Miami Hurricane, January 25, 1940

              The Miami
THE
OFFICIAL
STUDENT
NEWSPAPER
0   F
Hurricane
THE
UNIVERSITY       OF
MIAMI
Volume XIII
Coral Gables, Florida, January 25, 1940
Number 16
STUDENT * OF * THE * MONTH •
Jacques Wilson takes his place this
week in the student hall of fame as
Outstanding Student for the month
of January. Originator of the idea of
group hospitalization here, his work
was climaxed yesterday by the announcement that this plan will be
inaugurated at the University of
Miami this year.
A Junior in the School of Liberal
Arts, Wilson is an outstanding
French student. He has been Dr.
William Dismukes' assistant for three
years. President of Cercle Francais,
Jacques at present is reading for his
Masters thesis, which will be on Voltaire.
Speaking three languages fluently,
Wilson assisted Dr. Owre and Dr.
McNicoll in developing the Hispanic-
American Institute. He plans to
study Inter-American relations at
San Marcos, the oldest University in
the New World, Lima, Peru, this
summer. After graduation here, he
will go to Duke for post-graduate
work in French and Spanish.
Born in New York twenty-one
years ago, Jacques Marcel Patrick
moved to Miami in 1933, entering
the University in 1037. Other school
activities include the International
Relations Club, Cercle Hispano, and
the Newman Club. A Hurricane columnist, he writes Latino Americanas.
A glance at Jac reveals dark brown
hair and eyes, a mustache, sideburns
s Wilson
(up to last week), sharp features,
and a contagious smile. Owner of a
boat and a Private Pilot's license,
Jac's hobbies are sailing and flying.
Jacques smiles broadly when a
double cuba libre is mentioned, but
drinks only occasionally. Other bad
habits include smokiing (pipes, cigars, and cigarettes), and tnlking—
which he does constantly.
Dr. Le Fort, Still Drowsy, Wide Awake
Enough To Dicuss Pan American Topics
j? # #
Le Fort Closes
Institute Series
Friday Evening
By Martha Hibbs
"Si, si senorita" was the shivering,
sleepy response as Dr. Emilio Carlos
LeFort, true to all good Latin-American traditions, was still comfortably
drowsy at the appointed time of his
press interview. (It was that cold,
wintry day . . . there was snow in
Minnesota, so they say!)
When at last the big moment arrived, and I was ushered into the
presence of this great Argentinian
scholar, who closed the fifth annual
Hi.mnnic-Ameriean Institute lecture
season this week, I gulped twice and
was floored—never having had the
honor of seeing this renowned personage before, I was expecting anyone but the person who greeted m«
with his radiant Latin personality.
Handsome, aristocratic, athletic, this
medium-sized man with iron grey
hair could well step into a Het of
"Don Quixote" and not be at all out
of place.
In ter-American   Relatione
While we chatted about inconsequential things, this hidalgo of Argentine nobility gripped his cherry-
bowl pipe and started to expound his
ideas on a subject becoming very
important to us, especially since the
current Hispanic-American Institute
h-ts been in session.
"La tin-America and the United
States can become one close political, cultural and sociological unit
only if the people of these respective
lands understand each other, in a
cultural as well as in an economic
nature.*'
Pursuing this field of thought, Dr.
LeFort stated that great work is being done by the translation of South
American literary effort into the ver-
nncular of North America. This
should prove a valuable and inexhaustible field for some of our more
ambitious writers, both in North and
South America.
Influence of America
Continuing his discussion as we
walked to the Main Building, he remarked, "At the present time Latin-
America is being Americanized by a
constant influx of Spanish translations of American literature and art.
"American movies and magazines
in Spanish translation lend their part
to this great movement of solidifying the continent. As I have previously said, political solidarity means
little, one must reach the mass of
the people and have their sincere
endorsement. A person is surrounded
by his national culture from the
time of his birth. Now is the time to
begin to form inter-continental culture."
Technician* Needed
For the success of such a plan, Dr.
LeFort believes that one would necessarily have to have highly skilled
language technicians able to translate at a high rate of speed in a systematized manner the Important classical, as well as contemporary, literature of the Americas.
To make this scheme completely
successful, men engaged in the undertaking would have to translate
works from their particular locality
in order to be able to retain all of
the feeling and idealism of that locale.
The impressing bIzc of our campus
and the many improvements made
since his visit here two years ago,
greatly impressed  Dr. LeFort.
