The Stetson Reporter

». ,\ ATTEND UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC EVENTS * * * Florida's Oldest College Neivspaper *•• PARENT'S WEEKEND MARCH 5-7 77THYEAR-NO. 17 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1965 PRICE 10 CENTS Stetson's New Day cuniry "A NEW CURRICULUM FOR A NEW DAY" By William Hugh McEniry, Jr. Dean of the University Stetson University John B. Stetson-.. University ■ opened ■ under that name for the first time in 1889. Benjamin Harrison was President of the United States; Queen Victoria ruled in England. This was the magic year that historians would declare to mark the closing of the American frontier. Six new states came into the union that year; and one of them, Wyoming, dared allow women, to" vote. The last of the American Indian wars had ended two years before. There was,a new day — as, of course, there always is — and Stetson University opened with it. . . •..■•,.■.•■-.■ There were two buildings, DeLand Hall and Stetson Hall. There were nine faculty members, including the President. Students paid $200 tuition, room, board, laundry, fuel,, and light, for the entire year. It was a year later, however, before the catalogue spoke of electric lights; and there was.no mention of telephones. Parking posed no problem at all. But a New York Insurance Company granted; its. policyholders perpetual permits to live in DeLand the year round; and the little town boasted,several luxuries, among them an ice factory.- ■■ "- _/, '. "• •-. \"-\.-; ..The big educational-controversies of the".day raged'around the efforts to ■ distinguish between high' schools.and colleges,' and' to bring about a sharper definition of• a' university, as Americans began shaping their higher institutions after. German Models. The curriculum was classical and traditional, and took no notice of any "new day." . The Catalogue for 1889-90 stipulates that applicants must appear on campus the day before calsses to be examined by the faculty in these subjects: ' • '■'.' Arithmetic, algebra, through quadratic equations, and geometry. Latin through. grammar, four books of Caesar, six orations of Cicero, six books of Virgil's Aneid, and the Bucolics of Virgil. Greek through grammar, three books "of Xenephon's Aanabass and three books of Homer's Iliad. In those days, we did not bother with College Boards! There were no electives for the A.B. degree, and only four in four years for the scientific course. Scientists were allowed to present a, reading knowledge of German for the Greek requirement at entrance, and to substitute for Greek thereafter. ' - This was a curriculum for a frontier land. moving toward sophistication, and civilization in the terms it knew and approved. It was also a curriculum for an elite. Very few Americans could afford those modest charges, or the loss of earning power through the-four years. Stetson.students'.then were being-educated-for. leadership in a.society in.which- less than five per cent of their fellow citizens would share their advantages.. Furthermore, it was a curriculum that almost, though not entirely, overlooked the cataclysmic changes certain to attend our industrial and commercial revolution. The course of study took no notice of non-western civilizations, offered no history after the medieval period except. American history, and had, naturally, no place for examination of political theories other than ours, or for behavioral science of any kind as we understand it. But it was a good school of its kind for its day, and it had a bright future. ", " - " .-. — "."' , Since those really auspicious beginnings, we have, as a University watched nearly a century of history unfold, some of it shocking, some consoling, some tragic, some triumphant. Two world.wars, the Great Depression, and the cold war are parts of our lives. So. are.the wonder drugs, that have reduced our.fears of pneumonia and polio'. And the promise of atomic power is hopefully in our natures now, as is the'threat of atomic fission and fusion for destructive purposes. Having suffered deprivation to the verge of starvation, Americans now enjoy, affluence unprecedented in-the history of.the world. It has been a.busy century., • , Educationally, we have seen the time when pragmatic philosophy,1 for the largest part misunderstood, governed the schools and colleges of the nation. We have observed the disappearance of the classical curriculum, the reign of the "cafeteria-style," curriculum, and the painful discovery that an almost: completely unstructured course of study can serve us no better than one rigidly built on traditional lines. And now new challenges confront us even though we have not solved all the old problems. The curriculum of the American college and university is about to change again. It has to. Under pressures that are like none we have