The Stetson Reporter

"Florida's Oldest College Newspaper 73rd YEAR NO. 11 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1959 FIRST OF THREE "MESSIAH" PERFORMANCES IS TONIGHT The annua] presentation of "The Messiah," a holiday season event widely attended by Central Florida music lovers, will be given at 8:00 p.m. tonight and Sunday night in Elizabeth Hail, with a third performance scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Sunday. The event is open to the public. The 1959 presentation will be the twenty-fifth consecutive year ^rfr^"cL,0l^i.„Ge^e Plans Announced Parents' Weekend Frederick Handel oratorio wich was first given in DeLand in 1905. | The conductor will be Harold j Milne Giffin and the soloists will J be chosen from the student members of the University chorus of ..81 voices. The orchestra, of which Prances Buxton is concertmaster, * is composed of 40 persons. < Two instrumental ensembles include the quartet of Frances Bux- k ton, violin; Roger Casini, viola Eleanor Leek, cello; and Miriam Moigan, piano. The quintet in- *" eludes Elizabeth Butcher ,vioulin; Sj David Barnett, violin; John Matthews, viola; Eleanor Leek, cello; * ar.d Miriam Morgan, piano. The full work requires two and v a halt' hours, but the Stetson version has been edited to about two hours. The oratorio has been described as '"sublime in concept. * unfaltering in its eloquence, and man's most grandiose conceptions. ' Only an inspired man could have r produced it at all, let alone in the incredibly short period of 24 days." It has been said that when Han- m del completed the "Hallelujah Chorus," he said to a house servant "I think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God himself." In the first London performance. March 23, 1743, those present included King1 George II. Is said that he was so awed by the "Hallelujah Chorus" that he rose in his seat and stood during the entire section. The audience, seeing the King rise, had to rise too and remain standing as long as tiieir monarch did. What began as s>a spontaneous gesture has become a tradition. * "The "Messiah" is in three , paits. The first contains the prophecy of the coming of the Messiah. The second is the sufferings and death of Christ. The final section deals with the Resurrection. Miami Minister Appointed To University Vice-Presidency The Rev. James W. Parrish, pastor of Riverside Baptist Chureh in-Miami, has been appointed vice-president of Stetson University, it was announced Wednesday by Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds, president. ■ , '. ' ' The Rev. Parrish will be in charge of church relations, development, and alumni affairs of the University whence assumes this newly created position shortly after Januarv 1st. " . ' ' Bv Dean Hood Thp weekerd of March 18,-20 will be Parents' Weekend at Stetson, it was announced this week by a joint committee of faculty ?nd students. Dr. George W. Hood, dean of men and chairman of the committee, said the in- novtaion's purpose is to acquaint paients and guardians with campus life. Other members of the committee are Dean of Women Etter Turner, Director of Admissions A. F. Tuttle, and student co- chairmen Jim Lanier and ,Gail Rrueger. Events scheduled for the weekend include the operetta to be presented by the School of Music at Stover Theatre, a varsity baseball game, buffet lunch on Saturday, open house in the residence halls, the fraternity houses., asd Panhellenic Building-, and opportunities to meet and talk with faculty members, administrative personnel, and religious advisers. The first letters to parents will go out next week, announcing the weekend. Follow-up letters will be sent in January, offering the University's assistance in making motel reservations and giving a complete description of the weekend's schedule. Frolics Net $100 The mysterious Fall Frolics, revealed as a varsity show, netted the Ministerial Association nearly §100 for their party for undtr- privileged children. Dr. W. Jones, (some say he was the attendant for a lunatic asylum) narrated, giving interesting sidebits on Stetson faculty and students. Ronnie Baughman, was in charge of arrangements for the show. (Continued on P'age Eight) I HE REV. JAMES W. PARRISH Jefferson Asks Formation Of Clearing-house Group A group of student leaders met in the Union Building last Thu*-s- nigiht at the invitation of SGA President Fred Jeffejon to discuss the possibility and advisability of forming a student committee to handle many of the problems now being submitted to the Student Affairs Committee of the faculty. Hey, There! , BIG BASKETBALL PARADE Thursday, December 17 Sponsored by Hatter Invitational Tournament President Jefferson opened the meeting by salying that he felt the students were placing too much reliance on the faculty in many areas of campus life, and that students were fully capable of managing these areas on their own. The group proposed by Jefferson would include the President's Cabinet (SGA executive committee and class and school presidents), as well as representatives from men's and women's councils, religious and social groups, publications, and other areas of student life. It would become a clearing house of student activities, turning to the Student Affairs Committee or the Academic Council only when matters of university policy needed t obe clarified. Dean Hood and Dean Turner, co-chairmen of the Student Affairs Committee, have indicated the committee's willingness to help SGA write a working policy for the proposed group, which would have a membership of a- bout 35. Assistant Dean of Men John D. Olofson, who described his presence ot the meeting as that of an "interested observer" of student government, commented on the present system: "I have been impressed ever since I came to Stetson by the fact that you don't have any student government." Jefferson grinned wryly and nodded agreement. Other innovations in student government proposed by the president were a constitutional amend- (Continued on Page Seven) The new vice-president has in. recent years served as president, of the Stetson Alumni Association,, president of the Florida Baptist Convention, and pesident1 of Dowrtown Kiwanis Club of Miami, the largest club in Kiwanis. Born March 15, 1913 in Jacksonville,- he -was educated in the public schools 'of Albany, Stetson University and the Sou? eir. Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned his bachelor of aits degree at Stetson in 1936", his bachelor of theol'ogy degree in 1 P39 and his master of theology jfgree in 1940, both at Southern .Seminary. At Stetson, he was president of the Student Government Association, president of the Baptist Stu-- dent Union, president of the Stae BSU, listed in "Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities." and a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity. From 1943 until 1946 he served in the United States Navy, and saw duty in the South Pacific. He was pastor of the First Baptist Church in, Laurel, Miss, for four years before going to t*ie Riveiside Church in 1949 where he has served continuously since that time. This church, one of the three largest Baptist churches in that city, has recently completed an extensive building program. In 1953, he was married to Lucille Blair, a; Stetson student from West Pajm Beach. Their three children are John, a pre- med student at Duke University; Mary Blair, a student at Stetson, and Gilbert, in junior high at Miami. He has written devotional articles for several periodicals and is listed in "Who's Who in the, South and Southwest". He is a director of Kiwanis and a trustee of the Southern Seminary. IFC SPONSORS FOOD PROJECT The Inter-Fraternity Council will sponsor a Christmas project of gifts of canned foods to local families in need. Fraternities sororities, and many other campus organizations which so desire are invited to participate. Collection of the contributions will be made in chapel on Wednes- ay, December 16. Bob Holly and Ed L'Heureux are in charge. The project is co-ordinated with the Volusia County Welfare Department.