The Stetson Reporter

'EAST. ISSUE'" OF THE '63 REPORTER PETER'NERO t. . ,< SPRING CONCERT TONIGHT, 8 P.M,. • • • Florida's Oldest College Newspaper **• \\ A i 76th YEAR-NO. 24 DELANDi FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 16 PRICE 10 CENlv I' V' «-',«■ - s^vjWt&fW f**.*$,/<*" iyv; "^S' J. "> •- '!;. > ",f. '-'; 1 *. I) K -*•* By CAROL ROBB and PETE HEEBNER As,the year draws to a close, it brings' with it those inevitable "lasts." Fraternity - wise, this means last socials, song-fests, pre- rush plans, and a general folding- up for the summer. In three weeks, actives will take their places among the ranks of alumns, and it is to them that this' column is dedicated. • .; - . \. ; Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Obi's welcomed back their interns last night, and found that Gail Hilverink .was sportin' a new rock from Wayne Cone, who graduated from Stetson last year. The pledges, under Linda Zipper and Emily -Wong, staged a Mothers' Day breakfast early Sat. morning. Alpha Xi Delta Fuzzies will splash at a pool party given for them and their dates this Sat. at the home of an alumn here; in town. The math honorary .tapped Leighan Roberts, Nancy Orabfe and Framcene Smith. Delta Delta Delta- Los- Tri 'deltos fiaolan espanol, er so it looks anyway. Ann.Ohan- cellcr, Patty Ann -Hall, and Taffy Rayuer were just tapped for Sigma Delta Pi, tlie" Spanish honorary. Also, the girls recently copped the doubles' tennis trophy in intramurals. , ■ Phi Mu The pledges have taken over this week with,their many projects to earn money- for * a chapter gift. They performed one favor for the actives by lifting articles, airing them out,-'.and selling them back, for a small profit; of "course. A buddy' system ■ was - also put into effect, as the girls exchanged names, sent present, to,. and played prank - on their secret "pals." Pi Beta Phi Senior . class president, Ginny -Holtzendorf, ■ was selected-as active of the.week. Eleanor Dickey, , a senior music major, has been 'appointed graduate * advisor to--a ' new - chapter at' .Memph-i- ' State University,' where she'-will be doing - graduate work.. Karen Kane was tapped for' Sigma Delta Pi last week. - ■ ■ Zeta Tau Alpha , 36-24-36 HIKE ! ! I Today the Zeta's will play the Alpha Xi's in a", powderpuff footballgame , complete with fraternity-men cheer- . leaders. Proceeds from the sale of refreshments will be donated to charity. " ■Gail Gregory was chosen for the •Spanish-Honorary. ...-. ;With all the weekends over and exams approaching, the'.fraternities are. content to socialize a little this week and'then begin1 studying' for EXAMS. Big "Y" has also' been forced to study the" FCC laws and has supplied very few Stetson goodies. ." .'Once again I plead for fraternity, cooperation in putting this column together.- Meanwhile,— keep everything cool this summer. ■ Delta Sigma Phi ' Several awards were bestowed during the Delta Sig weekend.' The service award was given to Al Thode; the athletic award went to David Mcllvain;' the best pledge was Jim Th-trips en; the presi: dent's plaque went to Bill Thompson. Delta Sig Sweetheart is Diane Mctaar, Alpha Xi. _. Dick Ulack is pinned to Tri- Delt Noni Harrington. .. - - .Jim Vose has received a $7,000 scholarship to Emory Dental School from the-state of "Florida. . , '• Lambda Chi Alpha' ■)''" Monday night the Lambda- Chi's socialized with the'Alpha Chi's, and will socialize with the ,Pi Phi's next Monday. The chapter contributed to the blood' drawing at Fish' Memorial Hospital on,Tuesday. . " _?i Kappa. Alpha . - The pledges have recently been painting and repairing that obnoxious monster, the fire engine. The Pikes, will socialize with the Alpha Xi's'Tuesday highti Pi Kappa Phi ' ' • * Newly "elected officers, for^ next semester, are: Bruce Haulman, .Continued on Pag« Two) Morris Gets Teaching Job .Stetson senior Bob Morris Has accepted a' -teaching assistantship in physics at the University of North Carolina this fall — it will provide $2,000,for nine months. Morris