Miami Hurricane, December 11, 1930

              The M iami @ Hurricane
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Vol. 5
Coral Gables. Florida. December 11. 1930
No. 3
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LIBRARY DRIVE INAUGURATED
Eight Entered In “Queen of Clubs” Contest
Freshman Squad Leaves Tomorrow For Return Game With Cuban Team
Senate Extends Christmas Vacation to January 5th
Event Will Be Held Dec. 19 At Biltmore Golf and Country Club
STARACE APPOINTS IBIS STAFF FOR 1931
Vedado Club Members Host To Miami Men In “Gay Havana”
Eigh" candidates have been entered by clubs of Metropolitan Miami in the "Queen of Clubs” contest to be held at the Miami Biltmore Golf and Country Club. December 19th. Several . other clubs will have their entries in before the end of this week. The girl receiving the most votes will be crowned queen and will be presented with many beautiful prizes. The club selling the most tickets will be awarded a handsome loving cup.
The dance is sponsored by the Pi Chi fraternity for the benefit of the Library fund of the school of architecture of the University. At present the library of the architecture department consists of approximately $250 wor,th of books and to enable the students to do research work should consist of books valued at $5000.
All prizes are now on display at the Peacock Shoe Shop on East Flagler Street near the Fairfax Theatre. An additional prize that will be offered to the young men is a chance on a tailor made suit and other wearing apparel.
The girls who have been entered in the contest and the club which they represent are as follows: Marion Dorsett, Kalpa Club; Mary Dean Fowler,' Acacia Club; Clara Nelle DuPuis, Lambda Phi; Kathryn Wickham, Theta Tau; Josephine Montanus, Zeta Phi; Faith McNeilly, Sigma Phi; Betty Beth-une, Junior Woman’s Club of Coral Gables.
Carl Starace, Editor of the 1931 Ibis, anticipates publishing the best annual in the University’s history. He has appointed the following staff: Advertising Manager, Miss Nina McAllister; Pictures, Cushman Robertson; Art, Ed Wright; Athletics, Gilbert Brom-aghin; Associate Editors, A1 de Bedts and Miss Virginia Ralston.
Each school and department is to have its own section in the Ibis and will include its faculty, students and achievements. Each will be edited by a member of the department.
There will be an art beauty section which will contain the pictures selected out of those submitted. The editor has arranged to have a nationally known artist select the pictures which will be reproduced in full page plates in the Ibis:
Mr. Starace urges every organization to select a representative to arrange for its section in the Ibis as soon as possible.
Merrick Offers Jobs
For University Men
Well-Known Attorneys Address Law Banquet
Two of the successful attorneys of Miami addressed the Law School Monday night at the school’sdinner at the Alcazar Hotel. Ex-Senator James E. Calkins, one time president of the Florida State Senate, and Hon. Mitchel D. Price were the speakers.
About sixty attended the dinner. Pres. Ashe and Dean Rasco made short talks and Alfred’ Franklin, president of the Law School, acted as toastmaster. Lorraine Smith responded to the toast, "The Past”, and Celestine Nixon to the toast, “The Present”.
After the dinner the law students and their guests enjoyed dancing on the Alcazar roof.
Geo. E. Merrick, founder of Coral Gables, will co-operate with the University of Miami in giving men students part time employment. Later on women will be given the opportunity to obtain these part-time jobs also.
Mr. Merrick has arranged to take 30 students per day, starting today (Dec. 11), through Sunday, by train to his Carribe Colony at Matecumbe, to show them what they are expected to do. On Dec. 22, he will start to train the men in selling round-trip tickets to the Carribe Colony.
Mr. Merrick has put Mr. Sparks, a recent graduate of Dartmouth, in charge of the boys, with J. A. McLeland, Geo. O’Kell, Franklin Parsons and Phillip Shaw as captains to work with Mr. Sparks.
