Stetson University - Hatter Yearbook (DeLand, FL)

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William Sims Allen, a.m. I ' lI.D.. LL.D. I ' resiileni of the I ' niversity Tlie President ' s M essage The session 1939-40 has been high in achievements. The scholarship record is higher than ever before. Scholarship, next to the development of Christian character, is the primary business of the University. Students continue to give their best efforts toward the attainment of high standards in every school, department and activity. Student government has been stronger than in any previous year. An honor system has been ajiprovcd and is in process of development. The faculty members arc outstanding Christian scholars. Twenty-six of them have the Doctor of I ' liildsopli) degree or its cfiuivalcnl. Ten are members of Phi Beta Kaj)pa. Seven- teen of the twenty di ' jiartmcnts in the (College of Arts and Sciences are headed by men and women with the Doctor ' s degree. .Social, ciilliiral and religious ideals are ever stressed. Thus Stetson continues to go forward. i take this opportunity to extend greetings and good wishes to the student body and to the Stetson family everywhere. Sincerely, William Sims Alien, President

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Mr. Doyle E. Carlton A prominent lawyer in both Florida and the South, Mr. Doyle E. Carlton has achieved a lar{;e measure of success by his venture into politics. As governor of Florida from 1929 to 1933, Mr. Carlton has indicated his capabilities in being a good leader. After graduating from Stetson University he did graduate work at the University of t ' hicago, and at Columbia. He began his law practise in Tampa, Florida, in 191.5. He married Miss Nell Ray of Tampa. They have three children. In 1917 Mr. Carlton was elected to the state senate for a period of two years. Following this position in polities he became City Attorney for Tampa, and then entered the race for governor- ship in which he was successful. Mr. Carlton is listed in the Who ' s Who. He is an active member of the Masons and the .Shrine, the Knights of Pythias, the Moose, the Elks, and the Kiwanis Club. BOOK ADMINISTRATION

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. % HON KDWARDS BOLTON BRITTAIN WEST ALLEN BAILEY IIOBSON EDMUNDS BAGGETT JENNINGS CARLTON STETSON Poard of I rtistees John B. Stetson, Jr., D.C.L., President Philadelphia, Pa. E. L. Hon, Vice-President DeLand, Fla. Houfih West. M.D., Secretary DeLand, Fla. William Sims Allen. Ph.D.. Treas. Edward L. Mickle. Asst. Sec. DeLand, Fla. DeLand. Fla. B. B. Baggetl Daytona Beach, Fla. Rev. C. M. Brittain. D.D. Jacksonville. Fla. Mrs. Alfred I. duPonl Jacksonville, Fla. Rev. W. A. Hobson, D.D. Si. Petersburg, Fla. Elkanah B. Hulley, D. Eng Pittsburgh, Pa. G. Henry Stetson San Fernando, Cal. Hugh West. M.D. DeLand, Fla. F. N. K. Bailey Sebring, Fla. Theodore C. Brooks DeLand, Fla. J. OUie Edmunds Jacksonville, Fla. Robert Shailor Holmes. Litt.D. Daytona Beach, Fla. S. Bryan Jennings Jacksonville, Fla. John B. Stetson, HI Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. J. L. White. D.D. Miami, Fla. Rev. C. H. Bolton, D.D. West Palm Beach, Fla. Doyle E. Carlton. LL.D. Tampa, Fla. John L. Edwards Ocala, Fla. S. V. Hough Tallahassee, Fla. O. K. Reeves Tampa. Fla. H. B. Stevens DeLand, Fla. S. A. Wood Kdnor. Md.