The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

■.J ■ V GO TO STEED'S FOR SHOES Uty? g>Maan OTwklg (EoUpgiate 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, MARCH 5, 1915. NUMBER 18 STETSON HEARS MRS. PICKETT DEATH OF AN OLD STETSON STUDENT. WIPE OF THE FAMOUS CONFEDERATE GENERAL! SPEAKS IN AUDITORIUM Tells of Picketts Wonderful Charge at Gettysburg. Students of the University and residents of DeLand had the extreme pleasure of hearing Mrs. Pickett the wife of the famous "rebel" general, speak in the chapel last Saturday evening. Mrs. Pickett and Mrs. Jackson are the only two living widows of generals of the Civil War. Stetson had Mrs. Stonewall Jackson here a couple of years ago. Mrs. Pickett was a young girl There are many in school now who will learn with sorrow of the death of Miss Bernice Prugh who was in attendance at our college for several • terms. Miss Prugh, after a long illness passed away at her home in Camden, Ohio. PALMER o- COLLEGE OUT. BURNED SIGS NATAL DAY CELEBRATION LOCAL CHAPTER WITH HELP OF THE LADIES COMMEMORATE THEIR NATIONAL BIRTH. ooooo OOOO ooo ooo o o O LAW NOTES. O o o oooo oooo oooo ooo MOOT COURT. CHAUTAUQUA HUGE SUCCESS SIX EVENTS IN THE AUDITORIUM DRAW BIG HOUSE EVERY NIGHT. Dance Friday Evening. Ormond Saturday. Court convened Wednesday, Mr. 'Justice Weir sitting, cases called—( State vs. Kanner & Rivers, Subor- j Best Thing Reserved for the Last— TriP t0, nation of Perjury, continued till. Whole Very Good. | next term. Coleman vs. Leonardy et al. From February 25th to March Palmer College, a Presbyterian institution at DeFuniak Springs, has received a severe set back as the result of a disastrous fire which destroyed the main building a couple of weeks ago. The students are using the gymnasium and the clubrooms in the j mens dormitory for class rooms. Palmer College was formerly the during the war and married the|State Normai School. The" ad- Oeneral shortly before its close. Uimsitration building which was She is thoroly conversant with burned was an old frame structure the details of that sanguinary | which had been standing for over hattie of Gettysburg which broke • thirty years the backbone of the Confederacy,, " " /\ and told the story of the conflict and Picketts charge with wonderful power and-most graphically. After the address, many people j STETSON MEN AT VANDER- I BILT. The local chapter of Sigma Nu as in days of yore made merry on the natal days of the advent of Nu Sigma into Sigma Nu. The program was started last Friday evening with a dance at DeLeon, given to the Sigs by Mr. Allen Powers at the DeSoto House. The young people journeyed out via automobiles, arriving in time to tread the first measure by eight o'clock and this was continued until the wee small hours. The program proper consisted of twelve dances and four extras, but before the evening was over so many extras were indulged in that all lost count of their number. An ample supply of punch, placed foreclosure, Mr. Justice Bauer sit-13rd inclusive, DeLand people en- ting. Final Decree for Complain- I joyed the opportunity of attending ant issued, and case disposed of. j the second annual session of the Thursday—Mr. Justice J. Lee DeLand Mid-winter Chautauqua. McCrory sitting, Junkin vs. A. The Business League made this C. Line Ry., Action on Case, Chautauqua possible, and they will demurrer by Steed & Thomas devote the profits to "boost De- for A. C. L.; demurrer sustained. Land. Sholtz and Griffin for Junkin filed an amended plea. KENT CLUB. Guy Schoonmaker and Frank !near by the thoughtful host had thronged the platform waiting for j Milam known to many Stetson j ftg usual large group of devotees This may have been partly owing | to the fact that each Olympian an opportunity to meet the speaker students are attending Vanderbilt and express their appreciation of University. We note in a late her excellent description. In the "Hustler" that Frank Milam andjiordship was privileged to choose audience were men who had been his brother are members of the | his own particular Hebe as cup in that terrific charge and even Sigma Nu basketball team. Van- \ bearer, but certainly some of its who were on the scene of action derbilt has arranged a very good that day, including Confederate gpr^c o- RECEPTION AT CHAUDOIN veterans as well as Union sol-! games, diers. Many