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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1026.
PRICE 5 CENTS
STAGE SET FOR
GIRL'S ANNUAL
COSTUMEPARTY
. 730 Tonight In
rUy; Grand March
At 8 O'clock
THREE PjiToFFERED
Prettiest, Funniest, Mo.t
Original Dres.es Will
Be Announced
Tonight in the old Armory, is the
rirl-, Cornhusker party, the annual
frolic for all Univerajty women. This
Lr the plans are more elaborate,
Jnd the evening will be crowded
with entertainment.
The party begins promptly at 7:30
o'clock, when dancing will start, to
the music of the Merrymakers, an or
chestra composed entirely of women.
The grand march, when all the cos
tumes are displayed, will begin at 8
o'clock, and the judges will then
award the prizes. There are three
prizes, given on the basis of the
prettiest, the funniest, and the most
original costumes. The skits then
follow, and after this, the rest of
the evening will be given over to
dancing.
Mystic Fish, which will give the
first skit, will present a song and
dance review. There will be a clever
chorus, and some specialty features,
Jane Glennon singing, and Lucile
Bair and Jeannette Dean dancing.
Tassel Stunt
Next is the Tassel's stunt, which
is called "What's Wrong with this
Picture?" The scene is laid in a
photographer's studio, when he is
taking pictures of various advertise
ments. Included in these are well
known ads, such as brands of baby
food, famous tonics, tooth paste, and
similar subjects. Ruch Clendenin is
the photographer, and Joyce Adair
tnd Helen Aach are in charge.
The Xi Delta stunt, Romeo and
Juliet, is next. There will be no
stage properties during this act, as
various girls will represent the neces
sary pieces of furniture. The skit
will be in pantomine, and is a modern
love story, adapted by Annie Brack
et! Betty Thornton is Juliet, Faith
McManus, Romeo, and Laura Mar
garet Raines reads the interpreta
tion. Serenade Skit
The final skit is that of Silver
Serpent, "Ye Fraternity Serenade."
This first part is a serenade in the
olden years, with the characters in
old-fashioned costumes. They will
sing a few old fashioned songs. The
second part is the present time in
the University. The night is after
a formal, and the boys appear, to
sing to their dates. At the first
notes, the girls are seen in a win
dow, hairs in braids, and ready for
bed. The serenade ends when they
smg several well known fraternity
sweetheart songs. Beth Paffenrath
is in charge.
The committee which will judge
the costumes is made up of Miss
Clara Wilson, Miss Mabel Lee, and
Mrs. E. W. Lantz. The admission to
the party will be 25 cents. If there
any surplus, it will go to the fund
wr a co-operative house, which is
Dng sponsored by the A. W. S
council.
Everyone is urged to come, and to
aress in any sort of costume desir-
The party will be over by 9:30
oclock.
Profits From Football Assure
Extensive Intramural Program
By Jack Elliott
Among the minor sports made pos
y by tllfl Profits of football games
mtnmuMl spirts this year will rnnk
n'gn in interest, Acting Director of
AlM.!tir. II. tbort Gish has outlined
8 Cl,pr-hi nsive t-chedule. The first
contests held u.,..er the new systor,,
Me the in'.trf-ntemity cross-country
run
The pr-.'.vnt standing of the intra
oral cm est finds Theta Chi frat
rt'ty in f.rM , lac with a totai of
's Points. Only cne event in the
reek race has been run off, and that
the cross-country race, in which
'ne Theta Chis won first. Second
in ftWaS Won by Farm House iy
"6 them a total of sixty points Third
as won by Tau Kappa Epsilon,
wth by Mu Sigma, and fifth by
AlPj Sigma thi.
Thirty points were awarded to each
"aternity or entering the cross
u"try, and those who did not place
M K SCOre 0f thirty point8' Thi!S
1 be the scheme of working the
itramural3 for the com.ng year Tn
basketball there will be fifty points
Coi t fr enterin ni hundred
"its for the winner, thus giving the
Th ne hundri and fifty points.
ne same will be used in mid-winter
eefrt 'n baseball winner re
iving one-hundred and fifty points,
Mt? for entering.
35 for Wrestlinf
a the intramural sports, thirty-
Seats Are Still Available
For Kosmet Show Monday
A few more seats for the evening
performance of "The Dream Pirate,"
the Kosmet Klub production which
will be presented at the Orpheum
theater next Monday evening, are
still available. There are more good
seats left for the matinee December
13,-according to Donald Sampson, in
charge of the ticket sales.
