The Stetson Reporter

1 . Si 1 Mitt Established 1887 DE LAND, FLORIDA, MAY 21, 1948 Volume XII. No. 25—5c Per Copy er-r epre, invites clal sentation Bill Fisher, Jr.,. managing editor of the Stetson Reporter, was elected president of the Florida Intercollegiate Press Association at the business meeting last Saturday afternoon at Florida Southern Collegej Lakeland. Contrary to- the sug?ection of tW* nominating committee, which proposed Dick Gruenwald of Southern Cjlltgi for that office, Fisher was nominated .by a press delegate from Rollins College, and won the confidence and support of the delegation thus succeeding in being elected by a majority vote. Fisher was greeted with applause when informed of his victory upon returning from the ante-room where the ' Tribute Paid To Dr. Stover In Resolution Tribute to Dr. Irving C. Stover, professor of speecn, has been paid in the l,.m of a resolution by the Florida Speech Association upon his completing 40 years as teacher of speech at Stetson University. The resolution, signed by Irene W. Liehthiser, Orlando, and Dallas C. Dickey, Gainesville, said of Dr. Stover: "Ycu are in a very real sense the fr.ther of speech work in the State of Florida. As one of the founders of the Florida Speech Association, you showed your foresight; and the accomplishments of the Association are in a large part the reflection of your own achievements. '.'To the students of Stetson University you have been a fine luilueuce; to your colleagues you have been an inspiration, and to the Florida Speech Association you have been a wise counselor." Bill Fisher Jr. , candidates had recessed during, the discussion-^ and^ ballot casting. He took over his duties immediately in view of the fact that both the old president and vice-president were absent. Fisher succeeded Morty Fred- man, University of Florida. Other press- association officers elected were Dick Gruenwald, Florida Southern, vice-president, succeeding Pen Gaines, University of Florida; Betty Wilkinson, Florida State^ secretary, succeeding Madge Pilcher, Florida State; Art Mandler, University of Miami, treasurer, succeeding Gruenwald. Delegates were named by each college to the convention next November. Important legislation was passed conforming with the inter-racial legis- \ (Continued on Page 7) Students Given Chance to Help Stop! Don't thrtfw that old dress away! When you clean out your closets before going home for the summerj put all those old clothes that you don't need anymore in the boxes provided by the Baptist Student Union. There are boxes in every dorm, in the BOQ, and in the Soda Shop to receive clothing which will be sent to missionaries in the foreign fields for distribution among the needy people in their field. This last-chance> clothing drive, which is being headed by the Volunteers for Christian Service and the Ministerial Association, is your opportunity to pesonally aid the people whor do.not .have sufficient clothing to withstand - severe weather conditions. After being collected here, the clothing will be sent to a central distribution point in New Orleans and • then overseas. " Interns Return From Teaching In High Schools In an interview last week Dr. R. L. Carter, head' of Education Department, announced " the return to . the campus of forty-three" intern teachers. These students have completed eight weeks classroom teaching in' the field under the direction of experienced teachers. As a part of this quarter's work they are returning to the campus for a series of seminars. The first • seminar was held Thursday, May 20. "Stetson University is justifiably proud of the excellent work done by its interns this quarter", Dr. Carter stated. "The individual reports received in the Education- office have especially -stressed the fine attitude and high ability of the interns sent from Stetson." It was pointed out that the internship is a regular requirement for students who seek teachers certificates. An announcement from the (Continued on Page 8) Grads Choosing Behnke Is Honored By Chemistry Frat The Gamma Sigma Epilson honor chemistry fraternity sponsors each year an award given to the'outstanding member of the organization. This year the award goes to Walter E. •Behnke for outstanding achievements in this field. The award consists -of membership for a period of one year in the American Chemical Society, and a subscription to the journal issued by that or- - ganization. — At the meeting held Tuesday night, May 18, officers were elected as follows: Grand Alchemist, Joseph Feck; Reporter, Paul Hickson; Visor, Jackson Bragg; Electron"of Black Arts, Brad Miller. Dr. R. G. Lee, (left) pastor of the Bellevue Baptist church in Memphis, Tenn. will conduct the Baccalaureate service for-the graduating seniors, and, Mr- John Temple Graves widely known columnist, will deliver the commencement address- dmmds Mmms Committee H Find J@k$ For Students A committee to provide