1945-12-19; Central Michigan Life

              VOLUME W
MOUNT PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY,   DECEMBER 10, 1945
NUMBERS
Ronan Girls Plan
Gala Xmas Party
Ronan's rooms are really "bustin'
out all over" with wreaths, candles,
holty, and' anything else red or
green that couldn't get away before
it wag nailed to the door. The holiday spirit is upon us, and big plans
are afoot for the night before vacation. It's an rid tradition for dorm
dwellers to -Say up all night and
usher in the dawn.
Plans are being made for-all-
night service on the ping-pong
tables, records and games. Other
forms of entertainment also will be
offered. Evelyn Vassaw, Saginaw
junior, is general chairman of the
affair.
A Christmas breakfast will be
held bright and early Friday morning in the recreation room to end
the festivities. The committee for
the breakfast Mil consist of one
member from each corridor.
Central Students to See
Nativity Enacted Friday
The Nativity in the form of a
Christmas pageant will be presented by the music department at a
required assembly, Friday, December
21, at 11 a. m.
Shepherds will be enacted by Edward   Grant,   Ionia   junior;   Max
Margaret Ketchum
J.  Martin  Snider
Four newly elected campus presidents now assuming responsibility are Bob Wardrop, Mt. Pleasant, Menls Union; Margaret
Ketchum, Ionia, senior class; J. Snider, Elkton, junior class; and
Helen Eddy, Ionia, sophomore class.
Yuletides of Former Days
Differ from Our Own
Once again the campus of CMC "I recall the Christmas of 1924.
is blossoming forth with holly In that year the Warriner Literary
wreaths,   evergreens,   and candles; j society had a Christmas party and ;
and everyone is humming the age
old Christmas carols.
In the still of the night the College can reminisce, and if she could
talk these are some of the things
she would say:
Mollie's Money
Found in Desk
Dear Mollie Magnes:
You can stop worrying now. Professor C. F. Tambling, former head
of the physical education department, is finally going to get his pay
for that extension course in hygiene
which you took back in .1919.
Maybe your name irn't Magnes
any more, and maybe you don't
live hear Manistee now—and maybe
you never knew that "Tam," as the
students used to call him, mislaid
your money order for $7.50 and
never did collect it.
You see, he just stuck it in his
old roll-top desk in his office in the
gymnasium and then forgot it for
a few days. Then he looked for it
periodically for 18 years until he
left Central in 1937. But he never
found it.
Last week it turned up. Hugh
Johnson, the janitor at the gym,
got that old roll-top out of the
store room* and took it apart to: lug
upstairs for one of the teachers.
And there was the money order,
stuck in a crack.
It is 27 years old how, but Hugh
is- sending it 'to Professor Tambling
at Redlahds,.,Calif., in the hope it
Will get there by Christmas.
So" you .see,,you needn't worry anyjj
more.    *"'"   ' ' I
gave a tea to all other campus
organizations. The Rachel Tate Literary society (now Sigma Tau Delta) banquet was truly a Christmas
party with its decorations, carols,
and Christmas readings.
"Christmas in 1925 was a little
different?. I clearly remember the
fire that destroyed the main building oh December 7. In spite of the
loss, the students still possessed the
holiday spirit. Many organizations
carried on their work of preparing
gifts for children and the Rachel
Tate Literary society sponsored an
sili-school party ih the _gym.
"The outstanding event was the
Wanderer's Club ball given in the
gym which was dedOrated in the
holiday fashion.
