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50th Ivy Day Ceremonies Are Planned Saturday Xfni rTJ L UliU Vol 51 No. 132 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Friday, May 4, 1951 P Lai' ' uhI Li CSJluvS Dm Annual Begins 9:15 AJ Chimes from the Carillon tower at 9:15 a.m. Saturday Mall announce the 50th anni versary of the University's oldest and most colorful tra ditional ceremony Ivy Day. The formal regality of the court procession, the annual planting, of the ivy, harmo nious voices in the fraternity nd sorority sings and the sus pense in the masking and tap ping of the new Mortar , Boards and Innocents blend together to make Ivy Day a fitting climax to end the year's activities. All Saturday morning classes will be dismissed for the cere monies which will be held, ac cording to tradition, north of the Administration building. If the weather is bad, the program will be in the Coliseum. History of Ivy Day Master of ceremonies will be Dick Carson. He will announce the selections in the singing con tests, the new Mortar Boards ' and Innocents as they are tapped and read the history of Ivy Day. Last year's emcee was Dutch Meyers. Following the -chimes, Don Lentz will direct the University band from 9:20 to 9:30 a.m. Then Chancellor G-ustavson will give his welcome address. Master of Ceremonies, Dick Carson, will Tead the history of Ivy Day at 9:35 a.m. One hundred and six coeds will enter at 9:45 a.m. carrying the ivy and daisy chains. Ten rave been selected by the Mortar Boards to lead the chains which will be on both sides of the carpet leading to the queen's throne. Suzanne Koehler will sing the chain bearer's song over the public address. Procession Begins At 10:05 a.m. the procession is scheduled to begin. Leading the Toyal party will be jesters, Ira Epstein and Jerry Tubbs. They will be followed by the two freshman pages, two freshman attendants, four sophomore and lour junior attendants, maid of honor, a crown bearer, two flower girls and the May Queen. After the May Queen is crowned by the maid of honor, the president of Innocents, Bob Raun, and president of Mortar Board, Nancy Porter will present the first May Queen, Mrs. Louise Barr Anderson with a bouquet of roses. After the procession the junior end senior class presidents, Charles Burmeister and Aaron Schmidt will plant the Ivy. They wili be aided by the alumni presidents of the classes of 1901 and 1902, W. L. Hall and Fred Deweese. Aaron Schmidt will present a trophy to the class winning the Junior-Senior Class day competition. Sorority Sine The sorority sing is scheduled to begin at 10:50 a.m. After the court recessional there will be a noon recess until the band con cert starts the afternoon session at 1 p.m. The court will re-enter before the fraternity signs begins at 1:15 p.m. While the four judges choose the sorority and fraternity sing winners, Symphonia, national men's music fraternity, will sing, "Brothers, Sing On," "You'll Never Walk Alone," and "Hail Symphonia." The latter was writ ten by member of Symphonia, Gilbert Sullivan. Dennis Rohrs is directing the Syrnphoia sings. Tappings Commence Following the court recessional, the Mortar Boards will begin looking for the new members. Junior women will be expected to be sitting near the front, near the throne, during the afternoon. After the Mortar Boards have been masked, Col. C. J. Frank sorter will introduce the alumni and honorary Innocent members present. The new Innocents will then be tapped. After the masking of the Mor tar boards the new and old mem bers are asked to stay for pic tures. The admissions committee of the University College of Medicine will be on this cam pus, May 9 and 10, to Inter view 1952 applicants. All 1952 applicants who have not been interviewed this spring by the committee should Immediately sign the schedule sheet at 806 Bessey hall. The Weother Partly cloudy Friday and Sat urday with scattered afternoon or evening thunderahowers In uiuthwestern portion both days. Cooler east portion. High Friday 90 to 75. Event IVY DAT REHEARSAL Innocent President Bob Raun sharpens up his tackling technique at the expense of Bob