1944-02-02; Central Michigan Life

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Qkatten,
Mattel
By Ann Gidilewich
Spring fever, that's what it was
last week—spring fever. From faculty on down all we heard was
"June and January," and "Get off
the grass. Here comes Dean Barnes."
Dean Barnes is the man who is responsible for all the little wires
strung around the campus. The urge
to tread on fresh, green earth was
too strong ior a few and the consequent result was a terrific lot of
maneuvering to avoid walking
around stuff.
Example—the case of the two
morons wending their ways through
the third-floor chemistry lab in the
science building. Two V-12's looked
up in mystification and asked
"Where did you come from?" .
The two girls answer: "Just passing through on our way to dinner,"
as they turn, go down three flights
of fire-escape and on to dinner.
* *   *
"This is heaven, which angel do
you want?" is the new subtle way
of answering Sloan's phones.
Maybe they aire angels. We dont
know. We did see Mary Lou Kle-
noskey leaning out of a front window from quite  an altitude.  Or
don't angels clean windows?
* *   *
Who is this Webster that rates a
second cup of hot water for his tea-
ball these Ronan mornings? Since
only coffee is offered for breakfast,
Joyce Maier took pity on the tea-
drinking fellow and brought him a
teaball, poured in hot water, and
handed him, unsuspecting, the cup.
It took him till past the fruit juices
to recover from the shock.
* *   *
Veedee "Alias Bloody Stump"
Dalton must have had a premonition of what was to some when she
carted two pillows over to Keeler
and relaxed with a coke. We'd
want pillow®, too, of we were to be
some magician's stooge and have
our hand severed at the wrist.
* *   *
Seen during Union hours—Pat
Bates, Phyl Sundquist, and Claudine
Baize in navy blue denim jackets
and slacks. WPA specials, but sharp,
regardless.
Student Recital
Slated for Tonitsht
The department of music will present a student voice recital by advanced pupils of J. Harold Powers,
department head, in the college
auditorium tonight at 8:15.
The program will consist of "Far
From You" by Malotte and "Visi
d'Arte" from "Tosca" by Verdi,
Helen Teal, dramatic soprano; "Gi-
anina Mia" by Friml and "Doll
Song" from "Tales of Hoffman" by
Offenbach, Isabel Greenhoe, coloratura soprano; "Carmena Waltz" by
Wilson and "Villanelle" by del
Aqua, Helen Hansen, lyric soprano; "Were My Songs' With
Wings" by Hahn and "To You" by
Richard Strauss, Celeste Williams,
mezzo soprano; "La Donna Mobile"
from Rigoletto" by Verdi and "Only
a Rose" by Friml, William Ehlhardt,
tenor; "I Know a Hill" by Whelpty
and "L'Amour Toujour" by Friml,
Donna Hether, lyric soprano.
"Were You There" by Burleigh,
and "The Spirit Flower" by Campbell-Tipton, Catherine Staebler, lyric-dramatic soprano; "Dost Thou
Know The Land" from "Mignon" by
Thomas and "My Love is a Muleteer" by DiNogero, Virginia Rice
contralto; "The Hills of Home" by
fox and "Swiss Echo Song" by
Echert,- Virginia Peterson, lyric soprano; "Synove's Song" by Kjerulf,
and "Love is a Bubble" by Alward,
Rosemary Skelton, mezzo soprano;
"Armorer's Song" from "Robin
Hood" by deKoven and "Romanza"
from "Simon Boccanegra" by Verdi,
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VOLUME 25
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1944
NUMBER 11
Staebler Wins "Miss Central" Title
"MISS CENTRAL MICHIGAN," 1944
Chippewa Pledges
on Sale in Foyer
Chippawa yearbook pledges are on
sale between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m.
today in the first floor foyer.
On the basis of the poll taken at
the last required assembly, the price
of this year's book will be $3.75.
Pledges for students remaining
through the spring semester are
$1.75 each with the remainder payable when the books are delivered.
