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teteon Reporter
"Florida's Oldest College Newspaper"
73rd YEAR
No. 26
STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA
FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1960
Booth Elected President By 2-1
B.S. U.WINS
3 OUT OF 7
Stetson B.S.U.'ers won three
out of seven state officers at the
annual state spring retreat. Jim
Whitmire was elected president
of the Florida B.S.U. Council,
Ralph Smith was elected Music
Chairman, and Claudette Finley
was elected Devotional Chairman.
Forty-five students spent the
weekend at the Methodist Youth
Camp near Leesburg for this
State Spring Planning Conference held April 8, 9, and 10.
Outstanding speakers for the retreat were Dr. Sabin Landry of
Southern Seminary in Louisville,
Miss Estelle Slate, Dr. Warren
F. Jones and Rev. Jack Epps.
Other officers elected to the
council were representatives of
Florida Southern, University of
Florida, and Florida 'State University.
Hobo Days Are
Here Agrain
Members of Stetson's B. S. U.
will be working every Saturday
until May 14 at ANY job—"hobo"
style. Proceeds from odd jobs
will be used to support summer
mission work.
THE FIRST LADY SMILES
New S.G.A. President Byrd Booth and wife Ann rejoice over
Tuesday's election results. Inauguration will be within two weeks.
MACHINE ERROR CANCELS RUNOFF
A record 822 voters went to the polls in the general
election last Tuesday and elected Byrd Booth President of
the Student Government Association for 1960-61. Booth
was running independently of the University (Greek)
Party, and his 533-266 victory over party nominee Ed
L'Heureux represents a 2-1 margin of victory.
In the three-sided race for
social vice-president Van Pittman
(also running intependently of
the UP) won with 405 votes.
Mark Cornelius (UP) came in
second with 248, and Mike Reynolds (HP) trailed with 128.
Reynolds was at first reported to
have received 228 votes, which
would have necessitated a runoff
between the other two in order
to get a majority; however, the
voting machines were re-checked
and the error was corrected.
Carolyn Clark, UP incumbent,
received 499 votes for the vice-
presidency, defeating HP candidate Don Aiesi (276).
Liz Frix (UP) defeated Diane
Dickson in the race for secretary,
507-273.
Jay Haskell, incumbent treasurer, piled up 623 votes to defeat HP nominee Barbara Hulbert (149).
For the two positions on the
Stetson Union Board Jim Lanier
and Suzanne Fredrikson triumphed with 515 and 396 votes respectively, while George Patton got
396 and Alice Bottomley 212.
Sucher Picked to
Head Men's Council
Ted Sucher defeated John Adams for President of the Men's
Council in Tuesday's election by
a 7-vote margin. Sucher received
177 votes to Adam's 170.
Runoffs were held yesterday
for all open positions on the
council. Those in the runoffs
$re: SENIORS—George Borders,
21 votes; Bill Sims, 2~0;LexLex-
ow, 19; JUNIORS—Pat Knipe
24; Jim Lanier, 15; Jay Haskell,
14; Bill Lyons, 14; Fred Sakon,
14; SOPHOMORES—George Pat-
ton, 47; Jay Starling, 38; Bob
Johnson, 28; Bruce Lohoff, 28;
Carl Adams, 26.
Voting Figures
S. G. A. OFFICERS
President
Booth 533:
L'Heureux 266
Vice-President
Clark 499
Aiesi 276
Social Vice-President
Pittman 405
Cornelius 248
Reynolds 128
Secretary
Frix 507
Dickson 273
Treasurer
Haskell 623
Hulbert 149
Stetson Union Board
Jim Lanier 515
Suzanne Fredrikson 396
George Patton 306
Alice Bottomley 212
AMENDMENTS
Amdt. For Against Result
Two 642 108 Passed
Three 662 102 Passed
Four 697 55 Passed
Five 528 229 Failed
Sir 487 279 Failed
Seven 566 203 Failed
Eight 563 196 Failed
Nine 601 136 Passed
Yaxley To Teach at Camp
Don Yaxley, Acting Dean of
the School of Music, has been
appointed to the Staff at Transylvania Mkisic Camp for the
summer. Mr. Yaxley will teach
trombone at the camp in Brevard, North Carolina.
He will also play with the Brevard Festival Orchestra. This
group plays a series of six concerts at the close of the Music
Camp, inviting the country's
leading soloists to appear with
the orchestra.
Art Prof Gets Prize
Fred Messersmith, head of the
Stetson University art department, has just won another prize
for his work, a special $750
award for a watercolor entered
in the Painting-of-the-Year competition of the Mead Packaging
Co., of Atlanta. This was the
first year- a water color class
had been added to the competition during the six years it has
been conducted.
Messersmith recently won a
first prize for another water-
color in casein painting.
Messersmith's painting "Shore
Birds" was selected by a pane}
of three outstanding art experts,
Marcel Duchamp, famous French
artist, Dr. William Milliken, director emeritus of the Cleveland
Museum of Art, and Dr. Russell
Plimpton, director of the Society
of Four Arts, Palm Beach.
The prize winning painting
was selected from more than 900
entries from the southeastern
states. The competition exhibit
will be on view at the Atlanta
Art Association gallerieis until
May 8.
