ryt-a vl AY 7,. 1948 'ti i.i1cli 1 i 1 11. tI .THE aa. MTC...: T4s..l~n hAT~.ATIV~f 1.*J'.4.. .Aa.. n i tar:ii, c i Y IFC To Present 16th Bail Today Long's Bandmenj Will Entertain Johnny Long and his orches- tra featuring songstress Natalie and the Beachcombers quartet will be in Ann Arbor tonight to provide the music for the 16th an- nual IFC Ball to be presented from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Intra- mural Building. Long, the only "south-paw vio- linist" on record, graduated from Duke University in 1935, and with the band lie organized in college, started off professionally. Johnny climbed steadily to the top and is now world-famous for his record- ings of "Shanty Town" and "Blue Skies." Each year Johnny Long and his orchestra make a nationwide tour hitting almost every large town from coast to coast and devoting a special period for visiting the South where Long was the first to bring a name band. Also on hand tonight will be Johnny Long's vocalist, tiny Janet Brace, and drummer Floyd Sullivan. Women attending the formal r will be granted 1:30 a.m. late per- mission. Corsages may be worn by dates of committee members only. Sorosi Gather For Weekend Convention By MARY ANN HARRIS Back in those other "long skirted" days in the year 1886 six of undoubtedly the newest "new look" coeds who then roved the campus with only 200 feminine competitors formed the first so- rority on campus. This weekend more than 100 Collegiate Sorosis members and alumni, who have appropriately taken their name from the New York Sorosis which was the first incorporated women's club in the country, will descend on campus for their Triennual Convention Opening with a tea from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the sorority house, and continuing wtih a dinner at 7 p.m. at the Union, the conven- tion scheduled for today will be climaxed with an evening pro- gram by "Daughter sorosi" and the alumni groups. In "dramatizing" what mother sorosi have been telling them dur- ing the tender pre-college years about those dear old college days" the "daughters" plan to help, with humor and pathos, bring back the sentiments of the past to the watching alums. Saturday convention activities will swing underway in the morn- ing with a business meeting at the League, followed by a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. given by the Detroit Alumni and final initiation of this year's pledge class to be held at 5 p.m. at the house. Terminating the weekend whirl will be a ban- quet at 6:30 p.m. at the Union. In charge of the convention are Mrs. Daniel Quirk and Mrs. Harry Hally of the Ann Arbor Alumni. President of the Ann Arbor group Mrs. Peter Van Boeven, Detroit alumni president, Mrs. James A. Lafer and Lee Nack, former active president of Sorosis will assist with the affair. 1 4 SAN Accuracy in following your doc- tor's orders is the watchword of the Rexall Pharmacist. Give him your next prescription -_ for accuracy's sake! BANDMASTER JOHNNY LONG Casbah Plans, Study Escape For Students Coeds and Michigan men weary from the "bluebook week" and the highflying social schedule of the past few weeks, will find op- portunity for informal relaxation and pleasure at the Casbah's "Juke Box Saturday Night" to be presented from 9 to 12 p.m. Sat- urday. A welcome letdown for tired, sunburned, field tripped and over partied students will be provided by the atmosphere of informality set by bridge games, ping pong, dancing, and "just a sittin." The usual charge for Casbah dances will be dropped to rock bottgm to fit overworked student purses, and both stags and couples may attend. Newly appointed coeds who are "taking over" the Casbah for this season and the next are Jackie Reid, chairman; Jackie Ward, floorshow; Ellie Mittle- field and Pauline Zimmerman, floorshow assistants; Ann Saur, posters and decorations; Jo Bell, assistant; Mary Ann Harris, pub- licity and Bernice Calkins, per- sonnel. By MARILYN JONES and MARJE SCHMIDT TFC BALL will be the main social event on the calendar this weekend which will include parties in honor of mothers, plus a sprinkling of spring formals and fraternity parties. Betsy Barbour has chosen Al Chase to provide dance music for their formal, "Spring Song,' tonight. The familiar 'April showers bring May flowers' will be woven into a theme for decoration. The entry hall is to create the showery effect, while numerous flowers carry through the idea in the ballroom. The Sigma Nu fraternity is'quite excited about a guest whom they are honoring at dinner tonight. The gentleman is an alumni of the Sigma Nu chapter at Duke, and is none one other than maestro of the weekend, Johnny Long. Tomorrow, the Tri Delts will honor their initiates at a formal to be held at the house. Following dinner at the Allenel, coeds and their dates will return and dance to the music of Art Starr and his sextette. Decorations promise to transport the dancers to far Hawaii. THE DKE's have invited the Psi U's to an exchange dance Satur- day, a practice too much neglected in promoting friendly relations. Bart Rogers and his five piece combo will play for the group. Our faithful stand-bys, soda-pop and ice cream will be served for refresh- ment. * * * A Mother's Day weekend has been planned by 'both the Chi Phi fraternity and the Delts. The parties will follow approximately the same schedule at both houses. After arrival on Saturday afternoon, the