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VOL. LXXIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1948 Number 1
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The 'John' Award
StudentInventor
Receives Famous
'John Award'
By Gem Watson
Pat Penning, student inventor,
has just been presented with the
"John Award" for inventing the
most useful improvement on the
campus. Penning's invention had
to do with the installation of
blackboards and chalk in the
men's rooms throughout the cam­pus.
The purpose of this timely
invention is to keep hand writing
off of the walls, and even through
the acid test, these blackboards
have certainly proven them­selves
worthwhile.
Sam Beerster of Building and
Ruins Department said that the
only trouble with Penning's black­boards
is that campus newspaper
writers have to make the rounds
much more often in order to col-columns
from Penning's black­boards
before the literature is
erased; whereas before the black­boards
were installed, the plagia­rists
could copy first-rate humor
from the rest room wall at their
leisure.
The "John Award" trophy was
furnished by the endowment fund
of an ex-janitor, "Silent John",
who now resides in Flushing Mea­dows,
Penn.
Gem Watsonwitch
Recalls Boyhood
Days On Red Hill
By The Associated Winepress
In an exclusive interview yes­terday
with the notorious Gem
Watsonwitch, a few facts were
obtained that cast aspersion on
his past life. It was learned that
Gem became a crazy old Red dur­ing
his childhood on Red Moun­tain.
"All I had to eat wuz chit-lins
and turnip greens," he said.
"Everything I et turned to gas on
my stomach. I got so durn tired
uv eatin' chitlins and turnip
greens J used to go out on Red
Mountain and eat a bellyful of
that red dirt. I get so mad when I
think about it I don't see nothin'
but red. It's drivin' me sane!" he
screamed.
Voltavitch Describes
Red Bulb Manufacture
Dr. J. Operator Voltavitch, re­presentative
of the General Elec­tric
Company, demonstrated in a
lecture delivered last week the
potential capacity of his company
to manufacture red lightbulbs.
The sudden demand caused by the
liberation of the plain people,
will be met with efficiently and
promptly reported Dr. Volta­vitch.
The present supply of bulbs
will be rationed and rules for
burning them will be printed at
a later date.. '— *
POEMS
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cubboard
To get her poor dawg a bone,
"April Fool," She didn't
have no dawg.
* * *
There wuz an old woman
Who lived in a shoe,
She didn't do much entertain­ing.
Ex-Senator At Brufon's Denounces
Segregation-Calls It'Unfair'
Ex-Senator Bob Smith, now
manager of Bruton's Bookstore,
issued a statement yesterday de­nouncing
segregation. He said
there will be "only- one line of
students, regardless of GI Bill or
civilian status, when purchasing
supplies at Bruton's. Anything
otherwise is unfair."
Meanwhile, at Alone's Book­store,
the management issued a
statement that segregation would
definitely be observed. A sign in
the store window stated that "We
have tried both methods and have
found that segregation of GI Bill
students and civilian students is
the best method."
As we go to press, the College
Rook Store, the southern-most of
the book stores, has not issued
a statement; however, it is gene­rally
believed that they would
continue segregation.
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Acting-Gadget Raffle Drone
Escapes Through Window
'Big James' Wholsom
Kissed By Big Bass
At Fish Hatchery
In the scene above, which was sketched through a keyhole in the basement oTsaTnToKI Hall
by Former Dean Turpentine Staircase before he fled, shows Acting-Gadget Raffle Drone being
given the third and one-half degree by local secret police. We think the rear view of Chief Slide
Trellis is rather clever.
LEGAL NOTICE
Fires will be prohibited until
the water situation is improved.
No houses, churches, or public
buildings will be allowed to burn
until further notice.
GREAT DAMES CLUB
PLANS GOOD TIME
There will be a meeting of Hhe
Great Dames Club Tuesday after­noon
in Opelika, says Hay Breaker
Samson, local president. Proceed­ings
will get underway in front
of the Green Front Emporium at
five o'clock.
"The purpose of this meeting
is to discuss ways and means,"
says President Samson.
Everyone is advised to come
early to avoid the rush and bring
enough money to purchase a fifth
and some wash. A good time will
be had by all.
Closed Green Front
Sobers Citizens
Due to the water shortage in
Auburn of last week and the
weather disaster the Green Front
in Opelika was closed for several
days. A sudden demand for spi:
rits was attributed to its use as
a liquid to rinse the citizens
mouths after teeth brushing. A.A.
