H o ida THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA-FEBRUARY 22, 1946 Gator Vets To Lead Red Cross Drive On University Campus Gibbons Says Campaign To Start March 1 The Gator Veterans have volun- .teered to lead the annual Red Cross fund drive on the campus according to a statement made by Sam Gibbons, commander of the organization. The drive will start March 1 and it is hoped that the contributions will be such that the goal can be reached in two weeks time. Gibbons will be working with the Alachua County chapter of the National Red Cross and the contributions of the .students will be turned over to Mr. W. T. Laird, chairman of the chap- ter. The sole basis of support of the Red Cross, the only source of finances for its many activi- ties, is that received in private, voluntary donations. The total minimum goal assign- ed to this county for this year is $33,650. Of this $7,200 is ear- marked as the national quota- this means that 7876 percent of the funds raised will stay here in the county to be used for local work. In 1945 the minimum goal set for this county was $43,600 and contributions amounted to $56.- 834. Dr. L. M. Bristol, chairman of the home service committee, stated that the work of the Red Cross in World War II, as in all times of disaster, is well-known, but of even greater importance is the assistance that is now given to veterans. This assist- ance includes, among many things, counseling service and financial assistance to those in need. O'Neal Heads Joint Photo Staff For Publications Keep that tooth-paste smile handy and don't forget to shine your shoes and always carry a comb along so that you can put those curly, golden tresses in or- der when the big moment comes! Through a new system of co- operatioh worked out between the staffs of the Alligator and the Seminole all of the photog- raphers available for this work will be pooled under the direc- tion of Pat O'Neal, executive editor of the Seminole. These photographers are all ex- perienced men, and they are going to establish their own darkroom. The pool will permit maximum use of those hard-to-get photo materials, and will provide more complete campus coverage with pictures in both publications. New members to the staff are Joe Price, Jr.. Lester Bodden, Jr., Earl Tonjes, Gordon Christensen, and Joe Gamble. Young Democrats Group To Be Reorganized Schedule Meeting Monday Night Young Democratic Club of the University will be reorganized at a 7 o'clock meeting Monday night, in room 209 at the Florida Un- ion Building. Purpose of the club is: "to stimulate in young people an active interest in governmental affairs, to foster and perpetuate the ideals and principles of the Democratic party, and to pro- Svide for our people through the administration of the party, the highest degree of justice, pros- perity and happiness." Students interested in joining the club have been invited to par- ticipate in the reorganization, anc all former members are urged tc attend. BENTON ENGINEERING COUNCIL TO MEET There will be a meeting on Thursday, of Benton Engineer ing Council at 7 p.m. in Room 305 Florida Union. This is the first meeting of the semester and representatives of all stu- dtent engineering societies should all eld. Block and Bridle University Is Given 76 Vet Reorganize Here Housing Units FPHA Representative Composed Of Ag. Students The University chapter of the Block and Bridle club* came to life last Thursday night after a hibernation of two and a half years. Block and Bridle is a na- tional organization of Ag students interested in animal industry. The standards for membership are high, which lends a great deal of pride to the organization, plac- ing it on the level of a honorary professional fraternity. The work necessary for the smooth opera- tion of the club requires a rela- tive large membership. In the past the local chapter has had an average of fifty to sixty students interested in the well-being of the club. It is the desire of the few boys here now who are national members to get the club back to its prewar standards. At the meeting Thursday night there were about twenty members besides the six national members present, all ofi whom showed great interest in being prospective mem- members and in working toward the goal of again having a suc- cessful club. The standards for membership of the local chapter aire such that when a pledge is taken in as a. member he also has the necessary requirements to become a national member. Some of the main functions of the Block and Bridle are to en- tertain thile State Legislative body at a barbeque at the Flor- ida Homecoming week end, sponsor the state Baby Chick and Egg Show, and stage the Little International Livestock Show, the latter usually being accompanied by a rodeo. At the meeting Thursday night the officers for this term were introduced. They are' President, Bob Barry from Newberry; Vice- President, Berdett Schee, Largo; Secretary Bernard Clark, Greens- boro; Treasurer Johnnie Davis, Walnut Hill; Reporter. Robert Hibbs, Cocoa; and Marshall, Dick Tracey, Miami. The rest of the meeting period was taken