The Stetson Reporter

The Reporter has dug out' a skeleton- take a look— Page 4 0tt *** Florida's Oldest College Neivspaper • *'* Student Senate Nominations To Be Held Monday 75th YEAR—NO. 23 DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27,; 1962 PRICE EIGHT CENTS st Coast Cities • m ® Alpha Chi Omega will commence its weekend tonight with the annual Carnation Ball, which, will be held in Daytona at the Bath and Tennis Club. Music will be provided by the Howdy Lyster Band, after a formal banquet. Following, the Carnation Cere->- mony, ; this • year's sweetheart will be announced and the Lyre Girl for 1962 will be presented. t ', Saturday afternoon will find the girls and their, dates-in,Daytona at the Diplomat and Ocean Villa Motels respectively. Swimming and games will be the agenda for the -day. ' , ,. In the.evening there will be a hamburger roast at the Elks Club where the Vanguards will play afterwards at the group.'s- Shipwreck" party. Following this there will be - a beach party complete with roasted marshmallows and , singing. . ' . - Sunday morning a chapel service will be held on the beach, officially closing the weekend. "Tropical Paradise" will be the theme for the Phi Mu weekend. Friday night the girls and their dates will enjoy an informal pool party at the' home of Mr, and Mrs. E. V. Gehrke in New Smyrna Beach. St.. Augustine will be the scene for the aGtivties which will take place Saturday. - A formal dinner and dance at the Ponce de Leon Motel that evening will highlight the,weekend. Don. Waldrop's combo will provide the music. Chaperones will be Mr. and Mrs. E. 'A. Holmes Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Page. - Music School Students Complete Degree Requirements 4 Graduates Added To Who's Who Four more Stetson University graduates have been added- to "Who's Who in America" according to'Arthur E. Nealy, educa- tional director of Who's Who, Inc. In the latest volume of? Who's Who just issued, the University of Florida is the only institution in Florida with more new--names "than-Stetsohr-—— - —-—:" Stetson's ■new1. Who's Who-people arei f - '-, ? . , ? ,. . Doyle E. Carlton (Academy Graduate '05, B.A. '09, LLJ>. .'29) of Tampa, who was admitted to the Florida bar in 1912 and has been a partner in the firm bf Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Fields, & Ward' since that time. He was a member of the state Senate from 1917-19, served as Tampa city attorney from 1926-28, and as Governor of Florida from 1929-33. He is president of Stetson University's trustees , and a member of the , Florida Council of 100. H. Loy Anderson (LL.B. '28) of West Palm Beach, who is a banker and lawyer. Anderson has been a member of the, Florida bar since 1928, practicing -in Ocala" from 1928-34. ancf in Washington from 1942-56? He was prosecuting attorney for Marion county from 1930-32. He is president, and diT rector of the First Federal .Savings and Loan Assn. of West Palm Beach. He is "a member of the Florida Council of 100. . - William A. Kelly (LLJ3. '17) of Akron,' -Ohio, who has been a member of the law firm of Wise, ., Roetzei,- Maxon, Kelly & Andress since 1927.'He was 'admitted to the bar in 1919 and served as assistant director of law for the City of Akron from, 1922-27. Andrew C. Preston (B.A. '34, M.A. '46)' of Daytona Beach, educator who served as veterans' adviser and instructor of education at Stetson from 1946-49, - and as head of the vocational department at Mainland high school? Daytona Beach, from 1949-55. He was .founder of Colegio International de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, and served as director from 1955- 57. He has taught summer school at the University of Florida, Florida State University, and Hamp- ? ton ,(Va.) Institute. Art Slides Presented To School . A gift of 1,500 color slides' from the .Carnegie'", Corp., New York, has been received by the Stetson University Art department, chairman, Fred Messersmith has announced. - .' The slides will be used jointly' by American studies and art department students. They are glass mounted and produced by Sandak, Inc. For several years the Carnegie Corp., through a grant to the University of Georgia, has-sponsored a survey, of U.S. "arts. Purpose of this study :has been to' list, photograph, and catalog selected 'examples illustrating the history of the arts . and to produce color slides of the finest quality for teaching American art • and civilization courses. Stetson's • slides are from this collection. Some of the categories covered, are: Architecture, Design and' Decorative Arts, Photography, Graphic Arts, Indian Arts and Artifacts, Painting, Sculpture, Stage Design, and Visual Communications. Dr. John Hague and Prof. Messersmith plan to collaborate on a new course that would utilize the Carnegie slides. It would 'center on a "Heritage of American Culture." The course