Stetson Reporter

Ikt Stetson ■■■ri'!!!iilf iliiiiiiii I Jill 'ijli, jjiji B-jii 11 l|| IIf ■ilL JH ■ Jt jif ■Jii. Vol, 8» No. I Siei^on Un.vcvsify Dekwct rlo. S#pt#mfeer IS, 1978 Duncan.Cites 'Genius Of Stetson' At Convocation The traditional convocation of a week ago te rbundft}- in tie Facet of 4rdea marked the iMginntng rf Stetson tlai«ru%*s «h year aad the s«ond tor Dr. Pope A. Duncan as ^resideat. It was an overcast morning aad the souad -rum the pablie address jFstems »as lost several I lines. Or Dan can began by welcoming new students and recognising fourteen new faculty and adiwBitratian members He also announced thai foar ct the faculty had teen promoted j wttb two receiving tanare, Dr. Duncan also said that nine fa .ifessnra would hr mi sabbatical leave this year and live professors were returning. Twelve students were tailored for maintaining art A average tta-ensifh#ut their academic careers by rewarding each of them with a $HK) check. CbanceUer Edmaads was arable to attend tart Dr. Dumean conveyed his words by "wishing us the wty best" 96rfi Year Begins Smsm L niversity. wlueh was chartered in 1683. began its *rtt a »Wm: j p«r a wcefc ago with aa orientation -a era for •-< ,-.iwrc a«il transfer students. r.Viv ifcan xW Cresfaiien aad transfer student's arrived en •\ X* :,il*r3 u-teiona w*dt rf testing, jnematkm sessions. .<-k1 -at-a; a-ctnites. The meek was diverted by Tracey Ssiihcrlaodiiid -*af Blair. th? ctKharmer of ih<- planning «"(iwatwe. Strtsw rfftoals indicated 4» freshnwnand 141 transfer virfents aw registered for the fail semester. Stetson's «th -, s»ar rtficiaily began on September 7 with the Convocation service at 9 a.r«, in the Fares* of Arden. oriwtaiion week began with a parents' emulation -irosoiiii aad with students meeting with their academic deans. 4 srcia! hour was kid on Sunday m the Carlton t ctcn Building. thi Monday, September i. (he new students celebrated Conf. p. 1©* On The Inside #toffow# Anil $mUh....pag* 4 Soccer Prmtfom^^gmg* ! J titnouitcemefffs...*.... page 16 sass Dr. Duncan's address dealt with "the Geoiw of Stetson," He said flat the until is does not Me in externals, the physical, or g«|raphy, bat with >a> pse aad Beetle." Dr. Ocean's first of foar rubrics was, -'The comment to academic qaalty." "The academic programs are carefully chosea and ftoaghtMIy developed The faculty repKflana academic achievement at the highest level" said Dwcm "The eaterini Ijeshtnen class has a mean callage Board score of better than 1DS9 and » percent of the class finished in the top a percent of the graduates af thesr nign scuevu This...lends itself to the acadenuc endeavor " la his »eood r*ric he steted then was a "cariag concern tor persons,*' Baecan feels that the stadents feel at home and they feel they are not a statistic, "Facaity care about each otter; stadeats at»iit sftideftts; and stadeats care aboat facaMy,-' The third rubric com- raeated on the "sense ot community *. "Stetsqe is a smal ani¥«rsity.-,.Ail «f as are eagag-ea1 In the activity of learning and teaching. There is a certain comradery. which one truly finds on# in sach an instttuUMCtkncaa stated. The riaal rubric dealt with Ce»i p. 4 Dean Of University Turner Takes Charge ^S^B^^^Ss^SsS^S^S^^^^^^^^ Dr. Thomas J. Taraer. new Vice President and Dean of the Uaitersity. assamed the resposibiUties of his position last August L Those responsibilities weiade representing the academic- program here at Stetsoa, filling va for the jrwHfcnt of tht Unwersity. and dealing with the faculty. Tamer. S2, has been on the faculty al Wake forest since l?5c Ami served as the chaLrraan of the deprtsaeat of PhAf.ies from 1M6 until 1973 He served as an instructor m Fh},«n's at f'lesnsPR University from Wt aatil Jfi# as an assistant professoi' of Physics «tt Use University nf Nre Hampshire mm. The position of Bean ot tlie University has been vacant since 1967 when Or Williaai Hugh McEiary resiped to accept a position as vice ehaaoeUor of the University of Nrolh Carolina at Charlotte. Turner cited three aspects of his past positions as benefkial m preprmi tea for has present position. These are his years of teaching and therefore Ms anderstaadwg of the faculty perspective, his experience as a department chairman and his ftfteea years working for the Soathern Conference. in his position as Bean of the University, Turner will be working rfcarty with the wins department tea* a«d the Deans of the various schools. Turner cited as one of fats major concerns the institution of a frame of mind concerning the Stetson "commonly." "We are wt an academy but a community/' Turner said, 'Welive together, soi*e have to try lo learn ia all aspects," be said In relation to the faculty, Tamer referred to himself as having the "role as prowmture and stnnutster." Con> rerning faejity research. Tarner said, "I am a strong belever in sehakwly activitv fortte sake of nrofessors aad students." It is necessary for the ia^rurtor. said Turner, lo transmit a spirit of inquiry !*-» lib students • Our purpose b to editcate the whole p&swr Tarner said \SuT».n enables the student to he presented wiih m opH:«' u ;it'icas aiatf wJmtls nwst be free tc« i» nff m M dgv. Et> •>■ ' ,a.d runtr. oMnacaiinp oi the hrnehbi of jn wIsn -•;.- ; i «., am-.* ntw-. sir!' as SM^r Or. Fwrntr8 N#w mm PrmUmf 4«rf D«oii Of The lWv#«% flih P«sWon V«c(S(t#rf % Or, WttUwn H«f h McEMry The author rf 23 paprtr> and -,ru« Icj r tht- heist *» Physics aad atomic research, Turner wa> s rwwarrt. partwJpMtt at the ft* it«i«e \jbynai Ubor.itory ui I»h andi*oand.* National V^m-,; F^)^!:. n r aeaiiy Ji^nw at tl* Atomic Energy fct-artn r«r!lr-r « &>*os««j-'» mj- 61 The son of a Baptist minister. Turner received ba B 5 degree from (TenuKm t'nivefsdy r 1949. He earned his Pk D decree at the University o: \irg«ia ir 19jL The nen dtari vw-iltd Stetson m recent >*-ars ss p.srt i; Uk. \tsitS3i! 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