The Stetson Reporter

, ,ikl^£^A,'m*wsms^smligm ®bt teteon Reporter ,("? ««• "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper'1 72nd Year No. 20 DeLand, Florida Friday, March 20, 1959 STUDENT GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE BEGINS APRIL 3 Advance registration for the 44th annual conference of the Southern Intercollegiate Association of Student Government, which will meet April 3, 4, and 5, on the Stetson University campus, indicates a record attendance, according to Stetson's Dean of Women Et- ter Turner. Almost every early registration indicated the student delegates will be accompanied by their cleans of women. Reservations have been received from the University oi Georgia, Athens; Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville: University of Tampa; Jacksonville (Florida) University; Mississippi State College for Women, Columbus; Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette; Lander College, Greenwood, S.C; Bureau College, Gainesville, Ga.; Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C; Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky.; Madison College,1 Harrisonburg, Va.. and Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. Officers of the association are Mikell Murphy, Texas Women's University, president; Sandy Harrison, Carson-Newman College, vice-president; Carolyn Stokes, Mississippi State College for Women, secretary; Peggy McKinney, Wesleyan College, treasurer, and Peggy Taylor, Mississippi Southern College, membership chairman. , Arrangements for the meeting are in charge of Sammie Richards, of Stetson University. The conference will get underway April 2 with a dinner and 'Blast-Off Pary" in the Stetson Room at the Stetson Union. Work and social sessions including a beach party at Daytona Beach, are scheduled from 6:45 a.m. until almost midnight both Friday and Saturday. The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Joseph R. Deitrich, Dunedin, Fla., vice president of General Nuclear Engineering Corporation, a company which specializes in the design and development of nuclear reactors. He will speak on a subject in keeping with the general theme of the conference which is "College Women Face the Count Down Challenge." POET AND NOVELIST FINE ARTS SPEAKER Miss Evelyn Eaton, poet and novelist, discussed the "Influence of Dante in Twentieth Century Literature" yesterday in an address given to students in the Humanities program. Last night, in a lecture sponsored by the Fine Arts Committee, Miss Eaton chose as her topic, "Five Modern Poets—T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, and Robert Frost." 'The Cave Dwellers' Opens lApril 9 An abandoned theatre on the lower East Side of New York in the midst of a slum-clearing project is the scene for Stover Theatre s next production, The - Cave Dweljers, by William Saroyan, to bo presented April 9, 10, and 11. 'The play is a story of life and love as discussed among an old actress, a former clown, and an ex-fighter (Queen, King, and Duke, respectively..) Into their midst comes a frightened homeless girl whose only claim to the theatre is her recital of the Pledge to the Flag. The circle of friendship expands to include a man and his trained bear, his wife and a newborn baby. Present humble goodness and shared memories of past greatness make these characters glow with an appealing warmth, and as they must leave the theatre to make way for the wrecking crew, they leave with the strength gained from shared love. The cast of characters includes: The Duke __. Jim Sawyer... The Girl _. Judy MacKenzie The Queen Pat Ritter The King Dr. Charles Ritter The Young Opponent.... Walt Hunt A Woman With a Dog Betty Sharp A Young Man .... Rod Armstrong The Young Queen .... Carole Moore The Father Walt Hunt Gorky The Mother ....... The Silent Boy Rod Armstrong ...... Connie Clark Earl Hunt Wrecking Crew Boss Byrne Blackwood Stage Manager _ Mary Watkij^ Stover Theatre's summer stock program has a noteworthy roster of plays. It includes: Visit to a Small Planet, The Reluctant