is from Apop'-a and "will teach eight hours of lab work a week at North Carolina. He was also accepted for graldiiate ' work, by the University, of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic-' Institute, and -Wake ■ Forest, but chose , the Chapel, Hill,'N.' C, school-instead. Merris was president of - the Stetson * Student Government Assn.. his senior -j^pr: He, is a' member, of Ctaicron^jDelta Kappa, national menVIeMiefship honorary. Successful Year Predicted ■\ \G~ euiester s GE VICE PRESIDENT Stetson University Names Commencement Speaker Pii George L. Kaller, vice president of the General Electric Co.; Schenectady, N. Y., will be the Stetson University commencement speaker on June 2. The Stetson commencement will be at 2:30 p. m. in the First Baptist Church. More than 200 students are candidates for undergraduate and' graduate degrees. Haller is *- charge of GE's advanced technology services. He was appointed to his position as a result of a distinguished career in the fields of science, technology, arid business management. , • Dr. Haller received his Ph.D. in physics from Pennsylvania State University, and has been awarded an LL.D. from Syracuse University. WAR SERVICE ' Haller has been a radio engineer with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. and with the War. Department at Wright Field. During World War II, he served with the ■ Signal Corps and later with the Air Corps; he was awarded the Legion of Merit for the development of the Air Force radar counter-measures program. - He has been dean of the college of chemistry and physics at Pennsylvania .State' and helped found the consulting firm of- Haller, .Raymond and Brown, Inc., now a division- ■ of- Singer-- ManufacturingrCo.'- He joined General'Electric in 1954 as manager of its electronics division. 7 . SERVICE DUTIES GE's advanced technology, services is charged with keeping abreast of the - technological ex- Fellowship Winners Are Named Stetson University's two Wood- row Wilson Fellowship "winners have selected Yale University and Duke University for their graduate- work after their De- Land .campus graduation on June 2. Karen E. Steanson, Griffin, Ga., will study at Yale, and Suzanne Hankins, g760 S. W.. 43rd TerT race, Miami, will do her work at Duke —'.both will take English graduate study in,preparation for teaching, on the college level. . .Miss- Steanson is this year's, president of Stetson's chapter of Mortar Board,- national women's leadership honorary, and president, of Sigma Tau Delta, Engr lish honorary, and ■ of Tau Beta Sigma, women's band honorary. She is a member of Scroll and Key scholastic honorary, Sigma Pi Kappa journalism honorary, Pi Kappa Delta, forensic honorary, and plays in the Stetson University Symphony • Orchestra and the Stetson Band. She won Stetson's Janet Howard Taylor Shakespeare prize in 1962. , • > . Miss Hankins has been secretary ■to Stetson's Student Government Association, a member of Women's Executive Council and of Mortar Board, women's leadership honorary.- She -is a member of. PI Beta Phi social sorority, of Phi Society scholarship honorary, of the Tassel sophomore leadership honorary, and is listed in "Who's Who Among Students at Colleges & Universities." plosion throughout the world and with the. developing and disseminating of -information on new engineering advances. Haller is a member of the board of. Susquehanna University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Caze- novia" College; the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Assn., and the Scientific Research Society of America. ■ Missionaries For Summer Are Chosen The Rev. Jack Mabry, Stetson BSU. director, has announced the Stetson students who will be serving as home and .foreign missionaries this summer. The programs which' provide for this work are set up through tlie Southern Baptist Home Mission Board and the State Missions Boards. . , .7 ■ The-Student Department of the Florida Baptist Convention is sending Becky Hamby, Stetson" senior, to