The Stetson Reporter

mmmBX^T" The Stetson Reporter is distributed Thursday in order to announce Student Body election nominees. The Stetson Be sure to cast your ballot Tuesday. Voting hours are 10:20 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Seventh Year—No. 28 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942 2103 Price 5c Lewis and DeLoach Run For Student Prexy Kfniet Please! Stetson Men's Glee Club Is Recording For Fred Waring Place: WLOF, Orlando—Time: Wednesday— For "Pleasure Time" Listeners Everywhere' "Light up and listen to Fred Waring's Pleasure Time" -—Wednesday at WLOF in Orlando the Stetson male glee club and girls' double trio will record three numbers for the Pleasure Time's National Glee Club in competition with many other American colleges throughout the natien. Ross Park, representative for ' Fred Waring's Pleasure Time, will assist and advise in auditioning and cutting records for the contest. He has been with Waring for the past four years, enriching the glee club with a splendid baritone. The Pennsylvanians started with four boys in their late 'teens -—Fred, his brother, Tom, Poley McClintock who still plays the drums, and the late Fred Buck Ipf whose orchestral arrangements are not just memories. Now the ^'Light up and Listen'' program is searching for hidden talent in U. S. A. ••• if The first arrangement is by our own composer Dick Feasel; it is a patriotic medley in which I1 Feasel poured plenty of talent. j, This is the selected number. The next is one of Waring's selection—"All Through the Night" j -—arranged by Roy Ringwald. I It is a Welsh Folk Song. The last recording in "Go Hatters, Go" in Unison. There will be twenty two male voices and six female vocalists representing Stetson. There will ! be many districts in the compe- j tition; Florida Universities represented are University of Florida, Rollins. Miami, and Stetson II j so the competition won't be nihil. I The winners of eight districts fl ' (the country is divided into dis- »k j tricts) will go to New York in May for the finals. The final winner will appear on Waring's program; there will also be a nationwide hookup featuring a mass concert of the eight lucky | lucky schools that make the trip I to the bi~ city. Mr. Waring's objective in I sponsoring this contest is to cre- ' ate a greater enthusiasm among male glee clubs. Professor Giffin will direct the club in its re- ' cording; Doris Miligan will j handle the accompaniments; Dick Feasel will be the arranger, and the glee club will handle the | vocalizing. First sopranos — I Barbara Peden and Elizabeth Futch, second sopranos — Frances Arkley and Helen Bennett, altos—Dickie Williams and Margaret Reaves. In Feasel's arrangement there will be a baritone narrator — either Gordon Williamson or Robert Hern- don. NOMINEE Dekle DeLoach, Original Stetson Party candidate for the president's chair spoke yesterday at the DeLand Kiwanis Club luncheon on '"The College Man in the World Crisis." DeLoach Challenges Kiwanis Club To Face Youth War Problem Predicts Victory For Countries Which Capture Youthful Intellect Original Stetson And Unity Parties Enter Campaigns Party Lines Reshuffled For Student Government Elections ' The opening chorus of the 1942 electoral opera was sounded this morning in student body meeting as nominations were announced for student government offices. Chapel walls resounded with cheers following each nomination speech giving promise of a close battle between the two parties which have emerged on the political horizon. The two putting up candidates for office this morning were the original Stetson Party and the Unity Party. Departing radically from traditional party lines, each group is attempting to represent a cross section of student society. The Unity party is backed by members of the non-fraternity element, members of the ministerial group, Delta Sigma Phi and Sigma Nu fraternities, and Delta Delta Delta and Pi Beta Phi sororities. The Stetson party is backed by Pi Phi fraternity, members of the non- fraternity groups, members of the ministerial association, and Alpha Xi Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities. Pre-election indications expect a record vote in the offing. None of the groups are expected to cast block votes and voting, as heretofore, may well be for the individual rather than the party. Nominated for the all-important office of president were Dekle DeLoachA on the Stetson ticket and John Lewis on the Unity platform. Frank Watson was the Unity choice for Vice- President, running against Bud (Continued On Page 6) Madame Chiang Kai-shek To Be Given Honorary Degree Stetson Will Confer Doctor of Humanities Degree on China's First Lady For Her Outstanding Works In connection with the nationwide observance of China Week, which ended last Sunday, it was announced in De- Land Monday that Stetson University will confer an honorary degree this year upon Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wiile of the famous Chinese generalissimo. 