1948-07-07; Central Michigan Life

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Don't Forget
the
Assembly Tonight
VOLUME! 29
Workshop Will
Otter Unusual
Opportunities
Because its flexibility lends great
opportunity for education students
.with varying interests, the elementary workshop is an active part of
the college curriculum again this
year, under the leadership of Miss
Marcillene Barnes, director of curriculum in Grand Rapids Public
'Schools.
The class, consisting of 15 members, offers six hours of credit, and
each member pursues her particular
field of interest. General meetings
are held two or three times weekly,
and the rest of the time is spent
individually or in special groups.
During the course the students
discuss    their    experiences    and
problems with others under capable  leadership,  hear lectures  on
helpful subject by speakers from
the college and outside guests, see
exhibits,   work   with   handicraft
materials, and also library materials. The class in observation has
invited the workshop to observe
at the elementary building whenever it is convenient.
Since the course -is the only one
which the students take during the
summer, most pf their time is spent
in the three   large rooms   which
have been especially equipped for
them. The class has divided into
committees so the groups may function more efficiently.
Other guest instructors in the
workshop are Josephine Culhane
from the Flint Public Schools,
Loretta Ortt of Grand Rapids, and
Dr. Ruth J. Simms of Maryland.
So far this summer the workshop has heard four speakers who
spoke on appropriate subjects.
Before the term ends they will
hear other speeches of equal importance.
An annual high-light of the class
is the Air Age Conference to be held
July 22-23. On the first day the
group will visit the airport where
they will be shown the complete
set-up. During the day all the students will receive free rides. The
second day they will hear a lecture
on Air Education.
Canadian Poet
Lectures Today
Wilson MacDonald, Canada's "Poet
Laureate," will lecture on the subject of poetry and give readings
from his own verse tonight at 8:1&
o'clock in the Auditorium. He appears as the third number on. the
Summer Artists Series.
Not so well known in the United
States as in Canada, MacDonald
nevertheless has collected some imposing press clippings in this country, according to his advance billing. L ..
His poetry is said to cover a wide
range of subjects just as the man
himself, something of a vagabond,
has covered North America from
Greenland to San Diego. A satirist
and humorist as well as lyric poet,
he was once referred to by the
New York Times as the outstanding
figure among present generation
poets.
To Study in England
Ass't. Prof. Esther Altman of the
personnel department sailed last
week for . Nottingham, England,
where she plans to study the history of English education.
She will return to Central for
the fall semester.
Teacher Reports
on Ecuador
See Page 2
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1948
NUMBER 33
Popular Department Heads Retire
Recalling some of their experiences during their long tenure
at Central Michigan, Prof. J. Harold Powers, head of the music
department, and Prof. Frank E. Robinson, former head of the
commerce department, pose for the photographer. The former retires in August, and the latter retired in June.
CentM Alumnus Is Chosen
as NeW City Superintendent
Russell LeCronier, Central alumnus, becomes superintendent of th
Mt. Pleasant schools and associate
director   of   teacher   training   foi
Central Michigan College, July 1.
He succeeds Superintendent
Charles B. Park, who will head
the Bay City school system.
LeCronier comes to Mt. Pleasant
after 24 years in teaching and
school administration, 23 of which
have been at Bad Axe. He coached
Swiss Movie
to Be Shown
To show the problems of sheer
communication and human relationship between different nationalities, the foreign language department will show a, Swiss film,
"The Last Chance," hi the auditorium at 8 o'clock tomorrow night.
The film was made during, the end
of the war near the Swiss-Italian
border. It involves all classes of
society and also American, English,
French, Italian, Jewish and Swiss
people.
Ass't.  Prof. Victor  Coutant of
the foreign language department,
who  has  seen  the  film  several
times, stated that the picture is
tense and the interplay of characters very realistic.
Where the  French,  Italian  and
Jewish    language is    spoken,    the
parts  are  subtitled in English.
"With the present trend of affairs, the film can give us a better
understanding of" the • relationship
between different people of different nationalities when confronted
and a common crisis strikes," stat
ed Dr. Coutant.
one year at' Ionia and then joined
the Bad Axe system, where Ik
coached his first year. He was promoted to principal and continued
in that capacity for nine years
when he was promoted to the super-
intendency, a position in which he
is now completing his 13th year.
"Rus" will return to Mt. Pleasan
with many friendships made during
his college days. He graduated in
1923 and is still remembered by
many sport fans as a great baseball pitcher and basketball guard.
A native of Bay County, LeCronier graduated from Midland High
School before entering Central in
1919. He received his A.B. degree
from Central and his M.A. degree
from the University of Michigan.
At present he is a member of
the MEA, NEA, Michigan and National Association of School Administrators, and has served as
chairman of the Huron County
school camp.
Mr. and Mrs. LeCronier have
three children, Russell, Jr., 19, who
will enter Central this fall; Richard 16, who will enter the 12th
grade; and Bonnie, 14, who will
enter the 10th grade.
Prof. Gets Chance
to Practice
Fear-Control
By Janet Dufty
"And what do you suppose it was?"
concluded Mr. P. M. Smith, to his
sociology 201 class, who were discussing the topic of fears.
No reply was made from the students, who were then sitting on the
edge of their seats, and grasping
the end of the desk, waiting for the
dramatic climax to the thrilling
episode.
Everyone was thinking hard and
retracing the clues in the story,
which might lead to a possible
conclusion.
