1944-04-12; Central Michigan Life

              Mattel
By Ann Gidilewich
Sloan suffered a slight decrease of
population during Easter week-end
with sixty-five out of two hundred
and eighty-six remaining, according
to latest statistics. The peace and
quite was slightly terrific, but even
with only sixty-five rattling around
all was not peace.
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'•Life in a telephone booth" or
"A sandine has nuthin' on me."
Helen Turrpa spent part of Saturday afternoon comfortably seated,
jack-knife fashion, on the floor of
a telephone booth reading that
highly educational publication,
The Mt. Pleasant Directory.
Meanwhile, from without the janitor plied his screwdrivers and
such, in an effort to open the door.
He finally took off the hinges,
lock and everything else and let
the poor girl out. We don't know
whether it was a wrong number
or not, but we haven't seen the
janitor lately.
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Our musical roommate has found
a pastime for classes, since she has
found it impossible to loosen her
larynx during lectures. It's quite a
simple pastime. She merely embellishes each freckle on her arm with
an outline of ink. If the freckles
don't hold out, she puts scallops
around them, and. if the scallops
don't hold out,   she   begins   taking
notes in desperation.
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Jim Crippen got around Western
Union's refusal to send messages
of greeting by tapping "Happy
Easter" out on Sloan's doorbell. Of
course, the "chaps" didn't know
Morse code and Jim narrowly
missed  beKng  "Happy  Eastered"
himself.
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It has been brought to our attention by an apparently astute
observer that an appallingly high
percentage of girls open their own
doors while their dates stand holding the other one. This sounds
vaguely like a good spot to quote our
latest plagiarism. "In the spring all
the boys become gallant and all the
gals become buoyant."
VOLUME 25
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1944
NUMBER 19
They Get a Big "Bang" Out of Physics!
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BOoteuOi, Detroit, and Stephen Winowiski, Jr., Detroit
exhibit their small arms prowess in Dr. M. L. Pilson's latest-
physics experiment.
Physics Lab Students Test Velocity
of Different Caliber Rifles and Pistols
All students taking physics laboratory I are helping to conduct an
experiment to determine the differences in velocity between several
caliber rifles and pistols.
' The experiment is made by shooting a bullet into a block of wood,
which is hung like a pendulum.
Then after determining the weight
of the wood and the bullets used,
the speed of bullets from different
rifles' and pistols are compared. The
next step in the experiment is to
compare the velocities of the rifles
and pistols.
Students have found that the .22
caliber long rifle shoots approximately 1375 feet per second; the
standard .22, approximately 1250
feet per second; the .32 gun, approximately 900 feet per second;
and the .32 pistol, about 650 feet.
Any Spare Time? Keeler Union Provides
Varied Entertainment Facilities for All
Interested in free entertainment?
Keeler union lounge has almost
anything one desires. There are
cards, chess, checkers, cribbage, and
other table games. For those who
wish to improve their mentality
while reclining in chairs and davenports there are several current pub-
CMCE VA's Finish
andage Quota
Central's V.A.'s have finished their
part of the county's 36,000 quota of
surgical dressings, three weeks early
according to Mrs. Harry Miller,
campus Red Cross representative.
A notice will be posted on the
bulletin boards and in "Life" as
soon as a new shipment of surgical dressings arrive.
Last week the Appleblossom club
and others folded 750 of the 1274
total. Helen R. Emmons club finish-
ished up this total with 524.
Guidance Experts Here
to Consult with Students
Carl Horn, chief of division of
guidance, State Board for Vocational control, and Dr. Eugene Tail-
man, Director of Mental hygiene,
State Hospital commission, will be
on campus all day, April 12 and 13
to confer with faculty and student
groups regarding the preparation
of teachers to do guidance work in
public schools.
lications, Reader's Digest, Life, Saturday Evening Post, and a Webster's
dictionary. One may find musical
entertainment in group singing or
in listening to Central's pianists give
forth with novel selections.
Then, if one desires to just rest
and hear his favorite radio programs, he may listen to the amplifying system of radio and public address which has been recently repaired to lend an atmosphere of
greater friendliness. The student activities committee has provided all
this equipment.
The game room has also been repaired and is in excellent conditioji.
There are three pool tables', two billiard tables, and a ping pong table
for everyone's use. The female portion of Central is especially urged
to take advantage of the game room
facilities, too.
efs JNew
Company five took the honors this
week by having the lowest total of
demerits, 45, ever recorded at this
station. Company four took second
place with the next lowest total of
demerits and offenses.
Members of company five will enjoy special liberty starting at 4:30
p. m. on week days and liberty lasting until 12 midnight ori Sunday.
Company five is commanded by H.
C. Wetzel and company four by A.
D. Berg.
Although the smaller bullet has
a greater speed, the larger bullet
has more momentum and, therefore,   is   capable   of   doing   more
damage.
am so Receive
ilain Trainisig
Pour V-12 trainees from Central
were recently selected as candidates
for pre-chaplain training, according
to Commanding Officer, Lt. M. R.
Kelso. They are Williams Pyles, G.
G. Saunders, W. A. Olsen, and J.
E. Wareham.
They were selected on a quota
basis out of the eight applicants
from this school. Each church has
its national quota to be filled every
year. Consequently, only four of
Centrals trainees qualified for this
pre-chaplain training.
The four selectees are to remain
here until they have completed eight
semesters of college, and received
their degrees. Then they will attend a seminary for a period of two
years. Three of the men are now
in their  fifth semester of   college.
