The Stetson Reporter

V Ssffaj^BSSSSSSSBSIKas^ The Stetson Reporter Second Year—No. 21 DELAND.. FLA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1937 Price 5c 3 NEW TRUSTEES ADDED TO BOAR lT YEARLY MEET Doctor West, Noted DeLand Surgeon, Joins Executive Body IMPROVEMENT LISTED President Allen Tells o f Growth in His Annual Report l NEW RECORD SET BY REGISTRATO FIGURE NOW 774 1 Forty-Five Additions for Second Semester are Enrolled By ED MASON Three new members were unanimously elected to the board g! trustees of Stetson University at the board's annual meeting last Thursday. B. B. Baggett, Daytona Beach' banker and businessman, Dr. Hugh West, DeLand surgeon, and Dr. C. H. Bolton, West Palm Beach minister were chosen to fill the vacancies created by the deaths of Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, the Rev. Charles W. Duke of Tampa and Frederick P. Beaver of Dayton, Ohio. The report of President W. S. Allen gave a complete outline of the progress of the University for the fiscal year and gave suggestions for further advancement. It was unanimously adopted. In summerizing the report of the President to the board of trustees for the year 1936-37, the f'oHewing were praised by the members of the beard. Enrollment Climbs "A total of 774 students have enrolled in all departments for the year. This represents an increase of 113, or 17.46 percent, over the enrollment of one year ago. "The University, was distinctly honored in DecembSt, 1936, when it was admitted to membership in the National Association of Schools of Music. This is the highest recognition that can come musically and the credit is due the eight outstanding artists and teachers in the department including Dr. William E. Duckwitz, director. The honor permits the Institution to grant the Bachelor of Music degree as well as the A. B. with major in music as heretofore. Eleven new members have been placed on the faculty. Some of them are replacing vacancies left from last year while others are filling new jobs which have been created by the growth and development of the Institution during the past year. Of the institutions national rating, the president said: "Stetson ranks high among American Universities. It is a member of five educational accrediting organizations. Plans Affiliation The college of law is a member of the American Association of Law Schools and is on the approved list of the American Bar Association. It is the plan of the president to make application for membership in the American Association of University Women during the coming year and The American. Association of Universities within three years. The last named is the highest educational accrediting association in- America." Many accomplishments in the past year have added to the material growth of the Stetson University. Of the salient developments are the Commons Building, the completion of the wing of Chaudoin: flail, the (Continued on Page 2) Miss Sara Staff, who is adding njoyment and variety to the Stetson Glee Clubs' programs with her cornet solos. GLEE CLUBS BEGIN TRAVE SCHEDULE Stetson Sinpers Open Road Trip at Titusville Tomorrow Forty members of the Stetson Glee Club, under the direction of Prof. Harold M. Giffin tomorrow night will give a concert in Titusville that will mark the first of a series of performances to be given over the state. Friday night, the club goes to New Smyrna to sing at the Women's Club. This occasion is being sponsored by Johnny Offutt, former Stetson student who is teaching at the New Smyrna High School. A six day tour that will include appearances in Arcadia, Bradenton, Lakeland and St. Petersburg will begin March 4. Plans are being made for trips to Palm Beach and Miami for the middle of March and to Jacksonville sometime in May. Both the men's and girls' clubs, according to Professor Giffin, have been working very hard in preparation for the trip which is expected tp be even more successful than last year's which brought much praise to Stetson's music department. The program that has been arranged begins with heavy compositions of classical and religious music given by the combined clubs. The units then give sepafate selections of lighter and semi-classical numbers. The units combine later in the program for further songs. Solos by Professor Giffin and" Miss Sara Staff, cornetist, .along with presentations, by the male quartet and girls' double trio give variety to the entertainment. Dr. Futch Named As Committeeman Dr. Jennis W. Futch, Stetson law professor and la\tf librarian, has just been reappointed to membership in the committee of the Association of American Law Schools to cooperate with the Association of Law Libraries. Last summer Dr. Futch attended the annual convention of the law school body in Boston. Dr. Futch was also chosen bo be a member of the Libraries' association committee for cooperation with the other body. ANNUAL INCREASE 125 . ' I ~—:— . i Student Body Growth is Nearly 20 Percent in Year By MERRELL POOLE j Registration for the second semester of the 1936-'37 school year at Stetson has sent the, total number of students soaring to 774, the highest it has ever been in the history of the school. This is the final figure, according to the registrar, as the deadline for registration was February 17. Thirty- three new students and transfers have enrolled for the regular semester along with twelve who have signed up for Saturday classes which began February 13. This record figure tops by more than a hundred the total registration for last year and is an increase of forty-five over last semester. There were 649 students listed last year and 729 last semester. Among the number of new enrollments, sixteen are transfers and seventeen are high school graduates or former college students. Their former, schools range from Texas to Ohio to Southern Florida, and