Miami Hurricane, June 26, 1959

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The Mia
\ ou XXXIV, No. 28
University of Miami
urricane
Coral Gables, Florida
June 26,19S9
Med. School UM Faces Belt Tightening
Pools Efforts	«in	^
Anti Cancer To Ease Financial Burdens
Melissa Hayden and Andre Eglevsky
Pop Concert On Sunday To Pieature First Ballet
Ballet will be featured for the Fiorato has conducted the NBC first time in the fourth pops con- Symphony of the Air, the Lewis-cert program of the lTM Summer sohn Stadium Symphony and the Symphony * 30 Sunday evening National Symphony in Washing-at the Miami Beach Auditorium ton One of his teachers was Ar-
The School of Medicine and Ms women are 'combining their cf forts in the research battle heir.« waged against cancer.
The Women’s Cancer Asaocia tion formed following a meeting of the Board of Trustees June » that approved the affiliation.
"We are looking forward no» to being able to provide construe tive benefits with our fund, through supporting direct re search to find curative agents ft. cancer victims,” said Mrs. F. T Ravlin, president of the Assoc ation.
Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson wai corned the organization to its af filiation and applauded the efforts of the wotnen to “kill the killer cancer.”
Funds will be administered by a special UM Grants Committee to be set up by Dr. Homer F Marsh, dean of the Medical School. Composed of represen ta-i tives of various departments, the committee will review faculty re j quests for research projects ano grant funds to those thought worthy of support.
“This group now has an opportunity to take part in a great na-i tional program involving research | in the fundamental cause of can cer, the new drugs which may he I used to treat It, and the care of patients afflicted with it,” said Dr. Ralph Jones, Jr., professor of > medicine at UM.
There is nothing wrong with I the University that money won’t
i cure.”
I These words have been spoken by President Jsy F. W. Pearson many times during the past year.
They are not merely words. The ¡University overspent its 1958-59
Williams Wins Beach Thanks
!*r. H. Franklin Williams, vie« pi»-ident and director of com-nu ity affairs, received a ‘‘Gilt F-A' Certificate of Thanks” ftm tbs City of Miami Beach Recreate Department in a surprise p entation on campus Wednes-du morning.
Jsck Woody, superin tendsnt, h I Mrs. Marrion Wood Huey, awntant superintendent of rec-r- ,uon, made the presentation in ti e Ashe Bldg, before a group of i at officials and academic deans hr ded by President Jay F. W. Person.
he certificate is In appreciation o‘ “invaluable assistance” given th- department by Dr. Williams in tin. planning of the Miami Beach adult educational lectures during tin past five years.
I ir. Williams was one of three judges itt'the Optimists International Speech Contest last week.
School students under age 16 competed in the national finals.
l)r. John Van Horne Dies At 70,
income by almogt $300,000, and there is a $15,000*0 debt.
In the face of this, the budget
for next year is being cut back.
Department head* have bean asked to trim their needs. Many research programs, particularly those in tropical fruits and agri-
High School Forensics Tonight At 7
National high school debate championships will be announced in Beaumont Lecture Hall following the final debate round at T
tonight
UM has played host this week to 295 top speech student* throughout the United States for the annual tournament of the National Forensic League, national speech honorary.
The tournament Includes competition in debate, oratory, extemporaneous speaking and dramatic interpretation.
In order to participate contestants must be a state or district league wince in one of the above divisions.
Representative W. C. Hanoi] opened the tournament at a banquet Tuesday with a wolcomi from Governor Leroy Collins. Other banquet speakers included Dr Charte» TWcn Tharp vice
oulture, are bokig dissolved or greatly curtailed
New profeeoorshipe and raises for many faculty members will not go into effect The faculty pay scale at UM la below the average of Southern state-owned universities.
The symphony and student publications are am ng the activities on campus to suffer a cutback.
