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" TH^BiLLES-T
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December \
■17
PRESIDENT'S OPEN LETTER TO
THE STUDENT BODY
I had a conversation with several
girls the other day on the subject
of Christmas cards. This came about
in discussion of the verse I wrote On
the cards you all received. We agreed
that so often “standard” Christmas
greetings are not reflective of the sea
son. They are either curt and rather
meaningless, or they are sticky and
overly sentimental.
When asked to write something to
you all on the meaning of Christmas,
I thought of an expansion of what I
had written on the card.
Today we are living in a time of
uncertainty. We live in a time of
shifting values, great confusion, seem-
mg chaos. We are often separated
from each other - - - person from
person, generation from generation
race from race. In this lostness we
become fearful, we feel impoverished,
we tend to regard each other with
suspicion. If youth cannot learn
from age, and age cannot receive
energy and spirit from youth, our
whole human enterprise is poorer.
I he same principle applies to the
races and to general human relation
ships.
These are characteristics of our
times.
Then to the Christian comes this
yearly reminder of a simple event so
great that time has been marked be
fore and after that happening. The
TL^^ Jesus is noted historically.
Ihe continuing fact of His coming
IS noted theologically. For this is the
cornerstone of the Christian faith.
1 his is the symbol of hope in the
often tragic human situation. Still
there is Bethlehem. The Christ who
stands with us in our generation is
not the Saviour of the young or the
old, the black or the white, this
person or that person. He is the
Lord of all. He is the unifying piower
that can heal our deep divisions. He
is the best hope for peace. He is
love.
St. Mary’s is named for His
mother. The w'onderful beauty of
that birth has great meaning for a
Christian community such as ours.
I pray for each of you a Christmas
filled with the beauty of His pres
ence and the warm love that is His
eternal gift to us.
A blessed Christmas to each of
you.
Faithfully yours,
Frank W. Pisani
■ CHRISTMAS
POEM
By Beverly Lett ;
Christmas eve :
Mary and Joseph
at Bethlehem *
in a stable '
no room anywhere else
Jesus
leas horn there
so many years ago
The Son of God '•
The Son of Man
The Prince of Peace
Peace on earth
the angels said
that niojit
Peace on Earth
Peace on this earth?
on this earth
there is no Peace
there is War
in Vietnam
in Israel
in the streets in
houses
But
front
DOROTHY BISHOP
DODGE
1915 -1970
Mrs. Dorothy Dodge, wife of
William R. Dodge, died Mon
day, December 8. She was the
busine.ss manager here at St.
Mary’s, and was also treasurer
of the board of directors. A
memorial service was held
Wednesday, December 9, in St.
Mary’s Chapel.
CHRISTMAS TREE COMPETITION HELD
The first annual Christmas Tree
Judging took place Wednesday, De
cember 9. Most halls participated in
this event with great gusto and lots
of originality. Some trees were of the
usual Christmas type with ornaments,
lights, and tinsel. Others showed
originality and thought such as the
Candy cane and Bow Tree of third
west Smedes, the Charlie Brown
Tree on first Cruik, and the various
jewelry trees. Honorable mention
should go to second w'est Smedes for
their sexy tree-top ornament, at least.
And the “winnah” is: SECOND
PENICK!!!! Congrats and Meny
Christmas!
Jesus was horn
in Bethlehem
The Messiah, The Savior
to give Us
Hope and Courage
to work, live, and die
to create a real
Peace on Earth.
CHAPLAIN’S ^
CHRISTMAS
Christmas is not an
ility; it completes reality iP "
coming of Christ to man, if
JOHN HILL
1900 -1970
John Hill, who retired from
the St. Mary’s staff August 31
after fifty-six years of service,
died November 27. He began
his service to St. Mary’s as a
water boy in the dining room
in 1914. In later years he assist
ed in many areas on campus.
THOMAS J. C. SMYTH
1919 -1970
The Reverend Thomas
Smyth, born in Belfast, Ire
land, died November 10. He
had served many parishes in
North Carolina as well as
LINC-G and St. Mary’s. He
served as chairman. of the
Board of Trustees
until this fall.
from 1968
editorial
roller^LMerSe^n' ^ecn on a crazv
soTmmhny, ^'P ‘he next, we’re “down”. To
pation can be mi t dcpre.ssion and back to holiday antici-
for .h7X'’fc.'’ch*,7E°,r"’ Ck-fmas? Evc,„hi„„! This is ,he basis
known exactly what to thr then th"^"’^ u"" kimself and had
to have been born InLa i mnn have been no need for Christ
way to turn for the truth. Christ confused and didn’t know which
He took the rap for a lot of tB straighten things out.
“new lease on L." This is what’ckttma” "ca"n’s.“ ' ‘
to calm down and^real17sw’*ihe*situ'Tt''’ *■ ’‘konjd W a time for tts
our mistakes and make new and Ivne T should reflect on
out of our mad whirl and rc^irient on^ should come
should remember tixi that there is s ilT problems and needs. We
and who will help us straighten oursclvcs”ouL w’ill fake the blame,
I lAVE A PEACEFUL CFIRISTMAS ill j ^ ^
reality; it completes reality in 0
coming of Christ to man, in
is the overwhelming concern , [,}i
of us. The word of God,
steadfastly given hope to . *
comes flesh in a humble
back alley in a large town,
world comes the Messiah.
How do we know this? J ^
of Christ is known only o>
faith. Finally, as in all ma
faith, it is the individual '
or does not accept reality- ^riplS
MERRY AND A REAL
MAS!!!!