1955-05-06; Central Michigan Life

              Ruby Gremel Chosen
as WRA President,
Petersen is Veep
Ruby Gremel, Sebewaing sophomore, was elected as the new
president of the Women's Recreation Association in the election
Jield April 28.
CENTRAL  MICHIGAN
GREMEL
Jan Petersen, Edmore sophomore, was chosen for the office of
vice-president. Shirley Lautner,
Traverse City junior, and Ellen
Corn well, Ithaca junior, were
elected to the posts of secretary
and treasurer.
The new publicity manager is
Lucy Ballew, East LeRoy sophomore; and Sandy VanDerstein,
Saginaw sophomore, is ihe new
class representative.
The installation of officers took
place Wednesday evening in the
Physical Education Building.
Readers to Present
Drama at 3 Sessions
of Festival Today
The state interpretative reading
festival sponsored by the Michigan Intercollegiate Speech League
is taking place on campus today. Host for the festival is the
department of speech and drama.
The best readers from Michigan's colleges  and  universities
will  read   in   the   Ballroom   at
morning, afternoon, and evening
sessions.   Readings   will   be   of
dramatic literature.
Representing   Central   will   be
Diane Eissinger, Flushing junior;
Betty Carr,  Mt. Pleasant sophomore;   Judy   VerPlank,   Zeeland
sophomore; and Lynne Mautner,
Caro freshman.
All students participating will
be given written criticisms on
their reading by ihe coaches
present and will receive oral
criticism by the guest critic,
Natalie Cherry of Chicago, Illinois.
Mrs. Cherry conducts a regular
radio program "Poetry Magazine
of the Air".
All students, faculty, and guests
are invited to attend.
Kaydettes to Judge
Thurs. ROTC Parades
Over 520 men from the Reserve
Oficers Training Corps strutted
smartly in their first retreat parade of the season yesterday afternoon. They climaxed the occasion by lowering the flag with
field music provided by Norman
Dietz's ROTC band.
Colonel Dick Glynn, commander
of the corps, acted as reviewing
officer, while army personnel of
the staff took their places on the
reviewing stand.
The companies with ihe best
lines,  as  judged  by  ihe  Kaydettes,  received   streamers for
their guide arms, thus displaying their marching abilities.
The  second  retreat parade  of
the  spring  season will be  next
Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m. at
Alumni Field.
VOL. 36 ft '    CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT. MICH., MAY 6. 1955
NO. 25
Preregistration Schedule Set,
Get Majors, Minors Signed
Preregistration for the summer
session and fall semester for all
students will take place May 9
through May  24.  Students may
preregister at the Personnel Office from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Freshmen,   sophomores,  juniors, and seniors must have iheir
major  and  minor  choices  approved and signed by ihe departmental   counselors    before
preregistration   can   be   completed.
If a student is not required
to have a major or minor he
should write in "unnecessary," but
if he is a freshman or a first semester sophomore and has not
decided his major or minor he
should write in "undecided."
Students   who   are   working
Anderson to Head
Panhellenic Council,
Emery to Be Adviser
The 1955-56 officers of the Panhellenic Council will be installed
Monday evening at 7 p.m. in the
Keeler Union Women's Lounge.
Donna Lickly, president of the
Panhellenic Council, announced
the new slate of oficers as Betty
Anderson, Saginaw junior, president; Ruth Streeter, Cedar Springs
junor, vice-president; Ruth Hoffman, Saginaw sophomore, recording secretary; Kathryn Strait,
Lansing junior, corresponding secretary;
Carol Beck, Pigeon sophomore, treasurer; Ruth Harris,
Battle Creek sophomore, publicity; Joan Fleming, Mi. Pleas-
ang sophomore, representative
to AWS.
Marilyn Hoard, Alma sophomore, representative to SSAC;
Janet Oudersluys, Grand Rapids
sophomore, scrap-book; and Hazel
Emry, assistant professor of English, adviser.
Mrs. Emry will replace Barbra
King, critic teacher in the Laboratory Schools, who has been the
council's adviser for the past two
years.
Freshman Debaters
Begin Competition,
Eight Teams Formed
The annual freshman debate
tournament is beginning, and the
winners will be known within the
next week.
