The Stetson Reporter

"Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 66th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND/FLORIDA, FRTDAY, AUGUST 29, 1952 Summer Issue A new Baldwin electronic organ, •which meets American Guild of Organists specifications, is being installed in the Elizabeth Hall audi orium and is expected to be ready when classes start" September 29. . The organ is not the only improvement in Elizabeth Hall. Foam rubber cushions are being installed and the straight-backed seats, designed -for the dignified and straight-laced students of a half century ago, have been tilted backward slightly for comfort. The cushions' and seat-work are the gift of a DeLand donor who prefers to remain anonymous. ' Already dismantled and stored in the basement of Elizabeth Hall is tlie old pipe organ which served Stetson students, for fifty years. The more than 15,000 pipes "have been labeled and stored in sets to be offered for sale. The new organ has two manuals and 32 pedal bars. There are 10 stops on the great manual, 14 on the swell and seven on the pedals. The organ has three intensities and is designed to duplicate the tones of a pipe organ costing approximately $35,000. The tones are produced in the console by a series of radio tubes and are piped through four amplifiers to the sound chamber to be (Continued on Page Fiv§) D#\ McEniry JVaf||§§f- Dean William Hugh McEniry, a key — ~-££u figure in administrative circles since 1940 and currently chairman of the graduate council, has been named Dean of the College of Liberal Arts .by President Edmunds. The deanship bas been vacant since Dr. H. C. Garwood was made dean emeritus. Dr. Garwood, who formerly served as dean of the university and as acting president, will continue as a member of the faculty of the department of religion, devoting his attention to teaching and research. Dr. McEniry came to Stetson in 1940 as assistant professor of English and acting head of the department. The following year he became bead of the department and was made a full professor. A year later, he was made head of the division of humanities. In 1943 and 1944, Dr. McEniry did personnel and classification, work at Camp Blanding and at an Army general hospital in France, continue to hold along with his Returning to Stetson in 1946, he new duties. was made chairman of the grad- Dr. McEniry is a native of Ala- uate .council, the position be -will bama and received ;liis A.B. degreo- WILLIAM HUGH McENIRY from Birmingham-Southern College in 1937. His master's in 193S and doctor's in 1942 are both from Vanderbilt He has done research work in many large libraries collecting material for a biography of Herman Melville. For his master's be reviewed the criticism of Melville. For Ms doctor's he majored in Nineteenth Century American literature and minored in the history of philosophy and esthetics. He also made a special study of the English romantic poets, Spenser and Milton, as well as Chaucer. Dr. McEniry is liaison officer for the Danforth Foundation and a member of many faculty committees including the athletic committee. In a recent issue o£ The Christian Century his article on "Tlie Case for the Christian College" was featured. This writing grew out of bis chairmanship of the Stetson general education committee which in 1950-51 produced a report on the nature of the Chris- (Continued on Page Fire) High Grades Win Nine Scholarships Scholarships for nine students for having the highest academic rank in their classes for the year 1951-52 were announced recently by Dean C. Howard Hopkins. The scholarships are given annually to the two students in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes of the College of Liberal Arts, the School" of Music and the ScboQl of Business, and to one each in the first and second year olasses of the College of Law. whose academic rank is highest in their respective classes. Freshman winners were John Howell, Jacksonville, and Victor Vaughen, DeLand. Sophomore winners were Marilyn Thames, Osprey, Robert Brey- fogle, Cassadaga, and Barbara Martin, DeLand. Junior class winners were John Eli Morgan, Clinton, N. C, and /William Louis Sayre, Holly Hill. Norman D. Aberts, Jr., Bel Air, Md., was the first year law winner, and Fred S. Schmunk, Jr., Philadelphia, was second year law winner. Simmer Arts Course To Be Repeated In ?53 The 20th Century Arts and Letters Course, conducted during the summer session by Dr. John Hicks, Prof. Edgar Albin and Prof. Roger Cushman, proved so successful that plans already are under way to repeat it next year. The course, open to students for credit and to the townspeople to learn more about the arts, attracted groups from 90 to 400 people. Approximately 20 took the course for credit and all indicated they would recommend it to their fellow-students. The course was designed to show the relation between the arts with Dr. Hicks stressing poetry, Professor Albin, the paintings and drawings, and Prof. Cushman, music. John Ciardi, visiting poet, was featured in one program. Prof. Kenneth Ballenger's Opera Workshop was another. The Stetson Ensemble gave a program of Chamber Music. Eleanor Leek and Richard M. Feasel joined Prof. Cushman in the ensemble. There were programs featuring Professor