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CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN,   FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
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All salasios are for the full
school year.
The National Student Association (NSA) summer conference
at the University of Minnesota
in Minneapolis, Minn., in late
August and early September
will be reported on and discussed in full at the next sen-
ft   ft   ft
W Fitch notified LIFE
My Thursday Jhai ho haB
rjvorlcod his class cchcdulo,
i.U will bo oble to preside
► ;r Monday night Studont
iAato moolingo.
ft   ft   ft
„.    ,    .,    ., .     ate meeting (Monday, Sept. 26
rfoger Kisseberth, S t u r g 1 s  at 6:30 p m in w.309 _
ujor, was appointed  tempor-      The financiai report for the
chairman  of  the  Student  NSA trip showed that our stu-
ate   ™   j?6   m. I      S      e  dent government spent $709.30
>4ting Monday night,
Roger, who is treasurer of
c- student body, was appointed
■cause Tom Fitch, vice-presi-
■ni of the student body (who
.rlnally presides over the
nate), has a class on Monday
«-tjings until 7:30.
Ms appointment will hold
J-j the majority of the Sen-
X takes office after the Octo-
;• 16 fall elections. Only the
ht senators who were elected
appointed last spring were at
jday's meeting. After the
lions, the entire Senate (36
jibers) will decide how to
die the Fitch case.
.kike   Jones,   president   of
1 studont  body,  appointed
I   jiators   Ride   Cooper   and
2 Rosie DcGrandis as elec-
ns commiitoo mombors.
|ie  other  two  members  of
[elections committee will be
; pinted by the Student
irt—as soon as the Court is
lied.
,tudent    Court    applications
it be in by 4:30/p.m. today,
:r f the court will be announced
l jetime next Monday via the
r in of Students office.
J ,pnes hopes that the elections
f nmittee will be able to hold
jfirst meeting next Tuesday
jning because of the fast-ap-
■"kching    Homecoming    and
Ihmen class officer elections.
inn Sheppard, Romulus sen-
| and Peggy White, Berkley
■ lior, were appointed as Stu-
it Senate  representatives to
I  Student   Social   Activities
|nmittee (SSAC).
The   appointment   of   Diane
brge,   Harrisville   junior,   as
jate recorder was approved.
, Senate Recorder is one of six
pried positions of the student
jernment.
/The president of the siu-
jni body receives 3300, ihe
'co-president receives S17S,
id the student body socre-
jry and treasurer, tho sonata
.'corder and student court
.Jcorder   each   receive   8100.
at the annual conference.
A 500-foot television tower
and antenna has been presented
to Central Michigan University
by the Gerity Broadcasting
Company, which operates
WNEM-TV, Channel • 5, Bay
City.
The formal presentation was
made by James Gerity, Jr.,
president and owner of WNEM-
TV, to W. C. Smith, vice president of public services at Central.
The tower was srected at
Bay City in February, 1954, to
serve WNEM-TV when the station went on the air. ft was put
on a standby basis when the
Gerity Broadcasting Company
supplanted it with a 1,000 foot
structure in December, 1957.
University officials are negotiating with construction firms
to have the tower and antenna
taken down and transported to
the University campus. Dr.
Smith stated that contributions
from Central Michigan University Alumni would be used to
pay for the transportation.
The tower, valued at SifO.OOO
will be used by the University
when it begins transmitting educational programs on ultra
high frequency station, Channel
14, which is expected to begin
operation in the near future.
FINISHING TOUCHES were put on the new University
Center last week. Here workmen place the letters for the sign
at the entrance.
