The Stetson Reporter

mmm MM Third Year—No. 21 Z 103 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 19.-8 Price J Watching The World By HARMON HARPER There seems to be little new news this week. The war fires are burning steadily now and everything is boiling nicely. Japan and China continue their methodical] murder with more calm and peace of mind, while on the peninsula Spain yet remains the battle ground of the dictators. It seems as though then four principal powers of Europe, Gef-' many and Italy, England andj France, are now seated around a| powder keg while they play a nice, game of poker. They do not know just what kind of poker it is, buti since Hitler is playing for the re-1 turn of the German colonies Eng- j land and France are sure it is ■"strip poker". And Mussolini, having forced his eternal enemy, Anthony Eden, from the game, feels sure it must be "blackjack". He is ready to hit John Bull again' if there is a possibility of bluffing him. Since England and France do not want any big winnings but just the little prize of peace they hope it may be a harmless little game of "bridge". Nevertheless their whole concern, right now, is to keep der Ferher and 111 Duce from knocking their ashes into the powder barrel. The recent attitude taken by- England in regard to compromises with the dictators seems to give Hitler more courage, as he pushes! more strongly into Austria with Jewish persecutions and greater Nazi control. His eye is straying more frequently toward Czechoslovakia, and his shadow falls farther across the new nation. 72 FMTS m nrmTt' FIRST SEME HIGH GRADE LIS! Seniors Top Roll With 18; Juniors, Soph:-, Have 16 Erich 3 MAKE STRAIGHT A'; HAROLD M. GIFFIN Artistry Shown In Giffin Recital Pi Beta Phi Tops Fiats With 79.89 Average; Zeta Tau Alpha Next Glee Club Director Pleases Appreciative Audience In Auditorium Harold Milne Giffin, professor of voice, presented a va'.ied and attractive song recital at 8 o'clock last evening in the Elizabeth Hall auditorium. The first group of selection's in- j eluded "Where'er You Walk" by j Handel, "Green Pastures" by Sanderson, "Have you seen but a whyte Lillie grow,'' anonymous, "When I Think upon the Maidens" by Head. This group consisted of old English songs alone. French and Italian airs featured in the second group. Besides "D'une Prison" by Hahn and "Tu Lo Sai" by Torelli, Professor Giffin rendered the technically diff- Evidently he feels that now he canjicult «vittoria Vittoria„ by Carri. move without any drastic interfer- simi in a particularly fine manner. ence from England and France. Where he will stop and how he for youth to answer. Chinese planes roar over the Japanese island of Formosa and re- exhibiting his skill and artistryl "La donna e mobile," the leading tenor solo from the opera "Rigo A total of 72 students received places en the list of Honor Roll scholars posted in Elizabeth Hall last week. The top ranking students were fairly evenly divded between the classes, with 18 Seniors, 16 Juniors, 10 Sophomores, and 12 Freshmen. The Stetson Law College sent 4 Honor Roll names across the street, the Music School added 5, and the list was completed with one graduate student. Eight students were rewarded for their efforts during the first semester by straight A averages. They are Mrs. Edith Merrill, graduate student; Margaret Champ- and Frances Ogilvie, Seniors; Raymond Craig and Margaret Culp, Juniors; Lydia Theurer, Sophomore; Margaret Thomas and Patricia Whitmore, Freshmen. All of the students named are registered in the College of Liberal Arts. In the compilation of fraternity averages, Pi Beta Phi tops the list with an average of 79.89. Follow- were 'n8' in order are Zeta Tau Alpha, with a 79.84 average; Alpha Xi Delta, with 79.08; Delta Delta Delta, with 78.32. Delta Sigma Phi follows the girls and leads the boys with 76.89; Pi Kappa Phi, with 74.92; and Sigma Nu, with 72.79. Deduction of large numbers of quality points brought the average of each fraternity at least two points ECTURER CLAIMS U.S. SHOULD KEEP PHILLIPINE ISLANDS Mistaken Identity "Gondoliers" Plot Policy Would Be Mutually Advantageous Because Of Resources PROTECTION NEEDED Possession Would Be Valued Outpost Against Nippon Menace and Continuance of the present policy of United States control in the Phil- lipine Islands would result in considerable mutual advantage to both nations