Social Processes
Classes Organize
International Club
An International Relations club is
being reorganized on campus by the
social processes classes. The main
purpose is for discussing international relations and to gain a better
understanding between countries.
Anyone interested in joining is
urged to attend the next meeting
today at 11 a. m. in E3.
Esther Pultz, Saginaw freshman,
Mary Lou Klenoski, Saginaw freshman, and Elizabeth Martini, Sebe-
waing freshman, attended the Midwest international Relations conference at Corcordia Teachers college, River Forest, 111., March 31 to
April 1. These girls represented the
new club here on campus.
Dance Band Recordings
for Saturday Mght Dance
Popular dance recordings will
provide the music for the all-college dance Saturday, March 15.
Frances Mewmaw, Royal Oak junior,
is chairman of the dance.
Chippewa Pledges
Now on Sale in Foyer
Yearbook Refunds
Made Today Only
GERVASI POSTPONED
Frank Gervasi, "Collier's" correspondent who was to have
spoken on the lecture series last
night, will appear here next Tuesday, April 18, instead,
Aliemande Left-
Junior Clod Hop
lo Be Rustic Affair
Gym  Will  Be  Transformed
to Barn for* Party.
Here's a chance to go rustic. Haul
out those overalls, toss a little straw
in your hair, and come to the Junior
Clod hop from 9-12 p. m., April 15,
in the college barn (Gym).
Harry Blackman's "Lumberjacks"
will be there with music for square-
dancing and also social dancing for
those who don't "allemande left."
Tickets are on sale in the dean of
women's office at 35 cents a person.
Each junior may bring a guest.
(They need not be couples.)
Coke, modernized version of the
traditional cider, will be sold. And
"iffen you want to drink it settin'"
there will be tables with red-
checked tablecloths.
Chaperons have been invited to
come in farm dress. They are: Dr.
and Mrs. Ernest Merrill, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Thorpe, Dean and Mrs.
George Lauer and Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Finch.
Invited guests are Miss Georgia
Hood, Miss Jane McNamara, Miss
Louise Williams, Miss Celia Segerman, Miss 'Grace Ryan,' Miss Me-
lanie Pety, and Dr. and Mrs. E. C.
Beck.
. General Chairman of the whole
shebang is A/S Bill Pyles. Committee chairmen are: Elna Burke,
guests; Ava Wilcox, decorations;
A/S Stan Levine, publicity and tickets; Alice Provost, program; Ruth
Schug, clean-up; Gloria Souci, refreshments. »
Home Management House
Sponsors Home Ec. Tea
Members of the Home Management house, 210 South Kinney,
were hostesses at a tea given Sunday, April 2 from 4 to 6 p. m. Miss
Rose Hogue and Mrs. Freddie Simmons poured. Those attending were
junior and senior home economics
students not now in residence at the
house and some faculty members.
Chippewa yearbook pledges will
be refunded all day today in General office C, according to Andree
DuFresne, business manager. Refunds will be made to those who
paid over $1.03 upon presentation of
receipts.
-New pledges at .$1.03 each will be
taken today at a table set up in
the first-floor i foyer. Both people
who receive refunds' today and those
who have made ho previous Chippewa pledges are urged to make them
today. Refunds will,not be made
or pledges taken on any other day.
Seniors who wish to have individual pictures in the yearbook
are requested to bring one appointment picture and 25 cents to the
table in the foyer. People who do
not have appointment pictures
should see Andree today.
Policy Group Ads
F
on imppewa ree
Cost of Yearbook May Be
Put on Activity Ticket
"Chippewa," Central's yearbook,
will be included in student activity
fund payments if a recent recommendation of the Policy Formulating council meets with the approval
of President C. L. Anspach and the
State Board of Education.
The policy, which passed the
formulating body at its last meeting, would place the annual on the
same basis as "Life". All students
would then be entitled to the book
through payment at the beginning
of each semester of their student
activities fee, which would be increased accordingly.
Designed to eliminate difficulties
with which "Chippewa" has had to
contend this year and to give it a
definite budget on which to base
plans, the policy is now in the
hands of the President for investigation. Certain details, such as the
exact amount of addition to the fee
and whether or not a person who
has been in school only one semester
will be entitled to a book without
additional payment, still have to be
worked out. When these are decided and President Anspach approves the policy it will be passed on
to the State Board of Education for
final approval.
rat rresnman
Louis Stasaski Ces
s Handicapped Vet of World War II
A veteran of this war, Louis Sta-
saski, Caspian freshman, is now attending Central after receiving a
medical discharge from the  army.
Inducted into the army November
6, 1942, Stasaski went through orientation at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois,
and was later stationed at Ft. Lewis,
Washington, with the combat engineers.
While on maneuvers, on a pitch-
black, foggy night, Stasaski was injured. His group was on a demolition job, throwing grenades at moving vehicles.  One of a batch of de
fective grenades exploded prematurely in his hand, blowing the hand
off and severely lacerating his face.
The blast did not knock him down
so he immediately walked over to a
nearby jeep. He was driven, without
a tourniquet to a hospital where he
lost consciousness for several days.
While in the hospital he received
16 pints of blood plasma. Plastic
surgery was used on his face. He
was hospitalized for a period of seven months, staying in hospitals at
Ft. Lewis, Denver, Colorado, and
Ogden, Utah. He received his discharge October 16, 1943.
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