The Stetson Reporter

"Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 70th Year, No. 28 "STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA Friday, May 17, 1957 PARADE PLANNED FOR HONORING TOP ROTC LEADERS ON MONDAY, ADDITIONAL AWARDS TO BE GIVEN By JACK WOODALL ROTC seniors and regular army cadre that are leaving \Stetson's campus this spring will be honored with a parade Monday at 4 p.m. on Hulley Field. This parade will . be in conjunction with the Military Awards Day. Military awards that are not presented in the regular iAwards Day assembly this morning will be given out on ■the field Monday. Alpha Chi Omega Installs New Chapter On Weekend 1 Major Rex T. Henry, Captain ■ Albert Avery, and SFC Jesse '■ Cofer are the regular cadre that will be serving in other places next year. Seniors expecting to •graduate and receive commissions -include Joe Huckleberry, Stanley .Kanzaki, Carroll Shepard, Jerry „. Brown, Richard Hopkins, Tom Cauthen, Jerry Lawrence, Terry Hollingsworth, Charles Prather, Dudley Nunlist, Don Bivings, Jack Anttonen, Keith Shamrock, Wayne Hartnup, Gordon Wells, John Edstrom, Vernon Jobson, Earl Williams, William Walker, Y David Howard, William Reynolds, Walter McLin. M/'sgt. Ralph Becker is retiring in Novembei and will take part in the ceremonies along with the other men that are leaving. He plans to start in business in Day- 'tona Beach and make his home there. Major Henry has received or- ""■ dors to attend Advanced Infantry Training at the Infantry School, t Ft. Benning, Georgia. Captain 'Avery is going to Saigon, Indo- v china; SFC CoJcr does not know definitely as to his orders. ROTC Company B Captures Field Day '' Company B of the ROTC battalion has been named Stetson's Honor Company of the Year by -winning Military Field Day, Maj7 ■13, with a total of 48 points'. Since three of the companies A-ere separated by only a small number of points, it was the Field Day that served as the deciding ^factor. Company A was second with 28 poir.ts and Company C, third with 18 points. Those winning first places and conti'ibuting to the success of Company B were Bill Young in the M-l proficiency test; David Houchens, scramble of different weapons; squad drill, commanded by Walter Prather; and the physical training test by Ted West. West, with a 397 total, topped last year's record of 365 set by Vernon Higgs. Ernest Wilson, Band Company, also went over Higgs' record with a 385. Company A won a first place in the machine ,gun crew drill, | and Company C took the platoon drill led by Wayne Graham. Wal- I ter McLin was co-ordinat#r f or j Field Day. Cadet Captain Shepard ■ •is , commanding officer of Com- ( pany B. Travel Squad Tours Southward The Travel Squad of the Stetson University Glee Club will sing five concerts in three days when they visit South Florida today through Sunday. The first concert will be at 7:45 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist Church of Homestead. The following evening at the same hour they will be at Riverside Baptist Church in Miami. On Sunday the singers will appear at the 8:15 a.m. service at Allapattah Baptise Church. At 11 a.m. they will sing at the Stanton Memorial Baptist Church. On the way to DeLand, the Travel Squad will appear at the Belle Glade Baptist Church at 4 p.m. The program will be the same one used on a ten-day ..trip ..to Washington, D.C. earlier this year with the addition of the stirring Steffe-Ringwald arrangement of "Battle Hymn of the Republic". Soloists will inculde Bill Delk of Miami; Betty Galloway and Kirby Rogers, both of Jacksonville; Jake Ayres, Lexington, N.C, and James Beane of Lowell, N.C. Pat McBride of Long Island, N.Y., and Jerry Brown of Ft. Myers will appear as a duet team. A quartet includes Anne Beane and Patricia Edington, both of St. Petersburg, Ayers and James Beane. Mrs. Raymond L. Suppes, national president of Alpha Chi Omega, will be on the campus this weekend for the installation of the Gamma Chi Chapter here. Mrs. Suppes is serving her second term as national president and has been active in Alpha Chi