The Stetson Reporter

^fen- Twelfth Year ...DE-LAND, FLORIDA, APRIL 2, 1948 Number 19 — 5c Per Copy BIT Glee Club FEATURED IN LEADING ROLES OF LITTLE THEATRE PRODUCTION "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU" Started Hesre . A scholarship fund, which will 1k> used to help students in the Glee Club, was started with a freewill offering last Friday night at the presentation of "The Seven Last Words", a sacred cantata, by the Glee Club. Professoi Harold M. Giffin announced that this fund will aid those students who sho-* definite promise to continue theii studies even though they may not bo financially able to stay in school themselves. Glee Club Notables Connie Moo'dyi soprano soloist, sans; the introduction to the cantata. The presentation of the First Word was excellent, with Bob Auman, tenor, ard the Chorus singing the words' of th_ mob against Jesus, and Bill Jones, baritone, singing the words of Christ, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do". ' Archie McMillan, tenor, and Bill Fletcher, baritone, sang a duet with the Chorus background for the Second Word. Kay Hooper, soprano, joined this duet in the Third Word, also with the Chorus..Bill Jones was superb in his solo presentation of the Fourth Word, "God, my Father,' why hast Thou forsaken me?" ; Auman and Jones with the Chorus gave a powerful presentation of the Fifth Word, "I am athirst!", and in the Sixth Word, John Everett sang the tenor solo part with the Chorus. The Seventh Word, "It is finished", featured Kay Hooper, Jon Allen, and Jofles with the Chorus. - A special note of congratulations is due Rabel Parson, the organ accompanist. x; Feature Editor % Little Theatre ilanous' By BETTY SCHNEIDER Feature Editor Allyn i nompson 1 illi*_M Cr>i-CTriii we5icy oiitiK. Phi Alpha Theta j Elects Officers^ j} With an election of officers, Stetson's Alpha Zeta chapter of the Phi " Alpha Theta national honorary history fraternity started a reorganization movement Wednesday. The group, meeting in Professor Winters' home, elected Charles Hill- man, president; Francis Fitzpatrick, vice-president; Mrs. Fred Chance, sec- . retary - treasurer; and Bob Hensley, program chairman. To Map Constitution The history group- appointed a com-, mittee to draw up a constitution to be approved by the members. Serving on the committee are Francis Fitzpatrick, Don Burroughs, and Fred Chance. Emphasis Week Final Plans Are Set „ Members of all committees making plans for Religious Emphasis week met in Elizabeth Hall auditorium at .6:30 last night to discuss final plans with Dr. Lee Nichols, who will be the speaker for that week of emphasis on Practical Christianity. . Committees have been formed to handle publicity, enlistment, devotion-' al '.preparation, and other phases of the program, and the members of these committees have been chosen from representative groups of all student activities on the campus. •Special prayer groups are beginning to meet in the girls' dorms on campus nightly. Before the program of services begins these prayer meetings will be. held not only in each dorm but on every floor. The men at the BOQ's also have their groups, and the Frat Houses are not being overlooked either. Even among the students living in homes in town, meeting are being held. 'Intensifying their efforts immediately prior to the arrival of Dr. Nichols, the committee has arranged to have special speakers for Vespers the week of April 13-15, both in the Chapel arid at the BOQ. In these gatherings, stress is being laid on the need for personal work in "bringing the lost to Christ. Through the medium of these groups thinking and praying together, the campus should be made ready to receive the greatest possible blessing from Religious Emphasis Week. Students Trade In School Woes For Travel Troubles s^.&.jss.assass.ia-.s-ft-w---.---^- B|LL T0WNE- "! It is just about time for another vacation for the greater population of the Stetson clan. Starting on April 8, the Florida Greyhound Bus Company will be catering to a heavy flow of wandering Stetson students on •their, way to who knows where to enjoy a few blessed days of relaxing—or should we say relaxing? No. Everybody will hot relax. In fact, very few wiil Telax if we know Stet- —:———; — son students. But, anyway, the vacation will offer a blessed recess for 1 most of us to take our minds off books classrooms, and studying. (This is just for those of us who study once iri a while.) It is a good thing that Stetson University is located on. a well-traveled, highway. Many fellows will have sore thumbs from thumbing. What a tiring job that is. With spirits high, and hopes likewise; a manly Stetson male can he seen struggling beneath an Empire State Building of. suitcases and valises, all decorated with the Stetson label. Half running, half walking, dropping a bundle here and there, picking it up, and continuing on until he reaches his pre-destined spot where he decided he wanted to stand to hitch-hike a ride, "and finds five other .. guys there before him. He finally gets himself settled with his bags on the a pavement beside him, and his thumb out at cars buzzing by. It isn't long before one stops. Our boy grabs up ' his multitude of cases and runs over to the awaiting car, and asks, "Goin'.. to Jax?" . "Nope," returns the driver. "Ill take. ya to Daytona if. you want." Well, most times it isn't as hopeless as all that. Usually the hitch-hik- ' ing, is pretty good, but if anybody's " got a date, he should not rely on thumb riding. . ..The busses are just