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

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FACULTY Richmond Austin Rasco, Dean and Professor of Law. b.s., Dickinson Normal College; a.m., Arkansas Normal College; ll.b., John B. Stetson University; ll.b., Southern Normal University; Professor and Dean of School of Law, John B. Stetson University; Professor of Law, University of Florida; Professor of Law, University of Arizona; Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University; Member, State and Federal Bars; Member, State and County Bar Associations; Miami, 1926— Roy Francis Howes, Professor of Law. a. b., Clark College; a.m., Leland Stanford, Jr., University; ll.b., Cornell University; Professor of History and Politics, Whittier College; Instructor in Government and Law, DePauw University; Professor of Government and Law, Bucknell University; Member, Florida Bar; Miami, 1927— Louis D.Covitt, Associate Professor of Law. b. a., University of Kentucky; m.a., Clark University; j.n., Northwestern University; Graduate work at Harvard University and University of Chicago; Instructor in Law, Mayo College of Commerce and Law; Professor of Law, University of Louisville; Miami, 1928— John P. Stokes, Instructor in Law. ll.b., University of Miami; United States Circuit Court Commissioner, First Florida Circuit: United States Commissioner, Northern District of Florida; Member, Florida Legislature: President, pro tern, Florida State Senate; State Attorney, First Circuit; Member, Dade County, Florida State, and American Bar Associations; Miami, 1928— Walter Hull Beckham, Instructor in Law. a. b., Emory University; ll.b., Harvard University; General Counsel, Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad; Member, Georgia State Legislature; Member, Georgia Tax Commission; Member,Florida Bar; Miami, 1926— E. F. P. Brigham, Instructor in International Law and Admiralty, a.b., Yale University; ll.b., Vanderbilt University; Member,State and Federal Bars; Miami, 1928— L. Earl Curry, Instructor in Bankruptcy. ll.b., Stetson University; referee in Bankruptcy at Miami for seven years; Miami, 1928— Leland Hyzer, Instructor in Air Law. a.b, ll.b., University of Wisconsin; Member, Wisconsin, Florida, and Federal Bars; Miami. 1929— Francis M. Miller, Instructor in Legal Research, ll.b., John B. Stetson University; Instructor in Law, John B. Stetson University; Member, State and Federal Bars; Member. Dade County and State Bar Associations; Miami, 1928— ( harles A. More head, Instructor in Law. b. s., ll.b., Cumberland University; Mississippi A. and M. College: University of Alabama; Georgia School of Technology; Member. Florida and Federal Bars, Miami, 1929— ( . Walter Peters, Instructor in Florida I leading and Practice, ll.b., University of Chicago: Member, State and Federal Bars; Miami, 1928— UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI RELIBRARY,

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SCHOOL or LAW THE SCHOOL OF LAW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Miami, organized at the founding of the university in 1926, was the first professional course offered at the university. Under the able leadership of Dean R. A. Kasco, its growth has been steady and consistent. By dispensation of the Florida Supreme Court, at the June, 1927 term, graduates of the Law School are admitted to practice in the State courts upon presenation of their diplomas. The course of study is the standard course of three years, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The method used in all classes is the case system. Regular students in the law school, in addition to a standard high school course, which will satisfy the general requirements for admission to the University, must have sixty semester college credits before entering the School of Law. A limited number of special students who are unable to satisfy the entrance requirements are admitted to the School of Law. Credits earned in the Law School, are accepted by all standard law schools throughout the country. The aim of the School of Law is to train the student in the fundamental principles of English and American Law so that he may successfully practice his profession wherever that system of law prevails. Special emphasis is placed on Florida Supreme Court decisions. The ideal held before the students is the lawyer of stable character who is honored not only as a successful practitioner, but as a man of high ideals and a useful citizen. f, 9)

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SCHOOL or MUSIC THE MIAMI CONSERVATORY WAS ESTABLISHED October, 1926, by Bertha Foster, founder and director. Recognizing the fact that Miami offered opportunities in climate and progressiveness not to be found anywhere else, the University of Miami in founding its institution in Miami combined with the Miami Conservatory in 1926. The object of the University of Miami Conservatory of music is to educate the student along well-regulated. comprehensive, and inclusive lines, giving special attention to fundamental instruction. A beautiful conservatory building has been financed by J. C. Penny, in memory of his wife, and will be known as the Mary Kimball Penny Hall. The building will be well equipped with forty modern sound proof studios, twenty practice rooms, libraries, study halls, and patio. Other studios are now maintained in different sections of the city, for the convenience of students, particularly those in the preparatory departments. The Down-town Studio, at Northeast 14th Street and Second Avenue is one of the recent additions to the school. Since intelligent listening to music forms a large and important part of a musical education, the Conservatory has made recitals a leading feature. Each week a studio recital is given, at which time the students have opportunity to play for their parents, the faculty, and student body. A number of artist concerts are given by the Conservatory each season. Owing to the fact that many of the greatest of the world’s artists visit Miami, it is often possible to offer exceptional opportunity to our students. Through the work of Walter Grossman, further opportunity for students to hear orchestral music and to gain orchestral experience in the junior symphony orchestra where all who are sufficiently advanced may enjoy orchestral training. That a community so young as Miami should have its own symphony orchestra, when many older and larger cities of the country are not able to enjoy such a privilege, has amazed many visitors this winter. Miss Foster has put her own talents behind the organization which reached an enrollment of 678 musicians. When the University of Miami was founded in 1926, Miss Foster as one of the administrative group, organized the university school of music and was the first one to promote the idea that Miami should have a symphony orchestra. She herself went to Chicago in the early part of that year and engaged Arnold Volpe, noted conductor, to come here and organize a first class symphony orchestra. Now in its fifth year, despite struggles and obstacles, this organization is taking its place among the important orchestras of this country. Besides directing the school of music and the many affairs necessary as director of the orchestra, Miss Foster also conducted the Aeolian Chorus which she founded ten years ago, and is now affiliated with the university.