Tuesday, December 8, 1964
Letters to Santa
205 Maple ave
Metuchen N.J.
Dear Santa,
How are you? How is everyboty
in Santa Claus land? Now getting
to what I want for Christmas
would you you dear man please
bring me a Sweet Sue doll and a
doll buggy that rocks and please
bring a typewriter and doll trunk
a little bit of doll clothes and a
pair of shoes for my walking doll
Chats all I want from you, but
will you please, bring my mommy
and daddy something nice. Don't
eat much on Christmas Eav be
cause I will have a little lunch
for you.
Nancy
Rupert
P.S. I love you
"A guide to what every student
wants for Christmas."
Dear Santa. we, the students of
Behrend. hearby vow that we
have been faithful scholars for a
whole year. So for Christmas we
would appreciate the following
Trash & Treasure
1 20 ft. drag strip (taken from
Station Road)
2 charm bracelets
1 false left front tooth
1 30 ft. tape from a Yale student
1 small Yule log (40 ft. long)
3 dwarf Behrend pines
1 pair of cracked sun glasses,
good for snow driving
1 pair of tennis rackets convert
ed into snow shoes.
1 used Santa Claus suit
6 snow shovels, minus handles
1 bushel of mistletoe that missed
1 parking ticket, compliments of
a friend
Call depot at Station Road, at
TW 9-2559, between the hours of
1 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Dorm Decor
items:
Three more weeks of vacation.
A promise of an A in one of our
winter courses.
A chaise lounge for Psych
A book on "How to Pass Your
Tests Easily," by I. Cheat Nicely.
A dog sled and a team of husk
ies for the dorm girls, so that they
too may discover civilization.
A can of sterno for the desper
ate.
A signed photograph of the
abominable snowman.
A heated cabin in the gorge.
Firecrackers to scare the "G"
boys with.
And 48 hours of sleep.
SANTA COMES
TO BEHREND
Dec. 8, 1954
appearance at Behrend Campus
to reward all the good students
for past services rendered. There
is only one thing wrong. There
won't be anybody at Behrend!
Everyone's going home for Christ
mas. Poor Santa hacking his way
through all that snow and barb
wire just to give presents to the
needy, that won't even be there.
So this year to remedy the situa
tion we have decided to have a
volunteer stay at school and wel
come Santa and collect is loot.
In fact we already have a vol
unteer. Someone in our ranks has
generously offered to give up his
vacation at home. This volunteer
will go down in the annals of our
school as one of the minutemen
of Christmas. He will be given the
great honor of handling our
Christmas list to St. Nick and
also serving the traditional re
freshments of 8.C.: (cookies and
milk, of course.)
In fact our volunteer even has
an angelicly beautiful voice to re
gale Santa with the time-honored
Christmas Carols. Like that old
favorite "Fight on State."
So to our self-sacrificing volun
teer we dedicate this issue. Dean
Lane take a bow!
SGA HOLDS MEETING
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Bill Harding was appointed to look
into this.
The Engineer's Club budget was
submitted. It was moved that con
sideration on the appropirations
for the Engineer's Club be tabled
until a representative can explain
the proposed expenses to the SGA.
An appropiration of $25.00 was
allocated for The Choir at the
November 17 meeting.
THE NITTANY CUB
Wherefrom all this seasonal joy?
Why is everybody so eager and
Traffic Court
Proves Vital
The students of the Behrend
Campus are very fortunate to have
as much responsibility in carrying
out student affairs as they do.
One way this responsibility is made
manifest is the traffice court.
Members of the traffic court are
Bonnie Cass, Al Zeppfield, Bill
Kern, Paul Wise, and Jim Bren
nan, the chairman of the court.
' The purpose of the traffic court
is to allow violators of the traffic
code who believe that there were
extenuating circumstances of great
enough significance to warrant
freedom from fine to plead their
case. The traffic court then de
cides whether or not the violator
had a sufficient cause for viola
tion and subsequently may or may
not relieve the violator of fine.
Jim Brennan states that any
student who wishes not to be
come involved with the traffic
court in any way should be sure
he has a parking sticker on his
vehicle. If for some reason this
is not possible, some person in
authority should be informed as
to why there is no sticker on the
vehicle.
HOLLY IS TRADITIONAL
The use of evergreen branches
for home decorations at Christ
mas stems basically from the
Yule observance of pre-Christian
days and the belief that its ver
dant qualities were symbols of
immortality. But there are many
legends and associations, both
pagan and Christian, to explain
the popularity of this custom.
Behrend Readers
Display Talents
A Christmas Common Hour
Program will be presented by the
Behrend Readers during the
special Common Hour to be held
Monday, December 7 at 11:00
a.m. The name of the program
will be "An Hour With William
Saroyan."." The following stu
dents will be participating in this
program:
George Del Portor—The Author
Nancy Rupert—The Shepherd's
Daughter
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Is JOY
happy? Because of the many col
ored lights that gild our towns.
and homes? Is it the prospect of
gifts on the coming holiday? Or
is it the happy times; the Christ
mas Season and the Christmas
Spirit that has every one of us
bubbling and sparkling? Or does
this feeling stem from a beautiful
story of birth in the Bible? All
these things, yes, but does not the
key of this joy lie in Giving?
Don't we feel a little bit of cheer
for each person on our list?
Most of us love to shop. What
a perfect excuse the Christmas
season is for us! And all of us win
dow shoppers; the stores are a
wonderland.
Like people? Do you enjoy
crowds of friendly, happy strang
ers where lurk occasional ac
quaintances? Then the Yule sea
son is your heyday!
One of the special enhancements
of the season is the music. Fav
orite singers and composers turn
their talents to the seasons feel
ings and all the stores are filled
with happy and inspirational
tunes.
For many Christmas means go
ing home, family dinners, and old
friends and visiting relatives. Andr
eating and sleeping and dating
and skiing and parties and pre
sents!
Goodbye 'til next term every
body and Merry Christmas!
Holly was believed to have the
power of protection from thunder
and lightning. The burning bush
from which God spoke to Moses
was thought to be holly.
In some places, it was custo
mary to reconcile enemies during
the Yule season under the
branches of the holly tree, as a
symbol of fidelity to the promise
of friendship.
There are more than three hun
dred varieties of holly and it is
found in almost every country.
Thus, it is not strange that many
traditions have grown up from
primitive times regarding this
unusual plant.
One story is that Christ was
crowned with the thorny branches
of the holly and that its berries
which were then white, changed
to blood red.
It was from this that holly
wreaths came into popularity and
a candle was placed in the center
to remind people of the new light
of the World that was born on
Christmas Day.
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