The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter ¥*i Sixth Year—No. 30 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1941 2103 Price Five Cents SHAKESPEARE WILL BE HONORED TODAY LATIN CONTEST WINNERS PRESENTED WITH AWARDS President Allen and Gadi. Lawton Speak to Successful Contestants on Breakfast Program Four winners of the state wide Latin Contest sponsored by Stetson University were announced Saturday, April 19. The winners are for the first year Thurman Nicholson, Clearwater, for the second year, Bob Glasser, Miami Beach Senior High, Marie L. Fuchs, Miami Beach Senior High, winner for the third year, and Isabelle Towman, Hillsborough High, Tampa, for the fourth year. At a breakfast held in the University Commons Saturday morning prizes of classic books were awarded the winners. The 51 contestants heard talks by Pres. W. S. Allen, and Gadi Lawton, Student Body Presi, dent. Second and third places in the first year competition went to Mary Louise Van Natta, St. Cloud, and Patsy Ange, Miami In the second year division these places were won by Robert Fol, ger, Winter Haven, and Harry Durant, Miami. Placing second and third in the third year di, vision were June Nicholson, Orlando, and George Reynolds, West Palm Beach; and in the fourth year division were Rita Bie, Clearwater, and Charles In, man, St. Petersburg. AWARD WINNER A leave of absence for two years has been granted to Pro, fessor Howard L. Bateson, (above) professor of French, in order to permit the accept, aftce of a fellowship award from the University of Illi, nois, Prsident W. S. x<\llen an, nounced last week. Professor Bateson plans to leave for Illi, nois in September where he will work for the Ph.D. de, gree in the Romance Lan, guages, it was explained. The award winner graduat, ed with the Bachelor of Arts degree from Stetson, magna cum laude, in 1936, and con, tinned at the University of .Texas to earn his Master of Arts degree in 1937. NOTICE It has been announced that Stetson students will be admit, tet to DeLand Red Hat baseball games for the special price of 25 cents upon presentation of their activities tickets. SCHOOL MUSICIANS TO GATHER HERE AND GIVE CONCERT Professors Bailey and Swan Will Direct Program Twenty,five High School in, strumentalists will gather on the Stetson Campus for a week,end of music this Saturday and Sun, day according to Miss Veronica Davis, head of the department of music education in the School of Music. Students representing Day, tona Beach, Seabreeze, New Smyrna, Orlando and DeLand, and their directors, will arrive on Saturday for a series of re, hearsals in preparation for a concert they will give under the direction of Professor William Bailey and Professor Glenn Swan in the university auditor, ium on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. A number of the young musi, cians coming here over the week-end won first place in their respective divisions at the High School Music Fesival held re, cently in Tampa. They will play solos in some of the local churches on Sunday morning. Tippon Davidson, violinist from Daytona Beach, will play at the First Methodist Church, Margaret Stevens, Cellist, Day, tona Beach at the First Baptist Church, Carles Pelate, Violinist, New Smyrna, at the first Chris, tian Church. The program is being given for the purpose of bringing these young people together and giv, ing them a chance to play with those of the same ability in other communities according to Miss Davis. Ladies Auxiliary Presents Sun Dial' There will be a presentation of a sun dial to Stetson Univers, ity by the.,Ladies Auxiliary, De, partment of Florida Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, next Monday morning in chapel. The sun dial will either be placed in the Quadrangle back of Chaudoin Hall or in front of the commons. The program for this presen, tation will consist of: Opening song—National Anthem—"Star Spangled Banner"; Prayer — Mrs. Rose Sparkman — Dept. Chaplain; Introduction by Mrs. Suzann Hopper—Djept. Ameri, canism Chairman; Patriotic Readings — Miss Dorothy Sue (Continued On Page 8) THE TWENTIETH TWENTY DIFFERENT SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS IN THIRTY THREE YEARS Dr. Irving C. Stover Adds to Impressive Record With Performance of "Coriolanus" Tonight By Elisabeth Fisher "Coriolanus," the Shakespearian play which will be pre' sented tonight at 8:30 in the Stover Theatre, will be the twentieth different work of Stratford's playrght to be given on the campus under the direction of Dr. Irving C. Stover, head of the department of speech. "In thirty,three years of work here, stated Dr. Stover, "we have put a Shakespearian play on the stage annually except in 1932 when we presented Richard Sheridan's 'The Rivals.' I have been sorry since that I broke the tradition." Some of the better known Shakespearean plays such as "The Taming of Shrew," "As You Like It," and "Twelfth Nighty'' have been presented two and three times at Stetson but "Coriolanus" is making its initial appearance due to the fact that the play embodies the use of many spectacular scenes and is hard to put on a small indoor stage. "The play has been produced