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Vol. XXXVII, No. 15
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Constitution Being Stuck ByRedTape
“The new Undergraduate Student Government constitution is presently being considered by the Board of Review,” said UM President Jay F. W. Pearson. The document now under consideration must be finally approved by the President before it can go into effect.
Ironically, the Board of Revue will lose their power if they allow this new charter to be passed.
The constitution embodied a number of innovations, according to USG President Bill Cornell. “This is the first student government constitution to be drawn up entirely by the students,” Cornell explained. “We believe that the students will benefit from the changes that were made."
The major change calls for the direct election of all USG officers. “This method of election has been adopted in our attempt to create a truly representative school government,” Cornell said.
Since the new constitution was passed as an amendment, all sections of the old form not included in the new listing are automatically deleted. Among these sections are those containing the delineation of powers and the Board of Review.
One section of the constitution has gained much attention as a result of its wording. It was through a suggestion by President Bill Cornell that the powers section was supplemented.
The Interfratemity Council opposed the deletion of these sections. The absence of any restrictive power, except the president of the University, might allow USG to pass a motion which impinges on the rights of subsidiary organizations, according to IFC President Jules DuBois.
To guard against such a situation an addition was made which forbad any organization on campus to pass a motion interfering with another organization's rights.
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UM Gets French Institute
The U.S. Office of Education has awarded the University a contract under the National Defense Education Act for a French Language Institute.
The intensive eight-week program, running from June 18 to Aug. 11, is designed to improve both teaching techniques and conversational ability for high school teachers of French. A maximum of 40 teachers will attend classes six days a week, almost continuously from 8 am. to 10 p.m.
In addition to intensive work in new methods and conversational use of the language, participants will study French culture and civilization under Jean Charron, associate professor of French at Florida State University. Dr. Charron
Campus 'Man With A Mike’ Calls Students 'Liberal'
By SHARON O'BRIEN
“UM students are a pretty liberal group.”
This is the consensus of radia-tv-film major Dave Sherwin, who coordinates a daily radio program dealing with the opinions of students on current events.
“Man on the Campus" is one of the batch of programs included in the two and a half hour radio package aired each day over WKAT-FM.
Sampling student opinion on everything from the raise in admission standards to the Peace Corps has elicited some diverse answers from UM students. Sherwin is quick to admit that while not all of the responses are intelligent, most of them are liberal.
The 15-minute program features comments from three to 15 people. "We take our equipment out to the snake pit, of Memorial Building, the breezeway of the Merrick Building, dormitories, and where we see a large group of people,” said Sherwin. He added that there was no "pre-conditioning" of students.
One of the program's most “traumatic" experiences occurred in the 720 dorm when Sherwin and his crew were swiftly evicted. “We were thrown out of the lobby because the people there felt that they were responsible for the girls even to the point of what they say on radio." Undaunted, Sherwin took his equipment to the Student Union where he successfully interviewed the same girls.
"We hope to show through this program that students are intelligent, thinking people. The incident at 720 shows some of the narrow-minded thinking of the people behind the students,” Sherwin concluded.
is native French and has worked with this program in the past.
A model demonstration class will be taught by Mrs. Elizabeth Epting of South Carolina, a veteran of two institutes. The model will feature methods designed in France by a group of French experts for use in America.
Thirty Dade County students who will be in the tenth grade the following year and who have had no previous French are being sought for this model class which will meet from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Monday through Friday.
Dr. Stanford H. Newell, chairman of the modem language department at Converse College, Spartanburg, S.C., will direct the Institute. Director of two early institutes at Converse, Dr. Newell is «known throughout the South for his interest in better language teaching.
Associate Director will be Dr. Pond, associate professor of French and laboratory director at UM. A native Frenchman who has also attended three French language institutes, Dr. Pond has been a consultant and lecturer in foreign language, teaching in 14 states and the Virgin Islands.
Jean A. Peyrazat, who has collaborated with Dr. Pond on several French textbooks, will be laboratory and conversation director for th elnstitute.
“There is a tremendous change in language teaching techniques," Dr, Pond explained. "Teachers must be trained and retrained. Textbooks must be constantly brought up to date. This field is going through a revolution and the Institutes are part of it.”
All participants must be presently teaching French in either public or private secondary schools, or must be planning to teach next fall. They must have the BA degree or its equivalent.
Under the terms of the grant, those applicants selected will receive free tuition. Public
school teachers are also eligible for a stipend of $75 each week, plus $15 for each dependant.
Private school teachers may attend the institute without paying tuition, but they are not eligible under the law to receive a stipend.
The teacher participants will live in residence apartments on the UM campus with native speakers of French to provide continuing opportunity to speak the lahguage.
