The Stetson Reporter

,;^^^^^^*^ HMHI £}^M9m^s-^ Che g>teteon Reporter 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 71st Year No. 28 Awards Day Set For jMay 16 The Assembly meeting scheduled for Friday, May 16, will be devoted to the annual observance of Awards Day. Dr. C. Howard Hopkins, Dean of the University, will preside. Among the leading awards to be presented are the Mortar-board and Omicron Delta Kappa selections for outstanding freshman man and woman. The winners of the Walter L. Hays Essay Contest and the Janet Howard Taylor Shakespeare Prize will be announced. The Charles H. Pafford,- Jr. Memorial Award, the Phi Beta award, the Florida American Association of University Women's award, and that of the United Business Education Association will be presented to outstanding students in various specialized fields. Scholastic awards include the Phi Alpha Theta prize for the senior with the highest grade in history and the John Patrick Memorial Award for the senior with the highest scholastic average. Stet- sonites who have gained recognition in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" will receive awards, and the Order of the Scroll and Key will tap new members at this time. The three Sam R. Marks Prizes in Religion will be presented for the best presentations of a selected subject by ministerial students. Athletic awards include the All-Sports Trophy, Intramural Achievement Award, women's participation award and Intramurals Cup, and individual and managed awards. DELAND, FLORIDA Friday May 9, 1958 Pi Kapps To Give Concert And Plan To Make Recording Mortar Board Has Leadership School Last night Mortar Board sponsored its annual leadership school. The opening session was held in the Conference Room of the Student Union Building. Dick Pierce, a prominent local lawyer, began the evening with an address entitled, "Responsibilities of Leadership." Following Mr. Pierce's address, various seminars were held and were organized in the following manner: Presidents and Vice Presidents— Dick Pierce Secretaries—Miss Patterson Treasurers—Dr. Beights Scholarship Chairmen —Dean McEniry Social Chairmen—Miss Tommye Yates Chaplains—Mrs. Tom McCollough The closing feature of the Leadership School was a panel on "Problems of Leadership" which included as panel members, Merrill Maguire, Dave Marcell, Sammie Richards, Dean McEniry, and Mrs. McCollough. The Leadership School's main objective is to better the student leadership at our school. Prof. Mel Peet Prof. Peet To Go To Lebanon It was learned here today that Professor Melvin Peet, instructor in humanities, has accepted a three year contract to fill a teaching position at the American University of Beirut, in Lebanon. Mr. Peet. 35, father of six children, said of his new position, "We make sudden decisions. We decided to come to Stetson under the same circumstances over four years ago." Due to begin teaching in Beirut on Oct. 1st, Peet plans to depart from Jacksonville with his family during the last week of August. They will travel by boat in order to get in as much sightseeing as possibel. "Traveling with six children is a problem", said Peet. He quickly added, "Boats have brigs." Mrs. Feet, a prominent Florida artist who studied in Paris on a Fulbright scholarship several years -ago, is greatly enthused by the prospect of the families new life in Lebanon. She reports that the most wonderful aspect of the adventure is the fact that they have no idea of what to expect. The Peets will take many of their personal possessions with them. Their American Social Security privileges will remain valid: the University provides a Teacher's Retirement Plan for Mr. Peet, and American hospital care for his family. Working at a "highly satisfactory" salary, Peet will have to exchange his American dollars for the pounds of Lebanon's monetary system. The rate of exchange is favorable. Teaching in the English langu-> age only, Peet expects to conduct classes in humanities, social sciences, and history The students at the American University are mostly Lebanese an nationals from all over the Near and Middle East. It is significant that at the San Francisco Conference of the U.N., there were more graduates of the American Univ. of Beirut in at- tendence than from any other in stitution in the East. Beirut is a thriving city, of 600,000. It is one of the largest free ports in the Middle East. Lebanon is an independently wealthy nation; it has been so partially because it has become a nerve center for inland oil pipelines. Advance Tuition Due July 15 Due to the pressure of applicants for admission and our limited facilities, we are following' the lead of many other universities by instituting an advanced payment foe returning students. A tuition payment of $50 will be due by July 15. Unless satisfactory arrangements have been made by this time, we will assume that the student does not plan to return. This fee is applied on the expenses of the fall term, and it is refundable only under circumstances which are clearly beyond the control of the student. The only anticipated change in expenses is a $10 per semester increase in dormitory room rent. This nominal increase is made necessary by increasing costs of operation, and in order to continue services which are now provided. Dr. Winchester To Visit Europe Stetson University will be represented at the annual meeting in London this summer of the Interactional