UNIVERSITY OF NEBR.
LIBRARY
WAY 2 1960
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Vol. 34, No. 101
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Monday, May 2, 1960
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SPOOKS SUCCESSOR Karen Peterson, sorority sing in the morning. In the after-
1959-60 president of Mortar Board, spooks, noon, she taps Miss Harris amongst a wild
her soon-to-be tapped successor, Skip Har- throng of sorority sisters. (STAFF
ris. In the left photo, Miss Peterson PHOTOS BY DOUG McCARTNEY AND
watches the jittery junior during the HERB PROBASCO.)
AOPis, AGRs Are Victors
At Wet Spring Day Events
Alpha Gamma Rho and
Alpha Omicron Pi, despite
Friday's rainy and dismal
weather, came out winners
of Spring Day trophies at the
fifth annual event.
They were followed by
Love Memorial Hall and Chi
Omega in the women's events
and Cornhusker Coop and
Delta Sigma Pi in the men's
events.
The AGR't garnered first
place in the greased-pole con
test on their way to victory.
The greased-pole event was
one of the new events this
year. It consisted of a bell
on top of a twenty foot pole.
The bottom half of the pole
was greased.
No one was allowed to
touch the pole below the ten
foot mark. The AGR's, pyra
mid style, climbed the pole
and rang the beO la It sec
onds. The AGR's also won third
places in the bicycle contest
and in the tug-of-war.
Alpha Omicron Pi Julie
Westerhoff won first place in
the tricycle-race and lead the
way to victory. Alpha Omi
cron Pi also picked up sec
ond in the obstacle race with
Susie Stolz running the ob
stacles. A tie for third place
in the tug-of-war was also
captured by the AOPi's.
Interviews
Scheduled
By Annual
Cornhusker Jobs
Require 5.0, Time
Interviews for section edi
tor and assistant panel edi
tor positions on the 1961 Corn
husker will be held Thursday
afternoon in the Cornhusker
office in the basement of the
Student Union.
Eighteen positions, includ
ing 16 section editors and two
panel assistants, will be filled
at the interviews beginning at
12:30 p.m. Applications are
available in the Cornhusker
office until 5 p.m. today.
Applicants must have a 5.0
overall average and be carry
ing at least 12 hours this se
mester. Previous experience
is not necessary according to
Mary Lu Keill, editor.
Students applying should be
able to spend most of their
afternoons, if necessary, she
said. Applications must be re
turned by noon Wednesday.
Sections available include:
activities; administration;
men's athletics; ag college;
arts and sciences, journalism,
law; business administration,
teachers, pharmacy ; fine
arts; medicine, nursing, dent
istry; engineering; fratern
ities; student sciences, men's
houses and halls, intramurals;
women's houses, halls and
intramurals; military; soror
ities; and student govern
ment. The interviews will be con
ducted by the editor, two as
sociate editors, panel editor
and managing editors of the
1961 Cornhusker.
Delta Sig Head
Is Bob Thompson
Delta Sigma Pi, business
fraternity, elected Bob
Thompson president in elec
tions held last week.
Other officers elected were
Don Olsen, senior vice-president;
Al Deming,-junior vie
president; Steve Stumpff,
treasurer; Ed Neid, secre
tary; Roger Miller, chancel
lor; Jim Fox, historian; and
LaVerne Cox, instructor in
business organization and
management, faculty adviser.
The new officers will be in
stalled in the last Maud of
the semester.
In the women's events, the
tug-of-war was won by Love
Hall. Chi Omega placed sec
ond and there was a third
place tie between Zeta Tau
Alpha and Alpha Omicron PL
Julie Westerhoff, Alpha
Omicron Pi, won the tricycle
race. She was followed by
Carolyn Whitney, Kappa Del
ta and Gari Hathaway, Pi
Beta Phi.
Alpha Chi Omega's Judy
Grazier and Carole W o o ri
ling won the egg-catching
contest. Jane Schwartz and
Kim Pohlman, Alpha Phi,
placed second and Vera Egg
er and Jeanette Cander, Love
Hall place third.
Sharon Russell, F e d d e
Hall, won the shot-ut event
with a throw of 27 ft and 2
inches. Nan Treadway, Chi
Omega, won second and Lois
Dean, Delta Gamma was
third.
In the obstacle race Kay
Meves won first. Susie Stolz
placed second and all other
contestants were disqualified
before the end of the con
test. In the men's division Delta
Sigma Pi won the tug-of-war
contest.' Cornhusker Co-op
won second and there was a
tie for third between Alpha
Gamma Rho and Smith
House.
