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Venice learned early in the war
that if she wished to save her his
torical treasurers from the bombs or
Austrian and German airmen that
she must remove them to Rome or
bury them beneath bags of sand.
Venice has had over one hundred
bombardments. The city today Is
heaped with these bags of sand and
cement, defending the treasures of
the world against a ruthless enemy.
Already Venice has lost much.
It would seem that Austria and
Germany would look ahead to the con
sequences of such acts of destruction,
would realize that the broken pieces
will condemn them when the years
in hmnrht fonretfulness of other,
atrocities. '
IVY DAY
Traditions are intangible yet stable.
They are fleeting yet permanent. A
tradition sbonld not be followed blind
.Jy, Tbere-ta m aigniScaat reason for
it existing. If the custom" does" not
feln tor a better school It wonld no.
Deutschland. 1111, p. II. Schmiti U
writer la politics and literature.
"Arbitration treaties must be pecul
iarly detrimental to an aspiring peo
ple which has not yet reached It polit
ical and national senllh and Is bent
on expanding Its power In order to
play Its part honorably in. the civil
ized world. Every arbitration court
must originate In a certain political
status; It must regard this as legally
constituted, and must treat any altera
tions, however necessary, to which the
whole of the contracting parties do not
agree as an encroachment. In this
way every progressive change is ar
rested, and a legal position created
which may easily conflict with the
actual turn of affairs and may check
the expansion of the young and vig
orous state In favor of one which is
sinking In the scale of civilization."
F. von Bernhardt. Germany and the
Next War (1911). trans. 1914. p. 32.
"Between states regarded as intelli
gent beings disputes can be settiea
only by material force. War is there
fore associated with the notion of a
state. If you suppress war yon must
therefore remove the state, or what
amounts to the same thing; the plur
ality of states; you must set' up uni
versal despotism,, universal slavery."
Lasson. Das Kulturideal nnd der
Krieg. 1SS8. pp. 15-16. A popular edi
tion has been published recently. Las
son is professor of philosophy at the
University of Berlin, and one of the
leading philosophers of Germany.
"A state organized only for peace Is
really no state. A state is really man
ifest only in its preparation for war."
Idem., p. 17.
"War is the fundamental phenome
non In the life of a state, and prepa
ration for it assumes a preponderant
place in the national life." Idem
p. IS.
"It is not alone that which it al-
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itself. When Independence was de
clared in 1776. the Fathers of this
country raised aloft the Stars and
Stripes over this land, and their spirit
has increased as years have passed.
Their struggle was not an easy one.
Old Glory led them through rivers of
blood and oceans of fire, that liberty
might be born to men. The names of
those men who fell in defense of that
flag are carved deep on the moun
tains of time. Since that great event,
other nations have thrown off autoc
racy and still others are following in
rapid succession- That cause was
again tested in this country in the
great Civil War and again right tri
umphed over wrong. Now once more
the cause of freedom is In peril. And
our nation, together with other free
nations, is involved in the greatest
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it is even more that which, as yet, it j
has not, but regards as a necessary
gain from the war. It Is absurd to
inveigh against wars of conquest; the
nolm pnfnt of interest la the object of'
he conquest." Idea., p. 32.
The state (which realizes the hirh-
feie leen handed down to us by past I form 0f the culture of the race)
generations of students. Ivy Day j C3in jiie Itself only by the destruc
means more than a day when work is j tfon of otBer states, which, logically,
put aside, a day when honors and re-1 can only be brought about by Tiol
cponslbnities are bestowed, a day 1 cnce. idem, p. 35.
the May Queen is crowned, when his- -Only the fear of an outside power
toric documents are read, when there czn lmpose limits on the territorial
picnic
vation. .
A Noble Struggle '
"We are all conscious that there is ;
something noble, something divine In '
ikU tiKi andJp. he great sacri-
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fices which ft laToitfM. It J at oum;
with respect to whlft no man snail;
be allowed to cry peJEe. peace! until
peace shall have come to stay and mil
itarism and imperialism, with all their
crimes and dishonors, shall be thrust
from off the earth, The men who have
devoted their lives to this war have ;
devoted themselves to the world's ,
greatest cause: to Justice, to liberty, I
to humanity. These stars mean lives
spent in service and in highest devo-;
tion to humanity. Our struggle is to I
vindicate human rights and to deter- i
mine whether the will of the people i
of our own people and of all people:
Take a Day Off
Consider your future decide what yon are going to do and
"now'to Co ft- - - " ; "
Constructive thinking is pretty sure to lead yon to us, because
of our long and successful record for training young people ef
ficiently and placing them firmly on the road to useful profitable
lives.
is music and dancing ana picnic enaJi&ion of the state. Any interren
things to eat. 'tion-(in the affairs of other states)
Ivy Day is a tradition. We are ex- t encoliraged by favorable auspices
periencing today the enjoyments e-Joagnt to abandoned; but if success
braska students have had for years j, assured, it is not merely Justified.
on this day. Today Is another link in ft hmM actaally a dotjr of the " ' tie condictTf
the chain that binds the school as It rf uuHV-UeaL. P- - Lasson.! TnenV "
is today with the school as it was inj wrilillg after the Anstro-Prusslan war
yesteryears and as it will be in the Lnd twQ Tears before the Franco-
Prussian, manifests a spirit which as
an octogenarian be has not lost; it
is the same as that of Bernhardt
years to come.
