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Vol. 48 No. 129
LINCOLN, 8, NEBRASKA
Friday, April 30, 1948
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The first man to hit the ground:
yesterday when the Innocents so- !
ciety stalked their 1948-49 mem-j
hers was Norm Leger. Thus, j
Leger was automatically named
president 5f the senior men's j
honorary for the coming year.
Stan Johnson, retiring president.'
tapped the first of the thirteen !
new Innocents. lie sped a full 20
feet behind Leger before he
threw the tackle. j
Alex Cochrane, Jr.. was made
vice president of the organization
when Martin Pesek threw him!
onto the grass. Jack Selzer, the !
new secretary, was t::pped by',
Dick Lahr, the retiring officer. I
Irwin Chesen was tackled bv
Irwin Chesen was tackled by Lee I j - V Hfc
White, p st treasurer, and retir- j r; . : :
ins sergeant-at-arms Red Frank-; I - A
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successor. i
The other junior men named j
to the honorary society at the!
Ivy Day festivities yesterday at j
4 p. m. were: Robert Hamilton,
Robert Easter, Norbert Tiemann,
John Osier, Dick Schluessner,
Frank Loeffel. Edward Trumble.
fjrd Dale Ball.
The crowd that gathered to
witness the tappings of the new
Innocents waited as the red-hood-1
ed seniors circled the group of!
Norman Leger.
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junior candidates. Lach ran up
behind his man nad named him to
the organization by using a foot
ball tackle, slipping the baldrice
about the new Innocent's shoul
ders. Leger, the neC president of In
nocents, is managing editor of The
Daily Nebraskan, new vice-presi-'
dent of Corn Cobs, a member of
the AUF advisory board, and the
Nebraska Masquers. A member
of Kappa Sigma fraternity, h vasi
the winner of the Kappa Sigma
area scholarship and leadership
award, editor of the Ambassador .
college yearbook at Oslo univer
sity, Norway, during the summer!
of 1947, and a cheerleader fori
three years. !
Cochrane is the newly-elected !
president of the N club, holder of.
a major football letter, ;md pros-:
ident" the Physical Education
clubHe is a member of Sigma .
new secretary. Jack Selzer,
Is a JSgnber of Alpha Tau Omega,
circulation manager of The Daily
Nebraskan, and vice-president of
the Student Council. He is a mem
ber of the N club and Interfra-.t
termty council and Kosmet Klub.
Ale f..chran
Jack SHzrr
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Prise ill a Flagg of Lincoln
reigned as May Queen over the
throng of University students
gathered to observe the 47th an
niversary of Ivy Day Thursday.
This year's Queen and her court
were heralded by trumpeters and
flower girls as they approached
the throne. Walking between an
Ivy chain drawn by senior women,
and a Daisy chain, held by junior
women, they walked down the
satin-covered walk to the plat-lorm.
Mrs. Wahlstrom is president of' Executive board, and is a member
:.Iis Fkici: is past president of ! the University 4-II club, manager iof Phi Unsilon Omicron.
Homo Ec club, a past member ol of the Col-Aeri Fun boa-jL Farm-1 Miss Whitham s a Tassel, a
jthe Coed Counselor board, a'er's Fair board mejfnnnd jmember of SvrfTiming club, the
'mr-rnhor nf Phi IIiKuon clniifrnn i inpinhpr of VWI.A. Hn wfViihlAWv Hn;.rl '(TIId Thi rH r.tiH
secretary of Mortar Board, and a I and Phi Upsilon OmicLOn. Pi Beta Thi .-oiity.
member of Alpha Phi sorority.
t Maid of Honor
Maid of honor was Joanne Ack-
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Irv Chesen was the high point
worker the past year in Kosmet
Klub, and was named secretary
of that organization recently. He
is a member of the Student Union
house rules and library committee,
assistant business manager of
Toe Dyily Nebraskan, and a mem
ber of trie Lnterfraternity council.
He is an associate member of Psi
Cii, and treasurer of Alpha Phi
Omega. Chesen is a member of
Zeta Beta Tau.
