1948-10-20; Central Michigan Life

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MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 20,  1948
Ed Marshall, Charlie Bird
to Play Homecoming Dances
Eddie Marshall to Play in Gym;
Charlie Bird Slated for Keeler Ballroom
Tickets to Be $1.50 Per Couple
Eddie Marshall's eight-piece band
from Detroit and Charlie Bird and
his eight-piece band from Muskegon Heights are the orchestras engaged for the annual Homecoming
ball this year.
Charlie's band will play in
Keeler Union ballroom, while Eddie
will be in the gymnasium. Tickets
will be $1.50 per couple, federal tax
included, and one ticket will admit a couple to both dances.
Eddie, an exceptional saxaphondst,
and his musical organization are
hitting the top in great strides,
They have achieved success by playing for petroit's foremost clubs
such as the Book-Oadillac and
Statler hotels.
CharMe Bird and his band have
had previous engagements here and
have been so well received that he
has been requested for a return
engagement.
The committees for the • Homecoming dances are: general co-
chairmen, Dean D. Louise Sharpe
and Natalie Haglund, Oscoda senior;
tickets, Ester Streeter, K*arrisville
junior; publicity, Marge Hasse,
Saginaw sophomore; decorations,
Nancy Arthur, Mio sophomore, and
Cam Leonhardt, Saginaw sophomore; invitations and patrons,
Becky Holmes, Traverse City senior,
and Jackie Lynch, Detroit junior.
NUMBER 4
olz Is Queen
Senate Reveals
Health Plans
Whether Central students may
have a self-insured or a group hospitalization plan is the task that
the newly formed sub-committee
Senate is to investigate.
At a meeting October 14, in
Sloan hall is was decided that the
sub-committee will promote a student self-insured plan of hospitalization for Central students. If the
self-insured plan proves non-feasible, the committee will get information from different insurance
companies for a group hospitalization plan for all students.
Members of the sub-committee
are: Opal Thohrpe, supervisor,
Health Service; Dr. Walter S. Ryder economics department. Dr.
George Nelson, director of graduate studies and Professor Grace Ryan, health and physical education
department.
The faculty members named students to take part in the investigation. The student members are:
temporary chairman, Robert Douglas, Clare senior; secretary, Wayne
Lawless, Portland junior; "Kirk
Driver, Midland sophomore; Rosemary Baily, Mikado junior and
Carl Baker, Berkley junior.     ,
The. committee decided to obtain
further information on health plans
of other schools. The group will
meet tomorrow at 7 p. m. in Sloan.
Mr. Emil Pfister's habit of beginning each speech 204 class with a
logic problem earned him the
authorship of "Pfister's Pfables."
First Baby Show
Howling Success
Lobert, Lear, Miller,
Yedinak, Evett, Box
Rule Annual Event
Babies paraded before judges
amidst a setting of toys, diapers,
playpens, and high chairs at Warriner hall in the annual Baby show,
last Sunday afternoon, for children of students and faculty.
The 58 entrants were divided into
three groups; and as the babies
from birth to one were presented
on stage for the judges and the
audience, the other two groups,
aged one to three and three to five
yowled impatiently in the audience
for their turns to strut, some wandered among the aisles, and others
voiced their great displeasure at the
entire proceedings, though many
were little ladies and gentlemen.
The toddlers from one to three
took the stage and proved to be
more vocally active than the babies.
They strolled about, gleefully admiring the toys and lights, while
one peppy youngster mounted a
hobby horse and rode furiously
across the stage.
See—BABY—Page 6
Joyce Foss
Float Dope—
All organizations who wish to
have a float in the parade must
notify Mr. Donald Kilbourne,
chairman of the Homecoming
parade, prior to 5 p. m., October
5, with the following information: name of organization,
theme of the float, the structure
on which it will be built, and the
name and address of the individual responsible for the float. The
float must be a motor vehicle or
horse powered, and commercial
advertizing is prohibited.
Frosh - Soph
Clash Again
Traditional rivalry will break
loose in the annual Freshman-
Sophomore games October 29, 4 p.
m. at Alumni field. Main events of
the day will include: a tug-of-war,
flag rush, ring fight, wheelbarrow
races, and a touch football game.
The program will inaugurate
the Homecoming activities and is
under the sponsorship of the
Men's union. All members of each
class are eligible to participate in
the fracus.
