The Stetson Reporter

isf.i-jKiVsSfcO «"*•■<*--•! Stetson Reporter KRST YKAB, NO. 1 DELAND FLORIDA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1935 5c PER COPY; $1:50 PER SCHOOL YEAR STETSON TRAINS HURRICANES CowelFs Squad, Beaten h y Howard, Plays Mimni Next Chast.c.-s'i y.xt not downhearted "by last .:',;;.L;}''s defeat by Howard College, \t\c Stetson TJniversity Hatters are working faithfully this week in preps ration for the game against the University of Miami at Miami a week from tonig ht. Brady Cowell; head cos.th and Line coach "Chet" Freeman look upon thp approaching contest with the Miami Hurricane,-- 95 c-firing a fine tes*. cf Hatter gridiron: skill, rniievfcig ihai the two teams will '-■e evenly ixiatehed and likt-ly tG .yrcviAt ■-„; ".stirring spectacle for .f'-.otba"il /&ns I:i this week's practices on Hul- ley field the Hatter mentors have been, stressing blocking and tackling, especially for the linemen, and have been drilling the backfield men in fundamentals in order to assure their soundness in both offensive and defensive departments of the game. "Speed! More speed!" This is the cry of the Stetson coaches in the daily drills as they recall the results of the Florida and Howard games, where substantial scores were piled up by the opposition chiefly through their fleetness of foot. Thrice Winners The Green and White warriors of Stetson have met Miami U. on the gridiron five times without suffering a single defeat. Three times the Hatters came out victorious, and twice — including last year when the result was 6-6—the result was a draw. To cheer the team on its invasion of southern F'lorida next week, the Hatter band of more than fifty players under the direction of Prof. Louis Marvin will make the trip to Miami and take part in the musical program in the municipal stadium next Friday night. A goodly number of students and teachers also will make the journey, hoping to witness Stetson's second victory of the season. The Hatters, in their first season under Cowell and Freeman, have now played three games, winning one and losing two to strong opponents. The Gators downed Stetson 34-0 in the opener. The Hatters trimmed Oglethorpe at Atlanta, 7-6. Then last Friday the Howard Bullogs scored 32 points at Dothan without permitting a Hatter counter. Not One-Sided The defeat at Dothan was really not so one-sided as the score would indicate. For two quarters the Stetson lads held their own against the Bulldogs who two weeks earlier had held the formidable University 01 Alabama team to a 7-7 tie Then in the third period Howard's superior speed began to tell and they began to advance the ball for good gains both through the air and on the ground. Herbert Wotring, Hatter captain for that game, and Eddie Knittle were outstanding in the Stetson backfield, their work as defensive halfs often halting the galloping Alabamians. Dick Branham, entering the game as halfback for the first time this year in the late moments, also showed up well- Knittle returned punts nicely from (Continued on Pass Two) STETSON'S PRESIDENT William Sims Allen, PhJD., LL.D who is leading: the University in a program of material cultural development. PRESIDENT SALUTES REPORTER John B. Stetson University takes another step forward as she establishes a weekly newspaper. I am happy in the privilege that is mine to extend greetings personally and in behalf of the University to The Stetson Reporter. Great opportunities lie out ahead for the paper. It will be the voice of the student body. It will give opportunity for much creative thought and for constructive ideas. ^ It will give the record of student achievements. It will bind the students into closer unity. It should be a vital factor in the University's growth. It will be a means of sending to the alumni and friends messages of good will and of progress. , I commend the student body on this forward step— and wish for the Editor and his staff every success through the coming weeks and months and years. May The Stetson Reporter be forever the record of a Stetson going forward and growing finer. Sincerely, W. S. ALLEN, President. Chimes Ringer Deaf to Bells Ding! Dang! Dong! Every day, at dawn and dusk, the Eloise Chimes in Hulley Tower ring out over campus and town, their music heard by an audience of more, than six thousand souls. But in all the Stetson-DeLand community there is one person who does not hear this music. He is the young man who rings the chimes! Walled up in the classic tower which houses the chiming bells is the lone musician, a figure of solitude and mystery. He is Bob Bush- nell. 20 year old blond youth from Virginia, Minnesota, freshman in the Stetson college of law. Bushnell, a