Fridoy, Noveinhpr 1 1 957
Ag Queen Election
Slated Monday
Voting for Farmeri Formal
Queen finalists will be held Mon
day from 9 to S p.m. in the As
Union, according to Roger Hub
bard, publicity chairman.
All senior women with a S.5 ac
cumulated average are eligible for ,
the title, Hubbard said. Names of
the candidates will be placed in
the voting booths.
All Ag College students are eli-'
gible to vote. Identification cards
must be shown, Hubbard said.
The Queen will be revealed at"
the Farmers Formal Dance whica
will be held Nov. 16 in the Colege
Activities Building.
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The Sigma Kappas ar work- coming Display which will be nual display contest Is held from The cape of Nebraska1! Home, by Tassels officers Marllvn der nre.Ment d Itooo.
In, earnestly on thcl, mi Home. show. Friday nigh, when the an. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. coming a. i, being admired K aecbtcr, secretary," ,, wi, pJe.lden,.
Homecoming
Naming
a race lo ireaUwe
ontest Witnniers
Winners of the 1957 Homecoming Launch Sputnik II;" Freddie
display and float contests will be Hall, "Alums Say Kan Kansas."
announced at the Homecoming Alpha Gammo Rho, "We're in
dance, at 9 p.m. Saturday in the I the Same Boat So Let's All Pull
Coliseum. I Together;" Gustafson I, "Playboy
Trophies for first, second and
third places in the three divisions
cf the house displays will be
awarded. Traveling trophies for
the grand championship in the
men's division and- the women's
division will also be presented.
Thirty-six men's and women's
organizations have been preparing
displays and 23 floats have been
constructed for the parade tomor
row. The parade including the Uni
versity' band, both the army and
navy drill squad and the five
Homecoming Queen candidates,
will begin at 9:30 a.m. at 14th &
Vine and will proceed along this
route: east to 16th; south to 0;
west to 11th; north to R; east to
12th, where the units will disband.
Organizations entered in the pa
rade competition are the Nebraska
Alumni Association, "The 0 1 d
Grad Says, Beat KU"; Burr Hall,
"Nebraska's Piaymate of the
Week;" Delta Sigma Pi, "Huskers
Sez, Huskers Got Everything Un
der Control;" Farm House, "Gun
ning for Jayhawks," N Club,
"Steps to Success;" Brown Palace,
"Sitting Ducks;'' Beta Sigma Psi,
"Portrait of Scared Jayhawk."
Rodeo Club, "Let's Buck the
Jayhawks;" Red Cross, "Jayhawks
Need Red Cross;" Alpha Tau Ome
ga, "Down the Jayhawks;" Seaton
I, "Stalk the Jayhawks;" Ag Men,
"We're Still Wit Ya;" Block and
bridle Club, uornnuskers Slaugh
ter the Jayhawks."
Delta Upsilcn, "Alums Place Big
Red on Top;" Women's Athletic
Aisociation, "Huskers Sail to Vic
tory; " Tassels, "Roses to Royal
ty;" Towne Club, "Jayhawks, We
Mean Buzz-ness;' Bessey Hall,
"Let's Make Sausage Out of the
Jayhawks;" Varsity Dairy Club,
"Its In the Bag;" and Alpha Gam
ma Sigma. "No Sweat with the
Jayhawks."
House displays protraying death
and destruction to the Kansas
Jayhnwks will he operating from
7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Houses have
been asked to operate their dis
plays Saturday morning for the
benefit of the Alumns, Glenn An
dersen, Innocents Society Home
coming chairman said.
Evaluation teams and judges will
visit the homecoming displays Fri
day afternoon and evening.
Displays viewing route, will be
gin with cars entering on 17th and
R streets, traveling west on R to
14th Street, Andersen said.
Then cars will travel north on
14th to S Street, from S Street
travel east on S to 16th. Then
north on 16th Street to Vine and
will exit going west on Vine to
14th.
