The Stetson Reporter

T "A^fL SUPPORT YOUR STETSON HATTER BASKETBALL TEAM • • • Florida's Oldest College Newspaper • •• PLAN AHEAD PARENTS WEEKEND MARCH 15-17 76th YEAR-NO. 17 DELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963 PRICE 10 CENTS <■.■ Greek Gab BY ANN THOMASON - Parties are back in the swing for this semester, now that Rush and Homecoming are' things of ■ the past. This weekend there will be band parties or record parties ' at all six fraternity houses. '• The remaining two fraternities • to intiate, members did so last weekend. All Greek groups have now filled their ranks. i_ - DELTA SIG The Delta Sigs ■ intiated nine pledges last weekend. They include: Tom Bledsoe, Chuck Geig, Brady Faust, Tom Nye, Tom Riden, Bob , Schlusmeyer and " • Dick Schlusmeyer. Tonight the Delta Sigs are having a social with the Alpha Xis. LAMBDA CHI ■ Last weekend the Lambda Ohis had 13 pledges .go. active. They are: Terry Barrett,'' Bill Bedell, John Davis, Bill Fortson, . Bob Kimble, Mike McCreery, Rob Oglesby, Larry Pierce, Phelps Salter, Bill Schneider, Phil Seipp, . Dick Shuford, and Tim Thompson. The. Outstanding , pledge was Phelps Salter, The Lambda Mames - (the girls* pinned to .Lambda Chis) gave a Coflfee Hour from 7-9 p. m. Sunday night to honor the new "actives, .the new pledges and new officers. Sat- ■ urday night the Rams will dance to the music of "The Roadrun- ' ners." PIKES Gail Mauldin, who is pinned to brother Frank Pyle, is the new Dream Girl of Pi Kappa' Alpha. She was given the title Friday 'night at the- Pike's annual Founder's Day banquet. Also this -year a Townsend Leadership award was made to Frank Winn. -The Best pledge award went to Fred Hall. Dean Stewart was the' guest speaker. Tim Case is lavaliered to Bev Brooks., * Pi KAPP ' Friday night-the Pi Kapps will . have_a recordvparty at the house. Sunday night ithere will be a Coffee Hour from .7-9 p. :m. for all Pi Kapps and'their dates'. Engaged-last™ weekend -were' Bill Turk and Zeta Nancy Foster. SIGMA NU The Sigma Nus had their.election of Spring Officers last week. They are: Oomimander Jim.Terrell, Lt. Commander Bud. Arnett, Recorder Dave Johnson, Treasurer Ron Maokendree, Chaplain Andy Smith, Marshall Frank - Emerson, Social Chairmen Mike Wafckins and Dick Schaeffer, and Reporter and Historian are to be elected.v SIG EP . This weekend Sig Eps from within this district' will be attending a District Leadership Training School to be held here at Stetson. There will be' a party to 'liven' up. the weekend on Saturday night at the Sig Ep House. SORORITIES This week we have a list of the girls that pledged various soror> ties during Spring Rush whi*h ended with pledging last- Thursday. ■ ALPHA CHI The Alpha Chis picked up four new pledges, which include: Jen- . nie Dekle, - Gainesville; Einda Priddy, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Judi Rogers,' Ft. Pierce; and Carol Poppe, Umatilla." Last weekend the Alpha Chis had nine pledges intiated. They are: Janis Appleby, Donna Carr, Diane Gentry, Judy Hooper, Mary Ann' Kessler. Jan Orians, Jill • Redding,. Ann Whit- look, and Tina Young! ALPHA XI Alpha Xis took in three pledges during Spring Rush. They include: Hunt Jordan,- High Point, N. C; ,Juliet Richards, Bam; bridge, Ga.; and Gail Gordon, Arcadia. At their Leadership Ban- quet Saturday night at Paul Hunt- / er's their new officers were in- ' .tailed. They are: President Gwen \ .leshire, Vice President Diane "X .-Inar, Corresponding Secretary , Liz Wick,. Recording Secretary V y.onnie Wilfoy, Treasurer Suzanne ;' Hullins, Historian Judy Browson, .Rush Chairman Leighan Roberts, •'P;edge Trainer Beth -'Beirley, and , Spcial Chairman Jayne Howard. \ ' TRI-DELT. '. The Tri-Delts got'three pledges . iri-Spring Rush. They are: Diana .Bryan,■ Phillipine Islands; .Pennny Bryan, Ft. Lauderdale; and-Ann Chancellor, Alexandria, Va. This past weekend', the Tri-Delts went to Tallahassee for their State Day, which was represented by the four . Florida Chapters: Florida State, University of .Florida. University of Miami ajid. Stetson. This marked 75 ...years of JTri-Delt nationally. - .Their (National; .President, Mrs. John 'Martin attended the convention. ""'•), PHJ MU -- iTwo pledges taken,by Phi Mu 'were,Diana Norton, Atlanta,, Ga. and Beth Watson, Arcadia. Phi ..Mu pounder's; Day was Monday.