Miami Hurricane, December 09, 1960

              IT'S YULE
TIME AGAIN
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The Mia
Vol. XXXVI. No. 11
University of Miami
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IT'S RING
HIT AGAIN
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AND HOPE
Take Pick
ForHC
Orchestra
By SANDY STEDMAN
Take your pick:
Ray Anthony. Ray Coniff. Les
Elgart, Percy Faith. Billy May,
Lester Lanin, Ralph Marterie.
UM students will be able to
choose for the first time which
of the leading orchestras above
they would like for the 1961
Homecoming  Dance.
Said Tom Holleran. this year's
Homecoming Publicity Chairman:
'There is no guarantee that the
most favored band will be the
one we get; but the ballots will
serve M a guide in the selection.
"We will try as much as possible to honor the students' selection."
The   Undergraduate   Student   ;
Caovemmcnt will start contact-   I
ing   the   selected   hand   leader
after Jan. 1. Holleran said.
For students to show their pref- |
erence, they should clip out the
hallot below, mark their favorite
three and drop it in one of the
USG suggestion boxes located
in thi' Snake Pit. the Bree/eway,
the University Bookstore, the
Ashe Building and the Student
Union.
Ballots will also be accepted in
the office of Student Activities
Homecoming Dance choices are
to be in by Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Mark one and clip out:
* ;
Kav Coniff i
WITH SLIDES
Henry Field
Will Lecture
I   Here Monday
Dr. Henry Field, world-famous anthropologist and author, will speak in Beaumont Lecture Hall at 3:39 Monday afternoon—just three days before his 58th birthday.
Field, utilized as a research as-4	
sociate   in   anthropology   for   the
The 12
To Meet
AMID SHOUTS OF "Bravo!" the UM Symphony concluded its first performance of Beethoven's majestic Ninth Symphony this weekend. After the performance, with the audience
still calling for "More!", Symphony Manager
Marie Volpe and Conductor Dr. Fabien Sevitzky were presented a laurel wreath. Sec
music writer's review, page  12
Hicks To Head All UM Publications
In Newly-Created Directorship
[ 1  Ray Anthony
M Les  Elgart
Percy Faith
n Billy May
f~) Lester Lanin
[ ] Ralph Marterie
Like... Yeah!
Kappa Pi art honorary resumes
tt| life model sketching classes at
8 tonight in Room 111 of the Arts
Building.
The classes will be held every
Friday night except during Christmas vacation. Admission is 50
cents.
FOUR FOR PREXY
Wilson Hicks, UM journalism
faculty member, was named
yesterday the first director of
University  publications.
He   will   assume   the   position
Jan    1.
Hicks, former executive
editor of I.ifi Magazine who
is presently supervisor of student publications, has taught
photojournalism   here   since
in:*.-*.
He will continue his work in
thCM two fields.
"In this newly-created position, Mr. Hicks will supervise
the planning, writing and editing of all University of Miami
publications," said UM President Jay F. W. Pearson.
"He (Hicks) brings to this important phase of the University's activities an unmatched
wealth of experience from his
U years as one of the chief
editors of Life and his many
previous years in executive po
sitions   with   the   Associated
Preee   newgfeeture  and  news
MRHA Holds Election
By TOVA BOSEM
Men's Residence Halls Association—largest organization on campus—elects a new slate of officers Thursday
Four UM students are competing for the presidency:
William Anderson. 20, is in
the College of Arts and Sciences. John Chagnon. a sophomore education major, was
athletic chairman of MRHA this
semester.
Larry Kurland. 21, has served
as MRHA recording secretary
Senior Henry Leon has served as
MRHA representative to Undergraduate Student i.ovemmcnt.
Leon has acted as MRHA social
chairman and chairman of awards.
He also worked on academic
housing and  homecoming.
In the vice-presidential race,
Dave Bendett has been on the
MRHA executive board for three
years and is presently corresponding secretary.
James Locasrio is chairman
of  Pep  Club  and   the  MRHA
plaque committee. He has also
served on the social and athletic
committees.
John Lowrey has been MRHA
adviser from San Sebastian Hall
for two years.
The offices of treasurer, corresponding secretary and recording
secretary are uncontested. Terry
Richardson has applied for treasurer and Ibrahim Risai for corresponding secretary No applications WCTC received for recording secretary.
"We would like to have at
least five people running for each
office." said MRHA President Ted
Cheetham.
The nominating committee, composed of Cheetham, Vice-President Frank Kearns, Ray Davis,
Dennis Dice and Charley Nomina,
has the power to select nominees
to fill gaps in the election slate.
