University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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1907: A new era was beginning — that of Teddy Roosevelt and I ' ro- gressivism; in Nebraska, that of homesteaders swarming over the open range; and at the Uni ersit . that of the Curnhusker. Cornhusker was the nick- name that Lincoln newspaperman. Charles S. Cy Sherman gave Nebraska football teams, and this replaced Sombrero as the name for the Lniversitv yearbook. The Sombrero had been first published under private ownership in 18 4. The first Cornhusker, in 1907, reportedly operated under a net setup: The policy of the Lniversity annual was changed, crooked elections of the staff members were abolished. ' The first Cornhusker was suede-covered and devoted 30 pages to the popular question of the day, Which should a boy take, a P.B.K. or a football JS ' The 1907 annual expressed concern over lack of housing and facilities at the University, and called the campus, A big boy growing out of his clothes. By 1917, German submarines were sinking American ships and Wood- row Wilson was fighting for a negotiated peace. And the Cornhusker was saying: We seem to be standing with the black clouds of war approaching us. The next year was to see the Social Sciences building used to house soldiers and ammunition for World War I. Another decade passed. Farmers in America were suffering a recession and the League of Nations and 62 countries were making a valiant attempt at world peace by outlawing war. The 1927 Cornhusker was dedicated to leadership and to men like General Pershing. The University was expanding in 1927 — there were 33 buildings on city campus, and nine new fraternity and sorority houses had just been completed. The year 1937 saw the New Deal taking hold in the United States. The 1937 Cornhusker, meanwhile, was dedicated to Nebraska ' s new unicameral legislature, the first of its kind in America for 100 years. The yearbook was also changing — by adding cartoons and quips to the advertising section, and by enlisting the help of Tassels and Corn Cobs to sell the book. The effects of World War II were being felt in 1947. This was the year of the Marshall Plan and the year that the breach between East and West was beginning to widen. During the War, the Cornhusker had devoted space to campus scrap iron contests, and in 1945 hail drojuied 100 pages from the book that bore the inscription: In commemoration of the niei of Nebraska who served and fell in the nation ' s wars. The 1947 Cornhusker staff was composed almost entirely of women. 1956: The icy blasts of the cold war blow over the world. National defense is, as always, a much sought objective. Ihdrogen bond)s. atomic submarines, guided missiles are products of lliis last half lentury.: The nation fa es a ])rcsidential election, with President hisenhower trying to retain power for the Ke|iul licans. The farmers once again feel the pinch of recession and drought. The I niversit) of Nebraska, however, is boom- ing. Increased enrollment and a multi-million dollar building program are indications of this. From a vantage point of fifty years the Cornhusker pauses to review the progress of the past and record the events of the present.