1944-02-09; Central Michigan Life

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KOENINGER EXHIBITS TECHNIQUE TO "CUSTOMERS"
"Stick to Your Knitting Mother/'
Says Koeninger, "I'll Do the Weaving
As a result of a rather unique
hobby of Dr. Rupert 0. Koeninger
of the sociology department, Pres.
C. L. Anspach, Dr. M. L. Smith,
and Koeninger will soon be seen
sporting brand new, hand-woven
suits'.
While in Nova Scotia last summer
they made a three-cornered deal,
whereby Anspach and Smith each
bought their own yarn and Anspach
in addition bought enough for a
suit for Koeninger. Koeninger was
to weave the cloth, with Anspach
paying for his own to be tailored,
and Smith paying for the tailoring
of both his1 and Koeninger's. The
cloth is now woven, and all that
remains is for it to be made up
into suits.
Credit for getting the hobby started in the family belongs to Mrs.
Band Will Present
Concert Tonight
Mayhew to Direct Program
in Auditorium at 8:15 P. M.
A band concert, under the direction of Preston W. Mayhew, music
department instructor, will be presented tonight in the auditorium at
8:15.
The program wm oe as follows:
'Brasses to the Front," by Leonard;
"Joys of Man's Desiring," by J. S.
Bach; "Sequoia," a tone painting,
by Homer La Gassey; "Polka Dots,"
by P. L. Buchtel, a trombone trio
consisting of John Hartstick, Indiana junior; Hugh Untiedt, California freshmen, and Prances Parry; "Allegro Maestoso" (from the
"Water Music") by G. P. Handle.
The Singing Seamen will sing
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." They
are John Hartstick, Gordon Sanders, New Jersey sophomore; Bob
Dow, Washington sophomore, and
Bill Hemphm, Pennsylvania sophomore, with Virginia Vincer, Mt.
Pleasant senior, as soloist. The remainder of the program will be
"The Finale" from "The New World
Symphony" by Anton Dvorak;
"Deep Purple" by Peter DoRos'e;
'A ~ Bedtime Story," in which
Charles Price,. Midland sophomore,
will be the reader; "Swinging the
Ingots" by Moffitt; and "American
Salute" by Morton Gold.
JtftttORS
class meetings, &t i2s4§
Koeninger. It was she who, in order
to use up some spare time, took an
industrial arts course which aroused
interest in the subject.
Dr. Koeninger decided to try his
hand at it, and since then has been
the weaver of the family, with Mrs.
K. as technical adviser.   •
Most Monday nights of 1938 and
1939 found Dr. Koeninger engaged
in the business of building a loom.
He knew what he wanted, but had
no specific plans for construction.
He just "dreamed them up" as he
went along.
The first project of major importance that he tackled was the
weaving of material for three brown
suits, one for his wife, one for his
sister, and one for himself. He still
wears his occasionally, although it
has become a bit snug in spots.
Other fruits of the Koeninger
loom have been cloth for three
suits in addition to those just finished, and countless napkins', baby
blankets, table scarfs, and other
doodads.
VOLUME 35
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1344 NUMBER IS
Union to Sponsor All-College
Send-Off for Departing Men
Dinner, Assembly,
Night Must Fall"
lere Two Nights
Masquers' Production Opens
Monday at 8:15 P. M.
"Night Must Fall," a blood-curding mystery drama will be presented by the Masquers, college dramatics organization, February 14 and
15.
Directing the production is Virginia Vincer, Mt. Pleasant senior,
assisted by Dr. Wilbur E. Moore,
head of the speech department.
Fran Mewmaw, Royal Oak junior,
and Ernie Vetger, Muskegon Heights
junior will play the major roles.
Members of the supporting cast are
Betty Webster, Mt. Pleasant senior;
Dorothy Ayre, Saginaw junior; Eleanor James,. Manistee senior; Frederick Routh, Wyandotte junior;
Joseph Whitney, Lansing freshman;
and Marjorie Wise, St. Clair Shores
junior.