up by reading the Club constitution to the pros- pective members, stressing the requirements to become a bona fide member. In addition pic- tures and programs of past ac- tivities were passed around to give an idea of what has been done and what is expected of a Block and Bridle member. Block and bridle meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7:30 in the Ag Building. All Ag students with in- terest in animal industry are cor- dially invited to attend these meetings. NOTICE WOMEN STUDENTS! Will those interested in swim- ming facilities please leave name and address at Union Desk, Box' W, not later than Wednes- day, Feb. 27. Most imperative if immediate action is to be taken. To ome Here The University of Florida has been awarded 76 additional emer- gency housing units for married veterans, Regional Director John P. Broome of the Federal Public Housing Authority announced in Atlanta this week. Officials of the UniversiLy here said, following a telephone call to Atlanta, that it has not been decided whether the units will be at the Alachua, Army Air Base or on the University campus. The FPHA will send a represen- tive here from Atlanta next week to look over the situation. If it is decided tlat the housing at the air base is to be used, offi- cials said, the University will be eligible for buses in which to transport the students and their families back and forth. The University originally- ap- plied for use of the air base to house single veterans, but revised the application because of con- tinued needs of married veterans even after 100 housing units had been erected in a campus subdi- 'vision known as "Flavet Village." \ The Associated Press dispatch frim Atlanta telling of the 76 new units here also said 68 had been rewarded to the University of Miami to bring the total there to 150, and 10 for the Florida Nor- mal and Industrial School at St. Augustine to bring that institu- tion's total to 30. Thacker Elected President Of Law Fraternity Three Initiated Tuesday Night Clarence L. Thacker was elected Justice of the Duncan U. Fletcher chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta, national law fraternity, at a. meet- ing Tuesday night in the Law Building duririg which Lawrence Renfroe, Hiliary Albury, and Eddie Kelly were initiated into the or- ganization. Thacker succeeded Bob Kime, Gainesville, who graduated last semester. Other officers elect- ed are: F. E. Klehle, vice justice; Renfroe, clerk; Albury, treasur- er: and Kelly, marshall. Plans were made for the semes- ter at a business meeting after initiation ceremonies. Phi Alpha Delta was founded in 1898 by a group of law students in Chicago. It has chapters in 46 of the leading American law schools and 31 alumni chapters in the larger cities. The total mem- bership of the fraternity is approx- imately 16,000. Active members in the local chapter, in addition to the of- ficers listed above, are Ted Gal- atis, John Ruff, Ernie Hewitt, W. F. Conlee, F. E. Kiehle, Bob Hewitt. Dick Holbrook, Bill Dur- den, Marvin Kelly, Jack Johnson, Tom Stewart, Jack Hayward, Guy McPherson, and Jim Wilson. POOR MAN'S MECCA All Faces Turn To Campus Postoffice Twice A Day By Elliot Shienfeld trous. Yet here they merely ex- All roads lead to it! All faces change knowing glances and go turn to it! From 10 a. m. when their separate way. (The prof- the nine o'clock mail goes up, to a he ro 5 p. m., when the three o'clock essor, no doubt, hasn't heard from mail is ready, the campus post his Frolics date either.) office is the poor man's Mecca. Daily drama did we say? Not only is the post office How many minds have plotted a perfect stage for everyday homicide when the sport next drama, it is the leveling groud to him pulls four letters to our for aristocracy and proletariat, none and smartly murmers, "I Here rank is forgotten as rich guess some guys got and some man, student, and professor alike ain't." How many stout hearts congregate at the common "mail have bordered on suicide when box wailing wall." that check didn't show up? All emotion is clearly and free- Thus this temple to tangled life ly expressed. The student who (and Duffy signs) goes on its finds his box emty turns from it seemingly simple way. Let us, and audibly registers his displeas- however, realize its true meaning, ure. As he does, he confronts Let us share our joys and sorrows. his mathematics, professor face to And if the man in the next box face. In any other setting, this goes without mail, don't scoff. scene would have proven disas- He may be bigger than you. CITY OFFICIALS WARN STREET LIGHT BREAKERS That part of the campus ad- joining University Avenue will be lacking in Illumination from street lights if those unknown parties who have repeatedly broken lights do not stop. It has cost the city of Gaines- vile a great deal of money since January to replace the lights broken. City officials have sounded a sombre warning that hereafter they will replace no more street lights broken along the part of West University Avenue which adjoins the campus. It seems that college students should have better things to