The Stetson Reporter

♦ The Stetson Reporter Fifty Year—No. 4. DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4, 1939 Z103 Price Five Gents BILLS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ARTS SCHOOL GROUP Lawtbn, Brown, Clark Go Into Office With Bills LARGE VOTE CAST McEmber is Chosen to Head Music School Association A milestone in Stetson's student government was passed Monday when Horace Bills was elected first president of the Liberal Arts School Association in accordance with the provisions of the new Constitution. In a comparatively tranquil election that saw 419 ballots cast, Bills went into office along with Gadi Lawton, vice-president; Mildred Brown, secretary; and Sara E. Clark, treasure. The election was in marked contrast to the student body elections of last year when a caes of mild hysteria gripped the campus as the Frats and Non-Frats fought for political supremacy. Failing to show the power that gave them victory last year, the Non-Frats were successful only in pushing through their candidate for president as Bills won over Lynwood Cheatham, Frat nominee, by the slim margin of 28 votes. The race for vice-president was no contest, Lawton winning over Non-Frat Al West by a comfortable majority. Mildred Brown, Frat candidate for secretary, was swept into of- (Continued on Page Five) Class Officers For Coining Year Chosen Tuesday Campus Political Parties Struggle to Elect Their Nominees Continuing their contest for power, Stetson's two political machines swung into action on a new front Tuesday night when elections were held to determine class officers for the coming year. Final returns are not in as we go to press, but a close race on all fronts in indicated. Since neither party garnered a preponderance of power jin the school association elections, the class elections assume added importance this year as Frats and Non-Frats vie for supremacy. Fired by their sweeping victory in last year's student body elections when they punched a straight ticket through the polls, the Non- Frats are putting on the pressure in hopes of maintaining their newly-won power. To meet the challenge of the revitalized Non-Frats, the Fraternity party has come out of a preelection huddle with the announcement that the traditional and oft- maligned rotation system has been abandon/J and a new policy of selecting candidates on the basis of merit inaugurated. Heading the list of the Frat nominees will be Dick Baldwin, (Continued on Page Five) Dramatic Students Asked to Talent Night, Reception Sororities Pledge Seventy As Alpha Xi Delta Tops Lists By VERA ROBINSON PaivHellenic Association announced Friday the pledging of 70 women students to the four national sororities, as Alpha Xi Delta led the list with 21 pledges. The girls received their bright-colored ribbons at 6 A.M. at the University Commons, the bids havng gone through the dean of women's office and Pan-Hellenic. ■ 1 Zeta Tau Alpha and Delta UKillflii IIL UUliuljW , way tie for second place, each OPENS THURSDAY!&1&.17 "'H The sorority tapping climaxes a week of informal rush parties and get-acquainted dates. Following pledging each sorority entertained its new promisees at breakfast. Members of the Florida Alpha 1 chapter of Pi Beta Phi sorority gave their 26th annual progressive dinner Monday night honoring the rushees on a travel tour of Mexico, Hawaii and South Carolina. P.ush captain was Gwendolyn Powell. Pledges are as follows: Florida Alpha chapter, Pi Beta Phi: Frances Inman, Constance Moore, DeLand: Willetta Branch, Ft. Lauderdale; Constance Bennett, Babson Park; Betty Smith, Stuart; (Joyce S. Onge, Hobe Sound; Virginia Clark, Stuart; Evelyn Clar- ! son, Jacksonville: Vera Robinson, Apopka; Cecilia Truluck, Sanford; Norman Gardner, Tavares; Phyllis Freeburg, Memphis, Tenn.; Barbara White, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Caroline Aycock, Atlanta, Ga.; and Teeter Richards, North Mid- dleton, Ky. A delightful informal party, planned around a musical theme, (Continued on Page Five) Green and White Gridders Poised for Annual Clash If ith Rollins Tars Friday FIFTY ONE SIGNED TO TAKE SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLASS History of England Will Be Added to Curriculum According to a report from Dean Charles G. Smith, fifty-one students have completed registration for Saturday classes. Nearly all of these students are either in the upper division of the University or are enrolled in the graduate school, Dean Smith said. A new course, The History of England, has been added to the list of those courses offered on Saturday afternoon. Professor R. J. Longstreet, principal of the Seabreeze High School at Daytona Beach, will offer this subject. Professor Longstreet is an alumnus of Stetson, and according to Dean Smith, is one of the most successful graduates of the University. He is a prominent member of the Audubon Society of Florida, and is considered an authority on Birds and Birdlore of Florida. He has also been a member of the faculty of Duke University for the past few summers. Registration statistics show that American literature, social psychology, and the psychology of the unadjusted school child are the most popular courses offered. Students are permitted to register on Saturday, Oct. 7, if they also go to classes on that day. HEEBNER CHOSEN STETSONIAN EDITOR Entire New Staff Elected for Student Literary Publication H«. T,ke 19.0 Verdict fa. South (^ ^^ College TEAM IS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY Players Drilled in Pass Defense as Tinie for Yearly Conflict Draws Near Stetson's 1939 dramatic season will open tomorrow night when Theta Alpha Phi, national honorary dramatic fraternity, will sponsor a talent night. The program, to be followed by a reception, will be open only for those students who have signed up for activities in the Stover Little Theatre. "There are more students showing an. active interest than last year and all signs point to a most successful season," Mrs. Paul Mc- Intyre, assistant to Dr. Irving C. Stover, revealed yesterday. Workshop Plays ?