1941-07-16; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 22
NUMBER 30
Michigan
MOUNT PLEASANT,1 MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1941
Faculty-Student
Picnic on July 24
Softball Game Will Highlight
Annual Outing at Budd Lake.
Plans for the annual all-college
picnic to be held at Budd Lake in
Wilson state park near Harrison,
Thursday afternoon, July 24, include
entertainment to meet the demands
of almost any student who goes.
The outstanding event will be the
faculty-student softball game. There
will also be a women's softball game,
volley ball, deck tennis, horse shoes,
and swimming. Dancing will be the
main pastime of the evening.
Classes will be dismissed at three
o'clock and free transportation will
be furnished for those who desire it.
Free lemonade and ice cream will
be served. Plans for the supper have
not yet been announced but it is
presumed that students may either
take their own lunch or buy it on
the grounds as has been the practice
in previous years. Definite plans
will be announced soon.
Dr. Anspach Cuts Foot
In Minor Accident at Lake
Dr. Charles L. Anspach, President of Central Michigan' college,
expected to be "laid up" for several
days, having seriously cut his foot
while preparing for a fishing trip
at Little Bass Lake, it was reported
here last week. While turning a boat
over, he stepped on a tin can injuring his foot.
Claims Profs' Ping-Pong Title
Club to Entertain
250 at Edenville
Plans are under way at the
Appleblossom camp near Edenville
for entertaining more than 250
underpriviledged children during the
summer. Groups from Owendale and
Beaverton made use of the camp
facilities earlier in the season. Other
groups and their dates at camp are
as follows: Gladwin county girls',
July 14-20; Gladwin county boys,
July 22-28; Midland county girls,
July 30-August 5; Isabella county
boys, August 7-13; Isabella county
girls, August 15-21.
Central students in charge of the
camp this summer are Florence
Ryan, Eleanor Bateman, and Lujean
Lirones. The lodge can accomodate
50 persons'.
First Grade French
Is Latest; Voila!
"Something new has been added"
to the curriculum of the college elementary school in the form of lessons in conversational French,
which are being offered for the first
time this summer. Miss Ethel B.
LaMore, foreign language supervisor in Mt. Pleasant public schools
is teaching these classes which begin
in the kindergarten and continue
through junior high. The children
are learning the names of foods,
simple words of greeting, names for
parents and relatives, to count and
to sing simple French songs.
The youngsters are receiving the
instruction with enthusiasm and the
unconventional greeting, "H i y a,
Toots," which many employed in addressing their mothers has been replaced by the more elegant phrasing
of "Bon jour, Mamma," and "Yean"
has become "Qui, Madame."
It is planned to add this subject
to the regularly scheduled curriculum if the reception accorded the
present experiment justifies it. ,,
60 Attend Art Lab
Open House Meet
Weaving, Block Printing Attract Students, Faculty to
Unique Session.
More than 60 students and some
faculty members attended the open
house meeting at the art laboratory
in E-4 and E-5 Wednesday evening,
July 9.
Mrs". Margaret S. Millar, art
department head, and Miss Frances
Fairchild, art instructor at Central
Michigan college, explained the use
of different materials, after which
visitors were free to handle and
experiment with any type of
material they desired.
Weaving, block printing, oil painting, clay modeling, and use of the
potter's wheel were some of the
techniques shown and used by the
visitors'.
Any student or faculty member is
welcome to the "open house" every
Wednesday evening from 7-9 in E4
and E5 where all types of art
material will be at the disposal of
students to use in any manner they
wish, according to Mrs. Millar.
There will be a small charge to
cover the cost of materials used.
"There is too much piffle about college professors being a
broken-down, flabby-muscled lot," said Dr. E. C. Beck, head of the
English department at Central Michigan college, as he announced
this week formation of the College Professors' Table Tennis league.
"Here is a chance to prove the notion false and malicious." Dr.
Beck claimed the title of national champion of table tennis among
professors for Dr. Cleon C. Richtmeyer, director of the summer
session.
Dr. Richtmeyer for the past three years has been a successful
defender of the campus title against students as well as professors. Dr. Richtmeyer and Dr. Beck, manager for the champion,
are hoping the league will become state wide or even nation wide
and that there will soon be a challenger for the title. They don't
care whether he is an instructor, professor, head of department,
dean or even president.
Dr. Beck asserts that with all the present emphasis on intercollegiate sport among students, it seemed that Michigan colleges
were missing- a good bet in not holding more friendly competition
of one kind or another among instructors or professors.
Educator Speaks
On Latin America
"People living in a hemisphere
must learn to work together," declared Mr. James Hymes, of the
Progressive Education Association,
to a group of teachers and students in room 101, of Grawn Hall,
Wednesday afternoon, July 9.
"Pressure to teach about the
Latin Americas' in schools this fall
will be felt by every teacher; this
will be done to bring about a better
understanding of, and with, the
Latin Americas," Mr. Hymes continued.
The purposes and aims of the
Progressive Education association
were reviewed. Mr. Hymes said that
he hoped every member would feel
they had given more to the association than they had received from it.
Agriculture Classes
See Two Moving Pictures
Members of agriculture 101 and
209 classes enjoyed the films "Work
bf Running Water" and "Once Upon
a Time" Friday. The pictures were
obtained through the visual education services of Central's extension
department and the University of
Michigan by George R. Wheeler,
head of Central Michigan college
agriculture department.
