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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

PANIC SEVEN

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1952 PAGE SEThN

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Decorated Doors Greet Holidays

Women Eye
New Styles

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MONEY MADNESS:
Christmas Budget Problems
Solved by Many Students
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Design Plans
Utilize Bows,
Bells,_Paper
By MARILYN CAMPBELL
Gaily decorated doors and
rooms greet visitors to campus
residences these days as students
imbeded with holiday spirt add a
festive air to their rooms.
In some houses and dormitories
a friendly rivalry td create unus-
ual and attractive designs has giv-
en impetus to the decorating spree.
UTILIZING ingenuity and all
available materials, many coeds
have fashioned decorations, proud-
ly revealed to friends as "my cre-
ation.",
The door of one room has
been decorated as a Christmas
package, wrapped in red rib-
bon. A large bow in the center
of the door adds to the effect. A
recent addition to the door-
package ws a card saying, "Do
not open until Christmas," by a
dorm prankster.
Occupants of another room haie
adorned their door with a white
sleigh, complete with Santa Claus
and gaily wrapped packages.
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BELLS HAVE been ringing mer-
rily in another house as coed
roommates walk in and out of
their "little abode." A string of
tinysilver bells chimes with every
entrance or departure.
A floor "Scrooge" recently
stuffed these with cotton to pre-
vent the "infernal noise." How-
ever, peace was soon restored,
and the "metal messengers" are
ringing again.
Three large paper candles are
used to express the spirit of an-
other coed. These candles have
been fashioned from shiny wrap-
ping paper, with string employed
for wicks. The design is completed
with a spray of greens.
TEMPTING all candy-lovers, a
large striped candy cane graces
one door. However, so far the
striped "delight" has remained un-
touched.
All variety of decorations
have been employed in the
rooms of both men and wom-
en students. One student has a
spruce tree on hissdesk, placing
the books usually assigned to
that place to the floor until aft-
er the holidays.
Large and intricate snowflake
designs have been pasted on the
windows of one room. When com-
plimented on the effect, the stu-
dent responsible for the idea stat-
ed, "It's lots more fun than cut-
ting out paper dolls."
ANOTHER student, occupied
with watching bouncing mothballs
in a bowl, took off enough time to
explain the principle behind the
set-up. Using an old gold-fish
bowl, he placed mothballs in an
acetic acid solution. The acid can
be purchased in powder form
from any drug store.
Advice to students to use only
fresh mothballs has been offered
to others wishing to use this dec-
oration by a coed whose experi-
ment failed when she used the
two-year old variety. She includ-
ed a wax Santa Claus in her
bowl to add color.
Most of the designs are of the
"old-fashioned Christmas" vari-
ety, with very few students using
"noel moderne" ideas.

Candle Legend
Bayberry candles, which are
said toeforetell good luck for the
coming year if they burn bright at
Christmas, were first made by the
early settlers in America. They
dipped bayberry branches in wax
and burned them during the holi-
days.

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Dresses

'Mix and Match 'em'
To Dominate Themes
For Yuletide Clothing
By JUDY SILVERMAN
With Christmas vacation fast
approaching, one of the biggest
things on a coed's mind is clothes
for the festive events that lie in
store.
For the winter holidays, pow-
dered colors in faint shades of
blond, blue, pink and green and
the ever-present white are being
featured by many designers.
Those who wish a dressy dress
with a jacket may find their de-
sire in a peripanent pleated white
suit of rayon crepe with a texture
similar to wool. The jacket has
three-quarter length sleeves and
a black velvet collar which is cut
down so the entire bodice-except
its narrow straps-may be seen.
Rice-white is also being shown
in a jersey dress which has a V-
neckline and full-length sleeves
with jeweled cuffs. Its tall wrapped
waistline will take inches from any
coed's whist.
For the woman partial to sep-
arates, stores are featuring many
different combinations. Among
them is a white angora halter top
which may be worn with a pink
wool skirt. The skirt is very slim
and has a built-up waistline.
Also in the line of mix and
match outfits, is a sleeveless blouse
of rayon suede jersey. Viewed from
the front, it appears to be a sim-
ple blouse with a jewel neckline.
Turned around, it becomes a V-
necked top appropriate for dressy
occasions.
For that very formal party de-
signers of separates have dreamed
up a white sequined bodice with
very narrow straps. This is worn
withna bouffant skirt of rayon and
nylon chiffon.
More practical for the typical
coed is the dressy wool dress styled
with a sweater to match. This way
two outfits are easily made-one
for informal wear with the sweat-
er and one for a fraternity party
by merely leaving the sweater at
home.
Stores are showing a wide range
of dress-up sweaters to wear with
a basic skirt. Many are fashioned
of pastel cashmere and decorated
with pearls and rhinestones for a
glittering trim.

