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rv Only Daily Puhl trillion tor Slmlentt At The tJnirersily of ISehnuka JTAJ fl Q fQ Pi Cooler temperatures Friday rsL X&ifr vj 1 I .J I- 1 A j ApJ U , S,. I i iC: I 1 w"h "h precipitation. High : : . 1 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA l ; , I ?;HPi!fMnil in-, , - : : : " Jll !';U !db .QQ! Lav fcm. MiwmiiiiiNiM .. 1 " v-iuius, oi me at. l,ouis division or dinance depot, was the principal speaker last Tuesday evening at a lecture series sponsored by Scabbard and Blade, military honor society. Childs spoke on the topic. "Are We Prenareri-I. Industrially?" The lecture series was inaugurated las? year to acquaint the military and its preparation in case of mobilization. Choral Union, Orchestra' Tq Depict 'The Seasons' Three University singing groups,! the University orchestra and three soloists will present Haydn's "The Seasons" in a pub lic concert Sunday, May 7. The four-part concert, a secu lar oratorio, .will be held at 3 p.m. in the Coliseum. Taking part in the concert will be the Ag Chorus under the di rection of Mrs. Altinas Tullis; University Singers under the di rection of Dr. A. E. Westbrook; and the University Chorus under the direction of Messrs. Gantz and Foltz. Orchestra Accompaniment The. blending of their voices will be accompanied by the Uni versity orchestra under the di rection of Prof. Emanuel Wish- now. "The Seasons," which will be given in Ihe four parts of spring, summer, fall and winter, will present the miracle of sprout ing, growing and death of crops. Many of the natural sounds of the seasons wind, thunder and lightning are reproduced by the voices and the orchestra. Soloists for the concert will be Doris Ruth Ganz, soprano; Roger Dexter Fee, bass; and Franklin E. Barger, tenor, x Miss Ganz has appeared as a soloist in oratorio presentations at Columbia university, Hastings college, Nebraska Wesleyan uni versity and Nebraska. She spent a summer season with the Dallas Light Opera Co. She has also taught voice at sev eral universities and is now at Nebraska Wesleyan university. Fee, winner of three scholar ships to the American Conserva tory of Music and a World War H veteran, is now a voice in structor at Drake university. He was formerly head of the music department at Illinois Wesleyan. Barter' Career Barger, a foi mer member of Denver Grand Opera Co. and a soloist in the Rocky Mountain states for 20 years, is now repre sentative for a music publishing , house in Kalamazoo, Mich. He was a soloist at the University presentation of the "Creation," in 1948 Prof. David Foltz will direct Kahili Bundle Will Address Monday Lonvo Dr. Ralph Bunche, mediator for the United Nations, will ap pi-ar at tho Coliseum Monduy evening to address University students and faculty members. A reception will be held afterwards In the main lounge of the Union. Tho convocation topic will be "The United Nations Interven tion." ' . Dr. Bunche took over the task k mediator in Palestine after the assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte in 1948. Through his efforts, the Jews and the Arabs came to an agreement on me Quest on of the newly iormea Isratli fnvprnment. At present. Dr. Bunche is the acting assistant secretary-genei ti of the United Nations trusteeship department. He served with the U. S. state department for a snort time after the war and has been a member of severar United States delegations to interna tional conferences. 1 . He recently, was offered the position of assistant secretary of state, but declined the offer. Dr. Bunche will meet repre sentatives of the Nebraska press and radio at a special news con ference Monday morning. That noon he will address a Univer aity faculty luncheon. The UN mediator received his A.B. , degree with highest honors from U.C.L.A. and his masters and doctors degrees from Har vard. He has served as chairman of the political science depart ment at Howard university since 1928 but has been on leave of absence since 1941. i iv a H . : .;. :.