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sororities fraternities and independent group. (But can you picture
Gus "Scrooge" Goodman as Santa? Kd. note.)
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A Christmas Message
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in
the days of Herod the Kinp, behold, there came wise
men from the east to Jerusalem, saying:, where is
he wh ia born King of the Jews for we have seen
his star h the east and have come to worship him.

When Herod the King had heard these things, he
was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And
when he had gathered all the chief priests and
scribes of the people together, he demanded of them
where Christ should be born. And they said unto
him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written
bv the prophet, and thou Bethlehem, in the land
of Juda Mt the least among the princes of Juda;

for out of these shall come a Governor, that shall
rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had
privately called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent
them to Bethlehem, and said. Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found
him, bring me word again, that I may come and
worship him also. When they had heard the king,
they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in
the east, went before them, til It came and stood
over where the young child was. When they saw
the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
(Matt. 2:1 through 10)

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UK students, by an overwhelming majority, voted "yes" to
the proposed amendment to the SGA constitution which would
eliminate SGA's power to ratify the editors of the Kentuckian
and the Kentucky Kernel.
The amendment, which read in
full, "are you in favor of an
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By MARNEY BEARD

The United Students Party captured nine of the ten vacant
SGA seats in Wednesday's student election.
elections in recent years, USP
In one of the most
placed their candidates in every available office except that of
upperclass man in the College of Engineering, where Warren
Deatrich beat ont Howard Dohrman by the slim margin of
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five votes.

Assembly1 from Article V, Section
4 of the Constitution?" was passed
majority in Wednesby an 873-38- 3

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Serenade

day's election.

But immediately after the election results were known, a question was raised as to the validity
of the results, since the College of
Law was not afforded an. opportunity to vote on the amendment.
The situation arose when the
College of Law had no candidates
up for election to SGA. Therefore,
no ballots were distributed to them.
However, the ballots contained, not
only a list of candidates, for which
the Law College was not eligible
to vote, but also the amendment,
for which it was.
Don Whitehouse, SGA president,
and Stan Chauvin, SGA Election
Committee Chairman, said Wednesday night that, in view of thee
developments, a special election
would be held Wednesday, January 11, to allow students in the
College of Law to vote on the
amendment.
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Number 12
University of Kentucky
Friday, Dec. 16, 1955
Lexington, Ivy.,

Vol. XLVII

&A Seats

USP Wins --9 Of 10
Amendment Passes
By. Large Majority

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The results were In sharp con
trast to those In the election of
last fall. Then the two student political parties (USP and Constlta
tionalUt) split, as each party elect-

ed Ave delegates to SGA.
The voting was ugnt. as only
1.C69 ballots were cast. Even this
linht turnout, however, represented an Increase of some 200 votes
A fraternity serenade In front of over last fall, when only 1.432 votPatt Hall was abruptly halted Wed- ers turned out.
Unofficial results are as follows:
nesday night when university and
city police arrived on the scene (totals In parentheses after each

and asked the serenading group to candidate's name).
Arts and Sciences: lowerclass
leave.
deTor the Lambda man John Darsie 233. USP
A spokesman
Larry Brown 179. Const.
Chi Alpha fraternity, the serenad- feated
ing group, said that they took one Upperclass man Bob Howerton
Vinof their members to the porch of 2'J3. USI defeated Richard wson 193 . Const. Lowerclass
the dorm. Here they tied and
drenched him with five gallons of omenNina Vann 230. USI
Joy Bell 182. Const.
water, and then began to serenade
Faye Gibson
perclass woman
the dorm. But before the serenade 259 USP defeated Lynn Orahani
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campus police were
was completed
Ain't Love Grand?
called and the group was asked to (173. Const. and Heme
Agriculture
Love certainly is grand, esnecially around Christmas. Shown decoratleave.
many trees seen in UK sororities are Norma Jean
ing one of the
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Brandenburg and Danny Wright.

