The Stetson Reporter

■w.r«R»«Kwa«sws««aB^aeM»eaB* ut,MBKiimuHmmummma*H*BXStt* Wf>t y*3fiWftffiJth fc'**^ teteon 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 71st Year. No. 2 THE STETSON REPORTER Friday, October 11, 1957 LL, CARNES SWEEP T Theater Celebrates Fifty Noted' Plays Years With by Ann Severance The 1957-58 season at Stover Theatre will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the oldest college theatre in Florida. The preview of coming plays reads like billboards on Theatre Row in a metropolitan city. Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2 — THE CAINE MUTINY COURT MAR- IAL Dec. 12, 13, 14 — THE PLAY- BOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD Jan. 16, 17, 18 — THE TROJAN WOMEN Feb. 20, 21, 22 — THE TAMING OF THE SHREW March 19, 20, 21, 22 — An operetta, to be presented by the School of Music May" 8, 9, 10 — TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial,", a tragedy in two acts, kicks off the season. It is the court fmai'tial proceeding against a young, upright lieutenant who relieved his captain of command in the midst of a harrowing typhoon on the grounds that he was psychopathic in the crisis, and was directing the ship and its crew to destruction. The odds and naval tradition are against the lieutenant. But as the witnesses and experts, some serious--some unwittingly comic, cross the scene of the trial, the weakness in the (Continued on Page Four) SU Ranks Tops In Summer Camp Of 1,297 cadets from 26 institutions in the Third U. S. Army Area, Stetson University ROTC Cadets made a good record at annual Summer Camp at Fort Benning, Georgia, this past summer, winning the Leaders Reaction Test, placing second in Rifle Marksmanship, fourth in Map Reading and ninth in the Comprehensive Examination which covers the entire summer training received. In the Leaders' Reaction Test Stetson made an average point score per cadet of 121 out of a possible 200 points. The second place institutional average was ten points lower. Florida Southern College outscored the Stetson riflemen by a score of 197.6 to 196.6. Cadet Fagan was the high Tan from Stetson in the Leaders' Reaction Test with a score of 3 72 out of a possible 200. Mel Gregory followed closely with 170 points. Yonge High Marksman Phi] Yonge was the high marks- nan on the Ml Rifle range, with score of 226 out of a possible •(Continued on Page Sis) OM PLAYS RELATIONS HOS The fall clinic of the Florida Public Relations Association will be held on the Stetson campus October 31, November 1 and 2 Stetson's News Bureau director, J. Blanford Taylor, is president of the association. The program is in the hands of Forrest Breckenridge, executive director of the DeLand Chamber of Commerce, president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce Executives, and a member of the program committee for the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. Others Compose Committee > Members of his committee include Mrs. Dorothy Berner; Fred Grantham, a DeLand City Commissioner; Marvin Tinsley, chairman of the DeLand Chamber Publicity Committee; Mrs. Leah Conklin, of DeLand's Travel Service; and Walter Baggs, director of development at Stetson, The meeting will be oper. with registration Thursday afternoon. The first social gathering will be the President's Reception Thursday night, and the first business session will be at 9 a.m. Friday. The members of the association and their guests will be welcomend by Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds, president of Stetson Uni- (Continued on Page Six) rw««»;.iiraM*w**«v|s-. £®* #■ RATS! Two freshman rats are forced to entertain the upper- classmen as they attempt to eat in the commons minus utensils. The uniform of the day was .raincoats and {pajamas. Their names.. . . Glynn Williams and Bill Dolbier. More Rat Week photos on Page 5. (University Photo) John Chappell, Stetson Student, Dies FFICES Numerous Runoffs Result In Balloting Jack Woodall was elected president of the senior class in the school-class primary election held on Tuesday. Elected president of the liberal arts school was Bob Games. Other officers elected in the piimary election were: Doris Rocker,' senior class secretary; Pat Byrd, 'junior class secretary; Bland Williamson, junior class treasurer; Betty Sharp, liberal arts school treasurer; and Jack Selph, business school treasurer. Runoffs Listed ' Competing in the runoffs (which were held yesterday, October 10) in the senior and junior classes were: Bill Abel and Mary Alice Smith for senior class vice- president, Mary Leslie Addison and Wayne Graham for senior class treasurer, Bill White and Phil Parr for junior class president, and Mimi Shaw and Don Iverson for junior class vice president. There were runoffs for all four offices in the sophomore class. Competing for president were Bob Kickey and Reynolds Allen and competing for vice president were Carlos Nasworthy and Ann Severance. Ginger Woods and Ann Anderson, along with Meredith Da Witt and Chuck Fulton,- competed for the offices of secretary and treasurer, respectively. Lorbach-Clay Compete The freshman class chose John Lorbach and Todd Clay to compete for the office of president and Carolyn McCullers and Doug Draper to compete for the office of vice president. Dan Montqgue's name was omitted in the first ballot through an error of the committee; therefore his name will appear in the runoff ballot for president. Three girls, namely, Anna Perry, Elizabeth Frix, and Nancy Anne Turley, competed f»r secretary while two boys, John Tate and Bill Sims3 competed for freshman class treasurer. Pat. Boss and Gary Meadows competed in the liberal arts school for vice president and Jo- ann Bolton and Mary Lee Houston competed for secretary in the same school. Business Students Vie The business school chose the following students to runoff for the top offices: Jerry Kern and Mel Gregory for president, Bill Bradley and Don Iverson for vice president, and Patsy Milner and Nanette Peach for secretary. Competing in the music school for president were Kirby Rogers and Al Washburn. Competition for the other offices were as follows: Betty Furches and Mary Jo Kintner for vice president, Judy ADMIRATION. ROTC Captain Joel Sloan, the battalion executive officer, has his ribbons and J°Vd^ ^ ^7 T°"! D°™e11 f°^ handsome uniform admired by three freshmen Sam..Hardee, John Ferrell, and Russeil Barefoot. Monday, j soeretary> ar'd Joyce McBnde and was the first drill the freshmen attended in uniform. (University Photo) ' John Christmas fc£ treasurer. Funeral services for John Chappell, 17, a freshman from Durham, N.C., will be held in Durham, probably on Friday. Dr, James A. Stewart, Dean of the Chapel, will represent the University at the services. Chappell died Tuesday night of strangulation. He was admitted to the University infirmary at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday for a fever of 101 degrees. When his condition suddenly became acute about 9:45, he was taken from the in firmary to Fish Memorial Hospital. He was pronounced dead upon arrival. A pre-engineering student, Chappell had been on the campus since the beginning of Orientation Week. Ke is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Chappell of Durham. Allen Summerhill made local arrangements end the Hall-Wynne and Company funeral home is in charge of services in Durham.