send out general salesmen. The El
liot company, in addition, last year
had a local agent in the person of
Mr. K. M. Snyder, who, incidentally,
is the chairman of this year's Invita
tion committee. The general sales
man of the Elliott company offered to
sell the invitations that were pur
chased last year to the committee for
24 cents each for leather and 12 cents
each for paper, and he made the posi
tive statement that they could not be
purchased for less. The committee,
wishing to get competing bids, re
fused to close the contract, much to
the disgust of the salesman. Upon
the arrival of the agent for the Wright
company, the committee was offered a
better price, but wishing to give the
Elliott company another chance, they
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wired that company for their lowest
possible quotation, and were offered
leather at 23H cents and paper at
?1 cents each. The Wright com
pany offered leather at 23 cents and
paper at 11 cents each, and at those
figures the contract was let-
After the abovo contract was closed,
Mr. Snyder, the local agent, offered to
sell the same kind of Invitations as
were already contracted for at 22
cents leather and 10V4 cents paper
The committee, however, were bound
to the contract that they had closed.
There are approximately 1.200 leather
and 1,500 paper sold, so that a margin
of one cent amounts to $27.00 profit.
The sale, however, this year has been
slightly under those figures. Had the
committee accepted Mr. Snyder's price
the profit to the class would have been
fCO.OO instead of $41.00.
This year the committee paid 25
cents each for leather and 12 cents
for paper, as against 23 cents and 11
cents last year; last year learner
were sold at 25 cents and this year at
26 cents; last year paper were sold
at 12H cents and this year at li
cents; in other words, this year the
members of the class were charged
$17.50 more for their invitations than
last year. In short. Mr. Editor, while
acting as agent for the Elliott com
pany last year, Mr. Snyder offered to
profit the class of 1914 about $60.00,
but while acting as agent for the class
of 1915 he charges the class $17.50
more and profits the class onry about
$12.00. In fairness to the committee
it should be stated that the invitations
this year have a steel engraving in
the front part which was not ih those
of last year and which is an additional
expense, but last year a copper leaf
was placed on the outer cover, which
was not on this year's invitations,
otherwise they are practically Iden
tical. In regard to the announcements,
which were sold for-5 cents each both
last year and this year, and which are
identical, last year they were bought
of a local firm at 3 cents each; this
year they were purchased for 4
cents each in Philadelphia; there
were 1.300 sold, so that a profit of $13
was thus lost, plus the express ex
pense. The general salesman of the
local firm stated that they were not
even given a chance to bid upon the
jobs this year. V. E. K.
Editor Daily Nebraskan:
As a matter of justice to both sides,
I was sorry to see that the article in
yesterday's Nebraskan did not specify
in what respect the article of last
Thursday might be considered as
libel. Let us be sure of our case be
fore we suggest libel. The recent
case in New York should be a timely
warning against making such charges.
I don't want to be considered as in
any way unmindful of professional
dignity and fairness.
Every day papers print something
"offensive" to some person or other.
Let us not in our zeal for a certain
cause make a by-word of Bomethius
so essentially, fundamentally demo
cratic as the "freedom of the press."
In case of doubt, let us incline rather
towards the side of a free press than
towards the side of a trammelled
press. If everybody could cut out of
the papers everything he considered
offensive, our papers would be very
lean in these strenuous days. Yours
for a free press.
ANTON H. JENSEN.
tJditor of the Daily Nebraskan.
In Thursday's iNebraskan a writer
asks. "What is the purpose of the
military department of the Univer
sity V The same or similar questions
have been asked about the government
but when sane men have investigated
the source of such questions it has
been found that ithey came from fan
atics or from those who were igno
rant of the real state of affairs or
whose knowledge of the needs of so
ciety is inadequate for intelligent and
equitable handling of the subject la
D A I L Y NEBRASKAN
attacking military drill I do not be
lieve that the writer has gone below
the surface, but is giving his Judg
ment from a survey from the view
point of a man who is drilling in his
first or second year and does not like
it, therefore he Is prejudiced.
In the first place I will say that
they are not trying to make real sol
diers of us, but are merely attempt
ing to impart a little knowledge of
military science that would be very
valuable to every one of us in case of
war whether we are ever called upon
to ea to the front or not. As to the
building up of a reserve, every man
in the 6tate is a part of the reserves
of the country whether he will or not,
and in this day of training and the
demand for efficiency, no man 6hould
begrudge the few hours that he gives
while here, toward making that re
serve more efficient when the preser
vation of his home at 6ome time In
the future may depend upon' it. Our
military' policy is different from that
of most countries in that we have no
requirement for a period with the col
ors for every able bodied man and to
offset this, we must have some method
of giving the citizens some training
in order that we may 'have more in
structors to drill new recruits in time
of need. We always have plenty of
men who volunteer but never enough
officers or men who have had instruc
tion, to prepare them for service anl
for that reason we have always sent
our armies into battle in the begin
ning of a war, deficient in training
with the result of large and needless
losses. Mr. Watson says that success
in battle is in our volunteer service.
