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

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Bertha Foster Regent Miss Bertha Foster was a graduate of distinction of Cincinnati College of Music, being winner of the Springer Gold Medal. She later studied under Wolstcnholmc. London, England. Miss Foster taught at the Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, Georgia; the State College for Women, Tallahassee, Florida; and was founder and for twelve years director of the School of Musical Art in Jacksonville, Florida. Miami proudly recognizes her as the founder of the Miami Conservatory, organist and choir director of the Trinity Episcopal Church, and director of the Aeolian Chorus. Victor Hope Regent Mr. Hope is a widely known realty operator in Miami. In his early life he was a seaman on sailing vessels, and later master of sailing and steam vessels. He has spent several years in South America. Henry Salem Hubbell Regent Mr. Hubbell, a pupil of the Art Institute of Chicago, has studied in Paris and Madrid. As a painter he made his debut at the Paris Salon, with the large picture The Bargain, and has exhibited many other well-known pictures. He has also painted various por-triats, receiving honorable mention at Paris Salon, Medal Paris Salon, silver medal at St. Louis, third prize at Worcester Art Academy, and the Waite bronze medal at the Chicago Art Institute. He is ex-vice-president of the American Art Association. Paris; and a member of Eclectic Group of Painters and Sculptors; Allied Artists of America: Artist Life Member of the National Arts Club; and many other Art Clubs. He was Professor of Painting and Head of School of Painting and Decorations, Carnegie Institute of Technology. and is now president of the Florida Society of Arts and Sciences and president of the Miami Civic Theater. [ 28 }

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Mitchell D. Price Regent Among the highly respected members of the Dade County Bar Association is Mitchell D. Price, who, as an attorney and as a judge of the circuit court, has advanced rapidly in the affections of the people of Miami and southeastern Florida. Judge Price came to Miami from Marianna, Florida, in which place he had located on coming to our State. He was born at Waxahatchic, Texas. He is a member of the firm of Price and Price, and is regarded us one of the ablest attorneys in Florida. Frank B. Shutts Regent Mr. Shutts graduated from Dc Pauw University with the degree of LL.B. In 1910 he came to Miami, where he has been practicing law ever since. He is a senior member of the law firm of Shutts and Bowen of Miami, a member of the American Bar Association. Florida State Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association and American Society of International Law. He is the controlling owner of the Miami Herald,” a member of the Associated Press, National Editorial Association, and other national and state editorial and publishers' associations. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and is a member of the board of the First National Bank of Miami and Miami Beach National Bank. He is a Mason, an Elk, a Phi Gamma Delta, and president of the Rotary Club of Miami. James M. Cox Regent Farmer boy, newsboy, printer, school teacher, newspaper reporter, secretary to Congressman, publisher, Congressman, and three times Governor of Ohio arc the successive outstanding phases in the career of the former Democratic candidate for President. Mr. Cox's extensive newspaper work began with the revival of the Dayton News after several hard years of work He put on .» strong basis the Springfield Press Republic. renamed the “News by Mr. Cox. He bought the Canton Daily News and in 1923 took over the Miami Daily News. All four arc highly prosperous business institutions. He was elected to Congress for the first time in 1908 and in 1912 was made Governor of Ohio. He was reelected in 16 and 18. [ 27 ]

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Telfair Knight Regent Mr. Knight is a leading figure in the development of the city of Coral Gables. Born in Jacksonville and educated in its public schools, he later went to the Scwancc Military Academy, and got his A. B. degree from the University of the South at Scwancc. Tenn. Mr. Knight served in the Field Artillery during the World War. George Merrick induced him to leave his law practice in Jacksonville in 1923 to become vice-president and general manager of the Coral Gables Corporation. He was one of the first city commissioner of Coral Gables: is president of the Bank of Coral Gables: and is a member of the American Legion, the Florida Yacht Club, Jacksonville: the Miami Biltmorc Country Club, the City Club of Coral Gables and of Miami, and of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Burdette G. Lewis Regent Mr. Lewis was born in Jamestown, Pa. He received his A. B. degree from the University of Nebraska, did post-graduate work at Cornell and Wisconsin Universities, and got his Sc. D degree at Rutgers. Mr. Lewis was a special agent of the Wisconsin State Tax, and of the Interstate Commerce Commissions, and served as assistant to the president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City. He has been president of the American Association of Public Officials, State Commissioner of Institutions and Agencies of New Jersey, and a member of the Economists League. He wrote The Offender and His Relation to Law and Society. He is vice-president of the J. C. Pcnncy-Gwinn Corporation and a director on the Board of Trustees of the J. C. Penney Institute of Applied Agriculture. John B. Orr Regent Mr. Orr, building contractor and sculptor, native of Glasgow. Scotland, got his early training in the public schools of Cam-alachie and Ncwlands and Glasgow. Graduating from the West of Scotland Technical College Art School, he served a six-year apprenticeship as ornamental plasterer and modeler. Then he traveled eighteen months in the United States and Canada and returned to Glasgow to enter business for himself at the age of twenty-one. Two years later he sold his Glasgow establishment, returned to the United States and finally located in Miami as plasterer, modeler and mason contractor. He has been president of the Miami Rotary Club, member Miami City Commission and is author of the Miami Harbor Plan. [ 29 ]