Stetson Collegiate Weekly

STETSON COLLEGIATE WEEKLY VOLUME 32 Official Student Publication of John B. Stetson University DELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1924. STETSON FIELD MEN REPORTING GREAT SUCCESS NUMBER 39. Henderson, Mitchell, Bates And Collier at Work. The men in the field representing the University this summer, are A. W. Bates, W. H. Collier, Charles T. Henderson and J. H. Mitchell, all Stetson Alumnus. Rep rts from them indicate that there is a growing interest in Stetson among the high school graduates of the State and the prospects are fine for a record enlrollment at Stetson this fall and that a Bigger and Better Stetson is no idle boast. The Stetson Alumni are aiding them in every way possible and in this connection the University wishes to announce that if any of the Alumni knows of any one who should go to college, to kindly send in their name to W. Y. Mickle who is in charge of the University office this summer and be will take immediate steps to see some of the rperesentatives will interview them. .. The reservations are fifty per cent larger now than last year this time and are coming in daily. -0- MERCER STUDENTS VISITING PARENTS LEARN OF STETSON Two sons of Mr. W. B. Martin, the newest owner of the Athens Cafe, and frie'nds of all hungry Stetson men, who for the past three or four years have been members of the Mercer college student body, are visiting their father, and it is reported that they may make Stetson their future school. It is hoped that Stetson may be allowed to welcome these two fine ^a.l6 fellow Sep- tember. The older son, Broadus Martin, is making a general course his aim, spe cializing in Economics, and Business methods, although working toward his Bachelor's degree. He has made goo strides in Mercer, and from all re ports is popular in his own school, as a student, for his interest in school ac tivities, and a an energetic young bu siness man. The younger son, E. C Martin is also a student in Mercer college taking work in the Arts de partment. The older Martin is a Se nior in 24-25 and Edward Sopho STETSON ALUMNI ANNUAL MEETING Jl GREAT SUCCESS H. C. Garwood Elected President for Next Year. -o- PROHIBITION GAINS HEARTY SUPPORT IN MAJORITY COLLEGES College executives, the country over, are confronted each year with the claim that colleges have a harmful influence upon boys who enter them, as far as prohibition is concerned. It is repeatedly affairmed hy those who do not know the facts in the case and who refuse conssit- ently to make an investigation of the matter that prohibition is very scantily observed by the student bodiies of our universities. The Literary Digest in answer to this claim have in line with their usual open-way of dealing with any question of national importance, made a wide and conclusive inquiry into the matter. Their findings bring hope lto the hearts of the educators of the nation. Princeton Reunion, held this month, is under voluntary candition of dryness. This meeting of the alumni of Princeton, numbering 13,000 men, will be as gay and important to the future of their Alma Mater as any ever held, but will ack the ;kegs and bottes. The Christian Science Monitor, reporting 224 colleges over the United , States finds among faculty and students a great decrease in number of bottles carried on the hip. These schools report a lessenel condition of alcoholism among the students than ever before. A fact repeatedly confirmed by school after school through their deans and presidents that there is a splendid decrease since Prohibition was voted should answer the cry of the Antis. The fact that a large number of school maintain that they have never experienced a drink problem is encouraging. TJhe further state- continued on page 2) Monday, May 26th, at noon the annual business session of the John B. Stetson University Alumni asso- fint;on wh.v h >ld in t^e parlors of Chaudoin Hall. President H. C. Winters was in the chair. Although the attendance at the business session was not large, considerable interest was manifest by the "faithful few" in the building up of ah alumni assocaition that would be representative of the large number of graduates of Stetson university- who have gone out into the world, many to become the leaders of the. communities in which they reside. A number of suggestions were offered for creating a more widespread interest in the organization. Alumni associations of other colleges were referred to and their method of pera- tion was explained. It appeared to be the consensus of opinion that one of the imminent needs of the local alumi association was the publication of an up-to-date directory and the issuing at regular intervals of an alumni publication that would give the old students of Stetson some interesting news concerning their alma mater and their former classmates. R. J. Longstreet made a plea for increased interest in the association, and expressed a desire that the meetings be made so interesting and profitable that members will exert special effort to attend the annual gatherings. Miss Loulie Sneed told of the successful alumni of Hollins college in Virginia and expained the manner in which it functions. She said that after leaving Stetson she frequently felt the lack of communication with her alma mater and class mates. Miss Sneed felt that greater success could be attained by any such organization if more human interest were shown rather than the mere cold formality of collecting dues and attending to routine. Members of the alumni, she said, want to hear from their old classmates, and they want some news of their alma mater, and an up-to- date alumni directory would go a long way toward the success of the organization. Change of Meeting Date Many of the members felt that a greater amount of interest in the annual meeting could be possible if the meeting were held at an earlier date in the term instead of during commencement when such exercises are in order in many