The Stetson Reporter

Florida's Oldest College Newspaper wann Discussion of Stetson's - ' Proposed Fall-out Shelter . . . See Page Four 75th YEAR NO. 7 DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1961 PRICE EIGHT CENTS Letter From Vaughen r./.:ypugh0 aught In let son Bents Dr. John V. Vaughen, professor of chemistry, on leave from Stetson; wrote the following letter from. Pakistan, where'he is presently located: , "I would like, to report on events as they happened ~*here, but it is difficult to find a-starting place. The high point of the tension that I noticed came when.the banks were nationalized, with assets to be transferred to Cairo. Overnight all banks became branches, of one national system. This seemed' to me (in retrospect) to have been the last straw, although very little was said openly, for Nasser had his spies and stooges everywhere, and many stories are coming to light of punishment and 3rd» degree methods on. dissenters. Only last night I was ttold of twenty-five men, one still alive, being buried after torture by one of our neigh- borsjMr. Sarraj, Vice-President of the UAR for one month. He is now in.jail, and may be executed. After the revolt ;he "holed up" in. his house across the street and three doors down, and a bank of helmet- ed soldiers with bayonets kept constant guard. There was in the street an armored vehicle with 50mm. cannon and machine guns trained on-the house. This lasted several days after the revolt. He escaped house arrest .(I am told) but was. captured elsewhere. My own ^passport-was held up nearly two weeks, and 'the reason Abdul (our man Friday) gave was that I was suspected of being on the black list., "On the morning of the revolt I was awakened about four am. by a door slamming in the apartment above, occupied by an army general who was dismissed by the Egyptians .about six weeks ago. i.e. prior to the revolt. Before I slept again I heard the muezzin call from the minaret about a block away. They do it electronically nowadays. In the middle of his call to prayer, there was a, loud noise as if someone struck our bedroom-window? which faces on the street, ;and.,is.at.-about curb level since we have the basement-apartment fii a large building ... It was the first four rounds of a rifle in the street signaling the start of the revolt.. Thereafter there was much rifle . fire and- machine gun play, since there are many soldiers placed around in this-'area, which is- the consular section. In town one could hear larger weapons such as cannon . . . We did not leave the house that day, nor the next. In the afternoon I ventured into town but soldiers- and tanks and armed, vehicles were everywhere. "In a few days most everything was back- to normal and it was obvious that the revolt had been very well planned and executed. . . . Damascus is' gaily decorated for victory. People aire again allow-^ ed to cross borders (a' sore point before). United States recognition (coming a little late,- i.e. behind Russia's) is helping us in our work here. It was a real privilege to witness trie, events as they" occured and to have been here early enough to' get the impression of increasing steam pressure." (For a more complete summary of Dr. Vaughen's leave of absence, See Vaughen in Pakistan Page 3 Stetson University has - contracted- IBM for three -calculator machines', .to go into use by June of ?1962. The machines will be used in. connection with the registrar's office and admissions office. -The University has decided to rent the machines because depreci- '•ration is so great, that by the time . they had paid for themselves, they would be obsolete. . '• With these machines, the student will fill out only one card (instead' of ten), at registration time. Professors will be. able to conduct polls, surveys, and predictions with the use of these machines. It will be a great help 'to the social sciences, and particularly those courses which require large opinion polls. '' The machines will be placed in t a special basement to be excavated between the registrar's office and the business office. Both business procedures and registration will be segearedto the code'used by the IBM calculators. The machines will not cut down the personnel, but it will save time which will'be used for much needed research. The machines • will be able to handle 640 cards per minute, thus back files can be compared or pulled in very little time as compared to doing it by hand, as is now the practice. The -IBM calculators' will be maintained by the company, which ,has.a representative-office in Or- ;-'lando. " Strong support for the teaching of' real property law in Florida's three oldest colleges was recently evidenced by a contribution to law college foundations at Stetson Uni versity, University of Florida, and ^University, of Miami from the Trustees of Lawyers' Title Guaranty Fund of