UNIVERSITY BALL.
Tho capping ball, held on. Fridav night (a week ago), was a most enjoyable function, some'YOO couples being present. Tho A.rt Gallery was /beautifully decorated with a lattice-work coiling of intertwined college colors (blue and gold), the. lights being softened with shades of blue and yellow with long fringe. The -vails were covered with a hlack-and'white -stencilled chequered frieze, ar.d the stage massed with greenery, behind which Air Roi Don’s orchestra played delightful music A much-enjoyed item was the playing of Air J. Findlay’s (one of this year’s graduates) waltz. Supper was served in the Early settlors’ I Jail, enormous hoops do pending from the central chandelier from which floated gay streamer?—red and yellow being used as decoration, and chrysanthemums of a lemon shade as table decoration.
Among those present were Mrs Sidoy (who wore pale heliotrope cbarmousc, witli overdress of helio. and white sequins on not), Dr Batchelor and Airs Batchelor (flame color charmeuse), MesdimesCharnptaloup (black gown, with silver ornaments in hair), Denton-Leech (oyster grey satin, with royal blue lace), Carmalt Jones (black satin gown), Thomas Brown (black morocain and gold lace), Badcliffo (dinging dress of white crepe do chine), Herons (simple gown of black satin), Cnilan (salmon pink satin), Professor (Airs) Strong (black gown, with beautiful georgette shawl), Reid (old rose satin) Alisses Lorna Dick (blue georgette), Peggy Emerson (blue satin). Bennell (black satin), Joan Hartmann (blue taffeta), Cecily Xovill (cherry, satin), Ngaire Smith (face over dross mounted on satin), Alison Sadd (black lace and satin), Betty Oram (black taffeta), Doris Sadd (cream lacc and satin), Been Aliine (blue taffeta/, Bna Alilne (pink taffeta and satin), Helen Watson (beautiful Lock of gold tissue and lace, early Victorian in stylo, with tiny lace frills running from waist io hem, old gold feather in hair), Leslie Laidlaw (silver tissue ever blue), Ordlam (black satin) M'Veigh (pink taffeta), Nocnie Kcnnie (jade chiffon velvet, with ehamnagne trimming, jade ornament in hair), Mura Reid (helio. taffeta), Enid Alinty (Christ church; royal blue satin, with overdress of grey tissue), Mellie Burt (pale pink taffeta and lace), Barnett (black satin and black lace). Pcgg,:' Ramsden. Simla, (2). Wilkinson, Maloney, Dick, White, Callender, Fairbairn. Others present were Dr and Airs Marshall Alaodonald, Dr and Airs Radcliffe, Dr and Mrs Herons, Dr and Airs Carmalt Jones, Professor Thompson, Mr and Airs Reid, Air and vies Cook, Messrs Stowe, Aloadowcroft, Sauter, Porritt, Dawson, Solomon, Denny-Brown, Kendrick,, Lowe, Bonnell, Barnett, Douglas, Sinclair, Alinty, Reid {2 h Laidlaw, Reed, Weymouth.
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Evening Star, Issue 18333, 21 July 1923, Page 9
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412UNIVERSITY BALL. Evening Star, Issue 18333, 21 July 1923, Page 9
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