Miami Hurricane, October 10, 1940

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Volume XIV
Coral Gables, Florida, Oc tober 10, 1940
Number 3
Haymakers Will Read Taustus’ Sunday Night
The first group playreading in the history of the school and the first major production of the Florida Flaymakers for the year will be Dr. Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, which will be presented in the theatre on Sunday night, October 13, at 8:30. The production will be directed by
Sydney Head.
An innovation in the presentation of plays at the University is the playreading technique. Characters in the drama read their parts while sitting around a table oh the stage. No costumes or scenery will be used and the dramatic effect will depend on voice and lighting. Special lighting effects are being arranged by Lowell Veach, under the direction of Charles Philhour.
The cast includes Sydney Head as Dr. Faustus, Robert Zeman as the Reader; Grace Berg, who will take the role of the Good Angel; Bebe Fineman, as the Bad Angel; Dick McKee, who plays the sorcerer friend of Faustus, Valdes; Edward S. Gay-lor, rule’r of the devils; Robert Anthony as Pride; Frank Hopkins as Envy; Lloyd Symanski as Gluttony, Manuel Roth as Lechery; and Paul Pencke as An Old Man.
This is the first production of the Florida Playmakers, the organization which is an alliance of all the dramatic arts. Admission for this performance will be ten cents. According to present plans one playreading will be presented each month. The selection of plays will begin with the Elizabethan era and continue through modern works.
For the six main dramatic productions of the Florida Playmakers special season tickets are now being offered at two dollars each. Student solicitors are being offered an opportunity to sell these on a percentage basis. All students interested in selling tickets should see Frederick Koch, Jr., in the dramatics department.
Solons Discuss Problems at Informal Meet
Although unable to pass bills until after the election of freshman senators, the student senate met for informal discussion of campus problems Tuesday morning in the senate chamber.
President Tommy Hilbish recognized Ed Langston, a senior, who proposed the publication of a student directory, under the temporary sponsorship of the senate. He offered to be responsible for editing it and soliciting advertisement«, and said that the need for such a directory was great.
Indignation over the neglect of intramurals this year was expressed by several senators, after Seymour Simon reported that a distant field had been obtained temporarily. As the whole group felt that a near-by field must be secured immediately, Jimmy Munley, junior senator, was appointed to investigate further about the lot south of the main building.
When Munley stated a need for campus beautification, it was proposed that each fraternity and sorority undertake a certain project in a beautification program.
Annella Blanton, secretary of the Honor Court, read . the Court decisions of October 7.
Mrs. Diller Donates Volume to Library
The library has received a copy of “The History of the Conquest of Mexico” translated by T. Townsend from the Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, the gift of Mrs. Marion Thorpe Diller, from the library of her father, Dr. Francis N. Thorpe.
Printed in 1724, this book is a very important work on the history of Mexico. It was used by William H. Prescott as a source for much of the material used in his famous history of Mexico.
Administration Picks Faculty Committees
Faculty committees for the school year which have been appointed so far by the administration include athletics, curriculum, graduation requirements, library, organizations, pre-legal education, radio education, scholarship, testing, and social.
The athletics committee, whose main duty is determination of eligibility is composed of Warren Long-enecker, chairman; Evan T. Lind-strom, secretary; Russel A. Rasco, Ewing P. Shahan, Walter Scott Mason, Sidney B. Maynard, Jack Harding, and Jim Beusse.
Courses, course programs, and integration are the problems of the curriculum committee, which is headed by Ernest McCracken. Secretary is Mrs. Melanie R. Rosborough and other members are Dr. Louis K. Manley, Dr. Elmer V. Hjort, Tom Steunenberg, Simon Hochberger, and Miss Georgia May Barrett. Closely related to this committee is the one in charge of graduation requirements. Members are Dr. J. Riis Owre, chairman, Dean Charles Foster of the School of Education, Dr. William P. Dismukes, Dr. Harold E. Briggs, Dr. Louis K. Manley, Dr. Clarke Olney, John Henry Clouse, Tom Steunenberg, and William J. Hester.
