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HOMECOMING EDITION
Friday, November 2, 1945
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EDITORIAL STAFF
Leslie Jean Glotfelty
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Editor
Managing Editors
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Rally Huskers .
This is Homecoming weekend.
Tonight, and all day tomorrow we've strictly got things
to do. Organized house members are beavering like mad
on Homecoming decorations and floats for the Saturday
morning rally and parade; the pep queen election will be
settled between 3 and 10 p. m. today; there is a rally at
7:30 tonight; a pep dance with the navy unit band in the
union after the rally.
Saturday starts off with the rally and parade at 11
a. m., and then there lies the Kansas U-Nebraska game
at 2 p. m. Scheduled for the half-time of the game are
new band formations and the presentation of last year's
pep queen. The card section will be organized for the
first time since 1942, thanks to the untiring work of the
cheerleaders. And ending up the Saturday festivities is
the annual Homecoming dance at 9 p..m. in the Coliseum.
It's a big and busy weekend, a fun weekend, an op
portunity for us to let off steam from six-weeks examina
tions and school pressure in general. It's a time to get out
and forget dignity and yell our heads off and show the
world that this university is ALIVE, that the joint is fairly
jumpin' with spirit. It's a weekend that only 'comes once
each year. Its the first Homecoming in a long time for
a lot of Nebraska's returned veterans, and it's the Home
coming of a university coming back into its own after
three bad years.
This is a Homecoming to remember, so let's rally,
Huskers!
LETTERIP
To the Administration
Make Up Your Mind!
The all-student convocation Monday was exceptionally
well-attended. That it was is not the fault of the univer
sity. The students who were there attended because they,
cut clashes, beat their way out past objecting professors,
or, in too few cases, because their enlightened professors
dismissed classes.
We have wondered for a long time just what the atti
tude of the administration is concerning all-university
convos. The committee in charge of convos hires speak
ers and furnishes publicity about the speakers. When the
speakers are good, the students enjoy attending convos.
But the administration very definitely states that classes
are not officially dismissed.
We know one prof in the English department who
pulled a slick deal. A number of the students in his class
asked if they could attend the convocation. He cheerfully
told them to go ahead, but added that they would be counted
absent, given a zero for the day and a zero for the daily
test he was planning to give.
The professors always have an out at time of convos.
because they merely repeat the words of the administra
tion that "classes are not dismissed for the speakers." The
professors who do realize the value of the convos dismiss
class at their own risk.
The whole policy is inconsistent. Either there should
be no convocations, or else, and preferably, we should have
convocations, all-university convocations with good speak
ers, and classes should be dismissed for them.
We presume that since the university holds convoca
tions, it feels them to be of some value, but we find it
a little difficult to appreciate the speakers' true worth while
sitting in Andrews or U Hall or Mechanical Engineering lis
tening to a class lecture.
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Attention: All Upperclass Men
Tomorrow morning, immediately follow
ing the parade, the Upperclass Men vs.
Freshmen Tug of War will be held. We
all have been told of the traditions behind
this contest, but it is the first time for many
to take part in it.
The frosh are ready and they have the
advantage in numbers. This is the chance
for which the Upperclass Men have been
waiting. Now is the time to convince the
freshmen that the Sophomore, Junior, and
Senior classes are very much alive. Let's
meet in front of the Union after the parade,
and show the frosh they will need their
caps until snow falls.
FRED HECOX, (Senior Class President)
FRED TELLER, (Junior Class President)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Dear Editor: October 30, 1945
Is one day of school going to make a life and
death difference to our educational program? That
is a question that students on the campus are now
asking. Couldn't a Thanksgiving week end vaca
tion be procured?
One day does not enable students who live any
distance to go home and be with their parents long
enough to make it practical. Thanksgiving is a
nation-wide family holiday and that is not easily
realized when we are eating alone in a crowded
restaurant while both parent and student are wish
ing that they could be together at home enjoying
the traditional turkey. All this because the uni
versity officials who live in the vicinity of Lin
coln, will not give us an additional day.
We are now trying to get our campus back to
prewar standards. Why can't this extra day be
given to us as it was before the war? At that time,
the necessity of an extra day was realized, why
can't this necessity be given us now?
With student sponsorship of this move, perhaps,
the officials of the university will co-operate in
this plan. We are asking again, can't something be
done about our Thanksgiving week end?
