The Stetson Reporter

f%e teteon Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 72nd Year No. 9 THE STETSON REPORTER Friday November 21, 1958 DISTINGUISHED AL EDUCATION PANEL DISCUSSION DRAWS LARGE GALLERY In one of the first major meetings of the Diamond Jubilee Con- > vocation, Dr. Ray V. Sowers moderated a panel of four outstanding Florida educators in a discussion of "Florida Education in a Changing Age," By 8:00 p.m. Friday evening, November 14, Elizabeth Hall Auditorium was nearly filled on the ground floor, with a sprinkling of spectators in in the balcony to hear Robert M. Strozier, President of Florida State University, H. Franklin >■ Williams, Vice President for Community Relations from University of Miami, Kenneth R. Williams, President of Central Florida Junior College at Ocala and Vice President of the Florida Association of Junior Colleges, and Ed Henderson, FEA Executive Secretai'y, address the Assembly for Educators. After Dr. 0. LaFayette Walker's invocation, the Glee Club ' pang "Almighty God of Our Fathers*' and "Row Your Boat," adapting the old nursery song to the world's great rivers and narrated by Jim Whitmire. Dr. Sowers then welcomed alumni an the radio audience, inviting the latter to telephone their questions to the University. , Dr. Strozier first called attention to educators' recent concern for lasting values, especially in reaction to the National Defense Education Act. "I personally do not share the feeling that the federal government should not aid education," he stated, giving as his reasons the successful administration of the GI Bill and other aid programs without federal control. However he did object to the idea of education being form ed solely by the defense needs of the country. Characterizing our culture and teaching as descended from Athens lather than Sparta, Strozier emphasized that education is to free the mind and spirit, and that although vocational training should be a primary aim of education, general education was also necessary. Speaking of increasing college enrollment the educator- reminded his audience that state universities in Florida have been practicing selected admission for three years, not as intellectual snobbery but as wise use of the state's resources, and predicted that this practice will become even more widespread. H. Franklin Williams, of the University of Miami, presented v. battery of statistics in support oi' previous statement about enrollment and related them in particular to the private college and university. In 1955, for example, 47 per cent of higher education in Florida fell on the shoulders of private institutions, which also provided a diversity and geographical inclusiveness which state institutions could not give. However, by 1970 the same private institutions will be able to carry only 25 per cent of the load. Under defense pressure for technicians and applied scientists,, together with coldwar conformity pressure, Williams charged all universities with the responsibilities of preserving academic freedom, basic research, and a moral emphasis. For financial reasons, he believes, small private liberal- arts colleges will have to carry on the inculcation of moral and cultural values and educational (Continued on Page Eight) - STETSON CALENDAR FRIDAY, NOV. 21 Senior recital 8 p.m. Eliz. Hall Aud. QM party for new pledges 8 plm. Play 8: p.m. Stover SATURDAY NOV. 22 Play 8: p.m. Stover SUNDAY NOV. 23 Trinity Methodist Program Allen Haill after church 'MONDAY NOV. 24 ' Alpha Xi Pledge Party 7-8:30 Apt. Maurice Hinson, pianist, Fine Arts Series 8 p.m. Eliz. Hall TUESDAY NOV. 25 Faculty Trio Recital 8 p.m. T-liz. Hall Thanksgiving Dinner 5 p.m. Commons WEDNESDAY NOV. 26 Thanksgiving Holidays begin 6 p.m. THURSDAY NOV, 27 Ministerial Asso. Thanksgiving Service 10 a.m. Eli . Hall International C lub Holds 1st Meeting The International Club, a group for foreign students, held its first meeting October . 17. since then they have been getting together every first and third Monday of each month at a dinner meeting. Their sponsors are Dr. and Mrs.. Vaughen. At their meeting of November 8 and November 17, they elected officers for the coming pear. The new president is Bob Kennedy from Canada; vice president, Pear] Elles from Brazil; ,and secretary- treasurer, Alice Cole from Jamaica. Stetson is evidently widely known since members of this club represent the countries of Venezuela, Jamaica, Brazil, Germany., Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Korea, France, Peru, Japan, Ireland, Hungary, and England. Reporter Editor Jon Henrikson Meets Billy Graham Billy Graham... The Man, The Father, The Preacher By Jon Henrikson Last Sunday afternoon, many of you sat in the Stadiujn and "istened to Billy Graham speak. Vlany