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JUttlVk;;r::!TY OF NEBR, p, H Q. fOH Vol. 76, No. 29 Homecoming Will Begin STl .', STUFF, STUFF While trick or treaters stuffed their bags with candy, girls and guys stuffed napkins into chicken wire in the annual frantic attempt to finish Homecoming displays by the Friday deadline. Rain has forced everything from plastic to bedsheets to be draped over displays and delayed progress on them. (Photo by Pixie Small wood) Cornhuskers Follow Football Teams . . . Win EDITOR'S NOTE: The following torr wu produced In the Unlvemity'i journallim depth reporting rlani. In etirnce, it If l follow-up of the ton don Uit rear or Hal Brown when he examined the nupport by tbe Cornhuiker football fan of Corn maker teami. win. lose, or draw. Now, after a ali-rame ilnilnl tread, Beattr hae tried to deter mine how the Cornhuiker fan feelt and what he doea during a winning year. By NORM BEATTY What happens during a winning season in Nebras ka, where football delirium is a normal condition win, lose, or draw? The Cornhuskers' meth odical wins over South Da kota, Michigan, Iowa State, North Carolina State, Kan sas State, and Colorado have been welcomed by many followers like rain during a drought. At the very least the victories as sure a winning season the first since 1954. At most they conjure up hap py dreams that date back to the days when Nebraska was a national football gi ant. The happy, somewhat dazed condition of the av erage Cornhusker fan this year Is probably some where between these view points cautious skepti cism or outright elation. There are many signs be sides the obvious statistical ones that place Nebraska (at least until tomorrow) high both nationally and in the Big Eight. Healing Splits Some observers even be lieve that the winning ways of the Cornhuskers are healing sectional splits in the state. Student activity of all kinds seems to carry new spirit on the NU campus. And there are some funny little outbursts that tell it rather pointedly. There are some cautious ones who want to "wait and see" before they liken this to the football fanati cism of the 30's. The coaches are already receiving plaudits un matched until you. look , at Saturday Nor. 39 to 1 at Pershing Auditorium 0 the rave notices back in the days of Biff Jones, Dana X. Bible and Henry Schulte. Sales Similar And, not so strangely, ticket sales for the first four home games do not drasti cally depart from last year's sales during a con siderably less successful season. Why "not so strangely?" After four games last year one win, two losses and a tie over 127,000 peo ple had witnessed Husker contests. Despite four straight home game victo ries this year, only an esti mated total of 126,000 have turned out to cheer Nebras ka to its fourth winning sea son in 22 years. A predicted capacity crowd of 38,000 for tomor row's homecoming game pushes the five-game total this year a mere 8,000 over the 1961 total after five games. Nebraskans Support The conclusion is one that has" already been made. Nebraskans support their teams to the limit, despite win-loss records. As Hal Brown, former NU student and presently a member of the Lincoln Star sports staff pointed out during last year's dismal 3-6-1 season, "to the outsider, the Corn husker football fan may well seem to be some kind of a super-loyal nut" who backs the Huskers each year, regardless of the score. The impact of a winning season, however, can be found, say some who have followed University of Ne braska football fortunes for years. "Omaha becomes a part of the state when we win." ' said Lincoln Journal Sports Editor Dick Becker. "There's no more conflict between east and west, north and south." Former Lincoln Journal sports writer Jim Raglin IT 11 Lai Iju G The Doily Nebraskan Weekend Festivities Tonight at Pep Rally Queen Will Be Presented By SUSAN SMITHBURGER Nebraskan Staff Writer In approximately 477 min utes the 1962 University Home coming Queen will receive her glittering new crown. The crowning will take place at the rally on the south side of the Union beginning promptly at 6:30 p.m. Chan cellor Clifford Hardin will crown the queen and the 1961 queen, Judy Polenz, will robe her. Coach Bob Devaney will speak. At 6:30 p.m. the homecom ing displays will all be com p 1 e t e d (the homecoming chairmen hope) and in run ning order. The judges will begin their rounds, mingling with the crowds. All vehicular traffic will follow a special route to facilitate the large influx of people viewing the ingenuity of the students. Festivities will continue on Saturday as fans prepare for the game with the Missouri Tigers. "We expect a crowd of at least 6,000 cheering fans to come to a rally Saturday," said Doug Busskohl, yell squad member. The group will cheer the team off the buses and into the field house. The gathering at the northeast corner of the field house, the first of its kind, will be led by the yell squad. Mortar Boards will be sell ing mums in the Student Un ion until game time and Tas sels will be selling carnations, balloons and pom-poms on the street. The Cornhuskers will meet agrees. "A Nebraska win ner is a centralized point of pride that is cheered lustily by all citizens, whether they live in t h e west or the east, north of the Platte, south of the Platte, big town or small. We need a winning team to heal some sectionalism splits that haven't done this state any good in its ef forts to progress," says