THE DAI LT NEBRASKA N
The Daily Nebrackan
university or Nebraska official publication
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For This Issue
CARLISLE JONES
News Editor
, NEBRASKA'S ROLL OF HONOR
The ptudent response to the call for volunteer workers In the
coal mines of neighboring Btates did not come as the result of an
Impulsive whim. Wednesday's registration showed that. Tuesday's
response was splendid. That of Wednesday was equally gratifying
The men who signed their names yesterday had looked over the
matter thoroughly, had considered it from every angle. They had
discussed every aspect of the situation, and knew the "ost of the step
for them. They went into it with their eyes open; they were not
carried away on a wave of emotion. They weighed the sacrifices,
the discomforts, the hardships, the suffering, perhaps even loss of
life that such a step would ontrail for them, but tney realized thj
sacrifices, the discomforts, the hardships, and suffering, and tne loss
of life among men, women and children that their action might
avert. The steadily Increasing enrollment proves that the leaders
of the movement were justified in their belief that the students
would respond generously when they knew the need for action. Ne
braska is proud of her roll of honor,
AMERICANIZATION
Americanization is a word which has become very familiar to
all of us. Every state, every county, every organization of an altru
istic nature, has incorporated that word in Its program, and hag
inaugurated campaigns to spread the doctrine which that word
teaches.
To most of us, Americanization means work among the foreign
born and the non-English speaking people in our country. That
instruction in this direction is needed among native Americans Is a
fact not often realized. How many of us could pass the examination
which an alien who wishes to become naturalized must pass? How
many have read the text of the League of Nations? How many know
anything about the income tax?
A Minneapolis man was asked recently by one of his employees
how to go about it to obtain naturalization papers. The employer
did not know. Chagrined, he started down the street, determined
to ask the first acquaintance he met how an alien sets out to become
a citizen of the United States. Within a short time he had pro
pounded this question to twelve of his friends, all prominent busi
ness men of Minneapolis, and not one of them could answer it.
Along with "See America first," the slogan "Know America fiit'
should be adopted.
A DRIVE FOR THRIFT
Thrift helped to win the war. Our government, profiting by the
experience of the earlier belligerent nations, realized its tremendous
importance and made every effort to have the Amrican pople econo
mize. Pleas and exhortations to save met with hearty response
from the -nation as a whole, and especially from college students.
Everyone realized that the success of our army on the battlefield
was seriously dependent upon the disposition of those at home to
conserve. The country did conserve and its efforts were well re
warded. Since the end of the war however, the whole nation has
plunged headlong Into pre-war extravagance and wild buying, which
have been party responsible for the present inflation ot prices. The
high prices have become disastrously oppressive to the great mass
of toilers, which fact has contributed more to the economic crisis
now threatening the stability of industry than most of us understand.
Realizing that the welfare of our nation is endangered by the con
tinual soaring of prices and that steps must be taken immediately
to check them, the thoughful advisors of the Treasury Department's
Saving Division have launched a new drive for thrift. They urge
college students especially to refrain from excessive Indulgence in
luxuries In order to Increase the volume of the necessary commodi
ties of life and thereby act as a means of reducing the expanded
credit and bringing about the liquidation of debt. There is no reason
why every student should not get behind this drive. As a practical
assurance of his cooperation let him draw up a personal budget of
his expenditures which will include the buying of Thrift Stamps,
War Savings Stamps, and Treasury Saving Certificates, In accord
ance with his means. Let us show our prompt loyalty to the counsel
of the government In this" matter, and thus prove ourselves 100
per cent Americans In peace as well as In war. Notre Dame
Scholastic.
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PERSONALS
Margery Temple. '21. left yesterday
for California, where she will pnd
IIih rest of the winter.
Clarence Fellman. of Kansas City,
Missouri, who la the Chief of the Dis
tort of the fraternity, was a visitor
at the Beta Theta 11 house thl last
week end. During his visit the ac
tive chapter entertained for him at
a banquet and smoker, 8unday, at the
chapter bouse, when a large number
of alumni were present.
