1941-10-08; Central Michigan Life

              VOLUME 23
NUMBER 1
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MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1941
New Opportunities
Open for Internes
Teaching Plan
To Give Seniors
Varied Training
New Program Will Offer
Broader View of Secondary
School Situations.
A new organization of student
teaching on the secondary level will
be given its inital tryout this fall.
Plan A Student Teaching, as it is
called; has been substituted for Plan
B because of the multiple opportunities that it offers the student
teacher.
The new plan follows the same
general outline as was used previously, that is, the first seven weeks
will be spent under an assigned
supervisor for one hour a day at the
high school; except, however, that
in  the following six week period,
student teachers will give full time
to their teaching as far as possible.
This six weeks' period, according
to Park G. Lantz, Director of Laboratory Schools, may be spent in
Mt. Pleasant or in some other community. Definite arrangements will
be made according to the students
needs as to which school they will
be assigned.
There will be occasion for some
senior men to do their six weeks
teaching and research in the Ionia
Reformatory where there will be
opportunity to gain first hand experience in sociology and psychology.
Mr. Lantz stressed the fact that
this new arrangement would enable
the student to get a broader view
of the school day as a whole and
complete unit, whereas, before he
could only see it from the point of
the one subject he was teaching.
He also stated that the practicing.!
student, upon his return, when he
resumes his original schedule for
the last five weeks of the semester,
wil be able to contribute much
more to his psychology and education classes as his background will
have been enriched by his own experiences in those fields..
League to Honor
Freshman at Tea
The Big and. Little Sister Tea,
sponsored by the Women's League in
honor- of freshmen and transfer
women students, will take place
Sunday, October 12, from two to five
o'clock, in the Keeler Union ballroom.
Members of the college faculty will
pour for the tea.. Upper class girls
will be hostesses. Arrangements are
being made by the Women's League
Board, with Eleanor Addy, vice-
president of the board, serving as
chairman of the event.
The traditional Big and Little Sister tea is sponsored each year by
the League in an effort to bring into
close contact the freshman girls and
other new students entering Central
Michigan College, and'their upper
class Big Sisters, so that all may become better acquainted.
Tentative Enrolment Figures
Show But Slight Decrease
Though final enrolment figures
have,not been released, a total of
thirteen to fourteen hundred students was anticipated by the end of
registration week, DeanC.C.Barnes,
dean of administration, stated this
week.
The registration drop was not as
great as had been expected previous
to registration. The decrease is attributed to selective service and the
work offered in defense industries.
Symphony to Open
Lecture Course
1942 Season Lists Six Numbers; First Number Scheduled for October 30.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
will open the 1941-1942 lecture
course season in the college auditorium, Thursday, October 30. This
symphony orchestra is widely known
and recognized as one of the outstanding musical organizations of
its kind.-
The second number on the program will be Dorothy Maynor, a
Negress, who will appear here Mon.7
day, November 17. Miss Maynor has
been called by many authorities the
leading soprano of her race in the
United States.
Edward Tomlinson, noted journalist, author, and commentator on
New World affairs will lecture here
Monday, December 8 on some phase
of current events. Following him will
appear the piano duet of Bartlett
and Robertson, Monday, January 12.
On January 19 will appear on the
lecture platform one of the leading
magicians of this country, John
Mulholland, He is editor of the
Sphinx, a magazine for magicians.
He was formerly a teacher at Horace Mann School until he began to
study magic. He has recently appeared at New York's Radio City's
Music Hall.
The last number for the season
will be Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr„ who
will speak here February 25 on his
interviews and acquaintanceships
with outstanding men of the world
today.
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Improved Enrolment Setup
Eases Freshmen Burden
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With Upperclass Advisers
Members Added
To Central Faculty
Other Changes in - Positions
Made; Three Return After
Leaves of Absence.
With the beginning of the fall
term three new faculty members
have been added to the regular staff
of Central Michigan College. Miss
Dorothea Shaffstoll, a graduate of
Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids,
has joined the Health Service unit
at the college. Miss Shaffstoll is replacing Miss JennaV Laug, who
was formerly college nurse, but who
is now teaching Health Education
classes in the place of Mrs. Theresa
Mellema, who will not be on campus this year. Miss Laug, however,
will also be connected with the
Health Service.
Also new on campus is Miss Jane
McNamara, who comes to Central
from Washington University, St.
Louis, Missouri. Miss McNamara is
a graduate of New York University
and has completed work at the University of Pittsburgh and at Columbia University. She is replacing
Mrs. Eleanor McCrea in the Physical Education department.
Anotheraddition to faculty lists is
William A. Hoope, who has joined
the music department to replace
Mrs. Miriam Troutman. Mr. Hoope
comes to the campus from the College of Emporia, Kansas, where he
was an instructor in music. He has
obtained degrees from Syracuse University and the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
Several changes have been made
in faculty due to the granting of
leaves to several members. James
McLaughlin, social director of Keeler Union Residence Hall, is in Ann
Arbor on leave at the present time
where he is studying for his Doctor's degree. During his absence,
Norvall Bovee has taken over the
position.
- Dewey Barich of the Industrial
Arts department has been on leave
since last December. He is continuing his work this fall as Assistant
Supervisor of National Defense in
the Agricultural Education Division.
