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THE CHARLOTTE COLLEGIAN Friday, December 18, 1959 Our C. C. Choir — Come With Me From Jerusalem To Bethlehem — - By Sabir Dahir Our C. C. Choir -R-E-A-L-L-Y- worked on their first present ation of this quarter, given, on December llh. This was a Christmas program includ ing selections — The Morning Star, Good King Wenzeslas, Guest from He«T«n, O Rejoice Ye Christians Loudly, Let Christians All, and Let Us All Right Merry Be. Martha Price was one of our soloists, singing I Wander As I Wander. We should like to con gratulate her on her good perfor mance. Jane Morgan also had a solo part in The Morning Star. The program was concluded with the audience and choir combined "getting into the Christmas spirit" by singing Carols. I WAS A TEEN-AGE WORM (continued from page 3) Saturday comes at long last. To. night is the last night, Waa-hooo! Everybody (all the Worms, that is) trudges uptown, taking three air raids along the way. You spend some time running around shout ing “Ivey’s is falling down/’ sell a paper to some patriotic airman, take a ride on a city bus singing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” for which the passengers reward you with a dime and an 8-ball somebody stole from a local pool hall, and finally it’s a return trip back to the school - double time I And with that ends the hard part of the in itiation. And boy, are you glad! The rest of the evening is filled with rewards for the Worm having the most Demerits, which by some quirk of fate is not you (Whew!). The only thing you have to watch for is the week following when someone speaks to you and you lake an air raid. Boy, now that is what I call real em barrassing. One of the Brothers summed up the initiation as,” . . . more fun than a French movie.” Personally, I’ve got some bigger and better plans for the new Worms Brother Jerry Merritt Technical Teasers by Brian Honess We’ll start with some quick, easy, arithmetical puzzles this month I have six sections of chain, each consisting of four links. If the cost of cutting open a link is 10c, and of welding it together again, 2Sc, how much will it cost me to have the six pieces joined into one, chain? See if you can arrange the digits, from 1 to 9, in a square, so that every row, column, and diagonal totals the same amount. A certain club decided to have a picnic and as a result of inflation found the treasury short by $40. The club treasurer, being a clever mathematician, immediately said, “Since our club consists of 41 members, men, and women, and children, we can make up the $40 by assessing each man $4, each woman $3, and each child 25c “How so?” replied a man not too well versed in number theory. Which brings me to my question, “How so?” This is a quickie - Don’t let it fool you. Which would you prefer, three oranges two inches in di- amenter or one orange three inch es in diameter? Heres a problem for the boys in ET 261 — If we were to assume that the earth was a perfert sphere with a circumference of 5,000 miles, and if it were possible to erect a telephone line around the earth at the equator so as to form a con centric circle, would a man be able to crawl under the wire without touching it if the total length ex ceeded the circumference of the earth by only 200 feet? Suppose that a monkey hangs on one end of a rope which passes through a pulley and is balanced by a weight attached to the other end. The monkey decides to climb the rope. What happens? Can he climb the rope? Or is this im possible? Mr. Tinkham knows-do you ? In physics lab you are given eight similar balls, all of them identical .^eojeg&at. COTTAGE CHEESE Smooth, creamy, fre.h. So good ... > many ways .. and thrifty too Ctl1> Christmas By Hal Kellams — 1 — We loved that glorious season, spring, we loved that summer clime; Now brightly colored fall has passed, and now it’s Christmas time. — 2 — But think not of the gifts you’ll get, yet give a thought instead That Christ was born this day for us—laid in a manger bed. — 3 — He taught that you and I might live within his Holy Light, He died that we might all be blessed with Holy Heavens sight — 4 — Yes, Christmas is a joyous day, and we should homage pay To the Savior of all mankind Who was born to us this day. in appearance, but one slightly heavier than the rest. You are also given a beam balance with no weights, and asked to determine which ball is the heavy one. There is a condition which you must ob serve, though—you must make only two weighings on the balance. Every once in a while you run across a problem that deserves the title of “a classic.” This problem probably represents the zenith for this particular type of teaser/ A man and wife, celebrating their twenth w e d d in g anniversary, have a son and twin daughters, the age of the wife equals the combined ages of the children. When the couple first met, three years before their marriage, the man’s age was half again as much as the woman’s. In as many years from now each twin is now old, the combined ages of the parents • will be