THE MICHICAN DAILY _ .xom e _I MAgERS WIL DRAsW FOR HOCKEY OPPONENTS I Dorntories Will Observe Many Christmas Traditions 4'. -------------------- All women who have taken dolls to dress for . the Y.W.C.A. Christmas workshop, are asked to bring them in to the office of Newberry hall during the first part of this week. There will be a Christmas vesper1 service at 5 o'clock tomorrow in thel south parlor of Newberry hall. The singing of Christmas carols will form a part of the program. The regular weekly tea given for the Graduate women students will be held at 4 o'clock today in the play- room of Betsy Barbour dormitory. Mrs. Brand Blanshard will. be host- ess. EXPECT To OPEN INTER-HOUSE TOURNAMENT BEFORE HOLIDAYS House athletic managers will meet at 4:30 o'clock today in Barbour gym- nasium to draw for opponents in the inter-house basketball tournament. Five houses will draw "bys," and it is therefore to the advantage of each house to be represented at this time. The same system used for determin-. ing adversaries in the hockey contests will be used this afternoon. "Games will start as soon as possi- ble," said Miss Erley, the basketball, coach, "Everyone seems anxious to have the schedule well under way by the time the holidays begin." For this reason there will be n second oppor- tunity to draw offered to the houses not represented at this meetiag. If the house athletic managei cannot be present, she may send a subs;itute. Patronize The Daily Advertisers, Among the most interesting tradi- j lower floors who are waiting in their tions observed in the women's dorm- Idoorways light their candles from the itories are the annual Christmas part- tapers of their friends and take their ies. Martha Cook, Betsy Barbour and places at the end of the line. More Helen Newberry dormitories all hold guests than is customary have been Christmas parties shortly before the invited this year among them being holidays, Emilie Sargent, '16, who was the first At Helen Newberry residence the house president of Martha Cook and Christmas party is to be held Thurs- who will attend the ceremony with the day night. The boar's head ceremony, board of governors. The breakfast a house tradition, will take place dur- ends with toasts and with the sing- ing the course of an old English din- ing of college songs. Tier. Two girls dressad as pages bear Betsy Barbour house held its Christ- in the boar's head on a silver platter mas entertainment Sunday. The Yule and carry it about while carollers sing log ceremony-took place in the late Christmas songs. Following the din- afternoon as the residents, singing ner the old English play, "St. George carols, fild downstairs to the drawing and the Dragon," is presented and the room to join the assembled guests. actors end their play by singing and With appropriate rites, the Yule lug dancing, was ushered in, placed on the hearth The annual Christmas breakfast at and lighted. The ceremony close1 Martha Cook dormitory will be given with the singing of carols as the ser_- Friday morning. The residents and iors lighted the Christmas candles and their guests file down from floor to placed them in the windows. floor bearing lighted candles and sing- ing carols, and as the procession pass- It's -trua efficiency to use Daily es through the halls, the girls on the'Classitfeds.--AdIv Mrs. H. G. Wenkler will be hostess at the Michigan Dames party in her home at 610 Thompson street, at 8 'clock tonight. Each member is re- quested to bring a gift the cost of which is not to exceed 25 cents. The articles will be auctioned off and the proceeds will go toward the flower The Business and Professional Wo- nmen's club will hold a regular month- ly meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at the city Y. W. C. A. A short Christmas play will be presented and each mem- .ber is requested to bring an inexpen- ve toy that will be given to a poor hild through the city welfare league. Pi Lambda Theta will hold a regular business meeting at 7:30 o'clock to- morrow in the library on the second ,oor at Martha Cook dormitory. The meeting will be a short one because of the concert in Hill auditorium, but it is Important that all members be pre- sent. The last lesson in basketry will be given to the members of the club lead- ers' training course at 7:30 o'clock this evening at Newberry hal, or be- fore 5 o'clock tomorrow. Mrs. H. C. Coffman will give the lesson, whic will complete the course. Frances. Ames, '23, will be at the Polly Little Teassho pe to take orders for Himmelhoch's store in Detroit only on Wednesday of this week, instead of on Tuesday and Wednesday. A joint meeting of the Athena soci- ety with the Adelphi House of Repre- sentatives will be held at 7:30 o'lockI tonight in the Adelphi rooms. Freshman Girls' lee club will have a rehearsal of Christmas carols at 5 o'clocktonorro in .the middle parlor Barbour gymnaspi m. Gargoyle To Issue Women's Number1 "A Women'so C yl,"an issue composd of sores, drawings and jokes writton and contributed by the women themselves is the plan of the Gargoyle staff for the next number of that magazine. Prizes will be offered for the best drawing and story received by the staff for this publication. All women on the campus are eligible to compete in the contest. The success of this experiment to devote one issue of the magazine to stories written by the wo- men is entirely in the hands of the Un- iversity women, the editor states. Material should be sent into the pub- lications office on -Maynard street be- fore Friday if possible, but it will be accepted any time during vacation. Bursley Returns From Conference J. A. Bursley, dean of students, and: Mrs. Bursley, returned Sunday morn- ing from a 10 days' stay in New York City. The Friday and Saturday fol- lowing Thanksgiving, Dean Bursley attended the sessions of the national 1nterfraternity conference which were being held at the Pennsylvania hotel in that city, Last week he attended the annual convention of the American Society - of Mechanical Engineers, also held in New York.; Bucharest, Rumania, Dec. 10.-An' explosion occurred in Fort Ruden on the outskirts of Bucharest at 6:30 o'- clock this morning. It is reported there was a great loss of life. 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