With Dr. Emilio Carlos LeFort's lecture on American motifs in contemporary Spanish-American literature,
the fifth annual Hispanic-American
Institute will close tomorrow night
at K .*;..) in the lounge of the Administration  Building.
The Institute enjoyed its largest
registration this year, under the co-
direction of Dr. J. Riis Owre and Dr.
Robert E. McNicoll. For this session,
only Latin speakers were invited, to
present to the audiences the leaders
of Spanish and Latin-American
thought.
Dr. LeFort speaks today on Ruben
Dario and the "Modernista" movement, at 2:30. Yesterday he discussed
anti-imperialism in his opening lecture.
Earlier in the week, Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, Dr. Rafael
Pici, Professor of Geography at Catholic University, discussed the Caribbean region, especially the Greater
Antilles. His opening lecture was
illustrated.
In the first two weeks of the In^
stitute, such distinguished speakers
as Juan Clemente Zamora, Victor
Lascano, Juan Ramon Jimenez, and
Victor Andres Belaunde occupied the
lecture  platform.
LeFort, Miss Merritt,
Skit, Pianist On Air
Dr. Riis Owre will introduce Hispanic-American Institute speaker Dr
E. C. LeFort to listeners in South
America on an especially arranged
short wave broadcast tonight. Dr. LeFort's talk, in Spanish, may be picked
up on WIOD's shortwave outlet,
WDJM, at 9:05 p.m.
Tomorrow afternoon Miss Mary B.
Merritt reviews "Moment in Pekin,"
best selling novel by Lynn Yutang,
over WIOD at 4:45. On the same
program, Charlotte King will pan or
praise Noel Coward's "Private
Worlds," as being produced by the
Miami Beach Players.
"You and Heredity." current popular non-fiction, is the basis for a
dramatic skit on "Classroom of the
Air" Monday (WIOD, 4:45). The
dramatization was arranged and written by Leo Stein, a University student.
School of Music has prepared two
programs for Wednesday. In the afternoon Mrs. Hannah Asher will give
a piano lecture on Chopin, playing
illustrative compositions (WIOD
4:45). Over WKAT at 7:15 p.m.. Miss
Nita Belle Scarboro, soprano, will be
heard with Miss Florence Geschwind,
cellist.
37 Midyear
Graduates
Get Degrees
Bachelor of Arts Popular
With Regular Session;
B.S. in Education Next
Thirty-seven candidates for degrees
are to be graduated at the end of this
semester, according to the list published by the registrar's office. Of
these, the large majority are candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree with Bachelor of Science in
Education and Bachelor of Laws
coming next.
In the regular division Atalie Bar-
nett, Louis D. Blue, Mrs. Mary Coffin Clark, Edward F. Dunn, George
Freeman, Cliff E. Hendrick, Charlotte King, Milton Mannheimer, Zal-
man Selznick, Mary Catherine Sy-
monds, and Harold Joe Thomas, are
candidates for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts.
Candidates in the adult division for
that degree are Dorothy Davis, Mrs.
Pearl Frankel, Mrs. Julia Hanford,
Mrs. Bessie Holton, Ann McLeod,
and Mrs. Edna Roof.
Mrs. Hilda Weir, of the regular
division, is awaiting the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Education
along with Mrs. Louise P. Curry,
Mrs. Nellie Goodman, Mrs. Mary
Page Kirtley, Mrs. Margaret Monk,
Mrs. Laura Landis Sutter, and Mrs.
Ella Whetstone in the adult educa-
ion section.
Bachelor of laws degrees are expected to be awarded to Ashley
Crutchfield, Donald Frankel, Herbert
J. Horowitz, Edward Rinalducci,
Paul C. Ropes, and Jack J. Rosen.
Saul Z. Cantor, John V. Parrott,
and Ivan Levine are candidates for
the Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration.
Bachelor of Science diplomas are
to go to John Galbraith and Theresa
Garcia. Mrs. Gladys Budd is to receive a Licensed Instructor's certificate, and Mrs. Antonia Weissbuch, a
Bachelor of Music in Education degree.
Beethoven Concerto
Well Accompanied
By Podium Pete
Unquestionably, Miami witnessed one
of its best concerts in years with the
presentation of Szigeti, violin virtuoso, Monday evening. The University
of Miami Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Arnold Volpe and Mr.
Joel Belov, executed an almost perfect accompaniment to the Beethoven Violin Concerto, which Mr. Szigeti so excellently featured.
