The Stetson Reporter

"Florida's Oldest College Newspaper''' 66th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA, Friday, Februar 13, 1953 No. 16 Concert To Be Presented 'Tonight at 8 By University Band In Elizabeth Hall The Stetson Band, having returned earlier this week from a field -tour, - will present its annual Home Concert at 8 - this evening in the Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. The program will open with von Weber's "Oberon Overture". The concert is heavily sprinkled' with well-known composers and compositions. "George 'Gershwin will be represented by a selection from his modern opera, "Porgy and Bess." "His Honor" March' by prominent comiposer Henry Fillmore will be included. The popular "You Belong To Me" with the arrangement by Hal Leonard will be played, as well as "Two Moods In Minor" by Dick Feasel, conductor of the University Band. Other numbers on the program include: "March, from "The Love of Three Oranges'" by Serge Prok- ofieff, "Poem" by Gardner Read, "Mozart Matriculates" by Alec Templeton, "Lassus Trombone" by Henry Fillmore, "Three Dances", from "Nell Gwyn" by Edward German, "Salutation March" by Roland Sentz, "Three Blind Mice" by Carleton C p 1 b y, Commando March" by Samuel Barber ,and "Carnival Day In New Orleans." Also on the program a selection of Stetson songs. Soloists for the concert will be Carole Van Allsburg, French horn, and Howard Gold, alto saxo,phone.- Conductor will be Dick Feasel and Associate Conductor Don Yaxley. Commons Extends Breakfast Hour In North Boom r The breakfast line in the north dining room of the Commons will stay open until 8:30 each morning, Monday through Saturday* it is announced by Miss Genevieve Buck- nell, University Food„Services Director. "This is only the, north wing," says Miss Bucknell, "-the sauth wing will close at 8:00 as usual." Miss Bucknell also stated that any student's constructive criticism or suggestions will be welcomed. The extending of the breakfast hour is the result of one such suggestion. All students are welcome to go in and speak with Miss Bucknell personally or to contact one of the student members of the Food Committee. Food Committee members ,are: Lynn Pier, George Singletary, Herb Wil coy, Jack Morgan," Norma Brown, and Carolyn Daniel.. Pan Hellenic^ Inter!raternity Councils Announce Bush Schedules, Procedure Fraternity and sorority spring rushing schedules have been announced by the Pan-Hellenic Council and Interfraternity Conference. Second semester women's rush week will.be February 23-28. The female Greek group wil hold only one party each during this. season. The supper parties will run from 5 to 8 p.m. and will be held in the sofority suites in the Panhellenic building. '• _ . The schedule is as follows:- Feb 23—-Zeta Tau Alpha Feb. 24—Delta Delta Delta Feb. 25—Phi Mu Feb 26—Pi Beta Phi Feb 27—Alpha Xi Delta All girls interested in being rushed please sign a card to that effect in Dean Turner's office by noon February 19. These cards are to be signed again if one was signed last fall. The IFC has announced that each prospective male rushee will be required to register with that organization, before formal rushing begins Febuary 20. This will be done through forms given to new students and transfer at their orientation meeting. Returning non fraternity students are also eligible for rushing. The fraternity schedule is as follows : Stetson Student On Height Show Jim Daugherty, freshman, voice major, will sing tonight on the Horace Height Talent Show in Daytona Beach. The? show is being, presented in Peabody Auditorium at 8:30 p.m.- and will, be broadcast locally in the Daytona area Daugherty and a'- young lady were the only two to be selected from 70 contestants for the Daytona show. The winner at Peabody will appear the following week on the national broadcast of the Height Show from Knoxville, Tennessee. Daugherty was soloist for the Air Force Band in Washington and served in the band for four years. His home is in Parkersburg, West Virginia. At Stetson he is a member of uniyersity glee club and the travel squad. Feb. 23—Lambda Chi Alpha Feb. 24—Pi Kappa Phi Feb. 26—Pi Kappa Alpha Mar. 2—Sigma Phi Epsilon Mar. 3—Sigma Nu Mar. 5—Delta Sigma Phi Men's rushing rules wil be published in next week's Reporter. Law School Fate May Be Decided On February 19 Members of the Stetson University Board of Trustees will have their annual meeting February 19 ia the office of President Edmunds. One of the most important decisions which is expected to be made is whether or not the College of Law will be moved to a metropolitan area in accordance with the recommendationn of a committee of law alumni appointed more than a year ago to study the law school needs. This committee recommended that the trustees move the law school to some metropolitan area and establish a law center. Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg and other cities have indicated a desire to have the law school in their localities. Spokesmen for Stetson law alumni and the Chamber of Commerce addressed a public meeting here Monday in a movement to prevent the removal of the Law School from DeLand. DeLand attorney Sidney Taylor, representing DeLand Stetson law alumni, estimated that a $500,000 endowment is necessary to provide adequate facilities that will meet the requirements of the American Bar Association. Taylor said that he thought a building could be built in DeLand at a cost of not more than $150,- 000. Lee Maxwell, chairman of -the Merchants Division of DeLand C. of C. pointed out that the Law School accounts for approximately 10 percent of ^tetson.'s t enroll- (Continued on Page Two) Talks, Informal Discussions Featured; "Choose Ye This Day" Will Be Theme "Choose Ye This Day" will be the theme of Religious Emphasis Week which begins Monday with a non-compulsory chapel period at 10 A.M. Dr. D. J. Evans, of the Gordon Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia has chosen "Seeing What You See" "as his topic for that morning. "What Are You?" and "The Times and My Faith" will be torjics for the Wednesday and Friday chapel programs. A popular speaker at Religious Emphasis Weeks throughout the country, Dr. Evans graduated magna cum laude from Bucknell Uni- DR. J. S. EVANS , , , Emphasis speaker versity and received his theological training at Crozier Theological Seminary, both in Pennsylvania. He also received the Doctor of Divinity from Bucknell. He is on the Board of Trustees at Mercer University, a member of the Georgia Baptist Convention Executive Committee, and former President of the Georgia Baptist Sunday School Convention. To awaken in the individual college student the urgency and necessity of Christianity in every phase of life, for himself and in dealings with other persons, is the purpose of Religious Emphasis Week. Jim Dator, Chairman of the Emphasis Week, has co-ordinated the efforts of the various committees. He is vice-president of the Canterbury Club and this organization's representative on the Student Christian Association. The topics for the evening sessions, held Monday through Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in Elizabeth Hall, will be Monday, "Meaning of Believing"; Tuesday, "The Greatest Story"; Wednesday. "Worship and Life"; and Thursday. "My Choice"; all conducted by Dr. Evans. 0 K Bovs Heme's Your Chance! Tonight from 6:30 to 7:3d Chaudoin Hal! will have an open house Refreshments will be served, and all University students are invited for a tour of inspection of the dormitory. The tour, an innovation at Stetson, has been planned in the office of the Dean of Women, Etter M. Turner, and has her complete approval. The girls are slicking up their rooms for a double inspec- Oii t^iuay. l ilia ^., k.v.1 ..vC »4iv= nembers of the Faculty Wives "lub will tour the building. Forty-Five Seniors Receive Degrees During Mid-Year Graduation Exercises Diplomas were presented to 45 students and Army commissions as second lieutenants went to three as Stetson held an informal graduation exercise in Stover Theatre last Friday. The degrees were presented by President J. Ollie Edmunds after he spoke informal- it's inside There's lots inside today— see— 1953 Football Schedule —on page six Features, pictures, cartoons —on page four Latest in Intramurals —on page seven New Column begins —on page eight ly to the group. Only members of families of those receiving degrees were present. Others completing their work at mid term chose to, return at the June commencement to receive their degrees. He told the graduates to be proud of the fact that they are products of a Christian college, pointing out that fok- the first 100 years of our nation all colleges were started by churches and that today more than half are church-related. The class included one man who has seen more than half the graduates of Stetson receive their degrees. He was Wallace Grissett. Jr., who enrolled in the fall of 1947. Since that time in addition to receiving his arts and law degrees, he has seen degrees awarded to more than half of Stetson's \gradudates, indicating the rapid growth of the university in the last decade. Five athletes were in the class. Included w«re Bill Johnson, All- American honorable mention quarterback; Don Martin* nationally ranked for points after touchdown; Jim Taveniere, nationally ranked for percentage of field goals made; and Tom Gibson, and Bobby Marks, starting offensive men on the 1952 grid squad. Commissions went to Gibson, cadet lientenant colonel; Marks. company captain, and Robert H. Scott, DeLand, a junior, who plans to return after his period of active duty to receive his degree. Victor C. Massey, Jr. of Tampa, received his degree magna cum laude. He was the only honor graduate. .» Others receiving degrees were: Barbara Bailey, Ruby Peters Bauer, Elizabeth Lybass Cadman, Eugenia Akerman Carson, Homer oksey, Cody Wilson Copeland, Robert Byron Huffman, Made- Dinkins, Joyce Lavonne, Leonard Melton, James Reed Parham, Leonard Melton, James Reed Par- ram, Howard Clayton Price, Carl Shafer, Mildred Caroiyn Shealy, Patricia Snowden Lane, and Vincent Stanley Stadnick, Jr, Others were—Jack Collins, Van Rensselaer Field, William Mor- (Continued on Page Two)