1950-12-06; Central Michigan Life

              ^ifK'-ap
Dorothy Wright Is Reappointed Chief Justice
Central Mi
Official Student Publication
LIFE
VOL. 32   CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., DECEMBER 6. 19s6~Na~10
Van Patrick Picked
as Guest Speaker
for Grid Banquet
Popular   radio   sports   broadcaster Van Patrick wiU be the
featured  speaker  when  Central
Michigan honors its 1950 football
players at the  annual banquet.
The event wUl take place, January 9 in Keeler Union Ballroom.
Arrangements. for . the  banquet   program   have,hot   yet
been completed by the Men's
Union Board, sponsors of the
banquet. Final details concerning tickets, speakers, and program axe expected to be completed  this! week.   The  completed program will be 'published in a future edition of
LIFE.
Patrick, sports director, of radio station WJR, wUl speak before the gridders shortly after his
return from the Michigan-California Rose Bowl clash at Pasadena, California. Patrick will
broadcast the play-by-play description of that game New
Year's Day over WJR.
Thwaites Wins Frosh
Post on A.W.S. Board
Patricia Thwaites, Ionia, was
elected freshman representative
to the Associated Women Students board. Miss Thwaites was
opposed by SheUa Maule, Detroit,
in the November 30 election.
Pat replaces Patricia Plauman,
Armada sophomore. The candidates were selected by a nominating committee and approved
by the-A.W.S. councU. Scholarship, leadership, and service were
considered i n selecting candidates.
Patricia is a graduate of Ionia
high school and is studying at
Central for a Secondary Teaching
Certificate.
SLOAN residents wrap gifts for family which the hall will
sponsor at Christmas. L to R: Phyllis Thiel, Ethel Rockstroh,
Audrey McEvoy, and Lois Verity.
Preparations for Annual Christmas
Project Staffed by Sloan Residents
by Perry Warner
If one were to notice anything unusual happening in Sloan Hall,
it is nothing to become excited about. The girls are merely starting
their annual Christmas project.
Some of the girls are busily engaged with the knitting of socks
and mittens that wUl go to keejp Some youngster warm during the
winter months. Others are fixing toys that wUl give a chUd many
hours of entertainment.
This is an annual event for the
girls of Sloan Hall. A famUy
name wiU be chosen from the
lists at the county welfare office
and items wUl be gathered for
the individual members of that
family. The girls enjoy the
amount of extra work that is involved in the preparation for this
project and are eager to do their
part.
Some of ihe girls will be designated to buy certain items of
clothing   from   the  downtown
merchants. The merchants are
cooperative with the girls as
they feel thai this project is a
very worthwhile one. Some of
the clothing and toys are donated by the girls. This clothing
is stiU wearable.
All of the gifts wUl be gathered
at one time in Sloan HaU and WiU
be gift-wrapped. The gifts wiU
then be deUvered to the famUy
at one time. If each one could observe the   joy and appreciation
qn the faces of those who receive
the gifts, there would be a feeling of satisfaction that someone
has taken the time and effort to
help' somebody   else   enjoy   the
Christmas holidays,  declare  the
girls.
Senate Confirms Seven Others
in Student Government Posts
Eight students were appointed to student governmental posts'
in a special meeting of the Student Senate November 27. Yet to be
appointed by the new administration are the members of the NSA
committee and one justice of the Student Court.
Reappointed Chief Justice of the Student Court was Dorothy
Wright, Greenville senior. She has served.as editor and secretary
of Alpha Sigma Tau, freshman representative to the old Student
Council, freshman representative to the AWS Board, and associate
justice of the Court.
Appointed   Secretary   of   the
Student Body,by President Sarley "with the Senate's confirmation was Arthur Rice, WUmette,
Illinois sophomore. He is also
'sophomore representative to the
Men's Union Board, historian of
Ronan Hall, and a LIFE reporter.
Donald S p ol y a r, Harrieiia
junior, was appointed Treasurer of ihe Student Body in
an earlier meeting, ii was officially announced at Monday's
meeting.:
Joan Haglund, Joan Soderback,
and Charles- Owens were reappointed associate justices of the
Student Court. One. seat in the
Student Court remains vacant
for* which President Sarley has
.asked for applications.
Justice Haglund, Oscoda senior,
has served as secretary of Alpha
Sigma Tau and associate justice.
Justice Soderback is a member
of Sigma Tau Delta, national
English honorary, and news editor of LIFE. Justice Owens, Pontiac junior is a 'former justice and
copy editor of LIFE.
News Briefs
Pres. and Mrs. Anspach wUl
entertain the faculty and their
guests at the annual Christmas
Party in Keeler Union, Wednesday, December 13.
•
Members of Mr. Fred Bush's
play production class are preparing themselves for tryouts for
the annual three act play to be
presented in January. The comedy in three acts by "Fay Karin
is titled, "Goodbye, My Fancy."
•
Miss Chie Utsumi, director of
physical education at Women's
Christian CoUege in Tokyo and
Mr. Torahiko Miyahata, director
of physical education at Kana-
zawa University in Japan wUl
visit Central's campus from December 3 to December 16.
. An aU-co liege, ski-coStume
style-Show wiU be presented by
the Ski-club in Warriner HaU,
December 12.
*
Pres. Anspach gave the keynote
address at the Conference of the
Indiana High School Principals
at Purdue University December
1. The President's topic: "Some
Important Understandings For
Today's Citizens."   '  '   ,
Annual Yule Concert
to Be Presented
hy A Cappella Choir
Central Michigan CoUege A
CappeUa Choir wUl present its
annual concert of Christmas
music Tuesday, December 19 at
8:15 p.m. in Warriner HaU Auditorium.
