Daily Nebrasccan
VOL. XVII. NO.-141.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. WEDNESDAY. MAY 8. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
"KULTUR" US AT
' wdrlg ipni
Is Exact Opposite of Culture
Dr. Henry Kraemer
ATTACKS biRMAN SCHOOL
Telia Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI
They Should Be Proud
of Ideal
-Kulture versus Culture" was the
subject of a very Interesting talk by
Dr. Henry Kraemer last night before
Thl Bet Kappa and Sigma XI in the
Theatre theatre. Dr. Kraemer il
lustrated his points by sterlopticon
Tiews both of German customs and of
American customs.
-Kultur" has been rampant in Ger
many for over one hundred years. It
began when Fichte decided that Ger
man was the original and only pure
language in Europe. Since Germany
and the German people were the great
est things on earth it behooved them
to become the most powerful and to
do this they had to make the state
dominate the individual "The only
way to make the world worth while
was for the German state to take in
all of the other states." The German
superman was to govern the universe.
Culture is not parallel with kultur;
culture means to give oneself, to de
velop the spiritual life. It has noth
ing to do with the conquering spirit
of "kultur." "If we hope to win this
war we must develop a high order of
research work."
The Herman School System
How can supposedly cultured men
subscribe to the monstrous cruelties
of this war? They are educated to it
in their universities.- The German uni
versities are divided into factions or
corps something-like our fraternities.
When the boy comes from the gymna
sium with his high ideals and his be
liefs in Schiller and Goethe he is taken
into one of these corps and bis moral
break down is begun. When he en
ters the university he is as fine as any
young man on earth.
His break-down Is begun by giving
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YOUNG AMERICA WAS
WRITTEN BY ALUMNUS
University Players to Present
Fred Ballard's Work
Next Monday
The climax and end of this year's
plays comes with the production of
Frederick Ballard's play "Young Amer
ica," which the University Players
will present next Monday evening at
8 o'clock in the Temple theatre. B3
cause of the fact that Frederick Bal
lard is an alumnus of the University of
Nebraska and a playwright of no
small note In the east, this play I of j
especial interest to students. The.
University Players take great plea
sure in producing this play tor the
first time in the west in the author's
own university. I
Living in University Place, Fred
Ballard attended this school and took
great interest in dramatics. After,
graduating here bewent on the stage
for several years as a stagehand
to learn the business- At Harvard he
won the Craig prize with bis play, "Ee
lieve lie. Xantippe!" which attracted
unusual attention In New York. He is
perhaps better known in the east than
be is in the west and his newest play,
"Young America" attained Immediate
and phenomenal success in New York, j
"Believe Me, Xantippe" was put on
by the University Players two years
ago. with Maurice Clark and Ella Wil
liams in tbejeadlng parts. Since tb?
debut of "Young America" In New
York many requests have come to the
Players to present this play. Altho
paying a fifty dollar royalty, they are
making every effort to have this a 1n
isbed production.
Arrives Soon to Help in
Co-Operative Soil Survey
F. H. Hayes. '15, now member of
the bureau of toils, writes Dr. Condra
that he will arrive in Nebraska this
week to work in the state this sum
mer on co-operative soil survey in
Cheyenne and Deuel counties.
NEW WAR BOOK CONTAINS
VALUABLE ESSAY SERIES
Dr. H. B. Alexander Publishes
"Liberty and Democracy"
CRITICS PRAISE THOUGHT
Second Part of Work Made up of Let
ters to Public Shows Interesting
Development of American
Conceptions
"Liberty and Democracy." a new war
book, consisting of a series of war
time essays and letters to the public,
written by Dr. H. B. Alexander, of the
department of philosophy, since March,
1916, has Just been published. There
are nine essays in the work, most of
them being reprinted with slight modi
fication from their original publication
in the International Journal of Ethics,
The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology
and Scientific Methods. The North
American Review. The New Republic,
The Dial and the Hibbert Journal.
