1942-07-01; Central Michigan Life

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With this, the first issue, Central
Michigan Life begins a new" summer
session. Every student on the campus is entitled to a free copy of the
publication each Wednesday morning. Copies may be secured in
front of the auditorium in Warriner Hall and1 at the end of the
cafeteria line or at the desk in
Keeler Union. Take one—it's the
student's paper. Any letters to the
editors, organization stories and
other material will be handled. Letters to the editors must be signed.
Although final release on the lecture course next is yet unavailable,
Life was informed this week that
the Cleveland Symphony orchestra
will be one of the. course numbers.
The organization is composed of 80
members and is one of the finest in
the country.
Never can one say that new students are not energetic. Scene:
Keeler Union Lobby. Time: Sunday
afternoon, June 21. Characters: 20
special chemistry students and the
attendant at the Union information desk. The attendant had just
received a phone call. The voice at
the other end asked for one or two
boys to carry trunks upstairs in
Ronan Hall (girls' dormitory). The
attendant asked of the group of
youths if anyone would care to perform the errand. Result? Twenty
lads left via the front door in a
rush. Only seven boys reached their
destination. It is reported that the
rest went to Sloan Hall (other girls'
dorm). However, it may be that
they were trampled in the rush.
What dust this mean? House-
cleaning usually comes in the spring.
However, Emil Oberg, superintendent of grounds, was reported to have
found stoves, washing machines,
churns, window shades, boxes, scrap
iron, old lockers and even billiard
balls. All this was found in the
basement of Grawn Hall and had
been accumulated over a period of
years.
Mrs. Helen Sikkens has been announced as the winner of a short,
short story contest for "Writers'
Digest." Mrs. Sikkens has won several prizes with poetry and has
published one volume of poetry. It
is entitled "A Potpourri at Dusk."
"One side me hearties. 'The
Youngsters* are a comin'." Now just
who are the "Youngsters"? Believe
it or hot! They are the defending
champions of the summer session
softball crown and better known as
the Faculty. The team headed by
Dr. E. C. Beck, head of the English
department, has announced that it
will be out to continue its reign as
the pennant winner. The team is
one of six in the league. (See story
on page 3.)
VOLUME 23
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MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1942
NUMBER 29
Air Raid Test
Will Be Staged
Here Next Week
Instructors Asked to Instruct
Students in Room Evacuation Before Saturday.
The short intermittent blast
of Central Michigan's air raid
whistle will call campus classes to a sudden halt sometime
before next Wednesday, it was
announced this morning by
air raid officials.
The drill will only be a "test"
however, to keep this campus in
line with practice blackouts and
tests being conducted in other
Michigan areas.
College instructors and building
heads were being told today to inform each class of the proper procedure that must be followed in
evacuating rooms during an air raid
drill. Safe areas have been designated for each of the campus
buildings.
Not Safe Areas
The Fred L. Keeler Union, Industrial arts building, and two other
white temporary structures housing
educational workshops and art
classes are not safe areas and students must evacuate to other buildings. Instructions for leaving the
building will be announced in
classes this week.
Laboratory students particularly
on the new" chemistry course were
given the following instructions:
"At the air raid signal first turn off
gas and electricity outlets before
leaving for safe areas."
At the air raid signal leave the
classroom in orderly fashion, officials announced to students today,
and go to the safe area along the
route designated by the instruc-
See—AIR RAID—Page 4
Navy's V-l Officers' Program
To Be Discussed Here Thursday
The navy's V-l program — designed to train college men to become naval officers and permit them
to be deferred while securing their
basic education at Central Michigan—will be discussed by a navy
representative at 11 a. m. Tuesday
in room 107 in Warriner Hall.
All men are urged to attend the
session which will be directed by
lit. J. H. Stone of Detroit. Questions
on the new V-l program will be answered and a general outline of the
plan will be discussed by the navy
official.
Several Central Michigan students
have already taken advantage of the.
navy's V-l, V-5 and special programs. Several students are now
enlisted under V=l and are attending Central prepa?&toiy to entering
the navy as an officer. Students
may be deferred for educational
work as long as four years.
Only a few collegiate institutions
in the state are permitted to grant
such training programs and must
be approved by. the navy department. Local director of the navy's
recruiting program is Dean George
N. Lauer, dean of men. Considerable information has been forwarded to him from the navy department and may be secured from him
at any time, he has announced.
Lt. Stone will be available in the
Fresl L. Keeler Union after- the
morning discussion and has announced that he will interview any
men who cannot attend the 11 a. m.
session or who wish to discuss per-
gjan&l enlte&menf; p^felemg*
Keeler Dormitory
Names Officers
Election of ward officers headlined activities of the first meeting
of the Keeler Dormitory for men,
last Thursday.
Elections' for ward representatives
include: Ward one—William Ken-
nett, Parrinton, Chemistry student;
Ward two—Tony Mettler, Sandusky
junior; Ward three—Don Borg, Ludington graduate student; and Ward
four—Tom Stege, Manistee chemistry student.
