1955-07-21; Central Michigan Life

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Central Michigan Life
VOL.36
CENTRAL MICHIGAN  COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT. MICH., JULY 21, 1955
NO. 33
This is Your
LIFE Every
Thursday
Funds Appropriated for Remodeling Warriner Hall
Summer Graduates to Be Honored Next
Wednesday at Annual Lawn Festivities
The annual Lawn Party honor
ing Central's August graduates is
scheduled for next Wednesday
on the green in front of Warriner
Hall, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. In case
of rain, the party will be held in
the Ballroom.
Joy Garrison, chairman of the
faculty social activities committee, has announced the following
chairmen of the committees:
Catherine O'Connell, invitations;
Nikoline Bye, decorations and
flowers for graduates; Mr. and
State AAUW Meeting
at Central Tuesday
An International grant of $500
will be given at the state wide
summer session of the American
Association of University Women
here Tuesday.
The grant, raised by the local
A.A.U.W. chapter, honors the
late Ellen Warriner, wife of the
former president of Central,
E. C. Warriner. This grant will
be used io finance graduate
study in this country for a
foreign woman.
Following a coffee hour at
Keeler Union, members will meet
in the Ballroom for a panel discussion. D. Louise Sharp, dean of
women, will welcome the visitors.
The afternoon will be devoted
to state meetings to formulate
plans for the coming year.
Mrs. Austin Knapp, hosts and
hostesses; and Myrtle Thiers, refreshments.
Olaf Steg, head of the music
department, will be in charge of
the program.
Important Notices
All summer school students
with the exception of those in
graduate studies must come to the
Records Office to bring their
guide books up-to-date beginning
Monday, July 25, through Friday,
July 29.
Anyone planning to register
for the fall semester who has
not pre-registered should do so
at this time.
Students planning to take Saturday classes should get the preliminary registration forms. If a
student needs the  assistance of
his counselor, he should consult
with him while on campus.
George Lauer
Dean of Admissions
and Records
Anyone expecting to receive
a degree or certificate in August or October must meet in
W355 at 4 P.M., Monday, July
25. If for some reason you will
be unable to attend, report to
ihe Admissions and Records office prior to ihe meeting to fill
out the required forms.
George Lauer,
Dean of Admissions
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NINA GILBERT, 75 year old Central student is shown above
enjoying her favorite pastime, showing colored movies. Mrs. Gilbert is taking a "double dose" of audio-visual aids this summer,
and plans to teach this fall.
Nina's Got 'Teaching in Her Blood'
She's too Young for the Shelf at 75
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by Ruth Hall
When retirement became boring, Nina B. Gilbert, 75 years
young and "doesn't care who
knows it," returned to teaching.
Nina, as she is known to her
friends, taught school for 41 years.
She retired at the age of 65, while
teaching in Chicago.
While on a vacation in Michigan, a few years ago, a superintendent asked Nina to do some
substitute teaching.
Right away she knew she had
found ihe answer io her boredom. Nina returned io leaching
in Michigan, as ii is one of three
states  ihai  has  a  liberal  age
limit.
Mrs. Gilbert entered the teaching profession in  Chicago   after
attending  Milwaukee  Normal.
Michigan honors Milwaukee Normal credits. Now she is working
on  a  State  Limited  Certificate.
She is taking a double dose of
audio-visual aids this summer.
This field of work ties in wiih
her   hobby   of  taking   colored
movies.   Nina   says   she   could
give a five hour show any time
from her collection of films. She
has also done some classroom
lectures using her movies.
She has made a series of films
on farm animals for use with children in the city schools, but she
has found country children show
more interest in them.
Last year Mrs. Gilbert taught
at Westf all, near Chesaning. Next
year she will be at the Forest
Lawn School.
Nina's home life is as unusual
as  her  professional  life.  She
lists her homes as Honor, Chesaning, Chicago, 111., and a house
irailer for summer wandering.
"Home is where I am and where
my things usually aren't," commented Mrs. Gilbert.
Nina said she once had a hobby
of forming a society of those
named Nina. It is one of the two
oldest female names connected
with America. She had to drop
this hobby when she returned to
the schoolroom.
Nina went on to say that she
was 30 years old before she met
another Nina, but finds Michigan
full of them. To her friends she
signs her name 9a.