Orlando. The announcement was made by Dr. J.: Ollie Edmunds, president- of Stetson, on behalf of the deans of. the Colleges of Law at the three universities. -The Trustees" of Lawyers' Title Guaranty Fund of Orlando has inaugurated a program under which $1,000 per scholastic year .is paid to each of the three law colleges to supplement the salaries of professors engaged in teaching real property practice, Dr. Edmunds, declared. He explained the program was inaugurated at the University of- Florida, in 1960 on a "limited basis but was substantially expanded this year when Stetson and the University of Miami were included. Lawyers'. Title' Guaranty Fund' was created by Florida lawyers in 1947 for the purpose of providing them with the means of cooperatively, furnishing title assurance to their clients. Dr. Edmunds was'one of the charter members and one of the 15 original Trustees,, which position he-resigned in 1948. when he was named president of Stetson University. v, Lawyers' Title Guaranty Fund has its home office at Orlando where it maintains a staff of more than 30. William H. Wolfe of Clearwater, is chairman of the Board of Trustees and Fletcher G. Rush of Orlando, is chairman of the Executive Committee. ■ Both men are University of Florida law graduates. HeNven' A. Lasseter of Orlando, Stetson University law -graduate, is president and chief executive officer. Law Deans Harold L. Sebring of Stetson University, Frank E. Ma- loney of the University of Florida, arid Wesley A. Sturges of the University of -Miami have expressed ■ their pleasure at this evidence 'of support from' the law profession. George Donivan Ritter, - candidate for the LL.B. degree in June from Stetson University College of Law, St.' Petersburg, is recipient of the . Gulf Life Insurance Co. Scholarship. Award for 1961-62. The $500.00 award is given to a third year student of the Law School each year who is selected by the Faculty Committee on scholarships. y The award is made on the basis of financial need, character, scholastic ability, academic achievement, and capacity for meritorious leadership in the field of law. In order to be eligible, a student must have been in attendance in the College of Law for at least one academic year prior to the year of the award. At the close of the spring semester 1961, Ritter ranked third in a class of seventy-one at the Law- School. He has received several book awards for excellence in property and -pleading courses. Ritter receiyed his bachelor of music degree from North Texas State College in 1957 .and was on the honor roll all semester. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Honorary Music Fraternity. Weekly Calendar ~ Today "Psycho" will-be featured in the Stetson Room at 7:30. Admission is 25c. Saturday , Articulation Weekend begins on the Stetson campus. The Green Feather Carnival will be held. There will be a soccer game with the JJniversity of Miami, at 2:00. Sunday v There will be an art exhibit in the SUB and refreshments will be -'served in the lobby. \ ' Tuesday \ The Music School will hold a reception in, the SUB. \ Thursday . ;."Julius Caesar" premiere at Stover Theater. The play will open at 8 p_n. It will run through Saturday. *,^ mtf> i ' t i <-~rr> ■■■".£, . >^- ,. _. ' -*f. * President Edmunds participates in a Green Feather contest, under the watchful, eyes of Dean Stewart. ' . -'.' ft .:■ ft. 'ft ft '.'-.ft']; ft " ft ras Tomorrow Ni The Green Feather Garni-Gras being held at 7 o'clock tomorrow night on'Hulley Field in back of Emily Hall will include.many exciting features. Among the-attractions will be the annual Pershing Rifles Turkey shoot. . Capt. H. F. Martin told the.Reporter this week that the tickets for the turkey \ ■ ■ - . ' shoot are $1 and .can be pur- - . , . .' . -_a_" chased from any ROTC cadet. . ft ; . ft ft ft ft , ft - /'We are planning to give a tur- - y " ' ■' key away to the best one shot out of a group of 10 shots. The turkeys are .12 lb. Butterball Turkeys and are really good. "We. are expecting about 600 people to try their luck," he added. "Another interesting booth at the carnival will be the -Lambda Chi Alpha-Alpha- Chi -Omega -booth. _ Jim' Murphy and Tuck Cooke, both Lambda Chi brothers, will be in the'artist booth;to do sketches of students'.'' - '"-' -,' ." " '■-' ■The " booth also will include ? a "test your strength and ring the bell" attraction. * '.',•'. Sigma Nu pledges will again this year be in the line of fire for the egg? throw sponsored by Sigma Nu- Pi Beta Phi. > . -. Spook House If you scare easily be sure and visit the Sigma Phi Epsilon-Zeta Ta,u Alpha spook house at the carnival. Pi Kappa Phi-Delta Delta' will have a booth at the carnival where you can take out your studying tensions: on breaking records. The record break should be'?a cenler of attraction of- the-carnival. If you are :a coffee lover be