1948-10-27; Central Michigan Life

              Plan Now
to Stay on Campus
for Homecoming
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VOLUME 3a
Your Fifty Cents
Bought
a Scoreboard
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1948
NUMBER 5
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It's Here! Alumni Field Gets Scoreboard
$1449 Raised Through
Alpha Phi Omega Drive
New Scoreboard Erected Yesterday;
College Administration to Finance Installation;
Board Will Be Dedicated at Homecoming Festivities Saturday
A new scoreboard is erected at
the south end of Alumni field!
The plans and efforts of the
students and organizations of
Central Michigan college, whole
heartedly supported by many Mt.
Pleasant organizations, were real- *
ized in less than one month when
a new scoreboard for the football field was erected yesterday,
ready for the Homecoming game
with Wayne university, Saturday.
A TOTAL of $1449 in cash has
been raised in the drive initiated
this Fall by Alpha Phi Omega, service fraternity on campus, surpassing the original goal of $1300. Installation costs will make the total
expense about $1600.
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* College administration will pay for
the installation costs, which will
amount to approximately $350 and
which has been included in the
$1600 total.
The scoreboard was erected on
the south end of Alumni field to
alleviate {Congestion ,at the north
end as well as to Intake the lighted numbers more visible to the'
spectators. Although this, will necessitate approximately $100 more
in installation fees, it is generally
felt that the south end was the
best position for the board.
THE ORIGINAL scoreboard fund
began in 1946 when the Mt. Pleasant Junior Chamber of commerce
donated  $100  to  the  college.  The
money   was   derived   through   the
proceeds of an "Oil Bowl" football
game between Central  and  Great
Lakes N.T.S.
Alpha, Phi Omega, f orseeing the
possibility * of a scoreboard being
erected  by  Homecoming,  elected
this Fall to continue the drive,
which went into effect  September 29.  At that time APO  conducted an unprecedented canvass
of Central students in the hope
that each student would donate
50 cents to the fund. $381 was
donated at that time.
THE J.C.C. carried en the drive
at that point and pledged to do-
See— SCOREBOARD.-'Page *
Frosh Lassies
A
Attract Laughs
The campus became a mecca for
practical jokes last week, and our
poor little freshmen were the cause
of it all.
Clad in the 'Old Look," with
patches, pale faces, bathing caps,
and French heels, they staggered
to classes Thursday and Friday
amid hoots and jeers from upper
classmen.
The rules of initiation were read
by Doris Addy, Wyandotte senior,
at an assembly for freshman girls
Wednesday night. The program
consisted of music, a reading, and
a short pantomime.
On Friday evening, an informal
mixer party was given to all freshman girls as a reward for their
sufferings. Square dancing and
games followed by refreshments
marked the end of another freshman initiation.
The initiation ceremonies were
arranged by Mary Gordon, Fenton
sophomore, general chairman, and
her co-workers, Mary Jo Woodruff,
Mt. Pleasant sophomore, in charge
of the assembly, and Millie Simpson, Greenville sophomore, chairman of the party committee.
Ronan Decoration Plans
Completed at Meeting
Homecoming decoration plans for
Ronan hall were completed at a
house meeting October 20.
Rudy Wocd was elected Student
Housing advisor for the purpose of
receiving cbmplaints and making
negotiations with Mr. Donald Kilbourn,  housing director.
Students were reminded of che
Coffee hour and Open house which
will take place at Ronan hall after
the Central-Wayne football game
for all students, faculty and alumni.
Doughnuts and cider were served
after the meeting.
Name Basis for
Judging Floats
Mr. Maurice E. McGaugh, chairman of committee on judges and
prizes, announced that the Homecoming floats are to be judged in
two catagor.es, and a first, second,
and third place award will ibe given
for each class. The judges will see
the procession twice; first time
making tentative choices of the
best floats, and the second time,
making out the scare sheet for
turning in to the chairman.
The determination of winners
will be on a point basis. The
floats .accumulating, the most
points, (as the tally sheet is filled by recording the separate
judges' selections, will be awarded their places. In view of the
fact that different judges may
give entirely different values to
the floats; in the icompetition, and
probably several floats will be
placed by only one judge on his
list, judges are * asked to select
and rank the best five entries in
each class.
