1941-12-03; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 23
NUMBER 8
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1941
Mercury Rangers
To Appear Friday
Promise to Present Program
Without Recurrence of Last
Year's Mishap.
The Mercury Rangers, exponents
of hill-billy music who made themselves known last year by not arriving, will try again Friday, December
5, when, it is rumored, they will present their program at an all-student
assembly.
The group, which specializes in
vc.al and instrumental interpretations of western and hill-billy tunes,
caused considerable confusion last
year when they failed to make their
appearance even though the entire
student body wa.ted for them in the
auditorium for a considerable
length of time.
The Rangers, who are sponsored
by the Ford Motor Company and
are "very good" according to Dr. C.
L. Anspach, have promised that
there will not be a recurrence of
last year's disappo'nment.
Central Students
o Present Play
Climaxing their first series of performances, the Sunday Evening
Players, after traveling nearly two
thousand miles and playing before
over twenty-one hundred people,
will bring their play "The Servant
in the House" to the stage of the
college auditorium next Sunday evening at seven-thirty P- m-> Decern^
ber 7. "
"The Servant in the House" by
Charles Rann Kennedy is a powerfully moving drama of conflicting
emotions in the lives of the family
of an English country vicar. High
interest and argument followed the
original Broadway production of the
play a few years ago, with Walter
Hampden and Tyrone Power, Sr. in
the principle roles.
Rev. Marshall Russell Reed, minister in the Nardin Park Methodist
church in Detroit in writing to Pres.
Charles L. Anspach after the performance of the Sunday Evening
Players in his church, stated, "I
have never seen a college cast do a
finer piece of work than your young
people did last night and I have seen
few professionals who surpassed
them."
The unique, portable stage, constructed and designed by the fneinv
bers of the cast, will be used for the
production.
No admission will be charged. A
"free will" offering will be taken.
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The Commerce Club will meet on
Friday, December 5, at 7:30 in Warriner Hall to make plans >f©_?"■&
Christmas party on December 15.
Three Central Girls
In Auto Accident
Tw-. Central M chigan students,
Margaret Goodyear, St. Louis sophomore, and Patricia Hart, Saginaw
£cpi.omor_, were confined to the
Community hospital early this week
following an autcmob le accident,
Sunday night. Coming back to
campus from St. Louis, they were
hurt when their car crashed into
that of Arthur J. Grisdale, of Mt.
Feasant, who attempted to make a
left-hand turn directly in front of
th- Go- dyear car.
The accident occured 1 mile south
of Mt. Pleasant on US-27, at the
intersect'on known as Barber's
Corners. The girls were to have been
released from the hospital early
this week.
All College Den Party
Saturday Night, Dec. 6
The den will be open to all college
students Saturday December 6, from
8:00-11:00 p.m., for the first all-college den party of the year, sponsored by the Student Social Activities Committee. The game tables
will be available for pool billiards,
and ping-pong. Participants will
also be free to play shuffleboard,
bridge, or dance to radio music. Ten
cents admission will be charged.
Semi-Formal Den Party Is
Planned by Beta Pi Lambda
A semi-formal den party will be
the opening night for Beta Pi Lambda's social season on Friday, December 12. Attending will be Dean C. C.
Barnes, Dean George N. Lauer,
members, pledges, and guests.
First Year Teachers
For Two Week-end
To Take Place at
Teachers Attend
Conference Here
Reasons and Techniques for
Studying Children Is Problem to Be Considered.
The second annual conference on
Child Growth and Development for
the Central Michigan Demonstration Area, will be held here Saturday, December 6. The theme of this
all day program will be Reasons and
Techniques for Studying Children.
For teachers attending, the program will include registration in the
Warriner Hall lobby from 9:30 to
10; 00, followed by a general session
in the auditorium presided over by
J. C. Young of Remus, chairman of
the Central Michigan area. At this
meeting, Dr. David M. Trout, Dean
of Students, will welcome the group,
and Manley Ellis, of Western Michigan College of Education, will deliver an address on "Techniques for
Studying Children."