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UK Loan

Approved
By FHA

Fellowships Availahlc
For Graduate Students

Alma Rings
Eleel Long

Oldest Known
New Testament
To Be Displayed

The new officers for Alma
Magna Mater are Vivian Long,
president; Richard Vimont,
Becky Bishop, secretary-treasure- r,
and Jim Nixon, publicity
chairman.
Barbara Baugh was appointed
chairman of the welcoming committee far visiting athletic teams,
and Carolyn Collier was appointed
to work with the athletic department,
and Suky to promote
school -- irit at athletic eevnts.
The Alma Magna Mater is a
student loyalty organization. To
qualify for membership a student's
parents or grandparents must have
attended UK. .
vice-preside-

The Federal Housing Authority
in Atlanta approved a $2,800,000
loan to the University. Frank D.
Teterson. business administrator,
said this week.
The loan has been referred to
Washington for final approval.
The loan will be used to construct a new women's dorm and
to rebuild Shawncetown, Peterson
said.
Holmes Hall, the new dorm, will
take $1,000,000 and Khawneetown
will use the remaining $1,800,000.
Holmes Hall will be built on the
site of the women's barracks at
Euclid and Limestone.
Construction is expected to be-p- in
on Holmes Hall in the spring
and on Shawneetown after July.

Mills Attends
While House

Th Yonan Codex, considered by
many as the oldest known manuscript of the New Testament, will
be on display Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 20 and 21, in the
Memorial Coliseum. Miss Chloe
Oifford of the College of Adult and
Extension Education is in charge
of making the arrangements for
this public display.
Last Tuesday afternoon. Gov. A.
B. Chandler took his oath of office
for the governorship of Kentucky
on the Yonan Codex. The act was
the official opening of a state-wid- e
tour for the manuscript.
Authorities in ciicient languages
and manuscripts date the Yonan
Codex as having beep written in or
about the fifth cenjury of our era.
The manuscript is handwritten in
Aramaic which was the language
spoken by Jesus and his disciples.
The text has been written in black
ink with the titles in red. Many,
who have studied this document.

number of teaching fellowships arc available to
Spanish, Latin Amen-ca- n
American graduate students in
studies and education who are interested in doing research
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in Bogota, Colombia.

forThose accepted will be expected to teach English as a
hours weekly.
eign language to adults for approximately 13
teacher-trainincourse.
They will also be expected to attend a
The' remaining time will be free for research or classes,
dor's degree since June 1031, or to seniors who will receive
their bachelor's degree by July 1, 1950.
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air transportation from and for a period from
Miami, Fla., to Rogota. They will ber until
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Colombian pesos
monthly from the date of arrival
in Bogota until the date of departure for the U. S.
Fellows will be expected to arrive in Bogota prior to Jan. 30.
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The Yonan Codex is the property
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Applications should be addressed
to The Director of Courses, Centro
Apartado Ae-rColombo-AmericanBogota, Colombia. They
should include a recent passport-siz- e
photo, a statement of selecservice status of male canditive
dates, letters of recommendation.

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Conference
The director of the recent White
House Conference, attended by Dr.
Robert Mills, registrar at UK, said
they found no state had demonstrated financial incapacity to
build its schools.
Clint Pace, the director, further
stated that an exaggerated impression of the endorsement given
Federal aid had resulted from the
reporting on the conference.
Pace said that in a report read
at the conference, "A majority
agreed that all states and territories and the District of Columbia should be eligible for Federal
funds but that they should be
granted only on the basis of demonstrated need.
' The general consensus was 'No
state represented has a demonstrated financial incapacity to
build the schools it will need during the next five years. But, with
the exception of a few states none
of the states presently has plans
which indicate a political determi-latio- n
powerful enough to overcome all obstacles."

