The Stetson Reporter

i-mmm mmm Stetson LTlSa^jii'*: OF 3GQFI '3. STEl'SOP* UNI7E7?S?~^T Third Year-No.iT' J'/ DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1937 Price 5 HATTERS BATTLE MIAMI FRIDAY EVE IN CRUCIAL GAME Seeking Second Win in j "Little Four" : Race — a ! Alter the'.1- Heartbreaking Tast-! m.ntie deiert b> t£;skine last week, Stetson's Barters will take on .Miami's powerful. Hurricane aggregation in Miami Friday night; The Squad Will leave DeLand: early tb- 'morrow morning, arriving in Miami in time for a short workout tomor- tow night. The Miami boys, although beaten Friday night by Tampa, 12-0, are said to be a tough bunch, having tied Bueknell and won from Georgia Teachers and . Spring Hill by large Scores. Oh the basis of comparative strength the Hurricanes will enter the fray as the favored team. In Masterson and, Dunn, end 'and halfback respectatively, the 'Hurricanes have two brilliant men who will give the Hatters plenty of trougle. The Hatter attack will be bolstered by the return of Lyn Warren ■who played only forty seconds a- gainst Erskine last week. Lynwood Arnold suffered a twisted knee in the same game, but is noiy practicing with the team and will be back on the flank Friday night. The services of Stew Ryan may "be lost to the Hatters for the rest •of the season. Ryan sprained his ankle in scrimmage earlier in the ■week. "Cuddles" Furlong may not '■ see "action*-" Friday' due to a blood ' clot on his arm. Friday night will see the eighth meeting of the two teams on the .gridiron. The Hatters have won five games, tied one, and last year went down in defeat before the Hurricanes for the first time. The outcome of the fray will also be an important factor in determining the "Little Four" championship. PAX CLUB SEEKS ! WIDE EDUCATION Workers to For Peace Know V7j Causes Want I i The Stetson Peace Club at its second meeting this >ear last Thurs- . i,- v puns 10 i Jean Smith, recently elected president of Holmes Hall, new women's dormitory. First Stetsonian k Put 0« Press The first issue of the. Stetsonian which will contain short stories, articles, poems, pictures of ,i members of the football team, and a program for the Homecoming game with Lenoir Rhyne has gone to press. It is believed that this combination of literary magazine with Homecoming program is unique in college magazine history. The staff expressed the hope that it would constitute a values memento of the week-end for the returning alumni, representing as it does aL cross- section of; the-present-day Stetson; The magazine will appear for .sale November 12. The price, in spite of the added features, wil remain at twenty-five cents, , The deadline for the Christmas issue has been set for Nov. 26. Students and alumni are urged to get their contributions in as soon as possible, in order to give the editors time to consider everything carefully. d.iy afternoon began tc educate its members in the intricacies of piop'ig'inda, rcutiahh, and the causes of war. The Peace Club .has, several de- j finite; actions it wishes to take. Co-operating with, other peace organizations ;' in the district, it _ will contact Representative Joe Hendricks before he leaves for, Washington, and give him support in neutrality legislation. The members of the club are - planning on another Peace Day in Stetson, at which time the teachers of the various, classes devote a portion of their .class time to a discussion of peace and peace measures. ' The Stetson Peace Club is starting its second year of operation with Sara Elizabeth Clark continuing as president. Harvey Olliphanf, another active peace worker, is continuing as secretary and treasurer. Miss Clark wishes to extend an invitation to all students interested in the work of the club to attend its meeings every Thursday, at 5 p.m.- ,■ ' DUST POINTS TO STUDY GAIN "Unsatisfactory" Roll Shorter This Year Than Last .Miss Blengsli ., to - Aopear as Pianist Next Tuesday Stetson's Artists' Series, spon- !' sored by the School of Music, began successfully last night with a i joint recital by Miss Lucille Elf i vidge, dramatic reader, and Paiil Hilliard, dramatic, tenor. These artists presented a miscellaneous type of program, with | recitations ranging from the clags- i leal to the comic, and with songs from the operas as well as popular concert favorites. Scheduled for next week, accord^ ing to Dr. W. E. Duckwitz, director of the School of Music, is Miss Alice .Blengsli, concert pianist. Miss Blengsli, who received her training In Chicago and in Vienna, is greeted enthusiastically wherever, she appears. "She has made triumphant appearances not only in America but also in Europe'/ Stetson faculty members and students will perform November 16 in a string ensemble, which is already- hard at work rehearsing music of MacDowell and Mozart. Eighteenth century music played on an eighteenth century instrument will conclude the Artists' Series when Mile. Landelle Trivette gives :a recital %.the^ha»p«ipbard^ ' The Stetson freshmen may .play the University of Havana next week end, announced Coach Brady Co- well ; he said that the contract lacked only a few arrangements. Tom Kirkland was elected president of the Freshman Law Cass at their recent meeting. Other officers are: Ed Strickland, yicsjpres- ident: Neil McMillan, secretrfr^; and Hal D.ekle, treasurer. A drive to raise funds tora swimming pool will be opened by the Women's Athletic Association at some time in the near future. A handicraft sale will begin the money-raising program. Dr. Willis N. Ba-er will leave Friday for Knoxville, Tenn., where he will attend the tenth annual .conference of.the Southern 'Economic Association. The D list is out with 237 names on it for the first six week's period. More than one third of the school is on the list. Of this number 115 are girls and 122 are boys. Ail the men whose names are on the list are to see Dean Smith -and the women are to see Dean McCollough. The music students will also see Dr. W. E. Duckwitz. Last fall at this, time 242 names j :were listed. This year with more students in