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THE UNIVERSITY COURIER.
smilax, while the dining room was most beautiful in yellow.
The bride and groom are former students at Kansas University, the groom being a worthy member of last year's law class Mrs. Challis is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity and for the past few years has been actively connected with the chapter here. Mr. Challiss is a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Mr. and Mrs. Challis left at 10:45 p. m. for Atchison, where they are at home after the fifteenth of May.
The May Day Scrap.
Possibly the faculty warning was responsible for the absence of a fight on May Day. At any rate the celebration was tame compared with the one of last year.
The Freshmen were worsted in the first round at 3 o'clock in the morning by the Sophomores, who took from them their pole. It was an iron pole and the Sophs took it and wound it around a telegraph pole, completely destroying it. The Freshies were not to be discouraged, so they secured a wooden pole and erected it across the street from the library The Sophs caught some of the boys and had sport with them. Humphrey was bound and taken out to the old wind-mill and left. Troxel got used pretty roughly.
By 8:30 there was a large crowd on hand to see the fun, but there was no demonstration other than that a few students were forced to tip their hats to the pole, and Prof. Cowan was seized and carried to the pole and made to salute it. At 9:15 the Freshmen there were not more than 75—pulled up the pole and marched away. Aside from a little scuffling there was not a fight. At three o'clock in the morning there was some lively scrimmaging but as a whole the affair was very tame The Sophs gained the first victory by destroying the long iron pole, but the Freshies were victorious in defending their pole, even though it was but fifteen feet high.
The Kappa Party.
The ladies of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity gave their annual party on Tuesday evening in Fraternal Aid hall. The hall never looked prettier. The decorations were very elaborate. Many piano lamps with various colored shades shed soft light on the gay scene, while the electric light in the center of the room shone through a handsome blue shade. The colors of the fraternity are light and dark blue. All the decorations were of these colors. On the stage, which looked like a summer garden, refreshments were served. On either side of the room punch bowls were placed which funished refreshing liquid to the dancers. Buch's orchestra of eight pieces played music that was an invitation to dance, even if there had not been hosts of pretty girls.
The most enchanting feature of the evening was the May pole dances in which all took part. The Kappas also introduced a fashionable novelty by beginning the dance at 8:15 and closing it at 12:30. There were about forty-five couples present.
The party will long be remembered by those who were fortunate enough to be favored, as a very swell party given by a very excellent fraternity.
The following members received the guests: Misses Bowersock, Mason, Elmore, Wilder, Morris, Sands, O'Bryan Anderson, Ella Anderson, Lingard, Powell, Orton, Spaulding, Stanton, Banks, Noises, Starr, Riddle, Nichols, Wilson, Freeman, Sweeney, Potts, Allison, Landis, Chandler, Leverett, Nash, Rider and Duff.
The out of town guests were: From Topeka: Mr and Mrs. J. A. Evans, Misses Mabel Curry, Helen Wilson, Marie Brooks and Mr. Ed. Curry. From Kansas City: Misses Hattie Agnew and Margaret Bigger. From Olathe: Miss Pearl Sprague, Grace Pettyjohn and Mr. Charles Pettyjohn.
Robin Hood.
The presentation of De Koven's beautiful opera of "Robin Hood," given at Bowersock's Opera house three nights last week, was a grand success. The production was under the direction of Miss Georgia Brown, who re-wrote the libretto and it is to her untiring efforts and unabating zeal that the success of the performance is largely due. For two months the dozen members of the cast and some sixty choice singers have been working arduously for the perfection of one of the hardest kind of entertainments-a