Students leaving before the close of
the spring semester are asked to pay
the entire $3.75 now plus 12 cents
tax and 13 cents for wrapping and
mailing, a total of $4.
Studnts who paid pledges of $1.50
at the beginning of the fall semester should pay the extra 25 cents
to complete their full first payment.
ewing Attendance Wilt Be Counted
on Sorority, Organization V4 Quotas
Attendance at Surgical dressings
and sewing last week was the best
this year. A total of 1,455 bandages
were completed. The Appleblossom
club had the largest number of
representatives at any one meeting
with 29 girls making the dressings
last Wednesday evening. Freshmen
girls sent 15 representatives, Helen
R. Emmons, 10; Masquers, 3; and
the Commerce club, 5.
Sorority attendance was as follows: Pi Kappa Sigma, 9; Sigma
Phi Omieron, 6; Theta Sigma Upsilon, 6; Phi Delta Eta, 6; Delta Sigma Epsilon, 5; Kappa Gamma, 5;
Alpha Sigma Tau, 3; Tri Sig, 1;
and Alpha Sigma Alpha, 0.
The other half of the V-A's program, sewing, has to date had little
cooperation from the organizations.
Only 9 girls sewed last week, finishing 23 hospital bedside bags and
starting to make hospital scuffs.
Miss Pauline Rodgers, who is in
charge of the sewing project, stated
that a single hospital has requested
200 scuffs per week. Attendance will
be taken at these meetings hereafter, and counted on sorority and
organization quotas. This work is
done from 7 to 9:30 p. m. on Mon-
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
Organizations scheduled to roll bandages this week are:
P. M.'
Freshman   Girls 15
Tuesday
7-9:30
Appleblossom        12
Wednesday
7-9:30
Emmons                10
Thursda&r
7-9:30
Masquers                3
Thursday
7-9:30
X-RAY APPOINTMENTS
People  who  have not already
made appointments for tuberculosis x-ray screening may d© so at
th© Health Service this week,
MRS. JESSE THORPE, R. N.
day evenings in the home economics
room.
How much the surgical dressings
are needed overseas was expressed
by Lt. Mary Helen Hickey, niece of
Mrs. Claude Love, who has served
overseas as a nurse for 18 months.
She was sent from England to Africa, and worked in that country during three major invasions.
Lt. Hickey stated that the surgical
dressings were used over and over at
least five times, and more if they
had not worn out. In the time that
she served in Africa only one shipment of the bandages was received.
She expressed the belief that some
of the shipments may have been
sunk in transit. After being used,
the dressings were washed as well as
possible in the limited facilities and
the wounded men in the hospitals
who still had the use of their arms
and hands refolded the old dressings.
Hambro to Speak
for Next Lecture
Norwegian Statesman-Is Former League of Nations Assembly President.
The Honorable C. J. Hambro, former president of the League of Nations, assembly and the Norwegian
Parliament, will speak at 8:15, Monday, Feb. 7, for the fourth lecture
course program of the year. Mr.
Hambro is the author of "I Saw It
Happen in Norway," a graphic account of the German invasion of
his country; "How to Win the
Peace," and several other books on
world affairs, in which he has
played an active part.
Referred to as a "practical idealist," this Norwegian stateman is
deeply interested in challenging
Americans to think now of the peace
to come after an allied victory, and
of the requirements necessary for
such a peace. Mr. Hambro replaces
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam on the
lecture schedule.
"Blue Lantern" Party
to Have Douglas' Band
It's to be a "Blue Lantern" party
Saturday night, Feb. 5, with Glenna
Douglas' orchestra providing music
for dancers in the Keeler ballroom
from 9 to 12. Patrons and patronesses will be Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Thorpe
and Mr. and Mrs. Ron. Finch. Admission will be the same as for any
other all-college party. All are invited to attend.
us' McElroy Joins Navy to Avenge
* ce!s jlosi 'Willi u* o® o« Aixmona
Joseph A. (Gus) McElroy is one
of Central's V-12 men who had a
particular score to settle with the
Japs after Pearl Harbor. He lost four
close friends when the U.S.S. Arizona went to the bottom of Pearl
Harbor that Sunday in December,
1941. Gus was an aircraft worker up
to that time, but the news of the
Arizona was all he needed to start
him toward the Norfolk "boot" camp
and a stirring navy career.