-.:: :: fv ::;:- :::: . the 600 members of the choruses in the concert. Prof. Emanuel Wishnow will direct the orches tra, with Prof. Myron Roberts accompanying on the organ. Piano accompanists will be Eleanor Hansen, Carolyn Waters and Jeanette Dolezal A nnnrort k !,; concert by this group of musicians was presented in De cember, 1949. They sang "The Messiah." N-Club Plans Annual Dance On Saturday A night lub atmosphere will prevail at the annual N-club dinner dance Saturday night in the Union ballroom. Guests will eat at small tables arranged in formally in the ballroom. Co-chairmen of the event are Bob Russell and Herb Reese. Dave Haun will provide mujic during the dinner and at the dance, which is exclusive to N men and their dates, members of the athletic department and special guests. One highlight of the evening will be the N-Club skit. "Athlet ic Rushweek." The following N men will take part: Henry Cech, Nick Adduci, Ed Craren, Bob Pierce. Anton Lawry, Bob Muel ler. Bus Whitehead, Al Duna van. Bob Gates, Fred Golan. Don Bloom, Larry Walsh, George Hill, Ted Kanamine and Norm Wilnes. Marvin Grimm will act as narrator. In addition to the skit, Tatsy Dutton will give thru renditions of contemporary music. Bob Phelps is in charge of decorations for the event. Each sport will be represented by large pictures of athletes gui. cd in appropriate attire and wear ing anpropriate muscles. These will be arranged around the ballroom. The basketball team will be honored in the decorations. "Big Seven Champions" will be a fea ture of the basketball pictures. New officers of the N-Club will be introduced during the evening. Potsy Clark, Clarence Swanson, president of the Alum ni association, and Earl S. Full-b-ook, den of the Colleee of Business Administration, will be guest speakers. Military Parade Concludes 2-Day Federal A two day federal Inspection of the University's army and air force ROTC units was con cluded Thursday afternoon with a parade held on the campus. In the reviewing stand were the Army inspectors: Col, Clar ence H .Schabacker, University nt Minnesota: Lt. Col. Ernest Bearss, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Capt James Fletcher, of Kansas City.' Mo. Col. Richard Gimbel and 'Major Stanley Plate of the Tenth Air Force Headquarters. onH r.t Cnl. L. R. Moore, Uni versity of Kansas were the Air Force inspectors. Durine the final parade of the ROTC units awards were given to individual students, compa nies and squadrons. , Cadet 2nd Ll. cnaries m. Bressman of Omaha was pre .oH .nnA of the top awards available to University of Ne braska Army KOiu stuaems oy Chancellor R. G. Gustavson. He received the Pershing Award, donated by the late General John J. Pershing, me awara given to the outstanding student among the members of the Na tional Society of Pershing Rifles. Air Force Award Th Air Force association award, for outstanding first year advanced student in the air force Campus to Observe Traditional Ivy Day Ceremonies Saturday Ivy Day Tradition Dates From 1901 Ivy Day, oh. Ivy Day Tradition long revered Happy day or, gloomy day, Day of customs weird. Ivy Day, oh, Ivy Day, , Long revered tradition, Day of joy, day of tears. Day of coalition. Never a winner in the Ivy Day poetry contest, ttie offering of which '.he above stanzas are part probably has been far more widely, read and quoted than any of the traditional verses. Its last line has become some thing of a clasic and has pro voked considerable comment. On the first Ivy Day, in 1901, however, the orator had quite ditrerent things to talk about "As the ivy clings to the buildings,' said. N. H. Graham, first of the long line of speak ers, "so may we cling with fid elity and loyalty to our alma mater, and as our opportunities to befriend it increase with the growth of our influence, may we protect and care for its inter ests." First Ivy Day It was in 1901 that the senior class day became Ivy Day for the entire University campus and for . friends and alumni of the school. The oration, poem and ivy planting traditions were begun at this time. The seniors marched in double columns to the south side of old University hall, where they sang, 'Nebrai ka AftBP h JhaA lantpH ti ka." After he had planted the ivy, the senior class