The Stetson Reporter

TAKE SABIN ORAL POLIO VACCINE ©te tttson • • * Florida's Oldest College Newspaper • *• HATTERS NEXT HOME GAME ON JAN. 29 76th YEAR NO. 12 THURSDAY, JANUARY 16,1964 PRICE 10 CENTS ir*. Dr. Zachert Explains Education Improvements "All of us want the solution to education. Well, there isn't any one solution. We.are in for hard work whether learning or teaching, and cannot expect any one method to solve our education problems." That is what Dr. Virginia Zachert, expert in programmed instruction from Georgia Medical College, told Stetson stu- county educators. "At one time some people asserted' that, movies would revolutionize schooling, then that TV would; now the-same ridiculous claims have, been made for programmed learning," Dr. Zachert said: Since there are about $15 billion worth of education materials printed every year, everybody wants to get his cut by putting out something new, according to Dr. Zachert; She pointed out that, new techniques -are being developed so rapidly that, by the time a booklet gets to the. educator's- desk,, it. is at i-sass Greek Gab By JOYCE DEATON And BILL FORTSON LAMBDA CHI ALPHA' Last Saturday night, there was a record party held at the house for the brothers and their dates. This coming Saturday, there will be another party featuring the Midnighters. Congratulations to Juliet Richards, Alpha..Xi,- and Ned Julian; Joe Barrarigef, Alphi Chi; and Tom Thornton; and Ruth-Nemec and Scott Moncricf who have all become lavaliered. ' PI KAPPA ALPHA During Pike Alumni Association gathering in Jacksonville over theChristmas holiday, Terry Jo Kennedy was named Dream Girl of the South while representing the Stetson chapter. Congratulations to Roberta Nelson, Tri-Delt; and Doug McKit- tric; Tina Young, Alpha Chi, and Jim Stevens who have become pinned. Congratulations also to Bill Stark who has just gone active. PI KAPPA PHI- The annual Fall Weekend was held last Saturday night with music by the Jay-Notes. Jay Landers is the Pi:Kapp candidate for Homecoming Mayor.- ■ • • The officers for the coming year are: Ron Peacock, Archon; Pete Hogue, ~ Treasurer; Ray Smith,'Secretary; Ian Patterson, Warden; Jim Thompson, Historian, Hoyt Edge, Chaplain. Congratulations to Diana Garcia, Tri-Delt, and John Mayer who are lavaliered. Also to Ginger Barnett, Pi Phi, and Red Alderman; Susan Bryan, Tri- Delt, and Bill Gardner who have become engaged. SIGMA NU There, will be a-party at the house tomorrow night featuring the music of the Icemen. ■ Miss Marion Caldwell of De- Land, presently Miss, Daytona Beach Jr. College, and Dick Schaeffcr will be married during the semester break. Congratulations to Kathy Aldrich, Tri-Delt, and John Kirik who are lavaliered. Study Centers Host 252 Stetson University's Extension Division of Christian, Education has reached a- total enrollment of 252 ' students with' 32 staff members, E. C. Tyner, director, has announced. The Division has 10' centers operating in' cooperation with Baptist churches around the state of Florida. College credit courses are offered this year and a total of ,58 students are working .toward these credits at the Jacksonville, South Miami, Orlando, and Polk county centers. Throughout' the Division 90 students have registered for two" courses each and 162 for one course only. The Palatka center leads with a total enrollment of 45 followed by St. Augustine with 40. Other centers are in- Ft. Lauderdale, North Pompano, DeLand, and in Alachua county. The Stetson Extension Division offers systematic study for pastors, church staff members, and laymen. least three years out of date.- Dr. Zachert's review of the necessary prerequisites to preparing self-instructional or "programmed" study is this: the teacher must carefully and rigidly set up the objectives of the course; make the learning process "self-paced" so that the student can proceed at his own pace, slow or fast, then give a reward for good results. MASS EDUCATION "We have tried mass education ; now we are coming back to individual, education. In fact, we have arrived at mass-individual education with this new method," the visiting expert said. The combination of one-step- at-a-time learning, testing, and rewarding through immediate knowledge of results is a surefire method of teaching anything in a hurry, Dr; Zachert said. In using programmed materials, if a. student-does not learn the problem the first time, he must go back and repeat.' At Keesler Field, Miss., Dr. Zachert helped prepare .pro- pare programmed instruction in electronics. In two years or less, in six hours a day, she was able to give men just but of high school, a satisfactory course ■ in electronics. These young men, 18 in a class, had every modern advantage in learning by rapid techniques. Over $53 million went into training equipment on