THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
uncial I'apwr of the
l.'ntvrraUy of Nebraska
IVAN G. BEEDE.. Editor
LEONARD V. KLINE. . . .Mng. Editor
FERN NOBLE Associate Editor
KATHARINE NEWBRANCH
Associate Editor
WALTER BLUNK.. Business Manager
GEORGE DRIVER Asst. Bus. Mgr.
MERRILL VAN DER POOL
Asst. Bus. Mgr.
KNOW YOUR COLLEGE
Many students graduate from a
university without every really be
coming acquainted with their alma
ruater. Many students, before and
after graduation, are asked simple
questions about their college which
they cannot answer. This does not
speak well for you or for the school.
To become acquaintea with your
college does not mean that you are
to become personally acquainted with
every' professor on the hill, and all
his instructors and assistants. It
does mean, however, that after at
tending one school for four years,
you should be able to name the dif
ferent divisions and departments of
the college, the head of each, and
have a general knowledge of the
work of each department. You
i should at least know the name of
rui iipho.d vry day durinif the college eacn building, of what departments
Office
NVw Casement University Hall
bu-ur.fs, Husmrit Administration Eld.
Telephone!
News. L-Mlu r.usineas, B-2jS7
Mechanical Department. B-314
subscription price, per semester. $1.
are located in each.
Many students never think of go-
Kntered at the postpffice at Lincoln, jng , any of h buildings except
Nebraska. m !econd-c.Aa ma.il matter , r
under the act of Congress of March 3. I those in which they have classes.
17. and even then they confine them-
rooms. To become acquainted with
selves pretty largely to their class
people one must get out and mix.
So it is with your college to become
acquainted with your alma mater so
that you will be in a position to give
information regarding it, and be able
to advertise and boost your school.
Kansas "Aggie" Collegian.
Nebraska learned a costly but need
ed lesson last year when she was de
feated by a weaker Kansas team. But
it is not only In cur own defeat that
we can get pointers. It we are open
to impressions we can learn much
from the losses of others. j
A little band of Wesleyan rooters
in the grandstand Saturday yelled! WH0 BUYS YOUR LUXURIES'
lustily before the opening whistle , much
blew-yelled so lustily, in fact, that j qq &nd unnece th,
the commoner rooters in durine the cast week?
bleachers listened with wonder. The
game started, and the score began
to mount, steadily, uninterruptedly,
against the Methodists. Before the
end of the first half the Wesleyan
rooters knew that nothing but a spe
cial act of Providence would give them
their one desire a score against Ne
braska. They knew this, but they
cheered louder than ever. During the
lengthening moments of the second
half, with the scoreboard changing its
face for a worse expression almost
every minute, the Coyote band stood
If you are an average type of per
son, it would probably figure up to
more than a dollar, a least.
Of course, however, it's none of
our business how much money you
spend whether you are extravagant
or frugal. So we don't ask you to
answer our impertiment query.
Here is what we are getting at,
though:
That dollar you spent for your own
comfort, or another dollar like it and
like a lot that you are going to spend
in the future, would have paid for
FACULTY ORGANIZE
PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
Purpose to Help in Every Way
Successful Carryinjr Out
of War
,, nrmi75tinn has lately been
n w ,uu..u..-" .
formed by members of the faculty.l
known as the Patriotic league oi me
University of Nebraska. The purpose
of the league is to help in every way
possible with the successful carrying
on of the war.
At a meeting held recently, Chan
cellor Samuel Avery was chosen hon
orary president; Prof. J. E. LeRos
signol, acting president; Prof. G. R.
Chatburn. vice president; Prof. F. W.
Sanford. secretary; Prof. Max Wester
man, treasurer. Although the organ
izers of the movement have the gen
eral plans for the work in their minds, I
they have neither nnlsnea tne com
plete organization of the league nor
made definite arrangements for the
carrying out of their plans.
The constitution of the league has
already been drawn up, and is pub
lished here to give those Interested
a better idea of the nature of the or
ganization.
