1943-02-24; Central Michigan Life

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By Henry Smith
' Now that examinations are over,
at least for another semester, Centralites are settling down to more
serious things, namely, studying.
However, it won't be long before
spring will be moving in, snow will
be gone, trees will begin , budding
and that old familiar "spring fever"
will again bother students. Yes,
spring is only a few weeks away.
Speaking of spring one is reminded of the recent time change in
Michigan. No doubt many students
and faculty were emfoarassed by forgetting to move their clocks back an
hour. Truly ,red-in-the-face was
, Dorothy Procissi, a senior from
Plint. It seems that Dorothy failed
to move the clock hands backward
on February 15. On the same day
she waited in the cafeteria 20
minutes for the cafeteria line to
open before she caught on. "I just
thought all the clocks around campus were screwy." A popular hit tune
of two or three years ago would
describe Dorothy's case—'I didn't
know what time it was."
What with all air force men taking leave of the campus to enter the
service man power at Central gets
acute. A familiar greeting of not so
long ago was "Hello, Joe. Whatya
know?" Today it could well be
changed to "Hello, Joe, When do you
go?"
Ronan Hall, girls' residence hall,
will sponsor an informal dancing
party Friday night of this week from
eight until eleven. Music will be furnished by recordings. For those who
do not care to dance but prefer cards
there will be tables for bridge and
other card games. And best of all—:
there will be refreshments—FREE
refreshments.
It is invariably the rule when a
gal goes crazy over love, sooner or
later she gets a little buggy. Speaking of girls one is reminded that
a sophisticated girl is one who knows
how to refuse a kiss without being
deprived of one. So much for the
com.
The eighth grade boys of the college training school have started
making model airplanes as a government project. The program is under
the supervision of C. W. Johnson,
instructor in the industrial arts department.
Deputy Warden George I. Francis
of Jackson prison announced recently the appointment of Don French,
former Central student, as^ supervisor of secondary education and the
prison's commercial school. French,
a popular student at Central a few
years back and a star on the Central
baseball team as a pitcher, was well
known in professional baseball
circles. He was once owned by the
Detroit Tigers, Boston Braves, Portland (Oregon), Indianapolis, and
Montreal. When his recent appointment was announced he was a member of the Muskegon high school
faculty.
While listening to a radio program
over the recent vacation, the writer
heard the announcer of the "Shoot
the Works" quiz program ask a
quizee his name.' "Al Longnecker,"
replied the gentleman. Al is a former
Central student who is now stationed
at Glen View, 111. Incidentally, Al
won $32 because he didn't miss his
questions.
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• NOTICE
Due to a misunderstanding Central Michigan Life does not carry
a schedule of hours for the CAWS.
However, next week's issue will
have a. complete schedule of the
hours. In the meantime, all girls
who signed up fosr th© program
should look at the Ifet posted
across from the ProsMemt's office.
THE EDITOR
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VOLUME 24
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1943
NUMBER 15
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Frosh Nominate
Nine Candidates
for Class Offices
Elections for Underclassmen
to Be Conducted Next Tuesday.
After only a three days campaign
climaxed by an all-freshmen meeting yesterday noon in the auditorium, nine nominees have qualified
for election to the four offices of
the class of 1946. Supervised by the
Student council, the election will be
conducted next Tuesday, March 2,
in the second floor foyer of Warriner hall.
Competing for president of the
freshmen class will be Conway Williams, Royal Oak; Ruth Clarke,
Crystal; and Bill Gregory, Escanaba.
For vice-president Dorothy Woodward, Carson City, and Lyle Brown,
Clio, have been nominated. Betty
Sack, Big Rapids, and Beverly Preston, Grosse Pointe, will compete for
the secretaryship; while Rosemary
Lawless, Portland, and S'iMey De-
Grass, Royal Oak, will '2 for the
office of treasurer.
