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NUMBER 3
Fire Destroys the Old Administration Building December 7, 1925
Pearl Harbor Day Also Marks
Anniversary of 'Ad' Building Fire
by Betty  Wiicox
December 7, 1945—the fourth
anniversary of the catastrophe at
Pearl Harbor—is the twentieth anniversary of Central's greatest disaster, the fire which gutted the
Normal building in 1925, Several of
the present faculty members at Central taught at that time and they
recall vividly the noise, color, and
confusion of this great holocaust.
.■Orr Sunday night, December 6,at
11:30, Hugh Johnson, the janitor,
emptied a basket of waste paper in
the paper room which was located
in the approximate position of the
of the present auditorium. He then
turned off the electric current,
locked the doors, and left. He was
the last Berson ever to be in the
building.
At 12:30, Prof. Frank Robinson,
who had been speaking at Bannister, drove past the Normal building
on. his way home.
.At 1 a. m. a fire alarm was turned
in at Gover's by an unknown person or persons who had been sitting
in a car. The Mt. Pleasant fire
wjhistle began to blow, awakening
cliizeris of both town and school.
The fire trucks, screaming their
warning, hurried to the campus, and
the excited populace followed them.
The fire department, according
to Lee Doul, present Warriner hall
janitor, arrived in plenty of time to
extinguish the blaze, but ran into
serious dififici#ies. The nearest
hydrant.,wasTfrozett. and it was
necessary; to send after more hose
before the necessary length-to reach
the flames was obtained.
Meegan Kelly Is
New AWS Rep.
Meegan Kelly, Cadillac freshman,
defeated Virginia Guy, Saginaw
freshman, for the office of A. W. S.
Freshmen representative in a close
ekjctiori! held Thursday, November
29. These girls were chosen by the
nominating committee because of
the high scholastic records and outstanding leadership they showed in
high school. Eulah Menzel, Akron
sophomore, was general chairman
of the election.
Orehestta Dance
Features Spencer
The third all-college dance featuring Spencer's orchestra of Midland, Michigan will toe held in the
Keeler Union ballroom December
8 from .9 to. 12 p.m. Miss Grace
Fettig,- social! director of Keeler
and chairman of the dance committee, states that no entertainment plans or choice of chaperons
lias been made at the present time.
'Spencer's orchestra also played
for the all-college dance last Fri-
dity. Chaperons, for the t this affair
Were Dr. arid Mrs. Roland Maybee
a&d Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Woodruff.
By this time it was too late. The
building, which despite its brick
front, was built of wood, was burn-
tog fiercely. Oiled floors, papers, and
books quickly spread the fire.
Valuable Books Burned
Violins, pianos, private papers, and
books were destroyed. Prof. Anna
M. Barnard, head of the foreign
languages department, lost a private library valued at $2000. Organizations lost their records and money.
The library saved Only those books
which were checked out for the
weekend; of 12,000 books, only 17
volumes remained.
Karblena Fox, associate professor
to the English department, could
hear the timbers crashing from her
home on Fancher street. The flames
from the burning building were
visible for miles. People came from
40 miles south to see what was burning. By 4 a. m, the building was
destroyed. Only a brick, clockjgwer
remained standing.
A faculty meeting, perhaps the
only one to occur in the.wee small
hours of the morning, took place
while the building burned.
Arrangements were made to transfer classes to Grawn hall, the Gym-
nisium building, and the basement
of Ronan nail, which was then
known merely at the girls' dormitory. Four classes met in the four
corners of the recreation room,
which then included all of the south
end of the building.
Chairs and other' equipment were
borrowed from the churches arid
various' other organizations. It was
a common sight to find husky, long-
i legged football players uncomfortably perched on kindergarten chairs.
Many of the classes changed over-
See—PEARL HARBOR—Page 4
Xmas Ball
December 15
The date for the Annual Christmas ball which is co-sponsored by
the Student counqik, Associated
Women Students, and Men's union,,
has been set for Saturday, December 15. Pat Jahnke, Saginaw sopoh-
more, Edward Grant, Ionia junior,
and Dorothy Pratt, Davison junior,
will be co-chairmen of the affair,
which will take place in Keeler
Union ballroom from 9 to 12 p.m.
The, entertainment committee will
be headed by: Edward Hanson,
Lapeer sophomore, decorations,
Carol Tessin, Freeland junior* programs and tickets; Georgia Clen-
denntog, Gladwin junior, invitations
and refreshments; Bea Trucks,
Saginaw junior, and Betty Gillett,
Mt.   Pleasant   junior,   will   have
charge of the publicity.
Tickets may be secured at the
Dean of (Women's office beginning
Thursday, December 6 at 8 a.m.
Price of the ball tickets, for which
Johnny Barnes and his 10 piece
orchestra from Ionia have been
engaged to play, are $1.80
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Force, Chisholm
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Number of Petitions Indicates Spirited Election As, Student*
Vote for Officer* This Week:7    ; 7   ^    .:      ; 7.   .•<'■■
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Only four offices will lack opposition when students go, tb the; polls
tdmoi$ow< fy~ Friday, * a. mc to ypte
for class} officers* lStudent ■ Courier
vice-president,   and   Men's   Union
president.,i;,; ^y   .'■  7    7„,.„      L.i
, Leadang] calt^gtis,, cptopetitiori. for
vice-president of the Student Council are Jean Chisholm, Flint junior;
Barbara Ruth Force, Saginaw junior; Shirley Fisk, Battle Creek junior;   and    Louis Foubare,    Alpena
junior.
