The Stetson Reporter

■i . The Stetson R jFIRST '. YEAR. NO.- 23. HADDOCK ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY BY TWO VOTE MARGIN ^ -A. DELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 193G Forests of Arden Scene of May Day Fete Last Friday Page ant "Story of the Seasons" Acted Out; Is Greek Myth The coronation of Pauline Mac- farland as Queen of. the May opened the annual- Stetson May Day Fete in the Forest of Arden Friday Afternoon, "■-■■'-■■ i yy "" " lJ"c • .01 wze.-. The procession of the queen and ilton'St^r * m her cortege :was heralded by the |tetson history. University Band N:<;:°Nt>n*frat's' First Venture Into Politics Brings ■Narrow Win y-fy.The Plebs elected their candidate :: to I the major student body office #; over the Greeks for the second >; ^consecutive year in the annual '.student body election held^ last y -Thursday afternoon, yv;.-.:Harpo Haddock, the Nonfrat can- "yxJidate, unknown in political cir- '-r-clesi before this election, nosed out :,:-i^tdney Taylor, the Frat candidate, /ylj^a small margin of two votes in ; "jvhdt proved to be one, of the zmpst hotly cor' :;|tetson. history. il/ittie interest was shown in the .flection until the-night before when : :the iPlebs decided to enter a can-' /yfidate to oppose Taylor, who had :yi||gn>. selected by the Greeks. Many "yltid :not know who would' represent, the Non-frats until Harry yjglaek nominated Haddock at the yslydent body meeting called for gibe V purpose of making nomina- p|*5Even after Haddock had been 'ilteminated, to. oppose Taylor, it ^Seemed to be the concensus of Opinion that the Frats would carry .the student body election as they hgd carried all of the other elec- jJtibns during the past year: ■ ,'*/?fteWeyier,- interest" gre* ' as time ^lyy-for- the, polls to open drew near lyy^fnd' "from 1 o'clock until 3.45 y-;:::'-r©"eipck,. when the polls closed, a yiy^iteftdy -line .of students flowed into y-yiihie'newspaper office to cast their y : y As the election committee began yyj:tp count the ballots a huge crowd : gathered outside the newspaper of- : ,;fice to catch the bits of returns : .they might hear. Throughout the .;.entire count, the final result was '■■!;-.'^Iwajis in question. First one can- ;^.yidate would lead by two or three ■■;,,: votes and then the other one would Come out in front. When the final, : feturns were given, the committee : did not even then feel sure that they were correct in their count, and counted the ballots once more. ; The final returns were 181 for -Haddock, and 179 for Taylor, yphe other Frat candidates were runppposed and were therefore ^..unanimously elected by the stu- : dent body. Jane Pace, Delta Delta j .:':'■■; ;Beita' was elected vice-president | ,; of the group; Helen May Christian, Pi Beta Phi, secretary; and Martha McConnell, Alpha Xi Delta, treasurer. 4 "HATTER" EDITOR 5c PER COPY; $1.50 PER SCHOOL YEAR KREWE PLANS FOR MIDNIGHT SHOW & RADIO BROADCAST Spanish Class to Present Comedy Tomorrow Night Will Increase Scholarship; Fund by Program . in Theater t DOROTHY HAIXES ^-^-^lls*'^fe The pageant, . featuring Bette Stover as solo, dancer and based on the Greek Myth of. the Story of The Seasons, was read by Howard Bateson. The myth interpreted by the dancing of twelve- Grecian maidens, told how the daughter of Ceres, Prqcerpine was carried away to the Underworld by Pluto. Ceres in her sorrow caused Winter,, a period of desolation, to be brought upOn' Earth. The Grecian maidens mourn the loss of Procerpine and: the Gods hearing their plea let procerpine return; to earth for six of the twelve months out of the year. I Procerpine is honored on her .re-,: I turn tQKsearthisaathija^'■:,d.aflce:iof.1 Spring by the Twelve Grecian* Maidens. As soon as the pageant ended the Queen led'the.: Recessional from The Forest- of Arden. : Attendants of , the: Queen . were, Doris Knaak,r^oHprstelle;, Mercer, Helen Horn, SarahtKlefeker,. Sunny Alderman, Iris Daniels, Bessie Faye Mires, Martha. McConnel, Ruth Archer, , Madge,;, Williams, June Heney, Betty Grey Black, Carmen Nahm, and Kay Gunby. Jean. Gower, .May Griswold, Peg- i gy Champ, Gerry Simmons, Louis! Randall, Carmen Booth, Inez Hill, Ruth Goss,, Bette Stover, Alice McLaughlin, Daphne Brownell, and Ruth Bartlett were.. the Twelve Grecian Maidens, The Stetson annual will soon be off. the press, .according to a statement made- by ]Mss_. Haines yesterday. From all indications it will be the best publication of this nature Stetson has had in a longtime. PAULINE PREVATT 'RESENTED SENIOR iECITAL MONDAY Kirby, Girls' Trio Assist With Vocal Renditions School Held Here for Scoutmasters Dr. Allen, Cotner, Smith Address Group Weeks Is President of Theta Alpha Phi Carl Weeks, outstanding performer of the Stetson Little Theatre group, was elected president of Florida Alpha chapter of Theta Alpha Phi, national honorary Dramatic fraternity, at their anrual election of officers held at the Littje Theare last Saturday eve-1 ning. I Marjorie Harrell was chosen to be vice-president for the coming year. The other officers elected were, Harpo Haddock, treasurer; and Sidney Taylor, secretary. Woltn» r.