The Stetson Reporter

Ihe Stetson Reporter Eighth Year—No. 9 DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, November 18, 1942 2103 Price ?c Campus Makes Ready For Sadie Hawkins Death Takes No Holiday In ^Arsenic and Old Lace" TO SERVE NAVY Hilarious Little Theatre Production Opens Sadie Hawkins Week-End by Flonnie Anders Opening Sadie Hawkins Day week-end with a bang, or rather with a load of poison, will be Joseph Kesselring's murder-comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace." The play, to be presented Thursday and Friday nights at 8 o'clock by the Stover Little Theater players, will ruin, for this season at least, the public's respect for the dead. Death takes no holiday for the entire three acts, and twelve friendless and forlorn men are the ■objects of irreverent laughter. Two elderly spinsters, Aunt Martha and Aunt Ebby Brewster (Annette Bolton and Helen Doris McCormick) inhabit a gruesomely cozy mansion in Brooklyn with their harmless lunatic nephew (Billy Mathis). Amiable conditions have reigned in the household until another nephew Morti- (Continued on Page 4) DA. EZELL HONORED ■2C F.F. J£*^/UL >-. * $: Future Teachers Organize Here; Elect Officers Chapter Named For Dr. Ezell; /Lula Mae Morrison Chosen Head Stetson's newest club, composed of and titled Future Teachers of America, last week elected Lula Mae Morrison of Miami to head its activities this year as president. First business to be completed under the new president was the decision to name the local chapter the B. F. Ezell Chapter, in honor of Dr. B. F. Ezell, head of the department of .education. The teacher-training professor also will serve as sponsor to the group. Other officers elected: vice- president. Sara Lou Johnson; sec- reatry, Mildred Ratlifif; treasurer, Helen Ray Bryan; parliamentarian, Patricia Peifer; custodian, Mary Carlton; and librarian, Claire Bumgarner. Future Teachers decided to schedule monthly meetings, and outlined membership rules. Reports indicated that "any student preparing at Stetson for the teaching profession may be a member of F.T.A., provided they are working toward completion of Flonida certification requirements. Madame Chiang Acknowledges Stetson Degree Written acknowledgement o f Stetson University's conferring of an honorary degree upon her was received Monday, by President W. S. Allen from the famous Chinese leader, Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Although appreciation for the degree was cabled last June by Madame Chiang and expressed here through the first secretary of the Chinese legation at the time of the. Commencement exercises, this communication, signed in her own hand, is considered by university officials a treasure to be added to the institution's archives. Phrased in Madame Chiang's well-known clarity and depth of style, the letter read: "Stetson has done ihe a great and wholly unexpected honor by conferring upon me the honorary degree of doctor of humanities. The receipt of a high distinction of this nature naturally leads to self examination and to doubts of one's own deserving. But this introspection and doubt cannot obscure the actual fact that Stetson has deemed me worthy. It remains for me to endeavor to prove that their judgment was not at fault." Gals To Chase Guys As Opening Event In 4th Season of Observance Best Beard To Be Chosen During Olympics "Big Show" Opens In Opry House At 8:00 At 11 o'clock Saturday morning, Sadie Hawkins' Day will start off with a bang and the first feature will be that famous woman-chases-man race. All freshmen guys and gals will be in there running at the request, no, demand of upperclassmen. Radio Chorus Highlight of ftfusic Program Varied selections were scheduled to make last night's third School of Music recital one of the highlights of the current season. Radio Chorus, tinder the direction of Prof. Harold Giffin, was to climax a program of piano, vocal, organ, cornet, and violin music. The group sang three numbers including Dick Feasel's latest creation, "Uncle Sammy" a School Song by Osburn, and Kremsen's "Prayer of Thanksgiving." Vocalists were Chris Napoli and Margaret Reaves;, pianists included Mary Francis Smith, Helen Bennett, Lee Specht, and Jean Rogy. Robert Parks was violin soloist, Jeane Shaw played the cornet, and Helen Tennille presided at the console of the chapel tfrgan. Accompanists included Davis Long and Orian Osburn. Prof. William H. Bailev, head of the School of Music's department of violin and theory since 1936, has been granted a leave of absence from Stetson in order to serve America as an instructor in the Naval Radio Training School at the University of Idaho. Professor Bailey will put aside his fiddle for the duration, but will return to it and Stetson when the technical