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Bruce Martin, Innocents' tall
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practice the traditional tackle on
each other as the remainder of
the society looks on. Chuck
Tomson was not available for
the picture.
Ivy And Trowel:
vy Day'
asks
enesis
ivy Day Schedule
Carillon rings 5 minutes
Band Concert 10 minutes
Mortar Boards and Innocents enter in order of tapping
Ivy Day history read by Master of ceremonies
Chains enter lead by the Ivy and Daisy chain leaders
Court enters: Attendants, maid of honor, children, queen
President of Mortar Board and President of Innocents plant
the Ivy
Chains, Mortar Boards, and Innocents recess
Sorority Sing
Court Recessional
Carillon 5 minutes
10:10
10:30
11:50
12:55
1 p.m. Band Concert 10 minutes
1:10
1:20
1:30
2:30
2:35
2:50
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Court processional
Chancellor Hardin addresses the group '
Fraternity Sing
Innocents present scholarship cups
Residence Halls for Men and the Men's Glee sing
Announcement of winners of sorority sing
Winners sing again
3 p.m. Presentation of Mortar Board Cup
Presentation of Innocent Cup
Presentation of IFC award
3:10 Announcement of winner of fraternity sing
Winners sing again
3.20 Court recessional
3:30 Mortar Boards and Innocents begin masking and tackling of
New Mortar Boards and Innocents
In case of rain, the Ivy Day activities will be held in the
University Coliseum.
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Sharon Mangold, left and Carol
Anderson, right, are shown
practicing masking their Mortar
Board successors on Mortar
Boards, Jan Lindquist, left and
Joyce Taylor, right. Carole Un
terseher watches the practice session.
CreHta
By MARILYN HECK
Nebraskan Reporter j
Ivy Day, one of the oldest tra- j
jditions of the University began in ''
1898 as Senior Class Day.
The spring festivities were first '
called Ivy Day in 1901, when sen-!
iors marched to the south side of ;
old University Hall and sang the
Masking
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Jacobs
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Marti
On Ivy Day afternoon be
tween five and twenty-five jun
ior women will be chosen to
continue the 51-year tradition
of the Black Masque Chapter
of Mortar Board.
The women will be chosen
on the basis of leadership in
student activities, service and
scholarship. New members
must have over a 6.1 cumula
tive average and must have
given service to the Univer
sity. The twenty-nine women who
served as Mortar Boards thi
year are:
Cail Katskee, presi
dent, member of Sigma
Delta Tau.
Cathy Olds Bridges,
vice president, Delta
Gamma.
Sharon Mangold, sec
retary. Gamma Phi
Beta.
Janet Linquist, trea
surer. Love Hall.
Joyce Taylor Young,
historian, Chi Omega.
Carol Unterseher,
publicity director. Delta
Gamma.
Beideck,
Omega.
Berry, Pi
school song. After the senior class
president turned over the ivy
trowel to the junior class presi
dent, tne senior aance was neia. i
Two vears later, 13 Innocents '
were tackled, and 16 senior wom
en did a May Pole Dance to make
Ivy Day an even bigger occasion, i
In 1905, the Order of the Black
Masque, the local chapter of Mor
tar Board, was founded. The mask
ing of outstanding junior women
added more excitement to Ivy
Day.
Ivy and Daisy chains were added I
in 1910. Fifty girls carried the
chains around the campus. The
first May Queen was crowned in
1912.
In 1918 a large flag of 1403 stars
as presented to the University in
honor of College men in the armed
services. Ivy from Doughboys was !
planted.
When the war was over, the Lord i
of the May was presented on Ivy j
Day, but this presentation was I
soon discontinued.
Ivy Day in 1938 included Farm-'
ers' Fair; E-Week; an ;the grand !
opening of the new Student Un-'
ion. '
Now a May Queen, the Ivy Day '.
Court, Ivy and Daisy chains, the
Ivy Day Sing, the tackling of new ;
Innocents and the masking of new :
i Mortar Boards, and the planting
j of the traditional ivy are all a part '
of Ivy Day. , -, . .
Ivy Day, May 5. 1956. won't bear
much resemblance to the first Ivy
Day in 1898.
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Full Day:
Ivy Day Activities Set
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Mekraxkoa Photo
Pictured above are students
during the "gay nineties." pick
ing dandelions, the high point
in the day now known as Ivy
Day. Rather than "who can have
the most activities," the ques
tion then was "who can dig the
most dandelions?"
Songs Vary:
All Entries Named
For Sing Competition
- The traditional full day activ
ities of Ivy Day will begin at 9
a.m. Saturday morning at the
site to the north of the Administra
tion building. In case of rain activ
ities will be held in the Coliseum.
