Miami Hurricane, April 21, 1944

              Aran. 21, 1944
Phi Mu Alpha Songfest Revived byYWCA,YMCA
Fraternities and sororities will once again compete for singing-honors now that the once annual Song Fest, formerly sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity, has been revived by the Y. W. C. A., the Y. M. C. A., and Sigma Alpha Iota, women’s music fraternity. The Song Fest, which will be held at 7:30 p.m.,
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Drive for Second Million
May 13, in the Miami Senior sored by the Y- W. C. A; ai the Y. M. C. A. A choral director» for each sorority and fraternity will be provided by members of S. A. I.
Each fraternity and sorority choral group will sing two numbers of semidassical music. Two silver cups will be presented to the sorority and fraternity whose singing is judged to be the best. Judges will be directors of music in elementary and high schools in Dade county.»
Following the Song Fest, a dance will be held in the patio, with music furnished by the V12
See Song Fest, page 6
school auditorium, will be spon-
Chi Omega To Present Carnival May 6
The annual Chi Omega carnival will be presented this year, May 6, in the University basketball courts, Frances Sansone, general chairman of the affair, has announced. The V-12 band will play.
Candidates for carnival queen, which may be submitted to the carnival committee by fraternities, sororities, the V-12 unit, and the Army navigation cadets, will be announced April 28. Individuals may nominate candidates for twenty-five cents.
Voting for the queen will be carried on for a week before and during the carnival at one cent per vote. Ten cents admission will be charged.
Chi Omegas and their assignments are: Jane Gifford and Mary Carter, posters; Barbara Browne and Mary Gene Lambert, publicity; Betty Graham and Betty Burns, decorations; Norma Deaton, queen’s booth; Evelyn Allen and Margaret Waldeck, booths.
Some of the booths at the carnival will be; fortune telling, candied apples, bonds, corsages, cold drinks, and games. These booths will be concessions rented by individual fraternities and sororities.
Dorms, dobs To Compete In Sacajest, Jr.
Sacajest, Jr., the namesake of the Sacajest program of last semester, in which the four Navy V-12 dorms competed for a surprise prize, will take place on May 26. This program will feature skits by all classes, organizations, and dormitories.
In order to enter, the group must see Bill O’Connor before May 16, giving some indication as to what type of skit each will present. The position and order of the skits will be determined by the kind of skit, so that the program can have some form of coherence.
Prizes will be awarded on the basis of originality, and the utilization of the group as a whole, not the display of one or two individuals. Each Navy V-12 dorm will be given an extra period of liberty on the following Sunday night whether or not it wins.
Five minutes will be allowed for each skit. A two dollar fee to help cover the program's expenses will be charged each par-participating group.
A goal of one million dollars to be raised within sixty days and to be used for University expansion was set Tuesday night at a banquet meeting of faculty members, trustees, and realtors of the Miami area at the San Sebastian restaurant.
Bruno Weil, chairman of the reaftcu University expansion committee, announced these plans, which were made following a recent talk by Dr. to members of Board of Realtors. Dr. the realtors that if were available, the University now is in a position “to go to town."
Mu Beta Sigma . To Hold Initiation
After two weeks of wearing bones and ribbons, fourteen Mu Beta Sigma senior pledges received their informal initiation last night. After the dinner and formal initiation Tuesday, 6 ;30 p.m. at Henris restaurant, they will become senior members. Associate pledges who will then become members will also attend the dinner.
New senior members will be Zerney Barnes, George Colom, I. Raskin, Clark Prather, Ruth Schnapper, Walter B. Grenell, Bernice Karp, Victor Emanuel, David D. Crane, Howard J. Barn-hard, Richard T. FarrioT, Francia Paul Salvatore, Rosemary Russell, Betty Ann Devlin, and Hortense Beckwith.
Hickman Family Boasts 16 Years Of Non-Stop Attendance at U
They will probably go down in school history at the Perennial Hickmans, for there’s been one attending the University of Miami since 1933, and they still have four years to go, making a total of sixteen consecutive years. The record will have been made not only by the six Hickman children, George Russell, Anna Louise, Mary Leona, Edwin Marshall, Margaret Eliza beth, and Roberta Jean, but by their mother, Mrs. E.
■nan, who has taken various times since received her degree in have either left the graduated now who will receive June, and Roberta Jean, enroll in November.
Margaret tells of traditions set by earlier Hickman students which have been followed religiously by
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TU aanaaacMMnt of a $1.-000,000 donation by Edmond B. Hughes (eoo adjoining story) will hi no way interrupt the money-raising campaign already planned, Mr. Weil stated.
