The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-17

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Newton Carson of Chicago Univer.
sity is visiting at the Sigma Phi Ep.
silon fraternity house.
Miss Bettena Terry and Frank You
mans were dinner guests at the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon house Thursday night
Today the fraternity will give a din
ner party for Misses Mildred Kef-
finger, Josephine Newell, Mr.. and
Mrs. John N. Taylor and James, Will
liam and Miss Eleanor Taylor.
! The Alpha Delta Pi sorority gave a
tea Friday afternoon in honor of Miss
Alpha Penn of Waxahachie, Tex. ma
tiOnal inspector of the Alpha Delta Pi
sorority. Last night the sorority held
open house for her Friday night they
entertained with a line party at the
Columbia Theater This afternoon a
Christmas tree will be given for some
poor children.
The Phi Mu sorority announces
Mrs. E. W. Stephens as a new patron
ess. The sorority will give a dinner
party today for Mr. and Mrs. E. w.
Stephens, Prof and Mrs. Charles A.
Ellwood and Prof. and Mrs. Frederick
Dunlap
The members OF Company B of the
University Cadet Corps gave a dinner
dance at the Virginia Grill last night
in honor of Major Charles w. Castle
and Captain Joseph c. King. Thirty
two couples attended. The guests
were Colonel F. M. Darr and Major
N. d. Twichell, with their staff Of
f1cers. Sergeant and Mrs. A. D. Thomp-
son -chaperoned the dance.
One of the traditions of Christian
College Is its annual farewell dinner
before the holidays This corresponds
to the captains dinner on shipboard
and was celebrated in the college din
ing hall on Thursday night The din
ner began with Christmas carols sung
by the Euterpean Club. Committees
of students had decorated long tables,
following original plans of holiday OBJ
servance. Miniature Christmas trees,
holly, mistletoe, snow scenes, replicas
of Santa Claus, Christmas bells, with
the prevailing colors of red and green
in flowers and growing plants were
used in the schemes of decoration.
The table of honor in the center of I
the dining room was given to the COL !
lege seniors who led in the cheering, /
singing and toasts given by the stu
dent body. Speeches were made by .
President st. Clair-Moss and by fac
ufty members of good wishes for the
holidays. Colleges seniors and jun
iors gave class songs, and the ex-
change of small gifts was made the |
occasion for personal "hits" often ex-
pressed in original rhyme The din
ner closed with the singing of the col
lege hymn and alma Mater"
Columbia guests were: Misses Eliza
beth Potts, Emma Cauthorn, Mary
Grace Lockridge, Belle Hone
Robinson. Adeline Murphy, Mary At
terbury. Frances Moore, Meddie Hombs,
Catherine Henry. Out-of-town guests
were: Mrs. Oscar Don Claiborne and
Mrs. Arthur Lee of Clinton and Mrs.
W. C. Dunlap of DeKalb.
The Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
gave a matinee dance yesterday after.
noon for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra
ternity
Miss Lena Brown and Miss Frances
Hyde of Christian College are spend
ing the weekend at the Theta house.
Tuesday night the sorority will give
a Christmas banquet.
The Chi Omega sorority will give
its annual Christmas party Monday
night. At this party children's pres
ents will be given and afterwards the
tree and presents will be sent to Hap
by Hollow.
Miss Virginia Williams of Kansas
City is the guest of Miss Geraldine
Thompson at the Kappa Kappa Gam
ma house.
The freshmen of the Delta Tau Del
ia fraternity gave a matinee dance
afternoon for the upper
classmen Of the fraternity. Mrs. C.
W. Curtiss chaperoned.
The Acacia fraternity entertained