The Stetson Reporter

SG Party Tomorrow at Mai Kai! THE FLORIDA'S OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER STETSON REPORTER Volume 80 Friday, September 8, 1967 Number 2 Convocation Starts 85th Year Peace Corps Head Lauds Dr. Geren FROM THE REPORTER WASHINGTON BUREAU In an exclusive statement to the REPORTER last week, Mr. Sargent Shriver, Director of the Peace Corps commented on the election of Dr. Paul Geren • to the Stetson Presidency. Dr. Geren served as Deputy Director of the Corps under Mr. Shriver beginning in 1961. Sargent Shriver stated, "May I extend my congratulations to all those at Stetson University who were successful in attracting Paul Geren to its presidency. Paul Geren gave able and devoted service to the Peace Corps in its earliest days when there was still widespread skepticism about the value and significance of the Peace Corps effort. ■ "He was one of the first career government officials to recognize the importance of the Peace Corps. The vision which he displayed at that time will stand him in good stead as he. leads Stetson University forward during these extremely difficult times in the history of our country." Class Of 1971 Enters Edmunds Greets Geren REPORTER Sp onsors DR. EDMUNDS GREETS HIS SUCCESSOR as Dr. Paul Geren, left, pays a short visit tc the campus for convocation. Dr. Geren has returned to Washington for debriefing with the State Department, and will assume his duties as President on September 15 when Dr. Edmunds takes over the Chancellor's office. Grad Gets Tallahassee Post Workshop All persons who are interested in working on the staff of the STETSON REPORTER this year are urged to attend a journalism workshop next Wednesday night at 7:30 p. m. in Room 204 of the Stetson Union Building. The workshop will be headed by Mr. Ralph Parkman, Director of the Stetson News Bureau and faculty advisor of the REPORTER. Techniques in news and feature writing, editing, and layout will be discussed and interested students may at this time request work on the REPORTER in the field of campus life in which they are particularly interested. No. experience is necessary for persons who wish to work on the REPORTER staff, however', all of those who have worked on publications in high school are particularly urged to attend. If you have any questions concerning work in student publications, or find it impossible to attend the workshop but would like to work, contact REPORTER Editor Dean Bunch; Box 1245, ih Room 201 of the SUB or in,Room~A-16 of the new men's dorms. TALLAHASSEE—F r e d O. (Bud) Dickinson, Jr., Comptroller of Florida, today announced the appointment of V. Carroll Webb to the position of General Counsel for the Comptroller's Office. Webb, 34, joined the Comptroller's staff in August, 1966, when he was named Special Counsel for the Special Assessment department. "During the past year, Mr. Webb has proved himself to be extremely 'capable in handling very difficult legal matters involved with our statewide reassessment program. I am certain that he will prove himself even more valuable to this office in his new position as our General Counsel," said Dickinson. Before coming to the Comptroller's office, Webb served as assistant General Counsel for the Florida Development Commission, and later as an attorney with the State Road Depart- ment. A native Georgian, he moved to Florida during childhood andr attended high school in Lake Worth..He earned degrees from the University of Florida where he was a member of ATO fra ternity, and the College of Law of Stetson University, where he was president of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. The Class of 1971 invaded Stetson over the weekend 440 members strong. Aided by about 175 upperclass student advisors, they have now undergone the horrors of moving in the dorms, exemption tests, and class registration. Having survived these tests of the mind and body, they will now, along with the 120 transfers and 1200 returning students, begin the never-ending round of clases and labs. Convocation yesterday morning officially began Stetson's 85th year, making it the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Florida. The ceremony was held in the Forest of Arden yesterday morning and was presided over by outgoing President J. Ollie Edmunds. Dr. Edmunds will retire from the Presidency on September 15 to take the post of Chancellor which was recent-' ly created for him. Dr. Edmunds introduced Dr. Paul Geren, who will shortly take over the presidency and has just completed a tour of duty in the Foreign Service as as Economic Advisor in Tripoli, Lybia. Dr. Geren was on the campus for a short time and has since returned to Washington where he is making reports on his work in Africa. The seven winners of the 1967 Academic Council Awards were -also announced at the convocation. The Academic Council Awards are yearly scholarships awarded to the top students in each of the three upper classes. The scholarships cover up to the full $1400 tuition depending on the individual need of the winners. This year's junior class winners were Richard Thorman from Warner Robbins, Georgia; and Andrejs Jansons from DeBary. Sophomore winners were William Gaventa, .Jr. from Louisville, Kentucky; and Carol Mac- Gregor from Portrush, Northern Ireland. Kathy Sue Williams won the Borden Prize for the highest Academic Grade Average in last year's freshmen class. She also was an Academic Council Award Winner and is from Palm Bay, - Florida. The other freshmen awards winners were Gilbert Atnip, from Tampa and Elizabeth Barnes from Malm- strom AFB, Montana. Faculty members who were granted tenure as permanent members of the Stetson community were: Dr. Gerald F. Anderson, of Department of Modern Languages; Dr. Rollin S. Armour, of the Religion Department; and Associate English Professors Drs. Loyd H. Hilton and Richard E. Langford. Others were Dr. Wi 11 i a m Hughes of the Physics Department and Mr. Joseph J. Master of the School of Business Administration. RUSS BUCHAN. ORIENTATION CO-CHAIRMAN, welcomes the freshmen class at their first general meeting on Sunday afternoon. Seated are the many administration officials which these students will come to know better during the next four years.