The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-24
TEAS AND GERMANS
In ProfusiOn Introduce the Many Plt
ant Events of"Prom." Week.


were a large number of teas and ger
mans given by the various college So
cieties for their fair guests. These af-
fairs are always delightfully."- informal
and those of Saturday were immensely
enjoyable.
The Shelf. dances set the ball rolling,
which will continue to move until next
Wednesday. Until that final grand
climax-the promenade-there will be
dizzy whirl of germans and teas de-
signed for the enjoyment and entertain
ment of the fair guests who have taken
the town almost by storm, and will
reign supreme for several days.
The new st. Anthony hall at Wall
and College streets, was most effective
ly decorated with quantities of palms
and festooning of running pine for the
dance Saturday night. Wells orchestra
played for the dancing, which was in
formal. The guests Of the ST. Anthony
hall men were: Miss Helen Hotchkiss,
New Haven; Miss Barbour, Hartford;
Miss Keene, Philadelphia; Miss Copple,
Orange, N. j.; Miss Wright, New Ha-
ven; Miss Collins, New Haven; the
Misses Whitney, New Haven; Miss In
gersoll, New Haven; Miss Wilson, New
Haven; Miss Elton, Boston; Miss Hall,
New Haven; Miss Foster, New Haven;
Miss Bradley, New Haven; Miss Young,
New Haven; Miss Denton, New Haven;
Miss Parmelee, New Haven; Miss Lith-
grow, Providence; Miss Thompson,
Hartford; Miss Chamberlin, New Ha-
ven; Miss Hunt, New Haven; Miss
Warden, Philadelphia; Miss Corning,
Cleveland; Miss Hyde. Hartford; Miss
Cobb, Cleveland; Miss Powers, Cleve-
land; Miss Ward, Syracuse. N. Y.
Mrs. w. w. Farnanl, Mrs II. l..
Hotchkiss, Mrs. f. L. Howard Of Hart
ford and Mrs. Eli Whitney were the
chaperons.
The Rerzelius men gave their Prom.
dance at Anderson gymnasium. The
hall was handsomely decorated with
palms, potted plants and smilax. The
cotillion was led by Mr.. Lawrence
Fitch 1855, dancing with Miss Earring
of Chicago. The society's guests were:
Miss Barnes, New London; Miss Ham
ilton, Chicago; Miss Knight, New
York; Miss Chaplin, New York; Miss
Robertson, st. Louis: Miss Ingraham,
Hartford; Miss Wilson, Miss Kinney,
Miss Balderson, Miss Parker, Chicago;
Miss Chappell, New London; Miss
Brewer, Norwich; Miss Williams. New
York; Miss Kennedy, Brooklyn, and
Miss Yandell of Kentucky. Chaperon-
| ing the party were Mrs. J. r. Quimby
jr., Mrs. A. III. Chappell, Mrs. w. G..
| Wurtemberg, Miss Reed and Mrs. r. L.
| Bigelow.
| The german at the "Cloister," HILL
house avenue and Grove streets, was
led by Mr.. r. M. Barnum. There were
| seven favour fingers, including the
souvenir. The chaperones were Mrs.
c. w. Barnum of Lyme Rock, Mrs.
Bruce Fem of New Haven, Mrs. Watts
of Harrisburg, Mrs. r. S. Barbour of
Detroit, and Mrs. Darlington of Pitts
burg. The guests were Miss Barnum,
Lyme Rock; Miss Darlington, Pitts
burg; Miss Hanlin, Buffalo; Miss King,
| Syracuse; Miss Anderson, Miss Hail.
Miss Damn, New Haven; Miss Barbour,
| Detroit; Miss Foster and Miss Somehs,
Boston; the Misses Watts, Harriburg;
Miss Decker, Columbus; Miss Terry
New York; Miss Chittenden, Detroit;
Miss Greenway, Hot Springs, and Miss
Brown, Baltimore.
| The beautiful new Chi Phi chapter
| house, York Hall, was the scene of the
| first prom dance in its history. The
| building is elegantly adapted to affairs
of this nature. Dancing was informal.
| The chaperones were Mrs. C. A. Fow-
Ter, New York; Mrs. E. C. Philbrick,
Little Silver, N j.; Mrs. William H.
Stout, Fort Scott, Kan, and Mrs. G. L..
Carlisle, New Rochelle, N. Y. Among
| the dancers were Miss Herman, Salt
Lake City; Miss Hayden, Columbus, o.;
Miss Carlisle, New Rochelle; Miss Heis-
sen, New York; Miss Wright, James
town, N. Y; the Misses Woodruff, Au-
burn, N. r.; Miss Horton, New York;
Miss Patterson, Brooklyn; Miss Alling,
New Haven Miss Smith, BROOKLYN;
Miss Day, Brooklyn; Miss Law, Pitts
ton, Pa; Miss Dow, jamestown, N. Y:
Miss Walker, N. H.
The Jnior fraternity Of the Psi Up
silon gave their cotillion on Saturday
night at Lenox hall. 1t began at s
O'Clock and was led by r. Z. Forrest
'99. The patronesses were Mrs. Stod-
dard, Mrs. Dunscombe, Mrs. Weir, Mrs.
Register, Mrs. Cheney, Mrs. Sayles,
Mrs A. C. Cheney, Mrs. King.
The Junior fraternity of Delta Kappa
Epsilon gave dance on Saturday night
at the Young Mems Republican club
hall 1t was very informal and began
at $3.50 o'clock.
The Hutchinson tea, given by those
members of the sophomore and junior
classes as have rooms in that dormitory
Saturday afternoon was largely attend.
ed. The hours were from to I
o'clock.
The Misses Duer also entertained
prom. guests Saturday afternoon at
their Whitney avenue home.
An informal, but at the same time
brilliant reception was that given by
Mrs. E. Hayes Trowbridge Saturday
night at the Lawn club, to Miss Harri-
son and her friends. Between 200 and
800 visitors were present during the
hour of reception, which were from s
until IL o'clock. From 10 to 1880 an
amusing little vaudeville act was given
by "Prof." Arnold. Supper was served
at II o'clock. The decoration, by
Champion, were red and white, quanti-
ties of choice flowers being used togeth-
er with Virginia ferns. Fichtl played.
Mrs. Trowbridge was assisted in receiv-