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

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OM Archives (JM Archives 1942 UM . . . The first of the uniformed recruiting officers began arriving on campus as the shock of Pearl Harbor turned to reality and anger. UM . . .Dr. Ashe was appointed by President Roosevelt to the War Manpower Commission. Dr. Ashe coordinated the direction of labor into areas beneficial to the war effort in the six southeast- ern states. UM . . . Among programs coordinated fay Dr Ashe was the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb at Knox- ville, Tennessee. UM . . . First steps were taken in the establishment of an opera school. UM . . .In order to give a feeling ofuniti; to the freshman class, the Freshman Executive Advisor ,i Committee was formed by Foster Alter, dean of men. 1943 UM . . . Miami, an industrial southern seaport and guardian of the Carribbean Panama Canal, became a major militari; center Miami ' s economy; benefited greatlii from the wartime industries. UM . . . The Uniuersity of Miami became an armed training camp for the Allied Air Corps and its own men. Defense installa- tions poured into the Richmond Lighter-than-Air Base, site of the future South Campus. UM . . . The Rose Garibaldi Koubek building was the Universi- ty ' s latest and most impressive acquisition. It was to be used both as a music and adult education center. UM . . . The College of Liberal Arts increased graduation requirements to 120 semester hours and 120 qualiti points as well as instituting additional required courses. 12 RETROSPECTIVE

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1944 UM . . . With the team ' s roster almost completely depleted by the war, U.M. co-eds joked about the all-female football team of 1944. UM . . . This iear s graduatior excerises were to be the last armed parade at the Universiti; of Miami. UM . . . Miss Mari; B. Merritt, dean of women, was chairman of college panhellenics of the National Panhellenic congress and a member of its War and College Women committee. The home of campus sororities is named in her honor. UM . . . The Uniuersity experimented with a trimester system, thus graduation excersises were held in Februari and June. This system was not very popular in Miami as student classifications and other administrative records became confusing during the transition. 1945 UM . . . Dr. B. F. Ashe returned full-time to his duties as presi- dent of the University from his special wartime assignments. Ashe had found it difficult to maintain offices simultaneously in Wash- ington, Atlanta, an Miami. UM . . . The student body grew rapidly as hundreds of men returned to school on the new C.I. Bill of Rights. UM . . . Officials announced that the school would return to its original site when building construction was again permitted. After 19 years in temporary classrooms, U.M. started making plans to return home. UM . . . The University decided to abandon the trimester sys- tem. Effective in July, U.M. shifted back to the pre-war semester model. RETROSPECTIVE 13