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SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940
Men To Lead the '400' Tonight
Social Whirl
With the Eldridge hotel once more burned to the ground and all the Hollywood visitors on their way back to the coast, premiere-worn Hillities returned to the Campus this morning glad that it was Friday and ready for
a new round of activities.
Festivities at organized houses reached an all-time mid-week peak last night with out-of-town guests here for the premiere enjoying the hospitality of various groups. Guests at the buffet supper at the Delta Upsilion house were Eleanor Crossland, c'41; Adelyn Cast, b'41; Betty West, c'42; Cecil King, c'41; Betty Banker, fa'43; Betty Jane Boddington, c'40; Marjorie Heimbrook fa'41.
Loraine Peacock, c'42; Muriel Henry, fa'43; Reola Durand, c'43; Jeanne Knight, c'41; Mary Kathryn Brown, c'43; Suzanne Lowderman, c'42; Virginia Marshall, c'43; Jean Bailey, c'43; Kathleen O'Sullivan, c'43; Dorothy Westfall, c'43; Leone Hoffman, c'40; Suzanne McHaghten, c'43
Dorothy Lenert, c'43; Helen Moore, c'42; Ruth Wiedemann, b'41; Peggy Pat Hennessey, fa'42; Tildie Fowler, c'40; Joan Taggart, c'43; Lois Howell, c'43; Mary Louise Lockhart, c'43; Janis Welsh, c'43; Ethelyne Burns, fa'40; Bette Baker, c'42; Virginia Oakes, c'43; Martha Jane Green, c'43, and Irma Wahl of Kansas City, Mo.
Dinner guests at the Pi Kappa Psi fraternity last night were Mr and Mrs. W. O. Lenhart of Trenton, Mo.
Morris Parker of the University of Colorado, Clifford Nessrode of Kansas City, Mo., Maxine Miller, c'41, and Suzanne Haskins, c'41, were dinner guests at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity last night.
Col. and Mrs. Karl F. Baldwin were dinner guests of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity last night.
John Burch of Kansas City, Kans.; Betty Campbell and Mrs. D. R. Witherup, both of Kansas City, Mo. were Thursday evening dinner guests at the Alpha Omicron Pi house.
Dinner guests at the Kappa Sigma fraternity last night were Mrs. Gerritude Armanttrout, Marjorie Jean Armanttrout, Frances Gillespie, Tom Henshaw, and Melvin Hatcher, all of Topeka. Other guests were Marian Springer, c'40; Patty Ledyard, c'42; Jean Entriken, fa'42; and Tom Bateman, c'43.
Dinner guests at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity last night were Elizabeth Evans, c'sp and Midge Dawe.
Spangles and tambourines will be the rule tonight as members of Wesley Foundation, Methodist student group, take "A Trip to Gypsyville" in a party in the church at 8 o'clock.
The party is the second of the semester for the organization, and those coming have been requested to wear some article of clothing smacking of Gypsy costumes.
Autry At Granada Tonight
Gene Autry, grand marshal of the premiere parade yesterday, will make two personal appearances on the stage of the Granada theater today in conjunction with the Kansas premiere of "Rancho Grande" in which he stars. June Storey, one of the eight Hollywood stars present during yesterday's celebrations, is Autry's leading lady in this picture.
Autry will sing many of the songs he has made popular in recent pictures, including "South of the Border" which broke box-office records with the star making personal appearances in London. England. Stage appearances are at 4:35 p.m., 7:35 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Alpha Omega Alpha Initiates Seven
Seven juniors and seniors of the University School of Medicine were initiated last night in Alpha Omega Alpha, honorary medical fraternity at the annual dinner for new members held at the Hyde Park hotel in Kansas City. The new members are Mark Dodge, m'41; Albert Pugh, m'41; Clayton Clark, m'40; Harold L. Dyer, m'40; Hugh E. Stephens, m'41; Alfred Dietrich, m'41; and Harold A. Rosier, m'41.
Dr. Logan Clendeningn, noted newspaper health columnist, gave the after dinner speech on "The History of Medical Ethics."
Spring Formal Dinner Dance Top Social Bill
Dr. Logan Clendening, noted the health service; Parke Woodard, associate professor of physiology; N. P. Sherwood, professor of bacteriology; O. O. Stoland, professor of physiology; all of the University, and Dr. Lyle S Powell, Lawrence physician, also attended the annual event.
