The Stetson Reporter

JSSWS The Stetson Reporter Second Year—No. 26 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1937 Price 5fl RODEO Laufer Expects Literary Pub li cation to Appear Next Week NAME Students Urged to Make Advance Subscriptions For First Issue By MERRELL POOLE The student literary magazine will make its appearance on the Stetson campus April 16, one week from Friday, according to Paul Laufer, chairman of the editorial committee. It was also announced that the name of the publication will not be made public until that date. Laufer commented, however, that there v»ere aro.und 77 names suggested in addition to those that were put on the ballot taken in the chapel. Students are u<-ged to get in their subscriptions for the magazine as soon as possible as only a limited number of copies are being printed pnd over a hundred of these have already been subsciibed for. Laufer said that if any students have stories they consider good, to get them in beiore Friday, April 9, as that is the date tbe magazine tzoos to press If the forthcoming issue is warmly received, however, there is a possibility of another issue before Jane, so Laufer utged that a'1 stoneo be handed to a member of the committee regardless ol time. The magazine vil! be composed enthely of literary matter as no soliciting for advertisements has been done and none will appear i'u the publication. Laufer remarked that the stories ranged from humoious to seiious with the issue containing quite a few that the editorial board considered as outstanding. Gaylord Kenyon, who reports a successful campaign of p>qV.icity for Stetson during Easter Mystic Krewe speakers. t>ii WMLY1 Mystic Krewe Sneakers Are Hea^d in Many Schools The Stetson boosters sent out by the Mystic Ktewe were in the main successful in carrying out their plans, according to infoimation available The second annual Stetson campaign organized by the club found Iiirelj, competition from ot^er Florida schools, something which has evidently grown rapidly since last year. Some sooke to v,hole schools:, some to the upper classes, some only to the Senior class, and some not at all. These last were few, fortunately, and the defaults- were either matters of emergency or of a crowded high school schedule. Many high school s.uden 3 e\- pressed their, intentions 01 coming to Stetson in talking with members of the speaking paity. A stimulating trip for four members of the Stetson debating squad is being arranged by Dean Robert C. Cotner to begin next week Harmon Harper, Wilton Rowe, Clyde Harnage and David Molthrop will probably represent the University on a journey that will .take them as far as Nashville for competitive discussions. The Stetson quartet of persuaders Is expected to leave DeLand rext Friday, April 16, and meet University of Florida debaters that night in Gainesville. Saturday night Dean Cotner's pupils will do forensic battle with debaters of Berry College at Mt. Berry, Ga., a trade school sponsored by Henry Ford. Tuesday at Nashville the Stetson men plunge into the competition of the tournament organized by the Southern Teachers of Speech, where "worthy opponents" from many colleges will be encountered. The subject under discussion will be: Resolved, that the1 consumer cooperative movement should be extended throughout the several southern states. .'■''■'.-. Tonight the debate class as a whole will hear Dr. Warren S. Gordis, professor of English, read a paper dealing with cooperatives. Next Tuesday afternoon a team from Jack Neblett's class in business administration will meet the varsity group for a practice tilt. Carroll Pteplcs. who -will be in charg-e of the folk dancing program during the approaching festivities of May Day. STETSON COW' hold m mm COMING SATURDAY field Meet, Corral Concert; Archery Are on Lively Program MANY GUESTS BIDDEN Girls From Central Florida High Schools Will Participate Traditional Ceremonies Now Being Arranged for Program May 1 >A '' me Kecita Jacksonville Artist Is Also Organist on Program Here nswr Old man "D" list took another punch to the midsection during the first si \ weeks of the second se- nusfei it «iS disclosed last \teek, is for the thud successive time a subsi intial decrease ir the number of iizwp-s posted was recorded. C 1 2rv<* strdents rar<fe ihe ' un- s-'l.sfsc zzy ' roll Tor t^e six \\ee>:s <"f-iy as nu, lied hH'i 243 for the Lvse" ordi'io t>i>iod last sememe" ^nd 2'Q "or the second six «eel c A.ain the f.e^Korn lass proved to b° f-e no st offenders as 115 of tleu number v ere reported. This wrs a mau.ed decrease hew- evei frcm the 153 and 152 respectively reported for last semester. The Sophomore class with 57 reports last semester which showed repotted had an increase over both 54 for the first period and 47 for the second. The Juniors with 22 also reached a new high for the year. The Seniors with 11 showed a slight decrease. As usual the numbe*- of bojs on the list nas far greater than the number of girls reported. Omy 81 girls failed to make C's i<t fl! their wOik while 125 boys drop- ted urd"i the di'idmg line. Bet! h'0«wi showed a decrease ow 1 ct cen.cstei's repo.ts vhen a hi&h ;-t-y of SC ;J-;s aid M£ lo;s > pc lVrcyd. D, rrr t1 e ?