Miami Hurricane, December 08, 1944

              THE MIAMI W HURRICANE
Vol. XIX
Coral Gables, Florida, December 8, 1944
No. S
Ezekiel To Be Soloist At 2nd Symphony Concert
Wellington Ezekiel, basso, will be guest artist for the second symphony concert of the University orchestra, under the direction of Modeste Alloo, Sunday afternoon, 4:30 p.m. in the Miami
High School auditorium._____
Hurricanes To Play Aggies In Final Game
Closing a disastrous season during which the only consolation was the opportunity for Miami fans to see several of the nations leading grid teams, the University of Miami footballers face a youthful Texas A & M eleven in the Orange Bowl tonight at 8:15.
The Aggies, with a record of six wins and four defeats for the season, close out their schedule tonight also.
Coach Homer Norton, who built a flock of youngsters into an Orange Bowl team last New Year’s Day, has only two players who have reached their legal majority. The remainder are mainly seventeen and eighteen-year olds.
The Aggies’ T formation is gen-eraled by Jimmy Cashion, 160-pound 17-year-old hometown quarterback. Cashion, the team’s star passer, is an old Texas A & M follower, having been born on the Aggie campus.
Hurricane Coach Eddie Dunn will start Gus Dielens in place of Chick Angelus. Angelus has a broken thumb on his passing hand. Bob Harrell will replace Bob Wylie at quarterback. Wylie’s ailing knee has not responded to treatment. Other backfield starters will be Glenn Barrington at fullback and Gene Hancock at right half.
Changes in the Miami line, which will be outweighed about 10 pounds per man, will put Steve Tish in at left tackle in place of Bill Levitt, who fractured an elbow in practice, and Bill McCreary in at right end replacing Cecil Settle, who reported to the Army.
'Junior Miss'Tickets On Sale At Bookstore
Following the presentation of “Junior Miss' in the University theater, Dec. 14, 15, and 16, the directors, cast, and property men will move to the beach to give a special performance for four thousand returnees at the redistribution center.
All sets used in the play will be moved to Flamingo park for
the show.
Tickets for the University production may be obtained in the bookstore by students upon presentation of registration cards. Student tickets must be stamped “Student” to be valid.
Regular tickets will also be sold in the bookstore for fifty-five cents. Tickets will be good only for the night for which they are bought, Allison Stout, business manager for the Playmakers, has announced.
Medical Officer To Appear As Second MBS Speaker
Comdr. Robert T. Spicer, Medical corps, U.S.N.R., will address University students Tuesday as the second Mu Beta Sigma lecturer.
Hi« talk on "Endocrinology jo Relation to Psychiatry” will , S*ven at 12:45 p.m., in the theater.
The program will begin with “Finlandia,” stirring national anthem of Finland written by Jean Sibelius. Featured in the concert will be Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 in E Minor. The first movement begins in ballad fashion when suddenly it is interrupted by blaring fanfares of horns and cries of-pein. The themes, especially those in fanfare fashion, change form and color. The second movement opens with a horn call which is repeated by bassoons, oboes, and flutes. This leads to the principal subject presented by clarinets. The third movement is of the rondo type, full of animation and humor. The finale contains a series of variations.
Included in the plerfotrmanae will be “Finch’ han dal vino” (Wine, Flow A Fountain) from Don Giovanni. In this Don Juan opera, the unscrupulous Don Giovanni attempts to enter the apartment of Donna Anna. Her father is mortally wounded. The statue of the girl’s father appears in the banquet hall of the Don’s palace and frightens the guilty libertine. “Finch’ han dal vino,’’ which is one of the most famous drinking songs, is sung by Don Giovanni.
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Two $10,000 Donations Boost U Fund
The second $10,000 boost to the University Expansion movement within a week was given Wednesday when Leslie D. Cann, vice piesident and general manager of the Miami Coca-Cola Bottling Co., added a check for that amount to the growing fund.
The presentation was made to Mayor Leonard K. Thomson, newly elected chairman of the expansion movement committee.
First $10,000 donation from a woman was received last week when Mrs. Diana M. Hull, a former student and mother of a former student, contributed that amount to the drive.
Donations to the expansion movement, which has as its goal the raising of $1,000,000, now total $319,950.
Contributions to the fund have also been made by Renuart Lumber Yards, Giffen Roofing Co., Red Cross Department Store, Maurice Baskin, Peace Justice O. B Sutton, Model Laundry, Joseph Stein, Land-O-Sun Dairies, Simonhoff and Simonhoff, Sam’s Taxi and Baggage Co., Seven geas Restaurant, and Mrs. G. F. New-burger. These gifts amount to more than $12,000.
In presenting his $10,000 check to Mayor Thompson, Mr. Cann said,
“We feel that the strongest insurance of our American freedoms is the education, not for a privileged few, but for every American who wants it, and the University of Miami, in our opinion, can become a bulwark against the social' dis-satisfactions that breed wars and dictators, just, as it can be a timeless force for fine and gentle living and for fulfillment of our native abilities and ti.lents.”
