STETSON WEEKLY COLLEGIATE
Students* Publication of Stetson University
VOL. XXL
DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1909.
NO. 25
UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP
AWARDED G. M. CALHOUN.
Stetson Alumnus Wins Distinction at
the University of Chicago.
April the 29th, appointments of
next year's fellowship awards were
officially announced at the University
of Chicago and among the ninety-
eight fortunates is numbered Geo. M.
Calhoun, A.B., of the Stetson '06.
The amount of the fellowships
ranges from $120 to $500, and are
well worth the effort to obtain them.
There are quite a few in school
who will remember Mr. Calhoun as
an old Stetson man and will rejoice
with him in this event. He was famous for his good, hard work, especially in the classics and his convivial mingling with his fellows. It
is for the study of Greek that Mr.
Calhoun has won this enviable prize.
An Outing at the Isle of Hontoon
Last Saturday the Misses Dickinson, Carson, Wright, Vignier, Hughlett, and Messrs. Carlton, Carson,
Botts, Miller, and Duss, with Miss
Galbraith as chaperon, a driver, of
course, and Satan as coach-dog, speni
a very enjoyable day at Hontoon.
We do not mean that Miss Galbraith
is a driver, but that we had one who
drove us with his two milk-white
chargers to the scenes of our gay festivities. -Satan is a little off color
as a coach dog, but does very well
nevertheless. What a wonderful discovery! On our way there the men
happened to 'think that they all were
Zeta Chi's. But we missed the faces
of Fraters Minx, Rider, Worley and
Tilden. How thoughtless of the
young ladies that they did not decorate the hack and themselves with
the royal purple and green of that
ancient order!
We found out upon arriving that we
had to cross the St. Johns. So Mr.
Botts having a boat there became a
feirrymian. Miss Dickinson in crossing emulated the Father of her Country as she stood in the bow, with
arms folded—Ah, me, a thrilling
sight!
Fishing was immediately begun, and
several were caught. It is impossible to state the exact number and
none of us wish to have our veracity
j questioned. Miss Galbraith had the
worst luck for she lost one, half way
between life and death. But generally considered the fishers did very
well, especially Miss Hughlett.
The time for eating seemed to us
to be off schedule, but finally the
rustic table IhavSng been spread
and the ants gotten rid of as effectually as possible we proceeded to revive the inner man. Jim Carson as
a disciple of Horace Fletcher upheld
the theories of that famous man. As
it was, Miss Dickinson was kept quite
busy supplying Jim with food.
Certainly such utensils as a coffee
pot and buckets had been forgotten—
the ladies had been rudely disturbed
by the early arrival of the hack
drawn by prancing white steeds, piloted by a driver prancing like the
horses, but certainly unlike them in
color, and the men—but luckily we
were able to borrow the needed articles from picnickers across the wa-
ter.
After a few hours more of fishing,
boating and dodging the /rain we lei
for bonne. On the way home, peculiar sounds, melodious at times,
shattered the quiet of the night, but
the "Good Night Ladies" sounded
truly natural.
Der Deutscher Verein.
Der Deutscher Verein held its annual election of officers Tuesday,
May 4th. The following officers were
elected for the coming year: Miss
Eliza Daniels, Vorstehrer; Miss Lee
Bowers, Protokollfuehrer; Miss
Ruth Daniels, Programfuehrer; Mr.
George Coleman, Schatzmeister; and
Mr. Ralph Roberts, Pedell.
The Verein have been having
some very pleasant and profitable
'meetings during the year. More students should take the opportunity of
belonging to such an organization
as this.
A giraffe who was painted dark
brown,
And who lived in an African town,
Said "My neck is a peach,
Any food within reach
Can be tasted five times going
down."
PROHIBITION ASSURED.
Hot Fight in Lit. Saturday Night.
In the hottest debate of the season
Saturday night at the Literary Society Statewide Prohibition was secured for Florida. For fifty-five min
utes the debate lasted. Garwood for
the affirmative stated the case in a
concise, logical manner. He brought
forward his arguments in a clear,
straightforward attack, quoting from
law to prove some of his points.
Spencer then rose for the negative
and vigorously assailed the arguments brought forward by the affirmative. On finishing his rebuttal
he launched into a fiery and eloquent
speech which lasted for twenty-live
minutes in which he advanced argument after argument against prohibition; set forth its evils in indignant
language; drew comparison between
drunkenness and various forms of
crime, denounced the saloon as well
as prohibition and offered the remedy
of regulation.
Garwood then rose for rebuttal.
Entering in the spirit of the fight,
he made -the arguments fly. He held
up the apparently unanswerable arguments of his eloquent opponent to
ridicule and at times had his audience in roars of laughter. After
speaking for fifteen minutes he left
the question to the judges who returned a decision of two to one in
favor of the affirmative. After hearing the decision of the judges Mr.
Spencer arose and stated that he had
seen the light and became a rabid
prohibitionist.
Litis statement removed the last
barriers and prohibition is not only
possible but assured.
The program Saturday night
showed that we can do things when
we try. We expect to keep trying.
You are invited to come and visit
and listen in our room in Science
Hall Saturday evening at seven-thirty.
Sufficient.
Husband: "You never kiss me except when you want some money.'"
Wife: "Well, isn't that often
enough?"—Judge.
