1953-05-20; Central Michigan Life

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VOL. 34
CENTRAL MICHIGAN COLLEGE, MT. PLEASANT, MICH., MAY
20,   1953
NO. 28
A FAREWELL SCENE is shown from the opera, "The Lowland Sea," which will be presented Thursday and Friday evenings, in Warriner Auditorium. Another opera, "The Old Maid
And The Thief," will also be presented the same evenings.
Music Department to Present Operas
Tomorrow and Friday in Auditorium
Two operas, "The Lowland Sea" by Arnold Sundarrd and Alec
Wilder, and "The Old Maid and the Thief" by Giancarlo Menotti,
will be presented tomorrow and Friday in Warriner Auditorium at
8:15 p.m. The department of music will present the operas.
"The Lowland Sea" made  an'
immediate success at its first performance in the summer of 1952
at Montclair State Teachers College, Montclair, N.J., at Brooklyn
College, and at Interlochen National Music Camp.
This opera was written from
remembrance of the sea and sea
songs, of dunes, harbors, voyages,
loneliness, and waiting. Some of
it was suggested by drawings and
prints of ships like the "Witch of
the Waves" out of Salem, or the
"Friar Tuck," which went around
the coast of Cornwall.
Part of ihe siory came from a
nursery song, "Bobbie Shafioe,"
which has been given a new
musical setting for Ihis occasion. A song in rounds, "Here
We Come a Roving." follows a
form frequently found in play-
party   songs.   The   actions   are
Campus Organizations
ge 34 Uniforms
The drive for new band uniforms is off to a good start. To
date, student organizations have
pledged a total of 34 new uniforms.
The largest donation came from
the Student Senate which pledged
a total of 16 uniforms. Other organizations donating uniforms are
the junior class, two; Alpha Phi
Omega, one;  Booster Club,  one;
Associated Women Students, two;
Men's Union, two; Industrial Arts
Club,   one;   Varsity   Club,   one;
Women's Physical Education Majors   Club,   one;   department   of
health   and   physical   education,
two; alumni fund, two; and Faculty Men's Club, three uniforms.
The band has enough money
to purchase 34 uniforms, which
brings ihe present total to 68.
The goal for the drive has been
set for 100, or more if possible.
Twelve organizations have tentatively pledged to give uniforms.
All organizations on campus have
been contacted and at present all
results are not in.
described by  words  thai  the
singers act out.
"It's a man at the door!" This
exclamation begins the second
opera, "The Old Maid and the
Thief." Other forceful lines include, "How many ways of committing the same sin, are there?"
and "To be killed by a man would
really be much better than to live
without one."
This light opera was written
by Giancarlo Menotti, author of
other well-known operas including "The Telephone," "Amahl and
the Night Visitors," and "The
Consul."
Dr. H. Lenfz to Address
Baccalaureate Services
Sunday in Auditorium
Baccalaureate will take place
for Central's graduating class
Sunday, May 24, at 8 p.m. in Warriner Hall Auditorium.
The   Baccalaureate   address
will be given by Dr. Harold H.
Leniz,   president  of   Carthage
College, Carthage, 111. Dr. Leniz
will  give  an  address   entitled
"The Unavoidable God."
Reverend J. Kenneth Cutler of
the First Presbyterian Church in
Mt. Pleasant will give the Invocation and Benediction.
The program will open with the
Processional, Triumphal March
from "Sigurd Jorsalfar," by Grieg.
Mr. Bernard B. Stone of Central's
music department will be the
organist.
Central's Concert Choir, directed by Mr. Stone, will present three numbers, "Kyrie" by
Durante, "Heavenly Light" by
Kopylow, and "My God and I"
by Wiihol.
A piano selection, "Intermezzo
Op. 118, No. 2" by Brahms, will
be given by Arloa Jackson, East
Detroit senior.
Pres. Charles L. Anspach will
preside over Baccalaureate.
Prof. George R. Wheeler, senior
class adviser and commencement
chairman, requests that faculty
and seniors report at 7:45 p.m. in
academic dress on the second
floor of Warriner Hall. The faculty will meet at the west end
of the Warriner and the seniors
will meet in the east end and in
the library.
Seniors will line up according
io iheir degree in ihe following order: firsi, bachelor of
music; second, bachelor of science, and ihird, bachelor of art.
The public is invited to attend
the ceremony.
Anspach, May, Jurich, and Atkinson
to Address 1953 Swingout Audience
Senior Class Night and Swingout exercises will take place tonight on the green in front of Warriner Auditorium at 8 p.m.
In case of rain, the ceremonies will take place in the auditorium.
Approximately 287 June seniors will participate in the event.
Central's   band   will   furnish '
music for the occasion. A concert
will take place at 7:15 p.m. in
front of Warriner Hall.
The band will play "Amparito
Roco," by Jaime Texidor; "Intermezzo" by Trevost; and "Maroon
and Gold Band," which will be
conducted by its composer Stephen Wolf, Flint senior. "Ballad
for Evening" by J. J. Morrissey, a
baritone horn solo with band accompaniment, will feature Louise
Gillett, Evart freshman, as soloist.
Excerpts   from   ihe   operetta
"Song  of   Norway"   wiih   solo
parts  sung  by   Beiiy  LaLone,
Ferndale junior, and Donald Al-
brechi, Lum junior, will highlight ihe Swingout concert.
The   evening's   program   will
conclude with "Sabre and Spurs"
and "Stars and Stripes Forever"
by  John  Phillip   Sousa,   and
"Comandante" by Guentzel.  Mr.
Norman C. Dietz will direct.
