The Stetson Reporter

TW tetsion mepottet "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 69th YEAR STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1956 STUDENTS NAME 16 SENIORS AS OUTSTANDING LEADERS A committee Of students appointed by the staff or the Hatter, the "Stetson Yearbook, has completed tabu-. , lation of the vote of the students on the campus. Students voted by secret ballot for their choice in Tuesday and Wednesday Chapel. Tabulation of the votes was under the supervision of Vernon Jobson, Hatter Editor and Martha Jane Singeltary, Assistant Kditor. Sixteen candidates were chosen due to a tie. Those students chosen by the student body were: Joanne (Motes, Sue Ferrell, Caroline Mclnnis, Al Meyer, Sue Reynolds, Harold McNeil, Chuck Sanks, Martin Stephens, Morris Foster, Burt Holmes, H Malcolm, Ralph Chandler, Bobby Crumpton, Wayne Chastain, John Imgrund and Yi Han Chang. The order of the above listing does not indicate in any manner rar.k or number of votes received. | - Civil Service '{ ■ Announces New Examination t A civil service examination for <f Medical Biology Technician has been announced for filling positions pay- -' ing from i?2.fifi0 to $4,025 a year in various Federal agencies in Washington, D. C., and vicinity. Most of Ihe position^ to be filled are in the Natural Tnsiitutes of Health, Bethes- da'. Maryland: and in Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and Food and Drug Administration. Washington. D. C. The examination includes the following specialized fields: Animal anatomy, bacteriology, cytology, general biology, hematology, parasitology, pharmacology, physiology, serology, and virus and rickettsia. No written test will be given. The basic requirement for qualification is appropriate technical experience in the field of biology; however, pertinent graduate or undergraduate college study averaging at least 5 semester hours per year in the biologi- j cal sciences may be substituted for j the experience required for positions ■ paying up to $3,670 a year. Full details concerning the requirements arc given in the examination announce- • ment which may be obtained from ! college placement offices or from the U. 8. Civil Service Co/.imission, Washington, D. C. Applications for this examination will be accepted from students who expect to complete the courses necessary for qualification within 6 months of the date of filing application. Applications will be accepted until further notice and must be filed with the Commission's Washington office. BSU Students To Be Mission Workers . NASHVILLE, Tenn. — (BSSB) ~- Eighty-three Baptist _ students will serve as summer mission workers in Southern Baptist foreign and home mission areas during 1956, Dr. William Hall Preston announced at a recent meeting of Student ITnion state secretaries here. Dr. Preston, associate in the Student Department, Baptist Sunday School Board, is director of summer student activities. The state Baptist Student Unions will send 29 students to three foreign countries; to Hawaii, 14; Mexico, 14; and Nigeria, one nurse. They will also send 54 students to home mission areas; to Panama., four;' Alaska, eight; Pacific Coast, 10; Arizona, and associated states, five; Colorado and associated states, four; Cuba, four; Indians, four; Spanish speaking, six: and French speaking, three. Other summer work for Baptist students sponsored by the Southern Baptist Convention and state conventions are Home [Mission Board Tent- makers; Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly, staff; Glorieta Baptist Assembly, staff; state summer mission programs; associational missions; youth revivals; he-lie church opportunities; community missions; and community recreational leadership. "Student's should be urged to devote their leisure time during the summer in helping the local church and census taking, study course, and in Vacation Uible schools, visitation recreational leadership. The accent is. as it has always been, upon investing youth's best for Christ in the home church," Dr. Preston said. Graduate Student Named Director Of Safety For Knoxville, Tennessee DR. PRICHARD HONORED IN "MEN OF SCIENCE" VOL. II Calendar Of Events Friday, Jan. 13 — Scabbard & Blade Hamburger Fry, 5 p. m. Senior Recital, Judy Briley, Elizabeth Hall, 8 p. m. " Saturday, Jan 14, — Basketball game, Prebyterian, Armory, 8 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 15 — Go fo Church Monday, Jan. 16 — Fine Arts Series, James Dickey, poet, Elizabeth Hall, 8 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 17 — Phi Mu Party for all pledges, 6:30-8:30 p. m. Wednesday, Jan. 18 — Fraternity and sorority meetings, 6:30 p. m. Red Mill operetta, Stover Theater, 8 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 19 — Student Recital, Elizabeth Hall, 10 a. m. Pi Kappa Phi Party for Tri Delta, (1:30-8:30 p. m. Red Mill aperotta, Stover Theater, 8 p. m. ROTC GUESTS AT REVIEW Stetson ROTC played host this week to a group of cadets and instructors from Florida Southern College who reviewed the operations of the Stetson unit and observed it on parade. Lt. Col. William Xealson and Major Herbert Key, Jr., of the FSC cadre staff and tlie cadets, Col. Earl Greene, Lt. Col John Adams, Lt. Col. William Vary, Major Raymond Carucci and Lt. Thomas Mooney dined in the private dining room of Hulley Cafeteria previous to the parade Monday afternoon as guests of the Stetson Cadets. UNDERSTATFfVTENT OF THE WEEK Glee Club Member: "I wonder if Prof will schedule a practice for Red Mill this week?" STUDENTS REVEAL OPINIONS IN CAMPUSWIDE POLL Prior to the Christmas Holidays the REPORTER polled about 400 Stet- sonites to obiain their views on the general political situation and certain campus topics of interest. The poll indicated that of the approximately 400 polled: On the question: Now that Adlai Stevenson has said that he will seek the Democratic nomination for President in 1950, do you think he will Jbe nominated? 