The Stetson Reporter

v^vaKWSfflWB***-"'^'''' 'jiv'fsrt' 2i #v™re"TT% MM Fifth Year—No. 30 DELAND, FLA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1940 2103 Price Five Cents LAWTON AND GRAHAM Plans Being Made For Senior Day Breakfast, Beach Party and Theatre Show Highlight Program The great event in the lives of all those soon to graduate, Senior Day, has been set for Wednesday Alay 15th, and an entertaining program has been ■# planned. Bob Robertson, Senior Day chairman, announces that the celebration will officially start with a breakfast in the Commons, which is an annual gift from Dr. Allen to the soon-to- depart seniors. All Seniors will be excused from classes on that day and plans are being made to spend the afternoon at Daytona Beach. The day will come to a close with a free show for the Seniors at the Athens Theatre, which is a gift of Mr. Charles Kirkcon- nell. manager. Newton Club Elects Barak rt President T h e Mathematics Department's top ranking student, Peter Barnhart '41 succeeded to the post of. president of the Newton Club in the election held in that group Tuesday, April 23. Barnhart, an amateur radio operator and president of Sigma Pi Sigma, physics fraternity, was tendered the duties of the office by Lois Walker '40 retiring president. Sydney Nix '42 was elected to the vice-presidency, while other officers chosen were for secretary, Hallman Clark '41 ; treasurer, Elizabeth McGinnis *41 ; and sergeant-at-ar m s, Leonard "tommy" Tompkins. Two new fellows, Sydney Nix and Tommy Tompkins, were inducted into the organization. Nix is the ranking member of the department's. Calculus class. Tuesday's Newton Club program featured talks by Jean Botts, on the topic of mathematical induction, and by Arnold Hayes, who explained the original work he is doing in the field of cyclogeometric series. We wish to express our appreciation for your support in yesterday's election, and we commend the student body for the wide interest that was shown by the large number who voted. Gadt Lawton . Vance Graham Jean Morris Lillian Williamson OUR MEW STUDENT BODY OFFICERS Gadi Lawton and Vance Graham, pictured above, were elected President and Vice President respectively of the student body yesterday. Both were victors over Non-Frat opponents. Horace Bills and Johnny Cicero. Workshop And Impromptu Plays Entertain Little Theatre Audience Lillian Preston "Rolls 'em in the Aisle" When Given Situation to. Enact; Three Original Dramas Presented Three impromptu situations enacted by members of Mrs. Paul McEntire's playwriting class took the audience by storm last Saturday night in the Stover Theatre. They were even better than the six original plays that had been rehearsal for weeks according to the consensus of opinion after the final play was over. Three of the original plays by the six playwrites, Delight Seig, Sara Elizabeth Clark, Betty Rosenblum, David Bracey, Marzee McDonald, and Lillian Preston, were given before Mrs. McEntire opened the floor to suggestions of situations to the audience. Lillian Preston did one of the best acting jobs'of her, career as the mother in the first impromptu situation. Her sallies brought forth peals of laughter from the appreciative audience. Hug li Latimer, Bracey, Nell Lyn, and McDonald also played in this impromptu drama. Preston starred also in the second situation as a deaf matron of a finishing school. Bracey, Seig, Delores Rohde, and McDonald, also contributed here. In the third situation Sara Elizabeth Clark was particularly good as the snuff dipping mother, with Bracey, Rosenblum, TOP POSTS Massey and Martin Take Offices For Non-Frats in Record Vote Bills Loses Sharp Presidential Race 334 to 277; Cicero Topped 374 to 235; Morris and Williamson Defeated TABULATERS FIND MANY SPLIT TICKETS By Bob Barnett The lion's share of the political spoils in yesterday's record'breaking total of some 600 votes cast went to the Fraternity Party, with Gadi Lawton and Vance Graham taking fair leads over Horace Bills and Johnny Cicero in the ace for president and vice-president of the student body. ~~ Final tallies released last night PENNINGTON IS HEAD OF DORMITORY GIRLS Julia Ann Pennington '41 is the new president of the Dormitory Council, succeeding Plelen Hooks, while Nell Mires '42 follows Toni Davis as head of the Town Women's Council for the ensuing year, Dean Lola B. McCollough announced Wednesday. Other members of the Dormitory Council include Dorothea Clarson, vice-president;' Claire Brandeis, secretary; Eleanor Hillman, treasurer; Agnes Formby, representative at large; Ann Boyd, sophomore representative; and Nancy Rossitter, sergeant at arms. Jean Botts was elected secretary-treasurer and Marion Merrill social chairman of the town group. We, too, add our voices in expressing sincere thanks for the splendid show of school spirit and loyal support to your favorite candidates. Horace Bills Johnny Cicero Caroline Massey Lila Men-tin Congrats to