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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1919)
T II K I) A I h Y N K n It A 3 K A N MAYOR SMITH TURNS OVER KEYS Of CITY UfcntlnuF(! from Fat On) always thrown open, and nothing will be too good" for tho students who are "lords and kings of the day." Oma ha'a attitude toward the university has ever been the mont altrulHtlc. fair example of this ran be noted In the manner In which her newspapers have always been anxious to do their part In booking th school. Omaha encourages her citizens to send their sons and daughters to the State Unl veralty. and hundreda of the moBt leprenentatlve and prominent stu denta have heeded this- call. The newspapers of Nebraska's largest city do not nek for fccandal that will muke a nennatlonal atory. and give the people of the state a wrong Inv nreHHlon ns to wi the students are accomplishing. i' v publish that which Is proper from a newB Btand polnt. and not that which tend to be senHatlonal without having any r-al newa value. Furthermore they are anxloiiH to publish all the newa of the unlvei-Hlly. and not merely an oc cuslonal formal notice of an Impor tant happening. A Commercial Center This year Omaha will be different than she was even three years ago She has changed mightily; she has "grown up." With the Incorporation nf South Omaha, and other smaller suburbs, her population Is now close to 2r0.00n. Her line of skycrapers is ever changing, and her municipal im provements and park Bystems are widening. The observance of these changes by one who has not visited the Gate City in three years will be something in itself to open his eyes. It is almost Imperative that stu dents stay with their groups this year, n order that the least amount of con fusion may occur, and the Inspection of the various Omaha points of inter est may be systematized. After the speeches, dinner and informal recep tion and dance in the evening the students and faculty will return tired, but with the appreciation and educa tional enjoyment which the thousands of dollars spent by the Omaha citi zens for the visitors' entertainment will create. MISS CARSON TO DISCUSS RED CROSS SOCIAL WORK Miss Norma Carson, field repre sentative in Nebraska of the Civilian Relief department of the Red Cross, will visit the University Monday and Tuesday of next week. She comes at this time particularly to . discuss the openings for social work through the Red Cross and wishes to meet seniors who are Interested in this line of work. Miss Carson is a Nebraska gradu ate who has had several years of study and research in the New York School of Civics and Philanthropy. She will address the sociology class in Law 107 at 3 o'clock Monday after noon; and other students interested are invited to attend this lecture. ALUMI NOTES SOCIAL EVENTS Alpha Theta Chi held Its spring I arty at the Lincoln Hotel. Seventy nuuples attended. Mr. and Mrs. James Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur IMtner chaperoned the party. The out-of-town guests Were Mark Har graves, Kenneth Dinsmore, Wymore; Loren Caley, Sterling. Seventy-five couples were enter tained by the members of the Farm House at their spring party at the Lincoln Hotel. The decorations were in maroon and gold. The chaperones wore Prof, and Mrs. W. V. Burr. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pugsley. and Prof. H. J. Young. Guests from out of town who attended the party were: .F. C. Coulson, Norfolk; B. H. Reiher. Red Cloud; A. V. Tjoulson, Gothenburg, and B. E. Skinner, Champaign, 111. The Sophomore hop was held at the Commercial Club. Ninety couples attended. Dr. and Mrs. George Con dra were the chaperones. The women of the faculty enter tained the faculty at dinner at Wo men's Hall. Places were laid for two hundred. The tables were decorated with apple and cherry blossomB. Miss Winifred Hyde was chairman of the committee. it r ik ji.iL j l! Mis Ina OUtlngs. '06, formerly physical director at the University of Nebraska, la now with the American Commltte for Relief at Constan tlnople. The party made the trip across tho Atlantic In the Leviathan and landed In Brest, France, from which they were taken to Marseilles In a hospital train. They salleacross the Mediterranean In a British trans port to Tunis, Africa and then liar bored at Salonika. Miss Gittlngs wrote the following letter to her mother, Mrs. A. II. Gittlngs, of Superior. March 6, 1919 For two days we have been anchored In the harbor at Salonika, Greece, at the base of Mt. Olympus where the ancient gods were- born and dealt happiness or woo to the people or tribes or nations of those days. The natural beauty of this blue corner of the Aegean Is overwhelming, but after we went ashore and saw at close range the city of Minarets (prayer towers Moslem) and the ancient walled city In ruins above the more modern city, the beauty had a pathetic tinge. Squqalor, misery, and Ignor ance In the home of the gods In the cradle of civilization. Is time then of bo little value to the human race that nothing had been reaped or kept that