1957-01-11; Central Michigan Life

              CENTRAL   MICHIGAN
PRESS
VOL. 38       CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., JAN. 11. 1flS7
NO. 12
Mid-Year Graduation to Be January 27
February graduates will have a
separate commencement exercise
January 27 at 2:30 p.m., announced George Wheeler, chairman of the commencement committee. August and October, 1956,
graduates will also participate.
Alarmed at the size of the
potential June graduating class,
Charles L. Anspach, college
president, decided to divide
commencement into two separate exercises.
Prior to the commencement exercises,  there   will  be   a  buffet
CMC Band, Choir
Attend Conference
The Central Michigan College
Band and the Concert Choir will
appear on programs of the 12th
Annual Midwestern Conference
on School Music at the University
of Michigan today.
Norman C. Dietz and Eugene
F. Grove, associate professors of
music, will direct the groups.
Olaf W. Steg, head of the
music department, will also appear on the conference program
as a clinic leader. Myrle G.
Thiers, music critic in the elementary school, will participate
in a session of elementary
school music.
The Concert Band will play
Class AA and A high school festival selections to be used during
the spring music festivals for the
bandmasters attending the conference. At previous conferences,
these festival numbers have been
played by the University of Michigan Band.
The Concert Band will present
the musical program for the conference banquet Friday evening.
TYPEWRITERS
Typewriters for student
use are available at the library circulation desk.
Available for use in the
library only, they are loaned
on a rental basis, 25 cents
per hour.
Xmas Ball Proceeds
Given to Loan Fund
Proceeds from 349 Christmas
Ball tickets have been deposited
in the AWS-MU Loan Fund,
which is available for small,
short-term student loans without
interest. The fund total is currently $3500.48.
Revised and refreshing,
the Central Michigan College literary magazine will
be available Wednesday.
Written by and for CMC
students, this publication
has a varied array of creative writing. Featured are
phototoons, an inquiring reporter, stories both serious
and humorous, poems, and
cartoons.
The magazine attempts to
Present the many-sided personality of the typical CMC
student.
Copies may be obtained'
Wednesday from the stand
where "Life" is distributed.
luncheon from 12 noon to 1:30
p.m. in Keeler Union for parents,
graduates, and faculty members.
Graduating students may purchase tickets to the luncheon at
the Cashier's Office January 21
through 24. Three tickets, at 60
cents each, are allotted to each
graduating senior. Additional
tickets will be available at $1.25
each.
The Senior dinner will be
January 24 at 6 p.m. in Keeler
Union Ballroom. A program following will consist of a brief
address by President Anspach
and some music.
Notices
Second year ROTC students:
Shoe refunds are available in
Cashier's Office and must
picked up by Wednesday.
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Four hundred feet of color film
of the 1956 Homecoming Parade-
is available at Fleming's Studio
to all of the interested groups at
Central Michigan' College. Projector, screen, etc. may be used at
no cost.
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Students should check the examination schedule in Warriner
Hall for last minute changes.
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The Sigmo Rho-Delta Omicron
Contemporary Ensemble Concert,
previously scheduled for next
Sunday, has been postponed until
a later date.
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The annual inspection of the
Central Michigan College ROTC
unit was conducted last Tuesday
by Brigadier General L. S. Bork
from the Michigan Military District headquarters in Detroit.
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Graduating seniors may pick
up caps and gowns in W-107,
Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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February graduation announcements are available in the Business Office.
$100 Check Given
for CARE Packages
A $100 check has been mailed
to CARE for packages to be sent
to Hungarian refugees. The Associated Women Students, the central agency in collecting the
money, wishes to thank' various
individuals and the following organizations for their contributions: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta
Sigma Phi, Industrial Arts Club,
Interfaith Council, Panhellenic
Council, Phi Sigma Epsilon, Pi
Kappa Sigma, Sloan Hall, Tau
Kappa Epsilon, and Zeta Chi
Zeta. ''   ' '
CM Graduate Program
Observed by N.C.A.
Members of the North Central
Association will observe Central's
graduate program during their
two-day conference which began
yesterday. Dean Robert White of
Kent State University and:'Warren Lovinger of Central Missouri
State College are speakers.
The dinner is open to graduates
and guests. Tickets may be purchased for $3 Thursday and Friday in the Warriner foyer. Arrangements for the dinner are under the direction of Jack Gentges,
senior class president, and his
committee.
fourteen Colleges
in Speech league
to Attend festival
A Michigan Intercollegiate
Speech League Discussion Festival will be held on campus tomorrow. Fourteen Michigan colleges are expected to participate
in discussing the question "What
should be the role of the United
States in the Middle East?"
The following students will
represent Central in panel discussions: Mario Davison, Edna
Martinson, Virginia Parkhurst,
Dean Bailey, John Childs, and
Dick Eisenach.
Barbara Bliven, Arlene Borst,
and Anne Peters will be participating in discussion progression
groups.
The discussion festival is under
the direction of Emil Pfister, associate professor of speech.
Varieties to Feature
Semi-Pop Music Theme Wed.
The annual Band Bender Varieties will be presented by the department of music Wednesday at
8:15 p.m. in the Fieldhouse.
Music in the semi-popular
vein will be featured by the
Concert Band„ under the direction of Norman Dietz, associate
professor of music, and the Concert Choir, under the direction
of Eugene Grove, associate professor of music.
