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Kansas University Weekly.
The Pipe Organ Fair.
For a period of some six years, the project of a Fair for the purpose of raising money for the purchase of a pipe organ for University hall has been more or less discussed. The Fair is now a thing of the past, and proved to be an event wholly successful in every way, and one which in better times would have brought in almost enough money to have paid for the organ. It will ever remain a pleasant memory in the minds of those who participated in the good time, among them being the governor-elect, four members of the board of Regents, nearly all of the professors, the prominent business men of Lawrence with their families, and a large percentage of the student body. Its success was assured last October when the young ladies' fraternities, the Y. W. C. A. and the Euterpe Society promised their assistance. An effort was then made to secure the co-operation of all University organizations, which resulted in the following selection of booths: Candy—Pi Beta Phi; Ices—Kappa Kappa Gamma; Japanese—Kappa Alpha Theta; Christmas—Euterpe Society; Oysters—Y. W. C. A.; Dispensary—Medical club; Poster show—Art club; Books—Y. M. C. A.; "Dyche" trophies—Engineering club; "X rays" —Electrical Engineers; Checking—Kent club; Contributors—Adelphic literary society; Barnums'—Athletic association; and last but not least, "Eden Musee"—Phi Kappa Psi. The ladies of the executive committee, Mrs. Chancellor Snow, Miss Blackmar, Mrs. Hodder, Miss Lynn and Miss Brown worked hard for the fair, and looked principally after its social features; of the gentlemen Mr. Clark took charge of the artistic arrangements; Mr. Moody, the finances; Mr. Whitman, the floor plan; Mr. Kenyon, the ticket selling; Mr. Davies, the interests of the schools; Mr. Harold Smith, the voting contests; while Mr. Penny acted as general manager. The work progressed with facility. The first contribution came from the young ladies' athletic entertainment so successfully carried out by Mrs. Clark at Library hall. The second came from the door receipts of the Christmas concert (a criticism of the concert appeared in our last
issue). The Fair opened on Wednesday afternoon Dec. 16th and was in full swing for three nights with ever increasing interest. On entering the rink, one was impressed with the artistic effect of the decorations, the booths and their general arrangement, the pretty costumes of the young ladies, and the excitement and gaiety everywhere apparent. It was impossible however to go very far and particularize until one had broken away from the persuasive spell of the "swell fakir" of the "Eden Musee," until he had followed the graphically pictured contents on the exterior, and had investigated the charming illusions and monstrosities on the inside. This was decidedly the most entertaining feature of the Fair. The tent was always full of people having a jolly time in spite of the persistent demand of each "freak" that you take its "photo" home with you. The athletic boys had a change of program each evening with many novel features, and the two "solicitors" kept things lively at this end of the room. In the centre was the most beautiful of the booths—that of the Pi Phis. It was an octogon in green and red festoons with beauties in white aprons always ready to serve. Then came Prof. Clark's Poster show—a well arranged display of the best, latest, and most successful posters. When this was inspected, then it was possible to properly see the great ice palace of the Kappas to which Rohe had given a decided "Montreal" flavor. The attractive oyster garden of the Y. W. C. A. underneath, the tableaux stage above, the beautiful stairway entrance to the "hall of the ices," the charming "maidens of ye olden time," the living expressions of the lemon and the orange with their red tongues, together with the little fairy, all made this booth decidedly the most original of them all. The entire corner on the right was occupied by a most delightful Japanese conception—the lattice work, decorations, the "Jap" girls. The gypsy tent with its wierd occupants made the Theta booth the prettiest attraction in the room. In the opposite corner was the dainty doll and holly display of the Euterpe girls.
Next to them, the book booth of the Y. M.