The Stetson Reporter

THE STETSON Florida's oldest college newspaper Vol. S3" Friday, Sf*y'21rl971 Nor27- At orientation Reform within system, Sargeant tells gathering ByAmMikell StaffWriter The American system can be made to work better, but it will require devoted and capable people working within the government rather than outside it to bring about change, CBS Washington Bureau Correspondent Tony Sergeant told an audience in DeLand's First Baptist Church last Thursday night Sergeant, who appeared as the featured speaker for Stetson's annual orientation week activities, noted that many young people and concerned individuals have become disen- ebanted...with American society and its ni&ny institutions. There are twv^ways to bring about change, he • said — by "hammering" the system from the outside,or by finding a place- within the system and trying to change it from the "inside-out." Tony Sargeant "Bringing violent change to our system just won't work. Violence brings wholesale change, and I don't believe we need wholesale change. Our system, I think, is worth ... trying to improve from within." In a country as large as the United States, the individual often feels incapable of effecting change, Sergeant stated. "The media have shown more of the bad side than the good. Too many values that are false are given too much status." But he added, the media can only tell part of the news, and it is better than telling none at all. Protest alone won't help, but it can focus attention on the need for change, he said. An individual like Ralph Nader has been able tosucceed because he criticises specifically and offers a recognisable solution, he added. "Whether our system does change, depends on whether you keep working. By keeping sight of what you believe is the right direction, only then will you be able to appreciate the hand you have had in it." Kendall defends business' role Yeteran9§ scholarship established The Wallace'B. Foard, Jr., Memorial Scholarship has been established at Stetson, it was announced by Dr. John E. Johns, president. The Scholarship will be awarded annually to a Vietnam veteran according to criteria set by the university and William George Kennedy of Miami who is responsible for establishing the memorial. Lance Corporal Foard was killed in combat in Vietnam in 1968. He was born in Miami, Florida, on April 6, 1947, and attewWir, 4i g attics High ■sehooL F-„.u graduated from OoLand High School In DeLand in 1935 He attended Chipoia Junior College prior to enlisting in the United Slates Marine Corps on April 7, 1987. _ Corporal Foard distinguished himself in the Marines by being named "Outstanding Marine" upon graduation from the Marine Corps Recruit Training Center at Parris Island, South Carolina. - Following recruit training. Corporal Foard was assigned to the West Coast Defense Language School for a period of intense study and then assigned to a combat unit in Vietnam as an Interpreter-Rifleman. Foard was killed in combat on May 2, 1968. The first recipient of the Wallace B. Foard, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Award, William Stepp, was announced by Dr. Johns at 1% University Convocation held in the First Baptist Church in DeLand, Sunday, Stepp '-is a Marine combat veteran and a native of North Carolina. He whs awarded the Vietnamese Crass'-** SsIJantry for Operatic? Meade River while serving tlelst Marine Division in South Vietnam. Stepp also reived the Navy Com mendation and Presidential Unit citation. He enrolled at Stetson University in February, 1970 and is the Head Resident of the New Men's Dorm. He serves as coordinator of men's housing and ( Continues! On Page 2) "Lessons in business are lessons about America," Mr. Donald M. Kendall stated at the eighty-ninth convocation held in the First Baptist Church on Sunday, September 5th. Mr. Kendall's phenomenal rise to President and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo., Inc., has marked him as one of America's leading business men. President Nixon appointed Mr. Kendall chairman of the National Association of Business Men and Mr. Kendall has served in the Nixon administration as chairman of the Emergency Committee on American Trade. Mr. Kendall led the PepsiCo, to sales of $1.1 billion, expansion to 122 nations; and mergers with the Frito-Lay Co., Wilson Sporting Goods, and North American Van Lines. Mr. Kendall noted that of the many honorary degrees awarded, few were given to business men. (President Johns reversed this trend by later awarding Mr. Kendall with an honorary Doctorate of Law.) He went on to say that business supplies funds for education and yet are looked upon as enemies. Mr. Kendall added that business and free enterprise give the United States the highest standard of living and sustains the economies of eighty other nations. To condemn the profit motive, he went on. is to deny all our worldly goods. The chief executive of PepsiCo. Inc. emphasized that no system comes closer to ending poverty and works harder to alleviate it The American free enterprise system serves "the vast majority well and is a blueprint for other nations," Mr. Kendall said. Student unrest against our economic foundations, Mr. Kendall stated, is "economic illiteracy," which is the "heart of the conflict." Political corruption, assassinations, the potential nuclear holocaust, urban decay, and the Viet Nam war are erroneously blamed on business by the "economic illiterates." Mr. Kendall went on to say that l ComfiasedOmPagea) ,S9th term opera at convocation O -e- began Monday i q 1 Ww',, n g convocation cereaiuiiU;-? *i i p.m. Sunday at the First Baptist Church of DeLand, vrttieh opened the university1® 89tb school year. Stetson President John E. Johns officially convened the academic year welcoming freshmen, seniors, faculty, and returning students. Or. Johns joked Dr. Richard Dillon, dean of the -Stetson College of Law in conferring the honorary Doctor of Laws degree en Mr. Don Kendall, chief of Pepsi Co., Inc. who also serves as one of a select few top American businessmen advising President Nixon in economic matters. Eight Stetson students received ->; evidential awards for academic excellence. The awards art given annually to the two students wan the highest ■academic averages in u*. freshman, sophomore, arid j^nior classes. Each winner vm\ receive, to the degree warranted by need, a maximum tuition grant of $1600. Honored this ye?r were four freshmen with equivalent academic averages: Lawrence Bandy, Orlando; Kevin Gold- barth, N. Miami; Roy Lasris, Jacksonville; Karen Terrell, Bartow — sophomores: John Romer, Charlottesville, Va., and Sharon Schleif, Burlington, Iowa — juniors: Susan Ridge, Jacksonville and Bruce Rose, Eau Gallie. Stetson President John Joins, center, congratulates Richard Feasel and Eleanor Leefe professors m the Stetson School of Music, at a recent dinner at Stetson honoring their twenty-five years of service with tie university. Attending the dinner, given by the ratsie school faculty, were Prm&mt and Mrs. Joans and faculty wives and husbands. Other guests inefaied Mrs. Belle Grantham and Mr. mi Mrs. Frank Surls of DeLand, A native of DeLand, Feasel is a Sfetsen graduate ani associate professor of woodwind instalments anci theory. He conducts the university bawl and woedwiad ensembles and is a composer whose works receive an Increasing number of performances each year. He and Ms wife,-the former Ariene Vinall, Have three children. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett C. Feasel, are resiieuts of DeLand. A graduate of the Eastman Mtooi 8f Music, Miss Leek (Mrs. Eugene Smith) is professor of violoncello and theory. She had given immerses solo, quartet, and Mo recitals and is a member af several professional organizations. SI« lives in DeLand with ler hasbaatfand son.