Rochester Institute of Technology - Techmila / Ramikin Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Christmas And you thought Rochester's winters weather got on everyone's nerves, wrong you were! For R1T students, special activities were conducted to keep the early draft of home sickness from the overcoming them. Volunteers from Alpha Xi Delta sorority and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity were transformed into elves in Santa’s workshop, located in the Complementary Education office. From here they answered telephone calls from over 1,000 Rochester children who calleri and talked to the elves about the spirit of Christmas. The FJlingson- Peterson-Bcll area government hosted a holiday event for the underpriviledged children and their families from the Charles Settlement House in Rochester. A buf fet dinner for 1,000 people was given in their honor at the CU Dining Room, after which the children and their families decorated the Fireside Lounge Christmas Tree with homemade ornaments. The event was highlighted by a visit from Santa Claus, who sat with the children and gave each of them a special gift. The party ended with everyone singing Christinas carols, led bv the EPB representatives. The College of Liberal Arts sponsored a holiday concei t featuring the RIT Singers, the RTF Thursday Afternoon Consort and the RIT Men's Octet. Performances were directed by Ed Schell, while the RIT Philharmonic was led by Charles Warren. Sttor