1944-05-17; Central Michigan Life

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By Ann Gidilewich
We found cut why nobody ever
calls Central a suitcase campus anymore. Six hours on that flyer from
the south, maneuvering elbows and
hanging from the ceiling, is enough
to cure the most severe case of
homesickness. Of course, there is
diversion now and then, when an
inconspicuous Central man bursts
out in song or does a "Useful Eustace" and substitutes for busboy out
of the kindness of his heart. Yerp,
we'll stay here and relax with our
three calm and collected roommates.
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"I hear in the chamber above
me the patter of little feet," Mrs.
Niggeman puts in gently. They
don't patter and they dont sound
little. Every now and then Sloan
has what seems to be a steeple
chase run simultaneously on both
upper floors. And on very clear
days one can hear the tender
drawn-out scr-r-ape of moving
beds.
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Either President Anspach or Irene
Butkowski and Virginia Fedcke will
be putting forth for, a dinner June
9, at 12 o'clock. Way back, May 9
at 12 o'clock to be exact, these two
girls made a wager with our honored prexy that they could go without gum, candy, and coke for a
month. The winnah gets the din-
nah. Irene and Ginny are still holding out.   Of course, today is only
May 17.
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After our little chat with Mr.
Thorpe we think we'll go out to
"Palm Beach" and sniff dandelions for a while. Ask him sometime why a college picnic is like
a horse-race. You, no doubt, will
want to sniff dandelions, too.
P, S. "Palm Beach" is that
newly christened territory just behind that fabulous abode, Sloan
hall.
Corrimencement Day Set for
Saturday, June 24
Plans for Senior commencement
were announced by George Wheeler,
chairman of the Commencement
committee, following a recent meeting of that group. The committee
has released the following program.
The annual Junior-Senior Reception will be June 9 in Keeler
union from 9 p. m. until 12:00 midnight.
Junior high promotional exercises
will be in the auditorium at 2 p. m.,
on Thursday, June 15.
It was decided to combine Swing-
out and Class night this year on
Friday, June 16.
Baccalaureate will take place in
the auditorium at 8 p. m. on Sunday, June 18.
A rehearsal of the graduates is
planned for 4:30.p. m., Thursday,
June 22.
Seniors will have their traditional
dinner dance from 6:30 p. m. until 1 a. m. Friday, June 23, in Keeler union ballroom.
Plans are also being considered
for an informal get-together of faculty, parents and seniors at 12 noon,
June 24.
Finally the academic processional
will start at 3 p. m., June 24, with
Commencement at 3:45 p. m.
JUNIORS
All members of the junior class
who are planning to take practice
teaching next fall are asked to
meet in Wl©7 at 4:30 p. m>, Thursday, May 18, for registration. Any
junior who finds it impossible to
come to this meeting should come
to the office of the College Elementary building to fill out the
enrollment blank for teaching.
P. G. LANTS
VOLUME 25
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1944
NUMBER 24
WSSFDrive Opens Here Next Week
Money Is Needed
for War Victims,
Iudenls and Profs
ayne U. Dean Will Be Main Speaker
indent Recognition Event, May 31
Dean of Students Announces Program to Honor Organization Heads and Award Winners on Campus
W. W. Whitehouse, dean of the
college of liberal arts at Wayne
university, will be the feature
speaker at a recognition program
honoring outstanding Central students at 8:15 p. m., Wednesday, May
31, according to announcement
made by Dr. D. M. Trout, dean of
students.
Native of England
A native of England, Dean White-
house came to the United States in
1913, and has degrees from many
American colleges, including Leban-
Club Cabaret' Is
Semi-Formal Party Is Saturday Night; Corsages Banned
"Club 21 Cabaret," a semi-formal
dancing party, featuring a door
prize and the popular rhythms of
"Ten Gobs and a Guy" will be presented by the college social activities committee this Saturday eve-,
ning, May 20, from 9 to 12 in Keeler ballroom. Under the co-chairmanship of Mrs. Grace B. Niggeman, social director of Sloan hall,
and James M. McHugh, Detroit
senior, the dance will be carried out
in cabaret theme and corsages will
be banned.
