HE Komensky Club, named in honor of the great Czechoslovak scholar and educational reformer, John Amos Comenius (1592-1670) was organized at the University of Nebraska in 1901 by eleven Czech students then in school. This chapter became the charter organization of the Federation of Komensky Clubs of America. The Federation numbered thirty chapters with a membership of twelve hundred before the war, comprising for the most part Czechoslovak students in the prominent colleges and universities in which the clubs were located.

     The purpose of the Komensky Club is to bring to the Czechoslovak student a more intelligent understanding of the contribution of the Slav to the arts and sciences, to bring him better comprehension of his duties as an American citizen, and to prepare him for cultural leadership among his own people in the commonwealth.

      The organization at Nebraska numbers between fifty and a hundred and is composed of most of the Czech students in the University. Meetings are held fortnightly at which time the members can get together at a banquet or party. Other social functions are held for the purpose of knitting the students in a closer union.

      Prominent men and women of Czechoslovak extraction are also secured to talk to the club and to meet its members at different times in the school year, which further aids the promotion of friendship and common bonds in the Czech students at Nebraska.

      All Czechoslovakia students are welcome in the organization and are urged to join while they are in school.

OFFICERS

President	HELENE NOVAK
Secretary	AGNES POSPISIL

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NE of the more recent student organizations at Nebraska University is the Lutheran Club. This club is primarily concerned in stimulating the Lutheran students to be active in their church relations while attending the University. The regular social meetings give Lutheran students and their friends an opportunity to satisfy their social desires. In this way friendships are developed which make the school year more pleasant.

     There is often a tendency to underestimate the benefits which a student may receive as a member of a religious organization. Those who take active interest in church work while attending the University will in later life find that they have been amply repaid for their efforts. Moreover, as students, they will enjoy their school work better, if they take an interest in religious work.

      The Lutheran Club is planning a comprehensive program for the coming year and will do its part in furthering Cornhusker loyalty.

OFFICERS

First Semester		Second Semester
EMIL LINDQUIST	President	WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN
REX GUSE	Vice-President	REX GUSE
ROSE SCHMIDT	Secretary	ROSE SCHMIDT
RUTH PEARSON	Treasurer	VIGGIO PETERSON

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