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been selected by the Student Marketing Institute of New York to
be the American Tobacco Company representatives on the UK
campus. As campus representatives
they will be presenting members
of the student body with sample
packs of Lucky Strike, Pall Mall
and Filter Tip Tareyton cigarettes

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Anthropology Museum
Opens After Christmas

for the 1956 Kentuckian Grcrk Jamboree section. Informathat have not yet been submitted tion concerning group activities
mur.t be! In the Kcntuckian office must also be turned in at the same
by Jan. 6.
time as the pictures. This informaPerry Ashley, editor, has an- tion should cover the organizanounced that organizations not tion's activities dating from last
turning in material by this date spring up to the end of the first
will be omitted from the Greek semester.
Names of queen candidates must
Jamboree.
be In the Kcntuckian office no latAt least four 8 by 10 inch glossy er
this date
prints should be submitted for the for than contest. to be consodered
the

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spent renovating display cases and
painting them; cataloging specimens and making their placards.
Cases that had glass sides completely around them have been enclosed on three sides. This has
been done so that the exhibits are
not hidden by reflections on the
glass. Fitted with inside spotlights,
these have been set on prepared
tables.
Six
wait for ar-- ;
rangement. They are planned to
show a burial scene, a selection of
weapons, and other similar arti-- ;
facts.
All the extra work has been done
by Dr. R. H. Thompson. Anthropology Department, working with
student assistants.
The emphasis has been on uncluttered exhibits, that are planned
to be eyecatching. Dr. Thompson
says that a great deal of time must
be spent arranging a display. It
roust suggest a story to the viewer,
be attractively arranged, and have
a harmonious color scheme that
doesn't detract from the subject, he
believes. lie says he is often irritated because it may take three or
four tries to get the desired effect.
The beginning exhibit will be on
African tools, clothes, baskets, and
musical instruments. Each of these
will be shown separately. Later on
in the semester a Navajo andarr
Eskimo section will be added. These
are to be used for illustrations in
the 'first section of '"Societies
Around the World."
Major cases will show ..blacksmith's tools; "the man's world";
clothing barkcloth, hats, earplugs;
pots and baskets; and musical instruments
drums, a harp, and
built-incas-

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This is part of a collection bor- -'
rowed from the American Museum
of History. The American Museum
has what is probably the largest"
selection of Africa in the United
States.

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stories made the
bulletin
Journalism
board Wednesday morning.

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STIRRUP CUP
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Tlie Stirrup Cup proudly presents as its Colonel of the Week,
John Glover, who is a senior majoring in Journalism.
John is Advertising Manager of the Kernel, and is a member
of Sigma Delta Chi. Journalism honorary. He holds the office
of Operations Officer for the Arnold Air Society, and has re- rpivpH thp fYimnir Awnrri fnr
xnphnmnrp OFllQIl
cadet, the Faculty Plaque for outstanding junior AFROTC cadet,
and recently was appointed a Distinguished Military Student.
John has a 3.2 overall standing, and Is at present acting as
chairman of the senior class nominating committee for senior
class officers. He is also a member of the Watterson Press Club.
For these outstanding achievements, the Stirrup Cup invites
John to e)oy two of its delicious meals.

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George Reynolds,
the color
story for the inauguration in the
Lexington Herald, .while - Hen
Reeves, Kernel managing editor of
on
the 1949 class, had
both page one, and page one of the
second section of The Louisville
School

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Kernel

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NOON AND EVENING MEALS

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Kentucky got a new governor
Tuesday, and former Kernel edi- tors got the
Journalism classmates Tom Duncan for the Associated Press and
Tom Gish for the United Press
carried the top heads in The Lexington Leader Tuesday afternoon.
Duncan and Gish were graduated

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Opciiint; soon after ( .'linMm.is vacation, tin Museum of Anthropology will hive African and Indian articles on display.
Greek Jamboree pictures and
Hie past four months have been
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Merry Christmas!
How can the Kernel wish you a Merry

Christmas?
It can wish you:
The beauty of a Christmas carol. .
The stately grace of a Christmas tree.
The joy of a Christmas greeting.
The peace of a Christmas morning.
The surprise of a Christmas present.
The zest of a Christmas banquet.
The warm glow of a Christmas hearth.
The cheerfulness of a Christmas card.
The rich fullness of a Christmas stocking.

