The Stetson Reporter

K.» DON'T FORGET STRIDE FOR HOMECOMING • * * Florida9s Oldest College Newspaper • •• PLAN AHEAD PARENT'S WEEKEND! MARCH 7-9 76th YEAR NO. 13 ,'M THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964 PRICE 10 CENTS PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS 18 Stetson University Lists Spring Class Schedule Stetson University's s.pring semester In-Service classes for teachers has been announced by Dr. Ray V. Sowers, director of teacher education. Classes will meet four days a week—Monday evening from 6 to 9, starting Feb. 10 and continuing through May 25; Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 to 6, starting Feb. 5 and continuing through May 27; Thursday afternoon from 4 to 5:15 and, in the evening from-6 to 9, starting Feb. ' 6 and continuing through May 28, and Saturday Edmunds Named To Post Stetson University President J. Ollie Edmunds. has been named secretary of a newly formed Citizens National Committee for Higher Education-, it has been announced in Washington, D. C. The organization will- launch Its program with a banquet to-" night in Washington' featuring speeches by Sen. Abraham Ribi- coff, D-Conn., former secretary of health, education, and.welfare, and Rep. ePter Dominick, R.-Colo. Some 550 college officials and business leaders from throughout the nation are expected to attend the dinner. The new citizens committee wasv formed to focus attention on the mounting problems of institutions of. higher learning and to seek-solutions. The group is composed of businessmen and educators concerned with educational institutions* financial'requirements. ■ . < Committee chairman is Dr. Oliver C. Carmichael Jr., pres- i dent, ' Associates - Investment Co., South eBnd, Ind., and consultant to the .Fund' for Ad-, vancement of Education of the Ford Foundation. In addition to Stetson's Dr: Edmunds, others on the national group's steering committee are Frank Sparks, Council for Financial Aid to Education; Pres. LandrumR. Boiling,- Earl- ham College; Pres. Bryon K. Trippet, Wabash College; Chancellor M. F. Sadler, Texas Christian, University; Pres. Theodore Hesburgh, Notre Dame University; , Pres. Miller Upton, Beloit College; Pres. V. J. Wright, iFisk University, and Dr. Guy E. Snavely, Association of American Colleges. The Citizens National Committee for Higher Education is proposing a program of tax relief which recommends a specified amount of direct tax credit be allowed to the taxpayer for each dependent on whose behalf he : pays tuition and ■ fees to a tax-exempt institution of higher learning. • .For gifts to such ■ institutions, the committee proposes a tax credit ,up to a specified amount per year for individuals, and a specified amount tor corporations. Armour Takes Brewer Prize Dr. Rollin S. Armour, Stetson University assistant professor, of religion has been awarded the 163 Brewer Prize of $1,000 for his doctoral dissertation on. "The Theology and Practice of Baptism in 16th Century Anabap- tism'.' The award, made every three years by the American Society of Church History, is given toward the publication of the manuscript. Commenting on the subjejet of his thesis, Armour said that present day Baptists owe their origins indirectly to the Anabaptists who headed a -popular movement which advocated the separation of church and state in Europe during the 16th century Reformation. Mennonites are considered to be direct descendants of this movement. Armour began research on this thesis In 1958 at the University of Zurich in Switzerland while he was thereon'a'Westen-^ gard Fellowship for travel and study from Harvard University. He-received his Th.D. degree in June 1963 from Harvard. morning from 8 until 11 and 9 until 12, starting Feb. 8 and continuing through May 28, and Saturday morning from 8 until 11 and 9 until 12, starting Feb. 8 and continuing through May 23. Students planning to attend Monday night classes will meet in the auditorium of Elizabeth Hall on the DeLand campus for registration at 6 p.m., Feb. 10. All others register in the Edu- cationn Office of Elizabeth Hall on the date of the first class. COURSES LISTED Courses and instructors are: "Creative Image of America," Dr. Gerald E. Critoph; "Contemporary P r o b 1 ems in Florida Education," Dr. Ray V? Sowers; "Mental Hygiene," Dr. Warren F. Jones; "Counseling U," Joseph V. Adams; "Shakespeare," Dr. Ethel B. Colbrunn; "Teaching- Arithmetic in the Elementary School," Dr. T. E. Smotherman; "Music in the Elementary School," Mrs. Ruth R. Carr; "Capitalism and Democracy in Crisis," Dr. John A. Hague; "Astronomy," Commander Robert Wood; "Europe Since 1914," Dr. Malcolm Wynn. Others are: "Special Methods in the Secondary School," Dr. F. R. Tubbs; "Physical Education and Health. in the Elementary School," Mrs. Sara Jernigan; "(SP) Materials and Methods for High School Speech," Miss Betty Mack; "Educational and Vocational Guidance," Paul Parker; "Teaching Reading in Elementary School," David Edgar; "Special Methods in Early Childhood Education," Dr. Ruth Smith; "Seminar" (20th Century British Literature), Dr. Paul Wheeler; "Leadership and Social. Change," Dr. Critoph; "Tests' and Measurements H," Dr. Joseph Sutton. Other courses are: - "Elementary Curriculm,1" Nelson S. Glass; "Philosphy of Education," Dr. W. R. Pickens; "Administration, of G u i d a n ce ■Services," Dean George Hood; "Principals of Educational Research," Dr.