Ivy Day
Edition
KJU
Ivy Day
Edition
I15LT!
U
Vol. 45, No. 101
LINCOLN-8, NEBRASKA
Sunday, May 5, 1946
Oufs'ltaindliEaci Junior Women
Sun Bag Jlom
We plant today
A Blender slip of Ivy
Tills grwn and living
Thr'Hd wiiii'h lies hiKfthpr
Both the present and the put.
aJIjD?
Daw
TO9
n n s n h r?
Climaxing the annual Ivy Day
ceremonies yesterday, members
of Mortar Board, senior women's
honorary, masked 15 junior wom
an as new members of the or
ganization. This is the third suc
cessive year that the masked and
black-robed seniors have chosen
15 junior successors.
The new president of Mortar
Board, and the first junior
masked, was Eleanor Knoll. She
was masked by Barbara Gris
wold, retiring president. Miss
Knoll is vice president of AWS,
member of Alpha Lambda Delta,
1946
Mortar
Board
Prexy
Eleanor KnolL
scholastic honorary, WAA council
and Delta Gamma social sorority.
Vice president, Virginia Demel
was masked by outgoing vice
president Mary Ann Mattoon.
Miss Demel is vice president of
Tassels, group, secretary of Theta
Sigma 'Phi, journalism society,
and member of the YWCA cabi
net and Alpha Phi social sorority.
Secretary, Merrell Shutt is
managing editor of the Cornhusk-
. er yearbook, and member of Pi
Lambda Theta, honorary educa
tion society, Tassels, YWCA cabi
net and Delta Delta Delta social
sorority. She was masked by
Joyce Crosbie, retiring secretary.
Treasujer, Shirley Jenkins is
manaRirf!g editor of the Daily Ne
bra.Tin, a member of Phi Chi
mini?fcition college society, the
YWCAnd president of Alpha
Xi Delta, social sorority. Outgo-
Helen Wolf.
Shirley Hinds.
i
Marthella Holromb. Joy HII). Miml Johnson Marolyn Hartsook. I'hyllis Teagarden Shirley Jenkins.
K ' V N " t
Sot JdxslSl. $.J. Oh,U)haL
CL DiggsMtictL CL (Daif. mads.
By G. Tierney Shestak.
Tradition is a strange and pow
erful thing. Obeying the dictates
of tradition, every year the offi
cials of our fair university have
benches, bleachers and a platform
set up for the Ivy Day bash.
Manure is combed out of the grass
and Eau de Cologne is sprayed
hither and yon. And every year
the ceremonies are held in the
coliseum. Never in the memory of
a living person have the Ivy Day
rites been held out of doors. Of
necessity, the planting of the ivy
is done by a janitor from Univer
sity hall.
I refer to those seniors who are
about to break down and cry bit
ter tears of rage at the realization
that they will never see a genu
ine Ivy Day like the painting in
the Student Union opposite the
telephone booth. This excellent
work of art by Mary Russell, en
titled "Ivy Day, University of Ne
braska," portrays vividly the
weird and exotic ritual called
"tapping."
Ivy Scene.
The setting is beautiful and
symbolic. University Hall, seen
dimly thru the trees, is colored
a livid red. This symbolizes the
blood of hte 24 pupils killed in
Spanish class when the plaster
in room 107 U fell in on their
heads.
In the background, surrounded
by a cheering crowd of students,
is the platform where the Ivy
Day orator stands to give the tra
ditional Ivy Day poem, James
Whitcomb Riley's "The Passing
of the Backhouse." The students
are not a blurred, obscure mass
because the artist was near-sight
ed, but because they were fresh
men and sophomores and there
fore of no account,
In the foreground a Mortar
Board is seen placing a blindfold
ing treasurer, Claire Kepler
imasKea Miss jenKins.
Historian, Marthella Holcomb,
received her black mask from
Alice Abel. She is president of
Coed Counselors, news- editor of
the Daily Nebraskan, member of
the Nebraska Masquers, Blueprint
staff, nnd varsity debate squad.
