1958-01-10; Central Michigan Life

              ^M~~CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., JAN. 10, 1958
NO. 16
Chorus to Offer St. Paul Sunday
WILLIAM HOLLEY
Knapp Heads UN
Travel-Study Tour
Austin Knapp, of the political
science department, will conduct
a travel-study tour of the United
Nations in New York February
1-10. This tour may be taken for
college credit or just for pleasure
for §105, which includes everything but meals and spending
money.
Any Central student may take
the trip to gain two semester
hours of undergraduate credit.
Anyone else wishing to take the
tour for college credit may do so
after registering as a student at
Central.
. Mornings will be spent attending one particular function of the
UN, and in the afternoon the
group wm divide itself up into
smaller segments to attend different activities and committee
meetings in the building.
A maximum of 35 persons, on
a first-come-first-serve basis, may
register for the trip. Further information may be obtained from
*ield Services, Central Michigan
College, Mt. Pleasant.
The College Community Festival Chorus is in final stages of
rehearsal for their presentation of
oratorio "St. Paul" by Mendelssohn, Sunday, Jan. 12.
The program will be held in
the Auditorium at 8:15 p.m.
Miss Lucille Haynes of the
Central Michigan College faculty will be the soprano soloist
for the oratorio.
Three other soloists are coming from out-of-town to take part
in the program. They are: Ethel
Armeling, voice teacher from
Michigan State University, alto
contralto; William Holley, from
Indiana University, tenor; John
Macdonald, a professional singer
from Chicago, bass.
Ethel Armeling received her
B.A. degree from the University
of Denver; Bachelor of Music and
Master of Music degrees from
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York; appointed to
the faculty of University of Michigan; and studied in Munich, Germany, with Luise Wilier, during
a leave of absence.
William Holley is a graduate of
Stetson University, Deland, Florida; is currently graduate assistant in voice, working towards
Master's degree. He has appeared
with symphony orchestras in
Texas and Oklahoma .
John Macdonald has sung with
much success in varied roles and
has built a long and enviable list
of re-engagements, often regarded
as the real measure of a singer's
success.
The quartet of soloists is the
outstanding feature of the Oratorio.
The Festival Chorus, numbering 275, has devoted all of its rehearsal time since September to
this concert. Mrs. Lucile Davis
of Mt. Pleasant is the pianist for
the group, directed by Dr. Eugene
Grove, of the CMC music department.
The chorus will be accompanied by the newly formed College Community Festival Orchestra, directed by Dr. Olaf Steg,
head of the music department.
Members of both groups include music majors, other college
students and community people
from the Mt. Pleasant area.
'Great!'
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Central's Exfernes Review
Five-week Training Period
LUCILLE HAYNES
Dormitories were buzzing this
week with tales of teaching as
more than 250 externing students
returned to campus for classes
Monday morning.
The prospective teachers invaded 100 different schools in
Michigan for the five-week training period. All those interviewed
agreed that the experience was
the highlight of their teacher
training thus far.
Typical of the enthusiastic
comments are the following:
Robert Labarge, Pontiac sen,
ior, taught at the smallest
school represented, Beal City
High School. "I think I gained
the best experience from a
small school. When something
happens in a small school, it is
a great calamity and brings a
special kind of problem.
"One "day the furnace blew up
and I had to heat my room with
a pot-bellied stove. It was common for a student to get up in
the middle of a lecture and bang
the stove door before tossing in a
shovel of coal," he said.
: Phillis Copeland, Cass City senior, spent her time at Caro. "It
was a great experience. I taught
a full load just like any other
teacher and learned a lot about
kids. I even rode the school bus
one night to see how kids act
away from school," she said.
Mary Lazaroff, Detroit senior, taught at Redford High
School, Detroit. "I got my first
real taste of teaching. My experiences varied greatly and
each presented a new problem.
I had one student in my class
who was as old as I, and
another who was sent to jail,
One class was interrupted one
day by an air raid," she said.
Virginia Bordine, Mt. Pleasant
senior,   was   at  Grand  Rapids.
"The Grand Rapids school system
is almost ideal. It is so well organized that a teacher's job is
really simplified. The experience
was valuable to me because it
gave me confidence which a new
teacher needs. The only thing
bad'about externing is that it
doesn't last long enough," she
said.
Karen Walden, Caro senior,
went home to Caro for her five
weeks. "I liked the idea of being
at school all day instead of a few
hours like we are in practice
teaching. I could feel more a part
of the school as the children
didn't know I was a student. I
think prestige is essential before
a teacher can learn aynthing from
the kids.
"I became well acquainted
with classroom distractions at
Caro. They are putting a new
wing on the school and air
hammers blasted my ears all
day," she said.
Katherine LaSalle, East Lansing senior, taught at the Barnes
Avenue elementary school at
Lansing. "The teachers and administrators made me feel a real
part of the school system. I got
many good suggestions for teaching techniques. I didn't want to
leave because the problems of the
kids became my problems. Everyone was so friendly that I was
calling the teachers by their first
names before I left. It was fun to
be with professional people interested in kids.
