The Stetson Reporter

.m Joan Cook.Wins Florida Citrus Queen Title JOAN COOK, GORGEOUS LITTLE Stetson co-ed, is shown wearing the crown of Miss Florida Citrus which she copped last Tuesday night over contestants representing .organizations all over the state of Florida in Winter Haven. Joan is a sophomore from Miami and was sponsored in the state contest by the Stetson Reporter. THREE HOBSON GENERATIONS HONORED THURSDAY IN CHAPEL Thursday's, chapel program was a banner day for recoguization to outstanding Stetsonians. Three generations of Hobsons, the 1948 Varsity football team, managers, arid members of thc cheering section, and Joan Cook were honored during tlie services. Dr. W. A. Hobson, who-lias served continuously for 46 years By BILL FISHER Reporter Staff Writer Joan Cook, winner pf last week's Reporter- sponsored beauty contest Tuesday added another feather to her cap! The comely five-foot-three 112-pound Stetson lovely, who represented the University in the Citrus Exposition Queen contest at Winter Haven walked off with top honors there to become this year's Florida Citrus Queen: After winning the contest Monday, Miss Cook traveled to the famous Cypress Gardens where she. was .officially crowned on Tuesday evening. The grey-eyed, brunette sophomore is well known on the campus for her work with the Stetson Gl'ee Clubs and the Stover Little The- atre. Miss Cook is majoring in Sociology. The Florida Citrus Queen-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cook of Miami. She is a graduate of Miami Senior High where she was active in music and dramatics, and was a member of the Masque Club. Joan is a member of Pi Beta Phi social sorority, which-sponsored her' in the Reporter-sponsored contest. 62nd YEAR "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" STETSON UNIVERSITY NUMBER 18 NEWPLA Y OPENS SECOND NIGHT Dodd To Lecture, Present Art Work Next Wednesday Lamar Dodd, head of the department of-aft at* the University of Georgia, will visit art classes here on campus Wednesday, February 23, and will give a lecture in Elizabeth:Hall at;8 o'clock that, evening. Immediately preceding the lecture,, Mr.;; Dodd will,be honored',by.a bati? quet given by Kappa Pi, national art fraternity on campus, :• The visiting professor is s,tiip-i ping 21 of his drawings. to M,iss i Sara' E. Harvey, Stetson .professor Y of art, to b'e used in his .exhibition.'( Fifteen are new drawings, created especially for His trip to tliis campus. Mr. Dodd will also give a demonstration of portrait paintings during his lecture. Dodd is at present head of the Southern States Art League and (Continued on Page Two) LAMAR DODD r ;; t : s ce n" the University, his" grands o n and granddaughter, Frank and Fran, were called to the stage to receive the ovation of the audience. Absent was Justice T. Frank Hobson of the Florida Supreme Court, father of the two students and a graduate of the Stetson College of Law. Dr. Hobson has served as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, the Grace Church of St. Petersburg., and the Dis- ston Avenue Baptist Church, which he organized and where he remained until he retired several year? at-o. The Varsity football team, managers and members of the cheering group were presented letters and ' blankets by Head Coach Brady Co- well after a short presentation talk by President Edmunds. Joan Cook, who won the Florida Citrus Queen beauty contest last Tuesday, wtjs presented flowers during the exercises by Student Association President Fred Owen and Reporter Editor Felton Davis as a token of appreciation from their respective groups on her achievement. Joan was sponsored in the Stetson contest by Pi Beta Phi sorority and in the state contest at Winter Haven by the Reporter. Etoff afford Receives Charter NATIONAL GRAND President of Sigma Phi Epsilon, Larken Bailey, right, presents that long awaited Sig Epi charter to Charles. PafV ford, Jr., president of the new Florida Beta Chapter. Seated in the center is William "Bill" Kerr, master of ceremonies, and "funjpy man" of the evening. Announcement. And Copy Deadlines For Reporter Persons wishing to submit announcements to be used in the Reporter must do so by Tuesday preceding each Friday's publication date. Organizations contributing news matter should have their copy typewritten, double-spaced and in the Reporter office by Wednesday noon. No copy will be accepted after that deadline. "Man Who Camfc':|. To Dinner" Proves Howling Success There is no doubt about tht? fact that "The Man Who Came to Dinner" is one of the funniest farces which Kaufman and Hart have written. A full house was vowed at the firrst performance! last evening at the Stover Little1 Theatre. The play was tecb7 nically smooth, and/tiytfes part of its effectiveness \ to the steadily accelerating tempo and jthe mounting complications Vhich: ensues as one,, character after' another is introduced. Sheridan Whiteside is a lecturer and friend of the great who gets marooned in a mid-western town- and proceeds to Insult everyone- about him. Fred Hope in the role of Sheridan Whiteside, performed ad- ' mirably the author on a lecture tour, who dined at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley and is obliged to stay when he fractured his hip in a fall upon their doorstep. He makes the- visit as objectionable as possible. The three acts are a continuous (Continued on Page 2) CHI MU'S OFFICIALLY BECAME SIG EPS OVER LAST WEEK-END Stetson^Uni versity was host last week-end to the installation of the 90th chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, national men's social fraternity. After an all-clay initiation, which saw thirteen boys hurridly become Chi Mil's, ihe Kentucky-Florida Club was lhe scene, of the. colorful installation banquet of the new chapter and chapter officers. An estimated 90 guests and members attended. In ah after dinner speech, President J. Ollie Edmunds challenged the new chapter saying '"it is up to you to -meet the obligations set before you and to be real leaders on the campus. Up to now fraternities have shown a tendency to be very low in scholastic achievements and more is expected of fraternities than of other groups." Student body president, Fred Owen said that he was glad to see Sigma Phi Epsilon added to the campus. In stating this, he praised the achievement that has thus far been made with the old hospital building, now the chapter house. Charles H. Pafford, Jr., of Daytona Beach, who was once president of the Florida Alpha Chap ter at the University of Florida, was formerly installed president of Florida Beta Chapter. Pafford is the only known Sig Ep to be president of two different Sigma Phi Epsilon chapters. Other officers installed were; Roswell Hicks, Clearwater, vice- president; George Monrison, III, Daytona Beach, historian; Bruce Perkins, Danbury, Ct., comptroller; and Bonnell P. Coachman, Clearwater, secretary. The presence of two original founders of Sigma Phi Epsilon, William L. Phillips, Richmond, Va., and Rev. Thomas V. McCaul, Gainesville; together with three national officers, Larkin Bailey, National Grand President; William (Continued on Page Two)