Miami Hurricane, November 24, 1944

              THE MIAMI
HURRICANE
Vol. XIX
Ashe Urges
Education
Centers
Educational centers of culture for the area of Dade county in the future were proposed by Dr. Bowman F. Ashe when he addressed members of the Teachers’ Chapter of the Miami Alumni association at a dinner given in their honor Wednesday night.
The University, Dr. Ashe said, would aid such a program and would serve as a vehicle for its planning.
After outlining the developments and tendencies in the educational field since 1900, Dr. Ashe emphasized the need for something new in public schools. He felt that Dade county in particular needed something which no present public school model could give it.
“Miami is a city which will almost certainly double and treble its size in the very near future,” he predicted and went further to say that the Dade County school system, if it is to meet the needs of the community, must be doubled and trebled accordingly.
Dr. Ashe quoted from recent investigation findings of a city planning committee which predicted that the future Miami will extend below Chapman field in the south, past Ojus, in the north, and to Sweetwater, in the west. The estimated population for 1963 as stated by the committee is 615,000.
The people who could devise an educatonal system suitable for this area, Dr. Ashe felt, are the teachers, principals, superintend dents and school board of Dade county.
“I think of the University as a vehicle for the things they want to do,” he continued.
Dr. Ashe suggested some of the features he thought these future educational centers should have. He felt that they should be the center of all community activity. Provisions should be made for (Continued on Page Four)
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Frosh Hold Primaries Final Vote Today
Votes cast by freshmen voters determined Monday the students who would compete in the finals of the class elections, Friday.
Receiving the highest number of votes cast for the office of freshmen president were Paul Skelton with 86 votes and Robert High with 75.
In the run-off for vice presi dent will be: Bob Harrell, Don Hassler, and Dick Rice.
Candidates for the office of secretary are: Annette Jones and Hope Tannenbaum.
Those to compete for treasurer will be Arthur Barron, Harold Winters and Eleanor McConnell.
Senatorial candidates are: Jim Lipscomb, Archie Gorden, John Udrey, Frank Howard, Leonard Silver, Buddy Steinbaum, James Matthews, and Gus Harrison.
Elections will be held Friday, in front of the theater.
Coral Gables, Florida, November 24, 1944
No. 3
ANE 1945 Orange Bowl Queen
Second U. Co-Ed To Reign As Queen Of Orange Bowl
Sparkling Vernell Bush, University freshman, has been selected as 1945 Orange Bowl Queen to reign over New Year’s Day festivities held annually in the stadium.
Thrilled over the offer, Vernell is a vivacious five foot seven inches and is 19 years old.
CAP Cadet Unit May Be Organized
Information concerning the or-fanizaztion of a Civil Air Patrol cadet unit at the University can be had by girls who are interested, in the office of the dean of women. Miss Mary B. Merritt.
Cadets are auxiliaries of the Civil Air Patrol. The CAP provides ground training for cadets.
A previous beauty winner, Mias Miami of 1944, Vernell placed sixth in the national contest held a) Atlantic City. Offers from Hollywood film and New York modeling firms were turned down by Vernell, who felt that going to school was more important. She will major in voice. Light opera songs are the type Vernell likes to sing best, but her love of all music is shown in her extensive collection of modern records —jive to boogie-woogie.
Vernell is a graduate of Miami Edison high school where for three years she was a cheerleader.
The nomination of Vernell was announced by President Van C. K ussrow of the Orange Bowl Committee. She is the second University student to receive the honor, Muriel Smith having reigned last year.
A native Miamiara, Vernell, whose name is a contraction of Vera and Nell, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bush, of 1032 N. W. 35th Street.
Vernell’s first reaction when she heard she had been nominated was one of surprise for she had not thought she would receive the nomination.
“Of course,” she says, “I was very happy, and think most any Miami girl would have -been, too. It’s a great honor.”
Although all of her duties as queen have not yet been told her, Vernell knows that she will welcome the football teams and appear between halves of the Orange Bowl Game.
She has been at the University only a few weeks, but Vernell already likes it very much and feels sure that she will like it more and more as she learns more about it.
Rev. Core Gives Lecture
The Rev. Harley R. Core, of Homestead, Fla. delivered a lecture on “The Ice Age in America”, Tuesday, before Dr. Mc-M aster’s class in the comparative study of religions.
MBS To Begin Lecture Series Tuesday
Opening the lecture series planned this year by Mu Beta Sigma, honorary biological society, Major Marshall Ruffin will speak Tuesday 12:45 p.m., room 132.
Major Ruffin, a psychiatrist, has been working for over a year at the Biltmore Army hospital. He was formerly an instructor in the School of Aviation Medicine.
Officers of the club and Dr. Julian D. Corrington will be hosts to Major Ruffin at lunch on Tuesday, in the San Sebastian.
Mu Beta Sigma pledges will meet with actives Saturday for an initiation banquet at the Barcelona restaurant, 7 p.m. Réservations may be made with Mark Brown or at the zoology department.
Scholarship Awards Won By Chi 0, Zeta
Awards to Chi Omega sorority and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority for scholarship achievements will be made at the next school assembly, Dean of Women Mary B. Merritt has announced.
