The Stetson Reporter

mm Annual Law Day Starts Tomorrow ®h 63rd YEAR iIfI!^iii^!E!!n^^DTKc¥ Reporter _ ■ ■ ' "^^^ , VUJR1UA -:- APRII 28 join ' gj ■ _^ ■ ■ -lI±Jr ^50 NUMBER 26 St«sonJ»arty Sweeps Student Election* To Meet At Stetson This Morning The seventeenth annual meeting of the Florida Association of Colleges and Universities began this morning at Stetson University with a breakfast at the cafeteria dining room. The meeting will continue through midday of April 29th. , The president of the Association is Dr. John S. Allen, vice- president of the University of Flor- — —-— —-—-— : ida. The theme of this meeting is be,n* *? ***»«»■ °; L- Walker of General Education Which is the Stetson's department of religion program followed in all PlorWa and a we come extended by Pres,- schools except for Rollins and Stet- *™ J' °"lfe Edmunds. Sometime son, Eleven work groups have been f°""f t this morning s activities selected with individual chairmen *• Stetson Glee Club will sing for and secretaries. These work groups the Association, will discuss tne following topics: , ™>rk gJ™ ™" ™%«™° * (1) Communications (2) History 2=°° *•;m". Ato.:0° p- m' P?sld°nt and Social Sciences (3) Health and f/"»«nds » «™f a reception for Personal Adjustment (4) Humani- **> ^iation n place of the ties (5) Biological Sciences (6) Panned tour of this campus. At Physical Sciences (7) Mathematics. 7:00 p. m an Association dinner « j. . ., ,. . Will >"> >.-»•> -■■ Secretary of the group discussing communications is Byron H. Gibson of Stetson University and secretary of the group concerned with . ^ , ..^uuuiauuu uinnei will be held at the University cafeteria with Dr. John Dale Russell, Director of the Division of Higher* Education of the U. S. Office of hi.tnrv LT • P COncerned w«h rauCat,on 6f the U. S. Office of history and social sciences is oU. Education as speaker. oert ii. Lycan of SMcnn tt~- • On Soi„„j I -»*. tn.iciii;eis IS ti-11- bert L. Lycan of Stetson University. Following the breakfast meeting this morning there will be registration and the opening session. Dr. John S. Allen will preside over the opening session with invocation -- juuucu on *■■"*"<••*• I contents, which include the Qn Saturday work groups will thought and originality. A certain rain assemble. The closing ses- amount of rr-w;* •■»■■ «-- Dn win h° *•»'■»■ -*•"■-- again assemble. The closing session will be held at 10:30 with Charles T. Thrift, Jr., vice-president of the Association presiding. This session will hear five-minute re- (Con't. on Page 2) 100 Dollar Essay Contest Sponsored By Whitehair Francis P. Whitehair, university alumni, is sponsoring an essay contest for the students in the University. First prize in both men and women's division will be 100 dollars. The subject of the essay will be "A Woman's Place in Politics." The contest will be judged by Dr. Edmunds, university president, Dr. Tribble, mayor of DeLand, and George Everett, president of the Student Government Association. The following rules will govern the contest. The essay shall contain not less than 750 words and not more than 1,000 words. The essay shall be typewritten, double spaced, and written on one side only, with regular typing paper. The deadline for the paper in shall be on or before May 15, 1950. The essay will be judged on contents, which include the amount of credit will be given for neatness and grammar structure. There wiKI be a .100 dollar award for the best paper turned in by a girl and another award of the same amount for the best paper turned in by a boy. All papers will be turned in at Dean Garwood's office. Hope Elected President; Dixon, Hodges, Griffith, Culbreth Go In Fred Hope, West Palm Beach law student, was elected president of the Student Government Association Tuesday in a hotly contested election that saw only 65 percent of the total enrollment of the school voting. The Stetson party swept the election, winning all five major offices. Ruth Mary Dixon, vice president; Jack Griffith, social vice president; Johnny Hodges, treasurer: and Virginialee Culbreth, secretary, were also swept into office in the bolloting. The college of Law did not vote with its customary high percentage as Tuesday classes are few. Only 69 percent of the lawyers voted compared to last year's record 83 percent. With ah enrollment Of 1294 in liberal arts only 830 voted or a percentage of 64. . Out of the 9C5 votes tabulated by the Rules and Procedure Committee, Hope took 646 to Wayne Oe—er*s 292. Hope led in the liberal arts count 529 to 278 and steadily increased his lead in the returns from' the law school. Ruth Mary Dixon took the vice presidency from Jimmie Nell Fleming 533 to 405. Jack Griffith captured the social vice presidency from Roger Dancz by a total vote of 512 to Danez-s 420. Johnny Hbdges