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Jhe Marching Chips of Cen-
t: 1   Michigan   University   re-
icjtly   attended   a   four-day
Marching Band Camp at Rock
:;ie. The camp was organized
,-1 designed to improve band
v^mbers'   fundamentals   of
.-.jrehing and playing,
^embers  of  the   1960  camp'
, iff included Norman C. Dietz,
4ector of bands, Dr. William
j Rivard and Dr. Lawrence R.
jiith. Miss Isabelle Cabello, of
b  University  Health  Center,
hs camp nurse,
jThe 120-piece marching band
; slated to make its first ap-
•arance at the Oct. 8 Band
iy. In addition to its perform-
ices at the Oct. 15 and Nov. 12
jmes, the group will ac'com-
jny the football team to
jrthern Illinois University for
e Oct. 22.
km Business School
Central's continued expansion
has brought about the creation
of another new school. This
year the School of Business Administration has been formed,
combining the commerce and
economics departments under
one dean.-
Dr. W. Lyle Willhite, formerly of Long Beach, California,
has been appointed as dean of
this new school. Dr. Willhite's
office is located in the commerce building.
For the first time in the history of Central Michigan University, students have their
recreation' and entertainment
housed in one building, the University Center.
The University bookstore
heads a long list of stores,
rooms and offices which make
up the University Center's directory.
The bookstore contains a
complete line, of textbooks
and other class supplies. It
also carries notions, university
wearing apparel, jewelry and
stationery, and many other
student needs.
One of the most popular features of the new center is the
grill, known as the Reservation
in keeping with Chippewa tradition. Other important additions to the new University
Center are the bookstore, bowling alley, and scalp shop.
Students no longer have to go
to the Mount Pleasant bowling
alleys because the new center
has twelve new alleys which
feature automatic pin setters.
On  the  ground  floor lobby,
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Twenty-four new educational
films have been added to the
film library of audio visual aids
according to Mr. Byron Clend-
ening, audio visual director.
This sizable addition to the
approximately 800 films in the
library includes pictures ranging from the very new, "Hawaii, Our 50th State," to a documentary from the time of
early motion pictures, "World
War I."
Wife Record S»i
Central's campus enrollment
climbed to an all time high
with the registration of 5,024
students for the fall semester,
George N. Lauer, registrar announced Wednesday.
This compares to a campus
enrollment of 4,860 students last
fall. The gain of 164 students
represents about a 3 per cent
increase.
Enrollment by classes reveals
1,569 freshmen, 1,091 sophomores, 998 juniors, 995 seniors,
56 special and guest enrollments
and 315 in the Graduate School.
Graduate School enrollment
has increased 22 per cent over
that of a year ago.
All students interested in
working on the staff of the Uni-
. versity newspaper, LIFE, are
invited to a coffee hour at the
LIFE office (S40), Wednesday,
Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m.
Previous journalism classes
are not necessary. The only requirements are that students
show interest and a desire to
work.
There are openings in both
the editorial and business phase
of the LIFE—reporting, advertising and photography.
©id k Club
: \ fet Insosday
(The first meeting of the
bme Economics Club will be
dd Tuesday, September 27 at
P.M. in Wightman Hall living
om.
President Marjorie Mansfield
ill open the meeting and wel-
>me the freshman and new
iembers. Topics to be discussed
fe dues, membership, election
f a historian, and the future
pans of the club.
[Officers of the club for the
bmmg year are vice president,
/lary Lee Brown; Secretary,
jionna Taitj and treasurer, Car-
lyn Buta.
I Ruth Ann Sweeney Is presi-
jent and Vicky Blum is treasurer of the Michigan Home Economics Association. They are
vorking on N.H.E.A. conference
J/hich will be held at CMU
fovember 19.
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Students at Central are bor- japproximately six times last
rowing more money than ever !year. Three thousand two-hun-
before, according to Norvall C. jdred and seventy-one individual
Bovee, vice-president in charge loans (averaging §13) were
of Business and Finance. .granted last year.
Dr. Bovee points to the gap- This short-term fund had
ing hole in the large National $7,377 in it as of June 30. This
Defense loan  that Central re- includes  funds from  the Ans-
cently received.
The National Defense loan
fund that amounted to §180,000
last year has dropped to §3,200.
Loans from this fund averaged
§608.00 last year, but the average will drop this year because
the maximum loan is being
lowered from §1,000 to §800.