Personnel Division
Names Graduates
Names of students who graduated
at the end of the semester of the
present school year have been
officially announced by the student
personnel division this week.
Included in the list were Clara
Kathleen Kinney, and Harley D.
Zull who received bachelor of arts
degrees; Lucian A. Bartnick, Stanley
B. Benford, Margueritte Burkett,
Hugh Martin, Genevieve R. Moore,
Degretta A. Spencer, James E. Vanderhull, and Mary E. Reath, all of
whom received bachelor of science
degrees.
Secondary provisional Certificates
were issued to Lucian Bartnick,
Margueritte Burkett, Kathleen Kinney, Degretta Spencer, James Vanderhull, and Fred E. Vanderhull.
Rose Hackett, Marian Donna
Hartung, Alvira Kelly Seibel, Nan
McNamara, Jean Sinclair and Mary
Reath received Elementary Provisional Certificates'.
State Limited Certificates were
presented to Laura Beebe, Ruth
McClellan, Florence Swarthout,
Gloria Nyland, and Norma Thume.
Durfe© and Vincer Represent
Central In State Contest
It has been announced that
Maurice Durfee and Virginia Vincer
will be Central's representatives to
the State Oratorical Contest on
Thursday, March 5. They will be
accompanied by Dr. Wilbur Moore,
head of the speech department, and
Dr. E. C. Chenoweth, asisistant professor in the speech department.
Cemtral men are fighting ^ for
freedom. Help them win the fight
by paytag for the pledge® t© the
Victory Loam Fund*
"WHAT   IS   COLLEGE   FOR"
will be the topic of a lecture by Dr.
David M. Trout at 10 a. m. Friday of this week in the college
auditorium. All students and
faculty are urged to attend Dr.
Trout's discussion.
Band Contributes
to Service Flag
Victory  Loon  Fund  Grows
Steadily; More Stars Added.
Increasing the growing Victory
Loan Fund by more than $50 the
band concert which was held in the
college auditorium Wednesday evening, February 3, added $55.50 to the
Victory flag. To this can be added
the proceeds, from ten stars which
have been purchased for the flag
since the last list was published in
Life on January 27. The names of
men in service and the donors of the
stars are as follows:
Russell Wilson, Delta Sigma
Epsilon; Eleanor M. Bock, Helen
R. Emmons Club; Irvin L. Hunt,
Helen R. Emmons Club; Robert I.
Worden, Home Economics Club;
Donald Kennedy, Masquers Club;
John C. Ellis, Dr. E. J. Merrill;
Ensign Brooks Emerson, Dr. E. J.
Merrill; Charles A. Phillips, Or-
. chestra and Ray Richardson, Orchestra.
A gold star for Lt. Tom Munger
has been donated by Dean C. C.
Barnes.
New semester pledges varying
from 10 cents a week up to a dollar
or more a week can be made now in
the general office and stars purchased for any Central man in service for $2.50.
FRESHMEN TESTS
All students who entered school
in February or transfers from
other colleges who have less than
58 college hours are required to
take freshmen tests. These tests
will be conducted on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning of
this week in room W108.
DAVID M. TROUT
GIRLS!
All girls interested In sororities
are .asked to meet with Deasi D.
Louis® Sharp at   5 p. nou, JThuff®-
Affair to be Sunday
for Central Women
Prospective Sorority Members to Be Guests of Council;
Rushing Season to Open on Monday Night; Sororities
Name Chairmen.
By Mary Jean Coon (Society Editor)
Central Michigan college women who are interested in
joining one of the nine sororities on campus will be guests
of the Panhellenic council at a tea which will be held in
Keeler Union from 3 to 5 p. m, next Sunday, February 28»
and which will be attended by all sorority girls on campus.
