Miami Hurricane, April 27, 1939

              Volume XII
The Miami
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWS
PAPER OF
Hurricane
THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Coral Gables, Florida, April 27, 1939
ZlOl Number 28
Senate Doles Out $25 to Sophomores
Winds Up Old Business As Last Meeting Looms: Pays Off On Old Debts
Appropriations to Parker Art Printing Association, the sophomore class, and for expenses of sending delegates to the Student Government convention in Gainesville, were passed last Tuesday by the Student Senate.
Joe Thomai, preaident of the »tu-dent body, ha» called the la»t Senate meeting of the year for Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in room 229. All senator» are urged to attend.
The sum of $100 was paid on the Hurricane’s past debts, which makes a total of nearly $300 paid this year on the accumulated debt. All money that is returned from Alpha Phi Omega’s project of encircling the school with a chain, and from the Junior Prom appropriation, is toJ>e turned over on the debt, also.
Twenty-five dollars was loaned the Sophomore class to cover advance expenses of their dance, to be held at the Coral Gables Country Club on May 5. This sum is to be returned to the Senate after the dance.
Another $100 from the student activity fund was set aside for expenses of sending ten delegates to the FIPA-FSGA convention, to be held in Gainesville next week.
Ten Delegates To Attend FIPA-FSGA Convo
Ten delegates from the University representing the student government and both publications will leave next Thursday for the FIPA-FSGA convention, to be held May 5, 6, 7, on the University of Florida campus at Gainesville.
Representatives from all the colleges in the state will attend the conference, where press and student government problems of all the schools are discussed, and ideas gathered for their improvement.
Betty Goff, president of the Florida Student Government Association, and Virginia Witters, secretary of the Florida Intercollegiate PreBs Association, are University of Miami students who hold offices at present in the two organizations.
Officers for next year will be elected at the Convention. Delegates to make the trip will be chosen this
Portuguese Added To Curriculum
Portuguese will be offered as a first year course on next year’s curriculum, Dr. J. Riis Owre stated yesterday. The added language is rated as very important to Latin-American students, since Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, a country which covers' almost half of South America.
Instructor for the course is Alexandre José de Seabro, member of an old Portuguese family in Lisbon, and holder of degrees from the Universities of Toulouse and Pennsylvania. Senor de Seabro went to high school in Lisbon, in Pompalona, Spain, and in Turin, Italy. His father is professor of Romance languages at Temple University, and he himself has taught at the Burlitz school in Washington, D.C., os instructor in those tongues.
The University of Miami thus joins the handful of universities who teach Portuguese.
BSU Elects Butler New President
Newly elected Baptist Student Union council will be represented at the State Spring Retreat, held at Camp O-Lenna near Gainesville, Florida, tomorrow and Saturday where the program of the Union for the coming year will be outlined.
Thé new officers include: president, Roberta Butler; first vice president, Jimmie Ann Thomas; second vice president, Quentin Rasmussen; third vice president, Martha Cail; secretary, Cecile Gaddis; treasurer, Le-land Rees; B. T. U. representative, Jackie Blue; Sunday school representative, Ellagene Barr; and Baptist Student magazine and publicity, Lloyd Whyte. Faculty advisor for the coming year is Miss Mary B. Merritt and college pastors, the Rev. V. Ward Barr and the Rev. John Burkhalter.
ACPAwardsHurricane All-American Rating
Annual Service Names Hurricane Best In Florida
For the second consecutive year the Miami Hurricane received All-American honor rating in the critical service conducted by the Associated Collegiate PresB, Minneapolis, Minnesota, results of which were announced this week.
Only university or college paper in Florida to receive the critical service’s highest rating this year, the Hurricane totalled 720 points out of a possible 1000 points awarded by the judges. Six other college papers throughout the country, in the Hurricane’s weekly class, were given the same "superior” rating.
Is Best In News
Basis of the judges’ decision were: news values and sources; news writing and editing; headlines, typo-
IRC Completes Banquet Plans; ElectsZinnHead
Succeeding Bud McLinden as president of the International Relations Club is Mildred Zinn, sophomore, who won the office after a heatedly contested battle at the club’s meeting last night.
Other new officers are Riva Leif Hemphill, vice-president; George Ros-ner, secretary; and McLinden, treasurer. Dr. Robert E. McNicoll, was reelected faculty advisor.
