1954-07-08; Central Michigan Life

              First Summer Artist Course Wednesday Evening
Merrill and Dresslar to Combine
Vocal Talents in Coming Concert
+ vPn Wednesday, July 14,.at 8 p.m. in Warriner Auditorium, Centralites will be entertained by Myleen Merrill and Len Dresslar in
thei first Artists Course program of the summer session.
Len Dresslar is a bass-baritone
who. has been creating a sensation among the music critics since
his relase from the navy. Since
his debut in London, England, in
1944, Mr. Dresslar has sung the
bass-baritone roles in six operas
and numerous oratorios. He sang
the premiere American performance of Alexander Tcherepnin's
Christmas Oratorio, "Nativity of
Christ."
He has toured the east as a
member of a. quintet, played in
many light operas and musical
comedies, sung radio programs,
(his current program is called
"Len Dresslar Sings"), and he
also has a television show, "In
Town Tonight."
Myleen Merrill is a young soprano. She has had most of her
study and stage experience in the
East. Encouraged by numerous
sucecsses in and around Chicago,
she went to New York and found
herself cast in two musicals which
had only slight success on Broadway.
However, they were leads
that led her to "Carousel,"
"Bloomer Girl," and "Oklahoma."
Some critics predict that she
has a splendid future in musicals,
but she has also made a fine impression as a soloist in large
churches and in important oratorio presentations.
Included in Wednesday night's
program will be, "Madamina, il
catalogo e questo," from 'Don Giovanni' by Mozart; "Reflections in
the Water" by Debussy; "Coat
Song," from 'La Boheme' by Puccini; and "Some Enchanted Evening," from 'South Pacific,' by
Rodgers-Hammerstein.
There is no admission fee for
the Summer Artists Course programs.
Ronan Returned to Women
by Dorothy Saine
"Upwards of ten thousand students have occupied Ronan Hall
since the first women moved in
when it was opened in the fall
of 1925," estimated Mr. Donald
W. Kilbourn, supervisor of housing recently.
Ronan is unique among Central's residence halls. Not only is
it the oldest at Central but it was
Dr. A. Form Added
to CMC Counselors
Due to the increased enrollment
for the coming school year, Arnold L. Form will be a member
of the personnel staff beginning
next fall. Dr. Form will have the
position of personnel counselor.
He obtained his M.A. in education from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. from Michigan State College. He comes directly here from Michigan State.
While working on his degree, he
was an instructor there.
Besides the jump in enrollment for next year. Dr. Form
was added io ihe staff because
Dean   George   Lauer   has   received the position of dean of
records   and   admissions.   Dr.
Form will take over many of
Dean Lauer's duties in regard io
ihe counseling of students.
This shift in position required
that a new person be admitted to
the staff.
VOL. 35
CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE. MT. PLEASANT, MICH., JULY 8, 1954
NO. 32
ROTC to Begin Third Year at Central
FORM
Dr. Form will be an assistant
professor in ihe division of student personnel beginning Sep-
lemeber 1, 1954.
He is a member of Centrals
faculty during this summer session.
the first dormitory to be constructed on the campus of a college of education in Michigan.
Other colleges, including the University of Michigan, had dormitories, but none of the four colleges of education had one.
In addition, Ronan is the only
unit which was built from a state
appropriation given to the college with no thought of return,
which amounts to a gift from the
state. The present policy is to
put residence halls on a financially self-liquidating basis.
Following the disastrous fire
which destroyed the administration building in 1925, Ronan
housed both the library and
study rooms. Even today there
are remains of bookcases in
Ronan's basement.
Originally intended to house
women, Ronan was named to
honor Miss Bertha M. Ronan, dean
of women for a number of years,
whose teaching career at Central
dated back to the turn of the century.
During the war, women students were dispossessed by United
States Navy trainees on the V-5
and V-12 programs who held
Ronan from the fall' of '42 until
1946.
Life must have been somewhat on the hectic order during
the next reign by ihe women.
Space was ai such a premium
thai four women were housed
in rooms designed for half that
number. Bunks were put into
unused basement rooms in order
to accommodate more' students
on campus.
Barnard Hall opened in the fall
of '48 and the men again moved
into Ronan, and they have been
there until the present. This fall,
with the opening of Robinson
Hall, Ronan will again be occupied by women.
Who knows what next?
Ten Apply for Masters
Under New CMC Plan
Ten people have applied for
their Masters Degree from Central Michigan College at the close
of the summer session. They will
be the first to receive this degree
under Central's new plan. .
The candidates are Natalie C.
Banks, Marie Bower Blauwiekel,
Grace E. Cady, Melvia G. Giles,
Louisa Hoard, Ivor DeVere Haus-
ler, Margaret L. Jones, Don M.
Lance, Georgia B. McNutley, and
Ella E. Schiesswohl.
Central Michigan College's Reserve Officer Training Corps under the command of Lt. Colonel
Kenneth Glade will begin its third
year of residence when school resumes in September.
