The Stetson Reporter

i" >' Otltt Twelfth Yea.- DE LAND, FLORIDA, APRIL 23, 1948 Number 21 —' 5c Per Copy Students Mustl Register Cars, Dean Davis States Rule Intestded ~g To Ascertain Exact Mum-ber . Dr. Benson W. Davis, Dean of Men, said this week that the rule for registration of all automobiles maintained by the students is still in effect. This rule has been listed in the Handbook, but" many of those operating vehicles have not registered their cars with the. University. The Dean- is. asking ' that, the rule be followed. Commenting on the announcement, Dean' Davis reminded the student body that this is not an unusual thing for a college to require; in fact, many institutions do . not allow students to keep automobiles while they are attending school. " ■ One of the primary reasons for-the registration is to ascertain the number of cars on the campus. The University needs to know how many of the cars that enter into the present traffic jam belong to students so that student parking needs" may be met in the future. The enactment of the new liability and property projection laws by the Florida Legislature requires certain damage insurance to be carried. An effort to promote the general safety is also behind the move. ' Men students with automobile should register them with the Dean of-Men; women students who have cars are to go through the same procedure with the Dean of Women. ABSENTEE BALLOTING The procedure for casting an absentee ballot is as follows: On May 4 go to any voting station in the state, present your registration card and you will be given a ballot. The state offices will, of course, will be the same and you simply check your candidate, but for your local elections, write in .the. name-of your candidate and put a check after his name. Be sure and check after the name ' otherwise the ballot is thrown out. The voting station manager will take the ballot and see to it that it is sent to your home precinct. Presbyterains To Have Worker On Stetson Campus . Next year Presbyterian students will have their own student worker on the campus. - Miss Lola Miller of the General Assembly's Training School at Richmond, Virginia,' has accepted the call made by' the First Presbyterian Church..Her duties will include directing the work of the Westminster Fellowship and personal contacts with the Presbyterian students on the campus. _ On April 4, the Westminster Fellow-_ ship inaugurated a new series of programs which will be led by the students themselves. The plans also include guest speakers and a monthly supper. Plans for a hayride and picnic April 29 are to be completed at the regular • Sunday evening meeting at 6:30 ' at the Presbyterian Church. On the fol- . lowing Sunday,' May 2, the ladies of • the church will be in charge of the supper. - .-■-'. Officers of the Westminster Fellow- . ship are president, "Gordon Hays; vice- president, Barbara Brundage; secretary, Patricia Reed; treasurer, Bill King; program chairman, Joan Marshall; and sociarchairm'anj Lois Mead- ors. 1' v*. Sigma Omega Announces New Actives, Pledges ■ The Sigma Omega social fraternity admitted 18 new members and pledges at their meeting Wednesday night,' April 14. Members made active: Jackson, . William B.; Shupp, Roy D.; Stewart, Paul J.; Tjarks, Edward A., Jr.; and Wood/Gilbert M. - Pledged: Walton, Herbert J.f Shepard, Walter C; Bowman,' John L.; Burnett, Mac D.; Carroll, Bud; Freeman, Lamar; Golightly, Jack; Hack- „ett,*-Earl R.; Heckenbach, Hadold R.; Partin, Glenn E.; Waddell, James E.; Ward, James M.; and Wieler, Robert. etSQaians Student Body President Fred "Bud". Dickinson (center) beams proudly as Fred Owen (left). Stetson Party candidate for President of the Student Body, and Bryan "Breezy" Brasington_-(ria|ht) All-Student Party candidate, shake hands on Hulley Field, after nominations were made. Glee Club Returns Sunday From Five-State Excursion Stetson's fast traveling Glee Club will return'to the campus Sunday night after appearing in the Main Street :Baptist church in Jacksonville" Sunday. The group left DeLand on April'8 and sang their; way to New York where they stayed for three days, and then gave concerts in churches on the way back home ■ The Varsity Debate team, composed of William Singleton and Hugh McKinley, won six out of seven debates in the Pi Kappa Delta Debate Tournament at Columbia, South Carolina, to, cop the cup presented to the uni- versity gaining the most points. They lost only to Wake Forest University of N. C. Helen Wooten, member of the girl's team, won the original oration contest against a field