The Stetson Reporter

62nd Year Ilu ItttMit iicpuricr "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" STETSON UNIVERSITY NUxVI BER 27 Grissett Wins Reporter Editorship; Perkins Takes Hatter Post * * * * Student Vote Lags) In Run-Off Ballot By GRAVES EDMONDSON After the enthusiastic voting in ■the general campus election last week, student interest lagged in the run-off Tuesday which saw Ted Grissett elected editor-in-chief of the Stetson Reporter and Bruce Perkins selected business manager of the Hatter. With 749 votes cast (compared with last week's 1245) Grissett polled 393 to his opponent's, Bill Towne, 347. In the race for Hatter business manager Perkins led Burleigh Hale by a margin of 31 votes, 387 to 356. The College of Law vote was not the deciding factor as it was in two of last week's races for student body offices. In the Hatter race the winner's margin in the main campus balloting overcame a 21-vote race the winner's margin in the main campus balloting) was more than enough to balance Hale's 31-vote margin from the College of Law. In the race for Reporter editor, Grissett led the count at both polling booths by 20-odd votes. The Law campus cast 163 votes to 578 for the Liberal Arts College. After the final vote was cast Towne offered his thanks to all students who aided him in his campaign and extended his services to Grissett for the Reporter next year. Perkins stated, "I wish to extend my sincere thanks for the individual support rendered me in the election. I will give next year's Hatter editor my full cooperation and we will try to make it into the best Hatter ever." The box-score vote-was: L.A. Law Total Grissett 303 90 393 Towne 275 72 347 Hale 265 91 356 Perkins 315 70 385 * * * $ STATE LAWYERS GATHER FOR UNIVERSITY LAW DAY University Plans Scholarship Day High school students from over the state of Florida will come to Stetson Saturday, May 14, to take part in the University's first Scholarship Day. A limited number of University Scholarships are being offered in recognition of leadership and academic excellence. Plans call for a general get- together of the applicants Saturday morning in the Commons Lounge, to be followed by the scholarship achievement tests from 9 until 12. President J. Ollie Edmunds will be the principal speaker at a .luncheon given in their honor at 12:30. During the afternoon the Intra-Fraternity Council will be host to the students at a Beach Party at Day-, tona Beach. Members of the Scholarshij Awards Committee are: Dr. W Hugh McEniry, Dr. Ray V. Sowers,v Dr. Gilbert L. Lycan, and Dr. John F. Conn. Dr. Golda Van BusKirk will be in charge of the tests. EDWARD C. FURLONG, director of the school of business, was elected City Commissioner, Ward 1 Tuesday, May 3, in the DeLand City election. Professor Furlong was the only member of his Booster P'arty that was elected in the race for mayor and five city commission posts. Men's Intramurals Banquet Monday "Doc" Johnson, head of Men's Intramurals, has annuonced that there will be a revival of the annual intramural banquet on May 9, at 6:30 at the University Commons. Prof. Johnson lias appointed Burleigh Hale chairman of arrangements for the dinner and program. The intramural managers of the particrpating teams of both the Independent and Fraternity leagues will be invited fo recieve organizational awards of cups for first place positions in both major and minor sports. Guest speakers will be President J. Ollie Edmunds, Coach "Brady" Cowell and other members of the physical education department. Thursday the clubs will be at the First Baptist Church, Tallahassee. At 8 p.m. Friday they will sing in .Tesup, Ga., high school auditorium and Saturday and Sunday they will appear at the Naval Air Station and NAS hospital at Jacksonville. UNIVERSITY GLEE CLUBS PLAN NINE-DAY JUNKET OVER STATE West Florida music lovers will have an opportunity to hear the famous Stetson University Glee Clubs in a nine-day junket which will cover thc area between Jacksonville and Pensacola. Earlier this year the clubs made a 2,000 mile tour of South and Central Florida, nder the direction of Harold Milne Giffin, the first concert will be in Perry at 8 p.m. May 7. The clubs will leave DeLand Saturday morning in time to arrive in Perry for the evening program in the sigh school auditorium. The following day appearances will be made in the First Baptist Church, Perry, at 11 a.m. and in the First Baptist Church at Quincy at 8 p.m. Before leaving Quincy on Monday morning, the clubs will appear in the Quincy High School at 10 a.m. On Monday night the clubs will sing at 8 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Panama City and at 10:30 Tuesday morning at Panama City High School. Professor Archie McMillan, soloist with the clubs last year, is arranging the program at Panama City. On