Debutante, She Stoops to CoSiquer, and The Chalk Garden. Other plays being considered are: Pity Poor Pearl, Winslow Boy, and The Cocktail Party. Anyone interested in summer stock at Stetson shoul I contact Dr. Charles Ritter as soon as possible. Attention All Poets Stetson poets are invited to submit poems for consideration by the editors of Impetus No. 2 u magazine of poetry published an nually by the creative writing workshop. Poems should be in the editors' hands by April 3. Contributors may write or call Dr. Guy Owen, Impetus adviser, i STETSON CALENDAR Friday, March 20 Senior Recital (Grace Water- son, voice) 6' p.m., Elizabeth Hall. Saiurday, March 21 SrRllVG RECESS BEGINS AT 1NOUJN. Tuesday, March 31 CLASSES RESUMED, AT 6' a.m. jKECITAL MARCH 31 Tuesday, March 'ii, the Music Educator's National Conference Student Group ol tne Stetson University School ol Music will present a Recital of Alodern Jazz at ti:00 p.m. in the Stetson room of the Student Union Building. This Recital of Modern Jazz will present new compositions and arrangements by Donald Owen, John Head, William Calhoon, and Robert Gicndon. The program will be widely varied and include such composition as Zing Went the Strings of My Heart, Ball Four, and Hirundine Groove. The basic group will be a seven piece combination of two trumpets, saxophone, baritone horn, piano, bass, and drums. We are very fortunate in having Tom Ritzi, a fine drummer from Daytona Beach, with us. Also for the first time on the Stetson campus there will be some tuba solos in the Jazz idiom by Don Waldrop of Shelby, North Carolina. This will be the third Recital of Modern Jazz sponsored by the M.E.N.C student group on the Stetson campus. The first such recital was held in the DeLand High School auditorium and the one last year was held in the Stetson room. There will be no admission charge. ROTC Cadets Select Marilyn White Queen Miss Alarilyn White, of Atlanta, Ga., representing Alpha Chi Omega, was crowned queen ol me RO'li; at 6letson University batur- uay night at Ihe Military liali wmen enmaxed the campus observance of Military Ween. In addition to the title oi queen, Miss vvnite is honorary sponsor of the ROTC Battle Group Staff. Other sponsors, representing the live companies and the Stetson chapter ol the National society of ScabDard and Blade, are Miss Dot Bahard, Phi Mu, Corai Gables; Miss Mae Frances Taylor, Zeta Tau Alpha, Cleveland, Tenn.; Miss Elizabeth Frix, Pi Beta Pni, Miami ; Miss Frances Hancock, Delta Delta Delta, Patatka; Miss Linda Fulford, Alpha Xi Deita, OcaJa; and Miss Sarah Jane Riley, Alpha Dexioma, St. Petersburg. Another event at the Military Bail was the tapping of new pledges by Scabbard and Blade, honorary society for men in the advanced courses of ROTC. The men were: Roy Paulson, Chicago, 111.; William Watson, Jacksonville; Gary Anderson, DeLand, and Jerry Seaborn, Sebring. The Stetson chapter of Pershing Rifles, a national honorary society lor men in the basic courses of ROTC also tapped pledges. These men were: Jose Auffant, Maracai- bo, Venezuela; Raymond Babb, Kissimmee; John Davis, Miami; Daniel Vaughen, DeLand; Thomas Sisserson, Punta Verda Beach: Donald Seaborn, Sebring; Dan Scoggins, Atlanta; Mike Lushene, Eau GaiJie: Thomas Shields, Naples, and Fred Connell. Lake Wales. The queen was crowned by Major Malcolm D. Brannen, professor of military science and tactics at the University, assisted by Miss Carolyn McCuller, retiring queen. The Florida Military School Lancers gave an exhibition of precision drill. Mariiyri while Major General Stanhope Ma- soini, Csmmaradinig General of the 4th U. S. Army Corps will visit Stetson, Monday, May 23. He will visit Major Brannen, and inspect the facilities of the Stetson ROTC. Mason will visit all of the Florida reserve units. MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY QUEEN'S COURT. Left to right. Dot, Ballard, Phi Mu; Liz Frix. Pi Phi; Linda Fulford, Alpha Xi; Frances Hancock, Tri Delta; "Cookie" Riley, Independent Women; Mae Taylor, Zeta Tau Alpha. (Photo by Heley, De- Lartd Sun News)