The Stetson Reporter

®he teteon Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 74th YEAR No. 6 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1960 Final Results In ! Last week elections were held | for the class offices, school offices, and publications. The stu- jdent lounge was mobbed Tuesday by Stetson students exercising their right to vote. The final results are as follows : Liberal Arts School; President, Paul Storm, Vice-President. Anna B. Perry, Secretary, Suzanne Fredricson, Treasurer, Jay Starling. Music School; President, Joyce Ryan, Secretary, M»rolyn White, Treasurer, Kathern Menefee. Business School; President, Charlie Royal, Vive-President, Sarah Foster, Secretary, Paul Martz. i ne wnoie i earn is nappy, excepc oucner. oee story on rage t. Mock Elections ■ October 28 Too young to vote? Here's your chance. The Political Forum, ,a bi-partisian organization f of students with a yearning for politics, is sponsoring a Mock Election. Any time between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Fri- •> day, October* 28, you may cast your vote for the candidate of * your choice. Students may show their preference in the Florida State Gu- ? bernatorial election as well as the presidential election. * As they vote students will be t checked off on the class rolls to insure an accurate record. The , faculty will be asked to vote also, thus giving a broad view . of how the Stetson campus as FINAL TOTALS GIVEN ON ENROLLMENT A 10 per cent in crease in total enrollment for Stetson University has been announced by Dr. William Hugh . McEniry, dean of the university. Final totals now show 1969 students enrolled for the fall of 1960 versus 1793 for last year. There are 1432 daytime students on the DeLand campus and 297 evening t students. A total of 240 are enrolled on the St. Petersburg campus. - None of these figures includes registrants at five extension centers, however, since interested persons may still enroll. The freshman class on the DeLand campus totals 470, a better than 30 per cent increase Eighty-five universities and colleges around the country and in Italy and . Mexico are represented by Law College students. They come from schools in Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tex- a whole feels about the candi over last fall and the largest dates new class since the enrollment Donald Aiesi, a former pres-1 bulge after World War ident of the Political Forum, is in charge of the elections. Results will be placed on Stetson Union Bulletin Board, in the Reporter, and sent to the local newspapers. The Political Forum also sent a delegation of 25 students to Jacksonville t0 hear the remarks of John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon when they appeared there. II. This increase came despite openings by six new colleges in Florida this fall. The majority of new students are„from Florida but Georgia is represented strongly by 51 students. College of Law students on the St. Petersburg campus total 226 men and 14 women, the largest number of women students ever to study law at Stet- LEADERSHIP NIGHT HELD Wednesday night, Oct. 19th, Mortar Board sponsored a leadership night in Allen Hall, especially for freshmen who are interested in becoming active in campus organizations. Mr. Dick Pearce of the faculty was the speaker for the evening. He discussed the problem of leadership at Stetson, pointing out that there are numerous campus organizations with positions of leadership for anyone who is interested enough to ered some practical solutions for the smooth running of an organization, especially stressing the importance of planning and hard work. Wes Johnson of the Stetson Union Board, Byrd Booth of the Student Government, and Lew Lexow of Publications were present to sign up people interested in working in those fields. Refreshments were served and the guest each received a copy NOTICE! ASSEMBLIES Any group or organization needing program time in the Friday student assemblies throughout the year, please mail a notice containing the following information to Van Pittman, Box 740, Campus: .1. Name of group or organization. 2. Assembly date desired. 3. Use \o which program time will put. 4. Number of minutes needed. 5. Address of chairman. program seek them out. Mr. Pearce off-1 of "The Art of Leadership.'.' as, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, plus the University of Rome in Italy, and Mexico City College. A quality increase accompanies the quanity increase at Stetson. Freshmen scored ■ higher on entrance tests than ever before, and indications are that Stetson University classes annually are getting better and better in terms of ability. Long-range planning toward continuing improvement of higher education opportunities is evident behind these Stetson student rates. Miss Hatter Contest Starts Green Feather A Pershing Rifles Drill arid the Miss Hatter Contest will kick off the Green Feather Carnival Nov. 19. Each beauty contestant will be spotlighted as . she desends the rear steps of Emily Hall. She will wait for the other entrants at the foot of the stairs. When the judges have had a final look, at the group they will re-enter Emily arid the spotlight will shift to the military men. Following their drill, the Pershing Rifles will line up by the Emily steps. Then the two run- ners-up will be presented. When Miss Hatter appears to be crowned by the . 1960 Queen, Emily Costar, she will be greeted by a volley fired in her honor. Addition of the drill and contest to the Green Feather festivities was planned to heighten interest and increase attendance. Pairings for Green Feather booths were announced last week by Carnival Chairman Neil, Savage. They are, Pi Phi and Delta Sig, Zeta and Pike, Tri-Delt and Sig Ep, Alpha Xi and Sigma Nu, Phi Mu and Pi Kap, and Alpha Chi with Lambda Chi. Publications; Business Manager of the Hatter, Brad Hutch- ins, Business Manager of the Reporter, Diane Disney. Freshman Class; President. Dewey Varner, Vice-President, Fred Clarke, Secretary, Diana Garcia, Treasurer, Ty Wilson. Sophomore Class; President, Richard McMiTin, Vice-President, Bev Graham, Secretary, C.C. Crumb, Treasurer, Hugh (Pete) Peterson. Junior Class; President, Jim Lanier, Vice-President, Fred Sakon, Secretary; Susan Greene, Treasurer, Bill Spencer. Senior Class; President, Duane Doddington, Vice - President, Suzanne DeLettre, Secretary. Eva Lynn Newton, Treasurer, Mark Cornelius. The above listed officers didn't have it so easy, though. On Thursday there were runoffs for almost every office. In the Liberal Arts school, John Adams was in the runoff for Pres., Marilyn 'White for V.P., Ann' McDowell for Secretary, and Red Alderman in the runoff for Treas. In the Music school the runoffs were Bob Glendon for Pres., Eleanor Dickey in the secretarial runoff, and Walter Bailey in the runoff for Treas. John Hubert,. George Perino, Kelley Olingerj, and Bill George were in the runoffs for the Business School. Also-rans in the Freshman elections were Joe Scoggins and Ralph Youngerman, Paul (Mitch) Mitchel, Judy Campbell and Judy Jackson, and Yvonne Willby and Ed Crosthwait. In the Sophomore class; Tom Faye, Howard Sweet, Caleta Syfan, and Tuck Cook. Don Seaborn, Robin Dashiell, Glenna Rankin, and Dan Denman, ran in the junior runoffs. And last but not least, George Borders, Sally Lied, Claudette Finley, and Brenda Sue Franks qualified for. the senior runnoffs. Pep Rally Tonight A Rollins soccer player will be burned in effigy tonight at a iant pep rally tonight at 11 in preparation for the game tomorrow. A truck-borne band will furnish music for the rally, and a delegation of Rollins students is expected to add interest to the proceedings. The Hatter cheerleaders will lead the activities. In return, a group of freshman men is expected to take over cheerleading duties at halftime tomorrow. Arrangements were made by Cynthia Crumb's Hatter Spirit Committee. ' B. S. U. BRINGS 239 TO CAMPUS Registration of 239 students from Florida colleges plus 300 Stetson University students indicated a lively get-together for the state wide Baptist Student. Convention at Stetson which began Oct. 21, at 3:00 p.m. and1 extended until 10:30 Sundajj- night. Largest number of participants from other colleges were from Florida State University and the University of Florida, each of which, was represented by 45 students. The University of Miami sent 31 representatives and Jacksonville University 20. St. Petersburg Junior College and Chipola Junior College were, (Continued on Page 3)