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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
8
A distressed note questions plans to abandon and junk 15 University of Lincoln buildings on the city campus. The writer defends preservation and challenges perceived wrecking as poor business.
The University of Nebraska library building, built 1891 to 1895 with pressed brick and sandstone, has fixed fixtures and a depreciated cost of $18,785 by 1912, an estimated present value of $91,715, and contractors estimate reproducing the library on the State Park would cost $150,000.
Mrs. Elmer Greider returned Sunday from visiting relatives at Steele City since the 4th. Clare Glauser of Harrisburg Pennsylvania visited here Saturday and Sunday. Wilson of Steele City received a new trace engine at this station yesterday.
Mrs F M Walburn and daughter Eleanor of Endicott visited in Diller yesterday with her niece Mrs Earl Pearce and family. Dr O C Diehl saw a dozen threshing rigs operating near Plymouth and Daykin amid hail effects on corn. John G Hilder near town had a wood chopping accident as an axe struck a clothes line and hit his forehead in a star shape. he is said to be recovering nicely at the local physician's care.
S C Phillips and family visited from Beatrice last Friday by auto to inspect his farm. Opal Jackson with her wount Miss Mable Jackson traveled to Beat rice last Saturday then to visit Lincoln with grandmother Mrs G Jackagan. Miss Caroline Hiatt of Odell stayed with Mrs Harley Moffit and Virginia Dunn returned to near Diller after helping Aunt Mrs Starkey with harvest. Forest Warthen spends week in Diller visiting grandmother and aunt. and wife spent at Win Hill's.
Mrs J G Packer and Mrs Ruth Bowers joined Leslie Nickeson on an auto trip to Wymore yesterday. Walter Patton sold his threshing rig to Hubbell buyers for shipment yesterday. Eli Lockhard visited old Diller friends from Odell until noon Thursday. Lockhard owns land near Diller. Westminster visitors from West Hill Cumberland County Pa and Carlisle Pa arrived Wednesday to see Nebraska relatives and old Pennsylvania friends around Diller. It has been 29 years since the two women last met and they plan a long visit now they are together.
A Jefferson County club in Peru Nebraska organized at the State Normal this summer with forty three members. Officers elected include Rhue E Green president Eva L Witty vice president Florence Line secretary and Walter Slaughter treasurer. They picnicked at a park with a lunch prepared by the social committee and were hosted by Miss Linnie Rusecker and Prof. Wm Delzell.
A quotation attributed to Br. Frank Crane urges personal responsibility and vigilance. It emphasizes the speaker's authority over decisions, warns against risk and alcohol, and insists on careful, excuse-free conduct. The message frames self-discipline as essential for safety and accountability.
The agricultural college advises farmers to plow early and deep to curb Hessian fly. Sow late, around October 10 if possible. Avoid replanting wheat on stubble and harrow fields often to kill volunteer crops.
A country man riding home in the city finds a seat for a feeble old lady who boards a crowded car at five in the afternoon. The scene contrasts urban arrogance with rural politeness as the country man offers his seat to the woman despite a disdainful passerby.
The piece argues taxpayers must provide access to university education for energetic youths across the state. It calls for reasonable facilities in academics and athletics, downplaying luxury, and imagines pride in building a great institution of learning despite burdens.
Drs Moors and Shidler of York Nebraska oppose the U S Extension Committee plan to remove. They argue removal harms alumni ties to the old campus and buildings, warns politicians could profit, and stresses alumni interest as vital to western colleges. They call for preserving land and facilities for ongoing programs.
Frank D. Eager campaign statement urges farmers to resist moving the agricultural school from its present farm. He argues concentration would steal farm land for campus needs and stresses development of the university and a strong agriculture program benefits all Nebraskans. The school remains best for farmer interests and state prosperity.
Charlotte C. Worley, a 1898 and 1906 graduate, writes in the Daily Star criticizing grand university campuses for beauty over usefulness. She warns that four years end in commencement and entry into a harsh world, not a lotus-eating life amid luxurious grounds.
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