Miami Hurricane, September 30, 1975

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HURRICA
Voi. 51 No. 9
TUESDAY/SEPTEMBER 30, 1975
(305)284-4401
William
Kimbrough
He's Cheered For 44 Years
JOAN DONOHUE
Humean® Start Wnt«f
In 1926. two hurricanes hit the Miami area The first a storm Known as "the great one which wrecked houses and a bridge to Key West
The other was "the undefeated hurricane UM s first football team The Baby Hurricanes won all eight games, a record which stands unmatched today Part of the credit for the victories goes to the team captain William Kimbrough, who is today the Coral Gables Police Chief
Kimbrough still has a big interest in UM football I lust root for the Canes as I always have Their 75 schedule is a tough one. tougher than the one we had in '26. but I'm sure they will give it all they ve got he said
Kimbrough and his wife attend all UM home games The team photo is next to his favorite chair in the Florida Room and we II probably donate the football to the University. Mrs Kimbrough said
The first UM games were played in the field that is now used by the UM Track team The stadium was made of wood and didn't seat a whole lot of people It wasn t anything like the Orange Bowl, I'll tell you. Kimbrough said
While he was at UM the depression years set in and Kimbrough needed a job, so on Christmas Day, 1928, Kimbrough began working for the police department as patrolman
Kimbrough's term of service tor the city was inter rupted for five years while on assignment for the late J Edgar Hoover, FBI Director "It was right at the time of Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941. when Hoover appointed me and six other special agents to carry out the May Act The late president Franklin Roosevelt had enacted the May Act to crack down on houses of prostitution, that operated near army bases
Kimbrough received special training for this at the National Police Academy in Washington, D C where he also taught judo to training FBI agents
But Kimbrough missed Miami and the stability of a lob with the Coral Gables police department There is no telling where the FBI can transfer you and I had my family to think of My daughter Thomasina Anri was |ust four and a half years old and my wife and I wanted to settle down," Kimbrough said
So on July 1, 1945, Kimbrough was sworn in as Chief-of-Police
Chief Kimbrough was inducted into the UM Hall of Fame in 1972, for outstanding service and dedication to the UM Kimbrough is also a member of Iron Arrow, the highest honor a UM student can receive Inside Kimbrough's office hangs the green team blanket given to him at the celebration of the team s Silver Anniversary in 1951 In 1976. the team will celebrate its 50th Anniversary Yes Kimbrough said, "it's been some great years
Enrollment Declining For History, Languages
VICTORIA SIMON
Humean® Start Writ©»
Fewer students are registering tor history and foreign language courses under the new Arts and Sciences curriculum initiated last May
The discipline of history has not been doing the best that it can in making history relevant to the lives of students, history enrollments have been declining throughout the nation for the past half decade. History Department Chairman Dr Bruce tohof said
The Foreign language registration has dropped over 13 5 per cent over the last year according to preliminary figures offered by Dr Kessel Schwartz, foreign language department chairman
The new curriculum, merged the requirement of six history credits and 12 social science credits into an unspecified 15-credit social science distribution which may be fulfilled in any of eight departments
The foreign language requirements, reduced from 12 credits to six may be satisfied in whole or in part by advanced placement examination scores
Dr Lohof ascribes history enrollment reductions to the curriculum changes to increasing interest in vocational skills and to intellectual and methodological problems within the field
Dr Schwartz teels that new professional opportunities in Dade County for people who are fluent in Spanish will stimulate increasing enrollments in the near future With the intent of attracting more students the department is seekinq funds from advanced placement examination fees to improve language laboratory equipment The Panel to Study Degree Requirements chaired by Dr Shepard Faber which proposed the changes in Arts and Sciences credit distributions is about to begin the second phase of the curriculum overhaul in reviewing the General Studies and Fine Arts programs
The impetus tor liberalizing the requirements package came from both students and faculty Dr Faber said
The panel has already contacted Undergraduate Student Body Government President Aubin Hill concerning continued student par ticipation in the second phase of the proceedings which are scheduled to begin next week
He said, preliminary figures com piled at the end of registration in dicated that total department enrollment declined approximately 20 per cent since fall of 19/4
The most significant losses oc cured in the 100 and 200 level history courses, where enrollments plunged 29 per cent he added
"At other universities, the /Kiffern /ms been a /<*m years <»/ declining enrollments sometimes mild, sometimes drastic — followed by .in in-( rease
Foreign 1 anguage Chairman Kessel Sr hvv.trl/
"The discipline of history has not bt‘pn doing the best that it (an in making history relevant to the lives of students; history enrollments have been (le< lining."
