The Stetson Reporter

Wot tetston Eeportet 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper* 65th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1951 lNO. 12 Dr. Hood Gives- ■ Registrar's New, 'Streamlined Plan Probably one of the, most welcome announcements that the Reporter is privileged to make1 came directly from Dr. Hood's office yesterday afternoon. A'new registration, plan will be in operation for the semester system next year. Because this, is designed to help the students, their cooperation is requested to facilitate the removal of the 'Long Line' method of registration. Instead of class registration starting when students return from the semester holidays, old members of each respective class are requested to see their adviser between January Fourth and January Tenth to check on' their classes and be advised. After the cards have been approved they are to be taken to the Registrars office for sorting and 'classification and assigning of class cards. The cards are then to picked up with the individual class c^rds on January 28th. Students may be assured that they will still have the same class privileges concerning "priority in receiving class entrance?, from the last - semester seniors to the first semester freshman! Stetson Women Honored At, Christmas Tea Amid the simplicity and loveliness of traditional Christmas arrangements, all university women i-ere honored by the University Woman's, Club at a Christmas tea in Chaudoin parlors, Wednesday afternoon,'December 12, from 4:00- 5:30. According to Mrs. John Hicks, committee chairman, this ip the- first such affair_--given by the organization for the women ot, Stet- scn. Greet ng gaests at the door were Miss Etta Turner and Miss- Barbara Rowe. Club officers composed the receiving line which included Mrs. W. V. Moirow, president; Mrs. H. E. Caldwell, first vice president; Mrs. E. S. Ashcraft, second vice president; Mrs. Pope A. Duncan, treasurer; and Mrs. Donald Yaxley, secretary. Pouring at intervals during the afternoon were Mrs. C. Howard Hopkins, Mrs. E. C. Furlong, Jr., Mrs. W. H. McEniry, Jr., Mrs. L. A. Haslup, Mrs. B. W. Davis, and Mrs. J. Ollie Edmonds. acuity Trio Gives Concept ir. Daytona Th? popular Stetson faculty trio, composed of Miss Frances Br-xton, violinist; Miss Eleanor Leek, 'cellist, and Roger Cushman, pianist, gave a recital Tuesday night in Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Eeacb Members ,of the Daytona Beach Tourist Club we're in the audience. '4J " f-. - .*. ' '■ ..'J .>' 'i~..r' tiaiil' —. Jil'-iHn.—- Jl-Ja Pictured above is the late Red Snedigar at a meeting at the annual Baseball Beefers' dinner at the Macfadden Deauville with" Connie Mack. Upon Connie Mack's advise to go back to law work and rirop baseball aspirations, Mr Snedigar became a lawyer and was mayor of Miami Beach for four times. Famed Stetson Athlete And Civic Worker' Dies In Miami Louis F._ (Red) Snediger, 61, known throughout Florida, as Stetson's greatest and most colorful athlete, died last Monday morning at St, Francis Hospital, Miami. Mr. Snediger, a loyal Stetson alumnus, attended the 1950 Homecoming, tut was not here this season, as he was stricken with a heart ailment that wee?k, end. A native of Bartow, where he was born, Jan. 2, 1890, Mr." Snediger was graduated from Stetson with an LLB degree in 1914. He played both football and baseball daring his college career. He also played professional baseball in Miami in the summers of 1912, 1913 and 1914. On the advice of Connie Mack, he turned from baseball to his profession of law. He was four times mayor of Miami and at the time of his death was serving on the Dade County board of commissioners. He resigned as city councilman to take the commission post. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edna Morris Snediger formerly of DeLand; two sons, Louis F. Jr. and James Morris Snediger. ' Funeral services will be held ir: Miami. sf e cure- Connected Art .Exhibition An art exhibition will open today in the Greater > Orlando Chamber of Commerce, featuring the works of Elsie and Louis Freund, artists in residence at Sietson University, DeLand, and will remain up through New Year's Day. The exhibit is sponsored by the Orlando Art Association and planned in connection with the Hatter Tangerine Bowl game. The Freunds have been artists in residence at Slets-on since the fall of 1949. Mrs. Freund received moat of her art training at the Kansas City Art Institute and took post graduate work at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Mr. Freund's training includes schools both in this country end abroad. The Freunds have just returned froo a Carnegie-spon-ored travel fellowship to Mexico and Guatemala. Many of the paintings and lithographs in the exhibit have been shown widely .and two lithographs by Mr. Freund have received