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Today, Nebraska plays the biggest game of the season with Notre
Dame. The teams are well matched, the Notre Dame team i in ex
cellent condition, the Nebraska team is perfection personified.
No one knows what the outcome will be, but we do know that
whatever it is, the victorious team will be given the credit due it. Ne
braskans are good winners and good losers.
There have been many criticisms on the lack of spirit and sys
tematic rooting at Nebraska. and many suggestions have been offered
to correct the defect.
Some have said that the unending success of the Nebraska team
has created an over-confidence in the students. the incessant winning
ability of Nebraska teams during the past six years resulting in the
loss of enthusiasm in the student body. The blame has been laid at an
hundred other doors, but the suggestion of an alumnus, which ap
peared in the Forum of Monday's Nebraskan, seems to be practical as
well as possible.
He says that the crowd on the bleachers is a conglomeration of
students, business men, alumni, professional men and people from other
towns who have come to see another Nebraska victory. And then
when the cheerleader starts a new veil, the "heterogenous, motley
crew yips like a freshman trying to translate "Le Petit Chase.' " The
students who know the yells are scattered throughout the crowd, and
the rooting suffers.
It is suggested that a solution of this condition would be to im
provise some means to seat the students in a section by themselves,
where there will be an opportunity for concentrated rooting.
If the athletic board would offer reserved seats in a section or sec
tions in the bleachers to students only, at a reduction in price of even
20 or 25 cents with the proviso that the students wear a University of
Nebraska hat, there would be an organization in the students" college
spirit.
Next year, the situation must be improved. The students will have
to have rooting sections, that are actual rooting sections; they will
have to lose some of their over-confidence, and the deep-rooted indif
ference to past, present, and future must disappear.
Between halves this afternoon, a collection will be taken for the
European prison relief fund- The University cadets will take the col
lection and every person who can afford to attend the game on Thanks
giving day can afford to give a dime or a quarter to help the suffering
prisoners of war in the camps of Europe.
The students of America are helping the students of Europe who
are undergoing untold misery and privation and the relief fund is an
opportunity to fulfill one obligation each one owes to humanity.
With the growth of the University, its improvements, its new
buildings, its various activities, and the fame of its football team, one
thing has been overlooked.
Nebraska needs a permanent athletic stadium- The present atb
leic field is surrounded on three sides by dangerous, antique seats, and
on the fourth by a highboard fence and the neighbors children on the
roofs.
A university the size of this one, and an institution that has the
future in store for it that this one has, should have an athletic field
and stadium that would be a source of pride around here. The waver
ing enthusiasm of the underclassmen would be helped, and the campus
would be greatly improved.
If the athletic department would set aside a certain per cent of the
net proceeds of the football season each year and create a building
fund a permanent stadium for Nebraska would be an assured thing
within a few years.
The Nebraska stock judging team
won fifth place at the annual Chicago
International Stock show. The 1916
Nebraska team left last Friday for
this contest, which is the sixteenth of
the series.
The Lincoln high school football
team played Wendell Phillips team of
Chicago, on the Nebraska field. The
University played its last game of the
season with Oklahoma on the previous
Saturday.
Two Years Ago Today
Nebraska played the last game of
the season the previous Saturday, de
feating Iowa by a score of 16 to 7.
Captain Halligan scored 10 of Nebras
ka's points, making three place kicks
and kicking goal.
Rutherford and Chamberlin were
given positions on the All-Western
. 1 i V- . v. r - a
I lier's Weekly, which features Walter
Camp's AU-Americau team each year.
had sent for a cut of Halligan.
NON
COMPOS
MENTIS
PEPPY POETRY
They may talk about their pep-1
crowds,
At all the football rallies,
But the guy that hollers twice as
Is the one with whom the fault
less
loud
lies.
There ain't no use to kick around
About the lack of spirit,
When all that's lacking,, that can
found.
Is the ability to hear it.
be
A professor the other day was urg
ing his class to save their money for
the Prison relief fund, and in connec
tion with this, commented on th
length of skirts, the heighth and cost
of ladies' boots. He said "Shoe leathe
isnt out of sight, but it certainly is ex
pensive!"
One Year Ago Today
A Thanksgiving game was not
staged at Nebraska, the last game of
the season had been played the previ
ous Saturday with Iowa. With that
game Nebraska finished its third sea
son without defeat.
