Miami Hurricane, April 23, 1931

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'!  : i h     OFFICIAL     STUDENT     PUBLICATION..OF     THE.    UNIVERSITY      OF      MIAMI
Coral Gables. Florida. April 23. 1931
No. 15
Ashe To Present
Magna Cum Laude
Awards Tuesday
Nine Will Receive Recognition In Special Exercises
April 28th
Dr. B. F. Ashe, President of the
University ot Miami, will present
nine seniors of the graduating
class with the Magma Cum Laude
award. at special exercises to be
held in assembly Tuesday, April
2Kth at  10:.'i().
Those receiving the award, symbolizing the highest scholastic attainments, have been chosen "by
the scholarship committee headed
by Professor Longnecker, and
their selection approved by President Ashe. They represent approximately ten per cent of the
number in each school that will be
graduated in June. Names of the
recipients will not be made public
until the day of the presentation.
Requirements are that the candidate shall have earned by the
beginning of the spring term in
which the award is made sixty
units in residence at the university;
that he shall carry twenty four
hours as a minimum of work for
the year in which the award is
made, and that he shall be selected
by a scholarship committee in conjunction with the registrar, with
the final approval of the president.
Seven members of last year's
graduating class received the Magna Cum Laude award. They were
a; 'ojlows: Mary Jean McCann,
Albert B. Franklin, Walter. E.
Fitzpatrick, and Katherine Younts,
A.B.; Otto K. Seiplien, B.S.; Joe
Tarpley, B.M; and Dixie Herlong,
LL. B.
Elections To Be      "Candidates Not
Held On May 7th,     Capable:' Albert.
Is Announcement      Political Leader
New Candidates Enter Race  New Nominees Discussed By
As Primaries Draw Present Prosecuting
Near Attorney
President B. F. Ashe Returns To Miami
After Extensive Mediterranean Tour
IBIS WILL HAVE FINE
ART ILLUSTRATIONS
Travelling   Companion,   Dr.
Zane, Will Speak At
Senior Breakfast
Bob Fink, Nationally Known Artist
and Illustrator, Will Design
Novel Feature
Debaters Conclude A
Successful Schedule
The I'niversity of Miami debating council concluded a successful
schedule' for the year when they
met the debators from the University nf Alabama over a radio hookup, Tuesday, April 14. The university teams have debated with 10
other teams this year, five being
decision debates, of which they
won  three.
The forensic team has met several of the best collegiate teams
of the south, including the University of South Carolina, University of Florida. University of Alabama, Southern College and Rollins College.
Both the freshman and varsity
team, went on a tour of the state
early in the season and debated
St. Petersburg Junior College, Rollins, Stetson, and the University
of Florida. All the home debates
have been non-decision and over
a radio hookup.
The debates are -under the dir-
n of the I'niversity Debating
'        fcil, of which  Louis Jepeway
■ ■'■'< sident    and    Victor    Hutto
ary.   Kenneth   R.   Close,   in-
'    •   history, is faculty dir-
"he    members   of   the   varsity
tie'ii that have taken part in.the
this    year   are:    Robert
Ith, Julius Parker. Jerome Jelin,
shard '.'  mming,  Webster Wal-
■. and John Marsh. The fresh-
- team includes Lucille Mutch-
r, Mtliirim Thomson. Jr., Milton
-  and Milton Freidman.
The 19..1 Ibis is assured of being, one of the most beautifully
illustrated year books in the country', due to the generosity and
ability of Bob Fink, well known
illustrator and artist Mr. Fink
has given the Ibis staff seven of
his finest drawings to be used as
section  plates.
The beauty contest for the Ibis
was judged early this week with
Bob Fink and Manley Brower acting as guest judges. The results
will not be announced, but the five
winners have been chosen and
their pictures will be reproduced
in full page panels in the new Ibis.
Individual pictures are now at the.
engravers and work will be started
on them immediately.
All snapshots must be in this
week, and organizations are requested to submit them to the Ibis
office. Orders for the first fifty Ibis
copies off the press may be given
to John Allen or any member of
the staff. The 19.31 issue will cost
one dollar and fifty cents to those
students having individual pictures
and two fifty for all other students.
Frosh Plays Lone Hand
In Coming Elections
President B. F. Ashe returned
to Miami Friday after a cruise of
the Mediterranean. His travelling
companion was Dr. John M. Zane,
of Chicago, who will speak at this
year's Senior breakfast. Dr. Ashe
took a Cunard tour from New
York City. The first stop was at
the Madeira Islands, where the
passengers were unable to land
because of the revolution which
is still in progress. The ship then
proceeded to Morocco, to Gibraltar,
to Algiers, and back across to
Nice, France, and Monte Carlo.
Dr. Ashe disembarked at Naples
and went to Rome, then to Florence, and rejoined his ship at
Venice, The tourthen visited several Adriatic ports, and Athens,
where the party found unusually-
cold weather. After stopping at
Constantinople, Dr. Ashe travelled
inland to Jerusalem, Where business is booming and real estate is
selling at high figures. The party
then stopped at Port Said and
Cairo, where they took a river
steamer up the Nile to Luxor. Dr.
Ashe said that the most interesting part of his trip was here, where
he - saw . the ancient temple of
Karnak, the ruins of Thebes, and
the Tombs of the Kings. From
Egypt the ship returned to Italy.
and Dr. Ashe went from there by-
train to Paris, then to London, and
rejoined his ship for the return
voyage to New York.
