Miami Hurricane, March 14, 1940

              Enoch Light’s Band To Play Junior Prom
First “Big Name” Band In History; Prom On April 12
The dream of every Junior class for thirteen years comes true next month, when Enoch Light and his nationally-known orchestra will play at the 13th Annual Junior Prom, to be held at the Country Club of Coral Gables on Friday evening, April 12.
First “big-name” band in history to play at a University of Miami dance, Enoch Light will bring his “Light Brigade,” top-ranking swing sextet, the Dream Weavers, Ocarana Trio, and a band filled with entertaining talent to play at the Prom— biggest social event of the school year.
Other featured members include vocalist Peggy Mann, dynamic mistress of blues; George Hines, guitarist and romantic singer; and Smith Howard, drummer, singer, and comedian.
“Light'» On"
Direct from the Hotel Taft in New York City, where he was featured four times weekly for 20 months over Columbia and Mutual networks, "Putting on Airs—For You,” Light at present is playing southern college dances and proms, climaxing his tour by appearing here on April 12.
Final arrangements for the annual affair are being completed this week by the committee, Humes Lasher, Prom Chairman, announced today. “We know that Enoch Light will not only make this year’s Prom the largest and best one yet, but believe that
PROM COMMITTEE MEETS
Charlie Franklin, cla»» president, haa called a meeting of the Junior Prom Committee for next Tueaday morning, March 19, at 10:30 in the Social Hall. All member» of the Committee are aaked to be preaent at that time.
it will be an impetus for other classes that follow to secure name bands for University dances,” he added.
Senior» Gueata of Honor
Under the leadership of the band committee, Charlie Franklin, class president, and Lasher, and made possible by a Student Senate loan last week, the 1940 Prom was approved by the Organizations Finance Committee yesterday.
Given each year in honor of all graduating seniors, who will again be guests of the Juniors this year, the Prom will also include new decorations, features, and surprises. Tickets are priced at three dollars a couple or two dollars a person.
Judges Can Sleep For Another Week; Contest Undecided
As a result of the Campus Queen Contest announcement of last week’s Hurricane, piles of paper have appeared in the Hurricane office. They were brought up from the book store, where the pictures of candidates were required to be filed.
“Ahhh,” thought the Hurricane staff judges, carefully throwing away a few sheets of propaganda for the contest disseminated by Paramount Pictures, “Now we will decide who is the prettiest girl in school.”
Publicity Read
The judges were surprised by the amount of publicity sent out by the movie company which is planning to take the “All-American College Queen” to Hollywood. They familiarized themselves with the details of the competition, making a note that when they finished reading over the news-sheets and removed a few miscellaneous papers, they could send their picture to New York, where a group of prominent artists are to choose the 48 state queens.
Who’» the Winner?
Then the Miami girl, whose picture they had yet to select, would be entered in the Radio and Movie Guide magazine division of the contest, where the readers would select from the state winners the 12 who would attend the premiere of “Those Were the Days” in Galesburg, Ilinois. After throwing away a few posters and some of last weeks copy which had been mixed up in the pile, the judges got down to business.
Next, Sad Newa
Then the sad fact was discovered: there wasn’t any business. To date no entries have been received in the Campus Queen contest. The judges are sitting around looking sadly at one another. The post office is patiently waiting for those beautiful pictures to come dribbling through. P.S. The contest will be kept open one more week.
ART EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY
An exhibition of the work of University art students is on display this week on the 6th floor of Burdines. The exhibition will continue through Saturday.
Paintings consist of oils, water colors, and etchings. The group includes first and second prize winning pictures of Naomi Anderson and Julia Arthur, which were awarded by the Four Arts Club of Palm Beach, as well as that of John Magley who received honorable mention in the contest.
