29. 1947 TH F Al C UTW-A V YT5TT V _ _I t. -- _ _ _ . ....... __ ._.. .. PAGE FT r Ticket Sales For Dance Will Begin 'Manila Square' Proceeds To Benefit Philippine 'U'; Doolittle To Provide Music 0 'The Best Years,' JQ Play, ASSOCIATED PRESS To Have Final The curtain will ring up on the final performance of "The Best Years." Junior Girls Play, at 8:30 p.m. today in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Tickets for the play are still Staging Today Tickets for "Manila Square," a available from 2 to 8:30 p.m. today country-style dance to benefit the at the Lydia Mendelssohn box of- University of the Philippines, will fice. go on sale next week in the Union, "The Best Years" is a musical the League desk, campus book- comedy concerning the strug- stores and a booth in University -- Hall. The dance will be given fromE 9 p.m. t. midnig4ht Saturday, Apr il 19. in Watrma n Cyma ium. Tim+ Doolittlepand hiro band -ill e-a Since numerous formal dances are being pre ented 'riday night1 the committee ha: dcided to B b S r n make "Manila Square," a semi- coed-bid affair. Both men and The Michigan Technic will pro- women may invite dates. This sent the annual spring Slide Rule arrangement will allow women Ball, featuring Bob Strong and his to relay their formal dates, orchestra, fiom 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.# "Manila Square" is being pre- I Friday, April 18, in Waterman sented by the Joseph Ralston Hay- Gymnasium. den Memorial Library Committee Tickets are now available to the to raise money to rebuild at the whole campus and may be pur- University of the Philippines a chased from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in I gles of women students for rec- ognition on campus, beginning in 1870 when Madelon Stock- well was the first woman to be admitted to the University. All roles in the production are taken by junior women, including those of participants in a Re- gent's meeting, football players. a bartender and a "Barbershop Quart'et." Thirteen original musical numbers are presented. Songs fnr the play were written by Avis MCrilles, Nancy Schiller, Betty Spillman, Ruthann Perry Fitz erald and Marty Delano. "The Best Years" was written, acted and produced by junior coeds under the chairmanship of Doris Miller and directed by Kathleen Watson and Betty Stew- art. Junior Girls Play as been pre- sented annually since 1904 in honor of the graduating wamen. The first production was staged in Sarah Caswell Angell Hall in Barbour Gymnasium. Later the plays were given in the Whitney Theatre downtown, when it was first opened to men in Ann Ar- bar. From 1922 to 1928 the proceeds from the play were added to the League Building fund. JG Play was very elaborate at, this time, often having a week's run. Since 1920 the play has been presented in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. For several years the plays were written by graduate students, alumni and even professional writers. "Take It from There" and "There's Room for All," staged respectively in 1945 and 1946 were written by junior women. Women T old How To Test RONu rmprak, E v , p NEWS ------ ---- library which will be named in honor of Joseph Ralston Hayden, former professor of political sci- ence here. Since the theme of the dance will be country-style, women are requested to wear peasant skirts and men to wear blue jeans, fa- tigues, or other very informal clOthes. Doolittle and his band will play special numbers for square dan- cing in addition to their regular music for social dancing. There will be three regular dances and one old-fashioned square dance to each set. Decorations and programs will also fit the country dance theme. Cokes will be available to the dancers at the refreshment bar. 'Beaux Arts' Ticket Sales Will Continue Tickets are on sale this week in each of the eight houses of West Quad for "Beaux Arts," the cos- tume ball to be presented from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, April 18, in the Union Ballroom. The (lance, which takes the place of their annual spring for- mal, is being sponsored by the residents of West Quad. However, invitiations have been sent to several other men's residences, in- cluding Fletcher Hall and Vaughan Houses. All women attending "Beaux Arts" will receive 1:30 a.m. late permission. Lee Stewart and his orchestra will provide the music for dancing in a Parisian artists' atmosphere. Hundreds of balloons suspended from the ceiling have been added to the decorations. The committee has announced that prizes