NOVEHOER, MANI THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE 81 NOVEMBER 30, 1901 TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY PA(~U~ ~1 4 ca'Lau R Cq Dorms Plan Parties TOT Augment Season By DONNA ROBINSON Crown of the Christmas Conifer Christmas celebrations in the women's residence halls are pro- ceeding according to tradition. This year. few new events are being planned so far. Many of the dormitories are planning Christ- mas parties, banquets, trees and other festivities. Most of, the dorms are having some sort of Christmas party. These parties are usually quite abandoned affairs (at least as abandoned as one can be in a Michigan women's dorm after closing), since most of the women are in high spirits anticipating the holidays at home. One of the parties at Markley last year reached a window- shaking finale when many of the non-Jewish residents experienced for the first time the exhilarating Hora dance, Peace Corps The Christmas party at Couzens Hall this year will be given in honor of several people from the Peace Corps, president Cora Mel- linger, '62N, said. Jordon's cele- brants will be joined by the-men of Adams House in West Quadrangle, said vice-president Barbara Den- nison, '63. Several of the houses also plan caroling programs. The women of. Helen Newberry, said ' president, Trudy Klach, '62Ph, will sing carols for the patients at Univer-. sity Hospital. The caroling at Martha Cook is conducted a little differently than. in most of the dorms, and, as vice- president Barbara Kazmark, '62, admits, is actually dreaded by some of the residents until it be- gins and the spirit catches them. Understandably so, since the lead- ers of the sing troop through the halls at 6 am., then lead the way down to the dining room for. the traditional Christmas breakfast, singing all the way. Early Singing At least those who are ,capable of singing at 6 in the morning do. ' Christmas carols will also echo through the halls of Barbour, Cheever, Markley and Stockwell said presidents Diane Goodman,, '63, Joyce Gritter, '62, and Jaquith Branch, '62, and social chairman Cynthia Zeldenrust, '65. Presum- ably they will be heard'"at a more conventional hour than Cook's. At Alice' Lloyd, ,said president Sue Parsell, '63, times have been setl aside. during which individual houses may sing carols if they wish, but the dorm, as a whole, will not sponsor a carol sing. a One of the big events of the season in many houses is. the Christmas Formal. Dances are be- ing planed this year by Barbour, Cheever, Cook, Henderson, Lloyd, .x.> .: 5 .J By CAROLINE DOW T The little tree grew from a sound rustling the leaves in the forest. The seed had nestled under- neath the loam covers. The warmth of growing things told the little tree it was time to branch out. It stretched and slid out of bed, shaking the earth from the inf ant needles.j The little tree threaded its way upwards into the branching coun- cils of the other conifers, whis- pering as it went. It celebrated the seasons by laughing and dancing to the tune of the winds. Its com- panions waved and nodded at the little tree's every action and the little tree did the same for them. It prepared itself to grow and, cover its assigned territory, need- ling as it went. Yet it could not cover all the earth because it was still a young tree, and very green. Nor could it see the world becauseI there were always other conifer branches in the way. S* * THE SNOW began to fall for the second time. It covered the branches and crackled into the secret saplines and surrounded the very heart of he little tree. The little tree wildly whistled through the winds to the higher branches, asking advice. But the higher treeswere silent in the win- ter wind and saved their sap for spring. The little tree struggled to hold its warmth, knowing that this sap was for something good. Soon, the weak light of the win- ter sun weaved its way down through the wind to comfort the little tree. The little tree reached forth to the sun as it twisted and turned to allow the rays to reach under its branches. A strangle new sound entered the forest, crackling and echoing across the snow. A sled followed the forester as he wended v homeward after a week of cruising timber. A week's matted beard fuzzed his face and his mackinaw sagged at the elbows. The tree grew silent, waiting for their tree. He could see them laughing and playing to the tune of the winds outside. He too was dancing to the wind's tune. A different dance, however. He took the crown off the tree and began to burn the lower branches.The sap that the little tree had so carefully saved gave the fire a fierce heat. It felt warm inside. It could not return to dance, its roots were gone, many seeds waited in the forest loam. The flames of its sap danced and darted amid the snowflakes, catching the crystals on their ton- gues. THE SNOWFLAKES backed away from these darting tongues, receding into the sky and clouds. The pseudopodal clouds parted to' reveal a star. The first glimmer of light reflected off the crown of the tree, the crown, all the was left after warming a man. The body, the seed were gone. The forester cleared the sled of the drifts and started home. He had missed one day of sun. It was almost Christmas Eve. All he had for his time was the crown of the little tree, to wrap around the cradle of the Christ Child. * FOR LUXURY * FOR CONVENIENCE . FOR PLEASURE For a Perfect Vacation ... RENT A 7Iek CAR Special Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Week-end Rates 514 East Washington Phone NO 3-4156 PREPARATION-Two quadrangle men spray a tree in prepara- tion for a Christmas dance. i' .: . Stockwell, Vaughn, and possibly Jordon. Open Houses Open-open houses, during which dorms are open to everyone, will be held at Couzens, Geddes and Markley; and Cheever, Cook, Ged- des, Lloyd, Markley and New- berry will have tree-trimming par- ties. Cook's decoration party will include a program built around the theme "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Barbour, Cheever, Markley and Vaughn-will also have door-decorating contests. Special Dinner Each of the houses will have a special Christmas dinner during the ,last week before vacation, when, it is hoped, the residents, because of the extraordinary qual- ity of the food and the pervading Christmas spirit, will refrain from the usual unkind remarks about dieticians and cooks. Some will have other special events in conjunction with the dinner itself. At Newberry, the freshmen will put on their annual Christmas play, this year entitled "St. George and the Dragons." Messiah Dinner The Christmas dinner at Cook is known as the Messiah dinner. Each women will play hostess to a professor, a dean, a member of the Board of Directors, or one of the "Messiah" soloists. Christmas music will be played at Markey not only during the Christmas dinner, but also during all the dinners of the season. At Newberry, this dinner will provide an opportunity for big and little sisters to get together; af- terwards they will exchange small gifts. Some houses have Christmas tra- ditions which are not so wide- spread on this campus. For in- stance, at Henderson House an alumnae tea is held each year, said president Mary Lou Liebaert, '62. At Cheever, each member becomes a "good fairy" to someone whose name she draws. During the time between the drawing and begin- ning of vacation the "good fairies" do favors for the special recipients of their good will, write poems extolling their virtues, and at the party, exchange gifts. THE CROWN Quads To Hail Season With Christmas Balls By RICHARD KRAUT This year, the quadrangles will present their annual Christmas Dances at 9:00 p.m. on Dec. 9. East Quadrangle's "Snowflake Ball" will enlist the aid of the Siefer-Wells Orchestra and the Art Bartner Quartet. Its theme, "A Look at Christmas-Past . . Present . . . Future" will be por- trayed both inside and outside the quad. 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Sixty Christmas trees will decor- ate the two dining rooms in which the dance is being held. About two thousand Christmas lights will ornament the trees and provide lighting. Aside from this, there will be few decorations and no other lighting. The theme of South Quad- rangle's is "A New England Christ- mas." The Don Bari Band will entertain, all four dining rooms will be used and the library will be used as a cloak room. SAM'S STORE SPECIALS 100% W~o Flannel Dress Pants Plain or pleated Front * FREE CUFF ALTERATIONS * ASSORTED COLORS CARDIGAN watching. He stopped and sat on his sled to brew some coffee. He pulled out his calendar and check- ed the date, muttered "one shop- ping day till Christmas" and spill- ed some coffee on the snow to test its strength. HE PUT THE coffee back on the fire and went over to stand by the little tree. It smiled and reached towards the man's warmth with a little flurry of fallen needles. The other trees thundered above in warning but the little tree heeded not, delighting in the fuzzy beard that looked like peeled bark and sap. The little tree's friendliness was not needed, however, for the for- ester went back to his sled and took out an axe. Within a few min- utes the little tree was trussed up on top of the sled, its base aching into a pointed diamond of pain, its needles curled anddropping with the shock of the fall. The higher trees whispered to themselves as the forester finished his coffee, and their clamor rose to a thunder in the wintry blasts of snow. It grew dark as the for- ester and his sled whizzed off into the growing blizzard . . The little tree cried into the wind as they went on. It tossed and turned on its slednbed asnew gusts of despair caught it. * * * THE WIND GREW and its was not long until the forester was leaning into the pelting snow. It grew darker and colder. The for- ester stopped pulling the sled and stepped'onto its lee. He pulled the branches of the little tree around him and curled up to warm the walls of his rising snow home. The little tree curled around the forester and turned the back of its needles against the wind and driven snow. It had more than sap to warm, and it did its best. The little tree'thought of all the higher trees who had laughed and nodded around it and of the warm loamy feeling of earth at its roots. The forester thought of the warm station and the children IF X as at Hi-Fl &TV C eni (That's next to Hill Auditorium) Tape Recorders $39 to $700 S(Something for all purses) Transistor Radios $18 to $80 (Nothing less than six transistors) I,, . Stereo Systems from $95 to $29( (We mean $95.00) RADIOS from Santa (Telefunken --Zenith --Magnavox) S tereo Headsets $19.95 to $40 (Listen to stereo through your ears) Dynamic Stereo Tonearm $9.95 (Two heads - use one for each ear) In the Bell Tower Hotel Building 304 S. 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