The Stetson Reporter

Editor Announces New System Of News Coverage For Campus Organizations In a co-operative effort between the Reporter and the News Bureau, which is designed to give all-organizations full campus and slate-wide news coverage, organize tional publicity chairmen will be responsible for bringing to the Reporter office and News Bureau copies of their news events, Reporter Editor Felton Davis announced in letter to all clubs this week. "We want every organization on campus to have just representation through the Reporter," Davis said on behalf of the college newspaper. "They can be assured of this only if they bring the news to our office. He pointed out that "Although we have an efficient reporting staff, it is impossible to contact each organization every week. Only through the co-operation of each club's publicity representative can the Reporter and News Bureau cover the entire campus." The editor asks all publicity chairmen, organization presidents or faculty advisors to meet with him and Mr. Taylor, director of the News Bureau, Friday evening at 3:30 in Room 205, Library, for a thorough discussion of the new system. Managing Editor Bill Fisher, who will supervise the new set-up emphasized that, "All the publicity chairmen must do is to bring in the facts, we will have a crew of re-write men to write the stories. Other members of the reporting staff will be assigned to cover administrative offices, chapel periods, and other news events not normally scheduled on the social calen dar. The change will not affect the sports and feature departments as they will continue to operate in their normal operations. Deadlines for each issue are: events happening Friday, Saturday and Sunday are due by Monday noon; Monday events are due Tuesday by noon; Tuesday events are due Wednesday 9 a.m.; and for events occurring Wednesday or Thursday, special deadlines must be arranged with the editors. All advance stories are due Monday noon. "Under the new system publicity will be given those who want it. If your club doesn't receive news coverage in the Reporter then it will be because your publicity chairman didn't bring it to us," Davis declared. Edmunds In On Pres. Truman Degree Award Stetson University was well-rep-resented Tuesday in Winter Park when President Harry S. Truman received an honorary degree at Rollins College. President J. Ollie Edmunds was one of the four visiting college presidents attending the ceremonies who participated in the degree presentation. President Holt handed the de-.. gree to President Edmunds, who in turn gave it to Florida President J. Hi His Miller, who handed it to FSU President Doak Campbell, who gave it to Tampa President E. C. Nance,'before it returned to Rollins President Holt who presented it to the President. This symbolized a united action on the part of the colleges of Florida in honoring President Truman. ■ Others representing Stetson were: Dean II. C. Garwood, Dr. Irving C. Stover, and Fred Owen, Jr., .president of the Student Government Association. Each sat with their respective groups for the cer emony and attended group lunch eons. , Mrs. Edmunds, who accompanied President Edmunds, was one o two wives of college presidents to attend the presentation. Other dignitaries included Governor Warren Senator and Mrs. Claude Peppei and Senator and Mrs. Spessard Holland. Glee Club Travel Squad Plans Tour Announcement has just been made that the Stetson Glee Clubs have scheduled a ten-days concert tour throughout the southern part of the state beginning March 19. The tour will take the Clubs into many of the largest churches of "Florida's cities. The opening concert will be at the Seminole Heights Baptist Church of Tampa on March 19. The remainder of .the schedule is as, follows:: March 20—Palm Avenue Baptist Church, Tampa; March 20—Calvary Baptist Church, Clearwater; March 21—First Baptist Church, St. Petersburg; March 22—First Baptist Church, Bi-adenton; March 23—Edison Park Auditorium, Ft. Myers; March 24—Open Date. March 25—Kiwanis Club, Miami, 12:00 m.; March 25 Allapatah Baptist Church, Miami; March 26— Riverside. Baptist Church, Miami; March 27 — University Baptist Church, Coral Gables; March 27— Central Baptist Church, Miami; March 28—School Auditorium, Ft. •Pierce. NO REPORTER NEXT WEEK NEXT ISSUE APRIL 1ST 62nd YEAR lhe Mttson Importer "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" STETSON UNIVERSITY ALL PUBLICITY CHAIRMEN MEETING TODAY 3:30 P.M. ROOM 205-L NUMBER. 