ALUMNI NEWS
Helen Davissou. '16. is instructor of
! rhetoric at Red Cloud.
Alice Humpe. '12. teaches English in
the Lincoln high school.
Mildred Cuba, '15. is teaching Eng
lish literature at Schuyler.
Clara Newmeyer. '15, is instructor of
English and history at Lyons.
Hester Wyman. 16, is teaching Eng
lish in the high school at Rising City.
Frances Chapburn. '13. teaches
music in the Bancroft school of Lincoln.
Jessie Downing. ex-'15. is head of
the physical education department at
Peru normal school.
Marguerite Farley. '15, is head of
the history department in the high
school at Elmwood, I1L
The football player is. at least, the
modern idea of "a Knight for a Day
he's a hero for a short time.
Isnt It The Truth?
The man with the guilty conscience
is the first one to take offense
anything he sees, hears or reads.
at
A football team is rather old-fash
ioned in one way. it has a "coach and
four."
The game was "team ing" with inter
est.
Oh. Chahles. bring us a glass of
watah!
I believe we are growing foolish.
(Ed. Note. I know it.)
WHAT A RELIEF
It will be a relief when the prison
fund is complete.
And how about our fund of humor?
You may talk of snow and rain.
Or when it's hot as glory
That ain't half as bad as when
We lose a game.
Pass the hat. our head's cold.
There isn't any sense to Non Com
pos Mentis, after all. is there?
George A. Rogers, '16, is Instructor
in the English department of Wesleyan
college at Ran go n. India.
Richard C. De Coe. E. E. '16. has ac
cepted a position with the Western
Electric company of Omaha.
All alumni who are in Lincoln for
the Notre Dame game are asked to
register at alumni headquarters Fri
day or Saturday.
THE DAYS GONE BY
Seven Years Ago Today
The delinquency figures shewed a
falling off of 40 er cut is compared
with the previous years. The result
was accounted for by a re' syt'.era of
h-cl:irjg failures that bad V-en iutro
Outed by Dean Eneberg, then secre
tary of tbe delinquency conizaitiee,
who became the managing member of
the committee.
There was a rumor afioat ;h; t
Coach Cole bad accepted a position as
coach cf Tennswse university.
"The Cornhufker," written by Pro
fessor Stevens of the University
school of music, bad been published
and was on ale at the Haskell game.
' that Nebraska Las do yells," said
! Robert D. HawJey. I.LB-, 12, of Doug
las, in a "Rooting" article in The
Daily Nebraskan. "Do you suppose
that a Nebraska grad, returning to
bis alma tnatrr to witness a gridiron
contest, would believe that be was
once more at Nebrarka if he did not
hear old No. 1 peal forth from the
bleacher?? That yell has become a
part of the school itself. We do not
want too many yells. Sometime iu
the future we may be given a better
yell, but in the meantime we should
do our best with what we have."
"Tbe argument is sometimes ad
vanced that co-edocation kills college
spirit In my opinion, this has been
successfully refuted at Nebraska- The
spirit among the co-eds here this year
has teen great It has urged tie men
i to make a greater effort and has
strengthened the spirit of lb" whole
school."
Cloy S. Hobson. '16. is teaching Eng
lish in the Kearney high school. Mr.
Hobson is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa fraternity.
Mildred Perry. '16. is teaching Eng
lish in the Mary Baldwin Seminary In
Virginia, Miss Perry is a memler of
Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
Searle S. Davis, assistant profes
sor of rhetoric and public speaking,
is in New York City to attend tbe Na
tional Public Speaking convention
which is being held there.
L. C. Robertson. 13. who lives on
cattle ranch near Greensboro. Ala,
registered at alumni headquarters No
vember 25. Mr. Robertson came to
Lincoln for homecoming day.
ers' association meeting at Omaha
three weeks ago.
William F. Noble, 16. has written
an article on "A Student's View of the
Ford Expedition." wheih has been pub
lished in the July number of the "Mid
wt Ouarterlv." Mr. Noble went
mith the Ford Peace Party last year
He was chosen by the chancellor as a
representative from Nebraska.
Moses T. Barlow, ex-'97. who is cap
tain of the Philippine scouts at Augur
Barracks at Jolo. in the Philippine is
lands, has written the alumni secre
tary telling of his work, and asking for
an alumni directory. Mr. Barlow says
"Although I never graduated, the two
best years of my life were spent at
the University of Nebraska."
