The Stetson Reporter

\^Jff;^S^^li^O»^'^-']^^1^^!S^?^a'^^'gf'^S 4MMMMMNMM ^mm^h "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 71st Year No. 14 THE STETSON REPORTER Friday January 17, 1958 TENTATIVE PROGRAM SET FOR HOMECOMING WEEK Founders Week, combining home-coming for alumni with campus visits for friends and benefactors of Stetson as well as distinguished prsonages of national note, will be observed February 19-23 in the seventy-fifth year of the founding of the University. A broad array of events are being planned for this occasion by the Founders Week and Homecoming Committees. Founders Week, combining ho<me> coming for alumni with campus visits for friends and benefactors of Stetson as well as distinguished personages of national note, will be observed February 19-23 in the seventy-fifth year of the founding of the University. The week's program being planned by alumni, students, and members of the faculty will'review, events of the first seventy-five years of Florida's pioneer private and church- related University arid forecast for Stetson even a more glorious future. H. Russell Brown, of Trenton, N. J., president of the Stetson Alumni Association, has been closely in touch with Walter M. Baggs, director of alumni affairs, and his campus development office staff arranging a program designed to attract the greatest number of alumni and. friends ever to return for a University event. A Founders Week Committee composed of faculty members and students has been appointed by Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds, president of the University, to determine the events for the program. Faculty members of this committee include Keith Hansen, B. W. (Continued on Page Five) NEW CABINET MEETS MONDAY Jim Hoqge, Presdent of the Student Government Association of Stetson-JUniversity, announced this week *that the first meeting of the President's Cabinet under the newly revised constitution will be held Monday morning at 10:00 A.M. in the Stetson Union Building. The new constitution provides for a cabinet composed of the officers of the Association, presidents of the College of Liberal Arts, School of Business, and School of Music, presidents of the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes, presidents of Pan-Hellenic Council, Inter-Fraternity Council, and Student Christian Association. The Cabinet whieh will meet Monday morning will include: . Jackie Hogue, vice president SGA; Art Holms, social vice-president SGA; Gail Pittman, secretary SGA; Wayne Graham, treasurer SGA; Bob Carnes, president, College of Liberal Arts; Mel Gregory, president, School of Business; Kirby Rogers, president, School of Music; Todd Clay, president, (Continued on Page Six) Variety Marks Religious News by Jody Kelly" LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION Last Sunday Mr. Edward A. Holmes, Jr. of Stetson's Religion Department spoke on "What is Faith?" The Lutheran group enjoyed discussing this topic in relation to personal courage and found that it is difficult to distinguish between foolhardiness and heroism. Refreshments were served after the discussion. Because of final exams, the LSA will not meet this week. At the next meeting, on February 9, David Johnson will take charge of the program. CANTERBURY CLUB Following the usual supper meeting, the Episcopal group will hear Dean William Hugh McEniry, Jr., Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, speak on "Crises in the World Today."' All Episcopal students are invited to attend the celebration of the Holy Communion, held every Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. Coffee and do- nuts are served afterwards. WESTMINSTER FELLOWSHIP Mr. James Sartain, Professor of Sociology and Director of Wesley Foundation, will speak to the Presbyterian group on "The Christian Interpretation of Sex." Interested students are invited to attend. Monday evening at 9 o'clock there will be a pre-exam Communion service held in Allen Hall. Small Turnout 0. K.'s Revision Tues. January 14, the student body of Stetson University voted on the reivsion of the constitution of tre Student Government Association. The votes cast totaled 191-156 for and 35 agianst revision. Since tre two-thirds majority necessary to make the revision valid was 138 (two-thirds of the voting body), the measure passed with only 18 votes to spare. The voting body of. 191, which constituted 13.5 per cent of the 1411 eligible voters, voted 81.7 per cent in favor of and 18.3 percent against the new constitution. When interviewed after the posting of the results, SGA President Jim Hodge commented, "I'm disappointed by the small turnout. I'm glad the revision passed, but I wish more people had turned out to vote. NOTICES INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING AUTOMOBILE REGISTRATION Automobile registration is a part of every students official University registration, and must be renewed every semester. It will be necessary for you to know your Stetson sticker number and your license number in order to re-register , your car when going through the registraton line in the Library. The fine for unregistered cars on the campus is 810.00. Assembly Attraction George Finckel, cellist, who presented a program last night in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium will appear in assembly this morning. Mr. Roger Cushman will be his accompanist. Mr. Finckel is from Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, and appears here under the auspices of the Arts Program, Association of American Colleges. He is a former teacher of Miss Eleanor