The Stetson Reporter

wmmm MMS Stetson Reporter TENTH YEAR-rNQ.' 12, DELANA FLORIDA, MARCH 20, 1946 ;xBRlCE ^TENsCENTS MT^^iliiis ii11MMtMi)N OF ATOMIC BOMB Last week our Inquiring Reporter asked several of the Stetson students what they thought we should do with the secret of the atomic bomb. Desiring to know what the other 1 great personalities of the world thought about this ' question, the Stetson "Roving Reporters" attended the discussions concerning atomic energy held at the Municipal Auditorium, Orlando, last Wednesday evening. Dr. Hamilton Holt, President of Rollins College, was- Master of Ceremonies. The subject of discussion was "What World Government is Sufficient, Adequate, and Necessary to Control Atomic Power?" Dr. Holt warned that "we are now at the time when we have little time to work out a plan to control atomic energy.'' Mr. William L. Lawrence, the New York Times representative, was the first speaker of the evening. He was the only newspaper ,correspond- ent permitted by the government to visit all the atomic bomb plants in the United States; and to witness the dropping of the bomb on Nagasaki and in New Mexico. He gave a vivid acount of the dropping of fcombs on Nagasaki: and New Mexico. He said it was not a dramatic story and the only reason he was telling it was because he felt the American people need a closer picture of it to help solve, the problem of controlling, atomic energy. The experiment in New Mexico was almost called off due to bad weather. They finally managed to proceed with the experiment although it was postponed one hour and a half. The weather conditions on the Nagasaki raid were similar to the conditions in New Mexico. They were assigned three targets: one primary and two secondary. The primary target was covered with an umbrella of clouds. They had orders not to use Radar but to drop the bomb by direct sight; therefore, they started to go below the clouds but fighters appeared and forced them to withdraw. .When a,sked later what the primary target was, Mr. Lawrence said that due to government orders he was unable to disclose this information.) They then went .on-''"to the secondary target which was Nagasaki. Here, too, the city was covered with an umbrella of."clouds. It seemed; as though the hand of Fate was protecting the Japanese. However, at 11:59 a;m.,/ August 9, 1945, Nagasaki's hour of destiny had come. After dropping the bombs the planes turned in the opposite direction to escape. In what seemed a few seconds a blast hit the plane as though a cannon had hit it from all sides. Knowing that the damage was done, they returned to ■see what was left of Nagasaki.. Smoke rose 45,000 feet in the air with a diameter of three miles. The whole city seemed to go up in smoke and fire. A "mushroom" shot out Of the top of «the smoke and reached ■60,000 feet. On the way back they could stll see the smoke three hundred miles away. After returning to the United States, a Harvard professor told Mr. La#rence tha,t it was the doom of the "world. To Mr. Lawrence it was, the;; creation of a new world. One saw; Dooms Day; one saw the Millenium. Who was right ? "That depends on you as citizens of the world." The second speaker of the evening was ; Professor Henry Smythe of Princeton University. He was the only scientist authorized by our government to write a book on atomic energy. He said that since Nagasaki there has been a great deal of "information and misinformation" concerning the atomic bomb. "This development was not done in five years in secret government labora-| Girts Warsiiy VmMmiom Over Welch WACS r.osia 0i$7/:.{_rK* GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM FINISHES SEASON The girls'basketball team under the capable leadership of Miss Pauline Foster have completed the 1945^46 basketball season. In the last two games of the season, the Stetson girls defeated; the Welch WACs of Daytona by wide margins. The girls .of the varsity team, pictured: above are, back row left to right: Sarah Lett, Manager; Joan Koff- man, Betty Jo McCully, Agnes. Reeser, Ruth Spires, Charlotte Roger s, Lou. Beyers. Front row, left fo right:! Jewel McCully,'Claire McTeer, Maureen Peterson, Jewel Garrett, Jewel ; Mitchell; Be'tty'Miller, and |Pat Winderweedle. TENSWORS