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VOLUME 26
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY 24, 1945
NUMBER 8
Country Dance
Planned fo Aid
Paralysis Fund
A real old fashioned barn dance
with pie-eating, hog-calling, and
log-sawing contests will be sponsored Saturday night 'by the Appleblossom club in connection with
the drive to raise funds for the National Foundation of Infantile Pa-
ralysis.
Although the frolic is an Appleblossom party, everyone is invited
to attend and enter the contests. A
spokesman of the club announced
that a $.25 minimum donation will
be collected at the door from both
club members and guests.
Music for the square dancing
will be furnished by the members
of the club's music department with
several guest performers from the
Isabella county Grange association. During the intermission a floor
show will be staged by members of
the club's folk dancing group, showing the various interpretations of
domestic and exotic folk dances.
Stimer is Chairman
Marion Stimer, Lakeview junior,
is general chairman of the party.
Committees under her direction
are; Decorations, Neva Achenbach,
Akron freshman; Betty Irelan, Roscommon freshman; Joanne Moeller, Mt. Pleasant freshman; Jeanne
Kennedy, Brown City freshman;
Marjorie Stahelin, Custer sophomore; Publicity, Colleen Thomas,
Sears freshman; Alta Weoster, Fremont junior; Dorothy Rueffler,
Evart freshman; Vera Hoel, Lake]
City freshman; Orchestra, Lorna1
Notestine, Petoskey freshman; De-
lores Secor, Edenville sophomore-,
Helen Holmstrom, Ludington freshman; Floor show, Delores Secor;
Dora Jablinsky, Harbor Springs
sophomore; Ha Otterbein, Remus
sophomore; and Tickets, Hazel Benson, Cadillac senior; Jean Wolvin,
Sault iSte. Marie sophomore; Ann
Pietcher, St. Louis sophomore;
Jerry Oswalt, Constantine freshman; and Kristina Mills, Fairview
sophomore.
The Gym is to be decorated to
represent a typical barn with bales
of hay, pitch forks and hay loft. It
is also planned to sell soft drinks
at the party which will begin at
8:00 p.m.
Invitations and tickets may be
obtained from the members of the
ticket committee.
Co-ed Carnival
Is Postponed
The Co-ed carnival, scheduled to
take place Friday, January 26 from
8 to 10 p.m. in the college gymnasium has been postponed until March
16.
Sponsored by the Associated Women students, the carnival is an
annual event to which all the women students are invited. Each sorority on the campus has charge
of a booth of amusement. The evening is highlighted by a short program after which refreshments are
served.
A small charge of admission will
be required this year, whereas before each girl was admitted free.
This is being done in order to raise
funds for the American Red Cross,
Marjorie Kelly, Cadillac junior,
is general chairman of the affair.
Campus Groups Hear
State Nutrition Expert
Hornimg Named
Program Head
by J-Hop Group
The J-Hop floor show committee
has announced that Jack Hornung,
Detroit V-12, wiU be the master
of ceremonies for the annual J-Hop,
which will be held Friday evening,
February 2, in Keeler Union ballroom from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Fran Wine-Gar's orchestra from
Detroit, featuring Little Miss Muf-
fett as soloist, will furnish the music
for the  affair.
Tickets will go on sale Monday
and Tuesday, January 29 and 30 for
juniors and seniors in the dean of
women's office. Faculty members,
sophomores and freshmen may purchase tickets Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. The price per ticket is
$2 plus «ax.
The reception line will consist of
President and Mrs. C. L. Anspach,
Dean   and   Mrs.  David  M.   Trout,
Dean anc 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.
First Audience
Sees "Janie
a
"Janie" staged its first performance on Central's stage last night
when it was presented to a full
house by the play production
classes. Two more presentatiors ar«
to be made, tonight and tomorrow
night, January 24 and. 25.
There were 150 seats reserved for
the adults holding season tickets
this year. This was to aid downtown
persons in getting good seats even
though they were not able to arrive on campus early. This reservation was made on Tuesday night
only.
Candy and pop will be sold
Wednesday and Thursday evenings
at regular prices.
