Kansas State Historical Society
UNIVERSITY TOPSKA, KS. DAILY
7 Graduate Students Awarded Fellowships
Seven University graduate students are among 300 for whom final security clearances and appointments as pre-doctoral fellows of the Atomic Energy commission were announced by the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.
The Oak Ridge institute is administering the fellowship program for the Atomic Energy commission
To Sponsor Party For Foreign Girls
About 30 women foreign students have been invited to a Christmas party sponsored by the Jay Janes, women's pep club, at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Pine room of the Union.
Each woman invited to the party will be asked to specify whether or not she is interested in becoming a member of the organization. Two women will be chosen for membership out of those who are interested.
"We wanted to give foreign students at the University a chance to see what an American college organization is like," Helen Maduros, club president, said. "We felt this would be the most satisfactory way that the Jav Janes could do it."
Civil service examinations will be given in Topeka Saturday, Jan. 12 for persons interested in becoming account clerks, guards, port of entry inspectors and bank examiners.
Civil Service Exams To Be Given Jan. 12
The Lawrence Rotary club will furnish the pep club uniforms for the two women selected for membership, who will not be required to pay any dues to the pep club.
Starting salaries range from $173 to $191 for account clerks I and guards, $200 to $220 for account clerks II, port of entry inspector I and law enforcement inspector I, $220 to $242 for law enforcement inspectors II and $245 to $280 for bank examiner I.
Application forms may be secured from the Kansas department of civil service, 801 Harrison street, Topeka. The completed forms should be returned to the department by Jan. 9.
for the current school year.
Three hundred pre-doctoral fellowships were awarded to graduate students in 70 American universities and research institutions and seven others located abroad.
"The A.E.C.-sponsored fellowship program is playing a vital role in giving many of our promising young scientists the opportunity to continue their research and study." Dr. Russell S. Poor of the Oak Ridge Institute said in the announcement. "We do not have to go into the future to see the need for more scientists—the need is here now. Holders of fellowships are deemed to be unusually promising for atomic energy work, although the fellowships served to increase the manpower supply for all scientific endeavor in this country."
The seven AEC fellows and their departments:
Persons interested in writing for the Dove, campus political magazine, may attend a staff meeting at 5 p.m. today in the Hawk's Nest of the Union.
Harry John Christopher, chemistry; Manus Read Foster, physics; Gordon Alban Gallup, chemistry; William Richard Glickerson, chemistry; Alan Kellerman Jennihis mathematics; George Bruce Pedrick, mathematics; Richard Maitha Wallace, chemistry.
The editor and business manager for the next issue of the magazine will be elected at the meeting. Plans for the next issue will also be discussed.
Dove Invites Writers To Attend Meeting
Elmer Rusco, graduate, student and former editor of the Dove, said articles on all phases of student opinion will be welcome. In the past the magazine has been essentially political.
ON HIS WAY UP after one of the many rebounds he picked off the backboards for Kansas last night is All-American Clyde Lovellette. About to get the seat of his pants dirty is Gene Schwinger, center for Rice. Everett Dye, KU, appears to be holding him up, but seconds later the Rice center hit the floor. Bob Kenney is shown in the background ready for an assist. On the left is Don Lance, a hustling guard for the Rice Owls, who last 68-48—Kansas photo by Al Marshall.
49th Year No. 66
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1951
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Choral Groups To Give Concert At 8 Thursday
The University Women's Glee club and the Choral ensemble will present a program of Christmas music at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Museum of Art.
The program will last only about one hour, Mr. Krehbiel said, "so that students may attend in spite of the busy week."
The two groups will be directed by Clayton Krehbiel, instructor in music education.
The glee club will open the program with the singing of "Magnificat" by Ralph Vaughn-Williams. Harriet King, fine arts sophomore, will be alto soloist and Marcus E. Hahn, instructor in music education, will play the flute obligato.
Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols" will be sung by the Women's Glee club. Soloists will be Christine Wiley, fine arts sophomore; Gretta Reetz, fine arts freshman; Maxine Ratzlaff, fine arts sophomore; Mary Lee Haury, fine arts junior, and Helen Lau Fry, journalism senior.
Miss Wiley, a member of SAI, professional music sorority for women, sang "Ave Maria" by Schubert and "Christmas Eve" by Hageman. She is a voice major from the studio of Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice.
A student of Joseph Wilkins, professor of voice, Miss Tate sang "Villanelle" by Del'Acqua.
Christine Wiley, fine arts sophomore, and Judith Tate, fine arts freshman, were the vocal soloists on the Sigma Alpha Iota Musicale program over KLWN Sunday.
The chorale will sing the final number, "Hodie Christus Natus Est" by G. Palestrina.
Fine Arts Students Sing Over KLWN
The public is invited to attend.
The accompanist was Nancy Hindman, fine arts junior.
ISA Scholarship Applications Open
Applications for the Independent Students association scholarship are due Thursday.
The $50 scholarship is awarded annually to some independent student on the basis of definite need, scholastic average not below a 1.5, character and an active interest in activities.
Applications may still be obtained from the dean of women's office or from Victoria Rosenwald at Miller hall.
Geology Club Will Give Awards
A talk on "What is Petroleum?" by E. A. Stephenson, professor emeritus of petroleum engineering, and Haworth awards to two geology students by Robert M. Dreyer, professor of geology, will highlight a joint meeting of the Geology club and the American Institute of Mining Engineers at 7:30 p.m. today in 426 Lindley hall.
