The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. NO. 28
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOHKR 30, 1918
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SOLDIER li
REOPENS AT UHI
daises and Drill Hours to Bo
Assigned to Men in S.
A. T. 0.
Soldiers to Be Transferred to
Either Officer Schools or
Cantonments
a A. T. C. men at the University
of Nebraska began today with a new
icbedule governing their army life.
Instead of the usual long drill periods
working up to and culminating In a
five or six mite hike the Nebraska
soldier students were agal summon
ed to the class rooms to arrange for
recitations and study hours.
The men from now on will be march
ed to study rooms In the- evening
where they will put in two or more
hours of solid study on one subject
Study hours for the remaining of their
objects will haTe to come between
recitations so that the men will be re
quired to adopt a systematic and effi
cient schedule for preparing their les
sons. Must Take Maximum
Those having few hours of work,
less than fifteen or sixteen hours and
not In any particular branch of in
struction requiring Intensive study
will be recommended for an extra
hour of drill each day, while those car
rying sixteen or eighteen hours of
scholastic work combined with the
drill will be required to take only two
hours of drill each day.
Recent transfers in the companies
and other changes has so npset the
original program for instruction that
a complete re-arrangement in drill and
study schedules is likely to result.
For this reason men should with
hold the printing of their schedules
until they have been definitely as
signed to companies and given regu
lar recitation and drill periods.
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WRITES OF WORK WITH
AERO REPAIR SQUADRON
Corporal John C. Wilbur, Former
Nebraska n, Describes His
Work "Over There"
"In France."
Dear Friend: -
I was very glad to know that friends
and organizations all stand back of
the Simmies for moral support and
oiherrire. The fact that I was away
from camp on detached service for
toar weeks with very Irregular mall
service explains why 1 did not get
raw tetter earlier.
Twelve of us from this flight were
t to an Instruction center to learn
111 abont the aeroplane. There we
remained for four weeks and made ex
cellent progress so that now we feel
coaCdeot of being able to care for
plane of our own. Being a "repair'
qnadron It Is our duty to look after
the j,beep of the planes so that they
re always ready to go.
For toy part I specialized on wlre
ks construction, repair, and opera-
and am very enthusiastic about
wth work. Planes are equipped with
wirtleta that message can be sent
back at any time, la the capacity of
reWJr loan ft is sometimes necessary
to ro on a trial flight to adjust and
0 K- the apparatus before it la turn-
to tie observer. That Is
T c"nty becomes a pleasure and,
believe toe, I haJl derive as much
Pkartre out of it as the next one.
I am
Toral of the "guard tonight
U li 1,7 2;o . n, nd ail U cui2t
it is qnlte chilly and lonesome.
witting by the light of a afcgle
At 2:Gt o'clock I aha3 wak3
7 relet axd. after their, midtlgbt
m tit e post and I aa3
a la- This U great sport guard
17 1 Lav. done It often and li al-
ways affects me the same. To be .tw
only one awake, to bo a lonely son
tlncl on post with nothing to do but
to walk and look and walk some
more; that Is when one must depend
on- his own thoughts for rnterralninent
and I never got to first bane in that
kind of sport
When I write again I may tell you
of the contours of the clouds and de
scribe the view of the earth from the
height of 2,000 meters or more.
Strange sights and wonderful expe
riences' are bound to happen. Give
my regards to all my friends.
As ever,
JOHN.
O. K.
Max Chapman,
1st Lieut H. S. S. C. U. S. 11.
Sneexlng Superstitions
In Scotland it has been maintained
that Id iota are incapable of sneezing,
and the power to do so has been
deemed evidence of the possession of
a certain degree of Intelligence. It
was a Flemish belief that a sneeze
during a conversation for a bargln
proved that what you said was the
truth. The Chinese believe that a
sneeze on -New Year's eve means bad
luck through the coming year. The
Japanese hold that one sneeze means
that some one Is praising you. two
show blame, whereas, if. you sneeze
three times, you are merely ill.
FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY
HEN ARE TRANSFERRED
New Schedule of Classes Shifts
Men From Citj to Farm
Campus
All was hustle and bustle in camp
Tuesday afternoon when four hun
dred fifty-men were transferred from
the university campus to the state
farm. .The men went bag and bag
gage; cot and mattress in the huge
army trucks to their new abodes
Knowing that In the army, one is not
permitted to choose his comrades, no
complaints were heard, and on the
way they showed their good sports
manship spirit by singing. "Pack up
your troubles in your old kit bag and
smile, smile, smile."
The men transferred were moved
because the studies they had register
ed for were being taught at the farm.
