The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter EIGHTH YEAR—No. 15 DE LAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 194 Z103 PRICE FIVE CENTS MISSION ASSEMBLIES OPEN FEBRUARY 4 Opening Speaker John William Hughes Knight MacGregor, Scotch Singer Coming Annual session of the Florida Chain of Mission Assemblies is scheduled to open here Tuesday, February 2 and continue through February 4. Tentative program includes a youth banquet opening the session, chapel speakers, nightly meetings in the auditorium, with the music of Knight MacGregor, well known bari tone. First speaker, John William Hughes is described as having "one cf the finest speaking voices of any person ir. public life." Hughes, born of the Isle of Anglesey, Wales, is scheduled to speak at the banquet . Tuesday night. Author of the book "They Shall Not Perish", he was awarded the Geneva Scholarship for his work in making it possible for thousands of young people to travel in other countries. In 1937 j he. organized- and. commanded, a j medical unit on the Spanish war , front, and worked among the civil- ; ian population of Spain during that j trying time. j Knight MacGregor, who will sing \ at the banquet, came here from j Scotland by way of Canada. Re- j views say. "His voice is rich in quality; a sturdy voice that is tempered with a refinement of style and finish. Mr. MacGregor has a personality that is beyond compare on the concert stage." ■ Among early speakers will be Mrs. John Hipps and Dr. George P. Howard. Mrs. Hipps first-went to China 20 years ago as student secretary to the YWCA in Nanking. She married there and spent 15 years teaching English and music at the University of Shanghai. Among the topics she (Continued on Page 4) Mission Singer K§Pw5xSls««l 111 1I1111P11 1 WSEm Hk^Ihi il$$ HI Large Mid-Term Registration Expected Here Prospects for new registrations at the mid-term opening the week following forthcoming examinations are on the upgrade, Dean H. C. Garwood said here this week. Letters seeking information about Stetson and asking for entrance applications have been unusually numerous, Dean Garwood said. He added that actual advance room res- j ervations and admission applications already are paralleling in volume the number received at the corresponding date last year, and that the number of new students entering Stetson the spring semester may surpass those who actually enrolled at last year's mid-term registration. Applications received include those from high school mid-year graduates, from transfer students changing schools.and even from graduate students given sebatical leaves from their own institutions. General attendance prospects are encouraging, the dean commented, and explained that in view of rumored serious results of recent draft age regulations, Stetson's student body count will continue to be better £han the average for American colleges in.relationship to a pre-war attendance. MID-YEAR GRADUATION TO BE ONE OF STETSON'S LARGEST Twenty-one Candidates for Degtfetes Take Part in Traditional Ceremony With 21 candidates for degrees listed by academic heads, Stetson will stage one of the largest mid-term graduation exercises in its history on January 29, President W. A. Allen announced this week. In the group of candidates are 12 for the bachelor of arts degree, five for the bachelor of science, three for Commencement Speaker Barbara Albritton Featured In First Senior Recital Fir/xSt student recital of the current year was to be presented last night in Elizabeth hall featuring Barbara Peden Albritton, soprano. Scheduled to assist the "graduating artists was Terry Wagner, talented cellist, and Winston McQuiddy, piano accompanist. A young bride. Mrs. Albritton will complete her work at Stetson with a bachelor of music degree and will be graduated January 29. She plans then to join her husband, Ensign J. M. Albritton, now in training at the Harvard College Naval Supply •Corps School. Mrs. Albritton's program was schedscheduled as follows: "Sento JSTel Core" bv Scarlatti and "Se Tu .M'Ami" by Fergelesi; "Un Certo Mon So Che" by Vivaldi; "Du List die Ruh" by Shubert, "Er ist Ce Ktammen" and "Dedication" by Franz; "Apres un Reve" by Faure, "Le Marriage des Roses" by Franck, and "II Est Doux, II Est Bon" by Messenet; "Now Sleep the Crimson Petal" by Quilter, "Rain" by Curran, "'The Unforseen" by Scott and "At The Well' by Hageman. Miss Wagner played "Air" by Bach, "On Wings of Song" by Nem- delsohn, and "La Cinquaine Taine" by Gabriel-Marie. Possessive Mother Love Subject of Coming Play Production to be "The Silver Cord" Helen Doris McCormick Cast in Lead Comedy, murder, opera, and now drama. For the first time this season, the Stover Little Theatre curtains will part on a sheer dramatic production, Sidney Howard's sensational "The Silver Cord." This stirring account of possessive mother love and it's resulting tragedy has been a favorite of the American stage for 15 years. Though written vears ago, the story of Mrs. Phelps and the web she spins over four young lives will continue to be told as long as man exists. The small and carefully-chosen cast includes: Helen Doris McCormick as the tyrannical mother, Mrs. Continued on page 4) NOTICE Hour for final examinations for regular three-hour classes that meet at 12:50 was omitted in the schedule printed in the REPORTER last