1944-06-07; Central Michigan Life

              Ghatien,
By Ann Gidilewich
More than «ne person is wiping
perspiration off his brow in more
than one way. We know one faculty
member whose garden is his pride
and joy and the object of much
discussion. He once boasted about
harvesting his crop of peas before
the rest of the faculty gardeners
and was sadly beaten by Ronald
Pinch. Perhaps the incident weakened his morale. It was reported
that this avid horticulturist was last
seen lying in the shade of his corn
fast asleep. (He was burned, So
draw your own conclusions about
the corn.) It's also reported that
Mr. George Nelson uses a whisk-
broom  on his  plot daily—it's the
cleanest garden in faculty row.
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The modern dance group put on
its annual performance at the
Pan-He! Ball Saturday and according to actual count, the
smickers were reduced to practically nothing. Can it be that
the Mt. Pleasant public is becoming inured to the arts? By
gwsh, we thought they did an excellent job.
* *   *
"Kiss the boys goodbye." Gnash-
ig and weeping and shouts of
gratitude.-"The boys" are receiving
orders. Somewhere in the shift between hot and cold weather somebody forgot his blues in the review
last week, and all the little boys
looking on found huge delight in
commenting about the sailor in pajamas. We hope he didn't feel conspicuous.
* *   *
Somebody just wandered in
looking for the janitor. "No, we
don't know where the janitor is,
but perhaps our roommate can
help you." She knows everything.
She even knows who Frank Sinatra is now.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1944
NUMBER 27
Returning Students Must Register
Invasion Announced
Senior Swingout
Program Is Listed
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Combination Class Day and
Concert Is Scheduled for
June 16
Inauguration of the 1944 senior
graduation activities will come at
8:30 p. m. Friday, June 16, as senior
Swing-out, class day, and a band
concert are combined.
First on the program will be a
30-minute concert by the college
band under the direction of Preston
Mayhew. This will take the place
of the annual spring concert.
The processional and the singing
of the national anthem will follow
the band concert. Then Dr. Charles
L. Anspach, president, will present
the athletic, band, speech, Sigma
Tau Delta, and Chippewa awards
and the scholarships.
Joan Dillon, Saginaw senior, will
then give the class president's address, followed by the salutatory.
The senior girls' ensemble will sing
several vocal numbers, and the
valedictory speech will be jmade.
However, the valedictorian and sa-
lutorian have not yet been announced.
Pres. Anspach will then give the
Swing-out address and the program
will be concluded with the recessional and the singing of the Alma
Mater.
TCentral Observes
'D-Day' by Prayer,
Period of Silence
Invasion day found Central students earnestly receptive to all news
broadcasts. The regular "business"
of a college day went on without
change except for a sixty-second
period of prayer at 10 a. m. Four
short bells announced the time for
D-Day observance as proclaimed by
Gov. Harry F. Kelly, and Central
students and faculty paused in
whatever they were doing to rise
and give reflection on the significance of the occasion.
In Keeler union the public amplifying system was tuned in throughout the day for all broadcasts and
students and faculty listened with
deep interest although, as in most
American cities and towns, there
was little outward excitement or
celebration.
To some, the first indication that
the momentous day had come was
in the terse three-word announcement on the bulletin board, Warri-
ner'k first floor foyer, "Invasion
Started Today." Those who were
campus residents at the time of
Pearl Harbor made comparisons on
the reception of that news and this
and the general comment was that
"we still have a job to do," "the
war's not over yet."
District Chaplain Addresses V-12's;
Inspects Religious Facilities of Unit
Capt. Joseph T. Casey USN, district chaplain for the ninth naval
district, addressed Central's V-12
battalion briefly at a special assembly  in  the  college   auditorium
Friday noon, June 2. The meeting
was called by Lt. M. R. Kelso, commanding officer of the unit who also
introduced the visiting chaplain.
Capt. Casey, who arrived in Mt.
Pleasant on Thursday from visits at
naval stations in Ohio and the Detroit area, inspected the religious
facilities and activities of the navy
trainees in Mt. Pleasant and reported' that the exceptionally high
percentage of church-going sailors
and the strong praise for their enthusiasm by local religious leaders
.speak well for this unit.
