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By NORMA ZEHNER
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The intramural prugram sponsored by the Women's Recreation
Association , completed a seven-week •schedule of basketball and
table tennis last week,,with Leunides•and Alpha Xi Delta respective
champions. -
Both of last year's whiner - s . weie 'dethroned. Gamma Phi Beta,
last year's basketball champ, Was 'eliminated in regular league play
when Thompson A tied ilie.:Gam
ma Phis, causing them' to lose
their league title. Kappa Kappa
Gamma, which held last year's
ping pong crown,: reached the
finals, .but then lost to Alpha
Xi Delta
The new cage chanipion, Leo
nides, •had an undefeated • sea
son. They took the measure of
Simmons in a 33-22 game to -cop
the crown. Alpha Xi Delta •had a
total of 17 out of a possible 18
points in regular ping pong lea
gue competition. In the finals
they won two doubles and• four
singles to take the crown from
the Kappas.
Of the 32 teams which partici
pated in basketball competition,
19 were sorority squads, while the
remainder were made up of in
dependent
women. Sororities en
tered 18 of the 32 table tennis
teams. About 400 women par
ticipated in ping pong and basket
ball league• competition.
Simmons, although losing in
the finals, took basketball team
scoring honors. For their'six
Holiday Spirit Permeates Life,
Brings Happiness, Contentment
Sometimes we wonder if the religious side of Christmas isn't
being buried by the constant blare of carols, cheap 'advertising,
and cash register ringing. t,
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In spite of the fact that Christmas is very much commercialized,
people do a lot of things during the Christmas season that - they
don't ordinarily do.
People are generally happier
during the_ holiday season, and
whatever unselfishness they may
possess blossoms 'in spite of the
weather.
Time of Rest
Churches are filled ,to capacity,
as are, the collection plates. 'May
be it's the decorations, maybe it's
the music, but they come. "It's
all a racket," the cynics say, but
they go anyway, a n d give as
Much as, if not more than, the
regular church-goers.
Students sometimes think .wist
fully of Christmas as a time when
they can go home to rest and
eat turkey and do next to nothing
for days at a stretch. But, how
quickly those two weeks -fly!
While lucky children think of
shining toys and know that Santa
or mother and dad will get the
things under the tree before the
deadline, parents are faced with
games of regular league activity,
they netted 227 points. Gamma
Phi Beta was second with 175,
and third place went. to Mc-
Allister with 174. The highest in
dividual game score was the 59
tallies that Kappa Kappa " Gam
ma racked up over Alpha-Epsilon
Phi.
'Jo Graves, from the McAllister
sextet, was high scorer with 98
points for six games. Simmons'
Nancy Jarden was next with 89.
Mimi Martin, Gamma Phi Beta,
had 84. Betty Gleim, Leonides,
tallied 77. Dottie Rose, Alpha
Gamma Delta, garnered 34 count
ers to take honors for single game
scoring.
Outstanding guards will not
receive recognition until the
Army-Navy teams are announced.
Interclass basketball is next on
the slate. : , It will begin Jan. 8
and continue to Jan. 10. The
Army-Navy basketball schedule
will begin Jan. 15. The players
who will be chosen to, play will
be announced after vacation.
By EVVIE KIELAR
all the fuss and bother involved.
Despite this, the sight of their
children excitedly opening gifts
makes up for all the hours spent
trimming the tree and figuring
out why the electric trains won't
work.
Less fortunate children enjoy
good dinners, parties complete
w i t h costumed Santas, durable
toys, and warm clothes, gener
ally provided by civic organiza
tions. The people who are re
sponsible for this generosity gen
erally learn faith, patience, and
courage.
People work late on weekdays
and work Saturdays to save pen
nies for a special present for a
loved one. Few of them would
think of doing it any other time.
• Shoppers throng the streets, ob
structing traffic,:;and visit innum
erable stores, managing to spend
twm.
but the . n l ost accursed
op -
ito of Want's fell scorpions
is,-thirst.
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Delta Delta Delta
Delta Delta Delta held its an
nual Christmas Pine Party in the
suite Saturday night. Following
entertainment, gifts were ex
changed and refreshments, served.
Sunday night members of the
sorority and their guests went
Christmas caroling: Refreshments
were served at the home of. Mrs.
Harold Tarpley, sorority adviser.
Phi Sigma 'Sigma
Phi Sigma initiated Selina Fine
Phyllis Frankel, Donna Goodman
Eleanor Horvitz, Diana Koppel
man, Joype Polack, Irene Pol
lack, Gloria Schoffel,_Marian Un
gar, and Rosalyn Wein.
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Kappa Kappa Gamma and Al
pha, Sigma Phi entertained . a
group of children from Storms
town at a Christmas party Thurs
day night. William Richards, as
Santa Claus, distributed gifts to
the children.
Gamma Phi Beta
Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma
CM held a party for needy chil
dren Saturday afternoon.-Enter
tainment included a magic show
and . a Santa Claus skit. Gifts
were distributed.
Chi Omega—
.Chi Omega and Kappa Sigma
entertained Pearl O. Weston,
Dean of Women, and dormitory
housemothers at a tea Sunday
afterhoon. The guests Were shown
through the fraternity ho us e.
Christmas carols were sung.
