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I UNIVERSITY OF NEBR. I LIBRARY I r ygOyllfj j Ivy Day Issue Vol. 41, No. 141 Lincoln, Nebraska. Sunday, April 3, 1942 HJM McmimaD&iiry dni3oaDiinps Francis' Keefer Is Queen; IPresieleMt Twelve Mortar Boards were masked yesterday afternoon in the dry coliseum as rain beat outside, and Dorothy Ann Weirich was chosen new president of the group. Other officers included Sue Shaw, vice president; Sylvia Katzman, secretary; Shirley Phelps, treas urer; and Marjorie Bruning, his torian. Also elected to the Mortar Board are Ann Kinder, Jean Christie, Alice Louise Becker, Helen Kelley, Betty Newman, Betty Tisthammer and Janet Curley. Selection is based on scholarship, leadership and service during the new mem bers' three years at the university. Has Varied Activities The new president is enrolled in the college of arts and sciences. She is vice president of Tassels and a member of the Coed Coun selors board, the Cornhusker staff, Alpha Lambda Delta, and YWCA. She is affiliated with Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and was masked by (See "WEIRICH, Page 6) Masqued i I , ' ' ' ,4 s ' mffef :"".'' ' eamr: f '- -:S I? - m yr1- Shaw. tUmu, W I ' , .... :a 8hiiiy Marjorie Fhelps. BruuiiiK- I pan Christie. 4 Betty Newman Betty Tisthammer. All cuts courtesy Sunday Journal and Star. Janet Curley. Anne Kindrr. A liw Helen Becker. Kelley. I LXfiJ Preston Hays. ... 1 norothr Weirich. Orator Views World Order After War Max Meyer Cites Need Of Liberal Education In Solving Problems Universities, above all American institutions, must look ahead to the new post-war world social or der and prepare students to cope with its problems and become its leaders, declared Max E. Meyer. Alpha Tau Omega senior in the law college, in his Ivy Day ora tion. A broad, liberal, classical edu cation is a good foundation which should be emphasized more than it has been in recent years, Meyer said. This might be implemented by (1) developing an understand ing of modern problems, (2) offer ing courses on the limitations and capabilities of different nationali ties and sections of the world, (3) offering more courses on the his tory and geography of other peo ples, (4) offering courses on the culture and interests of other countries, and (5) placing more emphasis on modern languages. Meyer explained that hia re marks must assume that right will triumph in the present war since otherwise "what any one of us might think or say could not improve our fate." Boundaries Fixed All indications point to a peace which will fix geographic boun daries according to the choice of the peoples involved, with machin ery provided for changes when necessary, and which will set up some form of world cooperative organization in which the United States will assume .its 'just posi tion in readjustments and policies to be adopted, said the Ivy Day orator. This world social order will be a logical culmination of the his torical development of governmen tal and social units from the fam ily through the clan to the nation, he believes, and "what has been done heretofore on a national scale now will be done on an interna tional scale." Provisions of the Atlantic Char ter signed by England and the United States suggest this future order; no aggrandizement, terri torial or otherwise, to be sought; all nations to have equal access to trade and raw materials ofthe world; fullest collaboration be tween all nations toward improved labor standards, economic adjust ment and social security; all men free to traverse the high seas without hindrance. U. S. Not Ready The United States was not pre pared to take its part in such a world order in 1918 and is not yet prepared today, Meyer said, but universities can do much to aid the situation. "As far as the United States is concerned, this is primarily a war between two ideologies democ racy and autocracy, whether the people should exist for the state or the state for the people. And, while we must cooperate and sac (See ORATOR, page 2) Navy Opens V-7 Class To Students Class V-7 of the U. S. Naval Re serve will not be closed on May 1 as had been announced, according to a report received from the bu reau of navigation yesterday. The report reads, "Enlistments of college graduates and college seniors in class V-7 will continue until the recruiting service is oth erwise directed. j Enlistments of college juniors who become college juniors prior to April 15, 1942, or who were not eligible for enlistment in class V-l while they were sophomores, shall continue until the recruiting serv io Is otherwise liiv tt-tl.' The navy has had good response from college men in connection with the V-7 class of the naval re serve. Many UN students have signed up in the program. Iliniiffioceiiiiils Mame Mays Outgoing Innocents at UN tapped Preston Hays new presi dent of Innocents in the annual Ivy Day ceremonies yesterday afternoon. Pouring rain forced the tapping to be held indoors on the coliseum floor which was very hard hit in the carrying-out of the tapping tradition. Other officers tapped were Larry Huwaldt, as vice president, Max Laughlin as secretary. Bob Schlater as treasurer and Fred Metheny as sergeant-at-arms. Chosen for their prominence in university activities on a basis of leadership, service, and scholar ship, new members of the society also included ' Dick Harnsberger, Phil Kantor, Bob Fast. Dave Wal cott, Al Zikmund, Randall Pratt, John Jay Douglas and Ren Bu cacek. Hays Is Council Member. Hays is in the college of arts and sciences. He is a member of the Student Council, Dairy Ne braskan and Cornhusker staffs, Awgwan staff, Varsity band, Uni versity symphony orchestra, sing ers and chorus, Interfraternity Council, and the central commit tee of the Student Foundation. He (See INNOCENTS, page 6) Tapped &t ii aji I- iew-: Robert Schlater. Fred Metbeay. 