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BRASKANHAS
HISTORY FILLED
WITH INTEREST
Paper Succeeds 'Hesperian'
Upon Which Willa Cather
Was Prominent
') RILEY NAMED EDITOR
Publication Started as a
Weekly Published in
Single Sheet
(By Maurics Akin) '
Although the present J)aily Ne
braskan dales back only to 1901, its
origin can be traced almost to the
foiindlnn of the University Itself.
Of all the sMHlent activities on the
fornhiifker campus, the newspaper
came has furnished no small part
or the color of the story or the N.
brisks school.
The first student publication to
appear on the caqipus was the
"Hesperian Student" which was Is
sued In 1871 or 1872. It was a
monthly magaiine containing the
literary efforts of students and
faculty members. Its office was In
the attic of University hull, sharing
quarters with the Janitor
The "Hesperian Student was
populcr until the 'early 90's" when
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the typography of the paper be
came so Blipshod that It became- the
laughing stock of the school. Willa
Cather became connected with the
publication in 1892, and during her
regime the publication Improved
greatly. Miss Cather and Dorothy
Can field Fisher collaborated on a
number of things during this period
which appeared in the "Hesperian."
Two other student, published
periodicals appeared while Miss
Cather had charge of the "Hes
perian." These were "The Lasso"
and "The Sophomorlan." "Both
were managed by the same student,
but soon passed out of existence.
Nickname Became Attached
In 1894 the rirst "Nebraskan" ap
peared. It was founded by Frank
T. Rllt-y whose nickname "nag"
was transferred to his newspaper.
The name has stuck to the Ne
braskan since that time, and prob
ably will last to the time of Its
demise.
The paper was a weekly, about
8 by 14 inches in page size and
printed on only one side of the
paper. It was set up and printed
in one of the upper Ktorles of the
Brownell Building. Colonel Frank
A. Eager, now in the real estate
business in Lincoln, was in the
! publishing field at the time and
! helped the struggling sheet with
! more or less free typesetting.
1 Soon after the advent of the "Ne
' biaskan," intense competition be
tween It and the "Hesperian" de
veloped. At times this rivalry be
Icame qtiito bitter, and was finally
ended by the amalgamation of the
It wo papers. The first "Daily Ne-ibi-HSkan"
appeared January 13,
1901. It also Included some de
partments of "The Scarlet and the
Crnani,'' a literary monthly.
Arrange Organization
j The business organization of the
Hpsperian was retained, and $1,500
or slock, divided info 300 shares,
I was sold to students and faculty
! members. Thp company which was
entirely out of faculty control was
'named the "Hesperian Publishing
jt'ompany." For some time the of
I fice of the paper was uptown, then
jit raovpd to the basement of the
Main Library, and finally took.
I headquarters in the basement of
University hall where It is now
located.
In 1903, the Monday edition of
the paper was discontinued, and in
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Beiiea. S1.08. Baleeny. rirot 1
Ceremony Surrounding Ivy Day
Develops from Celebrations of
May First in Preceding Years
(By Paulina. Bilon.
How many people know that the
first May Queen was drawn to the
May pole in a cart by the senior
Iris? Louise Barr was the first
woman to be honored. A daisy
chain was another Innovation of
the year 1)12.
Ivy Day the tradition that binds
every loyal Nebraskan heart to its
Alma Mater Time has hallowed
the memories connected with the
observance of this day. The great
boulder - ilch rests Just east of the
library 1' a fitting; reminder of the
progri-salve class of 1898, which
Cava to Nebraska its Ivy Day.
In 1901 the day became "Senior
Day" and the exercises were ex
panded to Include the Ivy Day ora
tion, the reading of the class poem,
and the announcement of the class
gift.
Activities are Enlarged
With the year 1903 cams a desire
to enlarge upon the activities of
Ivy Day. This year added the May
pole dance and th "Color Rush."
It was this year that the Innocents
"tapped" the representative Junior
men. Two years later the Black
Masques combined their ceremon
ies with the Ivy Day program.
There was a strain of sadness
running through the beauty and the
peace of the Ivy Day of 1918. This
service was dedicated to Nebras
ka's loyal sons on the battlefields
of France. From that far off land
came a tiny sprig of Ivy, -a trib
ute from our boys in France, and
bringing greater realization of the
sacrifice those Nebraskans had
made.
Let us return to the year 1905
again and see the beginning of the
society now known as the Mortar
Boards. In this year, thirteen ener
getic and original senior girls es
tablished a permanent organisation
known as the "Order of the Black
Masque."
Need Felt For Organisation
This had been a long-felt want.
The senior men had their organiza
tion, but the senior girls were a
scattered lot. A little centered in
terest would serve to make them a
strong factor in class and univer
sity activities. Thirteen Junior girls
were elected to be the next year's
Black Masques. The most promi
nent girls in all activities were se
lected. The Black Masques were an alert
and active society from the begin
ning, cooperating on all occasions
with various student organizations.
A service program of value was for
warded by them each year.