The question of deciding whether or not the office of program chairman should be inserted in the constitution is to be decided at the club’s next meeting, May 10.
Complete plans for the annual I.R.C. Banquet have been announced by Eleanor Matteson, chairman of the social committee. The banquet will take place at the Tiffin Saturday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m.
The program includes Mr. Leland Hyzer, prominent local attorney who will speak on Pan American Education ; Mrs. Paul E. Eckel who will sing French airs accompanied by Joseph Tarpley; Miss Charlotte Hager, violin solo. The newly elected president will introduce the guests on the program.
Guests for the banquet ihclude members of the faculty and members of the I.R.C. and friends.
Assisting Miss Matteson on her committee are Pearl Waldorf, Alida Roochvarg, Berenice Milliman, Betty Knight, Leslie Mann, and Bud McLinden.
graphy, and make-up; and department pages and special features.
The Hurricane received highest number of points for news writing and editing, 230 out of 280 points; 195 out of 250 for news values and sources; 135 out of 220 for department pages and special features; and 160 out of 250 for headlines, typography, and make-up.
Needs More Features
Judges commended the Hurricane for its “choice of what to play and what not to play,” called the Hurricane sports section “a very good page,” but criticized the Miami paper for lacking interpretative features dealing with modern educational trends and cited the need for more short features in general.
Coverage, balance, vitality, and originality of Hurricane news were called “excellent,” treatment of news “superior.” Writing and editing of news stories and copyreading and proofreading were “superior,” features were “excellent,” according to the scorebook sent by the Associated Collegiate Press.
Other college or university weeklies in the Hurricane’s division which received All-American honor rating include: The College Eye of Iowa State Teachers College; The Dakota Student, University of North Dakota; The Echo Weekly, Milwaukee State Teachers College; The Emory Wheel, Emory University; The Polytechnic Reporter, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; and The Sunflower, University of Wichita.
The Hurricane will receive its 1939 certificate of All-American honors May 1, it is expected.
Seniors Meet Tomorrow
Seniors are requested to attend an important class meeting tomorrow at 12:30 in the auditorium, called by Class President Brad Boyle.
Saturday Is Freshman Day At Grant Estate
Swimming, tennis, badminton, croquet, treasure hunt, ping-pong, dancing and eating will be the order of the day when Mrs. Bowman F. Ashe gives a Freshman party for all freshmen and new transfer students at her home Saturday, April 29.
Girls are to come at 11 a.m. and boys at 2 p.m. Buffet luncheon will be served at 2. Freshman orchestra and a German band will furnish music. Students are asked to bring bathing suits, towels, and tennis racquets.
Buses will leave school at 10:30 and one will make a round trip every hour. The transportation schedule will be posted on the bulletin board by the coffee shop.
Mrs. Ashe is being assisted by freshmen in the arrangements for the party. Frank Sessler is general chairman. Some of the committee members are: Marion Brown, invitations; Dorothy Lowe, publicity; Donald Ghadderdon, music; Beryle McCluney, Irene Cropp, Lucy Williams, lunch; Jean Girton, Thomas Baumgarten, Ruth McDonald, Helene Putnam, Herbert Laswell, Ed Mel-chen, Helen Carmichael, Lucy Williams, sports.
Value of Peace Discussed In Assembly Tomorrow
“Peace — Is It Worth Fighting For?” is the question Rev. Myles D. Blanchard will present in the Peace Assembly in the auditorium tomorrow morning. Jack Madigan will discuss the part students can take in the affairs of today. Dr. Jacob H. Kaplan, professor of ethics and philosophy, will inquire into the ethics of international relations.
The Peace Assembly is being held as an expression of student concern over the recent developments in national and international affairs, since the United States has recently taken active steps in an attempt to avert another world war. The speakers will stress the necessity of understanding the issues involved and the importance of the position of the United States in world affairs.
Since the auditorium was not available on “Peace Day,” observed throughout the nation on Thursday, April 20, the Peace Assembly is being held tomorrow. Students and faculty members are urged to attend.
Ruggles Makes Concert Own with Fine Arrangement, Unique Angels’
By Al Teeter When such a diversified program as the one offered by the University of Miami Band last Monday evening is under consideration, it is almost impossible to write a complete review n the space alloted. Here’s a stab, at any rate!