Smith Elected Head
of Rural Teachers
Woodward C. Smith, director of
Field Services at Central was
elected president of the Michigan
Rural Teachers Association at the
annual convention recently.
Other officers elected were
James Tenbrink, county superintendent of schools at Muskegon,
first vice-president; Helen Stephens of Elsie, second vice-president; Gladys Terry of Carson City,
treasurer; and Florence Canfield
of Ithaca, secretary.
According to newly elected
president, Mr. Smith, the aims of
the committee are to make teaching an experience related to progress and an opportunity to advance the benefits of education to
the school children of Michigan.
A $256,000 appropriation for remodeling the library space in
Warriner Hall has been granted
by the State Legislature, according to information revealed by
Charles L. Anspach, president of
Central Michigan College.
Immediately after the books
are moved to the new Library
Building, construction will begin
on Warriner Hall to make eight
or nine additional classrooms
where the reference room is now
located.
The present stack area, covering three stories, will be renovated io provide additional
space for faculty offices and also
for expansion of the Business
Office.
This will be the third remodeling job for Warriner Hall, which
was built in 1925. The first change
came to $40,000 for remodeling the
old cafeteria into what is now
the speech department. The second was the $10,000 modification
of the Personnel Division.
Dr. Anspach revealed that the
present valuation of Warriner Hall
with the library and all other
equipment is $3,036,939. The
building itself is valued at
$2,465,950 compared with its original building cost of approximately $850,000.
Student Loan Fund
Given by CMC Grad
A $300 Student Loan fund has
been established in the name of
Emily Dingman of Mt. Pleasant,
by an anonymous donator, it was
reported by Charles L. Anspach,
president of Central Michigan College.
The donator, a graduate of Central Michigan College, stated he
set up the loan as a lasting tribute
to Mrs. Dingman because of her
kindness in helping him attend
college.
Mrs. Dingman had refused financial reimbursement from the
student, so he made the decision
to establish the loan fund so other
Central students would benefit
from the memory of her kindness.
Daniel A. Sorrells
Dean of Students
^~vt iTui«hii«hn^ Artist Course Program Monday
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Central's third artist course pro
gram of the current season will
feature the Northernares, a male
quartet of wide renown, in a vocal
presentation Monday night at 8
p.m. in the Auditorium.
Each artist of the quartet is a
member of the Northerners, a
male chorus, which has broadcasted weekly over NGC-WMAQ
and WGN, Chicago, for twenty-
one years.
The show maintained top popularity ratings each year. The
size of the chorus limits touring
for engagaments of any distance from Chicago. This has
ease.
The  group  is unique   in that
each member is an artist in his
own right and has a wide range of
musical background. Allan Keller
and Howard Marsh are the tenors;
Henri Noel is the baritone; and
Arwin Scweig is the basso.
A member of ihe Northernares for iwo years, Mr. Keller
is a veteran of symphony engagements, has taken the title
role in "Tales of Hoffman" and
"Faust," been in the 'Theater
of The Air" for two years, and
has done much inj oratorio.
Mr. Marsh is a regular member
of the chorus and the Chicago
Theater of the Air. He has appeared in cities of the midwest in
oratorio.
His work has been so well received in the Chicago area that
he was made an offer to go with
ihe New York City Opera Company. Prior commitments prevented his acceptance, however.
A native of New Orleans, La.,
Mr. Noel concertized throughout
the east and midwest before he
came to Chicago. He made appearances with the New Orleans Opera
Company   and  was   featured  in
several performances with the
Jackson, Miss., Opera Company.
He has been a guest performer
wiih the New York City Opera
Company and has made many
solo appearances on ihe Chicago
Theater of ihe Air. He was the
soloist of the "Music Show" of
ihe Dumont T V network for
more than a year.
Mr. Schweig is one of the "long
iterm" members of the Northern-
I ers. A true basso, he is the anchor
man for both the quartet and the
entire chorus.
Monday night's program will
differ  from  the  usual  quartet
program, in that not only will
ihe vocalists be featured performers, but the pianist will also
give three piano solos.
The  entire  quartet  will  open
with five numbers which will be
followed by three tenor solos by
Mr. Keller. The pianist will play
three selections on the piano after
which Mr. Marsh is scheduled for
three tenor numbers. The closing
offering will be a Sigmund Rom-
berg medley by the entire quartet.
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