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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1939)
! ( TWO DAILY NEBRASKAN THURSDAY, MAY 1939 REJOICE ON IVY DAY Someone, sometime called them "College )nys.'' The Awgwan added tersely, "what ever that may be.'' An album would probably say, "They're everything memory, tradition, beauty, happiness." Ivy Day represents more than the occasion, for distributing honors to those who have at- teamed. College days are carefree days. The pageantry is the university's single recollec tion of a unified, brotherly campus known to our predecessors of three generations ago. For once in the school year we forget our mctro politanism and our smugness. We forget the barrenness of the new campus, and return to the beauty and abundant, nature of Adminis tration mall. To lovers of Nebraska, to loyal Corn huskers, Ivy Day and the ensuing1 week-end depicts all the best of college life. What is more typical of a collegian than the singing; of symbolic and fraternal songs? What ac tivity could be more fitting in a university pageant than the planting of ivy? What could bring more joy to students as the year approaches its climax than to join with fel low students and parents in partaking of such reminiscence-provoking pleasures? There is something distinctive about the type of song sung in a university and by uni versity students. There it is truly beauty in the pageantry of the Ivy and Daisy chains and the crowning of the May Queen. There is real thrill in the masking and tapping cere monies. Man has always loved pageantry. In me dieval times he lived for it. Today without admitting it for what it really is, he jumps at every opportunity to partake of its enjoy ments. For in pageantry, man finds an escape from the very matter-of-fact America in which we live. It is often frightening to attempt to look ahead. It is always easy to look back. To most people who have tasted the pleasures of university life, the memories of that life can not be surpassed. From seniors down to freshmen, if you are selfish enough to serve yourself of the best college has to offer, you will make this one of your busiest week ends. Have a taste of college that you can not glean from a textbook. Partake of our tradition; enjoy our beauty; glory in our happiness. Nebraskan staff works in U hall 106 today DAILY NEBRASKAN edi torial offices will be moved to room 106 of University hall to day in order to facilitte cover age of Ivy Day events. Work will begin at 9 o'clock. Tradition at 10:30, is to be composed of senior women and led by one espe cially active in university life and organizations. Forming in concurrence with the Ivy chain, the daisy chain will be composed of one senior, one sopho more and one junior member of each sorority and led by a junior woman prominent in extra-curri cular activities. The two chains will be in the formation of a court at the base of the dais while sing ing. Large court party. In attendance to the May Queen including the maid of honor, will be two grade school children who will act as flower girls. The girls are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs, R. S. Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Yule Holland. Also in attendarce to the reigning queen of the May will be two train bearers, Jane Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Campbell, and Ruthanna Ernst daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Ernst, and a crown bearer, Tommy Becker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Becker. Walking up the aisle formed by the chains and ascend ing the dais to her throne will be her "highness the Queen of May who is scheduled to appear at 10:30. The Ivy Day oration will be de livered by Willard Wilson, former national oratorical champion, who was selected at the last campus election. Following the oration the Cay'H poet will read the Ivy Day ;xem. The poet was selected by a committee composed of members of the English department on the basis of originality and merit. Presidents plant ivy. After the reading of the Ivy Day poem, Bill Kovanda, senior clas president, and Grant Thom as, lunior class president, will plant the ivy. Trobably the most dramatic and exciting of the entire days festiv ities will be the masking of the Mortar Board members at 2:30 and the tapping of Innocents im mediately following. New Mortar Board members are selected by the members who will circulate about the group of eligible candidates und then amid the shrieks ofex citement clap the masks on the hopeful candidates. Selection of the male candidates for the highest activities honor so clety takes a rougher form than the indication of selection by the women's honor society. Candidates are heartily tackled by the black t nd red robed Inocenta. Ivy Day this year is the first anniversary of the Union building which opened a year ago touay, In celebration of the event the Union has brought Rubinoff and his violin; Fray and Braggiottl, pianists, to play in the university coliseum at 8 o'clock in the eve ring. Following the afternoon Ivy Day program the AWS tea dance will begin at 4. The University of Minnesota's school of agriculture, first of its kind in the U. S., celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding this month. It is a school to help formers improve armine mclhodjs. Law feud tie lust, led the unfledged lawyers past the engineer's exhibit, but as they strolled past, the idea "just growed" that the perisphere and trylon would be much happier if taken over to the front steps of the law college. With this idea in mind, the nine law students cau tiously approached the structure and prepared to touch up the sur face with paints of various colors. Interruption. At this point operations were rudely interrupted. Sergeant Reg ler, of the university police, in an ticipation of such an attempt had posted an officer to watch en gineer's week exhibits. Anyway the nine students spent an uncom fortable night mumbling and mut tering very auditbly, and prob ably