The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter Second Year—No. 7. DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936. 5c Per Copy; $1.50 Per School Year! STETSON'S TALENT GOES ON THE AIR IN TEN PROGRAMS i ______ University Band Opens Series With November 16 Concert PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK Dr. Allen to Introduce Radio Event in Short Talk By KATHERINE BISSET The first of a series of radio programs featuring Stetson University artists will (be broadcast from station WDBO in Orlando, Monday night, November 16. The Stetson band, under Professor Louis Marvin, director, will give the first program. The band will be assisted by several singers from the music department. Dr. W. S. Allen, president of the University, will give a short introductory speech about the series. There will be five weekly broadcasts in the first series, one program to Ue given each Monday night at 8:30-9:00, Prof. Plautus I. Lipsey, Jr., general chairman of the program committee said. A second series is set for after New Years. The second program, November 23, will be presented by the University chorus of eighty voices, under the direction of Prof. Harold Giffin. They will give also some vocal and instrumental solos, Mr. Giffin said. The program committee for the radio series is headed by Mr. Lipsey and includes Frank Bell, technical advisor for the radio series, and Mr. Danforth of the radiOj station at Orlando. * The programs will be broadcast from the studio in the Little Theater. Mr. Bell said that the series will be heard all over Florida, most of the South, and probably one or two points in Ohio and Indiana. A second series, also made up of five broadcasts, will start Saturday, January 9. Programs will be at 31:00-l 1:30. , MAYOR STETSON VOTERS MARCH TO POLLS ON ELECTION DAY HOSTESS About 100 Students,Teachers Take Part in Naming i President SENTIMENT IS DIVIDED j Philip Wright will be Student Mayor on Homecoming Day. PROF. SEVERANCE IS CRASH CASULTY Librarian Recovering From Motor Wreck In North Carolina Prof. R. W. Severance, head li- j brarian and professor of library | science, who returned to Stetson i campus Monday morning, is convalescing from severe lacerations and bruises sustained in an automobile accident Wednesday evening. Professor Severance and several other librarians were traveling to Asheville, N. C, where they planned to attend the ninth biennial conference of the Southeastern Library Association. The accident occurre" near Hen- dersonvilje when the automobile in which the men were driving collided with a truck. Carl Bohnenberger of Jacksonville was killed almost instantly, and four other persons were injured. .Majority on Campus Favor Re-election of President Roosevelt Spanish Teachers Will Gather Here Miss Neblett Announces Florida Convention November 21 MR. HENEY IS AUTHOR OF MAGAZINE PIECE John J. Heney, instructor in percussion instruments in Stetson University, is author of an article, "Behind the Scenes with a National Solo Contest Judge," in Ihe October issue of THE SCHOOL MUSICIAN. Mr. Heney's experience arid position makes him a foremost authority on drumming. By EMMEJT CLONTS Approximately 100 Stetson voters went to the polls in DeLand yesterday and did their part toward electing the president of the United States, There were four polling places ii; this city: the court house, the city hall; the high school, and Goldbond's Garage. Some students went to 'their homes in various parts of the state. One student, Grafton Pyne, went by air to his home in New Jersey in order to carry out his duty to his country. The majority sentiment on the university campus was for Franklin D. Roosevelt as was shown two weeks ago by the straw poll which gave the Democratic nominee a majority of sixty per cent. The outcome of the election was i very uncertain and there were many different opinions concerning it. The Literary Digest polls, wfiich in past years have been a fairly reliable source in predicting the outcome" of presidential elections showed about a four to three majority for Alfred Landon. Prof. Harry S. Winters, republican, gave the following opinion: "The outcome of the election is very doubtful and will be decided by the vote in the large cities. "It is almost impossible to follow the old standards of the parties because they are disenta- parties because they are disinta- grating and their names mean less, shown by two former democratic nominees for president, Al Smith and J. W. Davis, coming out for Landon." Dean L. H. Tribble gave his view from a democratic standpoint: "I believe Roosevelt will be reelected. He wil! carry the South, Illinois, Ohio, California, and more of the western states than will Landon." . Helen Spaulding will be Student Hostess at Homecoming. NOVEMBER BRINGS HOLIDAY SPLURGE SIX MUSIC BANDS TO PARADE HERE ON 'HOMECOMING^ Gala Procession Gets Going' At 11 O'clock,- Nevember 14 TO WORK FOR PRIZES DeLand Chamber Commerce Will Reward Best ..Organization Armistice and Thanksgiving Afford Break in Class Routine The month of November will be packed full of fun for Stetson students due to the two holidays and the annual homecoming celebration. Armistice Day, the first holiday, will fall on Wednesday preceding the homecoming activities. Students and faculty members will probably use the day for preparation for the entertainment of alumni and guests who will be present for _ the week-end. Satturday school activities for November 14 will be dispensed with due to the program for homecoming. The second holiday, Thanksgiving recess, will begin Wednesday, November 25 at 5 