- ; (Continued on Page Two) RELIGIOUS FOCUS WEEK Kennedy's Aide5 Author Schedule Stetson Visit .'Brooks . Hays, special assistant to Presdent Kennedy for congressional liaison, and Dr. Frank G. Slaughter, widely known Jackson-1 ville author, will be two of the headliners for Stetson University's Religious Focus Week on the DeLand campus, March 4-8. Hays, former U.S. Congressman from Arkansas, will talk before students and in seminars on Mon- Faculty Of Music Dept. Hold Recital A program -• of contemporary American music will be presented by members of the Stetson music faculty, Friday March 8, in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. The concert will be sponsored by Phi Beta Music Fraternity.. The program will, include "Toccata" by Edmund Haines, former head of the composition department at the University of Michigan. The toccata, written for brass quartet, will" be performed by- Donald Yaxley, Robert .Hause, William Bradsthaw, and Carol Rutan. "Sonatina for Cello and Piano" by Halsey Stevens will be performed by Eleanor' Leek and Roger Cushman. Mr. Stevens is head of the composition department at the University of Southern California. His "A Testaemnt of Life" was co___n_~sioned by Stetson. Jack Coldiron, baritone, will sing "And This of Al My Hopes" by Ernest Bacon and "Luke Havergal" by John Duke. His accompanist will be Roger Gush. ,tnan. ,~ • A first performance of Karl Kroeger's "Partita Piccolo" will be presented by Lenoir Almand, piano. Mr. Kroeger is now head of the American music • division of the New England Public __Jbrary. "Noel," a piece for organ by the .late D)r. Claude Almand, former dean of the' Stetson School -of Music, will be perlforemd by Paul Jenkins. - Two compositions by members of the Stetson -acuity will also be featured. Mr. Richard" Feasel's "Trio for Violin, Clarinet, and fielo" .will be performed , by "Caroline Pilcher, Betty Deal, and Eleanor Leek. Mr. Feasel is head of the wind division at the School of Music. "Prelude" by Roger Cushman, head of the piano department, will be performed by the composer. This concert is presented by Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Fraternity, ' a national professional fraternity for women in the fields o_ mUsic and speech. The present officers of . Eta Chapter *. are Marolyn White, Pres.; Diane Cross, Vice-pres.; Katherine Mene- fee, Rec. Sec; Claudia Callaway, Cor. Sec; Diane Gentry, Treas.; Christine Burns, Projects - Cihm.; Jo Parks, Social Ohm.; and Eleanor Leek, Adv. Rep. Host Way Out Last Friday night the Young Republican Club hosted the music and' food for anyone intrepid enough to walk up the stairs, to the Wayout. The attendance was fifty-plus, somewhat larger than the usual amount making the Wayout on a rainy, after-the- mavies Friday night. But. then, there isn't usually free music on the.jukebox up there. - Again this Friday night after the movies the music will be furnished via, the magnanimity of the junior GOP'ers. .At the March meeting officers were elected as'follows: Charles Barnes, President; John Jacobs (DeLand), Vice-president; Glenna Tippett, Secretary; and Wayne Ragah, Treasurer. Jan Smith and Lynn Ferguson (DeLand!