Miami Hurricane, October 12, 1951

              The Miami
Hurricane
Volume XXVII
University of Miami, Cobal Cables, Fla., October 12, 1951
No. 2
16 Frats Ban   Hell Week'
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Plans Set For $3 Million Music Building
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PROUDLY DISPLAYING their President's cup bann
the top intramural award in past years. The Presiden
most points in all intramural activities during a s
Cununings and Bill Boggs, Sigma Chi 1948-49 winne
Dr. H. Franklin Williams, U-M vice president and d
Tom Wood and Dick King, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 195
and Gordon Galloway, Pi Kappa Alpha 1947-48 winn
1949-50 winners. This year's President's cup winner w
in the spring.
Photo   by   Evans
?rs are representatives of fraternities whirh have won
's cup is given to the organization which scores the
hool year. From left to right, back row, are Don
-s; Dr. Thurston Adams, director of student activities;
■an of faculty; J. M. Kelsey, director of intramurals;
'-51 winners. Front row, left to right, Irving Fisher
M and Bill Canning and Bill Gibson. Kappa Sigma
Jl receive the award in a special intramural assembly
1 ho.o by l:isher
THUMBING A RIDE down an
imaginary Appian Way are
Claudia Wallace and John Behney,
stars of "Road to Rome." the season's first Ring theater production.
Miss Wallace plays the part of
Amytis and Behney is cast as Hannibal in the saucy comedy by
Robert Sherwood and directed by
Eddie Cohen. The play will run
Oct. 22-Nov. 5.
Story On Page 3
IFC Council Will Meet Wednesday,
Take Formal Vote To Outlaw Hazing
By  HOWARD GREENWALD
Hurrican-  Copy   Editor
"Hell Week" and hazing of pledges at U-M virtually became
a thing of the past this week as 16 of the 25 campus fraternities
unanimously voted to outlaw all forms of it at the University.
The action came at fraternity meetings late last week and early thia
week as a direct result of a proposed IFC amendment which would, ln
effect, prohibit mental and physical hazing and provide for a constructive
initiation week.
Formal vote will be taken at the next Interfraternity council meeting
Wednesday. Should two-thirds of the fraternities cast a vote for the
amendment, hazing activities in any group would constitute a violation
of the IFC ruling.
Six fraternities could not be contacted at press time, two had not yet
come to a decision and one refuseed to reveal the policies of the group.
All but one of the 16 groups pledged full support of a proposed IFC
committee which would assign fraternities worthwhile community and
University projects during 'Hell Week."
The president of each fraternity was individually interviewed to determine the campus trend on the issue.
Phi Sigma Delta set a pattern for other fraternities when its members
voted in accord last week to do away with all physical hazing. In its place,
according to Bob Sperling, publicity chairman, the group will perform
"good deeds" at local hospitals, children's organizations and charities.
Pi Kappa Phi's Tony D'Agostino, in offering the full support of hia
fraternity, summarizeed what he thought to be the purpose of a fraternity.
"We try to treat pledges as men," he said. "Our work will be completely
■constructive. 'Hell Week' simply is not college level. Silly road trips and
other hazing activities teach a pledge nothing about fraternity.
"We want our pledges to be gentlemen and brothers."
Alpha Epsilon Pi could only pledge a continued ban on hazing. No form
of it has existed in the fraternity since its installation on campus four
years ago, according to Mike Mescon.
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Hurricane Honev No. %
IT'S A DOUBLEHEADER for lovely Nadja Biggam an 18-year-old
U-M junior. Besides being chosen as thc second Hurricane Honey,
Nadja will also be featured in the Sunday This Week magazine, A
honey blonde with hrown eyes, Nadja is five feet, six inches and tips
the scales at 111 pounds. A whiz on thc piano and organ, Nadja say*
that the man she wants to marry (line forms on thc right) must be
goodlooking, ambitious, intelligent antl doesn't have to have money.
Ray Fisher, Tempo co-editor, is the lucky guy who will pin the orchid
on Nadja during halftime at the Orange bowl tonight