The Stetson Reporter

*jra«s«swsse^^ W$t tmml&mwttx "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 72nd Year No. 18 DeLand, Florida Friday, iviarcn o, L.--od FATHER LAWSON HONORED WITH SURPRISE GIFT EUROPEAN TRIP FOR SUMMER The Rev. Canon LeRoy D. Law- son, lector of St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church in DeLand and visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Stetson University was honoied by his friends at a surprise h.'rthday party in the Can- terbjry House Sunday night, Ma-ch 1. Dr. George W. Hood, Dean of Men and a ir-ember of St. Barnabas, announced to Father Lawson that he was beir.g given a month's trii> to England this suirmer. Con- t.'ojtior.s for the trip fund were received from former Stetson students, fc.iBtr and present parishioners, Ca.iteibjrians, and faculty members. An ur.der-eove-r drive was initiated by Jeanne Marcell and Mary McMichael, formei Stetson students, almost five months ago'and a goal of $1,500 was set. Mrs. Lloyd Barnett headed the parish drive; Carroii Webbe, Canterbury treasurer, Dean Hood, and Dr. Evans C. Johnson of the department cf history and political science headed the drive among the students and faculty members. Response was enthusiastic, and the original goal was surpassed. The party began when the honor guest walked into Canterbury House after evening prayer to find it packed with students and parishioners singing "Happy Birthday." A cake made and decorated by Canterburian Marti Grass, iced with a map of England and with important cities and towns marked in red, was cut and served to the guests. Among those present were: Sirs. Lawson; the Rev. and Mrs. James P. Burke, honorary assistant at St. Barnabas; Father Bunstan of the Order of St. Francis; Dean George W. Hood; Dr. and ..Mrs. Evans C. Johnson; and Dr. Frances C. Thornton. Fred Waring At Peabody Fred Waring and his Fennsyl- vanians present their salute to Hi-Fi in "Hi-Fi Holiday," at Peabody Auditorium, Saturday, March 7, 1959, at 8:30 p..m.. "Hi-Fi Holiday" is an ultramodern musical mqsiac treating , -those melodies whose special quali- ■■-.' ties make them', the classics of ; yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It includes . the greatest hits of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin- Fan Alley as well as the moving splendor of. the spiritual; the love ballad, the song of patriotism, and '.' the soothing lullaby; snappy ragtime and rock, n' roll.. The Student Union Board is '-''' selling tickets for $2.00 per per- 4 son. These are available. :at the Student Union desk and in the Commons. FATHER LAWSON Stetson Coeds Send Clothing To Bethune ■ Cookman Sunday evening, March 1, a dormitory burned at Bethune- Ccoknjan College in Daytona Beach. Although none of the women residing in the dormitory was injured, many lost their personal possessions, including clothing. Members of the Wesley Foundation, at a meeting Monday evening, March 2, determined to collect eiothing from the women's ,dorms. One Wesley member was given responsibility for a room-to- room collection campaign in each- dorm, and a few posters were placed at strategic points. Wednesday afternoon, Professor James A. Sartain, Director of Wesley Foundation, and Dick Pearce and Jim Bowen, took the donated material to Bethuno- Cook.