Webster University - Lauretanum Yearbook (Webster Groves, MO)

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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

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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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F353 3 . ,rf lil: ff-I -- me if CT Sgf X PHUM The annual Senior Promenade was held as a formal dinner dance on Ianuary twenty-ninth at the Missouri Athletic As- sociation. The program began at eight and lasted until twelve to the accompaniment of Herb Maller's Orchestra. Every year the Prom is given under the auspices of the Senior Class, which is responsible for the entire arrange- ment of the affair. This is the only school dance to which alumnae of Webster are invited, and it is considered the loveliest social function of the school' year. The class of '37 followed the time-honored traditions always associated with Webster's Prom but introduced a new fea- ture-souvenirs for the seniors and their escorts. With the strains of Home Sweet Home, the Prom '37 ended. Each senior was saddened as she danced away the last Prom of her college days, but was happy that it had been a successful one. l61l'