The Stetson Reporter

teteon &eporte£ 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 71st YEAR, SUMMER ISSUE STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1957 New Student Union Building Near Completion Homecoming Advanced To Founders Week Homecoming, for many years an event of the fall season, has been scheduled for February 20, 21, and 22 as Pounders Day Weekend. It will be the first major event in 1958, the 75th year of the founding of the University. The expanded homecoming program is designed to attract for the entire weekend, trustees, parents, and friends of the University as well as alumni. It -will have as its features the dedication of the new million-and-a- quarter dollar Student Union Building and special honor to Dr. Irving C. Stover, professor of speech, who will be in his 50th consecutive year as a teacher at Stetson. The opening day's events include the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Student Leadership Banquet sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa and the Henor, and the Stover Theatre production of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew." The play also Will be given Friday and Saturday, nights. The Friday program will open with meetings of the President's {Continued on Page Two) Sowers Selected On State Board Dr. Ray V. Sowers, director of teacher education at Stetson, was one of seven prominent Floridians named by Governor Collins to ■serve with 12 members of tiie legislature to make a two-year study of Florida's educational system. The committee was established by the 1957 Legislature and the report will be due for the 1959 Legislature. Otters named include Former Representative Max Brewer, Tit- usville; ToweJl C. Collins, Tallahassee insurance man; J. Rex Farrier, Tampa attorney; Mrs. CD. Johnson, of Quincy, former state PTA president; Mrs. Jane Roberts, of Coral Gables, mem, ber of the Dade County School Board; and Paul R. Scott, Miami attorney. Six senators and six agpiesentatives will be added to the committee. The committee was instructed to "lay particular stress upon the problem of instructional salaries ajid certification, the recruitment and placement of teachers, greater utilization of. existing physical facilities, development of a comprehensive educational . system, and such other problems as may become apparent -as "the study continues." The new Student Union Building on the Stetson campus will be the center of activity this Fall. The building, contructed at a cost of $1,250,000 will house the campus dining facilities, bookstore, recreational rooms, student offices, and a faculty lounge. A month before Orientation, the landscape architects were beautifying the grounds. Athletic Emphasis On Intramural Program A new athletic field and the use of Hulley Gym exclusively for men's sports will make it possible for a greater number of students to participate this year in intercollegiate and intramural athletics. .With this year's football schedule cancelled, soccer will be' the fall inteercollegiate sport. Basketball, tennis and golf will follow in their respective seasons. In intramurals, under the dir ection of Garland H. "Bulldog" Williams, touch football and horseshoes will be the October intramural sports; soccer and table tennis in November; basketball in December, paddieball in January, softball and bowling in Mere is the new soccer field between Minnesota and University and Amelia and Carfield Avenues. East of this field is an area designed for track and field sports. February, volleyball and tennis in March, track, badminton and golf in April and swimming in May. "The primary aim of athletics at Steson University is to develop a love of ^airplay, and good sp-ortsmanshhip in the individual student." said Coach Dick Morland who this year will be doing advanced study at New York University. "The second aim is to (Continued on Page Six) -*.. <« &1&K *,*&'*. *t. ? •■$**■■ if Si* *J mi Enrollment Expected To Top 1400 At DeLand New students and those returning to Stetson University will find major construction projects completed or in progress at both DeLand and St. Petersburg. Heading the list will be the Student Union Building at De- Land which will house the campus dining facilities, the bookstore, a faculty lounge, student offices and recreational areeas both inside and out of the building. Landscaping got underway a nonth in advance of Orientation Week in an effort to have both ;he building and grounds ready Cor the opening of the Fall Semester. Dedication of the structure, built at a cost of approximately }VA million, will be during Founders Week in February. This will he one of the first major observances of tahe 75th year of the University. Also at DeLand, students will find a new athletic field and the ground floor of Hulley Gym reconverted to athletic department office s, classrooms, training rooms and other requirements for the University's revised program of intercollegiate and intramural athletics. At St. Petersburg, the new half-million dollar law library took form during the summer. The books will be moved to the new building -during the fall 'term and dedication of this important addition to the law school plant is expected to be held early in the new year. Enrollment at DeLand is expec- (Continued on Page Two) Law Library Opening Discussed Tentative plans for dedication of the new Library at. the College j of Law sometime during the first ! of next year, were discussed rc- I eently by the development com^ I mittee of the Stetson Board of I Overseers. *" It is expected that the library will be completed during October. Then equipment will be installed. Moving the law volumes may .occur during the Christmans season and formal dedication will take place during January. The library was made possble through a $250,000 contribution by the New York philanthropist Charles A. Dana, who matched funds raised,in St. Petersburg and Florida. At the committee sessions were, Walter Mann, New York City; Perry Nichols, Miami; Cecil Bailey, Jacksonville; B.E. Webb, Carroll Runyon and W.J. Glapp St. Petersburg, and Dean Se- brkig.