1946-03-20; Central Michigan Life

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Underway Today
Election of Freshman Class officers is being, held in the foyer of
Warriner hall today. Eleven candidates are competing for the four
class offices of president, vice-
president, secretary, and treasurer.
The polls will close at 4 p. m. according to Gwen Gwinn, Ludington
junior, chairman of the election
committee.
Nominees for the class president
are: Bill MacMillan, Saginaw; Stanley Nesen, Alma; and'Ervin Ignash,
Kinde, Harold Sabin, Hale, and
Bill Sweeny, Mt. Pleasant, are running for  vice-president.   '
Helen» Booth, Cadillac; Laura
Rummler, Midland, and Virginia
Guy, Saginaw, are candidates for
secretary; and John West, Le Roy;
Mary Jean BreWster, Saginaw, ahd
Mary Lou Padot, Monroe are the
candidates for class treasurer.
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1948
NUMBER 16
Vets Increase
Total Enrollment
Daily campus enrollment this semester has been increased approximately 25 per cent over last semester's enrollment, therby reaching
the • 985 mark, according to the
latest- reports from the Personnel
office. This increase is mostly explained by the number of veterans
who have returned to classes.
Campus wom$n may be pleased
to know that although they outnumbered men on campus by 458
last semester, that margin has been
reduced to 215 this semester, and at
that rate will be nil next fall.
Total campus enrollment has
been temporarily set at 1,224 but as
there are more Saturday and graduate students yet to enroll, this
number is expected to be augmented somewhat.
At present the grand total, of
Central students, including extension and correspondence students,
stands at 1,646.
AWS PRESIDENCY CANDIDATES
Vi'   •'■
and Pratt Are Opponents
for AWS Highest Office Honor
Elections WiU Take Place Today and Tomorrow in
the Second Floor Foyer of Warriner Hall
Sloan Sophomores
Sunday Tea Guests
. Resident sophomore students of
Sloan hall will be honored Sunday,
March 24, at the third in a series
of teas planned to enable the various classes to become better acquainted.
Becky Holmes, Traverse City
freshman, is general chairman of
the tea. She will be assisted by members of the freshmen and sophomore
classes.
Masquers Give
'The Last Stop'
"The Last Stop" a sensational
comedy-mystery in three acts will
be presented at the college r,udi-
torium April 2, 3, 4, by Masquers.
The new play promises to be a
smash hit with the return of many
seasoned actors.
Catherine Chandler, Eleanor
Brietzke, tries her best to sell an
old ladies home and just as she is
about to succeed, aha, the rest is a
secret. Mrs. Haines, Marilyn Lee,
fouls up the mad plot and turns
out to be the herione of the play.
The rest oi the cast includes 13
old maids who live at the mercy of
the owner and are portrayed by
Mrs. Mabledoor, Patty Looman;
Miss Baldwin, Gienna Douglas;
Mrs. Sheppard, Marian Abbey; Mrs.
Chubb, Iris Wilcox; Mrs. Manning,
Mae Jewel Hoffmen; Mrs. Hollister,
Sally Carnahan; Mrs. Miller, Jane
Goff; Mrs. Smith, Eleanor Kalb-
fleisch; Mrs. Dingman, Barbara
Johnson; Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Oneita
Chisholm; Mrs. Haines, Marilyn
Lee; Isabel Haines, Eleanor Philp;
Mary Stevens, Lillian Beebe; Miss
Snyder, Marjorie Prior.
The masculine parts of the play
will be handled by the Rev. Mr.
Cummings, .Leroy Watt; Walter,
Carle Jenkins; Mr. Cook, Clinton
Stroebel; Mr. White, Harold Patten;
and Howard Haines, Ed Grant.
• Director' Fred Bush will take the
play to Shepherd P. T. A. March
27 and to Clare March 29.
Freshman from Ecuador Contrasts
IL S. and Ecuador School Systems
by Louise   Slykes
August Flores from Ecuador is
the latest to join the ranks of students from foreign countries. A
first term freshman, Flores hails
from Chunchi, where he taught
mathematics in the Quieto high
school, before coming to the United
States.
Arriving in Washington D. C,
February 7, he was sent to a basic
orientation school with a fellow
group of South Americans for three
weeks. From there he came to Central..
