Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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'15 time to hear new ideas and discuss iheir significance There rs hme to relax between classes rn the Bullei Hole . . . time to find a deeper understanding of ourselves.

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The Chapel Choir practices tor their Christmas Chapel services. which lend a serious note to the holiday week-end. Swirling snowflakes and howling winter wind ush- ered in the Winter wonderland of Christmas I-louse parties l96l, All over campus music sounded in the brisk air as decorations were being completed. The winning house decoration was Phi Gamma Delta's Everywhere, Everywhere Christmas Tonight, which showed a small boy with a baby lamb walking into a lighted hut. The campus was humming with activity as it settled down to enjoy itself. Phones ringing, showers running, buzzers echoing down, the hall made up the symphony of the dorm as the girls prepared for the festive holiday. The fraternity houses bustled with last minute prepara- tions for their parties. Outside the snow still swirled down on the holiday dress of the campus. At last all preparations were finished, and the festivi- ties of the Winter wonderland began. Wall-to-wall people was the iloor covering tor the Brothers Four concert. U m,'1,,'iFeE?t.fi.,t:if3,'ll,trt3i-,WSQQIQALI - 1 ff-