seen before, the;college curriculum is likely to be so radically different as to be something of another kind. I want to bring to your attention four of the pressures certain to produce a new sort of college, in curriculum, in faculty, in student body, in administration, and even in plant. We shall have time only to talk briefly about curriculum and calendar, but you may rest assured that these will not be the.only changes. The prospect excites me. Surely these are great challenges; but just,as surely they offer exhilarating opportunities. It would be easy to be fearful.; but it is equally easy to be confident and to anticipate good things, better outcomes than we have known, better educated people, than we have seen yet. ■-..■'•■ These are the pressures: (1) a population explosion that will double the number of college students in Florida by 1972, and double them.again,in the foreseeable future. We must either widen our tax base to provide better than half a billion dollars in the next decade for public education above the sums we: now spend, and provide proportionately .for. the private colleges, or work together..to reduce .that imposible, amount.','. , '. '.,.",.,,■'•,"• .One way for the, colleges ,'to help in'the'crisis'is, for them to find more, efficient ways to handle larger enrollments in.their.pres? ent facilities. We must do it.-. -, (2) The explosion of knowledge, is as real as the explosion of population. Inevitably, we shall be forced to abandon many of our categorical fences, to reorganize, our curricula to deal with the bodies of fact many times larger than the ones we have known. The substantive body of knowledge in Chemistry, for example, has doubled once since World War.H, and is almost doubled again in: 1965. Paralleled gains have been made elsewhere. It is simply not posible to add all this new material to the old and plow ahead: (3) The brute fact that there are now 30 odd, more nations in the world than when the United Nations was founded. The new student must, if he is to be at all effective know more than Western Civilization and the American way. Our youth must understand as profoundly as possible cultures totally different from our own; systems of values utterly strange to us; and individual and social reactions that are not predictable from a knowledge of the Anglo- Saxon tradition. (4) The increasing intensity .of battle for men's minds. We may not be able to teach values directly; but we have evidently not taught a sufficient comprehension of the ideals upon which this nation savs it, rests, nor a viable comprehension of the opposing systems. It is no good to oppose to Communist propaganda and ill- trained American who believes that all Communists are like the bad guys on a cheap TV program. We must understand that they have their brilliant men, their devoted men; and their sensitive men who honestly believe they are right, and who see us as the • unshaven, cruel, and greedy villains. Only when we get such understanding shall we be armed to meet them, in the battle for men's allegiance. - For those of us who believe deeply that meaning and purpose in all man's life lies in the confession of one God, revealed perfectly in His One Son, there is even more to be done. Whatever our new curriculum turns out to embrace, it must have at its heart a renewed and revitalized witness to our faith. This has been- a fairly lengthy preamble to a brief explanation of the new program that will begin at Stetson next faU. I hope, thought, that this 'sketchy context, will help a little in aarification. We call our'newprogramthe Varied Term Plan. Instead of two semesters of approximately sixteen-, weeks and a "summer session of eight weeks, we shall have two semesters, of fifteen weeks, a short winter term of five weeks, arid a summer term of eight weeks. Altogether, the University will be in session close to forty-five weeks in the year rather than the present forty or forty-one. The slight discrepancies as you add are accounted for by the odd days here and there. The assumptions on which we base the lengthened year are (Continued on Page 3) *«ffw#»*»^«Mwy^,n Greek By GWEN MULLINDXS AND FRANK CARTER ALPHA CHI OMEGA Last weekend,was the Provence Convention of Alpha Chi at Tallahassee. While there, delegates from Gamma Chi were presented ;with a trophy for outstanding pledge scholarship for the last two: semesters. This , Saturday we join our alums to, stuff envelopes for Easter Seals.1 '•; Monday night we enjoyed a social with PiKapps. Congratulations to Alice Brown who has been elected to the Music School Senate. , PI BETA PHI Our very best wishes go to Cindy, Morris \ and • Gary Stump who became engaged Saturday, Feb.; 21. Gary is a student at FSU. Ginger. Barnett will. represent the Pi Phis in the Glamour magazine contest. ' Congratulations