The Stetson Reporter

7 Florida's Oldest College ^ Neivspaper S0tt Reds Write Communists wish to lecture at;Stetsori . . . See Page 2. 75th YEAR—NO. 17 DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1962. PRICE EIGHT CENTS Stover, Theater >era * On March 14th through the -17th, Stetson University's Stover Theater will present Bedrich Smetana's - "The Bartered Bride" as its fifth major production of the 1961- 62 season. : ■- .-.'.' Starring in the world famous opera will be Tom Wrenn "^(Winter Park) as Krusina, Judy Eckert (Belleville, 111.) mpic Perf Gail Sontgerath, 17-year- old member of the U.S. 1960 Olympic Gymnastics team, .' will be the star performer at " the first annual- Florida State Gymnastics' Teachers. Clinic • at Stetson University, Friday , and, Saturday (Mar. 9-10). 'Also featured are a group a of youngsters .age 7 to 14 called the Acro-bats who will,provide'a gymnastics' demonstration.' The-Acrobats are from Leesburg. ■• / : < "• Director of the' clinic -is r Mrs. Sara S. Jernigan, head' of Stetson's physical - education program for. women, and chairman of the women's board of the U.S. Olympic Assn. according" to"?Mrs.; Jernigan, teachers of- .physical ^ fitness and gymnastics are desperately needed and the clinic is designed to help alleviate this 'situation. Assistant" director .is - ■ Gordon Eggleston,' city of Leesburg director of recreation and Florida AAU gymnastics.. chairman. ,The two-day clinic program.will .; be lead by Pat. Yeager, coach . of "'the U.S. Olympic Women's Gymnastic team, and instructor - at Georgia State Teachers -College, and Bud~Beyer, former member of the U.S.-Olympic Gymnastic team" and coach at the University' of Chicago 'for? 15" years. .- " : Four sessions in instruction are set for beginning gymnastic teachers -with ■ the climax being ' the Saturday evening performance featuring outstanding gymnasts. Mis? Sontgerath will perform then. She will demonstrate her complete Olympic routine consisting of tumbling^ ,.balanc'e.Jqipyes.£jflnd .-ballet,, all executed.ln'a^precise^and live- •dy manner. " "'. - -- . _-- ' 'Miss. Sontgerath-will, also perform running, jumping- and leaping, turns, balances and line positions with' the, uneven parallel bars, and free exercise with side horse vaults. ' Clown Act . . -Also Saturday night,-Beyer will perform on the parallel -bars, still rings, and tlie long horse, and present a clown ' act. - Yeager will demonstrate, free calisthenics, the side horse, the long horse, .and the parallel bars.- The, Acro-bats "" will perform individually and as a team.'.; . ■'."'' ... First session of the Stetson gymnastics clinic begins Friday, afternoon at 4:00 with "a lecture, a - demonstration, and warm-up ■ activities. Other. - meetings Friday evening and. Sa'turday will be participating' sessions. ;- - . On Saturday ihorriing," clinic participants will view motion pictures of the Russian and Japanese . gymnastic teams in the 1960 Olympics in Rome. - - Equipment ■ for the event is being provided by Jolin-M. Wimer& Associates of -DeLand.' Clinic registration fee is $3.50 per person. ^ The Saturday night performance /is open to the public with the charge $1 for each adult and, 50 cents for children and students up through college age. Leesburg Acro-bats arid their acts • are as follows:' - Wanda Bissell—age 7—Girls', free calisthenics, tumbling, and balance beam and vaulting;- Gail Watson—age 9 * — ?Balance. bearh, and uneven parallel bars; Dick Brillhart '— age 7 — Boys' free ' .calisthenics, and tumbling; Dicky Eggleston — age 6 — Boys' free calisthenics; Debbie Moore-page 8 —Balance beam, uneven parallel . bars, and girls' free calisthenics, ■vaulting;- and Nena Bissell'— age 9-^-uneven parallel bars. / - 'All events will -be held in the DeLand,High school gymnasium. as Ludmila, Jo Parks (Alber- marle, "N. C.) and- Monica Abercrombie (Jacksonville)' . as Marie, Mike Reynolds '(Tampa)" as Jehik, Jim Whitmire " (Atlanta,- Ga.) as Kecal, and John Keiper (DeLand) as Vasek. , Other featured players -in the production are: . Dave Rutledge (Atlanta, Ga.) as Micha, Joan Mathews' (Portsmouth, Va.) as Hata, Grover Wilkins (Dallas, Tex.) as .'the circus manager, Nedra ■Rish - (Jacksonville) as Esmeralda, and 'Larry Henry (Holly Hill) as thelndian. / -■Technical director for the show is;Walt Sonnenburg, and the,director is Bruce Griffiths. Assistant director for the production is Jack Coldiron of Stetson's Music School, and Harold M. Giffin, assisted by Mrs. Ron Carr, is' in charge of the music for the show. The choreography numbers are directed:by Mrs. Ernest Carlton, and the members of the dancing sequences are: Carolyn- Broome (Macon, Ga.), Janice Fisher (Hialeah), Cricket Joyce <Jacksonville), Mary Ann Kessler (Riviera Beach), Sandy Smith (Lake City)-,- .and Nanette Wynn (St. Petersburg). The men dancers are John-Burch- ette, Charles Clark (Jacksonville), Joe Fant, Bruce Kuhl (Ft." Lauderdale), Tom Thornton and Harry Whitley. Tickets on Sale Tickets are currently on sale at Stover's box-office from 3:30-5:30 Monday through Saturday, or reservations can be made by calling RE 4-1186. Price of admission for the opera is $1.50 for .adults and 75c for- children. Theatre-goers are urged to make reservations for the" Wednesday^ and -Thursday- night performances in order.' to take advantage of the better, seats. ■ Chorus for "The Bartered Bride" consists of 28 members: Sopranos— Carolyn Whittenburg ' (Lake Worth), Jacqueline' Fellows (Doug- las, ■ Ga.), Rosanne , Robinson .(Birmingham, • Ala.),, Beverly Mc- Ba'iii'; (Ft:'"Xgu"defda:le)~~'Pa"ge'" Nor-' dan (Charlotte, ..N. C.)," Jeggy Ellis (Florence, S?' -C.),' .Loretta Arnall (Venice), and Judy Hartleib (Orlando). Tenors —Jim Austin (Hartwell,- Ga?.), Lawrence Henry (Holly HUD, Don Lirigle' (Orlando), Harry' Whitley (Albermafle? _N?C.), Tom- Thornton (Hapeville, Ga.), arid Grover Wilkuis (Dallas, Tex.). Basses—Marvin Reed (Baihbridge, Ga.), William Lackland (Chicago, 111.), Frederich Myers (Atlanta, Ga.) Tuck" Cooke , (Newberry), John Burchette (Cooleemee, N. C), Bob McCloskey (Rockledge), Joe Fant (Bradenton), and Arthur Gu- lick (Pompano" Beach). Altos.— Judy Collins (Coral Gables), Nedra Fish (Jacksonville), Kathy Stone (Charlotte, N. C), Elizabeth Bed- sole (Jacksonville), Martha Mullins (Ashland, Ky)., and .Elizabeth Harvey (Beltsville, N. C.) ? "The Bartered Bride" is also scheduled to be presented at' Peabody Auditorium for the- Tourist Club of Daytona Beach on March 12th. ■ ■ N Interns Go Out To Teach More than 60 Stetson University seniors went out last week to various communities in the state to do their internship in preparation for becoming public school teachers. The internship is required in order that students may obtain their teaching certificates. - -".- "Stetson seniors are not paid for the 10 weeks they spend out in the field but they do receive 10 semester hours credit," Dr. Frank H. Tubbs, supervisor of interns, said. Their interning is the finishing touch to their education, he added. Both Tubbs jand Dr. Watie Pickens of the education department visit the students twice during their 10 weeks' away from-the De- Land campus. . ecte osts ' . ft ft-' - - 'ft •. ■ Dennis Edits Review DENNIS , John Dennis was elected to-the position of editor of the Stetson Review in a run-off election held yesterday. The, Review is an annual literary magazine which presents the poetry, prose and short stories of the students.' John will be replacing graduating senior; Sharon Sanders who is the present editor. John's'work will'begin next year, and his publication will probably be issued (in'the Spring of 1963. ft ft ft Comp. Editor Is Chosen To Edit Compass ■ Edwinna, Murphey of Gainesville has been elected editor for .the,rL962 edition of the student handbook, THE COMPASS., Edwinna is a sophomore at Stetson and' a member of Alpha•• Chi Omega. Her work on the Compass will be mostly summer work- since it is distributed in the fall to incoming freshmen,' mainly as a guide for orientation ,week. -,xn " The Compass is a student handbook,, is issued annually and is virtually a manual of instructions for all-first-year students. It also contains much . information ' of value to upperclassmen of the University.