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VOLUME FORTY
.CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 19, 1958
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BY ROBERT MITCHELL
;: o w n-h aire d,    blue-eyed .
nny Randolph, of 920 S. Kin-,
:  is only eight years old but'
a very important element in
^higan's educational system.
You see Johnny is in the third
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BY BETTY LONGNECKER      ,
- At county fairs a blue ribbon is
given for distinction and at the j
jpbristmas concert it was no more i
plan appropriate that the concert;
phoir was bathed in blue lighting |
jft times.
j! A grandioso entrance of march-
ihg singers down the aisles of j
SVarriner Auditorium began the j
Svening. In the distance, white j
fhe concert choir readied them-'
Selves on stage, Jack Gridley pre-
iaied the evening's mood by i
jlaying the chimes. j
The combined choral groups   j
marched in singing "Veni Im-   f
, manuel" and the curtain opened   j
on ihe  concert  choir. Holding
their lighted candles in the blue
lighting,  the   impressive   choir
'sang "While Stars Their Vigil
Keep". j
Soprano   Nancy   Alexander,   a ]
seasoned veteran, sang the lead j
of  "Alleluia,  Jesus  Christ  Is
Born". j
The concert choir was then re-!
placed by the fashionably attired j
men's glee club. Wearing their |
new blue jackets, red ties, and i
gray slacks the mens' glee club ]
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This is because both student  f entrance was to have the earliest i    Today children from 142 fami-
and in-service teachers come to
the College El lo learn ihe best
methods of instructions and it
is because the school's instructors write reports based on
studies of Johnny and his class-
application. ; lies attending the school represent
:    The school uses this system to j every section of Mt. Pleasant and
I keep a student body represents-; its outlying rural areas*
' live of a cross section of society. :      Johnny's parents wanted their
High or low IQ. rich or poor fam-1  children lo attend the College
ay  background  are not criteria >  gl for three reasons—the qual.
.. ,»., -.1 tho r„!W„ pi„mo„tw„ males l0 aid those >n«erested in for entrance. Theres no tuition! iiy and number pf teachers, the
r ,,_•»,' College Elementary. elementary education lo know < fee,-the school is state supported.! personal attention offered, and
F.-moI (College El). And it is how:       d   learn   ,he   mos,   modern  ,    Handicapped  children  will be!  personaI aUeimon °ael^ sn&
I i.r.ny and his 223 classmates re
...I to different teaching methods
th.it will determine how hundreds ;
<■! teachers instruct thousands of!
pupil:-;   in
Ma hif,an.
classrooms   a 11   over
admitted if the school feels they ,
can keep up with their tasks and i
if, like all the rest of the chil- |
dren, they have the earliest appli
cation.
Restrictions are few.
The school hopes all children
mmtimm
M ISkkl§m §M®
methods    and    techniques   of
teaching. '.
How did Johnny, who wants to !
1 be a doctor someday, get into the.
I College El? j
!    He owes it all to his parents..
; Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph.
i    In 1950 they filed entrance ap-
J plications for him, his sister Bar-
i bara~now in the fifth grade, and
! his brother. David—now a senior'
j at the University of Idaho.
I The parents filed the apphca-; children in the classrooms the!
j tions as soon as they moved to Mt.! school was forced to place a ceil-
| Pleasant because they learned ing of 50 per cent for this group
that  lhe basic qualifications for   in any one class.
the special subjects taught.
On the staff of the school are
even  classroom  teachers,  three
j special area teachers, a Spanish
! teacher, a cook, a nurse, a princi-
! pal and a school secretary.
j    Besides these are 19-20 student
will" stay'at "ihe"schooi"uAm  \ teachers, juniors or seniors in col-
graduation. Studies of teaching   ! leSe-   ™h? brinE a  varied back-
are more meaningful when the    8round of experiences to the chil-
group does not change,
; dren.
"Behold That Star". Their final!
contribution was a boisterous ren- f
dition of "The Boar's Head Carol".
The   Central   Singers   sang
"Fantasia on Christmas Carols"
with  Gordon   Vandemarlc  as
baritone soloist. The relentless
'" repetition and length of ihe ar-
- rangement narrowed lhe effec-
', tiveness of ihis portion of the
.' program.
'*' Contralto Judy Showers rendered a pleasant change of pace
from the usual soprano soloists.
With the concert choir humming
in the background she sang
"Sleep, Holy Babe". Barbara
Schnepp, a soprano, sang the soloist portion of "Mary Had a
Baby."