The highlight of the evening
will be Pres. Charles L. Anspach's
address from Warriner's tower.
The president's address is entitled "The Significance of the
Commonplace."
Several   o f   President   Ans
pach's Swingout speeches have
won national acclaim and have
been published in "Vital
Speeches." His 1950 address,
"To ihe Future," won Ihe Freedom's Foundation" second
award in i h e commencement
category.
Other speakers will be Valedictorian Joan May of Mt. Pleasant who will discuss the "Values
of a College Education." Salutatorian Milan Jurich of Monroe
will speak on "The Challenge of
the Future," and Class President
Gerald Atkinson of Davison will
give the address "The Faith of
Education."
A men's quartet composed of
Donald Kevern, and Ronald Kev-
ern, Pontiac sophomores; William
Moreau, Detroit junior; and Dave
Lantz, Portland junior, will sing
"It's a Grand Night for Singing,"
and "You'll Never Walk Alone,"
both by Rogers.
Prof. George R. Wheeler, senior
class sponsor and chairman of
the commencement arrangements,
will be assisted by Dr. Nicholas
Cuthbert, Mr. Kenneth Wright,
Mr. Kenneth Saunders, Mr. James
E. Bowman, Mr. Paul Evett, and
Mr. Byron Clendening.
McKeefery to Speak at Convocation
in Warriner Auditorium This Morning
Approximately 600 Central Michigan students will be honored
at the tenth annual Recognition Convocation at 10 o'clock this morning in Warriner Auditorium. This convocation is to honor students
for their achievements or contributions to student life at Central.
"Guideposts for Moderns" will'
A freshman class meeting will
lake place today in Warriner
Auditorium at 12:30 p.m. Appropriations for new band uniforms will be discussed. All
freshmen are urged io aiiend
ihe meeiing by President Bruce
MacPherson, Bay Ciiy freshman.
be presented by Dr. William Mc
Keefery, dean of Alma  College.
Pres. Charles L. Anspach will introduce Dr. McKeefery. The Central Michigan band will open the
program, and the Concert Choir
will close  it.  Dr.  Judson  Foust,
vice-president  of  Central,  will
preside at the Convocation.
Students will be honored for
a wide variety  of accomplishments.    Scholarship    recipients
will be honored. These scholarships include ihe University
of  Michigan  Siaie  Fellowship,
ihe E. C. Warriner Scholarship,
ihe   Men's   Union   Scholarship,
ihe junior class scholarship, ihe
sophomore  class  scholarship,
Delia Omicron siaie scholarship,
and iwo Siudeni Senate scholarships.
Students receiving the following awards will be recognized at
this Convocation: Who's Who
Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges, CHIPPEWA Awards, Homecoming
Queen, the Robert G. Carlson
Athletic   Memorial   Award,   the
Claude S. Larzelere Michigan History Award, the Student Senate
Award, the Women's Physical Education Department Award, the
Evan S. Weidman Memorial
Award for Outstanding Athletes,
speech awards, Sigma Tau Delta
Awards for essays and narrative
writing, Alpha Delta National
Journalism contest awards, Kappa
Mu Epsilon freshman mathematics award, band and music awards.
Members of honor sororities
and fraternities will be honored.
These include Alpha Delta, journalism; Alpha Psi Omega, dramatics; Delta Omicron, music;
Kappa Delta Pi, education;
Kappa Mu Epsilon, mathematics;
Pi Kappa Delta, speech; Sigma
Rho, music; and Sigma Tau Delta,
English.
Other students to be honored
are candidates for graduation
honors, winners of varsity athletic awards, and officers of campus; organizations.
All classes meeting at 10 a.m.
are excused so that students may
attend this Convocation.
Feusse, Hulin, Weir to Head '53-'54 CMC Publications
The student publication posi
tions have been filled for 1953-
54, announced Richard Balwinski,
president of the student body.
Carl Feusse has been appointed
as editor of LIFE, Sharon Hulin
as editor of CHIPPEWA, and Jack
Weir as business manager of
CHIPPEWA,
The Siudeni Senate con-
firmed these appoinimenis
made by Mr. Balwinski, who
acted upon ihe recommendations of ihe Siudeni Publications G^mmiliee.
At the same time it was announced, ^that Edwajd Blackmer,
RichvinVfreshman, would be advertising manager of LIFE next
year. This position, unlike the
others, is annually appointed by
the student publications adviser.
Carl Feusse, Saginaw sophomore, will edit Central Michigan
LIFE in 1953-54. He has served
two years on the LIFE staff, and
acted as associate editor this year.
He worked on the CHIPPEWA
staff for two years and served
as sports editor this year. Feusse,
who is on a liberal arts curriculum with an English major, is a
member of Chi Phi Beta, social
[fraternity; Alpha Delta, national
honorary journalism fraternity;
and Gamma Delta, an organization for Lutheran students.
The 1953-54 CHIPPEWA editor
will be Sharon Hulin, Lake sophomore. She has been a member
of the CHIPPEWA staff for two
years, and served in the capacity
of Greeks editor this year. At the
present time she is a member of
the LIFE staff. Miss Hulin, who
is on a liberal arts curriculum
with a social science major, is a
member of Kappa Gamma, social
sorority; Pi Kappa Delta, national
honorary forensics fraternity; and
has participated in intercollegiate debate.
Jack Weir, West Branch junior,
will be business manager of the
1953-54 CHIPPEWA. He was
business manager of the West
Branch high school annual. Weir,
a transfer student from Alma
College, is on a liberal arts curriculum with an economics major. He is a member of Zeta
Sigma, social fraternity.
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