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By Edio Cass
During the last month, Cen-
ral has been plagued by an
iutbreak of vandilism. These are
iot merely childish pranks, but
nalicious acts of destruction,
vhieh if left undetected could
lo great bodily harm.
The first occurrence- was iho
disappearance of She S3S0 picture of President Foust from
iho Univorsiiy Conior. Tho
picture is oa yoi. oiill missing.
Also in the Center, numerous
ish trays have been stolen,
Amounting to several hundred
iollars, thermostats have been
■ipped off the walls, so that
here is no control of air, heat,
>r ventilation, holes have been
junched  in tables,  and  cigar-
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ettes have been thrown in plant
boxes.
According io Richard Lich-
ienfoli. director of iho Univorsiiy Conior, "whoovor is
doing this io a vicjous iypo of
parson who needs psychiatric
holp".
§500 worth of damage was
done to two coin operated
machines in Barnard and Ron-
an and another machine between Barnard and Ronan in
the food commons hallway was
completely ripped out and is still
missing. Many others have been
tampered with, only to a lesser
degree—the object being to get
the money, says Lee Polley, director of housing.
The other night, a earful of
boys   pulled   up   in   front   of
Wightman Hall and tried to remove the spotlight which lights
the building and surrounding
area. Seeing that the light was
securely fastened in a concrete
base, they then proceeded to
take a plank and damage the
light.
The light was placed ihers
because ii ' is a raiher dark
area of campus. Had ihe light
been stolen, there would have
been ihe potential hasard of
someone  getting accosted  as
sho cam© from or passed thai
dark area.
The N was stolen out of the
University sign out on the highway, thus giving the entrance
to Central a run down appearance.
The  other morning,  a  park
bench was tied to the rope of
the flagpole. Previously, the
rope on the flagpole had been
cut and it cost approximately
$50 to have a winch truck come
up and repair it.
A manhole cwor. was removed from Sho parking lot
of ihe Center. "This is nothing but malicious intent io do
bodily harm, and not hid
stuff", said W. C. Bovoe, vice
president of business and finance.
If the destruction of this type
is not brought to a halt, then
the restrictions of the entire
university will have to be
tightened, thus punisbing everyone for the actions of a few.
This stands to reason, because the University is alloca
ted a budget for the year, and if
things must constantly be replaced, then there will be no
money left for the aquisition of
new things.
Also, if a safe home cannot
be guaranteed for donated objects, then people are not going
to want to help Central and
enhance its surroundings. They
want their gifts to go somewhere where they will be appreciated and cared for.
students must roaliso ihe
full implications of acts such
as removing manhole covoes,
stop signs, etc. Acts of ihis
nature are of serious concern
not only io college officials
but public authorities, ond
could end in a prison sentence
for iho guilty pariios.
When this happens, the news
will be in the newspapers and
other media around the state
and nation, thus giving Central
a bad reputation.
Ii  is  not  certain  whether
Central   students   are   doing
ihis or not. It may be ihe
work   of  other   college   students, high school students or
rebellious    Central    students
who had their matriculation
cancelled, or ihe guilty ones
may not even be students.
"At any rate", said Dr. Bovee,
"someone here knows who's doing   these   things,    and   they
should  have  enough  pride  in
their school to take the initiative in reporting the guilty parties to the proper authorities."
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VOLUME FORTY-TWO
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961
NUMBER EIGHTEEN
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By Charles O. Coffman
When all of the election petitions are turned in and validated this afternoon, we'll
know who the students are
who're aspiring to be the next
president of the student body of
this University.
The candidates probably have
already figured out their campaign speeches—what they'll
tell anyone if asked, "what will
you do, or attempt to do, if
elected?" The usual "my best",
or some ambiguous generality
referring to student government or student-faculty relations will be prevalent.
The real problem, ihe
CHALLENGE, ihai ought io
stand out io iheso young status seeker, is "What does one
do with ihe present siaie of
our campus?"
Thievery, vandalism and
prankish (but too often expensive) stunts have become the
RULE! Student feeling for the
University (Espirit de Corps, if
you will) is practically nil,
where the terms RESPECT,
HONESTY and FRIENDLINESS
seem to be dying!
