1957-07-18; Central Michigan Life

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Professor
Smith Dies
of Cancer
Burial to Be
in Washington
"How did the Tigers come out
yesterday?" a question often
asked by Dr. Philip Smith at the
beginning of his classes, will be
heard no more.
Dr. Smith, prof esor of sociology
at Central for the past 10 years,
died of cancer in Newton, Mass.
July 9.
Death came after an illness
of about six weeks. He was
flown to Boston and hospitalized just before the end of ihe
spring semester.
Dr. Smith received his college
education at Northeastern University, Temple University, and
the University of Pittsburgh,
where he earned his doctor of
philosophy degree.
After having taught at Greenville, Whitman, and Union Colleges, Dr. Smith joined the Central Michigan College faculty in
1947.
In addition io having served
as a teacher he had been a pastor in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
Washington. He worked with
boys groups at Albert Barnes
Memorial in Philadelphia.
With two of his associates at
Central, Dr. Smith recently co-authored a book on educational sociology.
Dr. Rolland Maybee, social science head at Central said, "Dr,
Smith's sudden death was a surprise to most of us."
CENTRAL   MICHIGAN
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itoriHumanRelations Workshop Here
"He was highly esteemed member of our staff, a quiet, capable
scholar, as well as a man of understanding. He had a wonderful
sense of humor, and was never
too   busy  to   counsel  students."
"Dr. Smith had a host of friends
and admirers here and his loss is
a great one to all of us."
Surviving Dr. Smith is a
daughter, two sisters and a
brother. Services will be held in
Washington state where his wife,
preceding him in death by two
years, is buried. She also died of
cancer.
Visits 41 Central Men
ere
Attention Focused
on Local Religious,
Social Problems
For the third consecutive year,
a summer workshop in human relations is being conducted here as
part of the graduate division.
Thirty-five students, mostly
teachers and school aolministra-
tors, make up the largest enrollment in the three-year history of
the Workshop. The group, which
meets throughout the day for a
period of two weeks, from July 8
through July 19, is conducted by
three  full-time  directors:   Ethel
Praeger,   associate   professor   of
laboratory schools; Bernard Melt-
zer, professor of sociology;  and
Beulah Whitby, assistant director
of the Commission on Community
Relations, City of Detroit.
Aiding in ihe activities of the
Workshop, as resource persons
are Robert Kohler, program coordinator, Michigan region, Anti-Defamation League, B'nai
B'riih, and Sara Colvin, education director of the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews.
GEORGE N. LAUER, dean of admissions and records, spent two days inspecting the training program for Central's ROTC cadets. Kneeling are Stanley Filip; 1st Lt. Guy Dechanedes.
Standing from left to right: Billy Hasins, Wyss Miller, James Dooley, Garey Hulbert, Roger Kess-
ler, Victor Cronkite, and Robert Dewald. '    The Workshop in Human Rela„
tions is concerned with the elements of harmonious relations between religious, national, racial
and other social groups. The focus
of attention is placed on the problems of human relations peculiar
to local situations and on pro-
_ _r    grams for dealing with them,
tucky, and Tennessee spent two I educators had an opportunity to      Principles of intercultural edu-
days inspecting the program for (talk to the students and che*™**  „~«~-   — ^   ----■■
Dean Inspects ROTC Camp in Kentucky
George N. Lauer. dean of art- i fin-i™-   Qr,^ -~„ ^ *___   .    , .    _
George N. Lauer, dean of ad
missions and records, recently visited 41 Central men attending the
ROTC  summer  camp  at Fort
Campbell, Kentucky.
Officials from colleges and universities in Michigan, Ohio, Ken-
days inspecting the program for
cadets who are taking six weeks
of intensive military training in
conjunction with their course in
military science at college.
During the two-day visit the
CMC Could House State Government
Under Hew ^Shadow Capital' Plan
PHILIP SMITH
Eight Per Cent
Enrollment Gain
Seen for Fall
I
George N. Lauer, dean of records, approximates fall enrollment to be about 4,100.
Last year's enrollment figure
was 3,500.
Lee E. Polley* supervisor of
admissions, states, "Predictions to
late, based on past records, show
hat this fall we will have about
,332 new students on campus (266
ransfer students and 1,066 new
reshmen) who will matriculate
md register. This would be about
>n 8 percent increase over new
tudents in 1956."
Civil Defense officials revealed
recently that, after a survey of
cities within 70 miles of Lansing,
Mt. Pleasant has been listed
among the first choices as
"shadow capital of Michigan.
The Federal Civil Defense Administration chose alternate capital cities in the event of an enemy
attack on Lansing.
"Mt. Pleasant," the FCDA
spokesman said, "is out of the
target area and is centrally located with a good communications network."
"Central    Michigan    College
would  provide  a   good  emergency setting for ihe siaie government,"  siaied  Dr.  Foust,
vice president of ihe  college,
"however* no definite committments have been made."
If Lansing is "hit" by simulated
H-bombs in practice alert tests,
state   operations  will  be  headquartered in Mt. Pleasant in theory only, the spokesman added.
When informed that Mt. Pleasant would become Michigan's
Tonight and next Thursday,
July 25, there will be dancing on
the green and an all-college sing
at 7 o'clock on center campus.
The affair is sponsored by the
Student Social Activities Committee. Melanie Benford will be
the director, and Marge Diebel
will be the accompanist.
at
temporary capital if facilities &.*
Lansing were ever wiped out by
enemy attack, Raymond Martin,
Isabella County Civil Defense director, considered the theory a
"capital idea."
Art Exhibit Still Here
There's still time to see the art
exhibit in the gallery of Wight-
man Hall.
This is a display of paintings
done by school children from
many countries.
Victor Croftchik, assistant professor of the art department, explained that the exhibit was
made possible by cooperation between the National Art Education
Association and the American
Junior Red Cross.
I talk to the students and observe
the various training activities in
which cadets participated. The
visitors inspected the cadet's barracks, mess hall, and day rooms.
They also ate a meal in a cadet
mess hall with students from their
own institution.
Elements of the famed 101st
Airborne Division staged a demonstration for the visitors which
included a 200 man parachute
drop and the landing of several
assault type aircraft in the same
area being inspected by the visitors.
Upon successful completion of
the training at the camp and the
courses at college the cadets will
be commissioned second lieutenants in the Army Reserve.
cation and intergroup relations
are applied to practical problems
in teaching and community relationship.
Among the first  activities  of
the Workshop was a Fellowship
Tour of Detroit. Places visited included the Detroit Urban League,
where Arthur Johnson, Executive
Secretary of the Detroit branch of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
met the group and presented information   about   the   objectives
and program of the organization;
and Solidarity House, headquarters of the IUAW-CIO.
Other stops on the lour were
ihe conservative Jewish Congregation Shagrly Zedefc„ Most
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Visiting  Profs Feted
Central's visiting faculty members were entertained by the regular staff of psychology and education department at a picnic
supper in the College Elementary
School, July 11.
Co-chairmen were Mrs. K. T.
Bordine, wife of Dr. Kenneth T.
Bordine, dean of teacher education, and Helen Johnson, princi- i
pal of the College Elementary j
School.
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