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VOLUME 26
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4; 1945
NUMBER 16
Unit
Masquers Present "Bernadette"
Three Evenings of Next Week
Horn Leads Large Cast of This Famous Play; Many Workers
Assist in Production of This Season's Third Dramatization
. "The Song of Bernadette," a#
three.-act play based on Franz Wer-
fel's novel of the same name, will
be presented as the third of the
current dramatics season by Masquers club on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday evenings, April 10,
11 and 12 at 8:15 in Warriner auditorium.
The play tells the story of a
French peasant girl whose vision
of Our Lady of the Grotto spread
from Lourdes throughout the world,
and in whose name there- is a
shrine of miracle erected in hope
of divine healing.
Horn  Has  Lead
Ruth Horn, Pinconning senior,
will star the performance as Bernj-
adette Soubirous. The cast includes
Dorothy Ayre, Caro senior,- as Sister
Mfirie Therese Vauzous; Juanit^,
DeMott, Flint senior, as Jeanne
Abadie, a school friend of Berna--
dette's; Glenna Douglas, Ionia junt-
ior, Marie Soubirous, Bernadette's
sister: Ed Grant, Ionia sophomore,
Dean Peyramale, principal cleric of
Lourdes; Marge Wise, St. Clair senior, Louise Soubirous, Bernadette's
mother; Wesley Olsen, Navy V-12,
Soubirous, Bernadette's father.
Isabel Greenhoe, Grand Rapids
junior, will play Croisine Bouhou-'
horts, the Soubirous' next door
neighbor; Jack Iskin, Navy V-12,
Louis Bouriette, half-blind stonemason; .Jean Chisolm, Flint sophomore, feernaorde Casterot, Louifce
Soubirous' sister; Alice Provost,
Saginaw. senior, Madame Sajou, a
rather well-to-do' neighbor; Paul
Elliott, Navy V-12, Antoine Nicolau,
a young miller. I
Spring Format
Being Planned
by Sophomores
Committees for the sophomore
spring formal, scheduled for Saturday, April -21, have been named
by co-chairmen Mildred Vanderlip,
Greenville- and Bill Hodge, Middle-
town, Ohio. ..
Orchestra and entertainment wdl
be taken care of by GeorgeBoj-
gfone, Cleaveland Ohio chairmag
and Roberta Lanshaw, Ahna. Jerry
Foy, Ellsworth, Wisconsin* ■ •&■ -in
charge of decorating, »»*»*_£
Virginia Stipe, Saginaw; J«e J°gJ
Mt. Pleasant; Bessie B^ntyne,
Flint; and Rosemary Lawless, Port
SndPrograniswiHbe seomed^
Dorothy Pratt, Flint, *«™J[
Shirley Adams, H^zel P^ and
John Hornung, Detroit, fjaxles
Cooper, Marion City, Iowa, is ticket
chakmkn assisted hyjmsg^Bjdto.
Portland; and John McN^axa,
Detroit. Publicity is m .^f*?*
•Ed Bahlow, Spnngfield, I1W
chairman; Lorraine G™*f>•£»
erse City, and .John Fitzgeraia,
Lakewood, Ohio.
There will soonbe a general committee meeting. E»™ !^£r2
of the dance will toe arranged a*
that time.
Clinton Stroebel, Saginaw freshman, will portray Mayor Lacade of
Lourdes; Bill Gregory, Plainwell
junior, Jacomet, chief of police in
Lourdes; Frederick-Congdon, Navy
V-12, Dr. Dozous, principal physician of Lourdes; Eleanor Philp,
Bad Axe junior, Celeste, Dean Pey-
ramale's housekeeper; Vernice Dalton, Petoskey senior, Madame Per-
net, matron of the Tarbes asylum;
Joan Hanson, Sioux< Falls^ S.D.,
sophomore, Mother Josephine, superior of the Nevers convent.
Bush Directs
Prof. Fred R. Bush, of the English and speech departments, is
directing the play. The readers include Louise Mackenzie, Mt. Pleasant' senior; Patty Slaughter, Mt.
Pleasant sophomore; and Claudine
Baize,. Cleveland, Ohio junior.
Gwen Gwinn, Ludington sophomore,
and Teresa Hemmer, Fountain
juhior, compose the properties comi-
mittee. Ivan Cole of the English
department heads the make-up
staff.'Paul Elliott, Navy V-12, has
charge of the lighting and Mary
Ann Kumler, Mt. Pleasant sophomore, controls the sound effects.
Class Designs  Stage
The stage design and construction
is being handled by the 307 speech
class. This staff includes Lillian
Beebe, Mason sophomore; Frederick
Congdon, V-12; William Cramer,
V-12; Kathryn Dryer, Monroe sophomore; Paul Elliott, V-12; Julianne
Fedewa, Ionia sophomore; Joan
Hanson, Sioux Fall, S.D., sophomore; Mary Ann Kumler, Mt. Pleas-
ahd sophomore; Ardith Osborn,
junior; Dorothy Sharrard, Peck
junior; Garth Smith, Lake City
senior; Richard Robinson, V-12;
Clayton Rolph, Elkton freshman;
Helen Turpa, Gladwin junior; Wanda TJpham, Maple Rapids junior;
Margaret Wooley, Mt. Pleasant
sophomore; and Sol Jacobson, V-12.