Publishers Praise Author
The publishers. Marshall Jones Com
pany of Boston, give the following in
troductory statement to the book:
"The stake for which the five nations
of the world are fighting is liberty and
democracy. There never was a time
when it was more important to under
stand Just what these words, mean
and tb;ey are often misunderstood.
Liberty and Democracy is a volume
of war-time essays, in which a dis
tinguished American scholar defines
Americanism for Americans, not dog
matically, but in the fair-minded Amer
ican fashion, portraying the ideals of
American institutions in the new light
which the war casts upon them. A
cleaner consciousness of these Ideals
(and of their contrast with Prussian
ism) will come to every reader who
thinks this book through."
Of Local Interest
The papers entiled "Letters to the
Public" were originally addressed to
the students of the University of Ne
braska and are of particular local in
terest. Especially interesting is the
development shown in the conception
of the meaning of the war.
The Essays are entitled "Liberty
and Democracy," "The Fear of Ma
chine's," "Rosseau and the Political
Humanltartanlsm." "Trial by Combat
and the Tribunal of God," "Justice and
Progress." "Americanism." "The Lim
its of Tolerance." "Essential Liberty
and "America's Self-Revelation."
SENIOR CLASS CHOOSES
LIBERTY BOND AS GIFT
Four Year Students Assessed
Fifty Cents Must Pay
By May 15th
In line with the strict program of
war economy and conservation the
senior class this year w ill leave as Its
gift to the University a 1100 liberty
bond. When the war is over this
bond will be converted into cash to
be added to the student loan fund.
Each senior has been assessed fifty
cents for this gift fund and the ap
portionment must be paid to T. A. Wil
liams at the Students Activities office
before May 15. There are about 320
yenitfrs Jfi the University and the
amount raised will be a little above
the bond cost. The surplus will be
used to meet the class debt.
"Joan of Arc" To
As Attractive
A striking historical cantata. Joan
of Arc" is now in preparation by the
University Chorus for its final appear
ance of the year at tbe Temple theatre,
Thursday evening. May 16. Tbe Uni
versity Orchestra and a number of so
loists will assist In the presentation of
the work.
The cantata depicts the first days of
the life of Joan of Arc and describes
the fun and frolic In which he in
dulged along with her comrades until,
as brooding over the woes of France
ravagea vj iuo - "-- -
the "Voices" wblch tell ber that she
is tbe savior of her native land.
IVY DAYS WILL BE
FULL QFJHTEREST
Gala Event Expected To Be
Biggest Ever
MAKE COMPLETE PLANS
The Annual Ceremonies Will Last
From Early In the Morning
Until Late at Night
That plans for Ivy Day are practic
ally completed, and that the event
this year will be one of the biggest
in the history of the University, was in
nounced yesterday by Dwight P.
Thomas, chairman of the committee
in charge. The program will com
mence Saturday morning, and will last
far into the evening.
As is usual, the events of the fore-,
noon will be on the city campus, in
the more serious part of the program,
and the afternoon and evening will,
for the most part, be devoted to frolic,
save for the tapping of the new In
nocents and Black Masques for next
year.
The morning will be 6pent In the
Ivy Day oration, the reading of the
Senior poem, the crowning of the
May Queen, the presentation of the
patriotic pageant, and the planting of
the historic ivy. These numbers will
be interspersed by selections by tho
cadet band.
Randall Senior Orator
Everett Randall will deliver the
Senior oration. He was elected by the
class in February to the honor. The
Senior Doet will have been chosen.
but the selection will not be announced
till the poem is read.
The crowning of the May Queen ana
the patriotic pageant, which was writ
ten by Dr. H. B. Alexander, will both
be impressive ceremonies, and are be
ing carefully rehearsed. They will
be of the usual classical nature, with
Greek dancing and music The ivy
this year was sent from a battlefield
in France, and the planting of it will
tend to link the hearts of those pres
ent closer with those of former stu
dents now fighting abroad. The after-
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MORE WIIHDRAY FROM
SCHOOL FOR WAR WORK
Sixteen Leave in Past Week,
Most of Them by Volun
tary Enlistment
During the past week sixteen men
have withdrawn from school to enter
war work, thirteen going directly into
the active military service, two on the
farm, and one into the war V. M. C. A.