cities and detract from the attendance here. It was suggested that Founder's day or a day near that time be set as the time for the annual meeting and dinner of the alumni. A motion was made that a committee be appointed to arrange this matter and the chair appointed Working College Student Is Extolled By Speaker The college student who works his way through a four-year course,, meeting the expenses of life, of an education, and at the same time mastering the difficulties of the course of study was extolled by the two principle speakers at the closing of the Ormond High School at Ormond, Florida, Saturday night. Dr. H. O. Enwall of the Urnvgyalty of Floridaj who made the main aiiuuess of the evening, the commencement address as it were, for the class of young men and ladies who won their diplomas for their high school work, made much of the lad, by whose pluck puts him through college. Dr. En- wall, a jovial and interesting gentleman, and a brilliant speaker, placed due laurels upon the brow of this type of college man. He believes the number of such fellows to be increasing. Miss Kendall, supervisor of the Enrollment for Volusia County Public Schools, awarded the diplomas and in a short speech, gave the youthful graduates some very worthwhile advice. Miss Kendall mentioned numerous cases of Stetson University boys and girls whose struggles for success have come under her person al observation. She told of youths, who entered the college, with no promise of ever being able to fight their way through the financial problems confronting them. Yet in her long and intimate connection with those same students, she j could ot report a case of failure. Both speakers made or coroborated the statement that the student who obtains his education by the work of his own hands and brains, rather than by the gift of some older person of means, gains thereby a greater harvest from his labors Dr. Enwall's address was a masterful development of the four most important words in the English language—I am; I ought; ,i can; I will. From each of the phrrses, the speaker brought out one salient feature in the character of real manhcod or womanhood. Dr. Enwall emphasized the value of higher education, stating that his own son was a\itpnding the University of Florida, building the four most important traits of real charac- STETSON'S GROWTH SHOWN IN RECORD OF POST OFFICE Material Increase From 1922 to 1923 Very Encouraging. WINONA ASSEMBLY GETS MR. STOVER FOR SUMMER WORK Famous Assembly and Conference Engages Stetson Prof. Prof. Irving C. Stover, goes from the presenting of the Tempest in the Forest of Arden outdoor theatre on the campus of Stetson to present it on two different occasions during the Winona and Bible Conference. These two stagings of Shakespeare's finest drama are merely a small part of Prof. Stover's work as one of the brilliant'corps of instructors and entertainers brought together at Lake Winona, Indiana, probably the world's foremost famous and most exclusive summer resort and training camp. On the» lecture platfoim with Prof. Stover, who is described in the catalogue as a literary man of the highest attainments, are such men as Billy Sunday, Homer Rodeheaver, Strickland Gillan, and scientists who are holding the attention of the country with their discoveries, and Statesmen who figure in the headlines of every newspaper. Prof. Stover is scheduled to give a week of Shakespearean Lecturer- Re- (Continued on page 2) o STETSON STUDENTS ENROUTE TO OHIO— IN NEAR TRAGEDY tion as a seat of learning, because of Stetson's pre-eminence in that field. DeLand is just as proud of Stetson as Stetson is proud of the city that I is her home. An interesting fact in the growth i of DeLand came out in the report of J the post office of the city. DeLand's j postal receipts for each and every j month since October, 1923, have to- I tailed over $1000 more than the j same receipts for the periods of the That is, that DeLand dollars in business, in October 1923, in excess . of the amount transacted in the office ter represented by those four words oii r TT , 0 . ~ . , *nnc> mi. . . ■ / . . . , j of Uncle Sam in October 1922. This such simple, yet powerful import.I .... , ,. , . „ ,, : .' . .•-■;■;. . ,1 same candition held true for every College training is training for real. „ ,, ,. .-._, . month succeeding October. That the growth of DeLand is in direct proportion to the growth of Stetson, is a fact denied by none of the progressives of the "Athens of the fy"m for Oh\< Florida." Even this name is given ing, the Buick which they were driv- DeLand, in recognition of her distincj ing, being completely demolished. The Munn sisters, of Portage, Ohio, Miss Miriam, a Senior of '24 and Miss Harriet, a '24-25 Sophomore, met with an automobile accident at Camden, S. C, on their journey home after the closing of Stetson and the graduating of Miss Miriam. The accident took place Sunday afternoon, June 1. The girls were able to take year previous, post office did one thousand life. on this committee Messrs. H. S. Winter and W. Y. Mickle and Mrs. G. P Carson. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, H. C. Garwood; vice-president, Miss Loulie Sneed; recording secretary and treas urer, L. H. Tribble; corresponding secretary, Miss Eva Klicker. The Annual Dinner Promptly at 1 o'clock members of the alumni association repaired to the dining hall, where other alumnae and members of the senior class of Stetson, totalling nearly 200, enjoyed the following menu: Grapefruit with Maraschino Cherries Pickles Olives Roast Turkey with Dressing Cranberry Jelly Mashed Potatoes Green Peas Summer Squash Fruit Salad Saltines Apple Pie Vanilla Ice Cream Coffee Surprise for Dr. Hulley Dr. Lincoln Hulley has just completed his 20th year as president of John B. Stetson university. Members 0f the alumni association, the DeLand Commercial club, representing business men of the city, fellow members of the board of directors of the Va- lusia County Bank & Trust comoany and of the University, expressed their appreciation 0f Dr. Hulley with beautiful bouquets and cards of congratulation, the alumni association presenting a birthday cake containing 20 candles, symbolizing 20 years of connection with the university. As Dr. Hulley later said, he had expected to make no mention of the anniversary and was completely surprised as he had not suspected that it would he made the occasion for bestowing congratulations. In acknowledging the remembrances, Dr. Hulley said "A rose to the living is more than sumptuous wreaths to the dead. They are fragant with good will and affection. I can never again gaze upon a beautiful rose without remembering the expressions of this occasion." The "birthday cake" and the other tokens of esteem were presented in a novel manner. To the strains of the well known wedding march, girls came int0 the dining room bearing the cake and the beautiful flowers, to which were attached the letters of congratulation and appreciation. Only a few were aware of what was happening. Dr. Hulley said he had decided that probably some young couple in another portion of the hall were to be the victims of a joke, and it was not until the young ladies arrived at his side that he realized that a surprise was being tendered him. Speaks for Alumni The retiring president of the alumni association, H. S. Winters, ably filled the position as t oasmta sHRLDU the position as toastmaster. He thanked the members of the association for their co-operation during his tnure of office and made a plea for the older members and by the mem- continued interest in the alumni by bers of the class graduating this year. Mr. Winters called upon R. J. Long- street, who spoke in behalf of the alumni association. Mr. Longstreet in his address asked the questions: Are the alumnae boosting their alma mater? Are they contribtuing to the support of the organization? Are they returning to class reunions? (Continued on page 3) Also, the office in the same months of October to the present month of June, has in the increase over the business of 1922, equalled the business which passed through DeLand post office ten years ago. In ten years DeLand has so far surpassed the attainments of that day, that the increase from one year to the next now equals the total postal business of that early year. In the progress of Stetson from year to year; and this will be of more consequence, as the Bigger and Better Stetson program materializes, DeLand will be the one most quickly to profit. The men who urge Stetson to greater things wiU pass on to other fields, but the men who build De- Land will gain by the work done for the College in 'their midst. Dr. Lincoln Hulley as a member of the business life of DeLand, has sensed perhaps with more force than any other the significance of this fact He has, in lining up the support of i the business interests of the city,, gained one best factor toward Stetson. Stetson and DeLand must grow together. Either they will "hang together" or lose in individual fights for betterment. 0 Neither of tjhe girls were seriously injured. The accident occurred six miles south of Camden; thirty miles north of Columbia, S. C. An immense sand bank obstructed the view of the driver of the other car, a Franklin, until too late to get his car from the ruts in which the Munn car was traveling. The Buick had almost stopped, but the Franklin was making too good time to avoid a collision. Both cars were ruined. The driver of hte Franklin was injured internally, being unconscious for sev- (Continued on page 2) O DR. THIOT DELIVERS INSPIRING ADDRESS BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL Miriam (somewhere in Georgia, enroute by Buick to Ohio)— "Are you sure we. have taken the best road?" Hannah—"Somebody has taken it. Horrid old thing they left in its place, isn't it?" Professor—(after a very trying class period)—My doctor advises me to practice early every morning, with dumb-bells. Will the class please join me tomorrow, before breakfast?" —Watch Examiner. In the presence of a large congregation at the DeLand High school last Sunday evening, Dr. R. W. Thiot, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, delivered a brilliant sermon pn the subject, "'Evaluating Life." The oc' casion was the Commencement service, in which a strong man always i* selected to deliver the sermon. Prof. R. H. Adams, principal, presided, and in a dignified and attractive way, carried out the program. Mr. Adams has shown himself one of the strong, fearless men of this city, and his leadership is making itself felt The orchetra, composed of Miss Lillie Leary, piano, Miss Dorothy Ashton. first violin, Mr. Wallace Foard, second violin and Mr. Albert Huntington, 'cello, played >a beautiful number, during which those who were to be seated on the platform and the graduating class, marched down the aisle and took their places. The class song a stirring and beautiful anthem. '"Send Out Thy Light," accompanied by the orchestra. Dr. Thiot pro- i nounced the invocation. The congregation sang "Day is Dying in the West," and Dr. C. H. Ferran read the Scripture lesson. Miss Elizabeth Brownlee sang a lovely vocal solo: "Jerusalem," which was greatly enjoyed by all. Dr. Ferran led in prayer and Miss Dorothy Ashton played on her violin, "Angel's Serenade"— a wonderfully beautiful number. The program was of a high order thru- out and the people were proud of the service. The graduating class sat in a body near the front. Dr. Thiot used as his text, "Wha< shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul." It was filled with classical references, sound advice and inspiring thoughts. There was a spice of humor throughout and the effect of the sermon will live long in the minds of all who heard it. It was a truly wonderful utterance. "Life is the value of man," declared the preacher. "Life gives meaning to everything man does. The bods; (Continued on page 2)