The Stetson Reporter

mmm u TOPPED BY NONE IN '51" ®he teteon Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 65th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951 NO. 7 Sixty-Seven New Greeks Added To Sorority Rolls By ROBIN HOOPER Contrary to the belief of many, Saturday, Nov. 3, finally came and went—and with it went sixty- seven new pledges into our five national sororities on campus. Much whooping and hollering and singing of happy songs could be heard coming from within the Panhellenic suites long about 5:00 Saturday afternoon. As the new pledges flung, themselves Joyfully into the arms of the eagerly awaiting actives, tears of happiness rolled down many a cheek. There were a few tears of sadness, I daresay, annoying some of the seniors who happened to remember that this would be their last chance to welcome in a whole, new pledge class. Those choosing the first floor, Zeta Tau Alpha suite for their new home were: Anita Edenficld, Louise Jefferies, Betty Layfield, Jane Wilson, Betty Roberts, Kate Ellis, Zelda Hill, Billie Jean Beal, Rosalind Fordham, Ann Myers, Patsy Walker, Betty Harvey, Virginia Ziegler, and Betty Reedy. The headquarters of the Phi Mus on the second floor attracted: Mary Secley, Betty McKee, Judy Kessling, Jane Miller, Betty Ha- good, Sue Ebert, Rita Treon, Sher- rill Underwood, Eleanor Stone, De- lores Gough, Jo Ann Stouten- burgh, Ginger Booth. The next group of girls halted in front of Alpha Xi Delta crested door. They consisted o,?: Lynn Pier, Betty Jean Henderson, Barbara Johnson, June Watts, Edith Lathrop, Pat Burhans, Wilma Thompson, Iris Harvey, Joan Lo- van, Marilyn Wentworth, Pat Wo- dischek, and Florence Smith. Third floor-bound to the Tri Delt suite were: Helen Radloff, Ridgely Doane, Jean Marcelle, Eleanor Turk, Dolores Galicke, Barbara Ann Ortt, Carolyn Kennedy, Mary Gardiner, Helen Thayer, Marybelle Tucker, Carolyn Shealy, Sally Doswell, Betty Polk, Winona Miller, Shirley Bassett, Annearll Isom, Jeanette Fox, Barbara Rohn, Carolyn Morgan, Elizabeth Anderson, and Mnlgc Thomas. Across the hall on third floor in the Pi Beta Phi suite another group chose their future sisters. Barbara Sullivan, Barbara Compton, Betty Lou Partin, Barbara Harris, Ruby Jo Darr, Ginger Rich, Barbara Wo.oten, and Gloria - Nix pledged themselves to be true and faithful to the Pi Phi sorority. Although these new pledges will be making new friends in tho. sorority they fhave chosen, I hope they will remember that by no means should they forget those friends they have already made. It may be corny but I think there's a lot of truth in this old rhyme: "Make new friends, but keep the old, One is silver, the other gold." Finals In Frat Pledging Listed Fraternity pledging is now a thing of the past and the last three pledge lists have now been turned in. Wearing the pledge pin of Pi Kappa Alpha are: Charlie Appel and Jim Yonge, Miami; Buddy Freeze, C 1 e a r w a t'e r; Tommy Shields, Daytona Beach; B. J. Leathers, Belle" Glade; Frank Singletary, Remerton, Ga.; and Dick Friendman, Oak Park, 111. New Lambdi Chi. Alpha pledges are: Bill Rice, Sullivan, Ohio; Joe McLain, Etawah, Tenn.; Al Huckleberry, Boston, Indiana; Jimmie Phillips, Tampa; Ira Youngblood and Dick Prieur, DeLand. Sigma Nu pledged Jack Nease, Jacksonville; George Singletary, Bradenton; Dan Mann, Lakeland; Arnold Sherman, Rye, New York; J. B. McDonald, Jacksonville; Harry Usher. Miami, and Bill Harris, Jacksonville. Recent Sigma Phi Epsilon pledges include Butch Williard and Charles Rose, DeLand; Al Daub, Rutherford, N. J.; Louis Barr, Buffalo, N. Y.; Clifford Reveil, Miami; A. Ray McClure, Sod, W. Va., and Williamn McBrayer, Charleston, W. Va. Hatter - Reporter Beauty Contest On November 19 The annual Hatter - Reporter I sponsored contest for the Stetson I entrant in the Orange Bowl congest will be held November 19. ! Contestants must be Florida resi- j dents or out-of-state girls enrolled : in Florida schools. The girls must j never have been married, cannot .be professional entertainers, and jmust be between the ages of 16 and 24. Campus organizations may enter only one eendidate in the .run-off. Entrants' names must be in the News Bureau not later than noon, Thursday, November 15. Contestants will wear evening gowns in the local contest which will be Monday, November 19, at 4 p. m. in the Elizabeth Hall auditorium. The Stetson entrant last year Virginia Davis of Tampa was one of the Orange Bowl princesses. The selection of the queen will be made in Miami in the middle of December after personal interviews wiith each of the entrants selected