1946-05-22; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 27
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MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2% 19$
NUIVIBER 24
Campus Co-eds Plan Spring Ball Saturday
AWS "Moonlighi Merry Gc-Round,
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Pianists Perform
Monday Evening
The annual student piano rqcital
will be presented May 27 at 8;J5 in
the auditorium according to a music
department announcement. Students participating are those with
the highest standing in piano. They
are. under the direction of Miss
Mary Lu Reeder, piano instructor.
The program announced by Miss
Reeder is as follows:
&yiiiria op 31 No. 2 Beethoven
Lento Lyinl Scott
Bonnie   fiormon
Pastorale Scarlatti Tansig
Etude in A flat Chopin
Shirley Block
Clair de tune Debussy
Marjorie Woodmansie
Sonata op 57 Beethoven
Prelude in J> flat Chopin
Janet Schneider
Prelude in C minor Chopin
Prelude No. 3 Gershwin
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Siifcm&rffed Cathedral
MdM$iem
Barbara Borcher
Nocturne in G minor Chopin
Schengo Mendelssohn
Harvey Brien
BJlonaise in C minor
Ritual Fire Dance
Betty Wilcox
Sonata op 7
Waltz
Lillian Anspach
Valcik
Polonaise in C minor
Beverly Marzolf
Prelude ,.
Polonaise in A flat op 53
Jane Watrous
Italian Concerto
Ballade in G minor No. 1
Esther Lauer
Debussy
Lecuona
Chopin
DeFalla
Grieg
Chopin
Mokrys
Chopin
Debussy
Chopin
Bach
Chopin
Courter Elected
New Band Prexy
Robert Courter, Sidney junior,
was elected president of the Band
club in a short business meeting
last week. Other offices filled at the
meeting were:, vice-president, Bud
Meld, Manistee sophomore; secretary and treasurer, Georgia Clendening, Gladwin junior.
The band made several recordings last Thursday on Irving
Traines' recording machine, and
had part Of their concert pieces
played back to them. Lloyd Conley
directed the band in the absence
of Preston Mayhew.
Ex-president Ed Grant is talcing
orders for band sweaters to be ordered soon. Any band member who
has been in band for four complete
semesters and would like a sweater
should see him about ordering it
this week.
LIFE Receives First
Class Rating by ACP
A rating of "First Class" was
assigned Central Michigan LIFE
on the first semester issues, of the
present volume by the All-American Critical Service in a report received last week. The only higher
classification in the judging was
"All-American," attained by dnly
nine colleges with enrollments of
500 to 999. The critical service is
given by the Associated Collegiate
Pres*s with headquarters at the
University of Minnesota. LIFE has
been a member of ACP for the past
four years and has been rated First
Class three times.
Planning last minute' details for the Saturday night dance are,
(left to right) Lucia Labrosse, Alice McClure, and Phyllis Ann
Kinsler.
Abbey Chosen
Honorary Head
Marian Abbey, Lake Orion junior,
was elected new president of Kappa
Delta Pi, honorary education fraternity last week at the annual
spring elections.
Other officers elected at the meeting were: vice-president, Esther
Fultz, Sagin,aw junior; recording
Secretary, Esther Schiefer, Frankenmuth junior; treasurer, Shirley
Fisk, Battle Creek junior; historian, Georgia Clendenning, Gladwin
junior; corresponding secretary
Dr. G, L.' Poor, Miss Elma Lighter
was appointed counselor for the
next two years.
Formal initiation and installation
of officers will be held June 5.
Gov. Appoints Smith
to Adult Ed. Committee
Dr. M. L. Smith attended the
Adult Educational committee meeting in Lansing May 17. Fifteen men
are appointed by the governor to
represent the different organizations. Dr. Smith represented the
college and grange.
Club Plans
Planting Bee
In an attempt to add more color
to Central's campus, members of the
Natural Science club will conduct
a "planting bee" tomorrow afternoon
for the purpose of setting out some
annuals.
At its last meeting the club decided that the campus did not have
enough flowers, so they received
permission to transplant outside a
number of small plants which have
been growing in the college greenhouse.
Members of the club will meet at
3 p. m. at the greenhouse to pick
up plants and will work until five.
All those taking part in this "planting bee" are urged to bring along
small tools such as trowels with
which to work, although some tools
are available.
The group will meet again Tuesday, May 28, to plant a plot of
land behind Ronan on which cut-
flowers will be .grown. George
Wheeler will direct the group in
planting.
Alice McClure Is General Chairman of This Annual
Affair; tlobrshow Features Circus Sideshow
A "Moonlight Merry-Go-Round" with horses and multicolored balloons, will provide the setting for the AWS annual spring ball May 25, from 9 to 12 p.m. in Keeler Union
ballroom.
Present plans indicate that the
CM. Instructors
Get MEA Posts
The newly-elected officers of the
Central Michigan College of Education district of MEA will take office
June 1. Members of the college
staff make up the new body elected
May 14.
Ihe new officers will be: president, Miss Edna Heilbronn of the
elementary school; vice-president,
Dr. Gerald Poor, special lecturer in
adult elucation; secretary-treasurer,
Lester Serier of the mathehiatics
department; membership committee
chairman, Thomas Goodrich of the
junior high school; program committee chairman, Dr. Rolland Maybee of the history department; professional problems committee chairman, Dr. George Nelson of the history department; public relations
committee chairman, Jesse Thorpe
cf tlie library; delegate to classroom teachers section, Ethel M.
