The Stetson Reporter

HiMtttt Twelfth Year DE LAND, FLORIDA, MARCH 5, 1948 Number 16 — 5c Per Copy uasi Columnist Answers Students' Queries World Issues Reflecting a spirit of sincere friendliness, Drew Pearson, internationally respected news analyst, gave Stetson's tyro'reporters a field day Wednesday. The University administration assigned to the Reporter staff the duty of escort for Pearson during his very full day in DeLand last Wednesday. Throughout the day, at the leadership luncheon, in the SUN NEWS press conference, and in private conversations, Pearson was subjected to a veritable barrage of queries from local newspaper men. The columnist's penetrating analysis of the domestic .and international political scene and his predictions of possible developments in reply to direct questioning is quoted in part: Q. "Do you think that the democratic leaders are courageous enough to reject President Truman as their nominee in the coming national convention?" Ans. "It is not a question of courage but a matter of expediency. i firmly believe that Truman will neither be nominated nor re-elected." Q. "How far do you think Russia's western expansion will extend?" Ans. "I do not think Russia will be satisfied until she reaches the English Channel, she wants France and Italy."_ Q. "Do you believe that the American people will support an International police force?" .Ans. "I feel sure that the American people will support an international police force. They are very anxious, to make the UN work." Q. "In recent years in your travels through the south' have you been a- ware of a liberal trend toward civil liberty proposals?" Ans. "I think there has been a noticeable trend." Q. "What do you think of the United States' present handling of - the Palestine "situation ?" Ans. "The Jews have a legal foundation for their demands in Palestine. They were promised a homeland in the treaty of 1918 and 1919. The A- rabs have been given several home- (Continued on page 6) overttment Guilty egligence In Peace Tas Launched Here Maxell 8 Green Derbies Will Sponsor Campus Campaign To Aid Volusia $8,000 Goal By BEN PATTERSON Disaster! Hurricane slashing through Florida lowlands; Blast"and flames blanket Texas City; Muddy, swirling river buries Midwest communities ; these situations brought death, distress, and suffering to many- during 1947. Similar situations will bring more of the same kind of death and suffering this year. But wherever disaster strikes, whenever lives are menaced, the -Red Cross is — Chi Mil Fraternity Is Now On Campus Twenty-two men collectively have given birth recently to a brand new campus fraternity. Aiming to_ promote brotherhood and to cooperate with all campus organizations, CHI MU has " listed its members and officers as: Charles H. Pafford, Jr., president; William A. Kerr, vice-president; Merle C. Harton, secretary; Paul L. Curtis, parliamentarian; George Morrison, III, historian; Bruce H. Perkins, comptroller; Jim Lee, chaplain; Herman J. Morton, William H. Tuten, John R. Wood, J. Cloude Smith, Claude A. Smith, Jack W. Winfree, Earl J. Cou- ey, Roger L. Meriwether, Jr., Bonnell P. Coachman, Wendell W. Broadhurst, Joseph V. Letter, Donald R. Moore, Robert Adams, William S. Gufford, and Richard C. Wilson. there, bringing escape, relief, and com fort. After the Texas City explosion and fire, the American Red Cross received an official message from Governor Beauford H. Jester of Texas, stating: "Thousands of acts of mercy on the part of Red Cross workers will never, be recorded, but the magnificent job turned in by the Red Cross in the Texas City disaster is already a matter of record—clear and undisputed." This, the testimonial of a governor concerned with the lives' of his state's citizens, is typical of the gratification of many who have witnessed the Red Cross serving them in disaster and distress? Forest fires in New England last fall were the worst in that area's history. Equally spectacular were the 37 tornadoes, including the savage twister at Woodward, Oklahoma, which flattened scores of city blocks, killed 95 persons, and destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes. In such disasters, there is little or no advance warning. Immediate assistance is important because it often means the difference between life and death to the victims. That is why, through "its network of 3,745 domestic chapters, Red Cross was able to furnish workers and relief supplies at 312 disaster operations. In the last fiscal year, 95,600 persons in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska were given emergency and rehabilitation aid. Since its founding in 1881, Red Cross (Continued on Page 3) "Western Colleges Have Ignored' Asia Lecturer Declares 14 Schools Participate lit H- S. Debate Tournaine: Fourteen high schools from cities over the state will participate in the -Florida State High School Debate Festival which will be held on the Stetson campus this weekend, sponsored by the Florida Speech Association and the Stetson speech department. x The program will consist of four rounds of debates with a banquet scheduled for Friday evening and an "Our Western colleges have almost ignored Asia," asserted .Dr.