do than go around breaking street lights. If this practice does not stop, city officials said, drastic measures will be taken. Hawley To Head Memorial For War Casualties Professor Claude Hawley, of the Social Science department, was named secretary of a joint alumni-faculty committee activat- ed this week to plan a permanent memorial for University alumni who lost their lives in World War II. Organized at the request of President John J. Tigert, the committee, composed of four- teen representatives from the alumni, faculty and student body, was urged to begin imme- diate planning for the selection and designation of a permanent war memorial to the approxi- mately 350 alumni killed in the recent conflict. Professor Hawley, Dr. W. W., Ehrmann, Professor Fifield, Pro- fessor W. L. Lowry, Mr. Allen Skaggs, three alumni members at large, three alumni veterans of World War II and three student veterans now in school make up the committee. E. A. Clayton, Gainesville at- torney and chairman of the conunittee, pointed out that se- lection of the memorial would be based on intensive study and in- vestigation with a view towards perpetuating for all time the memory of World War II alum- ni who lost their lives in the service of their country. Of more than 10,000 University alumni who served in World War II, approximately 350 are known to have died, forty are still listed as missing, and two are still pris- oners of war, according to figures compiled by Mrs. Lillian Relihan in the University alumni office. University Has Prospects Of 1 Million Authorization Vet's Eligible To Enter Foreign Service For U. S. Applications At Beaty's Office Veterans of World War II who cpn meet the requirements may now become foreign service offi- cers, according to information re- ceived from the Department of State by Dean R. C. Beauty this week. Applications will be examined by the State Department and Written examinations will be giv- en. The following qualifications are necessary for eligibility: must have been born between July 1, 1915, and July 1, 1925; must have been a citizen of the U. S. for at least 15 years prior to July 1, 1946; must not be married to an alien; has received a bachelor's or equivalent degree from an ac- credited college or university, or if education was interrupted by war service the applicant must have completed three-fourths c.f course required for above men- tioned degree; ability to read one 3f these languages-French, Ger- man, Spanish; and must have been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States. Men meeting the above require- rnents may secure application .blanks and other additional in- formation at the Dean of Stu- dents office in Language Hall. Tigert Goes To Washington President Tigert left for Wash- ington Sunday to appear before a committee on Post-war ROTC affairs in the interest of the re cently reactivated program here. While there, br. Tigert con- ferred with the committee on matters pertaining to the post- war ROTC program in Land Grant Colleges in an attempt to set up provisions and criteria. The War Department, is now studying the ROTC program with the view towards improv- ing standards in the ROTC cur- ricula. Campus Politics Move Into Action For Election Under Constitutional Changes With a sudden flurry of politi- cal maneuvering in the past few days all signs pointed to a healthy burst of election activity in the immediate future. Chiarman of both parties made preliminary an- nouncements, preparatory to the expected appearance of further campaign notices. No mention of slates accom-, panled these moves, but thie fact that the wartime constitution was being replaced by the pre- war body of laws was made of- ficial by Dean R. C. Beaty's con- firmation. ,This constitution, based on the 1941-43 editions of, the "F" Book, annual directory and descriptive booklet formerly issued by the student government, comprises several radical differences from the emergency set-up. In place of the familiar Student Senate a re- turn will be made to the "Execu- tive Council," elected on the first Thursday in April to take office the first Tuesday in May. Each class (senior, junior, etc.) is to have its own immediate of- ficers, chosen by election in the fall the third Thursday after the Thursday of Freshman Week. Va- cancies occur Freshman and soph- omore councilmen-elect before these Fall elections are filled by the next highest candidates not elected, whereas upper division positions in which vacancies occur are filled by special elections held simultaneously with the Fall vot- ing. The officers of the student body will be elected by the entire body of students in the Univer- sity i the spring elections. These will be a president, a vice president, and a secretary- treasurer, only the second-named having a vote on the Executive Council. Foote Lists Outstanding Pharmacy Graduates Three deans and a director of pharmacy schools are included in the list of outstanding graduates of the School of Pharmacy during its 23 years at the University, Dr. -P. A. Foote, school director, an- nounced this week. The deans listed are: Dr. George L. Baker, dean, Col- lege of Pharmacy, Toledo, Ohio; Dr. J. L. Klotz, dean, College of Pharmacy, Univer- sity of Cincinnati, 'Ohio; and Dr. J. A.