The Stetson Reporter

t 1 + 4 „ , we. ;fv3S a. > e Stetson Reporter NINTH YEAR—NO. 5 DE LAND, FLORIDA, APRIL V, 1944 PRICE TEN CENTS i I The Stall loes On Flonnie Anders, above, headed the cast that thrilled two nights' audiencies of Mrs. Moonlight. , - Mrs. Moonlight Scores As Hit of Season The Stetson Stall, the name given to the student house by I Margaret Reaves, was given a | fund of twenty-five dollars for, ' up-keep by a vote of tht Stetson, Student Association. This will go towards getting new records land keeping the equipment repaired or replaced. .' On Monday nights, the Stall ,' will be open ,for buffets for organizations and on Wednesday nights. Miss Davis will serye up to twi'nty who have made reservations through Doc. Johnson the same Monday. ThP Stall provides the students a place to meet all their friends after classes from 4 to 8; and have cokes and candy, bridge, ping pong, pool, and almost what have you. Jane Reese heads the committee in charge of the Stall. An after theatre party was held Friday Night, from 10 until 12. Campaign to Start Monday, April 3 1944 SUMMER QUARTER BULLETIN IS RELEASED; CLASSES START JUNE 12 Students planning to enter the 1944 Summer Quarter will start classes June 12 according to detailed announcements being mailed from the office of the Dean of the University this week. Three years ago Stetson University inaugurated an Accelerated Program enabling students to graduate as much as one and one - third Acoording to an, announcement 1n3.de by President W. S. Allen the Million Dollar Campaign will officially open on Monday, April .3, under the office management Playied to Full House. last night the Stover Little Theatre brought to its audience a play- that wall certainly be rated as one of the best of the past years and definitely the best of the -season. In the setting of an English home through three j0f Mr. Hill who arrives at that generations, the phantasy of Sarah Moonlight was interpreted ' time. • !_l by an extremely competent and sympathetic cast. Flonnie Anders did more than her 'usual excellent' job.' Sarah Moonlight, through hejr acting, became the subject of love and pity- Her nuances and phrasing1 were well handled and her remarkable empathy with the audience can not be over looked. She is definitely an actress loved by her audience, and no wondetf wher. she creates such a character as she did last night. Everyone reached for their hanker- chiefs and then were smiling the next moment. Harry Atkinson, the ageing Mr. Moonlight, was convincing and extremely sincere. And his excellent make-up added so much to tlie note of realism. And, that heckling Scotch maid, Edith Marie Gardner left with her audience was droll and unique. Such a character must have been a tremendious task to construct., but she held that character throughout. Sarah's sister, Edith, ©f Margaret Reaves was remarkable in its maturity and fineness of detail. If orchids could be given to men, tthey would definattly be given to that wonderful 'slow- witted, sweet, idiotic' Middling as portrayed by Maurice Fain. There was a typical restraint in his English manner that made for wonderful humor and his timing was very well handled. Edith Gronkhite, as, Continued on page 5) Methodists Students Organize On Campus Curry (Sonny) Hazlett, 28, a Stetson student from 1934 to 1937, was killed Monday, March 20, when the Navy plane in which he was travelling on official business crashed north of Ormond. Mr. Hazlett was the chief engineering draftsman at the Banana River Naval base at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife and two small children. Tri Delta Offers Scholarship To Junior Or Senior Woman Students Majoring In Post-War Useful Subjects Eligible to Receive Gift Fund Women students specializing in subjects useful to the war effort and to post-war reconstruction, and who are having difficulty finishing their education, are eligible for the gift scholarship now being offered by Tri Delta's Stetson chapter. —s _ Recommended by the national, convention of the fraternity held in Chicago in June, the scholarship plan was made one of the* national organization's two war service projects, the other being financial aid to China through United China Relief. Open to any qualified Junior or Senior woman, whether or not affiliated with any sorority, the scholarships will be available on the campuses where Delta Delta Delta's chapter has set up a nucleus fund. Stetson's chapter gave $100, and the national organization |200, which make the scholarship total 1300 on this campus. According to regulations set up by the fraternity, each chapter must appoint a committee to recommend applicants to the general fund administrator, Mrs. Frederick D. Coleman of Lincoln, Nebraska. Members of Stetson's committee are Ruth Durrance, collegiate member; Mrs. J. F. Clardy, alumna member; Miss Curtis Horn, faculty member; and Mr. C. B. Rosa, member of the university's administrative staff. After this local committee has passed upon an application, it will be sent to the General Administrative chairman for final approval. There is no limit to the number of women who may receive scholarships, the total depending entirely upon the number of individual chapters of Tri Delta which raise local funds for The big news around religious circles on the campus is the newly organized Methodist Student Movement, It was in February that the idea first germinated, and now in little miore than a month, they have organized and are having regular meetings every Tuesday at 6:30. The group is headed by Comer Woodallas president, Ruth Durrance, vice