The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-09-30

mere ever since!
The dinner was served in the col
lege dining room at a U-shaped
table The table was decorated with
yellow flowers from Columbia
gardens, with bows of black and gold
A large birthday cake was covered
with yellow roses and bore the dates
1S52-1917.
The stairway and landing. where
the program was given, were set with
palms and ferns. An orchestra of col
lege girls played there throughout the
dinner. Singers on the program
were: Miss Anna Laura Johnson of
the Christian College faculty and
Misses Alberta Elsberry, Gretchen
Mcbride and Marguerite Locknane.
The readers were Misses Anne
Humphreys Hickman, Martha Schwabe
and Helen Bradford.
Doctor Moss was given an ebony,
gold-headed cane by the college
students. On behalf of the friends at
the dinner leather travelling bag was
presented to him by Dean Walter
Williams. Doctor Moss responded to
the presentations and President A.
Ross Hill of the University made an
address.
Doctor Moss was the recipient of
numerous letters and kilograms of
congratulation and good wishes. The
drawing rooms. reception hall and
dining room were decorated with
flowers sent by friends.
The Thilo Chapter of the Eastern
Star entertained 125 guests Thurs
day evening at the Acacia Lodge room
of the Masonic Hall in honor of DR..
John Pickard, who was recently
elected grand worthy patron of the
Grand Chapter of Eastern Star in
Missouri, and Mrs. Virgil Hawkins,
district deputy grand matron of the
twenty-sixth district of Missouri.
Pi Beta Phi announces the pledg
ing of Misses Alice Wiedmer of st.
Louis and Willyne Crewson of Louis
lana, Mo.
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pledging of Clifford d. Blackburn,
Slater; Lindemann E. Pitt, Burling
ton, Ia; Louis ID. Potter, Winston; ].
r. McClain, Willow Springs; John
w. Casey, Knoxville, Ia; NJ. O'Neil,
Boonville; Louis N. Bowman, King
City, and J. W. Caudle, Rockport.
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for Spence, Miss, where she will be
bridesmaid at the wedding of her
brother, Ambrose, to Miss May Spence.
The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity an
nounces the following pledges: Lester
L. Levy, Marlin, Tex; Paul A. va
WITT, st. Louis; Lee Finklestein, Kan
sas City, and Irwin Schwab, Spring
field.
Harry A. Levine of Kansas City re-
turned to his home Friday after
spending several days at the Zeta
Beta Tau house.
News has been received in Columbia
of the marriage September 25 of Miss
Lura Belle Grigsby and Demas Lindly
Fears, of Columbus, Ohio, a lieuten-
ant in the United States army. Mrs.
Fears was graduated from the Uni
yersity of Missouri last Junt. When
a student here she took an active
part in all school activities. She is
member of the Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity will
give an informal house dance the
night of Friday, October u.
First Lieutenant H. G. Sebastian,
who has been visiting his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. C. B. Sebastian, 1911 Paris
road, left Friday afternoon for Fort
BENJAMIN Harrison, Indianapolis.
Ind, where he will be stationed.
Miss Ruth Mumford, daughter of
Dean and Mrs F. B. Mumford, enter
tanned thirty of her little friends at a
party yesterday afternoon.
The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
announces the pledging of Joe Porter
of Kansas City.
Misses Ann Cpllan, Beatrice Beas-
more, Celestine Roach and Mary
Simpson of Jefferson City were dinner
guests at the Sigma M house yester-
day.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
will entertain at dinner today for Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Cooper of Spring
field, Mo-, Fleming Pendleton of lnde-
pendence and Homer Lyle of Kansas
City.
Mrs. c. L. Angerer of St Clair is
visiting Miss Helen Dunn, 713 Mis-
souri, avenue.
The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
will entertain ten guests at dinner to-
day.
The Bethany Circle, an organization
of University women who belong to