The Stetson Reporter

The Stetson Reporter Sixth Year—No. 8 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, 1940 Z103 Price Five Cents SADIE HAWKINS DAY "OPRY" WILL BE GIVEN AT ATHENS Special Arrangement With Manager Kirkconnell and RKO Combines Screen Show "Li'l Abner" With Stetson Dogpatch Stage Presentation The first booking in the state of Florida of RKO's new picture "Li'l Abner" has been made for the Athens Theatre November 15 th to be shown in conjunction with Stetson University's annual Sadie Hawkins Day celebration, accord' ing to Charles Kirkconnell, manager of the theatre. Meeting in special session last Saturday with President W. S. Allen, Dean Lola B. McCollugh, and the social committee, Mr. Kirkconnell read letters from the district RKO manager which indicate that company's' interest in tying in the showing of "Li'l Abner" with the Sadie Hawkins Day here and also at other col' leges of Florida. Tentative plans worked out by James Dyson, chairman of Sadie Hawkins Day, and Mr. Kirkconnell call for the presenting of the Dogpatch "Opry" show at the Athens Theatre as a stage attraction in addition to the screen program. An afternoon performance will be given for Stetson students and a repeat performance in the evening will Proclamation! | On Sunday night all electric shavers, razors, and tubes of shaving cream will be tucked away on a shelf because on Monday Stetson men (and we can soon tell the men from the boys) will cease shaving in preparation for Sadie Hawkins Day, Nov. 16. Beards in varying degree of development will be the rule of the campus as each male strives to grow the ugliest, the longest, and the prettiest for competition in the beard-growing contest which will be a feature of the Sadie Hawkins Day celebration. give townespeople an opportunity to see the 1940 version of the show which last year was described as one of the most entertaining ever to be presented in the Stover Little Theatre. For Swimming Pool Besides providing a roll-'em- in-the-islc entertainment for everybody, the joint presentation (Continued On Page 8) Alpha Xi's Have Prominent Alumnae Omega Chapter Founded 1917. Olga Bowen Among Charter Members Alpha Xi Delta was organized and established at Lombard College, Galesburg, Til., on April 17, 1893. Omega Chapter here at Stetson, was founded April 17, 1917, after having existed for approximately a vear as the local, Alpha Phi Delta. The fourteen charter members included Olga Bowen, now registrar of Stetson University, Myrtle Barbe Smith of Daytona Beach, and Geneivcre Humeston, niece of Dr. Cordis. Since the establishment of the chapter, there have been more than two hundred alumnae: from Stetson University. Many of these have had distinguished careers such as Vivian Atkinson Beck, judge of Duval County; Grace Watson Griffith, a pioneer in North Carolina adult education work; Nellie Stephens Davis, outstanding in her work of reviving Kentucky mountain crafts. Marie Pedigo Walker, Omega alumnae who was formerly an assistant to Dr. Irving C. Stoyer, is the first national vice-president of Alpha Xi Delta. Ruth Bartlett is now broadcasting from Baltimore. National celebrities include Maxine Davis and Lois Mont- ross, authorists; Edith Meek Atkinson, eminent agronomist and psycrologist; and Pat Friday, radio songstress. Alpha Xi Delta is represented on Stetson's faculty by Olga Bowen, Willie Dee McEntire, Mary Tribble Lowery, and Aileen Worth. Baptists From State Schools Here For B. S. U. Convention Services, Banquet and Play Among Activities of Meet Last Week-end. John Lewis Elected Vice President One hundred and sixty five young persons representing the various colleges of the state convened at Stetson Uni' versity from October 25 to 27 for the annual Baptist Student Union Convention. The occasion commenced with registrar tion which took place at the Baptist Church of DeLand on Friday afternoon^ and closed Final Plans Made For Gala Homecominy Celebration BANDS, PARADE, AND GRID CONTEST ON WEEK-END ENTERTAINMENT BILL Parade Floats Will Compete for Trophys in Two Divisions; Will Carry out Theme "Stetson Looks Backwards." Hatter-Spartan Football Game Sat. The homecoming committee held its final meeting Mon- ' day night October 28 in which the fine details for the Home' coming program was successfully worked out. Horce Bills, the Homecoming Mayor, told a Stetson Reporter representa' tive that there will be a change in the method of determining the winning float this year. In. the previous years all floats have been entered in one group and prizes given for the best of the different kinds of floats. This year, however, the floats will be divided into two classes: in the first class a prize will be given for the most beautiful float, and a second prize will be given for the most appropriate float; whereas in the second group there will be one prize given for the best all round float. Another factor that has been, changed is the type of prize which will be awarded. Here-to- fore the committee has awarded cash prizes which have soon been spent and forgotten about. This year the committee will award beautifully engraved cups. In this way the makers of the winning float will have concrete evidence as well as memories of their labors. Every activity, every event, in fact the entire program is centering around the theme: "Stetson Looks Backward." Stetson looks backward to her past achievements with a view of "going forward" in the future. One of the main features of the parade will be the five bands that are to be represented again this