1048-49 sergeant-at-arms, Walt
Do-othy, is secretary of the ln
terfraternity council, new presi
dent of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and
V or the engineering exec
board. He is also a member of
Kosmet Klub.
Eob Hamilton, Phi Kappa Psf,
is the president of Block and
Bridle, president of Corn Cobs,
' Rnd treasurer of his fraternity. He
in :i mpmhpr nf Tri-TC Alnha PVii
Omeea, and former treasurer of t
Ag Fxec Board. f V f
Activities of Robert Easter in-'f ..
head solicitor of AUF, treasurer I i)iCk rhi-anrr
of hin fr?itfrnitv 'Rta Thpta Pi
and a member of the Interfratern
i?v council. He is chairman of the
SM'dent Union activities commit-'
tee. i
New president of Kosmet Klub. i
Norbert Tiemann, is a member of
Block and Bridle, lieutenant com
mander of Phalanx, and treas
urer of the cadet officers asso
ciation. He is president of his fra
ternity, Beta Sigma Psi..
John Osier, Alpha Gamma Rho,
is president of the Ag exec board,
member of Elock and Bridle, and
secretary of Tri-K. He is a mem-:
ber of Corn Cobs, the AUF ad-j
visory board, and a former mem- i
ber of the Student Council. !
Dick Scliluessner is judicial
chairman of the Student Coun-1
cil, secretary-treasurer of
Amerfcan Society of Arch.
gineers, and a member of the en
gineering exec, board. A member
of Beta Sigma Psi
l is-;. .lv f JL
Bib K.astrr Bob Hamilton K7 J1 t t
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,.?-a. Vft-.-, J'feW' ,Lam V '
v ""r j s l 1 1 Joan Farrar.
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' iif'Y V'l " : " Marian Crook Jo Krllrnbargrr
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Lois Ttaorfinnnon
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erman of Sidney. Miss Ackerman
preceded the Queen to the throne
and placed the crown on her
head. She is editor of the 1948
Cornhusker, a former Tassel, vice
president of Mortar Board and a
member of Kappa Alpha Theta.
Senior attendants were Ruth!
Ann Finkle, and LaRayne Steyer
Wahlstrom. Mi.--s Finkle is
a member of YWCA, a Coed
Counselor, member of Psi Chi.
Phi Chi Theta, and president of
Alpha Omicron Pi.
served the Queen as junior atten
dants. Miss Yiele is an assistant busi
ness manager of the Cornhusker,
a cheerleader, member of Tassels,
the American Pharmaceutical as
sociation and Kappa Epsilon. She
is a. Chi Omega.
Miss Gish, a member of the
YWCA cabinet, is on the Coed
Counselor Board. She is a Delta
Gamma. A member of the Home
Ec Club, Mavis Musgrave is also
on the YWCA cabinet, the Ag
Junior Attendants
Cherie Viele, Nancy Gisn, Mavis
sopJifrsjpres
Sophomore attendants
Musgrave and Anne Whithamj Jeanne M alone and Kathryn
Rapp. On the YWCA cabinet, Miss
M a 1 o n e is also on the Coed
Counselor board. Miss Rapp, WAA
secretary, is a member of Tassels,
a Coed counselor, on the YWCA
cabinet, and is a member of Delta
Gamma.
Pages were Audrey Flood and
Gwen Monson. Leaders of the Ivy
chain were Priscilla Bailey, Jan
ice Chappell Beck, Patricia Hey
nen, Wilma Elson, Jackie Gordon
anad Bonnie Voss. Betty Aasen
Mariorie Anthony, Dace Bolyan,
Patricia Guhin, Gladys Jackson
and Beverly Sievers led the Daisy
chain.
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Groth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wendell Groth, and Allen Cohen,
son of Mrs. F. Cohen, both of
Lincoln.
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Marian McKlhanry .
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Kd Tnimhle Dalf Ball
Music by Jack Swanson and his
orchestra will be featured at the
Ag Cotton Denim Dance tonight
at 9 p. m. in the College Activities
building ballroom.