Olney Heads Library Group
The library committee has charge of allocation of funds and organization and expansion of the library. Dr. Clarke Olney is chairman. Dean Henry S. West of the college of liberal arts, Dr. Robert E. McNicoll, John Henry Clouse, Dr. Charlton Tebeau, Dr. Reinhold Wolff, Mrs. Frances Hovey Bergh, and William G. Harkins are other members.
Activities of all student organizations on campus come under the jurisdiction of the organizations committee. Members are Dr. Harold E. Briggs, chairman, Dr. J. Paul Reed, Dr. William P. Dismukes, Dr. Charles F. X. O’Brien, Dr. F. G. Walton Smith, Lauffer T. Hayes, Foster E. Alter, Miss Mary B. Merritt, and Harry Provin. The social committee, which works with the organizations committee, and has charge of approval dates, chaperons, and locations for student events, consists of Lewis Leary, chairman, Miss Mary B. Merritt, Dean Bertha Foster of the college of music, Mrs. Sarepta Terlet-sky, Mrs. Wilma Koch, Leonard Muller, Foster E. Alter, and Dean Henry S. West.
To Set Up Ideal Pre-Law Course
The committee on pre-legal education plans to do research on existing requirements, preparatory to setting up an ideal pre-law course. William
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YM Meets Monday To Plan Semester
The YMCA, an almost non-existent menfs organization last year, has this year been revived with a total membership to data of 30. Student officers are: president, Lloyd Whyte; vice-president, Les Mann; secretary, William Hallman; treasurer, A1 Lang; chairman of deputations, Bob Hess; and athletics, A1 Lang. James Henry Pless, of the Miami YMCA is sponsor of the University group.
In the initial meeting of the year plans were made for the first of monthly fellowship suppers. This first get together will be Monday at 7 p.m. at the Coral Gables Presbyterian Church.
Plans also are in the making for a Sunday afternoon Vesper service in the Social Hall of the Main Building. Services will begin at 5 p.m. and last one-half hour.
There's A Hurricane Stati Meeting
Tomorrow at 2:30: Attendance Requested
Do you sling o mean copy pencil? Do you aspire to the fourth estate? Do you have an ear that hears like Winchell’s? If so, lift your skirts and trousers and make quick headway to Room 341 on the third and last floor of the Main Building.
There awaiting you will be the welcoming committee of the Hurricane staff, which will promptly take your name, address, schedule, (and if female) telephone number. All you have to do is come in on the following Monday morning, look upon the colorful bulletin board where the as-
signments are posted, and set out to scoop the daily papers.
But there’s a catch. All copy is due Tuesday before 12:30, or so ’tis rumored. But you’ll have fun, in spite of all the libel suits, snappy letters to the editor (they make good copy anyway), and punches in the nose. There’s excitement and adventure here, like . . . well, like seeing your name in print.
So, hustle up, children, and become a journalist over night. Join the Hurricane staff by showing up for the meeting Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Orchestra Will Play 11 Concerts
Subscription Scries of Six Are at Miami High,
Four at Lauderdale
Preparing for the heaviest season in its history, the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of John Bitter, will play eleven concerts, according to present plans.
As in past years, there will be a subscription series of six concerts to be played at the Miami Senior High School. Four of these concerts will be repeated at Fort Lauderdale. In addition, there will be a concert at the Hollywood Beach Hotel the proceeds of which will go to the Arnold Volpe Memorial Fund.
In an attempt to improve the acoustics at the Miami High auditorium, Mr. Bitter is designing a wooden set and a series of platforms to replace the backdrop curtain used in past seasons. This set, used in conjunction with a new seating arrangement, is expected to enhance greatly the orchestra’s tone and balance.
