The Stetson Reporter

y,is,y\iX ■- "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' .'7Qth YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1957 A + Five Counties Will Participate In Science Fair Here Tomorrow Budding scientists by the scores from the high schools of five coun- ties will descend upon the Stetson 'campus tomorrow as they attend the first annual district science fair to be held in this section of w ^Florida. i Dr. A. M. Winchester is chair- '' man of this project which is a part of a national campaign to ^interest more young people in careers in science. This will fore- >-■»stall a serious shortage of scientists in future years. * * Many of the students will en- „* ter projects in science which they have constructed under the direction of their teachers. These will be on display in Allen Hall from 10-12 a.m. and from 1-4 p.m. and '" ^will be open to the general public. aPrizes of scientific books and equipment will be awarded the three top winners in the biological and physical science divisions. All .^winning and honorable mention exhibits will be eligible for en- n^try in the state science fair. Demonstrations in the various ''science laboratories of the university will be one of the major attractions for the visitors. In the biology laboratories there will be exhibits of such things as living bacteria under the microscope, ^method of blood typing, measurement of human respiration, meth- » 'od of collecting and mounting ^plants, how to make microscope slides, heredity in fruit flies, collecting and mounting insects, and demonstrations of the anatomy of different living animals. . , Among the array of fascinat ing exhibits in the physics laboratories will be a cloud chamber, florescence, a ,Geiger counter, electrical phenomena vibration frequency, the stroboscope and the atomic spectra. The engineering machine shop and laboratory will demonstrate gear cutting, lathes, grinders, and other equipment. The Chemistry labboratories will be open so the students can be seen carrying out the various experiments which are a part of general and organic chemistry. The planetarium will have a special showing for the visitors each hour, and the museum will be open in between the showings of the planetarium. Assisting Dr. Winchester in carrying out the plans for the science fair are the other members of the science faculty including: Prof. Emmett Ashcraft, in charge of planetarium" demonstrations; Dr. Robert Chauvin, museum; Prof. Dorothy Fuller, registration; Dr. Keith Hansen', exhibit hall arrangements and signs; Dr. George Jenkins, physics demonstrations; Prof. Curtis Lowry, enginnering demonstrations; Dr. Elmer Prichard, judging of student exhibits; and Dr. John Vaughen, planetarium demonstrations. WJBS GIVES PROGRAMS OF 'CYMBELINE' SCENES The Speech Department- in conjunction with WJBS gave two radio programs this week in connection with "Cymbeline". MCENIRY TO ATTEND ST. LOOUIS MEETING Dr. William Hugh McEniry, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, left Thursday for St. Louis where he will attend a meeting Friday and Saturday of the Danforth Foundation to select Danforth Fellows for this year. From there he will go to San Antonio for a meeting of the National Council for Accreditation cf Teacher Education. He will represent the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, as he is a member of the executive council of that group. Heads Named For Workshops Dr. Warren G. French is serving as chairman of a workshop at the annual spring meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication this week in Chicago. This conference (CCCC) is a permanent group within the National Council of Teachers of English, and is the only professional society in the United States that addresses itself primarily to problems of composition and communication. -About six hundred English country are expected to attend the teachers from all parts of the i three-day conference. I The workshop over which Dr. | French is presiding will study •Contributions of Anthropology to (Continued on page seven) LOIS UNDERWOOD TAKES TOP STATE F.T. A. POST Kerry Robb Chosen; State MSM Veep ' Kerry Robb, Stetson Wesley Foundation president, was elect-1 ed vice president of the Florida I Methodist Student Movement at | the annual MSM Conference at Leesburg, Florida, March 8, 9, and 10. This is the second consecutive year that a Stetson Stu- has held one of the major offices (Continwd on page seven) Lois Underwood won the Future Teachers of America state presidential election at the FTA convention in Tampa last weekend. The new president is also a member of Alpha Xi Delta, Sigma Delta Fi, Canterbury Club, and vice-president of the local FTA chapter. She is majoring in the teaching field and hails from West Palm Beach. Following her election, Lois stated that she will definitely need' the cooperation and backing of all members of the local chapter to make this year a successful one for the state organization. Other Stetsonites attending the convention from Stetson include Helen Brock, executive council member and recording secretary for last year; Margaret Morrison, who together with Helen made up our voting delegation; Joanne Anderson, president of the local FTA chapter; and Bill Beeby, Stetson delegate to the credentials committee. Others were Carolee King, Gail Pittman, Ruth Togweiler, Harold Harris, Sylvia MacDonald, Margaret Hayes, and Lois Browder. The highlights of the convention will be discussed at the next local meeting to be held Tuesday. There will be a short panel discussion by the members attending the convention. Following this there will be a general question-and-answer .period in order that all members of the local chapter may become as familiar as possible with the procedures which are followed and iiie material covered at the states conventions.