STITSSIHf
STUDENTS' PUBLICATION
C2LLMBTE
73
OF STETSON UNIVERSITY.
Vol. xx.
DeLand, Fla., Thursday, January 9, 1908.
No. 9.
SOCIAL EVENTS DURING THE LAST
WEEKS OF THE FALL TERM
YULE LOG NIGHT AT CHAUDOIN
"Take German? All right—see
you tonight, then!" "Howdy!
Comin' to help burn the Yule log?
.... Auf widersehen!" "Aren't
you excited about the tree?" "Sure
am—and a candy pulll"
Such were the scraps of conversation that floated in the air all day
long on December 13, the last Friday before school closed for the
Christmas holidays. Evening and
the Chaudoin parlors saw all anticipations more than realized,
thanks to—oh, so many people who
helped along the good time.
The first event scheduled was the
burning of the Yule log. Prof.
Suhrie was unanimously elected to
the honor of lighting the huge pine
knot .which had been imported for
the occasion, and a closely crowded
audience, enthusiastically a-tip-toe,
watched the process breathlessly.
As soon as the blaze was fairly
started, however, and cheery crackles and snappings emanated from
the great hearth, the circle of spectators melted away, for the night
was mild, and an open fire distinctly more ornamental than useful.
No one had time to wonder what
was going to happen next, for
straightway the rollicking strains
of " O mein lieber Augustin," came
forth from the faithful Chaudoin
piano, and presently a merry ring
of girls and boys were caroling the
old German Christmas songs which
are sung by so many little children
all over Deutschland at this happy
season.
The rather limited repertory of
the musicians was on the verge of
exhaustion when someone ex
claimed—and every one turned to
behold the tree! A most gorgeous
one it was, and most generously
fruitful. Every German student
found on or under its festive branches a gift, invariably suitable and
pleasing. The luckless heroine of
the famous German Play triumphantly displayed a fully-equipped
cookstove (of miniature size) a
veritable temptation to "kocken
lernen." Other members of the
cast received equally appropriate
mementoes, one being a life-like
model of the deceased "Joli." The
cards, each with a Christmas greeting and little German proverb,
besides the recipient's name, were
but one instance of the time and
pains which Miss Martin put into
the preparations for the evening.
Another soon followed, when all
gathered around the dying fire to
listen while she lold one of her fascinating stories. It was not till
brigands and princess had each
gone hteir predestined way that
the heretofore motionless audience
suddenly discovered that the floor
was not the most comfortable place
in the world to sit, and rose with
alacrity, albeit somewhat stiffly, to
seek fresh woods and pastures new,
which being translated is: the main
parlor and another story, to be told
by Miss Morris. This was delightful, too, and so was the music that
followed, for Mr. Morse and Miss
Conkling are ever welcome.
Then, of course, there had to be
a wait for the candy to boil. Why
is it that no matter how long beforehand molasses for a candy-pull
is put on the stove, it invariably
never boils till everyone's patience
is worn to shreds? (Kindly address all answers to "The S.etson
Collegiate," Stetson University,etc.
The welcome summons to the dining room finally came, and there on
the long single row of tables down
the centre of the room was platter
after platter of taffy—brown, glistening—and hot, as various bold
spirits promptly discovered. The
business-like way in which some
people fell to was a revelation to
the less experienced, but in an inconceivably short time even the
amateurs were briskly pulling and
folding , turning and pulling again.
It may be remarked here that
thanks for the candy pull were due
to the boys, who generously provided the wherewithal, in consideration of the fact that the Hallowe'en party had been given by the
girls. The good-night bell rang
just as the last platter was emptied
of tis sticky portion, and the last
pair of hands gave the finishing
touches to the golden "sweetness
long drawn out." There was a
hasty division of spoils, and some
five score students proceeded to
track molasses all over the classic
floors of the John B. S'e'son dormitories. But who has he heart
to scold when young people,
"At Christmas play and make good
cheer?
For Christmas comes hut once a
year."
JUNIOR CLASS SOCIAL.
Early in December the Juniors
decided that, having worked together for over two years, it was
now high time that they play to-