The first concert will be played at Miami High on December 16. The soloists will be the eminent duo-pianists, Vronsky and Babin. The January 20 concert will feature Albert Spalding, famous American violinist. This concert will be repeated in Fort Lauderdale on January 21. Igor Gorin, baritone, will be the assisting artist on the February 10 concert. He will also appear with the orchestra on February 11 at Fort Lauderdale.
Robert Casadesus, pianist, will be soloist on the March 3 concert at Miami High and the March 4 concert at Fort Lauderdale. The Volpe Memorial Concert at the Hollywood Beach Hotel will be played on March 9 with Abram Chasins, pianist, as featured artist.
The fifth subscription concert will be played on March 24 with Carlos Salzedo, harpist, as soloist. This concert too will be repeated at Fort Lauderdale on March 25. Emanuel Feuermann, cellist, will be featured on the last concert of the season on April 7.
Student Activity books will again be honored at the Miami High concerts. There are still a limited number of subscriptions available for the series. They are priced at $6.00, $7.50, and $9.00 for the six concerts and are on sale in Room 121A.
Kitchens Supervises Physical Check-ups For All New Men
Physical examinations will be given freshmen, new transfer and dormitory men students during the latter part of this month. Dr. F. E. Kitchens, lecturer in hygiene at the university, will supervise the tests, and resident physicians from the Jackson Memorial Hospital will do the actual examining.
The tuberculin test, given separately last year in the spring, will be included in this examination. Definite instructions for arranging appointments will be published in next week’s paper. Although the test has been provided mainly for the convenience of new students and dormitory residents, any male student may take advantage of it.
Hjort Will Address Chemistry Society
A speech by Dr. Elmer V. Hjort will be the main feature of the program of the first meeting of the Chemistry Society, which will be in the Beta Phi Alpha room on Monday night, October 14, at 8:00.
Officers of the society for the year are William Prusoff, president; Gilbert White, vice-president; Louis Luini, secretary and treasurer; Jean Mustard, historian; and Marie Young, publicity chairman.
Dr. Hjort and Evan T. Lindstrom are sponsors in this organization, which is a limited membership honorary, whose purpose is to further interest in chemistry. At least 18 credits in chemistry, with general scholastic average of C and an average of B in chemistry, are required for admittance to membership. Only chemistry majors are eligible.
SENIORS MEET MONDAY
David Phillips, chief justice of the honor court, has called a special meeting of the senior class for Monday at 12:30, in the Cardboard Theatre. All seniors should attend.
Time-Honored Tampa Jinx Stalks Our Badly-Crippled Hurricanes
Briggs Writes About Frontier In New Book
“Frontiers of the Northwest” is the title of the book recently published by Dr. Harold E. Briggs, professor of history of the University.
Published by D. Appleton — Century, the volume is the result of fifteen years of research covering the region of the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming, with some overlapping into Idaho and northern Colorado. It spans the years which approximate the frontier development of this territory, roughly, the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Dr. Briggs has divided the book into six sections: the Frontier of the Miner, the Frontier of the Buffalo, the Frontier of the Cattle-Rancher, the Frontier of the Sheep-Rancher, the Frontier of Settlement, and the Frontier of Agriculture. Dr. Briggs has traveled considerably in search of material, and makes frequent reference in his work to many of the original documents and papers of this part of the country. He has been assisted by a grant-in-aid from the Social Science Research Council of New York.
Dr. Briggs came to the University in 1935, at which time he was appointed head of the department of history and professor of history. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees at the University of South Dakota and his Ph.D. in 1929 at the University of Iowa. From 1924 to 1927 he was superintendent of schools at Buffalo, South Dakota, and went from there to the University of Iowa, Iowa City. In the fall of 1928 he was appointed head of the department of social science at Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri, where he remained until he came to Coral Gables.
V.C.’s Plan System To Check Freshmen
“From now on, we’re going to clamp down on these freshmen!”
