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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1963
Page
3
UR students prepare for vacation as Christmas spirit fills Westhampton College. Dorms at Keller Hall North and South Courts display trees and festive door decorations with themes like Happiness is Santa’s Reindeer and Toyland. A college committee judges dorm decorations and awards candy prizes for best hall and door displays.
The Odd Tree on Westhampton College green before North Court dormitory uses red and yellow lights and a three dimensional cardboard beanie. It was created by the Westhampton junior class to symbolize team spirit and class unity with decoration by the 1965 and 1967 classes. Freshmen and juniors will sing carols around the tree Monday at 7.
The Virginia Alpha chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon held initiation at Richmond Hall on December 9 at 7 50 pm. New members include J M Bailey GC W Erickson A F Johnson P E Johnson K R King F Parks G E B Rick R L Tomlin J V Bowen and many others plus Ann Carter Grace Collins Bonnie Higgins Dick Manson Dick Marks Janet Renshaw. To join the society a member must hold a B average in math and a 15 average in other courses.
The brain's cortex contains about ten billion nerve cells and is the brain's most advanced center.
The YMCA and IFG hosted the annual Orphan Christmas Party in Millhiser Gymnasium this afternoon. About five orphans from Saint Joseph's Villa attended with fraternity and YMCA reps. Entertaining the children were Miss Montell and Santa Claus. Each fraternity donated 10 gifts so each child received several items. Reggie Jones, IFC party co chair, called it a chance for fraternities to show they are more than social groups. Arnold Cotton was the other IFGQ co chair.
NoDoz helps maintain mental alertness with a safe refresher similar to coffee and tea but is faster and more reliable. It is described as absolutely not habit forming.
Patten Cohen and Jones represented the University at the annual Interfraternity Conference held December 5 to 7 at the Americana Hotel in New York City. Justice Tom Clark of the U S Supreme Court delivered the keynote address and urged public education on fraternity values.
The Richmond College RC Committee On Self-Study organized before Thanksgiving with subcommittees on educational program faculty physical plant and library and student personnel. Members include Tom Benton Reggie Jones Eddie Cohen Harry Lea Don Patten Dick Peterson Russ Siler Ed Shrum Al Towber man Pete Kucera Bill Taliaferro Richard Gook Howard Lee Archie Yeatts. Committees will evaluate their areas and provide student guided recommendations via questionnaires to the faculty steering committee.
Five University seniors were initiated into the Delta Zeta chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi on December 5. New members are Joseph Desch George McNeal William Rox ton Ken Philbrick and Russell Allen.
Teen-age unemployment is an increasingly explosive social problem. Tougher academic standards are raising the number of school drop-outs while automation has eliminated many unskilled jobs. Although under-20s are one ninth of the labor force, they make up a quarter of all unemployed.
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