The Stetson Reporter

Vol.jE 9S Tuesday, September 1, 1970 No. 1 John Scali 1970 Orientation Speaker; 8:00 P.M.Thursday Seven New Faculty Appointed A number of new professors and faculty members have been added to the teaching staff at Stetson University this year. Some have located in the community during the summer months and many arrived as late as this week; however, all will be orientated and ready for students when classes officially begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, September 7. In making the announcement of new faculty members Dean Robert Chauvin, Acting Dean School of Liberal Arts, stressed how fortunate Stetson is to have such a distinguished group of educators joining the university and DeLand community. Dr. Francis M. Knapp arrived this summer and has taken the position formerly held by the late Dr. Elmer Prichard as chairman of the biology department. Dr. Knapp received his A.B. degree from the College of Idaho, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. He and his wife, Jacquelyn and two children, are living at 223 W. Minnesota. Also joining the biology department are Dr. David Stock and Dr. Elaine Norman. Dr. Stock received. ;three degrees including B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Michigan State. He has been at the Baylor University College of Medicine where he has served as a micro-biologist. Dr. Elaine Norman, who with her husband, Dr. Edward Norman, reside in Maitland, is joining the department as assistant professor of biology. She received a B.A. degree from Hunter College, M.A. at Washington University in St. Louis and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Joining the economics department will be Professor .-,' (Continued on Page 2) . - . v ABC Newsman Known For Role in 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis John Scali of ABC news will speak on Thursday, September 3 at the First Baptist Church of DeLand. The Washington commentator is the guest speaker for Orientation Week. The topic of his speech will be "Washington Wondei'land — The Peculiar View from the Nation's Capital." This puts into perspective how politics, personal ambition and pride have helped thrust us into a war in Vietnam which has grown to nightmare proportions. Mr. Scali pulls no punches in exposing mistakes but also gives credit where it is due. John Scali is the only Washinton commentator who has accompanied President Nixon and Secretary of State Rogers on all their overseas travels. In July, he accompanied the President on his round-the world tour of eight nations,, beginning in Manila and winding up in Romania. Enroute, he went with Nixon to Saigon, it was Scali's eighth visit and Nixon's third. Scali is on a first-name basis with Nixon even though Mr. Nixon knows he did not vote for him either time he ran for the presidency. However, the President respects him as a knowledgeable, fair-minded reporter, dating back to the days in 1959. when Scali reported Nixon's Kitchen debate with Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow. In keeping with his reputation, his report is a balanced one, avoiding the most frantic accusations of the Doves and the nuclear jingoism of the Hawks. Nevertheless since Mr. Scali's Vietnam credentials are excellent, he warned, in 1964, against committing American troops in South East Asia. "Make no mistake," he said, "victory in Vietnam would be just as expensive, perhaps more so, than the quarter of a million casualties we suffered in Korea. If and when we won, we would find that victory would have been built on quicksand. Unhappily, we would find the same quarreling Vietnam politicians, ambitious generals, fanatic buddhists and millions of illiterate peasants who are not interested in choosing sides, but only in enough rice to feed their families." Secretary of State Rogers' opinion of Scali's ability is shown by the fact that he asked Scali to be his Assistant Secretary of State for public affairs, the chief state department spokesman, a post Scali declined so he could continue as a reporter of national and international developments. Col. Chitty HeadsROTC Colonel John H. Chitty, Jr., has taken the post as Professor of Military Science and director of the Army ROTC program at Stetson University following the departure of Lt. Col. David D. McCorvey, who directed the program for four years. Stetson President John E. Johns appointed Lt. Col. McCorvey chairman of the Stetson University Brevard Center, the University extension study center in Brevard County in early June of this year. A native of Millen, Ga., Col. Chitty attended public schools in Savannah and Cedartown, Ga. He attended Georgia Junior College in Dahlonega, Ga., prior to entering the United Statew Military Academy at West Point in 1944. (Continued on Pagei.)/} {■ 4 A Q -,v. Col. John H. Chitty