sure and visit the Pi Kappa Alpha- Alpha Xi' Delta coffee corner. A real -?big added attraction to this year's carnival will'be an or chid booth. . Jay Landers, co-chairman of the Green Feather Committee, said the orchids are being flown in from Hawaii today for' the carnival tomorrow. . ■ The orchids will sell for'50 cts. and all proceeds will go to the Green Feather Drive. Independent Womens' and Men's Organizations are sponsoring a booth, but it will be a surprise un til the day of -the big affair. Faculty Booths Another of the big attractions of carnival day is the faculty booths. It is rumored that the faculty from the Liberal Arts school will sponsor a freak show (this should be interesting). .. The Business School faculty is keeping their booth a closely Stover Theatre's Modern dress production of Shakespeare's JULIUS CAESAR has moved into its final week of rehearsals and will open next Thursday, November 9th, and will play the 9th, 10th, and 11th. The play is being performed in a modern ItaP" ian setting, and the cast includes: Terry Lung as Julius Caesar; Raymond Delgado ; as ' Octavius. Caesar; Charles Clark as Mark Antony; Jim Sawyer as Marcus Brutus; Louis Phillips as Cassius, arid Ned Grimes as Casca. The two lead -feminine roles in the play are portrayed by Leighan Roberts,- who plays Portia, and by Doris McFar- land, .who plays Calpurnia. - Other featured players in ythe production are Bob Rutledge, Bob Harrison, John. Burchette, Marvin Reed, Lynn Colby, and Susan Clark. Alice Stewart is stage manager for the show, and ,Judy Ross is in charge of lighting. Walter Sonnenburg is the technical director, and the entire production is under the direction of Mr. Bruce , Griffiths. Students may pick up their tickets for the pror duction' by visiting. Stover Theatre's box office between the hours of 3:30 'to 5:30, Monday through Saturday. Students are urged to make- their reservations early. Tiny smashes Nash into Hash. Wood To Judge Art Show Miss Memphis -Wood, artist- teacher from Jacksonville, has been selected as the judge for the 13th Annual Volusia County Artist Exhibition to be .held at Stetson University galleries from November 5 to 25. Miss Wood received ' her a art training at the Universities of Georgia and Florida. She .is a member of the Southeastern Art Assn., Florida Artist Group, Florida' Craftsmen, and the Jacksonville Art Association. Her work has been shown at Stetson in a two-man exhibit and the University owns, one of hsr paintings. .Volusia County artists . who wished .■ to enter, the exhibition, were, asked to deliver their paintings to Holmes • Hall on the De- Land campus by Friday or Saturday, October 27 and 28. No work was.accepted after that time. Entry blanks" were secured by writing or. visiting the Stetson University? Art department. On Sunday, November 5 from 3 to 5, the Junior Woman's Club, of DeLand will once'. again sponsor the opening tea in-honor of county artists and"-guests. Awards for the prize winning paintings will be -presented at this time. ' This Volusia County Artist ex hibit is held to develope-creative art in tne county and the Stetson comrnunity. Grad Joins Opera Stetson University graduate Wi£" liam (Bill) Holley of Plant City and Blountstown, Fla., who_ recently completed a year of study at the Vienna Academy of Music in Austria, will be. the leading tenor with the Salzburg Opera Company for the 1961-62 season; Holley will appear - in leading roles in Gounod's-, "Faust," Mozart's "Cosi Fan-Tutti," Puccini's "Madame Butterfly," Donizetti's "I 'Elisir D'Amore," and' Britten's' "Summer Night's Dream." • A 1954 Stetson graduate and student of Prof. Harold M. Griffin; Holley has the master of music degree from Indiana. University, where he was a voice instructor for two years, and where he also appeared-, in several leading opera roles. In 1957" he was the winner of the student division of the National Federation of Music.Clubs contest and also " of the Metropolitan Opera District Auditions. In 1959 he won the Young Artists Award in Chicago. In 1960 he .was awarded a Fulbright , Scholarship for further study in Austria. guarded secret until tomorrow night. ' Included at, .the carnival this year will be the crowning of the 1961-62 Miss Hatter-'by last year's "Miss Hatter, Jean. Cox. - • ' Beauty contestants are: Monica Abbercrofnbie, Susan Greene,- Lori -Arnall, Penny Gray, Gwen Cheshire; -Pat Erickson, Linda Claitz, Lois Olseh, Karen Roberts, Ginger Barnett, Brenda'-Branlitt, Shannon Strauss, and Sue Chastain.-- The Pershing Rifle , Drill .Team will ialso perform' for- visitors at the carnival."