Helen Wulf is president of the
Barb Activities Board for Wom
en, and member of the Towne
Club, Alpha Lambda Delta, Home
Economics club council and ag
campus Student-Faculty council.
She was masked by Lois Opper.
Shirley Ann Hinds is president
jof the YWCA and member of Phi
,Chi Theta, the Religious Welfare
I council, Student Foundation, and
I Delta Gamma social sorority.
'Gerry McKensie masked Miss
Hinds.
Joy Hill, masked by Margaret
! Neumann, is president of Tassels,
vice president of Coed Counsel
ors, secretary of the Student
(Foundation, and member of Pi
Lambda Theta and Pi Beta Phi
'snrial cnrnritv
. . . .
Carol Bridenbaugh is president
of the ag college YWCA, treas
urer of the Home Economics
club, and member of the Ag
Executive board and Coed Coun
selor board. She received her
black mask from Suzanne Pope.
Lorene Novotny is president of
the Student Foundation, assistant
business manager of the Corn-
husker, and member of the WAA
council, Pi Lambda Theta and
Alpha Phi social sorority. Leslie
Jean Glotfelty masked Miss No
votny. Carol Bridenbaugh. Lorene Novotny.
on the eyes of an enthralled coed.
The Mortar Board is dressed in
black with gold trimmings. The
black signifies death and transfig
uration and the gold represents
the repealing of the gold stand
ard. The blindfolded girl will be
led up to the stage where twelve
Mortar Boards wil rap her gen
tly on the skull with intricately
carved, lead loaded billy clubs
Hence "tapping." (Some author
ities maintain stubbornly that
"tapping" has nothing to Jo with
rapping and means that a keg of
lager was tapped at this point in
pre-prohbition days).
The people clad in red bath
robes and pillow cases are not
members of the Ku-Klux-Klan,
but these are Innocents. This is an
organization for ex-Boy Scouts
who were not successful in reach
ing second class rank.
National Advisor
For Girl Scouts
Plans Interviews
Miss Ida May Born, national
Girl Scout advisor on professional
opportunities in the organization
will be in Lincoln tomorrow and
Tuesday to confer with university
coeds interested in Girl Scout
work.
Tomorrow at 4 p. m. in the
home economics lounge in the Ac
tivities building at Ag, Miss Born
will discuss the qualifications and
requirements necessary for a
young woman planning to enter
the professional Girl Scout field.
Tuesday from 3 to 5 p. m. Miss
Born will be at Ellen Smith to
meet with groups and individuals
from the city campus who may
wish to ask questions. Inter
views may also be arranged at any
other time, according to Miss Ann
Hitze, local Girl Scout executive
'director.
I U.mll UkH ri n I II
Mary Claire Phillips is direc
tor of the All University Fund,
member of the AWS board, Phi
Chi Theta and Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority. She was masked by
Madeline Holtzscherer.
Betty Lou Horton, masked by
Suzanne Pope, is vice president
of the YWCA, and member of
Delta Sigma Rho, speech honor
ary society, varsity debate squad
and Alpha Phi sorority.
Mimi Ann Johnson is president
of the Associated Women Stu
dents, member of Tassels, All
university Fund committee, YW
CA cabinet and Kappa Kappa
Gamma social sorority. Jeanette
tangle masked Miss Johnson.
Phyllis Lee Teagarden. masked
by Betty Lou Huston, is manag
ing editor of the Daily Nebraskan,
secretary of the YWCA, president
of Chi Omega social sorority and
member of the Coed Counselors,
Marolyn Hartsook is president
or the Home Economics club, and
member of Phi Upsilon Omicron,
home economics society, YWCA,
Ag btudent-Faculty council, Stu
dent Foundation and Delta
Gamma sorority. Edith Pumph
rey masked Miss Hartsook.