the Frats (Editorial) Most of us say that it was a clean campaign. Perhaps some are .wont to say that there was/dirty work afoot or,up the sleeve or underhand or somewhere. But regardless of what we do or what others do, it's seldom that no gripers try to get a better grip on themselves by griping. To Gadi Lawton and Vance Graham we sincerely ex' press our congratulations. To Horace Bills and Johnny Cicero we just as sincerely express our congratulations for a good fight well fought. And in like manner we address Massey and Martin, Morris and Williamson. There may be a few splitting heads over the splitting of tickets, but now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their student body, and not their^arty. With best wishes for a happy and progressive admin' istration, we're all good friends till another year and another election day. Freshman Advisors Will Meet To Plan 1940 Orientation Program Convene Today to Work Out Next Fall's Freshman Preparation Program The group of Upper Class students whose express duties will be to aid in the Freshman Orientation program in the fall will hold its. first meeting today-and tomorrow, according to Miss Lola B. McCollough, Dean of Women. Miss McCollough and Carl "Doc" Johnson, Dean of Men, announced the selection Monday of 1940 Freshman Advisors, looking to an intensive period of preparation for next fall's program before the present school year ends. "The Freshman Advisors will work with Mr. Johnson and myself in planning an enjoyable and effective week of Orientation for incoming students," Dean McCollough said. The women advisors will meet for their first interview with Dean McCollough tonight, and both men and women will gather at a banquet in the Commons Thursday evening. Talks by the directors and present Freshman advisors will be heard. It was explained that-an important part of the work to be done by the advisors will be the correspondence carried on during the summer with next year's Freshmen. Actual co-operation will begin the first week of school in the fall when new students are given a thorough round of affairs calculated to aid Freshmen in adjusting themselves to college life. The advisors for the men are: Jamie Albritton, Howard Bab- cock, Victor Baer. James Banks, Horace Bills, John Bluemke, (Continued On Page 5) Ruth Nowlin, and Latimer assisting. The most dramatic and original of the plays was the one called "Minority" by Sara Elizabeth Clark. Preston's play was very clever, and McDonald's portrayal of dormitory life hit close home. Next and last of this years plays will be a Shakespeare's "Two Gents of Verona." The cast will be released soon. revealed that Lawton won over Bills, 334 to 277, while Cicero permitted Graham a somewhat greater margin of 374 to 235. Successful campaigns were waged by the Non-Fraternity candidates for the offices of secretary and treasurer, with Caroline Massey and Jean Morris running the closest race of the day to give Massey a 316 to 294 lead over Morris. Non-Frat Lila Martin carried off the treasurer- ship with a comfortable win over Lillian Williamson of 356 to 256. "If I had lost," declared Gadi Lawton a short time after the returns were in, "I could not have felt very bad, for Horace Bills is no mean opponent for any candidate. It is gratifying to know that I won out over a man of such unquestionable calibre." "I can say now that it was one of the cleanest campaigns that Stetson has seen," returned Horace Bills. It's over now, and I pledge my support to Gadi Lawton and his associates in making a greater student body." Stronger campaigning than ever made all day Tuesday a day of campus confusion, with increased activity on the part of both parties and their candidates to strengthen whatever advantage they may have gained in Monday evening's rally. Students counting the ballots announced that there were a great number of split tickets cast, and from the complexion of the final figures it would seem that voting was not entirely influenced by party affiliations. Students who made up the near-capacity audience at the Little Theatre All-Party Rally- Monday evening left the auditorium with hightened spirits on both sides of the political battle. Observers noted that the audience was slightly heavy on the Fraternity side. Neil MacMillan, chairman of the Committee on Rules and Procedure, presided at the political debate, while a specially assembled orchestra sandwiched the speeches with toe-tapping swing numbers. Cicero and Graham took upon themselves the burden of explaining their party platforms, while Lawton and Bills limited themselves to sincere and well- received closing addresses. The routine provided for by he com* mittee gave the Non-Frat candidates for treasurer and secretary first chance at the audience, and reversed the order for the two top offices, permitting Bills to present the closing oration. Monday evening's rally climaxed three days of rapid fire (Continued On Page 8)