Miami Hurricane, August 10, 1951

              Volume XXVI University of Miami, Cokal Gables, Fla., Aucust 10, 1951	No. 37
Officials See Med School As Reality; September, '52, Set As Target Date
RITA ORTON AND ANTOINETTE ROMAGUERI STEAL THE SHOW
9-Year-OM Tappers 'Steal Show'
At Student Activities 'Howdy Dance'
A pair of nine-year-old tap dancers stopped the show at the Student Activities sponsored “Howdy Dance” in the Student Club patio Friday night
Dressed in blue tights, Rita Orton and Antoinette Romagueri stepped through a routine billed as “Tap Happy” with precise timing and careful coordination. They were part of a show troupe sent from Bill Pecks’ downtown studio.
Another tapper, 13 - year - old Pete Cook, railed “The Fred Astaire of Tomorrow," presented the most workman-like performance of the evening, a dance called “Headed for Broadway.”
About 300 persons attended the affair held to introduce new students to the school and each other. There will be a barn dance in the Student Club patio tonight at 9 p.m. with music by “Uncle Harve." Gerry Reese will call the numbers.
Most unusual dance of the evening was an acrobatic routine calculated to crack spectators’ tendons. While in a backbend, Elaine Sterns, nicknamed “Spider,” touched her head to a surface nearly 18 inches below the platform on which she stood.
Other performers were Johnny Dodson, tap; Beverly Edwards, Hawaiian; Carolyn Webb, acrobatic; Peggy Horkaday, tap; and Barbara Bethel, acrobatic.
Velma Gilbert joined three of the other girls in a closing ensemble number. Mildred Hanna, pianist for the troupe, was in charge of the dancers.
Dancing to the music of Harry Johansen's band was from 9 p.m. until midnight with time out for the 35 minute show. Student Activities hostesses were present to dance with unescorted males. There will be a free dance every Friday night this month.
Vets’ Subsistence Checks To Arrive By Next Friday
About 800 veterans will receive their July subsistence checks by next Friday, Miss Lucile Faul, manager of the University VA business office, said late this week.
Earlier, the office had announced that checks would be delayed as much as three weeks. The new timing resulted when a large number of check authorizations were delivered to the VA office Tuesday.
Miss Faul said the rush of veterans to get in under the July 25 deadline had swamped the regional VA and delayed the checks. She anticipates no similar difficulties for the rest of this summer session or the opening of the fall semester.
Reese Named New Assistant To Dean Beery
John L. Russell, administrative assistant to Education Dean John R. Beery, announced his resignation recently. Gerry Reese, who was graduated from U-M last June, has been named to succeed Russell.
Reese is well-known to student body square dancers for calling Student Association dances. He majored in physical education as an undergraduate and is now doing advanced work in human relations toward his MEd.
Russell also is widely-known on the campus, having worked in Dean Beery's office nearly two years. He resigned to fulfill the one semester internship requirement for his teacher’s certificate.
After taking his BA at Bates college in Maine, Russell went to University of Pennsylvania for a year of advancecf study before taking the post in the Education office. He is now attending the teacher training session full time.
Profs To Attend UN Conclave
Two U-M professors will attend a southern seminar meeting, sponsored by the United Nations, at Washington, September 5-11.
U-M representatives Dr. J. Riley Staats, chairman of the geography department, and Dr. Donald R. Larson, head of the government department, were invited by the Brookings institute along with delegates from other leading colleges and universities, government departments, labor and industry, to discuss world problems.
The two major topics for discussions are the future policy of the United States in reference to international security under the UN, and the U.S. foreign aid program.
The plan for the meeting is that the group will discuss the problems, arrive at one or more feasible solutions, and offer the solution to the UN. Staats said that no individual member of the body will be quoted, but the conclusion will be given from the group as a whole.
SilenceTemporary; Bells To Peal Soon
In case you're one of those who misses the daily recital from the University’s electronic carillons, the music department reports that the condition is only temporary.
Dr. Ralph A. Harris, who is in charge of the carillons, stated that a serviceman from Atlanta will have the mechanical difficulties repaired within a few days.
According to Dr. Harris, there is as much difference between carillons and “chimes” as the comparison of toy and expensive grand pianos.
