FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14
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ment collection of anci'
in the world.
He and his wife spec
1954 digging in Iraq, an
in Egypt, Syria and Jo
were part of an exped
sored by the Oriental
the University of Chi.
Indicating that ma
rare finds can be pra
of their living room
decorations" this year
of camel bells. The o
pose of the bells was
around the necks of
that they can follow
on the desert
Carpet Made of G
The Matson stair cat p et—an at
tractive pattern of b .own, grey
and white on a nub oy fabric—
actually, Mr. Matson -says, is a
goat hair and wool material used
in Syria as sacks for grain, corn,
rice and cotton. -
Several of their intricately de
signed floor carpets came from a
chieftain's tent in Baghdad. Twin
bedspreads, half white and half
brown-black, are made of goat
and sheep hair, and were original
ly intended for floor covering and
blankets in Syria..
• The pottery fragments in the
archaeologist's collection have
either been discovered by him or
sent to his home-laboratory for
identification. The oldest frag
ments date 4700 B.C.
Interested in Pottery History
What Mr. Matson is interested
in, he says, is how man made his
pottery and what improvements
in techniques ha v e occured
through the centuries.
"The beauty of pottery," he
says, "is th - at it's stuff nobody
wants. Any early conqueror would
steal women and children or gold
and silver, but not pottery. It re
mains in the same ancient village
site." .
Mrs. Matson explained how the
fragments are found. The archae
ologists first look for a mound,
the remains of a deteriorated mud
brick house, in otherwise flat
country. There they search for
"surface finds," such as fragments,
or anything "weathered out." The
fragments tell approximately their
period of time, she said.
Ate Gazelle Flesh
During the expedition the mem
bers pitched their own tent camp,
and, because there was a zoologist
in . the crowd who wanted the
bones, they, had to eat the flesh of
gazelles, ibexes—wild animals of
Iraq—and wild goats.
"The only meat I couldn't swal
low was the fox," Mr. Matson
said.
After six months of excavation
in 1954, Mrs. Matson left the
expedition to teach at the Beirut
(Leb.) College for Women. During
the semester she took 47 Arab
girls to Cairo for a few weeks
and there met President Gamal
Abdul• Nasser.'
Studied Cave
Last summer, after
a student European tr
son studied early • c
southern-France - an.
work in Oxford and
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•He sa ys
_ that he li .
about • things in cl:
actually - seen. If this 1
University archaeolog
should have a - pretty Fr ,
of ancient civilizatio 1
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By JUDY HARKISON
egree in an academic family would perhaps satisfy most University
I t not so with the Frederick B. Matsons.
.ut quite nicely. Dr. Frederick Matson is a professor of archaeology
rgaret Matson, is an instructor in sociology.
ecializes in ceramics and has what is probably the most complete frag
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—Daily Collegian Photo by George Harrison
ANCIENT POTTERY has led Drs. Frederick and Margaret Matson
to many points on the globe. Here they are shown examining a
piece of pottery found in the Near East. The Matson's have a
basement laboratory built especially for their pottery collection.
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THE OLDEST POTTERY
known to man is being ex
amined by Dr. Frederick B.
Art - Matson . . These 6.000-year-old
remains were collected by Dr.
0- directing Matson last summer. They are
p. Mr. Mat- dated 4700 B.C.
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Approved
Fraternities
.
The following fraternities have
been approved for the entertain
ment of women guests Friday and
Saturday nights:
Acacia, Alpha Chi Rho, Alpha Chi Sig
ma, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Gamma Rho.
Alpha Phi Delta, Alpha Rho Chi. Alpha
Sigma Phi. Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha 7.eta,
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Pi. Chi Phi, Delta Chi.
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Epsilon. Tau Phi Delta, Theta Chi. , Theta
Delta Chi. Theta Kappa Phi. Theta Xi.
Triangle and Zeta Beta Tau.
The following fraternities have
been approved for Friday night
only: Pi Lambda Phi and Pi Sig
ma tjpsilon.