The choral groups ended the
program with "The Shepherd's
Story"   featuring   three   soloists:
"Merry Christmas," one of the most universal of all greetings,
j will be repeated hundreds of times by all of us during the following
i week, Here's how the greeting may be said in various languages:
{German Polish 	
j Froehliche Weihmachten'. Czech 	
; French Joyeux Noel! Swedish	
'Banish Glaedelig Jul: Greek	
| Japanese Kinge Shinnen! Portuguese
Recently to meet a growing unrepresentative number of faculty i
Cenlial'd Young Republican
:i-p:t-cntatives attended a stute-
viiie meeting of Ytf clubs a,
Mulligan State University De
'■■mber 11 and 12.
Fi iday evening a Paul Bagwell j
'i. timomal   dinner   was   held'
othei  guests at the dinner were
Senator   Potter   and   Republican
members   of   Congress   and   the; m.M.   c=rHFAi t
•Slate Legislature. BY  WOHMA   SCHEALL
A  State  Central  Committee j    Foreign students at Central will
meeting was held preceding the   be celebrating the holidays in a
The school is steeped in the
idea of meeting lhe needs of
every student in every subject
taught. And these subjects include music, art, physical education and Spanish, all taught '
daily, j
j Italian „  Buon Natale! Dutch
■ Chinese Tin Hao Nian! Bohemian Vesele Vanoce!
j Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka'. Serbian ,. Kristos Se Rodi:
Spanish : Felices Pascuas! Romanian ... Sarbatori Ferieite:
Russian .-Vesyoloye Rojdyestvo! Slovak Vesele Vianoce'
Norwegian Gledelig Juil
Wodka Awarded
S. Joseph Wodka, CMC assistant professor of political science.
Carl VunCannon, tenor; Charles' has ben awarded his Ph.D. degree
Lain, bass, and Judy Adams, so-: from the University of Michigan,
prano. who hit her high A like an j the social science department an-
old pro. ' nounces.
After the curtain fell the com-!    His thesis  "Some Correlations
bined  choral  groups  broke  into  of Political Stability in a Polisn
'spontaneous "Wish You a Merry • Language Voting Precinct in the
n^„.OD  rt,„  „„i,™i   ;..   ^  .k„1 Christmas" which could sum  up: Detroit Metropolitan  Area"   was
Because the school  is  on thej thc genera_ feelings of all.
campus  Johnny  and  his  fellow) 	
students enjoy such things as au-3
State Board meeting on Saturday.
A   resolution   was   passed   com
country which is foreign to them.
Christmas and New Years are
ii ending Richard Lichtenfelt and j celebrated around the world, and,
the Isabella County Republicans I surprisingly enough, many hoh
!»i the outstanding work they did
in   the   the   past   election   campaign.
The problem of communications
I the YR club to the students on
day traditions are the same according to three foreign students
at Central.
IN   THAILAND
There is a feast called "No
Rooz" which means New Day,
but this is celebrated on ihe
first day of spring. It is an ancient feast which has been observed for more than 2000
years.
"The feast lasts for two weeks,"
Tourandokht said." The Wednesday before New Years is like your
Halloween. The children go from
dio visual services, the swimming
: pool, dramatic production, art, exhibits, speech department assist-
; ance. psychological and testing
I services besides many others.
I Johnny's parents think the
| school has made him more ma-
j ture. Other parents say their child
I is more at ease in the group and
■ has developed an intellectual curi-
' osity about everything, all thanks
to the school.
_..   ...      Valai Ampatemee, special stu- j house to house asking for candy
thi- campus was discussed at the ! dent from Thailand, explains that   ant_ fruit." j
State   Board   meeting   Saturday * most of the people in her country j    „0n  the evening of the New j
Meeting Scheduled for
NY Travel Course
afternoon.   The   importance   of do not celebrate Christmas. How-
-tiengthening communications be-  ever, there are many Christians in
tv.een college clubs was stressed.  Thailand,   and   they   celebrate        ^ h__ & ^ ____
Heports of individual clubs and I Christmas by going to church, j espnciallv the children,
their activities were given by; Valai received her primary and j „ . cust0mary lo n
flub  representatives.  In connec-  secondary education in a Catholic
Year, we have ceremonies, and
on New Years day the older
people give gifts to the younger.
tion with this, a motion was
passed requiring individual
monthly club reports for the
Board.
The date for the annual Michigan Federation of College Young
convent and learned about Christmas.