Doris Bates. '21. has been 111 for
he past lew days at the Qamma Thl
Beta bouse.
Lillian Shlnn, ex '18. or Chicago. Il
linois, Is a guest thta week at the Kap
pa Kappa Gamma house.
Dorothy Ffarr. '22. Is ill at the Chi
Omega house. She will leave today
with her mother, Mrs. 0. F. Pfarr,
who has been visiting her, for her
home In Denlson, where she will re
main indefinitely.
Week end v Is I tors at the Beta The
ta Pi house were as follows: Merle
Howard, Omaha; Ted Robinson, of
Waterloo; Rex Hampton, Richard Pe
ters, both of Omaha; Roy Channon,
Hamburg, Iowa; Fred- Kruppner,
Weeping Water; and Walter Roberts.
of Syracuse, New York, who played
left-half on the Syracuse football
game.
Mr. H. Van Glldeer. of Hastings. Is
a guest of his daughter. Da Ida Van
Gilder, this week, at the Gamma Phi
Beta house.
Alice Huntington, '23, of Omahi, re
turned to school yesterday, after a
visit at her home in Omaha.
Clarence I. Spellman of Kansas
City, chief of district 17 of Beta Theta
PI, was a week end visitor at the
Beta house the week end. A dinner
and alumni smoker were held at the
house in his honor.
Week end visitors at the Beta house
were, Ted Robinson, Waterloo, Neb.;
Loyal Shannon, Hamburg, la.; Fred
Klepser, Weeping Water, Neb.; Alex
Hanson, Merle Howard, Warren How
ard, and Richard Peters of Omaha.
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UNI NOTICES
Frtshmsn Ltcturss
The regular Freshmen lecture of S
p. m. Thursday, will bo hold at 4:20
p. m. Thursday according to the re
vised coal-conservation schedule. Dr.
F. M. Fling will give the lectuie on
the Formation of a World Society.
Visitors may attend this section If
Seated In the gallery.
XI Ds'ta
XI Delta meeting which was to be
held Thursday at 3:16 Is canceled. The
dance which the active XI Dtlta girls
planned to give at the Alpha XI Delta
house. Docembe 6,1 to which all alum
nae were invited has been Indefinitely
postponed.
Nsws
All news must be In to the Dally
Nebraskan office by 6:30 p. m., be
cause the office Is dark after 6 o'clock.
Engineers' 8mokr
The Engineers' smoker scheduled
for December 6th. Is indefinitely post
poned. Plans for the smoker will de
pend on the action of tl.e egentf" In
regard to the present coal shortage.
Another announcement will be made
In a few days.
EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE
'Harvard University, which has an
endowment of $33,954.82, which yi?lds
an annual income of $1,664,153.34, has
found It necessary to launch a cam
paign to increase her endowment. The
committee conducting this campaign
has issued a timely article concerning
education and the future.
The opening statements of this
pamphlet, "Harvard and the Future'
are challenging to every person inter
ested In education.
One thing must have been brought
home to all of us by the war. That Is
America's need of trained men, We
Wanted then, and we want even more
today, men who can lead in vital work.
We want men with a firm graBP of
fundamentals, with the background of
a liberal education, and with mint's
trained to think straight. Se;ious
economic, and social problems confront
us Voihy. Who is going to solve them?
Trading, manufacturing, transporta
tion, finance, the sciences, government,
public welfare, hold tremendous op
portunities for service and progress.
Who will have the vision, the judg
ment, and the trained mind to deal
with them in all their complexity and
magnitude? Educated men. The
country looks to its universities end
colleges to produce men trained for
leadership. The primary function of
these institutions and their .highest
duty is the production of trainen
men. The importance of the univer
sity as the intellectual center of the
nation grows with the years. Moie
and more are university teachers look
ed to as leaders of thought, not only
in purely academic fields, but In the
eminently practical field of economics,
scientific business, law, medicine, and
all the applied sciences. They are re
lied on to show the way in their chos
en subjects and, by their pioneer work
in research, to make fresh contr'bu
tions to human knowledge. America
Is realizing ft last how her future is
bound up with the futue of her uni
versities, for she must depend for her
true power on her trained men, and for
he trained men she must depend on
her universities.