-Reese, dean, College of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. The director is Dr. A. W. Matthews, of the School of Pharmacy, University of Al- berta, Edmonton, Alberta, 'Canada. Also listed in connection with schools of pharmacy are: Dr. Rob- ert B. Smith, Jr., assistant dean, School of Pharmacy, Medi.cal Col- lege of Virginia, Richmond, and Pr f. E. T. Stuhr, head of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, School of Phar- macy, Duquense University, Pitts- burgh. The annual demand for phar- ma-cists greatly exceeds the num- ber of graduates, Dr. Foote said. Most of the outstanding graduates have obtained graduate degrees here or elsewhere. Cavaliers Elect New Officers Green Picked As President At their first meeting since the reorganization of the society. members of Cavaliers elected Frank Green president, Franklin Palmer vice-president, Marwin Cassell secretary, Eill Norman treasurer and David Rogers, chair- man of the dance committee. In addition to the above, a Board of Governors composed of John Britt, Harry Brower. Reuben Capeloto, Robert Ervin, William Hoffman and Robert Mann was named. Faculty adviser and sponsor of the organization is Prof. James W. Day, of the College of Law. Also discussed at the meeting were plans for a dance to be held on Spring Frolics weekend and applications for membership. Florida Players Complete Plans ForNextPlay Elect Officers; Schedule "Three Men On A Horse" Plans for Florida Players' sem- ester activities are well underway with tryouts for the next three- act play, completed, and officers for the new semester elected. Tryouts fpr the first production were held Tuesday and Wednesday with a small tprnout. The pres- entation, "Three Men on a Horse," a hilarious comedy revolving around a man's uncanny ability to nick winning horses, was written by John C. Holm. Part of the 1935-36 Broadway season, the farce is said by many critics to be one of the classic American comedies. The casting committee, con- sisting of Professors H. P. Con- stans and Roy E. Tew, will post the tentative cast on the bulletin board in Peabody Hall this after- noon byv one o'clock. First re- hean-sal is scheduled for tonight in Peabody 205. "Three Men on a Horse," is scheduled for presentation the evenings of April 2 and 3, in the P. K. Yonge School auditorium. 'eleven men and 4 women are. in 'he cast. Jack Mills. newly elected presi- dent of Florida Players,' .has call- ed a meeting of all members for 5 this afternoon in room 203, Peabody Hall. Mills, a senior from Tampa, succeeds Billy McReynolds ahs president after three and one half years in the service. Leon McKim, Gainesville, succeeds Donald Walker, Ft. Pierce, as secretary-treasurer. ' Player members will be appcint- ed to head various phases of pro- duction work at the meeting to- night. Each.committee head will select men to work with him on the production-business, public- ity, programs, tickets, advertising, ushering, painting, building, shift- ing scenery make-up, properties, lighting, stage crews, costumes, , etc. Those interested in produc- tion work, who have not filled out cards, are asked to do so at Professor Tew's office in Pea- body 203. Announcements con- cerning production crews will anrnar in the Orange and Blue Bulletin. Alligator Meeting A bill of one-acts will be pres- ented the latter part of April. Alligator staff members will Rounding out the semester's ac- meet in Florida Union offices at tivities will be a series of radio 7 p.m. tonight and 7:30 p.m. Men- plays by the Radio Guild. day night. Because of the greatly increas- ed enrollment this semester over HERE'S THE STORY last year, the Executive Council will be considerable larger. Ab- O * cording to the constitution, two On Re fstration Figures On members shall be chosen by their respective constituencies from each T he C T his college in the University, and one am pw s T i em ester each from the schools of Architec- ture, Forestry, and Pharmacy. Second semester registration at 'ending school by virtue of an act The Honor Court will more re- the University totals 3,406 stu- by the 1945 Legislature enabling semble its wartime substitute than dents here this week. them to attend school but officials will the Executive Council. The A breakdown of registration estimate the figure below 100. will the xecutiveplaced a total of 2,916 students in Registration for the second se- former empowered with the auth- the college level, of which 1,932 master began January 14 for stu- ortiy to administer and enforce the were World War II vets, and 984 dents enrolled during the first se- tenets of the Honor System on non-vet students. master, while registration for new which student government at the The acute housing shortage students began January 26, and University of Floriad is based, will in Gainesville area decreased continued through February 9, one retain its leading memebrs.Chan- the number to 2,916 college stu- week longer