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Entered at tha poetofflca at Lincoln,
Nebraska, aa eecond-class mall matter
nder the act of tongTess of March I,
1179. .
Reportorlal Staff
Edith Anderson Frank Patty
Anna Burtless Francis Flood
Oswald Black Eleanore Fogg
Gavlord Darts Grace Johnstoa
E. Forrest EBtes Carolyn Reed
Jack Landale Edna Rohrs
During a convocation on -April 4 a
message was sent to General Persh
ing: "Our hearts and hopes go confi
dently' with you into battle." General
Pershing immediately cabled his ap
preciation: "Appreciate your stirring
message."
University women who have charge
of getting girls for the Ivy Day exer
cises are having difficulty getting the
required number. A number of Univer
sity women seem to feel that securing
the robes and going to the practices is
more or less a bother that they have
not time for.
A person's time is his own to do
with it as he wishes, of course. The
final examinations, the work that
must be done before that time, the
daily work to be prepared, it is easy
to understand that a student may
think that to do these tasks creditably
will be all he has time for. Courses
this year have been unusually diffi
cult it seems. Many professors have
required that the same amount of
work be finished in this year's shorter
term as was accomplished last year.
But the "standing of the college
graduate, the position he or she will
be able to secure, depends largely on
the standing of his or her school. A
school is judged by the sort of school
activities it has as well as by its pro
fessors. Ivy Day is one of Nebraska's
most significant days and every stu
dent should do his or her part gladly
and not leave the work for someone
else to do.
WHERE CAN THEY BE FOUNDT
A recent chapel speaker made the
forceful statement that the "greatest
intellectual sin is not found among
th Ignorant, but among the people
who refuse to be told anything." It
struck a vital point and' It carries a
world of meaning to everyone in the
thinking world.
Where can we look for the Intellec
tual sin? Can we limit it to the
workshop and mjne?' Is the man
committing thli eln the man who, on
account of finances or opportunity,
has never had the privileges of an in
stitution of learning, or can we search
our campus for the guilty party?
How many times do we find a per
son among the students of Iowa State
college who have that self-knowing at
titude and refuse to listen to reason.
The man who never doubts does not
have the reputation of getting very far
in this world,' while the man that
wants to learn Is the man who seeks
knowledge and Is willing to listen to
the men who do know.
The attitude of "refusing to be told"
does not come with hard work and
conservative thinking. The student
who has been forced to endure hard
ships and think out his own problems
is the person who will change his
mind until he knows he is right then
go ahead.
We have mastered one of the great
est ' principles of an education when
we have learned to think and to think
correctly. To be able to think we
must be on the alert. If we are told
we must be able to apply the words of
the speaker in a practical manner. We
are here to learn and to learn we
must listen to reason. We do not
have to believe, but we must consider
if we are to attain the greatest possible
educational possibilities. Iowa State
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Criticism and discussion of govern
mental policies in wartime may be
valid or they may be harmful. It all
depends upon the judgment and in
formation possessed by the individual
who does the talking.
The much-exercised American pre
rogative of free speech has found and
will continue to find a vast field for ifa
outlet in war situations. College stu
dents and college professors the
same as everyone else are talking
about the war. Nor is it wrong that
they should be. They may be, it is
true, great offenders if they take a
stand on grounds of ignorance or mis
information. . But college men and
women may Just as truly be powerful
defenders if they labor in the promo
tion of accurate knowledge about the
war defenders of the Allies, of their
own country, and of the colleges as
places of learning.
There is nothing more ludicrous or
pathetic than to hear a man argue
about some great question of the world
war about which he possesses abso
lutely no definite information. True,
even the highest officials and greatest
thinkers can not tell us definitely of
the future. But what knowledge there
is available of the past and present
should be a constant field of inquiry
for the college man.
