The Stetson Reporter

*?J'g-?P^T-£:^ ■■<*>*,Jl*^.^-&¥&'&sQ&*frl '■$k**f *>I3Ssj*^S«|5 »■ The Stetson Reporter Fifth Year—No. 20 DELAND."FLA. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 1940 Z103 Price Five Centa TRUSTEE COMMTEE HOLDS KEY TO FUTURE OF LAW SCHOOL Meeting to Move College of Law Board Discusses Plans at Annual A bid from the Jacksonville Bar Association for the removal of the Stetson School of Law to that city highlighted the measures under consideration in last Thursday's meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University. According to a statement issued after the session, a committee has been appointed from the ranks of the members of the board to investigate the matter, pending a report at a later date. "The board received dur- its meeting," reads the statement issued and signed by President W. S. Allen, "a proposal from the Jacksonville Bar Association that the School of Law be removed from the city of DeLand to the city of Jacksonville, and the committee of the Board, composed of the President of the University, former Governor Doyle E. Carlton, S. Bryan Jennings, and Judge J. Ollie Edmunds, chairman, was named by the Board to study the proposal submitted." No further comment as to specific plans of the transfer was made by either University officials or members of the Board, Before the meeting was adjourned plans were made to meet again the afternoon of Commencement Day, early in June, and it is believed that the report of the committee will be submitted at that time. Further business with which the Board of, Trustees was concerned was the report submitted by President Allen, reviewing the prog- res? made in the various activities of the University during the year just passed. Dr. Allen called attention to the increase in scholarship, to the numerous improvements, and listed the immediate npeds of the University, which include three new buildings, more endowment, a student loan fund, and beautification of the campus. The report was accepted. Twelve of the twenty-two members of the Board were present at the meeting. These include John B. Stetson, Jr., Philadelphia, President of the Board; E. L. (Continued on Page 5) Campus Poets May Submit Verse to College Anthology Book to Consist of Unpublished Poems Aspiring campus poets will have the opportunity to have some of their works published in a college anthology, according to a notice received Monday by Dean Charles G. Smith. Students in all American colleges, the notice said, are invited to submit poems to judges who wil carefully select the best verse for inclusion in the Triad Anthology of College Verse. The publishers place no restrictions on the type of poetry submitted, but require that each (Continued on Page Eight) One of Stetson's Phi beta Kappa faculty members, Dr. R. I. Allen, Professor of Physics, was honored last Saturday with the election to the presidency of the first central Florida chaper of the national scholastic fraternity. Stetson Professor Heads Association Of Phi Beta Kappa Dr. R. I. Allen Chosen President of Group At Rollins Meet I>r. R. I. Allen, professor of physics at Stetson, was elected the first president of the Alpha community of Phi Beta Kappa at a meeting held at Rollins on Saturday evening. The purpose of this meeting was to install an Alpha chapter for all Phi Beta Kappa members in central Florida. The Charter was presented by Dr. Albert Shaw, who was former editor of the Review of Reviews. Dr. Oscar Voohees, executive Secretary of United Chapters of Phi ;P>eta Kappas, gave the main address on the history and development of the Phi Beta Kappa and brought out many of the organization's pres- ent achievements. Duplicate charters were awarded, one to Stetson and one to Rollins. Officers elected _ were vice president, William T. Hutchings from Rollins, the executive committee is composed of Dr. L. G. LaFuze, Dr. Helen Cole and Dr. George Scott. Stetson members of Phi Beta Kappa present were Dr. and Airs. R. I. Allen. Dr. G. L. la- Fuze, Dr. W. S. Cordis, and Mary McCurdie, a member of Phi Kappa Phi, another honorary fraternity. Members of under-graduate scholastic fraternities were invited to attend. Those present from Stetson were Sarah Elizabeth Clark, Margaret Payne,. Dorothy Lou •Burgman, William Strickland, and Betty Robinson. Seven Campus Leaders Are Tapped By Mystic Krewe Raymond Outlines Gaps in Florida Penal System Students Addressed At Gainesville Dean Paul E. Raymond outlined five important gaps in our penal system in a talk given as part of a course on the treatment of delinquents and prevention of delinquency which was held at the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School in Gainesville yesterday. "First," said Dean Raymond, "Florida needs centralized administration system which will be effective in both the state prisons and road camps. Second, we need institutions which will properly classify the prisoners. At present the 'first offenders' are placed in the same prison with the more