than previously ceor and Clerk, chosen with eev- dents when some were unable to scheduled because of continued en justices in the spring elections, find a place to live. The 490 large enrollment. The Colleges of Education, En- sub-college students are enroll- / Dormitories on the campus gineering, Law, and Architecture ed in the P. K. Yonge Labora- were filled to over capacity with will hold one office each. Two will tory School supported by the approximately 1,200 students. be elected from Pharmacy and Arts state under the direction of the One hundred married vets with and Science combined, one each University College of Educa- children were eligible to live in from the freshman and sophomore tion, the 100-unit Flavet Village classes, and one from Agriculture "Of the 1932 veterans, 137 are housing project on the campus and Forestry combined, registered as non-Florida resi- and the nineteen active social The remainder of the constitu- dents, while of the 984 non-vet fraternities are filled to the brim tion deals with the characters of students, 48 are registered as non- with 700 students. Approxi- various organizations, such as the Florida residents. 'Of the total mately 1,000 of the students' are Florida Alligator, the Seminole, registration in the college level housed throughout Gainesville. the Board of Student Publications, 2,731 students are residents of 'Applications for registration the Glee Club and Band, and sev- Florida, and 185 are out-of-state next September are being receiv- eral others. Some of the officers residents. ed at the rate of almost 100 a day, of these bodies are to be chosen It is estimated that 500 of the and President Tigert has estimat- at large, others entirely within 1932 veterans are married. There ed that between 5,000 and 6,000 the jurisdiction of their own con- were no figures available on the students will attempt admission stituencies. number of wives of veterans at- at that time. Would Be Used To Improve The Campus Facilities Tallahassee Florida A & M Get 2 Million The State Cabinet Improvement Commission is getting ready to seek authorization for spending a. millic-n or more dollars at the Uni- versity. Dormitories and f ratern :n y .houses have a capacity of 1,950 students, which leaves about 1,000 students to find rooms off cam- pus. In pre-war years, finding rooms in private homes was an easy task but at present the gen- eral housing situation is tight in dainesville. Married veterans present the largest problem. Facili- ties for 180 families are avail- able outside of the donmni- tories, but these are not adequate for the number of applicants expected in Sep- tember '46. In the next few years, a stu-\ dent body of 5,000. is forecast by President John J. Tigert. The University auditorium will seat little more than the fresh- man class, and for several years graduation ceremonies have had to be held in the stadium-rain or shine. The gymnasium will seat only a third of the student body. A combined gymnasium, audi- torium and armory with a seating, capacity of 8,,C00 persons is pro- posed by the Board of Cuonrol The State Cabinet has al- readoy approved expenditure of more than $2,60,),)0 on new buildings at Florida State College for Women and Florida A. & M. College. Boord Talks Before ACS Elects Officers Soeaks On Hydrocarbons Dr. Cecil h. Boord, retired pro- fessor of Chemistry at Ohio State University, and formerly in charge of hydrocarbon research for the American Petroleum Institute while at the university, was guest speaker at the February meeting of the American Chemical Society here in the Chemistry Auditor- ium Saturday .ight at 8 p. m. in the Primose Grill. Subject for discussions was "The Synthesis of Pure Hydro- carbons and the Relations of Their Physical Constants to Molecular Structure." In his lecture he made a critical survey of old and new methods for the preparations of hydrocar- bons. He revealed the relation- ships between physical constants, as melting points, boiling points, densities, and refractive indexes and structure. Dr. Boord's address followed a dinner at the Primore grill. John Marshall Bar Association Pat Emmanuel, president of the John Marshall Bar Association, announced committee chairmen of the organization yesterday follow- ing a meeting of the executive committee Friday afternoon. They are James Chace, pro- gram; Julian Liifsey, social; Jess Wilder, membership; Betty Smith, scholastic aid; Eddie Kelly, publicity; Jack Hayward, debate. At the meeting of the executive committee, Kenneth Van der Hulse. secretary-treasurer, report- on a Monday night meeting, pur- pose of which *was to introduce new law students to the local bar association. Plans were also discussed, for the presentation of several speak- ers during the semester and for a social event tentatively scheduled for the spring. Emmanuel said in welcoming the large number of new stu- dents, "We invite you all to af- filiate with the John Marshall chapter ,a member of the Flor- ida State Bar Association." Dean Harry R. Trusler of the law school continues as faculty ad- visor for the Jocal group. IThe Amk