Said Dr. Pearsoa: Things which can’t pay their own way to a considerable degree will have
to be i*
The sheriff isn’t bat on am trail or anything like that. In order to beild a canapoa quickly we had to hmew where we could In order to get it done.
“I would rather live with the amortization problems than att around and wait until somebody gave us tbs money to build.'* Eugene Cohn, vies president and treasurer, commented: “Nobody likes to cut back II they cmi afford It With the increase in coats, the University' must decide what H sen best live with, and what It can best live without“ Total endowaeent of UM h SJ mill loo dollars. Harvard, a university with fewer students than UM, has more than 488 minion dollars in endowment.
Dr. Pesrson explained the comparably small endowments by saying: “Wo are trying to ar-compHsh in a very few years
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Melissa Hayden, prim« halier
in w annoinone af kW tearhan eras Arnold Volpo, launder and conduc-
imi of the New York City Ballet, tor of d» UM Symphony.
and Andre Eglevsky, a “danseur noble,” will perform with conductor Hugo Fiorato of the N.Y.C. Ballet Orchestra.
Miss Hayden and Iglevsky will dance parts of Tchaikowaky'a “Nutcracker," Delibes’ “Sylvia“ and Mendelssohn's “Scotch Symphony.” They have danced together many times in Eglevsky1! “Petit Ballet" group which has toured abroad.
This Is the fourth concert of the Summer Symphony, which will perform at the Auditorium each Sunday evening thru August 9. Admission is from $1 to $2.50 a person.
Next week Leroy Anderson, compoaor-conductor of the Broadway show “Goldilocks," will conduct. Paul Marino, a sophomore in the School of Music, will be one of the solotste.
Dr. John Van Horne Dies At 70, Taught Spanish, Italian 1958-59
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Other banquet speakers included I co-iplish in a verv few years Dr Charles Doren Tharp, vice * ,-t many uni. end«« in Amer-
Dr. John Van Horne, 70, visiting professor of Spanish and Italian, died Sunday in Urbana, Illinois.
He rose from instructor to professor and chairman of the department of Spanish and Italian at the University of Illinois from 1917 to his retirement in 1957. He was visiting professor at Carleton College in Minnesota before com-
Trustees Raise Activity Fee For Union, Library Buildings
ng to UM lost September
A graduate of the University of Virginia, Dr. Van Home earned his masters and doctors degrees at ! farvard. He was editor and prescient of the American Association if Teachers of Italian and a mem-er of the executive council of •he Modem language Association •f America.
Dr, William P. Dismukes, chair-oan of the modem languages de-■arlmcnt, worked onhUPhDdis-ertation under Dr Van Home t the University of Illinois.
The Board of Trustees voted unanimously this month to raise the student activity fee required from all full-time undergraduates from $11 to $21 a semester beginning this September.
One half of this raise will be used to amortise a government loan used to increase the faculties of the Student Union building. The other $5 will be put into a fund to be drawn upon periodically for the construction ci a library building.
The action by the Trustees nan after the Undergraduate Connell conducted a study and a vote on the activity fee raise for them purposes. Seventy per cent of the nearly 2,000 undergraduate voting, thru dobs and independently, decided in favor af the activity fee raise.
Commenting Wednesday on the fee increase, President Jay F. W. Pearson said: “I am pleaaed Ond delighted and I .believe this attention by our students will provide a tremendous stimulus to others who aro working to help accomplish the construction of both of these buildings.
“The pledge toward the library will help us to get this building under way, at least hs part, sooner then we had .nstiigi.i.ii It has bean mr fcopa that tha first portion of the library can ba
construction late this summer or -But it is very important from early this autumn."	j the point of view of the future
Sorry, No Jobs Now
“Students who desire part-time mmraer employment had not only Getter register with the Placement enter, but would do well to seek I University advocates
president and dean of farultv John Montgomery, assistant mi
perintendent of Dade County schools: and John B. Davis, president of Miami Lodge 948 of the Order of Elks.
