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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
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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.
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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
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