1920-12-15; Central Normal Life

              We make teachers
who make good.
We make teachers
who make good.
vol; ii
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1920
NO. 10
PILGRIM PAGEANT AT NORMAL SPECTACULAR  AND   ELABORATE
PREPARE FOR
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RED    CROSS    WORKERS    SPEAK
AT A  SPECIAL  ASSEMBLY
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Normal and High School students
were very pleasantly and instructively entertained at a special Chapel Wednesday morning, by three
Red Cross workers, Miss Pulliam,
who is in charge of Red Cross work
in this district; Miss Calbert the.
nurse, who is visiting the homes
and schools throughout the county,
and Mr. Kies who is particularly interested in doing Red Cross work
through the Boy Scouts.
Owing to an accident to the machine, it was impossible to show the
motion pictures presenting the
many peace-time .activities of the
Red Cross, particularly in the
Junior Red Cross field.
Miss Calbert, the nurse, gave a
most instructive little talk on the
work of a Red Cross county nurse
in inspecting school rooms and the
children in them. She brought out
very well the good that may result
from the classes in home care and
nursing the sick, that are given to
the older girls.
Mr. Kies gave an exhibition of
several unique and yet very practical ways of easily carrying a person.
He also demonstrated the SchafFer
method of artificial respiration.
Physicians generally say this is the
best method in rose today. Mr. Kies
also told of the provisions for disasters, such as floods or fires, in this
country. He said that there were
vast supplies of tents, cots, blankets, and provisions maintained by
the Red Cross at strategic points,
and quickly available in case of
need.
Miss Pulliam closed the meeting
with a stirring appeal for our wholehearted support in the Red Cross
drive that is soon to take place.
TWO HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART
IN THE IMPRESSIVE PILGRIM PAGEANT
HIGH SCHOOL  STAETS    BASKET-
BALL PRACTICE
Basketball practice was started
last week in the High School. There
are only two veterans back this year,
Francis and Wile, but .with the good
showing made last week, we can 'assure ourselves that they will develop a good strong team. Their
schedule, as far as it has been
worked out, is ,as follows:
Friday, Jan. 2—open (Probably St.
Johns)
Friday, Jan. 14—Arthur Hill there
Friday, Jan. 21—Cadillac there
Friday,  Jan.  28—Alma there
Friday,    Feb.    4—open    (Probably
Owosso)
Friday, Feb. 11—Greenville here
Friday, Feb. 18—St. Louis here
Friday, Feb. 25—Big Rapids there
Friday, Mar. 4—Cadillac here
Friday,  Mar.   11—open     (Probably
Owosso)
Friday, Mar. 18—open (Probably St.
Johns)
Friday, Mar. 25—open (Probably
Greenville)
COMMITTEE   AT   WORK   ON   STU-
1>KNT     COUNCIL     CONSTITU-
, TION
The student-faculty committee is
hard at work on the constitution for
the Student Council. They expect
to have it completed by the first of
the week( so that -t may be ratifi©d
this term, and gotten into operation
the first of the Winter Term. The
numbers of the Committee representing the faculty are Mr. Pearce,
Mr. Brooks, Mr. Simmons, Miss Ro-
nan. and Miss Phillip; those representing the students are Mr. Tuohy,
M-** Richmond, Mr. Woolcott, Miss
Mahoney, and Mr. Doepker.
Working without a'hitch, elaborately costumed, >and staged with
beautiful tableaux, attractive
dances, and impressive processional
effects, "The Pilgrims," a colorful
pageant enacted by the students,
faculty, and Training School children of Central Normal under the
very capable direction of Mr. Harry
A. Miller, of the department of
English, offered an evening's splendid entertainment to a deeply impressed audience in Normal Gymnasium Saturday evening, December 11.
The pageant was given for the observance of the Pilgrim Tercentenary and had two hundred participants taking part.
