The Stetson Reporter

Twelfth Year DE LAND, FLORIDA, FEBRUARY 6, 1948 Number 12 — 5c Per Copy Robert Weede Thrills j Audience In Concert i MET STAR DOES SIX ENCORES; ; SINGS WITH STETSON GLEE CLUB A capacity audience crowded into Elizabeth Hall auditorium Tues- ' " ' day evening to hear a concert by Robert Weede, baritone of the Metro- 1 politan Opera, and the Stetson Glee Club under the direction of Prof. Harold M. Giffin. Mr.-Weede, who flew here from New York to replace the ailing Donald Dickson, charmed an entllusi- ■——— : astic audience with his brilliantly res- C-.7»wii-_1-irtrii7 fnnnPrt onant voice, presented a varied and .OympilOIiy l_.UIJ.Cei I well-rounded program, and was called SpVlPi-lllPfi Fftb XO back for six encores. The soloist opened the concert with The 'stetson Symphony Orchestra, four selections from Easthope ■ Mar- Frances Buxton, conductor, will ap- . , tin's 'Songs of the Fair' cycle. These pear ln its secollQ home concert of the included 'Fairy,' 'Langley Fair,' Jock year> Tuesday evening, February 10th, :■ . the Fiddler' and 'The Ballad-Monger.' at'g: 00 in Elizabeth Hall auditorium. A threesome of Italian folk-songs Professor Harold M. Giffin, tenor, will followed. They were 'Non E Ver' (Mat- te tlle soi0iSt. tei), 'O Del Mio Amato Ben' (Donau- dy), and 'Aprile' (Tosti). The program opens with the rousing overture to Russian and Ludmilla Explaining that he "had receded G toltam& by the Mozart many many requests from students ^ h Professor Giffin to do an operatic aria," Mr. Weede ^ ^ heard ^ To Lo Saj (Torelli)f chose 'Le Nozze Di Figaro' (Mozart). |n ^ ^^ rf the Njght (Rachman. and 'Nemico Delia Patria' from the .^ when , Thjnk upon ^ Maid. opera Andrea Chenier (Gordiano-II- ^ (Michael Head)- lica)- Presentation of American music has One of the highspots of the program almogt ^^ ^ traditlon with the was the satirical Negro spiritual 'An- Stetson Symphony. At least one num- imal Man' (Moore). Several other ber qq each program lg composed by spirituals followed, including 'City one of our feliow countrymen, and the' Called Heaven' (Johnson), 'Down to 0rchestra has discovered that Florida the Rlvah' (MacGimsey), and '01 Man audienceg enjoy .<the New Listen.» River' (Hammerstein-Kern). The featured American music for this The performance was climaxed when formance is Newsree, (Five shots) Mr. Weede joined Prof. Giffin and the by William Schuman, present director Stetson Glee Club as soloist in 'Stout of ^ JuilUar(1 School of Music in Hearted Men' from the. New Moon ^^ yorfc The „shots„ ftre entit,ed (Romberg), 'Song of the Vagabond' HQfst ^^ Fashion Sh(JW> Trjba, from the Vagabond iting (Friml), and the 'Lost Chord' (Sullivan), Dance, .Monkeys in the Zoo, and Parade, Students and faculty are admit- Amid tumultuous applause Mr Weede ted on their activities ticket was called upon to do his sixth encore Musfcal Courier, probably the na- of the evening. He chose a selection tion>s leading music magazine( devot. that was "most frequently requested ed & head.lined paragraph in the Jan- by GI's" during his tour of South Pa- uary mh isgu6 tQ the> gteW Sym. phony Orchestra, mentioning its four home concerts, out of town engage- ciflc bases — 'Goodbye Little Captain of My Heart' (Stolz). • The brilliant-baritone left DeLand ments and Jtg appearances in col. shortly after the concert to fly- to laboraUon with the stetson Glee Pittsburgh where he is appearing an a - c,ubg ln the Messiahi an ^eretta and, performance of Pagliacci.- •' a special eommencement concert. He was accompanied • by Dorothy 0scar Shumsky( nationally known Richardson. violinist and star of the Firestone . Hour, came from New York to be so- CAMERA CLUB WILL HEAR. EAST- loist in the December concert. With MAN KODAK LECTURER equal pride the symphony now pre- The -first lecture on photography sents Harold M. Giffin, popular tenor from the Eastman Kodak Co. will he . soloist who is head of the Stetson presented Monday at 4:30 p. m. in School of Music voice department and room 303-S, Jean Hinsey, Secretary of director of the Glee Clubs. Professor the Camera Club announced yesterday. Giffin will sing a group of three songs, "Anyone interested in becoming a two of which were orchestrated espe- member," Miss Hinsey stated, "is wel- cially for this concert hy Richard M. come to attend." » Feasel of the Stetson music faculty. Debate Squad Returns From Forensic Tourney Defeating the University of South Carolina, University of Georgia, and the University of Chicago, the affirmative team of the Stetson debate squad rated third place in the'debate convention at Miami, January 30-31. The University of Miami, host team, won first place in the convention, and was presented a cup. This convention was the first o,f a series of annual meetings to he held at Miami, and in order to secure per- ami Beach by bus was arranged> Pri. manent possession of the ,cup, one of » d^y morning the stetson ~team had the participating universities must been given a tour of Coral Gables and win it three times. Members of the Stetson affirmative a chance for a swim at a local beach. Professor Richard Brand, coach of team were Hugh McKinley.