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The Daily Nebroskan
Friday, December 13, 1957
Days Gone By:
Traditions Change Quickly On Nehrashan Campus
By MARY J. BERGQUST
Special Brtff
and
MARGARET WERTMAX
Staff Writer
Even thouph Nebraska ealkg
radiiioins haw chanped as much
and as often as its proverbial
veaiher. the -fcurest of pirls and
the 'squarest" of boys still have
fcentimenia spots in their Cora
busker hearts.
Long -lor. g asjo coeds conscien
tiously weeded dandelions on tie
laws of Old University Hall. This
was All-University Dandelion
Day. Today's cowis will more
likely remember themselves ankle
ieep in mud in the tu-of-war a
the campus's two-year-old Tradi
tion'' Spring Day.
Class spirit ran higher in the
earlier days of the University.
When the freshmen organized, post
d guards and locked themselves
into Soldiers' Memorial Hall in
19(4, the undaunted sophomores
sneaked into the east end of the
building, formed a flying wedge,
and broke up nt only e meeting,
but the door and molding.
Mystic Rock
"ttie roc in front of Architecture
RaE used to haw a mysterious
foot inn print and was witness to
many class fights. Today tthe im
print is -worn away and the fights
gave way temporarily to the or
ganized Olympic.
Under the di-cikm of Dr. Geor
E. Cnndra, the Olympics came
into the picture at the beginning
of the Century. But as class spirit
Vwt ground, students lost interest
in the scrap. Freshman beanies
became the only infallible caste
mark of a freshman and they
were to wear their scarlet anc"
cream beanies until the first snow
fall. Today only a few fraiemities
enforce the custom amd it, too,
seems to be disappearing.
In the "'good old days" faculty
spirit ran almost as high as stu
dent energy. '"Faculty Foolishness"
had its places for five or six years j
near the beginning of the century j
as the facuky dressed in costumes j
to play baseball, football and to !
enter shot put and hammer throw i
contests. j
Perhaps the most enduring Com
husker traditions have been those
connected with Ivy Day and that
'keystone of tradition," Homecom
ing. Ivy IUy
Ivy Day was originated as Char
ter Day, or Senior Class Day, in
1RS. At first Ivy Days were held
is June, after final exams. And
in place of the queen was a may
pole dance by some of the senior
women. The first queen, in 1912,
was wheeled onto the green in a
cart by the Mortar Boards.
Although fooSoall has been a
Cornhusker favorite for years.
Homecoming is relatively new.
Friday night pep rallies used to
mushroom into downtown torch
light parades, such as the one
before the Notre Dame game in
Shirt-tail parades and snake
dancing through downtown the
aters and stares used to be part
of Cornhusker spirit. One night,
back a few years ago, the boys,
shirt-tails flapping, invaded the
old auditorium (where the bus de
pot is now located when a famous j
soloist was singing. Behind them
they left a trail of lipstick crosses
on each bald head as they surged
onto the stage. Taking it lightly the
singer continued the program with
"Dear Old Nebraska U"
Victory Ben
An old school bouse bell has
evolved into the Missouri-Jvi'ebraska
Victory Bell, the symbol of foot
ball competition and friendship be
tween the schools. Back of the
story lies some other competition.
On The Social Side:
Holidays Bring Events
The Christmas season brings
parties, dinners, dances and carol
ing to the campus this week-end
before vacation.
Friday
Towne Club Acacia, hour dance,
1 p.m.
Alma Gamma Sigma, Christmas
dinner-dance, Lincoln Hotel,
Alpha Phi, pledge party.
Alpha Xi Delta, Christmas house
party.
Burr Hall, Christmas party.
Cosmopolitan Party, Christmas
party. Union.
Delta Gamma, Turn-about din
ner. University Club.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, turn
about dinner. Ranch House.
N Club, dinner-dance, Union.
Palladian Society, Christmas
party. Temporary J.
Pi Beta Phi, Christmas dinner
dance, Lincoln Country Club.
Sigma Kappa, "Pink Perfection"
house party.
Zeta Tau Alpha, dinner-dance,
Cotner Terrace.
Saturday
Gamma Phi Beta Phi Kappa
Psi, Christmas social 2 p.m.
Seleck Quadrangle, orphan party,
2 p.m.
Alpha Chi Omega, dinner-dance,
University Club.
Fedde Hall, house party.
Phi Gamma Delta, Christmas
house party.
Terrace Hall, Christmas party.
International House girls, Christ
mas party.
Sunday
Delta Gamma, Christmas open
Beta Theta Pi, date-dinner, 5:30
bouse, 4 p.m.
p.m.
Farm House, date-dinner, 5:30
p.m.
Kappa Sigma, date-dinner, 5:30
p.m.
Delta Tau Delta, dessert &
Christmas party, 7:30 p.m.
