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Friday, December 20, 1963
YES VIRGINIA,
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The New York Sun on Sept 21, 1897 published an
editorial in response to a letter by an eight year old
irl on whether Santa Clause exists. The editorial has
become a Christmas classic. We reprint the letter and
fiie editorial below:
Dear Editor I am 8 years old. Some of my little
Mends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says "If you
see it in. The Sun it's so." Please tell me the truth, is
there a Santa Claus?
Virginia CHanlon
115 West Ninety-fifth Street
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have
been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They
do not believe except what they see. They think that
nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their
little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's
or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours
man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as com
pared with the boundless world about him, as are those
that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever
see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but
that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can con
ceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and
unseeable in the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes
the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen
world which not the strongest man, nor even the united
strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could
tear apart Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can
push aside that curtain and view and picture the super
natural beauty and glory beyond. Is it real? Ah, Vir
ginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and
abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives
forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten
tones ten thousand years from now, he will continue to
make glad the heart of childhood measured by the in
telligence capable of grasping the whole truth and know
ledge. Yes, -Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as
eertainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and
you know that they abound and give to your life its high
est beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world
if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if
there were no Virginia. There would be no childlike faith
then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this ex
istence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense
and sight The eternal light with which childhood fills the
world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not
believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men
to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch
Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus
coming down, what would that prove?
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I don't know what it
proves, but the young
American has the damn
dest way of discussing his
real or imagined amorous
exploits. In the hope that
some observant sociologist
will draw the sweeping con
conslusion, I offer a brief
discussion of this puzzle.
The most prevalent and
incredible feature of such
discussion is that the young
American male has evi
dentally confused the na
tional indoor pastime with
the more prosaic outdoor
diversions. Sex, for young
Johnny, is not only a sport;
it is a competitive sport.
He seems to have gotten
his partner confused with
an opponent,
A successful exploit is a
"score" in the popular ar
got, a triumph against an
opponent in combat, much
like hockey, where the ath
lete outmaneuvers the v ary
goalie and rings up a goal.
Higginhotham's Edict
Dear Editor:
Due to Mr. Higgin
hotham's latest edict, 14
teams are being dropped
from the intramural basket
ball roster. Probably more
than that are included in
the purge since each fra
ternity usually enters three
teams.
The reasons: failure to
check their rosters, or fail
ure to pay entry fees.
The procedure: To check
your roster, you hand a list
of names of team members
and corresponding ad
dresses, then you go back
the next day to tell him yes,
those are the right names
and addresses, Mr. Higgin
botham. To pay your entry fee
you turn in $20. His second
reason, dropping a team
for failure to turn in its en
try fee, would be legitimate
if it did not demand more
than a simple reminder
phone call to get the teams
to bring their money in.
Figure 14 teams and as
many phone calls by physi
cal education staffers. That
adds up to $280 that is be
ing dropped from the intra
mural fund for no apparent
good reason.
Let as be reminded, Mr.
Higglnbotham, that while
our intramural set up is not
a money-making proposi
tion, and while it is not any
officially sanctioned league
such as the Big Eight or
Big Ten, and while students
have plenty of other things
to do to fill their time, it
remains an important part
of a student's extracurricu
lar activities. For that rea
son alone it exists, not be
cause it is well adminis
tered and not because
teams are afraid to show
College Sex .
Also, the young man no
longer copulates: he
''makes" his girl, presum
ably along the lines of con
structing a model airplane,
ot conquering a mountain
peak.
The use of the sport jar
gon has reached a point
where one enthusiastic ath
lete of my acquaintance
would regale us with his
nocturnal gambols much
like an announcer would
rattle off a play-by-play.
"Had a wild game last
night," he would say, eyes
gleaming. "I threw a couple
slwi passes and ground out
the yardage. Then I took a
gamble too soon on the
touchdown pass and she
threw me for a loss back
to my own 25. So I huddled,
and just bled out the line
a little. Then I faded back
and hurled a long pass
and..."
The game would vary.
Some nights this young
up for some minor mistake.
