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SOCIETY .
SOCIAL CALENDAR
December 21
Delta Tau Delta house dance.
Sigma Phi Epsllon house dance.
Farm House house dance.
Sigma Chi dinner dance Chapter
house.
January 4
Phi Kappa Psl house dance.
Freshmen Law hop Lincoln.
January 5
Alpha Tau Omega house dance.
Senior hop Lincoln.
Black Masque party for senior girls
Alpha Phi house.
PERSONALS
Luella Patt, '19, left Thursday for
her home in Creston, la.
Hyle Erwin, ex-'19, of Bancroft, is
visiting at the Delta Chi house.
Dorothy Lynn of Grand Island is
visiting at the Kappa Alpha Thcta
house.
Miss Isabel Thomas, Instructor in
Romanco languages, Is going to Kan
sas City to spend Christmas.
Bess Brenizer of Bennet, a former
student, Is very ill in the St. Eliza
beth hospital. She has been teaching
at Wahoo this year.
Frof. Louise Pound of the depart
ment of English literature, expects to
spend Christmas vacation visiting in
New York city and Boston.
ALUMNI NEWS
Mr. C. J. Bills received a letter
Thursday from his. daughter, Mrs.
Breta Bills Dulsenberg, formerly of
Lincoln but now of Honolulu, saying
that she is chairman of the refresh
ment committee of the Collegiate
Alumnae association'' of Honolulu
"Here is the Answenm
Websters
New International
The Merriam Webster
Every day in your talk and reading, at
home, on the street car. In Uio office, shop
and school you likely question the mean
ing of somo new word. A friend asks:
What makes mortar harden?" You seek
we location of LochSatrineor the pronun
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This New Creation answers all kinds of
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which was to entertain all the Ameri
can soldiers now stntioned at Hono
lulu. She said that out of the 175
soldiers stationed there, 20 wore from
the University of Nebraska.
UNIVERSITY NOTICES
Campfire Girls
The evening group of campflro girls
will meet Monday evening, Decem
ber 31, at the Y. W. C. A. rooms in
the Temple.
j NEWS FROM CAMP
Arthur M. Hare, law '16, of Aurora
is now a supply sergeant in H com
pany, 134th U. S. Infantry at Camp
Cody, Doming, N. M. Ho writes, "I
am finding a good deal of satisfaction
in my work in the army although I
would prefer to have been assigned to
duty sergeant's work as it deals more
largely with the men themselves, but
the matter of equipment is important
also and to say the least I have been
very busy at my job.
"At this time I am. planning on at
tending the Officers' school which will
be held at this camp, beginning Janu
ary 5, 1918. I feel that I can attend
this session with a very good grace
for the reason that every member will
have to bo an enlisted man and his
army service will not depend upon
whether he is fortunate in securing a
commission, as was thecase in the
other training camps."
Final Drive for
Red Cross Today
A final effort is being made by the
committee of two hundred in charge
of the Red Cross drive today, to get
the required amount needed to fill Ne
braska's quota, set at $1,600. About
half of that amount has been turned
in by the workers so far, but no spe
cific figures are ready as many of
those who are taking subscriptions,
have not yet turned in their money.
As nearly as possible every student
and faculty member has been can
vassed, and the work today will in
clude ah Indiscriminate canvass of
the campus and every person not al
ready wearing a Red Cross button will
be approached.
Anyone who has not contributed and
who wishes to do so may leave his
contribution at? the student activities
office.
A SOLDIER'S MOTTO
(Minnesota Daily)
Every day soldiers are leaving
every city town, and hamlet of the
United States to travel the road that
leads them they know not where.
For somo it may be the road lead
ing to that "Undiscovered country
from whose bourne no traveler re
turns." Advice they will receive
from all sides, but none will instill
in them anything nobler than that
each man to himself will say:
"I will bo true, for there are those
who trust me;
I will be pure, for there are those
who care;
I will be strong, for there is much
to suffer;
I will be brave, for there is much
to dare.
I will go forth in all my strength
of manhood;
I -will keep spotless, so when war is
o'er,
I shall come home an honor to my
country f j
Ready and fit to do her work once
more."
Will Play "Experience"
as Y. M. C. A. Benefit
The play, "Experience," will be put
on January 10 in the Temple theatre
by a large cast from the classes in
elocution. It was originally planned
to present this play at the January de
partmental meeting but, because of
the way the rehearsals aro turning out
in spite of the sizo of the cast, and the
surprising ability of some of the newer
members of the department, it was
decided to make a public performance
of it. Tho proceeds will bo used to
help raise tho contribution to the Red
Triangle pledge by tho University
players. . ,
The whole play and ten episodes
will be given necessitating a cast of
over thirty, most of them players
doubling or tripling. People who saw
this play when it was in Lincoln will
enjoy watching their friends in the
parts of "Illiterate." "Stupid," "Sty e
"Degredation," "Beauty." "Intoxica
tion" and other, parts.
Chancellor Avery Presents
Hainer Cup to Kappa
Sigma Fraternity
Tho annual singing of tho "Messiah"
to celebrate Christmas time was hold
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock Con
vocation in Memorial hall. Mrs.
Carrie B. Raymond had charge of the
singing which was led by tho Univer
sity chorus accompanied by Lincoln
soloists and orchestra. Chancellor
Avery presented tho Hainer scholar
ship cup to Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Prof. P. H. Grummann, head of tho
college of fine arts, presided.
