The Stetson Reporter

Stetson Reporter Third Year—No. 23 Watchiiig The World Z 103 By HARMON HARPER Sunda saw the life of one of the Soutyh's greatest educators end as Dr. W. L. Poteat, president emeritus of Wake Forest College, slipped into the Eternity. .This ended 65 years of active service with that institution and a life that had seen 81 summers come and go, .Those attending, commencement, services here last year will remember his speech of humor and biting sarcasm on the present educational methosd. Especially will they recall his mention of the great fraternity that is found on all the acmi- puses of the nation, namely the A. S. R., oi- as he aptly put the Almalgamated Sons of Rest. On the day that Germany has reserved to commemorate the memory of those who had the unfortunate experience to live in the days of 1914, and the so-called blessed experience of dying for the mad whim of German ruler, Hitler moved into the land of Austria. With the German way of justifying his actions he said, "Schuschnigg has broken his word and I will not tolerate hypocricy" thus in a mood of righteods anger because one had dare to refuse to accept the die- DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1938 j.iT;—iifr Price 5 STETSON GLEE CLUB WILL TOUR STATE New Smyrna Will Be Scene of First Recital of Trip GIFFIN WILL DIRECT St. Pete and Lakeland Among Cities on Glee Club Itinerary Lydia Theurer, newly appointed editor of the Stetson Reporter. LYDIA THEURER IS EDITOR OF PAPER Succeeds Adams Who Retires Because of 111 Health Lydia Theurer, outstanding student in academic and extracurricular activities, became editor of The tates if der Feuhrer, Hitler moved Stetson Reporter this week, follow- toward the old city of Vienna, behind his troops. Climaxing a week of hectic activity in the sister state of Austria with her 6,500,000 Germans, Hitler's move was not a surprise. His right hand man Goer- ing, with poetic exuberance cries, "Spring has come to Germany." Yes Spring has come to Germany and we wonder when another spring comes round with its apple blossoms if the youth of today will have, as Allan Seegar had, "a rendevous with death." French troops mass along the borderline of their enemy with orders to stand firm, while at Paris the government is trying to strengthen its treaty with Czecho- slavakia so as to stop German aggression in that quarter. England continues her race to rearm and Chamberlain is forced to have more and more to do with dictators, and probably wonders where he will be able to stop before he yields to the position of his former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Anthony Eden. In the United States we see a drama of political parties still being played on the stage of the Senate. .With the unemployed figure standing at 10,181,000 in January and the relief rolls doubled the! House voted down the surtax bill j ——— which was to provide from $30,000,:' JScholaptic Fraternity Invites 000 to $45,000,000 on the budget! Seven Freshmen to But in its place it increased thej Membership tax on hard liquors by 25 cents on! " the gallon. This it is hoped willj ing the resignation of Robert M. Adams. Adams offered his resignation for reasons of health, and in order to give more time to his academic work, in which he has won unusual honors. Miss Theurer, a Sophomore, has gained campus honors through her high scholastic record, scoring A's consistently; through her activities as a debater and in dramatic productions, and as writer for and news editor of the University newspaper. She is a member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority and her home is Grantwood, N. J. The resignation of Adams was accepted with regret by Professor Lipsey who called attention to the development of the paper and extension of its influence under Adams' editorship. The staff remained unchanged, except for the promotion of Miss Theurer to the highest post. The Stetson Glee Club under the direction of Prof. Harold M. Giffin will begin its annual tour, Friday i night when the club sings at the, New Smyrna High School at 8| o'clock. j Sunday night at the same hour the club will sing at the First Baptist Church in Lakeland. The club will give a recital Monday night March 2! at the First Baptist Church, St. Petersburg. The club will leave St. Petersburg Tuesday in time to get to Mount Dora to give another recital at the Mount Dora Tourist Club. Wednesday the club will be in DeLand but on Thursday evening, March 24, the club will sing in Cocoa at the Kiwanis Club. April 10 and II the Glee Club will be presented at the First Baptist Church of Panama City. The home concert will be given in Elizabeth Hall April 6. The tentative date of April 3 has been set for an appearance in Daytona Beach at the Tourist Church. Although no dates have beenset for the other appearances the club plans to sing in the following cities; Tallahassee, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Gainesville, and West Palm Beach. CAMPUS MOVIE EMS COMPLETION Stetson Movie Sponsored By The Alumni Association CAMPUS LIFE SHOWN Knorr Announces Date Of Production's Completion Dean Lewis H. Tribble, head of Stetson's Law CoIIene, who recently addressed the Daytona Beach Tourist Club. TRIBBLE SPEAKS T0i; Dr. Irving C. Stover, professor of Speech at Stetson, will speak on the subject, "Stage Scenery and Lighting" at the annual sectional meeting of the Florida Education Association in Tampa, March 18. Dr. Stover and Miss Willie Dee Willian will jointly represent the University at the speech department meetings at that time. Another trip is also in prospect for Dr. Stover, since he will accompany four chosen debaters to Atlanta March 29, where a meeting of the Southern Association of Teachers of Speech will be held. During the week following, speakers from provide revenue to the amount of I,^^™"0^? JTV StetS0" *'" *** Part ln * ^^ $45,000,000. The stand that the \ 1™*™Z *,h f -f^!ment includinS debating, public dtmocratic House took in direet op-CL^L^^o 1.n-tai0-'speaking, and poetry reading. Phi Society Honors Freshmen