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Vol. 79, No. 74
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SparKed Romance
For Students Of '38
By Priscilla Mullins
Senior Staff Writer
"Mistletoe h a s been or
dered for the more romantic
ally inclined and will be
spread around .immediately
upon its arrival."
This announcement ap
peared in the Dec. 9, 1938
Daily Nebraskan. The mistle
toe was part of the decora
tions adorning the Student
Union that year.
In the same paper, the Un
ion decorations were describ
ed in this way: "On each side
of the fireplace a ten foot tree
decorated in the good old
fashioned way, complete to
the candy canes, has sprung."
A double octet was located
in the lounge of the Union
singing carols during t h e
week before Christmas.
The Messiah that year was
broadcast over KFAB and
K01L radio. The stage sett
ing was fernery and Christ
mas evergreen and holly. The
chorus was robed in white,
and an organ prelude accom
panied the processional.
In the Dec. 13 issue that
year, a feature entitled
' What, No Santa Glaus?" ap
peared with interviews of se
veral University students. The
article indicated that the Uni
versity students had already
popped the Santa Claus soap
(nibble.
One student reported, "I de
cided to trap the old fossil.
dug up an old bear trap of
my grandfather's and in the
still of the night set it right
smack in front of the fire
place. An hour later I heard
a terrific scream and a cuss
word or two. Well, now you
have to show nie first."
A letter to Kris Kringle
from Adolph Hitler appeared
in the Dec. 14 issue. It be
gan: "I've been a very good
boy this year, Kris, so I'll ex
pect a lot of everything. First,
tho, 1 want to thank you for
that nice little slice of Czecho
slovakia. It was bound im
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with such beautiful French
I and Russian string that 1 just
, couldn't, wait until Christmas
to open it.
! The letter continued: "You
I won't hold this little matter
of half a million Jews against
! mc will vou? . . . Now Kris,
I really don't want much, but
if you're not frozen in up
there at the North Pole, I'd
like you to bring me several
hot African colonies, lots of
trade concessions, a lot more
power to protect the poor lit
tle Balkan states, and if yu
can get it into your sleigh
without Stalin seeing it 1
would appreciate a large
chunk of the Ukraine."
A humor magazine called
"Awgwan" appeared on t h c
campus in 1938. The Christ
mas issue interviewed Saint
Nick in addition to several
pages full of jokes, cartoons
and poems.
The annual University
Teachers College high school
Christmas party was held
Dec. 15, 1938, under the di
rection of student teachers.
The All-University Christ
mas vespers program was
presented by Sigma Alpha Io
ta, professional music soror
ity in 1944. The program was
held in the Union parlors
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In 3956. the Union held its
annual Christmas Party and
Open House Dec. 12.
An Inter-fraternity council
party for orphans from White
Hall was also held in 1956.
The highlight of the 1956
Christmas season was the se
lection of Miss Santa of 1956.
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Openings are still available
for anyone wishing to go on
the Union Ski Trip, Feb. 3-7,
Bill Hansmire, chairman of
trips and tours, said.
"We need 120 people, and
only 82 have signed up," he
said.
Students should decide over
Christmas vacation if they
want to go, Hansmire said.
I People are passing up a won
derful opportunity by not go
ing, he added.
Total cost for the trip is $75,
with a $35 deposit required at
sign up time. The cost in
cludes a round trip train tick
et to Winter Park, Colo., room
and board at Hochlandhof , and
rental of skis.
There will be entertain
ment, atmosphere, and tre
mendous food, Hansmire said.
Students interested in going
on the ski trip should sign up
in the Union Program Ofifce
as soon as possible.
Beta Sigs Play
Santa For Kids
"Dear Santa I been a
good girl 1 want a doll and
some cloths and some socks
and 1 love you Santa You are
a pood Santa from Linda."
This was one letter written
to Santa, and delivered to
members of Beta Sigma Psi,
who played Santa and deliv
ered gifts at a Christmas par
ty last nighi for about thirty
children at Whitehall Home
for Children.
Other letters read:
"Dear Santa: How are you?
I am fine. I am 11 years old
I would like a model car and
a vaaroom motor. I love you
Santa Claus. You friend Je
rome." "Dear Santa. I like to watch
TV. I what to have a pretty
dress. We live in lincoln. Neb.
5701 Walker Avenue. From
Mary Kay."
"Dear Santa Claus, I am
nine years old. For Christmas
1 would like ' a tablet and
inkpen and some envelopes.
How are you. I am just fine.
How is Mrs. Santa Claus?
How arc your helper? Your
i friend Courtney."
The Doily Nebraskan
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By Wallis Lundecn
Junior Staff Writer
"The first cost of civil
rights is the cost of human
life, because it cannot be re
deemed," Dr. Alan Picker
ing, pastor of the United
Campus Christian Fellowship,
told about seventy civil rights
marchers yesterday at a ral
ly in the Student Union ball
room. The rally followed a march
to the State Capitol in zero
temperatures.
The rally was organized by
Friends of the Student Non
Violent Coordinating Com
mittee, an organization pre
sently being formed on the
University campus. Matthew
Toby is temporary president.