I don't claim to have the answer. The  problem's  origin  is
deeply rooted, in the bi
grounds of students, faculty arib,
administrators alike. The general apathy and cynicism of our
time also has its effect.
I suppose we can't expect any
one "student leader" to do
much toward solving the problem, but the most important
student leader, the president of
the student body, is avoiding
Ihe ONLY issue, the real
PROBLEM on ihis campus, if
ho fails io try io pull ihe school
back together.
Yes, mister campus political
aspirant, it isn't all the
"peaches and cream" you figured when you signed that
petition... If you're going io
amount io anything, to yourself
and in iho eyes of ihis editor,
you're going io have io have iho
self-integrity io be honest with
yourself, your peers and iho
University's administrators.
In    some    instances,    you'll
have to call a spade—"a lousy
shovel"! You may have to do
quite a bit of work without getting much positive credit for it.
This campus has needed a
student leader with the above
attributes for a long time.
Alpha Phi  Omega  will hold
t's annual "Frat Frolics"  this
nonth,   and   charge   admission
faO cents). Student Senate gave
permission to charge admission
o the national service frater-
ity   at   its'   Monday   evening
eeting.
Harry    Courtright,    Al-
ha Phi Omega president, was
jat   the   Senate   meeting   and
asked for permission to charge
Admission   to    "Frat   Frolics".
JThe event, scheduled for March
3, will be a variety show this
ear sub-headed  "An Evening
with Music".
None of Central's social
fraternities or sororities are
going to be in ihe program
because of a time conflict
vf i i h   Gropk Week. Greek
Week is less than two school
weeks after the "Frolics".
Courtright said that the acts
will be of a musical nature, not
comedy. Most of the acts that
are planning to participate,
were in last semester's Men's
Union talent show.
All  money   collected   from
the event will be evenly divided   between   ihe   Korean
Orphanage   Committee   and
ihe Mt. Pleasant State Home
and   Training   School's   Arts
and Crafts fund.
The question of fund allocation was brought up because of
what Courtright called a "mix-
up'   at   the   Feb.    17   Senate
meeting. At that meeting Alpha
Phi Omega asked permission to
charge  admission   to   a   dance
that   it   was   sponsoring   that
weekend.
The Senate granted permission, but many senators said
that the reason they gave permission was they thought
"Frat Frolics" wasn't going to
be held this year!
This "niixup" almost cost
Courtright his show for this
year. The Senate vote was
split wider than usual.
Motions to provide funds for
a Safety Committee and to buy
a typewriter to go along with
the Administration's project of
putting three typewriters in the
University Center for student
use (see SAAC story, page two)
were tabled. Roger Kisseberth,
Senate Treasurer, will report
next week on the Senate's financial condition in regard to
supporting the two projects.
The Educational Awareness Committee, headed by
Mike Forsythe, was given the
project of compiling a complete list of the negative and
—positive—attributes—of—on—in*—
siruclor.    Senate    President,
Tom  Fitch,  said  thai  Cleon
Richtmeyer,   Dean    of   the
School of Arts and Sciences,
wants ihe list compiled from
a "student viewpoint".
Denny Moore; NSA Committee   head,   said   that   NSA   is
sponsoring an International Student Relations Seminar at the
University of Pennsylvania from
June 26, to Sept. 1, 1961.
The   seminar   provides   an
intensive examination of national and international student   groups   throughout   ihe
world for a limited number of
outstanding American college
and university students.
Approximately    15    students
will be selected by NSA to attend this seminar after success-
pdhhing llnuugli a regional
selection system.
enfral Family Loses Home by Fire;
rfends Appeal for -Clothing, ■ FuraHnrc
Friends of Bob Mitchell, a
Central student, have issued an
appeal for clothing and household items.
• The appeal is to replace items
lost by the Mitchell family when
fire gutted their living quarters
adjacent to the Humane Society
Shelter in Mt. Pleasant Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell and their daughters,
Susan and Robin, lost everything but the clothes on their
backs as a result of the fire,
which was caused by a faulty
oil heater.
Mitchell has been working
his way through Central
Michigan University for ihe
past throe years by managing
ihe Humane Society Animal
Shelter. Ho graduates in June.