Group meetings for teachers who
have been working with and studying children during the past year
will follow. Mt. Pleasant teachers
will be in charge of a work period
for primary teachers; Herbert E.
Marshall, of the Central Michigan's
psychology department, will have
charge of a group studying the interpretation of cooperative tests given last spring; and Donald Kinsey,
also of the psychology department,
will lead discussion on The Case of
Mickey Murphy.
After an informal luncheon in the
small dining room of Keeler Union,
there will be another general session in the auditorium until 3:30 at
which Ida McGuire, Beaverton, will
preside. The address will be given
by Alice Evans, Department of Public Instruction, on the topic, "What's
New in Professional Reading Material on Child Development?"
Dime Dance Series
To Begin Tonight
A series  of "dime after dinner"
dances, starting tonight, in Fred L.
Keeler   Union   Building   baliroom
was announced early this week by
the Dance Committee' of the Student Social Activities committee.
The dances, which will be held on
Wednesdays from six-thirty until
eight, have a ten cent admission
price. Music will be from recordings. Norvall C. Bovee, Union
building director, announced that
many new records had been purchased this year, and that new records would be added to these
throughout the year. There will be
dances on Wednesday, December 3,
and Wednesday, December 10, before Christmas, and after the holidays on January 7 and 14.
Billiard Exhibition
To Be Postponed
The management of Fred L.
Keeler Union announced early this
week that the scheduled appearance of Charles Peterson, world famous billiard player and instructor,
has been postponed. Mr. Peterson
who was to be on the campus December 17, ha§ placed the date of
his arrival in February. He spends
the entire year visiting college campuses, and army camps.
Enthusiastic Reception by Students
Registers Success, of fear's First Play
By Katherine Williams
That "The Man Who Came to
Dinner,' a three act comedy by
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
so enthusiastically received during
the summer season, deserved a
repeat performance was proven on
Tuesday evening, November 25
when a large crowd, gathered in the
auditorium, laughed in amusement,
and applauded approval, for the
speech department's first dramatic
presentation of the year.
The director of the play, Fred
R. Bush, retained as many members of the original cast and staff
as possible. Several substitutions
were necessary, however, because of
summer   students   leaving   the
campus
The action of the comedy centered
around Sheridan Whiteside (Fremont Varnum), eccentric lecturer,
who is confined to the home of the
(Stanleys (Betty Lee ©rawford and
Ward Fountain) with  injuries re
ceived from a fall on the steps. His
principle occupations while there
consist of disturbing the family
routine, insulting Nurse Preen
(Evelyn Schmidt), the small town
t>octor Bradley (John Sqderquist),
and any guests who called. Whiteside insists on entertaining convicts,
populating the house with cockroaches' and penguins, attempting
unsuccessfully to discourage the
romance between his secretary
(Harriett Myers) and Bert Jefferson (Charles Westie), by the
importation, of actress Lorrajne
Sheldon (Dorothy Kelly), and encouraging the Stanley children
(Phil-is Wagner and Douglas Murray) to venture into desired, but
unapproved, escapades.
At last on Christmas morning,
Mr. Whiteside prepares to leave the
Stanley home. With a few pointed
remarkes, be ex'ts — only to slip
, again on the steps; with a sub*
sequent return.
Eleven to Debate
At Toledo Meet
Central, Michigan State, Alma Represent Michigan in
"Direct Clash" Tournament.
Eleven Central debators comprising four teams will leave Friday
morning, December 5, for Toledo
University, Toledo, Ohio, to participate in a debate tournament.
About twenty-five schools with
teams varying in number from two
to six will take part in the debates.
Alma and Michigan State are the
only other colleges from Michigan
to participate.
Each of the four teams will debate
five times:. Friday afternoon and
evening, and Saturday morning and
afternoon. The "direct clash"
method of debating will be used
throughout the tournament.
