Miami Hurricane, April 13, 1939

              23 Candidates Vie for Approval At Polls Monday
Davis for President
Duff for President
MANLEY BROWER STUDIO
Fordham for President
Seniors Veto Daytime Exercises; 127 Candidates for Graduation
Provin Reveals 1939 Largest Class in History
One hundred and twenty-seven students are candidates for graduation May 29, according to the list released Tuesday from the registrar’s office. This shows an increase of five over last year’s record graduating class of 122. Prospective graduates are:
Bachelor of Arts
Maury D. Baker, Georgia Burrell Ball, Edward Bradley Boyle, Patricia Cluney, Annelise Crockett, Cynthia Diamond, Ruth L. Diestelhorst, Jeanne Dinger, George B. Dolan, Peter J. Dominick, Maie S. Dorrance, Hugh
M.	Dozier, Stella A. Edwards, Philip
N.	Fenigson, Vera Fletcher, George J. Freeman, Seymour S. Friedman, Sylvia K. Furlong*.
Mary Louise Gaddis, Frances Ginsberg, Joan R. Goeser, Betty Goff, Maybelle Goldman, Virginia S. Goodrich, Jane O. Granlund, David A. Graves, Eloise S. Guito, Buren L. Helm, Jessie A. Hickman*, Edith R. Horowitz, Evelyn Isaac, Rubilou Jackson, W. Richard Jackson, Estelle Kasanoff, Mary Ellen Kimball, Stella Klotz, Elizabeth R. Knight, Evelyn E. Korn.
Clemence J. Levy, Rose Levy, Frederic A. Marks, Eleanor E. Mat-teson, Vernice McNeil*, Virginia E. Miles, Martha Neham, Ruth L. Penney, Muriel Reardon, Jenesse Roberts*, Lorraine Roll, Audrey H. Ro-mine, Thelma Rocanberg, Clara Sayers, Thomas F. Schepis, Anne W. Searing, Belle Seigel, Margaret Shil-lington, Freda J. Speizman, Catherine II. Tremblay, Mae M. Walter, Sumner S. Wilson, James R. Womack, Marie F. Wright, Herbert M. Zimmerman.
Bachelor of Science
Samuel L. Abott, Dulcie V. Cavag-nero, John W. Creveling, Robert V. Edwards, Melvin Fox, Doris R. Page, Esther M. Rodel, Norma L. Simpson, Ruth E. Young.
Bachelor of Science in Education
Leola B. Backus*, Rosalind M. Hall*, Louise Hehr*. Phyllis B. Knuth*, Edwin A. List, Sarah J. Owen, Josephine Ross*, Marion G. Ryan, Mary St. John Baird Sister, Betty T. Sydney-Smith*, Eva A. Wicks*, Augusta Brown.
L. I. Diploma
Gertrude G. Brown, Elizabeth Schwinn.
Bachelor of Science in Bus. Ad.
Roger Brown, William C. Campbell, Eric N. Carlson, Jr., Andrew Csaky, Philip F. Doucet, J. Raymond Fordham, George G. Hamilton, Burton H. Hines, Alvin R. Iba, Gladys P. Jojinson^ Frank E. Kerdyk, Edmund J. Nash, Harley D. Niestraht, John R. Parkinson, J. Preston Per-
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Campus Calendar
Thursday, 2:30 p.m. Pan American Day Radio Program. WIOD.
8:30 p.m Play, “A Slight Case of Murder,” produced by the University Group Players, in the Univer-stiy auditorium.
Friday, 2 p.m. Tennis. University of Mississippi vs. University of Miami, Country Club courts.
Commencement Set for May 29 At Biltmore
Commencement exercises will be held as usual in an evening ceremony Monday, May 29, at the Biltmore Country Club, the president's office announced yesterday. Graduating
2:30. Pan American League Radio .8eniors, asked last week to register
Concert, WIOD.
2:30-5:30. Interscholastic Debate Contests. Room 317 and Social Hall.
0 p.m. Panhellenic Dinner. Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority.
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority. Buffet Supper.
7:30 p.m. Interscholastic Contests, One-Act Plays. University Auditorium.
9:30 p.m. Delta Sig Dance. University Cafeteria.
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Fencing. St. Petersburg Junior College. Freshman Locker room.
Monday, 8:30-3:30. Student Government elections.
4 p m. Radio Talk, “Why Study Physics?” by Professor Clouse. Station WIOD.
8:30 p.m. University Chorus Concert, Robert Reinert, Director. Coral Gables Elementary School Auditorium. Admission fifty cents. Wednesday, 8 p.m. Senior Night, Open House at the University, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity.
