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Fortieth Annual Nebraska Homecoming Edition Only daily publication for students at the University of Nebraska 51 No. 36 By Tom Rische All the old traditions of the past 39 years, plus innovations of 1950, will add color and ex citement to Nebraska's 40th an n u a 1 homecoming celebration this weekend. The burning of the Missouri Tiger at the pre-rally held last night started off the weekend festivities. Students gathered at the Coliseum and marched to the front of the Union where the Ti ger effigy was tossed into the flames. The next burst of rolor will appear this evening when the lights of the 40 house homecom ing displays are turned on at 6 n.m. These displays will be judged between 6 and 11 p.m. by three faculty judges: Prof. C. J. Frankforter, Prof. Don Lentz and James Porter. The houses will vie for the traveling cup which is presented to the first place winners in the men's and women's divisions and for the permanent plaques which ere awarded to all three place Winners in both groups. Fireworks Fireworks will start off to night's rally. The five coeds who will compete for pep queen hon ors will be introduced for the first time. Shirley Allen, last year's pep queen, will also be introduced. The entire student body will vote from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Coliseum and the Union to determine who the 1950-51 pep queen will be. Bill Glassford, the coaching Staff, and the football team will be on hand at the rally in front of the Mueller Carillon Tower. All of the staff and players will be introduced. Band numbers and speeches will intersperse the festivities. Nebraska's 84-foot sandstone Mueller Carillon Tower was ded icated in a blaze of lights last year at Nebraska's homecoming rally. Arthur Lynds Bigelow, bellmaster at Princeton univer sity, played the chimes to ini tiate the use of the campus land mark. Chancellor R. G. Gustay son accepted the bell after its donor, University alum Ralph Mueller made the formal pres entation. Homecoming Parade The colorful Homecoming pa rade will travel through the streets of downtown Lincoln at 10 a.m. Saturday morning to start the day's festivities. Forty four floats, one of the largest numbers ever to enter, will travel in the parade. Nebraska's See Homecoming, page 2 Card Section Must Follow 5 Regulations Students participating in the card section at the homecoming gome Saturday must follow five exnlieit rules to the letter. "The cooperation," said Aaron Schmidt, chairman, "of each in dividual who holds a card is very necessary to make the com-pl-x program successful." . Cards should be in proper order and ready to flash as soon us the first half ends. These must co'ncide with band formations. No one should leave their seats in the card section after fn minutes of the second quar tf" have been played. .If tere are empty seats, all persons should move toward the center of the card section so that only the edges have to be filled. 4. Cards must be held with the long side horizontal end short side vertical. 5. Signal for raising the cards: "One, two, three, up." The same signal for lowering: "One, two, three, down." Students should count with the leader. Four flashes will be given dur ing the halftlme show which will form the following: 1. "Missouri" (spelled out) 2. Homecoming scene. 3. "N" in a white football oval upon a green background. 4. Crown Tliis will symbolize the Pep Queen presentation. 5. "Rose Bowl 1941 This will honor the Rose Bowl team mem bers present. 44 Groups Enlcr In Float Contest Forty-four floats, one of the largest numbers ever entered in the competition, will participate in the Homecoming parade this ye-r. Because of a Panhellenlc riling, only f ratcrnities end r.z'; and wemcn's orgaHzed JirtOh are perrnliurd to enter; roriiie are not. Tue parade will sunn at about 10 a. m. after the participants line up at 9:30 a.m. The partici pants will march down 14 th street to R, down R street to 15th, down 15th street to O. down O street to 11th, down 11th street to R, down R street to 12th. end down 12th back to the Coliseum. The Judges of ihe floats will watch the parade from a stand in front of the Union. Winners will be notified by letter within week. D) eiv lecoming f '4' , ' (7 (7 VVB By Amy Palmer Contested games, rallies, re- turning grads, house decorations, dances end torchlight parades are some of the events that have highlighted the Nebraska Home coming celebrations in past years. Homecoming this year is go ing to be bigncr and better than ever before. One of the first of ficial announcements of Home coming was made In 1920. Be fore that, the faculty had spon sored trips to games for Uni versity alums, parents and friends, in an effort to acquaint those people with the needs of the University. In 1920, a real effort was made to make one name an official "homecoming" for the alums and, according to the Cornhusker yearbook, "Thousands of grads came to watch the Iluskers trample the Jayhawks." Rallies .fefrln That was s:so the year of the first rallies. The beginning of this noisy tradition Involved singing the "Corribusker" until the mus ic of the band had been drowned out. After the relly, the cheer leaders led a torchlight parade downtown.. Innovations of that year were the beginning of the Corncobs and the throwing of the fresh man beanies Into a half-time fire on the field. The men's pep ? V -: . pjf raw- 1 1 j J. i ".4,,, , ' .