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Tribute I
.Song Fes
"OOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooO
000000000" Have you lately
noticed, in by-passing any of our
seven campus sorority rooms, a
celestial cooing inside reminding
one of a roosting place for a herd
of hoot owls?
Song fest practice, a yearly en
deavor massing all the girl Greek
vocal talent is underway again.
Those who attend the final per
formance Tuesday night, however,
usually fail to appreciate the time,
effort and lung power that works
overtime 90 or more minutes per
day, seven days per week, in
preparation. For according to
musical technology, it is necessary
to work into the songs themselves
gradually. Thus the first trials
begin in profuse harmony:
"AAAaaaaaAAAEEEeeeeEEOi
OiOiiiil IIOOOO00Ooooooooouuu
uuuuUUUUUU" (The preceding
should be read to the tune of B
flat.)
Then: "All together now, watch
my hands; one, two, WATCH
them . . . three, four, Pleaseeeees
watch me."
The laments of a frustrated song
director:
"I can hear the altos, the sec
onds, the sopranos, but all indi
vidually. You've got to blennnnnnd.
You sound like a broken stereo."
"There's something wrong with
the altos . . ."
"Yooooooo, not yewwww."
"Let Us Evah . . . not led
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". . No, I'm not trying to dim
criminate against the altos . . ."
"Now, breath through y o u
stomach, down here, not througl
your chest and not through you
wind pipe."
"There will be a special practic<
Saturday for the altos."
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Ancient Plan
By PRECIOUS ZURLO
Feature Staff Writer
We have outgrown Santa Clau
and stockings on the mantlepiece
Holly and evergreens still radiat
the Christmas spirit, but it i
another symbolic Christmas plan
which most interests and intrigue
us. This is none other than th
mistletoe.
The history of mistletoe is long
and interesting. Those same Druid:
that gave us Halloween have givei
us mistletoe. Way back in Norsi
mythology there was a favore<
god, the sun god, Balder. Hi
mother, determined that no harn
should come to her son, went t<
toe. Later, an evil god, wishing ti
destroy Balder, fashioned an ar
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BY CAROL ROBINSON
r Feature Staff Writer
I It's December again. Alread
r you shout. Yes, already, but harc
all ready. There are always soi
procrastinating souls who fi
themselves with two more shc
Pick
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row from mistletoe. Thus the a
god was slain. As an aftermt
s of this tragedy, the mistlel
- came to be held as the m<
sacred plant of the Cletic Drui
and the Norsemen.
t The Druids took utmost ce
when they went out to cut t
hallowed plant. A sprig of hol
another sacred plant, was attach
i to their garments to preset
e v e r y animate and inamint
object and secured from thi
promises that they would nev
I hurt her beloved son. Unforl
nately she overlooked the mist
i them from evil influences, for
the mistletoe should have touch
the ground it would have lost
- its magic powers.
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ping days until Christmas and no
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y! plans.
Ily Is thero a way to beat the mob
n1e you ask. Is there any way a
nd all to dodge the wild Mid-Decem
ap- her Rush? Yes, people, there arc
The Mi
Known also as Allheal, th(
mistletoe was thought to be ar
effective remedy for many dis
eases. In fact, there are stil
similar superstitions existing it
many parts of Europe. In section:
un of Italy it is used as a charm t<
help extinguish fires, and man:
Fth Frenchmen brew a tea from thi
oe plant to combat indigestion.
)st We in America, however, havc
ids no such magical superstitions at
tached to the waxen sprig. Likc
ire the ancients we hang mistleto<
he rbove our doors, but not to war<
lY. off witches. What motivates us t<
ed lisplay this Christmas plant is th<
ve inticipation of pleasant results.
tte Kissing under the mistletoe i:
am custom of British origin foun<
er nly in countries where English
u- have settled. This is due to the fac
le- that the English were formerly
if much given to kissing. Foreigr
ed visitors in Tudor and early Stuar
all times frequently noticed that mer
and women usually exchange<
kisses at meeting and parting. "It
short," as Erasmus said in tht
16th century, "turn where you will
there are kisses, kisses every
where."
In A merica today we havt
wandered a little from the origina
tradition. We do not pluck a herry
for every kiss received and give
it to the person who was kissed. Ir
past times when all the berries had
been plucked, no more kisses could
he obtained. This might explair
why we don't pick the berries.
"In England a man is pre
sumed to he innocent till he'
proved guilty and they take it foi
granted he's guilty. In this coun
try a man is presumed to be guilty
until he's proved guilty and after
that he's presumed to be innocent.'
-- Dooley
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F r i e n d s might frown at suc
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l If you prefer not to give gifts
late, buy them for next Christmas
s and store them in mothballs.
Another sure way of beating the
z rush is the simple expedient of
s buying all the gifts at least six
months in advance.
Another tactic is to make every
thing yourself out of material
lying around the house. There's
that purple awning-striped steer
ing wheel cover that imaginative
Uncle Smedley gave you last
Christmas, and that three-legged
blue ceramic cow that Great-Aunt
Livonia sent you from Portsmouth.
Oregon, and a complete set of the
poetry of Dudley Swartz, bound
in genuine Peruvian iguana-skin,
that dear, rather potty Cousin
.Julietta gave you for your birth
day. If you give this sort of gift,
however. you might get it back
from a distant relative next
Christmas.
One can always declare bank
ruptcy, or have quintuplets, or go
to jail, or get captured by the
.John Birch Society. Each of these
ruses takes away the main respon
sibility of giving, though some
frustrated friends might still be
disappointed. One may also lock
his door, do his homework and
yell "Humbug!" at every little kid
that passes his window, or hang
a sign on his door announcing
"Danger - highly contagious and
fatal tropical disease at work
inside."
Of course, you can - and
probably will - ignore all these
ingenious ideas and fight your
way through December crowds just
like nearly everyone else who has
any Christmas spirit. And let's
face it, people; isn't it more fun
that way?
DAVE HI
Thinking
RANDY. MY FRIEND C
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Randy was a pal of mine
Even with the growl and grind T"
That meant to me more expense
Than pounding out her many,
dents
Off to Ginny we went to see
All six guys, Randy and me
Loaded up with gas and beer T
A potent chance for adventure I
. was here.
To the beach we finally arrive
But from us Ole Ginny did
depriv e
The full charge of a hurricane I
She turned to sea with her wind
and her rain. I
But with the lifting of a cue ball ~
IExcitement was still in store for
all
The local jocals took two to jail 1I
The rest spent the night arrang
ing bailA
Hack to school we made our way S&
With tw~o behind, being forced to
U'ntil money aid for their release
Wo(uld satisfy the beach polhce
Many more stories come to mind I
About that damned old Randy of
mine H
With Pat and baggage we took a
trip
To 'Lanta to catch a big air ship
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atch it she did and off she flew
omeward we turned with narry
a clue
hat ltandi again was about to
collapse
ith a broken transmission and
another relapse
hen again we challenge the
mighty road
en his clutch began to erode
paired once more and moving
about
proud and as strong as an uap
streanm trout
it once again the omen is seen
the form of a great big w hit e
smoke screen
L' blew a gasket and w ith a
smooth sigh
ided to the curb), he w anted to
die
worked hard all summer and
into the fall
carburetor of gold, he gave his
all
hard he tried to stay in one
p iece
it now I yield; my wallet he did
fleece
mndy now is up for sale
know his next owner he will not
fail
it a wlord of warning goes with
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