The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

GO TO STEED'S FOR SHOES Sty? ^Msan Uwklg (Hnui>gtafp Published by the Students of John B. Stetson University. HAVE YOUR SUITS MADE TO ORDER Cleaned and Pressed AT STEED'S VOL. XXVII. DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1915. NUMBER 24 DELTA DELTA DELTA GIVES BANQUET SATURDAY EVENING AT PUTNAM INN—MANY NOTABLES PRESENT. Greatest Social Success of its Kind in the Year, is General Consensus of Opinion. The Third Annual Banquet of Alpha Delta Chapter of the Delta Delta Delta Fraternity was given Saturday, April 17, at Putnam Inn. Everything combined to make it a glowing success for the local chapter. A host of the Alumni were back for the event, putting the active chapter on its mettle. The dining room was decorated in white and green, even the scheme of decoration giving a promise of the good fellowship that seemed to permeate the evening. The tables were beautifully garbed in like colors, while pine cones, emblematic of Delta Delta Delta, served for candle-sticks. At each plate was a beautiful cloth booklet, embracing the program, menu, list of the guests of honor and the members of the fraternity, and each was decorated with ooooo oooo ooo ooo o o O LAW NOTES. O o o oooo oooo oooo ooo KENT CLUB. The meeting was called to order by President Maines and after the business had been disposed of, the following program was rendered: Talk by Mr. Griffin on the Railroads of Florida as discussed by the Railroad Commission. Debate: Resolved, That Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished: Affirmative, Baskin and Haskins; Negative, Taylor and Kanner. Judges, Griffin, Donovan and Carver, decided in favor of Affirmative. The critic's report was short but interesting. The members of the Kent Club were delighted to have a number of fair visitors and extend them a cordial invitation to visit the club often and bring their friends. o Moot Court. Moot Court will, in all probabilities, be resumed within the next week. A goodly number of cases appear on the Docket and the boys are all ready to do them ,, —- ----- •-- """ ,'"."" I justice, and after two weeks spent the crest of the fraternity and its ,; +-u:„u listening to a real court we think that there should be some real work pulled off. STETSON LITS WIN GLORIOUS FIGHT DEBATE WITH SANFORD HIGH SCHOOL WON BY UNANIMOUS DECISION BY OUR TEAM. GLEE CLUB BUSILY PRACTICING Mildred Smith, Roebuck, and Zieg- ler Represented Stetson. Those who saw and heard the joint debate, between the San- ford High School team, and our Stetson Lit team last Friday evening, at the Sanford High School! auditorium, are enthusiastic over the debate itself and also the outcome. It was a good exhibition of the forensic power latent in the Lits. The Stetson Glee Club and the Girls Glee Club are both hard at work preparing for their annual concerts. The mens club will appear in the university auditorium on April 29. The concert will be given under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. We understand that the admission charge, owing to the lateness of the concert, will be dropped to 25 and 35 cents. The customary price has been 50 cents. But the season is so far advanced that a reduction in admission has seemed advisable. o TECH TRIMS SOPHOMORES LEAD 9-2 UNTIL THE SIXTH- ERRORS PLENTIFUL AND COSTLY. FRESH-SOPH GAME. The annual baseball game between the Freshmen and the Soph- The debate was the result 0f!omores wiH be P^1^ off on the Kruse and Allen Star With Stick. Winner Catches Fly. motto in hand-painting. The guests assembled in the parlor and marched into the dining hall to the tune of the fraternity convention song. When places had been found the Chaplain gave thanks and the guests were seated. Miss Mary Louise Wilson then called the Chapter Roll. Each member was designated as a certain book, and the answers to each name was of a humorous nature. Miss Mary Whittle gave "Ye Legend of Ye Olden Time." It was wonderfully delivered and beautifully told, being a history of Delta Delta Delta veiled in allegory. The representatives of the different fraternities spoke between curses. Miss Josephine Steed, representing Pi Beta Phi came first, °Pening ths series of toasts pith one of the best of the even- k- Mr. Lewis Tribble followed next bringing