The men will be lodged in the new
barracks recently constructed espe
cially for S. A- T. C. men. There are
outside stairways on all the buildings
so thai the men on the upper floors are
la completely separated compartments
DEAN CARL C. ENGBERG
TELLS VALUE OF FULL
UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES
Dean Cart C- Engberg. executive
Dean of the university. In a talk to all
S. A- T. C. men Tuesday morning, gave
some valuable hints for success in
college. The executive Dean and his
assistants had Just completed the new
schedules for classes, and he wished
to impress upon the men. the Urge ma
jority of whom are first year men, how
important It is to have every hour
la the day accounted for and wasting
none. He made an appeal for team
work, saying that It is just as essen
tial is school work as in footbalL
The men were called Into the Tem
ple In company groups during the mid
dle of the drCl work. Blank sched-
cards were given out to each man
and Dean Engberg explained the way
to fill them out. Indicating diTJ
boura. study and recitation pnods re
rorded in d Cerent colored Ink. These
beules will be given to the mTJtary
authorities and If aH the time is not
: Vea a? tr citicr drCl or study more
drCl win be gien-
TRAIN Hb
MAKES
SS
Aeronautic and Artillery Men for
Officers' School Are Not
Yet Announced
Each Man in S. A. T. C. and S. N
T. C. to Act as
Offcer
Wlille the rest of the university was
marking time on account of the quar
antine over the state, the detachment
of army and navy men at the univer
sity has been taking long stTides to
wards becoming a well drilled unit.
Captain E. J. Maclvor said Tuesday
afternoon that there would be battal
ion drill each day, which is an Indica
tion of the rapid progress his men had
made lately."
Lieutenant E. M. Cassady. who was
stationed at Fort Sheridan last sum
mer and who was company command
er at the Hayward camp, has begun
his duties as commander of compan
ies "D" and "E" and the naval sec
tion of the S. A. T. C. Lieutenant W.
G. Murphy has charge of companies
"A." "B" and "C" and Lieutenant
Sporer oversees the work of Section
"B."
Every Man Has a Chance
Under the plan about to be started
every man in the S. A. T. C. will be
given a change to act as company
leader, sergeant, guides and corporals.
As the men at the university camp are
all working for officers schools, this
training will be of great value to them
in preparing themselves and also will
enable tlw authorities to judge their
ability.
Artillery Men Not Yet Announced
Due to heavy office work and the
unusual work of shifting four hundred
fifty men at one time, the list of the
men who were accepted for the ar
tillery officers., training school and
for aeronautic schools has not been
completed. The names will probably
be given out for publication Wednes
day night
FRATERNITIES FACE
SERIOUS PROBLEMS
G reeks Consider Disbanding for
Period of War Releasing
Houses
With their members separated into
various companies, and located in dif
ferent barracks, fraternities at the uni
versity are fating a problem that has
not troubled them in other years.
The men bare little or no time to
meet together, and living In the bar
,. thev have to do. maintaining
a house is Impractical. Tbe.questlon
has therefore naturally come up
whether it would be tbe wise thing
to try to keep up the fraternity, or
to clos down for the period of the
war.
The Greek letter societies for men
have not yet held initiations, although
Pledging progressed as usual this fall.
Since they have a sufficient number
of pledges to carry on a fraternity
uccessfally. the Greeks do not want
to disband. The first society that is
known to have d finitely settled the
problem. Is the Delta Chi fraternity,
which released its house on "S" street
and rented club rooms at 408-410
BrowneU Hock. They moved a part
of their furniture to these rooms so
,hy wCl have a meeting place and
also can carry on the initiation of
pledges.
Uncle Eber
-De man dat makes money too easy."
aid Unr Eben. "takes his turn at
ie bard work whenjt comes to ex
plalcla' how be got it."
Why Crescent Is Turkish Symbol
When Constantinople was a Byzan
tine city, Philip, the father of Alex
ander the Great, tried to reduct It by
siege. He was unsuccessful by day,
and when he thought to take the city
by surprise In the dark the crescent
moon and stars appeared and exposed
his warriors to the citizens. In honor
of her protection of the city the By
zantlans built a statue to Diana and
made the crescent the symbol of the
city.
Machine Works With Peat Gas
Danish inventors have perfected mo
tors that are claimed to work well with
peat gas fuel instead of benzine or
gasoline.
Daily Thought
No really great man ever thought
himself so. Hazlitt.
REGENTS APPROVE THE
THREE SEMESTER PLAN
Army and Navy Men Will Be
Given Special Examinations
if Called
The university board of regents at
their meeting Monday night approved
he recommendations of Executive
Dean Carl C. Engberg for three terms
of school work, the first ending Jan
uary fourth; the second beginning
January sixth and ending March
twenty-ninth, and the third opening
March thirty-first and" closing June
fourteenth.
