* Society By BETTY SCHULTZE With the women of the University as hostesses for numerous high school guests and college alumnae from all over, the state, one of the most socially promient week-ends of the scholastic year has just been concluded, coming to a climax on Saturday with the annual April Frolic and the Men’s Smoker. April Frolic week-end this year svas as successful as ever !n the number of guests entertained and the events scheduled for their en joyment. Spring dances, tea dances, and informals were given by the houses, with a variety of different schemes, centering around the spring motif, as the decorative basis. The Frolic itself, staged Saturday evening, climaxed the week’s pro gram with home talent entertain ment and a colorful array of cos tumes. The Men’s Smoker enter tained the male portion of the col lege that is annually excluded from this exclusively feminine evening. Spring Dances Help Entertain Frolic Guests The Alpha Xi Delta chapter house was transformed with palms and cleverly concealed blue and rose spot lights for their spring dance, Friday evening, April 13. Agnes Ferris was in charge of the decora tions. Patrons and patronesses for the dance-were Dr. and Mrs. G. S. Beardsley, Mrs. Charles A. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Reynolds, and 4Mrs. Virginia Judy Estcrly. Vari-colored hangings, odd cubis tic designs, and’ brightly hued squares and lines, carried out the modernistic motif of the Alpha Omi cron Pi dance, given Saturday after noon, from two to five o ’clock. Hand-painted programs continued with the modernistic scheme. A novel feature of the refresh ments consisted of punch served in huge steins. Feature dances were given by Edith Pearson and Jack Reynolds. Patrons and patronesses were: Mrs. Lucy Abrams, Mrs. Arthur Mincpq Mi. -and Mrs. N. B. Zanc. .V‘ * Alpha Lambda of Alpha Delta Pi entertained at an -informal dance Friday evening at the chaptor house in honor of their week-end guests. An oriental atmosphere prevailed, the dancing rooms being dimly light ed by numerous spotlights of all colors. At the far end of tlio din ing room a large Buddha watched *benignly over the guests. Clever blocked printed programs of oriental design were used. Patrons and patronesses for the affair were: Mrs. A. T. Powell, Frank Powell, Capt. and Mrs. F. M. Moore, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark. Members of Gamma Phi Beta were hostesses at a breakfast dance Sat urday from ten o’clock until one o’clock. The living and dining rooms of their chapiter house were very beautifully decorated with spring flowers. Their patrons and patronesses were: Mrs. Josephine Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Earl, and Dean Vir ginia Judy Esterly. Miss Harriet Atdliisou had charge of the dance. The upperclassmen of Gamma Zeta chapter of Sigma Nu entertain ed at a grille dance Friday evening. Patrons and patronesses for their dance were: Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kerron, and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Oberteuffer. r • • . Alpha Phi chapter house was transformed into an artist’s abode Saturday afternoon, when the mem bers entertained at a tea dance in honor of their out-of-town guests. Artistic designs and pictures formed the decorations about the rooms. Mrs. O’Day was their only patroness. # * * A fireplace banked with apple blossoms, with spring blossoms and red tulips throughout the rooms decorated the Delta Delta Delta chapter house for the tea dance on Saturday afternoon. Small tables had centerpieces of flowers. Green and yellow programs car ried the names of the patronesses, Mrs. F. Carll, Mrs. W. O. Swan, Mrs. Jessie Singleton. Calvin Horn, ’27, Herbert Brooks, ’26, Ferdinand Kruse, ’26, and James Powers, ’26, all members of Sigma Phi Epsilon, visited the local chapter over the week-end. Members of Gamma Nu entertain ed at an afternoon dance Saturday ▼ from three to five o’clock. Mrs. A. T. Powell, Mrs. J. E. Goodfellow of Longview, Washington, Mrs. V. D. Scobert, and Mrs. Elizabeth Scaeife were patronesses. Over a hundred invitations were issued for the informal tea given at the Delta Gamma chapter house I Saturday afternoon. Daffodils and palms decorated the rooms, and bridge and dancing formed the aft ernoon ’s diversions. Mrs. Catherine Yerex and Mrs. Etna Bansom were patronesses. j A “Movie Idea” dance was given by the underclassmen of Alpha Gamma Delta Friday evening. Their patrons and ^patronesses were Mr. and Mrs. Howland B. Zune and &rs. Abbie Marsh. • • * Delta Zeta sorority was hostess at a tea dance in honor of their house guests Saturday, April 14. Mr. and Mrs. C-. A. Burden, Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins, and Mrs. ; Grace E, Bussell served as patrons and patronesses during the after noon. Eta Alpha of Chi Omega enter tained at an informal grille dance ! Friday evening, April 13. Spring ! blossoms carried out the decorative j scheme, and during the evening a | feature dance was given by Camille Burton. Dorothy Davis was chair man for the affair. Patronesses ‘were Mrs. Etna Ban som and Mrs. George Beed. Dr. Herbert F. Parzen, Portland rabbi, was a week-end guest of the Delta Epsilon