Miami Hurricane, November 02, 1939

              The Miami
Hurricane
Volume XIII
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Coral Gables, Florida, November 2, 1939
Number 7
Hurricane Gets $1500 From Senate
Football Allotment Cut; Senators Grant Increase For Intramural Awards
Highlighted by the grant of $1500 to the Hurricane for the 1939-40 school year, the second senate meeting moved along swiftly and in a quiet manner Tuesday in the group’s room. Jack Madigan led the additional discussion of printing costs, while the only active dissenter to the increased appropriation was John Parkinson.
Because more students are participating in intramural contests and awards will be made tournament winners this year, $504 was awarded the department. With intramurals being placed on an allotment basis as are other school activities, a stipulation was mnde that this year’s student director keep an itemized account of expenditures and be responsible to the student senate.
Football Allotment Decreased
As larger gate receipts are helping to meet football costs, the student share is being reduced from $3.25 to $3.00 per capita, a saving to the senate of approximately $300. A letter from the publication board, recommending Charles Baake as Hurricane business manager to succeed George Wheeler, was approved.
Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity returned $100 which was to have been used in chaining off the “No Parking” area on the campus. The efficiency of the Coral Gables police has made the project unnecessary, APO’s letter explained.
Tennis Petition Tabled
Controversial words arose when the tennis petition for $500 was read by Treasurer Bob Hillstead. With the Finance Committee recommending an appropriation of $360 to the squad discussion ensued and no settlement was agreed upon. Billy Gillespie’s motion to table the petition was carried.
Head cheerleader Ed Turner then reported to the senators as to the cost of uniforms, money for which was granted the cheerleaders at the senate’s last meeting. Turner then asked permission to use the remainder of the money for an added attraction at the Drake game. The permission was given him.
Freshman senator Jim Orr was called upon to tell why plans for the freshman card section have not yet materialized. Orr stated that it was owing to the lack of cooperation on the part of the class, and that sophomores will aid the freshmen tomorrow night.
For her outstanding leaders hip and work as president of the International Relations Club and active participation and achievement in Campus Citi-izens and other activities, Mildred Zinn was selected Tuesday by the judging committee as Student of the Month for October.
A Junior in the School of Liberal Arts, Mildred is majoring in English. She is also a member of the Hurricane and Ibis staffs, the Snarks Club, creative writing group, and plays bass the Symphony Orchestra.
Since her inaugural as president this year, the IRC has grown into one of the largest organizations on the campus. Over 150 persons hear
noted lecturers and leaders in polit ical and diplomatic fields speak on foreign affairs at meetings of the Club every two weeks.
An active member of the Executive Council of Campus Citizens, Milly is also an ardent supporter and promoter of the Honor System, which is to be installed here this year.
“Establishing a high scholastic standing based on moral integrity and the building of traditions,” in her words, “are foremost in the progress of the University.”
Mildred, who was born in Miami Beach, has a quiet but dynamic ap pearance, and lists among, her ambitions—a career with a great symphony orchestra and as a writer. Her secret yen, however, is “to be a chorus girl.”
Re: the University of Miami — Milly thinks “it’s the grandest place in the whole, wide world!”
A faculty-student group made up the judging committee.
"Spirit of Miami U.' Joins Hallowe’en’s Best Phantoms on Freshman’s Big Day
YWCA Plans Joint Vespers in Meeting
“Promotion of World Fellowship Vespers” to be conducted on Sunday, November 12th at the First Presbyterian Church and a potluck supper meeting on Wednesday, November 15, will be the principal projects undergoing discussion at the YWCA meeting to be held tomorrow in Room 290.
Revereid C. Stanley Lowell, of the Tamiami Temple Methodist Church will be guest speaker at the vesper service which will be jointly sponsored by the Miami YMCA and YWCA, as well as by the Student Association of the University of Miami.
The tearoom of the Administration building will be the scene of the potluck supper, at which food will be served from 5 to 7 p.m.
Leo Presides Again In Phi Alpha Yard
Leo the Lion lives again! The Phi Alpha’s famous stone lion oft stolen and oft-painted has come back, this time in a second edition.
You see, Leo, Sr., through some nefarious activities on the part of certain rival fraternities, has been residing on the very top of the old University Building. His sturdy legs were firmly encased in concrete, and the concrete was firmly fixed to a six-inch stone girder atop the ghostly structure out near Ponce de Leon High School.
