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Oierrp 3IPPPP ebri5tma5 aptcal gam Pear ENTEREDWin AS SECOND CLASS MATTER, WINONA, MINN. 358 UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879 Winona State Teachers College, Winona, Minn., December 19, 1951 No. 3 Vol. XXXIII Christmas Keeps College Launches Evening Chorus Jumping Classes For Community The college vocal groups which includes one course in contempo- consist of the College Chorus, Evening classes have existed rary literature with Dr. Boddy Apollo Club, and the Mendels- in some schools for more than 150 years. Historically they have as instructor; one in orchestration sohn Club, will present a Christ- and arranging of modern music mas concert on Friday, December long been the major provision of our public schools for adult edu- with Mr. Fred Heyer as instruc- 21st during the activity hour in tor; one in arts and crafts with the auditorium. cation, but the program inaugu- Among the numbers which will rated December 5th, is new to, Dr. Harry Jackson as instruc- tor; and one in mental hygiene be presented by the chorus, which this college. Between fifty to sixty persons with Dr. E. L. Ragar as instruc- is directed by Mr. Grimm and tor. Dr. Jean Talbot conducts a accompanied by Miss Bard, are, registered for evening classes in "Merry Christmas Bells", "On five courses — courses which meet fifth course in the history and philosophy oil education. the Mountain," "Christmas for one hour a week and carry The credit assigned to each Comes," and "The Norwegian from two to four quarter hours credit. course varies with the number of Cradle Song." meetings and the hours scheduled Selections to be sung by the The college has planned the Mendelssohn Club include, "The progra'm as an institutional ser- each week. A fee of two dollars per credit hour is charged. Each Christ Child," "Carol of the vice to laymen and teachers of course may be applied for full Bells", and "A Christmas Cradle the community. Song." The Mendelssohn group The curriculum under the guid- college credit or not as the stu- ance of members of the faculty dent desires. is accompanied by Miss Bard. The course in contemporary The Apollo Club, under the Pictured are students in Kapp Pi putting the finishing touches on literature will include the reading direction of Miss Bard and ac- the painting of the nativity scene on the North windows. The scene and discussion of plays of Bernard companied by Lois Jean Smith, Two Day Party was designed by Margery La Londe and was done in tempera paints. Shaw, Eugene O'Neill and Lytton will sing "Alleluia," and "Rise up On a banner above the scene are printed the words Et Verbum Caro Strachey; novels by Thomas Early". January 11- 12 This program will conclude a Factum Est (and the Word was made Flesh). Mann, John Steinbeck, Somerset Art students in Kappa Pi and Miss Floretta Murray's design class Attention! Mark these dates Maughan, Edward Bellamy and full week of activity for the on your calendar, January 11 and group which will include con- have been working for the last two weeks on Christmas decorations Sinclair Lewis; poems by Hous- 12. Yes siree, those are the dates man, Eliot, Auden, and Jeffers; certs at the Rotary Club, Hos- throughout the school. set for T.C.'s big Winter Party. short stories; and contemporary pital, Y.M.C.A., and the Christ- There will be music, dancing, studies in biography, criticism, mas program Thursday night. sleigh riding, skiing, tobogganing, science, and anthropology. and the `usual way of warming Enrollment Remains Low - T.C. 410 . up — coffee. Evening Classes It's A Date Here is how it's going to be (Continued on page 4, column 5) done: Friday night, January 11, Shortage of Teachers Critical Dec. 20 8:00 p.m. Christmas after the T.C.-Moorhead basket- Party — Auditorium Science Day by W. Dohman ball game, Fred Heyer and the '52 Dec. 21 9:50 a.m. Mendelssohn, Rhythm Masters will furnish Winter registration of 410 stu- dents were graduated at the end Chorus and Apollo Plans Underway dents, which is approximately of the winter quarter: seven with Christmas Concert — Winter Party Auditorium the number of college men and an associate in education certifi- (Continued on page 4, column 4) Plans for the fifteenth annual women who enrolled at the begin- cate, four with a bachelor of Dec. 21 5:00 p.m. Vacation science day are beginning to form ning of the fall quarter, has been science degree in education and starts When A Little in the science departments and announced by the registrar's of- one with a bachelor of arts degree. Jan. 7 8:00 a.m. Class Work science club. The date of April 1, fice. In addition to the regularly "The United States still faces Resumes. 