The
The
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gladness of a Christmas Ee.
merrincss of a Christmas party.
serenity of a Christmas snow.
happy smile of a Christmas partici-

Christmas feeling of good will towards

men.
Hut with two words the staff of the Kernel
may wish you all the blessings of a joyful

holiday season:
Merry Christmas!

Thank You
The separation of the press and the legisthis week when UK
lature was
students in six colleges voted overwhelmingly
in favor of the SGA constitutional admend-men- t
which eliminated the "power" of SGA
to ratify the appointments of the Kernel and
Kentuckian editors.
The founders of our country were acutely
aware of the need for a free press. Thomas
Jefferson once wrote that if "were it left to .
me to decide whether we should have a
government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not
hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."
Even though SGA did not exercise the
ratification power, it was possible for them
to control a Kentuckian or Kernel editor if
they wrote something that did not please the
-- assembly.-This
was bad policy, and the students are to be congratulated for recognizing
ed

it.

Perhaps the press' constant worry about
its liberty is boring to some of its readers.
Admittedly newspapers make mistakes,
sometimes bad ones. Part of this due to the

constant strain of beating a deadline, and
part of it to poor reporting. This is an accepted fact, but it must be remembered
that all good papers strive for improvement.
It also should be remmebered that newspapermen are common men. Very few of
them have extremely high I.Q.'s or very
scholarly educations. However, in a way,
this is good.

Ideally a newspaper is made up of ordinary men reporting what they have seen and
heard to other ordinary men. A newspaper's
primary job is to act as a window through
which all citizens cn view the events of the
day. It should report all it sees, and leave
it to the people to judge whether the events
were good or bad.
Hecause the press is more closely tied to
this matter of reporting public affairs, it is
more sensitive about any infringement upon
the people's right to know.
This is why the Kernel talks about freedom
of .the press. And this is why the Kernel
thanks the students for their vote of

police.
Such was the situation Wednesday night
co-e- d
when serenaders of a newly-pinne- d
were advised to leave Patterson Hall. Campus and city police arrived on the scene of

the Patt Hall hazing and serenading and dispersed the celebrants.
Granted that a serenading should not end
up in a brawl, the Wednesday night event
was nothing more than the usual for pinning
celebrations. The irls of Patt Hall were not
being menaced, nor was any harm meant.
A harmless dousing of a fraternity brother'
certainly cannot be considered a menace to
blocking of
a residence hall. The short-tera driveway is not a serious traffic hazard.
Even though the fraternity in question did
not consider Patt Hall's Christmas Party, the
serenade and hazing were not so obnoxious
as to warrant police patrol.
None of the men involved were charged
with breaking any rules, but they were,
nevertheless, advised not to stay around the
residence hall.
No segments of campus life can be denied
a little release of steam so long as it is not
detrimental. UK has suffered no demonstrations or panty raids within the past five years.
Activities have been well controlled.
A look across the nation at other colleges
especially the large state institutions-w- ill
show that other schools are not so fortunate.
It is high time that UK administrative officers realize that a little group fun is much
more advantageous than spurts of mob rule.

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Backtalk

Telephones
Dear Sir:
Youjrmst know how important dates are to young girls in
college. Also you will recognize that the telephone is most
accepted means of transmitting boys desires for aftermentioned
item. But girls of Patterson Hall are finding the situation of
telephone system quite exasperating. Either
the
the phones are dead when girls attempt calls out or incoming
calls are conducted like so- -a girl goes to answer her phone and
although she has picked up the receiver there is no response
and the phone keeps ringing. When a girl knows that her "one
and only" is on the other end of the line this situation can he
quite frustratingIt is our belief that a much better phone system should he
typical of as large and modern a college as UK. We freshmen
have enough trouble with upperclass competition without these
pre-histor-

Spoil Sport
When a fraternity man gives his pin to a
co-e- d
it is generally a "big" event on campus.
It is doubtful, however, whether it is such
a big occasion as to warrant campus and city

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Although too much significance has been
attached to the student demonstrations at
Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia,
they certainly proved a point. The governor
of Georgia is not omnipotent; his whims cannot stop Georgia teams from playing whom
they choose. Football's color line extends"
only as far as the tint of the jerseys.
It's strange how people figure that more
pressure on the accelerator of a car is worth
a lifetime of enjoyment.