The Cotton Denim Dance tra
ditionally opens the Ag College
Farmers Fair, to which all stu
dents are invited. Cottons and
denims are the order of dress as
they have been all week at Ag
college. Tickets will be on sale at
the door for $2.00 a couple.
The presentation of the Goddess
of Agriculture and the Whisker
King will take place at 10 p. m.
in a unique ceremony sponsored
by the Home Economics club. Bob
Scheve will be master of ceremonies.
At 11:30 all dancers will go out
of doors to the barbeque
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Jackie HiKhlnian
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! are Maria Cnnstir!ini and Marilvn T ,vnp? in thpir honsinff exhihit
south of the College Activities; for the parmers Kair. Exhibits are open to all students and friends
building for a rally and the light- of Ag college from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.
ing of the barbeque pits. Group!
Ivy Dav Sing
Cups -Awarded
To Phis, D.U.'s
en- '
isinging win De lead bv Mrs. AI-
tinas Tullis and pep talks on
Farmers Fair will be given by
several board members, Ag stu
dents and faculty members.
Saturday's Fair program starts
with the departmental open house
program at 9 a. m. which con
tinues till 2 p. m. All Ag and
Home Ec departments will have
displays and demonstrations to
which the public is invited.
The Midway, featuring booths
sponsored by Ag groups, will be-
I'gin at 11:45 a. m. and will re
main open until 5. At 1 p. m. the
Home Ec department will pre
sent a series of 20 minute pro
grams for women in the Food and
Nutrition and the Home Ec build
ings.
Farmers Fair will close with a
steak barbeque at 5:30 for Ag stu
dents, faculty and alums.
adine Anderson
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Fiist places in the intersorority
he is active ar,d interfraternity sings went to
in varsity debate and president Alpha Phi and Delta. Upsilon yes-
of Gamma Delta. teraay wnen tne winners were
Tapped in absentia, Edward announced by Master of Cere
Trumble, now attending a Union monies John Carson at 2:30.
convention in Virginia, is a mem-j pili's Dedicate Song to Queen,
ber of the Union board. He is also i The Alpha Phi's, led by Gwcn
a member of AUF. Newman .-lub dolyn Taylor, sang '"Alpha Phi
treasurer, a Cr C-'- --' T Sweetheart Song" arranged by
fraternity council. He is president Barbara Jean Olson and Dorothy
of Sigma Nu. Huffman. The fup was present-
Frank Loeffel is treasm-er of ed to Miss Taylor by May Queen
Corn Cobs, member of Alpha Zeta, Pris Flagg. Upon being an-Tri-K,
Block and Bridle, and nounced first place winners, the
Union board. Fe is T-r-i-'e'-t Alpha Phi's sang the song again,
of Farm Hon-- - " iedicating it to their sister, the
a former member of the Ag exec 1943 May Queen,
board. S'-.ic'eiu . . The D.U.'s, led by Bob "Squir-
sity band. rel" Ad ims, sang "Meadowlands"
The last Innocent tapned was in the Kosmet Klub sponsored in
Dale Ball, newly elected president tcrfraternity sing at 1:30. The cup
of the Student Council. A mem-i was presented to Adams by Nor
ber of Phi Kappa Psi. Ball is'bert Tiemann. president of Kos
rush week chairman of the In- met Klub. Adams again led the
terfraternity council, director of group in "Down Among the Dead
the Union bridge competitions. Men" when the winners had been
and past chairman of the campus announced.
improvements committee of the .Int. House Sings Hawaiian Song:.
Student Council. i Second place in the intersority
The retiring members of the sin.c at 10:30 went to the Gamma
Inrocents Society, named in the Phi's- singing 'Gamma Phi
See INNOCENTS, Page 5, Col. 2jSee IVY DAY SING, Page 5, Col. 4
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odeo, Parade Complete
Fair Program Tomorrow
Jeanne Branch
Fes lawrta
Jeanne Kerrigan
The black masque of Mortar
Board was slipped over the eyes
of the '48-'49 president, Joan
Farrar, and 16 other new mem
bers of the senior women's hon
orary, in yesterday's 47th an
nual Ivy Day ceremony.
