The Stetson Reporter

w ! ifk The Stetson Fourth Year — No. 31 THEURER, TArTGO TO CONVENTION Paper And Annual Editors, Dyson Go To Gainesville For Stetson DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAF, MAY; 10, 1939 Z103 Price Five Cents Jane Taft, Editor of the Reporter, Lydia Theurer, Editor of the Hatter, and Jimmy Dyson, Editor of the Reporter's Ferdinand column represented Stetson at the joint convention of the Florida Intercollegiate: Press Association and the Florida Student Government Association held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, May 5th and 6th. The convention opened with meetings of the officers of F.I.P.A. and. F.S.G.A. in Florida Union, at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Ed Price, Assistant Dean of Students at Florida U, welcomed the delegates at the joint meeting of the two associations which was held in Florida Union Auditorium at 10:30. The convention program was presented by Joe Scales Jr.. chairman. Following separate business meetings of the two organisations, a luncheon was held for delegates in Florida Union Banquet Hall. The convention keynote address wasj given by Ed; Root, President of the. Student Body, University of Florida. After separate meetings of the F.I.P.A. and F.S.G.A. and publications meetings which covered newspapers aanuals, and magazines, as well as various committee mettings, the . guests were taken by University of Florida students,, on a tour of the campus. Dinner, a concert by tbje Uni|Vers/!ty pf Florida Glee; Club and Open House at the Florida rounded out the day. DISCUSS FINANCES Saturday morning there were separate meetings of the press and student government. At the press meeting the subject under discussion was , Problems and Policies in College Publications. The subject of. the student 'government discussion r group was, Financial Organization of Student Government. Luncheon in the. Florida Union Book Store followed. In the afternoon a joint meeting was held in the Florida Union Auditorium. 'Dean Walter J. Matheryly, Dean of the College of Business Administration, Universe ity of Florida, spoke oh Latin- American Relations. Separate meetings were again held in the F.I.P.A. and the FS. G.A. rooms. Committee reports were given and officers elected. Jimmy Dyson was elected secretary-treasurer of the joint convention, 77 TAMPA 1940 SITE 7 f. The final business of, the con- |i: vention was disposed of ; at the joint meeting held in the Florida j; Union Auditorium. The Universal;; ity sof Tampa was chosen as tht I site of next year's convention, ;|; Bonn Giles, University of Tampa, 7 was elected chaiman of the 1940 , I convention. 7j The activities of the convention 7j were brought to a close at the || formal banquet in the Florida jjjj Union Banquet Hall Saturday evening. Acting as toastmastej, Ed Rood, presented the speaker, Judge H, L. Sebring, President-elect of the Florida U Alumni-Association. Publication prices were awarded. :at this time. |; This was the first meeting of |the Intercollegiate Press and Stu- |dent Government at which Stetson jPas been represented. Roy H. Chapman, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, and Ed R. Bentley, past president of the. Florida. State -Bar Association, who were initiated as honorary members of Pi Alpha Delta, legal fraternity, Saturday morning. FIRST LAW SCHOOL DAY ATTENDED BY STATE JUSTICES, ATTORNEYS Durrance And Crawford Win Case Against Cobb And Middleton In Law (Club Finals Saturday With Stetson Justices Presiding PRIZES ARE AWARDED TO WINNERS GLEE CLUB GIVE! REVIEW T TO FINANCE Concert To Be Held Stover Little Theatre In VARIETY PROGRAM Will Feature Feasel's Novelty Song "On To Balti- Supported by Supreme Court Justices, circuit judges, prominent lawyers, alumni and friends, the College of Law observed a brilliant and successful "Law School Day" last Saturday, May 6. The final trial of the Law Club competitions was staged in the Stover Little Theatre early in the afternoon. Ar' guing before the "Justices of the Supreme Court of Stetson University," Justice Roy F. Chapman of Florida Supreme Court, and Judges Herbert Frederick and Frank Smith of the Circuit Court, the student attorneys presented the case of Adell Tyrell v. Ferguson Tire Co. Counsels for the Plaintiff-in-Error were Tom Cobb and Elwyn Middleton, for the Defendent-in-Error, Rodney Durrance and Grady Crawford. PAD. INITIATES COURT JUSTICES 7 more" Stetson's travel-conscious Glee Club will be featured in a musical revue Thursday, 8 o'clock,. May 11 at the Little Theatre. The musically minded members of the student body, faculty, and friends of Stetson should enjoy the diversified program. The revue presents as much classical and modern music as can be packed into the musical interlude. ; The program will be dividedkinto two parts. The first part; will consist: of' sacred selections; the: second half of the program will feature modern tunes by the .Stetson All-Star Swingsters. No less.'attraction than Dick Feasel's original compbsition, "On to Baltinidre", ;Will he featured as the closihgknumber.. ■■ "The Lord's Prayer", Hospodi- Pomilui", "Fear Not, O Israel," 'O Morn of Beauty", and "Pilgrim's; Chorus" will be included m the first part of the program. "Begin the Beguine" by the Swingsters, .jTDeep: Ptirple" rendered by DickvSimms and;a girl's trio, "Lieb- estrautm" by7tlfe Glee Club, "And thejAngels; Sing" by;: the ;,Swingsters witn S|enrietta Bryaftt on the vocal, selections frdm "The Chocolate Solpiei'1' byilthe group,; /"Short- nin' ifread" 1 by 7 the girl's . trio, "Sweetjiearts"1 by the radio chorus, and "On | to:; Baltimore" by the GJee'Club.lahd: the Band will make up;a; large; portion of the, enter-: tainment. -! vj].7 i-..... More heed: not be said about the aipif and ;the| purpose of the Glee Club in! givjng this program to; the;7public. i-.r' Tne: entertainment itself Tsyill be ^\yo^t:h7 the small admission ifee: that will be charged. As Dick Feasel" so! aptly swings, it, we say 'with birri; "On ; to Balti- ftiore." Judging the future by the past, we do not anticipate making much personal financial progress in the next decade. 