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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Informality Is
First Objective
Of Tea Dances
Prizes Given To Dancers
By Congress -Assembly
At SecondParty Today
Featuring free refreshments and
prizes for dancing, the second Con-
gress-Assembly Tea Dance of the
year will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. to-
day in the League Ballrood, Edward
Wetter, '39, announced yesterday.'
More than 400 people attended the
initial dance of the year last week.
Co-chairmen for the affairs are
Phyllis McGeachy, '40, and Wetter,
'39. Those on the committee include
Roland Rhead, '40, Edward Egle, '39E,
Arthur Kostman, '40, and Morton
Linder, '40. The Assembly committee-
women ar'e: Zenovia Skoratko, '40,
Jeanne Judson, '40, Gladys Engel, '40
and Betty Myers, '40.
In commenting on the dances yes-
terday, Wetter said, "We are trying
to make these get-togethers as in-
formal as possible. It is our inten-
tion to provide a medium for more
sociable relations between all stu-
dents on campus. Men are encour-
aged to come stag and women from
various dormitories will each week
act as hostesses."
Newman Club Holds Tea
For All Catholic Women

Will Sing At Interfraternity Ball

Here they are all posed and ready to swing out at Interfraternity Ball.
Three lovely blonds who call themselves the Lorraine sisters. They are
singing with Jack Denny's orchestra, and have been singing with other
prominent orchestras in all parts of the country for several years.
Orrin Tucker will also play for the Ball which is to be held Friday,j
Nov. 4, in the Intramural building.

Martha Cook
Wins Campus. Her
SwimConest Viewpoint
by VICKI
Sororities Tie For Second
Place li Ainual Event; the past week are curiously linkedsto-
Record Number Enter gether, to this school and with the
future. We refer to Gov. Frank
A record attendance of 90 swim- Murphy's speech and the election of
mers participated in the all-campus the Student Senate.
women's swimming meet which was Governor Murphy spoke Monday
held at 7:30 p.m. yesterday in the under the auspices of the Student
Michigan Union Swimming Pool. Senate. This man whose life is wov-
Martha Cock Dormitory carried off en inextricably into the Michigan
the cup with a total of 20 points, Pi state political scene, said, with a sin-
Beta Phi and Delta Delta Delta tied cerity which was striking, "I was
for a close second, and Gamma Phi taught at the University here that
Beta was third with 13 points. government stands for integrity, not
Winners in the seven events were: for profit or spoils.'
Agnes Landers, '41, Delta Delta Delta, At the same university which in
25 yard side-stroke time 20.7; Betty 1914 graduated a man who is now
Gould, '42, Gamma Phi Beta, 25 yard actively fighting for what he con-
free style, time, 16; Agnes Crow, '42, siders to be the best interest of the
Pi Beta Phi, 25 yard back-stroke, people of this state, there, stands a
time, 19.1; Dorothy Maul, '39, Kap- student Senate, ideally an organiza-
pa Delta, 25 yard breast-stroke, time, tion to develop just such a spirit
21.8; Jean Sollit, '41, Delta Delta Del- among the politically minded (and
ta, 50 yard back-stroke, time, 41; everyone should be at least politically-
Dorothy Folz, '40Ed, Zone 6, 50 yard aware) students now on campus.
free style, time, 35.9; Ruby Mawrer, Looking at the Senate objectively
'42, Ann Arbor, Independents, breast one feels that its greatest lack is dis-
stroke, time, 45.7. cretion, its greatest asset a, social in-
Ruby Mawrer and Jean Reinfrank, terest. It has possibilities for growth,
'40, Pi Beta Phi, were first and sec- but it will take the utmost skill and
ond respectively in the diving events. judgment to prevent the Senate from
In the rope relay, Martha Cook Dor- hanging itself before it gets a chance
mitory was first, Helen Newberry to do any good.
Residence second, and Kappa Alpha If the Senate can temper its ardor
Theta third. Martha Cook Dormi- with restraint and devote itself to be-
tory and Gamma Phi Beta were first ing truly representative instead of the
and second in the free style relay. instrument of expression of 32 indi-
Clara Lenfesty, '41, manager of the viduals whose opinions are not always
meet, presented the cup to Jeannette well seasoned, one can visualize it as
Stickles, '40, manager"of the Martha filling an important niche in Ameri
Cook team, at the close of the contest. can life-that of an organ of expres-
_______________sion for youth.
As it stands, the Senate is not pre-
PFlansAnnounced pared for action. It never should be.
IIdeally, it *must be a representative
For Faculty Tea body voicing the opinions of a ma-
t__1_jority of the young people on campus,
Plans for a faculty tea to be held and leave the action up to those who
from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Michi- are organized to take care of it.
gan League were discussed at a re- The common complaint in a de-
cent meeting of the Ann Arbor Inde- mocracy such as exists in the United
pendent women. States, is that government pays no
Merita Hobart, '38, general chair- heed to the voice of the people.
man, who is being assisted by Betty The ifs and buts in such an argu-
Notley, '39, announced the following ment are unlimitable; the argument
hostesses for the tea: Ila Waggoner, itself is perhaps a bit far-fetched.
'39, Mary Francis Reek, '40, Francis Nevetheless, if there is hope for de-
Herdrick, '41, Jeanne Judson, '40, nocracy, it must be through the edu-
Elaine Wood, '41, Beverly Jeness, '42, cation of the people to political
Betta Cartwright, '41, Adelaide Cart- awareness and activity. It is there
er, '42, Barbara Grill, '42, Dorothy that the function of Michigan's Stu-
Cowan, '41, Betty Peterson, '41, dent Senate lies.

