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who was accompanied by Mrs. Smith. The 

 absence of President Fairchild was much re- 

 gretted. He was prevented from attending by 

 the serious illness of his wife's father, Judge 

 Tappan. A. C. Searles took an active part in 

 the festivities, and much of the credit for the 

 smooth way in which things ran during the 

 evening is due to him. Fred. Hohenthal, the 

 editor of The Alumni Journal, added greatly 

 to his popularity by his efforts to make all feel 

 at home and his services in introducing 

 strangers. 



The committees under whose direction the 

 affair was conducted were as follows : 



Floor Committee— Charles T. Cubit, chair- 

 man. H. C. Yager, Harry Heller, G. H. Carter, 

 S. S. Shears. 



Reception Committee— Herman A. Graeser, 

 chairman; Frederick Hohenthal, Nelson S. 

 Kirk, M. J. Coates, H. Jewett McKellar. 



Press Committee— Wm. H. Ebbitt, chairman; 

 A. Henning, J. Tannenbaum. 



Arrangement Committee — Julius Tannen. 

 baum, chaiiman; Wm. H. Ebbitt, Adolph Hen- 

 ning, Arthur C. Searles, John Oehler, Rudolph 

 Gies, George Burger, Geo. C. Diekman, M. D., 

 Ewen Mclntyre, Wm. A. Hoburg, Jr., Thomas 

 M. Davies, Eugene F. Lohr, Timothy B. Breen. 

 In addition to those mentioned above, the 

 following is a partial list of those present at the 

 ball : Carl Mittenzweig, Eugene Lohr, Francis 

 Warner, Robert Cordner, C. W. Race, William 

 Gregorius, F. Borggreve, P. H. C. Winkler, J. 

 Horton Uhle, C. P. Freschbier, G. F. Burger, 

 Arthur Worthington, W. H. Finkernagel, J- 

 Delson, A. Mueller, R. Boenke. 



Among the ladies present, mention must be 

 made of Mrs. R. Gies, whose costume was much 

 admired; Miss Speckler, Miss Prager, Miss 

 Abendroth, Miss Fieberling, Miss Hoburg, Miss 

 Estelle Boyer, Miss Lohr, Miss Mittenzweig, 

 Miss W. Lotze, Miss Briggs, Miss Bollingham, 

 Miss Barnett, Miss Vogel, Miss Ellsworth, Miss 

 Coleman, Miss R. Eraser, Miss Gladhill, Miss 

 Range, Miss Valerius, Miss Herold, Miss 

 Leavens, Miss Fredericks, Miss Schall, Miss 

 Borggreve, Miss Jacobs, Miss Kauffmann, Miss 

 Bluemert, Miss Klein, Miss Worthmann, Miss 

 Remington, Miss Ingersoll. The married ladies 

 present included, among others : Mesdames 

 Smith, Breen, Remington, Rogers, Hanck, 

 Doherr, Hayward, Humphreys, Ottendorf, 

 Warner, Tracy and Hohenthal. 



Many well-known wholesale firms of the city 

 contributed to the success of the gathering by 

 the presence of their representatives, and in a 



few instances of members of the firms them- 

 selves. W. H. Scheiffelin & Co. were represented 

 by W. H. Ebbitt, who was chairman of the Press 

 Committee, and who contrived to make things 

 exceedingly pleasant for the reporters. Fox, 

 Fultz & Co. were represented by the head of the 

 firm, Clarence Fox, and M. R. Thurlow; Parke, 

 Davis & Co. were in evidence with Chas, E. 

 Smith; Whitall, Tatum & Co. by Albert Tatum 

 and W. W. Tamlyn; Johnson & Johnson, had a 

 representative present in Mr. Rogers; Wm. R. 

 Warner & Co. of Philadelphia and New York, 

 could scarcely be overlooked with the beaming 

 countenance of H. I. Yager, so much in evi- 

 dence. The absence of Brent Good was made 

 up for by the presence of his son Harry and Mr. 

 Toy. Jas. Tufts of Boston and New York, was 

 remembered by Mr. Ellsworth, his New York 

 agent; Keasby & Mattison, by A. N. Cox; the 

 Young Perfumery Co. by A. L, Brady; the Low 

 Art Tile Company, by J. H. Sangston. 



It was far into the morning hours before the 

 dancers dispersed. The enjoyment of the even- 

 ing was sustainad to the close, and many were 

 the expressions of praise bestowed on the efficient 

 committees which had charge of the general 

 arrangements. 



ALUriNI SOCIABLES. 



The Alumni Reception Committee take 

 pleasure in announcing that until further notice 

 their room will be open every Wednesday even- 

 ing after 7.30 P. M. Programme to be an- 

 nounced in the Journal. Graduates and stu- 

 dents are respectfully invited to participate. 

 One plank in our platform of hospitality is to 

 give every guest a free rein. 

 For this month we have : 

 Feb. 5.— Smoker. 



Feb. 12.— Lecture by Herman Heydt, Ph.B., 

 LL.D., on " Five Minute Glimpses of Europe." 

 Feb. 19. — Reception. 

 Feb. 26. — Card party. 



Nelson S. Kirk, 

 William A. Hoburg, Jr., 

 Geo. H. Burger, 



Committee. 



SCIENTIFIC PARADOXES. 



A druggist in the very act of using drugs, dis- 

 penses with them. 



What becomes of all the meat in America? 

 We eat what we can, and can what we can't. 