The cast journeyed to Shepherd
on Monday evening, January 22
and presented "Janie" in the school
auditorium there. This was their
first scheduled performance.
Bridge Tourney
to Begin January 27
As continuation of the weekly
bridge sessions which have been
held in Keeler Union lobby on Saturday afternoons, the Student Social Activities committee is sponsoring a tournament which will begin January 27 and continue on
following Saturday afternoon|s,
through February 17, when members
of the winning couple will be awarded a prize.
Those wishing to enter will sign
up as partners on the bulletin
boards in the Administration building, Keeler union, Sloan hall, or
Ronan hall before January 26.
The committee members in charge
of the tournamentare: Helenjean
Hamilton, chairman, Rogers City
senior; Vernice Dalton, Petoskey
senior; Frances Mewmaw Rose,
Royal Oak senior; Claire Kelso,
Omaha, Nebraska V-12; and Charles
Price, Petoskey junior.
Mrs. Alice H. Smith, nutrition
supervisor of the bureau of maternal and child care of the state
health department, is on campus
at present and during her stay
will speak to several groups and
individuals.
This afternoon, she will speak
at the college laboratory school to
the grade school children and
teachers. The parents of the children have been invited to attend.
Thursday morning, Mrs. Smith will
work with the rural schools, talking
to the children, teachers, and parents, concerning nutrition, and especially child  nutrition.
Members of the biology, health
education, rural education, and home
economics   classes   will   hear   her.
Mrs. Smith will have individual
conferences with students, and will
speak to the senior student teachers
in the elementary and secondary
sequence classes.
Last evening the sub-committee
on Nutrition met with her for dinner at Keeler union, and this noon
the college health committee and all
interested faculty members will meet
with her for lunch at Keeler union.
Mrs. Smith was a dietition in a
Detroit until she went to Cleveland,
Ohio, where she worked with the
health council there. She was also
very prominent in the Ohio Dietetic
association, and has worked especially on school lunch projects. She
was a co-worker in preparing a book
concerning school lunches. Central
students use the book in the home
economics    department.
Moore Wins Snapshot Contest;
Over 200 Pictures Are Judged
Johnson and Griffin Place Second and Third in Chippewa's
Competition; Smith and Kerr Receive Honorable Mention
Central V-12's
Are Ranked High
in Achievement
More than 10 percent of the 212
V-12 trainees who took the navy
achievement last December ranked
in the upper 15 percent of the nation, it was announced by Naval officials here.
The test is given early in each
term, to all regular second semester
men to determine their achievement during the first term of their
navy training. It is estimated by
authorities here that more than
10,000 men took the test through-
ou the nation.
Of the 24 who made above 85
percent, the two highest were: P. T.
Austin, Birmingham, and T. M.
Kastner, Waumatosa, Wis., bath
with 99 percentile rankings. Other
men in the upper 5 percent were:
W.A. Hamann, Aurora, O., with a
98 rating; G. E. Gregory, Toledo,
and P. b'. Miller, Rocky River, O.,
both with 97; J. S. White, May-
wood, ill., 96; and R. V. Wyman,
Painesville,   O.,   95.
Woodruff, Harless
Cook Hot Dogs
for Tobogganers
A rip-roaring tobogganing party,
complete with bumps, thrills and
close shaves was enjoyed by the
YMCA, Wednesday evening, January  17.
The gang went to Cathedral
woods where the out-door types
showed the city slickers a thing or
two about the finer arts of falling
from the tobaggan.
When they returned to the den
they found hot dogs and steaming
coffee waiting for them, prepared by
Louis Woodruff and Gene Harless.
Bill Kennedy was the chairman of
the party.
Mary Moore, Gladwin senior, is*
the winner of the first prize in the
Chippewa Snapshot contest which
closed last Monday: Marion Johnson, Emmett senior, and Letha
Griffin, Stanwood senior, won the
second and third awards. The 25
dollars in cash was presented to the
winners last night by the yearbook
staff. Pictures submitted by Virginia Smith, Portland sophomore
and Dick Kerr, Cleveland Heights,
Ohio sophomore, won honorable
mention.
