Fourth/my 18. 11141 W GOIHHCSSES By Aldo Kairis Here we are again—woody for more news about sororities. Last Friday, the Kappa Phi‘Doloi Sorority had 21 rush luncheon in the tea room. Hearts and flowers for that “sweetheart day" were in full bloom. And msince we’re on the subject of sweethearts ~Louise Logue, an alumni member, tools: up the holy bonds of matrimony, and is sharing hearts with Willis Yornell, on ex- l..ewis instructor. “Little girl" Mickey Walker is carrying on a national college survey for the Towle Sterling Silverware Company. She has samples of twenty dif- ferent patterns and all senior girls are urged to look at them and then give their opinions about their designs. Miss Blanks, the Kappa faculty sponsor, and head of the Art Department, is sending some of her paintings to Palm Beach Florida—to the Siems Gallery. _Sigm:1 Omicrom Lambda again had 21 beautiful heart boxmancl Mr. Valentine “poured his hearts into a box". Say, it must be wonderful to be a business-woman . . Lorraine Hamm (40) has just spent two weeks in Florida. More power to her? Mary Flasher had a birthday last Tuesday. it’s better late than never . . . so. Humiy Birthday, Mary! Phi lit-tn Pi Sorority members attended a mixer on February 9. at the Hamilton Hotel. Eight of their new members were initiated into the Home Economics Club last Wednesday. Congratulations? Their annual candy sale was held in the school lobby on Valentine day. Now, the little ladies are planning to (line and doom at the Edgewatcr Beach Hotel on Februmy twenty~first. Sigma llcm Theta members excl‘iooseii Valentines; at a luncheon at the Betsy Ross Restaurant. Elinor Wick and Lorraine Plndras are certainly having; £1111 utilizing at a Walgreen Drug Stores—410v. mo Im (Flow «grotulnlions to Harriet it arm's upon hm:- ongag‘rmcut! All of the sororities were well lopiesrnlv ed at the lnter-hmternin-l ioroiity Trance last Friday . 61111111111 Rho’s are starting a bowling team. so all youse guys and gills . . . and kiddies who have ‘300" averages or better are hereby challenged to knock their lien pins from under them. Those interested. see Jock ”lice" Perkins or Bob liieycr. By the way . . . the boys are meeting Saturday night at Howie lvlerzog’s. The Duetlalimms had a week-end ol’ livin— ter sport's over the 18th and llllh. The Armour members came back exhausted and ready for their finals. Alumnae and active members had a dinner Friday night at. which our esteemed proxy luleoltl was guest of honor. Pier one? Needles Don’t wait another minute to see the new “Pins and Needles” still playing to capacity crowds at the Studebaker theatre; it’s the funniest force of this season’s thew trical offerings (take it from me). There’s a laugh behind every line (exactly ml. not counting giggles, smiles, etc), and consider. ing that all of the cast are members of the International Ladies Garment Worker’s Union, and have had only a limited amount of professional experience, they deserve plenty of credit for their excellent perform- ance. These boys and girls make fun of every-2 thing from advertising to Fascism, and their antics produce an abundance of mirth- provoking situation (my jaws still ache). You're sure to enjoy “The Pluto Boys” (see if they don’t remind you of the Ritz Broth- ers), “Cream of Mush”, bringing to atten— tion the troubles encountered while pro- ducing a radio program (poking fun at ASCAP). the “Red Mikado” (the last of the Mikados), “Bertha, the Sewing Mach- ine Girl,” (“It’s Better with a Union Man”) and many other juicy tid-bits. Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention the “Poker Play- ers” skit, which I thought was the fun- niest (the audience also. no doubt, since they give it such applause). A typical line from the “Poker Players": (While discuss— ing the servant problem) “Adolph", (guess TECflNOLflGY Word flu“ ll: {mils By Robert 0111;155:111 'l‘lu- inim'frutcrnity Council met last Fri- day and drew lots for the iiitci‘irutornity basketball tourney. The games to be played are as follows: Pl lions XS. Sammy's; lot-its vs. Della Lambda Xi; Phi Mops vs. Rho Belts; Triangle vs. Alpha gigs. The Theta Xi team. drew a bye. All games in the first round must be played oil by February 22. ’i‘lw llntcrfrotcrnitv Formal held last Fri- day night, in AS a huge success. {Earl Schrci her 1nd his orchcoti :1 played to 51 gay group in tho Congress Casino. The group con- sisted of Armour and Lewis ii eternity men. plus some Lewis sorority girls. thwnlwrg is to be congratulated lor the fine work he did in arranging; the oluborzito all—air. The film belts are considering changing their name to the Culbertson l’leyers. it seems that nanny Workman has talked the boys into playing contract hridge. Well at least no more time will he spent talking about ”Turin“ .‘iorosin’s future. Alpha religion l’hl took advantage of the week between semesters to initiate the following twenty men: James ulcer, Clouds Anderson, Robert Brindle. Mormon Carey, fill Domhros, William; Ilnnlop, Merit Dun- ncll. liolicrt lillrilmon, ‘llohcrt‘ Wrench, Elliot Gage, Harry Gillicsg'iie, ”Wilhert Hoclthmth. Edwin Johnston, John Eleanor, Behold Mob hock. Wonie McCullonyh, sun-4.1 Milling. Jr... John licishcnwcbcr John Riltonhonse, (“lyric Wayne, and Joel: Welélonmlllcr. Triangle hold “Courtesy Week“ last Wed» holiday, Thursday and Friday. The pledges were arranged in a novel order. A num‘ hm” on :1 Triangle shield identified each 1112111. The assignment of these numbers was a hand job as any ’l‘riel‘igle man can testify, (this-k hull was number one. it’s been a long hard pull. Chick. hul it’s worth it to be number one. llrlla ’1‘mi 'llclln announces the pledging of him: lingo, on entering: freshman from Monmouth, Ill. The Dells ore to have a nerd party this Friday. it should he no fined than film G armor and lto‘ Hoffman mo staying awake this semester Could lost semestcr‘ s mmks have anything to do with this? "Everyone in bed by ill P. M." is the new Dell motto. This rule is only broken on Wednesday nights when Bela Omega N11 (lntcrl‘raiernity filociull meets to discuss matters of grave imporlonce. Phi Kappa Sigma and Triangle fraterni- ties have taken up the bottle of their presi~ dents and now have bottles involving, eggs: and snowballs. Triangle pledges who had to stood scnhv duty on Triangles hole/{my time (ought between active Trio ”£335.le pad- dles: and pungent Phi Koo eggs. {They chose the eggs). Triangle got revenge the next night by rolling Phi Kops Jerry humm- in the snow (llunce had shorts on only). l‘iunce also sports a new “shiner.” The PM Kops hold :1 pledge donor Sot- ur-lluy, February 1. (Zircon; decorations were clirctivcly used. The house was completely redecorated between semesters by the plctlgcsz who were having}; “ ‘ourtcsy Woe". " The llcita Rho is holding a monitor to- night for ushers. About twenty-live have been invited to attend and the house is open for an evening of fun. who) says to “Benny” (guess again), ‘I haul 3 Pole working for me last year, but l’ve got myself a Frenchman this year.’ “Benny” replying,’ I think l’mma gonna malts change too.’ ‘I have an Ethiopian now. but I thinka l’mmav gonna getta my- self a Greek—~Mayhe!’ Special praise goes to Harold J. Rome, the talented young lyricist'compoecr who wrote the sparkling lyrics and words, and likewise to Berni Gould, Harry Clark, and Al Eben. for their side-splitting satire as "Adolph”, ”Joe”, and “Benny”, in the “Pelt: er Players.” skit. (If this doesn’t ‘imock you in the aisles", you’d better go back to giv- mg hotfoots.) Alma Charmat, as the vol— uptuous and tempting nurse (“I’m in high gear! Watcha gonna do about it?”) in the skit “Paradise Mislaid” (satirizing Clifford Odets’ play), and Miss Dorothy Harrison, the Negro singer who does such a fine job with “Merle. Mene, Tekel", also deserve the highest praise for their skillful perform- ances. ( Keep an eye on Miss Dorothy Harrison; her voice and personality will carry her to great heights in the near fu- Robert ' NE‘WS WWW. ”our fing’égfi’r’fi‘gfl’figfi’g , ll? $€MWE61EIQ?