The Stetson Reporter

'5>> . ^**' The Stetson Seventh Year—No 13 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17, 1941 Z103 Price Five Cents AUDIENCE OF 1200 HEARS PERFORMANCE OF THE MESSIAH Sunday Afternion Concert Draws Record Gathering; Silver Offering Totals $122.00 With Proceeds Going to Red Cross A record crowd of 1,200 people jammed Elisabeth Hall auditorium and the Art Room to hear the seventh annual performance of Handel's "The Mefsiah" Sunday afternoon. For the first tim^ in the history of the annual presentation A silver offering was taken for incidental expenses connected with "The Messiah" and for the American Red Cross. The total sum collected was $122.00, but it has not yet been determined how much will be needed for the actual expenses. Professor Harold M. Giffin, director of the Glee Club who conducted orchestra and chorus Sunday afternoon, is quoted as saying that he was pleased with the entire performance. "Not only was it the best attended presentation of "The Messiah," but the good spirit which audiences and performers displayed was deeply gratifying. "I was also pleased," said Prof. Giffin, "with aptitude of new chorus and orchestra members in learning their music and with the improvement which soloists displayed over previous years." For the fourth consecutive year Frances Arkley sang the soprano Air "Come Unto Him, All Ye That Labour" and Barbara Peden sang the familiar Air for soprano "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth." Mildred Dickert, Alma Kelley, and Archie McMillan were Continued on page 8) Radio Guild Presents Christmas Play Over WMFJ at 3:30 Today One Act Christmas Play Adapted by Jane Knight "Peace I Give Unto You," a one act play adapted for radio by Jane Knight, will be presented by the Stetson Radio Guild this afternoon at 3:30 p. m. from WMFJ in Daytona Beach. The play, which tells the story of a war torn Christmas Eve, will be enacted by Barbara Hunter. Natalie True, xArchie xAlcAlillian, Cliff Wynns, Sambo Heyward, Barbara Peden, Billy Mathis, and Gordon Williamson. Music for the program will be in charge of Billy Mathis who will direct a quartet in the singing of some of our best beloved carols. Dick Feasel is in charge of production. STUDENT BODY VOTES CANCEL OF '4142 HOMECOMING PLANS NOTICE! The School of Business will hayfe iJs monthly meeting tolay at 1:00 in room 301 Elizabeth Hall, it is announced by John Gould, Vice-president. Business School officers state that the meeting is important and urge all to attend. The new constitution will be presented for adoption, it was announced. Stetson Campus To Participate In Red Cross War Relief Drive Bob Barnett Heads Stetson Committee; DeLoach and Dyson Are Student Representatives Activities on the Stetson campus in cooperation with the recently-launched War Relief Drive of the American Red Cross will get under way in full swing immediately after the Christmas recess closes, Icampus committee miembers reported Tuesday. Temporary plans, designed to take advantage of all time remaining before students leave for their homes on Friday, were reported to be in the process of formulation. Until further instructions are received from local and national Red Cross offices, the campus drive will head up at the office of the Bureau of Publicity, reports indicated, where subscriptions from students or members of the faculty will be received and recorded. Bob Barnett, publicity director for Stetson, was named this week by local Red Cross authorities as campus chairman, with Prof. Hugh McEniry and George Ehlhardt already listed as leaders in the committee organization. Oleda Dyson and Dekle DeLoach • will aid as ■ student representatives in helping the trio direct the campus effort, reports stated. According to an announcement by national chairman Norman H. Davis,' the American Red Cross has set a minimum goal of fifty million dollars as its War Relief-program. Reports explained that the funds are needed for work among civilians who have been bombed from their homes in the Pacific, and for general humanitarian efforts both on the Pacific front and on the continent of , the United States. CHRISTMAS CAROL TO BE PRESENTED TWICE TOMORROW Dickens' Play To Be Given at 4 and 8 p. m. The Christmas spirit will claim the attention of a large group of theatre goers tomorrow afternoon and evening when the Stover Little Theatre presents Dicken's immortal play, A Christmas Carol, in two performances at 4:00 and 8:00 p. m. Directors of the play are Irving C. Stover, Dee Willian McEntire., and Lydia A. Theurer. Playing the part of Ebeneez- er Scrooge, the granite-hearted miser, will 'be Edward Dail who has appeared in numerous Stover Theatre productions. The reader, who narrates parts of the action will be John Lewis. Other members of the cast include William Herpel as Bob Cratchit; Jimmy Smith as Fred, Scrooge's nephew; Robert Lee as the Collector; J. T. Burdine as the Ghost of Marley; Clifford Gotaas as the Ghost of Chrstmas Past: Arthur Estes as the Ghost of Christmas Present; Richard Saurbruh