Parker. At the left Gene Berg and Bob Rogers survey the preceedings Order of Ivy It IT mens 31112 C7 Will Include 19 Fraternities Nineteen fraternities will gather north of the Administra tion building at 1:15 p.m. Satur day to compete in the annual Ivy Day Sing. The competing groups will be judged on general appearance, presence and effect, choice, and arrangeriient "of -'selection, "tone balance, blending and intonation, and attacks and releases by four judges who will be announced later. Kosmet Klub is. sponsoring the interfraternity sing which is a traditional part of the Ivy Day ceremonies. Phi Gamma Delta fraternity won the competition last spring. The groups will present their numbers in this order: Beta Theta Pi, Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kap pa Psi, Farm House, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon. Sigma Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Sigma, Beta Sigma, Pi Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Gamma Delta Alpha Gamma Rho and Phi Rho. Groups' Songs, Directors 1. Farm House: "Halls of Ivy," Wayne White. 2. Pi Kappa Phi: "The Desert . Song" Butch Palmer. 3. Phi Rho: "Soon, Ah Will Be One" Gordon Johnson. 4. Beta Sigma: "The Riff Song" Harry Gieselman. 5. Sigma Chi: "Zeklel Saw Da Wheel" Charles Curtiss. 6. Phi Delta Theta: "The Drum" Dick Meissner. 7. Sigma Phi Epsilon: "YouH Never Walk Alone" Gilbert Benedict. 8. Zeta Beta Tau: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" Aaron Schmidt. 9. Tau Kappi Epsilon: "You'll (Continued on Pane 4) real Union 1E "Aida," the story of an Egyp tian slavq, girl, will be presented by the University Choral union at the Coliseum Sunday at 3 p.m. Guests soloists, the 900 voice choirus and the 70 piece orches tra will combine their talents to present the opera by Verdi. In addition to the guest art ists, University students will sing leading roles. Jeanette Schwe ser will sing the role of the Egyptian high prietsess. She is active in music events on the campus as well as In the School of Music. Lloyd Lotspelch, bass, will sing two roles, King of Egypt and the high priest. He was a soloist in the University "Messiah" produc tion last December. Lotspeich is president of Phi Mu Alpha, Sin fonla, honorary music fraternity. The part of the "messenger' role will be sung by John Moran, sophomore in the School of Mu sic. He is a member of the ROTC band in addition to his choral n Day Choruses Ivy Day Schedule 9:15 a.m. Rinlng of bells In Carillon tower. 9:20 to 9:30 a.m. Band Con cert. 9:30 a.m. Chancellor's wel come address. 9:35 a.m. History of Ivy Day. 9:40 a.m. Entrance of Mortar Boards and Inno oents. 9:45 a.m. Entrance of 'ivy and daisy chains. 10:05 a.m. Royal procession. 10:20 a.m. Presentation of the first May Queen. 10:25 a.m. Planting; of the ivy and presentation of the Alumni class presidents of 1901 and 1902. 10:35 a.m. Presentation of the trophy to the class winning the junior senior class day competition. 10:40 a.m. Recessional of chains. Mortar Boards, Innocents. 10:50 a.m. Sorority sine. 11:45a.m. Recessional of court. Noon Recess 1:00 to 1:10 p.m. Band concert 1:10 p.m. Court Processional. 1:15 p.m. Fraternity sings. 2:30 p.m. Symphonia Sing's. 2:40 p.m. Announcement of winners of sorority and fraternity sines. 2:45 p.m. Presentation of scholarship, activity fraternity trophy. Court Recessional. Presentation of Mortar Board's ad 2:50 p.m. 2:55 p.m. visers. 3:00 p.m. Mortar Boards beg-in stroll. 3:15 p.m. Masking- of Mortar Boards. 3:30 p.m. Presentation of alumni and honor ary Innocents. 