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Merry Christmas This Is Your Paper If You've Got A Gripe Express Yourself W e Want To Hear It y 0jLumberjack 4 |__10 * Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1952 PUBLISHED BY ASSOCIATED STUDENTS ARIZONA STATE COLLEGE AT FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA Yuletide Assembly 'Village Barber' Curtain To Set For Tomorrow Rise Tonight At 8 o'clock An all-student Christmas assembly has been set for to morrow, 11:20 a.m. in Ash Training School To urst Auditorium, according In Ashurst Auditorium to Lavina Sowers, social man Carol Friday Here Rogery Ardrey And Mary Louise Richards ager of the Associated Stud Carry Leading Roles In Conrvc Opera ent Body. For the past week children in Christmas Customs I tie opera workshop, tinner During the assembly, the Lum the College Elementary School on berjack band, directed by A. Har the campus have been busy decor And Origins Told the direction of Jack Swartz, old Goodman, will perform some ating their rooms in preparation j Have you ever wondered who in-1 Yuletide Events w ill present “The Village Bar of the numbers wmch it did on for the Christinas season. : vented the custom of kissing under : ter,” a comic opera, tonight tour of the Northern Arizona com Each room has largely planned I the mistletoe'.’ Well Attended at 8 o’clock in Ashurst Aud munities earlier this year. Among and made their own decorations. ! Anti perhaps, the origin of the * Pre-Christmas events on campus! itorium. Tickets are 65 cents the numbers to be presented are The forest service provided Christ for adults and 35 cents for Christmas tree. Santa Claus and ,were well attended during the week , Praeludim, Kreisler-Goodman, by mas trees for the various classes t Christmas cards is a mystery to i students. Lucy Northcutt, violin soloist; Vin end. and a big one to be placed in the ! you. Roger Ardrey will portray the cent Youman’s Fantasy, V. You- hall. According to Dr. Chester K. i Strangely enough, mistletoe was | President and Mrs. L. A. Blast- part of Herr Lux, the barber, and man, with Mary Lou Rogers, so Davis, head of the training school, [ originally a sacrifice to Pagan bum were host and hostess at open Vlary Louise Richards will play prano. Roger Ardrey, baritone, and i kindergarten children have clone gods. It was gathered and burned house and yuletide tea from 3 lo Suschen, the leading lady, whom Tom Cleaver, drummer; and Pa | an especially good job of decor I by ancient Druid Priests who cut ]5 p. m. Their home was beautifully , the greedy barber wishes to marry rading the Brass, A. E. Ostling. ating their room. ‘ it with a golden sickle and held ; decorated with Christmas greenery for her money. A community sing of Christmas This week the children are prac- it in high reverence. Not only w a s! and flowers for the occasion. Other roles are Joseph, Suae hen’s carols will be held, directed by Dr. | ticing Christmas carols in prepar the green parasite offered in sac- ! College students assisted at the I lover, Bill Brennan; Herr Rundt, Eldon Ardrey, head of the music ation for caroling in various build rifice but it was distributed among 1 affair as hosts and hostesses, j the school teacher. Bill Arthur; department. All students are urged ings on campus Friday morning. the people and hung up in their Guests included'all students and; Margaret Smith, a widow, Lavina to attend the assembly. | For several years the training bouses. As the tradition ran, when faculty. Background music was I| Sowers; Adam, the barber’s ap Marlow Day. president of the school students have gone carol ever enemies met under the mis- j played by Judith Mercer and Leona ; prentice, Garvin Hanchett; Peter student body, will be master of ing in the lobby if the Gammagc tletoe, they would forget their grie- j Koenig. ; Taylor, the village fop, Keith ceremonies. Library and they will do so again : vances and embrace. At 5 p. m. in Ashurst auditor Gould; and the two peasants,Tinky this year. A treat of candy canes The English had a time in their ium, the Northern Arizona Symph | Madrid and Fred Kuhn. will be provided for the children history when mistletoe was hung ony Orchestra presented its first Lavina Sowers is student direc- Orchids after they have finished their carol only in the kitchen and the boy concert of the season before a large 1 ter, Lucio Ceballos is in charge ing by the employees of the Pre who kissed a girl standing under audience of adults and children. ! of props and Eldrena Farr heads i it plucked one of the white berries sident's office, registrar’s office, Musicians from Snowflake, Wil the costume and makeup crew. CAST MEMBERS in “The Village Barber” are pictured above in a scene from the|«m ic opera. 