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STUDENTS' PUBLICATION
OF STETSON UNIVERSITY
VOL. XXIH
DE LAND, FLA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1910.
No. 5
MAGNIFICIENT SHOWING
AT OPEN MEETING OF
THE EUSOPHIANS
With a large and interested audience
the Eusophian Literary Society presented the program of the first open
meeting of the year. It was by far
the largest audience that has ever
graced our hall. The Stetson Literary
Society kindly postponed part of
their meeting and visited with us.
We were glad to see so many of the
faculty members present.
Shortly after seven thirty Chairman
Garwood called the assembly to order.
As usual Mr. Coleman read the minutes
of the preceding meeting.
For various reasons business matters
were omitted from the order of the
day. As President Garwood was to
appear on the program he called upon
Mr. Liddell to take the chair. This
Mr. Liddell proceeded to do with his
customary dignity and grace.
Next in order was the debate,
Resolved that the United States is
justified in continuing her present
policy in respect to Chinese immigration.
Affirmative—Mr. Milam, Miss Wilma
Davis.
Negative—Mr. Garwood, Mr. Durrance.
Judges—Prof. Phillips, Prof. Lawrence and Miss Whiting.
Mr. Milam led off as first speaker
on the affirmative. He had the legal
end of his question at his finger ends.
He scored several points that were
difficult for the negative to refute.
Following Mr. Milam was Mr. Garwood, the first debater for the negative.
Mr. Garwood, although he devoted
some of his time to refutation of Mr.
Milam's poir.ts, devoted most of his
speech to an cutline of the negative's
view-point of the question.
Following came Miss Davis, one of
the strongest debaters among the
young ladies, xs a colleague of Mr.
Milam. Her points were good, but
not above refutation..
And to this refutation Mr. Durrance
devoted himself heartily. In a gentle
but convincing and telling way he
tore away the fabric of many of his
opponent's arguments.
After Mr. Milam's five minutes speech
of rebuttal the judges retired to render
their decision. But this decision was
no easy thing to decide upon and
quite a time was spent in deliberation.
Finally, however, the decision was
handed in in favor of the negative.
It was a hard fought battle—not the
decision—but the debate, and the
winners and losers deserve congratulation upon their success.
As a final treat came Mr. Waybright's
oration, or eulogy, as he called it,
entitled, "Why I am proud of the
United States." He struck the key note
that should reverberate through every
American heart. With his . cheerful
words sounding in our ears the meeting adjourned.
STUDENTS ATHLETIC MEETING.
At a meeting of, for and by the
students on Friday afternoon great
enthusiasm, and what is more, great
"cash" was raised. With an enthusiasm and spirit that Stetson has not
known for years the students rallied
'round the green and white and saved
'athletics."
Violent cheering and -good nature
pervaded the crowd. Mr. McCaskill,
after opening the meeting, had a set
of resolutions read which we give
below. These were accepted immediately.
Mr. Garwood and Mr. Durrance
were made a committee to investigate
the cause of ill-feeling between Florida's
colleges and try to rectify matters.
At this point Mr. Durrance took
charge of the meeting and took charge
of the job of raising the necessary
cash.
The subscriptions started merrily
on their way with $50.00 from the
Phi Kappa Delta fraternity, and a
$15.00 subscription from Mr. Roy
Sellars, president of the Oratorical
Society. Many students contributed
tens and fives. The young ladies
particularly should be complimented
on their noble efforts and subscriptions.
Well, we got the money and even more
than was absolutely required. Hurrah
for Stetson! We sincerely hope that
the Florida papers that have been
printing articles regarding Stetson's
failure to raise the necessary cash for
athletics will take notice of this meeting and retract some of the hard things
they have been saying.
Below are the resolutions that were
unanimously carried by the assembly:
We the undersigned, as a committee
appointed by the student body to
investigate the athletic situation, recognizing the need of some definite procedure have come to the conclusion
that certain conditions exist which
should be remedied. We believe that
the following resolutions are for the
best interests of the University and
the student body as a whole.
Therefore, Be it Resolved: That
the student body appoint a committee
of two whose duty it shall be to open
communications with Rollins College,
University of Florida, Columbia College and such other institutions of
learning as it may see fit. That this
committee be instructed to use all
honorable means of establishing harmonious athletic relations with above
named institutions. That the Athletic Association assume all expenses
of said committee.
Be it further resolved: That we
demand that none but bonifide students be allowed a place on any athletic team in the institution. That
we petition the coaches and the executive of the institution to aid our
body in fulfilling this resolution.
Be it further resolved: That the
student body petition the authorities
of the university to grant the young
ladies of the dormitory the privilege of
witnessing games from the side lines
and that they be allowed perfect
freedom in the expression of their
