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DAILY NEBRASKAN
Sunday, May 2, 1943
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BY J1DGE MASON.
All the excitement is over and
people are beginning to calm
down to normal, with the exception
of honor winners in the Ivy Day
festival. Much as we are tempted,
we will, of course, refrain from
mentioning the temporary fore
saking of the solnnnity which cus
tomarily accompanies Mortar
Board masking. Lila Howell found
that "someting new had been
added" to the ceremony. Oh
well, when one has a sty on their
eye they have a sty on their eye
and nothing can be done about it.
Congratulations to the two fu
ture Mortar Boards and one fu
ture Innocent who pieoeded the
May Queen to htr throne. At the
same time we cem it necessary
to warn you to beware of the new
John Jay Douglass who was wav
ing his stick from the queen's
throne during masking ceremony.
Pins and Wings.
Perhaps your interest in society
news can be enlivened by the in
formation that ATO Jim Van
Landingham of the army air
corps sent his pin to Margaret
Rosborough. Theta. Phil Van Cu-
ren, former Nebraska man and
aforesaid Casanova. presented
Laura Lee Mur.dil with his wings
to substitute for a more signi
ficant svmbol which has not as
yet been accepted by her.
At the Alpha Chi house we
find Betty Moore wealing the
newly acquired Delta Sig pin of
"Pete Peterson and Gail Jen
nings displaying a medical corps
insignia belonging to Floyd Sorrill
stationed in California.
Pins and Diamonds.
Midge Sinclair held out on her
Chi O sisters until after initiation
Friday night, when she surprised
them with a Phi Gam pin, re
ceived from Roy Long. From pins
to diamonds we find that Janice
Goldsmith, Alpha Chi, was pre
sented with a diamond by Bill
Huffman. Beta.
Now that the preliminaries are
over, next come interesting dates
for the week-end. Irene Hansen,
freshman attendant to the May
Queen. ha a date with ATO Bob
Buxton Saturday. Helen Fuller,
Alpha Phi. stepped out the same
night with John Stile. Love li
brary who is a Chi Psi at Idaho U.
Twice in a Week-End.
Delta Sig Eruce Boyd spun for
a loop with Theta blond bomber.
Jean Dresden, landing two dates
with her for the weekend.
Betty Mahan, Alpha Chi. en
joyed picnic weather Saturday
with Phi Cam John Binning and
accompanying them were Jeanne
Rotton, Theta, and Rog Cannel,
Phi Gam.
The army air corps did a beau
tiful job of Sir.ging but they had
a little trouble getting back to
the library. We watched their
progress and were surprised to
aee them all fall flat on their
faces, halfway to the barracks.
One bright bey remarked, "Gee,
that wind stepped quick." (Sad
attempt at brightening a sad col
umn with a tad joke. So long!)
Mortar Board . . .
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Home Ec association, member of
Tasssels, Phi Upsilon Omicron and
ag social council. Betty Ann Tist
hammer marked her.
Joyce Junge is a member of Pi
Beta Phi. president, of WAA, mem
ber of YWCA cabinet and was
masked by Jaet Curley.
What Is This?
Choire position are eall
Inr ob frem slate ail
over the Mississippi Val
ley. We raa make your enroll,
snent profitable to yoa.
Call or write.'
The object above is not a
water moccasin, air cadet. Daily
staff member of Mortar Board.
Whatever it is, it seems to have
what looks like a smile on its
what looks like a face. Bill
Thornberg. president of Inno
cents, says that attendants of
the "Farewell to Arms" ball
Friday night will not only find
out what it is but also why it is
so happy.
Scientists Probe Extinction
Of Pre-historic Mammals
division told about his studies of
fossil grasses and how he can see
the diminution of the tall pre-ice
age grasses as a contributing fac
tor. R C. Reed, also of the conserva
tion and survey division, discussed
the possible effects of water sup
ply and water conditions on the
prehistoric animals. L. F. Lind
gren of the bacteriology depart
ment discussed the possibilities of
disease as a factor. There were
other suggestions. Dr. C. B.
