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forever being disturbed, Miss Ierome fBarbara Fennesseyj, who wanted to see a ghost and was not disappointed, and Lucy IVIorrison QLonia Giebj, who helped unravel the mystery. The party was assisted and shown about by the mountain girl, Liza Gordon. This outstanding character, who almost stole the show, was none other than our own Irene Cymbalist . Tha? cast was very carefully selected, each member fitting her part perfectly. The plot held the attention of the audience from the first scene to the final curtain. All the critics agreed it was a raving success, thanks to the very capable direction of IXIrs. Ma1'y Goodwin, our house-mother. 4 Louise Landrum, a talented vocalist of the Senior class, presented two selections, I I-Iear A Rhapsodyf, and The Fable of the Rosef' -MEIICEDES SIMON. The Origin of the Christmas Crib Reading Given by Iobemmz Schott, December 23, 1940. I Who does not love the Christmas season with its joyous greetings, tinsel-wrapped gifts, glittering Christmas trees and the feeling of good will towards all that pervades the very atmosphere? But amidst all the merry making, how many of us stop to think of the true significance of this most beautiful of Christian feasts, the birthday of the Infant Savior? To keep this thought before us is the purpose of the beautiful Christmas C-rib that may be seen in every Catholic church or chapel-and it is interesting to know that it was St. Francis, patron of the Sisters of St. Francis, who originated this beautiful custom than has come down to us through the centuries. In telling the story of the first Christmasz Crib, I quote from the Chronicle of St. Franciswz V ' In the year 1223 St. Francis of Assisi celebrated Christmas in a way the world had never seen the match of. In Greccio he had a friend and well-wisher, Messer john Vellita, who had given him and his Brothers a wood-grown cliff up above Greccio, for them to live there. St. Francis now had this man called to Colombo and said to him: 'I want to celebrate the holy Christmas night along with thee, and now listen, how I havd thought it out for myself. In the woods by the cloister thou wilt find a cave, and there thou mayest arrange a manger filled with hay. There f1'lLlSt also be an ox andian ass, just as in Bethlehem. I want for once to celebrate seriously the coming of the Son of God upon earth and see with my own eyes how poor and miserable he wished to be ifor our sakes., john Vellita looked after all of St. Francis's wishes, and at midnight of Christmas Eve the Brothers came together to celebrate the festival of Christmas. All carried lighted torches, and around the manger the Brothers stood with their candles, so that it was as light as day under the dark vaulting of the trees. Mass was said over the manger as the altar, so that the Divine Child under the forms of bread and wine should himself come to the place, as bodily and discernibly as he had been in the stable of Bethlehem. For a moment it seemed to john Vellita that he saw a real child lying in the manger, but as if dead or sleeping. Then Brother Francis stepped forward and took it lovingly in his arms, and the child smiled at St. Francis, and with I-Iis little hands stroked his bearded chin and his coarse brown habit. And yet this vision did not astonish Messer john. For jesus had been dead or else asleep in many hearts, but Brother Francis had 'by his voice and his example again restored the Divine Child to life and awakened it from its trance. Christmas at the Nurses' Home UNO, we donit sit by the fireplace and keep a close lookout on our stockings hanging there to make sure Santa does not slip by us. We do keep a close watch, however, to see that Santa does not miss us. Santa makes his annual trip to the Nurses, I-Iome, too, and leaves the Christmas spirit behind. Christmas here is indeed a treasured memory. We all gather in the living room to see this jolly old fellow after the preliminary class each gets her big Christmas present, her cap, admitting them all into the freshman class at dear St. Anthonyis. Everyone is trying to be so quiet while waiting for Santa, but it is oh so hard to do. After what seems like hours, the sound of bells jingling in the dis- tance can be heard. Listen! yes, it is he!! Look! There are lovely gifts for everyone, with a large sack of that real Christmas candy we loved as children, to go with it. Such an array of gifts I have never seen, and I am sure you havenlt either. There, in the corner, is an unusually large package. Each
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