Ohio State University - Makio Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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CR CK » : . » y Z e fonoraries......... 18 Taps on the Oval ’ has become a solemn tradition on the campus. As the Orton Hall chimes toll the eleventh hour each Wednesday morning the bugler touches his instru- ment to his lips and sounds off. And as the plaintive notes peal across the University grounds all activity near the center of the campus stops in tribute to the men who gave their lives in World War Il. The stark realization that new names are being added to the lists of war dead sobers any light-headed collegian who might think the draft only a formality. The honor is theirs, the duty is ours.

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N 4 4 « N 7 4 N 4 ‘ ‘ 4 4 x aN SS NNO 47 EAD-GRAY skies failed to dampen the enthusiasm of May Week's opening day of celebrating as students put the old a bounce into the opening festivities in a full-swing manner. After all the fuss about not wanting to appear for the cam- paign skits for the queens clad in brief bathing suits was over, most sororities proceeded to wear costumes of little more con- tent. Theta’s campaigned for Mary Jo Klinker costumed in at- tractive plaid shorts but the Queen herself appeared in a most modest formal. Other sororities seemed to follow the leader, and as a result, most of the skits were performed by girls clad in the same style costume. The skits and general flur- ry surrounded by them became the center of interest for several days and it was a tired court of queens that finally heard the outcome of the elections. The results of the voting were announced by Senate on Tuesday, May 9. Kappa Alpha Theta’s Mary Klinker said aft- er the contest clos ed, ‘Being elected May Queen for 1950 was a thrill that I shall never forget.” She says that she was the most surprised girl alive, but that she felt the elections must have been very close. Mary Jo, then a Sophomore in the College of Education, is majoring in elemen- tary work. Mary Jo even had the neophytes + In the moody background of the May Week Dance, Alumni Secretary Jack Fullen presents the May Week trophy to 1950 May Queen Mary Jo Klinker for her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, while Delta Gamma Sally Shaeffer of the court looks on. x WY; é : oh. cay « ee Vee 4 ae 4 - a’ Wee ‘“S “Taek ; ee, Wary Yo Kliuker KAPPA ALPHA THETA