Sincerely,
Margaret Castner
Mildred Hermansky
Mary Lou Bratt
Arlene Wacha
Marilyn Berg
(Editor's Note: As you probably know, the cal
endar providing: for ONLY Thanksgiving day as
a vacation day was made up while the war was
still on. Since that time, of course, the war has
ended and there has been considerable student and
faculty agitation for a Thursday and Friday
Thanksgiving holiday. A student petition has leen
circulated rather widely over the campus, asking-,
as does the above Lcttcrip, for the two-day va
cation. We understand that the calendar committee of
the university, the committee that will decide
whether we get, as we should, the two-day holiday,
or whether we are forced to come back for one
useless day of school after Thanksgiving day, is
scheduled to meet today sometime to re-vote on
the question of a two-day holiday. All the students
and faculty members can do now is cross fingers
and hope fervently that the calendar committee
SNIPE HUNTIN1
with
JIDGE MASON
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The girls living on 3rd floor in Love hall dormi
tory have spent some long evenings together for
the past week and a half. Every week night, Sun
day thru Thursday, they come in at 8 p. m. and
remain campused in the dorm. The campus period
started last Wednesday and ends tonight.
The cause of this mass campusing was the prank
of a couple of practical jokers who turned in the
fire alarm during the dark wee hours of the morn
ing. No doubt a disastrous disturbance was caused.
Someone probably lost a pound running down two
flights of stairs to get outdoors. A few valuable
teddy bears and clothes might have been badly
soiled when thrown out of the window. Others
may have wasted away their frail bodies looking
for smoke and flame. Yes, it was a dastardly deed!
Such dangerous, childish pranks deserve an
equivalent punishment, so the powers that be put
their heads together and after devising a scheme
called a meeting of the 3rd floorites and presented
the ultimatum. Either someone inform officials as
to the identity of the culprits, or the culprits give
themselves up, or everyone gets campused for a
week and a half.
No one knew what the punishment would be if
the guilty ones were caught. Naturally rumors ran
riot two examples are: they would be fined $500,
or they would be expelled from school. One would
have to have too many ears to be able to report
all of the wild rumors.- Miss Wilson tried to squelch
some of them but each time others would loom
up to take their place.
Instead of telling the girls what would actually
be the consequences if they gave themselves up,
Miss Wilson merely stated that it would go much
worse with them if they waited until they were
found out, instead of confessing. She assured them
that the office would find out "who did it" even
tually. Many of the girls on 3rd floor Love who knew
the -pranksters advised them not to give them
selves up, reasoning that it would be better for
36 girls to be campused seven week nights than
for two or three to be kicked out of school or
fined slightly beyond their means (or their folks'
means), or treated in some other unknown man
ner which might be worse, for all they know.
People can concoct horrible visions thru ignorance
of the facts.
Anyway, no one gave themselves up and no one
told on them and the campusing continued, with
the crime being avenged as of this evening. The
36 girls have paid their penalty for not being tattle
tales. The two criminals are still at large and are
promised big things to come. Nobody is particu
larly happy.
Our ' only comment is this: We've seen worse
punishments. After all, the nazis forced 100 Poles
to pay for the deeds of only one amofe their mem
bers, and they paid with their lives. What do
we have to complain about?
realizes the futility of trying to get students back
from home for Friday classes, that the Friday
classes keep many students from spending Thanks
giving at home, and that,' now that the war is over,
there is no good, logical reason for holding classes
on the day after Thanksgiving.)
NRO Band Plays
For Free Dance
At Union Tonite
Under the baton of Bud Lud
wig, the 14 piece NROTC dance
band will make its debut at the
free Pop dance in the Union Fri
day from 9 to 1 AO p. m.
Trumpet players include Rich
ard Priebe, John Ruthford and
Ray Wilkins. Charles Anderson,
George Martin, William Card and
William Moorhouse constitute the
saxophone section. Trombone
players arc John Freethy, Marvin
Avcrill and Doyle Wilson. Richard
Kuck plays the bass fiddle and
the drums are handled by William
May. Arlene Kostal plays the
piano.
The program for Sunday in
cludes a faculty recital in the
ballroom at 3 p. m., coffee hour
in the lounge at 5 p. m. A variety
show featuring Don French and
his piano interpretations, Jack
Quimond, magician and Tom Mc
Dermott as emcee will be pre
sented at 8 p. m. The movie for
the week end is "Gung Ho" star
ring Randolph Scott.
The Tassels
Present
THE ANNUAL
Homecoming
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NOV. 3 9 to 12
EDDIE HADDAD & ORCHESTRA
COLISEUM. TICKET $1.50