The Stetson Reporter

KBBBMMWtBBsmmammMmmBBBXBBamiBi EPORTE DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 1940 |JL J.JL W-LJi. j>. uu,~ COLTON OUTLINES FOUR WEAKNESSES WHICH CAN UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY Y. M. C. A. Foreign Worker Speaks Before Stetson Forum Audience Four weaknesses which can lead to the suicide of de mocracy were outlined by Dr. Ethan Colton, a worker in the 'foreign service of the YMGA for 30 years, at the weekly forum lecture yesterday afternoon University Adds Twelve Courses Next Semester Three New Classes For Teachers Offered Twelve new courses will be ffered for the first, time during the second semester,. Registrar I lec^re yesteriay *»- for Revolution *»«£ S5S5* Dr. Colton spoke on the j^Marenawu p. g ^ business departmen in America," He has traveled widely in recent years, particularly in the totalitarian states in Europe, and has'a wide knowledge in foreign affairs. The first weakness is ignorant deputies gassing foolish laws and tolerating increasing maldistribution of wealth. This, the speaker told the audience, is what happened in Germany. Second is the failure of the government, to maintain order. Mussolini came to power in Italy because of street fights and riots | staged "by socialists and fascists! in that country. A need was felt for a strong man. Third of the dangers is lack, of restraint among its citizens. | In 1931 Spain was plauged by I revolts of both the left and the | right. Neither faction gave the government the cooperation necessary for the maintainance ■of democracy. Last of the big threats is failure to use power correctly. Dr. Colton said that risk of dictatorship becomes greatest if the government shows undue favoritism to either the large corporations or to the trade unions. The common sense of the middle class in the United States will prevent such an eventuality, he believes. Reactionaries Dangerous Hide-bound conservatives are those likely to bring on a revolution, Dr. Colton remarked. Conditions do not become ripe for revolt when the situation is susceptible to peaceful change, but i reactionaries may block the! :.T;e?:iis for peaceful adjustment -n! these ills. The speaker pointed to conditions among sharecroppers and in the coal industry as examples of the most glaring wrongs 'iu American society. Dr. Colton declared that while any oppressed people have the rght to revolution, these revolutions usually turn out to be inadvisable. He described conditions in Russia after her revolution. Revolutions don't arrive where they start, he went on to say. The leaders inevitably get ahead of their followers, and as time Basses the government is dragged back to the cultural and economic (Continued on Page Five) Forum Speaker Dr. . Ethan Colton, . world traveler, author, and lecturer, gave the second addess in the Stetson University Forum series yesterday afternoon. His topic was "Raw Materials for Revolution in America." Allen, Lipsey to Speak In Lakeland to Baptists Churchmen Convene Yesterday in First Brotherhood Meeting Delegates to the first annual Brotherhood Convention of the Florida Baptists assembled in Lakeland yesterday at the First Baptist Church of that city. The convention, which brings together representatives from all Florida communities, addresses, and entertainments. President William Sims Allen and P. I. Lipsey. head of the Journalism department, will speak at the convention, while Dr. Harry C. Garwood, professor of Bibie, will also attend. Dr. Dick Hall and Professor Harold M. Griffin are in charge of music, which will be f unshed by the Glee Club. j In the business department there will be two additional courses offered-—Business 412, C. P. A. problems; and Business 416. real estate. Both of these courses will be taught by Dr. C. A. Fisher. The- Department of Classical Languages will add a new course entitled Virgil and the Roman Epic (Ln 206), taught by Dr. B. Davis. The History of Economics Thought course (Es 407) wiil be offered by. Dr. Willis N. Baer i for students who are advanced i in history or economic work, Teacher Courses Three new courses will be given for future teachers—En 308, j The Teaching of English in High j School, taught by Miss Maude E. I King; En 410. Methods of Teaching Reading; and En 414, Organization and Administration of the Elementary School, taught by Mrs. Sue Burns. A. course in Weather and Climate (Gy 308) will be added to the Geography department under Dr. Charles B. Vance. In connection with health and physical education, The Teaching of Individual Activities and Sports (Hpc 410) will be taught by Miss Nelle Campbell. The J ottrnalism department will offer a new course in Ma-1 i'r Newspaper Problems (Jm 410) which will be taught by Prof. P. I. Lipsey. Analytic Geometry (Ms 104) will be taught by Prof. Donald Faulkner. In sociology a course entitled Urban Sociology (Sy 306) will HONOR SYSTEM MAY DEVELOP INTO GREAT POLITICAL FRACAS Opinion Well Divided as Students Assemble to Discuss Code With discussion of the honor system at a meeting of the student body Thursday, the campaign for installation of an honor system on the campus looked as though it might develop into one of the University's greatest free-for-alls. Discussed by students for thirty minutes over the time ' alotted for the Student Body meeting, the Honor System provided the greatest controversy since the beginning of the Student- Assocation. Taking up the issue of whether or not the honor system should include student's behavior off the campus as well as on, Vance Graham '42L declared that "a student's life off the campus is bis own, and should be a part of no' University honor system." "Whether or not a student gets into trouble in Miami, Jack on- ville or Daytona is the affair of •nobody but himself," Graham id. SU3U. Although most of the discussion was favirable to the honor system, sevtral if the students, inclrding Gadi Lawton '41, Tom Kirkland '40L, asd Delight Sieg '42 declared they believed the honor system could never work at Stetson. "There is too much fellowship for the honor system to work on Stetson's campus," Lawton said. "Students here are too close together to report violations of the honor code. They will never tattle on one another." Begun several years ago by S; _ student leaders, the honor sys- PPAtlfl SPTOPQt'Plf 1-en: question has come to the at- ci/Uim ucuicaiGi tention t0 students and adminis. Afternoon Classes to tration several times. It was Be Eliminated Under l*k™ u}> in, ea™est this 3"?