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lûmes Lasher, Junior Prom Chairman
Collegian Majority Prefer Cigarettes; Over 50% Smokers
By Joe Belden, Editor
Sindtnt Opinion Surrcyi of America
Austin, Texas, March 14—As a group, college students are giving the tobacco growers a good business, for well over half of them report that they are smokers. Less than a third, however, smoke habitually, and half of the women who attend the nation’s colleges and universities say they never indulge in cigarettes.
Sending out its scores of interviewers to talk to students of all types, the Student Opinion Surveys of America, with the Hurricane cooperating, has compiled statistics that show the tobacco habits of collegians.
“What is your favorite brand of cigarette?” a scientific cross section of the colleges was asked. And this is what they answered:
Lucky Strike .............. 12.1%
Camel	10.4
Phillip Morris	8.0
Chesterfield	6.9
Old Gold	2.9
Pall Mall	2.3
All others	2.9
No particular choice	9.8
Smoke pipe, cigars only	3.4
Don’t smoke	41.3
Both men and women in greater percentages prefer Luckies over any other brand (14.1 men, 8.8 women.) But the girls placed Phillip Morris second with 7.6 per cent, 7.1 per cent selecting Camels. The preferences of men run in exactly the same order as those for all students above.
Any caricature of the typical college woman as a habitual smoker appears to be erroneous, for only 21.6 per cent declare that they smoke regularly. Men use cigarettes, pipes, and cigars out of habit to quite a larger extent than the co-eds, 34.3 per cent, or over a third. The complete tabulations follow, statistically representing the entire U.S. college and university enrollment:
Smoke regularly
Men Women	Both
34.3% 21.6%	29.5%
Smoke sometimes
30.0	28.0	29.2
Never smoke 35.7	50.0	41.3
Interesting differences in cigarette preferences were noticed in looking over the U.S. map—perhaps due to the influence of advertising in different sections. More students in the West Central, Southern, and Far Western states say Luckies are their choice. But as one goes North and East one finds Camels forging ahead as the favorite of the largest number In these sections. Phillip Morris, third nationally, showed its greatest strength in the West.
No interviewer detected any apparent desire to conceal information about smoking.
The Miami
Hurricane
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Volume XIII
Coral Gables, Florida, March 14, 1940
Number 22
Election Set For April 2 By Fordham
Deadline For Petitions Is March 27; No Candidates Have Announced As Yet
With student government elections set for Monday, April 2, almost a month earlier than last year, campus politics is expected to jump to a new high next week.
Student candidates are busy erecting their platforms and campus political big-wigs are dusting off their soap boxes and stocking up in cigars, but as yet no petitions have appeared on the scene. Deadline for all petitions has been listed for Wednesday, March 27, by Ray Fordham, president of the student body.
Article IV of the Constitution, which was revised last year, regarding elections, reads:
Candidacy Announced Section I—Each candidate for an office elected by the Student Association must be announced at least one week before election day by the filing
STRAW POLL NEXT WEEK
The Hurricane will conduct an unofficial pre-election poll thia week, after petition» have atarted circulating, thua giving atudenta a representative idea of the political pulae of the Univeraity two week» before elections.
of a petition with the Secretary of the Student Association in accordance with Article V, Section 6 (d), the candidate’s written consent.
Section I (a)—In case a signature appears on two or more petitions of different candidates for the same office, the signature shall be stricken from all petitions.
Section II—The President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and the members of the Honor Court shall be elected annually by a majority vote of the members of the Student Association voting. This election shall be held the month of April. Inauguration shall be in May.
Straw Vote Taken In an unofficial pre-election straw poll conducted this week by the Hurricane, one hundred students were asked the question, “Who would you like to see elected President of the Student Body this year?”
Of the hundred queried, 54 were indifferent or “didn’t know” at this point of the campaign. The remaining 46 votes were divided between Art Tracey, Charlie Franklin, Lloyd Whyte, Tommy Hilbish, and Humes Lasher.
However, this indifferent attitude on the part of the students will probably be removed this week, when a dozen petitions for various offices are expected to start circulating around the campus.
