Miami Hurricane, March 24, 1938

              The Wiiami
Hurricane
THE       OFFICIAL       STUDENT        NEWSPAPER       OF       THE       UNIVERSITY       OF       MIAMI
Volume XI
Coral Gables, Florida, Thu»sday, March 24, 1938
Number 22
Hofmann Plays With Orchestra In Season Finale
Cuba Greets
U. Students
At Capitol
Vacationers Received
By Havana Dignitaries
At Official Reception
By David Elsasser
Cuba welcomed the University of
Miami first annual tour with an official reception in its great Capitol
building last Saturday afternoon
with all the honors bestowed on visiting diplomats.
In charge of the reception was Senator Enrique Reccio, acting president
of the Senate; Doctor Pedrozo, vice-
president of Cuba; and a group of
Cuban senators and dignitaries. Also
acting on the reception committee
were Senator Reccio's son, Henry,
and his beautiful daughter who holds
the title of Miss Cuba.
Inspected  Capitol
After the reception at which the
party was officially welcomed and
feted, the members of the party made
a tour of the building and were extended the special courtesy of being
permitted to photograph the interior,
a privilege rarely granted to visitors.
The special vacation party, which
included forty-seven students and
their friends, left Miami last Friday
afternoon on the S.S. Florida and
arrived in Havana early Saturday
morning, where it was met by officials
of the Cuban government and a battery of reporters and news photographers. Cuba extended the courtesy
of her port and waived the regular
customs inspection.
University  of  Havana  Visited
Saturday was spent in the traditional sightseeing jaunts. The party
visited La Merced church with its
elaborately painted ceilings and beautiful shrines, the Bacardi House, the
Corona cigar factory, and the Capitol building where thc official reception was held. From there the group
went to the University of Havana
and Tropical Park. The remainder of
the afternoon was spent in shopping.
The evening offered diversified entertainment. From the Centro Astur-
iano, Spanish educational and social
society, the party proceeded to Sloppy
Joe's, famous American bar, and then
to Eden Concert, typical Cuban night
club, where both Cuban and American orchestras provided dance music.
Alumni   Welcome   Visitors
University students on the tour
renewed acquaintance with University alumni, now attending the University of Havana, when Cardona,
Escobar, Armand, and Migoya stopped
at the hotel to extend an unofficial
welcome. The group was also visited
by Dr. Juan Clemente Zamora, professor at both the University of Havana and the University of Miami.
Sunday was spent in an inspection
tour of historic Morro Castle, in
■hopping, and packing. The party left
Havana Sunday night and arrived in
Miami early Monday morning.
Dr. William Morales, president of
the Cuban Chamber of Commerce,
and Dr. Robert McNicoll of the University were in charge of the trip.
Miss Mary B. Merrit, Dean of Women, and Miss Nina McAdams, Dean of
Girls at Miami High School, acted as
chaperones.
Collage Year Book
Will Not Be Printed
Notice has been received that
the American College Yearbook,
which was to contain a selected
number of outstanding June 1938
graduates from a selected group of
American colleges and universities,
will  not  be  published  this  year.
Reason given for the change of
plans were, first, tbat Harry E.
Fry, editor and publisher, could
not assume the heavy financial loss
attendant to completing the publication, and second, the colleges
and universities invited to be represented failed to cooperate with
the editors.
Seniors elected to represent the
University of Miami in the publication included Bob Masterson,
Tom Condon, Helena Couch, Audrey Rothenberg, Gardnar Mulloy,
James McLaughlin, Carl Fien, Allen Baker, Dave Hendrick and
Florence Fowler.
Chi Omega Carnival Comes To Town
JVithDancing,SideShows,andQueen
Gay booths, side shows, and hot
dog stands will lend a festive and
unfamiliar air to the University patio
when Chi Omega sorority presents its
annual spring Carnival April 2 from
eight until one.
Coronation of the Carnival Queen
at midnight will climax the evening
of informal entertainment and dancing under the stars. A gong will sound
to signal the end of the voting and
announce the winner of the title.
Pennies to Elect Queen
Voting, which is to begin next
Monday, will be conducted on tho
same penny-a-vote plan used last
year. Any co-ed may be nominated
for 25c. Only candidates announced
at this date are Virginia Miles, Lambda Phi; Denise Caravasios, Alpha
Theta; and Virginia Witters, Delta
Tau.