Vitally needed by the young
family are bedding, furniture,
and clothing. The two little
girls, Robin and Susan, wear
dresses in sizes 2, 3, or 4. Mrs.
Mitchell takes a size 14 dress;
Mr. Mitchell a size 15 shirt.
Practically any item found in
the average home can be used,
including cooking utinsels,
dishes, pillows, etc.
Persons who would like to
donate cash or other items to
the Mitchells can drop their
contributions off at the Pickwick Company in downtown
Mt. Pleasant, or at the home of
Cal Ohls at 401 North Brown
street. The Mitchells have set
up temporary living quarters at
the Ohls residence.
PROGRAMS
Sunday, March 12
4 p.m.   Concert Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Winter Concert
Monday, March 13
8 p.m.   An Evening with Mark Twain
George-William   Smith,   Chairman,   Department   of
Speech
McCormick Theological Seminary
Tuesday, March 14
8 p.m.   Movie:  Moliere's "The Would-Be Gentleman"   "
First Film of Famous Comedie Francaise
Wednesday, March 15
8 p.m.   Dodds Memorial Interpretative Reading Contest
University Center Ballroom
Thursday, March 16
8 p.m.   Jazz Concert:
The Swinging Chips and others
Friday, March 17'
8 p.m.   Jose Limon American Dance Company
Artists Course
Saturday, March 18
All Day   High School One-Act Play Festival
Monday, March 20
8 p.m.   An Experience in Serigraphy (The Silk Screen Process)
 Wightman Hall Gallery	
Wednesday, March 22
8 p.m.   Electronic Music and Light Projection Techniques
Robert Ashley and Milton Cohen, Ann Arbor
Wightman Hall Gallery
Saturday, March 25
8 p.m.   Movie: "Lust for Life," in color cinemascope
Life of Van Gogh, includ/ng 200 paintings
Sunday, March 26
4 p.m.   Central Michigan University Orchestra
Concert
ART EXHIBITS
BAY PRINTMAKERS. Library, March 12-18.
8 a.m. to 10 p.m., MTWTF
8 a.m. to   5 p.m., Saturday
2 p.m. to   9 p.m., Sunday
WESTERN SERIGRAPHS. Wightman Hall Gallery, March 12-26.
8 a.m. to   8 p.m., MTWTF
8 a.m. to   4 p.m., Saturdays
2 p.m. to   4 p.m., Sundays
CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN ARTISTS. Warriner Hall, 2nd
Floor, March 12-26.
8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Daily except Sundays
2 p.m. to   5 p.m., Sundays
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PBEPMINeS FOB THE "QMS-ACTS" loot Monday evening were &s cool oi "So Won-
tooQ night Froskman Oao-Jicto ofcro. Ibo actors are Bmb«B Dawoon (left), Ed»o Magso
."■ '(oilting), Dicmo CcraoSl (oEassdixig beblpd &o chsir) cmd BsSiy YaSeo.
"Wherever men are free, or
wherever men long for freedom, the name of Lincoln
evokes reverence," said Dwight
L. Dumond, professor of American history at the University of
Michigan, in his lecture last
Thursday commemorating the
100th anniversary of President
Lincoln's first inauguration.
Dumond, an authority on the
Civil War period, took a century view of Lincoln. He discussed Lincoln's life in terms of
the war and the attitude of his
contemporaries.
"The Civil War is a classic
example of the fact that men
will fight for honor, ideas and
self-respect," Dumond said.
"Never have political issues so
confused the minds of men, and
under the pressure of this confusion men struggled to resolve
human rights."
Poor men of the South
fought beside men of great
wealth. In ihe North men
were not loo concerned about
slavery, but in ihe insiiiu-
tional    ideal    of    democracy,
Contest Finals
ike March
Finals of the Dodds Memorial Poetry Reading Contest will
be in the University Center
Ballroom Wednesday, March 15,
at 8 p.m.
Vice-President Wilbur Moore,
a personal friend of former
Congressman Dodds, will introduce the contest.
Dr. Emil Pfister, chairman of
the Department of Speech, will
present the $50 award for the
best reading.
