1948-02-18; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 29
Cabinet Reviews
New Constitution
The President's cabinet, after
making an item by item check of
the proposed new constitution,
suggested 15 changes in a letter
to the student council president.
The changes, not all major points,
•were merely for the purpose of
carification in most cases.
The text dealing with those parts
needing clarification is printed
verbatim below.
"The Caornet requests the Student Council to give careful consideration to the possibility of
clarifying or changing the following items in the constitution as
printed in LIFE on Wednesday,
December 10, 1947.
1. In Article 1, section 1, next
to the last sentence: ''Ordinance
adopted by the student electorate under the referundum provisions of this section may be
amended by the Senate (student)
at any subsequent meeting thereof." Does this not give the Senate
power to nullify any referendum
action?
2. Article 2. Since the various
classes choose their representatives
why doesn't the faculty choose its
own representatives?
3. Article 1, section 2. Since the
freshman class is usually the largest, shouldn't it also have two (2)
representatives?
4. Article 1, section 3. Does this
mean only the funds now allocated
to the student council? If so, the
sentence in the paper, on page one
is misleading. It says: "The senate, as proposed, will be the sole
disbursing agent of funds for student activities and will budget
these funds to best cover the needs
of the student body."
5. Article 1, section 4, the last
two  lines.   "The   student  senate
of  Central Michigan  College  of
Education ordains, the President
See—CONSTITUTION—Page 6
Pres. Anspach
Resumes Duties
After Illness
President Charles L. Anspach returned to his office February 11 for
the first time since suffering a
slight heart attack January 24. For
two weeks he will carry on his duties on a part-time basis; working
mornings and afternoons,, but curtailing overtime and evening commitments.
For the next six months he must
cancel all off-campus addresses,
and otherwise adjust his schedule
to allow for adequate rest enabling
complete, (recovery:
The President expressed a desire
to thank the faculty, students, and
organizations for their thoughtful-
ness and consideration shown him
during his convalescence.
Vets9 Wives Plan
for Fun Night
A Fun. night for the Chip Sqaws,
student veterans' wives' organization, was planned for February 18
in W257 at the Club's last weekly
"meeting. Barbara Box is chairman
of the party.
A planning committee was appointed to direct a series of lecture
'©roups to be presented this semester. Members of the committee include Beverly Hicks, chairman;
Oail Webster, and Betty  Fahner.
Meeting night for the club has
been changed to Wednesday of
«ach week. All vets' wives ar« ln-
■rtted jbo attend.
ichioan Life
Don't Walk
in the Street
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948
NUMBER 16
Decorated
SAC to Sponsor All-College Conference
Czechs Decorate
Central Veteran
Ex-segeant Joseph Vasko, Burt
junior, was awarded the Czecho-
slovakian medal of merit by a recent order of the President of
Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovak-
ian Ambassador in Washington, D.
C, sent the medal last week.
Sergeant Vasko, who served with
an O. S. S. detachment on the
outskirts of Pilsen, near Prague,
Czechoslavakia, received this award
for outstanding achievement in
rendering services to the Czecho-
slovakian government.
Vasko was recruited from Drew
Field, Fla., into the O.S.S. and
served for 30 months in Egypt,
France, Greece, Italy, and Czechoslovakia,
Vasko was surprised in receiving
the award, for it had been two and
one-half years since he had served in the, army. He has written a
letter of appreciation to the"
Czechoslovakian government and
expressed his gratitude at being
honored so graciously.
Following is a copy of the letter as received by Vasko.
The Military and Air Attache
Czechoslovak Embassy ,
Washington, D, C,
January 27,1948
Dear Sir,
It is my honor to inform you
that the President of the Czechoslovak Republic has awarded to
you the Czechoslovak Medal for
Merit H Class in recognition of
your valuable assistance in the
liberation of our Republic.
■I take pleasure in forwarding to
you the enclosed decoration, together with the ribbon and diploma.
With   my   congratulations   and
best wishes, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Brig. Gen. Josef Schejbal
Military and Air Attache.
Religion and Zionism
Interfaith Hour Theme
"Religion and Zionism was the
theme of the Initerfaith 'hour Sunday, February 15, from- 5:30 to 7
pjm., in the elementary building.
Rabbi Asmun of Bay City was the
main speaker.
Westminster fellowshop "planned
the music for the meeting, and the
Newman club arranged the program. Refreshments were provided for.by the Wesley foundation
and Gamma Delta was in charge
of arrangements and hosts.
Debaters Win
at State Meet
Central's debaters demonstrated
their superiority in the State
Men's Debate tournament at
Michigan State college last Saturday, February 14, by winning
nine out of eleven contests.
Only two debate decisions were
lost: one to the University of Detroit negative team; the other to
the Michigan! State college affirmative team. However Central
speakers evened up the score by
winning decisions over the U. of
D. affirmative team and Michigan State's negative team. Other
colleges in the tournament were;
Albion, Alma, Calvin, Hope, Detroit Tech., Michigan State Normal and Wayne university.
Central was represented by four
men's teams: Don Nelson and
Lester Thomas; James Kindt and
Kenneth Zick: Jack Slagle and
Nelson Hickman; and James Reed
and Russell DeForest.
Mr. Emil Pfister, director of debate, and Dr. Russell Lembke. associate professor of speech, accompanied the teams to East Lansing
and served as critic-judges in debates between other colleges.
Central's debaters have compiled the impressive score of twenty-one victories to three defeats in
their first twenty-four judged intercollegiate debates this'season.
In addition to these, Central debaters have participated in twenty
non-decision debates and many
more intrascholastic contests the
first semeter.
