The Stetson Reporter

tr*. »-> Twelfth Year "A Progressive University Newspaper for Progressive Education and Christian Ideals" DE LAND,. FLORIDA, OCTOBER 15, 1947 Established 1936 Number 3—5c Per Copy DOUGLAS STENSTROM ELECTED BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Harry Lynn, Ralph Baum And Danial Murphy Named To Offices; New Chief Justice Is Perkins By BILL FISHER Douglas Stenstrom, senior law student from Sanford, Fla., last Friday was unanimously elected president of the Stetson- University Student Bar Association. This is the highest honor which the 165 members of the Law School here can confer upon a fellow student. ' ■ Debates To.Be eld Here Dec. 6 By DEE HOLLY The year's first forensic event will be held Saturday, Dec. 6r Prof. Brand announced at a meeting of the debate squad last week. At .that time, representatives of Florida's colleges and universities will meet here for participation in four rounds of practice debates. The national intercollegiate debate question for this year is: Resolved: "That a federal government should be established." '. Twenty-flye students are expected to take part in Stetson's debate activities this year. Elected to the vice-presidency was Harry M. Lynn of Daytona Beach, Ralph Baum of St. Petersburg was named secretary and Daniel H. Murphy of DeLand was elected treasurer. J. Carter Perkins, DeLand, was named Chief Justice of the Honor Court. Associate justices elected to the Honor Court included seniors Isham Adams and Phillip Kelley,- juniors Donald W. Butler of Orlando and Roger-AAFlynn of Tampa, and freshmen Richard H. Gordie of De- Land-and Hugh DuVae of Ormond Beach.' Mr. Stenstrom, retiring chief justice of the Honor Court, is a graduate of Seminole High School at Sanford and the University of Florida at Gainesville, where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1942. Hevcompleted his- first year of. law in 1946 at the University .of Virginia Law School where he qualified for the Dean's List and was initiated into Sigma Nu Phi, national legal fraternity, Stetson upon the reopening of the Excursion Train To Carry Students To Traditional Rollins-Stetson Grid Game Train Leaves 2 Blocks South Of School at 5:30 An excursion train has been chartered to take the entire student body to Orlando for the traditional tilt between • Stetson and Rollins, it was announced at a meeting, of the student body Friday. Dr. Garwood and Miss Turner have given the venture their full approval. Women students will be granted free late permissions to attend the '■ game. Chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements, Felton Davis, in an interview last week declared, "This is something new for Stetson. . ./ It's a chance. for the entire student body to display their school spirit. We'd like to see this become an annual event . . . have everyone park his car, board the train, and join in having a big time . . . " • He entered ll' The train will leave from the rail- "''road crossing two blocks south of the campus on the boulevard at about s>:30 p." m. November 1. Upon :arrival !in , Orlando at about 7:15 p. m. students will transfer ;to Orlando transit busses which will carry them to the stadium, •- After . the. game.- the ? procedure will be reversed. • The train will, arrive in DeLand about 12:30 |a. m. ^ Two sections on the west side of the stadium—from the 10-40 yard lines- will be reserved1 for Stetsonites. The sections will seat .about 1300 students. A special section has been .reserved for the band and cheering squad.' Tickets for the trip will go on sale Wednesday, October 22, and may be 'purchased from that date until noon, November 1. The price for the round trip, which includes train and bus fare, will be $2.27. This price does not include admission to the game.. Coach Cowell is expected to make an announcement in the near future in regard to the admission price. Fred Owen, vice commander of the Stetson Veteran's Organization, suggested'that the affair be made a dutch treat" since "we veterans may Inot receive any checks until Christmas." The committee in charge of the ex- cursion, Felton Davis, Fred Owen and should do all we can,'-* asserted Dr.$»Jake Alexander, are contacting the Garwood, "to promote the best race'|j! editors of life magazine in attempt relations possible. This is the best|;to have the entire 6vent photo- race relations possible. This is the /.