1967-03-14; Central Michigan Life

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ii'47 NO 36 Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan      Tues., Mar. 14, 1967
Harks Selected
As Top Speaker
Forensics Meet
j'jlndy Marks, Mt. Pleasant
freshman, was named the outstanding speaker of the American Forensic Association Experimental Debate Tournament
ihich was held Friday and
Saturday at B o w 1 i n g Green
.University in Ohio.
I "Andy was magnificent,"
[tommented Coach Melvin Don-
jh«, "There were several top
Lakers present and it is a
Wat tribute to Andy for win-
[iiing this fine honor."
Marks and Richard  Boyce,
iColeman junior, finished third
a field of  32   teams   and
light a trophy back to show
Hot it,
Donaho noted the top varsity
competition that was present
and expressed pride in Marks
land Boyce who had never before competed a^ a team.
Ii This weekend four women
debaters will travel to Cincin-
[nati, Ohio, for the Invitational
Novice Tournament.
Joan Nickless, Bay City sen-
>r arid Dee Boersma, Naper-
iHe sophomore, will comprise
one team.
Beth Broad, Mt. Pleasant
junior 'and Leslie Thomas,
Highland senior, will be the
other team.
CHEERS FROM THE CHIEF. Chip Coach Ted Kjolhede reads a letter of congratulations
from Governor George Romney as the team is about to leave Saturday for the NAIA
National Tournament in Kansas City.
five-Year Plan Shortened To four
Spring Tour Begins
For Choir, Chorale
The Concert Choir and Chorale will begin their annual
three-day tour tomorrow presenting nine concerts in seven
[high schools.
Under the direction of Stephen G. Hobson, the program
ill include "Sing to the Lord
New Song" by H e i n r i c h
Schuetz, "Ich La.sse Dich
Jfcht" by J o h a n n Christoph
Bach and "The Peaceable
Kingdom" by Randall Thompson, as well as selections by
TOlence, Britten and Fine.
by BRIAN OLMSTEAD
Life Staff Writer
The five-year program for
teacher interns has been revised into a four-year term
which will go into effect this
fall.
The differences in the revised program are that 1) only
two teaching experiences will
be required instead of three
and 2) six to eight interns will
be under the direction of an
associate consultant.
During the thre e student
teaching experiences required
in the five-year plan, the intern advanced from teacher
assistant with 50 per cent of
a beginning teacher's salary to
teacher extern with a 65 per
cent salary to teacher associate with an 80 per cent salary.
The • intern's schedule provided time for both conference
and planning sessions with the
cooperating teacher.
The Revised Program
The revised program is open
to all students seeking a bachelor's degree and a Michigan
teaching certificate.
During his junior year internship, the student is a teacher assistant and receives 50 per
cent of a starting teacher's pay
plus seven semester hours of
credit.
To become a teacher assistant, a student must be classi-
Petition Deadline Tuesday
by MARY A. LOOK
Life Editor in Chief
_ Jan Appel, Pontiac junior and Dan Van Vleet, Oxford
junior, have announced their candidacy for student body
president and vice president.
They will oppose the slate of Steve Rison, Manistee
junior and Greg Merwin, Grand Haven junior, in the April 5
all-campus election. Rison's team-announced its candidacy
at a joint meeting of the class councils last week.
Petitions for both the student body offices and for the
class offices will be available
in the student government of-
f i c e beginning Wednesday.
They must be returned by
March 22 and campaigning
will begin March 29.
At the present time there -is
not an election chairman and
Bob Ballard, student body
president, has indicated that
he will undertake the job himself.
Qualifications
This will be the first-attempt
of Appel to run for a campus-
wide position. He was a senator for two years and served
as Senate's president pro
tempore  1965-66.
He has also( been a member
of the Student Social Activities Committee for three years
and has served on the Student-
Faculty Judicial Committee
for a year.
The only other announced
presidential candidate, Rison,
is junior class president. He
has been president of his class
for the past three years.
Rison has also served as a
senator for a year and as
chairman of the Senate nominations committee for a semester.
He is currently a member of
the President's Advisory Council and of the University Senate's Policy Making Committee.
