1945-01-17; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 26
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1945
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Production Crew
for Play "Janie
Is Announced
"Janie", a three act comedy by
Josephine Bentham and Herchel
Williams, showing just what can
happen when the Navy moves into
a small American town, is receiving
final touches for its presentation
January 23, 24, and 25.
Director Fred R. Bush, professor in the speech and English department is being assisted by assistant directors Eleanor Philp,
Shirley Sidail, and Bea Trucks.
The following committees were
chosen from play production class
201, and speech class 207.
Properties: Margaret Blue, Barbara Ellis, Dorothy Freeman, Esther
Fultz, Francis Teel, and Mildred
Vanderlip.
Make-up and wardrobe: Ivan Cole,
professor in the English department; Janet Duncan, Bernice Jensen, Margie Mangrum, Betty Jo
Phillips, Dorothy Pratt, Virginia
Smith and Shirley Suesz.
Lighting: Dorothy Sharrard and
Alta Webster.
Ushers: Anitay Everts, Dorothy
Freeman, Dora Jablinskey, Virginia
Rice, Ila Otterfoevn, Bethany Rounds,
Jane Watrous, and Celeste Williams.
Stage design and construction:
Thresa Hemmer, Lillian Keefer,
Ruth Williamson, Dorothy Ayre,
Helen Benedict, Jeanette Beutler,
Kathryn Dryer, Ann Gidilewich,
Marcia Lewis, Aileen OMorrow,
Richard Robinson, Frances Rose,
Mariam Simpson, Garth Smith and
Louis Woodruff.
Prompters: Loree Allen, Janet
Graim, Carol Mizer, Nanette Paulus,
Bette Sweitheart, and Margaret
Wooley.
Publicity: Margery Baer, Haldora
Gudmunsen, and Jeanette McDowell.
Curtain and stage manager, Juli-
ann Fedewa; tickets and business;
Jane Goff and Helen Voelker; programs, Dorothy Freemtn; call girl,
Jean Wolverton; cloak room, Irene
Pynnonen and Betty Swanson; and
music, Mary Moore and Janet Waldron.
Reading Recital
Given Tonight
.The reading recital given by
speech majors and minors will be
held tonight in. W335. The program
will consist of "To A Butterfly" read
by Ruth Horn, pinconning senior;
"Ode to a Nightingale" read by
Dorothy Ayre, Caro senior; "Interim" read by Jane Watrous, Caro
junior; "Renascence" read by Celeste Williams, Belding junior; a
cutting from "Dark Victory" read
by Eleanor Philp, Bad Axe junior;
selections from Dorothy Parker's
poems read by Jean Chisholm, Flint
sophomore; and a satire of Red
Riding Hood read foy Marjorie Wise,
St. Clair Shores senior.
Faculty Members
Visit Graduates
Faculty members began their
visits to schools where last year's
seniors are located. Those who made
the trip to Alma last week were:
Constance Stegenga, and Ethel La
More, high school critics; Ruth Cer-
ny, rural critic; Ethel Praeger, campus critic; and Rachel Loughridge,
associate professor of the foreign
language department.
Former students visited were Virginia Fedcke, Phyllis Keeney, Arlene Laage, Virginia Peterson, and
Ruth Zufoler.
They also were at Shepherd where
Rosa Miller is teaching and at St.
Louis where' Bonnie Rule and Donna Hether are located.
Helen Johnson and Louise Welch,
campus critics, went to Roscommon
where Mary Helen Guest and Monica Thomas are teaching.
These visitations will continue for
some time.
Dr. Forman Westlund of the
Children's center in Saginaw was
the speaker at the Parent Teachers
meeting held in the laboratory
school last night.
Winter Sports
Party Planned
January 20
A winter sports party featuring
skating, skiing, and tofoagganing,
followed by supper will be sponsored
by the Student Social Activities
committee, Saturday, January 26
from 4 to 7:30 p.m.
Sign-up sheets will be placed m
the dorms and on the main bulletin
board in the Administration building. Those people planning to attend should sign up by Thursday,
January 18 and meet at the college
gym at 4 on Saturday.