Summer Sessions To Begin On June 10
Summer school sessions for the University of Miami will start on June 10, and will continue through August 3.
Dr. Clarke Olney, who will direct the sessions, has mapped out courses in 75 subjects. The bulletin will be available tomorrow, and registration for courses will be opened on the Friday and Saturday after the regular session for this semester closes, June 7 and 8.
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Pictured above are three of the smiling candidates for Kampus King and Kappa Sig Sweetheart— Lorraine Thompson, KKG, Vinnie McCormick, Lambda Chi, and Patty Holleran, ZTA.
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Kappa Sigs Throw 8th Kaper Friday
Debaters Meet Two Opponents This Weekend
Two major varsity debates are scheduled for this weekend. Both tomorrow night’s battle with St. Petersburg Junior College and Monday’s double debate with Rollins will be held in the assembly room of the Social Hall with Jack Madigan, varsity debate manager, presiding.
Taking the negative on the question against Saint Petersburg will be Irving Lebowitz and Jerome Weinkle.
Monday’s double session will have Ben Axelroad, Jr. and Claud Corrigan on the affirmative, and the same Miami speakers for the negative. Actually two debates will be presented that evening with each college using both a negative and affirmative team.
The public is invited to both debates, which will begin promptly at 8:15. Judges for the debates will be selected tomorrow.
English Honor Club Quizzes Professors
Students will turn the tables on the professors at the meeting of the English Honors Society on Thursday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in the card room of the Administration Building.
To see whether the professors know their ifs, ands, or buts, Jo Carol Weinstein will quiz the English faculty with the test, “So you think you know literature.” Prizes will be awarded to the winning and losing professors.
The student body is invited to attend the meeting.
Congressman DiesjSays Communism Rampant in Northern Colleges
By Randy Mebane “The trouble with economics teachers in college today is that while they criticize the American government, they do not supplement it with its good points.” That is the statement made yesterday by Martin Dies, head of the Congress Committee for In-vestigatoin of Un-American Activities.
“Our philosophy of government is so different and far superior to any other that exists in the world today we should be proud to see it working so well, and yet see the citizens remain as individuals,” he added.
Representative Dies explained that Hitler was a direct student of Karl Marx, who was the instigator of all of the present day “isms,” and now the Nazi regime in Germany is a direct outgrowth of Bolshevism, forcing the citizens to be de-individual-ized.
When asked if the Northern colleges were a hotbed of radical ideas in comparison with southern ones, his answer was a definite affirmative, although he excepted the University of North Carolina.
Senator Dies pointed out that The American Youth Congress and The American Student Union are groups
THOUGHTS AFTER INTERVIEWING SENATOR DIES Curb tha radical Ileal All America criea.
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with the making of radical ideas. He stated that while he or his committee might not be able to point to any of these members and say, “There is a communist,” they would be able to say, with a great deal of foundation to the statement that the leader of the organization is a communist. Mr. Dies said that he has suspected these groups of radical ideas for a long time, but was unable to show them up, until they met in Washington and were observed by investigators. It was proved at that time that the leaders of these groups were people of radical opinions.
A College Student'» Duty
The Congressman advised that it is the duty of every college student to expose any teacher in the college who harbors Communist thoughts. “There is a difference between a teacher informing a pupil on radical thuoghts, and his encouraging its basic elements in the mind of the student.
Dies concluded the interview with this thought, “it is to the advantage of the student to overthrow radicalism in its least form, as in a few years the responsibility of citizenship will rest upon the shoulders of the present college-student.
Miami Biltmore Is Scene Of Dance; 17 Vie For King, Sweetheart Titles
Just one more day and a few more hours until the questions of the week are solved: Who will be Kampus King? Who will be Kappa Sig Sweetheart?
Both will be crowned tomorrow night, as the feature of Kappa Sigma’s eighth annual Kampus King Kapers. The fraternity members are exclusive voters on the winner of the girl’s title, but the Kampus King will be elected by all students who attend the dance.