others had relatives, ] fathers, uncles, who took a part in the dreadful struggle, if not] at Gettysburg, then in some of Mrs. Dohm gave a reception the many battles which raged at Chaudoin Tuesday evening in fifty years ago. honor of Mrs. William Calvin Pickett's charge up the slope' Chilton, the monodramatist, who of Cemetery Ridge will live for-1 entertained so splendidly in the ever in the annals of military university auditorium in the De- history as the supreme exempli-1Land Chautauqua. Mrs. Dohm fication of human courage andjand ^rs- Chilton have known military training. And Mrs. Pick-1one another from girlhood, both ett's graphic description of that beinS bom in Oxford, Mississippi, bitter and yet unsuccessful sally {and &oing to school together there. Will be remembered by every per- The reception was tendered to son who had the good fortune ,Mrs- Chilton in the parlors of to hear her last Saturday night. Chaudoin Hall and all the girls x\ ' of the dormitory were invited TtTATBPTTT.^ ~ ~~'to be present. A very delightful THAT BEULAH BUCK QUARTET jhour,sPvisit ^ the-fammTs en I tertainer was enjoved. o: popularity was due to the excellence ot tnc nectar nseltT Joy reigned supreme throughout the evening. Mr. Walters entertained with his whistling abilities, and only those who have had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Walters' rendition of "Listen to the Mocking Bird" can appreciate how pleasant and enjoyable his recitals are. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Walters, Misses Catherine Carpenter, Julia Miller, Blanche Wise, Marjory Thomas, Jessie Lewis, Bessie Gumm, Louise Watts, Frances Gardiner, Ruby Jackson, Alice Steed, Zada "Without exception, high class entertainment has been offered each evening. Thursday night the Orphean Musical Club gave two hours of fun and pleasure. They Club called to order by Vice- had rich voices and their "stunts" President Jer nings, in the absence were amusing. of Mr. Haskins, Mr. Maines was! The second night, Dr. Hulley asked to act as Secretary. j was with us. He delivered his The Varsity Club submitted a excellent lecture on "Tennyson, question for the Inter-club debate; His Beautiful Life and Message." which was accepted by the Kent j Dr. Hulley spoke interestingly Club. ' 0I" Tennyson the man, showing Program was then read and ; how the events of his life and rendered as follows: ' the political condition of England Talk—Resourcefulness, Prof. Bau- j at that time influenced his poe- er . try. In the characteristic poems Talk—The Contrast of the Penn-'. quoted, he pleased his audience, as sylvania State Penitentiary and Florida Convict Camps, Mr. R. J. Longstreet, visitor Jrom the I Varsity Club. Parlimentary Practice—Mr. R. R. Roebuck. Talk—Mental Status of the Common Prisoner, Mr. Donovan. Talk—Marriage License Laws, a Needed Reform, Mr. Taylor. Talk—The Drift of Intelligence, Mr. Dineen. Critic's report. This is probably the first time in the history of the Kent Club that they have extended an invi- tation to a member of another Literary Society to make a talk at their Club. However, the first attempt to establish such a cus- GLEE CLUB. This has been a corking Chau-', tauqua, but the last number is *e best of all. We had thought that men could out sing the women Qwing to pressure of Winter hiin ^ WGek- BUt aftCr Term business, it has been decided anng Beulah's bunch of song tQ tpone the annual Glee Club gas, we are ready to change our conceft ^ some w fa the Spring Term. Hereafter it is to *>'e tried to make the faces in'be hoped that the Glee Club can hat picture on the back of the get started before Xmas vaca- Pr°gram agree with the ladies J tion, for there is not so much to °n the platform. But it couldn't conflict with its rehearsals then. °e did. Also from sundry little j 0 mts dropped, we infer that the" Personnell has been changed some- WORST WINTER IN YEARS Dutton, Sara Smith and Margaret | tom was very much a succesSi Gilliland. I ancj the audience enjoyed Mr. Catching what sleep they could j Longstreet's talk verv much. This before morning light the Sigs arose, too, is the first time "this term that and started to collecting cars and j we have been favored with a talk etting all in readiness for the|from anv of the faculty, and Mr. What. Irs- Buck herself is a whole s °W. What it takes