- '., • " • Refreshment stands, coke 'stands and a real live: Calliope will add to the entertainment of the Green Feather Cami Gras Carnival. : Remember to attend the Green Feather Drive's big Cami Gras Carnival 7 o'clock tomorrow night on,.Hulley Field? , All proceeds from the carnival and "the Green Feather Drive will go. to charities>( throughout the state. -' Taylor To Speak ' Dr. William E. Taylor, Stetson University associate professor of English, will talk on Stetson's Honors Program and Early Admission and -Advanced Studies Program at the South Atlantic Modern Language Assn.'s annual meeting. The "group meets in Atlanta, Nov. 9-11. , . 'A study is "being-made by the faculty and administration of Stetson University, concerning a change from'the present semester plan to a-trimester system. •-- Under the present system, the academic year is divided into semesters; the first lasting from September to February; and the second lasting, from February to June. There is also a "third" semester "which runs through the Summer months. * The main reason for the' desired change is'due to extensive studies which'show . that .college campuses are used inadequately in the college year. This is because for the investment involved, the buildings and manpower'lie idle during many-vacations, " midterms,'; and summer ' months. . Because- the state legislature realized the need to utilize the buildings on' the college campus more efficiently ' and'- adequately, they passed legislation' to the. > effect .that state schools go on a 12 month ■ basis,/ beginning next fall? Many private Florida schools are beginning to -assume year- ' round operation also. - There are two possibilities when considering the 12 month plan. They are: ' The ' trimester plan (academic year' is divided into three sections) and the quarter system (the academic year is divided tnio four sections). Has Advantages The trimester plan has certain definite advantages 6ver the quarter .system. First, there would be only three examination periods - and registration periods instead'of four. Second, with the academic year being divided into three parts,. the student would have a. longer period of time for each "course. In other words, the quarter system is divided' into four sections1 of 10 to 11' weeks each,' . while the trirnester system. is divided into "three sections of 16 to'17.weeks in length. Another -reason for the trime-; ster plan is' that the academic terms-would end at natural calenr" ' dar breaks (i.e. first term ending at Christmas). ; The trimester - system would be^ set up in the - following manner:1- >, The first period would run from' early September to Christmas; the? second^.period -would -; •:fun-"-fro_a j Christmas to late April;' the-third ; period would. run from June to-y.j August? |y"f Graduate in 2 2/3 Years }-;' - The student could graduate from'.' Stetson in 2 and 2/3rds years under the trimester plan. However, those who depend on summer em4 ployment, those who must attend summer camps, or those who wish, to take extensive summer vacations, would' not be able to take advantage of the trimester plan. • Has Disadvantages There are . many disadvantages to expanding the-academic calendar to a trimester plan. The ad-..- ministration would have to assured of intended student participation in the program; so ' that they could fill out the faculty for the summer term. Also, great expense would have to be taken to air condition the majority of the class rooms before the summer session would be feasible. Furthermore, the increase in summer enrollment over .the present number would have to be favorable enough , . to warrant the change. • - .Probably the most appealing aspect of the trimester system- is that one is not required to go to all three periods, thus extending his summer vacation a full month. ■ However, by doing this, the student has assumed work at an ac-' celerated rate and will still have to. attend college for the conventional four years to graduate. No student is compelled to go the full three terms, but student particl- ' pation and . enthusiasm in. this program must be high enough to pay for the program. Sometime within the next week, Dean Hood -'will circulate, a form to the student body, asking their opinion, of this program. It '■ is hoped that the student -body- will weigh- the "problem carefully,, and present some constructive ideas. over ■Dr. Irving Stover,.