The Stetson Reporter

Stetson ikpDftcr "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" W 63rd YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA JANUARY 27, 1950 NUMBER 14 ■BSU To Hold Roller Rink Ranch Party • Next Friday evening the cattlemen of West Volusia cotmty will find an excellent opportunity to employ new ranch hands from among the students of the University. The occasion will be the "Dude Ranch Party," sponsored by the Baptist Student Union and planned for February 3rd at the Air Base Roller Rink. Students will find a little bit of the ol' west at the party; this theme will be used for the entertainment and festivities. Jean Abernathy, social vice-president of the BSU, stated that all Baptist students, their friends and dates, and all students are being extended a cordial invitation to attend. The following committee-chairmen are in charge of preparations: Jutlson Morgan, publicity; Eva Mae Gates, invitations; Shirley Rogers, entertainment; and Gere Howard, decorations. Spanish Frat On St. Augustine-Tour Sigma Delta Pi, honorary Spanish fratrnity, is sponsoring a St. Augustine tour tomorrow, Saturday, January 27th. ThegrOup will leave De- Land in the morning, journey to the Ancient City, and visit the points of historical interest, particularly those connected with the Spanish colony. Members of the honor group, students in the Spanish classes, and other students interested in Spanish history and culture will make up the party. Luncheon at a restaurant featuring Spanish foods will be included in the itinerary. On the following Saturday, February 4th, Sigma Delta Pi Will visit the Rollins campus at Winter park,, for the presentation of the Spanish production "Don Quixote." Students interested, in seeing the picture should contact Dr. Doris Arjona in the Spanish Department. Campus. Cutie.No*. 1 Cniiinus cuts** uUnbv! ^.is !c n we.! known '-'saut' on th" Stetson campus, Anna Marion Stewart. Better known as "Pinkie,-" she is a senior from St. Petersburg and is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, the Glee Club, Westminster Fellowship and has been on the Honor Roll consistently. "P'inkie" attended the St. Petersburg Junior College before coming to Stetson and last year was in the court of the Orange Bow! Queen... She is 21 years oltl, is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. Her eyes are blue and hair is titian. NOTICE A special meeting of the student body is being called this morning. The meeting will be held in Elizabeth Hall chapel at 10 a. m. Students are asked to get to the meeting as soon as possible so all business can be transacted before the start of 1G:30 class. An announcement of great importance will be made "and it will require a vote, by the student body for ratification. All students are urged to attend. exican Visits School Last Week Stetson's Department of Spanish last week was host to a young Mexican -medical student, who has been visiting friends in Florida. His visit resulted in a blossoming of international good neighborli- ness and an increased appreciation of the practical value of their courses in Spanish by the students. Senor Humberto Garcia Alonso y Medina, a student in the School of Medicine at the National University of Mexico in Mexico City, has been visiting in the United States and stopping at campuses of American universities, learning of our educational methods and campus customs. Traveling alone on his first trip to the- States, he has visited eight colleges from Texas to Florida, The young Mexican spoke to some of the students in the Department of Spanish, relating his impressions of the United States and its students. He stated that he liked Stetson, and' would like to return here as a student after completing his studies in Mexico. Basketball Contest Starts Next Week To those students who would like to have additional fun and excitement with all of Stetson's home "basketbal games, the Chesterfield Company is sponsoring a basketball scoring contest. The rules are simple and any.student may enter. The main object of the contest is to guess, the score of the game. Then you put your prediction on the back of a Chesterfield wrapper and put it in the ballot box at the entrance of the gym on the evening of the game. To be a winner you must guess the exact score of the basketball game or be the closest to the exact score. This will be determined by adding or subtracting your guess from each team of the final, score. The Contest "will start with the next Stetson home basketball