mortar. The juniors took up mil
itary history, infantry weapons, com
bat principles, military sketching,
map-reading, and field engineering in
the theoretical work, and gave a prac
tical demonstration in machine gun
drill.
Inspected Companies
Major Bonesteel inspected the
freshmen and sophomores of com
panies "I" and "M". The work with
the freshmen covered military hy-
gene, first aid, work on rifle marks
manship, and the parts of the rifle.
The sophomores took up work on
scouting and patroling, guard duty,
musketry, and some work on the
automatic rifle.
The university facilities for mili
tary work were inspected Saturday
afternoon.
Unit Review Tomorrow
The whole cadet unit will be in
spected tomorrow morning at the
regimental review and parade. The,
inspection will include an inspection
of one company, picked at random, in
close order drill, extended order by
one full platoon of six squads, prac
tical demonstrations in fir?t aid and
rifle marksmanship, and work on the
automatic rifle by a group of ten or
twelve men.
The chance to win back the Blue
Star rating depends upon the aver
age work done in all of these lines.
Military of icials are hoping for good
weather conditions so that the cadets
may have the opportunity to make
the best possible showing. In the
five years that the annual inspections
have been held only the first was
held under favorable weather condi
tions. Every inspection since that
time has been held in a rain storm.
Majors Danford and Bonesteel report
that they have had good luck in re
gard to weather so far, so Nebraska
official are hoping that the majors
may inspect this unit under favorable
weather also.
BUSINESS OFFICERS
CONVENTION CLOSED
(Continued from Page One.)
Middlebrook of Minnesota. A. S.
Johnson of Wisconsin succeeded Mr.
Bates as vice president, and Charles
A.' Hunts' of Ohio was retained as
secretary. Mr. Middlebrook and
Shirley Smith of Michigan are in
cluded in the new executive commit
tees. Next Year's Convention!
The selection of next year's meet
ing place for the convention will be
made later by the executive commit
tee. Invitations were sent from the
universities of Kentucky, Iowa, and
Colorado. However, the Minnesota
university is the one most likely to
play the host to next year's conven
tion.
At the meeting held Friday eve
ning in the Home Economics building
at the Agricultural College, the prob
lem of the wages of college students
was discussed. W. J. Greenleaf of
Washington, D. C, a member of the
United States bureau of education,
revealed some interesting data re
garding the problem in question. He
stated that, last year, students who
paid their own way, partially or en
tirely, ' through school and college,
earned in excess of fifty million dol
lars. Paper by Hull
A paper by Thomas Hull of the
University of Utah, was read, Mr.
Hull being absent. The paper treated
the subject of making a provision for
a productive divsicn to employ needy
students. - Tha paper told of steps
taken by the University of Utah to
give employment to students. Mr.
Hull pointed out in his paper that
jealousy sometimes is shown on the
part of business men and taxpayers
of the city who are engaged in lines
of business which are provided by the
school for the employment of stu
dents. !
R. B. Stewart of Purdue, opposed
the plan for a central mailing station
for a university. He declared that
tha time that might be saved in this
way is more than overcome in lack
of efficiency by the extra number
of employees needed to take care of
the
Insurance for Employees
An address by Mr. Smith from
Michigan, opened the Saturday ses
sion. He urged insurance and pen
sions for all people employed in any
capacity by the university. He de
clared that the pension and insur
ance ideas are steadily gaining prog
ress, and he cited seven leading Uni
versities that have taken up the pol
icy. A round ' table followed his
speech in which objections were made
to pool buying for universities. Pa
pers upholding, this objection were
read by L. E. Seaton of Nebraska and
Lloyd Morey of Illinois, E. O.
Fuller of Wyoming, and Mr. Eates
of Iowa read papers on fire insurance
for productive property.
A plat bearing the comparative
fees of twenty-six universities was
distributed by U. H. Smith of In
diana. The data showed that the UnL
yersity of Nebraska is among the uni
versities that charge the lowest fees
to their students. Nebraska men
who gave addresses at the association
were Dean E. A. Burnett, acting
chancellor; L. E. Gunderson, finance
secretary of the board of regents;
and L. F. Seaton, operating superin-l
tendant. Dean Burnett gav v
address of welcome at the u ,
hotel Friday noon. Lincoln
NEW SPECIMENS SHOWN
IN UNIVERSITY MusSjm
About a third of a large shipment
of stuffed specimens which the
seum scared in Viena, Austria, b
been received and put on dispW
Included in the material received are'
an armadillo," ant-eater, tree-sloth,
bird of paradise, and flying 8qnirreL
The specimens are in excellent Jt
1 vwum,
tion, according to members of the
museum staff. The material will be
a part of the Morrill collection.
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TO SOCIETIES
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the unessential and more perfectly
coordinate those directive influences
in our educational system."
Good Organization
As an example of good organiza
tion, Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi
serve very well, according to the
speaker, for they have stood the test
of years; they have proven them
selves adaptable to changing condi
tions and have aided in the training
of its members to be effective serv
ants of the republic
Doctor Ward is one of the best
known zoologists of the country and
is at present head of the department
of soology in the University of Illi
nois. From 1893 to 1900 he was
Talks of eating at the
Pie
"Pie", the dictionary makers
tell us, is a Middle English word
of uncertain origin, "possibly
connected," they say, "with pie
magpie." And then they proceed
to define it aB
"An article of food consisting
of a pastry crust with any of
various kinds of filling in or un
der it. Also a kind of layer cake
spread with jam or cream, as
Washington pie, cream pie,
etc."
Disregarding for the moment
those layer cakes called "Wash
ington pie" the remainder fall
into two fairly distinct classes:
Those with a f-Ut filling, or
something of that order, which
might be classed as dessert pies;
and those having meat as the
principal filling, which are real
ly not pies at alL in the sense
we Americans we the term
"pie."
Although "pie" is a Middle
English word, the English today
confine the word to those with
a meat filling. And apply the
term "tart" to the. dessert pies.
The Central Cafe supplies its
patrons with both kinds, and
the menu frequently carries
Lamb Pot Pie or Veal Pot Pie.
But the greatest variety is to be
found in its dessert pies.
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