1955-12-09; Central Michigan Life

              Library Change-over to Be Completed in January
CENTRAL   MICHIGAN
VOL. 37 CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., DEC. 9. 1955
NO. 10
New Building with Open Stacks, larger
Studying Capacity to Highlight Campus
SPACIOUS LOUNGE of the new Library has been used throughout the semester by students
seeking a quiet place to study. Complete library facilities will be available for use when students return from Christmas vacation.
Schedule for Preregistration Listed
Preregistration for the spring
semester will take place January 4
through January 24, inclusive.
Students may preregister between
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. according
to the schedule below.
Construction Begins
on Married Students'
48 New Apartments
Construction has begun on the
new married-students' apartments
which will consist of three buildings with 16 apartments each.
Forty-two apartments will have
one bedroom and the other six,
two. All will have a kitchen, living room, and bath.
These   apartments   will   be
completely furnished including
automatic    washing    machines,
dryers, and gas heaters in every
room.
The   front    entrance    of   each
apartment   will  be   from   a  side
lobby. The new housing units will I
be located adjacent to the present in which majors and minors are
ones on Preston Court. I unnecessary   should   write   "un
'Messiah' to Be Sung by Festival Chorus;
Features Professional, Student Soloists
The purpose of preregistration
is to bring the guide books up to
date by listing courses in progress
and obtain a permit to register
for the spring semester.
Students can obtain a preregistration form from the table in the
hall outside the Admissions and
Records Office. This should be
filled out accurately and completely and submitted at the Records Office at the designated
time for preregistration.
Freshmen and first semester
sophomores who have designated a major and/or minors in
their guidebooks should have
ihem approved and signed by
ihe  departmental  counselors.
Second semester sophomores:
juniors, and seniors must have
designated their majors and minor
choices and must have them approved and signed by the departmental counselors in the office
copy of their guide book before
preregistration can be completed
Students on programs of study
nesessary"    in    the    appropriate
place in the guide book.
In ihe event a freshman or a
first semester sophomore has riot
decided upon his major and/or
minors, he may write "undecided" across the space provided
for major and minors in the
guide book.
Preregistration will take place
for the respective groups according to the following schedule:
Seniors
Non-externing   January   4
Juniors
A-G January    5
H-O January   6
P-Z January    9
Sophomores
A-E January 10
F-K January 11
L-R January 12
S-Z January 13
Freshmen
A-D
January 16
E-H
January 17
I-M
January 18
N-S
January 19
T-Z
January 20
Externing
Seniors
A-L
January 23
M-Z
January 24
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Open stacks and studying capacity for 25 per cent of the student body are two features of the
Library facilities which will be
made available to CMC students
on their return from Christmas
vacation.
Diffused lighting, modern furniture,    record-listening    rooms,
seminars, and a student lounge
are other features of Ihe library
designed for the availability of
materials and ihe convenience
of library patrons.
The  open stack    system    will
make most of the 90,000-volume
library  available directly to the
student.     This freedom involves
student  responsibility  and  cooperation.
: Studying capacity was only 200
in the old library. Seven hundred
fifty students will be. accommodated  in  the  study  areas  inter-
Prexy to Entertain
CM Faculty Members
at Christmas Party
President and Mrs. Charles L.
Anspach will entertain faculty
members at their annual Christmas party in Keeler Union Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Dr. Anspach, preferring to extend his holiday greetings in a
more personal manner than afforded by the usual card, initiated his Christmas parties which
have become an annual event of
the holiday season.
The evening will begin with a
receiving line in which Dr. and
Mrs. Anspach will greet the faculty members and their spouses.
Dr. Anspach will introduce the
0u^it speaker, whose identity
will not be revealed until then.
The theme of the surprise speaker's talk will be appropriate for
th Christmas season.
— CMC —
Greeks to Sponsor
Yule Party for Needy
A Christmas party for needy
children, co-sponsored by the Interfraternity and Panhellenic
Councils, will take place Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the Central
Hall gymnasium.
The  group  of  Greeks,  comprised   of   two   representatives
from each fraternity and sorority, will entertain approximately
50 children from in and around
Mt.   Pleasant.   Games   will   be
played and ice cream and cookies will be served.
Bonnie Bliss, Grand Rapids junior,   is   general   chairman.   Santa
Claus will be portrayed by Tom
Whitney, Saginaw junior.
spersed throughout the stacks. Individual study tables have been
provided for those desiring a degree of isolation.
All slacks have arrived and
student crews are erecting them.
Local students will be employed   during   Christmas  vacation
io assist in moving into ihe new
Library building.
Books  will be  arranged floor
by floor according to the Dewey
Decimal   System.   Floor   director
ries will serve as guides to the arrangements.    Further    assistance
will be available from a readers' ,
adviser and student librarians who
will work with students. .    :
Students will be asked not io
replace  books on  ihe  shelves;
carts will be provided in which'
to  place them. A. check point !
will be maintained at ihe library   exit   io   make   sure   thai.,
materials are procurred correctCooperation ■ -is'   requested   by1'.'