«[; graphed Law School in 1946. He is an "A" student and has compiled s-h outstand ing scholastic record at the law schools at both Virginia and Stetson where he; leads his class and is on the Dean's "List and the'"honor" roll. ;Se is also-the author of an article on the Louisiana' Francis Case which ap peared in the April, 1947, edition of the Florida Bar Journal. Support Hatter Grid Team Asks Dr. Garwood Defeat Rollins Is Dr. Garwood's Cry By BILL FISHER _ In chapel, Monday, October 13, Dr Garwood announced that a good will meeting for. the .betterment of Negro- white relations iri DeLand had been held in Elizabeth hall last week. Plans had been made, Dr. Garwood declared, for the establishment of a! Negro Youth Council'in? DeLand, the purpose of which will be to combat Communism and other influences which, are bad.for race relations. "We 'best way I tnow to achieve progress .. .'■" Several Negro vocal' quartettes, including one from New York City, appeared at the meeting. About 325 (( people were present. Dr. Garwood, following his reading of the Biblical tale of the "Good Samaritan," stated that all people can usually be divided into three categories. The first, he explained, w.ere the greedy, among1 which were men like Hitler and Mussolini. "These men represent a great leadership in greed," he continued. The second class is composed of those who are indifferent . ■. . "who have no social Bensitiveness to the ills of humanity . . . those who are governed by racial, religious and class prejudices ..." The third class- are the "good Samaritans." Governed by good will, . the distinguishing characteristics of the good Samaritan are a " . .'■;. large and generous soul, and the ability to make allowances for the failings of others, realizing that there is nothing, perfect in mankind. The hope of peace, humanity, and security rests upon people of this class." Dr. Garwood's announcement of the Stetson victory over Southwestern, met .with a warm ovation; from the student body. Dr. Garwood expressed hisbest wishes to the members of the football ■' team and- made, known his desire for a Stetson victory over Rollins in the traditional game this year. .$; Mr. Alexander ' ticket sales. is in charge of Music School to Get New Building From Air Station By BETTY SCHNEIDER In an-interview last week, Dr. W. C. Duckwitz, head of the- School of Music, stated that a building will soon be brought from the Naval Base and placed on the north, side of .DeLand Hall. Used to .enlarge "the facilities of, the overcrowded music school, the badly needed building will house five new practice rooms. It is 100 feet long and 30 feet wide. Pianos will be . removed .from,,. the... band, hall ^an.d placed in the new building. There are, at present, 107 students —not including those taking piano lessons—enrolled in the music school this quarter. -This is the largest enrollment that the music school has ever had; and as Dr. Dt_; jitz stated, "... A few more than wt? had wished- for at the present time." With the addition of the new \ building, five more teachers will be added to the staff. Another addition to the music, school this week was a Webster recording ■ machine. The latest of its, ' kind; this machine will be used in the individual studios, giving the student^ an opportunity to hear themselves perform; The instrument is of the wire recorder type, and can be used : thousands of times by merely wiping off the wire when the recording is n<j longer needed. This eliminates an excess of useless'"phonograph records. The School has been steadily adding to their equipment, and now is, the best equipped school in the south. Last year $1,000 was spent on band instruments and over $2,000 on pianos, This year's budget calls for expendir tures of $1,500—$2,000 for additional musical instruments and library equipment. I Lycan Calls for Interest of Frosh in International .Gr. By BETTY SCHNEIDER - Expressing a desire to arouse the interest of freshmen members of the International Relations Club, Dr. Gilbert Lycan, head of the Stetson University History Department, spoke be-, fore the first meeting of the organization which was held last Wednesday night in the Elizabeth Hall. Dr. Lycan also reviewed the nature and "constitution of the club, and explained its function and purpose to the new members. It was revealed that the next meeting of the club will be held Oct. 22 at 4:30 p. m„ and also that meetings,will be held on the second and fourth' Wednesday of each month. ""The"newly" elected' officers™'of "the club" are: president, John Hathaway; vice-president, Hugh l&cKinley, secretary-treasurer, Frances Sutton; and • publicity agent, Beverly Sewell. A program chairman and committee have not yet been chosen. The constitutional committee,* made up of students majoring in political* science and history; was appointed," Gilbert Lycan with Jean Skinner as chairman. Her assistants are Bill Fletcher, Bob Jones, H. J. Walton, Frances Sutton, and Hugh McKinley. - There are .4 members now belonging to the cluh. students Asm to Student Body Sets ME A>» T()day