1942-03-18; Central Michigan Life

              All Women Students
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Tri-Dorm Dance
Friday Night
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1942
NUMBER 18
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Three Dorms Sponsor Dance Friday
Committee Bans
Corsages at Party
Malany, Foss. and Delano
Comprise Committee for Tri-
Dorm Cabaret Dance.
Residents of the three
dormitories on the campus
will climax weeks of preparation this Friday night when
they and their guests attend
the first Tri-Dorm dance of
Central's history. Previously
the annual dance was only a
two-dorm affair but since the
addition of Sloan Hall to the
campus it has been changed to
a dance for three residence
halls.
Music will be furnished by Bud
Benford and his orchestra with a
cabaret-style dance floor. A floor
show will be an outstanding feature
of the evening.
Corsages Banned
Corsages will be banned according
to the committee in charge of arrangements. The committee consists
of Harriet Foss, Sloan Hall; Dorothy Malany, Ronan Hall; and
Wendel Delano, Keeler Union. The
dance will be semi-formal and will
be open to residents of the three
dormitories and their guests.
Tickets are now on sale at the
dean of women's office and will be
sold only to dormitory residents. Admission price is one dollar per
couple.
Knitting-Writing Bee
To Be League Project
The Women's League sponsored
another "letters for defense" meeting Monday, March 16, in the
women's lounge. However this meeting differed from the former one
in the fact that it was not limited
to letter-writing alone, for arrangements were made to include
knitting as part of the evening
activity. Virginia Fedcke, Mt. Pleasant freshman, was in charge.
The Faculty Dames were on
hand to help the girls with their
knitting. Red Cross yarn was
available for the knitting and stationery for correspondence was
furnished by the college. The girls
"Who attended the meeting chose
the name of some Central man now
in s'ervice.
State Police Accept Kujawski
For M.S.C. Training Course
Ed Kujawski, Boyne City senior,
and Kenneth Sohmer, Otter Lake
senior, have been accepted by the
Michigan State Police to report
Wednesday, March 18, at East Lansing for a six weeks' training course
at Michigan State College.
STAMPS FOR BRITAIN collected by all of the students in the
college elementary school are shown being inspected by three who
helped to collect them. They are from left to right, Donald Moore,
sixth grade; Duane Pelletier, sixth grade; and JoAnn Wilson, fifth
grade. The stamps are sent to England where they are sold for the
dye which is removed from them and used again.
DR. PAUL POPENOE, director of
American Institute of Family Relations, will come to Central's campus to be guest speaker at the
week-long conference which begins
next Monday.
Women Students to Vote Tomorrow;
Six Officers to Name; Polls in Foyer
All women students at Central
Michigan are to vote tomorrow for
officers of the Women's League. The
election will take place between 8
a. m. and 5 p. m., with the polls in
the second floor foyer, Warriner
Hall. Six of the eighteen nominees
are to be elected, a president, vice-
president, secretary, treasurer, and
two representatives at large.
The candidates for president are
Margaret Blum, Jean Butterfield,
and Florence Mary Gwinn. One of
these girls will be named to succeed
President Esther Anderson. Nominated for election to the vice-presi-
Sports This Week
Basketball . . .
Chuck Smith, Central's high-
scoring forward, named to all-
college second all-star basketball
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Alma, Reed City, and East
Tawas gain regional high school
basketball dukes here last weekend.
Track . . .
Chippewa thinclads finish fifth
at Illinois Tech Relays. Lucien
Bartnick wins 70-yard dash.
Baseball <> .»
Coach Danny Rose views Central's diamond fortunes. Battery-
men to report to duty soon.
dency were Wilma Clark, Barbara
June Payne and Ina Ringle.
Bertha Croftchik, Anna Mary
Kane, and Martha Poling are up
for the office of secretary. Treasurer
candidates are Marjorie Dues, Betty
Jane Read, and Betty Ross.
The nominees for representatives
at large, where two will be chosen,
Beatrice Harrington, Betty Paine,
Betty Reutz, Marian Thomas, Lucille Warner, and Elinor Wendt.
Senior Placements
Given Out by Lantz
Teaching positions are continually
being filled by students of Central
Michigan College. Placements announced last week by P. G. Lantz,
placement director, include Jane
Francis, Lansing senior, who will
teach in Capac, and Alexandra Mac-
Rae, Cass City senior, who will teach
in Bad Axe. Both of the placements
were in elementary schools.
