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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
2
A son writes to his father at Christmas, recalling lessons of humanity and hope amid a season tainted by commercialism. He contrasts childhood gifts with the enduring ideals of brotherhood and peace, expressing both happiness at homecoming and sadness over material excess.
Westhampton College Council reviews crowded conditions in the Tea Room at lunch hour. Local day students, dorm residents, and visiting pupils form long lines at the soda fountain between 12 30 and 1 o clock, causing delays for 100 day students who finish classes at 12 20 and must eat before key meetings.
Town students seek cooperative lunch timing with Richmond College and Westhampton dorms to avoid bans. They propose moving the 12:30 to 1 o clock period by ten to fifteen minutes, allowing faster service for all. Westhampton dorm residents and Richmond College boys typically linger until 12:30, delaying the Tea Room crowd.
At Millhiser Gym the Richmond Interfraternity Council and YMCA cabinet organized a Christmas party for nearly 200 local youngsters. Angus Brown chaired a well staged event praised as a cooperative effort bridging fraternities and nonfraternity students on campus.
The Interfraternity Council and the Y Cabinet organized a successful Christmas party for children. Westhampton ladies decorated and wrapped gifts, while Phi Delt Gus Brown coordinated a dating service for brothers.
The article lists Phi Delta Theta officers Dick Ward as president and T G Harper as vice president with secretary Larry Zacharias treasurer Bill Steed and pledge master G S Taylor. It also notes new executive committee members Charlie Barry Charles Beck and the Warrenwins Frank and Wade Page Hudson as assistant treasurer and announces Sig Ep pledge master Frank Skinner and other pledge class officers. Theta Chi members dumped into a lake. Phi Alpha lauded for scholastic standing. Christmas parties and initiates noted.
An eight year old Virginia O'Hanlon asks if there is a Santa Claus and the editor Francis P. Church replies with enduring faith in Santa. The piece asserts belief, comparing truth to love, generosity, and childhood wonder, and argues that belief persists beyond proof. It celebrates faith, imagination, and the joy of Christmas for children and adults.
In a campus hangout the Slop Shop, a juke box plays popular tunes from Bach to Bebop era innovations. Students drop nickels, press buttons for favorites like Lovely Bunch of Coconuts, and are moved along by passing crowds.
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