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Show Volume 3. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, DECEMBER, 1949 Canadian Winter Sports ... By BOB WILSON Perhaps a better title for this article would be A Canadian Winter Sport. I could write about hockey, skiing, or basket- ball, but as most people know something about all those sports, I have chosen a sport little known in this country upon which to base this article. The name of this game is Curling. Curling originated in Scotland, but has reached a great deal of perfection in Canada. The game, as the Canadians know it, is played on a sheet of ice about forty-six yards long and five yards wide. The ice is made as level as is humanly possible. At either end of the rink, as the sheet of ice is more commonly known, is a painted target showing through the ice. This target consists of four circles with radii of six feet, four feet, two feet, and one foot. The is smallest circle (the bulls-eye- ) caned me ,buttbnTr. The other main components are the players, brooms, and the curling stones. To understand more fully the part each plays there must be some explanation. The curling stones are made of granite, and are fitted with a handle on top, and have a flat bottom. Most of these stones weigh between thirty-eigh- t and forty four There are players pounds. on each team, and each player has The four two curling stones. named as: lead, secplayers are ond, third, and skip. The skip is the captain of the team, and is the last person to throw his curling stones. The object is not only to place ones own stone as near as possible to the opposite target center, but also to displace that of ones adversary, or to guard or ass:st that of ones team members. In this way it is played quite like shuffle board. The difference appears when the broom is brought into use. The players are permitted to sweep in front of the moving rock in order to assist it along its path. This is the part that is tricky, as you would find out .if you ever tried to run along a surface of ice and sweep a broom at the same time. First the leads throw their stones, then the seconds, and so on, until the skips throw their stones. The skips of each team show their players where to put (Continued on page 4) iftpsterp for Christmas 91 Number 3. Six Seniors Make Whos Who Six Westminster College students have been listed in the 1949' Angels, shepherds, wisemen and 50 editon of Whos Who Among Students in American UniversF all of the other well known and ties and Colleges, according to notice received by Dean Boughton. beloved symbolic characters of The six students selected are: Howard Richardson, Jeanne the Christmas story will once again appear in A Mystery for Lathrop, Camille Gibson, Bruce Lamus, Betty Hadley and Richard Christmas, December 18, in the Erickson. All six are graduating seniors this June. AVasateh Presbyterian Church, at The selections were made on a 8 P. M. point system covering the followThe Westminster Girls Glee SNOW BALL ing attributes: scholarship, leadClub each Christmas season takes The Junior Clasts is in the proership, cooperation in school afgreat pleasure in presenting this cess of rolling a gigantic Snow fairs, citizenship and future prompageant in the medieval manner. Ball! ise. All registered seniors were Patterned after the early liturgical The annual Christmas eligible for the awards. Lincoln drama, the staging of the pageant Dance, known this year as the Anderson and Ralph Lubeck were is extremely simple and the lightSnow Ball, will be held in the listed in the 1948-4- 9 book and for ing effects are accomplished enLadies Literary Club, 850 East that reason were not rated in this tirely by candle light. South Temple, December 16, with years selections. Mrs. Simpson is directing the music by Will Wright. The Whos Who Among StuChristmas story and Dr. Teutsch The Snow Ball will be dents in American Universities will be at the organ. Wilma Gould, will not be in and Colleges has ifs offices in and corsages accompanist for the Glee Club, order, according to Jack Arm- Tmscaloosa, Alabama. This is an will be at the piano. Soloists will include: Marjorie strong, chairman. All the joy of annual award in which most of the Yuletide season, swirling the universities and collegs in the McDermaid, Barbara Harris, Shirsnow, mistletoe, holly, etc., will be U. S. are represented. ley Mertens, Blythe Clymer, Mary showered on the guest of the eveniLanger and Freddie Dart. Bill ngDave Steele, Bob Boughton, Ticketscan be obtained by ap- --WESTMINSTER on gh FJ ; WOMEN Brown and Pedro Delgado have proaching of Converse Hall. the in Committti of agreed to aid the pageant by por- Barbara Jifiyer Meissner has been in Uflffr Executive the wisemen the Westminster tray ng shepherds, Organized Womcharge of the posters and adverrnd Joseph. en accepted an invitation to dinSnow Ball. the tising From the first joyous outburst Bill Purdy and Wilma Gould ner at the Hotel Temple Square of Noel to the last whispered Coffee Shop, Mr. J. LeRoy Linin charge of ticket sales. are Nois unusual and Amen, the pageant of the ton, manager, Wednesday, in Dimas, George charge beautiful. This annual event is vember 30. committee, promises an program who those awaited have The members, Misses Betty Hadby long The intermission. entertaining seen and enjoyed it before. Rae Rhodes, refreshment committee is headed ley, Joan Rodgers, All Westminster students, facand Freddie Dart Ruby Horn, beBill Zogg. by sides enjoying the dinner, disulty, relatives and friends are cussed many projects pending cordially invited to attend the WESTMINSTER with the WOW. Of first importPageant. ance was the Fashion Show to be PLAYERS sponsored by Barwick & Co., 245 STEVENSON What say the jury? South 5th West Street, December TO OFFER 13. John Brown will act as MC not We find the defendant for the twenty girls selected by SCHOLARSHIP guilty, your honor. Sixthe council and delegated by the of So January Recently, Stevenson Memorial teenth Night was over. The cast had executive committee. Society, presided over by the caBesides the modeling of the latoceans of fun putting it on, and pable Lincoln- Anderson, and asaudiest fashions, there will be time for only wanted in return the sisted by such personto enjoy it. The way the the singing of carols. The evening ence alities as Camille Gibson, talk goes it sounded as though will close with the serving of re; Betty Hadley, secrefreshments. did enjoy it. tary; Paul Mairtiniw, historian, they is Other plans on the agenda inNow that the fall production and Bill Patterson as recorder, are cluded several activities for the met to decide on a very important over, the Westminster players the Yuletide season. One is to make to forward anxiously looking issue. in your favors for trays for the children In the past and even more so spring play. Acting gets in local hospitals. Also, WOW is seems. it now there has been felt by mem- blood, The money made on the pro- purchasing gifts for sick children. bers of Stevenson Memorial a defticket sales will Another project is one that ininite need for benefiting some duction through be used to buy new sets and cludes the cooperation of the enworthjT student of Westminster for the stage. tire school a money raising camCollege in the procurement of a equipment be an opportualso will There paign for the purchasing of CARE college education. This is to be obfor the student body to packages. A container will be accomplished hy means of a nity tain tickets for student rates at placed in Mrs. Baldwins office scholarship. Theaters. for contributions. (IIow about doIntermountain After serious discussion the the There is a reduction of ten cents ing without lunch or at least a members agreed upon a scholarfor matinee shows and twenty couple of cokes and Using that ship which would benefit some on all-scho- ol semi-form- al tT - able-bodie- d vice-preside- nt , (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 3) (Continued page 2) , . . |