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Vol. 49 No. 72
Nebraska University has taken a stand on football
questions today and has issued a restatement of policy
toward football. Ten points were included in the statement
and a promise of a new coach for spring football practice.
The Board of Regents, Chancellor R. G. Gustavson and
the Board of Intercollegiate Athletics Saturday issued, the
following statement:
"In the past four years, the University of Nebraska
twice has changed head football coaches. The University of
Nebraska Board of Intercollegiate Athletics is, now seeking
a third new head football coach. The new coach will be
selected and on duty for the opening of spring football
practice.
"These changes have brought a barrage of talk which
is healthy. Nebraska wouldn't be Nebraska without Corn
husker football talk. At this time, however, we feel that
Nebraskans are entitled to a re-statement of University of
Nebraska policy toward football.
Men Come for Education.
"1 Thp TTniversitv believes that the vouns men who
come to Nebraska and play football, come primarily for a
sound education. The University will insist that these young
men meet the conference scholastic requirements for par
ticipation in tootDaii.
"2. The University of Nebraska will not engage in
what is commonly termed 'professional collegiate football'.
The University is not going to the 'open market' to buy
players. The University of Nebraska believes such practices
are not in keeping with the best interests of higher educa
tion and feels that the overwhelming majority of Cornhusk
er football fans agree.
"3. The University of Nebraska, like other members of
the National Collegiate Athletic Association, believes that
young men who play football are entitled to the assistance
provided by the NCAA 'Sanity Code'. This includes:
To Follow 'Sanity Code.'
(a) Free medical attention.
(b) Three free meals per day in the pre-season train
ing period and one free meal (evening) during the football
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(c) Financial aid in the form of tuition scholarships
on the basis of need, and granted by the same agency of the
University which grants aid to all other students.
(d) Financial aid in the form of scholarships earned
by football players in the field of scholarship.
(e) Financial aid in the form of part-time employ
ment. "4. The University of Nebraska will continue to pro-
vie the best medical care obtainable for members of the
football team. It will not permit the use of injured players.
No Supplementary Salaries Permitted.
"5. The University believes Cornhusker football teams
deserve good coaching. The responsibility for recommend
ing the hiring of the coaching staff rests with the Board of
Intercollegiate Athletics. The Board is authorized to pay, if
necessary, coaching salaries equal to those paid by other
member schools of the Big Seven Conference. All coaches
will receive their entire salary, as has been the case in the
past, from athletic funds derived from receipts at Univer
sity football games. No supplementary salaries from out
side sources will be permitted. The man selected will be
experienced in coaching athletics and will have a good
record. The head coach will have' authority to select his
own assistants. The entire coaching staff should be capable
teachers of football to both freshmen and varsity candidates.
"6. The University of Nebraska believes that frequent
changing of coaches does not contribute to a sound foot
ball program.
"7. The University of Nebraska rejects the philosophy
of football defeatism. It wants Cornhusker football teams
to win games. The University is not content to be the
perennial doormat of the Big Seven Conference. It would
much rather be the perennial champion. There is, however,
no point in being unrealistic. The Big Seven Conference is
not what the Big Six used to be. It is tougher. The Con
ference championship is now a hard-fought prize. This
tnoQna tViof the rh n in ninnshin ran be exDected to shift from
member to member in the Big Seven, just as championships
shift from member to member in the Pacific Coast, the
Southwest, the Big Nine, and other conferences.
Control Resides at N.U.
"8. The University believes that the control of athletics
should reside in the institution. This is required by the Big
Seven Conference. University of Nebraska 'students and
Alumni are represented on the Board of Intercollegiate
Athletics.
"9. The University of Nebraska has had no intention
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LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
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Sunday, January 9, 1949
Notice of Exams
Students are asked to disre
gard the final examination
schedule which appeared in
Friday's Daily Ncbraskan. Sev
eral errors occurred in that
schedule, the corrected form of
which is printed today.
by Vru J jJ
Anton Lawry attempts to take the ball away from Jayhawk Claude
Houchin while Claude Retherford looks on in the Cornhusker's
52-34 victory over Phog Allen's Kansas cagers.
Committee Chairmen Named
For Annual Engineers' Week
Committee chairmen for Engi
neer's Week were announced to
day by R. O. Bottum and Meno
Wilhelms, co-chairmen of the an
nual event. Plans are now under
way which, according to these
men, point toward a bigger and
better Engineer's Week-
Men in charge of various di
visions are: Edgar L. Coleman,
contest; Lloyd R. Dobney, traf
fic; Cecil J. Doubt, convocations;
Burnell Fursteneu, ribbon sales;
Alexander F. Henry, banquet;
Vernon L. Hastings, window dis
play; Andfew Miller, inquiries;
Dan Jones, Sledge.
More Chairmen Named
Charles Roberts, field day; Joe
Rogers, photographer; Neil E.
Shields, secretary-treasurer; Bill
Splinter and Kent Tiller, pub
licity; Paul Versch, program.
Work on Engineer's Week falls
into two parts, the day for the
public and the day for engineers.
Since one of the primary aims
of the affair is to further rela
tions between the public and the
Engineering College, care is taken
to make the program one of gen
eial appeal. An effort will be
made to "startle" the public with
simple engineering fundamentals.
Magazine Furnished
Activity .on the first day will
center around a convocation, field
day and picnic. In the evening
will be the banquet at which
Sledge, traditional Engineer's
Week humor sheet, appears, uems
of engineering humor, collected
during the year, are presented at
this time.