But our universitiies cannot do Ibis
vital work effectively without help.
Two obstacles stand in their way and
threaten to reduce them to mediocrity
within the next twenty years. l'iist.
the insufficient pay of university teach
ers, which Inevitably will result in a
poorer grade of teachers; secondly,
lack of funds for adequate budgets
and thorough equipment. Both con
ditions have one main cause: our uni
versities have too great a task for
the income available. American uni
versities are constantly on the verge
of insolvency. They are forced to
live from hand to mouth; teacheis are
underpaid; equipment does not keep J
pace with modern demands; as edu
cational Institutions, they will he un
able to keep ud to standard. And
Harvard is no exception." Crelgh ton
Chronicle.
The Cadet Officers' Association
All meetings of the Cadet officers
association wil be postponed until fur
ther notice. 63 tt.
Dramatic Club
Members having had tickets for
"Les Follies" to sell will please settle
up with Business Manager Brooks
Harding as soon as possible. Bring
tickets and mon ey to class Tours
day.
Girls' Cornhusker Party
The Girls' Cornhusker party has
been indefinitely postponed, due to the
coal shortage.
Menorah Society
The Menorah Society will meet
Sunday evening, December 7 at 7:30
P. M. In Grand hotel, west entrance.
An interesting address and discus
sion on, "The Evolution of Modern
Hebrew," will be held. All university
members are especially invited.
Cyr,.;u6tic and Boxing Classes
Until further notice the evening
class in gymnastics (P. E. 31 Section
3) and Boxing Class (P. B. 44) will no'
meet on account of the coal conservation.
Swimming
Men's swimming classes will con
tinue at the regular scheduled time.
R. G. Clapp.
RUMORS
There are rumors on the cam
pus, There are rumors in the hall,
There are loads and loads of
rumors
Rumors large and rumors small.
There are rumors in the office,
Rumors floating in the air,
On the street and in the class
room, There are rumors everywhere.
There are rumors that the boil
ers In the boiler plant, have burst
And that school days will be
over
That is, until April first.
There are rumors that the stud
ents Pouring into Leonard Kline's
Shout with vigor in a chorus
'Lead us, Leonard, to the mines'
There are rumors that the coal
pile
Which the football fans adore
Has been shoveled in the furn
ace And the coal pile is no more.
And conjectures, this we credit
As among the very best;
" 'Greeley meant to beat the
miners
When he shouted, 'Boy, go
west.' "
Rumors say that wild Wyoming
Is a healthy place to live
With a pick axe for a ledmate
Make c pillow of a sieve.
Its the place to show ambition
There to burrow like a gopher
With a coal car for a flivver
And a Jack ass for a chauffer.
But wild rumors on the campus
Will eliminate the piker;
Heroes swear 'No rumors vamp
us.
We are out to beat the striker.'
Nobles, let this Christmas find
us
Ear beneath dear old earth's
lev;l
Leaving schorl and home be
hind us
Digging coal to beat the devil.
L. M. Cowley.
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Fifteen per cent increase in Octo
ber enrollment for 1919 over the Octo
ber enrollment for 1916, the last pre
war year, is shown by 21 universities
ami colleges in 16 states in all parts
of the nation. These institutions
range in size from 120 to 8,000 stud
ents, and are of all types and kinds.
The percentage of Increase seems tc
run a little higher for he larger in
stitutions than for the smaller. The
six schools showing a decrease are all
under 1500 and four of them are unuci
600. None of the larger institutions
show a decrease. The institutions
concerned were picked to give a cros
section of the college world, and the
figures are furnished by the registrars.
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Atlantic to fight mllitaism Is not the
one to be a quitter. when the fight
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the ocean.
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