The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter Fourth Year — No. 30 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1939 Z103 Price Five Cents FIRST LAW SCHOOL DAY IS SATURDAY MAY 6 Gadi Lawton and Harmon Harper who attended the Pi Kappa Delta Forensic Contest for the South Atlantic Province. Lawton wen first place in After-dinner speaking, and Harper was second in Extemporaneous speaking. ujX CLUBS HOLD CONCERT SERIES Sing In Lakeland, Orlando And Ocala; Home Concert Is Planned The Stetson Glee Clubs under the direction of Prof. H. M. Giffin have just returned from a series of. concerts in Lakeland and Orlando. Sunday night they were heard in a sacred concert at the First Bap.' tist Church . in Orlando. Their program included "'Hospodi Pomi- lui", by Lvovsky, "The Lord's Prayer," by Malott "Fear Not, O Israel," by Spicker, "The Pilgrim's Chorus" from "Tannhauser" by Wagner, and the Radio Chorus and Prof Giffin concluded with Adams' "Holy City." Monday night they appeared at the Southside Baptist Church in Lakeland, Tuesday afternoon they were heard at thc Lakeland High School, and Tuesday night they gave a concert at the First Baptist Church of that city. Next Sunday they will go to Oiala where their sacred concert wi!J be presented at the First Baptist Church. Their home concert is planned fer the eleventh of this month. Spring Bulletin Is Published John B. Stetson University's annual catalog, the Spring Bulletin is being distributed on the campus today and features "several new instructors and courses. Miss Sara Edith Harvey has been advanced to a professorship. Howard Lamoureux Batson and Miss Ella Klae Walker have become assistant professors. Thomas Kirkland has been selected as fresh, man football coach. Miss Madeline Irwin, Glenn D. Swan, and Ello Testi have been chosen as instructors in1 piano," violin, and cello respectively in the music school. Eunice Webber has become secretary to the Dean of the Uni, versity. Miss Barbara Rowe, friend of Dean Lola B. McCollough, has been selected as assistant to the •Dean pf Women. Several new courses have been added to the Business Administra- The Inquiring Reporter QUESTION: Have you any suggestions as to ways of making examination week easier on the student and the professor? Bob Gunby: The system that has been practiced by the majority of i the professors hereto'does if est Make! possible the proper time fOr preparation for examinations,! for ! the student to derive the! knowledge that he is trying so hard; to gain. The time given for review: amounts to two or three days prior to the exam. During this time the teacher endeavors to summarise material which has taken some If Out or five months to impart to! the students.: This allowance in my estimation is not sufficient preparation in such a critical time for the person to acquire the most benefit: from the subjects. I suggest at least a two week review allowing the students and not thc faculty to discuss these plans among themselves thereby doing away with the! feeling of inferiority complexes into which so many students are victimized thereby allowing a freer discussion of all topics to prevail. : Emmett Clonts: I would say that they conduct it as they do in law school—only under ; unusual circumstances do they j have more than one exam a day. jThe exams last from six to seven days which usually gives the student! one or two days rest during exams. The need for professors with a "Hawk- eye" should be a thing bf the past. It would make it much lighter on the professor to be relived of the responsibility of watching the students and give him time for out- ; side work; artdTrecreatipn.': It Wcnild, !als^.>^leWi|^Nil^^W7^llK''' dent tpkknow that he is free to go and come and get rest iri any form that he might wish. Examinations as previously conditioned: put a great strain on the professor and the student alike. . ! Eunice Webber: The: ekamina, tion Scheduleis excellent as plan- (Cbntinued on page 8|!. tion English department, and the honors, course is! being ! continued. Dean Charles G. Smith:hopes that more students wilbbecome interested in this type of work] DEBATERS PLACE ATFARMVILLE Lawton Wins In After Dinner Speaking; Harper Second In Extemp Stetson a aerate squad returned triumphant last weekend from the Southeastern District Pi Kappa Delta debate tournament held in Farmville, Virginia, with Harmon Harper, Gadi, Lawton, Vance Graham, and Sydney Rubn represent, ing the local chapter. Debate Coach C. Addison Hickman accompanied the speakers on their trip north. Harmon Harper, senior debater and honor member of the forensic frat, won second place for the district in extemporaneous speaking, and Gadi Lawton, sophomore, won first place in after-dinner speaking. "Shortly before we started de, bating," Mr. Hickman reported, Vance became sick, and we were really in a fix. We put Syd in his place. He came through nicely, even though he had never de bated the affirmative side of the question before in his life. AL together, we did ourselves proud." Harper spoke in the extemporaneous contest on what would happen if the United States were to become a dictatorship. Lawton's winning mfter,dinnerikspeech, :was; .aktake-off on debates,, with1 numerable quotes and = "unquotes 'around the jokes. On the way north the team stopped at Gainesville-and debated against a team from the Univer, sty of Florida. All,debates were on the ptfmp-priming \ question, which was the Pi Kappa Delta qutestion for the year. , During the year debaters from