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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Dec. 17, 1956
ANOTHER WINNER—This street scene picture by Dale Johnson, Lawrence graduate student, won first place in the pictorial division in
The Daily Kansan's November photo contest. Johnson will receive a gift certificate from Hixon's Studio and Camera Shop.
Prof. Dade Plays Santa; Gives Big Cedar To Strong
"Put up and decorate a 24-foot Christmas tree!"
Fortunately, the building and grounds department didn't say no to this. Otherwise there would have been no tree in Strong Hall rotunda.
The large cedar was donated to the University by E.B. Dade, professor of business administration. It was cut near his home at 1700 Iowa St. last week, wrapped and loaded on a truck, and brought to Strong Hall.
To get the tree inside the building, ropes were lowered over the
Once inside, the tree was placed on a revolving base which makes one complete turn a minute.
A portable metal scaffold was assembled, to enable the men to reach the upper parts of the tree to arrange 27 strings of colored lights in their proper places.
balcony on the north side, and the tree was pulled up and through the large doors into the rotunda.
Journalism Open House Is Friday
This was the first Christmas season that the building and grounds department has decorated the traditional tree. Formerly, the job was done by the Fine Arts department.
About 300 persons are expected to attend the Christmas open house from 3 to 5 p. m. Friday in the William Allen White Memorial Reading Room in Flint Hall.
The University Daily Kansan and Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Alpha Mu, Theta Sigma Phi, Gamma Chi Alpha, and Alpha Delta Sigma, all professional fraternities will be hosts to all prejournalism and journalism students, members of the faculty and their wives, all employees of the University of Kansas Press, and other guests.
The 22 candidates in the Miss Santa contest will be special guest
Children dressed as devils portray the robbers of the myth and go from house to house asking for money or candies.
Beautiful Italian Eyes Created Swedish Festival
Lucia, according to legend, was a very handsome, blonde girl with particularly beautiful eyes. She was admired among the people of Syakuse, Italy, for her clean and correct life. She had devoted her entire life to helping the old and he sick.
Today hospitals, factories and many families are visited by a Lucia and her attendants who sing special songs, serve coffee and buns called "Lussedattor."
Early today a group of Scandinavian students introduced part of the faculty and administration to the Lucia Festival that is celebrated annually in the Scandinavian countries early on the morning of Dec. 13.
Still Have Custom
The group visited the home of Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy, Donald K. Alderson, dean of men, William R. Butler, assistant to the dean of men, Mary Larson, assistant professor of zoology, and C. M. Baker, director emeritus of libraries.
The story of Lucia soon reached Sweden. It made a deep impression on the people. They began seeing Lucia among Swedish girls. For them Lucia became the symbol of light, cleanness and a brighter future, and they soon began to celebrate her memory.
The festival dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries. About 10 years ago the traditional celebration was practiced only in Sweden. Now it is celebrated in all of the Scandinavian countries.
Newspapers in each small town and each large city conduct a Lucia contest so the readers may vote for the girl they want to be the Lucia in their area.
Before long, the legend goes, a young knight fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. Her
plans excluded marriage due to her life of service to the needy. In his disappointment over her refusal to marry him, the knight took revenge by pricking out Lucia's eyes
After serving as the town's patroness for many years, she died in 304.
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