1 eter i for every kiss. * i business office, bookstore, and the liams, Prescott, Kingman, Flag Written by Joann Schenk in 1732, Tailor the village f"p, plaved by Keith Gould is sh r ,n lying down on the tab e. ^hile Margaret | The history of the Chrisma ? tree j office of education. Directing the Use widow? played by Lavina Sower*, attempts to revive him. Herr Rundt, the school teacher, played staff, and Tempe took part, under the cpea revolves around the ef i is still disputed by scholars. Some carol singing is Miss Minnie Rose- i__ d:ii u ih .ir ftKcprt* « th*» nrnceedin2S. direction of Jack Swartz of the forts of Herr Lux, the village bar take its birth back to ancient Egy- berry, and Mrs. Lucy Walkup is college music faculty. I ber. to promote in the village the playing the accompaniment. Both ipt, while the majority place its | sale of a cure-all which he has in- Honored -it the conceit was Geor are teachers at the training school. beginning in Germany in 1605. How j vented from herring. Many amus ge F. Backe, supervisor of music Friday afternoon each room will Leading English Authority On Crime ever. German tradition has it that ing incidents arise from his effort*. Band Clinic Draws at Prescott schools. Dr. Eldon A. have a Christmas party planned Martin Luther, great Protestant The acene of the opera is Lux's Ardrey presented to Jiim an honor by the individual teachers and af leader, took an evergreen tree home barber shop. Detection, Prevention To Appear Here scroll in recognition of his more ter the party, school will be dis Northern Schools thus introducing the custom. The opera, first presented in Richard Harrison, who will speak ed from Harvard University ana than 25 years of service to music missed for the holidays. Santa Claus is another German ASC three years ago, had its open ; Nearly ltt> high school band stu- j here on Monday. Jan. 12 in Ash- Mr. Harrison numbers among his education at Prescott. ’ product. The merry gentleman is ing in the Maine Consolidated urst Auditorium, is one of Eng- forebears a branch of the family dents and music instructors from} a growth from the legend of St. Feature of the program was School at Parks last Wednesday {1C northern Arizona communities . land’s leading authorities on crim- which settled centuries ago in Bos’ Nicholas, a man living in the Four •‘Peter and the Wolf,” symphonic ton. It is recorded that two of his night. The opera will also be pre Future Teachers i assembled on campus Saturday, j ' th Century. fairy tale, with Larry Schnebly sented in other Northern Arizona Dec. 13 for a band clinic. ; ancestors, a father and son, fought St. Nicholas, according to legend, as narrator. on opposing sides at Bunker Hill; communities. Elect New Officers A. Harold Goodman, band direc-' learned that three young women i The traditional Yule Log service ; the father, lighting for the British,’ 1 had no suitors because their father\ To You tor here ewas clinician for the was presented by the women stu I was killed. was too poor to provide a dowry ' Vacation Starts Friday Future Teachers of America elec group. Rendol Gibbons, Holbrook, dents in North Hall lounge Sunday Too young to take part in WorldI for them, So one night he filled; Some of the Orchids given ted new- officers last week to re .and Pat Curry, Snowflake, were in |evening at 7 o’clock. Students will begin their Christ War I. Richard Harrison worked three bags with gold and threw ; this week are to people on plage those that are graduating in 'charge of general arrangements, j Eight senior women students car mas holidays after their classes on ! ir an aircraft factory before set-•th e m into the ladies' windows. Need January. ried the yule log to the fireplace Friday, Dec. 19, and return to the campus most deserving for ! Band members were selected stu Coxfimcea i/* paye 2 less to say, they were soon hap W. C. Ingram was elected pre in the lounge. They were Mrs. Es ; campus Sunday. Jan. 4, to resume their efforts in making the dents from 10 northern Arizona pily married. From that beginr.,..*,, sident. Wade Preston, vice presi ther Britton, Pat Mead. Doreen , classes the next day. Christmas spirit felt keenly i High School bands. The 11 schools German children came to believe dent; Mrs. Ellen Champoux, sec Fritz, Dolores Lorona, Martha Ma Easter vacation will run from represented included: Williams HL- him the giver of the Christmas pre -during this Yuletide season. retary, and Forest Martin, treas lone, Bertha l^ewis, Mrs. Kathleen April 2 to April 7, inclusive, it * * * gh School, four students and Raul .