Speech Department judges
are Dr. Herbert Curry, Dr. Billy
Skillman and Professor Jean
Mayhew.
Some of ihe soldiers were not
concerned ai all with institutions but merely with ending
ihe war.
"In the country the doctrine
of    biological    inequality    had
taken a deep hold on the minds
of men, so that even today we
find it difficult to eradicate it,"
Dumond said. "The war began
when men passed from hating
institutions    to   hating    each
other."
Dumond illustrated the
depths of hatred that had piled
up against Lincoln in the South
by reading excerpts from editorials that had appeared in
Southern newspapers criticizing
him.
Lincoln had only 11 months
of formal education in his entire life, but the words that
came from the pen of this man
have become a part of the
country's most valued possessions. Dumond called Lincoln
the greatest master of prose
ever produced by the English
race.
Lincoln's personal life was
<|> filled   with   despair,   and   he
was  subjected   io  indignities
even by his cabinet members.
"None save  Jesus  loved  his
fellow man as much as Lincoln
loved    them,"    Dumond    said.
Lincoln  was  dedicated  to  the
common man. During the war
he went to the a5-my hospital
near Washington whenever he
could.
Once, when a Confederate
soldier asked to see him, Lincoln went to a remote part of
the hospital and held his hand
While he lay dying away from
his home.
Dumond would not say that
Lincoln could have changed the
wax, but he did say he was the
one man in the country that
had the will to make things different, if he had had the power
to do so.
Jose Limon and Dance Company will be one of the highlights to be featured during
Central Michigan University's
Festival of Arts Week. The
performance will be Friday at
8 p.m. in Warriner Auditorium.
The Limon Company has just
returned from a tour of Western and Central Europe undertaken in co-operation with the
State Department's Intercul-
tural Exchange Program. The
campany was chosen as the first
performers ever to be sent to a
foreign country.
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Mark Twain is coming to he says in his lecture is from
Warriner Auditorium Monday Mark Twain's writings,
at 8 p.m. in the person of Although Smith is a profes-
-Geoige-William Smith, prufeb- sor,—his—transition—from the"
sor of speech, radio and tele- classroom to the stage was not
vision at McCormick Theologi- difficult. Before he entered the
cal Seminary, Chicago. "An teaching profession, he was a
Evening With Mark Twain" professional actor with leading
will be depicted by Prof. Smith roles in more than 150 plays,
as he paces the boards in the There will be no charge for
traditional: -white--»suit/-» whit-e^-the- performance -which- is- open
hair and white mustache. to the public.
When Smith appears in his^"
white suit, he gives a lecture
just as the humorist did in 1905.
Famous stories, such as "An Encounter With an Interviewer" is
only topped by "His Grandfather's Old Ram," and before
the evening is over we discover
again, as the nation did in 1905,
that Mark Twain was more
than a humorist; his messages
of 1905 still apply today.
Prof. Smith requires an hour
and a half to dress and make
up, and the likeness he produces is remarkable. Everything
Central f© Honor
U km Students
Ninety-four high school students selected from the academic top five per cent of their
graduating class will take part
in CMU's third annual honors
day tomorrow.
The students will represent
25 high schools in the north-
central part of the state.
Included in the day's activities will be tours of the campus, talks, a luncheon, musical
entertainment and a student
panel on "Life at a University."
All activities will be in the
University Center. Registration
and refreshments are scheduled
for 9 to 10 a.m. The day's activities will be concluded by 3:15
p.m.
This marks the third consecutive year that Central has
sponsored the event.
Concert Ci@iir
h Make hw
The Central Michigan University Concert Choir, along
with the Central Singers and
the University String Quartet
will make several appearances
in high schools while touring
through various cities in Southern Michigan Wednesday
through Friday.
On the three-day tour they
Will perform at Fertton, Mar-
lette, Imlay City, Madison,
Warren, Romulus, Walled Lake,,
and Flint Central high schools
and Flint Junior1 College.
. Fay Murphy, choral director
at Imlay City, and Mrs. Nancy
Vancil, choral director at Romulus, are co-sponsors for the
concert at their respective
schools. Both sang in the Central Michigan University Choir
for four years. ■
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Festival of Arts Week will be
in full swing when three
groups of musicians perform in
the Jazz Concert Thursday at 8
p.m. in Warriner Auditorium.
