Miami Hurricane, January 16, 1941

              The Miami
Hurricane
THE ‘OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPEK OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI,
Volume XIV
Coral Gables, Florida, January 16, 1941
Number 15
University Will Offer U. S. Defense Courses
Sponsoring the engineering division of the national defense program in the Miami area, the University will hegin two training courses next Monday night, as confirmed by the federal government this week. Plans were formulated at a conference over the week-end of l niversity officials and Dean Joseph Weil of the college of engineering at the University of Florida.
"Way of World" Will Be Read Sunday Night
A comedy of the Restoration period in English literature, “The Way of the World” by William Congreve, will be presented by the Florida Haymakers on Sunday evening, at 8:30, as the third in the series of playreadings directed by Sydney Head.
Musical effects for the production will be arranged by Harry Estersohn, and Edward S. Gaylor will act as narrator. No reserved seats are held for the performance, for which the admission charge is ten cents.
Members of the cast are Robert Lewis Zeman, as Mirabell; Marguerite Sweat, Millamant; Bob Appleby, Fainall; Renee Greenfield, Mrs. Marwood; Manuel Roth, Sir Willful; Barbara Willock, Lady Wishfort; Dann Morley, Wit-woud; Ed Summers, Waitwell; Sydney Head, Petulant; Suzanne Duzak, Mrs. Fainall; Thelma Cox, Foible; Lorraine Corsiglia, Mincing; anu Dorothy Levin, Peg.
The same cast will present a radio version of the comedy on the Radio Workshop program of the University over station WIOD at 2:15 on Friday under Head’s direction.
SENIORS MEET THURSDAY Seniors will meet next Thursday morning at 10:30 in the theatre. According to President Terry Fox, it is very important that all members of the class attend, since plans for senior activities will be discussed.
The urgent need for men with engineering training has prompted the organization of this particular program. The local training center is intended to meet the needs in the Miami area, and will be one of a number to be established in the nation to overcome this shortage.
The courses, which will be given three evenings a week, are engineering drawing and aircraft engineering. The period of training will be approximately six months, and will be under the direct supervision of a staff of instructors with engineering training and practical experience.
The drawing course is open to any university student who will be graduated within a year of the time the course begins or to any student who intends to leave school for the purpose of entering this field upon completion of the course. Graduates of a high school •course, including two years of mathematics, are also eligible. The aircraft engineering course requires the applicant to be a graduate of engineering school, or to have the equivalent in training and experience.
Applicants who are accepted will be given the course free of charge. The federal government is assuming the expenses of instruction and organization, as well as the cost of some equipment, while the university will provide
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Goldman, Kent Named Junior Prom Chairmen
Tommy Kent and Marvin Goldman were named co-chairmen of the 1941 Junior Prom by the Executive Council of the Junior class last Thursday, and negotiations are well underway to bring a nationally known dance band down here for the dance February I I at the Coral Gables Country Club.
The Executive Council, made up of the chairmen of the prom committees and class officers, met
♦ Tuesday morning in Room 325, Prom headquarters, and discussed
plans for a souvenir program which will be given away at the dance. The class will sell advertising to finance the program.
The chairmen said yesterday that the deal for a “big-name” band was ready to be closed, but that the definite information could not be given out in time to make this issue of the Hurricane. Enoch Light played for last year’s Prom.
Co-chairman Kent, who played freshman and sophomore football, is a Pi Chi, while co-chairman Goldman is a member of Phi Epsilon Pi and is connected with the Publicity Office.
Marvin Goldman
Tommy Kent
Coffin Trophy System Undergoes Revisions
Kaplan Donates Religious Library To University
| Retiring from active service in the ministry, Dr. Jacob H. Kaplan, lecturer in philosophy at the j University, has donated his entire religious library, almost 3,000 ...... books and 1500 pamphlets and
Sororities and fraternities must measure up to new requires this magazines> to the library of the
year to compete for the Collin Trophies awarded annually for oul- ■ University of Miami, standing achievement in extra-curricular activities. The organizations | Dr. Kaplan’s own book, “The committee of the faculty has adopted a new set of rules, enlarging Psychology of Prophecy: a Study the scope of activities to be considered and revising the system of awarding points.	♦“
In addition to the four fields covered in previous years, dramatics, journalism, debating, and
chorus, a group of specialized clubs will be included: Chemical
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Adult Education Division Section Opened at Beach
Special short courses for adults are being offered by memhers of the University of Miami faculty in a set of seminars, whose sessions will be held in Miami Beach Senior High School, beginning January 20, under the general direction of Dr. Charles R. Foster, dean of the school of education, and Ernest^
McCracken.
No credit will be given for the courses, which will meet for three hours a week during periods ranging from two to six weeks. Admission will be open to the public and without prerequisite, charges being made according to the number of hours in each course elected.
