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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1916.
NO. 9.
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ESTES PARK CONFERENCE
DELEGATES RET
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