{ext Wee\ The annual Workshop Plays will be presented Octboer 14, with three one-act plays scheduled. This will be the first public performance of the players and will give the directors a chance to experiment q with their talent and decide what (Continued on Page Eight) Bob Heebner, '41, was chosen Friday by the Stetsonian staff to act as editor-in-chief of this year's i publication. His election followed ! the installation of an entire new staff. | "It is our desire to produce a. magazine with reader interest for! all students on the campus," Heeb- j ner said in accepting the position. "We feel that the Stetsonian this year will surpass those of previous years." j The staff for the Stetsonian was selected by a joint faculty-student! committee and the selections were ■ passed on by the student body. J Members will meet tomorrow at. 3:30 to elect a business manager from the student body and to choose faculty advisers. In addition to Heebner, the staff consists of Delight Sieg, '42, Elizabeth Fisher, '42, Harry Brooks,! '42, Erline Gibson, • '42, Louise McClure, '42, and Gordon Kipp,! '40. " | The staff plans to publish the magazine once each semester, ac-. cording to Heebner. The Stetsonian, student literary j magazine, was begun three years' ago. Lowry Appointed To Direct Air Training Here President W. S. Allen, in conforming with the rules of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, has appointed C. M. Lowery to head the Aeronautics Training course in the capacity of director. Seventeen men and five womeq attended the meeting Monday afternoon, and have applied for examinations. Plans for the Authority's training course are taking definite shape. The course, consisting of 72 hours ground work and 35 to 50 hours of actual flying, will be definitely offered at Stetson if 20 or more male students enroll, according to an official bulletin. These students must, however, pass the army medical examination as well as the preliminary physical examination. Women students as well as men will receive training if the ratio is nine men to one woman. The requirements for girls are funda- mentalls the same as those for boys. However, the C. A. A- leaves the matter of female training strictly up to the University. A definite fee of forty dollars will be charged by the Authority, which will include the physical examination, textbooks, and the training. The Authority also states that every student pilot must be insured for $3,000 for casualty, and $500 .medical reimbursement. This insurance costs $14, and is to be paid by the student, and is not included in the forty dollar fee. Further information will be forthcoming from Washington in the very near future, it was revealed. By BOB HEEBNER Green and White gridders are grooming this week for one of their most important football clashes of the season, the first of the annual two-game series with Rollins College on Hulley Field Friday night. Fresh from a 19-0 victory over South Georgia Teachers College last Friday, the Hatters will be in top form when the eight o'clock whistle blows the signal for hostilities to start. From all indications, the Stetson team feels confident that they can snatch the game from Rollins, then on December 2, start the second game at Tinker Field, Orlando, with a previous win under its belt. Head coach Brady Cowell drilled the Hatters in pass"3efense this week, since the players let a number of Georgia passes slip through last Friday. With the defense much improved and a passing attack clicking, Tar backs should be hard-pressed. Coach Cowell, as is his custom, refused to make a prediction of the outcome, but he remarked casually: "Everything will be all right." Poised for action and slated for beginning posts are those two thorns which kept getting in the side of the South Georgia Teacher eleven last week, Ed Hughes and Lanier Smith. Hughes, who played at both tackle and end positions in the game, caught a pass from Walt McDonnell for one of the three touchdowns, kicked an average of I 46 yards for three boots, and on I one kick he tackled the Teacher ■ who attempted to return it. I Stetson's performance was given further zip by Lanier "Splutter" Smith whose "piston pins" carried him on the only spectacular Hat- [<er gains of the game, one a punt I return for 22 yards. He also tallied the third touchdown for the 1 DeLandites when he took a lateral from Benny Smith and skipped six yards to the goal line. The Smith family kept the touchdowning pretty much to themselves with Benny scoring the second one of the fray with a quarterback sneak from the one- } ard line. The only conversion was by Gene Lamb's placement after the last touchdown. Troy Hall at fullback and Burel Wagner at wingback helped the Georgia downfall. Early in the final period the 195-pound Green and White forward wall made a three play stand on their own three yard line to douse the rising Teacher scoring aspirations. Wyman Harvard was on his ' toes, knocking down a Georgia pass within "spittin' distance" of his own goal post. Bob Gaugn and Captain Coon Cheatham aided Darst in his ground gaining thrusts through center, and Dick Sauls played his usual good game. Cliff Parmly, coming in during the second quar' • j (Continued on Page Eight) _ y ANNOUNCEMENT Prof. P. I. Lipsey will be present at the meeting of the Reporter staff this afternoon at 3:30 to offer a journalistic criticism based upon the last four issues of the Reporter. All members of the staff and other interested persons are urged to be present. 3:30 Wednesday in the Reporter office.