Volume 79
THE FLORIDA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER
STETSON REPORTER
Friday, September 2, 1966
Number 1
Convocation Launches 84th Year
Here are the top of Stetson's scholars; their academic prowess won full
scholarships for them if ihey need it. Wilma Yates, Frank Quina, Jay
Mechling, Rick Knapp, Carole MacGregor and B 11 Gaven (left to right)
were named as winners of the Academic Council Awards by President
Edmunds during tlr- convocation ceremony yesterday.
TED & ANGIE WOHLFARTH
President J. Ollie Edmunds
convoked the 84th year of Stetson University in the light of
yesterday morning on the lawn
of The Forest of Arden after divine blessing was asked by O.
LaFayette Walker.
In the ceremony President Edmunds announced those receiving tenure. He noted the significance of this permanent affiliation to the university with the
words, "The college community
owes its reputation almost entirely to the academic efforts
and spiritual depths of faculty
members." Those professors
who were granted tenure are:
William H. Anderson, Business
Administration; T. Wayne
Bailey, Political Science; and
Walter W. Bennett, Business
Administration.
President Edmunds also ma^e
note of the professors who are
receiving promotions. They include: William H. Anderson, T.
Wayne Bailey, Walter W. Bennett, and Joseph J. Master.
SENIORS RECOGNIZED
President Edmunds recognized
the new seniors and indicated
to them the need to "make
this year the happiest and the
most useful." He said that this
year would be the happiest if
they strove to make it the most
useful.
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Campus Face Is Changed
By Recent Construction
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GEORGE BORDERS
Borders Is
Ass'tDean
By TED WOHLFARTH
Managing Editor
George R. Borders has joined
Stetson's administration staff as
assistant dean of men under William Baggett, dean of men.
Borders, an active young man,
comes to Stetson, his alma mater after serving as dean of men
last year at Orlando Junior College. He earned his bachelor of
arts at Stetson in 1961, the same
year in which he was married
to a Stetson coed. The following year he served as an admissions councelor for Stetson.
He then went to East Carolina College where he earned
his masters degree iff 1964.' Dur-"
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"Stetson is fast becoming a
new campus," spoke Mr. Marvin Emerson, campus engineer
of Stetson University, in reference to the construction in progress on campus this year. Mr.
Emerson went on to tell about
the work being done on Stetson's five newest construction
projects.
"The new cafeteria line is
completed and in operation; the
"shakedown crews" opened it
last Sunday to the students. The
freshly enclosed patio will seat
152 people for dining purposes
and 200 for banquet purposes. It
was built to add dining facilities
to the campus and still maintain the outdoorsy effect of the
former patio.
"The new School of Business
Administration is 95 per cent
completed today. It will be completed and ready for use by
October 1, or before if the new
furniture arrives prior to that
date.
"The new Science Center is
well ahead of schedule and
should be ready for the science
people to begin moving furniture and equipment by December 15.
"The new men's dormitory
facility for 150 men, a decidedly different, garden-type com -
plex, will be completed as
scheduled on or about December 20.
"This new facility is planned to
give individual and small-group
living, and consists of five two-
sto-y,,buildings, inter-connected
■ with ,a central-, lounge-* Nand di
rector's quarters. Each floor of
the five two-story dwelling units
will house 15 men and will include central study facilities and
other individual living appoint -
ments used only by this small
group of men.
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SG Party
At Makai
Tomorrow
The Student Government is
holding its annual Orientation
Party Saturday at the MaKai
Motel in Ormond Beach.
Beginning at 1:00 p.m. and
lasting until 5:00 p.m. the party
will feature live entertainment
and refreshments, plus a choice
of either pool or ocean swimming. Transportation will be sup
lied by Greenbriers and a Greyhound bus leaving from The
SUB circle at 1:;;. Students are
urged to obtain rides with friend
for facilities are limited.'
In years past, the Student Government Orientation Party has
been held at Ponce DeLeon
Springs. This year's to be held
near the ocean, promises sun-
sand-n-sat, and plenty of good
' fun. Wear is informal, and'.bring .
bathing suits! ,
Band, jviovie
Talent, At
Sub Tonight
By CLARENCE ANDERSON
and LARRY ROMANS
As a preview of events for
the coming year, the Stetson
Union Board will present a
versitle array of entertainment
on Union Board night, Friday,
September 2, beginning at 9?: 00
p.m., immediately following the
President's reception.
S.U.B. President Stan Gryski
wicz says that plans for the
night had begun in May and had
continued througho-.' the sum -
mer in an effort to make the
night a most successful one. All
members of the student body
are cordially invited to attend.
A short movie or a cartoon
in the Stetson Room will lead
off the scheduled events, as only
a small sample of the many
ffirst-rate films to be shown at
Stetson this year. Donna Foster,
chairman of the board's Film
Committee, announces that
qmong first semester's films are
"The Prize," "Becket," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "The Ameri-
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JUDI STARLING
Driver Hospitalized
TOPPER McCULLOUGH
Stetson Cheerleader
Dies In Tragic Wreck
By RACHEL PIKE
Stetson co-ed Judith Starling,
daughter of the late Mrs.- Patricia Starling, and Mr. Dalma
Starling of Orlando, was killed
instantly Tuesday morning near
Bamberg, S.C. when she was
thrown from the sports car in
which she was riding with Frank
W. McCullough, also a Stetson
student.
McCullough remains in serious
condition in a Bamberg hosptial
with extensive injury to h i s
upper torso.
The couple was returning to
Stetson for the start of clases
after visiting with McCullough's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Witch-
er McCuUough, Charleston, W.
Va., when the two-car crash occurred.
Dean of Women Etter Turner
said of Judi that she "was the
kind of Stetson woman in whom
the University takes great pride
This tragedy is a blow to all
of us who knew and loved her."
Judie was an art major, and
was to be a junior at Stetson.
She was active in her sorority,
Alpha Xi Delta, as well as being
a cheerleader, a member of
Canterbury Club and a member
of Chaudoin Hall's House Council. She was born i n Orlando
and attended Colonial High. .
School there. ,-ln — r "■' „
"Topped -McCullough is a
seniorfand a member of Sigma
Nu iratemity. ,.../■ ^.
