1945-05-09; Central Michigan Life

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VOLUME 26
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, JS45
C.M.C Readers
in State Contest
Central placed second at the
State Poetry and Prose Reading
contest at East Lansing last Friday.
Dorothy Ayre, Caro senior, placed
second in women's poetry reading;
Fredrick Congdon, Kenosha, Wisconsin -men's poetry reading; and
Jack Iskin, Brooklyn sophomore,
placed third in men's prose reading.
Wayne university took highest
honors with firsts in all the contests. Michigan State -college won
second in men's prose reading and
placed third in women's prose reading. Calvin college took thirds in
both . woman's and men's poetry
reading, and Albion college tied
Wayne university for first in women's prose reading.
The schools represented at the
contest were: Albion college, Cal
vin college, Hillsdale college,, Wayne
university, Michigan State college,
Michigan State Normal, and Central.
Those from Central who took part
in the contest were Dorothy Ayre,
Fredrick Congdon, Jack Iskin, and
Celeste Williams, Belding junior.
NUMBER 21
Math Honorary
Initiates 36
Thirty-six new members were
initiated into Kappa Ma Epsilon,
national honorary mathematics fraternity, Wednesday, May 2, in the
college den. Most of the new members are Navy V-12 trainees.
New members are: Torn D'Amour,
Gladstone sophomore; Gerald Derus
Kaukauna sophomore; P. B. Miller,
Rocky River, Ohio, sophomore; W.
J. Anderson, Des Moines, Iowa,
sophomore; - Jim Greer, Detroit
sophomore; H. R. Waraczynski,
Milwaukee, Wis., sophomore; Jack
Cooney, Clio sophomore; Bruce Weber, Kingsford sophomore; R. R.
Wegener, Fond du Lac, Wis., sophomore; R; H. Walter, Manitowoc,
Wis., sophomore; R. H. Henrickson,
Amery, Wis., sophomore; C. J. Hart,
Philadelphia, Pa., sophomore; Bill
Miller, Flint sophomore; Jack Pa-
desky, La Crosse, Wis., sophomore;
Eleanor KalfofleiSch, Brown -City
sohomore; Dorothy Rhoades, Yale
sophomore; Elmer Drevdahl, Marquette sophomore; George Rink
Cincinnati, Ohio, sophomore; Ai-
leen O'Morrow, Peck senior.
Loren Erickson, Brainerd, Minn.,
sophomore; P. T. Austin, Birmingham sophomore; Louis Sheridan,
Glen Arbor sophomore; Wayne
Munger, Caro sophomore; William
Meyer, Menominee sophomore;
Robert Janda, Flint sophomore;
Mike Schweinsberg, Philadelphia,
Pa., sophomore; S. H. Jacobson, Detroit sophomore; Kenneth Teumer^
Sheboygan, Wis., sophomore; Jim
Seering, Beaver Dam. Wis., sophomore; -John Tenges, West Allis,
Wis., sophomore; Art Frazho, St.
Clair Shores sophomore; Bill Hayes,
Nevada, Mo*., sophomore; R. J. Henry, Lake City Minn., sophomore;
Norman May, Erie Pa., sophomore;
Nick Baker, Detroit sophomore;
Dale Barger, Plattsburg, Ohio, sophomore.
President Charles L. Anspach was
in Lansing April 25 to attend a
meeting of the personnel committee
of the YMCA at the Olds hotel.
President Anspach is chairman of
this committee* He remained in
Lansing Wednesday evening and
Thursday to watch the appropriation
bill go through the State Legislature'
and announces that our appropriation came through with flyiing
colors. '
Dr. Malcolm H. Filson, professor
of chemistry, who is county chairman of the War Finance committee,
has asked the Appleblossom club
to be responsible for all the publicity for the Seventh War Loan
drive in Isabella County. The drive
began yesterday and will end on
Tuesday, June 19.
Charles Plumb, V-12 junior' from
Yates Center, Kansas, is chairman
of -the publicity committee. Other
members of the committee are Marian Stimer, Lakeview junior; Teresa
Hemmer, Fountain junior; Marge
Stahelin, Custer sophomore; Mavis
Bretschneider, Ludington senior,
and Alice .Goodall, Flint sophomore.
, Plans for obtaining jeeps and
selling rides for war bond purchases
are being considered. Rallies will be
staged in Mt. Pleasant, Shepherd,
Rosebush, Beal City, Blanchard, and
Winn. Programs will be put on in
the smaller  communities.
The quota, set up for Isabella
county for the Seventh War Loan
drive is $1,151,600. This quota is the
largest ever set up for Isabella
county. Fifty per cent of the bonds
sold wili be of the "E" Bond Series.
This will be the largest percentage
of "E" Bonds sold to date in any
one drive.
"This is a big undertaking and a
great responsibility for the Apple-
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Mercier's Elect
Club Officers
The elections of new officers were
made at the monthly breakfast of
the Mercier club which took place
Sunday, April 30, in the basement
of the Sacred Heart church after
the 9:00" o'clock mass.
