Campus Awaits Ivy
Daily Msbrasfeau
Vol. 48 No. 127 Lincoln 8, Nebraska. Wednesday. April 28, 1948
ColBiims Wins' ivy
jpoeftiry Contest
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Jerry. Johnston,
Junior Class President.
Winner of the annual Ivy Day
poetry contest Is Marion Collins,
who will read ' her poem in the
festivity Thursday. Miss Collins
is from Knoxville, la., and is a
Teachers College senior. She is a
memben of Pi Lambda Theta,
Kappa Phi, Adelphi ' and the
U.S.A. council.
Classes will be dismissed on
both campuses Thursday when
the University celebrates its 47th
annual Ivy Day with festivities
beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the old
campus.
The University Band will open
the program, followed by the
Dafsy and Ivy chains composed
of junior and senior women. The
processional will begin at 9:45,
and the May Queen and her at
tendants will be presented at that
time.
Nelson Gives Address.
Ralph Nelson, elected Ivy Day
orator at the spring elections, will
deliver his address at 10:00.
RALPH NELSON
Ivy Day Orator
At 10:35, Glen Blinde and Jerry
Johnston, presidents of the senior
and junior classes, will plant the
traditional ivy.
Seventeen organized women's
houses and 15 men's houses will
compete in the annual Ivy Day
Sing. The intersorority sing will
begin at 10:30 a. m., and the in
terfraternity sing will begin at
1:30 following the afternoon pro
cessional at 1:15.
Seniors to Pick Juniors.
Ceremonies will then be turned
over to the Mortar Boards, who
will mask outstanding junior
women who are to be the '48-'49
Mortar Eoards. At 3:45, the In
nocents will tap 13 junior men
who are outstanding on the
campus.
The day's events will be corre
lated by Master of Ceremonies
John Carson.
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I ; ' Glen Blinde,
' ' ! Senior Class President.
Union Plans
Weekend Fun
BY LEE BEST
The ten-year-old this week
Union not only has to "keep up
with the Jones's" and with En
gineer's week, but also with a
47-year-old Ivy Day tradition. But
this youngster at the entertain
ment game is well prepared to
cooperate with all the festivities
on. the slate to make this the
most memorable week of the year.
To climax the Ivy Day cere
monies, there will be a "Matinee
Dance" in the ballroom from 4:30
to 6. Congratulations will be in
order for all the new MB's and
Innocents, the May Queen and
her court.
On Saturday evening the Union
becomes of age at its own birth
day ball. The birthday cake will
be on display from Saturday noon
until 9:30 that evening when the
Union Board will participate in
the cake cutting ceremony.
Come over in time to hear Bon
nie Compton play for the old
time flickers. The ping-pong
tourney begins at 10 p. m., floor
show and magician's act at 10:30,
and Jay Norris will play organ
melodies and requests from 9
10:30. All these plus continuous
Bingo games and dancing from
9-12 to Eddie Garner.
Sunday will be that day of rest
and relaxation and what better
place than at the Coffee hour
from 5-6 p. m., and movie, "Jane
Eyre" starring Joan Fontaine and
Orson Wells at 7:30 p. m.
Ivy Day Halts
Registrations
Because of Ivy Day and the
dismissal of classes, there will be
no registration on Thursday, Dr.
Rosenlof, registrar, announced
Tuesday.
Today's registration will begin
with number 800 and will prob
ably see from 600-800 students
registered.
The list of closed sections is as
follows:
Electrical Engineering 198. See. II; 237,
Sec. II.
Engineering Mechanics 243, Sec. I.
Mechanical Engineering 214. Closed
course.
. Pharmacy 152. Closed course.
Kent Tiller Elected
Band Frat Prexy
Kent Tiller of Alliance was an
nounced Friday as president of
the University of Nebraska band's
honorary fraternity, Gamma
Lambda. He succeeds Ed Jorden
of Humboldt.
Other new officers are: Walt
Palmer, Westfield, N. J., vice
president; Herman Larsen, Mar
See KENT, Page 2.
KKlub Takes
13 Members
Clicsen Named
New Secretary
. Irwin Chesen was chosen sec
retary of the Kosmet Klub for
next year at a meeting of old
members last night. Twelve other
members were also announced by
Dick Lahr, retiring president.
Chesen was automatically
elected to. the position of secre
tary since he had the highest
number of points of all Kosmet
Klub workers this year.
New Members.
New members elected were:
Bob Axtell, Dave Miller, Si
Markeson, Ted Gunderson, Jack
Campbell, Merle Stalder, Bob
Sim, George Coupe, Jack Selzer,
Bob Hildenbrand, Roswell Howard
and Rex Pettijohn.
Bill Wiseman, co-author of the
last two Kosmet Klub shows, was
elected an honorary member of
the Klub.
Chesen Activities.
Besides being new secretary of
the Kosmet Klub, Chesen is also
assistant business manager of the
Daily Nebraskan, member of Nu
Meds, historian of Zeta Beta Tau
and treasurer of Alpha Phi
Omega.
Hamilton Chosen to Head Cobs;
Leger Named Vice-PresidMit
Bob Hamilton will serve as coming year, uuane Munici, le
president of Corn Cobs for the tiring president, announced last
Gran d Opera to Be Staged
In UN Coliseum Tonight at 8
For the sixth time in nearly
50 years, grand opera staged in
the grand style will be presented
tonight at 8:30 in the University
Coliseum. The occasion is the ap
pearance of the Metropolitan
Opera company of New York in
a performance of "Tosca," on its
fiist coast-to-coast tour in a
quarter of a century.
