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UN! VfcXi I Y UNIVERSITY Or NEBP H&Mr Cagers Have fed-1916 Season: Ben Win Conference Title By WENDY ROGERS Not eince 1916, when NU basketball captain Ed Hugg piloted his undefeated team to the Missouri - Valley Con- lerence Championship, has the Cornhusker squad won a clear title. ' The Huskers won their ti tie despite the resignation of Coach "Jumbo" Stiehm only four days before the first Missouri Valley Conference game. The team without a coach got one, Sam Waugh, now in Washington, D.C., on the opening game, and went on to an undefeated season. Forty-six years later, tall, grey-haired, soft-spoken Ed Hugg recalled with a twinkle in his eye that "Jumbo," who had coached the NU football team through three undefeat ed seasons, cost the 1914 bas ketball team the same cham pionship. Wesleyan Wins "He got so mad when (non conference) Wesleyan Uni versity was the only team that beat us, he didn't even claim the championship." Basketball today is much more scientific and faster, said 5-foot, 11-inch, 150-pound Hugg, who played forward po sition as a sophomore, and guard during his junior and senior years. "Then it was just like an indoor football game," he chuckled. "Blocking was legal, and with only one official, sneaky tackling was , done. Blocking Used "You can't even touch a player now, but when I 1916 SEASON NEBRASKA 34 Kinsai 33 NEBRASKA 40 Knsa 27 NEBRASKA 41 Drake 13 NEBRASKA 44 Drain 16 NEBRASKA 35 Ames, AggiM 21 NEBRASKA 31 Amu AKgiei 14 IEBRASKA 21 Kana State 20 NEBRASKA 26 Kansas Stat 25 NEBRASKA 34 ... Drake 24 NEBRASKA 40 Drake IS NEBRASKA '23 Ames Aggies 14 NEBRASKA 29 Ames Aggies 17 played, you could block a person clear out of a play." .Hugg believes basketball today is "plenty rough," it was just "more legal" then. Basketball players today do a "lot more running" than in 1916, said Hugg. There were a lot of long shots in his day "not so much work." But the NU squad m 1916 consisted of only nine players. And out-of-town trips usual ly meant four nights out and four nightly games. Road trips were quite an expedition for the 1916 Husk ers, recalled Hugg. In addi tion to playing four nights in a row, the squad usually slept In one room. 22 Below "I remember once in Min nesota when it was 22 (de grees) below (zero)," said Hugg "we opened the win dow and the radiator froze." The team traveled by train on its two yearly road trips. For example, the squad would leave on Tuesday, play two games at Ames, la, (Towa State University), then play two games with Drake University, and return home on Sunday. "We were supposed to take our books," grinned Hugg, "and that's what we did just take them." ' - In addition to games with Conference teams Kansas, Kansas State, Drake, and Ames, the NU squad - also played every other year in Minnesota. "We couldn't play Missouri," said Hugg, "be cause we couldn't get there by train." Basketball uniforms were scarce in '16, recalled Hugg "We didn't have two uni forms; we used the same one for both home and out-of-town games. We were issued one jersey a year, and since it was wool, it didn't get washed, just rinsed." Equipment was scarce too "we never had more than one basketball at a time," noted Hugg; "if got heavier toward the end of the sea son, and just a little out of shape." He added that bas- ketballs then had to be blown up and laced together. Another difference between basketball then and now, not ed Hugg, was that "every one played because they wanted toowe didn't have scholarships and training ta bles. The only free meals we got were on the two trips "Basketball used to be fun, it's work now." Limited practice time cut development of game plays to a minimum. "We just got the ball and tried to go through them, laughed Hugg, "But, as you Hugg can see by the scores, we didn't make too many." They didn t stall for time in 1916, even if the team was ahead one point with a min ute to go. ' "We still tried to shoot," said Hugg. ' "Grandstand Plays" Qne-handed shots were "grandstand plays" in Hugg's day. And "grand standers" didn't last long with the team. "We worked together," said Hugg. Free shooting for fouls was done mostly ly one man in Hugg's day. "Our best shoot er did most of the work," said Hugg, "we won two games that year by one point on a foul shot by Ralph Thie sen." Hugg, and Ted Riddel of Scottsbluff are the only two members of the 1916 team now living in Nebraska. Ralph Thiesen now resides in Denver, . Colo., and Paul Shields lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Other team mem bers Harvey Nelson and Dick II V " ' " ..-iff iii-.,mm:?Uy : 'f.W i : :V:.'":' 'W' ' I ' Wf&,'t.?;-J-:yi' :' ' i w -, J ... Hugg ponders over a picture of the 1916 winning team. Rutherford live in California. The three other members of the 1916 " Husker squad have died within the past few years. Delta Tau Delta Hugg, a Lincoln' High School graduate, has lived in Lincoln most of his life. At the University, he was a memDer of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. The kindlv old eentleman athlete with a keen wit and a twinkle in his eye paused at a 1916 clipping of himself in football togs. "I played at football and Daseoau, ana was just - an 'also-ran' in track, but mv greatest love was basket- Dan." Grant Hall Was Home Of Cagers In 1916, when a picket fence still surrounded the four-block area of the University, 400 people could "pack" Grant Memorial Hall to the rafters for NU basketball games, Other teams called it the 'crackerbox'," said Ed Hugg, captain of the 1916 basketball squad. There were no cheerlead ers, there just wasn't room, he noted. Games were played on a sub-regulation size court, and the only room for spectators was a little balcony on the east side of the gym, plus some bleachers. At times, impassioned play ing threw a player into the crowd "You had to be healthy just to be in the crowd," said