egeuni!: U 4 1) "WELCOME HOME" HAULIERS pause at 13th and "O" to cheer the returned Iluskers Vol. 48 No. 24 Students Welcome Football Players With Rousing Show of Husker Spirit Recent charges that Nebraska spirit is dead were howled down by several hundred noisy Corn huskers who took over the Bur lington station Monday morning to welcome the Husker football squad home from Notre Dame. Early birds began to arrive for the "Meet the Team" rally as early as 8:45. By 9:15, when the train was due, the waiting room was filled by a milling throng. As the Husker special pulled in half an hour later, Nebraska Chancellor Absent. One casualty of the morning was Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, who had intended to greet Mas terson and the team personally. The chancellor's car, on the way to the station, was involved in an accident on R street. The chan cellor escaped injury but ex pressed regret that the mishap had kept him from the celebra tion. cheers were rocking the station. Rally yells, led by the yell squad, had Lincolnites leaning out of of fice windows to see what was go ing on. Sustained Roar. A sustained roar greeted Gene Wilkins, first man off the trarn, with no letup as Coach Bernie Masterson, Tom Novak and the ers tof the Huskers followed thru the crowd. The players were led to waiting convertibles where an other ovation went up for their spirited an ddeserving showing against the Irish. Masterson told the rally throng that "sportswriters said Notre Dame played their best of the season and Nebraska was the toughest team they've faced this year " He pointed out that, while Army gained 110 yards on the ground in last year's Army-Notre Dame game, Nebraska made 203 yards rushing Saturday. When Masterson finished, a chant went up for Game Captain Tom Novak. Novak responded with a remark that brought un derstanding laughs. "Notre Dame, he told the crowd, "was just ps Tough as wc expected.' 'Thcr he Debaters Speak Al K.U. Institute Appearing before more than 300 Kansas high school students, University debaters Ted Sorensen and Jack Solomon demonstrated debate techniques for the annual Kansas high school Speech Insti tute, Saturday, Oct. 18, in Law rence, Kansas. Sponsored by Kansas Univer sity, the Institute program this year centered around an analysis of the high school debate ques tion. Dr. Leroy T. Laase, associ ate professor of Speech and Dra matic Art, was one of the princi pal speakers. TPfTTi T sua::,' 0: .,HiJ LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Tuesday, October 21. 1947 PLEASED WITH MONDAY morning's turnout, Coach Masterson expresses thanks to loyal students. expressed the team's appreication for the student body welcome. Convertible Caravan. A parade of student cars, led by convertibles carrying the team, then wound thru downtown Lin coln. At times rolling four abreast down O street, the string of cars formed a noisy caravan stretching two or three blocks in length. Of fice workers hung out building windows and shoppers lined the curbs to watch the impromptu celebration roll past. The rally broke up when the pa rade reached the Union where Yell King Martin Pesck led one final chant for the homecoming squad. Coach Masterson termed the rally a "marvelous" show of spirit. "None of us expected a turnout like this," he told The Daily Nebraskan. Mademoiselle Applications Due Next Saturday College women interested in editorial work on Mademoiselle magazine college editorial board must nuike application before Saturday, Nov. 1, according to a telegram received Monday by The Daily Nebraskan. Contestants arc required to make a report on some phase of campus activity, and enclose bio graphical data and a snapshot in their applications. The contest is open to women students of any American college or university. First prize is a nine-month edi torship in the New York office of the women's fashion magazine. Contest entries should ' be ad dressed to the College Board edi tor, Mademoiselle Magazine. 122 Edst 42nd, New York City. 1 1 1 tifsnt ws tut and 9 Early Sale Of Migration Tickets Slow Though few purchases of mi gration tickets have yet been re corded by Dean Harper's office, sales are expected to pick up this week and reach a climax next week. This year's student migration will take Husker fans to Colum bia, where the Scarlet and Cream will tangle with the Missouri Ti gers in a game which could have much bearing on the outcome of the Big Six supremacy race. Cost of the ticket is $20, of which $17.25 is for the railroad fare and $2.75 for admission to the game. A lunch costing 75 cents will be served at 11 a.m., Satur day, the day of the game, to give students plenty of time to reach the Missouri stadium for the con test. The train will leave Lincoln at 10 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31, and should take about 11 hours to reach Columbia. The train will leave Columbia Saturday evening at 11 p.m. The university has urged stu dents to. go to Missouri via the scheduled train ride, as the fatigue of the 375 mile drive will tire those who go in cars. Then, too, there is always the chance of an auto accident which may prove costly to both lives and property. JANUARY GRADUATES. January graduates who have not already made application for de grees or certificates should do so in room B-7, Administration building, not later than Saturday, Nov. 1. Office hours arc 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily; to to 12 a.m. Saturdays. tmoBdloini The Board of Regents is making a careful study of the opinion by the attorney general's office which threatens to delay a number of university building projects until 1919, Chancellor R. G. Gustavson told the Daily Nebraskan today. NSA Delegates Get $100 Grant To Attend Meet A $100 appropriation to send six student delegates to the National Student association convention has been okayed by the Student Activities office. Assistant Dean of Men V. C. Harper announced Monday. Students from the Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri region will meet in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 to elect per manent regional officers and draw up a