The Stetson Reporter

ZMMM The Stetson Reporter SECOND YEAR—NO. 2 DELAND, FLA., SEPTEMBER 30, 1936 5c PER COPY: $150 PER SCHOOL YEAR UNIVERSITY BAND WITH NEW RICHES BLOWS JOYFULLY Director Marvin And Uniformed Musicians Happy At Bright Prospects DELAND VOTES MONEY City Officials Contribute $500 For Band Concerts This Year The Stetson Band with its fifty green and white . melodious darlings, ■ endowed with new riches, may -he heard tooting cheerfully every Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:45 on. Five hundred dollars was voted to the Stetson Band by the town of De- Land this year and included as such in the city's financial budget for 1936. The band is very gleeful over it^ newly acquired riches and has many tentative plans for spending it. "We will get mo)re Mew music for one thing," Prof. Louis H. Marvin, band director, said, "and we may decide to purchase two large flagsL an American flag and a Stetson flag, to be carried before the band by two flagbearers with two color guards." Mr. Marvin also feels very kindly toward a cejrtain ambitious sounding drum of six or seven feet in size and mounted on a carriage. Forty of. the... proposed fifty-four members of the band have already tamed ui» and rehearsed together for the first time. Ten or twelve of these were new members welcomed into the ranks and files, to replace those' who have graduated. The band will miss Sara Staff this year, solo cornetist of unusual ability; she is now assistant in the Physical Education department. Another cornetis-t, Curtiss Sample, has lef^ the band to study at.Indiana University. Pauline Prevatt, French Hor|n( performer, has gone to Orlando as a teacher after graduation here. John J. Heney as assistant bandmaster, with Dick Faulkner as student bandmaster. 1 The band will give this year, as last, a series of open-air concerts in the bandshell downtown, and Mr. Marvin has already received five new concert compositions! for the band. "Headlines", by Carleton Crosby, depicts the violent pace of modern life and transcribes, using musical idiom, the headlines of war, fire, earthquake, love, religion and death, that find their way into the daily press. This is a fairly difficult piece of work, and Mr. Marvin promises that its first performance shall be dedicated to the Stetson Press. Victor Herbert's "American Fan- tasie" will appeal to its hearejs through the familiar tunes from which it is woven. CHEER RALLY CALLED TODAY FOR ALL FANS -X School Enrollment Grows Every Day Increase In Student Numbers Continues As Others Sign With Registrar Big Pep Gathering Of Hatter Grid Backers At Four O'clock Above are pictured the members of the Stetson University Press staff, printers of THE STETSON REPORTER. Center: C. R. M. Sheppard, manager. Upper arc: Harry Gressang, LaVerne Gifford, Joe Hill. Lower arc: Leo Roberts, John Golson, foreman of the composing room, and Bill Dehham. MBit f0RK, FUN IN FIRST EDITION University Press Staff Labors Long Hours For Paper's First Issue Printing of the first STETSON REPORTER to come from the Stetson University Press last week was an adventure marked with much la- bor, some pain and flashes of comedy. And everybody participating learned something. Under the direction of C. R. M. Sheppard, manager of the press, the mechanical gtftff toiled long hourn day and night, getting acquainted with the new equipment, fitting into new assignments—and giving occasional gruff suggestions to the editors. The eight pages, which may look small to the reader, swelled to huge size as the hand and machine-set type was packed in, galley after galley. They ate words by the thou- sounds. Tuesday night everything was supposed to be ready for the press—but it just wasn't. Errors were detected here and there, and painfully corrected (some of them anyhow!) By midnight the st/aff was half asleep, but couldn't quit. Occasionally one printer or another, weary-eyed, was' permitted a few winks, stretched on a table. Onoe, in the wee hours, a typeset- (Continued on Page 2) Allen Is Honored As 'First Citizen* Stetson Head Receives Silver Cup For Services To DeLand Dr. W. S. Allen, Stetson's president, was recognized as L>eLand's leading citizen of the year yesterday. At a lunch given by the chamber of commerce for the faculty, Dr. Allen was awarded a silver loving cur, as the citizen who has done the most