The band, under assistant conductor Robert Hance, presented such popular favorites as Handel’s “Largo,” “Schwanda, the Bagpipers,” and the ever-popular “Phedre” overture of Jules Massenet. In addition, three members of that group, Norwood Dalman, Kenneth Snapp, and D. A. Lones performed Smith’s “The Three Kings.”
Ruggles Takes Over
In the second half of the program Dr. Carl Ruggles, noted American composer of modern music and a member of the University faculty appeared as guest-conductor during the performance of his own arrangement of the melodic “Preludio e Sicil-iana” from Pierro Mascagni’s beautiful opera “Cavaleria Rusticana.” Later Dr. Ruggles conducted one of his own works, in the modern vein, Angels.” The arrangement of the beautiful “Siciliana” was excellent and showed clearly the skill and musicianship of both Mascagni, who still conducts in Italy, and Dr. Ruggles.
Barclay Stars As Soloist Joseph Barclay, '37, baritone and member of the School of Music faculty appeared as soloist and aquitted himself notably in spite of the difficult passages which have proven to be the downfall of more than one opera star. This pupil of Mrs. Charles
Lyon Krum later returned to offer a group of songsby Rachmaninoff, Pro-theroe, and Strauss and showed the audience that the University produces good singers as well as instrumental musicians.
The most publicized selection on the program was the modern “Angels” of Dr. Ruggles which was a part of his suite “Men and Angels” and was arranged for four trumpets and two trombones, the student musicians participating being Bob Hance, “Drifty” Dalman, Kenny Snapp, D. A. Lones, Curly Snider and Chuck Buehrer.
This work was performed for the second time. It was first done at Carnegie Hall two years ago by some of the finest brass-instrument men in the country.
“Angels” Written In New Idiom
“Angels” is as different from the music we are used to as day is from night. It is written in a new idiom and is a real creative work which is perhaps a hundred years ahead of our time. It was brilliantly performed and I believe that when our ears are trained to this type of music that it will supersede much of the music now held in esteem.
Taken all in all it was an excellent concert and a fitting conclusion to a really successful season. The Delta Sigs were out in full strength to cheer their honorary brother, Dr. Ruggles, and Felix McKernan, Carl Fein, Charlie Staltman, A1 Wright, and Harry McComb, former members of the band, who now conduct local high school bands, were present with their charges.
Gen’l Bulletin Out Monday in New Format
Dr. J. Riis Owre announced yesterday that the new University bulletin for 1939, to be released May 1, will contain many typographical improvements, as well as innovations in content. New courses and instructors are announced in the new issue.
The book differs greatly from last year’s in appearance. The cover is green, and is made more attractive by the use of larger type, a new, redrawn seal, more prominently displayed, and generally more modern appearance. The use of larger type in the body has increased the length of the bulletin from 96 to 128 pages, and has made it more readable.
New Courses To Be Offered New courses which will be given next year include marine navigation, air navigation, meteorology, and civil air regulations. These come under the heading of Navigation, and will be taught by Mr. Thomas Church Brownell, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and a fully qualified instructor.
In the language division, Commercial Spanish will be offered as an aid to students planning businesses in Latin America. It will teach business terminology and other things not offered in regular Spanish courses. An Introduction to France course will be conducted in English as a history of French civilization and culture.
Addition To Faculty
One of the outstanding developments in the furthering of Latin American culture at the University is the establishment of a Hispanic major. Students may now major in Hispanic-Americanism, and plan a curriculum of Spanish language and historical courses. Hand in hand with this plan is the appointment of a new assistant professor of Latin American Affairs, Arturo Morales Carrion, who has attended Columbia university and graduated from the University of Puerto Rico. He has a master’s degree from the University of Texas, and established the Ibero-American Institute at the U. of Peurto Rico along with Richard Pattee, a speaker at the last Hispanic-American Institute here. Carrion has lectured at 1936 meeting of Cultural Relations with Latin American Committee, and has fostered debating at Peurto Rico.
All in all, both bulletin and curriculum show improvement. New courses and new features will enliven both booklet and University.