Woodrow W. Hunter, of the Social
Science department, is faculty resident adviser of Keeler Union. .Mr.
Hunter joined Central's staff a yeai
ago and is a graduate of t'" University of Michigan.
Mrs. Grace B. Niggeman is now
assistant to Mrs. Helen V. Porter-
field for Ronan Hall. Mrs. Porter-
field is in Sloan Hall,
Miss Helen Johnson of the Laboratory school on campus has returned from her leave of absence
and will continue her work as second grade critic this fall.
Miss Marion Lucas, supervisor of
the Lincoln School, has returned
from Peabody Institute, Nashville,
Tennessee, where she procured her
master's degree in education.
Additions to the office staff include Miss Ellen Pence in the credits office and Miss Helen Weaver in
the personnel division. Critics who
are new on campus are Miss Ruth
Cerny in the rural department, and
Miss Helen McKee, part-time student critic.
Central Student
In Fatal Accident
Tommy Hire, Pontiac freshman,
has been appointed freshman class
chairman of the College Democrats.
CARDS HONORED
The University of 'Detroit will
honor all Central Michigan College
student activity cards at the
Cenfcral-U. of D. game at Detroit
oh Friday night, October' 10, at
3:00 p.m.
Tommy Weisbarth
The joys of reunion With classmates during the opening week of
school were marred this year for
Central's upperclassmen by realization of the loss of one of the
college's most widely known student
leaders, in the tragic death of
Thomas J. "Tommy" Weisbarth,
Cleveland, Ohio, senior. Tom was
drowned in a speedboat accident on
Lake Marie, seventy miles north of
Chicago, Sunday, August 31.
Few persons on Central Michigan
College campus have been as versatile as Tommy Weisbaath. A gifted
actor, he took part in numerous
college dramatic productions, including those memorable productions of
the last year, Suttons Vane's "Outward Bound," and "The Taming of
the Shrew/' As a song-and-dance
man and master of ceremonies. He
was in frequent demand, both for
college musicals and Mt. Pleasant
community productions.
He was an interested member of
the student publications division, and
had been selected by the Student
Council to serve for the third year
as business manager of the "Chippewa," the college annual.
Tommy was active in his fraternity and had been president of
Tau Alpha Upsilon for his senior
year and a charter member of the
honorary English fraternity, Sigma
Tau Delta. He was a leader of the
College Democrats, student political party.
Despite wide participation in campus and community affairs Tommy
was an honor student as well.
ew Mentor Plan
Helps Freshmen
Upperclassmen Named to
Aid New Students in Three-
Day Orientation.
The mentor system for freshman
registration was used for the first
time on Central's campus last week.
Inaugurated as part of the extensive program of the newly-created
division of student personnel headed
by Dr. David M. Trout as dean of
students, the orientation began Monday, September 29, and continued
through Wednesday.
Assisting Dean Trout were George
N. Lauer, dean of men, and Dr. D.
Louise Sharp, dean of women, as
well as a group of 48 mentors chosen
from among the upper three classes.
The freshman class was divided into
24 groups of approximately 15 students, each group headed by either
one or two mentors whose duty it
was to guide their sections through
the three day program of activities.
The mentors assisted the freshmen
to enroll, acquainted them with the
campus and with the organization of
the college as was as was possible,
and made sure that the new students attended all meetings and
tests on schedule.
The feeling seemed to be general
among both students and faculty
that the new methods of freshman
enrollment and orientation have
been an improvement over past
years. Although there was necessarily a great number of activities
crowded into a short time, mentors
and upperclassmen found lacking
the air of confusion and hurry that
they had experienced when freshmen.
While reluctant to make any definite statements as to the success of
the program as a whole, administrative officers were unanimous in their
praise for the students who assisted.
At registration's end, Dr. Trout
paid tribute to students when he
said:
"The mentors this year worked
under the disadvantage of having to
learn many complicated details of a
new system of registering freshmen,
but they did it with such patience
and intelligence that the faculty
.and the student body may well be
proud of the way they were represented .by these young men and
women,
"They showed in general much
better than average ability to lead
groups. They took responsibility
with confidence and were," with few
exceptions, on the job whenever and
wiherever needed."
Photography Club
Will Meet Tonight
Central students who are interested in photography are invited to
meet tonight at 7:30 in room W107
for the organization of a Central
Michigan College of Education camera club. The purpose of the club
is to train photographers for Central
Michigan Life.
Members will not find it necessary
to own expensive equipment or to
have an understanding of photography in order to join the club.
However, everyone should have a
camera of his own and a desire to
improve his picture taking, even
though the camera be only a 69-
cent affair.
Those who show progress will be
invited to use the Life press camera
and other equipment to take pictures for the paper.
Dr. C. L. Anspach Speaks
To Students In Assembly
"This is a time in American colleges when the theory of 'getting by9
has passed", President Charles L,
Anspach stated in an address to the
student body Friday, October 3," in
the first assembly of the school year.
Dr. Anspach called the time spent
in college by a student the "Golden
Age" when "mental habits are
formed." During those years he said,
the mind will flourish if certain
habits and attitudes are developed,
"A student needs to develop cer-:
tain fundamental loyalties," he went
on, "in order to succeed." The greatest of these loyalties is to decide on
ambitions to make clearer th6 desired goal .Other loyalties should be
to the American principles jtnd to
the American way of living.