The United States government, ful
ly realizing the importance of the dis
Feminatlon of correct knowledge, has.
through the committee on public in
formation. Issued the war information
series of pamphlets. These handbooks
are Issued because of a beli?f that
"this war is not to be won by an estab
lished doctrine nor by an- official
theory, but by an enlightened opinion
bated upon truth," and furthermore
that "the facts of history and life
are the only arsenals to which Ameri
cans need resort in order to defend
the Justice of their cause."
Men and women of the colleges, it
is up to you to get busy and know the
facts before you tell what you would
do "if you were president"
F. W. ROGERS.
Chairman of the Committee on
College Public' 'ons.
COLLEGE MEN SHOULD ADVO
CATE UNIVERSAL MILITARY
TRAINING
By Lieutenant-General S. B. M. Young,
U. S. A. Retired
(From the Patriotic News Service
of the National Committee of Pa
triotic Societies, Union Trust
Bldg., Washington, D. C.)
Today allegiance and devotion to
our country require- a declaration of
loyalty, and while I firmly believe the
love of country and the patriotic spirit
of our people are as strong as they
ever were.yet much of the spirit Is
dormant because of the general apathy
due to a lack of realization of the
gravity of our national situation, if
our people do not bestir themselves
voluntarily, conditions are at hand
that will suddenly awake them to the
realization that our long period of self
indulgence since our last ordeal by
battle has so undermined the moral
as well as the physical fiber of every
community throughout the land as to
make" it a matter of personal concern
to each individual.
With universal military training and
equal service established by law, mili
tarism would be impossible. Military
training of every American boy be
tween the "ages of eighteen and twenty
one, for one year, would not Interfere
with his career, but would rsult in
hardening the muscles and co-ordinating
mind and body. and, also, it would
teach habits of punctuality and neat
ness, prompt obedience and respect
for proper authority, and make a more
valuable and successful citizen.
The charge has been made that we
are losing our national ideals and that
we have forgotten how to obey if we
ever knew. If we are to overcome the
onus of these charges, we must do so
through training our young men in
the Ideals which have' been handed
down to us from an ancestry which
was willing to fight for them, sacrifice
for them, and when need arose, to die
for them. They died that we might
rest secure, as we have rested secure
for many generation; and if we
value this sacred heritage we must
qualify to answer the call of our coun
try and answer it fully equipped for the
task.
Military training will teach the
young men in all stations that gorern-
ment is not an agency from which
something is to be had, but an insti
tution with first claim on them for the
best they have to give.
It Is a truly democratic Ideal that
every young man should prepare him
self to a reasonable degree of effi
ciency to defend his country. Section
al feeling will gradually disappear be
fore an Ideal founded on service to the
state by citizens of every locality. Only
through service in a common cause
may we hope to unite the widely differ
ent elements of our population, and
Instill Into them the conviction that
democracy and service are one.
If every young man knew that every
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other young man with whom he comes
in contact has been through the same
intensive course of military training,
each would have greater respect for
the other would have greater respect
for the rights of the other and all to
gether would have greater respect and
love for our country.
When the sons of the wealthy, the
sons of the laborer, the sons of the
poor and the sons of the immigrants,
live together, train together and serve
their country together, only then and
not before will we become a truly
democratic people.
The establishment of obligatory mil
itary training for all our young man
hood will create a furnace of. patriot
ism that will fuse the varying elements
of our population and prove to the
world that we are a mighty nation, able
and ever ready to uphold and defend
the great democratic pHncdples of
equal liberty and Justice to each and
every loyal citizen within the Juris
diction of our government.
Patriotism is love of country. If
we won't fight for it, we don't love it.
and if we don't love it, we won't fight
for It.
In conclusion, I believe it to be our
duty to provide a permanent system of
universal military training for the
youth of our country. It will stimu
late the people of every section, and. In
time, America will become the "Great
Mother of Liberty," to a posterity
which will rejoice in her, even as we,
today, rejoice in the heroic achieve
ments of those hardy pioneers who
gave to the "world the spirit of Inde
pendence "which, please God, shall
never die."
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