'A Richard HarMberger. PhJUIp Km tor. Robert Fast. David Waleott. Allea 21 km Bad. Randall Pratt. All ruts courtesy Sunday Journal and SlRr. Jvhm Uouglaaa. t-oreaxu JBukacck. 'A x v, 'A ft.;.. : jKain It rained yesterday afternoon but all of the traditions of Ivy Day were not broken, for the morniing ceremonies pro ceeded according to schedule with only the cold limiting the colorfulness of the day. i From Ivy Day poet in her freshman year to queen of the celebration is the story of Frances Keefer, teachers college sen ior, crowned as the university's 31st May queen. Marian Cramer Miss Paulson Writes Ivy Day Poem Winner Towne Club Member; Reoites 'Out Of tbe Earth' to Court Elinor Jcannette Paulson, senior in Teachers college at the univer sity, was announced as Ivy Day poet. She is a member of Towne club. Pi Lambda Theta. Kappa Phi, Student Council, YWCA. Cir cuit Rider staff and Wesley Foun dation. She read the following original poem before May Queen Frances Keefer of Lincoln and her court: "OUT OF THE EARTH." Today we see the embryo of a dream. In the solid brown of the earth We plant the ivy, fragile, green. (See POET, page 5) 1p Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star. True to the traditions of Ivy Day, Jack Stewart, rifht. and Al len Zikmund plant the ivy riven them by the May Queen. Stew art and Zikmund are presidents of the senior and junior classes. John Robert Powers Chooses Six Girls As Nebraska's Most Beautiful Coeds Presented in a clever skit called "Girls Can Be Beautiful," six love ly coeds were announced as the 1942 beauty queens last night at the second night of the Union's birthday party. Their pictures are on page 3. John Robert Powers, famed manager of artist models, selected the following six as finalists from a group of 12 chosen several months ago: Jessie Moore, Betty Ann Nichols, Harriet Costello. Maryellen Robison, Lois Scofield and Lynn Dale. The Beauty Queen contest is sponsored each year by the Corn husker staff. Presenting the win ners on the ballroom stage last night were Bill Marsh, Maribel Hitchcock, Bill McBride and Jo Weaver. This was also the final night ot the Union Week-end birth day party, for which Lloyd Hunter and his orchestra played two nights. Friday night a suceessful carnival was staged with about 300 couples attending. Descriptions of the beauty queen include: Miss Moore is a striking junior in 'IViii li-is cl!ffv and a luciiilx r of lHla l.'.iiiiiua .somrily. Of im- iliuiu height, her favorite color is silver which goes well with her rich brown hair and sparkling brown eves. She likes sport clothes, hiking, and Glcaa Miller's junves wowa inaoor I Aden, arts and science senior, was revealed as maid of honor. Despite cold wind and rain near the end of the ceremonies a crowd of nearly 1,000 looked on at the affair from the bleachers and near-by-sidewalks. The new queen is a Mortar Board, president of the campus YWCA, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Rho Tau. Pi Lambda Theta. the Religious Welfare Council, the Senior Council, and Sigma Alpha Iota. She was presi dent of Alpha Lambda Delta her sophomore year and vice president of the Coed Counselors board her junior year. She has been on the Daily Nebraskan staff and was Ivy Day poet her freshman year. She has been a co-chairman of the YWCA Estes conference and is a member of the YWCA national student council. She is affiliated with Delta Delta Delta sorority. Her maid of honor is also a Mor tar Board and a member of Stu dent Council, Tassels, and Senior Council. She is vice president of the Coed Counselors board and was secretary-treasurer of Vestals of the Lamp her junior year She also has been on the Daily Nebras kan staff and was a member of the YWCA freshman cabinet. She (See KEEFER, page 5) V. ' . music. In people, her favorites are the frank type who are good conversationalists. She, herself, has a vibrant personality, a good sense of humor, and a charming voice. Called "Perfect Lady." Miss Nichols is a Kappa Kappa Gamma and a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Slender and fairly tall, she has beautiful ash Uni ROTC Unit Will Sign 80 Percent Of Advanced Contracts Before May 25 Kighty percent of the contracts to be let to new advanced ROTC students will be signed within the next two weeks of school, accord ing to an announcement of the military department yesterday. The military department, for the past three weeks, has been carefully weighing and consider ing each sophomore cadet's abili ties and academic rating in mak ing their choice of next year's ad vanced drill officers. Physical ptrmils have been issued