"Each youngster has his own
problems and the teacher is not
successful until he learns them.
I hope to teach in Lansing when
I graduate. I helped put on a
Christmas program for the kids
and it was just wonderful to see
the enthusiasm and gratification
written  all over  their  faces,"
Katherine said.
Valerie Strong Will
Serve on 1959 Court
Valerie Strong, Miss Michigan
of 1958, was picked recently to
be on the Honor Court with Miss
America when she reigns over
the 1959 Miss America Pageant
in Atlantic City next September.
Miss Strong will be one of
three maids-of-honor for the ten
day contest. The other two will
be Miss Pennsylvania and Miss
California.
Valerie is a senior this year
majoring in education. 	
Anspoch to Accept late Hall
In formal Dedication
Journalism Major Nexf Fall
A major in journalism will be
offered on Central's campus next
fall.
At the December 18 meeting
of the curriculum committee, it
President Anspach will accept
J-ate Hall at the dedication ceremonies   scheduled   for   January
Tate Hall, the newest women's
dormitory has been accommodating approximately 325 of Cental s women students each semester since it was opened in the
fall of 1956.
Rachel Tate to whom the dormitory is to be dedicated was a
member of the English department from 1897 to 1916. She also
served as part time women's dean
tor several years during that
time
police to February Graduates:
Name cards and announce-
j£~nts are here! Pick them up in
j^e cashiers office in Warriner
Wall. Additional announcements
may be ordered there.
Chairman, Frances Martin, professor of education will open the
program. Kendall P Brooks, professor emeritus, will then make a
tribute to Rachel Tate. Marilyn
Burkhardt, president of Tate
Hall will express the students
appreciation for the dormitory.
'Uncle Doctor' Out
The story of one of this area's
first country doctors has been reprinted by Central Michigan College's press. The biography of the
late Dr. Benjamin Johnston of
Rosebush was originally published for his family and close
friends.
"Uncle Doctor" by his niece,
Faith Johnson, an associate professor of biology, tells the human
interest side of a country doctor.
Symphony Orchestra
Well Received Here
A good reception was given the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Tuesday evening, as it presented a program in five parts to
the artists course audience.
The musical compositions, appealing particularly to lovers of
music on a more intellectual
level, demonstrated various musical moods.
The audience showed their approval of the program by calling
for two encores.
The Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra has attracted wide attention as the nation's "traveling-
est" orchestra. Each year it travels extensively to some particular section of the country and has
journeyel in excess of 100,000
miles to more than 30 states during the past generation.
The orchrstra was founded in
1930 by Ferdinand Schaefer. In
1937, Dr. Fabien Sevitzky became conductor and held that
post until the end of the 1954-55
season. In the 1955-56 concert season, Izler Solomon was a guest
conductor with the orchestra. He
was subsequently selected as
music director and conductor.
Throughout his career, Izler
Solomon has guest conducted
many major orchestras and in
1951 he shared the United States
and Canadian tour of the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra with
Leonard Bernstein and with the
late Serge Koussevitzky.
was voted to establish journalism
as a new major. Previously journalism students have had to enroll in a pre-journalism curriculum which would give the student only a minor and necessitate
a transfer in the junior year.
In addition to the 18 hours that
were available, 13 more hours
have been added. The new
courses consist of an Introduction
to Journalism; two courses in
History and Principles of Journalism; a course in Magazine and
Feature Writing; a course in Press
and Society; and a Senior Seminar course.
The objectives of the new
course are to prepare the student
for careers in professional journalism and to prepare him for
teaching journalism and supervising publications in high schools.
First Year Teacher's
Confab Tomorrow
President Charles Anspach will
give the welcoming address to
open the conference for first
year teachers tomorrow.
Following this  address K.  T.
Bordine, dean of the division of
teacher  education,   will  explain
the purposes of the conference.
The conference provides an
opportunity   for   first   year
teachers and their administrators to discuss institutional and
adjustmenial problems that
arise during the first months of
teaching.
Small group discussions will be
held throughout the day as well
as departmental and elementary
conferences. .
Dr. John Osborn of the psychology and education department is chairman of the meeting.
Applications for
Scholarships Close
Next Wednesday
Competition for 165 scholarships for Americans to study in
13 foreign countries will close
January 15.
These awards are primarily for
one year beginning in the fall of
1958.
Most of the scholarships do not
cover travel expenses and applications for travel grants must be
submitted by January 15.
Many of these scholarships are
open to candidates in language
and culture, fine and applied arts,
sciences, social sciences, philosophy, history and theology.
General eligibility requirements are a U.S. citizenship, a
bachelor's degree by the time of
departure, knowledge of the language of the country unless
waived, a good academic record
and good health.
For application blanks and further information about these
scholarships write to the Institute
of International Education, 116
South Michigan Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois.
No Muss, No Fuss, No
Users of this Stuff
Are Really Nowhere
Leo J. Puccetti, Jr. editor of
the University of Toledo CAMPUS COLLEGIAN, predicts that
in a very short time a "new and
useful" deodorant will be invented. You put the stuff on and
after a while you disappear and
then everybody wonders where
the smell is coming from.
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