^ were elected to the executive board. Furhermor, Charles Barnes and Jan Smith were elected to serve1 as representitives on the'Ways and Means Cornmittee of the county Republican Party. Plans' have been made to attend the' May convention, * which will be'held in Cocoa Beach. March 14 is the day of the ,next meeting— Room, 203, SUB, 7:00 p. m. Membership is open to" any, one even Stetson students.' day and Slaughter on Monday and Tuesday evenings. A team of other outstanding Christian , leaders will help place focus on spiritual values for Stetson students and faculty alike dur- ,irig the special religious week. The group is, being coordinated by- Howard Bramlette, director of the student department, Southern Baptist colleges, and of the faculty fellowship, Southern Baptist Sunday School board. Hays hais served as assistant attorney general ' of Arkansas, regional attorney for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and delegate to the United Nations. He is a member of the National .Council of Boy Scouts of America. He was former president and vice president .of the Southern Baptist Convention. 7. . . . RETIRED FROM MEDICINE Slaughter retired from medicine in 1946 to become a full-time novelist and lecturer. He has made wide use of Biblical material in his novels and is interested in research of the ancient Biblical world. The daily schedule for Stetson's Religious Focus Week includes chapel services each morning at 10 and evening services at 7. Seminars will be held at 8:15 p.m. through .Thursday and informal dorm discussions Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10:30 p.m.. - -- - - A reception will be held in the president's garden for the faculty, their wives, Religious Life. Council members, and the visiting leaders on Monday afternoon at 4 p.m. The common field mouse seldom lives more than a year because it wears itself; out in a never-ending hunt for food. Author Digs Archaeolog y 1 English writer' William Golding reveals his passion for ' archaeology in the March issue of Holiday magazine. Titled "Digging for Pictures," the article' tells about 'Golding's home 'country of Wessex in Southwestern England, where "archaeology is. as natural, or at least as usual, as gardening." Strictly an amateur digger, Golding says that "as far as I am concerned, archaeology is a game ... I would not-dig if I was unable' to let my imagination run riot." Wessex, the site of Stonehenge, is rich in English history. Therefore, Golding . gives his imagination free play in reconstructing for Holiday readers the life and times of the people who left behind the artifacts that attract- today's diggers. In ■ his article, Golding recalls the time he uncovered the skelton of an Iron Age woman. She had been thrown into one of the numerous rubbish .pits dug by '-the* ancients in the chalk of the English Downs. * Golding, whose novel "Lord of the Flies" was "discovered" by U.'.S. college students and catapulted to the best seller lists, is now. in this country on a'school speaking tour. His stops include Harvard,' , Vassar, Dartmouth, Bard College, the- University of Pennsylvania, the Choate School and the Hill School. He returns to England on March 7. In this country, Golding's non- fiction appears exclusively .in Holiday, the first U. S. magazine to publish the English writer. He will be represented in Holiday's April issue with an article on Irish verse. Electe IWO To Hold . Children's Hour The Independent'Women's Organization at Stetson University is sponsoring a Children's Hour for children from the ases of .four to seven. The Children's Hour is meeting in room 210 Elizabeth Hall on Saturday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 through March 30. If you have children in these age brack; ets, you are invited- to have them enjoy the Children's Hour. Author Has Party ; An author's party for Dr. Frank G. Slaughter, author of Biblical novels, was held at the Stetson University campus bookstore (Tuesday, Mar. 5), from 3-4 p. m. Slaughter was on the' Stetson,' campus for the Univer^jty'/' Religious Focus Week. He |autcj graphed copies of his. latest ».I-*p<. at the bookstore open hpy-fev "(^ STETSON U.'s NEW LIBRARY seems a little small but contractors assured the administration that another wing of equal size is almost completed. Also a large, size bomb shelter or swimrning pool is under way at this moment. AMERICAN LEGION EVENT Stetson Professor Cites Menace For Democracy Americans never have faced greater responsibilities in preserving their way of life than they do today. Dr. John