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The Weekend Ahead
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EDITORIAL
What's Happening
This is the weekend of Splendor in the
Grass.
If you happen to be lucky enough to
know one, maybe you have noticed that
the Mortal Boards have been wearing the
iame clothes all week. These are made
from a kind of green material. Or they're
turning a kind of green material. Some
people think these should be "banned."
But don't you sweat it. You can be sure
that every evening these female night
crawlers pull the wool over their eyes,
and sleep in something black. Like a
tomb.
Several people have indicated an inter
est in the symbolic aspects of several Ivy
Day traditions. It might be fine to clarify
a few of these today.
THE INNOCENT BALDRIC:
As defined by the Daily Webster, a Bal
dric is a belt worn over one shoulder
and across the chest, normally to support
a sword. This was later called a merit
badge sash. It is no longer worn across
the chest to support a sword, but across
the sword to support the chest.
THE SACRED NUMBER THIRTEEN
As everyone knows, the Innocents so
ciety was originally composed of twelve
members and Bill Blockwist, but the num
ber was raised to thirteen last year when
Ron Gould wanted in so badly. The num
ber thirteen has long symbolized many
important intellectual landmarks. The first
FarmHouse pledge class totaled thirteen
members, the twelve original colonies be
came thirteen when Dawson County joined
the Union, and King Louie the thirteenth
was appointed by Madame DeFarge to
succeed liquor commissioner Frank Sor
rell. The number thirteen was long thought
to be unlucky, but the more popular con
ception is that number fourteen is now
the big green gout.
THE MORTAR BOARD
The mortar board was long used as a
portable shelf for temporarily housing ce
ment and plaster, but with the innovation
of fast drying mortar, this no longer was
feasible, and the whole works was turned
over on the head of the Lincoln Local
514, Sisterhood of Paster Casters. These
young ladies originally mixed the mortar
for the plasterers with pitchforks, but
these were donated to the Innocents be
cause of the' connotation, and so the
ladies could go into activities. The fast
drying cement was later replaced by in
tellectual ability, and to this we pay last
ing homage on the very next day.
THE BLACK MASKS
These were originally worn so the mor
tar would not splash into the eyes. The
eyeholes were cut later so that the eyes
would not splash into the masks, and
still later the black robes were adapted
so the girls wouldn't splash on the grashe.
THE DAISY CHAIN
As the daisy was once heralded as the
symbol of nature's vast abundant meadow
of goodness, the chain symbolizes slav
ery. The tradition was altered somewhat
at Nebraska when Miss Daisy Chain was
literally tapped on Ivy Day in 1934. Miss
Chain had spent the morning playing the
baseball machine at the Grill, and after
winning four cases of Ivytwine from then
chancellor Stanley Mayday, Mayday let
Miss Chain know he was not a good
loser. Since that time all poor losers have
participated in the Daisy Chain. The
good losers are selected for the Mayday
Court, and the biggest losers become
Mortar Boards. Everybody .else sneaks
shots in the grandstand, and the junior
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Friday, May 4, 1962
boys all go down for ' autographs from
the Captain Marvel boys.
For those of you who travel by time
table, we here print the resume of Ivy
Day. Cut it out, fold it into your wallet
with your Dave Wohlfarth IOU's, put it
in your backpocket and sit and think on
it awhile.
4:35 a.m. Junior boys and girls fall out
on the mall with light marching pack.
5:15 a.m. Bob Schrepf leaves the Trade
winds. 6:30 a.m. Innocents and Mortar Boards
begin walking around in circles all over
the campus. They actually began four
years ago. .
7:45 a.m. Bob Schrepf begins Ivy Day
Sing in front of Girls' Dorm.
9:00 a.m. Football team begins early
scrimmage so that they will be done in
time to present their Ivy Day number,
"The Messiah", directed by Jim Brown,
and featuring tenor soloist Monteford
Kiffin.
12:00 noon Everyone drinks lunch.
12:20p.m. M a r y Witherspoon runs
downtown and buys candy and gum
just in case.
1:00 p.m. The Daisy Chain assembles at
16th and R, progresses west on R, north
on 10th, detours around practice field,
throwing garlands and daisys, gets on
bus for Pioneers Park, looks for $1000
egg misses ceremony, gets thrown out of
school, throws more flowers, jumps in
pond, drowns, school let out in commem
oration, everyone happy.
2:00 p.m. Bob Shrepf finishes Ivy Day
sing in City Jail.
3:00 p.m. Track Coach Sevigne tapes
Ray Stevens for Saturday workout.
