1942-04-15; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 23
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MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1942 ,
NUMBER 21
Tuesday
College to Vote
On Constitution Changes
Revision Proposal
In Student Hands
Assembly Program Friday
Will Outline Further Plans
Offered.
With the election date set
for Tuesday, April 21, the
Student Council is now completing detailed plans for the
election that will present the
revised constitution to the
student body for approval or
rejection.
The old constitution and proposed
revision were put in the hands of
all student voters last week, when
Central Michigan Life published a
special constitution bulletin. An independent group, led by a committee of six, offered suggestions for
improvement of the plans to the
council last week. Some of these
plans were included in the proposed
constitution.
Booster Club Formed
The independent group is now
forming a "booster's club," supporting the proposed revision, and working for further campus improvement.
Voting will be conducted all day
on April 21 in the second floor
foyer.
Pull details of the plans and answers to any student questions will
be given in a student assembly at
10 o'clock Friday morning.
Women's League Delegate
Attends National Convention
Jean Butterfield, North Branch
junior, attended the national women's league convention at the
Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, last week. She returned to
campus Saturday.
Sports This Week
Baseball...
35 Chippewa nine candidates report to Skipper Danny Rose.
Track ...
Athletic Director Ronald Finch
completes plans for Fourth Animal
Central Relays.
Badminton «. -
Campus   bad-Mint®--   pi a. yes??
move Into second Mni   ®!
Cenfraliies Gain
Honors in Speech
Dr. Wilbur E. Moore, head of the
speech department, and Emery
Freeman, sophomore speech major,
brought recognition to Central
Michigan College in the national
Pi Kappa Delta contest at Minneapolis, April 6 to 11.
Dr. Moore went to Minneapolis
as the chairman of the constitutional committee of the national
Pi Kappa Delta organization and
came back a member of the National Council, having been elected
from a group representing over 100
chapters. This council is the governing body of the national organization, which has 163 chapters and
18,000 members, and is' composed of
a president, a vice-president, and
three council members.
Freeman was rated "good" in
oratory from a group of over 50
contestants.
Both Dr. Moore and Freeman
were heard from WCCO, Minneapolis clear-channel station, over a
national hook-up during the week.
The program itself was arranged
by Dr. Moore, who was asked to
take charge of this broadcast.
Summer Courses
For Shop Work
Twelve-Week Session for Industrial  Arts  Minor  Begins
June 1.
An accelerated program making it
possible for a student or graduate
who now has three hours to his
credit to finish an industrial arts
minor in twelve weeks is being
offered to cummer students this
year. This course, beginning June 1
and ending August 22, will allow
summer students to earn 12 credits
in the shop field permitting any instructor qualified to teach other
classes who may find it advantageous to take the summer work to
become eligible for school shop instructor.
Serious Lack
The serious lack of industrial arts
instructors has already curtailed
the number of industrial courses
offered in many schools. The future expectation is that many
schools will not be able to fill the
vacancies since replacements from
college institutions' are at a minimum. Small schools are also fighting a losing battle against the attractive salaries offered by large
school systems—and positions offered in the defense plants.
The regular nine week session,
starting June 22 and ending August
22, will still be a part of the summer program with an additional
course in printing being offered.
Band, Orchestra
In Joint Concert;
Public Invited
Forty-Three Musicians to Perform in Recited Tonight; No
Admission Charge.
The Central Michigan band
and orchestra will present a
joint concert in the auditorium tonight at 8:15. All students and faculty are welcome to "attend the recital.
There will be no admission
charge.
Included in the orchestra
numbers, directed by Mr. William Hoppe, will be the first
movement of the G Minor
Symphony by Mozart and the
popular Spanish dance, "Mala-
guena."
The bar.% under the direction of
Preston   Mayhew,   will   present a
varied program including "Sequoia,"
a tone poem, and   "Mardi   Gras"
from the "Mississippi    Suite"    by
Ferde Grofe.
Miss Louise Bartlett, instructor in
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Collegiate Failure to Participate
In Volunteer Set-Up Forces issue
Training Schedule to Begin Monday Follows Approval by
Union Board and Administration; Physical Education Department to Map Details.
