1943-11-10; Central Michigan Life

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By Ann Gidilewich
November, nineteen-hundred and
sixty-three, in the year of our Navy,
a Central alumna and former Sloan
resident says to her freshman child,
"Yep, daughter, you lead a soft life.
You should have gone to school
when I did . . , Many's the time I
came to my eight o'clock with lipstick smeared from ear to ear because my three roommates got to
the mirror before I did.
"1*11  never   forget  the  time  I
shinneyed down the bedpost when
the ladder was at the other side
of the room and my roommates
weren't speaking.   Which reminds
me: diplomacy! Tsk, tsk.   By the
time I was a junior I could out—
Bismarck Bismarck.   Did you ever
tell three females to shut up?"
"We-e-H,   my  child,   it's   fifteen
hundred, as we used to say,  and
time to hit the sacks. (The following is strickly off the record: "Then
they turn into sleeping bags," to
quote one our more brilliant upperclassmen.)
Hoboken Was Never Like This
Janitor Wanted. Sloan Hall
Award for good deed of the
week goes to Shirley Hagenbuch
rising to our country's great need
by rolling up her slacks and proceeding to push a mop down
Sloan's halls.
Yes, Dean Trout, we will gladly
comply with the request that we
give our all in order to make Central a close-knit community, but
meanwhile, what makes us so confused? Same hours, same classes,
but we don't remember running
around in quite the same frenzied,
harried condition. Maybe it's war-
torn nerves.
We're not kidding. That six a .m.
HUPP, two, three is no dream . . .
. . . And neither is the sign four
enterprising Sloan-hallers recently
affixed to their door—quote, Quiet,
Brain Cells Blasting, unquote.
Mentor System
Again a Success
Pinal registration and enrollment
Monday, November 1, ckmaxed this
year's freshman orientation program. High spots in a week of
varied social and recreational activities were a dance sponsored by
the Naval Air Cadets, an open house
at Keeler union, a picnic at Island
park, a movie, Always a Bridesmaid,
an all-college dance at Keeler
union and the YWCA breakfast
Sunday morning.
As in the past two years the mentor system was again used. In commenting upon the success of this
system in which upper classmen
show the incoming freshmen "the
ropes," Dr. D. Louise Sharp, dean
of women, said, "Many of the
freshmen have attributed their feeling of at-homeness to the friendly
assistance of the mentors during
this period of adjustment." Dr. Karl
C. Pratt remarked in connection
with the mentors' assistance in the
freshman testing program that the
group this year was the most efficient with which he has ever
.worked.
Mentors included Irene Butkowski,
Dearborn senior; Bertha Croftchik,
Ashley senior; Joan Dillon, Saginaw
senior; Janet Doyle, Breckenridge
senior; Virginia Pedcke, Saginaw
junior; Bernice Filer, Clarkston
senior; Shirley Hagenbuch, Lansing
senior; Marge Kelly, Cadillac sophomore; Mary Lerg, Lake City sophomore; Louise Newton, Mt. Pleasant
sophomore; Beverly Preston, Grosse
Pointe sophomore; Betty Ruetz, Remus junior; Bonnie Rule, Detroit
senior; Mary Shipman, Corunna
senior; Catherine Staebler, Turner
senior; Virginia Vincer, Washington, D. Cv senior; Janet .Waldron,
Belding •soph'dmorert.ueille 'Warner,
Lowell senior; Jane Watrous, €ar©
• sophomore; . Marjorie Wise,.....St.
Clair Shores junior.
VOLUME 25
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1943
NUMBER 1
Third All-College Party Saturday
Fiftieth Lecture
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Series Announced
Schedule Includes Don Cossack Chorus, de Seversky.
To observe the fiftieth anniversary of the lecture course at Central
Michigan college, the committee in
charge has planned a program of
numbers designed to appeal to every
taste.
Following Anne Brown, star of
"Porgy and Bess," who opened the
'43-'44 season Monday evening, five
other performances will be presented here during the year. Scheduled for January 7 is the Don Cossack chorus with a program of great
Russian music and wild cossack
dances which have been receiving
praise across the continent.