p. m. and end Monday, November 30 at 8 a. m, A majority of the students on the campus will go to their homes for the holidays to eat the traditional Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin P]'e. Numbers of out-of-statf studsnt^ will spend the holidays with friends and relatives, in the state or remain on the campus during the vacation season and witness the Stetson- Oglethorpe football clash Thanksgiving Day. GHOSTS WALK AND IN LIVELY Hi PIRATES STALK 'EN FESTIVAL Stetson University will be host to the Florida Branch, American -Assoiation of Teachers of Spanish November 21, Miss Lucy Ann Neblett, secretary of the association and instructor of Spanish at Stetson, announced recently. During the morning session, which will begin at ten o'clock, the cultural interest of the Spanish language and race will be emphasized. Dr. Marion Hay, of Florida State College for Women, will speak on "Spanish Revolutions." Miss Mildred Henderson, teacher of Spanishjip the Orlando Public School, with'''a group of her students' will present Spanish songs and dances. Stetson: students will also entertain' in song and dance numbers in this : session which will be open to the public. Spooks hob-nobbed with pirates clowns and senoritas on Stetsor campus Saturday night in the celebration of Hallowe'en by the first university-wide party ever held. More than 200 persons — students, teachers and friends — attended and pronounced the unique affair a great success. Dr. J. F. Conn won the prize for the most grotesque costume. He had a mechanical electrical apparatus installed over his heart which made a light flash on and off when he walked in his clown's dress.<s ■ The Three Musketeers (feminine), Mary and Margaret Mc- Gavock of Columbia, Tenn. and Martha Pipkin of Safety Harbor, von the prize which originally was to have gone to the best costumed couple. Miss Olga Bowen, one of the judges said "the couple become triplets." Don's Smiley, niece of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hon of DeLand, was "the most artistic" in a black lace Spanish gown. A high comb and mantilla completed her costume. Miss Nellie Eareckson, Stetson nurse, won the prize for best depicting the spirit of Hallowe'en. She was the spookiest, of the spooks present at the party in her tight black costume and weird mask. They didn't win prizes, but they should be mentioned: Willard Anderson, weighing only -205 pounds, and Edward Furlong, 215 pounder, in rompers! NEEDS YEARBOOKS Prof. R. W. Severance, librarian, is looking for Stetson annuals of 1921 and 1932. The library file is complete from volume one, 1908, until 1936, with the exception of these two years. ON THE AIR The Stetson University Band has been invited by Francis P. Malone, station manager of radio station WIOD at Miami, to broadcast over that station for a quarter of an hour next Friday afternoon starting at 5:00 o'clock. The band will also parade through downtown Miami in the afternoon, and perform between the halves at the football game that night between Stetson University and the University of Miami. Headquarters for the group while in the Magic City will be at the Cortez Hotel. The musicians will return to De- Land Saturday afternoon. By GAYLORD KENYON Six or more bands will participate in the annual Stetson Homecoming parade and assist in making this celebration, November 13- 14," a memorable one, according to the Mystic Krewe's parade committee. The parade will start at 11 o'clock Saturday morning when; participating musical organizations; will compete for prizes offered by the DeLand Chamber of Commerce. The five musical units which have already expressed their intention to compete.are: Fort Pierce High School Band from Fort Pierce, with Jim Crowley, director—this band won first prize in the Class A division at the state High School Music Festival in Tampa last spring. Ocala Competes Ocala High School Band, from Ocala, with Mrs. Browne Greaton Cole, director—this band has been a consistent winner in various inter-school contests for the past several years. Daytona Beach Sons of American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, with B. G. Skinner, director and Helen Montgomery, drum-majoress —this outfit recently placed second in a national competition at the American Legion convention in Cleveland, Ohio. DeLand High School Band, De- Land, with John J. Heney, former member, of Sousa's nationally famous band, director—DeLand's aggregation of High School musicians will be entering their first contest. Stetson University Band, Prof. Louis H. Marvin, director — the green and white clad musicians will enter the parade but will not be competitors for the prize. Sebring Also Sebring High School band, P. J. Gustat, director, will also be here. The Sebring band has won many prizes in contests throughout Florida. Other distinctly new features for this year's'celebration will be the drill exhibition to be presented by the Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps from Day- ton^ Beach at 1:45 o'clock on Hulley Field followed by a massed band concert at 2:00 o'clock immediately preceding the football game, when the two hundred and fifty musicians here for the day will form one enormous band. The student and merchant float committees report that there have been pledges to enter floats by fourteen student organizations and. by twenty merchant and civic organizations. There will also be several marching units from local civic and fraternal institutions. . The DeLand American Legion post "vHll act as marshals of the parade while local .Boy Scouts will police the line of march.