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By ALAN MARCUS
Hurricane Staff writer
On March 30, 1926 UM President Bowman Foster Ashe planned the creation of a school of medicine. Twenty six years later and just months before his death, th? University of Miami School of Medicine became a reality.
Today the Medical School trains the seventh largest house staff in the nation; it's the second largest in the southeast and tenth in the nation with the twelfth largest faculty; it's eighteenth in total sponsored research and training and twenty ninth among all colleges and universities in federally sponsored programs.
Not bad for a mere 25 years, is it?
Saturday night the Medical School celebrated it’s twenty fifth birthday with a dinner at the Omni International.
In those 26 years until the Med School was established t here was much discussion, bickering and many problems. The depression of the late 1920s early 1930s was the first.
By the end of World War II, the time was ripe for a medical school to be sanctioned in the State of Florida and a bill passed the State Senate mandating it. Almost immediately, however, proponents from Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami all laid claim for the school.
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A festive crowd of 900 gathered in the Omni's Grand Ballroom Saturday evening to wish UM’s School of Medicine a happy twenty fifth birthday.
The $50 a plate tab was picked up by Mrs. Alice Elise Adams, enabling the Medical School to receive approximately $40,000 in donations.
Medical School parents, faculty, students and administration as well as main campus administration were treated to Chateaubriand Bordelaise and Bom be Glace Surprise while “The Doctors." a band of Med School faculty, played instruments not resembling stethoscopes in the least.
Channel Four newscaster and UM alumnus Ralph Rennick, recalled his days in the State Legislature 25 years ago when that body considered giving (and eventually gave) Miami $225,000 to subsidize students in opening the Medical School.
“I voted for it, and I admired then and admire now the persistency UM had; and I feel that UM’s Med School is the first good that thing that happened to Dade County," Rennick said.
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During the 1951 Legislative session. the Senate authorized the state to provide aid for its first medical school. UM and Dade County agreed on a plan to use the Jackson Hospital Complex as a teaching ground lor the Medical School.
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Lawsuit after lawsuit attempted to stop the medical school from bting established in Miami and the state aid given to the newly born institution.
By March 10. 1952 all the smoke had cleared and the Board of Trustees voted to establish the School of Medicine.
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Nearly a year and a half after the Med School opened, its first dean was named. He was Dr. Robert Spicer. Until his appointment, the the school was run by Dr. Homer F. Marsh who served as dean from 1954 to 1961.
Marsh came to the Med School a month before its first registration It was noted that he was "one of the most fortunate selections the University ever made."
Marsh essentially set the school moving by bringing in faculty, setting up clinical departments.and coordinating the operations of the newly born baby.
The Med School’s first classes were in the old Biltmore Hotel Hospital in Coral Gables.
Through the years of Marsh and various other deans, the School of Medicine prospered and grew. In 1969, Dr Emanuel Papper was named and still serves as Dean of the Medical School.
As UM's reputation grew, so did the class size and the Jackson Complex. Additions include in 1955, the Outpatient Clinic; in 1959, the Emergency Room and the Psychiatric Institute Annex; in 1960 the South Wing in 1975 a 2,000 car garage and a 14 story West Wing in 1976
University owned buildings also began to flourish. They include: The Medical Research Building in 1959; The Rosenstiel Medical School in 1972; The Lewis Calder Memorial Library in 1972, and the Mailman Center For Child Development in 1971.
Umbrella organizations have also lead to dramatic increases in the Medical School Complex The buildings resulting in the various affiliations include the $15 million Ann Bates Leach Eye Hospital and the Comprehensive Cancer Center. Var-
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In Publicity Effort
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The Student Blitz Is On, is a publicity effort by the athletic office, student government, and any interested students to promote the next two home football games against the University of Florida (Saturday. Nov. 26) and Notre Dame (Saturday Dec. 3).
According to Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) Treasurer Gary Nunes the idea was originated by Jim White athletic publicity director, and is wholeheartedly supported by student government.
"The Blitz is a joint effort among faculty. Administration, and students to stimulate people in the community to attend the games.
"We ail feel that this is an important effort, in the respect that it will help the athletic program financially. and might even help recruiting in the future," Nunes said.
Saturday Nov. 19 several teams of students in mini car parades will be sent out into various areas of high population concentration in the community, such as shopping centers, malls, race tracks. While at these places they will distribute fliers advertising the student Blitz.
Students who wish to participate in the Blitz can attend the instruction meeting Wednesday Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. in the Flamingo Ballroom of the Student Union.