Central's "sogwlnt" long-
iortn loan hm& is down to
S14.000.   About   iwo-hundrod
pach, Cuff and Stavin loan
funds, as well as the A.W.S.-
Men's Union fund.
Students interested in the
Motional Defense loan fund
must have a 2.5 scholastic!
average. Loans are granted
on a basis of need and overall scholastic ability* with
priorities in tho UreSs of
Caching, foreign language
8nd science.
[The "regular" long-term fund
loano iot S4G.223 woro Sillod   is,open to students with; a 2.00
lasft yoa?. a S231 avorago. g^de- average or better. And a
The   short-term   fund,   com- sh|rt-term  loan  can  be  made
monly . known as the A.W.S.- for a maximum of twenty dol-
Men's Union fund, turned over laf» for thirty days.
men will find a convenient barber shop to give them flat tops,
crew cuts, or any other hair cut
they desire.
Carry over facilities from
the old union are the public
cafeteria, game room and
ballroom. The new ballroom
is located in the glass enclosed dome of the building.
Other features of the center
are lounges, a creative art
workshop, and administrative
offices.
The lobbies and lounges are
furnished in Danish Modern
furniture. The lobby on the
first floor is accented by a
fountain flowing from a marble
wall.
About 1,500 students are filing into the old gymnasium at
Central Hall twice a week to
watch closed circuit television
classes.
The Speech 101, Biology 151,
English 218 and Education 363
classes are being presented by
television as an experiment.
It is hoped that the many students who take these required
courses will be accommodated
easily. One instructor can record one lecture on a video tape
to be presented to several sections of students.
In the past one instructor has
had to give the same lecture to
section i at different times in
person. Or the sections met as
several classes, occupying many
instruct irs, then met as one
mass lt :ture class one day a
week.
Eleve x TV sets are set up
around the room in the old
gym   at   Central   Hall.  They
are elevated about seven feet
so that about 25 students can
sit around each one and view
it without obstacle.
The video tape is recorded in
and transmitted from the studio
in the library. The studio room
and a  control room was built
for this  purpose when the library was built.
The studio was equipped this
summer. The audio and video
is transmitted by cable through
a tunnel from the library to a
and trial run period on August
22.
The experiment, which is being supported by a $75,366 grant
from the Ford Foundation, was
launched in an attempt to improve Central's educational program.
Central wants to see if students see if this method of presenting   certain   classes   works
Mr. Lew Rhodes is overall
director and head producer. He
is the major producer and director, works with the telecast
teachers and sits in the control
room during programs to see
that all is going as planned. The
assistant director is Blair Mac-
Kenzie.
The chief engineer, Carrol
Thomas, who is licenced and
technically trained in operation
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Central's Army ROTC department started the year off on the
right foot when it placed third
among 33 schools competing for
the Military Proficiency Trophy
at Fort Riley, Kansas, this summer.
Central's cadets, matched
against other ROTC units of the
Fifth Army area, were rated on
performance in rifle marksmanship, tactical problem solution,
and tests covering field problems, physical training and map
reading.
This fall the department is being reorganized under the supervision of its new commander, Lt. Col. Adoph J. Fos-
sum.
ELECTION PETITIONS
Petitions for fall elections
of freshman class officers
(president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, men's union
representative and two senators), men's union president
and homecoming queen can
be picked up in the Student
Covernment Office starting
Wednesday. Petitions must be
turned in by Friday, Sept. 30
at 4:30 p.m.
eiders Clues
To.Revamp Mods
Mathematics teachers in the
Central, Michigan area are being given a chance to revamp
their teaching methods through
a new graduate series at C.M.U.
Forty-two area teachers have
been appointed to the Institute
which is under the direction of
Dr. Lauren Woodby, head of
the Department of Mathematics
at Central. Only persons now
teaching math in high schools
are enrolled in the Institute The
Institute is run under a §19,000
grant by the National Science
Foundation.
The Institute will offer two
distinct programs.
