1948-03-17; Central Michigan Life

              Keep Your
Feet; Dry
VOLUME 29
Wear
Stilts
MOUNT PLEASANT; MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1948
NUMBER 20
Convention Approves New Constitution
Four Men Picked for Chippewa Awards
Kerton Misses
by Seven Votes
"It's a man's' world," if results
of the Chippewa Award elections
mean anything!    .
The four men. Ted Kjolhede, Pat
Sweeny, Don Nelson, and Jack Lee,
nosed out the nearest woman contestant, Arlene Kerton, by a half-
dozen votes.
Chippewa award keys, presented
by the Student council, are awarded each year to the four students
who are voted, "most outstanding
seniors" by students and faculty.
The actual presentation of the
awards this year will take place
at the Honors convocation, Tuesday, May 25, in Warriner auditorium.
Kjolhede's campus accomplishments   include   varsity   football,
basketball, and! tennis, presidency
of Men's union, and membership
on the student council.
Pat Sweeny  has  played varsity
basketball and tennis, been president of the Student council, and
vice-president of the Newman club.
Don Nelson has been active in
debate,   president   of   Pi   Kappa
Delta, and president of the senior class.
Jack Lee is best known as the
guiding spirit behind the new student government constitution, but
has also served as National Student   association   delegate   from
Central. In addition he was sports
. editor of Life one semester.
All four are fraternity men.
The election committee was headed by Dennis Curry, Mt. Pleasant
freshman^. Other committee members were Ester Streeter, Saginaw
Bophomqre;  Helen "ftolz, Bad Axe
junior; and Ben Clark, Mt. Pleasant sophomore.
'Muscles' Show
Is Successful
Because of the large turnout to
"Muscles, Music, and Merriment,"
the physical education department
will be able to send a dance group
to the National Polk festival at
St. Louis, Mo., April 19.
Tumbling, novelty acts, singing
and baton twirling were presented
on the program, and the faculty,
dressed &r country folks, gave 'an
exhibition of old time square dancing.
The Modem Dance group presented three scenes in dance form
depicting the changes since 1940,
and a chorus of women from the
physical education - department
sang several selections followed
by tap dancing.
Central Michigan College Dancers
presented a three change quadrille,
Spanish waltz and.a polka. A demonstration on the trampoline, an
apparatus used for tumbling, was
given by the college gymnastic
team.
A matinee was given in the afternoon for school children, while
the evening performance was for
students and townspeople. The attendance at both showings was over 1,000.
Hand grenades were used by
u- S. Marines who served under
John Paul Jones during the Revolution.
Pat Sweeny
Don Nelson
Dinner Dunce
Pluns Complete
. The senior dinner dance this year
will take place at the Hotel Olds,
Lansing, it was decided at the
March 3 class meeting.
Choice of locations for the* event
was severely limited by the recent
administration ruling that college
organizations may not have parties
at' any place where alcoholic beverages are served.
Date for the dinner dance has
been set for June 11, the night
before commencement exercises.
The class meeting, called especially to permit discussion of the final
senior party, was attended by'approximately 25% of the class. Beverly Marzolf, Ithaca, reported that
the Hotel Olds management has
assured her they can accommodate
See—DINNER DANCE—Page 6
Ted Kjolhede
Jack Lee
'Campus Capers'
Planned lor May
An' all-college variety show entitled "Campus Capers" will be
presented in Warriner hall auditorium at 8 p.m. Monday, May 3,
sponsored by the Student Social
Activities committee.
With the theme either the old-
time showboat or the minstrel-
type program, the iSSAC is planning specialty acts, blackface and
singing throughout the show which
will be presented only one night.
As the curtain will remain raised throughout the performance,
the show will be a fast-moving
series of variety acts designed especially to keep the audience waiting expectantly for the next performer.
The SSAC announced that all
students with any type of special
talent are requested to attend the
tryouts the date of which will be
announced later.
Keeler Men Have
'St. Pat's' Dance
"Success" was tne word for the
annual St. Patrick's Day dance
for the Keeler dormitory residents
last Friday evening from 9 to 12
p.m.
Music   was   furnished  by  Lloyd
Conley's orchestra.
