The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter Seventh Year—No. 1 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1941 2103 Price Five Cents ORIENTATION WEEK FOR FRESHMEN BEGINS TODAY Marks Opening Of Stetson's 59th Session Orientation activities are well underway today, marking the beginning of Stetson University's 59th sessipn to be opened in this well-appointed m a n n e r. Freshman Week is for the essential purpose of acquainting the newcomers with the campus and with their fellow-students. The program will open at 6:30 tonight when the entire freshman class and all new students will meet for dinner in the University Commons. Following this, the Press Club will entertain any new students who are interested in newspaper work. The party will be held in the Reporter office. Freshmen will be officially welcomed in a body on Thursday morning by President W. S. Allen in Elizabeth Hall. All student body officers will be introduced in this ' meeting. The program for this week of activities will include many interesting tours, discussions, and IjectUx'es in addition to parties fjlanned by various campus organizations. Open House for all Continued on page 5) Wanted: '42 HATTER Business Manager Applications Received In Publicity Office Applications for the position of business manager of the. Hat ter, Stetson yearbook, may be submitted by students until Sat urday, September 27, according to an announcement from Mary A. 'Bailey, publications committee chairman. No restrictions as to eligibility are in effect, except that the applicant must be of junior or senior rank, the report stated. Members of the publications committee, responsible for the selection of editorial and business leaders for. Stetson's campus organs, indicated that' the Hatter business manager must be chosen at an early date. Contracts for photography and other phases of the book's production must be let before the school year is too far gone. Marian Merrill, will begin cooperative work with the business manager as soon as the selection is made. Applications should be turned in at the office of the Bureau of Publicity, main floor of Elizabeth Hall, it was explained. JOHN WHITNEY DIES , AFTER LONG ILLNESS The many friends of John B. Whitney, former Stetson student, will be grieved to hear of his death on September 5, following an illness of several months. Funeral- .services were held September 6 at the Umatilla First ■ Baptist Church with the Rev. M. J. Schultz and the Rev. L. B. Johnson Officiating. Known to all his friends as "'Jack," was active in all student affairs on the campus. "Jack" was a theological student and would have graduated last June had ft not been for his ill- xess. WELCOME TO FRESHMEN In behalf of the University it gives me pleasure to extend a hearty welcome to each in-coming fresh' man. You will find here a faculty of scholars who are interested in each of you individually and who will do all they can to help you. You will also find a demo' cratic spirit which gives to each an opportunity to do his best and which recognises merit only. You will have the opportunity to realise your dream of making a fine record in scholarship and at the same time you will have opportunity to participate in religious activities, in intramurals, in dramatics, forensic, music, and in all the other worthy activities of the University. I challenge you to enter seriously upon your work immediately and to give to make Stetson finer because of your presence here. May you find the Institution all that you had hoped and may the coming year be your most profitable and helpful. Sincerely, WILLIAM SIMS ALLEN President Stetson University To Form Complete Defense Unit "Doc" Johnson and Grafton Pyne Urge Sale Of Defense Bonds and Stamps While the United States arms for national defense and the entire country becomes conscious of the need for a popu- lation united in its efforts to be prepared for what the future may bring, Stetsrih;University is doing its part. A plan has been formulated by Carl "Doc"; Johnson, chairman of extra- curricula activities, by which, it " " is hoped, Stetson University will be transformed into one complete defence unit. He feels that it is the duty of every United States citizen, civilian as well as soldier, to be prepared to pay his part in the event the war comes. Last spring 584 students and members of the faculty made out defense registration blanks giving the type of work for which' they were best fitted to aid their country. The plan for the Stetson defense ■ unit is to organize the students into groups according to the work they choose. One of the most important groups will be the • unit of' airplane detection. Those interested in radio will be the most helpful in this type of service. A- secret station known only to the director would have to be established. Those enrolled in this group Continued on page 5) GARWOOD APPOINTED NEW DEAN, LAMBERT WILL HEAD LAW SCHOOL Outstanding Men Replace Davis and Raymond. Former Dean Raymond Will Be Assistant Attorney General Stetson University will begin its fifty-ninth year with two new deans. During the summer the appointments of Dr. Harry C. Garwood as Dean of the University and of Professor Thomas Lambert as Dean of the Law School were announced. Dean Garwood succeeds Dr. Benson W. Davis who resigned to accept the position*"~ as Dean of Meredith College in North Carolina. Paul S. Ray-' mond, former Dean of the Lawr School, recently resigned" to become assistant attorney general -s of the State of Florida1. Dean Garwood Who is chairman of the Division of Religion has been a member of the faculty since 1921. He is a Stetson graduate, having obtained the, degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1913. The new dean received his master's degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and his Ph. D. from Yale University. He is secretary of the Southern Teachers «£ Bible Association. Dean Lambert received an , A.B. degree in Political Science'' from the University'" of.'.'JCMi- fornia. In 1936 he was selected as a Rhodes Scholar for the western district of- the United States. After three year's study at Oxford he .received the .degree xA.B. in Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Civil Law. Before he came to Stetson, Lambert was a Sterling Fellow at Yale University for a year, where he completed his S.J.D. degree. He has made a brilliant record as a scholar and was active in undergraduate activities. He is one of _ the youngest law school deans in the country, for he is only twenty-six years Old: Notice to Freshmen Miss Olga Bowen, Registrar, states to freshmen that if their student's card is not in the Bursar's office, their registration is not complete, and that they "must report to the registration room where they chould contact her. Freshmen who 'have completed registration may secure their student's card (from the Bursar when their bill is paid. Notice to Upperclassmen Student's who planned courses last year did not complete registration, but must report to the library. Changes in schedule have been made since spring registration. Students are asked to check their courses carefully against the new schedule. Anyone wishing to change his schedule in any way must secure permission from the Dean. Students Asked Get '41 Yearbook Hatters at Publicity Office Advisors of the Stetson yearbook, the Hatter, this week reported that a number of the 1941 books are available for distribution. Those students who did not obtain their copies during the past summer either by personal request or by mail are urged to apply at the office of the Bureau of Publicity as soon as possible for their copies. Bob Barnett, Hatter advisor, expressed sincere regflet that man}- students were forced to do without their Hatters for several weeks. Officials regret that unavoidable circumstances in the' production of the annual last spring caused its release after Stetson had closed for the summer. TWO NEW DEANS Pictured above are Thomas F. Lambert, left, who was appointed Dean of the College of Law, and Harry C. Garwood,; right, who was named to succeed former Dean Davis. FALL C. P. T. P. COURSE BEGINS OCTOBER FIRST Nine Students Have Completed Summer Course . Directors of the Stetson Flying Service, serving as "operators for the Stetson-DeLand unit of the Civilian Pilot Training Program, announced here recently that the new fall phase of the flight and ground school ' course will begin on October 1. Quota for the; new course, as allotted by the'C. A. A., is not yet definitely arranged, but it is' hoped that.a class of 20 trainees; will be 'provided for. Ground schbol classes will meet' as usual in the Physics, Department iij Science Hall,' with session times to be an-' nounced later.? Flight training; again will be at the DeLand airport. Applications for entrance into the C. P. T. P. may be submitted to ATifes Curtis Horn,!' secretary to President Allen, or to Instructor Helen McBride, at; the airport. ; A group of nine students completed training, here last Thurs- . day, winding ' up the summer, phase of the local course. The summer trainees were Billy Davis, Robert Buck, Jr., Charles Williams, Carl Parsons, Ralph Palmer, William Kent, Robert | 1 McEmber, Joe Felter, and Volie i I Continued on page 5) * f 1 t t I ' ■