The Haskell Indians oefeated Ne
braska by a score of It to 5.
Five Year Ago Today
"We hear it said, here and there.
Four Years Ago Today
Harmon. Pearson and Frank were
on the All-Missouri Valley team
picked by The Daily Nebraskan.
J. T. M. Pearson. ex-'H. who is con
nected mith the interstate commerce
committee at Kansas City, has written
tbe alumni association asking them to
help organize a University of Nebratka
club there.
Leon M. Palmer. 16. who was cap
tain of Company I of tbe military de
partment lat year, is special areut for
the Aetna Life Insurance company in
Lincoln. The firm has its headquar
ters in Connecticut.
Marguerite Stewart. '12. instructor
in the Blair high school, has written
the alumni secretary for suggestions
for organizing a University club there.
A meeting will be held Friday night.
December 1. Miss Stewart is anxious
to work up interest for a University
week in Blair. She attended the teach-
Tbe Seattle alumni association will
give a banquet Saturday evening. De
cember 8. This association is quite
large, and Includes many prominent
alumni who are members of the Wash
ington State University faculty there.
Grace G. Denney. '07. assistant profes
sor of home economics of tbe Univer
sity at Seattle, has written the alumni
secretary of their plans.
Charles H. Compton, '01, who is ref
erence librarian in the Seattle public
library is secretary of the association.
He visited his sister. Nellie J. Comp
ton. S6, assistant librarian here at
Nebraska, a few weeks ago.
About thirty students of the Univer
sity enjoyed lata Sunday evening tbe
"at home" given by Mrs. W. E. Bark
ley, mho w dean of women of th'i
University under Chancellor Andrews.
Mrs. BarkJey who is Interested in suf
frage, is president of the State Suf
frage club.
Dr. Hallie Elng. '11. women physi
cian at the state hospital for tbe In
sane, and chairman of the political
science section of tbe Lincoln wom
en's club, discussed the Mother's Pen
sion bill, which is expected to come
up for revision when the legislature
meets this winter.
Assisting Mrs. Barkley were Mrs.
R, H. Wolcott, wife of Professor Wol
cott of the loology department, and
Annis S. Chaikln, '08, aW.i secretary.
Varsity Yells
The Old Favorites
"Number One"
U-U-U-NI,
Ver-Ver-Ver-Sl-Ty,
N-E-Bras-KI,
O-Oh My!
"Number Two"
U-N-Rah! Rah!
U-N-Rah! Rah!
U-Rah! N-Rah!
U-N-Rah! Rah!
Hurray! Nebraska!
"Number Ten"
Oh! You! Corn-Husk-Man!
Rah! Rah! Rah! Ne-Bras-Kan!
(Repeat twice)
'Ray! 'Ray! Nebraska!
"Growl and Whistle"
Growl
Whistle
Hurray!
Nebraska!
In cheering for the team, Nebraska
rooters have replaced the conventional
"Fifteen Rahs" with three "Yea Bo's,"
with the "Yea" long drawn out and the
"Bo" cut short.
The Comhusker
Come a runnin', hoys.
Don't you hear that noise
Like the thunder in the sky.
How it rolls along
In the good old song.
For the sons of Nebraski.
Now it's coming near
With a rising cheer
That will sweep all foes away
So, with all our vim
We have got to win.
And we're going to win today
Chorus
For Nebraska and the Scarlet,
For Nebraska and the Cream,
Tho' they go thru many a battle
Our colors still are seen
So in contest and in victory
We will wave them for the team
And 'twill always stir a Cornhusker j
j ing, and they have succeeded with bet
ter success than any who have pro.
One of the things they have insti
tuted which has met with generar
favor and good results is the use of
"Yea Bo" instead of the time-worn
"three cheers" and "fifteen rahs." The
men and co-eds have been placed to
gether in one big section in the more
important games this fall, and again
this afternoon all students' voices will
be united behind the team.
Rooters at Iowa
The consistent work of the Corn
husker cheerleaders was in evidence
at Iowa City last Saturday, when Ne
braska rooters, as well as the team,
found themselves and learned how to
work together. The little parcel of
Nebraskans led by "Yeabo" Adler and
Brown succeeded surprisingly well in
competing with tbe roaring Hawkeye
stands on all sides of them. At home.
