MARCH 2, 1950
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JGP, Senior Night Tradition
Interwoven For Half Century
Coed Betrothed
Tennis Club To Make Plans
For Coming Spring Season
By PAT BROWNSON
Junior Girl's Play and Senior
f Night traditions are interwoven
into a fascinating tale which dates
back through almost a half cen-
tury of campus history.
Junior classes come and go, but
with their departure they leave
memories of a play which required
months of planning, hard work
and lengthy rehearsing.
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THE FIRST JGP was the out-
growth of a skit dealing with Bus-
ter Brown at Michigan given at
the traditional Senior Swing-out
in 1904. (The Swing-out was later
discontinued.)
Mrs. Myra Jordan, dean of
women, suggested at the time
that the junior women write
and present a play in honor of
the graduating class.
"Everysenior," the 1904 JGP
and first one ever to be presented,
was the result. The play was a tra-
vesty on the old morality play,
"Everyman."
* * *
THE 1907 JGP, "Don Quixote,
the Co-ed Knight" marked the be-
ginning of interest in the play on
the part of men. An editorial in
The Daily stated that the "mascu-
line element of the campus re-
sented being barred from 'the gay
little functions held under Mrs.
Jordan's eye' ".
First play to be performed
more than 'once took place in
1909. "Martiagan" was present-
ed for senior women only on the
first night, while the secon.i
show was open to all women on
i campus.
"The Come Back" in 1915 re-
presented Ann Arbor in 2002, an
institution of learning for wo-
men only, since all the men had
left years ago to fight in the World
War. The play dealt with the re=
turn of men to Michigan after a
fierce battle with the dean of wo-
men. It was the first play to be
performed outside of Ann Arbor,
when the cast went to Toledo.
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ANOTHER UNUSUAL feature of
the 1915 JGP was that senior wo-
men attended the play in a body
in their caps and gowns for the
first time. Prof. John L. Brumm of
the journalism department also
undertook direction of JGP for
the first time. He continued as di-
rector until 1925.
With the advent of "Jane
Climbs a Mountain" in 1923, the
Panhel Petitions
Petitioning for positions on
the Panhel newspaper will be
open Tuesday and Wednesday
of next week. Positions include
editorial and business editors,
cartoonist, and three staff
members.
doors of the play were opened
to men.
A Detroit newspaper, came out
in the 1920's with the declaration
that JGP was ready to compete
with the Union Opera. This re-
port was speedily denied by The
Daily, which asserted that the pri-
mary purpose of the play was to
honor senior women.
* * *
"SENIOR SUPPER" was the
name given to present "Senior
Night" activities.
Senior women were seated in
blocks. Senior class officers,
YWCA officers and its cabinet,
members of the social commit-
tee, and those affiliated with
Mortarboard and Senior So-
ciety sat together.
These groups also led the tradi-
tional parade of seniors in later
years from the Union to the Whit-
ney Theatre to see JGP. "Gold" in
1919 was the first play to be held
at the Whitney. Junior women
were appointed as marshals to ac-
company seniors in the march.
* * *
IN 1936 all senior women were
allowed to wear their caps as
well as gowns for the first time
on "Senior Night." Formerly
members of Mortarboard and Sen-
ior Society only could wear caps.
Not until 1937 was the tradi-
tional ceremony in which en-
gaged women suck lemons and
marriedwomen blow out candles
inaugerated.
This ceremony was formerly
performed at the annual. senior
breakfasts. Women wearing fra-
ternity pins must select common
pins for the occasion.
After the completion of the Lea-
gue, JGP and Senior Night took
place there. Before going into the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theater sen-
ior women would parade through
the League singing.
Staff Members.
To Be Honored
Staff members of women's resi-
dences who have had a perfect
attendance at meetings of this se-
mester's Residence Staff Insti-
tute will be awarded certificates at
the final meeting of the Institute
today.
About 50 staff members have
qualified to receive these certifi-
cates.
The topic of the final meeting
will be "The Role of the Staff
Member as a Consultant." Mem-
bers of the planning committee of
the Institute have worked in con-
junction with Dr. Bernard Hymo-
vitch and Miss Jeanne Watson, of
the Research Center for Group
Dynamics, in planning this topic.
The meeting will be followed
by a luncheon at thebLeague.
With the coming of spring and
warm weather, coeds' thoughts na-
turally turn to such outdoor sports
as tennis.
All campus women who are in-
terested in joining the Tennis
Club are asked to attend the spring
League To Gi*ve
Record Concert
The League Council will pre-
sent a record concert from 7 to 8
p.m. today on the Concourse of
the League.
The program as announced will
consist of "Scherherazade" by
Rimsky-Korsakov and Haydn's
"Surprise Symphony".
The League's new public address
system will be used for the con-
cert. By means of this system,
records can be heard simultane-
ously in the Hussey Room, the
main dining room, the Ballroom
and on the Concourse if so de-
sired.
Franck's Symphony No. 1 in D
Minor and the "Romeo and Juliet
Overture" by Tschaikovsky will
comprise Sunday's concert which
will take place in the League Ball-
room.
organizational meeting at 5:10 p.-
m. today in the WAB.
Members of the club will have
an opportunity to play on the Pal-
mer Field tennis courts this spring
free of charge.
"Beginners, intermediates and
advanced players are invited to
join," said Nancy Somers, mana-
ger of the club. The club will be
divided into these three sections,
each group meeting weekly at a
separate time so that coeds will13e
playing with those on their own
level of skill.