~ii. "■"'Pauline iF*evatl^*iipepulaf... senior , music student, presented her sen- ' idr piano. recital to a large audience in Elizabeth Hall last Monday evening.' . ' ■ Miss Prevatt, whose musical achievements have, long been recognized, won much favorable comment by her artistic rendition of the most difficult compositions. Chopin's Waltz and Nocturne were the outstanding selections of her first group. The strong, dramatic. PraeludiUm of McDowell was the outstanding composition of her second group. Grover Kirby, bass soloist, assisted Miss Prevatt by singing four songs, the most popular of which was the Cossack Love Song by Kountz. The girls' trio, composed of Katherine Martin, Pauline Prevatt, and Ruth Bartlett sang two numbers. Dr. W. E. Duckwitz, head of the music department, and Miss Prevatt played Concerto in D minor by Rubenstein as a piano duet to close the program. Jane McCarty and John Duss III, were accompanists for the vocal numbers. Situations to Be Translated Between Acts . The Spanish Conversation class, under the direction of their instructor, Miss , Lucy Ann Neblett, will present a Spanish play, "The Joy of Living" the. Little Theatre Thursday .night at eight o'clock. The entire play will be in Spanish, enough, explanations being made beforehand and between scenes to give the audience an outline of the plot. The plot concerns humorous situations which arise because Julio, the fun-loving son of Dona Sacra- men ta, objects to the quiet of the I household. Comedy is furnished by the droll blunders and continual reciting of poetry by Lucio, the chore boy from the country. The story ends7 happily when Lucio falls in love with Senorita Consolacion. The cast is as .follows: Dona Sacramenta, Dot Fuller; Don Ele- gio, David Bracey; Julio, Howard Bateson; Senorita Cosalaeion, Bessie: Fa^e^iMliiifeiJSoralita, Pauline ^^tffw*fpja^" Billy Sample; Chacha Pepa, LUcy Dent Smith; Ambrosia, Norman Bennet; other servants, Mary Ellen Lord and Floanna Burrows. .,■' ■ The program Will include a tango by David Bracey and Marian Simmons, the National Mexican dance by Alice Wolfe and Frances Mae Ogilvie, and a dance entitled "The Spurs" (Las Espuelas) by Miss Neblett. Accompanist will be Jack .Neblett. A group of students will sing Mexican, Folk songs. Walter Smith, retiring president _ __. ^ t^e theatj-g organization, pre A two day training school for sided over the informal ,„»„«,. le scoutmasters in the Orlando ... —rJ ««oumig scnool for the: scoutmasters in the Orlando :. district which .was held, in the-auditorium of Elizabeth Hall con- :' elided late Sunday. At the close of; the session, certificates were presented testifying to the com- ipletion of the training course. 7;--.;Pr. \w. S. Allen, president of :' Stetson university gave the closing address- on the subject "SCouting Applied to Life." ;. The. meeting which convenes ..semi-annually and an attendance of 30 scout leaders-. v *~. Q^Lx.uctriixdii, presided over the informal initiation ceremony and business meeting, which preceded the election of officers. 1 MUSIC JUDGES Dr. W. E- Duckwitz, Professor Harold M. Giffin, and Professor Louie Marvin, all of the music department, were judges of the state music contests held in Tampa quite recently. Sara Wilson Receives Amy Onken Award Sarah E. Wilson, Stetson senior from Miami, has been awarded the Amy B. Onken award of the Pi Beta Phi, national social sorority, for the Zeta province. ; .-.—.„. By her qualification as a candi- Dean Robert Cotner, Dean of men date for , the national, award, she of yStetson university, talked to win compete with 11 other rep- j the -scoutmasters on the subject resentatives from the other prov-| "ivjeasure" of a Good scoutmaster, inces. "■ Dean:.,Smith addressed the group The award is.basedyipon schol^r- on,-, "The Value of Friendship: in ship,: sorority: ^ryi^.yftnc| ;«tiident BOy,. Scout #ork." Other talks were activities. : Miss ^isorij P3^: a%|ys given by Dr. Garwood and other been prominent in such activities members of-the faculty.' .; ; . on'the Stetson campus. THANKS! The Mystic Krewe wishes to express its appreciation for the cooperation cf the students la making- the Spring Practice foolball g-kme » success. We want to thank especially thr. band members who paraded and played at the game; the players, coaches and