The Stetson Reporter

sm Fifth Year—No. 25 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1940 Z103 Price Five Cents Wage Hour Law Expert Will Speak On Annual Law School Day Program State Supreme Court Justices, Attorney General, and Federal Judges Will Attend Second Annual Event A feature of Stetson University's second annual law school day to be held April 6 will be an address by the Hon. -George McNulty, general counsel of the wage hour division of the Federal Department of Labor, Dean Paul E. Raymond has announced. McNulty is widely known as an authority on labor law and the subject of his talk will be ''The Administration, of the Wage Hour Law". He will speak at 3 ;30 P. M. in the Stover Theatre, followed by a discussion among leading business men of the State on the Wage Hour Act as it applies to Flori- •-da business. justices of the State Supreme Court, the attorney general, several Federal Judges, and other •distinguished members of the bar will be on hand to take part in the program. A case will be tried by law students in the "Supreme Court of John B. Stetson University" in which three Supreme Court Justices will sit, pro tempore. The attorneys are those who were winners in the second year law club competi tiois, with John Cherry and Karry Newett representing the appelle, and Hal Dekle and Torn Kirkland representing the appellant. Following the afternoon program, visiting hamsters will be guests of the university at a banquet in_the Commons. Robert Mi'am, a Jacksonville attorney and Stetson alumnus, will be the . "i:or:stmaster for this occasion. Dean Raymond commented that last year's law school day was very successful and helped to bring together the law school alumni. '"We have received excellent response from lawyers and judges all over the State and feel confident that every law school alumnus was possibly can will -plan to be with us," he said. Revised Honor Code Will Be Presented First Reading Will be Given at Thursday Meeting Capping several weeks' investigation and work at revision the revised Honor Code for the Stetson students body has reached its completed form, according to Lydia Theurer, chairman of the Honor System committee. Student body president Hal Dekle announces Thursday for the reading of the re-organized •document. According to Dekle, a n amendment to the Student Body Constitution will have to be proposed, providing for the existence of an Honor Code as a subordinate document to the Student Government System. "If the amendment is proposed tomorrow," he stated, "it may be formally approved at the regular meeting next week, April 4." As far as can be ascertained, the revised Honor Code incorporates brevity with comprehensive detail, and student leaders are optimistic over its acceptor: :e. Press Club Selects Journalistic Group As First Initiates Faulkner, Sheppard, Theurer are Honorary Members Twelve journalistic Stetsonites were named as the first initiates into the Press Club at a meeting of the charter members last week. Mary Axtell Bailey, president of the group, announces that 'the newly created organization will assume its full growth with the informal initiation of the new members April 3. Those selected by the group are Pat Trieste,41, Esther Mandeville '40, Janet Mandeville '40, Delight Sieg '42, Mary Beasley '41, Elizabeth Fisher '42, .Bob Chesser '41, Nelson Clement '43, and Joy Reese '41. Honorary memberships were accorded three others in recognition of their interest and past activities. They are Dr. Donald Faulkner, Mr. C. R. M. Sheppard, and Lydia Theurer, graduate student. "Our Press Club is not very old, but we are beginning already to make its standards high," Mrs. Bailey said. "The selection of members was based upon the candidate's interest, dependability, and actual work in the field of journalism both on and off the campus". The Press Club was organized March 11 by a group of keenly interested persons who believed there was a definite place for such an organization. Charter members are Mary Axtell Bailey, president, Robert Barnett, \*ice-president, Sara Ellen Mobley, secretary - treasurer, Bob Heebner. Gordon Kipp. and Emmett Peter. High School Orators Will Compete Here Smith, Raymond and Stover Will Decide Winners State finals in the Third Annual High School Oratorical Contest of the American Legion will be held in Elizabeth Hall, Friday, March 29. Under the sponsorship of the Americanism Committee of the Florida Department of the American Legion, the tourney here will bring together nearly a score of high school students from all over the state, with the successful participants receiving the privilege to enter the regional and national contests. Mr. E. E. White, committee chairman for the DeLand Post of the Legion, announced last week that three members of the Stetson faculty have volunteered (Continued On Page 2) Attends Historical Meet Traveling to Tallahassee as the personal representative of John B. Stetson, Jr., Prof. Robert W. Severance, above, will attend the annual council meeting of the Florida Historical Society in that city Thursday and Friday. Prof. Severance further reports the meeting here next week of the Florida Library Association, of which organization he is president. Varsity Debaters Still In Running At National Meet Wire From Hickman in Knoxville Says 700 Speakers are Competing "Three down and four to go" is the word received here yesterday from C. Addison Hickman, varsity debate coach now accompanying Stetson's three man debate team in Knoxville, Tenn., for the National Pi Kappa Delta forensic