‘~ Wfiflii‘lffi -* $VRAMT-3' 3 By lloh daig‘h Early this month RCA Victor released (1 witcmorz‘al album of the favorite and most popular songs of Hal Kemp. Eight numbers are included in this set: :“Spcak Your Heart,"’ “Got A Date Will: an Angel,” Hal’s most popular record; "Lamplight,"’ “In Dutch. With The Duchess," and others. Shimmy Ennis, who now has his own hand, Bob Allan, Rosalind Marquis and the Smoothies are the vocalists featured. A biography of Kemp and a list of all his records made for Victor are contained in an accompanying booklet. (Album [’«51; price $2.50). (lion Gray and the 711511 homo (lrchostra smoothly swing “l lilo. lilo You” and “You Roy The Sweetest Things ” (Decca, 3573) for the best work that they have turned out in a long while. . . . Two Victor Swing; Class Nice: recently released are filled with plenty of solid jazz. Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five have recorded “Br. Livingstone, I l’l't'Hllmt',” which features Arlle's famous clarinet. work and jungle-tom-toms. and “When the Quail Como flat-l»: to Finn 03110111» tin" (Victor ”2"!" ill. The other hit of jive was recorded by the Metronome All Star hand, which was selected in the annual poll of Metronome Magazine. Included in the band’s personnel are Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Count llasie. The bond assembled at 2 A. M. in New ‘Vork and after two hours finished their record of “Bottle {1:111 Rap" and “(mo O’clock Jump" (Victor, E37314). . . . Colum- bia’s newest jazz Mosterwork is Benny .loodmon’s record of “The M111: i Love", this is coupled with “Bonny Rides»: Again." 'l‘hese numbers have longer arrangements than usual and are recorded on a 12 inch record. (Columbia, 511mm. . . . Jimmy Dor- sey and his orchestra has coupled “1 Un- ilcrstuml" and “High {in a “(hilly Hill”. Bob Elberly‘s vocal of “High On a Windy Hill" is the highlight of the record. (Decca, 3583“. This \Vl‘l‘k has been not inside as a tri- bute to Ignore Jon l’mlcrcwslti. This colo- bmlliom marks the great pionist's fiftieth anniversary of his I‘imcrlczm debut. An Anniversary Album has been released by Victor which includes four of l’ndcrmvski’s bent records. An empty pocket. has been reserved for his most. famous record “Moon- light. Sonata" (The first movement) and “Minuet in G". (Album Iii—M748; price $4.50). ”I! ii: 4! 5! Life Magazine last month published what it called “the prize fish story about the President which has never been made pub. lic.” “Roosevelt hooked a sailfish,” Life con- tinued, “which in lighting, had worked the line into a noose. A second sailfish came along, swam into the noose and tightened this around its bill. The hooked fish then got away, but Roosevelt pulled in the sec- ond {is h which he had finally lassoed by its hill.” Just two years and a half earlier, on Aug- ust 23, 1938, Life’s hitherto unpublished story appeared in The Vv’ashington Merry- Go-Round as follows: .One of the fish’ s leaps developed a big loop in the line. At that moment an other giant sailfish zoomed out of the water and was lassoed by the loop. The furious thrashing of the hooked fish tightened the loop, caught under the other fish’s dorsal fin . . , The strain on the line was too much and the hooked fish broke away, leaving the lassoed fish still firmly lassoed.” Lure.) Excellent direction, good acting, dynamic dialogue, and music with “Social Signifi- cance”, are all blended together to form a pleasing mixture which should appeal very strongly to the discriminating tastes of most IIT students. (Especially the $1.50 top, which should be good news to the fellows.) Pogo“ a ‘ . whim ill. lllzitrleyl Hi