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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.
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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.
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