The Stetson Reporter

T\ Second Year—NO. M STETSON ARTISTS m NEW HONOR IN MUSIC DRAM. Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Is Voted Great Success PIRATES "FEARSOME' And General's Daughters Are Bevy of Merry- Beauties DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1937 PHYSICS SOCIETY WITH CEREMONIES Da White, National Secre tan', Directs Sigma Pi Sigma Debut PORTER By MARJORIE ANDREWS The cast and directors, of "The Pirates of Penzance" won distinguished honors in their three per- frmances at the Stetson Little! 0f Florida, Theatre Friday and Saturday. A joint production of the Glee Clubs and the dramatic honorary fraternity, Theta Alpha Phi, the comic opera of Gilbert and Sullivan was hailed by its audiences as I undisputed success. I By JACK GORE National recognition was accorded the Stetson Physics department last Monday as a chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, national Physics} Honor Society was installed here' * with appropriate ceremonies. j Headlining the occasion, which, Richard Branham, who was re- Miss Willie Dee Willian who has marks another step ih the growth j cently elected President of the been appointed to the summer and development of the scientific. Stetson student body. school faculty at the University departments of the university was! .She will be in charge the installation hflnn„»t n. Price fc (STUDENT OFFICERS ' TAKE THEIR POSTS AT CHAPEL RALLY Dick Branham Pledges Ser-p j vices to Body as United! Group HADDOCK CHAIRMAN j Retiring President Praises I New Chiefs as Worthy j Leaders .„ t-.ur.oa. .site will be in charge the installation banquet. Dr.| of the dramatics department during «»«h W. White, national executive ,, secretary of Siema Pi Sienna i^«.h the session. IF JUNG m SJ mm Shrinks by 47 Pupils The "D" list for the second six weeks of the spring semester has showed a decrease of 47 pupils since the fall term. The new figure of 196 shows a marked improvement from the first repast- of .243... Eighty-three.. girls J an | ■ Under the direction of Prof. ! Harold M. Giffin, Dr. Irving C. i Stover and Mrs. Virginia Giffin, the ! pirates were consistently and hum- !'• orousiy fearsome, and the general's j daughters were "beauties." To avoid straining voices unaccustomed to sustaining, operatic roles for three successive per form- ! ances several of the parts were car- ! by two actors, to be exchanged at each showing. Mrs. Loreha Din- : ning took the part of „Mabel, the j. heroine, on Friday night. With her sweet soprano, and fair color- I ing she seemed made for the dau- [ ghter of a "Model Major-Gener-; j al." Both her singing and acting I i: v/ere utterly delightful. Miss Hen-' ': rietta" Bryant was the other ."Mab- I. el." She gave an excellent perfor- I mance the following night. .. x„ ,. ~~:~ j—">, -— y ~, „ . • „ ,,. ,„„ , m four subjects; twenty four in ; The Ma,or-General himself found|three subjects; forty five ;„ tw0 his perfect portrayer in the personjsubjects and „6 fa one gubject of James Woodfill. Burdened withj There W£re nineteen pupi,s who !■ the parentage of some 18 lovely I «made„ the ,ist for daughters, he proved capable of el-ithls academic year kiting laughs from his audience period. Two 8peciaj merely upon his appearance. '-• Sadie Ray Gardner on Friday, and Roberta Orcutt on Saturday played the role of Ruth, a sort of piratess, who had been nurse of Frederic, the hero. Cast aside by him in his chase after the decidedly more winsome Mabel, poor Ruth had a rather unfortunate part, al- Albert Johnson was elected pres- though full of humorous possibil- 'dent of The Order of Torch and ities, which neither Miss Gardner Scroll, honorary scholastic fratern- nor Miss Orcutt neglected. A strong J ''>' at Stetson University, last week, voice was necessarv tn ram- th;*iHe snrrperic c.m«— t~-<-- D-'list for f^w* D • j' Ptoses of the new society tor Second Period j as explained by prof. R. i. Allen secretary of Sigma Pi Sigma, acted j as installing officer. i ' Following the banquet which was attended by Pres. and Mrs. Allen, I and other faculty members. Dr. j White gave an illustrated lecture on "Modern Alchemy" in the lounge of the cafeteria. I The purposes of the new society j SON LIBRARY IS EAR A. V. S. Smith, Alumnus, Deposits Valuable Store of Volumes I : rence Haddock: vice-president Su The Stetson library received on sanne penney, and secretary Mar eposit last week, a valuahlp m!