Miami Hurricane, February 15, 1940

              The Miami
Hurricane
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY
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MIAMI
Vollme XIII
Coral Cables, Florida, February 15, 1940
Number 18
Harold Bauer Is In Third Concert
Emperor Concerto Climaxes Program On February 19
Harold Bauer, noted pianist, is to be soloist at the third in the University Symphony Orchestra's series of subscription concerts, which will be presented on Monday evening, February 19, at the Miami Senior High School auditorium with student activity books being honored for admissions as usual.
The orchestra has been rehearsing under difficulties for the past week. Joel Belov, who took over the conductor’s baton when Dr. Arnold Volpe died, has been ailing since last Sunday.
Steunenberg Conducts
Tom Steunenberg has been conducting rehearsals during this week, besides filling in as emergency conductor of the Volpe Memorial con cert broadcast over station WIOD last Sunday, when Belov was too ill to appear. It is hoped that he will be well enough to conduct on Monday.
The guest artist for this concert is known to audiences throughout the world. To perform Beethoven's “Emperor” Concerto with the orchestra for the concert audience, he has been called by critics the ‘.supreme” interpreter of not only the works of Beethoven, but also those of Brahms, Schumann, Chopin, and Franck.
Gregor’s Composition
The orchestra will furnish the remainder of the program, rendering two works by modern American composers. The Second Symphony of Howard Hanson, non-technically-known as the "Romantic” symphony, will be given its first Florida performance. Another “first” for the South will be the suite “Four Arabesques,” by Henry Gregor, a member of the University of Miami faculty.
THE PROGRAM
Symphony No. 2 (“Romantic”)
Hansen
Four Arabesques	Gregor
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat
(“Emperor”)	Beethoven
Mr. Bauer
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Soloist Monday
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Tuesday Assembly To Feature Evans
Rev. Richard E. Evans, executive vice-president of the Florida Congress on Democracy, will be the featured speaker at a special student assembly next Tuesday morning at 10:30 in the Cardboard Theatre.
Speaking on “The Meaning of American Citizenship,” which is the theme of the program, Rev. Evans will be introduced by Charlotte Meggs, vice-president of the student body. All students, members of the faculty, and friends are invited to attend the assembly.
Because next Thursday, February 22, hus been officially designated “American Democracy Day” in honor of George Washington, by Fred P. Cone, Governor of the state of Florida, there will be no classes held that day, Miss Meggs also announced.
IBIS PHOTOS
All students interested in taking and submitting certain assigned pictures for the Ibis at no cost to you are asked to report to Stuart A. Cohen in Room 239 Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.
Harold Hauer
Joel Belov
Pryor and Shaeffer, To Audience’s Great Pleasure, Lead Band in Brisk Performance
By Harry Estersohn Old Timers may have been mumbling under their breaths last Monday night “we really had a band in the good old days,” but judging from the audience’s response, there were many in the hall who hadn’t heard or didn’t remember the bands of yore.
This, the first band concert of the 1940 series, was a fast-moving affair. Guest conductor Arthur Pryor, whose work Monday night substantiated his far-flung fame, doesn’t believe in long pauses between numbers, and his theory must be sound. The audience stayed very much awake, which, after all, is more than can be said for many concerts.
"Shafe” Appear*
Sensation of the evening was the appearance of the band’s regular con ductor, Walter Shaeffer, who has been recovering from a severe ill ness. “Shafe” conducted his boys in the stirring opening march, and then retired, leaving the baton to Pryor. He is expected to conduct the third concert in the band’s series.
The soloists covered themselves with glory, with both cornetist Norwood Dalman and harpist Blanche Krell playing beautifully. Dalman is even better than he was in his appearances with the band last year, while Blanche’s solos were exquisite. Larry Tremblay’s solo in the “Semir-amide” Overture made even the band boys sit up.
Horn Section Toot*
The horn section distinguished itself in a tricky quartet in Massenet’s Scenes Alsaciennes,” while Sandy Siegelstein gave a fine solo perform ance in the overture. Also of note were the unscheduled picollo numbers by Messrs. Politis and Fastovsky.
