University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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an men can ovum itii the renewal of the Latin-American Forum this year, the University presented to the students and the general public of Miami a program of discussions by leaders in the political and academic life of our neighboring republic, Cuba. Thus, another definite step was taken in our consistent program of Pan-Americanism. ©Miami has utilized its natural site as the southernmost University in the United States, to advance a series of events that are more than projects. From Victor and Rafael Belaunde, our regents, to Juan Clemente Zamora, this year’s director; we can point with pride to a record inter-American activity rarely equalled in America. ©This year brought the following speakers: tlDr. Luis A. Baralt, holder of degrees from Harvard and Havana, a former student of Colombia and a former Miami instructor. I)r. Baralt was Secretary of Education in Cuba in 1934 and has a long and distinguised record as a diplomat and a teacher of English and Philosophy. His two lectures at Miami were entitled “Cuba Yesterday” and “Cuba Today”. ©Dr. Antonio S. de Bustamante was educated in Havana and in Germany. He is secretary of the American Institute of International Law. and is the author of over 15 works dealing with Philosophy and Law. His Miami lectures were on “The Greek Concept of the World” and “The Origin of Hellenic Subjectivism. ©Dr. Raul Maestri came to Miami from Washington where he is Secretary of the Cuban Embassy. A student for three years in Germany, he acted as special correspondent for “El Diario de la Marina” of Havana, and is a well-known student and commentator on international affairs. He spoke in Miami on “Cuban-American Relations” and “The New Commercial Treaty with Cuba. ©Dr. Alberto del Juncois primarily a lawyer, and teaches legal procedure in the University of Havana. A member of many Cuban and Pan-American legal associations, he explained “The Problem of Divorce” and Cuba’s solution in “The New Cuban Divorce Law.” ©Through the favorable publicity the Forum received in Cuba, the eyes of many Latin-Americans were turned again to Miami as a leading exponent of practical Pan-Americanism.

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iterahire hk purpose of the Winter Institute of Literature is to present to those interested in literature some of its modern aspects by authors who are now making literature, and to provirle in the Miami district a meeting ground where readers of books may make first-hand contacts with men and women of letters. The approach is intimate and informal on the part of author and student. CThe annual meeting of the Institute is in the nature of a seminar so that members may re-enroll and yet be given credit for the work. For the winter of 1935 the sessions were held in the auditorium of the University Building. CThe Institute is open to winter visitors, to members of women’s clubs of the Miami district, to teachers in public and private schools, to students of the University, and to any other persons who are interested in the modern aspects of literature. CThis years’ lecturers included Virgil Barker whose published books include A Critical Introduction to American Painting; Peter Bruegel: A Study oj His Paintings. He has contributed to the International Studio, Art and Archaeology, Creative Art, and innumerable periodicals. Whit Burnett, co-editor and co-founder of Story Magazine in whose pages so much has been done to rescue the modern short story from the slavish formulae of our times. Mary Colum (Mrs. Padraic Colum), literary editor of The Forum, and a regular contributor to many journals including the New Statesman (London), Scribners Magazine, The Yale Review, the Saturday Review of Literature, The Nation, The New Republic. Padraic Colum, the Irish Poet. He is known not only as a poet, but also as a playwright, a writer of tales and legends, a scholar, and the author of at least one travel book The Road Round Ireland. Edward Davison. English poet. Author of Harvest of Youth, and The Ninth Witch. Robert Frost, one of the most famous of living poets, has twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. His Collected Poems contain the famous North of Boston volume as well as his later work and the volume A Boy's Will. William McFee, novelist; author of The Harbour Master, Command, Casuals of the Sea, and Captain Macedoine’s Daughter. Eunice Tietjens (Mrs. Cloyd Head) was associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. Her own poetry includes the volumes Profiles from China, Profiles from Home, Body and Raiment, and Leaves in Windy Weather. Two of her books for young people are The Boy of the South Seas, and the Romance of Antar. Cln previous years lectures have been delivered by Carl Sandburg, Zona Gale, Perdval Wilde, Walter Prichard Eaton, Hervey Allen and Cloyd Head.

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★ Jay F. YV. Pearson Secretary of the University ★ Mary B. Merritt Dean of Women ★ Harry H. Provin Registrar ★ Dorothy V. Havens Secretary to the President ★ U. J. Hiss Auditor ★