The Stetson Reporter

psbfsbpbwsss B8SBP WiPiilii The tetson Reporter Fifth Year—No. 1-2. DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1939 Z103 Price Five Cents Debate Team Plans Tourney Tour in Spring Coach C. A. Hickman Announces Schedule , A long tournament tour is scheduled for next spring beginning with the National Pi Kappa Delta Convention in Knoxville, it was announced yesterday by Professor C. Addison Hickman, coach of the debate 'team. The team also plans to attend the convention of the Southern Association of Teachers of ■ Speech in Chattanooga. The annual Fall State Debate Tournament is to be held here Berember the 7th. Representatives from the University of Florida, Southern College, Rollins and St. • Petersburg will participate and the entire debating squad from Stetson will take part in the event. December eighth several speakers from Stetson will debate Rollins in Winter Park. There will be t contest in addition to debates, consisting mainly of oratory, extemporaneous speaking, harangue and after- dinner speeches. From the first of January through February, individual speakers are scheduled to orate with Texas Christian University, University of Vermont, Washington and Lee University, and are tentatively schedulel to debate with teams from the University' of Chicago. Debates in addition to those mentioned are planned for the coming year. The Intramurel Program is to be held shortly after the Christmas holidays in which all fraternities, organized groups and individuals will be given a chance to enter into the debates of this year. feime Friday Spells Finis Next Hotspot Will Be in Philippines, Journalist Warns Ex-Stetsonite Speaks 1 To Journalism Class Sadie Hawkins Swells Fund for Swimming Pool, Netting $112 Campus Life Returns to Normal After Weekend of Hilarity Swelling the Swimming Pool Fund by $112.26, the campus became the Kentucky town of Dogpatch Saturday as mountain boys were thoroughly chased down and "hog-tied" by the mountain gals in the celebration of Sadie Hawkins day. . The entire student body unanimously and wholeheart' edly entered into what was dscribed as the greatest day of hilarious entertainment ever , en- Hatter-Rollins Tickets Students may obtain tickets for . the Hatter-Rollins football game at Tinker Field from the Registrar's office for 40 cents, C R. M. Sheppard, University purchasing agent, announced yesterday. Town people may obtain reserved seats any time before the game from either Jimmy Hughes or the Volusia Pharmacy for $1.50. according to the announcement. The kickoff will be at 8 o'clock. In This Issue Termites Page 2 Moonlight Boatride 3 Editorials 4 Music 5 French Club , 7 Sports «. ' 8 l 'i l« i i i i' ■ <• , •-! l-u_-Ul j -'.:_. l. two of the six seniors who will play their last game for the Green, and White Friday. The four other seniors are Captain Lyn Cheatham, Harold Vann, Troy Hall, and Cliff Parmley. (see picture, page 8). Kickoff is scheduled for 8 o'clock at Tinker Field, Orlando. Six Seniors Play Last Game When Hatters Meet Tricky Rollins Team Stetson Rated Underdog as Two Teams Clash in Orlando Friday By BOB HEEBNER With a win under their belt and a determination to avenge a previous loss, the Stetson Hatters will face a successful Rollins combine on Tinker Field in Orlando Friday night. This annual clash is the pie and ice cream on Stetson's football menu and a capacity crowd is expected to witness the game. Six seniors will be wearing the Green and the White for the last time, four linemen and two backs, Captain "Coon'''' Cheatham, Dick Sauls, Cliff Parmley, and Harold Vann are the members of the forward wall who will be giving their finale, and Russell Darst and Troy Hall will put in their final appearances. Hall was injured in the Newberry game so if he doesn't see action Friday night the Indian game was his wind-up. In an action packed battle at Daytona Beach last Friday night the Hatters bowled over a worthy Wofford eleven to the one touchdown tune of 14-7. Much improved were the Stetsonites as they, sported a clicking offense, did not fumble, and held defensively in the pinches. "We're going to hope and try," was Coach Brady Cowell's only comment about the coming conflict. Mostly light drills will be used to prime the gridders for their last great effort of the season. Stetson Underdog Comparative scores put the Hatters definitely as the underdogs against the Tars. Rollins has lost but one game this season and trounced Tampa 46-0, Whereas the Hatters have won two, lost three, and tied two, one of which was the scoreless deadlock with Tampa. Stetson tied the Presbyterian Blue-Stocking, 12-12, but last week the Tars defeated same by 13-0. But in this annual classic comparative performances must be considered lightly. The Green and White are often inspired (Continued on Page Eight) ioyed by the students of Stetson. It was the first venture of the year in the field of entertainment, the purpose being to raise funds for, the proposed swimming pool: Cutting down their trusty shootin' irons and jugs and declaring a truce as to the runnin' and feudin', the boys and girls jammed into the Dogpatch