General chairman of this event, which will officially open
spring rushing, is Virginia Palmer, Chesaning junior, who
has named as committee heads Leona Lantz, Freeland sen*
ior, refreshments and decorations; Joyce Shadley, Flint junior; Shirlee Cook, Ithaca junior; Phyllis Keeney, Caro jun*
ior; and Margaret Newman, Bay City senior, publicity; Virginia Peterson, Grayling junior, music; and Florence Mary
Gwinn, Ludington senior, hostesses.
Red Cross Names
Bush as Director
Announcement of the appointment
of Fired R. Bush, assistant English
and dramatics professor, as a field
director by the National American
Red Cross was made officially in
Washington, D. C, last week.
Mr. Bush, director of many
popular dramas and comedies on
campus, will begin special training
after leaving Central shortly after
the close of the present semester.
After completing his training he
will be assigned to a regiment or
division which is going into foreign
service. He will stay with the troops
Wherever they go and be in charge
of the organization of recreation
and will act as representative between the soldiers and the home
front.
Schuman Speaks
on World Peace
"The United States' can obtain
and maintain world peace only as
a partner of the United Nations,"
Dr. Frederick Schuman told'lecture
course • listeners in the college
auditorium last Wednesday night.
"As yet the United States and
Britain are not effectively joined
with Russia and China to win the
war and the peace. This is the hope
of our enemies."
Dr. Schuman called for the establishment of a supreme world council
now for the successful prosecution
of the war and the building of a
free world government made up of
an excutive council, a world court,
a world congress, a world police
force, and a world bill of rights
and duties as a part of a constitution, charter or convenant.'
Mrs. Charles L. Anspach. has been
invited as special guest. Dr. D.
Louise Sharp, dean of women; Mrs.
Olive H. Kries, Panhellenic adviser;
Bernice Filer, Clarkston junior and
president of the council; and Virginia Palmer will act as receptionists. «
Private sorority rushing season will
be opened Monday evening by Phi
Delta Eta and Sigma Sigma Sigma
and will close during the week of
March 22 to 28, with an all-sorority
pledge day scheduled for Sunday,
April 4.
Girls who have been selected by
the various groups to take charge of
rushing are: Sigma Sigma Sigma,
Betty Lou Carey, Mt. Pleasant senior, and Dorothy Bammell, Bay City
senior; Sigma Phi Omieron, Betty
Ruetz, Remus sophomore, and Ilda
Phillips, Remus senior; Kappa
Gamma, Dorothy Jenkins, Brecken-
ridge sophomore; Joan Peterson,
Coral sophomore; and Mary Corn-
stock, Traverse City sophomore; Pi
■Kappa Sigma, Mary Shipman, Corunna junior; Theta Sigma Upsilon,
Marguerite McLean, Tawas City
senior; Delta Sigma Epsilon, Arline
Laage, Grayling junior; Alpha Sigma Tau, Florence Mary Gwinn,
•Ludington senior; Alpha Sigma
Alpha, Ina Ringle, Middleton senior; Betty Jane Read, Ludington
senior, and Frances Mewmaw, Royal
Oak sophomore; Phi Delta Eta,
'Glenna Asher, Cass City senior, and
Dorothy Bender, Gladwin sopho*
more.
All Central Michigan college
women who nave attended school
here for at least one semester and
have maintained a "C" average or
better are eligible for rushing.
MEN!
No man who enters the service
will receive a 1943 Chippewa (annual) unless he pays the complete
price of the book before he leaves
the campus. Therefore, before you
leave b© sure to pay your pledge to
Arlene Hopkins^ William Hendrickson w Mr. Ivan Cole In th©
publications office.
Enrollment Figures
Indefinite, Says Barnes
"Enrollment isi fully up to expectations," says Dean of Administra*
tion C. O. Barnes.
As yet no definite figures are
available concerning the enrollment
this semester. There is a slight
drop in the number of regular students enrolled this semester, but
this' was anticipated. Enrollment
of Saturday students is-up to'-last
semester and the graduate enrol!*
ment will probably exceed last semester.
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