Sobervitch informed us this
morning that a mixture of tooth­paste
and orange flavored gin
combines chemically to loosen
the teeth. It has been ordered that
no teeth will be loosened without
permission. No citizen will crave
alcohol until the emergency is
over. The Auburn chapter of Al­coholics
Unanimous will be post­poned
until further notice, due to
the recent catastrostroke.
One day a little lamb was
gaily tripping along in front of
his mother, kicking up dust in
her face. Finally her mother, an­noyed
at the dust, said to the lit­tle
lamb: "Stop kicking that dust
in my face." The little lamb
turned around, looked his mother
•in the eyes and said, "Okay."
Ex-Senator Bob Smith
FAITH, THE MOVER
In these dark ages of the modern enlightened world,
we need one thing in which we can find a firm footing.
There must exist for us a hinge upon which we can fasten
our hopes and realizations. There must be some substance
which amalgamates our hopes with our ambitions and
abilities. And this substance is faith. Why if you have
faith, you can move mountains or even make them come
to you. And b y George, it's a lot simpler and a lot less
trouble when you want a mountain to merely faith it over
t h a n to fetch it over. v,
Suppose you want a mountain moved. The contractors
nowadays would rob you churchmouse poor to do t h e job.
But with a little faith we can have that old mountain
moved in jig time. Think of the money you would save.
However, if you don't w a n t a mountain moved, there may­be
something else you want moved. Faith can do t h e job.
It will move everything from spots on trousers to parked
cars. But you have to have real honest to peet faith. No bar­gain
basement or markqd-down faith but real knocked out
and 4.0 faith.
Crimminy, if you haven't got faith you might as well be
dead. There isn't any use in living in this P h i l i s t i n e culture.
No sir, if you haven't got faith you might as well give up
t h e ghost.
PINK CROSS CHAPTER
STARTS NEW^DRIVE
The Auburn Chapter- of The
American Pink Cross has initiated
a drive to help the undernourish­ed
Russian Toe Dancers. Many
of these dancers have been forced
to give up their jobs to go to
work in the industries. Accord­ing
to Ivan Awfuli'tch, president
of the Society of Undernourished
Russian Toedancers, in the indus­tries
women were equalling the
men while on the stage they were
out-stripping them.
All Delta Sigma Phi members,
dates, and guests attending the
dance at the Student Activities
Building Saturday night are re­quested
to attend dressed as ship­wrecked
sailors. This wjll be a
requisite for admission.
By Long Tom
In an unexpected appearance
before Prof. Shingle's Fish Cul­ture
Class at.the local Fish Hatch­ery
last week, "Big James"
Wholsom, sapling-tall, fatherly,
man-about-Alabama was full of
his usual good-natured foolish­ness.
Taking off his size 14's at
the edge of the pond, he gingerly
poked a mammoth toe into the
water and made a statement for
the press. "As everybody in the
brush arbors of this gra-ate state
of Alabama knows, I stand flat-footed
for education. I believe in
schools. What's more, I believe in
fish schools.
At this point a shy, reluctant,
female, fat bass, representing the
Fish School, demurely flapped
her fins and jumped up in "Big
James" face, nipping him slyly
behind the left ear. "Big James,"
blushing furiously, nipped slyly
back at the piscatorial beauty,
pinning a bouquet of red roses
on her dorsal fin.
The touching ceremony came to
a close when a chorus of child­ren
voices thrilled those present
with a few bars of "Father, Dear
Father, Come Home With Mc
Now."
Gen Watsonwitch, a crazy old Red, blazing with fury and
malice towards all, b l a s t ed his way into Samford Hall yester­day
amidst cheers and hattle cries of the happy students.
Denouncing the agressiVe imperialism of the old regime, and
promising shelter behind t h e r u s t y curtain, a temporary head­quarters
was established in the
basement and lookouts were pos­ted
in the plastic tower, just be-
Oil Is Discovered.
On Bullard Field
Slimy, slick, black oil has been
discovered on Bullard Field ap­proximately
100 yards west of the
Theta Chi House.
The oil was discovered when
a company of ROTC cadets were
enjoying drill hour in the spring
sun. Octavus Roy Smith, describ­ed
as a "shoddy soldier," care­lessly
stuck the bayonet of his
rifle into the soft turf. A power­ful,
fizzing geyser, spurting high
into the air, covered the cadets
with a golden film.'.
Today, three derricks have been
erected and the wells are produc­ing
on full scale.—2 barrels a day.
