Miami Hurricane, March 11, 1931

              The Miami © Hurricane
irIE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
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Coral Gables. Florida. March 11, 19? 1
No. 11
Ibis And Hurricane Staffs To Be Hosts T oPressConvention
Florida Intercollegiate Press Association Here March 26
Senior Hobo Day First Inter-Frat To Pay For Ball; Dance Scheduled Class Memorial For Friday Night
Ragged Costume*, Junk Sales, Stage Celebrities Will Be Shoe-Shining, Window	Guests of Pi Chi and

Staff members of the Hurricane, official student publication of the University of Miami, in conjunction with the Ibis staff, wi'l be hosts to the delegates of the Florida Inter-Collegiate Press Association when it holds its sixth annual convention here March 26, 27, and 28.
Committees have been appointed and plans for the care of the delegates are rapidly taking shape.
Housing accomodations have been arranged and a business schedule and round of entertainment has been outlined.
Invitations have been extended to both the newspapers and annuals of Rollins, Stetson, Southern, Florida State College for Women, and the University of Florida, and acceptances are expected to arrive within the next few days.
According to Miss Dorothy Hicks, Vice-President of the F.I.P.A. and G. Larimore, President, from F.S. C.W. and the U. of F. respectively, this year's convention will be the best ever held.
Plane of Radical Type Now In Aviation Dept.
The latest addition to the University Aviation shop is the new Lanier plane, the XL-2. Mr. Lanier who has other important inventions to his credit, has been working on this fool-proof plane for the last two years. He is now working in conjunction with Prof. Given.
Recent tests at the Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, proved that when the ship was purposely skidded or slipped it assumes an even keel or a bank—-as the case may be. When turns made with the rudder only the plane banks in the right direction and when straightened out assumes an even keel without using the ailerons. According to Mr. Lanier this ship will be far safer as a sport or training plane than any ever built. The natural inherent stability with almost vertical descent is due to a new form of lift located on top of the fuselage over the center of gravity. This high lift cell or vacuum chamber has over twice the lifting power of ordinary wings at any speed or in any direction. Professor Given, who has redesigned the plane in order to remove surplus weight and to decrease head resistance, states that the lift cell will carry or lift the entire Weight of ship, using the wings as a lift for the useful load-passengers, baggage, etc. New plans have been drawn up and materials for the new ship have been ordered.
Developments on the dry gas system of vaporization have been rapidly drawing to the perfection point. Mr. Dobbs, the ’ inventor, and Prof. Given have reached the fi al stages of progress. Those ini' " sted here at the University, are
\ ■ sly awaiting for the com-
•*’on of this revolutionary meth-f rapid vaporization.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
1 members of the Hurri-'aff please meet at 1:30 the Student Activity . s is important.
New Independent party candidates are: Joe E-gum. left. President: Warren Grant r ght. Chief Justice Bvrl Wheeler, left above. Secretary-Treasurer :	Carrington
Gramling. center above. Pros-ecut ng Attorney : Marguerite Sweat, right above. Vice President.
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New Independent Ticket Announced; Elections To Be In Middle Of May
MALE PURSE FATTER THAN CO-EDS’ AT U.
By Gilbert Bromaghin
The woman pays! But she can afford to pay, for, after being insulted by no less than fifty-three j of the fair sex, the inquiring reporter discovered that the average co-ed carries, on an average day, one dollar and sixty eight cents.
On the other hand, the male population of the University of Miami averages, in cash, two dollars and fifty-three cents. This does not include pocket-pieces, lucky pennies or rubber checks. The average was fattened by thirty-two two cent stamps, of which only eight were worth their face value,
due to the tendency of stamps to adhere to anything—other stamps | in particular.
Fifty-three girls and sixty-one boys were accosted and asked, “How much money are you carrying?” The favorite answer was to the effect that they were broke and didn't lend money anyway. After being assured that there were no ulterior motives, the boys would dig into one pocket and produce their resources, then vainly slap the rest of their pockets. The totals ran all the way from absolute zero i to twenty dollars. (No names divulged.)
The girls required less persua-I sion, but when first questioned would raise a very supercilious 1 eyebrow and gasp. Then they would excavate for seven minutes in that mystery of life—the hand-bag, finally emerging triumphantly with a motley collection of coins, of the realm.
