Miami Hurricane, April 29, 1932

              The Miami @ Hurricane
THE official student publication of THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
VOL. 6
Coral Gables, Miami, Florida. April 29, 1932
No. 28
Univ. To Be Host To High School Seniors Tomorrow
Annual Event Planned To Introduce Students To Miami U. Activities
Senior boys from every high jchool in Dade and Broward counties will be entertained as guests of the University tomorrow night at 7:30. Staged annually to acquaint the local high school students with the local University this affair is creating greater interest each year.
The visitors will be escorted through the building by University men and introduced to the instructors. Punch and cake will be served by the University Women’s Association in the gymnasium where boiing and wrestling matches are to be staged. Ernie Brett has arranged an elaborate floor show. University songs will be sung and Carrington Gramling will render special piano selections. President B.F. Ashe, Coach Tommy McCann, and Harry Meigs will speak on different phases of University life.
Later in the evening the boys will visit the various fraternity houses on the campus where novel entertainment is always in order. George Harvey is chairman of the Glad-hand committee and Rev. J Cleveland Sims is in charge of the program. Ed Wright is in charge of transportation. Others on committee on arrangement are: George Okell, George Reichgott, George Baer, George Harvey, Frank Sim monit and John Howard. Rev. Don Henshaw is general chairman.
Fri., April 29 — Pi Delta Sigma Spring Dance at the Coral Gables Inn, 9:30 p.m.
Sat., April 30 — Alpha Delta sorority sponsoring benefit bridge at the Everglades Hotel, 8 p.m. I The Zeta Phi sorority entertaining for Miss Anne Bagby, at the home of Miss Sally Markley, 2716 DeSota Plaza. 3 to 5.
Mon., May 2—Fraternity and sorority meetings.
Wed., May 4—Student Elections.
CALENDAR
Collegiate World Still Protesting Reed Harris Case
University To Grant One Hundred
Degrees At Graduation Ceremonies
Suit For $100,000 May Be Brought Against U. Officials
( BY COLLEGE NEWS SERVICE )
New York — The college press | of the nation this week seethed j with editorials deploring the sum-, mary action taken against Reed Harris, former editor of the Col-j umbia Daily Spectator, who was' expelled because of a campus din- j ing room expose.
Meanwhile, Attorney Raymond ; L. Wise of the American Civil Lady Windemere » Fan Directed Liberties Union was Completing By Mr». Motter, Will Be plans for a proposed $100,000 Given Thursday	damage suit on behalf of Harris
against the University. The suit, it The dramatic department, un- is understood, would allege breach i der the direction of Mrs. Opal 0f contract.
DRAMATICS DEPT. TO PRESENT PLAY
Euard Motter, will produce the satirical social drama “Lady Win-demere’s Fann”, by Oscar Wilde, a four-act play, on Thursday night, May 5 at the Temple Theatre.
The characters to be portrayed are: Lady Windemere, Aileen Booth; Lord Windemere, Wade Stiles;Lord Darlington, Steve Kite-Powell; Mrs. Erlynn, Millicent Rubin; Lady Plymdale, Josephine Montanus; Duchess of Bewrick, Doris Glendenning; Agatha, her daughter, Priscilla Sweeting; Mr. Dumby, Cushman Robertson; Mr. Hopper, Earl Howard; Cecil Graham, George Smith; Lord Augus-tus Lorton, James Lyons; Parker, the butler, Bob Downes; Lady Jed-burg, Byrl Chapman; Lady Stut-field, June Randolph; and Mrs. Cowper Cowper, Helen Lipton.
The department will also present “She Walked In Her Sleep by Mark Swan about May 20. The cast will include Virginia Hastings, Andy Shaw, Marguerite Du-haime, Lucille Mutchler, Gilbert Bromaghim, Herbert Hagelgans, Luke Crowe and Felicia Trombetta.
