The Stetson Reporter

The StItson Reporter FIRST YEAR. NO. 19. .Jj .. DELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 25. 1936 5c PER COPY; $1.50 PER SCHOOL YEAR SQiDA COLLEGE iiEVELT DEGRE Allen, Sinith, Parrish Represent Stetson at Rollins ON FISHING CRUISE Mrs. Roosevelt Receives Sullivan Medalion PromF.S.C.W. President and Mrs. Franklin D. EooSevelt were honored last Monday morning' at Winter Park, the ;-home of Rollins' College, by the representatives ■ of seven leading Florida colleges, who had been invited by Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins ahd life-long friend of ; the president, to participate in "their conferring of an honorary degree upon the leading national figure of today. , -Proceeding the ceremonies, which -"were held in the Annie Russell Memorial Chapel, there, was an academic procession in which- the :.; faculty members, educational heads :--.^-'and the students selected from each .,*'"• of the universities to be present, .jJ^took part. Dean Charles G. Smith, ,V President W. S. Allen, and Jimmy 'Parrish, representing the Stetson student body, all took part in the pa- : : rade. , Following this the two cannons on the Rollins campus al- ,^:,, tefnated in firing twenty-one times the well-known military salute. ■'--.-■■..■The- ceermonies began with a ~:-rendition by the Rollins choir after .which Dr. Allen, president of Stet- ; ::son University, gave the invoca- '.tion. immediately following this, -'Dr. Edward Conradi, president of ViFlorida State College for Women, ■..'.'..-■■bestowed-'Upon Mrs. Roosevelt the Sullivan Medalion, after which she, (Continued on Page Two) fMillionaire's Night vWas;;Great Success For Kiwanis Club Johnson, Landis, Nelson Win Prizes For Most Money •'-. ... Quite recently about 250 Kiwanis .members and townspeople :;. enjoyed the lavish feeling of being " millionaires, at the party, known as "Millionaire's Night," given at the : American Legion Hall by the De- ■:■■ Land Kiwanis Club, under the' direction of Dr. Paul E. Raymond, professor of law at Stetson and . president of. the club. For one. dollar of United States "money the guests received $1,000,- ,-* .000 worth of Kiwanis script money .with which many immediately brushed to the "make-believe Monte Carlo", tables, and either lost or won a. fortune. Thousands of dol- H-l&rse were bid in the auctions. One '.dozen eggs brought as much as V $500,000, Throughtout the evening . ;. the Stetson Mad Hatters played for . V dancing. : : At the. close of the program Paul ; Johnson was found to have the largest fortune in script and was ■ ^awarded the 1936 Crosley radio. . Cary D. Landis, Jr., received the .second prize Of $2.50 worth of clean- *'■'.-_• tog. at..the DeLuxe Laundry - and ..Eddie Nelson of Stetson, was third, : winning a hand-painted tea set. Dr, Raymond and the Kiwanis . members plan to m$ke this an an- ; .nual event, with the proceeds to ,- go to help the under-privileged children in the community. .'.■.-;-_•Amory underhill was chairman of T..the committee for this event and helping him were George Clarke, «;..;Dr. John F. Conn, A. P. McFie, J. "i- ids £ummerhill and F. E. Baetz- : man. I. Walter Hawkins acted as ■ auctioneer. THEATER STAR CARL H. WEEKS. AR. Carl Weeks has been o: portray the leading role,| Mallory, in "The Romanjfe: He has been an outstand former on the local stage! .jbSen to liprervase Slater Presents Requests On ' Second Prcj|j Reaves, Argo- Fe&t ■ With Vocal SJgfjj lections ||jj Professor Matthew Slatierj I presented his second recital j|jcji the season in the auditorium ®fi ifeliza- beth Hall to a large audience of students, faculty membefe;j| and townspeople. The program fao included vocal selections by feiiomas Argo, tenor, and Charles ||&kaves, baritone. Iris Daniels assl|t!id at the piano. IJI ; The recital opened with Uj £roup of selections by Dunhamj|'{Prelude," "March,'' and "Sortisi; j from Opus 17. This was follo»e«i by Rossini's popular "Overtuife [from William Tell," arranged »- the organ by Dudley Black, whpljl was received with a storm of a|>J)iause. (Continued on Page Amory Underhill Heads Young De Wongrey Vice-||jes. Amory Underhill, senior, was unanimously §|Seted president of the Young MSmo- cratic Club of the Unhjjel^ity, when the group met in stei^nce Hall last Thursday to elect officers and draw up plali m W their jfor the an active participation i coming elections. About sixteen members piloted their approval of President Roosevelt's administration!