week. Those exams will be held Monday, January 25 at 2 o'clock. General Roy S. Geiger, Marine Head At Guadalcanal, is Stetson Graduate Carrying Stetson's name to the battlefronts of the world is Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, commander of Marine action in the Guadalcanal aiea. Receiving his bachelor of law degree here in 1907, Geiger joined the leathernecks in 1916 and has been with them ever since. Newsweek magazine recently carrying an article about him said: "In a force known for its toughness, Geiger is one of the toughest. A Marine Corps saying runs: 'After you've served under Geiger, you've been' a Marine.' "His hallmark is calmness. The unwritten annals of the Marine Corps are generously studded with Such anecdotes as this: Once leading a formation into the teeth of a fierce tornado, Geiger received a message from a nervous Navy pilot: 'What about the storm?' Geiger's reply: 'Well, what about it?' "He knows thousands of people, remembers them amazingly well, and, whenever he can, tries to 'sell' Florida to them. "Today Geiger is on another South Pacific island, but He still runs Henderson Field through an 'executive officer. While on Guadalcanal, Geiger lived in a cave and had his headquarters in a tent. A tough campaigner, he lived like the rest, without comfort, on a diet of 'Spam, Spam, and more Spam.' " Deadline For Snaps, Activties This Saturday Saturday is the absolute deadline for snapshots to be used in the '43 Hatter, Editor Delphene Coverston announced yesterday. "Anyone having snaps for the yearbook," requested Miss Coverston, "please put them in the box put for that purpose in the Book Store." The annual editor further stated that lists of senior activities must be given this week to Claire Bum- garner, senior class editor. the bachelor of law and one for a degree in music. On the mid-year commencement program, to be conducted at 11 o'clock in Elizabeth hall auditorium with graduates and faculty members garbed in the traditional black caps | and gowns, speaker will be Dr. R. F. Howes, dean of the College of Law. Prof. Harold M. Giffin of the music faculty will be soloist, while Rev. Kenneth A. Rogers will lead the invocation and Rev. Grady Snowden, the benediction. Candidates for the A. B. degree are: George Avent, Byron Bond, Claire Brandies, Mary Ann Brown, Virginia Chamberlin, Patrick Hill, Elsie Hooker, Jessie Beth Longino, Ernest Machen, Janet Waters, Benjamin Wheeler (in absentia), and Rex Weisenfeld. Candidates for the B. S. degree: Melvin Berger, Shirley Coen, Dorothy Estabrook, Doris Warren, and Joyce Mabel Webber. Bachelor of law candidates are Erich Saxl, C. R. M. Sheppard, and Aubrey Vincent. Barbara Peden Albritton is the candidate for the bachelor of music recognition. President Allen said that all friends of the graduates and of Stetson are invited to the ceremony. Radio Guild Scripts Ibne, All scripts for the Radio Guild contest, announced President Flonnie Anders, yesterday, must be in. the hands of the guild by the end of this semester. LET 'EM COME Season's First Band Concert To Be Staged Here Sunday Stetson University's concert band will be heard in Elizabeth Hall auditorium Sunday afternoon in its first public presentation of the current year, according to announcement by Dr. W. E. Duckwitz, music school director. Directing the band will be P. J. Gustat, of Sebring, one of the several outstanding Florida bandmasters who were engaged this year to take over the music school's wind and percussion instrument department and band organization. Gustat, a resident of Sebring, is reported to have consistently organized and directed first rate high school bands during his Florida activities. Assisting him Sunday will be William J. Heney of Daytona Beach and Otto Kraushaar of Lake Wales, guest conductors. The Sunday afternoon concert, set for 4 o'clock, will feature a variety program of both band and solo selections, reports stated. The concert is open to the public without charge.' Southern Colleges To Hold Debates On This Campus Debaters and speakers from several Southern colleges and universities will hold a debate and speaking contest here Saturday, February 13, according to recent announcement by Dr. Irving C. Stover. Friday night, preceding the contests, visiters will attend the Little Theatre players' presentation of "The Silver Ccrcl" by Sidney How- (Continued on Page 4) says Gordon Slallings. former Stetsonitj a.-i lie p epiuv.- lo. tne bat tle:' Stallings was commissioned recently as second lieutenant and assigned to active duty, announcement from Marine Corps headquarters in Atlanta reveals. While attending Stetson he was district president of the Methodist Young People's organization for 1940. College WAAC's To Be Deferred Li. Elizabeth S. White, WAAC recruiting officer for Florida, who visited Stetson Saturday, states that it is now possible for college or busi- ■n°°s -olion! students to enroll in the WAAC and remain on an inactive status until completion of current school year. "Members of the WAAC perform only non-combatant duties" said Lt. White. "For instance, a partial list would include such veried pursuits as aircraft warning service workers, camera technicians, clerks, draftsmen, librarians, radio operators, chauffeurs, parachute riggers, glider pilot instructors, bomb sight tech- Continued on page 4)