Raglin. Alumni 'Our Team' The Husker 6-0 record seems to have affected an other group the alumni. Dr. Norman Carlson, a Lin coln dentist and avid alum ni supporter and contribu tor, has explained the change. "Alumni now talk about 'our team'. When we used to lose it was 'their team'," Carlson noted. Other signs of the feel ings Nebraskans have about a winning season in Lin coln have popped up. In Grand Island the Chamber of Commerce sent free beef to feed the NU players when the Huskers began to win. Other outstate groups have indicated they will match the third city's ges ture. The most graphic effect to date is shown on t h e campus itself among NU's 10,000-plus students. "Students are prouder of their University today. It's carrying over into other ac tivities. The attendance at games is up and students are carrying their heads higher. You might say a winning season has really started things hopping on campus," noted Student Council President Don Burt. 1 Students Enthusiastic Not only is the student backing "enthusiastic" but "they don't sit back and gripe any more. For the first time that I can re member, students are be hind the team, Coach De vaney and his staff," said the Tigers 'at 2 p.m. in, a game televised by 71 stations. The queen, attendants and finalists will be presented during the half-time after the Nebraska and Missouri bands have performed. A Missouri-Nebraska vic tory bell will be presented to the Tigers for their win over Nebraska last year. This will be the fifth straight year that the Missourians have taken home the bell. The ex change is sponsored by the 'Flash' Rehearsal A rehearsal of the card section will be held tomor row at 12:30 p.m., immedi ately following the pep ral ly. Pre-game flashes will be rehearsed. Innocents and the QEBH, Missouri -men's senior honor ary society. Alumni, too, will find vari ous activities on campus. An alumni luncheon will be held Saturday morning at 11:30 at the Cornhusker Hotel. Over 150 Dental College alumni are expected to attend a reunion Friday and Saturday. The "N" Club alumni will get to gether Saturday morning, as will the Mortar Board alumni. Organized houses will open their doors to alums and visi tors after the game. A finale to the festivities will be the dance Saturday night at which' Stan Kenton will play. The dance will be in Pershing Auditorium from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wes Grady, president of Corn Cobs, men's spirit or ganization. There are more outward signs of the feelings of stu dents. One fraternity has displayed a sign at each Husker home game, adver tising a "New Year's Eve Party" at "Miami Beach," in obvious reference to the Orange Bowl. Another group has a per manent sign on display which marks the progress of the Nebraska team. This week it reads: "Six Down, Four to Go." Even the coeds have been caught up in the wave of optimism. "First Missouri, Then All the Way to the Orange Bowl," screams a brightly painted sign at a sorority. All Want Tickets One student tells of re ceiving a message to call his parents "immediately" one night last week. "I thought something d i s a s trous had happened. Dad just wanted to know if I could get tickets to the Mis souri game." But is this support too optimistic? "No," says Sports Editor Becker. "People may be a little too rosy but it's good for the state financially and mentally." To at least one individ ual, Husker quarterback Dennis Claridge, it's only the beginning. "I remem ber how Coach Murray. Warmath at Minnesota was hung in effigy when his teams were losing. The state really went berserk when he gave them a na- tional champion. If we knock Missouri off, the peo- pie in Nebraska will really respond," Claridge said. Skeptical Views There are, however, at least two qualified observ ers who take a more skepti cal view of the whole mat ter. "People folow them be cause they are winning. It's TICKETS ON SALE IN NEBRASKA Friday, November 2, 1962 FIRST RETURN Col. Sam Francis, All-American Ne braska fullback in 1936, is in Lincoln and will attend his first Husker game in 26 years when NU faces Missouri tomorrow. Francis, now the assistant quartermaster at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., is happy to be back and will be rooting for a NU win. (See story on page three). not like the old days when entire communities used to travel to Lincoln to see hometown boys play. Today most of the players come from other states and there isn't as much outstate en thusiasm," noted Gregg McBride, veteran Omaha World-Herald scribe. "What people don't realize is that there are many people from other states sitting in the stands who come to see Ne braska get beat." Former Husker great, Ed Weir, an all-American tac kle during the golden days of Nebraska football, echoed McBride's words. "This is only one season. In the old days there were many win ning seasons and champi onships won. We'll have to see what happens in a year. Then see how much support there is, win or lose." But to the two men pos sibly most concerned over the response of fans, new comers Coach Bob Devaney and Athletic Director Tippy Dye, it has been "gratify ing." Tremendous Support "After traveling over the state, we have found that the support is a tremendous thing," Dye said. "It's hard to compare but I would say it is better than any place in the country. Nebraskans deserve a winning season," he added. Coach Bob Devaney agrees that there is no ac curate