The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter Seventh Year—No. 4 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1941 2103 Price Five Cents DIETITIAN STETSON HOMECOMING CELEBRATION DATE CHANGED TO FEBRUARY 7 Basketball Game to be Main Attraction Departing from years of tradition, Stetson University will hold its annual Homecoming celebration on February 7, the anniversary of Stetson's. founding. The change, which was announced at the first student body meeting Oct. 2, by President James Golden, is being made so that the Homecom' ing program may be centered' about a basketball game rather than the customary football game. Golden stated that those in •charge were trying to arrange a ,game with the Uinversity of Miami for the event. As in previous years, all organizations on campus will enter floats in the parade and bancfe from neighboring high schools will parade. x\lumni will be entertained with various banquets, and a play is planned at the Little Theatre in which alumni will play leading roles. x4i the Student Association Meeting Harod Clark reported -on the Permanent Swimming Pool Committee and asked for donations. Dave Lehman, member of the DeLand Safety Committee presented the following motion. That the student body of Stetson University goes . on record as favoring and giving their whole-hearted co-operation to the safety campaign being conducted by the City of De- Land, and that the ctiy be notified immediately of these intentions. The motion was carried. A motion was made and carried that the Extra-Curricular J Activities Committee, together with the Swimming Pool Committee, be put in charge of Sadie Hawkins Day. Mrs. Mary Cree McLaughlin popular new dietitian, who was appointed to the position left vacant through the resignation of Mrs. Helen Batson Bose. APPOINTMENTS TO DEFENSE COUNCIL Allen Makes Five Appointments Five appointments to the Stetson University Defense Council were made by President W. S. Allen Chairman today filling a 'umber of vacancies feft by faculty members who resigned over the summer months. Dean H. C .Garwood replaces Dean Benson W. Davis as chair- this held Debate Group Ogranized M on. Pi Kappa Delta Meeting Thursday The initial meeting of year's debate group was Monday afternoon by debate coach Miss Lydia Theurer. Those who turned out for the team Irma John Lewis, Bruce Reid, Oleda Dyson, Virginia Agett, Max Stamper, and Herman Turnage. The debate topic this year will be, Resolved: That the Federal Government should regulate by law all labor unions in the. United States. Note: Constitutionality conceeded. Plans are already in progress for the statewide practice tournament which is held at Stetson an- ONE ACT PLAYS BEGIN DRAMATIC SCHEDULE SAT. "Happy Journey" to Be Presented In Jacksonville Oct. 29 The Stover Little Theatre will open its season this Saturday night, October 11, at 8:30 with a bang in the form of three one-act plays- "Round Trip" will be ably enacted by that stellar performer, Flonnie Anders, along. with Frances Twitty, Nancy Rossit- ter, Irma French, Frank Watson, and David Lehman. The play is written by Carl Aliens- worth, and is a good, old homespun tale. A perfect female comedy with a perfect female cast is "They're None of Them Perfect" by Sof-hie Kerr. These women are portrayed by Ruth Odum, Betty Powers, Natalie True, Anne Burrell, Voncile Powell, and Frances Inman. Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize author of "Our Town," gives us "Happy Journey" for the third play. Acting will be by Helern Doris McCormick, Pat Sweet, Betty Smith, Ed Cooper, Harold Fiquette and Ed Dail. Directing the three plays are Dr. Stover, Mrs. McEntire, and Miss Lydia Theurer. "Happy Journey" will be taken to Jacksonville on October 29th where it will be given for the benefit of the Woman's Club. GLEE CLUB SQUAD TO GIVE PROGRAM nan of the committee on Cur-. „ . , . _ .... ■ ricula and Assembly, Dean | "."A ^lth *>°\\5 being con. Thomas Lambert replaces Dean Raymond who served on the same committee when it was or ganized last spring. Dr. Larcom and Dr. Duckwitz, appointed last spring on the committee. Edward Furlong replaces C. -R. M. Sheppard as chairman of the Emergency precaution committee, while others appointed last spring including Professors Heney, Faulkner. McEniry, Lowery and Coach Cowell remain as appointed last spring. Prof. Harry S. Winters and Edward Furlong replace Profes- James Wilson and Henry J. Fox on the Phvsical Education Committee while the Extra-Curricula Activities Committee headed by Carl (Doc) Johnson and including Robert Barnett. Prof. Giffin and two undergraduates James Golden and Dick Feasel remains according to appointments made 'lagr spring. HATTER MEETING . Marion Merrill, Editor of The Hatter, announces a meeting of ■the staff in the Hatter office at. 3:30 on Thursday, October 9. Sunday night, October 13, the traveling squad of the Stetson are: Georgina Castagnet,|University Glee Club will begin French, Doris Hartman, I its season with a concert for the District Kiwanis Convention in Orando. Last year, the mixed quartet