The Stetson Reporter

WiUm mmmm Students Welcome Alumni For Homecoming "Topped by None In Fifty-One" ®he teteott Reporter Yea, Hatters! Beat Kentucky 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 65th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND,,FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1951 NO. Alumni Choose Proxy Endowment Program For p52 ~~ ~?Goal To Match Present Fund Campus Ready To Pay Honor To Alumni, Guests By WILL PRICE These are the students who have t assumed1 the responsibility of providing for you, the students and the alumni, a successful homecoming. Personally, each one of them has spent a lot of time" and effort in doing their jobs, and in every instance they have been given in- 1 valuable aid by the members of their individual committees. Let's take a run-down and just see how each one of them is handling their jobs and how Homecoming plans are coming along: Parade: Laurier Beard, and his committee, Ye Mystic Krewe, Herb » Stenstrom, Ted Grissett, Steve Stratford, Larry Bottom, Jim Tucker, Jack Griffith, Jack Coldiron. The homecoming.parade,, wilt, start I at lYO in baftk of? ?&ttlley-Meld, ■>';■■'?':and Proceed db?v?p tbVfh P?ast the res'; ?. ^5weiw(gv?stanB;: ;in.ijtep?n:y'0^.;.thef?Flor- "ida■■'National" iBank. In bur parade this ? year the merchants of De- ■.',;, Land will also enter,?flo?ats. These :;,. will-however,- not enter into the ■... body . of the Stetson ;?Parade and ;''-■'■:■■ will not be judged- '■•■-Tljie trophies Y for the winning floats will be pre- ;i , sented at half time of.- the football ."' .jjgame. '-V'--'.- ' '■'; j?. Y Campus Tdttr: 'Peck! ?kart,: Jeanne Maxcy,, Dorothy; Johnson, 'Mary I Louise Morris, B. J. Robins' Barbara Ann Ortt, Shirley Bassett, Betty Polk, Elanor Turck, Maribel Tucker Nina Miller. . The purpose, naturally, is to -.';'.: takfe >the alumni on a tour of the j # campus. But this year two new fea- , tures in particular will be pointed !•■' out;, and explained. The Holler .'. Fountain and Allen Hall. The above are also working with .- the:?? Information Booth. Plans are i now being worked out as to1 how :.v we ,;?6an best join the two groups for Ithe benefit of both. The ' kind ; of booth the decorations tb be used Y. on it and the signs are all.. being - . dra\vn up. "* ?' ?! (Continued on Page .8) , Stetson Hatters Get , Second Stetson Hat %| Each member of the Hatter team : ;is chow the owner of two Stetson Hats. ; One month ago, V. M. Fountain, Jr., made the first presentation on r behalf of the John B. Stetson Company of Philadelphia. Coaches Mc- .Mullen and Pattee and'the players each received a special collegiate fedora—"The Royal Stetson."' Y November 35 on the. eve of their ."departure to play Wofford, the team received their second, specially designed hats. This time the ..->■ style was a broad-brimmed West- ?. » ""era type, designed by David K. r'HarshawT, president of the Philadelphia hat company. Charles Tom Henderson, of West Palm Beach, an assistant attorrsney general, is chairman of the board of directors of United Stetson Alumni. 1952 Homecoming Attracts-Many ..— Prominent Guests An imposing array of guests, in addition to alumni and former students in important positions in all walks of life, will he on hand for the 1952 Homecoming. Heading this list will be David K. Harshaw, president or the John B. Stetson Company; Governor Puller Warren, who has attended Stetson Homecomings many times in recent years; United States Senator Spessard Holland, and Thomas D. Bailey, state superintendent of public instruction. Mr. Bailey will speak at the teachers' breakfast. The ministers will hear Dr. James Southerland, '39, pastor 'of Avondale Baptist Church in Jacksonville. Tudge Grady Crawford, '38, of Miami, will be toastmaster at the annual Law Breakfast. „ J. P. Simmons, of Miami, a graduate of the Stetson College of Law and a-former president of the elum- ni association, was the first graduate of any department of Eastern Kentucky State College, the Hatter opponents in football for Homecoming. Mr. Simmons was one of two graduates in the Academy class of 1910. Richmond, Ky., home of Eastern, is also the Simmons hometown. Three Stetson Graduates Given Important Posts Three Stetson graduates have recently assumed governmental posts of importance. Francis P. Whitehair assumed duties early in August as Undersecretary of the Navy. He succeeded Dan A. Kimball, who was named secretary. William A. Underhill was named August .24 to be United States assistant attorney general. Benjamin M. Hulley assumed duties as first secretary of the American Embassy in London shortly after a visit to DeLand in March. Wh'tehair has a long and successful career in both law and business. He was an Army top sergeant in World War I and a lieutenant commander in the Navy in World War II. Underhill has a long record of service in the Justice Department and was, in the Nayy during Woj-ld,. ' War 'II "as a, gunnery officer- *itti the rank of lieutenant commander^ Hulley, a veteran of the consular and diplomatic service, was