The Stetson Reporter

aaym^ :t m 'V § ■It .Ml is The St For Victory. Buy U.S. DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS NINTH YEAR—NO. 4 DEI AND, FLORIDA, MARCH 1, 1944 PRICE TEN CENTS CANCELLATION OF STETSON UNIT ORDERED BY ARMY ASTP OFFICERS Stetson and. Rollins STAR Units will be cancelled before March 20, according to a statement from Col. Frank .Nichols, southern region ASTP head. The unit began operations on campus six months ago under the command of Jt. Col. Ralph L. Joyner, later transferred to University of Florida, i Officers Re-elected At Yearly Meet Of Stetson Trustees and is now commanded by Lt. Col. Jonn P. Somers. Cooperation of the university included relinquishing class-rooms, dormitories and fraternity houses for army use. Expressing the feelings of the entire university on the army exodus, President W. S. Allen declared, "We keenly regret seeing the STAB Unit leave. It has contributed greatly to campus life and I can readily say that the personnel was the most cooperative group with which I have ever worked.": . According to Corporal Raymond . E. Mabry, well-known on Stetson's Campus, the typical sentiment of officers and men is his statement, "I have enjoyed my association witfyj the faculty ai|d students and I hope to return Tiere someday." Since starting operations, the unit has processed approximately 3000 men into branches of specialized training. Most of the trainees' have entered basic engineering,, while j. many have been assigned : to advanced engineering schools. Some men have gone to foreign language, psychology and professional curriculous (dentistry; medicine and veterinarl). Failure to:meet standard requirement for specialized training mas.caused'itew rejections. An ex-lieutenant in the Italian army, refugees from Germany, .who 'fled Hitler's power,; linquists from the corners of the earth are a few of the trainees possessed with unusual backgrounds. , At a meeting of Stetson trustees held Feb. 17, the officers and trustees expressed pleasure of the million-dollar campaign soon to be initiated in Stetson's behalf. Included in the business of the meeting was the election of officers which resulted in a reelection of all the officers and trustees. Col. F. N. K. Bailey, Sebring, still serves as the group's president; E. L. Hon, DeLand, vice president; L. A. Perkins, Jr., DeLand, secretary; and Dr. W. S. AlliU., treasurer. Trustees serving on committees are: Administration, Dr. Allen, chairman; Hon, Perkins, Dr. Hugh West, T. C. Brooks, Col. Bailey, and C. Roy Angell; Finance, Judge J. Ollie Edmunds, Dr. C. H. Bolton, Judge O. K. Reaves, B. B. Baggett, and Mrs. Alfred I. duPont Approved at the meeting was Dr. Allen's report for the year 1943-44 thus far, which highlighted the activities to date. Included in his report was the advent and exit of the ASTP Unit on campus. Dr. Allen stressed the importance of the campaign to "make it possible to add- necessary buildings and equipment and increase the endowment. It will bring thc 175.000 Baptist people of Florida into clos- (Continued From Page /) Stetson Forum Presented; Series oi Speakers On International Affairs Six men whose knowledge and experience in international affairs make them outstanding speakers were presented in this year's Forum series. Until last year, this lecture series had been presented at Stetson University as part of the Florida Forum chain for 13 consecutive years through the generosity of the late * * * Bean Celebrates 80fh Birthday G. Prentice Carson, AM, LLD, observed his 80th birthday Monday. Dr. Carson, dean emeritus and professor of history at Stetson is serving his 58th year on the local campus, having joined the faculty i.f the DeLand Academy in 1886. Dr. Carson, a native of Phila- dephia in Middletown, Conn., from which he received his AB and AM, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago. He also studied in Europe four summers. While at Stetson, the institution's board of trustees presented Dr. Carson with a silver loving cup in recognition of 40 years of service "to the university. The board also had the oil portrait of Dr. Carson hung in the auditorium of Elizabeth Hall. The dean was recognized by the students on the anniversary of his 50th year as dean of the university. Their handbook carried the following statement: "He leaves