The Stetson Reporter

Cfje teteon "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper" * 74th YEAR No. 2 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1980 convocation JEW HONORS ROGRAM NSTITUTED Mr. President Receives S. G. A. Cabinet Meeeting Minutes The first cabinet meeting of the year was called to order by President Byrd Booth. The meeting began with a discussion of dances, and by trying to decide how to make these dances of more interest to the students. Next, Mr. Booth told about the curfew and vagrancy laws in DeLand. Because of the many burglar'es in the city, the police are enforcing these laws "very strictly. Everyone is cautioned to be careful and courteous, and not to loiter in town or on private property at night. Also, everyone is asked to co- , operate with the police in every ' way. After this discussion, talk turned to the library committee; and it was moved, seconded, and passed that Larry Deets be chairman of this committee. It was also mentioned that the traffic committee will soon begin meeting with Doc Johnson, this group will handle fines and zoning problems. Jackie Pitts suggested that a mock Presidential election be he'd, in order to bring interest to the race. It was moved, and passed that this election be held , the day before the regular election; and that Jean Donnelly and Richard Macmillan be co- chairman of the committee in charge of the race. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth Frix, Secretary. At President's Reception Freshmen, Brass Meet The President's Reception honoring the new freshmen last Friday climaxed a week of Freshman Orientation activity. Dean Etter Turner, President Edmunds, and Dean and Mrs. George Hood formed the receiving line in the Student Union lounge. Refreshments were served in the Commons. ....Judy Jacobs and..Jim Lanier were co-chairmen of the Orientation Committee, which, together with the student advisors, guided the Class of '64 through a week of meetings with faculty advisors, dorm councils, SGA officers, and leaders. Freshman academic placement was determined by results of i. battery of test administered last week in the fields of social studies, mathmatics, science and English. Examinations for exemption were given by special arrangements with respective departments. Social activities for the fresh-' men include a fashion show, mixer parties in the student lounge, and fraternity parties Saturday night. The new Four Year Honors course under the direction of | Dr. John Hague of the Department of American Studies began this week with seventeen freshmen entering the course. Th students participating in the new program are Lynn Blechman, Joseph Buckner, John Burchette, Robert Conover, JoAnna Conte, Carolyn Damianos, William Fagan, John Halsey, Robert Harrison, Paul Jacobs, Charles Lipth'rott, Sven Lovegren, Robert McAfee, Louis Phillips, Jr., Connie Poul- ton, Raymond Smith, Carol Taylor, Noyes Randall Thomas, and .Gehiveve Ward. Students are selected for the : rogram upon" an evaluation by the Admissions Committee which takes into consideration their high school records and College Board scores. The committee requires a 2.5 predicated grade average based on this information. Entering students are also required to pass a six-hour exemption in a G-course. The purpose of the program is summed up by Dr. Hague: "Our hope is that the framework cre- | ated by the four year program will allow 'for the gradual maturing of the Honors student and that it- will broaden and stimulate rather than stifle his intellectual pursuits." To this date $660 has been taken in from the sale of dance .tickets. This makes the SGA very happy. NOTICE! Rising juniors and seniors who are interested in seeking the offices of Business Manager of the Hatter or Business Manager of the Reporter must submit a letter of application by Friday, September 30. Letter must be submitted to the Publications Board. State class, experience, and other qualifications. The program for the Freshman year includes two semesters of a special humanities course, and a writing lab under Dr. Colwell. The seminar relates literature to the plastic arts. Also taken is a two-semester, ten hour course in the social and behavioral sciences. The first semester of the cience seminar is being taught by Dr. Sidney Denman and Dr. Warren F. Jones. Requirements included in the first year of Honors are one general education course and a year in a modern language. The prospective plan for the second year of the Honors program includes the third semester of humanities and a year of a natural science. In the second semester of his sophomore year, a student will designate his major and work out a program of independent and classroom study with the aid of a faculty adviser. The junior year is a continuation and elaboration of the work done in the two preceding ones. At the end of the year, a written comprehensive examination will