Following a fortnight of tumultuous events, which included numer-
Hulley of Stetson, and Rufus Steele To Deliver Addresses
Rufus Steele, of The Christian Science
ous near-riots, mass meetings and Monitor, who will address class rally.
student strike, the Columbia \-------------------------------——
campus was again comparatively MIAMI U. DEBATERS quiet this week, although protests
against Harris’ dismissal continued RETURN FROM TRIP
to pour in from every part of the	-------
country.	-	The University of Miami Debat-
Rumors were to the effect that ¡ng team has just returned from a Dean Herbert E. Hawkes and other ten day tour of the south. The administrative officers were pri- team won decisions over Emory, vately of the opinion that the for- Brenau, and Georgia A. and M. mer had committed a grave blunder while losing to Asheville Normal, in expelling the editor without a : Non-decisions were with St. Peters-hearing, but the die having been j burg Junior College, University
of Florida and Mercer.
The team was comprised of Mel-
Commencement exercises for around 100 students of the University of Miami will be held Monday, June 6 at the Miami Blitmore Club, it was announced by President B. F. Ashe. Dr. Lincoln Hul-ley, president of John B. Stetson University will be the speaker for the exercises which wiU mark the close of the university’s sixth year.
The plans for commencement week so far as have been arranged call for the baccalaureate services Sunday, June 5th, at the Trinity Episcopal Church, with Bishop John Durham Wing, Bishop of the Florida Episcopal Church, giving the baccalaureate address.
The senior breakfasts will be held Monday morning, June 5th at the Migmi Biltmore Club where Rufu3 Steele, well-known journalist now with the Christian Science Monitor and formerly with the University of Miami, will be the j speaker.
The second semester of the university will close officially June 11 with the second annual summer session opening June 13th. Examinations for undergraduates will be held June 7th through 10th.
The seventh year of the University of Miami will open the week of September 26th.
cast, they were forced to maintain a stolid front.
Attorney Wise himself expressed drim Thomson, Jr., Lucille Mutch-
the belief that President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia had no foreknowledge of Dean Hawkes’
1er, Henri Kate Gardner and Joseph Fleischaker accompanied by Prof. Kenneth R. Close, Coach. The team
INDEPENDENT PARTY ANNOUNCES FIVE-POINT PLATFORM FOR NEXT CAMPAIGN
Stile», Sullivan, Glendenning, Blain and Shaw Head Party Ticket
James B. Koger, chairman of the Independent party, emphasized points of the party platform yesterday in a statement given to a Hurricane representative. He announced that the Independent ticket is made up of the following candidates: For president, Wade Stiles; vice-president, Bettye Sul-fivan; secretary-treasurer, Doris Glendenning (who is the unanimous choice of all parties for this office. She is, however, a candi-ate of the Independent party); chief justice of the honor court, Harry Shaw; prosecuting attorney, Betty Blain; associate justices of the honor court, Beth Bolton, Henri ate Gardner, LeRoy Albert, Dick Cummings, Joe Cronin, and Coleman N’ockolds.
The platform of the Indepen-ent party, as announced in a pre-ous issue of the Hurricane, includes the following points:
L Truly representative student government. Student government officers chosen by the greatest Jonty, composed of both men Women students, with and at fraternity affiliations. The
athletic element is represented, as well as the non-athletic. Every department and school of the university is given just representation.
2.	Hold the Pan American Stu dent Conference. This project, conceived by members of the Independent party for the advance ment of the university toward its ideal of Pan Americanism, will be brought to a successful completion by the party.