A very ambitious crow of Phi Alpha pledges went through complicated gymnastics and mechanics to lower the old feline from his lofty perch. Unfortunately, Leo’s aged frame did not stand the trip so well, in fact, he was a pretty sick cat.
Therefore, in keeping with the tradition of having a lion as long as there has been a school, Leo, Jr. was born. Junior is painted white, and stands on a beautiful blue base in the front yard of the Phi Alpha house.
Long live Leo!
The “Spirits” of Hallowe’en and Mi ami U. joined hands Saturday night and wound up all the goblins, witches, and Miami pranksters into a gala party at the home of President and Mrs. B. F. Ashe.
There was dancing, singing, applebobbing, ping-pong, croquet, marshmallow and weinie toasting, apple-cider drinking, and general deviltry in the lantern-lighted gardens of the Ashe estate. Some fun-provokers even brought their swimming suits and took advantage of the swimming pool.
Sadie Hawkins was there in all her glory in the person of Elaine Preston. Sadie, most likely, was instructing young girls in the art of catching a man. No doubt she told them that foot-work plays a very important role,
There were peasants, shepherds, skeletons, ghosts, and one big, overgrown tom-eat in the collection of costumes.
Margaret “Dotty Lamour” Klotz represented the South Seas. “Lamour” Klotz, with the aid of a Stetson boy, “South Sea Islanded” her way to win the dancing contest.
The apples had a hard time of it in the apple-bobbing contest as the hungry contestants refused to play fair. Instead of bobbing for the apples, they wrapped teeth around the stem in effective but unsportsmanlike fashion.
Additional music was provided by a large shadow near one of the barbecue pits, which on closer inspection turned out to be an impromptu glee club that included the tenor voice of Hank Keith, who that afternoon had played center on the Stetson football team, and the unclassifiable voices of Jim Jeffries. Bob Linrothe, Bud Thomas, and Charlie Dumas, who adds an Eddie Cantor finish to every song.
The songs of this quartet kept on and on into the night until they put a flourishing finish to the Freshman’s big day.
Local Boy Chosen For State Office
At the state convention of the Baptist Student Union held in Lake City, Florida, Lloyd Whyte, one of the delegates from the University of Miami, was elected vice-president of the state federation.
In the local organization, plans have been completed for the Thanksgiving Sunrise Service, which will be held at Sunrise Point in Coconut Grove. After the services, which are under the charge of Roberta Butler, n breakfast will be served. Lloyd White and Jack Coyle will supervise.
New members will be honored at a party to be held at the home of Roberta Butler, president of the society, at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 18.
Dr. C. Roy Angell of the Central Baptist Church will be the speaker at the next of the regular series of lectures sponsored by the Baptist Union. It will be held next Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in the Social Hall.
JEWISH SOCIETY MEETS
Jewish Cultural Society will hold its first meeting tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Room 817 of the Main Building. Dr. Charles S. Werblow will preside at the meeting.
Plans will be made for the year and officers elected. All Jewish students are urged to attend.
Debate Council Picks Leaders, Plans Contests
Irving Leibowitz was elected president of the Debate Council at a meeting held this morning at 10:30 in Room 317 for the purpose of electing officers and of discussing plans for intramural debating.
Other officers elected were: Adele Rickel, vice-president; Stanley Was-man, secretary; and Robert Sykes, treasurer. The office of varsity debate manager comes under the jurisdiction of the administration and is an appointive and salaried position.
A cup will be offered in intramural debating this year and elaborate plans are being made by Winifred Wood, who is in charge of this division of the debate council’s activities.
Two subjects will be used for the debates, which will be judged by a committee of the sponsors of the debate council including Mrs. Melanie Rosborough, Mr. Charles Tharp, and Mrs. Natalie Grimes Lawrence. All fraternal, social, and honorary groups on campus are expected to put up teams in the intramural contest.
’Gator Gkme Will Feature Homecomi’g
Weekend of Activities To Begin November 17; All Frats To Present Skits
Street dancing, prizes for the best decorated fraternity houses, an athletic contest between the alumni and an all-star fraternity team, and a barbecue will be the main features of Homecoming Weekend which will be held this year in connection with the football game against the University of Florida.
