Decorations Around Campus Indicate Saint Nicholas Still Holds Place in Student Hearts College people still believe in Santa Claus, dbspito their sup posed sophistication, if a survey of Christmas decorations and activi ties in town and on campus has any significance. ' • Painted windows, wreaths, streams of colored lights, tinseled trees and smiling St Nicks are appearing everywhere through the efforts of decorators in State College from fraternities, sororities, independent areas, offices, town homes and even the. Alpha Fire company. AIM To Carol About Town, Campus The AIM carol sing, which starts at 8 tomorrow night in the Nittany Dorm area, will also spread cheer to townspeople this year. Permission has been granted by the borough to allow the group to circulate throughout the town after caroling in the dorniitory areas. Women have been granted 11 o'clock permitpions for the carol sing. Men in the Nittany and Pollock dormitories, and independent men living in other quarters, will meet in Dorm 29 at the sound of the siren, and then will be joined by the women as they carol at Simmons, McElwain and Mac Allister Halls. 27th All-College Songfest Scheduled_ The' annual All-College Ch - ristmas carol sing, will folloW through its 27th year on Monday at 8 p.m. in front of Ol&Main. Included in the program are the singing of the fainiliar Christ mas hymns. Slides with words• and musib will be provided by the PSCA. The students will be assisted in their singing by a brass quartet. The chapel choir under the direction of Mrs. Willa Taylor will highlight the program with two selections, "AbOve the Savior's Manger Hangs a Star," a Hasque carol arranged by Kinscella, and "This Endris Night," arranged by Whitehead. A short speech will be given by Dr. H. K. Wilson, dean of men, followed by more carols. Service Clubs Give Kiddies Party , A party for ail the children of State College and surrounding communities will be held in Rec Hall Friday afternoon lE4'2 p.m. Several State College organizations, which formerly held pri vate parties, have combined this year to sponsor an affair for 2;500 youngsters. ' The organizations are Alpha Fire Company, Veterans of Foreign 'Wars, American Legion, Elks, Kiwanis and Lions. . Choir To Hold Midnight Service The midnight service of the Chapel ChoiF Will be lield Schwab Auditorium at 11 o'clock tonight. A brass quartet will play from the tower of Old Main before the beginning of the performante. • The doors will open at 10:30. Students, faculty, acid to*nspeople are invited to attend. Alumni Associations To Hold Dances The Penn State Alumni Club of Greater Harrisburg , is sponsoring an intercollegiate dance for college students and alumni in the Ball Room of the Penn Harris Hotel, Dec. 30. The Statesmen, popular campus band, will furnish music. Tickets may be obtained by writing or calling William C. Mc- Lain,. 410 Telegraph Building, Harrisburg, Phone 2-4994; or Thomas C. Zerbe, 4 North Market Square, Phone 4-3289. • The Berks County Alumni As Windcrest Children Welcome Santa Two Christmas parties will be held for the children of Windcrest this weekend. . Santa Claus will arrive at the party, sponsored by the Stgte College Elks Club, via a fire engine at the PUB at 2:30 this afternoon.. The jolly gentleman will:again Panhel.=lFC To Give Santa - Claus and some friends will pay a visit to 125 children from Woodycrest today. His visit will be sponsored by' the Penh* lenic Council and the Interfra ternity Council. ii Gerinan Carohng Set for Monday The 20th annual German Christ- Tannenbaum," and. George J. mas Sing i will be held at 7 p.m. Wurfl, professor emeritus of Ger- Monday n Schwab Auditorium. man, who originated the . series, The audience will sing three will read the Biblical account of trrditional German carols, "0 du the Nativity, Professor Wurfi also frohliche,- o du seelige," "Stine will speak on "The Christmas of Nar'ht, Heilige •Nacht," and "0 My Youth in Germany." Altft To Hold Dance At TUB Tonight The Association of Independent Men is sponsoring a round and square dance in the Tub from 9- 12 o'clock tonight. The dance is open to everyone. Music will be furnished by Fred Ilartswick and his Keystone Four. Peter Sarantopoulos will act as emcee of the intermission enter tainment, which includes a bar bership quartet and a baritone. The quartet - is comprised of George Jeffries, Gordon Seward. Theodore Meyers and Herbert Allison. Michael Maddock,, will sing several selections. Merry . Chiaistrnas! sociation Will hold its Christmas Dance at the Reading,-Country Club from 10 p.m..-to' 3 .aark; Dec. 26. George Marlowe and his or chestra will furnish music. Reservations, at $6 per couple, are available at . 1707 ()live st., or by calling Reading 2-6798. , Reservations for the ' Lancaster County'Alumni Association of the College Christmas Dance to 'be held Dec. 30, may ,be obtained through Cheater L. Wilhelin, LanL caster. appear at the PUB at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. The party . is being sponsored by the me;l iA Nittany- Pollock dormitories, and was ar ranged by Thomas Cook, Charles Edwards, Charlea Morrison, Charles Skovira, and William Zakor.. Tots Party The party, to be held at 4 4 e TUB, from 2 o'clock to 4:30 this' after noon, will star Alai Dhl, Delta Chi, as Santa. Claus. His helpers will be two girls from every soror ity. No Snow for Mule? ' -The "White Christmas" glori fied by Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby, and sentimental. Christmas cards is practically non-existent in State College. For the past nine years there has been snow at Santa-time in State College • only three times, only once in any large amount. For variety, though; Dec. 25 has produced such weather conditions as sleet, glaze, drizzle, 55 degree temperattires, and fog. In 1948 there was some snow, l inches according to the weather station, It snow 'fella this Christ mas, it will be the first time in ten . ~.