school fewer names are listed. That being the case Stetson apparently has made a scholastic gain. As no statistics have been released for this year's first list, comparison with last year's first list cannot be given. Aniong the students around; the bulletin board Monday were: some of Stetson^s brighter, students asking in, loud voices if their names were listed. Fraternity heads recorded; the names, of their, actives and pledges who had "made" the list. Most of the fraternities have complusory study halls for their pledges. Henry slaughter, bteison astronomy student, who is studying sun spots in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution. Slaughter Ajain Scans Sun Spots Henry Slaughter, Stetson student of astronomy, will resume his work irt charting the sun spots from the Stetson Observatory each day at noon. This Work is being carried on in connection with the Smithsonian Institute through Herr Brenner of the University o"f Zurich, Switzerland. The charts are plotted here and sent to Zurich where they are studied and then they are sent to the Smithsonian Institute where they are used in a study conducted by Chas. G. Abbott in determining weather; conditions. Slaughter is working in connec tion with the Physics department, which is making a study of correlation between sun-spots and radio reception. Slaughter reports that as far as is known here the observations taken here are the only ones being made in the South and for this reason they are of more value to the Smithsonian Institute; This work has been carried on by Reed Knox, Jr. for the past few weeks. Music Professors Meet at Commons The yell contest has been called off, Coach Tony Pizzo announced, and the. cheer leaders are working on mass cheering lines. The Zeta Tau Alpha,,Sorority will entertain Miss Lola BY McCollough, Dean of Women,/at an informal party tonight in the Z. t. A. club- .room. Songs ap'd other entertainment will he presented during the eveningi'';; . ;h ' :^!Sfc£l,QJ!~ Yearbook Group Ready To Work The Hatter Staff held two meetings in the past week .and formulated plans for this years' annual,.; and actual work will begin next week.. Contracts for the binding and printing have been let and the final contract on the photography probably, will be let next week. Myra Machen, editor, and Jack Gore, business manager are pleased with the progress of their efficient staff and feel that this yearns annual will surpass all the others. Florida High Teachers Discuss School Credit Problem The officers of the Florida State Music Teachers' association held a board meeting Utst, Saturday at Stetson. Miss Berfha Foster of Stetson, the president, presided over the. meeting, which, consisted of a luncheon and meeting held in the private dining room of the Commons; i The purpose of the meeting was to discuss problems pertaining to the activities of the teachers, both private and from schools and colleges in the state of Florida; The main topic of discussion was that of high school credit in appied music for those students studying with private teachers. Other officers present beside. Miss Foster, included Dr. W. E. Duckwitz . of Stetson, . first vice- president, Miss Ella Opperman of the Florida State College for Women, Second vice-president, Miss Ann Wilby of Lake City, third vice- president, Miss Merle Hollaway of Tampa, recording secretary, Mrs. Rosa Burgess of Miami, corresponding secretary, and Miss Leslie Jones of Jacksonville, treasurer,. NYON UNVEILS PLAN OF EVENTS FOR H0MEC0M1 Oi tline of Activities Given At Chanel By Skipper Tty Oorrton Kipp Plans for the 1937 Homecoming were announced to the student body in chapel Monday, by Gaylord Kenyon, homecoming mayor and captain of the Mystic Krewe. , The fireworks will start with the annual Homecoming play presented by the Little Theatre group. This year the Stetson Players will stage "The Bishop Misbehaves," a comedy. At eleven o'clock Friday evening Theta Alpha Phi, honorary dramatic fraternity, will have. their annual homecoming banquet. Fraternities will have breakfasts for their alumni Saturday morning. At ,9:1.5 a chapel program will be held to show the alumni how the auditorium is being filled by the students. Dinners will hold sway until one o'clock sharp when the parade will start from the south end of town and go through town, to break up on the campus. The bands which have been invited include the Florida Military Academy band. All the bands will parade on the football field before the game, and at three o'clock play will start between the Stetson and Lenoir-Rhyne gridders. During the half the Stetson and Florida Military Acadethy, bands will strut their stuff. Altogether, Kenyon promises, it will be the biggest and best homecoming Stetson ever had, i!>-;fi1 Kappa Mu Holds Pledging Ritual -— . ■ i# ; Kappa Mu, the local music fraternity, held its pledging ceremony last Wednesday morning in chapel. Thirteen members were added to the organization. Those who were pledged are Gordon Booth, Harry Parker, Stanley Franck, Roy Kin- zey, Gerald Meadows, James Lump'- kin, Graham Selick, Joe Gebautt, Dr. Douglas, Professor Bailey. Carl Johnson, Grafton Pyne, George Richardson. The "Key Men" of the Glee Club are the charter members of Kappa Mu. Carl "Peanuts" Hulbert-is the president of this honorary fraternity. Ed "Cuddles" Furlong ,is vice president, Norman Bennett secretary, Findley Edge treasurer, Robert Powe historian, Donald Strong sergeant-at-arms, Hughes Wilson progam ehaiman, and Pof. Harold Giffin faculty advisor. Formal pledging of Kappa Mu was held last Sunday afternoon at five o'clock in DeLand Hall. Professor Giffin preside. DELTA SIG PARTY The Halloween party of Delta Sigma Phi, social fraternity, was the, scene of much hilarity on the part of some sixty guests, appropriately clad in Halloween garb. 'Held last Saturday night at the Women's Club, the gala affair was declared a hugh success. One of the higher points of the evening was the superb entertainment provided by Jack Neblett , and his instrumental trio. C°ffiM!r3*e with the ftfesfcje Krewe..