To drop a team from the
league for either of these
infractions is, to say the
least, too harsh a punish
ment It's a familiar refrain
when their is a problem
here to say that students
could run it better, but . . .
A Student With Nothing
To Do But Play
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man would spend on the
baskketball courts other
times, a baseball game was
the media through which
we communicated his tri
umphs and failures. Al
ways, however, the wars
were won, lost, or tied on
the playing fields of New
England beaches.
There is something as
disturbing as it is amusing
about this attitude toward
sex; for it indicates a sad
element in our society. We
have reached a point of ma
terialism where the gratifi
cation of physical needs
has become a mere end in
itself, where the partner in
the sex act is relegated to
something along the order
of a vending machine.
The sex act has now be
come an aquisitioo, an at
tainment which is equated
with a car, or a phono
graph, or a victory in some
kind of contest. What is
completely missing in this
attitude is any regard for
the partner, who is, after
all, another human being.
The prevailing attitude is
geared so forcefully to the
acquisition of sexual fulfill
ment, that the element of
love, or compassion, or
even consideration is miss
ing. Sex is to be obtained
from an opponent, not
shared with a person.
To require or even ex
pecta young man of nor
mal makeup to be favor
ably inclined to chastity is
evidence either of incredi
ble naivete, expect this
normal young man to regard
his sexual partner as some
thing more than a pinbaH
machine or a tennis op
ponent. :t;tiniMi:sBiiTaBBtiuiBiinaninfiiHaEBmtHiiLEiiaSK!
Our Sacred Cows
By Jim Moore
Thought that perhaps as
a change of pace, I might
just write a gossip column
today about anyone who
pops into mind.
JoAnn Strateman told me
that she feels left out
the Cows haven't attacked
her as being corrupted by
the haze of a Black Masque,
or as being tl3 opposite of
student opinion in voting
against the recent drinking
problem motion before
Council.
The other day in the
room where the Red Robes
hang (Student Council Of
fice) a prominent pusher
and I made out the eighty
fifth list on "Who the Inno
cents Will Be." There's still
hope, gunners of the world
we only came up with
twelve.
Tom Kort has an ab
cessed tooth. Guess we
won't have any Public Is
sues for a while from Coun
cil . but then, did we
ever?
The Cather Hall veg
etables recently complained
that my accusation about
"three kegs in Cather" was
totally unfounded. I was
touched by their sincerity.
Dean Ross called in one of
the officers of Cather and
asked him how kegs should
be carried into the dorm.
But the last two nights
I've been studying in the
Cather lounge. With barf on
the elevator door and a to
tal of four drunken bodies
staggering around, some
how I was disillusioned with
their righteous indignation
over the "three kegs" issue.
A quote: (Said before
Prince Kosmet election) "I
wanta be Prince Kosmet!"
Speaker, John Lonnquist.
He also pointed out to me
in the same conversation
that his father is one of
the three top corn-breeders
in the world and the Julius
Caesar was "Chief Weinie
in Rome."
Smart kid, that Lonnquist.
Enjoyed George Peter
son's column on Playboy
yesterday. He does a mar
velous job of quoting other
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Ever wondered why wa
don't have any radical po.
litical groups on campus?
But I guess we have the
Youth for Goldwater Club.
But why not a YPSL?
I'm taking a poll on how
many people know what the
YPSL is. If you do, tell tha
Union Board of Managers.
Rumor goes that they got
an offer from the YPSL
group to sponsor a speak
er. But they haven't fig
ured out what, or who,
made the offer ...
See that the Interfratern
ity Council passed a defin
itative, down-to-earth posi
tive statement on fraternity
"white clauses." I'm still
trying to figure out the
first paragraph. Maybe they
can form a committee to
interpret "Definitative
Statements on "White
Clauses."
Well, already late for my
advisor appointment. Dr.
Koehl will never let me
take three history courses
anyway. Guess I'll just
wait 'till February.
Will be thinking of my
fellow-unfortunates sit
ting in front of the tube
New Year's Day.
But then, free Scotch...
and we won't have to dodge
scoutmasters on the prowl
for booze.
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