Scholarship To Be Awarded
To be staged at the Miami Biltmore to the music of Hem Olson’s orchestra, the dance begins at ten o’clock. Admission price of $2.00 a couple or $1.25 stag, will be added to the Lou Chesna memorial scholarship fund.
The scholarship, established in memory of the great Miami fullback who died two years ago, is awarded annually to the outstanding high school athlete of Miami, as judged by Coach Harding, Jack Bell and Everett Clay. Winner of this year's scholarship will be announced during the evening.
Kampus King Kandidatea
Vieing for the Kampus King crown, won last year by Ray Fordham, are Chick O’Domski, Pi Chi; Duke Boyle, Phi Alpha; Tommy Hilbish, Phi Mu Alpha; Vinnie McCormick, Lambda Chi Alpha; Marvin Goldman, Phi Epsilon Pi; and Hal Leviton, Tau Epsilon Phi. The King will be crowned at midnight by the Kappa Sig Sweetheart.
Candidates for Kappa Sig sweetheart are Martha Dorn, Betty Mae Serpas and Patty Hollarn, Zeta Tau Alpha; Helene Putnam, and June Burr, Alpha Theta; Justine Rainey and Lorraine Thompson, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Mollie Conner, Dorothy Stewart, and Sara Brinson, Chi Omega; and Mary Alice Kirton, Independent. The winner will be presented by Charlotte Meggs, last year’s Kappa Sig (then Pi Delt) Girl.
Conductor’s Illness Postpones Concert
Originally scheduled for March 11, the band concert has been postponed until Monday, April 8, because of the illness of Carl Ruggles.
Ruggles, one of the most significant contemporary composers, and a member of the University faculty, was to have conducted the band, and Arturo de Fillipe, eminent tenor and an instructor here, was to have been soloist.
The concert under the direction of Walter Sheaffer, which was scheduled for April 8, has been changed to a later date.
INSTITUTE GRADES READY
Grades for the Winter Institute of Literature will be posted next Wednesday, March 20, according to an announcement made today by Lewis Leary. Evening and afternoon grades will be posted together.
Kyser Declares Walker Winner As 200 Cheer
Alma Jane,Walker walked away with top honors and thirty-five dollars in cash last night when she won first prize at the national broadcast of Kay Kyser’s program honoring the University of Miami, which 200 stu dents had won the right to attend by sending in questions for use on “The College of Musical Knowledge,” the quiz portion of the show.
Looking striking in a blue silk robe and mortarboard ornamented in yellow, Professor Kyser, who also leads the orchestra, awarded the second prize to John Galbraith who competed unsuccessfully with the winner in the final round, receiving twenty dollars for his efforts.
For the first time in the history of the program the audience and con testants were chosen by a competitive system. Virtually all of the University students who submitted questions to the program were admitted to the Grove Theatre to hear the broadcast. The contest was limited to University of Miami students. Writers of the best entries were chosen to appear on the program.
Betty Goff for the co-eds and Robert Anthony for the men were chosen as having sent in the best questions and were heard first in their respective preliminaries. Betty Roth and Alma were chosen by lot from a tied group of runner-ups in the question part of the contest. The other two members of the group were Connie Caravasios and Virginia Veach. The same procedure in the men’s division produced Alfred Holt as well as John Galbraith, finalist. The two others who tied with Galbraith and Holt but were counted out by the drawing were Bunny Lovett and Robert Thomas.
Players Will Ofler Shaw’s ’Pygmalion’
Play Will Go On Boards Tomorrow, Saturday In Cardboard Theatre
To change a gutter-snipe to a princess — merely remove all crudeness from her voice. At least that’s the theory which George Bernard Shaw’s hero tries to prove in “Pygmalion,” which is the production to be offered by the University Players tomorrow and Saturday nights at 8:30 in the Cardboard Theatre. Activity books will be honored both nights.
