Miami Hurricane, December 10, 1929

              The Miami Hurricane
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, DECEMBER 10, 1929
NO. 5
SOPH HOP PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED
gbendal Butler, Chairman of Dance, Prophesies Gala Affair
RESOLUTION
Whereas, the untimely death of Anthony Uikeal * Pasquarello, a member of the senior class of the University of Miami, has come as a great loss to the student body and as a deep grief to his family, Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Student Senate of the University of Miami, in behalf of the students that their grief at the loss of one of their members be officially expressed and that their
A dance that will be epoch-making in the annals of the University of Miami will be given by the sophomore class,” according to ghendal Butler, chairman of the »„ual Soph Hop The event will ¡deep sympathybe~conveyJto'The take place on Friday, December 13, members of his familv
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at the Miami Woman’s Club,
Great pains have been taken by Butler and his committee to make this social function second to none jB importance during the school year. The Indianapolis Melody Boys hate been engaged to fur-nish the music for the dance. This band has been playing for the past few weeks at the Homestead Country Club, where they have been well received. They come originally from Indianapolis and have established a name for themselves in that city.
As a feature to help advertise the dance and at the same time stimulate the sale of tickets for the event, a prize is being awarded to the woman’s fraternity which sells the most tickets. The award is a beautiful silver loving cup and will be presented to the winners at the hop. The cup is on exhibition in the registrar’s office at the present time and may be seen by any who are interested.
Members of the committee as-
Doctor O. J. Sieplein
Directs Sun Research
Dr. 0. J. Sieplein, professor of chemistry at the University, is the director of the Miami Sun Ray research division of the Dr. Joseph H. Adams Foundation, which was established for the purpose of investigating the various qualities and quantities of sunshine.
An observatory has been built, equipment purchased and experiments and measurements of the sun’s rays, which has been wisely called “Miami’s outstanding natural resource,” are now being carried on.
A secondary station located at the University of Miami has been recording tests for some time. Several other secondary stations
are now located throughout Miami, listing Butler are Miss Beatrice | additional ones will be- established
Smith, Paul Haberly and Stephen Gerrard.
Patrons and patronesses are Dr. and Mrs. Bowman F. Ashe, Dr. and Mrs. John Thom Holdsworth, Dr. and Mrs. John D. Shea, Dr. aad Mrs. Robert B. English, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Provin, Professor and Mrs. William Strawinski, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Brett and Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Given.
Smith Elected to Head
Freshman Class for Year
Howard Smith was elected president of the freshman class at the meeting last Tuesday, November 19. Smith is well known on the campus and has been prominent in freshman activities. He is a pledge to the Pi Chi fraternity. Harold Austin and James Abras also received nominations for this office.
Luke Crowe was chosen vice president at the same election. Crowe is captain of the freshman football team and is a pledge to the Sigma Kappa fraternity. James Abras was the other candidate for this office.
Miss Eloise McAllister became the class secretary. She is a pledge to the Theta Tau sorority and is a well known soloist. Miss Betty Blaine was the opposing candidate for this office.
Miss Marjorie McFarland won the election for class treasurer. She is a pledge to Sigma Kappa •orority. Other candidates for this office were Idelle Martin and Robert Wrightson.
Senatorial nominations were ®ade, but because of lack of time, ballots were not cast. This election will be carried on in the near future. Following are the nominees for class senators: Kathryn Wickham, Faith McNeilly, Harriet Baumgartner, Robert Smith, Harold Shaw, Byrl Wheeler, Marcus Neely and Ray Stimmel.
as rapidly as they are required for the scientific work of the division.
Dr. Sieplein, director, is recording and measuring the total sunshine energy, the minimum wave length in the solar spectrum (in two ways, visible and by chart), the various qualities and quantities of sunshine (light and heat) and other important data which may furnish mankind with information of ultra importance in the fields of medicine, industry, agriculture, horticulture, health, power and others.
It is interesting to note that records show that Miami’s midwinter sunshine as to quality, quantity and constancy is about on a par with mid-summer sunshine in the more northerly latitudes.
