Miami Hurricane, May 25, 1945

              THE MIAMI
HURRICANE
Vol. XIX
Coral  Gables,  Florida,  May  25, 1945
No. 26
Vocational Conference
For Women TaBeTuesday
The vocational information conference will be presented by the
Panhellenic council on Tuesday, May 29, from 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. The vocational guidance program is an annual project of
the council. Chairman of the committee for the program is Natalie
Frankel, and working with her are Joanne Fandrey, president of
Panhellenic, and Dean Mary B. Merritt, adviser to the council.
Vocational  opportunities jor  wo
men"-^ be discussed by Mrs. Elva
MacPherson, counselor, United States
Employment service, at the general
meeting for all University women
from 11:30 a.m. to noon.
Opportunities in various fields wUl
be discussed in group conferences
from noon to 1 p.m. Mrs. Catherine
Argo will act as consultant on a
discussion of opportunities in social
work in 235; Sophia Wilkes will
serve as chairman.
Advertising will be the subject
of the discussion led by Miss Virginia Griffin in 236A, and Dorothy
Jefferson will chairman this group.
For the conference in 237 on opportunities in civil service Miss
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King, Queen
To Reign Over
Dance
King and queen of Hillel will be
named tomorrow night at tlie semi-
formal dance to be given at the
Hillel house, 3306 Ponce de Leon
blvd., from 8:30 p.m.,  to  midnight.
Candidates for the title are Lorraine Walters and Jack Dein, Alpha
Epsilon Phi; Carol Kahn snd Rollie
Kohen, Phi Epsilon Pi; Connie Gar-
son and George Kanter, Delta Phi
Epsilon; and Lorraine Walters and
Leonard Silver, Tau Epsi'on Phi.
The king and queen will be chosen
by popular vote the night of the
dance. Admission is $2.40 per couple:
$1.20 for servicemen.
A seven piece orchestra will provide music for dancing. Muriel
Beeres is chairman of the dance.
Jack Feinstein is in charge of invitations and publicity, Jayne Berman, refreshments, and Bill
Schwarzman, decorations.
All religious groups on campus
have been invited. Tickets may be
obtained from Muriel Beeres, Alec
Goldberg, Sue Zechman, and Leonard Silver.
Elections To
Fill Student
Posts Today
Primary elections for school officers are being held today from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the theater. A runoff election for president
"will be held Monday, May 28.
Candidates running for office are
for president, Mark Brown, Henry
Troetschel, and John Harlow, Independent party candidate; vice president, Alice Cook and Art Laskey,
Independent candidate; secretary,
Alba Mero and Carolyn Hunter, Independent candidate; treasurer, Catherine Shaddick and Alex Goldberg,
Independent candidate.
Political speeches were made by
the candidates in the assembly yesterday.
1945 Varsity Girl
Rinehimer New Head
Of Girls' Dormitory
Barbara Rinehimer, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, was elected president of the
San Sebastian dormitory by the
resident women students Monday
night. Other officers who were elected are Dorothy Jefferson, vice president; Rose Irwin, secretary; and
Judith Glasgall, treasurer. Dorothy
and Rose are members^ Chi Omega
sorority, and Judith, of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority.
Senior, junior, and sophomore
council representatives were elected Tuesday night by their respective classes. Rita Meersman, Kapp_
Kappa Gamma, and Phyllis Maguire,
Delta Zeta, were chosen senior representatives; Inaclaire Stem, Alpha
Epsilon Phi, and Connie Garson,
Delta Phi Epsilon pledge, junior
representatives; and Nanette Ver-
hoeff, Kappa Kappa Gamma pledge,
and Lila Gerson, Delta Phi Epsilon
pledge, sophomore representetivees.
Freshmen council members will be
elected  next  fall.
The new officers will bo installed
Monday night. Ending their terms of
office are Jerrie Roth, president; Arlene Greenwald, vice president;
Lorraine Walters, secretary; and Pat
Franzblau, treasurer.
Ida Armour
Chosen Queen
Of Poindanas
Queen of the Poinciana festival
will be Ida Mae Armour, Miss Mary
B. Merritt, dean of women^has announced. The festival will be held
at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 7, at
Bayfront   park.