Tho audience was an unusually
largo ono, including besides Univer
sity faculty and students a number of
Lincoln people and members of the
faculty of the University school of
music.
Mrs. Howard EnBlow sang the con
tralto parts In place of Mrs. Arthur
Gutzmer who at the last minute was
threatened with pneumonia. Mrs.
Jessie Doyle Murray sang the soprano
parts and Charles L. Bagley the tenor.
The orchestra: Edward J. Walt, first
violin; Jessie Wilkins, second violin;
William T. Quick, viola; Lillian Eiche,
cello; Allen Crosby, bass; Mrs. Louise
Zumwinkle, organ.
"The Messiah" was composed in
1741 by George Frederic Handel. It
follows: '
Recitative Comfort Ye My People,
Charles L. Bagley.
Air Every Valley Shall Be Exalted,
Charles L. Bagley.
Chorus And the Glory of the Lord.
Pastoral Sympathy, Orchestra.
Recitative There Were Shepherds,
Mrs. Murray.
Chorus Glory to God.
Recitative Then Shall the Eyes of
the Blind, Mrs. Enslow.
Air He Shall Feed His Flock, Mrs.
Enslow.
Air Come Unto Him, Mrs. Murray.
Air He Was Despised, Mrs. Ens
low. Chorus Surely He Hath Borne Our
Griefs.
Air I Know That My Redeemer
Liveth, Mrs. Murray.
Chorus Hallelujah.
OH, MY HEAD!
Two men fought a duel. On man
was named Shott and the other Nott.
Some said that Nott was shot, others
that Shott was not. Hence it was
better to be Shott than Nott. There
was a rumor that Nott was not shot,
and Shott avows that he shot Nott,
which proves either that the shot
Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or
that Nott was shot notwithstanding.
On trial it was proved that the shot
Shott shot shot Nott, or, as accidents
with firearms are frequent, it may be
possible that the shot Shott shot Shott
himself, when the whole affair would
resolve itself Into its original ele
ments, and Shott would be shot and
Nott would be not. Apparently the
shot Shott shot shot not Shott but
Nott. Ex.
The following poem has been re
ceived from the pen of a camp wit:
The Kaiser's Prayer
Meln Gott, will you be meln pardner?
You don't know who I am,
I am de German kaiser,
Do emperor, Will-I-Yam.
You know I whipped dem Belgians,
Und mit bullets filled dem Russians
full.
And I'll whip France and Italy,
And blow up Johnny Bull.
Now for all dem other nations,
I don't give a dam
If you just be my pardner
And whip that Uncle Sam.
You know I got dem submarines,
All Europe knows dat well, ,
'But dat Edison got a patent now,
Dat blows dem all to hell.
Now, Gott, if you will do this,
Den you I will always love.
Und I will be emperor on de earth,
Und you the emperor above.
But Gott, if you refuse me this,
Tomorrow night at eleven,
I'll call my Zeppelins out
Und dcelare war on heaven.
I wouldn't ask this of you,
But it can be plainly seen,
Dat when Edison pushes dat button,
I got no submarine.
The Nebraskan wants a man to
work from 9 to 10. Apply to busi
ness manager in Student Activities
Office.
FOR SALE: Dress suit at a bar
gain., Phone F-1735. G8-3t
Boyd wants to see you about your
printing. '
Give Her
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the gift imperial
It is beautiful, useful, and will
be treasured for years. Our
assortments comprise handsome
Neckpieces, Muffs, also sets and
many magnificent coats in all
the popular skins, all prices.
If in doubt as to her gift this
suggestion is a happy solution.
The Sale of the Tabooed
Totem.
Two black silk balls suspended by
knotted black silk cords, marked
"Totem, do not disturb," hangs above
the desk of a well-known unmarried
professor on first floor . U hall.
Such a phenomena suggests the
romantic.
Now Webster told us when we
consulted him that a "totem" is a
natural object.
Then he tells us that " natural"
may be a kind of oyster or a wig
worn in England.
That much is then clear.
But Webster qualifies his defini
tion thusly: "a natural object,
usually an animal such as a deer,
wolf, tortoise or kangaroo."
As the last mentioned animals
clearly are irrelevant, one must in
fer that this professor means the
first.
Webster continues:
"A natural object such as deer,
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A Good Place for Soda Fountain Refreshments after the Theatre and
after the Rosewilde Dance
CARSON HILDRETH, '95 and '96
LETTER WRITING
is made a special feature in this school. Big class just staring.
Tho Materials, Mechanics and Ethics of Letter writing emphasized.
Other courses: Stenography, Civil Service, Banking, Commercial
Teachers', Bookkeeping, Etc.
New Term Opens January 2, 1918
Nebraska School of Business
Commercial and Civil Service Institute
Corner O and 14th Sts., Lincoln, Nebraska
assumed among savages." But com
ment would be unkind.
"Among savages as tho emblem of
an individual." This professor evi
dently is pessimistic, has black,
knotted moods. Geniuses usually do.
"Emblem regarded as an object of
worship."
Here the romanco comes in;
Just why is this totem toted and
touching tabooed.
His Generosity
Germany, preparing to deal France
a deathblow, spent forty years perfect-
A "Tommy," lying in a- hospital, had
beside him a watch of curious and for
eign design. The attending doctor
was interested.
"Where did your watch come from?"
he asked.
"A Gorman gave It to me," he an
swered. A little piqued, tho doctor inquired
how the foe had come to convey this
token of esteem and affection.
" 'E 'ad to," was tho laconic reply.
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