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NEBRASKA SPIRIT, BUILT
UP DURING FOOTBALL
SEASON, IS HERE TO STAY
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her to the bottom . The Irish aimed
all their shots, and all of them fell
short: Nebraska still sailed and the
Scarlet and Cream flew higher than
ever.
The Cornhuskers, proper, were the
smaller part of the aggregation of
spectators at the Notre Dame-Nebras
ka fight, but theirs was the prevail
ine fieht spirit. From the kick-off to
the last whistle the student section
did nothing but clap and scream and
whistle, and for almost the first time
in football history of the institution
the problem of the cheer-leaders was
not to keep up the noise, but to
hold it down so that the referee's
signals could be heard.
"I' didn't think it was possible!"
was the common remark that passed
from ane dazed spectator to another,
as the crowd was filing from the
field. The reference was to the abso
lute unification of student spirit more
than to the defeat of the invaders,
incredible as was the latter.
When the Scarlet and Cream fol
lowers next gathered at their own
field it was to encounter the first
home defeat of the season, when the
uimeeled Svracuse Oransre was in
strumental in securing the Missouri
Valley scalp for the East. The Ne
braska rooters stood behind the bat
tered gridsters with every note of
vocal strength and every ounce of
side-line determination. They did
the whole of their part to hold the
defeat of the toughest scrap of the
season to the touchdown margin. And
when they left the field tawdry alibi
was not a part of their attitude. A
profound respect for the victorious
Yankees and a profounder one for
the Husker eleven were the universal
expression.
"We have a new team and one
which hasn't been tried out yet, but
Nebraska is never licked!" said Cap
tain Lewellen when 2000 students
saw the team leave for Urbana, to
play Illinois in the first game of the
season. "Nebraska has the fire, Ne
braska has the pep, and it's going to
fight." A month later Captain Le
wellen told the Cornhusker rooters
at the Notre Dame rally that the
team had become "300 better" in
two weeks, and all because of the
invincible student support.
"A damned lie" was the character
ization which Coach Dawson made for
the rumors of fraternity factional
ism in the football team, on the same
occasion.
Rallies, large, small, official, and
extemporaneous have been the instru
ments that brought the students to
gether to stir up the fight attitude.
Whether it's in the classroom where
Huskers assure each other with pro
fane force in a single howl to what
a shameful extent the invaders are
to be conquered, or whether it's at
the campus mass-meetings where
order is delicately called with a fire
whistle, doesn't matter. The fight
spirit grows a little each time. Eleven
o'clock classes were practically de
moralized the day before the Syra
cuse contest by a travelling rally
which terminated at the Social
Science building. The clenching of
the Cornhusker fist, which had been
so slow that week, came then and
lasted through the game the next
day.
The first rally of the season came
the night before the Sooner game,
and was featured by the introduction
by the University quartet of the new
song, "No Place Like Nebraska."
Courtesy lor members of visiting
football aggregations was declared
by Coach Dawson a necessity for
sportsmanship, at the Kansas rally
week later.
"Any Dames vs. Notre Dame" was
the outstanding exhibit of the Corn
cobs; Nebraska's "pep" organization,
now nationalized. The take-off, be
tween halves of the Notre Dame
game, was a cross between aesthetic
dancing and slow-motion camera
tacenes; the referee had draped Him
self in rainbow-hued gauzes, and car
ried a yellow sun-shade. The star
player of the "Dames" accomplished
a pass to himself with the aid of a
rubber string on the pigskin and
effected the victory with a pirouette
through a statuesque gauntlet of
"Notre Dame" players. The Corn
cobs also distinguished themselves by
teaching the literal-minded the
meaning of "peeling the Orange" on
the field between halves of the Syra
cuse game.
Football fans of former years can
remember the invasion of the field
by a rushing mob of school-boys a
few moments before the first kick
off of the game. The "Knot-Hole
club" is the organization of these
youngsters into the organization of
today. Instead of gathering around
the fence and relying on the human
pity of the gate-keeper for free en
trance, the boys can enter the field
with the crowd and gather behind the
south goal.
Today marks the passing of the
1923 season. Today marks the pass
ing of the danger place for Nebraska
spirit.
Nebraska spirit is here to stay.
In the Valley, Kansas meets Mis
souri and Nebraska meets Kansas Ag
gies in the most important games.
Due to the fact that the Aggies put
up such a stiff fight at Nebraska last
year today's game will be watched by
football enthusiasts
country.
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