Program I is for teachers woh
want an elementary but systematic study of modern mathematics. Emphasis will be on
fundamental concepts—numbers,
sets, sentences, relations, functions, logic and statistical inference. Four hours of graduate
credit can be earned each semester in this program.
Program I is for teachers Who
who have recently studied at
least one course in fundamental
concepts of mathematics and at
least one course in elementary
statistics. Program II offers
three hours of graduate credit
each semester.
A special feature of the program will be guest lecturers.
Professor Emeritus W. W. Rankin of Duke University will be
at CMU Oct. 8.
receiving point in the old gym and  expanded after the  grant head    producer,    an   assistant
at Central Hall. runs out. The program will be producer, two engineers and a
The instructors who are con- backed by the Ford Foundation studio   artist   who   heads   the
ducting the classe by closed cir- until the school year of 1963- props department,
cuit classes  began a rehearsal 1964.
Closed circuit TV is possibly the first step toward Central's own station. By blanketing   the   school,   then   Mf.
Pleasant,   then   the   Central
Michigan area, after Central's
TV set up has developed and
been    proven    worthwhile,
Central will possibly get into
open circuit TV.
The new technical staff work
well   enough   to   be   continued ing at CMU this fall includes a and maintenence of TV equipment, attended a training school
this summer in the use of video
tape  equipment.   The  assistant
engineer is Kenneth Wright of
the Department of Physics and
Chemistry,
Two engineers are needed to
work the equipment when
video tapes are being made.
One has to work as a general
operator, the other on the tape
machine.
The  director and staff direct students who help with
ihe   actual   live   productions.
They  train   ihe  students   $o
operate   the   cameras,   lightsi,
props   and   other   items   involved in the productions.
The   studio   artist,   Marilyn
Andresen, directs the props department,  which  is  sometimes
a 24--hour a day job. The Department of Industrial Arts and
the Department of Art may be
called in to help with visuals
and props.
Two mobile cameras on dollies
and one camera to take care of
film clips and slides are used in
the studio.
The three cameras are supplemented by video tape equipment which is the newest
equipment used in TV studios.
The tapes record pictures and
sounds that can be erased so
the tapes can be reused.
COUNTRY DANCERS MEET
The Country Dancers will
meet Monday nights from 6:30
to 7:30 p.m. Persons who have
had Physical Education 27a. or
experience may join the group.
Meetings will be in the lobby
of the Physical Education
Building.
Faculty Milters
Recoivo Piroiolions
Twenty-two faculty promotions were announced this summer by President Judson W.
Foust.
Dr. Victor Croftchik was promoted from acting head to head
of the Department of Art and
Dr. Richard Wysong was appointed head of the" Department
of History and Political Science.
Promoted to professor were
Dr. Carl Baumgartner and Dr.
Harold Telfer of the School of
Education.
Promoted to associate professor were Dr. Wakelin McNeil
and Dr. Carl Scheel, biology;
Dr. James Hodgins, Dr. J. Harold Smith and Dr. Arthur E.
Waterman, English; Dr. Wilbur
J, Waggoner, mathematics; Dr.
Keith Maxwell, speech; Keith
M. Decker, geography; William
Sleeper, education; Esther Alt-
man, personnel, and Edger Ross,
music.
Promoted to assistant professor were Beuna Wilson, mathematics; Frederick Kabbe, chemistry; Esther A. Kraus and Dr.
George Manupelli, art; Yda Lou
Schultz, music, and Charlotte
Denman and Richard Kirchner,
physical education,
TV CLASS—Students view televised class in Central
Hall Monday, the first day of televised classes on the Central
campus.
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painted   at  the  intersection
Hopkins and Washington.
Preston and Bellows Street
will    be    blackiopped    from
Washington    Street    io    the
tracks sometime this fall.
This year me parking lots are
going to be watched closely for
thefts.   The   lots   will   also   be
checked for students who  are
drinking in cars, as it is against
the state law and college regulations   to   have   intoxicating
beverages   on   university   property.