BAND MEMBER
RELATES TRIP
Seattle Game, Broadcasting,
Parades, Entertainment,
Are Described
ENGBERG MEETS TRAIN
By Leon Larimer
A dress parade in Seattle, a radio
broadcasting program at station
KOMO in that city, entertainment for
the band by Nebraska alumni asso
ciations of two cities, and a parade
in Hastings on the way home were
only a few of the many things done
by the University R. 0. T. C. band
while on the recent football trip to
Seattle.
The band took thirty members in
full uniform on the trip and played
at practically every stop made by the
team. At Sheridan, Wyo., there was
a large crowd awaiting the arrival of
the special train. At Sand Point,
Idaho, where the team worked out,
the band was out en masse demon
strating a little of that Nebraska
spirit for which the University is well
known. At Seattle the band paraded
in full uniform Tuesday afternoon
and that evening took part in a rally
held by the University of Washing
ton. The next day they played for the
Nebraska Alumni association banquet
which was held on the University of
Washington campus.
This banquet was attended by
Dean and Mrs. Carl Engberg.of the
University of Nebraska, and also by
Charles Borg, an old Nebraska foot
ball captain. After the banquet the
band played for the all-university
smoker which was attended by rep
resentatives of thirteen universities.
Then the band broadcasted from
radio station KOMO, Seattle.
Busy Day
Thanksgiving Day proved to be a
busy one. The band paraded on the
field before the game, and between
the halves made their well-known
"N" which they have been making at
all games this year. A "W" was made
in honor of the Washington team.
The Washington band also made an
"N" between halves and paraded.
Prof. William T. Quick, director of
the R, 0. T. C. band, in commenting
on the University of Washington's
musical organization said, "The
Washington band was certainly a
fine one. They played well, and in
their new uniforms of blue and gold,
presented a very good appearance."
After the game, the Nebraska
bandsmen were the guests of the Ne
braska athletic department at a
Thanksgiving dinner at the Olympic
hotel where the Cornhusker team
stopped, and after the dinner played
in the lobby of the hotel.
When the special train arrived in
Portland Friday afternoon, there
were cars awaiting at the station, and
everyone was, taken for a sight-seeing
trip down the Columbia river drive.
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fiv nnints will ba E-iven for wrestling
nri RiYtv-five for the winner, thus
giving a total of one hundred points.
In cross-country it will be tniny iur
entering and forty-five for the win
ner. In the minor sports there will
be tennis, handball, volleyball, horse
shoe, bowling, rifle shooting and class
B basketball.
r.,1, frntprnitv will be allowed two
basketball teams this year, one in the
class A section and one in the class
r nAtinn A nlaver will not be al
lowed to go from A section to the B
section, but a class B player will be
permitted to go to the A class sec
tion, according to Herbert uimi, u--of,
t nthiPtirs. Inter-fraternity
basketball will start immediately
after the Christmas vacation, ana
most of the teams have already star
ted their practice.
The wrestling tournament. ...
j Tw.v,k, n under the same
CU juri-ciiiw. .
rules as last year. The handball
4.. -aelv for use. as Well as
the tennis courts. There are ten hand
ball courts in the Coliseum, so me
difficulty experienced in last years
will not be encountered in regard to
the practice hours.
Two Runt
t wM.winter track a contestant
may not compete in more than two
of the following runs: 14U, oou,
mile and two-mile runs. No limitation
is placed on the ield events or any
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Which
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Glenn Pretnell
Glenn r-rennoll, '28, DcWitt, has bcon
selected as a probable leader of the 11)27
l'isi beeaime of bi nutntamlinit playlnK
in the Imekficld. Besides hi consixtent
irround-Kaininit ability. Glenn ha a plraa
in perBonality that affords him the friend
ship of every member on the team.
Freshman Grid
Squad Finishes
Active Season
QUALITY OF PLAY WITH
KAGGIES COMMENDABLE
By Douglas Ttmmerman
The 1926 Varsity men have re
ceived the honors which they richly
deserved and have laid aside their
football togs until the spring prac
tice. The yearling gridsters . have
likewise turned in their uniforms and
have resumed studies with the pleas
ant ring of praise in their ears.
Those who were faithful will be
awarded numerals for this season's
work. They comprised a freshman
team which ranked high among those
of the past. Meeting the Varsity at
every available time, they played the
game of "put and take" with admir
able persistence.
