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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1927)
THE DAILY NEERASKAN CHEERLEADERS DIRECT SPIRIT Loyalty of Students Stirred . By Yell King and Staff Of Assistants EIGHT HANDLE CROWDS w Chief stimulators of Nebraska spirit are the Cornhusker cheer leaders. Without these directors of organized cheering, and their un falteru if loyalty, the Husker team would have lacked the support which it has always been given. Spirit at Nebraska is a topic of . nation-wide interest. Some schools cannot understand the enthusiasm which every Nebraskan feels during a game. A great deal of the credit for this Husker spirit should be given to the cheer-leaders, eight in number, who have given their serv-i ices this season. Three of these are varsity leaders, and the remain ing five, sophomore leaders. Sidles I. Yell King Nebraska is rightfully proud of her head cheer-leader, Phil c" 'les, of Lincoln. Sidles was head cheer leader at Nebraska two years ago. Walkts Will Be Given Coaches and Captains Embossed wallets will be pre sented to representatives of the 1927 football team, coaching staff and athletic department by Fenton B. Fleming at the annual Cornhusker banquet this evening, ning. Those who will receive the wal lets will be Captain "Jug" Brown, Coach E. E. Bearg, Coach "Bun ny" Oakes, John K. Selleck, Herbert Gish, and the captain elect. On the wallet the name and the inscription "Cornhusker Banquet 1927" will be stamped in gold. The presentation will be made by Merle Jones, pres ident of the Innocents society. Head Athletic Board ( :A- J ... - ' 4 r- J 1..,. .,., ..., .. As head Varsity cheer leader Thil has been one of Nebraska's best "yell kings." In addition to the actual leading of cheers during games, Sidles has taken an active part in all pep-stimulating rallies during the season. He has also helped to make the cheering section a success by leading it in its card- stunts. Two junior cheer-leaders complete the Varsity cheer-leading staff. The junior members are Charles Dox and Hal F. Childs. "Chick" Dox has been a yell-leader since his high school days at Omaha acting as leader there, second varsity cheer-leader last year, and a freshman leader the year before. Child I New Leader The other junior leader, Hal Childs, is a new addition to Nebras ka cheer-leading circles. Hal comes from Lenox, Iowa, and in addition to being a member of the varsity cheer-leading staff, is business man ager of the Awgwan. In addition to the varsity cheer leaders, Nebraska boasts a staff of sophomore leaders who have proved themselves worthy of futurerecogni tion. The sophomore staff is made np of: George Gregory, Omaha; Emerson Smith, Lincoln; Harold Robertson, Lincoln; Harold Marcott, Gothenburg; Cleo Lichliter, Auburn. No freshman cheer-leaders were used t is season. Tassels Work For Pep Among ' Women Students The Tassels, women's pep organ ization, was organized in the fell of 1923 by Mortar Board to fill a long felt need for an organization to pro mote school spirit among the women on the campus. This year they have done much to rouse spirit at the rallies held before the games. They have attended the games in uniform, sitting together in a special section so that their cheering would be better organized, and they went in a body .to the Man hattan game. Taisels Win Drive The Tassels won both the Daily Nebraskan and the Cornhusker sub scription drives this year, and also won in the drive for Awgwan sub scriptions. The members were first chosen, one from each sorority and an equal number of non-fraternity girls. An effort has since been made to main tain this proportion, though there are no binding rules that this should be. This year there are about thirty members, and there can never be more than sixty or fewer than twenty-five. First Appearance Made Tassels made its first appearance on the campus at University Night in 1923, when its members were intro duced in costume as an organization. Later that fall it sponsored a tea for all university women. In the fall of 1924 the Tassels appeared at one of the local theaters for a week, fea turing Harriet Cruise and a chorus. It was in the fall of 1924 that the Tassels began the real work as a pep organization, assisting the Corn Cobs with stunts for the football games and attending the rallies as an organization. Tassels have always been spon sored by Mortar Board, Ruth Small and Ruth Miller being chosen as the first sponsors. Neva Jones was sponsor in 1924, Frances McChes ney in 1925, Ruth Ann Coddington and Helen Aach in 1926. Miss Dor othy Simpson has served as faculty advisor since 1925. Grace Elizabeth Evans is president of Tassels this year, Blanche Far rens, vice-president, Edna Charlton, secretary, Bernice Welch, treasurer, and Esther Heyneeditor. 