The Stetson Reporter

"#: s Fourth Year—No. 16 R Glee Clubs Sing In Palm Beach Traveling Squad Appears Be fore State Baptist Convention . The Traveling Squad of the Stetson Glee Clubs was enthusi- i astically received by an audience \ which filled to capacity the First .Baptist Church of West Palm Beach when the students sang there last Wednesday evening. ; The Squad appeared before the ! Florida State Baptist Convention 7!at the invitation of Dr. Charles ;HL Bolton, a trustee of the Univer' :>- jsity arid pastor /of the churfch. ;, * According .to Professor Harold] jM. Giffin and members of the -. iaudience the Wednesday concert k; was one of the best, if not the hest, k'-"-.{single Glee Club performance to be given there in the last three years.; , . j An announcement :■ was made , {hat; the Traveling Squad had re< !(beived an invitation to appear in : jaltimore before the National ,. .federation, of Music Clubs :, this .spring, as a result of their work at .the 1938 State Music Convention 'ifi;Miami. The Stetson Glee Clubs '„ ;tJ;ere accorded a distinct honor in .qping invited, as they form one of tjvelve -college and university groups thhroughout the country to bfe privileged to sing at the National Convention. '-'!(In recognition- of the pleasure ; which the Glee, Clubs have given a^ this and previous State Baptist ; Conventions the audience took up a Collection which will substantially assist in financing the trip to -Balti-i mjpre, I DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2;, 1939 RTER Z-103 Dean Efrieritus G. Prentice Carson: has been 'associated with Stetson University for 52 years. 0ean- Cars@n Tells " Of Stetson Years SPEAEITIORM Well Known Chinese Leader Tells Of China's Fight For. Freedom Colonel M. Thomas Tchou, one1 of China's .-foremost social and labor leaders, yesterday voiced an, eloquent plea for Americans to j stop assisting Japan in her brutal i war against his country before an audience which filled Elizabeth Flail auditorium. k The eminent Chinese leader, who,was for two years private sec-: retary to General Chiang Kai-:| Sbek, !asserted that: "$2'0'O,O00,0O07J worth of'guns "alone, are being sent to Japan from the United1 States each year." '' ■ " ■ "We do..not expect, Americans to fight our battles," the speaker said; "we will,do our part." "But we do expect you to stop assisting a country that has been waging a,\ war of .aggression lor 18 months against innocent anfl defenseless men, women, and- children in de- SSIIb™ convention vorcs Price 5c NEW $20,000 APPROPRIATION iw Car Sti Are Printed By Marguerite .Browne '.■.-.,. An elderly man sat at the desk in his cosy study, reminiscing. His name is Dr. Prentice G, Carson and last week marked his fifty third year of service to Stetson University, ', i , "When I came to DeLand from; Connecticut in 1886, DeLand Hall was the only building on this cam' pus," began the professor, his sincere,, piercing eyes glancing over ; his horn-rimmed glasses. Correlating his subject matter Dean 'Carson said that Mr. H. around the timely theme of exami- A., DeLand from Troy, New nations which occur this week in York, purchased the lot and had; Stetson University and the public the building erected at a cost of schools, Jesse Lyons, pastor of the $10,000. First Methodist Church on South When asked, how Stetson., Uni- B°nlfTld> yestetday.said ^ M& fersity was first started Dean Car- shou,Id, be examined ;every,once. m son said'- ^ a while to see if it is safe to live. j President Allen Announces That Financial Aid Will Be Received (Continued on page 5) Examinations Are Life Necessities Dr. J. Anton de ,- fessor of international relations at, Harvard University who spoke on "Germany on the March" on the Tuesday Forum Series. Former Student ■'■■ ' Gives Recitals President W. S. Allen announc ed in chapel Monday morning that j the Florida State Baptist Convert' '- tion had; voted to appropriate twenty thousand dollars annually to Stetson University. . President Allen had just returned frohi/fhe .annual meeting of the Baptist Con- verition which, met in West I Palm Beach, and where he delivered a talk on "Stetson" University! and Christian Education.", Sk President Allen says, that the dri- .; nation will be credited by the as- | sociations to which the University | belongs as an additional endow ment of half a million dollars, for it is the equivalent of the interest on that amount of money. . The appropriation which has just been announced is a clear clemoiistration of