The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Arrangements are being perfected
and invitations will be extended the
last of the month for what will not
only be the most important social
event of the season in Topeka but if
the hopes and expectations of its pro-
moters are fulfilled will set a new
standard for local entertaining. This
is a ball to be given at the auditorium
the night of Shrove Tuesday, February
IL, the first annual benefit for the
Washburn college athletic association.
The arrangements are in charge of a
number of young men who are inter-
ested in Washburn athletics and in
whose names the invitations Will be
issued. These are Mr.. Thomas L.
King, Mr.. Henry Scandrett, Mr.. Ben
Scandrett Mr. Ernest B. COnant, Mr..
William E. Drechsel, Mr.. Harry w.
Donaldson, Mr.. Sam F1eishman, Mr..
Lew Graham, Mr.. Dan Hammatt, DR..
Elmer Hill, Mr.. David Lakin, Mr..
Hugh Mcfarland, Mr.. w. w. StahI,
SDr. John H. Outland, DR.. Robert B.
Stewart, Mr.. James G. Stewart, Mr..
Harold H. -Tice, Mr.. OrvilIea B.. .ToMQe,
Mr.. Paul Walker, Mr.. John c. Watersyl
Mr.. Archie F. Williams and Mr.. Joe
Wilson
No pains will be spared to make this
event the most brilliant success. Two
thousand invitations will be issued, the
invitation list including all the state
officers and members of the legisfa-
ture, the mem berS of the WaShburI1
faculty and every student of the COL
lege. The company will be represent
tative, in the widest sense, of Kansas
society including many out of town
people of prominence and distinguish
ed by the presence of guests from ev-
cry set, clique and faction that county,
socially, in Topeka. All the members
of the prominent dancing clubs. the
Assem- bly,, the Helianthus, the Tivoli,
the Varsity and the Evening clubs and
the members of the Topeka club and
the Commercial club will be asked.
The patronesses will include about
twenty-five women chosen for their
social prominence and personal popu-
larity. 1t will be the first large, rep
resentative function given in Topeka in
a number of years, the first for which
all the best people" will join hands to
insure perfect success.
Steinberg'S orchestra augmented to
eighteen pieces will play and the pro-
gram of dances will begin at nine and
last until l o'clock. The auditorium
will be lavishly decorated in the Wash
burn blue, with blue and white bunt-
ing, college flags and pennants every
where. The stage will be adorned with
palms and other growing plants, flow
ers and smilax. The night, Shrove
Tuesday, is an especially happy choice |
1t is the night of the Mardi Gras and
all the big English festivals.
In addition to their ostensible OBJ |
jects of giving an entertainment which
Will be The Event of many seasons !
anu IdtSAlS money LOT the w aSnDurn |
athletic fund (the tickets for the
dance. by the way, will be two dollars |
and of course will be sold only to those
receiving invitations) the promoters OF |
this project hope that the occasion will |
mark a new era in the social life of To- |
peka during which Washburn college
will take its rightful place as an i'm I
portant social factor. In the avera ge |
ollege town, the site of a college a. |
trge as Washburn, the college domin- |
aieS local society In TOpeka here
tofore, Washburn has been, socially. /
an unconsidered quantity. Although |
there are eight hundred students in /
the different schools and departments |
of Washburn from some of the best |
and most representative families of the
state, they are practically unknown In /
town circles. This is all the more IN |
accountable when you consider how