Even house mothers enjoy sitting on Santa's lap and asking special favors.
Final Exams Postpone the Holiday Spirit
Christmas is a time of mixed emotions at the University. The campus, is gaily decorated; Christmas programs are planned; and the friendly atmosphere of giving prevails the campus scene. However, for some it is a sad time, a moment for reminiscing. These are the December graduates who will attend "Hanging of the Greens" for the last time; who will create their last clever dorm door decoration; bid final farewells to their house mothers, corridor friends and roommates. Christmas is also the last week of finals with which everyone must contend. Finals curtail the excessive enthusiasm of Christmas, but students seem to manage sufficient time for a varied round of frivolity.
The Greeks provide Christmas formals for their members and guests. In addition, there are the annual "funny" parties for the sisters, who exchange ingenious inexpensive presents which denote or harrass certain personal singularitiesbut all in the spirits of fun. The spirit of giving unselfishly from the heart is not forgotten though. Many Greeks sponsor parties complete with entertainment, refreshments and gifts for those less fortunate, the underprivileged children of the Lexington community.
Dorm life is similarly active with door decorating contests, caroling, tree-trimming, Santa Claus parties and Christmas teas and dances. Then culminating the merriment is the Christmas turkey dinner in the dorm cafeterias complete with all the trimmings and decorative atmosphere befitting the occasion.
Christmas trees are laden with gifts for underprivileged children from the community