will be awarded for the best and most original cos- tumes. The possibility of having a parade of floats before the dance is still being discussed. WAA Clubs Plan Meetings Today THE WAA OUTING CLUB will open its spring season with a hike to Saginaw forest at 1:30 p.m. to- day. The group will assemble at Bar- bour Gym and begin the trip from there, planning to return by 4:30 p.m. Plans will be discussed at this time for this season. The club will have a full program in- cluding hosteling, canoe trips and bicycle trips. Everyone interested is invited to attend and first semester fresh- men are eligible. Those having questions may call Joan Richard- son, club manager, at 3018. * e THE WAA SWIMMING CLUB will meet al 10 p.m. today in the Union Pool. Parties Scheduled Informal record dances sched- uled for today will be given by Alpha Delta Phi, Sigma Phi Delta, Tau Delta, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa, Delta Sigma Delta, Zeta Beta Tau, Phi Upsilon, Sigma Phi Upsilon. Pi Lambda Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Nu and Phi Kappa Psi. Alpha Rho Chi will present an open house from 5 to 6 p.m. to- morrow. University Hall, at the Engine Arch and in the Union. The ball is traditionally formal and men owning tuxedos are urged to wear them. However, because of the acute shortage of men's evening attire the dance has been publi- cized as "formal-optional." Decorations Feature Slide Rule The decorations committee plans to carry out the engineering theme with several large slide rules, blue- prints and revolving gears. The dance programs will also bear an engineering design. Bob Strong and his orchestra have recently been in demand for college dances in the Midwest. After establishing himself on the national radio networks, Strong moved to the Eastern ballroom cir- cuit and then into the Midwestern college dance circuit. Featured with Strong's orchestra are Jo Ann Talley and Don Bailey, vocal- I N T E N T W A T C H E R S- Roger Atwood King, 3, and his cat, Cicero, are interested observers of Oscar, a pet turtle, in the King home in Whittier, Calif. LAST RESORT-The name of the girl and the idetification of the two gadgets were lost. ists, and Johnny Carroll, trumpe- ter. Sheer N ln l ons Late Permission Granted Women attending the dance will A misunderstanding as to the receive 1:30 a.m. late permission means used by hosiery companies through the Office of the Dean of to indicate the sheerness or ser- Women. The central committee viceability of nylon stockings stated that corsages will not be seems to be widespread among worn except by the guests of the American women. ball committee members. The "gauge" of nylons, contrary Arrangements have been made to popular opinion, does not indi- with the University to have late cate the sheerness of the hose. A bus runs out to Willow Run Vil- gauge is actually a knitting unit lage in order to accommodate on a hosiery machine that mea- residents of the Village who will be sures one and one-half inches. attending Slide Rule Ball The The number of yarns needled to committee has a list ofthe names each gauge determines the con- and addresses of babysitters in struction of the stockings. There- An AddrssesWoflbabysittersifore, 51 gauge hose are 6 yarns Ann Arbor and Willow Village heavier to each one and one-half available for that evening. inches than 45 gauge hose. .am.u. "Denier" tells the actual weight us Activity of the yarns. The term is com- parable to "thread" in silk, and Point System "ply" in wool yarn. The higher the denier, the heavier will be the Changes M ade yarns. In nylon and rayon, 20 denier, 30 denier and 40 denier' A number of changes and ad- correspond to silk 2 thread, 3 ditions have been made to the sys- thread and 4 thread, respective- tem of giving coeds points for the ly, in determining the thickness work they have done in extra- of a stocking. curricular activities. Denier determines sheerness All the points given are for one and may be shown by stretching semester or for the duration of a hose over the palm of the hand. project. Heads of student govern- Gauge determines construction, ment committees receive 10 points, which may be seen by stretching and members receive 4. hose over the back of the bana. Additional points for activities At present there is a scarcity of are Play Production, 4; pledge 51 gauge knitting machines, but teas chairmen, 4; members 0-2: thos does not mean that sheer 20 Michigan Maize; heads of com- denier hose may not be purchased. mittees, 7-8; members, 4-6; par- o