|and wired their approval and Ijiejet- ings to the president. Theli^lso sent their greetings to W$ijted States Secretary of Statet'jjfpr- dellHull, who has been a Mjljest of the Hotel College Armsjfjfof two weeks. ilj]|i Randolph Slaughter wa^iji^p- pointed chairman of the j^ern- bership committee compos|'|"|!j of Claude Miller, Paul Wo|L|rey, Bill Lovett, and Anthony lijlzzo. This committee and the pfeent members are putting on aprive to increase their membership;j to about fifty members. ||j| Walters Shelley of Dt&hd in..::!! was honored by the group!;iby being selected to serve iljfljan advisory position. |'jjl' i Other officers chosen atjj|#ie meeting were: Paul WorMrey, vice-president; J. Neal Kir- cloth, secretary; Bill LM^jtt, treasurer; and Claude Mijfer, sergeant-at-arms. |ijiji | The board of directors will be elected at a meeting Thuijpay evening at 7:30 in the room of Science Hall. CITY CROWD ECTED TO SE MILNE'S FANTASY Satirical Comedy Is Last Pre-Commencement Play WEEKS HAS LEAD Same Opus Presented by Hedgerow Players in Daytona The advance sale of tickets for "The Romantic Age" indicates that a capacity audience will see the Stetson Little Theatre group present the last pre-Commencement play of the current season in the Little Theatre next Friday and, Saturday nights at 8 o'clock. The glamour, romance and fantasy of A. A. Milne's satirical comedy should thrill the college audience to the utmost. This drama is considered by critics to be even greater than the works of Phillip Barry with whom the works of Milne are often compared. The best talent of the university has' been selected to portray the scenes of this play. Every member of the cast has proven great ability on the local stage. Carl Weeks, because of his.outstanding performances in previous productions, has been chosen to characterize the leading role, Ger- vase Mallory. Bette Stover, another seasoned actor, will take the part of Meli- sande Knowle. Laura Watson has the other leading feminine character part, Mrs. Knowle. Malcolm Day, fresh from his triumph in "The Piper", will be Mr. Knowle. Others in the cast are: Jane, Evelyn Northern; Bobby Crote, Laurence Haddock; Master Susan, Herbert Phillips; Ern, Paul MacEn- tire; and Alice, Marjorie Harrell. Dr. Irving C. Stover, director, and Willie Dee Willian, assistant (Continued on Page Three) STETSON ACTRESS LAURA WATSON Laura Watson will play the part of Mrs. Knowle in "The Romantic Age" which will be presented Friday and Saturday evenings. This is one of the leading feminine roles Four New Profs on Summer Staff The staff of the Summer Session of Stetson has been increased from thirty of last year to thirty-four. Other important additions have been made to the courses offered. The adding of four new instructors for this year's summer school is* regarded by officials, of the school as a significant step in Stetson's march forward. For the first time Secretarial Science will be given in . the Summer Session. Miss Mary McCurdie present instructor in the Commercial School, will teach this course. Lloyd Crume Pawley will be instructor in Business Administration, teaching the following subjects: Accounting, Business Lav/, and Business Mathematics, the latter two being subject to withdrawal if enrollment is too small. Plautus Iberus Lipsey, Jr., will continue as Publicity Director throughout the summer, while Miss Martha Ireland, his assistant, will instruct in Journalism. The two courses offered will be: Growth of the American Newspaper, and Writing the Magazine Article. Chester Freeman, Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Men, will teach four courses: Physical and Playground Activities for the Primary Grades, Physical and Playground Activities for the Elementary Grades, Physical and Playground Activities for the Junior High School, and History and Principles of Physical Education. Dr. Lewis Stieg, Librarian, is offering a course in library science entitled The Appraisal of Books. This is a part of the English course and credit in English will be given for it." Koontz, Warnock in Debate From Florida, Southern Close Forum Program in Daytona in Test With Rollins The Stetson University Debate Team emerged victorious last Thursday evening after a close argument with the representatives