The Stetson Reporter

lBi^4P't^*-»iZKATO:»«S5ES»*fe" gs^~iu ihmuhuiw .jwumm. wunw The Stetson IkpDJ'Ur "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" r 63rd YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA -:- FEBRUARY 24, 1950 NUMBER 18 Fine Arts Festival Enters Second Day Campus Beauty Revealed Photo by Wes Clark Among the outstanding lovelies who were featured in the beauty contest held at DeLeon Springs recently were: "Bunky" Blount, Harry "Red Dog" Hurst, Jack "Cuddles" Grigsby, Dick "Two-Ton" Melear, and Harry "The Body" Hinckley. Campus Cutie This Week Lamar Dodd Main Speaker; Works Being Displayed The combined art departments of Stetson University have collaborated on the presentation of a Fine Arts Festival to run from February 23 to 25. Main features of the festival are the three art lectures by Lamar Dodd, the Stover Little Theatre production of "Hotel Universe," and a concert by the London Siring Quartet. An exhibition of Lamar Dodd's work is on display in Elizabeth Hall. At 2:30 p. m. Thursday, February 23. Mr. Dodd is giving a gallery talk and a demonstration in oil colors. His second talk will be given Thursday night at the University Commons Banquet which starts at 6 p. m. At the banquet there will also be entertainment by the Stetson School of Music. The banquet decorations will be done by Miss Harvey of the art department and assisted by Kappa Pi, the art fraternity. At 8 p. m. the Stover f.ittle Theatre puts on its first per- "rmance of "Hotel Universe'' v hioh will run Thursday and Fri- d iy at 8 p. m. and Saturday after- " >on at 3 p. m. Mr. Dodd's third lecture will be . ven Fr'day at 10 a. m. and is en- li'led "The Arts, Hand in H,.nd." lt 4 p. in. there will be a closed i icully forum discussion at tho - eiso.i School of Music. Saturday, . 'binaiy 2C, starts w.fli a gal'eiy i Ik al 10 a. m. in EK/abeth Hall i' T Louin Freund and cutis with the ■ J'ce'l by the London String Quai- t t at 8 p. m. in the Elizabeth Hall . uditorium. The F ne Arts Festival is the (limox of ^the art department's oik for the year. The Stetson art il 'partment is glou'iyinj in their >od luck in obtaining Lamar Dodd ior their festival. Mr. Dodd is con nectcd with the art dcparlment oi | Photo by Horace Heley Our Campus Cutie this week is Nan Franklin, a brown-eyed sen'or from Washington, D. C. Nan is 22 years old and has brown hair to go with those eyes. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 108. In addition to improving the looks of the campus for four years, Nan has also been a cheerleader for three years, was secretary of the junior class ahd is now secretary of the senior class. She is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority and is engaged to Delta Sig Jack Kirkpatrick. the University of Georgia. He gives an anw of 40 talks a y-r a« 1 \i„U a-, •"•' onc-iaau exh.bit; fn ■••", ^on to (he exhibit of !,■- T-rv i V.!'s pointings in Elizal- :'i ■ U li 'id fiose of the faculty, t o j i is a (1 -r\ y ol Renaissance fab ' >. Tiieie are also examples of medieval hand printing and illumina- t'onn. A small group of student work which appeared in tho Florida State Fair is being displayed in Holmes Hall. A photographic story is being made of the festival. Pictures will be taken of the children's art classes and the one in community art as well as of all the events of the week end. There w'll also be shots of the mural boin£ painted I in the Campus Soda Shop. Little Theatre Performers Photo by Wes Clark Fred Fischer and Joan May as they appear in the psychological drama, "Hotel Universe," which opened for a three day run last evenirjj at the Stover theater. This marks Fred's last main role in a Little Theater production as he graduates soen. His performance is reported to be one of the best" in a long line of outstandng roles. The pby will be presenLed tonight at 8 and tomorrow afternoon at 3. MESS AND MR. STETSON j Photo by Horace Heley Selected as Miss and Mr. Stetson of 1850 were Miss Mary Ethel Gilbert of DeLand and Mr. Gene Mancino of W. New York. N. J. The pair were chosen from a pageant of twenty-three contestants during HsiJtr Holiday.