The Constitution
"The name of this organization shall
be The Patriotic league of the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
The league believes in the vigor
ous prosecution of the war and with
this end in view has been organized
to support, our government in every
way possible.
The membership shall consist of all
members of the faculty and of the
administrative force of the University
Lof Nebraska who are in sympathy
with the purpose of, the organization
and are ready to co-operate in its ac
tivities. The officers shall consist of the
chancellor of the University as hon
orary president, a president, a secre
tary, and a treasurer.
There shall be an executive com
mittee of eighteen members in addi
tion to the officers."
. . . , i !, 1 a Red Cross membership,
flrn hoMnri their team, going into . K
ecstacy at every sturdy tackle, at Tha ,dollar 80 ,nvesed would have
. m1o.y,t nieant for some man in the service
every advance, smaii tnougn u m , Qf hjg country comfortg far
more im-
be. Tne score passea au, aim n eici
a fan would be tempted to quit the
ship, that was the time. But not one j you.
portant to him than the dollar's
worth of enjoyment it brought to
left the Wesleyan section, even after
a Cornhusker touchdown brought the
register up to three figures. That is
true fight, true" loyalty. That Is a les
son In school patriotism every Ne
braskan can learn to advantage.
It was a great beginning for a great
season, was the game with We&Ieyan
Saturday. But while it showed the
team's strength, it showed some of
our weakness, to wit:
You are to have a final chance to
day and tomorrow to Join the Red
Cross. If you have failed to heed
previous calls, take a second thought
on the matter.
Think of the great need, and think
of the little sacrifice necessary for
you to make in order to do your
share toward relieving this need.
Ex.
"THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER"
The remarkable facility with which
Nebraska rooters showed a better , niany students mumbled meaningless
spirit than has been evident at any j syllables to the tune of "The Star
opening game in a number of years, j P"Sled Banner at the patriotic
opening game u j magj meeUn Tuesday night was
The enthusiasm was there the qui-.e as impressive as the ease with
ingness to yell, to shout, to sing. But whkh we haye forgoUen thft ..Doub)e
it did not find adequate expression. u ye since ,ast year If thefe Jg
There were several reasons for this, i one thing that every American
and all of them are remediable. Per- j should do as a conscientious duty at
haps the first 'one is that Nebraska ! this time, it is to learn "The Star
really lacks appropriate yells. Num- j Spangied Banner."
ber One is treasured in the hearts of J Go to a foreign country and listen
every Cornhusker. and no one would ' the people sing their national an
consent for a moment to let it be fur-j th.eni- Vu n"f fin1 'hem hum
gotten. But it is difficult to yell, and r , a'ld mumbhnjr "ords which
K . . . should be sung out in lusty phrases,
forms a poor backbone for concerted , Most of us cQme Jn stmng on ..j
rooting. The other yells are far in-. of the free and home of thg braye
ferior to Number One, and leave that but it has taken us the whole length
HINDS SPEAKS AT FIRST
MEETING OF A. S. M. E.
New Members are Elected From
Among Faculty and
Students
classic chorus to do the brunt of the
work. We do not need to drop Num
ber One; we need more ye'.l3 as good
or better to accompany it.
Another element that helped to
spoil teamwork in the stands was the
fact that the calls for a yell were too
frequent. By the time Nebraska had
passed the 80 mark rooters were not
so enthusiastic over touchdowns than
when they were fewer in number. An
opening game is not advantageous for
cheering, for the practise of cheering,
anyway, because there are always
many who have not yet learned the
yells.
The team showed us last Saturday
that what we have surmised is true.
The 1917 Cornbuskers are a team of
tremendous scoring power and the old
Nebraska stonewall is already in
place. The two sections of rooters
showed that they are animated by the
name bouyant spirit, the same enthu
siasm, as the team, but they were
hampered more than the players in
giving expression to it. Our task is
to make the rooting worthy of the
team. To do this, we must put every
thing we have into the cheering reper
toire as It is today. And in the mean
time those who tire of concentrating
on one or two yells may be able to
help matters by arranging new ones,
trying them on their room-mates, and
if they pass that censorship, sub
mitting them to the cheerleader can
didates for approval.
of the verse to got worked up to the
final outburst. And the worst of
it is that people don't seem to care
whether they know their national
song or not.
