VOL. XV NO. 147.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
BUCK MASQUES
NAME SUCCESSORS
THIRTEEN PROMINENT JUNIOR
GIRLS CHOSEN FOR PLACES
impressive Ceremony The Girl's
Club and Y. W. C. A. Prominent
Among Activities
THE BLACK MASQUES
Ethel Stone .... Lincoln
Bertha Driftmeier Lincoln
Olive Lehmer ........ .Omaha
Mary Haller .......Omaha
Marion Kastle North Bend
Edna Ogden ....Genoa
Louise Coe Nebraska City
Melba Quigley Lincoln
Dorothy Ellsworth .... Lincoln
Marguerite Kauffman Hardy
Doris Scroggin Oak
Geneva Seegar Lincoln
Florence Wirt Lincoln
The thirteen Black Masques were
chosen by the members this year,
after the Inocents had been tapped
and the Innocent -oration had been
given. The girls wore their black
robes and masks, each of the retir
ing Black Mosques giving her insig
nia of office to a successor.
The ceremony was more impressive
than in former years. The junior
girls who were chosen have been ac
tive in different lines of student ac
tivity, notably Girl's club work, the
Y. W. C. A. and journalism.
CHANCELLOR AVERY
TALKS U)00 MILES
IS CALLED UP FROM NEW YORK
BY OR. CONDRA -
Two Engage in a Short Conversation
Experienco No Difficulty in .
Hearing Each Other
A telephone conversation of more
than 1,00 miles, with Chancellor
Avery in his office at one end of the
wire, and Dr. George E. Condra, of
the conservation and soil survey de
partment, at the other end in New
York city, took place yesterday aft
. ernoon. shortly after 3 o'clock.
Miss Mallory, the chancellor's sec
retary, answered the ring of the tele
phone. "New York is calling' Chan
cellor Avery," central said. Miss Mal
lory gasped, but she called the chan
cellor to the phone.
"Hello, chancellor," this is Dr. Con
dra," cams the voice from the coast
city, and the two were soon engaged
in a short conversation about the
weather and other things. The talk
last bat a few moments. Dr. Avery
declared that he could hear the voice
at the other end of the wire as clear
ly as If the two were but a short dls-1
iaace from each other.
- Dr. Condra is returning from the na
tional' conservation congress meeting
in Washington, D. C, at which be
m elected president of the body.
IVY DAY
Ivy Day, like Christmas,
Comes but once a year;
So play away to your heart's con
tent. And don t go home till your money's
spent.
And whea It's gone, you can repent
Acd shed your briny tears.
SENIOR CLASS POEM
PRINTED ON PAGE TWO
The senior class poem, written by
Lucile Leyda, and given this morn
ing, is published in full on page 2.
FLORENCE ANGLE
QUEEN 0F THE MAY
CROWNED AS CLIMAX TO MORN.
ING CAMPUS PROGRAM
Beautiful Coronation Ceremonial
Edna Froyd, Maid of Hono
Six Attendants
Miss Florence Angle was this morn
ing crowned Queen of the May, as the
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Florence Angle, who was crowned
Queen of the May this morning
climax to the Ivy Day program on the
rity campus. Preceded by the long
line of senior girls, carrying the chain
of red and white flowers, wearing
white gowns with yellow borders of
Grecian design, and with her maid of
honor, Miss Edna Froyd, preparing
"Democracy Oar Heritage" - -
"So, as the tenacious ivy clings to
the walls about us, defying winter's
blasts and summer's torrents, let us
remember the unwearying efforts of
those who founded our beloved alma
mater. Let us never forget the mag
nificent spirit that has made possible
the great Nebraska whose promise we
see dimly in the first faint rays of
the glorious new dawn." With these
words. Guy C. Chambers. Ivy Day
orator, closed his address on the cam
pus tLis morning, on the subject,
"Democracy. Nebraska's Heritage."
The address, almost complete. Is
given below:
Once more a class about to pass off
the sphere of college life pauses to
plant the traditional Ivy. We obey
the impulse of the human soul to
leave In places it has learned to love
something living; something that will
grow In strength and increase In
beauty as the years go by. While the
buildings about ns are the common
property of all Nebraskans past and
future this little sprig of Ivy we plant
today Is exclusively our own. As the
years pass swiftly on, treading In
haste upon each other's heels, many
changes will come. In the future, we
may stroll over a-campus of strange
sights and strange buildings. We may
meet strange Instructors filling the
DR. DANN LECTURES
ON FRENCH ART
Ability to Portray Children and Paint
Landscapes Has Come in
Recent Years
"Some Modern French Painters," an ;
illustrated lecture by Prof. W. F.
Dann at convocation yesterday was
attended by a small but interested au
dience. The firs' nictates shown were land
scapes which, according to Professor
Dann, are a comparatively a new
thing in rhe wo' d cf art. For xnanj
years cirphasia if.cn the huv.an fig
ure and classic ruins kept out the
large possibilities of landscapes,
v'lich are being developed by the
icrn artist?
he way, the Queen came upon the
lawn, while the student spectators,
their curiosity satisfied, applauded
the choice of the senior girls.
Miss Angle was gowned also in a
robe of Grecian design. She walked
down the path lined with singing girls
and ascended her throne at the north
end of the lawn. Then the chorus
burst into a song of gladness, and Lu
cile and Camille Leyda, in a special
coronation dance, did honor to the
sovereign of the day.
Each of the underclasses was rep
resented by two girls who were at
tendants upon the Queen. The junior
girls were Anna Russell and Lucy
Jeffords; the sophomore girls, Larue
Gillern and Edna Coffee; and the
freshmen, Frances Whitmore and Ber
nice Reed.
