PAGE FOURTEEN THE MICHIGAN DAILY' P A G E F O T 3 1 V... . . ....M....A..D A I L PENNING LETTERS: Kids at U' Hos Early for Chri By SHEILA MILLMA Christmas startS early for the children at University Hospital, so for a long time now they have been busily penning letters to Santa Clause, and making decorations and gifts in the Galen workshop. In about a week Santa himsell will start making the round, bringing a fat stocking to everN child and a toy or game fitted t( 'U' Will Lend Art To Rural Schools Rural and village schools in Michigan will benefit from a new plan, recently adopted by the Uni- versity, which would include the loan of reproductions of great paintings to these schools. The prints will be selected on the basis of their beauty and their significance as illustrations of trends and movements in art his- tory. Prof. Jean Paul Slusser, di- rector of the University Museum of Art, will choose the prints and direct their framing. Christmas Cereal Ralston Purina Company's 200 workers will hold their annual din- ner Dec. 19 with cereal substi- tuting for the traditional dinner. The cereal will cost 10 cents and the $360 saved will be used for European relief, the company an- nounced. spital Prepare stmas Holiday he individual need of each little ;hut-in. The most important aspect of the holiday, however, is that each ;hild has a share in the prepara- -ion. They can help build healthy ninds and bodies by being a part of Christmas, in the words of Miss Dorothy Ketcham, Director of So- zial Service at the Hospital. "We can't substitute for Home or Health, but we can help the children learn how to express themselves, and how to work with others." Under the direction of trained teachers, the children are doing amazing things in the workshop sponsored by the Galens Medical Society. Using every available ma- terial from wood to old greeting cards, they are making clever, original Christmas tree ornaments, toys, and gifts of every type for their families at home. Their new- est project is baking Christmas cookies which the boys enjoy doing just as much as the girls do. Christmas is not a one day ob- servance at University Hospital, the spirit pervades the whole year round, Miss Ketcham said. The Christmas project is itself only a part of the greater plan of oc- cupational therapy in which both children and adults participate. Keeping busy helps the patients to get well, and thus these activ- ities are predominant the whole year round; it is only the theme that changes, she added. CHRISTMAS TOYS: Psychologists Advise Careful Choice of Junior's Presents By The Associated Press Nowadays, there's almost as There's much more than meets much research connected with the casual eye in Santa's bulging toy-making as with splitting the pack, so when you start to buy atom. Toys are graded not only that little red wagon for Johnny's as to age group suitability, but al- t so to their purpose-active play, Christmas, look out. creative play, dramatic play or so- Be sure that it is suited to his cial play. age group. Consider his person- In spite of all precautions, how- ality and decide whether he really ever, parents or doting relatives. needs a little red wagon, or whe- still are all too prone to select a ther a chemistry set would be toy which appeals to themselves more useful at his present stage of and forgets the child, according development. Inquire whether the to Dr. Grace Langdon, child psy- wagon is play-tested and what chologist and play specialist. Peo- skills it is planned to develop. Ask ple who follow this system should yourself if Johnny is the wagon not be too disappointed when Ju- type, or whether he has advanced nior accepts the toy listlessly and to the station wagon set. then goes back to a battered old Toy buying is no casual matter favorite. in these days of advanced psy- "Most people don't understand chology. Child experts warn that what toys mean to children. They the wrong toy may not only be are not just something with which wasted on Johnny, but may ac- to kill time. A child works with tually be the cause of personality his toys and learns from them. maladjustments. A too-intricate That is why toys should be suited construction set, for instance, not only to the age of the child might discourage a little boy for- but also to his individual capa- ever from becoming a great en- cities and preferences," Dr. Lang- gineer. don added. l t E r z i l SUNDAY ,DECEMRER 14, 1947 Made in three "fit-all-pro- portions. 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Busy tots, whose ages iangc from five to eleven have beeu bustling with activity since Thanksgiving Day-all to make sure good old Santa receives the welcome he deserves. Initial preparation began with "Santa and the Gremlins," a pla3 written by the fifth and sixth graders, Each of the 27 partici- pating children made his pr hei costume and performed before an audience of 150 tots. Decorations Meanwhile, members of the nursery class industriously inadc place cards, calendars and small novelties to decorate the Christ- mas dinner trays of Veterans Hospital patients. Soon after the corridors and classrooms of the elementary school took on a really "Christ- massy" air as children hung deco- rations on real Christmas trees Colored paperchains, strings of pop-corn-all the "old fashione home-made decorations," accord ing to Dr. G. Max Wingo, princi pal of the elementary school. Thursday, the traditional carol ing by lantern-light of the ele mentary school will be held. Stud ents from the high school wil march through the corridors c the lower grades each holding small lantern. The ceremony one small children await eager each year and then vow thy: will do when they reach high school age. Caroling Around the blazing tire in th school's library, naear one of th many. decorated trees, the yoiun', sters will meet Friday b'4or' U term ends for Christmas vaca To protect shiny buttons an jewelry from scratches coat witl colorless nail polish. S !1 i1 ,V tion to sing all the carols they know and exchange season's greetings. Presents to put under the home Christmas tree also are the re- sults of the children's ambitious ingenuity. Blotters, desk corners, and bak- ed clay impressions of tiny hands to be painted and used as paper- weights by proud fathers and mothers. Santa Cut-outs Each classrown, besides being equipped with a full-size Christ- mas tree, is bedecked with cut- outs of Santa, unawsorted angels, stars, birds, and paper lanterns. Christmas parties are scheduled for all classes during the-coming week. Each child will invite his or her parents. Nel Van Vliet and Mrs. Koster Van Feggplen, two Dutch swim- mers who participated in the U.S. National championships, -came to the U.S. with only $15 each to spend, which is the maximum a person can take out of the Nether- lands, according to strict currency regulations. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Calendars: New England Art Calendars, Desk Calendars. Desk Sets: Eversharp, Sheaffer, Fount-O-Ink, Morris Set. Carters , . . ranging from $1.25 up. Photograph Albums, Scrap Books Address Books... Appointment Books Bill Folds (Ladies' and Men's) . . . Robinson Reminders. Brief Cases . . . Diaries Fountain Pens of all makes. Bronze Book Ends . . . Fluorescent Desk Lamps Playing Cards and Games Ladies' and Men's Manicure Sets Barometer-Thermometer Two-Drawer Files ... 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