The Stetson Reporter

€fte 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 65th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952 NO. 21 Florida Leaders Join To Build Stetson's Future One hundred outstanding Florida Business and professional leaders will have an active part in furthering the futuro development of Stetson University as an au?xili- ary board to cooperate with the University's Board of Trustees, President J. Ollie Edmunds announced today. The new organization, to be call-* ed the Stetson University Council, will be headed hy Former Governor, Doyle E. Carlton, of Tampa, as president, and Walter L. Hays, pre- '' sident of the American Fire and s Casualty Company, of Orlando, as , executive vice-president. Members of the council were formally elected by the University's j Board of Trustees at its annual ! meeting in February. Included are two women, Mrs. Alfred I. duPont and Mrs. T. G. Buckner, both of , Jacksonville. Plans for the new organization have been under consideration for more than a year. The members include not only persons who have long been interested in the educational development of Florida, but also others who are primarily interested in the preservation of the non-tax-supported, free enterprise colleges typified hy Stetson. The council will meet from time to time on the Stetson campus to determine ways and means of making more effective the contribution of this pioneer Florida college. The first conference will he held in April. "Stetson University is greatly honored to have men and women of such important stature accept membership on this new council," said President Edmunds in announ- ing the names of the group. "It is doubtful whether any other college in the nation has ever had a more eminent group of leaders officially associated with it." "It is no secret that the privatelj supported Christian colleges of th« country are passing' through ar extremely critical period, one which might fairly be described as an out and out struggle for con tinued survival. But just as in times of great national crises,, a guiding Providence always provides the leadership needed to weather the storm, so these colleges which are endeavoring to teach their students self-reliance and individual- initiative are finding that if they practice what they preach, they, too, can find the leaders and-help they need," President Edmunds said. "It is tremendously, encouraging ! to Stetson, which for so many years has been trying to instill! in its students a thorough understanding and deep-rooted appreciation of the economic system under which the United States' has become a 'great and successful na- tion, to know that the University is to have available to it the wise counsel and active help of this dis . tinguished group of Florida citfe! zens, who are themselves eonspic-* Juous examples of the basic sound- "riess of such a system," President Edmunds continued. Sophomores Begin Testing Program On March 11 All sophomores will participate in the National Sophomore Testing Program on the campus of Stetson University March 11 and 13. These examinations will include a Cooperative ?Bnglish test, a General Culture test, and a Contemporary Affairs test. After these tests have been graded, the results will be made available to you individually by means of interpretative leaflets. The individual results will be " useful to you, the sophomores, in planning your courses in other levels. The group results will be useful to you and the University in comparing Stetson with several hundred other colleges which will also participate in the program. All sophomores who will be required to take the test will receive notification from the Guidance office and all are required to take the tests. The schedule will be arranged either to avoid conflict with classes or excuse you from these periods. The first test will be held Tuesday afternoon March 11, and the last session will be Thursday morning, March 13. Robin Hood Is A "Do Not Miss" For Music And Fun By ROBIN HOOPER Half-way through its four day run, Robin Hood has already been proclaimed a great success by students, towns-people, and out-of- towns-people alike! From the enthusiastic audience response, music lovers as well as fun lovers will enjoy this production of Reginald de Koven's comic opera. To those of you who have not already seen it here are a few things to look forward to: the well- known and loved wedding song. "Oh Promise Me" sung in the finale scene—one of the highlights of the opera; along with the other star performers, stupid Sir Guy of Gisborne (Stafford Wing) who patiently copies the Sheriff ot Nottingham's (Jack Coldiron) every move in an earnest effort to oecome as "clever" as he (his ''earnest