By BEA JOHNSON
"Gads! Christmas is rig ht
around the corner and I haven't
got a cent to buy presents with,"
exclaimed the typical "U" stu-
dent this week.
"Money may be the root of all
evil, but if I don't earn some moola
to give my girl a token of my af-
fection at Christmas time, I might
as well face the devil," retorted
one broke Michigan man,
AS THE problem of earning,
Christmas money faces campus
students many offer suggestions
on how to solve present buying
worries.
Vonda Genda, '54, has her
problem solved. "Mom will have
my gifts all bought for me when
I get home at Christmas time,"
she remarked confidently.
Coeds with less accommodating
parents have started "sitting" with
neighborhood kids to earn extra
money for the coming holiday.

ed football games has won a small
fortune for several sporting pro-
fessional students.
ACCORDING to "Making Your
Budget Work," a publication put
out recently by an insurance com-
pany, married students should
start putting a little aside each
week from regular expenses by
sensible spending on essential
items.
Taking valuable lecture notes
is a source of revenue for Phi
Beta Kappa candidates.
Reformed smokers have found
that cutting out smoking habits
have resulted in saving from 20
cents to $2 a week.
Selling last years Christmas ties
has proven profitable to men with
many relatives.
Whether one economizes on
daily expenses or work at a part
time job to get Christmas money,
the happiness of giving gifts to
friends is a high reward for one's
efforts.

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UNTIL CHRISTMAS
THIS IS THE SEASON of increased shopping, hurried
Christmas preparations, and happy times. Every-
one's time is filled with many activities.
However, you still have enough time to visit our
Employment Office to inquire about the positions we
have for qualified young women. Celebrate Christ-
mas by applying for an interesting and worthwhile
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-Daily-Malcolm Shatz
COME ON IN-Welcoming in the Christmas spirit, Grace Cool
peeks from behind her gaily wrapped package-door. Many students
have begun a friendly rivalry to create ingenious and attractive
holiday designs for their rooms.
Formal Problems Solved

ONE DAILY reporter is giving
hypnotism lessons on the side "for
a small fee" to earn money.
Working in the dormatory has
solved Dotty Mc Elroy's finan-
cial problems.
Selling oil paintings that were
class projects in an Arts and De-
signs course has provided Jacque
Hirt, '53A&D, with funds to meet
the added expenses in December.
* * *
"I DON'T have to earn any
money," offered one helpful coed,
"because I'm not going to buy any
presents."
The Alpha Delta Pis have set
up a "bargain counter" in the
house where they can buy and
sell "extra" articles in their
wardrobes to make coveted
"greenbacks" for present buying.
Placing wagers on hotly contest-

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The formal season has arrived.
on campus-Christmas, pledge and
dorm formals are being planned
by many of the housing groups to
get in the spirit of the forthcoming
holiday spirit before vacation.
Coeds are seen peering longingly
in the store windows trying to find
the "right" dress that will carry
her through the December round
of parties and on to J-Hop.
Versatility is the key word to
any coed's wardrobe. She looks
for a formal that can easily be
changed in appearance so she
doesn't feel as though she's wear-
ing the same thing to every dance.
Time proven for its changeabil-
ity is the plain black dress. Any
coed who has one eye on her pock-
etbook and the other .eye on beau-
ty would be apt to find such a
dress basic to her wardrobe.
This year black is color, velvet
the material, and a full, gored
skirt and strapless top is the
style.
Women's intuition and imagin-
ation lend themselves to this type
of dress. For example, a net over-
skirt sewn in apron fashion trans-
forms the simply styled skirt to
one of buffont proportions.
Bright striped taffeta used for
a short overskirt and matching
gloves and evening purse gives a
basic formal a holiday touch and
is easy to make.
Tacked to the top and along -the
bottom of a skirt, white lace gives
a dainty, femininer effect.
The advantage of starting with
a plain, basic dress is that acces-
sories can be easily added or sub-
tracted to create a new formal
for every occasion.
When a coed writes home to
father announcing she has found
the ideal dress, chances are it's
one of this season's gowns of a
vivid color.
Bright reds, greens and royal
blues not only echo the colors in
Christmas decorations but will be
popular on every dance floor.
The more daring women will
step out this December in colors
of orange, lime green, purple and
shocking pink. It appears that
Santa is sav.ing the soft pastels
this year for the Easter Bunny.

White is a perrenial campus
favorite. For the '52 look that
won't grow old in '53, white trim-
med in the glitter of gold or silver
is being shown in many shop win-
dows.
Practicality, a necessary item in
many a coed's formal prayers, has
come of age in the form of nylon.
Nylon net is tear resistant to come
to the rescue at the infrequent oc-
casions when a woman's escort
slips in his dancing technique and
catches the bottom of her gown.
Also, nylon can be packed easily
for -that trip home and pulled out
of the suit ready to go to the
fanciest ball without ironing.

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