"The beautiful, tUgnified, impressive Yule Log service in Ronan
hall the same year is one I'll never
forget, pa. Sunday afternoon at
4:30 the girls sang carols In the corridors; then marched down the
north stairs caroling in unison. The
pages bearing candles and yeomen
carrying the log took the lead as the
group neared the draining room and
the Yule log was? lit with a frag-
iment from the old. In the shadows
of the glowing log, carols were sting
and a Christmas story read. A dinner followed and Santa paid the.
jgirlS a visit.
j   "In 1930 the Christmas season was
high-lighted with the' music  student's presentation of the "Story
jof Nativity" at an assembly on December^ 12. _-*•*_,
• "A 'Silver Collection' was taken
up among the student bbdy to prepare gifts for those whtf were less
fortunate, A total of $05.51 was' col-
jlected plus 43 quarts of home can-
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Keeler Dorm
Plans Party
Plans for a "bigger'-n-better"
Christmas party in Keeler dormitory Thursday, December 20, are
underway. President Pauline Nelson, Cadillac senior, is acting as
general chairman of the gala affair which will begin as a candlelight parade at 10:30 p.m. in the
darkened dormitory and end as a
carol sing around a brightly decorated Christmas tree in Keeler
-lounge.' .~*r3
Present plans for the evening of
merriment and mirth and solemn
remembrance of the past years of
Christmas during war include the
candle-light parade, a caroj. sing
featuring solos from some of the
residents of Keeler, skits depicting
"most anything" by each corridor
group, the exchanging of gifts (10c)
among the girls, and the last, but
special feature of the evening, refreshments served to the girls in
the cafe.
Committee members are: Lois
Greening, Breckenridge junior;
Dorothy Pratt, Davison junior;
Mary Jean Wolverton,. Reese junior; and,Mary Jane Pelton, Bent-
ley senior. Helen Teal, Imlay City
senior, will have charge of the
^roup singing.
Sloan Receives
Yuletime Garb
Yuletide atmosphere prevails at
Sloan. Fresh, wintery evergreen
frames the two front entrances of
of the dormitory. A huge wreath
with a big, red bow tucked iii the
center adds color to each doorway.
Each front window illustrates a
snow flurry picture. Even the traditional mistletoe hangs in the lobby.
Placed in the bay window of the
lounge is a green, blue, red, and
yellow Christmas tree. Pine, candles
and red berries grace the mantle
above the fire place and logs burn
in the hearth.
Before the Christmas breakfast
Friday morning, Rosemary Lawless,
Sloan's chorister, will lead ,the
girls, carrying lighted candles and
singing carols of Christmas through
the halls. Juice, foils and beverage
will be served buffet style to the
girls and guests.
Arrangements for the affair are
being taken care Of by Rosemary
Lawless, Portland junior; Dorothy
Sharrard, Peck senior; Barbara
Brueck, Saginaw junior; Jean Chisholm, Flint junior; Donna Smurth-
waite, Flint Sophomore; Barbara
Franklin, Midland freshman. Food
will be served by Colina Campbell,
Barryton junior; Betty Martini, Sebewaing senior; Barbara Ruth
Force, Saginaw junior; Kay San-
ford, Freeland sophomore.
All committees are under the direction of fMiss Kathryn Smith,
dormitory director, and petty
Hampton, Clare senior.
Cook, Blanchard freshman; and
Harvey Brien, Mt. Pleasant freshman. Virginia Scrafford, Gladwin
junior, will take the part of the
angel. Isabel Greenhoe, Grand Rapids senior* will narrate. Kings, will
be Russel Hoover, Winn sophomore;
Wilham Rolph, Elkton sophomore;
and. Robert Medler, Alma freshman.
The two echo choirs consist of
Esther Fultz, Saginaw junior; Mary
Jean Wolverton, ReeSe. junior1; Roberta Lanshaw, Alma junior; Georgia Clendening, Gladwin junior;
Ray Anspach, Mt. Pleasant freshman; Harold Lane, VasSar freshman; Frank Westie, Dearborn junior; and William Gregory, Plain-
well senior.
Soloists will include William Gregory; Virginia Rice, Gratid Rapids
senior; Lois Greening, Breckenridge
junior;:' CarJWk Tesohn, Freeland
senior; and Helen Teal, imlay City
Senior.
