The Stetson Reporter

ommmwmstst Second Year -— No. 20 RTER CALL DOVE Stetson Players Win Praise For Milne's Bright Comedy DIALOGUE HUMOROUS Amusing Situation And Witty Lines Provoke Many Laughs The Stetson Players scored another big success'last week in the double presentation of "The Dover Road", A. A. Milne's hilarious comedy. Eager audiences filled the Little- Theatre auditorium both Friday, and. Saturday evenings, and went 'away praising the production, the actors and its directors. Lively action, colorful costumes and bright dialogue combined to make the piece a delightful one. Prof. Henry S. Jacobs had ihe central role, as "Mr. Latimer", the house owner who took such interest in straightening out the tangled threads of the romances of other' people. His lines brought many good laughs and his English accent) was impressive. DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1937 m TO ATTEND ORTANT MEE OF SCIENCE ME Professor Will Take Part In Conference On Chemurgy | | TO SURVEY RESOURCE Florida's Natural Wealth Will be Examined at Gainesville Pi-of. Henry S. Jj.cobs, who play- ad the central role in the produc- t en of "Tlie Dover Road". Prof. J. F. Conn, head of Stetson's chemistry department, will Gainesville late leave for tins Price 5e L'i XTYTWO NAM i HONOR ROSTt 1ST HALF YEA Women Outscore Men Its School Rating For Semester f SIX GET A'S ONLY Seniors and Sophomores Have Better Record Than Others I who has been week to attend,a conference of the) doing fine work aa a member of outstanding men of the state in the j *e Stetson di-batiiig team. CJUi Celebrated Musician to Give Concert in -Stetson Auditorium 'fields of agriculture, science, and industry. The conference, sponsored by the Chemical Foundation, the Farm Chemur'gic Council, the State Chamber of Commerce, and the Florida section of the -American Chemical Society, was called for the purpose of making a survey of Florida's natural resources looking towards finding new industrial uses for agicultural products. Among the leading men of the state who will take gart are Wil- "" ~ "" treasurer of Chemical Foundation, Carl Frit- sche, managing director of the Farm Chemurgic,Council, Dr. Barn- By MARY HUDSON Alberto Salvi, world's greatest harpist with his -notable instru- - ... mental quartet, will give a concert j ''am Buff am, Carl Weeks "and Ruth Bartlett, I tomorrow night'at 8:15 o'clock in Alice McLaughlin and Sidney Tay- Elizabeth Hall auditorium. lor, whose romantic activities were Saivl wlU P^ several of his own . ,. " , u , t. the chief subject of Mr. Jacob's impositions and arrangements, on ard, director of research for the experimental solicitude, demon- his recently insured $20'000 harP- J0UnfCl1' f J ^, Charlf Htf7> strated their unusual gifts- and The har*> it3eIf is guarded, at all director of the Pulp and Paper lab- their fine training in the dramatic times ^ a sPecia! officer" °rapt0"eS °f ^vannah, Georgia. t The quartet, consisting of Caro- Professor Conn in speaking of The exciting and laughable ef-i line Salfronk, flute; Florence ^* fects were greatly assisted by the ~Gindi> violin^ Robert AIexa> viola' olavers who filled the roles of the Alfred Mazzari>- cello> wiI1 P1^' houshold staff-Malcolm Day, durin§ the evening's entertainment. Laura Watson, Lola Hammer, M. The haTPist was born in Ven-ice- J. Bouterse and Paul McEntire. At 13> he won the ^^ scholarship Clifford Ryerson was technical of the NaPIes R°yal Conseratory. director, Virginia Giffin stage man- He studied in the conseratory for five years, and was awarded an eight-year diploma at the end of that time. j Salvi married a college-day' By MERRELL POOLE Sixty-two students made the honor roll for the first semester at Stetson, according to a report issued from the Registrar's office:. This represents a decrease 'off seven when compared with thes same period last year. Sixty-nine: occupied the coveted position at that time. Of the sixty-two honored, six; made all A's. This is also behind: i the record of last year as nine j made straight A's then. These; six: j are: | Marjorie Andrews (Springfield^ Stetson debaters, under the dir.