there! Even though it is a little late, we want to be sure that you dear readers receive this little valentine from the gum-shoe de— mrtment: So with love and kisses and lots 0f PUfl‘leS..and ribbons we pour out the sweet lsentiments'bf our hearts, namely, the low‘down on the minus. What’s the matter with “'llllmulsonio" .lolm (l’lllullcy? lie has been given a free hand to pursue his interests the last two weeks, and the farthest he has gotten is a smart poke in the ribs with 21 till. Don’t tell us his technique has been slowed up by his studies in the care and feeding of criminals! “Mike” mibinsmi must have had a worn derful time at the lights last Monday night. l-lcr menu the next morning consisted of a large portion of Allta Seltzer. From her condition one would gather that she was one of the contenders. Not to be outdone by the snappy sopho- mores who really organized a Well rounded dance, the juniors have come up with some unique advertising for their formal dinner— dance which will he at the Chicago Towers on Feb. 28. In case you haven’t seen them, these resourceful kids; under the direction of “Producer” Stow M‘ondak halve had their ads put on the covers of book matches which they are distributing. Now you know why so many of the belles are offer» ing to help you guys light up. or can’t you take a hint? The latest man to dos art the ranks of the independents is “Romeo" Bob Waltz who popped the question last week. Poor Eleanor bit, so rice and old shoes will‘soon be in order. While we are in the wedding department let’s; clear up that pernicious rumor that hole ()vorholt had taken the leap into the sea of matrimony It ain‘t so Now you men can all go back to sigh- lng. , Dorothy Glouiboluco made herself a nice little sum at the play. It; seems that sev- eral of the male patrons mistook the tlcltot office for 11 checlcroom and dopoeited their coats along with a modest tip. Confidenti~ ally, I think that some of the boys would have checked their eye-tooth for the chance to speak to Dotty. That black lace business didn’t cramp her style one bit, either. This guy Him-nos is really some boy for getting engrossed in his studies. While sitting in logic flying to distribute a couple of choice medicales he became so excited that the matches in his pocket began to burn. it that isn’t getting all “hot up" over his studies, I don’t know what is. “Debutante Slouch” Flasher was the mis- sing guest of honor at her own birthday celebration on the 11th. It seems she de- serted the gang for the checkered-vested drummer at the Chicago. Onions to you, babe Just where does 111111 Alhortlnl’n interest in the Lambdas lie? llrom where we sit it looks like he can’t make up his mind, or is he just playing the field? Oh, these fickle men! “ At a very momentous meeting the other day the one and only Lil announced to a very astonished audience, “Oh,, l'm used to being in the dark.” Hey, John, what about this? The title of “Blushing Eloy" has been conferred on Lonnie ‘Wczmnan who is the stag which those two does, Aim Anderson and Phyllis Hagar. have at boy. He seems to have a terrible time escaping the clutches of these predatory females and gets all fiustered at the mere sight of them. Some one should come to the aid of the poor lad. Flash! The plans for this year‘s senior prom have. finally been revealed! After much shopping around by the committee, all arrangements were made and the good news is out. It will he on Satuiday, June ’7, in the Tower Rooms of the Stevens Hotel The admission to this gala affair is $2.50 per couple which is really a bargain for such an event. If you remember last year’s prom you will recall a grand time, so you’d better start saving your pennies right now. This is the extent of the information from the western front. but stand by till next week at this same time when we will bring you all of the latest developments. Adios! THE FIFTH COLUMNIST.