THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBERS, 1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1~37 oil Man Long Dreams of Traveling to Moon Hatchers Invite Students To Christmas Open House By ELIZABETH ERSKINE "Christmas is just a family get- t o g e t h e r," says Mrs. Harlan Hatcher, wife of the University president. "We don't do anything special. We just have the regular Ameri- can Christmas, with relatives and the rest," she continues. The Hatcher children., Anne Linda, 13 years old and Robert, 11 years old, still hang their stockings "in the good old American tradi- tion." "It's something nice to hang onto," commented Mrs. Hatcher. Like Presents In the typical children's way they like presents and stockings, and especially the suspense and the visits of relatives that Christ- mas brings. Officially, the Hatchers plan two functions during the holiday season. The first is a student open house which will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 11. The unique "open house" tradi- tion was started early in President Emeritus Alexander G. Ruthven's 22 years of office, and has con- tinued as a popular aspect of stu- dent life. League Organizes Five years after they started the social committee of the League took over the task of organizing the open houses. Later the Union joined with the League to plan them. Since then men and women students have served as hostesses and introduced students and spe- cial guests to President and Mrs. Hatcher and their two children. An outstanding feature of the open houses is that hostesses act as guides and take students on tours of the Hatcher home. The Hatcher home was built in 1850, on the original 40 acres which comprised the campus. It was one of five houses costing $45,000 - what was then an ex-, travaga-nt price. The five houses were known as faculty houses, and all but one has been torn d6wn to make way for expanding class- room needs. Informal Entertainment While attending the open house, students have the opportunity to chat over a cup of coffee and en- joy informal e n t e r t a i n m e n t, which ranges from ukelele players to pianists and singers. Although the open house is open to the entire campus, at each one a number of housing units or oth- er groups are invited as special guests. International students are also invited to help them get ac- quainted with American students. Following tradition set years ago, house mothers, resident di- rectors and wives of faculty pour tea and coffee. Decorations Appear Students who attend will notice Christmas decorations starting to appear at the home. "Our tree won't be up yet, but I try to dec- orate the house partially before the students leave, to help them get in the spirit of things," adds Mrs. Hatcher. "We don't have any special decorations-just the fam- ily tree and gold decorations," she continued. "The only other official enter- taining we do," says Mrs. Hatch- er, "is a party we give the evening after Christmas for those inter- national students who are left in Ann Arbor wits, n n r - +. « .. UNLINED COLLAR & CUFFS~ its casual comfort and smart distinctive appear- once. Now more and more style conscious men are en- joying its superior comfort and exclusive features. fi *a' j " !, BACK HAS BOX PLEATE I BUTTON IN BACK OF COLLAR e It's a Real Xmas Gift! $ no WHITE OXFORD COLORED OXFORD See our floor display every nite SAFFELL & BUSH State Street - Ann Arbor Seasons Greetings CENTURIES OF DREAMS-The lunar landscape, decorated in pre-astronomy days with such picturesque place names as the Sea of Crises, the Marsh of Decay, the Ocean of Storms, the Sea of Clouds, Hell and the Bay of Rainbows, reflects Man's obsession with the power attributed to the earth's original satellite. Now the advances of science may permit men to set foot on the moon's surface, to view at last the hither-to unknown other side, within a comparatively few years. By JOHN BARBOUR Associated Press Science Reporter water covered. The name was the latin for sea, mare. The most temptingtarget in He called these areas by the space right now is the pimply, H aldteeaesb h pocked face of the moon, It's close names of earth elements he could by, well-known and predictable. not control, suggesting that the These are-k jus a frewd fte slow march of the moon controlled These are just a few of the sc hnsa hwrcod, reasons why Man, trying out his schs tigsas showers, clouds, new-found power to travel in crises, fertility, storms, even tran- space, probably will be climbing quility. lunarmotaisandbuil o He called other landmarks the the moon's dusty surface before the Marsh of Mist, the Lake of many years have passed. He's been dreaming of the trip Death, the Bay of Rainbows. for a long time. A look at the In later years he noted by tele- scope that these really were plains, accompanying map and some of not seas and lakes. He also found the names he's planted on the mountains and he named many of moon will tell you that. them after the mountains he knew Early Studies on the earth: the Apennines, the moon rotates at such a speed that it always keeps the same face toward the earth as it travels in its orbit around the earth. Consequently Man has seen only one side of the moon, but he knows that side very well. One tele- scope he now has brings the image of the moon to within 250 miles of his curious eyes. In some ways, he knows the moon better than he knows his own planet. He plots the moon's orbit and speed. He depends on its elliptical travels that average some 240,000 miles away. As it turns around the earth, the moon creates the tides of Man's oceans and seas. Force Held It's ironic that the moon should have gravitational force capable of influencing earth's .oceans, but unable to hold an atmosphere of its own. It's strange too that the moon, which is about a quarter as large as /the earth, should have moun- tains more than half as high as the earth's biggest. Mt. Huygens in the moon's Apennine range is some 18,000 feet high, while the earth's highest mountain is 29,000-foot Mt. Everest. For centuries the moon has at- tracted the fancy and superstition of man. Now, it's on the thresh- hold of atracting him in body. Subscribe to The Michigan Daily This is the only OFFICIAL MICHIGAN RING Order now for Christmas By appointment - manufacturers and distributors of THE OFFICIAL MICHIGAN RING for alumni and undergraduates. Burr, Patterson& Auld Co. 1209 South University NO 8-8887 _, =.a Before the days of telescopes, Man dubbed the darker areas on the moon seas, thinking they wereI Alps, the Carpathians. 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