president handed the trowel to the junior class head, instructing him to carry .1 the tradition. In 1902 rain spoiled the event, but in 1903 the Ivy Day cele bration was enlarged. That year the tapping of the Innocents be came a part of the celebration. The group was founded as a purely Cornhusker organization, having no affiliation with a na tional society. The tapping of 13 new men continued through peacetime years until 1949 when only 11 men were added on the regular day. During the war tappings were replaced by marches of the alumni. Inno cents were named again in 1946 to reactivate the honorary. Also at the 1903 celebration a maypole dance was instituted and 16 women took part. - Black Masque The Order of the Black Masoue, local forerunner of the present Mortar Boards, was founded at the University in 1905 by 13 women who wished "to make girls a strong factor in class and university activi ties. The organization was named for the small black masks which were, and still are, given new members. In 1921 the local organization affiliated with the national Mor tar Board. Although in the be ginning 13 members were tapped the custom was changed through the years. The number varies from five to 20. In 1905 a tree, known as the "Schiller linden" was planted in the ceremony to honor the Gcr man poet. That same year framed pictures of the six for mer chancellors were presented to the school. No Clasitea Classes were di.sinissed for the event in 1908, and the practice was continued wherever .the ceremony was held during the week. Fifty girls dressed in white carried the first daisy chain around the campus in 1910 and In 1912 the tust May Queen was crowned. Miss Louise Barr (Miss Louis Inspection ROTC was presented to Cadet 2nd Lt .George S, McQueen of Lincoln, by Lt. Col. Otto Wellen- sick, Commander of the Nebras ka Air Wing of the National Air Force association. Former Grande Chef de Gare of the Nebraska Forty and Eight, Leo J. Beck, presented the Forty and Eight award for the Junior in ROTC with the high est scholastic average to Cadet 2nd Lt. Lames M. Wroth of Lin coln. . American Legion Award The American Legion Auxil iary award for the outstanding Basic Student was presented to Cadet Sgt. Hallet Gildersleeve of Lincoln by Mrs. J. E. Conklin, president of the Nebraska Amer ican Legion auxiliary,- Cadet Tech. Sgt. Leslie L. Chisholm and Cadet Tech. Sgt. Robert O. Eggers were presented the two Reserve Officers Asso ciation awards. Miss Pat Berge, . honorary commandant, presented the Hon or Company award to Company B. Second Battalian commanded by Cadet Capt, Milton Maisel of Omaha. The Honor Squadron award. presented by Miss Berge, went to Squadron A of the air group commanded by Cadet Lt. Col. ; Fred L. Pflug of Lincoln. Anderson) was presented in a white jinrikisha covered ' with scarlet poppies. She wore white and carried a huge sheaf of scarlet and cream roses. The jin rikisha was donated by William Jennings Bryan. Since then, a queen has been selected annu ally to reign over the. Ivy Day court of outstanding women in each class. In the war year of 1918, Ivy Day was given military touches. A large flag with 1,403 stars was given to the school. Fifteen feet square, it commemorated Nebraska students and alumni in service. French Ivy Ivy from France was planted that year and again in 1919. It was sent back to this country by two University students in the army. Also in 1919, a banner with 91 stars in honor of the men and a nurse who gave their lives in World War I, was presented. And a new idea, the Lord of May, was tried. It was unpopu lar and never repeated. The Kosmet Klub entered the festivities in 1921. They intro duced their first honorary mem ber in that year. f,n 1923 Kos met Klub sponsored the first In terfraternity sing and in 1927 AWS began the Intersorority sing. Changes have been few in re cent years. Pages were added to the Queen's attendants in 1942. The year 1944 was an unusual one in that two May Queens were named. r acuny uicays Spring Jr.