will add value to the real knowl edge of how to live? Minarets on countless mosquqes from which pray ers are said or sung to east and west. and north and south and yet where is the comfort for these miserable sufferers. The harbor Is entirely land locked and circled with mountains, some snow capped, and the blue sky and the blue water make it a beautiful set ting for ships of all nations. One large one is beached, having been torpedoed by German submarines. Aeroplanes soared over the city all. day yesterday. Military and refugee camps of and for all nations are at the edge of the city; British, French, Italian, Greeks and Russian have large military camps and most of the refugees are Greeks, Armenian or Balkan tribes. This has been the base of all operations for the Balkan wars for years and years and now the great war has made It more the vortex than ever. Since the Balkans have been tho bone of contention for all the European powers and Turkey, for so long and finally precipitated things, one can pick up political and geog raphical facts to a good advantage and see the war with .new and wide open far-seeing eyes even better than to view the trendies of France. The effect Is terrific. The British seem to have the big gest and best camps and the most in fluence. My respect for them as men and soldiers steadily rises. "If It were not for some of the autos and aeroplanes and bright well kept uniforms brought In by the soldiers, one would think they had dragged off Into a plague-stricken city of some time before Christ. There are certain sections of the city that show a little order but for the most part it is a hodge-podge of wrecked buildings and beggars groveling In the remains. The city has been burned and bombed and shelled intermittently but not extensively. Out in the hills (we had a trip in a Red Cross car to some camps) Greek sheperds In costumes of Biblical times drive their flocks hither and thither and make great unmelodious, un poetical noises when the sheep per chance wander into unfenced fields of grain about the size of a house foundation. On the rocky, winding roads are long cavalcades of donkeys loaded with everything from straw, milk cans, garbage, stove wood, roots to house hold furniture and brlc-abrac. One can scarcely guess whether it la mov ing day or whether this is the com mercial avenue of the land. Nothing seems to travel on wheels and one pities these little beasts and frayed out horses of about the same size. A few antique carriages ply in the street of down town district but one wonders if there are not more passengers on or in the plush seats than meet the eye. The horses that draw these ve hicles are harnessed with odds and ends of straps, but around their necks are great necklaces of bright blue beads and in their collars, sleigh bells. The beads are even seen on dogs and children and are guaranteed to keep 1TV..II TV.. l A M - J O. 1 formal. W stole Unml- iu ittta.ttotw ! Jl Awaits the men and women of the future---students at our State University who will have much to do with moulding and making the policies under which our great State is to. develop. Make yourselves thorough ly at home. If you don't see what you want, ask for it. iik m,r ,.,.,:'., IP rH TIM I 'I I M HIT' M I It ' : ! I T ' I ! 1 U ' : ' 1 1 ' : ! ' ' I 1 1 1 1 1 i ' T ' 1' ' 1, -, ; TT 1 .1 1 1 -' I ' 1 ! " 1 1 ! 7 1 " " ' ' I' ! ! I ' ' ' : H ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ;!:" gi.,u,.,i;1.,:ii.;n.;;LJu.;,:..;J,i.,;l.:iL..,;ii,'iL.:iiii;Lii:..L,.iL.iiiU, h .uN..,jiiy.hii.yuln mi mumim ""'" "'"' Thomas Kilpatrick Co, March 7. We have passed into the strait of the Dardanelles and are about half through it. On one side we view Gallipoli and review the stories of the recent British disasters there and wonder what might have happened had they (the British) in their first attack gone on and sacrificed a ship or two more, for It is now known that only a few rounds (6-10) of am munition were left in the Turkish forts. Six more hours of daring and Russia's fall might have been pre vented. On the other side we see the flat plain from which the city of Troy arose, and where now evidences of Ine buried cities, one above the other, have been unearthed. Too much to see and hear. Good bye for now. INA. STUDENT MEMBERSHIP FOR ATHLETIC BOARD MONDAY (Continued from Page One) Cable Jackson, John Pickett and Harold Gerhart are the present stu dent members who will be superseded at the coming election. The faculty members are: Prof. 11. D. Scott, pres ident; Dr. R. G. Clapp, secretary; G. E. Barber, Prof. H. W. Caldwell, Prof. R. H. Wolcott and Dr. E. J. Stewart. The alumnus member is Mr. V. P. Sheldon, while T. A. Williams acts as treasurer for the organization. The fifth number of tho Awgwan, the "Commencement" number, will be published during commencement week this spring instead of next fall as stated in the Daily Nebraskan yes terday. The sixth number, however, will not be published until next fall but will reach all present subscribers. 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