4:00 p.m. Innocents sneak into coliseum
to tackle Stevens.
4:01 p.m. Coach Sevigne runs out on track
to protect Stevens from possible broken
leg.
4:15 p.m. Coach Sevigne, with broken
leg, hailed as new Innocents president.
4:30 p.m. Mortar Boards tapped.
4:35 p.m. Innocents tackled.
4:45 p.m. Student body bombed.
6:00 p.m. Forgotten it.
Perhaps some of you have had chance
to hear the Mortar Boards out serenading
this past week. It is very difficult, how
ever, to make out exactly what they're
trying to sing, and we therefore print
this song for you today so that you may
know what has been happening.
THE MORTAR BOARD SERENADE
Slap, jack, hickory rack, once around the
square,
We're the mortars, we're the boards,
we're the hairy fair!
Come on out, you sorority pumpkins,
come on out we say,
Come on out and blow your snout and
jump into the bay!
Chorus:
OOOHHHH! We don't smoke and we don't
chew,
And we don't go with the boys who do,
OOOHHHH! We don't hack and we don't
spit,
And come to think of it, we don't go
with the boys at all hardly . . .
Romp, stomp, lickety lomp, in and out the
barn.
We're the girls who made it good, right
in off the farm!
We're so darling, we're so cute, we're
so nice to hug
That we're required to wear black masks,
right across our mug!
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aaj, or do, or eanaa U bo printed. February WW.
The horses round the bend. Baldric and
Buxom, red and black, cheers and tears,
songs and beers. This is a festive weekend
and one of the last remaining traditions
of the Nebraska campus.
Today is Spring Day. The committees
have been busy racing about the campus
setting up their games, ranging from milk
ing contests to mystery events. Classes
will be closed and a few eyes will be
blacked in the events.
Administration has ordered several bot
tles of aspirin and supposedly will be set
ting in their brick palace waiting, watch
ing. And the Mortar Boards and Innocents.
Sober faces, creeping up behind already
jittery juniors, peering from behind black
masks. One of the most difficult parts
that the present membership has to play
is that of an active SPOOK. It is hard
to keep from laughing when you are to
spook. Here are a few tips on how to-do-its.
1 Bit your lip.
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I YWCA's EQUAL TIME
Ibroadcast Sunday at 8 p.m,
swill feature a debate on "The
Pros and Cons of Urban Re
gnewal" by Dr. R. C. Olney
sand L. A. Eversen. Bui Da
fvidson will moderate. Equal
Time is broadcast from the
lYWCA building through the
cooperation of the YWCA puo
lic affairs committee and
Ikfmq-fm.
THE AG COLLEGE Choir
iunder the direction of Gene
Dybdahl will give its annual
Spring Concert at 4 p.m.
I Sunday at the Ag College ac
Itivities building.
s Newly elected officers of
lOrchesis for next year are:
If president, Ginny Wheaton;
Ivice president, Ellen Nore,
secretary, Jeanne Lichty;
treasurer, Linda Reed; pub
llicity chairman, Linda Crock
er. The newly initiated mem
bers are: Kathy Allen, Linda
Ash, Guna Bite, Joyce Burns,
Cori Cabela, Linda Crocker,
Julie Hile, Sally Jones, Sandy
iPrawl, Mary Quinn, Linda
frReed, Helen Shearer, Bar
bara Shuman, Sheryl Travis.
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that "almost everybody else in show
b business fights and gouges." In this
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I learn why Andy calls himself a "corn
I ball." How he was pushed into sing
I ing at the age of 8. Ana what his
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ALSO: Watch the Andy Williams Spe
ll cial on NBC-TV, rnaay night
r? The Saturday Evtntng
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2 Stiffen your throat.
3 Give out with a smirk.
4 If they stare at you, don't bother
staring back they can wiggle their
masks and break the effect.
5 Chaw on alum
One of the more festive highlights of
the weekend is the sing. Taking place
during the morning and afternoon, various
groups will present their three month ef
fort as they vie for top honors.
Then, after the tap and tackle events,
everyone goes home happy, depressed.
Ma smiles, pa bursts his buttons with
a pride in his son or daughter that
is probably undefinable. Events, formal
ones, are over. Night life and celebrations
begin, campus cops go crazy.
We urge you to head over to the Ivy
grounds, especially you freshmen, w "e
engage in our final spurt before finals.
Also, why not take along a copy of the
racing form? We do not contend to be
right and as usual, probably aren't.
But, bet we're close!
SPOOK
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