Miami Hurricane, March 21, 1940

              The Miami

THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Volume XIII
Coral Gables, Florida. March 21, 1940
Number 21
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Hilbish Crowned Kampus King at Kapers; Putnam Picked As Kappa Sig Sweetheart
Tommy, Helene Honored |
Students Disapprove Government Motion To Cut N.Y.A. Costs
At 8th Annual Affair 350 Guests Present
Before a gathering of 350 guests, Tommy Hilbish, Phi Mu Alpha, was crowned 1940 Kampus King by Helene Putnam, Kappa Sig Sweetheart, at the eighth annual Kampus King Kupers, staged by Kappa Sigma fraternity at the Miami Biltmore Saturday night.
Helene, a sophomore in the School of Liberal Arts, received the onyx luvalier symbolic of her title, from Charlotte Meggs, last year’s Pi Delt girl.
Runner-up for the king’s crown was Vinnie McCormick, Lambda Chi Alpha, followed by Chick O’Domski, Pi Chi. Other candidates were Duke Boyle, Hal Levlton and Marvin Goldman. Kappa Sig Sweetheart candidates were Martha Dorn, Betty Mae Serpas, Patty Hollarn, June Burr, Justine Rainey, Lorraine Thompson, Mollie Conner, Dorothy Stuart and Mary Alice Kirton.
Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Leary and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harding.
The King was elected by popular vote at the dunce, while the Kappa Sig Girl was chosen by Kuppa Sig fraternity to represent their ideal coed.
Major In Psychology Is Ottered Next Fali
To he offered as a major course next fall, psychology studies will he highlighted by a laboratory course in experimental psychology and by special new subjects.
Under the supervision of George Lehner, a laboratory is being installed with complete equipment. The department already has obtained an ophthalmograph, a device to photograph eye movements and thus observe the reading habits of the individual. Some of the equipment will be made in the University shop under the direction of Donald Gordon.
Among new courses to be offered will be a special class in tests and measurements. Tentative plans for the class include intelligence tests, vocational aptitude tests to determine special ability, and tests for personality inventories. There wjjl also be courses in the psychology of learning and in clinical psychology.
A nine to twelve hour prerequisite for enrollment in these advanced courses will be required.
Final ibis Pictures To Be Made Tuesday
Final photographs for the Ibis will be taken on Tuesday, March 26. All groups not scheduled so far will appear on the picture program for that day. Lewis Dorn and Beatrice Milli-man are in charge of arrangements and will correct ommissions if they are reported immediately.
Organizations will appear for their pictures Tuesday in this order: at 9:30, Snarks; 9:45, Newman Club; 10:00, French Club; 10:15, Interna tional Relations Club; 10:30, YMCA; 10:45, Honorary Chemistry Society; 11:00, Panhellenic Council; 11:15, Interfraternity Council; 11:80, Eng lish Honors; 12:00, Lead and Ink 12:15, YWCA; and 12:30 Campus Citizens.
Student Opinion Surveys of America
Austin, Texas, March 21—Being debated in Congress and in committees the President’s economy budget. American colleges and universities, often far removed from the hustle ot national life, this time have a keen interest in at least one item: the proposed reduction of the number of National Youth Administration jobs Although other polls of the Student Opinion Surveys of America have shown that collegians favor cuts in governmental expenditures, in this instance an overwhelming majority is opposed to the recommended 32 [per cent reduction of NYA positions for college students.
What is even more significant is that at least 12 per cent—approximately one-eighth—of the students, favor a reduction. Some of these declared that if the jobs were given only to students who were in absolute need of them, expenses could be cut.
As was perhaps to be pxpected, students who now hold these jobs were emphatically in favor of continuing the program, a good many telling the Surveys interviewers that the number should even be increased. The poll points out, however, that students who are not NYA employees are of the same opinion by almost identical percentages. The national
Deadline For Petitions Is Wednesday, Mar. 27; Straw Poll Next Week
Student government election campaigns swing into high speed this week, with twenty-one petitions already in circulation throughout the campus. Others are expected to appear before the deadline, Wednesday noon, March 27. Elections will be held Tuesday, April 2, with Ray Fordham, president of the student body, officiating, aided by Honor Court members.
