Stetson Weekly Collegiate

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- (Continued on page 2) 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