Stetson Collegiate Weekly

EvelynS DeLan. STETSON COLLEGIATE WEEKLY VOLUME 32 . _ Official Student Publicationjrf John B. Stetson University DELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924. NUMBER 41. STETSON MEN ARE WARMLY WELCOMED BY MIAMI PEOPLE PROF. HEFFNER NOW IN MICHIGAN AFTER EVENTFUL JOURNEY Collier and Bates Afforded Warm Reception in Magic City. That the First Baptist church of Miami, Florida, is thoroughly awake to the responsibilities of Baptist churches over the state to their schoo,l Stetson University, is evidenced by their report recently received .from Anthony Bates. This resume of some of the activities of the Bates-Collier team in the Magic City, show that from Dr. White to the youngestt member of the primary de partment of the Miami Sunday school, there is a feeling of helpfulness ex tended to Stetson University. Tony found the Superintendent of the Sunday School, Dr. A. C. Holmes, a live-wire, not only for Stetson, but in his work of building the largest and most efficient Sunday school machine in the State. Bates says, they were given the warmest of welcomes, and that nothing could be said too WHITNELL, STAR FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL MAN, ACCOMPANIES PROF. HEFFNER TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY. hearty of the congenial hospitality of the Miami people, Baptists and all, I until Tennessee was reached Prof. Heffner writes" that after many delays he arrived safely" in Grand Eapids, Mich., his immediate destination. He was delayed in starting his trip north because of the difficulty of' finding some one to make the trip with him. Several had been waiting to make the trip, but at the last moment were unable to go. Luckily, Chas. Whitnell was going to Kentucky, and on hearing this made arrangements to take Whitnell and Prof, headed for Kentucky. The two began their trip northward at 10:30 A. M., on Fiiday, May 30th They went by way of Palatka, St. Augustine >nd Jacksonville. The road' from the end of the pavement through East Palatka to Hastings on the St. Augustine road was very rough. On nearing Jacksonville they passed Geo. Clark and John Newell, in Clark's car going north. The first day's travel was quite successful, bringing them to Waycross, Ga. In fact the travel was quite satisfactory Stetson Representatives Reporting A Successful Opening of Summer Work amiss. Hi ravs in part of thr- work there: "Now, about down here. The Superintendent of the Sunday school in "the First Baptist church gave us a warm welcome, and gave us an opportunity to speak about Stetson be-> fore the Sunday school. Dr. A. G The roads of Tennessee were rough, and in many places just newly worked. There was very little pavement, and due to an abundance of rain the roads were muddy and very heavy. The roads over Mount Eagle were almost impassable and. several times Prof. Heffner's car was almost stuck in the (Continued on page 2) -0- VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL SUCCESS ON OPENING DAY J. Paul Edmunds and Assistants Elated With the Work. Holmes, is the superintendent; he has mud. However, with good fortune on built up a wonderful school. their side they reached Nashville at Mr. P. L. Johnston, the educational noon, on Monday, June 2nd. director, is a live wire and fine. He Here at Nashville, Whitnell took carried me through the different de- the train for his home at Fulton, Ky., partments of the B. Y. P. U., and I while Prof. Heffner continued on his kfffff ■iyri/""ltfHifc» t-Vni-T"""'- wav Ward Lonfavill* »tiH th« r^rth This should be of news to other peo- The roads north of Nashville were not as bad as those to the south, but they were rough and slow. The Kentucky line was passed that afternoon. However, on starting out the following morning, the car broke down and he had to call on a garage. After the famous Buick had been towed in, diagnosis showed that the driving shaft, pinion, and pinion bearings had been broken. It required three days for the parts to arrive and to be installed. To make things all the worse, the workmanship of the garage man was so poor that after 70 miles, the pinion slipped upon the ring gear due to poor adjustment, ruining them both. This time Prof. Heffner had his Buick towed into a garage at Elizabethtown, Ky., and after another three days' wait was finally able to get on his way. Leaving Elizabethtown at 5:30 