200 students said yes. 107 did not think"so and 84 were undecided. When asked to name the most likely Republican candidate for the Presidency; 197 named Eisenhower, Chief Justice Earl Warren got 48 votes, Vice President Richard Nixon got 23, Senator Knowland of California took 11 votes and Harold Stassen 9, while 32 students were undecided. The poll revealed that of the students of the cmapus two-thirds claim Democratic Party Allegiance while one-third are Republican or miscellaneous membership. 14(i students thought that LeRoy Collins would be Florida's next governor. Fuller Warren was the choice of 19 and Ferris Bryant 18 votes. Ex-Gover. nor Charley Johns and Speaker of the nouse Ted David tied for last place with 11 votes each. 100 students were undecided. On the question of whether incoming sophomores should be permitted to hold the offices of Treasurer and Secretary of the SGA; 189 favored a constitutional amendment to permit this, while 36 were opposed and 102 were undecided. The committee which handled the poll, was hoadod bv Allen Parsons and will serve as the pilot model and experiment for more REPORTER surveys in the luturc. If you have suggestions for survey questions, submit them in writing to the REPORTER. " - • Dr. E. C. Prichard of the Biology Department was recently placed in the biographical publication, American . Men of Science, a who's who in the fields of science, whose latest edition has been made available in the library. In being listed in Volume II, Biological Sciences, Dr. Prichard! for the first time joins his colleague Dr. A. M. Winchester, head of the department, for this honor. American Men of Science is used extensively by scientists and instructors who desire information on authors, researchers, news figures, etc. Approximately 25,000 important men and women of science are included in the Biological volume, with an additional 65,000 names in other fields compiling another two volumes. Dr. Prichard specializes at present in the study of floral growths and classification of certain plants. He received his A. B. at Mississippi College, A. M. at Richmond and his Ph.. D. in botany at North Carolina. After several years of teaching, he served as an investigator for the Kentucky Relief Committee, later was in the conservation department of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Previous to World War II, Dr.' Prichard was a foreman in the E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company, returning to this organization after serving as lieutenant colouel in the Quartermaster Corps. While at Stetson in 1950, he received a Carnegie Foundation grant-in-aid. Club Announces Plans Rolling right along since their beginning this year, the Stetson University Debate Squads are making plans to keep them busy for tho entire season. At a recent meeting the members began putting final touches on plans for an exhibition assembly for the student body in early February. The orators chosen to represent their prospective classes are freshmen, Allen Parsons and Jim Sawyer. The sophomores will be Donna Carroll and Merrill Maguire. The competition will be between the two classes, "Freshmen vs. Sophomores" is the theme. The topic: "Resolved: that the Non- Agricultural Industries should Guarantee their employees an Annual Wage." President Allen Parsons also revealed the following plans. In Mid- February the debators will meet in competition at Tallahassee where a state tournament is to take place. I B DAVE GARRISON TO HEAD POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR SOUTHERN CITY "It was a startling development to me, I wasn't even aware' the job was open, until quite recently." That was how David "Dave" Garrison, graduate student, characterized his reaction to his appointment as Director of Public Safety for the City of Knoxville, Tennessee. Garrison stated in an interview for the REPORTER that he had not considered entering the political field until the appointment but, that he felt the job offered a personal challenge to him. The position as Director of Public Safety in Knoxville carries with it the supervision and direct control of the Police and Fire Departments for that municipality. Dave will have approximately 1,100 people working for him, most of them emphasized are in the uniformed, elements of the civil departments. One oE the interesting features behind the appointment is in the party lines which are crossed in this matter. Mayor Dance, the newly elected Mayor of Knoxville is a Republican while Dave is u' Democrat. David Garrison has had a varied career. Al the age of 21 lie was Managing Editor of the Post-Athenian in Athens, Tennessee. He has also been city editor and news editor : of the Knoxville Journal. During World War 11 he entered the Army as a private and emerged ;as a Major of Artillery at the end of the war. An injured knerj* put him on the disabled li*t for"further military service. Tie saw about eight months of combat duty before being wounded in Germany .He is also a well known amateur golfer in the ■ Knoxville area. In Florida, Dave is the owner. of a motel over in Daytona Beach and a graduate student here at Stetson. He is a graduate of Earlham College, Earlham, Indiana, and has done other graduate work at the University of* i Tennessee. As soon as this semester ends and personal affairs can lie cleared up, : Garrison and hjs wife and two chil- ; dren plan to return to Knoxville. ; Inter-Collegiate debates that will:v;n, (Continued on page two) ' Circle "K" Asks ; For Projects The Circle "K" is an organization of college men which serves the Stet*. son community by sponsoring projects to improve the beauty ,-nd efficiency of the campus. The Stetson chapter has 25 members, and though it is just over one year old it.already has carried out many worthwhile projects. These include: sponsoring a basketball game . between the Gibbs team of Jaekson- and Stetson, the proceeds go- (Continucd on Page Four)