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I fl underway at. lueen reigns today over Ivy ceremonies Jays Vol. 39, No. 139 Prom goes Faculty dubs honorarv s new sponsor Petition to committee on student affairs bears fruit; Englund suggests The Innocents society has been appointed sponsor of the 1911 Junior-Senior Prom, Roger Cun ningham, president of the society, revealed yesterday. A letter from the Faculty Sub-Committee on Student Organization and Affairs telling of the appointment was re ceived by Cunningham about a week ago, he said. Upon the suggestion of Innocent Merrill Englund, the honorary so ciety had requested that they be given sponsorship of the Prom in a petition to the faculty commit tee, as soon as they learned of the Student Council's refusal to continue to sponsor the annual dunce. The petition of March 7, Ha id, in part, "Innocents ... en dorses election of the Prom com mittee by general student vote . in accordance with opinion of the student body in the recent election. "Being non-partisan . . "Being a non-partisan body composed of senior leaders, Inno cents society is the logical spon sor of the work. . . . We are pre pared to assume financial respon aibility . . . and pledge every as aistance to the Prom committee in nnking each year's party a sue cess.". Roger Cunningham, president of the honorary society, told the DAILY today that he had received a letter from the Faculty Sub Committee about a week ago, in which the committee granted the Innocents the right to sponsor the 1911 Prom. The letter also told that the Prom would close the for (See SPONSOR, page 6.) Engineers hear Fletcher Annual convo ends festivities Friday at 1 1 The university engineers will top off their open house festivities with their annual convocation in the Temple tomorrow at 11 at which L. J. Fletcher, assistant general sales manager for the Caterpillar Tractor Company, will address them. Fletcher is a Nebraska man by birth born at Chadron but he was graduated from Iowa State College in 1915. He has been on the faculty of the agricultural en gineering divisions of both Wash ington State college, and Univer aity of California: he waa head of the department at California. In 1927 he became associated with the Caterpillar Company, in charge or agricultural aales. Mr, Fletcher is past president of the American society of Agricultural Engineers, and is prominent in other engineering societies, such as. the American Engineering Council. Staff to work in U hall In order to be closer to the festivities of Ivy Day, the DAILY NEBRASKAN will pub lish Its paper from University hall, room 106 tomorrow. All staff members and reporters are urged to be on hand at 9 a. m. when the office opens. Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Lincoln, Nebraska into Innocent hands This is ', (rmw Hl-f yXoYk Colleges hold open house tonight Hemsworth, Scott head committee Pair chosen to assume responsibility of annual engineering festival Final selection of Engineers Week committee has been made and plans are proceeding rapidly for the annual open house and en tertainment May 2, 3, and 4. Frank Scott and Martin Hemsworth arc general chair men in charge of a r r a n g ments. Following custom, there will be the dem onstrations, ex hibits, and en tertainment in e n gineering buildings on the campus the evening of May sutt Joumi ever this year, according to engineering students, the exhibits have always been of special interest to students and Lincoln people. Engineering students will meet (See SCOTT, page 5.) Annual AWS tea dance at 4 ends Ivy Day program The annual tea dance, sponsored by the AWS. will be held at 4 this afternoon. Two hours of 6ance music furnished by Johnny Cox and his orchestra is the attraction held direcMy after the tapping of the Innocents and Mortar Boards. For individuals the price of at tendance is 10 cents per person. Greek letter houses, however, have been furnished tickets at three dol lars each which enable any mem ber of the purchasing fraternity to enter. ' -1 ' t Students Thursday, May 2, 1940 Ivy Day-day of Collegiate feuding Approximately two hours after the engineers and laws decided to call the whole thing off and sign a treaty of peace, an effigy supposedly represent ing the engineering students was seen hanging from a win dow on the third floor of Law college. This effrontry, as the engi neers termed it, was uncalled for and they have sworn to re move the effigy at all costs. But the Laws have a different idea, they have sworn that no "lowly" engineer will darken the doors of their college. To back up this statement the Laws plan to keep all doors se curely locked and heavily guarded. Within the next two days they plan to burn the effigy. Oh, sing a song of 42 years 42 long years-no ivy For 42 years they have been planting the ivy... And for 42 years the ivy has failed to survive... Since 1898 the species Hedera helix has been planted with pomp, circumstance, ceiemony, fanfare, and huzzahs. But it ain't never growed. It has been sung over, orated over, danced over, played over, and breathed tenderly upon. People has sat for hours with the sun beating hot upon their backs, have