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VOLUME 26
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1944
NUMBER 4
Annual Christmas Tea Planned
by Associated Women Students
Barbara Force Is Chairman of Event Scheduled for Next
Sunday ... President Charles Anspach Will Speak
Associated Women Students will
sponsor the annual Christmas tea,
Sunday afternoon, December 17,
from 4 to 6 in Keeler Union ballroom.
President Charles L. Anspach will
give a Christmas talk at 5 o'clock.
Other special numbers will be a
piano solo by Joy Rene Stevenson,
Saginaw freshman; a vocal solo toy
Lois Greening, Breckenridge sophomore; and a violin solo by Jean
Borske, Manistee senior.
The incidental music will be furnished by Helen Reilly, Brown City
sophomore; Helen Voelker, Reed
City sophomore; Jane. White, Elberta sophomore; and Rosemary
Skelton, Bay City senior.
In the receiving line will be: Mary
Moore, Gladwin senior, AWS president; Mrs. Charles Anspach, wife
of the president; Dr. D. Louise
Sharp, dean of women; Barbara R.
Force, Saginaw sophomore; and
Connie Denison, Marysville junior,
AW1S vice-president.
Mrs. Beck, wife of E. C. Beck,
head of the English department,
Mrs. Brooks, wife of K. P. Brooks,
head of the Physics and Chemistry
department, Miss Irene Jorae, head
of the biology department, and Miss
Mayme Smith, associate professor
in the speech department will pour.
General chairman for the tea is
Barbara R. Force. Those who are
helping her on other committees
are: Helen Voelker, invitation chairman; Gwen Gwin, Ludington
sophomore, hostess chairman; Jean-
•nette Beutler, Weidman sophomore,
food chairman; Marie Larsen, vassar freshman, and Lornajean
Schneider, Petoskey senior, decoration co-chairman.
The hostesses are: Mary Jane Pel-
ton, Bentley junior; Dorothy Sweeney, Mt. Pleasant junior; Jane Van-
Derbeck, Saginaw freshman; Joan
Peterson, Coral senior; Shirley Fisk,
East 'Leroy sophomore; Maxine El-
liota, Houghton Lake sophomore;
Ava Wilcox, Greenville senior;
Rosemary Lawless, Portland sophomore; Mae Jewel Stevens, Mancelona junior; Mgry Eddy, Ionia
junior; Jean Chisholm, Flint sophomore; and Marion Pendell, Saginaw junior.  .
The girls who are serving are:
Sally Caraahan, Mt. Pleasant
freshman; Betty Olmstead, Ludington freshman;  Marjorie Prior, Mt.
Navy Men Meet
Calvin Speakers
for Discussion
The state group discussion activities were held at Calvin college,
Grand Rapids, Thursday, December
7. Central's representatives were
Ben Foster Kansas navy student;
Charles Lacey, Detroit navy student; George Lewis, Wisconsin navy
student; Adelbert Loeffier, Detroit
navy student; and Wesley Olsen,
Brooklyn navy student.
No rankings were given out. After
the discussion, the group sang
Christmas carols by candlelight.
Doctor Eugene C. Chenoweth* associate professor of the speech department, accompanied the men as
Central's faculty critic at the meet.
Pleasant freshman; Marjorie Lynch,
Detroit freshman; Gloria Cook, Detroit freshman; Pearl Parker, Detroit sophomore; Janet Waldron,
Belding junior; Mildred Vanderlip,
Gowen sophomore; Virginia Stipe,
Saginaw ireshman; Beatrice Trucks,
Saginaw sophomore; Corinne Wolverton, Ionia sophomore; and Barbara Bruck, Saginaw sophomore.
Students of Miss Hogue's home
economics classes are helping to
prepare  sandwiches.
The tea is open to all faculty,
civilian, and navy' students. Town
guests have been invited.
Choir Arranges
Unusual Musk
or Christmas
Music of Many Lands Will
Be Presented Here, Dec. 20
A Cappella choir will present its
annual Christmas program on December 20 in Warriner Hall auditorium, under the direction of J.
Harold Powers, head of the music
department.
Because of the plan to present a
Christmas pageant only on alternate
years, the program this year will
take the form of an informal concert. The choir will present new arrangements of unusual music of the
Christmas story of many lands.
The members of the choir are:
'first sopranos: Lillian Anspach, Mt.
Pleasant sophomore; Isabel Greenhoe, Grand Rapids junior; Lois
Greening, Breckenridge sophomore;
Eleanore Kalbfleisch, Brown City
sophomore; Mary Ami Kumler, Mt.
Pleasant sophomore; Edna Mae
Robertson, Hazel Park sophomore;
Helen   Teal,   Imlay   City   junior;
Joyce VanPetten, Vassar senior;
Mary Weibel, Flint sophomore.
