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- ↑ Detroit Times, October 17, 1948, Part 2
- ↑ University of Miami Ibis yearbook, 1927, pp. 9, 128
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- ↑ "University of Miami Commencement Traditions June 2017" (PDF). commencement.miami.edu.
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- ↑ "Southern Suns and Sky Blue Water: A University of Miami Libraries Exhibition | University of Miami Libraries". Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.