-, y group also appeared on the field during half time carrying corn cob pipes and cornstalks. Their purpose was to entertain the grads who had gathered to watch KU be defeated. Not much mention Is made of the event again until 1925, which was a great year for the Corn huskers. Besides being the onl? team in the country to beat Notre Dame, the victorious team also won the Homecoming game against KU. It was the year of the first homecoming decora tions. They were a little simple, according to our present day standards. In fact, the first place was awarded to a large red "N" which flashed . on and off. Sat urday evening, a Homecoming dance was held in the Armory. Admission was 25 rents Times have definitely changed. New Cob Uniform The Corncobs adopted a new uniform that year which is quite similar to the ones the pledges now wear. Because there was no card section, the Cobs still were responsible for half-time enter tainment. By 1930, Homecomings were definitely the 'rage' and everyone went 'all out' in their efforts to Increase spirit. Missouri was the victim and decorations all deplet ed a Tipcr in pome form or other. At the rally, a giant funeral pyre Mil v-tsy - J) i I WW ill .1 A rlv'Vfr f i i V I -ii! j if if ft"-' -vl.?.n ljkf I V v ! r-j ' : '" F n l iff!- i w: II HA? I o o TDju) LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA -- with a Missouri Tiger in It was burned. Pathc News was at NU to record the event and dlstrlbule it throughout the country in their national ncwsreel. The Tassels went to every fra ternity house on Friday night to sing songs and inspire spirit. No doubt they did. To Kappa Delta went first prize on Homecoming decora- Forty members of the fa mous Rose Bowl team of 1940 will meet for their tenth an niversary reunion at a lunch con preceding the Homecom ing came, The squad will be honored during halftlme by the band. After the game, they will have dinner at the Cornhusker hotel. John Bent ley will serve as toastmaster for the occasion. tlons for "finer, more subtle, better executed Ideas than the fraternities." It was not until six years later that a cup was given in both men and womens' divisions. Taculty Spirit In 1930, even the faculty got Into the spirit and classes were dismissed for a rally. Of course there was another big torchlight parade, but the 'big deal' of that year was the Homecoming dance. Carleton 'Curly-headed' Coon and 4 t J r his twenty entertainers furnish ed the music and entertainment for the dance at the Coliseum The chairman of the dance, in urging students to attend said, "There has been plenty of ef fort in getting a big-time orch estra for the campus, so we want everyone to go and enjoy him self." That's one thing that hasn't changed. The great football battle be tween the Cornhuskers and the Missouri Tiger In 1936 was for gotten for a moment when the crowd watched the meeting of Robert Taylor, screen hero, and Cynthia Pedley, "Nebraska Sweetheart." Taylor was among many Nebraskans returning to Lincoln for Homecoming. In 1937 another innovatios. In dance music was started. Two bands were Imported from Kan sas and the "Battle of the Bands" was fought to a noisy finish. Only $25 was allowed for the house decorations, but the results were "stupendous." The game with KU ended in a 13-13 tie. One of the saddest years for the Cornhuskers was in 1938 when five games were lost. The Chamber of Commerce sponsored the alumni luncheon in that year when spirits seemed to be drag ging. The Homecoming dance was held in the brand new Stu for ushers Favored to End Tiger 6 sf4 1 0 V Pi Iwl dent Union and over thrcn hun dred couples 'crowded in.' The Sigma Nu's original idea won the homecoming decorations contest. It was a Tarzan swing ing through the trees carrying the Missouri Tiger by the tall. In 1939 the Homecoming dance was held In the Coliseum from 4:30 until 6 p. m., but even the early hour didn't seem to dampen the spirits of the crowd, for "thousands of grads attended." In 1940 Nebraska's Rose Bowl team was nationally known and respected. Of course