On the whole, it is for me to say that the concert was a success. The audience thoroughly enjoyed itself, and that, in the final analysis, is the real test.
NO CLASS CHANGES
Registrar Harry Provin announces that there will be no change of courses in the regular division after today.
Kay Kyser Is Our Pal, He Gave the All American Boy His Big Chance
By Spec n’ Cork
lie was a screwball, but what a screwball! We mean the old perfes-ser, that question-asking fool—Kay Kyser. Yep, last night we payed a call on the old boy himself, by way of his regular Wednesday night broadcast, which, by the way, is one of the nuttiest and most popular on the air.
And what should happen but this! Jim Orr, the All-American boy, who has been carrying on a rigorous campaign to get Kay for the Freshman Frolics, by exquisite irony, was chosen out of the audience to answer the perfesHer’s questions. And what does he do but win—the first round —and then lost in the finals to a blonde cutie who won by a curl. Our boy Orr carted home twenty dollars for the bankroll and a bad case of double-jointed knees.
But this Kyser lad has got something. After a goodly wait outside the Grove Theatre, we were ushered into his presence in a special university section. It’s Kay’s custom to
spend about a half-hour getting his listeners in the mood for the broadcast, which he does with gusto—and jokes like this one: “Alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse” and with gestures, by the score.	,
As part of the enthusiastic audience, which was told to “cut loose,” we were personally (at a distance) introduced to such stars as songstress Ginny Simms, silver-tongued Harry Babbitt, effervescent Sully Mason, dead-pan Ish Kabibble, a honey of a band, and the guys that go “Hey, blubbety, blubbety, blubbety, blub-bety, blub, blub—sold etc.” We were fascinated by the actual workings of a nationwide broadcast, and by per-fesser Kyser’s gesticular coaching to his “beloved students.”
So, when it was all over, and the bashful All-American lad has lost out to a bundle of curves, we were left with the magnificent satisfaction of a package of cigarettes and the joy of writing home “Hey, Ma! Did ya hear me clappin’ on the radio?” Oh boy!
CollegeStudents Vote Against Military Service
Student Opinion Survtyi of America
Austin, Texas, February 16 — While the youth of Europe marches off to the battle fronts, American college students stand overwhelmingly opposed even to the mention of compulsory military service in the United States.
This is revealed in a coast-to-coast poll conducted by the Student Opinion Surveys of America, results of which show that 81 per cent of the men and women attending the nation’s colleges and universities are against requiring “every able-bodied American boy 20 years old to go into the Army or Navy for one year.”
The poll was taken using a scientific cross section that includes exact proportions of the different types of students registered in all the institutions of higher learning. College men, who would have to carry the guns and do the marching, were found to be the most opposed, only 17 per cent favoring. But 21 per cent of the half million girls going to college said they favored military training—for the boys.
The national results follow:
Men Women Both Should require 17% 21% 19% Should not require 83	79	81
These figures contrast with those of a recent poll taken by the Surveys, in which 87 per cent of the collegians declared themselves for R.O.T.C. training on the campus, 4 per cent more men than women giving their approval. Of those approving, however, 58 per cent specified that it should be voluntary.
The attitude of campus youth on Army and Navy Service is engruent with that of the American public, for in other national polls opinion has been registered emphatically against initiating this practice now so prevalent abroad.
One explanation of the large vote students turned in against compulsory service may be that a good many believe the United States can stay out of the present war. In a Survey last December, 58 per cent of them were of that opinion.
Richmond First Foe Of Miami Debators
Initial engagement of the debate team for this year will be with the University of Richmond on Thursday, February 29, at 8:30 in the Cardboard Theatre.
The team, which will have a practice debate on Monday night at 7:30 in the Social Hall, is at present composed of six men, ranked as follows: Ben Axelroad, Jr., Irving Lebowitz, Jerome Weinkle, Claud Corrigan, Larry Ropes, Jr., and Lloyd Whyte.
Several new candidates are expected to challenge the present team, and its makeup may change even before the first debate. All studnts are urged to attend practice debates and debate council meetings.
HOW ABOUT ONE HERE?
The art of relaxation will be taught in a special course at Columbia University teachers college this spring.