Co-chairmen of this event are
Wesley Olsen, Brooklyn, N. Y. junior and Mary Lou Larsen, Petoskey
junior with the following peor1* assisting: Margaret Kaufman, Saginaw junior; Miriam Simpson, Reed
City senior; Mary Eddy, Ionia junior"; Shirley Adams, Haael Park
sophomore; Jane Goff, Grand Rapids junior; Miss Grace Fettig, Mr.
Jesse Thorpe, and Barbara Ellis,
Royal Oak junior.
Wine-Gar Will
Provide Music
for '15 J-Hop
Popular Detroit Bandleader
and Composer to Play Here,
Friday, February 2
Fran Wine-Gar and his "Pipes of
Fran," orchestra from Detroit will
furrush music for the J-Hop which
will be held Friday evening, February 2, in Keeler Union ballroom, Mr.
Nutrition Expert
to Visit Campus
Mrs. Alice H. Smith, a -nutrition
consultant, formerly with the Cleveland Health Council, will be on
Central Michigan's campus January 23, 24, and 25. She will work
with groups of students,' classes,
and individuals during her three-day
stay.
Responsible for her visit on campus is the sub-committee on nutrition made up of faculty members
of the Health committee.
This Faculty Health Committee
with Mr. Finch, head, of the health
and physical education department,
chairman, is planning to have consultants from the state department
on campus at different times
throughout the year.
F. R. Bush Talks
to Sigma Tau's
Mr. Fred R. Bush, associate professor in the English department,
spoke at the regular meeting of
Sigma Tau Delta, Wednesday evening, January 10.
Mr. Bush spent his year's leave
of absence from Central Michigan
college as a Red Cross worker in
the Hawaiian Islands, He explained
his training and duties, and told
several of his experiences.
He described his great surprise
when one soldier brought $800 to
his office and requested that it
be sent home to his wifa. The amazing fact is that this sum of money
was obtained by playing the national
game—craps.
At the close of his talk he exhibited a leaf from the banyan tree
under which Robert Louis Stevenson and the daughter of the Queen
of the islands, before the United
States took possession, used to
spend many hours in conversation.
Mr. Bush closed his talk with a
description of the impressions he
received when he viewed the Pacific
coast and the Golden Gate after a
year's absence from America.
Wine-Gar is tne composer of that
ever-popular "When a Gypsy Makes
His Violin Cry."
Tickets will go on Sale Monday,
January 29 in the dean of women's
office. The price per ticket is $2.25
plus tax. Seniors and juniors can
purchase tickets Monday and Tuesday. Faculty members, sophomores,
and freshman are scheduled for
Wednesday Thursday, and Friday,
Patrons and patronesses who will
form the reception line are: President and Mrs. C. L. Anspach, Dean
and Mrs. David M. Trout, Dean and
Mrs. C. C. Barnes, Dean and Mrs.
George N. Lauer, Lt. and Mrs. M.
R. Kelso, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest J.
Merrill, and Dean D. Louise Sharp.
Station M.O.
Home Again
at Central
A former Central student, Lt.
James A. McDonell, has returned to
his home town as navy doctor after
seeing service on the Aleutian
islands. Lt. McDonel spent three
years here at Central from 1929 to
1932. He" then transfered to Loyola
Medical school in Chicago. He spent
his internship at St. Mary's hospita?
in Saginaw, and took his practice in
Lowell.
In March 1943 he entered the
Navy and was stationed at a Naval
air station in San Diego, California.
He entered foreign duty in July
1943 and spent 16 months as a
medical officer in the Aleutian
islands, with a detachment of Sea-
foees who at that time were building
an advance base on the island.
Lt. McDonell is living he! e with
his wife, the former Elizabeth Kee-
nan of Mt. Pleasant, and his 29-
month-bld daughter.
Navy Battalion
Dance Jan. 20
The Navy V-12 battalion will feature the Navy dance band Saturday,
January 20, from 9 to 12 p.m. at
their informal all college dance.
Tickets may foe purchased at Ronan
hall for $1:00 per couple. Honorary
guests will be Lt. and Mrs. Kelso.
Chaperones will be Mr. and Mrs. N.
C. Bovee and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Thorpe.
General chairman of the dance
is Dick Eccles, Highland Park junior,
with the following assisting committees:
Dance: chairman, Don Friedland-
er, Detroit sophomore; Gene French,
Grand Rapids freshman; Benny
Fremstad, Whitehall, Wis. freshman.