Tickets were sold Monday and
Tuesday of this week only to couples
having social activity cards, but beginning today and ending at noon
tomorrow only one person of a
couple need have a card. From
Thursday noon until Saturday noon
neither person of a couple need have
social activity cards to buy tickets
for the affair. A waiting list of card
owners will be maintained during
the week.
Out-of-town guests do not need
cards for ticket purchases and
couples who make table reservations
for the cabaret party are urged to
notify Dean Sharp's office if they
find it impossible to attend.
Committee chairmen as announced by the co-chairmen of the
party are decorations—co-chairmen:
Helen Jean Hamilton, Rogers City
junior, and Virginia L. Sigsbee,
Midland senior; floor plan—Bernie
Booker, Flint sophomore; publicity
—Robert J. LaPlante, Detroit junior; program—Lornajean Schneider,
Petoskey junior.
The following people will be the
guests of the social activity committee at the dance: Dean D. Louise
Sharp, Dean and Mrs. George Lauer
Lt. Comd'r and Mrs. L. C. Brown,
Lt. (j.g.) and Mrs. H. Fowler, Lt.
(j.g.) and Mrs. F. Sington, Lt. (j.g.)
and Mrs. J. Ray, Ensign and Mrs.
J Spicuzza, Dr. and Mrs. R. Koeninger, Dr. and Mrs.' R. Maybee, Mr.
and Mrs. L. Serier, Mr. and Mrs. N.
Bovee, Mrs. Grace B. Niggeman.
NOTICE
The college band concert, originally scheduled for May 24, has
been indefinitely postponed.
on (Ohio) university, Garrett Biblical institute, and Lawrence college,
Appleton, Wis. He was ordained a
Methodist minister and for a time
preached in Milwaukee. In 1917 he
was made educational director at
Fort Custer, and in 1939 joined the
Wayne staff.
Among groups in which Dean
Whitehouse has positions are the
Detroit Round Table of Catholics,
Jews, and Protestants, the Michigan North Central Association of
Colleges, and the Michigan District
of American Youth Hostels.
Program Honors Students
The recognition program, is
planned to honor all students in
whose guidebooks "Candidate for
Graduation Honors" was stamped at
the end of the previous semester;
all who are presidents or presidents-
elect of organizations to which all
students, all women, or all men on
campus might belong; student officers of the V-12 program as determined by Lt. M. R. Kelso; all
persons who have won awards in
speech, athletics, dramatics, . or
other fields; and all others who
have won any outstanding awards
or recognitions during the year.
A more exact announcement of
those to be included will be issued
in the near future.
rbecne Keynote
to Be Variety, Fun
Affair Planned for  3 to   10
P. M., May 27
Latest development on the Barbecue front comes in the form Of a
request for still more ration points
for the May 27 affair. According to
Mrs. Grace B. Niggeman, chairman,
a total of 6320 points is needed instead of the 3000 formerly asked.
This leaves approximately 2900 still
to be acquired.
Planned for the event is a program including a round robin soft-
ball elimination tournament between the V-12 companies from 3:30
to 5:30 p. m. During the same hours
mass recreation under direction of
Miss Celia. Segerman and her
recreation class is planned for those
not interested in softball.
Highpoint of the evening, the
barbecue dinner at 5:30 p. m. will
consist of barbecue and buns, cole
slaw, baked beans, relishes, cup
cakes and cookies, and coffee and
milk.
Folk dancing on the green with
Miss Grace Ryan in charge will be
the feature attraction from 7 to 8
p. m., with social dancing on the
tennis courts to the music of the
Navy orchestra planned ifor 8 to
10 p. m.
Last but not least, the whole affair is free—and all students and
faculty members are invited to attend.
NOTICE
The All college gym open-house
scheduled for this Saturday, May
20, has been ptostponed.
Laboratory School
fo Give Musicale
The fourth annual program of the
combined choirs of the College Elementary and Junior high schools
will take place Sunday afternoon,
May 21, at 2:30 p. m. in the college
auditorium for the parents of children in these choirs. There will
be a program for boys and girls not
in the choir groups Friday, May 19.
The choir groups will show progression of work through unison and
part singing, and will sing songs
representing Russia, China, England
and America. The program also
includes solos, duets, and trios on
xylophones, tonettes, and melody
bells.