-r 'er map/ih of trc-e leiaiipd fflcd in only ore Oi t'-vo subjeefs. P total of I f -ti'den--£ made D o> lower in on!) o«e --u'eject w'ile 61 made two Ds fl^de by 2" students in three sib- oi Iov/e- Three D's or lower \t ere jects while 5 failed in four subjects ap.ece, 2 failed in 5 subjects apiere and only one made D or lower in each of six subjects. Fifty students who had previously succeeded in staying off the list found their names there for the first six weeks. Arthur J. Graham, professor of piano at the University, will appear at 8:30 o'clock tonight in his second piano recital of the season, in Elizabeth Hall auditorium. Est- ella Fretwell Bowles, organist of Jacksonville, will also be on the program, which is sponsored by Stetson's department,of music. The program is diivded into two parts. Part 1 is the Carnaval, and Part 2 is Concerto in a minor, Opus 54, both being composed by Schumann. The Carnaval illustrates t h e Mardi Gras atmosphere, in 22 hort pictures. They are: The Preamble, Pierrrot, Harlequin, Valse Noble, Eusebius, Florestan, Coquette, Replique, Sphinxes, Papillons, tettres dansantes, Chlariana, Chopin, .Estrelk, Reconnaissance, .Pan- Mlbn and Columbine, Valse Alle- "aande, Paganini, Aveu, Promenade, Pause, and 'Mar.che Des "Davidsbundler" Centre Les Phili- stins. Concerto in A minor is arranged lor the organ and piano. May Day plans are in the making. Under the direction of Miss Nelle Campbell, director of physical education for women, and Miss Carroll Peeples, assistant in the department, the -rhythm classes are showing daily progres. Every year the May Day fete is one of the most attractive campus t events on the Spring calendar.,, [ Hundreds of towns people, as well j as Stetson students" and faculty members attend. The program is in cooperation with the department of music, and if the weather is favorable, it ! should go off smoothly. i Floanna Burrows of New Smy- I rna, recently elected May Queen, I will be c: owned on the afternoon of May 1, and will take her.place 'on the throne in the Forest of Arden. Her attendants' will be announced in the near future. Miss Burrows, a senior, is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha fraternity, and of the Stetson University band and orchestra. Pauline McFarland of Daytona Beach, '38 graduate and meir.»er of Zeta Tau Alpha, was May Queen last year. HENDRICKS ATTENDS NATIONAL MEETING Congressman Joe Hendricks of DeLand, represented Phi Alpha Delta, national legal, fraternity' at Stetson University, at the recent national convention in Washington. Honorable' David Sholtz of : Daytona Beach, who also represented the "fraternity was elected' tribune. By STEWART RYAN The Stetson cowgirls will corral Florida high school girls in the annual Spring Round-up, a gay festival of song and sport at the Bar Nun Ranch next - Saturday. - The following schools will be represented by twenty girls each: Daytona Beach, New Smyrna, Palatka, Crescent City, Pierson, Sanford, Mount Dora, Eustis, Leesburg, Tavares and Seville. The program, starting at 9 A. M„. and continuing through the afternoon, will consist of a field meet, a corral sing, and exhibitions of archery and badminton. There will be two teams each represented by half the girls from each school. Prizes will be awarded the winners of the lariet throwing contest and the posture parade. The contestants will be served refreshments at the Commons building. The events will be held at t h e Cummings, Hulley and Beaver Corrals. The field events at the Cummings Corral will include a fitfy yard dash, an obstacle race, a folded chair relay, a shuttle relay and goal shooting. Baseball and basketball throwing , contests will be held at the Beaver Corral. Volleyball, diamondball, kickball, and tennis are scheduled .for Hulley field. The Stetson girls will have archery and badminton events. The round up in Cummings Gym in the afternoon will include group songs, cowboy stunts, roping, lariet throwing, and a posture para.de. Eaqh school represented will have two girls participating in the parade with the winner receiving an award. There will be stunts by Stetson girls and girls from each high school. The program- will acquaint the girls with Stetson, and with the broad scope of woman's sports and physical education programs. amprc Four street cleaners in New York City will be given a free four-year course in engineering in New York University. ELECTION .-BULLETIN- Lawrence Haddock, president of the Stetson student body reminds the University population at large that the .student body elections take" place the last Thursday in April. This year the date is April 29. Nominations will take place in the chapel on that date, The work of beautifying the Stetson campus will be further advanced next week by the planting of additional shrubs in front of and in the patio of the University Commons. The grassy areas at fhe Commons and in front of Chaudoin Hall will be sodded in a short time and an underground piped system of water sprinkling will be laid to keep the greenery: vivid.