Participating in the seminal's will be 34 Miami professors, including Conley R. Addington, T.
V. Alexander, K. Malcolm Beal.
Mrs. Sarah Hovey Bergh. Sydney Head. Dr. Elmer V. Hjort, Nicholas T. Joost, Dr. Lewis Leary, lohn A. McLeland, Dr. W. H.
'fp.coMster, Dr Robert E. McNic-oll, Sidney B. Maynard, Miss Mary B. Merritt, E. Morton Miller, Dr.
Charles F. X. O’Brien, Dr. Clarke Olney, Dr. J. Riis Owre, Dr. J.
Paul Reed, Dr. W. A. Rense, Mrs.
Melanie Rosborough, William Sha-han, Tom B. Steunenberg, Charlton W. Tebeau, Dr. Charles Doren Tharp, Dr. Reinhold Wolff, Dr. H.
Franklin Williams, Simon Hoch-
Does Your Face Frighten Your Mother - Scare Children? Then, the Ugly Club Wants You
In a smoke-filled room a group of public-spirited students worked last week, silently and earnestly, fighting down fatigue, late into the night, that they might frame the closing phrases of their constitution. These far-sighted pioneers were founding an organization which will answer a long felt want on this
and many other campuses (better make it campi; this is not part of the story), a group which you and you and you will want to join. In short, we give you—the Ugly Club.
Composed of some of the most" “
Charles Foster, dean of education.—News cut
berger, Edward Clarke, Henry Gregor, and Dr. F. G. Walton Smith.
amazingly homely mugs in school this baby organization’s drive for membership is sweeping the campus. All ready, it has twenty full-fledged members, more pledges, and infinitely more prospects. So far, membership has been confined to male-uglies only, but president Sandy Silberstein says, “We have noticed so many very eligible girls, that we have decided to add a clause to the constitution admitting them. We must, we shall have all the uglies in school.”
“And when we do get them all,” put in Mel Singer, acting secretary, eagerly, “we’re going national ;” All the Ugly eyes sparkled with anticipation.
Club, the only requirements being Club, hte only requirements being to take three ugly-pills a day, and attend meetings (held weekly in room 232, Administration building, for those of you who are interested.) With initiation, members automatically receive the title Ugly: thus, Ugly Smith, Ugly Jones. President Silberstein is the Supreme Ugly. The official song of the club is the following well-known limerick:
“For beauty I am not a star;
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Panhellenic Fixes Rules for Mid-Year Rushing Period
Rules for the mid-year rushing period were set up at the Panhellenic meeting Tuesday evening at the Chi Omega house. Informal rushing will begin with the new semester, with formal rushing following the week of February 17. Each sorority will give one party during that week.
“Sorority House Management” was discussed by representatives of the three houses on campus: Julia Arthur for Zeta Tau Alpha, Virginia Allen for Chi Omega, and Betsy Moore for Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Committees were appointed to investigate the forming of a Red Cross unit in Coral Gables, which will solicit the help of university girls, as will the Bundles for Britain campaign in the near future.
of the Prophetic Mind as Manifested by the Ancient Hebrew Prophets” is included in the collection. Complete sets of the Catholic and the Jewish encyclopedias are part of the donation as well as the works of Maeterlinck, de Maupassant, Kipling, Goethe, Schiller, Heine, and Maimonides.
Coed Council Plans Booklet Revision
Coed council will revise its booklet of rules for non-resident women with suggestions being solicited from faculty members, sororities and clubs on campus.
As all women are automatically members of the group, any ruling will be considered representative of campus opinion. All girls are requested to attend meetings pertaining to the booklet to express their views. Before the booklet becomes final, suggestions will be read and voted upon.
JUNIORS WANTED
All members of the junior class interested in soliciting advertising for the 1941 Junior Prom program are requested to get in touch with Don Chadderdon, class president, or Goldman and Kent.
Campus Calendar
Week Ending Jan. 22 Thursday, Jan. 16—Junior Assembly, Theater, 10:30.
Beta Phi Alpha Tea for Faculty, 3:30 to 5:30, Card Room. English Honors Society Meeting, Card Room, 8-10.
Sunday, Jan. 19 — Reception for Symphony, Ashes, 5 to 7.
YM and YW Vespers, 5:30 to 6. Playreading: “Way of World,” Theater, 8:30.
Hollywood Beach Hotel, Musil Series, Jan Peerce, 8.
Monday, Jan. 20—Symphony Concert, Miami High, 8.
Tuesday, Jan. 21 — Organization Committee, 213, 10:30.
Social Committee, 205, 10:30. Library Committee, 218, 10:30. Commerce Club, Assembly Rm., 10:30.
Ft. Lauderdale Concert, U. of M. Symphony, 8.