These men along with Director
Bovee, who was chairman of the
meeting, will compose the Dormitory council for the summer.
George N. Lauer, dean of men,
welcomed the boys, to the college
and in a short talk discussed the
administration's policy toward boys
living in the building.
Officials List 751 Students
While Other State Schools Drop
Registration Shows Less Graduate Students But Undergraduates Jump Well Over the 1941 Mark of 693.
An increase in summer school enrollment—unexpected and
certainly not in line with decreases recorded by many other
Michigan collegiate institutionsr—was listed for Central Michigan College yesterday when final tabulations were released
by'Dean C. C. Barnesi
Nutritionists Have
All Day Institute
Assembly Scheduled for 11
a. m. Today; Dr. Charlotte
Young to Speak.
An all day Nutrition Institute for all persons interested
in the relation of nutrition to
defense is being conducted to-day, in the auditorium. A special assembly will be staged
at 11 a. m. which the student
body is urged to attend.
Dr. Charlotte Young, of Michigan
State College, will discuss "Are we
well fed?" Miss Sylvia Hartt, state
supervisor of school lunches, will
tell many human interest stories
which she has obtained from incidents of the feeding program; this
year.
At 1:30 p. m., in the afternoon,
there will be a panel discussion of
"Wartime Food Problems," led by
Mrs. John H. Edahl, Isabella county
nutrition chairman.
Assisting in this discussion will
be Mrs. Harry Wakefield, Mt. Pleasant; Miss Bess Green, Home Management Supervisor, of the Farm
Security Administration; Mrs. Anna Nason, elementary school teacher; Mr. George Wheeler, Agriculture instructor at Central; Miss
Charlotte Young, Isabella county
health nurse; Mr. Norvall C. Bovee,
director of Keeler Union; and Mr.
Albert Moeller, local food store
manager.
Beethoven to Be Featured
At July 3 Symphony Program
Three dots and a dash—victory
symbol—fprm theme in the opening
movements of Beethoven's fifth
symphony.    Recordings! from  this
syn-phony  will be played to
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Students Register
For Workshop Duty
Sixty students of varied experience and background are working in
the Elementary Workshop, being
conducted at Central Michigan this
summer.
The first week, from 9 a. m. to
12 each day, individual conferences
were conducted. General meetings
at 2 p. m. are planned and conducted by students who bring up
subjects of general interest. Special
interest groups meet at convenient
times. After problems arise out of
group discussions, outside resource
people are often brought in to help
solve these problems. Thus, sharing
of student experiences adds much
to the interest and value of the
course.
teachers from one room schools,
city schools, and parochial schools,
along with elementary school principals', are enrolled. All sections of
the state are represented. The instructor reports that a student from
Alaska, Miss Bertha Allen, is one of
the students.
The Workshop has a home where
books, materials', announcements,
and exhibits are stored for future
reference. This is also the place for
study and informal discussion. It is
open from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. six
days a week.
The Workshop group entertained
R. Clyde Ford of Ypsilanti at an
informal luncheon in the Keeler
Union before the Assembly on June
29. Various other social activities
are being planned for the summer.
Officials list 751 students which
is 18 more than the total enrollment
last year. The enrollment on the
first day in 1941 was 676 undergraduates' and 40 graduates while
in 1942, 712 undergraduate^ registered the first.day. Of these sevpn
are enrolled, in industrial arts and
57 in special chemistry courses and
14 are graduate students.
Dorms Filled
The housing facilities? of Sloan
hall are filled as is Keeler Union.
Contrary to expectations the third
floor in Roan hall had to be
opened.
College officials list three reasons
for the increased enrollment: wartime courses in cEemistry designed
to train assistant analytical chemists; accelerated programs permitting undergraduates to complete the
ordinary four years of work in three
by attending summer sessions; and
the shortage of teachers in smaller
communities has called back to
the service many retired instructors to renew their certificates.
The reduction of unemployment
and increased wage is another reason for the increase in students.
There will be no coaching school
at Central this year.
Sports This Week
Softball
Complete
three.
schedule    on   page
Tennis
Courts available to all students.
Golf
Bus   transportation   to   course
daily.
Swimming
Island a?ark pool now open.
Country Dffiidncj
On tlie gpeqR, ®fej?y Jguegfey.
Dr. Charlotte Young
Discusses Course
In Nutrition, Foods
In a discussion with Dr. Charlotte
M. Young, of the Foods and Nutrition Division of Michigan State College, it was learned that many
special features of the refresher
course in Nutrition are being offered to students and the general
public for the first two weeks' of
the summer term.
Of special interest to the students
are the studies of what people eat,
the discussion of national nutritional problems, the studies of latest
vitamin information, with colored
slides and N.R.C. nutrition standards and how applied.
Of special interest to the surrounding community as well as to
the students are the food compositions, food fortification, food fads
and falacies, effects of emotions on
the digestive system, community
problems and evaluating advertising.
The course is1 sponsored by the
Michigan Nutrition Defense Committee for bringing the latest nutrition information to those who
have had some trainings, ^ho jM
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