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Script-Writer Geraldine Elliott
To Speak at Recognition Night
War Council
Petitions Must
Be In by April
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By Outing Club
The Outdoor Sports Club will meet
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in front of the
Novelty Dance
Hostesses' Gift to Serviceman
"Tomorrow the Woman" will b
the subject of Geraldine Elliott, main
speaker at Assembly Recognition
Night which will take place at 8 p.m
Wednesday, April 15, in the Lydia
Mendelssohn Theatre.
Miss Elliott writes the "Hermit's
Cave" and "Victory F.O.B." in addi-
tion to being director of scripts at
Station WJR in Detroit.
She received her MA degree at
Vichigan in 1935, but has also at-
tended the University of Wisconsin
and Albion College. After college she
spent several years as a "teacher of
dramatics in East Lansing high
school.
Free-Lance Writer
It was then that Miss Eliott decided
to try her luck at radio dramatics, in
which she had always been interested.
At first she acted merely as a free-
lance writer selling her stories to the
various radio stations; later she be-
came assistant dramatic writer for
WJR and since then has been pro-
moted rapidly.
In addition to Miss Elliott's part
in the program, the honoraries, Sen-
ior Society, Mortarboard and W yvern
will give information and amusing
skits about their activities.
Women who have been outstand-
ingly active in war work and in
Sawyer Plans
Saddle Swing
Informality will be the keynote of
tonight's dance at the League, with
Bill Swayer's band providing the
latest hit tunes.
All coeds, servicemen and civilians
are, invited to attend at which time
the coeds may forsake their spike
heels and slinky dresses for the order
of the evening which will be skirts,
sweaters and dirty saddle shoes.
Kenneth Norman, who won favor
with the audience last week, will again
be featured in several guitar and
specialty banjo numbers.
Sawyer and the boys will also be
on hand for the regular Saturday
dance.
The freshman women of Jordan
Hall will give a party for the men
of the West Quadrangle, V-12's
and Marines, from 7 p.m. to 9:30
p.m. todAy.
The party is under the direction
of the Jordan Hall Social Commit-
tee and will include an evening off
dancing and refreshments. All
West Quadrangle men all invited.
e ( scholarship will be given awards. At
the conclusion of the program des-
sert of punch and cake will be served
'in the Grand Rapids Room.
Tickets Sold in Houses
Tickets which are 30 cents includ-
ing tax, are now being sold by repre-
sentatives in all the independent
league houses and -dormitories on
campus. In addition, a booth has
been set up at the League where
tickets may be purchased.
The Speakers' Bureau headed by
Dorothy Servis has been visiting
various dormitories and league hous-
es in an endeavor to make participa-
tion in this event 100 per cent for
all independent women.
The Central Committee will meet
today at 5 p.m. in the League to
complete the arrangements for the
annual get-together of unaffiliated
women.
Rabbits, Easter
Basket Fillers
Are in the War
Peter Rabbit has gone to war.
Johnny Doughboy has the fillers for
ithe Easter bunny's basket in his
knapsack this year.
He has the chocolate that once
covered the five pound phenomena
eggs, in his candied rations, and his
canned rations and the gelatine for
the jelly beans in his ammunition.
Priorities on the Easter parade are,
attributed to him too. Women's frilly
suits and frillier hats will be that
way because their men in uniform
want them feminine.
Florists report that there will be
fewer flowers available for Ann Ar-
borites and Detroiters to wear be-
cause hundreds of telegraphed or-
ders from overseas are pouring in-
and because many wholesale florists
are raising vegetables this spring in-
stead of flowers.
But with a little imagination and
the help of the hens the Easter spi-
rit should be plentiful if not even
more healthy. There is a lot of East-
er dye on hand and egg prices have
descended from 65c and now range
from 39c to 53c a dozen.
A substitute covering-looking and
tasting something like chocolate, has
been devised. Bright colored sugar
decorations of cookies, cakes and
candy bars make up for the depar-
ture of chocolate covered Easter eggs.
Stuffed animals, instead of Easter
baskets, are featured this year by the'
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By NANCY GROBERG
All right, so it's spring. What does it amount to?
it's here? What are the trademarks? Who says so?