Definite dates have not yet been
set for the four remaining programs although contracts have been
secured with each. These will include Alexander de Seversky, author
of "Victory Through Air Power,"
who was scheduled for last year's
course, but was unable to appear;
The American Civic Opera company, a young organization which
has successfully streamlined the
opera; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam,
who will present first-hand material
on the European situation; and
Raymond Clapper, celebrated newspaper columnist and critic.
Beginning in October 6, 1893, the
lecture course has, during the following fifty years, brought many
famous personages to Central's
campus. Included in the list of
celebrities appearing in the past
have been Channing Pollock, Amelia Earhart, Helen Jepson, Dorothy
Maynor, Elmer Davis, The San Carlo Opera company, and many
others.
Anspach to Be Speaker
at Assembly Tomorrow
Central's second compulsory assembly is scheduled for 8:15 p. m.
Thursday in the auditorium. The
program will include music by the
band and a speech by President
Charles L. Anspach. Miss Mary Lu
Reeder, new instructor in piano, will
play "Lesghinka," by Liaponnov, a
piece embodying the spirit of the
Russian Bear dance. Mr. Lorentz
Hansen, new instructor of strings,
will play several selections.
Four Sorority Members
Receive Band Sweaters
Band honor sweater awarded during the 1943 summer session, went to
four girls, Eleanor James, Manistee senior, and to Peg Longren,
Virginia Pettingill and Arlene
Kruse 1942 graduates. Eleanor has
been college yell leader for three
years and also received a sweater
for cheerleading. All are Sigma Phi
Omieron members.
ORGANIZATIONS
Because of changes made necessary by the Navy program, it will
be necessary that the Student
Council revise the present schedule for ©rgiamiaation meetings
Please contact the members of
your iMganization. and submit a
: first and second choice for meet-
jti&:date$. This information should
fee- .^assented. at\ the office, of .the
; &$&.££. .W<mm ..».#. later titan
5 ik is., NoTesate' 18.
ANNE BROWN, soprano star of
"Porgy and Bess," opened the
fiftieth lecture course series here
Monday night.
Faculty Changes
for Fall Semester
Largest in Years
New Members Total 16, Including Navy Instructors;
Many Switches Within Departments.
Faculty status quo at Central has
been somewhat altered since last
June. Latest changes and additions
total 28, including 16 new members.
Miss Elizabeth Dignan, of Owosso,
has taken Dr. Katherine Turner's
place in the English department
since Dr. Turner joined the Signal
Corps this slimmer. Miss Dignan received her Master's Degree from the
University of Michigan and has
spent the last few months doing
personnel work at Willow Run.    .
Replacing J. p. Carey in the
geography department is Roy Mc-
Coljom, who comes from Northern
Michigan college. Mr. Carey is now
the coordinator of the V-5 program.
H. H. Fischer comes to the physics
department from Cambridge, Minnesota, where he has been teaching
science and mathematics for the
past ten years. Another addition to
the same department is Samuel
Freed. Mr. Freed was graduated
from Northern Michigan college and
See—FACULTY—Page 4
Enrollment Statistics
Break All Precedents
Stop! Look! Listen! Girls, there's
an EXTRA MAN on campus! Latest
releases from the personnel office
show that men resident students
now attending ; regular classes on
campus outnumber women residents, 543 to 542. The reason—446
Navy officer candidates on the V-12
program.
Total college enrollment, including Navy V-12's, V-5's, civilian resident, Saturday and residence center
students, has reached 1319. Statistics
reveal that there are 469 freshmen,
268 sophomores, 154 juniors, 110
seniors, including Navy transfers,
four special students, 80 naval air
corps cadets, 41 Saturday undergraduates, 16 Saturday graduates,
and 177 residence center students.
A year ago" total college enrollment numbered 1038 students, of
which 314 were regular college men,
608 women attending regular classes, 18 special students, 14 graduate
students, 20 V-5's and 102 residence
center students.
Classes Show
Wartime Trends
Further evidence of the war's effort upon Central has been the addition of seven new courses to the
curriculum. These are Slide Rule
Calculations, Mathematics 131; Introduction to Statistics, Mathematics 330 ;Maps and Map Reading,
Geography 300; Norms of Artistic
Judgment, Art 320; Descriptive Geometry, Industrial Arts 225 or D2;
Freshman Orientation, Rural Education 151; and Orientation Lectures, Education 51. Education 51 is
open to pre-professional students
and is a non-credit course consisting of four one-hour lectures to replace Education 151 for these students.