Again he has not gone below the sur
face. I will grant that we always
hear of the glorious victories won by
the American volunteers, but we do
not hear the other 6ide, that of the
hundreds and thousands of volunteers
needlessly sacrificed to gain those vic
tories. Sacrificed because they were
not sufficiently trained in conduct
ing themselves on the march, in camp
and on the field of battle. Even those
who are most strongly opposed to war
admit that if war comes our men must
be trained
As to the number of Nebraska
alumni who would respond to a call
to arms, an answer would of course
be speculative, tout as Patrick Henry
6aid, "I can only judge the future by
the past" I will sight what happened
in '98 and the years following. There
were about fifty or 6ixty men in the
twelve companies from Nebraska who
had had military training in the Uni
versity, or an average of about four
or five to the company. Now compare i
this number with the number of men
who were in the university at that
time, and make a similar "comparison
of the men ia the university and the;
number in the state and you will see
that the men who had had training in
the university bore their share in that
war. They left all walks of life to
answer that call and they will do the
same again whether it be 1915 or 1940..
If a university education will kill the
"spirit of '76'' or deprive men of will
ingness to lift their arms in defense of
a weaker nation against an oppressor,
when they know their cause is right
before God, God forbid that we have
higher education.
Contrary to the statement of Mr.
Watson, a benefit is derived physical
ly from military training. If not it is
the fault of the man and not the sys
tem. Of course if a lazy fellow goes
into it with & determination to uO as
little as possible, and Bluffs through
the hour day after day he could not
expect to become a physically per
fect specimen of a man. I will say
this however, that if a man will put
tomething into the work and deter
mine in his own mind that as he i3
compelled to take the drill, he is go
ing to gain something from it that
will be of benefit to himself, he will
be surprised at the things he will ac
complish in the poise of his body in
standing and walking. That is the
altitude with which I started to drill
four years ago and before I had drilled
three months I was liking it and I
have drilled since then because I have
liked it and not because of the
"empty honor" of being an officer.
In regard to excuses for absence,
every department in the University
holds the students registered there re
sponsible for work missed in absence.
The other department held us re
sponsible for the work missed wh'le
on the hike and during inspection,
why should not the military depart
ment hold us responsible for work
missed while attending other depart
ments? It is a poor rile that will
not work both ways. Again the extra
time required by the military depart
ment is small compared to what is re
quired for camp, which in accordance
with the terms under which the depart
ment is maintained, they have a right
to take.
Nebraska spirit is entirely foreign
to the subject. To think that it is not.
is to mistake the 6hadow for the sub
stance. It is the men who attack in
stitutions in our school which are
maintained by men wiser and of more
experience than themselves, who aie
responsible, in part at least, for our
school spirit or the lack of It It is
not by pulling out and voicing dis
cord that we maintain school spirit.
but by pulling together.
We have the promise that the
Prince of-Peace will reign, and I be
lieve that in His own good time He
will, but I do not believe that by lay
ing down our arms and advocating the
doctrine of non-resistance we can
hasten that time. If a world wide dis
armament, could be effected, such a
policy would be good but we have
only to listen to the echo from stricken
Europe to see how far off such a pos
sibility is. Even war has its good
effects and the qualities of man that
are never brought out by peace are
shown in times of strife. It has been
called the "acid test of character."
We must guard against false ideas of
patriotism.
J. LLOYD McM ASTER.
THE STRONG MAN WAS ABROAD
Whiskered Gent Puts Him to Supreme
Test of His Life
A strong man doing the two-a-day
was a recent passenger on a train
from Kansas City to Omaha, and had
occasion to go into the day coach.
There he was accosted by a tall man
with side whiskers, who said:
"Excuse me, but ain't you the
strong man?"
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.'"You can hold two hundred
at arm's length?"
weight
"Yes."
"And put up 300 pounds with on
hand?"
"Yes."
"And 600 with two?"
"I can."
"In that case, will you kindly under
take to raise this car window for me?"
Saturday Blade.
Turned it Down
The Student Council of Northwest
ern University refused to allow ths
men students to participate ia t
"popularity contest" giving a motor
cycle to the most popular student.
The prize was offered by a tobacco
firm and the votes were to be cast
with cigarette coupons. la connectioa
with the contest a sum of money wis
promised to the University Athletic
Association, the amount to be deter
mined by the number of votes cast
showing how many packages of
cigarettes had "been bought and smok
ed. This offer was also refusal.
Union Society Elects Officers
" The Union Society held its last
meeting of the school year Monday
evening from 7 until 8 o'ckck. The
following officers were elteced for the
first term of next year:
President Edward M. Partridge,
16, Omaha.
Vice president Josephine Ballard,
'16. Ft Morgan. Colo.
Secretary George A. Odjers, '16,
Bennett.
Treasurer Henning W. Nelson, '16,
Ft. Calhoun.
Historian Ethel Rathkey, '15, Om
aha. Critic Doris Slater, '16, Yincolo.
Not Much
Bess "Do you think much of Jim
mit?" Tess 'IN; only about twenty-four
hours? a day." Saturday Blade.
Math Prof. "The examinations are
in the hands of the printer, Ar? th
any questions?"
Chorus "Who's the printer? ' Cor
nell Widow.,
"Where have you been?"
"In the hospital, getting censored."
"Censored?"
"Yes. I had several important pans
cut out" Ohio State Sun .Dial.
oome say x am; as the good,
natured response.
"You can lift three tons in harness
"That's my record."