—History Chairman Brute Lohof
The overall effect of these losses was mitigated by an f 1 per cent registration mere level cour ,i",
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Voter Registration Tables On Campus In November
ISIDRO GARICA
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Voter registration tables will be available for students on campus in November despite a temporary halt to promotional plans according to Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) Vice President Carl Walton
Walton said he ran into problems when the legality of the register-to-vote campaign was questioned
As part of the campaign geared to increase voter registration at UM Walton said USBG had planned a contest in which a registering student. chosen at random would win a free trip to Jamaica
He said USBG had also planned a party at the Rathskeller as a culmination of registration activities. but that he learned the ser ving of alcohol would be illegal
We do not yet want to announce whether or not the Jamaica trip will be available for the coming registration drive Walton said
We do not want to run the contest and then be told by the Dade County Election Committee that our registration was void because we used illegal incentives
Walton said students wfio register on campus will not be allowed to vote in the upcoming November 3 election because of the late date
Last year we tried to speed up registration and our whole plan tell apart This year we are trying to be more methodical so we can achieve greater success at getting more people registered, he said
The law requires a voter to be registered for a minimum of 4L days before boing eligible '■> voti We leel we were justified ' ■ hold back voter registration sine- there are really no key issues iri the November 3election, Walter „i d
However he stresses the intpor lance ol registering to vote
At the present time the Universi ty does not have much of a voice in Coral Gables City Commission decisions We want more clout m government decisions which affect the University, he said
Walton said he needs volunteers to staff the three tables he hopes to open for the two-day registration affair The only requirements are that the volunteers be registered voters and be willing to be deputized which is a very simple and painless procedure, he said
Walton ■ ml a f art- tentatively set t .r the patio will bo held for all volunteers
Anyone interested in volunteer mg should contai 1 Walton in the
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begun work on their own curriculum revision which Dr l ohot hopes will be instituted as early as next fall Registration statistics indicatn that in the foreign language department the intermediate language lovels have suffered more than the elementary levels
Italian is the only language that tins gained students while Russian has experienced the greatest decline Dr Schwartz said With respect to future enrollment. Dr Schwartz describes his outlook as optimistic
At other universities whero language requirements have been reduced or dropped the pattern has been a few years of declining enrollments sometimes mild, sometimes, drastit followed by an increase w h i c h brings enrollment back up to previous level1, ne said
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UM Graduates Incompetent?
STEPHEN COAN
Mur near« Start Writer
Many UM graduates are incompetent in their fields according to Dr Murray Mantell, an engineer mg professor and associate’director of the UM Self Study General Education and Requirements Committee
Colleges have been babysitting their students for too long, and it's time universities start preparing their students for when they graduate he said
The Self-Study Committee was reconvened this year to present proposals to change requirements for graduation to the Federation of Regional Accrediting Commissions of Higher Education (FRACHE) which will meet in
March to discuss UM s accredita tion
UM s accreditation comes up for renewal every 10 years Students and faculty are invited to hear the committee present their proposals Thursday at I 30 p m in Room 223 of the Student Union The Self-Study Committee is proposing that UM students be proficient in the following nine areas writing ability oral ability information retrieval and learning ability, art, music and literature appreciation, ability to establish and test a personal value system, physical education creative ability and arithmetic
It is conceivable a student could graduate from UM without opening his or her mouth Dr Mantell said ”1 had one student who kept a
multiplication table written on a 3 X 5 index card in his front pocket in one of my Civil Engineering classes he said To combat widespread math deficiencies Dr Mantell said he is proposing non credit remedial math courses to be added to the curriculum
If a student knows he is competent in his major he should have no real problems when he goes out into the real world to get a job he said, and this is what the program is all about preparing the student for the real world He said this program could be implemented at UM with little or no cost since "most of the course proposals we are making are currently being offered by most the the departments
Foxx and damaged car
(Sorry)
Isn't
Enough
Sorry read the note left on the dented white Dodge Demon parked outside the Student Union last Wednesday afternoon Darnaqe is estimated at $150. owner Marlene Foxx is kind of bummed
f'uirit marks and other writing on the note have narrowed the suspects down to a few but witnesses are still being sought Even if you re lucky to find a good parking space these days all your problems aren t solved