The enthusiasm with which the goal was set was shown in the immediate donations made by those present at the meeting Tuesday.
“We hope the whole plan be successful,” Dr. Ashe when asked for a statement Wednesday night, “for it will probably mean a number of new buildings for the University. The plan to raise the money is just at its beginning, but apparently people are enthusiastic.”
A check for $1,000 with the notation that $9,000 was to follow was received by Dr. Ashe from a friend of the University.
A $6,000 contribution from a Miami Beach bank, forerunner of like sums from other banks of the area, was announced by Mr. Weil.
The trustees took action by appointing William C. Coffin chairman, to work with the realtors. Hervey Allen, author and trustee, said that he knew of several who would be willing to givi
The preparation of a print brief citing facts of the University will be considered this week by the committee and the realtors.
The construction of a college of engineering and an auditorium is the first objective. Dr. Ashe further explained that the University has a permanent fifty-acre campus two miles south of the present location, and said that it was to be decided whether to put (See Realtors, Page 6)
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Club To Give Banquet
A banquet for all Presbyterians will be held Wednesday, April 26, at the Coral Gables Presbyterian church at 6 -p.m. There will be a guest speaker followed by a general meeting.
Presbyterian club meetings are held «very Monday at 12:45 p.m. in room 306. Caroline Hunter was elected president; Hal Schuler, vice president; and Libby Birt, secretary.
Vesper services will be held Wednesday, April 26, at 12:45 p.m. in the theater under the auspices of the club. Chaplain Edmond Visor of the 36th street air base will speak.
Artists to Repeat
Thefe will be a repeat performance of Haydn’s oratoria, “Creation” by the University Choral society, the University symphony orchestra, and assisting artists for the benefit of the Miami Lighthouse for the Hind Sunday, April 23, at the Miami senior high school orchestra hall.
Tickets may be purchased on the second floor of Bnrdine’s department «tore.
EDMOND A. HUGHES
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Edmond A. Hughes gave a million dollars to the University of Miami.
Mr. Hughes’ gift will support his conviction that the University can be the greatest factor in the growth and cultural development of South Florida, and the Miami area especially. He had been planning this donation to the University of Miami for some time as an anonymous gift, but he made the news public to spur on the work of the realtors’ committee in it’s effort to raise an additional million dollars for the school in the next sixty days.
Half of this fund is earmarked for the construction of a mechanical engineering school, which interests Mr. Hughes greatly because he is himself a mechanical engineer. The rest of the gift may be used at the discretion of Dr.
Ashe and the board of trustees for the construction of other building facilities which the school may need. The donor suggested that the University needs immediately classroom and laboratory facilities. Later he hopes the University will expand to offer still more opportunities for study.
The donor has been a winter resident of Coral Gables for the past sixteen years and' has watched Dr. Ashe’s work at the University with keen interest.
Formerly of North Dakota, Mr.
Hughes has been variously engaged in operating coal mines, public utilities, telephone companies and until just recently was a newspaper publisher. His wealth has been amassed entirely by his own efforts and Edmond Hughes is known in North Dakota as a generous contributor to worthwhile community projects.
He recalls his youth in Minne-(See Hughes Donation, Page 4)
Taste for Prs-Mod Students Scheduled for April 28
There will be tests for pre-med students on April 28, 1944, in room 332, 3 p.m. If the students taking these exams have not contacted Miss Georgia Mae Barrett, they should do so immediately.
Vocational Guidance ProgramToFeature Service Women
Campus coeds will have an opportunity to survey the women s service organizations on Wednesday, May 3, when the Panhellenic Council sponsors the annual vocational Guidance Day program.
The program, heretofore directed by the Women’s Association, will-consist of a general assembly at which representatives from the WACs, WAVEs, SPARs, and Marines will speak on their war activities. A number of rountables at which women in outstanding civilian professions will discuss their jobs are also scheduled.
Chairman of the program is Audrey Goldwyn. Assisting her will be Betty Batcheller, Joanne Fandrey, and Rita Grossman.
7 Baptist Students On Spring Retreat
Seven Baptist students will return to Miami in time for classes, Monday, April 24, having represented the University at the annual Baptist Spring Retreat at Camp Olena, Fla. This retreat started Thursday, April 20, and will end Monday, April 24. Plans for the coming B. S. U. year in all colleges will be discussed.
Bobbye McCahill, Carol Lee Turner, Virginia Williams, Margaret Blue, Alice Cook, Evelyn McRae, and Ruby Stripling were the elected delegates.