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VOL. XIV: NO. 7.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1914.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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WAR
REPLIES TO THE ARTICLE OF
PROFESSOR BURGESS.
MAKES 'A SHARP ANALYSIS
t Sympathizes With the Slavic .Peoples
and Gives Reasons Article
Appeared in the Springfield
Republican.
i The article is as follows:
"Can you allow me the ubo of your
columns for some discussion of. Prof.
; Burgess's letters on the European war
and the correspondence of the kaiser
;. with the czar in recent issues of The
-.Republican? Personally, 1 wish to
Vthank The Republican for the letters
and comments. Prof. Burgess gives
facts to Indicate sufficient connection
and sympathy on his part with Prusso
Austrian, Imperial bureaucracies to
make his presentation of their case
substantially represent their point of
view. Certainly they could have found
no abler champion on this eide of the
Atlantic.
"He does not, however, definitely
commit himself as to what they
thought they were In immediate
danger of from the Slavic peoples, nor
as to how far their apprehensions
were well-founded. Talk about the
crack of the cossack knout in central
Europe making the rattle of the Prus
sian, saber music In bur ears is some
what Indefinite. That there is im
mediate prospect of application of the
knout to German backs, he does not
Indicate that he thinks, nor have they
or their rulers done so. To make out
a good case for Germany he needs to
show not general apprehension of tho
'growing power of rivals, but Immediate
deadly peril, and that would only
amount to an excuse for the attack cn
Belgium. The practice of mankind'
compels us to tolerate and excuse
wars for the advancement of mere ma
terial interests. The real justification
for public war as for private fighting,
is necessity for defense. The assault
(Continued on page 2)
816 FIND MADE BIT .
GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Jaw of Mastadon Found n Nebraska
Reported by Barbour 0 be Million
Years Old.
The most notable specimen secured
.by the State Museum during the field
season of 1914 is the huge jaw of an
early mastodon. This jaw Is flye feet
and four laches long, or about the
length across the ordinary out
" stretched armB. This specimen Is en
tirely new and undescrlbed, and will
s errs as 'the basis of a special report
The lower jaw of the largest living
elephant Is scarcely 18 inches and
seems .very small in comparison to
this aew find. Various lisab bones aad
one -f-feot task from the upper J&wJ
were also found near the same spot
They were located in the Snake River
PUooeae In central Cherry county by
Prof. B. Si Schramm and J. B. Burnett
Prof. Barbour estimates the age of this
speclmee lo be approximately a mil
lion yean.
Frishmn
SECRETARIES TALK.-
Advised Students to Refer to the
Bible Men Connected With
Work Among Students.
Mr.. Hoinzeman, International Y. M;
C. A. secretary for the Rocky Moun
tain district, and Mr. Elliot, student
secretary of the Intercollegiate com
mittee for student Bible 'study, in
their talks in the Temple last night
urged the students to blow the dust
off of their Bibles and join Bible'
study classes now organizing.
Harold Campbell presided and the
meeting was well attended.
NEBRASKA FORESTER
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Wagon Turned Turtle and Pinned Him
Underneath May Be Confined
for Some Time,
h: C. Hunt, '14, who graduated last
June from the Forestry department of
he University, sustained Tery serious
injuries July 11 in an .accident. He
was engagedythat day in moving the
equipment and supplies of a camp of
foresters in the mountains near
Ephriam, Utah. The wagon, heavily
loaded, overturned In a rough place,
pinning Hurtt underneath. He suf
fered fractures of bones In his leg and
other Injuries. As soon as possible
he was removed to the Latter Day
Saints- Hospital in Salt Lake City,
where he will probably remain until
November or December, according to
a letter from C. L. Porsllng, '15, who
was In the same forestry party.
HEAD OF LAW COLLEGE
ASKED TGJIVE LECTURES
"Dean Hastings Not Sure Whether He
Can Accept Dr. Maaey in Em
barrassing Position.
toean Hastings of the Law College
has received an invitation from the
John Marshall Law School to give a
series of lectures at that Institution.
He stated yesterday that It was very
doubtful that he would accept.