The R.O.T.C. teaching staff during the school year 1953-54 consisted of Colonel Glade, Major
Pressentin, Capts. Phelps and
Stevens, M/Sgts. Bush, Mossor,
Mix, Dorsett, and Mentzer.
The R.O.T.C. faculty will be
the same, with the exceptions of
Capi. Stevens and Phelps, who
will be reassigned.
Captain Stevens has already
left the camps for his new assignment in the Far East. It is expected that Stevens will see duty
in Korea. Stevens has spent the
past two years at Central as an
instructor.
Captain Harry Phelps will be
reassigned to Fort Sill, Oklahoma where he will attend an
advanced artillery school for
nine months. Captain Phelps
also has been here at Central
for the past two years.
Twenty-two advanced Central
Michigan military science students are undergoing summer
camp training at Ft. Campbell,
Kentucky. Major Pressentin and
Sgts. Bush, Mossor, Mix, and Dor-
sett are in the summer camp section activities in Kentucky.
Major Pressentin is in the
operations and training section
at Ft. Campbell. Sgts. Bush and
Students who had pictures
taken at the lime of registration are requested io pick up
their ID cards immediately at
the Admissions and Records
Office. This card must be presented each registration day.
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U.S. Thought Topic of
Lecture Next Tuesday
Speaking on "Foundations of
American Thought," Dr. Allen A.
Stockdale will be the first outside lecturer for the summer session. He will give his address at
8 p.m. Tuesday in Warriner Hall
auditorium.
Dr. Stockdale has been staff
speaker for the National Association of Manufacturers since
1937 and has addressed audiences
throughout the United States and
Canada. In this time, he has given
more than 3,500 talks on a variety of subjects.
Once widely known as "The
Pitching Parson" because of his
activities in college and amateur baseball. Dr. Stockdale has
a host of friends among big
league players, both past and
present.
Dr.   Stockdale's   education  includes   graduation   from   Boston
University's   school   of  theology
followed by study at other universities in the United States and
at Oxford University in England.
He held pastorates at Toledo,
Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C. prior to his affiliation
with NAM.
In 1952, on the occasion of his
50th reunion with Boston University, he was awarded the Alumni
Medal for Distinguished Public
Service.
Mix are on an instructional
committee, while Sgt. Dorset!
is assigned to camp headquarters. Sgi. Mossor is working in
S-4 Camp Supply.
The men will be in camp six
weeks.
The enrollment in Military Sci
ence during the school year 1953-
1954 was 459 men. The school
year 1954-1955 will have approximately 270 freshmen and approximately 200 sophomores enrolled
in the training program. There
will be approximately 65 advanced junior students and 25 advanced seniors in the fall program.
TWO CADETS from Central Michigan College are shown
on the M-l rifle range at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. They are
(1. to r.) John W. Frantz, Alpena senior, and Lawrence Abbott,
Frankfort senior.
26 Visiting Faculty Here
During this summer session,
there are 26 visiting faculty members on campus.
In the library are Esther Earth
from Monroe, Mich., and Mary
Grossman from Midland, Mich.
Those working in education
are Ava Wilcox Bond, Holland,
"Mich.; Lura Carrithers, Milwaukee, Wis.; Josephine Cul-
hane, Flint, Mich.; Eldridge
Dryer, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.;
Margaret Henderson, Champaign, 111.; Eileen Jones, Muskegon Heights, Mich.; Lujean Li-
rones, Jackson, Mich.; Tony Ma-
ran, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; E. H.
Mellon, Champaign, 111.; Loretta
Ortt, Grand Rapids, Mich.; and
William Sleeper, Battle Creek,
Mich.
W. Marshon DePoister from
Grinnell College, Iowa, and
Richard Robbins are in ihe social science department. Arnold
Form of Michigan State College
is with the personnel division,
and Doris L. Mellon, Urbana,
111., is working with ihe psychology department.
The clinicians in the speech
clinic include Margaret Rainey,
Richmond, Va.; Jean Hutchinson,
York, Pa.; Shirley Clark, East Detroit, Mich.; Keneth Downing,
Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Gwen Loveday, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; William
Roth, Rochester, Mich.; Margaret
Sanford, Freeland, Mich.; Delores
Schuhmacher, Bay City, Mich.;
and Mary Ellen Sweeney, Mt.
Pleasant, Mich.
Upholstered Seats to Be Installed
in Auditorium Starting August I
New red upholstered seats will
soon be installed in Warriner Hall
Auditorium according to Mr. Nor-
val C. Bovee, controller. This
project will be undertaken by the
Ameriqan Seating Company jof
Grand Rapids.
Work will start the first of August and is expected to be completed by the first of September.
Cost of the construction is estimated at $37,000.
Recent improvements in the auditorium have included a new organ, which was a local project
by the college through the music
department   and   other  depart
ments; the motion picture projector bought by the Student Social
Activities Committee; a new set'
of stage curtains; and a concert
grand piano.
The stage itself has been rebuilt for the convenience of the
play production classes.
The total cost for the improvements during the last five years,
including the new seats will add
up to $52,000. With the exception
of the motion picture projector
and the organ, the amount has
been appropriated through state
funds.
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