1958-06-26; Central Michigan Life

              Hepler, Croftchik, and Serier Chosen fo Head Departments
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Three members of the Central
Michigan College faculty have
been appointed department heads,
it was announced by President
Charles L. Anspach.
" Dr. John Hepler, professor of
English will become head of that
department effective July 1. He
succeeds Dr. E. C. Beck, who retired this year after serving as
head of the department for 30
years.
Named acting head of the art
department effective July 1 is
Victor Croftchik. Currently, he is
an associate professor in the department. He succeeds Mrs. Margaret Millar, who retired this year
after being on the Central Michigan staff as head of the art department since 1937.
Lester Serier, associate professor of mathematics, has been
named acting head of the mathematics department for the academic year 1958-59.
Serier will take the place of Dr.
Lauren Woodby, who has been
granted a leave of absence for the
year to study at the University
of Chicago. Woodby will study
advanced mathematics there as
a National Science Foundation
Faculty Fellow.
Hepler joined the Central Michigan staff as an associate professor of English in 1946. He holds
the bachelors degree from the
State Teachers College at Ship-
pensburg, Pa., and the M.A. and
Ph".D. from Peabody. He has also
done graduate work at Vander-
bilt and Harvard.
Croftchik has his bachelor's degree from Central Michigan College, M.A. from the University of
Michigan and has completed
course work toward the doctorate
at Michigan State University. He
is now in the process of completing his dissertation. He came to
Central Michigan as a faculty
member in 1948.
An   accomplished   artist,   he
JOHN HEPLER
has had several paintings accepted for international exhibits. Croftchik has had a number
of years of teaching experience
in the public schools of Michi-
VICTOR CROFTCHIK
gan, and was an honor student
at Central.
Serier graduated from Hope
College and received his M.A.
degree  from  the  University  of
LESTER SERIER
Michigan. He has done additional
graduate work at Michigan State
University. He joined the Central
Michigan staff as an instructor of
mathematics in 1935.
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VOL. 39      CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., JUNE 26, 1958 NO. 35
Enrollment Reaches 7603 Tuesday for Increase
Of 10 Per Cent and New Summer Session Record
Marlynn Burkhardt, Ecorse junior, shows her matriculation
card AGAIN as she struggles through registration.
Report by Bovee Traces CMC Growth,
Predicts 10,500 Enrollment in 1970
Statistics released by N. C. Bovee, vice president of business
and finance, reveal a continual
growth of CMC in all areas.
His report reveals that the campus enrollment of the College increased from 965 in 1925 to 3,956
last fall.
Predicted enrollment by 1970 is
10,500.
In his report, he also points
out that since the establishment
of Central Michigan College in
1892 the enrollment has
doubled six times. Double enrollments have been registered
between 1892-1900, 1900-1910,
1910-1918, 1918-1923. 1923-1938
and 1938-1956.
He predicts a doubling of enrollment again between 1956 and
1970.
The staff has been increased
from 132 in 1939 to 523 at present. In addition, the number of
students employed on a part-time
basis for the same period has increased from 150 to 650. The regular staff has increased 296 per
cent and the student staff 333 per
cent.
From the standpoint of operating budget Bovee revealed that
the total budget including state
appropriations, local fees and enterprise collections has grown
from $2,358,090 in the fiscal year
1949 to $5,614,623 in the fiscal
year 1957.
In 1930 the institution consisted of 35 acres. At the present
time  there  are  approximately
200, an increase of 471 per cent,
according to figures revealed
in the report.
Other physical development includes the expansion of the academic plant from five buildings
with a total of 216,513 square feet
in 1930 to 15 buildings with a total of 463,294 square feet. The
number of buildings has increased
200 per cent and the square footage 114 per cent.
Square footage of self-liquidating units has also increased. In
1930 there was only one residence
hall on the campus with 68,800
square feet. At the present time
the self-liquidating buildings include seven residence halls, two
food commons buildings, a health
service and a union building.
These buildings represent a total
of 710,200 square footage.
In addition there is an eighth
residence hall nearing completion
which will be open this coming
fall. Plans and specifications for
a ninth unit have been completed
and bids will be taken soon, according to Bovee.