Still another change in curriculum
is the addition of physical education to the list of courses required
of students. All who are physically
able must register for an activity
class.
New Instructor of Strings
Organizes College Orchestra
The orchestra under the direction
of Lorentz Hansen, instructor of
strings in the music department,
met for organization Tuesday night.
Any other students, particularly
string players, who are not already
enrolled may contact Mr. Hansen in
Room 500.
Sloan Hall Adjusts to Wartime Conditions;
Lights Out and New Hours Latest Rules
By Dorothy Barrett
Ship ahoy, mates!    Central's in
the Navy now and co-eds eat, sleep,
By Harriet Fulk
Difficulties in connection with the
housing facilities of Sloan Hall were
overcome in record time prior to
the arrival of Central's co-eds a
few weeks ago. No doubt the most
important task which had to be
completed before Sloan was inhabited again was done by the carpenters here on the campus who made
double deck beds out of the previously single beds.
Dean Barnes was unable to contract any furniture company to
make these beds and therefore had
to resort to local equipment and
talent. The last double deck bed
was set up the Thursday, before the
girls'' arrival on Monday and TmB-
attend classes, play—all on Navy
time and coincide t. "th naval regulations.
The majority of the girls on Central's campus now live in Sloan
Hall and many new rules have
been added to cover the present
emergency, to say nothing of the
trials of living four in a room when
last year it was crowded with two.
Knowing the extend of a woman's
wardrobe, try to imagine 'the difficulties which have emerged in the
past two weeks. Another dauSe for
concern is the question Whidh;easa
only, fee" answered' •with' time.;,'; will'
'the topTbiuik-. hold .u&,..8ind'"tt "not
Dance to Feature
Navy Swing Band
Director Once Leader of Atlantic Fleet Flagship Band. -
The third in a series of all-college
parties at Keeler union, Saturday,
from 9 to 12 p. m. will feature the
All-Navy Swing band under the
direction of Hugh Untiedt, Pasadena, California freshman. General
chairman of the dance will be Eleanor James, Manistee senior..
Members of the band include
Charles Turner, Birmingham sophomore, piano; George Waterbury,
Jefferson, Wisconsin, freshman,
drums; Leonard Czeszenski, Ham-
tramck freshman, trumpet; James
Bardenwerper, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, senior, trumpet; Harry Edward-
sen, Ludington freshman, trumpet;
Untiedt, trumpet; Sheldon Henry,
Detroit sophomore, French horn;
Glen Hoffman, Crandon, Wisconsin,
sophomore, saxophone; Donald Van-
derveen, Mason freshman, saxophone; Robert Murch, Midland
sophomore, saxophone; and James
Crippen, Ann Arbor sophomore,
saxophone.
Director Untiedt'. studied trumpet
in high school at North Platte, Nebraska, where he placed first in solo
work in the national contests in his
senior year. After, graduation from
high school in. 1938, he joined the
Navy and was • sent to the U. S.
Navy School of Music in Washington, D. C, where he was stationed
on the USS Texas as a member of
a 20-piece band.
In 1941 he was transferred to the
USS Augusta which was the flagship of the Atlantic fleet under Admiral Ernest King. Here he was
director of King's personal band,
which accompanied President
Roosevelt when he and Winston
Churchill held their historic Atlantic Charter meeting in August
of 1941.
When Untiedt ..heard, about the
V-12 program, he asked to be transferred and. was. signed up for it in
May of this year........
• ABSENCES *.   ; . '
Students who must for-any reason be absent from class<*ave*e9K,
pected to notify their teachers in
advance and to arrange with instructor to make up the work
which is missed. Students who
are absent because of illness
should file a statement to this
effect from the health service in
the office of the dean of men or
the dean of women and then arrange with the instructor to make
up any work missed.
DAVID M. TROUT
-   Dean of Students
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
in accordance with faculty and
administrative action taken last
summer, all students are required
to register for physical education
each term they are in residence.
If a student is incapable of taking the course in the required
maimer he may apply to the dean
of men or the dean, of women for
an arrangement toy which he will
receive credit ia physical education without attending the regular
session of class, but by doing such
activities as are prescr-i)ted,%..%«
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