newcomer this year to the DeLand institution, enters the tower at 7:30 each morning of the week and at 7:15 each evening to ring the musical bells for a 15 minutes program at each occasion. Busy with his levers, which release the little hammers that tap the sounding metal, and snugly quartered eighty feet below the bells themselves, the solitary player hears only the dull thud of concussion and an occasional peal from the lower tones of the series. With his hands he feels the vibrations from the strokes, but the music he hears not at all! "Each morning and each evening I play three tunes, going over each one twice", Bushnell said in explaining his unique assignment. "Some hymns, some ballads, sometimes a march and now and then a waltz make up the usual program. "When I finish the 15 minutes of forcing levers down, I feel like I have done a real job of work, and if the weather's hot I'm drenched with sweat. "Many of the finest and most beautiful hymns I cannot play, for the range of the chimes is only one (Continued on Pag« Savan) SCHOOL PAPER IS BORN TODAY The Stetson Reporter, University Weekly Makes Debut, Pledges to Useful Service for Upbuilding of Institution ALUMNI SALUTE! It is a pleasure, on behalf of the Alumni Association, to extend to your publication the Association's congratulations and best wishes for unlimited success. Your publication will serve a very useful purpose in keeping the members of the Alumni Association in touch with the activities at the TJniversity. "THE STETSON (REPORTER" marks another step forward for John B. Stetson University. With all good wishes, believe me to be, faithfully yours, FRANCIS P. WHITEHAIR, President Stetson Alumni Association. Pledged to serve as a unifying and constructive influence, THE STETSON REPORTER makes its first appearance as the weekly newspaper of the University. By distributing information of campus and alumni activities the staff of the paper hopes to further the cause of higher education and assist in the wholesome growth of the institution. The new publication is designed also to encourage a lively social program and to contribute to the happiness of student life in every appropriate way. The TJniversity newspaper is be> ing staffed by students of all classes, under sponsorship, o* the department of journalism. It should therefore serve as a practical laboratory in newspaper making and help to develop the literary and journalistic abilities of the undergraduates. Without making apologies for the character of the first issue (of which it is restrainedly proud), the staff thinks it proper to observe that new undertaking has been started under certain difficulties, Because of the crowded condition of the TJniversity—-an evidence of genuine growth — the paper has been without an office and workshop until today. The newness of the task and the demands of other new student activities have also been factors to be considered- The salutations and greetings of President W. S. Allen and Francis P. Whitehair, president of the alumni association, are greatly appreciated by the staff which hopes to justify the confidence of these distinguished friends. Paper Has Antecedents Available records disclose that a TJniversity paper, or magazine, was started at Stetson in 1890, but the (Continued on Page Seven) THE STAFF! The following students composed the staff of The Stetson Reporter for its first issue: Harry Gaylord Lee Rogers Marvin Sheppard Herbert Phillips Margaret Champ Suzanne Penney Hughes Wilson Frank Ortman Howard Bateson Paul Wongrey Paul Laufer Louise Royal Katherihe Batman Daphane Brownell Margaret Bryan , Miriam Glovier Lois Thacker Ruth Goss Eunice Webber i Edna Alderman Margaret McGarrah Frances Ogilvie Jane Mitchell Margie McCrary Roberta Morris Mary Downey Chatham Jack Gore John Hughes John Atwater Francis Smith Lu Brown Clifford Boyles Ruth Oram Robert Phillips La Verne Gifford Mary Rausch i Jare Parsons G. W. Wilson James Booth Madge Williams TED ALLEN CHOSEN Ted Allen of West Palm Beach was elected president of the Junior Law Class last Wednesday. According to Dean Lewis H. Tri- ble, this is the first time in the ten years that organization of-this class has been attempted at Stetson. EDMUNDS WINS FIRST HONORS Jacksonville Judge, Stet- sonian, is First Subscriber to Reporter Judge Ollie Edmunds of Jacksonville captures the honor of be?.ng the first out-of-town subscriber to THE STETSON REPORTER. The fame ■ of the University newspaper having gone forth in advance, Judge Edmunds, distinguished young jurist, Stetson alumus and Stetson trustee, sent his subscription early this week— real money — employing as messenger no other than the President of The TJniversity.