presidelnt; Edith Percy j Cronkhite, secretary-treasurer; Marjorie Merrill, corresponding secretary; Cortez Tedder, music chairman; Betty Ann Cannon, memtber and publicity chairman; and Virginia McKenzie, program chairman. A chapter of Leslie Weather- head's book "How Can I Find , God" is being reviewed by a dif- j ferent member at their weekly i meetings. At the Methodist Youth Convention in Gainesville during the last week-end in March, the new Stetgon organization was represented by Comer Woodall, Claire Bumgarner, Ruth Curnick, Sophomores Take National Program Approximately sixty sophoS miore students took the National Soihomore College Cooperative; Testing Program of the American Council on Education is the Art Room throughout Thursday, March 30. , There was a two fold purpose in this series of tests. The first was to see how Stetson University was averaging in with the frest of the colleges and universi" ties throughout the nation in the achievements and fulfillments in liberal education. And . the student himiself will be able to see bow he stands in the picture of education, whether he is in the \ery upper group or scattered back through. It was a very long grind for one day, but the tests were latd in arriving. The reports had to be into the national office by Tuesday and the grading would take no little time. Dean Garwood expressed his appreciation, of the spirit of the students who took the program. He also said that there were some very good scores. The tests themselves covered all phases of an education from books to radio, movies, and the theatre. It was on the whole very comprehensive of all students . . . . whether interested in music, art, mathematics,-books, science; or any of the other fields. Duckwitz Returns From Cincinnati Dr. W. E. Duckwitz, director of the School of Music, Stetson University, left Tuesday for Cincinnati, Ohio, where he will attend the annual meetings of the National Association of Schools of Music and the National Music Teachers convention. Dr. Duckwitz is an examiner for the National Association of Schools of Music and will remain in Cincinnati, Ohio, until the meetings close March 27. The Stetson University School of Music has been a member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1935. years earlier than under the former plan. Last year the University initiated the new Quarter Plan. A number of students graduated during the First Summer Quarter last year and many high school graduates began their college career at that time. The new announcement reveals that the Summer Quarter will be from June 12 to August 18 with classes being held five days a week. Chaudoin Hall, Conrad Hall and the Commons will be open and will operate the same as during the- other three quarters. Special features of the Summer Quarter will be a series of Thursday evening lectures and a course in Narcotics Education. The Thursday evening lectures were started last year and were very popular. Students receive college credit for attending these lectures. The School of Music announces a fiye weeks' term beginning June 12. Also, it will hold a clinic for Band and Choral directors from June 12 to July 15. The Summer Bulletin lists a wide range of subjects to be given. Among those listed are courses in Biology, Chemistry, Education and Psychology, English, French, Geography, Health and Physical Education, History and Political Science, Mathematics, Physics, Religion, Sociology, Spanish, and Speech. Dean H. C. Garwood states that the faculty for this summer is unusually strong, including: R. L. Allen, Ph.D., Physics; R. E. Clark, Ph.D., Sociology; J. F. Conn, Ph.D.,, Chemistry; W. C. Cowell, B.S., Health and Physical Education; B. F. Ezell, Ph.D., Education and Psychology; S. Elizabeth Foard, M.S., Mathematics; Dorothy Fuller, A.M., Biology; H. C. Garwood, Ph.D., Religion; Annie Holden, A.M., English; R. F. Howes, S.J.D., History and Political Science; Carl H. John- son, A.M., Education and Geography; M. J. Perrett, A.M., Spanish; Erich Saxl, J.U.D., Business; I. C. Stover, M.O., Litt.D., Speech; and, Frances C. Thornton, D. es lettres, French. Miss Dorothy Little, State De- partment of Education, will teach the course in Narcotics Education. Dr. W. E. Duckwitz, director of the School of Music, stated that Professors Harold M. Griffin and Victor Grabel will be included i* the Summer faculty of the School of Music. Stetson Library Receives Gift Of Chinese Library and Marjorie Mtrt-ill. The latter was elected to the position of state publicity the purpose, and the amount they chairman. are able to raise. Last year Stetson received an interesting gift. This was the Chinese Museum given to the University by friends of Lue Gin Gong, a Chinese who lived in DeLand for many years and brought fame both to himself and DeLand through his culture of citrus fruit. A few books from Mr. Lue's personal library were presented by Mrs. H. B. Stevens; and these, together with a letter written to the University by Madam Chiang Kai-Shek, forms the beginning of the collection that will be added to from time to time. Con tributions have already been received from.Dr. W. S. Allen, Dr. and Mrs. James M. Gaston, Dr. B. F. Brundage, Mrs. H. B. Stevens, Miss Isobel Arnold, and Miss Edgelle Henry. Shortly before his death Dr. H. C. Lyman gave a large photograph of Mr. Lue, which will, with six smaller pictures, form an interesting group for the collection. To introduce the donors of this museum to the college community, there was a tea given in their honor yesterday, March 31 at the Library. Then, the museum was formally presented to the University.