efforts" turn into hilarious blunders); the part of Allen a Dale which is played so well by Betty Nordman and Evelyn Gordon—disguised as a male; the excellent performance by the orchestra. The whole cast is to be commended for all the hard work and long hours they have spent in making this production a success! If you haven't gotten your tickets, they are still on sale at the box office of the Stover Theatre, each afternoon from 3 till 5. Your activity tickets are all you need! Only two nights left—don't let it be said you missed seeing Robin Hood!! Annual Hatter Holiday Events Begin March 14 Save your Confederate money, boys, the Hats will rise again! The date has at.last been set and plans are well under way. for Stetson's 1952 Hatter Holiday. This welcome act has been undertaken by the entire Student Body. They saw the crisis which faced Stetson Univer- —■—®iity with the impending omission of Hatter Holiday, and pitched in Murray Sams To Head Sigma Nu Alumni Chapter Murray Sams, state's attorney of DeLand, was unanimously elected president of the Sigma Nu Alumni Club of DeLand last Thursday at the club's first dinner meeting at the Lake Beresford Yacht Club. Mr. Sams is a charter member of Stetson's Delta Mu chapter and graduated from Stetson in 1910. Twenty-one aUumni and four of- "icers of the Delta Mu chapter attended the meeting. Other officers elected were: John R. Godbee, Jr., vice president; Ray Hussey, secretary-treasurer. Executive committee members are: Neill Jackson, Robert Brown, Jr., I. P. West, Malcolm Dykes and D. Kirk Gunby. Delta Mu chapter officers attending were: Ted Grissett, commander; John Magruder^ recorder; Joe Carltpn, alumni contact officer; Lee Kunkle, intramural captain. Future club meetings will be called as decided by the executive committee of which the officers are ex-officio members. Those attending in addition to those elected were: G. Burleigh Hale, Clinton Lake, Brad Smith, Carl Teague, Efiward Talton, Warren Jackson, James Pollard, Med- win Peek, Gene Fry, John Socash, Bob Smith, Gordon Carlson and Carroll Green. ''-,,'<"*■■ 5*11'* *'i **••.' '• •*■ ,■ km to provide committees and the date of March 15. Bjarne Anderson, Social Vice- president of the Student Government, • organized committees to rescue the dying holiday. They include publicity headed by Virginia Davis; competitive events under the leadership of Tom Gibson; Mr. and Miss Stetson and the Ugliest Man on Campus contest directed by Margaret Partin; food committee directed by Harry Rutledge; and the evening entertainment under the guidance of Guido Tambur. These capable chairmen have been busy planning and organizing for the big day of March 15. For the contest of Mr. and Miss Stetson, each organization on campus may nominate a boy or girl, depending on whether it is ~a women's or a men's organization. Any men's organization may also put up a candidate for the honor of "Ugliest Man on Campus," a title to be cherished by any red blooded Stetson male! An all student picnic will he held in the Forest of Arden, on Saturday afternoon, at which time fried chicken will be devoured. With Tom Gibson in charge of competitive'events, the afternoon promises to he full of recreation and fun for all. A meeting of the student body will be held today during chapel period. This is to decide the type of evening entertainment to be offered. The floor will be open at this time for suggestions of a type of entertainment which would be suitable for the entire student body. "Where there is a will, there is a way." Stetson students have come through again, and in the face of the loss of their annual Hatter Holiday, pitched in to provide a way. Hatter Holiday shall not die as long as there are fun loving Stetson Hatters to keep it alive! PwwPwWwSwP^wiL «#.,* Shown above are members of the cast of "Robh Hood" in a scene from the play now playing in Stover Little Theatre. Pictured from left to right are: Liz Davis, John Arnold, Betty Lynn, Bill Holley, Stafford Wing, Jack Coldiron, Cliff Rave'J, Gene Brasher, Delores Kelly, and Betty Nordman. The last performance at Stetson will be here on Saturday night and a show will be given in Daytona on Monday. Austrian Students To Visit Stetson Campus 1 Four of the eighteen Austrian students that are touring the Unit- j ed States, are coming to Stetson ' from Daytona Sunday night and are being sponsored in their visit by several campus organizations. Among these are IEC, IRC, SCA, SGA, and Panhellenic. Kenneth Wing is in charge of the student committee to greet these students and they will-visit other students on the campus and plan to leave early Monday morning for the southern part of the state. Open house is to he held at 9:00 in Allen Hall for these visitors.