The heroine on whom the experiment is made will be played by Grace Berg on Friday night and by Jean Arnold Small on Saturday. As her tutor and guide to the ways of polite society, Professor Higgins, George Dawkins is cast. His associate in the experiment will be Meade Stockdell as Colonel Pickering.
Complicating the process of developing a perfect lady is the lad who finds himself in love with her, Freddie Eynesford-Smith, as played by Lloyd Symansky. Freddie’s whole family appears in the play, including Winona Wehle as his mother, and Shirley Haines as his sister Clara. Professor Higgins’ mother is also an important influence on Eliza’s metamorphosis. Mary Alice Kirton will have that role.
Not exactly in the family is Evelyn Ausländer as Mrs. Pierce, Higgins’ housekeeper. But Doolittle, the conscienceless Cockney, as played by Maxwell Marvin, is the father of the heroine. Jean Williams will be the parlormaid and the crowd in the rain in the first act will be composed of Edith Rosencrans, Jack Bowers, and Elton Rosenblatt.
1940 Ibis Contains New Feature Section
Containing more pages and pictures than ever before, the 1940 Ibis will appear on campus during the first part of May, John C. Hopkins, editor-in-chief, announced this week.
New features—including an eight-page pictorial section of the University and a separate feature section among others—will be found in this year’s annual. With advertising coming in good, all indications point to one of the best yearbooks in history.
Any Junior, Senior, sorority, fraternity, or M-Club members may still have their pictures made at the Tooley-Myron Studios, located in the Ingraham Buliding, in Miami. Group shots of campus organizations will be published in the Hurricane next week.
With copy coming in rather slow and small attendance at staff meetings, Hopkins has asked that all members attend the next meeting, to be held at 3:30 next Monday afternoon in the Ibis Office.
German Club Sings; Tells Anecdotes
Singing of favorite German songs, n talk on German postage stamps, a crossword puzzle in German, and an informal program of anecdotes marked the second meeting of the Deutches Verein.
Members of the German club worked out the puzzle, and sang such songs as “Two Hearts Beat in Three-Quarter Time” and “The Lorelei.” Dr. Reinhold Wolff and Sidney Head entertained the club with German anecdotes.
Hurricane. Bund Support Grade Allen; Legs To Support Her Political Platlorm
Spring is indeed coming fast upon us, for University students are dabbling in politics. Not local stuff, but big national politics.
Last week the Hurricane took up the cry “Gracie Allen for President" and sent a telegram to the little lady announcing the fact. David Elsasser, Dictator of the Gracie-Allen-for-Pres-ident-Bund, sent a day letter offering the support of the ineligible voters of the University. Both the Hurricane and Elsasser retired to wait for answers.
Surpriae Party Candidate
Elsasser received the first reply, to wit: “There’s nothing I’d like to do more than address the surprising number of surprise party members but at this very moment I am leaving for Washington, D.C. If they let my uncle pilot the plane I’ll most likely pass through your place enroute. Meanwhile can you use George? Can anybody use George? Keep voting.”
The next day Franklin got a telegram. Gracie wrote: “Somebody
better support me before I fall. Honest, this campaign has me dizzy or something has. Will send you my platform by American Express Company but be careful of the legs. Keep Hurricaning and send me a copy in exchange for George.” Meets a Hitch
With this verbal encouragement the membership of the Bund boomed. The only setback the club has encountered is dues in the form of twenty cents worth of cafeteria meal tickets. Only through his persistent perseverance and powerful personality was Dictator Elsasser able to exchange the meal tickets for five cents (promised, not paid.)
The Hurricane’s next move is to publish Gracie’s platform—if technical difficulties in printing the planks are not insurmountable. The Bund, ever active, is preparing to send Gracie some tricky fishing tackle and a postage stamp just to get her started in true presidential form.
Score now stands: Gracie owes the Bund a letter.