-Sr; Class Elections Elections for senior and junior class officers this spring were approved Thursday by the Fac ulty Committee on Student Af fairs. In a letter to Junior Class President Herb Reese, the com mittee okayed the elections for the coming year. They asked that they be conducted under the provisions of the old Student Council constitution with the stipulation that there be no write-in votes allowed. Filings will open today In the Student Activities office in the Administration building.- Posi tions open will be the following offices in both junior and senior classes of next year: president vice president, secretary and treasurer. Individuals should file for each office singly. Filings will close Monday Mnv 15. at 5 P.m. Further de tails about the election will be announced Monday by the Stu dent Council, which will super vise the entire procedure. Regularly enrolled sophomore students will vote in the election for the junior class officers; pre ent juniors will ballot on senior class executives. The faculty action followed a request from Reese and Junior Class council members for ap' nroval of elections this spring Thev pointed out that great strides had been shown In the past few months townrd class unity, expressing the hope tlmt that spirit would not be nnowea to die by abolishing class eiec lions. The provision for fout officers Or each of the junior nnd M"ii,r classes was approved last Wed nesday by the Student Council. They approved the recommenda tions as amendments to their constitution by-laws. RCCU Revives 'Gay Nineties' Gay Nineties bathing suits and dancing costumes highlighted the RCCU show at Vet's hospital Thursday night. The program was presented in the form of a radio show. Jo Hansen, Red Cross college Unit board mem ber, was in charge of arrange ments. Special music by the Delta Upsilon .choir was" a feature of the program. They presented five arrangements of fpmiliar music. "Dearie." was the number presented by Mary Sue .Holland and Mary Doyle. Bathing suits of a past era were a feature of their act. The pair presented the same number at the recent Coed Counslor style show. Mr.y West came for a visit in the form of Dick Hansen, who gave an interpretation of the fa mous stage and screen star. Nancy Kelly tap danced and twirled a baton at the same time to the furious pace of the "John son Rag." The audience -was amazed at her skill in keeping the necessary coordination. Other numbers included in the show were Gladys Novotny, pi ano solo: Jane Randall, harmon ica solo.1 and Sue Kent, vocal solo. - I tMilil If j RETIRING PRESIDENTS Pictured above are the two presidents of the senior hon orary societies. Marcia Tepper man Kushner, above, is presi dent of the 1949-50 Mortar Boards and Merle Stalder heads the retiring Innocents Society. AWS Names Women's Ivy Sing Lineup Nineteen women's organized houses will be singing for the winner's prize Ivy Day, accord ing to Associated Women Stu dents, sponsors of the Ivy Day sing for coeds. The first five groups should report at 10:10 a.m. to the west side of the area between the Ad ministration building and Grant Memorial hall where the Ivy Day festivities will be held. At all times during the sing, five groups should be lined up. In case of rain, groups will meet at the west corridor of the Coliseum. Chairman Pat Seibold and Elizabeth Gass will assist in the preparations. The following houses, the se lctions, and the song leaders are entered in the sing: (houses are listed in the order theya ppear in the sing): Alpha Omicron Pi. "A O Pi Farewell Song," Carolyn Bukca cek; Alpha Chi Omega, "All the Things You Are," Nancy Button; Chi Omega, "My One Chi O Girl," Nanci Harrison; Delta Del ta Delta, "Rhapsodyjn Blue" Pat Gundy; Love McmWial, "Dance Ye Gypsies, "Alice Boswell; Uni versity Nurses, "Clari De Lune," Sue, Leininger; Delta Gamma, "Concerto to Delta Gamma," Norma Jean Myers; Rosa Bou ton,, "The Sit-Down Servant," Jean Baur. Other Entrants Alpha Xi Delta. "Love's Treas ure, Jean Leisy; Towne Club, "Daybreak," Shirley Mahr; Gamma Phi Delta. "Dreaming," Pat Baldwin; Kappa Delta, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," Willistine Clark; Residence Halls for Women. "It's Spring Again." Joanne Smith; Internationa) House, "Malequena." Florentine