Why Americans Fight
He also urged the men to appreciate the nation's objective in
this war and summarized this objective by saying, "We are fighting
for a world in which tyranny and
oppression cannot exist. And we are
fighting for mankind, ... the dignity and sanction of the human soul."
The visiting chaplain then noted
the standard of this nation's democracy as the ideal for preserva-
BUS SERVICE
In order to provide transportation on the Saturday afternoon
of Commencement day* the Foster
bus line has agreed to provide
extra bus transportation, provided
they know how miany students desire it. AH who wish to leave town
ireport to the General Office before June 12, and state whether
you are going north, or south.
tion in the war and placed the value
and the importance of that freedom in the power of the people to
express their majority opinion at
the polls.
Extensive Service Record
As a veteran of 27 years' naval
service which dates from his entry
into the Navy during the first
World War, Capt. Casey has seen
duty in many f)arts of the world,
serving aboard the battleships West
Virginia and Texas and the aircraft
carrier Lexington. In addition his
long naval career includes service
with, numerous other naval craft,
the Marine Corps, and the submarine service in the Far East.
Captain Casey said Mass at Sacred Heart church Friday morning
and left by plane for Alma where
he will continue his visits with navy
personnel.
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Two V-12's Participate
in City Memorial Parade
Apprentice seamen, Sheldon W.
Henry, Detroit junior, and Irving
Dworkin, Detroit junior, participated in the Memorial day parade
through the city last week. Both
men are members of the station
Color Guard and played taps in the
city's observance of the national
holiday.
Orchesta Dance
Glenna Douglas, Lyons sophomore,
and her orchestra will play for the
all-college dance Saturday night at
Keeler union from 9 to 12 p. m.
Platoons, Squads
Get New Officers
Appointment of new platoon officers and squad "leaders, who assumed command May 29, was announced last week by Lt. M. R. Kelso, commanding officer of the local
unit. Unless present officers prove
unsatisfactory, no further changes
will be made this semester.
New officers were chosen from
those who will return next term in
order to provide experienced company, and platoon officers, and
squad leaders when new trainees
come in.
Platoon officers include: company
one, Alber, Carpenter and Coffin;
company two, Drew, Gibson and
Gilginas; company three, R. J.
Johnson, King and Leroux; company four, Maunders, Mocock, and
Parkes; and company five, Rutherford, Steinhoff and Wesolek.
Platoon petty officers are: company one, Ball, Buttrick, and Darling; company two, Ellis, Goodyear
and Hansen; company three, Huns-
berger, Kesler and Loberg; company
four, A. D. Mead, Nyquist and
Popovich; and company five, Schaberg, Strong and Wood.
Forty-five squad leaders were also
appointed.
SUHGICAL DBESSMGS
Calling all V-A's—with the newly
arrived quota of surgical dressings,
sororities, organizations, and all
other girls, are being asked to "keep
'em rollin" by turning out for this
all-important college activity.
Organizations scheduled to make surgical dressings for this week are as
follows: _ ,      .        „« •«
Appleblossom       IB    Wednesday    7-0:8©
Phys. Ed. 4   Wednesday    7-9:30
Home Ec. 3    Wednesday    7-9:3©
Emmons 6   Thnrsday       7-9:30
Commerce 5    Thursday       7-9:30
Freshmen        ,   12    Thnrsday       7-9:30
Sororities Satnrday 9-11
Satnrday 12-2
Preliminary Registration Will Begin
Today; Instructions, Schedules Listed
Summer and Autumn Term Students Are Affected by Pre-
Registration Program
Preliminary registration for the six weeks' summer session, the summer semester, and the autumn semester will
begin at 8:00 a. m. today, June 7, and will close at 5:00 p. m<
on Friday, June 16.   All freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and.
all seniors who do not graduate June 24 should make out pre-
 ♦registration forms  and bring both
Women Needed
to Help Harvest
Cherries, Beans
Students   to   Work   in   Women's Land Army Camps
Witlna goal of enrolling 500 women students for Women's land
army work camps this summer, student leaders on eight Michigan
campuses will begin canvassing
prospects this week.
