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iJecember 14, 1956
BELLES OF ST. MARY’S
Saint’s Sallies
This week Saint’s Sallies has a
Christmas list. The ■ following is
''"hat some of the Belles want.Santa
lo bring them.
UBBY GREGORY: bowling ball.
ruth FUKUDA: no test on
Divine Comedy.
JANE WHITE; a 2X (any kind!).
Trisha HUSKE: a pair of scis
sors.
Betsy brinkley: an economy
size of Peptobismal.
SHELLA STROTHER; “1” short-
hand coach.
Barbara HAUSER: a candle.
CAROL BARBER; a St. Mary’s
mug.
WVNCY HOPKINS: a roll of toilet
paper.
ROROTHY OVERBECK: a tennis
ball.
BUCY AVOOTEN: a knitting book.
^ALLIE MUSTARD: Marchand
rinse.
STUART SMITH and MILLIE
FARY; an “outhouse.”
Bard GATLIN: her voice back.
granges PEARSON: an 8:30
breakfast bell.
^HIRLEY SMITH: a roommate.
BETTY COVINGTON: campus
slip,
ANNE BONNER: photographic
memory.
jane BURCH ATHEY: free Bop
lessons and an alarm clock.
BOUISE COBB: another rat—for
what? ! ! ?
SCHUYLER CAMPBELL; a C in
French for the year.
•|ANE COPELAND: a new lamp.
ANNIE CRAY CALHOUN: a
can of Vienna sausage.
'“OURTNEY DICK: chocolate
cake.
JEANETTE CROSS: another
j blind date with N. P.
•'ANIE SNEPP: a blue and white
chevy with worn tree! on one
» tiro.
banetta AAWRE : some one
. shorter to guard than Jo Kit.
' ANE AA’ALKER ; 7 foot man and
^ bottle of Mor-cal.
^JT TIEDEMAN: A on Biology
. duiz.
ANNE MORRIS: will power. '
^EEDEE DEVERE: the new
novel, “AAdiat Polly Prude
. Should Not Do.”
CU CHEATHAAI: private secre-
I^ROOKS NEAAWON; A Man! !
"LCARE HOBBS: another loser
Tf. nt West Point.
AN BROOKS: a coj)y of House
^ beautiful.
A OAKLEY: a black, slinky
^.^^sBt-gown.
BLY BARNES: a longer va
cation.
Stretching 75/
Is A Hard Job
As
Is
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soon as the last bit of meat
Scraped from the bones of the
'^nksgiving turkey, everyone
,^*jgins to think about Christmas,
fo'^ U'ought that immediately
hre^^* itself upon the mind is
p ^^titS’ presents, and more pres-
® ior all the dear, close friends
St. Mary’s Foreign Students
Tell of Christmas at Home
Santa Baby,
I want a diamond ring, a dark
haired boy who has everything, an
“A” in English, and one in psy
chology. Hurry down the chimney
to me.
Joan Brooks
Dear Santa,
I’d like from W. and M. a “yes,”
No less from Davidson,
Dr. Scholl’s foot pads for my feet,
And some eats.
Betsy Dent
Dear Santa,
On your way down from the
North Pole would you mind stop
ping at West Point in order to
bring a certain cadet to put in my
stocking?
Alarion Sims
Dear Santa,
I would love to see a certain
blond, blue-eyed SAE sitting
under the tree on Christmas morn
ing. I don’t think he’ll overload
your sleigh, and he would be grand
company over the yule season.
Susanne Burton
Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is a
diaphrapm and a big box of turtle
food. I also want a big picture of
Elvis to give my roommate for
Christmas, a quiet, non-slam door
to give to my hall counselors, and
a roll of adhesive tape so I won’t
make noise after 10:10.
Dottie Buck
and relatives. You eagerly make a
list of the people for whom pres
ents must be bought. By the 25th
name, you’re beginning to strike
out dear, close friends as being
not so dear and not so close
because a peek at the pocket book
shows a sum total of 75 cents. 75
cents split 25 ways doesn’t equal
even one worthwhile Christmas
^^^IWiat about Aunt Alae? I
wonder if she’ll give me something
other than the usual lace handker
chief. A sweet card would cover
that. And what about Jan? She
didn’t give me a birthday present.
Now comes the problem of what
to give everybody. A ou have
selected 15 people with the care
and accuracy of an IBAI machine
as the elect on whom your 75 cents
will be spent. Daddy . . • what
does he want? The only things he
really wants are a gun and a new
car, but really ... on 75 cents. .
He always says just a big hug and
kiss will make him happier than
anything else. I wonder . . . ?
Now comes the dear, close
friends ... 12 of them m fact.
Clutch! Let’s see how the hard
cash is holding out. Oh, dear. , .