southern Brazil. Raymond Marcos, from the University of Tampa; will be' going-to Honduras in this, same.; program. JThese-_two. were, chosen- from applicants "*from "all the "schools; in the. state by the BSU. Devotional Committee. The cost—which is to be paid by Florida Baptists—will be1. $2500. The, expenses of these missionaries will be paid, but there is no other compensation. In sending foreign missionaries, all states work with the home and foreign missions boards. Each state selects the area that it feels needs help, and'accepts the responsibility for that area. Another group of students will be working as home missionaries, under the auspices of the Southern Baptist Home Missions Board in Atlanta. They are assigned to the area in which it seems, from their applications, that they would be best suited. Expenses are paid to and from the field, room and board is provided, and a salary of $25 per week is paid. Home mis-icnaries from Stetson are: Ivey Strock, who wil go to Tulsa, Okla.; Marveen Lombard, also to Oklahoma; Sharon Gage, to Phoenix, Ariz.; and Donna Dol- lens, to Roanoke,' Va. Students who have done this work in the past are Gail Hilverink and Helen Gaylord. ' . • * Sidewalk Art Show Monday and Tuesday of. this week Kappa, Pi. presented a Sidewalk Art Show in front of the SUB. -Various students ; displayed and sold examples of their work. Among those exhibiting' were: Tucfc Cooke, Betty Hanle, Lynda Gilder, Nancy Irish, Gail Floyd, Kay Allen Wilson, Lynn Pullen, Roxanna Huke, Kay Mathewson; Sherril Rhodes and -Avis Akers. A total of $88 was taken in, 10 per cent of which will go to Kappa^ Pi. - Kappa • Pi' would like , to thank the. student body and faculty for the.'show's success. "They hope to present more.shows next year in the-hope that they-too will be a success. Author Addresses Women's Banquet Author , Lillian Smith, widely known writer of best-selling book- Strange Fruit, The Journey, -One Hour-and others, will be the speaker for Stetson University's-annual Women's Leadership Banquet, Wednesday night, May 15. * Miss Smith will speak at 7 p. m. in the Stetson Room of the Stetson Union Building on the DeLand campus.- The dinner is sponsored by Stetson's, student chapter of Mortar Board,; national women's leadership honorary. Miss Smith was born-in -Jasper, Fla., and studied ''at Piedmont College, Peabody Conservatory and Columbia Teacher's Oollege. She has taught at. the Virginia School in Huchon, China, and was director of the Laurel Falls Camp, 1925-49,-She has received an honorary doctor of letters from Ober- lin College and a D..H. L. from Howard College. *• " She is the author of-Memories of a.Large Christmas (published Dec. 1962), Killers of the Dream, Now Is. the Time,; and other books., She received a special citation for distinguished contribution to American letters and the Southern Authors' Award in 1950. She is' a frequent contributor to.the Saturday Review and was co-editor of SoutK Today from 1936-45. ' Miss Smith has been spending her winters in Jacksonville, and summers at her mountaintop home in Clayton, Ga. Last year she received - massive. doses- of cobalt treatment for cancer at Emory Hospital, - twice the amount of cobalt given most people, according to her'doctors. '' .'„ \ -r> jL >' l°* X __U* M.y Jyrif s#rs h HI,, hi, i ^vfc-l^v \ > It r'S"'/' i Jfelf1 f^i'VlF' Li, i h ^}M0A:;$iA » ______ . They Meet And Plan / For The Coming Year , Long months - of training were climaxed recently as junior counselors and resident advisers for 1963-64 were announced by the offices of Dean Etter Turner and Dean Bill Baggett. - . ..,,?,. New junior counselors are: Ginger Barnett, Mary Llejv/ Browne, Barbara Chapman, Sandy MAY 13 MEETING. AND BANQUET ... followed the selection of advisers for liexl semester V ■' AN ASSEMBLY for 'theT hew advisers was held to instruct them in their duties. Dean Baggett told them, that" they-should, feel honored to be chosen for the posts. Matt Society Taps Thirteen The Florida Alpha .chapter of- Kappa Mu Epsilon, national honorary-mathematics society, held an initiation banquet last; Friday night, May 10..Thirteen new merri.