| Mass ) Truman Botts^ (DeLand), ection of Prof. Robert C. Cotner,|Jane ^Carty (Boise, Idaho)' Mar- orated before the audiences ofj Jorie Mays (Washington, B..C.)„ ,, .u „ c,„ j. ...„ iU . Marjorie McCiure (Vero Beach),, the three Florida cities over the past ' x '- ., I weekend and L>"dia Theurer (Grantwood, N„. , 1 ) ■ ' y On Friday afternoon, before a '■''" JLhJ O-'iando, Lakeland and St. Petersburg Are Visited the purpose of the conference and crowd of 1500 in the Orlando High School Auditorium, Wilton. Rowe, Lydia Theurer, David Molthrop, and Ralph Odum gave an exhibition debate among themselves. Rowe, being the introductory! speaker for the occasion, started ager, Gaylord Kenyon business manager, Lawrence Haddock electrician, and Connie McRae property- woman. Music by the Little Theatre orchestra, directed by Louis Marvin, i ■ — —-» "•- * contributed to the success of ,the^their home in chicago ' he will 1"**; ST-.-■! ~ - «= E£ recent years said this week: "Chemurgj?, or the science of putting chemistry to work to make industrial products from agricultural products, is a relatively new field of research. A year ago last =ucngiu to tn ..„, May a beginning was made when closing speech by Odum was typi-j Tom Kirkland Henry Ford called the Dearborn cal of his usual fine talks. The conference, and since then similar team was guests of the Demosthen- conferences have been called in ese Club at a luncheon and also Miss Theurer followed with a talk that proved that she has a voice that carries weli before a large audience. Speaking in his best form of the year, Molthrop gave! They are Findley Edge, Edward: strength to the argument, and the. Furlong, Willard Anderson,.; arid: Girls Lead It is also interesting to note that":" five of the six listed are girls and: four are from other states. Only from forty to forty-five percent of' the students body are girls but" they carried off eighty percent of'.' the highest honors. -They also outnumbered the boys on the whole? list by 36 to 26. Four of the students making the; honor roll participate in athletics.. _„,,.,„ m( rae uuo at a l'uncheon ani also sweetheart after- his arrival in J Pensacola and New Orleans. Con-1 visited the offices of the Orlando America, and they are now making j sequently chemurgy has developed; Sentinel, their homp in rww "- He says play, whose direction was by Dr. I he wiil never leave this country Irving C. Stover and Willie Dee! and make his home in Italy' "Am Willian. Tuneful Numbers Go From Elizabeth Hal Program Stetson University's weekly radio program broadcast from the Chap erica'', he says, "is the land of youth and hope and ambition, Europe is slow and old, a little too slow and old for those who want to give much to- many people." ' The harp is a magnificient golden instrument, about six inches taller than the regulation harp. - It was constructed by the' Rudolph Wurlitzzer Co. for exhibition at the j Panama Pacific Exposition ten! years ago, where it won first prize, i It has a range of ten more notes | than a piano, and the sound board I is greatly enlarged. 'apidly, especially in the south- , In Lakeland that evening, Mob land." ' throp and Rowe met a team from Some of the recent developments "Florida Southern College in a no- pi""""1" rx- Conn pointed out, decision match... Following this de- in Florida, Dr (Continued on Page 3) ,1 W^-S O* JUi O h i o Boy Become Advertising Manager of Stetson Yearbook bate the members of the 'team were entertained by the Baptist students at an informal party. St. Petersburg was the' scene of the debate Saturday when they met) the St. Ptersburg Junior College! team. Harmon Harper and Alton Greenlaw, representing Stetson, i spoke