wondering if justice is al ways done. Commenting on the feud, law yers reported v eanesaay mat Dean Foster had vehemently ad monished them "not to let journal ists make asses out of the fresh man lawyers." The engineer-lawyer feud is precipitated by journal ists who incite botn to action, de clares Dean Foster. Eternal triangle. And so the battle apparently re solves itself into an eternal tri angle with the press shouting, Let's you and him fight. But such is not the case. The beginning point of this year's feud was the "Derby Hangs High notice of April 28, which reached the Hag office via an engineer. So Hitlers may rise and Hitlers mav go, but the engineers and lawyers battle on. We'll let you know the score tomorrow. Beauties dance and the presentation. As each girl reached the stage she was given a bouquet of roses. Questions concerning beauty were asked the successful candidates, incluuding the following: "What is your idea of a hand some man?" (Beth Howley). "Is beauty natural or culti vated?" (Hope Drummond). "Do men prefer blondes?" (Doris Harberg). "How big a role do cosmetics play in the average coed's life?" (Priscilla Reitz). Selection of the eight from among 32 candidates was made by Earl Carroll on the basis of photographic portraits and candid camera shots of each girl together with a list of her measurements and a self estimate of her person ality. This is the first time the Beauty Queens have been announced be fore the publication of the Corn husker. According to plans of the Cornhusker staff, the Beauty Queen ball will become a tradi tional part of the activity and so cial life on the campus. Eighteen U. S. colleges offer courses in petroleum and gas engineering. TYPEWRITERS for Sale and ilent NEBRASKA TYPEWRITER CC. 130 No. 12th St. B3157 LINCOLN, NEBR. Council fall, the representatives from the present school of music will be abolished. The members from the school of fine arts will be elected in the spring election of 1940, in creasing the membership of the council by one member. Representation from the fine arts department is not a new move but merely gives the school of fine arts the representation which it had before the school was changed imo a acpanmeni ard thus losing its representation on the student council. Since the body of the students in the school is mostly women, the council de cided that representatives from that department should be women as there" are not enough men to warrant representation by the male students. Council to chooe Union board. Two aophomores, three Juniors, and two seniors, of which three must be women, one an agricul tural student and three unaffili ated students, will be elected by the ntudent council next Wednes day to form the Union govern ing board. Members of the board will be selected from the student body at large. All men whose name a- to be on the ballot in the coming council election must check with Stan Brewster to see that they will not exceed the points allowed bv the men's point system in case they are elected. If elected those exceeding the limits of the point system may drop other activity points in order to conform with the new point system. Brewster will be in the office of the DAILY NEBRASKAN, Monday, through Wednesday to aid persons to check on their activity points, RIOWTMCK style! TTl Special Noonday Plate Luncheon Pipes Parker Pens School Supplies Geographers leave on trip Students visit Weeping Water, Louisville areas Three bus loads of geography students left this morning on a field trip which will take them to Weeping Water and Louisville. The main objective of the field day is to study the country landscape geographically. The group will interpret the significance of the landscape and note how the use of the land is related to topography, drainage and structure. Locations of towns and villages will be observed in relation to the sites on which they were built. Visit cement plant. A lime and cement plant at Louisville will be visited, and here the group will study the raw ma terials used, the processes em ployed in finishing them and the finished product. Sand dredging in the Platte river valley, the loess uplands in southern Sarpy county, and the significance of the location of the state fish hatcheries at Gretna will also occupy the attention of the group. Study Salt Creek valley. Final studies will be made Jn the Salt Creek valley, where land forms, terraces, and uplands will be noted in relation to the loca tion of roads, farms, and towns. the group, which is in charge of Dr. Royen of the geography department and several graduate assistants, expects to return to Lincoln at about six this evening. Dunn tops Fair sales Ag sophomore sells most tickets with' 77 Betty Dunn, ag sophomore, won the ticket sales contest in the Farmer's Fair sales drive which ended yesterday. She sold 77 tickets to the fair out of the more than 500 sold in the ten day cam paign. Anna Bell Gill was sec ond with a total of 74 and Jane Brinegar third with 69. There were 60 salesmen in the lompeti tion. The winner, announced at the pre-fair dance held last night in the activities building on ag cam pus, recciped a cash prize of $5. Miss Brinegar and Miss Dunn also received prizes. With the close of the ticket drive and the pre-fair dance open only to ag students the signal for final arrangements for the fair, which will be held all day Sat urday on the Holdrege street campus, the 21st annual event is all ready to go, according to Man ager Ray Cruise. , filtered as eeMid-rlHM matter at Hie pnntolfk'e In Lincoln, NebrankH, under art Dl eoiiKiem. Murth S, IH7!, and at HerUI rate, ol ixctme provlilrd tnt In oeetiini IIIIH, net nf October S, 11)17, aul horded lanuary 20, ItttS. 3 J x At r Did you know that radio broadcasting stations from roant to roat are linked ly more than 53,000 miles of npprial telephone circuits? Even before the earliest days of broadcasting. Bell System engineers developed means of tians roitting sou jd of all kinds by wire. 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