1 "fx ! f ..l(WM i w V linn lYifh m nt" . jL. jltkMuuuasMttota an i.iiiinii ii ii minim ii.wii mm 1 : Jlillll! n i,i m :i - Herb Gi.h Dr. T. J. Thompson John K. Selleck Above are three of the principal directors of Nebraska athletic policy. From left to right they are: Herb Gish. acting athletic diiector: Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs and president of the athletic board, and John K. Selleck. student activity auent and treasurer of the athletic board. Credit for the erection of the Coliseum, the extension of the intra-mural sport pro gram, the securing of outstanding teams on Cornhusker schedules may be given largely to these men. Lewis Designs Programs for Gridiron Games Not the least of the activities of the athletic department in employ ing every means possible to make the football games more interesting to the largest possible number of fans was the publication of programs which were distributed by the Corn Cobs, at all games. The programs contain the names, numbers and pictures of all men on both teams, and the positions they play. The Tales of the Cornhusker program, published for the Kansas game contained a history of last year's teams, not only football team but also track, basketball base ball, wrestling and several of the interfraternity champion teams. Lewis Plans Features "Jimmy" Lewis is largely respon sible for the publication, having de signed many of the covers, and the special features of the publication are largely his work. On the inside of the front cover are several Nebraska yells, for the purpose of familiarizing spectators with the Nebraska cries. In each issue of the publication will also be found a feature article on the game and several articles relative to col lege athletics in other institutions. The annual publication, "Tales of the Cornhuskers," consisting of a re view of all athletics the previous year was combined with the Home coming program. A copy was sent to each high school in the state and a copy to each member of the "N" club. . Press Box in Memorial Stadium Is Center for News of Husker Games The University of Colorado Dodo humor magazine, which was su spended last spring, surprised the Colorado faculty by reappearing thir fall without permission. It was im mediately suppressed. The University of Wyoming stu dent body was reprimanded by Rocky Mountain athletic officials, because the student body took a football holiday after Wyoming de feateds Colorado Teachers' College Thanksgiving day. By Don Carlson When you anxiously watch a grid graph or listen attentively to a voice through a loud speaker do you know where these reports originate? The press box in the Nebraska Memorial Stadium is the center from which the news of the battles in which the Cornhusker eleven participates is sent out to the waiting fans. When the Cornhuskers play in Memorial Stadium, press representa tives are always present. For inter sectional games, reporters and sports writers travel thousands of miles to send the games back to their home towns, play-by-play. An hour or more before the time for the game to begin, the press box begins to show signs of life. Men can be seen busying themselves with the installation of telephones. Three phones are installed in the press box, one line to the Lincoln Journal and the Star, one line from the side lines to the press box, and one line to the radio sending station. Before game time the press men begin to file in and set up their apparatus for reporting the game to their pa pers, play-by-play. Scribes Assemble Early The scribes assemble in this room and sit around discussing the prob able outcome of the tussle, or of im portant contests elsewhere in the country. The press box is situated' on the tot. lost part of tne west stand. It is enclosed with windows and heated for cold weather. For the majority of the games about thirty-five men occupy positions in the press box. The writers of the Lincoln papers, the Omaha papers, and the papers represented by visiting reporters are all .assembled in the room. The purpose of the man handling the telephone from the side-lines is to aid the sports writers by getting the proper plays, substitutions and pen alties that may be doubtful to the onlookers. He has an assistant to megaphone the news taken over the phone to the men in the press box. Extra wires are installed for big games when it is necessary to have telegraphing service. When the teams come out on the Student Supplies For Every Department of The University Home of Greenback Note Book and Greenedge History Paper - - if you have used this paper you will use no other atsch rother, College Supplies Lincoln's Largest Supply Store field to warm up, the reporters get busy. They check up on players' numbers, and get their material ready. Most of them send afew lead paragraphs for their running story of the game about the teams as they come on the field, weather conditions and other features of in terest. With the beginning of the game, the man on the sidelines gives the names of the men starting, in case there has been any change in the line-ups. Each play is called by the man with the megaphone. The men making the tackles, passes, plunges, runs, and punts are named. Flay-by-PIay Given Generally the reporter takes a running account of the game down on paper, constructs his statistical sheet and gives these facts to the man operating the ticker. The tic ker gives to the newspapers the ac count of the game play-by-play just a few seconds after the action takes place. The room becomes a center of tempered excitement and cigar smoke. Mingled