Miami Hurricane, May 08, 1959

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The Mia
Vol. XXXIV, No. 25
University of Miami
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LIBRARY
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Coral Gables, Florida
May 8,1959
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This Week 2 Sections II Paces
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Council Reveals Plans For New Library, Union
* * * Dream Can Come True With Raise
Students at the University can see a long-time dream come true and witness an academic and recreational miracle performed almost over night at dirt-cheap cost.
For only 7 VS cents a day per student during the 267 days of the regular academic year, $80,-000 yearly can be raised that would:
—	help finance the construction of the most modem and spacious college library in the South.
— provide cash for the buying of the most complete collection of books to be found In a college library in the South.
—	finance the expansion of the Student Union so that it could contain facilities for all students.
—	double the sire of the cafeteria to accommodate more students with added comfort.
—	enlarge the soda-shop area 400 per cent to make room for more organizations’ tables, separate dancing area from eating area, etc.
—provided for establishment of a small coffee shop for sip-pers who want quiet conversation and a vending machine room for quick-snackers.
—	build a swimming pool, —build a 12-lane bowling alley.
—	increase the size of the pool room and number of tables from three to 12 plus additional space for ping-pong tables.
—	triple the size of the lowei lounge.
construct an outdoor stage (40" X 35') to accommodate such events as boxing, wrestling, orchestras, band, dramatics, rallies, concerts and other group activities.
__establish a branch book store
in the SU.
—create a central reception area at the main entrance containing an information desk, ticket office, postofBce, and waiting room.
—	provide for a barber shop.
—	provide for 10 meeting rooms for organizational use.
—provide for a women’s lounge and relaxation room and a separate reading room for magazines and periodicals.
—	provide for a faculty lounge.
—	provide for 36 guest rooms that would accommodate 72 visitors.
The above facilities were recommended by Dr. Thurston Adams, director of student activities, and his assistant, Norman “Chink” Whitten, in a report forwarded to President Jay F.W. Pearson a short while ago along with sketches outlining the expansion of the SU.
The recommendation was made by Arlene Cohen, chairman of a special committee named by the Council two weeks ago to investigate ways and means by which the inadequacies and overcrowding of the Student Union and library could be corrected.
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“PLEASE GET YOUR ELBOW out of my eye so I can see my plate!” Overcrowding and the noise and confusion it causes may well be responsible for high-running tempers in our
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present Student Union. The proposed increase in the student activity fee could pave the way for construction of an SU where students could eat and walk with ample elbow room.
Miss Cohen recommended that one-half of the increase go into a trust fund for the construction and develop ment of the library and the remaining half be used to float a loan to finance the expansion of the SU.
Assuming COHEN that 8,000 full-time students are enrolled, this would mean an annual income of $80,000 for
‘Divinely Endowed Drive’
Sex A Requisite For Happy Married Life
By ELAYNE GILBERT
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“Marriage must have sex ... contrary to popular opinion, sex is not frowned upon by men of the cloth,” said Rabbi Yaakov Rosenberg of Beth David Synagogue in a coed orientation class Tuesday. His topic was “Love, Courtship, Sex and Marriage.”
“If a couple plan to be mar-^ ried they should first schedule a series of talks with their clergyman.
T feel that it is extremely valuable that the couple consult with their religious leaders.
“If a couple say that they only like the UM Symphony Orchestra, attending the Lowe Art Gallery and reading poetry together, I feel that the marriage will not work out.
Sex is essential to a good happy life.”
Rosenberg said that college women are misinformed about sex. If they say they are not interested in sex “they are either fools or liars."
In discussing the attraction of male to female, Rosenberg feels that opposites do not attract. “If a man likes bowling and a woman hates it that couple is heading for trouble," he said.
On the question of planned parenthood, Rosenberg admitted
that the Catholics take a different view from the Jews and Protestants.
“I see nothing wrong with planned parenthood. If a couple get married at 19, I feel there is nothing wrong if they wait until they are 21 to have children,” he said.
The Rabbi also feels there is nothing wrong with parents’ giving financial aid to the couple .“It is an impossibility to wait for five or six years to get married. The strain would be too great,” said Rosenberg.
Rosenberg said a couple should talk freely, honestly, and openly about everything before deciding to go steady or get pinned.
“Each individual must accept the sex drive within himself as a normal, natural, beautiful and divinely endowed drive necessary for proper physical and emotional maturation,” said Rabbi Rosenberg.
THIS IS A UBRARY, believe it or not. Hie crumbling walls indicate the passing of time and of the usefulness of the old north campus room, once a vital and integral part of the University. With most students now removed to main campus, it is time that this room be relegated to the historic past where It belongs. Yet some students still have to study here. These students belong to the present and the future, not to the “Cardboard College.” For a look at the library of today and the one of tomorrow, turn to page 7A.
Old Type Modern Library
The University needs another $1,450,000 of the total $3,600,000 to build the proposed libray. The rest of the money can be privately financed, and part of it has already been pledged.
The $3,500,000 figure covers only the cost of construction. Another $2 million is needed for an endowment fund to buy books.
Most of the $1.500,000 necessary for the exansion of the SU and its facilities can be financed through an HHFA (Housing and Home Finance Agency) loan, provided that Congress approves legislation that would give federal aid for the construction of student unions and dormitories.
Miss Cohen pointed out that the Senate has already passed the bill. She quoted Eugene E. Cohen, UM vice president and treasurer, as saying that certain approval by the House and the President is expected.
He said that there is no reason to believe that UM would have difficulty in securing aid to expand the SU, provided that the University could raise sufficient capital to amortize the loan.
In her recommendation to the Council, Miss Cohen said that the proposed one-half of the activity fee increase intended for the SU could be utilized for the amortization.
After more than two hours of discussion on the recommendation the Council voted 9-3 in favor of the Inc
Dissenting were former chairman David Yelen (Bus.), Jaraei Bennett (MRHA) and Paul Va» Dine (SRA).
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Inside The Hurricane
This week, as a public aerv-vice, The Hurricane exposes the inadequacies of the present library system in a special picture essay on page 7A.
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Present Union-Out Of Style? | Proposes Activity Fee
Hike To Finance Work
By LAURIE SCHMIDT Nume»« Associati Elitär
A recomendation that the student activity fee be raised $10 a semester was approved by the Undergraduate Association Council last Tuesday.