1947-05-28; Central Michigan Life

              Did yon know that
Prof. Brooks collects
whiskey bottles —
empties, of course
VOLUME  28
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN,     WEDNESDAY,   MAY   28,   1947
Over 400 Students Honored at Convocation Yesterday
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Prof .Brooks Retires This Summer
Completes 37th
Year on Campus
Professor K. P. Brooks, head of
the chemistry and physics department and director of graduate study
announced this week that he will
retire sometime this summer.
When questioned as to his plans
for the future, Mr. Brooks answered
that he and Mrs. Brooks planned
to spend the summer at Charlevoix,
but from then on they had' no
definite plans in mind.
Professor Brooks joined the faculty at Central in October, 1910,
as head of the department and
its one and only teacher. He held
that position until 1939 when he
assumed the additional responsibilities of director of graduate studies
on this campus.
Though born in Kalamazoo, Mr.
Brooks attended high school and
college in Alma, graduating from
Alma college in 1897. Prior to coming to CMCE he taught several
years in high schools, was superintendent of schools in Marquette, and
studied extensively in Europe.
He was very active while in college, collecting 11 varsity letters
and serving as captain of his track
team, president ' of his fraternity,
and editor of the student publication, the Almanian.
Attesting to his unfailing devotion
to athletics, he was co-receiver of
the first annual Varsity club service award for his many years of
service on the athletic committee.
During his time here he has made
hundreds of friends and has become
well known over the entire state.
He has been active in several teaching organizations, astronomical societies, and the masonic lodge.
Central Heifer
Is on the Way
"Central will send a whole heifer
to Europe," so stated Wilma Luckhard, Sebewaing junior, and Don
Arsen, Detroit sophomore, co-chairmen of the "Heifer for Europe"
drive sponsored by the interfaith
council, when questioned about the
results of the drive. The goal of
$160 Was reached last month
through the generosity of the students and several campus organizations. To everyone who contributed
the council says-thanks. A chart
showing the figure of the cow
completely filled in will be displayed in the lobby of Warriner hall
this week.
A letter received by President
Anspach from P. H. LaGuardia,
director general of UNRRA, stated
a total of 4110 heifers had heen
shipped as of March 12, 1947.
Nutrition Expert
Lectures on Campus
Miss Hulda Stettler, nutrition,
consultant of the State Department of Health and instructor for
the school lunchroom management
workship at Central for this summer, lectured, to health education,
biology and home economics, classes
while on campus last week. ,
Her lecture was: The Values of
.Nutrition.
The school lunchroom workshop
program is a special course for
those who are connected with school
lunchrooms in ah active capacity.
K. P. Brooks
Littlefoir Speaks
at Baccalaureate
Annual Swingout
to Be June 5
One hundred and eighty-three
seniors will take part in Central's
eighteenth annual swingout and
class night. The event will take
place June 5 at 8 p.m. on the lawn
in front of Warriner hall.
Included in the program will be
a half-hour spring concert toy the
college band, under the direction
of Mr. Norman Dietz. Addresses
will be made 'by Robert Griffin,
senior class president; the valedictorian and salutatorian. The
boys quartet will sing from tho
music tower.
The main event of the evening
will be President Charles Anspach's
speech entitled "Silent Partners."
Three of President Anspach's recent swingout addresses have been
reprinted in the magazine Vital
Speeches, in which are found the
most worthwhile speeches in the
United States.
In case of rain, the exercises
will take place in Warriner hall
auditorium. For no other reason
will spectators b e admitted t o
Warriner hall after 8 p.m.
In preparation for swingout, the
campus  will be dusted with DDT.
Members of vthe committee planning the swingout are Dr. Gerald
Poor, chairman, Thomas Goodrich,
Jesse Thorpe, George Depuy, Kenneth Wright, Norvall Bovee, Dr.
Herbert Curry, James Bowman,
Robert Griffin, Jane White, ahd
Patty Looman.
Baccalaureate services will occur
Sunday, June 8, at 8 p.m., in Warriner auditorium.
Dr. Duncan E. Little'fair, B. D.
A. B., and Ph. D. will be the featured speaker of the occasion,. Dr.
Littlefair has studied in Switzerland, Germany, Canada and the
United States. At present he is
pastor of the Fountain Street Baptist church at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also, serves as chairman of
the education committee of the In,-
ter-racial Committee of the Council of Social Agencies and is a member of the; executive committee of
the:  Council.
Proceeding the program proper,
the faculty and graduating seniors,
in academic costume, will enter the
auditorium in a procession,.
Special music for the occasion wil
be under the auspices of Prof. J.
Harold Powers, head of the music
department. K
RP Glass Gives
First Broadcast
Central Michigan college radio
production class recently presented
its first in a series of five broadcasts. The program was given two
weeks ago Thursday evening over
station WBCM at Bay City when
they dramatized a story on the
restless way of youth entitled "Jungle Life."
Those students who participated
in the program were Russ Spauld-
ing, Saginaw sophomore; Bill
Rolph, Elkton junior; Joan Fuller,
Ionia senior and Harold Clements,
Blanchard  freshman.
The story was written and narrated by Noble Ercole, Morrice
junior, who was the program announcer. The program was directed
by Mrs. Vivian Boersma, director
of the radio production class.
The second in the series broadcasted was the "Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allen Poe, last
Thursday  evening.