Of course, the scrupulous and meticulous musician listener could perceive occassional flatness and uncertainties in the difficult accompaniment.
On the other hand, the uncomfortably cool temperature plays havoc on
instrumental intonation. Dr. Volpe,
who conducted against doctor's orders, admirably braved a relapse in
order to carry through with the directing.
Szigeti, a Hugarian by birth, is
definitely of top-notch calibre. A
thorough musician, both theoretically and technically, he merits rating
with Heifetz and Kreisler. As for
showmanship, I am of the sound opinion that he has Stokowski beaten in
the fact that he is a highly finished,
all-around musician. His uncanny
precision with triple stops and Harmonics demands unlimited praise, not
to mention amazement.
Standing in the lobby after the
concert, one could hear generous
compliments, both to the soloist and
conducting of Mr. Belov, and to the
orchestra.
IBIS DEADLINE EXTENDED
Deadline for junior and senior picture* has been extended to the end
of next week, according to John
Hopkins, Ibis editor. A schedule
for the remainder of the pictures
is being arranged and will be posted
after exams.
Garbo, Power, Taylor
Enter Local Contest
Although polls have not officially
opened, students have already submitted ten nominees for the "Hollywood Premier" contest, which is being sponsored by Campus Citizens in
conjunction with its dance for new
students Saturday, February 10.
Nominated are Joey Church for
George Raft, Bill Harnett as Robert
Taylor, Lloyd Whyte as Jimmy
Stewart, Bob Grimes as Tyrone
Power, Tony Vandenberg as Frederick March, Jean Van deVere as Greta
Garbo, AI Teeter as Edward Arnold,
and Jiggs Morelli as Maxie Rosen
bloom.
Along with thirty others, these
nominees will be final entrants in the
contest.
A man and a woman star will be
chosen from among them at a dance
which will be given in the cafeteria
immediately after the wrestling
matches at the Orange  Bowl.
Campus Citizens will soon station
a poll place, at which nominations
■may be made.
Frederick Koch, Jr., dramatic director, and Henry Gregor, musical director, are in charge of "The Geisha,"
while Mrs. Charles M. Moon is singing star of the operetta which opens tonight at the Cardboard Theatre.
it    -Cr    it it   it    ir ir    ir    ir
Let's Go to the Opera Tonight, Joe
Students Would
Lend Finland
Money Again
(By Student Opinion Surveys)
Austin, Texas, January 25—Although
college students have often shown an
emphatic desire to keen the United
States neutral, a nation-wide poll
completed last week reveals that
sympathy for Finland is great enough
for a majority of them to approve
of American loans to the only nation
that has kept up its war debt payments.
62%  Say "Y«"
Specifically, 62 per cent of the collegians answered "yes" to the question, "Should Congress allow Finland to draw on her latest World
War payment to the United States?"
This study of sentiment in the American college world is one of the
weekly polls conducted for the Hurricane and scores of other undergraduate newspapers that form the
Student Opinion Surveys of America. A carefully-derived sample of
students is used by the interviewers
in measuring opinions of the nearly
one and a half million U. S. collegians.
New England Highest
Favorable sentiment was found in
all parts of the country on this proposal that President Roosevelt made
recently, and controversy over the
type of aid this country should give
Finland has already flared in Congress. New England students are the
most in favor, more than seven out
of every ten approving, while those
in the Far West are the least in favor. An interesting fact brought out
by the SurveyB in this and many
other polls on international questions
has been that people in colleges on
the eastern coast arc usually more
interested in the part the U.S. should
play in the solution of Europe's
troubles. As one goes West interest
wanes, as these results of the present poll show:
Should   we  allow   Finland   to  use  her
War  Debt Payment?
Yes
No
New England
72%
28%
Middle Atlantic
62
38
East Central
60
40
West Central
64
36
South   	
B4
36
Far West
54
46
U. S. Total
62
38
This  survey  stand*
out
in  sharp
contrast to student opinion
last Octo-
ber,  when  a majority differed with
national public opinie
eil in
opposing
change in the neutrality law in fav
or of cash and carry.
Riva Hemphill Takes
I.R.C. Chairmanship
Riva Lief Hemphill, vice-president
of the International Relations Club,
will succeed Mildred Zinn as president according to an announcement
given out today by members of the
group. Ex-president Zinn is leaving
school to go into literary work in
New York.
No vice-president will be chosen to
replace Miss Hemphill until the second semester.