Many Voluntary Enlistments
The filing of withdrawals of Captain
W. I. Aiken and Captain Wayne Town
nd is significant of the passing of
compet day Friday. There is more
variation In the branches of service
entered by those leaving this week.
as most of them are voluntarily en
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Goes to Examine Lakes
In Sand Hill Region
Professor N. A. Eengtwm left last
h tnr hurried trin for a technical
examination of lakes located In the
sand hills. He will go to Mullen ana
drive for three or four days tn tne
sections north of that place.
Be Presented
Historical Cantata
. Through her perilous Journey to Or
leans the siory continues, eacn scene
Increasing In Interest until the cli
max, as she begins to lead the valiant
little army to victory. Joan Is finally
captured by the enemy and is then
Ukea away to be executed at the
stake.
The youths and maidens of Doremy,
echoing the songs of May. are rebuked
by the villagers, who approach with
I'hIUp and Jean de Novelonpont, who
tll the sad sequel cf the story that
has passed into fame.
Tickets for h rantata will be sold
on tbe campus this wek by members
of the University chorus.
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
PROVING SUCESSFUL
Faculty and Students Respond
Readily to Call
TOTALS OVER $34,000.00
Carry on Work at Both Farm and City
Campuses.
For the third time. Nebraska Uni
versity's faculty has gone over the top
with an exceedingly heavy subscrip
tion the Liberty Loan. The finan
cial campaign Is now practically com
pleted, and the total number of sub
scriptions received amounts to $34,000,
not including the various amounts that
were given through other channels.
The work of canvassing the city cam
pus was done by Prof. O. R. Martin,
chairman of the Finance committee, of
the Faculty Patriotic league. Prof. H.
C. Filley. chairman of the committee
for the State Farm campus, had charge
of the work there. Prof. R. D. Scott
and the "200 Committee" canvassed
the student body.
Despite the heavy drain on the
purses of all University faculty mem
bers and the student body from pre
vious Liberty Loan drives. Red Cross
campaigns. Red Triangle campaigns,
etc., the amount subscribed has been
very satisfactory to the leaders In the
campaign. The total given on the city
campus was $25,550.00; on tne farm
campus, f8.450.00; from the student
body something less than $3,000.00.
PROVES HUMAN SENSES
TO BEYERY LIMITED
Dr. S. S. Strong Proves Exist
ence of Things Beyond
Our Comprehension
The wonders of twentieth century
electricity and the antics of the high
frequency current were vividly demon
strated by Dr. Frederick Finch Strong
of Tufts Co'lege, Boston, Mass, at
the Lindell Hotel Tuesday evening. A
fair sized audience. Including several
University faculty members and stu
dents of electricity beard the lecture.
"The divine curiosity of man leads
him on to investigate what Is Just be
yond his ken," is the keynote of Dr.
Strong's lectures. He Is attempting
to demonstrate that beyond the senses
and consciousness of man are various
interacting forces that go to verify
the existence of a life existing after
death.
Cannot Comprehend All
He proves that the human body with
its five senses is capable of compre
hending and coming In tune with only
a small part of the forces that are
going on In the universe about us.
Among other interesting experi
ments Dr. Strong passed electric vi
bratory currents through glass, a thing
unbelievable In thenineteenth century.
He also experimented with the vacuum
tube, showing the effect of electricity
in producing light in differing densi
ties of air.
In the lectures which follow tonight
and Thursday, Dr. Strong will ex
plain the ultra-violet ray, the X-ray
and various other tlectrical phenom
ena. Tbe fundamental Idea or an me
experiments will be to prove the ex
istence of matter, force and life in
the universe about us that we can not
tee.
