Miami Hurricane, December 11, 1953

              The Miami
Volume XXVIII
Hurricane
University  of Miami, Coral Gables.  Fla.. December  11.  1953
No. 10
Law School Faces Drastic Cut
2 Coaches Relieved In Football Shakeup
STUDENTS TAKE TIME to give blood Wednesday
climaxing a two-day campus drive sponsored by
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity. Facilities for collecting the 313 pints of blood donated
during the drive were set up in the lower lounge of
the Student Club. Personnel from the Miami Blood
Bank supervised operations. Only 78 pints were donated  Tuesday.  Wednesday's  collection  jumped  to
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2.35. Total pints collected were 313, 150 short of thc
goal. One doctor, six nurses and three technicians
were on hand to see that everything ran smoothly.
Students registered first and then took tests to see
if their blood was acceptable. Only 30 students were
rejected during the drive. Students under 21 had to
have the written permission of their parents. Hie
last year's drive netted 479 pints.
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Law Ruling To Limit
Admission, Enrollment
By  JOHN  SOFTNESS   and    PVT ANNAN
Hurricane   Managing  Iiditor Hutment -Matt  Writer
An unprecedented drastic cut in Law [school admissions, which will
limit future,freshmen classes to 135 students, was revealed yesterday in a
resolution of the UM Board of Trustees.
The resolution, posted on the bulletin board of the Law school, states
that only 100 freshmen will be admitted to the day sessions in the fall of
1954. Evening school registration will be limited to 35 students, with no
summer classes scheduled.
However, Dr- Russell A. Rasco, dean of Law school
recommended to UM President Jay F. W. Pearson that
certain changes be made in the resolution concerning
the number of students to be admitted.
Dr. Pearson, in a statement issued late yesterday,
explained Dean Rasco's proposal.
"Dean Rasco," said Dr. Pearson, "has suggested that
two of thc items should be changed. This change will be
recommended to thc executive committee of the board
on Monday and will affect Nos. one and two of the
resolution."
Item one and two refer to the clauses limiting day en- Rasco
rollment to 100 and night enrollment to 35 in next year's freshman class.
The following item, if accepted, will be inserted instead, according to
the president.
The day and evening school freshmen enrollment in the School of
Law will be limited to those students holding a satisfactory bachelors
degree who are apparently qualified to undertake the study of law.
No special students will be admitted."
Dr. Pearson further stated that he believes the executive committee will
approve this recommended change in the resolution.
The entire  resolution  was  explained   by   Dr.  Pearson as  a  move  "to
reduce  the School  of Law enrollment to a  number  that can  be  more
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TWO CHRISTMAS packages are in this week's honey spotlight The
Turner twins, Joan and Helen, form a single entry as Hurricane Honey
No. 10. Born in Hempstead. Long Island, the 17-year-old freshmen
twins are music majors and members of UM's Symphony orchestra
Joan plays the trombone and Helen, the cello. If Greg Melikov. Hurricane news editor, can tell which is which, he will pin the twins
with orchids at 3:30 pjn. in the Cane offlce.
EXCITED STUDENTS mill ahout the bulletin board,
on the 3rd floor of the Merrick building, pointing to
the posted resolution to cut law enrollments The
document created an explosive aflect among the students by stating that the freshman class next fall
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will lie limited to 135 students. The move came about
after a recommendation by thc American Bar association that the school's facilities were not great
enough to accommodate the present enrollment of
710. The resolution is encircled.