hardened criminals. Third, a seperate prison is needed for women. Fourth, more industries are needed to keep ■the convicts occupied. Fifth, Florida needs to create a sound adult system for probation and parole." A recent report has been made by the Federal government of all. the penal and correctice organizations in Florida and the address which Dean Raymond was asked to give was a result of this survey. In a talk before the Orlando Kiwanis Club last Friday Dean Raymond stressed the individual's citizenship responsibility in Florida. "In some localities," he said, "politics seem to be looked upon as a business rather than a service. If we Addressing students in a short course in the problems of delinquency at Gainesville yesterday, Dean Paul E. Raymond of the Stetson Law School outlined the "Gaps in Our Penal and Correction System." GLEE CLUB TO PRESENT ANNUAL HOME CONCERT TOMORROW NIGHT Dick Feasel's Clubmen Will be Featured in Varied Program The annual home concert of the Glee Club, under the direction of Harold M. Giffin, professor of voice, will be given tomorrow evening in the Stover Little Theatre. The Glee Club will be augmented by the music of Dick Feasel and his college Clubmen Orchestra as was the case in the musical review given by the club last •spring to raise funds for their trip to Baltimore and New York. Feasel has made a number of arrangements for the Glee Club in the past year including the "Gershwin Medley," which was introduced by the Club at its Baltimore Concert and has since won favor with audiences in other parts of the country. Feasel's arrangement of a group of songs by Jerome Kern, composer of operettas and musical comedies, will be heard on tomorrow's pro- LEADERSHIP FRATERNITY HONORS STUDENTS OF MANY ACTIVITIES Neophyte Krewemen are Feasel, Newett, Graham, Schaefer, McEmberi Parmley and Heebner Seven students were tapped Monday morning by the Mystic Krewe, Campus leadership fraternity, and thus received the highest recognition for leadership offered Stetson men. In an impressive ceremony presided over by Gadi Lawton '41, newly-elected captain of the Krewe, the seven neophyte Krewemen were tapped during the regular chapel services. Invited to join the leadership group were H a r r y Newett '40L, Vincent Schaefer '40, Cliff Parmley '40, Vance Graham '41, Bob Mc- Ember '41, Bob Heebner '41, and Dick Feasel '42. Captain Lawton, congratulating the newly-invited Krewe members, said that each man deserved "our heartiest congratulations." "Every one of you has attained campus leadership in your particular field," he said. "Membership in the Mystic Krewe can be considered one of the greatest honors that can be conferred on a Stetson man." Praised by Allen President W. S. Allen added his congratulations to Lawton's and praised the Krewe for its great service to the progress of the University. Harry Newett, LeesBurg, attained the highest scholarship in the College of Law and was the only law student to make the Dean's List for the fall semester of 1939-40. He is also active in varsity tennis. Vincent Schaefer, Indianapolis, Ind., is captain of the basketball team and has been an outstanding athlete during his four years at Stetson. He is president of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Clifford Parmley, Hutchinson, Kans., is an unusual combination of scholar and athlete. He is a member of the basketball squad and played end on the 1939 Hatter Hootball team. Varsity Debater Vance Graham, Bristol, Tenn., is active in vavrsity debate. As a member of the Stetson team, he debated the Oxford University squad when it visited this country in November. He is an officer in Sigma Nu fraternity. Bob Heebner, DeLand, is a leader in literary activities. He is editor of the Stetsonian, campus literary magazine, and was recently named to fill the post of news editor of the Stetson Reporter, student weekly newspaper. Dick Feasel, DeLand, was awarded last year the Mystic Krewe plaque for the most outstanding freshman man. The leader of the College Clubmen, an orchestra made up of students, Feasel is active in musical activities on the campus. He is a member of Kappa Psi, national band fraternity. continue to sanction an attitude which regards public office holding as a means of earning a livelihood rather than as a means of serving the state, the we shall certainly not be fulfilling our citizenship responsibilities," he remarked. !! •!■; lit ill gram for the first time and will be presented by the Stetson Radio Chorus. The program will open with the Glee Club giving its group of sacred numbers, followed by solos and a mixed quartet, and Feasel's orchestra will be used for the last half of the concert. The Glee Club has planned a program of specialty numbers featuring soloists, a male quartet, a mixed quartet, two trios, and the widely-acclaimed radio chorus. Sacred numbers, negro spirituals, light classic songs and school medleys are included in the selections. 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