greetings from the ™ Kappa Delta, followed by JIr' R. M. Griffin of Sigma Nu, *Ir- H. Blaine Peacock of Phi Beta Psi and Mr. David Sholtz of Phi Alpha Delta. After the repast chairs were Jfcwn back and every one waited * expectation for the battle of p. Miss Elsie Padgett was the ^tmistress and right nobly did e Perf°nn her task. Each speak- r ffas introduced with a mingling Jest and irony under which ^easily be seen the truest fnendship. Dr. Hullev re- ™ed to the first toast. Suffice [° say that the Doctor actually celled himself. Miss Elizabeth *« followed, speaking on "Cables and Kings.' * Her many wit- ^ levelled for the most part e toastmistress, were greatly Related by all, save possibly J" ^ctims. Miss Mary Walters ™e on behalf of the Rats. Her ^ress on "The Goat and the t^' meeting with more applause . n any other toast of the even- jL me to nature Miss Emma herlams cnose a subject giving amPle liberty in' discussion. When it comes to donations to the Class, Sholtz and Maines {are on the job—but the boys were good to them after all. arrangements made by Professor Baldwin, about two months ago, negotiations having been begun as early as January. |He felt all along that the real debating material was in the Literary Society this year, and was incessant in his urging for a joint debate diamond on April 30. This is an event that everyone should witness. It has always proved to be the very best game of the class series and the one at which the most spirit is manifested. The Freshmen are making large bets that they have what it takes to And The fast Tech bunch went up against the sophisticated Sophs last Tuesday afternoon, and showed them how to play baseball by snowing them under during the first two or three innings. Then they put Hon in the box and let the Sophies garner a few runs. Hatcher went strong yielding but three hits and two runs while he presided, and fanning four men. Hale for the Sophs was hit freely only in the third when four bingles spelled his defeat. A dozen boots augmented his difficulties. This was the second of the series of class baseball games to be played off this spring. The captains of the various teams have met and a regular schedule has j been arranged. These contests the other hand the Sophs are free and the pubHc is ^y^ with outside teams. A debate was' Put {t a11 over the SoPhs almost reached with Jacksonville,! on . x „ __^ also, but the graduating class there who are banking on Bradley and to be present. Chaudoin ladies was too busy with plays and other Gardiner- are rather sanguine of are especially asked to be on hand events to make a debate with us turnm- the tables on the ubiclm- as their fair presence is conducive possible this year. However, the tous rats" The Same blds fair to much plan is for a debate with them next to be ver>r interesting and it is hoped that a large crowd will year. The speakers from the Lits were Sather to ^tness the fi*ht- A noticeable addition to the Law Library is the engraved silver name plate under Dean Rasco's picture. This is further evidence of the appreciation of the Class of '15. Under the able direction of Prof. Bauer and Librarian Roebuck the Law Library has been rearranged, and is now in alphabetical order. The present arrangement is a great Miss Mildred Smith, Messrs. Roe- ^ buck and Zeigler. We wish that, WHAT all the Society and all Stetson- ites, in fact, could have witnessed that debate. The question was: "Resolved, That the Present Immigration Laws are Adequate, if Properly Enforced." We chose the question, and the opponents elected to debate the negative, as is customary to allow them that right. Our debaters ! were thus forced to debate the affirmative. But they did not protest, tho at first some opinions were expressed to the effect, that "the others have the better side." o ABOUT SOUTHERN? We understand that Southern College sent the question for debate up to the Oratorical Association several weeks ago. It is high time that some action was taken. If we are to debate Southern at all this year, something must be done and that right soon. Let the two teams from the Kent and Varsity Clubs get together and decide on a side for the Stetson team, and forward that reply to Southern at once. Southern writes up here that she considers it unfair that we debate the question here