Ernie Duhaime is general chairman of the street dance which will be held on Friday, November 17. All fraternities and sororities have been asked to give skits not more than five minutes in length at this affair.
An all-star fraternity team which will participate in the athletic contest will be selected by the Hurricane. The names of its members will appear in the next issue. Playing against this team will be a hand-picked alumni team which will also choose the referees. This contest will be held on Saturday afternoon, November 18.
Prizes have been offered to the fraternity or sorority which decorates its house in the most effective fashion for homecoming. Alumni will award these prizes on Friday night just before the street dnnee.
Sponsors at the game will be alumnae. After the game on Saturday night there will be another dance which will take place at the Coral Gables Country Club. On the committee for the dance, which has made provisions fen* two orchestras, are James Roger, Betty Herbert, and A. M. Franklin.
Officers of the alumni association which is in charge of homecoming are: J. C. McGuire, president; Foster Alter, vice-president; Betty Herbert, corresponding secretary, and Margy Christenson, executive secretary.
Freshman Sponsor Post-Game Dance
Following the game between the Baby Hurricanes and Gordon Military Academy, the cafeteria will be the scene of a dance under the sponsorship of the freshman class, at which the visiting team will be guests.
Officially entitled the “Freshman Footfall” this dance is being held in order to obtain funds for the Freshman Frolics, the class’ big event, which will be held in February. Admission prices are 49c stag and 48c drag, with music by “Snffy” Smith’s frosh band.
Skits Will Feature Freshman Contests
“Original humorous skits” are to be the features of entertainments which will be presented between the halves of the freshman games, according to a statment made by Keith Phillips, president of the freshman class.
Keith has issued a call for the cooperation of fraternal organizations to cooperate in the production of skits. According to the schedule now in use, fraternities will provide the show one week and freshman independents will handle the acts the next, alternating until the schedule is completed.
RELIGIOUS COUNCIL MEETS
Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, YWCA, and YMCA organizations were represented at the first meeting of the Religious Council held last Monday, October 30, at which plans were discussed to provide a schedule of all religious lectures.
The next meeting will be Monday at 12:30 p.m. in Room 290, which has been designated as the Religious Room. It will be furnished with the cooperation of each group.
CALLING ALL MEN
YMCA will hold a meeting tomorrow in Room 290 at 12:30 p.m., Joe Bo-nano, president, announced today. All members are urged to attend and new members will be welcomed.
Ibis Collects Final Vote on Caps, Gowns
Last chance for the members of the senior class to vote on the question of wearing caps and gowns or gowns alone in Ibis photographs will be at 10:30 Tuesday in the Ibis office, Room 239.
In the first vote held last Thursday, approximately 50 votes were cast and when the poll was continued on Tuesday no seniors voted. Since there has been no majority vote cast, the Ibis staff will decide the question unless Tuesday’s poll brings in a decision.
Seniors who voted in the first poll will not be allowed to vote again. Only seniors who are on the Registrar’s list may vote and all ballots must be signed.
This poll is being held in an attempt to avoid the controversy which came up over this matter last year.
“With three separate voting dates provided this year, there should be no controversy,” John Hopkins, editor of the annual, added today.
Texas Tech Raids Miami In Clash Tomorrow Night
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Charlie Calhoun, lanky triplethreat Raider quarterback, is expected to star when the Texans tangle with our Hurricanes. Calhoun is one of the finest punters in the Southwest.
English Honor Club Hold First Meeting
English Honors society will hold its first meeting of the year next Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the card room of the Administration building. The program will center about a discussion of recent novels which mirror contemporary social aspects of American life.
Membership in this society is open only to juniors and seniors. They need not be English majors. All those interested in joining this organization at this time are requested to submit hteir names to Lewis Leary, faculty advisor, some time this week.
Campus Calendar
Today, November 2. 8 p.m. Meeting, Jewish Cultural Society, Room 317. Tomorriw, November 3.
12:30 p.m. Freshman Class Meeting, Theater.
12:30 p.m. YMCA meeting, Room 290.
1 p.m. YWCA cabinet meeting, Room 290.
8:15 p.m. Football game, Miami vs. Texas Tech., Roddey Burdine Stadium.
After game, M Club dance, Coral Gables Country Club.