Beta Sigma Omicron
Beta Sigma Omicron was re.
cently entertained at a Christmas
tea at the home of Mrs. George
Gregory.
The sorority held its annual
Founder's Day banquet Saturday
at the Eutaw House. The new in
itiates honored at the banquet
were Miriam DeWitt, Marilyn
Gourley, Patricia Jones, Judith
Byrns, •and Ellemnae Wandel.
Judith Byr n s received the
"Model Pledge" cup and, Mar
garet Br at t was awarded the
scholarship bracelet for the great
est scholastic improvement.
Delta Zeta
The pledges of .Delta Zeta en
tertained the actives at a mock
rushing party in the suite. Re
freshments were served.
incredible sums of money in the
process.
Once a Year
Altogether, Christmas is a time
when magic things happen. Ene
mies forget their grievances, cyn
ics go to church, and noisy chil
dren resemble the angels on the
tops of Christmas trees.
Most people come perilously
close to being openly sentimental.
Outwardly, they are disgusted
with themselves, while inwardly,
they probably conclude they're
all the better for it. Optimists,
pessimists, true believers, and
spend-thrifts • all find a satisfac
tion in living - that they get only
once a year.
Melaia
StIAI4.kNIA
Winter Sportswear
Worn for Warmth
Are you freezing? Do you suffer from the same disease that
everyone else is suffering from these days?
Some say that the monsoons are in town. Others merely say,
"It's so cold, I don't know what to wear." But despite this, women
on campus have been displaying some mighty unusual clothing
the past few days. .
Let's start from the bottom and work up. Many women have
been making good use of flannel
pajamas, and not only for sleep
ing. Most of the coeds who went
out. carolling made use of their
"PJ's" underneath assorted outer
layers of clothing. Perhaps this
had an added convenience upon
returning to the dorm, but, more
important, it kept some of the
vicious winds out of direct con
tact with 'the body.
Legging Troubles
Next in line these days, coeds
usually make use of Penn State
shirts, heavy sweaters, or any
thing of more than tissue thick
ness, .to provide in cr eased
warmth. What goes on top of this
is what brings the greatest amuse
ment.
In their younger days, most co
eds fought with parents about
having to wear leggings. Perhaps
the coeds are compensating, for
their childhood mistakes, for now
they .do not mind wearing ski
suits, formerly known - as snow
suits, to keep their weary old
, bones warm. As a matter of fact,
coeds who own ski suits are gain
ing popularity in their dorms,
particularly when t h e - y aren't
using their outfits. Color be
comes an insignificent factor as
the women are interested pri
marily in warmth.
Those coeds who prefer not to
wear ski suits can be seen with
those lovely wool knee socks that
do so flatter the leg curves.
Footwear
Still another group of coeds
are those who are sporting .bright
plaid slacks. Many students refer
to them / as pajamas since they
are so unusual. The more conser
vative coed wears either solid
color slacks •or darker, less eye
stimulating, plaid slacks.
On the feet, one sees almost
anything in this weather. The
gals clomp around in their fur
lined stadium boots, some brave
the weather with sponge sole
shoes or those famed white bucks,
while others prefer the old-time
high boots.
Unsolved Problem
Women may be fussy about
hats for important occasions, but
they surely compromise when it
comes to choosing head gear for
freezing weather. Anything rang
ing from hoods, helmets, tassel
caps, stocking caps, and babush
kas, to ear=muffs or nothing' at
all, is what the women have been
modeling lately. One student has
gone so far as to wear a baby
Wait!
to finish your
7.,"hristmas shopping
You forgot .
Gift Handbags
2.95 to 12.95
Colorful Umbrellas
3.95 to 7.50
Pure Silk Scarves
• .59 to. 2.95
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Novelty Belts
1.00 to 2.95
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By MIMI UNGAR
shawl as a babushka. She wants
to be sure that she keeps her
head warm.
You can be sure that coeds
are keeping their hands warm,
too, with their mittens or gloves.
However, they still haven't solv
ed the problem of slipping
around, even with boots on. Many
claim, "I didn't slip, I wasn't
pushed, I fell." After an incident
like this they usually return to
the dorm resolving that they
won't go out again—that is, un
til the next day when they bun
dle up all over again.
Coeds Start
Own Drive
For Clothing
"Since we haven't any clothing
to donate to the Korean clothing
drive, we'll collect some." This
was the decision of four Elm cot
tage coeds last week.
Baylee Friedman, one of the
four, originally planned an inter
cottage project of caroling and
collecting clothing together. How
ever, when this project did not
work out, she and Jane Kratz,
Elizabeth Shipley and Florence
Williams decided to carry out'the
idea in another way.
Leaving after dinner Friday
night, they decided not to carol,
only to solicit clothing. They were
greeted cordially at the f irst
home, invited in, shown some of
the paintings of members of the
household, and given two coats.
"The one was so nice, I almost
I wished I owned it myself," Miss
Friedman commented.
At the next nine or ten homes
they met with similar cordial re
ceptions and generous donations.
Within an hour and a half they
had collected nine coats and four
shopping bags had been filled
with sweat ers, skirts, baby
clothes and other items.
"We probably , could have col
lected twice as much but we just
couldn't carry any more," Miss
Friedman said.
The other three joined her in
praising the townspeople's kind
ness and generosity. "They're the
nicest people" seems to sum up
their opinions. -
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