Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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YELLERS OF THE BROWN By Doris Craven and Bonna Story Wesleyan spirit has become that urging, driving, yet intangible force that has so much to do with bringing honors to Wesleyan. That spirit manifest in our students has been correctly denned by one of our coaches as the momentum making champions. The work of Nebraska Wesleyan ' s Pep organization, Yellers of the Brown, has had much to do with momentum toward championship for it is the duty of the group to foster and direct enthusiasm for every activity on the campus. The 1935 football season has proved a particu- larly successful one for the Yellers of the Brown. Under their auspices great rallies were held, with band music and marching, torches looming and students shouting. We will — We will — We will! Cries of Hold That Tiger, Warp the Warriors, and Beat York were heard at different times from one end of the campus to the other. The football dinner before the Doane game was a help, too, as many of the football fellows commented on the fact later. By the way, Roland Enos isn ' t a bad master of cere- monies, is he? How proud we felt w T hen we heard that victory bell and realized that we had contributed towards its ringing ! On the day before the great game of the year the Yellers of the Brown held a big program in the gym followed by a rally which shall go down in history as most successful. Xot satisfied with this display the logs crossed in the form of a W with bright yellow flames leaping from them, signifying the fires of the Plains- men burning in the hearts of Wes- leyanites. The word Plainsmen is centered across the insignia in yellow letters. With this emblem set against a deep brown background the effect is quite startling. Chevrons are worn on the sleeve to signify number of years in the organization. The officers who lead the Yellers of the Brown in their activities and who assume the responsibilities are: Pep Club sponsored, another pep rally in the evening with a big bon- fire built by students, speeches by football men and coaches as Bust the Broncs was shouted from the very skies. Sales of yellow balloons, mega- phones, and 1935 Plainsmen sheets autographed by football men were projects undertaken by the Pep Club. The work of the Yellers of the Brown is never completely finished. They take an active part in pushing spirit up ace high for basketball and other sports. Not only does the Pep Club get us to games, but they keep things moving after we arrive, thanks to you cheer leaders! It is the Yellers of the Brown who choose the cheer leaders of Wesleyan University. We have been especially proud of Bob Stewart who has cer- tainly given everything he had to compel the students to show their pep and enthusiasm. His Let ' s Give the Locomotive and Make It Good can never be forgotten. Ronald Enos and Evelyn Youngquist have demon- strated that they have what it takes to bring pep and cheers from a stu- dent body. You have of course, noticed the canary yellow sweaters with brown insignia of the club which was espe- cially designed for the Yellers of the Brown last year by Alice Gilbert, then a student of Wesleyan. It consists of President — Lois Mather. Vice-President — Doris Craven. Secretary — Ruth Butler. Publicity Chairman — Harold Ahrendts. Treasurer — Alvin Wilks. Rallies such as we had this year, dinners, parades, ribbons, bonfires, torches, speeches, and yells, showed the team we were in back of them, win or lose; it showed that the Yellers of the Brown were capable of planning and pre- paring programs and rallies; it showed that there were leaders who spent untiring efforts to bring about the success of these plans. They have worked faithfully and well. They will continue to co-operate in supporting college activities throughout the year. We believe the organization is justifying its existence by its sincere effort this year. We are proud of their loyalty and their pep. So what about a yell for the Yellers Here goes! What ' s the matter with the Pep Club? They ' re all right! Who ' s all right? The Pep Club! Who? The Pep Club! Three cheers for the Yellers of the Brown! Three cheers for Wesleyan ' s Pep Club! First Row: Ahrends, Morey, Nicholls, Tranbarger, D. Craven, Armbruster, Butler, Benker. Second Row: T. Randall, Wullbrandt, Mangels, Deane, Youngquist, Mather. Third Row: Bader, Wilkes, Davis. Not in Picture: Ron Enos, Stewart, Bryant, Cole, Jones. Jenkins, 29

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PAIL MAVES SPEAKING This, they say, is the lost genera- tion because we arc caught in the maelstrom of a social order that seems to be disintegrating. We suffer from the sickness of the old order and there is little hop.-, they say. of profit- ing from the new one that shall rise from the ashes of the old. In a .sense we arc lost for, like aviators crossing a fog-blanketed ocean, we are flying blind. What i- worse, we have an imperfect knowl- edge of the vehicle that carries us and only a dim idea of our destination, for we have taken off at the com- mand of an older generation who have failed to train us for flying, because they were trained only to run on the ground and did not see the need. A will to learn, a resolve to go ahead, and a warning to fly high are our only hopes. It will not be strange if some of us lose our course or if some of us crash. Hut some will arrive. In the meantime we look forward to that moment when we can more than dimly discern the pattern that works the events and moods of life into a unity that will symbolize the meaning of itself. What bits of beauty this flood of autumn Casts upon the shore of every day! Patches of yellow sunlight across the floor : Gold and scarlet leaves sifting slowly to the ground ; Soft blue haze veiling far horizons; A crescent moon gliding across a sea-blue sky Like a silver canoe lost among the lilies on a turquoise lake; Rain on the roof and the sighing wind outside : The lift of the pungent air on frost- gilt dawns : Laughter and the voices of children off to school The ascending smoke of campfires in the woods. Songs of friendship tossed to the evening sky : All these and mine treasures to grace the rhythm Of every hour. One of the prize book reviews of the year, in our estimation, was given by a preadolescent boy who had been inflicted with Evangeline in school. hni asked by his mother what it was all about he replied: Oh, it ' s a story about a dame chasing a guy all over the world. — Now you