for DeLand in the past year. He is to retain this cup, a replica of the large cup presented to him last spring but which was not to be kept permanently. The cup was presented by Theodore Brooks originator and donor of the award. Prank Hammer, president of the chamber, presided. Dean Lewis H. Tribble introduced ihe m&mb'ers of the faculty. Dr. Allen invited the chamber to be the guest of the University at a luncheon in the new Commons cafe? teria on some later date. After the record opening of last Wednesday—with its high maple in numbers and enthusiasm—the Stetson University student enrollment reached 622 yesterday, maintaining the expected 12 per cent increase over last year. , i "Saturday students will l-egis?ter V#xt Saturday", said Miss Olga Bowen, registrar, "and. they proba-bly will bring the totial to 670 before the end of this week." These figures, in the opinion of University authorities, indicate that the total enrollment for the present year is likely to reach 750 with the opening of the second semester. The formal opening held last Wednesday morning in Elizabeth Hall was attended by many friends and former students who assisted in packing the auditorium.. President Allen welcomed the old and new students and introduced teachers newly added •to the faculty. Mayor Arthur C. Hatch of DeLand brought greetings from the city and Prank Hammer, president of the De- Land chamber of commerce, brought a cordial message for liis organization. Dr. W. E. Craig, stoke for the DeLand Ministerial Association of which he is president. The praye" was led by Dr. Luther B. Grice, pastor of the First Baptist church. An inspiring talk was; made by the Hon. Bert Pish, Stetson alumnus, distinguished Volusia citizen and minister of the United States to Egypt. Special music was p.i-ovided by Professors Arthur J. Graham, William H. Bailey and Harold Milne Giffin. .Lawrence Haddock, president of the student body, made a brief talk of welcome to new students. The University's three honored veterans of the faculty, - Vice-president Charles S. FarMss, Dr. G. Prentice Carson, dean emeritus, and Prof. Warren S. Cordis were given an ovation when they were presented. The' assembly sang "Stetson's ma Mater" in closing. All loyal Stetson football supporters will assemble on Hulley Field this afternoon at four o'clock for the first mass cheer rally of the year. President W. S. Allen will be introduced by Lawrence Haddock, president of the student body £.nd - chairman of the meeting, for a short talk of greeting and expectatin. Stetson's athletic director, Brady Cowell, will be called on for some stirring remarks- about the material and the prospects, and he will then infiroduee each member of the Green and White squad. •■■ The elected cheer leaders, chosea at the student - body meeting last night, will ta,ke charge of organized5 yelling—and the sky will be filled, with cries of confidence and encouragement for -the team. The cheer directors.are: Tony Pizzo,, chief; .James Meadows, Marjorie- Lanier, Helen Tucker and Donald Strong. Haddock. counts on a full attendance .of students for this important initial gathering of fans. Members of the faculty also are invited to be on hand to swell the chorus. The Stetson band will be on hand, to provide good music and bring-enthusiasm up to the right pitch. LEGAL FRATERNITIES ANNOUNCE PLEDGINGS DRAMA SCHEDULE IS NOW TAKING SHAPE A schedule of seven plays was announced this week by -the press j spokesman of the Stetson Players. I Dr. Irving Stover and his assistants I have chosen these plays to be presented during the coining year as representative of seven types of drama. It is an ambitious program of which ', any society of the masque might be I proud. 