New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-31
CORNELL UNDERGRADUATES TO ENJOY JUNIOR WEEK
TO FOLLOW EXAMINATIONS DANG
ING MUST STOP At ! A. ~

sophomore dance is unique account OF the four
cOtillOn figures introduced between the dances IN
one Of the figures the dancers will be called upon
to skip rope; In another they will carry lighted
japanese lanterns. while all the lights In the hall
will be put out. and in another figure the women
will huge sunbOnnets One OF the best re-
membered Of eOtillon figures was the hurdle race
held a few years ago. In this figure four
or four yOked to a long pole and were
driven by Of the opposite sex around the hall
over low brush hurdles placed at regular inter
walls 1t gave many students keen pleasure 70 see
OF their rather corpulent professors run putting
around the armOry trying 10 hold back quartet
OF lively young women who did not intend TO bs
left behind in the race.
Thursday afternoon is somewhat OF a visiting
time for the Junior Week girls Besides the second
performance Of the Psi Epsilon play. Delta Phi and
Delta Tau Delta stve teas their chapter houses.
which attended b al the guests OF the other
fraternities. Thursday night the Cornell GIee
and Mandolin CLUBS give a concert at the Lyceum
Theatre. The song which made the greatest hit
the Christmas trip Of the clubs this year. and
which will be repeated at this concert. is called
the "Alphouse and Castor song One-half OF the
club sings After YOU. my dear AIDhOnse,' with
the appropriate gestures. while the other half
spends politely After you. my dear CASTOR in
the approved manner. College songs also make up
large part Of the programme. After the concert
Delta Kappa Epsilon. Phi Gamma Delta and Phi
Sigma Kappa will open their houses for dances.
On Friday night the principal affair Of the week.
the junior Prom will be held at the armory-
There are few, however. 10 whom Junior Wees
does not bring unallOyed pleasure The telephone
girls always know when Junior Week is coming.
for the wires kept busy with messages from
the different fraternity houses. from the men who
are making out their dance cards. As these are
usually completed in day. there is little
for the girls at the exchanges until each man has
his sixty odd dances taken The telegraph COM
panies also get their share OF attention from stu
dents who are anxiOusly wiring TO learn whether
girls will accept their Invitations. Cases
have been known Of students who invited two
three young women in pratsewOrthy endeavor 10
make sure Of one and who received pleased accept
ances from all This year an inexperienced under
class man invited three OF four town girls TO at
tend the dance which his fraternity to give
Junior Week. He managed to do II IN such way
that they all thought that they were TO be- his
guests for the week. and promptly sent back word
that they were coming to the fraternity house for
the week with about five trunks apiece Probably
the freshmen have the hardest time OF any during
junior week and before. All the invitations issued
for the fraternity dances and teas must be ad-
dressed by the poor fresh and must then be
delivered by him aI the city. Yet this IS not
his hardest work. After the cOtillOn and the
Prom the freshman has TO stay behind and
that the pillows. chairs and rugs with which each
fraternity box is furnished brought back az
once to the proper houses. OF course the baggage
O'Clock IN the morning for the purpose. but thu
Ithaca eaggageman Is much like others The wise
freshman is this one who takes a dollar ON IN his