Miami Hurricane, January 09, 1947

              New Housing To Be Ready By Fall Term
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U of M to Start Construe lion On Five Million FHA Projeet
VET APTS. TO BE RETAINED Have no fear, 20th st. apartment dwellers! You will not be required to relinquish your happy barracks home for one of die University's new units unless you want to.
Apartments at the 20th st. base will be retained by the school as Ion« as they are needed, according to President Bowman F. Ashe. When housing units on the Main Campus are completed, 20th st. families will be given first chance at the new apartments.
Charities Drive BeginsMonday
Monday will mark the start of Student associations’ $2,500 Campus Charity Chest drive, Chairman Ann Childress announced this week. Originally scheduled to have begun Monday of this week, the annual drive was postponed until news of final plans could be printed in the Hurricane for student information. The campaign will last until next Saturday.
The booth beside the book store on the new campus will be the central collection point, and will be manned from 8 am. to 4 pm. Monday through Friday, and from 8 am. to 12 noon Saturday by volunteers representing sorority and fraternity and independent groups on campus.
Students contributing $1 at the booth will be given envelopes on which they can designate which benefiting organization the money is to be given. Volunteers will also solicit donations before classes in the classrooms.
Money collected in the six-dav drive will be divided among five charitable agencies, the Red Cross, Community Chest, Jewish Federation, Cancer and Infantile Paralysis foundations.
Four committee members are assisting Miss Childress in working out the drive. They are Charlie Franklin, Bob Gideon, Elsie Gray, and Charlie Brown.
Ibis Pictures Are Non Heady
Proofs are now ready for those students who had their pictures taken before the Christmas holidays. These students may look at their proofs from 8:30 am. to 5:30 pm. Saturday at Elder’s, 133 Al-meria. Coral Gables.
THIS ARCHITECT’S DRAWING shows a section of the housing development to be built on the campus. These are typical two and three story apartment buildings illustrating the extensive use of windows and the wide projecting concrete awnings. Planned landscaping will surround the structures.
AXC On Campus; Wilt Expand
The American Veterans committee, first national veterans organization to appear at the University, received its charter last week at the South Campus. A special committee headed by Paul Tulis is conducting a membership drive to expand the constituency and thus branch out into chapters, meeting at the Main Campus and the barracks at 20th st.
Instrumental in laying the groundwork for obtaining this charter for the University were Norman Solomon, Joe Ferris, Robert Mallet, Herb Schrider, Al Herman, and Stan Callet.
A constitution for the newly chartered organization is in the process of being ratified.
The present chapter will meet every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in the B.O.Q. lounge of the South Campus.
Library Moves Reserve Room
The reserve room of the library has been moved from the North Campus to the Main Campus and is located in building 104. Reserve books for all courses except drama are available only from the Main Campus Books for assigned reading in drama will be borrowed at the loan desk in the reference room, North Campus. Collateral reading books for orientation courses are available on both campuses.
The hours the reserve room will be open are as follows:
Monday through Thursday;
8:15 a.m -5:00 p.m.; 6:30-9:30 pm. Friday;
Pre-3ied Student» To Take Test»
Pre-medical students of the University may take the professional aptitude test of the Association of American Medical Colleges tomorrow from 9 a m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4 pm. in room 261, North Campus.
The test, designed to show the nature and extent of the candidate’s actual equipment in ability and knowledge in comparison with other candidates for the study of medicine, consists of tests on verbal ability (vocabulary and comprehension), quantitative ability, and premedical science achievement.
Students are asked to appear at the testing room by 8:45 a.m. Fee for the test is five dollars.
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1946: a bunk in an old Am
racks, a hotel room, space men’s dorm . . .
1947: apartments. 589 of each with living room, k bath. one. two. or three bod and many with a study and ing room.
Recent disclosure of 'he t >, housing development ¡eve» « the project is being urulerta furnish permanent quarters I large male student body, wi present is housed wherever ers can be found The map. the apartments will be occur single men.
New Plans Far I Style
Explaining that the | definite departure from mary college dormitor ment. University Preside F Ashe said that burl begin as soon as ma available . and that it many units will be rei cupancy by the next fai When work is com| dents will have quarter: the Main Campus in whi Ashe termed as “a ment in the growth of the sity ” Included in the build are a community center * teria, slop-shop, dance pi other facilities that tend this project one of the fin« country
Apartments to Overtool
Site for the 29 apartment buildings is on the Mam Campus fronting the lake, which is now under construction. The structures are to be two and three stories and combine many of the moat modern architectural designs Supervising architect, Robert Law Weed, said the buildings are especially designed for this climate with each apartment having cross-ven’: lation. the front of each building enclosed by windows and large overhanging eaves, allowing windows to remain open even during heavy rains.