During the years 1908-09 the
Black Masques pushed forward the
idea of putting the second floor in
the Temple in more suitable shape
for social functions of the Univer
sity. The Innocents were asked to
cooperate with them. The Black
its place an eight-page Saturday
paper was Issued. Upon adoption
of this plan, publication was dis
continued for several days because
of the lack of advertising material.
Tbe Board of Regents of the
University bought all the stock of
the Hesperian Publishing Company
in 1906. The Nebraskan was then
put under faculty control, and a
student publication board was ap
pointed to oversee the publishing
of th paper.
For many years a rather loose
financial policy was carried out on
the business department ' of the
"Daily Nebraskan." The manage
ment was left entirely up to the
student staff, and whatever the
profits were, the staff appropriated
for Itself. They were also responsi
ble for all debts contracted.
The editorial policy of the "Rag"
was also a student proposition, and
student and faculty opinion dif
fered considerably at times. The j
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THE DAILY
Masques had full charge of Ivy
Day.
The Black Masques of 1909 and
1910 decided at the beginning of
the year to do all they could to es
tablish customs and promote those
which were already started at the
University. With this in view, they
tried to do everything to make Ivy
Day a day to bo remembered.
In 1914 the Black Masques in
conjunction with the Innocents and
Girls' Club Board, investigated and
seriously discussed the advisability
of establishing a Student Council
an'd self-government at the Univer
sity of Nebraska. Such a step, did
not seem feasible at the time, so
the matter was dropped without be
ing put before the student body for
a vote.
As usual, the Black Masques had
charge of the May Pole dance and
the crowning of the May Queen on
Ivy Day. That year they started the
custom of announcing the election
of Black Masques for the coming
yesr at the Ivy Day picnic.
The girls went about through the
crowd, wearing their caps and the
gowns and masks. When each girt
found the one who had been chosen
io fill her place, she placed the
mask over her eyes and led her to
the front. This proved to be a very
impressive ceremony.
Queen Taken In Cart
In 1912, the Queen of the May,
Louise Barr, was drawn to the May
Pole in a cart by the senior girls.
They were followed by the dancers
In rap and gown, and last of all,
by the band.
Two years later, the May Queen
was chosen by the senior girls L.
stead of by the Ivy day committee
a heretofore. No nominating was
done, so that the May Queen would
bo the choice of the girls. The
Black Masques had charge of the
election, and also chose the May
pole dancers and attendants.
Join Nationals
The Black Masque chapter was
Initiated into the national honor so
ciety of Mot tar Board early In the
spring or 1921. The tradition had
been that thirteen Junior women
were annually chosen to carry on
the work of the organisation in
their senior year, in 1925, a new
rule was made, limiting the number
to any between five and fifteen, so
that only the really outstanding Ju
nior women are selected. Members
are chosen on the basis of scholar
ship, personality, the activWes In
which they have participated In the
past, as well as the promise for
leadership which they show for the
coming year.
In recent years the Little Green
theater has been the setting for Ivy
Day. The stage is erected between
two trees near old "V" hall, and
here the day's ceremonies, beau
tiful, impressive, meaningful, are
staged before the student body.
practice of unrestricted criticism
of university policies was later
curbed by the publication board,
which has benefited all parties con
cerned. The zeal aud confidence
with which those young editors dis
sected and analysed tbe most Im
portant, situations of the University
Is most refreshing as one turns
back to the files of Dally Nehrai
Vans of other days.
Mauy tales of ruptures between
the faculty and editorial depart
ment have been related by former
staff members ou the approach of
Chater day. All indicate that tbe
experiences of the collegiate Jour
nallst of twenty years ago were
not especially drab.
The administration of the Daily
Nebraskan was taken over by the
School of Journalism when it was
founded in 1923. Practically all
staff positions are now held by
students of that department. It is
now a newspaper laboratory.
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Organization of Fifteen Men
In Upper Classes Gives
Annual Shows
STARTED 17 YEARS AGO
Musical Comedy Written and
Produced Each Year by
Student Talent
From the Idea of a male elective
dramatic organization, Kosmet
Klub. one of the outstanding clubs
of Its kind on the University cam
pus, grew and has since flourished
with the primary purpose of pro
ducing annual musical comedies,
Intermittent plays and revues. In
cidentally the Klub aids, the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
The committee members of the
class of 1912 who were in charge of
the Junior class play "A Message
From Mars," conceived the idea,
after the ultimate suoiiess of the
Junior production, that sn organ
isation of that type would thrive
and become traditional with its
performances on the campus, with
that thought in mind, the newly
organized Kosmet Klub, In 1912,
produced its first annual produc
tion, "The Diplomat," written by
Prof. R. D. Scott.
Today, the 1929 Kosmet Klub Is
composed of fifteen members of the
three upper classes in the Unlver
slay. The plan by which the Klub
now operates is that each year on
original musical comedy, written
and produced by students of the
University or by parties connected
with the Institution, shall be pre
sented. A prize la annually awarded
for the best manuscript submitted.
Hss Existed 17 Yesrs
The present seemingly prosper
ous condition of the organization,
however, is an outgrowth of
seventeen years of existence as an
authorized extra-curricular club on
the campus. Until the last four
years, the annual Kosmet Klub
musical comedies had mixed casts.
but it was decided by the organiza
tion that a strlety male cast, the
female parts being would produce
a unque show.
