Miami Hurricane, December 11, 1953

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The Miami
Hurricane
Volume XXVIII
University of Miami, Coral Cables. Fla., December 11. 1953
No. 10
Law School Faces Drastic Cut
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2 Coaches Relieved
In Football Shakeup
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STUDENTS TAKE TIME to (five blood Wednesday climaxing a two-da.v 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
235. Total pints collected were 313, 150 short of the 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. The last year's drive netted 479 pints.
Law Ruling To Limit Admission, Enrollment
By JOHN SOFTNESS and PAT ANNAN
Hurricane Managing I difor	Hurricane Staff 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 the items should be changed. This change will be recommended to the 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 enrollment 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 (Continued on page 4)
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 pm in the Cane office.
EXCITED STUDENTS mill about 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
will be limited to 135 students. The move came about after a recommendation by the Ameriran Bar association that the school's facilities were not great enough to accommodate the present enrollment of 710. The resolution is encircled.