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Orchids
and Prunes
By Clara Belle Hooka
THE RED AND BLACK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938.
Dance to Be Given
By Phi Delta Theta
Skirts Due to Reign Saturday
At WAA Woman-Break Dance
Three
Banquet Is Climax
Of Coordinate Hunt
Pied Piper Needed
Rrrrrrrrats will swarm the streets
of Athens Saturday morning when
Kappa Pi, National Art Club, will
haze the following: May Gray, At
lanta; Bill Merritt, Atlanta; Charles
Farr, Augusta; Alan Kuzmicki, Wy-
lan, Ala., and Augusta Oelchig, Sa
vannah.
Formal initiation will be held for
them on Sunday night at the Chan
cellor House, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Hodgson, of Athens, will become hon
orary members.
Fashion Show
A spring fashion show will be pre
sented at the regular weekly meet
ing of the Homecon Club which will
be held Wednesday night at 7-30
o’clock in Dawson Hall.
"What’s New iu Clothes This Sea
son” is the subject on which Mrs.
Margaret Blair, assistant professor
of home economics, will speak. The
dress parade will follow the talk and
demonstrate the ideas brought out
by the speaker.
Anniversary Program
Delta Sigma Pi’s 16th anniversary
on the Georgia campus will be ob
served by the members and pledges
of Pi chapter Tuesday night in the
Commerce Building.
Prof. H. M. Heckman will speak
on the highlights of the chapter’s
history.
New pledges of the fraternity are
Bernard Butts, Monroe; Neville
James, Atlanta; Norman Camp, New-
nan; Harry Clark, Thomasville;
Fred Pierce, Pineview; Lovic Pon
der, Rutledge; Randolph Jones,
Hepzibah, and R. Jenkins, Wrights-
ville.
Birthday Dinner
Frances Lassiter, Dawson, will be
honored at a formal birthday dinner
Saturday night at the Georgian Ho
tel.
Attending will be: Harry Willing
ham with Frances Lassiter; Capers
Holmes with Toni Summers; Hugh
Hill with Charlotte Ashley; E. B.
Newsom with Becky Tyus; Bob Jones
with Margaret Hendon; Will Neisler
with Julia Quinn, and Charles Davis
with Harriette Etheridge.
Parties and Socials
The Alpha Chls entertained their
pledges with a Valentine party at
their house on Milledge Avenue Mon
day afternoon, and Mrs. Cora Gar
wood gave a luncheon for Lucy Cobb
women carrying out the same theme.
Dr. Walter D. Cocking, dean of
the education school, addressed the
Graduate Club Wednesday night at
its first social meeting of the year.
Following his talk and the business
session, refreshments were served.
Coordinate Freshman Commission
will entertain the Freshman Y. M. C.
A. Cabinet with a weiner roast Sat
urday, Feb. 26, at the home of Rene
Tuck on Lexington road.
Members of Phi Upsilon Omicron,
honorary home economics society,
and Alpha Zeta, national honorary
agricultural fraternity, held their
annual Joint social Tuesday night in
Hardman Hall.
‘Nertz’
An Ag Hill student, who has the
only collection of the 31 standard
varieties of pecans, learned today
that one of the species is a “phoney.”
S. H. Herne, Rosco, Texas, says
he has 31 fruit jars containing sam
ples of the "best" varieties as named
by the American Pecan Growers’ As
sociation which will be tested by the
horticulture department.
Herne received a letter from the
originator of one of these species
saying that it bears no fruitage
whatsoever.
Infirmary News
In the Coordinate Infirmary this
week were: Jean Wheeler, Rome;
Mary Hodgson, Atlanta; Mary Slate,
Columbus; Martha Alsup, Ft. Mc
Pherson; Iris Perry, Atlanta; Marie
Doss, LaGrange; Margaret Turner,
Danburg, and Virginia Griffiths, Sa
vannah.
Prof. John II. Mote of the chem
istry department addressed Photo
graphy Club members Wednesday
afternoon. After discussing the
origin of the camera and the chem
ical effects of light on films, he gave
a practical demonstration of the de
veloping and printing process.
Entertaining with their third tea
dance of the school year, Phi Delta
Theta fraternity will be hosts at their
house on Prince Avenue Saturday
afternoon from 4:30 to 7:30.
Furnishing music for the occasion
will be Graham Jackson's swing or
chestra from Atlanta. There will be
three no-breaks during the after
noon.
