PAGE SIB! THE MICHIGAN DAILY WtDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 1939 PAGE SIX WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6, 193w Hostesses For 1939 Sophomore Cabaret Are Announced -_ \+l N Jean Donaldson Heads Today's President's Tea 13 Groups Are Especially. Invited To Be Present; Name Eight To Assist Jean Donaldson, '40, is in charge of the second Ruthven tea of the year to be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today in the President's home. Groups which are especially invit- ed are Alumnae House, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Psi, Zone II, and Orien- tation gruops 4, 19, 29, 45, 65, 68, 75, 76 and 82. Assistants for the tea will be Mar- garet Cleary, '40; Helen Brady, '40; Edith Ely, '41Ed; Florence Signaigo, '41; Joanna Beem, '41; Jean Luxan, '41; Margaret May, '41Ed, and Jean Noyes, '42. Those who will pour are Mrs. R. W. Smith, Mrs. Ellery Preston, Ruth Dillman, '40 and Enora Ferris, '40. Mary Minor, '40, chairman of the social committee, stated that all mem- bers of the committee must attend, and they are requested to arrive promptly and stay until 6 p.m. Those whose last names begin with A-H will assist in the dinning room, and those from H-Z will be in the receiving line, Miss Minor added. This is the first tea Dr. and Mrs. Ruthven have given since their re- turn flom their trip to Arizona and Tex as. All students on campus are welcome to attend, Miss Donaldson said, al- though special invitations are ex- tended to the above mentioned groups. Be A Goodfellow - Michigan Dames Meet Moving pictures of Africa were shown to the Michigan Dames at their general meeting last night at the League by Frederick Benz. The organization's Book Group was in charge. A business meeting followed. Dresses Are Tailored t " F ; . Practical for wearing to classes or on informal- dates are tailored dresses with shirt-waist tops, flaired skirts and over-the-elbow sleeves. Rev. E. L. Hughes Conducts Retreat Rev. Edward L. Hughes, O.P., pas- tor of St. Dommic-s Church, Detroit, and widely known lecturer, is con- ducting the first retreat sponsored by the Newman Club. Father Hughes han been engaged for several years in a diversity of interests which has caused him to travel extensively, preaching and lec- turing, in all parts of the United States. The retreat opened with 7 a.m, Mass Tuesday, Dec. 5, and will close with evening devotion on Thursday, Dec. 7. A discussion will be held for the women members of the chapel at 5 p.m. today in the auditorium. Annual Affair N Junior Women Native Ballet I To Be Friday Will Feature To Hold Mass AndSaturday Marie Jeanne Meeting Today Exhibits To Be Featured; By MARY HELEN DAVIS Each Committee Chairxman Camipus Organizaiois For years the American stage has! Will Discuss Various Will Sponsor Booths been deluged with ballets of every Duties Of He Group type and nationality, but for the first More than 200 women will act time in the history of dancing, a na-' All junior women who are interest- as hostesses at Sophomore Cabaret's ed in working on any of the various "Winter Wonderland" which will be tive ballet, the American Ballet Cara- committees for the 1940 Junior Girls' held from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and van which will be presented Dec. 11 Play should attend the mass meeting from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, to be held at 5 p.m. today in the and also from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m has attained international fame. League Ballroom. and 8:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Marie Jeanne, the featured baller- Jane Grove, general chairman, will In addition to dancing, the Cab- ma of the troupe, is of French-Italian preside, and other chairmen of the aret's program includes a floor- central committee will be presented show, a grab bag, movies of Michi- descent, but is thankful for both her to the junior women. Each one will gan football games, and numerous American citizenship and dance train- talk on the purpose and duties of her boths and exhibits, one of which ing after a summer tour of the Con- committee. will be a fashion display sponsored tinental capitols to observe the ballet Women will-be given an opportunity by J. L. Hudson Co., of Detroit. to sign up for committee work after The general admission price of 35 technique used