Leek of our faculty, when she was studying at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester. Band Tour On January 30, 1958, the Stetson University Band will leave for its first band tour in the last two years. The tour will go as far north as Portsmouth, Virginia, and also into North and South Carolina.' The program will include such contemporary band works as Fanfare and Allegro by Clifton Williams, and La Fiesta Mexicano by Owen Reed. Also planned are several standard band works. The tour will take about ten days and cover over 2,000 miles. The band will return to campus on February 8. Reporter Meeting There will be an important meeting of the REPORTER staff Monday at 10 a.m. All staff members must attend as this is the last meetng of the semester. Any persons interested in working on the paper next semester are also invited to attend the meting which will be held in Em. 206 of the Student Union. HUMBUG? Lewis Nadle, Stetson's "Bah. Humbug" man, and the REPORTER'S play Reviewer, may have had a . change of heart - at last. We found the criticus emeritus sulking in a dark corner of the Hat Rack. He flowered ferociously as we inquired about his sneak preview of TROJAN WOMEN on Tuesday night. At the mention of Trojan Women, his sullen countenance softened just a little. "You know," he said, "that may be a right fine little production." Overwhelmed by such generosity on the part of our critic, we beat a hasty retreat; anxious to write this article before he changed his mind. "Trojan Women" Draws Enthusiastic Applause The audience that witnessed the opening 'performance of "The Trojan Women" last night seemed -very pleased wth the play. ' The acting was delightful, the lighting was ingenious, and the modern dancing, the first of its kind on this campus, was fantastic! Miss Tommye Yates, chore- $1,000,000 Mistake In last week's issue of the REPORTER a million-dollar mistake was made. We said that the new Stetson Union Buildng cost $250,- 000. We obviously left the 1 out, as the cost was actually $1,250,- 000. Add another $150,000 for furniture, and you get a total of about $1,400,000. That's a lot of tuition, or several hundred years' worth of Union fees! The trouble is that, in spite of the tremendous sums needed to finance missiles and Ike's caddies, our linotype machine just couldn't comprehend such figures. Ha,ys Essay Contest Deadlines for the Hays Essay Contest will be February 1st, announced Dean Hopkins. All contestants must submit the final draft of their essay manuscript by that day if it is to qualify in the competition. STETSON CALENDAR FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 Cello recital (Assembly, Elizabeth Hall Auditorium 10:00 A.M. Hospitality Committee, Religious Focus Week, Rm. 204 SUB, 6:15- 7:15 P.M. Play: "The Trojan Women," Stover Theatre, 8:00 P.M. ******** * * * * * * SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 Movie: "Geneyieve," SUB, 7:30 P.M. Play: "The Trojan Women" Stover Theatre. 8:00 P.M. MONDAY, JANUARY 20 "Reporter" Staff meeting, Publications Office, SUB, 10:00 A.M. Glee Club Concert for DeLand Tourist Club, Elizabeth Hall Auditorium, 7:30 P.M. .:> * * * $ * * * * * * * * * * TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 Senior Recital: James Merriweat- her, Elizabeth Hall Auditorium, 8:00 P.M. ****** ******$$:]( WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22 Danforth group No. 2, Private diningroom No. 1, SUB, 6:15 P.M. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23 Music School Student Recital, EIi2abeth Hall Aultorium, 10:00 A.M. Accountancy Club, Private din- ingrooms No. 1 and No. 2, SUB, 6:00-8:00 P.M. ographer of the modern dances, is responsible for the appearance of this branch of the Arts in Stetson, Many of the girls with whom she works have never before done anything of this sort, but she is obviously able to draw "it" out, whatever it is that makes this group put a meaning into every movement. Dr. Ritter is to be congratulated for directing the excellent performance. Be sure not to miss "Trojan Women" tonight or tomorrow night. It will be well worth your time. , , TRYOUTS for "THE TAMING of the SHREW" Tryouts for "The Taming of the Shrew" will be held at Stover Theatre today at 3:30 this afternoon. Any student wanting to try out for a part may come. PLAYER'S GUILD MEETING The Player's Guild will meet on Thursday, February 6, at Stover Theatre. Meeting time is 6:30 n the evening. Plans for the Gainesville trip will be discussed and refreshments will be served afterwards. All members of the Player's Guild are urged to attend. Taylor Prize Contestants Have Close Deadline Competitors for the Taylor Prize should have submitted to their advisor by Jan. 15 their tentative titles and outlines. The first draft of the manuscript is not due until the 1st of April, however the final copy must be completed by April 15. Interested students should get in touch with either Dr. Hodges, Mr. French, or Dr. McCollough as. soon as possible. The recent briefing1 session for interested students outlined the general topic, which was the status of humanistic studies in the world today especially in the light of. increasing technological demands. Dr. Hodges noted that this was the first year that women contestants did not out-number men contestants. As a matter of fact no women students have yet even expressed interest in the Taylor Prize. (Ed. Note: The Taylor Prize provides full tuition for one year and a cash award of two hundred dollars to the junior submitting the best essay on a selected subject in the humanities.