of fifteen contesting universities. Her subject was "Today I Am Twenty-One". Teams defeated by the men's team were Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Georgetown College, The Citadel, University of Miami, University of Georgia, and Carson:Newman College of- ■ Tennessee. While on an extensive tour of the eastern states, Singleton and McKinley met and defeated John Hopkins "University, Baltimore.; and George Washington . University, Washington, D. C. They lost to Fordham University and. the Annapolis Naval Academy. The two men spoke in various churches while on their trip to New York. The girl's team, Helen Wooten and Jessie Gibson, met the men's team in Columbia for the tournament. MR. CHARLES HAUBIEL ©f Composers Are Explained COLUMBUS, Ga. April 19.—The, concerts in Montgomery and Pratt- ville ■ were received by a small but enthusiastic audience which included seven Stetson alumni. In Dothan, Alabama, ' Marion Rhea was presented, a corsage by the "Food for Facts" program which was broadcast. over sta- . tion WDIG. Bob Wheatley telephoned station WBT, Charlotte, N. C, and participated in a two way radio conversation on the program, "Night Mayor". ~ MACON, Ga., April 10.—Members of the group were treated royally, as the guests of Mercer University, and gave an excellent concert to an appreciative and intelligent, audience. The golf, tennis and track",teams of Howard College in Alabama were also present on the Mercer campus for athletic meets. SHELBY, N. C, April 12.—The First Baptist Church in Shelby was filled to a 1600 -capacity audience for the first time in 25. years to hear a glee club. Neil Neilson became the first causualty of the trip by leaving his shoes back in Macon. CHARLOTTE!;-N. C, April 12.—The travel squad surpassed. all expectations in Charlottte at St. Johns Baptist Church. "DeLand has never heard this group sing as-well as they did here", wired Prof. Giffin to President Edmunds. The quartet sang on station WBT Monday night, and the en-. tire club at ten o'clock Tuesday morn- ' ing. All of the "sponsors ■ of the radio appearances have asked for definite-^, committments for return engagements at some future time. Members of the group had Tuesday afternoon to go ,'sightseeing in Charlotte. SOUTH HILL; Va., April 13.—A stop not scheduled on the itinerary was made at • Chapel Hill, N. C, to sing.at Duke University, and the Duke students were thrilled by the presentation, especially in the chapel program. The entire club was in good spirits, and the. boys proceeded to pour ice water on the Prof, while he was taking a shower that night. RICHMOND, Va., April 14.—In spite of rain, they gave" a fine concert in Weatherford Memorial Church in Richmond. The numbers best deceived by the .audience, were "You Can't Get to Heaven", "Italian Street Song", "Hallelujah C h o r u s", and "Stout Hearted Men" by the Male Quartet. The weather was cold, annd the group was in fine spirits. WASHINGTON, .D. C,. April 17 — Jon Allen developed an-acute case of- laringitis and- could not sing for three days. The barber shop quartet was well received, and everybody wanted Prof. Giffin to schedule a return engagement. The group paid their respects to Senator Holland, but Senator Pepper and Representative Hendricks were out of town. Giffin decided that there were too many pigeons on the Capitol dome for him to climb up, but the rest of the Stetson- ities managed to reach the top. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 20.—After emerging from the Holland Tunnel and having the bright lights of New York burst upon them, the group began planning what they-were going to do, and they tried to.do everything! They saw Times Square, rode down Fifth Avenue in a double-decker bus, and then along Riverside Drive.-They visited the Juilliard School" of Music, Radio City Music Hall, and Columbia Broadcasting Company; and attended the Prudential Hour and Fred War- ing's program in a" body. Robert • _Weede, who sang here in place of, Donald Dickson a few months ago, met them after the performance as did Shinsky. . Leaving New York Tuesday morn- inng, the traveling Glee Club appeared in Norfold, Va.; Durham, N. C; Charleston, S. ,C; and Waycross, Ga., before completing their itinerary at Jacksonville. — Business School Aids Graduates In order to aid graduating seniors -to find jobs after, graduation, the Business School office has contacted some 40 manufacturing and retail businesses throughout the United- States.. Responses from the-firms contacted will be posted ori'the new bulletin board near the office