half again as much as the combined ages of the children then. Double the husband’s pres ent age plus the present age of the son is equal to double the wife’s age plus three times the age of one twin. When the couple’s silver wedding anniversary arrives, the son’s age will be half the age of his mother’s then and equal to the combined present age of the twins. If the family survives to the date of the golden anniversary, the son will be as old as his father is now and the combine ages of the children will be half again as much as the combined present ages of the parents. What are the present ages of each member of the family? Before leaving Jerusalem to visit some of the surrounding places of religious and historical interest, three places should be visited in addition to the places mentioned in the last article of this series. These three places are (1) The Moslem Dome of the Holy Rock, a most exquisite piece of medieval archi tecture built in the area of the Temple of Solomon, (2) The Jew ish Weeping Wall, which is sup posed to be the only known part left to be seen of Solomon's Tem ple, and (3) The Tomb of the Vir gin Mary, by the Garden of Gesthemane, just outside the walls of the old Jerusalem. The places worthwhile seeing in Jerusalem are too numerous for a brief and general account as could be related in this article, but as we are getting ready to celebrate Christmas, let us pay homage to the birthplace of Christ by taking a trip from Jehucalem to Bethle hem. Bethlehem — Christmas Bell Leaving Jerusalem by the way we came into it from Jericho, we pass by Gesthemane and the rest of the lower part of the Mount of Olives through a section covered by olive trees, pine trees, and var- ous types of fruit orchards, emerg ing after a few miles into barren hills with little, if any, moderniza tion, except the loopy road made for cars instead of horses and cam els. As in the time of the birth of Jesus about two-thousSnd years ago, we see here and there a flock of sheep or goats with shepherds playing on their flutes, and singing their songs while the sheep graze in pastures that depend for their growth on scanty winter rain, all that bringing back to us dear mem ories of the story of the birth of Christ, only in a more reahstic manner than one could imagine before seeing such places. For about ten miles the scenery changes only in shape of hills and valleys, but not much otherwise, until we start climbing the hills surrounding Bethlehem. The first inhabited place we come to is an old monastary inhabited by a dozen monks. Visitors are welcome at any such a monastary to stop for water, a meal or even to spend the night free of charge. Large olive trees are covering these hills of Bethelem, as was the case in the hills of Jerusalem, and these trees provide the main source of income to the inhabitants of that area. After climbing a few steep hills and about five miles from the mon astary, we come to the small town of Bethlehem, with two other vill ages in the very immediate neigh borhood, one to the east, and the other to the southwest of Bethle hem. As we all know, Bethlehem is an old town that has kept m'any if its ancient features, especially those of the Holy Places. The most sign ificant place in Bethlehem that makes it world-famous is the birth place of Jesus, where a golden star is placed on the Manger over which a very large old Church is built. The Church of Nativity, as the church of the Manger is called, is sub-divided into many chapels to allow different Christian sects to pray in the way they believe and wish. The Holy Manger Chapel is open for anyone and everyone to visit and pray in as one pleases. The Chapels are all lit by candles, as well as electricity, and their beautiful and solemn atmosphere inspires one to feel the greatness and reverence of the One whose birth in Bethlehem brought light and tidings of peace to our world of darkness and continuous con flicts. It is unfortunate to know that in the birthplace of The Mast er of Peace and Love, there is no real peace or accord, but tension that could break into fighting, and misery that has been awaiting a relieving fair solution for over eleven years. The visiter to Bethlehem, par- ticulary this time of the year, can not but feel deeply inspired by the teachings of The Great Master, who was born in that humble place to bring to our life the highest teachings and tidings of peace love and brotherhood. In that same spirit, the writer wishes you all a Very M e r r y Christmas, and hopes th'at many of Charlotte College faculty and stu dents will one day pay a pleasant visit to the Holy Land. Father to daughter:: “Your young man approached me and asked for your hand, and I consented.” Daughter: “But, Father, I don’t wish to leave mother.” Father: “Such feeling displayed by a child is admirable. Take your mother with you.” Xlefresliinent on its way Brumfield Studio 325 East Boulevard Charlotte 3, N. C. For th« Best in Portrait, Commerical And School Photography Phone ED 4-7415
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