By Harry Estersohn
It's opening night at the opera. (No,
Joe, not the Met, the Cardboard
Theatre.) It's like this: Mr. Henry
Gregor and Mr. Fred Koch, Jr. have
been rehearsing an all-University cast
in the first musical comedy program
in U. of M. history, "The Geisha,"
by Sidney Jones.
Now that finals are coming (No,
Joe, you can't be exempt) the Messrs.
Gregor and Koch have decided to
leave a pleasant taste in the crammer's mouth and to present a few
footlights instead of the midnight oil.
They also disclaim all responsibility for tunes from the operetta that
may insist on taking the place of
facts in some of the more impressionable heads. (Yours for instance,
Joe.)
Dean Rasco's Next
According to a late news dispatch,
the operetta is screamingly funny,
not to say amusing." Usually reliable sources inform us (you too,
Joe) that one Edwin Ginsburg gives
Mrs. Charles M. Moon, the leading
lady, a lesson in the gentle art of
osculation in the first act.
Unconfirmed rumors have added
the information that chubby Dean
Russell Rasco's next appearance will
be as Wotan in Gotterdammerung.
(Yes, Joe, Dean, Rasco plays the
"heavy" in this opus.)
The chorus cuties (sit down, Joe,
the performance doesn't start until
8:15) will be wrapped in kimonos for
the occasion. Dean Forthman introduces a new dance that promises to
sweep the nation. It's called "Chong-
Kina" and incorporates the "Hula"
twist and the "Conga" rhythm. (Why,
Joe, your mouth's open!)
Bill Gore at Fugitive
Bill Gore plays a fugitive from a
Chinese laundry, assisted by Jean
Godard (on the stage. Joe) as a
French girl of the old school. Mary
Alice Kirton prances about in character. She's almost the only woman
in the cast who never dons a Japanese kimono.
(Yes, Joe, in case you don't get
there tonight you can make it on
Friday or Saturday at the same time
and place. Oh, and Joe, don't forget
to get your activity book exchanged
for a reserve seat. You want a good
seat don't you? Remember the chorus cuties, Joe? Hey, where did he
go?)
New Absence Rules
Announced By Dean
All absences from classes next semester will be permanently recorded
in the office of the scholarship committee within a week after they occur, according to a new ruling outlined by Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, Dean
of the Administration, in a memorandum issued to the faculty Monday.
Instructors will be provided with
printed slips on which they are to
record weekly the name of the student absent and the date, along with
a notation of the course and section
number. These will be sent through
the mail to the committee at the end
.of the week.
The purpose of the new ruling is
to curb persistent absences. Unless
absences are excessive, the decision
on excuses rests with the individual
instructor.
Frosh, Council
Vie for Senate
Dance Loans
Kept alive by a heated discussion as
to whether Hal Kemp or Kay Kyser
should be engaged for a University
dance, the latest senate meeting was
featured by a freshman versus interfraternity verbal combat.
At the opening of the meeting, the
tennis team was granted $360, $140
less than it had petitioned for.
Jack Madigan, Interfraternity
Council president, opened the dance
discussion by suggesting that the
Senate grant the Council $900 with
which to schedule Hal Kemp, nationally known orchestra leader, for a
dance. Any profit realized from the
event will be turned back to the Senate, according to Madigan.
However, Jim Orr brought up the
freshman proposition, for which the
Senate will be asked $750. Orr stated
that the owner of a new dance pavil-
lion near Coral Gables is willing to
cooperate with the freshmen to the
extent of putting up $750 and granting the use of his hall. Kay Kyser
may be had for $1500.
Following unheeded suggestions as
to a cooperative plan between the two
groups, the Senate adjourned without
satisfying either party.
PRESENTS MOVIE
"Cinematographic Notes on South
America" is the subject of the movie
to be presented by Dr. Emilio LeFort, lecturer in the current Hispanic-American Institute, Friday afternoon, January 26, at 2:30 in room
Dr. LeFort, a native of Argentine,
has travelled extensively through
South America, taking colored movie
notes during his trips. The film is the
Lambda Chi
Installs 44
Delta Sigs
New National Fraternity
On Campus; Ceremonies
Will Feature Weekend
Forty-four active and alumni members of Delta Sigma Kappa local fraternity will be officially installed as
Epsilon Omega Chapter of Lambda
Chi Alpha, at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon, February 3. The installation
"eremonies will be held at the Country Club of Coral Gables.
