The Stetson Reporter

MWWPP! Fifth Year—No. 28 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940 Z103 Price Five Cents ANNUAL GREEN AND WHITE BENEFIT GRID CLASH NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Fans Will Get Preview of Next Season's Material in Mystic Krewe Sponsored Football Game PROCEEDS WILL AID ATHLETIC FUND "The annual Green and White football game, sponsored by the Mystic Krewe for the benefit of the Athletic Scholarship fund will be one that no one can afford to miss," according to Gadi Lawton '41, Captain of the Krewe. The 1940 Hatter grid machine has been equally divided into two strong squads whof will go out on to Hulley Field Friday night at 8 p. m. to battle for a mythical championship. The price'of admission for the game is Stetsonites, high^school students, and children 25c; all others 40c, For several years the Mystic ■ Krewe has sponsored this annual gridiron event to further develop Stetson's athletic department. According to Coaches Cowell and Clemons this year's performance bids fair to outdo any that has been held to date. 'To clarify the details of the game for those attending a pub- he address system has been installed at the field and a play by piay description will be broadcast by Frank Knorr '40 and Ed Friedsen '43. Between the halves the crowd will be entertained with music and marching formations by Stetson University band under the direction of Prof. John J. Heney, bandmaster. Each side with its own individual rooters will also have its own cheerleaders with the cheerleading squad split up into two factions. One will perform for the Green while the other will do their duty for the Whites. Dr. Benson VV. Davis, professor of Latin and Greek Florida Femmes Play On Campus Southern College Gets Most Points in Competitions The leading dance orchestras of the day was the theme for the annual All State College' play day held on the campus last weekend. The event, sponsor- sored by the Women's Athletic Association, was won by the girls from Southern College with a score of 125 points. Kathleen Rowe was in charge of the decorations for the day. Many posters were hung throughout the gym containing appropriate phrases of popular song hits. Each college' was given the name of an orchestra as follows: Stetson, Kay Kyser; St. Petersburg Junior College, Guy Lombardo; Tampa, Sammy Kaye; Miami U., Horace Hcidt; Tallahassee, Tommy Dorsey: Southern, Glenn Miller: Rollins, Benny Goodman. Schedule of events were: 9:30, registration: 9:30-10:30, Basketball; 10:00, individual sports; 12:30, lunch; 1:30, pictures; 2-3* Skits; 3-4, finals in basketball and volleyball; 4:00, picnic at DeLeon consisting of boating, swimming, supper, campfire, and hayride; 8:00, workshop plays. * * * Registrar to Attend College Meeting "'Cooperative Adjustment of Seme Problems Common to the Florida Colleges and Universities," will be the general theme of the seventh annual meeting of the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities which Miss Olga Bowen, University Registrar, will attend in Tampa, April 19 and 20. Miss Bowen lias been secretary-treasurer of the association since its organization in 1934. Miss Bowen's address at the Saturday morning session of the convention will be "How Much 'Continued Qn Page 5) Davis Sponsors Latin Contest Dr. Benson W. Davis of the Department of Classical Languages is sponsoring Latin Week for high school pupils all over Florida. The contest will be observed during the week of April 21. Winners of the contest will be invited to visit Stetson University as guests of the Institution. District winners will" be chosen as well as a state wide winner. There will be mio awards given this year, but if an active interest is taken in the contest, future plans will include awards and perhaps more contests—one for students with two years of Latin, and one for students with three years or more, Dr. Davis said. The contest closes April 29, and will cover material used in the first two years in the state text books. Entrance fee to cover costs of printing etc. will be fifty cents. Allen In Greenville For Scout Meeting As president of the Central Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America, President W. S. Allen returns today from the annual meeting of the Sixth Tegional convention held in Greenville, S. C, yesterday. President Allen made the trip to the scout meeting to tender a report on the activities of the Central Florida council. He was elected president of that group at a meeting in Orlando, January 30. Directors and Casts Are Praised For Evening of One Act Plays More Coming April 20 and 27; Model Theatres Will Be Shown This. Saturday, Stover Says By G. Kipp Student directors were responsible for the success of the evening of one-act plays last Saturday night in the Stover Theatre, the first of a series of such evenings. "Mrs. McEntire and I are both much encouraged by the talent uncovered by the workshop plays," Dr. Irving C Stover, professor of speech, said Monday The directors, with the exception of David Bracey, were members of Dr. Stover's class in play production, and Bracey has taken the course in the past. "The acting and . directing give us a lot of