Miami Hurricane, May 19, 1933

              THE MIAMI HURRICANE
VOL 7.
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, MAY 19, 1933
NO. 30
“Pim Kimbrough New Student Body President
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By Smith Perkins
A Sensational Plea $3,000,000,000 — and Liquor Homesteads—Still Home Miami and Miamians Lead So Voting’s Over!
Hayes Wood Asks Support Of O’Brien
FOUR QUARTER Antilla Scene Of vivrrifiV nr TERM AGAIN Pi Chi Spring Dance tiLfiUlUiv Ur
President Roosevelt has asked the world to “give up offensive weapons of war and unite for peace and economic recovery.” .
The president has taken a step which most nations are hailing as a great move toward world security, and which has, perforce, given him much world acclaim.
It is a big step. And if he can carry it through (like the president in “Gabriel”—so nobly did) he might certainly be classed with the immortals. All his previous economic plans fade into nothingness before this project, yet all have been a stepping stone toward it. It has been a job to get the confidence so affixed to himself that anything he says should carry-such import; and it does. Already the leading countries of the world have condescended to at least get a trifle worried about it. And it is merely a speech!
The $3,000,000,000 public building program has met a snag. Congress may “appropriate” the money, Roosevelt may “pass” but who is to supply it, and how? The sales tax is out. Congress will have none of it.
Various ways have been suggested; a one-cent federal gas tax; a tax on stock dividends; a reduction in income tax; and a sales tax on coffee, tea, spices, bananas, pepper and salt. The President is waiting for them to give up; then he will give suggestions. Meanwhile the deliberation is giving him a chance to put in a subtle authority to “reduce or eliminate thrust at prohibition. He asks the the new taxes, should prohibition repeal become effective or increasing revenues make them unnecessary,'1
Recommending government cooperation with industry, he says the purpose is to “obtain wide re-employmenti to shorten the working week, to pay a decent wage for the shorter week and to prevent unfair competition and disastrous overproduction.”
The Florida Congress has voted to submit to the people proposed constitutional amendment exempting from* taxation homesteads valued up to $5,000. And so Floridians are getting over the boom. Every kind of property doesn’t have to be taxed, shouldn’t be taxed, has no right to be taxed. It is the old story of break up the home, break up the ^tate, and the rulers of the state are beginning to see that although they might get a few dollars revenue out of taxes on homes, yet they are playing a losing game in the long run. Home lovers will pay their last few pennies to keep their homes, no doubt, but when that is paid and the mortgage still owing, then they become the “people of the street” for whom the $3,000,000,000 has to be ra:sed, and those “big shots” come in on that, and so the completion of the cycle.
Hayes Wood, president of the University Alumni association and chairman of the board of the Young Democratic Club of Dade County, in a letter to the Hurricane endorsed James F. X. O’Brien, as a candidate for the office of city commissioner of the city of Coral Gables.
Mr. Woods stated that “It is my sincere pleasure to be able to endorse one of our loyal alumnus who is a candidate for the city commission of Coral Gables and I congratulate the University of Miami for having graduated a man of his ability, enthusiasm and power. While on the campus I remember Jimmie as editor of the Ibis, founder of the “M” club, president of the junior class, Rho Beta Omi-cron, and member of -football and basketball teams.”
SLATED 1933-34 One of the outstanding social
events of the season will be the
Thirty-Six N^Tcourses Are tropical formal spring dance t0 be Echeduled; Many In glven by the Pi Chi fraternity to-Science Depts.
NEW OFFICERS HELD QUIETLY
Booth. MacNamara, Hester, And Smathers Also Victorious
morrow night at the Antilla Hotel.
