Miami Hurricane, November 30, 1939

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UNIVERSITY       OF       MIAMI
; Volume XIII
Coral Gables, Florida, November 30, 1939
Number 11
Frosh Battle Sophomores in Annual Field Day
Greased Pole,
Sandbag Fight
Main Contests
Hidbag fights, a greased-pole climb,
touchball and volleyball games, and
• pie-eating contest will feature the
Jtop ho mo re-Fresh man field day, which
began this morning at ll o'clock. The
entire student body was dismissed at
10:30 in order to participate and
watch the day's hostilities.
I First event in the annual fracas
that decides whether freshmen may
|femove their "dinks" is a fight for
possession of a 200-pound sandbag,
which   sophs   will   guard   from  frosh
I Stacks.
'•$  To be held at  11:30 iB the next
^Activity, which  consists of attempts
fcy freshmen to climb a greased pole
. and take down a dink tied to the top
Freshmen and sophomores were all
•ven at the end of the morning's
events. Although only fifteen sophs
were on hand, they staged a gallant
defense of the greased pole to prevent the frosh from getting the
dink on top of the pole. The first
year men were able to drag the
200-pound sandbag out of the
circle. A pie-eating contest, girls
volleyball, and men's touchball still
remain on  the  schedule.
> in  spite of opposition by the soph-
I omores.  Immediately following this,
I the pole will be braced horizontally,
so  members  of the two classes may
straddle it in pairs and stage a bevy
of pillow fights.
After an interval for lunch, the
activities will continue with a volleyball game between the first and second year girls. An hour later, a touch-
football game between the sophs and
the "rats" will begin. Kickoff is at
3 p.m. Final event of the day will be
a pie-eating contest.
Judges for the various events are
Bob Olson, Eddie Grubb, and John
Homko. Committee in charge of the
field day includes Bob Olson, chairman, Don Chadderdon, Keith Phillips,
Dot Lowe, Jean Small, Ruth MacDonald, Frances Christie, and Mary Florence Hall.
Climaxing the day's activities will
be a free dance in the cafeteria at
9 p.m. Sponsored by Kappa Sigma
fraternity, the dance will continue
'till midnight. The entire student body
is invited.
Radio Shows Star
Twin Quartet,Book
Of Month, Theatre
Double quartet, the Book of the
Month, and an Elizabethan theater
are features of University radio programs during the next few days.
The newly-organized double quartet sings tonight over Station WQAM
at 7:15. Bob Reinert directs the
group.
Tomorrow, professors Lewis Leary
and W. M. McMasters will review
the Book of the Month on "Critics
Corner" (WIOD, 4:45). It is titled
"The  Nazarene,"  by  Seholem  Asch.
Monday's "Classroom of the Air"
(WIOD, 4:45) centers around a table
model of an Elizabethan theater,
built by Donald Bleeke, senior music
major, as a term project in English.
A copy of the Fortune Theater,
built in London in 1600, it is constructed to scale from the specifications named in the original building
contract. Don will discuss problems
of the Elizabeth playwright with staging, as illustrated in Romeo and
Juliet.
Freshman Renames
Women's Society
Co-ed Council is the name of the new
women's student organization as suggested by Catherine Bell, freshman,
at the group's meeting Tuesday morning in the theatre. Adele Rickel, president, announced activities scheduled
for December.
The Council will cooperate with
the YWCA for the Christmas program
to be presented next Friday at 8:30
p.m. in the Card Room of the Administration Building. Marjorie McLain was appointed chairman of the
decorations committee, assisted by Jo
Carol Weinstein, Selma Bronston, and
Martha Hibbs.
A committee composed of May
Morat, Dottie Lowe, Peggy Price,
Virginia Allen, Kathleen Hickey, and
Nana Kuperberg will formulate plans
for a social code booklet that the
organization is to publish for the use
of university women.
Two other agencies have been added to the Council—the Speaker's
Bureau with Joanne Kanaar, chairman, and the Social Service committee, which will be announced later.