'President W. S. Allen, said today that the de- UNITY CANDIDATE Speaking to the DeLand Kiwanis Club today, Dekle De- Loach, President of the International Relations Club, voiced a challenge to the members of the Kiwanis Club as being responsible for the thoughts of American youth in the present day crisis. DeLoach stated that members of the older generation must ask members of the younger generation to face the issue that history has forced upon them, that the present battleground in the world wasn't composed of physical characteristics, but a battle that was fought upon the plain of human spirit, and added, that even though the Nazi war machine had conquered country after country in Europe, they must ("Continued on Page 5) Theta Alpha Phi Pledges Four Theta Alpha Ph, national dramatic fraternity, recently announced the pledging of four outstanding student actors. These four, all well known to Stover theatre-goers include Voncile Powell, Ann Burrell, Jack Causier, and Flonnie Maye Anders. Last Monday afternoon a picnic was held at Burt's Park to celebrate the pledging. Following a session of swimming those attending were treated to steak dinners and cherry pie a la mode in the Theta Alpha Phi tradition. Initiation ceremonies will be held for the pledges in the near future, according to John Kurtz, president of Florida Alpha Chapter. fating Priorities no Be Argued In Once again wits are to be sharpened and the fire of hope- 'fjil orators will be heard on Stetson's campus when the intramural debates, scheduled for the afternoon of May 1, begin. On ihe following evening the highest! ranking teams will battle it •out for first place. Pi Kappa Delta, debating fra- For U.S. Armed Forces Members Intramural Debates May 1 and 2 ternity, which sponsors the event announces the following two questions which are designed to be both humorous and educational. The women are to debate the question, Resolved: "That for the duration of the emergency all dates should be dutch." The men's controversy will center about the question, Resolved: "That a civilian male must give priority in the question of campus dates to any member of the United States armed forces." All of the social organizations plus Stetson Hall, Conrad Hall, and the Ministerial Association are expected to participate. Organizations which enter the competition are asked to notify Miss Lydia Theurer by April 24. Pictured above is John Lewis, Unity p r e s i d e n tial nominee, recently returned from Atlanta where he won the regional Pan-American -discussion and a trip to South America. John Lewis Wins Southeastern Ex- Tempore Contest "Pax-Americana" Wins Trip to South America For Stetson Junior Speaking in his typical deep- voiced and persuasive manner John Lewis, Florida district winner in the Inter-American discussions carried off top honors in the southern conference of the national Extempore Discussion contest held last Tuesday in Atlanta. Lewis, gathered with 20 other Continued on page 5) gree, doctor of humanities, will be conferred in absentia during Stetson's commencement exercises on June 1. The priesence of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in China will prevent her attending the ceremony, but President Allen stated that if present plans materialize, a representative of the Chinese legation in Washington will be present to receive the diploma on behalf of the noted feminine leader. "We have chosen to bestow the honorary degree of doctor of humanities upon Madame Chiang Kai-shek as a token of appreciation for her work as a Chinese leader in literary, social and Christian activities," President Allen said. "She symbolizes the great number of Chinese men and women of world stature who have been educated in American institutions of learning. Madame Chiang Kai-shek further exemplifies the strength of the bonds which today make America and China so closely united in the fight for the democratic way of life." In reply to the Stetson invitation, relayed to her through the Chinese legation in Washington, Madame Chiang Kai-shek recently indicated her acceptance of tlie proposed honorary award in absentia, and her appreciation to Stetson. President Allen said that ordinarily the news of honorary degrees is not made public until the day of the Com- - mencement exercises, but that at the request of sponsors of the ? current China Week, the announcement of Madame Chiang Kai-shek's degree is released because of its special interest at this time. ,*>-,'.*■ '* Villi.','****-- ^ . . ...... .. . ■•sb-JS >T^^-Wi _4. £ *' ' x Vt&'fi Caught in an informal shot while strolling across the campus are Unity Party candidates for student elections. Reading from left to right the nominees are John Lewis for president, Doris Warren for secretary, Louise McClure for treasurer, and Frank Watson for vice-president. .