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oinrnnniiniiiniiiiMiiiiimiiiiiimuuniimnniiti rui Kn LnJ DTD 0 GU iaii Jrr mm i Ilf fir HI CAMPUS . . . IIOIVIECOMING A C T I V I TIES SPOTLIGHT this week's festivities on campus as stu dents twist and stuff crepe paper for displays, campaign for queen and try to get some studying in on the side. This year, the SDirit organizations have reintroduced a tradition on campus in the form of the Saturday morning Homecom ' ing parade. Jimmy Dorsey's Band will provide the music for the dance tomorrow night. COUNCIL TO INVESTI GATE ROTC and make ap propriate recommendations to the Board of Regents. The investigation will attempt to find out if the student body is in favor of compulsory ROTC. It was pointed out that less than ten per cent of the stu dents that take compulsory ROTC continue on to advanced ROTC. FRATERNITY MAKES PLANS for admission to In terfraternity Council (IFC) as it becomes more active on the University campus. Kappa Al pha Psi fraternity, composed mainly of Negroes, will pre sent a statement of their aims and purposes to IFC in the near future. The group has four actives and will initiate 18 pledges in December. CITY . . . LINCOLN UNITED FUND campaign reached 60 per cent of its goal this week with con tions totaling $449,314. A goal of 85 per cent was set for to day in order to keep slightly ahead of last year's pace. SUNDAY CLOSING LAW was followed by several Lin coln merchants Sunday as they closed their doors in com pliance with the new contro versial law. Other Lincoln drug stores and grocery stores stayed open and reportedly were selling anything on the shelves to customers. County Attorney Paul Douglas said charges of violating the law would be filed against those constantly open. STATE NEBRASKA UNICAMERAL MET in the 74th special ses sion in its history to consider credit finance legislation and items related to the 1963-fi5 budget. Legislation concerning eminent domain powers for watershed districts, licensing provisions for bottle clubs and authority for the Unicameral to seek advisory opinions from the Supreme Court will also be brought up. OMAHA POLICE AR RESTED 49 Negroes who be gan singing the National An them during a regular meet ing of the City Council. They were demonstrating for an "open occupancy" ordinance. The 41 adults were charged with disturbing the peace and disturbing an assembly. FINANCE INDUSTRY PRO POSED credit finance bills designed to reduce penalty provisions in existing interest rate laws. There is some di vision within the industry as to whether penalties in the in stallment loan act should be changed to interest only or double interest. The four measures the industry pro posed are drafted so as to give them retroactive effect. NATION AMERICAN SHIP STRAFED off the coast of Cuba by an unidentified aircraft. Later Havana radio announded that its planes attacked a ship in that area which was carrying saboteurs and arms. HUNGARY BOUGHT CORN in the first shipment of Ameri can grain which will be sold to Iron Curtain countries this fall. The Commerce Depart ment approved the shipment by issuing a license for the export of the 1.2 million bush els of corn. This is about one third of the corn the Commu nists are expected to buy and only a fraction of the $250 million worth of wheat this country hopes to sell them. "OPERATION BIG LIFT" ran smoothly as the biggest test of American airlift capa bilities got under way. Bad weather forced some planes to land at alternate bases, but nearly 4,000 troops of the 2nd Armored Division were flown ; to Germany from Ft. Hood. ! Tex., during the first 36 hours of the exercise. Officers were confident that the 14,500-man division would be delivered in Frankfurt, Germany, as scheduled within 72 hours of the first departures from Texas. I s lit fjTx jJl II , 1 1 1 'H f" c DELTA SIGMA PHIS puts the finishing touches on their buffalo head. The heavy mane was made by dieing twine and separating it. Pictured, left to right, are Roger Meisenbach, Ron Hilgenfeld, Tony Cass, Greg Kropp and Mark McKay. Vol. 77, No. 20 By Susan Smithberger Senior Staff Writer The time has come for all good men and women to finish their homecoming dis plays, join parades, witness the crowning of the queen, and cheer the Cornhuskers to victory. It's here! Within a few short hours, at 6:30 p.m. the rally parade will begin at the Carillon Tower and proceed to the Union for the rally and crowning of the 1963 Nebraska Homecoming Queen. Her majesty has been chosen by student vote from ten finalists: Janee Band a, CU Band May Play 'Anything' The University has invited the University of Colorado band to Nebraska campus for homecoming festivities and has announced that .the band may play anything they wish. The band was invited to play in the rally parade Sat urday morning. Previously the rally com mittee, composed of repre sentatives from Tassels, Corn Cobs, yell squad and the band, had considered asking the Colorado band not to play Colorado songs in the Satur day morning parade. . They had felt that since the parade was for promoting Cornhusker spirit in down town Lincoln, Colorado songs would be out of place. However, in light of past tradition, they