Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1914 — JUNIOR RECEPTION LARGELY ATTENDED [ARTICLE]

JUNIOR RECEPTION LARGELY ATTENDED

Annual Affair Given at Armory Wednesday Evening—Decora* tions Very Elaborate. The reception given by the Junior class to the seniors on Wednesday evening at the armory proved to be one of the most largely attended and well conducted annual affairs of the kind ever given in this city. The armory"-was elaborately decorated. Five mammoth Japanese parasols were suspended from the ceiling, while Japanese lanterns, twenty-flvein number, each containing an electric light, the wire being concealed by cords of red and blue paper, the class colors. The color scheme was carried out by extensive festooning and the celling was literally covered with the ropes of crepe paper. The musicians’ station was fenced with lattice, the laths being covered with red and white tissue paper and making a very pretty contrast to the ceiling decorations. The armory never looked more inviting and the Juniors received many encomiums lor their taste in preparing the large hall so attractively. The orchestra was Freebeng’s of Lafayette, which has been employed on a number of occasions during recent months. It consisted of tour pieces, piano, saxophone, violin and traps. Eight of the girl juniors stood in receiving line as the guests, number* ing almost two hundred, entered the hall. After all had arrived refreshments were served: brick ice cream, angelfood eake and mints. Then the grand prom, led by Sam Duvall, president of the class, and Miss Pauline Oumlck, took place. The remainder of the evening (and a considerable part of the night) was devoted to dancing, and the participants pronounced it in all respects one of the most enjoyable affairs they,had ever attended, not withstanding the oppressive heat, which the rain of the as ternoon had relieved to some extent. The commencement occurs this Thursday evening and the alumni reception, which is the last of the commencement events, takes place Friday evening. x x . • ' ' ' .