lo I hose ciutet.s chosen and have Ix-en re turned by the student health de partment of the university. The majority of the cadets who have passed the physical examina it K os met Klub, AWS Award Trophies to 'Sing9 Winners ATOs Take First . . . Cup Goes to Alpha Phis Alpha Tau Omega fraternity brothers sang their way into first place in the Interfraternity Sing with " brothers. Sing On" yesterday morning in the first of the Ivy Day ceremonies. Leader for the ATO song was Lynn Myers. Second place went to Phi Rho Sigma, med ical fraternity, who came all the way from Omaha to compote in the sing. Their number, "The Winter Song." was led by Ivan May. Delta I'psilon. last year's winner, copped third place in the 1942 contest when Jam Shelley led "(lathered as Brothers." Nine fraternities altogether competed in the Interfraternity Sing, a traditional event on the campus every Ivy Day. Beta Theta Pi sang a medley, "The Stars" and "The Lov ing Cup." Jed'by John Cockle. "Rose of Delta Sig." led by Jerry l'rit.son. was the offering of Delta Sigma Pi, and Phi flamma Delta pre sented "Delta Home" with De Wayne Wolf as leader. blonde hair and a natural dignity which has been described as the "perfect lady" type. She likes blue and looks well in it. Interested in sports, she especially likes football (she goes with a first string play er) and swimming. Students de scribe her disposition as "charm ing." Miss Costello is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a tion and have met with the ap proval of the unit directors and the PMS&T of the military de partment will be given contracts beginning th fust part of this week. 300 Applicants. Allho the number of applica tions was again way over the quo ta of the university this year, the amount was still smaller than last year's number. Reason for this, it is Iwlieved. is the numerous and various reserves of tin arm-l tones that iiiah' students may now Join ami slill remain tn the school, on a deferred basis. Total of applications of cadets for all three regiments totaled i The rains came yesterday, but not until UN's Ivy Day Gueen had been crowned and her royal court assembled. Frances Keefer, left, was reigning monarch, while Marion Cramer Aden, served as maid of honor. 3olh shivered with other members of the court that braved a cold, pre-storm wind. ! . M : k v A' f '. ... . V A m member of Kappa Alpha Theta so rority. Tall and very slender, she is the vibrant, exotic type. Her hair is dark and long, with bangs, and attired in strikingly cut clothes, dashing colors such as red, she has that certain something known as glamour. Her voice is cool, calm, and sophisticated, her hands long and tapering with beautiful fingernails. She is the close to 300. it was announced. Of this total about 55 contracts will eventually be issued to engineers, about 60 to field artillery and i about 120 to infantry. Of this allotment only 80 percent will be issued this spring. Reason for contracting a ma jority of the students this spring to take advanced drill next fall is to save them from possible in duction thru the draft and to sim plify student registration next tail.' Willi lowemi. of Ihe dr. -Ml ie to 20 years, many students who will take advanced drill next fall would have to register for service (.See ROTC, page 3) r J f 1 s I 4 f r J Courteay Sunday Jaurnal and Star. m Singing the "Alpha TWi Sweetheart Song" and directed by Roma Biba, Alpha Phi soror ity was presented with the YWS first place cup in the annual women's sing which pre ceded the indoor Ivy Day ceremonies at the coliseum yesterday afternoon. Second place winner was Pi Beta Phi with "Ocean to Ocean," directed by Beldora Coch ran, and in third place was Kappa Alpha Theta, singing "Theta Lips," directed by Mary Rosborough. Winners were judged on 'ection of the song, presentation of the song, quality of voices, arrangement of the song and poise of the contestants. Janet Curley, president of AWS, presented the cup to the winning group. Pi Beta Phi was the winning of the sing; last year. Hurrell type a photographers dream. Prefers Sport Clothes. Miss' Robison is a senior tn Teachers College, a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Tha outdoor type, she looks "definitely super" in sports clothes, riding1 outfits, slacks. Fairly tall and with medium blonde hair, she has a pleasant, friendly manner, . . a wonderful smile. Activity-mindd, much of her interest lives in things athletic such as the WAA. Blue is her favorite color. Very popular on the campus, she has been de-. scribed as a "typical Nebraska girl." Miss Scofield is an Alpha Chi Omega and a sophomore in Teach ers College. Not very tall, hut with a good figure, she looks es pecially well in sports clothes, browns and blues and greens .to contrast with her medium blonde hair. The friendly sort, she always has a cheery greeting for everyone, a pert smile, and nod of the he.U. She is interested in campus life and activities, likes to read arid to indulg in sports swimming and tennis in particular. - , - . Has Model Type Figure. " Miss Dale is a junior in "the le;e of Al ts iilul S l-nct niiJ a, member of Chi Omega sorority. Of medium height and slender, she has the model-type figure. She tSee QUEENS, Pae-) l T