- Richard Morland; "Public School Administration: Legal and Professional Responsibilities," R. J. Longstreet, and "Supervision," Dr. R. L. Carter. An art course for adults, with or without credit, will be taught by. Fred Messersmith on Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m. The class —"Drawing, and Painting"—will meet in. the Art Annex at 165 E. Minnesota Ave. The cost is $36. Full academic credit is given for all above courses and they may also be audited. JU, Stetson Plan Program Jacksonville University and Stetson University have made an agreement which will allow qualified JU students to enter Stetson's College of Law after their junior year, then receive a JU bachelor's degree after the first year of law school. Announcement of "the first of what we hope some day will be several such combined plans," was made by Dr. Dan A. Thomas, Dean of the JU faculty.. According to Dr. Thomas, Stetson's Dean of the College of Law,' Harold L. Sebring, has been most responsible - for fa- ciliating the program. The law school is a member of. the Association of American Law Schools and is on the approval list of the American Bar Association. "Stetsonn University's College of Law," said Dean Thomas in making the announcement, "is respected nationally as one of the very best.'. "Our pre-law students who can take advantage of this plan will receive the finest of educations as well as reduce the length of the road to the practice of law by a full year, while still qualifying for a JU degree." Law school is a three year program,, leading to the degree Bachelor of Laws. , Stetson's College of Law is located in the Gulfport residential " section of St. Petersburg and has a twelve acre campus. The library has in its collection 50,000 volumes. Ready access, Dr. . Thomas said, is provide dStetson law students to the courts, agencies and other institutional facilities of the Tampa Bay metropolitan area. TO JOIN STETSON—A new assistant professor in economics will join the Stetson University faculty this semester. He is Charles ff. Andrews of Nashville, Tenn.. Andrews is currently working toward. his dflctorate at Vanderbilt Uni- \rersity. He was graduated from Mercer University in 1960 magna cum Iaude. He held a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship during 1960-61, an Earhart Senior Fellowship in 1961-62, and a Ford Foundation Foreign Area Fellowship in 1962- 63. Mrs. Andrews, a sociology major, is working on her master's degree at Vanderbilt. The couple, with their 10-niontlis old son, now live at 437 E. Church St., DeLand. Vandals Damage Stetson Building Vandals broke into Allen Hall at. Stetson University last Friday night and did "minor damage," a spokesman for the university said yesterday. Several fire extinguishers were removed from the walls and their contents sprayed over walls, furniture and floors. Campus police reported the discovery of fingerprints, which will be sent to the FBI for possible identification. Stetson Hits Its STRIDE For Homecoming Weekend Professors Publish Two Stories TW'o articles about Stetson University's American' Studies, program written by the professors who teach the courses—Dr. John Hague, director? and Dr. Gerald Critoph—have just been published. The current issue of the Yale University American Studies- Newsletter carries an article descriptive of the complete Stetson program, and a special report issued by the Wemys? Foundation outlines features of two of Stetson's American studies courses. The Wemyss report contain? case studies on American Studies' programs at Stetson and at Michigan State University. In it Drs. Hague and Critoph discuss the tasks which confront the scholar who tries to become proficient in a number of disciplines. In the Yale bulletin, Hague and Critoph describe Stetson's program as one which has been in operation long enough to serve as a useful model for other institutions, especially because of its systematic plan of study toward both undergraduate and graduate degrees. t ^» i. 1 ■» .