39 Ibis Will Show School In Action
Phil Fenigson, Ibis editor, announced yesterday that “almost all the copy has been turned in and the staff is hard at work at the print shop every afternoon, getting the book of 75,-000 words ready for publication on May 16.”
With an increase of 30 pages over last year, the 232 pages of the 1939 Ibis will attempt to show the university “in action” through the use of pictures. Twice as many pictures and five times as much writing, because of a revised format, is evidenced over last year’s annual.
To be larger than last year and to have many features, the sports section will contain contributions by Coach Jack Harding and Jack Bell, sports writer. Informal fraternity and sorority pictures, special features on dormitory life, and pen and ink drawings by Emil Benson will be other additions to the Ibis.
More than 100 pictures were taken by staff photographers and have been sent to the engraver; however, snapshots still may be submitted. Results of the Ibis poetry prize will be announced in two weeks, the prize poem to be printed in the book.
their choice of time for the exercises, swarmed to the defense of the traditional nightime ceremony, voted down the tentatively planned new morning hour by an impressive majority.
A departure from the usual University commencement procedures to conform with practices at other colleges, the ceremonies were planned to take place at 11 a.m. May 29. Announcement of the change was made at a called meeting of the seniors who made no objection to the plan.
Prospective graduates who had not attended the meeting, however, voiced strong opposition, were given
chance to express their choice by Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson when approached by the dissatisfied seniors.
Main objection to the morning hour was the fact that fathers of the graduates would be unable to attend the exercises, according to remarks made by the seniors as they signed the ballots that were circulating last week in support of the old evening hour.
Apart from the hour, date, and place of the graduation exercises, no formal plans have been announced as yet for the University's thirteenth annual commencement.
DOWNES STUDIO
______Madigan for President
Briggs Plans History Epic For April 21
“Pageant of America”
To Highlight Assembly Program Next Week
To stimulate an appreciation of history in the United States, a combined three art lecture, “The Pageant of America,” will be presented by Robert T. Newcomb during next week’s assembly, April 21. Directed by Dr. Harold E. Briggs, the program is under the auspices of the history department.
Together with a prepared series of colored slides from paintings of American history by J. L. G. Ferris, Mr. Newcomb will employ the “New World” symphony by Dvorak as a dramatic and emotional background for his lecture.
Depicting a connected story of the evolution of American history from the time of Columbus to reconstruction days, the pictures are the only reproductions of Mr. Ferris’ paintings ever made.
MANLEY BROWER STUDIO
Meggs for Vice-President.
Spook Strut Lays Ghost Of Campus Royalty
Who’ll be the “School Spook”? Mike Ruggles, lanky, tousle-headed candidate, is now leading the race closely followed by “Duke” Boyle, Joe Dixon, Bob Rigney, and a host of others. However, it’s anyone’s race, with the winner receiving five bucks at 12 p.m. Friday night.
All this will happen at the Delta Sig Spook Strut in the school cafeteria “ballroom” tomorrow night from 9 'till 1. A gloomy atmosphere and weird decorations will furnish the background for the crowning of the “Spook” at the dance, amid the strains of a nine-piece band playing “The House is Haunted,” or a piece to that effect.
There is nothing serious at all about the dance, co-chairmen Bill Yarrington and Frank Paskewich announced yesterday. It is merely for everyone to have a good time. Everybody’s invited, and the tariff is only 49 cents, stag or drag.
DOWNES STUDIO
McLinden for Vice-President
IRC Prexy NabsHonors At Va. Convo
Bud McLinden Is Elected Vice-President; Miami Group Heads Discussion
Panhell Approves New Rushing Rules
Changes in rush rules received the final approval of Panhellenic Council members at their monthly meeting Tuesday evening as guests of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority.
The new rules and all vital information pertaining to the sororities and the University will be published in booklet form to be distributed to all freshmen and transfer girls entering the University next fall.
Betty Mae Serpas, ZTA president; Valerie Howitt, former president of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Rubilou Jackson, ex-president of Chi Omega, are making final arrangements so as to have it completed by the May meeting.
Plans for improving college politics were discussed, and a survey of politics in other colleges and universities was presented by Lucille Lefko-witz, president of Alpha Epsilon Phi and Program Manager for the Council.
Sigma Kappa and Kappa Kappa Gamma sororities will be hostesses at the May meeting of the Council.
Mr. Newcomb, writer, student of affairs, and a pioneer in the development of three-dimensional color photography, has arranged and coordinated the pictures, music, and narration himself.