The Haworth awards are named for Erasmus Haworth, the first KU student to become eminent as a geologist. He later served as chairman of the geology department, from 1892-1920, and State Geologist of Kansas.
Each year three of the awards are presented: one to the outstanding undergraduate geology senior, one to the foremost graduate student, and one to an alumni who has distinguished himself in the field of geology.
Professor Dreyer will present a senior award and a graduate award. The selections are made by geology department faculty members.
The selections are made by geology department faculty members
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will speak on "Balanced Feeding—The Modern Dilemma" at the annual meeting of the Kansas Authors club.
Murphy To Talk To Authors
Dr. Murphy will speak in the evening at the all-day session, Saturday, Jan. 26. The meeting will be held in the Jayhawk hotel in Topeka.
Lawrence Nurse Killed In Wreck Of Car-Train
Miss Kate Jewett, a nurse at Lawrence Memorial hospital, was killed Wednesday night when the car she was riding in collided with an east bound Union Pacific passenger train.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gardner, Route 5, were hospitalized. Hospital authorities said Mrs. Gardner, sister of Miss Jewett, was in "very poor" condition today. She is suffering from a head injury.
Mr. Gardner, who sustained a critical back injury is reported as "only fair."
John Robinson, Union Pacific, ticket agent, said the engineer did not see the car coming since it was approaching from the opposite side.
Gardner told attendants at the hotel to train as he approached the crossroads.
The accident occurred at the first crossing east of the Bismarck Road.
The sheriff's office, which was not notified until two hours after the accident by a Union Pacific official in Topeka, is investigating the case to see who authorized-the removal of the car.
Carols To Be Sung By YMCA, YWCA
They will carol at the hospital, Old Folks home and numerous other places. Anyone who wishes to, come is invited. Transportation will be provided.
Members of the YWCA and YMCA will go Christmas caroling Thursday night, meeting first at 7:30 at Henley house, 1236 Oread street.
After the caroling refreshments will be served in Henley house.
WEATHER
Mostly cloudy and warm today, southerly winds in east; cloudy tonight, warmer in east and south. Thursday cloudy and colder. Low tonight 25-30; high Thursday 15.
Yule Customs Vary Over World
By MAX A. THOMPSON
The observation of Christmas in all Christian countries as the birth of Christ is marked by the various and different ways in which it is celebrated in these countries.
The name Christmas comes from the early English term Christes Masse, which means Christ's mass. This term is used only in Englishe speaking countries. In most European countries the day is known as "Christ's birthday."
Scandinavian countries still use the pagan name "Yule Day," and Germany and Switzerland observe "Holy Night." The date for Christmas in most lands is Dec. 25, and is characterized by religious services, the exchange of gifts, and merrymaking.
The long Christmas season opens for the Austrians, Belgians, Bulgarians, French, Germans, Greeks, Hungarians, Italians, Dutch and Swiss on Dec. 6. On this date St. Nicholas, Christkindl or, Shen Koll—other names for Santa-Claus—come with their packs of gifts for the children.
These countries which observe Dec. 6 for the giving of presents keep Christmas day free for feasting, carol singing, dramas and visiting with relatives and friends.
The evergreen tree—used as an ornament during the Christmas season—is believed to have originated in Rome, although it appears in German literature in 1504. Today the Christmas tree can be found in many lands.
On Christmas Eve in France the homes are the center of the festi-
ties which include a holiday supper and the burning of the Yule log. At midnight bells are rung while each person solemnly lights his Christmas candle.
The living room door in a German home flies open at dusk on Christmas Eve, and there stands a little tree ablaze with lights. German trees have nothing on them except lights and candy. Each person's presents are arranged in a pile underneath the tree.
Processions, some of them religious, often form part of the festivities in Belgium, Italy, Spain, Poland, Rumania, the Ukraine, Mexico and South America.
Blazing plum pudding, a crackling yule log and rosy-cheeked carol singers are symbols of English Christmas cheer. In England the gladness of the season has long been expressed by feasting and merriment.
Norway, Sweden and Denmark celebrate Christmas in much the same manner as Germany. Rice pudding containing one almond is served in Finland, and the Finns believe that the person who gets the almond will be married before the next Christmas.
For the children of Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, the pinata game is an important part of the Christmas season. The pinata is a jar filled with sweets which is hung by a cord from the branch of a tree.
In Holland many of the young men meet in the village square and choose a star bearer to carry a large lantern in the shape of a star, which contains many lighted candles. He leads the procession through the streets singing "Gloria in Excelsis."
The children are blindfolded and take their turns trying to break the pinata by hitting it with a stick. When the pinata is hit squarely it shatters and the flood of candies which pours out is given to the child who breaks the jar.
In Czechoslovakia, a girl takes a twig from a cherry tree and places it in water on Dec. 4. If the twig blossoms before Christmas Eve it is believed that the girl will be married during the year.
Canada celebrates Christmas in about the same way as the United States, while Australia follows the usual English customs with picnics and holidays an essential part of the holiday celebrations.
In America, Christmas customs have differed in various parts of the country since the days of the pioneers. Today our observances include almost any or all of the European customs, depending upon the decent or interests of those celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Christ.