Dorothy Hosmer, Charlotte senior, will teach home economics in
St. Charles; Laura Shelby, Coleman senior,, will teach English in
Petoskey; and Eleanor Sours, Detroit senior, will teach English and
Latin in Manchester.
Other recent placements include
alumni of Central Michigan Col-
T Te. Maxine Williams, who has
u -n teaching in Jackson, will teach
teethe elementary schools in Rockford. Mary Jane Schreur, who has
been teaching in Petoskey, will
teach mathematics in Midland.
Radio Guild Gives
Fifth Performance
"$100,000 for a Wife" to Be
Presented Tonight at 9 p. m.
Over WBCM.
For their fifth performance, the
Radio Guild has chosen to broadcast "$100,000 for c Wife" by Sol
Saks, over WBCM, Bay City, at 9
p. m. this evening. Members of
the cast will include Robert Ballard,
Max Millerd, Dorothy Kelly, Bob
McCabe, John Soderquist, Barbara
June Payne, and Fremont Varnum.
Last Wednesday, March 11, the
program was divided into two parts:
a comedy-mystery entitled "The Old
Oaken Bucket'' by Harriet Glaze,
and two poems "Patterns" by Amy
Lowell and "Grandmither, Think
Not I Forget" by Willa Gather given
by Dorothy Kelly. Actors in the
play were Dorothy Kelly, Bob McCabe, Robert Ballard, and John
Soderquist.
The regular weekly meeting night
of the Radio Guild has been
changed from Wednesday to every
Tuesday night. On these nights
future radio plays are chosen and
casts selected.
All students interested in radio
broadcasting should see Dr. Wilbur
E. Moore immediately, as try-outs
are taking place now.
HOUR-DANCES
The Wednesday evening hour-
dances at Keeler Union have been
cancelled, Norvall C. Bovee, di-.
rector of Keeler Union, aai-
nounced this week. Attendencc
did not warrant the continuance
of the dances.
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Sociologist Here
For Conference
To Begin Monday
Director of Institute to Discuss
Sociological Problems in
Week Meet.
By Ann Gidilewich
Dr. Paul Popenoe, general
director of the American Institute of Family Relations,
will begin next week's conference on "Youth in a World at
War" with a breakfast meeting with the Student Social
Activities Committee and conference committee at Eeeler
Union, Monday morning from
9:00 to 10:30.
Talks and discussions of vital interest to all groups' on the campus
wiU be led by Dr. Popenoe several
times a day from Monday morning
through Sunday afternoon. Discussions, although sponsored by various
organizations, are open to all students on the campus.
Chairmen
Chairmen for the meetings will
be: Monday, Dr. J. W. Foust, assistant professor of mathematics, P.
G. Lantz, placement director, and
President C L. Anspach; Tuesday,
President Anspach, Superintendent
C. B. Park, and Paul Hintze, Student Council president; Wednesday,
Esther Anderson, Women's League
president, Hiram Becker, Men's
Union president, and Dr. D. Louise
Sharp, dean of women; Thursday
Dr. D. M. Trout, dean of students,
Julia Dembicki, Pan-Hellenic Council president, and Walter Seibel,
Inter-Fraternity Council president;
Friday, George N. Lauer, dean of
men, and Jean Sinclair, representative, Helen R. Emmons chib; Saturday, Charles C. Barnes, dean of
administration; Sunday, Roger
Stressman, Y.M.C.A. president, and
Rev. Charles W. Mackenzie, pastor,
First Methodist Church.
Family Relations
Dr. Popenoe is well-known for his
work with the Institute of Family
Relations which was established to
serve as an educational center and
information bureau in connection
with the problems of sex, heredity,
love, marriage, and parenthood.
More recently, Dr. Popenoe has devoted much of his time to the promotion of education for marriage
and family life in the schools and
colleges of America.
With this in mind, he has participated in many conferences, institutes, and student organizations. Besides this he has contributed many
articles to popular magazines and
radio while carrying on continuous
research.
Emotional Growth
It is Dr. Popenoe's belief that
youth needs to grow up emotionally,
particularly in times such as these.
He is now married and has four
sons. From his extensive background Dr. Popenoe offers sound
and stimulating leadership to discussion groups in the whole field of
love, marriage, and parenthood.
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