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The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. NO. 49
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1918
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SAU UNIFORMS
IRE NOT EXPEGTED
Hastings States That Men Will
Probably Not Be Issued
Equipment
Work of Demobilization Not Yet
BegTin No Drill or Week
End Passes
"White realizing an Injustice will
bp done the men of the S. A. T. C.
should the government fall to Issue
equipment before their dismissal. I do
not think it probable" that the ship
ment will be returned," said Vice
Chancellor W. G. Hastings last even
ing when questioned concerning the
possibility of the eventual issuance of
uniforms to the university troops.
Chancellor Hastings has received no
reply to his letters sent to the Oma
ha quartermaster depot. Omaha, and
to Secretary of War Baker, Washing
ton, 1. C, referring to the situation
at this institution.
According to university officials,
there is still a slight possibility that
the Tour carloads of equipment dec
tnied for the Nebraska university and
Wesleyan S. A. T. C. will be return
ed, especially in view of the fact tbat
the Nebraska officers acted entirely
upon their own initiative in sending
the uniforms back to the quarter
master's supply depot.
Demobilization Delayed
Members of Section "B" had not
received their discharges this morn
ing, but everything is in readiness to
commence the work Just as soon as
the pay roll arrives from Washington.
Advices last evening indicated that
this had already left Washington, and
so further delay in the discharge work
is not thought probable.
Preparations have been made to dis
charge one company each day, begin
ning with Section "B."
No Week-end Pastes
Members of the university troops
will not be allowed to leave the city on
Saturday and Sunday of this week
because demobilization work will re
quire every man to be present during
the next ten days.
Heretofore final statements made
payable, to discharged soldiers havx
been negotiable and bankers and bus
iness concerns were warranted in ad
vancing money to soldiers awaking
final payment. Recent instructions
from the war department state that
final statements and assignment of
final pay by soldiers is unauthorized
and will not be honored by the war de
partment. No Further Drill
Official announcement was made
yesterday that members of Section
"A" would not be required to drill
durii,K the demobilization period. Drill
sergeants have been instructed to give
the men physical exercise each day in
order to keep the men in good condi
tion physically.
HEN OF S. A. T. G. ALLOWED
TO DROP LIBERTY BONDS
S. A T. ( men may discontinue the
liberty bonds which they purchased
at the first of the year and have re
funded to them all -payments which
they have made on their Investment.
This announcement was made from
military headquarters yesterday sup
plemented by the note that all who
wished to retain their bonds must
"Bake the entire payment upon their
discharge.
Many of the men have signified their
mention of dropping their subscrip-
,,0ns- In most cases, the bonds were
ng paid for by deductions from the
monthly pay-check, and with this
"ource of income being taken away,
blJt fw care to complete the payments.
PUBLICATION OF STUDENT
DIRECTORY IS DELAYED
The university directory may possi
bly not be out until after the Christ
mas holidays, according to tho latest
reports from the registrar's office. The
work of compiling the book has been
almost completed and tho files have
been corrected, but as yet the copy
has not all gone to print. The question
has arisen, whether it would be ad
visable to wait until the S. A. T. C.
men have been mustered out before
the directory Is put out, for the men
who are now living in barracks will,
of necessity, change their addresses.
Those in charge, of the editing of the
book have therefore considered wait
ing until the men are settled and have
notified the office of their new address
es, before completing the work of get
ting up the book. Under the present
plans of demobilization the men should
all be mustered out by December 21.
It will then be only a matter of time
until the readjustments have been
made, before the directory will 1)e
readv for distribution.
CHANCE FOR MAKE UP
IN WAR AIMS COURSE
Professor Jones Announces Plans
For Those Who Wish to
Receive Credit
The students who are taking the
War Aims course are given an oppor
tunity to make up ther work and re
ceive their credit. Many of the boys
have been unable to attend even one
of the lectures and for their benefit, as
well as for the slacker, and the stu
dent who has had difficulty in grasp
ing the subject, make up lectures ana
quiz divisions will be arranged to
cover the beginning work once more.
As arrangements have teen made so
all may make up the work
that they have lost, it will be very
difficult to drop this course before the
semester is over. The following an
nouncements were made by Professor
Guernsey Jones, bead of the War Aims
course:
1. No student now taking the War
Aims course will be permitted to drop
it so long as he remains in the uni
versity, except for definite reasons by
permission of the Dean.
2. Every assistance will be given to
those who are behind in their work or
who have not received a passing grade
to make up their workand to receive
their credit. For this purpose, make
up lecture and quiz divisions will be
arranged to cover the beginning work
once more. Such students will attend
both the advance and make-up sec
tions. 3. Unless there is a conflict of
schedules, the make-up lectures will
begin next Tuesday and Thursday at
7:3't. pharmacy building. Any stu
dent unable to attend at these hours
will make the fact known to any of the
instructors of the course.
