NEBRASKAN
THE
The Daily Nebraskan
Property of th? University of Nebraska
Lincoln
R. V. Koupal Kditorln-Chief
C. R Paul Managing Editor
Percy Spencer. .. .Contributing Editor
Dorie Slater Associate Editor
A. J. Covert Associate Editor
U S Harkson Business Manager
R n' Scott. ...Asst. Business Manager
Entered at the postoffice at Lincoln.
Nebraska, as second-class mail matter,
under the act of Congress of March
3. 1879. .
WHY NOT ?
A visitor from Harvard University
asktHl recently. ' Has the University of
Nebraska a Union?" We told the truth.
"Why not?" he inquired. This time
we didn't know vhnt to say. We had
asked ourselves that same question
many times before. A satisfactory an
swer we could never find. We don't
believe there Is any reason. But we
know an excuse. We are asleep.
There are some 1.900 undergraduate
men in the University. Do these fig
ures mean anything to you? Suppose
each of these men belonged to an or
ganization and paid into it $1.00 a
semester or a year. With but little
arithemetic and less imagination the
average individual can see a solid
foundation for a Nebraska Uunion.
What stands in the way? Is there
any question to be asked concerning
the merits of the proposal? We don't
believe there are. None have ever
dared show their hand. Every Univer
sity man to whom we have spoken is
enthusiastically in favor of a union.
Then, you ask, why don't we have
one? And again we say, there is no
reason, but there is an excuse. We are
asleep.
What we must have is somebody to
wake us up. The Daily Nebraskan pur
poses to shoot off the loudest editor
ial bombs in the warehouse. Sound
sleep is often disturbed by such noises.
But they sometimes torment rather
than awake. What we want is your
co-operation. Shoot off a few fire
crackers of your own. Take off your
bat, roll up your sleeves, and WORK.
And here is what we are working
for:
(1) An organization whose member
ship is to include every man in the
University.
(2) An organization whose purpose
it shall be to bring every Nebraska
student closer to his fellows.
(3) An organization which shall
maintain an open house to all Uni
versity men and their friends at all
times.
Now we ask you, WHY NOT?
Reporters Wanted
There are a few positions to be
filled on the Daily Nebraskan reportial
staff. Those desiring such work may
apply at the Nebraskan office in the
basement of University Hall.
Board
Excellent board at reasonable prices
may be secured at Mrs. Lehsliter's.
1428 S street. 101-4 8
NEBRASKAN TO BE GIVEN
ONE YEAT FREE AS RECOGNI
TION OF LOYALTY TO THE
PAPER.
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BRASKAN FOR SIX CONSECU
TIVE SEMESTERS AT $1.00 PER
SEMESTER, THE PAPER WILL
BE GIVEN FREE FOR THE NEXT
TWO SEMESTEHS. EIGHT SEM
ESTERS FOR THE PRICE OF SIX.
NOT PAID IN ADVANCE, BUT
EACH SEMESTER.
FRESHMEN MUST SUBSCRIBE
FOR THE NEBRASKAN THIS
SEMESTER IN ORDER TO BE
ELIGIBLE.
WAYS OF TACTFUL NURSE
Many Thlngi That Should B Ob
erved by Thoe Who Would Min
ister to the Sick.
The best training in the world can
not turn a woman who has not the
gift for nursing into a tactful nurse.
Efficient and dependable she may
be trained to be. but tact and
sympathy must come by insight. How
ever, there are certain rules and cer
tain little niceties that anyone trained
or untrained can and 6hould remem
ber when they are in the Bick room.
Be careful that you have no annoy
ing little tricks, such as clearing your
throat, humming, rocking, drumming
with your fingers or making any un
necessary noise that might be irritat
ing to tired nerves. As most people
who have such tricks are quite uncon
scious of them themselves, it is quite
necessary to stop and think occasion
ally to be sure that you are guilty of
none of them.
Another habit most annoying to pa
tients is one that many nurses have
of talking to other people, the doctor
or family, in an undertone or wbisper
within hearing of the patient. This
is as unnecessary and discourteous to
an ill person as it is to a well per
son, and to many patients it is alarm
ing as well. If you have anything to
say that cannot be Eaid in the hearing
of the patient, go out of the room to
say it.
A still more necessary point to re
member is that the most exquisite
neatness must be the order of the sick
room. The slightest disorder is often
intolerable to a nervous patient Re
member that all the patient would
wish to have done in her room you
must do for her. otherwise she will
worry about it If she is an habitual
person and accustomed to have her
furniture and personal belongings
just so, it will fret and worry her to
have them misplaced. Do not leare
medicine bottles, bandages or any
paraphernalia of the sick room In
sighL They are depressing as well
as ugly.
Do not insist upon straightening the
bedclothes if your ratient wishes to be
let alone. Do not insist on anything
that is unnecessary in the way of at
tentions or regulations. Above all,
hold it always in your mind that you
must 6tudy and consider your pa
tient's personality and subdue your
own. Do not thoughtlessly impose
your will and habits upon a helpless,
nervous invalid.
