Miami Hurricane, August 18, 1950

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Hurricane
Volume XXV
University ok Miami. Coral Gables, Fla., August 18, 1950
No. 8
$170,000 Armory Going Up
January 1 Scheduled Date For Completion 01 Project
Photo by Baiar
ARCHITECTS SKETCH of the armory shows how it will look from Alhambra circle. Conventional doorway has been redesigned and by using slump brick, a contemporary style is created that conforms to that of other campus buildings. Other minor changes have been made to meet University specifications, including a combination of slump brick and glass in the window construction. Present plans call for landscaping upon completion. Use of the building is primarily for Dade County National Guard and Army Reserve units but classrooms will be available to the university R.O.T.C. during the day.
Hopes for New Building
Voice Defects Of Students, Tourists Treated By University Speech Clinic
By JUNE MacFARLAND
Hurricane Staff Writer
A fifteen-year-old boy who lost his power of speech at the age of six when strangled by a drunken father is learning to talk again through the expert instruction and guidance of the University speech clinic. The boy has begun to respond to his instructors with simple words which it is hoped wll soon lead to full sentences and, eventually, to complete restoration of
By JOHN BAIAR
Hurricane Staff Writer
Construction of the new $170,000 Dade County Armory has been started on the intramural field at the intersection of Alhambra circle and San Amaro drive.
The armory, which will be used by National Guard and Army Reserve units, is contracted to be completed on or before January 1, 1951.
vocal ability.
The clinic, started in 1946 by Dr. Raymond Van Dusen, also teaches lip reading, treats lisping, stuttering and other speech defects.
One case in point that is progressing successfully is a Miami tourist who suffered a stroke resulting in total loss of speech. Treated by Dr. Van Dusen, he is now able to talk in complete sentences. He attributes his success to the clinic, plus a strong faith in God. The clinic believes a a patient’s determination and faith are highly important factors in effecting a cure.
Another important phase of the clinic's job is working with students. Upon entrance to the University, each freshman is required to take a speech test. Those with defects are urged to come to the clinic. Often it is found that the trouble is a minor one and, with proper guidance, easy to overcome. All instruction is individual, made by appointment.
Correct speech for those who plan teaching careers is highly stressed. A teacher who stutters may pass the defect along to her students.
Records are made of each patient’s voice and played back to him in
Activity Office Lists Schedule
A dance, sponsored by the student Activities office, is scheduled for tonight on the Student Club patio from 9 p.m. to 12 midnight. Buddy Wilson’s orchestra will play. No admission will be charged and all are invited.
A Table Tennis tournament at the Student Club, which started last Tuesday, is also sponsored by Student Activities. Anyone wishing to participate should contact the Activities office.
The boat “Betiska” is available for all students, faculty, administration and guests for cruises around Miami. The boat is available seven days a week. Reservations can be made at the Student Activities office, student Club, Main Campus, Tel. No. 87-4788 or 87-4211, Ext. 409.
Canoes are rented to students at 20 cents per person per hour. The canoes, located in the University lake, are available all week.
order that he may hear his voice as it sounds to other people.
The speech department has made great strides during the last eight years and expects to continue to enlarge. The importance of correct speech habits is gaining recognition in public schools and there is a great need for trained personnel in this field.
Among the courses offered by the department in the regular curriculum are public speaking, conversational speech, diction and voice science.
The department points with pride at plans of the building it hopes to build when it has sufficient funds. The proposed building is ultramodern in design with an open auditorium where public speaking students can learn to project their voices. Ramps for cripples will be an important feature, as many of the patients are wheel-chair cases.
Dr. Eugene White, assistant to Dr. Van Dusen, is acting chairman during Dr. Van Dusen's absence for the summer. Dr. William Shea is in charge of the clinic.
Misnomer Causes Slight Confusion
Gray hair and whiskers are not prerequisites for Adult division classes.
“We have found in the past six months that a lot of people do not realize ‘Adult division’ merely means evening classes,” Dan Stein-hoff, director of the Evening division, said this week.
This misconception caused the Adult division to be renamed ‘Evening division.’
Of the 270 courses offered, approximately 80 per cent are given during the day by the same professors. Evening classes are taken mainly by business people who do not have time to further their education at regular day classes.
First summer session registration in the Evening division jumped 75 per cent over the previous semester, while the second session showed a 100 per cent increase over the first.
Steinhoff partly credits the increased enrollment this summer to the Evening division’s new quarters in room 105 of the Merrick building.