Flores finds the customs of our
country very different than those
of South America, in Ecuador the
high schools only have 13 to 18
hours of school a week, and there
are no colleges. The students get
their B. S. degrees when they
graduate from high school and
higher education is obtained in the
university.
Sent to the United States by the
International Education Good
Neighbor policy,' Flores plans to go
back to South America and teach
mathematics and engineering, when
he completes his schooling' here.
! He is very glad to be on campus
;and feels that through Central he
is growing to know more about
'North American habits. He thinks
ithat the students and faculty are
iall "good fellows". The only difficulty he has .found so far' is that
Ithe people from the north talk too
fast. He enjoys the social life and
.thinks it's a fine idea to have so
Imany social activities. In Ecuador,
social functions are very limited
land are held only on. special occasions. The majority of the student's
itime is spent in studying.
j To the students and teachers he
[expressed his appreciation for the
friendliness and consideration they
ihave shown him, and states that he
taiready feels very much at home at
Central.
Either DOROTHY PRATT (left)
or BARBARA FORCE will be elected president of A.W.S. this week.
MEA Group
to Confer
At least one hundred people are
expected to attend a district conference of tlie Department of Elementary School Principals of ' the
Michigan Education Association at
Central Friday, March 29, in Keeler
ballroom. ,
Charles B. Park assistant director
of laboratory schools, will begin the
day's program, by welcoming the
principals to the conference.
The speakers foYthe day will include Dr. Stanley E. Dimond, director of citizenship study, Detroit
public schools; Roy E. Robinson,
president of department of elementary school principals, Arthur H.
Rice, director of publications, Dr.
Charles M. Toy, director for western Michigan children's center;
and Miss Esther Middlewood, psychiatric social worker. Dr. . Foust
of the mathematics department
will extend his greetings at the
cafeteria luncheon to be served at
noon.
Members of the local committee
include Rose Dill, curriculum coordinates, Mt. (Pleasant public
schools; Mrs. Clessie Houghtalling,
principal of Fancher school; George
Holzhauser, principal Of Ganiard
school; Howard Eckel, principal of
Kinney school; and Ralph Witherspoon of the education department.
Barbara Force, Saginaw junior,
and Dorothy Pratt, Flint junior, are
candidates fpr the office of president of Associated Women Students
for  next year.
• The elections will be today from
9 a. m. to 4 p. m. and Thursday
from 9 12 a, m. and 1 to 4 p. m.
unless there is a need for someone
to be there at noon Thursday. Betty Olmstead, Ludington sophomore
will be in charge' of the 'elections.
Barbara Force ha© been active as
the president of interfaith council,
secretary of Sloan Hall, secretary
of Sigma Tau Delta, vice-president
of A- W. S. and member of Phi
Delta Eta. She is listed in Who's
Who in American Colleges and Universities.
W.S.S.F. Drive
to Begin Today
The World Student Service Fund
drive begins on Central's campus
today, and will last through next
Friday, March 29.
Oneita Chisholm, Saginaw sophomore, is general chairman of the
\ drive, assisted by Virginia Payor,
Detroit sophomore, and Pearl Parkier, Detroit junior,
i A school-wide drive, its main purpose is to help provide direct relief
for students and professors all over
Ithe world who are prisoners1 of war,
: refugees, internees, or dispossessed
or otherwise* victims of the war.
Captain Gaston A. Vandermeehs-
sche of Ghent, Belgium, member of
the underground and prisoner of
war for four years, made several
speeches to students here on cam-*
pus yesterday afternoon, concerning the opening of this drive.
Naturalist Club
Begins Calendar
A bird migration calendar which
lists different birds as they appear
ih Michigah, where they were seen,
when, and by whom, is one of the
projects of the recently organized
Natural Science club.
Membership in the club is open
to anyone who has taken, or is taking a course in the science department and is interested in natural
science. The club was organized
with 15 charter members last semester.
The recently elected officers of
the club are as follows: president,
Ken Mead, Owosso junior; vice-
president, Barbara Goodrich, Grand
Rapids senior; secretary, Mildred
Vanderlip, Gowen junior; treasurer,
Betty. Wilcox, Ionia sophomore;
program chairman, Marion Stimer,
Lakeview senior; and publicity
Clayton Timmons, Freeland junior.
