Miami Hurricane, January 07, 1944

              COBAI VAL. 17,

NB.SS* THE MIAMI
Symansky Dinner Guest At Theatre, February 4
Well he’s finally coming: your way, Feb. 4 and 6. It'» that «Wan Who Came to Dinner,” Kaufman and Hart’» verbose character who disrupts the lives of everyone he comes in contact with.
Lee Symanshy has been cast «s Sheridan Whiteside, the man who came. Fred Miller will portray the role of Dr. Bradley, the Ohio awdic, who attends Whiteside, and Bill O'Connor will be Bert Jefferson, the s mall-town newspaper-
Also cast are Allan Collins as professor; Dick Owen as Beverly Carlton, Charlotte Motter as Mrs. Stanley, and Elaine Planick as Lorraine Shelton.
Other members of Theta Alpha Phi, national honorary dramatics fraternity, are waiting for their director-advisor, Mrs. Opal Enard Motter, to announce what parts -they will play in the show which they are sponsoring.
After the Theta Alpha Phi’s are east, there will be open tryouts for other University students.
Tickets may be purchased from any Theta Alpha Phi member for fifty-five cents. No free student tickets will be distributed for this show.
Students to Give Exhibition Debate
An exhibition debate on “Resolved: that the U. S. should cooperate in establishing and maintaining an international police force upon the defeat of the Axis” will be presented by the Debate council Friday, Jan. 14, at 12:30 p.m. in the theatre. The debate is open to students and faculty members.
Arguing the affirmative will be Ed Lewis and Sebastian Sisti, while Lee Carpenter and Vivien Feld will uphold the negative.
A similar debate for faculty members only was held today at 12:30 in the theatre.
APO Pledge Class To Build Benches
The project of the new Alpha Phi Omega pledge class is to build approximately twenty benches, stamped with the badge of the service fraternity, which are to be placed in the vicinity of the school.
Material for the benches will he paid' for by the school. The pledges will do the work of pouring, moulding, and putting the
parts together.
The eleven members of the pledge class elected John Sherwood, president; Ray Williams, vice-president; Don Justice, secretary ; and James! Earn estj treasurer. The project committee includes Sherwood, Williams, and Fiona de Balbian Verster.
A. P. O.’s most recent project was planting and whitewashing the flower beds in the entrances to the Main Building.
A picnic was held at Matheson Hammock during the holidays, at which twelve boy« were present. Football, softball, swimming, and * weiner roast were featured. An-•rther party is planned for Venetian Pool Saturday afternoon.
Soph Class to Mssi
There will be a meeting of the »ophomore class Monday, Jan. 10, “ the theatre at 12:45 p.m. to **ke final arrangements for the «lass barn dance scheduled for the «•rly part of February.
Wooea's Sports Start Next Week
Women’s intramural volleyball competition win begin next week with seven sororities and one independent team participating. The game between Alpha Epsilon Phi and Delta Phi Epsilon will inaugurate the series to be followed by Zeta Tan Alpha vs. the Independents, Chi Omega vs. Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Sigma Kappa vs. Delta Zeta.
All the games will be played round-robin, each team playing every other team. The time of each game will be decided by the athletic representatives of the two teams that are to play. The group with the best record at the end of the contest will receive points toward the women’s athletic trophy.
Outstanding players returning from last year are: Joanne Fan-drey, Barbara Rinehimer, Muriel Smith, and Pat Mulloy. The teams appear to be well balanced and no one team is favored above the others. Zeta Tau Alpha won the volleyball intramurals last year.
The annual “Powder Puff Bowl” football game between Kappa Kappa Gamma and Chi Omega is scheduled for the near future. Both teams are now practicing every afternoon under the guidance of their respective coaches: Leon Schultz, Clyde Harrison, and Hal Schuler for the Chi O’s, and Jim Leavitt and Budd Salvatore for the Kappas.—DJ
Merritt to Speak To Panhellehic
Miss Mary B. Merritt, dean of women, will continue her series of talks on National Panhellenic at a meeting of the campus Pan-hellenic group Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 11, at 5 p.m. in the Delta Phi Epsilon room of the Panhellenic lodge.
Miss Merritt and Charlotte Motter, president of the campus group, will be guests at a meeting of city Panhellenic tomor^w.