Chi Omega will receive the Miami Panhellenic cup for maintaining the highest scholastic sorority average for the year 1943-44. Chi Omega will also receive the Alpha Epsilon Phi cup given to the fall pledge class making the highest group average.
Zeta Tau Alpha will receive the William C. Coffin trophy for improvement of the average made in 1943-44 over that of 1942-43.
Hurricanes Keyed For Auburn Game Tonight
Fresh from their first win of the year and keyed to give a good account of themselves against a heavily favored foe, the University of Miami Hurricanes meet a powerful and heavy Auburn team in the Orange Bowl tonight at 8:20.
The first of three grid giants to appear at the tail-end of the Hurricane schedule, Auburn has a starting line averaging 200 pounds and a backfield with
weight distributed in the right spots to make a 177 pound average.
Bulwark of the line is Center Tex Warrington. He is a senior co-captain with experience at William and Mary, from whence the Plainsmen coach, Carl Voyles, has come. Warrington is the defensive stronghold for the visitors and bolsters his inexperienced teammates. A freshman, Den-vard Snell, weighs in at 272 and starts at right tackle.
Offensive power in the secondary is mainly embodied in Curtis Kuykendall, 158-pound triple-threater from Mississippi. The much discussed wingback is a senior and co-captain with his center. He earned a letter in 1942 at Auburn. The Tigers did not play ball last year.
Kuykendall’s understudy, Billy Ball, is another offensive demon. Not in top playing condition most of the year, Ball has regained his form and will see plenty of action tonight. At 145 pounds, he is the fastest man on the squad.
With the addition of three men to the Hurricane roster and the conversion of two fullbacks to line positions, Coach Eddie Dunn can field a line which can match the visitors in brawn.
A1 Dockery, 200-pounder has been switched to guard and Steve Tish will get a chance at tackle. The new V-12 class has given Dunn a 185-pound tackle in Fred Chase of Plant City.
Two V-12 backs, 200-pound Glenn Barrington, full, and Bill Chance, 170-pound half, have joined the squad. All will probably be used tonight.
Dunn is counting on a good deal of trouble from the Tiger’s passing attack and the deception in their unusual formations. Auburn’s Voyles, who studied a| Oklahoma A & M, put William and Mary in the gridiron spotlight with his spectacular offensive system.
Auburn needs this game to maintain a .500 average on the season. The Plainsmen bowed to Georgia Tech, Tulane, Mississippi State, and Georgia. Wins were registered over Howard, Fort Ben-ning Fourth Infantry, and Presbyterian. The Plainsmen scored 57 points on Presbyterian, a team Miami beat by the score of 31-12 last week.
Sophs To Sponsor Informal Dance
An informal football dance will be sponsored by the sophomore class Saturday from 8:30 to midnight at the Coral Gables Women’s club. Admission is sixty cents stag or drag. “The dance is for the purpose of raising money for a sophomore hop to be given later in the trimester,” says class president, Walt Etling, who is also chairman of the affair. Buses will leave San Sebastian dormitory at 8:15 p.m. for those who desire transportation. The buses will also make a return trip after the dance.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rydman will be the chaperons.
Post Office Hours Changed
New post office hours to become effective Monday are 10:30 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Future Of
Hospital
Discussed
Conversations, between City Manager A. B. Curry and University heads, discussing the proposal that the Jackson Memorial hospital be turned over to the University for use as a medical center have been carried on this week following instructions of the Miami City commission.
Dr. Bowman F. Ashe, president, said Wednesday of the proposal, “I think it would be a good move if the details on it can be worked out, but it is too early to say whether they can or not.”
The proposal was first made at a meeting of the City commission last week. At the meeting Commissioner Fred W. Hosea proposed that the city-owned $2,000,000 institution be transferred to the University.
Because of provision early this year that the city be paid $150,000 a year for the care of charity patients, there is no reason for the city to continue the operation of a hospital for paying patients, Mr. Hosea said. State law requires that the city care for all charity cases.
“Experience has proven,” he said, concerning the pro-osal, “that university operation of hospitals raises the standard of ¡service all along the line and has always been far superior to municipal operation. Here the management, policy, and personnel is constantly changing. Miami is ideally located, strategically, for a great medical center and it will be ready for such expansion immediately after the war. This expansion should and no doubt will be the most important step ever taken by the University and will attract attention throughout both Americas.”
Possibilities of endowments would be much greater if the University should take over the hospital, Dr. Hart E. Van Riper feels. Dr. Van Riper is the medical director of the hospital.
“People are not inclined,” he said, “to leave money to a hospital which is owned by a city; in other words, leave their money to a city. But, through ‘old school ties' and the like, a good many people, I imagine, who would not leave money to a municipally-owned hospital probably would endow a hospital operated by a school with which they have had some connection, either directly or indirectly.”
Art Class Needs Models
Models are needed by the University art classes. Students who pose are paid $.75 to $1 per hour. They are needed for the painting class which meets every afternoon 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, and for the charcoal class, which meets at the same hours, Wednesday to Friday.
Those interested may receive further information in room 390 any afternoon.