PAGE EIGHT German iNicolaus' Helps Yule Angel (This is the first in a series of articles on Christmas customs in foreign countries as described by international students at the University.) With the arrival of December, peoples•and nations around the world are busily preparing for the celebration of Christmas. And it is from various customs and traditions which comprise this universal preparation, ,that our concept of the yuletide season has evolved. If one happened to be in many on Dec. 6, he would prob ably witness the opening of the German Christmas season with the official arival of Nicolaus, the German equivalent to our Santa Claus. It is on this day that Nicolaus. first appears to children In homes) throughout Germany, according , to Friedeinann Freund, research associate in Mineral Industries from Wetzler. Germany. Nicolaus' main purpose is to frighten the children into good behavior for the remaining three weeks until Christmas, Freund said. From Dec. 6 until , Christmas Eve, he explained, it is customary for children to put their shoes in the hallway or outside their windows before going to bed each night. If they have been good all day, he said, Nicolaus will come and fill the shoes with candy and sweets during the night. If they have misbehaved, how ever, they will awake and find empty shoes in the morning. But Nicolaus, unlike our Santa Claus, is only a secondary sym bol of Christmas for the children of Germany, Freund said. The Christmas Angel or Weihnaehts kindchen, he said, represents to all German tots the real spirit of Christmas. At the faint ringing of a bell the Angel comes to the door of every German home on Christ mas Eve bringing gifts for all. Freund said that Nicolaus mere- SGA Elections All Undergraduates are Eligible to By LYNNE CEREFICE ly serves as her helper. He car ries the Angel's presents In a pack an his back and drives her sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. Although Nicolaus is imperson ated by a member of the family and seen by the children before Christmas • Eve, the Christmas Angel is known only as a spirit of love and kindnes. The German people also cele brate two holidays in mid- November in preparation for the Christmas season, Freund said. For the German people, ac cording to Freund, the height of the Christmas season is Hei ligabend or Christmas Eve. At 5 p.m. on that day, all business stops for the holiday and the ringing of church bells signi fies the coming of Christmas, he said, Families gather at home and the Christmas tree, which is decorated with real candles and colored balls, is lit for the first time. Next, Freund said, either the mother or father will ring a bell (which usually means striking a glass) to announce the arrival of the Christmas Angel. The chil dren must leave the room and only the parents are permitted to remain by the tree to greet the Angel, he said. When the Angel has left, the children re-enter and the presents are opened, he said. The opening of the presents is followed by dinner and visits to relatives to deliver presents. A. M. A. M. THE DAILY- COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Art Show To Feature 'Realism' An exhibit of the drawings and paintings of Stuart H. Frost, instructor in art, willl formally open with a recep tion for the artist at 3 Sunday' afternoon in the Hetzel Union lounge. The paintings and drawings in the exhibit were done in the last three years. The artist explained that he moved into an old coun try house about five years ago and has tried to let the house and the country around it become is part of his existence and cre ative work. Frost said that the exhibition fis "an attempt to state simple 'truths about things I have seen." Frost did his undergraduate work at the University and his graduate work in art history at New York University. He did stu dio work at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture land the Brooklyn Museum Paint ing School. Frost also worked on fresco projects with Henry Varnum Poor at the University and with ~Allyn Cox in the Capitol Building at Washington, D.C. He has exhibited at the,Butler llnstitute of American Aft, the (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine !Arts and the Metropolitan Mu seum. Duke, Virginia-- (Continued from page six) to Claus in a season-closer at South Carolina, regretfully need ing but one more loss to match the all-time big school losing streak of 28 established in em barrassment by the Kansas State teams of 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948. M.: P. IVI. • 'ti) 5 P. M.: 'til 7 Tuesday Wednesday . 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