All political aspirants and students in general are reminded of the deadline set for submitting petitions to Dorothy Ashe, secretary of the Student Association. The petitions must contain the bonafide signatures of at least one-tenth of the student body, ind any signatures repeated on more than one petition for the same office will be stricken from all lists.
Presidential Candidates
Campaign managers have been busy circulating petitions with main headquarters in the Soda Shop. Lloyd Whyte, Charlie Franklin, and John Kurucza are seeking the presidential position.
Providing no other petitions are submitted, the vice-presidency will be won, in what promises to be a very close contest, by Jeanne Girton, Win ifred Wood, or Hank Meyer.
Jean Small, posted Wednesday for the nomination of Secretary of the Association, will run against Patty Hollarn and Helene Putnam for that position.
Seymour Simon has signified his intention to run for Treasurer, with Ed Melchen as his opponent.
Honor Court Race Petitions are also circulating for the following students in the race for Associate Justices of the Honor Court: Bill Reynolds, Irving Lebo-witz, Jim Gilmore, Dick Tucker, Wallace Penney, Elaine Devery, Jacques Wilson, and Catherine Hef-inger.
A1 Lehrman is the only Chief Justice candidate at present.
To give a preview of the elections, the Hurricane will conduct a straw poll after all petitions are in next week. One hundred students will be interviewed for their selection of the candidates.
Enoch Ughi
Anthology Prepared By Jose de Seabra
An anthology of Portuguese readings has been specially compiled by Alexandre Jose De Seabra, professor of Spanish and Portuguese, for use by his language classes.
The work is now being mimeographed and bound and will be avail-|able to students soon.
Recently Mr. De Seabra received as a contribution for the University library a thirty-volume collection of “Masterpieces of Brazilian Litera ture” written in Portuguese.
Miami Debaters Take Decision Over St. Pete
Winner of the debate with St. Petersburg Junior College, Miami’s varsity quad also took on Rollins for two non-decision battles during the last weekend.
Rope* Pinch Hits
Debaters against St. Petersburg | were Jerome Weinkle and Lawrence Ropes, the latter an emergency sub stitute for Irving Lebowitz, who had been suddenly taken ill. Held on Friday afternoon, this debate had as (judges Mrs. Melanie Rosborough, Lewis Leary, and Dr. Clarke Olney, Debating with the Rollins College team on Monday afternoon and evening were both teams from the University. The questions for the debates as well as for the round table is “Resolved that: the United States should follow a policy of strict economic and military isolation towards ; all nations outside the western hemis-I phere engaged in armed, international or civil conflict.”
Penn Next Foe
Next opponent on the schedule of debating will be on Monday afternoon, March 25, in the Assembly Room. Miami’s affirmative team, Ben Axleroad and Claud Corrigan, will debate men from the University of Pennsylvania.
tabulations follow:	A* B*	C*
Approve of reduction Disapprove of	11% 9%	11%
reduction	71 72	71
Reduce less than 32%	3 4	3
Increase number of jobs 9 13		9
Don’t know	6 2	6
(*—All students;	B—Those	who
hold NYA jobs; C-	—Those who do	
PYGMALION CAST HANDLES DYNAMITE WITH CARE
not have NYA jobs)
NYA workers, who perform hundreds of tasks from floor sweeping to book writing, earn about $15 a month. President Roosevelt's recommendation calls for an appropriation of $85,000,000 (millions) for the 1940-1941 fiscal year to go to the National Youth Administration.
Kingman Paintings On Exhibition Now
Paintings by Dong Kingman, a native Californian of Chinese origin, and by Stanford Fenelle, one of Minnesota’s leading young painters are now being exhibited at the Ad ministration Building of the Univer sity. These are open to the public daily and Sundays.
This exhibition was assembled in Washington, D. C. by the National Exhibition Section of the WPA Art Program, Federal Works Agency. It is one of over five hundred which the government has circuited in an extensive exhibition program designed to reach all sections of the country
FROSH CLASS MEETING Keith Phillips, freshman class president, has called a meeting of the freshman class next Tuesday,
March 26, at 10:30 in the Cardboard Theater. This meeting includes first and second semester freshmen.
Infant Contest Dies
Campus Queen Contest, at the age of three weeks, local address The Miami Hurricane, died a peaceful death from malnutrition here today, following a brief illness. Doctors ascribed the death to natural causes. The infant contest leaves three posters, two Hurricane articles, and absolutely no pictures of candidates. Appropriate funeral arrangements are being made.
