1952-12-10; Central Michigan Life

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Band Bender Lauded for Quantity. Variety and Quality
by Mr. Fred R. Bush
Atj least 150 musicians presented, to an audience of at least
15 times that many, a program of
quantity, variety, and quality. It
was the second annual Band Bender in the Auditorium, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, December 3 and 4.
The quantity was just right —
long enough to satisfy everyone, but not too long. There was
variety to please all tastes. And
ihe quality marked the program
as one of the most outstanding
of recent years.
Mr. Norman Dietz, director of
the Concert Band, deserves the
appreciation of the college for
the fine evening of musical entertainment. Likewise, it is to the
credit of the department of music
and all those who participated
that the various divisions of the
department were brought together in this one program.
Such an event gives us an appreciation of the wide variety
of musical opportunities which
the college affords and the large
number of students who make
use of ihem. It was good io see
and hear those whose talents
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program m Warriner Auditorium. This group of music students was one of many students who   was also good io enjoy the new
participated in the event. Proceeds from the "Band Bender" will be deposited in the Grant-in-Aid   talent discovered so early in the
CENTRALS CHOIR DIRECTOR, Mr. Bernard Stone, assistant professor of music, directed
51 members of the A Cappella Choir in one of the features in this year's Band Bender. The group
sang selections from "The Continental" and from "Carousel" in the December 3 and 4 evening
Fund for music scholarships for deserving students.
college year. There should be
VOL. 34
CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., DEC. 10, 1952
NO. 11
Handel's 'Messiah7
Is Set for December 17
in Warriner Auditorium
The Mt. Pleasant Community
Festival Chorus and Orchestra
will present the fourth annual
performance of Handel's "Messiah" Wednesday evening, December 17, at 8:15 p.m. in Warriner
Hall Auditorium. Mr. Bernard
Stone, choral director, will conduct.
Mr. Gean Greenwell, head of
the voice department at Michigan State College, will sing the
bass solo role. Miss Ethel Ar-
meling.  also  of  the Michigan
State College music faculty, will
sing   the   contralto   solos.   Mr.
Eugene   Grove,   head  of  the
music department at Alma Col-
lege, will be the tenor soloist,
and Betty LaLone, who  is a
music major student at Central,
will sing the soprano solos.
The Chorus numbers 200 singers drawn from the ranks of business and professional people and
high school and college students
of the Mt. Pleasant area. The orchestra, under the supervision of
Mr. Lorentz Hansen, is also made
UP of students and townspeople.
The  annual performance of
"Messiah" is given without charge
to the public by the music department of Central Michigan College
as its Christmas gift to the community.
Interfaith Council Sets $500 Goal
for World Student Service Fund Drive
The Interfaith Council has set a goal of $500 to be raised December 17, 18, and 19 for the World Student Service Fund Drive
announced co-chairmen James Jaksa, Flint junior, and Kobert Foster,
Midland freshman.
This national program is sponsored in our colleges and universities to. aid students in underprivileged and war devastated
areas of the world. This program
has become an important element
in an effort to enrich international education, and to increase
international understanding
among our own students and fac
ulty with those in other coun-
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Last year siudeni and faculty
contributions helped to build a
new  TB   sanatorium  for  students in Madras, India, and assisted 320 students by providing
rest cures at a student rest center in Combloux, France.
This year WSSF is launching
jointly with CARE a program to
aid universities in Korea. Other
projects WSSF will undertake
this year include emergency needs
in Greece, Pakistan, India,  and
Indonesia.
Dormitories and departmental
groups of Central will be solicited
during the three-day drive.
News Briefs
Petoskey's new elementary
school was dedicated by Pres.
Charles L. Anspach, December 2
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District senators and representatives are being entertained by
Central today. Projects of budget
proposals are to be discussed.
"The Real America" was the
topic of Pres. Charles L. Anspach's address to Rotary Club
members at Chesaning, December
8.
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Pres. Charles L. Anspach will
attend the State Board of Education meeting at Western Michigan College, December 12.
Mr. Fred R. Bush, chairman of
the drama division of the Michigan Speech Association, will attend a meeting at Michigan State
College Friday, December 12, with
officials of the state organization.
They will meet to map out plans
for a program in connection with
the Schoolmasters Club meeting
to be held at the University of
Michigan in April.
Serious Car Accident
Involves Six Students
An icy road, a curve, and a hill
combined to cause a serious accident when six Central students
were traveling home for Thanksgiving vacation November 26,
Driving north on U.S. 131, at
approximately 3 p.m., the car
started around a curve near Man-
celona, left the road, skidded 70
feet, and turned over several
times. The 1952 Ford was completely demolished.
Bernie Z e i 11 e r, Charlevoix
freshman and driver of the car,
was taking the other five students as far as Charlevoix. Neil
Suomela, junior; Ronald Cunningham, sophomore; and Mary
Roberts, junior; are of Charlevoix also. Margaret Mueller,
freshman, and Mildred (Ker-
ridge) Mueller, senior; were going to St. Ignace to meet their
parents. The two girls are from
Manistique, in the Upper Peninsula.
Suomela suffered a broken neck
and back injuries and will be in
the Charlevoix Hospital for eight
weeks. Mrs. Mueller received cuts
of the face and 30 stitches were
necessary to ' close the wounds.
Miss Roberts and Cunningham
were bruised on the arms.