Progressive Society To Elect Officers
Promoting all progressive movements of the university and establishing the honor system are among tentative aims of a recently formed university-wide progressive society. All students are invited to attend the group’s organization meeting in the social hall at 12:30 today.
Plans for the society have been formulated during the past three weeks by a group of students representing both fraternity and independent factions, with the purpose of organizing into a cooperative body to improve interests of the University.
Although Ray Fordham presided at last week’s meeting, permanent officers will be elected today.
Independents Form Chorus for Songfest
Strains of familiar songs are being heard all around school since sororities and fraternities have started to practice for the annual songfest, sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, to be held April 28. Independents are also organizing a group to enter the contest.
Independents who are interested in singing with the group are asked to attend a meeting in the social hall Friday at 12:30.	_ ______
Offhand Murder Fairly Popular with Reviewer
By Hortense Hurricane
Time: Wednesday, 8:30 p.m.
Place: University auditorium.
What’s up? “A Slight Case of Murder”.
Sooooo?: A full house . . . Music before the play by the Phi Mu Alpha Little Symphony . . . very nice, indeed!
Remy Marko (Dan Satin), retired gangster turned beer baron, is busted ... is in Saratoga . . . The truck with the entire takings of the bookies for a big day has been stuck up . . . Marko’s daughter is in love with a blue blood . . . The household servants are Marko’s ex-gangster pals . . . Plenty of red-blooded cursing in the lines.
Dan Satin’s performance, best of the evening . . . Dennie Penchina, as his ex-chorus girl wife turned social climber, did all right too . . . Wishey-washey love interest played wishey-washilly by Jerry Weinkle and Anne Strickland . . . Lefty, Speed Marvin, undecided about what accent to stick to . . . Well stuffed shirts—A1 Teeter and Jack Madigan . . . Whose dinner jacket did Jack try to button? . . . Sid Cassell, an old timer, tough enough to scare babies . . . and to intimidate Dead End Kids, Lebowitz . . . C. A. Cold grinding out jazz more convincingly than his lines . . . Sam Conrad, a newcomer, not so hot ... He had the parting shot in the play and it fell flat . . . Olson, looking like one of the old gas-house gang, supposed to be an up-and-coming world’s heavyweight champ.
Lest I forget, the play is an amusing, unmysterious mystery . . . another newcomer, Herbert Potash, cast as Singer, had an appropriate whiskey tenor . . . A1 Lehrman, spaghetti slinger (with garlic), as good and convincing performance as ever.
Heard as I walked out:
“Screamingly funny!”
“Swell.”
“Oh, I guess it was all right, but when I was at Michigan ...”
‘Who said Speed was a Ham?” 1
Miami delegation, one of the largest attendance at the Southeastern I.R.C. conference last week at Williamsburg, Virginia, brought home the vice-presidency of the conference in the person of Bud McLinden, local I.R.C. president. Approximately 500 students representing 72 colleges attended the convention.
The conference was divided into five round table discussion groups which discussed topics pertaining to After Munich, Future of Racial Minorities, Pan-Americanism, Economic Adjustments for peace, and the Far East. Hearty advocates of free trade, staunch isolationists for self sufficiency, and middle men for reciprocal trade agreements fought word battles for the ideas they favored.
Formulate Foreign Policy
Instead of just sitting and talking for two days the delegates took definite action. Over two hundred of them signed petitions favoring the Thomas Bill and sent them directly to Senator Thomas. After much heated debate and cool reasoned argument some of the delegates decided to send independently in the form of a telegram a formulated foreign policy for the United States to President Roosevelt. The policy based on the discussions and information of the round table groups in essence was: support of the Thomas Bill, material assistance of the United States to China to halt Japanese aggression, as an immediate policy. As a long range policy they suggested a national planned economy, international union of nations with an international police force.
The serious business of the conference did not detract from the pleasure. Sight seeing, teas, and dances occupied much of the time. Accidents also happened and motor trouble interfered. The bus, loaded high with baggage, went through an underpass that was too low. It left behind a mass of badly damaged luggage. George Rosner complained that he picked splinters out of his clothes for the next three days.
Gives Bartender Lessons
Prexy Race Draws Four Aspirants
Campaign Speeches Set For Tomorrow's Assembly: Thomas Stresses Fair Play
Platform speeches by aspirants to student government posts will feature tomorrow’s assembly, climaxing weeks of individual campaigning by various nominees.