New officers are: president, Nanette Paulus, Petoskey junior; vice
president, Marion Pendell, Saginaw junior; secretary, Helen Reilly,
Marlette sophomore; treasurer, Ad-
ele Borysewicz, Monroe freshman;
and Inter-Faith council representative, Mary Weibel, Flint sophomore.
Miss Irene Jorae, head of the biology departmeht, was the general
chairman of the breakfast, with the
following faculty members assisting her: Miss Helen Johnson, second grade supervisor in the elementary school; Miss Ella O'Neil,
third grade supervisor; and Mrs. J.
The club is planning a party for
Friday evening, May 15, which will
take piace in the college den from
7-30 to 9:30. The evening will be
spent in playing games, and light
refreshments will be served. Betty
Ann McCoy, Bay City junior, is
chairman.
AWS Gives Dance,
Installation Breakfast
The AWS will have a busy weekend on May 19 and 20. May 19 will
feature their annual semi-formal
dance, to take place in Keeler Union
ballroom from 9 to 11:45 pni. Ifrice
of the tickets will be $2.40 including,
tax, with the girls doing the bidding.
Chairman of this dance will be
Beverly, Preston, Grosse Pointe junior. More details are to be announced next week.     .
AlWS installation breakfast will
take place from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
May 20 in Keeler dining room.
Sorority girls and their .escorts
danced to the music of Glenna
Douglas' orchestra at the annual
Panhellenic . ball last Saturday
night.
The program included Jane
White, Elberta sophomore, Who
played her arrangement of "Funeral March of a Marionette" by
Gounod; Eleanor Phelps, Bad Axe
junior, who read "The Sea" by
Dorothy Parker, and Isabel Greenhoe, Grand Rapids junior, who sang
"Without a Song", and "Indian. Love
Call" accompanied toy Fay Christenson, Grayling junior. Following the
program the grand march was led
by .Panhellenic president, Mary Eddy, Ionia junior, and Don Mac-
Arthur, V-12,
President ^and Mrs. Charles Anspach, Dean and Mrs. George Lauer,
Dean D. Louise Sharp, Lt. and Mrs.
M. R. Kelso, and advisors and patronesses ot the sororities were
guests.
More Teaching
Positions Taken
by Centralites
The placement office announces
several more acceptances of teaching positions in schools throughout
the state.
Lela Bennett, New Haven senior,
has accepted a position at New Haven for next year. Juanita DeMott,
Flint senior, will be teaching at
Flint. Mary CUrrie, Fenton sophomore, and Virginia Earle, Barryton sophomore, have accepted positions at Dansville. imogene Hanger,
St. Johns sophomore, will teach in
Clinton county, and Jacqueline Sullivan, Marlette sophomore, at San-
duskey.
Mr. Amos Butley, principal at
East Jordan, at the present time,
will foe superintendent at Standish
next year. Mr. William Jeffers, alumnus of Central, who is superintendent at Zilwaukee schools, will
be in Maple Rapids next year. Miss
Ann Hunter, alumna, teaching at"
Farwell will teach English at Ste-
vehsville. Berniece Smith, who is
teaching at Blanchard at the present time, will teach at Shelby next
year; Gladys Bafoier, who is teaching at St. Johns, has accepted a position at Alma.
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for Hospital Benefit Dance
The first Annual Hospital Benefit Charity ball will be given Saturday evening, May 12, at Keeler under the auspices of the Women's
Auxiliary of the Central Michigan
Community hospital. Proceeds will
be used for the purchase of an oxygen tent and other much needed
equipment for the hospital.
AJ1 the recreational rodmfc of
Keeler union will bemused for the
evening. A previously scheduled
student dance was cancelled, and
the rule that Keeler union be reserved for student -activities exclusively on Saturdays was waived because the ball is of city and county-
wide interest.
Lounge Reserved
The ballroom and terrace will be
used for dancing,^ the women's
lounge for  bridge  or  other  card
"Landholding and Democracy" is
the title of an article written by Dr.
George H. Nelson, professor of history department'. This article was
published in the Social Studies
magazine for the month of March,
1945.
Organize
A new campus musical organization, the Madrigals, composed of
singing co-eds, will make its first
appearance May 9 when they give
a r-oncert at the Madison Street
Methodist church in Bay City.
Prior' to the concert they will give
a fifteen minute program over-WB
CM at 5:30 Central time.
The  Madrigals,   composed  of  a
dozen selected voices, under the di
rection of prof. J. Harold Powers
of the music department, have been
holding regular rehearsal schedules
since the beginning of the year,
Their first appearance will feature
a concert of ail-American compos
ers in the popular Or modern idi
om. Most ot the concert numbers
are from the Fred Waring arrange
ments and from such composers as
Friml, Gershwin, Kern, Lehar, and
Victor Herbert.