Second sopranos: Dorothy Allen,
Maple Rapids junior; Fay Christenson, Grayling junior; Ruth Horn,
Pinconning senior; Florence House,
Clare sophomore; Barbara Houghton, Clare senior; Janet Graim,
Alma sophomore; Patricia Slaughter, Mt. Pleasant sophomore; Helen
Voelker, Reed City sophomore;
Celeste Williams, Belding junior;
Contraltos: Margie Baltzer, Ludington senior; Lorraine Greiliek,
Traverse City sophomore; Helen
Hanson, Morrice senior; Joan Hansen, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. sophomore;
Roberta Lanshaw, Alma sophmore;
Dorothy Nisewander, Beulah sophomore; Virginia Rice, Grand Rapids
junior; Jane Watrous, Caro junior;
Mezzos: Eleanore Annis, Maple
Rapids junior; Verone Day, Edmore
junior; Rosemary Skelton, Bay City
senior; Carol Tesshi, Freeland
sophomore; Dora Scott, Flint
sophomore; Mary Jean Wolverton,
See—CHOBR—Page 5
Honor Students
Entertained by
Kappa Delta Pi
The annual Kappa Delta Pi honors tea took place Sunday, December 10, from 2:30 until 4:30 in the
women's lounge in Keeler union.
Invitations were extended to all
students, including freshmen, here
on scholarships and those students
already here .having a "B" average.
The informal reception line consisted of Miss Ulma Lighter, assistant professor in the English department and advisor to the fraternity:
Geraldine   Swayze,   vice-president;
Mary Comstock, president: Hazel
Bensen and Norvall Bovee, director
oi Keeler union.
Hazel Bensen, Cadillac senior, was
general chairman of the affair. Assisting her were Kay Wirth and
Geraldine Swayze in charge of invitations; Mary Moore, Gladwin senior, decorations; and Ruth Horn;
Pinconning senior, program. Hostess of the tea was Daretta Esh,
Fairview senior.
Fraternity Has
New Members,
Sponsors Bee
Werner Vortriede Discusses
European Universities after
Initiation and Dinner at
Union
Sigma Tau Delta initiation took
place last night at 5:30 in the
women's lounge at Keeler Union.
The initiates included Shirley De
Grass, Royal Oak junior; Shirley
Fisk, East Leroy sophomore; Jane
White, Elberta sophomore; Ruth
Frost, Lansing sophomore; Elinor
Jessup, Wheeler sophomore; Lucille
McClary, Onaway sophomore; Barbara Ruth Force, Saginaw sophomore; Shirley Kiely, Detroit junior;
Stuart Kirvan, Mecosta junior;
Mary Lerg, Lake City junior; Marilyn Lee, Petoskey sophomore; No-
leta King, Flint senior; Clayton
Henry, Toledo junior; Frances Rose,
Royal Oak senior; and Vernice Dalton, Petoskey senior.
After initiation and dinner, Doctor
Vortreide spoke to the group on
the subject of foriegn universities.
The fraternity'sponsored a writing bee for freshmen students at
the, home of Professor Harry Miller,
Monday night, The group discussed
writing and. then was served refreshments. The freshmen were Janet Schneider, Petoskey; Dorothy
Rueffer, Evart; Micheal Schweins-
burg, Marquette; David Ritchie,'
Minneapolis; Marian Ranee, East
Jordan; Mary Crossman, Findlay;
Mildred Busch, Bay City; Lorna
Notestine, Petoskey; Carlotta Cron-
in, Center Line; Donna ingersol,
Lake City; Jack Erkin, Brooklyn;
George Martin, Wichita Falls; Addison Beckley, Springfield; Lowell
Jensen, Racine; Jean Taylor, Montague; Jacqueline Quick,' Mt. Morris;'
Clinton Strobel, Saginaw; Alice Mc-
Clure, Alma; Loreno Irey, Chesaning; Myron Wisneski, Saginaw;
Elizabeth Parfitt, Perrinton; and
Mary May, Six Lakes.
DeMott, Denison and Chisholm
Lead Upperclassmen for 1944
Senior Sticker Candidates Are Victorious; Committee Disqualifies Many Ballots for Failures in Rule Observation
In a contest characterized by little
initial interest and a last-minute
burst of enthusiasm, last Monday,
December 11, Bill Gregory, Plain-
well junior and prominent Central
student, pulled in 133 votes to win
the vice-presidency of the Student
Council, over 107 votes cast for Mary
Lerg, Lake City junior. Bill will become Council prexy in March.