would be open to art and American studies majors. The Stetson art department in DeLand now has in excess df 3,000 slides with the inclusion of the Carnegie grant. MR. MESSERSMITH and Dr. Hague look over They cover a variety of subjects in the field of some of the i,50u color slides which the, Carnegie fine arts. Corporation of New York gave the University. , *..,'-' :. Sonnenburg Heads Children's Theater Walt Sonnenburg, Stetson .University assistant professor of speech and drama, has been named director of the Stetson. Children's Theatre program, Bruce Griffith, Stover Theater director, has announced. Son- First Baptist Calls Stetson Graduate The First Baptist Church of De- Land has called John Howell, Stetson University graduate and- associate pastor of the University Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C., as its pastor as of July, 1. Mr. Howell has accepted the call and, until July 1, will preach at the church one Sunday" each month'. He will occupy the church pulpit on April 22, Easter Sunday. The son. of Carl Howell, pastor of the Murray Hill Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Mr. Howell is married to the former Betty Jean Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. Howell are the parents of two children, Leslie Jean, 3, and John Carl, 1. Graduated summa cum laude from Stetson in 1955, Mr. Howell during his college career, played leading roles in Stover Theater, served as manager of the baseball team, held numerous class and party offices, preached youth revivals, served as pastor at Flagler Beach, and interim pastor at First Baptist Church-in Eustis. - Upon graduation from Stetson, he studied at Edinburgh for- a year,- with renowned • theologians under a Fulbright Grant? Returning to the U.S.j he studied for a year., at Wake Forest. During the summer of 1957, he and his wife received an intensive , course of training in pastoral care arid counseling under Dr. Richard Young. In the fall of 1957, he entered Yale Divinity School, where he completed his B.D. degree, receiving a Merswick Award in Preaching and graduating magna cum laude in June, 1959. Since that time he has been working toward his Ph.D. degree at Duke University, studying first under a Duke Fellowship and then under a Rockefeller Doctoral - Fellowship. He plans -to finish work on his Ph.D. degree in June. ; Mr.-Howell'preached constantly during college days and served as an interim pastor throughout the y6ar at. Wake Forest. During his stay at Yale, he served as an assistant pastor for one year, and for a year as' chaplain for the hospitals of Stamford, Conn. . . When he entered. Duke in the fall of 1959, he moved to Chapel Hill and during the first year preached at the University Baptist Church during two extended leaves of absence of the church pastor. During the following year, he. shared preaching responsiiblities at University Church with Dr. Sam Hill after the pastor's resignation. Then, during the summer of 1961, he served as full-time interim pastor. Since the arrival of the new pastor, he has been serving as associate pastor. - - \ Theater Needs Aladdin Props Stetson ■ University's Stover Theatre desperately needs costume jewelry,'decorative jars arid vases to help fill, the cave used in'the Children's Theatre production of "Aladdin," May 10-12. ■ Bruce Griffiths, director of Stover. Theatre, has requested that anyone who might have such articles wtih no further use for them please call RE 4-4121, ext. 285, or bring them by. Stover Theatre. "The jewelry need not be in a set or even usable," Griffith said, "we just need to have the cave well filled." ' ,- */■:. '(TW^Srk** !-' i . SAMPSON LIBRARY dusted off its shelves two Fridays ago and brought out hundreds of old books to be sold for1 five to twenty-five cents each. Along with the bargain books came the bargain buyers. Seen is Dusty Rhodes walking . /.A off with almost fifty. :cents worth of books.' Over one hundred dollars was collected and it will be spent ion new books for the browsing collection. , nenburg's first production will be "Aladdin" to be presented May 10-12. , ' - - Sonnenburg has- been the de-- signer and technical director for Stover productions of "The King and I,' "Julius Caesar,-" "J.B.," "Glass Menagerie," and "The Bartered Bride," this; year. In addition to writing the book and lyrics for "Aladdin" and attending to the technical chores, Sonnenburg has designed the • costumes' and has created arid built many, of the - necessary, props. -.An old hand at children's -theatre ■work —he founded and directed the Tree House Children's Theatre in Denver, Colo. — the multi-talented technical director has become an invaluable asset to Stover Theatre. Walt Sonnenburg received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Denver. After serving as instructor'in dramatic fundamentals and creative drama there; he went