Term papers, it seems, would not be so
unbearable if instructors ever bothered to
show one their particular value in the course.
Smart is the freshman who learns long before his second semester that the Student
Union is not entirely composed of a grill and
a pool room.

phones.
Please help us poor freshmen who are suffering from the
"telephone blues".
Disgruntled Patt Hall Girls
. (Editors note: So that's why we cant get dates these days.
Knew there must be some reason.)

Short Shift

Another Stylus came out last week. As usual it jeeked.
Much of its material was profane, obscene, and poorly written.
As a literary magazine, Stylus is a disgrace to the University.
Undoubtedly there are many students on campus who have
literary ability. It would be nice to hear from them once in a
while. Most students are growing tired of the drivel that smears
the pages of Stylus. ,
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Once again the Memorial Hall chimes are playing.' SGA
added a beautiful touch to the Christmas season at the University when they requested that they be played.
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Christmas is a joyous season. Let's keep it that way by driving safely during the holidays.
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once
sophomore
famous for its annual "Sadie Hawkins Day."
Now this event is all but forgotten.
honorary-w- as

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Christmas spirit, by deed and not by phony statements, has
been widely shown on campus through the many parties lor
underprivileged children. Congratulations to the organizations
that sponsored these activities.
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Xow's the time to get behind the basketball team. They face
a long and hard schedule this year and need the support ot
everv student. Let's give them some real cheering at the Idaho
game tomorrow night. The ball was started with the Tennessee
game. Keep it rolling!
anil still growing-segm- ent
of the University, the
Home Economies Department, was granted a separate poll I"1'
SGA elections recently. The Home Ec majors have long aked
lor a balloting place in their own building, and now they hae
one. It is a wic and considerate move for all concerned.
A big

Words are so very inexpensive that it seems wonderful that
"Merry Christmas" still has its perennial sound of joy.

* TIIK KENTUCKY KERNEL. Friday. Dec. 16. 1933

Christmas And Its Customs Are Ancient Products

Did you ever stop to think of many of the old customs adapted orate. It lasted almost two weeks.
how the holiday of Christmas to a new anniversary, the birth of during which period there was no
really began? Or perhaps wonder Christ. Pagan traditions such as work of any kind.
Christmas holidays received a
the Yule lot, holly, and mistletoe,
why we hang stockings and mistlek
in England at
toe and engage in all the yulctire which we find in our Christmas emporury
carry-ovethe he helshth of the Turitan influ- of
todav. are old
customs that wo do?
rv. This relmion?
nce in tlvit
The Christmas holiday, as many early festival.
festival, body prevailed upon Parliament to
Christmas-da- y
The first
other holidays, was originally a
nrnhihit nil festivities, and de
nature festival hold in the winter. it is said, lasted several days and clared the day one of fast. The
in
It was customary at this time of was celebrated by King Arthur
were renewed,
year to hold feasts In honor of the city of York in 521 A.I). It old observances same gusto imhowever, with the
hra(hen rods, a time for drinking spread so fast that by the early mediately after the Restoration.
Middle Ages it was the greatest
and. making merry.
Most of our Christmas traditions
festive activities,
After Christ was born, however, of the popular decorated, carols are imported from other lands.
early teachers of Christianity pro- Churches were feasting and good People from France. England,
hibited these primitive festivities .vere sung, and peak.
Norway. Italy, and Holland
hecr were at a
as ungodly. And yet the old festiall brought their customs across
Bv Shakespeare's time, the oc-- 1 the oceans with them.
val was not discarded entirely.
was reborn in new form, with casion had become extremely elab- It
Santa Claus is a direct descenset-bac-

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dant from Holland. Dutch settlers
f KTA,,r Vnrlr JntrnHllOPft to their
neighbors in America their patron
saint of children, St. Nichols, or