All students are urged to listen
to the next program tomorrow
evening over Station WBCM.
Convocation Address Delivered
by Wayne University President
More than 400 Central students participated in the fourth
annual Recognition Convocation Tuesday, May 27, at 11 a.m.
in Warriner auditorium. Scholarships were awarded to 16
Central  students  while  390  students  participated  in  de- .
partment and organization awards and recognition.
Dr. David Henry, president of Wayne'University, delivered the convocation address. President Charles L. Anspach presented the awards. (See speech resume on page ,4.)
Central Michigan Athletic Service awards were presented
to Professor Joseph P. Carey, head of geography department, and Kendall P. Brooks, head of* the physics and
chemistry department and director of graduate studies.
The following scholarships were
awarded: University of Michigan,
Esther Schiefer, Frankenmuth
senior; E. C. Warriner, Marilla Parfitt, Perrinton junior; Student
council, Joe Swanson, Dallas, Texas,
sophomore and Dorothy Butterfield, North Branch junior; Associated Women Students, Margaret A. Johnson, Ludington freshman, and Hetty Calder,* Romeo
sophomore; Men's union, Ervin R.
Ignash, Kinde sophomore; Panhellenic - Faculty Women's Club,
Helen Dean, Detroit freshman.
Junior class, Jean Morrison, Peck
junior; Sophomore class, Edna Art-
ley, Monroe sophomore; Freshman
class, Mary J. Maxwell, Clare freshman and Vincent J. Studer, Che-
saning freshman; Danforth Fellowship, Pearl Parker, Detroit senior;
Jane McNinch. Home Economics
Award, Lucille Voorheis, Hemlock
freshman; Appleblossom Club
awards, Marian Green, Outran
sophomore and Ruby Johnson, Alma sophomore.
Speech awards from the Student
Council were given to Camilla Carlson, Pontiac freshman,and Joseph
Motto, Hamtramck freshman. PI
Kappa Delta awards: Camilla Carl-
sen, Avis Jean Gould, Eddie Hanson, George Kyncl, Joseph Motto,
Mary L. Scherich, Kay Stilson and
Lester Brooks Thomas, Jr.
Sigma Tau Delta short story
award went to Wayne Charnes,
French Lick, Indiana, freshman,
and informal essay to Virginia Mer-
rit, Midland freshman.
See—CONVOCATION--Page 6.
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Did you know that Central started as a locally sponsored institution and was not taken over by
the| state until after it had been
operating three   years?
E. C. Beck Speaks
at Blossom Dinner
After enjoying a turkey dinner,
approximately 50 members of the
Appleblossom club heard Dr. E.. 0.
Beck, head of the English department, speak on "The Most Pressing Problems of Present-Day
Teaching" last Monday night in
Keeler ballroom.
The annual banquet was semi-
formal. Stan Marks, Saginaw senior, was general chairman. Tracy
Stockman, Detroit freshman, was
toastmaster, and Helen Iteen, Pent-
Water freshman, was in charge of
decorations. Norman Archambeault,
St. Louis junior, handled the tickets.
Kay Eldred, Saginaw senior, arranged the program of two piano
selections by Dolores Sturm, Pigeon
freshman, and two vocal solos by
Darolene Hess, Vassar freshman.
College Band and Music Department Presents
Central's Final Spring Concert This Evening
The college band, under the direction of Norman Dietz, will pre-
senFlts spring concert this evening at 8:15, in Warriner auditorium.
The featured soloist will be Miss
Mary Lu Reeder, piano instructor
in the music department. Miss
Reeder and the toand will do the
first movement of the Grieg Piano
Concerto in A Minor.
I This concert for all music lovers
i will be divided into two parts. The
first section includes the works of
the great masters such as Bach,
Weber, ,Grieg, and Dvorak. The
well known Finale of The New
World Symphony is included in this
section.
The second part of the program
will again be devoted to .the works
of modern American composers
and includes Cole Porter's "I Love
You," Jerome Kern's. "All the
Things You Are," Ferde GrOfe's
"On the Trail" from the- Grand
Canyon Suite,   and  "Mardi.; Gras"
from his   Mississippi Suite, Homer
La  Gassey's   popular  "Sequoia.'*
The program will close with the
colorful "Lady of Spain," a fine
example of the colorful music of
the Spanish people.
The other band concert of the
year' was the pre-spring concert
Which occurred March 19. A crowd
of almost 1,000 townspeople, faculty; and students gathered in Warriner auditorium to hear the musical
offerings of the band under the
direction Of  Mr. Dietz.
New Parking Lot
to Be Installed
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A 90-car parking lot will be built
soon on lots owned by the college
at Hopkins and Main streets.
Bids for this project have been
announced, and if one is received
conforming to the budget for this
job, the work will start immediately, according to a statement issued by Mr. Norval C. Bovee, business manager.
The parking lot will be divided"
into two sections; the first will be-
on the corner of Hopkins street
and Main street which will cover
two lots,. and * will accomodate 30*
cars. There will be two entrances,,
one from Hopkins and one from*
Main. The other section will be*
three lots located between the Tip.
Top and Newton's, with one lot on
Main and the other two extending
from Main to Washington street.
This section will accomodate 60
cars and 'will have entrances on
Main and Washington streets.
Buildingr of this parking lot should
eliminate some of the • congestion
near the college caused by inadequate parking facilities, Mr. Bovee
said.'
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