Tomorrow morning, at 7:15, seventeen determined members of the Freshman team will board the Key West train at the F. E. C. station to start the first lap of their trip to Cuba, where they will play a return game with the Vedado Tennis club of Havana, Cuba, on Saturday. They will procédé from Key West by boat and will anchor in Havana Bay, which is overlooked by Morro Castle, late Friday.
The Freshmen football men are look ng for a hard battle with the Cuban team as the Havana squad will be out to avenge the defeat they received at the hands of the Green team last Saturday night The Cuban men seemed to lack experience in last week’s game but they made up for it in spirit and in fighting qualities, and from the remarks made by members of their squad af er the game -thev are eagerly aw-aiting the chance to meet the Miami team on their own field.
The' Freshmen squad will stay at the club-house of the Vedado Tennis Club, remaining in Havana untii Monday, Dec. 15th.
Coach Courtney will be in charge of the team. Prpfessor Longnecker will make the trip as University representative and Robbie Robertson will act as student manager
The fpllowing football men will go to Havana: Cronin, Dansky, Evans, Foote, Glendenning, Gra-czyk, Greene, Heckman, Henderson, E. Howard, Kosloski, L’ltal-ien, Middleton, Moore, Peternich, Phillips, and Reichgott.
Arnold Volpe Praises
University of Miami
Hark Ye All! Good News!
Who said there was no Santa Claus? Well there is and here’s proof. The Christmas holiday has been extended from December twenty-first to January fifth—that gives all the hard working students five more days to make, the best of their vacation.
Due thanks can be given to the Student Senate for this prolonged vacation—but there may be a catch—when will school close in June? Oh, well, why worry about that! Be merry while you may for tomorrow you have to study!
Men’s Glee Club Prepares For Broadcast Programs
A collection of the best musical voices in the University is being developed into what looks like the best glee club ever. Walt- Svehla, a member bf the famous Trio of Melody Boys, known . nationally through W.I.O.D., is directing, the group.
He has written a group of harmonious musical arrangements which the Glee Club will broadcast over W. I. O. D. weekly. “Aye” Farr's “All Hail To Dear Miami” will be the first offering. Walt has done a catchy arrangement of that ever popular melody, “Sleepy Time Gal”.
in the future Director Walt Svehla anticipates using an intricate four part harmony of the popular number “The Song of the Blues”. He is now writing a special arrangement on the operatic song made famous by Paul Whiteman. “Hymn To The Sun”. He is planning some general features such as a trio, a quartette, tap-dancing, negro spirituals and comedy songs.
The twenty regular members if the Glee Club are working hard to get their songs ready for the broadcasting studios.
Plans Formulated By Student Groups To Gather Books
Faculty Will Compile List Of Needed Volumes; Will Be Basis of Work
Plans for an intensive constructive program' for the enlargement of the University Library are now being formulated and are to be put into execution in the
near future by a
Dr. West Speaks Over Radio Program Today
Coach Brett Attends
Football Convention
Coach Brett left Tuesday for Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to attend the meeting of the Southern Football Coaches Association. The meeting is scheduled for the 11th, 12th, and 13th of this month.
From Chapel Hill Mr. Brett will go to Memphis, Tenn. to attend the S.I.A.A. convention which is to be held Dec. 15th and 16th.
He expects to bring back from this trip a complete basketball, boxing and wrestling schedule which will include teams in the S. 1. A. A.
Every morning at 9:15 the new WIOD broadcasting studio at the University of Miami goes on the air for a thirty minute program, On Thursday morning the program is under the direction of Dean Henry West for the Dade County P. T. A.
Speakers include members of the faculty; musical numbers are rendered by the various musical organizations of the University Conservatory.
Mr. Franklin Harris is in charge of the programs, assisted by Doctor Don Henshaw, Robert Downes, and Gilbert Bromagin. student announcers.
At present the studio is just a bare room near the Architecture Department, but it is expected that it will soon be equipped with all the necessary apparatus.
Comments so far have been very favorable. Thursday Dr. West will give a talk for teachers. Saturday Mr. Julienne de Gray will give a lecture recital.