In the Armory, where over 600 stu
dents were getting the play-by-play re
port of the game, the rafters were al
most lifted by the cheers, which, in
the absence of Adler and Brown, were
led by impromptu leavers. On Ne
braska field this afternoon students
will have the chance to show what
real Nebraska cheering is when real
Nebraska cheering is needed.
It has long been an accepted fact
that the fundamental fault with Ne
braska cheering is not with the lead
ers, for the work of the present pep
generals has been worthy of better re
sults, but with the yells tnemselves.
Number One is a Nebraska tradition,
and cheering without it would never
be Nebraska cheering. But Number
One is badly in need of. reinforce
ments, for it does not have the volume
or carrying power of "Rock Chalk.
Jay Hawk," or the Coyote yell of
Ames, and it is doubtful if Nebraska
j elevens will receive the same vocal
support that tbe teams of rival valley
j schools receive until someone dis
covers a combiantion of vowels capa
ble of as much volume and bearing at
least a semblance of significance.
The old Scarlet and Cream.
When the sun is bright
And the fields are ripe
With the tassel on the corn
Y'ou can hear it grow
In the evening glow
Or the hush of early morn.
In the state so fair
Tis the very air
That inspires us with a zest
That in any fray
We will not dismay
But will do our level best.
Cheering a Potent Force
i The value of cheering to a football
team is as potent as the value of
. school spirit, and being concrete, is
'often productive of more apparent re
! suits. The classic 6tory of tbe famous
j Yale victory over Harvard wnen, with
; defeat almost enveloping them, the
j Bulldogs rallied at the rolling roar of
! "Brek-ek-kex, Co-ax," and trounced the
ancient foe, has many companion
I stories in both eastern and western
football.
There are those who attribute the
victory of tbe weaker Kansas team
over the Cornhuskers two weeks ago
to the organized expression of the
fighting spirit of the Jaybawk school.
Two very surprising things have
marked the 1916 football season. The
first is that until today, the Cornhusk
ers have failed to show their best to I For seven years this same spirit has
the people at home; and the second j expressed itself In the haunting "Rock,
is that the impressive concerted cheer
ing, has been done by rooters away
from home or by rooters at Home for
tbe team battling on a foreign field.
It is the general opinion, however, that
today will see the happy return of
Chalk, Jay Hawk; for seven years
spirit and chering alone could not
cope with invincible prowess. And
then came a year when the difference
was temporarily not so great that tbe
effect of organized spirit couid not be
both these abnormal situations to the felt; and it was that a weaker team
right order of things. Not only will
Nebraska fight this afternoon as she
! with a stronger spirit won.
The lesson that loyal Nebraskans
has never fought for a home crowd be-: have learned from the first defeat in
fore this, year, but she will be aided 1 four years has been a wholesome one,
by the steady, consistent, encourage- j and it has served to waken the student
ment from the stands. j body and the team to a greater appre-
Althougb the question of "What Is elation of the significance of victory.
wrong with Nebraska cheering" is still It means, in tbe opinion of cheer
unanswered, few people would ever leaders of the past and present, tbe
think of placing any of the blame upon , organization of concentrated cheering
Leo Adler and Scott Brown, the two ; at Nebraska into a valuable and power-
juniors chosen by the Innocents from j ful factor in decidnig victory or defeat.
From now on Nebraskans will not be
content to rest upon past achieve-
a field of candidates as official cheer-;
leaders. These two men have labored
diligently and long in tbe endeavor j ments. With the team they will work
to concentrate and organize the cheer
viously tried.
shoulder to shoulder
triumph.
for deserved
t
BOOST
Boost, and the world boosts with you.
Knock, and you're on the shelf,
For the world gets sick
Of the one who'll kick
And wishes he'd kick himself.
Boost when the sun is shining,
iSoost when It starts to rain.
If you happen to fall
Don't lie there and bawl
But get up and boost again.
Boont If it's dead as sin.
No battle is won
By the one who will run
So stick to your Job and wtn.
Boost for your own advantage.
Boost for the things sublime;
For the girl that's found.
On the topmost round
Is the booster every time.
After six years in tbe second-rate
class, basketball at the University of
Oregon has been returned to a place
of prominence as a major sport.
More than 2,000 men are now en
rolled in the Officers' Reserve Corps
of the United States array. A fair
patronage of these are college undergraduates.
Fifty eligibles for tbe varsity and
freshman teams turned out at the Uni
versity of Washington last week in re
sponse to a call for basketball candidates.
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