yardstick for meas uring spectator ballyhoo but notes that the "support since I've been here has been great. Nebraskans really get behind their teams." . Regardless of the differ ence of opinions on the re-' sponse to a winning season, there is a unanimous con sensus that the big differ ence is in the coach. "He's the best coach since Bible. Coach Schulte once said, 'Give me a boy from a small town with the willingness to play and I'll knock the hell out of the UNION NU Police Stop Pi Xi Stenciling ByGARYLACEY Nebraskan Staff Writer A barrage of Pi Xi stenciling was halted Wednesday night as University Police caught several students painting on campus door steps. They were picked up at different times and at different places. G. Robert Ross, dean of Student Affairs, said that an extensive investigation is being held at present concerning last night's paint ing episode. Reportedly, three Pi Xis were caueht. but Dean Ross said that the Adminis tration is questioning or Lose guy who stands around and reads his press clippings.' That's the way Devaney op erates," explained Glenn Baldwin, another oldtime Husker and active Corn husker contributor. Devaney Not Through "Watch out for this guy, he isn't through yet. He'll carry them through Satur day. Watch them!" Bald win predicted. Memorial Stadium is sold out and the game will be carried on regional televi sion. Nebraskans WILL be watching. Judging from the past, win or lose, Nebraskans will stay behind their Cornhusk ers. As in defeat, the Ne braska football fan will sup port them in victory. Foot ball remains as a big part of a Nebraskan's life. AUF Dinner Set Sunday The All University Fund fAIIFi will beein its two- week drive Sunday with its first kick-off dinner. The dinner, to be held in the Pan American room of the Student Union at 6:30 p.m., will honor the presi dents of organizations, res idence halls and organized houses. Skits will be given in the living units Monday evening to advertise 'AUFul Night' which will be Nov. 10. Tickets for the carnival and dance are now being sold by the AUF representatives. Candidates Are On TV Tonight The gubernatorial candi dates will be presented to night on Channel 12 in separ ate interviews pre-recorded in the KUON-TV studios. Gov. Frank Morrison, Democrat, is featured at 7:30 and Republican candidate Fred Seaton will be in the spotlight at 8. Lj I a number of students. He said that a student s re- lationship with the University in cases such as this is not a matter of public record U such early stages. "I won't tell you. the names of the stu dents the police picked up," Ross said. Dean Ross said that the student painters will be pun ished according to each in dividual case. Attitudes, schol arship and continuing coop eration will be taken into con sideration. He said that if any of the students have been in volved in sub rosa activity before, the punishment will be more severe. Two Pi Xis caught last year in another painting incident were suspended from the Uni versity for one semester. Assistant Dean of Student Affairs Frank Hallgren said that when a student is sus pended from the University on such a charge, the details are placed on his record. "An employer who evalu ates a student always takes into consideration his citizen ship," Hallgren said. Comparison Dean Hallgren compared the sub rosa organizations at the University to communist organizations in the United States. "How can you get rid of a subversive organization? All the University can do is to do what the U.S. does, and that Is to prosecute those who arc connected with such organiza tions," Hallgren said. He said that it is the re sponsibility of the fraternity to oust members who are part of sub rosa groups. The fra ternities are bound by order of the National Interfraternity Conference to do this. Hallgren said, "The Univer sity would certainly like to get rid of the sub rosa situa tion." At schools where these groups don't exist, there is a strong student opposition against them, he said. Nolon Gives Support Commenting on the Pi Xi situation. John Nolon. presi dent of the Interfraternity Council, said "The IFC is in complete support of whatever the division of Stu dent Affairs decides to do. He said that nearly every na tional social fraternitv pro hibits membership in any sub rosa organizations including Pi Xi and Theta Nu Epsilon (TNE). Nolon said that there is a federal law prohibiting mem bership in TNE or any oth er organization like it. Be cause these fraternities re nuire their members to drink whether they are twenty-one or not, they violate state laws, Nolon said. Don Burt, president of Stu dent Council, said that h i s organization has no real pow er to act on any members of sub rosas except through the Student Tribunal. He said, "You may be sure that we will recommend full punishment to the tribunal for any members of a sub rosa organization." Cars on Route Must Be Moved Students are reminded that all vehicles must be removed after 1 p.m. today from the parking areas along the route designated for viewers of homecoming displays. Southbound traffic on 16th and 14th Streets will be di verted to 10th Street. All traffic must enter the area at 17th and R, drive west to 14th, north to S, west to 16th and north to Vine. It is along these streets that parking is prohibited. Violat or cars will be towed in. Lincoln police and ROTC students will direct traffic through the campus from 7 to 11 p.m. feelsring STAN KENTON