Stetson Cupola 1975-3-4

Special Edition — VOL. 3 NO. 4 STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA ■*■ JANUARY, 1975 )ebaters Bring 'em Home Stetson debate and forensics teams halked up a remarkable record this all with 48 awards won in six tourna- lents entered. "I think our strongest area is foren- ics," admits Ron Baugh, director of iebate and forensics teams. "In the last ournament, every student made the inals in his or her event." Baugh explains Stetson competed gainst 300 different colleges and uni- ersities in the tournaments winning 8 individual debate awards, 11 peaker awards and 19 awards in in- lividual events. Eleven of these were or first or second place in tournament, ccording to Baugh. Last year, he says Stetson ranked bird nationally in individual competi- Lon and ninth in combined debate and orensics competition. This fall seven students qualified or the national tournament scheduled in April. These include: Bobbi Rowe — extemporaneous, persuasive and informative speaking and poetry interpretation; Marcia Timmel — extemporaneous speaking; Mike Duduit — humorous speaking and duet acting; Ireen Ziegler — duet acting; Clay Henderson — extemporaneous and impromptu speaking; Amy Horton — duet acting and poetry interpretation; and Bobbie Duduit — persuasive speaking and duet acting. Baugh indicates 10 students, comprising five teams, have outstanding debate records: Miss Rowe and Mark Collins; Henderson and Miss Horton; Miss Timmel and Liz Knoblock; Gar- eth Morgan and Chuck Higgins; and Danny McDonald and Bruce Berko- witc. This is Baugh's sixth year at Stetson. He recalls his first year university debaters and speakers won a total of 13 awards for the entire school year. COSBY'S COMING! ARE YOU? — To Stetson Homecoming, that is! Alumni affairs director George Painter says Bill Cosby's performance, scheduled at 2:30 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 15) at Edmunds Center, should provide entertainment for all ages — students, alumni and families. The versatile comedian, actor and educator has appeared in several dramatic series, television specials and works with educational network programs. Charles E. Merrill Portrait Unveiled at Stetson Stetson has honored Charles E. Merrill, founder of the famed brokerage firm ad financial instigator of the American studies program at Stetson, with the un- 4ERRILL PORTRAIT UNVEILED — Doris Merrill Magowan, left, unveiled a lortrait of her financier father, Charles E. Merrill, during Dec. 5 ceremonies at itetson honoring the school's benefactor. University chancellor Dr. J. Ollie Ed- lunds spoke of Merrill's friendship to the school. In 1954, Merrill, once a Stet- on student, gave seed money for the Charles E. Merrill Program of American itudies at Stetson. veiling of a commissioned portrait by world-renowned artist Everette Raymond Kinstler. The tribute coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the Charles E. Merrill Program of American Studies at Stetson. "It took, in 1954, a large vision to establish the program which took shape here," explained Dr. John A. Hague, Stetson professor of American studies. "Stetson University and the American studies faculty members both owe much to the man we honor here today. His seed fell on fertile soil and we have been greatly blessed." Doris Merrill Magowan, daughter of the Stetson benefactor, unveiled the portrait in ceremonies Dec. 4 on campus. Addresses were made by Stetson chancellor Dr. }. Ollie Edmunds, a friend of Merrill, and Dr. Hague, who serves as director of the National American Studies Faculty. Stetson president Dr. John E. Johns presided. Merrill, who died in 1956, attended Stetson in 1902-03 before transferring to Amherst College where he graduated in 1908. Following receipt of his degree, the future financial magnate played professional baseball in Florida and also was on the news staff of the Tropical Sun, a newspaper published in West Palm Beach. Later, he was to call newspaper work "the best training I ever had." That training launched a career which ended with the largest stock brokerage firm in the world, known as Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Merrill was the first to develop the "chain" concept of selling stocks and bonds. He set out to bring Wall Street to the small investor by any means feasible and his success is evident. A strong believer in the free capital market and the American system of free enterprise, Merrill, in 1954, provided funds necessary to begin the American studies program at Stetson. This academic program has achieved national recognition, and Dr. Hague serves as director of the National American Studies Faculty. Merrill's portrait will be on permanent display in DeLand Hall.