Jesse Thorpe, acting head of the''
library, as library staff members,
the faculty, and- the student body ,
become oriented to the opportune'
ities in the new Library.   -
•      •    — CMC —.
Mary Kern Elected
AWS Representative
by Freshman Women
MARY  KERN
Mary Kern, Belding freshman,
was elected to replace Donna
O'Dell, Cass City sophomore as
freshman representative to the1
Associated Women Student's
board December 2.
The two candidates, Miss Kera
and Susan Freeman, Lansing:
freshman, were presented at ant-
assembly the evening prior to-;
the balloting. Other AWS board-
members also were introduced to
freshman women at that time,     j
A total of 165, or 31 percent off
the possible 525 votes were cast
by freshmen women.
Nearly 300 townspeople and college students will sing Handel's
"Messiah" Wednesday evening at
8:15 p.m. in the Auditorium.
The festival chorus, under the
direction of Eugene Grove, associate professor of music, will be
accompanied by the Festival Orchestra, which has been organized
by Lorentz Hansen, assistant professor of music.
Two professional and iwo
CMC students have been selected to sing ihe solo parts of
"Messiah." Edward Richmon, director of Michigan State University Men's Glee Club will
sing the tenor pari and Elwyn
Carter, head of ihe music department of Western Michigan
College, will sing ihe bass-baritone pari.
Student soloists will be Sandra
Seal, Fenton senior, contralto, and
Alma Grace Beach, Holly senior,
soprano.
Ray Koos, assistant professor of
music, will accompany the four
soloists.
The department of music aided
in organizing the Festival Chorus
several years ago to give Mt.
Pleasant townspeople the opportunity to sing in a large chorus.
The "Messiah" is the major presentation of the group each year.
— CMC —
Five Speech Students
to Present Program
for DAR Tomorrow
"Christmas and the Bible," an
interpretive reading program,
will be presented by Central students at a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution
tomorrow in Keeler Ballroom.
The program will feature readings by Virginia Blakeslee, Arlene Borst, Karen Burchard, JoAnn Hibbard, and Waneda Plank.
Fred R. Bush, associate profes-
ors of English and dramatics, is
the director of the group.
Organizations Plan Yule Celebrations
Christmas and caroling parties,
formals, a benefit dance and a
coffee hour are being planned by
Central's organizations this week
to celebrate the holiday season on
campus.
Tonight from 8 to 11 p.m., Delta
Zeta, Sigma Sigma Sigma, Tau
Kappa Epsilon, and Phi Sigma
Epsilon will sponsor a Christmas
formal at the Masonic Hall.
Kappa Gamma will have its
Christmas party at the home of
Ethel Praeger, associate professor
in the laboratory schools, tonight
at 8 p.m.
From 9 to 11:30 p.m. tonight,
Alpha! Sigma Tau and Sigma Tau
Gamma's Christmas benefit dance
will take place at St. John's Parish House.
Saturday evening Gamma Delta
will have a caroling party at the
Lutheran Church from 5:30 to 9
p.m.
Tomorrow night the Gymnasium will be ihe scene of ihe
"Silver Ball" from 9 until 12
p.m. The annual Christmas for
mal is co-sponsored by the Associated Women Students and
Men's Union. Bob Everhart and
his orchestra will furnish the
music.
Westminster Fellowship and
Wesley Foundation will meet in
the Presbyterian Church Basement for a caroling party from
7 to 10 p.m. At St. John's Parish
House, Alpha Sigma Alpha will
hold its Christmas party from 8
to 10 p.m.
On Monday the following organizational activites are scheduled.
Members of Sigma Tau Delta honorary English fraternity will gather at the College Den from 7 to
9:30 p.m. for a party. The PEMM
Club's party will be from 7:30 to
9 p.m. in H-112 and H-115.
The Appleblossom Club has
planned a Christmas party from
7:30 to 9 p.m. and Kappa Gamma's
caroling party will take place
from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
The Home Economics Club party will be held in Wightman Hall
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday^
The Theta Sigma Upsilon party
will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
at the home of Hazel Emry, assistant professor of English.
Alpha Sigma Tau will sponsor
a coffee hour for all sorority worn-.-
en which will take place in the
College Den from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Oscar Oppenheimer, professor
of psychology, will be host for
the Psychology Club's Christmas
party Wednesday evening from 7
to 9:30. Alpha Delta, honorary
Journalistic fraternity is sponsoring a patty for the LIFE,
CHIPPEWA and TEMPO staffs.
Thursday Delta Zeta will have
its Christmas Party at the home
of Barbara King, assistant professor in the laboratory schools,
from 7 to 9 p.m. Delta Omicrort
and Sigma Rho will have a
caroling party from 7 to 9:30 and
Theta Sigma Upsilon, Pi Kappa
Epsilon and Sigma Tau Gamma
will assemble for a caroling party
from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
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