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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1917)
The Daily Nebraskan THE BEST UNIVERSITY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD EDITORIAL STAFF George E. Grimes Editor-in-Chief Ivan G. Beede - Managing Editor Fern Noble Associate Editor Leonard W. Kline Associate Editor Eva Miller Contributing Editor Dwlght P. Thomas Sporting Editor Katharine Newbranch Soclety Editor BUSINES8 STAFF Walter C. Blunk... Business Manager Fred W. Clark Assistant Business Manager Offices: News. Basement. University Hall; Business, Basement. Administration Building. Telephones: News, L-4841; Business. B-2597. Published every day during the college year. Subscription, per semester, $1. Entered at the postofflce at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second class mail matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Four Years Aao Today Nebraska's basketball team finished a remarkable season with envious Individual records. Three niembrrs or Walter Eckersall's all-Missouri Val ley team were taken from the Ne braska Ave. ELECTING THE STUDENT COUNCIL One of the difficulties before the Student Council charter commis sion, in framing its constitution to present to the students for a vote, has been to determine the best method of electing the different mem bers of the council. It is not far wrong to say that there is a general distrust on the part of the students as to the wisdom of a simple election as for the class presidents, thie method not having brought out the best candidates in the different classes in a majority of cases. Should the council consist of a selected group of students who attain their position by a virtue of offices they hold, such as president of the Girl's club, or the Y. M. C. A.? If organization heads are to be the members of the council, what organizations are the ones whose presidents should be selected? Should the council be chosen simply on a basis of classes, so many seniors, Juniors, sophomores, freshmen, elected by a simple ballot? Much can be said on this point. Or should the council combine a Judicious mixture of the two? What kind of membership produces the most efficiently working council? These are some of the questions that will be brought up at the meeting of the Student Council charter commission in the Y. W. C. A. rooms tonight. They are things that should invite the careful thought and discussion of every student. Any who has definite ideas on the subject and reasons therefore could prove himself a useful University student by presenting them to the council committee tonight. OMAHA DAY Omaha Day, when all of the University students are invited to go to Omaha as guests of the Omaha Commercial club has been set for May 4. The announcement should meet with an immediate response from the students. If more students do not make the trip this year than went last year, the day as a University holiday should be definitely abandoned. Omaha is extending her hospitality. The city is not only the largest in Nebraska, it is one of the most interesting in the west, and offers an unusual opportunity for a day's study of a kind that is not to be had at the University, but is none the less valuable. Certainly not less than a thousand, and if possible many more than that number should visit Omaha May 4 this year. One Year Ago Today The engineering college was com pleting plans for an engineers' week, to include among other events, a special Issue of the Daily Nvbraskan, a special Convocation and the En gineers' night. Students of the law college made a protest against the ventilation oj the law building. HOPE HELD OUT FOR PERMANENT PEACE (Continued from Page 1) UNIVERSITY NOTICES Tegner Society Tegner society will hold its next meeting in Palladian hall Saturday evening. Games and program. of chemistry expects to be in the old quarters the rest of the school year, moving during the summer vacation. Faculty Men's Dinner Club Prof. II. K. Roberts of Kansas Ag ricultural college is unable to be present at the meeting of the Dinner club Friday evening. Dean Ellery Davis will discuss the "Flexner Re port on Secondary Education." at 6:30 p. m. Members should without fail signify at once their intention to be present. F. W. Sanford, chairman. THE DAYS GONE BY Fifteen Years Ago Today The only basketball game of the svason on the Comhusker floor was j played against the Topeka Y. M. C. A. and resulted in a score of 27 to 13. with the Nebraska live at the long end of the score. Junior Play Committee There will be a meeting of the junior play committee thU morning at 10:50 in The Daily Nebraskan office. "Ag" Club The "Ag" club will meet this eve ning at 7:30 in Plant Industry hall, tSate Farm campus.- Illustrated lec. ture by Professor Young on "Soil Erosion." Talk by Representative Norton. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS To Judge Debate. Charles E. Schof.eld, '17, and Clarence Clark, '12. law, '14, went to Cambridge yes terday noon to judge the Cambridge- McCook debate, one of the contests of the series in the Southwestern district of the Nebraska high school debating heague. Judges will be sent to Nelson to judge the Nelson-Shick-ley second series debate. Renew Work on Chemistry Hall. The work on the new Chemistry building has been renewed in full force, and the finishing stage has now been reached. White-coat will soon be on, and the finer work then can be taken up. The department Fourteen Years Ago Today Chancellor Andrews declared that he was heartily in favor of estab lishing courses in the commercial branches at the University. Twelve Year Ago Today The interfraternity baseball league was formed and adopted rules bar ring all men who had earned an X." Nine Years Ago Today The first ordtr was Issued making It necessary for all cadets to appear at drill in tan shoes. Eight Yeara Ago Today Mr. Wright Lorimer, leading man with the Shepherd King theatrical company emphasized the need of a more romantic spirit in the modern world to one of the largest Convoca tion audiences of the year. The Innocents decided to adopt the new tapping method of notifying future Innocents of their election. Seven Year Ago Today The "Mystic Fish," freshmen girl's society, was organized at Nebraska. Thirty-one seniors were awarded Phi Beta Kappa keys at the annual exercises, the number consisting of 28 women and 3 men. doubtedly one of the great events of modem