to "Broadway and off-Broadway work. In 1960," he designed the set for the off-Broadway production of "Ethel Colt Presents," and his own children's show, "Hans and the Tulip;" with book and lyrics by Walt Sonnenburg and music by Cecil Bents, which was produced at the American Theatre for Children at the Washington Players Theatre in New York. This year, "Hans and the Tulip" was selected to be shown at the American Educational Theatre Assn. Children's conference at Denver. Mr. Bruce - Griffith, director of Stover Theater, announces the Children's Theater program is now under the direction of Mr. Walt Sonnenburg, and on May 10th, lith,. and 12th. Mr. Sonnenburg, Professor of Drama and Play- wrighting at Stetson, has been the designer and technical director for Stover's productions of The King and I, Julius Caesar, J. B., Glass Menagerie, and The Bartered Bride, .and is '-also_the technical director 'for Aladdin, in addition to-writing the book and lyrics.for Aladdin, and attending to the technical chores, Mr. Sonnenburg has designed the costumes and has created and built many of the necessary props for Aladdin. Being an old hand at children's1 theater (See WALT Page 2) Club Accepts 31 Members Thirty-one- DeLand residents have become new- Stetson Associates or Century Club members, it was reported at. a , breakfast in the Stetson Union this morning. , ..This rnembership brings total funds provided to the University's operating budget by-the local Associates and Century Club committee to $7,405 in cash and commitments. Co-chairmen of the committee are Mrs. Arthur Lane and Austin U. Conrad. A membership as a Stetson Associate is a pledge to make an annual gift.of $100 or more each year to the University. It represents the interest on $2,000 or rnore at 5 per cent annually. In discussing the program at the breakfast, Bob Gregory of Gregory Lumber Co. said, "I've pledged $200 a year for eight years to the Stetson Associates plan. The reason is because I'm a firm believer in private Christian education." The Associates plan is for non- alumni, and the Century Club is composed of alumni who make contributions of $100 or more. Another meeting was scheduled for the committee on Wednesday (Apr. 25) at a luncheon in the Calico Kitchen. Band Gives Free Show , Eight Stetson University music majors conducted the Stetson University Band for a special concert at 8 o'clock in the Elizabeth Hall auditorium on'the DeLand campus last night. -?The student conductors are John Earnhardt, senior from Atlanta, Ga. (534 Ontario Ave., S.W.); Gail Johnson, senior from .Daytona Beach; James Moody, senior, Waycross,' Ga., and Madeline Stenner, junior, Lantana, Fla. ; - " aa^Othersa?-are -'-Daniel- Fletcher,. senior from Marietta, Ga.; Eleanor Dickey, junior, Bristol, Va.; Richard Matlack, junior, Haddonfield, N.J., and Jackie Robinson, junior, DeLand. , The concert will also feature Joseph-. Smith of Winter-Park as clarinet soloist. The Stetson University Band' is under the direction of Richard Feasel, ? chairman of the Woodwind '. department .and associate professor of wind instruments. The concert program-is as follows: ". ■' • Boyce's . Symphony No. 5, transcribed and conducted by John Earnhardt. . Weber's Concertino, conducted by Gail Johnson and featuring Joseph Smith. Byrd's The Earl of Salisbury and Stringfield's. Georgia Buck, conducted by Jarhes Moody. Brahms' Two Chorales and Puccini's Festival March, conducted by Madeline Stenner. . . H. Owen Reed's Mass, conducted by Daniel Fletcher. Philip Gordon's, Andante for Band, conducted by E1 eanor Dickey. Vincent" Persichetti's Serenade for Band,',conducted by Richard Matlack. " Frank Erickson's- Golden Gate, conducted by Jackie Robinson. School Gets Financial Aid More than $1 million in financial aid has been provided to Stetson University students on the De- Land campus during the last four years, President J. Ollie Edmunds has announced.. The University is distributing more than 10 per cent of its operating budget" in the form of student aid. This represents, outright grants, campus employrhent and loans, or a combination of these which are provided for 39 per cent of the student body. , For the school years of 1958-59 through 1961-62, Stetson's Financial Aid committee has awarded a total of $l;032,189 to 1,420 students? ' The average outright grant was $380, and there were 1,251 of them for a. total of $475?579, or 46 per cent' of Stetson's - financial . aid budget. Campus employment was provided for 942 students who earned $240,649 or an average of $308 per student, 28 per cent of the financial aid budget. - Student loans totaled ,767 at an average' "of $353 for a total of $270,960 of 26 per cent of the financial aid budget. ' , 'Edmunds said that.if the University had not expended this million dollars for student-financial aid. over the last four.years, each faculty member