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Sotuloff, Return
Rallies Scheduled
A .short rally will be held this
morning at t) o'clock in front of
the coliseum to nive the Husker
footballers a sendoff before the
team leaves by bus for Manhat
tan, Kas.
Cheerleaders. Tassels, Corn
Cobs and all students who do not
have 9 o'clock classes are urged
to be there, Martin IVsek, yell
king, said.
A second rally will be held Sat
urday night when the team re
turns. Members of the pep groups
and students will meet at the Lin
coln bus depot at 11 p.m., at
which time the lluskers' bus is
scheduled to u i rive.
'Cornshuchers'
Legs Contest
Gels Underway
The "Cornshucks" legs contest
Is getting off to a whistling start,
according to Skip Stahl, business
manager and chief authority on
gorgeous gams.
But there's a catch to the deal
only subscribers may vote to se
lect the most beautiful pair of
legs on campus, using the official
ballot which will appear Nov. 15
in the first issue of the magazine,
along with pictures of the con
testants' legs.
Subscriptions are being sold for
$1.00 for the year by members of
Corncobs and Tassels. Individual
copies of the magazine will sell
for 20c, thus saving regular sub
scribers 20c on the six issues
which they will receive.
"Cornshucks' " first issue will
also contain humor and original
articles and fiction by members
of the staff.
Oisen to Play at Homecoming
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Chosen to play at Homecoming dunce
Enrollment
Marks Hit
New Peak
The total enrolment at the Uni-
vnrcitv nf Wnhrntlrn fur ir frill
semester reached an all-time high
for the institution, with a total
of 10,153 full time students, ac
cording to unofficial figures re
leased Thursday by Dr. George
VV. Koscnlof, director of admis
sions. In comparison, the figures for
last year, first semester, were
J,u'13. In 1939-40, considered a
normal pre-war year, the enroll
ment was 6,774.
Total enrollment for the 194G
47 school year, including summer
session, with all duplicate names
omitted reaches 12,9!)!!, comparing
with 7,433 in 1915-40. Including
secondary schools, short courses,
evening classes and correspond
ence students the enrollment
reached 21,063 in 1946-47.
In addition the university Is
providing instruction for 417 high
school students at the agriculture
school in Curtis and 200 in Teach
ers College high school in Lin
coln. Evening classes on Lincoln
campus serve 420 persons.
NSA Delegates Leave
Six University of Nebraska stu
dents lease today for Kansas City,
Missouri, where they will attend
a regional convention of the Na
tional Student association Oct. 24
and 25.
Those attending the convention
are seniors B. J. llolcomb, Stanley
Johnson, Hariet Quinn, and jun
iors Bob Coonlcy, Norm Leger and
Bill Schenk.
Friday, October 23, 1947
Innocents Prescribe Rules
For Homecoming Fete
The Innocents Society, men's , Homecoming Cup award, the In-
senior honorary, has announced
the rules Governing the decora
nous oi an iioums ior iiohuiomi
ing week end. Friday, Oct. 31, is
the deadline for entries in the
1947 Homecoming celebration.
The Homecoming "house deco
ration contest," which is tradi
tionally sponsored by the Inno
cents Society, is open to every
house on campus. The University
Homecoming Cu$ award will be
given to the winning display in
each group.
The following general rules
have been published. Failure to
comply with the rules will dis
qualify the organization from the
competition:
1. No display will exceed the
maximum cost allowance
of $40.00 for each house
display.
2. All decorations mint
completed by 0:00 p.
Nov. 7.
3. All entries must be
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nutted to the Innocents
Society by Oa. 31.
4. There will be a $3.00 en
try fee for each display.
Judges for the contest will be
three impartial non-student ex
perts and two members of the
Innocents Society. Names of all
judges will be announced at a
later date and the decision of the
judges is final.
The decisions will be based on
originality, attractiveness, and
general relationship to the theme
of Homecoming, according to
Johnson, who emphasized that
expensive displays are not neces
sarily good displays.
In a final explanation of the
Annual Dance Will Feature
Presentation of Pep Queen
Plans for the annual Homecoming ball, sponsored by
Corn Cobs and Tassels, are rapidly nearing completion,
The informal dance will be held this year in the university
Coliseum Saturday, Nov. 8, from 8 p.m. to midnight.
The 1947-48 Pep Queen, chosen from a group nomin
ated by Tassels, will be presented as part of the festivities.
The new queen will succeed
Phyl Harris, who was presented at
last year's ball on Nov. 2.
$3 per Couple,
Tickets, at $3 per couple, will
go on sale Tuesday, Oct. 28, and
may be bought from any Corn
Cob or Tassel, or at a booth in
Social Sciences and the Union.
