The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter Sixth Year—No 31 DELAND. FLA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941 Z103 Price Five Cents LEGAL BIGS HERE FOR LAW SCHOOL DAY jlnurtyGolden Wins Slim |™* PR0<M1 "» Victory Over Vernon Turner \ All-Stetson Party Takes Three Offices In Student Body Rossetter is Sole New Stetson Party Victor; Strickland and Foy Win 507 BALLOTS CAST A vigorous campus political campaign ended yesterday with the election of three All- Stetson party candidates and one New- Stetson .party aspirant, bringing out a total vote of 507 ballots in the race for Student Association offices. Riding the tide of enthusiastic support from his party Jimmy Golden eked out a slender victory over Vernon Turner, his New - Stetson party opponent, polling 286 votes to Turner's 223. Party lines held in the vice- presidency race with Bill Strickland winning over Dick Feasel by a count of 340 to 167, and Margaret Foy, of'the same affiliation, topped Dot Jennings for the post of secretary, 348 to 160. Nancy Rossetter was the lone New-Stetson iparty winner, taking the treasurer's post from Mary Alock with 295 votes to Mary's 214. Highlight of the campaign was a political rally held Monday night in the Commons when all the candidates spoke to the assembled multitude. Sound wagons, posters, and circulars added to the contest activities throughout yesterday. The new student body officers for the coming year succeed Gadi Lawton, president; Vance Graham, vice-president; Carolyn Massey, secretary; and Lila Martin, treasurer-elect. Turner lead Golden during the early counting of the ballots but dropped behind towards the end. The other candidates maintained their positions throughout the count. STUDENT OFFICERS JUST ELECTED Upper left is shown the new president, Timmy Golden. Upper right is .\Tancy Rossetter, treasurer. Lower left, is Bill Strickland, vice - president, a n d lower right is Margaret Foy, secretary. DIAL DEDICATED TO AMERICANISM SHAKESPEARE HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY "Coriolanus Winds Up Day of Events Shakepeare's birthday, April ' 23, was duly celebrated on the , Stetson campus with an after- f ' *noon dedication program and the presentation of Coriolanus in the evening. A portion of the dedication program was broadcast from the Stover Little Theatre over station WDBO in Orlando. Featured on this broadcast were selections by the Stetson Little Symphony Orchestra, a group of choral readings, selections from Shakespeare, and the climax of the program, a eulogy of Shake- ■ speare by Dr. Irving C. Stover, V and the unveiling of a bust of bard. A fine performance of the (Continued On Page 8) President Allen Accepts Gift "in Spirit of Democracy" A sun dial was presented to the University by the Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States with appropriate ceremonies held last Monday near the rear of Chaudoin Hail where the dial has been located. Mrs. A. Maria Gillies, De- Land, president of the Department of Florida, presented the sun dial gift to Stetson in a brief ceremony. She asked that the dial be considered symbolic of the Americanism for which the auxiliary and the intitution both are dedicated. President W. S. -\llen, who accepted the gift on (behalf of the University, said that "this beautiful sun dial shall be accepted in the same spirit in which it was given: in the spirit of love, spirit of Americanism, in the spirit of democracy, in the spirit of brotherhood." Preceding the presentation Mrs. Suzann Hopper, department Americanism chairman and principal speaker on the program, appealed for consistent and undivided patriotism toward America and all America stands for. She told the assembled students, faculty members and townspeople that the fostering of the growth of patriotism in this country is the avowed purpose of the veterans auxiliary. "The armaments of a fiee nation can be no stronger than the patriotism of its people," she said. MIAMI EDISON WINS HONORS AT FIRST JOURNALISM MEET Delegates Hear Daytona Beach Editor and Professor Lambert Ed Wall, of Miami Edison High School, captured first prizes in both the feature writing and news writing contests held during Stetson's first annual. High School Journalism Institute here Saturday. Edison High representatives also copped. second place in the feature contest, and third place in the news writing competetion thus walking off with the major share of the honors. The feature stories of Muriel Capinus and Louis Felton of Miami were judged second best while the news stories of Cynthia liogan and Joy Sunderland, of Grove- land, placed second. Bob Wood of Miami took third place honors. The subject of the feature story was Bob Barnett, Director of Publicity, and Katje, his seeing eye dog. The subject for the News story was, "The Green Feather Murder Case," a fictitious murder story presented in script from over a loud speaking system for the young journalists. Principal 'speakers at