Saturday, November 4. 8:15 p.m. Football game, Baby Hurricanes vs. Gordon Military Academy, Roddey Burdine Stadium.
After game, “Freshman Footfall,” Cafeteria.
Monday, November 6.	12:30 p.m.
Freshman class meeting, Theater. Tuesday, November 7. 10:30 a.m. Athletic Committee Meeting, Room 206.
Critics, String Quartet Star Airlanes Menu
“Classrooms of the Air,” two pep programs, and a string quartet are features of the radio bill of fare to be presented during this week and next by the University of Miami on the local stations.
Tonight, over WQAM at 7:30 p.m. Larry Tremblay, leader of the band, and Vernon Hoff, drum major, will ■be interviewed on the pep-meeting program as a preview of the band’s functions at the Texas Tech game tomorrow. Earlier today the “Critic’s Circle” reviewed books on WIOD at 2:30 p.m.
Feature of the program for next Monday, November 6, on WIOD at 2:30 p.m. will be the Cardboard Theater as described in a skit directed by Frederick Koch, Jr. and including a few students from his dramatics classes.
On Wednesday, WQAM will present at 7:30 p.m. a string quartet, directed by Alan Collins, which will play from the works of Haydn, opus 20 Number 5, “Allegro moderate,” and “Minuet.” Members of this quartet are Peter Buonconsiglio, first violin; Luis Luini, second violin; Harry Estersohn, viola; Bernard Sokolow, cello.
Arutro de Fillipe in a recital and the Critic’s Circle will star in the Classroom of the Air programs of next weke. A pep program featuring the cheerleaders will precede the football game with Drake.
Stray Fraternity Members Organize
Twenty-three “homeless” fraternity and sorority members of national organizations not found on the campus, bound themselves together as members of the Stray Greek Club of the University last week. The club plans to actively engage in campus work and secure a closer understanding between the faculty and the transfer student.
The new organization, which will be patterned after clubs of a similar nature to be found in the leading schools of the nation, elected Sumner Wilson, a Sigma Nu transfer from Mt. Union College, president.
Meetings are to be held every other Monday night in the Social Hall. During the concert season, however, meetings will be held on Tueday nights.
Raiders Boast Tricky Oftense, Powerful Line
Boasting a flashy, tricky offensive, the Red Raiders of Texas Tech bring their “aerial circus" into town tomorrow night to do battle with our vastly improved Hurricanes in Roddey Burdine Stadium. Kickoff time is 8:15.
This year’s Raider eleven has that same quality of showmanship exhibited so brightly by Texas teams. Brilliant uniforms, tricky laterals and forwards, and the ability to run like a jack-rabbit and pass like a basketball player make those teams from the Southwest a joy to watch and plenty of trouble to be on the same field with.
Coach Cawthorn has a veteran line and backfield which promises power, but which has been unable to demonstrate that characterized last year’s team. Calhoun, a triple-threat fullback, is supposed to lead a trio of backfield artists, including Storrs, 190 pound halfback, Billy Dowd, diminutive speedster, and Bill Bain, rugged blocking back.
Powerful Line
The Tech forward wall is touted as the best in the school’s history, and possibly the best in the Southwest. Rex Williams has been a defensive star at center all season, and “Wild Bill” Davis is considered the finest tackle ever to don a Raider uniform. White and Waldrep have attracted attention as All-American material. As a unit, the line is heavy and fast, but little can be said about the quality of Tech reserves.
Coach “Spike” Harding’s Hurricanes came through the Catholic fracas in great condition. They played their best ball of the season, completely outcharging the heavier Cardinal line in the second half. Smoothness in blocking and tackling was exhibited as never before this year.
Dixon Back
The entire team will be available for tomorrow night’s game. A repentant Joe Dixon was reinstated this
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Capt. Dixie White, who leads a colorful Red Raider eleven into the Orange Bowl tomorrow night, is a bulwark in Tech’s forward wall. Dixie holds down the right guard position.
Sponsors for the football battle will be Alice Magruder and Elaine Rheney, both of whom are members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
week, as well as Red Cameron, second string guard. Don Salisbury’s great defensive showing will very probably earn him the starting berth at center, with Dixon ready to spell him. Salisbury played the full sixty minutes last week, the first Hurricane to do so in many a game.
