Miami Hurricane, July 13, 1956

              traffic Court Plan Meets Test jn Fall
Proposal Draws Comments From Local Leaders, Press
A request by Tom Spencer, Student Body Government president, for a student-administered traffic court to handle campus parking violations set off a chain of developments
Miami @ Hurricane
\ol. XXXI
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., July 13,1956
No. 27
Relations Unit Hits Problems With. Workshop
By MARIAN FEIT
Hurricane Staff Writer
Disregarding the “treat ’em rough, knock ’em down” policy, the second session of the Human Relations Workshop that started this week is designed to give students a better understanding of life in a democratic society.
Dr. Dean Epley, chairman of the Human Relations Department, and Dr. Omer Carmichael, superintendent of the Louisville, Ky. public schools, direct the three-week study group.
Problems concerning teacher-teacher, teacher-pupil, teacher- parent and parent-child relationships will be discussed.
Instead of following a rigid schedule, the group has informal lectures, demonstrations, projects and field trips designed to fit the needs of the students.
States such as North Dakota and Massachusetts are represented in the study group. More than half the group is from Florida.
The bulk of the students consists of teachers, policemen and supervisors.
“Anyone who constantly meets and works with people can profit from the Human Relations Workshop,” said Dr. Epley.
He recommends the sessions to teachers, parents, community workers and intergroup relations experts.
The workshop presents the theoretical and practical application sides of human relations, according to Dr.
Epley.
It is sponsored in cooperation with the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The organization awarded six students scholarships for the workshop.
Both sessions on human relations offer six graduate or undergraduate
credits.
Graduate Exams Given Temerrew
Graduate record examinations for beginning graduate students will be given tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. in the Memorial Classroom Building, Room N204.
The graduate record exam is a national test given by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N. 3.
Universities use the test results to decide on admission of students to graduate school work.
The exam is given to all beginning graduate students at UM during their first semester of work. Results are used as a basis for future counseling.
The University tests its students on aptitude and major subject field Students receive a percentile rating on the test and can compare their scores with those of other students throughout the country.
SBG Needs Workers
Student Body Government_________
volunteer workers to help address letters being sent out to inooming freshman.
Those interested in participating in the project should come to the SBG office, second floor of the Student Union, Wednesday at 1 p.m.
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Editors Borry and Schnitzel hold editorial conference.
... Hot Dog!
Honorary M-Book Editor 2 Yrs. Old; Claims No Degree, Just A Pedigree
By ELMER STORM
Huorkouo Stall Writ«
A two-year-old Daschund with wanderlust is currently attending summer school.
Schnitzel Von fritz Q, latest dog to adopt this campus as a second home, is a canine member of German royalty and boasts a loooooong pedigree.
It might be Schnitzel's friendly nature that prompts him to come to campus or maybe he's just a dog who’s looking for a college degree.
Actually he has o fine home about half-mile from-campus and returns there every evening. Schnitzel takes advantage of his peculiar build by squeezing out the front door every morning just as its opened a crack to retrieve the morning paper.
Then the trip to campus begins— up and down the same streets and
across two bridges.
It might be family tradition that links Schnitzel to UM. His owner, Mrs. Paul Shiekman, was graduated from the University in 1952. Her younger brother, Michael, is a student here now.
Schnitzel’s favorite resting place on campus is The Hurricane office, where he settles his long body in front of the fan and moans a little about the incessant heat.
His faithfulness in reporting to the office and his companionship in bemoaning the warm weather have endeared him to staffers on summer publications.
So Schnitzel has been named an honorary editor of The Hurricane and M Book.
As he wanders around campus Schnitzel’s Daschund-sad eyes make everyone think he is lost.
An average day may bring as
Cards, Dates Ready Fer 2nd Registration
Appointment cards for the second summer school session are now available in the Registrar’s Office, second floor of the Ashe Building.
Early registration will be given on a first-come first-served basis, according to E. M. McCracken, registrar.
Registration starts Friday, July 27, and classes for the second session begin Saturday, July 38.
many as eight to 10 phone calls to his home and some member of the family will usually come out to re trieve the “lost” dog.
One call came from Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery a week ago, notifying Mrs. Shiekman that her dog was so playful that the children attending gallery classes would not concentrate on their painting.
Mrs. Shiekman dispatched herself to rescue the dog. Just as she drove up to the front of the gallery, one of Miami's downpours came down in buckets.