could have had about a $2,000 salary increase and would be making $8,800 more today that he was in the fall of 1958. On the other hand, if the money had been used for building construction, the new library would now be completed. Art Show Being Held In Gallery The Third Traveling Exhibition of Florida Craftsmen is being held in the Elizabeth Hall ■• Gallery of Stetson University, through April 30. Four Volusia County craftsmen are represented in the showing? They are Geriell Boozer,. New Smyrna Beach; E. F. Bunker, Stetson University; Andrew B. Dey, DeLand; Muriel Dey, DeLand; Elsa Freund, DeLand; and Doris Leeper, New Smyrna Beach. This show is of special interest because Florida Craftsmen was founded by Stetson- Prof. Louis Freund in 1951 on the DeLand campus. For the past 11 years' Florida Craftsmen has been the representative organization of craftsmen in the state and has had. its exhibitions in major museums and galleries in the South. The state-wide crafts competition at, the State Fair is - sponsored by Florida' Craftsmen and offers several hundred dollar prizes for best design. ' The exhibition shows pottery of all types, jewelry of sterling silver, gold, glass and ceramics, tie dye, cloisonne,- and mosaics. It is a juried event making those works selected the best available of the Florida Craftsmen. The show, now assembled, begins its • exhibition circuit from Stetson University. J. Also being shown are 16 oil paintings by one of America's leading painters and outstanding- art educators, Lamar Dodd, chairman of "the "University, of Georgia art department. The paintings, cover variety of subjects ranging from interpretations -. of "St. Marks Square," Venice, to "Kyoto Forms," Japan, to "Red Square," Moscow. ;• -Dodd's--paintings are- .on-.:l'oan' from the .Grand Central Modern Galleries, New York City, and have been on exhibit in Tampa and Bradenton prior to their coming to Stetson. A special invitation has been sent to members of the' Florida Artist Group Symposium to be held in Daytona Beach, April 27- 29j to attend this exhibition. Fletcher, Hahn, Reynolds, Eckert Peform Stetson University's School' of Music holds the spotlight this week with four of-the school's seniors giving their senior recitals. . . , ' ■ Two of the recitals were given this past week on Tuesday by, Daniel Fletcher* ; ; and on Wednesday by Carol Hahn. ' The other two, one- on Tuesday night by Michael Reynolds and, the other on Thursday night .by Judy Eckert, will be. given next week. Daniel Fletcher, pianist, .pre- di piu- Resister'e (The Barber of Seville) by Rossini; Adelaide by Beethoven, Auf dem Wasser zu. Singen - by Schubert, Vergebliches Standchen by Brahms, Deux Melodies Hebraiques by Ravel, Air Vif ■ by Poulend, arid. On Wedlock Edge (Song Cycle) by Vaughan Williams. -. ' Mike, who, is from, Tampa, -has sented his senior recital last Tues--kParticiPated .actively in? the Con- ' cert , Choir, Male Quartet,' Duet i*r* Students Get Selby: Science Scholarships ' Eight Stetson University students from the Sarasota area will be awarded annual Selby Science Scholarships with the first four students to be selected this.fall, Stetson President J. Ollie Edmunds has announced. Each scholarship will be in the amount of $500 for a one year- period. This fall's awards will go to two freshmen and-.two sophomores. In the fall of 1963, six scholarships will be awarded, two iri each of the first three classes. In 1964 and subsequent years, eight Selby scholarships will be available, two in each of the four college classes. ' "I can think of no more valuable contribution to the University," Dr. Edmunds said, "than one which will enable us to educate superior students in this manner." " The scholarships' are being provided by the Wm. G. Selby & Marie Selby Foundation of Sarasota, an educational and charitable foundation established by Mr. Selby in 1956. . ' . Grants will be, awarded to superior and financially needy science students with first preference to those from Sarasota County? Science students qualifying would normally expect to major in such fields as biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, or physics. - Judge E. Thomas Addresses Lawyers The Honorable Elwyn Thomas, Florida Supreme - Court Justice, addressed alumni ,of Stetson University's College of Law when they gathered at Diplomat Hotel, 'Hollywood, today at 8 a.m.- at the traditional Stetson Lawyers breakfast. The law "breakfast'is held annually in conjunction wiih the Florida Bar Convention. Thomas received his degree from Stetson in 1915. J. Ben Watkins, president of the Stetson Law Association presided at the breakfast. Attending from the St. Petersburg campus were Dean H. L. Sebring, business manager Harold F. Archiblad,.and professors Calvin Kuenzel and Everett Cushman. A moot court tearh - from the College of Law will compete with Florida's" other law schools during, the Florida Bar convention. .In the first, 'round on Thursday morning, Stetson students' will meet Florida A. & M. DAN FLETCHER day evening at 8 p.m. in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. Fletcher is a student of .Professor Roger, Cushman and ' is from Marietta, Ga. ■ He is married, to Mary- Elizabeth Fletcher, and was a transfer to Stetson ,Jjl, his .