Students from Central who will
take part in the speaking are Anne
Teel, Beverly Crandell, Barbara Veit,
Kae Andrusiewicz, Jean Cooper,
Wallace Gabler, Roger Stressnian,
Ipmery Freeman, Donald Nelson,
-Robert Innisj and Robert Pollock.
They will be accompanied by coach
Dr. Wilbur E. Moore, head of the
speech department.
Anne Teel Places
In Debate Tilt
I Anne Teel, Bay City senior, wen
third place hohpys in the women'?
division of the state extemporaneous
speech contest held in the new
Chapel at Alma College, Tuesday
evening, November 25.
The general topic this year was
'^Inter-racial Problems in the United
States". In the preliminary contest
Anne spoke on "The Logic of Restricting the Vote of Racial Minorities". In her final speech she discussed "Democratic Implications of
Racial Relationships".
, First place was taken by Hope
College and second place by Michigan State College. First, second, and
third honors in the men's contest
went to Albion College, Alma College, and Hope College respectively.
Bob Ballard, Jackson sophomore, represented Central in the men's division.
The Central speakers were coached by Dr. Wilbur E. Moore, head of
the speech department.
'41 Graduates
To Return Friday
Last Year's Seniors to Come
Back for Conferences with
Faculty.
An entirely new and different
plan for aiding C.M.C.E. graduates
teaching for the first time and also
student practice-teachers will go
into effect when the first conference
tor first-year teachers and faculty
is held here Friday, December 5,
The three principal purposes of this
conference are: to help first year
teachers in meeting problems which
are encountered; to assist faculty in
learning what is needed in - the
field; and to share experiences with
seniors who will be teaching next
year. A faculty committee headed
by Dr. David M. Trout, Dean of
Students', and consisting of P. G.
Lantz, director of the Campus
Elementary school, and Miss Freddie Link, home economics instructor has charge of the day's activities.
The general program for the day
is in charge of Mr. Lantz. In the
forenoon, all guests' who arrive
Thursday, or early Friday morning,
are invited to visit one of the
laboratory schools; these will in-
:lude the Mt. Pleasant high school,
the College [Elementary school, the
Jordan, Hoag, Hoover, Lincoln, and
Cahoon Rural schools. From 10:00
until 11:00, those who wish may attend the college assembly, featuring the Ford Mercury Rangers.
Following the assembly, there will
be several group meetings for
rural, elementary, and secondary
.teachers.
There will be a luncheon in the
Keeler Union Ballroom from 12:30
to 2:00 for all first year teachers
and those of the Gentral Michigan
College faculty and student-
teachers who wish to attend. President Charles L, Anspach will address the group on "Reclaiming
Forgotten Guide Posts," and two
senior music students will lead
group singing. All faculty members
are urged to attend, and Miss Link,
who is in charge of arrangements,
asks that they and the seniors Who
plan to attend; make reservations
at the Keeler Union desk not later
than Thursday, December 4, if possible. Tickets will be 6.5 pei^s each.
After the luncheon, the staff of
each department and the supervisors of student teaching in that
field will meet with their fdnrier
majors and minors in order to discuss, %ny problems that are. .presented. "Rufal teachers wiil visit the
laboratory school where they did
their practice teaching, and elementary teachers will visit the Campus
Elementary school for meetings
With their former supervisors.
Square dancing and a further
entertainment program, under the
direction of Miss Helen, Acheribach,
Of the physical education department, has been planned for -Fri-
4ay evening. All. seniors, as well as
last year's graduates' are invited to
participate.
All those who wish to stay over'
may attend the Second Annual
Conference on Child Growth and
Development which will be held all
day Saturday.
The new sound-proofing of the
halls in the Union dormitory, is
completed according to an an-*
nouncement made recently by NoiS
vail C. Bovee, Union director. The
installation, has had a noticeable
affect on the amount of noise in the
halls.
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