The Stetson Reporter

BSPI mmm pup SPPfPPIIS? mm/mmmmmmma ' . ■ ■ '■ i .' ' .-..■. i . . ■ The Stetson Reporter TENTH YEAR—No. 7 DELAND, FLORIDA, FEBRUARY 13, 1946 PRICE TEN CENTS SIERRA'S "CRADLE SONG" SOON Spanish Drama Portrays Sympathetic Life In Catholic Convent . Following the previous successes; this year of the Little Theatre, Cradle Song by Gregorio Martinez Sierra will be presented February 28 and March 1 for the Stetson students' and March 4 for the DeLand Tourist Club in the Little Theatre, under the direction of Dr. I. C. Stover and Mrs. Virginia: Giffin. One of the best known Spanish •.dramas, the' play deals sympathetically with the simple life in a convent. A baby is'left at.the door, in i.he first act, and all the nuns decide to keep her. The doctor* for the convent, Calvert Dixon, adopts her to give the child a name. In the interlude between acts the poet, Louis Wilkinson, gives a synopsis of Act I and the setting for Act II. As Act II opens, all the nuns are sewing on the trousseau for Teresa, the orphan, plyaed. by Edith Miller. Eighteen years have passed, and she is about to marry Antonio, Joe Camp. In the final scene the old -doctor comes to take Teresa away, and she says her last goodbye to all -<of them before leaving for America with her husband.; Others taking part in the play are Marjorie Merrill, Elizabeth Golden, "Nancy Brown, Janice Douglas, Mitzi Mitchell,' Marguerite Dibble, Jane! Wycoff, Virginia Hendry, Libby MacMillan, Gertrude Mahoney, Sarah Martha Adams, and Joel Pierce. Glee Club Goes. On Road Tour FIRST POST-WAR TOUR VISITS FOUR FLORIDA CITIES Stetson) University glee drib made its first concert tour since the war this week, appearing in Lakeland, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and -Tampa. The travel squad has forty' members with Alma Grantham as .accompanist. This featur-es_^two smaller groups, the girls.' ensenibi'e---and the male quartet. The girls' ensemble consists of Marian Hart,' Lois Davis, Helen Baker, Verdelle Sebring, Joan Sheppard, Tommy Lee Fowler,, and Betty Barker. Forbes Fuller, W. K. Sisk, Archie McMillan, and :'G e o r g e Kreshka are the members of the quartet. . ■ ■ ■ STETSON STU DENTS HONORED ._xx4..,.! .....I i1!^.^! tmnnwamit anu «>iiHiiuil Ex~Marine, Former Infirmary Aide Receives Military Honors Allen Spanier, Stetson Student To Enter Medical School In Fall Allen Spanier, a senior, at Stetson University atad resident of DeLand, was awarded the bronze medal Thursday, February J, at thc DeLand Naval Air Station by Capt. Laverents. He was;also given a citation from the commandant of,the Marine Corps and Commander of the Pacific Fleet Spanier, a former resident of Miami, ("ilibted in the regular Marines January 20, 1942, in Orlando! He remained in the regular Marines for one year and was sent to the Reserve Officers Class at Quantico, Va., after which he was sent to the Army Infantry Communications School, Ft. Benning, Ga., United States, Navy Communications School, JMToroton Heights, Conn., Marine Corps Signal Supply Laboratory, Philadelphia, Penn., and to Cherry Point, N. C. as Communications Officer. He advanced through the ° ranks to the Tank of Lieutenant. In the Asiatic Pacific Theatre for about 15 months, Spanier was slightly wounded on Two Jima. .He was sent to Pearl Harbor to organize a communications system for air support ground troop' landings. While in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre he participated in, the campaigns of Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Shima. At the end of the War he was on a ship which was to land at Kyushu. "Spanier wears the medal of , the Marine Corps Reserve, American De- Continued On Page Four) Las Gonvnlsiones To, Be Previewed By Spanish Class SOUTH AMERICAN PLAY GIVEN BY LITTLE THEATRE Las Convulsiones, a Spanish play of South American life one hundred years ago, will.be presented by the Little Theatre Monday nighf, February 18, for the members of the advanced Spanish conversation class taught by Dr. D. K. Arjona.- In keeping with the project this year Of many of central Florida's woman's clubs, the study of South America, the play will then be given once a week at various cities until March 11. Professor J. A. Tracy will give a lecture on; the Spanish theatre preceding the play at each; performance. Those taking part in the play will be Mitzi Mithell, Dorothy Hayes, (Continued on Page Four) B. S. U. LEADERS TO MAKE PLANS AT STETSON MEET STETSON" STUDENT TO y PRESIDE AT CONFAB The state R. S. U. officers planning meeting will be held at the B. S. U. House of John B. Stetson University, February 15-17: The state B. S. U. officers, the local presidents from each campus, and the local student secretaries will attend the meeting. Stetson University students attending the meeting will be Louise Adler, first vice-prsjiident, Stetson B. S. U.; Ruth Cobb, social vice- president, State B. S.U..council; and Mr., Lafayette Walker, student secretary, Stetson University. The purpose of the meeting will be to plan the Baptist student work of Florida for the year that is ahead. Of immediate concern, will be the Spring Retreat which will be held April 19-21 at the, Southside Baptist Church, Lakeland. Another important item, to be planned for is the Twentieth Southwide Baptist Student,Retreat, Ridgecrest, N". C, June 5-12. Furthermore, once in a college lifetime students will have the opportunity to attend a IJaptist Student Union Quadrennial Conference which will be held in Memhpis, Tennessee. The state officers planning nieet- ing will be presided,over by Louie Wilkinson, state B. & U. president and president of the B. S. U. council at Stetson University. The theme for the meeting will be "Holding Forth the