Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Anti-CI imax! HEADLINES AND FOOTNOTES by CHARLES SHARP A toast to iV. W. U.: Chivalry is not dead! This is the age of headlines, America is headline- conscious — but if you look in your text books you will see that footnotes have been with us for years, hecklinj; the struggling earnest paragraphs above them. So here are a few headlines from our own W ' esleya heckled by footnotes about less important but more interesting activities. Wesleyan Combines with Uni Place News ' ' with which a new deal began in Wesleyan journal- ism, and the college paper issued in the pious hope that it would be read before being used to line the pantry shelf. First Classes Held . midst Hammer ' s Din but Wesleyan rather peacefully began its fiftieth year, having weathered the many before in which the hammers were heard. Seventy-one Students Preference Societies so, after hurried examination and sometimes ardent rushing, 36 men and 35 women took the brands of the several Greek letter societies and began to learn what fraternity or sorority life really is. (iregg Offers Re-orientation he meant geographically, with reference to the com- pass, but how many of us would have gone eagerly to the room on fourth ffoor Main for the other re- orientations. Handbook Out and there are manv stories in those words — stories of the work of compiling it — of the boys who, armed with it, telephone down the list of names in each sorority house until they do get a date — of the vast meaning in a little pencil mark beneath some number. Student Council Constitution Revised a virtual seminar in parliamentary law and disorder attended the parturition pangs of a new college council constitution, whereby new life was sought for student government. Homecoming the traditional decorations of the chapter houses, lighted nobly by floodlights, aided in the homecoming atmosphere. The Crescent fraternity and .Alpha Gamma Delta sorority were awarded first places in the house decoration contest. T. A. P. started the play season well with The Torchbearers . ■ V. M. C. A. Stag again the V. .M. stag party at the city Y. where the fellows played at a little of everything, and — came home happier. .Ml University Hallowe ' en Party ' ' sponsored by Purple .-Xrqus and Blue Key. lembers of the student council presented songs and skits. Then a different kind of wax on the old Gym floor, and a different All University party, since an old ban had been lifted. Wesle ' an Co-ed Searches for Gallant Men began a furore of charges and counter charges. Did Plainsman

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10 YEARS AGO TODAY by DR. HAROLD L HANSEN, ' 28 More than ten years ago we dutifully followed in- structions, advice and in some cases commands, to enroll in the small institution known as Nebraska Wes- leyan University. Possibly some of us had hoped to attend schools with a wider (but not better) reputa- tion but all such foolish fancies were soon evaporated by the sincere welcome extended by faculty and stu- dents. The warmth of that welcome seemed never to diminish but served to develop the conviction that our presence was actually desired and that our welfare as individuals is a thing of importance to others as well as to ourselves. One decade of life away from our Alma Mater has taught us that this spirit of Wesleyan is not so widespread as it should be. Memories of our work and play during four short years at ' esleyan come to our minds in such pro- fusion that we cannot justify or catalog them. Iany of them are so much a part of our being, so intricately interwoven with our emotions, that we could no more give expression to them than we could draw a picture of mother love. Memories of our conquests and defeats in the field of sports stand out clearly. Even those of us who got our exercise on the side lines cannot help recalling that Wesle -an once shared the football championship of the Xorth Central Conference. The celebration of that victory took the form of a visit to Cotner College. The reception we received was rather cool and if memory serves us well our entrance to their College building was barred by someone wearing a Chemist ' s apron. Those of us who were members of social or schol- astic organizations retain many pleasant recollections of our close association with our fellows, . lthough the memory of these contacts has gradually merged with our thoughts of the school as a whole, they have left an indelible impression on us. We often w ' ish, when the going is hard, for some magic power to transport us back to the midst of the best friends we ever knew. It would at times even seem pleasant to undergo another rough initiation or help decorate a house for home- coming. Although we are past the age for sprintin.:? we still recollect with pleasure the times we have beaten someone to the best davenport in the sorority house. The ears have softened the memories of examina- tions and shot-gun quizzes and there remains with us the realization that we received our intellectual and spiritual training from as fine a .group of men and women as could be gotten together in one institution. There may be teachers of greater renown in other schools, but they are not better teachers. Our memories of days under their tutelage together with the later knowledge of the sacrifices