The Stetson Reporter

iWBS ®f)e ^'mcu teteott Bepotm "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 72nd Year No. 2 THE STETSON REPORTER Friday, October 3, 1958 Rush Rules Outlined By Frat Councils Panhellenic And IFC Make Changes McEniry New University Dean Over the summer there have been several changes made in the organization here on campus. Dean Hugh McEniry, who is starting his nineteenth year at Stetson, now holds, in addition to his position as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, the office of Administrative Dean. By virtue of this appointment, he is chairman of the Academic Council and is responsible for the over-all supervision of the administrative branch. In order to permit this change, a redistribution of authority was necessary. To faculty committees, department heads and others some of the duties of the former Dean of the University have been delegated. The actions of all these groups and individuals are under the auspices of the Administrative Dean. C. Howard Hopkins, a large part of whose duties Hugh McEniry has now assumed, is now f Dean of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. Russian Now Being Taught Dr. Serge Zenkovsky, a new addition to Stetson's faculty this year, will head the course in Russian. Born in Kiev, Russia, Dr. Zenkovsky, with his parents, left Russia during the civil war. He then spent nearly 30 years in Western and Central Europe where he lived in Prague, Paris, and Munich. At the School of Economics in Prague, Czechoslavakia, he received a diploma of Engineer of Economics. Later, Dr. Zenkovsky, specializing in Eastern Euro-. pean and Asian history and Slavic ; languages, continued his studies ! at the University of Paris, and at ' Charles University at Prague, ! where he received a Ph. D degree. During wartime, he lived in Chechoslovakia. Afterward, he was connected with the U.S. Military Government and the International Relief Organization in Germany. In 1949, Dr. Zenkovsky arrived in the United States. For many in the United States. For four years he taught Russian and Slavic civilization in literature at In- , diana Univ. From 1952 until 1958 he was visiting lecturer with the 'Slavic Department of Harvard University and senior research fellow at the Russian Research Center of Harvard. During this time he also taught Russian his« > tory at summer school in Middle- bury College in Vermont. Dr. Zenkovsky's major field of interest is "the cultural history of Russians and other people of east- , em Europe. His bookPanturkism and Islam in Russia, is SC ~uled for publication by the R. ->ard Press this winter. He is currently Continued on Page Two REPORTER NOTICE The Reporter staff will meet in room 206 of the Stetson Union Building this evening at 6:00 to receive assignments for the next issue. Beginning this week, work will be given out at the Friday evening meetings (6:00 p.m.) in order that reporters may have more time in which to complete their assignments. Any students wishing to join the Reporter staff should contact the editor and come to the Friday staff meetings. Rat Week Now that "Rat Week" is drawing to a close, the obvious question of the week is "What do you think of Rat Week?"" Dawn Davis, freshman from Miami, Florida: "Rat Week can be fun and interesting, but I think it should be only two or three days long as nobody seems to car6 what's happening by the end of the week." Charles Harrison, freshman from Windermere, Florida: "It's quite "cheesey" but I think I can "squeak" by." Judy Myers, freshman from Knoxville, Tennessee: "The things I've had to do don't bother me, but I think the general attitude behind it is unchristian. I think the first week of clases is an inappropriate time and the whole point in, having "Rat "Week" is childish." Glenn Jenkins, freshman from Hilliard, Florida: "I think it's all infun and is a good thing to help the spirit of the school. It builds up the morale of the students, especially the seniors.'' Hays Parks, freshman from Jacksonville, Florida: "I think it makes a closer bond among the freshman class because they all go, throug it together." STETSON CALENDAR Thursday, Oct. 2 Student MENC party 9-10 p.m. Stetson Conference Room (entire Music School) Friday, Oct. 3 Rand party 8-11:30 Lambda Chi House Saturday, Oct. 4 Last day to register or change classes Sunday, Oct. 5 Panhellenic Tea 2:30-5:30 Panhellenic House and suites r Tuesday, Oct. 7 Informal rush parties 5:30-8:30 Wednesday, Oct. 8 Informal parties cont. Thursday, Oct. 9 Informal parties cont. Student recital 10:00 a.m. Elizabeth Hall Our latest import from France comes in the form of Claudine Cecile Rostoul. She is now at Stetson on the Stetson - Lyon University exchange program. Stetson Opens Her Doors To New Exchange Student by Beryle Thomas Claudine Cecile Rostoul who arrived in DeLand last week