his impress not in books or things, but in thc hearts of thousands who drink of the cup of knowledge at his willing hands—to him, to live is to serve". Dr; R. S. Holmes of Daytona Beach, and, after his death, by his widow Mrs. Holhies. After Mrs. .Holmes -died the series was interrupted. This year a friend who asked that his name be withheld, is-donating the lecture series. The first speaker was Dr. Wilhelm Solzbacher. who has travelled and lectured in "almost every European country, the United States' and Canada. He obtained his Doctorate in Political Economic Sciences at the University of Cologne, and is the author of a number of books and many magazine articles. Active in international affairs, Dr. Solzbacher served on several international committees, led American study tours through Spain, Italy, Franks, Switzerland, and Austria, and' was a member of the staff of the American Peoples College in Europe. '*. Dr. Solzbacher was a German citizen who had to leave his country in 1933 because of his notorious anti- Nazi attitude. He was in ' Europe when the war broke out and came to America in September 1941 ■after escaping the Nazi by swimming one of the rivers which .separate occupied from unoccupied France. The speaker for Feb. 1, was Charles Winthrop Copp of Vermont, who has taught English in Japanese Government schools for 20 years. During the 1st 4 months of the war he was imprisonetd as a spy but re leased to return on the exchange ship,; the Gripsholm. The topic on which Mr. Copp spoke, "Tfeacher and Prisoner in Japan", is one for which he is well prepared; through daily contact with the Japanese for more than 20 years he has learnedV their', psychology, their strength, their weakness, their hopesi, and their ideals. J. Anten De Haas spoke Feb.',R;: with "Is a Just Peat* Possible"? as his topic. Mr. DeHaas has held important posts dealing with international relations, and has visited Japan, China, the Philippines, the Dtitch East Indies, and English India, studying the economic situation. He taught the subject of International Relations in Columbia University the University of Rotterdam in Holland, and others; and now holds the Chair of international Relations in the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University. Because of his strong background in European affairs, he not only is a brilliant and competant lecturer but has written books and magazine articles on the subject of foreign trade, and is associate editor of "World Affairs", and of several European magazines. , Speaking Feb. 15, on the subject of "Post-War'Prospects of Private Enterprise'', we will have Dr. William (Continued on Page 7) Focus Week Stimulates Religious Interest On Local Campus During Religious Focus Week on Stetson Campus, Jan. 16-20, a definite and effective application of Christianity in every phase of College life and activity was made..The "Visiting Team", composed of 14 well-known young' peoples' leaders of the Southern states, exemplified in their own lives the meaning of the theme i of the week, "Maximum Christianity." ., , For four days the "Team", working in cooperation with the "Committee1 of Seventy" students and faculty, members, were in control'of college activity. Classes were turned over to the various leaders who sought to correlate Christianity with each academic subject. Following the vesper service each day practical .arid vital questions were discussed.in the seminars. Students were at liberty to discuss the problems that were presented from their own poiiit of view. The informal sessions that were held in the dormitories after 10 o'clock proved to be most satisfying to the students. The "Visiting Team" was composed of \ the following members: Dr. Claude U. Broach; Associate Secretary Baptist Student Work, Southern Baptist Convention; Dr. Doak -S. Campbell President, FSCW; Miss Mary Nance Daniel, Southwide' BSU Secretary; Miss Elizabeth Davison, Student Secretary, GSCW; Rev. Wil-: (Continued on Page 7) Million Dollar Campaign Unofficially In Progress State Director Still Not Selected Campaign to raise a million dollars for Stetson by the Florida Bapfets, has unofficially been inaugurated with donations of varying degrees coming in regularly, according to Pres. W. S. Allen. Undei written by Florida Baptists at their assembly —~ in Bradenton, the campaign