1964-11-06; Central Michigan Life

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MICHIGAN'S   NUMBER   ONE   COLLEGIATE WEEKLY
Central Michigan University, Friday, November 6, 1964
Number 8
Big Brother,
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LOOKING OVER a final copy of the
Chippewa Big Brother and Sister Program
Charter is Dave Maynard (center), Pent-
vater senior; Nancy Vihtelic (left), Dearborn
(LIFE Photo by Barb Blass)
sophomore and Toni Cole, Jamaica, N.Y.
sophomore. Maynard is the president of
the Association of Childhood Education, the
force behind the newly adopted program.
enate Tables Reapportionment Plan
[Affecting Off-Campus Representatives
By Natalie Hildreth
Life Staff Writer
A plan for reapportionment
lof Senatorial districts, drawn
lup by the Executive Board of
■Student Senate was presented
Jby Student Body President,
[Joe Sweeney at Monday's
[meeting.
The vote was tabled by Sen-
late action. Motions directly
I involving student body elections were also presented and
| discussed.
The apportionment plan is
one major change which* the
new Stuent Body Constitution,
ratified on May 27, 1964, calls
for. The main difference is
that Senate representation is
based strictly on population
J* the area in which the student resides. This eliminates
class representation and or-
6 a ii i z a tional representation,
such as AWS.. Men's Union,
! IFC and Panhellenic.
One example of the appor
tionment plan is that of District 8. This district would include all full-time students living within the confines of an
area bounded by High St. on
the north, Bellows on the
south, South Main on the east
and South Washington on the
west.
This district is made up of
four Greek houses, Mogg Hall
and numerous approved housing apartments. The 172 students within this area would
be represented by one elected
senator.
An explanation of the apportionment plan was given
by Sweeney. Twelve districts
were set up for the 1984 full-
time off-campus students. Of
this number 870 are full-time
students living at home.
The representation ratio of
senators to students for off-
campus districts is slightly
lower than that of dormitory
students.    The average repre
sentation of off-campus students is 165 students per senator. Average dorm representation is 155 students per senator.
Once an apportionment plan
has been determined it will go
into effect the following September.
Bob Donoghue, Thorpe,
moved that a vote on the reapportionment be tabled. The
motion was carried and Gene
Ragland, president of student
senate, reminded senators of a
clause in Section 5, Article 2
of the Central Michigan Uni-
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■>r. O'Brien To Speak On
French Novelist Andre Gide
or i' iUstln O'Brien, profess-
LS- T?nch litei'ature at Co-
tn, Fnivei,sity is scheduled
J"Peak here Tuesday. He
J speak at 8 p.m. in the
JaUroom  on   "Andre   Gide-
lB% Man of Letters."
]5_pL „nen was educated at
ofn? Academy> University
ivebd1CaoftfnduHarvard. He
fee, !L ithe board oi t*us-
andnrL?e French Institute
Retuonshe S°Uncil °f Forei*n
^dern t      PPa   and of   the
Dr r?_. angua§e Association.
latert  J?nen eclited and trans-
hlL   \?y   b00ks   by the
and A^aUthors' Albert Camus
d Andre Gide.   In addition,
he wrote "The Novel of Adolescence in France," "Portrait
of Andre Gide," and "Index
detaille des Oeuvres completes
Andre Gide."
Andre Gide, the man Dr.
O'Brien will be discussing,
once called himsef "a universal question-mark." His bold
writing and constant search
for truth made him a controversial figure. Although Gide
is primarily noted for his
novels, he wrote plays and a
four-volume journal. He is
responsible for the translation
of Shakespeare's "Hamlet
that is used by the French theater. In 1947 Gide received
the Nobel Prize for literature.
Korean Drive
Raises $2,400
Tabulations of last week's
Korean Orphanage Drive
•show that collections have
reached S2,400. Bill Nowak,
orphanage committee chairman, said the total figure
should reach S2,500 by the end
of this week.
This brings the six-year total to just over the $10,000—
the amount Central has raised
for the support of 83 orphans
in Mun San, Korea.
According to Nowak. a few
organizations and events have
vet to report and be added to
the total. This includes faculty and staff contributions
and private donations.
The 52,400 figure includes a
S608 check from the Mens Union profits from the Letter-
men appearance on campus.
Dormitory donations reported
included: Ronan, $302; Wold ,
S256; Trout, $211. The "Bash
the  Nash"  project,  sponsored
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.A program to aid Chippewa'Indian students from, the
Reservation near Mount Pleasant to reach their highest
educational potential, is "ready to take its first step.
■ The program, the vChippewa- Big Brother and Sister
Program, is designed to assist the nearly 30 Indian children
in the Kinney Elementary School in "developing, their
greatest    educational    poteh- —	
tial."
The overall plan of the program is to guide these young-,
sters through elementary, junior and senior high schools
using Central students from
sponsoring campus organizations as educational councilors.
Last night, too late for press
time, the Association of Childhood Education was to have
"adopted" its first Indian
child.
A student with an inquisitive mind, who wanted "to
know something about our
Chippewa heritage, has been
the moving force behind the
program.
Dave Maynard, Pentwater
senior, an active participant
as a CMU Cheerleader and a
Booster in the past, felt
ashamed when he realized he
was a "Chippewa" and still
did not know where the local
reservation was.
Last spring Maynard took a
poll of 400 students. Only five
of them knew where the reservation was.
Maynard, president of the
ACE, a campus organization
of nearly 150 prospective elementary teachers, has spearheaded  the program.
On Oct. 28 the program
charter got an approval from
the Chippewa Tribal Council.
The next day President Judson W. Foust backed the program.
On Monday, Nov. 2, charters and application blanks
were sent to the parents of the
Indian children o f Kinney
school. The principal of the
school,   Haley   Hinkley   has
been working closely with the
Steering Committee and/ the
Indians.
Briefly this is how the program works.. Any interested
organization contacts Maynard and arranges a meeting
date to discuss the details* of
the program. At this meeting
students may volunteer for
counselor positions.
A committee within the organization is formed to choose
one counselor and two, go-
sponsors for one Indian child.
These counselors are introduced to Hinkley, and he in turn
introduces them to the child
and the parents.
As it stands now, an organization can only sponsor one
child. Maynard said that this
might change where large
clubs are involved after the
program  gets underway.
"It should be made clear,"
said Maynard, "that this is not
in any way a financial aid program. We want to help the
Indian students achieve a
a higher academic standing in
school so they can graduate
from high school. There are
so many" opportunities for Indian boys and girls if they
could only graduate from the
secondary schools."
The counselor will meet
with his "adopted" child at
least once and not more than
three times a week during the
school year.
The role of the big brothers
and sisters is three-fold: 1)
friendship, 2) concern for academic interest in the Indian
child and   3)  assistance   with
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THE NUMBER SEVEN really turned out to be lucky
for Dennis Eynon on Wednesday night. Seventh was his
position of appearance during the Men's Union Talent
Show held in Warriner Hall. His seventh position, plus
his ability, teamed to give him a first place, by audience
poll.
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