Bradshaw Voted
WRA President
Jane Bradshaw,/ Royal Oak senior, emerged victorious in the newly-
organized Women's Recreation Association's first election. Jane, a
physical education major, was appointed temporary president of the
group when it Was first started last
spring. She is a member of Alpha
Sigma Alpha sorority.
Evelyn Vassaw, Saginaw senior,
was elected to the post of vice-
president, Eve belongs to Theta
Sigma Upsilon sorority and is also
a physical education major, as were
all. the wtoriers. Phyllis Hartman,
Midland sophomore, was. elected
secretary, and Wanda Upham, Maple Rapids junior, was chosen
treasurer. Wanda is also secretary
of Theta Sigma Upsilon sorority.
Barbara Webber of Flint was elected freshman representative.
General chairman of the election was Shirley DeGrass, Detroit
senior.
New Members
Twenty-three new members of
the Appleblossom club were formally initiated November 26 to the
Women's Lounge. The initiation was
opened by the president, Marion
Stimer, Lakeview senior. The purpose and five key stones were
stated for the initiates. A program
followed the formal initiation.
The new members initiated into
the club were: Audrey Meadors,
Saginaw sophomore; Clinton Stroebel^ -Saginaw sophomore; Helen
Walker, Oakley sophomore; Virginia Pear, Detroit freshman; Eleanor Hasko, Kalamazoo freshman;
Lucille Fedewa, Ionia sophomore;
Louise Watson, Saginaw freshman;
Virginia Myers, Detroit freshman;
Vera Drlikj, Swartz Creek senior;
Beverly  Sutliff,  Evart  sophomore.
Mary Jane Hoy, Owendale freshman; Jo Ann Medler, Flint sophomore; Florence House, Clare junior;
Elaine Vporheis, Saginaw sophomore; Pat Forbes, Saginaw sophomore, Lpii Chartier, Algonac freshman; Barbara, Hayward, ,8b. Board-
man frefchmati; Mrs.'Leuella Germain, Barryton sophomore; June
Parker', Saginaw, sophomore; Virginia Fihgbt, Pinconning freshman;
Dorothy Dobee, Rose City freshman; Treva Bahr, Copemish freshman and Mrs, Bernice Butterfield,
Bensonia junior. .
Barbara Force or One of These Three to Be Council Prexy
Shirley Fisk
Louis Foubare
Jean Chisholm
Pour candidates, Barbara; AFbice and -the
three pictured above, will compete for vice-
presidency .of the Student Council when Cen
tral Students go jfo the pus .tomorrow      ,..„.,
Friday mOrning to. vote for leading, campus;:;,::..
officers.
Winner of this election yrill -fill
the :now • vacant, position. of, • vice-
president; in'- tlje Student 0ou'ncil.
arid will aUsiime the p1 resident's duties next" semester.       \ ;   .'    :
Robert Wardrop, Mt. Pleasant
junior,, is unopposed as. Men's Uriion
.present,' v .   ■.   *.   "'•••*: «v7
Competing; j^orf presidency' of the
senior class We Margaret Ketclium,
Ionia, and Andy Stone, Bay City,
Other senior nominations are Louise
Newton, Mt. Pleasant, and Marian
Pendell, Saginaw, for vice-president; Dorothy Sweeney, Mt. Pleasant, arid Eleanor Bugby, Qrayling,
for secretary; and Shirley DeGrass,
DfeWoit, \0h 'Dorothy Sharrard,
Pec^i^f^\i¥feasur^r. ,; •
; Jari'e TOKiaberta, arid J. Mar-
fiiri/'S^ider, rElktori, ate entering the
race for Tji&ior class presidency,
Helen Reilly, Browtt City, and Gvfen
Gwinn, • Ludtogtori, Mve been
nominated for vice-president. Janet
iSuncan, Clare, and Marian Abbey,
Lake prion,- will enter unopposed
for secretary and treasurer, respectively.   .
Three candidates are slated for
sophomore president.1 They are
Helen Eddy, Ionia; Clinton Stroebel,
Saginaw; and Betty Olmstead, Ludington, In .competition for vice-
president are Marjorie Prior, Mt.
Pleasant, and Barb Johnson, Beulah. Arlene Kerton, Fenton, is the
sole nominee fpr secretary while the
treasurer offers four .contestants-^
Jane Van Derbeck, Saginaw; Audrey
Richmond, Fenton; Jean Taylor,
Montague; and Kay Sanford, Free-
land.
The election is sponsored by. the
Student Council and'Voting will be
done^ to the second floor foyer, between 8 a.m. and 5 pan. Thursday
arid 8 a.m. arid 12 noon Friday.
Trout Attends
Conference Sot.
Whether or not a course in guidance for all Michigan teachers will
* be compulsory Or not is the topic
to be discussed Saturday, Dec. 1, at
Lansing. Dr. David Trout dean of
students will foe at this conference.
In 1940 the1 State Board for Vocational Control, under the leadership of Carl Horn, undertook to get
the State Board to require a course
in guidance of all teachers.' The
State Board refused to do so. During the war and for the summer
months Crysler and Ford organized
a Cooperative Counselors training
program for teachers. Here .the
istudents worked, attended" lectures
and also got paid for it. whether or
not Crysler. and' Ford will continue
this now that the war is over is not
known.
]€&&d§ to Write
and Pack Tonight
All co-eds interested. in lifting
jservice morale are invited to'tine
toox-paektog' and letteir-writlng bee
tonight inTgteeSler ^wo-heirlsi lounge
jfr^7,M#I^777;.'.7 :'7 ■ '
! &ay sariford, Ipt&d^M sophomore,
isgeneralchaiiroahi Meet! $0hS^
blare freshman, and tofe^ra Roth,
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