The Stetson Reporter

■,¥--'■ ?/■' Wat teteon Eerfottet s.**. *>*' "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 69th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1956 Independents Take Top Three Student Government Posts Hatter Party Scores First Upset In Four Years; Greeks Out Recreational Class Set For 4th And 5th At DeLand Armory Student social chairman and women as well as ordinary Stetson students will have an opportunity to learn some new gimmicks this week f for turning almost any party into a success, when the University brings Dr. Catherine Allen of New York to the DeLand National Guard Armory FMay 4th and 5th for a short course in social recreation. The event is sponsored by the Department of Physical Education for Women. Stude.nl s of the Urmersity may sign up for the prosram on Thursday morning instead of waiting until the regular time, Mrs. Jernigan ,of fhe Women's P. E. Department revealed this week. The entire two day course "n ill cost only one dollar in fees. Dr. Allen is one of the met outstanding social recreation leaders in the nation and has gained international recognition in her field, Mrs. Jernigan said. Dr. Allen has been on tlie faculty of NYU for several years having come from the, Unhersity of Tennessee. During World War IT she was director of special services for the Red Cross in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. • five publications and holds the Crea- She is the author or co-author of five, publications and holds the Chea- iny of Physical Education. She has received a Pan-American scholarship to Mexico, Delta Kappa Gamma scholarship, honorary membership in Beta Sigma Phi, and was eo- director of a European seminar and study tour. The course is open to the general public as'well as various public and private school officials. DR. CATHERINE ALLEN RECREATIONAL DIRECTOR Students Ask For Change In Rat Week Control A motion to place control of Freshman Rat Week with a special SGA Committee established for that purpose and to do away with the "S" Club control of the yearly function will be presented today in the SGA Assembly by Ronnie Tudor. Savins? that the part of "Freshman Orientation Week", otherwise known a« Rat Week, is a definite one and "has specific pm poses and that it is obvious that those purpose* are not beir-g met . . .'' Tudor will call for the establishment of a ''seven member committee" which will ha\e o\er- (Continued on Page six) SAM R. MARKS PRIZE WINNERS J. BInaford Taylor, Director Stetson News Bureau, talks with the winners of the Sam R. Mark Prize in Religion. The winning essayists are from left, Zeke Hepler, third place; Richard Rigsby. first place; and Ray Helping;- second place. Prizes were $100, $50, and $25. (Photo by Crankshaw) Coldiron, Altman Give Faculty And Senior Recital ^\ pair of musicians, students together a few years ago in the Stel- son University School of Music, will be presented at 8 p. m. Friday in Kli/abetb Tl'all Auditorium in a faculty recital. They arc Jack Coldiron. baritone, and Edgar Striker, his accompanist. Professor Coldiron has selected a group of standard concert numbers from English, French, German and American composers. His arias are from Mozart's ''Don Gio\anni" and Donizetti's "Don Sebastino''. lie also will give a monologue from Louis Gruen berg's opera, "Emperor •Tones". based on the play of that name. Mervyn Altman, of Columbus, Ga., a tenor and n church music major in the School of Music, will give his senior recftal at 8 p. m. Tuesday, May 1, ii* Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. He has chosen, in addition to standard concert numbers. "The Dream"', from Jules Massenet's "Manon" as his aria. Altman plans to enter the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to work towards a master's degree in church music and then enter the church music field as a' profession. lie is business manager of tlie Men's clu)> of the Stetson Glee Club and was soloist in "The Messiah" and the operetta. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists and the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He was at Howard College before transferiug to Stetson. JOE RHODES NEW SGA PRESIDENT HS-TE? CAROLYN ANDERSON NEW SGA VICE-PRESIDENT New Honors Program For Students To Begin Operation Fail Semester UNIVERSITY PARTY KEEPS TWO OF FIVE SGA POSTS By JERRY FLORENCE The Indepenaent "Hatter Party" turned the student political status quo topsy turvy this week when it took the top three Student Government Association posts in the annual elections. President-elect is Joe Rhodes; Vice-President-elect is Carolyn Anderson and Roger Williams will occupy the Social Vice-President's post. University Party candidates Tommy Cautheii and Mary Alice Smith will occupy the Treasurer's and Secretary's spot in the Exe.-utive Council. This i< the first time that the University Party ba« failed to carry the (oi) posts of tho SGA in four years. Tabula!ion of the votes revealed that Rhodes was able to garner a- liout loO votes from the Greek party for tlie presidency. The Greek vote solidaitry has traditionally been the item that has assured the University Party success in its elections. Final corrfits ran as follows: Rhodes (IIP) {■).")2; Simpson (UP) 295: Anderson (HP) 433; Livingston (UP) 403; Williams (TIP) 428; Stones (UP) 412; Cautheii (UP) 446; Layer (UP) 303; Smith (UP) 604; Rogers (IIP) 227 Eight hundred and forty-seven (847) students voted out of the approximately 1,300 qualified to vote in SGA elections, making this one of the heaviest balloted though quietest run elections in the history of the SGA. Nineteen fifty-two was the last time that the Independents on campus held the office of President. That year Carroll Lewis carried the election with the open support of elements of the Greek Party on campus. Installation of the new officers will lake, place today in chapel at what is scheduled to be tU last SGA assembly of the year. Stetson University this week announced an honors program providing for individual and independent study and optional class attendance for selected students during their junior and senior years. The program will get underway in the fall semester, said Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds president of the LTniversi- ty. and is designed to put into practice what many educators advocate in theory. Interviews will begin shortly, a-nil a half dozen students are expected to begin the program in September. "We never expect to have more than a dozen students in the honors program," Dr. William Hugh McEniry, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, informed Dr. Edmunds. The new program is not open to students in the School of Music or the School of Business. Students at Stetson who have a "B" average for their first two years are eligible to apply for the honors study, Dr. Edmunds said. If they are accepted, they will be assigned to a committee of three professors who will guide them in this independent study. Students in the honor program are not required to register for any class but may if they feel that (his in advnnligeous in accomplishing their objectives. Neither is their study limited to the Stetson campus. They may do research at the place of their (hoiee if their program is approved by their faculty committee. At the conclusion of the senior year, the student must pass a comprehensive examination in the field of his study to be eligible for the honors demise in the subject of his choice. Library Sponsors Bookmark Contest The Student Libiary Committee in conjunction with the Library ^taff is sponsoring a bookmark ro-ilest. The purpose of tills contest :s- to acquaint the student body with (he rules of flic library. This cor-t^M is open to all students, and actWi <-<:.n- petition is gieatly desired. '1 c, enter students must make original wok- marks placing iio fewer thai1 -inc rule or not more than three rules on each bookmark. The bookmark must not exceed 2% inches w'dlh or 9 inches in length. This contest began April 13 and will end May 1. Entries should be turned in at the Information !!)csk in the library. These will be judged upon beauty, effectiveness ui displaying rules, and originality. The winner will receive a bock of his choice with the price not to exceed $7.50.