Thursday, May 2, 1940
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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Thirteen weary
will give keys to
By Chris Petersen.
Thirteen crimson-gowned fig
ures, tired of their four long years
of work to attain membership into
the highest men's honorary on the
Nebraska campus, will turn over
the priceless keys of their secret
archives to 13 enthusiastic juniors
ready to carry on the work as the
traditional tapping of Innocents
will end the gala Ivy Day festivi
ties, this afternoon.
Having been ridden roughly to
the ground .by his tapper, each of
the new members will take his
place in the organization which
fosters campus traditions and
rules in the world of the activity
man.
Those men who will be selected
will be the 13 outstanding men in
school from point of scholarship,
leadership, and service. They have
achieved.
Qualities
To become a member of Inno
cents means long hours of work
in a multitude of extra-curricular
activities, and equally long hours
of study to maintain an average
above 78. Innocents is the true
recognition of ability and applica
bility. A man has a good many bar
riers to breast before he can be
come a member of the society.
First of all, he must be a leader
in activities. He must be able to
come out on top in competition
with others. Then he must pass
the faculty committee on scholar
ship and character tests. Then he
must be able to win the vote of
a majority of the Innocents al
ready in the society.
A long rood
A man begins his run for Inno
cents in the Ivy Day orator elec
tion. There he must be able to
carry enough student votes to put
him in the first 25 men in student
favor for positions in the society.
Then his record goes to the fac
ulty committee, for approval. Mak
ing up this faculty committee are
Professor Lantz, Colonel Frank
forter, Gayle C. Walker, Professor
Schramm, Dean Thompson, Dean
Harper, and John K. Selleck. They
are the men who have the oppor
tunity to see those men in activ
ities worlf. They make recommen
dations to Innocents.
Then a man's name goes before
the 13 men in the society. It is
voted upon. If nine or more men in
the society vote "yes," a man be
comes an Innocent. It is on Ivy
Day, this day, that he is formally
accepted into the society.
The officers
The first five men tapped today
will be officers of next year's or
ganisation. In order, they will be
the president, vice president, sec
retary, treasurer, and sergeant at
arms. Holding those positions in
the outgoing society are Roger
Cunningham, Roy Proffitt Arthur
Hill, Fred Stiner, and.Adna Dob
aon. Other members who are
pending their last day In the so
ciety are Merrill Englund, Dick
deBrown, Orval Hager, Irvin
Sherman, Harold Niemann. Rob
ert Waugh, Ralph Reed, and Grant
Thomas.
Col. C. Ftankforter, acting as
faculty sponsor, helps guide the
destinies of the group.
Prom worries
Incoming members have a large
job cut out for them. Perhaps most
important of the many duties will
be the sponsoring and planning of
the Junior-Senior Prom which has
become a ward of the society. It
was through the work of Merrill
Englund that the affair was
turned over to the Innocents
through approval by the faculty
committee.
They will have to make further
plans and preparations for the es
tablishment of a student loan fund,
long a dream of members of the
past societies.
And of other things
On top of these two new proj
ects will come too the continuance
of the long list of activities al
ready carried on by Innocents.
They will sell freshmen caps at
the beginning of n.xt year, they
will help plan the freshman con
vocation with the aid of the Mor
tar Boards, they will aid In the
planning and carrying out of the
school rallies, they will sponsor
and pick cheer leaders. And as
Usual, they will sponsor the home
coming decorations contest and
homecoming afternoon dance. It
Innocents
successors
will be through their work that
the card section at the football
games will be carried on. Last of
all, it is their job to sponsor the
many activities of Dad's Day.
Alumni magazine
The society sponsors the edition
of an alumni directory once a year.
This too will be a duty of the
incoming members.
To aid the new "13 most out
standing men in the university"
will be the strone and co-opera
tive alumni association. The inno
cents alumni are headed by Guy C.