3:35 p.m. Tapping of new In nocents. activities. Guest soloists, Margaret Gold smith and Lodema Poaster, will sing the leading women's roles. Miss Goldsmith will sing the role of Aida, the enslaved Ethiopian princess. She attended the Uni versity and did additional work at Kansas university and in New York. Amneris, jealous daughter of the Egyptian king, will be sung by Mrs. Poaster. She received her musical education at East man School of Music and Julllard graduate school. She is now teacher of "voice at Phillips uni versity in Enid, Okla. Tenor Part J. Dalton Smith, former in structor at the University, will sing the tenor role of Rudames. Radames is the man chosen by the Egyptians to lead the army against the Ethiopians. Smith is now at Florida State university where he is working toward a doctor's degree in music educa tion. I Aides Syidoy with the help of Mortar Boards . to r. in background) Marilyn Campfield, Jean Fenster and Ginny Guhin Announced Coed Vocalists To Compete In Morning University women will take part Saturday morning in the annual Ivy Day sing sponsored by AWS. At 10:50 a. m., the University women will congregate north of the Administration building to Ceowjptfte in the traditional vent. Eighteen women's residence halls and sororities on the cam pus will sing numbers in the program. They will be judged by four unannounced persons. A traveling trophy will be pre sented to the first place winners and permanent plaques will be awarded to the first three place winners. The c"rter in which the groups : will sing is: University Nurses, Delta Delta Delta, Love hall, Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Resi dence halls, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Chi Omega, Interational house, Rosa Bouton, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Xi Delta and Sigma Kap pa. Groups, P-nigs, Directors 1. Alpha Chi Omega: "Toast" Nancy Button. 2. Alpha Omicron Pi: "Lovely Girl of AOP" Virginia Nord strom. 3. Alpha Phi: "Two Bright Stars" Jan Schweser. 4. Alpha Xi Delta: "Someday" Shirley Whitaker. 5. Chi Omega: "Oh, What a Beautiful .Morning" Jo Ann Hansen. 6. Delta Delta Delta: "Cres cent Moon" Janice Fullerton. 7. Delta Gamma: "My DG Love" Suzanne Koehler. 8. Gamma Phi Beta: "My Gamma Phi Sweetheart" Bar bara Young. 9. Kappa Alpha Theta: "Theta Continued on Page 4) res Dale G. Ganz, baritone, will take the role of Amonasro, lead er of Ethiopian armies and la ther of Aida. Ganz is -an instruc tor of voice at the University, i In addition, he is the director of one of the University choruses. "Aida" will be directed by Dr. Arthur Westbrook, director of the School of Fine Arts. The University orchestra will be con ducted by Emanuel Wishnow. Union's Personnel The University Choral union is composed of the Ag college cho rus, directed by Altlnas Tullis; University Singers, Arthur West brook, director; and the Univer sity Choruses, David Foltz and Dale Gang, directors. Accompanists are Janice Ful lerton, Marcella Schaeht and Roberta Lewis. The women are all music majors in the School of Fine Arts. Members of Tassels will usher at the concert. Final rehearsal will be Satur day at 3:30 p.m. in the Coliseum. At hast Class Day Competition Begins Today Today at last J unior-Senior competition day is here. After being cancelled for two weeks in a row, interclass compe tition will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Pioneer Park, Aaron Schmidt, senior class president, announced. Activities will open with a soft ball game between the Innocents and junior men at 2:30 p.m. Fol lowing the men's competition, the senior women will play the ju nior women. Each game will last tour in nings and if enough students par ticipate, other games will be held. Sack races, egg throwing con tests and three legged races will also be held during the afternoon. Points will be totaled at the end of the competition to determine the winning class. A trophy will be presented to the winning class at the Ivy Day festivities. The president of the losing class will make the pre sentation to the president of the winning class. Junior and senior coeds inter ested in taking part in the games should contact Pat Wiedman at 6-2440. Junior and senior men should call Hank Cech, 3-1960, if they wish to enter the compe tition. The executive faculty commit tee on student affairs has granted approval of the junior-senior competition day, but attendance 1s voluntary. No student will be' excused from regularly scheduled classes or required examinations. Tassels to Fete 62 Candidate Pledges at Tea Approximately 62 girls will attend the Tassel tea Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Kappa Delta house, 405 University Terrace. The