"Iowa City, Iowa: Thanksgiving recess ended Monday noon," December 3, 1915

IOWA CITY, IOWA. Thanksgiving recess ended Monday noon. Douglas Miller and Lyle Sutor spent Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Lemmy spent Thanksgiving day in Cedar Rapids. Mr. Cobbs went to Chicago on Friday morning and returned Monday morning. Mrs. Donnegan attended a wedding at Cedar Rapids on Thanksgiving day. Memorial services will he held at Bethel A. M. E. church the second Sunday in December for Booker T. Washington. There were a large number out to Sunady school last Sunday. Mrs. Donnegan led Christian Endeavor. Mrs. Short had a family dinner on Thanksgiving day. The parsonage is just about ready to receive the pastor. There will be an entertainment at the church Friday evening. Everybody welcome. The G. S. U. I. met at the Kappa Alpha Psi house last Saturday night, chaperoned by Mrs. Bertha Watkins. Plans for the sorority to be formed in December were discussed. Election of officers at the next meeting. Mrs. Bertha Watkins and daughter, Elsie, are out of the city. The students had a regular reunion dinner at the Kappa Alpha Psi on Thanksgiving day. Thirty people sat at the beautifully decorated long banquet table and were served goose, mashed and sweet potatoes, cranberries, Waldorf salad, coffee, mince pie and other good things. The G. S. U. I. girls collected 25 cents from each student and arranged, planned, cooked and served this meal. Toasts were offered by Mr. Fields, who carved at one end of the table, and Mr. London, who carved at the other end, gave an original poem. Hal Short of Iowa City, an alumnus; Mr. Negroen of Porto Rico, Miss Chandler, a freshman, Miss London, secretary of the G. S. U. I. and Miss McClain, president, made short addresses. Then came the freshmen part of the program. They, "prodded" on by a promise of dancing, "cleaned up." Porto Rican dances, games, college and school yells caused the evening to pass all too quickly. State Historical Society of Iowa (Des Moines)