fraternity. Kappa Alpha Theta entertained their April Frolic guests at an in formal tea dance Saturday after noon,. using spring flowers in dec oration. Mrs. Arnold Bennett Hall, Mrs. C. B. Borer, Mrs. George Beed, and Miss Hazel Prutsman were patron esses. At a combination breakfast anil luncheon dance, cabaret style, Pi Beta Phi sorority entertained from eleven until two o’clock Saturday. Transparent, flower-painted screens covered the windows, and banked apple blossoms helped to carry out tine pasted color scheme of the rooms. Billy O ’Bryant, Kenneth Allen and Howard Boot furnished the music. Mrs. F. W. Benson was patroness. Tn honor of the Eugene mothers, members of the Girls’ Oregon club gave an informal tea cat their home Saturday afternoon. Lilacs formed the centerpiece for the ‘ tea tabid. Miss Margaret Daigh poured. Musical entertainment was fur nished during the afternoon by Juanita Wolff, Naomi Grant and Lois Tuttle. Julia Brauninger gave a skit entitled, “Paderwiski Plays the Organ.” Dean Virginia Judy Esterly, Es ther Hardy, and Edith Dodge left Monday afternoon at , four o’clock for Seattle, Washington, to attend the National Women’s League con vention. They will be gone for a week or more. A Oregon Chapter Sends Girls to Washington Five representatives from Eta Gamma chapter of Phi Mu returned Sunday night from Walla Walla, Wash., where they had gone to at tend the convention of district seven of the sorority at Whitman College. Tau chapter of Whitman enter tained. Those going from the local Uni versity were: Mae McFadgcn, presi dent; Nan Crary, Lova Buchanan, Marian Lowry, and Dorothy Gay. Miss Alice Miller of Seattle!, dis trict president, presided at the ses sions. Eta Beta chapter at the University of Washington is to entertain for the 19d0 convention, the ' district meetings being held between na tional convention years. Publishers’ Men Talk With Faculty Writers J. II. Young- of the McMillan Pub lishing company and Hugh J. Kelly of the McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., are on the campus this week. They will interview the various profes sors on books they expect to write and make arrangements for the publishing of them. LAST DAY Matinee Today—2 P. M. A vivid, human romance of the wild waste lands, with one frail woman facing the thousand deaths of a love tortured soul. COMEDY NEWS REEL From the Story by JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD New Exhibits Open Today i Portland Architect Lends . Group of Paintings To Arts School When- the little gallery at the arts building opens today, two ex hibits will be on display, one, a group of paintings lent to the school of architecture and allied arts by Win. G. Purcell, Portland architect, i and the othor, a group of architec tural studies by Bernard Maybeck, San Francisco architect. The showing of paintings includes work by Charles S. Chapman, New York illustrator and artist, whose illustrations have appeared in the Country Gentleman, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Woman’s Home Com panion. Paintings by Mr. Chapman have been placed in the Metropoli tan Museum of Fine ArtB, New York. A group of small oil paintings of the northern lakes, by Frederic D. Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota, artist, appear, and also, paintings by Mr. Bubins of the firm of John S. Bradstreet of Minneapolis. Mr. Bubins, explained John A. Walquist, member of the exhibition committee, is professionally an interior dec orator, and paints as a pastime. The lakes and woods of Minnesota are the inspiration for his pictures, which arc mslinly in oil. In additio'n, a few studies by' other artists may be seen. Studies for the Phoebe Hearst memorial building' at Berkeley, Cali fornia, comprise the main subject matter for the collection of Mr. May beck’s work. The drawings range from chalk and pastel drawings done in the modern manner, which give the preliminary atmosphere effect, to minute and finished renderings. Mr. Maybeck was architect for the San Francisco exposition in 1915, and some of his drawings for the fine arts paiace of the exposition aro included in this group. Chief among these arc pencil drawings and photo graphs of studies of models of the building; The exhibit, Mr. Walquist an nounced, will remain in the gallery for the remainder of the week, and perhaps longer. . Water Poloists Enter Tournament’s Second Round Tonight; 7:30 The second round of the donut water polo tourney will start tonight at 7:30 o’clock, Edward F. Aber crombie, coach, announced yesterday. Although some trouble was encoun tered with teams not showing up in the first round this trouble, is not expected this week, Abercrombie stated, as all teams have had ample warning. This is the first time that spring polo has been on the gymnasium curriculum and as yet the organiza tions are unable to arrange their schedules to take in this very popu lar sport, according to coach Aber crombie. Schedule follows: American League, Tuesday at 7:30; Kappa Sigma vs. S. A. E.; Fiji vs. Betas; Sigma I?u a bye. National League, Thursday at 7:30; Delta vs. Phi Psi; Phi Delta vs. Independents; Phi Sigma Kappa a bye. Work Begins on Play For Drama Contest To Be Held May 3, 4 