The Stetson Reporter

The Sixth Year—No. 24 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1941 zio- Price Five Gents FRANCIS BIDDLE TO SPEAK ON THIRD LAW SCHOOL DAY Solicitor General of United States Will be Prominent Visitor May 3 for Annual Convention of Law Students and Alumni DEAN' RAYMOND ANNOUNCES PRGARAM Solicitor General of the United States, Francis Biddle, will speak to law students and Law School alumni when they convene here on May 3rd., for Stetson's third annual Law School day, according to plans announced this week by Dean Paul E. Raymond. The outstanding guest, a former judge of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will address the visiting barristers on the legal aspect and control of subversive activities in the United States. This topic will be a part of the National Defense theme of the afternoon program which will include also an ad* dress by an industrial executive who will present the legal rela* tion of industry to the national defense program and its place in the preparedness program. A -representative of labor will dis* cuss the different aspects of labor in relation to the defense program. Inaugrated by Dean Raymond, the Law School Day is designed to allow alumni and students of the Law School to reconvene once a year to discuss problems pertinent to the legal profession. The program for the day will begin with a meeting in the morning when, the final arguments by senior students will be heard. Carlotta Washburn, Dick Sauls, Mac Ferguson, and Law* rence DeShaw will present their arguments before a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. Following the afternoon pro* gram the annual Law School Day banquet will be held in the honor of Dean Albert J. Farrah, first Dean of Law at Stetson who is expected to be present. A five ivinute limit will be in* voked for all speeches made at ihe banquet. Stetson is fortunate in having iFrancis Biddle as a part of the Law Day program, Dean Rayrn* ond indicated in announcing the program. Besides being Solicitor General of the United .States he was Chief Counsel for the (Continued On Page 8) IN JOINT RECITAL New Argument Plan Provides Practice For Law Students Unique System Takes Place of Law Club Competition A new system of providing student lawyers with practice in argument was inaugrated this week in the Law School. The plan, organized by Professor J. Wilson and Professor Thomas F. Lambert, takes the place of the Law Club competition and is described by Dean Paul' E. Raymond as a unique and far more efficient method of providing practice in argumentation. The old plan at Stetson, known as the Law Club Competition series, was considered defective by Dean Raymond and his associates because of the top-ranking speakers were per* mitted to go on into higher stages of oratorical rivalry after the first year. First year losers were dropped from the ranks of those having an opportunity to gain actual experience in "talking on their feet." The new plan provides for continued opportunities for every student for the full three years. ■Details of the plan call for the splitting of the three classes so that two "argument clubs" have been formed whose memberships comprise sudents of every rank. Operated on a round (Continued on Page 4) Professors Bailey and Giffin In Joint Recital Last Night A joint recital was presented last night in Elisabeth Hall auditorium by Professor William H. Bailey, violinist, and Professor Harold M. Giffin, tenor. Accompanists for the evening were Jane Smith, who accompanied the vocal selections and Doris Milligan who accompanied the violin numbers. Professor Giffin presented two groups of songs. In the first were The Unforseen by Cyril Scott, In The Silence of the Night by Rachmaninoff, and Mountains by Rasbach. The second group was Sweetheart by Jane Smith, Moon Melody by Martin Broones. Into the Night by Clara Edwards, and When I Think Upon the Maidens by Michael Head. The following violin numbers were presented by Professor Bailey: Bach's Sixth Sonata for violin, arranged by Mr. Bailey, the Children's Suite by Joseph Achron, arranged by Heifitz, Rondo by Mozart, Dedication, by Bailey, and Tam- bourin Chinois by Kreisler. RADIO CLASS IS STUDIO AUDIENCE Dr. Irving C. Stover and a group of the Setson Radio Class members traveled to Gainesville last Saturday for an observation tour of the University of Florida radio station. During the morning's rounds the Stet* sonites were invited to make up the studio audience for a broad* cast by a popular Gainesville swing pianist, Freddy Hayes, and were announced over the air. J. Tom Watson, program manager for the proposed De* Land radio station, conducted the group on the tour, using as a basis for his remarks his own experience at the Gainesville station. x':**?: ./::#& y£:*:> ■^^^^^^MMi^^^^^::^ Professor Harold M. Giffin (above), and Professor William H. Bailey appeared in joint recital last night before a large audience in Elizabeth Hall aud[torium. Both are distinguished members of the Stetson School of Music faculty. SIX DAY CLASSES WILL 8E DEFERRED More Time is Needed To Study Change Plans to establish six day classes at Stetson will be de* ferred for another year, it was announced this week. The faculty recently voted on a schedule of classes which would include Saturdays as