The Stetson Reporter

mm The Stetson Reporter Third Yeij—No. 3 "DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1937 Price ft FORECASTS FAVOR STETSONS ELEVEN VERSUS TEACHERS Hatters are Optimistic of Victory in Home Debut ENROLMENT GOES TO 760 FIGURE! IN SECOND WEEK Saturday Classes Bring More Students to Campus 54 Friday night, under the lights cf Hulley Field, the Stetson Hatters will open their home season a- gainst South Georgia Teachers College. Coach Cowell's boys, spur- 3ed by their excellent showing a- £ainst Florida last Saturday, are sow working hard in preparation cr the coming battle. The Teachers are reportedly ■weaker than last year, having already lost by wide margins to Er- skine, Mercer, Miami and Tampa, and are not favored to win. Coach B. L. Smith is bringing with him a squad of twenty-three men composed of three seniors, six juniors and the rest sophomores. Although the visitors will be outweighed nearlv ten pounds to the' f^r*. „. e . , .. . „ „ „„. (Jtticers, Directors or Alumni man, they are known as a scrappy, ' < bunch and Coach Cowell does not| Body to Gather regard the game as anything kin] Saturday tc £ pushover. Studstill, a tackle,! is the heaviest man on the visiting | The officers and governors of j Fifty-four students, 9 men i 45 women, were enrolled in | Saturday classes of Stetson Miss Olga Bowen, registrar the Universitj, who has recovered sufficiently from a recent illness to return to her duties. OLD GRADS MEET HERE THIS ?/EEK 1eam weighing 185 pounds. With four games behind them, the Teachers still face a gruelling schedule. Altogether they play the Alumni Association of Stetson University will hold a meeting Saturday October ninth, in the University Commons under the di- und the Universitj Saturday. This brings the total enrolment of the University up to 760 to date. The courses offered are: Psych j ology 304, Advanced Education, oil English 101, History 101, Educa ' tion 102, History 301 and English 411. History 301 will be taught by Prof. Rupert J. Longstreet, Advanced Education by Dr. Harry L. Tay lor, and English 411 by Dean Char les G. Smith. Classes begin each Saturday a 8:30 o'clock and continue unti 11:30. Classes are resumed a 12:30 and continue until 3:30. For the past five years Stetson University has maintained Saturday classes for the benefit of teachers and others who wish to continue their study while engaged in some other work. This year there are 23 candidates for the A.B. degree 14 for the LL.B., and 11 graduate students. RUSHING PARTIES PROVIDE SERIES OF GAY AFFAIRS Girls' Fraternities Hold Group of Enjoyable Functions Lloyd C. Pawley, who was acclaimed labt week as one of the seven leading scholars of his national fraternity, Pi Kappa Phi. PAWLEY GETS HONOR AS PI KAP SCHOLAR twelve games, Last Friday night(rection of Charles T. Henderson, they played Miami, and then Tampa' presidcnt, to make plans for home Monday. I coming. The starting lineups for the two teams have not been announced but it is thought that Coach Co well will start much the same team that he used aginst Florida. Rowe Will Preside Over Men's Council Wilton Rowe of Orlando was chosen president of the men's council last week. The organization is composed of three men from each fraternity, and makes the rushing rules. The new president is a member of Sigma Nu and a first-year man in the law school. He has been an active member of the debating squad for two years. According to Miss Olga Bowen, the recording secretary, the plans will probably include a luncheon by the Alumni Association, convocation in the chapel, a parade and various types of entertainment by the professional and social fraternities. Mr. Henderson and Miss Bo.wen will be assisted by Walter Haw- kns, corresponding secretary and treasurer, as well as the board of governors, which consists of Judge Millard B. Smith, Titusville; Mrs. Mae T. Donovan, Daytona Beach; Mrs. Josephine B. Berkely, Jacksonville; S. J. Barco, Orlando; Miss Rosalie Scholtz, West Palm Beach and Neil Ferguson of Ocala. DEANS GO AHEAD WITH ORIENTATION Program Will Help Year Men and Women First Next week's edition of The Stetson Reporter will be an Alumni issue. STUDY OF LATIN COMPLETELY ABANDONED BY STETSON STUDENTS i By S. S. Gaylord "6 Temporal O Mores!" Latin has deserted the Stetson campus. The opening Weeks find no demand for Latin among the 704 students at Stetson University. changing curriculum. We must make Latin a college subject just as we have the study of Greek, and begin with the fundamentals if we are to keep he subject alive for future generations." For a time Greek also disappear- Not a single class I Not even a , ed from Stetson campus. But a solitary student who wishes to persistent and growing, if limited, pursue the tongue of the immortal | demand for the study caused its Virgil. ! reappearance. At present there is Miss Olga Bowen. registrar, thus explains this state of affairs: first, the demand for Latin came from a beginning Greek class of eighteen and an advanced class of seven students and enough requests for students preparing to teaeh the sub- \ additional courses to make it pro ject, and In the next place few j bable that a third year of Greek will be offered in the near future. Miss Bowen explains the persistence of the demand for Greek to the presence on the Stetson campus of a constant group of students preparing for the ministry. Dr. Farriss declared that * the trend away from the study of the classics has already had a serious effect-upon the college students ©f the* day. Few oi them Florida high schools new offer adequate preparation for college Latin. Indeed, the situation has advanced to the place where this .past summer there was but one lone request for a teacher of Latin made en the University placement bii- reau. Dr. Charles S. Farrjs, professor of the classics, made this- comment: "The high