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University Daily Kansan Thursday, April 10, 1952
Easter Traditions Are Shrouded In Centuries Of Mysticism
By JOAN LAMBERT
Easter is shrouded in centuries of legend and mysticism. Named for Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, the celebration of Easter has been colored with shadings and overtones of pagan, Hebrew, and Christian cultures and beliefs.
There is no indication of the observance of Easter in the New Testament or in the writings of the apostles.
The early Christians observed the Jewish passover and gradually, with changes of their own, transformed the festival into the holiday we know.
The liturgical color for Easter is white, the symbol of joy, light, and purity. During the middle ages churches vied with each other for the honor of having the most beautiful altar on Easter morning. The naves and altars were a sea of dazzling white.
When the Anglo-Saxons honored their goddess, Eostre, they ate sacramental cakes. The Christian clergy sought to expel this pagan rite by placing a cross on each cake. Today, hot cross buns are sold in every bakery during Lent.
The Easter parade started from an old superstition that it is unlucky to wear old clothes on Easter Sunday.
The Easter egg, too, has its roots in antiquity. The Egyptians regarded it as a symbol of the renovation of mankind after the deluge. The Romans considered the egg the emblem of the universe. The egg has Christian symbolism of the "elements of future life" particularly appropriate for Easter.
In the middle ages the egg was colored and decorated as a religious trophy. Some authorities claim that the eggs were dye'd red to symbolize the blood of Christ.
The role of illies in the Easter picture comes from Jesus' words, "Consider the illies, how they grow" (Mathemat 6:28). Easter candle symbolize the light that early Christians emerged from the catacombs. They also symbolize Christ, "the light of the world."
The prolific rabbit symbolizes the return of life to the earth that comes with spring when nature is in resurrection after winter.
One old custom in Lancashire, England was "lifting." Each Easter Monday two men would take the local women, lift them up, and carry them down the street. The next day the whole procedure was reversed with the women actually carrying the men.
Initiations
This custom so amazed one visiting clergyman that he gave the girls a half crown to stop the practice.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon: George Nel-
geh engineering freshman, honor
GMPP engineering freshman, honor
tutinee; John S. Porter, engineering
senior; Owen Craig, Thomas Rich-
rowd, James Robertson, Gerald
Dawson, Jack Glenn, Stanford
Smith, William Stewart, and Jerome
Jacobson, college freshmen; Dave
Davis, David Sommers, and James
Allen, engineering freshmen; Nelson
Perkins and William Stanley,
college sophomores, and Frederick
Bell, business junior.
Phi Gamma Delta; Dwight Harrison, engineering freshman, honor inducte; Ben Dalton, Ed Ruese, and George Wainscott, engineering freshman; John Dougherty, G. H. Jones, Norman Capps, Don Shawver, and Jim O'Rourke, college freshmen; Robert Clawson and Bob Costello, engineering sophomores; John Wolf, education freshman; Tom Morton, college sophomore, and Paul Leoni, business freshman.
Easter was once also New Year's day, according to a regulation of Constantine. The custom lingered in France until 1564 when Charles IX signed an ordinance making January 1 New Year's day.
Professor To Give Talk At Linnaean Club
Alpha Phi: Dorothy Mitchell, college sophomore, honor initiate; Lee Calkins, college sophomore; Patsy Jeffers, education junior; DeNear Ankerholz, fine arts sophomore; Barbara Ovendorf and Patricia McNabney, college juniors; Rebecca Garvin, pharmacy junior; Catharine
Dr. Moore will speak on "Interesting Ecological Considerations of Arkansas". He will illustrate his speech with kodachrome slides.
Dr. A, M. Moore, professor at the University of Arkansas, will speak at a meeting of the Limaian club 7:30 p.m. today in 417 Snow hall.
Dr. Moore is professor of taxonomy and ecology in the department of botany at the University of Arkansas and was former chairman of that department. He has covered every area in Arkansas and is an authority on the physiography and biology of that state.
The public is invited to attend. There will be refreshments and discussion following the talk.
Sigma Pi fraternity held its fourth annual orchard formal Saturday in the Crystal room of the Eldridge hotel.
Sigma Pi Fraternity Holds
Gemini Annual Church Fee
During intermission Bill Beydler, president, introduced Jane Schindling, the sweetheart of Sigma Pl. She is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Holt, college freshman; Dolores Hawkins and Joyce Ronald, fine arts juniors, and Donna Hill, former student.
Sigma Gamma Epsilon; Lorrimer Armstrong, engineering freshman; Mahlon Ball, Alan Coxen, Hugh Jerry Hoddden, John Mann, Keith Mcvor, and William Pearn, engineering juniors; Wayne Bates, college sophomore; Darrel Bush, Noye Johnson, and Bernard Lewis, college juniors; Marvin Converse, Randall Graber and Sean Sullivan; Edward Haynes, Bob McCrae, George Stoeker, and Girard Bougez, graduate students; Dr. John Innbert, assistant professor of geology, faculty initiate, and Charles Bayne and Delmar Berry, members of the geological survey staff.
Tau Beta Pi: Teddy Arensberg, Erwin David, and Frank Walter, engineering seniors; Clyde Dyerson, education junior; William Behrmann, James Bodenheimer, Marvin Carter, William Hartell, Lyle Jenkins, Bert Larkin, John Mann, Warren Murray, Ferrell Schell, Leonard Urban, and Paul Wilhelm, engineering juniors.
Coulter-Russell Engagement Told
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Coulter of Kansas City, Mo, announce the engagement of their daughter, Claire Elaine, to Mr. Joseph Lee Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Landes of Bethel.
