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Gala J-Hop Goes Antique
As Dorsey, Marterie Play
Famed Spa
Wide Open
For J-Hop
As a special bonus for J-Hop-
pers the Union's plush steam room
was opened on Saturday night of
the big weekend which in other
years had been one of the dance
nights.
Planned to compensate for the
one-night dance, the steam room
opening was well attended despite
competition from fraternity par-
ties and other staid forms of recre-
ation, Union executive Al Ferry,
'65E&A, revealed yesterday.
JUST HOW many couples and
stags attended the affair is not
known, but the exact figure is re-
portedly under investigation by
the Kefaufer Committee.
Carrying out the theme of the
'53 Hop, the room was decorated
in a Grande Baroque decor with
drapes borrowed from the ball-
room and soft couches stolen
from a nearby University hous-
ing project. (The housing pro-
ject's director, Peter A. Oxford,
has not yet been able to locate
the furniture but will make an
on the spot investigation to-
day.)
Amidst their plush surroundings
the group danced, played cards,
sipped gin and just relaxed. The
evening was marked by few mci-
dents, Ferry reported, although
there were several minor fights.
ONE OF these occured around
11 p.m. when a student from the
housing project accused a fellow
resident of trying to monopolize
the time of his date from the
East housing project. The tiff was
soon ,halted, however, and har-
mony reigned until closing time.
All agreed that the party was
a great success.
When quizzed about the forth-
coming Kefaufer investigation,
University President Handy
Scratcher said yesterday "This
University has nothing to fear,"
'U' Invited for Shots
All students and faculty mem-
bers interested in getting free flu
shots are cordially invited to line
up at 1 p.m. today at the Rifle
Range, ROTC big guns announced
yesterday.
An antique theme blended Friday night with 20th cen-
tury festivity to produce the hazy holiday that was 1954
JHop
J-HThe 2800 who swayed to the strains of The Sentimental
Gentleman of Swing Tommy Dorsey and stomped to the
more torrid rhythms of Ralph Marterie danced beneath a
boundless expanse of rose draperies and multi-colored lights,
harmonizing to produce a "Grand Baroque" setting.
A MARATHON evening of festivity was the program
for J-Hoppers. It all probably started around six the day of
"the dance with a party or two be-
fore dinner. This momentum car-
Parties Spr k ~ ried the couples through steak
dinners at crowded fraternity
houses or local banquet halls-
and on through a maze of festive
gatherings which shall remain for
ever unrecorded in the official an-
For C a m pus nals of the University.
By some time close to midnight
For most people, as usual, the most couples had decided they
best part of the J-Hop evening were fully prepared to venture
came in the pre-Hop, post-Hop rth to the big danc se . Thdn a
parties which abounded in Ann bedecked with a 17th century cos-
Arbor and environs Friday night. tume - and were greeted with
But this aspect of Weekend so- strictly modern rhythms which be-
cial life got the heaviest workout lied the "Grand Baroque" theme.
on the following eve, when party- And after the dance, those
throwers and goers pulled out the who were still on their feet
stops, made their way back to the
fraternity houses or the quads
THE SWITCH to a one-night for the traditional J-Hop break-
THE J-HOP COMMITTEE J-Hop stand apparently was made fasts-and ended the evening at
to order for such arrangements. 4 a.m. in mellow song and con-
If anything, the effect was to versation.
H op-per N am es Begin H ere make this weekend one of the Those who atended their first
dampest in Hop history, with no J-Hop this year might have found
formalities, such as going to a big the cloakroom lines, the crowded
Run O n, and O n, and O n ., dance, interfering with the Sat- booths, the jostling on the dance
_ _ _-_ urday festivities, floor a little disconcerting. But
Lo! A new tradition! Stephen Anderson and Joan Either University students are veteran hop-goers were inured to
Slaves to the fool thing that we Wedge, Doug Andre'ws and Cele learning to hold their alcohol or the techniques of I-M dancing.