built up a lead in the liberal arts count and increased it in the law school to defeat Kenneth Hansen 528 to 406. Hedges took 100 votes, from the law boys to Hansen's 24. The College of Law decided the secretary's race as Betty Land led in the liberal arts count 415 to 400 over Virginialee Culbreth only to be counted out when the law taily was completed 512 to 436. Virginialee Culbreth received 112 votes at the law school to Betty Land's 21. In the race for business manager of the Reporter, Homer Cooksey won over Rill Towne by a count of 472 to 410. Cooksey is present business msnager having been appointed to fill the vacancy created when James Michael graduated. Gloria Kline was the voters choice fro editor of the Hatter, winning over Jeanne Van Dorn 448 to 406. Stetson Chosen As Host School For 1951 Student Government Convention Delegates to the annual Southern Intercollegiate Association of Student Governments convention returned from Montevallo, Ala., Sunday, enthusiastic, energetic and with a better understanding of student government. The convention was held at Alabama College with "Making mt Government More Vital" as I ~ Music School Presents Recitals During Week --.~~*. ., c*.3 UC1U ell Student Government More Vital" as the main theme. The schedule was filled with receptions, panel meetings and discussion groups. The highlight of the convention was the inspiring message given by Merrilee Middleton, Chaudoin House Council; Barbara Jean Smith, Stetson House Council; and June Cossin, Executive Council represented Stetson at the conven tion. This week our Campus Cutie is none other than James William Olsen, better known around campus as Jimmy. He is from Daytona and is majoring in business. Jimmie transferred to Stetson from Georgia Tech and is now a senior. He is 22 years Old, 6 feet, 1 inch, tall and weighs 205. His eyes are blue and his hair is brown. Jimmy is a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity, a member of the 'S'.Club, and the Tri-Delt's King qf Hearts. Harold E. Stassen, president of .the Student Leader Seminars University of Pennsylvania. After A faWy n6w organization on the banquet and talk by President campus is the Student Leader Stassen, the delegates were given Seminar which is composed of cam an opportunity to meet and talk pus leaders from various organiza with him at a reception held in tions in the university, his honor in Reynolds Hall. Meetings are held the first Honor came to Stetson Univer- Wednesday of each month. During sity when we were chosen as the these meetings, the students are host for the 1950-51 Southern Inter- given an opportunity to present collegiate Association of Student problems and questions that are Government Associations. This will peculiar to campus life. After the take place sometime during the problem and question is raised, the month of April 1951. During the students seek a solution, the solu- same business meeting, officers for tion in turn is recommended to the the coming year were named as PresideEl. So far ,this plan has follows: Sue Latimer, president, worked out satisfactorily. One of from Randolph-Macon in Lynch- the main recommendations has burg, Va.; June Cossin, vice presi- been carried cut already and that | dent, from Stetson University, De- is adding two students to the Land' »«»"- ™-- ' „-^^uii university, De- Land; Nancy Blanton, secretary, from Women's College, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C.; and Jane McNair, treasurer, from Converse College, Spartan burg, S. C. chapel committee. These students are Betty Land and Don Everson. Dean Etter Turner, Dean Benson Davis, and Miss Barbara Rowe, Registrar are the faculty members 'of the sereirsar. Three recitals were given this week by the John B. Stetson School of Music. Monday, April 24, in Elizabeth Hall marked the opening of these programs. Those students who performed in the recital were; Billie Edna Snow, Dorothy Bohren and Barbara Foster, piano, Dorothy Flory, viola, Carroll Hart, and Bill Holley, voice, Elwya Brown, trench horn, Edson Perry, violin, James Perdue, baritone horn, Louis Schlegel and Eugene Doran, clarinet. The trio included Dorothy Flory, (violin), Eleanor Leek, associate professor, ('cello), and Charlotte Judge (piano). Elwyn Brown, James Perdue, Joyce Abrahamson, and Gary Crawford composed the freneh horn quartet. Accompanists were Betty Walker, Joyce Burrell, Gary Crawford, and Noreen Fritzpatrick. Tuesday night a joint recital was presented by two seniors; Miss Martha Bennett, mezzo soprano, of Okahumpka, a music education major, and John Mabry of Spartanburg, S. C, a pianist. ■( Tonight at 8 o'clock in Elizabeth. Hall, Miss Joan Belle of Daytona Beach will be presented in her senior organ recial. She will be assisted by Miss Martha Bennett;