Webster University - Lauretanum Yearbook (Webster Groves, MO)

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fllai-TS, .-f x -yif'I3,l!7W'. -- CT-Ani-X 3 ff if it FALL DANEE While brown autumn haunted the campus, Webster Col- lege went a dancing. The Ivory Room of Hotel lefferson, from nine to twelve on the memorable night of November seventeenth, supplied the elegance that must accompany the opening of a season of gaiety. The Fall Dance, made beautiful by the interest of the Student Government Board, was an evening for forget- ting. Freshmen forgot the trials of a greenieg sopho- mores forgot their dignity, juniors forgot the impending Christmas Banquet, and seniors forgot their theses. Gay again, dressed informally for the occasion, girls and boys wheeled and turned, and dipped and glided in tune with the music of Iohnny Kamp's orchestra. The Fall Dance! Everybody goes! It marks the beginning. And every- body wants to begin. And the correct way is the laugh- ing way. And the Fall Dance is a great big autumn laugh of joy that the gods have cast to the lot ot Webster College. l59l

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The Webster students went nautical this year and took their audiences for a cruise Aboard the Queen Mary in the College Little Theater. As usual the production was an all student activity. The numbers were the original work of the students. The Goon Girls mixed up their ships, but they and the Sea Hag stole the show as they trucked hither and yon. The Choral Club received much applause doing the salon scene from Roberta , Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire tapped their way to success. There was an exquisite masquerade waltz presenting many pretty pictures. The fat numbahs in I-leave I-lo M'Lassies with their re- ducing antics were unique. The falsetto Rigoletto chorus screeched their way to fame. The Dionne quintuplets were finally discovered by the Captain as the mischiev- ous stowaways, and as they danced, they brought to the forward deck passengers en masse, just in time to march down the gangplank to the tune of Anchors Away . G. Hayden V. Carroll Business Manager Chairman- VUUVIL Dancing Director l58l

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CHRISTMAS HA The Christmas Banquet is by faculty and student acclaim one of the most charming occasions on Websters calendar. The cafeteria, scene of the dinner, and the Pink Room were gaily decorated, displaying the Christmas spirit. The gala setting suited the festive mood of the diners, guests of Mother Edwarda and the lunior Class. y Dinner served, Dr. Donovan extended his Christmas greet- ings and presented class pins to the seniors. The 1937 pin loears a ruby which, according to tradition, will be ceded to the class of 1941. After the presentation the guests gathered in the Pink Room to await the coming of Santa Claus. Soon he arrived with a sleigh full of gifts for the faculty and his new friends, the freshmen. The jolly old man was feted with song and dance. Then hopping on to his sleigh Santa dashed otf with A Merry Christmas to all and to all a good-night! f50l NUUET