Invitations have been extended to
U has been definitely decided by members of the stude„t Wy> fa.	-------
the school officials that the four- ,
quarter term will be continued C“lty and many of the youn*er St“de"ts at the aniverslty next year, as it has been this. The sociaI contingent of the Metropoli- ected officers to carry out University bulletin, with this and ¡tan Miami area.	.functions of student government
sel-
the
for the coming year, Wednesday, at one of the quietest elections held in the university history. However, of the total number of eligi-
other general announcements, will Jack Carr is chairman of the be issued on or about the first of dance and is assisted by Edward June. Thirty-six courses not in- Hodsdon, Finley Beaton, Joe Auer,
eluded in last year’s bulletin will William Maloney, John Kiteh- ble voters only 41 did not vote, be offered.	ens, W illiam Shillington and Den-	,	.
There will be an introduction to nis Leonard. Decorations will be e interest cen ere a,ou’1 biology given in the autumn and carried out in the fraternity colors [a\e °r *,rt;11 e" 0 e „	*
winter terms, which will be a study °f black and gold with tropical of the general principles and prob. foliage forming the background.
STUDENTS LEARN STORE ROUTINE
body with Stanford “Pim” Kimbrough resulting in the popular
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lems of plant and animal biology, chaperons for the evening will be	-,
A course in the problems of botany Dr. and Mrs Walter O. Walker, vot«;ompared^ John A»en’ ‘7’
is planned for those majoring in Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Zook, and Mr. and AndreW ShaW’ 51‘ T° **
botany; a study of the general an<* ^rs- Russell A. Rasco.
physiological activities of the-------------------------—
plant, called “Plant Physiology” MORE STUDENTS
Humorous Incidents Mark University Day At Burdine’s
IS AIM OF UNIV.
L University day at Burdine’s The . routine of the big store goes on as usual but underneath it all there is a slight ripple of excitement. Only a slight twinkle in the eyes of knowing secretaries betrays the look of experience of the executives pro ttm. On the various floors students wearing significant blue ribbons mingle with the crowd giving directions and answering questions, with a furtive glance at bona fide floor walkers to make sure their manner is the last word in competence.
Shortly after the opening of the i store one of the first floor managers was summoned by personnel director Miss Bettye Sullivan and a rather peremptory suggestion made that the young lady purchase some hose—and wear them. Another enterprising young man, the display manager, had arranged to have the girl friend on the fifth floor—only to find that his office I was on the third floor! The young . lady has decided her department is too far from the center of activity—trouble ahead, Andy!
“Long John” Allen declares that business in the corset department ; ¡couldn’t be better, while Weston Heinrich, who is majoring in Zoology, finds selling evening gowns | more' entertaining than dissecting 1 frogs.
Toward the middle of the afternoon R. B. Burdine surprised his : successor and various underlings by walking into what appeared to be a staff-meeting. President Robertson was standing before the ' group with hands extended in portentious manner. Word had just reached him that Floor Manager Charlie Heckman had asked for three helpings of spinach, while Comptroller Joe Auer, having seduced the salesgirl, was com-(Continued on page 4)
A check for $156.45 was received late yesterday afternoon from Burdine’s, for the University's sftare in the net proceeds of University of Miami Day at Burdine’s.
will be introduced this year Six new chemistry courses are
in the offing; physiological chem-	-------
istry, quantitative analysis, (spe- Professors, Students cial methods), a course in com- Visiting High Schools mercial laboratory practice, labor-	In Drive
atory technique, advanced inorgan-.	------
ic chemistry, and industrial chem-1 A grpup of professors and stu-istry.	'dents have spent the past month
elected Kimbrough needed a majority of the total number of votes cast. He received one over the required number. John Allen,
In English the advanced compo- visiting schools in and around the
sition course will be continued, as in
Miami district, putting before
will the courses in the modern graduating high school students .........................................
American novel, and the modern the advantages of continuing their ^ cbjef justice of the honor British biography. Something new education at the University.
the next highest candidate, announced that he wrould not ask for a recount for he felt that the stu--^re. dents had selected the candidate 1 which they wanted.
