THE DAILY NEERASKAN
CHEERLEADERS
DIRECT SPIRIT
Loyalty of Students Stirred
. By Yell King and Staff
Of Assistants
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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