■ * %^ PUBLIC LECTURES LISTED Stetson's Third Annual Area Institute Will Probe Problems Of China, India By DR. HAROLD J. SCHULTZ Stetson History and Political Science Department The problems and prospects of the world's two' most populous nations will highlight Stetson's Third Annual Area Institute' to be-held there Feb. 10-13. Recent events have drawn increased attention to both China and India, and the series of lectures and discussions planned for the Institute should serve to increase everyone's interest' and understanding of these events as they continue to unfold. President DeGaulle's recognition- of Communist China last week will no doubt bring on increased efforts to seat that government at the United ■ Nations. This, in turn, brings up the issue of the "Two Chinas" controversy, and DeGaulle has already been caught with the complications of .this issue. INDIA CRISIS Meanwhile, India is going through its greatest leadership crisis since the assassination of Gandhi in 1948. Nehru has been the unifying force in that country for the past 15 years and he has groomed no one to follow him. With Nehru's present age and illness, speculation is rife as to his successor and the' policy changes that such a succession might entail. Only a year ago India's vaunted policy of non- Palatka Center Is Opened Stetson's Extension Division of Christian Education opened its Palatka Center in the First Baptist Church, 5th and- Oak Sts., Tuesday, Feb. 4, sponsored by the St! Johns River Baptist Association. Two courses taught each Tuesday riight are — "New Testament n," by Rev. W. T. Newsome Jr. from 7 to 7:50, and "Teaching Improvements" by Rev. John L. Pelham from 8 to 8:50. Registration is $2, and tuition is $5 per semester hour. These courses are planned for Sunday School officers and teachers, training union leaders, pastors, anl lay persons 17 years of age and above, without restriction as to academic training. Further information may be obtained from Rev. Edward M. Straner, dean, 325-7783, or Mrs. Wayne Key, registrar, 325-5304. alignment or "positive neutralism" was tarnished badly when the border was attacked by the Red Chinese in force and the Indians were forced both to retreat and call on the West for aid. That border war is at best dormant and liable to flare up again in the months ahead. VISITING LECTURERS These will be some of the issues that will be examined at the-five public lectures to be given on the Stetson campus by some of the nation's best-known specialists in this area. Dr. H. Arthur Stein er of the University of California is a distinguished author and political scientist who will speak on "Sino-Indian Relations and American Foreign Policy." Prof. George Lenson of Florida State University will serve as the "resident specialist" for the Institute and give two public lectures. Lenson is a well-known Orientalist and effective' speaker who • has lived for many years in China and Japan. v STETSON SPEAKER — The former chairman of the board of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Frank W. Abrams, Ormond Beach, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of Stetson University trustees and the University's Development Council during Stetson's Homecoming next week. Abrams,. now. chairman of tlie executive committee of the Council for Financial Aid to Education Inc.,' will speak after a noon luncheon on Friday, Feb. 14, in the Stetson Union building. "India's Role in Asia" will.be the subject of Dr. A. K. Dar, Minister of Political Affairs of the Indian Embassy in Washington., On, the final,day of the In- , stitute, Prof. John Harrison of the University of Florida also will participate and bring a first-hand account of,Indian issues, since he is at present in India participating in the. International Conference of Orientalists. .Harrison's field is * diplomatic history and he has done substantial field work in Far Eastern history. PROGRAM In addition to the five public lectures, the Institute will provide -motion pictures on China and India, classroom visitations by the visiting specialists, luncheon engagements, and a panel discussion. The public ■ is invited to participate in all the programmed topics. Announcements will be made later on as to the specific topics and time of the lectures. Additional information can. be obtained by contacting Dr. Serge Zenkovsky or any member of the Area Institute Committee at Stetson University, DeLand. COOPERATIVE VENTURE Last year the Institute focused attention on Southeast Asia and' more than- 1,900 students and citizens were in' attendance at the various sessions. Again this >ear the' Institute program is worked out in cooperation with the four Associated.Mid-Florida Colleges with each participating college having a parallel program on its campus, during the same week. The Institutes are supported by the Danforth