That's oil.
hind the clock. The railroad tele­graph
wires were cut, but the
telephone operators were not
awakened.
A few member of the old, cap­italistic
administration fled en
masse toward Wedowee. Former
Acting-Gadget Raffle Drone
dived head first into the shrub­bery
outside his office window,
where he was captured by mem­bers
of the secret police, headed
by Chief Slide Trellis. It is re­ported
that he was carried im­mediately,
if not sooner, to the
salt mines of Chewacla, where
he was salted down.
Watsonwitch then proceeded
to establish himself as Dictator-in-
chief of the college, sadisti­cally
shouting "heads will roll."
His first Five Year Plan to go
into effect immediately, says no
student can attend classes with­out
an excuse. Everyone is war­ned
that this regulation will be
drastically enforced.
Barrels of vodka and caviar
FUTURE IS CLOUDY
FOR WEATHER MAN
The Opelika weatherman, Ivan
Tor Natorwitch, has resigned his
p6st after the unfortunate weath­er
occurrence last Friday night.
Mr. Natorwitch made no state­ment
due to a sudden illness he
contracted shortly after the dis­aster.
His condition was con­sidered
grave after he accidental­ly
shot himself in the back.
Statement from Mr. Gem Wac-sonovitch's
office informs us that
•the new weather man I. M. Calm-somuch,
will have no storms.
were opened on Samford Terrace
and everyone ate and drank to
Watsonwitch^ health, after which
a few capitalistic heads were
chopped off for the amusement
of the working classes.
Timmy Holeman, reactionary
editor of The Plainsman, was
suddenly taken ill from an over­dose
of strychnine and was forced
to resign his post as editor. Pole-bean
Bennings replaced the late
Mr. Holeman as editor, assuring
the readers that only the TRUTH
will hereafter be printed.
Watsonwitch is noted around
Auburn for his direction of such
stage productions as "Scarem-
Scarem", "Foxholes of Harrow,"
and "Campus Commies."
Watch this paper for latest de­tails,
beware of capitalistic prop­aganda,
do not leave your homes,
hide under your beds, and con­serve
water.
The boys were busily reading
their assignments for the next
day, but Tom was reading a book
of jokes. After each joke, Tom
would look up and chuckle mean­ingfully.
Finally he persuaded
the boys to let him read one to
them, and so he did.. When he
had completed the joke, they all
chuckled meamnglully.
Messenger Goes Nuts
Delivering Telegram
To English Department
Ocie Shustring, messenger for
Western Union, local 390, was
trapped by campus police in Sam­ford
tower yesterday after a wild
chase through three classrooms.
Ordinarily a quiet individual,
Shustring went berserk while de­livering
a telegram to the Eng­lish
department. Several students
on their way to class reported
that he rushed into the building
and up the stairs frantically
shouting, "Outa my way! I gotta
message for Current-Garcia."
Albinoes To Meet
In Broun Thursday
There will be a meeting of The
American Society of Left Handed
Albinoes at 7:30 p.m., Thursday
night in Broun Auditorium.
A guest speaker from national
headquarters will address the Au­burn
chapter on problems of the
Albino in this changing world.
All members are urged to at­tend.
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&—THE PLAINSMAN Thursday, April 1, 1948
Kultur Kolyum
By Sharpewiiz
As Told io Hinlonwilz
j> After finishing several cups of
coffee (cups, saucers, and all) in
the Grille, while leering at Mrs.
Spitz, I was accosted by a tall,
dark man in an opera cape and a
tall, silk hat. He looked me right
in the eye (my glass eye) and
murmured in a sleepy voice, "You
make A's; you are a wheel; you
have 75 cents; you want a ticket
to this evening's performance to
"Amazing Dr. Polgar." One one-hundredth
of my future raise was
immediately invested in the open
ticket market. A member of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
tugged at the tall dark man's cape
and said, "Come orr, Doctor, we
still have a batch left."
,. Having soaked the ^nouveau
riche, he waded through a pud­dle
and was instantly confronted
by an eager knot of wall-eyed
urchins, strangely intent and fas­cinated
by his odd mode of ap­parel.
"Great Caesar and Cleo­patra's
pants," he was heard to
mutter, "I am not going to say
SHAZAM and I most emphati­cally
am not Captain Marvel.