well as the previous five days of the week but Dean Benson W. Da* vis explained that a schedule could not be arranged in time to be included in the 1941*42 catalogues which must be print* ed in the near future. Certain two hour classes would have to be changed to three hour classes and other re* arranging of schedules would be necessary to complete the change. The present supply of catalogues is about exhausted, it was further explained, and work will have to begin immediately on new ones. Plans for six day classes could not be complete in time for inclusion so it was deemed wiser to postpone the ac* tion. However, a thorough study will be made of the projected change which probably will be, put in effect for the 1942*431 term. i SERIES OF RADIO PROGRAMS WILL AIR STETSON TALENT Weekly Programs Will Begin Next Wednesday \ Over WMFJ with Variety Musical Show; ; Radio Class Will Assist in Production f Stetson University students with leanings toward radio programs will begin to'air their talents on March 19, accord* ing to information from directors of a project series of ten' weekly broadcasts. Scheduled for three o'clock every Wednesday afternoon from March 19 through May 21, the ~ : 'series of half*hour radio presen- tations will be written and produced entirely by students, according to prtsent plans. Through the courtesy of radio station WMFJ, in Daytona Beach, the series of broadcasts will provide for members of Dr. Irving C. Stover's class in Radio Speaking and artists from the ranks of 'he Stetson School of Music will find ample opportunity for experience on the air. The School of Music will open the schedule next Wednesday afternoon with a variety musical show. The full schedule calls for at least four broadcasts by the Radio class, for three by the music school, and three others for Uhiversity*sponsored broadcasts of the popular interest type. Delight Sieg's short story in the recent issue of the Stetsonian this week is in the hands of the radio students for adaptation to be used during the series. Sara Ellen Mobley has been writing the dramatization, and the cast of prospective radio players will meet in rehearsals the rest of the week. Lydia Theui=er will be featured in another of the programs in a "words and music'' broadcast, Reroy New and his campus quintet is reported to be planning an "extracurricular activities" program, with auditions still open for a co-ed soloist. : Details of the series are still the process of competition, although several of the projected broadcasts already are receiving their finishing touches. In all of the programs, students will be used throughout as announcers, narrators, sound technicians, in- of and as ID prol cidental musicians, and as members of the cast for dramatic, productions. Stetsonian Again Offers Ten Dollars For Best Story Staff Begins Work On Second Edition Of Literary Magazine As a result of the recent vote taken by the student body to support another issue of the Stetsonian, the magazine staff began work on a second semester issue Monday. There will be another $10.00 cash prize offered for the best short story and a prize for the best poem submitted for publication in the second issue of the campus literary magazine, according to an announcement by Joy Reese, editor. The deadline date for the contributions will be April 7. The donor of the prize money, according to Miss Reese, expressed himself as being highly pleased with the calibre of the February issue and has decided to offer the prize money each year from now. on as a means of encouragement for creative writing on Stetson's campus. The donor has set up two conditions, first that his name be kept anonymous and secondly that the gift will cease if the magazine does not retain a high quality. Eight new students have been added to the staff. They include: Oleda Dyson, Bob Lee, Bonnie Seymour, Marie Hisey, Mary Mock, Elsie Hooker, Jesse Longeno, and Vernon Sanderson. Subscriptions for the new issue of the magazine will go on (Continued from Page 4) ART CLUB WILL HAVE STUDIO PARTY IN CUMMINGS GYMNASIUM FRIDAY Students and Faculty are Invited to Attend Novel Showing of Fashions and Art; Games and Smorgasbord are Added The Hatter Art Club is bringing New York's famous Greenwich Village to Cummings Gymnasium in the form of a Studio party on Friday evening, March 14th, at 8 o'clock. Traphagan school of fashion, located in New York, will exhibit with pictures and manikins many of the latest fashions. A smorgasbord will also be one of the big events of the evening. Students and faculty members are invited to participate in the fun and frolic in a Bohemian style. Fortune telling, ping pong, badminton, bridge, card games, and many other side features will be part of the evenings entertainment. Tickets may be secured from any member of the art club or from the art studio in Science hall for twenty-five cents. Posters which have been (Continued On Page 4) DR. HENRY J. FOX COMMENDED A letter addressed to Deait Paul E. Raymond from Howard F. Ohm, Chief of the Wisconsin Legislation Drafting Board, commended Dr. Henry J. Fox and expressed appreciation for the assistance he had been hi drafting some important legislation there. Dr. Fox returned to the campus early this week after spending three weeks in Wis** consin on a leave of absence, j