according to Vincente Vill- amin, Filipino economist and lawyer, who spoke before a large Forum audience yesterday afternoon. Such a policy would be advantageous for the United States, the Operetta Hints At Bigamy; speaker stated, because of the possibility of developing the vast natural resources of the Islands. A- mong these are virtually all minerals, considerable oil reserves, and soil richer than that in any other sc': ". "'' '■":". C";cn_t. By desig- nr'ir." Fi!::"o *ea.?"rts as America-- ^-v-ts the United States could Nurse Straightens Mix-up I A rare, if somewhat confusing, : combination of mistaken identity land marriage provides the theme for the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "The Gondoliers." Marco and Guiseppe Palmieri, the two popular gondoliers played, ejgn vessels, by Jimmy Woodfill and Woody also secure for itself much of the Island shipping now carried by for- I Wall, are in a quandry in their I search for a wife, and decide to .make their choices blindfolded! | They are surprisingly well pleased ■ with their selection of Tessa, sung , by Sadie Rae Gardner and Roberta 1 Orcutt, and Ganetta, played by Kay ! Martin and Henrietta Bryant. j The festivities are interrupted by 1 the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro and their lovely lovely daughter, Casilda. Hughes Wil- ! son and Tom Parker share the part On the other hand, Villamin continued, United States control is necessary to the Phillipines as a protection in the face of existing international complications. Japan in particular is a constant threat to the Islands, because of its policy of uniting all asiatics against the white races, and because of its desire to gain access to the natural resources of the Phillipines. According to Villamin. at least 76 per cent of the American people at , ber of the group, turn the calling cards of Japan by j Schubert_ who was the first com dropping bombs on her principal city. Some 29 innocent people, whom the Chinese did not hate and who did not hate the Chinese had to pay the price that so many Chi-|and «Du bigt die Ruh nese have had to pay. Because the' letto," by Verdi, was the final num- lower. According to Registrar Bowen, the F's had a great deal more to do with the final average of the Duke, Rhoda Weimert and the present time favor continuance of American control of its island poser of the German Lieder art! than did the A's. The score of the song, wrote three of the four songs (highest fraternity this year drop- in the third group. They are "Ave' Ped approximately two points be- Maria," "Die Forelle" (The Trout),I low that of the highest last year at Schumann the same period of the year. The 72 Honor Roll names represents an increase of ten over the total at the end of the first semes- is the author of the fourth song Emperor and the militarist wanted j in thlg gr(nlp_ «Widmung>, (Dedi. war, these had to die. j cat;on) In England there seems to be a j The fourth collection consisted ofjter last year, while the second se- grand row. The people, or at least; modern songs by contemporary com-1 mester brought the list up to 73. some 200 of them marched to the I _,osers "Old Mother Hubbard" by! ■ House of Commons and demanded, Hutchinson, set in the manner of' (Virginia Skaggs sing the Duchess, ! while Helen Walker takes the part ' of Casilda. 1 Developments show that Casilda, when a baby, was married by proxy ; to the heir to the throne of Bara- taria. The young prince was sent ! from the castle to be reared in the j home of the poor Baptisto Palmieri with his own son. The old Palmieri that Prime Minister Chamberlain: Handel, proved particularly delight- Is It Spring? resign and Mr. Eden be supported. I ?ul 0ther seIections inciuded But the House of Commons', in an«Iris,> by Daniel Wolf_ «when r overwhelming majority, voted to, Have Sung My Song„ by charles. back the Prime Minister in his.and «The Fisher>s widow" by Ed- present stand to keep the peacelwards in Europe. And Mr. Chamberlain! Professor Giffin was accompa- says England is not yet ready to i nied by Miss Jane McCarty through- fight. She must compromise one, 'out tj_e program, two or perhaps three years more and then she will be ready; then she will speak. Probably the most interesting thing to have happened in America is the almost unanimous passage by the Senate of a $250,000,000 relief bill to provide