Attendants to the queen will be
Lee Carpenter, Jane Mack, Louise
Maroon, Jerrie Roth, Adele Segal,
and Gwen Young.
The queen and her attendants,
who were selected by Miss Merritt,
are graduating seniors. Seven University of Miami senior girls are
chosen each year for the Poinciana
festival.
M Club Elects
Nan Verhoeff
Varsity Girl
Varsity girl for 1945-46 is Nanette
Verhoeff, Kappa Kappa Gamma
pledge, who was chosen by members
of the M club Monday night. Announcement of her election was
made at the M club dance last night
in the cafeteria.
M club officers who were elected
Monday night are Pug Pinckney,
president; Al Hudson, vice president;
and Vince Spinelli, secretary.
Twelve boys were initiated into
the M club Sunday night, reorganizing the club which has been inactive
for over a year. In addition to the
officers, those who were initiated
are Joe Bartemus, V-12, Gene Hancock, Bob Harrell, V-12, Ed Injayehock, Mark LeCompte, V-12, Bill
Levitt, Vic Mell, Tom Perrin, and
John Sobeck.
University Of Miami Host
To High School Seniors
The University of toami was host this week to senior boys
from Andrew Jackson, Miami Edison, Miami Beach, and Ponce
de Leon high schools. Seventy-eight Jackson and Ponce students
visited the University Tuesday, one hundred from Edison, Wednesday, and eighty from Miami Beach, today.
Visitors were welcomed by Roland Kohen. president of the
student body. Dr. Harold E. Briggs,'
Kapers Proceeds Go
To Expansion Fund
The proceeds from the Kampus
King Kapers, amounting to $150,
will be donated to the University of
Miami expansion fund, Kappa Sigma fraternity announced this week.
The money, in the form of war
bonds, will go toward the construction of a student union building.
The dance, which was held May
11, was an annual affair before the
war.
dean of the College of Liberal Arts,
spoke on the "Advantages of College
Training Today." Hugh Carrier talked on fraternities at the University,
and athletics at the University were
discussed by Coach Eddie Dunn.
The program was arranged by
Dean of Men Foster E. Alter in cooperation with the deans of boys
from ' Jackson, James Rice; Ponce
de Leon, Elmer Day; Edison, Fred
McCall; and Miami Beach, Arabelle
Reese. John Harlow was general
chairman for the affair, and members
of Alpha Phi Omega, Junior Hosts,
and Interfraternity council served
as hosts.
A tour of the campus, which was
supervised by Hyman Koch, included the theater, the chemistry
and biology laboratories, room H.
the reading clinic, the psychology
laboratory, the library, football
movies, cokes in the Slop shop,
Stohn dormitory, the law school,
and the San Sebastian lounge, where
Mr. Ralph Murray spoke on "Future
developments at the University."
Chi Omega sorority, Songfest win-
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Girls Will Ask Boys
To Freshman Flop
Girls will ask boys and boys will
ask girls to the Freshman Flop, a
dance which will be presented by
the freshman class at 8 p.m. Friday,
June 8, at the Coral Gables country
club.
Don Hassler and George Hironi-
mus, who are in charge of entertainment, announced that it will be
unique. "Be prepared for anything,"
they said. "The music for the dance
"will be revolting, but there probably won't be any room to dance
anyway," they added.
Price of admission is $1.00, stag or
drag. "It's not worth it," commented
Leee Starr, president of the freshman
class. He added, "All freshmen are
expected to come and all upperclassmen are dared to come."
Bond Committee
Salesmen To Meet
A meeting of fraternity and sorority representatives to the war bond
committee will be held Monday,
May 28, at 12:30 p.m.. in 222. Bond
blanks will be distributed at the
meeting. Each fraternity and sorority has been notified of its quota
which is based upon membership.
Representatives who cannot attend this meeting have been asked
to contact Elliott Wollman or Embry
Reibel.
Phi Eps To Present
Carnation Formal
The Carnation formal will be presented by Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity
on Friday, June 1, from 8:30 p.m.,
to. midnight at Coral Lake park.
Admission to the formal, named for
the fraternity flower, will be by
invitation only.
Melvyn Lee Starr, vice president,
is dance chairman and assisting him
with arrangements are Lawrence
Levine, Alec Goldberg, Louis Jacob-
son, and Melvin Michaels.