The peisonnel of the group includes Dorothy AUeh, Maple Rapids
junior; Lois Greening, Brecken
ridge sophomore; Isabel Greenhoe,
Grand Rapids junior; Helen Hansen, Morrice senior; Joan Hansen,
Sioux Falls sophomore; Barbara
Houghton, Clare senior; Roberta
Lanshaw, Ahna sophomore; Virgin
ia Rice, Grand Rapids junior; Helen
Teal, Imlay City junior; Carol Tes-
sin, Freeland junior; Joyce Van petten, Vassar senior; Mary Weible,
Flint sophomore; and Mary Jean
Wolverton, Reese sophomore. Helen Wigren, Chicago junior, will be
the piano  accompanist.
The first local' appearance will
be on Monday evening May 28 in
the" Keeler Union ballroom. This
concert will be open tb the public.
One of Central's V-12's Had
Experience on "Battleship X
tt
(This is the first of a series of
reports on naaoal careers of men in
the V-12 unit at Central. Datd Will
be taken from service records of
the meii arid from personal inter-
tfiews*)
George (Buddy) Rink, A.S., U.
S.N., Cincinnati sophomore, was a
gunners mate on the famous "Battleship X,'.' which smashed a powerful Japanese fleet off Guadalcanal in November of 1943. The Navy identified the battleship as the
U.S.S. South Dakota and said it
sank at least three Japanese cruisers in a night battle off Guadalcanal. Earlier in an engagement off
Santa Cruz in the South Pacific,
the South Dakota shot down 32
enemy planes.
Rink was in three major battles
and several lesser ones, escaping
injury in all of them. He was so
tired after the Guadalcanal battle
that he fell to the deck and went
to sleep as soon as it was over.
Rink enlisted in the Navy August 20, 1941. He received his boot
training and went through gunnery
school at Great Lakes, Illinois.
From there he went to Pier 92 in
New York pity, and two months
later was assigned to the U.S.S.
South Dakota.
He was selected for V-12 training
and sent to Miami University, Ox
ford, Ohio in July, 1944 and here
to Central in November, 1944. He
plans to major in mathematics and
make the navy his career.
games, and the game rooms arid
soda bar will foe opened for those
who wish to use them. The main
loutige is reserved, and seating facilities wilt be made for those who
do not.wish to dance. Music will foe
available to most parts of the building through the public address system.      .
Earl ''Father" Hines' orchestra,
one of the best known and best
liked nan>e bands will play for the
dancing. Hines and his 16-piece orchestra will come to Mt. pleasant
en-route from a performance at
Percy Jones Rehabilitation hospital. The committee feels very fortunate, in securing "Father" Hines
'Jam Session!'
Arrangements have been made
for a "jam session," featuring
"Father" Hines, his piano, arid orchestra, to take plaice in the college auditorium on Saturday evening from 7:30 to 8:15 o'clock. The
charity ball will take place a half
hour after the "lam session" &
over.
as his music is always pleasing to
all ages—dancers and listeners alike.
Ticket Sale  Starts Monday
Tickets for the ball weftt on.
sale Monday and Tuesday, April
23 and 24. Price of tickets is $4.50
plus Federal tax of 90 cents per
couple. Tickets are being reserved
for students. at Central.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Morrow and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harris are
co-chairmen of the ball. The committee consists of Mr. and Mrs.
Burke McClihtic, Mr. and Mrs. David Beach, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Cotter, Mr. and Mrs. George Gosma,
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McFarlane,
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Finch, Mrs.
William Shirley, Mrs. J. W. O. Mc-
Kee, Mrs. Delbert Conkright, Miss
Harriet Battle and Miss Jackie..
Brien.
U. F, Has Annua!
Officer Election
Chippewa Christian Fellowship
held its election of. officers for the
coming year at the weekly" Bible
study hour Thursday, May 3.
After the singing led by Kenneth
Bryde, Wheeler freshman, and the
devotions led by Shirley Bennett,
Brown City sophomore, Wes Olson, Brooklyn, conducted the elec*
tion. The new officers are as follows: president, Esther Fultz, feag-
inaw sophomore; vice president,
Florence House, Clare sophomore;
secretary, Joyce Griffin, Stanwood
sophomore; treasurer, Emma Shafer, Ludington junior; missionary
chairman, Shirley Bennett; and In-
ter-Faith council representative,
Alice Kilgrih, Cadillac sophomore.
Business Of the evening also included the- postponement of the
"Blitz of the Ftankfurts" to May'
26 and appointment of the committees tor the club's party at the Appleblossom lodge the week-end of
June 1-2. The food committee coh-
sists of Mildred Anderson, Beaverton senior; Esther Fultz, saginsiw
sophomore; and Morris&n isniohdj
Houghton Lake freshman.
Working on the program commit-'
tee are Letha Griffin, stanwood senior; Earl Strayer, WaterlOO^iowa;
Eleanor Kalfofleish, Browri City
sophdmore; Robert Verhey, Grand
Rapids; and Joan £etersott, Coral
senior.
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