Members of the faculty who have
seen Ivy Day since the beginning, de
claredt his morning that the campus
program had never been so beautiful
All of the green lawn north of the
Administration building and south of
the Armory was used, and two May
Poles were had this year instead of
the one before. Twenty-four girls
danced in the May Pole dance.
places of our revered teachers. At
such a time we will seek the ivy
which we plant today and in its pres
ence journey through the past back
to the golden time when college life
and college joys were ours.
We are about to sever ties which
will never be reunited except in mem
ory. And so we paune for a last fond
look upon the scenes we have learned
to love. We gaze upon walls en
deared to our hearts through four
years of treasured association. To
part from such scenes; to part from
such objects of affection without leav
ing behind a living memorial would
bring us to graduation with an over
whelming senBe of loss. And so we
plant the Ivy. as have those before
us. Iet It symbolize our undying
gratitude! May its spreading branch
es speak but mildly of our increasing
devotion to the vast wum heart that
without stint or reserve has embraced
us all in her affections.
Democracy Must Rule
The spirit of democracy which In
spired her founders should eveT per
meate the whole student body. Let
it ever be Nebraska's boast that her
only aristocracy 1 the aristocracy
of hard work! That her only path to
the goal of preeminence Is the path of
LATIN CLUB HOLDS
LAST MEETING OF TERM
The last meeting "for this semester
of the Latin club was held in the" de
partment rooms last evening. An in
formal program was given by the
faculty members, Professors G. E.
Barber, F. W. Sanford and Alice Hunter.
THETA SIGMA PHI
GRANTS CHARTER
JOURNALISM SORORITY FOR
WOMEN ENTERS NEBRASKA
Another journalism fraternity or
rather sorority is to be established
at the University of Nebraska. Theta
Sigma Phi, national journalism sor
ority, with chapters at eleven of the
principal state universities, has voted
to arrant a petition of seven Nebras
ka women, who are studying journal
ism and who are intending to go into
that line of work. The chapter will
be installed in about two weeks.
The petitioners who will be char
ters members of the local chapters
are: Ethel Arnold, '16. of Johnson;
Ruth Beecher, '18, Hastings; Ethel
Dodds, '16, Broken Bow; Mollie Gil
martin. 18, Lincoln; Vivienne Hol
land, '17, Lincoln; Gertrude McGee.
'18, Rapid City. S. D.; and Eva I.
Miller, '18, Fremont.
Miss Arnold and Miss Dodds were
formerly on the staff of The Daily
Nebraskan; Miss Gilmartin is wom
an's editor of the Nebraska State
Journal; Miss Holland is on the staff
of The Daily Nebraskan; and Miss
Miller is associate editor of The Daily
Nebraskan.
The chapter roll of Theta Sigma
Phi now includes the University of
California. Leland Stanford univer
sity, the University of Wisconsin, the
University of Missouri, the University
of Kansas, the University of Indiana,
Ohio state university, the University
of Montana, the University of Okla
homa. the University of Oregon and
the University of Washington.
Guy Chambers
earnest application and genuine per
sonal worth. Let us be proud that
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Guy C. Chambers, who delivered the
-Ivy Day oration, "Democracy, Ne
braska's Heritage."
Nebraska university has never recog
nized inherited wealth or accidental
(Continued ca page 3)
NAME INNOCENTS
F0RJ6TH TIME
THIRTEEN .JUNIORS TAPPED AT
AFTERNOON CEREMONY
Men Representative of Many Varied
Activities in the University
Colleges
THE INNOCENTS
Melvin M. Garrett, Madison,
president.
Roy. J. Harney, Norfolk, vice
president.
Harold Holtz, Randolph, sec
retary. - Raymond J. Saunders, Red
Cloud.
Alfred Bryson, Fullerton.
Henry W. Campbell, Elgin.
Louis R. Doyle, Lincoln.
John Elliott, University Place.
Virgil Haggart, St. Paul.
Harold Neff, Omaha
Grove R. Porter, Nebraska
City.
Axel Swenson, Oakland.
Ralph Thiesen, West Point.
The thirteen above named men
have been chosen as member of the
senior society of the Innocents for "
next year. They stand selected as the
men most worthy of high honor in the
junior class. They represent the
worthiest qualities that are to be
found in the class of 1917. Upon
their shoulders will rest much of the
responsibility of making next year a
better year for the university, and a
finer year for the life of the student
body.
The Innocents, in the middle of the
afternoon, were tapped with the usual
ceremonies, and escorted, each man
by a retiring Innocent, to the place
where they donned their scarlet robes
(Continued on page 2)
UNITED PRESS REPORT
TO JOURNALISM GLASS
FIRST SERVICE TO NEWS EDIT
ING COURSE YESTERDAY
Students Handle "Flimsy" Courtesy
Extended by Roy W. Howard
of New York City
Another innovation in journalism
instruction at Nebraska "broke" yes
terday In Prof. M. M. Fogg's newspa
per editiHg course. The lull tele
graphic service of the United Press,
New Vork, which serves wme 600
evening papers throughout the United
States from 15,000 to 20,000 words
daily is now available for Nebras
kens studying copy-editing. The pros
pective editors, gathered around the
semi-circular copy desk in Law 211
yesterday began to g"t actual exper
ience in editing press dispatches in
handling "flimsy" on the Mexican sit
uation, the sinking of the White Star
Cjrabric. the submarine question ith
Germany. Carbon coii's of all the
United Press matter coming to the
Evening News Is sent to he class.
Paul R. Butler. '07. is the Lincoln
manager of the United Press.
This courtesy to the university Is
extended by Roy W. Howard, of New
York, president of the United Press,
for which Professor Fogg rased to be
special correspondent.
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