Miami Hurricane, April 09, 1928

              THE UNIVERSITY NEWS
Volume One
Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, April 9, 1928
DR. WATTERS
IS SPEAKER
Possibilities of Medical Profession Are Discussed
Number Twenty-one
Dr. W. H. Watters, who.spoke at Tuesday’s assembly March 27, U a member of the medical staff of Boston University, and has been identified with that institution since 1900. He is a man of wide experience and achievement, and has been a notable contributor to the fields of research and science. Dr. Watters chose for his subject “Our Ceaseless Battle,” or “What
Public Speaking Students Give Program, Kelsey City
Members of J. Earnest Wolfe's public speaking classes present the following program at Kelsey City, Wednesday, April 4: Mar Marjorie Welch, “Modern Youth;” Leona Matthews, “Spirit of Florida;” Albert Franklin, “Pioneers of Florida;” Pauline Spofford, "Pan-American Universities.”
A musical program consisted of vocal solos by Gladys Muse, “From Afar,” Scott; “To the Hill Top,” Cox; and “Trees,” Rasbach, and a piano solo by Joe Tarpley, who also accompanied Gladys Muse.
Burton Essex acted as chairman.
Thursday, April 5, the following
BOOKS TO BE	Marjory Howard Is Pledge
REVIEWED Of Rho Beta Ornicron
RECOGNITION
SERVICE HELD
t,.	Rho Beta Omicron, public speak-
P“fu®81®® Group jng fraternity, wishes to announce Of Y. W. C. A. Plans
Meetings
the Doctors Are Doing.” He opened his address by speaking of the1 program was presented at Holly-great possibilities in medical work wood! Marjorie Welch, “Journal-today, emphasizing the remarkable ism;” Marjorie Howard, “Politics
things that have been accomplished, that are being accomplished, and that will be accomplished. He spoke of the progressive advance ir the longevity of the human life.
The average life of man today is fifty-seven years, an increase of twenty-two years in the last century.
Dr. Watters emphasized the fact that it is the romance in medicine
which has brought about the won- ,nter . 0ceanic Cana, Route
derful changes through the years. Question Is Considered
He spoke of a number of diseases	_______
and Education;” Claire Cohen, “Spirit of South Florida.”
Men’s and women’s Glee club3 accompanied the speakers to Hollywood and presented a musical program.
DR. WICKER
GIVES ADDRESS
Marjory Howard as a pledge to their organization. She is also _	.	T	pledged to Zeta Phi sorority, is the
.fT£	WT	- ■»
A. held its first meeting Tusday, school, president of Beta Chi, a March 20, at the home of its spon- legal fraternity and is a member 3or, Miss Mary B. Merritt. The 0f H O. M C object of the group is to study . ' ' ' • '	. p, „ . recurrent poetry, novels and biog- At	t g of Rho 0ml'
raphies. Three books will be dis- cron> held Tuesday evening, March j cussed at each meeting .	20, Mary James was elected vice-
I A meeting will be held this af- president and Claire Cohen, treas-i ternoon, April 5, at the home of Mary James, 153 S. E. 15th Road. urer’
At this meeting Alice Babin will The University Extension Speak-report on “TTie Bridge of San Luis ers as an organization has been R^ Thornton Wilder; Pris- t^en over as a Rho Beta Omicron cma Brett will report on “The . .
Grandmothers” by Glenway West- P™-)«*1- »nd will therefore sponsor cott; Mary James, chairman o fthe programs given along the East group, will report on “My An- Coast from Key West to Jackson-
t0IEolln^nWi^* ^Jher.	ville. Engagaments during the
Following is the program	,	. . , „	_ .
mapped out for the'remainder of next two weeks include Key West, the school year; Tuesday, April Palm Beach and Deland.