Both Appel and Rison are
resident assistants and members of Chi Sigma fraternity.
Appel's running mate, Van
Vleet, is also making his first
political endeavor at Central.
He was the recipient of the
National Fraternity Key Man
Award in School Fraternity
Practices, presented in Toronto
and is president of Theta Chi
fraternity. He also played
freshman football.
Merwin has been active in
the student judicial system. He
has served as a student justice
and   on  the   dorm   courts   in
. Barnes and Emmons.
He was vice president of the
Young Republicans from '64-
'66 and is currently-serving as
president.
He was elections director
during the fall semester.
jwen-Buflcfing Apartment Complex
Married Housing Bids Accepted
Bids for the new 96-unit
parried housing apartments
ipebeen accepted and Mil-
*Davis Construction Co. of
^lamazoo is expected to begin
construction within the next
"«> weeks.
Miller-Davis has sent a let
ter of intent to begin construction pending official notice
which is expected to come out
of the Board of Trustees' meeting on Wednesday.
Bids for general construction
ranged from $983,000 to
$1,142,000.
fef Nam Policy Debated
■'Nam1
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J Prog:
;the
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_ 1965.
"Resolved: That this house deplores the US Policy * Viet
X w!n be debated at an open meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Warriner Auditorium. , , TT . ovsuv Center
The debate is sponsored by Symposio, the University Cente
^bate°rsrwill be Harold Orbach,'lecturer * ^g^
fmt branch, University of Michigan and Dr Wesley 1 *n
'^al science professor from Michigan State ^^ take
Orbach win defend the resolution and Dr. Hsiiei wu
.Schwas a speakerin B oi^\"^\^^%eet
\ j*. Fishel was chief adviser for the MSU Saigon r
A1u6estton and-answer session will Mow the public debate.
Political
Six bids were accepted.
One-half of the 96-unit construction will be finished by
September with completion expected by January.
Six of the seven buildings in
the new complex will consist
of one- and two-bedroom apartments and the remaining building will house laundry facilities.
The apartments will be done
in the townhouse style with a
living room and kitchen downstairs and bedroom and bath
upstairs.
The complex will be located
north of Bellows Ave., west of
the Ann Arbor railroad tracks.
Bids have not as yet been
accepted on the new library
and speech and dramatic arts
building which are expected to
be under construction by midsummer.
fied as a junior and be admitted to candidacy for a degree
and a certificate.
Also, to teach in the secondary grades, a minimum of six
hours of credit in education
courses is required (Education
335 and 337) and the elementary intern must have a minimum of ten hours (Education
331, 332, 340 and 341).
The curriculum requires that
these courses be taken during
specific semesters.
Some curriculums require
that the student who is doing
his student teaching in the fall
take the education courses the
preceding summer session.
Most curriculums merely require the courses the preceding semester.
During his senior year, the
student acts as a "teacher associate" who, with the help of
an associate consultant, plans
and conducts his own classes
as a regular teacher.
Consultant Advises
Six to eight teacher associates are assigned to one associate consultant, an area teacher
designated by the University,
There are four qualifications
that must be fulfilled before
the student can become a
teacher associate.. They are:  •
1. The student must have
successfully completed his
teacher assistantship.
2. The student on the program must be able to graduate
in not more than one semester
and one summer, session after
his teacher associateship.
3. The student must have
completed at least six hours
following his teacher assistant-
ship.
4. If the student is a secondary education candidate, he
must have completed a minimum of 18 semester hours in
his major.
CBS Newscaster
To Rate Objectivity
Harry Reasoner, noted CBS
newsman, will be appearing as
•a part of the Speaker's Series
tonight at 8 in Warriner Auditorium.
His .topic will be "The Reporter's Job—The Failure of
Objectivity" and he will deal
With dangers involved in
slanted reporting. Reasoner
will stress the importance of
the problem for the public and
will present some concrete answers on the topic.
Reasoner is well known for
his comprehensive and somewhat satirical appearances on
"CBS Evening News" as a roving reporter and also is host on
the Sunday night "CBS Reports" newscast.
He. has covered such assignments as political conventions
and has held secret interviews
with Castro rebels in Cuba as
well as serving as host for-
CBS ^specials."
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