At the national convention, held in
>an Francisco last summer, Delta
Sigma Kappa was unanimously
granted a charter by Lambda Chi
Alpha. It was also here that the
national fraternity united with the
Theta Kappa Nu college fraternities
under the name of Lambda Chi Alnha.
This merger gave the national
fraternity 108 chapters on the college campuses of 39 states and in
one province of Canada, making the
organization the fourth largest Greek
letter social fraternity.
Notables Present
Many notables are expected to be
present at the installation of the
Miami chapter. The degree for the
ritual will be conducted by seven
members from the University of
Florida's Lambda Ch i chapter. Dr.
Winslow S. Anderson, Dean of Rollins College, will represent the Grand
High Zeta; while Tosier Brown, national traveling secretary, will preside at the formal installation.
Representatives from the Lambda
Chi Alpha chapters of Florida Southern and Rollins will also be present
for the ceremony.
A gala weekend is planned, climaxed Saturday afternoon, February
8, when the Miami local officially becomes the 109th chapter of Lambda
Chi Alpha. Friday evening, February
2, at 9, there will be a reception at
the Country Club, highlighted by the
Installation Ball, to which members
of the faculty and students will be
invited.
Saturday morning, February 3, visiting guests will be taken for a sightseeing tour of Miami and other
points of interest. Saturday night, a
banquet will be held for members
and guests of the new Lambda Chi
chapter, followed by a second dance.
Charter   Members
The following initiates will be installed as charter members of the
University of Miami Lambda Chi
Alpha chapter: Frank Paskewich,
president; John Homko, vice-president; Pat Weiland, secretary; Ned
Turner, treasurer; Art Tracy, chaplain; William Yarrington, Basil Marella, Bud Stern, George Back, John
Corcoran, Charles Guimento, Walter
Kelly, John Tobin, Paul Davis, William More, Bernard Trobliger, John
Kurucza, Vincent MacCormick, Nick
Seminoff, Joseph Bonanno, Joseph
Krutulis, Roy Bass, Jack Ott, Carl
Alles, Joseph Crum, Russel Coats,
Roy Maupin, Brooks Vickers, Alex
Bazil, Peter Sheaffer, Reddic Harris,
Harry Audette, Thomas Kearns, Jack
Coyle, John Huguluet, Samuel Stribling, George Purdy, Eddie Dunn, and
Gardnar Mulloy.
For the past few years, Delta Sigma Kappa has been affiliated with
Lambda Chi Alpha and its alumni
association. Through this association
and   its   president   Tom   Smith,   the
result   of   constant   re-editing   after   formal petition was drawn up and ac-
these extensive voyages. cepted by the national order.
Lit' Ol' Lady Who Lives in 'San'
Has 68 Girls; Knows What To Do
"Getting lost and having car trouble
are the best and most frequent excuses. Yes, getting lost , . . one girl
got lost after the concert Monday
night, with the building only a block
away!" Mom Koch turned her head
and tried hard not to laugh.
"Alibis for coming in late are very
funny. The girls have been conveniently lost in fogs, kept waiting for
hours while the bridge goes up and
down, and old ones as flat tires and
the like are still popular."
Of course, everybody knows Mom
Koch, because she has been with the
University since 1926, when the first
women's dormitory was founded. Her
duties are many and varied, for she's
the official Vigilance Committee for
sixty-eight girls who live in the San
Sebastian — which is a job for ten
people.
"Mom," as she is affectionately
called by everyone, has had plenty of
experience with girls, and knows all
the answers before you can even give
them. She was once dorm mother for
a group of girls who were all practicing for an operetta. One of them
broke an ankle, with the result that
practices had to be held in the dorm
for  two weeks.  Mom  declares that
she and Pop Koch knew each part by
heart, and could probably sing them
to this day.
Being in the precarious position
she is, Mom is subject to criticism
from the girls. She admits she's overheard herself being called an "old
sourpuss." Every year the girls don't
see "why they can't go to school
without being pestered with a lot of
silly rules." But Mom and Miss Merritt have definitely put their feet
down to such a radical change-
even if the University of Miami is
progressive.
Mom has the greatest trouble with
the girls in getting them to stay after
they've signed in. It seems as though
they innocently come in at the designated hour, sign the book, then
politely walk out again to sit in the
patio with their escort.
Getting the roonynate to call the
night-watchman to the telephone so
that the girls may sneak out again
after signing in is another frequent
practice.
But somehow or another, Mom
knows all about these little plans.
Punishing the offenders is simple
enough. AH she says is "you're campused for a week." and lets it go at
that.