Chambers. A strong group, their
constant co-operation with the ac
tive chapters has always assured
the success of each Innocent
venture.
The new president of society
will automatically become chair
man of the Men's Point Board. It
is that board, made up of the key
officers in the main men's activi
ties, which governs and controls
men's activities.
No politics
Once a man becomes a member
of Innocents, he drops all factional
alignments. Their interests are di
rected toward the bettering of the
group as a whole and not just one
political faction.
One of the new policies initiated
by this year's group was the set
ting of the precedent of having
one dinner during the last semes
ter at each of the fraternities on
the campus. According to Presi
dent Cunningham, it gives those
men who will be left behind to
carry on university, traditions and
services.
The members of the society try
to hold a noon luncheon once a
week thruout the Bchool year in
order that they may consider
those campus projects ad prob
lems which come up during the
year.
Alumni roundup
One of the biggest activities of
the Innocents during the year is
the Alumni Roundup. At this time,
special programs are planned for
all Innocent alumni who return to
the Nebraska campus for the cele
bration. Innocents society is In no way
affiliated with a national honorary
group. The society was founded on
this campus and because of it's
uniqueness has been kept for Ne
braska until it is now an estab
lished tradition.
The question "What activities
must a man have to become an
Innocent?'' might arise. Innocents
society strives to take in those
men each year who are the key
men in leading activities. Here are
the qualifications that the present
Innocents had for membership in
this year's organization.
They had . . .
Roger Cunningham was a mem
ber of Corn Cobs, Prom commit
tee, Interfraternity Council, Stu
dent Council and a number of lead
ing ag college activities too nu
merous to mention.
Roy Proffitt was head cheer
leader, president of Kosmet Klub,
a member of Corn Cobs and many
smaller activities.
Art Hill is business manager of
the DAILY, a member of the Stu
dent Council, a member of Corn
Cobs and had other minor activi
ties. Fred Stiner was assistant busi
ness manager of the Cornhusker,
a member of Corn Coba and a
member of Interfraternity Council
and Prom committee member.
Merrill Englund was managing
editor of the DAILY, Prom com
mittee member, president of the
Interfraternity Council, a member
of Student Council and had other
minor activities.
Richard deBrown is editor-in
chief of the DAILY, a member of
Kosmet Klub and was a member
of the Interfraternity Council.
More editors
Orval Hager is editor of the
Cornhusker, is a member of Kos
met Klub and had other minov
activities.
Irvin Sherman is business man
ager of the Cornhusker, is a mem
ber of Kosmet Klub and has other
minor activities.
Ralph Reed lists president of
Corn Cobs and membership in
Kosmet Klub as his leading activl
ties. He, like the others also has
minor activities.
Grant Thomas was Junior class
president, Prom committee mem-
Their day is done
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PREXY CUNNINGHAM
Farm House
ROY PROFFITT
Alpha Tau Omega
ARTHUR HILL
Sigma Alpha Mu
FRED STINER
Phi Kappa Psi
MERRILL ENGLUND
Kappa Sigma
RICHARD DE BROWN
Beta Theta Pi
RALPH REED
Delta Upsilon
IRVING SHERMAN
Zeta Beta Tau
ROBERT WAUGH
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
ORVAL HAGER
Beta Theta Pi
ADNA DOBSON
Sigma Nu
GRANT THOMAS
Sigma Chi
HAROLD NIEMANN
Acacia.
Leave masks
behind
Journal and Star.
PREXY WAUGH
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
JANET LAU
Delta Gamma
MARY 8TEUTEVILLE
Alpha XI Delta
FAITH MEDLAR
Barb
MELVA KIME
Barb
MARIAN KIDD
Kappa Alpha Theta
FERN STEUTEVILLE
Alpha XI Delta
VSRGINIA CLEMANt
PI Beta Phi
PRISCILLA WICKS
Delta Delta Delta
PEGGY SHERBURN
Barb
MARY JO HENN
Delta Delta Delta
JEAN HOOPER
Chi Omega
HELEN KOVANDA
Gamma Phi Beta
SELMA HILL
Sigma Delta Tau
ber, varsity baskttbctl and Kos
met Klub.