Unhand me, ruffians, and take
your leave; begone, I say!" And
thus having spoken, Dr. Amazing
Franz Polgar (Raglop Znarf Gni-iama
spelled backwards) waved a
band full of pasteboards dramati­cally
into the air and snorted into
the wind.
• The afternoon wore on, and I
became so nervous with appre­hension
I was forced to pour
fhnumerable cups of cofffee down
my gullet and soothe my tattered
nerves by musing over my experi­ences
with women. But, as Shake­speare
one said, "It is a long night
that never finds the dawn," and
as; we interpret it, "it is a long
afternoon that never finds the
Polgar."
• And so the appointed hour
came and a sudden hush came
over the sea of happy, expectant
fates. There was a scufffle of
feet back-stage. "What's this? We
came to see Dr. Amazing Franz
Polgar." But the Jaycees came out
en masse, unheralded and unsung,
and put down a set of steps.
Dr. Amazing Franz Polgar
waltzed onto the^ stage whistling
"My Old Flame, But I can Re­member
Her Name," and as I sat
there on the edge of my chair,
cold chills crept up my spine as
the Amazing Dr. Polgar stared
out into the audience. A chorus
of five Mongolian idiots, all
joined at the forehead, was doing
a tap dance to "Beer Barrel Pol­gar."
Being a natural skeptic, it
was indeed hard to understand
the strange behavior of my Spine
until it dawned on me that the
chill had 10 fingers.
(Editor's Note: Since the origi­nal
was too long, I was forced
to cut it here. Copies of the re­maining
article may be obtained
by sending a sawbuck and a self-addressed
envelope to The Plains
man.
Dean Of Vet School
Gives Requirements
For Early Entry
All pre-vet students will be
admitted to vet school immedi­ately
upon completion of the fol­lowing
requirements * announced
by R. U. Waiten, Dean of Hoof
Trimming. The successful com­pletion
of the following simple
operation which should be indi­cative
of any ambitious vet as-pirant-
a politico-brownoseo-coc-eygea-
buddieoectomy which is
probably the major requirement.
A pre-vet should also be able to
Gosserize any word in the medi­cal
vocabulary in any one of six
languages. Upon completion of
these requirements, a rosy future
is in store. Students will spend
a small amount of their time pre­forming
surgical miracles in a
spotlessly clean deodorized, mod­ern
laboratory. Student aren't
expected to make their first mil­lion
until their first year of prac­tice
after graduation because
they will not have learned to
groom a billy goat acceptable
for the show ring until the senior
year.
Johnny was sitting at the soda
fountain and happened to notice
a famous man whom he admired
mery much come out of a" door
across the street. Rushing out­side,
he saw a friend of his
daddy's coming down the street.
He asked the friend to introduce
him to the man, and he agreed.
"Mr. Ferguson, this is Johnny
Green.—Johnny, this is Mr. Fer-
-g'uson." The famous man looked
down at the young lad and said,
"Hello Johnny."
John Shaver Parr Strollsoffer
BIG SHAKEUP IN GLOM OFFICE;
STROLLSOFFER BACK IN SADDLE
The Plainsman learned today
that college officials had deman­ded
the resignation of gaunt, pal­sied
John Shaver, editor of the
'48 Glomerata.
The president's office was
quoted as saying that the school
was simply through listening to
Shaver's adenoidal alibis. "We
want action", summed up Acting
President Raffle Drone.
Word was also received that
Parr Strollsoffer, former editor
of the Glomerata, and now a
leading architect in Mobile had
accepted the job of getting the
Glom out on time. Strollsoffer
said that he was acquainted
with Shaver after a fashion and
could testify to his slipshod way
of doing things. He also added
in a terse voice that he thought
the business manager stunk, too.
When, questioned about the
new upset in the Glomerata of­fice,
twitching John Shaver, and
his immaculately clad (Tweedy
Tee Shirt and chartreuse slacks)
business manager, Buggs Whims,
professed to know nothing at
all about the shakeup.
Shaver said, "Why this year's
Glom is going to make year
book history. Why this is the Re­naissance
of college annual lay­out
and makeup. Why this is
going to take somebody's prize
somewhere." He glanced at Bugs
Whims who could only second
Shaver's remarks. Both assured
The Plainsman that the rumor
was entirely false.
