The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-14


Washburn college people and soro-
rity and fraternity circles, are especial
ly interested in the events scheduled
for the Alpha Phi initiation this week.
The Beta sorority girls will become
Alpha Phis at the installation service
Friday afternoon at the chapter
house. Friday evening banquet Will
be given at the National hotel, ana
Saturday afternoon there will be tea
at the sorority home. Today Miss
Gertrude KitchelI and Miss Bertha
KitchelI gave a luncheon for the out
of-town Alpha Phi women who are in
Topeka for the installation. A dinner
party will be given tonight for the Wis
itors at the horne of Miss Katheryn
Albaugh.
Those who will come from other
towns to attend are: Mrs. P. NJ. Muir
ply, Miss Avice Wright. Mrs. Max
Morehouse, Miss Mary Leitch, Miss
Eleanor HALEY, Miss Latshaw, Miss
Dorothy Thompson, Mrs. F. G. Turn
bull all of Kansas City: Mrs. Clyde
Hastings, Mrs. Cora Fulkner, nee Lacy.
all of Atchison; Miss Florence Knox of
Mound City, Miss Ruth Thompson of
Omaha, Neb., and Miss Myra Lakeland
of AXtell.
Mrs. Hastings. Miss Knox, Miss
Leitch and Miss Gertrude Kitchel will
conduct the initiation.
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The following item, under the cap
ton of The Golden Wedding Morn,
was published in a recent number OF
a Los Angeles. Cal, paper:
Last Wednesday evening at the
Briggs apartments, beautifully deco
rated with goldenrod and yellow
dahlias Mr.. and Mrs. David A. Null
Vane celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary in the presence OF rela-
tives and friends.
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Bernardino and his four beautiful, au-
burn-haired daughters were present;
also a daughter, Mrs. Richmond w.
Torrey and Mr.. Torrey of Los An
geles. Another daughter. Mrs VIII
liam j. Ehrsam, living in Enterprise,
Kan, could not be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mulvane We're married
in Newcomerstown. Ohio. about one
year after Mr. Mulvane's return home
after serving four years in the Eight
ieth Ohio regiment during the Civil
war Mr. and Mrs Mulvane lived
spent the past eight years in Los An
geles. Their friends wish for them
many years of joy
Mr.. David A. Mulvane is a brother
of Mr.. John Mulvane and Mr.. Joab
Mulvane, and an uncle of Mr.. David
w. Mulvane, of this city.
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Washburn college has added to it's
teaching force this year a number of
new instructors in the department of
fine arts, which continues under the
direction of Dean Horace Whitehouse.
The music faculty includes some for
eign musicians. some from the east
and one local teacher.
The voice department will be in
cha rye of Miss Clara konopasek, who
comes from Crinnell, Iowa, where she
has had charge of the vocal depart
cir
greater part of her musical education
in Vienna. Budapest and Leipsic.
The violin department will be in
charge of Scipione Guidi, who is an
Italian concert performer. He is in
his early thiTties, and has been en-
gagged in public concert work since
he was / years old. He received his
musical education in Europe.
Prof. Willoughby Boughton, of tie
piano department, will be assisted by
Mr. Stanley Levey, of New York, and
by Miss Ethel Grant, of Topeka. MIR.
Levey has had eight years of training
in Europe, chiefly in Berlin, and he
came to this country on account of the
war Miss Grant is a former WASH
burn student, who has been recent
student in the the New England con-
servatory, at Boston.
Mr. Hugh C. Dickerson, of Chi
cago, will be assistant in Miss
Konopasek's department He studied
A new department in the school is
the two-year course in public school
music, which will be conducted by
Miss Minerva Hall, who comes to To-
peka from the Illinois Normal insti-
tute. This public school music depart
lment is thought to be an addition of
value to the fine arts course, and is
regarded as offering a training of
importance.
The new members of the faculty
will be in the receiving line at the
faculty reception Friday night in
Carnagie hall. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Stone will also be in the receiving line.
Mr.. Stone has been engaged to teach
painting at Washburn this year.
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Miss Helen Louise Crosby was host
ess at a dinner party at her home
for Mr.. Jack Richards of Kansas City,
Other guests were Miss Leona Curtis
who has returned from Washington
ID. c., Mr.. Felix La Force of Kansas
City, Miss Helen Yoder, formerly of
Kansas City, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin