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At last Monday night's student-administrator dinner a new
Student-Administrator Advisory Council was formed following n
long and detailed discussion of student responsibility. The students at the meeting said they thought the administrations rules
were made with no student voice on the policy heard.
The role of the Council is to
CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE. ML PLEASANT. MICHIGAN. JANUARY 23. 1959
NUMBER .FIFTEEN
review old administrative policy and give the students on the
Council, representing the student body, a voice in the formulation of new policy within
legal limitations.
The group felt that much student" unrest with the administration js caused through lack
of- Effective. communication between students and administva.
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BY BOB  STINSON
Central  fraternity men  have |
agreed to park their cars on oast i
:jnd west running streets Mon- j
day,  Wednesday,  Friday,  and
Sunday, and on north and south i
.tors and a lack of active pai'tici- j ^un,nin8rsl','cets on the rei!»aining
pation  of. Central students on
policy matters.   ■
The Council's first action was
if-■'review of the college policy
5/ off campus housing inspec- i
lion. Several student members j
of the Council felt that the col-'
nights of the week as a result of I
a temporary concession by the j
City Commission Monday night. [
The commission is considering i
banning parking on streets from j
2 a.m. to 5 a.m.
This alternate parking which
will bo in effect beginning today,   is   on   a   voluntary   basis
lege  has  infringed  on   t h e i r j only,
rights  in   allowing   Mrs.   Vera j    IFC president Ed Phillips
Weaver, Central's housing office t urges   dormitory   drivers   and
representative, to inspect apart-' oft-campiia   car-owners   in   the
.„     ...    .. . i South-of-High-Street vicinity to
ments  while  the  renters  were; coop(,rnte ^itn this preser)t eom
not present. I
It >was decided that the Hous- i
ing* Department would see that!
post cards were sent a day oi\
two in advance to students
whose apartments were to be j
inspected and ask that a student;
be present to show Mrs. Weaver
through the apartment.
The  Council  consists  of  the j
President of the Student Body.
Student   Body   Vice  President,
Men's   Union   President,   Chief;
Justice  of  the  Student  Court,
Head of the Associated Women
Students, Editors and Business,
Managers  of  LIFE  and   Chippewa, President Anspach, Vice;
promise. Phillips feels that if
Central drivers can alleviate the
city's street-cleaning and snow-
iemoving operations with this
plan, the commission may not
insist on the total street parking
ban.
Meanwhile a motion by commissioner Robert Sweeney for
Mayor Doug McFarlane to appoint a nine-member citizens
committee for further study and
recommendation w a s carried.
The committee is scheduled to
report its findings to the commission March 2.
Phillips,   who   defended   the
The Department of Speech and Drama, presented the Broadway comedy, "The Man Who Came
to Dinner," last Thursday, jFlriday, and Saturday. Don Wismer, Jr.. Port Huron junior, (in wheelchair) played Sheridan Whiteside, the till© role.
Others in the cast were: (left to right) Mary Beth Kapuste, St. Charles junior as Maggie
Cutler, ihe secretary; Ruth Wimmer, Detroit sophomore, as the nurse. Miss Preen; Peter Conarty,
Sauli Sie Marie sophomore, as the butler. John; Wayne Schembor, Elkion junior, as Dr. Bradley;
Margaret Stearns, Lake Odessa freshman, as Mrs. Stanley, ihe hostess; Elsie Meesfer, Comstock
Park junior, as the daughter, June, Stanley.
Ik^mi fifefe
Central's Young Republican
representatives attended statewide meetings of the Michigan I
Federation of Young Republicans and the Michigan Federation of College Young Republicans in Battle Creek, January
17.
A discussion was held on the
proposed   amendments   to  the!
BY BETTY LONGNECKER   , object of her love may not be an
Humor came fo  Central  for! actor, but his natural debonair
three days last week-end when! quality overcame the stiffness of
the play production  class pre- J his lines and permitted him to
sented Kaufman and Hart's play, i adequately fill his role.
"The Man Who Came to Din-!      As the long-suffering hosts
ner." The overall acting, scenery, (  0f the man who came to din-
and material were excellent as i  ner, Margaret Sterns and John
Monday (any combination)
12:30       Monday (any combination)
Wednesday, 8-10 a.m.
Wednesday, 10-IJajn
Wednesday, 2-4 p.m.
Wednesday, 4-6 p.m. ~
Thursday. 8r10 a.m.
"Thursday, 10-12 a.ni
Thursday, 2-4 p.m.
Thursday, 4-6
Monday, 8-10 a.m.
Others
Monday, 10-12 a.m.
1:30
Monday (any combination)
Monday, 2-4 p.m.
Others
Monday, 4-6 p.m.
2:30
Monday (any combination)
Tuesday, 8-10 a.m.
Others
Tuesday, 10-12 a.m.
3:30
Monday (any combination)
Tuesday, 2-4 p.m.
Others
Tuesday, 4-6 p.m.
4:30
All classes
Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.
Evening
Classes
M, W, or MW
Monday, 7-9 p.m.
Central Michigan College,will
graduate  182  students at midyear commencement Sunday, at
2:30 p.m. Dr. Benjamin C. .Wil-
| lis,   superintendent  of  Chicago
' schools, will be the speaker:
Honorary   degrees   will   be
awarded to four men, Ernest D,
Kennedy and  Elliott C. Spratt
will   receive   a   Dr.   of   Laws.
Glenn  MacDonald  will receive
i a Dr. of. Letters and Benjamin
— ! C. Willis a Dr. of Humane.Let-
i ters. ' .:'
The breakdown of dsgriees
to be awarded js as follows:
secondary, 67; elementary, 36;
liberal arts. 54; state limited.
9; business administration, 7;
masters, 9.
The processional will form at
2:00 o'clock with faculty lining
up in the corridor in double.file-,
open rank, facing in, as usual.
The graduates will line up in
the gymnasium.
There will be no baccalaureate as such. The churches of
the city have been asked to recognize the graduating seniors
who are members of the various
congregations, as part of their
T, Th, or TTh " Thursday, 7-9 p.m. _     , ■ „   ■   .
 '  J e i regular  Sunday morning serv
Any combination including Monday, e.g. MWF or MTThF, etc.; ice.
e» Any other combination, e.g. WF, TTh, T, etc.
campus area parking, was the j Federation   constitution   at   the
first appointee by-Mayor Mc-} MFYR meeting. No action was
Farlane to the fact-finding committee.
Phillips would appreciate any
Presidents   Bovee,  Smith  and
| views  on   the  current  parking
_     ,  _ „       .,        , „, , problem from students or citi
Foust^DeansSorrells and Sharp, !2Cns in the collcfte area- He is
Dr.  Gilbert Maienknecht, head   trying  to  determine  what  the
of,  information    services,    Dr.! real feelings of the students and
Cleon Ttichtmeyer, dean of fac-   area   residents   are,   toward   u
ulty,  arid   Richard   Lichtenfelt,
director of food services.
Items  on the discussion
agenda   for   the  February  24
nightly parking ban.
After the citizens committee
proposal was adopted, preventing immediate action on the situation,   a   Mt.   Pleasant   street
meeting of the Council are: i cleaner pr0Dosed the alternate
housing regulations, the health day( alternate-street svstem so
service, the possibility of adver-; thal tho present snow could be
tisements for the Chippewa.. ,Cmoved before it further hard-
cnoaUhg, student responsibility, j pnec( jnt0 jce
ttj^'possibility of having stu-, The rraternitv presidents all
dents on the Public Relations, j afirced on the temporary solu-
Corfrunications and Publication:-1 tjon>
taken.
March 6 and 7 were the dates
the   two-and-a-half   hour   play;
progressed.
As the man who came to dinner and stayed, Don Wismer, Jr.
commanded the center of atten-
set for the MFCYR state con-! t!on- Hls f.asU? fac'al exPref
vention to be held at the Hotel! f10nst f plumed each new al-
Olds in Lansing. I ^P1 to st°P hls secretary from
Kohl definitely took a baclc-
s e a t in believability. Their
forged distress and anger respectively seemed to end with
the wringing of the hands and
an angty voice.
Miss Sterns as assistant director and Dr. J. Alan Hammack
Students renresent'ne Central carrying a local newspaperman Should be commended for their
Bpard and student disciplinary
policies.
Other meetings scheduled for
the Advisory Council are March
11, April 1, April 14, April 30.
and May 12.
Students   who   have
They all attended the city hall
meeting to plead their respective
fraternity's hardship if the ban
were to be passed.
Mayor McFarlane cited similar street bans in other college
11 o w n s,   and   read   a   petition
com-; signed bv all  residents in the
were Roger Kisseberth, state
delegate; Dean Parkinson,
proxy-delegate; Mary Liken,
Andrea Davis, and Mary Quack-
enbush.
The meeting was closed with
■i combined dinner and social
function.
The next meeting of Central's
Young Republicans will be January 21. The club plans to adopt
a new constitution and set up a
schedule for next semester. To
help maintain interest in politics, the YR's are going to set up
three committees to study the
current events in Michigan. Topics to be included are the income
tax bills, the Right to Work
Laws, and the election of the
State Board of Education.
A Young Republican booth
will be set up in Keeler Union
lobby during registration, Feb-
plaints as to administrative pol- j 1000 block of South Washington, f ruary 9 and 10, from 8:00 a.m.
icy or possible policy enactment j The petition urged the commis-   ' '    '     — *--'-
are urged to register them with sion to pass the ordinance so
any member of the Council so i that college car owners would
they may be put on the agenda j remove their cars from in front
and discussed. | of their residences. I
to 5:00 p.m. Students may look
over the materials available and
talk to the YR representatives
at the booth about the club and
its activities.
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his ir^tX0^i,° a»Lt" Form, advisor for the CMC Inierfratormty Council obsorvoo.
his iroph^,"whiio Arnold Form, advisor
Corrine Robinson and Don
Wesibroolt   as   his   theatrical
friends   epitomized  the  common   conception   of   a   "show
business ham." Aided by her
well-chosen finery and a few
natural endowments. Miss
Robinson was able to carry off
the pari of a siren; but it was
Mr.   Westbrook,   whose   stage
presence was like a well-oiled
cat, who invited the audience
in for a glimpse at a star.
The secretary played by Mary
Beth Kapusto was handled admirably. She controlled the role
of the wise-cracking sophisticate
well, only lacking in merit in
the scenes where she tried to
explain her love.
Richard Malla who played the
; distinctive direction of the play.
| It moved swiftly and concisely
toward its ending.
'    Some of the most humorous
i situations developed around the
The valedictorian of the graduating class of January, 1959 is
The usual luncheon for
graduates, parents, friends
and faculty will be served in
Keeler Union from 11:30 to
lfQO o'clock.
Dr. Willis started teaching in
i 1922 in the Maryland schools
j and is now General Superin-
I tendent of Chicago schools. He
| holds memberships in the Amer-
' ican Association of School Ad-
uating class ot January, 1U59 « :     Persons qualifying for gradu-! S^S'^JSt^^lK
Mt.Pieasant.-The announcement !-*»oit. . ! anH  tho Tllinnis Education 'As-
,    ,   . ,    .      »»   , ^r,^^^^ „ v,-,   ~„,-.~,.,~.,,»_„,.! and the Illinois Education 'As-
was   made  last  week   by   Mr.! SECONDARY   CERTIFICATES T ^^^5^ .; ■ ■
George N. Lauer,'Registrar. The I    Carleton Averill, Henry Baker,!    pr Kennedy is the executive
salutatorian is Mrs. Joanne De-  Kenneth   Beatty,   Ida   Bentley, | secre'tarv of the Michigan* EJdu-
Vuyst from. Alma. | Clifford Berry, Gerald Bradley, j cation Association an3 attended
Mrs. Broderick attained a 3.49 ; Jack Brinkerhoff, Barbara j the pUDiic Schools of Shepfierd.
interchange between the famous | eumuiativ.e point average. She is i Brown, Thomas Brown, James j He was gl.aduated from Central
guest and his nurse played by  on Elementary program and will! Buckley,  Gerald  Butts,  Robert 1 ln  lg31  with a BA    from the
Ruth  Wimmer.  As
j plished   foil.   Miss
his accom
Wimmer
played the straight-faced, stodgy
nurse commendably.
The  natural  dialogue of the
comedy was one of its strong
points. It was well-chosen for a
college audience.
receive a B.S. degree. She has a ' Cummins, Carolyn Dana, Edgar j University of Michigan in 1938
major in social science and mi- I Decess. Joanne  DeVuyst,  Ray- j witn a m.a.. and from" Wayne
mond Dumas, Conrad English,, state Universitv in 1952: with
Joseph Epple, j Dr. of Ed. degree.
i    Lewis Fenton,  Raymond  Fe-1
[her, Stanley Filip, Murel Fisk, I
j J a n e t Fritz, Edgar Geerlings, I
j Donald  Glowicki,  Peter  Good-
| reau,  Gerald   Greenlee,  Robert i
I Grimes, Roy Hajek, Ellen Helm- !
! ker, Robert Hodges, Thomas {
nors in biology and English.
Mrs. DeVuyst attained a 3.44
cumulative point average. She
is on the Secondary program
and will receive a B.S, degree.
j She has a major in home economics and minors in vocational
| home economics and science.
Veteran's Mm
Third toeteiu
T® Ie teisnifa
mn
Rear Admiral Donald B. Mac
President Anspach will accept
Calkins Hall at the dedication
ceremonv Sunday. April 26. The
The admission office has an-1 dedication will be in the dormi-
nounced dates for veterans un- j tory lobby at 2:30 p.m.
der Public Law 550 and Public Calkins Hall, opened in the
Law 634 to sign their monthly fall of 58, is the newest women's
reports ending this semester.      ! dormitory. It is built for a ca-
Graduating veterans may sign) parity of 312 residents,
their reports today. All others, j    The dormitory will be dedi-
except Saturday students, may i cated to R D Calkins, head of
sign  the  week  of  January  26 j the geography department from | elogue Series,
after completing their exams.      j 1900-1944. Professor  C a 1 k i n s |    MacMillan has made 34 trips
Saturday students may sign! died in September of 1955. j to the arctic, the first as assist-
January 24 for the period from I     Keith M. Decker of the Geog-1 ant on the Perry North Pole ex-
January 1-24. All other students j raphy Department and a former | pedition.
will sign  for  the period from i colleague of Calkins will give i    jje   nas   received   recognition
January 1-30. i the tribute to the professor. The j for distinguished service, daring
!.t,.j    *„< i:       *—   •ll--'eXpioration   and   scientific  re-
i Horton, Raymond Jeffries, Wal-
i ter Kanicki, Robert Kelly, John
I Kelso, Margaret Kolarik,
i Joseph Kotsko, Dean Kreiner,
! Frank Kungel, James Lewicki,
j B u d Longnecker. Marguerite
j McKay, Sandra Montney, Wil-
! liam   Odykirk,   Robert  Osmak
   j Dean Price, David Reeg, Sallie
Millan, explorer, scientist and Rennie, Gerald Ritenburgh, Iva
educator, will present a film- Schaibly, Edward Schmidt, John
lecture on "The Far North" at Schofield, Harvey Schroeder,
the Warriner Auditorium to- Peter Sira, Lynn Smith,
night at 8:00 o.m. The program Joan.Sovereign, Dorothy Su-
is the third offering of the Trav- | merix,  Mary  Tanner. James
Veterans  not returning  next students'   appreciation   for   the
semester are -asked to give the, dormitory will be expressed by
Admissions Office their name
and students transferring are
advised to be certain they have
proper papers from that office.
