The Stetson Reporter

apwMMe spkp ^m^^mlSStKISm '■'41". Sixth Year—No. 5 Re CAMPUS DRAFTEES REGISTER NEXT WEDNESDAY AT HIGH SCHOOL GYM Governor Cone Proclaims Oct. 16 as Registration Day in Accordance With Selective Service Act. i I. Walter Hawkins Chairman of Board STUDENT SERVICE DEFERRED I. Walter Hawkins, clerk of the district court, has been appointed the chairman of the registration board for Volusia County. His office issued a statement Monday morning to a Reporter staff writer stating that Stetson students will be required to register at the high school gym on the day of October the sixteenth, 1940. Mr. I James B. Martin is to be the head registrar at the high school gym. On September 26, 1940, Governor Fred P. Cone issued a proclamation setting October 16, as registration day for Florida,, in accordance with the Slective Service Act passed by congress and approved by the President. In order to -facilitate registration the public school system is to be used and October the sixteenth is to be a public holiday. The instruction issued from the governor's office state (l,c) that "On the local board rests the responsibility of deciding on the ' merit of each individual case." Who is to be selected and who is to stay at home is left up to this body because they understand better the circumstance in each individual case. A man's position in regard to his belief in American Ideals, his ability to do military duty, and his family dependents must be considered before he shall be chosen. Students May Finish In the bill as passed by congress all college students are exempt from military service until after they have finished this, year. The president made the governor of each state directly re- (Continued on Page 5) DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9, 1940 Price' Five Cents X Bills and Penning ton Elected Mayor and Hostess SCHOOL OF BUSINESS WILL ELECT OFFICERS Members of the newly formed School of Business met at 1.00 Monday afternoon in the .Accounting Room of Elizabeth Hall. Plans were made for the election of officers on Thursday Oct. 10. ' The association decided not to have class officers, but rather to have an executive coun- I NEW PARTIES SPLIT HOMECOMING RACE ANDCLASSOFFICERS McDonnell, Golden, Machen, and Dickenson Gain Presidencies The great suspense of the election of a Homecoming Mayor and Hostess was ended Monday evening when Horace R. Bills and Julia Ann Pennington were reported the victors. Bills polled 316 votes while his opponent had 192. Miss Pennington won by 87 votes. _________ Monday morning the chapel ■■■-' — ei i nominations representing the cf'to0 secVm4n SSSSS-l HOMECOMING > MAYOR Stetson party were made by Gadi cii to secure representatives Lawton, naming Jimmy Poo- from the Sophomore and Fresh- Horace "Horsey" Bills Poo" Nelson, and Billy Strick- men classes. rolled up a comfortable margin '-i"f! «™v.:~~<-:-~ T «■ Vance Graham acted as tempo- over his Stetson Party Home rary chairman of the student as- coming Mayor opponent in the sociation. election last Monday, ' Nearly Fifty Men Chosen By Frats Sigma Nu Leads With 21 Pledges in Sunday Ceremonies After three weeks of extensive rushing by the men's social fraternities, approximately fifty men reported to their chosen organization for formal pledging last Sunday, Leading the list, Sigma Nu pledged twenty-one men. They .are: James Collins, Charles De- Foor, Harvey Gardner, Robert *-T"+~on, Sam Holch, Charles Registrar's Office Issues Complete Enrollment Figures Total of 728 Students Divided, Exactly Even Between Men and Women. Austria, Africa, And South America Represented The completion of total registration figures by Miss Olga Bowen, Registrar, reveal that 728 students are enrolled for the 1940 term. Including the Saturday classes, 314 enrolled are men and the same number are women. The tegular students include 173 in the School Business, 34 in the Law School,' 68 in the School of Music, and 395 in the school of Liberal Arts. The enrollment represents 27 states, the district of Columbia, and three foreign countries, namely Austria, Africa and South America. In the State of Florida there are 530 students representing 48 counties. In the regular session there are 32 denominations listed, the Baptists heading the list. 236 students prefer the Baptist, 140 the Methodist, 92 Presbyterian, 54 Episcopal, 35 Catholics, 21 Congregational, 18 Christian, 13 Christian Science, 9 Lutheran, 5 Hebrew, 3 Church of Christ, 2 Protestants, 2 Quakers, and one each from the Greek Orthodox. House of David, Independent nut w;ti ' t • ,' ~"liC( rT' ?am «olch, Charles Vmon' Reformed, Seventh Dav r,ft™a" ^h comedyandai Keoskie. James Knight, Ralph Aclventist, United Brelhren and '"f^W scheduled for pre- tewis, James McGowan, Council. Church of God. Howeve'there "^a ^ u Miller, Hugh Murphy. Rav are 22 with no reH«Wn,TfL^ ,As ™th previous workshop SZnft gr°UP Z* be ««£ Work Shop Plays Will Open Season In Stover Theatre Students Will Direct One Act Plays j^jumc ivicciure was vj^iuiiuus Saturday Night over Mary Lou Davis for secre- . . . tary of the junior class. Nancy The curtain of the Stover Lit- Rossetter and Mary Helen Hill tie Theatre will come up for the were nominated for treasurer, first time this year on a group Mary Helen Hill was elected, of one act plays to be presented Ernest Machen, president of Saturday October 12 at eight ]ast year's Freshmen. conducted o clock Admission is by activi- the