Miami Hurricane, February 15, 1946

              The Miami
Volume XX
		
Hurricane
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Coral Gables, Florida, February IS, 1946
No. IS
Ink in Our Veins—Paint In Our Hair
Students Must Sign Today For Institute Lecture Series
Students wishing to register for the Winter Institute of Arts and Sciences and Hispanic-American Institute lectures are to meet in the theater at 3:30 today.
This combined course is required of all English majors and all Hispanic and Spanish majors. One credit will be given in English 400, 402, 404, 406. This one credit may be added to any 16 hour
schedule
Caryl Beatus and Hank Levenson apply the finishing touches to the rejuvenated Hurricane office.	__________________________________
H’cane Offi ce Taken
By Green Paint Storm
By Irene Erickson, et al.
Though still located perilously close to room H, the inner sanctum where heads get together and the Hurricane is born each week has had its face lifted.
Entering the office, one becomes suddenly aware of the brightness of the color and orderliness ’hat prevails. Papers are in neat stacks. A pastel green adorns the yalls and the ceiling. The window
woodwork has been done in yellow, j, >urne(] ^o flncj not only Caryl and while drapes (yes, drapes.) grace j	covere(j with green paint but
the windows. A rug, heretofore an j ^ ftu^jture and floor as well. After unheard-of luxury, softens e oo [ c]panjng up things which should not steps of those intent on wo • f have been painted, the door was
Ye New Editor has issu	! locked for the night on the odorous
out warning to all who would enter,, ^
whether they be prompted by curiosity or merely by a gregarious instinct. Business is the OI“ypr<:~ tense on which anyone shall be allowed entry.
Volpe Donates Basket
A waste basket, too, has found its way into the office. The story goes that its donor, Mrs. Marie Volpe, utterly astonished by the transfor-j mation, presented it as an incentive to keep the office in order. However, out goes the waste paper basket, she has declared, if all is not kept spic and span.
But how did all this happen? Those who remember will say that inspiration was kindled when Byron Zalph, ex-business manager, received his “Greetings . . .” It was realized that now an end would come to 8:30 a.m. shaves in the H’cane office, and the ever present threat of more footprints on the ceiling would cease.
Hank Gets The Spirit
Thursday Hank Levenson took it upon himself, with Lee Starr’s help to hustle up the paint from the property manager and started thei work. Seeing his enthusiastic ef-i forts, Caryl Beatus, a kibitzer, eager to get her hands in the paint, offered her services, certain that two hours would finish the job. Together they started at 10 a.m., and eight hours !ater they were still making with^ the brushes. Caryl moaned over he? appearance as later she discovered traces of green paint in her hair. She remarked that she’d be scrub--' hir.g paint for the next week, let alone Hank, who had become part of the wall.
Editor Kotkin kept in close contact with the Hurricane office from “*e Pf“tt shop, getting a “swab by swab account from her willing as-sjstants via the phone. After “put-g the paper to bed,” Charlotte re-
Desks Get Varnished
In the days following, glaring touches were added. Out of three beautiful drapes many cooks made six by wielding the scissors. A requisitioned rug was carefully smuggled through the portals. Those irregularly placed bags were tom from the walls and in their stead was substituted a slapstick mailbox ¡in which each editor, both man and woman, was given a hole.
An overall paint brush, well supplied with varnish, gave the tops of the desks a new mirror-like glow. Blotters, of course, were added to preserve the tops from those cartoonists who enjoy scraping out Varga girls in the paint. Ash trays were placed by geometric functions so that it was managed that all who entered would either sit upon an ash Stray or next to one.
OPA Threatens
Plans are being formulated to rent furniture, which will include a sofa and an easy chair. In fact, it is feared that soon the OPA will be compelled to grant a rent ceiling. The Hurricane office looks well enough to live in!
Housing Drive Begun By Vets
Today at noon a drive was started to canvass every house in Coral Gables in an effort to find living quarters for University students.
Started by the Veterans’ association, the drive is under the direction of Ted Wayne, laison officer of the group who has recently returned from the service. Ted is trying to enlist the aid of all students in this effort to find spare rooms, garage apartments, or attic space. The city has been divided into sixteen sections, each headed by a captain, who will be aided by five or six students. Anyone desiring to assist has been asked to contact President John Cullen.
The housing situation is now so critical that some veterans have been to the surplus property board to see if it were possible to get a tent. One boy has been sleeping in the veterans’ office at the University. Trailer possibilities have been ruled out because city regulations state that “the city beautiful” shall have none.
Anyone knowing of a possible lead to available living space has been requested to turn over the information to the Association.
Students, Faculty To Fete Churchill
Plans for student and faculty participation in the special convocation in honor of Winston Churchill, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 11 ajn., in the Orange Bowl stadium were announced Wednesday by Dr. J. Riis Owre, dean of administration.
“The special convocation in honor of Mr. Churchill is one of the most important events that has ever taken place in Miami. It is an all University function and certainly all students and faculty members should participate,” Dean Owre said.