Anyone who does take part in the Blitz by going out into the community will receive two tickets to the games, a boxed lunch at the sight of their flier distribution, and a Student
Blitz T-shirt.
"I think that this all-out promo, tional effort is necessary. The Administration has invested a great deal of money into the football program and the players haven't quit or let us down, it is the responsibility of the students to do what they can to support the team, especially at this point," Nunes said.
"I'm really excited about the Student Blitz because it is a continuency of a campus effort to get the students behind the team; and if they ever needed it, they need it now," Lubel said
“We have a chance to turn the season around with a Notre Dame victory,” Lubel said. "Therefore we should show our support in all possible ways.”
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Fast For World Harvest Held Thursday
By JEFF BRESLOW
Hurrfcan« Staff Wrltar
The fourth annual Fast for a World Harvest, a nationwide project of Oxfam America, will be sponsored on the UM campus on Thursday.
"Nationwide, thousands of campuses. churches, synagogues, consumer groups, families and individuals will go without food on that day," said Amy Orzalli. program assistant at the Wesley Foundation and coordinator of the fast
"Participants then send the estimated cost of a day's food to Oxfam America," she said. "Oxfam is a relief agency, and their main emphasis is on helping people do their own thing in their country.
"The fast is designed to raise money for communities who are
struggling to become self-reliant."
Orzalli explained that Oxfam has found that people work hard for change in their community when the work reflects their own needs and choices. Oxfam field directors do not administer projects. Instead, they seek out and encourage projects where local people do the work, make the decisions and manage their own development.
Oxfam-America has no political or religious affiliation. It receives no government funds, choosing to depend solely on individual contributions.
Last year $150 was raised. Twenty-five UM students fasted the entire day, and 100 skipped dinner in the cafeteria
"We're going to work with the cafeterias, as we dia last year, so
students who normally eat in any school cafeteria may participate," Orzalli said.
Mahoney. 960 and Hurricane cafeterias will make a contribution for each student who presents a meal plan card without eating.
Students who plan to skip dinner at one of these cafeterias are requested to sign their name at a table which will be set up in the Student Union Breezeway this week. This
will enable the cafeterias to make the largest possible contribution per student, without wasting food.
“Some people want to do the fasting to be in solidarity with the people of the world who are hungry, others would rather match funds'" Orzalli said
Donations may be mailed either directly to Oxfam-America, 302 Columbus Ave., Boston. MA 02116; or to the Wesley Foundation PO Box
Hurricane Elections Friday
Applications for the positions of Editor and Business Manager of the Hurricane for the Spring 197M semester may be picked up in the Hurricane Business Office. Room 221 of the Student Union.
Elections will take place at the Board of Student Publications meeting on Friday, and the deadline for filing applications will be noon on Friday.
All candidates must be screened by Hurricane Senior Advisor George Southworth before the selections f*ke place. Southworth may be
reached in the L-l Bldg , or by calling the Communications Department, x-2265.
All students who wish to appply must be full-time undergraduates with a cummulative grade point average of at least 2.0.
The Board is comprised of five student representatives and five representatives chosen from the faculty and Administration. English professor Lester Goran presently serves as chairman
248225, care of Orzalli Other universities which will be sponsoring the fast include Georgetown, Colgate and Princeton "A seminar type discussion is planned at 6:30 p.m on the day of the fast, in room S233 of the Student Union. The issues to be discussed are world hunger and nutrition," Orzalli said.
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By C YNTHIA I. CHIEFA
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Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) President Allan Lubel and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Clyde Wingfield will appear on the Rock at noon tomorrow to answer questions and give general information about "campus goings on.”
This is the second in a series of Rock appearances, during which student government and the administration are cooperating to inform students and answer any and all gripes.
Lubel will begin the presentation by giving an update of USBG accomplishments and programs which have developed since his last Rock appearance.
Topics of discussion will include:
•	Library Hours
•	Pre-Registration
•	Debate Team Funding
•	Lighting
•	Road Repavement
•	Boat Loan
•	Rat Closing Hours
The event will be moderated by USBG Senate Speaker Jose Cantillo.
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Hurricana Staff Wrltar
The sole UM representative at th Second International Joseph Conra Conference will be English Profe; sor Barnett Guttenberg
Guttenberg is one of many distir guished professors convening to rec ognize the late Conrad's works a the Rosenstiel School of Marine an Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) o Virginia Key.
The conference, running fror Nov. 17 through 19, is cosponsore by the Department of English an the American Institute of Polish Cu ture
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