Dramatists To Present The Women’
Theta Alpha Phi Selects Leap Year’s Extra Day To Open All-Girl Show
Leap Year's extra day is the date chosen by Theta Alpha Phi, national honorary dramatics group, for the premiere presentation of its production of the year, “The Women.” Produced with an all-girl cast, the famous Clare Booth Brokaw satire, which was presented recently on Broadway, will have thirty-five University girls in the cast.
In spite of the mammoth cast, some of the co-eds are taking more than one part. Rehearsals have started under the direction of Mrs. Opal Euard Motter, and the goal of the cast is the two performances, one on February 29, and the other on March 1.
All-Girl Cast
The cast includes Penny Roth as Jane; Mary Alice Kirton, Nancy; Becky Parham, Peggy; Adele Rickel, Sylvia; Denise Penchina, Edith; Phyllis Salter and Sylvia Locke, Mary; Mrs. Sylvia Furlong, Mrs. Wagstaff; Sarah Elizabeth Brinson, First Hairdresser; Evelyn Ausländer, Olga; Beatrice Zeesman, Euphie Jane Heard, Ingrid; Mrs. Diana Swanson, Miss Fordyce; Faith Adams, Little Mary; Mrs. Faith Adams, Mrs. Morehead; Katherine Bramlitt. First Salesgirl; Betty Ann Ganger, first model; Jean Girton, second saleswoman; Jeanne Bart, Princess Tamara; Mrs. Maybelle Cohen, Crys-tall Allen; Beatrice Collins, Instructress; Mrs. Beatrice Rascoe, Maggie; Ethel Koger, Mrs. Trimmerback; Shirley Haimes, Miss Watts; Jean Moore, Lucy; Mrs. Motter, Countess De Laga; Kathryn Steiner, Cigarettes; and Robbie Graham, a debutante.
Two Parts Portrayed
Girls who are taking two parts each are Winona Wehle, who has the parts of both the Second Society Woman and the Second Hairdresser; Barbara Willock, who is both the ped icurist and Sadie; Dorothy Lowe, who is to enact both the first society woman and the mud-mask; Lucille Lefkowitz, as the second salesgirl and the girl-in-distress; Grace Berg, as a dowager and as the Head Saleswoman; and Barbara Neufeld, as a fitter and as the second cutie.
Canin and Smith Are Next Institute Speakers
Fuller Leaves CPTC For Army Air Corps
Henry Fuller, an outstanding student pilot under the Civilian Pilot Training Corps unit at the University, has joined the United States Army Air Corps for further flight training, Thomas C. Brownell, CAA instructor here, announced today.
Taking Fuller’s place in the training class will be Humes Lasher, and two additional alternates have been appointed to regular work. Two students, Jack Marder and E. M. Greene have completed ground school training and are ready for flight work.
Brownell also stated that the course has a new instructor, E. G. Tigert of Pan American Airways, who is aiding in teaching, specializing in engines, radio, and instruments.
Wolff Will Conduct Local Price Survey
Plans have just been completed for a local busness survey by Dr. Reinhold Wolff, professor in the School of Business Administration. Dr. Wolff with the help of some outstanding business students will make a survey of “The Use of Loss-Leaders in Greater Miami Food Stores.”
To date five students have signified their intentions of assisting Dr. Wolff in the acquisition of the data concerning this survey, including Arthur Apple, Charles Cox, Ted Chase, George Henry and Bill Parry. The survey project is partially supported by the N.Y.A.
Greater Miami Retail Grocers have signified their cooperation with this survey and it is even believed that approximately 75 percent of the larger stores will be covered. While this survey is just a beginning, it affords students an opportunity to learn practical survey methods and in addition troin themselves for future work in a graduate field.
Dr. Wolff plans to publish the findings of this survey at its completion.
WANTED FOR FOLLIES
Theta Alpha Phi follies, which will be directed this year by Eddie Baum-garten and Jack Madigan, has issued its annual call for volunteers for specialty skits. All students who are interested should consult either of the two directors.
Erskine, Smith Add Informative Humor To Talks
“Modern translations miss the delightful truth of Homer’s works,” de dared John Erskine who, with Carle-ton Smith, was one of the featured speakers of the Winter Institute of Literature during its initial sessions of the 1939-40 season.