17, at the home of Priscilla Brett,	_______________
Eldorado, Coconut Grove, will be!
discussed “The King’s Henchman,” OITE’TTC CT'E’IJ’f Edna St. Vincent Millay,by Estelle KUr L. S oILLLCj
Meggs; “Tristam,” Edward O.	ENTERTAINS
Robinson by Mary Holgate; “Cap-	1 E<1V 1 'f'li
onsacchi,” Arthur Goodrich and	-------
Rose Thomas by Virginia Griffin. Writer Gives Banquet In Tuesday, May 1, at the home of Honor Of Rho Beta
Candle Ceremony Used To Pledge Members of
Y. W. C. A.
Omicron
which at one time were a menace to public health and safety, and
Dr. Cyrus F. Wicker, associate professor of international law,
which by experiment and discov- gave a lecture on Nicaragua at ery have been practically elimi-|the University Tuesday morning, nated. Perhaps the most vicious | March 27, which was attended by and offensive of these diseases is a large number of students and smallpox, which many years ago some professors. Professor Wicker caused a frightful mortality. This asked, “Why is United States send-disease at one time was as common ing marines to Nicaragua? Is in-as whooping cough, and mothers tervention justifiable? If so, is it expflied their babies to victims at -vortff the^isk?” "He said, “Nica-light cases in order that they might ragua is important as an alterna-escape the disease in its more sec- tive canal route. For nearly 75 ious form. Small-pox anti-toxin years we have been interested in resulted from the discovery that an inter-oceanic canal route and milkmaids were immune to the dis- the majority of reports have fav-e4se-	ored the Nicaragua one. There
The anti-toxin which is respon- are four possible routes: 1, across sible for the curing of rabies or tbe isthmus of Tehuantepec in hydrophobia resulted from the ex- Mexico, which is 130 miles across; periments of Pasteur in Paris. 2, the Atrato route in Colombia; i, Lockjaw, which usually comes ube panama route; 4, the Nica-from a cut made by a rusty nail, ragUa route. The first one is an has been practically eliminated. engineering impossibility, and the This disease was common during j second impracticable because of the Cival War, due to gun shots. j2 miles of Cordilleras. Lake Nic-During the Great World War the|aragUa has 50 times more volume danger was almost entirely elim- than the artificial lake Gatun in inated through the discovery of tbe Panama Canal zone. Lake anti-toxin.	Nicaragua gives an unfailing sup-
Similar strides in progress have pjy 0f water. Another reason for been made in the world fight ¡ts practicality as a canal route ;s against tuberculosis. Morality in that there would be a savings of thsi disease has been reduced fifty 705 miles or four days over the per cent.	Panama route. The Panama Canal
Very interesting experiments has already cost us four hundred have been made on malaria and and twelve mjH¡on dollars. The yellow fever patients. For many: United States wants the Carribean years it was not known that the gea he peaceful; we want tj mosquito was the carrier of the avo¡d a]i foreign complications malana and yellow fever germ, there. The United States has sta-It remained for an obscure Ameri-, bilizeci conditions and has endeav-can in India to make this discovery.. ored to suppress revolutions in Today Havana, Panama and other ¡Nicaragua.
parts of the world which were for-:	_______________
merly breeding places for malaria and yellow fever are free from this
menace. Only a few places in
,	.	.	,	- j Miss Aldine Hartman, a fresh-
oouth America remain to be freed	„ .	, .	,
,	, ,	¡man, a Zeta Phi pledge and a re-
from these dread plagues.	!	I
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Dr. Watters concluded his add- ”	”	...
„„„ .	..	,.	. left last week for White Sulphur
ress by naming the many diseases
Hary Holgate, 412 Avenue Vis-caya. Coral Gables, “The Glorious
Adventure,” Richard Halliburton,	.	,
will be discussed by Mary Nelson	Bata Omicron membeis
Quarles ^‘My Garden of Memory,” were entertained at a dinner F11-Kate Douglas Wiggin by Helen day evening by Mr. and Mrs. Rufus English; “Revolt in the Desert,’ ,	. .. . ,	D
T. E. Lawrence, by Josephine Hill. Steele at the,r home on Blscayne Tuesday, May 15, at the San boulevard. The long side porch of Sebastian Hotel, Coral Gables, the home was transformed into a “Dusty Answer,” Rosamond Leh- t ical banquet room and> with mann, will be reviewed by De Vera „	,	.