Following student requests, a compulsory physical education program will be inaugurated on the Central Michigan
campus for all men students beginning Monday, it was announced yesterday by the Men's Union board.
Dropping like an exploding bombshell on many Central
students, the new move may call for an hour's physical workout four days a week. The outline of the new set-up, however, will be planned and announced by the physical education department at an all-school assembly at 10 a. m. Friday.
It will be called a "compulsory pre-induction physical hardening program."
Chinese Refugee
To Speak Here
A special assembly for the student
body will take place next Monday,
April 20, at 4:00 p. m. Miss Eva
Lu, a Chinese girl who recently
came to this country from China,
will be the speaker.
Mis Lu is the daughter of Dr. Lu,
minister of education at Tientsin
up to the time of the Japanese invasion. After many months of
tribulations' Miss Lu finally succeeded in reaching the United
States.
The subject of her address will
concern life in China, the home life
of her people, and the cruelty of the
Japanese. Miss Lu, coming from a
wealthy, educated family, gives one
a better understanding of the upper
class Chinese, their ideals, and their
families.
The art department is displaying
the textile exhibit of D. Mdstdlio
in the foyer for the next two weeks.
"Mud, Rain, Wind"-Foubare
"I wouldn't want to feel indirectly
responsible for a good bombing in
Iceland, so I can't say too much,"
commented Louis Foubare, former
student at Central who was stationed at the army base in Iceland
from last September 15 until March
20. He arrived in New York Tuesday,
April 7, after a 16 day trip from the
island, and was on campus Monday.
He did discuss his work there in
the pharmacy division of the U. S.
Army, however, saying "It was a
really wonderful experience. There
were a few hardships of course, but
that's part of the army. I'm glad I
went in when I did." That was last
winter, when Louis left Central at
the end of the first semester.
Louis is to begin his work at the
Officers Training school in the
Medical Administrative Corps in
Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pa., on
May 2. He will graduate as a second
lieutenant in three months from
that date.
"The vre&th&e Is mild, but there
was lots of rata this Winter, mud
that was at one time 12 inches
deep, and wind that reached a
velocity of 133 m. p. h. Men wore
steel helmets to protect their
heads when they went out, and
they all went to bed at night
hoping there would still be a roof
over their heads in the morning'."
"The Icelanders aren't pro-
Nazi, hut since they have had a
democracy there for 1200 years,
they resent being occupied by the
troops of two countries. They are
polite, though, almost fireezingly
polite," Louis said.
"There was mo trouble there,"
he said, "a few planes overhead
now and then, and lots   of   sub-
. marines around. We   picked   up
men from all torpedoed ships, as
the hospital   was   open   to   men
from any country."
There is very strict censorship on
information coming from Iceland.
Only 10% of the   men   there   are
allowed to leave at any time. Louis
is on detached service from there
now.
Women to Meet Friday
Proposed by the men's union the
plan was accepted by men students
at their assembly last Friday.
Women will meet during the last 15
minutes of the student assembly
Friday to discuss their part in the
new set-up.
An official announcement made
yesterday revealed that "President
C. L. Anspach called a meeting to
discuss the proposed program on
April 13. It was presented   to   the
administration and was accepted.
The plan was then referred to the
physical education department for
organization. Full details of the
program will be released at the assembly at 10 a. m. on Friday, April
17."
Voluntary Program Failed
The new move on physical training for all students follows on the
heels of a failing voluntary program
which saw increasingly diminishing
turnouts in recent weeks. Some
volunteer programs were forced to
be abandoned altogether, although
college instructors consistently
volunteered their services as leaders.
Leaders have consistently pointed
toward a compulsory program, if
the volunteer set-up failed, for fear
that some outside state unit might
move in.
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Alumni Get Promotions;
Become Deputy Wardens
Two Central Michigan College
graduates, holding the same positions at Jackson and Ionia reformatories, have been promoted to
identical positions at their respective places.
Fred Sanborn, who has been educational director at the Ionia Reformatory, is now deputy warden
there. Iden Frances, educational
director at Jackson, has been assigned the position of deputy warden at Jackson.
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