They do not have cold winters
or snow in Thailand, and although
they do not have Christmas trees
like ours,  they decorate other | —.
customary lo wear new
clothes. We send greetings and
letters of greetings lo friends in
other towns and lo persons we
will not be visiting during the
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All persons who are going on
1 the New York Theatre and Music;
; Travel Course scheduled for Jan-
j uary 30 lo February 8, 1959 are
requested   to   attend   a   meeting
January 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Warriner Auditorium,
i    Dr.  Hammack  and  Mr.   Dietz
j will present important informa-
' tion and hand out material con-
! cerning the trip.
" accepted December 10 climaxing
: his pre-doctorate studies.
Wodka,  who  has  taught here
Centralites do care. Almost
every organization on campus is
helping a worthy cause as a
Christmas service project. Many
organizations are helping with
several projects.
At least 13 needy families, and
probably more, in Isabella County
are being helped by college organizations.
Substantial amounts of money
are being donated lo CARE by
many organizations through ihe
AWS CARE drive.
The Panhellenic Council and
the Interfralernily Council had
a parly for underprivileged
children.
Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi
Omega, and Theta Sigma Upsilon have had two Christmas parties, one for the State Home and
Training School and one for the
Dav Center Children.
Sigma Phi Epsilon had a party
""Kv.Ciiu,n vw+™?ii :for underprivileged children.
.. Fsohjke Kerstmi,.      ^ T£u AIpBha has gathered
toys, gifts, and Christmas cards
for the children at the State Home
and Training School in addition
to helping a needy family.
Tate Hall has also collected
cards and gifts for lhe children
al the Slate Home and Training School.
Alpha Sigma Tau and Sigma
Tau Gamma had a Christmas
benefit dance al which cans of
food were gathered  lo help a
needy famliy.
Pi Kappa  Sigma  is collecting
clothing to be sent to a children's
T.B. sanitarium.
O'her organizations which are
helping needy families are: the
Central Michigan College office
staff. College El. Club, AWS, Alpha Sigma Tau, Alpha Xi Delta.
Sigma   Sigma   Sigma,   Zeta   Chi
Wesolych Swiat.'
.. Vesela Vanoce!
 Glad Julenl
 Chrystovjna!
Feliz Natal:
Ckasses iesiwe Jean. S
Classes will close Saturday, December 20 at 4 p.m. for the Christmas holidays and will resume at
8 a.m.. January 5.
Aliens Mist fepwf
inuary
All aliens in the United States, :
except a few diplomats, accred- I Zeta.
ited members of certain interna-
Barn«rd Hall. Ronan Hall, and
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| since   1950  except  for  a  period  tional organizations and those ad-1 S]oan Hal1 are helping two fam-
j from 1952-55 when he was at the  mitted temporarily as agricultural (llies-
i University of Detroit, earned his i laborers,  must  report  their  ad-
t B.S. degree at Ball State College  dresses to the government each
! and his Master's at the University ; January.
i of Michigan.
Prof. Fred R. Bush had to return to the Hospital two weeks
ago, but he is now on the road to
recovery, his daughter reports.
Mr. Bush had a heart attack
Dec. 3 and another on Dec. 10,
with a few complications, but he
is now off the critical list.
Prof.  Bush   received   his  B.A.
from Central in 1920. He returned j   .. „.;„„ v,„iw.„ «u„„i-I. ♦„ „i„„
.    „    .   , ,     „    _. _. attempting before thanks to elec
to Central as a faculty member j * „*„.__,.,_        • .   _„,..
Forms  for   this   purpose   are
available at any Post Office or
j office of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. They must be filled out in
sad
Ugly Man C@iS@sl
Ed Phillips,  I n t e r-Fraternity
Difficult Probteffl!
after receiving an A.B. in music
from Wisconsin College of Music
and a M.A. from the University of
Chicago. Prof. Bush has been a
faculty member since 1931, and
has had the responsibility for
dramatics work at CMC.
Prof. Bush has been chairman
of the committee on Artists
Courses, Lectures and Conferences since 1953.
Republican  Clubs meetings was  trees.
set for March 7, 1959. It will be j
kcld at Michigan State Univer-.
sity.
Colleges represented at t h e
meeting were Albion, Central.
F«'iiis, Flint Junior College.
M.S.U. and the Universities oi
Bctioit und Michigan.
Students representing Central
were Roger Barry, president:
Mary Quaekenbush, secretary.
Andrea Davis, Jim Jollv, and Jim
Merit.
The meeting closed with an informal coffee hour. Lawrence
L i n d e m e r, Republican State
Chairman, spoke to the group at
that time.
