1954-10-22; Central Michigan Life

              CENTRAL   MICHIGAN
VOL. 36      CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT. MICH.. OCTOBER 22. 1954       NO. 5
QUEEN DIANE and Pres^ Charles L. Anspach watch the
;.-■:.' ;uon of the Queen's Court after her coronation. '£♦■
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story
Sloan Portrait Unveiled,
Robinson Dedicated Oct 16
Sloan Hall played host to approximately 150 people last Saturday as the portrait of Lucy A.
Sloan was unveiled by George R,
Wheeler, head of the department
of agriculture.
The program was opened by
Judson W. Foust, vice-president
of Central Michigan College.
Karolena M. Fox, associate professor of English, presented a
brief biographical sketch of Miss
Sloan.
Tiu.' portrait was unveiled by
Mr. Wheeler, a former student and
collca-iK- of Miss Sloan's, and ac-
ci-pU'ti by Carol Kingsbury, chairman nt the Sloan Hall Council,
and Charles L. Anspach, president
ol CViitral.
Dr.   Foust   moved   his   chairmanship headquarters 'to Frank
E. Robinson Hall at 11 a.m. for
dedication  ceremonies  which
iook place in the lounge.
Afti-r the  program  was under
v/ay. shni't  talks   were  given by
Ear' C. Beck, head of the English
Carlin Elected Pres.
of Counseling Group
L>. -lie O. Carlin, associate pro-
fes;wi of personnel, is the new
p:c~nknt of the Michigan Counsel* >;v Association. He was elected
when the group met October 10
and 11 at Michigan Institute of
Mmmg and Technology at Sault
Ste. Marie.
Nine Michigan colleges were
represented at the meeting. Esther Altman, assistant professor
of personnel, also represented
Central.
department, and Stephen S. Nis-
bet, president of the state board
of education.
The new dormitory was presented io Pres. Anspach by Mr.
Nisbet.
More than 200 people were present for the dedication, including
many friends and relatives of the
late Mr. Robinson.
Miss Anna Barnard
Leaves for Florida
Anna M. Barnard, for whom
Barnard Hall is named, left October 14 to spend the winter in Winter Park, Florida. Miss Barnard
lives with two of her sisters at
olO S. College in Mt. Pleasant.
She is the former head of the
foreign language department and
was on the Central Michigan faculty tor 45 years, from 1899 to
1944, which is a kind of record
in college teaching.
In her years on the faculty
and as a resident of Mt. Pleasant, Miss Barnard has seen Central grow from one building
(destroyed by fire in 1925) and
a few acres io iis present size
of over 100 acres and numerous
buildings.
Miss Barnard worked with the
people who are remembered by
the campus buildings named after
them, Elizabeth Wightman, Fred
L. Keeler, Lucy A. Sloan, E. C.
Warriner, Bertha M. Ronan,
Charles T. Grawn, Frank E. Robinson, and Charles C. Barnes.
Required Student
X-rays to Be Taken
! November 3r 4,5
| Required chest x-rays for all
I students will be taken November
13 to 5 in the fieldhouse, Opal I.
i Thorpe, supervisor of the health
, en-ice staff, has announced.
S The state health department
mobile chest x-ray unit will be
in operation from 9 a.m. to 12
noon and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Since ihe x-rays are compulsory, a five dollar delinquent
fee will be charged to all students who do noi appear on ihe
set dates.
Faculty members and wives or
husbands of students may also be
x-rayed at this time.
Off-Campus Students
Name Council Officer
Library Cornerstone Laid;
Record of Times Preserved
-reign Language Training Offered
o CMC's College Elementary Students
Central  Michigan College was
one of the first college elementary
training schools to  offer foreign
language training to its students.
The program started here in 1943.
Spanish has been the language
offered  with  ihe  exception  of
two   years   when   French   was
taught. It is being taught io the
children in grades two through
six by Elizabeth Etnire of the
college foreign language department.
Each grade has a 15 minute lesson daily. In the second and third
grades the emphasis is upon training the children to understand the
spoken language.
In ihe fourth grade more emphasis is placed on teaching the
children to express themselves
in the language. The emphasis
in ihe fifth and sixth grades is
on reading, speaking, and writing the language.
The Spanish lessons are correlated with the regular classwork
as much as possible. In the second
grade, for example, considerable
time is spent with a large doll
house and its furniture to corre
late with the natural interests of
the children at this age level. The
children learn to "play house" in
Spanish as well as English.
The children learn the Spanish language with considerable
ease and are very enthusiastic
about ihe program. This is one
of ihe reasons for starting ihe
foreign language study early.
In addition to teaching the children to speak, understand, read,
and write the language, the following have been set up as some
of the aims and objectives of such
training: to provide fuller opportunities for the growth and development of the individual child;
to  lay  the foundation for later
language study;
To install in the young child an
early interest in and acceptance of
children of other national backgrounds; to acquaint them with
the folklore, children's literature,
music and other arts of the country or countries whose language
he is studying; and to develop in
the child an intelligent attitude
toward language.
President of House President's
Council for this year is Kay Hein-
rich, Vestaburg senior. Dolores
Engstrom, LeRoy senior, was
elected vice-president. Molly
Flemming, Marion junior, is the
new secretary.
House President's Council is an
organization for off-campus
women students. Each house has
an elected president who represents her house at the meetings on
the first Wednesday of every
month.
