Miami Hurricane, October 09, 1941

              Hurricane
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI *»•»
Volume XV
Number 3
Coral Gables, Florida. October 9, 1941
Senate Debates Issues But Still Lacks Quorum lor Vote
Student senators were forced to confine themselves to rehashing verbally a variety of problems Tuesday morning because not enough members reported to constitute a quorum at the meeting. No official action could be taken. Unable to vote, the senators unofficially agreed to accept the recommendation of the publications board for Jean
"Small as editor of the 1942 Ibis.
President Sets Election Date To Fill Holes
First elections of the year will be held Tuesday, October 21 for the offices left vacant by resignation or failure of students to return to school, announces Don Chadderdon, president of the student body.
Officers to be elected will include the junior president, vice-president, and secretary ; and sophomore president. Four positions as associate justices of the Honor Court are also open. Keith Phillips, Ann Bigger, and Virginia Veach, junior executives, failed to return to school, as did Arnold Kaye, Lee Strickland, Dick Tucker, and Art Tracy, associate justices. Jim Kalleen resigned the sophomore presidency.
Junior elections will be held at 11:00, room 218. Sophomores will meet in room 329 at the same hour. Voting will be supervised by the Chief Justice and the two remaining associate justices.
The new associate justices will be selected by secret ballot from 8:00 to 3:00 in the student sen-
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Before school opened the administration appropriated money for 200 additonal copies of the Hurricane for cadets. Not having been informed on the matter, the senators discussed the question, concluding that the administration, rather than the senate, should bear the extra expense.
Since the $1000 intramural appropriation, made last year, has not been used and cannot be used until the city of Coral Gables approves the proposed field, President Don Chadderdon suggested
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Hurricanes Entrain for Tampa and Spartan Tilt
A rampaging University of Miami Hurricane, fresh from a whirlwind conquest of little Elon College, will roar at Phillip» Field in Tampa Friday night against an ancient and respected foe, the Spartans ol Tampa University. The game is Miami’s only out-c f-town conquest, and more than five hundred students
and Miamians will go upstate on
Downes Leaves To Direct Sports At Naval Base
Because all officers in the naval reserve have been called to active duty during the present emergency, Robert E. Downes, instructor in economics at the University and a lieutenant in the reserve, will leave Saturday to act as director of athletics at Key West Naval Base.
Downes’ classes will be divided between Ewing P. Shahan and Joseph Young. He has been granted an indefinite leave of absence to take charge of activities at the $3,000,000 Key West plant.
Instituting a twofold program of mass athletics for all sailors at the base and of competitive schedules, Downes also hopes to arrange for boxing and basketball competitions between his teams and Miami’s players.
A University of Miami alumnus, . Downes was granted his masters degree by Middleburg University in Vermont. He has been a member of Miami's faculty for four years.
Tentative Casts For One Acts Named at Tryouts
“Scrambled Eggs,” “Dance Team,” and “Heil, Mama” are the three student-written, acted, and directed one-act plays to be presented on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 21 and 22, under the supervision of Frederick H. Koch, Jr.
Tryouts were held yesterday by the student directors, taught by Mrs. Opal Euard Motter, and tentative casts were named. Elizabeth Stone will direct “Scrambled Eggs” by Dolores Staggers: Barbara Willock will direct “Dance Team” by Walter Fieldhouse; and Manny Roth will direct his own play, “Heil, Mama.”
A domestic comedy of maidstealing in Maryland, “Scrambled Eggs” has been tentatively cast with roles being read by Fred Hasty, as Mr. Hayes; Mary Ruth Hayes, as his wife; Beckie Jack-son, as Johnny May; and Frank Johnson as Erasmus. Other parts still to be filled are those of Judge
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Campus Calendar
Thursday, October 9 — 2:30 p.ra. Town and Gown, Granada Bldg. 7:30 p.m. Chemical Society, Social Hall.
7:30 p.m. Debate Council, Granada Bldg.
8:00 p.m. Lead and Ink, 642 Sevilla
Sunday, October 12 — 8:00 p.m.