Helen Kinney, Baldwin junior
and a home economics student, has
been supplied with background information and enrollment blanks on
Central's campus.
The co-eds will help pick cherries
and harvest snap beans during the
months of July and August. Workers will receive piece work pay, averaging 50 cents a lug for cherries,
with an average day's pick of at
least five lugs, or two cents a pound
for snap beans with 300 pounds of
beans considered a fair day's work.
Bean pickers earn more and are
paid more because there is less
glamour, more bending and harder
work.
Girls who enroll for the summer
work will camp either at Allegan or
in the Traverse City region. Campers
pay $1.25 for their board out of
earnings and receive transportation
back to their Michigan homes if
they work two weeks or longer. Additional applications are being received in offices of county agricultural agents and in the mail by Miss
Ruth (Peck, supervisor in charge of
the Women's land army, at 318
Morrill hall, Michigan State college,
East Lansing.
copies of the guide book up to date.
This will include all regular civilian
students, the four weeks summer
session students, and aU navy men
who entered previous to March 1,
1944.
Even those students who are not
certain that .they will continue in
college after this semester should
pre-register if there is any possibility that they may return either
for the summer school or the summer semester or the autumn semester. Those who are positive they
will not return (this includes graduating seniors, two-year students,
not to be in college after this semester) should bring their guide
books up to date even though they
do not file preliminary registration
cards.
To begin your preliminary registration, go to the Student Personnel office in accordance with the
following schedule, where you will
receive complete instructions:
June 7—All students enrolled on
the Elementary curriculum bring
your guide books up to date and
start pre-registration.
June 8—AH students enrolled on
the Secondary curriculum.
June 9—All persons on the Pre-
Professional programs and the
Liberal Arts and Limited curricula
pre-register.
June 13—Navy men who entered
before March 1, 1944 bring guide
boohs up to date. Civilian seniors
.and two-year limited people who
are graduating June 24 also bring
your guide books up to date.
June 16—All persons who expect
to file pre-registration cards for the
six-weeks summer session, the summer semester, or the autumn semester have them turned into the
Student Personnel Office by 5 p. mt
June 16, 1944.
It is especially urgent that everyone pre-register as scheduled, because courses to be offered will be
termined largely from the preliminary registrations. Your cooperation
will be gre'atly appreciated.
Panhellenic Ball Floor Show Features
Skit, Solo, and Original Modern Dance
Another success was chalked up
for the Panhellenic girls as the annual Panhellenic ball drew to a
close Saturday, June 3, at midnight.
Glenna Douglas and her band furnished the music for the sorority
girls and their dates.
Alpha Sigma Alpha with Lorraine
Mosher, Bay City senior, as chairman, had charge of the floor show.
Jack Bates, Detroit sophomore was
master of ceremonies and started
the program off with a skit of The
Three Bears. Ed MacFarland, Owosso sophomore, sang "Night and
Day" accompanied by Virginia
Vincer, Mt. Pleasant senior, at the
piano.
An original dance by the modern
dance class followed. Miss Jane McNamara, instructor of physical education, had charge of the girls.
Marjorie Kelly, Cadillac sophomore;
Mary Lerg, Lake City sophomore;
Mary Eddy, Ionia sophomore; Janet
Waldron, Belding sophomore; Clau-
dine Baize, Ludington sophomore;
Dorothy Sweeney, Mt. Pleasant
sophomore; Mary Pica, Turner junior; Jackie Barret, Detroit sophomore; Betty Christenson, Greenville freshman; Betty McDonnell,
Sioux Falls, S, Dakota freshman;
and Joan Hanson, Sioux Falls
freshman, were accompanied by
Miss Mary Lu Reeder, instructor
of music, at the piano.
Co-chairmen of the ball were
Irene Butkowski, Dearborn senior,
and Jane Bradshaw, Royal Oak
sophomore. Phi Delta Eta decorated
Keeler ballroom in true sorority
style with Greek letters, in each sorority's colors at the windows.
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