Young Ds Name
Three Chairmen,
Wlielan Slated
Three students were ap
pointed to Young Democratic
chairmanships at the meeting
held Tuesday night.
Gail Brannigan is chairman
of membership; Norm Beatty,
special projects; and Louise
Holbert, publicity.
YD members gave brief
biographical sketches of
Democratic candidates in
cluding Adlai Stevenson, Rob
ert Kennedy, Clair Callan,
Frank Morrison Robert Con
rad and Jerry Whelan.
The next meeting of the
group will be held in the
Student Union Little Audito
rium Tuesday at 7 p.m. Jerry
Whelan, candidate for con
gress in the Third Congres
sional District, will be the
speaker.
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INNOCENT LOOKING Charles WDson stands mystic
looking 1ehind a jittery junior, Ken Tempero, who was
lair r tackled by Carroll Novlckl as one of 13 men selected
for the Innocents Society Saturday morning.
The push-ball contest saw
Sigma Phi Epsilon come out
the winner. Second went to
Delta Upsilon and third to
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Alpha Gamma Rho won
the greased-pole event, fol
lowed by Cornhusker Co-op
and Sigma Chi.
Thompson, an independent,
won the buckin bronc con
test. Danny Wilson, Hitch
cock was second and Urbeaur
of Sigma Nn was third.
John Nore, Delta Tau Delta,
won the ten-mile bicycle race.
He received two free, tickets
to Ben Hur and dinner for
two in Omaha. Ray Stevens,
Farm House placed second
and Steve Jones, Alpha Gam
ma Rho placed third.
E-Week Fest
Honors Kjar,
Witte, Blazek
Alfred Witte, Raymond Kjar
and Dan Blazek were hon
ored at the annual awards
Banquet for the College of
Engineering and Architecutre
Friday evening.
Witte, a senior - -electrical
engineering student, received
the Hamilton Award, present
ed for proficiency in engi
neering plus notable achieve
ments in the social sciences
and humanities. Th award
is given each year by Ham
ilton Watch Co.
Blazek, now a sophomore
in electrical engineering, was
presented the Sigma Tau
Freshman award as the engi
neering freshman with the
highest average during the
academic year 1958-59.
Also h o n o r s i at the
E-Week awards banquet were
the architectural department
for the best Open House dis
plays, mechanical engineer
ing department for winning
the E-Week Field Day con
test, and the electrical engi
neering department for the
best window display in down
town Lincoln during E-Week.
The electrical engineers al
so won the overall trophy for
excellence in participating in
E-Week.
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Queen
Of May
Named
Hbnors Go To
Walt, Pickett
Linda Walt was revealed as
May Queen Saturday as she
approached the throne where
outstanding freshmen, sopho
more, junior and senior wom
en formed her royal court.
Crowning Miss Walt and
serving as Maid of Honor
was Marilyn Pickett.
Both were selected by pop
ular vote of junior and senior
women. ,
Miss Walt is a senior in
Teachers College' and mem
ber of Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority.
Miss Pickett is a senior in
Arts and Sciences and mem
ber of Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Members of the court were
selected by Mortar Board on
the basis of outstanding serv
ice to the University and
scholastic records.
Seniors selected and their
affiliations were Elizabeth
Smith, Zeta Tau Alpha;
Miss Walt
Kathy Roach, Chi Omega;
Marcia Boden, Alpha Xi Del
ta; and Faye Oeltjen, Love
Memorial HalL
Juniors and their affilia
tions were Fran Spoeneman,
Sigma Kappa; Jan Hansen,
Delta Delta Delta; Mary Lou
Keill, Alpha Chi Omega; Car
ol Vermas, Alpha Chi; Gail
Simon, Kappa Alpha Theta;
Joan Schultz, Towne Club;
Eleanor Kessler, Delta Gam
ma; and Alice Baumgartner,
Alpha Xi Delta.
Sophomores were Anne
Sowles, Delta Gamma; Shar
on Rogers, Kappa Delta;
Gretchen Shellberg. Delta
Gamma; Clare Vrba, Love
Memorial Hall; and Pat
Johnson, Chi Omega.
The one freshman selected
for the court was Patty Spil-
ker, Alpha Chi Omega.
Freshmen pages were
Kathie Madsen. Delta Gam
ma and Jane Foster, Pi Beta
Phi.