Organized houses and their
memes lor tne displays are:
( Men's Division I includes 12 hous
es.) Sellack Quadrangle, "We'll Kick
Them Out of this World," Phi Delta
Theta, "NU Satiliite Runs Circles
Around KU, Delta Tau Delta,
"Whip the Jayhawks," Sigma Chi,
"Misery Loves Company.''
Sigma Phi Epsilon, "Huskers
Hurtle Hawks into Outer Space,"
Kappa Sigma, "Get 'Em in the
Afterburner," Phi Kappa Psi, "Cut
HC History:
Huskers
on First Homecoming Game
By CAROLE FRANK
Copy Editor
Forty-five Novembers ago, Kan
sas and Nebraska clashed in a
Rridiron battle that marked Ne
braska's first annual Homecom
ing. Nebraska won its first home
coming game against, the Jay
hawks with a 12-0 score. Tomor
row we hope to do the same.
An informal banquet was the
highlight of the first Homecoming
weekend. Quite a difference from
the flash card drill was started at A mammouth bonfire rally was
the Homecoming game in 1922. i the highlight of the 1943 rally. The
Each woman attending the game
was given a scarlet handkerchief
and each man was given a white
megaphone. At a signal from the
cheerleader, the handkerchiefs and
megaphones were waved to give a
scarlet and cream effecy.
Flash cards were discontinued
from 1942 until 1945. Since then,
flash cards have become as much
a part of football as the referee.
Homecoming seems to become a
bigger production every year. But,
during the war years, the displays
tl-io olnKrirntA Hicnlnuc Hrtnilfi
plans and mile-long parades of u,. j underwent a drastic change.
day.
Fireworks and a band concert
were instituted in 191 j. The con-
In 1942, the fraternities and
I sororities sent workers out each
day to canvass homes and busi-
, npciipQ fnr erron mptnl Pilpe nf
cert was held in the armory now metal decorated lawns. Metal and
Grant Memorial. One year later, rubber repiaCed the familiar
91b, the Huskers sulfered their and int diso
first Homecoming lost, 7-3. A nrl,ntaiiv. f th- North.
rally was minus the frills and
glamour accumuated through 30
years of tradition.
House decorations were discour
aged and a simplified homecoming
replaced the display of fireworks.
Dates were at a premium for the
dance in 1944. The trainees and
enlisted men from the area attend
ed the dance, but the ratio was
still five women to every man.
House displays were allowed sev
en dollars for fancies. A far cry
from today's $125 limit.
Since 1945, Homecoming has add
ed the float contest, alumni festivi
ties and many other features.
Off the Jayhawks," Sigma Nu,
"Kornhuskers Kukoo Kansas,"
Beta Theta Pi, "They Shot for the
Moon."
Alpha Tau Omega, "Hey Jay
hawks," Theta Xi, "Sat-il Light
'Em Up;" and Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, "Wring that Jayhawk's
Neck."
Mens Division II includes nine
houses. They are Sigma Alpha
Mu, "Kansas the Dust Bowl;"
Cornhusker Co-op, "Kick t h e
Jayhawks Back to Kansas;" Beta
Sigma- Psi, "Huskei Jets Get
the Jayhawks;" Delta Sigma
Phi, "Abandon Hope All Ye Who
Enter Here;" Pi Kappa Phi,
"Sad Start Happy Ending."
Acacia, "Let's Make the Hawks
Squawk;" Theta Chi, "Inject-De-jection;"
Tau Kappa Epsilon,
"Stop the Jayhawks," and Zeta
Beat Tau, "Blast the Jayhawks."
Women's houses inch :'e 14 en
trants. Alpha Chi Omega, "Course It's
a Cinch," Alpha Omicron Pi,
"Puddy Tat Jayhawks- Down;"
Alpha Phil, "Kan 'Em;" Alpha
Xi Delta, "Hit the Hawks," Chi
Omega, "NU Makes Rock Chalk
from the KU Jayhawk."
