The Stetson Reporter

f%e tetston Reporter "Florida's Oldest College Newspaper' 73rd YEAR NO. 15 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1960 MILITARY WEEK TO BE MARCH M2; BANQUET, BALL, 'REVIEW PLANNED by George Owen Stetson's annual ROTC Militay Week covers the second week of March and will include such well-known events as the Senior Cadet Banquet and the Military Ball. The week which is the highlight of the.spring semester, begins Monday, March 7, and culminates in the Military Ball on Saturday evening, March 12. Some military films demonstrations, and an open house at the ROTC Headquarters also enhance the week. At tlie Monday drill which opens the - week, the candidates for Military Queen will be introduced to the corps, from whom the queen . will be chosen and crowned the following Saturday night at the ball. The queen then reigns for a year until, jhe next Military Ball. Friday . morning the annual Stetson ROTC publication, THE EOTC REVIEW, is distributed. This publication highlights the eyarly activities of the Stetson ROTC. BANQUET ON FRIDAY Friday evening a, banquet is held in the Stetson Room of the Stetson Union Building in honon of the senior cadets, their wives or dates, and the Military QJueen candidates. The local Regular Army cadre with their wives, several distinguished university officials, and a speaker for the evening complete the list of hon- oraries. This banquet will begin at 6:30. Finally comes the biggest night of the week—the Military Ball at the DeLand National Guard Armory at 8:30. Everyone is invited to this event, whether a member of the corps or not. be purchased beforehand from Ticekts will be on sale, and may any member of the ROTC. In ad- dioint to the crowning of the queen, some outstanding entertainment, is being procured for the lhalf-time". COMMITTEES Committees, have already been set up for th'e Friday night banquet and the Military BBall on the following night, and chairmen appointed. General chairman of the Military Week is Fred White. Charles Fulton is the assistant chairman. The Friday night Scabbard and Blade banquet in honor of the senior cadets has the following ten committees and ehairment: Room, Service, and Time Arrang- raents, Charles Fulton and Shelby Farr; Entertainment, Reynolds Allen; Food, Mike Mohn; Speaker and Dignitaries, Fred White; Imitations and Place Cards, Jerry Seaborn and Frank Strow- bridge; Finance, Gary Anderson; Equipment, George Perino; Publicity, George Owen; Decorations, Mel Guenther; and Receiving Line, Mark Cornelius. Committees and chairmen for the Military Ball are: Equipment, George Perino; Decorations, Mike Mohn; Invitations, Jerry Seaborn; Finance, .Gary Anderson; Refreshments, Mel Guenther; Set-up of (Continued on page five) '60 Homecoming Set For Feb. 18 - 20; Spivak To Play Concert, Dance ANN AND PAUL Ann Anderson and Paul Storm. Iected in last Thursday's runoffs, will greet returning alumni as Stetson's Homecoming Mayor and Hostess. (O'Neal Photo) BAND GOES ON TEN-DAY TOUR by Gail Johnson The Stetson University band under the direction of Richard M. Feasel is rehearsing in preparation for a ten-day concert tour which will begin on February 4th. The band of fifty-five members will travel by chartered bus approximtely 2,000 miles through the Southeastern states, playing for about 12,000 adults and high school students. Fifteen concerts will be played on the tour. The itinerary for P'eb. 4 - Paiatka, Fla., Lake City, these concerts is as follows: Fla.; Feb. 5 Charleston, S. C; 7 -travel to ■ Norfolk, Va. anil Feb. 6 - Washington, N. C.; Feb. attend the Virginia Ail-state High School Band clinic and concert; certs in Cradock, Va.; Feb. 9- Feb. 8 - Lynn Haven; two con- travel to Charlotte, N. C; Feb. 10 - Two concerts in Charlotte; travel to Shelby, N. C. and play an evening concert there; Feb. 11-Greenviiie, S. C; Anderson, S. C; Feb. 12 - Cartersville, Georgia; Atlanta; Feb. 13-travel from Atlanta to Stetson. This tour includes basically the same route as the j 958 trip as well as six new places. The concerts will be chosen from three groups of material. The standard repertoire includes the following numbers:. "Eur- yanthe Overture" by Weber; "Symphony No. 5 - Finale" by Shostakovich; "Trauersinfonie" by Wagner; "Military March" by- Beethoven; "An Evening in the Village" by Bartok; "Jesu, Joy of Alan's Desiring" by Bach. The contemporary selections by the band will be: "Tamerlane?' by Erikson; "Divertimento for Band" by Persichetti; "Canzona" by Mennin; "Toccata Marziale" by R. V. Williams; "Three Pieces in Antique ' Style" by