Costs for room and board during the program will be approximately $230. A number of tables will be set aside in the cafeteria for the group, with a native French speaker at each. In addition to the formal program, weekly movies and well known lecturers will be brought to the campus.
“This program is not nearly so rigid as graduate training," explained Dr. Pond. “We change our program from day to day to get across as much as possible in as short a time as possible.”
By MIKE MUNZELL Narricnt Staff Writar
“The UM Alcoholic Code will be in no way affected by recent Interfraternity Council legislation,” stated Stuart Myers, IFC Administrative Advisor and Assistant Dean of Men.	--------------------------
The IFC altered its Alcoholic Beverage Code to allow men over 21 to drink at social functions.
"We voted to amend the IFC code to test the existing UM policy prohibiting a man over 21 to carry alcoholic beverages into a party sponsored by any organization,” said Jules DuBois, IFC president.
According to DuBois, the IFC has brought to the administration's attention several violations of the university's code by non-Greek organizations. “These institutions either served or allowed their members to bring alcoholic beverages to a party,” he explained.
“No action was taken by the administration at the time; however, after our change, action was taken,” he said. “The IFC felt that all UM groups should operate under a uniform social code.”
“Until last week," DuBois continued, “this was not the case. So we pursued the issue and tried to
ODK Elects Businessman As President
Sky E. Smith, senior in the School of Business, was elected president of Omicron Delta Kappa Tuesday.
Attending the University under a band scholarship for the past three years, Smith is vice president of Phi Mu Alpha, professional music fraternity.
He has put his accounting major to good practice as treasurer of Songfest-Swingfest, Religious Emphasis Week and Phi Mu Alpha.
He also represents Student Religious Associations on the USG council.
Alan Rosenbaum, his predecessor, said, “I feel confident that Sky will provide the kind of dynamic leadership that will enable him to tackle the projects | which ODK will sponsor in the ! future.”
press the University into a uniform code.”
DuBois stated further that this year the administration abolished the IFC Judiciary, the facet of the organization that handled fraternity violations. The IFC felt that this elimination was a mistake on the part of the administration.
"Despite the fact that our judicial system was highly recommended by Dr. Johns, Dean David and Dean Hendrix, we were not allowed to take any disciplinary actions against the fraternities,” he said.
“If we had kept the Alcoholic Beverages Code intact, without the two aforementioned groups in action, it would have turned us one agains tthe other," he commented.
DuBois concluded, “The IFC feels, contrary to views expressed by Dr. Johns, that college students are not children, and should be treated as mature individuals.”
The UM policy as stated in the Student Handbook prohibits anyone regardless of age to drink alcoholic beverages at social functions on campus. “This code will still be enforced in all organizations,” stated Noble Hendrix, dean of students.
“The IFC made this move in hopes of changing the UM stand on the issue,” said Myers, “but I don’t think that the UM policy will be altered in the foreseeable future.”
“This simply means that the IFC is no longer responsible for policing fraternity functions." said Ben David, dean of
“The burden will now fall on the office of the Dean of Men and much of the responsibility will now rest on the faculty chaperons. We will do whatever is necessary to see that the UM policy is not violated.”
“In my opinion the IFC change
was a mistake,’’ stated Dean Hendrix. “By forfeiting this responsibility they also forfeit some of their importance. If the fraternities consider that this legislation condones drinking, there will be more and more fraternities on probation until they realize that it does not."
BENNY HERE TO STRING
Jack Benny arrives tomorrow afternoon in preparation for his benefit concert with the UM Symphony Orchestra. Fabien Sevitzky conducting, Feb. 20.
This special concert with Jack Benny is sponsored by the University for the benefit of the Orchestra.
Benny, who will bring his $25,000 Stradivarius violin for the concert, is donating his talents for this concert as he has done for some 24 other symphonies to advance the cause of good music.
Benny will be met by Mrs. Marie Volpe, symphony manager, and members of the Symphony Club. He will be interviewed by the press at the airport conference room. During his stay in Miami, he will be at the Fontainebleau Hotel.
Benny will be honored at a luncheon Monday in the Student Union cafeteria. The guests will include members of the press,
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radio, television and UM officials. Benny will be greeted by a musical fanfare played by students in the symphony brass section.
A closed rehearsal will follow the luncheon. Mr. Benny will rehearse his part of the concert program at Nancy Greene Rehearsal Hall. Final rehearsal for the concert will start Tuesday at 12 noon at Miami Beach Convention Hall. The concert starts at 8:39.
Immediately following the concert, the Symphony Club will give a reception at the Miami Beach Convention Hall honoring Jack Benny to which $50 seat holders have been invited.
Special student tickets are available at the UM Symphony Office for $2.00. Tickets for faculty and staff are available at $3.00 and $5.00.
Benny’s renowned stance, timing and emotion which he displays in all his work has made him famous on concert stages throughout the world.