Ag Campus Plans
Penny Carnival
Festivities May 10
Ag campus will be the scene,
May 10, of a penny carnival, held
in the college activities building
from 8 to 11 p. m.
Held in order to raise money
for the Estes Park fund, the carni
val will feature dancing, booths,
food, a police court and a fun
house.
MAY 10 DEADLINE
May 10 is the last day ap
plications may be filed for po
sitions on the three student
publications, according to F. C.
Blood, acting director of the
ffhool uL iniii-nalism. Apnll-
nous may oe oniatnea in ine
journalism office in University
halL
Mary flilllips.
Hetty Horton
University Cratl Assumes
Command of 'lilackhawks'
Maj. Gen. H. F. Kramer, 1913
graduate of the university has
assumed command of the 86th
'Biackhawk" infantry division.
His offices are in Manila.
He formerly commanded the
66th "Black Panther" and 97th
infantry divisions, and served as
chief of European G-2 operations.
May Queen Leslie Glotfelty was
I ' - .; i i ! I
V ' : lWi.jW!6iiiiiliiaJi - s . . It
Suzanne Pope, maid of honor; seniors Ruth Korb and Olive Pope; juniors Virginia Buckingham,
Joanne Rapp, Mary Cox and Isadore Brown; sophomores Arlis Swanson and Beth Noerenberg, and
freshmen Phyllis Harris and Lois Hendrix. Flower rls were Janet Clark and Sue Ellen Howard,
and Corwin Moore, jr., wai Mifs Glotfelty 's crownbearer.
Winding o'er earn building
Of our green and vtrdant
Site on grim prairie
Did It once stand sentinel
As men tramped off
To war along the border.
Watched again as their sons
Marched across to
trance to trenches
(old and grey,
iireen and faded,
leaves grew, then fell
Before some other sons
Went off to battle field
Spread around the world
They lay in heat or cold
And many lie there,
Will, continue thru
The ages to remind us
Our boundaries are not
Htatewide, never were.
Center of a universe
Surrounded by unbroken
Circles of past students
Inward strength our
Iniventity holds close
To give forever to
Coming generations
Of our Lord.
Green thread of Ivy
Bind our souls and heart
So that we may beg or
Borrow strength and wit
To build a peaceful
Temple on this earth.
Where guns and tools of war
May ever be covered
As an Ivied ruin.
Clothing, Food
Drive Begun
By Linguists
French students, under the di
rection of Dr. Emil V. Tell, will
sponsor a voluntary drive for
foodstuffs, used clothing and
money to send to France, be
ginning Monday.
A box for contributions has
been placed in th eUnion, and Pat
Lahr, Union director, will receive
monetary donations. Thursday
noon will be the last opportunity
for students to make contribu
tions.
Letters have been mailed to the
presidents of organized houses and
dormitories explaining the pro
gram.
Joseph J. BednarsT
and Claude
Lr c
crd the
committee memberjare Edna
Huttenmairer, Ftabeh Learn,
Janet Crawford, Irene Hausen,
Verna Ritchie, Margaret Munson,
Mary Rumbolz, Eloise DeLacy,
Don McVicker and George Rath.
Captain Matthews
Announces Navy
Open House Date
Commemorating the first anni
versary of V-E Day, Navy Hall
will hold open house from 3:30 to
5 p. m. Tuesday, May 7, Capt.
M. D. Matthews, USN, announced.
Formerly the old library build
ing, Navy Hall is the home of the
NROTC unit at the university.
Some of the special equipment
used in the instruction of Naval
Science will be displayed.
Vet Box
Veterans planning to enroll
in the university's summer
session, are asked to contact
faculty advisor to plan their
program of study before May
18.