Central Michigan University's
well-known Swinging Chips
will be on hand for a few musical selections, along with Bill
Widmer's Sextet from Saginaw
and a new campus group called
the Counter Points.
The Swinging Chips, under
the direction of Jack Brewster,
will play "Sheep Shed Blues,"
"Artistry Jumps," "Ambers
Folly," "East Wind," "La Nevada Blues" and "Swing Owta."
Jack Gridley, who organized
the Chips, will play the piano
for Bill Widmer's Sextet.
The Counter Points, which
consists of four members, will
play several numbers for the
concert. The organizers of the
Counter Points, Phil Burrell
who plays the piano and John
Jones, alto saxophone, started
the quartet last spring. Later
Pat Cook, who plays the drums,
and John Dana, bass, joined the
group.
Film Tuesday His
French Actors '
In Nolieire Conmedy
Moliere's French comedy,
"The Would-Be Gentleman"
(Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme)
will be shown at Warriner Auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. The
cast consists of members of the
Societe des Comediens Francaise.
The theatrical company, officially organized 280 years ago,
had permitted only a single actor to appear at a time in a
movie. "The Would-Be Gentleman" is the first in which the
company as a whole appears.
Often called "The House of
Moliere" as a tribute to its
founder, Jeart Baptist Poquelin
de Moliere (1622-1673), the company has been famous for its
presentations of French drama.
Because the Societe is allow*
ing the entire group to participate, film-goers the world over
can see the productions with
original casts and texts on
film.
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The general public, the press
and artistic and intellectual circles responded with enthusiasm
to this American inflection in
the dance.
This unique company offers,
besides its star Jose Limon, artists such as Pauline Koner, its
guest star; Lucas Hoving, Betty
Jones and Ruth Currier. Pauline Lawrence, also known as
Mrs. Jose Limon, travels with
the company as business manager and costume designer.
When not touring, Limon is
busy preparing new additions
to an already extensive repertory and teaching dance both at
Julliard and the Dance Player's
Studio.
Tfce Moor's Jfavane, a dance
based on ihe story of Othello
which  climaxes  ihe concert,
reveals  a  mature  and  truly
groat   imagination,  ono   ihai
grasps ihe human values and
problems of life and of ari.
Limon tells a story, a dancfe-
play within the great play of
Shakespeare, and uses the plot
of Othello as a vehicle for retelling the drama of love and
jealousy   in   the   sure,    swift
strokes of his dance art.
Tickets for this production
will be available in Warriner
Hall Thursday from 1-4 p.m.,
and 9-12 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. on
Friday.
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Central Michigan University's
concert groups will launch the
annual Festival of Arts Week
with a concert on Sunday at 4
p.m. in Warriner Auditorium.
The Concert Band, under the
direction of William H. Rivard,
will present Maxwell's "Herald
Trumpets," "An Outdoor Overture" by Copland and a selection from "The Sound of Music" by Rodgers.
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble will play four numbers with iheix conductor
Norman C. Deiiz.
"Canzona" by Peter Mennin
is a short brisk work which
opens with a declamatory idea
expressed in mass sonorities
and Supported by powerful
rhythmic figurations in a broad
melodic line.
These matrials are developed
and expanded and the piece
closes with the opening statements brought back in a more
dramatic presentation.
Other selections will include
"Nabucco Overture" by Verdi,
"West Point Suite" by Milhaud
and Kechley's "Suite for Concert Band."
Later in ihe program the
Concert Band and Symphonic
Wind Ensemble will combine
io play an "Irish Tune from
County Derry" and "Shepherds Hey" by Percy Grainger.
These two British folic tunes
are being presented as a specisl
tribute to Grainger who died
recently. Grainger gave a piano
concert here for an Artist's
Course several years ago.
The combined bands will
close the concert with Strauss'
"Death and Transfiguration"
conducted by Norman C. Dietz.
The concert is open to the
public without charge and individual seats will not be reserved. However, blocks oi
seats can be reserved by addressing a request to Central
Michigan University Bands.
Blocks of seats will he held ua-
fil 3:45 p.m.
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