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Pick the Winners
Tomorrow
VOLUME 25
Last Chance
For AWS Dance
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1944
NUMBER 22
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He's Riding for a Fall!
DOROTHY SWEENEY, Mt. Pleasant sophomore; JOAN HANSON, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. freshman; ELMER JENSEN, Plainfield,
N. J., junior; JEAN CHISHOLM, Flint freshman; and JOAN
MUNTZ, Cass City freshman, rehearse a bit of the action from
"Miss Jimmy," three act comedy the play production class will
present May 15 and 16.
Lt Kelso Announces Appointment
of Student Platoon, Squad Officers
Monday saw the changing of platoon officers for the entire V-12
unit. The majority of the squad
leaders were also changed. This was
done to give as many seniors as
possible the experience necessary in
leading men.
The commanding officer expressed
his appreciation to the men who
haye served as platoon officers and
platpon petty officers, as wel1 as
squad officers for the first two
months of this semester. They have
done an excellent job. The only
reason they were removed was to
give as many as possible the experience.
Company 3 Wins
Honors for Week
This week's honor company was
Company three.' With only 16
offenses and 58 demerits, Company
three, commanded by L. R. Laakso,
Eben Junction freshman, and E. P.
Jensen, North Plainfield, N. J.
junior, took the honors.
As the entire battalion was restricted, Company Tfaree had liberty
only as late as 2150 Sunday. They
Will have special liberty during the
r^st of the week.
On May 29 new officers will be
appointed. These appointments will
be made up of men who will be
here next semester. This is to give
them experience also so as to have
See—KELSO—Page)  4
NOTICE
Yes, students, it's here—an opportunity for all Central students
to come and express themselves
at a round table discussion on
current American political questions. The place is dining room
B in Keeler union and thte time
is 7i:30 p. m. TONIGHT.
RATION POINTS
This is a plea for 3,000 ration
points—am appeal to all Centralites to turn in as many meat
points as they can spare. Whether
or not a barbecued steer can be
had for the oil-college picnic on
•Thursday, May 25, depends upon
the number turned in.
The meat points must be guaranteed iln advance so all Sloan
girls and others having some to
spare are asked to let Mrs. Grace
B.'''Njggeimiii know how many
$ujy'cain 'supply *nd report to her
before* iioon i$day«
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fo Vole Thursday
on Honor Seniors
Final Plans Being Made
for A.W.SrSpring Ball
Chippewa Awards to Be Given to Winning Four in Honor
Assembly Later.
Central's four most outstanding seniors will be chosen by college students and
faculty members tomorrow
when they go to the polls in the
second floor foyer between 9 a. m.
and 5 p. m., it has been announced
by the Student council. The four
chosen for the honor will be presented with the Chippewa awards at
an honors assembly later in the
year.
Council' Sponors Awards
Until last year, awards were made
by the college yearbook, Chippewa.
At that time, after the editors decided to drop them because of a
budgt*r problem, the Student Council voted to finance the awards, retaining the original name. Winners last year were Dorothy Kelly,
Spencer Denison, Warren Schmakel
and John Evans.
The entire student body and faculty will be eligible to cast four
votes each Thursday. The ballots will have a place for four
names. The voter should place the
name of four different seniors oh
the ballots. Ballots which name
one person more than once will
be thrown out. All seniors who enrolled, in November, 1943, or March,
1944, "are eligible.
Eligibility List to be Posted
An eligibility list containing the
names of those who were seniors on
the above dates will be placed in
each election booth. The winners
will be the four students receiving
the greatest number of votes, regardless of sex. Winners will be
presented with keys for boys and
heck chains for girls in the honors
assembly.
Qualifications for candidates include leadership, scholarship, personality, citizenship and versatility.
Jesse Thorpe Will Speak
at Men's Union Meeting
Jesse Thorpe will be the guest
speaker at the Men's union meeting May 9. Before the meeting the
men will eat together in. dining
rooms A, B and C.
Dick Snook, his trumpet and his
eight-piece orchestra, from Grand
Rapids will provide the music at
the annual AWS Spring ball at
Keeler union Saturday from 9 p. m.
to 12 midnight. Snook will feature
a girl vocalist, Norma Jean, "lovely
singer of songs." The orchestra was
secured by Iris Wilcox, Greenville
freshman, chairman of the orchestra committee.
Ticketsj which cost $2 plus tax,
a total of $2.40, will be on sale in
the dean of women's office throughout the week.   Only 140 bids will be
Speech Students
Earn Top Honors
Routh, Baldwin, and Olsen
Pace Central's Winning Performances.