Instruction will be offered to
beginners and anyone else who de-
sires it by Miss Mary Smeltzer,
club advisor, Miss Somers and
some of the advanced members of
the club.
Spring club activities will in-
clude two tennis tournaments, a
singles and a doubles play-off.
Coeds are asked to furnish their
own balls but may rent racquets
at WAB if they wish.
Michigras
Representatives from groups
who will man booths at Michi-
gras. will meet at 4 p.m. today
in the Union.
Sigma Nu has been addlad to
the list of booth-holders to re-
place two organizations that
have withdrawn.
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Engagements Announced
By Parents of Brides-To-Be
The betrothal of Jo Ann Lyons
to Lawrence Madison Shaw has
been announced.
Miss Lyons is the daughter of
Mrs. J. G. Lyons of Ann Arbor and
'the late Mr. Lyons. Mr. Sha%'s
parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Shaw, also of Ann Arbor.
The bride-elect is a senior in
elementary education. She is af-
filiated with Alpha Xi Delta and
Scroll, and is League publicity
chairman and distribution man-
ager of the 'Ensian.
Mr. Shaw, a senior in the School
of Business Administration, is a
member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. He
played on the 150-pound football
team for two years.
A summer wedding is
planned.
Interviewing
Will Reopen
being
Walters-Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. George O. Walters,
Sr., of Hazel Park have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Pauline Virginia to Charles Wil-
liam Ferguson, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Ferguson, Sr., of East
Tawas.
Miss Walters is a junior in the
literary college. Mr. Ferguson is
a senior in the same college.
The wedding will take place
June 25 in Detroit.
Tournament
To Continue
Birds will. again whiz over the
badminton nets in Barbour Gym
where the women s tournament
will continue with play-offs to-
day.
Coeds whose last names begin
with the letters P through T will
play their first games at 7:15 p.m.
today while U through Z will be-
gin play-offs at 8:15 p.m. today.
Jeri Mulson, director of the
tournament, has also contacted
several participants to play at 8:15
p.m. today.
Women will be able to rent rac-
quets at the gym, but must suply
their own birds.
Winners of last Saturday and
today's games should contact
their next opponents and play
their next game between 3 and 5
p.m. Friday and between 1:30 and
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DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
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Delta Sigma Pi: Business meet-
ing, 7:30 p.m., chapter house.
Modern Poetry Club: 7:30 p.m.,
Garden Room, League. Bring Os-
car Williams' anthology.
A.D.A.: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rm.
3A, Union. Speaker: Prof. S. J.
Eldersveld. Topic: "Eyewitness ac-
count of the British Elections."
Square and Folk Dance Club
t Meeting: 7:30-9:45 p.m., Women's
Athletic Bldg.
Arts Chorale: 7-8:15 p.m., Reg-
ular rehearsal, Rm. B, Haven Hall.
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Coming Events
Deutscher Verein: Open meet-
ing, Thurs., Mar. 23, 7:30 p.m.,
Hussey Room, League. Speaker:
Prof. Norman L. Willey. Topic:
"The German Language and its
Neighbors."
University Marketing Club: "De-
veloping the Market for a New
Product." Mr. Louis P. Butensch-
oen, manager, Solvents Sales, Dow
Chemical Company. 7:30 p.m.,
Thurs., Mar. 23, 130 Business Ad-
ministration Bldg. Open meeting.
U. of M. Hostel Club: Open
meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Mar.
23, Lane Hall. Round-table dis-
cussion by 5 foreign students on a
subject concerned with the life of
a student in countries from which
they have come.
International Center Weekly Tea:
4:30-6 p.m., Thurs., Mar. 23.
IZFA: Open meeting, Thursday
evening, Hillel Foundation. Spe-
cial presentation by Haoleh, IZFA
chalutz group. Movies.
Because of recent approval of
the new League constitution, pe-
titioning for orientation leaders
for next fall will be reopened
starting with interviews to be held
from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday
through Friday in Rm. D of the
League.
The new constitution states that
the orientation committee shall
hold interviews each spring for
those wishing to be orientation
leaders for the next fall semester.
Leadership positions are open
to any woman on campus who
possesses an eligibility card, but
the committee particularly wishes
to have sophomores and students
in the schools of engineering, mu-
sic, pharmacy, and forestry and
conservation apply.
According to Jody Johnson,
chairman of the committee, it is
not necessary that interviewees
write out a full petition, but they
must fill out the front page peti-
tion sheet, giving the necessary
data required there.
Appointments for interviews
may be made by signing up on
the bulletin board in the Under-
graduate Office of the League.
Those who have already petition-
ed for leaderships need not re-
petition.
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The Water Safety Instructors'
Course will be conducted by the
Red Cross between April 24 and
May 4 at the Intramural Pool.
First meeting, 7:30 p.m., Mon.,
April 24; subsequent meetings will
be announced then. The course is
open to both men and women. To
be eligible one must hold a cur-
rent Senior Life Saving Certificate
and be at least 19 years of age.
Anyone interested should sign up
in Office 15, Barbour Gymnasium.
U. of M. Sailing Club: Business
meeting and shore school, 7:30
p.m., Thurs., Mar. 23, 311 W. En-
. ginecring.
Michigan Crib: Meeting, 8 p.m.,
Thurs., Mar. 23, Kalamazoo Room,
League. Topic: "The Adoption of
the Proposed Constitution." All
members are requested to attend.
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