Bill Blount declared an end to laxness in the enforcement of freshman rules at a called meeting of the Vigilance committee yesterday afternoon in the card room.
V.C. members will check at the stadium gates Friday night for M books and dinks. Other members will be stationed at the freshman section to see that freshmen, and only freshmen, sit there.
Every registered freshman is being assigned a seat for freshman meeting, so that attendance can be checked by means of an alphabetical chart. Absentees will automatically be summoned to Rat Court.
UNIVERSITY MEN REGISTER
Next Wednesday, October 16, all college men between the ages of 21 and 35 must register at the local selective service branch offices. University men should register at either the Coral Gables Elementary School or Ponce de Leon High School between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Fraternities Will Undertake Campus Beautification
Beautification of the campus will be undertaken by the interfraternity council, as decided at a meeting last night at the Phi Epsilon Pi house.
Unanimously approved by all members present, tentative plans call for top-soiling of the former intramural fields, construction of walks, planting of trees, and building of a band shell for musical concerts. No methods were suggested for raising money, but it is hoped that the project will receive not only the full coperation of the fraternities, but of the music department and student body as well.
Appointed to serve as the interfraternity committee on the project are Arthur Tracy, Jim Munley, Philip Optner, Alfred Nesbitt, Bill Peyraud, and Humes Lasher.
Air Classroom Stars Music Department
The first “Classroom of the Air” program of the year will be presented today on WIOD at 2:15 p.m. The music department will be featured.
Dean Bertha Foster of that department will act as commentator for the program, which will be announced by Robert Breslin-Anthony. Arturo Di Filippi, tenor, will be soloist on the program. Future programs will feature other members of the music school faculty» and students.
FACULTY ADVISORS NAMED
Fraternity faculty advisors have been appointed for the year 1940-41. They include: Dr. H. Franklin Williams, Pi Chi; Dr. Samuel S. Saslaw, Tau Epsilon Phi; Mr. Robert B. Downes, Phi Epsilon Pi; Mr. Leonard Muller, Pi Kappa Alpha; Mr. Lewis Leary, Kappa Sigma; Mr. E. W. Liner and Mr. Walter S. Mason, Lambda Chi Alpha; and Mr. John Galbraith, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
DRAKE IS S.A.I. SECRETARY
Jean Drake has been elected secretary of Sigma Alpha Iota for this year. This music organization has also published a year book for its members.
Justices Say Wood, Satin Sit Legally
In a two hour session the Honor Court handed down decisions on four cases Monday in the senate chambers. Chief Justice Dave Phillips, Prosecuting Attorney Erroll Mestrezat, and Justices Dick Tucker, A1 Lane, Bill Reynolds, and Irving Lebowitz made up the necessary quorum.
In the case fo the Student Association vs. Winifred Wood and Dan Satin the justices first had to sanction the presence on the bench of Lebowitz, fraternity brother of Satin. Harold Zinn and A1 Lehrman argued the case for Satin and Wood. Mestrezat spoke for the Student Association. It was found that the defendants could be classified either as B.S.B.A. seniors or freshman law students, and that their interests were enough with the senior class to warrant their representing it.
The court decided to defer until February the replacement of Elaine Devery, who has not returned to school. The Court may function without her presence.
For purposes of the record, the court presented an injunction that the Senate could not conduct an official meeting until the freshman senators are elected.
It is up to the senior class to decide how it will fill the vacancy in the class presidency, at a meeting to be held Monday at 12:30.
DeanAttendsMeeting Of Teacher’s Council
Charles Foster, dean of education, will leave Saturday for Atlanta, where he will confer with the advisory council of the Florida Teachers of Education and other representatives of other southern states about making changes in the states’ re-1 quirements for teachers’ education.
“We are hoping to reduce the barriers now facing teachers who transfer from one state into another,” Dean Foster states.