ASSISTING with the organization of  the program  are:   Gearld
Sielski. Manistee junior; Richard
Huck, Rochester senior; John Major, Flint junior; and Donald Montney, Flint senior, chairman'for the
group.
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The games were discontinued in
1942, but were revived last year and
proved a big event of the Homecoming. In the years before the war
Freshmen were compelled to wear
green pots if they lost the games.
This year a winner will be declared on total points but freshmen will not be requested to follow any routine if they win, lose,
or draw.
Gala Celebration Planned
for C.M.C Homecoming
Festivities to Start Friday Night
with Bonfire, Pep-Meeting, Snake Dance; .     .
Parade, Game, Coffee Hour, Two Balls Saturday
Renewal of the annual Frosh-
Soph rivalry will serve to initiate
this year's homecoming festivities.
A pep meeting, snake dance and
bonfire will follow the games, more
than twenty-five floats are expected to participate in the parade which is under supervision oi
Housing Director Donald J. Kilbourne. It is hoped that the floats
for this homecoming will surpass
last year's entries in color and originality.
Assistant Prof. Maurice E. Mc-
Gaught,    geography     department,
who heads the committee selecting
prizes  and judges said,  "Through
the extra allotment of money this
year, most of which was previously
given in prizes to the best decorated
houses, we will   be able to make
more categories for competition as
well as make the prizes bigger and
better.  The   exact  nature   of  the
prizes is forthcoming and will he
announced in a later issue of IFE.
The Mt.   Pleasant   Chamber of
Commerce  has  pledged  full  support in decoration of the streets
with  the   air   of   festivity.  Novel
street decorations have been promised and the  annual custom of
displaying   the   maroon   flag   with
the gold "C" in the front of the
downtown stores will be repeated.
The 'dormitories are planning to
splurge in an attempt to surpass all
former year's interior decorating
feats. Barnard Hall plans to impress visitors and students with-the.
beauty of the new dorm. Marge
Dacy, Detroit junior and Joan
Evans, Fair Haven freshman, are
co-chairmen in charge of all decorations, with Margaret McPhee,
Royal Oak Junior, as their assistant.
Three committees have been
chosen for,the various tasks involved in decorating campus buildings . ■ ■     '\
A social committee composed of
Barbara McNeil, Dearborn sophomore, and "Virginia Steiger, Lansing
junior, will officiate over the aetiv-
ties at Sloan Hall. Other members
of the Sloan hall social committee
are: Mildred Vreg, Pontiac freshman; Mary Lou Judd, St. Johns
freshman; Kay Carey, Lyon Manor
sophomore; Clara Katitus, Milan,
sophomore; Jo Ann Bigelow,- Cass
City junior; Rosalie Johnson, Williamston junior; Rosemary Detten-
See—GALA—Page 6
Dorms Compete
for Senate Cup
Best Decorated House
Will Win Student
Government Trophy
The traditional Homecoming dec
orating of the dormitories will take
on a new competitive spirit this
year as the Senate has purchased a
trophy to be awarded to the dormitory with the best outside decorations. As in the past the beautiful
and cleverly executed floats will participate . in prize competition. The
floats will be judged in two categories with a first, second and third
prize in each classification.
The residents of the dormitories
will be competing for the honor of
displaying  the  trophy  during  the
ensuing year. According to the
Senate the trophy will become the
permanent possession of a dormitory if it wins the trophy three
times. A new trophy would then be
purchased in order to carry on the
contest.
Floats will be judged in two classes; the most beautiful float, and
the best presentation of theme. Artistic effort is the criterion in the
most beautiful class, while original
idea, catchy, "different," and form
of presentation will be judged in
the best presentation of these.
Dorm decorations will be judged
by the committee judging the floats.
The trophy will replace the $25
prize usually given.
The House President's council
met Wednesday, October 6, and
officers were elected. The following are the officers for the coming
year: advisor, Dr. D. Louise Sharp;
president, Eldora Bloomquist; vice-
president, Sally Teed; and .secretary-treasurer, Amaryllis Kruth.
BULLETIN
The "Old Oaken Bucket," has
disappeared from the LIFE office.
The age-old Wayne-Central
football trophy, recently unearthed by news editor Joe Shea
and placed in the custody of the
LIFE was missed late last night.
Questioning of LIFE staff members has provided no information,
however, it is believed that either
campus pranksters or Wayne
students are (responsible for the
disappearance.
It "has been reported that three
.Wayne students, who had attended the Kent State-CMC football
game were seen near the LD7E
.office following the contest.
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