1942-12-16; Central Michigan Life

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WedtveAdoM
Glancing   through  the Hill  Top
News, a publication of the Ionia
Reformatory there was found ah interesting item on the "Have-a-laff"
page. The column relays it to the
student. "DEAR PA: Gue$$ what I
need mo$t for Chri$tma$? I know
you under$tand about cigarette$ and
candie$, $o plea$e $end it right away.
Be$t wi$he$. You $on." And this is
Pa's reply: DEAR SON: Nothing
cheers me so much as your letters
and kNOwing that you are well.
Nothing much happens here, but do
write aNOther letter NOw and then.
Your Father."
Students who wish to secure a ride
home on the "share-a-ride program"
should leave their names in the general office as soon as possible. Because of the gas rationing and tire
problem, students who have cars, as
well as faculty members who plan
trips, should plan to take passengers
to and from school for the Christmas holidays. Nobody should leave
Mt. Pleasant without a load. Please
contact the office if you have a car
or wish a ride.
Stag parties are always interesting and it is reported that men
often learn much when they get a
chance to get together and let down
their hair. Last Saturday night,
Frank Reger, Clare junior and
groom-elect, was guest of honor at a
stag affair at the home of Charles
Westie. At the same time Reger's
bride-to-be, Laura Shelby of Petoskey, and former Life editor, was
honored in the home of Mrs.
Gladyce Ellis. To get back to the
stag party, it was reported that the
guest blushed most of the evening.
You know how men are. Guests included Jesse Thorpe, Norvall Bovee,
George N. Lauer, Harold Pierce, Dr.
E. C. Chenoweth, Max Krell, and
Charles Westie.
Central Michigan Life will sponsor
an auction sale of lost articles on
January 20 in the lobby at Keeler
Union. All students who have lost
articles since February, 1942, should
look over articles in the lost and
found departments of Keeler Union
and General Office. If any of the
articles belong to you take them. If
not, leave them. Any persons who
have articles which they have found
may have them auctioned off at the
sale. Remember the date—January
20 at 4 p. m. In all probability C. C.
Barnes, dean of administration, will
once agai.. donate his services as an
auctioneer. Profits will be.donated
by Life to the Victory Loan Fund.   .
'Twas nine days before Christmas1
And all through the Union „.:.;
Not a creature was quiet
Not even Kezlarian. j
Words   to   this' effect   will   be
brought forth tonight when the residents of the Men's Dorm stage their
annual Christmas party. Besides a
Wealth of entertainment it is rumored that St. Nick, alias Bruce Gorte,
Will be in presence to present presents to those who are present.
The editors, staff and advisor
wish all Central students, faculty
and men in service a very MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
Frank Reger to Wed
Laura Shelby Saturday
Miss Laura Shelby, last year's
editor of Life who is now teaching
in Petoskey, and Frank Reger,
junior at Central, will be married
Saturday evening, December 19, at
8:00 :n the local Presbyterian
church. Attending them will be Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Ellis, while Henry
Smith and Bob McCabe will be
ushers. Rev. W. H. Brunelle will
officiate. '
VOLUME 24
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN,. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1942
NUMBER 10
Class to Present
Reading Festival
Program Scheduled lor Tomorrow Night in Room W355.
A Poetry and Reading Festival
is being presented by the Interpretative Reading class, tomorrow
night, December 17, in W355 from
7^5 to 9:00.
The program consists of individual
as well as choral readings. Maurice
Durfee will give "The Fighting
Parson." "The Children's Hour"
and "Little Boy Blue" will be presented by Shirley Hagenbuch. Virginia Vincer will give "God's
World," "Germany," and "The First
Christmas," one of her original
poems. Fran Mewmaw will give
"Death Snips Proud Men," -"The
Hangman," and "Chicago." "Riven-
ant" and "Dover Beach" ,are the
readings that will be given by Ruth
Horn.
The choir will present "Doe's It
Matter," "London Town," and a
selection from "St. Luke." The
choir is made up of Dorothy Ayre,
Betty Bonnell, Kenneth Chambers,
Mildred Curtis, Marjorie Dues, Virginia Fedcke, Emery Freeman,
Shirley Hagenbuch, Ruth Horn, Edward Keate, Arline Laage, Bernard
McKenna, Frances Mewmaw, Betty
Miller, Doris Phinney, Alice Provost, Rosemary Skelton, .Alice
Slough, Norma VosbUrg, Virginia
Vincer, Marjorie Wise, and Maurice
Durfee.
Air Raid Alert
The college will have an air raid
alert some time before.. the Christmas vacation.
The signal for the alert will be
intermittent ringing of the class
bell, two and a half seconds on and
one second off for a one-minute
period. The whistle that was. used
for a signal last year has' been removed from the heating plant.
Cards with directions have been
placed"" in each" room.'^instructors
have. been asked to inform the
classes of the exact procedure from
each room to safe areas in case of
air raid alert or to the proper exit
in case of fire.
The dormitories will be notified of
the exact time of this week's alert.
The ^directors will use the buzzers
in the rooms to sound the alarm.
Kappa Delta Pi Votes $10
to Victory Loan Fund
Kappa Delta Pi voted $10 to the
Victory Loan Fund in honor of four
of its former members who are now
:n the service of the country. The
members were Jack Tremaine, Ivan
Steiner, Robert Knott, and Robert
Rademacher. Dorothy Malany will
represent the local chapter at the
regional conference at. St. Louis,
Missouri on February 27.