Saturday field trips ahd tours
are being scheduled and several
have taken place. All notices; concerning the club will be posted in
Grawn Hall.
Dorothy Pratt, has participated
in the following organizations:
president; y, W. C. A., secretary,
student council, secretary-treasurer,
of interfaith council, A. W. S.
representative at large, Sigma Tau
Delta, Masquers; Signia Phi Omicron,and Life staff.   1<A ■
Candidates., for other A. W. S.
offices will be: vice president, Mildred Vanderlip, GoWen junior, and
Joan Hedges, Chicago 'sophomore';
secretary, Kathryn Dreyer, Monroe
junior, and Donna Ingersoll, North
Branch sophomore; treasurer*. Lof-
ine Muntz, Cass City sophomore,
and Bessie Ballantyne, Flint junior;
representative at large (upper-classman), Lois Greening, Breckenridge
junior, and Georgjtp, Clendening,
Gladwin junior; representative at
large (freshman), Donna Gover, Mt.
Pleasant, and Kathryn Bollinger,
Gregory.
Mary Eddy, Ionia senior and
present president of A. W. S., introduced the candidates for office at
a required assembly for all women
students Wednesday, March 13. Lois
Greening, Breckenridge , junior, led
group singing. Marge Kelly Cadillac senior, and Virginia Smith, Portland junior, .participated in a quiz
contest. The program was closed
with a men's fashion show, headed
by Joe Leadem, Trenton, New Jersey • junior.
Committee Plans
Fri. Bingo Party
An all-college party sponsored by
the Student Social Activities committee will take place Friday, March
22, 8 to 11 p. m. in Keeler cafeteria.
Working on the committee are:
Ervin Ignash, Kinde freshman;
Jane Bensley .^Traverse city junior;
Mary Lou Adams, Dearborn freshman; Jack Carey, Mt. Pleasant
freshman; Marge Janson, Reese
sophomore; and Iva Gillett, Mt.
Pleasant sophomore.
Prizes will be given and refreshments served. Admittance Will be
by student activity card.
Bridge Tourney
Begins Saturday
An all college bridge tournament
has been arranged by the Student
Social Activities committee starting
in the Keeler Cafeteria Saturday
March 23, from 2 to 4:30 p. m.
The tourney will extend over a
pefiod of four successive Saturdays
with consolation and winners prizes.
The total high "score will determine
the victors.      .    '
Students interested are asked to
sign with their partners on posters
placed in Keeler union and the Administration building.
Clare, Weidman,
Alma Win Titles
Alma, Clare, and Weidman captured regional high school basket-,
ball crowns at the college gymnasium last week end and earned the
right to meet quarter-final opponents Thursday as the annual state
prep tournament nears completion
;after three weeks of competition.
Finals will be played Friday and
Saturday at the Jenisin Field
House on the Michigan State College campus in East Lansing, where
foitr state champions in A, B, C,
and D classes will be named.
At the local tourney, Alma copped
ithe Class B title by * overwhelming
Mt. Pleasant, 39-24, and Will face
Traverse City Thursday in a quarter-final contests Mike Tobin paced.
the Alma quintet with 15 counters.
Alma earned its way into the finals
by toppling an outclassed St. Joseph's of Saginaw five, 57-28. Previously, Mt. Pleasant edged out
Flint Telh, 41-38.
In Class c competition, Clare
bested Evart, 28-18, to annex honors' and will meet Manton Thursday. Clare pushed into the finals
by defeating Sterling, 44-37, and
Fulton, 30-21, with' Don Cappert,,
lanky center, providing the major
share of the scoring spark in all.
three contests. Evart, who drew a
bye in the first round, edged out
Ithaca, 32-31, with a fourth period
drive, to gain a finals position,
By. virtue of their 48-42 victory
over Morley in cne Class D finals,
Weidman will tangle with Kaleva
in a Thursday quarter-final contest. Despite the yeoman work of
Frank Vining, who collected 21
points of which 11' earn* through
charity heaves,' Morley was unable
.to overcome an early Weidman
lead. Weidman, paced the entire
tourney by Otis Kirvan, forward,
walloped Pewarrio, 74-33 in the
semi-finals. Morley whipped Mejr-
riil, 55-41, in an earlier g.\tmY
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