to impersonate, she has it and in a large egree. Furthermore, in spite of thirty odd summers, she is g00dlv to look upon rano is o „• hea SoPrano 1S a jewej and won all t South. rts of Rah Rah boys present. wjJ a v°ice! Ah yes, she can le- The contralto is about tre.Pettiest of the four, and can b]e along, too. That low alto en stories lower) ain't human. Aever h neard such a voice on a *0rnan before. For the edification of those Northern students who come down here to pass a sunny and bright winter at Stetson University, we feel called upon to state that this has been the gloomiest winter That high j that we have ever seen in the Never has there been so much cloudy weather and rain. Otherwise it has been remarkably warm. -o- dash for Daytona and Ormond. Their efforts were met with a complete success and soon they with their guests were headed for the coast. The day was lovely and the roads in fairly good condition, enough so that each car wanted to lead the procession. Under such circumstances Daytona was soon reached and a pleasant stop and rest enjoyed by all. This however did not last long. The call of the beach was too strong, and soon Bauer was received with a hearty applause. o CROSS COUNTRY RUNS "Why should not Stetson inaugurate a series of cross country runs? This form of athletic act- vity has never been advocated and it strikes us that the innovation would meet with much interest. We have many acres of rolling pine lands about the campus and doubtless many strong with engines purring the cars were I limbed fellows would enter for scattered from Daytona to Or- such a contest, mond each driver striving to ex- cell Barney Oldfield in his prime. Luncheon at the Ormond, an hour's rest, and the party once more took to the road, arriving home in time for supper. All wish that there was a birthday to celebrate at least once a week. The party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Walters, Mrs. Dohm, A weeping and wading and gnash-j and consisted of Misses Patsy ing of teeth was in true style last | Morris, Wyletta Elliott, Frances week—and all on account of a'Gardiner, Sarah Smith, Nellie picnic. I Continued on Page 3 Cross country runs are popular in many colleges. They are a feature of the athletic life in those! the last of a group of famous he always does, with his sympathetic understanding of the author. Dr. Hulley is immensely popular^ oh the home platform7 and his reputation as a lecturer has national acknowledgement. Saturday evening Mrs. Pickett, Widow of General Pickett, immortal because he made the brave charge at Gettysburg, stood before an enthusiastic audience. She eloquently pictured the famous bat- tlein which her husband "fought for'' the Lost Cause. Sunday afternoon at the Vesper hour the university auditorium was taxed to its utmost seating capacity. The theme of the service was the Sacredness of Love, Marriage and Home, to which the music, prayers, scripture and address were entirely devoted. The choir sang "Home, Sweet Home," and "Oh, Could I Speak the Matchless Worth." Miss Helen Bates, loved by Vesper audiences, sang with tenderness and power De Koven's "Oh, Promise Me." Dr. Hulley gave another lecture from his series on the Psalms, considering at this time those Pslams which bear upon love. At the close of the sendee, the lights, save those above the organ, were turned out and Mr. A. W. Honeycutt sang beautifully' 'Love's Old Sweet Song. Monday night was an event of unusual interest, when Mr. Frederick Warde, distinguished actor, author and lecturer, gave his masterpiece lecture "Shakespeare and His Plays." Mr. Warde is among the foremost Shakespearian students of the world and is institutions which have them. We suggest that Stetson try some such stunt this year. What about it? ——o COLLEGE PLAY. The annual college play "The Fortune Hunter," given under the auspices of the Green Room Club, is rehearsing daily. This excellent production will appear at an early date. Shakespearian actors. His lecture, therefore, was epoch making in the experience of lovers of good literature. He put before us the principal facts of the poet's life, then with variety in unity, he presented the facts of the genius of the poet of human nature, selecting many passages from the plays to illustrate the points. In the roles of manv and varied char- Continued on Page 3