Harold Niemann was editor-in-chief
of the DAILY, a member of
Kosmet Klub, a Corn Cob worker
and had other minor activities.
Robert Waugh was president of
the Student Council, a member of
the Engineering Executive Board,
Prom committee and was a mem
ber of Corn Cobs. He, too, had
other minor activities.
Adna Dobson was a member of
the varsity football squad, Senior
class president, Student Council,
Athletic Board of Control, and had
other minor activities.
K "'"-A
Thirteen women will reach
apex in activities at masking
Thirteen women will reach the
apex in women's -activities today
when Mortar Boards turn over
their black masks and robes to
those junior women who will be
deemed the most outstanding in
the University of Nebraska for
the year of 1940-41.
Those who become memDers or
the society will realize the hopes
and ambitions of three years. Ana
there will be others, who did not
quite have enough "something"
who will see ineir nopes ana am
bitions tumble about them.
Members of Mortar Board are
selected from the outstanding
junior women on the campus on
the basis of scholarship, leader-
shiD. and service. The thirty junior
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vine ol . - j- .
women are u. Vv upu v--
2? wrtS nLf cht
of Mortar Boards active chapter
select any number from five to
twenty to perpetuate their group.
Board activities
1. Leadership conference in the
fall for discussions of various ac-
tivities, particularly for freshmen
and girls who are interested in
activities.
2. Since 1932, the "Vice Versa"
party held In the coliseum, tra-
ditionally on the weekend follow-
( ti,. Mint., Rail Frankle
Trumbar played for the dance this
year
3. ' Arrange the freshmen con-
vocation at the beginning of each
vpar. in eoniunction with the In-
nocents.
4. In the spring the organiz
ation presents a scholarship tea
honoring all women in the uni
versity who have an eighty aver
age or above. At this tea three
awards are made to senior women Activities
who have ranked high In service,
scholarship and leadership. The question arises 'Just what
5. The first Thursday in May, does a woman have to have to
Mortar Board is in charge of the become a member of the organ
presentation of May Queen during ization?" Here Is a bird s eye
the Ivv Dav festivities and of the view of the activities that the
masking of new members.
National organization
Mortar Board is a national or
ganization with chapters on - 71
campuses, and alumnae clubs in
33 cities of the United States, in
cluding one In Lincoln. The Mor
tar Board quarterly, official mag
azine of the group, acquaints each
chapter with one another, as well
as the national convention which
is held bi-annually.
The Nebraska chapter of the or
ganization exists under the name
of the Black Masque chapter.
Black Masque was an active senior
honorary on the Nebraska campus
long before It became a chapter of
the national Mortar Board.
Between the years that it was
founded and its joining with the
national organization, between
1905 and 1921, most of the tradi
tions of the society were formed.
Included in these traditions were
Ivy Day, Ivy Day poem, orations,
court, and the masking of succes
sors. In 1917 Mortar Boards were
arranging the Freshman convoca
tion! in 1918, they moved from a
room In the Temple theatre to
Ellen Smith Hall: and in 1919, with
the help of the Innocents, they
launched the Student Council. The
following year they were granted
a charter from the national or
ganization of Mortar Boards.
Officers
Officers of this year's honorary
are Elizabeth Waugh, president;
Janet Lau, vice president; Mary
Steuteville, secretary; Faith Med
lar, treasurer.