J. Ralph Murray and Dr. James L. Carney have been appointed to head a committee charged with arranging ihe student participation. Plans have been made to have an assembly in the tennis stadium at 11:30 Thursday morning, Feb. 21, to discuss the arrangements.
University Asks City To Repair Hospital
5 Jackson Memorial hospital will not be taken over by the University until the city of Miami agrees to build the necessary kitchen and service facilities, it has been announced by Dr. J. Riis Owre. dean of administration.
At present, these facilities are totally inadequate. While the improvements are comparatively small, ■they are essential, and no definite decisions will be made until this has been overcome.
IR C Changes Meeting Time
A change in the meeting time of the International Relations club was announced this week by Muriel Courshon, president The new time is 11:30 a.m. on the first and third Tuesday of every month.
The program for the first meeting, which will take place Tuesday in room 239 is “G. I. Occupation in Germany: The Veteran’s Viewpoint.” The discussion will take the form of a panel composed of veterans who have served in the E.T.O. or who have been with the occupation troops in Germany.
Four new books have been received by the IRC library and have been placed on the IRC shelves opposite the fiction section in the main library. These books are “America’s Stake in Britain’s Future” by George Soule; “Germany is Our Problem” by Henry Mor-genthau, Jr.; “America and the New World” prepared by the Merrick Lectures 1945; “The Atomic Age Opens” prepared by the editors of j Pocket Books; and “Tlje United r
Formal Rushing Sorority Parties Begin Next Week
Informal rushing will be replaced next week with formal rushing as the nine campus sororities entertain •-ushees.
Iota Alpha Pi, Kappa Kappa Gam ma and Sigma Kappa will have parties Tuesday. Wednesday’s hostesses will be Alpha Epsilon Phi, Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha. Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Epsilon, and Delta Zeta will follow suit Thursday. These affairs, which will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 pun., are invitational.
Silence shall be observed between fraternity and non-fraternity women from Friday at 7 pun. to Saturday at 1 pun.
Rushees report to room 274, Main building, Saturday at 9 aun. to fill out their preference blanks. If they do not desire to become affiliated with a group, they simply state that on the preference card. Rushees return to the same room at 1 p.m. to receive their bids, and report immediately thereafter to the sorority room of their choice.
Open bidding shall be from the fifth through the seventh weeks. The rush fee may be paid in room 222A during that period by any girl who may decide she would like to be rushed.
without extra charge or dean’s permission.
The course consists of four evening lectures, four afternoon conferences and four afternoon seminars in the Institute of Arts and Sciences and four evening lectures in the Hispanic-American institute. Students will be admitted to all conferences and lectures only upon presentation of their registration cards.
Winter Institute Schedule:
Feb. 15; Meeting of all registrants for preliminary instruction, University theater, 3:30 pun.
Feb. 19: Lecture. Dr. Carter, Miami Senior High school, 8:30 pun.
Feb. 20: Conference, theater, 3:30 pun.
Feb. 22: Seminar, theater, 3:30 pun.
Feb. 25: Lecture, Dr. Allison, Miami High, 8:30 pun.
Feb. 26: Conference, theater, 3:30 p.m.
March 1: Seminar, theater, 3:30 pun.
March 4: Lecture, Dr. Moses, Miami High, 8:30 pun.
March 5: Conference, theater, 3:30 pun.
March 8: Seminar, theater, 3:30 pun.
March 11: Lecture, Dr. Erskine, Miami High, 8:30 p.m.
March 12: Conference, theater, 3:30 p.m.
March 22: Seminar, theater, 3:30 p.m.
The Hispanic-American Institute Schedule:
All sessions will be held in the card room, San Sebastian, at 8:30 p.m.
March 15: Luis A. Baralt. “The Theater in Spanish America.” March 18: To be announced.
March 20: Luis Alberto Sanchez. “Modem Trends in Spanish-American Literature.”
March 21: Round Table Discussion.
The lectures are open to all students upon presentation of their registration cards and to all Miamians. The conferences are held so that the students may meet with the lecturer and ask questions and discuss the pertinent ideas of his lecture. The seminars are held so that the students may discuss the lecture without the presence of the lecturer. Dr. Erskine will be present at each conference and seminar.
Students who are unable to attend the meeting at 3:30 this afternoon should see Dr. Charles Doren Tharp before Feb. 19.
'Nashville Tennessean'
Will Be in Library
Copies of the “Nashville Tennessean” have been made available to the University through the courtesy of Silliman Evans, president and publisher of the paper. They will appear daily on the racks in the library.
Silliman Evans, Jr., is a student
Nations in the Making; Basic Doc- j at the University, registered for uments” prepared by the World I three journalism courses.
YW, YMCA Sponsor World Day Prayer
Observing the World Day of Prayer, a vesper service, sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. and the Y W.C.A.. will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. on the University quarterback field.
Dr. Harry I. Marshall, missionary to China for twenty years, and professor of oriental history, will speak on “Individual Responsibilities for a Peaceful World.”
Participating in the program will be Sam Thatcher, Dorothea Skinner, Raymond Higdon, and Martha Dunn.
The World Day of Prayer is under the sponsorship of the World’s Student Christian federation and will be observed in forty countries throughout the world.