Delta Delta Delta, "Spit the
Hayhawks;" Delta Gamma,
"It's not Magie It's team
Work;" Gamma Phi Beta, "Let's
Stir Up the Jayhawks;" Kappa
Alpha vrheta, "Octipi the Jay
hawks," Kappa Delta, "Swamp
the Jayhawks."
Kappa Kappa Gamma, "How
Are You Fixed for Teams," Phi
Beta Phi, "Here's Cheers to
Jayhawk Tears;" Sigma Delta
Tau, "Bye, Bird," and Sigma
Kappa, "Snow the Jayhawks."
No parking will be allowed
along the route after 1 p.m. Fri
day, Andersen said. Cars left
there will be towed away at the
owner's expense. Areas where
there will be no parking will be
posted by the police department.
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week and next.
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I've Voted!
Have You?
Tea Cancelled
The Delta Sigma Phi house
mother's tea set for this Sunday
has been canceled because of flu.
according to Harold Mall. Tha
new date set is November 17.
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WELCOME ALUMS!!
Glad to see you all back
to cheer the Nebraska
Cornhuskers on to vic
tory!! Be sure to show
your colors at the game
by wearing a Nebraska
N feather from Gold's.
In 1923, Homecoming marked the
dedication of the Memorial Stadi
um and the tradition of Homecom
ing decorations by fraternity and
sorority houses.
western Metal company judged the
scrap collection. The houses were
allowed five dollars for making
banners which boosted both home
teams the Huskers and the US
The first displays were mostly i armed forces.
sign.i emphasizing a big welcome j Four trophies were given, Sigma
for the alums. Sigma Aloha Ep- j Alpha Mu and Kappa Kappa Gam
silon and Gamma Plu Beta were ma received awards for collecting
awarded trophies for their decora- the most scrap. Delta Gamma and
''0I1S- Sigma Alpha Epsilon received
Flash cards are a must for awards for having the best ar
homecoming The fore-runner of rangement of scrap.
Weekend To Renew
Former NU Tradition
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By BOB W'IRZ
Staff Writer
Many homecoming traditions are
being renewed this weekend as
they are every year at this time.
Most students do not give them
much thought but just go through
the motions from year to year.
OiM-'tradition it seems is a mys
tery ob the campus up to this day.
That is of the song "Cornhusker"
or "Come a Running Boys." Both
of the si titles pertain to the song
writte.t in Robert Stevens several
decadrs ago.
It seeiis that way back, farther
than anine can remember this
ong was sung by the football play
ers at Nebraska before every
fcdime. Tulay the tradition, still
V-ldt. But; no one seems to know
hy, when, oi who got the idea.
Donald Le n 1 1, band director,
gays the trtdition was here when
he first cam? to Nebraska some 19
years ago. iince then it has been
off and ol proposition. During
the Bili J:;nis. Pjfy Clark, and
Rertiie Mastrson tenures at Ne
braska the tradition was discon
tinued. The last man to try and
get the students to sing it was Bil'
Glassford. But, according to Lent;
this was nearly impossible because
of the scale range of the song,
Ed Weir, a Nebraska All-Ameri
can in 1924-25 says the song was
here before his time. He too know.1
very little aboiit it except that
players were to learn and sing it
Athletic Publicity Director, John
Bentley, came to Huskerland in
1921 and the tradition was going
strong at that time.
The Alumni association and
members of the Public Relations
departments also were questioned
Their information was slight.
It seems that the only thing thai
does remain about the jeng is play
ers sing itbefore games. It is just
one of those mysterys that go on
and on with no explanation.
I Just one thing, Robert Steven?
I the composer, created a tune that
j remams in the heart of many Ne
I braska players from year to year.
It gives them pleasant memories
I of their sta; at Nebraska.
1957
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9
1957
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