The Stetson Reporter

&fj£ teteon "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper1 73rd YEAR NO. 12 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959 ERRY CHRISTMAS! Belle Glade Medic Gives 3,300 Books To Library (Picture on Page Two) by Beryl F. Thomas This week Stetson University became the recipient of a generous gift of 3,300 books for the library. The donor was a medical doctor from Belle Glade, Dr. Roy W. Brown, and the gift equals the total number of books purchased by the library during the past year. The book collection includes fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and classics. Law books, anatomy and physiology as well as medical books are included. There is quite a section of books in Hebrew, as well as numerous juvenile books. There is a first edition of Du- Maruier's Trilby, a set of the Worlds' Great Classics, partial sets of Victor Hugo, Dickens, and of Ruskin, Milton's prose works. The Wonder Books which take history from pre-historic times to present, and Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, to name a few. Tentative plans are to place some of these books in new dormitory libraries as well as in. the faculty and student lounges. One interesting addition is a book by John Henry Culler, "Tom Stetson an dthe Giant Jungle Ants." * S President Edmunds confers with an invisible rh»-e Icodcr as Cookie Riley and Fred Jefferson lead the cheers. That's Coach Wilkes smiling in the background. Stetson Beats Florida 79 - 74; Tourney Begins In Holiday Mood Were YOU there? Glenn Williams' camera finds some of the 400 happy students who crowded under the palm trees on | the President's lawn early Wednesday morning. > Prexy Orants Holiday j In Wee Hours At | Victory Rally The Great Midnight Pep Rally will go down in Stetson history with such events as the football rally earlier this year, the anniversary convocations, Reporter suspension and funeral, the pantie raid of 1958, and the. Commons fire of 1956. The rally, which lasted more than two hours, 'began at 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday night of this week when students began arriving back from the basketball game in Gainesville. The first returnees gathered on the steps of' the Union and started cheering, "WE BEAT FLORIDA!" At one point the cheerleaders led a snake dance around the sidewalks and the Chaudoin quadrangle. A few minutes later, a car stopping in front of Hulley Gym and Fred Jefferson got out, to be greeted by cries of "Hey, here, comes the- victorious freshman coach!" Another car pulled into the Chaudoin quad to disgorge Coach Glenn Wilkes and two others. Cheers and laughter followed Jefferson's proposal, "Let's throw Coach Wilkes in the fountain!" The crowd shushed itself quiet as the coach talked, crediting the cheers of Stetson fans at the game with a large pait of the teams victory push, "just as if it were a home game." Suddenly bells were heard to ring from the belfry of DeLand Hall, and someone who thought die sound came from Hulley Tower said, "I sure hope that's somebody real in there ringin' 'em;" Giies of "We want a holiday" sta. red the crowd yelling again, and when Fred Jefferson shouted, "Let's go teli J. Ollie about it," he got immediate action. An estimated 400 students gathered on the porch and lawn of the president's home as lights flashed on in the second-floor rooms and a dressing-gowned "J. 01 lie" came down to hear what his visitors had to say. Jefferson and Wilkes sporting almost painfully wide grins, joined him .on the porch, and chee2*!eaders pre-empted the steps as a yell-leading platform. The no;se was deafening — shouts, cheers, songs, requests for a full holiday, and suggestions for announcing it. Recommendations included telephone calls at 2:00 or at 7:00 a.m., radio and ; newspaper notices, and simply | HATS SET SECOND FREE THROW RECORD IN FOUR DAYS IN FIRST UF DEFEAT SINCE '54 by Diane Disney "The Hatters beat the Gators!" shouted Stetson president Ollie* Edmunds Tuesday night as he rang his cowbell and declared a victory- holiday. Edmunds yelled with hundreds of Stetsonites in the longest and strongest pep rally of the year following he Haftters' spectacular- 79-74 defeat of the University of Florida Gators at Gainesville. Cheering lasted until 2 o'clock Wednesday morning. Captain Bill Schneider sank 6 standing in the faculty parking lot and shouting, "Professors, go home!" Fred Jefferson withdrew his original offer to dunk-the coach, the revised proposal being to dunk him if the holiday was not granted. A grinning Wilkes ducked behind a pillar to escape the sudden social pressure. The President conferred with students on the proper course of, action, then stated he could not act without the advice of an academic council. Student government leaders were drafted on the spot into a temporary council, and a vote was taken. Shortly the President re-entered the house to make a telephone call. " . Cheerleaders tried to keep' the crowd seated, and quiet, and Christie Mooie performed a twirling routine without music, commenting, "I never thought I'd be twirling on this porch!" One weak verse of "Silent Night" failed as noise control, and the band softly began to p)ay the Alma Mater. Conducted by Christie Moore, the students rose and sang the Alma Slater, facing the blankly closed front door. As four hundred voices swel:ed to a crescendo in the last line, the door slowly opened. President Edmunds came out, attired as before but with the addition of a hugh Stetson hat and a schooi bell which he swung lustily, proclaiming, "Now hear this! Now hear this! (The crowd hushed.) The Hatters beat the Gators tonight: To celebrate this there no classes w3ii oe o'clock tomorrow! i" More cheers and "For he's a jolly good fellow" followed, and plans were made for<&n impromptu victory paiade at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The group broke up and returned to dorms in an orderly manner at about 2:00 a.m. clutch free throws in the last 2:44 minutes of play to boost the Hatters to their first defeat of U of F since 1954.. Setson was undaunted by the taller Gators' rebounding strength, or a half-time deficit of 4 points. Florida's fouls gave the Hats the.' chance to cinch the game with 21. of 24 hits from the charity stripe and to set another free throw percentage at 87:5%. This broke the record in Saturday's game with Murray State of 85.7% accuracy. s Schneider sank 2 gratis heaves with 2:44 .remaining on'the clock to put Stetson ahead to stay. Gator Bob Sherwood hit one free throw to narrow the gap, but Schneider again sank 2 from the stripe to put Stetson ahead 77-73 with 16 seconds left. The 6' 1" Hatter senior then toed the mark for 2 more to tie up the spectacular victory. Sophomore Dalton Epting was the clutch hitter from the floor with 7 field goals, 6 of which either tied the score or put tht Hatters out in front. BOX SCORE STETSON FG FT/FTA TP Schneider McLaughlin Epting Wa: ren Miller Dompe Gladden Totals Rabhan Jurg Mosny Sherwood Shiver Simpson Farley Totals 9/10 3/3 2/3 1/1 0/1 6/6 0/0 29 21/24. FLORIDA 11. 17' 16 1. 6J- ia n 79 FG FT/FTA TP 4 2 2 6 11 4 0 1/2 3/5 0/0 6/7 4/5 2/2 0/2 29 16/23 » 7 4 18 26 10 2 74