John Carson called the odds
while the 20 blackgowned Mor
tar Boards wound their way
among the crowd during the suspense-filled
minutes before
masking began. One by one this
year's members slipped into the
crowd to pounce upon their vic
tims. JOAN FARRAR was masqued
president of Mortar Board by
Joyce Geddes, retiring president.
Miss Farrar is vice president of
Tassels, winner of the William
Gold Business Administration
honor, a member of Student
Council, AUF, Pi Lambda Theta,
and Kappa Alpha Theta.
MARION CROOK received tne
Masque from her vice president
predecessor, Joan Ackerman.
Miss Crook is president of the
AWS Board, president of House
Council of Residence halls, presi
dent of Spanish club, vice presi
dent of Theta Sigma Phi and a
member of Phi Sigma Iota.
JO KELLENBARGER will
succeed Priscilla Flagg as Mortar
Board secretary. Miss Kellen-
barger is a member of Coed
Counselors, YWCA cabinet, Tas
sels, Phi Upsilon Omicron and
AUF clerical head.
MARION MELIIANEY was
named treasurer to succeed Mar
cia Mockett. Vice president and
past treasurer of Coed Counselors,
Miss McElhaney is also a mem
ber of YWCA cabinet, AUF, Ad
visory Board for Dean of Teach
ers college, Alpha Lambda Delta,
Phi Sigma Iota, BABW and Phi
Lambda Theta.
v LOIS TIIORFINNSON was
elected to succeed B. J. Holcomb
as Historian. -Miss Thorfinnson is
president of Ag YWCA, Home
Ec Editor of the Cornhusker
Countryman, a member of AUF,
Phi Upsilon Omicron, Alpha
Lambda Delta, and Chi Omega.
Twelve other rw Mortar
Boards were selected TV wear the
cowl.
of Tassels, past membeirof Coed
Counselor Board, PeyoQueen for
1948, BABW "Hello Girl" for
1947, a member of YWCA, Towne
Club, Pi Lambda Theta.
JACKIE WIGHTMAN is Coed
Counselor, president and a
member of Tassels, Varsity Debate
Squad, Delta Sigma Rho and Al
pha Omicron Pi.
Nadine Anderson is managing
editor of the Cornhusker and a
member of AWS Board, YWCA
cabinet, Theta Sigma Phi and
Alpha Phi.
Phyllis Harris is vice president
of the AWS, 1947 Pep Queen, a
member of Tassels, YWCA, Alpha
Lambda Delta. Pi Lambda Theta
and Alpha Chi Omega.
Jeanne Branch is president of
WAA, 1947 Typical Nebraska Co
ed, a member of Coed Counselor
Board, YWCA cabinet and Kap
pa Alpha Theta
Peg-g-y Lawne is director of
AUF, a member of Student Foun
dation board, Coed Counselors, Pi
Lambda Theta and Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Jeanne Kerrigan is managing
editor of the Daily Nebraskan, a
member of Coed ffninsrlox". Stu
dent Union Board, Theta Sigma
Phi and Pi Beta Phi.
Shirley Sabin is vice president
of YWCA, executive secretary of
Masquers, a member of Coed
Counselor Board, BABW, House
Council of Residence Halls, Reli
gious Welfare Council.
Barbara Speer is president of
See MORTAR BOARD, P. 4, C. 2
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Shirley Sabin
BY MERLE STALDER.
Tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. the
chute gate will open on the first
bucking bronc in the Farmer's
Fair Rodeo of 1948. Cowpokes
are shining their spurs, getting
between contests. The program is
as follows:
First Event
Saddle hronc ridinp 2)
Bareback bronc riding (1)
Calf roping (4
Steer ricring (3)
Seeund Event
Bareback bronc ridine (2)
the kinks out of their ropes and I CaVf roping (2)
Steer riding (3)
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LJV . i'i.T?ir I held during the
i jtf ,1 Uf ? 1 if 11 'a large number of
P,l Z tVS ' :f I V vv 1 1 to get a sneak pi
making other necessary prepara-
fiT , i- Kf 4Lf IM 7 rf VVitions lor putting on a oang-up
Kt.SSi h1iPTi ow. Bleachers have been erec-
i fsi - 4 tfjT 'ted and tne seatinS capacity in-
I v ' tj? J J , creased for an overflow crowd.
rf Spvpral rnHpo nracticps have hepn
oast week with
people on hand! JacK; Prominenx
eview of the i11 "w
Till V.r 4Ua mii-lmnnM n iThn 1
I . I iSCi coming show. wl11 UV" " "uul,;,'l-c a v"1"i
way at 10 Saturday morning when 2.
the Farmer's Fair parade leaves
the Ag campus. Included in the
parade will be the university pep
band, all rodeo contestants on
horseback, a carriage once owned
by William Jennings Bryan and
a number of floats as well as all
Ag college students. The parade
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1 5 anrl nrncpprl Hnwn O street before, C
y Returning to g college, xne pa-
irade boss IS Jim Marshall. xvunne Annerson ana t,nir ey r.sKiisen.
PITCH IN AND HELP Ag students, dressed in their cottons and ! The rodeo will begin at 2:30 :C(iu ';ln(1 Marie CVliiin. Joan Guilford1. Minway, ll:4o-5 p.m.
denims all belo to put up the bleachers for the Farmers Fair iwith th? presentation of thel-'mi Boi.oy ie Jameite. wiima Washmc- Women's Pro-r p in
Rodeo tomor.-w. As? students are also workina on their exhibits ijudaes. The University Pep bandito" :,nd bche"n- Bunn,e Wa,"ms- Ro.'.o, 0-5 p.m.
and their Midway booths to make the 1948 Farmers Fair a success, and Cowboy quartet will fill in See RODEO, Page 4, Col. 4 1 Barbeque, 5:30 p.m.
Coed Calf Catching Contest
Third Event
Saddle bronc riding (2)
Steer riding (3)
Calf roping (1)
Bareback bronc riding (2
Cutting horse contest
Fourth Event
Presentation of Awards
deos past and present. The rodeo
wil follow R.C.A. (Rodeo-Cowboy
Ass'n) rules for all events.
A bevy of coeds from the uni
versity are entered in the Coed
Calf Catching contest. Object of
the contest is to tie a ribbon on
the calf's tail and drag him across
a fixed line against time. Teams
entered as of 5 p. m. Wednesday
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- Courtesy I.inroln Journal.
Ivy Festivities
Include Collins'
Winning Poem
Ivy Day poetry winner Marion
Collins read her poem entitled
"The Ivy" following the presen
tation of the May Queen at the
ceremony Thursday.
Miss Collins is from Knoxville,
la., and is a senior in Teacher's
college. She is a member of Pi
Lambda Theta, Kappa Phi, Adel
phi and USA council.
Members of the English de
partment faculty judged the
poetry entries on the basis of
originality and pertinence to Ivy
Day tradition.
Last year's winner was Rich
ard Phipps, engineering fresh
man. THE IVY.
BY MARION COLLINS.
Among the tall and gnarled elms,
Down Ions', digressing campus
walks,
Near sloped rooftops sun-gleam
lit,
I To walk, and feel Nebraska
winds.
Softly now, yet strong;
How brave our dream, how bold
this day
FAIR PROGRAM
Friday.
Cotton and Denim dance, 9-;in which we meet!
11:30 p. m. !
Barbeque Rally, 11:30 p. m. Shadows fall forlorn
Saturday.
Department Open
;a.m.-2p.m.
House.
i Across the cloistered way
9 Of placid years remembered.
jAnd fiis our hour creeps
!!rt the yesterdays.
:VYh"l' ;!:ilcs clouds a pattern
; trace
And ivy gently grows.
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