confidence that next year's dramatic season will be a successful one," Stover commented. The first play of the evening was "Davie's Quiet Evening," a (Continued On Page 5) Lawton and Bills Election Foes Election Fervor Growing as Opposing Parties Announce Candidates for Student Body Offices CICERO AND GRAHAM BATTLE FOR V. PRES. By Bob Barnett The two opposing campus political parties caused the first rumblings of what promised to be another heated campaign with the announcement this week of the candi' dates to be nominated for student body offices. Although the official knowledge has been suppressed, party supporters got together in the past two weeks and selected their favorite sons for the election to be held Tuesday, April 30. Bills, Lawton for President Leading the party ticket in what is expected to be a close 'race are the aspirants to the student body presidency. Horace Bills, the tall, forceful fellow from Sarasota, is the unanimous choice of loyal Non- Frats, while Gadi Lawton, the Orlando orator, is riding atop a strong Fraternity support. Both Lawton and Bills are among the best known leaders on the campus. While each has been active in a multitude of campus activities, specificalljy and briefly Bills is the Stetson vice-president to the Florida Student Government Association, president of the Liberal Arts School association, and past president of campus religious organizations. Lawton is Captain of the Mystic Krewe, a recognized debater, and varsity football man, hailing from P| Kappa Phi. Strong Running Mates For vice-president, Vance Graham and Johnny Cicero will be pitted against one another. Graham, a Sigma Nu, is lieutenant-commander of his fraternity, a varsity debater, and active member of the Swimming Pool Committee. Cicero holds the position of secretary- treasurer of the joint organizations of the Florida Student Government Association and the Florida Intercollegiate Press Association, members of Pi Kappa Delta debate fraternity, and member of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. Perhaps the most interesting" contests will be forthcoming in j the race for the offices of secretary and treasurer, for there we have two teams of co-eds whose popularity and merits are almost too. evenly divided. Caroline Massey, Non-Frat, will lock horns with Jean Morris, Tri Delta, to see who cops the secretaryship. Lillian Williamson, Zeta Tau Alpha, enters the field for treasurer's office in competition with the comely Lila Martin, Non-Frat. Hands Hat to Juniors Seniors Pass the Hat As Juniors Fete Graduating Class At Banquet Alumni Featured in Speeches as Upper Classmen Gather for Annual Get-together Mature Seniors and eager Juniors got together in the Commons last Monday evening on the occasion of their second annual banquet. An entertaining program was pre' sented in conjunction with the precedent of the Senior class members of handing down "The Stetson Hat" to the Juniors soon to become Seniors. The Commons banquet room and tables were, colorfully decorated with flowers and bamboo, and dinner music was played by Virginia Scarborough on the piano. At the speakers table were seated Dick Baldwin, Miss Etta Turner, Miss Barbare Rowe; Gadi Lawton, Julia Ann Pennington, Dean and Dr. Charles G. Smith, Mrs. W. S. Allen, Dean Lola B. McCollough, Vance Graham, Betty Woodall, Lillian Preston, Carl "Doc" Johnson, Miss Charlotte Werwage, and Edward Furlong. Gadi Lawton, toastmaster for the event, made a short welcoming speech sprinkled liberally with jokes and stories, and in the Lawton style introluccd the other speakers of the evening. The Alumni, past, present and future, were the subjects for the in - between - courses speeches. Horace Bills told of the notable graduates of Stetson and their education problems, and Vance Graham spoke on the work that the present Alumni Association is doing. Humorous speculation as to the future of the graduating Seniors was brought out by Lillian Preston, who, in a Mrs. Pennyfeather manner, described the plight of fortune of this year's graduates ten years from now. A formal presentation of the silk hat was made at the close of the program by Dick . Baldwin, president of the Seniors, to Dick Baldwin, president of the 1940 graduating class, answered the well-wishing Juniors Monday at the Junior-Senior banquet and presented the traditional Stetson hat to next year's Seniors. Charlotte Werwage, vice-president of the Juniors, who represented the Juniors in the ab- ence of former president Wesley Zuber, who earlier in the year retired from school. Musical numbers were given by a girl trio composed of Virginia Scarborough, Libby Mc- Ginnis, and Margaret Wood. A negro quartet ably entertained with several spirituals. Dean Charles Smith asked the blessing. May Hold Mass Meeting A departure and innovation in the usual type of campaigning stunts may be provided in the form of an all-school mass rally which student leaders of both parties hope to organize for Monday evening before the election. If party leaders agree to the plan, all candidates will be given a chance to speak, and all students will be given the opportunity to see who the candidates really are. As far as can be (Continued on Page 5)