In their one official appearance be
fore the football public, on Novem
ber 6 against the Kansas Aggie fresh
men, they displayed form and quality
which stamped them as real contend
ers for regular berths on the Varsity
in 1927.
Another Came
Efforts to secure another contest
for the youngsters next year were
made at the annual meeting of ath
letic directors in Des Moines, Decem
ber 4. Nothing definite resulted, how
ever, and the matter was put aside
until the spring conclave. Meanwhile,
those interested are hoping for at
least one freshman game to supple
ment the five Varsity contests.
Stars on the team were numerous
and colorful. Coached by "Choppy"
Rhodes and Harold Hutchinson, both
former Varsity men, they swiftly de
veloped from a mob to a precisioned
football machine. This was in evi
dence during the junior Wildcat
game, when the yearlings proceeded
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Varsity
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"Dutch" Weymuller
One of the very important factors
that makes for a winning football
team is the quality of the school
spirit that is backing the team. Ne
braska is noted throughout the coun
ts,, fnr thA wonderful spirit that it
possesses, and the success of the
Cornhuskers in the athletic Wv.ia ims
been due, in no small measure to this
school spirit.
Nebraskans have been fortunate m
having such good cheerleaders. To be
a cheerleader is an honor indeed, and
these men have given evidence of
their ability and loyalty to the school.
They never let the spirit ol tne scnooi
i.i ,wiir the team io winning
or losing. In the Kansas Aggie and
New York games when the team was
fighting the elements as well as its
opponents, the cheerleaders Kept w.
to a fever pitch. No
one will ever forget the Kansas Aggie
game when the cheerleaders iorgot
their soggy flannels and shrinking
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Will Be 1927 Captain?
John Brown
Another back field man whom playing
has merited due consideration for leader
ship of next season's squad is John Itrown,
'2H, of Lincoln. In his first year of com
petition, hia generalship on the field drew
favorable comment from coaches and foot
ball fans.
Munro Kezer's Articles
Will Be Resumed Sunday
Munro Kezer's series of articles
will be resumed Sunday in the
next regular issue of The Daily
Nebraskan, when he will discuss
the radio department of the Uni
versity. ORR LECTURES
WORLD FORUM
Discusses Student Council
Meeting at Ann Arbor
And Arts College
That the biggest educational prob
lem of the day is how to keep the
student interested, was the opinion
expressed by Douglas Orr, former
University student who is now at
tending Swarthmore, in his talk be
fore the World Forum Wednesday
noon at the Grand Hotel.
He opened his talk by discussing
the National Student Federation of
America's conference which he had
recently attended at Ann Arbor, and
which will meet here next year.
Liberal Education
He then told of the students' re
port on the arts college published last
year. He said he felt now that he
could get a liberal education here as
well as in the East. To do so, he said,
he would take about twelve hours,
get permission to attend valuable lec
tures, and read intensively and ex
tensively on the side. He reiterated
his belief that the arts college should
aid in developing a students ability
to think and should furnish him with
a suitable background in the various
fields of learning.
Wisconsin Theater Seats 500
The theater in the new addition to
Bascom hall at the University of Wis
consin will seat 500.
Cheerleaders
"'X.
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"Nick" Amo
blazers and kept the team assured
that the student body was backing
them to the limit.
Nebraska's head cheerleader is
Nick Amos. "Nick" is a graduate of
Omaha Central, where he also served
as cheerleader. Amos was appointed
n Vnrsitv cheerleader his freshman
year in school which is unusual. This
is his third year as cheerleader. His
work has been particularly fine, and
he has done everything in his power
to back the team. In order to assure
some organized support, "Nick" was
sent to Washington with the team.
With his assistants, Amos"' has very
capably directed the student body in
their support of the team.
The second Varsity cheerleader is
"Chic" Dox, also a former Central
High man. "Chic" served as freshman
cheerleader last year, and his work
was so good that he was appointed
this year to the Varsity position. He
shows real ability, and has given
'Jr..
m
If m
Ray Randall
The outstanding qualification of Ray
Mandela, '2H, Anthony, Kan., for leadership
of the team Is his ability to talk to the
players and urge them to greater effort
during the Rime, The reaction of the
team to his encouragements or bits of ad
vice was as noticeable as hia achievements
in the tackle position.
104,625 See
Husker Games
This Season
More than 104,000 persons
watched the 1926 Cornhusker foot
ball team battle through the season.
The exact number, 104,625, compares
very favorably with a record of 101,-
000 last year. Of this number, 66,
747 watched the Cornhuskers and the
freshmen on the home gridiron.
