1920-08-03; Central Normal Life

              CENTRAL NORMAL LIFE
MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1920.
NO. 31
^fltJCC^FUL SUMMER SCHOOL  aOS_rFWD^SlNG
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re
Salconfers
two degrees
![nAY IS TUB   DA*    SET    FOR
1L0.SE   OF SUMMER    SCHOOL
jtt the close of the coming Cora- j
Inceinent     exercises    on    Friday
Irning, Central Normal wi.ll again 1
her obligation to the state byl
Iming out another group of teaeh-
i ready to wrestle with the prob-
ns of education and ready to  do
!eir share in the community to
lich they are called. The list of
igust graduates contains two de-
ee students, 42 Life Certificate
iople, 27 who will receive Limited
•tificates, 4 One-Year Advanced
ural people, and one  Rural  Limi-
!d.   Below is a complete  and  update list of  those  who  will
ive certificates this  term:
"Bachelor of Arts
|haffee, Newton Wellington
|ampman, Stella Heath
Life Certificates
I'aist, Velora
IcCoy, Margie Luella
[aist, Adolph B.
hurch, Edna Kendall
imp-son, Laura Gertrude
forfeit, Claud J.
tfalton, Nellie
havis, Howard Lester
McDonald, Lucile
|treet, Ethel Belle
flinWe, Lora E.
Pearson, Hannah E.
Jox, Atlanta J.
[Thomas, Harriett M.
Vainwright, Ricca
^uglass, Harvey BuBois
Anderson, Amy Helen
|iaxwell, Pern
Robinson, E. Irene
t     pman, Oneita S.
fprague, Ethelyn May
JAdsitt, Chester
IGibbs, Minnie L. I
fMastersen, Marie A. '
(Continued on page three)
LASTWEDNESDAY
|n.VIT,HTElt   OP   LOCAL   EDITOR
AND GRADUATE OP CENTRAL
NORMAL ESTERS   MATRIMONY
The  Campus  of  Central Normal is an Ideal P,lace For Artistic Expression in Pageantry DRAMATIC  CLASS
.--——. SCORES SUCCESS
COMEDY    ROLES    WELL    INTERPRETED     BY    PARTICIPANTS
A Group of Beautiful Wood Nymphs
COMPLETION OF NEW ATHLETIC FIELD WILL OFFER
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION
In 1906 the Physical Education
Department first brought to the attention of the Athletic Committee
the desirability of another athletic
field, to offer in the growing institution wider opportunities for every
boy and girl, in athletics.
The   Athletic Committee   thought
the project a good one and decided
more generous mood. $1750.00 additional was allowed for Levelling,
$300.00 for a fence, §50.00 for seeding, 56000.00 for a grandstand.
This spring and summer $1750.00
was expended for putting the six
tennis courts into shape, and for
levelling the baseball diamond.
The new courts    have    been con-
the project a good one and decided.      Tne new tuui„    .     __
that  it would be  best to purchase   structed with the same painstaking
the land while land was still cheap,   care that was used in the construc-
.hout four »-»■?>,«* £""*_
tion of the five    excellent    courts
around   the   Gymnasium.     Ten-foot
„„„t tar ye- ^"''YHeaV'bS stoS .nprided, the con*
more tennis courts, as the needs of
the institution require.
The baseball field will  be seeded'
down this fall, all lines .laid out, and '
steel and wire    back-stops    erected.
There has been some question as to
the advisability of building a grandstand  at  present  prices,   and  it   is
likely that the money will be used
for    the    purchase    of    collapsible
bleachers which can be set on "concrete bases on the athletic field for
use in the spring and summer, and
which    can be    transferred to    the
After weeks  of hard work  spent
in practicing for their various roles,
members of Professor Beddow's Class
in  Dramatic    Reading    found compensation for their labors when an
enthusiastic    audience of    students,
faculty,      friends,      relatives,     and
townspeople  heartily   applauded the
participants  in  the  three  comedies
by  Margaret    Cameron,    which Mr.
Beddow selected this  term for  the
Commencement    plays    and    which
were given last evening on the outdoor  stage  in Normal  Woods.
Professor  Beddow's  Class  in  Dramatic  Reading  this  term   consisted
of    twenty-four    members—three of
them being men and the remainder,
young women.   Because of the large
number in the  class,    two    sets of
young people    tried    out    for    the
"Kleptomaniac,"  and those who did
the  best  work  in  interpreting the
parts,  were     chosen    for  the  final
performance.      They    succeeded    in
making  themselves  felt   an   all-star
cast  by   their   clever   and  masterly
characterization.
The  characters  in the  other two
plays—"Miss Doulton's Orchids" and
"The     Burglar"—displayed    marked
histrionic  ability   and cleverness in
carrying successfully the individual
roles.    There was    opportunity   for
side-splitting laughter in the funny
scenes  and  amusing situations that
kept  constantly  arising.    Both Pro-
(Continued on page three)
ALUMNI HAVE
LAWN PICNIC DINNER
The Life Certificate Alumni gathered at the home of Mrs. E. C. Rowe
Thursday evening for a picnic dinner and a general good time. About
fifty people were- present. At the
assembly exercises on Friday this
.large group of Alumni working for
their degrees made themselves conspicuous by marching into the Audi-
•—  _ *.„„„,„. ■urith. this
[(Reprinted   from   the Mt. Pleasant
Times)
.   Before a bank of ferns and flowers
[Miss Vivian Gould of this city and
Kr    .,a _ 	
for seven  aura    »     • ,
the road, west of the preset; field,
borrowing the money to pay off the
balance.
jouia oi mis  ciuy  «"•"
Viergever    of    Grand
Matthew   P „     „     _-.