was HAS CHARGE Or planned by prominent citizens cf CLOSING LOCAL UNIT the statej Baptists and Stetson graduates. According to their plan, half of the million is to come from thc 826 Florida Baptist churches; $4CO,000 from contributions of firms and individuals; and $100,003 from the Stetson Law School alumni. The proposed expenditure of the collected funds, which gained the Jacksonville board's approval, sets $350,000 for buildings and improvements, and $650,000 for endowments. Included in the building would be a men's dormitory to replace Stetson Hall, fine arts building to replace DeLand Hall, religious center building, infirmary, and law building. $50,000 would be spent for improvement of the present buildings and the grounds. The endowments include $600,000 for general endowment and $50,000 for law school endowment. Names of all persons who contribute to the campaign will be found either in the University Permanent records or the annual catalog, if the suggestions of the committee are carried out. Those recorded in the catalog will be those contributing $500 or more, but less than $1,000 as Builders of Stetson; $1,000 but le.ss than $10,000 as Patrons of Stetson; and $10,000 or more as Founders cf Stetson. Those giving less than $500 will have their names recorded in the records as friends of Stetson. Walter Lahrman, Chamber nf Ccrr.merce secretary of DeLand recently announced the appointment of eight local mjn to assist in the drive. Included in this committee are: F. H. Hammer and Morton McDonald, co-chairman, T. S. Brooks, E. W. Brown, D. C. Hull, R. B. Lipscombe, Ralph Sefton, and the Rev. R. Grady Snowden. Official initiation of the cam- paign awaits the selection of a state director for the program Lit. Col. John F. Somers V': Spanish Classes Send News-Sheet: r To Boys at front Boys on. the fighting fronts will be reading Stetson news in Spanish when they receive a mimeographed hews letter prepared by the class in Spanish conversation uiider Dr. Doris K. Arjona. Emphasizing general news .events and activities of recent alumni, the sheet wiiirbe sent to former students who studied Spanish while here. }',;■.'. HULLEY ON CAMPUS: Benjamin Hulley i honor | graduate of Stetson now in the diplomatic service in Washington, was a recent visitor on campus. Hulley, former minister to France, is. the spn of the late Dr. Lincoln Hulley, president of Stetson for many years. He. is a graduate of Oxford College also. Vivacious Lady ''Below Par9 Of Stover Theatre Productions By Rr/riY (."raw Inexperience of its cast kept "Vivacious Lady", presented by Stover Little Theater Feb. 24-25, from hitting the fast pace for which it aimed. Well-cast Gerry Grooms turned in an outstanding performance as Keith, the "coat-hanger king" and black university. sheep of Old Sharon Francie, the "Vivacious, Ladv" was played by Betty Lou Bell, who; tried hard to keep up thje 'pace and succeeded in spots; assisted by T..R. Mims as her dazzled husband, Peter Morgan, the "hope": of Old: Sharon. Set on the campus of Old Shar*- on university wliiqh was founded by Peter's grandfather and of which his : father (is now pcesident, tlie: play shows" the,'opposition Peter encounters when 'he : brings showgirl Francie home to the University. President -Morgan, rather flatly portrayed, by Melvin Wilkins, presents a solid front :against the blonde Francie,. biit Mrs; Morgan and her sham heart trouble' made delightful by Marjorie Mierriil helps to crumble his arguments. Annette Bolton offers, her usual excellent job as Helen,1 Peter's ex- fiancee, and Joe Jc-hns turns in ail amusing characterization as, the porter on the Sharon-bound train in the Prologue. Preston Thigpen contributes a bit as a finger-snapping passenger,. ■• and Marlin Don and Marilyn Bureh. play other disgruntled passengers. ... Charles Clements contributes a Texas drawl as Culpepper, Peter's botany assistant, and Patch Weaver and Natalie True offer outstanding bits as students of Old Sharon U. Bruce Muirhead portrays the Mr. Noble who donates a library to the university and almost takes it back when Culpepper whistles at Francie. Ann.. Gilbert, black-faces as the maid '. and Robert Clark, Joseph Johnson, Flonrney Jerningan, Harry Atkinson, Maurice Fain, Joe Adney, Anna Margaret White, and Barbara Bowser fill the remaining spots. , . . at;