Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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THE CORNER STONE On September 22. 1887. the corner stone was laid. The names of the Board of Trustees went into that «;tone. The charter of the University went into it. PhotoRraphs of Dr. CreiKhtun and of Dr. Lemon, general finano ' al agent, some current news- papers and other documents were seale l within the stone. i

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The Plainsman In Pictures Table of Contents Page Mark Fifty Years - - - 7 Homecoming - - - 1 1 Administration . . - 12 Freshmen - - - - 14 Biology - - - - 20 Chemistry, Neil Davis - 22 Geography - . - - 24 Football - . - - 27 English. Helen Swanson - 35 Sophomores - - - - 36 Languages, James Tipton 41 Band, Dorothy Peters 42 Pep Club. Warren Johnston - 44 One picture is worth ten ilmusanci woids. — Confucius. In this ant] the foUowing issues of your I ' lainsman. pictures, old and new, have f raduated from the role of illustrators to that of narrators. For the old, the staff searched out ancient |)hotoura];)hs for historical con- tinuity, and for the new. we secured contemporary photographs of every student, faculty member, and administrative oftker. Department pictures are as up-to-date as Life itself. Pictures, however, can portray only the surface of a scene or situ- ation, wherein reality does not always lie. Consequently, the photo- journalistic style was adopted, whereby the most effectual use of writing and photography nia ' be obtained. Since W ' esleyan university is organizetl in departments, the Plains- man record is in sections which will represent each department, in this and the succeeding issues. Departure from convention is the devotion of a page in the football section to the cannon fodder of the field, and the inclusion of a game chart showing graphicall} ' the important plays of the teams during a game. To give you, today ' s students of ' esleyan, a perspective of your school, and to awaken memories of facult - and alumni, a readable, enjoyable history was written of ' esleyans half-century in fat years and lean. The emphasis of present years and times is upon realism. Few W ' esleyan students now are not confronting things as they are. With knowledge that realism consists of the rewards as well as responsi- bilities of life, of the beauty as well as the duty, of the spiritual as well as the temporal, we are striving, and will strive to portray to you the realities of Weslevan. Piililislicd by Xp;braska Wesi.eya.m University, Lincoln, Nebraska Dr. Benjamin F. Schwartz, C itnicei or Oscar Bennett, Dir. Sc iooi o Mms-;c F. A. Alabaster, Dean oj L. A. B. E. McProud. Demi of T. C. Chancellor Benjamin F. Schwartz, A. B., Grinnell, 1919 ; S. T. B., Boston university school of theology. 1922; D. D. from Towa W ' esleyan college, 1931; came to W ' esleyan from the pastorate of the large Methodist Epis- copal church at Indianola, Iowa. Dr. Schwartz assumed the chancellorship just before the beginning of the fall term of school, 1938. Plainsman .Magazine ; Editor, Charles Sharp ; Assistant Editors, Sally Deane, Wayne Stewart; Sports Editor, Bruce Keith: Business Manager, Richard Ricker; Associate Business Manager, Bill Bexker; Student Photographers, Stanley Neil, Marvin Feyerherm

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Nebraska Wcsleyan ' s years are piled one upon the other until they stand halt a hundred high. Pull down the years, then, that we may stack them up again. This eccentric review is historical, but it is not history, tor it makes no pretense to completeness or to accuracy. If you wish a conscientious study of our background, read Winship ' s A History of Ne- braska Wesleyan University . This is merely a photomontage of student life at Wesleyan with no apology for turning the adjective. Wesleyan, into a noun. Facts here recorded are recorded faithfully, yet there is no pretense of accuracy beyond the faulty documents upon which we draw: THE ORO. THE WESLEYAN, THE SUNFLOWER, THE COYOTE, THE PLAINSMAN, THE HANDBOOK, and the memories of Wesleyan men. Materials are quoted to bring together in one changing pattern the styles in composition effected by the changing generations of students. It we leave something out, supply it: tor this is only a student ' s catalogue of old junk and old treasure collected by student hands searching swiftly, (hough not carelessly, through (he stcred years c student lore. These are grand old years. In them are pictures as radiant as the face of the Christ in (he East Window when dawn breaks over the campus; episodes as funny as frat life during the week of informal fun ; scenes as shabby as the steps of Old Main, worn by Wesleyan feet and patched for the next generation by Wesleyan hands: scraps as poignant as the memory of candle light in (he chapel when Wesleyan girls sing carols at Christmas time. This Wesleyan is (he only college world in which we shall ever live; the only colleje world to whose story we shall inevitably add either glory or de- feat; pride or shame; ugliness or beauty; baseness or goodness. DR. I. I!. SCHRECKENG. ST, 1918-32 DR. E. G. CUTSHALL, 1932-37 DR. HARRY LEE UPPERMAN, 1938 • Wlii ' ii I ' lialK-i-llor IsMMc Sc-hn i-ken- ' :ist li ' fl the faculty ill l ' .«2 tlip Co.viite (it Hint .Vfiir suiil : Other rhaiiccUiii-s will oouie, hut to us who have followed hiui for the last two decades wc reilieiulicr only on© ■Than . The (Miancellor who came in 1 ' .I33, Dr. Elmer ;uy Cutshall. said: In taliiut ' up my woi-l at Wes- leyan 1 walk siflierly in tlie footsteps of six sri-eat and t; I men who as- sisted loval faculties :iiid sii|i|)orting lioards to iinile the years of her life span: ( Treiuhton, Crook. Huntington, llavidson, l ' ' uliner, and .Schrecken- ;. ' ast. Tliesc- men keep one humble and conlident. humlde as one feels ill drnnini; iieiir luonotaina aud cod- ndeDl :■■ our comes wltblD tbfir fbsdow. It}