Carter; "Hill Country Ballad" by C. Williams. Band features include: selec- tionsfrom "Carousel" by Rodgers- Leidzen; "Three Blind Mice"- clarinet sextet, by Colby; "Bugler's Holiday" - trumpet trio, by Anderson; "Poem for Band" by Richard Feasel; "Concerto for trumpet" by Torelli, featuring John Head; "Canzon" by Gab-- l-ieli; Camptown Races" by Robert Glendon; and "Preludium for Brass" by Jere Hutcheson. The band will stay in private homes most of the trip and hotels some of the time. The various concerts are sponsored by the Band Parents Associations and high school instrumental depart-' ments. In five of the schools for vvhidh they will perform, a Stetson graduate is teaching in the instrumental department. The 1960 Homecoming celebration of Stetson University has been set for February 18, 19, and 20, according to James Y. Arnold, Jr., Palm Beach, president of the Stetson Alumni Association. The three-day event will open on Thursday evening with a leadership banquet sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board, student leadership organizations on the campus. Dr. James W. Parrish, new vice president of the University kj\d former president of the Stetson Alumni Association, will speak at 6 p.m. on Friday. BREAKFASTS The Saturday program will open with breakfasts for law ahimni, ministerial students, and alumni. Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds will- speak or. the state of the University at the annual convocation in Elizabeth Hail Auditorium. Events for the afternoon include a barbecue in the Forest of Arden, a parade through the down-town area, an exhibition soccer game between Stetson and Rollins, and a concert. A conference of alumni counselors who are egaged in recruiting students for the University will he an event of Saturday evening. ARTS Returning alumni will hear concerts by the University Band and the University Chorus. Stover Theatre will feature three per- formances of Shakespeare's. "Twelfth Night." The Art De-! partment will have on exhibition the important show "New Talent U. S. A." A continuous showing of the new Stetson color movie in sound, "Fountain for Youth" will be given for aiumni and students. r v v * . . v > STETSON CALENDAR Fri., Jan. 22 Basketball game, Stetson vs St. Peter's College, 8 p.m., Armory. IWO and Indies Dance, 10:30 p.m. -12, Armory. Band Concert, 8 p.m., Elizabeth Hall. Sat., Jan. 23 7:30 Movie, "Raintree County," p.m., Stetson Room. Senior Recital, Loys Jordon, Baritone, 4:30 p.m., Elizabeth Hall. Wed., Jan. 27 FINAL EXAMS. Sucher and Lysek Tell Orchestra News Ted Sucher and Jo Lysek-> co-chairmen of Homecoming ; festivities, announced this wee& lihafc the orchestra for the concert and dance will be the 13 pietfe group led by Charlie Spivak. ' ' Fred Jefferson obtained permission Friday in assembly for the Student Government.' Association to spend ,$1500 toward the Homecoming- concert to" he held the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 20, at 4:30. Tjhe total c'ist for the orchestra will be $2,000,. with, dance ticket sales to i^ake up the difference. The dance' wiU be the- same evening as the cpncert, from nine until twelve. Other activities of P-omecoming. week-end will include, a parade and a barbeque. Each sorority and. fraternity, as well as\ religious organizations and independent groups of Stetson will ha,v¥ either cars or floats in t(he parade,. Studnts will obtain their, box: lunches for the barbeque by presenting their meal tickets. Sub-committees are:, barbeque1, Byrd Booth and Cookie Riley; ODK-Mortarboard banquet, Reynolds Allen and Virginia Bagby; registration, George Borders and Judy Jacobs; parade, Don Seaborne and Ann Anderson; dance and concert, Joe Dodge and the Student Union Board; and ticket soles, Bill Sims. Band Concert Given Tonight llhe Stetson University Band will give a concert in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium at 8 p.m. tonight as a final appearance before the ]'960 tour, according to Richard M. Feasel, conductor. Selections will be taken from the band's standard repertoire which will be, used on the tour. Two student conductors and! one soloist will be presented.. Robert Glendon, a junior music: major, will conduct {his original piece for woodwinds which is based on the folk twne "Camptown Races". Sue Dodd, a senior music major,, will conduct the first public performance of "Preludium for Brass", a composition by Jere Hutcheson, a senior in the School of Music. John Head, general manager of the band, is trumpet soloist. He will be heard in Torelli's "Concerto for Trumpet".