Ticket: chairman Nick Baker, Detroit freshman; George Rink, Cincinnati, Ohio freshman; Jim Manda,
Berwyn, 111. junior; Mildin Ivancic,
Euclid, Ohio sophomoi 3.
Decoration: chairman. Bill Fodge,
Middleton, Ohio sophoiAor Tom
Hyde, Highland Park sophomore;
Clair Kelso, Omaha, Neb. sophomore; Bill Kelly, Detroit freshman.
Publicity: Dick Robinson, Detroit
sophomore.
Faculty Women
Elect Officers
The members of the Faculty Women's club held their first meeting
of the school year Monday, December 4, during'which they elected
the following officers: president,
Elma Lighter; secretary, Olive
Kries; treasurer, Emma Carr; counselor, Margaret Miller; social committee members, Rose Hogue, chairman; Jean Smith, Louis Welch,
Grace Wiggeman, Alice Reed, Lois
Walmsley; professional problems
committee, Edna Heilbronn, chairman; Rachel Loughridge, Josephine
Montague, Helen Stenson; publicity
committee, Carrie Trombley, chairman; Agnes Campbell and Constance Stegenga.
Members of the college office
staff will be guests at the next meeting, which will foe held in the women's lounge of Keeler union on
Monday, January 22.
The civilian men's orchestra has
assumed the title of "Melody Kings"
according to an announcement foy
Business Manager. Eddie Hansen,
Lapeer freshman.
Vocal Ensemble
Class to Give
Opera Feb. 6
The opera Hansel and Gretel, an
English adaptation from the original
Humperdinck opera, will be presented February 6 by the class in vocal
ensemble under the direction of
Professor J. Harold Powers, head
of the music department. An afternoon performance will be given at
1:30 in the auditorium for the school
children of the city and an evening
performance for college students
and townspeople.
Leading in the title roles are Mary
Jean Wolverton, Reese sophomore,
as Hansel, and Lois Greening,
Breckenridge sophomore, as Gretel.
The part of Peter, the father, is
taken by Gordon Sanders, Woodbury, N. J., V-12, with Shirley Bennett, Brown City sophomore, and
Miriam Simpson, Reed City senior,
alternating in the two performances
as Gertrude, the mother.
The Cookie Witch is also taken
by alternates, Marian Ranee, East
Fordan freshman, in the afternoon
and Eleanor Breitzke, Gladwin
sophomore, in the evening. Jane
Foust, Mt. Pleasant sophomore, and
Patricia Slaughter, Mt. Pleasant
sophomore, are the Sand-men, and
Janet Graim, Alma sophomore, and
Maxine Crawford, Frederic junior,
the Dew-men.
The cookie children) are grade
children and the fourteen Angels
are: Edna Mae Robertson, Hazel
Park sophomore; Virginia Scrafford,
Gladwin sophomore; Joan Muntz,
Cass City sophomore; Lorine Muntz,
Cass City freshman; Georgia
Clendening, Gladwin sophomore;
Eleanor Kalbfleisch, Brown City
sophomore; Mary Weibel, Flint
sophomore; Roberta Lanshaw, Alma
sophomore; Sally Carnahan, Mt.
Pleasant freshman; Dorothy Allen,
Maple Rapids junior; Gloria Cook,
Detroit freshman; Carol . Tessin,
Freeland sophomore; Donna Boline,
Ludington junior; and Esther Fultz,
Saginaw sophomore.
Both programs will be presented
without admission charge.
110 Students Attend
All College Open House
The first All-college open house
held in the gymnasium took place
Friday evening, January 5, with 110
students in attendance. The event
was such a huge success that other
open houses will be held every Friday night on wheh a basketball
game is not scheduled.
Activities which are offered arc:
badminton, ping pong, volley ball,
shuffle board, cards, and square
dancing.
The open house is sponsored foy
the non-dancing committee of the
student social activities committee
with Wanda Upham, Maple Rapids
sophomore, and Hugh Afoleson,
Ypsilanti sophomore, as co-chairmen.
Chippewa Snap Contest
Reaps Over 200 Photos
The Chippewa snap shot contest
closed Monday, with about 200
snaps having been turned in. All
snap shots will be judged the evening of January 18, and winners
will be announced the following
week.
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