.gy ~-..,^r."1 - -- .-- . . Z . S . r ;.+uZ~ _+h . .r : tec . , ., r... ,- ., . _.. .z.: _ v .i A~E ~ Slide Rule Ball Guests Named By Committee Eleanor Rakestraw, '43, Chooses Pink Taffeta' For Traditional Dance Guests for the eleventh annual1 Slide Rule Ball, to e held from 9l p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridy in the maint ballroom of the Union, were an- nounced yesterday by Ganson Tag-f gart, '40E, co-chairman of publicity.s J. Anderson Ashburn, '40E, gen- eral chairman, will attend the dance1 with Eleanor Rakestraw, '43, who will wear a pink taffeta gown figuredt in gold. It is made with a gatheredc bodice and full skirt and will be worn) with gold accessories.1 Chooses White Satin Berna Deane Purgett, '42, will be the guest of Richard Adams, '40E, music chairman. Miss Purgett's for- mal is white slipper satin, cut on princess lines. It will be worn with a royal blue maribou bolero and silver accessories. M. Robert Herman, Jr, '40E, finance chairman, has invited Deena Bieber, '43A, who will be seen in a pale blue brocaded satin gown made with a V-neck and full skirt. Harold Britton, '41E, who is in charge of tickets, will attend the ball with Carra Jones, of Midland, whose gown is white net trimmed with silver sequins, worn with a white maribou jacket. Mary Martin, of Detroit, will go to the dance with H. Richard Steding, '40E, floorchair- man. Miss Martin has chosen a green hooded formal with an accor- dion pleated skirt. Ganson Taggart, '40E, and Sey-. mour Furbush, '41E, cochairmen of publicity, will have as their guests Helen Barnett, '41, and Gertrude French, '41, respectively. Miss Bar- nett will wear plaid taffeta trimmed in pleated red grosgrain ribbon and made with a very full skirt, while blue silk crepe with a gold sequin jacket is Miss French's choice. To Wear Velveteen Joan Hamilton, '41, will appear at the ball with George Weesner, '41E, patrons chairman. Her evening gown is of two-piece red velveteen with a round high neck-line, and is cut on simple, fitted lines. James grown, '40E, in charge of programs for the dance, has invited Jean Mc-. Kay, '40, to be his guest. Miss Mc- Kay will wear pink silk jersey for- mal which has a lastex waist and accordion pleated skirt. Claire Ford, '40, and Lois Basse, '42, will attend the ball with Frederick Shands, '40E, and Lorenz Rinek, '40E, co-chairmen of decorations. Miss Ford's gown is blue net with a gathered bodice and full skirt, worn with an embroidered net jacket and silver accessories. Miss Basse will appear in a full-skirted seersucker formal of blue and green print. ACI To Ho rm Swm' Rughing Rules Are Discussed ByPanhellenic Deferred rushing, before school rushing and the present system of rushing at the beginning of the first semester were among the main pointsj discussed and compared at the Pan- hellenic Mass Meeting held at 4:15 p.m. yesterday in the League Ball- room. Consensus of opinion seemed to favor a modified form of the present system with such advantages brought out as the psychological effect of the houses and rushees being "set" for rushing at the beginning of the year, the fact that rushing deferred until the beginning of the second semester w'ould break in on activities, and rushing before school would inter- fere with orientation activities. ier /IeKie By VICKI Rumor has it that there are 12,000 students at the University, and ac- cording to the Philosophy of thePeo- ple, 12,000 is too many. The person- al touch which one finds in a small college is lacking, they argue. We were inclined to agree until chance showed us the veiled laby- ninth by which the University through the Academic Counsellors office an-. nually takes approximately 150 stu- dents under its omniscient wing. The thousands of students in the literary college are intimately ac- quainted with the Academic Counsel- lor's office as the source of a fine grade of red tape which semi-annu- ally enmeshes them in pre-registra- tion difficulties. Those same thous- ands are blissfully unaware that from their number are gleaned the 150 who have come to college burdened with heavy difficulties - financial, academic, personal-whicti their their neighbors seldom suspect. A case history may be in order as an illustration. Two and one half years ago a freshman woman came to college with enough money in her pocket to pay her first semester's tuition, a down payment on her room and $60 to boot. She was an orphan with absolutely no resources but her un- usual intelligence. By the end of November the $60 had melted away and she turned up at the Counsel- lors' office at the suggestion of a friend. By means of scholarships and generous alumni and numerous jobs discovered for her by one of the counsellors, she has survived to her junior year and has one of the finest scholastic records in the Uni- versity. space does not permit an adequate picture of the unilimited work which is eing carried on through this channel. Mass Meeting Of Freshmen Set For Today Annual Class Project Date And Thene To Be To(; Will Sd Lct C 2mnitteer Announcement of the date and theme for the 1940 Freshman Pro- ject will be made at a mass meet- ing of all freshman women at 4 p.m. today in the League Ballroom. .Opportunity for active participation in the annual project will be offered to all who attend, as committees will be formed then under the direction of Grace Proctor, general chairman, and her central committee. Committees To Be Formed Chairmen and their committees in- clude Betty Jane Barnett, decora- tions; Barbara Clarke, costumes; Bar- bara Alcorn, dance; Barbara