The Stetson Reporter

The tetson EPORTE KBS1. ?SGN mi&A Third Ye -No.4 DELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1937 Price 5c SPARTAN BAHL WILL BE CRUCIAL FOR HATTER TEAM Friday night's game at Tampa Opens Little Four Tests RESULT IS T O S S U P Affair Will'ljeFifth Meeting Of Schools' on Gridiron .... ALUMNI PREPARE TENTATIVE PLANS FOR H0MEC0M5N Charles Tom Henderson and Officers Work for Great Day By Margaret Champ " Tentative plans for Stetson University's greatest ' Homecoming j celebration were laid by officers of | the Alumni Association Saturday afternoon meeting under the chairmanship of President Charles Zma-ies i om Mamici-bon oi Hoily ; Tom Henderson in the Commons hi Association. [Laipage' f emaii | ■' Increases. Ag Early Friday morning,., Stetson's Hatters will leave by bus fori .Hill, president '"of the Stetson Alum- j lounge. Tampa where they will open their campaign for the "Little Four" championship of Florida against the strong University of Tampa Spartans that night. Both teams are rated as being equally strong despite the fact that the Hatters will be outweighed approximately four; pounds to thej pJrench, :.G^tmat% and German | new STETSON CLASSES QUIETLY PREPAR FOR ORGANIZATION Political Front Appears Inactive But Non-Frat? Are Busy PI KAPS HAVE CHOICE 1 Two Strong Men Are Reported in Running for Highest Posts LIB man. The Spartans1 composed main ly of veterans have played two! games so far, winning from South Georgia and losing to Western Kentucky Teachers by a close margin. .. ■ Friday night will also: mark the fifth meeting of the two teams in ■a .keen rivalry that was begun four years ago. The score iri games now ■stands at two-ail. A great/ deal of:. spirit;vhas'.been displayed''by; the'-fSttet:.*s|ttad.?:in The entire program, Mr. Hender-j son. reported after the deliber ations will be pointed toward and j built tip around the athletic con-1 I test as the central feature of thef I festivities. ! A drive for alumni association lembership, launched last sum- ler, was disclosed" .to. have seventy members alreadyy - and the campaign will be carried on.intensively, the president announced. The officers, in collaboration with administrative , authorities of] !: the University, have tied the mem- the modern language .department, is].bership drive tQ subsoript;on fo Classes--Larger Thisl-1 Year. Alice McLaughlin, who will direct one of the workshop plays lo be presented by Theta Alpha Phi, dramatics fraternity, on the Stetson liwur. -;CIasses:--lii:.Ari:v' gain lecreaslngji This: '.'semester's • enrolment "in BULLETIN Class elections will be held nex( Monday evening. Caa- didates will be nominated from the floor by various groups or members of fraternities. Following nominations all nominees will be voted on by secret ballot. the largest in Stetson's history, according to Dr. Io-a Kay E'asrbur™., head of the department. French is the rr.osi popular language at Stetson, having ill members in its classes. Last year the enrolment fo;- French was 87, five preparing for its battle with the below the enrolment for Spanish. Spartans, and the Hatters will go! This year the -Spanish enrolment to Tampa determined to break the! has increased to 102. tie. The Spartans won last year's! German, though the smallest of game by a lone touchdown. j Stetson's language groups, is grow- Having suffered nothing morej ing. There are now 88 students of than minor bruises, the Hatters, German, a favorable comparison to j with the exception of Stuart T'r.e Stetson Reporter, campus weekly newspaper, which will serve as organ of the association. Officers Attend In addition to President Henderson, who is principal of the Holly Hill High school, near Daytona Beach, those present- at Saturday's conference were: Judge Millard B. Smith, Titusville; judge Frank A. Smith, Orando; James Day, Lakeland, all vice-presidents; and Directors Richard D. Pope, Winter Miss : Harvey, Finds Students Interested in .Subject - . According to Miss Sara Edith farvey, professor of art, there is a large increase in the Stetson art j classes of this year. The draw- j Ffats> arg ahea£, of th(j fraterriity / '" 'By Robert Barnett Organization of the. various Stetson classes seems to be getting tinder way slowly again this year. The proximity of- Homecoming: with its prior election of mayor and hostess, however, has caused a bit of a flurry. The Independents, or Non- Ryan, will be in excellent condition for the fray. Ryan was knocked out in Friday's night's game with South Georgia Teachers, but his injury was not considered: as serious and he wil rejoin the squad this week. Much interest has already been displayed in the coming game, and a large number of students and townspeople have declared their intention of being ''in-. Tampa; when the opening whistle blows Friday night The Stetson coaches, Brady Cowell and Chet Freeman, have .been drilling their men strenuously (this week, trying to develop the :Streak of offensive power which flashed last week and striving also 4o build up a more effective defense against opposition passes. The Hatter-Spartan battle is .slated to be one of the most exciting struggles of the entire year, ;and several thousand fans will doubtless witness the game. last year's 52. Also, a new course] Haven, and Neil Ferguson, Ocala. has been added—scientific Ger-j During the present week Mr. man. This class has drawn students of chemistry, physics, biology, and astronomy. Henderson plans to confer with Homecoming authorities on the ing and painting class is compos ed of both old and new, trained and untrained members.' The class in public school art has been studying the methods employed in teaching art to the grade school children and the comparison of that method with the cues previously used. The classes in cos.ume design, and commercial art show great pro- and commercial show great pro- Pean MtCoIIough Attends Funeral Stetson Executive Loses Brother by Death . In Texas mise of prospective talent and val- umipus with a view to reaching. uab,8 work> M,as Harvey saici agreement on final terms of the; The Hatters, Art Club is plan. program. ! The tentative program of Home- : coming would begin Friday after- ' r.oon, November 1, at 4 o'clock I with open house at frat houses and j University buildings. In the evening the big occasion will be a play, The Bishop Misbehaves, 1:; the Little Theatre, i Saturday, the main day, will i probably go like this, according to -» „ „ „ u J ptans now in the making Miss Lola 3. McCollough wasi ning to hold its first meeting of the year sometime this week. called from her da:e-» as dean jf | women at Stetson University las week by the death of her brother T. E. McCollough i.