Engineers Play Too
Field Day is the engineers'
Union to Present
'Foxes of Harrow'
Maureen O'Hara and Rex Har
rison, English actor, co-star in
"The Foxes of Harrow," feature
attraction to be presented in the
Union ballroom at 7:30 p.m. SunT
day. This popular movie is in
technicolor.
Coffee Hour and an organ In
terlude will be held in the Union
lounge for the first time in '49 at
5 p.m. Sunday.
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Sage. Offensive
BY HAROLD ABRAMSON
Hports Editor
Nebraska's Cornhuskers conquered Phog Allen's Kan
sas University Jayhawks 52-34 in their Big Seven Confer
ence opener before a crowd of 8,000 fans in the Coliseum.
The victory was Nebraska's third straight victory over
Kansas in two seasons of play.
Both teams were cold in the
first minutes of play and it wasn't
until 3:25 of the first period that
the Huskers broke the scoreing
deadlock. Claude Retherford put
Nebraska in the scoring column
chance to enjoy their week alone.
Limited exclusively to engineers,
the activities include ball games,
horseshoes and a picnic. Depart
ments vie for prizes in the events
Most coveted distinction is win
ning the baseball game. Commit
tee chairmen for the first day are
convocation, banquet, Sledge, field
day and program.
Men whose work will be toward
the show for the public are, chair
men of the contest, traffic, rib
bon sales, window display, in
quiries and the photographer.
Overall chairmen are the secretary-treasurer
and the publicity.
Four Junior
Moot Court
Cases Close
Four junior teams have com
pleted case proceedings in the
Allen Moot Court competition.
Fuegate and Berkheimer defeat
ed Burr and Peters, and Coyne
and Wilson defeated Brower and
Erickson in criminal law cases.
Boyd and Fiebig defeated Ells
and Leudtke in contracts, and
Kratz and Calkins defeated John
son and Hunter in an equity case.
Juniors have one case left to
argue.
Freshman competition of the
Moot Court cases ended Dec. 20.
Cases were judged by students
from the Law school. Winners
in the frosh arguments are:
Debating on Proiirrty:
Becker and Lavaty
Ravenscroft and Swarti
Orshek and Raymond
Pierce and Kalbin
Debating on Contract:
Metz and Crawford
Coulter and Jensen
Vrana and Barbour
Richards and Snider
Cobb and Fahrunbrecb
Bosely and Jones
Blue and Brock
Derrlra and Janowskl
Johnson and Wilson
Dearden and Armstrong
Stahl and Moodie
Debating on Constitutional Iw :
Wtlley and Gerlach
Whitworth and Miles
Stern and Solomon
Williams and Samuelson
Heelam and Sewell
Uggla and Lyan
Wenke and Pollock
Debating Mi Partnership;
Fuhr and Carisl'.e
with a hook shot from the corner.
Gene Petersen, former Husker
eager in 1945, tied the game at
two all with a one-hander 15 sec
onds later.
Pierce Tallies
There was no further scoring
until 5:35 of the first period when
lanky Bob Pierce took a pass
from Retherford to put Nebraska
into a lead which was never
headed.
Joe Malecek followed with two
quick baskets to give the Scarlet
an 8-2 advantage.
Coach Harry Good's charges
completely gummed up Phog Al
len's defensive works to add fur
ther confusion to the bewildered
Jayhawks. Allen's new defense
was a shifting, man to man, zone
defense.
The Husker's who just returned
from the Kansas City tourney
wars looked like an entirely dif
ferent team from the one which
had played on the Coliseum court
prior to Christmas vacation.
Take Control
Scarlet forwards continually
broke up Jayhawk offensive
thrusts and had almost complete
control over the backboards.
Kansas forwards started pick
ing up the Nebraska offense in
the Husker's back court but that
didn't bother Claude Retherford
as the French Lick, Ind. ace
dribbled and faked down court to
send his favorite hook shot swish
ing through the nets and give Ne
braska a 19-9 lead.
Freethrows paid off for the
Husker's as they cashed in on 14
of 23 attempts. Kansas scored 14
of 27 through the game.
Phog Allen's Jayhawks were
cold at the basket during the first
half hitting only four out of a
possible 35 field goals.
Harry Good's Huskers managed
to pot 10 out of a possible 35 field
goals before intermission.
26-14 Halftime
By the time intermission had
rolled around the clock the Scar
let cagers were holding their own
with a 26-14 advantage.
Claude Houchin opened the
scoring after halftime dunking a
charity toss for one point. Bill
Sapp managed ' to take Petersen's
rebound off the backboard to tip
in two more points for the Jay
hawks. Retherford remained a thorn
in the side of the Kansans as he
dunked a basket with the help of
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ASME to Hear
Nagler Speak
On Bikini Tests
Forrest Nagler, Canadian
archery champion, rifle marks
man, author, big game hunter
and chief mechanical engineer
at Allis-Chalmers, will be the
speaker at the Jan. 11 A.S.M.E.
meeting. Election of officers will
also take place at the meeting
which will be held at 7:15 p. m,
in Love library.
Nagler's topic will be "The
Human Side of the Bikini Tests."
Included will be a demonstra
tion showing why the earth can
not go off in a chain reaction
and explode like an atomic
bomb. He is well qualified for
this particular speech, because
during the war he did work
connected with the production
of heavy machinery used in
manufacturing the atomic bomb
material. This work was con
cluded with a trip to witness the
second, or underwater, burst at
Bikini.
A University of Michigan
graduate, Nagler joined Allis
Chalmers in 1906 as a supervisor
in the field erection and testing
of hydraulic and steam ma
chinery. He is the inventor of the
Nagler type of-axial flow, high
speed, hydraulic turbine runner,
and has written many technical
articles. Nagler is a life member
of A.S.M.E.
