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THE DAILY WEBRASKAN
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University of Nebraska
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ARNOLD A. WlLKEN...Mtg. Editor
QAYLOK D DAVIS News Editor
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to Ian. behind others frown over blis
tered feet, a few peppy strains of
ragtime march from the faithful
band works wonders. Ti. stragglers
ppring Into place; shoulders are
squarvd and the next Mile In reeled
off in record time.
And as the band is a fun producer
Jt is also Impressive. As the
strains of "The Star Spatglod Banner"
float out over company after com
pany ot uniformed men their com
manders at salute, (he ideals for
hich we are fighting comes clearly
to every mind and the soldier squares
j himself In grim determination to do
his bvst. The soldier w ho plays In the
military band is playing ti big a part
5n army as the one who carries a gun.
News Editor
LAURENCE SLATER
Fop This Issue
THE UNIVERSITY'S WORK
One cannot watch the two thous
and Nebraska lads, now soldiers in
the students' army training corps, as
they carry on their military work on j
the athletic field; stage hikes through
the main thoroughfares of the city or
enjoy the new life in the barracks,
without marvelling at the great
change that has come to the Univer
sity within the past few month?. Mil
itary spirit and life dominates and
all e'se must stand aside to make
way for the training of the men who
will soon make new records for Ne
braska and for their country.
News of interest to those in the
University is military news; football
' plans are buffeted this way and that
by the army rulings; university tra
ditions are tucked away for safe keep
ing and normal school activities are
at a standstill. For ail this change,
however, not a complaint is heard.
The training of men to fight Democ
racy's battles is the all-important
thing of the hour and no one is will
ing to do that which might in any
way interfere.
New students in the Univer
sity last year realized the
comprehensive program mapped j
out by the war department and
foresaw the transformation which
was to take place. As a result plans
for the carrying on of forae of the
normal activities were roughly map
ped out for the present fear. Scarce
ly had the University opened when,
seeing the real work of the year, men
and women alike shovel plans aside
and stood ready with only one aim in
mind, and that to take an active part
in their country's fight.
Even more marked ihan last year
and worthy of commendation is the
lack of interest in what might in the
slang term be called the "trimmings"
of University life. Thu institution has
been shorn of the unessentials and is
now a training camp from which
come trained men and women ready
to take their places in the nation's
industrial plants, the Red Cross huts
or upon the battlefield.
Q. E. D.
Merely winning the war would not
make the world safe for democracy if
victory came undeserved. Beating
the Junkers by a fluke would N?ave the
Junker tradition intact. In a Germany
fo defeated the Junkers would arise
sooner or later and fay to a venge
ful people: "Jt is true tbat w wers
beaten, but look at the odds against
us. and see how near we came to
turning the trick as it was. It took a
miracle to save the allies in Septem
ber, 1914. In March and June, 191$.
we bad them reeling, but it began to
rain. Next time the breaks will be
the other way."
The world will be safe for democ
racy when the Germans nave learned
the truth they are well on the way
now that their Junkers were not
beaten by miracles or by unadventi-
tious thunderstorms whfch clogge.i !
the mowment of the heavy guns, but I
by the spirit and physical force of
democracy. It was not German mis- i
calculation which lost the first battle j
of the Marne. but the hc-icism and en- j
lightenment of a democratic people as
embodied in Joffre and his men. It
was not rain which stopped the Ger
man rukh on Amiens and Calais last
spring, but the desperate courage of
a democratic nation to whom its com
mander in chief dared to say. "We
are fighting with our lacks against
the wall." It was the inflexible wii:
of a democracy whom its leaders can
trust that enabled Foch to hold oat
during the dreary months that pre
ceded the dawn of last Jn!y. It is the
fundamental capacity of a democ
racy to rise to the highest needs of
the moment, to display prodigies cf
sacrifice, insight, ingenuity, organiza
tion and the combative spirit that
enabled America to turn, the scale?
against the Junker.
Through nearly four years cf war
the Germans were fond of arguing that
victory was bound to De theirs by the
laws of nature, including human na
ture. It has been the saddest of the
Hohenzollern miscalculations. The
laws of human nature run the other
way. In spite of tragic delays and
costly errors, democracy y.iU have
won the war because it is; the stronger
weapon as well as the better cause,
because we deserved to win. Collier's.