Praeger of the elementary school;
member of governing board and
delegate to representative assembly,
Rachel Loughbridge of the language
department; board members and
alternates, Dr. E. C. Beck of the
English department; Park G. Lantz
of the elementary school; and Dr.
Walter s. Ryder of the economics
department.
Dr. E. C. Beck of the English department was also elected chairman of til public relations commission of M. E. A. at a meeting in
Lansing March 2.
program will be in the form of a
circus side-show with Oneita Chisholm, Saginaw sophomore as barker.
Before a backdrop of rose and
green Chuck Chandler and his orchestra will supply the music. This
orchestra has played with much
success at the IMA at Flint, Michigan, as well as at many country
clubs throughout the State. Recently it has played at several fraternity and sorority affairs in this
territory.
Alice McClure, Alma sophomore,
is general chairman, with the following committees assisting: decorations, Donna Ingersoll, North
Branch sophomore, and Bessie Parfitt, Perrinton sophomore; publicity, Lucia Labrosse, Standish
freshman, and Anne Owens, Pontiac
freshman; tickets, Marjean Brewer,
St. Louis senior; program, Phyllis
Ann Kinsler,  Pontiac sophomore.
FOR STUDENTS RETURNING THIS SUMMER OR NEXT FALL
Pre-Registration Begins Today
Preliminary registration   for  the*
six  week summer session and the
autumn semester will begin at 8 a.
m. today and close at 5 p. m., Fri-
Friday, June  21.
All freshmen, sophomores, juniors
and all seniors who do not graduate June 27 should make out pre-,
liminary registration forms and
bring both copies of the Guide book
up to date. Even those students who
are not certain that they will continue in college after this semester
should pre-register* if there is any
possibility '. that they may return
either for the summer session or the
autumn semester.
Those who are positive that they
will riot return should bring both
copies of their Guide books up td
date even though they do not file
preliminary registration cards. All
persons who expect to graduate on
June 27 are particularly urged to
be sure * that both , copies of the
Guide book are up to date and
identical. The student copy will then
provide an unofficial record of college work to be taken with the
graduate. *
To begin preliminary registration
students are to go to the Student
Personnel office in accordance with
the following schedule where they
will  receive complete  instructions:
May 22, special students, names
beginning A-Z, inclusive; May. 23,
freshmen, A-C, inclusive; May 24,
freshmen, D-F; May 27, freshmen,
G-J; May, 28, freshmen, K-M; May
29, freshmen, N-R; May 31, freshmen, S only; June 3, freshmen, T-Z.
June 4, sophomores, names beginning A-F, inclusive; June 5, sppho-
mores, G-L; June.6, sophomores* M-
R; June 7, sophomores, S-Z; June
10, juniors, A-G.
June 11, juniors, names beginning
H-O,. inclusive; June 12, juniors, P*
Z; June 13, seniors, A-L; June 14,
seniors, M-Z.
Students should be certain to
bring their copy of the Guide Book
with thetoi when beginning preliminary registration. Each person must
complete his preliminary registration not later than two weeks after
the day he is scheduled to begin.
Schedule of conference hours for
general, department, and inter-departmental counselors together with
a list showing the general counselor
assigned to each student will be
posted on the bulletin board inside
the Student Personnel office,
Students who will have completed
50 or more semester hours of college
credit by the close of the fall semester and who have not filed their
"Application for Candidacy for Degree and/or Certificate" are to do
so'during this period of preliminary registration. Persons who expect to receive either a degree or
certificate in August should be sure
to ask for an "Application for
Graduation."
All preliminary registration cards
for the summer session and for the
autumn semester are to be filed in
the Student Personnel- office not
later than 5:00 p. m. Friday, June
21.
Elementary Choir
Presents Concert
The all grade elenientary choir
will present a concert Sunday, May
26, at 3 p. m .in Warriner auditorium. The second, third, fourth,
fifth and sixth grade chorus will
participate in the program. This
concert is not open to the public,
only the relatives of the students
participating in, the concert, are
invited.
Janet Graim, Alma junior; Dor-
thy Jean Nisewander, Benzie junior;
Mary Jean, Wolverton, Reese junior;
and Lois Greening, Breckenridge
junior, will supervise the program
under the direction of Mrs. M. G.
Theirs.
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YWCA Sponsors
"Elephant" Sale
All girls are in,vited to a "White
Elephant" sale sponsored by the
YWCA on May 28 at 7:30 in the
Women's lounge at Keeler.
Admittance, will be any "white
elephant" wrapped up and presented at the door. Action of these
articles will start at a penny.
Audrey Richmond, Fenton sophomore, and Eleanor Gertz, Detroit
sophomore, are the co-chairmen, for
the program *    . _
Masquers Club
Picnics in Woods
The Masquers club annual picnic
will take place in Cathedral woods
at 5:30 p. m. this afternoon,. This
picnic also includes all personnel
from "Brains and Bangtails."
.While on the picnic, club members will combine business with
pleasure by electing new officers
for the coming year, having some
group singing, and playing softball.
Co-chairmen of the event are
Dorothy Pratt, Flint' junior, and
Bill Lanshaw, Alma sophomore.
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