Business Firms and College Unite
for New Office Training Program
"Earn" while you learn" education
is being tried for the first time in
a state school with the inauguration
of a new office training program
now in operation at Central Michigan College. '
High school commercial graduates,
16 years old or older, will spend
alternate four weeks on the job' in
actual work situations and four
weeks at the college learning operation of ' modern office equipment
pertaining to their particular work.
The stepped-up: work schedules
of war industries have created a
great demand for trained office
workers, says J. D. Marcus, coordinator for . the cooperative office
training. It has also caused a shortage of office workers among local
employers throughout the state.
To fill these needs, the Michigan
State Board of Education of Control for Vocational Guidance has
approved;the new program. Though
the scheme is new, Marcus says the
inquiries from both employers and
prospective . students^. .proves the
course will be extremely popular.
Cooperating employers with trainees include the Pure Transportation
Company, Gloria Hill of Mt. Pleasant and Margaret Rau of Weidman;
Simrall Corporation, Kathleen
Hampton of Harrison and Alice
Frye, of Lansing; City. Treasurer's
of fice, Bonnie Roberest of Clare and
Alice Tetzlaff of Big Rapids; General Insurance Agency, Marjorie
Butler of Mt. • Pleasant; Piatt and
Howe, Builders, Delpha Kelly of
Shepherd; Isabella Oounty Farmers
Grain Company, Marjorie Curtiss of
I Shepherd; Isabella County Abstract
Office and Potter insurance Agency,
!Betty Eyre- of Midland^ and • Ituth
Wooster of Reed City. -
Lantz Announces Names
of February Teachers
P. G. Lantz, director of placement,
announces that the following February graduates have accepted
teaching positions: Marguerite
Burkett, Lake City, will teach in
the junior high school at Wayne;
Genevieve Moore, Bay City, in the
early elementary department of a
Bay City school, and Marian Har-
tung, at Mayville.
GRADUATES
All college students receiving
degrees either in February, June,
or August of 1943, who are interested in getting into the U.S. Signal Service, are to meet in Room
W-355 next Friday morning, December 18 at 10:00 o'clock. A representative from the Signal Service will be present. This is not a
part of the military service, so
they are really more interested in
securing girls than boys. They will
give graduates a basic course in
radio and the salary will be $2080
to staH.
P. G. LANTZ
Plans Completed
for Annual Dance
Party to Be Climax to Busy
Week of Christmas Activities.
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Central's dance lovers will gather
in the Keeler Union ballroom from
9:30 till 12:30, tomorrow night, December 17, for the annual Christmas Ball, which will climax a week
of. crowded activities previous to
the holiday, vacation.
Bud Benford and his orchestra
will provide the music for dancing.
The party is a semi-formal affair
with corsages banned. It is cabaret
style.
The dance is sponsored by the
Student Council, with the aid of
the Men's Union and Women's
League. Proceeds will go to the
Victory Loan Fund. Tickets are on
sale in advance in the dean of
women's office for $1.50 each plus
tax. Tables are reserved when a
ticket is purchased. The sale to the
present time indicates that the
party will be well attended by both
students and faculty.
See—BANCE—Page 4
Freshman Class
Leads Fund Drive
Underclassmen Top Individual Payments; Seniors Lead
as a Group.
Showing their usual enthusiasm
for school affairs, the members of
the freshman class are leading the
school in their payments of individual pledges for the Victory
Loan Fund, according to an announcement made by Marjorie Anderson, chairman of the drive. With
55 of their 130 pledges paid at least
in part, the freshmen led the other
classes by a ratio of more than 2 to
1. The sophomore pledges have
amounted to 57 of which 26 have
been paid in part. Twenty-three, of
the 47 pledges from juniors have
been kept up while the seniors are
trailing in their individual pledges
with but 20.of their 37 paid.
The senior class, however, as a
group, had been the Fund's largest
contributor to date with its donation
of $108. Other organizations contributing so far are Kappa Delta
Pi, '' Alpha Sigma Tau, Helen R.
Emmons, Sigma Phi Omieron, Mercier Club, Phi Delta Eta, Y. W. C.
A. Library Circulation Department;
Beta Pi Lambda, Kappa Gamma,
Physical Education Club, Alpha
Sigma Alpha, Phi Sigma Epsilon,
and Theta Sigma Upsilon.
Thirty-six stars have been given
,for various boys in service by faculty and others.
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Students are urged to pay up their
pledges before the holidays. The
eighth week's payment are now due
payable in the general office.
Council Sponsors
Christmas Sing
Today, Wednesday, December 16,
the mterfaith Council is sponsoring
the annual Christmas sing, in th$
lobby of Keeler Union, from four
until five o'clock. While much of
the time will be spent in group-
singing, a brief program will be
presented by the A Cappella choir
directed by Prof. J. Harold Powers*
and a Christmas medley by a.
string ensemble under the directiofi
of William A. Hoppe. Dr. Walter S.
Ryder will speak briefly on "The
Spirit of Christmas" after whirh
Dorothy Kelly will sing ♦'Cantiquie
de Noel." Lyle Brown and Bill
Gregory will entertain with their
tonettes. Faculty as well as students are urged to attend thi£
traditional sin^
CLOSING TIME
The official closing time of the
college is 4 p. m.   on    Saturday,
December 19. All classes will meet,
as scheduled up to that time.
Classes will resume at 8 a. m. on
Monday, January 4.
CLEON C. RICHTMEYEE.v
Director ©f. Instaietlosi'