Homecom ing decorations and dances got bigger as the fame of the team grew. Then the war came and things were quiet around here while America took time off to win an even bigger victory. No Repeat Last year Homecoming was a gty affair that was ruined only by the fact that Nebraska lost the game. Chances are that isn't going to happen this year, NU boasts the best team since the war, thousands of energetic workers stirring up pep and cheer for the came, and the promise of the largest slum at tendance ever. So, as they said In 19.38, "Come one! Come all! The more fans, the more support. The louder the yells, the blKger the score tomor row, the happier the campus next weekl Bring on your Tigers!" I'M , - , First THE WEATHER Generally fair Mid cooler Friday, High In he forties. Saturday fair and warmer. Friday, November 3, 1950 Victories By Bill Mundell Nebraska's Cornhuskers will ba seeking their first Homecoming football victory since 1945 when they take the field against tha Missouri Tigers Saturday after noon. And for the first time alnea 1943 they are favored to do Just that. Through four gala homecoming celebrations, the fervor and ex citement has been cut short with a Nebraska defeat on Memorial sod. But this year, the men in the know are predicting other wise. Going into the fray with the Bengals, the Scarlet and Cream are rated a six point favorite. This in itself should make the Nebraska gridders and faithful a little happy and a little fearful. It makes you proud to see your team picked to win, but when you look at this year's record, you can see possible gloom in the air following the battle. The Cornhuskers have won the games they were supposed to lose this year, and were given a real battle by those they were supposed to wallop. Coach Glass ford and his associates maybe would like the odds to be re versed and have the Tiger favored for their gridders have played their best as underdogs. But favorites they are and favorites they will go into the fray with the determination to make the prognosticators a little more correct this time. Not Easy It will be no easy task, this beating the Missouri Tiger. The Tiger has lived off Cornhusker flesh for a long time and is in no mood to be deprived of another good meal this year. Crafty Don Faurot has installed a split-T formation for his Tigers to use and the Cornhuskers have never beaten the split-T either against Missouri or against Okla homa which also uses this Farout offense. With this split-T. the Tigers will be filling the air with passes to severely test the improving Nebraska pass defense. Leading the way for the Missourians will be quarterback Phil Klein who completed 11 of 14 attempts against the Oklahoma Aggies last week. With Klein comes halfback Johnny Glorioso who left all Huskers sobbing in last year's game at Columbia when he sparked the Tigers to come from behind to take a 21-20 decision. Glorioso is a dangerous runner See Game, page 3 Pep Candidates Will Highlight Rally Tonight The biggest rally of the year is scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. Fireworks, speeches, proces sions and cheers will be pre sented in full force for the Home coming game. Ralliers will meet at the Union and proceed to the Mueller caril lon tower for the program. Program will include presenta- lion of Coach Bill Glassford, in troduction oi we team ana coaches, introduction of Shirley Allen, last year'f Pep Queen and presentation of the Pep Queen candidates by Miss Allen. Also in the rally program will be yells by the cheerleaders, a fireworks display and band num bers. Yell King Frank Piccolo said, "We want to make this the big gest and best Homecoming cele bration that the University has ever seen." Cooperation, spirit and backing are asked of the students. The success of the Homecoming and especially the rallies will depend on the atti tude of the student body, tated Piccolo. The rally will be fun for the Cornhusker backers, say the rally committee, and will show the Huskers how much students are behind them. Dent Alums Return For Homecoming Between 150 and 200 alumni of the University dental college will return to the campus. Highlighting the session will be the annual banquet Friday night at which three Nebraska dentists will be honored for their contributions to the profession of dentistry. The speaker will be Robert G. Simmons, Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. The clinics at the College of Dentistry will feature demonstra tions of the new drilling tech nique called "alrbraslve," by members of the College faculty. Officers of the dental college alumni association are: President. Dr. Ieo Beattie, Alnsworth: vice president. Dr. C. R. Peterson, Osceola, end secretary-treasurer, Dr. R. J. Wendle, Lincoln. D