The Stetson Reporter

—mi W$t tetgon Importer "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 71st Year No. 16 THE STETSON REPORTER Friday February 7, 1958 ■Joni James To Headline Homecoming Festivities A fascinating afternoon with M.G.M. famed recording artist Joni James headlines Stetson's 75th Homecoming celebration this month. A joint affair of the Student Government Association and the President's Steering Committee, headed by Dr: Benson Davis, has resulted in a well-rounded and worthwhile Homecoming festival. Based on the theme "Pages from the Past," the festivities will open Thursday evening, February 20, with a pep rally before the basketball game with the Florida Southern Moccasins. Also beginning that same evening will be Dr. Irving Stover's SOOth production as dramatics director, "The Taming of the Shrew," to be performed through Saturday, February 22. Everyone can "forget - your troubles, come on 'n' get happy," for there will follow entertainment galore for the intellectuals (and for us commoners, too) : a concert, a picnic, a dance, and a soccer game. Joni James will make her "in person" appearance Saturday afternoon, February 22, at the DeLand Armory. Engaged by the Student Government Association, Miss James will have a show featuring the petite, winsome singing style that has placed her among the nation's top entertainers. Students, faculty, and alumni will be in fine spirits for Miss James' program, for it will be prefaced by a picnic lunch in the Forest of Arden and intra-squad game by the Hatter soccer team. That's not all in the big" Hat-ful of "goodies" Saturday; everyone will just have time to catch a (Continued on Page Five) NOTICE To all who have made and are making reservations for events scheduled for, Home-Coming Weekend, to save time and avoid delay' at the door, it is suggested you pick up your tickets as soon as possible at the alumni office. PHIL PARR SOCCER NOTICE Coach Ed' Holmes announced that all soccer team members are to meet for practice at 4 p.m. on the soccer field. HONOR - ODK BANQUET PLANNED FOR HOMECOMING BY HONOR Merrill Maguire, President of The Honor, has announced the probability of The Honor's becoming affiliated with Mortar Board, national women's leadership, scholarship and service honorary, early this spring. Plans are already underway for a joint Honor-ODK banquet Homecoming weekend to celebrate the expected affiliation. Returning alumni of both organizations will be honored at this time. Presidents of all campus organizations, Honors Program students and members of the Men's and Women's Councils will be invited to represent campus leadership. For this occasion the school has invited as speaker a nationally recognized woman educator, Dr. Esther Lloyd Jones of Columbia University. The Honor is Stetson's local women's leadership fraternity and was founded in 1935 by Etter Turner. Its members are chosen from the Junior and Senior classes and must have a scholastic average of at least 2.0, as well as being outstanding in three fields of campus social and religious activities. This year's President, Merrill Maguire, is a Senior from Jacksonville and an Honors Program English major. Mortar Board is the most exclusive national woman's leadership honorary, currently composed of ninety-eight chapters in universities all over the United States. To qualify for affiliation, a local honorary must be approved by the National Council, be unanimously accepted by all the active chapters in the district, and be passed by at least 90 per cent of all the chapters in the nation. If plans develop as expected, The Honor will be installed as a chapter of Mortar Board on Sunlay, February' 23. Plans for the day will include attending church services as a group, a luncheon for all the new Mortar Board members and a re- eeption Sunday afternoon honoring the national officers who will install the chapter. Having a chapter of Mortar Board on the campus is a distinction to which Stetson looks forward hopefully and expectantly. Religious Focus Week Team Will Challenge Student Body THEME: QUO VADIS! FOCUS LEADERS DR. DUKE McCALL MR. WILLIAM BRAMLETTE, JR. • *X?Jx*?& At i. ^ -yz-- &* REV. BILL CODY NOTICE All men who have not registered for fraternity rush must do so Saturday, February 8, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon in Dean Hood's office. This is a requisite to be eligible for pledging! Keynote - Horizons Unlimited by Jody Kelly Religious Focus Week will open Monday under the leadership of a team of eleven speakers. The purpose of this week is to present the student body a period of frank and fearless thinking about life — its opportunities and its problems. This will be done primarily through Chapel and evening services, class visitations, seminars, informal discussions, and personal conferences. The team, selected to appear by the Student Christian Association, receives nothing but its expenses for the five days of talks on professions, home life, social life, and personal beliefs. The plan of these discussions will be to awaken the students' consciousness of the deeper issues of life; to the values involved in it; and to lead some to face the ultimate questions in life. Each morning, Monday through Friday during the chapel hour, one of the visiting team members will speak. There will be a worship service at 7 p.m. each evening, Monday through Thursday, in the chapel of Elizabeth Hall., also featuring one of the team members. Class visitation will be conducted upon invitaton of the faculty. The purpose of these vists is to familiarze the students with the team members and to discuss pro- lems of Christian living. After the evening service, seminars will be held in different groups. The Seminar, "Christian Social Relations," will.be held on Wednesday and Thursday at 4 (Continued on Page Five) DAVE MARCELL Noted Lecturer Scheduled For Chapel Address by Grace Waterson Mr. Tom Patterson, Director of Planning of the Stratford Fcsti- val,P'ioneer of Canadian Professional Theatre, and noted lecturer in th field of internatonal politics and human relations, will speak in assembly today. From an Associate Editor of a small trade journal to one of the leading theatrical people in North America in four short years, is the fantastic story of Mr. Tom Patterson. Starting in 1952 with no more than an idea, his fabulous experience began-- to create what became an internationally famous theatre in its first year. With no theatrical background and no money, he was instrumental in attracting such people as Alex Guiness, Tyrone Guthrie and Tanya Moiseiwitch to leave the eertianties of the "Old Vic" and London's West End to help pioneer the beginnings of professional theatre in Canada. Since that time, Mr. Patterson and the Stratford Festival of which he is now Director of Planning, have branched out from the small town on the banks of (Continued en Page Five) Tuesday Election For Mayor-Hostess Nominations for Mayor and Hostess of this year's Homecoming took place last Wednesday in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium, immediately following the chapel hour. Those nominated for the postion of Hostess were Carol Belcher, Jackie Hogue. Mary Lee Houston, Louise Smart, and Pat Byrd. Named for the post of Mayor were Wayne Graham, Bob Carnes, Jack Woodall, and Bill Abel.' Nomination speeches were limited to two minutes, The duties of the Mayor and Hostess will include greeting and welcoming the returning Stetson alumni. Elections will be held next Tuesday, and the run-off, if there is one, will take place on Thursday. Regulations covering the election are as follows: The candidate must be at least a first semester Senior not on any kind of academic probation. No posters will be placed inside any campus buildings.