so seldom in recent years," said (Continued On Page 8) Dr. Irving C. Stover cele, rbrates the direction of his twentieth different Shakespear, ean play tonight with the pres, entation of "Coriolanus" in the Stover Theatre. JUSTICES TO HEAR LAW DAY CASES Final Plans Being Made for Annual Observance Three Florida Supreme Court Justices will hear the cases which will be presented on Stet, son's annual Law School Day next week. The argumentation will take place in the Circuit Court Judges chambers next Saturday week, April 26. Larry DeShaw and Charlotta Washburn wil represent the pe, tetioner; Mac Ferguson and Richard M. Sauls will represent the respondent in the case. It will be built around a question in, volving the rights of a wife after her husband has obtained a di, vorce. Plans for the annual Law School Alumni luncheon have been completed. It will be held at noon in the Commons. The afternoon will be taken up with the symposum of Na, tional defense. Many celebrated personalities will discuss the pro, blems which are pertinent to the legal profession in this national emergency. After the symposium the Vo, lusia Bar Association will hold 'its regular monthly meeting; then tlie night will be given over to a banquet in the Commons. La Franciade Presents Movie "La Kermesse Heroique" (Carnival in Flanders) a French movie, will be sponsored by La Franciade on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in Stover Little Theatre. All the men in the Flemish town of Boom decide to hide and the Burgomaster to play dead when news arrives one spring day in 1616 that the soldiers of a Spanish duke will be quartered in the town that night. The natives are frantic but the wife of the Burgomaster rallies the women and plans a different reception for the sol, diers. A highly sophisticated comedy which is noted as one of the best foreign pictures ever releas, ed in this country is a 16mm full length feature story to last 95 minutes. There is also a beautiful display of costume art in the si mv, Mem crs of the cast are as follows: Francoise Rosay, May, or's wife: Alerme, Mayor; Jean Murat, Spanish general; and i.ouis Jouvet, Monk. The film contains English subtitles for students who have no knowledge of French. French music will precede the showing of the film. Tickets are on sale by mem, bers of ha Franciade and at the box office on the night of the performance, said Ray Jordan, president of La Franciade. Nominations for Student Association officers to serve next year will be held this friday, according to Gadi Lawton, Associa, tion president. A political rally will be held in the Stover Theatre next Mon, day night, followed by the actual casting of ballots the next day. Dedication Program In Stover Theatre Celebrates Birthday Portion of Program Will Be Broadcast Over WDBO; Coriolanus Scheduled for Tonight In honor of the birth of Wil* Ham Shakespeare three hundred and seventy,seven year ago, the day will be celebrated with a dedication program this after, noon and the presentation o£ Shakespeare's Coriolanus t o- night. A cordial invitation is ex, tended to all students and friends of the University to attend the celebration sponsored by the Speech and Dramatics Depart, ments of Stetson University. The afternoon dedication pro, gram will being at 3:40 and the first half of the program will be broadcast over station W.D.O.B, in Orlando. The hour's program will consist of choral readings, music by the Stetson Little Sym, phony, selections from .Shakespeare, the unveiling of a bust of Shakespeare and a eulogy of Shakespeare by Dr. Irving C. Stover. Thertre doors will close at 3:40 in order that all guests may be seated before the begin, ing of he broadcast. The choral readings will be given by a group of students under the direction of Mrs. Paul McEntire. The group which will present selections from the son* nets and songs of Shakespeare is as follows: Victor Baer, Garland Branch, Frances Chandler, Mary Lou Garrett, Elaine Freedlund, Sylva Landress, Louise Mc, dure, Carolyn Massey, Maurice (Continued on Page 4) Original Play To Be Broadcast "Frost" is Stetsonian Story by Delight Seig Delight Sieg, author of the short story "Frost," will play the leading role of Mary, when the story is given in dramatic form over Station WMFJ in Daytona Beach this afternoon at 3 o'clock during the regular Stetson broadcast. The story which appeared in the February issue of the Stet, sonian was put into dramatic form and adaped to radio use by Sarah Ellen Mobley and Mary ,Lou Garret. Miss Mobley will also direct the performance. Supporting Miss Seig as the leading character in the play about Florida orange growers will be Aaron Rutledge who will portray the part of Ben, Mary's uncouth husband; Mary Bradford, who will play Bertha, the ambitious daughter; and Dewey Hawkins, who will play the part qf Jim, the "hankering to get married" hired man. Alvis Herring will take care of^ the narrating during the thirty minute program, while music will be arranged and furnished by Orian Osborne. Osborne will be assisted by Mar, garet Quigley. J. Tom Watson, Jr., of DeLand is slated to assist in the technicalities of the of the broadcast.