1941-11-26; Central Michigan Life

              VOLUME 23
NUMBER 1
Wally Weber to Speak Here
for Annual Union Banquet;
Lettermen to be Announced
j^7r_EASAN., MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEB 26, 1941
Education Board
Makes Changes
On Campus Staff
Nine New Appointments
Made Following State Meet
in Detroit on November 19.
Change in Name
For Athletic Teams
Brought to Council
Coach Lawrence Sweeney
Supports 'Chippewas' to Replace Present 'Bearcat' Title.
Resulting from Student Council
action taken Monday night ^November 24, investigation of campus
opinion and approval of a name
change for Central Michigan College athletic teams will begin. Tne
change suggested is from Bearcats
to Chippewas.
Reasons supporting the change
were brought before the council by
Coach Lawrence "Doc" SweW He
named many reasons to substantiate the change, and few objections
were heard from council members-
A committee was appointed to cnecK
with administration and departments concerned, and thru.these
channels to also sound out student
reaction to the idea.
Some of the reasons for change
enumerated by Doc Sweeney follow
The name Bearcat means absolutely
nothing in the way of a geographical background, and even m other
regions the  animal is'   now   prac
ticklly extinct. The    namoftas
nothing in the way of ^ackgrouna
for showmanship or pageantry, ana
most students have never seen or
heard of a real Bearcat.
The name Chippewa is geographically correct, Mr. Sweeney pointed
out. At one time the Chippewa Indian tribes were scattered around
this particular area, and for years
the United States  government
school brought thousands of tnese
Indians into this territory. Other
reasons given by the coach were,
it is the name of our college yearbook,   the   Chippewa   river   flows
through Mt.  Pleasant,   the name
Chippewa opens up unumit?dop-
portunities for pageantry and snow-
manship, for the band as wen as
athletic   teams,  the   Indian   chief
would be an outstanding marker for
athletic uniforms, the Indian powwow could replace the pep-meeting,
and Indian ceremonies   could    w
conducted   on    many   occasions
school   flags   and pennants couia
be made much more attractive, arm
finally all types of Indian lore have
a strong appeal and could be usea
to great advantage. .
The student council enthusiastically accepted the idea brought before them by Coach Sweeney ana
will follow it up with action w»
find whether or not such a change
would have campus* approval.
I There will be an all-college
dance Saturday night, November
29,   in   Keeler  Union ballroom.
She dance is   from   9s®~
), t® recorded music.
Students, Faculty
Witness Comedy
The 1941-42 dramatics season at
Central opened last night amid applause and approval of a large audience gathered in the auditorium for
the   repeat   production   of    "The
Man    Who    Came    to    Dinner".
The drama,   a   three-act   comedy
by   George  S.  Kaufman   and
Moss Hart, was presented   by   the
college speech department and directed by Fred R. Bush, director of
dramatics.
Local students, 25 in all, some
veterans and some newcomers to the
Central stage, culminated over three
weeks of practice with a single public performance of the play last
night. It ran two nights during the
summer session, and its enthusiastic
reception then was the basis of the
decision to open the present dramatics season with it.
Workmen Complain
As Rains Reign
Although plenty of students have
been complaining about Mt. Pleas-
ant's rainy season coupled with a
few snow storms, they really have
little to complain about when they
consider the case of the men who
are trying to repair the driveway
which runs between Keeler Union
and Warriner Hall.
These men have been fighting a
grim battle with "Mother Nature"
since the beginning of the school
year. Every time they get the road
into good condition, "The rains
come" and the parts of the road
that they have been struggling with
sink out of sight.
This condition is due to a ditch
which was built this summer to
connect the new heating plant with
the school. Although the required
amount of dirt was put back into
the ditch, "Mother Nature" keeps on
playing her practical little jokes
with the repair men.
The outcome of this fight is a
matter of time. The repair men
have vowed to keep on piling gravel
into that hole until Mother Nature
says "Enough." However, no matter who wins, Central may have
gained a moral victory from the
battle, for that dangerous bump has
kept cars from racing around that
curve while students are walking
between the two buildings.
Eight changes affecting the Central Michigan College of Education
staff were announced from the
president's office today, after a
meeting of the State Board of Education in Detroit, November 19,
where the recommendations were
approved.
Jesse B. Thorpe who was on the
Central staff last summer, will become assistant librarian beginning
December 1. Mr. Thorpe will resign
his position as1 librarian in the high
school in Lincoln, Nebraska, to come
here.
George DePuy, now acting head
of industrial arts at Central, will
become head of the department,
the advancement to be effective
December 1.
Another appointment effective
December 1 is that of Dr. Judson
Foust as director of the Summer
Session. Dr. Foust is also asistant
professor of mathematics at Central.
Keeler Union maintenance man
also appointed at the Board meeting is P. D. Broadwell. Mr. Broad-
well's appointment became effective
on November 15. Two other maintenance men, whose appointments
effective recently, are George Mason and Ed Sebring both contracted
until June 30, 1942. Appointed to
the office staff was Miss Norma
Johnson, bookkeeper.
Another appointment in the industrial arts department was that
of Irvin Campbell as an instructor.
Also an action of the board was
the acceptance of the Extension
Press which operates in the basement of Grawn Hall. Through this
action the Press becomes the property of the institution.
Central Michigan
Co-op Plan Lauded
High praise Was expressed concerning   the   Michigan   system   of
graduate study as reviewed by a
committee composed- of Pres. C. W.
Diemer of Central Missouri State
Teachers College, at Warrensburg,
Missouri, and Alonzo Myers, Professor of Education at New York University, who represent the American Association of Teachers Colleges, which is sponsoring an investigation of  the  co-operative  program of graduate, work between the
Michigan teachers' colleges and the
University of Michigan.