Congress of Zoolgy. Dr. A. M. Winchester, head of Stetson' biology department, plans to make profitable use of his summer by furthering his knowledge of the work being done in biology in Europe and will attend the zoology congress which meets in London in July. This meeting will bring together some of the world's leading zoologists for 10 days of reports, discussions and symposia of the latest findings in this field. Dr. Winchester will visit a number of the Universities to confer with friends at these institutions on research being carried on. These will include the College de France in Paris where he will be the guest of Dr. Jacques Benoit who has been making some very important discoveries of methods of altering inherited characteristics of animals through injections of "genes" taken from the bodies of other animals. Also he will study the latest findings in the field of human heredity in Denmark when he vesits the University of Human Genetics in Copenhagen. Dr. Winchester became acquainted with this institute when he attended a. meeting in Copenhagen two (Continued on Page Six) TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON By Connie Clark At 8:00 tonight Sakini, a Japanese interpreter played by Ramon Delgado, will step in front of a bamboo curtain like a master of ceremonies and introduce a world rof fascination, charm, and fun to follow in "Teahouse of the August Moon". The piay, which opened at Stover Theatre last night, is certainly one which will long be remembered by Stetson students and should be a "must" on everyones schedule of week-end activities. It is practically unbelievable to see the mass of Okinawan-look- ing citizens which has been produced from among the usual mass of crew-cuts, ivy league styles, fraternity pins, and bobby socks. Stage crews are to be congratulated for the charming teahouse which has been constructed in spite of the fact that the show- has been produced with a budget of less than $200, a hundred of which was the royalty fee for the show, The Broadway production was presented only after $100,000 had been spent—in fact, no group has ever done the show for less than $500, except Stetson. The many problems which existed with the show have been solved so successfully that the audience is likely to be unaware of the fact that any difficulties ever existed. One of the biggest headaches of the show proved to be the goat which serves as an integral part of the action. The first one obtained was a true tempermental actress—she balked at the idea of climbing onto a jeep, and no amount of coaxing could persuade her to do so. Therefore, the role (Continued on Page Five) Dr. McCollough To Teach In Zurich Dr. Thomas Elmore McCollough, a professor in our Department of Religion, sails on August 16 for Zurich, Switzerland. He will teach there for three years at the International Baptist Seminary. Dr. McCollough came to Stetson in 1955 from the Baptist Sunday School Board in Nashville, Tenn., where he was the editor. He earned his B. B. A. from the University of Texas in 1947. I« i 1950 Dr. McCollough earned his B. D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and in 1955 he earned his Th.D. from the same seminary. Proceeds To Go To House Fund An evening of spiritual, and religious music will be presented for the public at Stover Theatre on the Stetson University campus at 8 o'clock on the evenings of May 16 and 17 by the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. The "Pi Kapps". as they have been known on the campus since the chapter was established in 1921, are using these programs to aid a fund to add dormitry and kitchen facilities onto their house at Hayden and May Avenue. Approximately fifty of the 72 members of the chapter will participate in the program. The singers will be under the direction of Jim Rawls, a student, who coached the chorus this year into first, place in the annual IFC sing, the.' fourth consecutive victory. The Pi Kapps are known on the campus for their singing, having captured the IFC sing trophy five of the last seven years. The chapter claims about 10 members of the famous Stetson Glee Club. The chapter is known for serenades, the late-night concerts honoring a co-ed who has been "pinned" by a member of the chapter. Serenade songs and some from the show are being put on record for commercial sale nationally. The record will be on the market in the next few weeks. Singing is not the only recor'd the Pi Kapps have established. They recently gave the student body its new president, Gary Meadows, who succeeded Jim Hodge, also a member of the chapter. Five of the last seven SGA presidents, four of the last five "Mr. Stetson's", and two recent state presidents of the Baptist Student Union also have been from this chapter Eight Pi Kapps are in the hon- (Continued on Page Four) McEniry Named To Fund Post Dr. William Hugh McEniry, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, has been named, to the Administrative Committee of the Southern Fellowships Fund for a period of three years. Dr. McEniry has been serving on a regional committee for the fund for several years. The fund is an agency, of the Council of. Southern Universities with headquarters at Chapel Hill, N. C. With funds provided by the General Education Board, it offers fellowships and grant-in-aid for advanced study to the faculty members and students in institutions of higher learning in 14 states.