Tuesday night the clubs will sing in Pensacola High School auditorium under the sponsorship of Martha White and her High School Glee Club. On Wednesday the clubs will sing at High School assembly, and at 8 that night will appear in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Student Bar Association Banquet Ends Day's Events At Commons xAltorneys from all Florida will gather on campus tomorrow .to participate in the annual I^tw Day program ■ which this year is sponsored jointly by the Stetson .Student Bar xAssociation and the junior section of the Fla. Bar Association, it has been announced by L. A. Haslup, dean of the Stetson College of Law. Purpose of the joint program is primarily to give young lawyers and prospective lawyers practical experience in appellate work and an insight into the technique of competitive legal argumentation. Outstanding attorney's, including justices of the Florida Supreme Court will appear on the program which will be held in the Stover Little Theatre. At the morning session, following a welcome by Stetson's President J. Ollie Edmunds, Chief Justice Alto Adams will speak on "The Lawyer's Responsibility." Dean Haslup will present a paper on "Divisible Divorce,", and John Wiggington, Tallahassee attorney, will discuss "The Adoption of New Rules of Civil Procedure in Florida." O. Douglas Stenstrom, county judge of Seminole County, alumnus of the Stetson law school and youngest man ever to be elected to a county judgeship in Florida, will be toastmaster at a luncheon of the Junior Bar Association at the University Commons. President. Donn Gregory of the Junior section of the Florida Bar x4.ssociation will speak on "The Function of the Junior Section' of the Florida Bar Association." R. Lee Freeman, New- Smyrna Beach attorney and member of the junior section's board of governors, and Dean Haslup of the Stetson College of Law will also speak at the luncheon. The afternoon session wil! be (Contintued o nPage 2) Five Attend Miami Meet Five representatives of the Student Government Association and Stetson Reporter left yesterday for the bi-annual meeting of the Florida Intercollegiate Student Government and Press Association. Those attending the meeting are: Fred Owen, president student body; George Everett, president-elect of the student body; Mack Cleveland; Harold Couch, chairman of the local association's committee; and Ted Gris- stee, editor-elect of the Reporter. Communist China Riddles IRC Talk Prof. Stuart D. Riddles, instructor in the history department and a close follower of events in the Far East, will deliver an address on "Why the Communist Are Taking Over China" at the next meeting of the International Relations Club scheduled for next Wednesday afternoon, May 11, at 4:30 in Room 320, Elizabeth Hall. Professor Riddles received his A.B. and M. A. degrees from Harvard University. During his collegiate days his field of interest lay chiefly in modern China and Russia. Since his collegiate days the instructor has continued to keep abreast of events in the Far East and is prepared to furnish some pertinent data about the area. Professor Riddles has been granted a spot in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for the summer to make a study of Russo-iVmerican relations. Taking time off next school year he will continue research in the same field as he prepares for his doctorate degree. Mbst of his research will be carried on at the 'Widener Library at Harvard and the Library of Congress. Before the professor's address, the club wil hold the next to last, business session of the school year. Business of electing officers and appointing committees to conclude unfinished business is scheduled according to Charles Hillman, president. x4.ll club members are asked to be present. Pi Kaps Initiate Ten Tuesday Night Ten men were added to the active membership of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity last Tuesday night. They are: Carl Shafer, New Smyrna Beach; Lewis Treen, Eustis; Randal McQuaig, Manor, Ga.; Tom Weldon, Daytona Beach; James Owens, Chipley; William Byrom, Daytona Beach; Charles Pratt, Bradenton; Charles Patterson, Miami; and John Whitaker, Miami. Symphonic Band Concert Tonight The Stetson Symphonic Band will give a concert at 8 p.m. tonight in Elizabeth Hall which will feature arrangements by student members of the band. Also featured will be the trumpet trio, which played earlier this week at the Gulf Coast Alumni dinner in Tampa. Fred Dean, Roger Dancy, and John De- Young compose the trio. Joseph Courson will be student conductor of the evening. Fred Dean will be soloist, playing Clarke's "The Debutante". On the program Sara Jane Smith's arrangement of '"Lullaby" by Barvin- sky and William Branthoover's arrangement of MacDowell's "At an Old Trysting Place" will be included.