candidates for Tassel pledges from the organized houses are: Alpha Chi Omega, Mary Ann Zimmerman and Con nie Clark; Alpha Omicron Pi, Vicky Nedrow and Polly Nedrow; and Polly Nedrow; cm umega, Lura Ann Harden and Rose- marie Castner; Delta Delta Delta, Kathy McMullen and Tina Wosteri Delta Gamma, Joy Wachal and Susan Reinhardt. Other Candidates Gamma Phi Beta, Joan Holden and Pat Patterson; Kappa Alpha Theta, Martha Lee Miller and Sue Holmes; Kappa Delta, Nela O'Dell, Jackie Ulstrom, Marilyn Lehr and Kathryn Melvin; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Barbara Bell and Saliy Hall; Pi Beta Phi, Nora Devore and Betty Lester; Sigma Kappa, Faye Graham and Betty Heurn, and Love Memorial hall, Virginia Barnes and Roseann Stissler. Howard hall, International house and Wilson hall have not announced their candidates. Thirty-four unaffiliated girls have submitted their names. Organized Houses Among organized houses, one girl will be chosen from every two girls to fill the vacancy. Girls will be notified the day fol lowing the tea and be invited to a picnic Monday evening. The girls will have the picnic at the Ag picnic grounds if the weather is nice. The picnic will be In Room 316 of the Union if It rains. The girls will be chosen on the basis of enthusiasm to work in the organization, interest in Tassels, pep and poise. The Tassel members will vote imme diately after the tea to determine the new pledges. Publications Filings Open Applications are now available for filing for a position on the Corn Shucks, Cornhusker and The Daily Nebraskan staffs. Applications may be obtained at the Administration annex, 1125 R street. The Information blanks are to be filled in and returned to the feme address before noon Tuesday, May 15. Applicants must have a 4.0 weighted average and be carry ing 12 hours this semester. km us" Aclwitfies Seven University students were taken into custody late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning when Lincoln and campus police discovered them and a number of com panions engaged in "suspicious" activities. According to Lincoln police Chief Joseph Carrol, the stu dents were brought to the police I station and held for "about four hours" before they were turned over to the dean of student af fairs' office. Chief Carroll said the students were not formally charged by the police. No Statement Thompson Dr. T. J. Thompson, dean of student affairs, questioned the students at length Thursday morning but had no definite statement to make concerning the issue. Sgt. John Furrow of the Uni verity police said the students had some "paint on their clothes" when found by the police. Disturbances Wednesday night were noticed by many people on the campus. Late in the evening a resident of the men's dorms saw "quite s large group" of policemen converge on a gather ing of boys, "supposedly stu dents" and a chase foDowed. On lookers believe that the police chased the gathering in the di rection of Bancroft school. Girls Heard Disturbance Earlier. Wedensday night mem bers of a sorority near 16th and S heard a disturbance in the streets. Upon investigation they found a group of boys in front of the house. The girls were not able to see what occurred and the boys fled when police ap proached. Thursday morning fresh paint was discovered on the side walk in front of the house. Members of another sorority, located near 16th and R streets, noticed "four or five police cars" gathered at the intersection "about 5:30." Dean Thompson's office said Thursday ofternoon the boys had been released but further ques tioning would follow. Union to Hold Party; Lawn Dance Planned "Topsy Turvy Inside Out. With this theme for its party, the Union will celebrate its thir teenth birthday Friday evening. The pre-Ivy Day event will be held from 8 io 12 p.m. on the east lawn of the Union. Eddie Garner and his orchestra will furnish music for the dance. A large portable dance floor has been set up on the lawn. A carnival midway with prizes will be another feature of the party. Booths will have a for tune teller, dart games, horse shoes and baseball throws. Outdoor Movie "Give My Regards to