Louis J. Alber
to Lecture Here
on January 29
Former Member of the Executive Committee of the
League to Enforce Peace Will
Speak
Louis J. Alber, author, world
traveler, and businessman, will be
the speaker for the next lecture
course on Monday, January 29, at
8:15 in  Warriner Hall auditorium.
Mr. Alber has a flair for telling
in an absorbing manner about the
many famous men and women he
has known, as well as pointing out
the lessons in their lives. He has
traveled since his sixteenth year,
has had contacts with hundreds of
famous people of the past 35 years,
a combination of information and
experience gained the hard way, and
(to quote the late Dr. Glenn Frank)
"is endowed with a mellowed and
richened quality of mind and heart
known as wisdom."
Mr. Alber, a student of world
affairs, was a member of the Executive Committee of the League to
Enforce Peace, organized by William Taft in 1915, and served with
a most distinguished group of famous Americans for five years.
While celebrity-hunting in foreign
lands, he has had talks with prime
ministers, presidents, kings, cabinet
ministers, and leaders in every field
of important endeavor.
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Mary's winning entry was a snow
scene of the campus with Warriner
tower in the background. The second prize was awarded for a snap
of Dorothy Ward, Bellaire sophomore, mailing a letter; while a picture of a company of Central's V-12's
marching in whites won the third
prize. These pictures will be used in
a special section of the   yearbook.
All snapshots entered in the contest became the property of Chip-,
pewa and will be used in the yearbook as the staff sees fit. All pictures not used in the book will be
returned to the owners next semester.
Judges of the more than 200
entries were Miss Mildred Fair-
child, assistant professor of the art
department, Harry Miller, English
professor, and Lt. James C. McDonell, Navy doctor. Marjean Brewer, St. Louis junior and yearbook
feature editor, was in charge of the
contest. She was assisted by Wes
Olsen, Brooklyn, N.Y., junior; Marilyn Lee, Petoskey sophomore; and
Charles Corrion, Flint freshman.
DeGrass Heads
Spring Stylists
Named as chairman of the annual A.W.S. spring style show which
will take place at 7:30 p.m., Febru-
8, in Keeler Union ballroom, is
Shirley DeGrass, Dtetroijt jufciior,
who has announced that the event
will be limited to college women
this year.
Assisting her are Mary Lerg, Lake
City junior who is cooperating with
the art department, assisted by Mildred Fairchild, Assistant professor
in that department; Joan Hansen,
South Dakota sophomore working
with the physical education department assisted by Jane McNamara,
assistant professor in that department; and Maxine Elliott, Houghton Lake sophomore, who is representing the, home economics department, assisted by Pauline Rodgers, assistant professor of that department.
Fraternity Men
Organize Here;
Keith Is Leader
To   get acquainted and plan an
organization,  a group   of national'
Greek-letter fraternity men held a
smoker  in Keeler  union  Thursday
night.
The group consists of Greek men
belonging to various national fraternities, both social and honorary.
It includes faculty members,  V-12
trainees, and civilian men now at
Central.
At the smoker, talks were given
by both President Charles Anspach
and Dr. Wilbur E. Moore, head of
the speech department, on the value of fraternity membership in later
life and the value of the fraternities on the campus respectively.
Earl Keith, Lansing sophomore,
who originated the idea of an interfraternity group here and is now
head of the organization, said plans
are being made for a semi-formal
interfraternity dance soon. It is
hoped that an out-of-town band
may be secured for the occasion.
Extension Department
Serves 600 Students
The extension department is
handling 600 correspondence students. Soldiers, sailors and Marines
are taking courses which are partly
financed by the government. Dr. M.
L. Smith, head of the Extension
department, reports that most of
the service men are taking courses
in dietetics and home economics
because a good many of them are
cooks and wish to continue this
work after the war is over. German
prisoners of war are also taking
correspondence courses in English.
Central is one of 77 colleges in, the
United States which has been recognized by the government for extension work. The department is
aliso handling 29 classes throughout,
the state. '7   ,' 7.
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