The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-02-03
WISCONSIN UNIVERSITIES SOCIAL
EVENT OF YEAR WILL BE HELD
ON FEBRUARY 49,
"REfORM" BASIS is DROPPED.
Students Are Given Free Rein This Year
and Old Charge Will Be Made
for Tickets.
THE PATRONS AND PATRONESSES.

matter OF tradition anu history, anu nv
great class of 1911 members of that
class always like to have the adjective
great" prefxed in describing it, will
have set mark in the social progress
of the university for future college jul
niors to attain to- At the outset Of the
college years members Of the present
junior class announced that they in
tended to give hop that would outstrip
any given in years gone by, and the ar
Engagements made up to date by the prom
committee would indicate that the class
Of 1911 is about to make good on the
promise Of producing the biggest,
graudcst and most democratic prom that
the University Of Wisconsin is ca
pabie Of.
Expect Many Visitors.
While the junior prom is primarily a
university event and is of main interest
only 10 those connected with the uni
vcrslty. there are hosts of outsiders who
look with frieudlucss upon this annual
social event. Especially Is tins true of
NHlwaukceans, for there are always n
number of Milwaukee young men, sons
Of the Cream Citys citizens, who are
members Of the prom committee. Tins
year is no exception to the general rule
taking will he due to the untlrlng ef-
forts of the Milwaukee members of the
committee. Arthur Il. Doe, son Of Gen.
Joseph Il. Doe, Is chairman Of the adj
vcrtisiug committee and is also a member
of the committee on finance. Doe Is
member Of the Phi Gamma Delta fra
tcrnlty. Karl Mann, another MilWau-
kee boy, member OF the Kappa Sigma
fraternity, is working with Doe on the
f.NX Far IEI Ttt ITfNfD tnn
Bleyer is a prominent member of the
decorations committee, while &. Walter
Gsau. also Il Milwaukee product has had
much to do with arranging for the music
for the big event. Clement A. Rossbach
Of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Is on
the reception committee and with the
other members of that committee II viii
be his duty to see that the prom goes off
I'm the proper manner. The reception
committee has little work to do previous
to the day of the prom, but upon its
members shoulders falls the burden of
the work when the rest of the prom com
mIttec are enjoying themselves dancing.
Alumni Will Gather.
\ special feature Of this years prom
will be the number of alumni who will
attend. Considerable publicity has been
given the event IN the college publca-
tons which reach the alumni of the uni
ycrSity In the hope that the alumni might
find il convenient to return to their alma
mater at a time when the social season is
AT It's height. Responses from the alum
mi have been numerous, many of the fra
trrnJtIcs reporting that the majority IF
the members of their box parties will be
former students. A movement is now ON
foot to hold sort Of an informal alumni
gathering some time during the fcstiy-
tiles, but whether the plans for the meet
ing matcrIaIizo or not th" old Grads viii
have an opportunity 10 see one another
for q short time Mt least.
The prom committee this year has had
no opposition from the faculty of the
university as previous prom committees
have had. After two years Of unsucccss-
ful proms conducted on u reform basis,
the faculty at last conceded that it was
impossible 10 conduct the Junior hop
on a cheap basis and allowed the com
mItlce to charly q s. admission fee. The
additional - over what previous prom
chuirmen have had viii give the pres
Cnt chairman cUDugh money 10 work
with so that there will he no deficit as
there has been in years past. The com
mittCe has been engaged mp TO this time
in considering bids for the work to be
done in getting the gymnasium in shape
for the dance and it was not until this
week that the contracts were let CHM
bnl Brothers Of Milwaukee secured the
contract for decorating the armory.
Decorations to Be Elaborate
Claics l.. Terry of Tomah is chair
man Of the decorations committee. The
scheme of decoration worked out by that
committee VIII be in green and white,
the class colo"s. The massive iron
girdcrs Of the university armory and the
forbidding brick walls will be hung with
white bunting surmounted by strings of
smillX The lighting this year viii be
more elaborate than in years gone by
Fifty clusters of lights, eacn cluster to
contain twenty lamps. will serve to
brighten the otherwise dngy appearance
of the gymnasium. The boxes, twenty
sin IN number. will be ranged rs usual
along the sides and ends Of the gym.
uasium These boxes viii be decorated
in the same manner rs the walls and
ceiling of the hall. An innovation this
year viii be swinging doors on MI boxes
Heretofore the boxes have opened di-
rcctly onto the floor. Simple elegance il
the effect aimed at by the decoration
committee.
Probably the most important part Of
the junior promenade is the music and
this years committee has spared no
wOrl, or expense IN getting the best 10 he
had johnny Hands Chicago orchestra,
the same which played at the Chicago
charity ball and many other social funr-
tious during the year. has been engaged
10 furnish the dance and supper music.
No junior prom would be complete I'M
Jess il was set of with the prominent
men and women Of the state and of the
university as patrons and patrouesscs
The 1911 prom viii be no exception TO
those Of former years, and upon the
dance programme, az sponsors for the
gala event of the college year, appear
tho names Of those beyond the realm Of
student days who will once more throw