"The Pilgrims" opened with a
beautiful drill by the heralds, Betty
We sh, Gertrude Hall, Frances King,
and Marja Ferris, all attractively
costumed, who blew a fanfare of
trumpets announcing the Chronicler,
a part very well taken by Mildred
Packard. Miss Packard in a pleasing voice gave the prologue which
consisted of a brief history of the
Pi'grim Fathers. The first episode
brought in Olive Potter as Priscilla
Mullens, Professor Cobb as John
Itob-ht-oft',—and~ittr__' Iria Jltest, crit'ic
in the Training School, as Mrs. John
Robinson. The acting and dialogue
work of these deserve the highest
praises. Allan Wolley, Bertram
Stevens, and Walter Meyers, young
boys from the Training School, very
Fawn, an Indian squaw, 'and wife of
Chief Two Trails, Mr. Lodewyke.
Both deservo much credit for the
interpretation they gave to these
characters. The children tef the
Training School were responsible for
some beautiful dances in this episode and the physical education
boys took the war trail in true
Indian style. Miss Ronan's T. C.
girls supplied the ideas of the
drama and Miss Lamb, a student,
did excellent work in teaching the
dancers from the Training School.
be given to Miss Sherwin, of the department of physical education, who
was a tireless worker and a loyal
co-operator. The dances by Ollye
Babcoek as the Queen of the Fairies,
and Mildred Crawford, as the Spirit
of Night merit special praise. Miss
Crawford gave an original interpretation of "The Spirit of Night" and
designed an appropriate costume for
the dance. Both young women were
charmingly 'attired. The young children from the Training School were
embodiments  of   grace   and  excited
PRESIDENT BANQUETS
FOOTBALL SQUAD
GIVES FEED AND JOLLIFICATION
TO GRIDIRON WARRIORS AND
INVITES   GUESTS
The   third   episode   brought   in   a   admiration    with    their      youthful
number of Pilgrims who did so well
interpreting the Fathers that the
audience almost believed the "Years"
had turned back three hundred
years. Mildred Bosworth made a
charming America in this part of
the pageant and Professor Cobb
again starred. In his vision of the
future of America, John Robinson
beheld some impressive tableaux.
The physical education boys did so
well with their Morris dance that
they had to appear again. The
Maypole dance by the physical education girls brought a waft of perfume from Merry Emrlandf -.The
witches and elves gave an eerie tone
to the pageant. The tableaux presented by William Penn and the
Indians, Benjamin Franklin, George
Washington and the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence, Simon
Legree and the slaves, Abraham Lin-
agility and sence of rhythm. In the
"march past" the audience had
another opportunity to see all the
participants as they weaved in and
out of the Years, a group that lent
a pleasing dignity to the last episode.
A large share of the ultimate success of the pageant must be attributed to Miss Ronan whose experience and advice, whose overseeing
of the costumes, whose activity in
the co-ordination of parts carried
the pageant to a successful conclusion. Acting with the committee as
an able lieute*;^"**«fia _>VLi.<_r' v? Helen
Alte%_.fatm-kwiy -S&'sa _:S«^*W)^ij*ysi''''
cal education at the Normal, whose
aid was enlisted when she visited
friends in Mt. Pleasant. Shortness
of time made intensive work a necessity and it is with a deep feeling
of appreciation that the Pageant
Committee consisting of Mr. Miller,
cleverly impersonated Pilgrim boys.
Professor Billings and the young
men from the Mercier Club as Myles
Standish and his army drew applause
from the pleased audience. The
Normal students who took the parts
of Indian warriors gave a realistic
impersonation of the .red men. Secretary-registrar Robinson, as the
Elder Brewster, Clarence Kline, as
Governor Bradford, and Paul Leikert,
as Ralph Wexton gave excellent
color to the pageant with their dialogue work. The other participants
in the episode contributed much
that was praiseworthy to the affair.
The second episode was an Indian
drama portraying the life of the
forest people in song and dance.
Miss Craw, of the department of
music, and Bourke Lodwyk, captain-
elect of the/football team, were the
principals in this part of the performance.    Miss  Craw was Spotted
coin the A E. F., the Red Cross, chairman, Miss Ronan, Miss Sher-
girls, and the local boy scouts wing, Miss Carey, Miss Rich, and
aroused patriotic fervor. The Spirit Mr. Beddow, thank those whose
of '76 group drew repeated cheer-
An    impressive    part  of   the
An excellent and appetizing six
o'clock dinner prepared by Mrs.