to Karen Kane who has been elected permanent secretary of the Class of 1965! ' • ; .Suzanne Fletcher has been chosen by Pi, Phi to represent us in the Citrus Queen Contest. We'd like to thank the Delta Sigs for a,very, enjoyable evening last Monday, We had a great social! Last Wednesday, Feb. 17,' we initiated 12 fine girls, and afterwards at' our. annual Initiation Banquet some ' very special awards were: made. Nancy Wutz received the Scholarship Award for the' highest grade average m the pledge class. Linda Lippoldt was voted by her, pledge, sisters as Outstanding Pledge, an honor well deserved!. Susan ■ Chickering was voted by the 1964 rPledga Class as Outstanding Pledge. Kathy Jackson revealed her "secret identity" as Sunshine Girl. Perhaps, the „ mosCimporfc. ant award went to Kathy Huff who was voted by her sisters as Arrow Girl in recognition for her hard work as treasurer for the past three years. Kathy has served Pi Phi well and we are mighty-proud of her! . PHI MU Congratulations to our outstanding pledges; the Wheel Award was presented to Nellye Russum and the scholarship award went to Charlotte Kutz. Among the newly appointed officers are: Sandy Bowen, Misty Krumholz — social chairmen; Kathy Thibault, song leader; and Janet Estensen, standards. The Phi. Mu's held an open house on Friday afternoon, Feb. 19. We were pleased to see many alumnae here for Homecoming. Brenda Bramlitt was our.candidate for hostess. Pat Vann was presented as Phi Mu's panhellenic delegate at the banquet on Tuesday evening. Pat will represent us in the Glamour magazine contest for the 10 best-dressed coeds of the year. .'.DELTA DELTA DELTA The chapter would like to thank the Delta Sigs for being our, partners during Homecoming. We enjoyed working with them on the lawn decoration which featured Science from Alchemy to Nuclear Fission. ;' The chapter would like to recognize Mary Llew Brown and Terri Jo Kennedy who worked on the Homecoming Committee. Tri Deltas won their first volley ball game last week and are look- (Conti"ued on Page 3) * T f&JE&ifti^* r£j> - * ^#1«rfj! wSt .£i ,.«!fc «S STETSON FACULTY MEMBERS—Dr. Evans Johnson (Jeft), professor of History, and Dr. William Taylor (right), professor of English, review details of grants they have received totaling more than $83,000. The grants are for summer institutes at Stetson in history and English from the U.S. Office of Health, Education and.Welfare. They were assisted in making their preparations by A. Farwell Tuttle (standing), Assistant Dean of the University. Stetson Chooses Painter As Admissions Counselor George L. Painter, former pastor of the First Baptist Church, Crystal River, Fla., has been named Admissions Counselor at Stetson.University, according to Stetson President J. Ollie Edmunds. He will concentrate on the recruitment of new students for Stetson from within the Baptist churches of Florida, and assist in the explanation of arrangements for financial aid for thes>e students when, they qualify. —-Mr, Painter -is an- alumnus of Stetson having received his Bachelor-of Arts degree from the University in 1955. He received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1959. Since that time he has held,pastorates at Lady Lake Baptist Church, Lady Lake, Fla.; Kure Beach .Baptist, Church, Kuie Beach, N. C; Youngs Chapel Baptist Church, Mouth of Wilson, Va.; and First Baptist Church, Crystal River, Fla.. ' Mr. - Painter was ordained by the Southside Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Fla., on May 16, 1954. He has served on the Church-related Vocations Committee of the Florida Baptist Convention, and at the 1964 State Convention, was elected to serve a three year term on the State Candidate Chosen For 'Queen' Title Kathy Grandell has been selected by the Student Government Screening Committee to represent Stetson University in the Florida Citrus Queen Contest. A freshman at Stetson she is from Wilmington, Del. As a freshman at Stetson she was named first runnerup to the Freshman . Beauty Queen, and represented Lambda Chi Alpha in the Miss Hatter contest. She is a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and is oh the cheerleading squad. She currently holds fifth place nationally in the field of women's gymnastics. GEORGE L. PAINTER Board of Missions from Marion Baptist Association. While a student at Stetson University Mr. Painter was a member of the Baptist Student Union, the Ministerial Association, Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, in which he served as Archon during his senior year, and a member of the basketball team. He is married to the former Barbara Murlene Whitten, of Jacksonville, who attended Stetson in 1954-55. They have two children, Johnny, age 9, and Christina, age 5, and reside at 926 N. Florida Ave., DeLand. Recital Janice Clark Jenkins, soprano, presented a recital in Stetson University's Elizabeth Hall on Tuesday. Mrs. Jenkins, the wife of Paul Jenkins, associate professor of organ, is Music Librarian at the University. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. She has performed frequently in DeLand, and has appeared with the Stetson University Orchestra as soprano soloist. * $ll . * ***"■ >,,--1 h U.GGII P UXItfu*.*!. ■ STETSON'S CONVOCATION, held last Saturday morning, was highlighted by a speech, by Dean McEniry and was attended by faculty and seniors in academic costume as well as many Stetson. Alumni. . Stetson Receives $83,000 For Its Summer Institutes Stetson will receive grants of nore than $83,000 for use in eveloping summer institutes in 1 istory and English for teachers nd supervisors, President J. • )llie Edmunds announced today. 1'he gfants to be used this sum- ler, are bing made by the Unit- d States Office of Education of le Department of Health, Edu- ation and Welfare, under the rational Defense Education Act. Dr. Evans Johnson and Dr. William E. Taylor, who will ad- linister the programs, returned :om Washington, D.C, this weekend, where they completed lans for receiving the grants and, scheduling the institutes. They met with officials, of the Office, of Education. Dr.-Johnson, : professor- of-,'• history • and political, science, will be director of the History Institute,- and Dr. Taylor, professor of English, will direct the English Institute. They were assisted in preparation of the propsals by Arthur F. Tuttle assistant dean of the University.. ' ;• PEOUD "We are proud that Stetson has been chosen for these two important institutes," Dr. Edmunds said. "We feel that th grants show recognition of the University's great strength in teacher education and in the academic disciplines of history and English." Much of the money in the two grants will go to teachers in the programs. Each teacher will receive $600 as a susistence allowance and $120 for each of his dependents. The eight week programs will begin on July 14 and end Aug. 6, 1965. Brochures describing the institutes will soon be available through the Stetson Institutes Office. Dr. Taylor received his AB, MA and Ph.D degrees from Vanderbilt University. He joined the Stetson faculty in 1957. SU Junior Selected For Capitol Post Sandra Lee Hardy, a junior at Stetson University, has been selected for the United States Department of State's Summer Intern Program in Washington, D.C, according to word received at the University by J. Ollie Edmunds, president. She is one of a limited number of outstanding college juniors and seniors and graduate > students, "selected for the positions from nominations by their university presidents. The group is being made up of America's most promising college students. ■ ■ Since enrolling at Stetson, Miss Hardy has not only been an outstanding student scholastically, but has also been very active in campus activities. She has been on the Dean's List, received the Academic Class Council Award, president of the Phi Society, a member of Phi Alpha' Theta (Honorary 'history fraternity), the Honor, System Committee, Vice president of the Wesley Foundation, chairman of the Interdenominational Tutoring Committee, student advisor in Orientation' Week, S.G.A. Elections Committee, the Film Classics Series Committee, Tassel, tha Ford Program and others. STUDY MAJOR Her major is Russian Studies, and she works in the office of Dr. Serge Zenkovsky, head of Russian Studies at Stetson. With one year to go at Stetson, upon completing her degree Miss Hardy plans to go to graduate school. Following completion of Tiaduate work, she is considering teaching Russian on the colic je level for a few years, after which she would like to go into *me form of government work —diplomatic service, interpreter, linguist, a position with U.S. Information Agency or the State Department. In the competition for the Mimmer position with the State Department, Miss Hardy was one of several Stetson students interviewed by a committee of history professors, who made the recommendation to Dr. Edmunds. Only one candidate could be entered from any university. From the nationwide total the field was" narrowed until approximately 45 were finally selected. From this group Miss Hardy was offered a paying summer position. Miss Hardy will move to Washington in early June and begin work around July 1. She will return to Stetson University in September to begin her senior year. Dr. Johnson a member of the Stetson faculty since 1953, received his AB and MA degrees from the University of Alabama, and his Ph.D from the University of North Carolina. Stetson has offered similar his- tory and English institutes, in past years. The earlier programs were financed by the Fund for the;Advancement, of Education of the Ford Foundation. New Academic Calendar Is Approved For Stetson The Stetson University faculty has unanimously adopted a new academic calendar for,the.De- Land campus that, will; put the University, on a. „ year ;round' basis," Stetson President' J;-Ollie Edmunds, reported yesterday ;tb' the Board of Trustees .at their'- meeting here. The University's operation on the new' calendar plan will begin in -September, 1965..' .