Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-13
PLANS COMPLETE
FOR HOMECOMING n Eel |.||N
ANNUAL EVENT At IOWA CITY
4 WILL ATTRACT MANY OF
,.# THE, ALUMNI.

Iowa City, Nov. 11-Plans for the
fourth annual Homecoming and the
first annual conference of newspaper
men, which are to take place stimuli
taneous1y at the University of Iowa
ono r ay and Saturday Of this week,
are l. complete.
The indications all are that the at
tendance records of former years will
be outdone For days alumni have
been writing in for reservations OF
rooms; either for themselves or for
their friends. These requests are be-
ing taken care of by the rooming
bureau established by the University
of Iowa association. Many Iowa City
people have telephoned the associa-
ton Offering to entertain in their
homes guests for Friday and Satur-
day night, at moderate rate. ra
BY this arrangement for rooms in
private homes, the hotel accommoda-
lions will be supplemented SO that
every visitor will be suitably cared
for
Extra bleachers and boxes are being
built on Iowa Field in anticipation Of
! the arrival for the Ames-1owa game OF
the biggest crowd that has ever seen
football there. A special section OF
the boxes has been set aside by the
athletic association in which seats will
be given free to the newspaper men
who attend the conference Friday.
/ Programs of the newspaper confer
ence and invitations to attend have
been sent to every editor in Iowa. AL
newspaper men will be welcome.
whether they were sent the formal in.
yitations or not. The address by
James Kelley, publisher OF the Chi
cago Herald. on "The Newspaper,
will be delivered at o'clock Friday
afternoon. Before and afterward,
Iowa newspaper men will discuss var1-
Gus problems of their craft.
The festivities will include plenty
of entertainment for women visitors.
After the mass meeting, Friday even
ing, they will be entertained IN the
women's new gymnasium by the de-
partment Of physical training TOT
women. From 10 to ~ o'clock Satur'
day morning the Young Womens
Christian association will hold g an
alumni tea at the association OFFICES.
The banquet of law alumni FRIDAY
night will bring together about the
board distinguished lot Of the law
i yerS OF the state.
! Football enthusiasm will be strong
during the two days. The Iowa stu
dents will hold big mass meeting
| the night before the game and good
fellowship mixer Of Ames and Iowa
students at the mems gymnasium VIII
follow. with a program of speeches.
from representatives of each Of the
two big state institutions. To the in.
terest in the clash between Ames and
Iowa will be added the enthusiasm OF
Iowa City and Yves Des Moines high
school supporters over the game their
teams will fight Saturday morning.
An interesting feature of the events
will be the reunion of the members
! OF the Philomathean and Octave Than
ct literary societies. They will meet
first at $3.50 Friday night. The fol-
lowing morning they will have re-
union breakfast at the Hotel Jeffer-
son. 4%4
The whole program will close Sat
urday night with vaudeville per-
| Torrance given by students and
general reception to alumni at the
Triangle club.
Headquarters for the Iowa alumni
will be at the Iowa Union. For the
newspaper men attending the CONFER
ence and for the Ames supporters
they will be at the Hotel Jefferson.