Miami Hurricane, July 06, 1951

              Class Ratings Altered By Selective Service
New Computing Method May Injure
Deferment Chances Of Some Students
THE MIAMI
HURR'C
By BOB COLLINS
liie_Ti.an.   Nave   l-'dilof
A new provision for computing a draft-age student's class
standing may materially decrease his chances for deferment,
according to information released this week by K. Malcolm
Beal,   University  Registrar.
Volume XXVI
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., July 6, 1951
No. 33
Phalee by Flatter
NORMA AND FLORENCE GAMPEL who are attending summer
sessions here are both nicknamed Bunnie. They say it saves embarrassment in rase someone confuses one for the other. "The Bunnies"
are from the Bronx, are seniors in business administration, like golf,
archery and tennis, and write to pen pals in several foreign countries. They deny that they switch dates with boy friends and admit
that neither of them has a Toni. In the fall, Norma and Florence will
trek back to New York to finish their senior year at NYU.
Last Minute Registration Rush Delays
Majority Of GI Subsistence Checks
Approximately 60 per cent of the initial checks due ex-GIs
attending the first summer session will not be received until
Aug.   1-10, according to Miss Lucile Faul, manager of the
—^Veterans' Business office at the University.
Profs Organize
Market Bureau
A market research bureau has
been recently established by two
University of Miami professors, Barton A. Westerlund, instructor in
business statistics, and Charles W.
Wurst,  instructor  in marketing.
The new firm provides surveys,
area tests, and statistical analysis on
products, markets and methods of
distribution.
Located in the Miracle building in
downtown Coral Gables, the research
bureau is equipped to furnish multi-
tpye services required by businessmen of this and other areas.
In addition, the bureau can aid the
troubled businessman with analysis
of sales potential, shopping studies,
and   copy   testing  of  advertising.
Some University of Miami students
will be employed by the bureau to
work with experienced interviewers
and observers in making surveys.
Dance Contest Entries
Must Be In By 4 P. M.
Students who would like to try for
Amateur night prizes tonight at the
weekly juke box dance should contact Brad Braddock, assistant director of student activities, before 4
p.m. today.
The dance, free to all students, is
scheduled for 9-12 p.m., in the Student Club patio, with the show
planned for 10 p.m., Braddock said.
An   accompanist for   contestants
who need one will be furnished by
Student   Activities. Brad   Braddock
will MC the show.
'The delay incurred in forwarding
the checks is probably due to the
tremendous last minute rush of
veterans applying for training before the July 25 deadline," she said.
Veterans are advised that "any GI
student who drops out entirely before the end of the first summer session" will forfeit his remaining eligibility. Exceptions to this regulation
are veterans recalled to service and
those who are unable to attend because of legitimate reasons beyond
their control, such as a doctor's certificate for serious illness, etc.
Effective Sept. 25, 1951, all
veterans must attend the two regular semesters, day or evening,
without interruption in order to
maintain  eligibility.
Of primary concern to the graduating veteran is the new rule, which
becomes effective during the second
summer session, 1951, stating that he
must apply to the VA for a supplemental certificate of eligibility in
order to continue post-graduate
work in his field of interest. This
application must be submitted prior
to the veteran's graduation.
Requests for change in course will
not be authorized by the Veterans'
Administration.
Chimes, Instructors
In 20-Minute Battle
Evening division classes were
disrupted Tuesday when instead
of the 9 p.m. chimes, a selection
of six songs including "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic"
sounded out  for 20 minutes.
Instructors battled in vain
against the din. One resourceful
class turned thc chiming into a
community sing.
Top Musicians
To Make Tour
Of Band Camp
Eight former presidents of the
Florida Bandmasters' Ass'n. meet
here today to review the U-M summer band camp and discuss problems of high school bands in the
state, according to Fred McCall,
Band Camp director.
Roy Wood, president of the association and band director at Winter
Haven High school will preside over
the meeting.
The bandmasters will tour the
band camp, attending rehearsals today and tomorrow ond the concert in
the Student Club Sunday.
Enrollment in the band ramp
this year is 180, representing four
states, with 41 persons on the
staff. Fifty-five of the high school
musicians are day campers, living
off the campus and attending class
sessions daily, and 125 are resident
campers who live in the dormitories.
A band laboratory and workshop
for bandmasters now working in
high schools has been organized in
conjunction with  the camp.
A part of this course will be a
demonstration by the U-M band in
Beaumont Lecture hall each Wednesday night during the five-week
camp.
Although scholastic requirements
for deferment remain the same, the
method for computing the standing
has been changed by Selective Service form SSS-109, just introduced
two weeks ago.
Formerly, Beal said, in submitting
to draft boards a report of a student's class standing, U-M used its
own form, taking a university-wide
point average as a basis for computing individual standings.
