Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-12-23
WONlFN'S COLLEGE
CLOSES FOR HOLIDAYS

Tho ,fr sfm,- NcU has been rune
r' 'ho W,Wru'~ torr-, ana thr -'nr
.us season has boon celebrated nN
t'7sfur ami merry making and nov
,v'ly r.r, hJ~ gone go her homo whore
,''c VII C3t and have moro good times
IN" annual christmas dinner took
o'a,~ ou ThWrSiov uipht Il waT a
d.uv,r cQg.i go ;ho o.N'asion and WIS
surely enjoyed w everyone. To ada
'o he pic 1Olrc that naturally Eocs
VITA a Ag dinner vas tho program
which ;he committee IN charge hal
orraDc,,d. Rose Roberts was toast
n'.s.rces and introduced Prof =. Il
Crooks as tho first speaker. lie told
~ his Christmas fcw years ago whom
no was with tho army IN Europe try
.nR 20 give some pleasure 20 Portu-
cliose eoldicrs Prof Crooks brought
cut tho idea Of how much even a lit;lc
:h.ng may please a person by telling
20 the caEerneSs with which those
s'N.ors received some Christmas
cards tho American Y. NJ c. A had
go Distribute. The next speaker was
kathryn Ladd. who represented tn.
college n giving the host wishes "
thC season 20 all and IN telllng Just
how ;he spirit OF Christmas had per
vailed tho college. She gave as OK
lmplers the decision 81 the Academic
Council 20 close college earlier than
expected. and the Srphomores' kind
ness IN giving a party 20 the orphan"
Seniors.
The 'hirri speaker was Dean Ed
Ito told 81 his gratitude 20 tho Won
cn's College for be.ng invited 20 din
uev. and said that ne brought tn
Crcctincs Of the Mems College 20 ne
Womens college lie assured tho
c.rs that there would d. a library
and that they had helped IN won
lCrful work The last speaker was
Dean W.nurcd :. Robinson who al
ways has "a good word and a CHEEKY
message 10 leave with Tho girls she
spoke particularly OF Saint Nicholas
and thc fan astiCal bolicfs which are
contested with him and his reindeer
A. different intervals during the meal
the girls sang the old familiar Chrs:.
mas songs and fo- the first time hat
The PIANO n the dining room 70 helI
WAA VIII AlAt NAaTfs II NdS n EENd
Improvement and IL is hoped that tn,
Itsno Will he a permanent fixture Il
, he dining room and the orchestra vii
play on all occasions such as q do
20 this one. Elizabeth NcNcal playe,
me plona and Margaret Black. "Tlsh'
Poo. and Frances Worth ngton plave,
.Ae violin and mandolin. The com
m4ttee on Christmas activities wa.
made up OF members Of the SophOmor.
and Freshman classes. Grace Reed
En.marene Baldwin, Kathryn I.add
Marion Nlede, Blanche Workman
Dorothy Lefevre. Alyce Watson. Vest.
GOODWIN. Lillian Loose. Evelyn Cooke
. Irene wilkinson and Beulah Thomp
sor.
The guests az dinner were Dean an,
b Mrs. J.. l. Smith. Prof and Mrs. G.. j.
button and son. and Prof. and Mrs
+. r. Crooks and family.
After the dinner large number o
girls went 20 The Knoll" 70 sin
Christmas carols 70 DR.. and Mrs. Hulll
hon. Eleanor Vineyard led the ringins
, In the evening came the creates
FUN % all. especially % those VII
lived IN eather of the smaller dOrmi
tories. Topsy and BOletus A part
Tor the whole house was held IN bot
gf the buildings and regular Christ
mas party 80 was. The trees wer
decorated with tinsel. and strings q
? popcorn and crasIberr-es and the gift
2 In Boletus Santa Claus came and CAV
the gift 20 the girls. while those {
Topsy received :he!r presents froi
q the hands % the Christmas fairy. Tn
] parties had been well arranged and eac
gift was accompanied by an appropi-
ate verse. There wero h,tle stoclSins
e filled with nuts and Christmas candle