P M., on June 9, Prof. Heffner, without much delay or trouble arrived at Grand Rapids, 2 A. M., on June 11th At the time of this writing he was still in Grand Rapids, but was ex pecting to proceed to Ithaca, New York, in a few days. He writes that after a few years the roads of the central route will probably be good as there is much construction going oni Some has been finished, but where work is proceeding it is difficult to get through and in some cases the detours are next to impassable after rainstorms. * O Bates and Collier in Miami, reporC that interest in Stetson is growing. They are getting numerous applications and reservations and write that balcony seating will be necessary next year. Henderson reports conditions as being encouraging in South Florida and is sending in a nice list of reservations. Mitchell passed through DeLanjl last week and stopped in the office for a chat. He says that he finds much more interest being shown Stetson than in previous years a is expecting a big increase from hi territory. The office reports that more inquiries than ever are coming in from Northern states and already quite i number of reservations are in. • O Roy Chapman Andrews has discovered the Garden of Eden in Asia, and says he is going back there as soon as h,e can. This will stir up a good deal of resentment in Los Angeles.—Tacoma Ledger. O u Creating all men free and equal isn't enough; some means must be devised to keep them free and equal. Columbia Record. STETSON GRADUATE APPOINTED MEMBER OF SCHOOL FACULTY MISS GERTRUDE FOSTER, GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE RE- CEIVES APPOINTMENT FROM NEW SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL. Along with announcement that Henry Pixley is to go to Georgia Tech comes the news that Miss Gertrude Foste,r another of the class of '24, is to be lined up among the weil- ders of the birchen rod this fall. Miss Gertrude goes to New Smyrna to teach the young idea "sense"; Miss Foster came to Stetson four years ago, as a Freshman and has 'been one of the leading pupils in a brilliant class. She has taken part in all college activities- She was (a prominent character in the senior „class play, Charm School, in fact she was one of those who got most of the charm out of the school. She was awarded her A. B. degree at the annual commencement, May 7 with a large class. Miss Gertrude takes up her duties (Continued on page 2) DR. GORDIS WRITES OF TRIP TO SUMMER HOME AND VACATION GORDIS CABIN NEAR BLACK MOUNTAIN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE AT RIDGE CREST. Dr. and Mrs. Gordis at the famous "Gordis Cabin" near Black Mountain in North Carolina, have written the Collegiate a letter tilling of their journey since leaving DeLand and in part their communication is published herewith. "Dr. Allen and Miss Neale shared with Mrs. Gordis and me a cool serene trip down the St. Johns to Jacksonville. The ladies were to continue together on their trip, taking a steamer for Baltimore. After reaching that port they were to seek diverse destinations. Dr. Allen has since written from Ohio. "Our Alumni of just a few years ago will recall Linton Cox, and Lillian Fuller, the latter being now Mrs. Cox. We spent a very pleasant evening with them in Atlanta. Mr Cox teaches science in tbe Boys' Technical high school of that city. He there finds congenial work and associates and seems to have excellent prospects for promotion. "Our cabin is practically in sight of Robert E. Lee hall, where now the college Y. W. C. A., conference for the whole southeastern part of the OSHIHIYI BOARD PLACES EDMUNDS CHARGE AFFAIRS J. Paul Edmunds Should Be Addressed for Annuals. The Vacation Bible School opened Monday morning in the Sunday school rooms of the First Baptist church with J. Paul Edmunds in charge. Harold Ingram of the Baptist Board was present and aided in the work of organization. Mr. Ingram, it was who introduced the vacation Bible school idea into the Southern Baptist convention. > Teachers and pupils were very highly pleased over the prospects after the first day's work. The worship hour was a period of real devotion. The music hour in charge of Miss Sybil Ley followed by the calisthen ics period under the direction of Arthur Cundy took the eyes of the children. The manual work period -were made interesting with introduction to bird house building, and hr. ket