Farmer; “Madame Claire”, Susan Easter decorations in yellow, green Ertz, by Ramona McMahon; “Dear and white, formed an attractive ■ l.d Templeton”, Alice Brown, by setting for the occasion.
1 ^Tuesday, May^i, at the home! Mary Vann, chairman of the sf Estelle Meggs, 364 N. E. 17th program committee, conceived the , StreeV Miami; “Th* Rest Plays of. idea of using the letters of the , 1^27, Selections,” Eugene O’Brien,: name steele to suggest to the will be discussed bv Juliet Clark;! ,	....	...	,
“Rebellion,” Mateel Howe Fam-, speakers suitable subjects. Louise ham, by Cora Sieplein; “The Ro- Falligant, president of Rho Beta, mantic Comedians”, Ellen Glai- acted as toastmistress. grow, by Reba Swift.	Reba Engler spoke first on the
letter S, playing upon the early Howard Southgate Announces change of sh to s. The letter T The Cast Of Quality Street was chosen by Albert Franklin,
who showed the importance of tem-
At the Y. W. C. A. recognition service in theUniversity patio Sunday evening March 25, the new members gave their allegiance to the Y. W. and to its three-foldpur-pose represented by the triangle. Mary James, vice-president, had charge of the service in the absence of the president. Mildred Hohler. After a song in unison and a reading of the Scriptures by the leader, Miss Mary B. Merritt gave the opening prayer. Miss Martha Turner, a graduate of the Florida State College for Women, and a member of the Y. W. there, read Van Dyke’s “The Lost World.” During the service the leader said the flame of the candle is “the spirit of the Young Women’s Christian Association. Its warmth means friendship; its brightness, honor; its steady glow, purpose; and its radiance faith. Those who light their candles at its flame should strive never to let the spirit for which it stands die, but should keep its gleam bright and steady through works and interest.” Estelle Meggs responded to the charge of the leader. After the services the cabinet members served tea. Those present were Mrs. H. P. Buck and Miss Merritt advisors, Miss Thomas Abernathy, a guest, Sara Spector, Mary Vann, Lucy Allen, Ruth Linder, Mary James, Cora Sieplein, Joliet Clark, Pauline Spofford, Mary Nelson Quarles, Mable Ellis, Dorothy Meyer, Helen Bisz, Elizabeth Conklin, De Vera Farmer, Estelle Meggs, Mable Wright, Mary Holgate, Reba Swift, Dora Peterson, Frances Rambo, Mary Louise Wright, Ida Doolittle and Alice Babin.
Howard Southgate, dramatic instructor, announces the cast for “Quality Street,” a comedy by James M. Barrie, which will be
per in steel.
Marjory Howard, pledged to Rho Beta, spoke upon Error, the error of over criticism. The second £
Dr. Holdsworth Receives
Thanks For Addresses
given soon in the University audi- ^ for Elections according to torium. “Phoebe w.ll be Portrayed	Wotfe who cited Ruth Bry.
k.*	MAAH UntMnA* M.Cnenw” Kit
by Frances Rambo; ‘‘Susan” by-Grace Livingston, “Miss W’illough-
an Owen and her campaign.
Claire Cohen said that the L in
by Klea Houghtaling, “Miss Hen- ^ name Steele to her meant Ht_ rietta by Claire Cohen, Miss
Fanny” by lone Spencer, “Patty” by Diana Hull, “Isabella by Faye Weintraub, “Harriett” by Marie
erature, and gave a speech on its progress.
Rufus Steele was asked to speak
„	,	... on the last E, which he said stood
Kirkpatrick, “Charlotte by Alice for Exceedin(?ly> for he was ex.