Mr. Erskine, dirqussing “great stories” and Mr. Smith, speaking of music's forgotten byways, both added a touch of humor to their in formative discussions.
“I should call a story great if it has lasted for hundreds of years,' stated Mr. Erskine. “But stories of our generation will not go on to that kind of greatness. Literature of the first order, the classics, is a living organism.”
“Iliad” Explained The author of “The Private Life of Helen of Troy” took the Iliad from its opening sentence and explained the work to his audience. Compari sons between the original story and Homer's revision were made throughout the lecture, and proved very interesting. Startling statements in regard to Helen of Troy were revealed by Erskine.
In his second lecture of the series, “The Odyssey,” the author pointed out the fact that “The Odyssey” is the envy of every writer. “The poem is the only one of the return of the hero that we have.” The story itself was vividly discussed, with Mr. Erskine speaking of the characters as though he personally knew them, Old Records Played Mr. Smith's lecture on man’s forgotten songs was featured by the playing of “the oldest songs ever put on wax,” recordings which were made by him. He told his audience how he had searched for the oldest songs, the troubles he had making recordings, and various other interesting statements relating to primitive tribes which he came into contact with. Humorous and grave incidents were related and proved amusing to the listeners.
Last night’s lecture again featured Mr. Erskine, who gave various important points about “The Aenied” to the audience. Characteristics of the poem, its story, and various facts about the life of Virgil proved to be the content of Mr. Erskine’s third talk. “Peace is the word most often used in the poem,” stated Mr. Erskine, after having gone through the poem to find the word most frequently used.
Two more discussions of “Great stories” will conclude Mr. Erskine’s lectures for this season.
Methodist Delegates Attend Youth Parley
The annual youth conference at Tallahassee will have representatives from the newly-formed University of Miami Methodist Student Union, it was decided at a recent meeting of the organization.
Several members of the local unit are planning to make the trip by car along with the Baptist delegation. At a meeting two days after the conference, which is scheduled for the weekend of February 23, reports of the activities of the state conclave will be presented to members who remain here. This meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 28, in the Social Hall.
Directs 'The Women'
Mrs. Opal Euard Motter will direct and play a part in Theta Alpha Phi’s mammoth-casted production “The Women,” which will he presented February 29 and March 1 in the Cardboard Theatre.
Radio Program FeaturesReview Of Late Plays
Drama will be the main feature of the University’s Critics’ Circle, heard every Thursday over WIOD at 4:45. This Thursday, Opal Motter reviews the newest escapade of American literature’s most notorious cut-up, William Saroyan; the play is "The Time of Your Life,” now running in New York.
On the same program, Sydney Head will review the opening of latest production of the Theatre of the Fifteen, “Give My Regards to Broadway,” by Charles Saber, who is a member of the company.
Next Thursday at the same time, Fred Koch, Jr., will review another current broadway hit, Maxwell Anderson’s “Key Largo.” Mr. Koch saw the production in New York last Christmas. It has a particular local interest because the setting of the play is the Key Largo, south of Miami.
Yesterday, the regularly scheduled “What’s New at the U” program over WKAT at 8:30 centered about an interview with “Pop” Burr and members of the swimming team who recently returned in triumph from Nassau.
The School of Music’s Classroom of the Air spot has been shifted to Tuesday at 4:45 over WIOD.
Modern Writings To Be Diseussed In Second Week
Continuing into its second week of the 1939-40 season, the Winter Institute of Literature will present such speakers as Henry Seidel Can-by and Carleton Smith on its program next week.
John Erskine, whose lectures on “great stories” began the series of Institute talks, will complete his lectures this afternoon and tomorrow evening. Respectively, “The Legend of Tristam and Iseult” and "Don Quixote” will be discussed by the noted author.
Canby Next Speaker
An interpreter of trends in literature, Mr. Canby will describe “ways of thinking, feeling, imagining, expressing, and valuing in contemporary literature” in his various talks throughout the week.
Particularly equipped to interpret all aspects of American letters to patrons of the Winter Institute is Mr. Canby, who knows literature, the men who made it, and the facets of human experience which literature illuminates.
