Stetson Weekly Collegiate
Students' Publication of Stetson University.
VOL. XXII
DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910.
No. 13
Alpha Kappa Psi Reception
The Event of the Year.
Baseball at Ormond.
A Hundred Guests Delightfully Entertained Saturday 4 Afternoon
by the Club.
The reception was a success. Even
the clerk of 'the weather smiled on
the Alpha Kappa Psi Club, Saturday,
and did his part in true masculine
fashion to make the first bow to tiie
public spell success. The crisp air
and chill wintry sunshine sent the
bidden guests into the warm and
"comfy" club room in an appreciative mood.
Soon after three o'clock, the
crowd began to arrive, and by three-
thirty a comfortable crush filled the
room, and did not thin perceptibly
till long after the specified "at home"
hour. They came early and stayed
late, and there is no better guage
of one's enjoyment.
The club was the recipient of
many flattering comments on its
room, than which there is no cozier
at the University. Multi-colored
pennants decorated the walls attractively, and a rather motley collection
of Christy's and Fischer's showed
the varying tastes of the members;
trailing bamboo wreathed the windows, and made a picturesque background for the girls' dainty pastel
frocks.
The )Sigma Nus and the Phi Kappa Deltas stood by Hie girls as frat
mates should and gallantly shouldered their responsibility. The Alpha
Kappa Psi girls are indebted, in large
measure, to the members of these
Frats for the signal success of their
first "at home." Boys like these
show you why we are proud of Stetson.
The punch bowl, as usual, was a
"good central situation," and only
divided honors with the piano. Pretty Miss Yaekel served with Miss
Kupperbush the first half of the afternoon, and her vivacity and ac
knowledged popularity added to her
room male's charm and sweetness,
held an admiring crowd. . Later
when Miss Dttnfee relieved them,
there was no diminution in the circle. Miss Dunfee was gowned in an
imported old rose chiffon, and looked
a picture as more than one remarked. She is a new girl at Stetson,
but her graciousness and sweet disposition has won her a place an old
girl might envy-
An informal musical program
added much to the afternoon's enjoyment. A feature of this was
Miss Waterman's violin playing. She
plays with a feeling that characterizes the born genius, and everyone
felt it a privilege to hear her. Miss
McKinnon's rendering of Chopin's
Polonaise in A caused a perceptible
hush all over the room—a very real
evidence of appreciation in such a
crowd. She was followed by Misses
Davis, Yaekel and Purdon, the prize
musicians of the club, and other interesting numbers, punctuated with
laughter and the hum of happy
voices, held the music lovers while
the lengthening shadows grew.
Louise Hulley, the president's very
attractive second <laughter, Effie Doe,
one of the most popular of the
younger set in Chaudoin, and pretty
Florence Schnitzel- served salad.
They wjorked :indefatigibly, and
handled' tbe crowd in no amateur
fashion, finding time in the intervals
to give the guests the souvenirs of
the occasion, water colored cards in
the club's colors, wtth the date and
club name.
The girls will never cease congratulating each other that so many of
the faculty attended. They rather
expected the Sigma Nus and Phi
Kappa Deltas to do the needful, but
for so many of the faculty to honor
them with a whole Saturday afternoon was scarcely to be hoped for
by even this enthusiastic club, whose
members are not prone to underes-
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The Stetson baesball team went
over to Ormond last Friday to tackle
the strong Ormond team in the firsL
ball games of the season. Much interest was manifested in the result
of these games, as. in a large degree,
it would determine the strength of
this year's team, and show the good
of Coach Garner's hard work in developing a winning aggregation.
The first game was played on Friday afternoon on a wet diamond' in
a drizzling rain. However, the grand
stand was well filled, and, in the language of "Red" ^Snedigar, "Every-
Wu\ was N\eu ana'happy." YmipVre
Osborne announced that Smith
would do the pitching for Stetson
and Delmonico (or some man to
that effect) would occupy the mound
for Ormond. Then the game was
on. Now the least said about this
same game will be the best. To sum
it up the ball was so slippery that
Stetson's twirler had difficulty in
controling it and vvhen-he did control it the Ormond players lost it.
The fielders did not back their pitcher very well on account of a stiff
wind blowing over the diamond.
When it is said that ■ the Ormond
team was at its best the result of
the game can be well imagined; if
not, the score was 12 to 3.
In short the other fellows had
♦Stetson's goat from the start; but
loyal Stetsonites, there is better news
to follow.
The Stetson baseball men, under
the leadership of Coach Garner, are
no quitters. Every man was determined to get revenge on that Ormond team, and, after a preliminary
talk by the coach, they went into
the second game on Saturday with
blood in their eyes. Bill Page was
announced as Stetson's pitcher and
Chase for tiie other fellows. Now
it was a caution to see the way in
which the .Stetson boys batted that
ball, and the ginger in every fellow.
During nine innings there was a continual flow of language from each
player and everyone played a beautiful game. The result was 6 to 3 in
Stetson's favor.
Page deserves special mention for