STUDENTS HEEDED FOR
FIELD AND SOIL WORK
Requested by Government to
Take Civil Service
Examinations
C. F. Marbut, director of the field
work In the U. S. bureau of soils, has
written the state soli survey at the
University requesting that technically
trained students in soil and field work
take thft government examination for
the national soil survey which wi'I be
held May 22d and 23d under the civil
service commission.
University of Nebraska candidates
have been exceptionally successful In
the examinations, not a single one
having failed slnee the inauguration
of this work in the University. The
department of .geography and conser
vation has furnlfned several men to
; work on the United States soil survey.
DRIVE IS Oil FOB
NEBRASKA UIIIT
Ask for Funds Today for Base
Hospital
HO PERSONAL REQUESTS
Students Should Contribute Equip
ment Needed Badly Before De
parture for France .
At the single table in front of the li
brary building, the committee In chargo
pit! to raise $2.'0.00 for the Nebras
ka Base Hospital Unit today, with no
personal soliciting or tag canvassing
among the students at all.
Whether ttey will succeed or more
than succeed Is a matter for specu
lation, but the committee points out
that this Is an opportunity that the
students and the citizens of Lincoln
have been given to help the hospital
unit that is so representative of this
university, and they feel that a person
al canvass is not necessary.
Hope for Success
The carnival held some time ago to
raise $500.00 for this purpose fell 6hort
of the mark, but this was not purely
donatory in Its principle as Is the
campaign today, nor was it possible for
every student to attend the carnival,
so it is believed that the effort today
is different enough to demand success
and succeed.
The faculty is being personally can
vassed today in this interest and the
committee expect every student on the
campus to voluntarily walk up to the
table nd emrty whatever loose change
he may have with him from 25 cents
to a dollar.
Unit to France Soon
The unit itself, made up principally
of University students, and officially
known as Hospital Unit No. 49, is now
In training at Camp Dodge, but expects
to leave for France in about two
weeks. Its equipment is barely over
the minimum established by the Red
Cross In value, and this is one of the
poorest equipped units of its kind in
the United States, so the committee
'will know what to do with whatever
the amount raised today is in excess of
the desired $500.00.
CO-ED ATHLETES TO
TRY OUT FOR TRACK
Will Pick Teams Today for the
Dashes, Belays' and
Hurdles
Try-outs for the twenty-five and
fifty-yard dashes, the sixty-yard
hurdles and the class relay teams will
be held at 11:50 o'clock this morning
on the athletic field. Seventy-eight
girls have entered for these events
in tbe meet.
The entries Include: '
25-yard Dash
Pansy Read Beatrice Koch
Louise Pedrett Margaret Cowden
Elinor Bennett Emma Fenzel
Bess Chaney Ruth McKenney
M. Stewart Mildred Shea
G. Henderson Grace Nichols
Christine Hanson
SO-yard Dash
Grate Nichols Christine Hanson
Pansy Read Margaret Cowden
Nellie Bloodgood Emma Fenzel
Elinor Bennett Marguerite Lonara
Bess Chaney Camilla Koch
M. Stewart Mildred Shea
G. Henderson
Frethrmn Relay
Margaret Cowden Jeneatte Doyle
Ethel Hoagland Donna Gustln
Emma Fenzel G. Henderson
Sara Surber Mary Stephen
Sophomore Relay
Martha Hellner Doris Bates
Pat Maloney Janet Thornton
Ruth McKenney Julia Mockett
Sue Stllle
Junior Relay
Helen Hewitt Madeline Glrard
Pansy Read Bess Chaney
Eleanor Bennett Katherine Kohl
M. Lonam Helen E. Holtz
Senior Relay
B. Koch Bertha Bates
C. Koch Grace Nichols
Lillian Wirt' B. Higgins
Nellie Bloodgood B. Dierks
Christine Hanson Eleanor Frampton
60-yard Hurdles
Pansy Read Donna Gustln
Bernice Miller G. Henderson
Kitherone Kohl Marjorie Barstow
Ruth. McKenry Marguerite Lonam
Sara Surber