felt they could not do this. Under advice of Donald Lentz, music profes sor, the group learned that there is a tradition .among bands to invite them to par ticipate in any parade being held when the guest was in town. 4-H'ers To Attend Chicago Congress Eight University of Nebras ka Freshman will be dele gates to the National 4-H Club congress at Chicago UccemDer l-a, according to W. M. Antes, state leader of 4-H for young men and women at the University. Names of the delegates are: David Kraeger, Lynn Wulf, Gene Wehrbein, Carol Boyd, Kenneth Mass, David Cook, Dona Holcomb, Jan Portz. Fo if iff Will IB 1 ft V! i I, 'I The Daily c Carol Bieck, Polly Brown, Ca rol Lea Klein, Bonnie Knud sen, Sandy McDowell, Mary Morrow, J 0 a n i e Skinner, Becky Yerk and Sally Wilson. The queen will be crowned by Chancellor Clifford Har din. Her two attendants will be presented also. The ten fi nalists will ride in the rally parade. After the rally, homecoming displays will be in operation. Lincoln and University police will direct all automobile traf fic on the following route : be ginning at 17 and R, west to 14th, north to S, east to. 16th, north to Vine. There the traf fic will be routed east and west out of the University res idence area. TV Ulums Begin festivities Wifh' Hrrimls, Reunions Homecoming is scheduled for tomorrow, but many alumni activities will begin today. This afternoon the "Cali fornians for Nebraska" dele gation will arrive at Munici pal Airport on a chartered plane. The 116 Californians will attend the Homecoming luncheon tomorrow and then will proceed to the game, where they will sit in the west Service Award To Former NU Dean A former Nebraskan, Dr. Clyde A. Nelson of Milford, Del., will receive the distin guished service award from the University College of Den tistry Alumni Association here tonight. A 1918 graduate of the Col lege of Dentistry, Dr. Nelson served as associate professor on the University staff and later as acting dean of the College of Dentistry. In 1921, Dr. Nelson joined the staff of the L. D. Caulk Company of which he was appointed di rector of research, a post he held until retirement in 1960. Dr. Nelson served as den tist for the first and second Byrd Antartic Expedition and for the Sir Hubert Wilkin's Expeditions. He also served three consecutive terms as president of the Delaware State Dental Society. University Complete By Mark Plattner The United States Staple and Crepe Paper Co. Ltd. has reported that sales have nearly tripled in Lincoln. The chicken farmer near Nebraska Hall reports that all of his hens have run loose since someone stole all of his chi'.icsn wire during the night. TfA,se are incidents that could possibly happen dur ing that frantic and hectic week before Homecoming. If you put all of these re ports together, yon will find the fact that Homecoming, or the Arsonist's Revenge, is upon ns. As the wind blows the different colored crepe paper (folded neatly into little squares) around the campus; displays are finished. The crib is empty. Teach ers find that the average grade on a test is a three. This is all the result of Homecoming. What good is Homecom ing? The display chairmen have varied views on this question. The main concen sus is, "If it were canceled, I would complain, if it were to be continued, I would gripe." It is felt that working on Nebraskan is II fa f P&TQd mi Week IE audi The living units are asked to keep their displays running untill all traffic has been cleared from the area. A parade at 9:30 a.m. Sat urday will go through the Lin coln business district and back to campus. Leading the parade will be the University band. Also participating will be the Homecoming Queen, her attendants and the other seven finalists, the cheerlead ers and the pom-pom girls. The victory bell will also be displayed. The Cornhuskers will play the Colorado Buffaloes Satur day afternoon. The Queen and her court will be introduced to the capacity crowd. All tickets for this game are sold stadium. The expedition, which was organized by the Southern California chapter of the Nebraska Alumni As sociation, will, return borne Sunday evening. . Members of the University of Nebraska College of Den tistry Alumni Association will hold their annual reunion to day and tomorrow at the Nebraska Center. This morn ing a coffee hour was held from 8-10. Elections and gen eral sessions are planned for this afternoon. This evening a dinner-dance party will be held at the Lin coln Country Club starting at 7 p.m. Tomorrow the Dent School Alumni will attend the game as a group. The annual Homecoming luncheon sponsored by the Nebraska Alumni Association will be held at the Lincoln Hotel. A social hour will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday and the buffet luncheon will be served at 11:30. Around 300 alumni are expected to attend the luncheon. Czech Club Announces First Semester Officers Officers for first semester were presented at last week'6 meeting of the Comenius Czech Club New officers are: Jim Jan ousek, president; Sophie Fedorch'ik; vice-president; Betty Walker, secretary and Lavern Dvorak, treasurer. Architects Decorations the displays help the fresh men meet other people on campus. The