E. Johns, professor * of "history "and "political science at Stetson University,'said this week. Speaking at a joint meeting of American Legion Post 6, DeLand, and Auxliary Unit 6, T'r. Johns said the world never before has faced a situation as critical as that confronting it today. "Mankind stands at the crossroads of destiny.. Even Attila the Hun or the Legions of Troy did not pose the menace which todav threatens us and our concept of government," Dr. Johns declared The joint meeting in the Legion Hall climaxed observance of February as "Americanism Month." .Local observance was formally proclaimed by DeLand's Mayor Louis A. Skillman in accordance with the national program. Quoting George Bernard Shaw, Dr. Johns said "everyman should periodically take stock of his needs not only to strengthen our own form of government but.also to' prevent the whittling away bf our rights." He said-America is threatened from abroad and from within. "We cannot ignore Khrushchev's bombastic- statements. Hitler was laughed at in 1933 when he told people what he was going to ,'_. We must be aware — not afraid; be. wise, be secure," Dr. Johns said: . , -; The Communist believes in his system and , will die for it, Dr. Johns pointed out. Americans must be at least as equally dedicated. he added. Only in this way can Democracy operate under stress and -strain. Americans can protect themselves by becoming politically-minded on local, state and national issues, ■he said. Dr. Johns urged Americans to become "openly patriotic," to join "hands "so Americanisirican'b. pre": served. DeLand High School Bandmaster George Wolf was in charge of the entertainment program. Speakers Slated In Stetson Event Stetson University's Religious Focus Week "continued yesterday 'with a message on "The Religion of a Sound Mind" presented at,the morning'' service ' by- Dr> Samuel Southard, pastor of-the'Fort Mitchell Baptist Church in Kentucky. . This , afternoon Dr. James C. Lanier,' chairman pi ■ the department of pediatrics 'at'tBaptist Memorial Hospital,, ,'Jacksojiville,'";was to speak in a .session for women 'only. - /,y-/--r" A symposium "today at the evening service, which will be 6pen to the public, and will; be held in Elizabeth Ha_^>'will felature Southard;, Dougla's.Gow, chairjman of the Baptist Foundation 'pf .'70ntano..an_. Quebec;, Wb^ej-i;,'T.' Carr, pastor; (_ious Focus Week 7A&g coordiated by Jack Ma-\ , fT_irector. offeligious activities. l,300Alums Give Gifts More than 1,299 Stetson University alumni have already provided gifts to the University this fiscal .year, Dr. James W. Parrish, Stetson vice president, has announced. He said these alums have given $42,499 thus far. Last year '757 Stetson graduates participated in the University's United Stetson Alumni program by providing $19,000, exclusive * of their, gifts for capital purposes. The goal this year is for more than double in helping provide for Stetson's operating costs, Parrish _^_____ J r ,r The Stetson vice president has also just written a description of the University's fund raising in the winter issue of the Stetson Letter, quarterly University publication. In his article Parrish says Stetson had' no "history of organized fund raising before 1948 — three presidents, had served the University by then but no efforts had been made to begin a regular gift-giving program. , LAUNCHED DRIVE On assuming office in 1948, President - J. Ollie Edmunds launched the University's first, efforts at fund raising, Parrish writes. Alumni participation was "unheard of when Edmunds organized the United Stetson Alumni and- the Stetson Associates programs. In the 13-year fund-raising history at Stetson, President Edmunds and his associates have seen annual giving grow from the first' $6,600 in 1949 to the high year in 1-60-61 of $1.3 million. PARRISH SAID According to Parrish, alumni participation ."is the most 3m- portent single'aspect'of fund raising — not in terms of dollars and cents, but in the number of alumni evidencing loyalty to the