Contestants in the Fraternity
Lead the Band Contest will direct
the Concert Band in a standard
march. The winning fraternity
will receive for one year the Band
Leader's plaque, donated by Reuel
Cole for the competition.
A new feature will be competition for girls' small vocal ensembles. The winning sorority
group and two honorable mentions will receive Band Bender
Varieties certificates.
Winners of the contests will be
selected by an applause meter,
which will measure volume of
audience applause for each entry
after all the entrants have performed.
A jazz combo under the leadership of Robert Snow will present several numbers.
Advance ticket sales will begin
Monday. Tickets will be sold at
the door. Admission is 75 cents.
Proceeds will be deposited in the
Grant-in-Aid fund for music students.
Drawing   for   a   big   "C"
blanket, the door prize, will be
held at the end of the musical
program. All ticket holders who
pass through the doors by 8:10
p.m.  will  deposit  their  ticket
stubs for the drawing.
The Booster Club will handle
the  popcorn   sale   and  various
prizes will be included:  40 late
pers, 15 tickets to the J-Hop Concert,  two tickets to the J-Hop,
merchandise from Keeler Union,
and other prizes.
Students to Attend
Six Broadway Shows
The New York Theatre Tour
members will attend the performances of six Broadway shows during their stay in New York between semesters.
The shows are "Major Barbara,"
"Long Day's Journey Into the
Night," "Inherit the Wind," "Most
Happy Fella," "Damn Yankees,"
and "Diary of Anne Frank."
Other activities of the group
will be tours of the city, the UN
building, Rockefeller Center,
Brooks Costume House, and Radio
City Music Hall, and it will
attend a performance of the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Central Debaters Have
Busy Week-59 Contests
Central's debaters have experienced  a  busy week—28  people
have participated in 59 debates.
Central played host to Albion
College Monday in a series of 12
debates.   Flint  Junior  College
visited Central Tuesday, and the
schools argued two rounds of ten-
five  conventional  style  debates.
Gilbert Rau, assistant professor of speech, accompanied  a
group of 15 debaters who left
yesterday to participate in debates at Western Michigan College,  Kalamazoo  College,  and
Illinois State University.
Bob   Thurston,   Cy   Pombier,
Lemuel  Tucker,   Dick  Turner,
Jane   Ewing,   Arlee   Rosenberg,
Ruth Bedford, Carla Bowen, Carol
Patterson, and Lynn Hagman will
be  the regular debaters.  Harry
Sherwin, Norma Beth Mackenzie,
Barbara  Otterson,  Jean   Straub,
and Ann Rynberg will act as alternates.
Acting Class to Give
French Comedy Here
"The Madwoman of Chaillot,"
a comedy in two, act's by 'Jean
Giraudoux, will be presented by
the college acting class next
Thursday, Friday,'., and Saturday
at 8:15 p.m.
The story is on the side of the
not-quite-irue.   The   lead   is
played by Mary Jo Parrish. The
plans of a prospector to tear
up Paris in order to'unearth oil
are brought to her attention and
she promotes justice through a
peculiar means.
The   cast   includes. Darryl
Haines,   Earl   Burley,   Richard
Wirtz,   Tom   Bloemsma,   Rheba
O'Bryant, Jim Roy, Allen Weed,
Jack   Swinderman,   Tom   Baird,
Dick Stoltz, Jan Larsen, Brenda
Guyer, and Pat Dillon.
Central Michigan College is offering a college credit course in
driver education to help meet the
immediate demand for driver education in the Bay City and Saginaw area.
CMC Sponsors TV Show
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"Let's Turn the Page," a weekly
children's program over WWTV,
Cadillac, is sponsored by Central
Michigan College and supervised
by Edwin Spacie, assistant professor, division of field services.
It is designed to present actual
classroom projects which should
prove to be educational and interesting for future teachers as
well as children.
President Anspach and Robinson Hall residents will have an
informal chat on "School Life"
Tuesday evening at 7:30.
Future Educators
Sought by Air Force
Prospective teachers for overseas teaching assignments with
the Air Force Dependent schools
will be interviewed at Central
Michigan College February 12, it
was announced by Kenneth Bor-
dine, dean of teacher training.
An official representing the
Air Force will be at the Central
Michigan College placement office from noon until ,8 p.m. to
interview teachers for the assignment.
Assignments are for 1957-58
and in the elementary, secondary
and administrative fields.
The overseas schools range in
size from the one-room operation
to single schools employing more
than 50 teachers. High school operations range from a five teacher
operation to that of 20 teachers.
Transportation is furnished to
and from the overseas assignment plus free living quarters or
housing allowance. Gross monthly
salary for elementary and secondary teachers is $377 and for
administrative personnel it is
from $453 to $492.
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Travel Agencies Offer
Special Student Tours
"Few places on earth can compare with the Hawaiian Islands .
for wonderful climate, friendly
people, peerless beaches, boating
and fishing and an incomparable
variety of glorious scenery and ;
places to go," states one of the
many travel folders which clutter
the LIFE office.
Entertainment s o advertised
ranges from swimming at the
beautiful beaches of Waikiki in
Hawaii to skiing at Jasper Lodge,
St. Donat, Quebec.
The trips vary from seven to
ten days. One can see such sidelights as a pineapple plantation ,
m Hawaii, the Pyramids of the
Sun and Moon in Mexico, or a
perfume factory in Bermuda.
The tours are planned for the',
utmost'enjoyment- Young people ".
meet students fiipm-'.tithe* paftsSdf
the. world and. have^an.opp^ilin-^
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