about as bad, too, hilt not through any fault of the • ■' Company. (I don't want any. libel suit.) . It is a..very comfortable. *-«»iiiig toyget .seated in. a nice b/y'" __*-*e are . (Continued c' ■"' BSU Officers To Attend Retreat, Webb Declares Spring plarining retreat for B. S. U. officers and members will be held at Camp O'Leno on the weekend of Apr. 16-18 announced Wallace Webb, B. S. U.. president, yesterday. Stetson has been arrigned a quota of 35 students who will leave at 9:'00 a. m. on Friday in the school bus. Total cost for each student will be about ?8.. "This retreat is primarily a planning conference for the rest of: the ' spring and summer," explained Webb. "It is of utmost importance that the new council members - attend the retreat in order that they may have instruction in the duties of their respective offices." To Give Account A feature of the program will be a period designated as 'Can. You Top This' at which the various campuses will give an account of any unusual - things that they have done during the year. This is scheduled for Saturday x ' morning. Representatives from Stetson who will be on the program are State President Wallace Webb, Louie Wilkinson, Vickey Young, Shirley Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Bean. , Students are advised to take bedding and blankets, flashlight, notebooks, toilet articles, and Bible, as "well as any other equipment which they desire tp use. P©ei Lectures Rollins. Caskey Robert P. Tristram Coffin, noted author, poet, and professor, who has been a visitor to, the Stetson campus this week, has made several appearances before the student body. The lecturer spoke in Chapel Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and gave readings Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The poet emphasized during his _ talks the beauty and importance of the small things about us which go unnoticed. To a poet these small things are poems in themselves. Selecting the ballad as the form for reading iri his Wednesday evening lecture, Mr. Coffin used this ancient form of poetical expression to set down some of the fundamental Americanisms that we need to sing about to the world. He took these ballads from his "'Primer for Americans.' During his introductory remarks he stated that he would feel as if he had not spoken iri vain if" he- could lead his audience to think of these American ideals—ideals that many times are not too clear. The lecturer asked his listeners' to turn their thoughts to a set of documents more important (Continued on Page 6) Senior Recita Sara Rollins, pianist, and Paul Caskey, baritone, will be featured in their senior recital in Elizabeth Hall auditorium on Tuesday, April 6, at 8:00 p. m. Carol White will accompany Caskey on the piano; Varied Program Miss Rollins will begin the recital" playing 'Sonata in A Major' (Mozart), after which Caskey will sing a group of three- songs including 'The Two Grenadiers' ■ (Schumann), 'Serenade' (Schubert), and 'Prologue from Pag- liacci' (Leoncavallo). Following this Miss Rollins will play 'Ballade in A Flat Major' (Chopin); 'Minstrels' (DeBussy), and 'Aragon' (Longas). The popular baritone will then sing a group of songs by Ameri-. can composers including 'Silent Noon' (R. V. Williams), 'The Pretty Creature' (H. L. Wilson), 'When I Have Sung My Songs' (Charles), and 'Take Joy Home' (Bassett). Concluding the program, Miss Rollins will Tplay -'Concerto in A Minor' (Schumann) with- Rosemary Clark at the second piano. In case you're wondering, 'You Can't Take It With You' is the name of that super-sensational comedy that is being presented at the Little Theatre tonight and tomorrow night. Those of you who have already ;een the play will know exactly what we mean when we say that it is . HILARIOUS ! Tickets will still be on sale, at the box office :this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon from Alpha Xi Delta Aids Nationwide Drive in Tag Day At its second annual Tag Day Tuesday the Alpha Xi Delta, with what seemed a magical touch, changed small paper markers into cold cash, which'will be transformed into vital food and medical supplies to be sent to Noordwyck, a small town, in Holland. The project gave Stetsonites a chance to put their two cents worth? into a nation-wide drive destined to cement American-Dutch relationships. Last year a gift of $5,000 as well as two §1,200 scholarships ■ was sent to boost the people of the Netherlands with both physical and spiritual encouragement. Backed by Alpha Xi's all over the United .States, the movement gives the sorority a chance to. celebrate Founders' Day with a philanthropic drive aimed at helping one of the last countries on the liberation list of the allies. Goal Is $10,000 With the help of the Cross Union, an organization similar to our Red Cross, and a committee of Noordwyck physicians headed by the Netherlands Consul General of the Midwest, Dr. van de Mortel, a dispensary is toeing set up in one of the municipal buildings in Noordwyck to act as a central clearing house for the work. The eventual total gift to this village is planned to be §10,000. ' A few* months after last year's donation reached them, the citizens retaliated by sending the local chapter a gift of their'leading product, a box ■ ■ ' „ (Continued on Page Six) Fifty' laced A 50-inch world globe, one of twenty manufactured for Allied leaders during World War It; has been added to the reference room of the Library at John B. Stetson University, De- Land. The globes are the largest and most