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and the effect of the violin, which will be played in several of the pieces by Professor Farrell, is beautiful. Students of K. S. U. have every reason in the world to be proud of their Glee and Banjo Clubs in the past, and from the indications of the superior abilities manifested by the present Clubs, they will have just as much reason to be proud of the Glee and Banjo Clubs on their coming tour.
Beta Theta Pi Reception.
On last Thursday evening the boys of Beta Theta Pi were given a charming reception at the home of Mr. Ed. Stimpson. During the evening the boys were very pleasantly surprised by a number of young ladies f.om the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity coming in upon them unannounced. The young ladies alternately wore the pink and blue of the Beta's and added spice and merriment to the pleasures of the evening. A most charming evening was spent with music, dancing and pleasant games and it was quite late before the merry youths and maideds wended their way homeward.
The microscopic symposium which was held last Thursday evening in Snow hall was largely attended. The first part of the evening was spent in the lecture room where the lantern connected with a microscope was used to throw the pictures of very minute objects, such as the dust from a butterfly's wing or the mouth parts of a fly, upon a screen in a highly magnified form. The crowd then adjourned to the botanical laboratory, where upon tables arranged around the room were fifty compound microscopes each with a slide and printed explanation. Those who were fortunate enough to have attended spent an evening both entertaining and instructive.
The members of Beta Theta Pi, of the Kansas chapter, together with the Missouri chapter, will attend the Kansas-Missouri foot ball game on Thanksgiving at Kansas City. Through the kindness of the fraternity alumni of Kansas City, the boys will have Tallyhoes and expect to make themselves heard during the game.
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One of the social events of the season was the reception and dance given by the members of Sigma Nu to their friends last Thursday evening in Fraternal Aid Hall. The hall, which was draped in the colors of the fraternity, presented a very pretty appearance, and the balcony, tastefully arranged with rugs, settees, and easy chairs, made a most inviting place to rest. Behind a profusion of potted plants on the stage small card tables were arranged for the use of those not desiring to dance. The long, wide halls of the Eldridge House afforded an excellent place for promenade. The Grand March, in which all participated, was led by Mrs. Lawrence Sears and Miss Kate Nicholson. Handsomely engraved programs with twenty numbers on them, and half of them waltzes, were handed to each person in the course of the Grand March, and in addition each person was presented with a white rose, the fraternity flower, as a souvenir of the occasion. After dancing the program half through to this music of Buch's orchestra of five pieces, the merry crowd assembled in the Eldridge House dining room where an elegant repast was served, the fifty couples present being all seated at once. Having done justice to the full number of courses set before them, they once more repaired to the dancing hall, where they danced until a very late hour.
C. W. Miller, vice-president of the State Oratorical Association, and F. C. Bowker, a delegate from K. U., went to Topeka last Friday to attend the meeting of the State Oratorical Association, which was held for the purpose of selecting judges for the coming contest at Topeka. The following is a list of the judges selected:
Judges on Thought and Composition. Judge Earle, of McPherson; Mr. Naylor, of Wichita, and Prof. Spencer, of Cooper Memorial College, Sterling.
Judges on Delivery. — Judge Ady, of Newton; J. R. Burton, of Abilene, and Ed. Hoch, of Marion.
Alternates on Thought and Composition.—J. T. Burris, of Olathe; A. C. Heat, of Frank-