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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
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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.
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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. , ' ' .
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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.
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