year. They will be: The Or- (Continued on Page 5) Mr. I. Walter Hawkins, prominent alumnus and President of the Alumni Association, will preside over • the Homecoming alumni Chapel meeting to be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and again over the alumni luncheon at 11:45 ; to be held at the University Commons. with the Sunday afternoon service exemplifying the theme of the Convention "Conquer With Christ." New officers were elected on Saturday afternoon at a business meeting and were honored at a breakfast on Sunday morning. The incoming officers are: Bill Gaventa, Tampa University,i president; John Lewis, Stetson University, enlistment chair-' man; Clementine Smith, University of Miami, secretary; Lu- dlle Arnold, Tallahassee, devo- :ional chairman; Willard Pierce, Southern College, Baptist student representative; and Frances Arkley, Stetson University, music chairman, Fennell Warren, University of Florida, publicity chairman. Among the various activities and entertainments was a banquet Saturday afternoon after which a play was presented in the Little Theatre. Some of the outstanding representatives voiced their opinion of the B. S. U. Convention, Mr. B. B. McKinney stating: "One of the best B. S. U. Conventions 1 have ever attended." Law Luminaries Expected For PAD. Breakfast Invitations in Form of Bill of Complaint Being Issued to Alumni The local chapter of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity is preparing for its annual homecoming breakfast which is intended to aggragate some one hundred and fifty to two hundred alumni and friends of the institution. Started several years ago on the campus, this event has become a highlight of the homecoming program, causing the most prominent lawyers of the state to come back and salute their Alma Mater and their legal fraternity. Approximately two hundred and fifty invitations, in the form, of a Bill of Complaint, were issued by Justice Carl Teague. Several Justices of the Florida Supreme Court, Circuit Court Judges, eminent practitioners, professors of the various Law Schools of the State, are expected to attend. Last year the occasion was doubly important since another of the Justices of the Florida Supreme Court was initiated into Brewer Chapter, the initiate being Justice Brown. At present, five of the justices of the court are members of Phi Alpha Delta, and three of them are members of this chapter. ' ED MAY WILL HEAD STRAY GREEK CLUB The .SYnjy Greek Club of Stetson University met on Wednesday evening, Oct. 23rd, for the purpose of electing officers for the year. The newly elected officers are: President, Ed May, Jr.; vice president, Charles Hamly. secretary. Huber Griffin; treasurer, Jlelen Titchener. This club is composed of transfer students who are members of Greek letter social fraternities and sororities not having chapters on the Stetson campus. HOMECOMING PLAY PROGRAM INCLUDES DANCES AND SONGS "School for Husbands" Is Comedy in the Days Of Louis 14th "The School for Husbands," famed French comedy of manners and of character, will be presented Thursday and Friday evenings in the Stover Theatre as this year's Homecoming play. The play will be enlivened by the addition of a number of dances by a girls' ensemble and a Ballerina, Mimi Cotter, as well as two songs which will be sung by Robert Wheatly, tenor. The Stetson Little Symphony, directed by Prof. Glenn D. Swan, will play music appropriate to the Louis XIV period from the works of Lully, Rarneau, Lemaire and Gertry. The plot of the play is fundamental enough to have lost no color or meaning since its first presentation in 1661. Siganarelle (William Lovelace) feels that he must be most severe with his ward Isabelle (Edith Knox) if she is to Temain worthy and willing to. marry him when she comes of age. Sganarelle is also very sure, that his brother, Artiste (John Causier) is foolish +o trust his ward Lenore (Virginia Trieste) and allow her to meet other men. The comedy reaches its height when Sganarelle is (Continued on Page 5) Buchanan Elected With a unanimous vote for every office the A.B. School last night elected Frank Buchanan; John Lewis, vice president; Charlotte Werwage, secretary; and Mary.Helen Hill, treasurer. Mayor Bills Names Administrators Of Homecoming City Government New Officials Present Imposing Array Of Public Spirited Citizens With Each Pledged to Carry Out His Duties The Great Honorable Mayor and his advisors convened last week for the purpose of making official appointments for the local city administration on Homecoming week-end, No' vember 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. From the city commissioners to the keeper of the city dog pound, here they are, with the hope that each will be as well adapted to his respective job as possible. Secretary to the Mayor: Lela May Jennings. Hostess: Julia Ann Pennington. City Manager: J. M. Albritton, Secretary, Lydia Theurer. City Commissioners: Gadi Law- ton, Carolyn Massey; Larry Dick, Helen McCormick; Roy Kinsey, Margaret Cate; Jimmy Dyson, Mary Lou Davis; Jimmy Nelson, Bobby McDonald. Municipal Judge: Richard M. Sauls; Secretary, Carlotta Wash- burne. City Attorney: John E. Cicero; Secretary, Dorothea Clarson. City Clerk: Vance Graham; Secretary, Erin Mercer. Tax Assessor: Gordon Booth; Secretary, Margaret Reaves. City Auditor: Irving Merritt; Secretary, Joy Reese. Hotel Commission: Chairman, William Lovelace; Secretary, Phyllis Hutton. Board members: Alvin Simmons, Louis Champeau, James Culpepper. Health Officers: Allen Span- (Continued on Page 4) .