Pour students' irr Central's speech
department, coached by Dr. Wilbur
E. Moore and Dr. E. C. Chenoweth,
returned on campus Sunday'evening
after tying for top honors at Pi
Kappa Delta's Province of the
Lakes forensic tournament which
took place at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, where eleven
schools were entered in the competition.
Frederick Routh, V-12 junior
from Wyandotte, not only placed
first in men's extempore and second
in after-dinner speches, but took
first position in men's debate while
paired with Wesley Olsen, Brooklyn,
N. Y. sophomore. Routh and Olsen
had previously won the decisions in
the three preltaunary rounds. Bette
Baldwin, Tuscola junior, placed a
close second to a Bowling Green
university representative in women's
pxtempore.
Pinal results of the contest were
as follows: Men's debate, C.M.C.E.,
See—SPEECH—Page 2
sold to the semi-formal affair. Bernie Filer, Pontiac senior, general
chairman of the ball, has announced
that the tickets have been selling
steadily all week. Corsages will be
optional at the dance, which is traditionally girl bid.
A floor show is being planned by
Jan Waldron, Belding sophomore,
and. her committee. Bonnie Rule,
Detroit senior, chairman of the
decorations committee, is planning
a spring theme for the dance. The
programs, secured by Joan Dillon,
Saginaw senior, will be cream colored.''
Patrons and patronesses haye
been announced by Beverly Preston,
Grosse Pointe sophomore, invitations committee chairman, as follows: Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Anspach, Lt. and Mrs. M. R. Kelso,
Dr. D. Louise Sharp, Dean and Mrs.
George N. Lauer, Mrs. Grace B.
Niggeman, Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. Frederick Sington, and Dr. and Mrs.
Gerald Poor. They, in addition to
several students, will make up the
receiving line
Sigma Tau's Pace
Box and Letter Bee
The third box-packing and letter-writing bee with Margaret
Ketchum, Ionia sophomore, as
chairman packed 20 boxes and
wrote forty letters to Central's
servicemen.
Highest attendance of the evening
for sororities was Alpha Sigma Tau
with 11; Delta Sigma Epsilon had
6; Kgppa, Gamma and Sigma Phi
Omieron each followed with 4; Phi
Delta. Et$, 2; Tyi Sigma, 2; Pi Kappa Sigma, 2; and Theta Sigma TJp-
silon, 1.
The Appleblossom club was represented with 3, Helen R. Emmons
2, and there were 11 others who
came to help out but dp riot represent any organization.
Cokes were treated by the A.W.S.
to all the girls at the close of the
affair.
Detroit Soph Is
Orientation Head
Beverly Preston, Detroit sophomore, has just been appointed
Freshman Orientation Week chairman for next fall, and will also take
charge of putting out the revised
booklet for Freshmen.
She was selected by Mary Moore,
Gladwin junior, who is the newly
elected president of the A. W." S.
for next year, ajnd who will also assist i» the forniulation of the freshman week plans.
Sold to Thqit Lady with the Blue Hat!
Barnes Auctions White Elephants
Going, going, gone to Dr. Anspach for $1.05. Incidentally, it was
President C. L. Anspach's pwn fishing creel and heavy underwear
which auctioneer C. C. Barnes was
selling at the faculty party last
Wednesday evening in the ballroom
of Keeler union.
Faculty members bought picture
frames, old purses, a derby, an unbalanced tennis racket, and many
other white elephants which had
been donated by the guests themselves. Most of the things were
wrapped, and Dean Barnes did some
rather clever auctioneering. Prof.
Frank Robinson walked away carrying a tiny kitten, which Miss Karo-
lena Fox had brought, and a dress
form (unclaimed).
■ The party started with a potluck
pinner. Mrs. J. Harold Powers was
chE^rhigflt, assisted by Mrs. M,ary
Jojinsq^, Mrs. B>. H. Maybee^ Mrs.
Stewart McDonald, Mrs. Webster
Pearce, Mrs. Eugene Chenoweth,
Mrs. M, A. Cobb, Mrs. George Lauer,
Mrs. Frank Fox, Mrs. Preston Mayhew, Mrs. Henry Pety, Mrs. Roy
McCollom and Mrs Gerald Poor.
Dr. Rolland Maybee was in
charge of the program, and Dr. E.
C. Beck, Tom Goodrich, Jesse
Thorpe and Ron Finch helped, nun
plan this unusual and extremely
successful program. After the auction, Ivan Cole showed some moving
pictures of previous campus activities which had been taken by Dean
Lauer, Dr. Rupert Koeninger and
Cole.
Following this, square dancing
was directed by Melanie Pety, and
the game rooms were in i?se. In the
Women's lounge. Dr. BToeninger
and 3\Jiss ©ttiei Pyaeger slipped
soj$e more pictures of f&cuity ©eln-
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