The University of Washington
game played at Seattle heads the list
with the largest attendance on the
Huskers schedule, with over 20,000
persons watching the Huskers and
Huskies. The Missouri game played
on Nebraska's gridiron is second on
the list with over 16,000 people
watching the Missouri victory.
Profitable Freshman Game
Nebraska made the only profitable
showing in the freshman games of
the Valley when about 3,100 persons
witnessed the freshmen of Nebraska
and Kansas Aggies battle at Ne
braska. The following table shows the at
tendance for 1926:
University, of Washington
at Seattle 20,469
Missouri at Lincoln 16,348
Kansas Aggie at Lincoln.... 15,922
New York U. at Lincoln.... 13,401
Kansas at Lawrence 12,023
Ames at Lincoln 9,029
Drake at Lincoln 8,865
Washington at St. Louis.... 5,386
Freshman game at Lincoln 3,182
Total attendance for 1926.... 104,625
Total attendance for 1925.... 101,000
Two Professors Become Presidents
Two professors of the University
of Wisconsin A. B. Hall and Max
Mason within 8 months last year
became presidents of universities
Oregon and Chicago.
of 1926
"Chic" Dox
preat promise of what he can do in
his next two years.
The third member of the squad is
"Dutch" Wevmuller, also from Oma
ha. Dutch served as freshman cheer
leader with Dox, and is now in his
first year as Varsity cheerleader.
"Dutch" has a world of pep and is
nil the time.
Nebraska's freshman cheerleaders
are: James Hamilton, George Greg
ory, Howard Kennedy, and Cleo
Leehliter.
Hamilton is head of the squad of
freshman cheerleaders. He is the man
who kept the stands amused by his
tic stunts. Georee Gregory is
serving as freshman cheerleader and
is also from Omaha. "Brick" Kennedy
io tha freshman that helped to keep
things going. He is also an Omaha
man.
Cleo Leehliter, the fourth member
of the squad, hails from Auburn,
where he served as cheerleader in
high school.
I
NEBRASKA HONORS TEAM AT
ANNUAL BANQUET TONIGHT
Between 800 and 1,000 Men Expected at Scottish Rite
Temple for Occasion 'When Students Pay Homage
To Members of 1926 Football Squad
NAMING OF STINER'S SUCCESSOR WILL BE CLIMAX
Governor McMuIlen, Chancellor Avery, Coach Bearg, and
Stiner Among Speakers; Junior Chamber of Commerce
And Lincoln Business Men Will Be Present
The Cornhusker banquet, the annual tribute which Ne
braska gives to her football team, will be held tonight in the
Scottish Rite Temple at 6 o'clock. It is expected that between
800 and 1,000 persons will be present.
The event of the banquet, to which Cornhusker support
ers look with interest, is the announcement of the election of
next season's football captain. Captain "Lonnie" Stiner will
retire from his place and the leader of next year's eleven will
take the position awarded him because of his qualities as a
star player and a leader of men.
Omaha Alumni Entertain
Cornhuskers and Coaches
Cornhusker football players who
saw service on the 1926 eleven
and coaches were guests of alumni
in Omaha yesterday evening at
the University Club.
Omaha was proud of the show
ing made by the athletes from
their city this season. Tho five
Omahans: "Blue" Howell, Elmer
Holm, Vint Lawson, Wally Mar
row and Leroy Lucas, were all im
portant cogs in this season's ma
chine. Howell, Marrow, and Law
son are graduates of Central, and
Holm and Lucas played at Tech
nical high school.
XMAS PARTY
IS SATURDAY
Last Varsity Dance Before
Holidays Has Novel
Decorations
The Christmas Varsity party will
be held Saturday night in the Coli
seum, the main feature of which
will be the giving of gifts during in
termission. Following last year's
custom tickets with numbers will be
given at the door, the duplications
of which are to be used for the draw
ing. Successive numbers will be
drawn from the box and those peo
ple holding them will publicly receive
and open the gifts given them.
Chriitmai Tree
A large Christmas tree will be
placed in the center of the floor and
the other decorations will center
around it. The orchestra stand, on
the center of the west side, will be
massed with red and green as will
also the refreshment counters, one on
either side of the floor.
The Yuletide designs have been
carried out even farther than the
decorations, according to Oscar Nor
ling, one of the joint chairmen of
the refreshment committee. Green
punch, with red cherries will be serv
ed with wafers during the evening.
Christmas numbers will be added to
the program in order to complete
the spirit.
