November 14, 1947 — Tonight from 9:30 to 2, The Daily Princetonian and the Princeton Tiger will play host to nearly 1000 couples at the annual 'Prince'-Tiger Dance, the only formal prom of the Fall and the first to be held in the new Dillon Gymnasium.
Soft lights and sweet music will be the order of the evening. Indirect floodlights will illuminate the drapes, blue in keeping with the Yale weekend, which will completely enclose the floor, while Lester Lanin's famous orchestra with lovely vocalist Evelyn Kent will play continuously for dancing.
The feature of the evening will be the Midnight Serenade of the Yale Whiffenpoofs and the Princeton Nassoons, the two most famous informal college singing groups in the East. The Whiffs, led by Popocatepetl Frederick M. Thayer Jr., will sing first, at 11:30; they will be followed by the Nassoons under E. Ogden Tanner '48.
Lavish refreshments, including cider, coke, milk and ginger ale will be served in the lobby during the evening. The Athletic Association prohibits taking refreshments onto the floor of the Gym. The mezzanine floor will serve as a lounge for the dancers.
For the holders of 'Prince'-Tiger reservations at the Hotel Hildebrecht, buses will leave the hotel at 9, 9:30 and 10 bound for the dance. Returning, they will leave the Gym at 1, 1:30, 2 and 2:30 bound for the hotel; they will then bring back to Princeton men who accompany their dates to Trenton.
Tickets to the dance, costing $5 for couples and $3 for stags, are still on sale in the University Store. They will also be available at the door of the gymnasium.
In accordance with the usual Princeton custom, girls will not wear corsages.
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