Hugg. Because Grant was also used for physical education classes, the only time the basketball squad could prac tice was from 3-4 p.m., Tues day and Thursday, and Mon day, Wednesday and Friday nights. Freshman basketball play ers practiced in the "chapel' for convocations located on the west side of the building. According to Hugg, the space squeeze moved the NU games to the fairgrounds in the early 1920's, where a port able playing floor was set up, As basketball became more popular and spectator attend ance increased, the coliseum, in 1925, became the new site for NU basketball games. $ : Vol. 75, No. 67 College Changes Program Student Teaching Adjustment Made Practice teaching , J u s t won't be the same . starting next semester, according to Norman Thorpe, assistant dean of Teacher's College. Secondary education stu dents will have to meet new requirements in practice teaching. The requirements, which were approved by the college's faculty, are: 1. The student will teach a class in his major field, and be responsible for attending conferences, evaluations, de partment and seminar meet ings. 2. He will assist a class in his minor field or a different area in his major field. It will involve special instruc tion of individuals and groups, preparation and use of materials in this area and conferences with the supervis or and the teacher of the class. 3. He will be required to participate in the school pro gram outside of, the regular classroom, such as faculty meetings, PTSA meetings, school assemblies and other school functions. "The change in require' ments were initiated because the national accrediting stan dards have been raised since the last time the University's Teacher's College was eval uated," he explained. "We will be up for re-evaluation in two years, and in order to be rated an accred ited school again, we must meet these new require ments." Thorpe said this "block plan" will require the stu dent to be at the school a half day. "We realize that we will have some difficulty planning this around some of next year's senior student sched ules," he added. "Some ex ceptions will have to be made because this was not antici pated in advance, and the students might have conflicts with classes they will need for graduation." "It will be some time be fore we get into full swing," he admitted, "but it will work out all right if we plan a It e a d when scheduling classes earlier in the stu dent's school career." Book Exchange Alpha Phi Omega re quests that those who have not picked up their books from the book exchange do so by tomorrow. Contact Maurice Hawthorne at 477-3562, 2112 Selleck Quadrangle. University Fallout Shelters Are Sufficient to Meet Ned Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles on civil defense written by staff writer Karen Gunlicks. The article today is concerned with fallout shelters and disaster plans for the University. By KAREN GUNLICKS Most of the basements of the buildings on the Univer sity campus would be sufficient fallout protection, in the event of a nuclear attack according to David Godbey, architect for Selmer Solheim and Associates of Lincoln. Lincoln and Omaha architectural agencies were selected by the Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, to carry -out a federal state-wide program to determine which build ings in Nebraska could be used as fallout shelters. Prospective firms attended a two-week school to learn to evaluate buildings and the inspecting firms were chosen from there. Godbey said that Andrews Hall, Love Library, Burnett. Hall and the dorms were especially suited, but that most of the fraternity and sorority houses would not offer the protection needed. " ' These buildings will not be officially designated as fall out shelters until authorization from Washington, D.C. is received. ' The information compiled by the. various architectural agencies will be put on electron computers in Washington to determine their effectiveness. 3y December of this year, it is hoped that the buildings on the campus may be officially marked as to whether or not they are good fallout shelters. In most cases, heavy masonry buildings were selected as safe. Those selected arrf assured of being 20 times as safe from fallout inside as Ait. If all buildings believed to offer sufficient protection are endorsed by the federal government, there will be more protection on campus than needed for the campus population. , ' ' . The Daily Nebraskan pir i ' 4 'S ' "Si If V j ; I; : Gaines Gaines Is 'JB'Lead; Plays Job : Production to Open March 21 in Howell The next play to be pre- sented by the University Theater has been cast. "JB.," a Pulitzer Prize-winning adap tation of the book of Job by Archibald MacLeish, will open March 21 at Howell Theater, The cast inc'udes Fred Gaines, a senior in speech, in the title role; Sharon Bmfield, junior in Teachers College, as Sarah, JB.'s wife; Dale Holt as Zuss (God); and Don So bolik as Nickles (Satan). Both Nickles and Zuss appear on earth as circus vendors. Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bil- bad, JB.'s comforters, are played by Doug McCartney, Gary D'Angelo, and Richard Watkins. Job's daughters, Mary, Ruth, and Rebecca, are played by Nancy Foreman, Diane Johnson, and Ann Wen- strand. JB's sons, Johnathan and David, are played by Mark Armstrong and Mark Owen. Other members of the cast are: John Abrahamzon. Cur- tiss, Greene, Barry Johnson, Denny Norwood, Herbert Ir vin, Jenise Burmood, Kay Swanson, Diane Uslarfer, Bon nie ' Benda, Jeanie Dawson, Sherrill Whittemore, Sharron Purbaugh, Janet Anderson and Mary Teale. Greek Unity Urged; NSA Motion Voted By MIKE MACLEAN "Sororities should not pre sent a conflicting image to the public, rather, they should emphasize their strength-leadership," said Kenneth Keller, assistant di rector of public relations, speaking to the Wednesday meeting of Panhellenic. "You sorority women have