The Stetson Reporter

f <■ ELEVENTH YEAR—No. 8 DELAND, FLORIDA, JANUARY 22; 1947 "Blithe Spirit" To Be Presented At Little Theatre Excellent Cast Assembled For Production; Marjorie Merrill and Lillian Preston Assigned Stellar Roles By Allyn Thompson "Blithe Spirit" an improbable farce- from the pen of Noel Coward will be presented by Stover Little Theatre on January •30th and 31st, and February 1st at 8:00 p. m. ~ _ Mr. Coward wrote this delightful and entertaining farce in 1940 when all thought was about the war and,its outcome. His stated purpose was to give the peo- PRICE TEN CENTS pie of London one evening's entertainment with. ■ no mention of the tragic times. Mr. Coward succeeded "better than he could have hoped. After a tremendous success in London, the play was imported to Broadway where Clifton Webb, Deonora Corbett, and Peggy Wood played the leads. The play opened in New York'in January, 1941 and closed two-and-a-half years and 657 performances later. In the season of 1942 The Drama Critics Award Committee voted "Blithe" the best imported play of the year by a very substantial majority. SHortly thereafter Hollywood started on its own technicolor production starring Rex Harrison. "Blithe" was originally scheduled by the Little Theatre in the season of 1942-43 while it was still playing to capacity audiences in New York. The play brokers, however, could not release the rights to little theatre groups and so it was withdrawn from the schedule. The current season is the first opportunity .that Dr. Stover has found to present this widely acclaimed comedy. An excellent "cast has been assembled to give "Blithe Spirit" the usual professional polish of all- Stover Little Theatre productions. John Causier will portray the perplexed Charles Cbndomine, a man ■with two wives—one in spirit form —but without the knowledge of just what to dp with either of (Continued on- Page 3) ■ U.S.M.C. GENERAL, STETSON GRAD, Former Stetsonian Was 5th U. S. Marine to Win Airman's Wings WASHINGTON, D. C—(Special) —One of the- pioneers of Marine Corps aviation, Lieutenant ' General Roy StanleyGeiger, will be retired Feb: 1, Marine Corps Headquarters has announced. The fifth Marine to become an aviator, General ' Geiger was at Guadalcanal in the early bitter days when the" Marines were fighting for a- toehold oil Japan's stolen empire. His later '.campaigns follow the pattern of Allied conquest in the Pacific—Bougainville, Guam, Peleliu and Okinawa. At Okinawa,, the silver-thatched Marine general became the second Marine to lead an Army when he became the commander of the Tenth Army following the death in action of Army Lieutenant General Simon" Bolivar Buckner, Jr. A native of Middleburg, Florida, General Geiger was graduated" from Stetson University in 1907 with an LL.B. degree. After serving 15 months as an enlisted Marine, he was appointed a second lieutenant (Continued on" Page 3) Frances Buxton to he Presented In Recital Next Tuesday Next Tuesday night at eight o'clock, Frances Burton, associate "professor and head of the Violin Department of the School of Music,. Stetson University, will be presented in a recital-at Elizabeth "Hall. She will be accompanied by Miss Violet Fraser, also of the music faculty. Miss Burton, who is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, did graduate study at the Juil- liard School of Music in New York "under Kathleen Parlow and Louis Persinger. She received her Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in 1941. She "joined the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music and came "to Stetson in January of 1943 to head' the Violin and Theory departments. She is the conductor of the (Stetson University Symphony Orchestra and a member of ■the Faculty Trio. In the summer of 1945 she was in California to study composition with Darius Mil- haud (one of whose works she will perform), and to study violin and quartet with members of the Budapest Quartet. An experienced soloist, Miss Burton is well-known for her recital performances. The program which she has selected for this recital ranges from the early classics to Gershwin, The bravura and romantic Saint Saens concerto will he a feature of the evening. In the Faure Sonata, a duo for piano *>*$ .,:•&& & tL'J Phillip E. Buck, president of the Alumni Association of Stetson University, died on January 14 at the. George Washington Hospital in Washington, D. C. Mr. Buck, a veteran of World War I, was elected head of the Association last November. Funeral sevices for Mr. Buck were held in Washington January 16. 8£^&3| and violin; Miss Fraser will join the violinist as co-artist. The program follows: Grave (Fr. Bach-Kreisler), Fugue (Tartini-Kreisler) Concerto1 in b minor (Saint Saens), Sonata Opus 13 (Faure), Corcovado.-(Milhaud), Prelude II (Gershwin,Heifetz), Jamaican Rumba (Benjamin-Primrose). There is no admission fee to the Faculty Series and all. students, and faculty members are cordially invited to attend. . Federal Warrant Sworn for Late Stetson Student TAMPA—CSpecial)—Charles L. Alcorn, 22, former Stetson University student, last Wednesday, in Tampa was, with Newton Brown of Lakeland, charged with the $35,000 holdup of the American Bank at Lake Alfred last Feb. 8. ' Alcorn,- a popular student at Stetson, was a former convict at the state prison in Raiford. The two men have been under arrest since Jan. 5 in St. • Petersburg. ■ 'Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation swore out the warrants. While a student at Stetson Alcorn was a candidate last Spring for the Hatter gridiron eleven. Failing to land a berth on the. football machine, he became a cheer