Pickering told them,
"Death is final and there is
no way to retrieve those who
suffer it."
Deaths Remembered
"We remember on this oc
casion the death of Mickey
Schwerner, James Cheney,
and Andrew Goodman, who
died on June 21, 1964. Al
though their passing is t h e
most dramatic, they are
among at least 114 who have
been killed or are missing ov
er the past four years all of
whom have been involved in
the freedom struggle in t h e
South."
"What we have done today
is a symbol of these real
costs, and a reminder that to
suffer is not the worst thing
that can happen to us the
worse thing is not to believe in
anything worth suffering for.
"The second cost of civil
rights is found in the struggle
to make democracy real. We
pay the c o s t s of twisted
minds, fed on the myth of
race and nurtured on sub-human
attitudes, because thou
sands of colored citizens are
denied equal opportunities."
Pickering went on to say
a
'HUMAN LIFE COST OF RIGHTS'
we should not be surprised if
dark-skinned peoples of the
world choose other forms of
government when we fail to
protect the lights of 10 of
the citizens of the U.S.
"If we cannot guarantee
justice and dignity for only
10 of our population who
are colored, how can we
claim that our system is vi
able for nations where !(
arc colored?"
"Whenever rights are de
nied, a spirit of vengeance is
engendered; wherever injus
tice reigns, retributory injus
tice inevitably follows. This
is the third cost of civil
rights."
"We have no one to blame
but ourselves for the violence
in the Congo. When history of
this revolution is finally writ
ten, those white people who
are still alive will awake to
discover that those whom
they now classify as agitators
were the best friends t h e y
ever had, and they never
knew it."
Pickering said when crimes
go unpunished, others will
duplicate and compound the
crimes.
Believe Not Involved
"The fourth cost of the ci
vil rights movement is t h e
cost to the so-called innocent
communities and peoples who
naively believe they are not a
part of the struggle."
He reminded the marchers
of John Donne's words: "No
man is an island, entire of it
self; any man's death dimin
ishes me, because I am in-
vuivru in iiiaiiiwnu.
"The fifth and final cost of
the Civil Rights movement is
the sum of the financial costs
of the freedom movement itself."
o Obstacle
Sights Hally
Values Misplaced
"We have misplaced val
ues, placing property rights
above human rights, and this
lies at the root of a nation
which has sold its very soul
to materialism. How ironic
that in denouncing the atheis
tic materialism of the Sovi
ets, we have unconsciously
fallen victim to its philosophy,
lock, stock and barrel."
"There is no more approp
riate time than this season of
brotherhood and good will to
ask for help in the cause of
righteousness."
The marchers walked si
lently, single file, up 14th
Street to the west entrance ol
the Capitol Building. The si
lence was continuous except
for the occasional blare from
a police car radio, the honk
of a car horn, and the chat
ter of a small child, carried
by his mother.
"Protect Americans in Mis
sissippi." "Is Heaven Segre
gated? Mississippi Churches!
Are!" "Murder in Mississip
piWhy?." "Down With
Hate Says SNCC," "Thou
Shall Not Kill," read signs
carried by marchers.
"I'm doing this to show that
we care, and that I don't ap
prove of discrimination," a
University coed said.
Rev. Raleigh Peterson, dean
of the Cotner School of Re
ligion, said he was marching
ua show his support. "We
must make our witness by
this sort of thing."
March On Lawlessness
Dwight Marsh, English in
structor, said he had not par
ticipated in civil rights activi
ties berore, but was marcn
ing to "protest the lawless
ness cf Mississippi. Not only
is there non-protection, b u t
law is used as a means of
repression."
Ministers, graduate
Friday, December 18, 1964
students, faculty, Negros and
whites marched up the street
to place a wreath at the foot
of the statue of Abraham
Lincoln. Rev. Jerry Mclnnis,
Methodist pastor, led a pray
er, then the marchers, hands
and feet now numb from the
cold, turned and marched
back to campus.
Bonnie Richter and Bruce
Hiller, both University stu
dents, led the rally following
Pickering's speech in singing
freedom songs. "Oh, free
dom," and "We shall not be
moved," were sunc.
Circle Of Friendship
They began singing the
theme song of the civil rights
movement. "We shall over
come." and the group spon
taneously moved to the front
of the ballroom, to grasp
hands in a circle of friend
ship. "I feel that the march was
very successful," Jerry
Schrekinger said. "The pur
pose was to advertise the fact
that people are concerned, ev
en in our city even when
peopie think there is no prob
lem." Peggy King, an organizer
of the march, said $121.03
was collected after the rally.
The money will be used for
the Council of Federated Or
ganization (COFO), wh eb
sponsors the Mississippi Pro
ject. COFO provides food and
other essentials for volunteers
in Mississippi.
Miss King said that addi
t i o n a 1 donations may be
brought to the YVVCA office,
room 335 6 in the Student
Union. She will see that the
money is sent on to COrO.
The three men who were
killed were Mississippi Pro
ject workers who died just
24 hours after completing
their training for project
work.
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