Rapids were married "Wednesday eve-
ning at 8 o'clock by Rev. L. L. Han-
i thorne. The relatives and intimate
friends witnessed the ceremony at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Gould.
The bride was attended by Miss
Marjorie Phelps of Grand Rapids.
She was gowned in white organdie
and wore a white "
a shower   bouquet    „-         _
bridesmaid was dressed in pink or
(Continued  on   page  two)
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER IS BR.
DOUGLAS, OF  ANN  ARBOR
many times.    They drain  from the
end toward the    center,    with   tile
  drainage  from  the middle of  each
Three years ago the institution j court. These courts will be fully
went before the Legis'ature for ^quipped with nets and rackets as
money with which to grade and! are the other courts. This will
equip the field. All items were' ]eave courts around the Gymnasium
struck out with the exception of . free for giris who have not j^ sat-
$1000.00, which was allowed for lev-1 - .    _    .      . __    ._.      .    ,,
... T    _ *. *.- .  ficient   tennis   opportunities in the
elhng.    Last year representatives of,
the Normal  again  went before the'P^*    There is    room on the    »«■*■___..._,«,   	
Legislature    and found    them in  a  field    for   the    construction of sixj excellent shower baths, and lockers,
which    can De    wra.i__.-"--  -»    —   ■ gpicuous Dy i_,_n.™«6	
Gymnasium  for use  in the  winter.                 bearin-  a banner with this
This will leave plenty of money free   device_«Lifers    Who Want    More.
, .. _* +v.- +va<»lr.   ..   --i  rmnA  old Normal
mis wm <iu.iv f. v
for the completion of the track.
There will  be  available  for  next
year,  an indoor  and outdoor track,
two baseball    diamonds,    two  gridirons, eleven tennis  courts with all
equipment, a Gymnasium containing
a swimming   pool,    two    basketball ■
courts,    gymnasium     floors,    indoor |
running track, baseball    cage,  very
device—"Lifers    Who Want    More.'
They gave several good old Normal
yells under  the  leadership  of  Professor Billings.
ALUMNUS CHOSEN TO
BE SEC'Y-REGISTRAR
;owned in white organdie ._—   ^     tt*AD OF
a white hat  and  carried!  PK<)FESSOR ROBINSON,JJJ*   _
bouauet   of    roses.    The      rAMMFRCIAL     DEPART*";^,
OFFICE
y
TAKES
OYER
DUTIES
It  is with    much    pleasure    that
"Central Nornmi _-—    - ^^
Dr. Lloyd C. Douglas,    pastor of  this last issue of th°j*T      of the!
Je First Congregational Church, of  the new £**%™^ Robin-
Ann Arbor, will   deliver  the   Com-  Normal-Prof. *Yan*^     ial depart-1
mencement address at Central Nor-   son, head of the com™* f uq^A
** Friday  morning,  when   a  very  ment and business^ manager^ ^J
successful summer school closes.   Dr.  tral  Normal  Life.      r gummer
*-**   subjectis   .-Beyond   to\^J&%^Z»**Z
will  enter upon his new    * ^
the   beginning of **   1™mIJia of
Professor Robinson is mt alumn
Central  Normal and has made
himself    an    excellent      ^u™ooL
since his connection with thȣ
■    MF-   ROlTinSr County    gating
=,— » subject is "Beyond the
p-iculum." The speaker selected
or ^is occasion is a scholar and
a 8tudent 6i human nature, and is
!Ure,to Ptease his audience with an
inspirational address. Dr. Douglas
13 not a stranger to Mt. Pleasant
^Ple, having appeared on the Nor-
™al platform recently. He was|
J>nnl- praised by those ,who heard!
FRIDAY MORNING
CHAPEL EXERCISES
At the assembly exercises on Friday morning last Prof. E. H. Van-
TuyL  of  Chicago,   and  Hon.  A.  M.
Freeland, member of the State Board
of Edacaltion, addressed the gathering.    Professor Van Tuyle spoke in
the    interests of the    Junior    Red
Cross.    Mr.  Freeland   complimented
the school on its "pep."    Professor
Larzelere   talked, on extension    and
correspondence    work.    Mrs.    Agnes
commercial department. Having
finished his studies there, he sought
Central Normal for a Life Certificate, which he received in 1905. Desirous of fitting himself still better j
to grapple with the world, Mr, Rob-!
inson    attended   the    University of  correspoiiuenvc    „-—    _...
Michigan,     spending   his   summers  Hansen Campbell    was    warmly ap-
teaching in the English department  plauded for her violin selections con-
of Western State Normal. tributed to the morning's  program.
Mecosta needed a superintendent
of schools. Mr. Robinson was offered
the position, remaining there for
three years.
	
The    Mercier    Club    held  a very
remaining   tnere m  profitable and enjoyable meeting in
A similar position was the Gymnasium    last    Tuesday eve-
■>-. x.   nine-.    Superinti
given    him at    Bronson in    Branch
County, where he remained for six
years.     In    1911    he    was    elected
school commissioner of Branch County  and  re-elected  in  1915,  but  resigned  to  come to  Central Normal
as    instructor in   penmanship,    and
has since been made  assistant professor, in charge of the commercial
work
11
raANK EDWARD ROBINSON
New Secretary-Registrar
Miss Helen Marsh    returned
week     from   an   automobile
through Wisconsin.
last
trip
ning.    Superintendent Munson    read
a very inspiring story to the members.    The   social   hour,   under  the
direction  of  Miss    Helen    Thursby,
was    spent in    folk    dancing.    The
next meeting of the Club will take
place Tuesday    evening,    August  3,
in the    Women's    Commons 'at 7:30
o'clock. Members of the organization
are requested to watch the bulletin
board for particulars.   All those belonging to the Club should make an
I effort to be present at the last meeting of the Summer Term.*
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