The Stetson Reporter

Vol. 83 Friday, Sept. 18, 1970 No. 3 Importance Of Being Earnest Sept, 24-26 5 Stetson PH. Ds Honored Outstanding U. S. Educators Five Stetson University educators will appear in the forthcoming 1970 edition of Outstanding Educators of America. The announcement was made this week by John Putman, director of the Outstanding Educators of America main office in Chicago. To be listed are: Dr. Marc Lovelace, professor of history^ Dr. John A. Hague, director of the American Studies department; Dr. Theodore W. Beiler, Kenan Professor of Chemistry and chairman of the chemistry department; Dr. Margaret Wood, associate professor of education and director of the intern teaching program; and Dr. Eliot Allen, former dean of humanities at Stetson. According to Putman these outstanding educators join the ranks of educators from all oveF the United States chosen for the honor on the basis of their civic and professional achievements. The Outstanding Educators of America is an annual program designed to recognize and honor those men and women who have distinguished themselves by exceptional service, achievements and leadership in education. Each year over 5,000 of our country's foremost educators are featured in this national volume. Nominations for Outstanding Educators of America are made by the presidents, deans, superintendents and other heads of schools and colleges...individuals who have first-hand knowledge of their endeavors and accomplishments. The educators included in this biographical history receive a high honor. They are chosen for national recognition on the basis of local standards of excellence. Former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, who wrote the introductory message for the 1970 edition, says of the men and women included, "The greatest strenth of any nation is its human resources. These are the men and women who by their actions in the classroom today mold the course of history. Our hope— the nation's youth — is in their hands. As we honor these teachers, we are reminded of their awesome duty. As they have our confidence, we must give them the tools to wage Jefferson's 'crusade against ignorance.' With men and women like these we know that our faith in education has not been misplaced." Guidelines for selection include an educator's talents in the classroom, contributions to research, administrative abilities and any civic and professional recognition previously received. Indies Organize Independents Organized for Unity, a social organization for Stetson independents, has been organized and is ready to function pending approval of its constitution by the senate and the student affairs committee. I.O.U. will, first, serve as a social organization for all independents who wish to participate and, second, as the united voice of all campus independents. The organizers purpose is to make all undergraduate independents members of the union. The members will elect a board of executives on a geographical basis and the officers by election at large. This board will be the policy-making body of the union. Once the board is organized, members who wish to take part in the social functions of the union will pay a voluntary fee, designated by the board. This will allow- each member to attend dances, movies, or any other union-sponsored social activity. These fees will be the union's only source of revenue and will be used solely for socially-oriented activities. If five hundred members paid a hypothetical fee of ten dollars a year, for example, there would be enough revenue to hold ten dances and still have two thousand dollars left to be spent on other social affairs. These activities will be scheduled, of course, so that they won't interfere with those of the SUB and SGA. Perhaps the greatest asset the union will offer its members is that it will serve as meeting ground for male and female students. In fact, the success or Continued on Page 8 Johns ORs OpenHouse Last week, Dr. John E. Johns agreed to the recommendations that the Student Affairs Committee made pertaining to dormitory visitation in the men's dorms on the Stetson campus. The Student Affairs Committee suggested that open house be established in the men's dorms on Friday and Saturday nights from 8:00 pjn. to 1:00 ajn., and Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 1:00 pjn. to 6:00 pjn. They also recommended that the closed door policy be discontinued. It was also noted that the open house must be scheduled on the University calendar. They finally stated that a lounge area should be made on every hall in the dorms. ' Dr. Johns agreed to these alternatives and remarked further that, though there was little space in the men's dorms at the present to create the proposed number of lounges, he would embark as soon as possible to refurnish the rooms. H e also added that these lounges would include kitchenettes. Finally he noted that the buildings would be under supervision. But enforcement of the rules seemed relatively minor to the hopes that Dr. Johns had of each student living up to, with integrity, a self imposed honor system during the open house. n "Jw «jHHHfai * I «fc Shull Exhibits At Stetson Paintings by Carl Shull, an Eastern Illinois University faculty member, are on exhibit for the month of September at Sampson Gallery of Art at Stetson University. Fred Messersmith, chairman of Stetson's art department, stated today that the exhibit is open to the general public during the week from 9 ajn. to 4:30 pjn. and on Saturdays and Sundays from 2p jn. until 4p jn. No admission is requested. The contemporary artist, who received the Ph.D. degree in art at Ohio State, creates through photo montages and collages impressive works dealing with some of the most debatable social issues of today, according to Stetson faculty member Gary Noffke, a former student of Dr. Shull's. Dr. Shull spent his youth in Illinois and joined the faculty of Eastern Illinois University in 1947 where he holds the rank of professor of painting. He has exhibited in numerous regional and national shows and has held one man shows in such centers as the University of Missouri, the University of Illinois, and Ohio State University.