THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1957 THE MICHIGAN DATIM I& I IMP lprim THURSAY, MRCH 1, 195 THU Ta~IESwt'W BAJ1LV mrkJ ~V PAGE FIPR d BUILT ON TRADITION: Maize, Blue Teams To Compete I - - -1 '~ . COEDS PRACTICE-Rehearsals are well under way for this year's Junior Girls' Play which will be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 21, 22 and 23. Juniors Naome Theme For Forthcoming Each year Frosh Weekend gives freshman women the opportunity to gain experience in college com- mittee work. The purpose of Frosh Weekend is three-fold: 1) To unite the freshman class in a mutual rro- Ject, promoting friendship and cooperation among its members. 2) To teach students the funda- mentals of committee work and the art of working together. 3) To acquaint first year students with the League and its functions. Frosh Weekend, as it is known today, had its origin in the Fresh- man Spread which was outmoded in the early twenties. Freshman Pageant The next freshman project was a freshman pageant called "The History of Music" which was giv- en in 1924. This pageant was a series of dances performed by freshman coeds. The dances in- cluded primitive, Grecian and modern dance forms. This pa- geant was given as entertainment at the traditional Lantern Night. This outdoor spectacle, performed just before sundown, was con- tinued for almost 10 years. 1933 found the campus laboring under the depression.. Economic necessity forced the freshman wo- men to look for a new form of; project which would make them self-supporting. Coeds devised a women's date night held after the Lantern Night festivities. They provided entertainment in the form of a tap chorus, a waltz chorus and a singing chorus. Mardi Gras For the next two years, various projects were tried. In 1934 an all campus dance was held and in 1935 the freshman project took the form of a Mardi Gras. There was a musical floorshow, fortune telling, dancing and the corona- tion of a May queen, elected by campus ballot. Tradition won out and in 1936 the freshmen returned to their pageant of dances held in con- junction with Lantern Night. The freshman "Fiesta", as it was named, was the first time the pageant was made an all-campus affair. It was a humorous fantasy com- posed of dialogue, dancing and music. In 1937 nien were invited for the first time. Some variety was added in 1938 in the form of "Strawberry So- cial" and "Hayseed Hc p", "Straw- berry Social" was an old-fash- ioned ice cream social held on the lawn of the~ League with the freshman coeds serving strawber- ry sundaes. The following year the fresh- men sponsored a dance and pre- sented a floor show. To insure a good crowd, the ireshmen coeds crganized a date bureau. Stage Parade A similar dance was held in 1940 while the freshman "Project Parade" was added to the even- ing's events in 1941. This wasI composed of a parade of women representing housing units on campus and was held at intermis- sion time. The "Freshman Project" was discontinued during the war years. In 1948 the freshmen were again united into a class project, Frosh Weekend. This was the brainchild of Panhellenic and As- sembly Association who felt the need for the freshmen to learn the fundamentals of committee work early in their college years. CLIP THIS HANDYd PHONE DIRECTORY OF THENEW Alpha Phi Omega .......... . Assembly Association ........ Big Ten Residence Halls ...... College Councils ............ Council of Religious Groups ... Engineering Groups......... Fraternity Buyers Assoc. ...... Gilbert & Sullivan Soc. ...... . Inter-Coop. Council......... Inter-Fraternity Council ...... Inter-House Council ......... International Student Assoc. . J-Hop .................... Junior Inter-Fraternity ....... Michigan Union, League ...... N. A. A. C. 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WC B N CAMPUS BROADCASTING NETWORK Serving Students of the University of Michigan Residence Halls 24 Hours a Day. WCBN is the Voice of the Campus. r .. . USED BOOKS.- By MARY BETH GODFROY Junior coeds are going to "Live It Up" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings March 21, 22 and 23 when they present their annual Junior Girls' Play in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Although the title of this year's play has been revealed, the plot of the production will remain a secret until opening night. This is in keeping with the tradition of the play. Rehearsals have been in full swing for three weeks with coeds practicing their songs and dances each afternoon and evening at the League. Although studies and date life have suffered, the production is nearing completion. Women who are working on the properties and scenery commit- tees, headed by Beverley Dunn and Roxanne Peterson, have be- come "jacks-of-all-trades." A script calling for unusual props and settings has made them work extra hours devising these fea- tures of the play. The play was an outgrowth of an idea by Mrs. Myra Jordon, Dean of Women in 1904, that the junior women should present a skit in honor of the graduating seniors. The first show, staged by six coeds, was a skit which told the story of "Buster Brown at Michigan." Molly Dwan, chairman of this year's production, has promised a very enjoyable play, complete with humor and "catchy" songs, for those coeds and their dates who attend the three perform- ances. Assisting Miss Dwan with the actual staging and directing of the play are Jane Abeshouse, as- sistant general chairman, Cathy Clark, stage manager and Joan Krasberg, director. Tickets will be on sale at the Lydia Mendelssohn box office the week of the play. -Bob Marshall's t L Jr 6 a x::a: :: y, r, s aX..j.; a. 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