Stetson Cupola 1973-2-2

VOL. 2 NO. 2 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA SEPTEMBER 1973 634 FROSH & TRANSFERS EXPECTED EIGHTY-SEVEN RECEIVE DEGREES IN AUGUST Dr. Theodore W. Beiler challenged graduates of Stetson University Friday evening in Commencement exercises held in Elizabeth Hall auditorium. "Has Stetson helped you see beyond the narrow confines of your major interest? Has "liberal" education succeeded in liberating you from narrow perspectives?" Dr. Beiler questioned the eighty-seven graduates. "Has your time here helped you to find what your values are and to find what is worthy of your attention!' he asked. "Does God have a plan for your life?" Dr. Beiler commented that most of the graduates had taken four years to reach the platform whereas "it has taken me twenty years!' The reference was to the fact that Dr. Beiler joined the Stetson faculty in 1953 as an assistant professor. He is now a full professor and chairman of the department of Chemistry. Fifty-six candidates received Master's degrees and thirty-one bachelor's degrees from the College of Liberal Arts and School of Business Administration. Dr. Robert S. Chauvin, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and director of the Summer School session presided at the Commencement. Dr. T. Wayne Bailey, professor of Political Science, delivered the Invocation and Benediction. Paul R. Jenkins, Jr., Organist, played both the Processional and Recessional. Referring to the Commencement as a celebration, Dr. Beiler stressed the continuing need for education and the endlessness of the learning process. Citing changes in social and environmental conditions, he speculated on possible future postures of education and society. KIRCHMAN TO HEAD ALUMNI HOMECOMING FETE Ken Kirchman, class of '58, is serving as chairman of the Special Projects Committee for the Alumni Association. The primary project of this committee is to help set up and implement plans for Homecoming 1974. Ken is president and 80 percent owner of Florida Software Services, Inc., an Altamonte Springs company transplanted from Orlando. In the computer field, software refers to the Monday, August 27. The new Health & Physical Education Building begins to take shape. Maybe in six or eight months it will be complete. Anyone hoarding concrete? systems or instructions given a computer to make it function, while hardware refers to the actual computer. Ken's company is the largest software supplier to' banks in the country. Ken has displayed the same enthusiasm toward making this homecoming a success as can be evidenced in the success of his company. During the past summer, Ken has been working closely with the Director of Alumni Affairs at Stetson and student homecoming host and hostess for 1974, Mike Fronk and Briony Aaron. The Special Projects Committee has set a goal to bring back 2,000 alumni to the Stetson campus for homecoming. He has asked the alumni in the district in which the University is located, that includes the counties of Volusia, Putnam, St. Johns, and Flagler, to serve as the district host for the occasion. Ken says, "I am confident that we will not only reach our goal of having more alumni return to homecoming than ever before, but we can also assure those returning that they will have more fun participating in the various activities and leave the campus more fulfilled than ever before in our University's history." At present.Ken is looking for volunteers to serve on the various subcommittees that will help set up and implement the activities planned. Those interested in working with Ken on one of these subcommittees should contact him by writing or calling him at the following address: Mr. Ken Kirchman, 116 Camphor Tree Lane, Altamonte Springs, Florida 32701. Phone (305) 831-2831. MAX LERNER ORIENTATION SPEAKER Max Lerner, nationally known journalist and educator, will speak on September 4th at 8:00 p.m. under the sponsorship of Orientation Week Committee. Lerner's newspaper column is syndicated world-wide through the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. He has traveled in almost every part of the world as a journalist and a scholar. His column is carried three times weekly. He is the author of a dozen books, of which the best known is probably America As A Civilization. It has been translated and published throughout the world, has received wide acclaim, and is available in a two-volume paperback edition published by Simon and Schuster. His latest published work is "Tocqueville and American Civilization." Lerner did his college and law studies at Yale University and graduate "There is a new world coming"... that is for freshmen and transfer students participating in Stetson University's 91st Annual Orientation Week beginning on the DeLand campus September 2,1973. Convocation Ceremonies will officially open the school year at 10:00 a.m. Thursday (September 6) in the Forest of Arden, with classes beginning at 11:00 a.m. Stetson's Orientation Week is geared towards introducing the new students to both Stetson's academic and social standards as well as the people and buildings which comprise the Stetson community. Students are kept busy during the week as they settle into their dormitories, undergo testing, attend social event, and meet with deans, staff members, and students. Residence halls open Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and Orientation activities begin that afternoon. A reception honoring the parents is scheduled for 1:30 Sunday afternoon in the lounge of the Carlton Student Union Building. The general meeting of all new students, the official kick-off for the week, will be held at 4:30 p.m. in Elizabeth Hall Auditorium. Students are scheduled to meet with their academic deans (7:00 p.m.) and student academic advisors (8:00). These meetings will be followed by a pool party. Monday morning students will begin a three day testing period during which they take placement and exemption exams. Stetson President John E. Johns and Mrs. Johns will give a reception for Stetson students Monday (September 3) at 7:00 p.m. The students will have the opportunity to attend a social at the "Cellar Door" where Stetson students perform late that night. Cont. on page n