There are 185 students registered
in the 'law college. The classes are
very nearly evenly divided, the Sen
ior class coming back In full force.
They only lost three of last year's
Junior Glass. The present Junior
class is almost as large as the fresh
men class owing to several students
who would have taken freshman law
this year changing over to the School
of Commerce.
Doctor Maxey is thinking of taking
the class in 'International Law over to
Europe to make a close study of the
conditions existing there. It Is gener
ally believed In the Law College, how
ever, that the Doctor has been called
to arms by his Mother country and Is
only using this opportunity to secure
passage across the sea.
Change Uniforms.
All cadets taking drill for-the first
time must purchase the new uniform.
These uniforms are olive drab in
color aad will cost $18.19. The men
wearing the old gray uniforms wlu he
formed Into companies by themselves.
Along with the change in unforms will
be a change in the belts. This year
the Webb belts will be used Instead
of the McKeever cartridge boxes aad
belts. The Kansas State Collegian.
Initiation-Memorial
THE GREAT EVENT
EVERYTHING READY FOR THE
BIG DOINGS AT ELEVEN.
GIRLS WILL ALSO HAVE MEET
Members of Innocent Society Busy
Entire Day Yesterday Used Tele
phones to Advantage Upper
classmen Can Help.
There have been no labors spared
on the part of the Innocents in ar
ranging for the hig event the Fresh
man initiation which will take place
at eleven o'clock this morning in con
vocation hall. The band, which will
play for the occasion, has arranged to
play only such music as will strike
the "Cornhuskers' pep" spot and
make him energetic for the coming
season of activities.
The speeches which have been ar
ranged for are such as will be well
worth hearing, for the men on the
schedule are known for their loyalty
to the school and just such men will
make the new student a loyal member
of this big Nebraska fraternity. .
The arrangements for the young
ladles is that they meet in the Uni
versity Temple and there in their own
way have their speakers and enthusiasm-Inspiring
meeting. The Black
Masques have not been Idle in the
preparation of a meeting which will
run the meeting of the young men a
close race.
Telephones we're warm yesterday as
the result of the requests made cf the
various organisations that they get
their men out for this big, prominent
and Important event. All upperclass
men have been advising the new
comers in regard to what this occa
sion really means and. the. largest at
tendance ever Is anticipated.
NEW INSTRUCTOR.
Man From Spain Filling Vacancy
Graduate of Harvard Lived In
Europe For 8ome Time.
"Mr. Coburn the new instructor in
the department of Romance languages
Is from Madrid, Spain. After having
taken his master's degree at Harvard
Mr. Coburn spent three years in
Europe preparing himself for the work
In which he is now engaged. It is with
pride that other members of the de
partment refer to their co-worker.
SHOEMAKER MAY ENTER
THE JUNIOR RAGE
Dame Rumor Has the Story That Way
Political Men Are Tightening
up For Action. .
The Senior announcements for class
president which appeared in yester
day's paper seem to have started the
ball rolling. There, were several little
political groups yesterday on 'the cam
pus and many rumors were the re
sult The one whlch the most con
verts gave voice was the opinion that
Edward Shoemaker was out for Junior
President. Shoemaker is a Delta Up
silon and a very prominent man
around the campus. He wil make
some one a hard race.
OFFICER'S CLUB BUSY.
Elected Officers For the Year Com
mittee For the Big Ball Chosen
and Ready For Action.
President Fowler called the meeting
of the Officer's Club to order the other
evening, and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Vice President, A.. E. Allyn.
Secretary, H. W. Graham.
Treasurer, H. J. Hewitt.
Military Ball Committee 'Chairman
of Committee, A. E. Allyn; Master of
Ceremony, P. O. Southwick.
GORNHUSKER NEWS
STILUITTLE CLOSE
Poteet and Samuelson Already on the
Job Students Depended Upon
For Encouragement
The 1915 Cornhusker will be the
best ever, according to Business Man
ager Poteet. Snapshots will be a more
prominent feature than last year; even
Samuelson is busy with his camera,
and has already taken a large num
ber of views. Literary material is
coming in satisfactorily The editors
expect to have this year's book out at
least two months and a half earlier
than last year's. Every effort will be
made to have all Junior and Senior
pictures in by 'November 30. Jpper
classmen are urged to do their part
in helping to get the Cornhusker out
promptly, and not hinder the work
done by the editors.