weaving. The little tots were in charge of competent teachers in the kindergarten department. The rolls the first morning showed about 150 youngsters in this the fir? vacation Bible school ever held in DeLand. It is expected to greatly aid in the building up of the spiritual atmosphere of the town, every denomination taking part in the school. O Improves Fish Pole • A common bamboo fjsh pole will be xound to hang better, and will seem jreally lighter In use, If the butt Is - loaded. The simplest way to load it is |to bore a hole through the joint partition at the butt, and fit a cork to [the opening. When you are ready to fish, fill the butt with water or sand, land Insert the cork. Change "Why do you always go to an expensive resort hotel when you take a fllttle vacation? It cannot be very (restful." "No," answered Senator Sorghum. j"There Isn't so much rest, but there's change, I find It a sort of relief to rorry about my own bills for awhile Instead of the finances of the nation." O The experiment is worth while, anyway. We wait eagerly to see a veteran eating his insurance policy. —Springfield (Ohio) Sun. POPULAR STETSON STUDENT BECOMES BEAUTIFUL BRIDE Pretty Home Wedding Celebrates Meeks-Allen Marriage. At 2:30 Thursday afternoon R. L. Allen of Newcastle, Ind., claimed as his 'charming bride, ) Miss Eleanor Meeks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Meeks, May avenue. The nuptials were celebrated at the home which was artistically decorated in pink and white. A large white bell was hung over the altar. Flowers of tints typical of the month of June predominated in a truly beautiful scene. Before the ceremony Donald Faulkner played as a violin solo, the reverie, "Traumerie," and Miss May Bosfield sang "I love you truly," her deep contralto voice giving her hear- (Continued on page 2) CONRAD HALL—FROM HAYDEN AVENUE Second of Enthusiastic Alumnus Letters Received TheEditor, DeLand, Fla., Dear Don: Again we are wondering just what that Bigger and Better Stetson is going to bring forth next year. In fact we wondered so hard the other night we had a dream. Yep. Some dream, too. It was something like this: Two of the old timers were seated in front of the fire station on the seats kept especially for the comfort of just such, and often known as "The Buzzard's Roost", and the discussion was upon the question of the growth of their city. As you know, there is no one, and there are no ones, that can regulate the affairs of a city half so well as those who sit on the side lines and look on. It is so easy to see the right and wrong of a thing from the side lines. "Well, Tom," 'said Old Timer, r^o. 1, "this ain't the same little town as it used to be, is it?" "Nope, it ain't." , "Well just let me tell you that I can remember when the people in this city had to wade through sand over their shoe tops to get from the general store to their shack around the corner. Them was fine days, and we boys could sit in the shade of the trees, shoot tobacco juice at a squirrel and bet on the horse-shoe game." "Is that right?" "Yep. That's right. And we (Continued on page 2) NOTES CONCERNING SCATTERING CLASS MATES OF STETSON LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FROM STETSON MEN AND I WOMEN PROVE INTERESTING SOURCE OF NEWS. Helen Harrison writes that she is enjoying the summer at her home Bayview in Palma Sola, near Braden- town, on the beautiful Manatee river. Miss Harrison is receiving the Collegiate and gives the old school paper credit for enlivening her vacation. • From Cambridge, New York comes a note from Ray Anson. He has melons on the brain at the present time, and cannot forget that the season has not started in the Northeast. He recalls that when he left Florida the Tom Watson and Florida Favorites were beginning to round into shape. On the boat going up Ray met a girl like all college chaps do, and is having the time of his life wondering where she has gone to. He hopes she may come to Stetson, too. So do we. He has found the weather in old New York a little coller than DeLand. Ray is making his plans to drive through in the fall in a new Buick j Sedan. I Prof. L. H. Ti*ibble has been heard United States, is in session. It is a fine sight to see in a single audience something like six hundred college girls brought together by their interest in religious work, particularly in the college. Four Stetson girls are in attendance: Charlotte Farrington, Margaret MacLallen, Hillis Carmean and Joyce Brown. "Perhaps Dean Carson has reported that Chick W. Leung, who graduated from Stetson a year ago, has just received the master's degree from Columbia. Before returning to China, for a visit, Mr. Leung expects to take a vacation in the Carolina mountains, and will probably find his way to the Gordis cabin." from since his arrival in New Haven, Conn., where he enters Yale University summer school. Prof. Tribble is' taking up special work during his va catoin period. O I "Kindliest Man" | I Is Now Hangman % % Manchester, England.