* ,b7 twt i a j i. j c i. Carl Doc Johnson and his Newly-Adopted Set-up dasg . cxtra.airricular activi. After several months of con- ties, who drafted a tentative sid ration the law faculty has honor code, constitution. The adopted the six-day week for the; constitution was approved whole- College of Law, beginning the, heartedly by faculty and admin- Drafts Honor Code Carl "Doc" Johnson instructor in extra-curricular activities, provided impetus to the honor system movement early in the year when he made research on the system a class project! Lawyers to Have Six-Day Week Semester Tri© Will Receive Mid-term Degrees Three Stetsonites are candidates for degrees at the end of this semester, according to Miss Olga Bowen, registrar. Emmett Clonts of Oakland, student in law school and one time coach of the Baby Hatters, will receive his LL. B. degsce. He has been an acttve member in the Mystic Crew and has shown much ability in Stetson sports. As yet he has not definitely decided where he will locate. However, he is sure that he will practtice somewhere in Florida. Esther Hicks of Eustis, Florida will receive a B. S. degree in physical eudcation. She is now an assistant in the Physical Education Department, and has been an active member if Tri-Delts throughout her college years She does not intend to leave Stetson after receiving her degree "I intend to remain here and work on my Masters. That is if things go right," she said. Lyda Theurer of Grantwood N. J. has enjoyed a varied course in dramatics and. publications and has excelled in both. She will receive her A. B. dtgree but, like Aliss Hick, she will also stay here tot work on her masters degree. As in former years there will be no formal exercises, Miss Bowen said. The recipiants will receive their degrees in June along with the others graduating at that time. be girai by Dr. R. E. Clark. Air Course Not to be Offered, Lowry Says Students Are Not Interested; Course To be Given in '41 Due to lack of enthusiasm among students the Civil Aeronautics course will not be install cd at Stetson this year. The Civil Aeronautics Au-j thority, a division of the Federal government, makes it possible for a college student to learn aerial navigation. Since June 1938 when it was created by Congress it has been functioning in various colleyes and universjr ties throughout the United States- Made available to Stetson students at the beginning of the school year it seemed to be a popular movement at first. When tht student body was canvassed for applications however, only a half-dozen could be solicited. Without ten students, which was the minimum set by the C.A.A., Stetson became the first institution of higher learning in the state to reject the course. Sponsor of the aeronautic movement on the campus, Prof. Curtis Lowry, said that the course will probably be offered next year. second semester. Believed by Dean Paul E. Raymond and the law faculty to be essential to a high quality of pro- fssional study, the six-day plan is used in practically all professional schools. "It eliminates the 'week-end, vacation' which is a time-thief," Dean Raymond said. "It permits better distribution of classes throughout the week, thereby obviating the congestion of elective courses in one or two days; and it allows students to use full afternoons for study and research without interruption." "Some question has been raised," the Dean continued, "con- crning Friday night social activities which contribute, of course, to the training of any student. "It seems evident." . he said, "that a mature student will have little difficulty in fitting a social evening into his schedule if he makes sufficient use of the time available for study " istration. Brought up before the Student Body Association Thursday, the honor system received more pro and con arguments than any other issue since last year. Theurer to Direct Wilder's Play 'Our Town Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer | Prize play "Our Town" will pro- I vide Lydia Theurer with her first real opportunity to show her ability at directing. It will be presented in the Little Theatre February 9 and 10 "The play is almost completely cast," Miss Theurer said, "and rehearsals have already begun." Widely acclaimed by New York audiences when it was presented on Broadway, "O u r Town" presents a philosophical analysis of small town life. PROGRESS IN BACKWARDNESS An Editorial Stetson students have for a long time possessed a pe* culiar thcep-like quality for following wherever a leader thought it best for them to wander. Usually it is the leader with the loudest bell and horn that commands their weak* kneed obedience. It reuqired an all-important project like the recently proposed Honor System to lead them out of leth' argy. For once in his college life, the average Stetsonite de* cided that he didn't want something, and further decided ta (Continued on Page 4)