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VOL. XXXV NO. 112.
AMPUS CELEBRATES IVY DAY
RITES
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WILSON RELATES
CAMPUS POLITICS
UNIVERSITY AIMS
in
".est We Forget Purpose'
Subject of Ivy Day
Oration.
Relating the problem of campus
politics to his conception of the
purpose of the university, John D.
Wilson, Rapid City, S. D., will de
liver the Ivy day oration this
morning at 10:15. Wilson, law
senior recently elected to the
traditional orator's post, will speak
on the topic. "Lest We Forget
. Our Purpose."
Wishing to disclose the general
outline of his address without
spilling his thunder in advance,
Wilson declared that the purpose
of attending the university and
the possibility that the campus
world Is so enticing that we lose
sight of that purpose had sug
gested his title to him.
"A somewhat trite statement of
the purpose of the university is
that it is supposed to prepare us
to meet the problems of life," Wil
son remarked. "Since one of our
fundamental problems today is
that of government and politics
training as a campus politician is
a momentous issue before the stu
dent populace."
Orator Wilson further inferred
that campus politics may have
been taken too lightly in the past.
Expressing the belief that this ac
tivity could be a significant one, he
dropped the hint that he was on
his way to the festival grounds to
try out the loud speaker system,
which failed last year during the
Ivy day oration
Elected to this honor on an in
dependent ticket, Wilson is a mem
ber of Delta Theta Phi, profes
sional law fraternity. After a year
of debate in his undergraduate
days in the Arts & Science col
lege, Wilson joined Sigma Delta
Rho. debate honorary. His other
accomplishments include the ac
quisition of the Phi Beta Kappa
honor and a position as student
editor on the Nebraska law Buel
letin. Junior Men Asked to
Attend Ivy Ceremony
All junior men are requested
to be on the grounds of the Ivy
day festivities tomorrow, so
that Innocents may be aided in
the selection of new members
of the society.
Richard Schmidt,
President of Innocents.
IVY PLANT MUST
CROW THIS YEAR
Vine Serves as Lasting
Reminder of Classes.
By Carol Clark.
The ivy will grow this year. No
more will visiting alumni point
shamefacedly at the naked cotton
wood, catalpas or elms near the
throne and mutter: "This ia where
we planted our ivy." The ivy so
carefully placed in the ground in
1936 will be a lasting reminder ot
the classes of '36 and '37.
Donating for the planting a
trailing ivy that is well started in
life, the Mortar Boards are giving
the class presidents more than a
sporting chance this year to con
tribute a living monument to their
alma mater.
James Marvin and George Pipal,
senior and Junior class presidents,
will guard and cultivate the plant
until it is able to cling to the tree
by itself. The Junior president
may carry a sprinkling can if the
weather Isn't too rainy, and both
are contemplating a night long
vigil beside the Ivy, so that sou
venir seekers will not filch the
plant.
Druggists' Open House Shows
Development of the Profession
PIANO CARNIVAL SET
Event to Close Nebraska
Music Teachers'
Meeting.
Fit st state sponsored piano car
nival ever staged will be held as
the closing event of the Nebraska
Music Teachers' three day state
wide music tournament on Satur
day evening. May 9, at 8:15 in the
coliseum.
Over 200 pianists will play In
groups of as many as 50 at a
time under the direction of Leo
Kuciiukl, well known director. A
carnival chorus of 300 adult and
high school voices will sing with
the pianos.
The music tournament which
will be held on Thursday. Friday,
and Saturday of this week Is open
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MALE DRAMATISTS
TO CIVE WAR PLAY
Herbert Yenne Directs
Final Production.
First come first seated Is the
only price of admission to the
Ihree act war play to be put on
by Prof. Herb Yenne'a men's class
Wednesday, May 13, at the Studio
theater, 7:30 p. m.
Furnishing a grand climax for
the semester's work, the play will
be given to a no admission house.
Waldemar Mueller has the lead
and Merlyn Reynolds and Maurice
Reynolds have important parts.
Others in the cast are Delford
Brummer, Austin Garrcls, Ernest
Clement, William Jacobs, Richard
Rider, Harry Dorr, Don Munsell,
Kenneth Meyers.
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IW DAY FUNCTIONS
Luncheon Planned for May
Queen, Court After
Ceremony.
