Services the University has Rendered to the Federal Government Since the Beginning of the War.

Immediately after the declaration of the state of war by Congress the University Senate at the suggestion of the Chancellor passed a rule permitting students in good standing to withdraw with full credit for the remainder of the semester provided that such withdrawal would be a distinct aid to the federal government in any military or economic way. Over one thousand young men withdrew under this provision to work on farms or in some other industrial capacity to enlist in the army or navy or to enter reserve officers' training camps. Development of Patriotic Sentiment Professors Fling, Hrbkova Stuff as well as the Chancellor and others in high school commencement addresses and on other occasions have rendered every assistance possible to the federal government in creating sentiment in the state to back up fully the present administration in its war plane. Their attitude has been one of outstanding and unqualified loyalty without academic doubts or discussions of how things might possibly have been handled in a better way. Food Production On the declaration of war the Secretary of Agri culture summond Dean Burnett Professor Pugsley and the Chancellor to St. Louis to confer on the food situation. One of the practical results of this conference has been the work in canning and drying introduced in the state through the Agricultural Extension Service under the leader ship of Professor Pugsley. The Department of Agriculture at Washington had just worked out an unique drying process which Professor Pugsley discovered and made practical through his extension agents. The results of his activities are shown in the municipal drying plants at Belmont University Place the hospital for the insane and other points. Preserving the products of the garden is vital as it will release canned goods for the use of the soldiers in the field and save trans portation as well as to increase the total food supply. In food production the successful work of Professor Loomis Mrs. Davisson Miss Wilson and a large number of young women from the main University as well as the Agricultural College deserves honorable mention. Professor Hoffman Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has had made in his Department a large number of trays for drying which he has sold at a little above cost the balance going to the Red Cross fund.

PERSONAL OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE

Though probably most of them will not be called for many of the professors have offered their services to the Council of Defense or other quasi-legal organizations for civilian service. Among these are the Chancellor as a chemist Professor Lees as guide and interpreter Professor Conklin as instructor in French nearly the entire engineering faculty along the lines of their specialties and the same would be true of the agricultural gaculty in food supply work.

ACTUAL ENLISTMENT

On motion of Regent Hall the University offered to any of its employees who would enlist full salary for the remaining current year and positions again after the war. The following professors and instructors have complied with this provision and are now at Fort Snelling: Professor Buck Professor Calvin Mr. Babbitt and Mr. Davis fo the Department of Agricultural Botany. The number of students and alumni who have gone into reserve officers' training camps is not known. It is probable however that it exceeds 300. The record of the Nebraskans at Fort Snelling is said to be equal to the best of any states represented there. The son of Regent Hall has just been named as Colonel of the Sixth Nebraska Regiment. The son of Dean Davis is with the American Navy.

PLANS FOR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IS MILITARY OR ALLIED SUBJECTS

Tentative negotiations have been conducted with the federal government in regard to instructional courses which will doubtless have a direct bearing on the war. Under in structions from the federal government the nature and character of these courses cannot be announced at present. Dean Stout of the College of Engineering has received praise from the federal officials for the manner in which he has handled tentative plans.

COOPERATION WITH THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

Professor Hrbkova is a member of the Council. The resources of the University have been freely placed at the disposal of the council and have been publicly acknowledged by the same.

MATERIAL EQUIPMENT OFFERED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

The use of the hospital at Omaha the laboratories of the University for experimentation or manufacturing purposes and other lines of work required in war times have been offered to the federal government and the University stands ready to placed them at the disposal of the government whenever they may be needed.

FUTURE ENLISTMENTS

A number of the faculty as well as students and alumni have applied for admission to the training camps to be started sometime in August. The son of Regent Hall has just been named as Colonel of the Sixth Nebraska Regiment. The son of Dean Davis is with the American Navy. The son of Regent Miller has applied for admission to a training camp. Professor Frankforter and Principal Taylor of the Teachers' College High School have also applied for admission. There are doubtless many others whose names have been overlooked by the writer of this article who should be mentioned.

CONCLUSION

An indirect influence that the University is exercising comes through the spreqad of military knowledge and patriotic sentiment. From the days of Colonel Dudley through the adminis trations of great Commandants such as Lieutenant Pershing and others down to our own beloved Captain Parker the military sentiment has been kept alive in spite of the assaults of pacifists in the institution and even before legislative com mittees. The military service of the successive classes of students sometimes a little galling and not always popular is of great value to the state and nation in thin times of national stress.

ACTIVITIES OF THE REGENTS OUTSIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY

Regent Lyford has been prominent in the Richardson County Council of Defense. Regent Landis has rendered a similar service in Seward County. Regent Brown is chairman of the Lancaster County Council of Defense. Regent Haller has been active in securing agricultural machinery and especially in the distribution of seed wheat to farmers. The activities of Regent Miller in the Red Cross and the Liberty Bonds and of Regent Hall in furthering the work of the National Guard are too well known to require further mention.