RIMED! The Winter 'Quarter!', .c^mimence- ment wa,s held ; Tuesday, March 19, at 10: IS: a.m Tin Elizabeth jHalL j ■■Drl'.'W;. Hugh' McEniry.;:jjijj, head of the English Departmehtj delivered the cpnixxtencement 'address);!a!jiil::de-j grees • were conferred; by (President Allen. The Glee Club sang tinder the! direction of Miss; Helen: Allinger,: -ahd Professor'Ha*old:;G:if fin, head of /the: Voice; Department; sang ,a, solo. Miss; Rosemary: Clark; played the proces-! siohal! and recessional. . The ten seniors receiving degrees Were: [ B.achelor of Arts, Mildred Thomas ; Bower. G eorgiana Schick, Marian J Green, 1 Nell: Lowe, Mitzi Mitchell: and Alice. Margaret Read:; Bachejor! of Science: ini Business Administration, Joseph: Fearnley. and Martha., (Miller:;. Bachelor of: Music, Ruth ivtcDaniel ; Ohack; Bachelor of Science;,; )yinifred Lovell. ;. ■■ ALPHA DFXIOMA iiTitel4 Fourteen girls were: initiated into Alpha DeXioma,; March 2, in an impressive; ceremony held in the chapter ;roqm! in the library. Alpha Dexioma is an organization formed on campus for ; all non-fraternity girls. v . i '' The new initiates are: Jeanette Matthews,! Carol White, Vonita Baldwin, Barbara Horn, Sarah Martha Adams, (Margaret Sharpe, Sylvia Morse,. Beiilah Atkinson) Annie Lee Johnson, Gwen Paramore, De Verne Bryan, Jackie Chapman, Wilina Dean Jenkins; and Moe Acosta. , tories; it ijs the culmination of fifty years of scientific research." Responsible scientists have stated that there .'is no! counter: weapon to 'the Atom Bomb. There; is no jsecret as to a hidden :formula that could be slipped out! of: the ! country although, as Mr. Smythe said, "Certain people in Washington don't seem to realize this." He said it would taxe several years for anyone to collect enough blueprints, jtc. to \ be of j assistance to a potential enemy, "lllie -cost of secrecy is sometimes . greater; to us than it is of value; to our potential (Continued On !Page Four) Inquiring Reporter By Nadine Bone \ When the: state-wide student body convention meets here in about three weeks the theme. will be "Coeducation in;State Universities." The Inquiring Reporter thought it would be. a good, idea to see how the students at Stetson ..felt abotit the subject, and from the many inquiries it seems they all feel the same. When the question "Should co-education be started in state universities?" was1 asked,' the, following answers were received: J.: a Bradley—'"Yes, I think it's high time the state got 'on the stick' with this thing.'' Mary Gene Bailey—"Why nach! Think, of all the lonely boys at the University of Florida;." Hugh Nurinallee—"Yes—Tt is difficult to imagine a university without a few girls." Anne Weeks—"Yes, because it makes college life more interesting and it is more appealing to young people." Don McEmber—"Oh! ! Yes, indeed '—You might get: more studying done without them—but it is certainly worth the differene." Charlie Glum—"I think it would be a good thing. If a man didn't have so far to travel, he could keep his mind on his studies." . Dot Ca'rlton—"Sure, Why go to school lonely?" ,: Earl Cochran—"Sure, a.man needs a well-rounded educa'tion." . Tommy Deen—"Yes, how can a mah! get his work ..done without.,a, few'females to look at?" 18 COTTAGES BEING BUILT FOR STETSON VETERANS Eigteen cottages: : costing below $5,000 each are- being built for returning war veterans, according to a statement made by; Max Weis of DeLand, A ten acre plot of land has been purchased from the city for the purpose of building these ,homes to relieve the housing shortage. The complete city Iblock runs from the Boulevard to Volusia Avenue to Florida Avenue to Berdsford.: Avenue, Apartments are also being built, four of which are already ..occupied by Stetson veterans and their wives. Six cottages have already been completed and eight more will be ready for occupancy_by the end of March. "Veterans who are unable to find a place to live may occupy the partially, completed houses until they are able to locate a house," said Mr. Weis. The cottages, which are being built by H. "B. Elliott under the supervision of Lawrence Van Ore, may be purchased by veterans for a small down payment and terms suitable to the purchaser. CHURCH SCHEDULES Q)«MK>«»CMBM*(}«H»'(:«aia»04| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY Sunday School ..... 