Vicky's fashion focusing has done a right-about-face. Instead of thumbing through Mademoiselle or going to Chicago, she's taking her style pointers for holiday wear from some of her Iowa State sister coeds.

Poem, Rosemary Moody, page 2

The Homemaker Celebrates, Kathleen Boland, page 4

From the Man’s Angle, Tom Swearingen, page 5

Success Formula, Maryann Jones, page 6

Radio Workshop Broadcasts, Luanne Madsen, page 7

Home for Christmas, Shirliann Fortman, page 8

Christmas Lighting, Ann Rozeboom, page 9

What’s New in Home Economics, Marjorie Clampitt, page 10

Vicky’s Christmas Fashion Cue, Shirliann Fortman, page 12

I Moved to Texas, Jo Ahern, page 14

Hawaiian Interlude, June Welch, page 16

’46 Speaks, Goldie Rouse, page 18

Across Alumnae Desks, Mary Neff, page 20

A blissful Christmas vacation from beginning to end will come with advance planning. Here are ways to make Mother, Dad and the small ones as glad to have you home as you are to be there

Traces of a new era wedged themselves into the routine of college life on the Iowa State campus 25 years ago.

Add a Touch of Christmas to empty mantlets or table centers with a pot of glue, a bit of ingenuity and any decorating material from cellophane to pipe cleaners.