Vel. II, No.5
Palomar College
San Marcos, Calif.
December 18, 1953
'Christmas Much The Same In Other Lands,'Say Students 'Tv1a.s the ni eht befor e Christmas and all through the house just one t~ny ?reature was stirring, and that \•ras a mouse. ' Ttls llttle mouse, a very curious fella, hid behind a door to see how four Palomar students, \vho b..ave come from foreign lands, prepared for the arrival of old Saint Nick.
Mishap Leads ..f::o
XMAS f-IY.MN Silent night, Holy night All is calm, All is bright. This hymn is one of America's most ponular Christmas carols. SHent Night, \vri tten by Franz Grueber in 1[' 18, was written because an organ \·l as broken. The members of the church were going to have a Christmas service but since the ore:an '.vas broken they had no music. l·;r. Grueber wrote the carol and taught it to a group of singers so they could provide the music. The song was so well liked that it \vas made a part of Chr.istmas in many ~?untries all over the world.
Sigrid Brady, from Vienna Austria, said 1 11 We spend Christmas much the s~e as you do in America." She vrent on further to say that the tree is put up on the night before Christmas 1·rhen they open their presents. David Cooke, Hho hails from lielbourne, Australia, rele.tes to the surprised little mouse that Christmas is celebrated during their sumr.er vacation. The curious mouse also talked to Noel Rozelles, from 1-:alaya. Hoel told the ~ ouse that Christmas isn't a big thing in his country as it is in the United States. "The young people look forvrard to dances and uarties as t hey do here~ though. 11 Yanel Hitmat, from Jordan 1 told the mouse that Christmas is much the same as in America but it surely isn't as big. "The high school students give presents to each other too," he stated.
Many Scholarships Offered By UC Nore than ;'?1 1 000 in scholarships are e>.vailable to students enrollint; ne;~t February in the University of California 1 s nm·T College of Letters and :Jcience a t Riverside. Clinton C. Giliam, UCl1 registrar, vrbo announced the avrards, urged stude!lts interested in aprlying for the scholarsi1i us to \vri te his office' imLocated ilorthe.:-.st of mediately for application the Palonar College CanJblanks. pus is a decor.1posed granThe scholars,lips, ite pit, vrhich is used as ;anging , in anount froZJ a money saving device for .>50 to -.;175, uill be the campus. The granite a1·rarded on a basis of is bro':en up by the school scholastic · attainne!l t, bulldozer, loaded in a character, financial dunp truck and hauled need and promise of futd01m to the campus to be ure ::uccess. used in the filling in of Completed applications \·T alks, parking lots and must be returned to the la1ms. registrar by January 15.
Granite Pit Used As Money Saver