por E«ecHon Of Class Officials OF $7.50 RENT The city of DeLand is offering to the single men students of the University sleeping quarters, with private lockers, hot and cold showers, and study hall, for the price of $7.50 per month. Those who are interested should contact "Doc" Johnson, director of men's dormitories, or D. C. Gillespie at the City Trailer Park. FRESHMEN DISPLAY GOOD SPORTMANSHIP AT FIRST RAT COURT By BILL FISHER Stetson's Freshman girls received their first taste of 'Tatting" last week when the traditional Rat, Court convened in Elizabeth Hall. The officiating council of four hooded, masked up- perlass women, shouted their gruff commands to the little girls with the green skuil caps, and gleefully watched them go through their paces. The shouting of fifteen" monitors— Rat Court's gestapo—and the heckling of the male students who had stationed themselves on windowsills and in doorways, added to the general confusion that prevailed. : The reactions which the Rats experienced upon entering the chapel were varied. Some were frightened. . . . some angry . . . some amused . . . most just curious. The tension was considerably relieved, however, by the singing of Alma Mater, which was led by upperclassmen Sue Fowler and Martha Hagler. Skippy Byars was accompanist. Among those freshmen who were called upon to "entertain" the council, was Rat Middleton, who proved to be one of the best sports of the evening. Her performance of the Spring dance met withy an enthusiastic round of applause from the many upperclass ' women who had gathered in the chapel balcony to witness the solemn ;riteg. — .■------ : -•- , - ■' -- Another unfortunate, Rat; Ward.'-ap- parently found an element of humor in the-proceedings and thereupon was escorted backstage to be given the standard treatment imposed upon "naughty" rats. Her screams were audible throughout the.entire session. Later she came galloping through the auditorium, looking quite bedraggled . . . chased by an upperclassman. She displayed the igood sportsmanship that helped make this year's Rat Court a success. To most of us her antics looked like the real "McCoy." Other Rats were given chores ranging from the naming of the palm trees on the campus, to the staging of a "show" in the Commons' lounge. The monitors were: Mary Mills, Helen Trundle, Sarah Martha Adams, Marion Ann Rhea, Mary' Mott, Margaret Phillips, Madeline Barrow, Charlotte Harris, Stella Davis, Mary Ann Posner, Winifred Demarest, Priscilla Peterson?and Helen Blount. Dickinson Asks Road Department For Safety: Signs And Speed Limit; Committees Are Named Fred "Bud" Dickinson, president of the Student Body, called the organization's first meeting of the year to order on Friday morning, with the announcement that a sum of money from the Student body treasury would be set aside to give a gift to Dr. Allen expressing the gratitude of the student body for his —— . —— service to Stetson. ,A vote followed and was passed unanimously. Election of class officers, it was announced, will he held on Wednesday, KEY MEMBERS OF GLEE CLUB ATTEND HAMBURGER FRY Prof Giffin Host for The Occasion The key members of the Glee Club attended a hamburger fry last Saturday at the home of. Prof, and Mrs. Harold M. Giffin. The evening's entertainment included an audio-visual demonstration featuring the playing of "Sweet Sue" on Coca-Cola Bottles. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs Bob Auman, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Feasel, Prof, and Mrs; Edward Furlong and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Hatcher, Mr. and Mrs. H. Parson, Mr. and Mrs. H. Mitchell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Archie McMillan, Miss Richardson, Miss Allinger, Maureen Peterson, Carol White, Winifred Demarest, Jean Geiger, Jonnie Mires. John Everett.;, William Warfield, Bill Fletcher, Kay Hooper, Verdelle Sebring, Don Patton, Carl Hulbert, Bob AWheatly,' and Mrs. Giffin's father and. mother: Joe Sutton Named Managing Editor Stetson Reporter .Joe Sutton, senior from Pensacola, was appointed to serve as managing editor of The Reporter, succeeding Julian Stenstrom, who recently, resigned, it was announced by the Publication Committee yesterday. Mr. Sutton was a. Reporter on the Stetson paper last year and since then first of this schooLyear he has been Sports Editor. At the same time it was announced by Editor Mullis that Philip De Berard, Jr., had been appointed Sports Editor to:.' succeed Mr. Sutton. Mr. Stenstrom will continue to serve on the staff and was named Associate editor. Feasel Org Band T@ anlzes Mew Play At Games Not Since 1941 Has Stetson Had Band of This Type A new Stetson football Aband has been organized to help promote spirit in the student body for this year's Hatter campaigns oh the gridiron. Not since 1941 has Stetson had' a band of this type and the entire student body is looking forward to their appearance at the first home game. The' band, under the leadership of Dick Feasel, is . sponsored by the Alpha Ti-chapter of Kappa Kappa Psl, national honorary fraternity, and Delta Gamma Phi, honorary sorority.