-f EI Paso, Texas, who was buried in Jacksonville Alabama. The dean, who attended the funeral at Jacksonville, received many expressions or sympathy upon her return to the catr.pus. Largo, Dog Mascot, Dies; stery Survives Him Professional fraternity breakfasts at 7:45; chapel exercises at 9:15 to 9:45. Then, open house by President Allen and faculty members to alumni, parents and friends. Annual business meeting of the (Continued on Page 5) PYNES' GIFT Grafton Pyne, Bernardsvilie, N. J., special student at Stetson University, presented the speech and ! music departments with a check ] Monday morning during Chapel for ! ed sound recording machine. Largo, the big shaggy.dog who has for years been the pet of Stet son University students, was found dead last Wednesday morning. Three boys happened to see him lying in front of the Science build: ing. When they recognized him, they investigated and found him dead. It has been almost a Week since Largo passed away and his death is still a mystery., .There: have beeh numerous rumors concerning : the cause Of the tragedy, but no definite conclusion has been drawn. Some seem to think^that the bite of a snake put an end to Largo.,Others •■'< believe that ;:ah, enemy poisoned ] S. N. Phi Makes Plans For Parade .. . . , A short speech preceded the him; however, it is hard to believe the-purpose'of buying a long need- that the victim had any enemies,! presentation of -the. gift to Dr W S"8tnVTne Seemed t0 '""I ^len' PreSUent °f the University; trance of a float in the homecoming StteJ orvT TT" ^ H '" *Irh Pyne SP°ke 0f the ^ *>arad^y the fratentS anTZ dog died of a broken heart due to' growth of Stetson and of his love! reunion of m Sigma Nu Phi, honorary legal fraternity, held their first business meeting of the year last week. Under the leadership of Norman Abbott, chancellor, it was decided to hold regular meetings on the first and third Tuesday of each month, and to have a speaker of note every other meeting, Tom Cobb, second vice-chancellor and chairman in charge of the homecoming, announced that tentative plans have aready been leaid. Acording to Cobb, they hope to obtain judge Hal Adams, circuit jurge of Taylor County, as their toastmaster at the breakfast, which they will give for their alumni, elude beside the breakfast, the en- The plans, while tentative, wi the fact that his mate passed away on Tuesday. for the school, - I Dr. W. E. Duckwitz, head of the | ly renowned alumni. Regardless of the cause of the' music department anil n,- t„,:„~'F> Xl Iff A II l sad event, the death, of ..Largo i,[C. StoveivjeaS,"! speech SjFOlir Uttf lei! MM groups in their plans for organization, it would seem from ail available reports. The Independents have more or less agreed upon the selection of two strong candidates. The two are well-known for their versatility and enterprise. They are slated to run for Homecoming mayor and president of the Senior class. Pi Kaps' Turn According to the agreement reached by the fraternities that each should have its opportunity in succession to place candidates for mayor in the field, the cycle turns this year to the Pi Kappa Phi. There are only two Pi Kaps that the fraternity group can pla^e in j the running. They are both strong ' men, and one is considered one of the real leaders of the campus" However, the rumors concerning them have received no corroboration from authoritative sources. : Little is .known concerning candidate to be put, up by the sororities for Homecoming hostess. It is certain, however, that their candidate will receive little opposition. Another angle to the political situation this year arises with the plans that are being made to draft a new constitution for the student body. A committee of three students, leaders all, and well-versed in the mysteries of parliamentary procedure and by-laws, are at work on this new constitution. It is rumored that the committee hopes to be able to place the new constitution before the student oublic j before the election of class officers. Frosh in Ferment In the various classes, the Seniors and Freshmen show the greatest amount of organization. Although the Freshmen have had not got together as yet, it is being said (Continued on Page 5) i:,head ,of, the speech de-.J partment, received the, gift along with Dr. Allen. Dr. Allen*'- said in accepting' Pyne's gift that he, knew thei.mo- fnourned by all who knew him,' He had been a prominent character on the Stetson campus;- As mascot for the band he upheld the college: „ , spirit by-parading beside the drum j-Wye behind the gift'was love for major on all occasions to show his j the University and the- desire ;to ■enthusiasm. . : see Stetson . go forward. ;He Said > -."Funeral-"service's-- were/'held Tiies-pnaf the gift would bV dedicated to day afternoon in the band', hall. |.Pyne and named for him. To University Press Four new members have been added to the University Press Staff this year and there are positions open for two scholarship teen, who are interested in print shop work. The new members working on the press are: Hal Hunter Live Oak; Maynard Johnson Smsthportj Pa.; John Hunt, Lakeland; Richard Fay, Smethport, Pa.; and O. J. Camp, Pierson. Henry Slaughter, shop foreman, praises the new members, saying there is a good deal of cooperation among them in the shop.