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Vol. 11, No. 4 [USPS 990-560]
"Scott" Anthony Williams, B.B.A.—All right!
Centennial Commencement...
WALDHEIM CALLS FOR GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING
Former United Nations Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim debunked
limited nuclear war strategies,
questioned hopes generated by
recent breakthroughs in Middle
East diplomatic negotiations as
naive and premature, and called
for a new world order during his
news-making appearance as Stetson's 1983 Centennial Commencement speaker.
Waldheim's appearance at
graduation was a major highlight of
Commencement, where the Cen-
Dr. Kurt Waldheim receives the hood and honorary doctoral degree from
Registrar Al Wehrle, Provost Denton Coker and President Pope Duncan at the
Centennial Commencement on May 15, 1983.
50-Year Reunion ...
tennial Class of 1983, numbering
more than 450, received undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Stating the time of "splendid
isolation" was over for the nations
of the world, Waldheim called for a
new world order using the U.N. as
a catalyst for disarmament.
Earlier, at a press conference in
DeLand Hall, Waldheim suggested
the optimism generated by the
recent peace agreements between
Israel and Lebanon by Secretary of
State George Schultz was premature, and said he doubted it would
lead to a withdrawal of peacekeeping troops any time soon.
He also stated in discussions
with the press "one thing people
don't seem to understand is there's
no such thing as a limited nuclear
war. It just doesn't exist. You can
have neither a limited nuclear war,
nor can you win a nuclear war. It
would be the end of mankind."
Realizing current arms limitation
talks between the U.S. and other
superpowers have not yet led to
disarmament, Waldheim nevertheless insisted such talks continue.
Citing a number of alarming
trends in the world in his address,
Waldheim said, "There is no
shortage of solutions." He
declared the paramount concern of
all today is to prevent a nuclear
holocaust. "We cannot assume we
are safe because nuclear weapons
have not been used since 1945."
A major cause of this state of
affairs was simply ignorance: "Of
all the evils that have beset
mankind in its recent history, that
of ignorance is perhaps the
worst—for out of ignorance there
comes intolerance; out of intolerance there comes hostility; out of
hostility there comes conflict."
According to Waldheim the
solution is "to press on with the
development of a world community
on a global basis. This is not a
matter of abstract idealism but
practical self interest. It is also a
matter of urgency." He added that
"global organization and global
order, however imperfect or
sometimes ineffective they may be
at present, are an increasingly indispensable necessity—many middle and smaller powers within the
United Nations and in various
groupings around it have steadily
developed a sense of cooperative
responsibility on many global
issues. They constitute an
important middle force in the
affairs of the world."
Please turn to page 5.
" Golden" Grads Return to Stetson
The "Golden Anniversary"
Class of 1933 joined Stetson's
Centennial Commencement in a
special and sentimental reunion.
Sixteen 1933 grads attended the
reunion and received their 50-year
diplomas and certificates.
Among them were three of the
class officers: H. Russell Brown,
president; Betty Foard Hutchings,
vice president; and Ruth Hale
Robertson, secretary.
Though 1933 marked the low
point of the Depression, it was a
time of youthful high jinks for the
Hatters, Brown recalled. "We'd
organize car pools and go to the
beach to have dances, like the
Delta Sig Sailor's Ball at the pier,"
he said. "There was always something going on, whether it was a
campus activity or just a bunch of
fellows getting together to play
pranks."
Betty Hutchings even remembers those days as romantic—in
spite of the university's restrictions
on dating. "We had all sorts of
picnics and moonlight cruises—
always a lot of fun," she said.
"Jobs were hard to come by, and
money was hard to earn," Brown
recalled. "But if you had a nickel
you could take a date for a Coke.
Girls were very considerate.
They'd chip in since we were all
struggling together!"
Ruth Robertson recalled her first
job was a teaching job in New
Smyrna Beach. The pay was $85 a
month, "and they couldn't promise
Please turn to page 8.
The Class of 1933 officers: (l-r) Betty Foard Hutchings, H. Russell Brown and
Ruth Hale Robertson.
