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Ivy Days (1925)

 

During the 1920s song and other details were added to the celebration. A gothic arch served as a backdrop for the May Queen's throne. It was designed by Dwight Kirsch (1925).

 

 
The University of Nebraska Mortar Board became a member of the national Pi Sigma Alpha-Mortar Board in 1921. The University Kosmet Klub also entered the festivities and initiated their first honorary member that year. In 1923, the Kosmet Klub began the Fraternity Ivy Day Sing. At this time the Prince of the Kosmet Klub and May Queen planted a spring of ivy together, reminiscent of the academic song, “Halls of Ivy”.

 

Planting the Ivy

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This page was last updated February 23, 2012.