'K'.
HOw do you know
1 Petitioning for Women's War
Council will remain open through
April 7, during which time applica-
tions may be obtained in the under-
graduate office of the League.
Petitions must state the position
desired, contain plans for carrying
out the duties of the office, and must
be filled out in ink. Interviewing for
the positions will be held April 10
through April 14 and April 17
through April 20.
Information relative to the posi-
tions, including the duties they in-
volve and sample questions that in-
terviewers may ask, is posted in the
League. Petitioners are expected to
be familiar with the duties of the
office for which they apply.
President, secretary, treasurer and
social chairman of the Council will
be chosen from the applicants. The
position of Judiciary Council head
must be filled, and one junior, two
sophomores and four freshman aides
may, petition for the remainder of
the Judiciary offices.
The positions of personnel admin-
istrator, Surgical Dressings Commit-
tee chairman and Merit Committee
chairman are open. Three USO
heads will be chosen, one of whom
will be on the Council. From the
applicants, chairmen of the Child
Care Committee and Orientation-
Tutorial Committee will be appoint-
ed.
New Greek Officers
Alpha Xi Delta sorority announces
the election of the following officers
for 1944: Eugenia Schwartzbek, pres-
ident; Mary Driver, vice-president;
Beverly Baldwin, secretary; Dorothy
Callahan, treasurer; Mary Driver,
rushing chairman; Allyn Thompson
and Dorothy Kolesar, assistant, rush-
ing chairmen.
stores. Dolls, hard to get at Christ-
mas time, are coming in now.
Some Easter baskets are to be had.
They are made of domestic reeds
instead of the brightly colored Slo-
vakian ones of prewar years, and
contain the only jelly beans to be
bought.
Florists have promised to fill the
orders from Johnny Doughboy first.
The originating point of the cables is
kept a secret. What flowers are left
will be twice as expensive as last year,
dealers predict, although no prices
will be set until a few days before
Easter. Lilies will probably start at $1
a bloom, roses at $6 a dozen
Peter Rabbit is indeed in khaki.
Last year it was a simple matter. You knew it right away. Everyone
who could carry a tune and a few who couldn't, were singing "As Time
Goes By." The chances were that your roommate saw "Casablanca" five
times. Professors went right on refusing to hold classes outdoors. A few
of them shut the windows. In Music 41 classes people found it difficult to
concentrate on the structure of the symphony.. House mothers went crazy
trying to get across the importance of getting in on time.
Otherwise well-behaved coeds hung out dormitory windows, and sang
songs to themselves during lecture. The campus became a maze of pastel
coats and starched cottons. The unrationed playshoe came into its own.
The arboretum was voted the most popular spot on campus. Five people
cut a seminar that only six people were taking. Homework, study were
branded passe. Even the more academically minded shunned the study
hall.
The library steps, the steps of Angell Hall, were so crowded that any-
one who seriously harbored the hope of getting inside the buildings soon
recognized himself as a dreamer.
In short, it was spring all over the place.
This year things are not so clearly defined. Even the arboretum is be-
ginning to worry. As far as we're concerned it isn't spring until a few
minor points are settled. Not yet, it isn't spring.
First of all somebody's got to find a song. Not just any song either.
It's got to be the kind that causes acute indigestion-probably the kind that
Sinatra gives out with just before the screams. It's got to be the slow,.
frustrated kind that any female can sing to herself in the shower. It's
got to convince, everyone that it was written for her. The chances are
'that it will run through some picture. You know-the kind of music that
swells up near the end and drowns out the dialogue-such as it is-when
they're running across that windy hill together. The poignant type.
Then something stupendous has to happen-like a visit from Sinatra.
Somebody or something has to hit this town that will send every female
on campus into a coma. Sinatra would do it, all right, but a reasonable
facsimile might work. There is a logical psychological background for
this. Come spring and everyone feels as if something big were going to
happen. It never seems possible that this day could be as dull as the last.
Anything so depressing as bluebook is offset by the hopes of this "event,"
whatever it is, and people go around looking as if they knew a secret.
Without it the spring is a hopeless mess.