of Professor Edward C.Furlong, director of the Busi-. ness School. Seniors who have not. found jobs following their graduation are urged to check the bulletin board frequently. Fisher Resigns As Derby Prexy Declaring that he has "found it increasingly more difficult "to devote sufficient time 'and effort to both the Stetson Reporter and the campus political party", Bill Fisher, Green Derby - president and a candidate for the editorship of the Reporter, yesterday tendered his resignation to members of the Derby Party. His term of of- Outlining the development of music through the significance of each contributing composer, Charles Haubiel, American composer and. pianist, in a ■ concert-lecture Tuesday night* demonstrated on. the piano the contributions of 30 composers representing various styles from the sixth to 20th centuries. .Mr. Haubiel in his performance used then strains of "Swanee River" as a theme throughout each of the compositions so that' the stages of theme elaboration and development together with the gradual improvements of musical structure- might be detected by the audience. Distinguishing the composers, who ranged from Pope Gregory and Pales- trina to Duke Ellington and George Gershwin, with a characteristic pseudonym, composer Haubiel gave the most influential work of each com; poser, and named the composer's sources for composition. His" substitution of the "Swanee River" theme for Gershwin's theme in "Rhapsody in. Blue" made a marvelous example of symphonic jazz. After a brief intermission, the American composer presented the second half of' his "artist course" in which he played selections by Bach, and two of his own compositions. One of Mr. Haubiel's numbers, "Capriccio", was a portrait of a companion musician of his during the first World War. The changing moods of the selection showed the capriciousness of the friend while engaged. in a love affair. fice was due to expire in about a week. ' ' Jimmy Ligett, charter member of the group, has been chosen as his - successor. Alumni Maga ew Director .line Issued; ppointed, Announcement of the first issue of Stetson Alumnus,' a quarterly magazine published in the interest of Stetson. Alumni Association, and the appointment of Mrs. Helen Taylor Brown, of Orange. Park, Fla., as director of alumni affairs for John B. Stetson University were announced this week by President J. Ollie Edmunds. "These are two of the' first "three Hatters To Be Released Monday HATTERS will be distributed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the old Publicity Office in Elizabeth Hall. Students who have paid activities fees for the year will receive an., annual .free.' Students will pay $1.50 for each quarter. not attending the university in , order to receive a HATTER. MONDAY: annuals free. Students who get TUESDAY: Students who missed one quarter from university (extra fee $1.50), WEDNESDAY: Students only attending the university one quarter (extra, fee of $3.00). Students not able to come to Publicity office from'4-10 p. m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday may, get someone else- to sign for their Hatter. steps toward building an active alumni association for Stetson", the new president said, "we hope to have working groups in every county in Florida before the end of the year", he added. J. ■ P. Simmons of Miami is president of the association. The first step toward organizing the alumni was compiling a list of all graduates and former students, not only of the university, but of the academy which was operated for many years in conjunction with the university. This work has been under the supervision of T.H. Farr, Jr., university purchasing agent and acting secretary-treasurer of the alumni association. - President Edmunds explained that Mrs. Brown will represent the .administration in its affairs with 'the alumni. Her work will not. interfere with that of the association's own secretary-treasurer. A graduate of Stetson University, Mrs. Brown has operated her own insurance and real estate business in Orapge Park for several years. She is president of the Woman's Club of Orange Park, a past president of the Friday Musicale. of Jacksonville, Duval County Federation- of Women's Clubs, Jacksonville Panhellenic Association, and West Riverside- Parent- Teacher Association in Jacksonville. She also has been active in garden club affairs annd has held numerous other club and . church offices.