, 1935-01-13
Valley Students
At
u. Of T.
BY BETTY

BY BETTY ROCKWELL
Delta Tau Delta fraternity enter
tanned with q dance Friday night
at the Austin Country club. Chap
erons were Mrs. j. b. Dickson. Mrs.
A. M. Darcy, Mrs. A. d .Colman. and
DIR II. T. Parlin. Gail McDavitt OF
Brownsville was a guest of the fra
ternity for the dance.
Newman Hall dormitory held open
house Friday night from $3.50 until
III o'clock. On the arrangement
committee are the following:
Kathleen Warren, Dorotyh Davis,
Marian Cahnrad, and Olga Kocur-
ok. In the receiving line were Lii
liam Runyon. and Amalie Runyon
OF Brownsville. Ann Buttrill and
Loretta wittenbury.
Sigma M fraternity OF which j,
Il. Kent, Morris Mckay, Volney Tay-
Tor, Herbert Thomas Of Brownsville
and John Sanders Of Harrington are
members, will entertain with a for
NAL dance to be held at the Austin
Country club.
The American Society Of Civil
Engineers held its annual fall din
ner and dance in the Driskell Hotel
Saturday night, January 5. The
banquet vas held In the Pan-Am-
erican room Of the hotel and the
dinner in the Pink room.
The table was decorted in white
candles and orange ~chrysanthe-
NUNS; a large ~centerpiece OF the
latter featured the decoration
scheme. The program carried q
c~aricature Of Dean T. u. Taylor a.
N frontispiece and was done in blue
print.
Among the guests was Reuben
Guerra Of Hidalgo. Howard Holmes
of Harrington is a student civil en-
zineer.
Grace Hall held its ANIMAL tradi-
tional Twelfth Night" party Mon
day night. The giving OF such
party has been the custom OF the
dormitory for many years. In keep
ing with the original significance
Of Twelfth Night the girls took
down the Christmas decorations anc
burned them in the fireplace in the
living room OF the dormitory. Re-
freshments were served. and bridge
was played.
Because OF the fact that there
were several dances scheduled FOL
saturday night. the twelfth night
after Christmas. the party was post
poned until Monday night.
Kate Ewing Of Harrington stays al
Grace Hall during the school year
Peregrinus. patron saint Of tho
School Of Law. recently destroyed
by the engineers, will be reconstruct
Cd. Ira p. Hildebrand, dean OF the
School OF Law. announced Monday
Matte Belle Ross II Edinburl
was reported sick at the Scottish
Rite Infirmiry Wednesday.
Leroy Haskell, Jr., former student
OF the University Of Texas. was
visitor In Austin during the pas
week. Mr.. Haskell stopped here er
route to washington to make
visit.
The regular meeting of the Valley
club was held in Texas Union Wed
nesday, at 8 O'Clock. The president
Charles Pugsley of San Benito. urg'
ed that all members pay their dues
as soon as possible so that the clut
members might start on their &C.
tivities.
Chairmen for the committee;
provided for in the constitution were
appointed: social committee - Gal
McDavitt. of Brownsville, chairman
10 appoint four others to work witt
Aher; program Avis Williams
chairman. TO be aided by Jane Harry
man of Harrington. and n other K
be chosen by Miss Williams anc
Miss Harryman; attendance -
Betty Rockwell Of BrownSvAe
chairman, to be aided by n stu
dent from each Valley town TO be
sure that all Valley students know
when and where the meetings vii
be held and the program 10 be pre-
sented.
II was decided that the next reg
ular meeting. the fourth Tuesday
in January. the END, be post
poned as II falls in dead week" but
the president urged that the at
tendance committee work hard tc
have a large attendance at the first
meeting Of the second semester. Feb
ruary IL. as that meeting calls foE
the election Of officers.
Those present az the meeting were
Tom Blackwell Of Mercedes. Alice
7ramm OF Harlingen. Beth Gregory
Of Brownsville. Catherine Pugs-
lev or San Benito. George Morris OF
brownsville. Kelsey Stuart OF Har-
lingen. Harold Jackson OF Harlin-
gen. Willard dig OF Harrington
Charles Pugsley OF San Benito, Gan
McDavitt OF Brownsville. Tony
Gomez OF Brownsville. walter
washington OF Brownsville. AIDA
Reid Templeton OF Harlingen and
Betty Rockwell OF Brownsville.