part-time employment for students needing financial assistance to complete their education was announced today by President Edmunds. "It is our desire hot to allow the scheduled increase in tuition to work a hardship on any student earnestly desiring an education,"" President Edmunds declared. ' ' The committee, composed of Professor Edward C. Furlong, chairman; Coach Brady Cowell, Dr. Irving Stover, T3r. W. E. Duckwitz, and Director of Religious Activities William K. Bean, will handle all applications for part- time work at the university. Dr. Edmunds pointed out that when he was a student it was a policy at Stetson to employ students for janitorial duties. He emphasized his desire to revive this custom and provide jobs for as many students as possible. ~He declared that it is not the purpose ol the eommittee to "make work'' but to see that student help is utilized to the fullest extent by the University. The president urged that every student who will be in financial difficulties to contact a member of the committee and file an application before he leaves school this spring. "There are on file nearly 100 applications from prospective" students who want jobs," President Edmunds explained. "We want present students to have first opportunity to apply." METHODISTS ELECT AS NEW PRESIDENT BAXTER Charles Baxter was elected president of the Methodist Student Movement last week at a combination business, meeting and picnic at the home of Mrs. Edith Merrill, sponsor of the group. Other officers" elected were Win Wigle, vice-president and social chairman; Trudy Jackson, secretary; Nancy Smith, treasurer, "and Nancy Solomon, publicity chairman. - With the end of the school year, many students will replace the singing of "School Days" " with "Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to w0rk we go." And it's not too soon to consider what work that will be. The choice of a career? as well as summer vacation jobs is the problem facing over a half million youth in the United States today. It is also a problem which the Florida State Employment Service, through its . affiliation with the United States Employment Service, is equipped to handle, according to I_ M. Chase, manager of the Florida State Employment Service office. - . With the Florida State Employment Service are listed job openings in the local community, in the state and all over the nation, with some foreign service positions included. Thirty-seven states listed orders ac- - cepting inexperienced college graduates in the professional, scientific and managerial fields, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Clearing House in Washington, D." C. A check -of the latest state job 'Inventories revealed one hundred five orders in forty-five different occupations. Almost fifty per cent of the openings fell into seven _ occupational groups. Chemists, college teachers, and (Continued on Page 8) Juan C. Grendain Hunted By Japanese For Guerilla Activities During Occupation New Members Taken Into Scroll'and Key Fclcwing the initiation ceremony last Tuesday night when 16- new members were inducted in the Scroll and "Key, honorary scholastic, organization, offices for the 1948-1949" school year were elected. ' The new officers are as follows: Frank Hendrix, President; Shirley Hunter f Vice-president; Robert Knowles, Secretary-Treasurer. The retiring president is James Duffett.- Zeta Tau Has Tea For Local Alumnae . Beta Fsi chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity honored its patronesses and local alumnae "at a tea in Chaudoin parlors at 4:30 to 5:30 ^Wednesday, afternoon. " - . Sunday morning at" 8 "five- senior members of the fraternity will b"e- honored at a breakfast given by their Zeta sisters at StovaH's restaurant. Juan Orendain, press secretary to the President of the! Philippine Republic, and a graduate of the Stetson Law School, class of 1928, is visiting the' campus while on his return trip to the Philippines afer serving as head of the Philippine delegation to th U. ~N. Conference on-freedom of news dissemination among nations in Geneva, Switzerland. In an interview Tuesday, Mr. Orendain explained that he originally came to the United States because of his friendship with Baptist missionaries in the Baptist college in the Philippines. He began his law studies at the University of Minnesota, but did not complete his degree requirements there. .While working in Miami Beach he wrote to Stetson asking for information^ and Mr. J. Ollie Edmunds, then a student here, went down to Miami Beach to urge him to enter the law school. After receiving his degree, the young lawyer offered his servi'ees to the Baptist Foreign Mission board,-but they refused his? offer. He then applied for a government job but they could only offer him 100 pesos ($50) a month salary, so he decided to remain in Miami Beach where he was making $200 a month. -^ When he returned to his homeland, Mrl" Orendain