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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1949)
* Stolen Stuff By Vera Stolen Two house dance weekends in a row, jazz concerts in Mac Court on Monday night and Car men Cavallero at the Park Wed nesday night will set the stage for Oregon’s quarterly scholas tic tragedy, the final week . . . However, the deterrants-to-study are not all social—choral union will add its confusional effect to an otherwise book-devoted Sun day afternoon, when those who are willing to go through prac tically anything for an hour of A make their annual presenta tion . . . Congratulations to Theta’s Pat Laney, Beta Iota’s choice of what it takes to win the heart of Sigma Chi . . . and while we are dealing with this group of the elite . . . let’s mention two pinned of the group of five finalists—Rosemary Vaught AXO and Jo Martin of Carson who ended the race wear ing the white crosses of Jim Cal derwood and Louis Selken . . . Here’s a reversal of the current trend worth mentioning . . . ADPi Marilyn Daniels is now wearing Dick Bauer’s SAE pin after hav ing his engagement ring for months . . . Chi Psi Chuck Strader climaxed his training for the Beer Bowl by losing his jewelry to Theta Molly Muntzell . . . the extra rooter for the Hilyard street boys wasn’t enough to root across a victory, tho . . . Phi Psis won 7-0 . . . Many of the it’s-about-t i m e couples finally came through last weekend tooooo . . . KKG Harriet Vannatta and ATO Bill Monroe’s passing of the brass is alleged by many to be more than a statement of going steady . . . ChiO Anona Freeman and DeltaU Rod Smith also went through the giving and accepting ceremony ... Could a poor heathen raise a humble voice in protest to the filler in last Tuesday’s Emerald? Seems to me that this is definitely not “the time of the year when perfectly good Christians wonder why God made ants and yellow jackets.” Who on the Emerald staff is plagued by ants on ,their December picnics or by yellow jackets on a Saturday afternoon at Fiji meadows? Recent House Dances Feature Snoiv, Sleighs Many of the houses on campus said farewell to fall term and hello to winter term in grand fashion last weekend. House dances, which were held Saturday night, ranged in theme from some pertaining to Christmas to others with a Persian theme. The Tri-Deltas carried out their theme, “Frost Fantasies,” with lavish silver walls, sparkling snow flakes, and a mist of pale blue and green clouds. The dining room was decorated in various shades of The tri-Delt house dance was in terrupted long enough Saturday night for Joan Risley and Theta Chi Bob Craig to step out as mere dates and return as starred-in eyes pinned people . . . SN Con Sheffer won out over Beta from Willamette competition and is now joined by the jooled star to Alpha Fee Sally Lichty . . . Congratulations to Theta Judie Bailey, unofficial Sweetheart of Minturn Hall ... all that is needed now for a blooming romance is for the Theta freshmen to keep out of the basement Thursday afternoon. The gals at Hen hall are still shivering when they think of poor Sammy Ed Artzt lying crucified to a plank on their lawn in the rain . . . the bruthers really did him up well for planting his pin on Ruth Martin . . . Sigma Kappas will be waiting for Campbell Club ber Glenn Gillespie to get his for donating his hardware to Louise Carsillo . . . Gamma Phi Jackie Wachorst has announced her engagement to Bill Hoak of Stanford, date un told . . . Phi Psi Jim Bocchi has dropped his jooled shield on Betty Neeley of Eugene . . . Carson’s Bev Sorensen and Theta Chi Doug Coghill are now frequenting the hall’s front porch as pinned people. AlfaGam closing hours have be come more populated with two new pins in the crowd . .. . Pat White and Lambda Chi Bob Nelson and Jackie Weise and Sigma Chi Dale Broder . . . Well here’s to the hard old grind from here on out till finals... Bureau Employe Earns 'Professional Engineer' Arnold M. Westling, planning and public works consultant for the Bureau of Municipal Research and Service in Johnson Hall, was notified last week that he had passed his examination for the rank of professional engineer. Westling has been on the bureau staff since July, 1947. 2TJSSS ibji'.. Get there quick and save precious hours for weekend and vacation fun! In Western Washington and Oregon—to or from school—always fly West Coast Airlines...Government certificated, regularly scheduled. 1 WEST COAST AIRLINES I Hi I « For Information Call: 4-9321 or Your Travel Agent purple, which gave a striking con trast to the pale blue-green walls of the living room. The entrance hall was done completely in shin ing silver. A gay statue of Jack Frost stood at the door to greet all of the guests. Dick Door and his orchestra furnished the music. The formal dance was given for the Tri-Delta pledges. PERSIAN THEME “The Rubiayat’’ was the theme of the A O Pi house dance. The decorations were done in a Persian fashion, with hanging gardens and a fountain. Quotations from The Rubiayat were written in scroll along the walls. Johnny Lusk’s orchestra played for the dancing couples. The dance was formal. IMPORTED ORCHESTRA Blue was the main color of the decorations for the annual Sigma Chi Sweetheart formal, “The Girl of My Dreams.” The words of the song were written in scroll along the walls, leading to the place where the Sweetheart was crowned. In the living room was a large white cross, standing nine feet from the floor, edged in gold. The Sigma Chi’s imported an or chestra from Portland for this affair. SANTA’S WORKSHOP The A D Pi formal