- - Stetson The new Stetson University library will be one'of the largest buildings on campus, Bob Mowery, Stetson librarian, ' told the Reporter - last week.. Mowery is working with architects Perry, Shaw, Hepburn and Dean, of Boston, Mass. on the 60,- 000 square-foot, $1.5 million structure. ' "We hope to have the first phase (the main floor) completed and ready for use by September, 1963," he said. The new library will be located east of Holler Fountain, 25 feet past Holmes Hall, in the section now occupied by .the visitor and faculty parking lots and tennis courts;- y - - --"■ It is being planned for 25 years in the future and the main- floor construction is costing $900,000. The ground basement and second floor will be left" relatively undeveloped for the time-being," Mowery said. - - - -LargeSize . .. . • The ■ proposed "dimensions are l64*feet by 137 feet with' a nine- foot porch built around the building protecting the glass walls from the direct rays of the sun. . . Describing it more vividly, Mowr ery said, "It will be "as long as Stetson Hall is across and approximately-the same dimension .in depth. ' ' "" ' ', "It will- be' rectangular in appearance with a browsing section and smoking Idurige in the center, 1' hted by skylights." The only permanent walls in the 'S5?tei?^U3S^LPS§_of.the.^tair"s d. rest rooms. " - ■ , ' - The air coriditioned building will contain more than. 250,000 books, 1 is documents, periodicals, micro- iiims and special collections. Open stacks and individual study tables around' the walls of-the main floor are'two features'.'of tlie new building. Typing and group study tables and rooms will also be available. The ground floor, when finished, will house rare books, Florida Baptist -Archives, a' music listening room and print and text collections. But in-September the. space will, be ' used for, classrooms and faculty offices. rary Given OKt ate Initiate Fla.: Art Show On Exhibit The twelfth annual Florida Artist Group traveling"'art exhibition is being currently shown in the Elizabeth Hall art gallery. The show will run through March 24. The paintings are those of art' ists throughout the state of Florida who belong to- the Florida Artist. Group, Inc. The group was organized in 1949 as ' a non-profit, educational corporation. It has become quite successful and has a present' membership of 125 artists. ' ■ Practicing artists who have gained recognition nationally, or on a statewide or regional level, to such an extent as carry the presumption that their work will contribute to the high quality of the exhibitions of the group may ap ply for membership. Local Artists Fred Messersmith of the art de partment of Stetson- has a water color in the present, exhibition. He is also on the'board of directors of the: Florida Artists Gro,up in the capacity of University Representative. - Elsie Freund, wife of artist-in- residence, Louis.Freund is.also .a member of the group and is exhibiting a water, color in the present show.. . • -The paintings in the present exhibition ".wrife""" -selected* ?'ay-'"-Johrt Taylor, painter, teacher? and lecturer, and his wife Andree Ruel- lan,* also, a painter. Taylor is a member of the National Academy and is represented in many .of the important museums-of the country including the Mu'seuiii".'-bf .Modern Art and the Whitney ~ Museum of American Art. He is exhibited widely, and has won- many national awards. He is at'present acting as visiting professor of art at the, University of Florida. 