To Frolic Next Friday
Freshman Frolics will be presented by the freshman class at the Coral Gables Country Club Friday, Jan. >4. This informal dance will las«, from 8:80 p.m. to midnight. General admission will be fl.10 per couple.
Cy Washburn and his band plus the University^ V-12 band will furnish the music. In addition, students win .present three or four variety nets for entertain-snt
The freshmap committee, headed by Don Singletary, has also planned an assembly in the theatre Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 12:45 p.m. A publicity skit will be given, after Which the audience will be invited to dance on the stage to the music of the V-12 band.
Tickets are available in the Slop Shop at the noon hour and also may be purchased from Les Coker, Alec Brannen, Barbara Koven, and Bob Block.
Freshman Frolics is a revival of the annual freshman function which was inaugurated in 1931 and discontinued in 1941.—DAF
Red Science Film Here Monday
“Revival of Living Organisms,” a motion picture demonstration of pioneer experiments in the Soviet Institute of Experimental Biology at Moscow, in which animals that had been dead as long as fifteen minutes were restored to life, will be presented Monday afternoon at 4:30 pm. in the theatre under the auspices
'of Mu Beta Sigma, Miami Biolog-
V-5 Enlistments OpenToi8-yr.-olds
The Navy department has announced that Y-5 enlistments are now open to both 17 and 18-year-old applicants who meet the basic requirements f»r appointment.
Seventeen - jew- . olds must be graduates froqi or currently enrolled in an accredited high school or secondary School with reasonable expectation of graduation by June 30, 1944. Eighteen-year-olds are eligible if high school graduates or if they are enrolled in the last semester of their high school year a? the time of enlistment, being, scheduled to graduate by June ¿0, 1944.
The Naval Aviation Cadet Selection board having cognizance of this territory has announced that all high school graduates, -including those jin college, and all high school seniors who will have graduated by March 1, 1944, must get into V-5 by January 31, 1944. No one in tfcifc category will be considered under the spring quota.
The Navy V; 5 program now includes eight months of accredited college training, for which credit is received applicable, toward a degree. This training will be obtained at one of the Navy V-12 colleges.
After his college work, the en-(Continued on Page 3)
Ibis Staff Positions To Bs Appointed Soon
AayoM interested in the position of bmsinoss manager of the Ibis or in working on the or editorial staffe of should contact Betty Graham, editor, or Simon Hechherger, adviser, in 337 at onca.
IRC Meeting To Feature Round Table
Inflation, what has been done, what is being done, and what can be done to check it will be discussed by six students in a roundtable at the meeting of the International Relations Club, Tuesday, 7:15 p.m., in Room 333.
Participating in the discussion will be Joe Fernandez, Sebastian Sisti, Prince Brigham, Henry Wiener, Audrey Goldwyn.
Three questionswill be covered in the roundtable: (1) What has Congress done previously to augment or retard inflation? (2) What effect will the bills now under consideration in Congress have on inflation (i. e., Anti-subsidy bill, wage laws, tax bills?) (3) What, in your opinion, is the best means of checking inflation, and' how can it be put into effect?
In addition to the roundtable, the program will include short student summaries of the news.
The I. R. C. recently concluded its membership drive, having 45 students added to its roll. Those who wish to join the club, which meets every other Tuesday evening, may still do so by attending the coming meeting and by paying the membership dues of twenty - five cents, Barbara Browne, president, announces.
New members of the I. R. C. are Vivian Feld, Margaret Brown, Margaret Lund, Craig Morgan, Eleanore Besson, Prince Brigham, Hallie Cann, Vivian Lockhart, Fran White, Betty Sales, Art Kelley, Mary Carter, Libby Birt, Merry Louise Lewis, Betty Graham, Lee Carpenter, Sue Og-(Continued on Page 5)
Reviewer Sends Bouquets, Brides to "Precious Stream" Cast
Dec. 17 and 18 brought about the opening of the University theatre for this season with the presentation of S. I. Hsiung s (pronounced Shung’s) “Lady Pracious Stream.” Those of yon who braved the elements to see this production will agree with me in saying that it was a most entertaining evening.
The play is most unusual, and the presentation nnder the excellent direction of Mrs. Motter was very well given.
In spite of the fact that the well-known song hit goes, “Don’t Throw Bouquets at Me," I want to start by saying that orchids go to: Elaine Planick in the title role; Margaret Postal aa Wang, the prime minister; Charlotte Motter as Wei, the “Haaansom-mest man in the kingdom,” and Muriel Aptel as Madam Wang—in the leads. And to Helen Bresee, Esther Roeenstein, and Rita Gross-man in the minor parts.