house dance was given in honor of the pledges. The theme was “Wintermetzzo” and the living room was decora ted with snow and pine boughs. The den was transformed into Santa’s work shop, complete with toys and a list of bad boys and good boys. The entrance of the house was made to look like an igloo. Music was played by Hal Hardin and his orchestra. CANDY CANE FAVORS “The Night Before Christmas” was the theme of the University House dance. The appearance of Santa Claus with gifts for all highlighted the evening. Candy canes with the gals’ names on them were passed to the fellas. The fellas then danced with the girls whose names they had drawn. The dance was formal. The Z T A’s had a Christmas formal. The theme was “Snow ball.” Silver fir trees, decorated with blue ornaments, were placed around the rooms. Silver snow flakes on the walls added to the atmosphere. NORTH POLE PORCH The girls from the Highland House had a costume ball, “St. Nick’s Nightmare.” Everyone dressed as something which would be found under the Christmas tree, such as dolls and Christmas pack ages. The front porch was made into a North Pole. The house was decorated with a large Christmas tree and a cozy fire place. PITCHFORKS, CLOUDS The girls from Hendricks gave a formal with the theme, “Stellar ’n Cellar.” The dining room repre sented heaven. The living room was decorated with pitchforks and luminous spider webs and the din ing room was decorated with an gels and clouds. Gene Zarone’s or chestra furnished the music. Punch and cookies with devils and angels on them were served. A formal party was held at the Ann Judson house. The theme, “Silver Strings,” was carried out in the decorations by pine boughs and silver. An entertaining pro gram was presented and refresh ments were served. Women’s Page Foreign Students Tell Of Own Xmas Customs By Andy Friedle These stories were compiled through the interviews of three foreign exchange students at the University of Oregon; Madeline Michel, France; Carmen Perez, Guatamala; and Hildur Halldorsdittir, Iceland. “The little old man is not called Santa Claus in France but Fattier Christmas. He has no big black boots like American but for the rest, he is the same.” Madeline laughed when I asked her if Father Christmas had rein deer, and then she explained that to her knowledge, he always rode on a large cloud with a huge basket on his back, filled with the hun dreds of toys that the children had asked for. Hanging the stockings up before the fire seems to be an American custom. The French children put either their wooden or leather shoes before the fire “in hopes that Father Christmas soon will be there.” Many of the homes have Christmas trees and the manger scone but in the latter, the stable and the inhabitants are not the only ones included. Fishermen, blindmen and many of the people whom Christ helped are also pictured. THE “REVEILLON” The French, who are mostly Catholic, attend Mid-Night Mass on Christmas Eve and then return to their homes with their families for a “reveillon,” a large dinner. “We have fattened goose liver with truffes, white blood sausage, chicken, goose, turkey with chestnut and pork stuffing, and finally the log, which is a round, long cake, with many good things on it. It is very good. Madeline said that the nicest and best way to celebrate the holi days was being in the country because there, the snow is falling, people sled or ski to church and “well, it is just the best place to really have the Christmas Spirit.” I left Madeline thinking about her home in France and I was think ing how close Christmas was coming and all the Christmas shopping I still had to do. I rang the next door-bell on my list and went in to talk to Carmen Perez, from Guatamala. I asked her if the people of her country had turkey and all its trim mings for Christmas and she smiled and said, TAMALE DINNER “No. This will sound odd to you Americans but we have tamales for dinner, chocolate, many fruits, of course wine, and then, water." At 12:00, December 24, Guatamala sounds more like a New York New Years instead of Christmas. The children all have huge 'fire crackers and the adults yell and scream in the joy of Christmas. There Is a novena, a period of prayer, nine days before Christmas, and this period ends on Christmas Eve. Mid-night Mass is attended by thousands of the people who believe that this is the holiest day ,of the year. The homes are decorated with pine, fruits, and manzanila, a .kind of olive, which the people make into rosaries, and bright poinsettas. “I like turkey very much and though it doesn’t take the place ,of hot tamales (what would) I know that I will love it in your country of America.” CHRISTMAS IN ICELAND I walked back up the street and went in to talk to HHdur Halldorsdittir. “It is a superstition in our country, that if everyone does not ^et one new piece of clothing, no matter how small, the Christmas ,Cat will get him.” I asked Hildur just what a Christmas Cat was but she wasn’t able to say. A Christmas dinner in Iceland is served on Christmas Eve and is made up of smoked meat, generally lamb, potatoes, beans, and a soup made out of rice and raisins. This dinner is served about 8:00 pan., after the people come home from church. The tree is lit after dinner and the presents and candy are opened. Then, everyone is quiet and grandpa or daddy read from the Bible about the very First Christmas.” Why not start the New Year out right? When you come back from Christmas vacation drop in at Jacklyn's for a free guest lesson or dance analysis.. flackyU'i. Dance Studio 24 W. 7th Ave. Phone 4-5621