Guests of Central Michigan College Tuesday and Wednesday, November 12-13, these gentlemen commented favorably on  the participating faculty members* the library,
and other facilities on the campus
which contribute to the program.
This committee was delegated because the arrangement between the
University of Michigan and the various teachers' colleges of the state
is quite unique, and many normal
schools in other states are interested  in   examining   the   success   of
Michigan's combining the efforts of
the  University  and  the   teachers'
colleges for the carrying on of graduate work.
While no official report has been
made yet by the investigators, their
comments would indicate that they
Gridders, Band
Guests of Honor
At Dinner Tonight
Wally Weber, of Michigan,
to Speak and Show Movies
at Annual Affair.
Three outstanding campus organizations; the Varsity and freshman footoall squads and the Central band will be feted tonight at
6:30 in the Keeler Union by the
Men's Union at a stag banquet
featuring Wally. Weber, University
of Michigan freshman football
coach and one of Michigan's "great"
fullbacks of the century.
The banquet, as in the past, will
also honor a mythical All-Conference football team from the Class
"B" high schools in Central Michigan and for the first time, the banquet participants will be served at
the table instead of going through
the Cafeteria line.
Coach Ronald W. Finch, director
of athletics, will announce the 1941
letter winners, the captain of the
squad, and the most valuable
players for this season.
Wally Weber, who, as a freshman
football coach, developed many of
comments "would indicate that they ^"^^^ly^^^rz^^i„e" „m
are much pleased with the Michi- tne+Wolve^nt "1^ 'f^^fi5
gan system and Will present it fa- be *^lmaJni,?^k*r °f ^S?™?
vorably to the A.A.T.CT and ne wiU ^ s2ml?^Jng &£
Students to Organize
Weekly Radio Broadcasts
A radio guild of students interested in broadcasting will be organized today at 4:00 in room' 355
Warriner Hall. From this organization will be taken the participants
in each of the 18 weekly programs
to be given by Central Michigan students over station WBCM, Bay City,
beginning February 11.
The programs, to be directed by
the college speech department, will
be 30 minutes long, chiefly dramatizations, and will be on the air probably at 3:00 p. m. on Tuesday or
Wednesday.
Prizes Awarded t© Three
For Homecoming Badge Sale
A Cappella to Begin
This Season's Tours
Something in the way of reunions
should occur this week when the
a cappella choir is on tour, as many
former choir members happen to reside in places where the choir will
visit.
With its repertoire including
choral music, and vocal and instrumental solos and duets, the choir
with its director, J. Harold Powers,
will leave tomorrow noon, Thursday,
November 27, on a tour of northern
Michigan. Members will travel by
bus and cars.
The tour includes a Thursday
afternoon performance in McBain;
a Thursday evening performance in
Traverse City; a Friday morning
performance in Traverse City; a
Friday afternoon performance in
Mancelona; and a Friday evening
performance in Grayling, Michigan.
and he will show some moving pictures of one of Michigan's 1941
games.
Weber will be introduced by the
toastmaster of the evening, Dr. Rupert C. Koeninger, professor in social science. Dr. Rolland Maybee,
professor of history, will lead the
community singing.
All men students and faculty
are invited and the price of the
turkey dinner is forty cents for
students and seventy-five cents for
faculty, according to Hiram Becker, Men's Union president and general chairman of the event.
Old and New Songs Feature
First Campus Song-Fest
Folk songs, popular ballads, and
hits of the day, were sung with enthusiasm at the campus sing which
was staged from six-thirty to seven-
thirty p. m., Friday, November 14.
The singing was led by Bernard
Stone, high school music critic.
Jack Tremaine, Traverse City
senior, was accompanist for the
group singing, and also played a
solo.
Identification Pictures
To Be Taken This Week
All campus students who have not
had identification pictures this year
must do so either Wednesday,
Thursday or Friday afternoons
(November 26-28) from 2:00 until
5:00 p. m. in the private dining
room at Keeler Union. These pictures were paid for on registration
day.
Saturday students who have not
yet been photographed must have
this done Saturday, November 29. A
25 cent fee will be charged each
Saturday student.
Pictures are compulsory for aJL
students.
House Heads to Discuss
Combining Annual Hop
The next meeting of house presidents will be held Monday, December 1. The group will discuss activities for the remainder of the semester. Plans will be made for the
annual House Hop, and it will be
.decided whether or not the Hop will
be held jointly with the two dormitories instead of alone, as has hem
the custom.
"How to be a salesman in three
easy days" is now the motto of Bill
Dersnah, Bay City junior. Bill
took the $2.00 third prize in Dean
Barnes homecoming badge selling
contest, in spite of entering the contest only three days before the campaign closed.
The YMCA placed second, winning
the $3.00, by selling at a table in the
first floor foyer Saturday morning
and at the candy window during the
week.
Walt' Seibel, Saginaw senior,
capped the premium award of $5.00.
Campus Trcdnmg School I
Shows Enrolment Increase
This year shows an 8.5 per cent
increase in enrolment in the College Elementary school. The enrolment for each grade is as follows:
kindergarten 38, first grade 32,
second grade 27, third grade 36,
fourth grade 36, fifth grade 26,
sixth grade 21, seventh grade 28,
eighth grade 20. The total enrolment for this year is 254.
Annual Speech FesSvdl
Discontinued at Central
High school principals and super-
intendents of Michigan having decided to promote their own speech
contests this year. Dr. Wilbur E.
Moore, head of the speech department, announced that Central is not
planning to have a speech festival
this year.
Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensic fraternity, who has
been in charge of arrangements and
program for the high school orators, ex-tempore speakers, anji
readers will plan to direct activities
on another project.
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