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Show SPENCER A. NOWELL brought Treasure Island to the Union building." . The Prom Committee: Spencer Nowell, chairman; Senior representatives: Emeline Nebeker and James Beless; Juniors: Helen Reese, Dorothy Paine, James Lund, and Dan Eastman; Sophomores: Virginia Sell-wood and Donald Owen; Freshmen: Kathleen Thody and Ralph Otterstrom. Friday evening, February 21, 1936, six hundred smartly gowned coeds and their partners dined and danced amidst tropical Treasure Island surroundings at Utah University's social highlight, the annual Junior Promenade. Decorations: Entering the Union building between the straddled legs of a twenty-five foot pirate girl, guests passed through halls lighted with soft blue lights and decorated with potted ferns, tall palm trees, and large parchment maps of the "Isle of Union" Depicting the shore of Treasure Island, the orchestra pit, banked with green moss, featured a massive gold treasure chest beached on the sand. A yellow moon shining over the dark outline of sharp mountain peaks and a deep blue sky were background for the pit. Sawed off barrels formed music racks for Milt Tag-gart's orchestra, garbed in traditional pirate costume. Panels around the sides of the dance floor pictured palm trees against shimmering water and a full moon. Lounges depicted a similar motif. (continued on page 234) Military Atom (?ltahm<in . The committee: Stanford Rossiter, chairman; George Jackson, refreshments; Milton Rees and Ray Doran, drill team; John Morris, publicity; Cecil Crawford, Ned Johnson, and Wallace Mace, decorations; and Melvin Lakness, programs. A picturesque setting of "inferno" featured the annual Military Prom presented in the Union building ballrooms and lounges on April 24. Decorations: entrance to the building was through the path of an effectively lighted battle scene. (continued on page 235) STANFORD ROSSITER an inferno was created.' 232 |