From 1913 until the present time,
the Kosmet Klub has produced tbe
following original musical comed
ies: "The Matchmakers." by Prof.
R. D. Scott, with music by Dorothy
Watklns Reid, Oliver theater, April
25. 1913; "El Presidente," by
Ernest H. Graves, with music by
Agnes Bartlett, Oliver theater, May
16. .1914; "The Easy Mark." by
Ralph H. Northrup, music by Clif
ford B. Scott, Oliver theater,
February 19. 1915: "The Knight of
the Nymphs," by Maurice C. Clark,
with music by LeRoy Meisinger,
Jean Burroughs and Paul Raver,
Oliver theater, February 18. 191 S.
"The Diplomat," a revision of
Professor Scott's first play, with
music by LeRoy Meisinger, Oliver
theater, April 13, 1917; "The Most
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BYKOSMETKLUB
Prim Minister," by Klub members,
at the Orpheum theater, 1921;
"The Knight of the Nymphs," a re
vision of Maurice Clark's play, with
music by William Ackerman,
Orpheum theater. 1922; "The Yel
low Lantern," by Cyril Coombs,
with music by Mr. Coombs,'
Orpheum theater. May 6, 1923;
"Tbe Wishing Ring," a musical ex
travaganza, written and directed by
Cyril Coombs. Orpheum theater,
IJncoln, May 2, and Gayety theater,
Omaha, May 3, 1924; "Tut Tut,"
written and directed by Cyril L.
Coombs, Orpheum, Lincoln, and
Branded, Omaha, 1925; "Dream
Pirate," written and directed by
Herbert Yenne. 1927; "The Love
Hater," written and directed by Mr.
Yenne, 1928; "Don't Be Silly," the
proposed 1929 production written
by William McCleery.
War Interrupts Work
During tbe interruption caused
by the war, the members who were
left on the campus gave up presen
tation of plays and turned their
efforts to the war work on the
campus. Kosmet Klub worked as
a group in promoting the semi-centennial
pageant of the University.
The position of the organisation at
the, present time has been made
possible by the patronage of the
student body at Kosmet Klub pro
ductions. At the present time Kosmet Kiub
Is located In the Oerman building
st Twelfth and R streets, where
they maintain club rooms for a
meeting place and for tbe various
productions staffs to work The
membership of the organization Is
entirely elective, and the members
of the club are picked by the active
members on the amount of work
done for the Klub, and the quality
of the work. The result Is that
every active member takes part In
actusl show production and each
man is fMed for a different type
of work, essential In successful
productions.
Following their last performance
of "The Love Hater" In Lincoln
last spring, the Playhouse burned,
destroying approximately $3,500
worth of personal properties which
the Kosmet Klub has undertaken
to make good. Nearly all the
money has been lalsed to pay the
fire debt Incurred by the Klub.
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PROF. FRYE TEACHES
FOR SOME 25 YEARS
Instructor in Department
Of English Relates
Experiences
Prof. P. H. Frye, of the depart
ment of English, has been so In
structor for a good deal over a
quarter of a century at the Univer
sity of Nebraska. He began in the
days when University hall had a
real roof on it and was the center
of university life.
In those days when clssses were
small, gas Jets lighted the class
rooms. Mr. Frye recalled that he
used to have a ' 5 o'clock class
where the gas Jets had to be
lighted, especially in the winter
season. Asked whether students
ever used to slip out of class in
the dusk, Juki before the Jets were
lighted, Mr. Frye smiled broadly,
thrust his hands deep into his
pockets, and said not one word.
A small man with a mustache
not busby and with a humorous
eye, a tolerant disposition born of
experience with students and re
porters, Is one Impression of Pro
fessor Frye. He might well have
withstood the talk of reporters in
those esrly days of the University
simply for tbe reason that there
might have been none to talk to.
On the contrary he said that there
were reporters at the time and
from two papers wbose names he
could not recall.
English Department Divided
The department of English in
thai day had two divisions, the
English divisions and the English
literature division. The former took
csre of all the composition work.
Familiar instructors at the time in
cluded particularly Professor Brace,
internationally known physicist;
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sor Barbour of the department of
zoology. In the department of
mathematics were Professor Paris
and Professor Candy. Pay In those
days was 12.000 a year for each
professor. Deans were all but un
known. Mr. Frye's office used to be In
University hall: A very comfort
able place, he said, L-u rather cold
In the winter time. University hsll
wss then a three story building
with a roof on it. Under the roof
was an attic which served as a
meeting place for some secret soci
eties. "I never had the courage to
go up there." Mr. Frye said, and
from the look and the smile that
accompanied that snswer one got
the impression that It must have
been a mysterious place.
"As I look back over the years
now. it all appears in perspective
as if you were looking at a row of
trees from a distance." That was
the way Professor Frye summed up
his remembrances, "i remember
those times as well as you would
remember your high school days,
only I have forgotten some inci
dents and some particulars."
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