THE ALLIANCE HIRALD, MAY 23, 1018
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STORIES OF STATE WIDE INTEREST
BY
John W. Thomas, Deputy Commissioner Public Lands and Buildings
1 attltuds (ovarii tills wnr. This
vii w held uncompromtslnglj toward
tnefl I'.t'iiiM ally nmttst ho maintained
In dealing with thost who hold in
duential positions ami particularly
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MR. ANNESLEY'S NAP
manual positions ana particularly , im
ritta those who arc entrustt-d with & """IK!
he education of the youth of the Qv JOAN buqby.
tate. That devotion to America ;SI:o:0KOXy
ROOTING DISLOYALTY
OUT OF UNIVERSITY
State OVltefl of Defense Demands )f
Hoard of llejrents that I'ro-Ciermaii
Profeaeora Be Dismissed
At the head of the faculty of the
Nebraska State University and among
its members are men of staunch pa
triotism and unswerving loyalty to
the United States and her allies; but
the fact that the board of regents and
the university faculty have beon
tainted with pro-Germanism and
Kaiser apologists, has been a source
of grief and unconcealed lndigation
to thousands of Nebraskans.
""indications point to a cleaning up
of the faculty by dismissing the dis
loyal members, or permitting them to
resign, but the slowness with which
the board of rgeents acts Is exasper
ating, as it was when the Copperhead
Haller was permitted to remain at
the head of the board until he saw fit
to resign. The state council of de
fense has made a showing to the
board of regents so strong that there
will be no valid excuse for further de
lay in acting upon the complaints of
disloyalty.
On Ma;- 20 the council presented to
the board evidence, in the form of af
fidavits, of the disloyalty of twelve
members of the state university fac
ulty, and addressed a letter to the
board, to publish which in full would
require a page of this paper, but
from which the following is an ex
tract: "Lincoln. Neb., May 20. To the
Members of the Board of Regents of
the University of Nebraska
in July, iv 11, me wenrafixa which our government
council of elerense wnue paying ue-,
served tribute to the loyalty of the
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uuitoiwj u. r. many articles and delivered many ad-
attention to the fact that there were Atmmmm ,u ...
unnrii a '" mi 111 t mi i ii it r wi V t I
many
war has, sinee our declaration, ex-
BURgeSt in your letter of April 2!.
1918, that he is "negative, halting or
hesitating in support of the govern
ment" disqualifies him. We arrest.
therefore, that everyone of the 12
instructors herein referred to falls
within the terms of your own rule.
"The evidence discloses that these
university instructors have, for one
reason and another, assumed an ai
tude calculated to encourage among
those who come under thetr Influence,
within and without the university, a
spirit of inactivity, indifference and
opposition towards this war and an
undesirable view with respect to the
sevoral fundamental questions insep
arable from the war.
Facta at Hajid
"We are sending you herewith
statements, togethe- with the names
of witnesses, of the conduct on the
part of theBe twelve instructors. The
facts are readily available to you.
You can command the testimony of
those to whom we herein refer and
you can guarantee to others wtoo may
have been reluctant to speak the pro
tection which they naturally desire.
"There is nothing 'annonymous' in
the complaints that have come to us
and which we transmit to your body.
In every instance the witness is en
tirely reputable and there is no rea
son to believe that in any case there
is any element of personal feeling.
As before stated, these complaints re
late to twelve instructors.
"This evidence discloses partiality
on the part of more than one instruc
tor for the I. W. W., an organization
that is practically at war with Amer
ica. Baeusea for I. W. W.
"You will find where one instructor
stn)ke 'very feelingly 'in regard io the
treatment of the I, W. W.. referring:
to 'tyranny' in this country and the)
alleged misuse of the common people
and presenting excuses for the be
havior of the organization against
il now pro-
ceedlng.