Delta Sigma Pi, Christmas din
ner, 4:30 p.m.
Delta Sigma Phi, Christmas
party, 7 p.m.
Delta Upsilon, Christmas party,
6:30 p.m.
Missionary
Grad Dies
In Cleveland
Dr. Francis Tucker, medical
missionary and University grad
uate, died in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Tucker and his wife received
Distinguished Service Award
citation from the University Alum
Association in
in 1947.
With his
wife, Dr. Tuck
er had been a
medical mis
lionary in
China for 39
years and was
decorated by
the Chin eie
, , Courtesy Lincoln Star
He received
Bachelor of r. Tucker
Science Degree from the Univer
sity in 1894 and graduated from
Rush Medical College of the Uni
versity of Chicago in 1901.
Monday
Chi Omega Sigma Alpha Epsfl
an, exchange dinner, 5:30 p.m.
Love Memorial Hall Alpha
Gamma Sigma, caroling and chili
supper, 6 p.m.
Wednesday
Alpha Phi Phi Gamma Delta,
Christmas caroling, 7 p.m.
Pi Beta Phi Delta Sigma Phi,
Christmas caroling.
By WVVX SMITHBERGER
Socitey Editor
It is told thai either the Delts or
Pi Dells confiscated the bell from
the school, and started a battle
ending with considerable damage
to both houses. Later it was con
verted irwo the Missouri-Nebraska
Bell which is now presented to
the winning school by the Nebras
ka Innocents and the Missouri
QEBH Society.
Migration, too, is a vivid foot
ball tradition among c&mpusites.
Before the hey-day of the auto
mobile the University chartered
special trains for the tnp. Once
after a hard week end. several
boys awakened during the night
to" find themselves in the girls'
puEman by mistake, of course.
And tradition or not, no footbaB
Saturday morning is complete
adays without the screams of coeds
as Fracernay men paint their
Greek letters on the most eon
spicuous part of the girls' jeans.
Memories
Informal traditions are also in
stilled in the memories of alums
... ten o'clock coffee hours . . .
meeting a date in front of Sosh . . .
a coke and a toastwich in the Id
cafe on R st. Today students con
gregate in the Union, Lee's or
Swede's, and in spite of advisers
a few coffee breaks remain in
their schedules.
Caking was the term given this
tradition in 1932. The Cornhusker
at that time laid down the rules
for the "hobby." "The best caking
is done from 9 until 10. from 10
until 11 and from 11 until 12. Noon
is a very poor caking period. From
1 until 2 is good as is from 2 until
3, it said.
"The woods" has come to mean
parties in Cornhusker tradition.
Students have headed for the
woods, whether Pig Woods or
Penn Woods or Delt Woods or Phi
Psi Gulch, after classes and on
week ends since the beginning of
the University.
Columns
And a university without a tra
dition of romance would be in a
sorry state. Nebraska's lore says
that no girl is a true coed until she
has been kissed under the columns.
Actually this romantic tradition
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For years the pillars lay in the
parking lot mest of the stadium
and had no real meaning. But the
columns finally went up even
though they had nothing to support
and student Kigenuity and romance
went to work.
Like the columns and the school
itself, Cornhusker traditions have
risen through the years. As the
school has grown and students
have cnairged, so have traditions.
But then too some traditions have
persisted.
The ivied traditions of college
life everywhere, and the peculiar'
proud memories which only a
Cornhusker can enjoy these are
remembered.
Television Fashion Show Set Friday iP'cture Deadline
. 3 Fridiv is the deadline to have
Koepplin, Kappa Kappa Gamma Con,hler pictar uk.
and Barbara Curry, Zeta Tau Al- miis, uken ,t the Ed
pha. holm-Blomgren Studio. 318 So. 12.
The show is sponsored by Ben Students should rail the Corn
Simons, j busker office for appointments.
A fashion show will be featured
on the "House and Home" show
Friday at 7:30 p.m. over KUON
TV, according to Phyl Bonner, pro
ducer and writer.
The show will be directed by Al
! Hotaling and will be moderated by
Mrs. Shirley Marsh.
Organized houses who nave mod
els in the show are Mary Vrba,
Love Memorial HaE; Dawn Wike
lund. Alpha Phi; Muriel McPber-
i ron. Alpha Xi Delta; Ina Margo-
lin, Sigma Delta Tau; Kay Kiel-
son, Kappa Alpha Tbeta; and
Sharon Fangrnan, Kappa Delta.
Mary Otto, Towne Club; Mary
SchoD, Alpha Omicron Pi, Joyce
dark. Residence HaEs of Women;
Marlene Kuhlman, Delta Gamma;
Sally Berg, Pi Beta Phi; Judy
Easter, Gamma Phi Beta; Jackie
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