Alother’s sweater alone leaves me
financially embarrassed and m
debt about $14.25. No sweat.
Never sweat! I think 111 take my
75 cents and go down to the little
store ’cause the pimento cheese
sandwiches are calling! . . .
By Theckla Stephanou
The joyful event of Christmas
that brings happiness to everybody
and makes the eyes of the little
boys and girls shine with pleasure
is celebrated in every part of the
world in almost the same way and
for the same reason. Athens takes
on a festive appearance also.
Now the third day before
Christmas arrives. In every corner
there is a mass of big branches of
mistletoe, fir-trees, and other green
bushes. The loud voices of the
sellers cover the pleasant voices of
children who hold their Christmas
instruments, such as triangles which
give musical tunes, and sing carols
from house to house.
If you pass by the baker’s you
will smell the wonderful Christmas
cakes and bread. In days like these
the poor man forgets his misery and
the badman forgets his enemies;
the little Child whose birth we cele
brate blesses them all.
Christmas is usually a shiny day
in Athens, and only at the tops of
Paryis and Emittos mountains do
you see a little snow. At six o’clock
in the morning all the family is
ready to go to church. After the
wonderful ceremony the family
returns home. In the dining room
the most pleasant breakfast waits
for them. The youngest in the
family says the prayer, and father,
after he lines a cross on the Christ
mas bread, cuts it in pieces. As soon
as they are through they open.their
Christmas presents which are found
under the Christmas tree.
The whole next week keeps its
festive sight. Big dances, parties,
and meetings take place. Saturday,
the last day of the year, is here. It
is the day when in every house there
is a custom to play carets for good
luck. Then after one member of
the family turns off all the lights,
he goes out of the house holding a
small bag which contains a few
grains of rice and sugar. When the
clock strikes 12, he opens the
doors, turns on the light, and
Modern Maniac
Plans Christmas
Aliss I. N. Cognito came back
from the Thanksgiving holidays
with several plans for St. Mary’s
students.
“I realize that college students
of today need something to cam
paign for,” she said. “Politics, the
world situation, and athletics are
all too dull and uninteresting, so
I am starting a new campaign.
“I feel there is a great need to
discontinue Christmas holidays.
Even the few Thanksgiving
holidays found me idle. Anyway,
everything else is being changed.”
Miss Cognito was asked to explain
the purpose of her campaign and
she gave her reasons for having
no Christmas holidays.
“First of all,” she said, “if we
stayed on campus we could catch
up on all the school work we need
scattering the rice and sugar in the
house, wishes “Happy New AYar.”
Then, they enter the dining room
where the tea is served. There are
several cakes and drinks, and, in
the middle of the table, the tra
ditional New A'ear pie which has in
it a golden coin. It is believed that
the one who finds the golden coin
will be the luckiest during the New
AYar. It is almost 2 o’clock in the
morning when it is through.
This is the way that Christmas
is celebrated in Anthens and it is
the same way, of course, in every
part of Greece.
By Ruth Fukuda
Since the last war people cele
brate Christmas actively in Japan.
AYu will be surprised when you
see a Christmas celebration in
Japan because it is held in the
same way as in America. In the
large cities, people go to shop before
Christmas.
They also go to parties on Christ
mas Eve. It seems to me that people
do not celebrate Christmas with
their family. Christmas is rather a
social or commercial celebration.
It is very regrettable that most
people do not know the significance
of Christmas. Of course, Christians
go to church and prefer to have a
little party at home. Also, at most
of the Christian institutions, they
celebrate Christmas.
The most attractive events to
young people may be the parties. A
week after Christmas, we have the
biggest festival in Japan, New
AYar’s Day; therefore, people are
busy preparing for New Year’s Day
at Christmas time.
I regret that I could not write
something about a distinguished
Christmas in Japan since Japan has
been influenced enormously by
western countries. To make people
know the real meaning of Christ
mas is a Christian’s duty; therefore,
Japanese, as Americans, emphasize
the religious side of Christmas
rather than the social.
to do. Of course, I never procrasti
nate; therefore, I have only four
papers and three essays due. I
need the time that I would be
wasting during the holidays to
work on these papers.
“If there were no holidays,” Aliss
Cognito emphasized, “there would
be no time for students to buy
presents but plenty of time to
receive them. This is especially
attractive to me.”
Miss Cognito’s last reason for no
holidays concerned the college
atmosphere. “It would be so easy to
get the true meaning of Christmas
on the campus,” she said. “The
friendly atmosphere, free from the
evils of commercialization, would
be conductive to the right attitude.
The wasted time before TV sets
and at wild parties would also
not be present on campus.”
When asked what she would do
during Christmas if there were no
holidays. Miss Cognito said, “I
would probably take a short and
go home for a rest to see the folks.”