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Students Donate Christmas
Boxes to Percy Jones Hospital
Special Guests
Will Be Present
At League Grill
More than 300 Christmas boxes
were turned in by campus residences
for men at Percy Jones Hospital cen-
ter, Battle Creek, according to Jean
Gaffney, chairman of the drive.
The boxes were wrapped as Christ-
mas gifts and were valued at be-
tween $3 and $5, Miss Gaffney said.
They contained various useful items
as shaving kits, key cases, belts, bill-
folds, as well as cards, cigarettes and
lig'hters, pipes and pens.
Martha Cook residents turned in
21 boxes, the highest number re-
ceived from any residence. Tied for
second place with 11 boxes each were
Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Gamma
and Kappa Alpha Theta. "All of the
gifts were nicely wrapped and will
be welcome at the hospital," Miss
Gaffney said.
Christmas gifts for the bedridden
soldiers were collected in response to
a request from Brig. Gen. Joseph E.
Bastion, commander of the Percy
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Jones Center, who wrote that men at
the hospital wished useful gifts, pre-
ferring such items as leather belts
and wallets, toilet kits, and pipes and
tobacco.
All of the gifts were labelled with
the contents so that they could be
distributed to good advantage among
the soldiers. Members of the Red
Cross took the gifts to the hospital
where they will be distributed to the
soldier patients,
Women Invited
By Dean Lloyd
To Yule Supper
Dean Alice Lloyd will be at home
from 5 to 9 p.m. Christmas Day at
1735 Wastenaw to all women students
who will remain in Ann Arbor for the
Christmas holidays.
Many women are unable to go home
for the holidays, and will have no
place to spend Christmas. Dean
Lloyd, who will stay in Ann Arbor
during the vacation, extends a cor-
dial invitation to all these women to
spend the afternoon at her home,
An informal buffet supper will be
served, and guests may come and go
as they please. Music and group
tinging will comprise the entertain-
ment.
Faculty Breakfast
The faculty of the Physical 9fduca-
tion Department for Women is spon-
soring their annual Christmas Break-
fast from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. today at
the WAB.
Coeds have gone all-out for ballet
fashions this year. Slippers for street
wear have been put on the market
and are being worn with all ensembles
from formals to sweaters and skirts.
The men can't seem to get used to
them, however; so think twice before
you buy 'em. You might be putting
your foot in it.
SANTA'S TROUBLES - A little girl (right) tells Santa Claus she wants a doll as "big as that". Tot at left
is more intent on playing with whiskers than talking about toys.
Final Navy BallIUSO To Qive
TR IMMING TROUBLES:
Special guests consisting of one fra-
ternity and sorority and one indepen-
dent women's and men's house will
be present Monday, Dec. 31 and Tues-
day, Jan. 1 at the coke bar in the grill
room of the League.
Betsy Barbour, Collegiate Sorosis,
Wenley of West Quad, and Sigma Chi
will act as special guests Monday,
while Helen Newberry, Gamma Phi
Beta, Allen-Rumsey of West Quad
and Delta Upsilon will be honored on
Tuesday.
The coke bar is open daily Monday
through Friday from 1:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m., supplying dancing and
fountain service. Special guests will
be invited each succeeding Monday
and Tuesday to acquaint more stu-
dents with members of other organi-
zations on campus. All students are
encouraged to attend.
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Friday, Jan. 1
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FOR ACCURACY THAN
ANY OTHER TIMEPIECE
The fourth and final Ship's Ball
will be held from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fri-
day, Jan. 11, at Waterman Gym.
Bobby Sherwood and his orchestra
will play for the ball, which is- to be
formal. Only Navy and Marine per-
sonnel will be admitted, according to
Bin Randolph, chairman of the
dance.
With decorations and entertain-
ment centering about a nautical
theme, a special program will bf pre-
sented for those attending. There
will also be a coke bar set up as a
P.X. with special storekeepers to
serve cokes.
Women attending the da'nce will be
given late permission. Tickets are to
go on sale Tuesday, Jan. 1, and will
be sold to Navy and Marine personnel
and to other members of the Navy
and Marine Corps who wish to at-
tend.
Formal Dance
The USO will usher in 1946 with a
formal dance from 9 p.m. to 12:30
a.m. Monday, Dec. 31 in the ballroom
of Harris Hall.
The Navy band will play for the
dances, and a program of entertain-1
ment is being planned. The USO in-
vites all servicemen on campus to at-
tend.
The USO will remain closed from
Friday to Monday, Dec. 31.
EngineersTo Hold
Dance at League
The student branch of the Ameri-r
can Institute of Electrical Engineers
will present an informal dance from
9 p.m. to midnight Friday, Jan. 4, in
the Ballroom of the League.
Jerry Edwards and his band will
play for the dance, which is open to
the public. Tickets may be purchased
beginning Monday, Dec. 31 at the
Union.
carcity o Tree Ornaments
Proves Problem to Decorators
By NORA JANE STAATST----
Each year as the yuletide season
approaches, people turn their atten-
tion to the festivities of Christmas
and to the important item of trim-
ming the Christmas tree.