history," said Professor Fling. "It is worth our while as Americans and as citizens of the world to understand what the ef fects are and what is the relation ship of it all." Then he sketched the course of the revolt as given by the newspapers, The censorship was not raised until a weeK ago inursaay, wnen me revolutionary party gained control In Petrograd and was able to inform the outside world of the tremendous events of the week. Began With Bread Riota The thing began with the people gathering in the street in bread riots. The troops were called out, but the troops assumed a new attitude. The Cossacks good-naturedly shoved the people aside, showing no inclination to run them down and to sabre them as in former years. Sunday afternoon the revolution entered a new phase The revolutionary element, that had been planning for years began to see its opportunity. Then came the question of the troops, and whether when ordered to fire upon the people they would fire. On that Sunday afternoon when the officers ordered the troops to fire upon the people they refused, abandoned the govern ment and went over to the side of the revolutionists. Then the police were called out and there was fight ing, the police finally being driven to the housetops. The next day was a critical one. The troops with the revolutionists and those still on the side of the government faced each other across the square. Emmissaries went ack and forth. A few volleys were fired. Finally the government troops -de serted in a body and went over to their fellow citizens. Then they got possession of 4he Duma and of the arsenals. The revolution was really won. Meanwhile the other side of the affair was developing. The czar, on the front, was telegraphed by the president of the Duma. No an swers came to the telegrams. The Duma took control of the govern ment and appointed a new ministry, most of whom were members of the Duma, and the government had passed into the hands of the repre sentatives of the people. America Had Little Sympathy "We had so little sympathy with Russia because of ignorance," said Prof. Fling. "Democracy has come to us by inheritance, and we hardly appreciate what it means to have to struggle for it as they did." The thing came to a head ten years ago as a result of the war with Japan, which was not a war of the people, but was a war of the men in power to further their for eign policy. The czar made an end to it by refusing the Duma repre sentative powers, and then he was supported by the army. Again a war offered to the people their opportunity, this being the struggle in Europe now. "Although this war did represent on one side an attempt to carry out the government's policy It was also a war of the Russian people," the speaker stated. "Several years be fore this when the independence of the Balkan people was threatened, it was known that the Russian peo ple would not stand for it, and when this war came it was a popular war." But the Russian people found that the men In power were willing to play into Germany's hands, to nego tiate a peace to stop the war and prevent the formation of Russian democracy. Last November the Grand Duke Nicholas plainly told the czar what the situation was, but he couldn't understand any more DtetlMllvil, MlZZ SHEMBECK'S ORCHESTRAL SERVICE Those PERFECT PURVEYORS of MELODY 'Wi'i' "J . . J than Louis XVI couia unaermmiu at the time of the French revolution. Curious Help of Heaven "There are times when heaven seems to help a struggling people In curious ways," Prof. Fling sata in speaking of the weakness of the czar. "It was one of the greatest bias- sings that Nicholas was a weak man. that he did not have DacKDone enough to fight, that the man at the head was not strong enough to main tain the old state of things. Last November he was warned and took no notice of the warning. The revolution could not be kept off if the Russian people intended to win the war. Just as in 1792 in France, the government was doing all It could to make the war a fail ure and to force peace. The last culminating thing was the lack of food that brought the people to the streets." Promise of Permanency Prof. Fling believes that the new government gives every promise of being permanent, the only fear be ing that the different groups, those who favor a constitutional monarchy, those who favor a republic and the extreme type that favors a social republic, may not be able to get to gether In forming the new govern ment as they have in overthrowing the old. But in the granting of the fran chise and full rights of citizenship to the Jew, in the throwing open the prisons and freeing those who had been Imprisoned for years for political offenses in opposing the gov ernment, in the moderation displayed by those In authority in not taking bloody revenge upon the rulers who despoiled the people, in granting independence again to Finland, and in the personnel of the ministry now in power, there is every promise of success, Prof. Fling asserted. The lecture was the first public one given by Prof. Fling at the Unl versity on the war, since the Convo cation address he delivered shortly after the struggle began. Shoes still advancing in price. BETTER BUY BETTER SHOES NOW BECEtMAN BROS., 1107 0 THE Eta Telephone 2311 SSI North 11th tt Gleaners, Pressors, Dyers For the "Work ud 8wtIm Oat rituw." Call Basil. Tat ft quipped Dry Cleaning Plant hi tt WmL Ob iay lerrlc it needsl Reasonable PrtcM, good work, proa trice. Repairs to aaai'a tannseu awfully mad. 1 Si SUilUil.uW LUCKY THIRTEEN Thirteen of our students were placed in good banking and other office positions last week. There's Nothing Unlucky About That. "We constantly have more calls than we can fill. ENTER ANY MONDAY i Nebraska School of Business 1 (Approved by the State Department of Public Instruction.) H T. A. BLAKESLEE, President H. F. CARSON, Secretary i Corner O and 14th Sts., Lincoln, Nebr. 3 TEACHERS WANTED Doards are electing teachers every day for next year. If you are not yet located register at once. We cover all the Central and Western states. Only 3'4 commission, $1.00 regis tration fee. Commission payable in fall of year. Write today for blanks. TEACHERS' EMPLOYMENT BUREAU 228 Cedar Rapids Sav. Bk. Bldg. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Classified Advertising Identity of person who exchanged black muff in Unl cafeteria last week has been found out. 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