1943-03-17; Central Michigan Life

              By Henry Smith
"Hurry up, son," said Harry A.
Miller to a student who was taking
his time in getting to class last Monday morning. Oddly enough the fellow thought he had plenty of time
because the clock showed on 7:45 a.
m. and the class wasn't supposed to
begin until 8. However, this wasn't
the case. It seems that the clocks
had been on the bum (American
slang for out oi order) since last
Saturday and they were a total of
15 minutes behind ochfr clocks in
the city. Finally, students and faculty gave up all together and relied
on wrist watches. Again the writei
uses -nat popular song as an example, "I didn't, know what time it
was."
A woman on a man's gymnastics
team! How odd. But its true. Yes,
Mary Eddy, freshman from Ionia,
has been discovered as an outstanding gymnast. As a result she is presenting her abilities for the public
eye on Central's gymnastic team.
Maybe, Lawrence 'Doc" Sweeney has
his eye on an all girl gymnastic.*
team in the future. At any rate he
has a good start.
Talk about fun! Wow! This game
takes the cake. Yes, students, have
you played skittle? Now, you may
ask what in heaven's name is skittle.
ISkittle? Hmmmm, it's hard to describe it. However, if you were ac
the House of Fun or in the women';:
lounge recently you probably saw a
strange looking affair. Well, that's
skittle. At least it must be fun if the
noise made by persons playing it are
any indication. If you're curious investigate and enjoy a whalloping
good time.
Central women turned eyes in the
direction of the Navy last Saturday
night. Several of the boys on the
local Navy training course were to
leave town this week so the others
threw a party. On the same day approximately 20 more Navy men came
in to take the place of those leaving. As a result women were needed
to make the party a success. And
this it was. Central women were
only to happy to cooperate. And
what woman wouldn't? Or didn't
you see those latest cadets?
One might say that Spencer "Bun"
Denison received the shock of his
life last Wednesday night. Playing
in a basketball game, Bun, tired and
sweating, was chasing a loose ball.
The ball left the playing floor and
rolled to a stop near a wall. Bun
going at top speed pushed his hand
out in front of him to break his
speed when he hit the wall. Unfortunately, Mr. Denison didn't look
where he was sticking his fingers
and he was shocked. An open fuse
box was responsible. It is reported
that Bun now owes the school for
two skylights in the gymnasium.
No wonder men go crazy. Women
wear slacks and men's heavy flannel
shirts and then to top that off a
male student recently notified the
editor that someone had taken his
best sport shirt. He said he knew
who the culprit was. That's" right, it
was a girl or rather two girls. It's
a good thing men wear red flannels.
Women will never touch those. Or
will they?
At present Central Michigan has
nearly 450 men in the armed service.
The last semester of 1941-42 there
Were 17Q men. It was in this last
semester last year that Central
Michigan Life sent 2,380 papers to
servicemen. In two semesters this
year Life is sending on an average
of 425 papers each week to these
servicemen. In round numbers the
"ien will have received at the end of
the present semester a total of
12,600 papers.
VOLUME 24
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1943
NUMBER 18
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Women to Vote
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Thursda
Seniors Announce
10 Piece Orchestra
for Dinner Dance
Tickets to Be Sold for Saturday Dance Up Until Friday
Noon.
Members of the class of
1943 will stage their annual
dinner-dance in Keeler union,
from 6:15 to 12:00, Saturday
evening, March 20. Tables
will be set, cabaret style, in
the ballroom where Hollis
DeLocah and his 10-piece orchestra will provide music for
this semi-formal affair.
Committees and their Chairmen
who have been working on the dance
under the leadership of President
Betty Jane Read include decorations, Trude McGrew, Charles McLeod, Margie Dues, Betty Lou
Carey, Betty Reichard, Arden Blanchard and Glenna Asher. Entertainment, Charles Westie, Emily Kaufman, Norma. Woodworth, Betty
Johnson, Malcolm Spencer, Harvey
Silvert and Spencer Denison. invitations and programs, Margaret
Longren, Virginia Pettingill, Josephine Sherman, Betty Bonnell and
Frances Duncan.
Publicity, Henry Smith, Gene
Hurst, Henry Kezlarian, Letty Leik-
ert and Margaret Newman. Tickets,
Bill Hendrickson, Barbara June
Payne, Bonita Steihr and Mary Helen Bates. Dinner, Dorothy Procissi,
Polly DeMott, Jim Gay and Robert
Dundas.
Tickets' are now being sold and
tables reserved in the office of the
dean of women. No tickets will be
sold after Friday noon of this week.
Admission price is $1.25 per person.
Take a last look, girls'
Nominating   Committee   Selects Candidates Early.
Central Michigan college
women will go to the polls tomorrow to participate in the
annual spring election of Associated Women Students.
Following last spring's revision of the Women's League
constitution, a policy has been
set up whereby two candidates have been nominated
for each office by a committee composed of Ina Ringle*
chairman, Arlene Hopkins,
Arline Laage, Betty Ross,
Dorothy Naumes, Mary Lou
Larson, Janet Mcintosh and
Mary Jean Coon.