3.	Rationalization of the honor system. The party believes that the honor system must be adjusted and in part changed to fit the needs and conditions existent in the university:
plan to dismiss Harris, but was was entertained at the University practicing administrative courtesy | of Florida by a dance given in their by leaving the matter in the dean’s j honor at the Beta Theta Pi house, hands. The latter was expected to The week end was spent at the escape much of the criticism being home of Judge and Mrs. B. C. heaped upon him by a scheduled ; Gardner in Camilla, Ga., where trip to England, where he is soon i the team addressed the Camilla to confer with Oxford and Cam- High School.
bridge authorities on graduate work The team was being entertained for Columbia alumni.	'at the Zeta Tau Alpha house at
As the excitement on the campus Brenau, and at the Alpha Delta Pi gradually subsided, Spectator an- house.
nounced that Arthur J. Lelyveld, ---------------------------------------
formerly a member of the news board, would be Harris’ successor.
Coincidental with this announcement, Spectator’s managing board published a front page editorial, demanding a student investigation of dining room conditions in John Jay Hall . . . “in order to vindicate the principles for which Harris stood
Mrs. Motter Ties With Miss Higbee in Contest
Under the pseudonym of "Cirena Perkins”, and entirely unknown to anyone, Mrs. Opal Euard Motter wrote a one-act play entitled "Car-casonne” which tied with another play for first place in the recent Civic Theatre play contest.
“Blow East, Blow West” by Miss Jane Higbee who is a student in the university playwriting class, is the tying play. The final decision will be made during the rehearsal of the plays and will be announced the night they are played.
PLATFORM AND TENETS OF PROGRESSIVE PARTY ARE ANNOUNCED BY LEADERS
Fenwick» Patton» Squarcia and Louyt Are Nominated For Chief Offices
The platform of the Student It was a repetition of charges of j Progressive Party was announced improper management, high prices today by Harry Meigs, chairman, and poor food — charges made by The candidates of the party are, a former editor last Spring—that Bill Fenwick, president; Stuart caused Harris’ dismissal. This ac- ; Patton, vice-president; and 0°*^ Meigs stated.
(Continued on Page Two) 'Glendenning, secretary-treasurer.
______._______I Meigs said that his group is back- The platform of the Progressive
ing Miss Glendenning for the third Party as announced by the chair-
jorie Tebo, Frank Smathers, Tom Delaney, Eddie Graczyk, and Harold Austen. They represent all schools, classes and departments of the university.
“I wish to pay the highest compliment to the candidates of the opposition, but feel that the candidates of the Progressive party are of equal integrity and caliber,”
by more than one nominee,” Koger offiee with the independent party, man contains six important points: said in conclusion. “Another ticket M ghe ^ „„questionably the best 4. Revision of the student con- announced on the campus recently candldat€ for the pogition.
stitution. The constitution now m use in the University of Miami is in part obsolete and unsuited to present needs. Powers and duties of officers must be expressly set forth.
5. Economy in student government. A budgeting and accounting of student funds is necessary. Waste in disbursement of student moneys due to inadequate investigation of needs shall be eliminated.
“Proof of the wide representation of the Independent party’s candidates is furnished by the fact that no organization is represented
contains the names of three men from one organization, the Judge' Meigs stated that current rumors Whitfield club, and two more from of a sPht ,n the Progressive party
are false and unfounded, and asked that supporters of the party
a social fraternity.”
1. We take a definite stand supporting Dr. B. F. Ashe, president of the University of Miami, the administration, and the faculty. We feel that the greatest success can come to the university
NOTICE
Class pictures for the Year Book will be taken this morning in the patio at the following hours:
9:30	Freshmen
10:00	Sophomores
10:30	Juniors
i in the recent minor elections con- ^th the closest harmony of facul-i tinue in their faith in the organi- ar)d student body, and because zation.	of the outstanding work of Dr.
„	....	; Ashe, as president of the univer-
Oindidates backed by the pro- sity in the past six years, he should gressives for prosecutmg attorney be s up rted in hfa policies a8 and chief just,ce_ are Bob _Louys prcgidcnt of the institutlon.
and Silver Squarcia. Louys is run ning for reelection to his office. Those in the field for the office of associate justices of the honor court are: Dorothy Witters, Mar-
2. We will support and defend the present constitution of the university as long as it is accepted (Continued on Page Two)