Freshmen Plan
Pineapple Jump
Next Saturday
The "Pineapple Jump" is the name
dubbed by the freshman class workers for their all-college semi-formal
party which is slated in the date-,
book for Saturday, April 7, 9 to
11:45 p.m. in Keeler Union ballroom. John Ryder, Mt. Pleasant
sophomore, and his orchestra will
furnish the music, and jitterbugs
and cake-Walkers will be permitted
to dance for $1.50 per couple.    »
At the frosh class meeting last
Wednesday, President Dan Wardrop, Mt. Pleasant freshman, was
elected general chairman of the
party with the following committees
appointed: publicity, Donna Inger-
soll, Lake City, and Arthur Kipp,
Melvin, co-chairmen; music, Harold
Wbodin, Mt. Pleasant, and Eddie
Hanson, Lapeer, co-chairmen; entertainment, Patricia Jahnke, Saginaw, and Donna Morea, Fenton, co-
chairmen; and clean-up, Marjorie
Lynch, Detroit, chairman. Barbara
Blaylock, Pontiac, is in charge of
selecting the patrons and patronesses for the event.
Spring Clothing,
White Navy Hats
Welcome Easter
Books were forgotten for at least
a day or two by many Central stun
dents who spent Easter at home:
Those who did not go home par-,
ticipated in social events at Keeler
union, parties, picnics, church serv4
ices and paraded around town in
their Easter finery. Civilian's win-;
ter clothes were laid aside for new
Easter and spring wearing apparel*,
Easter bonnets blossomed out all
over the campus, '.
Even the Navy had something
different to wear on1 Easter as they
donned their white hats for the
first time since last October. Mat
hats will be stowed in the bottom
of lockers and sea bags until fall,
White uniforms will ;soon be replacing the Navy blue.
Many Seniors
Plan Io Extern
Will Do Practice Teaching in
Several Michigan Cities
Extern teaching by seniors will
begin Monday, April 9 and continue
four weeks either in local public
schools or in other schools of the
students' choice.
Those in the secondary curriculum who will be externing are: Mildred Anderson, Beaverton, at Pontiac; Dorothy Barritt, Shelby, at
Petoskey; Marion. Bashore, Baldwin,
at Mt. Pleasant; Beth Becker, Gladwin, at Ithaca; Hazel Benson, Cadillac, at Cadillac; Jean Borske, Manistee, at Manistee j Elna Burke, Midland, at Petoskey; Mary Comstock,
TSravterse Cijty, at Mt. Pleasant};
Daretta Esh, Fairview, at Muskegon; Mary Fica, Gaylord, at Bay
City; Nancy Fletcher1 Waterson, Birmingham, at Mt. Pleasant.
Ruth Horn, Pinconning, will extern   in  Mt.   Pleasant;   Katherine
Kasel, Alma, at Alma; Helen Kinney,   Baldwin,   at   Mt.   Pleasant;
Betty Larson, Ludington, at Ludington;  Jeanne Lynch, Mt.  Pleasant,
at Mt. Pleasant; Mary Moore, Glad
win,  at Greenville;  Aileen O'Mor
row, Peck, at Mt. Pleasant;  Mary
Jane Pelton, Bentley, at Saginaw;
Joan Peterson, Coral, at Lakeview;
Marjorie Wise, St. Clair Shores, at
Mt.  Pleasant;   Venice   Vance,. Pe
wamo, at Battle Creek.     ■
Elementary Group
•Elementary   curriculum   students
who will extern are: Betty Baird,
Flint, Oscoda; Margie Baltzer, Lud
ington,   Ludington;   Lela   Bennett,
New Haven; Mary Jeanne Connor,
Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Pleasant; Juanita
DeMiott,   Flint,  at  Mt.  Pleasant;
Donna Field, Manistee, at Manistee;
Letha Griffin, Stanwood, at Clare;
Helen  Hamilton,   Rogers   City,   at
Mt. Pleasant; Virginia Hensley, Mt.
Pleasant, at Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Barbara  Houghton,   Clare,   at  Clare;
Betty John, Northport, at Traverse
City.
Barbara Johnson, Lakeview, wijl
be at Caro; Dorothy Johnston, Mt.
Pleasant, at Greenville, Ohio; Barbara Loomis, Clare, at Battle Creek;
Janet Mcintosh, Mt. Pleasant, at
Mt. Pleasant; Helen Mans, Clifford,
at Marlette; Barbara Marsh, Lansing* at Lansing; Marjorie Miller,
Bay City at Mt. Pleasant; Orthella
Miller, Pompeii* at Saginaw; Arlie
Murdock, Minden City, at Petoskey;
See—SENIORS—Page 4
Workshop Added
in 4-Week Term
During Summer
A workshop in conservation and
biology has been set up by the department of agriculture and biology
which will run during the four-week
summer session, May 28 to June 23.
