The Stetson Reporter

flu Stetson fteporter 63rd YEAR "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper'' NUMBER FIVE Hatter Express Promises Fun At Florida State Game Figures Indicate 3 Men To Each Girl On Campus "Plenty of Tickets Still Available for Townspeople, Students," Says Towne Tickets for the Hatter Express, excursion train to Jacksonville for the FSTJ-Hatter tilt are going slow, Bill Towne, chairman of arrangements said to the press today "However," Towne continued, "we. do expect ticket sales to boom during the last week of sales" The spirit of the idea seems to be good. One problem defeating the purpose of the train is the fact that on ;the Stetson campus there seem to be more autos per capita than at most colleges and mahy people are pooling together in their cars and going that way. Towne also continued to say that it is ironical for the game to be scheduled on Oct: 29, three, days before veterans' checks arrive. For this reason the excursion train committee urges the girls' to go Dutch with their dates. They can afford it as much as the guys, and it is the customary thing to do on trips like-this. .». A good: time will be had by everyone. Reclining seats and air- conditioned cars will insure, comfort. The train leaves Jax at 9:00 p.m. after. the game, and -most couples will be .Quite tired. so the reclining seats will come in handy, Towne added. Don't defeat, the purpose of the Hatter Express for '49, and park your cars and join in the fun on the train. New Rules in Force For Homecoming Mayor Election Nomination for Homecoming Mayor and Hostess will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, 10:00 a.m. in Elizabeth Hall Chapel. Voting will be on the same day by secret ballot at a place to be announced later from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. In the event of a run-off, it will be held the following Friday at the same time. The winners of the election will not be an- . nounced until the Friday of Homecoming in the Stetson Reporter. The only requirements for nominations is that the nominee must be a member of the senior class. INTRAMURAL MANAGER Get your information into Doc Johnson's office immediately after games for publicity. Also, games played after Monday will be published in the following week's issue. TAU BETA SIGMA Tau Beta Sigma, national honorary sorority for college bands- women announced the initiation of three new members. They are La- Vonne Caudle, Palmetto, Florida; Vivian Nichols, Lakeland, Florida; Doris Hart, Sebring, Florida. An informal party followed the ceremony. Pep Parade* Rally Saturday P. M. Attention: Who? You What? A Pep Parade and Rally Where? Beginning in back of Chaudoin Hall, parading to the train station and rallying. Why? To meet the University of Tampa. When? Five (5:00) o'clock Saturday afternoon. Cet those facts straight and remember the more the merrier. Decorate your car (any car) and drive it right down the Boulevard and to the train station. Our 16 piece pep band, a string of camouflaged cars and a gang of Stetsonites should make enough din to show those Tampa people w7ho's out to win that football game. We got the team; let's get the spirit, too! Saturday night's half-t:'me promises to be a time and a balf because both the Tampa band and our own Stetson band will perform. After the football game our band with Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi, honorary band fraternities, will entertain the Tampa band with a sandwich and coke party. IRC Begins Activities in Study of Foreign Relations The International Relations Club held its initial meeting of the fall quarter Wednesday, October 12. Officers elected for the year are: Roger Larson, president; Thomas Pulliam, vice-president; Bill Beaton, secretary-treasurer; and Bert Mcintosh, program chairman. A brief discussion was held as to the type of programs the club wanted for the coming year. New members -were introduced after which Dr. Lycan, the club adviser, emphasized the importance of international relations. The club meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month and membership is open to all students and members of the faculty who are interested in current world problems. The next meeting will be held this coming Wednesday, October 26. Law Frat Announces First Social of Year In o colled meeting Wednesday afternoon Dean Perry Penland received the report of his social committee on the planned party for the prospective pledges of the fall quarter. Stanley. Perk.'nson was chairman of the committee and he was assisted by Gale Greene and they recommended that the party be held at the DeLeon Springs Park hotel and it was unanimously adopted. The date was set for October 28. Dean Penland urged every member to be present so that (Continued on Page Two) In case you have wondered where all the people are coming :rom in the Commons lines, in the downtown restaurants, and various other places, you may be interested to know there'aren't as many students this year as last vcar. Official figures from Registrar Barbara Rowe's office indicate enrollment stands at 1828 for the fall quarter, compared to approximately 2100 lor last year. Veterans enrollment is 909, with only 59 vets in the new freshman classification. The graduation of more and more veterans accounts for the nine per cent decrease in the total enrollment. By classes Stetson students are divided with 328 seniors, 287 juniors, 348 