If there is; any one thing that
every young man and woman should
do at this time, .it is to learn the
words of "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." Every freshman should be
compelled, to learn it before he can
be initiated into any fraternity no
not compelled he should have pride
arid honor enough for his country to
do so without compulsion but he
should be asked to repeat the words
of Key's great song before he ever
becomes affiliated with any organ
ization at the University of Illinois.
And then, to our allies in the
great cause we owe the courtesy,
at least, of learning the words of the
"Marsellaise." To those, who in our
great need, came to our aid in the
cause of freedom, we owe a great
debt and to those same kindly peo
ple who are fighting again for free
dom, this time for the freedom of
the world from autocracy, we are in
debted to the full extent of our
deepest respect. Eut first of all,
our debt Is to our own country
whose anthem we have neglected so
shamefully. The student council is
endeavoring to arrange patriotic
meetings to occur at least once a
month through the year. No Illinois
student should allow himself to be
caught again with an inadequate
knowledge of the songs that mean
so much to our country, our armies
and to ns Daily Ulin!.
Mr. E. C. Hind, consulting engineer
of Lincoln, gave a short talk on the
profession of engineering, at the first
meeting of the Nebraska student
branch of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Hind took
up various phases of the engineers
work and discussed some of the prob
lems that confront the practcing en
gineer. At the close of the meeting Dean
Stout, Prof. L. F. Seaton, Professor j
Rasmussen. Mr. C. A. Sjogren and Mr.
Copeman were elected as honorary
members of the society.
The new student members elected
were Edmond Habbager, C. L. Junge,
H. L. Black. W. M. Wheeler. H. N.
Banard. II. C. Gustafson, H. S. Davis
and K. W. Rassmussen.
Lt. Geo. Kline Writes
From Fort Preble
Vort Preble. Me., Oct. 1.
I wish to thank the University and
the staff of the "rag" for sending
me the paper. It brings back mem
ories of the days when I was in
college. It is really more entertain
ing tha a paper from home. I am
the only Cornhusker in this part
of the country. They couldn't have
sent me much farther north without
putting me in the middle of the
ocean. This is an old fort. We
have all modern guns here, from
mortars to 12".
Again I wish to thank you, and
wishing you the best of success for
the year, I remain,
LIEUT. GEORGE E. KLINE.
UNION SOCIETY MEETING
FRIDAY WELL ATTENDED
A crowd of nearly one hundred was
present at the regular weekly meeting
of the Union Literary society which
was held Friday evening in Union
hall. A program was first given after
which games were played and refresh
ments served. Piano duets wore given
by Miss Maycomber and Miss Beum
and "Rock of Ages" read by Mr. E. L.
Reeker.
Do You Need Glasses?
Often Glasses are necessary
where the vision seems perfect.
Delicate muscles are put to
too much strain to hold the
eyes in focus.
You will tJo well to see
HALLETT
Unl Jeweler
Est. 1871
1143 O
RESERVATIONS
FOR
OWA GAME
AT
COLLEGE BOOK S.T0RE
9:00 O'clock, Tuesday, Oct. 9th
FOR STUDENT SEASON TICKETS ONLY
AL. SPEIER
Recommends The YULE Laundry. Its B2754
They soak the clothes not the customer.
THE
LE BARON-WHEATLEY
VOCAL STUDIOS
Htr. State
Bk Bid g
Phone B4979
Offer exceptional opportunities to University students.
Send for new catalog.
The Eain
GLEAHERS-PRESSERS-DYERS
HAVE THE EVANS DO YOUR CLEANING
TELEPHONES B2311 and B 3355
'Ami s 1 1 ,? .
. s '. v. t
. h i
2 z il
Grordon
The college man's shirt, Well made of
fine white Oxford. Cut in patterns that
assure perfectly comfortable fit. It is an
ARROW SHIRT
CLUETT. PEABODY & CO.. Inc., MaUrt. TROY N. Y.