Schultz of the university presided.
Discuss Scientific History.
The pleistocene problem, while
it was the most popular discussion
topic Friday morning, was only
one of the many phases of scienoe
to get attention during the day.
There were sessions on the history
of science, with a long list of per
sons presenting short papers on
scientific history and on the works
of individual scientists of renown.
The biology and chemistry sec
tions started their meetings in the
afternoon.
The annual banquet was held
Friday night at Ellen Smith hall.
Banquet speaker was L. M. -Gar-lough
of the University of Omaha.
Following his address the group
adjourned to Avery Laboratory of
Who killed the mastodon, the
mammoth, the four-horned ante
lope, the giant bear and the long
horned bison?
Scientists at the fifty-third an
nual meeting of the Nebraska
Academy of Science this week end
didn't phrase the question in those
words, but for the layman that is
a good way to present the prob
lem tackled at one of the opening
sessions.
Ice Age Disappearance.
The official program called the
meeting a "Symposium on the
Problems of Extinction During the
Pleistocene." The object was to
throw some light on possible rea
sons whv the mammoth, the mas
todon and all the other animals
which once roamed the Drairie
suddenly disappeared at the end
of the pleistocene ice age to you.
was early man the guilty party
in this case? Was it climate or
disease? These were other ques
tions.
Anthropologists, geograph e r s,
geologists, paleontologists, soil ex
perts, bacteriologists and others
were among those who contributed
to the informal discussion.
Reason May Be Grasses.
Prof. M. K. Elias of the uni
versity conservation and survey
Vestals Tell
NewMembers
On Ivy Day
For the first time, announce
ment of the new members of the
Vestals of the Lamp, arts and
science honorary for undergradu
ate women, was made on Ivy Day,
as twenty new members were
chosen.
The new members were an
nounced shortly after the comple
tion of the intersorority sing, yes
terday and will be initiated this
afternoon at 3 o'clock at Ellen
Smith hall. A reception afterward
will be held at the home of Miss
Lydia Wagner, faculty sponsor of
the organization.
New members are:
Pflt Chamberlain
Mvra Collwrg
Pat Curry
Kiinice Enor
Mary Jo llish
Jean Ciumiel
Charlotte Hill
Janet Hutchinson
Helen Johnson -Lou
Klindt
Marguerite Klindt
Virginia Mriinali
Patricia Milllice
Gloria Mardia
1-aura ' bee Mundil
Mary Ann Mattoon
Marnaret Newman
Mary Rujsell
Mary Ellen Sim
Jean whedon
Chemistry to hear Prof. Harry N.
Holmes of Oberlin college speak
on "Strategic Materials and the
National Defense."
Group meetings were held Sat
urday morning.
Court
(Continued from page 1.)
of Pi Beta Phi. member of Beta
Gamma Sigma, Student Council.'
and Daily Nebraskan staff. Shir
ley Heldt, president of Alpha Phi.
president of Pi Lambda Theta.
member of Phi Beta Kappa, AWS
board and Cornhusker staff.
Dress Simply.
The attendants' dresses were ac
cented with smart simplicity of
lines that added to the attractive
ness. The dresses were a pinafore
style of white pique with short
sleeves, a deep square neckline
with soft draping from neckline
to shoulder. The pinafore front
was filled at the outskirt in Irish
patterned lace.
The inter-sorority sing followed
the crowning of the queen and
planting of the ivy. The inter-fraternity
sing of long tradition was
another war casualty, but a war
time note was added by a singing
group from the aircrew stationed
on the campus.
Final event of the afternoon was
the Ivy Day tea dance at the
Union.
Fairleigh Dickinson Junior col
lege. Rutherford, N. J., has re
cently been fully accredited by the
New Jersey department of education.
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