With the CB's
Advanced training bases in Rhode
Island and California were stopping
points for McElroy and by October,
1942, this New England sailor was
headed past Seattle, Wash., for Ko-
diak Island in the Aleutian group,
on a Japanese extermination assignment. He was at Kodiak for four
months undergoing intensive and
detailed preparation for his duties
as a scout and machinist with the
CB's, the construction battalion of
the Navy. Here the CB's perfected
their construction and repair techniques and learned how to handle
knives, rifles and machine guns and
to dispose of any enemy they might
encounter by Jujitsu. and other
means of protection.
At the completion of this period
he was assigned to a repair job on
a ship headed for England. After returning from this detail he rejoined
his battalion 500 miles beyond Ko
$421.50 Proceeds
Go to Loan Fund
Kay Staebler, Phi Delta Eta nominee was presented with the title o!
"Miss Central Michigan" at the J-
Hop last Friday evening as the winner of a contest which added $421.50
to the Victory Loan fund.
At 11:30 couples were called to
the ballroom floor by master of
ceremonies Harry Mossiman. Irene
Butkowski, student, chairman of the
Victory Loan fund, was introduced
and in turn announced Kay as winner of the 1944 contest. Miss CMC
was presented with a dozen roses
and an identification bracelet. After
the presentations she was escorted
to a chair in the middle of the ballroom from which she viewed the
floor show presented in her honor.
Runners-up in the contest were
Betty Christensen and Glenna
Douglas. Proceeds will be turned
over to the Victory Loan fund. $100
were contributed to the drive by
the Student council and $75 by AWS.
Votes from these contributions were
distributed equally among contestants.
With music by Ed Berry's band
and a fast-moving floor-show the
Hop lived up to its reputation as being the social function of the year.
Chief personality on the floor show
was Ed Mosher, V-12 amateur'magician, who succeeded in mystifying
Hop-goers for some twenty minutes
with his feats of magic. Ed featured
the Disecto Illusion, alias "The
Bloody Stump," a trick in which a
stainless steel knife is forced
through a girl's wrist. The victim,
Vernice Dalton, had her arm in full
view at all times. Other effects included the famous Bead Mystery*
Box Vanishing, Flower Production,
and the sensational new Bran
Flakes to Sugar trick, the secret of
which has been turned over to the
Allied Nations. The magician was
assisted by Mae Jewel Stevens and
Glenna Douglas.
Guests at the evening's festivities
were: Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Merrill, Dr.
D. Louise Sharp, Dean and Mrs. C.
C. Barnes, Dr. and Mrs. David M.
Trout, Dean and Mrs. G. N. Lauer,
Dr. and Mrs. R. Koeninger, Lt. and
Mrs. M. R. Kelso, and Lt. and Mrs;
W. H. Hayes.
Sailors Contribute
"Mile of Dimes"
$234 Given for Infantile Paralysis Work.
Two hundred and thirty-four
dollars' for- infantile paralysis work
went jingling into Mile of Dimes
containers last week as Central's
V-12's staged their most contested
battle to date for battalion supremacy. Company three, headed by L.
R*ed Bissell, Kalamazoo freshman,
set the pace with several thorough
money-conscripting drives which
resulted in the top contribution of
$79.26, •
The traditional rivalry between
the third and fifth companies for
any of the various positions of precedence flared high as Hugh D. Untiedt Jr., Pasadena, Calif, freshman,
and his fifth outfit tried to match
the third's mark, coming dangerously close with a dramatic final
drive through Ronan's passageways
which made their total $68.79.
Company one, commanded by
William .Dukin, Omaha freshman,
contributed $45^8 to take third
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