A STUDENT COUNCIL
Why has the University of Nebras
ka no student council? While the stu
dent body of other universities of the
country is self-govproing, Nebraska
clings to the old way. A student coun
cil government has been successful
wherever it has been tried.
Last yew students tmM to have a
student council here. The authorities
agreed, the plans were compJeted. Put
this yea' an account of the war, the
plan was discarded for the time at
least. It was agreed that the ta
dentc who wonld be members ct the
etmzic'A would be leaving school, that
membership in the council would be
changing, that, therefore, the council
would faiL
Are not the students who are left
able to govern themselves? The av
erage Intelligence of a university stu
dent body should be at least equal to
the average Intelligence cf the people
A the United Stale. &nd the United
States Is not sospecding self govern
i&ent ns'JI after the war.
NEBRASKA STARS
Ivy Day Oration. May 11. 1918. Everett
L. Randall, Law '18. Gibbon Neb.
"We come before you- today, our!
cf the University f Nebraska,
which you are the emblem. In seasons
past that spirit was represented by Joy
and gaiety, the symbol cf youth and
happiness. Iry day bespeaks the com
ing of spring and welcomes the birds
and Cowers and the beauties of na
ture. The iry Is planted to increase
that spirit and to keep alive the tradi
tions of our beloved institution.
their own governments.
"We who witness the dedication of
these stars are, I trust, patriotic to the
core, freedom ringing from our very
souls, but they who are represented i
(there have proved their patriotism and
. their loyalty to that noble cause. It I
G trk thAm that v a vicft rtn tftic u
sion to pay the highest tribute and )
respect In remembrance of their sacri
fice for our generation and for future
generations.
"To you. brave sons of Nebraska.
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" j mho have answered your country's call j
oi and b!azed the trail for those of 'us
who are about to follow to you. our
heroes, w bo guard humanity's most
sacred rights to you. our knights of
liberty, represented on this gigantic '
Cag of service to you, who have gone ;
out from this University, filled with !
her spirit and conscious of her high i
ideals and are now fighting to up-,
ho!d that sririt and those ideals to '
"Today that spirit has taken a new J Tmi, who have enlisted in the world's .
form. A new duty has befallen you. t most noble cause: the defense of free-
You, Queen of the lLy, f theanj Jaitlce and humanity to you,
greatest hour In the history of the Uni- i who represent us In that cause on the r
rersfty of Nebraska. Those tradt tattle fields of France, we dedicate'
lions, those Ideal, those principles this Cag. And the Ivy we now plant'
held sacred so long by you are in dan- j bere expresses that spirit, here re-!
ger. That spirit is now represente-J i Ceded from the fields of France. We
own
WAR AS THE SOLE ARBITER
(Aims of the Germans in their
Words.)
"We have clearly seen that war Is
both Justifiable and moral, and that
the ideal of perpetual peace is sot
only to possible but immoral as welL"
Treaschke. PoHUcs, 1J1C. H, J.
"Today, indeed, we live In a time
whkh points with special satisfaction
to the proud height of its culture,
which is only too w2& to boast of
its isteraatSoaai coszaollUnUm, and
tatters itself with visionary dreams cf
the pottfbCity of an everlasting' peace
throughout the world. This view of
life is un-Gercjfcn and does sot be
come us." The Crowa Prince, la
DeuiKhlaM In Wares, 1J12.
"We must not lock for permanex.i
peace as a reruU cf this war. Heaven
defend Germany froia that" Oskar
A. H Echmltx. in Da w!ri!i.l
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by that robe of freedom and Justice
that Cows so gracefully from your
shoulders. Those colors are full of
meaning to every one of as. Shall you
not see to it that it remains pure and j
spotless, that that cause for which I
men are so freely giving their lives
suil not be lost?
That spirit in future years shall be
dearer to us than it has ever been be
fore. May Queens that follow aftes
yon to this throne win bold Old Glory
in the one Land and the names cf
her heroes on the inscribed scroll in
the other, and win bow their heads is
solemn remembrance for those hon
ored ones, the Irving and the departed.
All those who then wCI have fought
Over There will not witness this
scene, but their spirit wCI live and be
ever present.
"These stars outspread at your feet
represent the gift to a nation and to
all mankind.. This huge banner means
that a mighty army of men who drank
'l the cap of learning at Nebraska
are now the brave knights of liberty
fighilcg to defend thtlr cooiUy
w"5- I I
Ti-i cause is as old as the nation 1 1
plant this Iry that Nebraska spirit
(Continued on page four)
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