Crawford; Alpha Phi, "Alpha Phi Sweetheart Song," Catherine Elliott; Pi Beta Phi, "I'm Wish ing" from Snow .White. Virginia Cooper; Kappa Alpha Theta, "All the Things You Are," Sue Kent; Sigma Kappa, "Blue Tail Fly," Marilyn ' Peterson; and Kappa Kappa Gamma. "Kappa Dream Girl," Mary Phillip. , All groups must remain for recall until the winners have been announced at 2:50 p. m. The first place winners will re port to the Temple, Room 24, at 4:30 p. m. for a tape recording. It will be broadcast Sunday. Judges for the Ivy Sing com petition are: Alfred Blinde, Te cumseh; Mrs. Robert Haines, of Kearney, and Morris Hayes, Scottsbiuff. Agronomist Plans To Retire in June L. L. Zook, agronomist at the University's North Platte Sub station for the past 35 years, will retire June 30. Zook's retirement marks 42 years of service as an agrono mist. His influence on the pros perity and farming practices in western Nebraska has been im measurable,-according to Dean w. v. Lambert of Ag college. Festivities to Climax 1950-'51 Activities One of the oldest University traditions will be ob served Saturday. All the ceremonial color, fraternity and sorority songs and the formal regality of the court procession as it is urged on by the music of the University concert band blend together to make Ivy Day a fitting climax to a year's acuviues at iNeDrasita. All Saturday morning classes will be dismissed for the Ivy Day ceremon ies which ,will be held, ac cording to tra dition, north of the Admin istration build ing. If the weather is bad, the entire pro gram will be held in the Coliseum. Master of ceremonies for Meyers the program will be Louis (Dutch) Meyers. He will an nounce the selections in the singing contests and each' new Mortar Board and Innocents as they are tapped. Last year's master oi ceremonies was Av Bondarin. Opening Opening the occasion will be a concert by the University band under the direction of Prof. Don Lentz. The concert will last from 9:30 to 9:50 a. m.. and fol lowing that will be a reading of tne ivy Day history. The procession of the "Ivy" and "Daisy" chains will start at 9:55 and will be followed by the May queen and her court. The junior and senior class pres idents will come in after the court and at 10:15 a. m. Herb Reese, junior president, will plant the Ivy. After the recessional of the chains, the woman's portion of the Ivy Day will begin. At the close of the singing, the court will recess for the morning. Afternoon Program A brief band concert will initi ate the afternoon program, start ing at 1:15. Following the con cert the Queen's court will enter again. At 1:40 p. m. the men's or ganized houses will begin the contest for the Ivy Day sing tro phy. Judges' selections of the winners of the men's and wom en's singing contests will be an nounced at approximately 2:50 p. m. The queen and her court will make their final recession at 2:55 p. m., and preparations will be made for the highlight of the day's proceedings. As a feeling of tenseness and mystery sur rounds the crowd, the 1949-50 Mortar Boards will begin the search- for their successors, Tapping Following the masking of the members of the women's senior honorary society, 13 men garbed in red robes will stalk thru the junior men in the crowd in search of the new members of the Innocents Society. The tack ling of the mystic 13 will con clude the Ivy Day ceremonies for 1950. The 14 members of the retir ing Mortar Board society are: Marcia Tepnerman Kushner, Dorothy Borgens, Mary Ellen Schroeder, Janet Fairchild, La verne Acker, Kathryn Rapp Clem, Janet Cochran, Gwendo lyn Monson. Mary Helen Mal lary, Janet Stratton, Marilyn Boettger and Jean Eckville. Innocents who will retire after Saturday are: Merle Stalder, Leo Geier, Fritz Simpson, Bud Ger hart, Jack Campbell, Roz How ard. Jack DeWulf, Rod Lind wall, John Connolly, Rex Petti john, Elroy Gloystein, Bob Ax tell and Paul Weltcheck, Program The Ivy Day program is as follows: 9:30 to 9:50 a. m. Band con- Seventeen Fraternity Groups lo sing a bong of Ivy Day 'Ivy Day spectators will get a taste of music University style when 17 fraternities compete