Miami Hurricane, February 10, 1961

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The Mia
Vol. XXXVI, No. 14
University of Miami
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
FEB 07 1961
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Coral Cables, Fla.
February 10, 1961
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A Week For The History Books
Within a little more than a week after registration, University students, faculty and administrators took and witnessed six significant steps — some of which undoubtedly will go into the annals of UM history.
■	The Board of Trustee-, in defining its policy for the first official time, unanimously voted to let qualified Negroes attend the UM. To date, 19 Negroes have been sent application blanks for the summer and the fall sessions. (See Page 1. Col. 7.)
■	Three department chairmen — in chemistry,
economics and English — resigned ami were replaced. (See Page 2. Col. 3.)
■	The Drama Department said that it’s going to sponsor the only Shakespearean festival in the South this summer. (See Page 1. Col. 2.)
■	A proposed University of the Americas, on the UM campus, to bring the hemisphere closer together intellectually was given a strong boost by l!M President Jay F. W. Pearson. A move started in the U. S. Congress to set up the ‘'dream school.” (See Page I. Col. 2.)
B The l niversity College Building, called the most modern classroom building in the world, delayed its opening for a month—sending thousands of students scampering through campus searching for their temporary classrooms. (See Page 16, Col. 1.)
B The Undergraduate Student Government voted to decide this afternoon whether to allow the student body to vote directly for its president (See Page 1. Col. 1.)
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Direct Vote For Prexy?
By ANDY GOLLAN
Undergraduate Student Government will meet today to
discuss—and perhaps vote on-two proposed amendments, one of which would provide for direct student elections for posts in USG.
It would require a popular vote for all top offices—president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.
The second would go further and expand the present USG to enlarge it into a "Senate."
This would make for a two-branch student government — legislative and executive.
On Tuesday USG met, deliberated. and after hearing arguments for and against the two amendments, tabled them for discussion today.
USG President Kay Nabors, in delineating the two amendments, remarked:
"Yfcs, there were scandals and corrupt politics in the past under the old system But we don't want to live in the past. We want to live in the present and in the future."
The next USG election is scheduled for March 16 and
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Main contention against the direct election is the lack of t.me for students to petition.
Seeking Out Cuba Brains
A committee to explore possible interrelationships with members of the Cuban academic community presently in the Miami area has been appointed at the UM.
The committee includes administrative officials and faculty members. It is headed by Dr. H. Franklin Williams, UM vice president, with Dr. J. Riis Owre, dean of the Graduate School, as vice chairman.
Other members are Dr. Jose A. Balseiro, professor of Spanish; Dr. Norman Meyer, professor of mathematics and engineering and chairman of the faculty council; Dr. Dan Steinhoff. dean of the Evening Division, and Dr. Ralph Jones, chairman of the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Williams emphasized that its main purpose was to explore academic opportunities for the Cuban scholars now in the Miami area.
The chairman of the committee is charged with the specific responsibility of handling all releases from the University with regard to international academic programs.


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Welcome; Mr. Shakespeare
DR. SIGMUND SPAETH
Playing Piano
body.” He will accompany his lecture on the piano.
Dr. Fabien Sevitzky, UM Symphony conductor, will introduce Dr. Spaeth at the fifth in a series of lectures sponsored by Delta Theta Mu, Arts and Sciences honorary, and Undergraduate Student Government. Tickets are 60 cents for students and $1 for others.
Dr. Spaeth is a member of ASCAP and the Metropolitan Opera Quiz on radio.
Students will be able to see productions of Shakespeare almost every night of the week on the UM campus this summer.
Four weeks of Shakespeare repertory — representing the only Shakespeare festival held in the South — will be presented here for the first time, it was announced this week.
Tentative production plans for the festival, to run July Il-Aug. 5, are to present “Midsummer Night's Dream," “Taming of the Shrew," “Romeo and Juliet" and "Richard the Third."
Drama professor Jack
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DR. DEI.MAR E. SOLEM
His Brainchild
Clay, named executive director of the festival, said the four plays — two com-
edies, a tragedy and an historical drama — will be presented in nightly rotation.
With performances every night except Monday, the program will offer patrons the entire repertory in a week. The plays will be staged in the air-conditioned auditorium of the Lowe Art Gallery.
Hank D i e r s, associate drama professor, has been chosen as associate director.
Dr. Delmar E. Solem, chairman of the Drama Department, was the brainchild behind the festival. He said drama students have raised more than $5,-
000 towards the festival budget.
Players will be selected at public auditions during the annual Southeastern Theater Conference. April 6-8. in Miami. The festival auditions will he coordinated with tryouts for nine summer theaters through the South.
At least 100 drama students from southern universities and high schools are expected to attend the conference and participate in the auditions.
Rehearsals for the UM Shakespeare casts will begin June 6.
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STUDENTS HEADING for class in the University College Building did a double-take when they saw construction men still working
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on the modem octagonal structure. Classes were scheduled in the building, but it wasn’t able to open in time. See Page 16.
‘Americas University’ Here?
UM President Jay F. W Pearson this week threw his full support behind a proposal to set up a hemispheric study program here.
The plan for a “University of the Americas” on this campus was originally suggested to Welfare Secretary Abraham A. Ribieoff by UM’s Dr. Ralph Jones and Dr. Emil Taxay, of the University Medical School.
“Since we are at the cross-
roads of North and South America.” Dr Pearson said, “Miami is a natural place for a 'University of the Americas.'
"No one has done a better job with the Latin Americans in the U.S. than we have. If this plan is offered, we will certainly sit down and discuss the problem of finances and admissions."
In Washington. DC, Florida’s Sen. George Smathers has
Nineteen Negroes were filling out applications to the University summer and fall sessions yesterday afternoon under a move by the Board of Trustees that opened the doors to all qualified students “regardless of race, color or creed.”
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legislation pending for the “University of the Americas"
on the UM campus.
Smathers said money has been offered by an organization on the Pacific Coast, private citizens from South Florida and corporate sources with business interests in Latin America.
Sen. Smathers is chairman of the Council of Inter-American Affairs of the People to People.
UM officials said that their applications will be processed exactly the same as anyone else’s, and a decision will be reached at its normal time.
They explained that the 19 application blanks which were given to Negroes have not been returned yet.
At its annual meeting, the Board, in defining its policy for the first official time, unanimously voted to accept Negro students ‘in line with accepted educational practice.” The action was taken too late for Negroes to enter this semester.
The policy was announced after the Undergraduate Student Government tabled a proposal for a student-faculty referendum on desegregation until it could get an expression of the official policy. USG has since dropped the referendum move.
“Racial admissions policy merely was never defined,” UM President Jay F. W Pearson told the Hurricane, “but we've never really been prepared to take Negro students.
"If we dramatize these
steps then everyone waits with bated breath to see how we will act. We should take these steps smoothly."
Dr. Pearson explained that the UM students are from all parts of the country and are used to change.
“The people here are ready for change and can accept change,” he said. “I have no reason to expect a single incident from the student body."
Noted Critic To Talk Here
Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, leading populizer of American music, will speak Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. in the Great Lounge of the 720 Dorm.
Dr. Spaeth, music critic, syndicated columnist and author, will talk on “Music For Every-
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19 Negroes
To Apply For
UM Admission