alumnae work since her graduation from the University of Washington. With her will be Mrs Ken- nard Jones, the national collegiate vice-president who has general supervision over the 83 (soon 84) collegiate chapters of the fraternity; Mrs. Arthur C. Cope, .national extension ..chairman; and Mrs. John Conner, Jr., province president. The installation of the Gamma Chi Chapter will take place today through Sunday. At this time 22- pledges will become active members, and the chapter will receive its charter. The installation activities get under way tonight with a pledge party. Saturday is the formal installation with a banquet that evening. Sunday the group will attend church in a body and return to campus for a reception in Chaudoin Parlors that afternoon. In conjunction with the installation the Alpha Chi's from chapters all over the state will have their State Day here Saturday. The Putnam Hotel will be the headquarters for the day's events. The officers for the coming year are: Betty Jo Mason, president; Rosemary Sliger, vice president; Ann Anderson, secretary; and Janet Reisinger, treasurer. The new actives will be: Connie Jo Dooly, Annette Cheshire, Barbara Smith, Sandra Wornal, Betty Jo McCIendon, Susan Sargent, Norma Harsh- barger, Molly Sandiford, Mary Jo Kintner, Jo Hopper, Virginia Bagby, Margaret Tudor, Virginia Rodgers, Anne Desautels, Sandra Barrett, Diane Granger, Peggy Crosswhite, and Freddy Mundy. Mrs. Raymond Suppes "KING'S MEN" SHOWING PLANNED "ALL THE KING'S MEN"- the story of'the rise and fall of a political demagogue-^will be presented by the Stetson University Political Forum on Saturday night, 7:30 p.m. in the Allen Hall auditorium. Based on the Pulitzer Prize- winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, "ALL THE KING'S MEN" closely parallels the life story of the late Huey P. Long. Admission is free, and students, faculty, and friends are cordially invited. NOTICES NOTICE TO MEN If you are requesting deferment on the basis of your academic record please come to the Registrar's Office to leave the necessary information so that this can be filed with your Selective Service Board at the close of this school year. ATTENTION SENIORS Pick up caps and gowns in the Purchasing Office. Charges must be paid when called for. Also they must be returned immediately after graduation in the original boxes. !^S*..1s( OFFICERS OF THE ROTC CADET CORPS AND REGULAR ARMY LEAVING CAMPUS -Front row: Captain Albert M. Avery, Joe Huckleberry^ Stanley Kanzaki, Carroll Shepard, Jerry Brown, Richard Hopkins, Tom Cauthen, Jerry Lawrence, Terry Hollingsworth, Charles Prather, Dudley Nunlist, Major Rex T. Henry. Back row: Don Bivings, Jack Anttonen, Keith Shamrock, Wayne Hartnup, Gordon Wells, John Edstrom, Vernon Jobson, Earl Williams, William Walker, David Howard, William Reynolds, Walter McLin, SFC Jesse Cofer. Not pictured: M/Sgt. Ralph Becker. Law School Holds Officers' Election Election of officers has occupied the Law College recently. The three men's fraternities and the Student Bar have chosen their leaders for the coming year. Clinton A. Cureis of Bartow will head the Student Bar Association in the fall. A senior, Curtis is current treasurer of the Student Bar and a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Thomas H. Greene was chosen vice-president. A senior from Jacksonville, Greene is past Magi- ster of Phi Delta Phi. W. Elwood Hogan, Jr. of Clearwater will serve as Chief Justice of the Honor Court. Justice of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, Hogan is also a senior. Miles C. McDonnell, of Winter Park^ was elected treasurer. He is an incoming Junior and Tri- bune of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity". William Hereford, a freshman from Sarasota, will fill the job of secretary. ****** Winner of first place in the annual Perry Nichols Practice Court competition is H. Eugene Johnson of Tampa. Second place winner is Louis Ossinsky, Jr., of Daytona Beach - son of 1925 Law •Alumnus Louis Ossinsky. Richard T. Dillon, also of Tampa, took the third place award.