Decorations will consist of spring
flowers carrying out the fraternity
color scheme of blue and white. At
intermission the guests will be in
vited into the dining room where
light refreshments will be served.
Chaperoning the event will be
Mrs. H. L. Henley, Mrs. W. D.
Beacham, and the house mother,
Mrs R. E. Foster.
All neighboring chapters have been
invited and many out-of-town Phi
Delts are expected to attend.
Athens alumni who will be pres
ent are Jimmy Ray, Albert Murrah,
Ward Wight, Earl Knight, Frank
Lindsey, Jack Norman, Hammond
Dean, Dodge Mentzer, D. D. O’Cal
laghan. Griggs Schaefer, Jack Rig-
don and Ed Blount.
Members and their dates include:
W. H. Arnold
Bill Terry
Charles Shepard
Ned Blackman
Jack Carvlll
Wingate Dykes
Tom Lindsey
Frank Higdon
Albert Jones
Billy Smith
Jack Dorsey
James McMurria
George Self
Robert Fokiw
Clayburn Dyal
Franklin Horne
Jack Adams
Buster Mathews
Harry Clarke
Robert Hall
Bernard Butts
Neville Janies
George Smith
Harden Hodge
Jones Yow
Louis Griffith
Harry Stevens
Walter Rylander
Buster Howell
Griffin Park
Hal Dumas
Robert Cochran
John McCall
Joe Lewis Hammond
Hayden Johnson
Krnost Calloway
Bill Smith
Jase Harris
Ernest Vandiver
Bob Horne
Jim Owen
Joe Woodruff
Way land White
Royal Camp
Ben Hill McLeod
Bob Zeigler
Bob Howell
Jack Huekabee
Bill Keehan
J. J. Maddox
Albert Boyd
Harry Horsey
Robert Eve
Fred Rigdon
Billy Lee
Jack Rigdon
Margaret Dance
Klaire Jones
Inca Barthelmesa
Jane McIntosh
Anne Littlcpuge
Ethel Erwin
Elisabeth Harwich
Weetle Tift
Sydney McWhorter
Lucille Snyder
Helen Clarke
Cecil Michael
Elizabeth Guillebeau
Romanz Cook
Ellen Forrester
Jane Coffin
Gladys Lantz
Helen June Roberts
Augusta Howard
Margaret Stoddard
Marion Little
Bobbie Stevens
Katherine Jones
Caroline Bursnn
Anne CTeekmore
Ruth Brown
Lillie Shephard Davis
Mildred Ewing
Woody Campbell
Margaret Abernathy
Elinor Key
l’ansy ltiley
Virginia Simervllle
Leila Williams
Beth Bryant
Jane Bright well
Martha Liddell
Marjorie Powell
Betty Crenshaw
Frances Brandon
Rannle Gelsler
Jane Carithers
Betty McDavid
Rene Winecoff
Audrey London
Eleanor Millican
Martha Bishop
Virginia Smith
Harriet Black
Anne Cornett
Alice Blackburn
Frances Peace
Louise McWhorter
Leila Griffith
Edith Gurr
Dorothy Ann Braswell
Banquets Are Held
For 2 Fraternities
Two fraternities held formal ban
quets last week-end in honor of new
members and alumni.
Dean Paul Chapman spoke at the
banquet of Alpha Gamma Rho, pro
fessional agricultural and forestry
fraternity, Saturday night.
A formal banquet was given Sun
day by members of Tau Epsilon Phi
fraternity in honor of the following
new Initiates: Joe Ginsberg, Dalton;
Larry Putxel, Macon, and Sidney
Haskins, Macon. Haskins was pre
sented an award for having the high
est scholarship average among the
freshmen for the fall quarter.
Appearing in the March issue of
the Progressive Farmer will be an
article entitled "Trades” by Dean
Paul W. Chapman. This is one of
the series of articles on choosing
an occupation that Dean Chapman
is writing for the publication each
month.
Ily Kennon Henderson
Petticoats will reign supreme Sat
urday night as they ignore this pair
of long pants and rush that pair.
Accordingly, men on the campus
have been unusually nice in prepara
tion for the woman-break dance
which will be held Saturday night
in Physical Education Building from
9 to 12.
Heading the petticoat brigade will
be Woodville Campbell, Columbus,
president of Women's Athletic As
sociation, with Perry Gordy, also of
Columbus. The custom of an annual
woman-break dance originated three
years ago and Is sponsored by W.
A. A.
There will be four no-breaks dur
ing the dance and the Collegians
will furnish the music. A 15 minute
intermission will take place at
10:45.