Mary Kay Coleman, president
of Calkins Hall. Open House and
tours are also planned for the
ocension.
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Tickets for the annual J-Hop ■ day. In 1934 they again organ-
arid jazz concert on February 13 ; ized their own orchestra.
will go on sale February 10, 11
ahd 12 in the Warriner ticket office.
Featured will be the Fabulous Jijrimy Orchestra conducted by Lee Cestle and fea-
iuring Bob Durhani anil Jan
Winters.
Tickets for the one-hour jazz
concert to be held in Warriner
Auditorium will be sold separately. Dance tickets include admission to both the concert and
the dance in the Gym.
The first Dorsey Brothers Orchestra was formed in 1922, a
small group called the Dorseys
Novelty Band. They played local dates around their home
town in Pennsylvania.
Then for ten years they performed as instrumental soloists
for the leading orchestras of the
Jn 1S3G the two boys decided to go their individual
wsys so two fine orchestras
emerged. They split with the
idea of epch building an orchestra around his own con-
coplion of music.
For seventeen years they
played separately until they met
in the Hollywood Paladium and
pooled their resources once
more.
They played a variety of engagements and won a new generation of music lovers through
"Stage Show," A CBS television
hit- *
Since the death of Jimmy
Dorsey last year, Lee Castle has
been leading the n.ew group
known as "The Fabulous Dorsey
Orchestra."
search in the Arctic and is a fellow in the American and Royal
(London) Geographic Societies.
He is also listed in "Who's Who
in America."
The film touches on all facets
of the North country including
high adventure, geology, geography and the inhabitants on
this exciting tour of the Arctic.
Thompson, William Van Artsen
Kenneth Wahl. L. Bruce Webei
John  Wiley, Richard  Williams
George Wilson and Keith Zook
ELEMENTARY
CERTIFICATES
Charleen Adcock, Alice-Rac
Alessi, Donna Bechtol, Ernes.ine
Bischoff, Ruth Broderick, Myrtle Brown. Norman Carson.
Alice Chinnery, Lucille Chin-
nery, Franklin Covert, Ruth D^-
Boer, Alys Dufty, Elfemia Ever'
Anne Giacobone, Elaine God
frev, Mary Grisdale,
Phyllis "Guillett,  Oliver Hnr
mon,   David   Horton,   Verniee<
(Continued on page 4)
Mr. Spratt is Secretary of
the Hillyard Chemical Company in St. Joseph, Missouri
and is a member of the national Advisory Committee of
"T e e> c h e r ' s Competencies
Study," conducted by Ceniral
and ihe Ford Foundation. He
is listed in "Who's Who ir*
Commerce end Industry, in
Midwest and in American Education."
Mr. MacDonald is the Editor
of the Bay Citv Times and is a
member of the U. of M. Board
of Control of Student Publications, U. of M. Press Club,
American Soeietv of Newspaper
Editors, Northern Michigan Development Council and the Committee of Michigan's Economic
Future. He was born in Bay
City and attended school there.
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The current exhibit in Wight-
man Gallery is a children's ex-
l hibit of art. The showing iri-
cludes examples from elementary schools in Midland, Reed
City, Hillsdale, Grand Rapids,
'Hint. Louisville, Kentucky, and
the College Elementary School,
The exhibit is mainly art produced by children in the lower
•Trades.
Jean Hoose in ih6 center x'/as named Kaydoiio Colonel last Saturday nioht e* CtsaSsol Michigan Cello's SOTC ML OihGr co-ods who were nrirhoa ISuydOiies woieor £,oa Asia Oeidol, Captain; Hobin Oldham, Captain; Wanda Heior, Li. Colonel; Down (Sin0OlL Ll. CoIorcIs Jan Whiio,
Cnptains Qm&ta Conusor, Copidin; and Barb Macli, Captain. Dawn Popl?ott who waa afesoai was
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