In addition to the Carnival Queen
contest, a dancing and a booth decorations contest are planned to lend
variety to the entertainment.
Organizations  Have Booths
Each campus social organization
has spoken for a place in the carnival
grounds. Beta Phi Alpha will hold a
bingo party; Delta Tau will vend hot
dogs and conduct a $5 raffle; Lambda
Phi will offer a milk bottle game; and
Alpha Epsilon Phi, penny-pitching.
Theta Alpha Phi expects to roll
them in the aisles with a play or side
show. Chi Omega alumnae will sell
coca-colas and soft drinks while ac
tive Chi Omegas will hold down the
ice cream concession.
Plans of campus fraternities and
remaining two sororities are clothed
in mystery. Eddie Baumgarten will
again act as master-of-ceremonies.
'Prom Plans Are
Now Completed'
States Thomas
Arrangements For Favors,
Decorations of Annual
Affair Well Under Way
President Joe Thomas announced
yesterday that the junior class has
completed plans for the eleventh annual junior prom which will be held
Friday evening, April 8, from ten until one at the Biltmore Country Club.
The juniors, he says, are bent on
making the prom "the" event of the
year. Striking decorations have been
prepared by the prom committee,
which, it is hoped, will make the prom
a finer and more dignified event.
As in the past, all girls attending
will receive favors — favors which
have never been given at any other
prom in the history of the University. Traditional secrecy veils the
nature of the gifts, but they are reputed to be something girls will sincerely appreciate.
Maestro Bob Reinert and his Mi-
amilodians have been engaged for
the event and will offer specialty
numbers as well as a well-balanced
variety of music for dancing.
The admission price is ?2.20 per
couple, and the juniors believe it's
a reasonable tariff indeed, considering
th" quality of the entertainment and
the favors to be offered!
Miss Foster Has
Charge Of Assembly
Miss Bertha Foster, in charge
charge of tomorrow's assembly,
will present a musical program
which will include a well-known
concert group from Tampa. Featured on the program will be a two-
piano recital, a reader, a dancer
and a soprano.
Bulletins Ready
For Dispersal
On April First
Information Will Include
Faculty Additions, Changes
In Tuition Rates, Calendar
The official University of Miami
bulletin for 1938-39 will be ready
for distribution April 1, the administration office announced yesterday.
The new bulletin will announce additions to the faculty staff, changes
in tuition rates, and dates of registration and semester endings.
Sociology Teacher Joins Staff
Dr. J. Paul Reed, now teaching at
Southern Methodist University at
Dallas, Texas, will join the faculty
next fall as associate professor of
sociology. He earned his bachelor's
degree at Central College, Fayette,
Missouri, his M.A. and Ph.D., at the
University of Chicago, and has
served as a teacher in Japan.
Alan Collins, from the Eastman
School of Music, Rochester, New
York, will be an addition to the Music School faculty as a teacher of
theory and cello.
Sidney Maynard, now working towards his doctor's degree at the University of Minnesota, and Lewis
Loary, at Columbia University, will
return to the University staff after a
year's leave of absence.
Registration Sept. 19 and 20
Registration for the first semester
will be held September 19 and 20.
The semester will begin Wednesday,
September 21, and will close February 1. Second semester registration
will be held February 6 and 7 and
classes will begin Wednesday, February 8, and will end June 3.
The Bulletin will also carry announcements of a change in the tuition rates and revisions of University
curricula, resulting from the adoption
of the semester plan.
Band Plays At Formal Opening
Of Fairchild Tropical Garden
By Joseph Title
The University of Miami Symphonic Bund with Walter E. Sheaffer conducting, officiated at the dedication
of the Fairchild Tropical Garden in
Coconut Grove yesterday. The band
jngiiged special busses for their sojourn and their entrance into the
Garden through the narrow entrance
was not without difficulty.
A tremendous audience representing the wealth of Miami cast friendly
eyes and ears upon the University
organization. It will be remembered
that Mr. Fairchild, chief sponsor and
founder of the Fairchild Tropical
Garden, has long been a friend of the
University and a most encouraging
booster of our musical organizations.