regional constitution. The delegates travelling on the $100 grant will be Jack Hill, B. J. Holcomb. Stan Johnson, Norm Leger, Harriet Quinn and Bill Schenk. Delegates were chosen by the student council. The appro priation was obtained through the help of council members Harold Mozer and John Soennichsen. Aims of the NSA include inter campus standardization of course credits, facilitation of transfer credits, handling of foreign stu dents, and threshing out of prob lems common to all campuses, such as vets' housing and campus parking. Ball Gives Free Bridge Lessons If you're one of those amateurs who lose three friends every time you play a game of bridge, here is your chance to win those pals back. Dale Ball, an official Culbert son instructor, is giving free les sons every Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. in 315 Union. Although one lesson has already been given, there is still time to sign up for the free tutoring. For the more advanced, there will be a bridge tournament, Sat urday afternoon, Oct. 25, for any one who thinks that he is good enough to play. Winners will re ceive prizes and will also be eli gible to go to the Midwest Bridge tourney which draws teams from seven midwestern universities. UN Chili! Specialists Publish Diet Article An article by two University of Nebraska child specialists on in fant diets appears in the Novem ber issue of Science Illustrated, out on the newsstands Wednesday, Oct. 22. Drs. Ruth M. Lcverton and George Clark explode the idea that meat is generally unsuitable for feeding to very small children because it is too hard to digest. Union Committee Worker Registration Opens Today In order to recruit Union com mittee workers, the Union activi ties committee of the Student Union board will set up a booth in the Union on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The Union activities committee has been completely re-organized this year under a committee worker system. Under the new plan which will be put into opera tion within the next two or three weeks, each student board mem ber will have charge of one or two committees connected with Union work. Selection Basis. Working with the board mem ber will be chairmen and com mittee members. In the spring, new board members will be se lected from committee workers on the basis of ability, enthusiasm and total amount of work. Com mittee members will be admitted to all Union-sponsored functions free of charge. All students interested in Union committee work may sign at the booth in the Union. A list of com mittees, their board members and their functions will be posted at the booth. Students may indicate their first, second and third choices for committee work. From all applicants received at the Delays Leslie Boslaugh. assistant at- torney general, in an opinion given late Saturday, told Stale Treasurer Gillette that a 1.1 mill levy authorized at the last session of the legislature was a special levy. The appropriation bill passed for this biennium does not cover it, he said, and the money cannot be spent without further legislative action. Stipulations. Unless a special session is called or the supreme court overrules this opinion, the funds cannot be spent until the legislature meets again in 1949 in regular session and specifically appropriates it. "A special session nay be the only answer," Dr. Gustavson said today, but he emphasized that the regents will study legal aspects of the situation thoroughly. After the study is completed, Dr. Gus tavson expects to discuss the mat ter with Governor Peterson. "The action by the attorney general's office came as a great shock to us," the chancellor ad mitted. The university had been hoping to go ahead with projects, including a new electrical engi neering building, meat labora tories and greenhouses, he said. The electrical engineering build ing had already been turned over to the architects, he disclosed. "We had been hoping to get go ing on the building right away," he explained. "Severe Blow." The chancellor described the development as a severe blow to the desires of the legislature, the people and the university. It has fallen at a time when the uni versity's building program is in a very critical stage, he said. The board of control and the university were principal bene factors from the levy. Some money would go, in addition, to the state normal schools and to the national guard. The money was earmarked for repairing, re modeling and erecting buildings. Flying Club Open To Licensed Pilots Efforts are being made for or ganization of and membership in the B. T. O. Flying Club, com posed of U. N. students who hold a pilot's license. "Membership will be extended to all licensed pilots in the university and to pilots living in or around Lin coln," said spokesman, Bay Housh, engineering student. The club once formed will have access to a PT-19, a Cruiser, a Luscombe and a Cessna 140 plus the advantage ol flying at club rates. Licensed pilots, who are inter ested, in once more hitting the blue are asked to contact either Ray Housh or Dick Nellor, both U. N. students. booth, both chairmen and workers will be selected by the activities committee. Applicants must be willing to devote at least three hours a week to Union work if se lected. Board Members. Committees and board members on the city campus are-Nancy Garey, convocations; Donna Al frey, general entertainment; Ed Trumble, dance; Jeanne Kerrigan, publicity and hospitality; F.liza beth Curley, hobby interests; Al Cooper, house rules and library. Music activities and competitive games committees will bo headed by the new senior members who are to bo elected by the student council Wednesday. Ag campus board members and committees are Harriet Molino, convocations and competitive games; Virginia Kovarik, mu.sie activities and dances; Neil Miller, habby interest and general enter tainment; Lucille Manning, house rules, library, hospitality and pu blicity. Both city and ag campus stu dent members are represented on the Union board administrative committee working with faculty members. These committees are executive, finance, room assign ment, house rules and activities. T