Stetson have attended the Strawberry. Tournament at Rock Hill S. O, the Southern Teachers of Speech Forensic Tournament at Baton Rouge, La., and have had several practice tournaments at. the University. An extensive tour through the north was made dur, ing the spring vacations and several large eastern schools were competed with at that time. DEAN PAUL RAYMOND ANNOUNCES PROGRAM OF SATURDAYS EVENTS Law Club Competition Finals Will Be Held In Stover Little Theatre; Symposium In Public Law Conducted By Taylor, Brown and Redfearn SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WILL PRESIDE PAD. To Initiate Chapman, Bentley The Brewer chapter of Phi Alpha Delta will initiate Ed Bentley and Justice Roy H. Chapman into honorary membership Saturday morning. Mr. Bentley is past president of the Florida Bar Association and is editor of the Flor, ida Law Journal. Justice Chapman is one of the most distinguished of Ijjtistsoji, altijmni and/ is justice of the S\i^eEneF06urt of Florida. a: The initiation is being held in- con junction with the Law School Day and will be attended by many outstanding men of Florida,!, in-. eluding; D. H. Redfearn, present president of the Florida: Bar As" sociation, Ed Larson, Collector of Internal Revenue for Florida, Robert S. Gamble, District Justice of Phi Alpha Delta, and Justice El, wyn Thomas. „,;. At the regular meeting helU last Monday night, Neil Mac Millan was unanimously elected pub, licity director for Phi Alpha Delta. Dean Paul E. Raymond has announced the program for the first annual Law School Saturday, May 6. The Law Club Competition Finals will be heard in the Stover Little Theatre at two o'clock. Three justices of the Florida Su' preme Court will sit pro tempore as the justices of the Su' preme Court of Stetson University, the Hons. Rivers Buford, Roy F. Chapman, and Elwyn Thomas. Chapman and Thom' as are alumni of the Stetson College of Law. Arguing the case of Adell Ty- rell v. Ferguson Tire Co. will be Tom Cobb and Elwyn Middleton, for the Plaintiff-in-Error, and jGrady Crawford and Rodney Dur, :|ijanc:e fqr the E>efendent-in-Error. [The::attorneys for the Plaintiff are penibers ;of the Thomas Chib, ;|tho$e for the Defendent, belong to !:th:ej ChaJDman Club. The case coh- ijeern's to liability of a filling station || attendant whose negligence in re, |||placihg a, wheel was the cause of jpiii accident in which the Plaintiff, U'"giiest 6f the auto owner, was in- Dean.Paul E. Raymond lis directing the first annual Law School Day which is scheduled for this Saturday, May 6. G. EHLHARDT WINS MAGAZINE PRIZE Second And Third Prizes Go To Elizabeth Fisher And . Sara Ellen Mobley Featuring the prize winning stories the "Stetsonian- will go on sale after Chapel Friday unless some unforeseen accident comes up. Bob Barnett, editor of the "Stetsonian" has. announced that George Elhardt won first prize of five dol, lars for his story entitled "Civilisation." Elizabeth Fishers' "Cam- arade" won second and Sara Ellen Mobley's "Like' Sheep We All Have Gdne Astray" was third. There were many excellent stories handed in and the judges had a difficult time in determining the winner; .k ■■...,'' ? - Also of great interest" aire*-tw^ articles on European affairs written by members of the faculty. Frances Winters serves as a stabl, izing influence by her contribution on Stetson rules fifteen years ago. k The "Stetsonian" will be bigger and better than. ever this year and contains over, fifty pages of. material. It will be printed on white enameled paper with an illustrated cover in green and white. The price of the magazine is twenty-five cents the net profit of which will go to help the Glee Glub "on to Baltimore." ! k||ifteri:the;!presentation of the P^aidticejcase^a Symposium in Public |Lawj will be conducted by Dr. |jM;!;):7Taylor, of the State Dtpart- mm of |Agriculture, Hon. Ray C. Brpyvn, a Labor Law Specialist, pra^ticiflg in Tampa, and Hon. D. |;H,:7 iRedfearn, president of the [^ferida State Bar Association. They ||yvjll: discuss Administrative Adju, ^ication,: Collective Bargalnuig. lAgteements, and Taxation of De- icjgd^ntS: Estates, respectively. !k7;!l3urihg a brief intermission be- itween the Law Club finals and the jS^ihposium members of the Worn, en's Physical Education Depart- nient will give an exhibition. At five-thirty the members of the Vo, lusia County Bar Association will 'hold a brief business meeting in the Little Theatre. The Barristers Banquet will pe held in the University Commons at six-thirty o'clock. Hon. Fred Botts of Miami will serve as Toast, master. Botts is a graduate of the Stetson College of Law, class of 1911, and has been active in alumni activities. Included in the program of afteivdinner speeches will be talks by Hon. Joseph Scarlett, president of the Volusia County Bar Association, Hon. Neil Ferguson, chairman of the State Board of Law Examiners, Judge Millard B7 Smith, and Justice Rivers Bu- |ord. Hon. Harry Duncan will lizard'the Redfearn Essay Prize, aiid the Law Club Prizes will be awarded by Supreme Court Justices Chapman and Thomas, Judge Her, bert Frederick and Hon. Francis P. Whitehar, The Law School students wll give their impressions bf the School and recreat their most amusing memories. President W. S. Allen will give the closing talk of the banquet in a discussion of the University and the Law School. Dean Raymond cordially invites the public-to attend the contest and law symposium in the afternoon, and to review the program of Stetson's first Law School Day.