Broad way" will be shown as an out door movie. The show will start at 8 p.vn. and will be run twice. The cutting of the birthday cake at 10:15 will start the in termission entertainment. Henry Cech will act as master of cere James Wroth With High ROTC Award The Pershing award, top prize of the University Army ROTC, was presented Thursday after noon to Cadet Colonel James M. Wroth. The presentation was made at a review of the combined Army, Navy and Air ROTC, which con cluded the annual two-day fed- Coed Counselors Picnic Is May 10 Thursday, May 10 is the day for the annual Coed Counselors' picnic. The picnic is the year's final activity for the Big Sister organ ization, said Mary Hubka, presi dent of the group, and it will enable the new and old Coun selors to get acquainted. Th ninnie will be held an thp l , . .,, tHUPr Act nmntic tiurlt. nd will . . . ,. mciuae tours, a soxiDaii tours, a Softball gams and group singing. Tickets may be purchased from any Coed Counselor. The cost is ten cents, Thirh includes transportation and the meal. Girls planning to attend the event will meet at Ellen Smith hall at 6 p. m. Those who need transportation, and those who cannot leave at 8 p. m. should contact Jean Louden, 4-2021. Dance Group To Give Annual Recital Tonislit 7 Orchesis in conjunction with Pre-Orchesis will present their annual spring recital Friday and Saturday at 8:15 p.m. at Grant Memorial. The themes of the concert, "Wild Bill Hickok," primitive theme and "Nutcracker Suite" will compose the modern dance program. A speaking choir accompanies the "Hickok" dance. Dancing is to the rhythm of words. Three of the introductory verses in the "Hickok" theme were written by Joan Park, a Univer sity physical education instructor. She will speak the lines herself at the concert. Tickets for the event may be obtained from any Orchesis mem ber or at the door that evening. They will be sixty cents. Three men will participate in the dance numbers. They are Dick Shubert, Bob Peters and Gerald Ramsderr. Helen Troy Martin is Orchesis dance director and Lois Weaver the Pre-Orchesis dance director. William Miller will accompany the boys groups and Mrs H. H. Flood, the girls. The concert is sponsored toy the women $ P. E. department and by the Women's Athletic association. 'Topsy-Turvy monies for the show, which will feature student talent. The party, sponsored by Union special activities committee, is free to all University students. Chuck "Widmaier is sponsor and Tom Synder is chairman of the Union committee. Began in 1930 May 4 is the actual birthday date of the Union. It's history began with an initial drive for construction in 1930. Ray Ram say, then alumni secretary, and Oscar Norling, editor of The Daily Nebraskan, pushed the plans. The Student Council, Innocents society and members of the alumni council took up the fight. Students indicated their willing ness to pay a small fee to defray the cost of maintenance. Final plans were made and construction began in 1936. Presented eral inspection of the Army and Air reserve officer training pro grams. The Pershing award, given to the outstanding member of th National Society of Pershing Ri fles on the basis of military standing, soldierly bearing and general military efficiency, was presented by Chancellor R. G. Gustafson. In the reviewing stand were members of the federal inspec tion team including: Air ROTC Col. Richard Gimble, Director of Comptroller, 10th Air Forea headquaraters; Li CoL Lynn R. Moore, professor of Air Science and Tactics, University of Kan sas; and Major Thomas J. Hardy, 10th Air Force headquarters; Army ROTC CoL Woodford Nelson, Purdue university; and Capt. Robert Lee, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. ROTC Awards Other awards presented ROTC " cadets were: Air Forse association award presented to Cadet id LL Lyle -D. Altaian, as outstanding first year advanced student in Air ROTC. United States Communication awards presented to Cadet Lt. Col. Wendell C. Bauman, and Cadet 2nd Lt. Willis M. Schmee kle, as the outstanding second year and first year advanced students, respectively. In JJx ROTC. ie&sieep me ill w ui