listened to Innumerable speeches, and witnessed all manner of glor ification in its name. But the damn thing always dies. As a campus beautifier it is a complete flop. They might as well plant sunflowers. Its only earthly use is as an excuse for a holiday. Botanlcally speaking, Hedera helix always lays an egg. Imagine if they'd planted 42 trees instead. After 42 years it'a mighty discouraging... Innocents, Mortar Boards to tap, mask members; Greeks to sing; pharmacy, engineers open houses By Mary Kerrigan. Amid pomp and ceremony today the new May Queen will be pre sented with her attendants, the Innocents will tap, the Mortar Boards will mask, the fraternities and sororities will sing, the senior and jun ior presidents will plant the ivy, and the Ivy Day poem and oration will be given. glory ope. Ya Dope i a m VIS JVK Pharmacists open college for festivities Students convert rooms, laboratories into display exhibits for open house Pharmacy night, another of the Ivy Day attractions and one of the regular "college days" activities, will find the doors of Pharmacy hall thrown wide open to the cam pus and general populace tonight from 7 to 10:30 p. m. The student pharmacists will put their activities and processes on exhibition,' show in a general way the work of the school of pharmacy, and attempt to explain it to their visitors. The laboratories and rooms of the building have been converted into a huge phamracy exhibit. Everywhere there are test tubes, flasks, bottles, and scientific ap paratus. Divided into seven groups, the (See PHARMACY, page 5.) Thcta Nu taps nine pre-medics -on the shoulder Theta Nu, honorary pre-med fraternity, went against the cus tom of the week to have events spectacular and dramatic, and tapped their new members in a quiet fashion at a banquet in the Union last night. Persona chosen into the society were approached from behind and touched on the shoulder; then their names were read. Admittance to the society de pends on high scholarship, and, usually, sophomore standing. Those tapped were James Mon sour, Robert Herpelsheimer. Al bert Jessen, George McMurtry, Bill Heinricks, and Elliot Chappel. Also chosen, from Wesleyan. were: Elmer Artist, Tom Parkin, , and Jack Groesser. For the 42nd consecutive year the campus pauses for its tradi tional Ivy Day activities. Growing out of a "seniors' sneak day," the celebration was formalized in 1898 and has continued to be an annual event. Today, the senior campus honoraries announce their new members, picked from the leaders of the campus, and students wax sentimental about their school. All on the green north of Adminis tration building. Interfraternity sing First on the program of the day is the Interfraternity sing. Nine groups are entered in the contest, Schedule. Interfraternity sing. Ivy day oration. Reading of Ivy day poem. Planting of Ivy. Recessional of May Queen. Intersorority sing. Mortar Board masking. Innocents' tapping. AWS tea dance (Student Union). -10:30 Pharmacy and engineers open house. the winner of which received a cup from the Kosmet Klub. Last year's winner was Delta Upsilon. The nine fraternities entered are: Acacia. Alpha Tau Omega. Beta Theta Pi, Delta Upsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Alpha Ep- silon, Sigma Chi, Sigma u ana Sigma Phi Epsilon. Judging will be made on the basis of general excellence of the participants' efforts rather than on technical perfection. iJoinis 10 be considered are: appearance, se lection of song, tone quality of the voices, balancing of parts, and in terpretation as shown by style, at tack and diction. Ivy Day oration Bryce Smith, elected on the Pro gressive ticket by men of the cam pus two weeks ago, will deliver the Ivy Day oration. Smith is a senior in law college and a member of Delta Theta Phi, law fraternity. Other candidates for the post were Lyle Gill, Barb candidate, and Gail Olsen, write-in candidate of the Liberal party. Both are law seniors. Queen presentation Presentation of the May Queen nnd her attendants will take place at 11:15. The processional to the throne win mciuae two ouisianu ing senior women, four juniors, two sophomores, and two fresh man as attendants. They were chosen by the Mortar Boards and their identity as well as Uiat oi the queen has been kept secret. Election of the May Queen by all university women took place a month ago. Candidates were Vir ginia Clemans, Priscilla Wicks, June Bierbower, Faith Medlar and Maxine Lake. Senior women will carry the ivy chain and underclass women chosen by their respective groups will carry the daisy chain, in the processional. Ivy Day poem Winner of the Ivy Day poem contest will be announced. At that time, the poem will be read by its writer. Eligible for the contest, which carries with it a $5 prize, were all university women. The poem will have an Ivy Day theme, stressing the traditions and sig nificance of the day. Planting the ivy Winding up the festivities of the morning will be the planting of this year's ivy vine. Adna Dobson, senior class president, and Forrest Behm, junior president, will take part in this traditional ceremony. Of the 42 ivy vines planted in the (See TODAY, page 8.)