9:41 a.m. Worship Service ... .11:00 a.m. B. T: U: 6:45 p.m. Evening Worship ... 8:00 p.m. Singspiration ...... 9:00 p.m, WEDNESDAY Prayer Meeting ..... 7:30 p.m. We invite you to be with us in these services. Live every day as though you had lived all your life just for this day. FIRST AID TO BE FJERFDINCOED CLASS AT 9:15 First; Aid will be. ioffered during the Spring quarter at 9:15 as a coed class in the Cummings gym. The class will, meet ea,ch week day for one hour. Miss Foster wilt instruct Standard, Advance, d,, and the Instructor's course in First Aid. The 'credit will be one-half major; for completing the Standard, and Advanced courses. By taking the Instructor's course along with the first two, there will be credit of .one major. All emergency measures and treatment administered before the physician's arrival, will be covered. There will be practical/experience, in applying bandages, splints, along with the differences between facts and frauds in First Aid. After successfully completing the three courses offfered one would be qualified as an instructor in Standard and Advanced First Aid, ADDITIONS TO BE MADE TO FACULTY IN SEPTEMBER Three new members will be added to; the faculty Of Stetson, and the return of two who have been absent on: leave in the service has been announced by Dr. Allen. Dr. Gilbert L. Lycan will come to Stetson ; in September as Professor of History and Political Science and Chairman of the Department of Social Sciences. He conies from the faculty of the Northwestern Mis^ souri State ; Teachers' College, Mary- ville, Mo. Lt. Col. L. A. Haslup, USMC, retired, will come to Stetson in September as Dean of the College of Law. Formerly a professor of law at Stetson he is now teaching law in George Washington University, and completing requirements for the degree of S.J.D. Dr. Harvey E. Savely, Jr., now a major in the Army Air Forces, will return in September as Professor and Head ([if the Department of Biology. He" .will reeive his discharge in August. Dr. Savely was formerly Associate Professor of Biology at Stetson, leaving in 1941.. Roy Francis Howes, S.J.D., acting as Professor of History and Political Science during the war time suspension of the Law School, has resigned the deanship to become Professor of Law in September. Miss Jean McGregor of DeLand, will come to Stetson in September as instructor in Social Sciences and English. Miss McGregor will gxadu- ate from Vassar College in June with the degree of A.B. Lieut. Howard L. Bateson, USNR, now serving in the Educational Services section of the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington, will return. as Professor and Head of the Department of Modern Languages. Lieut. Bateson is absent on leave as Assistant, Professor of French. Notes From Music School All reports^ from the band indicate that the concei't was well received by the Ocala audience last Thursday night. The band members enjoyed . their visit to Silver Springs and the ride in the glass-bottomed boats, so it appears that everyone is happy. ■ Ray Moeller and Donnalee Steekle took the solos. # * # If the glee club does the Flora- dora Sextette (Hit the Deck) once more, Louise and Olive are liable to divorce Sisk and myself. Then we. will truly Jiave to do some flirtng. We danced the number Tuesday- night at Mt. Dora and the audience really liked it. But, as I have said— consider our plight! » * * We are mighty proud of our girls who were pledged to Phi Beta in the impressive manner Monday morning in chapel. The fraternity has always been democratic in organization and I felt that the choices this time were well made. Congratulations to you girls. —AYMCM GREEK GAB The most outstanding event on last week's calendar was the annual Pi Phi banquet and Stardust Social last Friday night. The bajiquet was held at the Orange City Hotel at 6:30 with all Pi Phi actives, pledges, and their dates attending. A wel-i come toast was made by Gerry- Knight, and several of the sorority songs were sung. The Elks Club, scene of the Stardust Social, was artistically decorated with silver- stars and the lighted Pi Phi arrow. Music for the well- attended party was furnished by; (Continued On Page Two)