Ams- bary, finance; Jane Honey, music; Marcia Dubrucq, programs; Jane Gra- ham, publicity; Jane Honey, patrons; Carol Pitcher, tickets, and Jean Jef- frey, recording. Miss Pitcher was recently appointed after the with- drawal of Esther Stevens from the University. Freshman Project marks the begin- ning of active participation in League activities for the new freshman class. The form,. date, theme, and style of the event each year is left to the deci- sion of members of the central com- mittee. Last year's project was called "Puddle Jump" and was an informal dance with the floor show and decor- ations carrying out the central theme, 'April Showers." Eligibility Cards Required "All freshmen are reminded that eligibility cards must be presented to the central committee at the mass meeting when committees are formed," said Miss Proctor. "Those women who petitioned for positions on the Project are automatically in- cluded in the lists of the committees for which they petitioned." Meetings were held in Jordan Hall and League houses last week to dis- cuss and explain the nature of this first class event. Student Cooperative Will Sponsor Dance Competing with Slide Rule and Crease Ball, the Michigan Wolverine Student Cooperative is sponsoring an informal dance, featuring Bobby Friend and his orchestra, to be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow at the Wolverine. Prof. and Mrs. Edward Stone and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Secord will chaperon the dance, Dick McClurg '40, social chairman, announced to- day. Bud Gottliev, '42, Ray Jones '40E, Rom Counihan, '41, and Harry Hartsmann, '41, complete the com- mittee. Tickets can be purchased at the Union, Wahr's Book Store, and the Wolverine. The price is $1.00 pe couple. "Luchnokia." or the "Lighting of Roberta Holland, '43. Margaret Ay- Lghts," will be presented by Sigma res, '40A, Betty Dice, '41A, Charlotte -La Chi, the Congregational Sti- Tuite, '41, and Jeannette Drake, '40. Jents' sorority. Sunday, at 8 p.m. in Also included in the program will be Lhe Congregational Church auditor- a violin solo by Ollierae Bilby, '41., tum. This ceremony, the only soror- Mrs. Mary McCall Stubbins, the I Sigma Eta Chi To Give Pageant ty ritual to be open to the public. sYinbolizes the creation of the world i1icl the growth of world cisili7 tjirI sice then. Julia LaRue, '40A, is in charge of1 q rrangements for the pageant, and' among those participating in it willI be Dorothy Johnson, '43, Audrey Johnson, '43, Helen Prockiw, '40, church organist, will play for the affair. The ceremony will follow the weekly meeting of the Congrega- tional Fellowship group and will take its place in devotions. Speaker at this meeting will be Mrs. Stanley Mitchell of Betsy Barbour House who will address the group _~ rar , 'N .> \ N*.N ,N\ .NN\ \NN N~~~~~~~~~ 'N\N '\\N', 'NNN \ \AN \\ < ' N ' N,, ' \ * '\. N\$, N MAC'K'S- heralds Thlis year yoiu1 Want a coal, VARIETY is the spice of coat fashions, this Spring. Every type is represented in this last-minute group. The Long Torso Silhouette continues its popularity in gracefully cos- Sprin~g 4 IDupicate Bridge Contest "He vs. She," first mixed bridge tournament sponsored by the Union, will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Michigan Union. Entries may sign up in couples at the Student Offices; the fee will be ten cents 1)01' person. Duzplicate games will be arranged wih women : 'tnes opposing a men's team at each table. Prizes that have not yet been disclosed will be awarded the winning couples. Up to now, all Union Bridge tourna- ments have been for men only; if this experiment proves to be success- ful, others will be given. 'Great Fire' Is Claim To Fame On Campus Chicago may have had its famous fire of several decades ago, and San Francisco is still talking about theirs, but Alumnae House has its claim to fame, too, and residents will cele- brate the first anniversary of their niow-famous fire at a Party to be given tomorrow. In commemoration of the confla- gration which burned down part of their house last year, party-goers will attend in costume and the house residents will put on skits which are being kept secret until time for their presentation. ual styles with bold pockets, pleated or swing skirts. "Bloused Back" Solhouette makes its debut here, too. "accepted" reefers and polos included. The The X18 %' "~ r ,. , - > >., .,: ,; r '; i " j, " Cael's air * Corduroy " Twill * Gabardine Y h . _ . _ _. * Tweed * Plaid 'A,. Bill To McK4y's Orchestra Play Dance Music "Spring Swing" is the name of the PACT tea dance to be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the League Ballroom, and Bill Mc- Kay's seven-piece orchestra will fur- nish the music for dancing, with Helen Rhodes, '42, as vocalist. Hostesses for the dance will be Helen Nutting, '41; Winifred Gass- er, '40A; Mary Major, '42; Suzanne Barlow, '41; Jean Rendinell, '43; Mary Alice McAndrew, '40SM; Claire Reed-Hill, '42, Betty Griswold, '41, Betty .Meyer, '40, Louise Keatley, '42, and Joanna Beem, '41, will dis- tribute cigarettes for the dance. Admission to the tea dance, which is under the joint sponsorship of Panhellenic, Assembly, Congress and Interfraternity Council, will be 25 cents for men, while women will be admitted free of charge. Sally Connery, '40Ed, Announces Engagement Dr. and Mrs. J. Alfred Connery, Jr., of Saginaw, announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Sally Connery, '40Ed., to John Edward Maythan, '40E, son of Mrs. J. 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