1946-12-18; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 28
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN,    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1946
NUMBER 12
Anne Brown, Well-Known Soprano,
to Appear Here on Arttets Course
Operatic Star Will Present Second Program of
Year in Concert Series January 9 and 10
Anne Brown, rioted negro soprano^
and actress, will be at Central January 9 and 10 to present two recitals for the Artiste course.
Anne is currently appearing in
the movie "Rhapsody in Blue," the
life of George Gershwin, in the
movie she portrays herself and how
she aided George Gershwin in understanding negro music. It was
Gershwin who first placed her in
opera in 1934. He gave her the role
of "Bess" in "Porgy and Bess,"
which was based on DuBose Hay-
ward's book "Porgy." .
Anne Brown's father was a doctor, from Baltimore, Maryland and
her mother was a lover of music.
It was through her mother's initiative that she began the study of
music. She has studied at Morgan
college, Baltimore; Columbia
Teachers college, New York; and
New York's Juilliard School of .music.
^MOss Brown has appeared as soloist with the N.B.C. symphony under Leopold StokowsM. She started
concert tours after her first booking by the Brooklyn Academy of
Music. She was featured at Central in NovQmiber of 1943 on the
Artists course series, and is returning from giving concerts abroad in
time to be at Central January 9
and 10. She is sponsored by the Albert Morini concert management,
New York.
Ground Breaking
Ceremony Is Set
The official ground breaking
ceremony for the new Arts and
Crafts building, now under construction, will take place tomorrow
according to Norval C. Bovee, business manager of the college. A definite time has not been set, but proceedings are expected to take place
between 11 a.m.   and 1 p.m.
The Honorable Herman H. Dig-
nan, Secretary of State, and Mr.
A. N. Langius, director of the
State Building Construction division, head the list of out-of-town
men who are to participate in the
informal ceremony. Mr. Roger
Allen, architect, Mr. Carl Roudine,
assistant architect, Mr. Carl
Weber, contractor, Mr. Charles A.
Bowser, project surpervisor, and
Mi-. Florin Aumann, contractor's
supervisor,  will also be present.
The college is to be represented
by President Charles Anspach,
Mr. Bovee, and other members of
the faculty.
There will be no formal speeches
made. Pictures will be taken of
the group as they inspect the progress of construction to date.
Students to Take
to Winter Woods
A winter sports picnic will be
sponsored Sunday, January 12, by
the Student Social Activities committee, at Cathedral woods.
Betty Crumback, Bad Axe junior,
and Evelyn Kelly, Traverse City
sophomore are co-chairmen for. the
picnic.
There will be a certain amount
of equipment furnished for skiing,
tobogganing and sliding, but
students are urged to bring then-
own skis. Activities will begin at
8 p.m. and will end at 7 p.m..
A cook-out is being planned around
a bonfire to complete the picnic.
Christmas Sing
Tomorrow, Noon
The. annual Christmas sing-
sponsored by the Interfaith council
will   take  place  tomorrow  in  the
lobby of Keeler union from 12:15
to 1 p.m.
Joanne Moeller is general chairman with Miss Ella . O'Neil and
Miss Esther Altman on her committee. Roberta Lanshaw will lead
the singing. Song books, contain^
ing the carols *o be sung, will
be passed out to the students.
The choir from the fourth, fifth
and sixth, grades at the College
Elementary school will present
specially prepared Christmas music
for the last 15 minutes of the program. They will be led by Mrs.
Merle Thiers.
Encore
Vets May Renew
Life Insurance
Veterans attending Central who
have allowed their National Service
Life Insurance to lapse have a
"date to remember"—February 1,
1947. This is the deadline for reinstatement of NSLI by the veteran,
who, upon declaration that his
health is as good as when the insurance lapsed—has only to pay
two monthly premiums on his term
insurance policy, no matter how
long the insurance has lapsed.
After February 1, 1947 it will be
necessary to have a physical examination in order to reinstate.
The VA office on the campus
points out that the two premiums
to be paid do n,ot represent a penal-.
•ty, but simply cover the month
"grace period" for which the veteran was' protected although no
premium had been paid, and the
month in advance, basis of all insurance payments. Veterans who
have continued to send in their
premium payments, although they
have uot received a receipt, are
assured of active policies.
See—VETS MAY RENEW—Page 8
Anne Brown, soprano, will appear at Central in January.
Bulletin Board
Cleanup Begun
A method of making the bulletin
boards nearer and more readable
was devised by the Student council at its last meeting.
Hereafter all fraternities and
sororities are restricted to a
permanent five by eight card with
a superimposed three by five card
for frequent announcements. The
same type of card will also apply
to all departmental clubs and religious organizations.
A three by five card will be used
for personal notice, such as rides
home, or coats for sale.
The Student council will furnish
ail cards and thumbtacks for any
one who desires them. Cards may
be obtained in the General office,
Personnel office, or the Dean of
Women's office.
Since the main purpose for using cards is to have neater bulletin boards it is urged that everyone
who wishes to make an announcement through the use of bulletin
boards will use these cards.
Square Dance in Gym
Is Well Attended
The Square dance last Saturday
night, in the gymnasium was well
attended toy the students and also
the members of the faculty, to
whom invitation  cards were  sent.