-' bers • were/initiated. They, are: Sharino'n ' Cooper, Penny Peabody, Al Barrett,''Mary''Bues, Janice Fisher, , :Karen .Williams,' Olive Westberry," Sylvia _5i cksler, Nancy Crable,' Eva Haig, Leighan Roberts', Fran'cene Smith; and Tommy Peters." The ceremony was. conducted by outgoing' president Rob-' ert Wood. ■ • ' ' Following ' the initiation ■' ceremony, election of ■ officers was held. Olive''Westberry. was elected pres- ident;'Penny Peabody, 'vice-president; Sylvia-Bicksley, secretary; and' Shannon - Cooper,- treasurer. - Kappa Muf7Epsilon is. a national organization''.which, endeavors , to. increase; .'interest in mathematics and' to- promote fellowship among mathematics students. It .was founded '"in ISM, and, there" are' presently .some -75 active * chapters in, the' United- States. The Florida "Alpha, chapter .was begun . at Stetson.in I960.'Requirements for membership , are:? at, least on'e semester. of calculus, a B average.' in mathematics, and an overall academic-average of at, least 1.5.'- Student Advisors Help Freshmen Plan For First College Year Each year, under the auspices oi'the Guidance Office and handled through the Orientation.Committee of the SGA, a student adviser program is set up. With the purpose of softening" .the - impact of the jump from; high'school'to college for the incoming freshmen and helping them. feel at east here at Stetson, this 'program has .proved very ef; fective in years past. 7 The, student adviser * committee, chaired ■ this year by Katey Sue Sistruhk and.-Jay Brophy, works with ..D-e-n Baggett and Dean-Turner in • chosing a group of Stetson students, to become student advisers and 'in im-tructing them .in their ..duties." '7 . -, * ., .Each student, adviser Twill be responsible for three or four new students. Usually,1 ah attempt is''made -.."•chose: students 'living in the same area'as'the advisers (so* that it-..might-'be 7 possible to call .or visit).- 'Also the- adviser and student :are roatched (as nearly- as possible) .""a's .to .majors, interests, etc., Maried students are generally assigned; to married advisers. -AM., during the summer, the advisers'; will 'write1 their advisees to welcome. them' to,- Stetson,' answer any "questions of the "student, and advise';*' them ■ fit . what kind of ckrthes 'they -will need for; school, AT STETSON. Thur. Fri.. Sat.:- ■—.SGA'.Concert: Peter, Nero -"8:00 p..m.*-7-Elizab-th;Hall — Senior..Recital: Beverly,Mc-B__n:-.8:00p:m. -Elizabeth Hall" ^Campus Party- 9:00'p.m.-Stetsca Room- ' * - •■' — Leadership Day .- * ,'*.'-'-'. '"',,*,;*'.-: .*,.■"■" Mon.' —Recital: Bob. McCloskey -'4:00 pirn..- Elizabeth "Hall ' Tues.',—'Orchestra ■ Concert- 3:J)0 ,p\'m.,'- EOiizabeth- Hall'*- ". Wed. —Film:.'' 'The Magician"'-' 8:00. p.m.'- Stover.'- , . . •":.'/ , ; : :*,• ATTHEMbY_ES7 /"■• iyy V -''",* ;','"'' , ; ; .„-'_; SUB 7-'--:.;';,;':' -„'/.'■■/ - 7*''jP"™77' ; "B^U;.:Book;andGam__le'';7' ,. '...' , •• ■ ■"< '-" "■"'-., " - ATHENS THEATER * :' "■' ' '• Thur.j"..--, — "Q-i-i-'s Chcice" -"-Bob.Hope '' .,"' .■ ; Fri.-Sat. — "Joseph and His Brethren" - Geoffrey Horns Sun.-Wed. ■— "My Six Loves" - Debbie Reynolds., 7, ^_ the best way to get here, acid the like. ' ' . ; ■When the new student.arrives in the fall, the adviser will be here to welcome him. All during'Orientation Week the adviser will be busy helping the student get settled, showing him about, the campus,' answering" questions, and helping (him get to his orientation meetings.' , ,The student. advisers for next fall have - already, been ' selected. On Monday, May 13, they had a meeting in which their responsibilities were discussed,, and the tentative plans for Orientation Week were reviewed. Members ' for the following committees' were solicited: arrangements( setting .up 'for assemblies, -etc.*),- -transportation, information and, registration, socials, and packets. . '.Indications are that this unique program .will "be just' as "successful and worthwhile this year, as it has' always been.' '' - . 