Flyers Plan
1st Flights
On Friday
University Birdmen Start
Actual Flight Training;
New Club Is Formed
Word was received yesterday from
Washington, D. C, that the student
pilot's course, sponsored by the Civil
Aeronautics Authority at the University, has been granted permission
to start actual flight training. The
iirst flight classes will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 3:30.
Of the twenty students taking the
course, ten will report to the Embry-
Riddle Seaplane Base on the County
Causeway for seaplane instruction,
and the other ten will report to the
Miami Municipal Airport for instruction in land planes.
Land and Water Flights
At the end of the initial instruction period, which will cover at least
thirty-five hours of solo flight time,
the students on land planes will be
shifted to pontoons, and vice versa.
However, this is not official as yet,
and must await ratification by the
authorities in Washington.
In the meantime, the University of
Miami Aeronautics Club is advancing
by leaps and bounds. Their charter,
constitution, and by-laws are in the
hands of the Administration for approval, and it is expected that the
Club will officially become a student
organization   within  the  next week.
"Umacs" See Movie
Last night the "Umacs," as the club
has been called, attended the Lincoln
Theater as the guests of the theater
and the aviation department of the
Miami Herald. They saw the picture,
20,000 Men A Year" which is a
.story woven about the C.A.A. course.
The next official meeting of the
club, at which time students will have
had their first taste of flight instruction, will be held to further organization plans and to plan projects for
the remainder of the year.
DIRECTS
Citizens Formulate
New Constitution
Presentation of the first constitution
of Campus Citizens occupied the
greater part of the group's recent
meeting.
With an article providing for an
executive board composed of a chairman, vice-chairman, recording and
corresponding secretary, and treasurer, sponsors will be five faculty members. Fifty cents per semester will
comprise the group's dues.
The preamble of the constitution
includes the platform of Campus
Citizens, which is: "To be an organization to make the people of Miami
conscious of the cultural achievements and ideals of the University,
and to continuously strive toward uplifting student life intellectually and
socially."
Jo Weinstein, head of the campus
problems committee, announced that
a complaint box, in which may be
posted personal or objective grievances, will soon be available to the
student body.
Elections of corresponding secretary and treasurer were deferred until the next meeting, which is to be
held Tuesday at 10:30, in Room 219,
when all members of the group will
be present to participate in the election.
Dr. Arnold Volpe
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Kipnisls Soloist
In Symphony's
First Concert
Alexander Kipnis of the Metropolitan
Opera, is soloist at the first University Symphony concert of the season
next Monday, December 11.
Conceded to be one of the greatest
bassos in the world, Mr. Kipnis has
been heard during the past two seasons at the International Music Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, at the
invitation of Toscanini. He is also
noted for his exceptionally deep
voice.
Dr. Arnold Volpe, who will direct
the concert series, has been rehearsing the orchestra daily since the beginning of the semester, with the
assistance of Joel Belov. The first
concert will find the orchestra improved over the past two seasons, despite the loss of key players through
graduation.
Student activity books will be honored at the concert, which will be held
at Miami Senior high school.
Season tickets for the series of six
concerts are priced at $6, $7.50, $9.
Single tickets are $1.50, $2.00 and
$2.50. Reservations may be made by
calling the University, room 240.
Other soloists featured this season
are Joseph Szigeti, Harold Bauer,
Gregor Piatigorsky, Walter Giese-
king, and Mary Hughes Gall.
State Youth Advisor
Guest of Baptists
Guest of the University Baptist Student Union next week will be Miss
Billie Ruth Currin, one of the most
prominent youth leaders in the South,
who will hold open meetings in the
Social Hall, Monday through Thursday, at 3:30 p.m.
She will also be available each day
from 9:30 to 3:30 for personal consultation relating to problems of student religious life.
Miss Currin will assist in reorganizing the local union. She has
achieved great success in her B.S.U.
work at Florida State College for
Women, Tallahassee. A $16,000 Baptist Student Center, the most modern
religious center on a college campus
in the South, was built mainly
through her efforts.
Students of all religious groups on
campus are invited to attend the
meetings.