purchase award at the Seattle Art Museum and the Library of Congress. Watercolors by Elsie Freund which are bey^g shown include' Sleeping Cats, Chickens, Pigs, and Textures. Ink and wash drawings include The Tenement, New Or- lears House, New Orleans Couit- yard, Visitor Colorado, New Or- lears Balconies and Visitor. Mr. Freund's oils include -New Oi leers Courtyard, Approjishing Storm, -FIoKda- 'Swamp, Hiroshima. French Market. Madonna and Child, Kill or Be Killed, ;ipid _ The Power and the . Glory. Lithographs include Descent from the Cross, Shape of Things to Come, Gr'ef, The Storm and Portrait of Elsie. Music School Gives Annual Christmas Concert Tonight at 8 Stetson's Annual Christmas music concert will be given tonight at 8 in Elizabeth Hall auditorium by the School of Music. Those taking fart are members of the band, orchestra, and glee ciirb. Professor Harold M. Giffin will-direct, the glee club and Richard M. Feasel will serve as band conductor. The groups sit' v II present a varied program of popular classics and Christmas fav- 01 lies of interest to all age groups. Eight Outstanding Seniors Elected For 52 Hatter At -the last meeting of the senior class einht seniors were elected as the outstanding members of the Class of '52. Those selected for this honor were Ona Barfield, Betty Flippo, Robin Hooper, Betty Lynn, Phil Ashaforar.er, Laurier Beard, "Pete" Peterson, and John Sims. These eight, along with two men selected from the Law School, will be featured in the 1952 HATTER. eece ears Messia. By BOBBI HARRIS , The Messhh, an oratorio by George Frederich Handel, was presented in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium last Friday evening and Sunday afternoon. An oratorio is a dramatic text or poem, usually on a Scripture theme, set to music with orchestral accompaniment, but no action, scenery, or costume and The Messiah is considered the best in its field.' The presentation given by the Glee Club this year was the seventeenth consecutive one of the oratorio at Stetson University. It was first presented in 1908. Much hard work and effort went into presenting The Messiah by both the Glee Club and its conductor, Harold M. Giffin and their e'forts were rewarded by the large xud.'ence which gathered at each presentation. The Friday performance was |iven particularly for students while the Sunday one was offered fcr residents all over the state. Ths oratorio was divided into +wo parts—the first beginning with the Overture by the instrumental ensembles and contain'ng eight selection^. The second part was begun with the Pastoral Symphony and had twenty-one selections, the most outstanding being the climax of the "Hallelujah Chorus." Special recognition should be giv- °n to the various soloists who performed with the entire Glee Club. Soprano soloists included Carrol Hirt, Delores Kelly. Betty Lynn, Betty Nordman, Jean Ann Peed and Sup Warren. Contralto •^"Joists included Mary BUzaheth TlY's, ?Evelyn Gordon and Sylvia Y'f The glee club will feature a group of folk songs. Betty Grover wi.l g-ve a special selection; De- lores Kelly and Walter Hawkins will sing a novelty, "Jingle Bells"; and John S ms will sing "White Christmas" accompanied by a women's quartet consisting of Delores Kelly, Betty Lynn, and Betty Nordman, Th° send -will piny the overture to "The Marriage of Figaro", Mozart, "Home for Christmas", Morton Gould; "'American Folk Rhap- sody", Clare Grundman; "Italian Polka," Rachmaninoff; and "Sleigh Ride", Leroy Anderson. The orchestra will feature numbers rrom "Th3 Nutcracker Suits", Tschaikowsky and "Evening Prayer an-1 Dream Pantomime" from "Hansel ard Gretel", Humperdlnk. To close the program, all three groups will render Handel's famous "Hallelujah Chorus". After the concert, Gary Crawford will play the chimes at Hulley Tower. The faculty will be entertained at the same time in Chaudoin Parlcrs. even Initiate mica! Frat By KEN WING No more blue and white test tubes are to be worn around the neck by those poor - chemical students! Yes, it's a thing of the past new since those pledges were put through a rigorous initiation on December 3, 1951. Beta Beta chapter of Gamma 3:gma Epsilon, national "'honorary chemical fraternity, announces the ollowmg new members: Selwyn Kilgore. Bruce' -Lane, Frencis Monaco, Charles Powers, Wayne Price, John Swisher and Kenneth, Wing. _ , To be eligible for invitation into Jamma Si? a student must be a ninlcr, in his third year of college hemistry, with an average of B m better fcr the preceding • two vears. s. Tenors were Willi?m Hoi- '»V. Johr Sims and Stafford Wing Rp=s soloists are Jafk Coldiron.. David Early" arid Richard LpssiterY Fea.sc! Elected Treasurer F.ichard M. Feasel, director of Sir toon's band, -was this past week cle'tsd treasurer of the Florida State Music Teachers' Association Tanrip resentlv.