THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Official lipr of the
University of Nebraska
IVAN C. HKKDK Editor
LEONARD W. KLINE.... Mng. Editor
KERN NOBLE Associate Editor
KATHARINE NEWBRANCH
Associate Editor
ARNOLD W1LKEN. .Associate Editor
mVIGIIT THOMAS.. Sporting Editor
GEORGE DRIVER. .Business Manager
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Asst. Bus. Mgr
Reportorial Staff
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Kntered at the postofflce at Lincoln,
Nebraska, as second-class mail matter
tinder the act of Congress of March 3,
1S79.
The service flag is coining to Ne
braska at last. Although one or two
fraternities have been flying banners
since early ' this fall, University or
ganizations in general have been
slow to take up the custom, but
fraternities are now busy at work
compiling complete lists of their
members in the service and will
hoist their flags before the end of
the week. When Nebraska has all
her banners flying the stars will com
pare very favorable number with
those of sister institutions. But the
service flags will represent but a
small part of Nebraska's offering, at
that; if the University were to honor
every one of her sons who has gone
to fight for democracy it would be
necessary to float a flag of a thou
sand stars from the staff on old
U hall.
Middle western university publica
tions are commenting at some length
upon the statement of Secretary of
War Baker that the hand-knitted
sweaters, wristlets, and stockings
that American sisters and mothers
have been sending the soldier boys
are luxuries, and not necessities.
Co-eds, several college papers pre
dict, will raise considerable commo
tion over this characterization of
the product of their hours of zealous
toil. But there is no reason why-co-eds
should be discouraged, nor
why, for that matter, they should
lessen their labors. As Secretary
Baker points out, the war depart
ment is glad to have these
things sent to America's army, for
it gives the men a constant re
minder that the folks back home
are working for their comfort.
Sweaters, wristlets, stockings, and
all the other carefully-planned in
ventions of patriotic fingers pre. in
a strictly military sense, luxuries,
but they are just as essential to
Sammy Jones' happiness as his
pouch of tobacco and who would
dare to call that a luxury?
What has long been declared im
possible has happened. The Var
sity banqnet, an all-University men's
affair, has been held with no re
sulting casualties from flying table
ware. So different in this respect
was it from the old Cornhusker
banquet that The Nebraska State
Journal, which used to pounce upon
the Cornhusker banquet as a juicy
morsel of scandal for the folks back
home to worry about, quoted "Uni
versity authorities" as agreeing that
the Cornhusker party in the Y. M.
C. A. went off as quietly as "a
group of theological students in a
seminary." In truth it was quiet, in
the sense that it was entirely free
from rowdyism. But it was noisy
in vociferous Nebraska spirit the
kind that expressed itself in rolling
roars when Dr. Young alluded to the
wonderful "comeback" of the Corn-huskc-rs
in the c'osing moments of
the Syracuse game and when Chan
cellor Avery announced that forty
per cent of the University's normal
male population was engaged in
fighting autocracy. There was noth
ing tame, nothing Sundny-scho.dish,
about the first Varsity banquet. It
was a happy, joyous but gentlemanly
bunch of Nebraska men including
students, alumni and professors
gathered together t honor the Corn
husker football train, to laugh at the
goodnaturcd rarkatures of Univer
sity jeiple, and to plan for a great
er Nebraska.
THE FORUM
A Chance to Serve
December 7, 1917.
Editor Daily Nebraska:
The University Soldiers' committee
is in receipt of a letter from" the
mother of one of our soldier boys,
Charles S. llecd, who was a law stu
dent last year, and who now- is con
fined to the hospital with an attack
of diptherla; asking thfit some of
those who knew mm nere wouia wnie
him a few words of cheer. Address
Tost Hospital, Madison Barracks,
Sacked Harbor, N. Y.
In this connection it is the desire
of the soldiers' committee that the
faculty and students write to their
acquaintances in the service as fre
quently as they can. Miss Chaikin,
alumni secretary, has already cata
logued some 700 names and will be
glad to show the list to any one de
siring to secure addresses for this
purpose. The faculty and other? f-rt
urgently requested to add to the list
the names of all University soldiers
and sailors they may now have or
may come into possession of from
time to time.
I shall be obliged if you will make
a local notice covering the substance
of the above paragraphs.
Yours very truly,
GEO. R. CHATBURN,
Chairman Soldiers Committee.
LOOKING AHEAD
With conditions both inside .and
outside of college in a constant state
of unrest and uncertainty, the spirit
of pessimism or discontent is very apt
to work its way among students and
make them dissatisfied with their col
lege work and the outlook on life in
general. Many students have been
heard to remark that they could not
settle down to work this year and
that the usual interest in their col
lege work was absent.
This attitude is due to the inability
of the individual to see ahead of the
next few weeks or months and also
due to a succumbing to a depression
of feeling because the outlook for
the future is not as bright as it might
be.
Such persons are missing the very
thing that they are looking for. Op
portunity for good deeds are ever
present these days and the individual
who has his eyes open will not have
time to think of the gloomier side
of things. His time will be complete
ly occupied in doing things worth
while.
There are all kinds of ways to do
good aiid be happy in the doing of it.
The following quotation from Steven
son would make a good maxim for
such persons to live by:
"When we look into the long avenue
of the future and see the good there
is for each one of us to do. we realize
after all what a beautiful thing It is
to work, and to live, and to be happy."
Get the right viewpoint. Don't
mope around, being a bore to all the
rest who are trying to see the bright
side. Keep a stiff upper lip and cheer
up Ohio State Lantern.
NEWSPAPERS AND EDUCATION
Some one has said that a man is as
well educated as his knowledge of the
daily news and the opinion he has
formed of it.
Recently a K. U. woman was forced
to admit that she had not heard of
the Italian reverse or the capture of
Americans by Germans. This per
haps is typical of many K. U. women
and men as well. If the other day
these persons did not know of the
Italian defeat, it is likely that today
they are ignorant of the rapid suc
cession of events in Russia, of the
movement of the allies toward a su
preme war council, of the heroic
stand of the Italians on the Piave
River line, and of many other things
as interesting and important.
But more than this: it is all too
likely that the non newspaper read
ers are the ones who are not taking
the war seriously. In this light the
importance of reading the newspa
pers cannot be over-emphasized. An
intelligent preparation for victory
can only be accomplished by an in
telligent and informed public. The
nation's newspapers have recognized
that the first step toward victory is
publicity. They are doing their share.
The response should be unanimous,
fir the war has turned newspaper
reading from a privilege to a dnfy
Daily Kansan.
Kansas Students Combat
Spread of Meningitis
All dances, parties, mats meetings,
concerts and other studeut gathering?
at the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege have been cancelled on account
of the meningitis outbreak at Camp
Funston and Fort Riley. All students
and faculty are to be examined hv the
college bacteriologists as a precau
nonary measure against the spread
of the disease. No soldiers are al
lowed to ride on the street cars or
the interurban or to attend movies and
public gatherings.
Home Economics Club
Announces Committees
The Homo Economics club, nt the
farm has announced the committees
for which are to take charge of the
war work that the club has been
doing. The girls have been meet
ing every other Wednesday evening
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