Incorporating as many time and labor-saving ideas as possible, tr.e plans call for closets, drawers, and shelves to be mass-produced as storage-wall units in factories and shipped ready for installation in the buildings where the sections will form the partitions between the rooms. Kitchens and bathrooms in each apartment house will be lined up along side so that a single row of plumbing will serve them all Each apartment will be com pletely furnished, kitchens will have stoves and refrigerators, according to Dr Ashe, who declared that he felt students would enjoy being able to whip up a bedtime snack whenever they want to. He (Continued on Page 8)
Subject Changes Are To Be Scheduled February Fourth
Students pie-registering may not request tiny changes in courses until Feb. 4, except to drop all subjects, K Malcolm Beal, registrar, has announced. A student dropping all subjects at any time must see his academic dean first, then the dean of women or the dean of men, the Veterans admissions office, the V. A. training officer (if student is a veteran), the registrar, and the business office.
On Feb. 4. changes requested will be approved only in cases of extreme hardship to the student. There will be a charge of two dollars for each change of course slip issued.
Application for Course Change Necessary
To make application for a change in course, each student is required to obtain the proper form in the office of the registrar, room 200, North Campus, and to submit application in writing, together with all reasons and evidence called for on the form. This form the is
submitted to the office of the dean of the student’s school of study. Notice will be posted or sent to each student regarding the action taken by the dean on a request for change of course.
Students must not attempt to see the deans about their requests. They will be notified for consultation.
Each student claiming need for a change in any course because of a job, must submit a written statement of the necessity for change to meet working hours. This statement must be written and signed by the employer, and must be attached to the form requesting a course change. No requests will be acknowledged without the accompanying letter.
Students who have made re-queits for course changes should continue to attend the former classes until approval for change la given; otherwise, excessive absences may be charged against them.
8:15 a.m.-5:00 p m.
Saturday;
8:15-12:0« Noon.
Reserve books borrowed for overnight use may be checked out at 2:30 p.m. and are due the following morning at 9:30 a.m. Books withdrawn for overnight study must be returned only to the desk from which borrowed. Weekend loans begin at 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, with the books being due at 9:30 a.m, Monday. Single copies of reserve books may not be withdrawn until noon Saturday for weekend
Another change which should be noted by students and faculty is that the reference desk is now located in the reference room just to the right of the loan desk. Mrs. Isabella Klingler, assistant librarian, will be on duty at the reference desk to assist students with their reference work and questions. This is the first year the University library has been able to assign a trained stall member to full-time reference work, and so all students are urged to bring any questions on which they wish information to the reference desk.
University Announces 99 Are Ready For Graduation
A tentative list of prospective candidates for graduation Jan. 30 has been released by K. Malcolm Beal, registrar.
Eligible thus far for the degree of Master of Education are: Isabel Becker, William McClaflin, Jean Mechlouitz, Raymond Miller, and Charles Schwartz.
AB Candidates Listed Bachelor of Arts degrees are to be prepared for Julian Aberman, Albert Barouh, Marian Cohen, Thelma Cohen, James Coker, Harry Day, Dorothy Edelson. Marie Flau-man, Estelle Fliegler, Patricia Grubb, Edwin Hickman, Jr., Ralph Hodges, Jr, and Bette Kowalchuk Also to receive A3, degrees are. Helen Limlich, Marjorie Locke, Joseph Malek. Sally Minton, S. Donald Moore, Pablo Pons. Elizabeth Ray, Ray Rosenblum. Edith Shier, Bronislav Sinkus. Dorathea Skinner, Elroy Tm Jr, Lowell Veach, Theodore Wayne, and Ros-lyn Worth.
B.S.. B.M. Degrees to Be Awarded
Bachelor of Science diplomas will be given to Haglop Alexanian, Frederick M. Bayer, Caroline Hunter, Charles Metcalf, and Charlotte Stamm.
Gladys Ditsler and Doris Richard are candidates for degree of Bachelor of Music
Candidates for the Bachelor of Law degree are: Douglas Batchelor. John Connelly. David Trau. and Thomas Wills.
35 To Receive B B-A. Degrees
Graduates to be awarded Bachelor of Business Administration diplomas are Charles Ackerman Jr, Rowland Bayles, Orville Boggs Stanley Brown, Ruth Cary, William Cook. Charles Corbin, Victor Eber Charles Ellison, Mary Evans, and Frederick Faas
Also Edward Feinstein. Charles Franklin. Richard Gerstein, Jam -Hadler, Katherine Hoffman, Car: Hornick. James Kalleen. Robert Kostick, Donald Kuhl. Henry Kuns William Landrum. John Lindsey (Continued on Page 7)