chief of the division of Northern European affairs since 1947. LAW FRATERNITY EATS Members of Delta Theta Phi law fraternity were treated to a spaghetti dinner at the Florida Power Lounge Tuesday evening. "Ike" Icardi prepared and served the food as a demonstration of his culinary ability. The annihilation of the mountains of food was followed by a short business meeting. Roommates in Runoff For Homecoming Honor Run-offs between Robin Hooper and Betty Flippo for Homecoming Hostess and Laurier Beard and Bernie Cochran for Mayor will be balloted from eight to five in Elizabeth Hall next Tuesday. With 55 per-cent of the eligible voters particioatirn in last Tuesday's election, neither Home- com'ng race was decided as no crndidate received a majority of the 675 votes cast. Oddly enough, two roommates will face each other in the Hostess race Tuesday. Running in a field of four, Robin Hooper and Betty Flippo captured the first and second portions in a contest that included Elly MacAles- ter and Joyce Carman. Laurier Beard and and Bernie Cochran edged out Ernie Breed in the Mayor race and will face each other Tuesday. Phil Ashabraner, chairman of the Student Body Rules and Procedure Committee, stated that the vote was a little smaller than expected but that it was defini- nitely not a "light vote." ■» V '. west raim will preside Jdrncb isemec, Beach attorney, at the annual meeting of Stetson Alumni Association in the Commons on Nov. 30. Of $1,250,000 NEW BULLETIN BOARDS In the interest of student information, the University has placed two new boards in convenient locations. The Student Boards, for student information only is in the Southwest corner of the Soda Shop and important items from the University and Faculty are in the hallway in Elizabeth Hall. HOMECOMING PROGRAM FRIDAY 1 p. m.—Registration 3 p. m.—Art Exhibition 3 p. m.—Campus Tours 4 p. m.—Band Concert Holler Fountain 5:30 p. m.—Alumni Dinner Commons 7:15 p. m.—Pep Rally 8:30 p.m.—"Harvey," Stover Theatre 10:30 p.m.—Coffee, Chaudoin Hall ' , SATURDAY , ' 8:00 a.m.—Teachers' Breakfast Chamber of Commerce 8:00 a.m.—M'nisters' Breakfast Allen Hall 8:30 a. m.—Law Breakfast Commons 10'30 a.m.—Assembly 11:30 a.m.—Barbecue l'OO p. m—Parada 2:30 p.m.—Stetson vs. Eastern Kentucky 5:00 p.m.—Open House Allen Hall Chaudoin Hall" Fraternities and Sororities 8:30 p. m.—"Harvey," Stover Theatre , SUNDAY 8:39 a. m.—Homecoming Service First Baptist Church 11:00 a. m.«—Homecoming Services All DeLand Churches The Stetson Alumni Association has set a goal for 1952 to match the present endowment of the University through a new and interesting method—the proxy endowment plan of United Stetson Alumni, Stetson's own USA. The proxy endowment plan, with member; of Un'ted Stetson Alumni standing proxy for an amount equal to the return on a sum they would like to give, has been received enthusiastically in DeLand as a method to provide operating funds for Stetson. Almost 100 workers met in the Commons on November 15 to hear the plan outlined by Chairman G. E. "Eddie" Gilliland, DeLand chairman, and to hear President J. Ollie Edmunds tell of the present needs of the University. At the close of the meeting, the workers took almost 1,000 cards to make personal calls on alumni living in DeLand and in West and North Volusia County. On the first report day, November 20, a substantial amount had been subscribed. The final report is due November 30 so results dan be announced at Homecoming. ! Gilliland is being assisted in the drive by Miss Elizabeth Kelsey. Dr. H. W. Hurt sp|oke at the meeting. Meetings are^ scheduled next week in Jacksonville, Orlando and West Palm Beach. < Following the meeting, President Edmunds said: "This meeting j tonight jis the best thing that has happened to Stetson in my memory. Seeing the interest displayed i at such a meeting when so many] could have stayed at home because of the weather, I am convinced t?iat all ''members of the Stetson Alumni Association will want to beeome members of United Stetson Aljiimni". Charles Tom Henderson, of Tal- Ifhassee, has -been named chairman of the board of directors of United Stetson Alumni by James Nemec, president of Stetson Alumni Association. Henderson is an assistant attorney general and a "ormer member of the faculty at Stetson. Directors of Stetson's USA include Judge Roy Amidon, of Lake- (Continued On Page 2) CANTERBURY CLUB DR. TAYLOR HONORED Dr. H. Marshall, Taylor of Jacksonville is the president of the '.mrr'can Laryngological Association founded in 18781, which limits 'ts membership to 100 physicians Canterbury Club's speaker last j of the United States and Canada, week was Ollie Cambell who spoke , This society confines itself to on Japan. A weekly supper meet- those who specialize in scientific ing will be held Sunday from 5-7 reserch of the nose and throat, p.m. at St. Barnabas Parish House, ' Previously Dr. Taylor has been Clara and Wisconsin Aves. All honored by the association with Episcopal students and their guests two national awrds. He holds an are invited. .honorary degree from Stetson.