Veritas, Vol. 17, No. 08, October 25, 1976

              Paper to Include Staff News
Veritas is growing.
Not only in size—from four to eight pages—but also in scope. Beginning with this issue, Veritas will be published every other Monday and will include news of interest not only to administration and faculty, but also to staff.
Staff news will come through Personnel Affairs, under the direction of Executive Director Carl Thornton. Pat Smyth of Personnel Affairs will join Veritas as editor in charge of staff news.
“I would like to state that I am very pleased that arrangements have been
made for Veritas to be expanded to include all University personnel—faculty, administration and staff,” said Dr. John Green, executive vice president for administration and finance.
The expansion comes in recognition of • the fact that communication with personnel, particularly staff employees, must be improved.
“Everything tells us we need this kind of communication,” said Dr. Richard Ruch, assistant to Dr. Green. “The need for some kind of official vehicle of communication with staff employees became
apparent during meetings with employees at the time of the union drive.”
The creation of a separate newspaper for staff employees was considered but it was decided that the needs of the entire University community could be better met with one publication.
Dr. Ruch pointed out several reasons for expanding Veritas instead of starting an additional newsletter:
1) It increases the spirit of community to have one “house organ” which is appropriate and relevant to the entire University community;
2)	People from all parts of the campus can now read about each other—faculty, staff and administration will now have a mutual availability of information;
3)	Veritas has already established a good reputation for accuracy which can be built upon and possibly improved;
4)	Veritas already exists and so certain procedural problems are already taken care of;
5)	The possibility of duplication is eliminated by expanding Veritas instead of having a separate staff newsletter.
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UM Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Dr. Henry King Stanford
The University will celebrate its Golden Anniversary with a gala dinner on the site of the old North Campus in Coral Gables this Friday, Oct. 15, just 20 years to the day when the University enrolled its first 560 students.
To be held under a massive tent in the area that is now a park adjacent to the Coral Gables Library on University Drive, the dinner will be attended by alumni, friends and family of the University.
Entrance to the tented area will be through a replica of the old triangular three-story building affectionately dubbed “Cardboard College” by students of the early years, because of its fiberboard-partitioned classrooms. The reproduction of the building was designed by Ken Kurtz,
associate professor of drama, and constructed by drama students.
The evening will begin with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 8 p.m. The UM Band, directed by William Russell, will be on hand early in thé evening playing spirit songs. The Chamber Singers, led by Dr. Lee Kjelson, will serenade the diners during the dinner hour.
President Henry King Stanford will be master of ceremonies for the program starting at 9 p.m. Among the highlights will be a multi-media presentation of the first 50 years.
Dr. Stanford will address the group and Dr. Charlton W. Tebeau, professor of history emeritus Who has written The University of Miami: A Golden Anniversary History, 1926-1976, will also give a brief talk. Copies of the history will be available at the dinner and Dr. Tebeau will be available to autograph them.
The program is expected to close at approximately 10 p.m. with music alumnus Don Bennett singing the new UM
song, “And This Is the School That’s Mine.” Lyrics are by Paul Nagel, associate professor of communications
and UM alumnus, class of 1950. The melody is the theme song from alumnus Jerry Herman’s musical, “Milk and Honey.”
Retired faculty members have been invited to a program Monday, Oct. 18, at the Faculty Club from 2:30-3:30 p.m. when Dr. Tebeau will reminisce about “The First Day of Class.”
All UM personnel interested in securing an autographed copy of Dr. Tebeau’s history of the University may meet Dr. Tebeau at the Faculty Club the same afternoon, Oct. 18, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
A03-A05 Staff Invited to Attend Preview
All A03-A05 employees have been invited by President Stanford to share in the celebration of the University’s 50th birthday by attending a preview of the multi-media presentation Thursday, Oct. 14, at 3:30 p.m. on the site of the old “Cardboard College.”
Staff employees wanting to attend the program may leave work at 3 p.m. and go to the original North Campus location, near the intersection of University and Riviera Drives, to stroll through “Cardboard College” and see the visual presentation.
Employees who have been with the University for 20 years or more are asked to come early so that they may be seated up front.
A Message from President Stanford
The Golden Anniversary of the University of Miami is a time to reflect on the unswerving faith of those who preceded us in the destiny of this instutition.
The two women and 13 men who signed the charter for the University included judges, an artist, businessmen, a statesman, an author, a governor, a future ambassador, a musician, a publisher, and two developers, one of whom, George E. Merrick, was also a poet.
Such diversity produced multi-splendored visions of what the University should become. What amazes me as its third president is that so many of them have been realized in the relatively short span of five decades.
In reviewing some of the historical aspects of our University, I came across a statement by its first president, the great Bowman Foster Ashe, which the editors of the IBIS had requested for the 25th anniversary yearbook: In part, he wrote:
“ ... I have a suspicion that anniversaries should be pauses in which to take stock rather than orgies of self-congratulations.”
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