7 QUESTION: Can,you make any suggestions for improving our paper, THE REPORTER; Elisabeth Sandusky. Nothing that I can think of—as far as I'm concerned it's perfect. Jules Lunsford: I don't care for the gossip columns, they sound too much like high school. On the whole the paper has improved over the past years and I. think we should compliment Miss Taft. Phyllis Hutton: I like it as it is. Lionel Nelson: Break up that Ars Hodierna page! Put a cut, anything, in the center of it. The 1939 world is still afraid of a solid page of print. Believe me, that's true. If you tell them about "Hold Tight" they'll read it. Alma Testerman: I think we need more jokes. James Southerland: Insert more sound and constructive criticism by the students rather than the heighth of Hulley; Tower qr the width of sidewalks. Mary Conte: I think there's too much gossip. Leave out some of that and have something more upbuilding. I think we should have more open forum columns and the students should be willing to contribute their own opinions —otherwise, it's a fine paper.. Allen Spanier: Entirely too many mistakes and mispelled words to be called a college newspaper. Kathrine Deal: 17don't think enough people are interested in working for the paper. Too many people sit around and; criticise rath-, er than .doing something to better it. If they don't likes it why don't they tell the staff rather than everybody elsek Lillian Williamson.: I think it should come put more often because by .the time it does come out the news is stale. Ceremony Is Held Saturday Morning; Cherry Presides Called meeting of entire student body in Chapel Thursday, May 18, for nomination of candidates for Association offices. Special called meeting of all Non - Frats to-night, Wednesday at 7:157 Second floor, Elizabeth Hall. Important! Brewer Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, honorary law; fraternity, initiated Justice Roy H. Chapman of the Florida Supreme Court and Hon. Ed R. Bentley, past, president of the Florida Bar Association, into its ranks of honorary membership Saturday morning. At the close of the initiation Justice Chapman and Mr. Bentley spoke briefly to the members gathered to Witness the impressive ritual conducted by John F. Cherry, Justice of the load chapter. Justice Chapman, an alumnus of Stetson Law School in 1908, was appointed to the Supreme Court bench n 1937 by Governor Cone, and his tenure of office has been one of outstanding leadership in the legal profession. Prior to his appointment he was leading practitioner of Lake City. Mr. Bentley is the immediate past president of the Florida Bar Association and has been an active leader in statewide Rotary circles. He has distinguished himself in the crusade to secure the adoption of the Criminal Code, which was passed by the House last week. The; local chapter of Phi Alpha Delta is taking a significant part in the progress of the Law School, being the sponsors of the Law Club Competition which was the theme of the elaborate program being carried on Saturday at the University. Extensive, plans are being made for next year which will be the 25th year of Phi Delta's installation on the Stetson campus. Officers?of the organisation are: John F. Cherry, Justice; Ward Hunter, Vice-justice; Hal P. Dekle, Secretary; Neil MacMillan, Treasurer; Harry Newett, Marshall. SPECIAL NOTICE ! ! In observance of Mother's Day, Sunday, May 14, there will be. a special program for Vesper's Service tomorrow, Thursday night. Everyone is cordially invited and urged to attend. ■■•'-. The case before the court was one in which the legal liability of a negligent service station operator to, a third person," injured as the result of his carelessness, was questioned. Two junior law Students Harry Newett and Neil Mac Millan, selected because of their outstanding scholastic work, served as. clerk and bailiff of the court. At the Barrister's Banquet the decision of the court was announced, rendered in favor of the defendent, and Justice Elwyn Thomas presented copies of Black's Law Dictionary to the winning attorneys, Durrance and Crawford. Justice Roy Chapman presented similar wards to the counsel for the Plaintiff, Cobb and Middleton, and the court concurred in commend' ing the student lawyers, arid the faculty of the College of Law on the excellence of the briefs of the opposing attorneys and on their ability in the court room. PUBLIC LAW SYMPOSIUM A symposium in public law fol- lowed the practice trial with three distinguished Florida speakers being featured. Dr. J. J. Taylor of the Florida State Department of Agriculture presented a paper on "Agriculture Adjudication", and stressed the wide field with the practice of administrative law opens to young attorneys. The Hon. D. H. Redfearn, president of the Florida State Bar Association gave a paper on the "Taxation of Decedents' Estates", in which he discussed the various types of estate taxes, and the way in which they may be averted. Ray C. Brown, labor specialist from Tampa talk' ed on "Collective Bargaining Agreements" and showed the need for this type of agreement to insure labor peace and an equitable understanding between employer and employee. JURISTS ARE GUESTS Honored at the Barrister's Banquet were Justice Chapman and Justices Elwyn Thomas and Riv- ers Buford who were unable to attend the trial and symposium. Justice Buford talked on the value of a college of law, and told of the fine work which Stetson graduates had done in this field. Dean Paul E. Raymond welcomed about 200 guests who attended the banquet and introduced the toastmaster, Fred Botts of Miami, a prominent Stetson gradutae. Reviewing the progress of the Stetson College of Law, Hon. Joseph Scarlett, president of the Volusia County Bar Assocation and Judge Mil- ' (Continued on page 4)