Marvin, Rickel Head Theta Alpha Cast
Maxwell Marvin and Adele Rickel, veterans of the University stage, will play the leading roles of the grandfather and the eccentric mother in “You Can’t Take It With You,” Theta Alpha Phi production, slated for presentation May 11.
An all-star cast, now going into their second week of rehearsal, includes Luis Molina as the Russian dancing teacher, Mabelle Gilbert as his pupil, Eddie Baumgarten, George Dawkins, Bud Cohen, Peggy O’Donnell, Jack Madigan, Phyllis Salter, Sylvia Locke, Jean Moore, Dan Satin, and the inimitable Harold Motter portraying the character of Mr. De Pinna done by Donald Meek in the movie version of the play.
Because advance ticket sales indicate a capacity crowd, students are urged to purchase their tickets early. These are priced at 50 cents, all seats reserved.
Sinfonia Songfest Makes Welkin Ring Tomorrow
These Three Head Student Administration
Newly elected officers are left to right: Ray Fordham, president; Charlotte Meggs, vice president; and Bob Hillstead, treasurer.
Run-off Election Produces No Surprises; Fordham 403, Madigan 234; 640 Votes Cast
Soph Dance May 5 Boasts Usual Surprise
Final plans for the Sophomore Spring Dance, to be held at the Coral Gables Country Club Friday, May 5, were completed this week by Co-chairmen Bobby Long and Dotty Ashe.
The dance, which will follow the big intra-squad football game to be played at the stadium that night, begins at 10 and lasts till ?. Admission is only 49 cents a person, and Gus Warren’s red-hot, ten-piece band will furnish the music for the party.
“It’s not a King, a Queen, or a Spook dance,” Chairman Long announced, “but just a good dance to give everybody a chance to get together after the game. We made the admission reasonable, the Country Club is a swell place, and the Sophomores want everyone to have a good time. A real surprise is promised for next week, too.”
Catherine Hefinger is in charge of tickets, which will be on sale all next week. There will be a meeting of the dance committee at 12:30 Monday in the auditorium.
Citizens Foster Frosh Orientation
Campus Citizens Committees reported the progress of their projects at their meeting in the Social Hall this noon. James Munley, chairman of the freshman orientation week committee reports that there is a good possibility of having a two-day orientation course for freshman and new students before school starts. Working on the committee are Leslie Mann, Hilda Ringblom, and Ray Creal.
The cultural program committee, whose function it is to impress the citizens of Miami with the benefits offered them by the University, reports that most of the faculty members approve the idea of presenting lectures and cultural programs in the high school and public schools throughout the city, and are willing to participate in the programs. Members of the committee are: Jo Weinstein, chairman, Bob Crane, Selma Bronstein, Tony Vandenberg, and Jack Madigan.
The general projects committee, working primarily for the adoption of an honor system, or at least a means towards the elimination of cheating, reports that the majority of students don’t want cheating and are willing to support any system that might be able to achieve the purpose.
All those who are interested in participating in the activities of Campus Citizens are cordially invited to attend their meetings held in the*Social Hall every Thursday at 12:30.
Chalking up a 403 vote count to his opponent’s 234, Ray Fordham, Independent, last week trounced Jack Madigan, Phi Alpha, in the run-off election to fill the position of president of tKe student body.
With 345 ballots, Bob Hillstead, Independent, defeated Frank Paske-wich, Delta Sigma Kappa with 286 votes, for the office of treasurer in the recent contest for student government positions, held in the social hall. A total of 640 votes were cast.
The new student leaders will take the oaths of office May 12, preceding the Iron Arrow tapping in assembly. John Brion, Chief Justice of the Honor Court, will administer the oaths.	w
The president-elect issued the following statement:
To all those who supported me in the recent election, I wish to express my gratitude; to those who preferred another candidate, I wish to assure you that I shall work for your interests as vigorously as if I had been your candidate.
Now that the .election is over, it is necessary that we cooperate and concentrate our efforts to establish a better University, both physically and scholastically.
Through the Campus Citizens, we hope that some change may be wrought that will be beneficial to the student body. We hope that a physical examination will be made compulsory for entrance into the University; that the student activity books be changed into a more convenient form; that the coming year will see more national fraternities upon the campus; that our intramural interest may be increased; that the adminis-
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Climaxed by the grand march led at midnight by Joyce Christenson, prom chairman, and Mel Patton, president of the junior class, the twelfth annual junior prom was attended by more than 360 persons, most of whom participated in the march. With Hem Olson’s orchestra furnishing the music, a special dance for seniors and a rumba exhibition by Louis Molina were added features of the evening’s entertainment.