Word of Life." S<MoIarsM§ Gi^^^cfe^-;;.;. Mrs. M. L. Benedetti IVIe^s Possible Experiment In International Living The opportunity for one of Stetson's students to live this summer for a1 month in Mexico, Guatemala,'or Colombia with expenses paid has been given by Mrs. Mary Lou Benedetti, Stetson alumna; through the Experiment in International' Living, Dr. Arjona, head of the Spanish department, has announced. ' , : Primary aim of this proxject is to I ——— ^— . ■ ' METROPOLITAN STAR TO SING SOPRANO COVERT AT STETSON Josephine Antpine, Coloratura, To Appear February 26 Josephine Antoinb nationally famous colorature soprano and active member of the Metropolitan Opera, will be presented at Stetson February 26, at 8 p.m. Miss Antoine was to have appeared at Stetson February 21, but the date was changed because she was offered the opportunity to sing "Lucia" with the Metropolitan Opera company for the first time and therefore requested that the engagement at Stetson be delayed. The previous engagement had to be changed because it was on the same day that Miss Antoine is to appear with the Metropolitan, company. I The golden-haired prima donna is acclaimed as one of America's greatest sopranos of her type. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1936 and has sung with the Metropolitan company for the last eight years. For the last two and* a half years she has been the star soloist of the Carnation Contented Hour presented every Monday evening over National Broadcasting _ System. She has appeared on many other radio pro- ' grams, and, has had more, than 800 performances in eight years. . ■! Adopted from an orphanage in Denver, Colorado, Miss Antoine stpdied niusic at the ! University of Colorado and has received an honorary degree of music from that institution. She later became a pupil of;' Madame Marcella Sembrick, the l4te;: famous coloratura soprano. She is !a|product of pure American development for; she has received no European vocal training. Because her tjnrfff take her from Boston to'San liranciscoi; and from Washington to Puerto Rico slie is called the "Darl- ir^df; the Railroadss.'' ;, Miss Josephine Antoine will sing for Stetson students and. faculty and residents of DeLand on February 26.. I let j: The W. A. A. will meet in Cum. mings Gym Tuesday, February 19, at 7:00 P. M. j Plans will be begun to invite teams from Rollins, F. S. O. W„ Southern, and other" Florida colleges to participate in a state meet to be held here. foster a better understanding of our Latin American neighbors and to help the students take their place ih world citizenship. v College students have been chosen because the Experiment feels that they are good examples of Americans and that they can easily adapt themselves to the amazingly different conditions of these foreign countries. Mrs. Benedetti, the. former Mary Lou Davis, was a member of the Experiment group in the summer of 1942 and felt.that the trip was so beneficial she would like to present the opportunity as a scholarship to a student atxStetson. She was graduated from Stetson in 1942 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Eight groups of six college students, each are to be selected by Don- ,ald Watt, head of the, organization. They will be chosen by March 1 in order to begin the prescribed course of study that the Experiment sends out. In June, then, they will go to Mexico, Guatemala, or Colombia and live for one month in the homes. of families who have at least one member of a similar age. The studenuts will attend classes m conversational Spanish and will be taken on a few sight-seeing tours. Only obligation will be that the students selected must return to the States with a native college boy or girl who will stay with them for one month. Selections will be based on the ! answers* to the questionnaire which is. to determine the adaptability of the student under all conditions' and his ability to get. along with people. Requirements,are that, the student have at least two years of college Spanish and be not more than a junior. ' Tlie only personal expense is to be $50.00 spending money. All other costs, which average $420-$500, will be paid by the scholarship. CO INPRGGR ARITJtf APPEARS FEB. 14 Christopher O'Malley pf Naval Air Station Assisted Bytotal Student Christopher O'Malley, concert baritone, and his accompanist George Schick, appeared at Stetson University in a concert on Thursday night, Feb. 14. ;* Mr. O'Malley, a native of Pennsylvania, was graduated from Bucknell University and was a concert worker before entering the Army- He is known for his excellent reputation of Lieder, an art form of songs; he also attended the Julhard school of music in New York, and studied under Hardestz Johnson in Germany. He is now stationed in Daytona at the Welch hospital and plans to aarry on his concert work after his discharge. r , Mr. George Schick, of DeLand, gave i group, of numbers on the program as well as aceompaning Mr. O'Malley. He started his musial studies at Stetson before entering the service and is now continuing his work here. He plans to be a concert pianist. Christopher O'Malley, Welsh Convalescent Hospital, Daytona Beach, gave a concert last night in Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University. University Band To Give Concert Stetson concert band, Victor Grabel, cqndutor, will present its second concert of the year at Elizabeth Hall on Tuesday night, February 19, at eight o'clock. Compositions of , Beethoven, Mas- sanet>' Tschaikowsky, Ravel, Sousa, Herbert, and Christiansen will be featured. Raymond Moaller, wil] play a concert for oboe written by the French composer, George Guilliand; and Daniel Rodriquez, Cuban baritone, will appear as the vocal soloist.