Miami Hurricane, April 29, 1949

              The Miami
Hurricane
APR 2 9 '49
Volumi XXIII
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, ELA., APRIL 29, 1949
No. 25 -
Ashe
Rededicates Skeleton
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Story On Pag« 3
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May 7 Set As Junior-Senior Prom Date
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Magazine
Christened 'Tempo
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Hurricane Wins All-American For Third Consecutive Time
AFTF.R 23 YEARS OF HOPE, disappointment, and waiting, the foundation of what will he the main classroom building on the U-M campus was this week rededicated by President Bowman F. Ashe, amidst clamor of construction work, part of which did not stop even long enough for ceremonies. Above, George F.. Merrick, founder of Coral Gables, conducts the program celebrating the laying of the cornerstone in 1926. Below. Dr. Ashe recalls that moment as he finishes his talk with, “Let's not hold up construction for even a moment." A split second after he left the mike, air-hammers again began their clanging. Judge William E. Walsh, head of the first hoard of trustees, made his second dedication speech in 23 years. Hundreds of students, faculty, and Miamians crowded onto the second floor of the Skeleton and in front to witness the cere monies The U-M band played the “Alma Mater" and "Hail to the Spirit of Miami II."
Photo by Adam*
The Miami HURRICANE was awarded its third consecutive All-Amcricnn rating yesterday by the Associated Collegiate Press, b national judging and rating organization.
The award, which is for the Full, 1948 semester, is the highest a college paper can receive. The HURRICANE was placed with the top collegiate newspu|>ers in the country with 1005 rating points out of a possible 1065 The minimum number of points for All-American is 915.
The first All-American rating since the war was given for the Full, 1947, HURRICANE, edited by Cliff Heinzel. It was Heinzel who set up the picture foi mat now used by the paper. Allan J. Koplinger, who took over in the Spring of 1948, also headed an All-American HURRICANE.
Tom Bottomley, editor of the HURRICANE this semester, also headed the staff last Fall. “It is not the work of the editor,” he said, “that makes this paper outstanding. It takes the work of the entire staff in close cooperation to put out a good paper. In this case, the standards set in the previous years were especially instrumental in getting the uward."
Honey No. 24
A TOUCH OF SOPHISTICATION adds more glamour to our roster
of Hurricane honeys with the selection of Joan Nelson. A Floridian by choice f*he lives in Hollywood, Fla. with her parents), Joan has journrved to the south sunland every winter for the past 15 years from I-ong Island. N. Y. This 19-year-old miss, a pre-law student, has lovely white teeth, hloud hair, blue eyes, is 5 feet 3 inches tall, and weighs 117 pounds. Censorship prevents fiirlh-r des-ripie n. When we asked about hobbies, she told us she enjoyed sailing and howling. She also has a mania for black cals. We're looking forward to seeing her picture as an Ibis beauty. Joan, if you come to the Slop Shop today at 12:36, Paul Silverman will present you with an orchid from the University Flower Shop.	(Honor Photo by brad Homing)