Members of the production com
mittee include: costumes, Ila Jensen, Stanton senior; Velma Munger,
Freeland senior; and Kay Campbell,
Onaway senior; stage set, Marjorie
Wise; Ruth Horn, Pinconning jun
ior; Lorraine Mosher, Bay City
senior; Pearl Faist, Mt. Pleasant
senior; Daretta Esh, Pairview
junior; and Jean Lynch, Mt. fcleas
ant junior; properties, Rosemary
Skelton, Bay City senior; Virginia
Peterson, Grayling senior; Elna
Burke, Midland junior; Dorothy
Barritt, Shelby junior; and Beth
Booth, Gladwin junior; publicity,
Shirley Hagenbuch, Lansing senior;
and Bertha Croftchik,. Asihley
senior.
Members of the art classes under
the supervision of Miss Prances' G.
Pitch will arrange the stage set.
Chattel Mattel
By Ann Gidilewich
The unheard-of, the unprecedented, the unoenevable, happened
last week. For the first time in Sadie's campus career, her name was
not in LIFE. She went around with
a rather mournful, though independent look for a few days. She
should worry about getting her
share of publicity—-she had more
lines in LIFE than President Anspach did a while ago. We move
that more of Central's canine population be represented. Look at "Doc"
Sweeney's little pet, "Pluto." He
doesn't resemble Sadie, but he certainly has personality.
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"Sir Walter Raleigh laid down
his cloak and became famous.
"Do you want to be remembered
for as famous an act?
"You do? Swell!
"This caar is suffering from a
broken arch—(The left rear tire
is flat.)
"Your chivalry will be greatly
appreciated-by eight damsels in
distress.
"Call 308 any time."
This heart-rending plea for help
was left unanswered.   The car with
the flat stayed in front of Sloan
all day, till the distressed damsels
rolled up their sleeves, took a last
look at their nail-polish, and fixed
the darned thing themselves.   The
last we heard they were fugitives
from the Motor Corps.
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More of the unbelievable. So
men laugh when women swoon
lover the anemic Sinatra. We're
not so sure. A third-floor Sloan-
ite received three letters from
three different servicemen aU
written on a Saturday night.
Guess who they were all listening
to—the salf-same Sinatra.
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Mary Eddy, "queen of the pins,"
made the season's top score in
bowling this Saturday with a
smooth 188. Gosh, we went bowling
once.
WORK PROGRAM
All juniors and seniors on a
teaching course who axe interested
in the work experience program at
Chrysler's or at retail stores for
next semester should contact Dr.
Richtmeyer, director of instruction, at once.
All civilian men meet with Dean
G. N. Lauer In W3S2 at 4:30 p. m.
today to discuss Men's union activities, V-lg and A-12 examinations  and iiew selective  service.
Panhellenic Plans
Sunday Breakfast
Panhellenic council will have a
Valentine breakfast for all sorority
girls next Sunday, February 13, at
8:30 a. m. in Keeler union. Eleanor
James Richardson, Manistee senior,
and Janet Doyle, Breckenridge
junior, are co-chairmen of the
affiair.
Other committee chairmen are
Phil Keeney, Caro senior, decorations, and Mary Beth Willabee, Romeo senior,-program committee.
All sorority girls, advisors and patronesses of sororities, and pledges
of sororities are invited to the breakfast.   Tickets are 50 cents each.
Valentine Party Is
Last for ¥-12 Band
Cabaret   Dance   Scheduled
ior 9-12 Saturday.
Hugh Untiedt's popular V-12 13
will make their final appearance at
a college party, Saturday evening,
February 12, when they will play for
the much-discussed Valentine cabaret dance, which is scheduled to take
place in Keeler union ballroom from
9 to 12.
Jim McHugh and Mrs. Grace Niggeman are largely responsible for
the large amount of planning and
arrangements for this semi-formal
party and advertise such attractions as a door prize, programs, and
a song-and-dance floor show.
Dr. D. Louise Sharp, Mr. and Mrs.
