HAZLETON COLLEGIAN
Weekly: Newsletter ,Edition
The Pennsylvania State University Center
Vol. Till No, 11
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Thanksgiving, which is the oldest and most truly American of
our national holidays,, is still very much what the Pilgrims made
it i a day to offer thanks for the favors and mercies bestowed
on us• It has changed less in its intentions and in the manner of
its celebration than any other o f our holidays * We go to church,
give thanks, gather the harvest, and enjoy a large meal, just
as the Pilgrims did* but we don’t look forward to Thanksgiving
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people plan, and wait to go to. the '*Turkey lay ' xoocibali gam&j
to. catch up with'-some .odci jobs 'around tae iicuss; and to Sj.eep
until noon. At the first and early Thanksgiving observances the
men wont out into .'the -moods unc snot a xo:: bneiv
th®' women bslfrt @<t-kes and aftd the v&ricai#
other foods, such as, corn and potatoes, were raised in thei» am
fields, Today we buy a .dressed turkey from the farmer, open
a few cans of cranberries, sweet potatoes, and gravy, and buy one
or two pumpkin pies from the baker. Although modem tiroes ha-re
not changed ■the. intentions'or .manners of celebrating Thanks giving,
it has added social activities and conveniences which are.
becoming more important than tne real meaning of Thanksgiving*
We should set aside Thanksgiv mg as a day for praise and thanks
and imolore for lasting prosperity, peace, and freedom. Servile
labor and such recreation, as may be becoming to the purpose, o.i
so solemn an occasion, should be omittect, especially now nuiing
our period of conflicts and confusion over communism.
School resumes its natural trend to Monday, November 29, 19$h)
at Bsl£ a,m. Don't eat too much over the weekend—and we'll be.
Highacres
Hazleton, Pennsylvania
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OBSERVANCE OF THANKSGIVING
iT »S JUST A RE?UNDER
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