The Stetson Reporter

Fifth Year—No. 27 DELAND FLA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1940 Z103 Price Five Cents KIRKLAND AND DEKLE WIN CASE PRESENTED ON LAW SCHOOL DAY Attorney General Gibbs and Florida Supreme Court Justices Sit Pro Tempore In Stetson Supreme Court McNULTY DISCUSSES WAGE HOUR LAW The Thomas Club, composed cf Hal Dekie '40L and Torn Kirkland MOL were winners ever John J. Cherry '40L and Harry Newett '40L in the Law Club Competitions held last Saturday before Justices Elwyn H. Thomas and Arm' stead Brown of the Florida Supreme Court and Attorney General Couper Gibbs, sitting pro tempore as judges of the Supreme Court of Stetson. The arguments were a part of the program for the second annual law school day. Visiting luminaries of the legal profession were numerous for the arguments and discussion and banquet. Hon. George A. McNultly. led a discussion concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act in which Lion. J. L. Reaves and Hon. M. L. Fleischel participated. Dekle, Kirkland, Cherry and Newett were awarded the prizes for their participation in the third year arguments by Justice Thomas at the barristers' banquet held Saturday evening. Other law club prizes were awarded by John J. Scarlett, Past President of the Volusia County Bar Association to the winners of the first and second year arguments. Those receiving certificates were: Harold Vann MIL. Charlotta Washburne '41L, Richard Sauls '41L, Frank Davis '41 LA, F. A. LeRov Barkstrom '42L, Harold Clark '42L, Dorothea Clarson '42L, and Vernon Turner '42L. Swing and Sway Theme of College Co-ed Playday Girls From Six Colleges To Visit Campus This Week ■ Approximately 100 ' co-edS: from six Florida colleges, will be the guests of the S.tetson Physical Education department and the . Women's Athletic' Associa-i tion this week-end in an all-, college playday. Girls from Rollins, Tampa, Tallahassee, St. Petersburg, Florida Southern, and Miami will add their musical and. athletic bit to the carrying out of the playday theme, ""Swing and Sway at Our Play- day."' Miss Nelle Campbell, director of Physical "Education for women, announces that one of (Continued on Page 5) f Junior- Senior Banquet Mon. The annual Junior-Senior banquet will be held Monday evening, April 15, at 6 o'clock, in the University Commons, according to an announcement by Charlotte Werwage '41 president of the Junior class and in charge of general arrangements. An interesting and entertaining program of musical numbers and short speeches is planned, and Miss Werwage states that every Junior and every Senior should be present. Stormy Session Ends In Defeat For Honor System Student Body Votes 197 For, 222 Against, Honor Amendment Student advocates of an Honor System were forced to admit defeat last week after a fiery student body meeting revealed that student opinion was too widely divergent about approval A secret ballot to ascertain whether there was a two-thirds majority in favor of amending the .Constitution tallied 222 against the measure and 197 favorable. The rejection of the amendment prevented the discus sion from reaching the stage of actual parley on the Honor Code itself. Outstanding among the objec tions registered against the code were concerned with the practice of reporting fellow students to an Honor Council. The code, as drawn up by a student commit, tee under Lydia Theurer, chair. man, called for penalties in cases of stealing, cheating on exams and ' quizzes, padding parallel reading reports, and submitting another's work as original. The technical defeat of the Honor Code marked the end of several months of working and fighting on the part of advocates since the beginning of the school year. Thursday's student body meeting was a scene of hot and rapid cross argument, with stu. dent leaders expressing . frank and almost violent statements for both sides of the question. Silver Anniversary Enjoyed by P.A.D.'s Miami Attorney and Justice Brown Made Honorary Members The silver anniversary celebration of David J. Brewer chapter of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, held last Saturday, will long be remembered on the campus as an outstanding event. Hon. Armstead Brown, Justice of the Florida Supreme Court and Hon. J. P. Simmons, promi-; nent Miami attorney, were initiated as honorary members of the local chapter. Silver P. A. D. keys were presented to returning chapter members and John Cherry '40L. was awarded a past justice's key. Hon. Elwyn H. Thomas, charter member of the local P. A. D. group and justice of the Florida Supreme Court, prei sided as toastmaster at the lunch; eon at the university commons. Prominent Speaker At Law Day Banquet Hon George A. McNulty, above, visited the campus Saturday to deliver one of the outstanding addresses heard on the Law School Day program. Mr. McNulty is the general counsel for the Wage- Hour division of the U. S. Department of labor. He is a recognized expert in the field of labor law, and he was Assistant Chief of Litigation of the National Recovery Administration. Later he became Senior Attorney Expert with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DEAN AND DR. SMITH RESIGN POSTS TO ACCEPT POSITIONS AT BAYLOR President Allen Regretfully Accepts Resignation of Dean and % Biology Department Head The resignations of Charles G. Smith, Dean of the Uni' versity and head of the Department of English, and Dr. Cor' nelia Smith, professor and head of the