The Stetson Reporter

teteon Reporter 'Florida's Oldest College Newspaper11 ,» 73rd YEAR NO. 3 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9/ 1959 STUDENT GOV'T. TO GIVE SPIRIT TROPHY FOR ATTENDANCE; 15 GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE A Hatter Spirit Trophy will be given by the Student Government Association next May to the organization displaying the most school spirit during the 1959-60 school year, announced SGA president Fred Jefferson this week. The award will be made on the basis of highest percentage attendance at all University sponsored activities. The six fraternities, six soror- Hundreds Attend Rally, Hear Jefferson & McEniry HATTER NOTICE Today is absolutely the last day for students to have individual' pictures made for the 1960 Hatter. ities, Independent Men, Independent Women's Organization, and Ministerial Association will submit rosters of their organizations to the SGA after rush is over and the lists are finalized. Each organization will be issued as many colored cards as it has members, with each group having a different color. An attendant with a locked box will be present at each University activity to collect the calrds. After collection, the boxes will go to the SGA office for tallying by an anonymoMS person; the cards will be returned to organization presidents the next day. The activities at which attendance will be recorded include all athletic contests, Fine Arts Series concerts, recitals, and plays. The identity of the anonymous tailyer will be revealed for the first time at Awards Day, when he will read the totals and award the trophy. It must be won three times by the same organization, but not necessarily consecutively, to be retired. The Hatter Spirit Trophy will i be displayed in assembly as soon as it arrives. DEAN ANNOUNCES NEW EXAM PLAN A xew scheme of final examinations was announced this week by ► Dean McEniry in the Faculty Bul- ^ fetin, in which three examinations •m\] he given every day of the examination period and the time required wili be reduced from three . hours to two. January 26 will be the last day of regular classes, and January ^27 will be Reading Day. Exaroir.a- * tions begin on January 28, and. will be given at 8:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. Grade inventories are due on -i November 2 and December 7. Dean McEniry challenges Monday ni™'i{ iirwd .it football r.*Iii dent Fred Jefferson "counts the house "and Dean Stewart looks on. Three Cheerleaders, Four Alternates "Break In" At Rally HATTER NOTICE ** Students wishing to work on the business staff of the Hatter are invited to meet with the business manager, A'lice Worthington, upstairs in the Union Building at 6:30 p.m. Three new cheerleaders and four alternates were chosen by Fred Jefferson and "Prof" Harold Giffin Monday afternoon just in time to be initiated at Monday night's pep rally. The three are Shannon Straus of Tampa, San dry Ivey of Forsyth, Ga., and Jane Hall of Atlanta,, all freshmen. The alternates are freshman Bev Chapman of Atlanta, sophomores Verlee Dowd of Orlando and Anne Edwards of Fort Lauderdale, and junior Marilyn Gooding of Jacksonville. ASSEMBLIES v Friday assemblies this year are. being run by the Student Government . Association. Organizations • which wish to use this time for. programs of their own should make arrangements well in advance with Fred Jefferson. Mrs. Hulley Dies Mrs. Lincoln Hulley, widow of the former president of Stetson University, died Wednesday at the age of 92. She will be buried by her husband's side in Hulley Tower, which was built by provision of his will. The time of the funeral was not available at press time, as arrangements were still incomplete. Colonial Funeral Home is in charge. SEVERANCE TO HEAD PUBLICATIONS BOARD :, Stetson held its year Thursday jour- first Sigma Pi Kapp, nsiism honorary, meeting of the evening, October 1 Ann Severance, editor of the 1359 Hatter, was unanimously named chairman of the Publications Board to succeed previously- elected Lex Lexow, who did not return to Stetson this fall. The chairmanship of the Board is always elected from its membership by Sigma Pi Kappa, and remains neutral unless a vote is i needed to break a tie INTERNS MUST APPLY AH students who plan to intern in the public schools during the spring semester of 1960 must apply for internship in the Education Office, Boom 214, Elizabeth Hall during the week of October 12. It is important that this appli- eaion be completed as early as possible, to enable a better choice of school and city for internship. FOOTBALL FEASIBLE WITHOUT ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS, SAYS SGA PREXY Approximately 800 Stetson students gathered at the steps of the Union Building last Monday night to voice their noisy approval of the SGA's attempt to bring football back to Stetson on a non-subsidized basis. The rally opened with band music and cheerleaders' yells. Then SGA president Fred Jefferson j took the microphone to explain that the football problem at Stetson had always been to find opponents teams of Stetson's size close enough to DeLand to make travel expenses reasonable. Other Florida colleges have expressed an interest in non-subsidized football, however, and the" SGA Cabinet plans to submit a proposal to their student government and academic officers at a dinner in the near' future. If the student officers of Rollins, Florida Southern, Jacksonville University, and the new University of South Florida are enthusiastic about the plan,, the problem will, be turned over to the. presidents and athletic directors of the several instituiors. Jefferson said the spirit. displayed by Stetson students Monday night obviates the necessity for submitting an official resolution to the student body in assembly today, and plans for the inter-collegiate dinner are going forward. New cheerleaders, chosen Monday afternoon by Fred Jefferson and Prof Giffin, were introduced. (See cheerleader story.) McEniry Speaks Dean William Hugh McEniry was presented, and gave the Administration's viewpoint on football for Stetson. "The last time I stood here," he began, "I was being sold as a slave. (LaughJter.) Tonight I come not to bury football, but to praise it." This sally brought forth more laughter, followed by the Dean's modest admission that "Shakespeare said that." Tossing a football from hand to hand, and occasionally scratching his ear with it, Dean McEniry explained that the administration was not against football, but was quite firmly opposed to the double standard of scholarship aid, pressures on eligibility, and giving 55 students "free rides" — conditions which seem inevitably to accompany subsidized football. "We don't really think," he said, "that this is football.. If I look awkward standing here with this football in my hand, I didn't always. I once loved the game, and loved to play it. That's the sort of football that we would like, to see at Stetson—played by peo-: pie who are college students first: and football players second. And just one time, I would like to see .• us defeat Rollins on the football ; field!" ! At this point Dean McEniry \ (Continued on Page Five) ■ on Union steps r.s> SGA piesi- (Photo by Pat O'Neal) ENTRIES ASKED FOR POETRY ANTHOLOGY The American College Poetry Society has just announced that its second annual anthology of outstanding college poetry is now being complied for publication this winter, according to Alan C. Fox, executive secretary. Contributions must be the original woik of the student, who will ;eiain literary rights to the material. Poems, which may deal with any subject, may not exceed 48 lines, nor may sny individual sub- Kit more than five poems. Entries which are not accepted for publication will be returned if accompanied by a stamped, self- addressed envelope, but they cannot be otherwise acknowledged nor can the Society compensate students for published poetry. The entrant's name, address, an4 school must appear on each page of his entry, which should be postmarked not later than midnight, December 1, to be considered. The decisions of the Society judges are final. Send entries to: Alan C. Fox, Executive Secretary, American College Poetry Society, Box 24463, Los Angeles 24, California.