the job of impressing three publics: your fellow students, the faculty members, and the Administration. So, you must establish your objective, de cide how you are going to ac complish it, and then do it," said Keller. A motion limiting the amount of money spent on campaigning for an election to $10 per person per election and to two 5x7 pictures (one in the city Union and one in the Ag Union) was tabled. A motion was passed that Panhellenic sponsor study sessions on the off weeks of Depth Reporting Class Gets Financial Boost The School of Journalism's depth reporting program has received a vote of confidence from its financial sponsors, who have voted to continue underwriting the cost. The exact amount of the financial banking could not be disclosed pending appro val by the University, but last year the grants amounted to $500 from Readers Digest and $6,000 from the News paper Fund, Inc. What is depth reporting? "Just what the name im plies," according to N e a 1 e Copple, professor of journa lism. "Depth reporting goes beyond the advanced report ing level to cover every, pos sible aspect of a story in an effort to put the news into perspective and to write it in such a way that the reader can understand his part in it," Copple said. Dr. William Hall director of the school added, "Its the fusion of journalistic skill with knowledge in other areas, for example political science, English, history." The first undertaking was a project which the second semester class did a year ago. It was a detailed study of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.' The report, a 36-page booK- let, was published last sum mer. It was distributed to every daily newspaper listed in "Editor and Publisher," and to most media of mass com munication. Every journalism department in the coun try and all the members of the 1961 legislature who co If. however, war is imminate and there is national deterioration like there was during Pearl Harbor, classes may be dismissed and all except those who would be needed here for police and government duties would be evacuated to the Hastings ammunition depot by order of the President, said Roy Loudon, director of PersoneL The University plans for a possible disaster are a warning blast which is tested every Monday at 5 p.m, and public health trainees. The sirens are located on Bancroft Hall on city campus and the bio-chemistry building on ag campus. Student Health officials are currently trying to make it possible for all organized houses to have at least one person who is sufficiently trained in public safety that he or she could attend to the most immediate needs of the injured people. ' .. If it became necessary for fallout shelters to be used, basement windows, which let unfiltered air containing alpha and beta particles enter, would have to be cov ered -with some kind of material which could prevent leakage. An activated charcoal board which would filter the air has been produced (but has not been put on ' the market yet) . and could be cut to window size and taped to the windows. In order to measure the amount of radiation one is receiving or the amount in one's shelter, a kit containiag a self-reading pocket dose-meter, a rate meter which gives the rates one is receiving radiation, and a charger for the two meters may be purchased. A certain precaution may be observd in a fallout shelter. Studies show that, -depending on the number of people and time spent in a shelter, 16 become hysteri cal immediately and the number increases with time until half the people in the room are hysterical. Those sick from excitment show the same symptoms as those suffering from radiation sickness, which augments the hysterical and 'excitement. Wednesday, February 21, 1962 its regular meetings for the members of Panhellenic and 'interested persons. The pur pose would be to present the facts both for and against school affiliation with the Na tional Student Association (NSA). The motion also read in part that "the Panhellenic Coun cil consider sending a letter to the Student Council pro testing the considered affilia tion by Council vote and ask for an all campus vote on the issue." There was also an affirma tive vote on the motion that the president of Panhellenic and a sophomore be chosen by election to represent the school at the Big Eight Pan hellenic conference April 7. Previously the incoming and outgoing president had been sent as representatives. It was urged that each so rority have a speaker during Religion in Life Week. operated with the students and many other parties have received copies of the report, Dr. Hall explained. "Michigan and the state of Washington have shown the greatest interest in the report since it has been considering adopting the unicameral sys tem of government." "Five thousand issues were printed. Today there are less than 300 left," Dr. Hall added. "We get an average of 200 requests a month." J-School is planning to have the report reprinted soon. While the Unicameral re port flourishes, Copple and this semester's class are busy working on a second report. This one will be a detailed study of Nebraska's Public Power situation. As far as the Journalism school knows a depth report ing program for undergrad uates is unique at Nebraska. It is the only program of its kind in the nation. Copple is also currently un der contract to Prentice-Hall Publishing Co., to write a book" about depth reporting, the first text written on depth reporting. It is to be completed next spring and published in the fall. CORRECTION A second traester AWS Activities Mart will be held this year for the first time. The mart will be held oa Wednesday, February 28, in the Union party rooms from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and In the Ag Union from 12 to 3 p.m. F I- i J- ft FRIDAY, FEB. 23 , PERSHING 8:00 P.M. $1 TCJffTS NOW ON SAlf STUDENT UNON AND 8CSDTF- C3 AWS WORKIRS frw3"w ; L , ' ' ....