Ivy Chain leaders, seniors
also selected by Mortar
Board, were Mary Cunning
ham, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Alma Heuermann, Love Me
morial Hall; Carolyn Rom
jue, Delta Gamma; Nancy
Carlson. Chi Omega; Mar
garet Marshall, Gamma Phi
Beta; and Sharon Fangman,
Kappa Delta.
Daisy Chain leaders, jun
ors selcted by Mortar
Board, were Nina Herndon,
Love Memorial Hall; Mary
Stastny, Towne Club; Judy
Hannemann, Delta Delta Del
ta; Kitzie Lee, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Kay Hirschback,
Kappa Alpha Theta: Phyllis
Elliott, Chi Omega; Sylvia
Bathe, Kappa Alpha Theta;
and Linda Rohwedder, Kap
pa Kappa Gamma.
Student Health
To s Type Blood
Student Health ,will type
blood for the Blood Bank dur
ing the two weeks until May
14.
Appointments for students
with parent's permission
sheets should be made by
calling Student Health. Presi
dents or health chairmen of
organized houses and dorma
tories are to make group ap
pointments for their house
members.
Lincoln residents should
make their appointments in
dividually. Students who have
not returned their .permission
sheets are to take them to
Student Health when they
have their blood typed.
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BIG MOMENT ARRIVES Linda Roh- masque, which she later gets as she is
wedder nervously watches Ivy Day fes- tapped by Gretchen Sides, outgoing hif
tivities Saturday afternoon hoping for a torian of Mortar Boards.
Alpha Xi, Sigma
Capture Ivy Day
Ivy Day festivities were
undaunted by the unusual
but t y p i c a 1 1 y Nebraska
change .in weather. Specta
tors, hoping that the soaking
rain that hampered Spring
Day would vanish, were
greeted Saturday with an un
comfortable cold temperature
and piercing .wind.
Standing in their just re
cently packed away winter
coats arid clothes, the crowd
of college students and inter
ested alums waited in su
spense for the announcement
of the sorority and fraternity
Ivy Day sing results and the
awarding of the IFC Scholar
ship Cup, AAUW, award and
the scholarship trophies.
In the presence of Linda
Walt, queen of the May, and
the shivering Ivy Day court,
Skip Harris, president of
AWS, announced that Alpha
Xi Delta had taken first place
in the sororitv sing for the
second straight year with
"Singing Low."
Second place in the sorority
sing went to Gamma P h i
Beta w ith "Joshua Fit De Bat
tle of Jerico." Third place
Vreeland
Awards Go
To 3 Seniors
Vreeland Awards for creat
ive accomplishments in the
fine arts will be presented to
three University undergradu
ates Friday.
Larry
J o h nson,
senior in the
College
of Arts and
S c i e nces,
will receive
the Francis
William
V r e e land
Award for
irt.
James
Johnson
Cole, senior English major
in the College of Arts and
Sciences and 1959 winner of
the lone Gardner N o y e s
Cole
TIrro
award for poetry, will receive
the John H. Vreeand Award
for writing.
A senior in Teachers Ool-
Wp Frank P. Tirro will re
ceive the Ida M. Vreeland
Award for music.
This is the first year that
the. Vreeland- Awards have
been presented. Created at
the bequest of a former ie
braska artist Francis W.
Vreeland, they will be annual
awards carrying a total stip
end of $1,000.
Literary Winner$
To Be Announced
Winners of the Iona Gar
dner Noyes poetry contest
and of the Prairie Schoon
er fiction contest will be an
nounced tomorrow at 3 p.m.
in the Student Union, room
340.
Karl Shapiro, professor of
English, will speak. The pro
grsjm is oom to the public.
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Witte, Crate Awarded Cnps
went to Si Beta Phi with
singing "Archipelago Gold."
Following the announce
ment of women's sing win
ners, Joe Knoll, president of
Kosmet Klub, announced that
Sigma Chi, also for the sec
ond straight year, won first
Mortar Boards,
Innocents
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place in the fraternity sing
with "Old Ark a Moverin'."
Second was awarded to the
singing of "Sea Fever" by
Theta Xi. Phi, Delta Theta
took third with. "Aura Lee."
Carole Crate won the Mor
tar Board's highest senior
average scholarship .trophy
and Alfred Witte won the In
nocents' trophy. Miss Crate
has an 8.4 plus accumulative
average for her four years
in Arts and Science, while
Witte had a 8.867 accumula
tive average in Engineering.
Kappa Sigma took the In
terfraternity Council's trophy
IWA Will Honor
Members Tonight
Outstanding independent
women and the outstand
ing independent house will
be honored tonight at 7:30.