Junior Prom To Feature Enoch Light
From Magician To Doctor To Bandleader Is Career Of Johns Hopkins' Grad
Enoch Liirht, who brings his orches-tra to Coral Gables on Friday evening, April 12, to play for the University of Miami’s 13th Annual Prom, is one of the few men ever to make the jump from John Hopkins to jaw.
Born into a musical family in Canton, Ohio, Enoch at first wanted to be a magician, but something always seemed to go wrong with his tricks. By the time he had finished high school, however, it was a physician that he wunted to be, and he took his pre-med training at Ohio State and the University of Pittsburgh. Transferring to Johns Hopkins for his medical course, he also began to pay more and more attention to his hobby |of music.
Turns Into Bandleader
| While in Johns Hopkins, he also (began studying at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. Soon he was soloist with the Glee Club, and lea'd-¡er of the “Blue Jays,” the university’s dance orchestra.
With his graduation, interneship as a doctor looked infinitely less interesting than orchestra leading, and ho took his Blue Jays into Loew and RKO vaudeville theatres, touring the length and breadth of the country. That continued until he was signed for feature billing with his orchestra in “A Night in Spain,” the Shubert .musical comedy which starred Ted I Healy and Phil Baker.
Success in Europe He left “A Night in Spain” to take an orchestra leading job at Deauville, in France, and for three years he led the top jazz bands in Europe. Light played the world’s largest theater, the Gaumont Palace in Par-I is, for 36 weeks, and was featured at the Wintergarden, the Scala, and the U.F.A. Palast in Berlin.
| Returning to the United States, he | has duplicated his European success here, climaxing it with a solid run of two years at Hotel Taft in New (York City, and broadcasting over CBS and Mutual networks four times weekly for 20 months.
“Light Brigade” Featured First “big-name” band in history to play at a University dance, Light will bring Peggy Mann, mistress of blues, the famous “Light Brigade,” Ocarina Trio, the Dream Weavers, and a band full of entertaining talent to the Prom.
Guests of honor at the annual affair, biggest social event of the school year, will be all graduating seniors. Admission to others is $2 a person, or $3 a couple. Tickets are now on sale in Room 292, Junior Prom Headquarters, in the Main Building.
Humes Lasher, Prom Chairman, has called a meeting of the favors ,and ticket committees for Monday at 12:30 in Room 292.
Senate Investigates Impeachment Charges
Peggy Mann
By Dorothy Ann Levin Dynamite and nitroglycerine may be thrown about casually. That is, in comparison with the care needed to keep an English accent within bounds. Not natural with any of the players in the cast of the University version, the accents in Pygmalion took different paths.
Accents Vital
These accents are often a clear criterion of the acting ability of the players. Either the actor gives the accent too much care and the result is rather imitation than acting, or too little care is used and particles of normal speech and mis-usage appear. Of course, as this cast largely proved, it is possible for American actors so to insert themselves into their roles that the change in accent is not noticeable.
This is not true in the case of the leading ladies. Of course their accents are vital to the story and consequently in many places more important than their lines. In the first two acts Eliza appears as a totally Cockney character. Grace Berg made this interpretation clear without sacrificing to it the Shavian lines.
In these early dialogues, Jean Small, the other half of the doublecasting of the lead, had a tendency to make her Cockney too shrill, almost too fierce, and her early Eliza sketchy. As the two made their transition from guttersnipe to lady they exchanged places. It was Grace’s turn to be slightly unreal, having a ¡slight woodenness in her speech. Jean, however, gave more punch to her later lines and showed Milady Eliza as a woman of spirit as well as
delicacy. But this is picking to pieces two excellent, and equally excellent, performances. The purpose of this ambitious paragraph was to show that while the two performances were equal in merit they were not parallel.
Sure and perfect performances were turned in by George Dawkins as Professor Higgins, Maxwell Marvin as Doolittle, and Evelyn Ausländer as Mrs. Pierce. Higgins, as Dawkins played him, was more like Shaw’s original than Leslie Howard in the movie version. This may have been annoying to the few that had expected a suave hero; but it was an honest and accurate portrayal of the lines and stage directions. Maxwell Marvin played the part of the dustman with a sort of poetic grace that was eminently suited to the role.