The Fine Art of Cutting Classes," Specially
Prepared for "The Hurricane" By An Expert
Shut that door! A prowler is on the
loose. Clarence the Consistent Class
Cutter is at work again. That's he—
slinking on his hands and knees past
pillars and posts toward the desired
destination—the door.
It is amazing, the depths and
breadths and heights that the human
mind can reach when it is desperate.
Einstein had nothing on the class cutter. But then Einstein wasn't desperate. Clarence is. Clases bore him, and
nothing breeds desperation like boredom.
It is not all of us who are brave
enough to try this daredevil approach
to freedom. For the most of us, the
easiest way out is simply to be "the
little man who wasn't there." Of
course, after the sixth or seventh
time, the faculty gets slightly annoyed and begins hinting for an excuse or two. This is where you . . .
and Clarence . . . shine.
If you are not particularly ingen
ious, you give the professor the quick
1-2-3 about having a bad cold. Of
course, he never believe you, but he's
not going to call you a liar to your
face. He does It in the subtle but
stinging way of dressing down your
grades. Nine times out of ten, when
you plead illness, he'll catch you
downstairs in Messrs. Hilbish, Hisg,
and Howe's infirmary anyhow. If you
are smart, you will never spend a
gruesome hour with the Dean. You
will conceive tales that will cause applause from Peter Grimm.
Two flat tires in one morning is a
pretty heavy dose to hand out to anyone, but it's a darned good story, and
if you're in good with your particular
garage mechanic, well, there you are.
If you're a quick-thinker, these
tactics are fine. But don't spend half
the night thinking these tales up. Believe me, it isn't worth it, you can't
have any fun that way!
Solons Table
3 Petitions;
Advance $35
Debate Team Is Granted
Part of Appropriation;
Special Meeting Tuesday
Tabling all but one petition which
came up for discussion, and accomplishing very little was the progress
made by the Student Senate in its
meeting Tuesday morning.
Deeming it necessary to gather additional information in order to clarify various questions, the senators
voted to table the Hurricane's hospitalization proposal, which was presented to the Senate for its approval.
That the plan will not necessarily
benefit local students, C.A.A. people,
or football boys was one of the main
objections to the proposals, while the
matter of students' inability to pay
an extra six dollars per year for this
service was pointed out.
Ibis   Request   Tabled
Asking for a greater appropriation
than last year, the Ibis petition for
$3881 was tabled until full information could be secured.
Much opposing discussion arose
when the debate team's petition for
$350 appeared. The debators did not
receive this grant, nor was it awarded
the same appropriation as last year
—$336. Instead, $35 was alloted the
organization to purchase materials
and to organize the team.
A special senate meeting has been
called for Tuesday morning at 10:30
in Room 224. All senator are urged to
attend.
TOUGH TACKLE, STELLAR BACK  LEAD WOLFPACK
'Thumber' Remains,
Collegians Decide
In National Survey
(By  Stud.nt  Opinion  Survey,  of  America)
Austin, Texas, November 30 — The
ride "thumber" should not be banned
from the highway. That is the verdict
pronounced in a nation-wide poll of
college and university students, perhaps the largest group of Americans
who use the hitch hike manner of
travel.
An overwhelming majority of the
collegians—four out of every five—
believe that laws against hitch hiking
should not be on the statute books,
according to the results of the latest
study of campus attitudes conducted
by the Student Opinion Surveys of
America for the Hurricane and nearly 150 other member newspapers.
Ballots were gathered by personal interviewers on campuses from coast to
coast, and the results from this carefully-selected sampling have been
tabulated at the Surveys' headquarters at the University of Texas.
South  Approves "Hitches"
It is of interest to note that in
those parts of the country where
cities are more widely scattered, and
where travel is therefore more difficult, greater percentages of students
opposed such laws.
The Southern states, comprising
the largest of the six sections into
which the U. S. is divided in this
scientific cross-section, voiced the
loudest disapproval when students
were asked, "Do you favor laws prohibiting hitch hiking?" New England
students, who live in the smallest of
the sections, were the most in favor.