This is right in line with the contentions that friends of the University have been raising yearly. Though collegians are always represented as being financially embarrassed, this is not quite the case. Furthermore, University students are as susceptible to advertising as any other class. And these Miami boys and girls have that final necessity for ad appeal—in fact a final average of two dollars ) and ten cents worth of necessity.
There are nearly six hundred of | tdiem, living in Miami, spending in Miami, and they ‘stay thru May* with their daily averages of ‘a dollar sixty eight’ and ‘two bucks and fifty three cents’!
University of Miami students pay their way !
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New Party Platform To Be Strict Enforcement Of Student Laws
Lightning flashed early on the political horizon when a new Independent ticket was announced the latter part of last week for the student government offices, with Toe Eggum a candidate for Pres-dent, Marguerite Sweat for Vice-President, Beryl Wheeler for Sec-etary-Treasurer, Warren Grant "or Chief Justice, and Carrington iramling for Prosecuting Attorney.
This party gtff^the jump on ■there by beating them to the Iraw, it having the advantage of 'eing the first to throw its hat nto the ring. It assumes its name in the basis that it is connected vith no organization in fact, al-hough some of the candidates are nembers of local groups. These roups are to have no finger in the olitical pie of the Independent larty, and most of them will prob-ibly run their own tickets.
Though no other party tickets have been announced, the campaign promises to bd a close one. Groups are busy drawing up their cards and platforms, and electioneering is already going on among the students. The elections will be held about th$ middle of May, in order to let the new officers preside before the end of the school year.
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-—|—: University Fraternity
Is Accepted Nationally
Beta Chi, women’s legal fraternity of the University, was formally installed as the Alpha Phi Chapter of Phi Delta Delta, inter-national legal fraternity at the home of Mrs. Elliott F. Sheihard on Miami Beach, last Sunday night. This is the first legal fraternity on the campus to become affiliated with a national organization. This is a splendid achievment and many congratulatory telegrams were received. Mrs. Shephard and Mrs. Julius S. Eaton of Coconut Grove are the sponsors. Judge Edith M. Atkinson, past international president of Phi Delta Delta conducted the installation in which alumnae members of Rho. chapter of the fraternity from John B. Stetson University assisted.
Members initiated included: Mrs. R. A. Rasco. Miss Johnsie Cameron, Dixie Herlong, Celestine Nixon, and Mary Vann.
Members of the student-body and citizens of Coral Gables will witness a number of strange sights I on Friday night, March 13, and the following day, when supposedly dignified Seniors will don a variety of ragged costumes for Hobo Day.
Mowing lawns, washing win-! dows, shining shoes, waiting on tables, and hopping cars are some of the menial tasks for which the Seniors intend to volunteer in an effort to raise funds for a memor- j ial to be left to the school, and j also, if possible, for a Senior Ball. Tentative plans call for an auction | or a junk sale to help swell the proceeds.
A special employment bureau will be maintained at the University building, and Miami and Coral Gables merchants will be asked tq cooperate. Anyone having any of the above tasks to be taken care of is requested to phone in to the bureau.
80 NEW STUDENTS REGISTERED HERE
S. S. Hoehl, registrar of the University of Miami, announced that eighty new students have en-j rolled for degree work for the second semester. This number does not include part time students or late evening or Saturday students.
The enrollment is 19 per cent over that of last year, and includes student from 26 states outside of Florida and two foreign countries.
States represented by the new students are:
Florida: Christian Sulznlr. Lester Wilder, j Mary Louise Walker. Ernest Wiedenmann. John • Zwerner. John Cannon. Eileen Frankl n, Pauline Lasky., Adele Moss. Daniel Greene.- Mrs. J. W. Rountree. Mrs. F. L. Bartlett. Mrs. Elizabeth ! Courtney. Mrs Beulah Russell. Effa C. Smith. Norman ingersoll. Julius Parker. Virgin a Hend ley. Helen Huckins. Mildred Hunt. Virgin a | Hunt. Hart Huttig. Mrs Marie Ide. Rawls John I ston Izora Keeton. Helen Lipton. Mrs. Eun ce ! j B. Merrick. Helen Newton. Catherine Patrick.
