1949-11-16; Central Michigan Life

              Goethe Celebration Planned Tomorrow
by foreign languages Department
"An Evening with Goethe" will
be presented in the coUege auditorium tomorrow evening by the
department of foreign languages.
A varied program, in commemoration of the 200th anniversary
of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
renowned German poet, is
planned. ...
Dr. Werner Vbririede, of the
University of Wisconsin, will
speak on the topic. "Goethe the
European," Dr. Voririede formally taught in Central's foreign language department.
Two scenes from Goethe's famous drama, "Faust," will be
presented.
Cast members are
Grant Little, John Gregory, Eugene Rydahl, Bonnie Graham,
and Ruth Blakeslee.
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Mrs. Beatrice lams will sing
three selections from music of
Goethe's time and two dances
of thai period will conclude ihe
program. Dancers are Dorothy.
Eddy, Beverly Mell. Bonnie
Miller. Rose Rudoni. Lloyd Ellerthorpe, Harold Madden,
Harold Sheets, and Calvin
Webster.
The program was arranged by
a committee headed by Dr. Alfred Adler of the foreign language department.
STAGE-HANDS STEAL SHOW!
Webster Players Stab 'Mills' in Back
by Russell W., Lembke
Let me say to those students
who walked put on Margaret
Webster's actors that.there are
better jobs of acting; being done
by amateurs and by other semi-
professional groups.
Every year there are fresh,
moving presentations of Shakespearean drama given at universities in New Haven, Pittsburg,
Iowa City, Seattle, Austin, and
elsewhere, I have seen them.
They are lively, yes, but many
of them also have depth of understanding in the reading of
lines which are susceptible to so
many shadings. Even the famous
forty-minute versions of Shake-
spear's plays prepared and directed  by  B.   Iden  Payne   and
Thomas Wood Stevens and presented in New York, Chicago,
and San Diego, popularized as
they were in their streamlining,
were still full-bodied and rich in
the readings given. Shakespeare's
works can be intense because of
the poetry rather than the melodrama.
This is what I remember
most vividly from Margaret
Webster's product io n—-the
strangled, chop-chop delivery
of a sporty, collar-ad Brutus
cavorting among tin soldiers,
the outrageous shoutings of an
alleged Julius Caesar (well did
he deserve what he got for his
reading of some of the most
mellifluous lines in the play).
These gentlemen were "char-
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acters" only in campus vernacular sense.
I am sprry that so many students had retired to the Annex
before the funeral orations; that
scene should be familiar no matter how you have to take it. And
it was good, although Marcus
Antonius could hardly be called
inspired. I confess to leaving
myself, when Qassius had his
first big moment and began to
chew on good scenery; I could
see that the simple decor would
never satisfy such an appetite. I
was inspired only in those grey,
silent moments when ghostly
stage-hands changed the scenery
—that was beautiful.
For me, Greek and Elizabethan plays have their places
in history and it is ridiculous
to distort fashions, laws, ethics,
and customs of the past io such
a degree thai all universal implications are sacrificed in favor of naive amazement. Sty-
See - WEBSTER PLAYERS -
Page Four
USA Progresses with Purchase Card's
The National Students Association Committee under the direction of Jerry Oehmke, Detroit
sophomore chairman, has been
working for two main objectives
this year and has made real progress on a purchase card system
and a student book exchange.
Oehmke and Jack Frye, Traverse City junior on ihe committee, conferred with ihe Mt.
Pleasant Chamber of Com-
Chippewa to Have
More Pictures
Approximately 20 per cent
more individual pictures of students and faculty will appear in
the '50 Chippewa than were included in the '49 yearbook, according to Cecil Good, Chippewa business manager.
A decisive factor which contributed to this increase is shown
in the fact that over 100 per cent
more seniors were photographed
this year than last. Because 447
seniors were photographed, they
will not be charged fer their
Chippewa pictures. This is the
first time that this arrangement
has been made.
A representative from Tarr
Pictures Company will be in
Warriner Hall lobby today from
3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and tomorrow
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. io collect individual picture proofs
from students and io take orders for additional pictures.
Students are asked not io mail
their proofs io ihe photographers, but io turn ihem in ai
the designated time today and
tomorrow.
merce twice in ihe past week.
The sentiment expressed in
those meetings indicated a favorable altitude toward a purchase card system for Central's
students.
Under such a system, students
of a college affiliated with N.S.A.
purchase a card from the N.S.A.
Committee which is honored by
all participating merchants. It
allows special student discounts
of five to 25 per cent on purchases. The merchant receives a
greater volume of business from
the student and the student saves
the discount. This card is honored
by every participating merchant
in the nation.
* * *
MARGARET Bockstahler, Associated Women Students president and a member of the N.S.A.
Committee, is working on a student book exchange. The A.W.S.
is working under the direction
of the committee to have a student book exchange on campus
next semester. If it proves successful, it will become a regular
feature of Central Michigan College.
ACCORDING TO ANSPACH
3rd Bi-Weekly Recital
Takes Place Friday
Music students will participate
in the third of a series of biweekly recitals Friday at 11 a.m.
in the auditorium.
Purpose of the recitals is to
give vocalists, pianists, and instrumentalists an opportunity to
perform before a small audience
in preparation for later performances in a formal recital.
