Show President Entertains Class of Seventeen at Annual Reception Big Affair Held in Gymnasium Friday Afternoon Women Assist in Receiving Receiving Receiving ing Under-classmen Under Last Friday afternoon between the hours of 4 and G 30 President and Mrs l Kingsbury received the class of 1917 The Presidents President's reception to the Freshmen is always an affair looked forward to with eager expectation by bythe bythe bythe the newcomers and as every Freshman Freshman Freshman Fresh Fresh- man before has anticipation anticipation anticipation antici antici- pation does not in this instance prove greater than realization Last year this reception and dance was held in the evening ning the young ladies of the class depending upon fickle lottery for their escorts This trusting to chance was much fun for those who were lucky Fate willed that there should bemore foe be more girls than boys in the class This wasn't at all nice for those girls whose names happened to be on the bottom of the hat Then too very often a boy drew drewa a girls girl's name whom he did not know and had not even seen In fact this was more often the case than the Ithe exception exception exception ex ex- since the first year students are new on the campus and mutually strange Last tout Jut far from the most trivial drawback the got away with the lights which made it quito quit ordinary ordinary nary for the Freshmen Freshmen they they soon grow accustomed to possessing no light on the subject in classrooms and to have this happen at a dance really did make it quite common place And so in order that every dance might not be Ibe a moonlight and no young lady need risk having her name in the bottom of the hat the reception reception reception recep recep- tion this year was held in the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon noon and proved to be a great suc suc- cess Cake and ice cream and punch were served to the delighted freshman which according ito Ita a certain young lady on the campus made It a big party Several of the Sophomore girls assisted and as witnesses are willing to vouch for the fact that the Freshmen made good their opportunity an away ithe the afternoon in an admirable fashion The are now envying the Freshmen of next year for they have the Presidents President's Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's reception coming a 0 p |