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WILMETTE LIFE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1924 ENTRANTS WRITE MILAN LUSK IS HEARD SORORITY QUAD MANY IN BRILLIANT RECITAL FOR UGHTING CONTEST REALITY SOON N. U. Women Work Hard For New Homes Northerwestern university girls who over a period of at least fifteen years have been striving to make sufficient money to build for themselves new · sororitv homes at last are to see visible signs of victory. It is announced that beginning at the end of the regular university session next June construction will be started on twelve new sorority houses, each to cost in the neighborhood of $6(1,000 upon one of the most attractive residential sites in Evanston, including the blocks bordering Vni,·ersity place, extending east to Sheridan road, with the north boundary-line Emerson street. While at present the entire tract will not be utilized, eventually the university contemplates improvements which may reach the $2.000,000 mark, including the value of the land, which it owns. Forced to Wait But dry statistics do not tell this story. Only the hundreds, possibly thousands of courageous, unselfish girls, many now scattered in various parts of the Middle West, can adequately paint the picture. Ten years ago nine fraternity buildings and four open dormitories for men students were opened on the Evanston campus of the university. Some time before this the girls had been hoping against hope that in place of the historic and g-reatly-beloved Willard hall, alma mater would help along their pet plans for homes of their own But the men's needs were the most ~rgent and . s~ regretfully t_he university au~ thontJes told the gtrls their request must be loo_ked after somewhat later. And that sttrred 'em up t They started in dead earnest to raise money for new sorority houses. There are now twenty sororities at Northwe.stern and twelve have raised suffictent funds to qualify. The amounts range _from a minimum of $15,000 to a ma?'r.mum of $35,000. Several other sororrtres, however, are making t~emcndous efforts to go over the goal lrne be_ f ore next summer and probably wrll ask the university for sites on the new quadrangle. New Homea For Theae The sororities which are to have new homes follow: Alpha Phi Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Chi Om~ga Al-pha Otnlcron H, bl omega, Delta Ue~ta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phr Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Kappa Delta and Pi Beta Phi. These sororities will be housed in buildings designed by James G~mhlc Rogers, New York architect, wrt_h Granger,_ Lowe and Bollenbacher, Ch.tc~go archttects, as associates. The ?mldmgs are now in process of draftmg a!ld a futttre announcement respectmg them will be made. The plan . of finaJ?cing contemplates the sor~nty formtng a corporation and selh~g bonds which will have the backmg. of .Northwestern university. Th~ umverstty owns the land upon whtch the ~uildings will stand and will l~ase the .sttes at sma11 annual rentals. How dtd the _girls raise the money? Most people 111 the Chicago zone probably know, as many of them have heen asked to bazaars, to concerts, and to buy . cook-books, Purple baloons, sandwtches and pop at football ~ames, and have been served at waystde .stands or at golf courses by N. U. gtrls. One of the most successful stunts was a cook-book put out, by Alpha Gamma Delta whose nahonal organization backed the yenture and at last accounts $35 000 tn · cash was on · hand. The Alpha Phts c~mduct the Cricket-on-TheHearth m Evanston. The Delta Gammas for a ye:~;r or more held a diningroom concesston at the Evanston Golf club.; the. Ka)'pa Alpha Thetas have a ctrculatmg library in an Evanston book-s~op. Kappa Kappa Gamma for some tt.me ~an ~ hot-dog wagon near the Umverstty tn Evanston The Pi Phis have sold s~ndwiches to !'Uil111'Y Wi.l1ard hall girls at niKht whtl~ the Cht Omega bazaars enjoy a wid~ reputation for novelty and attractiveness. One sorority f 0 few mo!lths in the summer has bee~ conducting a store on wheels o popular Michigan auto route and nfo~ years fathers, brothers and sweeth~arts hav~. been called upon to contnbute to the sorority house fund, The.Wom~n·~ Quadrangle in Evan~ ton btds fatr.l Jt IS announced, to be ~me of !he nnes! plants of the sort 10 AmC&tc~. Facmg on Sheridan road an~ ru~nmg around the corner irtto Untverstty place will eventually be a ~omen's building t~ cost something h~e $100.~ wheresn the university gtrls, soronty and non-sorority, may me!t oo common ground. It will have a hbrary, lounP.ing rooms a hall for lectures and for dancina,' and scores of other fe~tures to detrl'ht the girls o( the pertod. Only $67,b of this fun~ has been raised and the rest awatts the generotiW of some person -:ho has at ,heart the interest of hagher ·educahoa for American girls. La ter, imtwoveft\elltl at the west end o f the tract win be macle but these are iD abeyaace while the preaent press._ aeeds of Northwestern a.i- "The results of the Better Home Lighting Contest are far exceeding our expectations" was the statement made this week by John Reesman, local chairman for the North Shore Electric league. Many children have entered the contest from Wilmette alone. It is estimated that over 40,000 contestants were registered for the contest in 15 counties in Northeastern Illinois outside of Chicago. Never before has such great interest been shown in any project of this nature and local school authorities report a constant demand for registration in the contest, it is asserted. Primers and essays have been gathered up and handed in to the committee of judges, who, to all indications, are going to have a mighty hard time deciding what boys and girls are going to take home the wonderful prizes that were offered by the local Electric league. Many a youthful essay writer has burned the midnight oil over his Home Lighting Essay, and their neighbors had the opportunity to make the acquaintance of those ambitious contestants who chose their homes as object lessons for their essays. The Better Home Lighting Contest was originally planned to occupy four weeks, October 1 to 31. But so great was the demand for registration cards and primers that it was decided to extend the contest an additional two weeks ' or until November 15. ------ An appreciative audience composed of musicians and music lovers, greeted Milan Lusk, vilolinist, in Kimball hall last Friday on the occasion of his first Chicago recital since his return from a recent European concert tour. LusR's art has greatly matured and he plays in a broad, masterly style. This was noted especially in the opening Bach numbers about which M".aurice R<>&enfeld, critic, commented in the "Daily News:" "Lusk has the proper idea for presentation of the classics of musical literature." As the program continued, the enthusiasm of the audience increased and several encores had to be added. Karleton Hackett in the Chicago Evening Post said, "Lusk drew a tone of warmth from the violin and one that was evenly sustained. The Bach-Kreisler Gavotte he gave with spirit and clean technique." Edward Moore in the Chicago Daily Tribune remarked, "Lusk included an interesting number with organ accompaniment, wherein his warm tone and easy poise showed to excellent advantage." Eugene Stinson in the Chicago Journal stated, "Lusk played Bruch's Scottish Fantasy. His tone is very pleasant and does not lack individuality. He gave ample evidence of his skill with string and bow . . . His music sings." Phone Wilmette 654 1124 Central Ate. Wilmett.. 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