game. The winner of each contest will receive a carton of Chesterfields. An announcement will be made in the STETSON REPORTER of the winners of each Chesterfield contest. Demonstration 0: Liquid Air Set For February 2 Liquid air is one of the strangest substances ever produced, and some of its wonders will be demonstrated by John Sloan, M. A. Duke University, on February 2nd at Elizabeth Hall. Seventeen years have been devoted to research and extensive experimentation with liquid air, resulting in many new and spectacular experiments. It is pale blue, weighs almost as much as water, and has an extremely low temperature of 312 degrees F. below zero. It is liquefied by subjecting air to a high pressure and then lowering its temperature. Ordinary materials manifest peculiar properties when cooled to this low temperature. If a rubber ball is immersed in liquid air, it can be broken into many pieces as if made of glass. A piece of meat, grapes, or any substance containing water becomes hard and very brittle. A piece of iron can be broken at the touch of the hand. Steel wire burns in this liquid and fuses into small pellets. Liquid air will cause lead to become like steel, and will oxidize cigars. These and. many more experiments wil be demonstrated by Mr. Sloan to show the remarkable properties of liquid air, and also to show some practical and commercial uses for it. LIST SECOND PERFORMANCE OF 'CURTAIN RISES' TONIGHT The Broadway stage had five openings, this week and up until now there is still some doubt as to how successful the various plays will be." Here at .Stetson, however, there is no doubt as to the success of the one opening of the week. The curtain rose last night on the initial performance of "The Curtain Rises," and seldom has the curtain gone up on a more enjoyable production. The reason for this—from start to finish the : players and audience were in complete accord. The audience enjoyed !what was presented and the small and eompetent cast enjoyed themselves in presenting that which they had to offer. Seven people comprise thecast. Marilou Horton as the would-be' actress completely captivated everyone. In the role of the matinee idol of the day, Dick C'rum's performance won over the audience. John Scalf gave proper balance to the procedings with his warm and sincere performance of the understudy turned acting instructor. As friends of; the stage-struck Miss Horton, Jackie Wood, Burleigh Hale, and W. Ret Tiirner gave admirable performances,. Miss Wo'od and Mr. Hale appear as an; engaged couple and perform capably. Mr. Turner as a newspaper reporter gives his Customarily, good: acting. Jackie Ritch—a name , you will hear more of in connection with the Stover Theatre—played ^ maid. Miss Ritch sparkled as she vied with theatre veterans for i acting honors. Technical director Lillian Preston, set designers Don Kibbey and Jerry Fine are to be congratulated for their setting arrangements. Thanks to directors Mrs. Virginia Giffin and Dr. Stover, the. Little ^Theatre has again produced fine entertainment. Commons Installs,.. i(SL?zr£ZZsnSlT? VT TV!™! 1_ Better hurry and get your tickets MeW DlSIlWaSlier this afternoon from 3-5 at the box- By JUNE COSSIN 0fflce' ,Y0Ur activity ticket Willbe honored. ''Height is not reached in a hurry" is an old proverb which has a bearing on this article and proves that at long last "height" is coming to the University Commons. Walls have been to^n out and replaced by a new shining, stainless steel Ho- fart electric dishwasher. This is the first big step towards a bigger and better equipped Commons. Miss Rebecca Tinker, the competent supervisor of the Commons, is well pleased with the time, labor and appearance "saved by this new addition. The new dishwasher will also provide more security for sanitation. After looking over the new facilities of. shining metal, this reporter commented that there could be no complaints about cleanliness now, Miss Tinker differed' on this (Oontintued on page 5) Phi Beta Initiates' Five New Members Mary Elizabeth Davis, Noreen Fitzpatrick, Jeane Harris, Charlotte Judge, and Shirley TJurner were initiated into Phi Beta!, professional music fraternity, j last Wednesday, January 25. Thes^ five new members are outstanding students in the School of Music, i Dorothy Flory, violin major! from Lancaster, Pa., was recently elected president of the Fraternity. Other. Phi Beta officers elected were Connie Moody, vice president and Shirla shaw, treasurer. Connie and Shirla are both members of the Stetson Glee Club.