The Stetson Reporter

JOHN i3. SAMPSON LIBRARY HiLAK BOOB i ^ M"-_j'.ij!_i 66th YEAR 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" No. 22 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA, Friday, March 27, 1953 %es; us Parties Ten Offices Listed For April Election By ROY MILLS Reporter News Editor Offlrial rules and qualifications of candidates for 10 offices scheduled for the campus ballot April'28 are announced today by George Stedronsky, Chairman of the Rules and Procedure Committee. In addition to standard rules, in accordance with the Student Government Constitution, the committee has initiated regulations governing campaigning. At a meeting this week the committee, consisting of seven girls and six boys, voted the following rules and qualifications tsr be effective in this Spring's general election: 1. A general election shall be held on Tuesday, April 28. from S:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. under the supervision of the Committee on Rules and Procedure. Ballot boxes shall be located in the Art Gallery of Elizabeth Hall and at the Law- School. 2. The following officers shall be elected for a term of one year: (a) The President, Vice-President. Social Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Student Government Association, (b) The Editor and Business Manager of The Reporter, (c) The Editor and Business Manager of the Hatter, and the Editor of the Student Handbook. 3. Nominations for the Student Government Association offices shall be made from the floor of the Association's meeting at Chapel on Friday, April 17, at 10:00 a.m. Any member of the Association may nominate candidates. 4. Candidates for all Association offices shall not be on academic probation. A candidate's academic average shall be determined by the (Coneinued on Page Five) Student Body Meeting Follows Today's Chapel There will be a special Student Government Association meeting following today's chapel program, it has been announced by President Carroll Lewis. Business to be discussed will concern an appropriation of funds for two Law School students to attend the annual Student Bar convention in Houston, Texas, next month. Scholarship Rating Released; Pi Phi Average Highest Pi Beta Phi Sorority took first place in campus academic standings for last semester it has been announced by the Registrar's Office. ^ The sorority's 1.872 average was higher than the All University's 1.328, All Women's 1.524. and All Fraternity Women's 1.532. Grades indicated that Stetson women are smarter than the men. The All Women ratio was 1.524 while the men had a 1.189. The AU'Eraternity Men and Women average of 1.332 was higher than that of Non-Fraternity Men and Women, 1.304. However, Non- Fraternity Men. with 1.212, ranked above the All Fraternity Men average of 1.185. The five campus sororities all had higher averages than the fraternities. Following the Pi Beta Phis in order are: Alpha Xi Delta, 1.563; Delta Delta Delta, 1.481; Zeta Tau Alpha, 1.446; and Phi Mu, 1.359. Sigma Phi Epsilon. with a 1.33S. led the fraternity category. In a close second was Pi Kappa Phi, 1.330; then Lambda Chi Alpha, 1.142; Delta Sigma Phi, 1.124; Sigma Nu, 1.071; and Pi Kappa Alpha, 1.035. Visiting German Journalists Impressed By Stetson Students, Their Interests The group of eight German journalists on campus last week made the following statements concerning Stetson, the students and their visit. The group stayed in various fra- ernity houses and dormitories, herefore allowing the young Germans to receive a closer view, of -tudent life. ROLF WILHELMS, editor, Nord- westdeutsche Rundschau, found Stetson students had a surprisingly good understanding of European problems and an inquiring interest about what they could do in the work ahead. - PETER BOEGEL, art and cul ture editor, Wiesbadener Kurier, "Stetson students showed very progressive thinking in the questions they asked me." KARIN THIMM, assistant editor of Die Neue Zeitung, "Girls here at Stetson asked me questions all the time. One even made tip a list of things to ask. And they were very smart questions. I think Stetson University is more formal than other universities 1^ have visited (Northwestern and U. of Oregon) especially in its rules for girls." KLAUS HAEMMERLE, United Press correspondent in Regens- (Coneinued on Page Five) Old Stetson Party To Be Renamed ' The campus' two political parties — the Hatter Party and the Stetson Party, soon to be renamed, both report planning activity for Spring elections next month. The Stetson Part, representing Greek organizations, had three sessions this week with last night's meeting after The Reporter's press time. The Hatter Party, composed of independent students, has slated a meeting for April S. The