^a senior ^ stets(m squad> wag agked by tfae from Miami; and Bill Singleton, a first Unlverslty of Miami t0 jlidge a debate year law student. The subject of the between ^ University of Chicag0 affirmative team and the University of Miami negative team. The debaters News Post debate was—Resolved: That Federal World Government should be estab- .-- . . were impressed with his ability as a - Also winning >three debates, but - .... 1*1 ' * w i * - l-h*. „„„.i:m( judge and thanked him for his inter- getting fever points on the comphcat- ■> & ed point evaluation, yras the negative est in their debate. team composed of Helen Wooten from ' —^-. : Coral Gabies, and Jessie Gibson. Hel- ~_ If _T» x en and Jessie, the only women com- JtlOWell (jr€*S peting in the ' convention, defeated Miami, University of Florida and University of South Carolina. „ , " , . . ' John Howell, sophomore student Individual speakers were fudged on from Mlaml( ^ lagt week appointed their speaking ability with points be- tQ ^ position of-News Editor of the ing given for best and second best STBTS0N- REPORTER, replacing^Bill speakers. Bill Singleton was judged ^^ whQ ^Qyf skrye& ag managing best three times and second best once, e^-li0\ I as was Helen Wooten. Hugh McKiri- ' ' J • . . j . . +. „ „„, A graduate of Miami Senior High ley was judged best one time, and «* - . „,_ A ,,„„* „„Q t,ma School, Howell formerly. served as Jessie Gibson second best one time. • ' _. • . , . .. ' „ (., _,___ staff correspondent. While a high The judges for the convention were - • , . ., .H __ „ .... ..^ ,,. , ll ^ ~-„-„*„^„ oo, -^oii school student Howell edited the Miami attorneys and ministers as well * ~ «. nni,mo,-w «f school newspaper, and was National as professors from the University ot .\.\.J^ „T *• , TT * y . Treasurer of both the National Honor , , . Society and the Hy-Y Club. The returning dehators declared ..*.,* ^ * v .. . ,,. . „„j„„»„i v,n=t At A ministerial student here, and* a that Miami was a wonderful host. At Reporter on the BSU council, Howell has been a consistent honor roll stu- the banquet Friday night in the" An- tilla Hotel, all of the girls participating in the debates as coaches or teams "ent- were presented with gardenia cor- In an interview .this morning, How- sages, and all of the people connected e.ll stated, "I am gratified by the ex- with the debate teams in any way pression of faith in my ability; I will, were given boxes of candy, following in every way, strive to justify that the banquet a sightseeing tour to Mi- faith." ^ FACULTY RECITAL WEDNESDAY Students Quizzed On Rate Reduction Helen Allinger Rosemary Clark Rosemary Clark, pianist, and Helen Allinger, organist, will be presented'in a faculty recital honoring the Central Florida chapter of the American Guild of Organists in Elizabeth Hall, Wednesday, February 11, at 8:00 p. m. Miss Clark, Assistant Professor of Piano and Theory, will perform the Organ .and Head of the Department of organ prelude 'I Call to Thee' (Bach- Sacred Music at" Stetson, will play •Busoni), 'Scherzo, Op. 4' (Brahms), 'Chorale in A minor' (Franck), 'Triple 'Circus Caricatures' (Clark), 'Suadade' Fugue in E flat' (Bach), 'Symphonie (Crane), 'Tarantelle' (Liszt). de L'Agneau Mystique' (Maleingreau) Miss Allinger, who is Professor of and 'Thou Art the Rock' (Mulet). U.S. SOVIET RELATIONS SUBJECT OF FORUM Noted Speaker Lauds United States As World Leader "If there is a;.next war, we will not win it," declared the speaker,- quoting General "Hap" Arnold. "No one will win it!" This was one of the highlights of the Forum last Monday featuring the internationally famous author and scholar, John Somerville. Mr. Somerville "spoke about "American-Soviet Relations in the Atomic Age" before a near - capacity audience in Elizabeth Hall. th.g point clear> and he gtated that]le Mr. Somerville is a leading auth- knew frQm experience because he had ority on Russian thought and a mas- a,SQ gpent much Ume Jn ppe.war 0er. ter of the Russian language. He stud- VBut one of the most importaBt- led and,trayeled extensively-in Russia- pohltg he made -s ^ Rusg.a ig ^ before the war, and is a pioneer in „„„,„„«. „„„„„ ' " ' against peace, the serious study of Soviet problems. He has lectured throughout the Uni- As to territory, he gave some his- ted States on Soviet culture and civil- torlcal fact-s about The Soviet Most ization, and just recently, he was the ^^ort^ »» that the territory that American representative at the Inter- Russia has Sained ln this war ls not national Congresses of Philosophy &reater ^^ what she lost after W" and Science ^ I- Tbis Pro^lem can 1je settled best "The whole key to world peace," ^ negotiation which will outline each said Mr. Somerville, "lies