Foundation. • Baptist Day Slated Baptist College Day, an annual c^ent throughout, the Southern Baptist Convention,, will, be observed this year on Sunday, Feb. 16, according' to E. C. Tyner, Stetson director of church relations. On that date the importance of Christian education and the role of the church-related college, university, or school, are emphasized in Florida's Baptist churches. Numerous churches will be using Stetson students, faculty members, and others in thoir services that' day, Tyner said. Florida's pastors are urged to join with the churches of other, stales in the special observance, •Tyner declared. Artist Joins Stetson Staff . Francis Chapin, known as the "dean of Chicago painters" and one of America's best-loved artists, will join the Stetson art faculty . during February and March of this year, Fred Messersmith, art department chairman, has announced. Chapin will teach a course in painting and become resident artist in the absence of Louis Freund who will study and travel in the Mediterranean area until next fall, Messersmith said. Chapin works equally well in oil, watercolor, and lithograph. Daniel Catton Rich has said of him: "Chapin is one of America's most creative colorists." A. graduate of Washington and Jefferson, Chapin studied at the Chicago Art Institute and later taught there for many years. He waV'artist-in-residence at the University* of Georgia for two years and is a member of the National Acadamy bf Design. Chapin has won many awards including, the Daria Watercolor Medal, Pennsylvania Academy, and William Clarke Medal, Corcoran Biennial, Washington, D.C. His work is owned by many museums including .the Metropolitan,. Brooklyn, Pennsylvania Academy, and Norton Gallery in West Palm Beach. An exhibit of Chapin's paintings will be held in the Elizabeth Hall Gallery from Feb. 5-15, and the public is cordially invited to see this noted painter's work. Mr. and Mrs. Chapin and son will reside at 642 N. Hayden Ave. during their stay in' De- Land. • , ... Ferre Speaks In Chapel Nels F. S. Ferre, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology at Andover Newton Theological Seminary will be a guest on the Stetson campus, Sunday and Monday, February 9 and 10th.- Mr.. Ferre will meet informally with students Sunday evening, 6 p.m., in Allen Hall. Monday morning he will speak in chapel. The assembly will be changed to Wednesday. Mr. Ferre, prior to his present position, was professor at Vanderbilt University. He is considered one of the popular Protes-, tant theologians of our day. He has written "Faith and Reason," "Return to Christianity," "The Christian Faith," and other books.' The total' campus community is invited to share the Sunday evening session which will be informal in- nature allowing for questions ■ from the floor. Dave Lavoy of the Student Union Board will be acting as host for this occasion and Dean McEniry will introduce Mr. Ferre. Test For Resourcefulness^ In Developing Excellence By KATHLEEN HUGGARD Homecoming Weekend will be Thursday, February 13^ ■hrough Saturday, February 15. The theme, "Stetsori Hits its Stride," pertains to Stetson's improvements and1 progress throughout the years.'' : - Registration of Alumni will begin Thursday morning ind continue through .the 'week. Stetson University will ick off its Homecoming activi- - ■ " ' ' " i ies with the ODK-Mortar Board Leadership Banquet Thursday ■ vening, February 13. The.honorable Mr. Johnson, United States .Senator from Pennsylvania and .'t Stetson graduate, will' be the :.uest speaker. After the dinner, •Stover Theatre welcomes all to ee the production of "The Bald Soprano," a one-act comedy. Performances will be held throughout the Homecoming Weekend. LUNCHEON HELD At 1 p.m. Friday, the Trustees and Development .Council will hold its luncheon, during which time the "Stride" program will be presented. Following this, at 3 p.m., reunions •of the classes of 1914 and 1939 will be held. At 6 p.m.. on Saturday the alumni will hold their annual banquet and business meeting in the Stetson Room.' United States Senator from Florida; the honorable Spessard Holland,' will be. the guest speaker. MORE TO DO Students this year will be able to participate in more activities with the alumni. -More students will be invited to attend the traditional- Alumni Breakfasts oh Saturday ..morning,' which have . heretofore, been" primarily' for Alums.' There will be separate breakfasts for the Business School, the Ministerial Association, the,Music School, the Law School, and' the Education Department. Students will also' be invited to attend Homecoming Convocation, at 11 a.m. on Saturday will be in honor- of-the blind graduates of Stetson- University. Robert Barnett, Executive Director, of the American Foundation