-Arthur P.. Moor, alumnus of Stetson University and noted radio commentator, teacher, and author this week in a series of lectures to-different groups of the student body and the faculty on topics pertaining to Oriental art. Representing the Association of A- merican Colleges, Dr. Moor related the phases of fine Oriental arts in a manner in which the layman could easily understand, and subsequently be interested. At the Little Theatre Monday evening, Dr. Moor entertained a group of over two hundred students, friends, and members of the faculty of Stetson University. The stage of the Little Theatre was interestingly decorated with -fashionable gowns, jewelry (including specimens of jade), and paintings and pottery done "By the Chinese. Numerous stereopticon slides were shown upon the screen showing pictures of art in China and some of India. "It is very pleasant for me to come home to Stetson again!" said Dr. Moor as he opened his lecture. "On this particular occasion it is to talk on the human Asiatic race, which has been in existance over 5000 years. "The way for us to learn how to understand the Chinese is to study what they think is beautiful. In this (Continued on Page 3) i 5 1 I open house entertainment Saturday afternoon. This is the second consecutive year the festival has been held at Stetson. Debaters will use the current national high school question in their debates; the question is: Resolved, that the Federal Government should require the arbitration of labor disputes in all basic American industries. The visiting group will include sixty contestants, coaches from the schools and other members of their parties. Approximately 100 are expected. Housing will be furnished by the University, girls in the dormitories and the boys at the Air Base. , The debates will be held in Elizabeth Hall, Science Hall, and the Library. First debates will be Friday at 4 p. m. Others will be Saturday at 9, 10:30 and 1:30. Run-offs if necessary will be at 3:00. Open house at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity will follow the debates. A highlight of the program will be the banquet Friday night where Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds will be guest speaker. -Decision on the winning team will be based on the school showing and not on the affirmative and negative team placings. The affirmative and negative ■ teams will debate four times, each, giving the school eight debates. Final debates to determine the school getting the highest rating will be held Saturday night at 7:30. Ponce de Leon High of Coral Gables will return to defend their showing last year when they received highest honors. Four schools will receive honors; these ratings are excellent, superior, good, and average. Judges for the debates will be furnished by Stetson and will include faculty members, varsity debaters, and townspeople. Professor Richard Brand, of the Stetson Department of Speech, is director of the Festival. The following schools will send rep- -. resentatives to debate. From Tarpon Springs will come Mrs. Maxine S. (Continued on Page 5) Plii Society Holds Formal Initiation Fourteen new members of the Phi Society were presented membership certificates at the initiation ceremony held in the President's Dining Room of the Commons last night at 6:00 o'clock. Following the initiation the Society went to the TeVace Tea Room for a banquet. , The new members are: Jay Poppell, Richard Theus, John Cheshire, Nita Hansen, Don Everson, Bob Knowles, Frances Fitzpatrick, Betty Jane Adams, Steve Stratford, Gene Grubbs, Joseph Peck, Cyril Garrett, Louie Wilkinson, and Ernest Owens. The -Phi Society is an honorary scholastic society sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa, and all students of the liberal arts college are eligible who maintained an average above B plus, in their freshman year at Stetson. Present members are: Shirley Hunter, president; Frank Hendricks, vice-president; Evone Capell, secretary; Louis Deal, treasurer; and Frances Horton, Jimmie Duffett, and Wallace Register. Members of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity on the faculty are: Dr. R. I. Allen, Dr. and Mrs. Pope Duncan, Dr. Doris Arjona, Dr. Harry Taylor, and Dr. Warren S. Gordis. Students Eligible For Summer Work In Cuba, Mexico Students, graduates, and faculty members from colleges all over the country are expected to enroll this summer in, the University of Houston International Study Centers, Dr. Joseph S. Werlin, director of the centers said in" announcing that a new center will be opened in Cuba this summer. Doctor Werlin bases his expectations on the result of iast summer's centers, in which twenty-five colleges and universities were represented. These study centers, which also include Mexico and Guatemala, are designed to acquaint the students with the social, cultural, and historical aspects