1 Little Theatre Play Schedule 1936-37 ] Oct. 15-16—Farce, KLEPTOMANIA, Mark Milford. ,' Nov. 12-13—Heroic Comedy, CYRA- I NO DE BERGERAC, Edmond Ros- i land. j ]oec. 11-32—Drama, THE SER- I VANT IN THE HOUSE, Charles Bans Kennedy. Feb, '12-13—Fantastic Comedy, THE DOVER ROAD, A. A. Milne (Road play-with Theta Alpha Phi cast). I March 12-13—Serious tragic play— CHILDREN OF THE MOON, Martin Flavin. / April 16-17—Comedy, LADIES OF THE JURY, Fred Ballard. June 5—A tragedy, KING LEAR, William Shakespear. Five groups of worksiiop plays will be sandwiched in between the larger productions. The first group will be presented in early November, and will consist of four one-act plays. Recruits are still being accepted for the Workshop in Dr. Irving Stover's office between three and five in the afternoons. Not only actors, but also those interested in the management of the stage, lighting, and settings, are added to the workshop division of the drama-tic depratment. Some of the Stetson-famous players have not returned this year and they will be missed by both organi- (Continued on Page 2) Two legal fraternities of Stetson University, Phi Alpha Delta and Sigma Nu Phi, announce the informal pledging of the following men in the law college:. Phi Alpha Delta: Grady -Crawford, DeLand; Bob Holland, Miami Beach; Rodney Durrance, Avon Park;' Leon Sandlin, Hasper; Elwyn- Middleton, Pomona; Fred Fitzgerald, Daytona Beach; Perry Nichols, Timpson, Texas; Phillip Harold Wright, Titusville; Eldon McLeed, Apalaehicola; Robert Young, Lake Monroe; Curran Kelly, New York; Hubert; Smith, Tampa; William Soloman, Jacksonville; Roy Raidle, Lake Worth; Robert Anderson, Park Ridge, 111., Sidney Taylor, De- Land, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harry L. Taylor, is justice of the fraternity. ■ Sigma Nu Phi, Frank Lipscomb of Perry and DeLand, chancellor, pled-; ged these men: Lawrence Haddock, Jacksonville; Vassar Carlton, Cocoa; William Ceely, DeLand; Tom Cobb, Daytona Beach; Paul-McEntire, Dade City; Joe Feairnley, Lake Worth; Ralph Odum, DeLand; Hughes Wilton, New Rocbelle, N. Y.: Arthur Robertson, Jacksonville; Robert Fra- zier, DeLand. Gift Books^ Enrich University! Library Valuable Volumns Are Donated Bv Mr. Burt, Mrs. Moorman, Professors Al- Orchestral Group Begins Rehearsals Forty-five members, new and old, turned out for the first rehearsal of the Stetslon Symphony, Orchestra, in the band hall Monday night under direction of Professor W. H. Bailey. "We hope gradually to build up a real symphony orchestra, one which will provide music of a high standard, with a skillful and original interpretation of both modern and classical music", said the director. He expressed pleasure at the response of players to his first evening's instruction. The orchestra membership eventually, Professor Bailey hopes, will be increased to 65. Stetson Library has made another bound ahead. In addition to the steady progress it has shown in the past, a new step was made this fall through the gifts of friends of the University. According to Professbr R. W. Severance, students of political and social science will be interested to note the gift of Fred N. Burt, DeLeon Springs, which consists of sixty- seven volumes of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, covering the last thirty years. The addition of Smith's illustrated History of Rome in two volumes, the gift of Mrs. James B. Moorman, De- Land, is valuable, to the library not only because of its content but because of the artistic illustrations, the Librarian said. A former student, Watts Bracey, gave several books.on insurance and government. Twenty five books on history and sociology were given by the librarian. Among other persons who gave books to the Library are Dr. I. C. Stover, Dr. W. S. Gordis, and Dr. H. C. Garwood, Stetson professor. The Firestone Rubber Com-' pany also gave a book on rubber. POOR FISH One of the important members of Miss Olga Bowen's s^taff, Nom de plume, had a narrow escape from death Friday. Evidently seeking the excitement of an enlarged world ■which contained immense mammals In letting the passions rule us we .rushing in and out of the registrar's Nobody learns how to invest except by investing, and. the early exip-erience is aiwaysj costly. gain a few high moments and a many low days. NEXT, PLEASE! Governor Dave Sholtz, Stetson '15 has subscribed to the University newspaper. The three first subscribers to the paper this year are: President Allen, Judge Ollie Edmunds, Jacksonville, and Hewen Lasseter, Orlando, The latter two are alumni. office, the gold fish jumped out of its fern-decorated bowl and was gasping on the dry table when Miss Bowen arrived in time to save its life. (Perhaps the fish was only taking a nap. Ed.) BUSINESS IMPROVES DeLend business is getting back to pre-depression level, C. M. Geiger, proprietor of the Court House Pharmacy, said recently, "Doe", as he is known to Stetson students, has been in business there since 1928.