Under the new form the university must compute a student's
standing in relation to only those
students who have completed the
same number of st_mester hours.
"This makes the system extremely
complicated," Beal said, "since in a
university this size it creates between 150 and 200 'classes' which
must be averaged separately."
With the new system a student
might be rated in a group of perhaps as few as four or five students.
Still required for deferment arc
class standings in the upper half
for freshmen, upper two-thirds
for sophomores, upper three-quarters for juniors and upper half
for seniors. Each class will be divided hy the new system into a
great many  parts.
The form, copies of which go to
thc local board, the university and
the student, requires listing of class
standing by number, from top to
bottom. A simple statement that thc
student is in the required percentage
will not do.
'There can be no ties either," said
Beal. "Should any arise we are instructed to go into a student's previous record, even back as far as
high school, to make a choice."
A student whose class standing
is below the requirement set up
may still lie deferred on the basis
of deferment tests given recently.
A score of 70 is required. Students
may learn their scores by writing
May 26 Test Grades
Mailed To Miami Area
Test grades for students who took
draft deferment exams May 26 have
now been received locally, according to Loraine Puckett, former Dade
county Selective Service clerk, now
clerk for local board 46.
Grades for later tests are being received a few at a time, she said.
A recent decentralization move,
which created nine boards here in
place of the original four, has slowed
things down, but many boards are
mailing the results of the test to
registrants,  Mrs.  Puckett reported.
In addition to the test, applicants
for deferment still need a letter of
application as well as form SSS-109
supplied  hy  theii   University.
Applicants for deferment will be
considered as soon as their files are
complete. Notice to those whose local
board number has been changed is
being mailed.
or otherwise contacting their local
hoards.
"It must be remembered," Beal
added, "that local boards are not
forced to consider these standings
as iqualification for deferment. The
use of them is entirely up to the
board's discretion."
University students applying for
deferment who filled out U-M's
form during the spring semester do
not have to fill out the new form,
Beal said. Thc university will transfer thc information given then to
new  forms it is completing.
Bridge To Open Today
The ncw Bird road bridge, under
construction for the past four
months, will he open to car traffic
at 4 p.m. today, according to Hugh
Peters, county commission chairman.
KKIGHTiyKK
MOFFTIT
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WARNER
TOBEY
Most U-M, Students Favor Korean Truce, Poll Reveals
By JIM V. Ill 11 Slill I l>
I turret •mr   Staff   Writar
"Would the United States be
justified in withdrawing to the 38th
parallel to obtain a truce in
Korea?"
Since the suggestion of a Korean
truce was advanced by Soviet delegate Jakob Malik before the UN.
the possibility of such a withdrawal
as a condition of truce has been
advanced by many writers and
statesmen.
To determine rampus reaction to
a truce under such conditions, the
Hurricane asked a number of students, faculty members and other
workers al the University the
above question.
The answers given showed a wide
range of opinion, but most were
afTirmative, with varying degrees
of qualification. Some thought a
cautious watch should be kept for
Communist trickery. S y n g m a n
Rhee, provisional president of the
Republic of Korea came under fire
in  some  opinions.
Helen Sherrill, Duke graduate
student   attending   summer   school
here, thought the Malik proposal
was propaganda, but suggested it
might be a genuine peace move.
She said that, as Premier Stalin
is aging, it might fit Communist
policy to stabilize the world situation so Russia can survive the inevitable struggle for power that
will   follow  Stalin's death.
She also said. "The U.S. and Russia are afraid of each other. We
have waited for Russia to take the
initiative too often. There is danger that we could forfeit world
leadership through such a policy."
Robert H. MofTitt answered, "I
think we should withdraw if that
will make a truce possible. We
should try for peace at all costs.
The war in Korea hasn't achieved
any purpose."
Law senior E. Jackson Haaszc
answered with an emphatic "We
should not withdraw." He considered Malik's suggestion a trick
"to lull us into a false sense of
security," and said we should fight
Russia now.
Stan Rosenblum, liberal arts
senior,  said   the   Korean   war   was
only a step in Russian attempts at
worltl domination. He thought a
truce would be useless because
"they (Russia) would only move
somewhere else." Rosenblum favored a U.S. occupation force in
Korea in the event a truce is arranged and thought we should
"throw out Rhee."
F^rncst Tobey, education freshman, supplied the least qualified
affirmative answer. Tobey said,
"Wc should stop at the .'tXth parallel. By going north of that line,
we are only interfering in the other
guv's   business."
Dr. J. H. Warner, professor of
English, gave a tentative 'Yes,"
but warned, "We should be very
careful that this is not another
Communist   trick."
Other affirmative replies came
from:
Fred Feightner, business administration freshman, " . . .truce
or all-out war  in Korea."
Norman Graham, library circulation clerk, "The important thing
... a stable peace."