Sophomore meeting. Those ties ticket. ^ nominated were: president—John , <*i»u ±Jiuy OiriCK land nominating Julia Ann Pen nington. The All Campus party was supported by Lydia Theurer and , Nancy Rossetter who presented I Horace Bills and Lela Mae Jennings. All four classes of the College of Liberal Arts met Monday at 7:00 p.m. to elect officers for the coming year. The senior meeting was conducted by "Peaches" Werwage. The nominees were: president— Walter McDonnell and Alvis Herring; vice-president — Ruby Amory and Frank Buchanan; secretary — Ray Jordan, Joy Reese; treasurer—Lela Mae Jennings, "Peaches" Werwage. Those elected were: Walter McDonnell, Frank Buchanan, Ray Jordan, and "Peaches" Werwage. Frank Buchanan,"'president of last year's Sophomores was chairman at the Junior meeting. Jimmy Golden and Harry Minarik were nominated for the presidency with Jimmy Golden winning. Leroy New was unanimously elected vice-president ; Louise McClure was victorious AND HOSTESS Julia Ann Pennington defeated her All Campus party ; rival for Homecoming Hostess ■ bv the narrow vote of 293 to 206. ties ticket. An Irish theme will be carried out with an Irish comedy and an Irish allpOmi"" nnU~J • -1 ' Miller," Hugh Murphy, Ray Schaeffer, William Ray, Aubrey Vincent, R. D. White, Walter Prather, William Tribble, Richard Brewer, Kenneth Heatherly, William McClennon, and Edward Dail. Delta Siggia Phi pledged the following: Sidney Nix, Cecil Elzey, Wilson Haynes, Jefferson Clark, Julian Clark, Raymond Edwards, James Tillis, Harry .Snyder, Warner. Kerzmann, William Brownlee, Garland Branch, Harold Smith, Mac MacCallum. Pi Kappa Phi pledged the following: David Gardner, Jerry Haffield, Frank McDonald, Lawrence DaRiff, Delke' De- Loach, Dewey Hawkins, Ed Frierson, James Nelson, Willard Knight, Bud Smith, Harris Gravely, Harvey Klein, and Arthur Spojtore. _- -V/.J. xjuwever, tneri are 22 with no religious preference. Excluding the Saturday class members there are 52 more girls than boys in the regular classes, a decrease in the margin from the 85 more girls of last year. Fifty five women and three (Continued on Page 4) (Continued On Page 8J Dr. Allen Speaks To Teachers Mon. Seating Arrangement For Rollins Game Section A and E stands for Rollins students and faculty. Stetson faculty may sit in E stands by presenting faculty activity tickers. Students are requested to use west gate. This game as well as the Tampa game will have reserved seats. Will Address Executive Committee of Boy Scouts In Tampa Today "Education for Defense Today" was the subject of Dr. W. 5.''Allen's speech to the Gulf Conference in . --.„ 0--ujf wm oe under student direction. Brunell Holder will direct "Spreading The News," an Irish comedy by Lady Gregory. Lydia Theurer and Ray Gorden direct "The Hour Glass," an Irish Allegory by William Butler Yeats, and Marzee .McDonald assisted by Gwen- s_" Alien's s delyrif Powell will direct "Utter Coast Teacher s conterenc Relaxation" by Bert Griscom. Brooksville Monday, Oct. 7. The cast for the plays are; for president Allen spoke at the in- "Spreading the News" Ed Dail, vitation of xMr. A. Keathly, presi Mary Bradford, Jack Causier, cjent of tne conference. Jessie Beth Longmo, Dolores Today Dr. Allen is addressing Rhode, Marion Merrill, Virgina tne Reginal Executive Commit- Morrow, Wanda Austin, David tee 0f tne Boy Scouts of Amer- Lehman, Russel Stillwell. The ica. The speech will be delivered properties are in charge of Doro- at tne Tampa Terrace Hotel in thea Miffleton. For "The Hour Tampa. Dr. Allen, who is Presi- Glass" John Whitney, John dent of thc Central Florida Lewis, Nell Lyn, Pamela Lips- Council, will attend the meet come, I1 rank Watson, James a]ong wjtn. many other execu, (Continued on Page 4) fives. New Parties Change Political Picture Effort Made to Present Democratic System of Elections Political fervor ran high in current political race as campaign back-slappers devastated the campus, loud speakers blared: forth, and red hot jive put voters in the groove. Party leaders^ grinning around their gratis cigars, urged all students to go to the polls and cast their votes. The All Campus Party, newly organized unit resulting from an effort to break the fraternity and non-fraternity dividing line, put out hundreds of hand-bills calling their candidates to public attention, while the All Stetson Party, organized from the former Fraternity party, dotted the campus with large posters and signs. Free "cigars flourished, as party enthusiants argued back and forth, and speculations as to the outcome were heard on all sides. Students find it hard to ascertain exactly where one party begins and the other ends. Campus sympathies are divided, but in most of the non-fraternity members, the Alpha Xi Deltas, the Sigma Nus and scattered members of the other fraternities seem to favor the All Campus group, while the Pi-Kaps, Tri- Delts, Delta Sigs and Pi-Phis , favor the All Stetson Party. Class elections followed the usual procedure, though confusion resulted from the fact that the School of Business students were disqualified for election by the adoption of the new amendments concerning the body in Student Body Meeting Thursday* ft Music School Elects Dick Feasel was made president of the Music School group in an election. held yesterday afternoon. Other officers elected were : Bob McEmber, vice-president; Mildred Wade, secretary; Clif Wynns, treasurer; and Donna Smith, Freshman representative.