Miami Hurricane, February 12, 1931

              The Miami ® Hurricane
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
VOL. 5
Coral Gables. Florida. February 12. 19M
No. 9
Junior Prom Arrangements Nearing Termination, Committee Announces
VALLEE MEETS CANTOR BEFORE MIKE
Loving Cup Will Be Given To Fraternity Selling Mo*t Ticket«
Vallee Goes Phi Alpha
The Biltmore H Country Club will be the	of the
University’s most 1/ IV eagerly awaited soc-U	ial	of the
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Juniors hold their
Rhtndai ftutUr annual frolic.
Invitations have been mailed to the patrons and patronesses and many acceptances have already been received, with more still to be acknowledged. Numerous parties have been arranged for the evening and many organizations have reserved tables.
The prom committee is headed by Rhendal Butler. Other members of the committee are John Evans, Miss Virginia Ralston, Miss Beatrice Smith, Miss Ann Bagby, James Wettach, Hartwell Hunter, and Jack Daly.
Chairman Butler announces that efforts are being made to obtain an orchestra of national repute. Henri Santrey and his Soldiers of Fortune orchestra is being considered. Sdntrey’s band has done Vitaphone work and has been engaged for Junior Proms at many of the larger eastern schools.
Prom-trotters at Princeton danced to the music of Oscar Adler's Hotel Nautilus orchestra a few years ago and Butler may Secure this band for the event next Friday night. Adler and his band toured the continent the latter part of last year. The Prom chairman is also planning to obtain the Miami Biltmore orchestra to play in conjunction with Oscar Adler’s band.
The class colors, black and orange will be carried out in decorations throughout the Country Club. Attractive favors will also be presented. The fraternity or sorority which sells the most tickets to the prom will be awarded a beautiful 20-inch loving cup as a special prize.
Last Tuesday night a delegation ‘ from Phi Alpha fraternity were guests of Rudy Vallee at his final performance. After his stage ap- ; pearance, Mr. Vallee and his man-1 ager, Dick Hoyt, were made hon- j orary members of the fraternity. ; Both Mr. Vallee and Mr. Hoyt are ! members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon I national fraternity, Vallee at the Maine Alpha chapter and Hoyt at New Hampshire Beta.
U. OF M. DEBATERS START STATE TOUR
Freshman Team Schedules St. Petersburg Junior College Meet
The debating teams under the leadership of Mr. Kenneth R. Close, will begin a tour of Florida colleges February 18. The varsity team will appear at Rollins college in Winter Park February 18, at Southern College in Lakeland the l!*th, and at the University of Florida in Gainesville the evening of February 20th.
Miami will support the affirmative on the subject—resolved that the nation should adopt a policy of free trade.
Julius Park and Robert Smith are the varsity debaters making the trip.
The freshman team consisting of Milton Wiess and Milton Friedman will meet the St. Petersburg Junior College debaters the afternoon of February 21. The Rollins freshmen will debate with the Miami freshmen February lS.
A tentative debate schedule calls for a trip through the South in which they will debate Mercer at Macon, Ga.; University of South Carolina at Columbia, S. C.; North Carolina State at Raleigh, N. C.; Wake Forest at Wake Forest, N.C.; and Washington and Lee at Lexington, Va.
Gators Will Seek Revenge For Last Years U. of M. Win
Maloney, Stribling, Walker Will Judge Friday Night At Fights
Mr Cantor premier comedian and Mr Vallee. premier crooner and music with mirth In the above picture thev »ee in to he signing up reg stering’ various conflicting emotions
try Phi Alpha, mingle the Hurricane interviewer
Rudy Vallee and Eddie Cantor Are
Victims of Interviewers Queries
Reporter« Take Lunch With Cantor; ValUje Prove» Elusive and Silent
Radio Division Conducting Music Appreciation Hour
AVIATION HANGAR DONATED TO UNIT
Atlanta Firm Send* Steel Part* For Bird Road Fiying Field
The pile of sheet-iron and girders that has filled the west end of the patio for the past week is a dis-ssembled hangar donated to the diversity by the Virginia Bridge nd Iron Works of Atlanta, Ga. t was given to the Aviation detriment to assist the University o carry on its work in flying.
This hangar was formerly located j t the Miami Municipal Airport, t is of the inverted 'T' type, made >f steel, and will house one plane, t is being moved to the new Uni-ersity Flying Field on Bird Road y members of the Aviation class nder the supervision of Ensign Jiven. and his assistants. Brooks nd Parizek.
In regard to this recent donation Ir. Given says, “The University ippreciates the generosity and the illingness of the Virginia Bridge nd Iron Works to help a growing ducational unit".
The Radio division of the Uni- . versity is conducting a new music appreciation hourbroadcast through the courtesy of station WIOD, and under the direction of Miss May Brigel, director the the department of public school music. On Mondays and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. the programs are» broadcast for the benefit of senior high school students. on Tuesdays for elementary , schools and on Wednesdays for j junior high schools.
The object of the program is to educate school children in music understanding and appreciation, j Thè programs include instrumen- \ tal and vocal numbers ranging from operatic, to folk songs. This new hour is supplementary to the Damrosch programs which employ symphony orchestral illustrations. M iss Brigel gives Verbal interpretations of the moods and naunces of each.
Several of the schools in Dade County are equipped with radios and they assemble the students for these educational programs which will continue until the close of the school year.