that base. Working to beat the results of the best instructors, Dr. Zachert tested her results with standard evaluation tests. At the end of the. course her students did as well or better than most students who * had studied by other methods. "But we were never able to exceed .the results of the best teachers. A good programmer may swear'that he'ea'n, but'a good teacher is hard to beat." fiOO FIRST OFFENDERS Dr. Zachert. helped to bring schooling to 600 men who were first-offenders in an Alabama prison. She explained that wardens, mental health people and others, feel that if Somehow we can break the return-to-crime records of these men, we can lighten the burden on our penal system and return men to useful lives. This prison training could help erase illiteracy, re-make lives, and improve the economy.- A combination of the Laubach method and programmed learning was used to teach the pioneers. At first they resented the idea; they had- always hated teachers' and'authority, so they rebelled. However, finding that they were receiving more attention than they had ever had, and were being rewarded for getting good results, they discovered they were enjoying learning, according to Dr. Zachert. "This method is not a cure-all for ev: erything," Dr. Zachert said. She pointed out, however, that her prison students had the highest G.E.D. (high school equivalent) marks in the state of Alabama. - The researchers discovered in this project that through "programmed" • materials, in six months they could teach the first seven grades of school; in one year," they could teach all the high school courses. Dr. young men had high-I.Q's but had been on "success deprivation" — lack of motivation because of continual failure all their lives, even in crime. The prison students loved the rewards of the programmed learning,1 finding out immediately that their answers or conclusions to a problem were right. ".But first we have to train good teachers before we can set up a, good programmed course for any area of learning," the educator said. Honor Grads Continue Study Thirty four out of 40 graduates of Stetson University's Honors Program have gone on for advanced study, Dr. John Hague, chairman of Stetson's program, ': announced. Hague was host to Philip Mit- terling of the University of Colorado who is on the DeLand campus to help evaluate the Stetson program. Honors students at Stetson have won two-thirds of the major fellowships given to University students in the last seven years, Hague declared. At least 27 have persisted with their graduate work and now are ex pected to receive the highest degrees that can be earned in their fields. .in*1 sa*1- v.* >j fpmw^ BOWLINfcLANES get a work-out again after being closed lastrssmester because of lack of student interest. They Kkv'e been reopened on a trial basis for the next few weeks in the hope that they will not have to be torn out as previously planned if student patronage during that" time pays for the operation expenses. Games cost 35c each and shoes are free. Bowling Alleys Reopened On : Trial Basis By KATHLEEN HUGGARD The Stetson Union Board announced the opening of the Bowling alleys last week.- It opened for business January 10, at 6:00 p.m. The bowling alleys will remain open until February 29. The hours are: Monday thru Thursday, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 6:00-p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; and Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Also the alleys will be open at the usual times during exam week. Students and faculty and invited to come and bowl. There is a charge of 35c per game, or three games for $1.00 with no shoe retail charge. The alleys are located above the bookstore, at the north end of the Stetson Union building, which is convenient to the campus. The bowling alleys are under the supervision of Dick Schaffer with Mel Murray and Wayne Hcbden as assistant managers. The Way Out will be opened during the same hours as the bowling alleys. Ping Pong tables are set up for students to use. A new ceiling and an air- condition unit make the Way Out a comfortable place. Ping Pong equipment can be gotten there with a returnable deposit of fifty cents. Occasionally the Way Out can be reserved for parties, dinners, or meetings? The bowling alleys' were closed last June because of the little support it received from the student body. It was a losing proposition. The reasoning behind the re-opening was that it cost money to keep it locked, but with a little more money it could be re-opened. The Student Union Board plans to , hold campus tournaments during the second semester. There is a need for pin-setlers. For further information concerning the position and salary stu- dents should contact Jackie Hogue the director the Union Board in the Student