did not "want to begin his law career immediately because By JOHN HOWELL he did noT know' anyone in the city. He' took a job as cub reporter on a Manila newspaper without disclosing JUAN ORENDAIN. that he was a college graduate, and worked himself- up to an editorial position on the staff. During the Japanese occupation of. the Philippines, he was asked to continue his work on the paper with Japanese supervision. When he refused, his home was taken over by Japanese soldiers and his wife was threatened if she did not reveal where he was. They both managed to escape when the Japanese 'soldiers left the 'house unguarded for' a few minutes. He continued, to work with the underground guerilla fighters, and narrowly escaped many times. Fourteen of the missionary ladies whom he had known before the war were killed by the Japanese, and of them Mr. Orendain said, "They were a sacrifice to_ service. • I am sure that' they had "no qualms about their untimely' death for they came to .the Philippines to help the people, and they gave their lives doing that work." After the liberation'."of the Islands, he was asked by the American Army Counter-Intelligence Corps if hewould. help them in their work of uncovering spies and Japanese soldiers remaining in the country. After serving with the Corps, he went to Bagio to open his law office, but AFWESPAC, the West Pacific Army headquarters in Manila, requested his" services. When he had served seven months with his organization, he again tried to retire to' private practice but the late President Manuel Roxas appointed him press secretary. Alter receiving the LL.D.,. Mr. Orendain wil go to Washington, D. C. then to New York, where he will leave by plane for Manila. Keg-LStenng S&mntesr Scl Stasis lume 14 Largest Class To Hear Columnist and Pastor The largest graduating class in the history of Stetson University, will don the academic robes and file to the platform in Elizabeth Hall auditorium on Monday, May 31. Figures released from the Registrar's office indicate a total of 148 degrees to be conferred at this commencement exercise. Of this number 80"will receive the Bachelor of Arts degree; . 1 — 9 Bachelor"of Music degrees; 22 Baeh- alor of Science degrees; 20 Bachelor of Science in Business degrees; 6 Bachelor of Law degrees; lfr Master ^ of Arts degrees;and 1 Master of Sciences. The President's reception for the members of the graduating class and ' their friends and families will open the week-end activities Saturday night at eight o'clock, May 29. The Senior^ breakfast is scheduled for 8:15 Sunday Morning, May 30. An announcement from Dean Turner's office states that attendance at this breakfast, will necessarily be restricted to members of the senior class Sue to lack of dining hall space. The Baccalaureate service will be conducted by Dr. R.- G. Lee of Memphis in Elizabeth Hall Chapel at 11:00 a. m. Sunday. Admission Will be" by ticket only to this service and the commencement exercises. At 3:30 Sunday afternoon the School of Music will present a program in Elizabeth Hall for the graduates and then- guests. This will be followed by a tea in Chaudoin Parlors for the same group. Dr. John Temple Graves of Birmingham, Alabama, will deliver the commencement address, "following which President J. Ollie Edmunds will (Continued on Page 2) Registration for students intending to attend Stetson University during the Summer quarter will be laeld June 14-16, it was announced by the D-an's Office today. There will be no pre-registration. Full instructions will be posted and be' made available for students next week. Students who have not as yet signed cards to return for the summer should do so immediately in the office of the Dean. The following announcement lias been received from the Dean's office concerning fall registration: There will be no pre-registration - for the FALL QUARTER. It has been our experience over the last two years- that our returning students ha?ve found themselves blocked from many classes by incoming freshmen who registered early. Therefore, returning students will register first for the fall quarter. Returning students will register during . Freshman Orientation Week before the new freshmen. Students who plan to return iri the fall should pick up post cards in the Office of the Registrar to be self addressed. These, post cards will 'be stamped with the date for. your registration, and. mailed to you in time for you to make your arrangements to arrive at the University on or before that date. . Cards will be available May 18 of this week. Those who decide duing the summer to return may send in a post caxd and have a registration day assigned. Those who do not send self-addressed post cards will not be considered for early registration, and will have to register after other students have completed their registration. Please note in the new catalogue that every day registration is delayed will cost the