New England Against
Nationally, these were the results:
For banning hitch hiking .... 20%
Against banning    80%
Significantly, too, New Englanders
are among the more wealthy of students, according to figures compiled
by the Student Opinion Surveys
through its weekly polls. These show
that in this section of the country
only three out of every ten men and
two out of every ten women have to
work for all or part of their college
expenses. In the nation as a whole,
nearly five out of every ten students
hold some kind of job.
In this poll on hitch hiking it is
also evident that it is the working
student who more consistently objects
to moves by several legislatures to
prohibit the man with the varsity
sweater and the sticker-pasted traveling bag from trying his luck on the
road.
Piano Team Plays
Annual recital of the piano team of
Mrs. Hannah Spiro Asher and Mrs.
Evelyn Plagman Jones will be given
on Monday night in the lounge of the
administration building. Students
wishing to attend should call the
Music Office in the Administration
Building.
Rebounding Hurricanes
Face Wolfpack Tomorrow
Music Society
Holdslnitiation;
Plans Vespers
Sigma Chi chapter of Sigma Alpha
Iota, national music fraternity, held
initiation services last Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. James Carson, chapter patroness and faculty advisor. The initiation was followed by
a reception given by alumnae and
active members honoring the new initiates.
Mrs. Earl DeNoon, president of the
alumnae chapter, and alumnae members conducted the initiation, assisted
by Beatrice Collins, president of the
active chapter, Mildred Thompson
and Anna Dalida.
New Members Chosen
New members are Maxine Baker,
Margaret Brooks, Esther Brown,
Grace Day, Rosemary Hoffman, Jewel
High Metzger, Helen Nielsen, Elizabeth Orr, Catherine Pinder, Eunice
Preston, Martha Riles. Junia Sells,
Audrey Thomas, and Marie Farmer
Wright.
Honorary members of Sigma Alpha
Iota include Miss Bertha Foster, Mrs.
Nora Andrews Hudson, Mana-Zucca,
and Frances Sebel. Mrs. P'rances Hovey Bergh has recently been appointed
as faculty advisor for the chapter.
Activities on the fraternity calendar include a picnic Saturday for
prospective members. The group will
also present a Christmas vespers program in the lounge of the Administration building before the Christmas
holidays.
Pi Chi's Dance Set
For Biltmore Club
Pi Chi fraternity's tenth annual
Queen of Clubs dance will be held
December 16 at the Miami Biltmore
Country Club, according to Mel Patton, chairman of arrangements. Proceeds from the ball will go to the
Donald Grant Memorial library fund,
benefit of the University library.
Girls from various University and
high school sororities will be selected
to compete for the title of Queen of
Clubs. Before the dance, candidates
will attend a banquet, where they will
be judged by nationally prominent
people on the basis of poise, beauty,
and personality. Alberta Burke, Chi
Omega and last year's queen, will
crown the winner.
Members of the various committees include John Lipscomb and Pete
Winiger, tickets; Harry Parker and
Wally Tyler, judges; John Oespovieh
and Bill Guerard, decorations; Bill
Hartnett, Randy Dickens, Al Holt,
erchestra; and Sumner Wilson, advertising.
Report Addreit Changes
All student, who have changed
their addresses since registration
are asked to notify the registrar's
office as soon as possible.
Harding Elevates
Three Sophomores
To First String
The victory-hungry Wolfpack of
North Carolina State will be snarling
at Miami's door tomorrow night,
when the Hurricanes take on the boys
from the Tarheel state in Roddey
Burdine Memorial Stadium.
Yesterday, Coach Harding said,
"The team lost a tough one at South
Carolina last week and will be on the
rebound. North Carolina State is a
very tough outfit. Just last week they
faced Duke, and then they come down
here to face our club. I wouldn't care
to predict the outcome, but I can say
that they'll know they've been in a
battle  whether they win  or lose to
UB."
State's Record
The Wolfpack boasts an unimpressive record, having won but one
game out of eight played so far.
Among the Carolina losses were decisions dropped to Tennessee, Duquesne, Clemson, Duke, and North
Carolina.   All-American   tackle  "Ty"
To feature Hem Olsen's orchestra,
the post-game football dance will
be held at the Coral Gables Country Club tomorrow night, with tickets priced at 55 cents per person.
