Stetson Weekly Collegiate
OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY
Yol. XIX DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, January 16, 1907.
Xo. 11
WORK OPENS ON
COLLEGE PLAY?
Will Be Staged in March
Xorinal School Items.
On Friday evening and on Saturday afternoon Prof. Suhrie gave
Jecture-readings of the ''College
Play" scheduled to be given in
the University Auditorium on
March 12. These readings were
well attended. Probably one hundred and twenty of the students
eligible to places on the cast were
present. The play selected for
this year's presentation is Banrn's
great play of friendship, "Damon
and Pythias." It is a powerful
tragedy. "The Obstinate Family," a jolly farce, will be given
as a curtain raiser. Mr. Suhrie
will complete the selection of his
cast very soon and then the young
people will get down to work in
earnest to make this, if possible,
the best presentation of its kind
in the history of the University.
writes, "All of my teachers who!
were at Stetson last year have!
done good work this \rear." !
The enrollment in the primary!
department is so-much larger this!
year than ever before that it has!
been necessary to remove these!
grades to one of the large rooms \
on the east side of Elizabeth Hall.
The following new students en
rolled in the Grammar Department during the past week : Lester Taylor, Florida, N. Y. ; Leland
Thompson, Cleveland, Ohio; Cas-;
well Roper, Lake Helen, Fla.
The Normal Department.
A number of letters recently
received by the director indicate
that the local normals in the
lower end of the State are going
be discontinued this year. It
rould seem fhat some of these
have in past years done some real
service for the schools of the
State, while others have been con-
lucted with the sole aim of en-
ibling students of grammar and
ligh school grades to cram for
examination, and thus secure
sachers' certificates. In some of
lese schools no attempt has been
lade to do any professional work.
aid so the county superintend-
lts are giving little encourage-
ient to these local schools, but
re encouraging their teachers to
to the best training schools the
bate affords. As a result Stetson
promised a larger enrollment
>r the spring term than ever be-
)re. One of the superintendents
Baseball.
The regular routine of practice
has begun for the baseball squad
and the athletic field is a busy
scene every afternoon. A great
element of Stetson's baseball success in the past few years has
been the systematic training
given the players. The old haphazard method has b ;en done
away, and now the men are divided
into squads according to the positions for which they are trying.
The scene every afternoon is that
of one squad on infield; another
outfield squad catching flies; the
pitchers working out the equations of their curves; and every
one taking his turn before the
batting net.
Opposing teams have been lined
up several times for short games,
but no fast work was done owing
to the fact that the pitchers are
not yet in condition. However,
the early season soreness is wearing off and throwing arms will
soon be in shape. Indications
are that Capt. Campbell will have
his team in good condition for
the first game early in February.
There are still six numbers remaining of the University Lyceum Course,
as many as there have been in any
whole course heretofore Owing- to
this fact season tickets will be on
sale, good for the six numbers, at $2.
Three great lectures, the college play
and a comic opera are still to come,
besides Friday night's attraction.
SACRED PHASES
OF WEEK'S WORK
Rallying Points for Christ-
ian Interests.
Vesper Service.
It is impossible to make an adequate paraphrase of Dr. Hulley'e
earnest address at last Sunday's
Vesper Service. The words of
Scripture found in the book of
Exodus: "Speak unto the Children of Israel that they go
forward," were applied to modern times and to our lives today. Dr. Hulley emphasized the
importance of individual righteousness and pointed out the necessity of making advancement along
this line. He also spoke of the
need of progress in self-sacrifice
to promote the interests of humanity.
The service was indeed a delightful one. The large auditorium was well filled with students, tourists, and down-town,
friends. The excellent music by
the Ladies' Chorus and the Male
Chorus contributed much to the
enjoyment of the hour.
The order of exercises follows:
1 Simple Confession,
Organ Prelude, [■ —Thorne
j Berceuse—Godard
Processional Hymn by Choir—
'•We March to Victory.
Prayer.
Hymn—"Purer Yet and Purer."
Responsive Reading.
Ladies' Chorus—"Night is Waning."
Scripture Reading.
Male Chorus—'The Palms," — Faure
Address.
Organ—Meditation in E flat —Dubois
Hymn —"Softly Now the Light of Day"
Benediction.
Organ Postlude—Concert Fugue in G
— Kreba
Dr. Clark Preaches.
On Sunday morning the pulpib
of the Baptist Church was occupied by Dr. Clark, the venerable
and eminent theologian of Colgate
Universitv. His theme was the