in the Ivy Day sing. As announced by the Kosmet Klub, sponsors of the men's par ticipation in the sing, thp groups will be judged on the following points: general appearance, pres ence and effect; choice and ar rangement of selection; tone balance, blending and intonation and attacks and releases. All groups will line up in their order of participation at 1 p.m. Saturday and remain afterward for recall if necessary. Judging the sing will be: Al fred Blinde, Tecumseh; Morris Hayes, Scottsbiuff and Mrs. Rob ert Haines, Kearney. The winning organization is to report to the Temple building, Room 4, at ,5 p.m. after the sing for recording purposes. The following program order, participants, selections and lead ers have bfen announced by Kosmet Klub: Sigma Phi Epsilonj "The Old Ark A-Moverin," Ed Wells; Delta Upsilon, "God's Son Has Made Me Free," Robert Johnson; Plan Change Moves Union Party Inside Midway Booths, Dancing Planned Due to a change of plans, the 12th annual Union Birthday party will be held in the Union rather than on the lawn as pre viously scheduled. According to Bob Russell, the chairman of the party, the cele bration will still have the theme of a carnival, which will include midway booths, games, refresh ments and dancing. The main event of the evening will be the cake-cutting cere mony to be held in the mam lounge on first floor. Director Duane E. Lake and Byron Hooper will take charge of the ceremony. Parlors A, B and C will con tain the carnival recreation in cluding refreshments and games. Tom Podhaisky will be in . charge. Fizz Powell's Orchestra The ballroom will be opened from 9 to midnight for dancing to Fizz Powell and his orches tra. for intermission will include the Special entertainment planned Farm House quartet, Stew Reyn olds' trumpet act; and Patsy Dutton, with Dick Carson as emcee, ; . .. Only the first and second floor will be open during the party. Altho the Union was born May 4, 1838, the celebration is being held Friday. Ivy Day eve. The history of the Union be gan in 1930 with an initial drive when Ray Ramsay, then alum- , ni secretary, and Oscar Norling, editor of The Daily Nebraskan, ' pushed original ideas for a Union. Union History Members of the Alumni coun cil, Innocents society and the Student Council took up the fight. After much opposition and difficulties resulting from sev eral legal barriers, petitions were circulated among students to determine whether they would be willing to pay a small fee to defray the cost of main tenance. After final plans were under way, construction began in 1938. With the recent passing of a tion, the Union celebration will proposed plan for a Union addi have a dual purpose. cert. 9:50 a. m. Ivy Day history. 9:55 a. m. Chains enter." 10:05 a. m. Court procession al, junior and senior class pres idents enter. 10:15 a. m. Planting of the ivy. 10:25 a. m. Chains recess. 10:30 a. m. Women's sing. 11:45 a. m. Court recess. Noon recess. 1:15 to 1:30 p. m. Band con cert. 1:30 p. m. Court procession al. 1:40 p. m. Men's sing. 2:50 p. m. Announcement of women's and men's sing win ners. 2:55 p. m. Recession of court. 3:00 p. m. Masking of Mortar Boards followed by the tackling of Innocents. Phi Kappa Psi, "Phi Psi Rag Herb Jackman; Sigma Alpha Ep silon, "Sons of Fame," Lynn El ler; Phi Gamma Delta, "Haul Away Joe," Jerry Solo man: Sigma Nu, "You'll Never Wallc Alone," Bob Russel; Beta Sigma Psi, "Sweetheart of Beta Sigma Psi," Ed Tegtmeier; Sigma Chi, "Forest Invocation," Dean Kil llon; Kappa Sigma, "De Gospel Train," Bob Wallace; Alpha Tau Omega, "Dream Girl of ATO," Rod Riggs; Phi Delta Theta, "Phi Delt Drums,r Dick Meissner; Al pha Gamma Rho, "The Blind Plowman," Don Scheerger; Delta Tau Delta, "The Drum," Charles McVay; Farm House, "Turkey in tha Straw," Neal Baxter; Beta Theta Pi, "The Loving Cup." Hugh C. Follmer; Zeta Beta Tau, "Beyond the Blue Horizon," By ron Krasne; and Phi Rho Sigma, vMinka," Gordon Johnson. Further information concern ing the sing may be obtained from Tom Donohoe, director of men's participation at 2-7931. The traditional cup will b presented to the winner by Koi met Klub. .., r 1 If