Stetsan Party faces complete revision. Plans call for renaming the party and holding a party primary. No decision has been reached in regard to the name. A new constitution was submitted by the Party's Central Committee to fraternity and sorority chapters Wednesday night for ratification. The Stetson Party, representing tion calls for a party primary to be -held April 10. All candidates meeting Student Government Qualifications will be qualified for the primary ballot. This will eliminate the former system where delegates representing the various groups voted for party candidates in a c-losed session. Also the new constitution calls 'or each member organization to submit a bond to be forfeited in case of suspension or withdrawal irom the party. No affiliate with member oragn- izations will be allowed to openly support an opposition candidate and a binding agreement to this effect will be signed by all members. A spokesman for the Hatter par- Party will continue to work for '-etter campus government." -y told The Reporter, "The Hatter In last year's Spring elections Ne Hatter Party took all but one -ffi.-e on the campus ballot. Asked to osed Of Student, Faculty Group; ?come Effective Immediately A Board erf Publications, composed of botn students and faculty representatives, was proposed to the administration this week by Sigma Pi Kappa, honorary journalism fraternity. Scholarship Bay ii Tests Announced Forty selected Florida high school seniors will visit Stetson Saturday, April 11, for the University's annual scholarship day, according to Dr. John V. Vaughen, chairman of the committee on scholarship awards. These students will compete in an examination during the morning for five four-year University Scholarships at Stetson valued at $1,800 each. The successful contestants are chosen both for academic excellence and promise of becoming campus leaders. At the same time, students from all parts of the nation will be competing in their home towns for five awards of similar value known a s Interregional Scholarships. These are designed to acquaint students of another section of the country, with Stetson, and to bring here outstanding students from other states., The Florida visitors will assemble at 9 a.m. for the tests which will be completed by noon. They will be entertained by the scholarship committee at a dinner at noon at the University Commons. At the dinner, Carroll Lewis. president of the Student Government Association will welcome the visitors to the campus. He will outline the entertainment program scheduled during the afternoon. Winners will be announced about a week after scholarship day. In a letter to the Dean of the University. jCarolyn Daniel, president of Sigma Pi Kappa said that "the University has been fortunate not to have any problem in which a board would not be needed, although there have been occasions when a board could have been used to relieve pressure upon the heads of student publications in matters of policy and tradition." The proposed board and its duties, which include new qualifications for student editor candidates, was asked to be formed and to go into effect immediately. The proposal went to the administration in the following form: "Section 1. The recommended composition of the Board of Publications would be the following: the editors of all the student publications; a representative of the Student Government Association, to be appointed by said Association's president or executive committee; one faculty member from any department of the University and one member of the faculty of the department of journalism, both of whom to be appointed by the administration initially for one- and two-year terms and thereafter to be elected for two-year membership by the Board of Publications. and the director of the Stetson News Bureau. "Section 2. The chairmanship of this Board will be held by a faculty member, chosen by the Board. "Section 3. The initial duties of this board will be as follows: (a) To be the authority to which major complaints concerning policy of the student publications will be made. (b) To act as a board of mediation on any controversy regarding ^Continued on Page Five) Swim Talent Sought Students interested in taking pprt in the Ponce DeLeon Springs water shows are invited to meet with John Fortune-, director of the water carnival, at Room 212 Elizabeth Hall at 4 p.m. Friday, April 10. it'® Inside Prof. Ed Furlong tossed his hat into DeLand's political ring for mayor—on page six A "sneak previdw" tonight of 1953 fall football Hatters—on page two BEING FASHIONABLE is Mildred Miller pictured above. Mildred was one the the eight co-eds modeling spring fashions at the Reporter sponsored fashion show Wednesday night.Reporter Photo by Coleman