Special boutonnieres go to Fred Miller and GeGorge Bernstein, the oft-seen property men, and MB O’Connor, this honorable reader.
Elaine Planick, known to the University theatregoers for her portrayal in “Shadow and Substance” a whi>e back, scored another hit in the title role. Her portrayal was indeed charming and contributed greatly to th-| general success of the play.
Margaret Postal showed a lot of promise, and yours truly would like to see faev do a lot more on the University stage.
Matter Gtjed at
Charlotte Motter played her role with brojui comedy appeal and was greatly received by the audlenee. Anita Eastman, newcomer to University productions, did weH in the leading “male” role of Haiah, though assurance and experience were obviously laeHng in her portrayal. With developping apd experience she should be mope successful in future roles. 1
Muriel Aptel gave warmth and understanding to her characterisation aa Predofts Stream’s mother and portrayed her part nobly.
Perhaps, in the long ran, the performance of Helen Breaee and
Esther Rosenstein as Kiang Hai and Ma Ta were the most enjoyable of the evening. At least, they brought about the most laughs from the qudience, aided and abetted by their ridiculous make-up and comical “walks.'-’
From all events, the most versatile member of the cast was Rita Grossman, who filled in on two other parts (in addition to her own, General Mu) when old man “fin” reared his ugly head upon two members of the cast.
Worthy of mention, too, is Jean Troetschel, who waa beautiful and very bewitching as the Princess of the Western Regions. (Ask the V-12s. She certainly rated those low whistles, fellows, but her apparent decorative qualities didn’t hinder her from turning in a fine performance.) Rating a line also were the performances of Barbara Neblett as one of the Wang sisters; Ida Armour, aa one of the sons-in-law; Jane Mack, Precious Stream’s maid; and Grace Proctor, Wei’s wife.
There you have the “bouquets,” (Continued on Page 6)
ical Society.
All students and faculty members will be admitted free, President Martin Greenberg announces.
The picture was first shown at the Congress of American-Soviet Friendship by the Soviet-Amer-ican Medical Society at the Hotel New Yorker, New York city, in November, 1943.
Reviewing the film and the technic, the New York Times said:	“The experiments were
hailed by biologists as promising a new epoch in medical science, bringing closer the day when operations now incompatible with life will be possible. These may include repair to a damaged heart or brain, and the restoration of persons who died of shock and hemorrhage. The procedure suggested vast new horizons in surgery and physiology.”
Prime factor in the technic is an apparatus known as the auto-jector, which achieves the revival of dead animals.
Soviet Russia is the only nation in the world which has a plan for the integration and systematic exploitation of all the sciences, the Times reports.
U of M Radio Club To Be Reorganized
A reorganization meeting of the Radio club, which went inactive last year, will be held Thursday, Jan. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in the theatre. Students who are interested in radio script writing and acting are now being urged by President Roberta Crim to attend the meeting.
No broadcasts will be given up-til next trimester. However, work on scripts, rehearsals, etc., will begin as soon as enough interested students join the club.
Mrs. Opal Motter will act as advisor to the group.
BSU Elects Officers; Councilto Plan Work
Baptist Student Union council, composed of officers of the organization, will have its first meeting Tuesday at 12:30 in Miss Merritt’s office to work out plans for the year.
Newly elected officers are: Sam King, president; Carol Lee Turner, 1st vice president; Bobbye McCahiU, 2nd vice president; Margaret Blue, secretary; Alice Cook, reporter; Jack Bowden, treasurer.
Mrs. Denham, wife of the Rev. Denham, pastor of First Baptist Church, and her daughter, Miss Bonnie Denham, were guests at the Baptist Student union meeting Wednesday. Mrs. Denham gave a devotional, and talked on the purposes and goals of a B. S. U.
Chi O*« to Sponsor City Book
A book drive, to provide books for dependent and delinquent children at the Kendall County Home, is being planned by Chi Omega sorority.
Dorothy Parmelee, chairman, has announced that the drive, to be run on a city-wide scale, will begin Wednesday, Jan. 12, and will last for a week or ten days. Barrels for depositing the books will be placed around the school and in local stores. Two Chi O’s will be in charge of each collecting center.