The tournament is being held for the first time in Florida following the invitation of Mrs Bertha Hunt, co-chairmen of th tournament and instructor speech and debate at Miami Je • -son High School.
Competition began 9 a.m • ed-nesday, and quarter finals vere held yesterday. Eliminatin'» for semi-finals will begin at 9 ->da>
The debate topic is “Rrwilveo That the recommendation, of tl* Conant Report should be • iopto by the U. S."
The Report written oy be former president of
re.
i» have taker nanv timea as r to accompli'* Another reals that our a umni are all first ation and «re still amassing t resources.
'"he support we have to build to come from people who are ■ni of the University, people • recognize our community -crvicc nd the possibility of buddin. a great university in this re area."
Mohs Still Alive In Tourney
Fourth seeded Jerry Moss of UM has advanced to the fourth round of play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Har .rd ; Tennis Tournament at Evanston. Illinois.
because it gives us revenue of which we have a reasonably certain guarantee that we can administer for these purposes things we would otherwise not be able to accomplish.”
About the vote Jim Blosaer, chairman of the UC, said: “I personally am sure that wa are witnessing a turning point in student spirit and pride to our Alma Mater.
“It goes without saying that this one display of action is one of the greatest moves that any student body in any university in Ok country has ever token ... I
“It shows the student spirit and desire for the growth and progressive spirit that we have."
Said Eugene Cohen, University j for	building fund,
vice president and treasurer: “I	money is not
Gives No Name, Just $25,000
A contributor who wishes to remain anonymous gave the School of Music $25.000 Monday
mployment on their own,” rec- mendations for the improv« mmended Lewis A. Miller, di- j of secondary education an-ector of the Placement Center, thods by which gifted st uis week.	! can receive greater attem
Water Water Everywhere,
Much Too Much To Drink
think it’s a marvelous thing and certainly reflects the fine intentions of the student body in helping themselves thru the facilities of the University.”
Dr. H. Franklin Williams, vice president and director of community affairs, commented on the move: “It is very heartening to see the students willing to tax themselves for these facilities that will improve the University so much.
“It worries me e little though because It does inrreaas the east for individual students. V they had not wanted to do this, we weald have been hesitant about to tha cost of
yet earmarked for any of the four buildings needed to complete the School's proposed facilities.
John Bitter, dean of the School of Music, said these are a rehearsal hall for the symphony orchestra. estimated at $150,000; e practice room building, $140.000; a choral building. $45,000; end a studio building, $400,000—a total of $735,000.
SDX Scholars Named
Sigma Delta Chi annual journalism scholarships to UM havt been awarded to two Dade County high school graduates.
They are Leonard Teel, of Hialeah High, end Joseph Trees ter, of Miami Technical Sigh
ent' The smooth playing Moos, who me led the Hurricanes to another un-lents 1 defeated venr on the courts, is the e. only UM player left in the singles competition.
Big John Capell was defeated in ; the third round, 6-2, 6-2, by Bob I Mooty of Trinity College.
UM’s two other players. Boh Bossong and Roger MrCormick, were eliminated in the second -round of play Monday.
In ttie double« Moss and Capell teamed up to win in the first round Tuesday, but Bossong and I Capell lost their bid to a duo j from Iowa.
UM has never won top honors at the annual tournament, but j last year they finished fourth I when the evenl was held at An-I napolis.
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INTO THE STUDENT UNION LAKE rushes torrents of water daring tha rainfall that put large areas of the campus as raorh as a foot and a half underwater and called a halt to many classes
Miami Artist* Exhibit
On display at the Lowe Gallery j is an exhibition of works by men bers of the Miami Artists Association.
The show, which will continue through July 12, consists of paintings by 20 members of the group, and four "invited artists” who ere being considered for membership in the MAA.
Through July the Gallery is open 10 am-4:30 p m. Wednesday