Mr. Fairchild even went to the extent of making a statement to the
press to the effect that as long as the
University of Miami Band and Orchestra maintained its standards,
there was no need in bringing a
P.W.A. musical organization here.
Program of Marches
The program consisted of a group
of marches which began with one of
Mr. Sheaffer's favorites, "The Free
Lance," by John Philip Sousa. The
next selection was by the English
march king, Kenneth Alford. "The
Vanished Army," a march dedicated
to the first one hundred British soldiers to enter France during the war
and never to return. Upon the suggestion of the president of Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia, honorary band fraternity, Stanley Biedron, the band
next played a march by Alexander
entitled "From Tropic to Tropic."
Mr. Sheaffer, discerning that the
audience wanted something they were
familiar with, gave them the Navy's
song, "Anchors Aweigh" by Lieutenant Zimmerman. Reverting to his favorite march writer again, Mr. Sheaffer
chose Sousa's "Semper Fidelis" and
"The Invincible Eagle." Thunderous
applause greeted the familiar Sousa
marches.
Girls Get
Inning In
'Stage Door'
Ferber-Kaufman Stage Hit
Slated forTwo-Night Stand
Now In Final Rehearsals
An almost manless cast is in final
rehearsals for the Edna Ferber-George
Kaufman stage hit, "Stage Door," to
be presented by the University Players in the University theater March
31 and April 1, instead of this week
as originally announced.
In the cast are Dorothy Bell as
Terry Randall; Jean Moore as Judith;
Adele Rickel as Kaye; Freda Bornstein, Bernice; Dah Frantz, Pat;
Beatrice Bernstein, Linda; Aileen
M urphy, Kendall; Susan Barnes,
Bobby; Peggy O'Donnell, Louise;
Lynn Whalen, Jean; Phyllis Young,
Madeline; Betty Mae Seipas, Little
Mary; Becky Parham, Big Mary; and
Denise Penchena, Olga.
Lilo Oyarzan, as the playwright,
and Jack Madigan, as the lumberman,
have the lone male roles.
The three-act play is laid in a
theatrical women's boarding house
where old stage veterans and would-
be actresses strive for a foothold on
the Broadway stage. All the action
takes place in Terry's dingy bedroom
and in the living room of the rehearsal club.
After a successful New York run,
the play was adapted for the movies.
In the motion picture version the central theme of the drama, the struggle
of legitimate actors to withstand the
corrupting commercialism of Hollywood, was subordinated to the personal conflict between the principals
of the cast.
Tour of Inspection
Of Phi Mu Chapters
Completed By Dean
Miss Mary B. Merritt, dean of
women and for four years national
president of Phi Mu national sorority, returned last week from a two
weeks' inspection tour of the Phi Mu
chapters in the Southeastern district.
On her way north she stopped off
at Jacksonville where she spoke at
the Phi Mu Founders' Day dinner.
Among the chapters she visited were
Millsap college at Jackson, Mississippi; Sophie Newcombe at New Orleans ; University of Louisiana at
Baton Rouge; and Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee.
Today, 8:30 a.m. Beginning of Spring
Term.
Friday, 10:10 a.m. Assembly—Tampa
musical group to present program.
Meeting of Junior Prom committee
in room 219.
Saturday, 1:00 p.m. A.A.U.W. luncheon for senior girls at Tiffin.
Monday, 1:00 p.m. Girls' Athletic
Council meeting in athletic office.
8:30 p.m. Symphonic concert with
Josef Hofmann, pianist, under
direction of Dr. Arnold Volpe.
Red Herring College
To Be Investigated
By Legislature
Lawrence, Kans. (ACP) — State
legislators, controllers of funds that
support state colleges and universities, are not often concerned with the
subject-matter taught in these institutions — but let somebody whisper
"communism," and the investigation
is on.
Most noted for its red-herring career before its legislature is Wiscon-
in's famed state university in Mad-
iaon. However, latest university to
grab the glare of legislative searchlights is the University of Kansas,
alma mater of Republican Alf M.
Landon's daughter, Peggy.
It all started when Don Henry, a
young student, enlisted in the Loyalist army in Spain, was killed in action. At the time of his death it was
reported he had joined the Spanish
forces because of red doctrines taught
him while a student.