Mortar Board will entertain at
three social functions in connec
tion with Ivy day activities, the
first to be a luncheon Thursday
noon at the Cornhusker hotel to
honor the May Queen and her
court. Pages in the May Queen's
procession, her attendants, the
maid of honor, and the Ivy day
poet will be present.
Newly masked members cf Mor
tar Board and their mothers will
be entertained at an informal din
ner at the University club Thurs
day at 6:30. Mothers of members
of the present chapter are also
invited. Mrs. F. D. Coleman, na
tional president of Mortar Board,
will also be a guest of honor.
The initiation breakfast will be
held Friday morning at the Lin
coln hotel which may also be at
tended by alumnae of Mortar
Board. Special guests will be three
of the advisers to the active chap
ter. Miss Florence I. MeGahey,
Miss Pauline Gellatly, and Miss
Margaret Fedde. Also planning to
attend are Miss Elsie Tord Piper,
Mrs. Ada Westover, Miss Kate
Field, and iMss Clara O. Wilson.
KIRSCFTOSPEAK AT
Department of Fine Arts
Chairman to Show
Slides.
Concluding the open meetings
of the year sponsored by the Pal
ladian Literary society, Prof.
Dwight Kirsch, chairman of the
fine arts department of the uni
versity, will be guest speaker on
ttn nrntram of the Palladian
meeting to be held Friday evening,'
May 8, at 8:15 ociock in me Tem
ple theater.
The lecture will include a dis
cussion on various interesting
nnint nn the subject of art. and
colored slides will probably be
shown as an outstanding part of
the speaker's address, according to
Jean Osborn, chairman of arrange
ments for the meeting on Friday.
"The members of Palladian so
riptv feel that this meetine will
offer a fine opportunity for inter
ested students of the university to
hear Professor Kirscn speaK, since
he does not often appear before
university students," Miss Osborn
commented.
Plan to include several musical
numbers on the program have also
been made by the committee in
charge.
Pharmacopoeias, or druggists'
"Bibles," old laboratory and
prescription apparatus, the mak
ing of cosmetics, and the pre
paration of drugs are some of
the feature of pharamcys
open house, to be held from 7:30
to 10 o'clock tonight, when the
public is invited to inspect the
pharmacy laboratories with
guides offered for their conven
ience. Together with the dinner
dance tomorrow night, this is
one of the highlight of their
week.
Dr. Joseph Burt, chairman of
the department of pharmacy, is
in charge of the evening and 1
featuring for the first time the
pharmaceutical museum. In
cluded in thi are the pharmaco
poeias, of which there are 12
edition, Issued every 10 year.
Apparatus Described.
They give a complete descrip
tion of the drug used ar.d
utensil required in filling pre
scriptions of all kind. A facsi
mile of the ancient Augustana
pharmacopoeia, the first of its
kind, will also be exhibited.
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Present May Queen,
Name New Members
To Honoraries Today
FARMERS EXHIBIT
HOUSEHOLD HELPS
Outmoded Appliances
Shown at Fair.
One of the displays to be shown
as part of the Farmers fair Sat
urday will be an exhibit of house
hold equipment in Machinery hall
demonstrating graphically the
progress made by science and in
vention toward the elimination of
the drudgery of housework.
According to Ruth Schobert,
chairman of the committee in
charge .outmoded equipment will
be displayed side by side with the
latest in household machinery and
appliances to bring out the con
trast resulting from years of de
velopment. Old, inconvenient, gas
stoves will set off the efficiency
and beauty of today's models, the
tub and wash board will emphas
ize the advantages of the modern
laundry equipment on display,
and the utensils of grandmothers
day will suffer by comparison with
such modern appliances as the
electric mixer.
In the same building the com
mittee will furnish a room for
visitors to the fair, and coffee will
be served to guests.
DAY'S ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE
MORNING
9:15 Interfraternity Sing, Ivy Day Grounds
10:15 Ivy Day Orator, Broadcast on Grounds
10:30 Ivy and Daisy Chain Processions
10:50 May Queen Procession
11:00 Crowning of the May Queen
11:10 Reading of the Ivy Day Poem
11:30 Planting of the Ivy
12:00 Mortar Board Luncheon, Cornhusker Hotel
AFTERNOON
1:15 Intersorority Sing, Ivy Day Grounds
2:45 Masking of the Mortar Boards
3:15 Tapping of the Innocents
4:30 Social Chairmen's Dance, Antelope Park
6:30 Mortar Board Dinner, University Club
7:00 Pharmacy Night, Pharmacy Hall
7:00 Engineer's Open House, All Buildings
7:00 Geology Open House, Morrill Hall
Engineers to Present 24th
Annual Open House Tonight
STUDENT TAKES SEVEN
PAKTS IN PLAY.
