The Stetson Reporter

t.f,. mm Che teteon Itoor 63rc! YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAXD, FLORIDA MAY 19. 1950 NUMBER 29 Swear In Student Officers Today * * * * * * • * * * * • • * * BOOK EXCHANGE TO BEGIN NEXT FALL Class Of '50 Is Project Sponsor; Also Gives Commemorative Markers Two wrought iron markers for the north and south extremities of the Stetson University campus on Woodland Boulevard will be erected during the summer as a com- memoiative gift of the 1950 senior class, President Jim Tucker said i oday. Decision to contribute to a fund for these markers and also to establish a student book exchange for the term beginning in Septem- l-er was made at a clabs meeting Tuesday in the Little Theatre. President J. Ollie Edmunds commended the class for choosing such needy projects to sponsor. He recalled the establishment 25 years ago of a scholarship fund by his class. Graduating classes for many years have made gifts to the University. The need for the markers, Tucker said, has been often brought to (Continued on Page Two) YE MYSTIC KREWE ELECTS OFFICERS Ye Mystic Krewe, higliest campus honorary for men. elected new officers at their meeting Tuesday night. The new captain elected to succeed Frecl Hope is Bill Birnbaum, junior, from New 7ork and an outstanding worker in campus activities. George Everett, present Student Government president, was named first mate wiht Steve Stratford, law junior, fiom Jacksonville and president of Delta Sirma Phi social fraternity, as second mate. Jack Evans, past commander of Sigma Nu and senior law student and former student body treasurer irom Sanford, was named cabin boy. Campus Cutie This Week This week our Campus Cutie is Margaret Anne Byars, a music major from Cor/nth, IViiss. Better known as "Skippy,'' she is 21 years old and has brown hair and blue eyes, is five feet, six inches tall and weighs 117. Skippy is a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and last fall wss voted one of the outstanding students on campus. She is vice president of the senior class and a former president of the Music School. Skippy was 1949 Homecoming Hostess and the 1949-50 Sweetheart of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. She win be married this summer to former Stetsonite Delta Sig Ellis Brown. Music Teachers To Attend MENC Conference Here j All Florida college charters of i the .Music Educators National Con-j ference have been invited to meet at Stetson University May 22 and j 23, it was announced today by Mrs. Veronica Gove, faculty adviser of i the Stetson chapter. Approximately 50 future music- teachers are expected to attend from the chapters at the University of Miami. Florida State University, j Rollins College and Stetson. The ! Stetson group has also extended an invitation to students of music- J rdncat'on in other schools through- j out the state. | The M.E.N.C. is affilated with the Future Teachers of America. I Program for the two-day meet- ', ing will include forums on prob- ' lems of teaching music, reports of music education internes, end ' opportunity to practice conducting chorus, orchestra and band numbers suitable for high school groups. An extensive exhib't from 46 music publishers will be on display at the Stetson Band Hall. Elwyn Brown of St. Petersburg, president of the Stetson chapter of M.E.N.C, will preside at the conference. Entire Ceremony To Be Broadcast; Judge Stenstrom Is Main Speaker This owning at 10 a-.m. in Elizabeth Hall auditorium the incoming .student boflv officer', will be inaugurated. Fred Hope. *;udent bodv president elect, will take the oath of office along with Ruth >krv Dixon, vice president; Jack Griffith, social vice president; Virginialee Cu'brtth, FRESHMAN ADVISERS There will be a meeting of all men who are freshmen advisers for the fall quarter, 1950, on Tuesday, May 23, at 7:00 p.m., in Room 211, Science Hall. All advisers are urged to be present. Art Exhibit By Stetson Students Now On Display Thursday. May 18, will begin the opening of ar ait exhibit by the Stetson art students. The Kappa Pi fraternity will sponsor a tea in Elizabeth Hall gallery from four to six p.m. following the exhibit. This will mi'It the beginning of a two week jieriod in which the pictures will be on display. ATTENTION I Sons and daughters or grandsons and granddaughters of Stetson alumni are asked to meet at the Stetson News Bureau at 3 p.m. Monday. Way 22, for a group picture to be used in the Stetson Alumnus. .secretary; and John Hodges, treasurer. Retiring officers are George Everett, president; Betty Clamp, vice president; Ronald Spencer, social vice president; Betty Flory, secretary; and Harry Hinckley,, treasurer. After President Everett Opens the meeting, the Stetson Glee Club, under the direction of .Harold M. Giffin, will present a number especially arranged for th.e occasion. The main speaker for the cent will be Douglas Stinstrom, Seminole County judge and Stetson Law- School .graduate. Next on the agenda is the inauguration of new officers. William Morrison, chief justice of the Honor Court of Stetson Law School, will administer the oath. New President Fred Hope will then accept the gavel from, George Everett. President J. Ollie Edmunds will make a few remarks after which the Stetson Glee Club and Band under the direction of Richard Feasel will join the student body in singing the Alma Mater. The entire program will be broadcast over Stations WJBS and WTRR. Little Theatre Final Presentation *Dear Brutus' Closes Tonight; Last Performance At 8 »• m* By DICK KALE The curtain has gone up on the last Stover Theatre production oi: the year and with the opening, "Dear Brutus" has emerged one of the finest plays of the season. j:ist as we told you it would. that is hzrd to beat for the ve-y best in dramatic form. As Mr. art! Mrs. Purdie, the couple who fjiid they really have wondered abou; their love for each other, Vernon Collins and Sue Wilson lend der; touches of professionalized perfo: mances to a production highlighted bv top quality The..dire2t.ion ls. t0ps! The.set I acting. Vernon Collins is a young man to watch :a future productions —he comes ri.. ough in grand style in this his :i:--'t appearance on the local stage. Likewise c"o Martin Pearson is terrific! Tho cast is the best! Bland Simmons and Joan May appear as Mr. and Mrs. Dearth, the couple wliQ never lad a daughter md who, when iiey regress into he past to lead )art of their lives >ver, find out the and of life they would have had iad they a daughter. A fine job is Bland Simmons ion^ b-v 1>oth Jean and Bland. Bland, in his last Little Theatre performances, shines as he has in every part he has played while at Stetson. W. Ret Turner and Betty Land bring a certain quality to their roles of the butler and the girl he laves when livin,g in the past and Jackie Rich shine as Mr. and Mrs. Coade, the old couple wbo, when they do have s chance to change their lives, find that their love, which has endured for so many years, is all they require. They a^e completely believable in their characterizations snd prove themselves good casting choices by the directors. Carolyn Baitze- proves once again she is possessed of top talent as she lends credifility and life to the role of Joanna Trout, the young lady in love wiili Mr. Purdie. And new for a few superlatives for two members of the cast who are outstanding. They are Bob Huffman in tre role of Lob, the old man in whose house and garden the action takes place, and Ona Bai field as Mf-rgaret the would-have-heen daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dearth. Bob Huffman, in his first major role at the Stover Theatrej emerges a fine character actor. He sets the mood of the play and does it to perfection. Here is an actor we want very definitely to see more of. As for Ona Barfield. Broadway may hai e its Helen Hayes to play the role here created by Ona, but Stetson has its Miss Barfield and a .great asset sue is to the theater. Her acting is superb and it is £thanks to her that the play silgains much of its credibility of be- W. Ret Turner lief. The play is being presented again this evening at 8. Tickets may be secured at the box office. Suggestion is that you get yours as soon as possible because Standing Room Only will soon be the only thing left.