University' through, annual giving." "We have found that corporations do not give a second look at requests for aid-.when alumni loyalty is at a low ebb," he as- sertsy-so -Stetson University-therefore _5__CDnce_:trHt_ag--"[_i_5 year on its "United Stetson Alumni program.' "Each alumni dollar, can mean at-least three, maybe five, maybe. one hundred dollars from "other sources,"- Parrish declares. "As large, concerns look us over, they will see , the - improvement in this aspect. of our giving and will be favorably inclihded - towards us.", L. 6Boy Friend' Returns With New Cast The musical satire of the 1920's "The Boy Friend," presented , for Stetson University's 80th Homecoming, will be presented again for the University's P'arents' Weekend March 14-16.. . . Cast for the March" production includes"* Gfover" Wilkin's of 'Dallas, Tex.',-as Tony;-Karen E. Anderson of Columbus, O., as Maisie; Mary Ann Mallard of Eau Gallie as Madame Dubonnet; Walt Sonnenburg of the Stetson staff as Bobby, and Laurie Cheatham of Fern Park, Orlando as Dulcie'. Others are Virginia Holtzendorf of Waycross, Ga., as Fay; Penny Gray of Washington, D. C, as Nancy; George Statler of DeLand as Percival Browne; Ann Nathan of Orange City as Hortense; Raymond DeVeau of Houlton, Maine as Lord Brockhurst, and Claudine Walker of Lithia Springs, Ga., as Lady Brockhurst. Also east are John Burchette if Cooleemee, N. C, as Marcel; Tom Thornton of Haperville, Ga., as Pierre; Bruce Kuhl of 909 S. W. 9th terr., Ft. Lauderdale as Alphonse; Wayne Ragan of Eastman, Ga., as the,Gendarme; John Ruggiero of Brookville, N. Y., as Pepe, and Kenny Butler of Princeton, N. J., as Lolita. The part of Polly Browne, made famous on Broadway by Julie Andrews, will be played by Jo, Parks of Albemmarle, N. C. .- Walt Sonnenburg is the designer and technical' director of the show, and Ray Perry is in charge -of lighting. The entire production is directed by Bruce Griffiths. Admission is $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children. Stetson's Stover, Theatre is currently accepting mail-order reservations for tickets. Sharp Named Director Of Training Union ' Miss Margaret Sharp, Stetson University' graduate in 1947, has been named director of junior work in the Baptist Sunday School Board's Training .Union department. Miss Sharp has been a staff . member of the Training - Union department since . joining the Board .in 1949. She has held editorial positions and in May, 1962, became audio-visual consultant for the department. , She,has a bachelor of arts-from Stetson -and a master of .religious education from s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth. -.She has done graduate work in: journalism at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and at .Scarritt College, Nashville. Prior to her college years, she at- //jnded art school and worked as a coiuSsemal artist in Miami. The - compiler of the Convention' Press book '.'Come Into His Presence," .Miss Sharp- writes,.-for. denominational and other periodicals., ■ - , ' i . : DR. COLEMAN Drs. Parked Coleman Serve On Board Two, new trustees have been. elected! to the Board of Trustees for Stetson University. They are Dr. Henry A. Parker of Orlando and Dr. T. Rupert Coleman of Coral (Jables. ''"",' Dr. Parker is pastor of the Orlando First Baptist Church id president of the Florida Stats' I aptist Convention. He is the urth straight generation, of I arker" preachers from Alabama. He received his bachelor of arts >gree from Howard College and s master and doctor of theology -grees from' Southern Baptist-, sminary. He was president of e -student body' at 'Howard' and - teaching 'fellow in seminary. Parker's former pastorates in- ude First Baptist,- Quihey; Al- pattah Baptist, Miami; and I trst Baptist churches in both* 1 -than and - Montgomery, Ala. ORLANDO MINISTRY > Parker began his Orlando minis- ' try in September 1956. During this time a new sanctuary and an . educational unit have been built, new property acquired, and three missions established. The