Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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September 26. The football season has really begun! I think the team and student body are both really going to be swell this year. I hope so. The fellows left today for Greeley, Colorado. September 27. Cancellous annual reception. That reception is one of the charming occasions of the year, even if I don ' t approve of the way we dress for it. For some artist, we would make a lovely (?) study in contrasts — tux and sport suits ; formals and street clothes. Perhaps 1 should start a petition to be uniform. On second thought, these petitions have rather a bad connotation. September 28. Bleu Thonge party. Crescent picnic. Tomorrow I ' m going to study. I was going to keep my work up every day. September 29. Delt dinner and Crescent open house. September 30. Have you ever heard the one about the car and the cops? Ask some Crescent pledge. Open cars, noisy horns, screaming girls, stream line escapes, Lockinvar Crescents, allies, hamburgers, blankets, paddles, two A. M. ! Gee, it must be heaps of fun to be a pledge! Oct ober 2. According to latest reports, Chet, Van, Benzinger, Jenkins and Mouden fought the next war and signed the peace treaty this evening. October 3. Another tree. And it took till twelve o ' clock to climb up and down the thing seven times, then chop it down. These sessions have their advantages and their disad- vantages. The advantages come at night when you say, Well, it ' s all right if I did take this time that I should have been studying. I really learned a lot and enjoyed myself besides. The disadvantages — when the alarm goes off, when at 8 :30 you remember just after sheepishly taking your seat, that after twenty minutes you ' re absent even if you are present. Wonder who ' s patch they visited? Alpha Delt rush party in full swing October 4. Absolutely the best rally I ' ve ever seen. It was blocks and blocks long. One lady surely got disgusted with us when she couldn ' t get through the traffic. But all her wrath repaid her was a bent fender. I always have felt Harold stumbled and bumped his head on that fender, but I never could find out the particulars. We lost by one point to Kearney. Gee! That ' s a bad start. October 10. Rally. WAA play day. October 1 1 . We won from Wayne — 26-6! Hats off to you fel- lows ! October 12. Beta Phi party. Alpha Delt tea. October 17. In the form of a note, I find one coed writing: T. T. and I went to the Stuart. Saw Joan Crawford, T Live My Life. ' I like him lots. No truer words has she ever spoken! Incidentally, Miss Coed, you ' d better treat me pretty swell or I ' ll disclose your identity. Now, I guess I ' ll get my way with that gal for a while! October 18. I guess Fran felt so bad about the Freshmen and Sophomores never getting around to have Olympics that she went out for them herself. She told me today that she was going over to have her ankle taped and Willy Wilson, standing by, said: Oh, couldn ' t you tap? it? October 20. Open house at the Theta U ' s. October 21. Beardance at Willard House for Bud and Scotty. It seems that Bud sorta got a bit of a dipping, or perhaps ' dobbing ' would be a better word. When Scotty passed the candy to a little lady at the Willard house that night and said, Would you like some candy? the very polite answer came: Yes, thank you. I am told her face darkened a few shades when she ' came to. ' October 22. Play in full practice. Homer says from beneath purple circles: One of these days I ' m going to get to sleep and when I wake up I ' ll be an old man! '

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SCRAPBOOK SOLILOQUY ; Bett B vrker September 8. Diary Darling: You know I ' m not usually this af- fectionate hut Diary, Wesleyanites are back ! The house has a lready started to creak pleasantly aboul stuffed closet-, crowded ' session ' rooms, trampled floors. Old .Main is smiling in a nay. green gown and saying in her stately way: I ' m glad you ' re hark. You ' re welcome home. Come in and stay. And faculty, students. alumni are renewing old friendships, making new ones and planning, hoping, smiling for this year ' s tomorrow-. I )h. it ' s good to be here! The Y. W. C. A. tea in the Council Rooms certainly- disclosed some good looking freshman girls — and peppj ones too. And as usual, the race began this afternoon. It ' s surely fun to watch sororities gaining ground or losing footing just by casual conversations. Those fresh- men don ' t know ii yet, hut some of them went away from that tea with ribbons pinned on them and they ' re not even conscious yet which sororitj those nice upper day- men represent. Some are not even conscious of upper- classmen. Several came up to me, an august senior, and said, I ' m a freshman, too — lucky greenies! Si l ' l I MBI K °. Watched the freshmen register. I wonder il any one of them realize that along with English, German, biology, and history they ' re registering for homesickness and happiness, dis- appointments and successes? ■! There must be a million freshies lm and they so conscientiously stand f % in line! In the evening there = B was the picinc and camp fire and j -%r u speeches at the bowl. If the old fl Zp i[ saying is true that watei seeks its J J own level. I was surely the goat v this evening — one of Brox ' s strays insisted upon eating off my plate with me. The program at the auditorium after the picnic was grand. Good music! Good reading! Si l ' l 1 MliER 10. More freshmen registration and activities. One fresh- man says there ' s so many things to do he doesn ' t know lniw he II gel time to go to classes. Little does he realize the prophetic accuracy of his remarks! In the afternoon, I hen ' wis a reception for the freshman girls in the Coun- cil Rooms. Frances bliss, Virginia Lee Cotton. Peggy oner, and Lois Horn gave speeches— good ones. The freshmen are SO excited and thrilled about their rush bids. September 11. Registration for us old folks. Oh. these requirements! Rushing has started. Si en UBER 13. The rush functions have been grand! The Willard the Alpha (lam calico party, the Alpha Deli marine .1 Beta Phi Spanish tea and the Theta U original Friday-the-thirteenth party, September 14. Preferencing. I guess you really feel as if you are signing your death warrant when you sign your name un- der your choice for a sorority. The girls are so excited and thrilled about their new families of sisters, mothers and grandmothers. The fellows don ' t let us see their ex- citement so much but I ' ll bet they ' re just as thrilled over their frats. September IS. Of course, church! This Sunday reminds me so much of Thanksgiving or Easter time — Thanksgiving because so many -sororities and frats and pledges are thankful, and Easter because of the parade. September 16. I forgot to say last week that we had classes on Thursday and Friday. I couldn ' t forget it today. My. these faculty members certainly get the idea to you early that you came to school to study. Now this year, I ' m going to keep my lessons up every day. There ' s no sense of my getting so far behind and having to make it all up. First TAP meeting. I ' m both lucky and happy to be a member. September 17. Had lunch at the Alpha Gam house. I don ' t believe hostesses could come put up in any more charming pack- ages. Of course, I tried to walk out of the dining room before the president and probably reverted to type and ate my food with my spoon, but they were certainly gracious about my errors. September 20. First All-Wesleyan mixer. Carnival. It really had atmosphere. Tomorrow, I ' ll bet the janitors will be sorry that it had so much. September 22. ■Anna Karma wasn ' t a bad show. Garbo was really o. k. Faculty still seem to think all we come here for is to study. They ' re surely a dumb bunch! Hut I ' m going to keep my lessons right up. I learned that last year. September 23. Lois had staff meeting. The kids surely tickle me, especially some of these freshmen. Their plans soar high as the sky and they ' ll try so very hard. Some will be satisfied, scime will wonder why they ever thought they could write, others will take their final manuscript and offer it as mule evidence of the deep inner feeling they ' ve had these many years that they just weren ' t made for authors. I ' m well acquainted with the latter group and sympathize, oh so very much. Si i ' ii mb] R 24. Big party! Boy, boy. boy, I heartily approve of the suri of bets our l- ' .d. and last year ' s Fd. make. They bet on the Louis-Baer fight and the one who won had to give the family a party on the proceeds of the bet. Here ' s for more and bigger bets of that sort !

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ning rally. Oh, it was fun! The decorations were all so clever. When you ' re in that rally, holding hands with other Wesleyanites, you can feel the love for that school throb through your hands and down that student body through other hands until at last it make.- one affectionate arm around that Wesleyan campus. And you ' re oh. so happj ' had dismissed 10:30 classes tor a pep rally. It was a good one too. loot hall game at Doane was really a honey. There were so many Wesleyanites there. Doane seemed a bit quiet. I liked the crack about the alarm clock.- Three cheers for the team that fought and won This portrays What every airl should know ' . ' October 25. Midland and Wesleyan tied. 0-b. It was a swell game. One big week end i starting. Company in the house We want them to be sure and come back next year mi were going to show them a week end such as we never have time to spend by ourselves! October 26. Luncheons, shows, work, fun all mixed together and topped with the play. Oh. Jo was just swell and so was my other pet. The dramatic club really did itself proud. actors and production crew alike. The best set I ' ve ever seen on anyone ' s stage was riuht there on ours tonight: We had a part} ' afterwards. Oh. and what a party! The good old kind where you make candy and generally have fun. Lois and I slept on three pillows on the floor since we were heroes and gave up our bed to the com- pany. We really have this turning over together down pat. Try turning over on a pillow with someone else some day. I dare you to keep the pillow underneath both of you. IBES 30. Prayer meeting and Chancellor Cutshall led it. It really grand. November 2. Dell Halloween party. One hears rumors and more rumors and finds notes in queer illegible shorthand about that party! (You needn ' t feel sorry for yourself, Diary, being punched with that exclamation point. I know of diaries that have a- many as five in them a- a result of only one single i lausi o I That ' s realh news Those were the words of the woman at the Journal when we reported that Chancellor November °. Theta I parts. Crescent party. MBER 10. I don ' t see why the days have to pa so very fast. I cling to each one as a life-long friend does who is boarding a plane never to return. Wesleyan days are such swell days! People don ' t get to go to dinners that are any more charming than the one we went to at Jensen ' s tonight. Ease! Grac?! Candle light! Mov- ing pictun u I MBER 1 1. We heard one of the grandest peace speeches ever this morning in chapel. Chancellor Cutshall outlines the ten book.- he would like to have in his library about peace. I ' ve never heard a speech more compelling, more convincing, more practical. It will be many weeks before i forget it. .November 12. The grocery man — the good looking one — really iikes Fran. Today he told her that he ' d been looking for a girl like her for years — one who pays for her own dates. November 14. The Y. W. C. A. vesper service was impressive. The candles melted together till they looked like banks of tallow. They were beautiful. At the close of the service. a- I stood there with my candle and looked around the room at the circle and saw each tiny flame throwing shadow and light across the face of some Wesleyanite. I thought it certainly is a blessed tie that binds us. It just can ' t be my last year. It ' s going too fast. November 16. Bleu Thonge party. I hear Oliver Shock is working in the nut department at Rudge ' s — which we think is quite a crack ! November 19. Tat (commonly known as Onions when he isn ' t around) says He ' s in the moon for love. He adds that he ' s been up before the board every day now since he ' s been in school — the festive board. And the last straw- should come when he says he thinks eating soup with a fork is a stringy idea. Oh. Onions. November 22. Big rally for game. It was truly stupendous. A rodeo that really was a rodeo! The debators won the first debate tournament at Blair. MBER 2i. I ' m sorry we lost, but oh. I ' m proud of our football team! I ' m proud of our student body! I thought I couldn ' t be any more proud of a team than I was of the one last year at Hastings, but I believe I ' m more proud of this one. It takes a lot of nerve to fight against a team that ' s slated to beat you. but it take a lot more sportsmanship and courage to fight and keep fighting. (Continued on page 49) 10