Dates of women of W. A. A. Coun
cil will wear wine carnations as bou
tonnieres. Decorations will consist
of athletic figures stationed behind
the orchestra, blue shading over the
lights, and myriads of balloons hang
ing from each corner.
Chaperoning the dance will be
Mrs. Mary Ella Soule, Miss Dorothy
Coleman, Miss Alice Bond, President
Harmon W. Caldwell, and Mrs. El
len P .Rhodes.
Members and their dates are:
Mary Little
Margaret Alt
Betty White
Freddie Hill
May bet h Carithers
Kennon Ilewlorsoii
Katherine Colvin
Margaret MacPhcrraon
Virginia Nelson
Valeria Burroughs
Frances Lock man
Minnie Schrelber
Caroline Burnon
Martha Bishop
Weetle Tift
Nina Fuller
Andy Uoddenbery
Charles I*amh
Ronald Adams
Jack Lolzoaux
Kd Stone
Perry IIiMlwm
DeWItt Ballew
■d Taylor
Bernard Nelson
Perry Culpepper
Grady Crowe
Israel Berger
Harden Hodge
H. H. BlekerstafT
Frank Higdon
Hoyt Ware*
Freshmen to Honor
KAs Friday Night
Kappa Alpha freshmen will honor
chapter members with a house dance
Friday night from 9 to 12. Music
will be furnished by victrola and
fraternity colors of crimson and
gold will be carried out in the dec
orations. Chaperons include Dr. and
Mrs. Ashley Sellers and Mr. and Mrs.
Bolling DuBose.
Women invited are: Betty Power,
Columbia, S. C.; Barbara Hanris,
Columbus; Haidee Thompson,
Waynesboro; Theresa Gammage,
Bainbridge; Janet DuBose, Athens;
Dean Nowell, Augusta; Clara Belle
Hooks, Macon; Alice Cabaniss, Ath
ens; Maybeth Canthers, Winder;
Nannell Bagwell, Atlanta; Laura
McCarthy, Dalton; Elizabeth Bag
gett, Savannah; Jean MacDonell,
Macon; Joyce Rakestraw, LaGrange;
Elizabeth Lucas, Albany.
Concert Pianist Presented
In Formal Music Program
A formal concert at music appre
ciation hour Thursday marked the
first appearance in Athens of Julian
De Gray, concert pianist, and mem
ber of the music faculty at Bedding-
ton College, Vt.
Mr. De Gray played selections by
Brahms, Liszt, and Chopin. Immed
iately following the recital he was
entertained at a reception at Chan
cellor House by the music depart
ment.
A second concert was given by the
pianist Friday morning at Memorial
Hall. His final appearance was be
fore the modern music class at 12:30
Friday when he played selections by
Ravel and Debussy.
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WAA President
Woodville ('iimpltell
Next Week-end
FRIDAY
Alpha Tau Omega will entertain
with a formal dance at Wood
ruff' Hall front 11 to I.
Episcopal students’ tea dance will
be held at. parish house, 3:1111
to 7:30.
SATURDAY
Weiner rouM. will be given by
Freshman Commission at the
home of Rene Tuck from 3 to
H.
Delta Tau l>cltu formal dance will
take place at Woodruff Hall
from II to 12.
The annual Coordinate heart hunt
culminated in a banquet given by the
sophomores on that campus Tues
day night in honor of the freshman
women.
The Coordinate dining hall, where
the banquet was held, was decorated
with red paper hearts. On a plat
form facing the gnest table was a
large paper heart on which were
silhouetted a boy and a girl.
Ann Johnson, Athens, was mis
tress of ceremonies. She introduced
Wylene Rlghton, Savannah, presi
dent of the freshman class and speak
er of the evening, who explained the
pupose of the occasion. The pro
gram also included a dance number
by two negro waiters and songs by
the University Glee Club quartette.
The tradition was started several
years ago when Dean R. H. Powell
presented the college a large heart.
Each year the winners of the preced
ing hunt hide the heart and the class
finding it Is honored with a banquet
by the losing group.
Rene Tuck, Athens, and Eleanor
Hurley, Macon, were the freshmen
finding the heart. It was, as is the
custom, hidden about two weeks ago
and the campus was thoroughly
searched before the successful fresh
men “brought home the bacon.”
Last year freshmen Alice Klerce,
Columbus, and Margaret McPherson,
Brunswick, found the trophy.
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