Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
SOCIETY
Valley Students
y. Of T.

day honored the senior girls with
the annual Junior prom. Girll
dra Nd as boys escorted their dates
to u affair, which attracted more
than 500 women students Of the
university.
Miss Josephine Pollard OF Har.
ingen, a member of the JUNO,
council, took a prominent part in
preparing and planning for the
prom. Miss Pollard led the grand
march, honoring Miss Dorothy
Louise Gebauer, assistant dean OF
women at the university.
Among the seniors who were
honored at the prom were Miss
Gyneth Stugard of Alamo, Miss
Pauline Roots of San Benito, and
Miss Martha Brooks Dickey Of Nc
Allen.
There were special dances carry
ing out the m~odernistic idea, and
the Varsity coed quartet sang sew
eral songs.
Robert Oils of Mercedes, senior
student in the department of me-
chanical engineering of the college
Of engineering of the university,
addressed the meeting of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers held Monday. Oils spoke
on Steam Automobiles"
Ohis discussed the differences be-
tween the automobile u by gasc-
line and the steam automobile and
compared the two as to construc-
ton. He Is a student assistant in
the mechanical engineering depart
ment.
Worthma Davenport of Browns
vile is a member of q committee
Of students from the university
school of law engaged in planning
a separate honor system for that
school. The final plan will be sub
mitted to the law students within a
few days.
Davenport Is a senior law stu
dent and Is a member of Chan
cellors, national honorary scholas-
tic law fraternity.
Bernard Lebowitz of San Benito
took part in planning a Dads and
Mothers edition of the Daily
Texas which was sent last week to
parents OF all university students,
! in anticipation of the annual Dads
Ind Mothers day being held this
Z, rk-end.
Pm howitz, who is a freshman in
university, was a member of
sandScommittee in charge of the
l~kawaication.
,ssals
iservceraI Valley students attended
During Iormal dance given Friday
we're cS last week by Delta Chi
~ K,. The Austin country
club decorated as a spring gar
den with palms and cut flowers.
The guests included Miss Helen
Glasscock Of Mercedes, Miss Anne
Seaman and Miss Martha Inger-
soil, both of Brownsville, Stevs
Wray of Donna, Jimmie Huffen-
dick Of McAllen, and Fred Wag-
ner Of Brownsville.
New Y. W. G. A. officials were in
stalled Monday at Vesper services.
Miss Mary Margaret Glasscock Of
Mercedes was installed as record
ing secretary.
Miss Glasscock Is q member of
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, Theta
Sigma Phi, honorary and profess
sional journalism fraternity for
women, and is an issue editor of
the Daily Texan, campus news
paper.
Miss Josephine Pollard Of Har-
ffngen and Miss Gyneth Stugard Of
Alamo tied with two other en-
trants for third place in the Hous-
ton Post Dispatch extempore
speaking finals held Wednesday
evening Of last week. A total of
$50 was distributed among the
contestants.
Herschell walling Of Mission, IN
structor in business administra-
ton at the university, was one Of
the judges In the 25th annual con-
test for the Wilmot defamation
prize, held Monday.
Miss Dalinda Rodriguez of Mis-
sion was one of the contestants in
the woman's division.
Charles Davis of McAllen has
taken part in several games played
BY the University of Texas Long
horn baseball team during the
past two weeks. and has been hit
ting well. He is very fast on the
bases and can cover much terri
tory in center field.
The annual banquet of the school
of business administration will be
held Tuesday. Paul Newman of
Harrington, senior student. is n of
the Valley students who IS PLAN
ming to attend the affair.
The team captained by Herschell
Walling of Mission led in total
pledges in the Wesley Foundation
budget drive this week.
Walling has been active in stu
dent affairs on the campus. and
was president of the Methodist Stu
dent Federation during his senior
year here. He is now taking grad
uate work as well as being a mem
Der Of the faculty.
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