1956-07-12; Central Michigan Life

              Jim Podoley to Make Bid for Olympics;
Competes Tomorrow in National AAU Meet
Jim Podoley will make a bid
for an Olympic berth in the national AAU Meet tomorrow and
Saturday at Wabash College in
Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Placing fourth in the last two
national decathlons. Podoley
vrill  have   to   place  third  or
Drama Prof to View
Broadway Season
"The Current Broadway Season" will be the topic of the book
hour Wednesday at 4:10 p.m. in
W-103.
Fred Bush, associate professor
of English and drama, will give a
first-hand account of the recent
Broadway hits.
"This has been the finest season in the  Broadway  theater
in many years," says Mr. Bush.
"I traveled to New York and
saw the majority of the plays.
It is my intention to make a
general  survey   of  the   entire
season and give emphasis to the
most successful shows."
The book hour, the second in the
summer program of four, will be
of special interest to those who attend the theater, who like to be
aware of contemporary plays, and
who appreciate drama as a division of literature.
higher in order to make the
team. But a fourth place finish
would assure him of being
named an alternate.
A tendon injury kept him from
defending his 1955 Kansas Relays
decathlon championship, but he
later scored 17 points in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference championships.
Other contenders in ihe AAU
Meet are the Rev. Bob Richards,
Los   Angeles  Athletic   Club;
Milt Campbell, Indiana University; Sam Adams and Howard
Smith from California; Aubrey
Lewis, Noire Dame; and Phil
Mulkey, Wyoming.
The 10-event test of all-around
athletic ability will include these
events tomorrow: 100-meter dash,
broad jump, shot put, high jump,
and 400-meters. Saturday's program will be the 110-meter high
hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin,
and 1,500 meter run.
CENTRAL   MICHIGAN
VOL. 37 CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH.. JULY 12,1956
NO. 32
Exceptional Child
to Be Talk Topic
"The Education of Exceptional
Children" is the title of a talk
with film to be given by E. H.
Mellon, visiting faculty member,
Tuesday in W-103 at 4:10 p.m.
Dr. Mellon, superintendent of
schools in Champaign, Illinois,
uses the definition of the exceptional child to apply io the handicapped,   those   who   cannot
profit from regular classes.
Says   Dr.   Mellon,   "A   school
doesn't have a good school program unless it takes care of the
handicapped." Illinois is currently
taking the lead in this state problem.
Phi Delta Kappa
Takes New Members
from CMC Faculty
Three members of the Central
Michigan College faculty were
made charter members of Phi
Delta Kappa, national education
fraternity, at Michigan State University recently.
Elected to membership were
J. D. Marcus, adult education
and field services division; Emil
Pfister, associate professor of
speech and drama; and James
Bowman, assistant professor of
industrial arts.
All three have taken graduate
work at MSU.
Notice
Students needing reading
and/or mathematics.tests, io.
meeif~"1he requirements for
admission io candidacy
should meet in W-253 on
July 26 at 4 p.m. for ihe purpose of taking these tests.
This is ihe last scheduled
date for these tests during
ihe summer session.
Daniel J. Sorrells
Dean of Students
ONE OF TEACHING AIDS employed by the Speech Clinic is the pronunciary, an electrical
device which processes an illustrated card and emits the name of the illustration. The child sees
the picture, sees the word, and hears the word pronounced as the card passes through the machine since there is a strip of sound tape on the bottom of the card.
Speech Clinic Offering Services to 97
The fourteenth annual Speech
and Hearing Clinic has the largest, enrollment in its history.
Ninety-seven persons are participating.
The clinic is sponsored chiefly
by the thirteenth district of the
Kiwanis Clubs. The services are
not restricted to any one locale.
Any request related to a speech
correction problem is considered.
Under the direction of Wilbur
Moore, head of clinical services.
library Head for IS Years, Park Retires
Charles V. Park, head librarian
of Central Michigan College from
1931 to 1956, was honored at the
dedication of the new Library
building in April before his official retirement in June.
During the ceremonies he was  «
presented with a citation from the
State Board of Education and the
College faculty in appreciation for  !
his contributions to the  growth [
of Central and with sincere gratitude for his service through 25
years.
"Mr. Park's foresight and
recognition of educational
trends prompted him io .be
among ihe first college librarians io promote a program for
preparation of young men and
women in ihe special area of
school librarianship," quoting a
portion of the citation.
Mr. Park received his A.B. from
Stanford in 1900. He received his
librarian certification from the
New York City Public Library.
School in 1915 after a year of
graduate work.
Tennis is one of Mr. Park's
main outside interests. Only recently has he retired from active
participation in the game, and
for many years he was associated with championship learns,
both as player and as coach.
Central Michigan College tennis
champions between 1935 and 1947
were coached by Mr. Park during
ten seasons.
In recent years Mr. Park's
work has been hampered by
cataracts, so aii operation is
planned soon.
ihe clinic is being conducted for
six weeks ai Ronan Hall. Margaret Hation, ihe president of the
Michigan Speech and Hearing
Association, is supervising ihe
articulation phase of ihe work.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dumas, Lois
Everhart, Margaret Marquardt,
and Millicent Osborn are clinicians. Students on campus who
are specializing in this field of
work are doing internship in class
work.
Many of those working with the
children feel that the first need
to be fulfilled is that of helping
the individual make a better social adjustment. Each person is
helped on an individual basis.
Classes of intensified training
meet twenty hours a week.
Classes are divided into four
groups: articulation, hearing, stuttering, and remedial reading assistance.
Several clinicians serve as
chaperones in Ronan Hall,
where most of ihe 97 students
live. The close relationship of
living with the clinicians helps
the students make a better adjustment to ihe new situation.
One general assembly has been
held for the purpose of getting
acquainted and to provide an opportunity for verbal and other
forms of expression.
The children enjoy games,
story hours, swimming in ihe
college pool, and ihe fellowship
of being together and solving
problems. They have opportunities io show off iheir talents on
"stunt nights."
Dr. Moore has a staff meeting
once a week. The personnel decide
how they can achieve the best results for treatment of the particular need of each individual.
The knowledge that leads to
better understanding of speech
problems, the procedures for coping with them, the attention-and
training students need and should
have if they are to have reasonable well-adjusted successful
lives, are the values to be gained
from the Speech Clinic.
CHARLES V, PARK
Scoff Among 1500 at ROTC Camp;
Selected As Cadet Company Officer
Joseph Scott, CMC student, was
selected recently to be cadet commanding officer of Cadet Company "G" at the 1956 Reserve Officers Training Corps summer
camp at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Cadet Scott is one of more
than 1500 students from colleges
in  Michigan,   New   York   and
Ohio   who   are  receiving   six
weeks of field training.
Cadets will be taught to apply
the theory learned in their college
classrooms to realistic situations
in the field. They will be trained
to care for themselves in combat,
and to function as leaders of military teams.
Training will include individual instruction in rifle marksmanship,   and   familiarization
with olher weapons including
ihe  bayonet, carbine, grenade
launcher and hand grenade.
Demonstration   and   practical
work will be conducted with artillery,  machine  guns,  rocket
launchers, recoilless rifles and
other devices. Physical conditioning arid practice marches will be
held.
The training will be conducted
by active Army college ROTC in- '
structors on temporary duty at
Fort Bragg and by members of
the 82nd Airborne Division.
Notice
Graduating Seniors:
Students completing work
for degree or degree and/or
certificate in August   1S56
must report ai the Auditorium on July 17 ai 4 p.m.
io fill out required forms.
Students earning certificates will take ihe oath of
allegiance ai this time.
"George N. Lauer
Dean of Admissions
and Records
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