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Show 50 U. of U. Chronicle Year Book ture, table cover, or little trinket, would be shown, that had not been asked for, but simply "borrowed" for an indefinite time. With a dozen boys working at home in this way, and also "working" their friends, it was not long before our house began to look quite comfortable and inviting. Nor was this the only way in which furnishings were secured. Some of the boys, being fairly good carpenters, made use of their ability, and as a result, some very excellent work was turned out in the form of chairs, couches, window seats, and tables. It was really surprising to see the way in which things were collected, and before long, our walls had many pictures to cover them, while curtains were hanging at our windows and rugs relieved the bare appearance, of the floors. Now that w'e were fairly settled in our new home, our friends were frequently invited to spend an evening with us, and many a good time was the result. As it was impossible for us to entertain everybody we would have liked to, at our house, we decided to give a dance where more could be entertained, and where we could.be introduced , as a Fraternity, not only to the school, but also to the people from the city. A typical college dance was planned for St. Valentine's Night and steps taken to give a University ball that would let people know that -the University of Utah was advancing the social as well as the intellectual side of life. How well we succeeded, those who attended can say. Only one new member was added to our ranks during that year. The initiation of this newcomer, the adoption of a Fraternal pin, a likeness of which is shown along with our picture, and the selection of colors, which by the way, are blue and red, were the most important events of the remainder of the year. Thus the second year of our Fraternity passed as a great success, and our hopes were raised high for a good beginning and prosperous time when school reopened. These expectations were fully realized when September came, for even a month before the time school opened,' a large and very comfortable house was rented for our winter home. Since our house was so very large, it was planned to have the boys from out of town live there during the school year. Accordingly the rooms were fitted up and the boys given them as they returned. We found that we were somewhat lacking in curtains, carpets and furniture but, thanks to our good mothers, these wants have been pretty well supplied, and now nine large rooms are fairly well furnished. The necessity of some kind of amusement to attract the boys to the house during their spare moments was keenly felt by the members and so a pool table was purchased. A piano was also rented which, along with banjos, mandolins, a guitar, violin and trombone forms a good sized orchestra whose melodious notes are often heard by our neighbors half a block away. We make the best of our many musicians, and have them furnish the music at all our gatherings. The fact that "singing" has taken quite a hold on our natures can'be testified to by our neighbors as well as by the members of the whole school. During this year we have initiated ten new members into our |