D. Louise Sharp, dean of
women, is their advisor.
Dr. Wills Honored
by Sigma Tau Delta
at Literary Party
Monday evening members of
Sigma Tau Delta, English honorary fraternity, entertained prospective members and the English
faculty at a "Get-Acquainted"
party held in Sloan basement.
Everyone wore an object to
symbolize a famous literary
character. Highlighting ihe evening's festivities was "This Is
Your Life, Dr. Wills", written
by Mary Jo Pope, Manistee senior, and narrated by Edgar
Madden. Merrill senior.
Program chairman for the party
was Dorothy Pressprich, Saginaw
senior. Mary Ann Spencer, Bay
City senior, was in charge of refreshments, and JoAnne Stevens,
St. Johns senior, was in charge
of invitations.
CM Student Appears
on TV Talent Show
Central Michigan talent made
itself known last Wednesday night
when Bill Knapp, Mt. Pleasant
sophomore, appeared on the "Talent Quest" program on WOOD
TV at Grand Rapids.
Knapp, a tenor, is a student
of Eugene Grove of ihe music
department. He is past president of the Men's Glee Club.
"Talent Quest" is a feeder program for the Ted Mack Original
Amateur Hour. The winner is
determined by post cards sent in
by viewers.
by Don Seiterbo
A cornerstone is not just a piece
of masonry bearing' a date, name,
or symbol, but also a record of
the prevailing society at the time
of the building erection.
Behind the masonry exierior
of every cornerstone there is a
box, usually copper and air
tight, that contains historical
material relative to the building.
Last Thursday the cornerstone
for the new library was laid. This
cornerstone contained college literature such as the bulletin, directory, social calendar, Chippewa,
and other college publications.
These articles created a comprehensive picture of current college
life. Also included were a list ol
the library's book selections and
magazine subscriptions and the
autographs of the student librarians.
Faculty publications were
added. Among these were two
books, an original manuscript,
and numerous articles.
Rolland H. Maybee, the college
historian, compiled the material
for the cornerstone. In the box
Dr. Maybee endeavored to preserve a verbal and pictoral history of Central, vintage 1954.
Even   copies   of   ihe   Detroit
Free Press and the Mt. Pleasant Times News were included
to   round   out   the   information
pertinent to ihe times.
But  alas,  poor  LIFE was not
preserved   for   posterity.   CMC
LIFE was not among those cherished volumes placed in the cornerstone.
C'est la VIE.
Important
Notices
All organizations who have not
returned CHIPPEWA information
sheets are requested to do so at
once. These sheets are past due
now, announced Margaret San-
uvrd, editor.
Student identification cards
are now available at the Office
of Admissions and Records.
Students who entered college
for ihe first time this fall or
students who paid for duplicate
identification cards should call
for ihem now.
George N. Lauer
Dean of Admissions  and
Records
Discussion of English
Teaching Set Tomorrow
The Michigan College English
Association will meet at CMC
October 23. Registration will be
from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, in Keeler Union.
The program will deal with
leaching problems in English.
Interested college students and
teachers are invited to attend.
Following the meeting a luncheon will be served. John Hepler,
professor of English, will be in
charge of the meeting.
An all-college square dance is
scheduled tonight at the Physical
Education building gym, 8:30 to 11
p.m. Jack Benford and his orchestra will play.
Dick Baker and his orchestra
will play at the all-college orchestra dance tomorrow night in
Keeler Un.on Ballroom, from 9 to
12 p.m.
The Canterbury Club, an organization or Episcopal students,
will meet Sunday, October 24, at
2 p.m. in St. Johns Parish House.
All students are welcome.
The International Relations
Club is sponsoring an informal
discussion Monday, October 25, in
W107 at 7:30 p.m. All students interested are asked to  attend.
A student-faculty coffee hour
sponsored by Associated Women
Students will be in Keeler Ballroom, Tuesday, 3 to 5 p.m.
June Voss, Pontiac junior and
chairman of the coffee hour,
stated, "The coffee hour is given
for students to become better acquainted with their faculty."
You asked for it! The Student
Social Activities Committee has
voted to sponsor an all-college
mixer Tuesday night, 7 to 9:30
p.m. in Keeler Union Ballroom.
Dick Baker and his orchestra will
play.
Freshmen and seniors alike are
welcome. This is a good chance to
meet new people.
Central Represented by Wheeler, Jorae
At Conservation Conference Oct. 11, 12
George F. Wheeler, head of the
agriculture department, and Irene
F. Jorae, head of the biology department, represented Central
Michigan College at the Midwest
Conference on Conservation held
at Higgins Lake October 11 and
12.
Mr. Wheeler served as a member of the host committee and
Miss Jorae participated in the discussion of in-service training for
teachers of conservation.
Mr. Wheeler has been asked
io serve as ihe Michigan representative on the planning committee at the conference next
year.
The conference is an annual
affair and is attended by delegates
from   the   faculties   of   teacher
training institutions in the states
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.
First Robinson Mixer
Planned for Wednesday
Robinson Hall will serve as host
to the three girls' dormitories next
Wednesday night from 7:30 to
9:30, according to Clinton Miller,.
Flint sophomore and chairman of
the Robinson Council.
Highlights of the first Robinson Hall mixer will be dancing
and entertainment. Refreshments
will be served. Members of the
dormitory council will be hosts.