Gail Katskee, president of Mor
tar Board, and John Gourlay, pres
ident of Innocents Society, will
plant the ivy during the morning
ceremonies.
Sue Kirkman will be solist, Dr.
Robert Knoll, assistant professor of
English, will act as master of cere
monies and will read the Ivy Day
history.
Judges for the sorority and fra
ternity sing will be: George Peter
son, music director of Kearney
High School; Mrs. Elsie Jensen,
music director of Omaha Central
High School; and Mrs. Elizabeth
Kinkead, music director of Falls
City High School.
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Marilyn
Alpha Chi
Glenna
Beta Phi.
Paula Broady Wells,
Alpha Chi Omega.
Phyllis Cast, Delta
Delta Delta.
Barbara Clark Hill,
Kappa Ddta.
Shirley Dewey, Chi
Omega.
Suzanne Good, Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
Janet Gordon, Sigma
Delta Tau.
Clare Hinmarn Delta
Delta Delta.
Shirley Jesse, Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Marilyn Mitchell
Severs, Pi 8eta Phi.
Kay Nosky Fussel
man, Gamma Phi Beta.
Shirley Rosenberg
Rochman, Sigma Delta
Tau. ,
Carol Thompson,
Alpha Chi Omega.
Virginia Wilcox,
Alpha Omciron Pi.
nnocenrs
To TqcIiIq
eirs
Ivy Day Sing competition will
begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. '
Fraternity entries in the Sing in- j
elude Alpha Gamma Rho, singing I
' De Animals Is A Comln," direct- i
ed by Ron Bath; Alpha Tau Ome-1
ga, "Give Me Your Tired, Your
"Drink to Me Only," Marv Fried-;
man; Sigma Chi, "Old Ark?s a
Movin." Jon Dawson; Sigma Nu,
"You'll Never Walk Alone;" Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, "Truth Shall De
liver," Bill Hatcher.
Theta Xi, "Norah," Wendell
Friest; Phi Chi, "Jonah," Kappa
Application
Deadline
Announced
The closing date for applications
to take the Department of State
Foreign Service Officers Exami
nation is May 11. Students should
mail applications to the Depart
ment's Board of Examiners for
the Foreign Service so that they
may compete in the examination on
June 25.
Information pamphlets, sample
elimination questions and appli
cation forms are available at the
placement office. They may also
be obtained from the Board of Ex
aminers for the Foreign Service,
Department of State, Washington
25, D C.
Gordoi
Hfnmaa
Jess
Poor," Claude. Berreckmann; Beta i Sigma, "Holloway Joe," Norbert
Thirteen juniors
activities will be
in University
tackled Satur-
Sigma Psi, "God Our Father," Al
lan Zeigenbein; Beta Theta Pi,
"Loving Cup," Frank Tirro; Delta
Sigma Phi, "Halls of Ivy," Nor
man Heinz.
Delta Tau Delta, "The Three
day afternoon when the Innocents Bis," Larry Belvins; Delta Upsi
Society reveals its successors. lon "Meadowlands." Mick John
The scarlet-hooded secret senior) 5011 Farmhouse, "Chariot tetown,"
society helps with homecoming, , James Dunn; Phi Delta Theta,
football games and New Student j"Men of Harlock," Warren Burt;
Week. The society has combined j Phi Gamma Delta, "His Name So
with other Big Seven senior j Sweet," Tom Gilliland.
nonoranes to set up a men s senior j Phi Kappa Psi, "Set Down Serv- pha Omicron Pi,
policy group. j ant," Harry Grasmick; Sigma Al- i Beautiful Morning,
! pha
Dick
Epsilon,,
Andre sen:
"I Gotta Mule,"
Sigma Alpha Mu,
This year's innocents are:
John Gourlay, president.
Beta Theta Phi.
Andy Hove, vice presi
dent. Delta Tau Delta.
Richard fellman, secre
tary, Zeta Beta Tau.
Andy Smith, treasurer.
Beta Theta Pi.
Al Schmid, sertreant-at-
j arms. Alpha Gamma Rho. Sigma Alpha Mu and Kappa S;g-
iarry Conner, r arm j ma Fraternities have elected
! House.
Schurerman, and Theta Chi, "Dear
Little Girl of Theta Chi," Dudley
McCubben.
Sorority entries are Residence
I Halls for Women, "Religion Is a
; Fortune," Phyllis Maloney; Sig
j ma Kappa, "Beyond The Blue Ho
! rizon," Lois Panwitz; Alpha Phi,
"Too Bright Stars." Kay Yerk;
Love Memorial Hall, "Where Wil
lows Bend," Betty Pearson.