Lloyd McCrett Entire
. Cast of Dover Road''
Temple Presentation
Lloyd McGrew, student in Miss
Alice Howell's class in the ad
vanced course in platform art pre
sented "The Dover Road," a three
act comedy by A. A. Milne, Wed
nesday evening at 7:30 in the
Temple theater.
The setting of the play is a
house on the road to Dover, Eng
land. McGrew portrayed seven
characters in his intepretation,
three women and four men.
GATES BRANDS SCHOOL
TAX AS ANTEDILUVIAN
Grand island Superintendent
Says System Not
Adequate.
Branding the present school tax
system a "antediluvian," C. Ray
Gates, superintendent of schools at
Grand Island, spoke on "Next Ed
ucational Legislation" before a
hundred persona at the dinner of
Phi Delta Kappa and Pi Lambda
Tbeta, honorary Teacher' college
organizations, Tuesday evening at
the T. W. C. A.
The speaker said that new ma
chinery waa needed to raise the
funds necessary to maintain the
schools. He pointed out that al
through the present system was
suitable for the frontier conditions
for which It was formulated, it is
no longer adequate.
With the revealing of May
queen, masking of Mortar
Boards and tapping of lnno
cents as highlights of today's
festivities, the traditional Ivy
day is once again presented to
Cornhusker students.
Program for the day commences
at 9:15 o'clock this morning with
the annual interfraternlty sing.
Following at 10:30 is the address
by the Ivy day orator, John D.
Wilson, who will speak on "Lest
We Forget Our Purpose."
Queen Attention Center.
Coronation of the May queen
and the appearance of her royal
court of attendants holds the cen
ter of attention among the morn
ing .Ivy day activities. The pro
cession starts at 10:50 with the
daisy and ivy chains starting up
the white path to the throne.
Members of the active chapter of
Mortar Boards follow with two at
tendants announcing the arrival
of the May queen's procession.
The attendants appear in the
procession two by two. The flower
girls, maid of honor, and crown
bearer precede the queen and her
train bearers. At 11 the crowning
of the queen will take place.
After the crowning of the
queen, the Ivy day poet will be
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Open house tonight in the en
gineering building will open 24th
Engineers' week, annual engi
neering event. Student operated
exhibits will be put on by all
engineering departments. All
students have been requisitioned
for work under direction of de
partment student chairmen. Gen
eral supervision will be carried
on under direction of Fred Mal
lon, general chairman, and
Ralph Doubt, secretary-treasurer.
Department chairmen are:
Vernon Keller, agricultural en
gineering; Emory Johnson, ap
plied mechanics; Earl Cline,
architectural engineering; Les
ter Hicks, chemical engineering;
Frank Williams, civil engineer
ing; Ernest Gucnzel, clectrictl
engineering, and Walter Gloor,
mechanical engineering.
Engineering classes will be
dismissed Friday for convoca
tion and field ciay. Capt. Her
bert B. Roper will address the
convocation on "Design and Con
struction of the Missouri River
Project," accompanying his talk
with lantern slides of the proj
ect. Held in Temple theater, the
convocation will start at 11 in
the morning.
To Pitch Tournament.
Immediately after the convo
cation, transportation will be
provided to Pioneers park, where
field day events will be held.
Instead of the usual cigars, a
plaque will be given to winners
of the baseball tournament
Teams will represent the vari
ous departments. Other events
will include horseshoe pitching
and touch football.
Novel contest will be the reg
ular bull slinging competition
staged by engineering profes
sors. Better lunches than in
times before are planned, ac
cording to Frank Meier, field
day chairman.
Friday event will close with
engineer' banquet, to be held
at 6:30 in the Cornhusker hotel.
Principal speaker is L. E. Hurtz,
'06, executive vice president of
Fairmont Creamery. Toastmas
ter 1 Prof. J. W. Haney, chair
man of mechanical engineering
department. After speaker the
various engineering awards will
be presented to winning stu
dents. Special feature will be
the appearance of sledge, en
gineering dirt paper, In which is
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ATHLETIC BOUTS
FOLLOW PAGEANT
Ag College Presents Its
Annual Show.