'Andree Ruellan has "also a fine record of achievement. She, tod, is represented -in many galleries, has. exhibited and won many national awards. Organ Dedicated Another in the series of dedicatory programs for Stetson University's new organ in 'Elizabeth Hall, was presented last night' at 8 p.m..' The public.was cordially invited at no charge. ' . Organist tonight will be the World renowned Robert Noehren of the University of Michigan. He has won France's coveted "Grand Prix du Disque,". -only organist outside that country to win-it. v» . *^">* SEVEN .STETSON GRADS, who celebrated their "Golden Graduation'Reunion", during the home-" coming festivities. They were the only ones present from the honored class of 1912. Top Art\Magazine GmversBunker's Work "The Pottery of Gene Bunker," a seven-page article on the Stetson University assistant professor of art, is the feature in the March issue (1962) of the American Artist, nationally distributed art magazine. Author of the article is Fred Messersmith, chairman of Stetson's art department. The feature contains a color plate and six pictures of .,* Bunker's pottery, as well as an-eight-photo spread showing the step-by-step, process of his creation of an outstanding three-sided stoneware jug' with a religious therhe: which is now in Stetson University's permanent collection. Messersmith calls Bunker a craftsrnan who lives by his philosophy .of .perfectionism. Bunker requires his Stetson studerits to bypass "commercial preparations and learn -to compound the bodies,. calculate -their supervise 'the firing ed piece.A' ' ■Bunker is an .expert with-the potter's' wheel, and believes every potter must , be able to throw large shapes on- a wheel. He also works in metal and stained: glass, and recently conducted over 5,000 test samples for his stained glass*for his watercolorS; PROFESSOR GENE BUNKER research. Bunker received his M.A. from Mills College where he studied with Antonio Prieto. He was art director in the department of comriiunity development at Southern Illinois , University and research • technician at' .the ' Archie Bray Foundation, Helena,. Mont. He was appointed to the Stetson art? faculty in 1959. His pottery has received numerous awards including first prizes in the California and Montana State' Fair shows^" Northwest Ceramic Exhibition in Oregon and the Midwest Designer Craftsmen show in Chicago.. His work has been purchased by the Museum of Modern Art, the Portland Museum, the University of Washington, and Stetson University. Last Summer,' he had' a one-man show at the Chicago Art Institute. . . • '. . Messersmith-.received his,M.F.A at-.Ohio Wesleyan'University and came to. Stetson in 1959 from West Virginia Wesleyan College where he had been art department head for 10 years. He is especially'noted arid is a frequent contributor to magazines. His work , is represented in the Butler Institute of American Art, the Ohio University, and the Day- wood Gallery..- •---■'_ . Messersmith's awards . include first prizes at the Butler' Institute, Youngstown, O., and in shows of the Allied Artists of West Virginia. He won the Patron's Prize in 1960. for the National Society of Painters in Casein, New York, and, the special Watercolor Prize in Atlanta. He has had two one-man shows- at the *New York Barzansky Galleries, and shows at Chatharn College, Baker University, the Laskin Galleries, and throughout the state of Florida. Wilkes Writes Second Book '. Stetson University Basketball Coach Glenn Wilkes has authored a second book on basketball scheduled for release to the market in early June. Stetson University's new men's dormitories, which will be available as" rental units for fraternities, will be completed ahead of- schedule, Dean Edward C? Furlong, Jr.,- business manager of the University and dean of the Business School, said last week. , • - < . " ■ '• . Furlong said