The Stetson Reporter

apsasw mmmi^m^mmmm W&t teteon Reporter 65th YEAR 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH. 14, 1952 No. 22 Hats Take Their Holiday Tomorrow Stetson Hatter Baseball Nine To Face Sanford In Opener; Prepare To Engage Rough Diamond Teams The Stetson Hatters will open their season four days earlier than originally planned as games with Sanford The Weedes to Appear Tuesday In Elizabeth Hall Third Annual Hatter Holiday Starts Tomorrow; At 1P. M., To Feature Mr. & Miss Stetson Contest ' By FLORA HOOD Robert Weede, who is well, „ „ ,,..,.,,„-,, ~ .j*^*i ui*ii.J-\JHJL I j I _ .. ^i^^^j-i t*u yJHK^ \J LIULH. J\ YallKily „ - - „ , " °" , , , ! known througout the United States i _, . __ . _, _,. . . ,' . . . Navy Base were added for Tuesday, March 18 there and |as a concert artist and Metropoli-1 Show featuring a Mr. and Mrs. Stetson beauty contest and Thursday, March 20 at 3:00 p.m. on Hulley Field, Ath-1 tan Opera baritone, will make his' Ugliest Man on Campus contest will get the festivities off letic Director W. C. Cowell announced todav. The Kat- isecond appearance on the stetson I . . . - Hatter Holiday—Stetson's annual escape from it all -begins lomoi-row afternoon at one o'clock. A Variety _....„ ^.1.11. uu liUucj jl'iciu, alii-| i-aa upera baritone, will make his' Ugliest Man on Campus contest will get the festivities off letic Director W. C. Cowell announced todav. The Hat- isecond appearance on the stetson I ^0 a runnjng start. Immediately following will be a series , , „, ,^ I campus Tuesday , March 18, in ^ , .... , ., ... ters were supposed to.open March* r Elizabeth Hall at 8 p. m., this time | _ *°f compotitire events. At five 22 against the State Prison at Rai-1 |,lr)«i. t,<~ .. - - 22 against the State Prison at Rai ford Coach "Doc" Johnson announced the squad had been cut down to eighteen men, consisting of three pitchers, four catchers, six in- fielders and five • outfielders. The Hatter coach commenting on the team said he believed it much stronger in spots than last year's. Except for the lack of depth and experience in the pitching staff, ho pointed out the '■ strength of the infield with Stan Marks at third, veteran Bill Johnson, shortstop and either Joe Mc- NOTICE The Stetson Hatters baseball team will open the season Tuesday March 18 against the Sanford Naval Air Station at Sanford and the first home game will be on Hulley Field at 3 p.m. Thursday against the same club. *"*' >«.;>. Nulty or Marty Rflss} on second, 'and the ou^ield ofpFred Eubeler, Dave Laud^ and Herb Werner that should give the Hatters a fairly good team. | Coach jdhnson s'feld that first base was the big , question with Lezelle Owen and jHowie O'Flynn battling it out. Other men fighting it out for starting position _, and making it nip and tuck are Bill Carrett outfielder and Dave Albro, stocky Toledo transfer that has been sharing catching duties with Lou Paar, who has been slated, to start. "Of course, Coach Johnson con-, "? finned everything depends on how j?erry Hopkins and John Imgrund develop as pitchers as the way the schedule stands we have two ttt three games a week, which rneans we can't expect to get by vfith one pitcher." At the present ; the only moundsman with experience is Dick Donnelly) sophomore veteran from last year. The probable starting lineup for | ■ next week's games is: Johnson—ss Werner—rf Marks—8b ? Eubeler—cf Paar—c—or Albro McNulty—2b—or Rossi Owen—lb—or O'Flynn Laude—If—or Garrett Donnelly—p Hopkins—p ?j?mgrund—p < Reserves: Mel Smith, Catchers; Nixon outfield. MBr .s<~«i2 •' •.