tournament being held there this week. Stetson is being represented by veteran speakers Gadi Law- ton and Vance Graham, with John I^ewis making his debut in varsity competition. The competition at the national meet is the .toughest to be found, with 700 speakers from 156 schools in 35 states competing. Both affirmative and negative teams have been entered in the tourney with Graham and Law- ton upholding the affirmative side of the question, and Graham and Lewis arguing the negative. The subject, to be argued concerns the strict military and economic isolation of the United States Besides the required eight rounds of debate competition Vance Graham will enter the extemporaneous speaking contest using the subject "Democracy: Threats from Within and Without." The wire from Hickman indicates that Stetson is still in the running and that "everything is going splendidly." He also said that Lawton and Lewis saw snow for the first time. One of the highlights of the convention will be a trip through the.great Smoky Mountains this afternoon, and then a visit to the T. V. A. project. Manages String Festival Freshman Cagers Will Compete In Finals Despite Forfeit Ruling Milwaukee Barons Will be Foe in ' A. A. U. Tournament Finals Blasting their way to the finals of the state A. A. U. basketball tournament, Coach Cowell's Frosh basketball team will face the only courtmen who have succeeded in defeating the Hatter yearlings this season, the Milwaukee Barons. . Both teams advanced to the finals last Saturday with : the play-off scheduled for Sun*. day, but the tournament officials declared Milwaukee the winners by forfeit when it wa*s learned that the Stetsonites could not play because of a Stetson ruling prohibiting :ts teams from competition on Sundays. Cowell protested the decision, however, and A. A. U. officials ruled that a game will be played to establish the Florida basketball championship. Tommie Starling, president of the Orlando Athletic Association, announced that as soon as both parties could be contacted a date will be arranged for the game. The announcement came as the result of a statement by L. B. Lemon, Miami Beach, secretary treasurer of the A. A. U., that the Stetson Freshman team was still in the race for the Florida title. Nash Higgins, State president of the A. A. U., said that as long as the tournament was sanctioned by the A. A. U., it must be played under A. A. U. rules and Sunday events are never scheduled. The Hatter Yearlings first showed that they were interested in the championship when they defeated Lacrosse, 43-25. Purtz took scoring honors with 19 points. They then topped Henderson Sporting Goods Company and Sebring to reach the finals. Other teams in the tournament boast present and ex-Stetson students. Lanier Smith and Jimmy Golden played on the Apopka team ad helped upset a highly favored Schwobilt five. Vincent Schaefer, varsity Hatter cage star of the current season, helped Green Tree to reach the semi-finals. Skeeter Cobb, former. Stetson flash, also helped the Green Tree passers. Miss Veronica Davis, Instructor in Public School Music, directed plans for the spring festival held here Monday and Tuesday. With nationally known Dr. Joseph Maddy as guest conductor, the two-day series of rehearsals was sponsored by the Volusia County Music Teachers Association. Campus Carnival Saturday Night A real old fashioned carnival with peanuts, pop corn, and soda pop will be given in Cummings Gym Saturday night from 7:00 to 11:00, Kathleen Rowe, president of the Stetson Blazer Club which is sponsoring the event, has announced. Side shows and a nickclodian for dancing will feature the evening's entertainment which is being given to raise money for the W. A. A. "This will be known as the Green Derby Carnival," Miss Rowe said, "and everyone is invited to attend. All who do will have a good time." As explained by Miss Rowe, the affair will be run on a penny basis with an extra cent being charged for the popcorn and soda pop. In this way the Blazer Club will raise money for the, W. A. A. and those who attend I will have a good time as well. DEAN RAYMOND AN- NOUNCES CANDICACY FOR LEGISLATURE Volusia County political circles were startled last week when Paul E. Raymond, Dean of the Law School, announced his candicacy for thc state legislature from group one. Raymond, who was the first to qualify, will oppose Alex D. Littlefield, Mayor of Holly Hill; Peter Ladas. Daytona Beach and Homer TIardesty, part owner of thc Riviera Hotel, Rio Vista. The Stetson Dean is a recognized authority on parole and recently edited a Federal Department of Justice booklet on that subject. Literary Magazine Out Next Monday The 1940 edition of the Stetsonian, student literery publication will be released on campus newsstands Monday. April 1, according to an announcement by Hob Heebner, editor. Thirty- two pages of fiction and articles are in the process of receiving the finishing touches in the plant of the University Press this week. "The Stetsonian this year will give the students a magazine packed with interesting material," Heebner said. "We are issuing a booklet which in itself will present an unusally striking appearance." The staff members feel that the prospects for the magazine's sale are optimistic. Outstanding among its features are a satire by Emmett Peter, a scientific account of a trip through outer smce by Frank Knorr, and fascinating stories bv Elizabeth Fisher and Delight Sieg. Variety in content will be heightened by numerous other features and an .Continued on Page 4) J