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

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Su Kiippu Tim: I'lilllips. I‘age, Mogga, Young. Golf. Mllllnion. Connor. Ismic activities, and service to the University. No more than nine new members are selected each year. These members are notified of their selection at a general assembly of the student body of the University held during the early part of the semester. It has become customary for the active and alumnae numbers of Xu Kappa Tau to wear black caps and gowns during the public ceremony of selection. An orange scarf is draped about the necks of the new members as a symbol of notification. Charter Members: Keva Albury, '37: Sarah Bergh. '37; Xcdra Brown, '37: Elizabeth Curran. ’38: Julie Davitt, '37; Mary Frohl erg. '38; Marcia Hargrove. '38: Marie Reichard. '38: Audrey Rothcoberg, 38. Members Selected in the Spring of 1938: Helene Couch, '38; Florence Fowler. '38: Rubilou Jackson. '39; Eleanor Matteson, '39: Jane Mercer. '38: Arlene Richardson. 38: Margaret Shillington. '39: Freda Speizman, '39; Fay Taylor. '38. Members Selected this Year: Mollie Conner. '40: Betty Goff, '39; Evelyn Isaac. '39; Charlotte Meggs. '40: Berenice Milliman, '40: Doris Page. '39; Selma Lee Phillips. '40; Pearl Waldorf. ‘39; Ruth K. Young, '39. FRESH MAX HO SO R SOCIETY Someone has said that, “Tasks without vision are drudgery, that Yision without tasks is a dream : that “Vision and tasks are the world’s blessings. The Freshman Honor Society extends membership to those students who have learned early in their University life to combine vision and tasks, and who have given proof of this by their outstanding scholastic records. To lie eligible for membership, freshmen must have the grade of “A in at least fifty percent of credits earned, must have no grade below “B. and must carry a minimum of twelve hours each term, in residence at the University. Great truths do not spring from the slightest mental bidding but result from daily struggles with books. It is only from the combination of this struggle and vision that the student will receive the world’s blessing, an education. Because the University deems it wise to encourage freshmen to continue their early scholastic endeavors, the Freshman Honor Society opens its membership to them. Students selected from the class of 1941 are: Catherine Hefinger. Seymour Simon. Ronald Kerfoot. Phyllis Salter, Clarice Schnatterbeck. William Feldman, and I .aura Green. Those in the class of 1940 are: Berenice Milliman, Algerine Price, Hilda Ringbloom. J. J. (Hickman. Sara Butler. Mary Creel, and Sylvia Raicheck. From the class of 1939 were selected: Sarah H. I'rear. Margaret Shillington, Ruth Emilie Young, Wilma Audrey Hammer, Maude S. Walton. Sydney R. Rubin, and Norman Worthington. HrfliiKT. Mlllliiiji . Krrfo.il, Own, Simon. Schnntlrrbrrl.. Horn I nr. lUitlrr, Worlhlimtnn, ShllliiiKlmi [15]

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 These Have Been Honored At the University of Miami there are many honorary fraternities and societies that hold out rewards to outstanding students. Hut the honoraries that mean most to the University and to the students themselves are, Iron Arrow, men’s honorary; Nu Kappa Tau, women's honorary; and the Freshman Honor Society. The men tapped for Iron Arrow and the women chosen for Xu Kappa Tau are those who have used their talents to help build a greater University; they have l een and are the leaders. The Freshman Honor Society students are chosen for scholarship during their freshman year. IROA ARROW With the feeling that there should be an organization on the campus of the University that would carry a two-fold purpose for the men of the school. Dr. Ashe in 1927 selected eight men who were outstanding in their respective fields to form the nucleus of this organization. He wished this group to be the leaders of the men; selection was made by the combined idea of scholarship and outstanding activity. Chief Tony Tommy of the Seminole Indians gave form to the organization by giving it a colorful ceremony which in itself made the group unique among all campus organizations. Thus Iron Arrow was formed, and men who were deserving by their work in school and the example they set for others could Ik rewarded. A mark of ambition is placed upon the new . . . for their character and contributions to the University. students, for Iron Arrow is the highest attainment reached by men in this University.” The men tapped in 1939 were: Joe Thomas. Norman Worthington. Eddie Dunn, Brad Hoyle, and Philip Fenigson, juniors: Miguel Colas. Robert I lance, William I.ebedeff, Maxwell Marvin, Joseph Follette, and John Junkin, seniors. Faculty members are: Dean Russell A. Rasco, Mr. William J. Hester, and Dr. Harold E. Briggs. VC KAPPA TAU Nu Kappa Tau, the highest honorary society on campus for women, was organizer! in the Spring of 1937. The nine charter members were selected by the Deans of the various colleges of the University, and by the chairmen of those faculty committees having direct bearing upon student life. The membership of this honorary society is confined to regular women students in the University, who have completed at least five-eighths of the work required for degree credit. These students must have at least two years of residence work at the University prior to their election into the organization. The selection of members is based upon scholarship, character, citizenship, participation in extra-curricular [14] Iron Arrow: Dunn, Medicine Mnn; I'nibinco, thlrf; lloyle. Chiefs Son; Coin ; Worthington: I'nllrtte; Thotiui ; llrlKK'i Tremblay; Fnil Mm; lluncr