No Classes Dec. 28, 29, 30 Announces Dean Pearson
No classes will be held on Dec. 28, 29, and 30 following the regular Christmas vacation period.
The announcement was made Wednesday by Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, dean of the faculty.
Ring Theater May Be Started By Dramatists
Transformation of the second floor division of the rotunda for possible use as a repertory theater has been announced by Fred Koch, director of the Theater and assistant professor of drama.
First play to be presented in the theater, to be called the Ring theater, will be given as a trial performance. The play will run for four nights a week for as long as there is a demand, functioning on a plan similar to that formerly used by the Theater of the Fifteen of Coral Gables. If the plan proves effective, Mr. Koch said that subsequent productions will be offered, gradually working into a permanent repertory theater for the University.
“Blythe Spirit” has been selected as the first play to be given. It will be directed by Colin Drake, technical assistant for the University Playmakers’. Parts will be filled by students at tryouts to be held soon.
Almost a replica of the old Globe theater of Shakespeare’s time, the Ring theater will have the audience surrounding the stage with actors making their entrances from four aisles. Mi* Koch stated that the room is ideally built for circus or arena type of production.
Remodeling of the room, which was used for two years by navigation students, will be done by drama students using non-critical material.
Mr. Koch stated that the proposed plan if successful would open untold opportunities for drama students. He said,
. “One of the purposes will be to give our students the opportunity to play to many audiences on the basis that any technique can be learned only by constant repetition under actual performance condition^.”
AP0 Drive To Help Russian War Relief
A national drive for clothing is being sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, from Dec. 11-25, in order to send Christmas presents to Russian war orphans.
Mrs. Marie Volpe, member of the executive board of the Russian War Relief in Miami, is in charge of a Chrismtas party to be held at Bayfront Park, Dec. 22, 7:30 p.m., which will be conducted in a Russian fashion. Mrs. G. C. Estill, chairman of the committee for this affair, has announced that food cooked in Russian style, win be served and 500 students wiU participate in the dancing and singing of Russian music written by Miss Ilonka Scheer.
Everyone is expected to bring a parcel containing new, warm clothing, such as sweaters, coats, dresses, socks, gloves, hat, scarves, underwear, etc., for children from the ages of one day to twelve years. These gifts will be given to the Russian War Relief Board of Miami to ship to the. orphan asylums in Russia.
University Mourns Death Of William Corey Coffin
William Carey Coffin, 82-year-old chairman of the board of trustees and world-renowned engineer and architect, died Monday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday.
As chairman of the board, Mr. Coffin actively participated in all University affairs, only .recently giving support to the inauguration
of the expansion drive.
The memorial art gallery tower now standing at the University’s entrance was fiven by Mr. Coffin in memory of his wife, Vida Hurst Coffin. In addition, Mr. Coffin gave a number of other gifts, some of them financial, to the University.
Student activities were encouraged by Mr. Coffin in his annual awarding of a sorority trophy for extracurricular activities. Another Coffin trophy, for improvement in scholarship, was awarded for the first time last year.
Mr. Coffin’s work in engineering, before he retired in 1927 on Miami Beach, led him to design and build some of the largest blast furnaces, steel plants, and oil refineries in the United States and Canada. He also secured many large engineering contracts in foreign countries.
A former member of the Federal Trades committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Coffin was a technical consultant for the War Manpower Commission.
The author of a number of works, Mr. Coffin recently published his latest, a book entitled “My Enduring Faith.” Outstanding among his other writings are “Governmental Regulation of Cooperation in Trade,” “Seeds of Progress and Success,” “New Approach to Spiritual Revival,' ’ and “The Place of Big Business in a Democracy.”
Mr. Coffin addressed the University’s 1938 graduating class as the main speaker of the commencement exercises.
He is a native of Pittsburgh and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where, in 1936, he (Continued on Page Four)
Jane Mock To Head Modern Dance Group
A modern dance group will be started soon under the direction of Jane Mack, new student assistant in dance for the drama department.
First meeting of students who are interested will be held Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., room 401
Fred Koch, assistant professor of drama, has announced that the group will function under the supervision of the drama depajument.
Jane danced for three years with the Washington Ballet, and was also with the Dance Playhouse group in Washington, D. C. She has studied under Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Martha Graham, and Evelyn Davis.
AssemblyToFeatura Mobile Blood Bank
War and defense activities will be highlighted at the next assembly, Dec. 15, 12:45 p.m., in the theater.
A mobile unit of the blood bank will be stationed near the theater to receive blood donations from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Students who wish to give blood have been asked to refrain from eating for four hours before.
Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, representing the administration, and Lt. Eugene Raborn, of the V-12 unit, have announced that students giving blood will be excused from classes in that purpose.