leader last Fall. He was a third- quarter member of the Freshman class. Julian Stenstrom Named Editor of Stetson Reporter - Julian Stenstrom, ministerial student and former managing editor of the Sanford Herald, last week was appointed editor of the Stetson Reporter by President Allen and Deanx Garwood. Stenstrom immediately appointed Ed. Bush of Palatka as managing editor of ..the Reporter. He ■was formerly on the staff of, the Citadel Bulldog and the Southern Outdoors, a . sports publication. Pat Sachs will continue serving the Reporter as associate editor. Most of the former members of the staff will also remain. Other additions to the staff include Bill. King of Newnan, Ga., and Bill Wilkinson. Stenstrom announced today that the Reporter office will he open at all times. He requested all students to please bring news items to the Reporter office or give them to one of the staff editors. Repayment Plan Explained By V.A. PAS-A-GRILLE—(Special)— The Veterans Administration regional office emphasized Saturday that recovery of subsistence allowance overpayments from veterans in training1 under' the GI bill will be made in a matter that will impose no hardship on a veteran or his dependents. Overpayments to some 1,300 trainees, are being repaid to the VA in installments of approximately $10 to $20 from monthly subsistence checks, John H. Newton, regional finance' officer explained. In August, Newton said, each trainee was furnished a form on which to report to VA his earnings during August, September and October. The form explained the new Congressional act which sets a ceiling for combined monthly wages and subsistence. Veterans were warned then, Newton continued, that any subsistence payments which they accepted in excess of these, "maximums were subject to recovery by the Government. Many trainees returned the overpayments voluntarily, but others chose to postpone the "day of reckoning," he added. School of Music Reveals Program ' The School of Music has announced that a student recital will be held Thursday night at 8:00 "o'clock in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. The students will ' consist mostly of upperclassmen and the program will be composed of instrumental, vocal, and piano selections. Appearing on the program will be Helen Barksdale, Beverly Bart- lett, Miriam Skeen, Betty Jo Langs- ton, Margaret Oldford, George Prow, Betty Sue Conway, Betty Slater, Archie McMillan, Robert Auman, Salvatore Casale, and Shirley George. PHILLIP E. BUCK, CHIEFOFALUMNI DIES IN CAPITAL 1st Post-War Chief Planned For Lasting Graduate Association ■Mr. Phillip E. Buck, president of the Alumni Association, died at 4:00 a. m., Tuesday, January 14, at the George Washington Hospital, Washington, D. C, of cirrhosis of the kidney. His illness is' believed to date from World War I when he was injured in an airplane crash. Mr. Buck, first post-war president of the Alumni Association, was elected at Homecoming, November 16, 1946, and had laid definite plans to make the Association a permanent organization. He be- ban by appointing a Board of Governors that includes a number of the most outstanding alumni and former students of the institution and continued by selecting a 25- man committee that is to help perpetuate the College of Law. The Board of Governors, under Mr. Buck's leadership, drafted a resolution changing the Association Charter to give all former students all the rights and privileges of active membership and abolishing all distinction between those who graduated and those who attended the Academy or any branch of the University for at least one yiear. This resolution increased the possible active membership of the Association from 2,800 to more than 18,000. Other committees appointed by Mr. Buck include a Veterans Affairs Committee, made up entirely of undergraduate veterans, and an Athletic Committee to study' the athletic 'jituation at Stetson and to determine if the Alumni Association is capable and willing to entirely underwrite the University's athletic program. Plans were underway for committees to assist ir. the School of Music and the ■ Liberal Arts School. His energetic love for Stetson and his leadership of the Alumni Association' will be sorely missed by, all Stetsonians. Mr. Buck is survived by his widow, Frederica Lane Buck, Academy '22; two daughters, Carolyne Virginia, 1941-43, and Elizabeth Williams, a student, and one son, Philip Edward. Mr. Buck was in- tered in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D. C, at 10:30 a. m.. January 16. Dr. John Maguire to Pay Visit to Stetson Dr. John Maguire, secretary- treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention, will be on the campus January 27, 28, and 29. He will lecture on a series of Baptist Doctrines. Dr. Maguire is remembered by many for his addresses of last year, and this year's topics will be beneficial to all religious students. Dr. Maguire is recognized as one of' the outstanding leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention. Appointments to USNA Are Open to Reservists JACKSONVILLE — (Special) ~. Appointments to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, now are available to 100 eligible Naval Reservists, it has been announced by Naval authorities. The appoint-" ments are to be made by the Secretary of the Navy. In order to be eligible for candidacy, Reservists must be members of, or associated with; an Organized Reserve unit and must not be more than 21 years of age on April 1 of the year of appointment. (Except. that the age limit is increased to 23 for candidates who have served honorably for at least one year in World War n.)