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Graduate, Prof To Be Married; September 4 Set
It was announced this week that a University professor and an honor graduate plan to marry in September Miss Margaret Marie Betterton, who graduated magna cum laude in 1949, and Dr. Robert Carlyle Beyer, assistant professor of Hispanic-American history, will wed in the Plymouth Congregational church Sept. 4.
A graduate of Edison high school, Miss Betterton majored in radiotelevision here and is now a radio department secretary. She is a member of the Radio guild, Alpha Epsilon Rho, national radio honor society, and the Miami Civic Theater group. Dr. Beyer, employed by the university since 1948, has degrees from Hamline and Oxford Universities and a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Minnesota.
A frequent contributor to periodicals on Latin-American subjects, Dr. Beyer worked for a State Department research grant at Colombia.
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Friday, Aug. 18. 9 to mid.—Orchestra dance for all students, Student Club Patio—Music by Buddy Wilson.
Saturday, Aug. 19—Entries due for Tennis (Doubles) tournament. Friday, Aug. 25, 9 to 12 mid.—
Square Dance for all students, Student Club Patio.
University officials said they did not know what arrangements would be made for the use of the armory by the University’s R.O.T.C. units; however, according to Maj. Emmet L. O’Connor, officer in charge of the O.R.C. Instructor Group, Miami Military Sub-district, classroom facilities would be available to the university groups during the day.
Corps of Engineer headquartres in Miami said the cost of the construction work is being borne by the federal government. Reason for locating this government subsidized project on campus is that the University donated the land for the building.
, It is one of several similar buildings being erected over the country, I and is under the direction of Col. | R. W. Pearson, district engineer, U.S. Army corps of engineers, Jacksonville, Fla. The local representative is the office of George R. Coslow, engineer in charge.
Specifications Given According to specifications called for in the architect’s plans, the building will be 162 feet long. Another 21 foot section will be added to this to accommodate a standard 1000 inch rifle range. The range will be five feet below the surface of the ground, and will extend 115 feet, the entire width of the armory.
The two story structure will also include a central assembly hall. 121 by 60 feet. Surrounding this drill area on the first floor will he offices, five classrooms, showers, toilet facilities, and storage room. A reading room, day room, and 27 small rooms to be used as offices and classrooms will encompass the drill area on the second floor.
Architecture Modified Although there is a standard plan for this type of armory, the Dade County structure has been modified slightly on the exterior to conform to the modem architectural style used by the university on its other buildings, and also to meet local building specifications.
New Openings Are Announced By Job Office
The placement service bureau has several openings available at the present time, according to Wallace Coburn, assistant director.
Male students, preferably between 24-27 years of age, are wanted as professional escorts (day or night) by a local escort service. Men selected must be of good appearance and build. Salary is $10 plus expenses. Further details may he obtained from Cohurn in the Job Placement Office.
Coburn also announced full-time job openings for an assistant dietitian, a civil or mechanical engineer with structural engineering background, a stenographer and a part-time service station lubrication man with a knowledge of minor repairing.
There is an opening for a part-time (one or two days) Shavemaster demonstrator, man or woman, at $1.25 an hour. This company desires a senior who owns a car and likes sales work.
Coburn will discuss these job opportunities with interested applicants at the Job Placement Office, Main campus.
Cobum urges all prospective graduates to file graduate application forms with the placement office as soon as possible. Students who register early will usually have a choice of the more attractive positions, he added.
U-M Pep Club Sees Big Year
The University Pep club, now beginning its second year on campus, is making big plans for the coming season.
According to Ted Cook, president, the club will have overall supervision of such activities as dances, pep rallies, and bonfires. It will also organize an orientation program for new men students on campus.
One of the club's chief activities will be the operation of the card section during football games. Last year the newly organized card section ranked third among 19 southeastern colleges.
Plans are already being made by members for a mammoth car caravan to Gainesville, Nov. 18, to attend the U-M Florida game. There will be approximately 100 automobiles with a police escort.
According to Cook, membership is to be made up of one representative and one alternate from each sorority and fraternity on campus, plus an equal number of independents.
The organization received its charter on June 9, 1950. At that time the following officers were elected: Preaident, Ted Cook; Vice President, Mel Zerinsky; Secretary, Mary Cha-bot; Treasurer, George Binacho; Sergeant-at-arms, Tom Tune. Dr. Thurston Adams is Faculty Advisor.
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Plioio by Baiar
WORKMEN LAY CEMENT BLOCKS and place steel reinforcements in place as new armory foundation takes shape. Excavation for the rifle range on the north end of the building has been completed. When finished, the two-story structure will also house a central drill area, classrooms, offices, kitchen, day-room, reading room and toilet facilities.