Union Building. This re-opening Of the bowling alleys is only an experiment. But if there is enough support it will continue to be open. It is up to you the students. Colton Maid Named MEMPHIS, Tenn. —Sue Meredith, a hazel-eyed charmer from Andalusia, Ala., who likes refurbishing old .furniture, reigns as the 1964 Maid of Cotton today. . The new maid won out over a field of 20 pert young girls, from cotton-growing states here Monday night to claim a new car, an all-cotton wardrobe and a global trip in her new role as cotton's fashion ambassador. ' SUBMovie Pi •eview By, JOHN PICKERING 1 The Great Imposter is 1he true story of Ferdinand Waldo Demara, a real-life figure who has been many people but seldom himself. This movie about his life seems to reflect a rather un-becoming lightness to the struggle of a man trying to find himself. There is both humor and tragedy in Demara's masquerade, but after a fine beginning which blends these qualities well, the movie becomes pure slapstick. What could have been a fascinating character study ends as pure caricature. However, there are times when this proves to be very funny and entertaining. The story begins with the arrest of a Maine school teacher Martin Goddard, actually Demara in one of his many roles. Through flash- backs Demara- (Tony Curtis) is seen as a boy listening to his father's unfounded dreams of wealth and admitting to his .priest (Karl Maiden) that he himself finds fantasy, more congenial than reality. After this Demara becomes a dedicated soldier, a novitiate in a monastery, an- assistant prison warden (who develops a considerable liberal approach to the treatment of prisoners), and a doctor in the Canadian Navy performing an- operation successfully on sixteen badly wounded Koreans. These last two Sequences provide the film with considerable excitement. Curtis, plays Demara with considerable assurance, and on the whole the film leaves the viewer with one basic problem—who was that man? Tliree Go To Wash. D.C. Three Stetson students, Max Cleland, Susanne Sparkman, and Alice Petty are among the 97 University's Washington Semester' Program now under way in the nation's capital. A total of 44 colleges and universities are represented in the program which is designed to provide students from throughout the nation with a first-hand knowledge of the federal government in action. During the semester, the students are brought into close contact' with . a wide-range of activities of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government, and in the process meet with congressmen, labor and management loaders, lobbyists, and nationally-known personalities from every walk of life. They also visit places of interest in.th^ Washington area. Stetson Reviews Events Of School Year, 1963 |19 Receive i I Wilson Bids Nineteen Stetson University seniors have been nominated for Woodrow Wilson Fellowships for the 1963-64 academic year. Those nominated in English are: Robert Cross, DeLand; Caro- l\n Damianos, Miami;. Wayne D.ckson, Miami; Dick Gibson, DeLand; Edwinna Murphey, Gainesville; Louis Phillips, Hol- hwood; Claudine Walker, Lithia Springs, Ga.; Lynn Sawyer, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Berta Smith? Ejstis. Those nominated in American sLudics are: Raymond Smith, Ft. Lauderdale; Tcena Cunningham, De- L ind, and Richard Karberg, In- dun River City. Those nominated in history aie: Frank Farmer, New Smyr- ni Beach, and Frank West, Atlanta, Ga. Nominated in math is Sherwood Hoadley, Daytona Beach; in French, Jackie Arrigoni, Daytona Beach; in physics, Robert Conover, Ft. Myers; in philosophy, Vernon Cope, Springfield, Mass., and in biology, Jay Nun- ley, Portsmouth, Va. Woodrow - Wilson fellowships are designed to stimulate interest in college teaching as a career and to help students qualify and prepare for this field. Seniors and- graduates of high academic.jjuality,, w.ith, an- interest in college-teaching may be nominated by any of their instructors. Each fellowship carries a living allowance of $1,500 for single students, with increments' for dependents, and pays the full cost of tuition and fees directly to the universities. Only a few of those nominated across the nation will actually receive fellowships. Seniors Stage Recital - Two Stetson senior music students, a pianist and a trumpet player, presented a recital in Elizabeth Hall on Friday, Jan. 10. Dianne S. Matthews, pianist of Marietta, Ga., played "Sonata in E Flat Major" by Beethoven, "Ballade in A Flat Major" ,by Chopin, and "Four Anniversaries, 1948" by Leonard Bernstein. Mrs. Matthews' instructor is Mrs,., Lenoir , Almand, assistant professor of piano in the Stetson School of Music. Walter C. Bailey, trumpet player from Waycross, Ga., played "Two 'Airs from Bon- duca" by Purccll, "Variations from Fifth