. No better agent can be found in the
army for the manufacture of fighting
spirit and "pep" than music. Whether
it is in a Y. M. C. A. hnt, in a little
corner of the barracks or out in
front of a pup-tent in the evening,
the little group of camp musicians is
surrounded by a crowd of eager sol
diers, worn weary from the long
days and yet showing no trace of
their weariness as they laugh and
Joke and sing nnder the near-magic
of melody.
On the march, four Ti.iles out and
four miles yet to go, so a few begin
HAVE YOUR EYES
EXAMINED, GLASSES MAD3
AND FITTED BY US
Vl'o niaTar.tDfl i " yt. ' r
strain ana Headaches .f caused
by defective eyes.
HALlETT
Registered Gptometerist
rt. 1871 lH'-O
SOLDIERS TO GET
REAL LEMON DROPS
War Department Using 209,000
Pounds Per Month New
Shoe Perfected
used by the soldiers at the rat of
two hundred thousand pounds a
month.
The country's supply of soluble
coffee has been taken over for the use
of the men in the trenches. Experi
ments have been conducted in order
to obtain an especially giod duality
of coffee, one that can be put up In
stick form, like chewing gum, in
waterproof wrappers, and one that Is
easily dissolved In cold water so that
the soldiers in exposed posts may
have their cup of coffee without light
ing a fire that might attract the at
tention of the enemy. So much of
the coffee is now callvd for by the
army that the sunply is not equal to
the demand, and new companies are
being formed for its manufacture.
New Army Shce
A new shoe is being issued to the
men that is "superior in construction
and quality to any shoe produced com
mercially in this country hitherto."
It has three heavy outer soles -cut
from the best portion of the hide.' The
leather of the uprers is "tanned and
etuffvd in a more thorough way" than
ordinarily. It has stee toe plates and ,
heel plates. Instead of being stitch
ed. It is "metallic fastened " The sol
diers are using up shoes at the rate
of three millions pairs a month and it
has become necessary to restrict the
sele of sole leather for civilian use.
For the first time in the history of
the army, razors are being issued to
the troors. They are safety razors,
and new blades are furnished as they
are needed. The army has learned by
experience that a clean shave and a
good appearance greatly sustain the
morale of the men.
If you find it impossible to buy solu
ble coffee, thick-soled shoes, or your
safety razor blades, it is because the
army needs vhem. These are little
things. But as the wit said. "Per
fection is an affair of little things, j
yet perfection is not a little thing."
The showing which our troops have
made in France is largely due to thaf
efficient foresight of the military au
thorities which has Lot overlooked
oven the lemon drop as aa aid to
victory.
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EXCLUSIVE LADIES OUTFITTERS
(By Harvey O'Higgins. Associate
Chairman Committee on Public
Information.)
They are small things in themseves
lemon drops but in the manner of
their handling by our war department
they are indicative of much larger
matters.
When our draft armies first came
into training, it was found that the
lemon drop was a favoTite candy
among the nrcn. It was found also
that most of the commercial lemon
drops were made of glucose, flavore-i
not with the fruit but with an acid
imitation. The military autnoritier
obtained samples of lemon drops from
practically all the candy makers in
the country, anayzed these, chose the
best one, obtained the formula" for its
manufacture, and distributed order?
for a supply of lemon drops to be made
according to the acyep'ed recipe.
Consequently, the soldiers are now
being supplied with a lemon drop
that is made of pure grj-.nlated scftar
and ffavored with an ertulsion from
i the rind cf the lemon. This ronfec-
i lion "has the thirst-qnenobing quality
J of good lemonade." And It is being
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Military Equipment
This cold weather should remind you
of that extra clothing you re going to
need. Keeping warm goes hand in
hand with good health.
We're ready with a complete line of
accessories and every day we're outfit
ting the fellows with complete uniform
outfits.
O D WOOL SUITS
$35.00
REGULATION O'COATS
$ 30.00 to $60.00 "
SLEEVELESS SWEATER REGULATION SHIRTS-
vxuion, wool ana siik
$2.00 to $8.00
ARMY SHOES
$7.00
$3.50 to $6.50
REGULATION HATS
$5.00 and $7.00
COLLARS TIES HOSE HAT . CORDS-INSIGNIA
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