represented Stetson at the Kiwanis Convention, and were so well received this year thirty-five members of last year's club have been invited to sing. A program of sacred and secular selections will be presented for the Kiwanians. Professor Harold M. Giffin, director of the Glee Clubs, announced that the scheduled con- ert in Atlanta on October 16 has been postponed because of the sidered as a possible date. An informal meeting of the Florida Beta chapter of Pi Kappa Delta fraternity will be held Thursday at 9 p. m. in the grill room. LANDSUDE POR FRATERNITES IN LASTNIGHFS CLASS ELEQIONS Nix and Dail Are Senior President and Vice President; Ernest Machen Wins Junior Class Prexy by Narrow Margin Heading the list of officers named last evening in the class elections are Sidney Nix, senior class president Ernest Machen, president of the junior class; Bob H^ryXhomore dlnr P^den%and ^rry McCollum, freshmS SHS dent. Other officers elected were also mainly fromtfjTfrt ternity party and include senior class officers Ed Dail, vice-ore? ;;]t^Iiri-Walden,S ": and Mary Helen Hill, treasurer For the junior class George s£ ton, vice-president, Mary MoS secretary, and Ruth Odum, treat urer were elected by close mar- . Sophomore class officers furn- wheda Wrnity]ands]rdeS eS/^ --i—idlnt; n , wSeedland> secretary; and ^ddershein, treasurer/win. For the freshmen Dick Saur- an?TernaSTeleCted ™-presrdaeUnt, and jean Trigg, treasurer on the fraternity ticket, while Kit Ben! ton was elected secretary on the Non-Frat ticket. SPEAKERS BUREAU BEGINS FIRST YEAR 15 Engagements Scheduled For Student Speakers Stetson's newly - inaugurated S]>eaker's Bureau will have a very successful first season this year, for approximately fifteen engagements have already been arranged. The Speaker's Bureau sponsored by Miss Lydia Theurer functions to provide speakers on many different subjects for programs to be given throughout the state. This beureau is a device for giving advanced speech students practical experience. Circulars are sent to all secretaries of the Chambers of Commerce and the civil organizations of every city within a radius of ISO miles and to all large cities outside that radius. No charge is being made for those clubs desiring speakers except the cost of transportation. Those who are already active participants are Flonnie x^nders, Tama; Ann Burrell, modern art • Aaron Rutledge, Church History in Florida; John Lewis, Far Eastern Situation, "So Sorry, Japan;" Dr. Erich Saxl, Austrian History and Comparative Education; Bob Barnett, Publicity, and The Seeing Eye Dog; and Bill Strickland, The Argar- ian Movement in Southern Literature. These speakers have prepared their topics during the summer for their coming engagements. The organization will also send out debaters and furnish a limited number of readings. Thus for Nancy Rossetter and Flonnie Anders are the only students .scheduled for readings. A ~ epidemic of infantile paralvsisin Km" PIayers Troupe has also Georgia at this time.'The Si e'n av's^bT'/° T^ °n€"aCt Club hopes to appear in that c tv I, ^\onIy charge for this ...... , . 11 m tnat city group w.ll be the cost of laities and production NEW LAW PROFESSORS" at a later date. RAT COURT SESSION FROSH Pictured above are the three law professors"^! on the staff of the College of Law From left,' ^V^ssfully begun a year of tiaching m law; D, R. F. Howes, assistant proSsorlf' J ^ ^MM? °" ^' **™^ , and J. luchard McLure, instructor in. law. Amusing Program Rats Present Freshmen of Conrad Hall faced Rat Court for the first time Monday, September 29. With Dave Lehman presiding as judge |"and Dale Melching and Frank Watson as prosecuting attorneys, judgment was passed on the offending freshmen. A program was first presented by the rats for the amusement of the upper-classmen. Rat (Joe) Smith gave his impression of Gypsy Rose Lee; which was followed by several violin selections from Rat (Bob) Parks. x\nother Rat, Davis Long, sang and accompanied himself on the accor- dian. A hill-billy number was rendered by four freshmen who said that it was an effort to outdo those "Sarasota girls." Following the program Rat (Dick) Every was sentenced to give a ten minute lecture on. "What to Wear at College." Having warned freshmen that after this session any infringement of the rules would meet with sterner punishment, Judge Lehmann adjourned court until the following Monday night. Saturday morning found Rat Every on the steps of the Court House lecturing from 10:00 until 11:10 while handsomely garbed in'a sheet. He eloquently addressed townspeople and groups of students on the latest word in college fashions, and especially advised freshmen to wear their rat caps. Saturday also found Rat (Howard) Fiquette operating a traveling shoe-shine stand in front of the Barnett Bank building. Unfortunately for those citizens who wished to have their shoes polisheed, Rat Fiquett, had to admit when asked, that he had just run out of shoe polish. PRESS CLUB MEET The Press Club will hold a meeting Wednesday, Oct. 15, The meeting is to be held at S :30 in the University Commons.