Election of student government
officers for the next year at the
University of Miami will be held
May 7, with the primaries on April
30, it was announced by Cora Sieplein, secretary of the student
body.
The Independent ticket is sponsoring Joseph Eggum for president,
Marguerite Sweat, vice-president;
Byrl Wheeler, secretary and treasurer; Warren Grant, chief justice;
Carrington Gramling, prosecuting
attorney; and six justices. Earl
Howard, Stuart Patton, Aileen
Booth, Idelle Martin. Wade Stiles,
and John Allen.
George Glassford has declined
the Progressive ticket nomination
for president and political leaders
of the Independent Party are of
the opinion that George Okell, a
Progressive ticket backer will be
a candidate for the office of student body president, with Juluis
Parker running for the vice-presidential position.
Silver Squarcia, a law school
freshman, has announced his candidacy for the office of Chief Justice. Robert Louys, also a law
-school freshman, will oppose Carrington Gramling for Prosecuting
Attorney. l
J. Haiold Matteson, G. If. Lay-
field and James Ashworth have
entered the race for honor court
gustieeships.
President B. F. Ashe, head of
the University of Miami, was officially welcomed home at a banquet
held at the McAllister Hotel Saturday.
Deans of each school and the
heads of the various departments
were   present  to  greet   Dr.   Ashe
Franklin Albert, Prosecuting
Attorney for the University of
Miami Honor Court, made the following statement apropos the new-
political ticket announced Monday:
"The ticket announced following a caucus held by the Judge
Whitfield Club, a legal group, has
; brought into the field several very
'. sociable men. Silver Squarcia for
Chief Justice is a freshman in the
Law School and a fine fellow, but
is handicapped for the office, first,
■because as a freshman he has not
taken all the essential courses for
proper conduct of a trial, one of
■ which is Evidence, a Junior subject. Second, he is lacking in experience because he his never held
any    affiliation    with    the    Honor
' Court in any manner, doesn't know
its intimate workings. The office
of Chief Justice, as all know, needs
one who not only is able to conduct
a trial with dignity, but one who
is capable of standing for his convictions.
"Mr. Louys, candidate for Pros-
; ecuting Attorney, is also a freshman in the Law school and a very-
agreeable fellow, but for prosecution of offenders against the Honor Code popularity is no requisite.
i The one elected should stand for
; the forceful, relentless, and tenacious prosecution of all culp. .-
brought before him, with the purpose of furthering and upholding
the Honor System as established
by the student body. None of these
characteristics   are   possessed   by
' this man. He has never taken part
in any student activities previous
to his choice by the Whitfield club.
"The other candidates put up
by the legal organization for the
office of  associate justices,  in all
, fairness, should not be in the field,
(Continued on Page Four)
In   a  recent   interview  with  a
Hurricane   reporter,   James   Ashworth,, a member of the freshman;
class, stated that he is a candidate ■
for  election  to- the  honor  court, ■
and that he expects to run without
party   affiliations.    Ashworth    re-:
vealed frankly that he is running
because  he feels  that  the  voters
should be offered another choice
on the tick.t.
The platform on which the new-
candidate hopes to be brought into
office centers itself about the honor :
system as now practiced at the
university. He maintains that the
system as it now exists is worthless and that if it isn't to be active-
iy enforced, it should be abolished
by vote of the student body.   -
Seniors To Get Jobs
As Motor Salesmen
A large automobile concern of
Miami will select at least eight of
the members of the graduating
class to become junior salesmen in
their organization, it was announced today. They will be given instruction by the company and
placed in a position to earn immediately and while they are learning. After the necessary training
they will be promoted to full
salesmen.
A representative of the company-
will outline the plans at the (end
of this week to those who wish>o
register with Mr. Provin for further information.
Former Secretary of War Stresses
Importance of Diploma To Students
Newton   D.   Baker   Tells
College Education's
Advantages
of
"A college graduate's diploma
when used as a credential in the
application for a position in the
business world carries just as much
weight as the .weight of the man
himself," says Newton D. Baker,
former Secretary of War under
Woodrow Wilson, in a special message to the Hurricane for the senior graduating class of the University of Miami.
"The graduate's talents. hi<
culture and his abilities to use
them make up his equipment. The
fact of a diploma disappears as
soon as he has a chance to'demonstrate his ability. The diploma may-
get him the chance a little sooner
but if he does not have the ability
the diploma will not save him.
"The advantages of a college
education to the young man or
woman are many," is the opinion
of Mr. Baker. Chief among them
is culture, of which there are many-
definitions. In the use of the word
"culture" I have in mind a knowledge of the continuity of life. The
history of civilization is the back
ground   both   of the   present   and
future, and of the experiences of
the race  in   its  struggles  for  the.
1 perfection of life. It is at once the
explanation of and excuse for both
what we  have and  what we  may
hope for in  further development.
"Education   outside   of   college
is education   in the  present.  Education in. college derives the present from the past and projects it
into  the  future.   The  college-cultured   man   therefore   walks   with
; more confidence and is less likely
to be carried away by momentary
proposal."
The   World   War  Secretary  be-
! lieves that the associations formed
in college are of great importance
to the young person.
Mr. Baker, a member of the
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, attended Johns Hopkins and Washington and Lee Universities.
I "Colleges are especially valuable
in the formation of character because of the unselfishness of the
: basis upon which its associations
are formed. Loyalties in college
are to college and class and less
exclusively to self. There is great
value in a good fraternity because
of the especially tender and intimate friendships that are formed."