“What thè University of Miami is doing for the musical education of its students, Miamians and tourists never can be repaid,” said Arnold Volpe, director of the University of Miami Symphony orchestra, who recently returned to Miami from the North.
The Symphony Orchestra will make its first appearance this year at a concert December 28.at Miami High School.
The Symphony will be greatly-enlarged and will consist almost entirely of professional musicians with a few university students. Everyone in the concert orchestra directed by Walter Grossman and all the members of the university band urtder the lirection of Walter Sheaffer will be members of the Symphony.
An interesting program is being planned for the first concert and a large audience is expected.
Selections from Wagner and Beethoven will be included in the program..
On December 18, Walter Gross-man’s Chamber Music class will give an entertaining cohcert at the Civic Theatre.
Mr. Grossman has selected his numbers for the trio from the works of Beethoven, Dvorak, Chaminade, Mana Zucca, Gade, Jensen and Brahms.
Other concerts are being planned by the trio for the coming months.
Henshaw and Girls’ Glee Club Heard At Assembly
“Make sure that you have rubber heels on your shoes when walking past the radio studio in room 284,” was the statement of Don Henshaw, instructor in public speaking, at the compulsory assembly held Tuesday, Dec. 2nd.
The girls’ Glee Club under the direction of Miss Bertha Foster sang “Honey Chile” and “Me and Ma Little Banjo”.
The members of the Club are as follows: sopranos, Marguerite Sweat, Eleanor Miller, Lucille Maxwell, Helen Moore, Helen Powell, Lillian Hefinger, Mary Jo Roberts, Carolyn Griffin, Georgia Frances Shipper, Cleo Bullard Mary Ethel Smith. Alida Van Ness, Belle Seigel, Doris Glendenning. Dorris Hartnett, and Anna King.
The second sopranos are: Lob Shoaf, Catherine Yates, Cora Sie-plein, Ann Bagby, Virginia Hastings, Frances Kane, Sylvia Vernan. and Kathryn Wickham.
The altos are: Margaret Maule,
The Altos are: Margaret Maule, Idelle Martin, Frances Wilson, Marjorie Shewmaker, Josephine Ross, Jean W’isner, Bettye Sullivan, Johnsie Cameron, Effie Smith, Faith Comelison, Byrl Wheeler, Miriam Rubenstein, and Virginia Bootes.
student ™>it-- Dr. Low« tee appointed for the purpose. The aim of this campaign is threefold: first to keep in step with a constantly broaden ng curriculum; second to improve the chances of the University for national academic recognition; third to place a mass of exce lent material for reading with'n the reach of every student.
The general outline of the plan as it now stands is as follrfws. The faculty have . been asked to compile departmental lists of those books which they consider to be essential to the successful carrying out of their course %vork containing all the necessary information as to author, price, and publisher. This list wh'ch should contain about 3000 titles, will furnish the basis of the drive which will be carried out in two parts. The first part of the campaign will be a school drive. It has been suggested that it be established upon a competitive basis between organizations with each group given a portion of the list upon which to concentrate their efforts. The ideal of the plan is to have each student donate at least one book, new or old, of value to the library. This part of the drive is to culminate with an assembly at which some prominent literateur will speak. For the success of this movement, it is obvious that every student must cooperate to the fullest' extent. The faculty have already signified their belief in the plan and they have promised their support.
The second part of the plan will be carried on outside of the University proper. It is hoped that through the medium of newspaper publ.city and advertising, followed by more or less personal solicitation, the University will be able to obtain a great many volumes from the private libraries or financial donations from the many patrons of the University. A scheme for establishing a collection of autographed editions to be presented to the University by the authors themselves will make an interesting side issue in the campaign.
University Co-operates
With Civic Program
The extension department of the University co-operated with the civic program arranged by the Miami Chamber of Commerce in a program given at Bay Front Park Thursday night, Dec. 4th. The Concert Orchestra gave the first part of the program and were then followed by speakers.