-*. Jam Betty Grover To Present Recital Tonight Betty Grover, organist for the Stetson Glee Clubs, will give her senior recital at 8 p. m., tonight in Elizabeth Hall. She will be assisted by Bill Holley, tenor,who will have as his accompanist, Joyce Burrell. Miss Grover will open with three (Continued on Page Two) Elizabeth Hall at 8 p. m., this time with his son, Robeit, Jr. The duo-baritones are brought to De- Land under the auspices of the Ci\ ic Music Association. Dr. Wm. E. Duckwitz, head of the School of Music, said: "We' are indeed fortunate to have Mr. i Weede return. I think I can speak for the entiie music iaculty in saying we thoroughly enjoyed his concert several years ago. We consider him one of the'most outstanding baiitone concert artists in this country, and his son is following in his father's footsteps." The Weedes are unique in concert stage history in that there has never before been a father and son baritone duo. Robert Weede, Sr. made his debut in the United States with the DeFeo Opera Company in his home town of Baltimore in "Cavalleria Rusticana." It was while he was a singing star. of the Radio City Music Hall that he was discovered by the Metropolitan Opera Company, where he made his debut as Tonio in "Pagliacci" during the spring of 1937. The great theatrical news weekly, Variety, hailed the occasion as the most successful debut of an American Singer in 17 years. The following year he sang his first "Rigoletto," a role that was to become his most lauded and (Continued on Page Two) the competitors (and spectators too) will be rewarded with fried chicken dinner in the Forest of Arden. Winners tests will dinner. At 8:30 of the previous con- be announced at the Dr. C. A. Fisher Dies At 66 Last Monday Night Dr. Charles Adam Fisher, professor-emeritus of business administration, Stetson University, was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage while attending a meeting, of the Sons oi tne American Rev-1 olution at the Rose cottage last night and died about 9 o'clock at the DeLand Hospital. He would (Continued on Page Two) Daub Hatteis will hp,ve a choice of two parties. A St. Patrick's party will be held at Allen Hall and a Costume Party will be held at the Roller Rink. A small combo will provide music at the Costume Party. Chief co-ordinator of the events will be Bjarne Anderson, social chairman of the student body. Assisting him will be committee chairmen, Virginia Davis, publicity; Tom Gibson, competitive events; Harry Rutledge, food; and Guido Tambur. evening parties. No admission will be charged holders of Student Activity tickets for any of the events. Several hundred high school students trom cities in central Florida have been invited to the events tomorrow. Pictured above arc the group of Austrian students visiting in Al.e.i rial! during part of their stay on the Stetson campus. Shown at the far right is Ken Wing, the'host for the party during their visit. Pictured left to right are: Mararete Von Jager, Erich Madritsch, Bert Forthuber, Jutta Trieb, Konrad Rogossnig, and Othmar Wallenger. High schools receiving invitations include Seabieeze and Mainland at Daytona Beach, Ketterlinus at St. Augustine, Bunnell, Ormond, Hastings, Palatka, Staike, Ocala, New Smyrna, Titusville, Cocoa, Oi- lando, Kissimmee, Winter Park, i San lord, Apopka, Mt. Dora, liustis, Umatilla. Leesbuig, Cleimont, I Dunollon, Longwood, Winter Garden, Oviodo, Pierson, Seville, Wild- wood, Bushnell, Tavares, St? Cloud, Vero Beach and DeLand. The invitations were sent to principals of each school urging that college minded high school seniors attend the holiday. In addition,1 Director of Admissions Dr. Huber W. Hurt said that invitations have been sent to 305 other students who have completed or are in the process of com- I pleting their application for admis- I sion to Stetson. A Wednesday morning deadline made it impossible to obtain an accurate prediction from the weatherman but we understand that quite a few good Hatters have been crossing their fingers and predicting a bright and sunny day. And of course if it rains, we can all pack up and head for Florida.