The Stetson Reporter

KIOPICAL %ty Stetson Reporter ^^ - - - ..*.«« »¥ __.lt "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 72nd Year No. 14 DeLand, Florida Friday February 6, 1959 RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK TO BEGIN SUNDAY Bobby Hackett To Be In Sanford Capitol recording star Bobby Hackett and his Jazz Band will appear in Sanford, Friday, February 6. Hackett will play for dancing and listening in the Sanford Civic Center main auditorium from 8-12. Tickets are available in Sanford from Miller radio and appliance and Lonnies record shop. Mail orders for out oi- towners can be obtained from the Sanford Recreation Department, City Hall, Sanford. Price is $1.75 per person with limited ticket ~sales to avoid overcrowding. Dress will be optional. Any proceeds from the dance will go into the City Recreation Department Youth Wing Activities. Funds will be used for securing dance bands throughout the year for the teen-agers at no cost to them. Bobby Hackett began becoming popular when he recorded with Benny .Goodman at the Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert. His solo work at this event is a collector's favorite today. After playing with Glen Gray, and the great Glen Miller, Bobby's career blossomed when he began recording in 1953 with the Jackie Gleason Orchestra. Some of his recodings are "Soft Lights", "In A Mellow Mood", "Coast Concert" and Rendevous" all on the Capitol label. His appearance here will be a first for Sanford in name bands. Successful acceptance by the public can set the pace for future name musicians to be secured for dance engagements. SCABBARD AND BLADE INITIATES SEVEN Seven new members have been initiated into the Stetson University chapter of Scabbard and Blade, National Military Honorary Society. The new initiates are Wm. Blocker, Wm. A. Viehman, Phil D. Yonge, Charles B. Fulton, Jon S. McKibben, Wm. R. Allen, and Fred S. White. Captain Kenneth L. Shepard, president of the society, presided over the ceremony. He was assisted by William A. White, Jr., William R. Sullins, and John L. Tyra, all officers of the local chapter. Other members present and assisting included Robert R. Vandercook, William D. Schuler, George W. Brunkhorst, Walter G. Prather, Wendell Crysel, and Major Malcolm D. Brannen. chapter sponsor. Mr. Bouchlas and Mr. Wahlstad will be assigned to the Infantry and Mr. Gerding to Artillery. Mr. Gerding will later receive a commission in the Regular Army and in April will report for duty at Fort Bliss, Texas to attend the Surface to Air Missile Officers Basic Course at the U.S. Air Defense School. Senior Recital Robert Rich, church music major, voice principle, will present his senior recital tonight, February 6, at 8. p.m. in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. He is a student of Harold M. Giffin. Bob is from Pensacola, Florida and will be accompanied by Mrs. Miriam Morgan from Jacksonville, Florida. Past Business Manager of the Glee Club, Bob is at present serving as Men's Student Leader. He is also Glee Club soloist and a member of the Male Quartet and the Madrigal Singers. He is a member of the Executive Council of B.S.U. and State B.S.U. Music Director. Bob is now the choir director at the First Baptist Church of Winter Park. Upon graduation he plans to enter graduate school for further study. The program will open with Bach's "Benedictus". On this number Miss Beth Butcher will assist on the violin.-Two numbers by Handel, "Deeper and Deeper Still" and "Waft her Angels, Through the Skies", will complete the first section. For the second group, Bob will present four German Leider By Schubert, Franz and Schumann. Of particular interest will be "Nacht und Traume" and An die Leier" by Schubert. The next number will be "En Ferment Les Yeux" from "Manon" by Massenet. This will be followed by "Re- cientre" Faure, "The Cloud and the Mountain" Rimsky-Korsakoff, and "My Native Land" Gretchan- inoff. The final group will feature "Silent Worship" Handel, Ornando ti riendro" Donaudy, "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" Quilter and "When I Think Upon the Maidens" Head. There is no admission charge and everyone is cordially invited to attend. TENNIS TEAM TO REPORT MONDAY Candidates for the 1959 Stetson Hatter Tennis Team will report to Coach Ray Hussey at 3:30 Monday at the Cummings Gym Courts, it was announced yesterday by Athletic Director Brady Cowell. A strong 14-game schedule is being completed and opponents will represent the strongest teams in Florida as well as out-of-state competition playing the Florida circuit. The team this year is expected to center around Lettermen Tim Catlin, Jeff Read, and Bill Russell. Several promising freshmen have indicated they will be candidates for the squa^. Manpower losses from the winning team last year include Larry Tucker, who won 15 and lost 2 during the season for the best individual record of the squad; Bill Langer, who won 10 and lost 7, and Arch Kendall, who posted a smaller margin of wins. SCHEDULE RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK February 8 to 12, 1959 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Regular Morning Worship Services at all DeLand Churches, recognizing Stetson Students. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 10:00 A. M. "The Church in the Contemporary Workf Canon Robert J. McCloskey 7:30 P. M. "The Church and Today's Crisis" The Rev. J. Calvin Leonard DISCUSSION GROUPS 8:30 P. M. "Episcopal Distinctions" - 204 S.U.B. Canon McCloskey "Presbyterian Distinctions" - 205 S.U.B. Rev. Leonard TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 10:00 A. M. "The Church Meeting the Challenge" Dr. Richard James 7:30 P. M. "Science and Religion" Dr. Kenneth Rogers DISCUSSION GROUPS 8:30 P. M. "Christian Distinctions" - 204 S.U.B. Dr. James "Methodist Distinctions" - 205 S.U.B. Dr. Rogers WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 10:00 A. M. "The Church and Human Values" Dr. Earl Cooper 7:30 P. M. "The Contemporary World in the Light of Scripture" Dr. Samuel Miller DISCUSSION GROUPS 8:30 P. AT. "Baptist Distinctions" - 204 S.U.B. Dr. Cooper "Lutheran Distinctions" - 205 S.U.B. Dr. Miller THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 10:00 A. M'. "The Church's Obligation to the Contemporary World" Dr. Samuel Miller 7:30 P. M. "The Church and Today's Youth" The Rev. J. Calvin Leonard PANEL DISCUSSION 8:30 P. M. "Our Common Christian Witness" Panel of all speakers Moderated by Dr. Ray V. Sowers Religious Emphasis Week will be observed on the campus from February 8-12 according to Charles Fulton, president of the Student Christian Association. Religious Emphasis Week, which alternates with Religious Focus sored by the Student Christian Week as an annual event, is spon- Association, an organization composed of representatives of the denominational groups active on the campus. The SCA set up the program which includes addresses by members of the Baptist, Christian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian denominations who will speak on the theme, "The Church in the Contemporary World". Denominational leaders who have accepted invitations include Dr. Earl C. Cooper of Greenville, South Carolina, Dr. Richard James of Jacksonville, Florida, The Reverend Canon Robert J. McCloskey of Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Samuel Miller of Orange City, Floi-ida, Dr. Kenneth Rogers of Gainesville, Florida, and The Reverend J. Calvin Leonard of Coral Gables, Florida. They will speak on the theme subject at the 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. meetings in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. With the exception of the Panel Discussion on Thursday evening, held in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium, all 8:30 p.m. meetings will be held in rooms 204 and 205 of the S.U.B. These denominational discussion groups which are scheduled throughout the week will be climaxed by a Panel Discussion, moderated by Dr. Ray V. Sowers on Thursday evening. Students in charge of the week's activities include Josephine Kelly, vice chairman; Wesley Johnston, program chairman; Lester Scar- brough, Jacksonville publicity Sally Boureau, Miami, and Ann Severance, Stanford, Ky., chairmen: William Viehman, music chairman; Hilda Hubbard, informal discussion chairman; and Don Aiesi, seminar chairman. Dr. James A. Stewart, dean of the chapel, is working with the student committee. The Religious Life Committee of the University, because of a strong feeling that events such as Religious Emphasis Week should be student affairs, asked the S.C.A. to undertake the responsibility of arranging for and promoting the 1959 R.E. Week. REPORTER TO HAVE NEW COLUMN Beginning with next week, the Reporter will featurfe a new column. This column will answer such questions as: why some married students - have been expelled from the university, why we do not allow drinking on or off campus why we cannot have school dances. This column will be factual and authentic and should prove very interesting. We are counting on you the students to support this column with your sincere questions.