University fencers will be pre
sented in one of their first few
performances at the Farmer's Fair
annual athletic show in a specially
constructed nquare at the Pageant
grounds at ag college immediately
following the pageant "Cerialia"
on May 9.
William Crittendan will be fea
tured in one of the two matches
which are being arranged. In ad
dition to the fencing display there
will be wrestling and flashy, fast
boxing matches to appeal to every
one. Willis Palmer, 145 pound Negro
boxer, will be one of the main
performers. Elmer Dixon and Al
Simpson, both University boxers
weighing 160 pounls will . furnish
a bout worth the admission price,
sponsors of the show declare.
Nebraska Wesleyan wrestlers
will be matched with Y. M. C. A.
athletes. Comedy matches and un
usual performances promise to
keep the show interesting from be
ginning to end.
GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS
STUDY LAND USES.
Van Royen to Take
Class on Ivy Day Trip
For Soil Inspection
Land utilization is being studied
by 58 students of Economic Geog
raphy 72 on a field trip conducted
by Dr. Van Royen today.
The group which left this morn
ing at 7 o ciock by bus will study
points of interest at Weeping
Water, Louisville, Springfield, and
Gretna. At Springfield they will
visit stone mines and cement and
pottery plants. At Gretna they
will visit the state fish hatcheries.
Display Mammoth Serpent
As Main Feature Open House
RULES FOR CHEATERS
An Annonymous Publication
Contains Helpful
Suggestions.
By Collcf New Service.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
Calif., May 4. An annonymously
polished booklet, some 90 pages In
length, this week made its appear
ance on the Stanford campus un
der the title, "The Cheater's Bible".
Some of 1U rules for getting
good grades were set forth as
follows:
Don't study the course; study
the tencher."
"The classic phrase, 'I dent
know' is taboo. One should alv-st
guess."
"If the professor calls en the
dumbbells, look Intelligent even If
it is a strain, but never argue with
nlm."
WALTER KIENER TO
LECTURE ON SWISS
Graduate Botanist Will
Speak May 14.
An illustrated lecture on his
native Switzerland will be given
by Walter G. Kiener, former Al
pine guide and at present gradu
ate assistant in the Botany de
partment, in the auditorium of
Morrill hall, Thursday, May 14, at
7:30. This is the third of a series
of talks on Germany, arranged
for by the German department.
Mr. Kiener has not only been a
guide in the Swiss Alps but also
in the American Rockies. This
lecture will be of special interest
to those who have studied Schill
er's classic drama, "Wilhelm Tell."
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SPONSOR TEA DANCE
AT ANTELOPE TODAY
Jungbluth - Beck Orchestra
Will Play for Greek
Ivy Day Party.
Climaxing event of today's an
nual Ivy Day festivities will be an
afternoon dance at the Antelope
park pavilion sponsored by the
Social Chairmen's organization of
the university.
Eddie Jungbluth-Leo Beck and
their orchestra will provide the
music for the Ivy Day dance from
4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon.
Admission is free, altho ar
rangements were rumored to pro
hibit all members of any fra
ternity or sorority from attending
if the organization has not made
a deposit of $3 with the Social
Chairman's group before today.
Bill Cline, president of the So
c i a 1 Chairmen's organization,
urges every sorority and fra
ternity to support the committee
in making a success of the event,
a fitting end to the traditional
day.
The party planned is similar to
the one held at the Cornhusker
hotel in February, under the di
rection of the same organization.
Accordlng'"tb "Cline, that affair
was pronounced definitely success
ful by all who attended.
The committee in charge is
Dorothy Hood, Malcolm McFar
lane, Doug Sarson, and Ruth De
Klotz. E
STATE MATH COUNCIL
Professor Calls Meeting to
Set Up Nebraska
Section.
Dr. A. R. Congdon of the teach
ers college faculty of the Uni-1
versity of Nebraska, who is state
representative of the national i
council of teachers of mathematics, j
nas called a meeting in nis oriice
Saturday at 8 a. m. to effect the
organization of the Nebraska sec
tion of the national council.
Delegates who will attend from
over the state were elected from
their various districts last fall. At
the meeting, Dr. Congdon hopes
to outline a tentative constitution
which will later be voted upon by
the districts.
HARVARD GIVES JOINT
M.A. TEACHING DEGREE
Interested in a Harvard "Mas
ter of Arts in Teaching?" Harvard
is now offering this degree under
the joint direction of the faculty
of arts and sciences and the fac
ulty of education. Descriptive bul
letins may be obtained in Dean
Oldfathcr's office, Social Science,
112.