of Latin-American countries, Doctor Werlin explained. Field trips, sight-seeing tours, and recreational excursions to spots of historical and cultural interest are scheduled, he added. A unique, all-expense plan enables students to save materially in the costs of travel, housing, meals, and tours, the director explained. Traveling and living costs for the Cuba center are $275, excluding tuition. For the combined Mexico-Guatemala center, the expense is 5340, excluding tuition. The tuition is based on the subjects taken. Are Approved by V. A. - These study centers are recognized by the Veterans' Administration, and veterans are exempt from tuition and receive their *usual subsistence allowance, Doctor Werlin said. Enrollment is arranged through a letter of eligibility from the local Veterans' Administration office of the student.. Full college credit will be given for the courses taken during these summer studies, Doctor Werlin said. Elementary" and advanced Spanish and "Contemporary Civilization of Cuba" will be offered in the Cuba center. Courses dealing with the development of Mexico and Guatemala will be given in the Mexico-Guatemala center. All courses are taught in English and are open to all students of all departments and levels, both undergraduate and graduate. Enrollment Now Open Those wishing to enroll in either the Cuba or the Mexico - Guatemala programs should do so as soon as possible to assure reservations. Students enrolling in the Cuba center will leave Houston June 7 and will return in the middle of July. The combined Mexico - Guatemala center will begin July 19 and end Au- * gust 23. This will make it possible for a person to attend both the Cuba and the Mexico-Guatemala centers, if he wishes, Doctor Werlin explained.-" Further information may be obtained i>y writing to Doctor Werlin at the University of Houston, 3801 St. Bernard Street, Houston, Texas. Interns To Hold Seminar Meetings Dr. R. L. Carter, Head of the Department of Education and Director of the. Internship Program, announces a group of seminar meetings for returning interns one hour daily during the week of March 8-12. Stetsonis interns for this quarter will come together during this week to review their teaching experience with major instructors from the departments of Physical Education, Music, Education,^ English, History, and others. The first meeting is called for 3:30 p. m. in ^Room 306E. Stetson students who have been in the field as interns during the winter quarter include the .following: Paul Caskey, music, Daytona Beach;. Mrs. Ellen Eugenia Cobb, music, O- cala; Viola Cook, English, DeLand; Betty Davidson, Third Grade, Chief- land; Louise Dearston, music, Lees- burg. Sara Heil, Physical Education, New Smyrna; Dorothy Patton, Second Grade, DeLand; Virginia Rick, Fourth Grade, Daytona Beach;. Verdelle Sebring, Physical Education, Avon Park; Jean Skinner, history, Cocoa; Margaret Vriesenga, English, Wimauma; Pauline Winderweedle, Second Grade, Winter Park; and Tom Stewart, Physical Education, DeLand. Observation-and Practice Teaching: Beverly Willis, Second Grade, DeLand. Labels Administration Indifferent; Urges Passage of Marshall Plan By BILL FISHER Predicting another war within five years "if the government's neglect of the job of winning the peace continues," Drew Pearson, in a lecture here Wednesday, challenged Americans to "assume greater individual responsibility for the promotion of world peace." He recommended immediate passage of the Marshall plan as the first step toward maintaining peace. Criticizing the present administration for^what he termed an "indifferent" attitude, the famous author of the syndicated column Washington Merry-go-round declared that the President would not be re-elected. He. added that if the Democratic National Convention gives Truman the nomination, there would be a split in party ranks. He ventured that a list of probable candidates for the Democratic nomination would include Chief Justice of the -Supreme Court Vinson, Supreme Court Justice Douglas, west coast industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and General Dwight 'Ike' Eisenhower. The GOP candidate, he said, would neither be Taft nor Dewey. "Rather, the choice would be a compromise between Vandenburg of Michigan, Stas- sen of Minnesota or Warren of California." . Attacks Truman Cabinet Severely scoring the Truman cabinet, Pearson labeled Secretary of Defense Forrestal as "a most dangerous man who believes in sending arms to Latin America in spite of the fact that we are trying to keep the peace there." He humorously described Secretary of the Treasury Snyder as "a man who could not be hired back by his own First National Bank of St. Louis as assistant cashier." Although approving the Marshall plan for European recovery, Pearson referred to the Secretary of State as a "military man who lias not been trained to take the initiative in peace" (Continued on Page 6) B. S. U. Schedules Election Thursday Election of senior council members of the Baptist Student