Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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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

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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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Trust is inspired in evcryimo wlm knows Ihe nPni il and popular Dr. Waller K. AilUeii, President of Iho Hoard of Trustees, Acting Chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan iniiversity. and chief of The Powers That Be. Every Wesleyanite looks forward to Dr. .Xitken ' s chapel speeches. His Scotch humor and accent are two things that combine to make every student, for one day in the year, forget his books and .i;ive himself up Id ihc pure joy nf lislcnini to and l.iunhini; wit ' i our own 1 )r. Ailken. Hopes for future careers are inspired in the hearts of the students who enter the music department of which I ' rof. Oscar Bennett is the Director. His cheery good nature and attitude of hopefulness have helped many a student along the hard path of a musical career. EncoiirancuH ' nt to freshmen, advice to senior leaders, and motherly talks to all are just a few of the duties of our Dean of Women, Miss Bernice Halbert. Many problems are presented for her solution daily, and all who ask are helped to a better way of living. The Powers Popularity has been achieved by C. Horton Talley, Dean of Men and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. His success has been won through an understanding of student problems and a desire to help them. His medi- cine usually includes a dose of advice plus a hearty laugh thus Ijringing about immediate cure. Despite busy days full of his duties as Dean his thoughts I ' md time to run to the debate squad which he ably and interestinglv directs. Dean Talley Dean Alabaster Miss Sloniger Miss Snow Sitpt. Brox Prof. Deal 10 Plainsman