detailed military globes in the world, according to W. F. Scarborough of the Weber Costello Company, Chicago Heights, 111., manufacturers of the globes. "To describe the 50-inch globes as the 'largest ever manufactured' means that it is the largest globe which has an accurately drawn and printed map", Mr. Scarborough explained. "Actually, larger spheres have been made, but since they were planned for display rather than the shaping of world decisions, their maps have been drawn on the surface of the finished ball and they do not present the hairline accuracy of the 50-inch map". The Stetson Library received one globe as a gift from Charles B. Prettyman of Daytona Beach and Ak- sel Wichseld of West Palm Beach when ■ Welch Hospital at Daytona Beach? was deactivated. The globe had been part of the equipment of the recreation and reference rooms of the convalescent hospital and was exceptionally popular among Army wounded in locating the places in the . world they had fought. The globes were made for the Office of Strategic -Services and secret geo- - graphic information was supplied the map-makers by this agency. Top priorities were used to obtain scarce materials arid most of it was dispatched . to the Chicago Heights factory by plane. Even skilled workmen were brought from distant parts of the United States. With all this availabili- . ty of men and materials, it required (Continued on Page Six) 3:00 until 5:00 p. m. Spots Many Newcomers The cast in this play is really a combination of some of the best talent that the Little Theatre possesses. Members of the supporting cast play as important a part, and as well too, as do the. leading characters. Marcee Kabool is the cutest thing imaginable as she plays the part of Rheba, the colored maid. Her vivacity and humor captures, the heart of the entire audience. Joe Alexander does an excellent job of playing Paul Sycamore, the father whose hobby is making firecrackers. Joe's interpretation of the part is something that you will . never forget. W. Ret Turner is another of the supporting cast who does one of the best jobs in the show. He portrays Donald, the slow colored man who plays the accordion; and generally is not much help to anybody. Ret's accent combined with his character interpretation of the role will make the audience howl with laughter. Fred Fischer as Boris Kilenkhov, Essie's dancing teacher, is one of the funniest characters in the play. Fred's accent- is very realistic and his gestures are in perfect character. ' No one. could possibly help laughing until their sides hurt at this combination of people assembled into one family. Veteran Performers Also Featured- Other members of the cast are Lillian Preston, who does one of the best jobs in the play, portraying Penelope- Sycamore, the father eccentric mother; Dorothy Hayes, who does a wonderful job as Essie, the ballet dancer; Louie Wilkinson, who plays Mr. De Pinna;. Frank VanDevelder as Ed; A1-. lyn Thompson, who plays the part of the grandfather, Martin Vanderhof," who raises snakes as a hobby; Doris Roberts as Alice; Robert Knowles as Henderson; Wesley Clark as Tony Kirby; Paul Curtis as Mr. Kirby; Pat Haldeman, as the dignified-Mrs. Kirby; David Creekman, Edward Talton, and Don Everson as the. three men; and Dorothy Hillman, who plays the dignified Russian countess, Olga. Special thanks go to Robert Knowles technical director and Martitia Lane, stage. manager. They both did wonderful jobs to help make this play such a howling success. Directors for the play, are Virginia Giffin and Dr. Irving C. Stover. Sletspn Quarterly To Have New Look, Editor Announces In parallel with the. recent changes at the university will be a change in the Stetson Quarterly for next year. Dee Holly,, editor of - the Quarterly, has expressed, a hope for changes in the magazine's make-up, content, name, and price. Aim At Variety ' For the. fall term's edition, the Quarterly staff plans to publish the magazine with more variety in content and at the regulation size of 8 by 11 inches. The new edition, is also planned to appear under a new name—possibly the Stetsonian. The present price of the Quarterly is planned to be decreased to its former price of 25 cents. This change in price is expected to be brought about by an appropriation to the magazine's, treasury. Urges Contributions Editor Holly also has announced "a need for material to be used in this quarter's magazine. Contributors should hand in.material to Miss Cain at the publicity office. X? The 50-inch military globe,, recently set up in the reference room at. the Stetson ^.Library, gives Dorothy Hayes, of West Palm Beach, who was in the Navy in telligence"?.duringi the war, an opportunity to show President J. Ollie Edmunds the widespread activity of U. S. intelligence. Looking on is Fred Owen, Jr., of Manchester, Maine, president of the . Stetson veterans organization and an Army sergeant'during the war. The globe is one of 20 50-inch spheres made by the Office of Strategic Services for Allied leaders. . . BOQ TO BE SCENE OF EVANGELISTIC SERVICES . A series of evangelistic services will be held in the lobby of BOQ No. 1 at 7:30 each evening. from . April 13-16.' John Bray, Stetson ministerial student, will, deliver the. ■messages, and special music will be a part of. the program at each service, with Robert Tucker leading the group ^singing. These services are- being held as part of the preparation for Religious Emphasis Week,.April. 19-23, announc-'. ed Ed Straner, base representative on. tb.e committee.