Vernel Davis, Chief of Police
in Mt. Pleasant for 14 years and
now the head of Central Michigan University Security, said
that the laws are going to be
With the creation of a new
CMU security force, Central's
parking regulations will be enforced rigidly.
Students are to display permit stickers inside the rear window in the lower corner on the
driver's side. For convertibles,
the sticker must be displayed on
the lower inside corner of the
windshield on the passenger's
side.
All  old University parking
stickers    must    be    removed
from car windows or the student wil be fined S3.
On-campus   and   commuting
students  may  park  their  cars
only in designated lots and during the day on city streets. All strictly "enforced,
student   resident   stickers   will
indicate an appropriate parking
lot.   Students   may   not   move
their cars from one resident lot
to another.
Students who wnen parking
on campus fail to park in the
lots assigned to them, will be
fined §3 for the violation.
There is no parking on any
city or university street between the hours of 2 a.m. and 7
a.m.
The new University Center
lot has two-hour visitor parking  only.  Students  may  not
park there from 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Parking meters were put in
at the side of Calkins and Robinson to provide more space for
visitor parking. By having the
meters there will be a constant
turnover of cars,
Crosswalks   are  going to  be
Lifenry
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Labor difficulty in the form
of various strikes is the primary reason that the two new
dorms of the South Quadrangle
were not ready for students
when school started last week.
Merrill Hall, one of the new
dorms, should be ready for occupancy sometime between October 15 and November 15, said
Norvall C. Bovee, vice-president in charge of Business and
Finance.
The men now living in Sloan
Hall will move to Merrill as
soon as possible, which will allow the overflow of girls who
are crowding the women's residence halls to move into Sloan.
The CMU library will remain
open an extra hour, until 11
p.m., Monday through Thursday nights Orville L, Eaton,
head librarian, announced this
week.
The extra hour was added as
a result of an increased number
of students per room in the
dorms. It was felt that students
would like to study more in the
library than an overcrowded
room.
Library hours are as follows:
8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday
through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5
p,m. Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday; 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Library rooms 300-301 and
309-310 will be opened for
study purposes from 7:00 p.m.
to 11:00 p.m. Monday through
Thursday nights.
Central Michigan University
will again offer a music travel
course. Non-students who wish
to audit the course may obtain
information from Professor
Norman C. Dietz of the music
department before Oct. 15.
The dates of the trip are Jan.
27 through Feb. 5. The course
offers an opportunity for travel
to New York for ten days to
experience fine symphonic orchestral literature under world-
famous conductors and to witness performances in the Metropolitan Opera.
Musical comedy is included
on the program, and the group
will visit Birdland, considered
the center of American jazz.
Famous churches and cathedrals will be visited, as will art
museums. A bus tour of New
York City and a visit to the
United Nations Building will be
included.
The course, with the trip
coming between the fall and
spring semesters, may be taken
for credit or non-credit by college students.
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CMU students who enjoy
singing are invited to join the
Community-University Festival
Chorus.
The first rehearsal will be at
7 p.m. Wednesday in the All-
Purpose Room of Rowe HalL
Members are to furnish their
own scores of the first presentation, Brahm's "Requiem.'-
Scores are available at the University Center Bookstore.
The "Requiem" will be presented in January, and the Festival Orchestra and guest soloists will also participate.
Dr. Eugene Grove will be replaced as conductor this year
by Dr. A. Malcolm Brown, a
new member of Central's music
faculty.
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More tenors are needed for
the Men's Glee Club, according
to Dr. Eugene Grove, director
of the group.
Singers may receive one hour
of credit or may participate on
an audit basis.
Rehearsals are on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays at
1:30 in Warriner 253. Any tenor  interested   shotud^sc  Pf,
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Dr. William Rivard, assistant
professor of music at CMU, was
recently chosen to play in a
workshop orchestra for conductors studying under Wilfred
Peletier.
The workshop,  directed  by
Mr.' Peletier, was a part of a
Civic Orchestra Conference held
at Interlochen from Aitgust^'
to 3D. Mr. Peletier a-
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