Vowles and Miss Hogue's Class in
Cookery, in the Lunch Room beautifully decorated by Miss Bargey,
Miss Oarey, and Profossor Troutman,
was President Warriner's treat to
the Coach and men of the football
squad, the men of the faculty, 'and
several guests from down town last
Wednesday   evening.
The guests of the evening assembled early in the corridor of Normal
Hall and visited with one another
until they were bidden to repair to
the banquet chamber by the President. They passed along the tables
beautifully decorated in maroon and
gold, with poinsettias as centerpieces, until they found their places,
marked with attractive football
place cards, and beside which lay
the menu card. The banquet was
not a solemn affair as indicated by
the songs the men sang, the first of
which was "Hail, hail, the Gang's
All Here." Joe Sweeney fingered
the ivory keys and "Nels" Mosher
led the yells which had volume and
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* President Warriner was viie toast-
master. After an introductory talk,
bubbling over with humor and good
spirits, and in which he expressed
his sincere appreciation for the
gridiron battlers, President Warriner called upon Capt. Tom Sisco for
a toast. Tom replied with words
of praise for the men who fought
under him and thanked the President in behalf of the football men
for the banquet extended them.
Coach Simmons gave a resume of
the games and commented individually on the merits of the men.
Professor Tambling talked on "The
Sad Things of Football." Professor
Beddow's toast was "Football and
Living." "Dutch" Lodewyk, captain-
elect, promised a winning eleven for
next year, and one that would make
the teams of the state sit up and
take notice. Reverend Hanthorne,
Reverend *Green, and Congressman
Menerey were called upon for
speeches. Others of the downtown
guests who were present were E. ,T.
Cameron, secretary of the board of
trade, and Editors Gould and McCall, of the Enterprise and Times.
The banquet was a live affair from
the very beginning. The men shouted yells, sang, and had a jolly visit.
When the jollification was over,
spirit was running high, and there
was a warm spot in each man's heart
for President Warriner, who was the
generous dispenser of all the good
things   the   men   had  enjoyed.    .
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pageant and one containing local
color was the one contributed by
the Warriner Literary Society under the direction of Miss Carey, of
the department of English. The
last tableau was a representation of
a ship entering New York Harbor
and was .realistically executed by a
number of physical education girl&i
Miss Lou Bargey, of the art department, posed as the Statue of Liberty
and made an imposing figure. The
participants in this last event deserve praises for the execution of
a difficult niece of work.
The dancing in the pageant was
very gracefully performed and credit for the training of the dancers
and the success of tho pageant must
splendid' co-operation and willing
aid made "The Pilgrims" a colorful
success. A special thanks is given
to Professor Billings, who looked after the ticket sale and to Miss Bargey and her class, who made the
beautiful posters, and to Miss Rich,
who helped with the tickets and
costumes.
NORMAL  CHORUS   AND   ORCHESTRA    GIVE    "THE    MESSIAH"
The grand old Christmas oratorio
"The Messiah" delighted the souls
of Mt. Pleasant music lovers last
Sunday evening in Normal auditorium. J. Harold Powers, conducted
the music and the soloist parts were
taken by Miss Craw, Miss Davenport,
Mr. Cooper, Mr. Benford, and Mr.
Vowles.
CHIPPEWA BOARD BEGINS WORK
ON NORMAL ANNUAL
Positions on the Chippewa Board,
a group of students elected to produce Central Normal's excellent annual, which usually makes its ft■;,■
pearance on the Campus in jY •
spring, have all been, filled. MilcjrY;
Packard has been chosen editor-a ...
chief; Caroline Hughes, chairmai »>_
the name committee; Sidney Kennedy, business manager; Mildred
Bosworth, organizatiGns; L. D. Richmond, picture manager; Howard
Ford, art editor; John Schepers,
athletic editor; Louis Meyer, joke
editor; and George Middlesworth,
ex-officio.
Professor Larzelere spoke at the
parent-teachers' meeting at Caro
last Friday evening.
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