Miami Hurricane, July 16, 1948

              The Miami
Hurricane
Vol. XXII
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES. FLA., JULY 16, 1948
No. 32
July Graduates Required To Take Record Exams
All seniors who are now candidates for degrees, and who expect to qualify at the end of either summer session of 1948, are required to take the Graduate Record Examination.
The test is set for Friday afternoon, July 23 at 1 p.m. and Saturday July 24 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Qualified seniors are to report to the Lecture Hall of the Memorial Classroom Building.
This examination will be given only once this summer.
Seniors are requested to file their applications for this exam immediately and return it to their Dean’s office.
All absences from classes in order to take the Graduate Record Examination will be excused absences.
In learning "the results of this exam, the student will obtain an evaluation of his standing among the students of the U. S.
'Wacky Dance' Set For Tonight By Legion Post
A wacky carnival, complete with a kissing booth, popcorn, juke box, and orchestra will be presented tonight by the Damon Runyon auxiliary of the American Legion at the College club.
Booths and a side show, complete with barkers, will be manned by Legionairres and their wives. Homemade refreshments will be served.
Dancing to a six-piece band will highlight the evening’s entertainment, with a juke box to fill in the orchestral pauses. Mrs. Pauline Daniel, president of the Damon Runyon unit, said the affair is open free to all U-M students and their guests. The show will be emceed by Robert L. Downes, commander of the U-M Legion post.
•VARSITY” FEATURES U-M The August Issue of “Varsity” magazine has three pages devoted to pictures of fashions on the University campus and at extracurricular activities. Among the students shown are Art Saey, former NCAA heavyweight champ, the members of the Hurricanes’ intercollegiate championship polo team, and George Corrigan, Hurricane business manager.
Shortage Of Materials Delays Club Opening
Further deia in obtaining furnishings and shortages of needed material ave caused postponement till late September for the opening of the Student Union, according to Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, University vice-president.
Originally planned to be in full use by the summer, Dr.
Pearson said the building’s occu
Roles Open To Students In 'Aida'; Plans Laid For Opera To Tour State
By WILLIAM E ZEEMAN
Plans to send companies of the Miami Junior Opera Guild on tours of the state are in the process of formulation, according to Dr. Arturo Di Filippi of the University music school, now directing the rehearsals of “Aida” for presentation January.
Dr. Di Filippi announced that Marjorie Lawrence, Metropolitan Opera Company soprano, will sing the feminine lead in the production.
Itinerary for the tour is being made in cooperation with the state educational system and will allow secondary schools throughout the state the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the “greatest operas in the world ” This will be the first program of its kind in the history of Florida, according to the director.
“Aida” will be presented in Jan uary, followed by “Martha” a few weeks later. Students interested in
FREE SPLASH PARTY TONIGHT
A free splash party and swim dRnce will be held tonight from 710 at the Venetian Pool for all summer school students and members of the faculty. Free food and drinks will be served.
RECEIVING LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS from one of AVC’s Advisory Council are Stan Callet, Harvey Fishbein, and behind Professor William G. Cornelius, of the government department, Jim Strachan. The boys manned AVC’s table and passed out NSU information. (Hurricane Photo by Mike Bienstock.)
AVC Advisory Booth Helps Yets Reinstate G. I. Insurance
With over 100 veterans coming for information the first morning, the University chapter of the American Veterans Committee had a busy period at their NSLI advisory service Monday through Wednesday.
Working through the cooperation of Charles Burroughs, veterans advisor on campus, the service aided veterans in filling out applications for reinstatement of insurance. July 31 is deadline, according to the Veterans Administration, for reinstatement without a physical examination.
Vice-chairman Lee Stiles, Leon Cornfield, and Stan Callet, working in shifts at the table set up behind the Lecture Hall from 8:15 a.m. until 12:30 p m., also were able to supply absentee ballot voting information for all states. The voting manual, compiled by the national headquarters of AVC, will be on file in the government office., and available to those interested Reaction by veterans was generally enthusiastic. “Being able to take up your insurance for only two premiums is pretty wonderful,” said former policeman Donald F. Meek, now a senior majoring in government. Meek, who allowed his policy to lapse a year ago, plans to reinstate it before July 31.
The chapter is going ahead full blast with its plans for the summer, according to Stiles. It has already received full cooperation form the University in a movie program scheduled to begin sometime during the second summer session. The school will allow use of the Lecture Hall, and provide equipment and an operator. The group will show educational and entertaining films.
Instructors in several of the departments have promised to dismiss the classes for movies in any way pertaining to their courses.
trying out for the “Aida,” chorus should contact Dr. Di Filippi at the music school. Credit is given for work in the opera if the student signs up for the course.
“Only the largest and greatest universities in the country can boast having an opera guild,” Dr. Di Filippi said. “For the past two years we have been able to offer aspiring and talented students an opportunity to acquire knowledge of the fundamentals of opera ”
A touch of realism is to be put into the props. Dr Di Filippi said he will have an Egyptian chariot on the stage, pulled by horses. “Little wil.1 be left to the imagination of the public,” he added.