" Annihor 1 1 1 sil i 1 1 1 i j . i ar Tin rmnllufifwl 1
which has given Nebraska the lead in
all government activities win hold to
' account for Undivided loyalty every
person living under Nebraska's pro
tection. "The boys are Tilling ttrer there,'
and for those of us who remain at
: home there Is but one line of endeav
or and that Is the straightforward
line of stalwart Americanism that
Americanism that does net withhold
a single individual sacrifice for the
successful completion or the war;
that Americanism that will not toler
ate Interference or opposition by the
Inactive or indifferent with those
who are awake and alert to the seri
ousness of the crisis confronting our
country."
"In the discharge of our duty we
have pointed out the cancer In the
University of Nebraska and in the
name of the people of this state we
called upon you to take immediate
action.
"Nberaska State Council of De
fense, KEITH NEVILLE,
Governor
ROBERT M. JOYCE
GEORGE COUPLANI)
RICHARD L. METCALFE
HERBERT E. GOOCH
E. O. WEBER
T. P. REYNOLDS
CHARLES A. McCLOUD
GEOGRE 0. BROrHY
H. E. CLAPP
GEORGE E. JOHNSON."
A large part of the letter of the
state council of defense is omitted
from the above quotation, in the part
"Bert," said Helen Annesley at
breakfast, "what time did you get
home?"
"'Bout four maybe half-past!"
"You look It !"
"Just how?"
'Seedy. You need sleep."
"I know It," he groaned. "I wlBh to
thunder the governor was at home. I'd
sleep all day. But here I've to go to
that blame store and be tormented for
ten hours."
"It's your own fault. Too should
have come home earlier."
"It wasn't my fault. I took Myrtle
to the dance and she wouldn't think
of leaving. I was nearly dead."
"Look here, Bertie. You've got to
pull yourself together. Peggy Brlce Is
coming today and I'm counting on you.
In the first place, can't you meet her
at three and come home early?"
"I might manage It, sis ; but I'll have
to have some sleep somehow. Three,
did you say?"
"Three-five at the Pennsylvania sta
tion. No use describing her. Jost
pick out the prettiest girl you Bee."
"I'll And her."
So Bert went to the Btore and called
Johnny Stebbs, who had two rows of
brass buttons down the front of his
diminutive Jacket.
"Johnny, It's up to you whether I get
a nap or not. Two good solid hours!
So If any of those people come, drum
mers, you know, tell them I'm dead,
and don't let them view the remains,
either. If they Insist, send them to
Barlowe or Martin."
"Yes, sir!"
"Here's a dollar. Now you slay by
that outside door and don't let anyone
In."
In two minutes Bert wns snortng.
Hut the anteroom was very warm,
Ileal olll'tcsy
A gooo sioi.v concerning the new
railway regulations, which require all
season tickets to be shown at the har-
rlers, r. told by Herbert Walker, the
gem ral manager of the London &
Southwestern,
Owing to the simultaneous arrival
at adjacent platforms of two crowded
trains there was congestion at the
unlottoning and fumbling for tickets.
One smartly dressed man, however,
lifted his hat gracefully to the lxdy
ticket collector, bowed politely and
passed out unchallenged. Whereupon
an irascible elderly party further
back called out :
"So you pass men who raise their
hats to you, misH. I wonder If you'd
pass mi'!"
"Certainly i win," she replied, "if
youu'll take the trouble to fasten
your ticket Inside the crown of your
hat in Biich a position that I can see
exit gates, accompanied by the usual
It there when you raise It."
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ently given encouragement publicly
and privately, to those who are out
of harmony with the American cause.'
Since then many complaints concern
ing these instructors have reached
the state council of defense. These
complaints were so persistent and so
numerous that the state council took
the liberty of addressing a letter to
your body under date of April 19,
1918, suggesting the advisability of
action on your part. Replying to that
letter under date of April 25, 1918,
you suggested a public bearing at.
which tho state council should appear
as prosecutor. Responsibility of this
character does not rest alone with the
state council.
Immediately it rests with the men
in authority in any public or private
institution and a mere suggestion of
an undesirable situation ought to be
sufficient to command immediate ac
tion on the part of those in authority.