Harpischord Suite"-, by Handel, "Concerto for Two Trumpets" by Vivaldi, "Square Dance", by Robert Sanders, and "Morning Music" by Hidemith. Baileyls piano accompanist was Miss Diane Gentry of Charleston, S. C. His instructor is Donald Yaxley, professor of wind and percussion instruments. Bailey is general manager of the Stetson University Band, and also plays in the Brass Choir and in the Stetson Orchestra. The Stetson recital is open to the public at no charge. Jan. Graduation Held In June Stetson University will hold no graduation ceremony when the first semester classes finish up on the DeLand campus at the end of January, according to' Dean W. Hugh McEniry Jr. Those students who complete their work and have met requirements for graduation by the end of the first semester will receive their degrees in June, McEniry said. The University ,will also continue to confer degrees in August. The Stetson College of Law in St. Petersburg, however, will hold its regular mid-year graduation dinner this year, and it will be on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Stetson dean said. DAN S. BLALOCK Chairman Set For Stetson's New Council Dan S. Blalock, Bradenton real estate and insurance man, has been named chairman of Stetson University's new Development Council? the Stetson board of trustees announced today. The announcement indicated that the Development Council's first order of business is to secure' matching funds for Stetson's $1.5 million Ford Foundation'challenge''grant, ' Blalock ".said today the Development Council will launch immediately a special University program to help make Stetson the outstanding center of academic' excellence in the South. PROGRAM NAME This program — "a challenge to excellence" — is.to be called S-T-R-I-D-E. The six.letters stand for the phrase "Stetson's Test of Resourcefulness In Developing Excellence," Blalock said. Blalock indicated that the Stetson S-T-R-I-D-E program is a three-year project designed to enable the University to meet the Ford Foundation's challenge to the University. The Foundation grant is a conditional one requiring , the University to raise $3 million in matching funds. Thus Stetson : must raise two dollars for each dollar of grant money. FUND USE Both Foundation- and matching funds are to be applied to any area of .Stetson's undergraduate program on its De- Land campus — capital im- ; provements, operations, or endowment. Last year Stetson was the only college, public or-private, in the South to be selected by the Ford Foundation' for one of its Special Program in Education' grants. Only 12 other colleges in the nation received similar grants at that time. Stetson Article Is Reprinted Supt. Thomas A. Bailey of the State Dept. of Education was so impressed by an article in the summer issue of the Stetson Let-, ter, quarterly magazine issued by Stetson University,. that he has had it reprinted in the December issue' of the Florida School Bulletin? official publication sent to all state school personnel. Written by Dr. Ray V. Sowers, director of Stetson's teacher education, program, the article outlines Sowers' ideas and philosophy about quality education. . The Stetson Letter article by Dr. Sowers has also been reprinted in the December issue of Florida Education, journal of the Florida Education Association. The same issue of Florida Education annnounces that Stetson English professor Dr. William E. Taylor will be.editor of a poetry page beginning with the publication's January issue. The issue also includes a favorable review on, "Essays in Modern Literature," a book with Richard Langford as its general editor and published by the Stetson .University Press. Highpoint Was Ford Grant Of $1.5 Million DELAND—With 1963 gone, Stetson University c.an. look back on a significant year, one wh.ich brought the University a Ford Foundation grant .of .$1.5 million and which-saw Florida's Baptist university and the state's Baptist'churches .working in'harmony on a financial program for the University's future. The ,Ford Foundation gift is the largest in Stetson's more than 80-year history. The University was the only institution in the South, from Atlantic coast to Pacific coast, to be selected in June with 12 other colleges in the nation to receive one of .the Foundation's Special Program in Education grants. The Ford Foundation ■ announced that the following criteria were used for awarding these gfrants to the selected colleges:, "tradition of scholarship,. Well developed plans to improve liberal education,.ability to make pace-setting improvements, loyal support and participation- by alumni and friends, strong presidential and trustee leadership, and strategic regional importance." In the long run this recognition may be more important to Stetson than the money itself, University-officials feel. The terms of the" grant require that the University raise $3 million in order to receive the Foundation's $1.5 million. All funds are to be applied to the University's undergraduate work. BAPTIST'S PART. Florida Baptists accepted their part, of this'challenge"." At thfe 'annual Florida Baptist State Convention in November, they approved a $1.5 million fun-raising drive in support of-Stetson.