Eight teams have been organized. The four teams debating the
affirmative side are Bob Rhode
and Carol Conley, coached by
Loren Gray; Sally Clayton and
Edna Martinson, coached by Karo-
lyn Amble; Carla Smith and
Gloria Waltz, coached by Mario
Davison and Ellen Curry; and
Tom Horton and Barbara Otterson, coached by Chuck Hawkins.
Debating the negative side will
be Pat GaUagher and Tom Bnen,
coached by Laura Pizzala and
Mary Ellen Sweeney; Darcy Sullivan and Joan Hibbard, coached
by Dean Bailey; Jack Lynch and
Chuck Kreher, coached by Fred
Goyette; Alton Westreck and
John Dooley, coached by Ed Netzloff.
This afternoon at 5 o'clock Carla
Smith and Gloria Waltz will
meet Darcy Sullivan and Joan
Hibbard in W355.
toward a degree or certificate
must have iheir majors and
minors approved and signed by
the deportmenial heads.
The following is the  schedule
for preregistration:
Freshmen
A — C May 9
D — H May 10
I — M May 11
N — S May 12
T — Z May 13
Sophomores
A — F May 16
G — O May 17
P — Z May 18
Juniors
A — K May 19
L — Z May 20
Seniors and Specials
A — K May 23
L — Z May 24
Coeds Elect Fraser
to Reign Saturday
at Annual AWS Ball
Most Eligible Bachelor Tom
Fraser will reign at the Spring
Ball in the Gymnasium tomorrow
night from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Fraser, Detroit junior, selected by
a vote of Central women, will be
crowned at intermission and attended by Mick Fleming, Mt.
Pleasant junior, and Jack Gentges,
Auburn Heights sophomore.
Fraser, a member of Delta
Sigma Phi, was backed by Pi
Kappa Sigma and Zeta Chi Zeta.
Fleming, a Sig Tau, was nominated by Alpha Sigma Tau. Zeta
Tau Alpha and Theta Sigma Upsilon supported Gentges. Ballots
were cast by 536 women.
Tickets for the Ball, a girl bid
dance, are on sale in the Dean of
Women's office. The price is $2.40.
Corsages are banned.
Nine Math Students Leave for Nebraska
Today for Kappa Mu Epsilon Convention
Nine Central Michigan students
and two faculty members will
travel to Wayne, Nebraska, this
weekend for the 10th Biennial
Convention of Kappa Mu Epsilon,
honorary mathematics fraternity.
Representing the Michigan Beta
Chapter as voting delegates are
Millicent Germain, Linwood junior, and Helen Valencourt, Cope-
mish sophomore. Miss Germain is
president, and Miss Valencourt is
treasurer of Central's chapter.
Richard Enberg, Armada junior; Norma Fultz, Saginaw sophomore; Helena Hayward, South
Boardman senior; Jerre Moore,
Prudenville senior; Loinel
Homecoming Theme,
'Under the Big Top'
Chosen by Senate
Central's campus will resemble
a circus grounds next October at
Homecoming time when the dormitories, floats, and the Ball will
be decorated to follow the theme
"Under the Big Top."
Pi Kappa Sigma sorority will
receive $20 prize for entering the
theme in the Student Senate contest. The senators selected "Under
the Big Top" from the 20 entries
that were submitted.
The last time Central had a
Homecoming theme was in 1943
when a Gay Nineties idea was
used.
Three Music Students
to Perform in Recital
The department of music will
present a student recital May 9 in
the Ballroom at 8:15 p.m. Participating in the recital will be contralto, Sandra Seal, Fenton junior;
pianist, Waive Wilson, Arcadia
senior; accompanist, Carole Sturdevant, Smiths Creek junior.
These are students of Levi O.
Dees and Ray Koos, of the music
department. Included in the program is "An Epithalamium" from
"The Fairy Queen" by Purcell,
and "Fantasia in C Major" by
Bach.
Moyes, Rosebush senior; Oliver
Porter, Standish sophomore;
and Lois Sudborough, Mi. Pleasant sophomore, are ihe other
students attending the conference.
