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WILMETTE LIFE December 31, 1926 6.000 Fans Will Witness Purple Notre Datne Game Six thousand persons, the largest crowd that ever atten d e d a b as k et1 )a 11 game at Pa:ten gymnasium, will witness the Northwestern-Notre Dame game there . Monday c\·ening, J~n ... nary ·J. It wtll be th~ second meetmg of the two teams th1s season as . th.e Purple travele~ to South Bend t~ts Thurs~lay e,·enmg for a contest wtth the Ins h. A complete set of new hleachers that will double the seating capacity of the gymnasium are to he installed for the forthcoming contest. In past ~easons only 3,000 persons could he accommodated at basketball games but with the tww speciaJiy constructed seats over 6,000 will be able to attend the games. . Interest in the Notre Dame engagement is mounting and a highly spirited crowd is expected to attend the contest. The Notre Dame club of Chicago men has taken a block of 500 seats and will !>e ou~ in body to root tor the Iri~h m thetr first an~ only appearance m Chicago this winter. · j Northwestern's cagers, smarting un-, dcr two successive defeats last winter at the hands of the Irish, will attempt to regain a hit of their lost prestige in the current struggle. Notre Dame is represented this season with four of the fi,·e regulars that carried the team to the Western champion sip last year. Led by the highly capable John Nyikos at center, the Notre Dame aggregation presents Ray Dahman and Lewis Conroy, two Yeteran g-uards. and Vince McNally, a third year man at forward. Fran Crowe. a brother of Clem who played regular forward last .rear, has taken over his brother\ position in able fashion. Take Bids Soon Civic Concerts Stupendous Road to Be Midwinter Building Program Season Feature Four concerts are in prospect for the midwinter music season under the auspices of the Civic Music association o( Chicago, of which ·Herbert E. H\'(\e well known north shore organ ist is' secretarv. The Chicago Orches tral associatio"n is also interested in the concerts which are to he gh-en in Orchestra hall. The first program of t hl' sni\.·~ i:-; scheduled for January 30 and the others will folio\\' on the last Sun <lay~ in Februan·, March and April. The concluding i)rogram is to ht· in thl' na tun· oi a gala event or annual it·:-;ti,·al in \Yhiclt a chorus of 1,000 l'ltica The first step towards starting construction on the $100,.000,000 stat(· hond issue road system was · taken this week when Col. C R. Miller, director of the department of public work~ and buildings. and Frank T. Sheets, chief hig-hway engineer, announced that bi<h would he received January 17 for thirty-one sections of pavement ag-g-regating 138 miles in length, eight sections of earth grading aggregatingthirtv-two miles in length, and twentysix sections of bridge work aggregat ing fifty-t\\·n :-.cparate hridgcs. Exe~~:l~s~t:ocaJHt Holidays. Evenings Children, 29c Adults, &Oc Children, Joe l'latlnees I VARSITY . I ('cmtlnuous -= 2 till 11:30 I'· m. Hoors Open J :;m J>eluxe Jiuts. ·w tcl. & :-;at. - The World,s Most Beautiful Theatre . THE "DISTINCTIVELY DIFFERENT" THEATRE No Finer Entertainment Anywhere. PROGRAM Thurs.t Fri. and Sat. Mon.t Tues. and Wed. (A)-VARSITY CONCERT .ORCHESTRA . James Kozak, Director (A)-VARSITY CONCERT ORCHESTRA James Kozak, Director Under the provisions of the $100.000,000 hond issue law, the department of works and buildings was n.·quin·cl ~o playground children wilt ha H' an to let all contracts for the completion Important part. of the $60.000,000 bond issue road sy~Frl'derick Stock and Eric Dl' La- tcm. unles:-; engineering conditions Ill art e r. conducturs oi thl' Chicago 1 made it clearly impracticable. hcf ore Sympbon~· orchestra, ,,·ill dirn·t these I l~ttin~ any contracts. for the construeconcerts. 1tton of second hond 1ssuc roads. Lack of cooperation on the part of Cl'rtain Tlte ~I i~:-.es ~lary Crush, 710. l.aml'l IC(:m..nt·t·mi~ies. in the ~~c.uri.ng ~lf ti.H· an'tttte. and ~lan· :..laud Ber 111111 ).,dtam, ncce:-.~ar~ nght of \\a~. as \\ell (t~ 718 Laurl'l a\·en~tl', art' ~pending tlte l l~tigation has grt·atly retarckd th~ holida,·s risiting friend:- in ).fn..,kegntt, State road p:_ogra.m. However, all ot ).1 irlt . · the legal dtlttculttc·s have no\\' ht~en O\'crcome and all of the contracts tor -0the $60.000.000 hond issue system re ~l i:-;:-. Lattra Durgin i:-. r('turning t~t\ quired hy law to be let haYe been ofli~unday eveHing to the l . llinTsit~· of cially a\\'arded and sigm·d. Recently Chicago after spctiding thl' holidaYS the Department oft)'cia.ls rccciYcd a ,,·ith her paH'nts, Mr. and ).! r"' . Du.r- formal opinion from the Attorney Gcn gin. o!.7 Forest avenue. era) of the State which stated that -o\rork may now be legally undertaken ~I r. and ).( rs. John P. Be 1c1t h and un tl1 e se-cond bond issue roads. daughter 504 Fiith SJlCnt · l cpartment -, . . . ·. ·J essit.· .. · .· . . . ·~t rt'L't · · , Dunng the past year, the < Chrhtllla:-. dct.\ \\tth teltttn·t·:-. at Ltkl' 1 t 1 '37 ·1 f t 1 HI ff · · Icomp e e< ., 1111 es o c ura 11 > <.', 1 1ar<u · · surfaced paYements, it was announced . 1 ~lr:--. Paul 1.. Barrett. XOI Grl'l'll\\'c)od -o- I 1 j \\ · . (B)-NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS with the Varsity Catnera man (B)-NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS with the Varsity Caulera man an·nue, entertained forty g-ue~ts on C. Shmtkff, 815 Lakl' an~nue, i-; ~londay, December 27. at a luncl'll'u·tt, spe nding thl' ,,·inter at St. Petersburg. at the Ouilmette Country club . I Fla. i ························· A PERSONAL MESSAGE! Aside from servmg the famous DOLLAR DINNER. we call your attention to a bit of NIGHT LIFE AT THE HA YLOFTE. After the theatre. party. or social gathering. instead of stopping elsewhere, why not drop in at YE OLDE HA YLOFTE and try one of our . mid ~ night specials and then digest it with a few dances to the rhythm of hot music, thrashed out by Duke Bigelow's Haylofte Orchestra? (C)-LEO TERRY at the Giant Geneva Organ (D)-. F EATURE COMEDY (E)-MARTIN WINGERTEN and his (C)-LEO TERRY at the Giant Geneva Organ (D)-FEATURE COMEDY (E)-STAGE FEATURE (F)-BEBE DANIELS 111 Xylophone (F)-BEN LYON 111 ·'Prince of Temptors" "Stranded in Paris" DON'T SAY "MOVIES"-SAY "VARSITY" T H ~N EV~T2.!.~.Y R N NOW PLAYING COLLEEN MOORE Most respectfully youta, PRINT GEORGE Designer and Builder of in -----------------------------------------------------MON., TUES. and WED. MILTON SILLS and BEITY BRONSON "IT MUST BE LOVE" . m Ye Olde BaJ'Iolte GROVE AT SHERMAN EVAMSTON, ILL· Phone ··PARADISE" · Also a Mack Sennett Comedy 140 Greenleaf -----··················~~ ------- -------· - - - ·- ...... .