try! There is a memory in the back of my mind that will always be recalled with a twinge of remorse. When I was seven a boy of my own years ame from the city to visit one of our neighboring ranches for a few weeks. Almost at once we became bosom friends, opening for each other a dif- ferent world in our backgrounds. We were together constantly. Then the day before he left we quarreled over some trivial affair, and I went home deeply hurt. Thus I lost my first friend. I have never seen him since. Overheard in Old Main: is Brown in here? No. ' Where is he? The Lord only knows, and the Lord only cares. Well, it must be the Lord on the telephone then. One cold blustery winter day I stood on a down-town street corner and watched a hag whose hair was white beneath the filth, fishing old papers and pieces of string out of the refuse boxes. Pride seemed to have been murdered and sensitiveness be- numbed. As I watched, I thought of an- other lady, white gowned and radiant with the richness of a long life, who had helped me over a rough spot with a well-timed word. Then I remem- bered others, likewise full of years — pioneer mothers — beautiful women. I watched until she gathered her bundle and shuffled into the wind sniveling and mumbling to herself. Our greatest asset for rich living is an ability to make friends in the truest sense of die word with all types of people of both sexes, from every level of life, -an asset too many of us never use; we are too shy, too proud, too narrow, or just indifferent. By friendship we mean the mutual sharing of our best ideas, experiences, and moods. Such friendship comes from engaging in a common enter- prise that is greater than the people sharing in it, or it comes from the discovery of common interests and common needs, which leads to doing something about it together. Friendship broadens and deepens personality by raising one ' s gaz; from the self to the universal. It is ob- jective rather than subjective and calls for a minimum of introsp?ction, the devitalizer of the present age. It rises above sex. It transcends all lines of race, creed, or clan. It is the greatest creative force in the universe. Wesleyan students : you are to be commended on your fine sportsman- ship! Once when a nervous student ap- peared for the first time on your chapel platform and failed to achieve a high note on her instrument, you generously clapped the embarrassed girl back on the stage and. lifted by your regard for one of your own, she played two encores beautifully. You do not tolerate slovenly per- formance or carelessly prepared and badly delivered speeches. Yet, I haye seen you respond to a deep sincerity even when it was badly expressed. You do not endure hypocrisy and sham, but you rightly admire honest effort. Once a tiresome speaker was placed in an embarrassing situation when a number of students walked out to meet some appointment near the end of his speech, and you put him at ease by a generous applause that his speech did not merit, just to signify that you were not a party to such discourtesy. In a heated student meeting when passions were aroused and misunder- standing was rearing its ugly head, I saw you command yourself while you coolly brought the affair to order and adjourned friends — united in loyalty to your school. May the sporting instinct of the Plainsman never die! (Continued on page 50) MEDITATIONS OF A MAVERICK 28

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MELODIES FROM From Left to Right: Kirkpatrick, Schultz, Spooner, Bivans, Connor, Swan, Sams, Wor- land, Mrs. Bennett, Director; Moorman, Dillehay, Harvey, Hayes, Cocklin, Schick, Durham, Davis. Id are thi inns:, makers, II ' . iiii tit ' dreamers of dream-i Wandering by lorn- sea-breaker And sitting by desolate streams; World losers and world forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams. Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world forever, it stems. The chorus is perhaps the most democratic group on the campus in that the only requisite for becoming a member is a desire to sing. There were one hundred and thirty mem- bers enroled, the largest chorus dur- ing the past eight years. Under Professor Oscar Bennett ' s direction, on December 6 and 7 the chorus produced The Gondoliers, a comic opera by Gilbert and Sulli- van, with the following cast : Duke of Plaza Toro Professor U nnett I.ttiz Mai rii i WoRi i Don Alhambra d I Bolt ro Ros i Druliner Mano I Iean Reed Guisippi i I R] 11 Boberg Antonio Waj II i I OSB KY Francesco — Fred Sw Duchess of Plaza Toro Hiii Minnick ilda I i i i Km Gianetta -Dorthcv Anderson ( SSa El SENA l- ' oi M Fiametta — Raedith Atwood Vittoria I oroi hi Daiu Upon invitation of the managemenl of KFOR. the entire opera was given over that station. .Mrs. Brandt, Director of Physical Education for Women, supervised the designing and making of costumes which became permanent property of the chorus. Heretofore, all costumes had been rented. A bouquet of or- chids to you, Mrs. Brandt. The chorus will be heard in Men- delssohn ' s oratorio Elijah next spring. The production of The Gondo- liers ' ' was truly an inspired piece of work on the part of Professor Ben- nett. While studying in New York A Prelude By this summer, he attended this oper- etta. Mr. Bennett ' s experiences have been many and varied. During the years 1916-1918, he attended Albion College in Michigan where he was enlisted in the army training corps. Later, he attended University of Ne- braska and took post-graduate work at Northwestern. Professor Sievers is away on a one year ' s leave of ab- sence; so in addition to his class work and lessons. Mr. Bennett is acting head of the Music depart- ment. Mr. Bennett was the recipient of a scholarship for the study of opera, and he has studied with some of the lead- ing voice instructors of the day. Be- sides being the possessor of a high degree of talent. Mr. Bennett has one of the most winning personalities on the campus. The orchestra has grown consider- ably in number and boasts of thirty members this year. Xew instruments have been added, which produce many and varied tonal effects. The addition of these new pieces made it possible for the orchestra to play a symphonv — the first time the Wes- leyan orchestra had attempted such a feat. The orchestra furnished music for Lane, Hayes, Mr. Bennett, Director; From, Gray- First Row: Arthur, Lyons, Tremain bill, Conlee, M. Young, Jones. Second Row: Hadsell, Vogt. Foland, Ireland, Schultz, Rosene, Douglass Barnhill Foord M. Wood, Sackett. Ml