The Stetson Reporter

# -/ The ST ELEVENTH YEAR—No. 18 DeLand, Florida, May 26, 1947 5 cents per copy—$1.50 per- School year f-ii^JH ft. •*''"',:Jr'3,'AiK' 103 DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED AT '47 COMMENCEMENT Dr. Ellis Fuller to Bring Graduation Address ■^ _ 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 (Continued on Page Two) 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. . P o T