Chains with the University insignia on an imitation mother of pearl pendant were favors given to each couple. Twenty-two extra chains have been ordered and will be awarded upon arrival.
Clears $75 Profit
The profit of approximately $75 will be returned to the Student Senate for a loan recently incurred to help defray expenses of the prom.
Gaily decorated with varied colored balloons, the Coral Gables Country Club was the scene of last Friday’s event, with members of the
All Fraternities Enter Contest; Dance Follows
As time grows shorter and shorter one can hear the walls of the music department resounding, or discording as the case may be, to the treble wails or bass gurgles of the sisters and brothers aspiring to claim the plaque for their sorority or fraternity as winners of the Phi Mu Alpha second annual Songfest, to be held tomorrow night at 8:30 in the auditorium.
All the sororities and fraternities with the exception of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority are competing. Even the independents have organized to sing for the fun of it, since they are not eligible to win.
After the Songfest a dance for all participants will be held in the cafeteria. The Sinfonians will furnish the music.
Each group is allowed to sing two songs. Some of the selections to be sung are: “Steal Away,” “Vive L’Amour,” by the Pi Chis; “Soldier’s Chorus,” Phi Alpha Song by Phi Alphas; “Juanita,” “Little Bunch of Violets” by Sigma Kappas; “Down South,” "Drinking Song” by Delta Sigma Kappas, winners last year; “Luxemborg Gardens,” “Pride of Our Hearts” Zeta Tau Alphas; “Allah’s Holiday,” “Ciribiribin,” by Chi Omegas; “Libestraum,” “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair” by the Kappa Kappa Gammas, last years winners; “Old Folks at Home,” “Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield” by Tau Epsilon Phi; “Nobody Knows,” “My Curly Headed Baby” by the Alpha Thetas, and “As Torrents in Summer,” “Ferdinand” by the independents.
Judges for the contest are Reinald Werrenrath and Ralph Roth, so contestants are watching their musician-ship. Stanley Biedron, Paul Barbuto, and Eddie Baumgarten, chairman, are the committee in charge.
Course Installed For Would-be Pilots
Two courses in marine and air navigation in the Adult Education division will be offered by the University next year, according to a notice received from the general office Tuesday.
The first course will carry four semester hours and will include 10 hours of classroom work on Civil Air Regulations. For the most part it will deal with the following: form of the earth, instruments, sailing, piloting, compass, effect of the wind, range and radius of action, interception of ships or aircraft, nautical almanac, time, instruments for celestial navigation, latitude, civil air regulations, and meteorology. This course will be repeated the second semester.
The second course, covering three semester hours of credit, will be an advance course dealing with the diagram of the astronomical triangle, solution of the triangle, history of the line of position, azmuth, great circle sailing, aircraft instruments, precomputed altitude, curves, and practical navigation work.
While no definite decision has as yet been reached, it is possible that these courses may be offered in regular day classes provided that a sufficient number of students are interested in registering for navigation. Each student interested is asked to leave his name with Registrar Provin.
senior class and the following as honor guests: Dean and Mrs. John Holdsworth, Dean and Mrs. Henry S. West, Dean and Mrs. Russell Ras-co, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Ashe, Dr. and Mrs. J. Rii« Owre, Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Briggs, Miss Bertha Foster, Miss Mary B. Merritt, and Mrs. - Frank Weiland.
Faculty Are Chaperone»
Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Otho V. Overholser, Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Girriel, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Alter, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Koch, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ormis-ton, and Hart Morris.
Student committees in charge were Bill Hartnett, A1 Lane, dance; Bob Olson, Gail Estabrook, decoration; Jack Madigan, Winona Wehle, chaperones; Mel Patton, Bill Yarrington, publicity; Pat Wood, Selma Phillips, Mary Reed, tickets; Cliff Hendrick, Martha Dorn, June Burr, favors; and Eddie Baumgarten, place.
No Fault ToFind with Junior Prom; $75 Refunded to Student Senate