-' ^" '""^— " By STEWART RYAN The newly elected student body officers for the year 1937-1938 j were installed in office at a meet-? ing following chapel last Thursday. President-elect Richard Branham i speaking for the new leaders, pled- ' ged wholehearted support of the administration throughout the entire coming year, and their intention to serve "as a student group not as a frat or non-frat group." The retiring officers were introduced by this year's leader Lawrence Haddock: vice-president Su- faculty advisor to the organization, ■■ deDOsit ,ast weekj g vaIuable col. tha McConnell. are to award distinction to those of lection of lj3<0 books form A..v.' Haddock expressed his apprecia- high scholarship in Physics, to pro- Smith of DeLandj Stetson alumnus.' tion for the cooperation of the stu- mote interest in research and the Many old and rare books are in. dents and commended them on advanced study of the subject, and cluded !n the collection. There is their new choices. He continued oito encourage a professional spirit one printed in 1550 which takes its'with telling of the honors that have the first six week period ofynd friendshiP amonS those who place as the oldest book in the lib-,'been bestowed upon these student |have displayed a marked ability inif{rst BibIe published by the Cam-; representatives. ' The incoming J the study. ! rary. There is also a copy of the group: Branham, president; Ruth Only Junior and Senior students, bridge University Press, the King Bartlett, vice-president; Mary Ellen majoring in Physics, who have sat- Jariles version) Jn 1629. . . i Lord, secretary: and Stella -,,--... „. ^^--. -A-igiuy-inree girlsyr'& "'/"ysics, wno nave sat- and 113 boys were reported for thejisfied certain High'-scholarship re*-! period just concluded. MarP flW!W_ quirements, and showrf nfnm!M „*' quirements, and showed promise of ,, achievement, will be eligible to other membership in the society. Charter members include Truman Botts, DeLand; Marvadene Boyte, Lees- One person was. reported in six .b:u,rg/^inston_ Bridges, Jackson-! men are listed than all the classes combined. There were 112 first year students and only eight seniors on the list. Mr. Smith also sent with the Pope treasurer, were pledged to "fur subjects; four in five subjects; six| ville;^Barbara Davis, DeLand; Car books 27 sheepskin manuscript let- ther the activities of student life." ters patent, marriage licences, and Branham told of the University's deeds, dating from the 17th, 18th, progress in the three years that he and early 19th centuries. lhas been here and of the marve ls. .~ — * roll. P. Ezzell, DeLatad; Quinton Hodges Hinesville, Ga.; Reed Knox Jr., DeLand; Clifford Ryerson, De- Land; Gustav F. Swanson, Jackson lous work done body. by the outgoing MR. COOK VISITS J. M. Cook, of Orlando, who attended Stetson University from n icw members of Stetson's nrn- 1889 to 1890, visited here last week, sic faculty plan to attend a meet- His stepdaughter, Jane Powell, will ing of the St. Cecelia Club at Lake enter the university in thp fail I ^"— A few members of Stetson's mu- in the pupils Allen Webster, St.; enter the university in the fail. I City, nex't week lasr . | ■ are Alumni of the chapter are ■ W ' lw rar,t:^A ^ „ ! listed, fifty sophomores''and^twen-1 ^.'_JCa„n'i!ld» Canaan' Conn-; Ed ty four juniors make up the re mainder of the group. ELECTED PRESIDENT TORCH AND SCROLL ward S. Ferguson, DeLand; Paul A. Furror, New Smyrna; George E. Linney, Buffalo; Robert E.'O'-' Neil! Daytona Beach; Fred L. Owens, Jr., Lake Helen; Seward Sal-! vage, Pittsburgh; Kenneth C. Skin- Special Officer Explains Campaign to Check Crime „ vun iicgicciea. a strong, »y at stetson University, last week. voice was necessary to carry this! He succeeds Sidney Taylor, retiring hilariously dramatic role success-! president. fully. Lyle Sherman as Frederic, acted ihe hero with satisfying gusto his voice coming out beautifully. The chorus of policemen very Robeita'0«utt was'rei Marly stole the show; .^testified Wated ,nt0 the fraternit to the careful training of the whole '""* and the co-operation neces cast, eary to put over such an excellent performance. Norman Bennett gave .