n rra ' VOL. 1. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1916. NO. 9. Sdioo 6 ESTES PARK CONFERENCE DELEGATES RET Willi ENTHUSIASTIC REPORT OP THE STUDENT CONFERENCE Nine Nebraska Men Attended Pres ident Holcombe Made Head of J Estes Park Ciub The Nebraska university delegation to the Estes Park Student Y. M. C. A. conference returned during the last two days. As is Invariably the case, the men are enthusiastic over the wonderful scenery and the inspiring sessions of the conference. Nine men' represented the Univer sity of Nebraska this year at the con ference. They were Rev. E. A. Worth ley, Methodist Student Pastor, Steele Holcombe, ' Lewis Townsend, G. O. East, Everett Carr, John Ibson, Earl , Forbes, IVSn WinslOw, and Alfred Hinze. ! An unusual feature of the confer ence this' year was the issuing of the "Conference Record," a seven-column paper, by the students of the confer ence. In this were given reports by the various state delegations and sketches of the leaders and founders of the conference. A new organization, the Estes Park club, was founded to build up the en rollment of future conferences. The influence of the' Nebraska men was shown by the fact that Steele Hol combe, president of the Nebraska Uni versity Y. M. C. A. for next year, was chosen president. Mr. Holcombe made himself felt as one of the outstand ing student leaders of the conference. The following is a description of the conference by one of this year's dele gation : "The conference was great. As a whole, the men got into the' spirit of it from the beginning. Probably every man gained a new vision of Christianity and realized more keenly the vital significance of religion as part of a man's life. ' "The present conditions existing in our colleges were clearly brought out by "Dad" Elliott and others. It was impressed upon the delegates to what extent the individual was personally responsible. General social condi tions and evils were also discussed. In connection with this, we were made to see the burden resting upon the colleges and college men to remedy theHe conditions. I think a great many men decided to go back home and quit being 'quitters,' and to stand out in a positive way for what is right. "Various phases of Christian life and activities were taken up. The pressing needs of the mission field were strongiy stressed. Above all, the idea of making the individual life count for the most was emphasized. "The fact the the University of Nebraska had nine representatives may mean a great deal for Nebraska, but think what it would have meant If we had hsd twenty-five, as Kan sas university did? Many of 1 the (Continued on page 4) STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TO HOLD MEETING The Student Volunteers of the uni versity wilt meet each Sunday during the summer session at 4 p. m., in stead of Saturday, as was announced in The Nebraskan last week. The or ganization consists of students who intend to devote their lives to some form of missionary work. On Sunday, June 25. the meeting will be addressed by Rev. E. A. Worthley, Methodist student pastor. Every volunteer should be present for important business will come up before the meeting. All volunteers from other colleges who are attend ing summer school and all others in terested are urged to attend. DR. BARKER LECTURES ON ' SUBJECT OF HEREDITY Large Audience Hears Illustrated Ad dress at Convocation With the help of lantern slides, Dr. Barker, of the Zoology department, gave the first part of his lecture on heredity. The Mendelian laws of heredity were illustrated by examples from the plants and lower animals. The laws of heredity have been so closely worked out, said the lecturer, that not only can certain character istics of the offspring be told, if the parents are known, but the type of the parent can be told by observing the offspring. The lecture will be continued next week, the latter part of it referring more especially to the application of these laws to the human race. CONVOCATIONS Monday "Function of Research in Teacher Training," Dean Luckey. : Wednesday "The .Balkan Situa tion," Professor Jones. Thursday "A Chip Off the Old Block" (continued), Prof. F. B. Bar ker. Friday "Contribution of America to World Governmental Policies," (continued), Professor Caldwell. GOVERNMENTAL PRINCIPLES GIVEN TO THE WORLD Professor Caldwell Gave First Section of Lecture on This Topic at Convocation Wednesday ' Professor Caldwell, of the American History department, lectured at con vocation, last Wednesday morning, on the subject, "Contributions of Amer ica to World Governmental Prin ciples." He said he had five points to cover, but1 he succeeded in getting over only one of them. He opened with the startling statement that al though he desired to be classified as a pacificist, yet he must admit that his study of American history had led him to the conclusion that we had made our contributions to civilization along this line largely as a result of wars. In his complete address, . he discussed the principles growing out of the American Revolution, the War of 1812. the Mexican War . of 1846, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. On Wednesday, he cov ered only the American Revolution. He thougnt the big thing here was the idea of the government being a (Continued on page 3) NEBRASKA ST UOENTS CALLED TO COLORS MEN ENLISTED IN NATIONAL GUARD REPORT FOR DUTY Company A Encamped at State Fair Grounds Today Orders to Pro ceed to Border Expected- University students enrolled in the National Guard are; expecting to see real service in the near future. Com pany A, of the 5th Infantry, will en camp at the State Fair grounds to day, with orders to proceed to the Mexican frontier expected at any time. Among the university men enrolled are: George I. Craven, '18. Earl C. Moss, '18. James G. Young, '18. Wayne Hanlen, '16 (hospital corps). Arthur Koupal, '19. TENNIS TOURNAMENT EN ROLLMENT BREAKS RECORD Sixty-four tennis players are now lined up for the tournament. This is nearly double the number enrolled last year. The singles have now all been filled and will be played off by next Wednesday. Players should imme diately report the result of their games to the student activities office. The doubles will be begun imme diately1 after Wednesday and players are urged to select their partners for these games and report them at once to the powers that be. r - 7 irG.- 'fcw mtaimltmtmittlm SPI1B.'B B'B-pFf" l r E OF PHARMACY DRUG PLANT GARDEN Everyone should visit the pharma ceutical drug garden, neir Nebraska hall. In variety of p'.ants, this gar den is excelled by no Jthcr one In the country. In size, it ranks second to the drug garden of the University of Wisconsin alone, which receives aid of the federal government, a help that Dean Lyman is trying to secure for the Nebraska drug garden. One of the prettiest plants .n bloom at present Is Digitalis. The leaves of this plant yield a preparation twice as strong as the ordinary Digitalis plant and that required by law. Belladona, ' Deadly Night Shade, is another beautiful plant in full bloom. The drug, atropine, is derived from this plant and at present very little atropine is being manufactured.