Miami Hurricane, July 10, 1953

              THE MIAMI
HURMC
Volume XXVII        University of Miami. Coral Carles, Fla., July 10. 19s3
No. 29
DOROTHY SAMUELSON
. . . shouldn't be in dorms
LEW READE
. . . no run-around
ULOK1A TOTH
. . . better location
DAVID NORFLUS
. . . more compact
UM Students Show Satisfaction
With New Service Centralization
By SUE DUBOIS
Hurricane New, Editor
The centralization of several of the administrative offices
in Building 17 in the dorm area has been accepted as a good
move by the majority of UM students.
The general consensus of opinion
among the student body was that the
more compact the offices were in
one area, the leas run-around they
would get when resorting to the
administration for their services.
The dean of men, dean of women, Guidance Center, men's and
women's infirmary, student activities and foreign student offices are among those which are
moving to the dorm area and will
have the most effect upon the students, under Dr. H. Franklin
Williams' leadership.
"Although this consolidation of
offices has no effect upon me," explained Joseph C. Valantiejus, a law
student, "the centralization is good
from the standpoint of those students living on the campus."     .
A few students who live off campus were in favor of the consolidation yet against the location of the
building being at the dormitories.
Their reason was that the dorms
were too far away from the center
of activity in the classroom buildings and the only students who had
easy access to them were the students living on the campus in the
apartments.
Dorothy Samuelson, a graduating
senior, felt "the offices should be
centralized in a building within the
boundaries of the Merrick, Memorial and Student Club buildings."
During the summer months most
students are not affected to the de
cree that they are during the fall
ind spring sessions. According to
Lew Reade, in the school of engineering, "the move has not had its
nitial effect as yet, but now that
the student services are closer together, the atmosphere between the
administration and the student is
much warmer."
The new offices are much neater
and more intimate. There is much
more space to work in, yet there is
privacy within the group because
there are smaller rooms inside of
the main office.
Kappa Sigma
To Construct
Frat House
The ground breaking ceremonies
for the new Kappa Sigma fraternity
house will take place tomorrow at
2 p.m. at San Amaro and Albenga
Avenue.
Dr. Charles Doren Tharp, secretary of the University, will represent the administration for President
Jay F. W. Pearson who is out of
town.
Construction on the new house
will begin immediately and it should
be ready for occupancy by October
15th.
The fraternity house will be occupied by approximately 30 members of Kappa Sigma. There will be
a large dancing patio in the back of
the building where their social
functions will take place.
Food, Drinks, Entertainment
Highlight Festivities Tonight
By  K   K.  SEA
Hurruan. Stall Writar
Barb-cued hot dogs, swimming and dancing will highlight
an evening of fun tonight for UM students, faculty and
friends. *
The   program  will   get   underway
Korean Vets
Advised By VA
All veterans attending school under the Korean bill are advised to
turn in their attendance cards for
June 30th. The following names have
been released by the veteran's office
as having failed to do so:
George R. Bowers, John W. Brau,
Edward P. Casalduk, Ralph B. Ferguson, John W. Gudridge, Charles J.
Hauptman, Steve J. Lampros, Arthur G. MacBride, Lee Robert Mann,
Roy L. Meyers, William S. Naugh-
ton, Ralph Lee Polak, Fred M. Sargent, James A. Scholl, Stanley Sova
Jr., James H. Wilson.
Failure to turn in attendance cards
will cause subsistence allowances to
be held up.
The deadline for handing in attendance cards for the current month
is July 28. All attendance cards must
be taken to the veteran's administration in the administration building.
at the Venetian pool at 5 p.m. Students and faculty members plus one
guest will be admitted free upon
presentation of the University I.D.
card. Swimming will last until 9 p.m.
"The pre-dinner swim," says Norm
Whitten, recreation director "should
give everyone a hearty appetite for
the charcoal-broiled "dogs" served
at the south end of the Student
Club, next to the boxing ring, at 9
p.m." Whitten will be in charge of
all arrangements.
Tuna fish sandwiches, soft drinks,
cold slaw and other salads will also
be served.
Whitten has obtained a juke box
with the latest records to provide
music for a moonlight dance on thc
Student Club patio following the
feast.
A songfest is also on the agenda.
Individual entertainers will perform and will be announced at the
dinner tonight.
The regular Thursday night movie
card will feature "A Thousand and
One Nights." It stars Phil Silvers
and Marie Montez. The film is based
on Aladdin and his magic lamp.
Short subjects will also be on the
program. Show time is 8:15 p.m.
"Desperados" was the film presented last night to a capacity audience.
Prof Granted Leave
Vernon Cordry, associate professor of journalism, has been granted
a year's leave of absence from the
UM for advanced work and study
leading towards a Ph.D. at Stanford University, California.
Secretary Of BSU
To Attend Conference
Mrs. Lloyd Rees, student secretary
of the Baptist Student Union, will
fly to Rio de Janeiro Sunday for the
fourth Baptist World Youth Conference, to be held July 14 through
July 23.
Mrs. Rees plans to stop at ten mission fields on her way to Rio, including San Juan and Panama.
At the conference will be young
people from every continent in the
world.
Dual-Controlled
Safety Car Used
By Driving Class
A new dual-controlled 1953 Ford
is now being used by students in a
driver education class instructed by
Samuel Messer, director of safety
education.
The car, loaned to the class by
Huskamp Motors, has an extra
clutch and brake but is otherwise
the same as any other automobile.
It may be driven by the students in
the class who are teachers or prospective teachers seeking certification to teach high school students
how to drive.
Since the course began, the
first one was offered in Florida
in 1947, 100 teachers have been
trained with one in every high
school in Dade County.
According to Messer, a project in
its experimental stage is being carried on for the driver education
class. This is a driver-trainer set-up
which will attempt to teach studenU
to mock drive a vehicle without
leaving the class room. All controls
of the car plus the controls of the
trainer will be in a standstill position to point out mistakes.
A safety education course taught
by Messer in the fall of 1952, attempted to make a survey of the
campus for possible hazardous driving situations. Among the changes
that were carried out were placing
a traffic signal in front of the Student Club, speed limits lowered at
entrances to the campus, realigning
parking areas, indentation of the
bus stops and the elimination of
parking between Miller and University Drive.
A University Safety coundl organization resulted from this survey. It consists of tbe administration, students, rampus and Coral
Gables police. There are 18 members who accept Improvement
suggestions from the students.
A safety demonstration given last
February by the class was "the
first of its kind in the country as
far as I know," according to Messer.
Messer has been teaching at the
UM for seven years and is now an
associate professor of health and
physical education. He received his
B.S. from Rutgers, MA. from Columbia and has done some advanced
study towards an Ed-D. at New York
university.
E. T. Lawrence, Messer's assistant,
handles the dual-controlled car.
TEACHERS AND PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS are receiving instructions in a driving education class from
Samuel Messer, director of safety education at the
UM. The students (left to right), Jean Watson. Bess
Abolila and John lobin, must drive the dual controlled car for at least two hours every week as a
requirement for their class. The auto was loaned to
the class for the summer by the Huskamp Motor Co.'
Zoo Prof Vacationing
Dr. Julian D. Corrington sailed
this week on the S. S. Jean Lykes
for a month's cruise of southern
waters. The chairman of the zoology
department and his wife will visit
many Latin-American countries, including Puerto Rico, Venezuela,
.Colombia and Cristobal, Canal Zone