An assembly which all sophomores are required to attend
will be held in Keeler Ballroom
ai 10 a.m. Thursday, December
11. Pres. Charles L. Anspach
will speak.
Am assembly which all freshman are required to attend
will be held in Warriner Hall
Auditorium at 10 a.m. December 11. Dr. George Nelson, adviser to the freshman class, will
preside.
David M. Trout
Dean of Students
First ROTC Ball
Slated Next Month
Future army officers from Central will take over the social
spotlight on campus January 10,
from 9-12 p.m. when the first
annual ROTC Military Ball is
given.
Col. Charles L. Reeves, offi-
cer-in-charge of ihe local officers' training program, has released the information that ihe
new gym in the fieldhouse will
be ihe scene of the formal affair.
Lamont Corp and his orchestra
will provide the music for the
dance for ROTC students and
their dates only, as the dance will
be strictly for the military.
To be featured during the evening will be the honoring of the
"Kaydettes." These men will have
participated in a series of drills
and tests, and will be chosen as
"best" in their companies.
Final selection will come on
December 12, with January 10
being the date that the top men
of Companies Able, Baker,
Charlie, and Dog are to be honored.
Tickets are now on sale for
$1.50 per couple, and may be purchased in the ROTC headquarters
or from the men in charge of the
affair.
many more good things in store
for us.
For those who went to the concert, there is no point in writing
a long review of what they heard.
They know it was good. But for
those who unfortunately left out
this event from their college programs — here are a few things
you missed.
On the program there was a
cricket from Saginaw, and a bull
frog from Manistee. There was a
college youth who came down
Barnard Hall Chimney — Santa
Claus style — but who was not
received in the spirit of Christmas. The story has it that this
idea grew in the brain of Jesse
Thorpe.
Three beautiful majorettes
gave a close-up performance of
their skill and precision which
we usually see from far off. A
man from Saginaw, with two
little brooms, played on a drum
while ihe choir sang "The Continental." After he had finished,
it took three men to remove ihe
high stool on which he sat.
Vocalists in all sorts of combinations — singles, quartets, quintets — sang with the band. Their
music was from "Song of Norway," and the Concert Choir under Bernard Stone's inimitable direction — a combination of the
classical and the modern dance —
sang   "Carousel."   It  was   good
music from good musicians.
The Women's) Glee Club, under
the direction of Mrs. Myrle Thiers,
sang three beautiful songs. And
they sang them beautifully —
with lovely tone and excellent ensemble.
Then the program came right
up  to   date  with  Hit  Parade
numbers. A lot of folks got inio
this act, a special ensemble, a
siring trio, and a vocal quintet.
Next to the last, Mr. Ray Koos
— and the band — played the
"Warsaw Concerto." The audience
cheered him before he began. And
they cheered him even more enthusiastically after they had listened to the concerto.
As the finale, everyone — those
on the stage and those off —
played and sang "God Bless
America." And it sounded as
though they meant it.
These are the things — plus
others — which those who didn't
go, missed. It was good music
well-performed, lots of fun, and
everyone left feeling good. What
more can we ask?
French Foreign Film
Titled 'God Needs Men'
to Be Shown Friday
The foreign film "God Needs
Men" will be shown Friday, December 12, at 8 p.m. in Warriner
Hall Auditorium.
This film, which is taken from
the book "Isle of Sinners," is
a  deeply  moving drama  of  a
group of hardy islanders, and
man's hunger for spiritual guidance. The scene is an island off
the west coast of France.
The picture is described as "the
best foreign film  in at least a
year" by TIME magazine. It received the Grand prize award of
the  International  Catholic  Film
Office, and was endorsed by the
Protestant Picture Council.
The Student Social Activities
Committee is sponsoring the film.
Christmas Ball Slated Saturday Evening
Scheduled for the 1952 Christ-
rn^s_Ball^^trnrServisL-nine-pieee-—co-chairmen*
orchestra from Ann Arbor. The
Christmas Ball will be Saturday,
December 13, in Keeler Ballroom
from 9 - 12 p.m.
Orchestra members previously
have been listed with many top
bands of the country. Servis' orchestra was featured at Central
for last spring's Freshman and
Sophomore semi-formal dance.
A Santa Claus and reindeer
theme has been planned for the
dance by Jewell Chafiee, Saginaw sophomore, and Pete Ketz-
ler, Flint freshman, decorations
The Ball, which is being co-
sponsored by the Associated
Women Students and the Men's
Union, will be semi-formal, as in
previous years. Corsages will be
banned.
Tickets for the Ball, which will
sell for $2.40 per couple, are now
being sold by Pat Dillenbeck,
Barnard Hall, or at the Dean of
Women's Office. Because of the
limited capacity of the ballroom,
only 225 tickets will be available.
Students who plan to attend
are urged io secure tickets prior
to the dance, as none will be
-sold—at—the-doorT-affirmed-Jo--
ellen Donnelly, general co-
chairman for the dance.
Jack White, Pontiac junior, and
Joellen Donnelly, Saginaw sophomore, who are co-chairmen, will
be assisted by the following committeemen: Pat Dillenbeck, Weid-
man junior, tickets; Roseann Po-
dolan, Swartz Creek freshman,
publicity; Joyce Oehmke, Fraser
sophomore, programs; Janet
Dueltgen, Rogers City junior, invitations; and Rosemary Langley,
Oxford senior, refreshments.
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