Department of Biolc gy, was announced April 3 by President W. S. Allen. No announcement of the selection of successors to the retiring has been Dr. Richard M. Sutton, associate professor of physics at Haverford College, who spoke last Monday. Severence Elected Presidenf Florida Library Association! Harold Colee and Miss Culver Are Speakers at DeLand Convention The Florida Library Association, meeting in DeLand this past week, elected Professor R. W. Severence, Stetson librarian, as its president. Professor Severence had been serving as head of the group since the death of the previous president last year. Other officers elected were: vice president, Miss Bertha Aid- rich, Miami Beach Public Library; 2nd vice president, Dan- ial H. Redfearn, Miami attorney and member State Library Board; secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Jearnigan, University of Florida; and treasurer, Wesley Summers, Jacksonville Public Library. An outstanding speaker of the convention was Harold Colee, chairman of the Florida Library Board. In his talk, "Library Objectives for Florida," Mr. Colee first defined a public library as a "social institution," which is supported by the public and maintained for the use and education of the public. Mr. Colee explained how great advancement had been made during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the growth of public • libraries, especially through the interests of women's clubs and allied organizations. "Today we must face the fact that the majority of our public |ris not. in school, and it is the public libraries that continue to educate people "after they have left school," Mr. Colee stated. Mr. Colee further explained how many people have been taught to read through the aid of government funds, and consequently the number of persons wishing to read books and magazines had increased so that it is up to the public lbraries to meet these demands. Mr. Colee mentioned five (Continued On Page 8) Workshop Plays Witt Be Given Saturday Eve Saturday night the Play Production class will take over,the. Stover Theatre and present the first group of a series of nights of one act plays. Plays for this Saturday evening's entertainment,, to be given in the order named, are "Davie's Quiet Evening'" (directed by Marzee McDonald), "Inn of Return" (directed by Sara Elizabeth Clark), "It's an HI Wind" (directed by Nell Lynn and Hal Hall), and "Red Carnations" (directed by David Bracey). The evening of April 20 another group of four one act plays directed by members of the play production class, will, be given. April 27 original plays written by members of the playwriting class will be acted in addition: to some experimental theatre work in which a group of those in the playwriting class will act out impromptu situations suggested by the audience. Plays for April 20 will ,| be "Romance, Inc." (directed j by Ruth Osburn and Nadia Maull), "Lady Fingers" (directed ;by Hugh Latimer), "The Burglir" (directed by Gordon Kipp and Walter Scharer), and "Goodnight, Please!" (directed I by Gene Lloyd and Steve Reed) I pair has been made as yet, though it is certain that such ap- pointments will be made before September 1, when the couple's resignation becomes effective. "It is with regret that I accept the resignations of Dean and Dr. Smith," President Allen stated. "During the past five years they have rendered distinctive service in helping to build a greater Stetson." Dean and Mrs. Smith will take up their duties at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, in the fall. Dean Smith will hold the chair of professor of English, while his wife will serve as professor of English and Biology. Baylor is not a new scene of activity for them, for it was there that they had been teaching for many years before coming to Stetson. President Allen further expressed his sincere desire for their continued success, stating that as Dean of the University, Dean Smith has accomplished much toward building curriculum, faculty and scholarship, and as professor of English has given freely of his money and time toward building the library and the department. Dr. Smith, states the president, has through constant service and ability built the Stetson Biology department into one of the finest of its kind in the southeast. Both Dean and Dr. Smith are recognized personalities in their fields, holding degrees from outstanding institutions in the country. Dean Smith holds degrees from Wake Forest, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of North Carolina, with a Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Smith has degrees fom Baylor, University of Chicago, and Johns Hopkins also. Each has recorded many years of active and successful teaching experiences in several different schools. Dr. Sutton Amazes Audience With Demonstrations Haverford Professor Gives Two Lectures On Physics Two demonstrated lectures on physics and the practical application of its laws, were presented Monday afternoon and evening by Dr. Richard M. Sutton, associate professor of physics at Haverford College. Dr. Sutton who was brought to Stetson by the Sigma Pi Sigma physics fraternity, spoke on the more technical side of physics Monday afternoon in his talk entitled "Some Mechancal Curiosities." "An Excursion Through Physics" as the topic of the evening lecture in which Dr. Sutton showed the importance of the methods of physics in astral physics, construction of build*- (Continued On Page 8)