Now the state legislature has appropriated $7,500 to investigate
these charges, causing faculty members and students to first lampoon the
iict, then settle down to await the
inquiry that is certain to do the name
of the university little good, no matter what results are reported by the
committee.
Josef Hofmann, this year celebrating his golden jubilee as a concert
pianist, who will play with the University symphony orchestra in its
final winter concert.
PREXY FOR  PRESIDENT
Washington, D.C. (ACP) — Dr.
Robert Maynard Hutchins, youthful
president of the University of Chicago, should be the next president of
the United States.
At least this is the opinion of Novelist Sinclair Lewis, who said in a
recent lecture here that the famed
educator is "the kind of man who
could face Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler and make them feel a little
ashamed."
Degrees May Be
Withheld For
Unpaid Dues
Dr. Ashe Cautions Members
of Fraternities to Pay Debts
In Order to Be Graduated
A new ruling that says graduating
fraternity men must pay back dues
and debts before receiving their degree is being considered this week by
the University executive and organizations committees.
Dr.  Ashe Calls Meeting
At a special meeting called by Dr.
B. F. Ashe for the last Friday of the
winter term, the inter-fraternity
council discussed the matter of fraternity financial losses due to the
graduation of members with unpaid
bills.
The ruling to withhold degrees to
fraternity debtors was passed by the
council and approved by President
Ashe. Approval by the executive and
organizations committees of the University, however, must be obtained j
before the ruling becomes effective. I
A committee composed of Jack;
Sitta, Phi Alpha, Henry Warshavsky,
Tau Epsilon Phi, and Dick Gostowski, j
Pi Chi, was appointed to collect and
submit complete data on fraternity ■
losses.
Keys To  Be Ordered
The motion was made and carried ■
that keys be ordered for the interfraternity council group. The participation in intramurals by men ineligible scholastically was also discussed.
Representatives from Pi Chi, Phi
Alpha, Tau Epsilon Phi, Pi Epsilon
Phi, Delta Sigma Kappa, and Phi Mu
Alpha attended the meeting. President Myron Broder presided.
Summer School
Will Introduce
Semester Plan
Dr. Owre, Acting Director,
Announces That Session
Begins June 6, Ends July 30
Dr. J. Riis Owre, acting director
of the University summer session, announces the semester plan will become effective June 6, when the
summer session opens. Registration
will be held June 3 and 4. The session closes, Saturday, July 30.
New courses in language, education, and business writing have already been scheduled. A course on
Spanish masterpieces will be conducted in English for the benefit of
students wishing to read Spanish literature in translation.
The department of education is to
offer a course in elementary Graphics
and statistics for classroom teacher-*,
and a course in remedial reading t.
diagnose and correct dcfecu in read
ing in elementary schools.
Dr. John Thorn Holdsworth will
conduct a course in business writing
and communication. Students will be
taught how to write business letters
and how to address a business meeting or a board of directors.
Celebrates
Fifty Years
As Pianist
World Famous Pianist Will
Play Beethoven Concerto;
House Sold Out For Weeks
Josef Hofmann, considered the
greatest of living pianists, will play
! with the University symphony orches-
Itra, Dr. Arnold Volpe directing, in
I the last of the season's regular subscription concerts next Monday in
Orchestra Hall.
A half-century of concert experience stretches behind the sixty-one-
year old artist, who this year is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of
his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Powers Undiminished
In spite of the staggering total of
his concert appearances, Hofmann's
powers are undiminished. After his
jubilee concert at the Metropolitan,
which grossed $22,000 for the Musicians' Emergency Fund, the New
York Herald Tribune wrote:
"Last evening in the same Metropolitan Opera House, before another
huge audience, the same master of
music and of the keyboard, now in
his sixty-second year, reserved and
grey, and slightly bald, but still a
wonder-working genius, again swept
his listeners off their feet."
Scats  Are   Sold Out
As a result of his appearance last
year with Dr. Volpe and the orchestra, Hofmann's popularity in Miami
is so great that seats for the Monday
concert have been completely sold
out for the past three weeks.