sophomores, and 529 freshmen. Not in "these classifications are the 255 lawyers, 53 graduate and post-graduate enrollees, 28 auditors, special and unclassified students, bringing the total to 1S28. The Liberal Arts College has the largest student body, with 1083. Running a very poor second is the Business school with 388, followed by the Law School with 255, and the Music School counting 102. Girls who need a date for the football game tomorrow night can take heart at the figure of men and women students, 1315 men and 513 women. There are 318 new freshmen, those who are entering college for the first time. In the Saturday classes there are 10b students. The Stetson student body this year has representatives from eight foreign countries, thirty-six states and the District of Columbia. Fifty-three Florida counties are represented by the Florida stu- i dents. Twenty-nine different, denominations were listed as the re- I ligious preferences of the students. Pan-Hellenic Tea Marks Opening of Formal Rushing Over 100 girls attended the Pan- i hellenic Tea held in Stetson Hall ! on October 16 which marked the ' opening of the formal rush season. Members of the five national sororities, Phi Mu, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Delta Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Pi Beta Phi were the hostesses. The president of Panhellenicj. Wanda Yoder; president of Alpha Xi Delta, Betty Clamp; president of Tri-Delt, Lucy Bishop; president of Zeta Tau Alpha, Martha Kurtz: president of Phi Mu, Leola Baker; and president of Pi Beta Phi, Betty Ivey, greeted guests in the receiving line. This tea marked the unveiling of sorority pins—the first time this year that sorority girls were allowed to wear them. Delicious orange punch and small tea cakes were served as refreshments. Canterbury Club to Meet There will be a Canterbury Club Supper Meeting every Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church. All are welcome. Stetson Art Department Very Versatile Baptist Students Meet, Make Plans for Year At the meeting of Baptist students last Friday evening, BSU plans and goals for the year were presented in a very novel program. Footballs rained down on the stage from the balcony, indicating the "scores" set for the work of the several unit organizations of BSU. Jean Abernathy was elected social vice president to serve on the executive council. Following- the program in Elizabeth Hall an Open House was held at the Religious Center, where plans and architect's drawings of the new Religious Center were on display. What would you expect to find in the Fine Arts classes in Holmes Hall on your Stetson campus? Paint brushes, canvases, paint pots, aprons and modern Michael- angelo's? This answer might be right but far from complete. Plaster bats, pie pans, potter's wheel, kiln, wedging board and trimming wheels are more than likely to be the props right now. These are all part of the vocabulary in the field of ceramics, which is the object of study in the art division at present. What is ceramics? Ceramics is the art of making articles of baked clay, from sculpture to pottery. To a stranger in the art building today, it would seem as thouih the makings for a great cake were being stirred. The students were not really going into "second childhood" days of making mud pies, but rather plaster pies. In reality and in explanation these were plaster bats. These hardened, pie- shaped bits of plaster are the first step in making a piece of pottery, for on this is shaped the vase. The bats are used as individual wheels or bases on' the electric potter's wheel so that each vase can be removed from the main wheel as soon as possible to dry. The wedging board is another piece of equipment to be explained to the baffled outsider. This is a wooden frame with plaster bottom and- a wire stretched diagonally across it. The ball of clay is thrown at the wire and cut; then kneaded together again and again to make the clay workable. The clay is cut with the wire to see if all air bubbles are being worked out. When the clay is ready and thrown on the potter's wheel, shaped and dried, it is then ready for the firing. This is done by placing the vase in the kiln and baking it. In common words, the kiln is a small stove which can reach the point of 2000 degrees Fahrenheit (pretty hot in any language.) Flint, ziric oxide, white lead, ground glass, calcium coloride, feldspar and magnesium zirconium silicate were some more terms loosely being thrown about the art department. Yes, the artist also turns chemist. They mix their own glaze. The pottery is glazed in the second firing in the kiln; this gives the finish, waterproofing- and the color of the pottery. Black oxide iron, red oxide iron, cobalt oxide black, chromite lead yellow, black copper oxide, tin oxide, magnesium are some of the ingredients in the glaze that make the colorings. This year marks the first opportunity for the. art students to actually participate in the entire process of pottery making. The new pieces of equipment—the electric potter's wheel, electric kiln, trimming wheel, and wedging board—are certainly being used to great advantage. This class has also just finished learning the art of weaving both on the new table looms and on primitive hand looms. With these new and astounding facts about our "artist colony' in Holmes Hall, our picture of the artist should certainly be one of talent and versatility.