Cushman as pianist, Professor Ballenger as vocalist, Dr. Hicks in a recital of modern poetry and Professor Albin in illustrated lectures on art. The -opening program was a movie showing the instrumentation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The closing program, which was a symposium, presented many interesting questions. These were discussed by those in attendance as well as the panel of three professors who conducted the course. THE UNIVERSITY CALENDAR Sept. 17-20-—BSU Retreat, Deer Lake. Sept. 18-20—Faculty Meetings. Sept. 20—Football game, Stetson vs. Florida at Gainesville. Sept. 22-25—Freshman Orientation (Dormitories open to Freshmen at noon September 21) Sept. 26-27—Registration. Sept. 27—Football game, Stetson vs. Northeast Louisiana at Monroe, La. Sept. 27-29—Presbyterian Retreat. Sept. 29—Classes Begin. Women Take Lead In Study Of Grades Women again made better grades than' men at Stetson University last year, an analysis of grades made by Registrar Barbara Rowe revealed today. The average for women was 1.404; for men, 1.322. For 1950-51, the women averaged 1.622 and the men,-1.454. All fraternity women had the highest average with 1.485 and fraternity men had the lowest, 1.246. All-fraternity averages were 1.351. one thousandth of a point under the university total of 1.352. Last year the non-fraternity women led in grades with 1.653, while fraternity women had 1.582. The grades follow: i 1950-51 1951-52 All fraternity women.. 1.582 1.485 All fraternity men 1.365 1.246 All fraternity average.. 1.452 1.351 Non fraternity women 1.653 1.337 Non fraternity men 1.499 1.360 Non fraternity average 1.545 1.353 All women 1.622 1.404 All men 1.454 1.322 University -total 1.511 1.352 Veterans 1.507 1.354 Non veterans 1.513 1.385 Branch General Status Given To Stetson ROTC The ROTC unit at Stetson is one of 25 in the United States being changed this year to a general classification, it was announced by President Edmunds. Students in the corps may at the end of their second year designate the branch of service they prefer. All new ROTC units will be designated. "Branch General." In explaining the new program. Fred Korth, Assistant Secretary of the Army, said "at the end of two years' Branch General instruction the student may indicate his personal desire for assignment to a particular branch." The statement also said that "individual students taking the Branch General course will be assigned to branches at the end of the third year and will attend a summer camp of the branch to which assigned." This means the Stetson corps will no longer be known as a Military Police unit. Those attending summer camp will train with the units of their choice. The change is based on experience acquired in certain test units and is desired by college authorities, Korth said. An enrollment this fall larger than last year is a virtual certainty at Stetson a month before classes are scheduled to start. Also inquiries, applications, transcripts- and room reservation fee^ are being received in e~ery mail. Interest in Stetson appeared to stem from many sources, according to Director ^ of Admissions H. W. Hurt. This interest, in many cases, was spurred by personal contacts by James R. Lyon, university counselor on the admissions staff, and three student representatives in the field this summer, Bob Christie, Jack Colcliron and Betty Grover. A majority of the students proved to be loyal representatives of the University during the vacation by sending names of prospects to Dr. Hurt, and. on. m_?ny occasion^,. bringing prospects to the campus. The present indication, Dr. Hurt said, is that the percentage of students of last year who will return in September will be fully up to normal. Alumni assisted college representatives in arranging parties and get-togettfers so that the Stetson story could be told to a number of high school graduates at the same time. One of these affairs was at the Jacksonville home of Miss Josephine Jones, of the Florida Baptist Convention, and another was in Atlanta by Librarian Charlotte Smith. Publicity, in many events, such as the Tangerine Bowl Football (Continued on Page Five) To Medical School, Arvid "Pete" Peterson is one of the 28 freshmen to enter the new University of Miami medical school in "September. Selection of the first class in Florida's lirst medical school was made after extensive qualification tests. High Schools Pick Five Top Students Five of six nominees for the new Volusia County Scholarships have been received in the office of Dean Hopkins. The sixth. Seabreeze, will be nominated later. The scholarships are valued at $225 a year and are renewable throughout the four years of the recipient's college work. They are offered annually to an outstanding student graduating from DeLand, Mainland, Seabreeze, New Smyrna Beach, Pierson and Seville high schools. Gwendolyn Ledbetter, 632 W. Howry, will represent -DeLand. Hd- itor of the Athenian, she served as publicity chairman of the Tri-Hi-Y, was on -the honor roll for four years, a member of the National Honor Society and won a history award. Wylene Mayfield has received the Seville award. She won a Junior High American Legion Award, holds a senior life guard certificate and served as a guard (Continued on Page Five)