George Back is in charge of arrangements.
Sponsors for the North Carolina
State-Miami gridiron clash wil] be
Pat Overbaugh, Zeta Tau Alpha;
Jean Vandevere, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Sue Allen and Sara Brinson, Chi Omega sorority members.
Coon forms the backbone of the
Wolves .line, aided by Bill Retter, a
standout center. "Little Art" Rooney
is the chief offensive threat of the
invaders.
Miami was hard hit by the gruelling contest at Columbia, S.C. Colorful Joe Dixon ended his football career with a brilliant performance
against the Gamecocks, for he sustained a rib injury that will keep him
out for the rest of the year. Joe Krutulis, sophomore end, will be a doubtful starter because of a badly bruised
hip, while Mike Corcoran may be out
with a pulled leg muscle.
Miami   Lineup
Coach Harding has indicated that
largely spohomore backfield may
start, with "Red" Tobin, "Lefty"
Schemer, and Dave Wike the probable openers. Terry Fox would round
out that backfield, although it is quite
possible that Johnny Noppenberg
may start at the blocking back post
in place of Wike. The line will consist of ever-faithful Co-captain Walt
Kichefski and Frank Paskewich at
ends, Stan Raski and "Kutch"
Kearns at tackle, Co-captain "Chuck"
Guimento, just picked on the second
team of the Little All-Americans, and
Jolly Snowden at guards, and Don
Salisbury at center.
Harding has driven his team hard
this week, and spirit and morale is
good. Doc Sapp, reserve blocking
back, has been converted to center
to strengthen the pivot post reserves.
Round Tables
Headline IRC
Radio Program
As the third in the series of bi-monthly radio programs which it is sponsoring, International Relations Club presented Jacques Wilson, Mary Louise
Becker, and Ben Axelroad in an open
forum discussion last Wednesday
over Station WKAT.
With "Britain in the Far East" as
the topic, Mary Louise gave a background of British imperialism in the
Far East. Describing Britain's domination of the Indian pepoles, she
pointed out the incongruity apparent
in Chamberlain's seeming desire to
fight for democracy in oppressed
countries when he continues to refuse to grant India her independence.
Wilson Guesses Peace
Wilson surmised that Britain would
probably try to bring about peace in
China in order to maintain the status
quo there, and so insure her against
increased strength of the Chinese
Nationalists, or of Japanese control
in China. He declared that Britain
would probably do all in her power to
prevent a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Japan in
order fo keep them on unfriendly
terms, hoping thus to precipitate a
war between them at some later date.
Axelroad  Defends  Britain
Axelroad, the mediator, contended
that Britain is primarily interested in
the preservation of democracy, and
is following a policy compatable to
such lines of thought in regard to her
colonies.
The next broadcast will be December 0 at 7:30 p.m. over Station
WKAT. Harry Estersohn, Adele
Grace Novokoff, and Gladys Lobsenz
will discuss "Propaganda, Its Present Manifestations and Past Record."
Debate Tryouts Set
Tryouts for varsity, girls', and
freshman debate teams wilt be held
Tuesday   evening,   December   12th.
Materials on question to be debated are in the library. Students
are asked to see Mr. Tharp or Jack
Madigan, debate manager, for details.
Campus Calendar
Today, All Day — Freshman-Sophomore Field Day, Intramural Field.
9 p.m.—Free Dance Sponsored by
Kappa  Sigs, Cafeteria.
Tomorrow,   3:30  p.m.   —   Ibis   Staff
Meeting,  Room  238.
3:30 — Hurricane  Staff Meeting,
Room 237.
8:15 — Miami  vs.   North  Carolina
State, Roddey Burdine Stadium.
After game — "M"  Club  Dance,
Coral Gables Country Club.
Saturday, 8:15 p.m.—Miami vs. Florida Frosh, Burdine Stadium.
After Game—Freshman Dance,
Cafeteria.
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Campus Citizens
Meeting, Room 219.