AWS Insfatfafion
et for Wee
Program Announced for Sunday Morning Affair
A.W.S. officers for next year will
be formally installed at an Installation, breakfast scheduled for 8:30
to 10:30 a. m. Sunday, May 21,
in Keeler union cafeteria. All
women students are invited 'and
are asked to sign up on the bulletin
board in Warriner hall.
Mary Shipman, Corunna senior
and general chairman, has announced that the toastmaster of the
affair will be Fran Mewmaw, Royal
Oak junior. Marge Anderson, Ludington senior and president of this
year's A.W.S. board, will give the
A.W.S. highlights, after which two
vocal solos, Gershwin's "Summertime" and "Ziguener" by Noel Coward, will be sung by Joyce Van
Petten, Vassar junior. Mary Moore,
Gladwin junior and newly elected
president !for next year, will speak,
followed by an announcement of A.
W. S. scholarships. The installation
of Associated 'Women Students
council will be conducted by Dr. D.
Louise Sharp, and the singing of
the Alma Mater will conclude the
program.
Assisting the general chairman
are program — Fran Mewmaw;
guests — Velma Munger; menu —
Nancy Fletcher; decorations—Irene
Butkowski; and publicity—Kathryn
Wirth.
World Student Service Fund
Drive Will Be Launched on
Campus Next Wednesday
"Students are the builders
of tomorrow!" With this slogan in mind, a World Student
Service Fund drive will be
launched on Central's campus Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday, May 24, 25, and
26. A $500 goal has been set.
Price General Chairman
Sponsors of the drive are members of the YMCA, with Charles
Price, Midland sophomore, as general chairman. Other committee
chairmen include Wilfred Kennedy,
publicity; Louis Stasaski, collections; and Y 1/c Don Schaberg,
Navy and collections.
Both individuals and 'organizations will be given a chance to conr
tribute, according to Don Abbey, YM
president. Climaxing the campaign
will be a dance in the college den
Friday, May 26. No charge will be
made but a silver offering will be
taken.
Fund Aids Students
Money from the local drive will
go to national WSSF headquarters
where it is turned over to the National War fund, of which the
WSSF is a cooperating agency. It
then goes to provide direct relief for
students and professors who are
prisoners of war, refugees, internees,
or dispossessed or otherwise victims
of war in Europe, Asia, the United
States and Canada.
Organized in 1937 as the Far
Eastern Student Service fund, the
WSSF operates primarily in colleges, universities, preparatory
schools, and theological seminaries -
of the United States in order to
raise money for student war relief.
It is international, non-sectarian, •
and non-political, and includes
among its sponsoring and cooperating organizations such groups as
The Chinese Student Christian association, the Federation of Jewish
Student Organizations of New York,
the Institute of International Education, the National Intercollegiate
Christian council, and. the Polish
American council of the U. S. A.
Prof. Fred Bush and Son
Arrive Home on Furlough
For ,the first time in 15 months'
the Fred Bush family was reunited
this week when Bush, assistant professor of English at Central, returned from a year's service with
the Red Cross and his son, Pete, got
a leave from the Naval Air corps.
Pete met his father in Washington several weeks ago, where they
planned the trip home. But Mrs.
Bush didn't know her son was near
until he walked in the front door
and shouted, "When do we eat?" He
is a Naval aviation cadet, stationed
at Corpus Christi, Tex. He expects
to finish his training there and get
his commission in about a month.
Left Last Year
Bush got a year's leave of absence
last June to work for the American
Red Cross personnel division. He
received several weeks' training at
the American university, Washington, D. C, and was sent to Fort
Bragg, N. C, for a short period. Hje
then went on an Army transport in
convoy to Hawaii where he was
stationed for six months.
Working close "to Honolulu near
both an Army and a Navy base,
Bush, as' an Assistant Field Director,
had an opportunity to help hundreds of servicemen with ,all sorts
of personal problems. Most of the
men's troubles, he said, arise from
illness, disaster, trouble, and death
in the family at home. The Red
Cross does the corresponding and
business for the boys, tries to ar-
See—PROF. BUSH—Page 4
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