include many from various southern institutions. The Transfers: Ross Anderson (U. of Fla.), Gail Ball (Miami University, Ohio), Harold Boire (Bryant College), M. Bernard Chamberlain (Univ. of Illinois), Patricia Clark (Ringling School of Art), Ruth Collette (Maryville College), Mildred Eudaly (Texas State College for Women). John Hage (Tusculum), Esther Hick (Battle Creek College), Mer- rell Poole (Emory University), Graham Selick (Dana's Musical Institution), Mary Simpson (Southern), Charles Sheppard (U. of Fla.), Alexander Turner (Bob Jones College), and Robert Wood (Butler University). New Students: Alton Begne, Charles Bennett, Mrs. Mary Brandon, William Carrier, Jr,, Rebecca Crain, Helen Finney, Charles Foster, Maguerite Hays, William Mashburn, Barbara Moore, Earl Neelands, Gertrude Speck, Frank Valentine, Sue Younce, John Stan- inger, Herman: Shie, and Martha Carpenter. TORCH AND SCROLL HONORS STUDENTS FOR SCHOLARSH Botts and Mrs. Culp Receive Prizes for Leading Their Classes FIVE JUNIORS BIDDEN i Group With B-plus Record Invited to Membership In Order Professor Goes To Physics Meet Dr. R. I. Allen, professor of physics at Stetson University, attended a meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers which met in joint session at, Duke University and the University of North Carolina last weekend. Gifford Ryerson, advanced s.tu- Professor Allen. Mrs. Allen and dent, attended the sessions with their son, Robert,, accompanied them. Dr. Allen Was placed upon an important committee, representing Florida. ;; Truman Botts, who led the men of the Stetson student body in scholastic honors first semester, making A's only. SYMPHONY GAINS PRAISE IN DEBUT At First Appearance Under Professor Bailey Group Pleases The first appearance of the Symphony Orchestra of Stetson University, under the direction of Prof. W. H. Baitey, was well received by its audience last night in the auditorium of Elizabeth Hall. The work of Prof. William H. Bailey, director, with the orchestra, and the application of the 39 members were appreciated by all. The Overture to "The Barber of Seville" opened the concert with its robust and rhythmic liveliness. The strings of the orchestra comprised-the ensemble for the next number, Schubert's "Marche Mili-- taire." The Peer Gynt Suite, No. 1, by Grieg was exceptionally well done especially the gradual Crescendos of the last number, "In the Hall of the Mountain King." The third member of the group, "Anitra's Dance" is a piece written for strings and triangle, an unusual and lovely combination. "The Symphony in G Major," better known as the "Surprise Symphony" was the third of 12 symphonies written! by Haydn whle he was in London in 1792. The "surprise" comes in the second movement, the Andante. Equally enjoyed was the Allegro which closes the composition, an endearingly jolly and rondo-like movement. The Torch and Scroll, an honorary society of scholarship- and leadership, paid high tribute to the attainments of six Stetson students in a ceremony at the chapel hour Tuesday morning. Truman Botts, DeLand, was awarded the prize of the order for the highest scholastic record made by a Sophomore last session. Mrs. Margaret McGarrah Gulp, DeLand, was the recipient of the prize for high honors from last year's Freshman class. Botts and fbur other students;— Robert Adams and Frances Ogilvie of DeLand, Margaret Champ of Mt. Dora, Roberta Orcutt of Orlando —were bidden to membership in the organization. They have maintained a B-plus record in the class work through their first five semesters, all being members of the Junior class. Sidney Taylor, president of Torcfe and Scroll, made the presentations; from the platform, explaining the-, bases of fhe awards and commend-- ing the selected students for the; superior quality of their curricular activities, * "It is well", said Taylor, "in these days when so many organizations are concerned with honoring those who excel in athletics, dramatics and other extra-curricular activities, that we should have a society to encourage scholarship— which is. after all, the principal reason for our presence in the University." The president of the order urged greater attention to scholastic work and more general recognition for students who take the lead in this type of school work. Martha McConnell and Albert Johnson, members of the society, pinned the ribbon emblem on the five new members. President Allen spoke in high praise of the students honored and of the society, and the assembly applauded the awards and commendations. Child Marriages Called '"Tragic" and 6iUnfair" By MARY HUDSON The controversy over child brides now raging in Tennessee, New York and California, developed here this week when several people at Stetson University, expressed their views on the situation. The trend of opinion showed a definite opposition to early child marriages. Helen Spaulding president of Pan-Hellenic, thinks an early, marriage for a girl blocks the fulfilment of the full scope of her personality. "I believe it is very unfair to the girl," said Miss Spaulding. Dr. R. E. Clark, professor of Sociology' in the University describes the situation not. only as a tragedy, but as a burden to both the church and to the state. He believes that both parents and offspring in an early marriage are to be pitied. "Young children do not know much about the facts of life, or of making a living," Mr. Clark said. "They know little of child rearing, and I believe it is a reflection upon our civilization to let an unlucky situation like this, go on." "A child marriage is a handicap to the child wife," said Peggy Champ, editor of the Stetson annual. "It doesn't give the girl a chance to live her own life. We find early marriages. In all generations' and it seems ■ in some ways, to be a human tendency to get married early. (Continued on Page 2)