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

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OM Archives OM Archives 1950 UM . . . Construction of the Student Club, located on the site of the current Student Union, was completed. The Student Club featured a cafeteria, lounge, Slop Shop, patio, meeting room, and catwalk over Lake Osceola. UM . . . With the support of Athletic Director Jack Harding, U.M. fielded an AII-R.O.T.C. rifle team. UM . . . All three Miami publications won Ail-American ratings from the National Collegiate Press Association. Individual recog- nition was giuen to Walter Machos, Tempo editor, Ed Storin, Hurricane editor, and Lor}, Snipes, IBIS editor. UM . . . Charter Da ; celebrations marking The Cniuersity of Miami ' s quarter-centurx; of progress was feastive and well attend- ed. 1951 UM . . . Except for those few fraternities which remained in their old North Campus housing, and the few like PiKA able to construct new housing on the main campus, most greeks lived in the 1948 apartments. UM . . . The new Ring Theatre opened in February . At that time this flexible theatre was the onl i one of its kind in the world. UM . . . The long needed field house also became a reality; and housed the football squad for spring practice. Initial contributions were made by the Orange Bowl committee with additional sup- port from the Miami-Clemson bowl game proceeds, and the Miami Quarterback Club. UM . . . The 1951 IBIS was awarded a Pacemaker for journal- istic excellence. 16 RETROSPECTIVE

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CJM Archives Miami Herald Archives 1948 1949 UM . . . Construction began on the first main campus housing. Designed for four to six people per apartment, these dormitories, initially used for the families ofG.l. ' s were considered fairl i luxuri- ous for collegiate housing of the time. UM . . . With the increase in campus housing, Miami ' s out-of- state student population grew rapidl], . UM . . . This year marked the first of three national champion- ships for the Hurricane polo team, one of the best and briefest in U.M. ' s sports history. Led by captain Jack Speedy Euans other national championships followed in 1949 and 1950. UM . . . Norman Christensen. founder of U.M. ' s quality student publications, began work and in one year instituted Miami s third publication. Tempo. UM . . . The Merrick Building was completed — 23 years after the delay in its construction. UM . . . Bill Lufler replaced Gardner Mulloy as tennis coach. UM . . . Pi Kappa Alpha won the house decoration prize for Homecoming and Betty Ann Harding was selected as Homecom- ing Queen. UM . . . Installed the fall before as a voluntary corps, R.O.T.C. became well entrenched at U.M. UM . . . The Hurricane basketball team won their first undisput- ed state basketball title. UM...Thel 949 IBIS was dedicated to President Bowman F. Ashe, who awoke from the nightmare of the 1 926 hurricane to find himself president of a still-born University. . . but painstaking- ly reshuffled the pieces of a broken dream into a modern Univer- sity. i RETROSPECTIVE 15

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. i n » 0 GM Archives 1952 1953 UM . . . The Universify of Miami ' s tennis teams winning streak finally ended — but not before the Canes had won 57 matches in a row. UM . . . Fencing, a club sport at Miami since 1936, achieved varsity sport status. UM . . .Dr. Bowman Foster Ashe, first president of the Univer- sity of Miami died The million dollar Ashe Memorial Adminstra- tion Building was named for this founding father. UM . . . The basic unit of the Lowe Art Museum was completed due to gifts of the late Mr. Joe Lowe and the late Mrs. Emili Lowe, benefactors of the arts. Additions were subsuquently com- pleted in 1953. 1954. 1957. and 1961. UM ... Dr. J.F.W. Pearson, one of the original 35 faculty members in 1 926, succeeded Dr. Ashe as UM. ' s second president. ' UM . . . The last Miami varsity boxing meet was held in 1953. U.M. boxing, popular since 1 927. fell to the movement to ban the brutal sport. UM . . . Riflery, granted minor varsity sport status only three years before, was returned to the realm of intramural sport. UM . . . Thirty-one U.M. students were accepted for recogni- tion in Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities. UM . . . The University of Miami Band of the Hour stepped past national boundaries and gained international prominence when it flew to El Salvador for the annual celebration of that country ' s democracy. RETROSPECTIVE 17