Union will be held in Elizabeth Hall, Thursday, March 11, during the Vesper period, instead of March~2Z as originally announced. All members of the unit organizations are urged by President Louie Wilkinson to be present for the general election. At a recent business meeting the BSU voted against having a junior council, providing instead that each member of the senior council would choose a committee to help with his work. This larger group including the council officers, committee members, and presidents of the unit organizations will be known as the Greater Council. The nominating committee composed of graduating senior members of the retiring senior council have been working since January preparing a slate of officers to be presented to the whole BSU organization at the general election. The .floor will be open at that time for nominations from the group to supplement the recommended list of suggestions from the nominating committee. The installation date for new officers has not been "ftecided, but the installation service will be held at the First Baptist church shortly after March 11. Publicity Campaign Will Be Launched By Wallace Group The Wallace for President club, in an effort to register Florida voters,- decided at their latest meeting to sponsor' a broad campaign to place the name of Henry Wallace in the minds of the .public. Action was taken to spread circulars and hand-bills in this community and hold a public rally soon. Preparations were made to secure, a speaker from the Florida headquarters of candidate Wallace. Gene Mertz,- chairman of the club, Monday night stressed the fact that members of the club should inform the voting public that, contrary to the popular belief, registration may be changed from one party to another. Wallace, who is running on the Peoples Progressive Party ticket, must have .35,000 persons to register for the P.P.P. in order for his name to appear on the ballot, according to the Florida statutes. The aim of the Wallace club is to cooperate with other Florida Wallace., backers in securing these 35,000 P.P.P. registrants. Faculty Members Present Musical Faculty members Eleanor Leek, violoncellist, and Ruth Richardson, so- prano, were presented in a recital by the Stetson University School of Music Tuesday night.. Accompanied by Miss Violet Fraser, Miss Leek presented Sonata in G minor Op. 19 Andante and Allegro Mosio (Rachmaninoff), Kol- Nidrei (Bruch), Minuet (Haydn-Piafti), and Hungarian Rhapsody (Popper). As an encore Miss Leek played Villageoise (Hek- king). Miss Leek is a member of the Faculty Trio, plays the first cello in the symphony orchestra and is listed in 'Who's Who in Music' Miss Richardson, accompanied by Edgar Stryker, sang the aria, Pace, Pace, Mio Dio (Verdi), Vergebliches Stanchen (Brahms), Stornello ' (Cim- ara), The Deaf Woman's Courtship (Powell), Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (Ilgenfritz), As an encore Miss Richardson sang The Lil' Yaller Dog, Students Attend 6'Leadership" Fete "This is our first campus leadership luncheon" President Ollie Edmunds declared Wednesday before the group of 150 students, faculty heads and representatives of the Florida press, at the Commons luncheon in honor of Drew Pearson, Washington columnist. Dean Etta Turner, chairman of the University social committee, stated earlier that the luncheon was a direct effort by the Stetson administration to bring the students into more intimate contact with " national figures brought to the campus through the Merrill Lecture Series. Limited facilities of the Commons prohibited the inclusion of a larger student group, it was reported. Invitations were extended to the heads' of numerous student organizations giving to them the prerogative of filling a quota for their organization from the most deserving members. Quotas were set by a joint student-faculty committee after consideration of the relative interest manifested by each group in domestic and international problems. In an informal discussion period which followed the meal, Pearson invited the students to — " let me have it." Terminating the -short and lively discussion that ensued, President Edmunds expressed his appreci-" ation to Mr. Pearson and commended the students for their apparent grasp of the world problems as evidenced by the queries posed for Pearson. Young Demos Plan Six O'clock Dinner Members ot Stetson's first Young Democratic club have planned a "6 o'clock dinner" in Hutchinson Hall for Monday, March 8, the executive committee of the campus organization announced today. Those now on the membership rolls as well as those interested in joining the club are invited to be present, club officers said. Present at the dinner will be at least three candidates for public office who will attend as guests. Meanwhile, the - membership committee will conduct a campaign designed to register all eligible Stetson students for voting as the first step in a project aimed at urging men and women in the university to take a part in the drive for.good government.