The women debaters will take
part in a tournament with other
colleges and universities in the
state at Ypsilanti this next Saturday, February 21.
Dr. C. W. M. Hart
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Miss Your X-Ray?
Five Bucks, Bud!
A fee of $5 will be charged all
students who failed to get required chest X-rays at the health center February 11-12. Students who
got X-ray© last fall were not required.,to report for examintion.
"Physical examinations have been
given to all new students and to
graduating seniors.
Enrollment
Drops 100
Enrllment figures released by the
personnel office late last week indicate that 2086 fulMime campus
students had been processed at
ttoat tfrne<
In addition to these, it is expected that Saturday students will total about 125. Graduate students
mumlber between 40 and 45,
Approximately 150 new studenfts
enrolled for the spring semester,
several of whom were former students.
This figure, 2086, represents a
drop of approximately a hundred
students from the peak enrollment
of the past semester, which totaled
2184 full-time residence students.
Enrollmenlt for the spring semester last year, however, was only 1847.
Fifty-five students were lost
through graduation (25 received
degrees) and completion of rural
or other short term courses. Eighty-
seven students were referred to the
President's office (before getting
regisikiation materials, because of
their academic deficiencies. .Of
this number, approximately seven
were allowed to enroll fdr ijjhis. semester. •
Canadian Prof, is
Featured Speaker
Dr. Charles W. M. Hart, professor ,
of sociology at the University of
Toronto, will serve as consultant at
the all-college conference" Monday
and Tuesday, February 23-24. General theme of the conference will be
"Is Education Failing?"
Students and faculty members
have requested that the Student Social Activities committee resume
sponsoring of the annual all-college
conference similar to the pre-war
series.
Dr. Hart, born- in Melbourne,
Australia, received his A. B. and
M. A. degrees at the University of
Sidney, and his Ph.D. at the University of London. At the present
time he is chairman of the sociology department at the University
of Toronto and visiting professor
at the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Hart is the author of numerous artices in the field of sociology.
As a lecturer, Dr. Hart comes
highly recommended by the faculty
of the University of Wisconsin and
by Dr. William Blotz of the University of Toronto, who has been a
popular conference lecturer on this
campus.
A panel forum will be conducted in Warriner auditorium from
2:30 to 4 p.m., February 23. Members of the panel, in addition to
Dr. Hart, will be selected from
members of the faculty and student  body.
A faculty-student dinner honoring Dr. Hart will take place in
Keeler union ballmom at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets for the dinner are $1.10 and
will be on sale at the dean of women's office.
Professor Hart will address students on the topic, "The Role of
an Educated Person in an Age of
immaturity," at 8:15 p.ra. in the
auditorium.
Group forums will be led by Dr.
Hart at 10 p.m. and 4 pxn. in Keeler union ballroom.
Dr. Hart will conclude the con-
See—CONFERENCE—Page 6
$1,000 Prize Offered for Essay
on 'A Program for World Peace'
A first prize of $1,000 with thirteen additional awards amounting
to $2,000, will be distributed to
college students by the Tamiment
Social and Economic Institute, 7
East 15th Street, New York 3" N.
Y., for the best 5000 to 6000 word
essay on "An American Program
for World Peace in the Present
Crisis," submitted to its second annual contest. Closing date of the
contest is April 23rd, 1948.
Briefly, the rules of the contest
are:
l.ELIGIBLE: The contest is open to all undergraduate college
students in recognized colleges of
the United States. A contestant
may submit but one essay. Entry
blanks will b«. sent on request. Any
employee of the Tamiment Social
ahd Economic " Institute or Camp
■Tamiment is ineligible for a prize.
2. MANUSCRIPTS: No manu*
script -will be accepted unless it is
typed, double-spaced. Only one
side of the sheet should be used
and margins should be wide.
Manuscripts must be original, unpublished works.
3, MAHJNG OF MANUSCRIPT:
Send manuscript, immediately upon completion to Tamiment Institute Contest, 7 East 15th Street,
New York 3, N. Y. No manuscript
will be returned unless accompanied by stamped, addressed envelope. In submitting the manu*
(script, the author should type full
niame, college and home addresses,
telephone number, and name of
college on a separate sheet of paper
clipped to essay. The manuscript
will be coded by the Institute to
insure  anonymity.
4.   RIGHT   OF  PUBLICATION:
The rights and title to the prize-
whoning essays, including the right
See—$1,000 PRIZE—Page 6
Petris Pleases
at A-C Concert
by Harold C. Knox.
An enthusiastic audience greeted the appearance of Yolanda.
Petris, dramatic soprano, . in the-
college auditorium toe evening of
Feb. 11, by drawing her back to<
the stage for three encores.
The Italian-born singer was-*
worthy of the title of dramatic-
soprano, both in gesture and in
voice. Her program, consisting of"
Italian, German, French, and"
Scandinavian numbers was", sung
with exceptionally distinct enunciation in a clear bell-like voice, the
volume of which was at times astonishing.
Probably the most notable of*
her arias was her rendition ef*
MARGARETA'S      ARIA      from*
MEPHISTOPHELES    by    Boitc*
Miss Petris took full advantage
of the excellent opportunity afforded by the selection to demonstrate   the   possibilities   of   a
voice which possesses both dramatic     quality    and    exceptional
range.
Also noteworthy was her performance of Respeghi's NEBBEO,
which was sung in a moving and
forceful manner.
Miss Petris was accompanied on.
the piano by Otto Seyfert.  ThJf
See—ARTIST COURSE—Page 6
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