THE MICHIGAN DAIIY First Night Of 1934 G.. Is Wlell Received 'Gang's Al There' Given Enthusiastic A p p 1a Ls e c By Honored Gt ebts Four hundred senior women inI caps and gowns witnessed the pre- mIere of "Gang's All There," the 1934 Junior Girls' Play, with heavy applause and cheering last night. Every senior woman from the pres- ident of the League to the newest transfer was there, Gay Mayer, Ruth Robinson, Mary Pray, last year's chairman, Frances Manchester; Mar- garet Beckett, Ruth Campbell, Mary Phillips, '1932's feminine lead; Mary Ann Mathewson, 1933's feminine lead; Barbara Van Der Vort, Kath- rine McGregor, Prudence Foster, Celia Gunthrup, Josephine McCau- sey, Harriet Hunt, Barbara Rose, and multitudes of others. It was almost impossible to get the names of the many faculty mem- bers present as they took their places in the balcony but there were Dean Alice Lloyd, Dr. Margaret Bell, Re- gent Esther Cram, Miss Ethel Mc- Cormick, Mrs. William D. Hender- son, Prof. and Mrs. Charles Sink, Saturday Tickets Sold Tickets for both Saturday matinee and evening performances are prac- tically sold out due to heavy advance sales, Hilda Kirby, finance chairman, announced last night. The best tick- ets yet available are for tonight's performance, with a few left for Fri- day night. Tr aditional Eimity For 'ottm At Slide Rule5 Crewse Dae Burying the traditional h.tUe-" lested and be assured that no band of for one night, the Engineers nd Law- mar:uders would appear. yers will peacefully hold their resec- Thus it is, they say, that the Crease tive dances, Slide Rule and Crease, and Slide Rule dances continue to be Friday night, confident that the op- held en the same night each year. posing forces will be too engrossed in The greatest mystery has always their own activities to cause trouble. been, however, why it should be the Not so many years ago neither fac- Engineers and Layers, and not the tion could hold its annual affair Lawyers and Medics, that enjoyed without a raiding party descending open hostilities in the dear, dead past. upon it leaving untold havoc and de- Those who claim they know, state struction in its wake. These boys were that it is due to the fact that early determined to have their fun. in the century the Law School was Back in '29, so historians say, the the part of the undergraduate body villainous Engineers appeared with most favored by the athletes. During bombs of an odiferous nature and in those days the brawny Engineers the pandemonium that ensued many found their match in the football a well-dressed gentleman found his players there enrolled. costume somewhat disarranged. - - It is not difficult to imagine with what "malice afore-thought" the Three Cont~ests above mentioned Lawyers returned the visit. With an almost tie score A niounced For for parties wrecked, but also with visions of future dances succumbing- o to the same fate, the Engineers and A renitects' Ball Lawyers signed a peace pact whereby both might hold their dances unmo- -- (- Three competitions in connection - - with the plans for the annual Archi- e ive rlarties tects' Ball to be held May 11 at Granger's Ballroom were announced T- f -__-_f yesterday by Don Lyon, '34, general Chariette Whitman who has the feminine lead in "Gang's All There," Junior Girls' Play for 1934, which opened last night at the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre, Is Recalled At Senior uper Cast Members Of 'Love On The Run' Give Skits Of Last Year's Play Seniors were taken back to their junior days when they began to sing the hit numbers from "Love on the Run;" the 1933 Junior Girls Play at .r-k ,m A L a1 a sit v -via--j -j -- -0 -9 -1f Z' -. I I M ter I itiat hon The] L nBorI 'chairman of the committee. 1 J P1 C~ All students in the College of Ar- c, . ,sCast chitecture are eligible to submit a name for the party, the decorative scheme of which will be centered id-week activities in the chap- around the ancient city of Bagdad. houses include pledgings and in- This contest will close Monday, ions. Houses also gave parties in March 26, Lyon said. or of the members of "Gang's All Designs for the decorations must re. "be completed by March 31. While all Alpha Xi Delta Architecture students are eligible to i I! the ,senior Supper last nigh -t Te-n theme song itself, "Love on the Run," Prof. and Mrs. Arthur Hackett, Mrs. "Gay Paree," "Crazy for Culture," Byrl Bacher, Miss Jeannette Perry, "Lucky Man," and "Hot Cazot" were adMss Ellen Stev eson.Kenn all sung during dinner. Prof. and Mrs. Herbert Kenyon,4alsugdrndie. Dean and Mrs. Carl G. Huber, Dean Appearing for the first time in thei and Mrs. Edward H. Kraus, Miss commencement attire, the seniors Marie Hartwig and