The sun., 1916-02-06
YALE JUNIOR PROM
GUESTS FLOCKING IN
Two Days Will BE Crowded
Full of Teas. Dances and
Athletic Events.
PLAY EXCITES INTEREST

SrN IiASEN. Conn. Feb. 5.-yale's
y. social week. that Of the Junior Prom
.r4de. started IN tonight with the ar
-y.d uf the advance guard Of guests
al the hotels and the various society
houses ~ Shelf are filed with Prom
girls aud their chaperons. and for the
,rx, four days the freedom OF the cam
,us and the university dining hall will
Toe gwen to the Prom guests.
Ever since the Yale faculty two years
20 pu. the ban on more than two days
Il festivities the undergraduates have
had a hard time trying to crowd every
hing INTO those days. The result is
Thar the From girl this year instead CT
h.irr able to hear the Yale musical
clubs and see the Yale dramatic play
viii have TO choose between them. Tor
snh will be- given on Monday evening.
Although many Of the guests will at
,.ud the church service tomorrow Mt
No,l,cy Hall and will he entertained
Informally during the day the first event
nr tic scheduled Prom programe VIII
n, tho hockey game between Yale ana
dartmouth at the Arena on Monday
sf,,ruoou AT .. Following the game the
members of the junior class. both
academic and Shelf. will give the junior
,nn dausant at the New Haven Lawn
,l1b from I to 3 =. NJ. This dance VIII
t,k. the place Of the old time junior
tea.
Tie sophomore tea will be given at the
Inc time by Mrs William Howard Taft
4, ncr home IN Prospect street the
Yale musical clubs will give their con-
,cl. on Monday evening In Woolsey ifail
and the Yale Dramatic Association VIII
,r.scnt oscar Wilde's An Ideal Hus-
band at the .ihubert Theatre IN the
evening.
The Yale Glee club is celebrating
tius wear its fftieth anniversary ana n
.,s...aI programme has been arranged.
There is also great interest III the
pcrrulnance by the Yale Dramatic AS
so,.aiion. not only because of the se'ec-
ton Of the play but also because OF the
agitation that has been started by the
acton Of the faculty in prohlbitlhg
future Yale actors from impersonatihs
female rues for more than one season.
TN. announcement of this rue was made
l,t before the Christmas recess.
"Nu Ideal Husband" has half dozen
female characters Dwight D.. Wiman
Will mpersonate the fascinating adven-
tIr,~s. Mrs. Chcrcl,U. and william a.
Hauway will appear as Lady Chiher"
and H. :. Moore its Mabel ChiH.rH
Following the play and concert the
senior Junior german will be danced at
Woolsey Hall and the sophomore ger
man at the Hotel Taft. The Shelf So
,iety germans will he riven al the
different Shelf society houses, also on
Monday evening.
The programme for Tuesday includes
swimming meet between Yale and
Cornell in Carnegie pool at 2:lJ, fol-
'owed by basketball game between
Nae and Dartmouth in the Yale gym
uasium at 1. The various Shelf Chapter
houses vii, keep open house on Tues E
G,v afternoon, with dancing and tea
"." m,mbcrs Of the tloister will hold
their tea dance from 80 until l.. NJ.
~p tie guests may attend some Of the
other half dozen or more tea dances
winch Will begin at o'clock. The
.l.Wor Promenade will ne held Tuesday
evening at = o'clock in the Second Regi-
w"u' Armory. The ball will he opened
by spencer Armstrong Pumpei.y Of
"woGo y. y, dancing with Miss Anne
Ward of brooklyn, y. V. The pro-
rranruc viii include forty-two dances
and six extras. The committee is com
p sod uf Harry William lie Gore. II. lie
ioro, Md, chairman; Spencer Arm
strong Pump.ly, II. Dwego. y. Y. floor
manager, Prescott sheldon Bush, II.
columbus Onto Earle Mckee Craig. 10
New castle, IA. Woodford Hector
I',au"y. 10, :. Louisville. ny. kenne; III
- Hricn. II. New York city; Rufus Fen
''r scott. Jr., Ii :. Paris. Tex. Frank
Parsons Sucparl, Jr.. II. -. Paul Du-
Iar'sp Spencer. II. Highland Park, H.