Library Asks Aid
In Filling Files
Several magazines from the
library have been lost which prevents the library from completing
their files. If anyone subscribing to
these magazines wish to contribute
them to the library, it will be greatly
appreciated. The magazines are
American Forests, February, 1941;
American Home, December, 1935,
January, 1941; Asia, May, 1938; Bird
Lore, September, 1935, October, 1935;
Business Week, April 6, 1940; Christian Century, September 4, 1940;
House Beautiful, December, 1940;
Geographical Review, January, 1940;
Vital Speeches', October, 1940; Nation, May 11, 1940; Recreation, May,
1940.
College Health Unit
Extensively Used
"More use than ever oeiore is
being made of the college health
service," according to Dr. Louis E.
Hutto, head of the physical education department at Central Michigan college, "included in the fees
paid upon enrollment is one entitling the student to a physical
examination, tuberculin test, vaccination, Kahn test, and other
health services."
Appointments may be made for
these tests between 8 and 10 each
morning when the college physician
will be in the office. Other health
services such as the treatment of
minor ailments' are available
throughout the day in the offices on
the second floor of the gymnasium.
All persons wishing transportation to the site of the College
picnic aire asked to sign in the
General Office Thursday or Friday of this week or Monday or
Tuesday of most we©&.   .
Back to Alaska Soon
For This Centralite
Mrs. Bertha Tobey Allen, Central
Michigan college student, will leave,
Michigan the last of August to resume Jier duties as first grade teacher in the Indian school at Ketchikan, Alaska. Mrs. Allen and her
husband, Leonard Allen, a Central
graduate, have been teaching in the
Indian Government school for the
past eight years. Mr. Allen, who
received his master's degree from
the University of Michigan, has
charge of the Indian work in Ketchikan.
Ketchikan, the first stop in Alaska
with a population of more than
5000, has two Indian communities,
both attending the same school. It
is noted for its salmon industry,
more salmon being canned here,
Mrs. Allen says, than in any city in
the world. It is also the headquarters for the coast guard. A new
naval base is being built there. Mrs.
Allen states the weather is mild,
and the summers cooler than in
Michigan.
Mrs. Wightman to Present
Second Book Hour Talk
"Crusader in Crinoline," a biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe,
by Forrest Wilson, will be reviewed
at the next book hour, Wednesday,
July 16, from 5 to 6, by Mrs. Clifford
Wightman.
Mrs. Wightman is a niece by marriage of the late Elizabeth Wight-
man, former Art instructor at Central Michigan college. Mrs. Wight-
man, whose major activity is reviewing books, states that of all books
reviewed at the Book Hour at Grand
Rapids, this book was voted the best.
Librarians Plan
late Meet Here
Rural Problems Will Provide
Main Discussion Topics; Begins August 13.
Librarians throughout the state
will convene for the second consecutive summer institute at Central
Michigan college from August _ 13-
through August 16. The institute
has been organized to meet the
demand for training in rural library
service.
Lectures on topics relating to
rural library problems will be
followed by group discussion. An
opportunity to discuss individual
library problems with authorities in
several branches of library work will
be provided. Exhibits of books and
pamphlets and tips on the mending
and binding of books will be on
display.
The institute is sponsored by the
Michigan Library association in cooperation with the United States
department of agriculture.
There will be a 50 cents registration fee.
City Featured
In State Journal
Mt. Pleasant was featured in the
Lansing state Journal last Sunday.
The paper carried a picture of
Frank E. Robinson, mayor, also head
of the commerce department at
Central Michigan college, and one
of Bertha M. Ronan hall, girls'
dormitory.
The picture of Mayor Robinson
was taken in his garden. The picture
of Ronan Hall is an excellent front
view.
The paper carries a story beneath
the pictures written by Miss Gladys
Owens, Mt. Pleasant, Sunday correspondent for the State Journal. In
the story mention is made of the
educational facilities of Mt. Pleasant among which Central Michigan
college is prominent. There is also
the story of the oil well rush, of the
populace made famous by it, and
Mt. Pleasant's glory in knowing it
served as the pioneering spirit to
bring oil wells to Michigan. The
type of city government—that of
manager, mayor and a five-man
city council—is explained. There are
also comments on the service clubs,
chamber of Commerce, recreational
features, and women's clubs.
Community Sing Remains
Popular with Students
Verne Stockman, accompanied by
Edith Nelson, of Bay City, conducted
the second Community Sing on the
campus Tuesday, July 8.
About 200 persons took part in
singing familiar songs selected from
the song sheets prepared by the
Appleblossom Club. Several sacred
pieces were used.
As a final number everyone sang,
Alma Mater, Hear Us Now.
At the close of this program, Fred
Bush played several symphonic
selections on a phonograph.
Sloan Foundation
Movies Shown Here
Students of Central Michigan college elementary curriculum laboratory under Miss Alice Miel, coordinator of instruction in Mt.
Pleasant Public Schools', and of
the rural curriculum laboratory
under Miss Rose Dill of the rural
education deperatment, saw movies
in the auditorium Tuesday morning
for the Sloan Foundation.
Pictures featured were "And So
They Live," showing malnourished
country children in their one-room
school; "For Health and Happiness'*
showing in technicolor what healthy,
happy* fine children emerge from
a good program of nutrition; and
"School" showing the intermediate
grade children learning the ways
of democracy in their present living,.
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