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veloped from this shoe tradition,
ftlmply because thoy ttrrUh and
will hold more.
An old Druldlc custom. th

mistletoe has survUed through
many generations and still is pop
ular, me umun were ancient
teachers of religion In old Oaut
and Britain, and to them mistletoe
was treated
with the utmo.t
veneration. They regarded it as
'sacred, and cut it with a golden
knife to hang over their doorways.
This was supwsed to propitiate the
woodland spirits.
According to mvth. only hap-- 1
plness could enter under tho
mistletoe. Hence our tradition of
the kiss.
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San Nicolas. He prew a long white
beard, donned red apparel, and
made his debut in this country as

Santa Claus.

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The mvth that Santa sweeps
down from the north in a reindeer
powered sleigh and scoots down
the chimney probably developed In
England. It was a custom, way
bark when .to clean out the
rhimney at the beginning of the
New Year to enable good lurk to

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Christmas time Is strictly a product
of American materialistic thinking, with the early beginnings In
Holland. According to the old tale
children of Amsterdam set their
Aooden shoes in a corner of tin
chimney so Sleipner would see
them and not pass by without
leaving
gifts. Sleipner is the
famous old horse of Dutch mythology that St. Nicholas made his
rounds upon, and from which the
reindeer of England probably
emerged.
This custom or placing shoes
around the chimney spread from
Holland to France, then to England, and finally reached the
United States. Our stockings de

enter the household.

Hanging of the stocking during

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"Our Christmas stocking tradition developed from the Dutch shoe
custom, simply because they stretch and will hold more."

Little Sqib
Taking a shower uses up more
oxygen and energy than rug hooking, copper tooling, sewing by machine, or chisel carving. This is
the result of a study published by
Dr. Edward E. Gordon and Dr.
Alber Haas, in the "American Review of Tuberculosis" for May.
They wanted to find out how restful activities were for TB patients.

Old Proprietor Condemns
Those Who Revert To Self-pit-y
you let the smallest of incidents, am throwing
tensions or difficulties throw you sea."

By RAY IIORNBACK .
The Old Proprietor spent a busy
evening this past Tuesday. And a
quite rewarding one.
After participating in a lively

used corinto that
ner?
A. J. Cronin once said, "Doubt
and fear, the great enemies of
human advancement, are born in
and if
the darkness of self-pitwe yield to them we thwart ourselves at very step. We can rise,
conquer and achieve only by lifting
our thoughts away from ourselves,
by realizing that in achievement,

intramural basketball game, I attended a party for the crippled
children at the beautiful new
Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital on Richmond Road.

From there, I headed toward

Frankfort and the inaugural

cele-

bration. And what a fine time we

of whatever
kind, the self-

had. Dancing in the capitol, fighting through crowds of "Happy" enthusiasts and seeing acquaintances
all comfrom over the state
bined to make a very enjoyable

lessness of the
effort is the
measure of re-

...

night.

sult."
Cronin once
told the story
of Victor Hugo,

But as I observed tne celebrating
crowds dancing on strong legs and
as I watched the grand spectacle
of an inaugural celebration, I
could not help but see the crippled children I had visited only a
few hours earlier.
There I .was standing amidst a
group of celebrants numbering in
the thousands, yet my mind wasn't
with them.
And as I thought of the crippled
children snuggled not so comfortably in their beds. I began to
realize how so many of us, despite
our many advantages and opportunities, have developed to a high
degree the capacity for feeling
sorry for ourselves.
How many times, when thinks
just don't go as you would have
them, have you crawled off Into a
corner and buried yourself in self-pitAnd how many times have
y?

we can expertly

By ROBERT MILNE
"No. I'm not going home

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for
Christmas," the fourteen year old
boy said as he gazed into space,
his young face trying to hide the
gloom Jie felt. "This is a real
treat," he said smilingly.
Yet even with the smile I sensed
that it was only a veneer that he
and his 200 companions had acquired to cover up their reelings
I
of anxiety and homesickness.
felt a surge of sympathy for all of
them.
He started talking again. As I
listened I sensed a kind of pathetic