Senior class president and vice-
presidential post, saw a fairly
satisfactory turn out in spite of only
one nomination for each office when
Latin Americans
Here Last Week
Three prominent South and Central American educators visited
Central's campus last week. The
visitors were Dr. Alfredo Chaves,
head librarian of the Ecuador National library at Quito; Dr. Mariano
Fiallos, Minister of Education at
Nicaragua; and Dr. Gonzalo Dardon,
chief of the elementary school division of education, in Guatamala.
Accompanying the visitors and acting as interpreter, was Roland
Haas, a former Central Michigan
student now studying for his doctorate in linguistics at the University of Michigan.
The visit was a part of their effort to become better acquainted
with American school systems with
particular interest in rural education.
The three educators spent their
time holding conferences" with college authorities and department
heads and talking to advanced
Spanish classes on the history of
their cpuntries. Dr. Dardon taught
an exhibition reading class in the
college elementary school.
petitions were due a week ago Monday. Juanita DeMott, Hint, ran as
a sticker candidate and netted 34
votes to defeat Vernice Dalton, Flint,
who had 24 to her credit. Another
sticker candidate, Barbara Marsh of
Lansing, was victorious over Bob
Calkins, Clip, to the time of 34 to 20,
to win the vice-presidency. Barbara
Houghton of Clare and "Lela Bennett, New Haven, were unopposed
for offices of secretary and treasurer, respectively.
Douglas Is Vice-President
Connie Denison, Marysville junior,
is the newly-elected president of
her class as the result of her polling'
44 votes, compared to 24 for Mary
Lou Larson, Petoskey. Glenna Douglas of Ionia won the vice-presidency
over Dorothy Sweeney, Mit. Pleasant,
with a 38 to 28 score. Secretaryship
went to Margaret Ketchum, Ionia,
who received 42 votes against 24 for
Beverly Preston, Grosse Pointe. Mae
Jewell Stevens, Mancelona, defeated
Eleanore Bugby, Grayling, who was
a sticker candidate.
In the contest for sophomore class
presidency, Jean Chisholm, Flint
was elected over Anthony Cote,
Wixom, in a 58 to 36 score. Vice-
president is the unopposed James
Crowley of Holland who received
86 votes. In the secretary race,
Rosemary Lawless, Portland, was
victorious over Maxine Elliott, 69
to 25, while Janet Duncan was uncontested as treasurer and netted
85 votes.
The election committee, which
was composed of Jean Peterson,
Coral senior, chairman; Richard
Arthaud, Lake Orion sophomore;
and Dean of Men George N. Lauer,
found it necessary to disqualify
ballots of many students who failed
' to follow election rules. •
Many Groups Arrange
Varied Yuletide Program
Nearly all organizations on Central's campus are celebrating the
uhristmas season in true holiday
fashion this year. The remaining
days until vacation begins are filled
with parties, sings, and teas.
The first big event will be the annual Christmas Ball which will be
given Saturday evening, December
16, in Keeler Union ballroom. Students and faculty will dance to the
music of Jim Gile's eleven-pieced
orchestra from 9:00 to 1:00 o'clock.
Co-chairmen for the party are:
Mary Lerg, Lake City junior; Jane
White, Alberta sophomore; and
Louis Stasaske, Stambough sophomore.
A Christmas Tea will be the main
interest' of the women students,
Sunday afternoon, December 17.
The event is being sponsored by
the Associated Women Students
and will take place in Keeler Union
ballroom. Barbara Ruth Force, Saginaw sophomore, is chairman of the
The A Cappella Choir will present its annual Christmas program,
December 20, in Warriner Hall auditorium. The program will begin
at 7:30 p.m. The following day the
interHfaith. Christmas carol sing
will take   place at 12:00 noon in
Keeler Union lobby.
Several activities are scheduled
for Sloan Hall. The first of these
will be a sing in the lounge Sunday,
December 16. The girls will gather
around the fireplace to sing the
old familiar carols. Thursday evening, December 21, forty V-12 men
will sing carols to the girls in the
lobby around the Christmas tree*
Later in the evening the girls will
serve refreshments to the fellows.
The next morning the girls will
rise at 6:45 a.m. for a Christmas
breakfast. Guest of honor at the
affair will foe Dean of Women D.-
Louise Sharp. Further plans for the
breakfast will be made by the social committee at Sloan Hall, of
which Betty Hampton is chairman.
The girls in Keeler Union have
been making several plans for the
season. A Christmas breakfast and
sing are among these plans.
The sororities on campus are all
very busy with Christmas plans. The
Panhellenic Council Christmas carol
sing will take place in the College
den, Monday, December 18, at 7530
p.m.
The foreign language department
will meet Wednesday, December 20,
in Keeler Union lobby, to sing carols of many different countries*
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