last registrant $1.00 per day up to a maximum of $5.00. It should be noted, also, that beginning this summer there will be a fee of $1.00 per course for a change of registration, unless the change is initiated toy the Universitl. Students are urged to select courses carefully, and to keep changes at a minimum. See (Continued on Page-8) McCarty Club LaudsCampaign The Stetson McCarty-for-Governor Club met Thursday at the down-town. headquarters at which^time they discussed at length the McCarty proposed school program, discussing its beneficial attributes as pertains to Florida's public school system. One of its most appealing aspects was stated to be Mccarty's plan to decentralize State Universities. Joe Sutton, Editor of the Stetson Reporter, delivered a report -to the club, stating that the active mena- " bership of the Stetson for McCarty elub is now over fifty, and- urged all Mccarty's backers and boosters on the campus to study intelligently the candidates and their qualifications that they may be able to vote more intelligently.' In a telephone conversation Saturday evening with J. .Y. Arnold, and Joe Peel, McCarty reiterated that big? interests funds or influence were not backing him. Harrison Griffin, pub- licity manager for the_-club stated TT -tst»"i_ a . 'that funds spent in DeLand for the -Mui-ieF Will -5Deak. McCarty-for-Governor program ' have - - *> not exceeded sixty dollars. -_ Olub members lauded Dan McCarty for his "clean" campaign ui> to the present date reiterating Mc— Corty's early pledge that he would, "run on the merits-of his record and. not the deficiencies of his opponents record". J. Y. Arnold and Joe Peel made radio speeches in support of McCarty's campaign Tuesday and Thursday nights respectively. Student Rooms To Be Checked N By University -Anticipating a reeqrd enrollment for -the school year 1948-1949, President J. Ollie Edmunds has announced that there will be a" limitation on the enrollment of men for the fall quarter which begins September 20. President Edmunds stated that this meant a strict enforcement of dormitory regulations set forth in the new catalogue. He was referring to a provision which states that "all unmarried undergraduates who do not live with their parents or guardians are required to room in university dormitories or in university approved facilities". DeLand residents who rent, or wish to rent rooms and apartments to Stetson students, must apply to Carl H. "Doc" Johnson, Director of Men's" Dormitories, for an inspection and approval of their living quarters. Men entering Stetson for the first time will be housed, as far as possible, in .the university operated BOQ's. Johnson explained that housing facilities in the BOQ's are limited and those new students that cannot be housed there will be permitted to live in" other university approvec! quarters. Dr. Benson W. Davis, Dean of Men, has announced that cards have been printed and will be posted in university approved quarters. These cards will show what facilities the students are entitled to, and the maximum prices for which the quarters can be - rented. Dean Davis stated that this would foe a protection to the land- lod as well as the student; Housing regulations that have been drawn up by Dean Davis are: 1. Since there is a housing shortage, and since housing is needed for married couples (both students and faculty), no unmarried men, or group of men will be allowed to occupy an apartment, house, or other quarters suitable for married couples? 2. All rooming- houses, boarding (Continued on Page'8) At Ridgecrest Unit Groups Choose BSU Council Election of officers, of the summer BSU~ Council will be held Sunday- night after church at an open hou-se in the Religious Center. This will be the last meeting of the school year for BSU'ers,- and President Wallace Webb has expressed his desire that all members of the unit organizations will be present for this meeting. After the business meeting has ad-, journed, refreshments will be served. Shirley Hunter, junior from Canaan, Connecticut, has been invited by Mr. William Hall Preston to speak during Student Week in the Southwide Baptist Retreat at Ridgecrest, N. C., Mr. Preston is Associate Secretary of the Department of Student Work of the Sunday School Board. The topic of her talk will be "I was a home missionary last summer," and she will speak during the "Christ in Action" period on Monday June 14. Shirley worked for the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention last summer as a missionary in'the rural sections of-Alabama. This year as a • missionry in the rural sections of Alabama. This year she has been assigned to city mission work in Washington, D. C. ■Majoring in religion and sociology; Shirley last year was president of the Volunteers for Christian Service and is now president of the Phi Society, Sunday School representative on the BSU Council, and - vice-president of The Honor.