from Florida Southern University, in the Little Theatre. Madison Koontz and William Warnock upheld the negative side in the question, "Resolved: that Congress should be given the power by a two-thirds vote to override any decision of the Supreme Court declaring a law unconstitutional" against the affirmatives debaters from Lakeland, M. McLeod and. Robert Boggs. Reverend W. E. Craig, Dr. B. F. Ezell, and Dr. Willis N. Baer, members of Ftetson's faculty, acted as the judges, awarding the decision to Stetson by a count of two to one. In the afternoon, before the evening's debate, freshmen members -of both teams met in the chapel at Elizabeth Hall where they debated on the Light and Power Question. Harvey Olliphant and (Continued on Page Two) TETSON SINGERS IT TITUSVILLE, DAYTONA BEACH Trio, Quartet, Soloisti Prove Most Popular MORE TRIPS SOON Varied Program Brings; Praise From East Coast Claudia Osbourne Is Elected President of Student Council Claudia Osbourne, was elected president of the Woman's Student Government Council for 1936 and 1937 at the election held Friday afternoon at Chaudoin Hall. She succeeds Helen- Horn, of Daytona Beach. Other new officers elected were: Vice President, Marjorie Harrell; Secretary, Ann G oil- hick; Treasurer, Mary Maxwell; Sergeant-at-Arms, Edith Arrington; Sophomore Representative, Alzada Bennett; and Represen- tative-at-Large, Alice McLaughlin. The officers were installed formally last night, and will serve until the end of this school year. On Thursday Claudia Osbourne and Helen Horn will leave for Decatur, Georgia, to attend the convention of the Southern Intercollegiate Association of Student Governments, which will be held at Agnes Scott College. In April they will attend a convention of representatives from Florida colleges in Miami. Two appreciative audiences, one at Daytona Beach, the other ■ at Titusville, provided a successful beginning for this season's tour o£ the Stetson University Glee Club, under the direction of Harold M. Giffin. Last Wednesday the 60 members of the club left DeLand late in the afternoon to make their first appearance in the Daytona Beads Municipal Auditorium. The program opened at 8 p, m. with two selections by the women's glee club followed" by a. solo, "The Two Grenadiers", by Grover Kirby. Two selections were rendered, next by the women's trio, composed of Katherine Martin, soprano, Roberta Orcutt, mezzo-soprano, and Ruth Bartlett, contralto. John Heney, director of the De- Land High School Band and well- known xylophonist, appeared on the program with two solos, "Overture Raymond" and "When You and I Were Young Maggie." Mr. Heney was at one time a member of the famous Sousa Band and is now instructor of percussion instruments at the University. "Gloria Path" and "Listen to the Lambs" followed offered by the joint glee clubs. After a short intermission the program continued with selections (Continued on Page Three) Miss Beach Is Here For Her Vacation; Teaching in Conn* Notes Many Changes in Library and Buildings of School Evelyn Fleetwood Beach, member of the faculty of stetson last year, arrived in DeLand Friday for a ten day visit. Miss Beach is teaching Secretarial science in the Commercial Department of Edge- wood Junior College in Greenwich, Conn. Coming to Stetson for her Spring vacation, she was very much pleased with the "New Stetson." She especially liked the new arrangement of the library thinking it very much improved. In commenting upon the new; wing of Chaudoin Hall, she saidS "Living in such a pleasant and modern environment makes college life ideal, if I were back here that is where i would want to live." "Sandy," as she is known by all her friends, is very happy in her work in Greenwich. To add to her many accomplishments, she has finally mastered the fine art of skiing and says with triumph that she has gotten to where she can go down the snow jump "without falling at the bottom." related how her friends had gained confidence in her ability and would therefore .start down immediately behind her, instead of waiting, as they did at first, for her to get down and out of the way so she wouldn't "muss them up." Yesterday Miss Beach was gives- a Circle degree from the Delta Delta Delta sorority, of which she is a member. This is the highest degree given in Tri Delt and she was very much thrilled about it. tg^mimmimmmmmmmmmMmmmmmmm'SXmmam