TUESAYJANUAR~Y 6, 1925
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For the purpose of studying the
dance drama, a new society has been
organized under the influence, of Miss
Janet, Cumming, a new memb~er of the
faculty of physical education who
studied the dance at the University of;
Wisconsin. The neCw organization i5
to be known as "Orchesus," the Greerk
word for ''to (lance."
While the society is in the process
of forming, interest in dancing will
be the only requisite for memnbership,1
although it is hoped to make it an in-
yitationaf society based on talent and
accomplishment in artistic(lancing w~
is the case in other universities wlv re
the society has been organized. Wis-
consin, Oregon, Northwestern and Wel-
lesley have estab~lishedl Orchesus, Wis-
cousin having founded the society.
Orchesils members ha ve been livid
-ed into two sections, one meeting at
o'clock Tuesdays and 'Ill rs days, the
other at 4 o'clock Mondays and Wei-
n esdays.- Evelyn Smith, '25, the Wt.
A. A. representative, is the stmldsnt.
head of the organization.
Foncing ( lrsses fo~r wooen are doi
inoxA,,ion n ~Ithe department of physi-
cal e~lu.;t2.iofl this s imester, according Any house which has signed up for
f t4 iss. F hel MlcCorwick, head of the the basketball tournament but has not
i lopartnlent. 1More than 50 women sent the name of its athletic manager
E , e now actively engaged in learning ;to Miss Erley, should do so immediate-
t?'.is ancient art. I ly. A list of all the members of the
j 'ince the clays of its origin ,fenc- teams and their class must also be
s rg, "he arU of self (defense, has passed; filed with Miss Erley at once.
sev:'al dlistinc(t stages. At first the
;wuml was a H~eavy, clunmsy weapon T here will be a meeting of the
,nd adversaries in combat trusted Senior Girls' play committee at 4
1nore to inspiration and agility than o'clock tomorrow in Barbour gymnas-
o est ahir shed principles. It was E mm.
fthro ughr the experience of many gen-
orations that the principles of sword I The mus16 section of the F'aculty
flay were deduced, formulated, and Women's club will meet at 8 o'clock
simiplified to the human anatomy. tomorrow night at the home of Mrs.
Q eite naturally fencing has Chang- B.It. Bailey, 1019 Baldwin.
A l accordlance with changes of_____
irmns and manner of combat. The be-
I Inniong of thro middle ages was the Tuesday afternoon dramatic sec-
"inoeb. of heavy blowvs administered tion of the Faculty Women's club will
with I)1udgeons. The victor was he meet at 2:30 o'clock today in the club-
wvho hit: the hardest. When combat- house, 226 South Ingalls street. "The
ants, protected by armor, were mount-' Hanging of+ the Goose, by Lewis
ed on horses, physical strength was Bruce, will be read.
only secondary. WNith the discarding
of armor the art of fencing properly All chairmen of Junior Girls' play
i5egan. A lig;ht and shorter sword committees will meet at 3 o'clock to-
<..~ introduced which was easy to day at H-elen Newtberry residence.
manage andi had the dagger as an
:auxiliary. The court sword followed is the best possible training that any-
after the dagger had fallen into dis- one can have who wishes to appear
1 use0 and it was considered a neces- on the stage.
.ary adjunct to the apparel of every
gentleman. At this time two schoolsE
,f fencing, were established in Europe,
the F+- such and the Italian, the form-
er being bascd in skill and finesse,
tal 1. I tier on strength. An authority
.11, ''A ihercules is required in the T
making of a successful Italian fencer;
a woman may rise to the top in theiPT
French school."$K 1
The physical benefits of modern
sfencing are numnerous. Every niuscle
is brought into play, individually and
in con ' >iinalicn. ain the system is in-
vigora..ed surpi singly. Miss Amy If you don't believe
Loomis, whio is directing thuis year'sI in life insurance-just
Junior Girls' Play, says that fencing+ visit the orphan, asy-.
lure. Then if you are
ANNOUNCE TAM NAMIS,
OF CAPTAN RSKETBAL -...
Competitive teams in cai twin bs Y.
I stb ill havse been organized in the . ....: :: :"<;:;:::::':: I'1;
reguI ir phv'sial educa'tion cilasses in I":: .'.
niz tc 1 by Miss Ruth Pricea 1 , I'a
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'' is jul n has been triedl in the in . .
door work.
'The teams have adopted names and
selected captains as follows: Rinkev 'IxTwo mere American women, wives of titled Bi itishex s, have joined the
Dinks, Elizabeth Cossitt, '27 ; Spark , ocie ty roster ofL Iritis m parliament, now containing ten American noble-
Plugs, Mariessa Graham, 27; Sioux; women. Thbe two new additions are the Countess Carnarvon, formerly Cath-
Trib, Se Hahin, '6; Tger, H reine Wendell,; and (inset) the Countess of Galloway, formerly Phillipa
netDonldsn, 27;ThuderandWendell. They are sisters, daughters of the late Jacob Weildell, of New
lightning Bolts, Kathryn Francis, '28;: 'ark. Their husbands arc 1)th inemhers of the 1-osHfLrs
Wildcats, Dorothy Moorehous e, '28; os fLrs
Inu1s, Geraldine 1Holmes, '28; Can i------------------------------------ _-
non lBalls, Beth Htibarger, '2S: Wlizzs"j(AEFR kOniA
Bangs, Mary L. Mlurray, '28$.AL I M)RA
Several interclass games have a]- SNAV1-SIIOTS OF WOMEN t~I
ready been played. The teams Acal asben en ot y:he inhuney '
thehihet prcntge n her ler Acal hs eenset ut y heMAIL OR]
clas gmeswil ply te tam ~m lMichiganensian for informal ko-
the other class to decide the chaim- Idkpcue hwn h c
,:ion ship. tivities of women on the campus,f I
D1ieRS
Prof. 0. J. Campbell of the English
department, spoke on "Ibsen" at the
meeting 'of the Monday evening dra-
inatic section of the Faculty Women's,
club last night at the clubhouse.
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