Some men lift their hats before the
memorial arch, but most men don't.
CONVOCATION
A "welcome-home" convocation for
Chancellor Avery, who has Just re
turned from a year's leave of absence
spent in Washington, where he was
engaged in research work in the chem
ical warfare division of the army, will
be held in the Temple Thursday morn
ing at eleven.
( hancellpr Avery will talk, and wel
come addresses will be made by Re
gent J. E. Miller. Acting-Chancellor
Hastings, and Prof. E. II. Barbour.
One may go far after he is tired.
Fiench.
With time a mulberry leaf becomes
satin Chlnece.
Prrseveranee kills the game. Span
lsh.
L
BE
Orders Received Monday Specify
ing Final Disposition of the
S. N. T. C.
Applications Must Be Sent to
Great Lakes No Orders for
Disbanding Tet
Orders were received this morning
at local headquarters which state that
the members of the S. N. T. C. may
be retired to Inactive duty If they
make application to. the commandant
of the 9th, 10th and 11th Naval Dis
tricts, Great Lakes, 111.
No reason need be stated in the ap
plication. No orders regarding the
disposal of members of the naval com
pany who do not request retirement
have as yet been received. The orders
as interpreted by the commandant
here follows:
Bulletin to Co. Commander, Co. E:
1. In accordance with instructions
received at these headquarters, the
commandant of the 9th, 10th and 11th
naval districts has been authorized to
release from active duty all men en
rolled in the U. S. N. R. F. who are
members of naval units and naval sec
tions, S. A. . T. C, who desire to be
placed on inactive duty status and to
discharge all men enlisted in the U.
S. navy for the duration of the war
attached to these units or sections and
who desire discharge at this time.
Releases from actice duty and dis
charges will be made by commandant
of the 9th, 10th, and 11th naval dis
tricts, Great Lakes, 111., through these
! headquarters.
By order of Captain Drake.
ROBT. MULGREW,
2nd Lieut., Inf. U. S. A.,
Acting Adjutant.
Serves as Final Decision
This announcement serves as tho
final decision concerning the disposi-4
tion of the S. N. T. C. Men of the
navy have been somewhat in doubt
regarding their status since demob
ilization orders were issued to the
army section. While it was not
thought probable that they would be
denied the same privileges accorded!
the army men, they were still uncer- j
tain as to w hat the final orders will J
be, and when they would be an-
nounced. j
More Time Necessary j
Because of the necessity of for-
warding applications for discharge to !
the Great Lakes station, the demob
ilization of the S. N. T. C. may not be
accomplished at once. Most of the
men, however, will probably be return
ed to civilian life as fast as the ap
plications can be handled. The dis
charges will be conducted through
local headquarters.
FORMER STUDENT PASTOR
WRITES FROM IRELAND
Rev. E. S. Worthley, Y. M. C. A.
Secretary, Sends Best Wishes
to Nebraska Students
Rev. E. A. Worthley. former Meth
dist student pastor at the University
of Nebraska, has written a letter to
The Daily Ncbra.-kan telling of his
work as V. M. C. A. area secretary
for Ireland. Rev. Worthley is working
under the direction of R. L. Ewing.
former general secretary of the Uni
versity of Nebraska Y. M. C. A.
4th November, 1918.
Editor of The Daily Nebraskan.
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:
When I came to Ireland in July I
thought that I would certainly have a
letter ready for the first issue of The
i .. . i ,.. ttta man.- Htiti
j Dally AePrBbmu, u' ;
connected with this work have kept
me so busy that very little time has
MEN
WILL
DISCHARGED
CONFINEMENT TO POST
FOR S. A. T. C. TROOPS
Orders issued this morning by Cap
tain Leslie G. Drake, commandant of
the students' army training corps, Ne
braska University, require that all
members of the corps be confined to
the post until further orders.
This has been found advisable and
necessary at this time because the de
mobilization work requires that all
men be present at the post. Also as a
precautionary measure to prevent the
further prevalence of tonsiliiis and
colds, the confinement must be enforc
ed in an effort to have the men in their
j best physical condition when the
final results of the examinttions are
entered upon the discharge papers.
Captain Drake announced last even
ing that the worV of examining the
men for dismissal would begin this
morning, at which time, the Section
"B" men were to receive their dis
charge. ENGINEERING COURSES
OPENED TO S. A. T ,C. MEN
Semester's Credit Will Be Given
For Work Elected Now in
Certain Departments
The engineering college has taken
the first step forward in the univer
sity's reconstruction policy which will
follow the demobilization of the stu
dent army training corps. Realizing
that many of the men will desire to
continue their educational training,
the head of each department in the
engineering colloge has opened one or
more courses which may be started
now, and by intensive work complet
ed by the end of the semester. Full
credit will be given to any one who
elects and satisfactorily completes
such a course.