Harold Patricoff. Betty Pierce. Irma June Ran ; dolph. Helen Schaflv. Doris Sm.th. Leo Stem-: berg. Ricker St. John Alford. Dorothy Benz. Walter Berg. Joseph Blacker. Ercel Blalock. Elizabeth Bolton. Sterry Branning; Helen Cald ; well. Julian Carr. 4 David Cerf. Everett Co*.
Berkely Enochs, and Bobbye Furr. Massachusetts:
1 George Francis Lee. Arthur Goodw.n. Wisconsin: Henry and Michael White. Andrew Ashe. Cuba :
: Joseph Benavides. Eva Ambriosa. W. Virginia:
| David Schindell. Charles Smith. Joseph G bbs. District of Columbia: Charles Manley. M ssoon : Charles Hastings. New Jersey: Jerome Jelin. Connecticut: Lawrence Kirsch. Ind ana Sam Lesb. Georgia: Harry Mendel!. Kentucky: Madge Reynolds. Thomas Reynolds. Joseph Fleischaker Pennsylvania: Richard Schlaudecker. Ellis Sloan. Mane Chambers. Frank Gerhart Ohio: Harnette Silberman. New York. George Baer. Harold Domberk. James Drake. Armour Ferguson. Harrv Freinark. Alabama: Eugene Beck. Illinoti: Ed ward Bielmski. Erwin Gran.
Freshmen Debaters Take Three Out Of Five Meets
Three out of five decisions were won by the Freshman debating team during their week’s trip in February. Milton Weiss and Milton Friedman composed the Freshman team and won against Southern, St. Petersburg Junior College, and Winter Park High School. Jerome Jelin was the alternative for both i teams.
The varsity team composed of 1 Julius Parker and Robert Smith debated over the radio with the | University of Florida, and no decision was rendered. They lost to Rollins and Southern.
The question debated was: “Resolved that all nations should adopt a policy of free trade”. The University teams took the affirmative side.
Sally Sweet, Edd:e Cantor's brand new leading lady, and Phil Baker, the boy who does things with an accordion over at the Floridian Hotel, will be among the stars coming out for the dance at the University Gym on Friday, March 13.
This gala affair will be the first of a series of three weekly dances, to be given by the fraternities affiliated with the Inter-Fraternity Council, and is jointly sponsored by Pi Chi and Phi Epsilon Pi.
The dance committees, composed of Bernie Pahls, Onie Brooks, and Frank Parizek, Pi Chi, and Jerome Cohen and Joe Fleischaker, Phi Eps, have announced the price as being only 99c for both stags and couples, and have an unusual array of entertainment features planned.
“Greenie” Greenfield, Clara Nelle Du Puis, and Jimmie Abras will be called on for exhibition dances, and a dance contest will also occupy a high spot on the evening’s program. The winners of this contest, together with those from the contests to be held at the two following dances, will go to the finals at the council’s annual Spring Dance.
The dance committee also wishes to announce that Bob Downe’s University of Miami orchestra has been engaged. It includes six new men from Cornell who have played at many of the big eastern hops, and formerly of Mai Hallett’s band. Dancing will be continuous from nine till one, and George Glassford will act as master of ceremonies.
The second of these series of dances will be held March 20, sponsored by Gamma Delta and Pi Delta Sigma, and the last on March 27 with Phi Alpha and Delta Sigma Kappa as sponsors.
These dances are for the purpose of obtaining funds for the Inter-Fraternity Council’s annual Semi-Formal Spring Dance, which will probably be held on the Friday following spring exams at the end of the year. Tentative plans designate the Miami Biltmore Country Club at its site. Chairman for the spring dance committee will be elected at the next meeting of the Inter-Fraternity Council.
Budding Birdmen To Go Before Examination Board
The University’s future Naval Aviators, Ted BIe:er, O. W. Brooks, Frank Parizek, and Ray Weakley, will go before a board of selection, sometime in April. All four of these men have passed the required physical examination, which is claimed to be the most difficult one of its kind. As this exam was passed in September, a six months limit will necessitate a re-examination when the' selection board meets. This board is composed of Lieut. Comdr. J. A. B. Sinclair, Lieut. J. B. Lynch, and Ensign F. H. Given. Following successful completion of this medical test the men will go to New York for thirty days elimination training, following which they will return to Pensacola, Florida, for eight months intensive flight training.