-r.an in a loaded station wagon and a loaded ear. Rogers P. Fair, Betkune-Cook- m:un chaplain, told Professor Sa-*- 'aiyi i'-'at the women were receiving generous help from the people in +he Daytona Beach area. Wesley Foundation was very gratified with the volume of donations by Stetson women. Wesley Foundation extends its thanks to those who gave, BIOLOGY STUDENT TO APPEAR ON WESH-TV TOMORROW Alvin Guenther, a graduate student in biology, wili demonstrate his iesearch on internal osrasites of the Southern grey squirrel on the Dave Derringer Show over I WESH-TV at 6 pirn. Saturday. j Guenther received his bachelor j of arts degree at Stetson in 1957 ' and is a candidate for his master of science degree in June. STETSON CALENDAR Friday, March 6 Senior Recital (Ronald Cock- rill, organ) 8 p.m. Elizabeth Hall Saturday, March 7 High School Play Day, Women's Gym," All Day Movie, "Three Coins in a Fountain" 7:30 Stetson Room Sunday, March 8 Scabbard and Blade Church Service, First Baptist Church Monday, March 9 Phi Society Quiz Bowl Preliminary Matches 6:30-7 SUB Dress Parade (ROTC) 4:45 p.m. Hulley Field Tuesday March 10 Faculty recital (Frances Buxton, violin) 8 p.m. Elizabeth Hall Phi Society Quiz Bowl Preliminaries 6:30-7 SUB Wednesday. March 11 Phi Society Preliminaries 6:30- 7 SUB Alpha Chi Omega Party for Pi Kappa Phi 7:30-8:30 Pi Kap House ROTC Open House 2-4 Brittain Hall Thursday, March 12 Phi Society Preliminaries 6:30- 7 SUB Scabbard and Blade Ceremony Play "Easter" 8 p.m. Allen Hall Fine Arts (Karen Duke, Folk Singer) 8 p.m. Elizabeth Hall Quiz Bowl Begins Monday The Phi Society announces its Quiz Bowl, to begin Monday evening in the Stetson Union Conference Room. The public is welcome. Come and support your favorite team. Any professors who have questions to submit should give them to Liz Frix as soon as possible. Any organization that would like to enter, and has not reported, should contact Lane Jackson at once. Watch for posters announcing the time and the teams competing-, and come to enjoy an evening with Stetson contestants engaged in contests of wit and knowledge. CITRUS QUEEN Candidate — Sally Jean Miles, honor student from Miami, will be a participant in the "1959 Florida Cit- i-us Queen" contest March 8-10 at Winter Haven. An English major, Sally hopes to complete her graduate schooling abroad a ad teach English at the college level. She has appeared in fashion shows, the Orange Bowl Parade and taught modeling at a North Carolina summer camp. She is active in the work of Presbyterian youth groups and is a member of the Stetson Glee Club. Sally is an Alpha Chi Omega pledge. '(Photo by Heley, courtesy DeLand Sun News) Greek Chariot Races Planned For Tomorrow Large Crowd Hears Mrs. Mazurova Over 100 Stetson students and DeLand citizens packed the Allen Hall auditoiium on Thursday light, Feb. 26, to hear a panel discussion of Boris Pasternak's controversial novel, Dr-. Zhivago. The audience was welcomed by John. Pohan, president of the Tolstoy Club, who introduced the speakers. Dr. William Taylor, of the Stetson English Department, gave a critical review of the liter- try merits of the novel. Dr. Serge Zenkovsky, head of Stetson's new- V-formed Russian and Asian Area Studies Departnent, discussed the novel in relation to Pasternak's iife and idea?. Mrs. Alexandrova Mazurova. noted critic, author and anti-communist worker spoke on the underlying theme of the nove^, and its (Continued on Page Seven) KING AND QUEEN CROWNED LAST WEEK Music of the Auburn Knights, a Greek fountain, and green and white streamers from white coi- ums will be the memories from Saturday night's Greek Ball, February 28. Highlight of the ball was the presentation of awards. Anna Perry, who had been in charge of the Friday night skits, presented the awards to Alpha Chi Omega and Pi Kappa Phi. Alpha Chi girls had presented a musical of the girls fijom Athens U., while Pi Kapps had given a skit on the underpaid professors selling exams to the music from "Guys and Dolls." Beverly Brett and Duane Doddington, co-chairmen of the week, presented the laur.el crowns to Jerrie Moretz of Alphi Xi Delta as Athena and to Tom Davis of Sigma Nu as Zeus. Joan Geitgay and the Zeta Tail Alpha . girls supplied theiLdecora- (Continued on Page Two) ^Ss3*V-?*^ *-Sf$*