Modern Farming.
United States Secretary of Agrt
culture Houston was describing at
a dinner in Washington the changes
that have come over farming
methods.
"It's an age of machinery today,"
he said. "The milking machine has
succeeded the milkmaid. The phono
graph has succeeded the melodeon.
The motor plow has succeeded the
horse plow.
"There's an appropriate story abopt
a young farmer who loved two girls
equally the one 6lim and petite, the
other tall and herculean,
"The young farmer in this dilemma
asked his father's advice. The fa
ther, puffing thoughtfully on a Havana
for your modern farmer is too pros
perous to smoke domestic cigars
answered:
" 'There's so much machinery used
in farming nowadays. James, that a
big, strong wife is hardly needed. 1
advise you to take the little one
she'll eat less." "
Pottery Made In Thirty-Seven States.
Thirty-seven states in 1914 reported
a production of pottery, it is an
nounced by the geological survey.
White ware was reported from eight
states, china from four etates, sanitary
ware from ten states and porcelain
electrical supplies from cine states.
Red earthenware, the commonest of
pottery products, was reported from
thirty-two states, and stoneware from
twenty-eight states.
A Martyr to Thrift.
Ton must bring home some toma
toes tomorrow.
"Cut yon don't like tomatoes, my
dear."
"Never mind. I bare half a bottle
of mayonnaise dressing that positive
ly must be need op." Louis rills
Courier-Jour" iL
HISTORY MADt BY THE INDIAN
Real Life Story ef the Red Man MJ
Not Been Properly 8et Forth
by White Writers.
It has been pointed out more thdJ
once that If one could but "get at the
facts" of the history of the Indian
tribes it would be of Interest to com
pare these with what Is related as the
fortune or most civilized nations. It
Is only In tradition that the history ot
the Indian lives, and only one ver
sion of the story is ever heard. Some
times this is so true to nature that no
room for doubt can be found. Such Is
the following chapter from the annals
of the Beavers, a Canadian tribe:
One day a young chief shot his ar
row through a dog belonging to an
other brave. The brave revenged the
death of his dog. and instantly a hun
dred bows were drawn. Before night
had fallen some eighty lay dead
around the camp, the pine woods rang
with the lamentations of the women;
the tribe had lost its bravest men.
There was a temporary truce. The
friends of the chief whose arrow had
killed the dog yet numbered 60me
sixty people, and it was agreed that
they should separate from the tribe and
seek their fortune in the vast wilder
ness lying to the south.
In the night they began their march.
Sullenly their brethren saw them de
part, never to return. They went
their way to the shores of the Lesser
Slave lake, toward the great plains
which were said to be far southward,
by the banks of the swift-rolling Sas
katchewan. The tribe of the Beavers never saw
this exiled band again, but a hundred
years later a Beaver Indian, who fol
lowed the fortunes of a white fur
hnnter, found himself in one of the
forts of the Saskatchewan. Strange
Indians were camped about the pal
isades; they were members of the
great Blackfoot tribe, whose hunting
grounds lay south of the Saskatche
wan. Among them were a few braves
who, when they conversed, spoke a
language different from that of the
others, and in this language the
Beaver Indian recognized bis own
.ongne.
Swiss Army Always Ready.
Endurance tests show that In time
3f war the Swiss soldiers can "com
mand" the highest Alpine passes and
the most difficult mountains with light
artillery. The infantry, the field artil
lery and cavalry are recruited by the
cantons, but the engineers, guides,
sanitary and administrative troops, as
well as the army train, are enrolled
by the confederation. The cantons
furnish the uniforms and equipments,
for which they are, however, reim
bursed by the federal government, and
the latter supplies the arms directly.
A yearly inspection of armament and
equipment at which every soldier,
without exception, has to appear, pre
vents any neglect In that line, as every
man keeps his uniform and rifle at
home, and when the mobilization or
3er goes forth, the whole army is ready
for action w ithln a few hours. A regu
lar salary is paid only to the instruc
tors, the general staff and a few other
officials. The officers receive pay only
during the brief period they are called
upon for training. The common sol
dier, when on duty, has his traveling
and living expenses paid and receives
besides that a daily compensation of
B0 centimes, or 16 cents.
Progress From Napoleon.
Napoleon's famous saying was thai
"an army travels on its belly." which
was to say that it bad to depend on
its food supply, and could not with
safety move faster than its commis
sary department The Galician cam
paign bas demonstrated that in mod
ern warfare an army advances on Its
ammunition supply. It may bare
food in plenty, but without an enor
mous supply of shells and shrapnel
and smaller ammunition it cannot
make progress against a well-armed
enemy.
Tommle's Idea.
"Among the prizes awarded at Tar
mouth elementary school. England,"
said the mother, " was one for the
boy who Lad the cleanest shoes and
hands and lie tidiest bair during the
year.'
"Osrcksl" exclaimed. Tommle; "be
wasn't no boy, he wra a mollyood-
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