by the Orange Bowl committee from photographs sent in by each of the entering schools. Claude Thornhill To Pla For Homecoming Serenade ./ / ;•>/. Claude Thornhill Who's Who Picks Fourteen Students "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges," recently released their selections for the outstanding students from Stetson. The fourteen j studentts to become members of I this association this year are as j follows: Phillip Irvin Ashabraner, Ona Mae Barfield, Laurier Allen Beard, Betty Ann Flippo, Jack Sheldon Griffith, Gloria Cornelia Kline, Harriet Elizabeth Land, Betty Lynn, Joan K. May, Arvid John Peterson, Jr., Marilyn Louise Purvis, Steve Stafford, James H. Tucker, and Annette Veva Wilcox. Opera Workshop Opens Programs Friday For Season \\j Audrey Lacock Opera workshop opens its second season at John B. Stetson University on Friday evening, November 9, at 8:00 when members of the vorkshop cas's will present scenes '.om operas they have been study- :rg in their classrooms. The scenes will be presented in English with •i minimum amount of scenery, "osiumes and just enough props to suggest the proper settings. The wor'-shop which was organized in 1950 for the purpose of more intiiraiely acquainting the students with opera is already going through an expansion program. S'udents now have their own room in which to stage these scenes The room is a little larger than the size of stages on which they will perform and thus allows for a minimum amount of adjustment. Expci-i'mer/ation with techniques i character!s'-ic of sacred opera had I been begun th!s year with the Canterbury Club Meets Canterbury Club will have its weekly supper meeting this Sunday from 5-7 P.M. at St. Barnabas Parish House, Clara and Wisconsin j delssohn. This s?ene will be fully Aves. The guest speaker for this \ cs'umed u"d"r the able direction Sylvia Griffis, a member of the "Tepp"d by none in fifty-one" is the 1931 Homecoming theme. C a.icie ilionihill has been booked to pay at the annual Serenade Sa'urday night of Homecoming weY-ond. These two important announcements were made by Will Price, Homecoming publicity director, af- tei- a recent meeting on the Homecoming committee. Handicapped by not knowing the theme until now, campus organizations may now begin planning floats and other Homecoming decorations. The parade and judging of the floats is scheduled just before the Eastern -Kentucky game Saturday afternoon. Claude Thornhill, who will play for the Serenade at 8:00 at the Air Base Arena, was selected by Look magazine as "Bandleader of the Year." Known for his style which combines a classical background with popular trends in musiet Claude has spent many years in the musical- world. His training at both the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music are the prime factors in making the band what it is today. Claude Thornhill was born in Terre Haute and commenced the study of music at the age of four. By the time he was six, he was considered a prodigy, having given * is first recital at that time. Claude likes to look back on that i-ecital and claims that he felt so -ood about it that he organized his first orchestra, an eight piece affair, to play music at the ice cream ■soc'a's and oyster suppers. Claude continued his musical studies by enrolling at the famous Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati to study concert piano. He 'eft the Conservatory to play in a lance band featured in a speakeasy in the Middle West. His parents soon put a stop to this and Chiude enrolled at the Curtis In- sl itutc. where his arranging talent ame into prominence. Thornhill then joined Austin Wy- ie's Orchestra in which he began ". lasting friendship with Artie Shaw: He left Wylie to become ar- ' anger for Hal Kemp and followed his with arranging for Bonny Goodman, Bing Crosby and others. He formed his own band in Janu- iry, 1940 and debuted at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Tn October, 1.94.2, at the height of his career, Claude left it to enlist in the U. S. Navy as an apprentice seaman. The Navy put his natural talents to good us. When Artie Shaw was transferred to, another-station, Thornhill was criven a baton and told to take over the Navy's musical aggregation, the Rangers. week will be Martin 0. Nace, Executive Secretary of the Brotherhood ™'ksholY?0 is in charge of cos of S* Andrew Mr Nice is on ^"^ ^ m!,mbe™ of C0Tn" I After the war, Claude returned oi &.. Anaiew. Jlr. JNace is on j^ttcs include Sue Wnrren in to civilian life tour of the Southern States. (Continued On Page 2) career. to continue his