The Coconino sun., 1918-12-27
NORMAL NOTES
MAY CALHOUN
Miss Harriet Buckbee left for Cal.

Miss Harriet Buckbee left for Gal lup last evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. Roach of Winslow will spend the holidays with Lieutenant and Mrs. Cornelius.
 Corporal Pitts, recently mustered out of service, will join us at Normal with the New Year.
 The boys thoroughly enjoyed the spread given them by Mrs. Cornelius after the tree Christmas eve.
 Miss Ruth Behn decided to spend the holidays in Phoenix and left Monday evening for that place.
 MT. Cornelius returned home in time for Christmas from Phoenix, where he had been attending to some school business.
 Miss Clean Whipple is spending the holidays with her sister, Miss Jennie Whipple, at their home in Snowflake.
 Coasting is good; it is excellent. Ask any of the Normal girls who have been participating in that sport on Observatory hill.
 Miss Pearl Downing, one of our Christmas graduates, was married to Roy Overson of Phoenix last Friday afternoon at the Commercial hotel.
 The Misses Walsh spent Christmas eve with the Campbell hall girls and Mrs. Beckwith, staying over to enjoy the delicious breakfast served Christ mas morning.
 The student teachers of the fifth and sixth grades presented Miss Hackley with a beautiful set of salt and pepper shakers before she de- parted for her new home in Illinois.
 Christmas eve each hall had it's own tree when nonsensicle gifts were in- terchanged as we'll as pretty, servic- able ones. The girls of Campbell hall, who stayed over the holidays presented Mrs. Beckwith with an electric percolater.
 Most of the girls of Campbell hall attended midnight mass and upon their arrival home entranced with the fireplace throwing out its Christmas warmth and cheer; but the real reason for pleasure was the open house and a wealth of really, truly Christmas refreshments.
 Last Monday evening to the tune of sleighbells and happy voices the girls of Campbell hall, as guests of Mrs. Beckwith, took a good, old fashioned sleighride. Way out in the woods, after the fragrant pine boughs and cones, back through town, and finally home again. It was, in truth, most enjoyable ride.
 A very pleasant little affair was the informal dance, just the Normal students were present, given by Nor ton hall last Thursday night. Mrs. Hanshue always proves a most de- lightful hostess and she was at her very best that night, with music, laughter and the dancers swaying to and fro in the hall
 Christmas morning each buzzer buzzed madly and upon arriving in the parlor we found that it had been transformed over night. A long table covered with snowy linen graced the center of the room and there were places for twenty-two. Those present were the Campbell hall girls, Mrs. Beckwith, Mrs. Hanshue and the Misses Walsh. Grapefruit was served first; then, honest-to- goodness ham and eggs, coffee, bread and marma- aUNS, anu thC iilOSI utltCldDle RTdVy. After breakfast the girls all sang Christmas carols.
 To begin the lively holiday events came the Christmas tree for the stu dents of the training school. Friday afternoon, the last day of school, the children could be seen marching, two by two, from the training school to the dining hall. A huge tree stood in the center of the hall, gayly decorated and strung with electric lights. The children circled about the tree and sang songs, then games were played under the supervision of the student teachers and the critic teachers. To the joy of the tiny tots Santa Claus on the scene, after profuse hand shaking and the usual requests made of Santa; little stockings filled | with nuts and Christmas candy, with popcorn balls were given each child fhnU