The Stetson Reporter

t^x; Wf)t Stetson Reporter 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper'1 " 70th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1957 ■* !* " Four Stetsonites ..Travel To Athens % For Forensic Meet Four students will represent Stetson at the annual forensic tournament of the Southern Speech Association, to be held in Athens, Georgia, April 1-3. Those making the trip will be , Jackie Dossett, Mimr Shaw, Warren Carr, and Jim Geiger. Tournament events which these will enter are: debate, extemporaneous speaking, oratory, and the oral interpretation of literature. ,-■ Approximately fifty colleges and universities from over the South plan to participate. Those from Florida besides Stetson are Florida Southern College, Florida State University, and St. Petersburg Junior College. On April 4 and 5, Dr. Mary Louise Gehring will attend a meeting of the Southern Speech Association in Athens. As governor of the southern region of the American Forensic Association, she will preside over the business sessions of that organization. 5 Dr. Gehring appears on the contention as chairman of a sectional .jmeeting sponsored by the Commit- |tee on Problems in Speech Education and as a panelist in a symposium on the nature and function of the contest oration. She has also been asked to serve as faculty ad- .viser for the Senate of the Congress of Human Relations, spon- , sored by the SSA for those college students attending the convention. Revised SGA Constitution Awaits Student Approval DR. LYCAN Dr. Gilbert Lycan, professor of history and political science and Florida chairman for the Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial has been speaking before the Florida Historical Association in Miami yesterday and today on "the Florida observance of this event. Letters Awarded Six seniors were among the ten men approved Thursday by the Faculty Athletic Committee for basketball letters, Coach Dick Morland said yesetrday. The seniors include Co-Captains Mac Stones and Dick Layer, Dave Howard, Curt Moffett, Bill Reynolds, and Frank Siskovic. Other lettermen include Mel Gregory, Bob Hearin, Jim Kitchens, and Bill Schneider. Manager Don Ray also was awarded a letter. Pi Phi Janet Greene is shown with Pi Kappa Alpha President Dick !» Scott after being- crowned *Dream Girl of Pi Kappa Alpha" at the fraternity's recent Founder's Day Banquet held at the Mayfair Hotel ►^ in Sanford. Janet will represent Delta Upsilon chapter in the National . Dream Girl Conest. Williams To Head Intramurals The intramural program at Stetson will be expanded in the Fall Semester, according tp Richard B. Morland, chairman of the department of physical education for men, and Garland H. "Bulldog" Williams has been named director of intramurals. The expansion first will be in the area of attracting more students into the program. Later additional sports will be added. "We think we have a good intramural program now," Morland said. "We believe we can make it one of the outstanding small- college programs in the country." "Williams has many ideas to extend participation and include other sports in the program." The present team sports in the intramural program at Stetson include football, basketball, softball and volleyball. Individual sports include tennis, badminton, horse shoes, table tennis, paddle - ball and bowling. Golf will be added in the fall as DeLand again will have a golf course. Track and field events and swimming are other sports being considered. Williams, who came to Stetson last fall as assistant football coach, plans to visit other campuses between now and September to observe their programs. He participated in intramurals at the University of Georgia and his master's degree included a major in physical education, which qualifies him for the directorship of the program. Bill Hamilton Hay's Contest Literature Here A wide selection of literature preparel by Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane will be available at Sampson Library today for research in the Walter Hays essay contest which this year is on the contribution made to the American way of life by the late Charles E. Merrill, a distinguished alumnus of Stetson. The winning essays will be given at a memorial program later this year for Mr. Merrill, who provided funds for the establishment of the Merrill Program of American Studies. MIAMI WINS LAW COMPETITION The University of Miami School of Law team defeated a team from the Stetson College of Law in the annual Florida Intercollegiate Moot Court Competition Saturday at the Stetson Law Center in St. Petersburg. The two teams were selectel Friday in preliminaries in which the University of Florida also participated. Judges for the finals were Justice E. Harris Drew, of the Supreme Court of Florida, and Joseph Daily and Robert House Of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Each college had two teams of two members each. They debated a question in insurance law which was prepared by John A. Appleman of Urbana, Illinois, author of several books on insurance law and one of the featured speakers for the Florida Bar—Stetson University College of Law-sponsored institute on insurance law, which was also held Friday and Saturday at the Stetson Law Center. The preliminary arguments were heard by three circuit judges: John U. Bird of Clearwater and John Dickinson and S. Henry Harris, both of St. Petersburg. Harris, a graduate of the Stetson University College of Law, has just been named a circuit judge by Governor Collins. This is the second year for competition between the three colleges of law, with tbe University of Florida as the defending champion. The traveling trophy, now held by Florida, will be retired when any college wins it three times. Visiting team members were entertained by the Stetson' Student Bar Association. The Lawyerettes, wives of the law students, and members of the freshman class sponsored a social Friday night at the Gulfport Coast Guard Center. Individual ^awards for the best two arguments* presented in the Florida IniycoIIegiate Moot Court Competition'Svifl be given annually next year, Justice E. Harris Drew, of" tlie'' Florida Supreme Court said today. Vote Will Come On Tuesday Balloting tto determine the a- doption of the revised Constitution of the Student Government Association will be held Tuesday in the Elizabeth Hall art gallery from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. As a three-fourths majority of all students voting in favor of the new revision is requiredd for its a- doption, SGA President Bill Hamilton urges'all students to supportt its measures- President Hamilton noted-some of the factors contributing to the need for the revision. "The revision committee under the leadership of Wayne Pringle met for several months and carefully considered the heeds' of our '£>GA Constitution in the light of the increased student enrollment, required chapel attendence, and the fact that only half the . student body meets each. Friday."' Another matter under consideration by the SGA is a plan to send delegates to the joint FISGA and FIPA convention next week at the University of Miami. The FISGA designates the Florida Intercollegiate SGA, and FIPA represents the Florida Intercollegiate Press Association. Today in assembly this matter will probably be brought before the student body. The executive committee of the student government will recommend that delegates be sent to the convention, with the SGA financing their way. As the cost of this will undoubtedly exceed fifty dollars it will be voted on by the student body in assembly, in accordance with the constitution. Hamilton further emphasized the importance of. this convention by stating that it is "important that Stetson be a leader in Florida student governffient affairs." SGA NOTICE Nominations for SGA officers will be made in assembly on Aprit 12. General election will be heilej on April 30 from 8 a.m. to S p.m. There will bo no campaigning by posters, handbills, etc., fcefore April 23. Campaigning, thereafter, will be limited as follows: 1. No posters can be pieced in any university buildings, cxeept the Soda Shop. 2. Out-of-doors posters w£M be restricted to the immediate area around the Soda Shop. AH nomination speeches sltould be three minutes or less in iteration. This notice is posted by Joel K. Sloan, Chairman of the RuSts and Procedures Committee. '•Officers and the qualifications for them are listed . in Article HI of the SGA Constitution. (See jpage 4.)