—William % | Willis of Ardwick, near here, * % who is described by his wife as * £ "the kindliest man alive," is to % $ be the new public executioner | to succeed John Ellis, who re- h cently retired. r Willis is a native of Man- £ Chester and has been assistant £ hangman for twenty years. When £ he is not engaged in dispatching *; t criminals to their doom he works *; r as an engraver. || > "You would never guess my * £ husband was a hangman," his * % wife said. "He Is the kindliest \ t man alive." % With each batch of incoming mail the editor of the Collegiate receives a bushel of requests concerning the late college annual, the Oshihiyi. The men in charge of this publication abdicated but not in his favor. For the benefit of those who might wish an answer to their troubles we will announce that J. P. Edmunds was bequeathed all the assets and liabilities of the Oshihiyi Board. v This young gentleman who is now spending his summer as General Superintendent of the First Baptist church of DeLand, is in position to handle all inquiries aimed toward an annual. Go after him. The annual Board, J. O. Edmunds, a brother of the late Charles Henderson, one of Stetson's field representatives, are to be commended highly on the evceeding high character of the book which they compiled to represent Stetson this year. It is a credit to the school. Too high terms of praise cannot be given the efforts of Edmunds and Henderson. From all quarters, I am receiving letters of yraise for the workmanship, editorial perfection and gene- eral fine appearance of the '24 Oshihiyi. These I will hand on the boys who made the annual, "Ollie and Charlie." But, if you wish your annual, or have overpaid for the one you didn't get, send your best regards to Jake Edrpunc ALUMNI OFFICIAL BUSILY ENGAGED COMPLETING FILE Stetson Alumni Members Awakening to Work in DLand. During the winter months Howard Gallant, secretary of the Stetson Alumni Association, kept up a strong correspondence with the members of that body. Each day the files grew with notes of the present work, and l,a.st adventures of Stetson people. Some who have passed out of the great school called life, and have signed their entrance cards with the Bursar of a Great Beyond, have for the first time had their record with the Alma Mater corrected, and friends appraised. Fortune aid Luck have smiled with varying degrees of prosperity upon these who write to Mr. Gallant, yet every classmate is interested in all that the records 3how. During the summer this work goes on in the office of the college. If you are a member of that great body, Stetson Alumni and have never given your post graduation report, send it in now. Friends are waiting to know where you are and how the world uses you. During the past few weeks, C. L. Armstrong, assistant cashier of the Central National Bank of St. Petersburg, has written as follows: : After a checkered career, I decided to come to St. Pete and re-enter the banking field. I have been with the Central National Bank and Trust company for something over two years. My duties consist of handling and disposing of real estate and escrow transactions for the bank, and the work is very fascinating. The only objection is that the work grows faster than it can well be taken care of. Besides being connected with the bank I am engaged in the truck and citrus industry in a small way. Thi3 is due to my not having disposed of my holdings in the Manatee country. Both of my sisters are married and living in Terra Ceia. Frankie married a Mr. Felming; Mabel, a Mr. Kissick. Willard C. Blood, who roomed with me in Stetson, owns a large stock farm near Ocala. Your letter has brought back memories of days long gone by. I do not think it will be possible to resist the (Continued on page 2)