The San Francisco call., 1905-04-03
PELICAN BACKS
CAPTAIN NANCE
Satirical Journal Advises
Students to Take Their
Military Work Seriously
EDITORIAL is STRONG
Praises the Instructor and
Declares That the Drill
Is Part of the Course

| BERKELEY. April 2.-"His place
here is to teach us how to drill so
says the Pelican, the satirical quarterly
of the Berkeley students, speaking of
Captain Nance, military instructors
The Pelican has cartooned and lam
pooned the West Pointer who insisted
on strict military discipline during drill
, hours at Berkeley, but to-day publishes
an editorial advising the students to
take their military course seriously.
,, When Captain Nance first introduced
his ideas, which We're regarded as saw
lUring of the martinez, the students re-
belled. Their insuL Lordination created
quite a furor in the college town. But
they finally discovered that while the
| captain insisted upon discipline, he
meant 1t for their best interests. Grad
ually most of the students fell in line
with the idea that the course in mill
tary science was part of their work.
Now even the satirists realize 1t. The
Pelican's editorial is as follows:
Pelican thinks 1t is time to drop word
OF advice to the fellows who are supposed
to drill 1t is time for them TO get onto
themselves-net all OF them but those who in
sst on rough housing during the drill hour
II the who create disturbances such as
that of last Monday don't get down to re-
to those drilling as they should TO make the
disturbing element do its share properly
The work Is there to be done. The uni
versity prescribes II, just as II prescrtbes a
certain amount of work in mathematics or
natural science. We realize that the other
prescribed work must be done. and we DO II
as we'll as we can. Military. in the eyes OF
those who graduate some OF ue stands IN
exactly the same category mathematics or
natural science and It is for us to do all
prescribed work with sincere vigor out OF re-
Of n
tions, then get out
There are quite a few at California who
do respect university regulations. They want
to do what is assigned them. and they put their
best into the effort. By rough housing during
drill it is made harder for these to accomplish
what they have undertaken. Then out of re-
gard for the fellows who respect their anna
mater, those who show by disturbing drill that
they do not give her though ought to supside
a bit.
Finally. If we don't care either for the au-
thority of the university the sincerity Of
the fellows we certainly should prove ap-
probation of the manly way IN which Cap
tain Nance has acted He came here, en-
tirely out of sympathy with our college spirit
and ignorant of what it meant. This led
him to making what many of US thought were
see how We felt. That he did this is proved
by his later actions. Now his place here is
to teach us how to drill. The better he does
1t is our place, out of appreciation for the
man, If for no other reason. to make his po-
sition as easy possible.
o course, the rough house during drill on
Monday not criminal. 1t was only lie
tie thoughtless. But get in and try 10 think
Pelican gives you exercises in the practice.
If incompetent cadet officers can't make the
thoughtless of US be otherwise. then let the
at 1t. At least being thoughtfui is better
than being thoughtless Good may come from
the one-it never can come from the other.
The current Pelican is called an
April FOOLS number" Its cartoons
are daring, as usual in many in
Sta nd inkpC ciO iOr, ,al w
risque. The contribution of one out
slider, dealing with Ben Greet and his
frequent appearances at college, was
printed. reading thus:
We've been greeted by Ben
Till of Ben Greet we're sore,
Thank God we'll be greeted
By Ben Greet no more.
The college water wagon" labeled
"Anheuser," bearing load OF royster-
ing students wearing the university
&C. has q full page cartoon. A play
upon the Saturday Evening Post is
made in a cartoon depicting collegian
with battered plug affectionately en-
bracing, in his maudlin enthusiasm, an
unresponsive lamp post, all supposedly
occurring on Saturday night.
Recorder James Sutton, in knicker-
bockers. hidden behind fence, has the
role of small boy trying to fool the
oncoming pedestrian with a package
labeled diploma" to which a string is
attached.
Gibes are cast at the earnest and ris-
ing young journalists who toll for the
Daily Californian without money and
without price, the gibes taking this
form:
How doth the freshman busiIy
Improve each shining hour?
He hiketh after items for
The Daily Cauliflower
He hustles till IL makes him thin,
He weareth out his shoes;
And in the end he brngeth in
A bunch OF last weeks news.
Augustus c. Keane acknowledges re-
sponsibility for this edition of the Peli-
can. The caToonists include Harry
Rogers, Carl Hoffman, Emil Kruschke
and ]. Klein.