Paulk, “Valentine Brown by Law- ceeding,y g]ad that the members rence Catha, “Ensign Blades by could ^ there M the game time> John Vierling, “Sergeant by Mr gteele spoke
upon Demos-
George LaMere, and “Lieutenant Spirer” by Robert Bostwick.
ALDINE HARTMAN LEAVES
which must be conquered and last of all, cancer, which looms up as the most menacing and baffling of them all.
Dr. Watters said that the men who have aided humanity to the greatest degree by their courage and unselfishness and their daring experiments have been ordinary
Springs, Va., where she will spend the spring.
ma Phi sorority, preceded Dr. Waiter’s lecture with a piano solo,.
Clarence Ross and F. X. J. O’Brien, business manager and editor-in-chief of the “IbiS,” spoke on the necessity of the co-operation Physicians who have brought about of the students to insure the suc-Diese great discoveries by their ress of the annual, and urged the »»tiring efforts and their powers students to have their pictures ®f observation.	.taken at their convenience.
Helen Ann Selecman, Conserva-i Rev. A. E. Gammage of the bay student and a member of Sig- ^devotional service.
thenes and Clemenceau, orators similar in their great influence. He presented the fraternity with a Rufus Steele Outlines	c°Py of “Demosthenes.” written oy
Clubwomen’s Opportunities Georges Clemenceau.
______ Members present were: Reba
Rufus Steele, who is conducting Engler, Claire Cohen, Leona Mat-a course in feature-article writing thews, Mary Vann, Pauline Spof-at the University, outlined to the ford, Marion Wallace, Marjorie convention of the Federation of Howard, Ralph Allen, Burton Es-Women’s clubs, the opportunities sex, Albert Franklin, James for clubwomen of the state, at the O’Brien, Gildas Metour, Elmer second evening session recently at Rosscup and Mr. and Mrs. J. Er-the Biltmore Country Club.	nest Wolfe.
Mr. Steele noted the unusual	--------------
achievements in education and cul- Baseball Manager Chosen tural activities in peninsular coun- George King Glassford, from tries and brought out the thought Youngstown. Ohio, has been chosen that Florida’s rapid development student manager of the University-indicated a “mood of nations.” Be- basketball team. He is a sopho-cause the eyes of the United States more in the school of Commerce turn here as the focal point of and Finance and a member of the linking this country. South Amer- Pi Chi fraternity and boys’ Glee ica. Central America and islands club.
of the sea, the clubwomen of the	---------- —
state have great opportunities.	PI CHI FRATERNITY
Margaret McLanahan and The Pi Chi fraternity announ-George LaMere sang special selec- ces the pledging of Arthur Deibel, tions. Mr. LaMere sang some sophomore and Reed Williams, chants of his own people.	freshman.
Dr. John Thom Holdsworth, profesor of economics and money and banking, made several addresses before the Convention of the National Association of Builders Exchanges, which was held in Miami during February. He has just received a letter from the Association giving him a vote of thanks.
The letter reads as follows: “Resolved, that this Association desires to place on record its very great appreciation of the scholarly and informative addresses delivered by Dr. John Thom Holdsworth, and to express to Dr. Holdsworth the sense of obligation which the Convention has for his presence at its meetings, and for the valuable information presented to it in a manner so delightful and instructive. The Convention wishes him continued health and prosperity and a long career of usefulness to the educational institution with which he is connected.”
STUDENTS GO TO HAVANA.
A group of University students will spend Easter in Havana, leaving Miami Friday, April 6, and returning Tuesday, April 10.. The party will include Mrs. A. W. Koch, Mrs. Emory A. Morris. Maty Claude Morris, Margaret McLanahan, Marjorie Welch and Vivian Russell. They plan to attend Sunday morning services at the Cathedral.
Robert L. Hall, Jr., five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hall, received a bad cut on his right arm this week when he pushed his arm through a glas-door.