1952 has been set for the event enrolled students fifty or sixty a critical shortage of teachers," Does A Lot this year. special students are attending was the comment made by Dr. The general purpose of the "Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! This is your science day is to give those stu- evening classes. Minne. A rising enrollment in Double-Duty-Santa Claus the elementary schools, coupled Christmas Party dents interested in science and A decrease in the number of speaking. veterans attending school, fewer with growing demands on the math a chance to learn more "Once a year I get my chance about the subject. At the same high school graduates, and the nation's manpower will mean that Features Music to be in the spotlight of a glorious more teachers will be needed. time science day serves as an always present prospect of mili- T.C.'s annual Christmas party holiday. I sure do have fun tary service are factors that are The pinch is already being felt open house to all those people will take place Thursday evening, making so many children happy who wish to attend. Invitations affecting enrollment. Twelve stu- on the elementary-school level December 20 at 8:00 p.m. in on Christmas Day. are sent to surrounding schools and in many rural areas. "This year, bless my sole, I Surveys indicate that the situa- Somsen Auditorium. Four vocal inviting groups, especially science Year Book Assured, groups and two soloists will pro- can make men, women and chil- classes, to attend. tion is worse this year than it was dren happier with a far bigger in 1941, when the -U.S. entered vide musical entertainment for The departments of biology, Progressing Well those who attend. gift than presents or candy. I physics, chemistry, math and World War II.. Dr. Minne can give the gift of life by helping pointed to the real danger point One of the features of the geology will all sponsor displays, "The yearbook is progressing fight . Tuberculosis." according to schedule. All the program will be several solos by demonstrations, experiments and Enrollment Al Johnson, four years a member "Won't you help by buying other technical projects. assignments have been given to some Christmas Seals? I'll be the annual staff and work is be- (Continued on page 4, column 3) of the St. Olaf Choir. A quartette consisting of Jim Garry, Luverne seeing you when you give that ginning to reach a highly organ- Christmas card a merry, but ized pace," said Mary Ellen Christianson, Bernie Benson and T. C. Students Kappa Delta Pi Jack Streed will sing "God Bless wonderful message — with the Christgau, yearbook editor. Miss 1951 Christmas Seal!" Christgau also stated, "Although Ye Merry Gentlemen". A women's quartette comprised Good 01' Nick, a symbol of In Vacuum? subscriptions to the book were Initiates Nine Christmas said that. This year by Jack Streed slow at the start, enough sub- of Jean Percy, Lois Jean Smith, Nine , students were initiated Margaret Hillig and Rita Simon he is working with another great You may not realize it but you scriptions have been pledged to into the Gamma Tau chapter of symbol of the coming Holiday, insure publication of the book." will sing "Silver Bells". Jim do not exist alone in a comfortable Kappa Delta Pi, an Honor Soci- Garry and Gayle Crandall will the Christmas Seal. little vacuum. Your every action Business manager Don Ciemin- ety in Education recently. Rosalie Willis, president of the ski declared that the financial sing "Winter Wonderland" as a reverberates in the world at Kappa Delta Pi had its origin duet. "Bless This House", as A.C.E. Club which sponsors the large. Because of this educa- obligations of the book can be at the University of Illinois in Christmas Seal drive in TC, met by subscriptions and adver- solo, will be sung by Jim Garry. tion — or lack of it — is most the Illinois Education Club in The mixed chorus will sing a urges all students to think twice important. tising. 1909; and in 1932, its present number of Christmas songs, and about the small contribution we The fundamental concept of Artists Herb Hultgren and name was adopted.