-.'.- • ; The reorganization of Stetson's educational program, following three years of study, is called a varied term calendar, Dr. Edmunds said. Under'; the new-pro?'.' gram, the University will open very early in September, instead of three weeks later as has been the custom. The first term will end at Christmas, with Thanksgiving holiday cut to one day. WINTER TERM After Christmas, the winter term of five weeks will be devoted to general education courses for the lower division students, and to special projects and special studies for departmental majors. The third term will begin in February and run into the first week in June. The fourth term, being a continuation of the summer session, will begin the third week in June and will run for .eight weeks into, the first week of August "All together, the University will be in full operation approximately 45 weeks, with two weeks reserved for the Baptist Assembly and other similar meetings," Dr. Edmunds pointed out. "Two weeks will be set' aside for Christmas vacation,. and one week for spring vacation. This will leave less than three weeks at the end of the summer for maintenance work in preparation for the opening of school in the fall. Dr. Edmunds said the varied term plan promises many advantages. It will avoid the awkward break at Christmas, allow for acceleration .on the part of serious and able, students, and utilize the University;,facili- ties as much as is practical. , On the other hand,' he said it is designed to avoid the. three, major criticisms of the trimester plan. These, are the expensive necessity of employing faculty who cannot be fully employed in the summer session, the inconvenience to students graduating from high schools that operate on a semester plan, and the absence of provision for students of average motivation to go through college at a, more. leisurely pace and graduate in the 'traditional four years. ' " •;, "If,- as'we expect, a majority of our students choose to accelerate their programs," the Stetson President .said, "our present plant wiU be able to serve many mo^e students under this new calendar without any increase in operating costs." ' Elections Set For Choosing Netv Editors Publications election time is near. Anyone wishing to run for one of the six elective publications posts on .campus should submit a letter of intent to the Publications Board, Box 1246, on or before March 1 so that interviews may be set for the foUowing week. The letter should contain the applicant's name, position de- sired, experience, grade point average, plans for the publication, and any- other information the applicant may deem pertinent. Positions available are: The Stetson Reporter — editor and business manager; The Hatter — editor and business manager; The Review — editor; Tho Compass — editor. Please note that applicants "for the position of editor of The Compass must presently be a member of either the freshman or sophomore class. Recital Postponed The faculty' recital of Miss Frances Buxton, professor :of violin and theory. on the.. Stetson University School of Music faculty, has been postponed from Tuesday, March 2, to a later date. Announcement of.the new date for the performance by this talented violinist will be made in the near future. Weekly Calendar By JOAN SHUBELLA ON AND AROUND STETSON (Week of Feb. 36- March 4) . Sat., Feb. 27 LAST DAY 'TO DROP COURSES Way Out Party 8-12:30. p.m. Tues, March 2 SFEA 7-8 p.m. — Room 5L Wed., March 3 Dr. Ralph H. Gabriel 8 p.m. — Allen Hall Thurs., March 4 Civic Music — GOLDEN CURTAIN QUARTER 8 p.m. EH SUB Educational Movie 7 p.m. — Stetson Rm. LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE — Stover — 8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs. Bridge Lessons — SUB Lounge — 8 p.m. Mon., Tues., and Thurs. Vespers — Allen Hall — 6:30 p.m. AT THE MOVIES SUB "PIT AND PENDELUM" SUB Record Party after movie in the Way Out ATHENS Fri. and Sat., Feb. 26 and 27 "Kitten With A Whip" Sun. -Wed., Feb. 28 • March 3 "Disorderly Orderly" Thurs., March i "Brigadoom" BOULEVARD DRIVE-IN Fri. and Sat., Feb. 26 and 27 "Children of the Damned" "Rio Conchos" "Tennessee Jamboree" Sun. - Tues., Feb. 28 • March 2 "Tom Jones" "Happy Asmvstsaxy" Wed. and Thurs., March 3 and i "All In A Night's Work" "Last Train From Gun Hill' WEEKEND MOVIES IN DAYTONA CINEMA "None But The Brave" DAYTONA "How To Murder Your Wife" BEACH "Love Has Many Faces"