that they have made and are still making constitute another lesson assignment from our teachers. We are still their students. The past ten ears have taken their toll of the beloved servants of our institucion. Our memory of Chancellor Schreckengast is more than a memory — it is an ever-present inspiration to try to do the right thing. When the writer enrolled at Xorthwestern Uni- versity he was greeted by the dean of the graduate school with the remark you are a graduate of a fine school ; the head of it is a scholar and a gentleman . It is characteristic of the former chancellors power over us that the remark concerning him was taken as a personal compliment. We pay tribute to Daddy Rose for his goodness of heart. Professor Lewis for his gentle but accurate criticisms. Professor Bishop for unlimited kindness and generosity, and to Miss Ken- nedy for outstanding loyalty. They did not live in vain. Christmas vacations a decade ago differed in no essential respect from those of today except pxBsibly in the size of the stocking. With the good wishes of our teachers and fellow students following us we deserted the Campus to visit the ones who gave us life and opportunity. ]Most of them were and still are people of limited means but generous hearts. The school and its students owe them a debt which can never be directly repaid but which must be discharged by our contributions to human welfare. (Continued on page 33) r;4 f c jf Ai y- m Autumn, 1937 Dr. H.arold L. H.axsex Xorthwestern Dental College, Chicago

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those with guilty consciences yell lourlest ? Anyway, a beneficial examination of manners and manners re- sulted, as well as another ' s definition of chivalry — A man ' s attitude toward a strange woman. New .Student Fellowship Group built around the nucleus of the former Oxford Fellowship group, for not only student ministers but lay students as well. Senior Recognition Day the yellow and brown arches of Junior flags, as Miss Booth observed, raised to mark the progress of the Senior President, and even I, iconoclast that I am, acknowledged some of the force of the tradition of recognition. Mrs. Moonlight illusions — the cast preserved illusions, and another Wesleyan play was good. Phi Kappa Phi Elects Three to Membership Oliver DeOarnio, Trenton. LaVerne Borg, Lindsa ' , and Olga Anderson, Xora, Nebraska, were the three members of the Senior class who were elected — more scholastic keys on more necks and watch chains. Thanksgiving Vacation Here some of the good stories will not be heard, but most of us were glad to go home again, and the fatted calf appeared on many tables in many forms, and we returned to do the things we should have done before vacation, or to put them off until Christmas. Ida Price Elected President of W. A. A. At a recent meeting Ida Price was chosen to lead the amozons of the university in their athletic endeavors and intra-mural combats. Wesleyan Songbooks Ready in January wherein the Purple . rqus has collected from various sources and odd corners the Wesleyan songs you know, and some which you do not know. Bartered Bride on Stage Tonight First comic opera ever attempted by the music department, in which Ross Mendell. Scottsbluff. soph- omore, and Marjorie Graybill, junior of David City, sang beautifully the leads. Seventy-one students, under Pop Bennett, andmost of them looked more like Bohe- mians than the Czechoslavakians themselves. Made Lincoln headlines .and was a fine job. Letters .Awarded to Football Men and twenty-one men received their W , after earn- ing it in a season ' s battling, in which they sometimes fumbled, but were always valiant. Twenty-one Lettermen Honored At Banquet and 150 students and faculty members assembled n the dining hall for this year ' s football banquet. Crescent F ' ormal Opens Season Whereby the Crescent affair at their house started the years formal brawls. The Crescents were wise to hold it before the winter ' s snows had drifted the streets full. Hastings Broncs Triumph ' In the final Plainsman battle of the season Wes- leyan played Hastings and the Thanksgiving Day combat was inscribed on the pages of history as another losing game. Seven Wesleyanites In College Who ' s Who Margaret Jensen. Lincoln: Harold .Ahrendts. Orleans ; Darrell Randall, Omaha; Lois Connor, Gretna; Aubrey Stewart, Fairmont; Oliver DeGarmo, Trenton; Seniors, and Delmar Xuetzman. Lincoln, junior, were chosen by the College Council to represent Wesleyan in the book. Debate Squad Wins Seven .At Winfield. emerging from its first intercollegiate debate competition, the Nebraska Wesleyan debate squad brought home seven wins from the Winfield, Kansas debate tournament. More hardware for Wes- leyan ' s already crowded trophy cupboard I Sally Deane Cast .As Hedda Gabler In the next Plainsman Players show the part of the selfish, calculating Hedda will be played by Sally Deane, her first major role in the dramatic club. Coming .Attractions look aliead, children, Formals will soon be in season, with noble etiquette sessions at frat and sorority meet- ings, and much concern over the questions — Who, ' and Who will call first? .And the multitudinous unheralded miscellany of dates, expected and unexpected, which sometimes rise from the subordination of footnotes to dominate the page. Autumn, 1937