in Europe. the talks, and Miss Grove stressed the cents covers expenses for every- Glamorous At 19 fact that although work will not start thing except the fortune-telling Latin in appearance, and thor- immediately on all committees, at- booth, and the grab bag, and a five- oughly glamorous, 19-year old Marie tendance at the mass meeting is im- cent charge will also be made for Jeanne assumes the- leading roles in perative for all who intend to par- dancing, Agnes Crow, '42, general many of the ballets of the Caravan's ticipate later. chairman, announced, repetoire. She will be seen here in Any woman may take part in the Friday Hostesses Listed such completely Americas dances as play as well as be a member of a On Friday afternoon, the follow- "City Portrait," "Charade" and "Air committee, Miss Grove added. Assist- igher on the central committee are ing women will act as hostesses: and Variations."m on th cenaam el ar Lois Basse, '42; Joan Baker, '42; After all the acclaim given to the Wifollowing chairmen; Annabel Van Mary Major, '41; Suzanne Barlow, European stars who have visited this nn Veder, ckets Barbar '41; Virginia Ward, '42; Betty John- country, she turned the tables on A.t ; son, '41; Jean Royerson, '42; Anne these dancers this summer when she Fischer, fiance; Jane Krause, pro- White, '42; Mary McKisson, '41; was feted by royalty on the Contin- grams; Ruth Fitzpatrick, make-up; Doris Vehmeyer, Spec.; Claire Reed- ent. As deeply American as her Virginia Osgood, dance; and Betty Hill, '42; Rae Gustafson, '42; Isabel dances, she refused many demands Ann Chaufty, music. Balfour, '42; Ann Winters, '42; Vii- to join European troupes, and re- Others are Jane Pinkerton, cos- ginia Appleton, '42; Liana Carpenter;,turned to re-join the Caravan for tumes; Betty Lombard, ushers; Maya '42; Nancy Surgenar, '42, and Ruth their trans-continental tour this win- ton, properties; Virgina Brer - Gram, '43. ter. td, recorder; Helen Barnett, book- Virginia Martin, '42; Patricia 0'- Ballet Fascinated Her tader; Grace Helen arton, assis- Ferrall, '42; Harriet Heames, '42; When but a pretty black-haired girl tant for costumes; and Betty Hoag, Marjorie Nield, '43; Linda George, of 13, Marie Jeanne witnessed the assistant dance chairman. '42; Nancy Beatty, '42; Betty Bailie, Monte Carlo Ballet and was so fas- '42; Mary Berg, '42; Dorothy Truip, cinated by the beauty of the dancers Initiates Are Listed '42SM; Margaret Dodge, '42; Bea- that she vowed at the time that ballet trice Snoke, '42; Alice Haas, '42; would be her life career. B" Ph Ep lo Patricia Wallace, '43; Ruth Walton, One of the first pupils of the Bs iu1 '43; Eleanor Greenbaum, '43; June American School of Ballet when it Mu Phi Epsilon, national musical Holmquist, '40Ed; Marian Dough- j opened in 1934 in New York, she sorority, announces the initiation of erty, '43; Betty Stout, '41; Eleanor trained intensively for three years, si w n Sunay. Rakestraw, '43, and Betty Ann Neal, following which she joined the newly The new membes of the society 43, are also included on this list. formed Ballet Caravan in 1937. That are: Joan Bondurant, '41SM; Julia Other hostesses on Friday after- year Marie Jeanne gave her first pro-' SchaafsmaGrad.;nAnnduehnr'441; noon will be Agnes Goldberg, '43; fessional performance ith the co Margaret Woodruff '41M; Mary Janice Baxter,''43;.Jean Engel, '41; pany in the Town Hall at Saybrook. Stubbins, '40SM; and Julia Teinker, Isabel Ross, '43; Lois Kuhlman, '43; Conn. Grad. Pauline Shear, '43; Betty Altman, This was the beginning of an eas- Following the initiation ceremo- '42; Mary Alice McAndrew, '40SM; tern tour which has developed into nies, the Ann Arbor alumnae chap- Betty Pusch, '42; Margaret Gabriel, a transcontinental jaunt for the past ter of the sorority entertained the in- '42; Nancy Gardner, '42; Betty two years, and which has won for her itiates with a supper at the home of Whitely, '42; Gertrude Mohlin, '42A; acclaim in every part of the nation. Mrs. Dana Seeley, where the cere- Ruth Ann Bohnsack, '43; Phyllis Today, Marie Jeanne is hailed by crit- monies were held. Ava Case, in- Reynolds, '43; Janet Bailey, '41; ics as the most outstanding native structor of piano in the School of Margaret Hadsell, '42; Dorothy Mer- ballerina the country has known. Music, played a solo for the group. 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