are, we once again list contenders Williams, Art Angood and Joyce they were imbibing no more
in the J-Hop festivities by the Brenholts, John Appman and Joan than fruit-punch, for it seems FOR 1400 GIRLS, J-Hop was
names of the young gentlemen. Shay, P. Arayasatra and J. W. that not a one wound up in the an occasion to pick out a fluffy
This beggarly practice was foisted Mund, Dale Armstrong and Sue pokey. new gown. And for 1400 men, it
off last year for the first time, Martin, Pete Armstrong and Glen- Ann Arbor police reported no ing off the tux, assembling the
by an incourteous, dame-ridden na Schreiber, Clem Arrison and weekend acquisitions, as The Daily bothersome paraphenalia, inevit-
J-Hop Committee. Eta Lubke, Lysander Ashlock and went to press, and no accidents or ably finding some vital accessory
Well, it happened again. So it's Norma Powers, Russ AuWerter and pranks major enough to warrant missing at the last minute.
a tradition. Diane Decker, Dave Ayers and an entry on their blotter. There was an unusual prepon-
Frank Abbott and Mollie Pot- Marjorie McKenzie, Larry Ayers Likewise, no fires. derance of "hot" music at this
ter, Peter Abbrecht and Ann and Ruth Russel. * J-Hop, with both Dorsey and Mar-
Campman, Allen Abrams and Iso- Roger Backmann and Shirley A SEARCH for the unusual terie frequently rolling out the
bel Simms, Lee Abrams and Joy Sipperley, Bruce Bacon and Char- could turn up little more than the heavy musical artillery for a po-
Myers, Earl Abramson and Ros- lotte Havers, Pete Badhydt and tale of a drunken independent tent barrage of jazz. Couples of-
anne Rosenberg, Melyn Adelman, Ann Woodard, George Baibak and who wandered into a fraternity ten were found gathered around
and Sandra Sherwin, Don Alex- Sue Moeller, John Baity and Jeanie house J-Hop breakfast, finished the two bandstands, with the
ander and Marilyn Corwin, Bill Robinson, James Bakeman and his pint with two waiters back of floors pretty clear for the few jit-
Alexson and Marie Anarr, Gene Sylvia Van Slambrouck, James the house, and was pressed into terug experts.
Alkema and Donna Bowen, Bill Balch and Ruth Flanders, Charles service as a coffee-server. An innovation in J-Hop pro-
Allen and Aggie Dunn, Joseph Al- Balkema and Louise Klein, James It was just one of those old- cedure was the one night stand
lerdice and Marilyn Trautz, Da- Ball and Pat Stanislaw, Charles fashioned drunken, pleasant, good- in the I-M Building. Dwindling
vid Allison and Patricia Flowers, Bancroft and Donna Westerland, tempered weekends, such as to re- attendance from a post-war
Ted Amdur and Babs Zeitlin, Berlyn Baringer and Eunice store one's faitn in the eternal peak made the cut-back from
Lloyd Anderson and Velda Heine. (continued on Page 2, section z) wrongness of Carrie Nation, the traditional two-night I-M
extravaganza a must.
This year's dance should man-.
age to break even, latest reports
from the J-Rop Committee indi-
cate. Latest figures indicate that
1380 tickets were sold.
But despite the one-night
stand at the I-M Building,
J-Hop was still a weekend affair
for those who attended the
g, year's biggest social occasion.
'ostfraternities and dormitor-
ies held parties Saturday night
to follow up the dance.
The blue-suited Dorsey men are
old-timers on campus. In addi-
tion to a couple previous J-Hop
appearances, TD performed at last
fall's "Autumn Nocturne," and the
1950 IFC Bal.
Marterie on the other hand,
y+ brought his light-purple coated
- horn troupe here for the first
time. The Marterie band was
formed in 151, and has since
made big strides in the world of
OF CUTIES WAS SNAPPED INFORMALLY IN THE LADIES CLOAK ROOM music.
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