-sophomore year at Georgia* State College in Atlanta *This' perform'Srice was- given- "in partial fulfillment of the degree' of Bachelor of Music. Mr." Fletcher's recital program included the following works: French Suite No. l.in D Minor by' Bach,. Sonata -op. Ill in C Major by • Beethoven, Prelude, in C Maj or,: Op., 28 by. Chopin, Ballade in F Minor, op. 52 by Chopin, and LTsle Joyeuse by Debussy. Dan has already achieved a distinctive, record for himself in music. Before coming here, he was piano soloist with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra. Last year, he performed the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Stetson Symphony, and this year he will appear again in solo with Team, and as a soloist in many of their programs. He sang a leading role in the recent Bartered Bride, and performed' as a dancer in Carousel and The King and I.| Mike has been a member of the - BSU Executive Council and has participated,in. the Madrigals. He is choir 'director at. the Main St. Baptist Church in.Leesburg. Mike has been, a Church Music major" at Stetson. Next year he will continue study? at the Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, .Texas. * * * ^ Miss Carol Hahn, organist, gave her. senior, recital Wednesday, April 27, at 8 p.m? in Elizabeth - Hall. Miss Hahn, .who will be graduated in June, is a student of Mrs. Ruth Richardson Carr. This recital is in partial fulfillment of the degree Bachelor of Music. Miss Hahn program included - the following: Fugue in C Major (the "fanfare") by J. S. Bach; Chorale Preludes: Alle MIKE REYNOLDS CAROL HAHN Merischen Mussen. Sterben, Das Alte Jahr Vergangen 1st, and Es 1st Das Heil Uns Kommen Her by J. S. Bach, Symphony No. 2, Op: 3 by Widor, Sonata II by Hindemith, Claire de Lune, Op. 72, No.j~ Karg-Elert, Le Banquet Cele Messiaen, Ave Maria Op. 80tj by Reger, and Toccata Op. 11 by Reger. Carol • has;, been a member, of Phi Beta, national honorary and professional fraternity for' women in-music, Concert Choir, American Guild of Organists, and the BSU. She is from Hollywood, Fla. Carol, who is a Church Music major, plans to continue her studies and.teach in, college,, continuing iier church work. * * * , ' Miss Judy Eckert, soprano, will present her senior recital Thursday evening, May. 3, at 8 pjn. in Elizabeth' Hall. Miss Eckert is a student of Harold Giffin and she will be. accompanied on ithe piano by Miss Sally Stinson. This recital' the orchestra, playing the'-second )i movement-of the Brahms Piano Concerto in B Flat. ■ In November, .Dan represented- Stetson in the College Performance Competition in. the Florida Music Teachers' Association Annual Convention at Sarasota. He won first place and, subsequently, -1 represented Florida in the regional convention of the National Music Teachers' Association in New Orleans in 'February. ■ He also deserves recognition for work done at Stetson in composition, and this he hopes to continue | in the future?. , . , - - I Dan has worked for the past ,|kw-, three years as a member of the |g£;* local musicians union doing extensive dance work in this area. ' This year he has served as president of the School of Music, and was a "candidate for a Danforth Fellowship. .■--.• An Honor Roll and Dean's List student, Dan is planning'to.work toward receiving his Master's De- JUDY ECKERT gree.at,Indiana University, with^ in partial fuifiument for the the future hopes of securing a col- - - - - - . . - - - lege teaching position with additional performance and-composing. Michael Reynolds," tenor, will be presented in his* senior "recital Tuesday evening, May 1, at 8 p.m. in Elizabeth Hall.,- Mr. Reynolds, who gives this, recital in partial fulfillment for the degree of Bachelor of. Music, is a student of Professor Harold Giffin. He will be accompanied by Miss Sally Stinson; , Mr. Reynolds' program will include the following: Ich Weiss Das Mein Erloser Lebt (Solo Cantata No. 160) by J. S. Bach; Cessa degree Bachelor of Music, which she will receive in June. Miss Eckert's recital will include .the following: Aria di Poppea ("Agrippina"), Care Selve ("Ata- lanta"), and lo ti levo l'impero dell' armi ("Partenope") by Han- • del-Bibb, Tu" che le vanita <Uon Carlo) by Verdi; Aus meinen gros- sen Schmerzen. by Franz, Aller- seeleh and All' mein Gedankeri by Strauss, arid Zur'Ruh/zur Ruh!-; by Wolf;'Les papillons by Chaus- son,' Les trois prieres by Paladilhe; The Cloud and the Mountain by (See RECITALS on Page 2)