Major and minor music students taking part in this event
learn how to walk on and off the
stage, how to announce their
numbers, and how to receive applause. The audience, composed
Principally of music students, is
also instructed in the etiquette
of the concert hall.
Faculty members and students
are welcome to attend the recital.
Central's new health and physical education building is expected to be completed by November el, 1950, according* to
Pres. C. L. Anspach.
Bidding on ihe construction
was closed November 8 and ihe
actual letting of contracts was
scheduled yesterday. Ii was expected thai ihe low bid of ihe
Storm   Construction   Company
World Famous Dancer to Perform Nov. 21
Martha Graham, world-famous
dancer, who  appears here with
her company at the college auditorium on November 21 at 8:15,
believes there is, or should be, a
vital  relationship  between  costume and personality and mood.
The  average  woman siaript
with her costume rather than
herself. This is wrong, according io ihe dancer. A woman
should study her iype and personality carefully before planning her wardrobe. Failure io
do ihis results often in blatant
incongruity of effect. "Never,"
advises Miss Graham, "wear a
creation ihai is more dramatic
or colorful than you are. Such
a costume will only serve  io
eclipse you and make you seem
io have less personality than
you  really  have.  You  should
ai all times have control over
your  costume,  so  that  it  en-
chances rather   than overwhelms you."
The appearance of Miss
Graham on this limited nationwide tour ai ihis time promises
io be a memorable event, as it
finds her ai ihe peak of her
fabulous career, and after years
of pioneering, she has reached
her full authority, both as  a
dancer and choreographer.
The great dancer-choreographer
will present four of her newest
works,   representing    the   wide
range and versatility of her recent theater-dance works.
Tickets are now on sale at the
auditorium box office. The program is presented by the department of health and physical education of Central Michigan College.
MARTHA GRAHAM
World Famous Modem Dance Star
New Gym Building Expected fo Be Completed in 1950
Girls, What Is Your
Message to the World?
"What is your message to the
world as you pass by? Is it a
neat or a careless one? Is it in
good taste or bad taste? These
were questions asked by Freddie
Simonds, associate professor of
home economics, when she addressed Nu Phi Mu, business
girls' sorority, on the topic "Your
Message to the World."
Some suggestions which she
made to girls for improving their
appearance are: do not miss your
morning meal; when sitting, place
one foot slightly ahead of the
other; if you must cross your
legs, cross them at the ankles;
walk in an erect manner; dress
appropriately for each occasion;
do not wear an evening dress to
work, even though you are going
out after work.
of Grand Rapids for general
construction of the building
would be accepted by ihe state.
Two other Grand Rapids firms
were low bidders on the plumbing and heating, and the electri-r
cal work. The Hertel Company
was low bidder on plumbing and
heating and the Kirkhoff Company was low bidder for the
electrical work.
* * *
The Storm company's bid was
$719,300 for general construction.
Hertel's bid for plumbing and
heating was $178,876 and the
Kirkhoff Company's bid for electrical work was $53,167. These
costs cover only the actual- construction of the building and do
not include architect's fee and
other costs.
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According to Dr. Anspach,
actual construction of ihe
building is expected to get underway shortly. The period of
construction in ihe contract is
set ai 350 days, which means
ihai ihe building should be
ready for use within a year
of the start of construction.
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THE BUILDING will be located along Franklin Street and
Preston Road and will have the
following facilities: a field house
with a dirt track having 10 laps
to the mile, a portable basketball
floor with a seating capacity of
4,000 persons, a large gymnasium
120' by 110' with folding doors
making the gyms 60' by 110' for
physical education classes, a
small gym 60' by 60' for correctives, two hand ball courts, offices, a swimming pool 35' by 75',
class rooms, locker rooms, and a
laundry.
Foreign Languages
Should Be Stressed
Says Dr. Dengler
Teachers should try to bring
the spirit of the world into: their
classrooms, and learning and
practicing foreign languages
ought to be stressed. This was the
advice of Dr. Paul L. Dengler,
prominent Austrian lecturer now
an associate professor at the Unir
versity of Kansas City, who addressed Central students at required assemblies last week.
Dr. Dengler believes that
teachers should be inspired and
induce their students to- "live the
subject being taught."
In addition to his chosen topic,
"Inspirational Teaching in a Mechanical Age," Dr. Dengler related several of his experiences
in wartime and postwar Europe.
Bridge Enthusiasts Urged
To Compete in Tourney
In the first round of Central's
bridge tournament, Saturday, November 12, Dick Crawford, Ann
.Arbor junior,, and Ron Larzelere,
Detroit junior, compiled a greater
number of . points in the three
rubbers played than did their
opponents, John Haediekd, Memphis senior, and .Don Wright,
Scottville freshman.
A misguided double in the
second rubber contributed largely
to the defeat of the latter.
Because only four contenders
turned out for the event, chairman Al Grossman, Detroit junior,
announced that neither team was
eliminated in the first contest,
but will continue to try their
skill in future rounds. The tom>
nament.will continue for several
weeks Saturday afternoons in
Keeler cafeteria, from 2 Until 4
p.m. Other bridge enthusiasts are
encouraged to compete in , the
contest.