the buildings will be, completed by June, but the fraternities would not move into the houses until. September. "We are still working on a lease contract that is suitable ' both to the University and the fraternities," he said. . . The resident halls', which are being constructed by Foster,- Kos- tach and iWilliams, Inc., of St. Petersburg, will cost $433,013 — funds are being made available through' a Community Facilities Administration loan. The college housing loan for the halls is to be paid back over a 40-year period, with interest at three and one- half percent. . The two-story dormitories will house 140 men, 28 men-to each building, and are being - constructed just north of Pennsylvania Avenue, west of Amelia Avenue on University property. Special Drive ■ • . None'of the five units faces any of the city streets, but .all front on a circular drive, -which feeds into _ Hayden Avenue? One ' large parking area is being placed across the north edge of the ' piot. arid one at the southeast corner of the property. "' -' " • ' The first floor of each; unit.in ■ eludes a concrete terrace, a social room,"'a foyer" and"-housemother's apartment. The second "floor is made up of-14 double ?bedfooms, a bathroom and a'trunk storage room. In addition to interior, stairs, each dorm has a steel stairway on the outside of the building. - • Dean Furlong said that 'each fraternity is' buying the" furniture for the social room and terrace. He said the University will deco rate the Test of the dormitory. "Mrs. Medwin Peek, who works in the Stetson Library, is in charge of the interior decor," Furlong added. The ranch style buildings are of brick, and siding with asphalt shingle roofs. Overall dimensions are 137x77. Kemp, Bunch and Jackson of Jacksonville are the architects. The fraternities planning to move into the houses are: Lambda Chi Alpha,. Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi and "Sigma Phi Epsilon.. The other two fraternities, Delta Sigma Phi and Sigma Nu,' are planning, to move into .the area at a later date. . '•' S.U.B. Movie In Review '.'Except for .a few brief scenes concerned with men on leave in Japan, The Bridges" at Toko-ri' is all war; and Mark Robspn has directed his? "cast beautifully to show us what fighting men. are made of. William Holden is excellent as Lieutenant Brubaker, a jet pilot, who served well in World War II and resents bitterly being called into the Navy to serve, in an undeclared war in Korea. Also outstanding is Fredric ' March as the admiral on "the carrier who lost two sons in action and almost looks on Brubaker as one, of his sons. Equally good is Mickey Rooney. as a cocky young man who wears a green hat and scarf as he .pilots the helicopter and expertly rescues other pilots-in- distress from the ocean or Korean, fields. Also effective is the supporting cast which includes, among many others, Earl Holliman as Rooney's buddy, Charles.McGraw as a commander pilot/ Robert Strauss as the landing, officer on the carrier, and Grace Kelly as Holden's wife who comes to Japan" with their two little .daughters and learns from the admiral'"that her husband is about to start off on the dangerous mission of bombing the bridges at Toko-ri. "After all the expertly photographed and tensely portrayed scenes in this film of the James Mi chener novel, the episode of the bombing of the bridges is almost anticlimactic, but- Toko-ri is' a symbol of something that has to be done. "Whatever, progress this world has made is due, to the efforts of a few.' Perhaps the admiral's answer to the bitter though manly Brubaker is the film's 'whole point: 'Nobody knows why he gets the dirty job . . . Militarily, this iwar is a tragedy . •. . But where would you have'us take our stand? At the Mississippi?''