The Stetson Reporter

Pep Rally Tees Off Homecoming Tonight 7:15 tetston Reporter Cfje •Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 65th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1951 NO. 10 Topped By None' Festivities Offer Full . , _ . , ——-— ■ ■ —— ■ ~ ■ " "n* Hatters Face Arkansas State In Tangerine Bowl] *- The Hatters will play Arkansas'j State in the Tangerine Bowl at Or. \ lando on January 1. The bid. extended during the half at the Livingston game, was ' accepted after President Edmunds conferred with National Collegiate Athletic Association officials on why the howl was not approved by the association's special events committee. Receiving .assurance from Walter Byers, NCAA executive director, that there is no provision for charity games in the NCAA regulations but th,at he hoped .there would be next year. President Edmunds accepted for the team at an alumni-- meeting Tuesday in Orlando. Immediately following the acceptance, Head Coach Joe McMullen went into conference with bowl officials on arrangements. The Hatter Marching Band with its corps of majorettes and the cheerleaders will accompany the team to Orlando for the New Year's Day classic. Accepting the tid means that the football team will forego their Christmas holidays to remain here for practice. Already plans are being made for a big Christmas party for the team and several DeLand businessmen are planning to make jobs available to the members of the team during hours they will not be on the practice field. Members of the band will report back early to fill their engagement. BSU Plans Two Alumni Events By SHIRLEY ROGERS The BSU here at Stetson is living up to this year's Homecoming 'theme by being "Topped by-Non in Fifty-one" concerning the activities planned for the BSU alumni, i To add to all the other 'events planned for tomorrow, such as the tig parade, Stetson's victory over Eastern Kentucky, and "Harvey", there will be two additional ones sponsored by the BSU. The first will take place 8:00 Saturday morning at Allen Hall where a breakfast will be given for ministerial students and ministerial alumni. The speaker at this breakfast will he Rev. James Sullivan from Jacksonville. Homecoming will prove that BSU'ers like to eat because the second event planned for the BSU'ers — present and past — also concerns food. It is a> hamburger fry immediately following the football game. The BSU has invited the football team to come and join in the fun and the eats. The meeting iplace for this "feast" will be Allen Trail. Rev. J. W. Parrish, '36, Miami, is the present president-elect of the Alumni Association of Stetson University. He graduated from Stetson in 1936 with an A.B. degree. Two Booths To Register, Visitors Two booths, one in Elizabeth Hall and one in the Putnam Hotel lobby, will begin registering Homecoming guests this afternoon. Billie Lee Lohman, chairman of the registration committee, stated that the committee "hoped to obtain a bigger registration than has ever been before." Helping Miss Lohman will be: Pat Merrit, Nancy Peters, Mary Jo Brady, Dot Ross, Norma Brown, Joan Maer, Flora Kibbler, Barbara Sulaueor, B. J. Lannam, Mary Lee Middleton, Betty Joe Parker and Betty Cerindy. Marilyn Talton, Patty Verdajy, Lynn Kager, Gloria Nix, Klebby Jo Perr, Margarett Barter, Lora Languish, . B. T. Robbins, Joyce Carmen, Jane Chapman, Jane Joy Mickles, and Bobbie Harris. Tonight's Pep Rally Features Eleven Skits Fireworks, songs, fire, cheers and skits will all be combined into one h'.i e spirited session in the' Homecoming pep rally at 7:15 tonight. Dtiane Quick, who is niaster- mirding the event reports that eleven campus organizations are plai ning skits for the rally. Judges for the skits will be Dr. McEniry, Dr. Hicks, and Captain Duruz. P.'Of. Giffin will be present to lead students and alumni in song, and the cheer leaders will muster up spirit for the cheers. Here is a list of the organizations planning to present skits and the skit titles: Pi Kappa Alpha, "Hustle Some During '51," B.S.U.. "A Funeral for,.Eastern Kentucky"; Delta Delta Delta, "The Hour of Charm in Five Minutes"; Pi Beta Phi, "The Secret Weapon" or "Time Will Tell"; Sigma Phi Epsilon, "Carry Me Back to Old Kentucky"; Delta Sigma Phi, "The Maroon Interview" ; Zeta Tau Alpha, " 'Twas the Night Before Homecoming." Stray Greeks, 'The Light House"; Lambda Chi Alpha, "Easy Victory"; Pi Kappa Phi, "Raglady of Tin Can Alley"; and Alpha Xi Delta, "Alive in Hatterland." '^-.'S&Jfeh,,. .