Mrs. U. L. Hart- formed a colorful march to the Lydia wig, Prof and Mrs Waldo Abbott,. Mendelssohn Theatre to see the open- Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Smith, Mr. and ing performance of "Gang's All Mrs. Stanley G. Waltz, Miss Eliza- There." A song, dedicated to the jun- beth Laurie, Miss Marion Williams, iors, and written to the tune of one Prof. and Mrs. Everett Brown, Prof. of last year's play songs, opened the and Mrs. Roy Cowden, Prof and theatre program. Mrs. John Winter, Miss Isabel Dud- Skits taken from the 1933 play were ley, Miss Kathleen Hamm, Mrs. Bess ailso given before the first showing of Holbrook, Prof. and Mrs. Clarence the 1934 musical comedy. Thorpe, Mrs. Herbert Mallory, Prof. Members of Mortarboard and Sen- and Mrs. Edward Adams. ior Society were set apart by wearing of the mortarboard. Other seniors ap- Alpha Xi Delta sorority gave a pa- jama party Wednesday following the opening performance of "The Gang's All There," in honor of the five girls who took part in it. Delta Gamma Sue Thomas, '36, was in charge of a party which the sophomores gave the juniors and seniors last night after the premiere of "Gang's All There." I receive the prize of a free ticket to the party, scholastic credit will be given only to juniors and seniors sub- mitting designs. Poster designs will not be due until after Spring vacation, Lyon said. Granger's Ballroom was chosen as the scene of the party with an eye to the possibilities which it affords for decoration. Extensive plans are now in the process of formulation to Delta Sigma P' I(make the scene as realistic as poss Delta Sigma Pi fraternity held its and the size of the dance floor; monthly professional meeting at 7:00 lend itself very easily to a good p.m. Wednesday night. Prof. E.H. sign, according to Lyon. Gault, of the Business Administration School presented a talk on "Current " Legislation on Advertising." C ieb i o1s A The fraternity also announces the pledging of John Bollock, '36, Dale Campbell, '36, Henry Dykema, '35. 1 sible will de- i Jordan Hall To Entertain With Dinner For Faculty The residents of Jordan Hall will entertain several members of the fac- ulty at dinner tonight. The dining rooms will be decorated with spring flowers and tapers. The guests include President and Mrs. Alexander G. Ruthven, Prof. and Mrs. Morris P. Tilley, Dean Alice Lloyd, Dr. and Mrs. Carl Huber, Dr. Dorothy Hard, Dr. and Mrs. John G. Goggin, Prof. and Mrs. Clifford Glover, Dr. and Mrs. Milton Gold- hammer, Dr. and Mrs. Otto Guthe, Mrs. Herbert Poppleton, Prof. and Mrs. Clarence Thorpe, Prof. James O'Neill, Prof. Charles Knudson, Dr. Howard Calderwood, and Prof. and Mrs. Burke Chartel. pe ar7ed simply in their gowns. Dean Alice loyd concluded the dinner with a short address to the seni~ors. Seniors sent a wire to Charlotte Simpson, masculine lead of last year's play, who is ill and out of school. M1arthia Cook Plans To Hol I Aluminac Week-end Alumnae week-end will be observed at Martha Cook dormitory next Sat- ur ay and Sunday. The affair is held t3aditionaly the week-end of Junior Gils' Play, and the theme of the house entertainment this year will be taken from the play. : | and Robert Weisenflue, '34. Fifteen residents of Betsy Barbour Theta Phi Alpha House were guests at a xFebruary- The members of Theta Phi Alpha March Birthday dinner held last sorority announce the pledging of night. Eva Spencer, '37, was in charg; Eileen O'Reilly, '37, Boston, Mass. I of arrangements. Those who sat at Theta Kappa Psi the birthday table were Rachel Lease, Theta Kappa Psi medical fraternity '37, Olive Webb, '35, Dorothy Vale. held its annual initiation banquet '37, Lucille Root, '34, Dorothy Batch- recently, in honor of John A. Cat- elor, '34, Nancy Cook, '36, Marion narowski, '37M, Wayne O. Martin, Holden, '37, Peggy Abbott, '37, Louise '37M, Robert W. Phillips, '37M, and Burke, '35, Betty Robetson, '37, Joan C. Franklin Schrier, '37M. Richardson, '37, Gertrude Zemon, '37, Among the principal speakers were Eleanor Johnson, '36, Gladys Draves, Dr. H. Marchall of Flint, who was '36, and Mabel Howard, '37. toastmaster, Dr. R. C. William, sur- The freshman committee of Betsy geon general of the United States Barbour House entertained the jun- Public Health Service, and Dr. J. A. iors and seniors with a spread fol- Elliot, '14, of the University of To- lowing open night'of the Junior Girls' ronto Medical School. Play. i _. Where To Go _. t _I Junior Girls' Play: 8:15 p.m. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.f Motion Pictures: Michigan, "Goed Dame" with Frederick March; Whit-j ney, "Air Mail" and "Fighting Lady" with Peggy Shanmon; Majestic, "Queen Christina" with Greta Garbo; Wuerth, "Take a Chance"