the rating which Stetson has achieved throughout I the state and of the pride z.ihirh W.O.lrn i-Vo As another, example of the con' tinuous proof of President W. S. Allen's favorite motto "Stetson is going, forward," Dr. Irving C- Stover recently received a clipping telling of the successes of a former * j ■j ventfon is tarh the University. Scouts and in State Baptist Con- [•? in thp f future of Court Of Honor Under the direction scoutmasters, Morton of active McDonald ™^5 U1 ,UJC successes ot a torrner scoutmasters, Morton MrDnn^M Stetson student. Forwarded by the in Troop 6, and EL *2u? eg* Pf die "Cuba PatriotW W & the Wing iS 1 Free Press,! newsnaoer nf AA, DeLW *„A <.U':.„L:■? .*, restm ; The University has turned out ksome.very trick Stetson, car stickers] which students will soon be ablfe to obtain on their activities .tickets.. The stickers are Stetson [■hats, with Stetson University and "DeLand, Florida printed, on them sin green ink. They will be distrib' uted in the Press office at a date| •to bp announced in the nea.f future, ' according to C. R. M. Sheppard, "Examinations in v school', life come as. periods of intense excite' merit in the lives of students- periods which many wish could be avoided. The examinations in life j come just as inevitably, and every J one is examined by everyone else."! The Rev. Lyons continued, say-1 Beiwi Smith Tells Of Improvements , Dean Smith asserted this week that jmany improvements will be worked out in.the aicademic,set-up for ;this! year's catalogue which will .appear April !.. '-■--A fB.S,- in Education ' will be worked out, one plan to apply to the elementary school division and one for the high school; division. ;This ;.|vill not require students to take ai foreign language. -• Thej Business Administration de- . partm^nt will probably be changed somewhat, -and improvements "are planned for the Secretarial. Science division. The program in1 Health and Physical Education will be kimproypd and altered. ^ .'■>': The Honors Course will be con' k|inued,| and it-is. hoped \that more students will take!; an interest in this sotft of work,,: George Schick is the only student taking this work .:a.t present. :■' "7kThfe7sumirier'; school bulletin is also! bet g ,worked7oh and will be prin^dkJightly be|org..the regular catalogue. 7 ' "Fifty'six years ago H. A. De- Land came to this section of the country and brought with him many friends and,' acquaintances from western New York. "There were., few facilities for preparing their children for insti', ■ - tutions of higher learning here in1 inf Rev. Lyons continued say- Elorida, so Mr." DeLand decided'"^ ™at these ■ inspections shou d to open a school in the Baptist ,N seIf examinations -and should church. The first teacher was J. H. last as lo,nS as life; itself. When Griffith of Tro^ New York who we stop short of the final examma- was! at that time pastor of the ^n we often stop short ;pf com- church" plete explanation of life. 1 Dean Carson said that after Mr. fo a large audience of students DeLand gave DeLand Hall to the and winter residents the timeliness school the classes were mdved from of the t0Plc was stressed with the the church.; This was in the! fall of j -new. Point of vlew that ^nY' Free Press," newspaper of Cuba,.j N. Y., the article told of the Shakespeare recitals given by Rob? ert! Renwick in various, college towns. ■'..■-.'. '' *: Mr. Renwick graduated Stetson in 1933 with DeLand and throughout the county is mounting according to periodic releases from the offices of 'Harold V. Pace> scout executve in Or- landoi from! '^ie 'oca' Seascout Ship, skip' pered by Read Morrison, in charge of the ?1 W „~~~\:-- ' • nf n t }°?1 had taken ^e name -7^ Jt DeLand Academy; more faculty LIle < members were added and the en- them A. _.... „* vj.v,w uiat, many teachers and judges in this life are subjected "to the same rigid schedule of criticism by those around u.v.vu-m ctuu tne en- rollment was rapidly increasing," continued the dean. The citizens of the wofld and the nations, of the world have he' 1 me nations of the world have be "■t^ o -ix-^i, '■■•■'-j j ^t. come complacent and more inter Dr. Griffith resigned and..the 7..- j • X j 1 * c -j ., ■■• ts ■ t 1. t; 1- ested in the development of cjto second president, Dr. John Forbes r . ... .11 1 ■ *. c „ 'i 1.- 1 ' j ; , r....r, iort. than the development of-man' ■ took his place at the head of the , , T. ., x \ ., t«, a j ~r->-r inn u hood.. In. the face of.the children Academy-.rDeLand-Maii was crowd'-, r ;V ■-:■--"■ •,-, - --■"■■: k-: ■"■"■"'■■ „-.