Marjorie Anderson, Ludington
junior, is slated to oppose Virginia
Sigsbee, West Branch junior in the
presidential contest. Candidates for
the other offices are: vice-president,
Fran Mewmaw, Royal Oak sophomore, and Shirley Hagenbuch, Lansing sophomore; secretary, Dorothy
Miller, Alpena junior, and Louise
Newton, Mt. Pleasant freshman;
treasurer, Dorothy Naumes, Mt.
Pleasant freshman, and Mary Moore,
West Branch sophomore; represent-
atives-at-large, on-campus, Mary
Lee Doerr, Cass City sophomore,
and Ruth Horn, Pinconning sophomore: off-campus, Bernie Booker,
Flint freshman, and Jackie Barret,
Detroit freshman.
RUIILE!
Students, Central Michigan Life
is facing a possible paper shortage.
If this happens, there will be no
publication.  This can be avoided
if certain persons take only a
paper for themselves and not
papers for friends off campus.
Many, many papers are sent to
friends off campus. Naturally, we
are pleased to see that Life is so
popular. However, this will have to
cease or there will be no Life. If
you want to send Life to a friend
come into the office and buy a
subscription. Please cooperate.
Thank you.
Henry H. Smith, editor,
-MemS-
SPRING VACATION
The college calendar this year
does not list a spring vacation.
Good Friday is April 23rd and
Easter, April 25th. In order to
permit students to return to their
homes for these holidays, our
college will close Thursday, April
22 4:00 p. n». 'and re-open Tuesday,
II 39, 8:00 a. am.
Jinny Sigsbee
Union Announces
Official Budget
President Anspach Addresses Central Men Friday.
The Men's Union of Central Michigan college announced its official
budget at a meeting of all men students last Friday morning.
The budget is as follows:
Balance at start of school..$130.00
Dues  239.44
Frosh dinners   (127)     $ 44.45
Misc.     Suplies     for     Stag
Meet  2.35
Collecting  dues    1.45
37%  of 700  buttons    18.27
Ribbons  for   summer baseball     4.00
Football banquet  (cost)   .... 188.05
Football   banquet   (Re-     ,
iceiptsj)         60.15
1    Ledger   and   200    postcards     2.26
Stag   Dinner     36.40
$430.58    $296.23
Balance at start of  se-
mesiter    $'134.35
Dues     158.35
Collecting dues    1.14
Refunds     13.60
$292.70    $ 14.74
Balance  March   12,   1943.... 277.96
President Charles L. Anspach
gave a short talk to the boys on
planning for the future, monotony
of waiting, and the monotony, of
routine. He summed up his speech
by showing that in ordinary life we
have about the same troubles as we
do in the army.
Students Accept
Teaching Positions
Four more students have accepted
positions for next year, according to
P. G. Lantz, director of the appointment office.
These students are Mrs. Betty
Wilson, Ludington, elementary
grades at Chelsea; Shirley Jorgen-
sen, Manistee, elementary grades' at
Rockford; and Mrs. Ardith Westie,
Dearborn, high school at North
Muskegon.
Take a last look, girls!
-Men!
Student Council
Adopts By-Laws
. New Rules Clarify Election
Procedure in Case of Ties
and Recounts.
Because a tie in the recent freshman class elections brought about
the question of what to do in case
of a tie the Student council approved the addition of three bylaws to its' constitution at a regular
meeting last Monday night.
The first by-law states that in
case of a tie in any campus election,
candidates will use a method of
chance in the presence of the election committee. The second states
that the election committee is1 to
keep ballots and petitions of nomination until two weeks following
the election. The third states that
candidates for office may petition
for a recount by securing signatures
of ten percent of the number who
voted in the election. This must be
done within one week following the
election and the petition should be
filed with the president of the council.
The council also allotted $70 to
Central Michigan Life for half the
expenses of sending papers to servicemen. V
Take a last look, girls!
At a recent meeting of the council
it was approved that the council
would sponsor a student handbook
for entering students in order that
they might adjust to college life
and understand the work and set
up of campus organizations. The
proposal was introduced to the
council by the Tau Alpha Upsilon
fraternity.
The council at the Monday meeting gathered suggestions as to what
the book should contain. Function
of organizations, personnel of committees', recreational program, dormitory set-ups, Keeler Union, college
songs and yells, duties of the freshman, elections and functions of
class officers are a few of the council's suggestions.
A student handbook committee
was appointed to administer the
project. This committee includes
Kathryn Wirth, chairman, Gene
Hurst, Don Fingleton, and Connie
Denison, as representatives of the
students. Faculty representatives are
Dr. D. Louise iSharp, Jesse Thorpe,
Mildred Fairchild, and Harry A.
Miller.
INQUIRING REPORTER
There will be no Inquiring Reporter in Life this week. This feature will return next week.
MUSIC HOUR
Miss Rachel Loughridge, assistant foreign language professor,
will have charge of the music hour
at Sloan hall at 4 p. m., Sunday,
March 21.
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