The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter oixth Year—No. 32 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941 Z103 Price Five Cents NATIONAL DEFENSE MAIN TOPIC AS BARRISTERS GATHER HERE Enlightening Talks by Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney General of U. S., and Other Experts Feature Law Day; DeShaw and Washburn Win Law Club Competition Finals By Sylva Landress The alumni and students of John B. Stetson University participated in the Third Annual Law Day on Saturday, May third at Stetson University. Lawrence H. DeShaw and CarlottH Washburn won the Law Club Competition Finals. Appearing at ten o'clock before Hon. Armstead Brown, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, Hon. x\lto Adams, .As- sociate Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, Hon. Roy H. Chap- man, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, Lawrence H. DeShaw and Carlotta Washburn, presenting the Petitioner, were granted decision over E. Mac Ferguson and Richard M. Sauls, representing the Respondent, in the Law Club Competition Finals. Dignitaries Speak In the afternoon those participating in the Law Day activi- ties attended a symposium on National Defense at the Stover Little Theatre. Honorable Wen- dell Berge, x\ssistant Attorney General of the United States in Charge of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice and first of three dignitaries on the program, spoke on "The Public and National Defense." Indicating that the problem of protecting defense industries should be realistically examined, Mr. Berge said that it is useless to prosecute the espionageur and sabateur because these criminals commit their crime on the predicated theory of losing all for the sake of the fatherland. Consequently the Department of Justice must detect the contemplated acts against industry before they are accomp&ishejd. Stating :'that the citizens could help much in this Mr. Berge said, "We can and Cjh^I. pllpn MflllW will prosecute, but this country iXUflll LiIIClI IflUUlCJf cannot and will not be saved by W\ f*\ 1 II? • prosecution: it will be saved by tT6SS UUD WUlllCr (Continued On Page 5) Awarded Five Dollars For Best Feature Story; Joy Reese is Second Sarah Ellen Mobley, special student and Society Writer for the Daytona Beach News Journal, was awarded first prize in the Press Club Feature Contest for her story "The Bell Ringers" during Chapel service Monday morning. The five dollar. award was presented by Lydia Theurer, member of the contest committee. Joy Reese, DeLand, placed second in the contest with her story on'a "Student Survey/' while Mary Beasley, Orlando, placed third with her feature, "Gator Lore." Prominent Florida newswrit- ers who served as judges for the entries included, Herbert Davidson, Editor of the Daytona Beach News Journal, R. M. French, State Editor of the Miami Herald, and Lucy Fulghum, of the Tampa Tribune. Miss Reese's feature story appears elsewhere in this issue, while Miss Mobley's will appear next week with appropriate illustrations. Dean of the Law School Paul E. Raymond (above) will speak today in the Mayflower Hotel, Jacksonville, to the Kiwanis Club luncheon meeting. He is lieutenant- governor of the Florida District of Kiwanis. The genial Dean planned and conducted Stetson's Law Day Celebration which was so successful last Saturday. RADIO QUIZ SHOW BY SPEAKING CLASS Questions on Stetson Will Be Asked Friday Night The regular weekly radio broadcast by Stetson students over station WMFJ, Daytona Beach, this week will feature an experimental radio qttfz show, according to Dr. Irving C. Stover. Members of the class in Radio Speaking are preparing two sets of questions, one concerning Stetson's history and the other on general subjects. Quiz victims will be only slightly rehearsed, and will participate in the broadcast without scripts, it was reported. The quiz show is slated for eight o'clock Friday night May 9. Those in charge are Aaron Rutledge and Margaret Quigley, and about eight other members of the class will make up the cast. A brief interview may also be inserted on the broadcast, using Bob Barnett and his Seeing Eye dog, Katje, as subject; it was indicated. Fisher and Theurer Again Capture Stetsonian Prizes Winning Short Story and Essay to Appear in Next Issue of Magazine Elizabeth Fisher, DeLand Junior, and Lydia Theurer, graduate student, again captured first prizes in the Stetsonian Short Story and Essay contests, according to an announcement this morning by Joy Reese, Editor of the publication. Delight Sieg, DeLand, was awarded second prize in the short story division. Miss Fisher's story "Anthony and the Candles" won $5.00 for her, whle Miss Theurer's essay,- "The American College Student and the International Crisis" was acclaimed best. Miss Sieg was awarded second prize for her story, "That thy Days May Be Long ..." James Saxon Childers, noted author and present Professor of English at Birmingham Southern College and Book Editor of The Birmingham News served as judge for the short story contest according to Miss Reese, while Bishop Roland Usher, professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis, one of the best known American Historians today, judged the essays. Mr. Childress expressed himself as highly impressed with the calibre of the stories submitted saying of Miss Fisher's story, "This girl can write — through her work runs a feeling, a tone, a mood. There's a fullness and a realness throughout the story which gives it strength." Of Miss Sieg's story he says, "LTnusually good writing—the story itself is a moving tale which moves in ways — in momentum and in emotion." Dr. Usher returned Miss Theurer's essay with the comment, "One of the best