the Saturday Institute were Herbert M. Davidson, editor of the Daytona Beach News Journal, who spoke on the value of journalistic training in securing writing positions, and Professor Thomas F. Lambert, of the Stetson Law Faculty who gave a resume of his experiences at Oxford College and dsicussed America's aid to Britain. NATIONAL DEFENSE SYMPOSIUM Authorities Will Discuss Relations Of People, Industry, and Labor to Present Defense Program STAGE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WILL HEAR LAW CLUB FINALS The students and alumni of the John B. Stetson University College of Law will participate in a symposium on national defense at two-thirty o'clock on Saturday, May 3 in the stover Little Theatre. This is being held in connection with the activities of the Third Annual Law School Day on Stetson's campus. Intramural Debate Begins With Seven Teams Now Entered Start Friday and Finals Will Be Run Off Saturday Night The men and women's Intra, mural Debates will begin at 3:30 Friday afternoon in the Stover Little Theatre, running on half hour schedules, according to Lydia Theurer, Debate Coach. Any ties will be worked off Saturday morning, and finals for both men and women will be held at 7:30 Saturday evening in the Elizabeth Hall auditorium. Cups will be awarded the winners in the Debates which' ^;onai Defense. Three authorities will discuss the relation of the people, industry, and labor to the present defense program. Hon. Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, in charge of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice, will discuss "The Public and National Defense," giving special emphasis to the legal questions envolved. Honorable Grover Loening, Past President of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, West Palm Beach, Florida, will present the industrialists views of national defense in "Industry and National Defense." And the Honorable Leo H. Hill, President, Florida Federation of Labor, will present the relation of labor in defense work in a speech entitled "Labor and Na- will be on the topics—for men Resolved: That there should be a light installed in the Chaudoin quadrangle, and for the women: Resolved: That the possession of at least one fraternity pin should be a pre-requisite. for all women registered for Sy 417 (Marriage and the Family)." Entries for the tournament to date include Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Phi Beta Phi, Delta Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa Phi, and Sigm Nu Soliciter General, Francis Biddle, who was also scheduled to be on the program, will not be able to attend Law Day because of illness. At ten o'clock on Saturday morning, Hon. Armstead Brown, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, Hon. Alto Adams, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, Hon. Roy H. Chapman, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Florida, and Hon. Fraternities. Alpha Deksioma is! George Couper Gibbs, Ex-Attor- also expected to enter a team.lney General of Florida, sitting The institute was sponsored The Stetson band assisted in [by the University's Department the program. (Continued On Page 8) and it is hoped that the Ministers and Stetson Hall will also enter. This tournament, which is similar to the Intramural Dramatic Tournament, will be opened to sp-'^kers who liave not participated in intercollegiate forensic wrk on the University ■:ampus. All regularity established intramural units are urged •■) enter a four-man team for these humorous, debates which •vill have four minute speeches ml three minute rebuttals. The (Continued On Page 8) Pi Kappa Delta Honors Debaters Four prominent debators were tapped and will soon be initiated into the Floria Beta chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, national debate fraternity. Those honored were Dekle DeLoach, prominent in forensics here and on other campuses; Harvey Klein, recognized as Stetson's outstanding debater; and two members of the women's debate team who have distinguished themselves by their accomplisments, Ruby Amory and Irma French. pro tempore as Justices of (Continued on Page 5) the Regular Broadcast Shifts To Friday Classical and Popular Music on Next Program The regular weekly broadcast by Stetson University students over station WMFJ, Daytona Beach, originally scheduled to continue each week on Wednesday, has been shifted to eight o'clock on Friday evenings, it was reported yesterday by officials. This week's broadcast, on May 2, will feature a variety musical show, including both classical and popular instrumental and vocal solos. Vance Graham, prominent member of Dr. Irving C. Stover's, class in Radio Speaking, is slated to serve as master of ceremonies and announcer for the Friday program. Tentative slate reported yesterday included performances by Bardwell Donaldson, William Cushing, and Robert Blount, while Lela Mae Jennings, Leroy New and Winston McQuiddy also are expected to participate.