This is the first time a workshop
of this kind has been offered in these
departments. The basic purpose of
the workshop is to give an opportunity for* work on. individual
problems, with special reference to
students' own needs and local situations. Schedules will be made co-
operately; arrangements will be
made for conferences; and lectures
trips, and group activities will be arranged as facilities .and desires of
the group merit.
The course will include Agriculture 209, Conservation and Forestry;
and Biology 310, Ornithology. Both
courses are to be integrated as a
workshop course, under the direction
of Miss Irene F. Jorae, head department of biology and Mr. George
R. Wheeler, head department iof
agriculture. i
The war has stripped us of the
cream of our iron, copper, oil and
wood to say nothing of the soil
fertility. Educational leaders are
aware of the situation regarding
natural resources, and from all
parts of the nation come evidences
of efforts being put forth to train
students for the solution of problems
arising in.connection with these resources.
It is hoped that the workshop will
help answer some of these problems.
1&**
Capers Portray
Vaudeville Days
in Campus Show
Vaudeville was revived at Central
last night when the band club presented the "Campus Capers" show
in Warriner , hall jauditorium.
Skits, songs, dainces, and impersonations by sororities and organir
zations on cattipus were the features
in the two-hour program which be--
gan at 8 p.m,. Old fashioned vaudef
ville music for special dances and
background of various acts was
arranged by Dave Mulholland, Mt.
Pleasant high school senior, and
presented by the high school dance
band.
General chairman of the program
was Preston C. Mayhew, instructor
in music; advisers were Jesse
Thorpe, assistant librarian, and Mr.
Fred R. Bush, associate professor
of English.
The program was as follows:
prologue by Pi Kappa Delta; jazz
in style, Men's union; exhibition
dancing by the modern dance class;
Mills Brothers, Sigma Sigma Sigma; shadow show, Pi Kappa Sigma;
Corn Huskers, Tri Sigma; SheikJ
of Araby, Phi Delta Eta; song and
dance, Sigma Phi Omieron; Bum-
blers, Alpha Sigma Alpha; minstrel show, Alpha Sigma Tau;
chorus line, Navy V-12; and finale,
Delta Omieron. In addition to these
acts, several skits and individual
stunts Were included in the evening's entertainment.
Entire proceeds of this program
will be donated to the Aimericsin
Red Cross.     "
Additional Term
Starting July 1
Number and Distribution of
Trainees Will be Released
Later ■'.'■■   i
Plans for another term at Central
Michigan college for the nearly two-
year old Navy V-12-unit were announced to President Charles L.
Anspach and Lt. M, R.' Kelso, commanding officer of the local unit,
Saturday, March 31, in a letter from
Rear Admiral L. Ef. Denfield, as-<
sistant chief of naval personnel in
Washington, D. C.
This announcement came as contradiction of a preious statement
from the Navy saying that all V-12's
would be transferred to NROTC
units, July 1, 1945. "Recent develop-
me'nts.in Navy training have made
it impracticable to cbmmi'ssion any
new NROTC units on July 1, 1945 as
contemplated ini Navy V-12 bulletin
No. 2^8, dated February 15, 1945,"
the letter announced and continued
by" saying that all "existing V-12
units are planned to be continued
for the term beginning July 1, 1945.
To Continue Transition
In general, according to Denfelid's
letter, the Navy will continue its
plan for transition of the V-12
program to the expanded NROTC
program in accordance with previous
announcements, but not by July 1.
The time at which any student begins courses in Naval science and
tactics will not be affected, he said,
because such courses will begin at all
units which will have NROTC caridi*-
dates.
"The number and distribution
of officer candidates to be included
in the training program for the July
1, 1945 term, cannot yet be determined," the Rear admiral stated.
"As a consequence, while the V-12
unit will remain at your institution
for' that term, it is impossible-to
specify, at this time the quota of
trainees to be on board and the
facilities required for housing and
messing. It is expected that information on these matters will be
forwarded to you not later than
April 30, 1945."
(ACP) Intercollegiate sports will
be resumed at Iowa. State Teachers
college this fall.
Spanish Pupils
Teaching English
Jacquelene Quick, Mt. Morris
freshman, Jean Cramer, Saginaw
freshman, and Marian Kenaga,
Cadillac sophomore, are teaching
English to Spanish-speaking children in the kindergarten at the Kinney school. Jacquelene, Quick has
been working with the children all
semester; Marian Kenaga and Jean
Cramer started this week.
The kindergarten teacher re-arranged the schedule so that the
Spanish-speaking children come in
the afternoons when all three girls
are free to work with them once
each week. They are given a list
of words and phrases for the children to leafri and the girls tell the
children in Spanish what they are
going, to teach in English.
Jacquelene Quick and Marian
Kenaga are second-semester Spanish
students, and Jean Cramer is third*
seinester, The girls volunteered because they are interested in this
work.