schools have A continuing program of fellow ship and the further introduction to Stetson ideals and traditions are planned for the Stetson class o '41. | Miss Lola B. McCollough, deaa of women, was the principal speake at last week's meeting in the Lit tie Theatre, while Dean Cotner was responsible for the men's meetings when the program of orientation vas pressed forward. Mr. Cotner says that the primary purpose of the gathering of Stetsoi and Conrad Freshmen was socia bility and that there will be such meetings possibly monthly in orde hat friendship and interchange of Stetson ideas may be given t Freshmen from time to time.' Miss McCollough plans a serie of weekly meetings for he incom ing girls during the course of which she will try to open up to the girls the advantages of college in the development of well rounded personality. Study problems, the right relationship of men and women on the college campus, the importance and place of. dress, the choice of voca tions, living, with people, living a- way from home, choosing extra class activities, sororities, their dvantages and handicaps, literature, current events, chosing well balanced meals: these are the types of topics around which the dean is hoping to develop the Stetson girls. Combined with this group' in- .tructon a series of individual conferences will help each girl with her personal application of these viewpoints. Lloyd C. Pawley, senior business administration student, and instrtic tor in accounting, received the dis tinction of being one of the seven Pi Kappa Phi scholars in the United States for the past school year. Pawley is the third member of the Chi chapter to receive this rating. Howard Bateson in 1935, and James Purcell in 1932. A key is presented to the student in recognition of the achievement. Miss Worth Added To Teaching Force Miss Aileen Worth is the latest addition to the Stetson Music staff. Miss Worth, who graduated from Stetson in 1935 with her A.B. as a major in music, will act as assistant in violin study to Professor W. H. Bailey. During her time at Stetson Miss Worth was prominent in musical activities. She was a member of loth the Stetson Symphony Orchestra and the Little Theatre Orchestra as well as being a member of the Alpha Xi Delta social sorority and Mu Omega Xi, an honorary scholastic fraternity. Most of her vork here was done under Louis Marvin, who, until last year, was director of the band. Last year she took some work under Professor Bailey. Although Miss Worth was born in Ponttac, Illinois, and has spent her summers there, she has lived in DeLand since her enrollment at Stetson. Jim Stone Chosen Frat Commander Bristol Student Heads Sigma Nu Chapter on 'Campus By MARGARET BURDICK Alpra Delta Chapter nf Delta Delta Delta opened lormr.i rushing by Stetson sororities wit1^ s. banquet at the Orange Court H nel in Orlando, Monday, Sept. 27, lollow- ing the initial course at the home of Alumna Pearl Booker. The theme of the party was the opening of the Stars and Crescent Hotel, and high school rushees acted as ■bell hops and presented a floor show. Arrangements were in change of Jean Massey, social chairman, and Myra Machen, rush chairman. Alice McLaughlin was toastmistress, and Virginia Skaggs, Tri Delt alumna, sang. Rushees of Omega Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta were entertained at a Rose Banquet Tuesday night, held at the Riviera Hotel, Daytona Beach. The table was beautifully decorated with flowers, place cards, and favors In a color scheme of double gold and blue. Solo selections were sung by Ruth Bartlett, Helen Walker, Henrietta Bryant, and "Skid" Weimert Jean Gower presented a toe dance "The Rose of Alpha Xi," accompanied by a trio including Ruth Bartlett, Roberta Orcutt, and Henrietta Bryant. "Peanuts" Hulbert's orchestra played, throughout dinner. Alice Wolfe, rush chairman, was in charge of arrangements. Preceding the banquet, the group enjoyed a boat ride aboard the "Sea Breeze II." A unique progressive dinner was held Wednesday night in honor of rushees of Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta Phi. It was a trip around the world, beginning in the west with a first course at Johnson's Riding Stable. "Kay" Gunby entertained with trick pony riding. The main course was at Perry- dell, the "South Sea Island" of the trip, where Sadie Rae Gardner sang and Grace Ahlers danced. The salad course, at the home of Mrs. (Continued on Page 2) The Smiths^Grow On Stetson's Roll MHefl thE study 6f Latin Willi their have the knowledge of English that a study of these subjects gave to the college trained youth of a generation past. James. Stone of Bristol, Virginia, is the new commander of the Sigma Nu fraternity. A member of the Stetson golf team last year, Stone has compiled an excellent record in class work. Other officers chosen at the election in this frat last week were: Hughes Wilson, New York City, lieutenant commander;' Wilton Rowe, Orlando, chaplain;' George Schick, DeLand, recorder and reporter, and William Harris, St. Petersburg, sentinel. Nine freshmen answering to the- name of Smith have enrolled at Stetson this year to make their surname the most popular one among the student body. There are now two professors and sixteen students who answer the Smith rolleall, the largest Smith roster, perhaps, in Stetson history. Dean of the University, Charles G. Smith and his wife Dr. Cornelia M. Smith, biology professor, are the faculty Smiths. All but two of the students are Fleridans. Sidney hails from Overton, Texas, and Wesley Smith represents Sayville, New York. Two sets of brothers are included in the group, Elliot L., Lanier and Merrill of Daytona Beach and Harold and Millard of Perisacola. The- others are^AKcV and Wallace of DeLand, Helen of' Bradenton, Hubert C, Kissimmee; Jane of Orlando; Jean from Mt. Dora; John R. of Lakeland and Wilson of Sanford.