The sets are being designed and built by two men from the Surf Club. The seven scenes of the opera require different backgrounds. There will be seven or eight performances of the operas, according to present plans.
Soprano Irene Patti, a student in the music school, who is now studying in New York, will sing the role of Harriet in “Martha.”
“All students who have the proper quality voice and the essential training are in position to gain immensely by working with Metropolitan stars,” the director said.
pancy had to be delayed due to these unpredictable obstructions. The first delays were caused by the severe hurricane last fall.
Major work on the building will be completed in mid-August, according to Dr. Pearson. It will then take a month to six weeks to prepare the building for use. Most of this time will be taken up in furnishing, painting and cleaning the building. Furniture has been decided upon by the board of trustees and a staff named to operate the functioning of the Student Union.
Norman A. Whitten, formerly special service officer in the Air Corps, will head the staff. He was a varsity athlete at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and played professional baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies. At Mercer University in Macon, Ga., he was a coach for several years. He was also physical director for the YMCA in Montogomery, Alabama.
The new Student Union is located on the shores of the artificial lake which has been dug west of the main classroom building. Walla of glass and fancy stone facings should make the ultramodern building one of the best looking clubs on campus. The bandstand overlooking the lake will seat about 30 musicians who will play for dances and occasionally furnish dinner music, ^long with a private dining room there will be a large cafeteria, which includes a bakery.
The open-air dance floor is bordered by a dining patio. Two meeting rooms, a committee room, a public lounge and a reading room will be for the convenience of all students and student organizations.
The Student Union is located between the classrooms and the new dormitory units which have been in occupancy since last Spring.
STUDENT RETURNING TO ITALY Returning to Italy after completing chemistry courses at the University of Miami is Vincent Giordano. He plans to return here in the future for further study. Any Miami students visiting Italy are invited to call on him at his home, Via Giovanni, Paladino 6, Italy.
Facsimile Lab To Move Here From Herald
’ The facsimile newspaper laboratory, previously located in the Miami Herald building, is being moved to room 523, Main Campus, according to Professor Simon Hochberger, chairman of the journalism department.
All equipment including facsimile broadcasting machines, IBM electric typewriters, and a multigraph machine will be ready on the Main Campus for students taking Facsimile Newspaper Editing and Production courses during the fall term.
The courses, first of their kind in any college in the world, are taught by Associate Professor Duncan Scott.
The moving of the facsimile lab-ratory is the beginning of a general concentration of all journalism offices and facilities into what will eventually become a separate, completely equipped, journalism building.
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Journalism Prof Added To Direct AH Publications
Former member of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune staff, Norman D. Christensen has been appointed assistant professor of journalism and supervisor of all student publications, Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson announced this week.
Christensen was successively reporter, make-up editor, copyreader, and assistant telegraph editor on the Tribune.
Formerly a publicity man and free-lance writer, he has taught journalism at Hamline university, St. Paul, and is now teaching at the College of Journalism, University' of Colorado. He was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1934 and served in the army during World War II.
This appointment marks a major change in the setup of student publications. Previously, teachers in the journalism department, in addition to teaching a full credit load, took on the extra job of supervising one of the publications. Christensen’s main ,work will be to oversee all publications, and in addition he will teach one or two journalism courses.
Last year, advisor to the Hurricane was Vernon Cordry; to the Ibis .James L. Julian; and to Flotsam, Fred Shaw. Christensen’s appointment is effective at the beginning of the fall semester.
Finals Set For July 30-31; No 'Study Holiday' Granted
Final examinations will be given Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31, the registrar’s office announced this week No “days off” to study for finals will be granted since classes will be held regularly through Thursday, July 29.
Each examination should be held in the same room in which the class has been meeting, the announcement said.
The following schedule for Friday, July 30, applies to Monday-Friday classes. Classes that meet MWF. MW, WF, or any one of these days will follow the same schedule. All 2:15 or 2:45 classes have been scheduled on Saturday, July 31.
TTh and TThS classes, no matter what the usual hour of meeting, will have their examinations at 8:00, Saturday, July 31. There is a slight possibility of conflict
here, the announcement said, but students who find they have conflicts should consult the instructors whose classes conflict with their exam schedules. They will arrange an alternate time.
The examination schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 30
8 to 9:50—8 North Campus and 8:30 Main Campus classes.
10 to 11:50—9:15 NC and 9:45 MC classes.
12 to 1:50—1 NC and 1:30 MC
classes.
2 to 3:50—10:30 NC and 11 MC
classes.
4:00 to 5:50—11:45 NC and 12:15 MC classes.
Saturday, July 31
8 to 9:50—All TTh and TThS classes,
all 2:15 NC and 2:45 MC classes.