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The
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ELEVENTH YEAR—No. 18
DeLand, Florida, May 26, 1947
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103 DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED AT '47 COMMENCEMENT
Dr. Ellis Fuller to Bring
Graduation Address
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DELAND — Ellis A.'Fuller, D.D., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., will be the commencement speaker at Stetson University Monday, June 2, at 10:00 A. M., according to the
program issued by the University this'
week.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached Sunday, June 1,-at 11:00 A, M., .by
Rev. Walter B. Feagins", pastor of Calvary
.Baptist Church, Clearwater.
Stetson will award 103. degrees at the
spring commencement. Candidates are divided ..as follows: for Bachelor .of Arts, 57;
Bachelor of Science, 15 f Bachelor of Music,
6; Bachelor of' Science in. Business, 25;
Master of Arts, 5. . .
The commencement" program will open,
- .Saturday-, May 31, with the President's reception honoring the graduating classes,-on
, the lawn of Chaudoin Hall., Other features
, will be, Sunday, June 1, 8:15'A. M., break-
* fast for seniors and their parents; 3:80
P. M., concert by the School of Music; 4:30,
tea honoring parents and visitors, in Chau-
-doin parlors; Monday, June 2, 0:15 A. M.,
-concjert by Stetson Band on lawn of Eliza-
heth Hall. - - " * -
Candidates -receiving degrees for Bachelor . of Arts Are: Ferman Wesley Adell, -
Carolyn Genevieve Baggett, Mary Gene Bailey, Helen Elizabeth Baker, Margaret Jane
Ballentine, Betty- Sue Barker, Roseland
- June Billings, Catherine Knapp Breyette,
Nancy Beatrice Brown,-Frances Anita Cald-
. well, Camilla Shirley Callahan) James Robert Casey, Charles Clements, Jr.* Ruth Evelyn Cobb, Hilda Ifcebecca Collier, Muriel
Gilkes Collura, Dorothy Margaret Dickey,
- -Janice Brent Douglas, Arlene Vinall Feasel,
.Jewell Rachel Garrett, - Joyce; Clifford Gilliam, Damaris Hague, Clyde. Edwin Hall,
. Jean Elizabeth Harper, Virginia Berry Harris, Iris June Hart; James Hearne Harwell,
Virginia Elizabeth Hendry, Frances Burt
" Hobson, Emily Virginia Howes, Albert
Flournoy Jernigan, Annie Lee Johnson,
(Frances Susan Jordan, .Mary Elizabeth
Land, Richard Winthrop Mansur, Marjorie
Merrill, Elizabeth Alice -Mulholland, Joan
Elizabeth Nydegger, Edna Murelen© Par-
xish, Anna Margaret White Pease, Mariam
Louise Ragsdale, Daniel B. Robertson,
James -Benjamin Schubiger, Margaret Elizabeth Sharp, Elizabeth MenzSes Ambrose «
Shaw, Margaret Kathryn Riggs Stafford,
Ralph - Everett Stults, Margaret' Rachel'
Swartz, Elizabeth Kent Trainham, Anna
Sue Walden, Alice Frances Walker, Sally
Jan© Whitcombe, Donald Eugene Wilkes,
Loren Arteamos Williams, Maxie Mears
Williams, Katie" Elizabeth Wilson, and Vic- <.
toria Alice Young.
"The following are candidates for th©
Bachelor of Science degree: Joyce Eleanor "
Caldwell, Ann Ardelle Cory, Jimmi© Louise
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RECEIVES CHEMISTRY
MEMBERSHIP
Chemistry Member ship Awarded
To Jimmie Godwin
In recognition for her outstanding work, in chemistry while a student at Stetson University, Miss
Jimmie Godwin of Frostproof, received this year's award of membership in the American Chemical
Society. The announcement of her
selection by the society was made
at a meeting yesterday of Gamma
'Sigma Epsilon, honorary chemistry,
group at Stetson. Along with a
year's membership in the -society,
Miss Godwin will receive a subscription to the organization's
magazine.
New officers of Gamma Sigma;
Epsilon were chosen for next year
at. th© meeting. They are Willa
Dean Lowry of Port St. Joe,,Grand
Alchemist; and James Duffett of
Daytona" Beach, Recorder and
Visor.
PRESS .CLUB ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
The Press Club held election of
officers Wednesday,* May 14f.
Richard Gordie was chosen president for the coming year, and other
officers include: Beverly Sewell,
viqe-president; Lucy Effinger, secretary; and C. L. Mullis, treasurer.
New members who were welcomed are. Nan'Poppall, Ernestine
Hurlbert, Earl Cochrane, Emily
Howes and C. L. Mullis.
Dr. John W. Gorby
Dies May 14
John W. Gorby, 61, an associate
professor in th© Stetson University
School of Business, died suddenly
at about noon on May 14 in his
rooms at the former Naval Air Station.
Capt. Gorby had met his early
class on May. 14 and had retired
immediately afterward to' his
rooms where he was found un-
• conscious at about noon. An ambulance was called and he was
taken to DeLand Memorial Hos
pital- where h© was pronounced
dead. - \~
Prof. Gorby came to Stetson last
September as associate professor
of industrial management, business
principles, and sociology. .He was
a graduate of Marietta" College,
Marietta, Ohio, received his M. A.
degree from the University of Ari-
" zona, and was admitted to the Arizona Bar. He did two years postgraduate work at the University of
Chicago and one- year graduate
work at the. University of Chicago
"and one year graduate work at
Northwestern University, Evans-
ton, 111. He was also a 'graduate of
the American Institute of Banking.
Prof. Gorby served as a captain
of Infantry in World War I, later
being tansferred with the same
rank to the Regular Army. During
World War II he served for more
than two years as civilian training
officer. He held- his captain's commission in the U. S. Army Reserve.
Throughout his life Capt. Gorby
was interested in child welfare and
the education of youth. H© was the
first director.of child welfare of the
American Legion, and during his
presidency of the Chicago chapter
of the American Institute of Banking he wag responsible for- raising
an endowment fund for the education of young men in kanking.
President W. S. "Allen paid tribute to Prof:- Gorby at Stetson's
chapel exercises on the morning ^of
May 15 as a";lover of students and
of humanity. He had endeared himself to both faculty and students
by his kindly disposition,- good
humor,"and Christian character.-
Survivors included two sons",
Paul of Chicago, and John W., Jr.,
of Carthage, 111., a daughter, and a
sister, Mrs. Milton Wells of .Orlando. The body was taken to Orlando where Eiselstein and Wiggin-
ton were in charge. .
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