Stetson University - Hatter Yearbook (DeLand, FL)

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1ST RATION CHARLES H. FRANKLIN Business Manager C. HOWARD HOPKINS Dean of the University ;eor ;f. w. hood Dean of Men. Director of Guidance ETTER McTEER TURNER Dean of omen

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THE A I) l I Once again, u have demonstrated lliat Stetson spirit has faith in the future! Mter the Christmas lire of L954 had destroyed our onl) dining facility. I asked you whether ..u wished the dining room immediatel) rebuilt with the fire insurance receipts or whether you would he willing to wait for funds to lie raised for a dining room large enough for our increased -Indent body. With one voice, you said you preferred to wait for a larger Commons. Within a few months, sufficient funds were in hand to build this new Commons. Hut. something else had happened |. then. P this time, you were making light of the inconvenience of standing in lines outdoors while waiting to get into the basement of the Men ' s Gymnasium to a hastily-improvised, temporary cafeteria. and mi were dreaming of something more than a Commons, i ou talked about a Student I nion Build- in which would be the center-piece of the campus— a building in which all the students could center their social and recreational activities, with dining facilities occupying onl) one portion. Without a dis- senting voice, you urged that the money we had accumulated not be used now to build a separate dining hall, hut that additional funds he sought to finance the larger project - tomorrow. Two ears ma not he ver long in the seventy-three year life-span of an institution. But. it is a long time for students of one generation to suffer inconveniences in order that students of another generation may have a richer college life, and so, in the name of future Stetson men and women who will enjoy all the pleasant experiences to come with the new Student Union Building. 1 salute the -tudents of 1955 and L956 and say: Thank you. Once again, you have proved that Stetson spirit has faith in the future— faith that the best days of Stetson are ahead of us. President J. OLLIE EDMUNDS

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MARY ED A PARKER Assistant Dean of Women ttf j s ff - A. F. TUTTLE Director of Admissions J. BLANFORD TAYLOR Director of News Bureau f CARL H. JOHNSON Assistant Dean of Men