The Stetson Reporter

■liuuamMi ftfje teteon Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 74th YEAR No. 1 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1960 RAT WEEK BEGINS SOON Bill Spencer, chairman of the RAT WEFjK Committee for 1960 ^announced today that RAT WEEK will begin sometime between now and the first soccer game. The exact date will be ^announced at some- time in the future. k Spencer released a general ^outline of the ground rules which will govern the period •■during which freshmen will be under the surveillance of the • "S" Club and the upperclassmen They are as follows: 1. RAT caps will be worn starting Monday, September 26, until the first soccer game, and perhaps until the firtet victory. Name tags will also be worn during this period. 2. Caps will be worn during the day until 5:30. Any freshman wearing his cap after this hour will have that cap confiscated and will be required to purchase another. Any freshman who does not wear his cap during the .prescribed hours will be required to purchase another.. 3. Each freshman will be required to letter his name on the brim of his cap, and to prefix his name " with the term "RAT", (i.e.,"Rat Lumumba" or "Rat Trujillo." the fresh- '" man's own name, of course, will occupy the spaces given to the names "Lumumba" and "Trujillo" in the examples.) , The lettering must be done in white ink or i~ paint, must be completely legible, and must adhere ■t to standards of good tasic and artistry. 4. All rats will treat all upper classmen with due respect. 5. Rats will be required to know a'l school songs arid cheers before Rat * Week begins. „ Spencer also stressed the importance ox the maintaining of » an appropriate attitude on the part of upperclassmen. Encour- * aging freshmen to ignore the rules drawn up by the Committ- * ee will only result in a crippling of the purpose of Rat Week, ' he said. "We are trying", he added, "to work a more mature philosophy into Rat Week this year. We want to give the freshman class a fee'ing of unity, and i >we want to give them a thorough knowledge of the traditions of ^ spirit and participation that ea.i make the difference be- .* tween a dead school and a live school." He went on to stress Greek Rush Opens Sorority rush opens Sunday, September 25, with a Pan- He'lenic Open House in sorority suites, from 2:30 until 5:30 p.m. Heels, hats, gloves, and dressy dresses will be apropos. A statement from the Pan-Hellenic Council indicated that between 175 and 200 girls would be out for rush this year. Fraternity rush has been postponed, according to a release from Lamar Mathews, IFC president. Dates and times will be' made available later. ! S.F.E.A. Recruits New Members The local S.F.E.A. started recruiting members yesterday as students went to register. A booth in the Student Lounge will be open today and tomorrow for upper classmen and freshmen who are education majors to join this group. Dues are $'3.00 a year and NEA journals will be given to all interested • students if they will stop by the booth. LARGE FRESHMAN CLASS INVADES STETSON An official statement by the university states that exact enrollment figures have not been arrived at yet, but that this year's freshman class is one of the largest, except for one or two years during the return of World War II veterans to American college campuses. Women's dormitories are overflowing and persons on the waiting list can have no assurance of rooms. S5-K::SKWB«KKww»:;Mf3«j!«^ BOOTH AND PETERSON GRADUATE FROM LEADERS SCHOOL Byrd Booth and Hugh R. Peterson, Jr., graduated on July 25 from the Senior Platoon Leaders Class at the Marine Corps Schools in Quantico, Va. The Stetson students completed a six weeks course designed to prepare them for a 2nd lieutenants commission in the Marine Corps following graduation from college. After receiving their commissions they will begin a 26-week course at the officers' basic school, also in Quantico. Owen Wins Award Dr. Guy Owen, of the Stetson department of English, was awarded an all-expense fellowship to the Writers' Conference at the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury, Vt. The awards were made only to candidates who have published a book or have had a manu- script accepted. Dr. Owen recently' published "Cape Fear Country and Other Poems," and his first novel, "Season of Fear," published by Random House. John Ciardi headed the conference, with a staff of such famous writers as David McCord poet John Fredrick Nims, Theodore Morrison, and Robert Frost. An unofficial tabulation put this freshman class at the 460 mark, about 100 more than last year. With transfers, the incoming population is well in excess of 500. The statement went further to say that all indications are that ■this freshman class will score higher on the various standardized tests given for placement than any class in Stetson's history. The faculty has established i a four year Honors Program to I push the development of incoming freshmen of higher ability and ! promise. This, in conjunction ! with the Advanced Studies Pro- | gram will result in providing a maximum of opportunity for superior students. the fact that rough hazing in any form would not be tolerated. With the cooperation of the whole student ■ body, the rules provided by the committee will be entirely adequate to sustain the spirit of Rat Week. NOTICE All signs posted on SUB bulletin boards must havp prior approval in Mrs. Sprague's office. CHAUVIN PREXY FACULTY SENATE Dr. Robert S. Chauvin, professor of geography, and geology, was elected president of the Stetson University Faculty Senate Committee for the year 1960-61. He succeeds Dr. O. Lafayette Wa'ker, professor of religion. Other officers are: vice president, Dr. Byron Gibson, English professor; secretary. Dr. Mary Louise Gehring, professor of speech. . Messersmith Honored Professor Fred Messersmith, head of Stetson Art Department, received another honor for . his watercolor artistry. "Give Me ! Your Poor" was one 87 paintings selected for exhibition in the 25th annual mid-year show at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. Earlier this year Messersmith was awarded two prizes for his watercolor work. Messersmith was also active over Stover Theater way this summer, along with other faculty dramatic notables such as Dr. Gerard Critoph, and Dr. William Taylor. % ' ".*' 'A vf fc ■*» &< *£££fc^l ■,#nr #*">*!<? &>$££'- m "£^%sJt>> >\Mtit « #*■* i j> ■T^ " Ail V "' jUggigg *^>- V r< WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? This is what's left of Stetson's swimming pool . . . exactly what we started with. Not quite, though. There are plans and prepara tions here. They aren't hidden behind the house. They're hovering somewhere over the marking tape. _ It would be a pity if all we had left was bare ground, markers, and a black box. The main thing that's missing is NOT an Olympic-type swimming pool. The main thing missing is Concerted Effort, an old-fashioned substance guaranteed to produce swimming pools and other things.