Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-09
JUNIOR PROM
AT RUTGERS
BIGGEST EVER
Students and Pretty Girls al
Brilliant Event of the Class Of
1903 at New Brunswick.
MISS GOULD PATRONESS
BeVy Of Guests From Many
Places Brings Number
Up TO 375.

VI dfl lnS SOCIAL JOYS OI Iue COiieSe
boys and town girls and college wild
ows the greatest at Rutgers IS the
junior promenade, which was held
here last night. The Robert f. Bal
lahtine gymnasium, named after the
Newark man who gave it to the col
lege, was the scene of as happy
gathering as it ever sheltered. Local
society smiled upon this function; the
sisters, cousins and best friends of
the students flocked to it and the
dance was the thing for six hours of
the night. There were 375 guests at
the promenade last night, the larg-
est assemblage at such an event In
the history of the college.
The class of 1908 had striven hard
to excel previous classes in the at
tractiveness of decorations and the
delight of their friends upon entering
the gymnasium was gratifying. Glass
colors, college colors. American flags,
fraternity emblems and flags we're in
termingled in pleasing profusion, be-
ing suspended from the rafters, fes-
tooned about the running track and
grouped about the many electric
light fixtures, while blazing out from
it all were the Illuminated numerals
of the class.
Presidents Sister Received Guests.
The guests were received at The
west end of the hall, the reception
committee of ladies having located IT,
self beneath the great scarlet banner
of the college. Here Miss M. A.
Demerest, the sister of President Will
liam H. S. Demarest, of the college,
presided in the place which had so
long been occupied by Mrs. Austin
Scott, and she was assisted by Mrs.
Louis Bevier, Jr., Mrs. John N. Car
penter, Mrs. Robert w. Johnson, Mrs.
William S. Myers. Mrs. Cullen w.
Parmalee, Mrs. Elliot r. Payson, Mrs.
Edward l.. Stevenson, Mrs. Edward
B. Voorhees, and Mrs. Douwe d. Will
hanson.
An orchestra from Brooklyn, hid
den behind the decorations on the
running track, furnished the inspira-
tion and there were encores for ev-
cry dance. The orchestra chose the
popular selections from the musical
successes of the day and the dancers
often demanded the number over
and over again.
After the first half of the dances
the guests formed in circles under
the different fraternity emblems and
a supper of bouillon, salads, ices and
coffe was served.
Pretty Girls from Many Places.
Many of the out-of-town girls were
entertained yesterday afternoon at
the fraternity houses, the students
throwing the houses over to them.
Tea was served to numbers at Delta
Epsilon, Chi Phi, Delta Kappa Epsi-
lon, Delta Phi, Chi Psi and Beta
Theta Pi lodges, the wives of the col
lege professors helping the boys to
entertain and acting as chaperones.
Some of the out-of-town guests
were:
Mrs. Alsop and the Misses Bessie
Garwood, Messenger, Wakebuth, Cobb.
of Newark; Miss Louise Hendrickson,
of Sayreville, and her guest, Miss
Eleanor l.. Spencer, of Naugatuck,
Conn; the Misses Darlington and
Warner, of Elizabeth; Mrs. w. l..
Berdan, Misses Gall, Dillston, of Pat
erson; Mrs. w. P. Watson, Miss Mar
garet Lutkins, of Jersey City; Mrs.
Tharp of Railway; Miss Mabel Mich
OILS, of Newton; Miss Reed, of Airing
ton; Mrs. William s. Myers, the Miss
es Mahnken, Gombert, Adams, Green,
DeLong, Ferris, of New York; Mrs.
Powell, Miss Holinger, of Bridgeton;
Mrs. Jacob Cooper, Miss Conover, of
East Millston; Miss Grace Crater, the
Misses Wilbur and Cooper, of Red
Bank; Miss Conover, of Spotswood ;
MISS Maxfeld, of Bloomfield; Miss
Hinsdale, of Woodbridge; Miss Re
becca Fell, of Trenton; the Misses
Carson, Ramsey, Updyke, La Tourette
and Mrs. Donovan, of Bound Brook;
Miss Johnson, of Kingston, N. Y;
Miss Pretty,of Washington. d. c.; the
Misses Abby Cranmer, Ruth Potter,
Virginia d. Deascon, Garry Clapp, OF
vassar College; Miss Chrystelle APP
leby, of Old Bridge; Miss Winants
of Bayonne; the Misses Martha Chap
man, Brewster, Davies, Scrymer
Carp. of Brooklyn; Mrs. s. B. vroo-
man, the Misses Radcliffe, Ethel
Keen, Anna Paterson, Gertrude
Fraster and Mrs. J. B. Paterson, Of
Philadelphia; Miss Mabel Case, Miss
Eva Voorhees,, of Someryille;. Miss
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