South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-11
SOCIETY


Ernest r. Elier took place at the
Stull Memorial NJ. r. parsonage
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev a v. Babbs oficiated. only
few Of the immediate relatives OF
the couple were present.
During the social year at the Uni
versitv OF Notre Dame each class
and organization holds az least one
dance. but there Ia only one affair
ordained for the man about TO grad
uate This is the formal senior ball,
which was held last evening by the
class OF 1917 IN the tapestry room Of
the Hotel oliver. This class made
this last affair exceed all other terp-
slchorean endeavOrs Of the past
four years and the affair compared
favorably with any OF the senior
dances OF the past
The ball was delightful, as we'll as
successful. in every particular The
one departure from precedent lay
In the fact that the senior lawyers
were taken into the fold. somethir z
that was never done before This
accounts for the number Of seniors
present last evening. The precedent
set last year by the senior class OF
not having a dinner party before the
dance was again upheld by the class
OF this year
The grand march which started at
$50 was led by jeremiah Mccarthy
OF Indianapolis, vice president Of the
class Of 1917, with Miss Vera Fur
geson OF South Bend; and from it's
very beginning. the general senti-
ment was that the program could be
heightened 10 several extras. but
since the dance only lasted until II
this was impossible
Even the programs accumulated
the brilliancy OF the occasion. for
they were exceptionally artistic.
The covers were OF blue leather, and
on the right hand corner was the
small gold class pin with the initials
OF the university with the class
numerals in the center. The cord
and tassels bore out the golden color
OF the university as contrasted with
the blue covers. on the interior
pages were artistically arranged the
names Of the committees and the
dance engagements.
Seniors who comprised the com
mittee were: J. A. Mccarthy. chair
man; Ward PARROT. Louis Keifer.
Robert Daily. Vincent Mooney. Ed
ward Marcus. Emmett MulhOlland.
George ID. Mcdonald. Walter p. Nc
Court. Russell Hardy. Frederick
Pralatowski Raymond Humphreys.
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and Harry Sylvester.
The class officers I'm charge of the
affair were: President Eugene r.
Mcbride; vice president. Jeremiah
Mccarthy; secretary. Edward y.
Marcus; treasurer Frederick Pral-
atowski The senior law class.
Thomas A Mclaughlin, president;
Harold p. Burke. vice president: Jo-
seph Smith, secretary; Drexel Duffy
treasurer. Patrons and patronesses
for the bail included Judge and Mrs
Timothy f. Howard, Prof. and Mrs.
William l.. Benitz. Hon and Mrs.
Frances J. Vurpillat. Coach and Mrs
Jesse g. Harper and DR.. and Mrs
Frank Powers.
The Messick's ten piece orchestra,
featured by saxaphone quartet
furnished the music for the pro-
gram OF IS dances. There were 55
couples in attendance. Many OF
those coming from distance were
sisters of the young men in the SEN
Tor class.
Old graduates and the new ones
OF the South Bend training school
gathered at the school Wednesday
afternoon 20 join with the juniors
in their class day celebration A
class OF eight young women makes
up the number for this year and
are Miss Margaret Terry of Laporte
who is class president; Miss Nell
Hewitt. Miss Jane WilKeson of La
porte Miss Frances Vineyard. Ne
braska, Miss Dorothy Reason. Miss
Clara Brown ~ Mishawaka. and
Miss Mable Stouffer and Miss Esther
Edgren OF South Bend. The delight
ful kindergarten games were I'M
charge OF the president and were
chosen by the members. each one
entering into the spirit of the PLAY
time games. that form "a part OF
their kindergarten training Ar
artistic feature OF the afternoon wa.
minuet by the juniors i'm costume.
of yellow ard lavender. their colors
The hall was arranged with the class
cOlors and spring blossoms. stream.
ers OF the crepe paper were huns
from the center TO the side walls
Miss Mary Blair Of Laporte acted a.
class sponsor. The guests enjoyed
social time late in the afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. James Terry Of Ia.
porte. parents Of Miss Terry were
among those from away
The Woman's Literary club held
lis last meeting OF the season Wed.
Hesday afternoon with Mrs. r. G.
Page. y. Lafayette 81. The program
was on the book review and Wa.
in charge OF Mrs. Gilbert Elliott
Current events were discussed and
the usual social hour with refresh
ments was enjoyed. Friday evenin.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert l. smith. y
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