Miami Hurricane, July 09, 1954

              UM To Open Naval Reserve Training School In September
Volume XXVIII University ok Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., July 9, 1954
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L. to r. Dr. John Beery. Dr. Lewis Walton, and Dr. Orlie Clem look over golf ranking plaque.
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Golfing Profs Get Plaque Of Ranking
An emblem of faculty friendship and fraternity on campus is the golf ranking plaque hanging in the office of the school of education.
Dr. John R. Beery, dean of the school of education, is on top of the golf ladder in the faculty tournament. Dr. Lewis E. Walton, professor of education, Dr. Willis E. Smith, professor of health and physical education, and Dr. Herbert Wey, associate professor of education, closely follow the dean.
“The ladder tournament was established a year ago in the spirit of fun to give us an opportunity for outdoor activity,” Dr. Walton said. “Our scores are nothing to write home about,” he laughed, “and each match is the subject of a lot of joshing.”
Faculty golfers use match play in their games. Whoever gets the lowest score on the greatest number of holes wins that particular match.
Anyone on the “boar d” can challenge the person listed immediately above or two above him. Newcomers start at the bottom of the “board” and work their way up.
The school of education team played the ROTC officers and the Coral Gables Senior High faculty to the fourth green before they were rained out.
Music School, Eaton Hall Due For Completion In Fall Term
Completion of the first unit of the Arnold Volpe music school building and Eaton dormitory, a new residence hall, is expected by fall.
Cost of the first unit of the music school building is estimated at $150,-000. The building will be named after the late Arnold Volpe, founder and first conductor of the UM symphony orchestra.
Funds for construction were obtained mostly from alumni, local music lovers and from profits of concerts and programs during a concentrated two-year drive to raise money. Responsible for the start of construction is a $100,000 gift by Albert Pick of Miami Beach.
The new music buildings will house 11 classrooms and administrative offices; the completed school will eventually have five sections. Total cost for the school will top $800,000.
Studios, practice rooms, sound laboratories and choral rooms will be housed in a four-story air conditioned unit. Other sections of the school will be devoted to a band rehearsal hall, an auditorium to seat 550 persons, and a record, book and music library.
Costing an estimated $1,500,000, Eaton dormitory will contain a soda shop, recreation hall and house 400 students. Single rooms and rooms for four persons will be constructed on the building’s four floors.
The dormitory will be named after *he late Julian S. Eaton, chairman of the Board of Trustees until his death in 1951 UM received $37,476 in cash and $60,000 worth of property from installment of a $750,000 estate bequeathed by the late Eaton.
Robert M. Little, architect for the Merrick building, Ring Theatre and Lowe gallery, drew up the plans for both the music school and the residence hall.
UM Prof Dies In Seattle
Funeral services were held this week in Boulder, Colo., for Dr. Mil-lett Henshaw, associate professor of English at the UM since 1946.
Dr. Henshaw died of a heart attack in Seattle, Wash., while on vacation. He was a native of Boulder, and had also taught at the University of Colorado, St. Louts University, and Stanford University. He earned his doctor of philosophy degree at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Charles Doren Tharp, UM dean of faculty, described Dr. Henshaw as a “well known medieval scholar" who taught Latin, Greek, and Old and Middle English at the UM.
Before his death Dr. Henshaw concentrated on research, writing, and book reviewing.
11 UM Staff Professors To Instruct Officers For Active Duty Preparation
By CAROL ROSS
Hurricane Nawa Editor
Approximately 200 Naval Reserve Officers will begin officers’ school training at North Cammis this September, according to UM officials.
Announcement of the school’s establishment was made earlier this week by UM President Jay F. W.
Pearson.
Commander Robert S. Ward, USNR,
UM associate professor of English, will be director of the school.
The students will receive instruction from a staff of 16 officers, 11 of whom are UM professors.
Assistant Director of the school will be Lieut. Cmdr. Frank B.
Sessa, director of the Miami Public Library.
Purpose of the school as stated by the Bureau of Naval Personnel is, in part, “To provide progressive professional training for Naval Reserve Officers on inactive duty in order to insure a high degree of preparedness for active duty."
It will be one of three such schools activated in the 6th Navtil District.
The other two will be at Duke University and Georgia Tech.
Activation of the three schools in the southeastern states is the result of three "pilot" schools operated last year at Los Angeles, Cal., Milwaukee,
Wis., and New Haven, Conn. Establishment of 30 schools in major cities throughout the country is contemplated.
Although designed primarily for non-pay Naval Reserve Officers, personnel attached to pay units are eligible to attend in addition to their regular drills.
The curriculum will offer 14 courses including basic, technical and naval administration and orientation to command courses.
The basic series will include engineering, gunnery, navigation, OOD-seamanship, and operations.
Technical courses will consist of steam main propulsion, gunnery operations and administration, communications, Combat Information Center, and antisubmarine warfare.
Under administration and command subjects will be one course called “Orientation to command" and one on staff organization and functioning. Each course will offer 40 drill points.
The school will run from Sept. 15 to June 15, with classes offered Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 8 to 10 p.m. Classes will be held on the second floor of the North Campus.
Reserve officers who satisfactorily complete their courses will receive credits for a satisfactory year’s service, which will be credited toward promotion and retirement. They will also be entitled to two weeks' pay.
Ward and Sessa will attend a seminar on Naval Reserve Officer School operation at New Haven, Conn., July 12-14.
UM personnel who will staff the school, in addition to Ward and
Commander Ward
Sessa are: Lieut. Comdr. Robert C. Beyer, command and staff department; Lieut. Comdr. Ralph E. Boyer, operations; Lieut. Comdr. John S. McAnally, engineering; Lieut. William G. Henson, gunnery; Lieut. Paul K. Vonk, orientation to command; Lieut. William B. Munson, communications; Lieut. Arthur Q Phillips, antisubmarine warfare; Lieut. Alfred P. Mills, ordnance; Lieut. Frederick C. McCutcheon, visual aids, command and staff; and Lieut. Jack A. Reynolds, orientation to command.	•
Comdr. Ward, who is associate professor of English at the university, was Officer in Charge of the Naval Training School in radio in the 1st Naval District in 1942. He served as executive officer of the U.S.S. Vixen, flagship of the Atlantic Fleet.
In 1945 he was administrative officer of the Naval Training School at the Hollywood Beach Hotel. He was also assistant legal officer and admiralty officer of the 7th Naval District.
Since the war, he organized and directed the Miami Harbor Defense Unit and the Mobilization Unit of Miami. More recently he has been with the Naval Intelligence Unit.
Reserve officers in the area wishing additional information may call Comdr. Ward before July 9 at 4-7226, or contact the Naval Reserve Training Center at 9-3080.
Ring To Open July It
July 18 has been set as the opening date for the Ring’s production of “Life with Father."
The play was adapted from the book of the same name, telling of life in a family of redheads during the 1880's. A movie was also made from the play.
The lead role is Father, played by Jay P. Fox. Director of the play is Fred Koch.
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Both the UM School of Music, at left, and the Eaton Dormitory are nearing completion. Both buildings will be ready for the fall semester
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