The following recommendations
were made in order that the present
school term may not be shortened too
much as a result of the present quar
antine:. (1) That the Christmas vacation
be reduced to Christmas day, and that
the term be extended one week. i. e.,
to January 4.
(2) That where necessary, special
examination privileges be extended to
S. A. T. C. or S. N. T. C. men who
may be called to cantonments Janu
ary 1. "
(3) That "the second term begin
January 6 and close March 29. the
spring recess coming March 22-29.
(4) That the third term begin
; March 31 and close June 14.
i (5) That the first summer com
mencement exercises be held June 16.
Due to this change In terms, the
midwinter commencement exercises
will no doubt be dispensed with as
Charter Day does not come near the
close of a semester. Commencement
exercises may be postponed until
February 14, the fiftieth anniversary
of the founding of the university.
Modern Science Rehabilitates
Soldiers Wounded in Battle
Copyright 1918. by The International
Syndicate.
Among the marvelous constructive
developments of the present war, none
perhaps has been more epochal, and
certainly none has been more striking,
than the stimulus that hase been given
to the scientific conversion of human
wrecks Into normally functioning hu
man beings.
The aftermath of past wars has
been a pitiful army of useless, help
less cripples, each of them an eco
nomic liability, an object of charity.
The cripples of the present war, ever
so many of them, are cripples only
for a time, each of them converted
from an economic liability into an
economic asset, with a chance to come
back into tbe world of action as a
helpful and constructive unit in so
ciety. Human reconstruction, as It Is be
ing practiced la the war hospitals of
France and England, and In Canada
and la. this country, does not deal with
the restoration of the body alone. It
Is more than material. An important
element is psychological moulding
HUSKERS AND BULL
DOGS MIX IH FRAY
Nebraska Hangs Up Score of
Thirty-three to Nothing Be
hind Locked Gates
Northwestern Considering Propo
sition to Switch to
Thanksgiving
The Cornhuskers and the Cotner
Bull-dogs Btaged a fast forty-five min
ute scrimmage session on the wind
swept, mud crusted football field yes
terday afternoon, the Huskers piling
up a total of 33 points to the suburban
ites' none. It was a rather scrappy
exhibition of football 'and the Corn
huskers got a little of the stiff scrim
mage practice they need to season
them for the coming battle with Notre
Dame next Saturday on the Nebraska
gridiron.
Armed guards were stationed at the
gates and the crowd which stood
shivering around In the cold was not
what could be called a record break
er. The ban on public gatherings
which necessitated locking the gates
will be lifted next Saturday and the
Cornhuskers and the Notre Dame
Hoosiers will collide in the season's
biggest scrap.
Two in First Quarter
Nebraska crossed the visitors' goal
line twice in the first quarter but fail
ed to kick goal both times, making
the score of 12 to 0. Hubka was re
sponsible for acquiring the first touch
down and Schellenberg accounted for
the other.
Before the second quarter got fairly
under way, Lyman, the big right
tackle, swung around left end and
headed for the goal posts. A Cotner
man tackled him in the middle of a
mud puddle and they both rolled over
the goal line together. Howarth
kicked goal and brought the score np
to 19 to 0.
Hubka received the next kick-off
and on the following play, Howarth
sped 30 yards and would have crossed
the goal but was pushed out of bounds.
Hubka then passed to Howarth and
he rang up another touchdwn. The
sergeant-major then planted the ovaL
squarly between the posts and the
score stood 26 to 0.
Lantz pulled off a spectacular run
a few minutes after the kick-off, and
raced 35 yards before he was downed.
Hubka attempted a forward pass to
Schellenberg but it was Intercepted
by a Cotner Bull-dog, and the visitors
took tbe ball in their possession..
They successfully completed a pass
and gained several yards.
On another attempt, Hubka reached
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the wounded man's thoughts and out
look on life at the same time that
bis maimed -body is being educated
to function under radically changed
conditions.
Tbe Importance of this coordinated
reconstruction of the mind with the
body was the subject of a recent state
ment from the office of the Surgeon
General in Washington to the effect
that many well Intentioned individ
uals have offered to take crippled sol
diers into their service as watchmen,
messengers and in positions of sim
ilar character. While the spirit la
which these offers are made la ap
preciated, said the statement, they
conflict with the policy of the med
ical department of the army.
Work Starts At Ore
From the time a wounded soldier Is
takeu to the field hospital he Is en
couraged to understand that the ser
iousness of his -wounds will not ren
der him worthless for useful work.
The work of reconstructing him both
pbysIcaHy and mentally Is carried on
simultaneously.
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