The choir of 60 voices wUl sing
under the  direction'of Bernard
Stone, assistant professor of
music.   Also   appearing   on   the
program wiU be the Men's Glee
Club of 65 voices. The Glee Club
will sing a group of f amUiar carols. .   .   .
An   "Ave   Maria"   by   Anton
Bruckner wUl be given its first
American performance. The program also  consists  of compositions by Tschesnokoff, Chistian-
sen,   WiUan,   Hoist,   Palestrina,
and   Dickenson.   The  woman's
voices WiU be heard in Benjamin
Britten's "Ceremony of Carols.'
Sloan Hall "Blaze"
Stirs Zealous Coed
Sloan HaU was on fire! Red
lights flashed; the scream of
a fire siren cried out in the
half-Ught of early morning,
and the Mt.,Pleasant Fire Department was on its rain-
drenched toes, ready to save
Sloan's sleeping damsels from
disaster.
A bewUdered fire department arrived on the scene at
approximately 5:45 a.m., Saturday, December 2, only to
see a few weak sparks emerg-.
ing from the chimney of
Sloan HaU.
It seem that an early-rising co-ed had viewed the
sparks from the LIFE office.
She conscientiously called
the fire department and, then,
went to Sloan HaU to teU Mr.
Lawrence Cook, Sloan's janitor, that the building was on
fire. He nonchalantly informed her that he was burning the early morning rubbish in the incinerator. Cook
could not identify our "Nero-
nabbing" co-ed and she has
not come forth to clear up
her mysterious identity.
At 6:30 a.m. two fire trucks,
jammed with sleepy, rain-
chiUed firemen, uttering unprintable words, crawled
away from Sloan's chimney
inferno.
DOROTHY WRIGHT
Will Head Student Court
Festival Chorus
to Give "Messiah"
The third ^annual performance
of Handel's oratorio "Messiah"
wUl be presented by the Mt.
Pleasant Community Festival
Chorus and Orchestra in Warriner Auditorium, December 12, at
8:00 o'clock.
Bernard Stone, assistant professor of music, wiU conduct the
performance.
Soloists for the evening are:
Beatrice Hunt lams, soprano;
Marie Thelen, contralto; Leroy
Juhnke, tenor; and Philip
Duey, bass.
Mrs. lams is a member of the
music faculty of Central Michigan CoUege. Miss Thelen is a senior in the Department of Music.
Dr. Juhnke is a local Mt. Pleasant physician, and Mr. Duey is a
member of the faculty of the
University of Michigan School of
Music. The chorus of 150 voices
and the orchestra is made up of
local people, coUege and high
school students.
This annual production is
sponsored by the Mt. Pleasant
Music Foundation, an organization dedicated io the furthering of aU types of community
musical projects.   '
There will be no „ admission
charge. An offering wUl be taken
to be used in financing summer
music study scholarships, which
are awarded each Spring to talented high school students.
Piano accompanists for the
performance wiU be Miss Mary
Lu Reeder and Mrs, LucUle
Davis.
* .# *
ANNE UNJIAN, Grosse Isle
sophomore, and Jerry Oehmke,
Fraser junior, were appointed
co-chairmen of the NSA Committee. Both were delegates to the
third National Student Congress
last summer.
Unjian was a member of the
local committee last year and
Oehmke was last year's chairman. It was understood that Miss
Unjian would asume full chairmanship of the committee next
semester.
Members of the committee
were stUl to be appointed by
President Sarley. AppUcations
may stiU be submitted for the positions, according to Sarley..
479 Scholarships Now
Being Used by Students
A total of 479 scholarships are
iri force at Central now, according to Dean George N. Lauer of
the Scholarship committee. Included are 57 state limiteds, 371
elementary-secondary, 24 locals,
7 foreign students, and 20 four-
year scholarships.-
However, a few scholarships
for next semester are stiU avaUable ' to upperclass students in
desperate financial need, Dean
Lauer indicated. Applications
may be made at the student personnel office.
Scholarship applications for
next year wUl be received after
March 1, Dean Lauer said.
Hispanico Chorus Delights Central Audience
by Art Rice,
A unique musical choral group,
the Coro Hispanico de Majorca,
delighted an enthusiastic audience in the second artist course
number Thursday, November 30.
Six male and six female voices
blended together in an exciting
taste of music flavored with local
color.
The  characteristic  mark   of
ihe concert was ihe fact thai
the group really seemed io enjoy singing. The gayly attired
singers gave their all, and thus
sounded stronger in number.
All but one of the group Uve in
Majorca, caUed the "Jewel of the
Mediterranean," and are by pro
fession sturdy working people.
Under the direction of Father
Juan Maria Thomas, they have
formed an entirely different Vocal
orchestra. The group, has sung together for 18 years.
* * *
THE PROGRAM included
classical, romantic, rehgious, and
Spanish and Majorcan folk, songs.
AU the numbers in the program
were either written or arranged
by Father Thomas. His leadership Was crisp and poised.
The solos and novelty numbers
proved to be the crowd pleasers.
Miss LoUta Torrento's performance of "Ave Maria" was strong
and polished. Miss  Torrento*. a
coloratura,   previously   sang  for
the Barcelona Opera Company.
The novelty "Scherzo" or
"The Laugh" tickled the audience's proverbial "funnybone."
The able presentation of ihe
many variations of 1 a u g h s
prompted ihe appeal for more
of ihe same, and ihe group responded with more haw-haws
and ho-hos.
Dances and folk songs rounded
out the evening's program. The
spirited and colorful tempos of
native dances changed the,program's pace, and awakened those
Who perhaps were tired of a
steady diet of vocal music.
M———»—»—M—-!—--—■
mmmmmmmm