Bovee also stated in this report
that a new union building is in
the planning stage and a portion
of the money for it has already
been reserved by the Federal
Housing authority.
The faculty reception for students will be Tuesday in Keeler
Union Ballroom, 8 to 10 p.m.
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IBM Machines
To Bring Changes
Here Next Faii
Editor's Note!  Dean Lauer's
series   of   articles   to   acquaint
students with ihe International
Business  Machines,  commonly
called IBM, that will be used in
records and registration is being
reprinted for summer students.
The first of the series deals with
student numbers.
In the fall semester a limited
number of International Business
Machines will be used for the processing of records and registration.   Student  records  will  be
placed on IBM cards, and all student numbers must be changed.
The new student number will
be a five digit number and will
identify only one student. It will
never be assigned to any other.
A student registering for Saturday or evening classes, in ihe
fall will find his new number
on   his   preregistration   form
when he obtains it on registration day. He should then delete
the old number on his matriculation card and record ihe new
one.  From ihis point on,  ihe
new student number must be
used   on  all  documents   and
when referring to the record.
Numbers 00001 through 07999
are being reserved for students
who were admitted to Central before the fall of 1958. In recording
this number it is important to record all five digits.
Students will be asked to present more information at preregistration than in the past to allow
us to bring the records up to date
on the IBM cards. It must be recognized that these machines do
not think but will record only the
information appearing on the student's card.
Ifvthe student presents inaccurate information, or if it is illegible, the correct information cannot be punched on the cards.
Therefore, it is imperative to present correct information, clearly
printed, thus greatly reducing the
possibility of errors.
Central Michigan's summer session enrollment set a new record
as it passed the 1600 mark Tuesday morning according to Dr.
Judson W. Foust, director of the
summer session.
Enrollment   Tuesday   had
reached 1603 and was expected to
go as high as 1625 as late enrollments continued to come in.
The 1603 figure is an increase
of 10 per cent over last summer's enrollment of  1450, the
previous high for summer session.
The undergraduate enrollment
was 1289, up about 9 per cent
from last year, while the graduate enrollment was 314, up 18 per
cent from last year.
The increase in graduate enrollment is particularly significant since ihis is ihe first summer of independent graduate
study at CMC.
Last summer's graduate enrollment of 265 was divided between Central's program and the
University of Michigan which has
been discontinued.
The bulk of the undergraduate
enrollment is juniors and seniors.
There are 369 juniors and 502
seniors a total of 871 which is
slightly more than two-thirds of
the undergraduate total.
In contrast to the regular school
year when the number of men is
about equal to the number of
women, women outnumber men
this summer, 1099-504.
Chip Indians Present
Three-Day Pageant
The Chippewa Indians will present their pageant for three days,
starting today at the Reservation
three miles east of here.
Chief Little Elk said there will
be two performances daily—at 3
p.m. and sunset.
The two-hour ceremonial will
depict Indian life, rituals, songs
and dances.
The Chippewa Pageant will
also be presented July 2, 3, 4,
and 5 in connection with the Jay-
cee fireworks and carnival at Island Park.
Manistee Theatre
To Give Play Monday
Eugene O'Neill's "Ah Wilderness" will be presented by the
Manistee Summer Theatre in.
Warriner Hall Auditorium Monday at 8 p.m.
Admission to the play, which is
partof the Summer Session Artists Course, is free.
Campus Calendar
Thursday, June 26
4:00-5:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
Monday, June 30
8:00 P.M.
Tuesday, July 1
4:00-5:00 P.M.
8:00-10:00 P.M.
Wednesday, July 2
4:00 P.M,
Friday, July 4
"Some Aspects of the Present Recession"
Gertrude Grodski, Assistant Professor of
Economics
Warriner Hall—Room 107
Dancing on the Green and All-College Sing
Center Campus
Play: "Ah, Wilderness!" by Eugene O'Neill
Presented by Manistee Summer Theatre •
Warriner Hall Auditorium
"A Case for Federal Aid to Education"
Franklin K. Killian, Professor of Education
Warriner Hall—Room 107
Faculty Reception for Students
Keeler Union Ballroom
Book Hour: "Collecting and Collectors"
George J. Heckroth, Director, Clarke
Historical Collection
Library—Room 300
Independence Day—No Classes