Lifelike restoration of a mam
moth sea serpent unearthed re
cently in Kansas, is the feature
museum exhibit of the joint an
nual geological and museum
open house scheduled for Thurs
day evening between the hours
of 7 and 11 in Morrill hall.
34 Foot Mammal.
The 34 foot mammal is re
ported to be the only one of its
species mounted upon a lifelike
picture. All other unearthed
skeletons have been prepared
with matrix or planter of Paris.
Every bone of the skeleton re
cently mounted by the verte
brate laboratory in Morrill hall
is in its natural position.
A mammoth turtle, uncovered
with the sea serpent, will also
be on display as one of the new
additions to the museum collec
tion. Workroom Open.
Prof. E. H. Barbour, director
of the museum, announces that
the museum workroom will be
open to visitors during the ex
hibition, showing the steps
taken in mounting the prehis
toric animals for display.
Students will be in the labora
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E
Kappa Alpha Theta, Sig Ep
Defend Titles as Ivy
Ceremonies Open.
With nine fraternities scheduled
to open Ivy Day activities with
the annual inter-fraternity sing at
9:15 a. m. and fourteen sororities
to participate in the intra-sorority
contest at 1:15 o'clock in the aft
ernoon, competition for th
trophies which are to be awarded
to winners in both divisions will
be the keenest in years, accord
ing to predictions made by Robert
Pierce, Kosmct Klub president
and Mary Yoder, A. W. S. board
member, in charge or arrange
ments for the sing.
Protecting their two consecutive
winnings of the cup offered by
Ben Simon and Sons, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, coached by Dr. R. E.
Sturdevant, will again try to gain
the award this year in order to be
able to keep the trophy perman
ently. In the sorority competition,
members of Kappa Alpha Theta
will vie with 13 other groups in
an effort to win the award for
the third consecutive time.
The order in which fraternities
will appear in the contest, accord
ing to the list recently submitted
by Pierce will be: Alpha Tau
Omega, Beta Theta Pi. Chi Phi,
Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi,
Sigma Nu, and Sigma Phi Ep
silon. Entries in the intor-sorority
contest are scheduled to sing in
the following order in the after
noon: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha
Delta Theta, Alpha Omicron Pi,
Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta. Chi
Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta
Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa
Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Phi Mu, and Pi
Beta Phi.
Judging, according to arrange
ments made by groups sponsoring
the sing, will be made on the basis
of appearance of the group, the
interpretation, tone quality, bal
ance of parts, and the suitability
of the selection.
The three who have been se
lected to name winners in both
contests are: Professors Charles
Amedon of York. Arthur Byler of
Crete, and Miss Olive Seamark ot
Lincoln.
Ivy Ceremonies to Be
Inside in Case of Rain
In case of rain Ivy Day
ceremonies will be held in the
coliseum, according to Alaire
Barkes, president of Mortar
Board and director of today's
festivities.
R.O.T.C. BANQUET
PLANS COMPLETE
Affair Set for May 13 at
Lincoln Hotel.
The annual R. O. T. C. banquet
for officers and sponsors will be
held at the Lincoln hotel, Wed
nesday, May 13. The committee in
charge of the affair are:
Speakers: Cadet Colonel Cos
grove, Cadet Colonel Cheney,
Major Pester and Major Pace;
tickets, Major Standeven, Maj.
Lindley Ryan, Major Fergcnson;
dinner. Major Ernst, Major Staf
ford, Major Humphrey; table dec
orations, Lieutenant Colonel Har
ris, Lieutenant Colonel Elliott,
Captain Chism; speakers and
guests will .be announced later.
JOHN BRAIN 10 HEAD
E
Pavcy, Baker, Chittenden
Named to Offices in
Organization.
John Bi&in was clioscn captain
of Scabbard and Blade at a meet
ing of the organization held Wed
nesday afternoon in Nebraska hall.
Brain was this year captain of the
Pershing Rifle company.
Kenneth Pavey, also an officer
of Pershing Rifles, was elected
first lieutenant, which corresponds
to vice-president. Floyd Baker will
be the new second lieutenant of
the organization. This position cor
responds to treasurer. Everett
Chittenden, as first sergeant will
hold the position which corre
sponds to secretary.
Plans were made at the meeting
for the annual staff picnic which
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KEENEST IN YEARS