The Stetson Reporter

z*&*«zms&r&e*-. ^wwr«PKM!a,itW"arW9a! $!!Si$iSSWWSl "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" 74th YEAR No. 27 THE STETSON REPORTER FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1961 News Briefs The University Band has recently elected its new officers for the coming year. These officers include the following: Genera! Manager - Jim Moody; Assistant Manager and Publicity Officer - John Upchurch; Secretary/Treasurer - Karen Steanson; Social Chairman - Katherine Menefee; and Operations Manager - Bill Bradshaw. Richard Langford, Stetson assistant professor in English on leave, is one of the j3 survivors of the Albatross which sank Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico with six lives lost. Langford with other survivors is aboard the Grand Rio enroute if) Tampa. He is scheduled to return to his teaching duties at Stetson for the summer session. Langford left last fall on the Albatross as a seagoing schoolmaster teaching English to a crew of high school boys while sailing the briny blue. In women's Intramurals the Zetas hold approximately a 200- point lead over the Tri-Delts with tennis doubles and softball almost finished. Hon Hall Holds Open House 429 N. Florida Ave. was the scene of unusual festivities Wednesday night. Fo.- the first time in years, Hon Hall, traditionally, the honor dorm, had open house. After guided tours of the student-designed rtoras by Charley Day, John Dennis, and Lee Chong' Hong, longest residents of the dorm, refreshments were served in "Doc"' and Mrs. Johnson's apartment. Dean William McEniry and Louis Ebert were awarded honors for distinguished service to obscurity by The Order of Thofc. The evening was concluded with a songfest led by Mrs. Johnson at the piano playing "Songs From The Pogo". Other highlighted numbers were the Plon Song, "He's Got The Whole World In His Hon", and the Those Song, "There's No Being Like N,bn-Being". The event was such a success that the Hon Hall will be open again next Wednesday nighjb when The Order of Those will confer more awards for distinguished service to obscurity. Winners of SDC Collegiate Journalism Award Announced The Miami Hurricane, University of Miami newsnaper edited by Bernie Weiner, for the third consecutive year won first place honors as the best weekly newspaper entered in the Southern District Council collegiate journalism award contest. The Knntuckv Kicrnal. University of Kentucky publication edited by Bob Anderson, topped papers printed daily or twice weekly. This is the first year a seperate award was given a non- weekly newspaper. Entries, which were received f>*om colleges throughout the South, were judged on the basis of editorial wr'ting, make-up, headlines, news coverage, enterprise, reporting and writing. Judge? were Wilfred Winstead, assistant news editor of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot; John Foster West, assistant professor of English, Norfolk College of William and Mary; and John I. Brooks, Sunday editor of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. The Caterpillar who smokes. Story on page £>. GOOD GRIEF... ( Hard work is a virtue. There, is no greater satisfaction than ' to know that we have done our- best. Although hard work often re-' quires that we get our hand--.' dirty and our foreheads sweaty.! it is worth it to realize that wo have accomplished something. To! be tired from honest labor is a wonderful feeling. When we have not done ouj ; best we feel bad. We are asham-' ed that we have not given our i all. We know that we corld, have done better if we had only tried. This is the first step ! to failure. When we do not! work hard, we are wasting ouv ■ God-given abilities. Someone else ' who works hard will get all the ■ things that we want but have ' not worked for. i k All great men have been "go- ■■ getters". No one ever became J rK'h and famous by sitting back ■ ana letting the other fellow do! the vork. We must pitch in and put .dt noses "to the grindstone,'- if we are to get ahead.\ But we must not work hardj merely for gain. There is great'. joy in the very fact of accom-1 plishment. To stand back and' admire what we have done and; know that it is the best that we; are able to do. Even the praises * of others cannot exceed the thrill J of knowing that we have done; something good by our own hon-j est labor, , i .... Sbm Thames' Hatter Holiday Events Are Big Success Tuesday night's Hatter Holiday Dance drew a large crowd to De- Leon Springs. The Pyramids from Gainesville furnished the music to make this one of the best dances yet. Those who attended the dance had their choice of dancing either inside the lodge or outside on the terrace. On the original Hatter Holiday schedule, the sporting events were to begin at 9:30 Wednesday morning, but bad weather delayed these activities until the after- „* - *- r**5> *'**»•$!»#'**?•. Kse Kaye Ballou Mi*. Ted Sucher . Are chosen Mr. and Miss Stetson of 1961 noon. At one o'clock the skies cleared, and the contests began. The bad weather in the morning did not dampen the spirits of the students; a large number of .them attended and participatied in the activities. It was necessary to postpone the Mortar Board Slave Auction tSo- a later date, arid the tricycle race, the dance contest, and th,e events which featured the faculty- were called off, but all other activities we're held from one until five. The Sigma Nus and the Zetas won the trophies for sports, while the Pi Kaps and the Alpha Chis were second. At 2:30 the Mr. and Miss Stetson contests were held. Before the winners were ari-ridunced, the contest for Mr.- and Miss Ugly took place. After long deliberation, the, judges chose Miss X (Shelly Criiltteridori), representative of Pi Phi, and Bob' McDade, the representative from the Pikes, as the "ugliest'' of them all. Kaye Ballou, who was sponsored by Ldmbda Chi, and Ted'. Sucher, Sigiha-. Nil, were chosen' Mr. and Miss Stietsdn' fdi* 19 M> The two runners-up for Miss' Stetson were Susan Green, sponsored by Pi Kappa Alpha, ahd; Laurie" Arnall sponsored by the Independent Women.