Educational Society
To A ward Women
Three Scholarships

The Newman Club, Catholic stud-
ents' organization, held a tea for all
Catholic women, 4 to 6 p.m. yester-
day in the Grand Rapids Room of
the League, to acquaint the new stu-
dents wtih other Catholic women on
campus. Mrs. George Burke, Mrs
Wm. McLaughlin; Mrs. Roger Morri-
son, and Mrs. Frank DeVine poured.

Three scholarships of $250 each are
being offered by Pi Lambda Theta,
national educational /honorary so-,
ciety. The scholarships are to bel
awarded for research by women in
the field of education.
Any woman interested in education,
even though she is not actively en-
gaged in educational work at pres -
ent, is eligible to compete for the
scholarships. Research topics and
rules for the competition may be ob-j
tained from Ruth Cunningham,
president of the society, at the
University elementary school.
Applications must be filed by Nov.
15. Winners of the scholarships will
be announced May 15.
H'lel To Holtd First
In Series Of Teas
The first of a series of weekly teas
to be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays
will take place tomorrow at the Hillel
foundation for all students on cam-
pus.
Pouring at the tea will be Jaros
Jedel, '39, Millie Epstein, '40, and
Margaret Greenhouse, '39. The gen-
eral chairman is Miriam Szold, '40,
and Nina Grades, '40 is in charge of
the refreshments.

Four Exchange
Dinners Given
At Dormitories
Four of the women's dormitories
hel, exchange dinners at 6 p.m. yes-
terday. Arrangements were made
through Ruth Coler, '40, chairman
of exchange dinners on the social
committee of the League.
Twenty-five representatives were
guests at each dormitory. Mosher
Hall sent representatives to Betsy
Barbour House. Betsy Barbour House
sent girls to Jordan Hall, which in
turn sent girls to Helen Newberry
dormitory, and Helen Newberry sent
25 representatives to Mosher Hall.
# Martha Cook and Couzens Hall will
have a similar exchange dinner Tues-
day, Nov. 1.
The exchange dinner committee is
planning to arrange dinners between
sororities and fraternities, and ex-
pects to sponsor three or four dinners
each month. Sororities will exchange
with each other and with fraterni-
ties, through the League Committee,
Miss Coler said, but the Union So-
cial committee will arrange inter-
fraternity dinners.

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'7&eddings
c-N Iand 1/
Engagements
Marriage of Mary Evalyn Owen, '39,
to David B. Rank, '39, of Detroit has
been aniounced by the former's par-
ent, Mr. Edward G. Owen of
Ann Arbor. The ceremony took
place Oct. 3 at Angola, Ind. Mr. Rank
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean L.
Rank of Detroit and is affiliated with
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Handyside of
Wayne have announcedthe engage-
ment of their daughter, Virginia
Constance, '38, to Frederick C. Gould,
'38, of Lansing. Miss Handysid is
affiliated with Gamma Phi Beta sor-
ority and Mr. Gould is a member of
Delta Sigma Pi, business administra-
tion fraternity.
Initiation Is Annolunced
Alumnae House recently initiated
eight girls: Doris .Barr, '40; Mary l
Peck, '40; Tenho Sivohnen, '41; Ella
Mae Burton. '40; Izabella Lugaski,
'42; Carolyn Fowle, '42; Sarah Jean
Hauke, '42; and Betty Rae Hielman,
'42.

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