The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter FIRST YEAR. NO. 22. DELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1938 5c PER COPY; $1.50 PER SCHOOL YEARS 40,000 HALL FOR SCHOOL / - : : .. - : ; - , —. —*•' : . ^ i GRID TILT TOMORROW NIGHT BATTLE CLIMAXES SIX WEEK TRAINING PERIOD FOR TEAM Tickets on Sale by Members of Mystic Krewe Touchdowns! F u m b 1 e s! Passes! Spinners! Off tackles! Center smashes! Thrills galore are anticipated by the huge throng of football loving fans who will be on hand to witness the gridiron battle between1 two picked teams of the 1936 Stetson varsity football squad on Hulley Field tomorrow night. The event is scheduled to get underway at 8:00 o'clock. The pigskin battle, which is being sponsored by the Mystic Krewe, campus leadership society, will serve as a climax to the Six-week Spring training period -that the Hatter athletes have been participating in under, the direction of Coaches Brady Cowell and Chester Freeman. ; The entire proceeds of the game are to go to a Stetson Student Scholarship Fund. Interesting is the fact that officials, coaches, ■■nd even the players must pay ,eir admission to the game. Tickets for the game were placed on sale to, the public last week, and J. Neal Faircloth, chairman of the ticket sales committee reports a heavy sales thus far. Dr. W. S. Allen, president of the university reserved the first two tickets that ; (Continued on Page Four) Students To Elect: Next Year Officers Tomorrow Morning Sidney, Taylor,! Delta Sig, Slated for Major Position Miss Neblett Is On Board of Directors For Spanish Group Teacher Also Chosen as Secretary of Rollins Convention Lucy Ann Neblett, Spanish, teacher of the university, and 13 of the Spanish students dramatized three scenes from the Quintero Brothers' El Genio Alegre and pre- ^nted Mexican and Cuban songs \d dances at the meeting of the >anish Institute in. America at ollins college last Sunday .aft- , ernoon. The program was given In the Annie Russell Theatre on the campus. ■ Miss Neblett and Mildred Henderson of Orlando, presented the national dance of Mexico, Jarabe Tapatio. The same dance was staged at a similar performance before the fifth grade children of Orlando public schools last Friday afternoon. : The Stetson students, who participated in the celebration which commemorated the 320th anniversary of the death of Cervantes were: Bessie Faye Mires, Dorothy Fuller, Susanne Sawyer, Ruth fy Bartlett, Doris Blankenbaker, : Frances OgUvie, Madge Williams, 5/£aria Nunez, Margie McCary, David Bracey, . William Sample, J^ck Neblett, and Grover Kirby. IStetson's Spanish teacher was elected to the board of directors ;. of the Florida section of the. Spanish Instiute in America. She is 'so secretary.of the Florida 'inch of the American Associa- pf Teachers of Spanish. The student body will elect their next year's officers after the chapel service tomorrow morning, according to the constitution of that organization. Very little interest has been displayed by: the students in connection with this election which should be the most important one of the year., So little has. been the enthusiasm that predictions are very difficult at the - present time. The Fraternity group has .had everything its way this yea;^ due to their cooperation and the lack of leadership among the Non-Fraternity group. It will be remembered that last year the-plebs swept the two major offices in the student body elections and the returns gave James Parrish a huge majority for the office of president, and Herbert Phillips was elected vice-president. However, this year they have had no leaders and the Greeks have run away with every election by unanimous votes in many instances.^ There is very little time left before the election and it would seem impossible for the Plebs to get. organized now and. elect their candidates. The Fraternities have not selected their man, as yet, but the rumor is that Sidney; Taylor of the Delta Sigma phi fraternity will be their choice. If this be true, there is little question about his election. It will probably be by a,unanimous vote because the Non-Frats have been too negligent in getting organized. MAT QUEEN PAULINE McFARLANB , Stetson Senior who will reign,as queen in the "Forest of Arden" in the annual May Day celebration next' Friday afternoon. MAY DAY FETE IS SCHEDULED FRIDAY High School Annual To Be Dedicated To Stetson President The DeLand High School annual, "The Athenian," will be dedicated to Dr. William Sims Allen, president of Stetson University, according to an announcement made by the yearbook staff. The dedication will be worded: "As an expression of sincereSt respect and good will, we, the staff of 1936, dedicate 'this "Athenian" to our friend, Da*. William. Sims Allen, educator, distinguished scholar, and a staunch supporter of DeLand High School." This fitting tribute will be placed in the front of the book, opposite the picture of President Allen. The high, school students feel greatly indebted to the Stetson president because of his cooperation with their school. Hulley and Cummings Gymnasiums have been available to them at all times and Hulley Field has also been the scene of many Bulldog contests during the past year. Not only hag he cooperated with the school, generally, but he has aided many of the student graduates in securing seeholarships at Stetson. The first annual will be presented to Dr. Allen as a feature of! the high school seniors" class nifeht entertainment. May Queen Will Have Eight Attendants for Pageant The annual May Day celebration, which has become one of Stetson's most colorful traditions, will be held in . the Forest of Arden on Friday afternoon at "five o'clock. The pageant is based on Greek mythology and depicts the story of the seasons, a large number of girls of the university will participate in the presentation. - The program which is being directed by Miss Neil Campbell, instructor in physical education for women will be elaborate and entertaining. Miss Pauline McFarland, senior of Daytona, will be crowned Queen of May. She will be accompanied by a cortege of eight attendants, two representatives of each sorority and two non-fraternity girls. The following girls have been selected: Tri Delta, Doris Knaak and 'Chrystelle Mercer;,Pi Phi, Helen Horn and S&ra Klefeker; Z. T. A., Sunny Alderman and Iris Daniels; Alpha Xi, Bessie Faye Mires and Martha McConnell;. Non-fraternity, Ruth Archer and Madge Williams. Flower girl will be June Heney; train bearers are to be Betty Grey Black and Carmen Nahm; and crown Bearer will be Kay Gunby. The Processional will be played by the university Band. A solo dance by Bette Stover and dances by 12 Grecian maidens will be two of the outstanding features of the program. - Howard Bateson, of the dramatic department, will read the pageant. on Stars In Last of One Act Plays THursdav Other Players Praised for Work in Other Opuses The four one-act plays staged •in the Little Theatre Thursday night and directed by members on Dr. Stover's play-production class, were enthusiastically acclaimed another triumph for the amateur .directors and . actors by a large audience. These plays mark the close of the series of work-shop productions for the season. Sam Dighton, freshman from Sanford, displayed talent cast as the adolescent hero of "Not Quite Such a Goose", which was directed by Marjorie Harrell. He was applauded again and again for his interpretation of: lines and clever pantomime. Sara Reid, Miriam Glovier, Paul Laufer, and Mary Ellen Lord played their parts very capably. The second, play brought to the Stetson stage, Johnny Offutt, a star of the basketball court, who proved that his talent is not limited to athletics.. Portraying the sentimental movie star with many love affairs, in the "Loves of Lionel", he received much praise. The ladies who played his wives and sweethearts were Peggy Champ, Mavis Burton, Ruth Bartlett, and Marie Geneau. Helen Brin .was director. '-,-.. "The Imperial Theatre", directed by Paul Mclhtyre, offered a more serious ttpe of drama, in contrast to the three comedies. Players were James Woodfll, Bob Adcock, Dorothy Mathis, Robert Young, all of whom gave competent performances. An unusual ending which revealed that the play was a "play within a play", as well as the (Continued on page Two) "HATTER" EDITOR Ijast Thursday afternoon the Sophomore class held their annual election of editor and business manager of the 1937 yearbook .Margaret Champ will edit next- year's "Hatter" and Lloyd Pawley will be business manager. Although a quorum was not present, the election was declared official. Both candidates were elected by unanimous vote "of the class, - NEEDED BUILDING WILL BE STARTED SOON AS POSSIBLE Dining Room Will Be Re« modeled to House More Students I Minton Heads B.S-.U. Council For '36^37 Group Visits Live Oak Jennings Minton, ministerial student from Hastings, was elecfed president of the B. S. U. Council for the school year of 1937-1936 at Vesper Service last week. Minton is a member of the Junior class and has been active in religious activities on, the campus for the last three years. Other newly-elected officers are: Findley Edge of Albany, Ga,., first vice-president; Margaret Harper of Lakeland, second vice-president; William Wilson of Jacksonville, devotional chairman; Ruth Merritt of Panama city, secretary; George Leonard of Hastings, treasurer; Josephine Osborne of palatka, mu- sie chairman; Millard Smith of Pensacola, B. S. U. representative. Betty Jayne Sawyer, of DeLand, was elected town representative; Edna Alderman of Lakeland student representative, and Edith Arrington of Tavares, Y. W. A. president. ; Last week-end a group of students, including several of the new officers, attended the B. S. U. Spring Retreat in live Oak. While there they received instruction in their duties as council: officers. Installation services were held in the First Baptist church of De- Land Sunday night, ■ . Stetson university trustees at a special board meeting Friday afternoon approved plans for the ereci tion in the campus of a $40,-, 000 commons group to house a kitchen, cafeteria, dining hall and at least two assembly rooms. Construction will begin as soon as all details have been worked out, President W. S. Allen stated after the board meeting. The building, which will occupy the large space back of Chaudoin and Stetson Halls, will be ready for use at the beginning of the fall term. In keeping with the majority of other buildings on the campus, the new hall will be built of red brick in Greek revival or Southern plantation style of architecture, according to G. M. Peek, DeLand architect. It will" be a one story horseshoe-shaped structure built around three sides of a court, with the fourth side enclosed by ais arcade. The two wings on the north and south sides each will be 100 feet long and 35 feet wide, with the smaller wing on the east side approximately 40 feet in width and 80 feet long. A garden will open through the arcade on the -west side. In the interior, heavy exposed trusses wili form the ceiling to give a spacious effect in keeping with the horizontal dimensions. The building will be completely fire-proof and Insulated against the infiltration of heat ansl cold. (Continued on Page Two) Stetson Members Install Dramatic Chapter in Miami East Coast Club Is Beta Chapter of Theta Alpha Phi Florida Beta chapter of Theta Alpha Phi, national honorary dramatic fraternity, was installed at the university of Miami last Saturday evening by 12 members of the Alpha Chapter (Stetson). The group of delegates from Stetson were entertained by the University of Miami at a formal banquet on Saturday evening, preceding the. initiation and formal installation of the new. members. Following this, the dramatic fraternity from stetson was guest of the university at the Miami Bilt- more Hotel where the representatives • of the press and Student Government convention were being entertained. Sunday morning the members of both chapters enjoyed a breakfast and beach party at Tahita Beach. The Stetson representatives who installed the new chapter were: Dr, Irving q. Stover, former national president of the organization, Willie Dee Willian, Dean and Mrs. Lewis Tribble, Professor Henry Jacobs, Louise Royall, Howard Bateson, Malcom Day, Walter Smith, Gaylord Kenyon and Marjorie Barren. The three groups, press, studfht government, and stetson players, returned to the university Sunday evening. ,