A banquet for all members and
their dates will be held at the San
Juan  restaurant  before  the  dance.
Downes Wins
Navy Cross
For Heroism
Lieut. Commander Robert B.
Downes, instructor in economics on
leave from the University, was
awarded the Navy Cross Monday
for devotion to duty while on the
aircraft   carrier  Franklin.
Mrs. Downees, who just returned
from visiting her husband in Brooklyn where the ship is being repaired,
gave an account of the battle.
"On March 19, when the planes on
the carrier were ready to take off
for a bombing mission on Japan, the
ship was hit with a 500 pound
bomb. Commander Downes, who is
a damage control officer, stayed at
his post with his men during the
entire battle."
Commander Downes received
burns from the explosion for which
he was awarded the Purple Heart
in May. Eleven other officers aboard
the carrier were awarded the Navy
Cross, the highest honor a naval
man may receive next to the Congressional  Medal  of Honor.
"The carrier," continued Mrs.
Downes, "was anchored off Okinawa,
but when the bomb hit the ship, the
engine exploded and the ship drifted
within 30 miles of the coast of
Japan."
Mrs. Downes saw the Franklin in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard when she
visited her husband.
"The carrier is now a twisted
piece of steel. It is difficult to see
how they managed to bring it back
in that condition."
Commander Downes will attend
damage control school in Philadelphia while he is waiting for his ship
to be repaired.
Pat Downes, the Commander's
daughter, is a freshman at the University. She is a member of Sigma
Kappa sorority.
Blinn Gerson
Top Carnival
Queen Vote
Sari Jane Blinn, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, and Lila Gerson, Delta Phi
Epsilon, were leading in the voting
for Chi Omega Carnival queen yesterday. Voting will end at 11 tonight
when the annual Chi Omega Carnival will be held at the Coral
Gables country club from 8 to 11:30.
Admission price is $.55 a couple.
Other candidates for the title are
Elsie Gray, nominated by Delta
Zeta; Sari Jane Blinn, Sigma Chi;
Rita Meersman, Alpha Phi Omega
and Kappa Kappa Gamma; Carol
Kahn, Phi Epsilon Pi; Iris Postle-
waite, Pi Kappa Alpha; Rose Hennington, Zeta Tau Alpha and
Lambda Chi Alpha; Rose Brandenburg, Sigma Kappa; Kitty Lou Hoffman, Sigma Kappa; lila Gerson,
Delta Phi Epsilon; Gloria Kronowitt,
Alpha Epsilon Phi; Lorraine Walters, Tau Epsilon Phi; and Vernell
Bush, independents. Any person
who wishes to nominate a candidate may do so by contacting Martha Nell Pugh, Carnival* chairman.
Members of Chi Omega are not
eligible.
The winner of the queen contest,
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Lynch New Hillel President
Margey Lynch was elected next
year's president of Hillel Wednesday. Other officers are Myron Klar-
feld, vice president; Connie Garson,
secretary; and Alec Goldberg was
reelected treasurer.
Hispanic Institute
Plans Fall Program
Intensive courses in the language
and civilization of Hispanic America will be offered by the Institute
of Hispanic-American Studies at the
University of Miami beginning November 1, 1945, Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, dean of the faculty, has announced.
The curriculum, which will be of
six months' duration, has an enrollment limit of thirty selected students. These students will be required to present evidence of "high
scholarship, industry and aptitude,
good moral character, judgment and
maturity, and a major incentive to
obtain this skill and background
knowledge."
Offered with or without college
credit, the curriculum will require
a minimum of forty hours of attendance weekly. The fee for the
six months' course will be $300.
Students enrolled in the institute's
program will be housed in an off-
campus building, and a special staff
will supervise their work and study.
Inquiries concerning the course
are to be addressed to the Director,
Hispanic-American Institute, University of Miami, Coral Gabies 34,
Florida.
Training in the Spanish language,
as used in Latin-America, in reading, writing, and speaking, and
courses in Latin-American geography, history, and social customs will
be included  in  the program.
Students interested in being considered for enrollment in later sessions may apply for admission as of
February 1, 1946. May 1, 1946, August 1, 1946, and quarterly thereafter.