Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-23

spective groups assures an efficient
furtherance of the Christian work this
year
SO great was the demand for entrance
into the Ladies Glee club this year
enough applications to form a new club
1t was only with GREAT difficulty that
selections were made and many excel
lent voices were necessarily excluded
from membership. Director Chacc be-
! lieves that the talent now available is
| by far the best in recent years and he
intends to spare no pains to produce a
creditable musical club from it's num-
bcrs. Election of officers will be fea
lture of the next rehearsal which will
occur Thursday afternoon
Those successful in the competitive
contest for "dmission were: First So
prano, Ruth Spoor, Lola Cooley, Grace
Sherwood, Carrie Cookscy. Leila Mae
Caddanl, Alberta Goulder and Margar-
cite While Second soprano, Ruth Win
tcrs, Louise Benson Violet Mclean,
Glenna Teeters and Lucille MeCully.
First alto, Carolyn Sterling, Vcnita
Mckinney, Maude Maclean and Velma
Baker. Second alto, Beatrice Dun
nettc, Pauline Siska, Ruth Hodge and
Freda Campbell,
There is a possibility that the club
will tour surrounding towns in coniunc-
tion with the men club in the spring.
Plans with that end in view have been
initiated by Director Chace.
How great is the Influence and in
tcrest taken in the Epworth League
work at the First Methodist church is
shown in the advance bulletin of lead
ers for the year which is just off the
press. With the exception of six sun
days, every week from October to June
shows the leaders for the respective
weekly services TO be an alumni or pres
ent attendant of Willamette.
Twenty two university men are stalk
ing the ways and means of their exist
ence in the Commons club a co-opera
tive eating organization ''for the pre-
venton of superfluous flesh By talk !
ing shifts as serving maids and dish !
washers these young bachelors are sue
Gcssiully combating the cost of high |
living at II price averaging $3.50 a
week. just how palatable yiands are
obtained at this price so that the men
have no desire to board elsewhere is |
interesting to investigate.
Whereas last year excellent board
was obtained for 5000 week, this
year the great rise in price of foodJ
stuffs sees the price $3.50 per seven |
days. A sample menu sees breakfast |
of coffee, toast, hot cakes, and occa
sionally ham and eggs. Luncheon usual
ly has vegetables par excellence with |
and assortment of bread, also butter
In the evening eatfest are meat, fruit,
'' Murphies buns and home made
bread, all that an expanding young
American could desire to expand his
outrigging.
Purchases of the summer in cheapi
markets serve the men in good stead
and the mellow peaches and pears now
on the menu reflect the best of the
harvest season. Arrangements were
made last summer with the cook who
is now kitchen director for the see
ond year, so that all necessary canning
was done in anticipation of this fall s
demand Taken all in all the class of
pep displayed in the walking actions
of the bOarders would absolutely tend
to dispute the cry that America is in.
Il decadent condition from underfed Ia
borcrs.
CLASSICAL in the spirit of ancient
Greece was the annual formal at home
Saturday afternoon of the Philodosian
girls in their halls at the university.
The majestic splendor of the ancient
temples, the strange decipherings of
the Delphian Oracles, the lutes and
strains of Apollo, the golden harvest
fields of Ceres, the spinning of the
fates, all We're reproduced to make a
6recian holiday. The beautiful simplic
lty and classic impressiveness of the
Philodosian S gowns added a touch to
the occasion which reminded many
who attended of the fair Helcns and
Dianas of whom the bards have sung
in the immortal lliads and Odysseys.
Receiving the guests were Miss Vio-
let Maclean, president of the Philo-
iosian society, Mrs, Gustav Ebsen, Mrs.
William +. Kirk, Mrs. Carl Gregg Do.
ney, Mrs. Il. l., Mathews and Miss
Fannie McKennon, Simple programs
out the Grecian idea were
then distributed by Miss Louise Benson
who divided the guests into groups to
visit the respective temples. The Tenn
pie of Diana contained many speci-
mems of sculpture and was ruled by
Miss Irma Botsford Following was the
Oracle of Delphi with Miss Jessie Hol-
'omb presiding and reading the palms '
NJ all who tarried near that mysterious {
temple. The spindle distaff and spin
ming wheel next invited the loiterers
70 learn how long the threads of life
would be spun. Here the three graces ]
we're represented by the Misses Ruth
Green, Lucille Jaskoski and Maude
Maclean. Tempting the guests with the
delicious amhrosia, the immortal brew
VI the gods, was the Temple of Baechus
mder the sceptre of Miss Fannie Nc |
kennon. Last came the Cercan Temple {
where inviting tidbits were served by {
Ssix charming nymphs directed by Miss
Barbara Steiner. At various times |
strains from the latticed Temple of
Apollo recalled that the lyrical muses., Q
Miss Esther Cox and Miss Lucille Nc '
Gully We're not idle with their musical
instruments. lnterspersed at pleasing !
were vocal solos bv Miss {
Leila MacCaddam and Miss Lucille Ben $