George N. Lauer, Mr. and Mrs.
Norvall Bovee, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Thorpe and Mrs. Grace Niggeman
will chaperone the dance while
guests are Lieut, and Mrs1. M. R.
Kelso, Lieut, and Mrs. H. L. Fowler,
and Lieut, and Mrs. W. H. Hayes.
Among students assisting on committees are: Bob McGarth, Orville
McFadden, Dick Mastian and Don
Nellis, ushers; George Bates, floor
plan; Lornajean Schneider, Phyllis
Sundquist, Joan Poison, Shirley
Lageson, Eleanor Brietzke, Yvonne
Bates and Jane Foust, programs;
Wilfred Becker, Mary Jean Coon,
Jane Bradshaw and Patricia Bates,
publicity.
Party Included
Dance Will Feature Douglas
Band; Drinks on House.
Saturday night, February 19, is;
scheduled as the date for a farewell
send-off to some 210 navy men
leaving Mt. Pleasant at the close
ol this term.
The evening will be entirely sponsored by the Men's union, it was announced by John McHale, Men's
union president, and will be a triple
event affair consisting of dinner,
asembly, and a dance.
Beginning at 5 p. m. men will
eat as usual by companies in Ronan
hall with the exception that the
•meal period will be spread over a
much longer time so that at least
two companies can be seated together for the whole meal. At 7:30
p. m. an an student assembly is
planned. A"t 9:30 p. m. students
will adjourn to Keeler union where
there will be party festivities until
11:30 p. m.
The dinner in Ronan will folio*
the style of the one on Thanks*
giving day, linen on the tables, free
cigarettes and candy, and possibly
music during the meal if it can be
obtained. Arrangements are also
being made for all civilian men to
dine together that evening. The
farewell assembly as before stated
will be for all Centralites, faculty
as well as students. Lt. Kelso aiid
President Anspach will be the chief
celebraties each with a message of
parting. Other features on the program will take the form of student
participation. The dance at Keeler
will feature the music of Glenna
Douglas and her orchestra. There
will be non-dancing activities provided and all drinks will be at Men's
union expense. There will be no
charge at the door nor will there
De any limit as to the number attending.
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
Organizations     scheduled      to make
surgical dressings this week are:
P. M.      »
Freshman   Girls 15    Tuesday 7-9:30
Appleblossom       12   Wednesday 7-9:30
Phys. Ed               4   Wednesday 8-9:30
Commerce              5   Thursday 7-9:30
Emmons               10   Thursday 7-9:30
Loan Fund Over the Top
The,Victory Loan fund, recently
swelled by the proceeds of the "Miss
Central" contest, is now complete
fourteen months after its innovation. Enough money has been raised
to buy $5,000 worth of bonds to be
used for loans to any Central student who is now or will be in the
armed services if they wish to return to complete rheir college education. It may also be used by the
children of these men and 'women.
Dean C. C. Barnes, general chairman and creator of the fund, stated
that the money has all been invested
in IT. S. Government bonds and that
these bonds will mature 12 years
from date of issue. The interest
rate will be sufficient to keep the
fund going.
In order to carry on the campaign
and obtain student and faculty contributions to the fund* a service flag
was constructed last year and placed
in the lower floor of Warriner hall.
The flag is 16 feet long and 10 feet.
wide. The red border was made
from stamps costing 10 cents each,.
while the center of white was made
from 25-cent stamps. The blue
stars were sold for $2.50 each. Pur=
chasers had the privilege of placing-
on it the name of some friend in
service. Each star and each stamp-
has a place for the donor's name.
Student and organizations made
pledges as well as contributing dur^
ing contests last year and this.
Twelve gold stars on the flag, were
bought for the following former
Central students: William E. Bowler, Robert Carlson, Robert Dibble*
John Epple, Ray Kilrain, Tom Mun»
ger, Keith Norwood, Keith Phillips,
Dean Scroggie, Gerald Stewart,
Benjamin J. Smith and Malcolm
Wardrop, Jr.
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