DIRECTOR WIKSON HICKS
Photojournalism Expert
photo services and  the Kansas
City Star."
link* joined the UM faculty as lecturer in journalism
and began teaching photojournalism courses, which
have drawn students from
many  states.
In 1957 he organized the first
of the series of annual photojournalism conferences which
have attracted international attention.
Three years ago Hicks was
appointed supervisor of student
publications: The Hurricane,
the weekly campus newspaper.
Tempo; the monthly magazine,
and  Ibis, the  UM  annual.
He is author of "Words and
Pictures" a pioneering study
of photojournalism.
"Naturally." said Hicks, "I am
pleased to be chosen for this
important work, and happy that
student publications will still be
part of my responsibility.
"The assignment is a great
challenge. I shall need the cooperation and help of many,
and knowing the University
and its people pretty well by
now, I think there is no doubt
that I shall get  it."
Hicks will move into his Ashe
Building office before the end
of the semester.
UM. will illustrate his speech, entitled "The Adventure of Digging
Into the Past," with slides.
Student   admission   for  the
lecture—the  fourth  in  a   series
presented  by  Delta Theta Mu.
Arts  and  Sciences  honorary,
and Undergraduate Student
Government—will  Im*  50  rents,
as usual; but students who attend   as  a   listed   class   assignment   will   be   admitted   for  25
rents.
Field,  the  curator  of  the Chicago Museum of Natural  History
for  four  years,  was a  U.S. dele-
ROTC Will Hold Its First
Schoiarsliip Ball Tomorrow
UM Reserve Officer's Association will hold its first
annual Scholarship Ball tomorrow in the Grand Ballroom of the Everglades Hotel at 9 p.m.
Dr. H. Franklin Williams, UM
vice president, called the ball "a
new innovation on the part of
ROTC to see that deserving students can obtain a college education."
Proceeds of the dance will go
to a memorial scholarship fund
in honor of UM students killed
in World War II and Korea. The
fund will aid financially needy
UM  students.
Tickets are $3.50, but $10 donations will make the donor a
co-sponsor of the dance and $100
will make the giver a patron.
UC Party Sunday
All University College students,
faculty and faculty wives are invited to a Christmas party Sun-
Tempo's Out
On Monday
Joy to the world . . . The
Christmas issue of Tempo goes
on sale Monday.
For 25 cents you get:
0 A wild holiday guide to jazz
in  Miami.
0 A report on how to live happily in the West with four hot-
ties of bourbon and a set of
bongos.
0 A Leonardo di Vinci "do-it-
yourself" kit for students.
0 Report on how "LBJ" can still
go all-the-way
Tempo will be sold in the Stu
DR. HENRY FIELD
Hell 'Dig' UM
gate to the 220th anniversary of
the Academy of Soviet Science, in
Moscow and Leningrad.
He has authored numerous
works on the Middle East and
Asia, his most famous being. "The
Track of Man," a best-seller.
Field, who has worked with
the Library of Congress on
Near East research, onee led
the Marshall Field Archaeological Expedition tn Europe.
He now makes his home in
Coconut Grove.
The 12-member Undergraduate
Commission on the State of the
University will meet in its second
session 4:30 p.m. Monday to discuss student activity fees, men's
residence halls and Undergraduate Student Government.
Because* UM Executive Vice
President Dr. Robert Johns will
be out of town Thursday, the
original date for the meeting, the
session was reset for Monday
This will allow for full coverage
of the commission's recommendations in next week's Hurricane.
Student members of the recently-created commission, who
meet monthly with Dr. Johns,
are: Kay Nabors. Steve Miller,
Ken Casanova, Bernie Weiner,
Steve Kogan. Nancy Hemp. Jerry
Gardner. Carol Milioti. Jary Nixon, Ted Klein, Ted Cheetham and
Buzz Shubart.
OK. Fess Up—
Who Did It/
Beef steaks earmarked for
three UM administrators
disappeared just before the
Board of Trustees luncheon
Tuesday.
Vice presidents Dr. Robert
Johns and Dr. C. Doren
Tharp, and William How-
land, director of public information, had to wait for
replacements.
day from 3 to 5 p.m. in the lounge   dent Union and all main UM cor-
of the 720 Dorm
ridors.
Pliti ly Pin trill
GO WEST, young girl ... so she did. Our Hurricane Honey,
Gwen West, decorates ihe campus scenery with her charm. The
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