The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-11
JUNIOR RECEPTION
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
Annual Party Was Given in EIks
Club and Was One of the Most
Enjoyable Events Class
Has Given.
FACULTY C~HAPERoNEs
Dance Program Included Virginia
Reel as Well as Latest Steps
Decorations Were
Unique.
FACULTY cHAPERoNEs

The junior class Of the Keokuk
high school was host last night to
the senior class, at the annual junior
senior party which vac given at the
Elks club, and which proved most
enjoyable for the members OF the
two classes and their guests. b
reception this year was q distinct de-
parture from the usual custom OF d
banquet at the high school. n
juniors proved themselves most ca
pab1e hosts and hostesses n the
event was one of the most enjoyable
and the prettiest in the series OF an.
nual parties which have been given
by the two classes.
A receiving line with the officers
Of the junior class and two members
of the faculty al formed in the up
per foyer of the club rooms. In this
line were Madison Sterne. president
of the class; Miss Alice Hfnkley,
vice president; Marshall Fulton, sec
rotary and Wayne Hancock, treasur-
er, Miss Harriet Solomon n MISS
Lucia Granville Pittman.
Members of the high school facul.
ty and the members Of the school
board ch~aperoned the party. Those
from the faculty who were present
were: Miss Solomon, Miss Marie kle-
daisch, Miss Jessie H. Wilson. MISS
Bertha r. Craig, Miss Mary G. Gam
pert, Miss Pittman and Miss c
James P. Coyle, Arthur 8. Gill, Dr..
and Mrs. r. L. Reid. Those OF the
school board present were Superin.
tendent and Mrs. Aldrich. President
and Mrs. Joseph F. Lutz. w. b.
woolley, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Skirv1n,
w. J. Roberts. MI. and Mrs John A.
Dunlap, Archer G. Miller and Mrs. D.
r. Miller.
Grand March Led by Seniors.
The reception was held from eight
until nine o'clock, when dancing be-
gan. The grand march was led by
Joseph L. McGrath, president OF the
senior class, and Miss Helen POND.
| Madison Sterne and Miss Virginia
Dunlap led the second line. A. pro.
gram OF sixteen dances was played
/! by Agnes orchestra.
One OF the dance extras vas turned
into a Virginia reel in which almost
every one on the floor Joined. Two
other dances were * dances IN
which the huge emblem at the end
Of the hall was lighted and the
dancers moved about the room to
the light from the many globes IN
this letter.
The purple and white "K' at n
end Of the hall, and several vases OF
cut flowers were the only decora-
tons for the ball room. Punch was
.- T. xho Nall $ho p,Inoh bowls
being presided over by four young
ladies Of the grammar school, the
Misses Corrine Weber, Dorothy Nor
Sterne.
Dining Room Attractive.
Supper was served in the dining
room down stairs. A bank Of flower
boxes hid one side of the room. At
one end stood the senior class seal
in gold and white. and at the oppo.
site end was the juniors seal in red
and white. The tables seated four,
six and eight, and we're %tastefully
decorated. The c~enterpiece for each
table was a basket of flowers, yellow
and white sweet peas, for the senior
colors and crimson rambler roses
for the Junior ~colors. being used.
A delicious menu was served, con-
sisting Of
Chicken Salad
Bread and Butter Sandwiches
olives Saratoga Potatoes
Pineapple Ice
.. MINIS
There were several out Of town
guests at the reception, among them
being Miss Robbins Of Chicago; Miss
Sara Hamilton of Fort Madison:
Miss Marjorie Moss Of Poplar Bluff.
Mo, and Miss Margaret Calendar of
Des Moines.
To Whom Success is Due.
The committees from the junior
class who were in charge of the par
tv last night were the following:
Finance-W. Hancock, chairman;
Alice Hinkley, NJ. Fulton, M. Sterne,
Miss Pittman.
Entertainments. Gray, chairman,
Marie Moseley, G.. Meador, M. Full
ton, I. Lantz, Mary Harrison, Ruth
Biyen, Lulu Arnold. Gertrude Weber,
Leslie MILESTONE, Helen Wolfe. Mir
lam westcott, Pearl Frazier, Howard
Weigle.
Housed. McQuoid, chairman;
Alice Hinkley, Coral Meador, B. Da-
wilson, D. Dysart, r. Dillon. w. Han.
cock, Hazel Jester, George Opstelton,
May Morris, Ellen Moening, Lois
Stevens, Elizabeth Lang. Kathryn
Haubert.
Refreshment-June Stafford, chair
man, Helen Woolley, Virginia Dunlap
Ralph Laubersheimer. May Bonney,
Nellye Bell, Jessie Hartley, Lloyd
Wright, Gladys Guiss, Helen Aud.
Ralph Wright, Madison Sterne.
~ k;.n,> rapdt$ion