for the Blind, (the ,first blind person • to hold this position), and a . graduate of Stetson University, will be the guest of honor. Although there will be non pa- activitiees are planned. One very popular feature, a Sidewalk Art Show, will be held again this year, and will begin at one o'clock on Thursday, continuing through the weekend. If wilT include samples of outstanding art work done by Stetson students, and will be sponsored by Kappa Pi, national art honorary. Instead of Saturday afternoon, the Homecoming basketball game (Stetson Hatters vs. Rollins) will be played Friday evening at 8 p.m. Preceding the game, Stetson's Freshman Varsity team will be pitted against a team composed of outstanding recent Alums. ALUMNI QUIZ Other new features will include a' Student-Alumni Quiz Bowl, which will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the. Student Union Building. Modelled aiter the highly successful and competitive student quiz bowl held annually during the spring ser mester, the event will be sponsored by the Phi Society.; Another first is the Hootenanny Show, held in Elizabeth Hall, 4. p.m. Saturday afternoon, featuring student and alumni folksing- ers. Stetson's fraternities,, sororities, and religious organizations (Continued on Page Three) 27 Receive Law Degrees Stetson College of. Law held its mid-winter graduation .dinner in the Great Hall on the St. Petersburg campus on Tuesday, Jan. 28. • - U. C. Barrett, St. Petersburg attorney and civic leader, was the speaker, and he will be awarded the University's Distinguished Service Award. ■ Candidates for Bachelor 7 of Laws degrees (with address arid other institutions attended), at the graduation ceremony were; Charles R. Booth, Daytona Beach, Florida Southern College; E. Ronald Bradley, Bradenton, Florida State University; James Marshall Conrad, . Tallahassee,, Florida State University; Joseph P. D'Allesandro, Fort' Myers, University of Florida; James C. Dauksch Jr.; MaiOahd, Ohio State'University; Lewis E. Dink- iris, Ocala,. Stetson. University; Charles G. Edwards, New Port Richey, Missouri' School - of Mines. ' ■ • ! ■ 'Others were: Jkmes O. Eq: bank H, Daytona Beach, Stetson University; p; Mercer,Fearing- ■ ton, DeLand,,Florida State University; Robert; A. Halvorsen, St. Petersburg, Stevens Institute; Michael E. Jackson, Palm Beach, Florida State University; Stuart E. Kocha; Bath, Maine, Florida State University; Edwin P. Krassner, St. Petersburg, University of Miami; William E. Kreuter, Holyoke, Mass.; Sf. Michael's College; James FI . Littman, Quincy, University ot Florida; Daniel N. Martin, Columbia City, Ind., University ot Tampa; James R. McAtee, St. Petersburg, University of Alabama. ., ,-.-■" Additional graduates were: Robert F. Michael Jr.; Greensboro, "N. C, Duke University; Daniel A. Moriarty,- Largo, St. Bonaventure University;' James D. Morrison,- Tallahassee,- Florida State University;"Richard !L. Nichols,- Miami, University 'of North Carolina; Royce D. Pipkins, Haines City, Florida Statfe' University; Charles M. Riedej-s, Jacksonville, University, of Florida; William D. Roth, Lake. :Wales, Emory University; Louis S. St. Laurent,: Holmes; Beach, University of Tampa; Robert D. Sumner, Dade City, Florida Southern College, and Edward J. Winter, Palmetto, Tulane University. • . NTE Held Feb. 15 The National -Teacher Examinations will be held in the De- Land High School'on Feb. 15.. ' The Examtinations, usually held at Stetson, have been scheduled for the high school to avoid- conflicts with Homecoming activities on the University campus, according to-Dr.-.George Hood, Stetson dean of students and di-. rector, of guidance. Homecoming Calendar 8:30 A.M. —Registration SUB Yobbys 1:00 P.M. — Sidewalk Art Show (To continue through weekend) '■ 8:30 P.M. —Stover Theatre Production: "The Bald Soprano" 8:00 A.M. -5:30 P.M. — Registration ..; SUB Lobby 1:00 P.M. — Trustees and Development Council Luncheon .. SUB" 3:00 P.M.— Reunions of Classes SUB7 7:00 P.M. — Recent Alumni vs. Stetson Basketball Game .'.; :.... DHS Gym-. 8:00 P.M. — Stetson vs. Rollins Basketball Game .... DHS Gym- 6:00-7:00 P.M. — Sororities Open House 10:00 -12:00 P.M. — Open-House for Fraternities and BSU 8:30 P.M. — Stover Theatre Production: "The Bald Soprano" -' 7:30 A.M.—Registration SUB Lobby"' 9:00 A.M. — Student and Alumni Breakfasts . Stetson Room, Etc. ■ 11:00 A.M. —Convocation : Elizabeth Hall' 12:00 Noon — Student, and Alumni Buffet .; .., Forest of Arden. ■ 2:00 P.M. — Student' vs.. Alumni Quiz Bowl ..- SUB-. 4:00 P.M. — Hootenanny Elizabeth Hall- 6:00 P.M.—Alumni Banquet and- ' - - . . Business Meeting Stetson Room ' -. 8:00 P.M. — Homecoming Dance DeLand Armory 8:30 P.M. — Stover Theatre Production: "The Bald Soprano" ' V ': .,a_*.