The Stetson Reporter

Wtt teteon Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 74th YEAR No. 3 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1960 onfire Ends Rat Week ***** -m *•■**& CHEERLEADERS LEAD SNAKE DANCE THROUGH CROWD Jeff Goddard threw a match on a pile of sticks, briars, and tree-limbs, and set off a bonfire and a demonstration of high spirits and freshman rejoicing. The time was 10:15 Tuesday night, and it was the end of Rat Week. Cheerleaders managed to elicit some coherent i the idea of saving them for sen- school cheers. The most coher- j timeiltal reasons. e'nt cheer of all came when j , , : -r,.,,,] D„„fi, p,„ijmi „* on \ \ The chants which rose soon- uppereiassmen m school cheers |B>id Booth Pifeidem oi SGA, t , f h throats" of and impromptu chants of iilwill announced m a ringing voice; 1^ ^X^ .i'„ „ ,-,,1 ° j. j " - ^i i. i. rru thp+ rm? o-ood ,.)ip«,. wmilH pnvn tne freshmen were more orga- towards S Club members. There tfiar or!e gooa cneei wouia eaiiii . , led a disorganized crowd of from two to three hundred rats and the rats the right to throw nized, and by-standers had no MARILYN WHITE LEADS HOWLING FROSH IN CHEERS G. R. E. EXAMS SCHEDULE 0IVEN The Graduate Record Exami- i to take the Aptitude Test and/ nations, required of applicants or one of the Advanced Tests. A Bulletin of information (in which an app'ication is inserted) provides details of registration and administration as well as sample questions, and may be obtained from the Guidance Of- Testing Service, 20 Nassau -• for admission to a number of graduate schools and by an increasing number of donors of graduate fellowships, will be offered in the National Program for Graduate School Select-on to 'be conducted at examination centers throughout the country five times during the coming .^jy-ear, Education Testing Service has announced. In the four ad- i,m,inistrations conducted during 1959-60, more than 27,000 candidates took Graduate Record (Examinations in connection with ♦admission requirements to graduate schools which prescribe ^hem. This fail candidates may take '"the GRE on Saturday, November 19. In 1S61, the dates are vJaEitary 21, March 4, April 22, and July 8. ETS advises each applicant to inquire of the graduate school of his choice which of the examinations he should vtake and on which dates. Applicants for graduate school fellowships are often asked to take the designated examinations in ►the fall administration. The GRE tests offered in these ^nationwide programs include a test of general scholastic ability *and advance level test of achievement in sixteen different sub- St, All students who plan to intern in the public schools during the spring semester of this year MUST complete applications in Room 214—Elizabeth Hall by October 17. Please attend to this business as early as possible. Testing Service, 20 Nassau St., Princeton, New Jersey, or P.O. Box 27896, Los Angeles 27, California. A complete application must reach . the ETS office at least fifteen days before the date of the administration for which the candidate is applying. KIDS WANTED Stover Theater announced that Saturday, October 8, from 2 until 5 p.m., the first interviews of prospective members for the Children's Theater program will be held. The announcement stated that exceptional talent i? not a primary consideration, " :, , I "«"^«, =>»«*==, ■»"« ,itwv w- fr, ih» -"ir* if,- ' Rnnrh I difficulty in catching words such Rat-hat throwing partv to round I tile'r hats 2n tne -Iie- A1> ■ Booth ««'•.«„„ Q„ C. a,, •■« , ,, t, r „ i t, sirisfip,! wirb as Sacrifice. Sucher. Sacrifice out the evening. ;va> aPpaientJ5/ satisuea witn _ , -.„ _ , _ - the response, and many green Sucher!' led Sucher, standing The cheerleaders had a bit of | dinks were ' sacrificed SomeIln ™e center of the howling rats, difficu'tv at first in trying to J freshmen were reluctant to part i afmittin^ to. a Meeting second a- I 1.x. x. <-■ t t. 'iv,'+ii thpir haU and Vpnt thpm !0± apprehension, especially after coordinate the shouting freshmen j *-' tneu nats, and *ept them^ ^ freghman ^.^ Qa but axter several false starts' on their heads, no doubt with j ^ upraised arms of his c]ags.. mates in a- joking' attempt to throw him into the fire. George Borders, recently elected co-captain of the soccer team, was seized by a group of freshmen, and carried towards the fire, but, to his delight and to the consternation of rat bystanders, was not thrown in. A snake-dance was performed by almost a hundred people; cheerleaders, freshmen, and upperclassmen. Weaving in and out of the crowd at full tilt, they knocked over non-participants and generally livened up the proceedings. The cheerleaders managed to gain control of the mob and the Alma Mater was sung as a conclusion to the evening. ject matter fields. According to j but that the program needs "a ETS, candidates are permitted i (Continued on Page 7) SHANNON STRAUSS LEADS IN SINGING OF ALMA MATER Official Figures en Frosh Class Given A better than 30 per cent increase in the freshman class at Stetson University has been announced by Dr. William Hugh McE|niry, dean of the university. Freshman enrollment this fall stands at 470 with the possible addition of several more students before registration is comp'ete. This is the largest new class since the enrollment bulge after Worid War II which brought a high of 531 in 1947. Last fall's freshman class at Stetson was 360. The increase in the first'year class places total university en rollment at 1425, an increase of 10 per cent over the 1294 total last fall. It is the second largest total enrol'ment since 1949. The student increase at Stetson came despite the fact that six new colleges in Florida have opened their doors to freshmen this fall. And Florida accounts for half of all new colleges opening in the nation. Also larger at Stetson is the percentage of students returning to the university this fall versus previous years. Student retention is up to 11 percentage points over last year. The quanity increase at Stetson is accompanied by a quality increase too, according to A. Farwell Tuttle Jr., assistant to the dean. Preliminary estimates show good increases over last' year in terms of the entrance test taken by freshmen. Last year also was an increase over 1958, so indications are that classes annually are getting better and better in terms of ability. Also there are indications Stetson has a higher percentage than ever before of students ranking at the top of their high school classes.