Other members are Marion
Kidd, Fern Steuteville, Priscilla
Wicks, Virginia Clemans. Selma
H11L Melva Kime, Perry Sher-
burn Uir In Unn T.. u..
and"He"enryKJo0vaHndan,
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merntSV e c2 Sow
that nine of the fourteen member.
live in Lincoln. Elizabeth Waugh
was Honorary Colonel, one of the
most sought women's honors on
the campus. Peggy Sherburne
ruled over the Farmer's Formal on
ag campus as Queen. Scholastic-
any, Faith Medlar tops her sis
ters with a membership in phl'Wflce and can now be used only
Beta Kappa.' I
Sponsors
Mortar Board has three spon
sors, all members of the honorary;
Dr. Louise Pound, Miss Lenor Al
way, and Mrs. W. E. Militizer.
The dean of women is automatic
ally an honorary sponsor.
Mortar Boards on the faculty at
Nebraska Including those from day. In order to do the job well,
Black Masque and other chapters they must be the thirteen out
are: Miss Margaret Fedde, Kate standing women In the university.
Field, Alice Howell, Mabel Lee,
Florence McGahey, Marguerite Mc-
Phee, Elsie Ford Piper, Louise
Pound, Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson,
Dr. Eldna Walker, Mrs. Hattie
Plum Williams, Mrs. Ada Wes
tover, Dr. Clara Wilson, Eliza
Gamble, Miss Loize Montgomery
and Miss Lenor Alway.
The national president of Mortar
Board, Mrs. Katherine Wills Cole
man, graduated from the univer
sity and was a member of the
Mortar Board chapter on this cam.
pus.
New project
This spring the Mortar Boards
.,. .? atr ,iof
of activities. An officer s training
8chool was sponsored by the group
flnd wa8 aU presidents of
to sororities, and the officers
"4 ?" - s "'Jt',
ai ons " l"f mr- '"
ershic parliamentary law. duties
0f officers, and of tmblicitv chair-
men- -rg project was initiated to
bririg an women's groups on the
campus in closer harmony with
one and another.
. . . . .
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automatically the chairman of
the Interorganization Council
which is composed of the presi-
dents of the five major women's
boards AWS, Coed Counselor,
YWCA, WAA. and Tassels. This
council works together in the
scheduling of elections, acts as a
clearing house for any conflicts
between the groups, and sees that
the work of the various boards
doe not overlap.
women now sitting on the Mortar
Board have or are carrying.
Elizabeth Waugh was a member
of Coed Counselors, AWS Board.
Included in her honors are Hon
orary Colonel of the ROTC unit
Janet Lau is vice-president of
the AWS Board, Secretary of the
Student Council, and was a mem
ber of Tassels.
Mary Steuteville has been active
in YWCA work, is vice-president
of the AWS Board, was a DAILY
NEBRASKAN news editor.
Faith Medlar is treasurer of tite
Coed Counselor Board, and a mem
ber of the YWCA Cabinet.
And more
PegKY Sherburne is a member
of the AWS Board and of the Barb
Activities Board.
Virginia Lf mans was president
of the AWS board.
Mary Jo Henn was vice-president
of the Tassels, and a member
of the YWCA Cabinet.
Jean Hooper la a member of the
AWS Board and the YWCA
Cabinet
Selma Hill was president of
Tassels.
Marian Kidd is president of Stu
dent Council.
Melva Kime is a member of the
Coed Counselor Board, president
of the Barb Activities Board.
Fern Steuteville is president of
the Coed Counselors Board.
Priscilla Wicks was president of
the YWCA and is a member of the
Student CounciL
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'F'i uiovcau ui uuciing wire
graduate scholarship will give two
ophomore scholarships of 75 dol-i
e ft'
5 "S
fh f,8 whl wiU toward th'jT
tuition next year were announced
at the annual Honor's Day convo
cation.
The administration of the Stu
dent Loan Fund, has been re
moved to the dean of women's
by women. This fund provides for
by women. This fund provides for
emergency short time loans with
out interest to the women stu
dents. The money in the fund was
donated by Mortar Board and by
other women's organizations on
the campus last year.
Twelve or thirteen women will
take over the traditions, work and
projects of that nrpanlzAtinn to-