The recognition dessert
sponsored by IWA will be in
Student Union Party rooms
232 and 233.
Tickets may be purchased
from IWA house representa
tives for 50 cents.
Sirens
To Signal
CD Drill
Staff, Students
Will Participate
The sirens will blow and
the University will participate
in an all-out civil defense
drill between 1:30 and 3 p.m.
Tuesday.
According to Roy Louden,
personnel director and civil
defense coordinator, all Uni
versity staff members and
students will take part in tne
drill.
Loudon said that two new
sirens have been installed.
One is on Bancroft on the
citv famous and the other on
the Biochemistry building on
the Ag campus.
Students, faculty and per
sonnel alike, on either cam
pus will go directly to the
basements or lowest floor of
the building as soon as the
siren begins to wail. The
siren will blow for three min
utes and then all can return
to normal duties after 10
minutes.
Loudon said that all people
driving at the time the sirens
sound should park their car
immediately and get In the
lowest part of the car. Peo
ple on the streets should go
to the nearest building on the
lowest floor, he said.
The University coordinator
said spot checks would be
made to determine if people
heard the sirens immediately
and to determine the time re
quired to put the defense
move into effect.
Chi
Sing
for the organized men's house
that has made the greatest
scholastic improvement in the
last year. The trophy wa
presented to Gary Koopman,
Kappa Sig president, by
Marty Sophir, IFC president.
Karen Peterson, president
of Mortar Board, was pre
sented a year's membership
in the American Association
of University Women for her
high scholastic and activity
record.
The Mortar Board scholarship-activities
trophy went to
Love Memorial Hall for the
secqnd year, with Kappa Al
pha Theta second, followed
by Delta Gamma, and a tie
between Chi Omega and Al
pha Omicron Pi.
Farm House again won the
Innocents scholarship activi
ties trophy, while Theta Xi re
peated as second, followed by.
Phi Delta Theta. Kappa Sig
ma, Sigma Alpha Mu, Phi
Kappa Psi, Beta Theta Pi,
Beta Sigma Phi, Delta Sigma
Pi and Delta Upsilon.
The trophies were pre
sented, by Dave Godbey, pres
ident of Innocents, and Misi
Peterson.
Counselors
Schedule
Orientation
Seventy-nine
Are Selected
An orientation meeting for
new Coed Counselors will be
held May 11 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Student Union auditorium.
Seventy-nine girls out of
120 applicants were chosen at
Coed Counselors. Selection
was made on the basis of ap
plications and personal inter
views. New Coed Counselors are:
Bettie Lynn Applebee, Nan
cy Bailar, Carol Gerndt, Shar
on Binfield, Gayle Branigan,
Lee Toie Brashear, Lorl
Bredeson, Carolyn Bristol,
Betty Burr, Jean Carlson,
Norma Contryman, Fran
Cronin.
Karen Diedrichs, . Judy
Doud, Mary Jo Eager, Diam
Ehlers, Maribelle Elliott, Jeaa
England, Diane Ferguson,
Beverly Ferris, Katharine
Flynn, Linda Forbis, Maureen
Frazier, Judy Gant.
Sharon Gottula, Mary Anne
Gude, Trina Hakel, Sharon
Harvey, Rachel Heiss, Pau
line Hill, Pam Hirschbach,
Kay Hoff, Cynthia Holmquist,
Sue Isaacson, Jan Jeffery,
Jerrie Johnson, Mary Lou
Johnson, Willa Kasper, Har
riett Keller, Joan Kesling,
Mary Ann Kilanoski, Lee
Anne Kitto, Helen Landis,
Sandra Lyster.
Judy Marshall. Betty
Menke, Barbara Mifler, Mary
Anne Miller, Nancy Miller,
Sandra Morgan, Ellen Nore,
Kit Phelps, Bonnie Pierce,
Margretta Plum, Kim Pohl
man, Be Price, Jane Kay
Price, Zoe Quible.
Claire Roehrkasse, Rosann
Rost, Karin Schminke, Judy
Schneider, Mary Sellentin,
Karlene Senf, Mary Lou Shel
ton, Viola Sisel, Judy Smith,
June Struve, Corinne Thorn
sen. Twink Tuttle, Beverly Wal
lin, Faith Watton, Suzanne
Weiss, Gaylean Wells, Karen
Werner, Nancy Wertz, Ana
Whitmore. Charlene Whitney
und Jancan Wimherley,