It seems that one foggy night,
not too long ago, Mr. Smith was
walking home. It was misting quite
heavily, so that it was necessary to
keep looking directly down in order
to remain on the sidewalk.
Suddenly, something hairy swept
behind his pant legs. However, he
kept walking. It must be his imagination. Then suddenly something hairy swept past his coat
pocket. Still his imagination; not
enough sleep lately; too many movies.
Yet, wait! He just walked into
something big and hairy. In fact,
it practically reached his belt.
That was too much!
"Keep calm!" he kept telling
himself. (He was crossing the street.
Ed.)
A few minutes later he walked
under a street lamp, and beside
him, still trotting along nonchalantly in a most chummy manner
was Mt. Pleasant's ever familiar
great dane, Tony.
School, Democracy
Subject of Talk
"The Grass Roots of Democracy,
a lecture by Assoc. Prof. Helen L.
Johnson of the laboratory schools,
will be presented tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in W107.
Ths lecture will be on a topic
of great interest to all teachers
and especially to those in the elementary grades. An authority in
the field, Professor Johnson has
been in the elementary school work
all of her life.
Miss Johnson is a graduate o;'
Central Michigan College with an
A.B. degree. She received her M..A.
degree from Columbia University
and has done graduate- work at
the University of Colorado and the
University of  Southern California.
'Irish Wonderful'
Is Theme of Film
and Lecture
"The Irish people are wonderful,"
was the theme of Dr. John Harvey
Furbay, noted, explorer, scientist,
lecturer, and author, in a speech
before approximately 1200 students,
faculty members and townspeople
Wednesday evening.
DR. FURBAY gave several reasons
for his love of the Irish. First among
these was that, "The Irish are very
hospitable. They don't just give you
one welcome to their homes, they
offer 100,000 welcomes." Throughout the lecture and film, Dr. Furbay
stressed the warm feelings that the
Irish extend to everyone.
Second in importance was the
fact that "The Irish are a very
religious people. Only the dead do.
not attend church in Ireland."
Third, "They are a lot of fun,
which refutes the theory that religious people do not enjoy life.
They have a ready wit, and are
great story tellers."
"Another interesting fact about
the Irish is the stress they place
upon education," stated Dr. Furbay. "They spend 10 to 20 percent
of their budget on schools; thus
providing opportunity for almost
everyone to obtain an education."
THERE IS practically no poverty
in Ireland the speaker declared. The
people live simply, but are not im-
proverished.
"Federal housing units that rent
for $4.50 per month are provided
for low income families, and lunches
are served free of charge to school
children," he said
In the film Dr. Furbay stressed
the coming importance of Ireland
as the center of the aerial crossroads between North America and
Europe. He also pointed out the
beauty of  the country, and the
primitive way in which some of
of the people live.
"Many films show the curious
customs of other lands instead of
the common everyday life, therefore, creating a false impression of
the country,'' Dr. Furbay believes.
"If we are to have world understanding," . he concluded "we must
have a true understanding of the
other countries; not the distorted
views which many of the films have.
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS?
Nonplussed Reporter
May Have Right Answer
General Language
Offered This Summer
The foreign language department
announced that General Language
330 is offered this summer for the
first time in four years.
This course . is designed to give
the student an overview of language. It is also designed for students primarily interested in English, who have not sfudied a foreign
language and whoneed to understand the impacjb pfi Latin, French,
Spanish and'G$rn%in. on English.
By Don Griffin
Everything's running smoothly in
the Dean of Men's office and in the
Department of Instruction. The
summer session is one week advanced and complete harmony is
evident.
' Assigned to cover two of the
leading department heads of the
campus, I pursued George N.
'Lauer* dean of men and Cleon C.
Richtmeyer,- director of instruction and guidance for the summer
students. Realizing that the school
paper is one of the chief agents
of distributing advice and infor-'
mation, I anticipated an involved
interview; therefore, it was quite
, a shock to receive no comment.
At first I was disiUUsiohed; itf
seemed that, even if no definite in
formation could be given, at least
some philosophic thought should be
transmitted. But then the idea occurred that by offering no comment
these department heads are leaving
with us a philosophy of free enterprise. This is shown because they
allow us to search out the problem
and come to our own conclusions.
Thus they pave the way for us to assume that the students have arous
ed no woes and worries sufficiently
important to  warrant publication.
I now consider myself fortunate
to report that these department
heads   are   completely   satisfied
with our conduct. So if you meet
them on the campus, stop and
thank them for their generous attitude. .;. v....t.->...
Here's to more harmony and no
comment.
given us.
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School Children
Will Show Pets
a-4
The ninth annual Pet Show,
sponsored by the sixth grade of
the College Elementary School, will
take place from 9 to 12 a. m.
Wednesday, July 14, on the south,
lawn near the Elementary Building.
Only students attending the Col--
lege Elementary School and Junior
High School are eligible to enter"
their pets* but a large number ot
entries are expected.
One highlight of the show will/
be a parade in which all the animals are to participate. Ribbons
Will be awarded to animals performing tricks, and to others, such as
the best cared for, the cutest, the
funniest, largest, smallest, oldest,
prettiest, homeliest, best trained,
most .unusual, and the friendliest.
Also, a grand prize will be awarded
to the; most, outstanding pet in
the show.
Judges will be Ass't. Prof, Barbara. King,  Ass't.» Prof.  Edna M. .
Heilbrohtt,, «£_-. JProf.   George   R.
Wheeler. The pet show is open free
of charge to all who wish to attend.
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