University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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At Last! It ' s Ivy Day The hunt is on — black-masked Mortar Boards and red-hooded Innocents are stalk- ing their successors. It ' s Ivy Dayl The arrival of the pages announces the entrance of the court with Mary James reign- ing as Ivy Day Queen. The tempo increases as Kappa Kappa Gamma and Farm House are announced as winners of the scholarship- activity trophies. The Tri Delts and the Sig fllphs win the annual Ivy Day Sing. While the crowd watches in anticipation, hopeful juniors hold their breath as the Mortar Boards and Innocents weave their way through the crowd before descending on the chosen ones. A campus tradition continues — planting ol the ivy by Mortar Board and Innocent presidents. find tradition continues, though Ivy Day ends. Down he goes! Three years of hard work is re- paid when this man is tackled to be an Innocent. This deserving girl is guided to her chair with the rest of the newly masked Mortar Boards. 29

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The Ivy Day Court, composed of women outstanding in scholarship and activities, reigns lor a day. Black Masks, Red Hoods, Recognition . . ' j i ' i ' 4? ' The Tri Delts perform with the style that has won the Ivy Day Sing (or three years.

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5 5:k . ' ' . Realization ol a goal — graduates take familiar paths as they go to their last college ceremony. A Diploma and Dreams-College Life Ends Hllor lour yrara ol coUegu Ihu, coupU ' goi.:, liund in-hand to meet the responsibilities oi the future. 30 A cap, gown and diploma — the sym- bols of graduation. The ceremony is over and the stu- dents of yesterday pour out of the col- iseum to follow familiar walks across the campus. The future is ahead of them. For some thoughts are concentrated on ca- reers; for others marriage is foremost in their minds. The graduate may won- der if someday his children may follow the same paths across the Nebraska campus. College life is behind them. Cram- ming for finals, coffee breaks, weekend parties, pep rallies and friendships made for a lifetime are still fresh in their minds. These will soon become treasured memories — subjects for sto- ries they will never tire of telling. Graduation — the end of one phase of life; the beginning of another.