some 700,000 more W.P.A. jobs until July. The bill passed the Senate with a vote of a 67 to 1 majority. Here in Florida the pale face saw how a type of justice can be administered quickly and efficiently at a minimum of expense. John Billy, a Seminole Indian, had killed a fellow tribesman about a year ago, and then had recently beaten two Indian women. The council of the Five Chiefs met; a Kiwanis Head Visits DeLand possessions, and an even larger majority of the population of the Phillipines approve the policy. Agitation in favor of granting independence to the Islands, he said, is the result of selfish proddings made by politicians with hopes of increasing their personal gains. Returning to the Japanese threat, later died, without telling which of,the speaker stated that the Philli- his wards, Marco and Guiseppe, I Pine Islands can be made into a was the royal heir. powerful outpost to oppose Japanese Word is received that the king is I military power, if it is protected and dead, making either Marco or Guiseppe king, and husband of Casilda. They go to Barataria to rule jointly until Inez, the old nurse, played by Ruth Bartlett, can be found to di developed by the United States, but if the islands were granted their independence, they would be unable to resist a Japanese attack for more- than a few weeks, and would in- The Stetson University Commons will be the scene of an outstanding meeting _ of members of Kiwanis Clubs Thursday night, with F. Traf- ford Taylor of Canada, international president of the organization, as the principal speaker and guest of honor. M. M. Little, president of the local Kiwanis, states that the visit of the distinguished Kiwanian to DeLand constitutes a distinct honor to the city and to the club here. C. Harold White shoes, bare arms, sunburned faces, and that perpetual beachward traffic Spring singing? Yes, and a lot of smart beach clothes in shop windows A new twirl to the hair, Hippler of Eustis, international vice- a bright tie to the neck, a brighter j president, is also to be present at red to the lips, and lots of white | the dinner, which is to be held at shoe polish for Stetson's ;young|8:00 o'clock Thursday evening, hop-efuls Representatives from a number ivulge the name of the real king, j evitably fall nto the hands of the When Inez is finally found, she tells Toky° warlords, that the real king is neither Marco i nor Guiseppe, but Luiz, attendant to the Duke, whom she had reared ' as her own child. Thus this delightful operetta set : the imaginary kingdom of Barataria closes with a chorus and the proverbial happy ending. DR. FARRIS ON ROAD TO RECOVERY We Just Heard . Seniors with wistful sparks in sad eyes and graduation in wisened heads...New green leaves adorning the trees and orange blossoms of surrounding Kiwanis Clubs have been invited to the meeting. The international president is making an official tour of the state, and the ac That the various committees on the student body constitution will get together next Wednesday and make some definite decisions about; absent from classes for the first what to report to the students. It! time, in approximately thirty-three Dr. Charles S. Farriss is considerably improved according to latest reports. It is hoped that the popular professor may be able to return to his classes shortly. Dr. Farriss became ill about two weeks ago, and consequently was The season rushes, but type-j ceptance of DeLand's invitation to sentence I writers click and pencils scratch,1 stop here is considered as a recog- was passed; Osceola got his shot-j bells ring and pages turn, night, nition of the Kiwanis Club in De- gun, found John Billy, shot one'falls ?r,d students study (?).. .Six| Land, one of the twelve clubs in this (Continued on Page 5) J weeks tests are on their way... j district. seems that they have been sounding out opinion and now know something about what the campus really wants. REPORTER staff meeting at 5:30 this afternoon. Persons not yet on years. One of the oldest of Stetson's professors, his record in teaching and administrative duties has earned for him the place if one of Stetson's most honored and loved faculty members. President Allen continues to make the staff who are interested, even j daily reports in chapel to the anx- slightly, in working on the paper ious student body concerning Dr, are invited to attend. Farriss' condition.