All College Carol
Sing This Noon
With an invitation extended to
everyone on campus, the Interfaith
Council has announced an hour of
Christmas caroling and music in
Keeler lobby from 12 to 1 p.m.,
Wednesday, December 19. some
special music is; planned -with group
singing led by students. Anita
Everts, chairman, Mildred Busch and
Miss Esther Altman are the committee planning the program.
The monthly Interfaith hour held
last Sunday in the elementary
building featured "Christmas as; a
Spiritual Force" as its theme. Dorothy' Pratt, Davison junior, read the
I Bible Christmas story. A reading of
the "Angel Who Would Not Sing"
was given by Marion Abbey, Lake
Orion junior; Barbara Johnson,
Beulah sophomore;'Dorothy Kasel,
Alma freshman; Pearl Parker, De-
trdit junior; and Betty Wilcox, Ionia sOphdmore.
Kappa Mu Initiates
Kappa Mu fipsilon, national honorary m^e^^J^^LSS
have its animal winter initiation
tonight in the den at 7:30.
Mercier Honors   "
25th Birthday;:^;
The Mercier Club celebrated its
silver anniversary at'.'a, br6ai_faM in
Keeler union, Sunday, December 1.
• The breakfast was Served at
tables decorated with silver balls
and evergreens. Mr.- Joseph
Schnitzler, prominent Mt. Pleasant
attorney, talked about his part in
the formation Of Mercier and about
some of his personal experiences.
Helen Walsh, Freeland freshman,
sang Sigmund Romberg's "Desert
Song," accompanied by Nanette
Paulus, Petoskey senior.
Miss Helen Johnson, critic in the
college laboratory school and former advisor of the Mercier, told
the origin of the cltib's name.
Stylized Trees
Decorate Ball
Many   familiar   faces  of  former
Central students were seen among
the capacity crowd which danced
to the music oi Johnny Barnes and
his 10-piece orchestra last Saturday
evening at the annual Christmas
ball in Keeler Union ballroom.
The. receiving line for the dance
included President, and Mrs.
Charles Anspach, Dr. and Mrs. David M. Trout, Dr. D. Louise Sharp,
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Latter, DT.
and .Mrs. Ernest J. Merrill, Mr. and
■Mrs. Norval C. Bovee, Lieut. Will-
liam Lanshaw and Miss Dorothy
Pratt.
• Carol Tessirfc Freeland junior,
and her committee selected a blue
i and silver color scheme for a decorative note. Stylized Christmas trees
of blue, sprinkled with silver, and-
large yuletide candles were located
throughout the ballroom.
Adler to Address
Kappa Delia Pi
Dr. Alfred Adler, assistant professor of foreign languages, will
speak to an Open meeting of Kappa
Delta Pi* national education fraternity, about his experiences in
foreign countries, with Special emphasis on. education, tonight dn the
, women's lounge at 7:S0i All interested students ahd facuity.naay attend this meeting.
College Requests
Funds of State
Relative to the pressing need for
; additional Staff members, buildings,
and equipment as a result of increased veteran enrollment. President C. L. Ansoaoh will submit a
request to the State Board of Edu-,
cation and Gov. Kelly, he said this
week. This will be presented to the
legislature   at   the   next   session,
; which will probably be sometime in
I February.
! The college is asking for five additional instructor^ in the departments where the load of returned
veterans will be the heaviest. Also,
approximately eight new' employees
will be needed On the custodial
Staff When the new, cammis buildings have been completed.
All campus dormitories are .now
being used for women, and there
are 50 t*er cent less rooms ij. tOwft
thaA three years mo, ah the eoliege
is asking for housing facilities for
125 additional married veterans and
240 sina-le veterans.
Als6 iti the reouest are $100;oo0
for completion of the Arts and
Crafts building becai_s6: Of ihcirfealed
building costs since the orginal appropriation,' and1 $O0.o6o' for & gy*n-
nkium antf health edition aiding. The college is also asking for
addltiana- equipment for the speech
clinic and the visual educatfoh' department;    *.'   ' ''
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