in the im- ma^or country's sphere of Influence, provement of our relations with Rus- - "The. United States," he said, "is sia, and the two biggest problems in the unchallenged leader of the-world American-Soviet relations are the un- today; and Russia Is second. The only derstanding of her ideology and the ,h°Pe for the peace of the world is the territorial demands she has made." peaceful solution*of world problems. Explaining that the Communist However, we need more serious and viewpoint is not the same as that of objective study of Russian history, the Nazis, the lecturer declared that language, and culture," he said "for there is only one similarity between this has been neglected, and the pub- theitwo, which is that they are both He has become prey to misraforma- a one-party system; otherwise, com- tion." munism is diametrically opposite from The -speaker brought up a humor- Facism. He continued -that in. Ger- ous misconception to illustrate his many women were not equal to men, point. A man had read that Stalin while they are in Russia. There was came from Georgia (a part of Russia) a decline in education in Germany and and he thought that the article meant Italy, but Russia, in the last twenty- Florida's neighbor to the north, five years has decreased her rate of After the talk*, there was a spirited illiteracy over sixty percent. Mr. Som- discussion, and the speaker clarified erville cited other instances to make many points for the audience. Dduglas Stenstrom To Run For Seminole County Judge By C. L. MULLIS Douglas Stenstrom, senior law student from Sanford, last Friday announced his candidacy for the office of County Judge of Seminole County subject to the Democratic Primary to be held in May. Since coming to Stetson in 1946, Stenstrom has established an enviable record in scholastic achievement as well as extra-curricular activities. At the present" time he is President of received an A.B. degree in 1942. At the University, Douglas was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega, social fraternity and the Sigma Delta Chi honorary journalism fraternity. In 1945-46 Stenstrom was pursuing his education toward a law degree at the University of Virginia. While attending the law school he was awarded a scholarship for high scholastic achievement. When the Stetson Law School re-opened in the fall of '46, Stenstrom transferred to Stetson from where he will graduate in March. Besides being an honor student, president of the Student Bar Association, the senior law student is a member of the newly organized Barristers League and was the first Chief Justice of the Stetson Honor Court. Students Attend Movies 2,138 Times Each Week "Martin" Committee Announces Total Of 863 Ballots Cast By BILL FISHER' Stetson student? visited .the local theatres 2,138 times during the week ending January 25, "Red" Martin, chairman of the committee on theatre rate reductions announced this morning. In the Liberal Arts, Business and Music schools, there were .402 matinee attendances and 1,531 evening attendances. This constitutes a total l of 1,933 paid attendances, from 775 "ballots cast in these three schools. In the Law School, which has a much smaller enrollment, there were ' . __*■..__ *9 matinee and 156 evening attend- Stetson students quizzed on the cam- ««""8 «.n.cuu pus Tuesday morning reflected &e auces- A total of 88 votes ^ere cast, apparent feeling of the entire student Brought down to per cent averages,' body on the recent action to reduce- the above data means that in the Lib-- rates at the local theatres. ' Those eral Arts, Business and Music schools questioned were unanimous in the „„., „, , . . . , xi. _ -x. . _ i^ v each student who cast a ballot attend- opinion that the rates should be re- ., ..„ -, , . ... duced B -" cinema 2.49 times each Voicing the rising reaction oflhe SumST SCh°01 ^^ "^^ nation against continued inflation, student opinion apparently was that the The con"nittee chairman explained rates should be lower if the theatre that a sma»er-scale canvas had been operators could still make a reason- taken' Previously for the weekending ahle profit. Some of those who were November 30. The canvas, which' cov- asked felt definitely that attendance e"d three women's dormitories, fail- would be increased if a reduction for ed because it_"was not representative Stetson students is obtained. ' of the student body." "Since more students go to the " In a» exclusive REPORTER lnter- shows here than ^townspeople, the view early today, Martin declared, "I rates for students should be lower" visi* to express my gratitude to those was the opinion of Nellie Jo Raulerson ^tudents who enabled this canvas to and Jeanne Watson. Pat Weathers afford us what I believe to be an ac- felt the reduction would be a "grand curate and representative indication thing." M. J. Gawthrop and K. A. Rod- of the student body's support to the erts shared the same general feeling. . local theatres. 