The Chicago Civic Opera com
pany played the Coliseum in 1928,
1929 and in 1935 when one act
from "Tosca" was given with acts
from two other operas. In 1945
the San Carlo performed "Aida."
But not since 1900 has the Metro
politan come to Lincoln.
Conducted.
Under the sponsorship of the
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra as
sociation, the opera will be con
ducted by Guissepe Antonicelli,
the new conductor of the Metro
politan's Italian wing, who made
his debut last fall
Jussi Bjoerling, who will sing
the tenor role, is celebrating his
silver anniversary in opera on
this tour, but is only 37. Enter
ing the Stockholm opera school
at 18, he 'was chosen by Tosca
nini in 1937 to. sing in a Salzburg
festival performance of "Don Gio
vanni" and again by the maestro
for Verdi's "Requiem" at a fes
tival in Lucerne in 1938. Now in
his tenth year with the Met, the
Swedish tenor has sung more
than 40 roles covering a wide
range of characterization.
Title- Role.
Soprano Regina Resnik, who
will sing the title role of "Tosca,"
has sung varied roles, too, rang
ing from Wagnerian work to the
leading feminine role in "Benja
min Britten's new opera, "Peter
Grimes,' premiered this year at
the Met. Winning the Met audi
tions of the air in 1944, Miss
Rosnik has already become some
thing of a legend for her ability
to step into roles on a moment's
notice.
Eclipsing her own scheduled
debut as Santuzza in "Cavalle
ria," she was called on two days
earlier to substitute as Leonore
Innocents, Mortar Boards
Stalk Next Year's Hopefuls
The Mortar Boards in the University's history 1947's is pre
paring to mask a new crop of worthy junior women.
Black-robed Mortar Boards will gather, after the Ivy Day sing
winners have been announced, to stalk, singly, among the crowd of
eligibles, friends and relatives seated on the ground. After what
appears to be aimless wandering, the Mortar Board finds Jhe girl
she is to mask, clasps the mask on her face and leads her back te a
place of honor with the old and new MB's.
Innocents, members of the men's honorary, are given the good
word a bit more roughly. Old Innocents, dressed in their scarlet
robes and hoods, clear paths through to the men about to be tapped.
Then, one by one, the Innocents tackle the chosen ones and knock
them down.
Stanley Johnson,
Innocents President.
JUSSI BJOERLING
. . . leads "Tosca" cast.
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Coed Counselors Name 22 Models
For Annual Charm School Show
Twenty-two University coeds
have been chosen to participate
in the Coed Counselor charm
school style show Tuesday, May
4 at Hovland-Swanson's.
Models selected include: Ruth
Miller, Alpha Chi Omega; Mari
lyn Nelson, Alpha Omicron Pi;
in "Trovatore." A year ago she
sang "Madame Butterfly" on
three hours notice, and last Au
gust was flown to Montreal to
take over as "Carmen." Extens
ive background and innate vocal
ability alone were responsible for
these freak rchievernents.
One-half of the student tickets,
selling at a special tate of $1.20,
at the Union office were sold by
3 p. m. yesterday. Student tickets
are available yet, however, at the
Union and at Walt's Music Store.
Identification cards should be
shown when purchasing tickets.
Day
wv v.
Joyce Geddes,
Mortar Board President.
Hamilton, an Ag College jun
ior, is a member of Phi Kappa
Psi, president of Block and Bridle,
and a member of the Ag"Exec
Board.
The new vice president of the
men's pep organization is Norm
Leger, arts and science junior.
Leger is a member of Kappa Sig
ma, managing editor of the Daily
Nebraskan, a cheer leader, a
member of the Nebraska Maskers,
and AUF. Leger replaces
Martin Pesck, retiring vice presi
dent. The new Corn Cob secretary is
Bob Easter, engineering junior.
Sam Warren served as secretary
this year. Easter is a member of
Beta Theta Pi, head solicitor for
the AUF, and head of the enter
tainment committee on the Stu
dent Union Board.
Frank Loeffel, Ag college jun
ior, replaces Lee White as treas
urer. Loeffel is a member of Farm
House fraternity, former secre
tary of the Ag Exec Board, mem- .
ber of Tri-K, Student Council
Block and Bridle and Alpha Zet?..
The Corn Cobs recently initiat
ed 15 men into the organization
at a banquet at the Lincoln hotel.
Corn Cob membership is limited
to 16 each year.
Janet Kahn, Alpha Phi; Jeanette
Sherwood, Alpha Xi Delta; Donna
Burley, Delta Delta Delta; Nancy
Gish, Delta Gamma; Lois Cole,
Gamma Phi Beta; Mary Helen
Malory, Kjppa Alpha Theta;
Shirley Weis, Kappa Delta; Mary
Ryons, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Francis Copsy, Pi Beta Phi.
Other models are: Myrna Sam
uelson, Siga Delta Tau; Roy Chelf,
Sigma Kappa; Margaret Judd,
Dorm; Pauline Holm, Howard
Hall; Inez'Paustian, International
House; Shirley Anderson, Loomis
Hall; Pat Page, Love Memorial
Hall; Phyllis Warner, Rosa Bou
ton Hall; Pat Logan, Terrace Hall;
Marilyn Hain, Towne Club; Louise
Zuiovski, Wilson Hall.
Style show participants will
choose the clothes they wish to
model on April 28 or April 30
with the help of Miss Lois CUne
of Hovland-Swanson's.