Ausländer, Kirton Good
As Mrs. Pierce, Evelyn Ausländer deserved the applause which followed her exit. She was that strait-laced housekeeper in every detail including her perfectly posed hands and the stiff-starched apron string, of the first night, which trembled behind her when she walked. Also to be mentioned in this paragraph is Mary Alice Kirton, who portrayed the firm dignity and understanding of the professor’s mother, with her usual sure technique.
Lloyd Symansky as Freddie and Meade Stockdell as Colonel Pickering illustrate the point made about accents in the first part of this review. While both tried hard and showed intelligent understanding of the lines, their accents protruded too much. Freddie got laughs with his monocle and irritating haw-haws, but
he was not a believable character Much more real, but still in the faulty accent division was the Colonel from India whose speech occasionally was reminiscent of Virginia. Gestures, posture, understanding, were all correct; but he was not quite Colonel Pickering.
Bita Well Done
Clara, done by Shirley Haines, and Mrs. Eynesford Hill, portrayed by Winona Wehle, were entirely e quate to their parts without being obtrusive upon the action of the story. The accents did not falter no ticeably and both ladies were exact ly what they seemed. Jean Williams as the parlormaid, also made her few lines effective. The same can be said of the bystanders, who provided the vague babbling—foreign-language atmosphere required for the first act. Edith Rosencrans, John Bowers, and Elton Rosenblatt, sounded the clarion Cockney with accurate care and a natural effect.
Credit for the success of this play with its audience belongs in large part to the director, Mrs. Opal Motter, who trained the natural English accents into all members of the cast. Shaw’s Higgins very properly considered it quite an achievement to train a girl to speak all the words of her lang uage in a way that was entirely for eign to her bringing-up. It is as difficult to do what Mrs. Motter did. To train a group of young people to speak certain words and idioms which are foreign to their experience and in addition, train them to pro duce emotion along with this new speech, is well worth prolonged applause.
Soph Dance Set For March 29 At Ponce Gym
Emphasizing a rustic theme, the Sophomore Stable Session will be held Friday, March 29 in the Ponce High School gym from 9 ’til 1, according to plans announced by the (dance committee today.
With music to be furnished by the Rural Rascals of Rustic Rhythm, fromerly of Ruggles’ Gap, prices are set at 54 cents per couple or 40 cents stag (54-40—or fight!)
It is asked that students be very informally dressed, with costume attire being preferred. To be in front of the cafeteria at 8:30, two trucks loaded with hay will transport stu dents to the dance. Committees are Decorations, Beryle McCluney Tommy Kent, Billy Gillespie, Harriet Foster; entertainment, John Foucha Janet Seerth, Charlie Lovett; chaper ones, Dorothy Lowe; publicity, Julia Arthur, Marion Brown, Helene Putnam, Pat Hollarn, Margie Frye, Jeanne Girton, Hedwig Ringblom, Eleanor Hayes; arrangements, Rose Marie Norcross, Dotty Lightman.
Membersh i pBa nq u et Closes YW Program
YWCA climaxed its program for this year with its annual membership banquet Friday evening at the Miami YWCA building.
In electing officers for next year, members unanimously adopted the slate prepared by a nominating committee, and voted Laura Green, president; Dorothy Lowe, vice-president Barbara Curran, secretary; and Betty Lou Baker, treasurer.
Edna Conrad was toastmistress pf the banquet. She introduced the special guests, among whpm were Miss Mary B. Merritt and Mrs. A. W.
I Koch of the university. Miss Merritt | gave the invocation. Soprano solos were sung by Jean Godard, accompanied by Lucille Jones, and Maria Porra played several Spanish piano •elections.
Mrs. Dorothy Knoll, dean of girls at Miami Edison high school, was speaker of the evening. Her talk was in keeping with the theme of the banquet, “accent on youth.” She enumerated the characteristics of youth which she believes deserve accenting.
Complaint By McLinden Claims Non-Feasance of President Ray Fordham
“I recommend the impeachment of Raymond Fordham, President of the Student Body.” So wrote Horace Ludd “Bud” McLinden to the senate as the group convened in its recently furnished chambers Tuesday.
Complaints Stated On the basis that no election had been called by Fordham to fill the vacancy caused by the graduation of the current year’s chief justice of the honor court, McLinden asserted that Fordham had been lax in carry^ ing out his duties as student president. His complaint, in the form of a detailed legal document, charged Fordham with non-feasance.
