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THE DIALETTE
December, 19^®
THE DIALETTE
Editor-in-Chief Millie Bailey
Business Manager Martha Hughes
Literary Editor Elizabeth Miller
Advertising Manager Elizabeth Flack
Nows Dorothy Hodnutt
Feature—
College
High School Louise Peterson
Sports—
College Sue Emery
High School Norma Jean Hill
Photography Humphrey Armistead
Exchange Dorothy Jones
Typist Paulina Hagan
Assistant Typists Betty Attwood, Dorothy Simmons
Youth Fellowship Representatives
College Dorothy Sams
High School Betty Hanna
Class Representatives
College
Senior Sara McGill
Junior Anne Browning
Sophomore Vicky Samburg
Freshman Evangeline Watts
High School
Senior Polly Hawkins
Junior Tish Clark
Sophomore Louise Chandler
Freshman Katherine Womeldorf
Advisors
Miss Collette Miss Wade Mrs. White
WE WILL NOT FORGET!
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Theocharis Rcndis is a student in Civil Engineering in * --- ^
cal University in Athens, where he is Secretary of the Studen
Association and a member of the World Student Relief Committee i
Greece. On Saturday morning, December 7, this young Greek spo
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CHRISTMAS, THE SEASON OF PEACE
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play.
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong.
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!”
—“Christmas Bells.”
Today, when the world is filled with strife, strikes, confusion, bit
terness and hate, we pause to think of the birth of Christ. That
holy day seems like a dream to us in this world of reality. But Christ
came to give peace.
Is there peace on earth? As the Christmas season approaches many
of us are concerned over shopping, buying presents, the coal strike.
Production has been slowed down; will we get the things we want?
Stop and remember, this Christmas there will be many dying from
hunger and cold, not only across the waters but here in our own
America. Yes, there are things you will have to do without this
Christmas. But think of the things you have to be thankful for. Be
thankful to God you’re not as unfortunate as these.
The purpose of the U. N. is to bring about “peace on earth.” How
near are we to peace this holiday? Only when peace comes to each
individual can there be peace in this world. Christ must be born in
each heart. Do not turn Christ from the heart’s inn. Receive Him.
This is the only way we m.ay have a true Christmas.
CC1.C. wii ouLuiuay morning, uecemoer (, uiis young u.*.—
in Gaither Chapel to the student body of Montreat College m
interest of the World Student Service Fund. Even though the
man expressed himself well in the English language, the story
he told of what he had experienced, and of what many of his °
students are experiencing today, was more tragic than any of us ca
even imagine. In the existing post-war conditions of hungei,
ease, run-down health, shattered spirits, wreckage and devasta ion
of living quarters and property everywhere, lack of books
plies, lack of trained leaders, lack of money—thousands of stu en
;n Switzerland, G 'cece, Norway, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Poland, Holland, Italy, China, India, Japan, and other countries, are
fighting against innumerable odds—for an education. ^ ,
With plates and plates of food being wasted in our cafeteria eac
day, how could v/e know how it feels to be always hungry, to no
have enough energy for any kind of physical exercise, to have to i
down to study because in that way it takes less energy than „
How could we know how it feels to be one among the 1700 o ^
students at the University of Athens who consider themselves -
lucky to get inside the canteen to sit on the floor and relish a
ration of macaroni eaten with the fingers from a tin can? Or,
still, we can’t know what goes on in the minds of the 3000 stu en
remaining on the waiting list with no place to get anything to Cu
\/ould we, under such circumstances, give up?
As Mr. Rendis said, these young people will not give up,
they are fighting for a better world which they have not yet sec ,
but which they believe in. And we will help them with our money,
of course. When the amounts are added up. Montreat College, a on
with the others, will have given her share.
But we can do so much more. We can be thankful for our un -
;ted opportunities for study and our everyday luxuries. We wi u
complain. We will thank God and use our blessings to the best
our abilities.
And then we
- will pray for them—for our fellow students. Le
not spend a day of this coming season of joy without asking Go
help those who can’t sing hymns of joy,—because they don t ,
copy of the song, a place to sing, or the voice to raise—only a oo
-- — a lu Sing, or me voice lo
c street and the prospect of slow death if help doesn’t come,
noi, a day go by without remembering them—without pausii
prayer for those who arc fighting for the things that we ha
abundance.
We will not forget! We will pray earnestly.
Let
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THE EPICUREAN
I m as old as Christmas, yet modern, too.
Each year I change—like a new hair-do.
Sometimes I’m fat and very, very tall.
And then again I’m very, very small.
I m always .striped and I’m always sweet,
^ You can buy me for a penny on any street.
111 hang on the tree neath everyone’s gaze.
But I’ll only last a very few days.
You want my philosophy, you say?
“You’ll be eaten tomorrow, so enjoy today.”
I use my emotions, and never my brain
Who am I? Just a candy Christmas cane.
—Barbara Stephenson,