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VOL. XIV. NO. 99.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1915.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
W SERVICES
FOR .DEM BESSEY
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REVEREND M. A. BULLOCK IN
CHARGE OF CEREMONIES
BODY LAY IN STATE SUNDAY
Friend View. Remains from Two to
Three O'clock Reverend Walt
Assist In Services.
The funeral services of Doctor
Charles E. Bessey were held at 3 p.m.
Sunday in Memorial hall, only a few
steps from, the scenes of his active
work for more than thirty years.
The services were marked by the
simplicity and sincerity that character
ized his life.
The hundreds that were assembled
evidenced the brotherly esteem in
which Doctor Bessey was held by all
Friends and admirers from the city
and from other parts of the state, as
well as students and members of the
faculty and administrative forces of
the University, came to pay their last
respects.
A brief service was conducted by the
officiating clergymen at the home at
12:30, when only relatives, members
of the staff of Professor Bessey's de
partment, and a few other very near
friends were present After this pri
vate service the body was taken to
Memorial hall where it lay in state
from two nntil three o'clock. During
this lime a number of the graduate
students and assistants In the depart
ment of botany acted as guards and
ushers.
Many people passed by the remains
during this hour who could not find
room in the chapel for the public ser
vice. Many and extremely rich were the
floral emblems that covered and sur
rounded the casket and the adjacent
platform. These represented the most
evident feelings of sympathy and ap
preciation from Dean Bessey's former
students in many parts of the country
and from friends who knew hint out
side of college halls.
Among the plants which were bank
ed about the chapel were many palms,
ferns, and other plants which Profes
sor Bessey himself had secured for
the University conservatories.
The public services which began at
three o'clock were in charge of the
Ueverend M. A- Bullock, pastor of the
Vine Congregational church, and an
old friend of the family. He was as
sisted by the Reverend R, W. Waite.
pastor of the First Congregational
church, of which Doctor Bessey was
a member for more than thirty years.
The services were opened by Mrs.
Carrie B. Raymond, director of music
of the Unlverslay, with an organ solo,
"Ase's Death" by Grieg. Following
this the Quartette of the First Congre
gational church sang "Lead Kindly
Light," one of Doctor Bessey' favor
ite pieces.
Reverend Bullock read several fit
ting passages of Scripture, and Rever
end Waite offered prayer.
Doctor Bullock stated, in beginning
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DEAN CHARLES E. BESSEY
Social Event Postponed
Out of respect to the memory of
Doctor Bessey. practically all of the
University events for Friday and Sat
urday niehts were cancelled. A ciud
dance and the girls' basketball tourna
ment, which were to have been held
Friday nlehL were postponed. Only
the fraternity formal parties and an-
nual banquets which involve oui-oi-town
guests remained on the calendar.
The Wesleyan-Nebraska basketball
game scheduled for Saturday night
has been postponed until Wednesday
evening.
"Punk," says a young lady to me,
"vou can't appreciate how hard it is
for us girls not to look in when we
go by a barber shop." Daily Iowan.
BELGIAN REFUGEES
SEIID WORDS OF THANKS
Letters of Appreciation to Kind People
of America Sent by Destitute
Belgian Refugee
So many Army people responded so
generously to Mrs. Leonard Wood'
appeal for contribution of warm cloth
ing to the boxes be has sent from
Governors Island from time to time
this winter to the Belgian refugee
camps near The Hague, that she fee'.
they will be Interested to know thst
every box ha arrived afely and ha
been moet gratefully acknowledged.
The friend who ha distributed the
clothing at the camps says in a recent
letter: "I must thank you again for
all the splendid boxes. I distributed
everything very carefully, and I am
receiving such touching letters and all
want their thank to be sent to Amer
ica, to the kind ladle that hawr given
them so much comfort" Mrs. Wood
Is still sending" out warm boxes of
clothing. Contribution of ummer
clothing will be forwarded later.
Army and Navy Journal.
WARRIORS GATHER
UNDER TRUCE FLAG
High School League Debaters Organ
izeNext Meeting Will Be Held
Thursday Evening
The . Nebraska high school debaters
met in U. 101 last evning and" organ
ized. Twenty -five ex-high school de
baters were present, much enthusiasm
was exhibited in the discussion as to
the possibilities of such an organiza
tion. The purposes of this club are: To
tako up the theoretical and practical
study of parliamentary law, to discuss
current political questions, to promote
facility in the speech arts, and to fur
ther the Interests of debating in the
University and in the secondary
schools of the state.