„ $ 0 4. .T. r ul a ti g • . :#,;.: , T o tt rotan • a-se • VOL. 50 - NO. 58 Cabinet Approves NAACP Plan To Hold Negro History Week Last Collegian 'Til Jan. 5, '5O This is the final pre-Christ mas holiday issue of . the Daily Collegian. Vacation begins_Tues day at 5 p.m. and will last until Wednesday, Jan:4, at 1:10 p.m. Next issue of the Daily Col legian will appear Jan. 5, 1950. Late AP News Courtesy WMAJ Truman Ridicules Rumors Of Eisenhower Rivalry KEY WEST—Prelident Truman scoffed at stories concerning the possible candidacy of General Dwight Eisenhower for the presidency. Speaking yesterday for the President, Charles Ross asserted that Mr. Truman knew of no basis for the stories circulating. Mr. Ross ion there is for the alleged stories. said, "I can't imagine what founda The President wants it on the record that he and General Eis enhower are good friends and al- Ways have been. Ir. Ross also stated that the President has no objection to any body running for anything. Neith er has Mr. Truman mentioned if he considers the General as a future candidate. Newsmen who circulated the first stories remained silent. They did not disclose the basis for their stories. • Payments Continue PITTSBURGH—A highly placed source in the coal industry said years that two consecutive Yule tides have been white. Before last year one must go back to 1944 for Christmas snow. Four inches covered the ground in. State College that year. No snow fell on Christmas be tween 1944 and last Dec. 25. In 1945, however, sleet rattled on roofs of homes brightened by the usual yuletide trimmings. Santa must have felt like shed ding much of his foul-weather gear IDec. 25, 1940, when the tem perature reached a. monthly high of 54 degrees. Need it be said there was no snow? "FOR A BETTER PENN STATE" STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1941 Campus Chest Tabled; Committees Appointed; Soccer Awards Proposed All-College Cabinet has approved the week of Feb. 20-26 as Negro History Week. At its Thursday meeting Cabinet approved a proposal presented by William Meek, president of the campus chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, tc recognize the week as an official college activity and to appoint a member of Cabinet to the planning committee. yesterday that soft coal operators are expecting to continue their payments to the mine union wel fare fund. This payment of 20 cents per ton of coal mined is due Dec. 20. "No contract" had been the ground for speculation that the operators might reuse payment. Youngstown Agrees • YOUNGSTOWN, o. Youngs town Sheet and Tube Company, the nation's sixth largest steel (Continued on page two) Orchestra Planned By Independents Plans for the formation of an AIM-Leonides orchestra to be or ganized early next year were dis cussed at a meeting of AIM repre sentatives Wednesday night. The orchestra composed of in dependent men and women would be available for functions spon sored by independents. .Plans were also discussed for the AIM open house to be held the night of the IFC Ball, March 25 and for a mixer to be held in January or February when no big dances are scheduled. Happy New Year! NAACP proposes to bring three lecturers who are authorities on Negro history to campus. Other activities would include moving pictures, and panel discussions with faculty members participat ing, on the racial question. Cabi net accepted the proposal unani mously. Joel Bachman reported for Na tional Student Association on the campus chest which would elim inate separate financial drives by various student and charitable or ganizations. A motion to accept the report intact was defeated, 11- 10, the closest Cabinet vote this year. The plan was tabled for NSA to do further work on the project. Robert Fast reported on ice skating, outlining regulations for the rink to be constructed on New. Beaver practice field during Christmas vacation, weather per mitting. The College has appro priated $4OO fcir the purpoSe. James Gehrdes, president of the Atheletic Association, presented a proposal to obtain trophies for members of the varsity soccer team which went undefeated in 14 games this year. Since the ex penditure would be more than $lOO it must be considered again at the next meeting of Cabinet. A letter from James W. Dunlop, director of the Blue Band, re questing a Cabinet appropriation for the Intercollegiate Band Festi val at Carnegie Tech Feb. 23,- 24 and 25 was also tabled pending 'a (Continued on page two) Holiday Greeting President and Mrs.'James Mil holland have extended holiday greetings to students at the Col lege. Their holiday statement: "To All Penn Staters: Mrs. Milholland and I join in extending to all of you our sin cere best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. • James Milhplland Acting President" Today . . . The Nittany Lion Roars FOR the . Christmas holidays which start officially at 5 p.m. Tuesday. While he'll miss the hordes of students who daily pass his rest ing place near Rec Hall, the wise old cat realites students, too, need relief from the daily grind of bluebooks and lectures. To all the students and fac ulty the Lion roars forth in his cheeriest voice with best wishes for a pleasant holiday and a Merry, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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