■; fine interpretation of their Ser- geant. i Findley Edge scored heavily as the Pirate Chief, his voice suitable, sr.d his acting splendid. He was injr along at a slow gallop with — ■*" v"ao several other people. When it veil supported by Edward Furlong, fame &me t() make a turn ()ff fhe who made a robust lieutenant. ,oad< Fred continlled ahead for Kate, Isabel, and Edith as the about a quarter of a mile while other solo parts of the General's Everyone else had turned off. daughters were well done by Ruth J After the party had waited for j Bartlett, Jean Gower, Rhoda Wei-'him for several minutes he came ! rnert and Eleanor Varnum. Jane back and said he couldn't let loose By MBRRELL POOLE i ly broke into the best houses in „ ,- v>. omii-| Perhaps students of Stetson have town so we only watched those ner, Du Bois, Pa.; John R. Turner not realized it, but we have a "spe- places. We had much trouble, Stratford, Conn.; Alice Van CleefJcial officer" among us who was however, with kids and young boys. DeLand; and' Harny Vanderwerp,!very instrumental in stopping the We caught two young kids, ages Wampum, Penn. J recent crime wave in DeLand. He 9 a"d 11, breaking into a feed Faculty members include profes-' is none other than "Governor" W. ! store. They said they had been in sors R. I. Allen, Donald Faulkner, i R. Slaughter, outstanding law stu- that one store twenty times." and Charles B. Vance. jdent. j .Concerning the recent $1,000 When asked how the police went "five-and-ten" robbery, Governor, ibout stopping the wave, Slaughter remarked that it was the "slickest modestly replied: (piece of work" that he had ever "Really, the cooperation of the ,seen- people had more to do with stop- j "The crook who did that job, ping the crime wave—and it was a said Slaughter, "was a profession- crime wave, a very serious one. I al of the first water He knew ev- ~ 7 ,,,, J However, several special officers, ery detail completely and didn't EXTRA HAND WANTED The second issue ot the btetson-:.ndiK}.ng myselfj.were appointed to make a false move. He used just If Fred Copeland is to continue ian" wl11 aPPear May 24- Jt has patrol the streets at night on foot enough glycerine to open the safe horse-back riding, he will have to been slightly enlarged in the num-; but we didn't have much success but not make a terrific explosion. acquire another hand. j ber of pages, but its price remains, with that method. I"In a town of this size an explosion Last Saturday, Fred went riding ; the same as before, 25 cents the "Then two patrol cars were could have been heard for three for his first time and was proceed- j copy. j pressed into service. I was in the miles. I believe it was some crook The editorial board has under- one on this side of town. We headed north from Miami. He is ,.,ii, . . - Other officers who will seive —— are: Frances Ogilvie, vice-chancellor; Peggy Champ, clerk; Uoyd| Wp.vf ^fpfcnniSin? Pawley, master of exchequer; Lolaj" UA l UlCWUMIOH Hammer, keeper of the seal. Roberta Orcutt was recently in- Will Issue May 24: ... waa some crook n..^i- "..^ on mis side of town. We headed north from Miami. He is gone a few changes since the first would park the car and then walk probably far up the country by now. magazine was published, Robert, two or three biocks and hide be- Getting back to the "crime Adams, Truman Botts, and Sara: hind trees and bushes and pick up wave" Slaughter concluded: Clark having resigned, and Lydia ail suspicious characters." i "We are having very little trou- Theurer being elected. J As to whether the thieves work- (! ble now and believe we have the Only 250 copies of the "Stetson- ed in groups or as individuals, j situation well under control. As I . ian" will be printed, unless reser-j Slaughter volunteered: 'said before, the cooperation of the . .. .—..u..., jane i>acK and said he couldn't let loose I vations exceeding that number are1 "There was the 'brace and bit' people has helped us more than any- McCarty's accompanying in practi- of the saddle to take hold of the i made. Subscriptions may be made gang—we called them so because thing else. They warn us ces and performances deserves reins, and he was waiting for the j at the Bookstore nr ™i*h »—- ' ■ •■-- much commendation .|»«r^^ <~ .-■•■•• , oam Deiore, the cooperation of the ^u.ug mat numoer are' "There was the 'brace and bit' people has helped us more than any- „ ... k.cvu-,oj ine saddle to take hold of the i made. Subscriptions may be made gang—we called them so because thing else. They warn us every ces and performances deserves reins, and he was waiting for the j at the Bookstore or with any mem-J they used that method to break into time they see a suspicious charac- •much commendation 'horse tc get tired j>nd stvp. her of the editorial staff.. ; houses—that we caught. They on- ter in the neighborhood."