from France to make her home here for nine months finds it hard to express her impression about this new, strange country. She is still in a stage of surprise at the suddenness of her coming to DeLand as an exchange student at Stetson. Her limited English makes it difficult for her to say just how she feels but she did exclaim, "you neople in DeLand are very friendly." The petite teenager will live in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Barrett, 340 N. ' Stone Street while she attende Stetson University. The Barretts' daughter, Sandra, is now in Lyon, France living with Claudine's family, while she attends Lyon University. Claudine says she feels she will enjoy living in a small town. Lyon, France's second largest city, has a population of two million people. Lyon is in the central part of France, about 200 miles from Dijon, the town in southern France where Rotary club sponsored exchange students Ann Taylor and Jane Sanders attended the University of Dijon. Claudine's father is commercial -Jirector of the Institute Merieux, makers of serum and vaccines for children and animals. The institute was founded by her grandfather, Mercel Merieux. She's also the niece of Dr. Charles Merieux, Councilor to Austria. Asked her first impression of DeLand, Claudine smiled, "It's— how you say—hot!" That's a fairly accurate description of DeLand these sultry days, but Claudine was assured that the weather will soon turn cool and then—perhaps colder than she expects! Of course there are lots of things strange and new for the lovely young French girl. Tne supermarkets were a big surprize to her and she finds the preparation of meats entirely different from those prepared by French cooks. Sandwiches are new to her —but "delicious." Claudine was busy last week registering for classes and she is now enjoying her classes here. She said she already had been warned about "rat week," the traditional week of humbleness for lowly frosh. "Eet weel be fun—no?' She wasn't quite sure. The DeLand Rotary club is paying for Ciaudine's expenses while she attends Stetson and the Rotary Club of Lyon will foot the bill for Sandra. Claudine has been invited to speak to the local Rotarians at a forthcoming meeting and she's busy trying to translate her feelings about living here into a speech for the businessmen who (Continued on Page Six) Panhellenic Council and Inter Fraternity Council have both made minor changes in rush rules for this semester. Panhellenic unanimously voted to allow the non-credit course Eh 101 to count toward the minimum 12 hours required for eligibility to rush. Panhellenic also" agreed that friendly ''hello's" wpuld be permissible during silent periods and that advisors and council members would be available for stny important questions. Girls must reply to an invitation even if they do not intend to accept it. The reply should be in a plain envelope with the sorority's name on it and placedin room 204. Girls who have signed for rush but for some reason cannot accept bids this semester are urged to contact Panhellenic members. The Panhellenic Reception for all girls will be Sunday, Oct. 5 in the lounge of the Stetson Union from 2:?0 p.m. till 5:30. Each girl must visit every suite in the Panhellenic building after she has been to the reception. Monday Oct. 6, invitations to the Coke parties will be out. Replies must be in room 204 of the Stetson Union by noon Tuesday, Oct. 7. Whether a girl accepts one or six invitations to Coke parties, she must pay a fee of $1. She may put the money in one of her re-, plies Rushees may attend a maximum of three formal parties, for which they will pay a fee for each party. Dress for the formal parties will be stated on the invitation. A girl may attend no more than two of the preferential parties Oct. 18. Panhellenic Council will notify girls on Saturday, Oct. 18, to come to the Stetson Union Building to sign preferential cards. Each girl who signs such a card must stay out of her dormitory between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18. Inter Fraternity Council made time changes which do not correspond with the times printed in the handbook. Rushing rules for fraternities are (Continued on Page Six) MAJORETTE FLAG CORPS by Grace Waterson Something new has been added to our campus — a majorette flag corps. For those unfamiliar with this type of group, the girls perform routines with large flags in school colors, 28 by 30 inches. They will work with the band at soccer and basketball halftimes as well as other occasions. This group is meeting from 5:30 to 6:30 each Monday and Wednesday at present. The corps is formed as a club and officers will be announced shortly. Those interested in becoming a part of this group are urged to meet with them Monday at 5:30 behind the women's gym. This will be the 'ast day for new members to join.