be given to decide the course of study in the final year. . As a re- President J. Oilie Edmunds' speech on his recent trip to Russia highlighted the seventy- eighth Convocation held last Monday in the Forest of Arden. The hope of the world, said Dr. Edmunds, lies "in the universities, in the courts, and in the churches of Russia." Russian preparations for war, spearheaded by Khruschev, must not be taken' lightly by the U.S. flow- ever, Dr. Edmunds feels that "The Russian people fear war more than we do." Khruschev will "have to do a lot of convincing of his people to get them to go to war." Edmunds unearthed these facts in scores of conversations with Russian students, teachers, clergy, lawyers, and men-on-the- street. He carried into these conversations, he explained, two "secret weapons," belief in God and the truth. Dr. Edmunds' counter to the Russian revolutionary ideology was his first revelation that Americans, too, are revolutionaries, gecause of our historical heritage. "The idea that men are free and are indivually responsible and live under courts of law, this is the most revolutionary idea in all history!" President Edmunds also announced faculty promotions and student awards at the opening ceremonies. Invested with permanent tenure were faculty members Theodore W. Beiler, chemistry; Carol N. Green, business administration; James A. Sartin, sociology; William E. Taylor, English; and Glenn N. Wilkes, physical education. Faculty promotions include Donald C. Yaxley, acting Dean of the School of Music; Robert S. Chauvin, professor of geography Mary Louise Gehring, professor or speech; John A. ; Hague, professor 'of American i studies; George W. Hood, pro- i fessor of education; Carol N. j Green associate professor of i business administration; and 1 William E. Taylor, associate ■ professor of English. 1 The top student award, the 1 Phi Beta Kappa-Scroll and Key i prize for outstanding scholar- | ship and leadership in last year's 1 Junior Class, was shared by Liz I Frix and Gloria Sa/itora. | The academic Council awards ! for top class averages for 195 9-- I 60 went to Liz Frix and Phil I Drimmel, of last year's juniors* | Mrs. Helen Megee Miller and i Enith Vardman, sophomores, | and Mrs. Alice Bottomly Maris i and Edward Ebert, freshmen, i Mrs. Maris also received the | Borden Prize for the outstanding i freshman academic record. I The convocation exercises were J held before a crowd of about j 500. The program began with i Pezel's "Sonata No. 3," per- j formed by the brass choir. After l this processional, the hymn I "Lead on, O King Eternal" was. | sung, followed by an invocation j given by the Reverend Alfred i B. Vaught of the Trinity Methodist Church. A litany was led by Dean of the Chapel James A. Stewart, ,' followed by the anthem "Praise | Ye the Lord," sung by the. University Chorus. President; Edmunds then formally opened the seventy-eighth year, followed by the singing of the Alma Mater and a benediction by the Reverend J. Winston Pearce of the First Baptist Church. The postlude was "Sonata from Die Bankelsangerlieder." A moment of silence was observed during the program in honor of the recently deceased Trustee Emeritus W.A. Hobson of Jacksonville. suit, a student may be dropped from the program, given remedial assignments, or allowed to go on in complete independent study. At the end of the senior year, the student will take an oral comprehension test beginning with a defense of his senior thesis and broadening to test the range of his undergraduate study. Final honors will be determined by the student's performance on the comprehensive examination, the quality of his thesis, and his achievements in course work and independent study. The honors approach to study is not a new project at Stetson. At this time seventeen upperclassmen are engaged in independent study and an honors seminar on the Eighteenth Century taught by Dr. Hague and Dr. Taylor. STETSON REVIEW Contributions are now in demand for the new Stetson Review. Deadline October 31, 1960. See Sharon Sanders, box 672. Cushman Joins Law School '''""" ''"'"'"*'■ . St. Petersburg - - Everett Cushman, a resident of Gulfport, Florida, for the past five years, has been added to the faculty of the Stetson University of Law at St. Petersburg as Assistant Professor of Law. He will teach Real Property and Legal Re- earch and Writting. Cushman holds an A.B.. degree from Bates Co'lege; an M.A. from the University of Miami,-; and an LL.B. from Stetson: College of Law. He was admitted: to practice in Florida in I §61 He is a member of Gamma Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, and of Cardozo Inn, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, which he served as Magister in 1956. Mr. Cushman is married and has one son, a student at Diss- ton Junior High School, Gulf- port. A World War II veteran, he is presently a lieutenant commander in th Naval Reserve.