Aileen Booth won the race for ■ vice president with 142 votes compared with 108 for Dorothy Rhoads. Nedra MacNamara is the new secretary and treasurer, receiving 162 votes to Elinor Miksitz’s 68. William Hester was unopposed
in this-school will be a study of
court as was Frank Smathers for Dr. B. F. Ashe spoke of the false prosecuting attorney.
called “a Study-of. Words.” Ancient history and
“Development of England”
Shaw And Maloney Speak to Scientists
Winning candidates for associate justice positions and their votes are; Mary Louise Dorn, 158; Howard Buck, 151; Harold Humm, 150;
Betty Burns, 145; James Henderson, 136.
the history of words and their ways rumors circulating about town in English and American speech, which have done so much to break
down civic confidence in the uni-medieval versity and guaranteed the rehistory will be separate courses opening of school next term: Dean james" Mool *146 next year, each three credits. The Henry S. West discussed the' aca-
will demic possibilities of the school, the standards which have always been maintained and the qualifications of the professors. Mary S.
Merritt took up the social life of
______	the students of the university,	.
Ehrens And Houghtaling Talk Aileen Booth spoke of the person- Me^^rJfRK"i°y..tC^SS
Studes Interview
An Interviewer
At Last Meeting Of Club To Be May 23
Last Tuesday afternoon the Sci ence Club held their forum after Military Academy at their regular business ■ meeting.
ality ’of the school, and Stewart Patton, of the fraternities and the athletic possibilities.
The group visited the Riverside Hollywood,
Bombard Riviera Editor With Statistics
By Pauline Spofford
I feel like a moron. I, whose
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Next week’s lecture forum will be the Miami High school, Miami Edi- quer>es on an> subject at an, _.n-the last of these meetings until son High, Ponce de Leon, Home- susPect>ng. L^who get paid (raos.
the stead, Redlands, and the Palm Saturdays)
for interviewing, 1, the hard-boiled news reporter, have just undergone an interview.
With carefully poised pencil they
next fall. The speakers on
program last Tuesday were An- Beach high schools. Approximate-drew Shaw and William Maloney, ly 1200 high school seniors have Mr. Shaw spoke on Astronomy, been told of the possibilities of dealing primarily with the major the university through this series asked me (two of those university planets of the Universe. He traced of talks. The Miami Acacia Club youngsters it took to finish the the development of the Planetis- and the Miami Lions Club invited task), asked me more fool ques-mal theory as developed from the these representatives to speak at tions than I, the experienced, could ancient Ptolemic theory. By draw- their meetings; May 25 they will think up in forty days. And did
he talk before the Miami Rotary Club. I answer them!
Margaret Sweat and Aileen
vastness of the universe outside of Booth are addressing the church for some sociological class, his own little world.
The second lecturer, Mr. Malon- clubs. They will speak ey, spoke on “Chemistry in Agri- some 1000 Miamians, culture” and attempted to show This is the first year which any cation, the last phrase i- my own», how the United States Department campaign of this kind has been woiild I kindly inform the wouid-of Agriculture was increasing the attempted and already Mr. Provin be news writer? what my job’s market and decreasing the capital has received word from several all about.
high school students who have been influenced to attend the university
ing numerous comparisons pointed out to his audience the
The survey, they told me, was
sort
organizations and women’s service of an estimate they're making re-
before garding various professions, and would I, as credit to my classifi-
losses of the American farmer The topic of soil erosion and erosion pauperized lands was the main the coming year, point of his talk. He pointed out that seventy five per cent of the farming lands in America
Query one: How many persons in the United States are engaged in similar work. Answer: 1,500,000 (who’ll dispute me ?).
Query: How does your work other
When you hear the barytone
were bray of a cotton-field canary these rank in comparison with gradually becoming sterile due to days you may take it for a paean jobs? Answer: In the first quar-(Continued on page four) of praise for the thirty-hour week. (Continued on page three)