Dean N. A. Bengtson, Junior
Division head, has also asked
that veterans enrolling next
fall arrange their study pro
gram now. Vets now enrolled
are following the same pro
cedure, Dean Bengtson stated,
in order to help avert conges
tion during registration.
revealed at Ivy Day ceremonies May 4
I . .... S ' T
J . ' . I I
A
V - V
h""-A --
mi siisiisMiiisfiiisiWstiirajiiMisnirtr tfmmLimsimm.immimift rinj
LESLIE GLOTFELTY.
Cosmopolitan
Club Holds Dance
In Union Ballroom
Cosmopolitan Club has scher-
uled a campuswide dance, May
11, from 9 to 12 p. m., in the
Union ballroom, according to Paul
Trudel, French instructor.
Admission is 25 cents per per
son and free refreshments will be
served on the third floor. Trudel
announced that the dance is open
to all university students.
Her court was composed of
t i it i
f .- 4 1 ii
:U
Journalists
Pledge Eleven
To Theta Sir
Eleven new members of Theta
Sigma Phi, women's journalism
honorary, were pledged early Ivy
day morning at Ellen Smith, with
Mary Alice Cawood, president,
presiding at the pledge table.
New pledges are Mary Louise
Blumel, Elizabeth Easter, Marth
ella Holcomb, Patricia Jensen,
Phyllis Mortlock, Nell Scott, Ar
dis Lou Stava, Shirley Strunk,
Elizabeth Stuart, Phyllis Teagar
den and Ruth Esther Willman.
Theatre Will
Present O'NqM
Comedy Drama
"Ah Wilderness!" Eugene
O'Neill's comedy drama, will be
presented May 9 through May 11
by the University Theatre at the
Temple.
Directed by Dallas S. Williams.
the play is the inal production
of the current theater system.
The Cast.
Principal members of the cast
include: Dean Graunke, who
characterizes Nat Miller, a small
town newspaper editor; June
Gast, his wife; David Andrews
his tippler brother-in-law; Doro
thea Duxbury, spinster sister; and
Avrum Bondarin, his sixteen-
year-old son.
Written with a nostalgic under
standing of small town life, the
comedy tells the simple story of
how a sixteen-year-old boy, sur
runded by the sympathies of his
family, fell in love, took a drink,
and experienced a humorous emo
tional binge. The setting is 190G.
ft ITM)3W
Class Presidents Plant Ivy;
McNutt Speaks For Innocents
Leslie Jean Glotfelty was presented as May Queen at
the 45th annual Ivy Day ceremony held on the campus
Saturday.
The 1946 May Queen and her attendants, dressed in
formal gowns, were presented with pomp and majesty in a
court scene in which their entrance was heralded by trum-
peteers and flower bearers.
between an Ivy Chain, composed of senior women, and a '
Daisy Chain, composed of freshman, sophomore and junior
women.
Miss Glotfelty is a member of Mortar Board, seniov
women's society; former editor of The Daily Nebraskun;
secretary of Theta Sigma Phi, journalism society; secretary
of the Women's Athletic association member of Phi Beta
Kappa, scholastic honorary; and member of Pi Beta Phi,
social sorority.
Maid of Honor
The Queen's maid of honor was Suzanne Pope. She
preceded Miss Glotfelty to the
placed the crown on the Queen's head.
Miss Pope is a member of
kf Coed Counselors, president
association-, and member of
honorary.
Senior attendants were
Junior attendants were Virginia Buckingham, Mary Cox,
Joanne Rapp and Isadore Brown.
Sophs Honored
Sophomore attendants were Beth Noerenberg and Arlis
Swanson, while Phyllis Harris
man attendants.
The pages who heralded the May Queen's approach
were Grace Smith and Jacqueline Wightman. Corwin
Moore, jr., grandson of Mrs.
sity's first May Queen, was
H iowpr oprig wro jont Clak
Leaders of the Ivy Chain, recognized forrJtstandin2
service to the university, were Marie Subuya, Gretchen
Claudius, Marion Priest and Julia Crom. Six junior women,
outstanding in student activities, comprised the Daisy Chain.