with the noise of the tickers and the shouting fellow with the megaphone, are disturb ances of minor degree concerning the identity of the player who was last featured and comments of the writers and spectators upon the play. The men actually doing the writ ing do not pass many comments dur ing the game. Their job is to relate accurately the returns of the game. Many writers are equipped with por table typewriters and busy them selves with constructing leads and takes for their respective papers. After several sheets of paper have been written on and thrown aside for want of a better lead, the reporter finally satisfies himself with a lead for his story. "Gloomy Gus" Broadcasts At one end of the press box "Gloomy Gus" holds sway in his small compo-board room where he broadcasts to the hundreds of peo ple who listen for returns. At the other end of the box, in another room similar to the radio room, Ray Ramsay, instructor in the dramatics department, announces each play to the fans in the stadium, keeps them informed about substitutions, re ports other games, and occasionally injects some of his "wit and logic" into his announcements. Men are stationed at all the doors to validate the tickets of the press men as the press box is a favored place when the weather is particularly cold, i Situated on the top of the stadi um, the press box gives a splendid view of the game, looking straight down on the teams. The exact plays can be clearly seen and the action of each man easily watched. It of the necessities of a modern sta dium and of vital importance tn th pleasure of those who cannot attend oornnusker contests. which began in front of Social Sciences, formed Into a parade, and marched to the station. Nebraska was unable to "Break the Jinx," but it was not on account of lack of sup port at this rally. A short rally was held for the Grinnell game. This was staged in the Coliseum, and though thi en suing game was not fundamentally important, strong spirit was devel oped under the impetus of stirring talks by Presnell, Howell, and Dr. Condra. Parade Before Syracuse Game The first parade of the season to welcome a team took place the eve ning before the Syracuse game. The parade was well attended, and the Husker spirit high. Coming on the eve of Dad's Day, the student body unleashed a great display of Corn husker spirit. Nebraska's annual bonfire rally took place the evening before the Kansas game, and Homecoming. The bonfire was on the drill field, and presented an impressive spec tacle. Boxes for the traditional bon fire rally were provided by the freshmen. Each was- required to bring one box, and the pile of boxes which resulted from this requistion was enormous. A stage was erected 'for the team, and the rally was con sidered a success in all respects. Big Send Off To Pitt The second send-off rally of the season was given the Husker foot ball team on its departure for Pitts burgh. The parade on this occasion was led by the band, and one com pany of the R. 0. T. C. Cars were allowed in this parade, making ft much longer than the Missouri pa. rade send-off. Climaxing all rallies, and coming on the eve of the last game of the season was the annual torchlight procession. The procession began with a rally in the Coliseum, and from there the rooters marched in parade, with the columns lighted by the flare from torches, to the Corn husker Hotel and from there to the depot where they welcomed the New York team, whom they defeated on the following day. Each rally was planned by the In. nocents and attendance encouraged, by the Corn Cobs who made a tour of all sorority houses before the rallies. HDSKERDOM HOLDS SEVEN BIG RALLIES Cbeer Leaders, Tassels, and Corn Cobs Heip Put Pep Schedule Across for Season Seven rallies helDed to mat thu bicuichi, year in jornnuBker history." Two send-off rallies, a bonfire rally, and a torchlight pro cession were features of this season's rallying. Members of the committee in charge of rallies this that the rallies were better attended, and that a better spirit was evinced than ever before. Imnnrtamu these pep-sessions in the creation of spirit can scarcely be over-empha sized. The first rally of the season wm held in the Coliseum on tha the game with Iowa State. A large crowa attended the pep-meeting, and were given an ODDortunitv t .. the 1927 Cornhusker football squad on tne stage. Sidles, Dox, and Childs led the cheerinsr. and wr assisted by the Com Cobs and Tassels. Next in order was a send-off rallv at the Burlington station when the team left for Missouri. A "Beat Mizzou" spirit permeated this rally, ipisA)CHQUSE JL WORLD'S MOST UNIQUE THEATER IriOME OF THE SPOKEN DRAMA (LINrCMJU'i OWN TOC, COMPANY) '.NOTEWORTHY ARTISTIC PTODUaiQM TONIGHT ALL THIS WEEK MATS. TUES., THUR SAT. A Delightful Comedy oi Law and Love 'Grounds for Divorce' There Is Plot and Counterplot With Action Everywhere Exciting, Mirth-Provoking Situation! EVE. 25c, SOc, 75c MAT. 25c. 50c Next Week "THE ALARM CLOCK" The Love Immortal "The Garden of Allah" with ALICE TEkRY A Desert Story Filmed in the Saharah Desert COMEDY NEWS SHOWS 1-3-5-7-9 RIALTO Prayin Fo Rain! 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