Opery. House (Little Theatre) and roared their approval of the Dogpatch Musical Revue. The stage settings were com- plete with a hillybilly band, mountain feuders, houn' dawgs, shootin' irons and the like, while the performers went through their antics with professional smoothness and alacrity of wit characteristic of Al Capp's comic strip from whence the whole idea of Sadie Hawkins Day arose. Performing from a script .Continued on Page 4) Many Out-of-State Students Will Dine on Turkey Hash Tomorrow President's Thanksgiving Juggling Causes Confusion on Campus The nation's problem of double Turkey Day will be brought home to many Stetson students when they leave school Wednesday afternoon to begin Thanksgiving holi' days. . While the majority will go home to find the annual cele' bration taking place at its traditional time among customary surroundings, some unfortunate ones, arriving a week late, will dine on turkey hash. The difficulty arises out of. President Roosevelt's action in changing the date of Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23. The new date' was approved by 22. states, but the rest, .including Florida,, clung to the traditional, last Thursday. A" few ingenious students'took- advantage of the opportunity (ffered by the double Thanksgivings to enjoy double holidays. Departing from a custom of long standing, Stetson's football team had no scheduled contest for Thanksgiving of this year, and avoided the troubles visited on many teams when the date was shifted. A special Thanksgiving service was scheduled to be held in chapel this morning at 6:45, with President Allen making a brief address to the assembled ftudents. Never has the student body been so divided over the observance of a holiday, which usually finds all who are able ready to drop their books and sprint for the nearest train, bus, auto or signpost. Typical of one attitude is Sophomore Clyde Coleman of Tulsa, Okla., ' lanky transfer from Oklahoma A. & M., who ;s willing to just forget the whole business. "No, I don't know when they are having , Thanksgiving at (Continued on Page 4) for af- ex- "Newsmen look to here the next hotspot in world fairs," Norris P. Browne, Stetsonites and now a reporter for the Honolulu Advertiser, said as he put his finger on a map of the Philippine Islands. In making his prediction about the Philippine, Browne referred to the strategic geographical position of the islands and of their value to the Japanese, England, and to the United- States. Browne, on sick leave from his post in Honolulu, spoke informally before the journalism students of Professor P. I. Lipsey last Friday. He related a few of the many experiences he has had in newswork and worldwide traveling since he left Stetson. His travels carried him to Honolulu by way of Kansas City, Mexico, Hollywood, Australia, Death Valley, and China. It was during his first stay in Honolulu that he became interested in the orientals and he has concentrated on Chinese news- work ever since. Sees Bombing During his long stay in China at a newsman for the Honolulu Adbertiser, he witnessed the bombing of Shanghai and was in Nanking, at the time of the bombing of the Panay near there. He didn't think the Japanese would be succesful in their invasion of China because of the age-old Chinese ability of assimilating an invader. He also mentioned that. the Chinese are using the^'catching a Tarter" military strategy, which involves a principle of gradual retreat. "They have abandoned their hard-to-protect cities of Nan- Hng and Shanghai, with the Chinese capital now located high in the mountains at Shungking," he said. "Then when Japanese forces are far from supply bases the supply lines can be cut off and the advance forces trapped.'1 Browne started his newspaper career with the Kansas City Star. He commended the cub- training system used by that paper. "Instead of letting a cub reporter- shift for himself in his struggle for recognition as a news man, the Star assigns him to an experienced reporter who takes him along on his assignments," he explained. "This way he learns by direct contact." Besides working in Kansas City and Honolulu, Browne was connected in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Achievement Cup Awarded Local Chemistry Group Dr. Conn Re-elected Worthy Grand Visor A silver loving cup of achievement was. awarded the local chapter of Gamma Sigma Epsolon chemistry fraternity at the national convention in Chattanooga last week. The award was made by the grand council of the fraternity. Dr. J. F. Conn, head of the chemistry department of the University, was re - elected Worthy Grand Visor, or national treasurer of the organization. Seven members of the Beta Beta chapter, with their advisor, Dr. Conn, travelled to Chattanooga last Thursday in order to attend the national convention of the fraternity. Every chapter in the United States was well represented at the conference. The members of the Iota Alpha Chapter of the University of Chattanooga acted as hosts for the convention, and the meetings were held' on the campus of that university. After the business meetings, the hosts (Continued on Page Eight)