21 GLEE CLUB'S 'GONDOLIERS' THIRD SHOWING TONIGHT Wednesday's Opening Climaxed Over Six Weeks Work By Cast FOUR OF "THE LEADING characters in "The Gondoliers" are, from left, John Everett, as "Marco"; Jonnie Mires, as "Gianetta"; Jeane Harris, as "Tessa," and Bill Jones as "Giuseppe." The opera at the Little Theater will close a four-night run on Saturday LOCAL PHI MU FRAT COLONY IxOES NATIONAL OVER WEEK-END Phi Mu National Council announces the installation of Alpha Xi Chapter of Phi Mu at Stelson University. Official installation began Thursday afternoon at four o'clock with pledging. At six o'clock that evening the Pan-Hellenic Council honored the new chapter at a ba'nquet held in the University Commons. Miss Mary B. Merritt, Phi Mu's National Pan- Hellenic Congress representative was the guest speaker of the evening. The subject of her talk was ''The Place of Sororities on University Campuses." The formal initiation will be held this afternoon, Friday, at the Orange City Hotel. Following initiation, a banquet will be held. Honored guests will be Pree. and Mrs. Edmunds, Dean Etter Turner, Miss Barbara Rowe, and Miss Edna Fuller Giles, who will act as toastmis- tress. The main address will be given by Dr. Edmunds with the highlight of the evening being the presentation of the charter to the new chapter.. Saturday morning an officers' new chapter officers ending with the installation of these officers, installation of these officers. Saturday afternoon a formal presentation tea will be given by Miss Turner in honor of the new Phi. Mu chapter. The conclusion of the week-end wil! be an informal party given by the Delta Delta Delta sorority. By BETTY JO BEVILLE Hundreds of townspeople and students flocked to the Stover Little Theatre Wednesday and Thursday nights for a triumphant two act musical presented by the Stetson School of Music. ''The Gondoliers" was given with interpretation superior to, the usual expectations for Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The show will be here again tonight and Saturday Fifty-Eight To Get Degrees Thursday Fifty-eight candidates will receive degrees at the Winter commencement exercise to be held in Elizabeth Hall Thursday at 10 o'clock. Dr. Elbert Kirtley Fretwell, chief scout executive of Boy Scouts of America, will be the principle speaker. Those receiving degrees are: A. B.'s (16), Helen Blount, John Cheshire, Jr., Nancy Helms Davis, William Hall, Charles Hillman, Ernest Jernigan, James Knight, Jr., Mary Mathis Marchman, Marjorie Marks, Robert Mitchell, James Nepveux, Thomas Risk, Beverly Sewell; Thomas Sheridan, Cecil Stalvey, and Forest Troutt. .B.S.'s (8), Jack Bragg, Robert Ellery, Thomas Nevin, Theron Owen, Thomas Perrin,-Jay Harris Popped, Eugene Smith, and Clifford Swain. B.S.'s in Business (18), Marjorie Aex, Walter Bishop, Clifton Brink- ley, John Cater, Jr., Von Allen Clark, Calvert Courtney, Royal (Continued on page 8) High Schools To Attend Campus Music Festival Twelve central Florida junior and senior high schools will send 1,755 pupils to Stetson March 18 for the annual Florida School Vocal Association competition festival, according to Mrs. Veronica Gove of the School of Music and local chairman. Choruses, small ensembles and soloists will compete during the day for honors of district four and the right to attend the state festival. at 8 p.m. The singing, both choral and individual, was received with quite an ovation, not to mention the hilarious uproar when the Messrs. Marco (John Everett) and Giuseppe (Bill Jones), succeeded in being comedians, nor the laughable old Don Alhambra (Dick Lassiter) who drew laughter by even so much as nodding his head. You never know what to expect from the flowery Duke of Plaza- Toro (Earl Compton) nor his wife,. The Duchess (Barbara Sharplesa and Betty Slater) who looked and sounded like a Duchess. Naturally the love duets of Casilda and Luiz are appealing to everyone. Among the more sterling performances were those of Gianetta (Jonnie Mires and Betty Lynn) and (Continued on page 8) Rollins Co-ed Doubts Owen Fred Owen was one of four student body presidents invited to Rollins for the presentation of an honorary degree on President Truman Tuesday. Owen reported that all Rollins male students were seated behind the girls in the Rollins chapel, tout that the Marshall escorted the four student body presidents to a "special" seat in front of the section .filled by the girls. Naturally you might suspect these privileged characters. So one cute co-ed tapped Owen on the shoulder and asked, "Pardon me, sir, but I'm a reporter on the college paper . , . and I've just got to know . . . are . . . well, are you four G-Men guarding the President?"