Students STOVER TO ADDRESS FEA AT TAMPA Speech Department Head To Take Debaters to Atlanto The motion picture, depicting various scenes of campus life, which has been sponsored by the Stetson Alumni Association, is approximately three-fourths completed according to Frank Knorr who is in charge of production. "We hope to finish a week from Tuesday," Knorr announced. The picture, which will be in color, will run about twenty minutes ithout titles or other breaks in ie continuity. Scenes have already DAYTONA TOURISTS - C^r^TiS the cafeteria at mealtime, and the library. Students have been pictured working in the laboratory, the amateur radio station, marching in the band, and the various other pursuits about the campus. Some scenes were also procured of the Little Theater production, "Mr. Pim Passes By." One of the unique shots was that taken of the morning chapel exercises. The pictures were taken over a two-day period from different angles. The first scene is facing the stage on which are seated the faculty with Dr. W. S. Allen and Prof. Harold Giffin conducting. The other is taken from the stage itself and shows the student body filling the down stairs auditorium and most of the balcony. When completed, the picture will be available for showing before al- Law School Dean Speaks On Philosophy of Florida Crackers fishing at Howey-in-the-Hills a bit more, to membership in Phi Society, local position to the wishes of the pres- j honorary fraternity. ident and part leaders is said to j Those who received membershi have split the Democrats pany ,„ the organization were Thomas w,de open. If this be the case pro- ;Arrington. Dorothea c, Corr-e babl Gov. Landon w.11 enjoy tajLou MireS) j L ^^ Margaret Thomas, Patricia Whitmore, and David Whitmore. All the initiates made an average -of "over 2.5 for their first semester's work, or approximately a half A and half B average. Plans for initiation ceremonies to be held within the month, are being formulated by the Society, PEABODY STUDENT IN STETSON LIBRARY Miss Camilla Manson, George Peabody Library School student, began two weeks practice work in the Stetson Library Monday. Miss Manson will work in the circulation department of the library. Dr. Stover will address the general meeting of the Association on March 31 on the subject of "Speech Hygiene." The following day, he will be in charge of a round table discussion of the College Theater. In his absence, Dr. Stover says, the production of "Dear Brutus," the next Little Theater offering, will be entirely under the direction of Miss Willian. The cast has been chosen, and the play has been in rehearsal for over a week. Speaking before the 250 assembled members of the Daytona Beach Tourist Club at its sixteenth annual banquet last Friday, Dean Lewis H. Tribble received gratifying applause for his remarks on the theme, "The Philosophy and Attitude of the Florida Cracker to National and International Affairs." "Tourists coming to Florida," said Dean Tribble in his introductory remarks, "have no opportunity to know the real Florida native, the backwoods cracker, and to under- sand his attitude toward current affairs." The Law School head continued by saying that the Florida cracker! umni groups, groups of prospective is a peaceloving person, especially) students, or at any similar meeting in relation to the present turmoil j throughout the state, in the Far East. I • ■ "As long as Japan's so-called I peaceful invasion of China does not: Pnnilloi'lf IT | AnfOcf disturb our home life in America," * WJIUkHllj IrUfllCdl he said, "we should not interfere with it." Dean Tribble's observations on labor conditions were received with an added volume of applause. He stated that members of labor unions should learn to keep their word, and to abide by the contracts which they make as faithfully as they ex pect the employer to do. He sp-oke also of the arbitration needed in the present T. V. A. difficulty, saying that the T. V. A. would be more effi cient if its heads would concentrate more upon the matter of arbitrating between private electric power companies and government controlled agencies instead of attempting to effect a complete government dominance of all private power. Dean Tribble was introduced by Rev. J. M. Anderson, Stetson graduate. The banquet, which brought to a close the Tourist Club's social The Phi Society is affiliated with the national Phi Beta Kappa, and membership for the organization is attained through the same high standards of scholastic achievement as those required for membership in the national fraternity. Freshmen are eligible after the completion of one semester of work in the College of Liberal Arts. Sponsored By WAA Voting Done With Pennies, Money for Swimming Pool Fund Representatives have been chosen from all the sororities for competition in the popularity contest which is being sponsored by the W. A. A. Mildred Brown was selected by the Alpha Xi's, Roberta Morris will represent the Tri Delta's, Jane McCarty the Pi Phi's, while Josephine Osborne is the choice of the Zetas. The non-frat candidate has not yet been chosen. The contest, which is being given to help the swimming pool fund, began Monday. The closing date of the contest has not yet been announced. Everyone is eligible to vote—and activities for the season, was held j to vote as many times as he choo- at the Community Methodist Church ses! Voting is done by pennies, in Daytona Beach.. each penny representing one vote. All votes will be cast in the book store, where ballot boxes have already been set up. All of the proceeds will go to the swimming pool fund. year's Play Day, held April 10, six others -have been added to the list. The motif of the day's activities will be nautical. Upon arrival, guests will sign their names in the log and shortly afterward will sity's W. A. A. In addition to the,'"weigh anchor" with the 50 yard thirteen schools invited for last;dash. WAA To Sponsor School Play Day Twenty-one high schools have been invited to Stetson's Play Day to be held on Saturday, March 26 under the auspices of the univer-