University Daily Kansan Tuesday. November 30. 1954
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Familiar Tunes Jazzed-up Add Zest to Season
New York —(U.P.)— New arrangements of old familiar records add more variety to this year's parcel of Christmas records than ever before, with an unusual number of zany tunes in the Yuetide theme.
The mambo craze won't subside during the season, because Jimmy Boyd is back with "I Saw Mommy Do the Mambo (With You Know Who), a Latin takeoff on "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause." And Billy May gives the mambo beat to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."
Nat King Cole offers his version of "My Two Front Teeth" and Spike Jones brings forth a children's choir to sing "I Want Eddie Fisher for Christmas."
Yogi Yorgesson's accent is Swedish but his setting is American as he encourages shoppers to "Be Kind to the Street Corner Santa Claus." Other odd songs are "Got a Code in the Node for Christmas" by Gayla Peevey and Red Skelton's "Bow Wow Wants a Boy for Christmas."
Rosemary Clooney sings all the songs from Irving Berlin's movie, "White Christmas," on a 10-inch LP and is represented on a single, "Let's Give a Christmas Present to Santa Claus."
Even the jazzbots get into the act Poppa John Gordy and his Dixie-landers come forth with "Santa Plays the Trombone."
RCA-Victor also offers two big bonus albums, "Christmas in High Fidelity," a selection of carols and popular Christmas tunes played by George Melachino, and "To Wish You a Merry Christmas," with 12 artists including Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore and Eartha Kitt singing songs of the season.
The selection wouldn't be complete without a new version of "White Christmas." so Frank Sinatra makes like Bing Crosby.
Society Pictures May Be Picked Up
All pictures turned in to the society desk may be picked up the day after publication or if they are not published they may be picked up the week after they are turned in.
Several wedding and engagement pictures are now on the society desk and may be picked up at any time in the Daily Kansas newsroom in the Journalism building. Pictures that are not picked up personally will not be returned and pictures that are not picked up after a reasonable period of time will be destroyed.
Wedding and engagement pictures will be published free if they are turned in. These pictures are not solicited.
--the camp while on a business trip.
For Appointment
-Kansan photo by Avalon York
IT'S COFFEE TIME—KU students pause for coffee with some friends at the Inter-varsity Christian fellowship camp near Colorado Springs, Colo., during Thanksgiving vacation. Left to right are Virna Kuuskoski, special student in education from Finland; Sotirios Boukis, graduate student from Greece; Paul Ballikian, pharmacy sophomore from Argentina; an unidentified girl; Jean Swanson, a nursing student at New Mexico, and Jack Garrett, a civil engineer and contractor from Australia, who had just stopped by
Friends Smoke-Must You?
By LAVERLE YATES
Kansan Society Editor
Should you smoke because your friends do? Over and over this question has been asked by nonsmokers. Today the problem is more pressing than ever because more and more persons seem to be becoming nicotine fiends.
Yes, smoking is popular—especially on college and university campuses. But in answer to the question should you smoke just because your friends do—definitely not.
Your friends enjoy smoking. It relaxes them and it passes time, or so they say—and besides they now have the habit thoroughly established. But if you don't smoke and if you have no desire to smoke then there is no reason why you should take up this expensive luxury.
If you don't smoke, it won't hurt your popularity, as many persons fear. In fact chances are you will be more highly respected by your friends for your restraint—and your health may be better too. Although few persons refrain from smoking just because of the recent bug-a-boo about tuberculosis and fung cancer.
Some persons who do not smoke carry matches as a courtesy to their lightless friends. These matches
may be obtained free from many downtown restaurants or beauty parlors and at most campus luncheons.
Smoking has created another problem. If you do smoke is it proper to smoke in the home of another if the host or hostess is not smoking? Yes, if there are ash trays setting around it is safe to assume that it will be all right for you to indulge.
However, common courtesy requires that you offer your host or hostess a cigarette and that you inquire whether or not smoke bothers the ladies present. If there are no ash trays in sight restrain yourself. By no means should you flick the ashes into a flower pot or onto the rug.
Nor is it proper to flick ashes into your coffee cup or saucer after a meal, while sitting around the table. This habit makes the dishes need to be rinsed before washing, an extra chore, and they are hard to wash off even then, and it makes the table look messy. Ask your hostess for an ash tray or get one for yourself if you are an old friend and if they are prominently displayed, or refrain from smoking.
For courtesy's sake, don't smoke in a tightly closed car unless you want to choke the occupants and
Is This YOU Getting Off the Bus? If it is, bring this ad to the RAPID TRANSIT Office, 1000 Mass., and receive 2 FREE Tickets to the Granada Theatre.
don't instst that a non-smoker join you in a cigarette. Nothing can be more irritating, according to one non-smoker. If he doesn't want to smoke, respect his decision and don't feel funny about going ahead and having one yourself . the non-smoker won't mind at all . probably.
RAPID TRANSIT
Christian Group Holds Convention
Phone 388
Who Will Get Off the Bus Next Week?
Daniel Wiley, engineering junior, was elected state vice president at the annual state Disciple Student fellowship convention which was held at the First Christian church here Saturday and Sunday.
About 60 persons attended the Christian convention from six colleges and universities in Kansas. About 15 KU students attended.
10 KU Students Go to Colorado Religious Camp
Ten members of the KU Intervarsity Christian fellowship, international non-denominational religious organization, attended camp at Bear Trap ranch near Colorado Springs, Colo., during Thanksgiving vacation.
vacation. Seventy-five students from 17 countries, who are attending a college or university in Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, or Kansas, were at the camp.
KU students who went are William Lansdown, Jonathan Kajiwara, Honolulu; Moin Baqai, Pakistan; Sotirios Boukis, Greece, graduate students; Paul Balikian, pharmacy sophomore, Argentina; Roger Dow, fine arts sophomore; Deborah Welsh, college freshman; Avalon York, fine arts junior; Armida PunKay, college senior, Peru, and Virya Kuuskoski, special student in education, Finland.
The countries represented were Jordan, Australia, Lebanon, Hawaii, Turkey, Greece, Pakistan, India, Finland, Germany, Argentina, Korea, the Philippines, Peru, Siam, and the United States.
Miss O'Neil, Moon Have Been Pledged
Gamma Phi Beta social sorority announces the pledging of Peggy O'Neil. education junior from Kansas City, Mo. Miss ONeil is a transfer from St. Teresa's academy there.
Triangle social fraternity recently pledged Marion Moon, engineering junior from Pratt.
Who Will Be MISS SANTA?
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