STETSON-LETTER
VOL. 6, NO. 4
STETSON UNIVERSITY, DeLAND, FLORIDA
JUNE, 1958
THE POT IS BOILING
FOR NOVEMBER!
A Statement by President Edmunds
Stetson University will be 75 years old on
November 5, 1958.
On this day, Stetson will be old enough to
take inventory of her proven accomplishments and young enough to make plans for
another 75 years.
Looking backward over the years, we see
that Stetson pioneered in Florida in higher
education and gave the state the first College of Law, the first School of Music, and
the first School of Business. The campus
theatre, the student newspaper, and intercollegiate athletics had "firsts" at Stetson.
Looking toward the future, Stetson will
continue to lead the way in the areas in
which she can serve with distinction. New
this year are such programs as Early Admission and Advanced Placement for the gifted
high school students and the new 3-2 Engineering Program with the University of
Florida whereby students get their humanities and basic sciences at Stetson and their
technical training in the well-equipped laboratories and classrooms at the University
of Florida. These programs and others
which are designed to prepare young men
and young women for the Space Age mean
that Stetson must move forward not only in
ideas but in facilities and equipment.
New also this year is the Charles A. Dana
Library at the College of Law campus in St.
Petersburg, the first new unit in plans for
a great law center. New on the DeLand
campus is the Stetson Union, a building
which generates pride in every student and
alumnus as they show their friends through
this structure. Ready for fall will be three
more units of residence halls for men.
Just as the founders dreamed and executed plans to give young people of their day
an education for leadership at Stetson, each
class inherits the obligation to make the Stetson of tomorrow an even better place to
meet the challenge of new generations.
I hope every alumnus of Stetson will join
with the Trustees, the administration, the
faculty, and the student body on November
5 to look with justifiable pride at the record
of the past and to dream bigger dreams for
the Stetson of tomorrow.
Alumni President Calls
For Members to Recruit
Top Students for Stetson
One of the principal goals of an alumni association, as determined at a panel discussion of the
American Alumni Council, is to recruit students.
This information, relayed to officers of the Stetson Alumni Association, proved to be one of the
most important d'scussions at the annual meeting
at Homecoming this year.
"Many of us have been supporting our Alma
Mater financially," said James Y. Arnold, Jr., President of the Association, "yet we know
that we can do
more." He continued:
"One of the most
serious problems
faced by Stetson
and all universities
these days is enrollment. This has become increasingly
serious as more and
more students attempt to find a col-
■p lege which will open
its doors to them.
fl "For that reason
Stetson has been
compelled to limit
enrollment to those
JAMES Y. ARNOLD, JR. top students who
will make the most of their opportunities. This
opens the area in which we can assist.
"Stetson's Director of Admissions, A. F. Tuttle,
needs our help in locating top students and he is
do'ng an admirable job on a difficult assignment.
When we told him that our alumni would help
him in locating and evaluating students, he was
elated. Our president, Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds, agrees
that this is much needed.
"Our job would be that of Alumni Admissions
Counselors. We would interview prospective students on behalf of the Director of Admissions. The
Director would refer applicants to those of us who
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