mothers will dine and then attend the Glee Club concert or a show. On Sunday the fellows will give their 'best girls' corsages and escort them to church. Over Saturday night the merr will retreat to the Union or elsewhere to make room for some thirty mothers in both houses. The members of A O Pi have planned a date-dance in honor of their new initiates. It is an informal affair, and the party will be dancing to the music of their favorites-on record. Balloons and streamers of their sorority colors, red and white, will be strung decoratively around the house. Saturday will find the Lambda Chi's entertaining their brother chapter and dates from Michigan State at a picnic and softball game. When the game has been called because of dark, the group will return to the house and dance. It is to be record party, but the dancers will find themselves weaving in and out of rose-draped trellises that will produce the called-for spring surroundings. KAPPA SIGMA will entertain their dates a bit differently this week- end. They have planned a theatre party, attending first the Glee Club concert, and then returning to the house to dance. Newberry and Barbour, the sister dorms, have both made plans for an open house on all floors this Sunday afternoon. This will give parents and friends a chance to see where the coeds are spending the better part of their lives. These affairs usually last several hours dur- ing which time the groups play bridge, chat and are served refresh- ments by their hostess. Zeta Tau Alpha will be holding an open house this Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. Invitations have been sent to the professors who polished apples for the Zeta booth at Michigras. All others who are at all interested are welcome to attend. The architectural fraternity, Alpha Rho Chi, will sponsor their annual Greenwich Dance both today an tomorrow. It is to be a cos- tume affair, and all those attending will portray some story book character. Ticket Sales Open For Ensemble-48 . . Open ticket sales will continue throughout today for Ensmble-48. the latest "tradition" dance sponsored by the combined pro- fessional music fraternities which will be presented from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. today in the League Ball- room. Tickets for the semi-formal event may be purchased in Harris Hall and the music school, and will also be sold at the door. Unique decorations and enter- tainment will be features of the dance. Life sized silhouettes of caricature instrumentalists will line the walls and the programs will present souvenir replicas of these decorations. Sponsored by Sigma Alpha Iota, Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi Mu Alpha and Kappa Kappa Psi, the dance will offer intermission musical en- tertainment including a feature act with Harry Wheeler in a take off on "the life of a musician." Joe Jamieson will wield the baton for the evening. Coeds To March Traditional 'Forty During Lantern Night Ceremony, May 17 By MARGARET FROSTIC Thirty-five years o! iradition will accompanytthe coeds on their march around the campus' origi- nal "forty acres" at the annual Lantern Night festivities May 17. As the program originated in 1913, a field day was held at Palmer Field. Here all women on campus participated in the games, races and picnic lunch which comprised the program. Maypole dances formed the pro- gram in 1923 after which class stunts became the tradition. In 1927 the freshmen pageant was inaugurated, portraying the race of the fleet-footed maiden. At- lanta. Line of March Originated in 1932 Coeds held their celebration after dark for the first time in 1932. The line of march originat- ed this year as participants marched around Palmer Field in a hierarchy of class. In 1936 the freshmen presented a pageant entitled 'Oz U'. The tin woodsman, Dorothy, and the lyon attended classes, slept through lectures and struggled througfl. bluebooks in the imaginary uni- Versity. Juniors Carried Hoops The name Lantern Night grew from the symbols which each class carried at the program in the early days. The seniors carried Japanese lanterns and juniors carried hoops. Today the five senior women who lead the line of march. carry the lanterns. According to tra- dition juniors wear yellow hair- bows, sophomores wear red bows and freshmen the perennial green. In the line of march each senior is flanked by four underclassmen. Formerly leaders of the line of march were outstanding women from each class. Today the lead- ers of the march are the women holding the five highest positions in women's activities. These in- clude the President of the League, Chairman of Judiciary Council, WAA President and the presidents of Panhellenic and Assembly As- sociations. Residents of Martha Cook Building recently named their officers for the coming year. Georgiana Benesh was elect- ed president; Ruth Briegel, vice-president; Ann Mosher, secretary; Mary Ellen Lavely, treasurer; Janet Gildersleeve, senior representative and Pa- tricia Reed, junior representa- tive. _ __ T t Acres r - i , f t 4 t 61 ; , 'K-. ~ / r .1 DRESS SHEERS Nylons by : .., y : : . ..4 .., i 4. . C{ 8{ a0 .hl s *- Im { ! Now at a new "1 S y / %'-. a., ., /i low price . . . 1 .95 formerly . . . 2.25 ::: ., %r : i Prim's dress sheers, model molded and sleek for subtle leg flattery, 51 gauge, 15 denier in sirocco or zephyr. 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