Miss Brigel has taught music appreciation and the history of music in the University since its opening.
By Mary Jane Mortensen
Having nothing b/tter to do. one of the two swains I was with suggested that we go on an outing; or maybe it was a picnic. They were to bring pickles and I, potatoe salad. Having gathered these ingredients we set out. By the time wo reached our picnic grounds, the Floridian Hotel,'Eddie Cohen suggested that w’e invite Eddie Cantor to join us; which we did.
I called him up at his room and he'.said he’d be down in two minutes. A half hour later he made his appearance. In the interim we had been munching on our pickles. He apologised for keeping us waiting and immediately broke into a song. After same was executed, he reached into his inner coat pocket and produced a baseball bat which we gladly autographed.
And then, Mr. Cantor noticed the hungry look in our eyes. (You see, we had eaten all our pickles and one of the guests in the hotel was sitting in the potatoe salad.) So, he invited us to adjourn to the coffee shop and have lunch on him. We accepted, feeling reasonably sure that, because of the 3 to 1 ratio, we should have to pay for it; therefore, I slipped Eddie Cohen a five spot. Yes, dear readers. Eddie Cantor paid the bill, and to date Eddie Cohen has failed to return my hard earned money.
“It seems to me," he said, “that Hurricane is a word that should never be publicized in this country, regardless of the circumstances." He even disapproved of our football team being referred to as Hurricanes.
We asked him if he ever - gets tired of being funny, He said he was never conscious of being funn'-And that’s. the secret of his success. He pointed out to us that the difference between himself and A1 Jolson is the following, JoLson is a
singer and happens to be a comic; and Cantor is a comedian who happens to sing. And we couldn’t help but feel that after Eddie Cantor has lost hi» singing voice he shall still be one of the great.
He is very fond of Rudy Vallee. According to Cantor, Rudy is one of the great also. A real artist. And with this tip, we naturally-decided that—
We’d better go and have another picnic backstage at the Olympia w ith Rudy as guest of honor, so we did a whole lot of waiting on three separate occasions but didn't mind at all because Rudy’s manager, Dick Hoyt, a gentleman whom blondes prefer, assisted by members of the band and their little alligators entertained us in elegant fashion. Then along came Rudy carrying a cane just like a Pi Chi pledge and we waylaid him and subjected him to a third degree to wrhich he responded nobly.
Question: What do you think of fraternities?
Answer: Most decidedly in favor of them—but they must fill certain standards to be valuable. First they must have ideals of fellowship and loyalty to which they must live up. If they are a mere excuse to cover up a drinking and gambling brotherhood, they should be abolished. They can make or break a boy.
Question: What does a fraternity mean after graduation?
Answer: Not so much necessarily. but when I was in London I met a great many S.A.E.’s who took care of me while I was there. Then too, you know that a man who wears a fraternity pin is usually a man of a certain calibre— that he has a certain amount of intelligence and character or he wouldn’t be a fraternity man.
We also asked Rudy what he thought of music as a publicity factor to spread the name of the “U”. He said that it was a fourth rate factor and that football, faculty and location could do much more to increase a college enrollment.
Tomorrow night the University of Florida will meet the University j of Miami in a boxing and w restling meet at the Coral Gables Coliseum. This promises to be one of the finest programs offered to the general public and student body by | the athletic department of the University. In addition to seeing ; two well-matched teams the fans will also see such universal celebrities as W. L. Stribling, the world's heavyweight fight contender. and Jimmy Maloney, the pride of South Boston, who is to meet ; Camera in Miami on March 5, and Micky Walker, another man who has punched his way into the heavyweight division and who is .scheduled to meet Risko in “Pa" Stribling’s match' in February. All three of these men are to be judges, according to Head Coach Ernest Brett.
George Hussey, of the Florida j Power and Light Co. is going to have several other celebrities at the Coliseum on Friday night, one of whom will present to the captains of the winning boxing and' wrestling teams a silver cup donated by Julius Damenstein, the West Flagler Street Jeweler.
"Activity books will be honored j at the door of the Coliseum for | Friday night’s meet but all students must have their activity books with them,” says Head Coach Brett. He further requests that the student body show proper courtesy to the visiting team, and this can best be displayed by refraining from cheering the favorites until the end of each round, at which time applauding without designating any of the contestants may be indulged.
Rudy Vallee Will Play U. of M. Songs On Radio
“Hail to the Spirit of Miami U”, the song that has gained widespread recognition for the University of Miami, is to be played over a nation-wide network of the National Broadcasting Company by that famous crooning artist, Rudy Vallee, and his Connecticut Yankees according to Dick Hoyt, secretary to Vallee.
A complete orchestration of the piece has been given to Rudy and as soon as he returns to New York from his tour of the country he will play the piece on his regular Thursday night Fleischman hour broadcast.
Glee Club Makes Radio Debut, Plans Stage Show
The Men’s GleeClub sang several numbers over radio station WIOD Tuesday from the University studios. On Sunday the Club will sing at the Men’s Bible Class meeting held in the Olympia ! theatre.
The Glee Club is working on a musical comedy which will be presented in the next three weeks. Walt Svehla, director of the organization, plans to play several times in the smaller surrounding towns in order to aecustom the men to public appearance, and then he will bring the Club to Miami for a three days’ stand. With the funds accruing from this billing, the Glee Club will finance it« annual tour of the state.