WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE FIVE Ruthvens Will Give Tea Forj Students Today Dawes' Kin To Wed Mass Meeting For Freshmen Architecture Prize House Baseball Won By Stocking Games To StArt ' - Gmes o Strt ganr and tion tout. plan Several Dormitories And Other Groups Are To Be Especially Honored President and Mrs. Alexander G. Ruthven will open their home to re- ceive students from 4 to 6 p.m. today in the first presidential tea given for undergraduates this year. The groups which are to be espe- cially honored at this affair include Helen Newberry Residence, Fletcher Hall, Adelia Cheever House, Martha Cook Dormitory, Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Tau Omega and Delta Upsilon fra- ternities. Although special invita- tions have been extended to these groups, all students are invited to at- tend. First Tea of Year This event will be the first tea which has been given since last De- cember. During the preceding year the affairs made up a series which were held the first two Wednesdays of every month. The receptions were suspended, however, while President Ruthven was convalescing from his accident Jan. 1. There are to be several other such affairs through- out the remainder of this semester. Presiding at the tea table for to- day's affair will be Charlotte Rueger, '37, new president of the League; Jean Seeley, '36, ex-president; Mar- tha Steen, '36, chairman of last year's League social committee; and Betty Anne Beebe, '37, president of Pan- hellenic Association. Social Committee Assist The members of the new League social committee are to assist Presi- dent and Mrs. Ruthven at this tea. Harriet Heath, '37, committee chair- man, is in charge of arrangements. The receiving line is to start in the living room where Mr. and Mrs. Ruthven will welcome the students, and proceed into the dinning room where tea is to be served. Decorations will consist of spring flowers. Scholarships Announced By RaleighNelson Announcement of 25 scholarships for American students to study at Lingnan University, Canton, China, for the year 1936-37 has been made by Prof. J. Raleigh Nelson, counselor of foreign students. These scholarships which exempt students from tuition and room rent are swarded to students 'selected from colleges and universities of this country. They are offered to candi- dates who have completed either their freshman or sophomore year of college study. Qualifications which are taken into consideration when filing applica- tions are: a B-minus or C-plus aver- age scholarship, Christian character, participation in extra-curricular ac- I tivities, interest in inter-racial and international matters, good health, ability to participate in sports, as- surance of adequate financial means, and dramatic, musical and other spe- cial talents. Students who expect to apply should be certain of an expense ac- count of $700 to cover all personal and academic expense and the cost of round-trip travel from Hawaii to the Pacific Coast. Lingnan University is a private co- educational school under Christian auspices with a student body of 450. The college faculty includes a per- The first prize in the recent poster N S Held At League contest held by the College of Ar- Next Tuesda yado chitecture was won by Charles Stock- bas ing, '36. The contest was held the fiv c Project T( Be Explained week-end before vacation, and 50 There ae six bamtball diamonds wil posters were turned in. availabi oor sorority ,nd doumitory SLe T:0 F:irst-Year W e. They were judged by a jury of two games, Elizabeth White, manager, Tomrnitteemen for the Architects' announced. Games will be held lim Ball and four members of the fac- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday All first-year women interested in ulty. The award was a ticket to the of each week at 4:30 p.mn., the first A the Freshman Project are urged to at- Architects' Ball. First honorable men- one being held April 28, T tend the mass meeting to be held at 5 tion was received by Richard Dennis, An A and B tournament will be Art p.m. today in the concourse of the 37A, and Harold Guy, '36A, received run, just as in the basketball season, par League, according to Charlotte Rueg- second honorable mention. Ten of in which the winners of the first at2 er, '37, League president. Jean Hat- the posters were selected and dis- field, '37, will talk on the merit system played in shop windows on State and Maryanna Chockley, '37, is to Street. explain interviewing and the petitions wMiss Ruegern who is in general harge of the assembly, will present ' fsome ideas for this year's project, which is to be the first affair that W elcon es freshmen women will be allowed tofNew M eocmers: Petitioning For ProjectNe M ni er Petitioning for positions on the project has been scheduled for Thurs- D M' U oussel -Associated Press Photo. day, Friday and Saturday of this Dean Alice Lloyd Speaks The ergagement of Miss Virginia week in the Undergraduate Office At Banquet FollowingD Dawes to Richard Thompson Cragg where regular blanks may be ob- of Evanston, Ill., was recently an- tained. Initiation In ChapeC rF nounced in Eva'nston. All applicants will be interviewed April 24, 25, 27 and 28. The Judi- Thirteen women were initiated into ciary Council, under the direction Senior Society, women's honorary or- _ P ess of Miss Chockley, will interview every ganization, at 5:15 p.m. yesterday in N candidate and will recommend one the chapel of the League. Following V oints Of Interest person for each position to the League the ceremony, a dinner in honor of- Council. The latter body renders the new initiates was given at the On Philippine Tour the final decision. League. 'League Committees Miss Alice Lloyd, dean of women,': Petitioning for positions on League was the chief speaker at the banquet, By THERESA SWAB ccmmittees is being held today at which Audrey Talsman, '36, acted A communication describing a tour through Friday in the Undergraduate as toastmistress. Mrs. Alexander G. of the Philippine Islands has been Office. " Five groups, the publicity, Ruthven, an honorary member ,and receved from Prof. W. Carl Rufus house-reception, social, merit system Miss Ethel McCormick and Miss Ma- $i} who with Mrs. Rufus is traveling in and theatre-arts committees are open rie Hartwig, faculty advisors, were al-.1 2- the Orient for petitioning. Applications for the so guests at the affair. ><;>:s: orientation group will be accepted The junior women who were ni- nPiofessor Rufus said that every- later. There is to be no interview- tiated are Elizabeth Roura, Frances wheie in the Philippines they were ing of candidates forthevarious Carney, Ruth Clark, Mary Bennett, greeted by Michigan alumni and committee memberships and the Mr nrw ayElnHish friends. Mr. and Mrs. arpio of Council will announce the new mem- Bbay A cdr c, Margaet Good- Manila, (the former Maria Lanzar, bers Barbara Schacht, Margaret Good- ic, eno":y.Li.S"en ut - Ph.D., '28), had arranged for their All scholastically eligible women Snu, Ruth Lvender, Jeh entertainment in advance, and they except freshmen may file applica- Mcnonald. Th wee ad a e were taken on sight-seeing trips on tions. Women may petition for more McDonald. They were tapped at the SEC each island they visited. than one committee but should in- Installation Banquet of the League, I ~held April 6. rFIX Among the interesting historical dicate their preference by the order laces that Professor Rufus men- in which they place the different Gold and white were the colors tions is Magellan's monument on groups on the blanks. used in the decorations. Initiates Mactan Island. Other points of in- wore white dresses for the ceremony _ terest they saw were the Moro vil- Last H and old members, caps and gowns._ lages, sugar mills, cocoanut planta- MeetingFetSenior Society is a local organiza- tions, old Spanish churches and cem- By Faculty e tion for independent senior women eteries, the rubber industry, modern Fa ut o e .founded in 1906 by nine charter mem- waterworks, electric companies, and bers. It has a twofold purpose: first, ,chools and colleges. The Faculty Women's Club will to stimulate scholarship in independ-: nes will go :n to the A tournament J he losers i Ltnte B. Elimina- games will be played in each Wnament and the winner of A wvilii , the winner of B on May 29. everal new policies have been pted by the W.A.A. in r<