The following officers were chosen:
President, R. B. Waring; secretary,
E. D. Klddoo; treasurer,' D. Foster.
The club will bold its next meeting
In Law 202, Thursday, March 4, at
seven-thirty.
GLASS DERATE WILL
BEHELD TONIGHT
Junior and 8enior Will Clash To
nightContest Promise to Be
Vary Clos
The Junior-Senior debate, which
was to have been held Friday evening,
waa postponed and will be held to
night The Junior team is composed
of A. H. Krebs. Guy Chambers, and
Sam Zimmerman. The Senior team is
made up of Wm. SadUeck, Joe Ftllipl
and David Swarr. These men have all
been working hard and the contt
promises to be close. The Judges will
hA Dean Hastings, Professor Virtue
and Professor Persinger. The debates
will be at eight o'clock in U. 106.
Buried Treasure In Mount Oread
Did you know that there Is several
million dollars worth of buried treaav
ure In this hill on which we live? It's
not gold or silver, however. It's
aluminum. This mineral is worth
about fifty cents a pound, but several
years ago It sold for $50. Clay itself
is a large per cent aluminum. Daily
Kansan.
A New Way to Save Pencil
Numerous persons have the habit of
borrowing pencils and Inadvertently
sticking them in their pocket and go
ing off without thought of the owner.
A bank In Kansas has devised a
method to put an end to this.
On the pencil Is stamped the legend,
"Stolen from the First National Bank
of Lawrence." Very few pencils are
missed.
MISS POUND TO WORK
WITH SPEAGH COMMITTEE
Will Co-operate in Work of General
Committee on American Speech
To Study the Defect
Miss Louise Pound, assistant pro
fessor of the English language In the
University, has recently been asked to
co-operate in the work of the general
committee on American speech '.ately
appointed by the National Council of
English Teachers. The chairman of
the committee Is Professor F. N. Scott
of the University of Michigan and the
secretary is R. A. Lyman of the Uni
versity of Chicago. The purpose of
this committee is to encourage the
careful and scientific study of impor
tant problems in the oral use cf the
mother tongue, such as the most com
mon causes of defect in the Amer
ican speaking voices, the most effi
cient methods of improving speech,
the study of American dialects, of for
eign elements In American speech,
and many similar topic.
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CHANCELLOR AVERY SPEAKS ON
BEHALF OF UNIVERSITY
VERSES FROM CLASSROOMS
Words of Appreciation From Men Who
Knew Him Beat Cotner Unl.
versity Adopts and Sends
Resolution
In simple tribute to the man, whom
years of association and friendship
have brought them to honor and love,
persons from all parts of the land are
sending to the saddened home of the
late Dr. Charles E. Bessey messages
of sincere condolence.
Especially touched by the passing of
so revered a one of their number, the
members of the faculty of the Univer
sity have been quick to acknowledge,
their loss. The sorrow that the whole
University feels has elicited, among
the others, these true appreciations of
the life and service of a noble man.
Through his long years of activity
among us as botanist, teacher and
man, Doctor Bessey's valued and de
voted services to the University of
Nebraska have become known to all
the world. His death is not only a
misfortune to the University organiza
tion, in the upbuilding of which the
effort of the greater part of his life
was spent, but also a direct personal
loss to students, alumni. and faculty
people among whom he numbered his
friends by the hundreds. With Doctor
Bessey's family, the University feels
the grief of this irreplacable loss, and
extends to the bereaved relatives its
most sincere and heartfelt sympathy.
a. AVERY.
Professor Bessey's passing falls with
almost crushing force upon those of
us who are left as members of the
staff of the department which he
founded. After years of constant asso
ciation with him, we can never become
accustomed to the absence of his
round and cheery voice in the corridor
and classroom. We will miss his firm
rap upon our door and we will never
again hear his pleasant "Come in,"
when we rap at his door. But most of
all will we miss his warm handclasp
and the constant inspiration of his
glowing and infectious enthusiasm
and of his every-ready kindly counsel
and fatherly encouragement
The summation of the philosophy of
life Is found, according to Professor
Bessey's own expression in the word
LOVE. How truly he lived up to this
philosophy only the faculty and those
who have been his long-time associates
in departmental work can fully know.
Nc one has ever heard him speak an
unkind word about anyone whom he
Lnew. He even sought to temper crit
icism whenever possible. His whole
souled devotion to his family and to
his chosen field of labor are perhaps
the most impelling characteristic of
his striking personally.
His success in retaining hi youth
ful, optimistic spirit and hi power of
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