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'Press Associations to Qombine
' T ' H A T there is a possibility of the amalgamation of the Maryland Scholastic
JL Press Association with the Dixie Scholastic Press Association, in the near future, J at Stanford University Friday night, being given in Assembly Hall before an
was learned recently from William M . Kricker, vice president of Pi Delta Epsilon
and former chairman of the Maryland Association.
Kricker has been negotiating with Miss Genevieve Wright (ITA '30), leader
of the Dixie Association, and a Maryland graduate of the class of '30, with refer-
ence to the consolidation. I f the proposal materializes into fact, the group from
the western end of the state will adopt the name of the local Press Association.—
Maryland Diamondback.
'Dorothy J^auth 'Prominent in $ B
ONE of the attractive members of the younger set who is active in campus
affairs at the University of Southern California is Miss Dorothy V. Lauth
(KG), daughter of Mrs. A. Donald Davis (Adele D. Lauth). Miss Lauth is a
member of Alpha Omicron Pi, Phi Beta, and is head of the social service com-
mittee of the Y.W.C.A., and active member of the U.D.S. Miss Lauth was coun-
selor at Camp Estelle, Mt. Baldy, last summer.
Miss Lauth and her mother entertained Wednesday evening at their home
in honor of the Phi Beta Sorority, the occasion serving to install the officers
for the ensuing year and another feature was the induction of patrons, the
guests including many professional people of the Southland.
Among the newly appointed patrons are Dr. and Mrs. A. Schreiner, Maestro
Pietro Cimini, A. Donald Davis, Roy Harris, Judge W. R. Garrett, Mrs. Grace
Wood, Jess and Nell Gothold.
Phi Beta is a national professional fraternity of music and dramatic art. Both
Mrs. Davis and Miss Lauth are members.—Los Angeles Times.
Alpha O's Among 'Ball 'Patronesses
H P H E Panhellenic ball, given annually under the auspices of the New York
JL City Panhellenic, of which Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn is president, will take
place on Friday night in the Cascades of the Biltmore. Miss Marion J. Davis
heads the ball committee. Assisting her are Mrs. Hepburn, Mrs. James F. McNaboe,
and Mrs. Frank K. Hoffman.
Among the patronesses are: Mrs. Owen D. Young. Mrs. Curtis B. Dall, Mrs.
Burton Henry White, Mrs. Paul C. Boyd, Mrs. Douglas J. Johnson, Mrs. Jesse
Merrick Smith, Mrs. Arnold L. Davis, Mrs. Beverly Robinson, Miss Florence You-
mans, Mrs. Carl B. Merner, Mrs. Harold Pickering, Miss Elizabeth Howells, Mrs.
Charles T. Green, Miss Cora B. Emery, Mrs. Richard B. Scandritt, Mrs. Frederick
A. Ives (N), Miss Katherine Maclntyre ( I ) , Miss Frances Brewer, Mrs. John
Burke, and Miss Dorothy Gaylord—New York Times.
Cfern Allen Sleeted to Sagles
F ERN ALLEN ( O , has been elected as the tenth member of the Sophomore
Eagles society. Only nine girls were made Eagles last spring instead of the
customary eleven, thus giving the new Eagles the privilege of electing two more
girls, if so desired, this fall. Miss Allen was the only new member chosen.
She has taken part in many of the campus activities, especially in hockey,
" Y " work and journalism, and is a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority —
Maine Campus.
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J^ambda Qirl Sn '"Bird Sn Jfand"
T O H N DRINKWATER'S amusing play, "Bird in Hand," opened the spring season
audience that should have been larger. The chances taken by a group of students in
putting over comedy are great, for so many things go to make up a performance of
this type of play—speed, characterization, delicacy of touch, mood—the probability
of failure is increased perceptibly. Happily the students at Stanford have in Harold
Helvenston a director who knows his business and is besides able to get good work
from his players.
The Drinkwater play has a very simple plot. The Greenleafs, for generations
hosts at the Bird in Hand Inn, have a daughter whose education has made her mod-
ern in thinking. She and young Gerald Arnwood, son of the local big man—the story
is laid in rural England—are in love.
Her father does not believe in letting down the bars between classes. He objects
strenuously to a marriage between his family and that of the "county"—a form of
caste pride as great as that of the nobility that refuses to marry with commoners.
In the end Gerald's father. Sir Robert Arnwood, comes to ask old John Greenleaf
for Joan's hand for his son. However, the fun of this comedy lies in the casual char-
acters, three men guests at the inn, who take an absorbing interest in the love of Joan
and Gerald. They are a quaint little man who "travels in sardines"; young Cyril
Beverly, an impudent young idler, and Ambrose Godolphin, K.C., a pompous, but
kindly, old barrister.
Frederick Stover's settings had utility and beauty, but the lighting of the second
act was too bright, particularly at the front of the stage. I t destroyed the makeup of
the characters, obliterating lines and showing the middle-aged men of the story to be
nothing more than school boys. The lights should have come down very low when
the candles were put out. The furnishing also was too complete for good taste. And
while finding fault it may be well to say that Virginia Wilson looked ravishingly
pretty in the velvet negligee of Act I I , but Joan Greenleaf would certainly not have
possessed so expensive a garment.
Miss Wilson was an excellent Joan, playing the role simply and sincerely, and
having a pleasant lover in Ruhland Isaly as Gerald. Honors go in this comedy to the
character actors, for whom Drinkwater has provided richly.
Harry Hay was splendid as the crusty John Greenleaf, keeping in character al-
ways and giving a fine performance. James Sandoe was deliriously droll as Mr. Blan-
quet, the sardine traveler, a character that wins and holds attention in any presentation
of this comedy. David Davis as Godolphin played with the dignity that covered the
humorous intent of the author, and was especially successful in the long silent scene
at the beginning of Act n .
Beulah Dimmitt (A '34), made a great deal of the role of Mrs. Greenleaf; James
Lyons was a saucy Cyril Beverly and Craig Thomas was good as Sir Robert.—San
"rancisco Chronicle.
(Jour 'Phi "Beta's at Kappa Tfieta
APPA THETA is proud to announce that there are four Phi Beta's in her
^ chapter, and not only are they just members but Bijou Brinkop ('33), is
President of the local chapter while Rose Marie Mclnerny ('33), is vice president.
Oorothy Lauth and Dorothy Piper are the other two girls who wear the Phi
Beta p\n.~Madeline Hannon (KG).
Council Secretary Ss an A O n
A T A meeting of the Freshman Woman's Council of the M.C.A. on Tuesday,
as f ^ 'c t o l e r 27, officers were elected for the coming year. Those elected were
o. jollows: Elsie Dunn, chairman; Evelyn Brumbaugh, vice chairman; and Mary
fallings (ITA), secretaryDiamondback.