They were Helen Laird, Doris Easterbrook, Jacqueline Eagle
ton, Mary Alice Cawood, Barbara Emerson and Leslie
Metheny.
Orator,
Robert Green, member of
gave the Ivy Day oration.
Green for this honor at the
Ivy Day poetess Marthella
entitled "Ivy". Miss Holcomb's selection was the winning
entry in the Ivy Day poetry contest held recently. She is
a news editor of The Daily Nebraskan, president of Coed
Counselors, a member of the varsity debate squad, Nebraska
Masquers, Tassels and Delta Sigma Rho, and is Blueprint
humor editor.
Fred Hecox and Fred Teller, respective presidents of
the senior and junior classes,
towering maple tree.
Twelve Innocents, six of
in the ceremony of the men's honorary society. Bob Mc
Nutt, president, paid a tribute to the six members who
gave their lives in World War n. The first post-war tapping
of Innocents will be held next
Thetas,Betas Win Sing;
AOPi, Fijis
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
and Beta Theta Pi fraternity
were announced as victors in the
Ivy Day Sing May 4.
Billie Trombla led the Theta's
to first place with " Theta Lips."
Beta Theta Pi won top honors
with "Sons of The Stars," Lee
Taylor directing.
Placers.
Awarded second place in the
coed group was Alpha Omicron Pi,
singing "Girl of AOPi" and di
rected by Donnie Wageman. Resi
dence Halls for Women, who sang
"Memnes of Raymond Hall, led
by Arlene Kostal, won third place.
The winning of second place by
YW Sponsors
May Morning
Affair Today
Coeds will honor their mothers
at the annual May Morning
breakfast today at 9 in the Union
ballroom.
A rhort worship service, pre
ceding the breakfast, will be held
in paiiors XYZ at 8:15.
Shirley Sabin will be toast
niistress and will welcome the
guests. A doxology and com
munity sing wil follow. Eileen
Hepperly will give the welcome
(See YWCA. page 5.)
They ascended to the throne
threshold of the throne, and
Mortar Board, past president
of Teachers College Student
Pi Lambda Theta, scholastic
Ruth Korb, and Olive Pope.
and Lois Hendrix were fresh
Lewis Anderson,.the univer
the Queen's crory bearer.
?.i?d Sue Ellen Hott.
Poetess
Phi Kappa Psi 2nd Xi Psi Phi,
University students selected
spring election.
Holcomb presented her poem
planted the ivy beneath a
them now active, took part
spring, McNutt said.
Place 2nd
, Phi Gamma Delta marked a re-
peat performance for the group,
which also placed in 1945. Led
by Don W. Brown, the Fiji's sang
"Climbin, Up The Mountain."
Sigma Chi, directed by Lee Kjel
son, and singing "Soldiers of For
tune," won third place.
The songs and leaders of frater
nities participating in the inter
fraternity sing were:
Bea Theta Pi, "Sons of the
Stars," Lee Taylor, leader.
Phi Gamma Delta, CIimbin' up
the Mountain," Don XV. Brown,
leader.
Sigma Chi. "Soldiers of For
tune," Lee Kjelson, leader.
Sigma Pi Epsilon, "Old Man
River," Kenny Fletcher, leader.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, "Violets,"
Dudley Olney, leader.
Alpha Tau Omega, "Brothers
Sing On." Jack Dedrick, leader.
NROTC unit. "Whlffenpoof
Song," Bill Card, leader.
Phi Rho Sigma, "Phi Rho Sigma
Sweetheart," John Hornsberger.
leader.
Sorority groups singing in Ivy
Day, their songs, and their di
rectors were:
Kappa Alpha Theta, Theta
Lips" Billie Trombla, leader.
Alpha Omicron Pi. "Girl of
AOPI." Donnie Wageman, leader.
Residence Halls for Women,
"Mem'ries of Raymond Hall," Ar-
(See THETA'S, page 5.)