radio ability he posesses is no longer needed in the fight for victory. Mary Axtell Bailey, instructor in journalism and the professor's- wife, also has been granted a leave of absence, President Allen's announcement revealed yesterday. The Stetson couple plan to leave about the middle of December. Plans for the appointment of successors are in the process of completion. Hatter Photography Postponed Until After Christinas Other Production Phases To Proceed As Planned Photography for the 19-13 edition of the Hatter, campus yearbook, or at least that portion of it that concerns portrait sittings, may be postponed until after the Christmas holidays, yearbook heads reported yesterday. All other phases of the work will proceed according to a schedule of production planned earlier. Reason for the delay was attributed to the photographer's present and pressing duties in cooperation with the United States government in local construction projects. Specific announcement of dates will be released shortly, it was stated, and in the meantime, all campus groups are urged to -consider plans for annual participation. ALBRITTON OFF TO HARVARD Ensign J. M. Albritton, Stetson grad and husband of Barbara, is going to Harvard, arriving there November 20, it was learned this week. At the historic campus and sacred cloisters, Ensign Jamie will undergo not classical study, but advance training as an officer in the supply corps of the U. S. Army. Joaquin Nin-Culmell Will Arrive Tuesday , After the tumult of Sadie Hawkins Day dies away, Stetson's School of Music wil play host to Joaquin Nin-Culmell, Cuban pianist and composer, who will visit on campus Sunday through Tuesday. Mr. Nin-Culmell, a recognized authority on Spanish and Ibero-American music, will climax his visit with a public concert to be given Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Elizabeth hall auditorium. Mr. Nin-Culmell, who holds a post as assistant professor of music at Williams College, was trained by Manuel de Falla in Spain and Paul Dukas in Paris. He arde»tly believes that music will further relations between the Americas, and presents in his recitals the music-'of Latin America as part of the great tradition of Spanish music. In 1914, Mr. Nin-Culmell came to New York, and after ten years, left for Europe to begin the serious study of music. He speaks English, French, and Spanish fluently. . He was appointed member of the jury for the 18th festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music, the first time in the history of the society that an Ibero-American has been appointed to serve on this jury. His earliest musical recollections are the rehearsals of a Bach concerto held in his home when he was three years old. Be- for the age of six he had begun to improvise at the piano and grandly called it "composing." Dogpatch Junior Olympics begin at 2 o'clock in Hulley Field. The Olympics will include a tug of war, relay race, touch football game between freshmen and up- perclass men, and a faculty pie- eating contest with (m-m-m-m) chocolate and lemon pie. Max Stamper will act as Master of Ceremonies for the beard contest where the prettiest, longest beard grown in Dogpatch this year will be selected. Highlight of the Olympics will be the much talked-of girls' football game which will be played in costume. The Slophouse will be the scene of a family style meal (50 cents apiece) ats5:30 o'clock. Courses are to include skunk stew, mountain herbs, pole-cat pie, - and kickapoe joy juice. May Bud Dickinson will preside and feature music will include the Stetson Hall Band, Conrad Hall Spirituals, and the Sarasota Hillbilly Quartet. Sadie's "Big Show" is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock in the Dogpatch Opry House (alias the Little Theatre) — admission 25 cents per. "Who Said It Couldn't Happen Here" is the snappy title given by Jack Causier to his masterpiece. (Causier is author of the show.) Leading characters include Dr. Quaekenbush, played by Causier; Chico, J. C. Bradley; and Harpo, Billy Mathis. Fred Owens will be the evening's Li'l Abner and beauteous Dot Jennings will impersonate Daisy Mae. John Snelling's Mad Hatter's will provide music for the production. Following the show, from 9:30 on, four campus parties will be staged. Pi Kappa Phi, Delta (Continued on Page 4) Bud Dickinson; abov^, who j was elected by vote;-otHthe; stu-' dent body to serve as the, Honv ; orable Mayor of Dogpatch, will read the official proclamation during a special chapel period and will preside oyer :4yents in the Slop House Satulvia/yhxghl.:: Frank Watson, above, hard working chairman of the Sadie ! Hawkins Day committee, has outlined a busy, fun-packed day and asks everyone to come with or without a date and have a. , good time. '."' '