T~E T 4>i~i~TTi --'- a .. at 4 a... a~ . . .7V1S AG9 I .a . +.'.a:Y iii. i V' Wi'i'1I.ISL13, 'L1 'L" ". a. -1.i 1 . A . f71 H a:: a.' a. Y Script-Writer Geraldine Elliott To Speak at Recognition Night War Council Petitions Must Be In by April m \MOMMOMME Hike To Be Held USO To Hold / ..11 Sweet c etera 19 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' 7 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. 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