- Hef son, Frank W. Brown, Jr., attended Stetson until he entered the service: At Stetson,"Mrs. Brown was vice-president of. her senior class and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. - The new alumni affairs director is attending the Florida Education Association meeting this week at Miami and will be in charge of the Stetson headquarters in McAllister Hotel. She also will attend the Stetson FEA luncheon, scheduled at noon Friday in the McAllister club rooms. President Edmunds' will speak briefly at this. luncheon. - ' The alumni magazine, which js being mailed this week to every alumnus whose name and correct address is in the files, was designed and edited by J. Blanford Taylor, director of the Stetson News Bureau. The magazine is printed at the University Press. The format follows that of alumni magazines of the larger universities. The first issue features the appoint- meat and coming to the campus of President Edmunds. It is profusely- illustrated. Several.pages are devoted to - alumni notes. The second issue will appear in July and will feature preparations ■ for homecoming as well- as June commencement exercises. Nosmineesr Are AEis&ounced To Student Body The-pre-election campaign for stu-. dent body offices opened last week with a student rally on Hulley Field. Student Body President Fred "Bud" Dickinson announced that nominations were' in order for five government offices and for the position of Editor- in-chief-.of the Stetson Reporter. Contending in the election scheduled for April 27 will be candidates from the All-Student party, supported by ..the Independent. Organizations, and from the Stetson party, backed by the Greek letter groups. The All-Student -party supports Stetson athlete Bryan "Breezy" Brasing-- ton from Bennettsville, S. C, as their presidential nominee. Fred Owen, the Stetson party choice, from Manchester, Maine, is Commander of the Veterans Association here and was instrumental in organizing a national student veteran movement to petition Congress for increased subsistence allowances under the G. I. Bill. . The remainder of the slates of the two parties is as follows: Stetson - Party—vice-president, Jane Wycoff; social vice-president, C. L. Mullis; sec- • retary, Imogene Clark; treasurer, Mack Cleveland. AltStudent Party—vice - president, Joe Jacobs; social vice-president, Ted Rosa; secretary, Sarah Martha Adams; treasurer, Bob Hensley. : Candidates in the Tace for-the Editorship .of the Reporter are Bill Fisher, John Howell and Felton P. Davis. v Buxton, Fraser to Be Featured In Sonata Recital A Sonata Recital will be played by Frances Buxton, violinist-, and Violet Fraser,: pianist, ' in Elizabeth Hall,- Tuesday, April 27, at 8:00 p. m. The program will include Sonata Op. 30, No. 3, in G major by Beethoven, Son-" ata No. 3, by Debussy, and Sonata in C minor by Grieg. / Miss Buxton and Miss Fraser,.both members *of the School of Music' faculty, are well-known to DeLand Concert goers. Miss Buxton has appeared often as violin soloist, as a member of the Faculty, Trio, and as conductor of-the Stetson. Symphony Orchestra. Miss Fraser has been heard frequently as the accompanist in Faculty recitals. This will be the last of the Faculty Recitals for this year. Caton and Zipprer Win from Gators Weak from the No. 3 position down the ladder, the Stetson Hatters tennis team for the second time this season . and by the same score, 7-2, dropped a match to the University of Florida Gators. The Hatter's two victories were the feature singles match. Dave Caton breezed pass Florida's Terrell, 6-0,-6-4, and Morris "Pinky" Zipprer slipped by Gator Riggins, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1. In the feature doubles the University boys paired Terrell and Riggins . against. Stetson's Zipprer and Caton. - Other singles were: Myers (S) and Borling (F), 6-0, 6-3; Cooper (F) and Matthews (S) 6-4, 6-0; Perkins (-S) and Oughterson (F), 6-0, 6-0; Dunayer .(F) and Kirk (S), 6-3, 5-7,. 6-2. Doubles: Dunayer and'Borling (F) and Kirk and Matthews (S), 6-3, 6-1; Wood and Oughterson (F) and Marsh and Myers (S), 6-1, 6-4. Turner, Stafford, Cazer Accepted By Drama Fraternity Walter R. Turner, Dorothy Stafford, Roland -Cazer and Professor Andrew Preston and Richard C. Brand were initiated into Theta AJphi Phi national honorary dramatic fraternity, Tuesday evening. j At the last business meeting, plans were made to have the annual Senior Picnic .at Blue Springs on April 30. The picnic was started last year in-, stead of havinng a formal banquet, and was enjoyed so much more than the banquets that it was decided to make the picnic an annual affair. A lecture on the Russian Theatre will be given,at the next meeting on May 4.