The Stetson Reporter

..v-^-'^..--v..= '^---'*>-^^^^ ^*e&-"ft$l^£&?^|?S^ The Stetson Reporter Second Year— No. 30 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1937 Price f fi BRANHAM ELECTED STUDENT HEAD AS FRATS GAIN POSTS New President Is Leader on Gridiron And Court JOHNSON IS LOSER Candidates Are Norninated In Meeting At Chapel Period SIXTY BEAUTIES GRACE MAY FETE Queen Floanna Presides Over Festival Campus Ceremony By MERREJUL POOLE Dick Branham was elected president of the student body for the coming year by majority of almost 2 to 1, according to official tabulation of the votes cast in chapel last Thursday. The official results of the offices are as follows: President, Branham 235—Albert Johnson 173; vice president, Ruth Bartlett (Alpha Xi Delta) 260 —Findley Edge (non-frat) 147; secretary, Mary Ellen Lord (Pi Phi) unanimous; treasurer, Stella Pope (Zeta Tau Alpha) 215—Frow Strirkland (non-frat) 191. In winning over Johnson, Branham had a lead of 62 votes. The largest majority, however, was piled up by Ruth Bartlett over Findley Edge for vice president by 113 votes. '■ The race for treasurer was close all the way with Stella Pope finally emerging the winner by 24 votes. The results symbolized a complete victory for the fraternities. There were .408 ballots cast which was more than cast for student election this time last year but less than the amount cast in the mayor's election before Christmas. When interviewed as to his victory Branham: "I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted for me. I will try to the best of my ability to deserve the confidence placed in me by the student body. I also want to congratulate Albert who ran a splendid race and had he been better known in the liberal arts school I might not have been Floanna Burrows ruled as queen in the colorful May Day Festival held in Hulley Gym last Saturday afternoon. , Hundreds of people viewed the gala, ceremony as sixty beautiful girls were presented to the Queens! Court. The program opened with1 the annua! procession and then the attendants gave dances that depicted the romantic development of Florida history. Four charming children served as aides to "her majesty." Bessie Fay Mires was the maid of honor. Attendants were, Dorothy Haines. Lanora Ingram, Helen Spaulding, Katherine Martin, Libbie Lewis, Dorothy Pardue, Claudia Osborne, Sunny Alderman, Ruth Murphy, and Margaret Japour. Carol Peeples did a Spanish dance solo. Marie Geneau /and Jean Gower participated in a Negro dance followed by a French minuet by EleanorgVarnum, Barbara Blount, Constance Gilbert, Thelma Preston. A The attendants also enacted dances depicting an Indian "Doghead Feast" and an English scene of ancient "dancing on the green", and a modern Spring dace. COLOR AND GAIETY WILL MARK DEBUT OF TUNEFUL OPERA _ . ' #: "Pirates of Penzance" is Live'* ly Vehicle for Stetson ( 1 Singers 1 f PLAN THREE SHOWS Director Giffin is Arranging Saturday Matinee Sfo lOW Debates Finish Eventful Season Two Discussions with Florida Southern College End Program The aietson Universtiy netmen who defeated St. Pete last week: Lowery, Ball, Gore,, Dassler, Schurr, Raidle. PEACE ADVOCATES MEET AT ROLIINS STETSON'S NETMEN DEFEAT ST. PETE Five Students and Dean Cotner Will Attend Conference so lucky." Branham was nominated in cha- The Stetson debating team concluded a brilliant season last Wednesday evening in the Little Theatre with two no-decision contests against Florida Southern College of Lakeland. The varsity team of Lydia Theurer and Harmon Harper argued the negative side of the question "Min imum Wage and Maximum Hours" with an interesting and lively propel for the office by Bob Young who! sentation. The freshman team, listed his candidate's qualifications ( Gordon Kipp and Arthur Baldwin and gave a history of his school career. "Dick Branham," said Young "is a son of Stetson. He has devoted much time and energy to the interests of Stetson. He is an but- standing member of both the football and basketball teams. He is an outstanding student and has a- chieved many honors on this campus."- • ■ Johnson was nominated by Philip Wright wh gave his candidate's qualifications and his platform. "Albert Johnson," Wright asserted, "bas been outstanding at Stetson ever since transferring here j from Pennsylvania. He has a- chieved many honors and is a non- frat man as have been so many of our good presidents of the past. He is a man qualified for the position with experience in legal procedure." According to the retiring president, Lawrence Haddock, installation of officers will take place this week. Branham dianapolis, is president of the Junior class and is captain of this year's basketball team. opposed the Southern freshmen on the problem of "conscription of wealth;" . During the season the debating) teams under the direction of Dean' Robert C. Cotner participated in the South Atlantic, .the Southern Teachers of Speech and the Strawberry Leaf tournaments. They have displayed their forensic abilities throughout the year in Gairis- ville, Orlando, Lakeland, St. Peter sburg, Miami, Daytona Beach, San ford, Pierson and DeLand. Rollins College will be the scene of a state-wide Peace Conference this week-end. The meeting is be^ ing held at the invitation of the Rollins Peace Society, under the leadership of Professor Trowbridge of that school. Dr. Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins will deliver the welcoming address at his home on Friday evening at seven o'clock. Saturday night, Dr. Ludd M. Spivey, president of Florida Southern College, speaks to the conference on the situation on the far east. Delegates from Stetson to attend are Sarah Elizabeth Clark, Lydia Theurer, Harvey Olliphant, Orrin Prince, and Paul Laufer. Dean Robert C. Cotner will also attend. Much has been done toward the promotion of the. movement here by the Peace Club. At the election of officers last Thursday night,. Miss Clark was re-elected president; Bill Solomon was made vice-president; Harvey Olliphant, secretary-treasurer; and Orrin Prince, publicity director. A committee to select a faculty adviser. Tennis Hatters Finish Good Season With Decisive Victory Ofl Well Verdict Goes to NichoL Students must hand in more art- tides to the Stetsonian at once or else there wil! not be a second issue published this year. Such was the ultimatum delivered by the editorial board in a plea for the students p submit whose home is. in In-jnore material. The final date for the acceptance of stories has been set for iWay 10. All stories must be handed in by that time. Perry Nichols won the legal battle held in Stetson's Moot court last Thursday. A tort action for injury to property was brought against the owner of an oil well that had overflowed onto an adjacent orange grove during construction. Lawrence P. Haddock was the counsel for the defense. Mrs. Alma Carleton,-Ralph'Odum, Gordon McCalla, and Bob Bushnell were the chief witnesses in the case. Nichols proved that the construction of an oil well was an intrin- Making a clean sweep of all the singles matches, the Stetson tennis team brought their official season to a triumphal close last Saturday by trouncing the St. Petersburg Junior College netters 7-2. The win was the second in a row for the green and white racquet swingers over the St. Pete crew, and boosted the season record for the Stetson netmen to four wins and four losses against the best competition in the state. Two of the losses were at the hands of the undefeated University of Florida team, while the other setbacks were by Elon College, and Rollins. The four victories were gained over Wofford, Rollins, and St. Pete twice. Singles results Saturday were: Lowery defeated Coxetter 6-3; 6-1. Schurr defeated E. Wilson 6-3; 4-6 6-2. Dassler defeated Bennett 6-3 6-4. Gore defeated S. Wilson 7-5 4-6; 6-2. Raidle defeated Jerger 6-4; 7-5. Ball defeated Whitton 6-1; 6-2. Double results: Cocetter and E. Wilson defeated Lowery and Dassler 6-4; 3-6; 6-4. Bennett and S. Wilson defeated Schurr and Ball 6-4; 4-6; 6-3. Gore and Raidle defeated Jerger and Whitton 6-3; 6-4. . J By JACK GORE Comic opera makes its debut ori the Stetson campus this weekend as the combined glee clubs, chorus and orchestra present Gilbert and Sullivan's production, "Pirates of Penzance" on the stage of the Little Theatre. Three performances have beert scheduled, instead of the usual two in order to accomodate the larga numbers expected to witness the glee clubs first experiment with a performance of this type. In addition to the Friday and Saturday- night performances a Saturday matinee will be given. All seats at the night shows will be reserved ac- crding to an announcement from Prof. Harold M. Giffin, head of the production. "Pirates of Penzance" is one of the better known of Gilbert and Sullivan's light works and is full of colorful, gay songs, comical situations, and laughable incidents. The entire cast will be costumed to make the performance even more1 enjoyable. Sharing the leading male roles will be James Woodfill, Norman Bennett^ Lyle Sherman, and Findley Edge. The feminine leads will be filled by Lorena Dinning, Henrietta Bryant, Sadie Rae Gardiner, and Roberta Orcutt. Members of the men's chorus will include Carroll Ezell, James Lumpkin, Edward Mason, Robert Powe, Grafton Pyne, James Snell- ings, Don Strong, Raleigh Anderson, Thomas Parker, Hughes Wilson, Robert Wood, Harry Black, Eugene Kitching, Robert Adcock, Gordon Booth, Edward Furlong, Carl Hulbert, Charles Wood. The women's chorus will consist of Ruth Archer, Jean Gower, Ruth Hummel, Eleanor Varnum, Faye Anderson, Willa Mae Crosby, Dorothy Haines, Marie Hancock, El- . oise Kennedy, Ruth Merritt, Ruth Murphy, Alma Carlton, Josephine Osborne, Rhoda Weimert, Frances Wooten, Ruth Bartlett, Antoinette Davis. Stetsooite Writes r Slam Paper Reserve your seats for the "Pirates of Penzance" beginning Thursday, 3 P. M. Ernest Ball, graduate student at i Stetson, has been spreading the fame of J. B. S. U. in a city several thousand miles away. He has had four short stories and' a serial rovel published by the Siam Chronicle in Bangkok, Siam. His connection with this publi- sically dangerous work and there-j cation comes through a Siamese fore the owner and not the con-1 friend, "Ned" Sukhsvasti. Mr. tractor was liable for damaged property. A jury of six awarded the plaintiff a judgement for $5,000 for damages to his house and property.' Sukhsvasti was a prince of the country who abandoned his college education in America to teach in a Siamese university upon the abdication of his uncle. REGISTRATION ORDER The Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors of 1937-'38 will be able to return to Stetson in September and begin their classes without either the rushes or delays, of previous years. Registration of these classes lasts, for Juniors, from May 3-May 7; Sophomores, May 10-14; Freshmen, May 17-21. ' For the first time, the students yrill sign up for their classes for both semesters of next year.