Wednesday, Octobep 20, 1982
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Daily Nebraskan
Momeeomins trMitiom relived
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By Patti Gallagher
Editor's Note: This story was written for
a depth reporting class in the UNL School
of Journalism.
It's all over. The queen got her roses
and her kiss from the chancellor. The king
got his autographed pigskin and a chance
to hug the queen.
The Scarlet and Cream singers did their
bit by the Broyhill Fountain, with some
help from the Tri-Delt Washboard Band
and the Men's Glee Club, entertaining the
thousands of fans on their way to the
Saturday game and the thousands more
unfortunates resigned to roam campus for
their Homecoming enjoyment.
The Greek houses erected their displays,
colorful monuments stuffed with tissue
paper, depicting various versions of
"Stomp the Wildcats." The politicians got
in on the act, turning the Friday afternoon
Homecoming parade into a pre-organized,
audience-supplied political rally.
The runners had their day in the 10
kilometer run; the watchers had their fill
in an evening of sports films. The sports
buffs challenged each other in a sports
trivia contest; the setters and spikers set
and. spiked in volleyball competition.
The swingers swung at an East Campus
swing dance and those with talent showed
it off in the Wednesday night Talent Show.
Traditions revived
" It was a Homecoming Week where new
and old meshed, where traditions were
resurrected and tradition-makers were
introduced. It was a piece of the past and
a sign of the present.
Flashback: Homecoming 1972. Johnny
Rodgers, the Heisman trophy wingback,
was the football team, politics were more
important than Homecoming kings and
queens, Joe Garagtola was the honored
Homecoming guest and Nebraska beat
Oklahoma State 34-0. 1972 was a Home
coming where someone sabotaged the card
section in the stadium (a project where
fans held cards above their heads at ap
pointed times to spell spirited messages)
to spell out "Johnny Rodgers is Shifty,"
and "Devaney for President" and "Hi
Lyle"( a misspelled greeting to KFAB
braodcaster Lyell Bremser).
And it was a Homecoming where one
royalty attendant was relieved of her
nomination when she was discovered
helping with voting. (After severe protest
ing, the poor lass was reinstated - in
plenty of time for that Saturday's kickoff).
Flashback: 1962; "Living units" (non
Greek) were first allowed to build Home
coming displays. The Tassels and Corn
Cobs first brought a Herbie Husker-type
mascot into Memorial Stadium. Revela
tions of the'lO-member (all female) Home
coming royalty made lead story in the
campus paper.
Engagement listed
It was af year when the student council
discussed whether to protest Barry Gold
water's condemnation of the student press
at the University of Colorado, a year when
the university Young Republicans brought
in U.S. Sen. Roman Hruska to speak, an
era where campus "pinnings" and engage
ments were still listed on the inside pages
of the student newspaper.
And it was a Homecoming overshadow
ed by controversy: When three students
were "indefinitely suspended" by the
administration for a Homecoming weekend
vandalism spree, the picture of the '62
Homecoming royalty was bumped to the
bottom of Page 1 .
Sixty-two was a year where Home
coming included a Friday pep rally ,.yell
contest and words of cheer and inspira
tion from Coach Bob Devaney. It was a
year when only 30,000 Nebraska fans saw
the Huskers lose to the Missouri Tigers
16-7.
Flashback: Another 10 years. 1952.
The Happy Days Decade. The-student
body elects Dwight D. Eisenhower in a
mock election. Greek houses argue whether
they should build displays or donate to the
polio fund and then decide to do both.
A Daily Nebraskan editorial calls on
the adminstration to declare Homecoming
Day a student holiday and dismiss all
Saturday classes. Eighteen hundred of the
6,900 students enrolled voted for six
Homecoming queen candidates. Two pep
rallies, a parade, an all-university Home
coming Dance and house decorations and
displays are fare for the week.
"Norma Lotherop Crowned Queen" is
placed above the fold, above the name
plate even in the first Daily Nebraskan
issue after Homecoming Saturday.
Forty-thousand attend the game; 30
students never make it through the gates
when they present "scalped" tickets.
Flashback: 1942. The all-university
dance in the Coliseum (tickets only 90
cents), election of a queen (called the
Pep Queen), the pep rally and parade.
The war was on, so students scrapped
the display contest and made a contest
of collecting scrap - that is, scrap metal
for the "war cause." A traditional Home
coming bonfire was banned because the
War Projects Board rationing rules pro
hibited wasting truck tires and scrap
paper, tne tuei ior tne sire.
24,000 fans
Come Saturday, Oct. 10, 1942 NU
lost to Indiana, 12-0, as 24,000 fans filled
Memorial Stadium. Johnny Cox and his
12-man band eased the pain of defeat -and
of war - in the dance that evening.
Flashback: 1932; The Depression. A
new man with a New Deal takes over in
Washington.
It was the year when the Corn Cobs,
the Interfraternity Council and the Inno
cents Society planned the Homecoming
Week events; where the DN headline
announced that "Thayman Hayes Colored
Kansas City Orchestra (Was) to Play at
Homecoming Dance."
It was a year when no one was crowned
pep or Homecoming queen, but when one
lucky gal became the Farmer's Formal
Queen, a year when 1,900 students
crowded into the Coliseum to hear the
"colored" band, a year when 20,000
watched the Huskers edge past the Kansas
State Aggies 6-0.
Flashback one more time: 1922; Just
more than 5,000 are attending NU; the
campus is in the middle of a pledge drive to
build Memorial Stadium. It was a Home
coming where the freshmen and sopho
mores competed in a men's-only Olympics,
where the all-university party was
proclaimed "bigger and better than any
previous mixers" and where the Huskers
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