Accompanying the group are
C. C. Richtmeyer, director of in-
truction.and Dana R. Sudborough,
associate professor of mathematics. Dr. Richtmeyer is the national
vice-president of Kappa Mu Epsilon, and Mr. Sudborough is the
business manager of the fraternity's magazine, "The Pentagon."
Murray, Bensley
Win Frosh Contest
for Story, Essay
The winners of the Sigma Tau
Delta freshman writing contest
have been announced.
Dennis Murray, Levering, won
first place in the short story contest. His story was titled "A Lawyer's Son." D. Louise MacLean
was the runner-up in this category.
First place in ihe essay classification  was  taken by  Loren
Bensley, Traverse City, wiih an
essay  called   "The   Fallen
Leader."  The  runner-up  was
Lorraine Wesley, Saginaw.
The winner in each classification will be among those honored
at the Honors Convocation assembly.
Concert Band, Choir
to Present Program
in Anspach's Honor
The first President's Concert
will be presented by the music
department next Wednesday, at
8:15 p.m. in the Auditorium. The
program has been planned to
honor Charles L. Anspach. president of Central Michigan College,
in appreciation for his interest
in and contributions to the activities of the department of music.
The program, featuring ihe
Concert Band and Concert
Choir, will include selections especially requested by Dr. and
Mrs. Anspach. It will consist of
music ihai ihey particularly
enjoy hearing and music which
may have had some special significance in iheir lives.
Highlighting the band concert
will be "Invocation of Albreck,"
by Wagner, a waltz medley by
Johann Strauss, and "Stars and
Stripes Forever" by John Philip
Sousa.
The Concert Choir's program includes "Dear Land of Home" from
"Finlandia" by Sibelius, "Somebody's Knocking at Your Door"
by Riley and "My God and I" by
Sergie.
Dr. and Mrs. Anspach extended
an invitation to all students, faculty and townspeople to attend
the President's Concert with this
letter:
The musical activities of
Central Michigan College in
my opinion are superior. We
are all proud of the recognition which has come to our
musical groups from state and
regional organizations. We
deeply appreciate the generous spirit of those responsible
for the directing of our musical activities in sharing many
programs with those of us
who are on campus.
The Department of Music
is giving on Wednesday, May
11, 8:15 p.m., a program which
they are calling the President's Concert. Mrs. Anspach
and I appreciate this honor.
We in turn are inviting students and the entire staff to
the concert. We hope that you
will join us in an evening of
good music.
Cordially yours,
Charles L. Anspach
President
Under ihe encouragement of
President Anspach, ihe activities
of ihe department of music both
on and off campus have increased tremendously during
ihe lasi 15 years. Wiih an expanded staff and a 100 per cent
increase in ihe number of music
majors enrolled, ihe music departmental activities have now
outgrown iheir present facilities.
Especially significant developments of the department under
Dr. Anspach's presidency have
been the establishment of the
Bachelor of Music Degree and
the inclusion of courses in music-
in the Field Services program and
in the Division of Graduate
Studies.
Hayman, Saine, Smith Get
Alpha Delta Contest Awards
Three Central journalists who
were winners in a national writing
contest will receive awards at the
Alpha Delta, honorary journalistic
fraternity, Founder's Day banquet.
The winner of the Alpha Delta
National Council Award will also
be announced at the banquet. This
award is presented to the person
who has contributed the most to
journalism on the local campus
during the past year.
Nancy Hayman, Detroit freshman; Dorothy Saine, Flushing
junior; and David Smith, Detroit
freshman, were the winners of the
Alpha Delta contest. Miss Hayman
and Miss Saine took seconds in
the feature and news story divisions. Smith received an honora
ble mention for his sports story
entry.
Members of Alpha Delta and
their guests will attend the banquet next Thursday in commemoration of the establishment of
the Michigan Alpha chapter on
Central's campus. Each year the
fraternity makes a Central alumnus, who has become successful in
journalism after graduation, an
honorary member.
This year Edwin Ellis, former
editor of LIFE and assistant instructor of journalism at Central
will be honored. Ellis is now the
editor and advertising manager of
the "Cherry Circle," the official
publication of the Chicago Athletic Club.
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