The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-04-05
Faculty and Class
of 1916 Guests
of Junior Class
ArmOry Scene of Pretty Recep
ton to Graduating Class
Friday Evening
EVENT GREAT SUCCESS
Informal Program Given; Three
Course Luncheon Served:
Fine TOaStS Heard

One of the prettiest and most
elaborate Junior banQuets ever
given at Redwood Falls, was
rendered the Seniors at the Ar
mory last Friday evening. The
Juniors were ambitious to
make their banquet the most f!
memorable in the schools his
tory, and the results showed
their ambition had been backed
up by boundless energy and con-
siderable ability.
The class arranged to trans
form the Armory into a Japa-
nese tea garden and the work
of transformation was put in
charge of John Klaus who has
the touch of the real artist in
decoration. Mr.. Klaus erected
beautiful Japanese entrance at
the door of the drill room, and
with the aid of japanese fans,
parasols, lanterns, chrysanthe-'
NUNS, the class colors, pink and
black, and numerous potted
plants, gave the entire room a
typical Japanese appearance.
Twenty-nine small tea-tables
covered with white linens and
each bearing a candle with Japa-
nese shade, added the tea-room
touch which made the idea rea-
listic. At each cover was placed
a pink carnation, rose nut-dish
and place card bearing a tiny
Japanese print. Rags, settees,
touches, easy chairs and cush-
ions gave a ho.nelike air and
under the softened light of the
lanterns the. room was wonder
fully beautiful
Four small people, straight
from cherry blossom land, and
looking the part thoroughly, re-
ceived the guests as they ar
rived. The young ladies wore
silk kimonas, japanese head
dress and carried parasols, while
the two gentlemen wore white
Japanese suits. Those on the
receiving line were Misses Doro-
thy Larson and Francis Bopes
and Messrs. Jack Tout and Jack
Duncan.
A short informal program had
been prepared by the Juniors and
was carried out beautifully. 1t
opened with a quartet by the
Junior boys who feelingly sang,
"When She Felt of Her Belt in
The Back"
The girls Quartet responded
with Goodbye Boys, We're
Through, and then Mable White
and Margaret Chapman sang the
duet, O Merry Birds. A panto-
mine Those OldSweethearts was
then given, Norris Darrell read
ing the poem. Stewart Mckay
was the dreamer" and ten girls
were the former sweethearts, the
pantomine closing with the ap-
pearance of Anna Wester, the
bride.
The boys quartet sang Drink
to Me Only With Thine Eyes
and as an encore gave pleas
ing rendition of Verdi's Silent
ly Stealing Away. The program
closed with the presentation OF
the little farce The Family
Strike. The various characters
were taken by Mary Evans, FL
cry Conrad, Helen Cain, Davio
McCorquodale, John Winter anc
Matilda Juhnke.
After the program a dainty
three course luncheon was
served, the menu being potato
chips, pressed chicken, rolls, jel
ly, olives. fruit salad, waters
ice cream, cakes, sailed nuts ane
coffee. The luncheon was served
by thirteen girls each dressed
as a japanese girl in kimona
wide sash, japanese slippers ant
with flowers in her hair. Thu
mattresses were Esther Davis
Helen Martin, Constance Golden
Alta Johnson, Doris Geroy, Ell;
Crimmins, Verda Larson, Der
nice Parker, Eta Carbert, Rub!
Kuenzli, Ruth Burch and Ethe
White.
Bud Geroy served as toast
master, cleverly introducing tn
speakers who were Norris Oar
rell, Arthur Corcoran, Supt. D
S. Brainard, Anna Wester, Mis-