historical essays it has ever been my pleasure to read." These prize winning contributions will occupy prominent places in the May issue of the Stetsonian which is expected to be off the press next week, and which will contain a variety of all tyoes of creative writing. No subscriptions to the magazine will be accepted after tomorrow. GLEE CLUB GIVES CONCERT IN TAMPA Churches and Two High School Hear Singers The Stetson Glee Club, under the direction of Harold M. Giffin, presented a concert at the First Baptist church of Tampa last Sunday, May. 4. Smaller groups of the Glee Club scattered out among all the Baptist churches of Tampa to give special music for the morning services. The remainder of the traveling squad, which consisted of forty singers, arrived that afternoon and at seven-thirty presented the main concert of the trip at the First Baptist Church. Afterward Barbara Mabry, a member of the glee club, entertained the club at her home. Monday morning, before returning home, the club presented a progra mfor two of the Tampa high schools, Hillsborough and Plant. Stetson Reporter Gets Rated First Class By A C P Survey Newspaper Experts Judge First Semester Issues f On Department Basis; Include Criticisms An Associated Collegiate Press Critical Survey has adjudged The Stetson Reporter as "excellent," or first class as compared with other scholastic newspapers of the nation in the same enrollment class. This is the second highest of five classifications, the highest being Superior, or All'iAmerican C. R. M. SHEPPARD RETURNS FROM BUYERS MEET Main Topic is "Fitting Institutional Purchasing To Defense Economy" Mr. C. R, M. Sheppard, University Purchasing Agent, returned yesterday from Pittsburgh, Pa., where he attended a convention of the Educational Buyers Association which was held there May i, 2 and 3. The major topic under discussion at the meet, according to Sheppard, was "Fitting Institutional Purchasing to Defense Economy." A number of Provision Managers from Washington spoke to the large group, and asked that no colleges plan any building program for the coming year, unless the proposed buildings be chemistry laboratories. The discussions which most concerned our local institution, Mr. Sheppard said, were those on the buying of food, linen and hardware, South Seas Party In Cumiiiiiigs Gym A South Sea Island party is being sponsored by Alpha Deksioma girls largest organization on the campus, on Saturday evening from 8 until 11 in the Cum- mings Gym. Those attending are asked to wear slacks, but this is not a requirement. This party is "girls bid." Bride, ping pong, games, and various forms of amusements will be participated in during the evening of fun. Committees in charge are as follows: Mary Palmer, general chairman: L i 1 li, a n Acosta music; Wanda- Austin, refreshments; .Marian Merril, Marporie Willis, 'ecorations, and Emily Sedwick, tickets. The Critical Survey is a department of the ACP which extends its service to the publications of colleges and secondary schools. Experiencel journalists inspect and criticize the news> papers published during the first semester, and then submit a scorebook to the editor which indicates the relative merit of the paper and includes notations and suggestions to remedy weak points. Application for the survey was made too late last year to get a rating but in the previous year The Stetson Reporter received a Third Class rating. This year's rating can be recognized as a definite advancement. The Headlines, Typography and Makeup department was The Reporter's strongest point winner, being awarded 225 out of the total 760. Next in line came News Writing and Editing with 195 points, followed by Department Pages and Special Feature division, with 190. News Values and Sources brought up the rear with 150 points. "Your honor rating," the scorebook explains, "was determined after all the papers in your group were judged by standards set by the papers themselves. The score your paper reieived placed it in position and consideration and comparison with the others in its group... Your honor rating was awarded after a careful study of the group as a whole...." Entries in the First Semester Critical Service for 1940-41 totaled 1375, which included 963 secondary school papers and 412 college newspapers. A Pacemaker Award, given to the ten best college newspapers in the country, was won by The Red and Black, of the University of Georgia, and The Emory Wheel, of Emory University. Great benefit may be obtained from the scoring and comments which have been made available by this survey as subsequent editors use the information to continually improve the calibre of The Stetson Reporter. B S U Council Delegates Hear Leaders At Spring Retreat Meet at Camp O'Leno; Local Members Attend Baptist Student Work Discussed in Annual Meet New impetus was given to the religious activities of the Baiptist Student Union Council by the annual Spring Retreat at Camp O'leno, High Springs, Fla. This retreat, attended by over 100 delegates from the councils of various Florida campuses, was held the weekend of April 25-27. The retiring B S U Council INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL ELECTS The Interfratemity Council elected Fred Kiehle to head that organization for the coming year at a brief meeting last Monday. Vernon Turner was made vice president, Marion Burger, Secretary and Eleanor Hillman, treasurer. members and the newly-elected members jointly attended the retreat, where attention was given to all phases of Baptist student work with special emphasis being put on methods and techniques. They participated in discussions and listened to lectures- by many outstanding leaders in student religious work in the (Continued On Page 5)