The outstanding reason for the creation of the research division is the fact that Miami’s outstanding resource is sunshine. It is the desire of Dr. Sieplein and Dr. Adams that the people of South Florida know more about that resource. Likewise a desire to serve mankind in every possible way was also largely responsible for the establishing of the institute.
Wayne Remley Receives
Architectural Award
Wayne Remley, a sophomore in the Architectural Department, was recently given first mention along with eleven other students from the entire United States, for a drawing submitted to the Beaux Arts Institute of New York. Remley is president of Pi Delta Sigma fraternity. The most prominent architects in New York judged the drawings which were of doorways to architectural buildings.
Other students who obtained honorable mention were Jewell Harden, Andy Fernindino, Carl Blobm, Carl Appuzzio.
Doctor Shea Announces
Course in Astronomy
Dr. John D. Shea, associate professor of physics at the University of Miami, has .announced that he will offer a course in descriptive astronomy during the spring semester.	1
Dr. Shea expect# to give illustrated lectures on-certain phases of the subject and although no night observation will be required he will, however, b^glad to devote several nights to constellation study with those interested. The class will meet at the University building at 1:30 on^Monday, Wednesday and Friday unless some other hour should wove more convenient to the stnents. Weekly reports will be nquired of the students and ma(|tematical portions of the subject will be omitted whenever it is podfcble to do so. This is a condensed course in astronomy and will bfe given for its cultural value only. All interested are requested to communicate with Dr. Shea, at the ^University, so that he may order texts for the course.
Dr. Shea in working for his doctor’s degree majored in physics and has done extensive research work in astronomy.’ For the past three years he has been instructor in physics and astronomy in Tu-lane University and during that time he carried on many investigations and calculations concerning comets and other phenomena connected with the solar system. From his experience in these lines he has much to offer to a class in descriptive astronomy.
Paul Eckel, Miami Grad,
Ts Professor In Japanese U.
Paul Eckel, who received his A. B. degree from the University of Miami with the class of ’29, has recently been given a professorship of English at the Imperial University of Kobe, Japan. Eckel was formerly an English instructor at the University of Tokio.
The Imperial University of Kobe is one of the oldest and best known of the universities of Japan. The president and other members of the faculty have been educated in America, receiving Ph. D. and M. A. degrees from Harvard and Leland Stanford Universities.
Mr. Eckel entered the University of Miami with the class of ’30 in 1926, but he completed four years’ work in three years, so he has the honor of being the first four-year graduate. He participated in many student activities on the University of Miami campus. Among them were the University News, the Glee Club, Leader’s Club and the Y. M. C. A. He is a member of the Phi Alpha fraternity.
Kathryn Bostwick Chosen Sponsor For Florida Team
Miss Kathryn Bostwick, a senior in the School of Liberal Arts and a member of Lambda Phi sorority, was chosen one of the two sponsors of the Florida team for the Florida-Oregon game held Saturday, December 7. Miss Bostwick’s costume was a blue and tan ensemble with accessories to match, and she carried a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums, the University of Florida flower.
Miss Bostwick was women’s tennis champion of the University in *27 and was voted the best all-around girl in the University last year.
Miss Mary B. Merritt Is Recovering From Operation
Miss Mary B. Merritt, dean of women and instructor in English, is recovering satisfactorily from an operation performed Tuesday, December 3, at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Miss Merritt became ill late Tuesday afternoon and underwent an emergency appendicitis operation that night. She will be able to resume her duties in about ten days.
University Receives
Books and Art Folios
Mrs. Mitchell D. Price, wife of a regent of the University, Mrs. Bruce of Coral Gables and Dr. Henry S. West, dean of the School of Education and of the School of Liberal Arts, have recently augmented the library and the Archi-techtural Department with books and art folios.
Mrs. Price gave a set of Foreign Classical Romances to the library which included: Jugo, by Freytag; Elective Affinities, Goethe; Ekke-hard, Tcheffel; The Cat’s Bridge, Sudermann; The Fisher Maiden, Bjorson; Niels Lyhne, Jacobson; Lion of Flanders, Conscience; Flame of Life, D’Annunzio; The Land of Cockayne, Serao; Pepita Jimeuez, Valera; Dona Parfecta, Galdos; The Fourth Estate, Valdes; The Cossacks, Tolstoy; Fathers and Sons, Turgeneu; Malva and Other Tales, Gorky; Poor Plutocrats, Jokai.