Proposed changes in practise teaching requirements were explained at a meeting of the Committee on Teacher Education here at the University Monday evening. Representatives of the Dade county Board of Education and the staff of the Merrick Demonstration School attended. M. W. Carothers of the state department of education spoke.
M CLUB DANCE
Immediately after tomorrow’s game, the weekly M Club dance will be held at the Coral Gables Country Club. Prices are $1.00 a couple and $.55 stag.
Harding Fears Strong Defense Of Spartans
Still haunted by the Tampa jinx of yore, Coach Jack Harding’s Hurricanes face the tough Spartans of Tampa University at the Orange Bowl tomorrow evening with an injury-riddled squad.
Johnny Kurucza, senior blocking back, has been appointed game captain for tomorrow night’s game. Seeking their second victory of the current season, the Hurricanes are also in quest of the Florida State title which they dropped last year to the Gators of the University of Florida.
Although the Spartans beat Stetson by a pass in the closing minutes of the contest and were whipped last week 23 to 0 by the Florida Gators, scores do not tell the story. The Spartans, who have always been tough against Miami, come to town with a big and veteran eleven, said to be their best club in three years. Coach Nash Higgins has a powerful forward wall behind which work Champ Williams, Johnny Kaufman, Howie Beynon and Vic Hatch, all speed merchants. The Tampa forward wall is made up of two hundred pounders who were tough enough to hold the University of Florida Gators on four occasions within the Tampa five yard line.
The Hurricanes are in the poorest pre-game shape that they have been in many seasons. As if game injuries were not enough to plague the team, five boys have been kept out of practice and confined to bed because of colds. The backfield which will open against the Spartans remains a puzzle. Due to colds and injuries, Coach Harding does not have a single experienced right halfback available for use. Tobin is hampered by a cold and Wike and Douglas have been laid low' by injuries. To further complicate the backfield problem, Ronnie Shafer, varsity fullback, has left school, and Alex Basil is down with a cold, leaving Terry Fox t» carry on at fullback alone.
In the forward wall, Kearns, Snowden and Cameron probably will not be able to see action this week.
“We are very concerned about the condition of the team,” said Coach Harding today. "Not only do we suffer from game injuries but an epidemic of colds, especially among our backs has seriously hampered practices. Knowing what a powerful line the Spartans boast, we have been spending a lot of time sharpening up our pass offense. We’ll have our hands full Friday night.”
YW Takes Potluck, Honors New Girls
New members of the YWCA will be honored and freshman girls nominated for membership in the Y cabinet will be introduced at that organization’s annual recognition services on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the social hall.
The membership meeting will be in the form of a potluck supper followed by the services. Laura Green, president, will preside. Introduced as nominees for the freshman cabinet offices will be Ethel Newkirk. Virginia Curl, Jane Knight, Emily Crev-eling, Lurana Purdy, Miriam Stewart, Mimi Markette, Mary Frances Price, Bernice Rust, and Jean Zalon-ka.
Campus Calendar
Friday, Oct. 11 — M Club Dance, Country Club, 10 to 1.
Saturday, Oct. 12—Tau Epsilon Phi, Dance, House, 9:30 to 12.
Sunday, Oct. 13—Group Playreading, Theatre, 8:30.
Monday, Oct. 14 — Merritt, Foster, Koch, Lounge and Card Room, 4 to 6.
Chemical Society, Beta Phi Alpha Room, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 16—Y.W.C.A. Recognition Services, Social Hall, 5 p.m.
Freshman election will be held on Tuesday, October 15, in the Theatre at 10:30. If all officers are not elected at that time the overflow will be elected at the same time and place a week later. The Junior meeting scheduled for the theatre on Tuesday will be held in Room 329 instead. At that time the Junior class is to elect a secretary. The Senate meeting scheduled for Tuesday will be held on Thursday morning at 10:30 in the Senate Chamber. These announcements were made today by Tommy Hilbish, president of the student association.