The next meeting of Central's
Young Republicans will be Dec
IT. Committees and activities for
the rest of the semester will be
set up. Dennis Connlev, Vice
Chairman of the M.F.C.Y.R.C.,
will be the guest of the YR's. An
informal coffee hour will follow
the meeting.
On New Years gifts are ex-
chrnged," she explained. "The
younger generation visits lhe
older generation on New Years
and wishes them a happy New
Year." 	
They give flowers, many flow-  to Dr. Emil  Pfister, director of
ers, and New Years cakes which   -
are   like   our  cakes.   They   also
have parties and  usually dance
till about 1 p.m.
Valai said that the women
spend a lot of time cleaning and
baking before New Years.
IN IRAN
Tourandokht Eshtiaghi, graduate student from Iran, explains
<hat the Moslem people do not
have a Christmas feast. But there
are many Christians in Iran who
celebrate Christmas and New
Years. The stores are gayly decorated and well-stocked.
Many Moslems go to parties
which are given in the hotels and
restaurants by their Christian
friends.
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Central Michigan College deba-!    The topic for debate was: Re-j gan   sophomore,   and   Virginia
tors took part in two debate tour-  solved: that the further develop-! Schillinger, Carsonville freshman
! naments last weekend, according  ment of nuclear weapons should  The  team   won   over  Wisconsin
forensies.
Debate teams won nine of ten
debates in the Eleventh Annual
Cross-Examination Debate Tournament at the University of Pittsburgh, Dec. 12 and 13.
Pat Phinisey, Coleman junior,
and Lemuel Tucker, Saginaw junior, were undefeated on the affirmative side of the question.
Barbara Blivin, Jackson senior,
and Edwin Phillips, Lyons senior,
won four of five negative debates.
Fifty-five debating teams from
18 states, the West Indies, and two
Canadian provinces participated
in the event.
be   prohibited   b y   international
agreement.
The tournament was a five
State University, Loyola Univer
sity and the University of Notre
Dame. "Central's victory over No-
round cross-exam meet. This is tre Dame was sufficient since it
more difficult than the usual orthodox style of debating since the
cross-questioning is included as
well as constructive speeches and
rebuttals.
Dr. Gilbert Rau, coach of debate, accompanied the debators.
The other team of debaters participated in a tournament at thc
Chicago Undergraduate School of
the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The negative debate team was
awarded an "excellent" rating, according to Dr. Pfister, who accompanied the group. Team members were Ethan Bowen, Cheboy-
was the only debate Notre Dame
lost," Dr. Pfister stated.
Members of the affirmative
team were Ed Poyner, West
Branch sophomore, and Carol Patterson, Mount Pleasant sophomore. Betty Johnson, Oscoda
sophomore accompanied the debaters as an alternate.
The topic for debate was the
same as the Pittsburgh tournament.
Central will be represented at
a speech tournament at Illinois
State Normal University the
weekend after Christmas vacation.
those offices and returned to the J Council   President,   recently   an-
clerk from whom received. Par- j nounced the appointment of Jay
ents or guardians are required to • Trucks as chairman of the "Ug-
Mathematicians   and   scientists | submit,reports of alien children   liest Man on Campus Contest"
1 under fourteen years of age.          —i—i. -.." i—
j     If you or any members of your
; imediate family are not citizens
j of the United States, you should
tell your parents of these require-
i ments. If you have relatives or
are  solving  mathematical  prob-
- lems that they never dreamed of
tronic computers said Dewitt
Cooper, a Flint I.B.M. applied science representative.
Because the problems took too
long, were too tedious or the conditions of the problem would
change before completion they
were never attempted.
Now with computers capable of
thousands of calcuations per second, amazing problems can be
solved.
Mr. Cooper revealed that small
electronic computers rented for
$65,000 a month.
Mr. Cooper was the guest
speaker of the CMC mathematical honorary society Monday.
The contest, which will be the
I.F.C.'s second held for the benefit
of the "March of Dimes." Last
year's contest raised more than
S900.00 for the "March of Dimes".
Each   of  Central's   fraternities
friends who are not citizens, you will be allowed to sponsor one
will do both them and the gov- candidate for U.M.O.C. Campaign-
ernment a great service by telling ing will be carried on throughout
them of the requirements. The the Campus and town,
time for reporters is from Janu-1 Dates for the contest are January 1 to January 31, 1959. i -nv 13th thru 17th.
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President Anspach and male
members of the faculty served
coffee and dessert to the girls of
Calkins Hall Tuesday night. The
girls were awarded a smorgasbord as a result of their first place
dining hall decorations. Theme
for the winning decorations was
"The Twelve Days of Christmas."
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