Terry Fox has been running like the Terrible Terry of old, and Grant Stockdale got off on some long jaunts. Mike Corcoran, who played a whale of a game against Catholic, and who did not, by the way, fumble, has been running hard in scrimmage and probably will start. Carl Jones also has looked fast, especially on his favorite end-arounds.
Harding Talks
The Hurricanes came out of last week's battle anything but a whipped team,” Coach Harding said today.
We have our backs to the wall and we’re not saying much, but our practice sessions show a continuous improvement. We’ll give Texas Tech a busy sixty minutes, you can be sure of that.”
The Hurricanes hit midseason with two wins and two loses, and will definitely be out to chalk up their third victory.
This game marks the opening of athletic relationships between the University of Miami and Texas Tech. Tech is located at Lubbock, Texas.
Citizens Work With Debaters On Intramurals
“Campus Citizens will continue to endorse the plan of the Debate Council to orintate intercollegiate debating at the University of Miami, as it is in accordance with our program to broaden and spread culture here,” said President Jimmy Munley in response to Hank Meyer, Debate Council representative, who spoke before the last CC meeting on behalf of the Council.
Leaders of all fraternities and sororities and other campus organizations have been requested to enter at least two candidates in the group which will begin debating soon. Reports of the cultural, vocational, social, and campus problems committees were also made, and action concerning each negotiated.
The campus problems committee, headed by George Rosner, is working in conjunction with a library committee to improve library facilities. It is hoped that the space on the third floor directly above the library may be cinverted into a room for books, and that the present library may be used as a browsing room. Campus Citizens are compiling the measurements and computing the probable cost of the room, all of which will be presented to the administration for consideration.
Italian Consul-Agent Gives School Books
Dr. J. M. De Gaetani. Italian consul-agent in Miami, presented several volumes of Italian literature to the foreign language department last night at the International Relations Club meeting. Dr. William Dismukes introduced De Gaetani, who in turn delivered a lecture on the contributions of Italian culture to the world
Discussion from the floor followed Dr. De Gaetani’s tulk. In the opinion of Benjamin Axleroad, U. S. Conciliation Commissioner, the Rome-Berlin axis could not exist for long, since the extremely religious Italians could not reconcile themselves to the Wo-tan-worshipping Germans.
More than one hundred persons attended the meeting, which was held in the card room of the Administration Building. The next meeting will be held in two weeks, and an invitation to attend has been extended to all interested in foreign affairs.
You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Been to a Frat Pledge Meeting
To honestly get the most out of life, it’s almost essential that you attend a pledge meeting of a sorority or fraterntiy on campus.
There’s something exhilarating about a pledge meeting that you can’t find any other place in the world. The air is filled with a rare perfume that lingers on your clothing for a long, long time. But perfume isn’t all that you get as a result of a usual pledge meeting. Shiny , pants, watery eyes, and a weak backbone are also symptoms of a faithful pledge.
The meetings are usually long . . . in fact, very long, and drawn out. Nevertheless, there’s never a dull moment! Much ground is covered in that hour or hour and a half. Enough, quotes on pledge, to last a year.
The real object of the meeting comes next. The atmosphere is very exhilarating, and is unheard of any-
where else . . . except in Rat Court. Everyone is very friendly, and eager to hear nil about the things you’ve done since the last little social get-together, especially from the other members.
After charging misdemeanors up to you for the innocent crimes you,
“OUR TOWN” TRYOUTS Try-outa for the cast of “Our Town” will be tested Thursday, November 9—one week from today —at 4:30 and 7:30 in the theater, announces Frederick Koch, director.
“This Pulitzer Prize winning drama offers 30 parts,” Mr. Koch remarked. “Copies of the script can be obtained at the reserve desk in the library.”
your brother pledges, and the activf members have committed since their childhood, you then receive double duty reminders for each one. By “double duty,” I mean it also shine, your best trousers, and creases you, best shoes. The physical effects ol the reminders are also very definite, with an additional glance on the hoi side.
But after leaving the fraternity house, all is well once again . . . well, mostly all . . . and you go home for a good night’s rest. Then comes the dawn, and you’ll feel like you just went through a paddle factory, when the employees took time off to try out the product. But you can forget about the discomforts, though, when thoughts of the great fun of the next meeting fill your eager minds.
Yes, to honestly get the life taken out of you, join a fraternity.