Miami Hurricane, July 18, 1952

              Volume XXVII University of Miami, Coral Cables, Fla., Jult 18, 1952	No. 31
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FLAMES SPURT FROM STUDENT'S CAR BEFORE ALARM WAS GIVEN BY FIRST-TIME VISITOR.
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There’s good reason to believe that a “nose for news" runs in the Nielsen family of 1(25 N.W. Eighth Terrace, Miami.
While Hurricane staffers were frantically searching for a camera last Friday morning, Mrs. Lilly Nielsen, a first-time visitor to the campus, was calmly snapping photos of a burning car in the rear of the Student Club.
Shedding our proud reputation for the occasion, we were obliged to borrow Mrs. Nielsen’s pictures, which appear on this page.
Oh yes, Mrs. Nielsen is the mother of Joan Nielsen, editor of the Hurrirnne, and Paul Nielsen, one-time Tempo photographer.
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ALERT STUDENTS CONTROL FLAMES WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND NEARBY CARS AWAY FROM AFFECTED PARKING LOT AREA.
Dr. Noetzel, Business School Dean, To Deliver Commencement Speech
Dr. Grover A. J. Noetzel, dean of the school of Business Administration, will be the commencement speaker, the registrar’s office said this week. His topic will be “The Security
of American Opportunity.”
Graduation exercises will be held in Dade County auditorium, 8 p.m., July 30. Caps and gowns will be worn.
Dean Noetzel, an erstwhile professor of economics, came to U-M in 1946. His educational background includes degrees from the Universities of Wisconsin, London and Geneva. He took his Ph.D. at London.
Dr. Noetzel came to U-M from Temple university where he had been teaching for several years.
After teaching economics here for two years, he became dean of the business school in 1948.
A president’s reception will be held in the Student Club immediately after the exercises.
Pre-commencement arrangements for graduating seniors include picking up caps and gowns July 28-30 through 4 p.m. in the bookstore. Instructions about assembling in the
Bar-B-Q, Square Dance Call For Informality
Levis, plaid shirts and blue jeans are the order of the day for tonight's square dance and barbecue. Brad Braddock, Assistant to the Director of Student Activities announced.
Barbecue will be served “chuck-wagon" style on the Intramural field at 6 p.m. The square dance, which starts at 7:30, will be called by Gerry Reese. Music will be recorded.
auditorium and other information about the actual exercises will be given at the same time.
No tickets of admission will be needed for the commencement, the registrar’s office reported, as there should be ample room in the auditorium for families and friends of the graduates.
Graduation announcements also will be available at the bookstore July 28. Each graduate will receive five announcements free, with more available at 10 cents each.
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DR. NOETZEL
Fire Destroys Student's Car In Parking Lot
A carelessly thrown cigarette or lighted match caused the complete destruction of a 1940 Dodge sedan in back of the Student Club last Friday, according to Coral Gables firemen who answered the alarm.
Shortly before 11:30 a.m., announcement was made over the Student Club PA system that a car was on fire in the rear parking lot. In short order, 30 or 40 persons rushed to the scene, some of them removing their cars from the area.
Two unidentified students had picked up fire extinguishers on the way to the blaze and did their best to keep the flames from spreading before help arrived.
Clouds of smoke billowed skyward and burning paint and upholstery produced flames that kept many spectators at a distance for fear of a possible gas tank explosion.
A sightseer on the campus, Mrs. Lilly Nielsen, hastily turned in an alarm. By the time firemen arrived on the scene, the situation was well under control.
It was a very surprised owner, Peter Wldyka, who turned up some time later to claim his car. Only a blistered shell remained.
Stock Exchange Grant To Finance Professor
William G. Heuson, assistant professor of finance, has received a scholarship to study at the New York Stock Exchange this summer, according to Dr. J. J. Carney, professor of economics and finance.
Grading System Revised No More F's For U-Mers
New Plan Goes Into Effect This Session; / % -Change Aims At Boosting Academic Level
No more F’s at U-M.
A new grading system, designed to raise the University’s academic standards, will become effective this summer session.
On recommendation of the Dean’s Committee and Faculty Council, the mark E is replacing F as the grade indicating failure. And the E will not carry negative quality points.
“Quality points must now equal the number of hours attempted,” Dr. Charles Doren Tharp, dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, reported. In the past, quality points were eight-tenths of the number of hours attempted.
“Students will have to do slightly better,” Dr. Tharp added, but pointed out that the student would no longer be penalized with minus quality points in courses he has to repeat.
The new system, which is retroactive for all students now attending school, was adopted because the faculty felt it would be easier to handle. Following a precedent established by other colleges and universities, U-M faculty recognized that standards would then be higher and grading would follow in a more logical pattern.
While A, B, C, and D remain the same, other letters have been as signed meanings. X is now charge, to a student who fails to take the examination or to explain absence to be changed when facts are established. Where the instructor has reasonable hope that a course wil be completed, a G will be used.
Where a drop precedes mid-poin of the semester, W will be reported WE will be used only where the in structor feels that the student’s with drawal came under circumstances which made failure inevitable.
The grading change is a culmination of three years of discussion among faculty members.
Deans of various schools met several times before agreeing to abolish the penalty in quality points for failing marks.
“This gives students a chance at holding onto quality points. It’s a way we can help at least psychologically . . . the other is like kicking a man when he’s down,” Dean Tharp said.
DR. C. D. THARP
JC Road-E-0 Offers New Car, Scholarships To Teen Age Drivers
A ROAD-E-O open to drivers under 20 — male and female — in the greater Miami area, will start the winner on the road to a state contest in Jacksonville where the first prize is a car.
Local prizes will be announced later.
The winner at Jacksonville will go to Washington, D.C. to compete with other state winners in the national contest. College scholarships will be the national prize: $1,000 for first place, $500 second, $250 third, and $100 fourth and fifth awards.
Entry blanks can be picked up at the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, 220 Aragon ave., or at WVCG studio. Deadline for entries is 2 p.m. this afternoon. A short written exam based on common sense traffic rules is scheduled in Coral Gables high school at that time.
Coral Gables Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the ROAD-E-O, will supervise the test of driving skill on a specially designed course Sunday afternoon, July 20.
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READY FOR A BIG BLOW. Woemer Tucker, Miami, and Irene Masten, Wilkesboro, N. C., practice for the Summer Music Camp concert to be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Student Club cafeteria.
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