> 7 , ■'■>■ 1 , „ j . 1 of the world you are passing (or ed with class-rooms and students,r ... x ■ ■ .. r ° v so it was dennpH <-h^<- - ^ .._. —.^ j.wLu.a cuiu students :so it was decided that a dormitory was needed." _,uv. ai& passing (or failing) an examination, every time you realige you are seeing an ex- "'-■',' I ample. The test of the teacher i -is Dr. Carson said that the citizens ^ a. student gets along in life; of DeLand held a meeting one eve-1 the test of the sermm is how many nine *-<■» /-?ic""— — - ... ,71 - rj.. it, .■■-—■■ __3 wiWii^A *.i\jLiuLdi.y ura' matic fraternity and prominent in , all of the Little Theatre activities. While here he took the Shake- speare Recital: course, now being offered by Dri Stover and gave a recital of selections from "Henry IV." ... After obtaining his A. B.: degree from Stetson Mr. Renwick entered the law school of Cornell, and is now practising law in New York State. In his recent recitals he has pre' sented with, great success scenes from "Henry IV," part 1, and "Richard II," at St. Bonaventure College, Houghton College, , and Alfred University. The reviews of his performances were unanimous in commending the excellency of his recitals. j 1 .. .*._wi_n. ump, SKip' -^ ^ • ,nn u -«t ~"~Z„;^^\ pered by Read Morrison, in charge stetson 'in 1933 with a major in *k. , / { .. ',. ? 1 r>, - 1 • / n... of the 51 foot gasoline cabin cruiS' speech. During his years at otet' ^ . &T , „ .& -1 ■ * 1 "-.j. . v -ry.■ .I er Corlew on Lake Beresford is son he was president or lneta AI' , . .. L , „, .. f. , 1 , im advancing with new members, pha Phi," national honorary dra' T , _, & . .„ , t * .. *' - Jack lennant will appear before the seascout advancement court, the Bridge of Honor, in Sanford, Feb. 9, for the highest advance' . ment in Seascouting—quartermas' I ter.: ..... ■ ■ ■ The Court of Honor for the Boy Scouts is the advancement body for the entire district, includ' ing oities from Osteen to Seville. The Bridge of Honor, meeting less frequently, is for the entire council, or several counties. The local Court of Honor is presided over by W. M. Girardeau chairman of the examining committee. . ..^v^ a meeting one eve' iiing to discuss methods of .raising money for the proposed building. In 1886 John P>- Stetson from New York was touring Florida for his health;- he became interested in the DeLand Ac%demy and decided to give $2000 toward the erection of the dormitory. The building was built and named Stetson Hall. 7 Mr. Stetson liked .Florida.., sfektn; 1887 he decided M!fhafehis7femg in DeLand. Mr. Stefsdri^bgeameiSei! interested in the possibilities offthe; Academy that he gave more^mohtey and erected the president's home, | ; (Cdntinuted on page S) __. u^iiiuiLi ia HOW m ' persons were benefitted by "it."■-..-. 1 The Rev. Lyons concluded with the words of :an Oriental adage, which infers the final test in heaven will be relative to "whatkybu have done in life, , regardless of your birth." In-carrying out an outstanding program for the church members a,t the First Methodist, church, there ■has been announced a program for Riday-knight this, week, bringing !|rtistskftom the New England States,' and Stanley Franck, bari tone, who is to lejave Stetson Uni- J versity in the next few days for 1. fui ther voie study iri the north. j Editor Says Hatter Is Coiog Forward - "Everything's under control," Lydia Theurer, editor of this year's Hatter, reported this week. A new feature for the feature section, "The Senior Most Likely to Succeed," will be picked by the senior class in the near future. Two original designs for the cover of the year book have been sub' mitted by students, and a selection will be made early in February. Miss Theurer insists that proofs still out be returned to the photog- ..._ ^.^u^n vjoumion? raphef as soon as: possible, and asks Talk: "Palestine Today" Dr. that all those who have snapshots J. McKee Adams for the Hatter hapd them in now 7:3,0 Evening Service if they want them printed. Music . All'final details of printing and Talk:^"The Hunting Youth engraving have been worked ou i of Today" Mrs. Eugene Eu' with the printer in the past two •"■'■" bariis. Weeks! STETSON YOUTH CONFERENCE PROGRAM '.. February" j, .1939 . 3:00 United Worship Music Lecture: .."China, Christ or Chaos" Cheven Kiang Djang Open Forum , 4:30. Lecture: "A Young Continent in an Ooldk World" by Emory Ross - Open Forum 6:00 SuDper-^Stetson Commons T.ll "-" '*