7 CPA Seminar Held hi May Stetson University's School of Business Administration held its regular semi-annual seminar . for CPA. candidates in the .' Stetson Union Building May 9, 10,,-and 11 with the'"first,meeting starting at 9a.m. Thursday morning..' , All phases of the OPA examination, except- • Business Law, were covered in the seminar. Some 50 ishort problems ' were > used to demonstrate the application'' of problem-solving techniques and accounting principles.; : Fee for the three day seminar was $20, it included' all materials necessary except supplies and personal. reference materials: Reservations were ' made with Dr. D. .M_ Beights, C. P. -A., who was in-charge of class instruction. ' According to Beights, those members who have taken the seminar will average about 75 percent, on the.exam as compared -, to the' state- :and the national,'", level;. of sU-C,ess_oi.iabout-.17_to_2Q__).erc.e_'-t__ Christian, Addle Jo Conklin, Nancy Crable, Noel DeLesdemier, Carol Dill, Doona Dollens, Martha Far- rington, Janice Fly, Linda Gregory, Cissy Harris, Karen Horn, Peggy Justice, Phyllis McDaniel, Le'ar_ne McGinnis, Gloria Mier- stein, Marilyn Itaynal, Anne Rogers, Francene" Smith, Claudine Walker, Denise Wall, Karen Kane, Betty Bedsole, Mary McEniry and Carol Robb. Men's resident advisers for the coming year are James Nelson, a graduate student now teaching school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, head resident for - the upperdass area; Charlie Lipthrott, rising senior, head resident for the' freshman area; and resident advisers Sven Lovegren, Hoyt Edge, Oris Criswell, Buddy Kirk, Don Clark, Skip Broome, Ian Patterson, Jim Chaplin, David McFarland, Ronald Peacock, Steve Harkins, Chuck Bugg, Bobby Keith, Peter Hogue, Paul Mitchell and Bing Vick. Commenting on the success of the junior counselor program,this year, the first time the plan has been Wed, Dean Turner said, "We've been delighted with the response from both students acid parents about how much' it has meant to the students to have this help." The program has been valuable :"not, just '.from/-the-'idvis,ed~_tu-- dents' standpoint," she continued. "It has also given the girls who serve a chance to grow and -mature. It has been. time-consuming for them,, but theyall seem-to indicate that, they feel'it has been'well worth the time spent,";-- The junior counselors': duties are to advise freshmen ■ women in so-: oiial. and personal matters, to, try to interpret to new students the philosophy of. the university,, and the Women's Student Government Association, to encourage good study habits, and;-"in general, to be - good contact people ■ between my office and the new.girls," explained the dean. *. , New counselors were .selected from a carefully screened group of applicants. Those chosen have attended training programs all of this semester, featuring guest lecturers, talks by members, of the psychology department, consultations with former junior • counselors, "and role-playing techniques in learning, to deal with situations likely to,arise in counseling. Expressing confidence in the new group of workers, Dean Tur-. ner added, "We consider it a great honor for girls to be chosen for this position." Unlike the women's junior counselor program, the resident advi: ser plan has been in effect for some years. Advisers are *chosen on the bases of ability, personality, and character. "This year we conducted extensive personal interviews and also made use of role- playing . as'"part. of, the selection process," explained Dean Baggett. "We had over 50 men.applying, and' we could only , choose eight new advisers," he continued, "so we could be very selective. We consider it quite an, honor for these men:" ' *" In addition to the regular adviser staff, am alternate group is chosen each yeark.' These men .are already trained.and ready to step into: any openings on the regular staff that might occur.' '- - ' -'"' 7 ' '■ -' 7 Resident', advisers/.