FRESHMEN MAKE TOUR
THROUGH THE LIBRARY
Scheme Instituted by Mr. Wyer is a
Grand Success Aids the Staff of
Assistants Greatly.
"No longer will the bashful freshman
have to wander sheepishly into the
library and sit around for two weeks
(eyeing the upper classmen from the
corners, of his eyes, endeavoring to
find out how to get what he wants in
the library. Mr. Wyer has instituted
a system of sight-seeing expeditions,
led by the library assistants, whose
purpose it is to introduce the fresh
men to the mysteries of the library.
The fourteen divisions of the fresh
men rhetoric class, 'during their reel
tatio hours, are taken to the library,
divided up into these excursion par
ties, and placed in charge of an as
sistant who explains everything about
the library to them. Twenty-eight of
these little parties have gone through
the library this week. They are she-7n
first the reference books, the encyclo
pedias handbooks, atlases, and Pool's
Index. Then the mysteries of the card
catalogue are explained to them.
They are next taken to the stacks.
From the stacks the assistant leads
her little neV:k to the reference deck.
After the working of the reference
library was explained, each group of
freshmen was taken to the periodical
table and shown the periodicals. Here
the assistant gave a short lecture on
the value of acquiring the habit of
reading some of the. best of these regu
larly.
One assistant gave a group of fresh
men the valuable information that
girls are allowed to sit at the period I-
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Hall - At 11:00 Today
GOETZE III EUROPE
HAD MANY THRILLING AND EM
BARRASSING EXPERIENCES.
COMPANION ALONG ON TRIP
Were Arrested Several Times as
French Spies Camera Caused
Them a Great Deal of
Trouble.
The captain ' of the Cornhusker
track team, was detained four times
in Europe by the Germans. After a
summer "of thrilling experiences tour
ing Europe on a motorcycle, on' which
he was arrested as a French spy and
thrown into a German prison, accused
of designs to blow up bridges and
other kindred missions, Hartman
Goetze, captain of the University
track team, returned to Lincoln Mon
day. Goetze and a companion left early
last June . to tour England and the
continent on their motorcycles. Their
experiences in Germany made them
believe that war is all that Sherman
said it was. After landing in Ger
many theynoticed many bulletins up,
but their school German did not en
able them to translate them. " Land-"
ing in Holland, they visited the prin
cipal cities of that country and stood
before the Carnegie Peace Temple at
The Hague.
While riding through the Rhine val
ley they stopped to take a picture of
a team of oxen. They were suspected
of being French spies. They pro
tested their nationality and told the
officer in charge that they had only
taken a picture of an ox team, not of
the Rhine bridge. Every little way
they would be held up for inspection,
always being suspected of being
French spies. At Mainz they wore
allowed to cross the river after show
ing all their papers, kodaks and other
supplies. The trip from the Rhine to
Rotterdam took five days. At Rotter
dam a boat was obtained for England,
where the boys had little .trouble get
ting their passage home.
CAMPAIGN ON THE
AWGWAN NOW OVER
More Successful Than Expected Sub
scriptions Still to Be Had at.
Bargain Offer.
The most successful campaign in
the history of "Awgwan" closed last
night. The campaign of 'Awgwan,"
'Nebraska's humorous magazine for
subscriptions for this school year
closed after two days of great activity.
Subscriptions poured in. to the maga-
zine's office Tuesday and Wednesday,
and the campaign proved to, be the
most successful ever held in Awgwan's
history.
"We are glad to know," Business
Manager Ager told a Nebraskan re- '''
porter, "that our confidence In Aw
gwan's gaining popularity with the
student body has been well founded.
We expect to put out a better publl- '
cation than ever before.
"Although the campaign is over, sub
scriptions may still be obtained at the
regular price at the Awgwan office in
the basement of U Hall."