To investigate the charge made by McLinden, Charlotte Meggs, vice-president, appointed a committee consisting of one senator from each ¡class. Committee members include Miss Meggs; Jim Orr, freshman; Helene Putnam, sophomore; Dan Satin, junior; and Jack Madigan, senior. The group will report its findings to the senate next Tuesday, at which time a three-fourths vote of the full membership of the senate will decide Fordham’s fate. During the impeachment proceedings, the Senate shall act as a court to try the accused. YW Granted $50
The Iron Arrow petition, tabled until this meeting, “died,” as did a suggestion to purchase Venetian (blinds for the senate chambers. The Y.W.C.A. was granted $50, part of which will be used to send Laura I Green, president, to the national convention in New Jersey next month. , Because student government elections will conflict with the regularly scheduled senate meeting, the group will gather next Tuesday at 10:30.
Sixteen New Books Added To Collection
English Honors has added sixteen new books to its collection in the University Library. The books were purchased with the funds derived from the sale of the works of Winter Institute speakers.
George Rosner, president of the ,club, said that the list includes: ¡Thomas Wolfe’s "Web and the Rock,” John Marquand’s “Wickford Point,” John Dos Passos’ “Adventures of a ¡Young Man,” Thompson’s “I Lost My English Accent,” John Steinbeck’s “The Long Valley,” Erskine Caldwell’s “Trouble in July,” and Lewellyn’s “How Green Was My Val ley.”
Mrs. Woodhouse On Vocational Program
Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, director of the Institute of Women’s Professional Relations, will be the speaker and conference leader for the vocational guidance program to be sponsored by the University and the Miami Zonta Club, local business and professional women’s organization, from March 25-28. The conference is being supervised by Miss Merritt, Dean of Women.
Women students of the university I are urged to attend as many of the ¡conferences as possible, and to take advantage of the opportunity to hear and discuss personally with Mrs. Woodhouse, any vocational problems and possibilities.
The program arrnngcd is as follows: Tuesday, March 26, 10:30 a.m., "Choosing a Vocation,” women students' assembly, Cardboard Theatre; 11:30 a.m., round table discussion on Social Service, Bacteriology, Room ,218, main building; 2:30 p.m., round table, Commercial Work, Accountant and Advertising, penthouse of the Administration building; 3:30 p.m , Co-ed Council Tea, penthouse; 8:30 p.m., conferences in Card Room, Administration building.
Wednesday’s program includes the following discussions: 10:30 a.m., Selling and Buying, Card Room; 11:30 a.m., Home Making; 2:30 p.m., Radio and Stage, penthouse; 3:30 p.m., Tea, penthouse. Thursday’s conferences are: 10:30 a.m., Writing and Journalism, Curd Room; 11:30 Medicine and Nursing; 2:30 p.m., Art Work and Music; 3:30 p.m., Fashions and Modeling.
McEwen Chosen As Spanish Club Head
Shelby McEwen was elected president of the Spanish Club last week in its first meeting of the new sem ester. Edward Bartholomew was chosen vice-president; Aurelia Prado, secretary; Bill Mason, treasurer; and Cecile Bloch, publicity.
Meetings of the group are con ducted entirely in Spanish. All students of Spanish interested in Latin I American affairs are invited to at ¡tend the next one, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in the assembly room of the Administration Building. Plans for a Pan-American day program will be discussed at that time.
TownandGown Have Seniors As Guests
Town and Gown entertained over four hundred girls, representing the senior classes of all Dade County high schools, Monday afternoon.
Several groups of University girls supervised a tour of the Administra-! tion Building, including the Women’s Residence Hall and the sorority rooms and houses. An informal reception was held in the Lounge.
Mrs. H. B. Fultz, president of Town and Gown, Miss Mary B. Merritt, Mrs. A. W. Koch, and Mrs. Ter-letzky, Girls’ Advisor of the Dormitory, were in Ahe receiving line.
DEBATE COUNCIL AWAKENS
Irving Lebowitz, president of the Debate Council, announced today that all members must attend a special meeting next Thursday morning in room 317 at 10:30, or else be dropped from the organization rolls, as is stated in the group’s constitution. Absolutely no excuses will be accepted, and the Council intends to follow a policy of increased activity in the future.