1 believe that the data Doris Joiner stated that she thought ir0T°- these ballots is sufficient to give the students as a whole would go to our petition adequate factual basis the shows more, and she was all for it. . *or a student rate." William Fred Fischer said that "If The committee on theatre rate re- movies can give students lower rates ductions was appointed by Student and still run at reasonable profit, they Body President Fred 'Bud' Dickinson should do it. Naturally there are lots on "October 15, 1947, and has since of GI's with limited income who will that time gathered much valuable in- benefit. formation with which to support their At least one person gave an opinion campaign,, many may have felt. Pauline Graham Also'serving on the committee with said "If they don't reduce the prices or. ' MartIn wa8 Paui Douglaa Both are give the boys more money, I'm going members of the STETSON. REPORT- to quit goings. -.:,-- -7 " WstaffWp't kappa Phi social fra- Paul Fostersaid the proposed rates ternity. would be "conducive to more theatrfc_ " cal attendance; more boys will take 1 > dates; more girls will be happy." ■ Thomas D. Christopher also was in favor of the reduction while Jimmy Holbert felt the present prices were "too much." Douglas Stenstrom the Student Bar Association and has been an honor student since he began his education at Seminole High, Sanford, Florida. Stenstrom enrolled at the University of Florida in 1938 from where he HOWARD Y. WILLIAMS TO BE MONDAY FORUM SPEAKER Howard Y. Williams, noted lecturer will be guest speakeT on this Monday's forum. His subject will be "Organized Labor; Help or Hindrance to Economic Prosperity." Glee Club Will Appear In Jax Sunday, February 8, the Stetson Glee Club will again take to the road, leaving at seven in the morning for. Jacksonville where they will appear in the Avondale Baptist church at 11:00 o'- John Hathaway, Sigma Nu and Pres- clock. At 7:30 that evening they will ident of the International Relations, present a program at the Murray Hill Club, is running for county represen- Baptist-church. tative in his home cqunty of Charlotte , The group i-ffl sing in the Andrew in the May primaries, having quail- Jackson High school, Monday morn- fled January 10 in Eunta Gorda. John Ing, after which they will drive to St Plans to leave school this quarter, but Augustine to appear at St. Augustine will be-back in the spring quarter. High.school. Student Will Run For County Rep. Grabel Conducts Band In Sunday Concert Program Enthusiastic Audience Acclaims Performance Of Varied Works By BILL FISHER, JR. Under the auspices of the City of t DeLand,' The Stetson Concert1 Band, directed by Prof. Victor J. Grabel, presented another in its series of concerts last Sunday afternoon. Originally scheduled to be held at the City band shell, the concert was moved to the auditorium of- Elizabeth Hall because of cold weather. Two of the outstanding-features of the performance were 'Marching For Freedom,' one of Prof. Grabel's own compositions, and., the trumpet solo, 'Inflamatus' (Rossini) played by El- wyn Brown, sophomore from St. >Pet- ersbnrg.. Both selections met with a warm ovation from the small but enthusiastic audience. - Adding spice to the varied' program were three "extras." The first of these 'Liza's Trombone' (Filmore), is one of the most frequently played .of all standard band selections. This was followed by the all-time favorite 'Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.' Explaining that "Any band concert' woiild be w,ell-nigh incomplete, without a selection by the most famous of all American composers; Prof. Grabel concluded his trio of "extras"'with John Philip Sousa's 'Liberty Bell' march". The band' this year has been aug- tnented both in instruments and personnel, and now boasts forty-five members. The organization once again spotlights some outstanding talent. Other works performed include, 'Overture to'Fingal's Cave' (Mendelssohn), 'Variations-on My Maryland' (Short), 'El Relicarlo* (Padilla), 'Medley of Old Favorite Songs' (Seredy), and 'Marche Slave* (Tachaikowsky). Stetson Debaters .Visit Euclid High School Wednesday morning four of the Stetson debaters went to Euclid High school to- debate the question Resolved: "That a Federal World Government should be established." Upholding the-Affirmative were Hugh McKin- ley and Helen Wooten, and, on the Negative were Otis Henderson and Robert Lee. The audience served as the judges and.gave' the decision to the members of the Affirmative team. •Professor Richard C. Brand served as Chairman and timekeeper for the debate. After the debate there was a brief questioning period in which all took part. STUDENT BODY MEETING ' FRIDAY A meeting of the Student Body will be held Friday morning, February 6, in Elizabeth" Hall auditorium, President 'Bud' Dickinson announced. Dickinson urges a large attendance as several important matters are slated for discussion.