Acacia and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity have captured the social spotlight for tonight. The Acacia's and their guests will tour the town for a progressive dinner, having cocktail at Weidemann's, the main course at Evan's Hearth and desert at the Colonial tearoom.
The Sig Ep's will swing out at their annual spring formal tonight under blue Hawaii skies in the Memorial Union building to the music of Clyde Smith and his band.
Henry Noller, c'41, was a dinner guest at the Kappa Alpha Theta house last night
--of Women, for the Joint Com-
Corbin hall and the Jayhawk Coop held an exchange dinner last night. Guests of Corbin were Eugene Ninginer, fa'42; Bill Martin, c'43; Charles Eckert, c'43; Floyd Philgreen, gr; and Orville Kretzmeier, c'42.
Mildred Wells, ed'43; Katherine Hartley, c'42; Lenore Knuth, fa'42; Dorothy Howe, c'42; and Dorothy Gear, c'42, were guests at the Jayhawk Co-op house.
Alpha Chi Sigma, chemical fraternity, announces the pledging of Russell Runnels, e'43.
Prof. and Mrs. W. W. Davis were dinner guests at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity last night.
Irma Wahl of Kansas City, Mo. is a weekend guests at the Alpha Omicron Pi house.
Authorized Parties
Friday, April 5
Friday, April 5
Acacia, Dinner-Dance at Chapter House. 12 p.m.
Sigma Phi Epsilon spring formal at the Memorial Union building, 12 p.m.
Wesley Foundation, Gypsy Party at Methodist Church, 11 p.m.
Saturday, April 6
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Party at Union Ballroom, 12 p.m.
Kappa Psi, Dinner-Dance at Union Building, 12 p.m.
Tennessee Club dance at 1420 Ohio, 12 p.m.
ELIZABETH MEGUIAR, Adviser
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Now that it's spring the coeds will turn to this pleated skirt in peppermint striped wash silk with pleated shorts of white pique.
THANK YOU K.U.
Commonwealth-Lawrence Theatres Extends Heartiest Thanks to Lawrence and K.U. for Making the Premiere a Success.
ONE CRITIC'S OPINION
By John C. Moffitt
(Storia Motion Picture Ed
LAWRENCE, KANS.—April 4. The eyes of Hollywood were turned on Lawrence tonight to see the climax of a gallant story of infant motion picture company fighting its way up from "poverty row" to claim recognition in a high pressure and ruthlessly competitive industry. The name of the company was Republic pictures and the production basket in which it had placed most of its assets is "The Dark Command." One could not say the executives of Republic had placed all of their eggs in one basket for "egg" is a term of derision in the show business and no eggs are laid in this picture.
It and the company came through with colors flying.
Though here on the Missouri- Kansas borders where history has its many partisan interpreters there may be some difficulties of opinion concerning the history accuracy of the film, there can be little debate over its caliber as a money maker and as a piece of entertainment. In action, it faced with imprecision drawn characterizations, the film lacked only technicolor to be the equal of "Dodge City." Its story is better constructed and freer from hokum than that of "Virginia City," touted as the year's most sumptuous western. Theater men from
Missouri and Kansas were unanimous in pronouncing it a "showman's picture", which is simply a trade name of a popular success.
The battle scenes are crowded and the settings are first class. There's nothing cheap about the film. The biggest studios in Hollywood would be proud to have it on their production list.
Before concluding the review, it might not be amiss to say a word about the city of Lawrence. This reviewer has attended a number of movie premieres, including the one tagged for "Mission Own." at Waukeegan, III, last summer and the celebrated "Gone With the Wind" opening at Atlanta.
Not one of them has been handled as smoothly, as efficiently or entertainingly as the one that Lawrence staged today. It was an elaborate affair embracing a parade, a ball, and a pageant in which buildings were burned and horses charged through smoke and flame. Yet there was no confusion and no hard feelings. The stars were examined by thronging thousands but there was no sign of bad taste or the snatching of buttons and jewelry by souvenir hunters. The stars were much impressed. They came to Lawrence to advertise Hollywood. But they'll go back to Hollywood advertising Lawrence — for a good time and a job well done.