- The Convention's drive runs for three years—pledges amount ing. to more than $250,000 have already been received. Stetson University's trustees themselves have also entered upon an active campaign- to raise the additional $1.5 million needed to match the Ford grant. First gift received was a $15,000 check from the- U.: S. Steel Foundation Inc. W. Homer Turner, U. S. Steel's executive director, said that the Ford grant "is truly an opportunity for, all of American .industry, and for Stetson's alumni and friends, to participate in the future of this fine university which holds such, great potential for distinctive' regional and national service." NEXT BUILDING Next building scheduled for Stetson's DeLand campus is a $2 million science' center. The University expects to apply to the federal government shortly for a construction loan for this building. T6 clear the way for construction of the science center, Stetson needs title to the property of two DeLand streets within the campus and has asked the' city of DeLand-to close these streets. The city commission has authorized drawing of an agreement to close the streets as soon as the University has concluded agreements with two fraternities regarding their properties. The streets will not be closed until the land is actually needed for the building. NEW LIBRARY • Ground for the University's new library was broken at the 1963 Homecoming and since then construction has moved ahead rapidly. The building, which occupies 50,000 square feet, should be in use next summer. This structure will provide a potential for housing 250,000 books plus documents, periodicals, microfilm, and other collections. More (Continued on 'Pape Two) ' What Good Is Poetry? What good is poetry today? 7 It's good for pleasure "and profit, says Dr. William E. Tay lor, professor of English at Stet«' ,son University. ' • -' Writing in the current issue of the Stetson Letter, the Uni-. vorsity's quarterly magazine, Taylor says that poetry is that use of words which insists upon only the genuine;,it abhors the- phony, the sentimental, the stupid. Poetry is by nature aristcr' cratic and intolerant, the Stetson professor avers. 'It deals with experience and with' reality, and it should do so honestly. Taylor declares that ■ poetry should report reality as the poet ' sees- and understands, it, not as. the poet thinks he is supposed- to see and understand it. This mean's the-poet must go ■ through a constant process of self analysis. He is. forever searching for the proper 'shape for his discoveries. Pleasure and profit in poetry . comes .through the self-understanding.it provides, and the respect for words'and the respect for honesty it engenders. The poet's job of forging truth .through his use of words is a job never completed, but never' to be given up, Taylor adds. , Dr. Taylor is co-editor of "Impetus," a magazine of verse, • and his poems have appeared in poetry magazines in the U.S. Canada, England, and India. He is the author bf "Man in the Wind," a book of poetry, and his original play, "Colonel Phillips," was first presented by Stetson's Stover Theatre last year. Edmunds Is Reappointed Stetson University President J. 'OUie Edmunds 'has been reappointed to the board .of directors of the Jacksonville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, it was announced today by the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.. C. Dr. Edmunds' new term is for three years beginnning Jan. 1, 1964. His first term on the board began in 1961; The Jacksonville branch is one of four branches of the At?. lanta bank. Others are located in Birmingham, Nashville, and New, Orleans. ' Co-ed Needed Ivey's of Orlando is interested in finding a Stetson co-ed to serve on their College Fashion Board. The student must be a resident of the Orlando area. Any interested' co-ed may see Mrs.. Fran Carlton at the Worn? en's Gym for an application form?. Weekly Calendar Thurs., Jan. 16 Basketball: Florida Presbyterian, St. Petersburg , SUB Lecture - 3:30 p.m., "Way Out" - Dr.'Hogua .. Sat., Jan.* 18 , Basketball Game: Rollins, Winter Park- Tues., Jan. 21 ' Civic Music Association - Archer and Giles Folk Music ■ Elizabeth Hall, 8:00 p.m. Wed., Jan. 22 Reading Day AT THE MOVIES SUB Saturday "The Great Imposter" BOULEVARD DRIVE-IN Jan. 16 "My Six Loves" "Geronimo" Jan. 17-18 "EEGAH" . "The Choppers" \ "Showdown" ' •- 'if ' <'./ ■■ fostajiw***"'