Bill Kerns, dance committee
chairman, . stated that the dance
was certainly a success, and he
wished there had been room for
more couples. Because of the caton
aret style of the dance and the
limitation of space, sales were limited to one hundred tickets.
.Refreshments—ice cream, potato
chips, and cokes, were served at
the dance. .
Chaperons chosen by the committee were: Mr. and Mrs. "Richard Lichtenfelt, Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Thorpe, Dr. and Mrs. John
C. Hepler, Dr. and Mrs. Gerald
poor, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Kilbourn.
Student veterans with more than
one dependent should file proof of
such dependency at once in order
to become eligible for prompt payment of maximum subsistence under the new law.
Band Concert Highly Successful;
Varied Program Draws Praise
by Frances Buerker
Before a large and enthusiastic
crowd of students and townspeople,
the Central Michigan college, band,
under the direction of Norman C.
Dietz, presented its annual winter
concert Thursday evening, March
11, in the college auditorium.
The program began with Morton
Gould's arousing "American Salute," which was based on the well
known tune "When Johnny Comes
Marching Home." "Prelude and
Fugue in G Minor," and G. Hoist's
"Suite in El," which was the composer's first composition for military band, followed.
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor,"
by Tschaikowsky, featured three
themes, with the first being ex:
posed at the beginning by all the
higher instruments. The second
followed with a folk tune, "In
The Fields There Stood a Birch
Tree." The third appeared after
a return of the first, with a
march-like melody by the full
band. This ended' the first half
of the program, and the band,
responding to a very appreciative
audience, played as its encore a
•feature of the Boston Pops Or
chestra, "Sheep and Goats Walking to Pasture," which was especially arranged for the band by
first trombonist Lloyd Conley.
After a brief intermission the
band went into lighter music, beginning with another Morton Gould
arrangement, "Cowboy Rhapsody,"
which was based on several familiar songs of the West, followed by
the overture, "Desert Song," by Sig-
mund Romberg, which included the
popular tunes from the operetta,
"The Desert Song." One of the
biggest hits of the evening's program was the highly colorful "Car-
ribean Fantasy," in which the percussion section handled the pulsing
rhythms    which    prevailed.    The
See—BAND CONCERT-^Page 6
Richtmeyer WiU Attend
Math Frat Natl. Meeting
Dr. Cleon V. Richtmeyer, head, of
the department of mathematics,
will attend a meeting of the national council of Kappa Mu Epsilon, honorary mathematics fraternity, in Albion, March 12 and. 13.
Dr. Richtmeyer is national "historian of the fraternity.
Revised Version
Goes to Prexy
The new student constitution,
approved by students at the constitutional convention in Warriner
355, Thursday, March 11, now awaits
President Charles L. Anspach's approval.
According to V*e schedule adopted,  the    present  student    council
shall call an election .at which time
the constitution shall be either ratified or rejected   by the    student
body. This  action must be taken
within 14 calendar days following
the approval by President Anspach.
After two nights of heated discussion, a handful of weary students voted unanimous approval
of the constitution as it had been
revised and amended.  With the
exception of a few additions and
revisions the majority pf changes
were merely clarification.
Among the more important ad-'
ditions  were the  granting  to the
student senate the powers to confirm and reject appointments made.
by the student senate president, and
the senate may, by an affirmative
See—CONSTITUTION—"Page 6
Frosh Elect
NewOfficers
Ray Webe*. Saginaw, emerged as
frosh president in what turned out
to be a two way contest for the
office last week at the freshman
class election.
Weber's 87 votes topped Mark
Spagnuola's total by nine—and
Pro-Lib candidate Kirk. Driver
came in third with 48.
In the other three offices Pro-
Lib candidates were winners. Pro-
Ray Weber
*£ib Velma Muntz, Cass City, won:
the secretarial post by greater than
a three to one majority.
Vice president of the class of '51
is Alan Stuart of Royal Oak—likewise winner by a large margin.-
Closest   contest   other   than   the
one    for the    presidency Was    for
treasurer. Bob Johnson,   Grayling,'
defeated Arnold Wilson 161-94.
Two hundred seventy-five freshmen   exercised  their  prerogative .
to vote. There are 748 freshmen
enrolled, according to figures released last week by the personnel ■_•
office.
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