The symphony orchestra is preparing the most difficult program yet attempted by the organization. Rehearsals, however, are progressing
satisfactorily and promise a concert
worthy of the great artist who will
be soloist.
The program follows:
Sakuntala Overture Goldmark
Symphony in C minor Brahms
Concerto in G major Beethoven
NOTICE
All members of the University
Co-ed Club must attend a meeting
in the social hall, Friday at 12:40,
which will last until 1:00. Several
important matters are to be discussed, including the date for the
use of  the ballroom.
All Staff Members
Must Attend Meeting
All Hurricane staff members
wishing to keep their positions on
the paper are expected to be present at the first staff meeting of tbe
spring term tomorrow afternoon at
two-thirty in room 216. No excuses
whatsoever for absences wil) be
accepted. Any staff member not
attending the meeting will be automatically  dropped.
Several staff positions are now
open. Any students desiring to
work on the Hurricane are invited
to attend the meeting and receive
an  assignment.
Students interested in soliciting
advertising for the Hurricane are
asked to get in touch with George
Wheeler in the Hurricane office,
room  237.
CumLaudeGraduate
Succeeds In Chorus
Dapper Debonair Diletante Duly
Defines Degrees of Drunkenness
By Ray Reiner
EDITOR'S NOTE: While we deplore the
suhjeel matter of Hie followinr unsolicited artlde, Ih* llnni  cannot question the wrller'sauthorlly. Such authority,
coming us It doet from exhaustive personal study hi herr Hardens and harhe-
cue stands, can only he respected situ I
admired.
For the past few years expressions
Barbara  Palmer, a  chorus girl  at'
the Beverly Hill Country Club, Cin- j
cinnati, Ohio, is better known to the
University of Miami as Flossie Bell
Pearson, A.B., '36.
While at the University, the beau- pertinent to the various stages of in-
tiful Zeta Phi, teamed as an acrobatic toxication have been on the increase.
dancer with Harriet Crim, to support But some confusion still exists in the
herself, her mother and invalid sister, average   layman's   mind   concerning
Few students realized that this quiet, the fine points  of each  stage which
studious girl was dancing until three could stand clearing up. To reach this
in the morning, and getting up at six end,    the     following    classifications
in   order   to   make   an   eight-thirty have been formulated:
class. Despite all this hard work, she "Mellow" — A comfortable, fortt-
was  graduated   Magna   Cum   Laude, fied   condition   usually   produced   by
and presented with a gold medal from two or three drinks. A person in this
Chile because of the excellence of her
thesis "Social and Economic Aspects
of Chile." Upon graduation Miss
Pearson or Palmer, was given an assistant professorship in Spanish at
the University.
A dancing tour in South America
with Boughem, led to this present engagement. She states that she will
leave teaching to her old age, but
dance while she is young.
She has been receiving favorable
press notices, more recently in the
Cincinnati Times Star.
state of mind is generally "happy
about the whole thing."
"Tipsy" — Probably the result of
five or six "quick ones." Persons in
this condition have been seen to
wobble. Also expressed as muddled,
elevated, high, and raddled.
"Tight"—-In this case, the quantity
consumed happens to be one too
many. The term derives its name from
the pressing sensation that assails the
temples. Removal of the hat does not
alleviate the condition!
"Primed" — Extremely well forti
fied. Men in this state are usually on
their way home to meet their wife,
face to face, undaunted, and defiant!
The condition is also conducive to
philosophical inspiration. Also expressed as oiled, whittled, and organized.
"Stinking" — Gross intoxication,
but fun! A person who gets "stinking" always manages to be the life of
the party. Brilliant ideas come readily, such as cramming bicycles into
manholes, etc.
"Barreled"—One degree of blood-
pressure higher than the aforementioned. The tongue seems to swell to
the size of a sack of potatoes and the
law of gravity is completely disregarded. Also known as a fool, a piper,
lord.
"D.T.s" — Unhppy individuals in
this stage usually see things: colored
animals, especially pink elephants,
dragons, etc.
"Blotto"—An old fashioned custom
rapidly going into disuse. The victim
collpses and goes "out." Usually immediately preceded by unhappy sym-
toms of which one remembers nothing. Also known as cemented, embalmed.
So with this group of definitions,
you may increase your vocabulary by
using the word three times!