Ordinary “chimes," as found in many churches, have only 12 bells. Carillons are much more intricate and expensive, boasting from 25-50 bells.
By JIM WIIITESHIEIJ)
Hurricane New« liditor
A Dade county medical school, directed by U-M, is now expected to be in operation by September, 1952, a Jackson Memorial hospital official, who refused to be named, announced today. The hospital wilH“----------------------------------------
share responsibility for the new school. Developments this week in the fight to obtain the school included:
Filing of a suit in .circuit court to establish legal grounds for authorizing the use of hospital expansion bonds for buildings the school will require.
Planning by the hospital to vacate space in its present buildings that can be converted into temporary laboratories and classrooms.
A survey tour of the U.S. by representatives of four interested agencies among whom will be Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, U-M vice president, to examine systems of established medical schools.
Action by the Miami Chamber of Commerce to raise an operating fund for the school.
Accompanying Pearson on the tour will be one of the architects already consulted about building plans; Dr. C. C. Hillman, director of Jackson Memorial; and Dr. Jack Q. Cleveland, president of the Dade County Medical association. The group plans to leave late next week.
Filing of the circuit court suit was ordered by Dade county commissioners at a meeting Tuesday. Assistant County Attorney Francis G. Rearick was assigned to draw up and file the suit.
"This is a friendly suit,” Rearick said. “We want to find out the legal standing of an authorization to spend the bond money for medical school buildings.”
Rearick said a decision on the suit could be expected in about two
Jamaican Requests Ibis
Joan Evans, assistant to Norman D. Christensen, director of student publications, recently received a request from Jamaica for copies of Ibis, U-M’s all-American yearbook.
The request was from a man who had seen a copy of Ibis in the Institute of Jamaica library.
months. Only the legal principle will be tested.
Space in the hospital would be available January when some departments could move into a new building, leaving room for classes to start, Hillman said. *
An administration building for the new school should be under construction by September, 1952, conf ferees at a meeting Wednesday agreed.
The Miami Chamber of Commerce has appointed a committee, headed by Robert Morgan, to explore possibilities of raising a $1,-000.000 reserve fund for the school. The fund would be used for salaries and operating expenses until the school qualified for a state subsidy of $3000 per student per year.
Plans call for adding classes of about 75 students each year until enrollment totals 300. This would qualify the school for the maximum state subsidy of $900,000.. Another source of funds being investigated by proponents of the school is a bill pending in congress that would provide $150,000,000 to help stales set up or improve medical training facilities.
Student Gets Big Charge From Bolt Of Lightning
An unidentified student got an electrical hotfoot Friday morning as he crossed the wooden bridge at the end of the Student Club lake.
Storm clouds overhead suddenly discharged a lightning bolt which struck one of the steel posts of the concrete boxing ring behind the Student Club. The charge was close enough to travel through the ground and then be conducted to the student's shoes through steel taps he wore.
A startled group of card players in the patio saw the incident and reported that the shoes were actually hot to the touch.
-Students Help Remodel Campus Building»
Industrial Education Department
BY ROBERT McNAMEE
Hurricane Staif Writer
Industrial education, a little-known department of the School of Education, has expanded rapidly in the four years since it was organized. Much of the expansion has been made possible by sweat of laboring students who remodeled buildings for the department's use.
At present, courses are intended to qualify a student for a bachelor of education degree with certification to teach manual arts in junior and senior high schools. However, planning for future expansion includes college tevel training.
George Mahallis, assistant professor oi industrial education, was in charge of the school during the first summer session while Department Chairman John R. Mc-
Elheny was on vacation.
With the department closed for the second summer session, Ma-
hallis is touring France, Germany and Scandinavian countries where he will study European industrial
JEROME NUDLEMAN, SHEILA ROTKEN IN SHEET METAL SHOP
education methods.
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The industrial arts teacher training curriculum consists of 53 credits in general education, 24 in professional, and 43 in industrial education.
Courses available when the school opens in September include drawing and design, woodworking and two general shops. Purpose of the shops is to broaden the background of prospective teachers. Shop work will be in metalwork and graphic arts.
Besides college level training, future expansion plans call for a recreational program designed to fit into student activities; specialized training in areas related to curricula in other schools; production shop work by students; and establishment of a general shop in power and transportation.
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