Contestants for the offices of president and vice-president, who will -.peak approximately five minutes each tomorrow, are Howie Davis, Lew Duff, Ray Fordham, and Jack Madigan, president; Charlotte Meggs and Bud McLinden, vice-president. To speak three minutes, secretarial and treasurial contenders are Dorothy Ashe, Hilda Ringblom, and Clarice Schnatterbeck, secretary; Raymond Creal, Bob Hillstead, and Frank Paskewich, treasurer.
"Refrain From Mud-Slinging”
To outline points in the respective platforms, speakers are requested by President Joe Thomas “to merely state these points and discuss them. So far, elections out here have been clean. I hope that in the talks, candidates will refrain from ‘mud-slinging’ and personal remarks. Let the students be the character judges.” Following campaign speeches, 10 nominees for the offices of associate justices of the honor court and an unopposed contestant for the prosecuting attorney’s post will be introduced to the student body. Because Bill Probasco, only chief justice nom-iness, has been declared ineligible for competition, this post will be filled by a write-in vote.
P. A. Post Unopposed Associate justice candidates are Hairy Jacobsen, Lewis Dorn, Betty Lou Baker, Cecile Gaddis, Jacques Wilson, Selma Phillips, Mary Reed, Lloyd Whyte, Betty Johnsen, and Bill Yarrington. Jack Green is the unopposed aspirant to the position of prosecuting attorney.
Election by ballot is scheduled for all day Monday, April 17, in the social hall, room 235. Voting on the newly revised constitution will be held at this time. No candidate or manager will be allowed within 30 feet of the polls on voting day, to prevent possible card or ticket passing. Thomas is being assisted in the conduct of elections by Honor Court members.
Jacques Wilson ordered a Cuba libre, the bartender looked bewildered. Finding that the man was not familiar with the concoction Wilson offered to teach him how to mix the drink. The bartender, delighted with the result, put Wilson’s drinks on the house.
Bud McLinden and Adeline Critzer whiled away time on the bus by carrying on a feud. Adeline caught Bud off his guard, took advantage of rainy weather, wet her handkerchief, pulled out some soap, and washed McLinden’s face.
Hjort To Address English Honors
Dr. Elmer Hjort will address the English Honors society tonight at 8:30 in the social hall on the subject, “Literature as Viewed by the Scientist.” Informal discussion of current books will follow the talk.
The society’s rental collection, built up by students during the year, has increased to 140 volumes, according to Lewis Leary, faculty member of English Honors. Latest additions are David Fairchild’s “The World Is My Garden” and Lin Utang’s “Importance of Living.”
Students may procure these books in room 207 at the rate of two cents a day.
Faculty Judge Debate Contest
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Final district eliminations 1939 Interscholastic debate and one-act play competition sponsored by the University of Florida for high schools of the state will be held here tomorrow under the direction of Sidney Head, debate coach. The University of Miami heads one of the six districts into which the state is divided for the contest.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in the social hall and room 317, the debate winner will be decided after a round-robin among the four teams entered. Debate judges are Lewis Leary, Dr. William Halstead, Simon Hochbeir-'ger, and Dr. Harold E. Briggs.
MIXED CHORUS GIVES FIRST CONCERT MONDAY AT GABLES SCHOOL
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By Al Teeter
Next Monday evening the auditorium of the Coral Gables Elementary School will ring with song when the University of Miami’s Choral Groups, under the direction of Bob Reinert, ’37, present their initial concert as a separate entity.
In all, three choral organizations will appear, the Men’s Chorus, the Women’s Chorus, and the now famous Mixed Chorus which was so essential to the success of “Samson and Delilah” earlier in the season.
As in the case of many young organizations,
all of the choral groups have been handicapped by lack of proper practice hall and the like. Therefore proceeds of this concert will be used to defray expenses coincident with the construction of a suitable rehearsal hall in a part of the now barren third floor.
As yet Conductor Reinert has not announced the program in its entirety but promises that it will be made up, in the main, of popular American compositions including Romberg’s “Stout Hearted Men,” and some of Victor Herbert’s better known works such as “Thine Alone” and “Romany Life”. In
addition Reinert will sing a group of solos “I Heard A Forest Praying” by Peter De Rose, Hutchinson’s “Old Mother Hubbard” and the lively and exciting “Green Eyed Dragon” by Wolseley Charles.
For many years the University has been noted for having the finest Intercollegiate Band and Symphony Orchestra in the country. Students of the University have developed a love for music but since both of these organizations have consistently been made up of well trained musicians the rank and file of
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Volume XII
Coral Gables, Florida, April 13, 1939
Number 26