Gamma Phi Beta. "Dreaming,"
Ruthe Rosenquist; Kappa Delta,
"K D Blues." Imoeene Davis: Al-
Oh What A
Sue Kukman;
One of the unusual features of
Ivy Day 1940 was the absenc of
one Innocent. He hadn't been draft
ed, either. He was spending the
day in the hospital with appendicitis.
Until 1942 Ivv Day had always
been held on Friday with classes
dismissed. Indeed, until l!i08 regu
lar classes were held on Ivy Day.
Each year the Mortar Boards
and the Innocents awa.d a first
and second place trophy to the
fraternity and sorority with the
highest scholarship-activity rating.
In addition the Mortar Boards
award three other and the Inno
cents award eight other places.
Last year the first place Inno
cents trophy went to Phi Kappa
Psi and the Mortar Board's to
Chi Omega.
In addition the Innocents and
Mortar Boards award a trophy to
the senior man and woman with
the highest four-year cumulative
average. Dave Gradwohl won the
men's trophy last year and Mary
Gattes won the women's.
Tassels Name
New Pledges
After Tea
New Tassel pledges have been
selected following their annual.
tea.
Sally Flanagan, Gamma P h i
Beta; Judy Chapman, Alpha Phi;
Anne Pickett, Kappa Alpha Theta;
Judy Douthit, Delta Delta Delta;
Carol McPherson, Pi Beta Phi;
Billie Prest, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma; Carolyn Freeman, Alpha
Omnicron Pi.
Donna Miller, Towne Club; De
anna Brier, Love Memorial Hall;
Patsy Kaufman, Loom is Hall; Bar-j
bara Lantz and Sondra Lee. Alpha
Xi Delta; Alice Knudson and Barb f WWMW
ennstensen, Alpha Chi Omega; ;
Mary Hemphill and Pat Stalder,
Chi Omega; Dee Wertz and
Georganna Humphrey, Kappa Del
ta; Sandy Kully and Joyce Magid-'
j son, Sigma Delta Dau; Mary Hep-
perlen and Barbie Sharpe, Delta
Gamma; Linda Fahrlande and
Frances Wortz, Sigma Kappa, j
Patty Patterson and Jaynej
Brown, Zeta Tau Alpha; Rose Ma-j
tie Tondl, Nadine Calvin, ind
Phyllis Hansen, Ag-at Large;'
Jeanne Woodside, Eleanor Meyer,1
Mernie K a m p m a n, Betty Lou
Hoaglund, Alice Young, and Mer-!
na Hunter, Barb-at Large. j
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Severs
Fasselmaa
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Sammies .
Kappa Sigs
Name Heads
Delta Delta Delta, "The Crescent
j Moon," Carol Newell.
I Towne Club, "Trees," Nadyne
' Snyder; Chi Omega. "A Chi O
'Girl," Jan Raach; Pi Beta Phi,
"Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor,"
; Gerre Saanson; Zeta Tau Alpha,
; "I Hear The Call of Zeta." Pat
jAlvord; Kappa Alpha Theta,
"Walking," Joan Heusner.
Alpha Xi Delta. "Its A B;g,
i Wide, Wonderful World," Lois Ri
i pa; Delta Gamma. "Liza." Gail
jDrahota: Kanna Kaona C.
officers for next year. i Th K9m um r. i.
Norman CreutZ, Theta Xl. The new officers for S;gma Alpha j bury; University Hospital Nurses.
Von Innes, Pi Kappa Phi. j Ma are president. Alan Heeger; "Little David Play On Your Harp,"
Eudell Jacobsen, Sigma vice-president, Marvin Breslow; Janet Carsons, Alpha Chi Omega,
Nu. 'treasurer, Alan Rosen and secre-;"Song Of The Lyre," Kay Cun-
Bruce Martin. Sie-ma Chi.itar' Larry Scrte. ningham; Sigma Delta Tau, "I Be-
Rchmai
new
Marx
House.
Peterson, Farm!
At its bi-annual elections, Kappa ; lieve." Wrillis Rosenthal.
Sigma elected as its grand master, Judges for the Ivy Day Sing are
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j Mikebhugrue, Ph Kappa Weherman. treasurer, Bob School; Mrs. Elsie Jensen. Oma-
i'- White; secretary. Pete Eeege and J ha Central High School, and Mrs.
j Charles Tomsen, Delta master of ceremonies. Jim McCarr-; Elizabeth Kinkead, Falls City High
iTau Delta. ney. ; School.
Now . . .
rkrooko CD
The old custom of digging dan
delions has changed somewhat
through the years as Ivy Day
i now is highlighted by the mask
ing of Mortar Boards, the tack
ling of Innocents and the Ivy
Day Sing competition.
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