Without so much as declaring a momentary vacation after repertoire week, Miss Wilbur and students of the ■drama department have turned their attention to Sir James Barrie’s play, “Shall We Join the Ladies?” The one act play will be produced the afternoon of May 4 in honor of the high school delegates who will br here for the drama tournament. The annual drama tournament will be held May 3 and 4 with high schools representing various parts of the state entered. The unfinished manuscript, written by Barrie, has been ■chosen by the Guild theatre players to entertain the guests. The play will follow a luncheon given for the high school students. The cast will be composed by the following: Sam Smith, played by Jack Waldron; Sir Joseph Wrathie, Milton George; Lady Wrathie, Edna Assenhoimer; Mr. Preen, Arthur An deison; Mrs. Preen, Doralls May; Captain Jennings, Lawrence Shaw; Lady Jane Wray, Grace Gardner; Mr. Vaile, Glenn Potts; Miss Vaile, Luelia Andre; Mr. Gourlay, Cecil Matson; Mrs. Bland, Eunice Payne; Miss Isit, Thelma Parks; Mrs. Cas tro, Alice Gorman; Maid, Joy In galls. Appointment of a butler will be made soon. The play opens with thirteen guests seated at dinner after hav ing spent a week end as guests of Sam Smith. The one-act play in vites everyone to supply the proper ending, but few have ever attempted the undertaking. Sophomore Manager Candidates Are Urged To Report for Jobs A chance is offered to at least fifty sophomore men students to en gage in active 'managerial yvork in the spring activities; tennis, base baJI,, and track. In the pajst, mass meetings have been held to choose the men for the different positions, but this proved unsuccessful duo to the inability of the candidates to report at designated times. A new system is to be used this season, ii system whereby all men who are in terested in working for a chance at a senor managership- and a letter are asked to report personally to the present manager of the sport which appeals to them the most. The present managers to whom candidates are asked to report are: tennis, Wade Newbegin, Phi Kappa Psi; baseball, Gordon Stearns, Phi Delta Theta; track, Carol Williams, Alpha Beta Chi. Frank German, president of the Managers’ association, has extend ed a special invitation for Inde pendent men to report for this work. 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Fitzmaurice on Way SEVEN ISLANDS, Quebec, April 17.—One of Ihe crew of the trans atlantic monoplane Bremen was halfway back to civilization tonight while the other two—the Germans— stood by their plane on ice-bound Greenly Island, off the Labrador coast. ' Commandant—or major sinco Sun College, Side-lites i WY don’t blame you. We’ro sur prised too. We dedicate this column to more and better food, which means the Collego Side Inn. If dubious lis ten— Released from pledge Was Jack XfacLummick, t Went to the Collego Sido To fill up his stummick. » * » Today’s geographical answc*. “What’s that guy doin’ over there?” ■ “He’s Robinett cradle.” (We’re sorry, Seven Seers). • • • Correct this sentence: “Dean Shirrell has just taken a year’s lease on a downtown apart ment.” • • * Dwight Hedges has recently en tered a complaint to the manage ment that the boys have been put ting cigarette butts in the punch glasses and making it unfit for drinking purposes after the dance. Waitress: “Is your coco hot, Sir?” Roland Davis (absently): “Oh, no; that’s just sunburn.” Broadcasting tho announcement of tho gigantic, stupendous, heart throbbing, skeleton-baring etiquette contest by the College Hide-Liter. Rules of the Contest. Vote for the man you think has the best table manners. Tear out tho coupon below and place it in the ballot box in tho College Hide Inn. Don’t forget to give your reasons. Tho winner will bo announced next Tuesday morning in the Em erald and will receive a handsome engraving of Abraham Lincoln with a V iu each corner. The second and third prizes will be free tickets to the Campa Bhop grill dance on the following Friday or Saturday night. I think .-. surrounds his victuals nicer than any other man on the campus be cause. day—James Fitzmanrice, of the Irish Free Stato airport, arrived this afternoon on Natashquan on I the St. Lawrence river. Duke Schiller, famous pilot, fly ing in behalf of the North American Newspaper Alliance, took Fitzmau rice from Greenly Island at 10 a. j m. today. Schiller had proposed at first to fly direct to Quebec, but he decided to land at Natashquan for the night and continue his flight Tuesday morning. Flyer’s Wives Embark BERLIN, April 17.—Wives of the two married members of the crew of the transatlantic monoplane Bre men will embark for New York on the North German Lloyd German ship Dresden, which leaves Hamburg Thursday. Mrs. Hermann Koehl will board the ship there. Mrs. James Fitzmauriee, wifo of tho Irish member of the crew, will em bark at Queenstown, Ireland, when the Dresden touches there Saturday. Classified Ads LOST—Large black Scheaffor pen. Finder please call 928. Reward for its return. apl3-14 LOST—Jewelled Sigma Chi pin be tween 13th and 15th on Alder. Plfcase call 563 or 2452-R. aprl4 FOUND—-Purse, near old library. 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