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CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., WEDNESDAY, MAY .__ 1949
NUMBER 25
ost to Track Athletes
Henderson and Scott Win Elections
Dottie Henderson
Festival Queen
Lee Scott, Unopposed Takes
Easy Victory in Vice-
Presidential Election
As a result of last Thursday's
election, Dorothy "Dot" Henderson
holds the title of May Festival
Queen and Harrison Lee Scott is
vice-president of the Student body.
Miss Henderson, Clio sophomore,
a 20-year-old brunette, is on a
secondary curriculum with a physical education major. She was
elected over four other candidates
with approximately one-half of the
student body voting.
Members of the Queen's court
are: Caroline "Cam" Leonhardt,
Saginaw sophomore; Joan Miller,
Flint sophomore; Joan Souci, Detroit senior; arid Margaret Wittmer,
Detroit senior.
Lee Scott, Louisville, Ohio, junior,
immediately begins his duties as
presiding officer of the Senate. Next
fall Lee automatically becomes president of the student body. He has
been active in sports during his
three years at Central. He is captain of the baseball team.
Lee, now president of the Junior
class, is on a pre-law course and
plans to attend Columbia university after graduation. He is a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.
May Queen
Dot Henderson
Next President
Bachelor to Be
Elected Today
Central's "Most Eligible Bachelor"
will be elected from a total of nine
candidates in today's election. All
women students are eligible to vote.
Men who have been nominated
are Jack Frye, Traverse City sophomore; Chuck Harrow, \Montrose
junior; Bertin Howe, Scottville
sophomore; Lyle McDonnell, Saginaw sophomore; Don Montney,
Flint senior; Howard Nelson, Cheboygan sophomore; Jerry Schoen-<
dorf, St. J#hns freshman; Vic Sien-
kaniec, Detroit junior; and Bob Van
Ocker, Six Lakes sophomore.
The man elected will be crowned
at the'A.W.S. Spring ball, May 7,
"by Dean of Women D. Louise Sharp.
Two men will compose the "Bachelor's"  court.
Sophs! Free Food
Come One—Come All
The annual sophomore picnic will
take place Friday, May 6, from 5 to
11 p. m. at Island Park.
Free food will >be served to all
sophomores attending. Softball, tennis, volleyball, horseshoe, -and
ishuff leboard will be available to all
picnickers.
A loud speaker will provide music
for the affair. A dance is also
planned.
H. Lee Scott
PROPS WANTS IT
Do You Have Any
Switchboards?
Once again the hunt is on—
students in the advanced class in
play production are looking for
properties for the spring play,
-"Counsellor-At-Law." The drama, to
be presented in the college auditorium May 11, 12, and 13, calls
for a switchboard, a difficult item
for Property Chairman Harold
Sabin to obtain.
The stage crew,' under the direction of Jack Slagle, has already
constructed a new set of flats. Milly
Simpson, in charge of costumes, has
her group occupied with borrowing
clothes and getting them cleaned
and repaired.
Other committee chairmen, include Sam Porter, in charge of the
lights; Pat Moylan, curtain; .Virginia Myers, heading the reading
committee; Mary Jane Hoy, call
persons; Margaret Bates, programs
and Bonnie Jenks, publicity.
Pageant, Sport Events, Dances
Highlight Third Spring Festival
Dedication Ceremonies and Open
Houses Are Scheduled for Arts and
Crafts, Barnard Hall, and Foods Commons
Central's third annual May Festival will be highlighted by the coronation of the May Queen, two informal festival balls, various sports
events, a play, the festival pageant,
and the dedication of Central's new
buildings.
The celebration, May 13 and 14,
will get under way with the presentation of the play "CounselOr-
at-Law" by the play production
class in Warriner auditorium May
13 at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday morning festivities include the coronation of the Queen by
Pres. Charles L. Anspach, and a
pageant to be given at Alumni field
at 10:30 a.m. Included in the page-
Room Deposits
Due Tomorrow
Five-dollar room deposits for all
students desiring campus housing
next fall are due» tomorrow in business office "C", according to Mr.
Donald Kilbourn, supervisor of
housing.
Drawing for rooms will be
conducted May 9 and 10. On
those dates' numbers of order of
choice of room will be drawn,
with seniors rating first choice,
juniors second, and sophomores
third, and freshmen fourth*
Each person making the drawing
may include one student for summer
school or two students for fall as his
roommate, providing he has paid
the deposit. Drawing may be by
proxy, providing the proxy has the
written consent of the person for
whom he is drawing.
AFTER THE ORDER of choice
has been determined, room preferences will be indicated on a dormitory room chart.