■a **"■ ■* Lawyers Invite Alumni, Faculty To Reception The Stetson Student Bar Association has invited members of the ^acuity, alumni and pre-law students to an open-house and reception this afternoon. The event will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the 'Law School. Bar Association officials also stressed that the Law School Breakfast is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning instead of 8:30 as previously announced. Flippo And Beard To Reign Over Festivities Laurier Beard and Betty Flippo Will reign ever Stetson's 1951 Homecoming as Mayor and Hostess. With 713 of the eligible voters participating in last Tuesday's election, both run-off races were decided by unusually small marges. In the Hostess contest, Betty Flippo defeated Robin Hooper by 33 votes while Laurier Beard defeated Bernie Cochran by 44 votes in the Mayor race. Phil Ashabraner, chairman of the Student Body Rules and Procedure Comm'ttee, attributed the increase in votes cast to a spurt of last minute campaigning. The vote total, however, fell below last years turn-out of 1,004. Schedule Stetson University will put on its best bib and tucker today for the annual return to the campus of graduates and former students. There will be men and women of prominence in all walks of life, both alumni and friends, on the campus for what appears to Stetson's biggest Homecoming. The festivities get underway formally this afternoon with registration at booths in front of Elizabeth Hall, campus tours, art exhibi- t'on, a ibajid concert at Holler Fountain and a general round of handshaking. An open house at the College of Law will be held rom 3:30 until 5:30. At 6:00, alumni will gather at the Commons for the annual meet- ins of the Stetson Alumni Association which will be presided over by President James Nemec. He will present Charles Tom Henderson, chairman of the J8oard of United Stetson Alumni, who will explain the proxy endowment prp- gram which is the No. 1 alumul project for 1952. At 7:30, students will converge on Hulley Field for the pep rally and bonfire. Sk:ts will be put on by the various organisations, speeches will be jiiad* by the Three Grid Players Of ?01 Team Attend Jubilee Celebration The golden jubilee intercollegiate athletics in Florida was observed Saturday with the Hatter victory over Livingston and the return to the campus of three of the five surviving members of the 1901 football team. On November 22, 1901, Stetson won a 6-0 victory over the Cadets of Florida Agricultural College of Lake City, now a part of the University of Florida. This game was played at the Jacksonville Fair. Those returning for the game included Fred Botts, Coral Gables, left tackle; James D. Pounds, Win-j Stetson cheerleader, ter Garden, right halfiback, and | feotts arrived on Friday and went Tom Calmes, Plant City, left guard., through a few practice kicks as he Harry Botts, Pensacola, left end, [kicked off for the 1901 team. He sent a telegram- The other surviv- made a prelinr'nary ki 3k the night ing member, who expressed regret of the game and afterward the vis- at not being on hand, was Tom(itors watched the game.from the Kellar, Tampa. players' bench. Other guests for the game in- f The S Club gave a d'nner for vis- eluded "Dutch" Kirkland, who play-1 itors Saturday night and had an ed right end for the Cadets, and ' open house after the game in their Tom Hamlin, a member of the 19011 honor. Bursar Emeritu1" C B. Rosa state championship basketball I was a dinner guest. "• - billed team which Stetson produced injinlr:"" ral.footba'' -1* n as | over to President-elect James W. 1901. Hamlin also was the first i early s 1894. SPECIAL Captain Laurier Beard, Captain of Ye Mystic Krewe, announced today that Miss Babs Rawson, of Fort Lauderdale, will represent the Krewe as' their homecoming sponsor. Krewe member Jack Coldirin will be her escort during the formal parade festivities. "oaches, President Edmunds, Alumni President Nemec and others. At 8:30 the curtain will go up on "Harvey" at_ Stover Theatre. A large number of reservations have been m^de for this theatrical event and members of Theta Alpha Phi will remain after the last curtain for a theatre party. Fraternities and sororities will have a round of parties and everyone will stop by Chaudoin Hall for coffee at 10:30. Friday morning will find the 'awyers having breakfast at the Commons with Judge Grady Crawford in the role of toastmaster and William Amory Underhill, assistant Attorney General of the United States sharing the speaking program with Governor Fuller Warren and other prominent Stetson alumni and friends in the legal profes- s;on. At Allen Hall, the Ministerial Association will have breakfast ^nd hear Dr. James Southerland, of Jacksonville. The teachers will breakfast at the Chamber of Com- ■nerce and will hear State Superintendent of Public , Instruction Thomas D. Smith. President Edmunds will preside at the assembly program at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Senator Spes- sard Holland will speak. Alumni President James Nemec will formally turn the gavel of his office (Continued on Page 2)