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Vol. XXX.  No. 5
DENVER, COLORADO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1943
Price, 10 Cents
Yule tide Cheer Sent
To Buckler Patients
"WE WANT TO BE SURE that
every pupil in East has a> chance to
help decorate the 34 wards at Buckley
Field for Christmas," said Miss Betty
Sparhawk, East teacher and Red Cross
representative. "December 9 and 10
have been set aside for pupils to bring
gifts and Christmas tree ornaments.
Students are to bring them to the
front hall," she said.
"The Spotlight, Student Council,
some General Education classes and
clubs of East will furnish the trees
and part of the gifts and ornaments,"
said Bruce Heider, senior Student
Council member.
There will be a girl supervisor in*®'-
Room 207 each period starting December 8 to supervise the wrapping
of the gifts. Students may come in
during study halls or free periods and
help.
"There are approximately 20 men
to a ward, which will make about 700
presents or more to be given," said
Mary Cook and Rosalie Lowe, co-
chairmen of the project from the
Student Council.
Some suggestions for gifts are
pocket-size books, postal cards of
Denver, stationery, cards, handkerchiefs, billfolds, cigarettes, toilet articles, pencils, pocketbooks, puzzles,
jokes, small toys (to be sent home to
their children) and address books. No
present is to be over 50 cents and
students are requested to bring no
food.
The large Christmas tree to be used
in the front hall for the Christmas
Tree Dance to be held December 23
will later be sent out to the Buckley
Field auditorium. [
I. R. is planning a Chistmas party
for the 20 patients of Ward 31 at
Buckley Field. The club will buy and
decorate a tree and each man will
be given a gift package with a hand
painted Christmas card. Classes of
Mrs. Virginia Stearns, club sponsor,
are helping.
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Dear Santa Claus:
Tonight, as I stood and watched the little
children climb upon your knees and gaze at you
with trusting eyes, I thanked God that there was
still a place where little children could put their
faith in a trusting figure and where such as I
might write to you and tell you of my wants at
Christmas time.
This year, Santa, put in the toe of my stocking
peace and understanding and love of fellow men.
Put lots of the American way of life in near the
middle, ice cream cones, cokes, steak fries, pleasure
trips on Sunday and all the crazy things that characterize us as a whole.
Under the Christmas tree place the toys and
whatnots of the little ones and have their shouts
and voices fill the room with joy, for the happiness
and contentment of children mean much to us at
Christmas time.
As for myself, Santa, my stocking would be
^J   filled to overflowing if I could see the world at
peace once more and the happiness we knew to
be ours.
—A SINCERE SERAPH.
•Light and Darkness
Theme of Pageant
EAST'S EIGHTH ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT will be presented at assembly in the school auditorium December 20 and 21 and at 8
o'clock the evening of the 21st under
the direction of Mrs. Genevieve Kreiner, drama teacher, and Miss Fareeda
Moorhead, director of the a cappella
choir.
The theme this year will be "Light
and Darkness," in which the narrator,
Bob Riger, compares the state of the
world 2,000 years ago at the birth of
Christ and the world today.
A background of music portraying
the spirit and theme of the pageant •*■     *
fwill be presented by the 72 members
of the a cappella choir.
The theme centers about three
American service men who are stationed outside of Jerusalem on Christmas Eve. They question the strength,
power and duration of the words
"Peace on Earth" as they think of
today's turmoil. With the thoughts
of the Holy Birth and the Crucifixion
in their minds, they relive the days of
old. Finally they realize that the
Bethlehem Star and the Cross of Calvary are really symbols of hope and
peace for the world of today.
The cast includes: Soldiers, Albert
Cruse, Joe Schwartz, Keith Hendee;
shepherds, Charles Bloedorn, Barry
Lorie, Michael Hall; kings, Gordon
Milliken, Gerald Scheer, Bob Purcell;
Mary (on stage), Barbara Kepner;
Joseph, Clarence Ronayne. Harriet
Robbins has the only speaking part
as Mary (off stage).
The music to be presented will be:
"Adoramus Te Christe," by Rosslee;
"Ave Maria,' by Rachmaninoff; "All
Men Now Sing," by Bach; "Away in
a Manger," by Schroth; "Give Peace
rX I in Our Time," by Tschaikowsky, and
"Beside Thy Cradle," by Bach. The
latter song, "Beside Thy Cradle," has
been sung in every pageant that the
choir has taken part since its organization in 1931.
The lighting effects will be arranged by Harvey M. Meyer, stage
manager, and his stage crew.
CHRISTMAS JOY