- Working with the cooperation of the Glee Club, under the direction of Professor Giffin, the band will present the Alma Mater and numerous traditional fighting songs of the Green and White. Students are urged to do their part by knowing the songs and turn out en masse to support the team. EVENTS OF WEEK October 14 (Tuesday)—Formal Pi Beta Phi Party. October 15 (Wednesday)— Formal Zeta Tau Alpha Party. October 16 (Thursday)—Formal Delta Delta Delta. October • 17 (Friday—Alpha Xi Delta Formal Party. October 18 (Saturday) — Frat Bids and Alpha Dexioma Party 7:00- P. M. Reporter Begins New Subscription Drive 2700 Copies Sent To Alumni .The Reporter in aj drive to increase subscriptions mailed " approximately 2700 copies of the'first issue to Alum- ' hi throughout the country and as a result subscribers are steadily mounting to a new high, announced business manager Bob Rickey yesterday. Several- members of the Stetson family have written short notes to The Reporter stating that "this should be Stetson's banner year, I am very interested-in keeping in contact with Stetson, don't miss sending me a copy." Among the first to send the $1.50 for yearly subscription were J. P. Simmons of Miami, President of the Stetson Alumni Association, The Honorable. Roy Chapman, Tallahassee, former Reporter " editor Harry ' Gaylord and Anita Caldwell,. Ocala, and recent . graduate of Stetson. TRAFFIC AIDS Student body President- Bud Dickinson' has requested that . the State Road Department erect safety signs and impose a ten mile speed limit on the busy- thoroughfare in front of the coke shop and at the intersection of Woodland Boulevard and Minnesota Avenue,, it was- announced Friday at the meeting of the Student Body organization. It was disclosed also that the Student Body is considering a proposal to send a petition to the City officials asking them to request that a truck route' be established around, the block on Minnesota Avenue in front of the coke shop. October 15, at .4:30 p. m. Members of the freshman class, will meet at that time in the chapel; sophomores.ln the accounting laboratory in . the north wing; junior* in room 204S, and seniors in room. 303S. No candidates have as yet been announced. ^ - -A-, small-.- but- enthusiastic "audience heard Student Body Treasurer Allyn Thompson declare that the organization's treasury-now contained a total of $2,165.17 with $55.60 in bills outstanding. President Dickinson announced that an intensified drive would begin in the near future to grant special rates to students at. the local motion' picture houses. In order to determine the . amount of money received each month by the DeLand cinemas from Stetsonites,- Dickinson appointed the following committee: Bill Harris, chairman; assistants: D. K. Smith, and Red Martin. The group will also include two residents of the base and one . town student. Dickinson then disclosed that arrangements have been made: for an excursion train from DeLand to Orlando for the Stetson-Lollins'game at a cost of $2.07, per student. .All dormitory women' will he permitted to go, and- an optional time limit has been arranged • for the girls' -return to school. Veteran's organization official, Fred Owens, stated that "We veterans may not receive our checks until Christmas . . . ," and introduced a resolution that the excursion he made a "dutch treat" affair. A motion was then made and. carried that a telegram be sent to the members of the football team offering . them the support and best wishes of the entire student body. Jordan Maynard next introduced a motion stating that the members of the football team he given first place on the Commons' chow line, ' since they come to meals -directly from practice. The motion was carried unanimously. Earl Marsh disclosed'that the "S" Club would sponsor a dance to be given at the high school gymnasium, (Continued on Page 2) Hatter Expirees Casrry Students. to and horn M JVS All aboard, Stetson Flyer ■ and 'Hatter Express departing from Stetson Hall, destination BOQ number 1. Dean Benson W. Davis recently announced that the busses, running to" and from the naval air station will be painted green and white and given appropriate names. " Besides Hatter Express and Stetson Flyer, names as follows will be displayed on the front of the .busses: The President, Green and White and The Veteran Limited,