The ball will close the home
coming festivities, which include
judging of floats and house dis
plays, rallies, and of course the
University of Kansas-Cornh usker
football game Saturday afternoon
on the Memorial Stadium turf.
George Olsen's band has been
engaged for the occasion. Olsen's
Music of Tomorrow" has been
popular for many years, and he
lias played all over the country
during his career. He has made
appearances at the Waldorf Hotel
in New York, the Stevens in Chi
cago, the Ambassador in Los An
geles, the Rice in Houston, and in
numerable others.
Famous Musicals
Olsen, a born perfectionist,
heading a band during undergra
duate days at Michigan, rose
to fame soon after when he was
discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld in
California. Soon his band was
supplying music for such famous
musicals as "Kid Boots" and
Whoopee," starring Eddie Cantor,
and "Happy Days," "Follow
Through," "Good News," "Sunny,"
and the "Ziegfeld Follies."
From his long association with
Ziegfeld and other producers, Ol
sen has become a standout show
man and has developed an exten
sive knowledge of stage direction
of hits.
nocents president announced that
everv house on campus, both or-
eanized and unorganized. is
eligible for the award. He called
for 100 percent cooperation on
the part of every group in the
university.
Sigma Chi and Rosa Bouton
Hall were first place winners, re
spectively, in the men's and
women's divisions of the
contest.
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Sixteenth Coll -
Offers Variety
The curtain will rise on the
sixteenth annual presentation of
Coll-Agi i-Fun at the College Ac
tivities Building on Ag Campus
Saturday niht at 8 o'clock. The
(show was first presented in 1027
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ano, wiwi wie iwi epuoii oi a icm
year absence due to the war, has
appeared every year since then.
Coll-Agri-Fun was created for
the purpose of creating and de
veloping talent in dramatics, mu
sic and leadership among ag stu
dents and to promote entertain
ment for those interested in ac
tivities on the campus. It was
mainly thru the efforts of Dr. T.
H. Gooding of the Agronomy de
partment that the show got its
start.
A full evening of entertainment
is in store for show-goers this
year. Fourteen acts including
eight curtain numbers and six
skits promise a, wide variety of
entertainment and after the show
there will be dancing until mid
night. Final dress rehearsal for the
show was held Wednesday night
Alaska Head
All
io itiaress
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The first in the series of convo
cations will be held Friday at 2
p.m. in the Union ballroom when
Ernest Gruening, governor of
Alaska, speaks on "America's
Stake in the Arctic."
In 1933 President Roosevelt sent
Greuning to the seventh Pan
American Conference in Montevi
deo to act as advisor to the U. S.
delegation. A year later he left
the newspaper field to direct the
division of territories and island
possessions in the U. S. department
of the interior, which gave him
jurisdiction over Alaska, Hawaii,
CilllJUNING-
-Convo-
speaker.
Pucrto Rico, Virgin Islands, tha
Philippines, and other Pacific
islands.
Gruening first visited Alaska in
1936, and three years later was ap
pointed governor. Looking forward
to the time when Alaska will be
"an integrated part of North
American civilization," Gruening
has worked toward Alaskan state
hood, and calls for hary pioneers
to settle on the peninsula.
A contributor to many encyclo
pedias, Mr. Gruening has lectured
on inter-American relations in
New York and Mexico. Governor
Gruening has, since he took of
fice in 1939, vigorously led the
territory in measures of national
defense but with vision and wis
dom lias embarked upon aggres
sive policies to develop the vast
natural resources and to meet the
opportunity which Alaska enjoys
j in aviation as crossroads of the
I world.
Agri - Fim Nile
Show, Dancing
and those who attended realize
that competition will be keen for
honors this year. "Skits and cur
tain acts are original and clever
ly worked up," reports LaRayne
Steyer Wahlstrom, manager of
this year's show.
Skits will be limited to ten
minutes in length and curtain
acts will be five minutes in length.
Winner in the skit division will
have its name inscribed on a ro
tating plaque instituted last year.
A five dollar cash prize will be
awarded to the winner in the cur
tain act department.
The program for the evening,
listing organizations and the name
of their entries, is as follows:
Miirlmha Solo Jnck Moora
(onimnn Clay ....Ar's Men Social Club
Al Julson Farm House
llooaie Hha Honyesko ..Love Memorial
Kuliy's Bridge Parly YMCA,
Karmer in the Dell Amikilns
Feudin' and Fussln' Collens
Pumpkin Hill Grammar School
Farm Unust
Kzmlraldie YWCA.
Ink Spots Doll House
Klnfjin' Swanee Loomla Hall
Housewives Dilemma Home Kc Club
hoot In' of Dan McGrew
Alpha GamlTO Rho
Hayseed Rhythm Amikitos
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