Stetson Weekly Collegiate

Stetso y Collegiate. Official Students' Publication of Stetson University. Volume XVI. DeLand, Florida, Saturday, February 27, 1904. Number 15 IN HONOR DeLAND BAR. Big Banquet Friday by Kent Club. Distinguished Men To Be Present. -7 The Putnam Hotel Avill be ablaze with oratory next Friday night. The occasion will be the big banquet of the Kent Club. The members of the Club have been considering this matter for some time and the event next Friday night will perhaps be the greatest social function of the year. The banquet is to be given in honor of the DeLand Bar and all the lawyers of the city will be present. Several lawyers from other points in the state will be present and among them the governor of the state and one justice of the Florida supreme court. The newspaper fraternity of the city will be represented by Messrs. Prevatt, Cod- rington and Johnston. The entire law faculty will be present and Dr. Charles S. Farriss, the Dean of the University, will respond to one of the toasts. Every latka, Hon. Cromwell Gibbons, Jacksonville, Hon. ^'illis L. Palmer, Orlando, Hon. Duncan IT. Fletcher. Jacksonville, Judge ,). T. Willis, Starke, Judge Minor S. Jones, Titusville. Take Your Girl. Next Monday evening, Feb. 21), 1he third number of the Stetson Athletic i Association Lyceum course will he I given. This date will be filled by the Otterbeiu Male Quartette, a company ' well and favorably known both in the North and South. This year makes year make their third successful season in professional concert work, and they have justly won the reputation of being cue of the best organizations of its kind in the country today. I he strong feature of the quartette Is the fact that each member is a soloist of the iirst rank; these voices, blending 11i perfect harmony, cannot fail to please Use most fastidious audience. In addition to their musical program, there will be a number of selections STETSON LITERARY SOCIETY Entertains Kent Club at Meeting— Usual Bcuquets Tliroivn. The "better half of the Society seemed to be off on .some picnic and ■ , -.';> the secretary attempted to call ! the roll from a Physic's notebook the | other half wished it had gone too. The j Kent Club and several other visitors. co,\ eve., su'-ceeoed in holding down the chairs left empty. Miss Jackman came first on the program with an extemporaneous talk on \ e 'eptions in gereral ar.cl the Presentation reception in particular. In this j she very graphically described, from I "from personal experience," the eager- |v>P3S of young men to; leave the parlors for the dining room. Mr. I.ofberg then interpreted the 'trasredy of 'The One-Legged Goose," to the great pleasure of his hearers. Parliamentary Practice came next | aid in this number tiie lawyers were invited to take part. Then followed a society should exist between the two clubs. BASKETBALL. The Razzle-Dazzles Again Defeat the Nips and Tucks. On Saturday morning the gymnasium Was'again the scene of an exciting game of basketball, when the Razzle-Dazzles and the Nips and Tucks met upon the field. The game was the closest which has yet been played, the score standing 21 to 17 in favor of the Chaudoin girls. The town team made the best showing it has yet done and for a time it looked as though they would win, for during the greater part of the game they were several points ahead. In the hist half, however, quick work on the part of .Misses Wilder and Powell put the Razzle-Dazzles well ahead. The winners played an excellent game and won chiefly by cool team-work and accurate passing. Misses Jackson C II A U D O I N HALL — STETSON UNI V E R.S I T Y. member of the Kent Club will be in attendance. 'Nicholas (J. VanSant will act as toastmaster and Messrs. Wilson and Butler will be the speakers from the Club. There will be a reception in the parlors of the Putnam from 8:30 to 9:30 and the members of the Club will have an opportunity to meet the distinguished guests, promptly at .!> -30 the crowd will repair to the dining room when the fun will begin. Music will be furnished by the DeLand Orchestra. Handsome menu and invitation cards have been issued, and contain a list of the toasts with their respondents, the menu, the bar of De- Land and the officers and committee of the Club. Among those who have been assigned toasts for the occasion are the following: Governor W. S. Jennings, Justice T. M. Shackleford of the supreme court, Mayor George M. .Nolan, of Jacksonville, Dean Farriss of the University, Dean Farrah of the Law Department, Hon. B. P. Calhoun, of Palatka. Other prominent men expected are Hon. Robt. W. Davis, of Pa- I rendered by a reader who never fails j to idea;' her hearers. 'ilie following are some of the press comments: "The Otterbeiu Male Quartette, | who. gave concerts Thursday and Fri- Iday nights and appeared in the program Saturday, were noted by the | musical critics as one of the best that lever appeared here. They are happy | in their selections, pleasant in their appearance, and have good voices all the ; way through." — DeFuniak Springs (Fla.) News. "The concert given by the Otterbein Male Quartette last evening was all that could be wished. Every number was heartily encored and the large audience showed the greatest appreciation throughout the evening."—Anderson ilnd.) Daily Herald. ■♦ » » New. New. New. Have you seen them? A choice line of new cards, and the finest of platin- otype work. Come in. The Students' Photographer, Miss Neal's Studio. , maze of motions, amendments and 'points of order, but Sir. Potts, in the 1 chair, succeeded in treading the maze, land preserving the dignity of the chair if not of the house. After a short recess came the debate Ion the subject: "Resolved, That the Existing Immigration Laws Should be j Further Restricted." Messrs. Mof- jfatt and Walker represented the affirm - jative; Messrs. Botts and Sparkman the 'negative. Miss Rich and Messrs. Wright and VanSant served as judges. The subject was discaissed warmly by all the gentlemen, three of whom delivered well-prepared apologies for being unprepared. The decision was was rendered affirmatively—two to one. After the Critic's report, Mr. Crawford, in behalf of the Kent Club, expressed his pleasure in the good feeling existing between the two rival societies, and his enjoyment of the evening. President Remmers replied in her charming way that she had always felt that a brotherly affection on the part of the Kent Club, and a brotherly and sisterly feeling on the part of this and Rich, forwards for Nips and Fucks, did some beautiful work for their team. The teams lined up as follows: Nips and Tucks—Jackson and Rich, forwards; Cruse, center; Alfred and Miller, guards. Razzle-Dazzles—Wilder and Powell, forwards;; Jackman, center; Borland, Wilson and Edenfield, guards. The same was witnessed by quite a number of students and visitors, all of whom complimented the young ladies upon their playing. Official reports made by the various railroads of Florida show that the shipments of oranges from the State thus far in the present season amount to 1,100,000 boxes. A large quantity of fruit is still to be shipped, and the amount stated does not include the oranges consumed in the State. The orange crop of Florida has increased from 75,000 boxes the year following the big freeze to at least 1,500,000 boxes this season.—Courier Informant.