University of Wyoming - WYO Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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The annual Pan-Hellenic Ball, always one of the outstanding dances of the year, was held in the Union Ballroom Saturday, February 17th. The lighted emblems of each member sorority on the campus served as the theme of the Ball. . a parade f }t0 U. W. co-eds turned out en masse for the annual A.W.S. Co-Ed Costume Ball held in the Union Ballroom February 22nd. Countless costumes displaying sky-limit originality were evident in the grand march, from which were chosen three prize-winning costumes — the funniest, the prettiest and the most original. This has become a traditional affair on our campus, and as in previous years proved a huge success. The winnahs! ! oo la la such brazen hussies! ! ! !

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Everyone appropriately dressed in their western togs attended the Cow- boy Ball sponsored by the Ag Club on February 9th, following the Utah game. Many and varied western outfits were in evidence, levis predominating, and a rarin ' good time was had by all! Oscar Wilde ' s satirical play, The Im- portance of Being Earnest, opening a series of Penthouse Plays to be given monthly, was presented in the Union Lounge February 27th. Principal roles The final bow, The Importance of Being Earnest. Originality plus . . . Plus the last minute scramble for costume, and these gals did all right. were portrayed by Pat Stoddard, Willard Roth, Elva Mae Robb, Ann Clark and John Those. This production was so well received that another perform- ance was presented the following day. The purpose of these dramtic projects is to familiarize the student body with interesting dramatic approaches to the classics. Elva Mae Robb and John Thode in The Importance of Being Earnest. 18

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The one nice day in March, and the Chi Omegas spent it house cleaning. This snap was taken typical day in March. on a more Invitations were received by thirty-five outstanding campus personalities to at- tend the 8th annual Gridiron Banquet, sponsored by Blue Pencil, held Thursday, March 8th. This affair is in the nature of a gripe session, and as in years before, the Gridironsters were deeply concerned with better promotion and boosting of the university. Each year the character- istic red derby hats are presented to the boy and girl chosen by the group as having griped the most, and this year Lyell Knight and John Lynn were the lucky winners. One of the highlights of the quarter on the social calendar was the winter quarter Inter-Fraternity Ball held March 2nd and put on by the Inter-Fraternity Council which represents all the fraterni- ties on the campus. The affair, usually one of the swish events of the year, was curtailed somewhat this year due to war- time conditions, but was nevertheless well-attended and comes under the heading of big dances of the year. Now let me see which is Beth and which is Bette. Russe knows!