sat awed and in dead silence listening to one of the greatest speakers the world knows today. But how many of us tried to picture Billy Graham the man. The father. The athlete. The man next door. While speaking with Mr. Graham before his talk I got a look at this side of a great man. I saw him. as an athlete. Who would imagine that this man once had the dream of being- a Major League Ballplayer? He did. When he first began his studies at the Florida Bible Institute at Temple Terrace his only main objective was to learn about the Bible and then be a ballplayer or go hack home to work on his father's dairy farm. It was while he was at the Bible Institute that Mr. .Graham decided that he wanted to be a Baptist, and Mr. John Minder, a teacher at the school, took, him up. to Penial where he was bap-' tised by Rev. C. C. Underwood, in Silver Lake. It was from this time that you come to see Billy Graham as a preacher. For the first four years of his ministery he spoke at every cross-roads in Florida. When asked howi long he expects to carry on the type of work he is doing now he simply said, "As long as the Lord wants me to." He was also asked how many people he thought he had converted in his years of preaching. Witout any hesitation he answered, "Who knows? I can read a persons lips but not his heart." Then there is Billy Graham the father. The Grahams have five children (his wife wants seven) the oldest being Virginia who is 13 years old. Asked if there is any possibility that she may come to Stetson in the future he said, "There is a possibility, but we still have four years to think about it." Some of you may not have realized it but this was the only appearance Mr. Graham made in Florida on this trip. I asked him why he had consented to come to Stetson and he gave two reasons. First was because of hir close personal relation with Dr. Edmunds. He said that they have been very close for many yeare and spent some time together during the summer. His second reason was because he believe? that Stetson is a prime example of combining Christian and Academic • teaching. Qyaham who is 6 ft. 2 in. and weighs 185 pounds said that a man must be physically fit to carry on the type of work tha* (Continued on Page Eight) Brooks Hays Gives Address The Alumni Convocation of the Diamond Jubilee and Homecoming opened at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 15, in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium with James Y. Arnold, Jr., '48 presiding. Arnold is president of the Stetson Alumni Association. The Reverend John G. "Uncle John" Black, '07, from Augusta Georgia, gave thanks in the invocation "for the men of far vision" who made the University what it is. Then the Glee Club, filling the eastern half of the balcony and conducted by Mollie Sandi- ford from the west side of the stage, sang Luening's "Alleluia." Lee Rowell and Martha Hamilton, Mr. and Miss Stetson 1958 welcomed the alumni on behalf of the student body. Hewen A. Lasseter of Orlando, '30, presented speaker Brooks Hays as a Congressman, Baptist layleader, and storyteller; the introduction was followed by a standing ovation. The packed and overflowing auditorium rocked with "laughter as Hays goodnaturedly kidded himself about his recent defeat in the Novemeber elections, but' did not discount the possibility of running for office again. "After all, I'm five years younger than Theodore Francis Green was the first time he ran for the Senate," cracked Hays. By way of emphasizing the changeless values which were the theme of the Jubilee, he quoted John Milton's description of a "complete and generous education" and went on to describe the twentieth Century as a "solemn hour in the lives of men." Hays made three main conjectures as to what historians would say about this century. First, he said, it would be recorded as a period of profound change and discovery. The world's size is decreasing through man- made improvements and so must learn to live in Christian peace and harmony. Second, the twentieth century will go down in history as a period of conflict and controversy for Christian people. Declaring that he had never consciously sought out a conflict, Hays pleaded for moderation and an acceptance of unattractive truths. His third and last point was more prayer than prediction: "Please let it be said that this was a time of compassion." Hays closed with a tribute to the church-related college as a creature of freedom and the capitalistic system of economy, and urged that America not fail, because of materialism, to cultivate things of the spirit. At the close of his address the audience again gave Congressman Brooks a standing ovation (his second of the morning), continued to applaud for fully three (Continued on Page Two)