in, the able fashion. that) marked the performance of the i team throughout the trip. i Seniors Best Ratio The sophojnores led all classes; in numbers with a total of 22 out of a possible 133 students, but the .seniors had the best ratio with 11. out of 50. The Juniors had 11 out of 79, the freshmen 15 out of 292,, the' Law School 3 _put of 54, and the graduates one out of 18. Those making the honor roil in: addition to those already mention- continued on Page 2) ngers cert Here J. David Sawyer, freshman from tured the Men's and Woman's Glee Clubs under the direction of Prof. Bil1 Sol°mon ^ re-elected corn- Harold M Giffin I mander of Sigma Nu> men's frater" The program opened with the) "'^ at Stetson University, for the combined Clubs singing Gaines I Present year> in a meetinS held "Salutation" and Tschaikowsky's last Wednesday night in the frat "Lo, A Voice to Heaven Sounding." h0"se- The Girls Double Trio then render- °ther officers aIso re-elected ed '"Lift Thine Eyes" and "Naughty were: Lieutenant Commander, Little Clock," and the Male Quartet] Royal Raide; Treasurer> Cecil Co- TALKS ON -DEBATING Wilton Rowe of Orlando, a Stet- j. uavm 6awyer, freshman from | Wilton Rowe of Orlando, a■ Stet- rl stzvr i^t Mnndflv pvpnine fea I Middletown, Ohio, has been appoin-j so" varsity debater, had his first /?! T Monday evening tea MLL g0L0M0N IS REELECTED ( d advertiline manager „f twp nracriw.1 t^;„„ •— ■ tured the Men's and Woman's Glee . _ tea .advertising manager nt presented "Stars of The Summer Night" and "Old Man Noah." The Men's Club chose "Secrets" as their selection with the. Women's Club singing the lovely numbers "Ave Maria" and "Gypsy Life." The wart; Sentinel, Hughes Wilson; Marshal, Joe de Lorenzi; Recorder! Jack Gore,; Chaplain, James Stone.' Band JVkkes Trip _ .. ,..w. The Stetson University Band, finale presented the soloists and! led by Louis Marvin, will play in chorus in selections from Gilbert j Sarasota next Saturday and in Win- and Sullivan's "Pirates of Pen-: ter Haven, next day. Sixty mas- zance." j icians will make the trip. ted advertising manager of THE HATTER, editors of the Stetson yearbook announced this week. Sawyer began work immediately among local merchants and has already produced excellent results. For a youngster, he has had considerable^ experience in business affairs and the advertising require- rnnts of the annual are now believed to be In good hands. "All payments for pages in the annual must be in by this Saturday," Peggy Champ, Hatter editor- in-chief reminded yesterday. The following have paid during the past week: Theta Alpha Phi, dramatic fraternity; the Stetson Debaters; Pi Gamma Mu, and THE STETSON REPORTER. practical teaching experience last Tuesday when he lectured before five classes in Sanford High school. As a guest of Harry Gordon, a Stetson graduate and teacher in the Sanford school, Rowe spoke to about 100 students on debate. He pointed out the necessity for and essentials of debating and instructed them in the gathering of material and preparation of briefs. Emory University Club Gives Program of Varied Songs Dr. Eastburn Spoaks Prof. Iola K. Eastburn will speak on "The Correlation between Music and Language" at the informal studio recital under the auspices of Dr. W. E. Duckwitz Thursday afternoon. The Emory Glee Club the "South's Sweetest Singers" presenter a program of negro spirituals; and classical songs last evening in Elizabeth Hall. This internationally famous organization from .Emory University under the direction of Dr. Malcolm H. Dewey is acclaimed by leading newspapers as the finest collegiate choral group in the world. The program' featured many unwritten Southern negro spirituals of communal, origin depicting the languid plaints of the old darkies. The classics of the great masters were rendered with equal ease showing the amazing versatility of the South Georgia choral combina- • tion.