Football Has Greater Effect on
Students than on TeamDecided
Editor' Notes Glen Buck, preai-
dent of the Nebraka Student Coun-
cil, and Ruth Palmer, a member,
were the Nebraska delegates at tha
International Student Council con
vention last week at Ann Arbor. Thi
ia the third of a series of articles
which they will write for Tho Daily
Nebraskan.
That the effect of intercollegiate
football upon the undergraduate
bodv is a far more important matter
than its effect upon the members of
the team, was the consensus of opin
ion of the athletic committee at the
National Students' Federation of
America convention held at Ann Ar
bor, Mich., December 2, 3, and 4.
The nlavers are relatively few; the
undergraduate body affected by the
game is enormously large.
M. A. Cheek of Harvard Univer
sity, and formerly captain of a
"Crimson" football team, was chair
man of the athletic committee and
led the discussions concerning com
mon problems in couege atnietics.
He was assisted by A. S. Dashiel, a
praduate of Princeton, and now on
the editorial staff of Scribner's Mag
azine. Mr. Dashiel has written a num
ber of articles concerning athletics
for Scribner's Magazine that have
excited considerable interest in col
leges throughout the country.
The committee also included such
men as George Guttormsen, captain
of the University of Washington
football team, the student athletic
manager of the University of Oregon,
a member of the West Virginia 1926
football team, and other students in
terested in athletics from colleges
The speakers on the program are:
Chancellor Avery, Mr. Omenson of
Omaha, Governor Adam McMuIlen,
Coach E. E. Bearg, John (Choppy)
Rhodes, and "Lonnie" Stiner.
Entertainment for the banquet will
be offered by Harriet Cruise Kem
mer, Ed Ellingston, and Gale Grubb.
Moving pictures showing Roland
Locke breaking the world's record in
the 220-yard dash will be a fea
ture. The Junior Chamber of Commerce
will have a representation at the
banquet. Lincoln business men have
shown their desire to attend. The
fraternities will be well represented,
some of them attending in an entire
body.
Tickets Available
It is Ftill possible to obtain tick
ets. They will be on sale at the
Scottish Rite temple tonight before
the banquet.
The first Cornhusker banquet. was
given in 1898. This affair was ar
ranged and financed by the team
members themselves and given in a
restaurant at 13 and O Streets. In
1902 the banquet was given in the
Lincoln Hotel. Since the earlier days,
it has grown in importance until it is
one of the foremost celebrations of
the year at Nebraska. Since the
building of the Scottish Rite temple
the event has been held there.
REED CHOSEN CHAIRMAN
OF REQUIREMENTS GROUP
Prof. A. A. Reed, director of the
University extension division, has re
turned from Chicago and Ann Arbor,
Mich., where he was doing some com
mittee work in connection with the
North Central Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools. At the
last meeting of the association a com
mittee was appointed to bring before
the association at its next meeting
plans for the formulation of college
entrance requirements in terms of a
three-year high school course of the
type which has come into general use
since the adoption of the junior and
senior high school system. Professor
Reed is chairman of this committee.
Other members are: Dr. C. H. Judd
of the University of Chicago, Ira M.
Smith, registrar of the University of
Michigan; Merle Prunty, principal of
the Tulsa, Okla., high school; and
H. H. Ryan, principal of the Ben
Blewett high school at St. Louis. The
committee will report at the meeting
of the association in Chicago next
March.
and universities in many parts of the
United States.
Resolution
A resolution was passed by this
committee recommending that every
college and university require each
candidate for an athletic team to
sign a pledge upon his entrance into
collegiate athletics to the effect that
he will not become professional until
his class has graduated. Several east
ern colleges and universities have
received considerable criticism be
cause their football players have quit
school immediately after the football
season to become members of pro
fessional teams. The Bigning of a
pledge would be only a moral obli
gation upon the athlete, and if he
wished to break his promise to his
school, he would be able to do so.
The feeling of the committee re
garding post-season games was that
contests staged only for commercial
interests, as the annual game played
at Pasadena in connection with the
Tournament of Roses, should be for
bidden. Another example of a con
test promoted for commercial inter
ests only is the suggested Army-Navy
game to be played at Philadelphia. If
this game is played, its main purpose
will likely be to make up some of
the deficit of the Sesqui-Centennial
Exposition.
Post-Season Games
The committee approved of post
season games when conditions are
such that the contest will promote a
better feeling between two institu
tions and when a championship can
be decided without seriously interfer
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