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

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'H ax a afe tyroufr Scaled 'Plecv r9ttt 'itya wtotuf, From left to right: Clarke, Tarplcy, Alloo, Cohen, Roth, Asher, Harris, Bergh, Bobrick, di Fclippi. Do rh mi’s at the University of Miami Music School sound out a new tune this year after the first written constitution and student government introduced a new down beat at the workshop. The constitution makes provision for a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and music librarian. Gerry Rassmussen, Kornelia Taggart, Marvin Rickard, Doris Feldman, and Patrick Sullivan comprised the committee which wrote the constitution and presented it to the students for ratification. Another new feature introduced at the Music Workshop this year was the series of Monday evening concerts presented by Henry Gregor, noted pianist and composer. Mr. Gregor gave as his first recital an all-Scar-lotti program. He was ably assisted by Celeste-Moon, well-known Miami soprano. Equally outstanding on the series was the excellent dual piano work of Joseph Tarpley and Henry Gregor. The two pianists presented the music of Brahms, Debussy, Beethoven and McDowell. Tuesday afternoons saw the alternation of student meetings and recitals in the Granada Workshop. At several student assemblies, Harold Bauer spoke on subjects of interest to all future musicians. His talks ranged from ‘Physics in Relation to Music’’ to “Dance From the Tom-Tom to the Modem Times.” Since the retirement of Miss Bertha Foster as dean of the School of Music, Joseph Tarpley, a graduate of the University and pianist on the staff, has taken over the duties of secretary and the handling of administrative-affairs. Miss Foster, who is now Dean Emeritus on the faculty, is dividing her time between her position as organist and choir director for All Soul’s Church and the founding of a National Home for Aged Musicians in Miami. The only member of the faculty of the Music School who has not yet returned from the war is John Bitter, conductor of the orchestra. Captain Bitter recently had the distinction of being the first American ever to conduct the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. The following are members of the staff at this time: Dr. Modcste Alloo, acting conductor of the symphony orchestra and former member of the Boston symphony; Mrs. Hannah Spiro Asher, pupil of Leopold Go-dowsky and formerly on the staff at the conservatory of Breslau, Germany; Dr. Joel Belov, concertmaster of the University symphony orchestra, former teacher at Curtis and Eastman, and first violinist with the Philadelphia orchestra; Robert Boberick, violinist with a master’s degree from Northwestern and assistant concertmaster of the orchestra; Mrs. Frances Hovey Bergh, teacher of voice and music appreciation; Edward Clarke, well-known lecturer on music and literature; Mine. Lina Coen, operatic coach and graduate of the Paris conservatory; Dr. Arturo di Fillippi, director of the Miami Opera Guild; and Franklin Harris, Ralph Roth, and Henry Gregor, pianists and composers. V of m • 1.1

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Jlet'n Pfaty School— The a b c’s of teaching soon become as familiar as the walls of the Slop Shop to education students who learn in the classrooms and at the Merrick Demonstration School that it takes more than the three R’s to educate the pupils of today. The School of Education under Dean Charles R. Foster, Jr., welcomed many new veterans to its classrooms and faculty this year. Veterans returned to resume their studies in teacher training, and several professors returned to their posts after being discharged from the service. The University welcomed Dr. William H. Steers, professor of physical education, who received his discharge from the Navy in March. During his two and one-half years of military service, Dr. Steers served for one year in the Admiralty Islands, where it was his duty to provide recreation for the 38,000 men of the Seventh fleet who came there daily. He and Mrs. Catherine Sample introduced an extensive program of teacher-preparation in physical education for men and women. Another new program of vital interest to students was introduced by Dr. Lester R. Wheeler, director of the Psycho-Educational clinic, which renders invaluable aid to college students in an analysis of their learning problems. The clinic also assists in a diagnosis of the reading problems of school children. The School of Education welcomed two new professors, J. M. Parmalee, director of Industrial Training, who introduced beginning courses in industrial education, and Dr. M.A. F. Ritchie, professor of education. The University purchased three aeroplanes, a P-51, an AT-10, and an AT-9, which are to be used in the aeronautical lab under Mr. Parmalee s direction. Upon the termination of his duties as a chief of Naval Air Primary Training, Dr. Ritchie replaced Dr. C. O. Williams, visiting professor of education, at the begining of the second semester. Dr. Williams returned to his duties at Pennsylvania State College, where he is in charge of teacher placement of students. In cooperation with two other Dade County schools, the Merrick Demonstration School held summer reading classes for elementary students in 1945. Financed by Dade County, these classes, which served one hundred and twenty-five students who were retarded in their reading but did not lack the ability to learn, were the first of their kind to be offered in the United States. The success of the Merrick School can be attributed largely to the zeal and interest shown by its principal, E. E. McCarty, Jr. The student practice teachers, when asked about the school, invariably reply that they like best of all the confidence and encouragement shown them by Mr. McCarty, who has been at the school since its opening in 1938. The Parent-Teachers Association of the Merrick School purchased a motion picture camera this year, and for the first time, educational films were shown the Merrick pupils.

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07e tde%4,— 07 etn 74 aid 7a cua Bulging seams characterized the Law School building after fall registration was completed. An unprecedented influx of bar-risters-to-be (sixty percent of whom were veterans) raised enrollment figures to twice those of other years. It also forced Dean Russell A. Rasco to look about for additional space for new students expected in the spring. The Dean himself was an addition to the school, having returned on July 4 from two and one-half years’ leave of absence while serving on the War Manpower Commission. Dr. Rasco was State Director of the Commission for eighteen months, and confides that the position was infinitely more difficult than that of teaching law. Two new faculty members were enlisted as part of the all-around expansion program. Dr. Floyd A. Wright has come to the University after teaching for six years at the University of Oklahoma. The second newcomer is a specialist in taxation, Albert Bernstein. Termed the most outstanding authority on that subject in the state of Florida, Mr. Bernstein has lectured throughout the state at the request of the Florida State Bar Association. Other instructors at the school are Robert A. McKenna, William J. Hester, and Judge L. Ear! Curry. Caring for the constantly increasing volume of volumes in the Law library is the duty of Miss Nita Stone. She assumed the position upon Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell’s resignation, and now balances her time between working and studying for her degree. The library, which numbers 25,000 books, is the second largest in Florida, exceeded only by that of the Supreme Court in Tallahassee. Law graduates from the University of Miami are not required to take the bar examination in order to practice in the state. The school is approved by the American Bar Association and the Board of Regents for the state of New York. At present, the requirement for registration is sixty college credits, but the near future will sec realization of prewar standards—three years of pre-law as a requisite for entrance. Those freshmen who did arrive at the beginning of the second semester were pleasantly surprised to find that they were offered a complete range of first-year subjects from which to choose. During the war it was necessary to limit the selection each term to those courses required by the majority of students. FACULTY PARADE. Beloit : Law School faculty, left to right: Farrell, Stone, Rasco, Wright. Right: l)r. Ashe takes time off from administration duties . . . Mr. Beasley looks over the schedule for his tennis team . . . University Secretary I Jester goes social . . . Dr. Spirer, authority on criminology, marriage, etc. . . . Nothing new to catch Dr. Carney at a dance . . . Dr. Alexander points out the beauties of botany . . . Mr. Lockhard smiles at BBA prospectives . . . Miss Stone guards the law library . . . Mr. Mason at work . . . Mr. Garland lets up and lights up . . . Mr. Miller and the ever-present microscope. Hi • I him