Greeks arc united in a friendly compe tition. Fraternities improve relations with neighboring sororities. The displays bring credit and beneficial publicity to the campus. What better ex ample of University spirit and brotherhood can be shown than through houses working to build a display that will be a credit to them and the University. It is also felt that it would be better to have a dance that the whole campus would support, and show spirit in this way. Due to the costs in building a dis play, the amount of time taken away from studies, and the fact that these dis plays are up for only a short time, many students feel that the display part of Homecoming should be dis continued. But it seems that every one will be out again next year, doing the same fold ing, cutting, stapling and painting. The dances will go on again, Negative Rain Dances, to keep the sun shining brightly on THE Homecoming display. Friday, Oct. 25, 1963 out, according to James Pit tenger, athletic ticket direc tor. The Lee Castle and Jimmy Dorsey orchestra will play for the Homecoming Dance to be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Pershing Municipal Auditori um. The Queen and her at tendants will again be pre sented. Winners of the home coming displays will be an nounced at the dance. University coeds will have two o'clock hours that night. Special permission is neces sary for overnights, out-of-towns, or going home. Homecoming Traditions Include Queen, Displays, Parade, Dance Are you sorority and fra ternity members seeing chick en wire and colored napkins in your sleep (that is if you get any sleep)? In 1942 there were no house displays due to the War. In that year, the Innocents staged a scrap metal drive for the trophies. They also al lowed a $5 banner to be made Ten Queens Will Parade At Half-Time Nebraska's 1963 Homecom ing half-time ceremonies pre sented by the Marching Band will feature the "Parade of Queens." This year, ten NU co-eds who have previously held titles will be the stars on the field at half-time. The Nebraska band will form three different forma tions for each group of girls, and a separate one for this year's Homecoming Queen. The queens will be escorted onto the field as their names are announced. Featured in the first group will be the Army, Navy, and Air Force queens; secondly, Miss Rush-Week, Miss E Week, and the Typical Ne braska Co-ed. The Activities Queen, Band-Supported Lady, ; and Nebraska Campus Sports Queen will be presented with the third formation. The honored Homecoming Queen of 1963 has her own formation and is escorted last j 1 nrn; 4 r ((Wi4 rmmm"i SORE FINGERS, colored bright red, are the results of stuffing numberless bits of crepe paper in a Cornhusker creature. The Beta Theta Pis and Kappa Alpha Thetas have found these identifying characteristics on their hands. : '. 'I f (U ( . rsrv If , i I f x J rJrt- I. .i. - ALPHA TAU OMEGAS reprint the nose of their mon strous buffalo. Doing the work are Dallas Likens, Lynn France, Gary Gettman and John StasiowskL on the theme of the war ef fort or the game. The amount of scrap iron and the origi nality of the banner won the prize. The alumnae from 1912 might be surprised and pleased to learn that over the years the maximum amount for homecoming displays ha6 risen from $25 to $250. Homecoming dances have been held in the Union Ball room, the coliseum, and now in Pershing Auditorium. The price of tickets has gone up from 50c in 1938 to the pres ent $3.50 per couple. At the 1923 homecoming the first house displays were in troduced. Also during home coming that year Memorial Stadium was dedicated. In 1930 tfie University re ceived national recognition for a huge bonfire. It was 40 feet across the bottom and about 50 feet high. The ma terials for the bonfire plus 50 gallons of crude oil to keep the fire burning were donated by various merchants. In 1937 and 38 there were no homecoming Queens. In 1938, however, the dance was Sakai Retained To Edit Asian Study Publication Dr. Robert Sakai, professor of history at the University of Nebraska, was retained as editor of Studies on Asia, a publication of the 20-state Mid west Conference nn Asian Affairs. -----1 It "!. -fx spiced by a drawing for an au tographed football signed by the football squad and the coach. 1941 saw another large bon fireseven trucldoads of pa per and boxes that had been donated by various people. In that year special trains from Denver and Missouri brought alumnae to the Homecoming festivities. In 1943, house decorations were limited to $7 because of the war. The government al lowed no bonfires, so wire works were substituted. Uni versity students didn't know if tfiey would have any cheer leaders for the game that year or not they were chosen only one week before the game. The card section returned to the stadium in 1945 along with pep and enthusiasm. There was a tug of war and students burned the Jayhawk symbol before the game that year. The fraternities and sorori ties gave their homecoming money to the Polio fund in 1952. 1959 saw the last parade until now because of extra expense and time required. OOOOOO. VJeekend VJeather Lincoln: Partly cloudy and cooler Friday and Saturday. High 65-70. J I 2