The Stetson Reporter

{Rje tetton Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 70th YEAR STETSON. UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1956 American Education Week Is Celebrated On Stetson Campus American Education Week, No-* vember 11-17, was observed at Stetson University with a series of newspaper reports on the various divisions of the University. Five 30-minute radio panel discussions on as many subjects and special programs were held to which the public was invited. The radio panel drew into the discussion not only members of the Stetson faculty and administration but representative townspeople. When the sound and fury set? tied the following facts were salient : 1. Stetson has the largest pay- •oll of Volusia County. 2. Stetson is the Baptist University of Florida, drawing part )f its financial support from the Florida Baptist Convention, an organization representing more than 1,000 churches. 3. That Stetson attracts students from most of the Florida counties, 32 states, and 12 foreign countries. 4. That the instructional faculty "is second to none" in academic qualification and Chris- 'an dedication. 5. That Stetson's cultural ad- ntages is the best selling point the DeLand Chamber oi' Com- jrce in continuing to promote jLand as a retirement center. Newspaper stories featured ich of the schools and colleges id the radio panels were: "Stetson and It's College," oderated by Dean Hopkins, inelists were Deans McEniry, mand and Furlong. "Stetson as a Cultural Center," :oderated by Dean • Almand, :ane!ists were Miss Leek, Mr, 'reund, Dr. Hicks, and the Fine rts Series speaker, Edgar Albin. "Stetson as a Christian Corn- unity," Dean McEniry, moder- .or. Panelists were Dr. Stewart, anon Lawson and the Rev. James . Stertz, president of the De- nd Ministerial Association. "Stetson and Its Alumni and ■iends," moderated by G. E Eddie" Gilliland. Panelists were ari Brown, former president of le Stetson Alumni Association, . J. Longstreet, Board of Alumni ounselors, and Ecbert K. Greg- "y, Stetson Associate. "Stetson and the City of De- ind," moderated by A. F. Tut- 3. Panelists, Clyde, Bennett, preen t of the DeLand Chamber of ommerce, Henry Clay, princi- J of the DeLand High School, d J. Phil Wahle, a Deland meruit. DR. SARTAIN fo GIVE PAPER James A. Sartain of the soc- ogy department will give a per before the annua] meeting ■vember 16 and 17 of the Tenn- ee Psychological Association at ifchwestern University in Mem- The paper is on the "Parential ttitudes Toward Desegregation." le also will participate in a panel discussion on the same subject. Green Feather Events Scheduled Seen all those smiling faces around campus this week, especially among the fairer sex? That's because it is the only time of the year when the young ladies get to snare their dream men into a weekend of roaring, soaring excitement and fun. Yes, it is Sadie Hawkins weekend! And a hustling good time is planned for all. Beginning on Friday night, the weekend will get off to a sharp shooting start with the Faculty- Student basketball game out at the Armory. Also there will be a preview of this year's Hatter basketball team. Saturday is legal Sadie Hawkins Day, and at 1:30 p.m. on Hulley Field the grand festivities of the "day will begin. There will be various competitions between the classes, including .events such as a turkey shoot, "injun" wrestling, tug-o-war, faculty pie-eating contest and a wood chopping contest. Perhaps you have noticed all the "Smith Brothers" and "Prince Alberts" that have been visiting the campus this week. Well, I hate to disillusion you, but they are only Stetson males who did not purchase a "beardless permit" for Sadie Hawkins weekend. Any male without a beard who does not have a permit is under penalty of the stocks placed outside the Soda Shop. To top off the weekend of fun and merry-making is the Sadie Hawkins dance at the Airbase on Saturday night. The tickets to the dance are in the form of a marriage license and the girls must pay fqr these. The Sadie Hawkins Weekend is sponsored by the Green Feather Drive and ail the proceeds will go to the charities of your choice. So come all of you, and girls, remember, it's still not too late to get your date—if you'll look on the list in the Soda Shoo! SGA ANNOUNCES NEW HALL PLANS A motion to make the stairway in Elizabeth Hal] a one-way proposition has been passed by the SGA. The idea of Bill Co'nnells to use the south stairs for going up and the north stairs for coming dowh was unaimously adopted. Signs will be erected shortly and student cooperation will he expected. The Traffic Committee asks that students cross to the Elizabeth Hall-Science Hall crossing only when the light is "red". Baptist Convention Asks For Control In Trustee Elections support Y«m OKEEfi FEATHER nj||VE June Barry and Ed Pacha will reign as honorary first lady and mayor of Dogpatch during the Sadie Hawkins week festivities at Stetson. All University functions, this week to be girl-bid, will give proceeds to the annual Green Feather Drive, the University community chest. During the week all men must grow a beard or pay a fine, and all women must purchase a marriage license, all proceeds going to the Fund. Traffic Court Sets New Rules Due to the increasing traffic problem on the campus, a new policy for handling campus traffic during the school year has been- inaugerated by Joe Rhodes, president of SGA.. A traffic court, which is very similar to the city traffic court, has been set up with Keith Shamrock as judge. Court is held on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Student Government office. Due to the co-operation of the students, only about twelve cases are being brought before the court each week. Fines of $1.00 for the first ofer.se, $2.00 for the second and $4.00 for the third offenses are put upon violators. After the third offense students are required to take their car home and leave them for the semester.. Failure to come to court when summoned is a major offense and is subject to continued fines each week until the violator appears. Co-operation has been given by the city police department in this traffic handling venture. Persons caught speeding on the campus must appear before the city court as well as the student court. A policeman has also been placed at the crossing of Minnesota avenue and the Boulevard for the protection "of the students between classes. Necessity arose due to the fact that the speed limit on the Boulevard has been raised to 35 m.p.h. this year. Dr. Sanders Presents Motion At Annual Meeting In Orlando Messengers to the Florida Baptist Convention in Orlando this week voted to ask Trustees of Stetson University to change the University's charter to "allow its trustees to be elected by the Convention." The motion came in the form of a report from the State Board of Missions and was presented by Dr. Harold G. Sanders, a Stetson trustee. The Rev. Marshall Mines, a Stetson alumnus, had previously offered a motion which asked for the change in election and would have withheld Convention support to the University until the change was effective. The Convention's action resulted in widespread publicity yesterday and the stories were prominently featured in the local paper. While the motion was and still is the topic of much campus discussion, University officials were non-committtal as to the expected effects on the' University. One of them stated "We just do not know what effect this will have. It is to early to say." Dr. Stewart, Dean of Chapel, expressed the belief that it was "a legal question not to be decided by lay men but by competent legal authority". He further emphasized that the Florida Baptist Convention also exercise 75% of the control of the Board of Trustees. In discussing the matter he pointed out that the Trustees have always been "wise and competent" in their dealings with the University. Therefor he could see no reason why the present policies would not remain generally in * effect. Many student scources were fearful- that the Convention's action would bring about major changes in campus social life. These fears were however unsupported since two other Baptist Universities in the South are similar to Stetson in campus activities. Any changes made by the Trustees or Convention will require a great amount of time to complete and some doubt exists as to the legality of any change of the charter of the university. One criticism leveled at the school in the Convention was that "many of the instructors in the faculty are not Baptist". A student at the school replied that "the freedom of academic thought and the excellence of the enire faculty was why I came to Stetson". REPORTER NOTICE There will be a Stetson Reporter meeting this afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. All members of the staff are requested to attend. .* /