church's .financial budget has increased approximately 250 per cent in four years, and bis diurch .has- led Florida Baptist Churches in gifts to missions. Parker has been a trustee of Judson College, Graceville - Baptist Bible Institute, and Southern Baptist Theological Theological Seminary. He has served on the Baptist State Mission. Board in Alabama and Florida. He ■ is . an active Rotarian. He and his wife, the former Virginia Reaves, have three children. CORAL GABLES PASTOR Dr. Coleman has been pastor of the "University Baptist Church," Coral Gables, since September 1956. He received his M. A. -and B. D. degress from Duke University and his Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. - He was former pastor of the Ginfer . Park Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. Since starting his ministry at University Baptist, Coleman has led the church in erecting an outstanding addition; the church has two chapel missions. IS FOUNDER Coleman is one of the founders and former vice .president of Christian ■ Freedom Foundation Inc. -He has been chairman of the education^promotion committee of the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board, chairman • of ' the administrative committee of the Virginia' Baptist Board of Missions, and chairman of the Billy. Graham Richmond crusade in 1956. He' is the author of "Paul's Prison Life." He has served on important committees of, the Florida Baptist Convention, and is a past member of the Southern Baptist Radio and TV. Commission and trustee on the Convention's Christian Life Commission. He is on the board of the Miami Baptist Hospital, a member of the South Florida Boy Scout Council, and has served on the board of the Dade county Children's Service Bureau. Coleman is a life chaplain of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and an active Kiwanian. He and his wife, the former Lucille Knight, have a son, now a student at the University of Richmond. t -■ DR. PARKER Edmunds Get Honorary Degree ' An honorary, doctor of humanities degree has.been conferred on Stetson University President J. Ollie Edmunds by Rolins Oollege. The L. H. D. was conferred during .Rollins' Founders' Week Convocation. .Edmunds, gave the convocation address on "The Pursuit of Wisdom."... The. Stetson president holds A. B., A. M., and LL.B. degrees he earned as a .student at Stetson. He also has an LL.D conferred by Stetson and a Litt. D. conferred; by the University of Miami. . NOTICE The Student ■ Union Board is interested, in adding to its membership someone who could r- coordinate activities: in the WAY OUT. Anyone interested hi such a position, is . invited to meet - with the board'on Tuesday, March 12, in the'Union Building at 9 p. m. For more detailed information- concerning this, see Mjss Hogue in the Student Union Building. * , Weekly Calendar- ATSTETSON Thur. — Phi Beta,Contemporary Recital"-8:30 p.m.,.Eliazbeth Hall...,. Fri. —Phi Beta Contemporary Recital - 8. p.m., Elizabeth Hall - , Tennis match with Florida Southern - DeLand - - Mon. —DeLand Tourist Club; Stetson'University Band -8 p.m., '* Elizabeth Hall " ... Lecture: Rennaissance Architecture - James' Stakley.- * "'" 7:30 p.m., Allen Tall ..,"'' Tues. — Lecture: Renoaissance Architecture - James Stakley - 1:30 p.m., Allen Hall AT. THE MOVIES : , ' 'SUB - "Raisin iri the Sun" •' , • 7 BOULEVARD DRIVE-IN Thur. —" ' "The Rawhide Trail" - Rex Reason / " "Fri.-Sat. — "Samson and the Seven.Miracles of the World" - "Return to Peyton Place" - Jeff Chandler Gordon Scott - • ' ' ,' "Hercules Unchained" - Steve Reeves "The Minotaur" - Ben.Mathias Sun.-Tues. — "Cleopatra's Daughter" - Debra Paget . : "The Son of Samson" - Michael Forrest Wed. — "Thunder in the Sun" - Susan Hayward -: "Perfect Furlough" - Tony'Curtis- ATHENS THEATER ^ Thur.-Sat. — "Three Hundred Spartans" - Richard Egan Sun.-Wed. — "Sodon and Gomorrah" - Stewart Granger 'T_.uir.:— - "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" -Howard Keel " . "Father of the Bride" -Elizabeth Taylor