New Courses Opened
Fundamental courses including
mathematics. chemistry. rhetoric.
drafting and shop work ore open for
registration at the Dresent time. For
those who do not wish to leave school
and yet are doubtfu labout receiving
credit for present work, the new plan
offers excellent opportunities. A
semester's credit will be given for
barely a half semester's work.
jt ;s probable that other colleges j
w;n follow the plan outlined by the j
engineering college and open their de- j
j,artments to the outgoing S. A. T. C.
men. If so, student soldiers will have
a wide field from which to select an- j
other course.
j
The only true way to make money :
is to do some good while you are at it. j
been given to correspondence. You
may wonder that we should have very
much to do in Ireland in connection
with the war, and, so far as the actual
fighting is concerned there is not
very much of that to be considered.
j Many of our camps are seaplane bases
where regular patrols are carr.ed on
in connection with the submarine war
fare. Then there are the naval bases
where some of our destroyers and
submarine chasers are located. Be
sides these we have mechanics work
ing in British aerodrome camps. We
are serving both the army and the
navy in our assecation program in
Ireland.
When Mr. Ewing made a tour of
Ireland about two weeks ago he felt
that we had the best opportunity of
putting on tne full program of the as
sociation in Ireland of any place in
the United Kingdom.
In mentioning Mr. Ewing, it will
be of interest for you to know that a
few years ago he was the general
secretary' of the Y. M. C. A. in the
University of Nebraska. I think he still
has his household furniture stored in
Lincoln. He left the university to
take charge of prison camps In Eng
lant. He is now chief of all the work
in the United Kingdom. Ir. Ewing
Sia ricen tmlpnrUdlv to the large r-
- - i
sporsibil.ty wh:cn now ians to umi.
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BEGIN
PRIME
II AFTERNOON
Basket Tossers to Hold Initial
Workout in Chapel at Three
O'clock Today
Four Veterans Back and Six Men
From Freshman Squad in
Line for Jobs
The first practice of the 1918 basket
ball season will be staged in the chapel
this afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Cap
tain Jackson will count noses and lay
his plans for a whirlwind race for
Missouri valley honors. Basketball
material is about as plentiful this sea
son as germs on the public drinking
cup and Coach Kline and Cap Jack
son will have all they could wish from
which to pick a rag-grabbing aggre
gation. Four "N" Men Back
Four members of the Cornhusker
quintet of last year are back in school
and ready to skin their knees on the
gym floor. Cable Jackson is the old
est man on the squad, working for his
third sweater this year. Erney Hubka,
captain of the football team and Half
back Schelletnberg are also ready to
shed their football togs in favor of
their indoor clothes as soon as they
return from St. Louis next Sunday.
Frank Adkins, who has won fame as
a gymnast, is the other member of the
returning quartet.
All the coaches hare to do is to
pick one man to round out the varsity
quintet and they have six veterans
from last year's freshman squad from
which to choose him. The list in
Hovanh and Neumann, who have
been holding down regular berths on
the football eleven, and Kacer, Bailey,
Gillilan and Patty.
Freshmen May Be Eligible
With the disbanding of the S. A. T.
C. it is probable that the old Missouri
valley regulation which prohibits
freshmen from participation in inter
collegiate games will again be put in
to effect. Early in the fall, the govern
ment took over the control of valley
sports and removed the ban from
freshman participation on the grounds
that all S. A. T. C. men were soldiers
of the U. S. army and there would be
no distinction made between freshmen
and upperclassmen. As the univer
sity passes out from under the control
of the government it is to be supposed
that all former rules and regulations
will aulomatk-ally go into effect again.
The cream of last year's high school
basketball performers are ifl line for
the freshman squad and should be able
to put up a brilliant brand of opposi
tion to the varsity in practice, and
also build a solid foundation for next
year's team.
DEAN W. G. HASTINGS WILL
ACT AS VICE-CHANCELLOR
Dean W. G. Hastings has been tem
porarily appointed vice-chancellor of
the university to aid Chancellor Sam
uel Avery, who has been active in
chemical war work in Washington, D.
C. since last spring. IX-an Hastings
was made acting-chancellor and has
been acting as the head of the univer
sity since January', 1918. He was
chosen as vice-chancellor because of
his association with the affairs of the
university this year, and his acquaint
ance with the conditions relative to the
S. A. T. C. His work as head of the
Law college will continue, and will not
be affected by his new duties.
PLANNING NEW COURSE
FOR UNIVERSITY WOMEN
The department of physical educa
tion is planning to offer a course in
reconstntcton-aide work? to begin
immediately after the Christmas vaca
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