Miss Coulter is a college freshman. Mr. Russell is an engineering senior and a member of Sigma Tau Tau Beta Pi, and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
The wedding will take place Saturday, May 31 at the Country Club Congregational church in Kansas City, Mo.
Delta Gamma Elects Twenty-One Officers
Recently elected officers of Delta Gamma are Betty Berry, education junior, standards chairman; Barbara Allen, college sophomore, vice-president; Nancy Craig, fine arts sophomore, house-manager; Patricia Williams, education junior, recording secretary.'
Martha Harper, college senior,
corresponding secretary; Thelma
Iden, college sophomore, chapter
treasurer; Charlotte DeVall, business
junior, anchora correspondent;
Mary Sherer, fine arts sophomore,
historian; Myra Roesler, college
sophomore, rush chairman.
Suzanne Roop, college junior, intramural chairman; Marilyn Button, college sophomore, scholarship chairman; Mary Lou Daugherty, college sophomore, assistant rush chairman; Virginia Nalley, college junior, assistant social chairman; Bettie Muir, education sophomore, assistant treasurer; Nancy MacGregor, education junior, assistant pledge trainer, and Adele Connor, college junior, assistant scholarship chairman.
Nancy Wilson, education junior,
publicity chairman; Donna Hobein,
education junior, song leader; Carolyn Nardyz, college sophomore, culture chairman; Heidi Bloesch, college sophomore, gift chairman; Anne MacDougall, fine arts freshman, scrapbook chairman.
Westminster Fellowship Elects Officers For Coming Year
Kathryn Conrad, college junior was elected moderator of the Westminster fellowship for the coming year at a congregational meeting Sunday at Westminster house.
Other officers are John Barber, college sophomore, vice-moderator; Janet Stewart, college sophomore, stated clerk; Maurice Hamm, engineering sophomore, treasurer; Barbara Moser, college freshman, and William Behmmann, engineering junior, Council representatives.
The Sunday Evening Commission group also elected Shirley Thomson, education junior, chairman, and Richard Scott, college junior, vice-chairman.
Here are cookies and cakes for Easter.
Egg shaped cakes and bunny shaped cookies.
If you have young brothers and sisters at home—take them some when you go home for vacation. They'll like them.
Stop in and Get Easter Cookies and Cakes Today.
DRAKE'S BAKERY
907 Mass.
phone 61
CLAIRE ELAINE COULTER
Fraternity Places Second In Contest
The University's Delta chapter of Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity placed second in total points for the three tournaments in connection with a state-wide Alpha Kappa Lambda rally held in Topeka Sundav.
Iota chapter of Kansas State college won the trophy by placing first in the bowling, basketball, and singing contests.
Dr. Ted Andrews, national president of the fraternity, praised members for being the first national fraternity to adopt annual service programs to replace the traditional hazing at the founder's day dinner at the Hotel Kansan.
The banquet was attended by 165 collegiate and alumni members from Kansas and Kansas City, Mo.
Todd Chose President Of Tau Kappa Epsilon
Bill D. Todd, education sophomore, was elected president in a recent Tau Kappa Epsilon election.
Other officers are George S. Schulte, college junior, vice-president; Albert A. Armstrong, business junior, treasurer; Milton E. Shumway, business junior, pledge trainer; William C. Hawkey, college freshman, secretary; Ron Kull, journalism junior, historian; Lee S. Douglass, engineering junior, scholarship chairman, and Donald L. Creighton, engineering junior, sergeant-at-arms
Kappa Alpha Psi Wins Jabberwock Prize
The Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity entry won first prize of $15 in the Delta Sigma Theta sorority second annual Jabberwock Saturday night at the Community building.
The Jabberwock, a night of variety entertainment, is sponsored annually by the chapters of this sorority all over the country. The word "Jabberwock" has been borrowed from the well-known Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland." The Jabberwock, a fantastic imaginary creature, was made up of the different parts of several animals.
Second prize of $10 was won by Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and third prize of $5 by Corbin-North College hall.
Members of the Kappa Alpha PSi skit were; Adolphus Toliver, college sophomore; Jesse Milan, education junior; Freddie Anderson, fine arts sophomore; Alvoyd Glover, college freshman; Alonzo Frazer, college sophomore; Ben Holman, journalism senior; Charles Ross, pharmacy senior; Solomon Pleasant, college junior; Charles Taylor, college senior, and Cornelius Groves, college junior.
14ML-2 Triad Ball ?...N AOIN ...N Announcements were distributed today for the Engineering Triad ball to be held from 9 p.m. to midnight April 25 at the Lawrence Community building.
The ball is sponsored by Sigma Tau and Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternities, and Pi Tau Sigma, honorary mechanical engineering fraternity.
Bob Blum and his band will play for the dance, which will be semi-formal. Tickets at $2 a couple for members and guests, can be purchased from James Amend, Willis Athearn, Donald Drummond and John Luttrell, engineering seniors; Edwin Richardson, engineering junior, and Gene Bockelman, engineering sophomore.
Delta Gamma Sorority Holds Annual Pinafore Party
Invitations were issued by girls dressed in jeans and middies to their dates.
Amid seaweeds, fishnet, portholes, a gangplank, and fish, the annual pinafore party was held Saturday by Delta Gamma at the chapter house.
The women wore cotton dresses and pinafores and highlighted the evening with a skit centered around the H.M.S. Pinafore operetta.
Chaperons were Mrs. Dean Alt, Mrs. J. H. Kreamer, Mrs. Bert A. Weber, and Mrs. W. S. Shaw.
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