You see, it takes a little more than the weather to do it. It's a com-
bination of a lot of things that haven't as yet popped up. It's a feeling
that hits everyone at the same time. Smash! Bang! before you can turn
around. Then, and only then, is everyone entitled to go completely berserk.
WAB to start on a bicycle hike to TIo Be Free LOng Distance Call
the old Dexter mansion, Barbara
Fairman, manager of the club, said Highlighting the events at the Sat-
yesterday. urday informal dance at the USO, a
All servicemen, students and mem- long distance telephone call to any-
hers of the Outdoor Sports Club are where in the United States will be
invited to come. Bicycles may be "given" free to the serviceman huv-
rented at a local shop or coeds and gie"fe"ote evcmnhy
men may ride their own.r d ing the most "tokens" collected from
"It would be advisable to wear old the Junior Hostesses.
clothing for the house will probably Regiment W, under "Colonel" Shir-
be rather dusty," Miss Fairman con- ley Sickels, will sponsor the function
tinued. "The Dexter House has long which will begin at 8 p.m. and con-
been a landmark of southern Michi- tinue until midnight. The telephone
gan and is one of the best examples call for the lucky soldier, sailor or
of nineteenth century architecture marine will be made at 10:30 p.m.,
left in the state." so servicemen are urged to collect
The riders plan 'to return in time
for dinner. In case of bad weather,
the excursion will be cancelled. For
further information contact Miss
Fairman at 24514.
Organizations
Pan Dances'
Ten houses and organizations on
campus have planned dances for
tomorrow.
Theta Delta Chi fraternity has
planned an informal record dance
o be held at the chapter house from
9p.m. to midnight.'- Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Coxon and Mrs. Henry Cope
will chaperon.
From 9 p.m. to midnight the chap-
ter house of Acacia fraternity will be
the scene of a dance. The chaperons
will be Mr. and Mrs. Russel Pryce
and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Shelley.
Zeta Beta Tau will hold a radio
dance at 848 Tappan from 9 p.m. to
midnight. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ackerman and Mr. and Mrs. D.
Dascola will act as chaperons for the
evening.
The residents of Colonial house
have planned a dance to be held from
8:30 p.m. to midnight at 1345 Wash-
tenaw. The chaperons for the eve-
ning will include Mrs. E. D. Herdman
and Mr. C. O. Karkalit.
Pi Lambda Phi fraternity will hold
a dance at the Michigan Union from
9 p.m. to midnight. Mr. and -Mrs.
their tokens as quickly as possible.
The only way *that the men may ob-
tain these "Rewards" is to cut in on
the Junior Hostesses while they are
dancing. . . and every time a Hostess
has a "cut" she must surrender a
token.
Other entertainment will be of the
best, said "Colonel" Sickels. "The
Alpha Gamma Deltas have promised
to do a repeat performance on their
'Gay Nineties Review' . . . complete
with can-cans. Kappa Kappa Gam-
ma will present a barroom quartet
. while Pi Beta Phi will sponsor a
group of specialty songs."
All Junior Hostesses in Regiment
W are required to attend or send a
substitute.
J. H. Berke and Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Shwayder will chaperon.
Inter - Cooperative Council has
planned a party to be held at the
Lester Co-op House, 1102 Oakland,
from 8 p.m. to midnight. Chaperons
will include Mr. and Mrs. John
Winkelman and Mr. and Mrs. W.
Striedieck.
700 Oxford Road and the White
House are both holding a dance from
9 p.m. to midnight at 700 Oxford
Road. Mr. L. D. Niles, Dr. L. H. Laing
and Mr. and Mrs. A. Ostafin will
chaperon.
There will be a business meeting
of all members of the Women's Glee
Club at 4 p.m. today in the Kalama-
zoo Room in the League.
After successfully completing Personnel sheets of women in
their tryouts two new coeds have activities are to be turned in by
been added to the University Wo- April 6 at the undergraduate office
men's Riding Club, according to of the League b)y all committee
Kit Hammond, 144, president of the chairmen and activity heads, Mon-
club. The new members are Fay na Heath, '44, president of the
Lorden and Bernice Nemeroff. League, announced yesterday.
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