NO FLOAT will be given more
than one placing. Should a tie still
result in this or some other manner, the chairman will add in the
scores from his own score sheet;
otherwise,   the    chairman's   score
sheet will not be used.
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The floats are to bear numbers,
promintly displayed on the left side
of the float, to facilitate the judging. Judges will view the parade "on
their own," and report to the chairman.
. The basis for judging floats will
be as follows:
Class 1. The most beautiful float;
Artistic effort is to be the basis of
the selections oif the places. Suitability of theme, quality of execution, and appropriatness for Central's Homeccming parade are to
be considered.
Class 2. The Best Presentation of
Theme.
It is proposed to select the floats
that show the most originality in
idea, the ones that have the most
"catchy" theme, and which drive
home their points the best. The
c:mmittee wishes to reward the
floats that add most to the parade
for their cleverness; although, of
course, they may be beautiful, too.
Old Oaken Bucket Lost
but Search Still Goes on
Plans Complete ior Gala Week-End of College and
Alumni Activities; Wayne-Central Football Game Is •
Feature Attraction; Two Balls Climax Events
Plans Completed
for Class Games
Final plans for freshman-sophomore games were made at an assembly, October 19. The traditional
rivalry will break loose October 29
at 4 p. m. at Alumni field.
Main events of the day will include: a ring fight, a flag rush, and
a cage ball game,*
The winning team will receive
a gold cup just before the opening   of   the   Homecoming   game.
This   cup    is   being   presented
for the first time under the auspices of the Men's union and will
be passed on to the winning team
from year to year.
THE  PROGRAM  will  open  the
Homecoming activities and is under the sponsorship of the Men's
union. All members of each class
are eligible to participate.
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Donald Montney, Flint senior, is
the chairman of the committee in
charge of the games. The judges
who will determine which team
wili receive the gold cup are; Gerald Sielski, Manistee junior; John
Major, Flint junior; Richard Huck,
Rochester senior, and Don Montney.
Barnard Residents
Plan Decorations
Residents of Barnard Hall are going all out for their first Homecoming. The coveted trophy is their
aim. Eighty dollars has been allotted for extensive decorations.
Marge Dacey, Detroit junior, and
Jean Evans, Fair Haven freshman,
are co-chairmen of the decorations
committee. They will be assisted by
Jean Schmidt, Warren sophomore;
Barbara Hayward, South Boardman
junior; Greta Baker, Maple City
sophomore; Sally Campbell and
Betty Severence, both East Jordan
freshmen.
Central's 22nd annual Homecoming celebration will be initiated Friday with the commencement of the
freshman-sophomore games at
Alumni field. Following this will
be a full program of festivities
highlighted by the Central-Wayne
football game, the parade, coronation of the queen, and two Homecoming balls.
Immediately afiter the Frosh-
Soph games there will be a pep
meeting and a snake dance which
will take place in Warriner auditorium.
FRIDAY'S activities conclud-
with two dances. Square dancing
will hold forth in the gymnasium
and a dance, featuring John Rice
and his orchestra, will take place
in Keeler union ballroom.
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The game Saturday is a renewal
of football competition between
Wayne and Central. Plans had
been made for Queen Helen Hol_ to
present the "Old Oaken Bucket'*
to the captain pf the winning team;
however, the age-old Wayne-Central trophy has disappeared from.
the LIFE office.
In the event that the trophy is
recovered and   the   presentation
possible,    fans are   requested to
stay in their (seats when the game
ends so that the*, ceremony may
be properly; handled.
SORORITIES     and   fraternities
plan    homecoming   breakfasts    at
various times and places Saturday
morning,   but  the  first  all-college,
activity of the day is the alumni
luncheon at 11:30 a. m. in Keeler
union ballroom.
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The parade, supervised by Mr.
Donald Kilbourn, will assemble on
Franklin street and Preston road.
The line of march, starting promptly at 1 p. m., will be up Franklin
street to Broadway, then west to
Main and back to the. college. It
will enter Alumni field from the
south entrance and circle the track,
approaching the grandstand from.
See—-HOMECOMING—Page 8
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