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 College Life in the Tropics ... is like college life wherever you go - but O, the moon, the sailboats on the bay, the beach, those horses. by HETTY HAYES From Maine to California, from Washington to Florida we find an endless chain of colleges and universities all sizes, shapes, and varieties. Hut on the southernmost point of the United States, on a promontory pointing like a finger to the continent of South America we find the most unique of them all. a typical tropical university. Live with us for a day, wander through the halls and surrounding countryside, listen, and capture the spirit of the tropics. Ours is not a school of imposing buildings and stretches of beautiful campus, but it possesses an atmosphere all its own. Perhaps this is due to the foresight of the founders who based the University of Miami on a spirit of Pan-Americanism, to weld a link Ixtween the Americas. A gesture of goodwill and friendship, and hearty welcome to our southern neighbors. The patio is the Ixginning of all things at the University. Ideas are born beside the pool that shelters coral rocks, botanical specimens, and Joe the Turtle: friendships are former! and lessons are learned beneath the spreading palm trees, and romance finds a beginning on the many benches. Soft grass offers solace to weary siesta-seekers, and the banana tree forms an ideal background for snapshots to send home to Mother, while brilliant sunshine and tropical flowers cast vividness and unreality over all. The patio is the centra! meeting place around which the University literally and figuratively revolves. Classroom life is typical of that of any of the thousands of other schools in the United States, but when the last l cll rings the similarity ends. Ordinarily it would be an unusual sight to see students headed for a few hard sets of tennis, a swim, or a round of golf on a January day. But not so in Miami. At any time one may see happy groups on their way to the beach, sailing, bicycling, picnicking, or fishing. Dawn of many Saturday mornings finds the marine zoology class leaving for a day of deep sea diving from some distant island in search of specimens, or other natural science classes departing in the direction of the Everglades. The beach is also a focal point in the life of the University. Classes seem to adjourn, only to meet again shortly in an atmosphere of sand, bright sunshine and pounding surf, while classes are sometimes abandoned in favor of a lazy day under the sun. Twilight, strains of dinner music from the cafeteria, a soft murmur of Spanish from lingering groups, and the scent of night blooming jasmine are one of the most beautiful parts of the University. Night, and the Miami moon. But night must fall: ami after the last rosy cloud in the darkening sky turns to a silhouette, the typical student returns to resume his intellectual pursuits. Scantily clad, he props his book on the window-sill, and gazes out at the moonlit scene. His roommate also gazes for a few moments before he wistfully wishes that he asked that blond for a date. This leads to a discussion of women in general, who dates who, and what they think of each other. Before the discussion reaches this point, the other students in the building drop in and a bull-session rages on until someone discovers it is time for Cinderella to depart; so the uninvited guests take their leave, and our roommates finally study. But all is not beauty and light. Spring fever often reigns supreme from September until June, and the constant lure of the beach and other equally inviting places makes life one grand bout with temptation. A brilliant moon, smooth waters of the bay, and a wailing sailboat make even the most conscientious student forget his work. Yes, life at the Univesritv is very hard indeed. But beneath the lazy serenity of the tropics is a rush of activity in a forward movement that will eventually place the University of Miami near the top of the collegiate list—the typical tropical University. [16]