at all help to the students, and espec-|The negatiVe was the popular ially to a new student, who may|side> to be sure> and the WOrk ( be able to locate any book in the , of our team is all tjie more to be i before letting them know our de- Library as easily as saying his 1 commended. I cision. We fail to see this point {letters, so to speak. I The team from Sanford was i at all. We should be fools to choose .well chosen, manly and mature, Ia side at once without any dis- Jerome Wideman, '14, was re-. the students being for the most j cussion of the points involved at cently appointed County Solicitor of Palm Beach County by the Gov ernor. One would think that the Campus had been extended to and including Lake Lindley. part older than our team. They were well coached, and made a good impression. It was no onesided debate. With any weak point in our side, they would have won, for it would have been necessary for them to prove that only new "By the Way" was the way it! law was needed, in order to give started and "By the Way" was! them a victory, by terms of the | question. This they failed to j do. One of their speakers took the whole time of his debate' its finish. Her talk was instructive and yet humorous and greatly appreciated. Miss Wilma Davis as becomes all. Southern says that she has not debated the question. The more fool she. At any rate we have a right to fully debate the merits of that question before deciding on the side we wish to support in the intercollegiate contest. o WOMANS DECLAMATORY CONTEST pep The box scores are added:— Tech. AB Keown _ 5 Kruse '. "5" Hatcher..._ 4 Allen 4 LiddelL 4 Miller 4 McBride 4 Hon 5 Peek 5 Sophs. Bradley 4 Peterson 4 Smythe.. 4 Gardiner 3 Hale _ 4 Gill....... 4 Bates .' 4 Emerson 4 Winner 4 123456789RHE Tech....O 14202002 11 9 7 Soph....l 00015100 85 12 R H E 3 1 1 T~~ ~~T~ 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 . 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -o- INDIAN RIVER CAMPING TRIP (15 minutes), to try to prove an alumnus, spoke on a serious, the need of the Literacy test, theme, taking for her subject the) so keenly debated m Congress motto of the Fraternity "Let I of late. He failed to make good | Stetson to hold m the course of his point and contention, tho he, the year a declamatory contest In the 5'ears that are past and gone it has been the good and time-honored custom here at open Us Steadfastly Love One another." Mr. J. Archy Smith, Speaker of the Evening, spoke on "The Fourth Dimension." It was easily- one of the best after-dinner speeches ever delivered in DeLand. A success in every way, Delta Delta Delta should and certainly must feel proud of its Alpha Delta Chapter, and the University also has reason to be proud of the fact that it was accomplished by Stetson girls. did speak forcibly and well. Mr. Roebuck spoke first, for our side, then the first speaker on the negative, then our Miss Smith. and then their second speaker, then our Mr. Ziegler, then their j third speaker, then Mr. Ziegler had a three minute rebuttal, and after their rebuttal, of like time, year for women. We have heard nothing about any such contest so far this year. What is the matter? : o WOMENS DOUBLES STARTED Following the very successful management of both mens singles and mixed doubles, a tournament Mr. Roebuck gave the last rebuttal j for womens doubles is now in for the Lits, followed by their last rebuttal, which closed the Continued on Page 3 progress. The series should prove interesting. Tennis is growing in popularity at Stetson. Fifteen of the fellows have gone on a camping trip down the Indian river this week-end. A high old time is expected by all concerned. As Smitty is along, we shall be able to publish a detailed and glowing account of the whole occasion. o Dr. E. O. Huntington left Tuesday for his home in Massachusetts. Doctor has been with us during the winter term, and had registered for the Spring Term, but unforseen business calls him back at this early date. The Doctor assured us that he would be with us next year. He motors through in his new Chandler Six, accompanied by his wife and four interesting boys. Pratt Phillips having just returned from Somewhere is all smiles, and says that "we can laugh if we want to" but that he will not have to work in a Ford shop this summer.