The facts are so readily accessible to
your board that very little effort on
your part will remove all cause for
comnlaint. Official boards in other'
universities have remedied the evils
In their Institutions and there ap-
pressed contempt for what America
could do in coping with Germany, ex
tolling German prowess and German
science and seldom losing opportun
ity for sneering at everything Ameri
can. "Another instructor declined to
subscribe for liberty bonds, explain
ing his unwillingness on the ground
here omitted, mention ts made and
information given of faculty mmbersj an,j Johnny was very tired.
who ridiculed the allies, condoned the
sinking of the Lusitania, opposed the
war of the United States against Ger- j
many, even after war had been de
clared between the two countries, de-
aied the atrocities committed by or-
der of German comm: nders, declared ,
the draft was a big mistake and held i
students in fear of being riiscrlniinat-1
ed against if they made complaint of
the obnoxious pro-Germanism of
their teachers. Before closing the!
letter, the board of regents is given j
a prod to spur them to action in this!
sentence: "The complaints that have!
reached the state council from entire
ly reputable men and women from
business men, from members of the
faculty, from students and from other
deeply concerned Americans are so
numerous and so amazing that it Ib
difficult to understand why your body1
did not long ago act upon its own
motion in order to clear the bad
I motion in order to clear the hil nt
mat ne was opposed to all war and mo8pnpre wl k.h th;,Be men of p.,,
for that reason could not support the j ,iar v(eW8 hayp brouRnt lnt0 our uni
government. un one occasion wnen
And then as fairies come when
folks are asleep she came!
She was pretty and little and taste
fully dressed, ami she carried a
satchel. She asked for Mr. Annesley's
office and wns directed politely. She
opened the door of the anteroom with
Its two rows of hlghbacked seats fac
ing each other ami to her surprise
found only a small boy asleep.
On the tloor opposite wns the word
"Private." She opened the door. A
snore greeted her. Turning, she saw
the leather couch on which lay a man
asleep. She had Intruded unwittingly
and started to tiptoe out.
Rut her bag knocked against a
chair. Mr. Annesley sat up Instantly,
seeing someone in the room he sprang
to his feet.
"Who did that?"
The girl was backing frightened Into
a corner. "I I'm afraid I did."
"This is a of a place where a
an instructor (hereinafter referred
to) announced that he intended to
write a paper in defense of the I. W.
W.'b, this instructor urped him to
prepare the paper and expressed en
tire sympathy with his views.
Bight to Invade Belgium
"Another instructor who, prior to
our entrance into the war. had
sough to convince his classes that
Germany waB entirely right in invad
ing Belgium territory and its treat
ment of Belgian population, has nev
er corrected his attitude before his
classes and you will find that among
the members of these classes the im
pression obtains that
nou ra t,. 1... i.. i , ,,i t L v t nf-
flcial board of the university of Ne- !?w5! 8 S'S fGer"1:'ny'8 i'1te,p,
braska should not act with similar to jU8tify it8e,f before the wor,d"
energy in the discharge of Its plain "Another Instructor has repeatedly
duty. The work of the state council asserted that America had no basis
is so large and its duties so manl- for storing the war and no business
fold that It has the right to expect ''" ,n Jt In hi8 Masses this in
that organisations like yours will cor- structor.has always taken a negative
rect bad conditions In the Duslnesa attitude with respect to the war and
Immediately entrusted to them with- nn tlme hi,R shown t.ny sympahty
out seeking to place the state council 1 for !t This 8amp instructor in con
in the role of proBecutor. versation with the father or a boy In
. . the service said that German pro-
Assembles Data " 1
paganda was nothing but newspaper
Inasmuch as you have intimated ; bunf.onibp. aml thM tbe Germans had
that tho complaints with respect to ,.on,mitted no worso atrocities than
these instructors are of an anony-,(ho ()th),r si(,( ha(, )OInmi,ted
mous character we have assembled!
for your benefit certain statements of;
fact showing that the complaints
which moved us to action in the first
place are not of an anonymous char
acter and do not come from irrespon
sible aources.