.' - Hartung, Philip T. "Some Corner of a Foreign Field,". Commonwealth, 61:477 (February, 1955). ~it& David M. Stacy of Tiffin, Ohio was elected Editor of the Stetson Reporter.. He will take office as acting edi- 'tor for the first issue in April. ■ Dave's chief duty as editor will be to .coordinate the mechanics ofthe paper, supervise the editorial policy of the paper, compose weekly editorials, and represent the Reporter iri various standing campus- committees. Under the, new amendment' to the Publications -Board .constitution,- Dave will have the months of, April and-.May to establish his policy and staff, so_ that he wili be .ready to start right in in the fall. ' Bob' Chatham ' has been elected Business Manager of the Stetson Reporter. Bob : is from. East. Point, Ga. . ' He, .will become, acting, business manager in' the' first issue of the Reporter, for the month of April'. The recently passed arnendm'ent to the Board of Publications, gives the. editor and business- manager of the Reporter the months of April and. May to establish their styles • under the a direction' of the outgoing officers,, so that-they may be ready to put an organized and. tested paper in the-, fall.. .Bob's .duties will consist rhainly of soliciting ads to supplimerit the income of the Reporter. ft : -/ft- ft ct. ft. '. -ft en ft '° ■; . ^J -I'V'^S^inHsJo^ i* ffe*- iwy ""I "'jsttV Disney. Keeps Post ' tbiarie^Disney of "North'Vernon, Ind., was '-elected editor, of the Hatter, the Stetson..annual. This ,will be Diane's, secon*d\?year as editor of the Hatit'er.... ;- 'JAP'"? ", .The Hatter: is the?annual publication depicting*' the%A.Student events and activities^, of 'tne'yyear. Diane's annual will b'e'/pubiished in May of 1963 but her 'work will begin' this summer. . .. , Diane is a member of Zeta Tau Alphay ' Greene Is Reelected Annev Greene was elected Business Manager of the Hatter. Anne is from? DeLand and' is a junior. She is a member of' Alpha Xi Delta.-' '. .'-..•. " ? '? :'■ ' Anne's job-will be.to'solicit ads for the ,1962-63: Hatter.' and ' to handle'all'business inatters of the year-book. •.-„--.?- Assn. The new officers'of the Ministerial Association are: Howard Sweet, President; Clarence Fouse, Vice-President; Al Lee, Secretary; PrograiF'©BaiSMA|liRuss 'RasWe, Social Chairman; Bill Nelson and Richard Ginn, Publicity Chairmen; and Julius Blake, Extension Director. The first big activity of the semester was the annual Alumni Breakfast held'in Allen Hall Feb. 17. After a' short statement by President Edmunds on the inten- icers tions df.^e" University to make all possible'effort to create .closer harmony with the Baptist-Convention, a thought provoking ad-.. §s was presented by' Dr. Bud re bf the Baptist Bible: Institute- concerning modern challenges to theology, and church organization. .-Future plans include-many, interesting programs, a newsletter for the- members, alumni and friends of the Ministerial Association, and a brochure for prospective students concerning ministerial education at Stetson. Tues. March 13 ' ' Alpha Chi Omega-Pi' Kappa Alpha party from 7-8:30 p.m. at,Pike House i ■ , Freshman dinner from 5:30—in Stetson Room - Wed? March 14 . Opera "The Bartered Bride" in Stover Theatre" at 8:00 p.m." Thurs. March 15 Opera, - . "~ i- Student Recital at 10:00 a.m." at Elizabeth Hall ,-'-. Auditorium AT THE MOVIES ' ' '-,,; ". -■-' S.U.B. Fri.-March 9 "Bridges at Toko Ri" "Rasho Mori" ATHENS THEATRE Fri. March 9 . . * . 'Journey to the.Seventh Planet" ; Sat. March 10 . "Sports Review of 1961" Sun.-Wed. 'Pocket Full of Miracles" j ' ■ March'11-14 (Betty Davis) " Thurs. March 15 "Thief of Baghdad" "~ • " . ' BLVD. DRIVE-IN Fri.-Sat. " . " " "G.I. Blues" (Elvis)' March 9-10 "Jailhouse Rock" (Elvis) "Summer Love" (John Saxon) Suri.-Tues. !'Rfeturn to Peyton Placed (Jeff Chandler, March 11-13' Lana Turner) "From the Terrace" (Paul Newman, Jo Ann . Woodward) , . -' - "Female on the Beach" (Jeff. Chandler, Wed.-Thurs. Joan Crawford). March 14-15 -"Five, Gates to Hell" (P. Owens) . ri -V , X.