The Stetson Reporter

•Letter To The Editor Grissett. Blames "Unittiem^ Editor: As everyone knows there, was a student body meeting Tuesday afternoon for tlie avowed purpose of electing a Mayor-of Dogpatch for Sadie .Hawkins Day.' :, .'.'■. The.meeting was announced in student body.meeting last Friday with approximately 650 students present. At that time it was decided by a majority of those presents-.to have a Sadie Hawkins Day this year. Yet only 65 students out of that 65G were interested enough to appear Tuesday afternoon election. There are 2012, students enrolled in the- University and it takes 250 to comprise a quorum under the constitution. Consequently, rib. business could be transacted Tuesday. - This- shows an astounding lack of interest and support from the student body as a whole who are continually yelling for more and bigger student activities. Students complain about lack of activities, but the majority take no part in the organization and plan-, ning of any of these functions. The same few students always plan, and carry out everything, that happens on Comgnis Activities fhe campus while the rest seem, to suffer from various degrees of passiveness. -.--'''. Student body meetings are an example. -The'ma- jority of the students that, show up have no idea of what is going on and don't seem to care. I suggest that every student take a more active part in campus affairs.and make it his business to know what is. happening. If he doesn't then he has no. .right to conv plain. , Ted Grissett, Chairman, Rules and Procedure Committee Iht fttttioti Htporttt ^s->^'.-.,. ■■' 62nd YEAR 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA NUMBER 8 SAFETY COMMITTEE PROGRESSE Lack Of Recreational Opportunities Blamed For Many Highway Accidents At the Student Body meeting, which was held last Friday morning, an expression of student sentiment for greater recrea- t;onal opportunities on campus was voiced. Fred Owen threw the support of the student body behind the current safety emphasis, and in so doing called attetion to the lack of entertainment provided students on the campus. It is this lack of something to do that draws the students out onto the highways, he continued. The meeting voiced agreement with his sentiment by giving a standing vote for an enlarged social program. Students vottd to continue tradition and hold "Sadie Hawkins Day" again this year; previous to this vote, the event was very indefinite. Announcement was made that the ten outstanding students for the Hatter vvii! be se- (Con't on Page 8) Fifty-five Years Service Music Professor To ppear In Recital Kenneth Ballenger, baritone, will be presented by the Stetson University School of Music in the first faculty recital of the year Friday, x\rovember 12, at 8:00 p.m. in Elizabeth Hal] auditorium. The public is invited to attend and there will be no admission charge. Mr. Ballenger, who joined the Stetson faculty this fall as associate professor of voice, has sung under direction of such well known musicians as Giusseppi Bambos- ehek of the Metropolitan Opera Association, Guy Fraser Harrison, conductor of the Rochester Civic Orchestra, Leonard Treash, formerly of the Ph.Iadelph.la Opera. Company, and many others. Friday night's recital will mark his first public performance since coming ,o Florida. His program will represent a cross section of the field ol vocal literature, from the 1.7th cen- (Con't on Page 8) Future Teachers Plan Radio Skit Friday Evening The Future Teachers of America are producing a 15 minute program over local station WDLF, Friday, Nov. 12, at eight p.m. The program will be in observance of American Education week which extends ■om Nov. 7 through Nov. 15. The program will be opened y Dr. R. L. Carter. The script j being prepared by Elizabeth Flory, Allen Croft, Marilou and Thomas Horton, and Sara Martha Adams. In the last meeting of the club held Thurs., Nov. 5 Dr. Hugh McEniry was guest speaker and his subject was "The need of forming .me's own educational philosophy." Approximately forty members were m-esent at this meeting. J. Purdue Elected Band Frat Prexy A .Monday n'ght election of officers handed Jim Purdue tho precedent's gavel of Kappa Kappa Psi. national band fraternity. Vice pres ident position was given Leo Imperial and secretary and treasurer spots by Elwyn Brown and Fred Dean, respectively. Held at the frat's recently redecorated room in the band hall, the session nave members a chance to outline future activity: the -formation of two pep bands which will perform at Stetson home basketball games. New pledges of the group are Ernest Cowley, Roger Daney, Bill Stark, Bud Hill, John DeYoung. Bill JVIcGraw, V. T. Owens, Jack Kirkpatrick, and Ray Moeller. Nomination Made For Thief Of Year The Reporter's candidate for the meanest thief of the year goes to that person who stole the CARE collection jar last week. Mrs. Vaughen, advisor to the German Club that is sponsoring the CARE' drive on campus, reports that the money w.i.s taken from the jar which was in the Art Room. The money was to go toward food and clothing for students at Gottingen University in Europe. J resident J. Ollie Edmunds is shown presenting Bursar C. B. Rosa a gift in appreciation for the fifty-five years of service to Stetson University. FRAT. PETITION ASK BUILDING BE NAMED FOR PROF. FURLONG (See Editorial Page) A petition is being made to the Board of Trustees to the er"ect that the new Business Sc;I:o"! building be namsd in li vor of it's director, Prorcpscr Edward C. Furlong. Th.? pst:tiOii will be circulated on campus next week by members of the Sigm \ Chi Accounting Fra- item it" -=-'>o proposed this petition !at th 'jnt.1ng. W. Z U1UA/11U The petition reads: To: The Board of Trustees of John B. Stetson University. Re: Name of the new School of Business building. Whereas the Director of the School of business, Edward C. Furlong, is a past student of John B. | Stetson University and, Whereas Director Furlong has worked long and tirelessly to improve .the business school and, (Con't'on Page 8) Hathaway Reports Four Traffic Signs To Be Erected The Student. Saftey Committee, headed by John M. Hathaway, received permission from the DeLand City Commission recently to pla.ee four portable traffic signs on North Boulevard to lessen the traffic hazard between Michigan and University avenues. Included in the committee's campaign is the establishing of slow zones on campus streets. Speed limits of 15 m.p.h. have been placed on all streets and according to Vn-al police the law will be enforced. The portable signs v.fil be placed in the cente- of Woodland Boulevard, and will be removed atter school hours and on holidays. The .'Sftate Road depart-" ment v/ill provide the safety de- T'ie City Commission, also gave heir consent for four cross-walks .;> be painted across the busy thoroughfare which will be used hy students going to and from classes. Hathaway warned that indents using the "No Parking" areas were headed for trouble. This unlawful parking not only increases the traffic hazard but causes a great deal of congestion. College To Pick Beauty Contest Queen Candidate A beauty contest, which wiil send one Stetson girl to Winter Haven as the University's Tangerine Queen candidate will be held Friday morning November 19, at 10" o'clock in the Chapel. Entries will be accepted from any organization or individual up until Wednesday noon, November 17. Entires must be made in writing and given either to Betty Schneider or the editor of the Reporter. Contestants must be single, a resident of Florida and not less than 16 or over 25 years of age. The Tangerine Queen contest will be held November 27 and 28 in Winter Haven and is sponsored by the Winter Haven Junior Chamber of Commerc in cooperation with the Florida Citrus Commission.