University Survives Wan
The University has maintained
its educational program through
four war periods during its 100-
year history.
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Music Ed Division
To Celebrate Yule
Christmas will be celebrated by the Department of Music
Education this week with concerts by the Chapel Choir and
University Symphony Orchestra and a departmental Christ-
mas party.
The annual Candlelight Worship Service of the choir
will be held at 10:55 p.m. Satur
day in Schwab Auditorium. The
choir will sing both traditional
and less-known Christmas songs
and carols,
The program will be repeated at
10:55 a.m. Sunday. For each serv
ice, doors to the auditorium will
open 30 minutes before the begin
ning of the program.
The choir is directed by Mrs.
Willa C. Taylor and accompanied
by George E. Ceiga, organist.
To Present Concert
The orchestra will continue the
weekend of music by presenting
its annual Winter Concert at 3
p.m. in Schwab Auditorium.
The program has been selected
to include both less-known works
of the great composers and con-,
temporary works. Theodore Kar,
han, the orchestra's conductor,
has said that he believed the old'
familiar "warhorses" are over
performed. He has formed a
policy, he said, of programming
the little-known and less familiar
classics.
Both the choir concert and the
orchestra concert are open to the
public, and no admission will be
charged.
Yule Party to Be Held
A Christmas party for music
education students and faculty
will be held from 3 to 5 Tuesday
in 117 Carnegie. The party is spon
sored by the Louise Homer Club,
honorary scholastic fraternity for
women showing an interest in
music.
Students and faculty in music I
education and in the department
of music in the College of the
Liberal Arts may attend.
Each class will present a short
Christmas .skit and refreshments
will be served.
Coed Psych Test
Results Available
First semester freshman wo
men who took the psychological
tests during Orientation Week
may obtain their interpreted test
results at 7 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday.
Alphabetic sub-divisions and
rooms for Monday night are A-
Bar, 1 Sparks; Bas-Bz, 2 Sparks:
Ca-Ez, 10 Sparks; Fa-Gra. 11
Sparks; Grb-Ker, 12 Sparks; Kes-
Lin, 18 Sparks; Lio-Min, 19
Sparks.
Tuesday night divisions are
Mio-Nos, 1 Sparks; Not-Ryz, 10
Sparks; Sa-Sim. 11 Sparks; Sin-
Uz, 12 Sparks; Va-Whi, 18 Sparks;
and Whj-Z, 19 Sparks.
Sorority Rush
Pre-Registration
To Start Today
Pre-registration for women
planning to rush during spring
formal rushing will begin today
and continue until noon tomor
row.
Pre-registration does not obli
gate women to rush nest semes
ter, but is intended solely as a
means of estimating the number
of women who will rush. Although
women who do not register now
will be eligible to rush next se
mester, the Panhellenic Council
has asked all women considering
rushing to register.
Registration will begin in the
back lounge of Women's Building
at 8 a.m. and continue until noon.
It will re-open and p.m. and close
at 5 p.m. Women may register
from 8 a.m. until noon tomorrow.
No fee will be charged. _
Final formal registration will
be held Feb. 1 and 2. At this time
all women who plan to rush must
register.
Indies to Present
Christmas Concert
The Association of Independent
Men-Leonides chorus under the
direction of Donald Berninger.
graduate student in music from
Bloomsburg, will present its an
nual Christmas concert at 7 p.m-
Tuesday in Simmons Lounge.
Soloists for the concert will be
Elizabeth McKenzie, sophomore
in recreation education from Mon
trose, and Bruce Keeler, sopho
more in the Division of Interme
diate Registration from Bethle
hem.
Emily Wilson, sophomore in
music education from Philadel
phia, is the accompanist for the
chorus. "
University to Increase
Horseback Riding Fees
The horseback riding fee at the
University has been increased
from $25 to $35 per semester. ef
fective with the fall semester,
'1957.
Other increases approved by
the Board of Trustees are charges
for boarding horses from $35 to
$45 per month for standing stalls
and $45 to $55 per month for box
stalls.
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