As she sat in the car, a big guard came out the front door, carrying a buAdled-up Schnitzel and protecting the dog with a big umbrella.
With such care and attention, why should a guy stay home?
Ad Salesman Needed •
The Student Directory committee needs advertising salesmen to solicit ads from local businessmen for the directory, which will be published in the fail.
Salesmen will be allowed to keep 10 per cent of the profits obtained from what ads they sell.
Interested students should apply in the student activities office, Room 4 of the Student Union.
this week.
One link in the chain was added when Jacob I. Jackson, executive director of the Dade County Safety Council, gave the opinion that “since the University is private property, there is some question whether police power is valid except on streets crossing campus.”
If municipal power is not valid, fines for improper parking on campus may have been illegal ever since the first summons was handed out to a founding class student in 1926.
Ira F. Williard, Coral Gables city manager, said this week that the plan was a “good Idea and a fine opportunity for students to practice self-government”
However, Williard deferred action on the traffic court request until formal action is sought by the student Senate this fall and endorsed by the UM administration.
Editorial dissent was voiced in the Miami Daily News last Thursday because a "traffic fine is levied not primarily as a source of revenue, but to discourage repeated violations of the traffic code.”
“By reducing lhe fines on the student level, the purpose not only would be defeated, but in many cases would serve to encourage minor offenses by students," said the News.
The local daily thought “students would prefer to pay a small fine rather than be inconvenienced by certain traffic regulations.”
“It was proposed that the money collected from the student-levied fines would go to a University student athletic fui)d,” said the editorial.
In making the recommendation, student body representatives speculated that traffic fines under transfer of judicial authority would be considerably less, according to the News.
Spencer said the News editorial misunderstood the entire traffic plan.
“The main purpose of the plan is not to raise money for a recreational
fund, but to give students experience in self-government,” he said. “It actually isn’t important who gets the fine money.”
“The News was wrong in saying that fines would be reduced so considerably as to encourage minor violations," said Spencer. “We do not propose to reduce fines that much.” “I feel that the administration would go along with the traffic court plan if it feels the students really want to establish a court,” said Spencer.
At the present time University officials have not stated whether they are for or against the traffic court plan.
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How The Plan Would Work
Here's how the proposed traffic court plan would work.
All students would be required to obtain a free car registration decal so that student cars could be identified.
Traffic violations would include parking in a “no parking” zone, parking in the wrong lot or improper parking.
Summonses would be issued by regular Coral Gables policemen on duty at the University. They would be similar to the regular Gables summons, but of a distinctive color td indicate connection with the student court
A person receiving a summons would have to report to the traffic office within three school days and have the option of paying the fine, or being assigned a date to appear in the traffic court.
If found guilty in court, the accused would pay the traffic fine and court costs. Money collected from the court would go to the Paul R. Yarck Memorial Fund.
Dr. Beyer Speaks On Latin America
Latin American relationships among the United Nations, the United States and the Organisation of American States were surveyed Tuesday night by Dr. Robert Beyer, associate professor of Hlspanic-American history.
Dr. Beyer spoke to the Miami Beach division of the Miami chapter of the American Association for the United Nations.
Basing his speech on a trip be made to Chile last year, Dr. Beyer reviewed the way the UN, the U. S. and other groups have coo peas ted in the Shoestring Republic.
The professor visited the Latin American country as a member of the Klein and Saks economic and financial mission.
“Although UN work in Latin America has been less political and dramatic than in other countries, the world group has made steady gains in economic, social and cultural works,” said Dr. Beyer.
Latin America has been a strong supporter of the UN and while it has benefited from the United Nations, it has also contributed leadership to its General Assembly and Security Council, he said.
“UN agencies such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization and UNESCO have given special assistance to Latin American countries. Dr. Beyer stated.
Contract Goos To Marino Lab
Contracts totaling $147,000 were renewed this week with the Marine Laboratory by the State Department
of Conservation.
Renewed for one-year periods were contracts for research on the Red Tide, for $60,000 a year, and on salt water fish, for $87,000.
Jack F. Zipf Jr., administrative assistant for the Marine Lab, said the special Red Tide project, a study of the fish-killing plagues on the west coast, is going into its third year.
A long-term program of surveys and biological work on salt water fish is going into its i