as the Chost of the Christmas Future; David Lehman as Fezziwig; Irma French as Mrs. Fezziwig; John Smith as Dick Wilkins; Frank Watson as Young Scrooge; Frances Twitty as Scrooge's fiancee; Stetson Dorothy Tean Morris as Mrs. The Cratchit; Marjorie Coker as Belinda Cratchit; Oleda Dyson as Martha Fratchit; Jackie Conn as Tiny Tim; and Chuck Warner as Peter Cratchit. On the production staff are Helen Doris McCorminck, Stage Manager; Nancy Rossetter, House Manager; Ed Cooper, scenery; Bud Ware, Stage Electrician: and Flonnie Anders, Pauline Bennett, and Jimmy ^mith: Properties. "CHRISTMAS CAROL" DIRECTORS Pictured above are the three directors of Dicken l's Christmas Carol which will be presented tomorrow afternoon and night in matinee and evening performances. From left to right they are Irving C. Stover, Dee Willian McEntire, and Lydia A. Theurer. Simple Founder's Day Event Is ^ Planned as Substitute For Annual Alumni Homecoming PROPOSAL CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE In response to a Mystic Krewe proposal, which based its appeal upon the uncertainty of war-time conditions and the need to avoid spending of comparatively little importance. Stetson University students and faculty members yesterday voted unanimously to cancel the institution's annual Homecoming Day celebration this year. The proposal, as read to the regular monthly assembly at Stetson, suggested that a simpler program be arranged for February 7, date recently set for the Homecoming event, and that it be carried out around the theme of Founder's Day, with the climaxing feature to be the culmination of a Red Cross subscription drive, to which University personnel and groups would contribute, funds ordinarily spent upon floats and other details. James. Golden, student body present, conducted the morning meeting in his official capacity as captain of the Mystic Krewe. First reading the prepared proposal, he then explained reasons and background which led to the Krewe's presc»».t attitude toward the planning of an elaborate festival in February. The statement read: "Since our country is at war, and all possible funds and materals should be placed at the disposal of the nation in its defense effort, the Mystic Krewe and Faculty Alumni Committee suggest that the annual Homecoming program be canceled, so that the funds ordinarily used for floats, banquets, band expenses and decorations can be given to the Red Cross for its war work. To replace the Homecoming activities, a simple Founder's Day program, which will climax the drive for the Red Cross has been formulated by the Mystic Krewe and the Faculty .Alumni Committee." It was pointed out by Golden that the Mystic Krewe, men's leadership group annually responsible for Homecoming arrangements, felt that war conditions made the project impractical, and that committee members had been investigating and studying the new proposal for some time. '"This is not a thing that has been 'rumped up overnght," he said. "We received the full.support and cooperation of President Allen, who at our request called a meeting of the faculty alumni committee to give .us their opinions. A group of about 25 persons representing a cross- section of the campus was then called together last week for further sudy - of the question. Harris Drew, alumni association president, has expressed his personal approval, and is sending to us his formal statement. The Krewe and the faculty committee now wish to get your (students and faculty) expressions before we carry this to all the alumni." The student president reminded the audience of the recently- announced removal of the Rose Bowl game site, the cancellation Continued on page 8) Forum Lectures Begin January 6 Nine-Weeks Series To Include Lectures Of Present Interest The annual nine-week series of Florida Forum lectures will begin at Stetson on January 6, the day following students' return to classes after the Christmas recess, it was learned from President W. S. Allen late Tuesday. Information regarding the names of speakers and their topics reportedly is not yet ready for publication, due to expected changes in the season's program since the outbreak of war, but advance information indicated that the entire series would include pertinent lectures about the war and countries involved. The 1942 Forum series will constitute the twelfth consecutive year that Stetson has been able to offer the lectures to students and DeLand townspeople. Original donor of the Forum was the late Robert Shai- lor Holmes, of Daytona Beach, a trustee of the institution. Since his death, Mrs. Holmes has continued to sponsor the series for lectures annually are heard each Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, in the auditorium of Elizabeth Hall. .Audiences are permitted to engage in an open forum period after speakers have finished their discussions. According to President Allen and other campus figures, the Forum lecture series are considered as one of Stetson's most outstanding yearly opportunities for instruction in current world affairs.