Students who pay the deposit
for the fall semester and later
decide that they do not want
campus housing will be refunded
the entire fee, if they notify the
supervisor of housing prior to
August 1, 1949.
Students who pay a deposit for
the summer session but do not take
the housing offered must forfeit the
fee. Students who pay the deposit
after May 5 will be assigned according to date of application.
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ROOM AND BOARD rates for the
six-week summer session will be
$72.50. Students in Keeler will be
charged $21.50 for room rent. As far
as can be determined at this time,
room and board charges for next fall
will be approximately the same as
those now in effect.
ant will be several exhibitions of
dancing, including children's groups,
old English dancing, modern dancing, tumbling, and the traditional
winding of the May pole.
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OFFICIAL DEDICATION of Anna
M. Barnard residence hall, the food
commons, and the Arts & Crafts
building, will be under the supervision of Mr. Donald W. Kilbourn.
Two informal spring balls will
begin at 9:00 p.m., with Bob'Spencer and his orchestra providing
the music in Keeler Union ballroom, and Eddie Marshall and his
orchestra playing in the gymnasium.
Saturday afternoon Central's baseball, golf, and tennis teams will meet
Hillsdale's baseball, golf, and tennis
teams, respectively, in contests
starting at 1:00 p.m. '
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ANOTHER  HIGHLIGHT  of  the
May Festival will be an inter-squad
football game at 8:00 p.m. Saturday
night.
The festival is under the joint
auspices of the Student Senate
and the college, and general chairman is Mr. Ivan D. Cole, assistant
professor of English.
Deadline Set for
Editorial Posts
LIFE, CHIP Editorships
to Be Appointed by Cleary
Applications for the jobs of LIFE
editor-in-chief, Chippewa editor-in-
chief, and Chippewa business manager are now being accepted by Mr.
Ivan D. Cole, chairman of the Student Publications committee.
Deadline    for    applications    is
May 18.
Student President Warren Cleary
makes the appointments for next
year after applicants have been approved by a joint committee of student senate and publications committee representatives.
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THE THREE JOBS are salaried
positions and the appointments are
valid from September, 1949, through
June, 1950.
Publications committee members
are Cole, Mr. Irwin Campbell, Dr.
Herbert Curry, Mr. Paul Evett, Dr.
John Hepler, Miss Faith Johnston,
Miss Rachel Loughridge, Miss Jane
McNamara, and Mr. Richard Wysong,
Senate representatives are Joan
Force, chairman, Doris Andrews,
Ray Weber, Al Opalek, Mary Lou
Judd, and Phil Makinen.
Belays Get Top
National Hating
Estimated 1500 High
School Stare to Compete
in 17 Events   .
One of the nation's outstanding
high school track' meets of the season will be staged here Friday and
Saturday, when an estimated 1500
athletes perform in the ninth annual Central Michigan relays.
Carlton 3.- Mefort, director ol
the meet, has received entries from
many of the leading high schools
all over the state, including powerful Saginaw Eastern, defending
Class A state champion. One of
the meet's individual standouts;
wiU be Don Schiesswohl of Sa_i-
new Arthur HOI, whose -season
performances have labeled him
as the greatest shot putter in the
state's history.
The relays begin at 2 p.m. Friday
for Class B and D teams and corir
tinue until 9:30 that evening, under
the lights at Alumni field. The A
and C teams begin competition at
9:40 Saturday and finish at 6 p.m.
that afternoon.
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AN UNUSUALLY large total of 10
relays, in addition to three open
track events and four field events
are included in the two day affair.
A total of 860 medals will b^
awarded in addition to 40 trophies!,
at a combined cost of over $1,500;
J. P. Carey, head of the geography
department at Central, has been
named Honorary referee of this
year's meet. '
LIFE Receives
1st Class Award
For the fifth time in six yeara.
Central Michigan LIFE has again
been given a first-class honor rating by the Associated Collegiate
press.
The college papers entered were
judged on news values and sources,
news writing and editing, headlines,,
typography, make-up, department
pages and special features.
Martin Orchestra
Here Tomorrow
Freddy Martin and his orchestra
will be the featured attraction of a
dance and jam .session tomorrow.
The dance is the annual Mt. Pleasant Community Hospital Benefit
ball.
A jam session in Warriner Hall
auditorium win precede the dance.
Probable time is I'M p.m., although a definite time has noil
been given*
College students may purchase
balcony tickets for $.75 and main
floor seats for $1.00. Dance tickets
are $7.50 per couple and may be purchased by anyone.
THE WOMEN'S Auxiliary of Central Michigan Community hospital
sponsors the event, and proceed,
will be used to buy hospital equipment.
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