Handel's 'Messiah' to Be Presented
by the Music Department Tonight
Elwyn Carter Is Guest Soloist, As Choir and Orchestra
Give Oratorio for First Time in Seven Years
For the first time in seven yearg Central Michigan students will be treated to the Christmas Story as told in the
harmonious oratorio of Handel's Messiah. The presentation
will take place tonight in Warriner Hall auditorium at 8:15
under the direction of Prof J. Harold Powers, music department head. ;
The college orchestra, under the
Seniors Prepare
to Extern Soon
Approximately 50 student teach
ers will have the opportunity toex<
perience much the same teaching'
situations they will meet next fall
when they begin their externing
period on Monday, January 6.    *
Those preparing for elementary
and secondary provisional certificates will work in schools off campus for four weeks, and those securing limited certificates will be
gone for one week.   .
Twelve of the 54 externing student teachers will remain in Mt.
Pleasant. Most of the others will
work in schools in their home
towns.
There will be students in 28 cities
and two counties in Michigan. Two
girls will extern outside the state.
Jane Bensley, Traverse City senior,
will extern in LaGrange, Illinois,
and Colleen Edison, Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, senior, will extern in
her home town.
Central's Band
Needs Musicians
An invitation and an appeal to
join the band is extended to any
and all experienced band muscians,
by Mr. Norman Dietz of the jnusic
department.
Emphasis is placed on the need
for clarinet, oboe and bassoon players; however plans are being formulated to enlarge the band and all
experienced band musicians axe
asked to report to Mr. Dietz. He
may be contacted at his office beneath the stage in the Warriner
auditorium.
Contrary to popular conception,
the band does not cease to function
after football season. At present,
plans are being made for a concert
tour to neighboring towns during
the winter months.
direction of Mr. Lorehtz Hanson,
and the Choral society of more,
than 90 blended voices . will augment the five soloists who sing
the  principle  roles.-.-,
Lois Greening, Breckenridge
senior, is the soprano solist; Donna
Crawford, Caro sophomore, and
Roberta Lanshaw, Alma senior, will
share the contralto solos; Ambrose
Hoiford, instructor of music, is the
tenor soloist; and Elwyn Carter, director of nujsic at Western Michigan College of Education will be
the guest bass soloist. Miss Mary
Lu Reeder, instructor of music, will
accompany the soloists.
Mr. Carter has sung the leading
baritone in all of the well-known
operas and performed in all of the
great oratorios. He has sung the
Messiah all over the country and
has an, extensive repertoire of concert song literature.
The Messiah, the greatest oratorio
ever written, is particularly popular
during the Christmas season. The
last performance of the. Messiah
at C.M.C.E. was in 1939 when the
College Choral society gave its two
hundredth performance.
Mr. Powers believes that his 90
voice group is the best Central has
ever had and is looking ' forward
to the best performance of the
Messiah that the society- has ever
presented. The assembly is open
to all college students, their friends,
the faculty, and all outside guests
who wish to attend. '■:
Preliminary Registration Schedule Set;
Students Must Pay $10 Deposit Fee
All students who have the slightest intention of registering for the
second semester will be expected, to
complete their preliminary registration during the month of January*
according to. a' recent statement
made by David M. Trout, dean of
students.
The students who are now taking Personnel 101 will "receive instructions, and matedials for preliminary   registration   from   their
teacher of that course. All other
college   students,   whether   sophomores,  juniors, seniors or special
students, are asked to conform to
the following schedule in completing preliminary registration.
January  9—A, B
January 10—C, D
January 13—E, F, G
January 14—H, I, J
January 15—K, L, Mc
January 16—M, N, O
January 17—P, Q, R
January 20—S
January 21—T, U, V
January 22—W
January 23—X, Y, Z
Externing teachers will be permitted to preregister February 3
and 4. If a student is not enrolled
in Personnel 101, he should come to
the Student Personnel office on the
day indicated in the foregoing
schedule and obtain, instructions
and materials.
All students should be prepared
to pay a ten dollar deposit when
they preregister. This is required
toy the State Board of Education
and can not be refunded if the student fails to register, unless there
are extenuating circumstances. This
fee will be applied to payments of
the student's tuition when he completes registration for the second
semester, except in the cases of
veterans to whom the ten dollars
will be refunded when the government reimburses the college for
their tuition and fees.
The students' individual counselors have submitted a schedule of
hours opposite' their names on page
7 of this issue, with the times when
they will be available to assist students in selecting courses for majors and, minors and in completing
preliminary registration. It is usually advisable for students to arrange
in advance with their counselors, if
they wish to foe sure of seeing them
at a specified time.'
A helpful hint from Dean Trout
is that students should clip this
article from LIFE and keep it in
their notebooks for future reference, consequently saving the per-
sonel office several houre of unnecessary work.
Library Meeting
Scheduled Here
A library conference will. be. sponsored here, January 11,. in'cooperation with the Michigan State library and Central's library, Charles V.
Park, head librarian,, announced
last week.' .    .    ' •
The conference is being arranged
by Louise Rees, State library representative, and Jesse B. Thorpe, assistant librarian here. The purpose of this meeting is to make an
opportunity, for superintendents to
discuss their library problems and
to bring people responsible for high
school libraries together.
Superintendents of high schools
in the northern Michigan area plus
then* librarian or a teacher have
been invited to the conference. The
meeting will start at 10 ajn. with
a morning and afternoon session
toeing scheduled. Miss. Elvera Carlson, Alpena librarian, and Miss
Janette Johnson, State Librarian,
have been invited to speak.
Books, magazines, and pamphlets
which are suitable for high school
libraries will be on display at this
time.
Mr. Park said that this is the
first time a library conference has
been scheduled at Central Michigan college. It is estimated 50 will
attend.
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