The common practice in days of
old was to walk into a store and in
a matter-of-fact manner ask for
three strands of lights, two boxes of
tinsel and assorted ornaments. No
longer is this true, for the effects
of war have reached even to the
simple commodities so essential to
a merry Christmas. Yet not one
tree need be bare for lack of gay
colors.
Ingenious Coe ds
May Take Gifts
BY BETTY STEWARD
Christmas cheer is not as bountiful
to the coed when the weeks p~eceed-
ing Christmas fill her mind with mid-
terms and what to give to the room-
mate.
Unfortunately, there is no solution
for the midterms, but the gifts pre-
sent an easier problem. If the budget
Pop corn can be strung on a string,
and wound through the branches.
Cotton balls can be hung here and
there looking remarzably like snow-
balls, minus the melting quality. Can-
dy canes add brightness, and stand
out against the greenness of the tree.
The biggest problem of all Is lack
of lights. An electric light bulb with
a touch of red or green paint can
be set un behind the tree. This is
far from the dazzling gleam of pre-
war days, but it will illuminate the
tree, and can be very effective,
Young and old alike will join into
the spirit of the holiday, sitting on
the floor creating ornaments to give
life to the tree. One day decorations
will again be plentiful, but until that
day, ingenuity can make ypur Christ-
mas tree a cheery shelter for your
Christmas gifts.
Calendars, Cards
Available at League
Michigan calendars and Christmas
cards are still available at the Alum-
nae Council office, in the League,
and a new shipment of Michigan
playing cards has just arrived, ac-
cording to Mrs. Lucille B. Conger,
executive secretary of the council.
Michigan cookbooks and small
change purses are also for sale in
the Alumnae office for those who
have not yet completed their Christ-
mas shopping. All of the articles are
being sold by the Michigan Alumnae
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By LYNNE FORD
NOTHING in the coed's life is quite
as harrowing as shopping for
Christmas gifts to suit the male of
the species, whose tastes are as un-
predictable as the ties they don.
With Christmas approaching at
the rate of a fast express, the annual
problem assumes terrifying complexi-
ties. If subtly quizzed, the cause of
all your woe will grinningly reply,
"Oh, a convertible, a Piper Cup, or
say, I need a comb." If he has a par-
ticularly churlish bent, he will inform
you that fellows are five times as easy
to buy -gifts for as women, which
melts your holiday cheer and makes
you feel like a mongolian idiot.
WIS EC RA C KS notwithstanding,
the time for action has come.
Several possible systems can be used
to plot your shopping. First, there is
the concentration method. You sit at
your desk, gaze at his picture, and
chew your pencil. Secondly, there is
the alternative of grabbing some
money and boldly dashing to the
nearest men's store, determined to
buy the first thing you see.
Third way: let some one else figure
it out for you, and that is where The
Clothesline come in. If your prob-
lem likes a little glitter, men's jew-
elry offers an almost unlimited field.
A key chain is a good bet, if a Phi
Bete key is his aim, or even if he owns
a housekey. Cufflinks are attractive
enough to make him buy a french
cuffed shirt, and a tie clip can end
the embarrassment of an airborne
tie.
METAL WATCHSTRAPS are new
and better looking than the old
leather variety and cigarette lighters
and cases are always good. If he
looks good with a pipe, buy him a
rugged looking briar or the kind with iike m, the present tunaUnas a
a metal stem and wooden bowl. very limited scope. This calls for an
Freezing weather suggests clan inexpensive inspiration.
plaid wool' mufflers, and fur-lined One package of pipe cleaners will
leather gloves. Wool argyle socks cover a multitude of presents. Grant-
can be matched to argyle ties, and ed, they won't usually smoke a pipe,
casnmbe mater st arle tes, gd but these little contraptions can be
cashmere sweater vests are as good twisted into an amazing variety of
looking as they are practical, shapes, animals and figures. An or-
LEATHER GOODS ar6 well re- 'dinary safety pin attached to the gack
ceived, so try a fitted traveling will complete them into lapel pins.
case, a box of cufflinks and studs, Leftover wool from those sox or
wallets, key cases, or picture folders. mittens also may be made into an-
So pocket your worries with your imals and figures. Medicine bottles, or
money. Chances are ten to one that clothespins, witii nut shells for heads,
if you buy it, he will like it anyway, are also attractive.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY, PROSPERUS
NEW YEAR TO ALL
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She's dreaming of
gloves, too.. . beautiful
kid or suede leather
and fabrics in black,
brown, white, or navy.
1.00 to 6.95
Big, splashy prints
; . .dainty monograms,
madeira imports ...
she'd like these kinds of
handkerchiefs for
Christmas.
25c to 3.50
It looks like those snapper crackers that youngsters
love but it's really a snappy way of saying
"Merry Christmas" with a smart new lipstick
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After vacation we will be glad to see you back
and to serve you as always. For shoes that
satisfy the wants of every Michigan man and
coed, it's Brookins.
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