Concert, Granada Building Monday, October 13—‘12:00 noon. Women’s Athletic Council, Social Hall
8:00 p.m. Concert, Granada Building
Tnseday, October 14—7:00 to 10 p.m. Alpha Kappa Psi, Social .Hall
a special excursion train.
The Spartan’s, primed to avenge the lopsided defeats of the last three years, have one of their best teams in many a season. With a new coach, Flucie Stewart, a new offensive, and several capable from football-less Stetson University, Tampa has rolled over Alabama State Teachers and South Georgia State Teachers, racking up a total of 70 points and yielding nary a marker. Against Florida last week, the Spartan eleven faced the Gators’ flashy first string most of the evening and were deliberately trampled, 46-6.
Much-publicized sparkplug of a Tampa backfield strengthened by such veterans as Beynon, Kaufman, Comparato, and Hatch, is Phil Straub, sophomore transfer from Stetson. Straub scored four touchdowns against the Georgia Teachers, and gave Tampa her lone tally against Florida on a 34-yard reverse.
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Malt Watt, whe will be one of Miami’s “white hopes” seeing plenty of action against Tampa tomorrow night, shown here stepping off1 20 yards on a tricky reverse.—Herald Cut
Hurricane Disappoints Prepared Populace
By Jean Small
Miami roped itself down and tied its loose ends together, Sunday.
The University gave us a holiday Monday. Children wailed and old people trembled. Miamians filled their bathtubs with water, their shelves with candles, their kitchens with stemo, pot their wives hotels, their their children in bought out the town’s supply firewater, and waited for a cane.
And waited . . .
They’re still waiting, beeai »ever came. Or if it did.
dents through Tampa en route to Phillips Field. The game will prob-
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Tampa Train Pulls Out Tomorrow; School Takes Full Holiday
Tomorrow morr,ing at 10:30 a special excursion train will leave the Miami Seaboard station on its way to Tampa for the first and only out-of-town game of the season. The train will arrive at Tampa at 4:30 p.m.. allowing ample time for the students to rest and dine before the game. Which starts at Phillips Field at 8 p.m. Friday night.
Friday, October JO was declared* a holiday for the Entire school by Dean Jay F. W. Pearson, Dean of Administration of the University.
Dr. Pearson explained that a full holiday was the onjy way that this trip could be sanctioned, “for there would be ino method to check as to whether the students who claimed excised cuts were actually at the game or basking at the beach.” i
Immediately before the game there will be a parade by the University Band and the Miami stu-
Snarks Open For Membership
Applications for membership will be considered by the Snarks Club, creative writers’ .organization, at its meeting on Wednesday, October 15, at the home of Margery Stark.
All applicants should submit samples of their work as creative writers in time to be considered at that meeting. The work may be given to Mrs. Natalie Grimes Lawrence, faculty sponsor, Ralph Nelson, “Oldest Living Snark,” Margery Snark, William Reich, Rosenoff, or Dorothy Levin.
Hurricane, Ibis Win High Ratings
The Miami Hurricane won All-American rating and the Ibis for 1941 won First Class in the annual surveys of school publications conducted by the Associated Collegiate Press and the National Scholastic Press Association, results of which were received here this week.
The Hurricane, edited by Claud Corrigan, scored 905 points of a possible 1000 to receive the highest rating awarded, along with six other publications in its enrollment group. The Ibis, Hedwig Ringblom, editor, scored 805 points of a possible 1000.
Scoring All-American rating for the third time in its fifteen-year existence, the Hurricane was especially commended, with a rating of excellent, for content and organization of ita news-stories, copyreading and proofreading, headlines, typography, make-up, printing, editorial columns, usually "mature and pertinent” the comment read, and the sports page, described as “one of the best pages in the paper.”
The Ibis coverage on activities was rated as excellent, as were the physical appearance, including printing and engraving, material quality, including cover, binding and paper, and financial status.
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DeVoe, Renuart Attend Convo
Attending a district conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 9, 10, and 11, will be Raymond Renuart and Milton Devoe, charter members of the local chapter of Alpha Kappa PsL
Beta Pi chapter of the national commerce fraternity is the “baby chapter” having just received its charter last year.
An assembly for business administration students is being planned by the local unit to announce new pledges and introduce a guest speaker.