- duties are similar to those of junior courasel- (Continued on Pane Two) - Concert y Stete Orchestra The Stetson University Orchestra, ■ under the baton of Robert L. Hause, will present its. final concert of the,year on May 21 at 8 p. m. in the Elizabeth Hall auditorium. The Stetson orchestra will play the Overture to Mozart's opera "The Impresario" and Beethoven's Symphony No". 8 in F major. Soloists to be featured at the concert are seniors in Stetson's School of-Music, selected by the- faculty on the basis of performing ability and academic record. Selection, is one of the highest' honors a music student can re-' ceive during his four years at Stetson. This year's students are Don Huneycutt, .Marolyn White, Charles Moore, and Jo Parks. PIANISTS Huneycutt and Miss White, pianists, yvHl perform a movement of Mozart's Concerto in' E-flat for two pianos and orchestra.' Charles Moore, organist, will perform a concerto for organ and brass instruments. Miss Parks, soprano, will sing two well-known arias: "Mi chiamano Mimi" from La Boheme and "Morro, ma prima ingrazia" from A Masked Ball. Huneycutt is from Greenville, S. C, , and . performed with the' orchestra last November. He plans to enter graduate school next year, as does Miss White who comes,, from Fentress, -Va. Miss Parks, a native of A^emarle, N. C, is currently an interne at Mainland junior high school in Daytona Beach, and plans to* teach next year. Charles Moore, Funston, Ga., plans to enter graduate school next fall.. ■ - ' • SGA Leadership ,' Day Is Planned Law College Sets New Scholarships Ten new tuition scholarships in amounts' not to exceed $1,000 have been announced by Stetson University's ,'College of Law. in St. Petersburg. The awards will go to first year students accepted for enrollment and are to be made on the basis of * financial need, • capacity for academic achievement, and potential qualities of leadership. -The Stetson College of Law also has - available , Charles A. Dana scholarships in amounts not'to exceed $1,000' for second and third year students. The Dana scholar* ships require a cumulative quality point average of 1.5. Suitable personal qualifications and worthy contributions to the community life of., the College of Law are also J_fen_intd_i«_;Q3Mt^______:.__. Stetson University's third annual • Leadership Day, sponsored by the Student Government, will be held this Saturday, , May 18, at the -„ Castaways- Motel in Daytona. Beach. Among the students -, inT vited are members of ODK, Mortar Board, Tassel, and Green Circle, Presidents and Treasurers of the various fraternities, sororities, and Independent Organizations, .representatives' of Men's Council, "Women's Council, and the Student Union Board, IFC and Panhellenic representatives, the Religious Life Council, officers of the Student Government and Senate representatives, . and - next - year's co-chairmen of Student Gov- - ernment committees. Also present , will be various members, of the', Faculty and Administration. These people will meet in groups to discuss plans for the coming year. The activities will begin with a general assembly at 1:00. Judy Wood, Chairman o_ this year's Leadership Day; will give the welcome. The/keynote speaker will be Byrd Booth, who was President of the' SGA in 1960-61,' and who initiated Leadership Day , that' year. Since then it has'become ari annual event sponsored by 'the .Student Government. After'the General Assembly, the' various" groups" represented will hold-separate discussions concerning" .next1' year's plans. After that, i the Student Af- iairs Committee will hold a panel discussion on important matters which concern Stetson students^ ■The general meetings will adjourn at 3:30 for swimming, strolling on the beach, or just-plain'relaxation. Then, to finish out the day,, a Ha 'aiian style buffet, similar to the one held at last year's Leadership Day, will be served at 6:00. All, those who have received invitations are urged to attend tlu_ -1 day of work.and,fun..