We herewi'h transmit to you com
plaints involving the attitude of 12
instructors. We do not charge all of
these instructors with treason. We!
do not say that they have all made!
themselves liable even to the sedi
tion law. It is not necessary that a!
person be proved guilty of treason or
Sedition to show him to be unfit as an
instructor The fact, as you so aptly
versity circles."
Reference Is then made to a de
cision of Judge Mullen in New York,
in the case of a student of Columbia
University, that points the way for
handling disloyalty in educational in-;
stitutions.
to
In order thta there may be full co
operation in garden work in the state
this year, the federal government has
placed the work under the direction
of the agricultural extension service
of tho University of Nebrask a The
dirts-tor of the extension service is
made director of the United States
he ts entirely J school garden army of Nebraska
i nis win do away with all forms of
duplication in garden work. Thou
sands of boys and girls who have al
ready registered In school for garden
work will now be enlisted tn the great
school garden army of the stale. They
will be given the regular U. S. badge
or insignia, which will bear tbe let
ters "U, S. S. G ," meaninr; United
States school garden. There will be
captains and lieutenants with their
proper insignia to wear. Towns not
already doing garden work with the
extension service should immediately
get in touch with the Agricultural ex
tension service, University farm, Lin
coln, Neb.
"Nebraska is a patriotic state. In I
every government activity it has gone
'Tor the top.' That does not mean
that we have not had undesirable
SPRAYS
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"Sprays and How to Make Them "
conditions to deal with In this State. Ill the title of one section ,,r tt... .-
respect Nebraska is no dlf-, extension bulletin "Uim. v .vi.
man; other st.-tes. But 'Gardening." now being distributed bv
S'TVice.
The
to poison insects
very which destroy the ordinary garden
The ingredients for the
In this
feres! from
.... utv iiei-ii uncovered ano me agricultural extension
I...- nnuni ppuwi in uticnmpromis- University farm, Lincoln, Neb.
mc spun, ror tne very reason tti.it bulletin tells how
Nesraska Is patriotic, for the
reason that its last dollar and its last regetables.
....u M m (e service or our beloved , spray may be purchased at any drug
country the peopl of this state will store ,! are easily mixed and read"
not tolerate what, in the parlance of lv : nulled Tt.i. k.. .....
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Their use
means of saving the g-rden.
fellow can't have two minutes' peace
without someone hutting In and half
killing him besides. Who let you In?"
"No tine. I Just came."
"Where's Johnny? I told him to
keep everybody out."
The little boy? Oh, he wus tired,
too. He was asleep, poor little fellow!
I'm so sorry I upset that chair. It
was stupid and awkward of me."
But Bert did not notice her halting
confusion, for he wkh having a bad
time on his own account.
"I beg your pardon, most humbly,"
he said, getting redder by the minute.
"I thought you were selling some
thing, you see. Will you please for
give me?"
"It's all right." she laughed merrily,
having recovered her own equilibrium.
"I've had enough fun out of it to more
than make up for the other. And now.
Mr. Annesley, If you'll kindly tell me
how to get to your house I'll be very
much obliged. I'm Peggy Brlce. I
came earlier than I Intended, and
haven't an idea how to go. Your store
being so near to the station, I thought
I'd come In and Inquire."
And then! Ami this is really what !
the story Is all about, but it only j
takes a minute to tell It, although it i
affected the lives of two people for ,
all time. The very thing Peggy eras 1
blushing about, a little card, had in ;
some manner slipped to the Hour. She
stooped, and Bert stooped at the
gMM time, but he got It. And It was
his own picture !
She looked wretch. rd and ready to ;
cry. And he looked at her a long, long I
time in a very odd way. And his heart
seemed to go along with the look and
Pi stay, for he never had eyes for an
other girl after that.
And Johnny, whimpering and scared
to death because he had slept at the
Switch and wrecked the peace of his
employer, nearly fell dead when Mr. j
Annesley, going out with a pretty girl,
gave him another dollar.
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