Fort Lewis College - Katzima Yearbook (Durango, CO)

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Lettermen Set a Star Over Santa Rita Brisk winds pushed last crumbling leaves against fence rows and into concrete corners of the main parking lot; wedged in cold they huddled to rattle an end to autumn. These fallen vestments of vegetation signalled the approach of winter. Dry yet, awaiting a permanent snowfall which would send skiers flying down the slopes of Purgatory, Hesperus and other near-by resorts, the campus withered and cracked and was frozen underfoot. Bright days followed upon gray ones in a game without purpose. But the end of fall trimester, approaching test week, the Yule holiday season, cups of steaming coffee in the cafeteria, along with the many events leading up to the pre-Christmas campus celebrations, turned otherwise dismal days into a period of festive activity Looking forward to the respite of two weeks ' break, a trip home, for most, the Fort Lewis community shared a spirit of convivial gaity among themselves and with others. Joe Wolcott, again after several consecutive years of effort, volunteered to organize and follow through with preparations for Christmas Week events. Organizations and other Fort Lewis groups joined chairman Wolcott in the spirit of the times to transmute a now-barren campus into a wonderland of lights crowned with a Christmas star and to foster an attitude in keeping with the tradition surrounding observance of the day-of-days. Most note- able event in the entire spectrum of colorful weeks was the scheduled arrival of Santa C ' laus to coincide with a special entertainment for the children of Santa Rita. An entire campus, headed by volunteers from among the women of Cooper Hall, joined the sponsoring Lettermens Club to give Santa a helping hand. Each year more students have come to the Lettermen ' s aid with toys and presents for the wide-eyed who otherwise would probably never see Santa. In his perennial role, Letterman Tiny Bender again took the toddlers on his knee and let them bend his ear in confidence while hundreds of helpers kept a long waiting line enter- tained until their big moment. A red letter day for Fort Lewis Letter- men, Saturday, Dec. 11, brought a busload of Santa Rita youngsters to a pre-arranged party at which jolly Tiny Bender was man of the hour in his cool red threads. Barbara Coffman, Joe Fleming, Joanne Turano, Phyllis Cerno and Claire Pulliam lend a hand. Li.-i. ' a ' j ' ' ' ' . - y. ' - ' iM

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hristmas Week Plan ailed for Complete Cooperation On-campus No stone was left unlighted by Friday, Dec. 10, when Shalako Indian Club lit the luminarios outlining buildings, walkways and campus landmarks to set the grounds ablaze in a profusion of yuletide warmth. Five days of preparations involving the entire student corps had turned the cam- ipiis into a shimmering wonderland of lights and hghtheartedness. Work began Monday, Dec. 6, when Westerners ' Club arrived in force, sans horse, to decorate the large tree at student center second floor; that same afternooir Avalanche Ski Club )nembers were to have changed ramp lights to Christmas colors. In cooperation with Circle-K, the maintenace depart- ment mounted the Academic Building to place a huge star at a vantage point over- looking the glittering mesa. While artists went to work on windows, the Student Colorado Education Assn. trimmed a tree in the foyer of the Academic Building. Residence Halls joined in campus re-dress- ing, each vying for the Noel Trophy which ivould be awarded at closing activities of Christmas Week. By Wednesday, the Sha- ako Club braved windy gusts to set sacks 3f sand in patterned precision throughout ampus. Ralph Eluska and Sharon Goodluck, right, climb to the student lounge between rows of bows encasing the stairway in festive decoration. At left, opposite, are Sandee Heizer, Ann Hurd, Dick Cowell, Rick Cotter, Doug Marshall, Clyde Benally, Janice Han- owa, Jerry Wade, Judith Cox and Glenda Munro. Below are Bob Krul, Claire Pulliam, Barbara Coffman and Chuck Wiening.

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Beginning on a Tuesday morning, art classes splashed yuletide color in seasonal sketches across frosty windows to drape the student center in Christmas trim. In the warm glow of this holiday atmosphere, three freshman women spend an evening in relaxation. Across the room. Westerners ' Club had trimmed a tree to complete the setting for a Christmas show. Bob Krul, Claire Pulliam. John Baughman and Cheto Moreno, along with Barbara Coffman, watched the excitement. At left, Bruce Hesse, Robert Parmenter and Carol McKnight oversee the presents. While the younger set was enchanted by Santa Claus, Fort Lewis students basked in the reflected radiance of Christmas. Ellen Zabel and Karen Miles watched and reminisced.