“How To Write Criticism”
To give his second lecture of the season on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Smith will tell the public “How to Write Criticism.” Having been termed as “perhaps the most brilliant young man in music criticism today,” Mr. Smith is music editor of Esquire and Coronet magazines and a contributor to many periodicals.
With Walter Scott Mason as director of the Institute, the series of discussions will close on March 1. Season and individual tickets for the lectures are on sale at the University Concert Office.
Varsity, Frosh Win Over Tars, YMHA
Sophomore Red Tobin’s long field goal in the last 20 seconds in an overtime period gave the traveling University of Miami basketball team a 50-49 victory over Rollins at Winter Park last night. The Tars were paced by giant “Tiny” Phillips who scored 20 points, while Tobin led the Hurricanes with 17 markers.
Miami freshmen continued their winning ways last night with a 33-23 win over the powerful Y.M.H.A. quintet last night. Tom Scott and Jimmy Kees were best for Ken Ormiston’s yearlings.
Rronsten Presides Over Quiz Program
A quiz-program, presided over by Selma Bronsten, was presented at the monthly meeting of the French Club this afternoon in the Assembly room of the Administration Building.
Plans were discussed for the presentation of a motion picture in cn-junction with one of the local cinema palaces. Under consideration as possible pictures for this event was “Mayerling,” outstanding dramatic achievement of Charles Boyer and Danielle Darieux; and “Carnival in Flanders,” a drama picturing the disappointments of the populations in Europe after the past European war.
The picture to be presented, although in French, will have English dialogue subtitles for the benefit of those not knowing French.
Next meeting of the Cercle will be announced in the following edition of the Hurricane. All students interested in France and its culture and language are urged to attend.
NEW FACULTY MEMBER
Assistant professor of psychology Mr. George Lehner is the only new member of the faculty this semester. His degrees are a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Dakota and a Master of Arts from Brown University. Before coming to the University, he was an assistant in psychology at Brown, and later a member of the psychology faculty at the University of Vermont.
ERSKINE READ MUSIC FIRST; LOVES LITERATURE BEST
By Martha Hibbs Poetry of no temperature isn’t any good. Well, I’m Scotch, don’t you know, and have a great tendency to laugh at things. A poet must express his feelings in what he writes, but I do not like to be so definite as to tell the whole world just exactly what my reactions are, rather it is my delight to imply them.” And therein hangs the tale of the “why and how” of Mr. John Erskine’s writing.
Tracing the changes that have occurred in the theme and style of his work since the publication of his first books, Mr. Erskine stated that his efforts, beginning at the age of 15 (and incidentally, he has written something every day since then) were first realized in such books as “Helen of Troy” and “Penelope’s Husband.”
His desire to present the Greek classics and mythological characters in modern dress and language, or in the author’s own words, “in plain English,” was supplemented by the
departure from this theme in such essays as “The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent.”
But the real transition started with his story of Francois Villon and was completed with the publication of “The Start of the Road,” the story of the life of Walt Whitman.
Retaining this interest in real people, historical and contemporary, Mr. Erskine is now writing a novel based on the life of Patrick Henry before the American Revolution, centering around the most important of that patriot’s orations. The book will be published next fall.
However, romantic literature has not entirely lost John Erskine, for he is writing the stories appearing currently with the paintings of the French artist, DuLac, in the American Weekly supplement of the Hearst newspapers.
Not to be eclipsed by his literary fame, Mr. Erskine’s ability and love for music reveals an entirely different phase of his personality. Although he can quite distinctly remember
when he could first read “words,” he cannot remember the time when he couldn’t read a score of music at a glance.
He studied with Edward MacDow-ell, the great Scotch composer, at Columbia University. He had intended to go abroad to study with the great masters, but when the time came for him to make his decision between literature and music, he decided that the former was more important to him. However, he did not neglect the other, and has gnined much acclamation as a concert pianist.
Mr. Erskine also lectured here last year and at that time heard the University Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal, later consenting to be guest artist for a concert this season. He regrets very much that injuries received in an automobile accident since then have prevented him from appearing with the orchestra, which he says “is a remarkable organization that should always be a tribute to the memory of Dr. Volpe.”