Mrs. Kenneth Bruce presented a collection of six leather-bound folios to the Architectural Department. They include two volumes on Egypt and Nubia, two on the Holy Land and a volume on the Pyramids of Geza. There is also an Oriental album of characters, costumes and modes of life in the valley of the Nile.
Doctor West’s contribution includes the English classics in poetry and prose, several volumes of Old English, a number of Latin, German and French classics, among which are found Virgil, Horace, Homer, Balzac, Bluthgen, Storm, Riehl and Blucheim, and a number of volumes of philosophy, including such names as Walter Pater, Seelye, Spencer, Mivart and Robinson.
BELAUNDE TALKS TO TOURIST CLUB
Closer Relations Existing Between Americas, Says Head of Spanish Department
Latin America and the United States are fast developing a notable feeling of cordiality between themselves, according to. Dr. Victor Andres Belaunde, head of the Spanish department. This opinion was expressed by Dr. Belaunde in a speech before the first Pan-American reception, dinner and dance under the auspices of the Miami Civic Tourist Club, Saturday, November 31. The spirit of criticism which was formerly held by the South American press is being replaced by the spirit of Sarmiento, a great patriot and admirer of the U. S. J ; “Not many years ago,” Mid Dr. Belaunde, “it would not hgve been possible to so frankly discuss relations between the Unite« States and Latin America. In those days there was much criticismi in. the Latin-American press of the policies of the United States. Now, however, conditions have changed entirely and we are approaching an era of cordiality. A number of factors have co-operated to cause this change.
“First of all, the visit of your new President Hoover was a factor. When that great man clearly and emphatically enunciated the principle of equality and respect fit sovereignty he struck a popular chord.
“Another factor was the success of the Pan-American conference on arbitration and conciliation. Many pessimists held that the arbitration would as usual develop into a stumbling block. However, compulsory arbitration for judicial matters and wide and efficient conciliation for political affairs came out of the conference.
“The peaceful solution of cer-(Contmued on Page Three.)
Conservatory Students
Provide Radio Program
Helen Flanagan, soprano; Robert Kistler, violinist, and Joe Tarp-ley, pianist, provided the fourth of a series of concerts which are being broadcast each Sunday evening over WQAM by the University Conservatory of Music.
The evening’s program was: O Don Satale. from Don Carlos (Verdi), Madame Graziani, accompanist; Mazur (Borowski), by Robert Kistler; Valse in A (Levitski), Hungarian Dance No. 7 (Brahms), Joe Tapley; Erie Mai-nacht (Brahms), Why (Tschaikov-sky), Helen Flanagan, Madame Graziani accompanist; Meditation, from Thais (Massenet), Joe Tarp-ley; Hungarian Dance (Brahms), Robert Kistler.
These weekly concerts are under the direction of Miss Bertha Foster of the conservatory and Mme. Graziani of the voice department. Both students and faculty provide the programs.
Many Features Announced For Glee Club Program
Rumor has it that great things are to be expected of the Men’s Glee Club, now entering its second year under the direction of Aaron Farr. Plans are under way for a trip of probably seven days, of which the itinerary has not yet been completed, but will be announced at a later date. In addition to a chorus, of thirty men there will be a quartet, and a guest soloist, a famous visiting artist whose name will be announced later and will come as a great surprise. The Glee Club will be accompanied by "Aye” Farr’s “Commanders,” an orchestra which has just completed a seven months’ engagement at the Coral Gables Golf and Country Club. Another interesting feature will be the “Melody Boys,” already well known to radio fans all over the country. Bob Stanton, who sang the lead in this trio last year, is not with us this year, and will be succeeded by Bob Finley.
As last year, one of the main features on the program will be a minstrel composed of an interlocutor, two end-men and a chorus of twelve, as compared with that of eight of last year. The end-men have already been chosen and will be Peter White, who is already well known in Miami for his skill, and Edward Cohen, who featured in performances at Washington and Lee and is an accomplished tap dancer. The inter-(Continued on Page Z)