officials who made the same possible; the Intrafraternity Council and its members foi their assistance; the faculty members who assisted in the sale of tickets; and each and every student that attended the game. We feel that the game was a ■huge success due to the efforts of everyone concerned, not any one group. I THE MYSTIC KREWE \ j Senior Day Is Last ! Upper-Class Frolic The Senior class will be given a final opportunity to frolic as a group next Friday when an appropriate "Senior Day" . program will be given for their entertainment, according to a statement made by Burton Laney, president of the class. The University will have phe graduating class as its guests at a 9 o'clock breakfast in Chaudoin Hall dininsr room Friday morning. The group will then go directly to the chapel exercises where they [ will be further honored by the, I faculty and students. ! The real frolicing will start about ' 10:30 when the Seniors will throw off their "dignified, studious" air and become playful green Freshmen again c their last time before graduation). They will drive to the 'beach to enjoy bathing, handball, beachball, bicycle riding;, pony riding, and other entertainment which is being planned for them. Some , are even planning to go fishing while at the beach. The biggest problem of the planning committee is what to do about the lunch. They are afraid that the psuedo-rats are going to enter into the spirit of the occasion and be so hungry at noontime that it will be impossible to satisfy their I appetites by a picnic lunch. However, they have been assured that they will have plenty to eat and no one will be allowed to leave dissatisfied. The class will be honored still more, Friday, evening at, the Alpha Xi Delta_. dance Jon the: Pier when the; sorority / dedicates one of the dances to the upperclassmen as the "Senior Dance". The Mystic Krewe, fresh from their success of last week with the Benefit Football game, announced this morning that they would sponsor another movement to further swell the Scholarship Fund by presenting a Midnight Show and radio broadcast through a hookup with WDBO of orlando, from the Athens Theatre, May 20. Frank Bell, manager of the local Sparks Theatres, is cooperating with the group so that an extraordinary theatre attraction will be shown on the Athens screen. He is always aiding the. fraternity in arranging the radio broadcast. I Although the plans have not I been definitely outlined at the present time, it seems probable that the radio program will include an address by Dr. W. S. Allen, president of the university, and many musical selections from the differnet artists of the school. The band; glee club quartet and trio; John Heney, xylophonist; Harold Giffin, tenor soloist; and other features will be presented. The university officials have announced that arrangements are being completed so that the dormitory girls will be allowed to enjoy "the entertainment. They will be able to leave the dormitories , for the purpose of going to the [Athens Theatre that evening. 1 A committee is being appointed to contact the alumni of the University -so that they will tune in on the broadcast. The admission price has not been I definitely fixed, but it will prob- lably be 35c. In other words, a complete motion picture program will be offered together with a feature radio program for the regular theatre price. All of the proceeds from the project will be given to the Scholarship Fund as was the $192.15 profit from the football game. Three Students Direct Concerts Presented Sunday at 3 O'clock Three students will direct selections on the last program to be given by the Stetson university band at the city bandshell Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, under Director Louis H. Marvin. Dorothy Haines of DeLand will put the band through the paces of Jewells' Spick and Span overture. Charlotte Veith of Jacksonville will direct Lehar's Merry Widow waltz and Pauline Prevatt of Palatka will take up the baton for Dalbey's medley, Superba. All . the student directors are advanced ' pupils in public school music. Featured on Sunday's program will be a medley of Stephen Foster melodies, selected and arranged by Luis Guzman of the U. -S. Marine Band. Old Folks at Home, Oh Susanna, Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground, Swanee River and Old Black Joe are some of the favorites included in the a:- ley. For the second time daring the present series of concerts, fie Stetson musicians v, ill play the march, DeLand's Pride,. written by a DeLand resident, Rowell 8. Bushnell. Director Marvin- ha? . arrar-g'sd the following program.; for the last concert: march: Borabasto (Far- rar); medley, Stephen Foster Milo- (Continued on. Page Two)