-professor of speech.at Stetson University,, was' honored by faculty,- staff, and friends- in the faculty lounge' of Stetson "Union. The occasion was Dr. Stover's 80th birthday. The traditional birthday cake with 80 candles was provided. Beginning his 53rd year at the University,' Stover pioneered the college theatre at Stetson, which was named for him in 1938. Reminiscing, Dr. Stover says, "I recall an early trip when I appeared as reader with the Glee. Club. The tour included Lakeland, Tampa, and St; Petersburg. The trip was by train to Tampa and boat to St. Petersburg." ' . As well as being a pioneer of speech and of the University theatre, Dr. Stover also pioneered in other areas, including the organization of the Theta Alpha Phi, national dramatic honorary fraternity,. Dr. Stover's goal was -completed in 1919 when six chapters of the fraternity, were' chartered, one of them at Stetson. ' Of the 500 plays produced at Stetson during Dr. Stover's first 50 years, he directed approximately 475, and ' participated in many. .At the ^Stetson-Homecoming dinner in 1958, alumm-and admirers of Dr. Stover' gave' him a. hi-fi set which marked his fiftieth consecutive year as a member of the Stetson faculty. The program at the dinner, featured representatives from the theatre during the last half century. Fined Drawings Stetson University has received final drawings from the architect for five new men's residence halls, Dean Edward C. Furlong, business manager .announced.- Bids are. now being called for arid awarding of the contract should' be possible in about three weeks, Furlong said. ' The dormitories will be ' con structed with, a' college housing loan of $560,000 awarded by the Community Facilities Administra tion. The two-story halls, to house a total .of 140 men, will be built just north of Pennsylvania ave. and east of Amelia ave. on the University's DeLand campus., NOTE All students interested in working on the Reporter Staff please contact the editor between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday in Room 206 S. U. B. If the editor is needed for any reason call REdwood .4-1099 Liberal Arts Seniors (and Business and Music School, too) should come and get their tree personal copy Of "CAREERS FOR THE COLLEGE MAN" (and woman). In it are listed such important topics as "Your Major — and the Jobs it suits you for"; "Companies and'the types' of Job Openings available"; "Geographical Index"; all sorts of information that will help you intelligently plan your future CAREER. A frank discussion of the Armed Forces Programs and their effect upon your employment possibilities is provided to guide you in the important ■ question of "What should I do?' I've the Service ahead of me." And if .you are interested in specific - - companies, ■ an , article describes in -detail -"How to Write' Your Resume." It tells you what should be included, the form ,to use, and the points the prospective employer is interested "in knowing" about you. -. A'list and a f?ull description bf some hundred businesses, is-.included - .in; ■- this -- excellent- -book.- Come' and get-your free copy at the Office - of; Placement, Room 203,; School of Business. •You" need "CAREERS FOR THE COLLEGE MAN" if you want to plan your future intelligently. The Accountancy Club elected new officers at its first meeting of the year. The new officers are president, Larry "Deets; vice-president, Mary Jo Krebs; secretary, Joy Lynn Thomas; treasurer, Phil Hembort. Mr: Richard ' Darby, president of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, will be guest speaker at a dinner meeting Friday, November 3, at 6:15 p.m. in the Stetson Union dining room. The Volusia County Chapter of the Florida Institute of Public Accountants will also be present at this meeting. The subject of Mr. Darby's lecture will be "Major Problems of the Accountancy Profession." * * * Beta Alpha Sigma, professional business . fraternity, initiated the following pledges at a dinner meeting October 23: Carl Adams, Frederick Blosck, Gerrad Buchan, James Coulter, John Dupre, Randolph Fermon, Henry Gregory, Craig James, George Helley, Robert Mitchell, Conrad Nelson, David Rinker, Lester Sheltony Andy Smith, Oscar Tanner, Al Thode, Jerry Lohmann. • . The-,guest speaker for the November 6 meeting will. be Dean Furlong. Meeting time is at 5:30 p.m. in the Stetson Room of the S.U.B. Dean Furlong's topic will center around "The Values of A Business Education." It is hoped that all B.A.S. members will attend? this meeting. ' ■,.. The Water's Fine — Come On In Last week, when it was lovely warm Florida weather,' we started to think about the gossamer dream of Stetson students, the swimming-pool. It still seems like a grand idea to- have -one, and somehow, we do prefer a swimming pool at. the college, to the one we've heard so much about. Not that we don't consider the future posterity and all those political angles, but we also prefer to have that pool in the most immediate future possible. After all, how do we know, that the class of '54 will enjoy swimming? So let's vote to'add two dollars to the price of our student activity ticket quickly—before we take it> to buy red flannels' or furlined gloves—and carry out the proposal which was made just before Christmas by our student body president. If we do, work can be started almost immediately on-.the pool, and we can.have a pool—_- we- mean, swimming—party- to celebrate the end of finals in June. . . ■ (This editorial is reprinted from The Stetson Reporter of Wednesday*, January 18, 1939.) Soccer Game -.,_..(?.