The Plainsman reporter noticed
however that there were two
bags packed and that Whims was
industrially engaged in burning
the Glomerata's ledgers. In the
midst of the denials, Pugh Gash-ton,
a Glomerata employee,
walked in with two railroad
tickets to the West Coast. He
handed them to Shaver and
Whims. /
A Typical Editor's Note
By John G. Scott
A Satire On Editor's Notes
Of this work the esteemed cri­tic,
Rufus Q. Flodge, says: "This
would truly be one of Emily
Snickering's greatest contribu­tions
to American literature,, if
it could be proved definitely that
she wrote it. Her opening stanza;
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Special Off-Season Offer
\
We are offering at cut-rate
prices copies of "The White House
Dimly Seen" by Gillis Ebbs Arno,
former Governor of Georgia. Mr.
Arno is the greatest statesman to
come out of the South since... well
since, well . . .Anyway, this book
is being sold at an absurdly low
price because there is not much
demand these days for Southern
liberals by v o t i n g Southerners.
This has come about since the advent of "Silly 0 1 ' " H.S.T.
and his civil liberties. But, by all means, get a copy. No one
should be without one. Mr. Arno's own comment concerning
the book was: "Mah goodness. It tells all about how Mrs. Arno
and Ah buy chocolate eclairs. By the way, did Ah evah tell you
about how Mrs. Arno can frah? Well, theah's nothin' Ah love
moah than frahd chicken. Everyrhin' has to be frahd—frahd
chicken, frahd pok chops, frahd ham hocks, frahd tarnup
greens, frahd ice cream. Ah believe in Suthun traditions. Jus
as long as it's frahd, and as long as it's consistent with the
MMM Diet."
Gillis Ebbs Arno
written in a small building in the
rear of her New England country
home, shows a wealth of deep
feeling and compassion for the
things of nature. Like some of
the better writing of Wright N.
Erasit, Miss Snickering's thirteen­th
verse should have been left
in s t h e lining of her wedding
dress where it was found; how­ever,
her use of ink, flowing
meter, paper, and heroic some­thing
or other indicates a real
talent for poetry, and the fact
that what doesn't rhyme looks
good would indicate that she was
a poet. Her delicate and some­times
sad tone may be attributed
to an early tragedy—her self de­fense
slaying of her first husband
with a letter opener."
Professor Lucius Sonnet Plgke
disagrees with Flodge, as may be
noted on page 1729 of his book,
I Said It and I'm Glad, where he
remarks, "Emily Snickering was
no more of a poet than Whittier,
Longfellow, or my three year
old niece. Many of her lines are
of different length and some are
too short. He work says nothing
of value. It doesn't sing. A poet
must belong to a school of nat­uralism,
impressionalism, moral-ism,
reform, realism, Calvinism,
Puritanism, or Emersonioism, or
else write in a manner which
defies classification. Miss Snick­ering
was nothing but a woman."
Regardless of what the critics
say, one may well read Snicker­ing,
for in the event her poems
are mentioned in public (some­one
may), one should be able to
exclaim, "Oh yes. She wrote 'To
a One-eyed Gopher'. Her shy,
reticent nature is prohably the
result of a childhood accident.
At the age of 'nine she lost four
front teeth while trying to open
a jar of plum jelly,' and she
vowed never to smile again.
Possibly her fame will grow, then
again maybe her unconventional
style will draw disapproval; on
the other hand, she may initiate
an entirely new type of poetry
within the next fifty years, un­less
someone beats her to it,
isn't at all probable, inasmuch as
only eighteen authors have ap­proached
her unique appeal in
the past thirty years. (For a list
of these, see page 352.) One can
hardly say. One must read every
page with care eight times to
fully appreciate Snickering. The
literary scholar, Haarck Tuey,
endeavored for ten years to lo­cate
an indication of the influ­ence
of Homer on her poetry, but
he decided, shortly before com-
. mitting suicide, that he was
I wrong.
Registration Too
Simple; Confusing
Action Taken
Plans for the new registration
to be installed at the beginning
of next quarter were announced
this, week by Edward Charles,
Registrar. It was learned that a
few sophomores actually finished
registering for this quarter in one
day. Immediate action must be
taken to avert any such occur­ence
again.' - / i
Only freshmen will be allowed
to pre-regis'ter, and' this must be
completed .'before the end of the
third week* bf the present quarter.
Graduating' seniors are excused
from the procedure but are warn­ed
to restrain from • offering ad­vice
about the merits of the dif­ferent
instructions. Juniors.' re­ceiving
deficiencies must register
with second-quarter seniors,' but
not before at least two-thirds of
the available courses are filled.
Sophomores will register by mail
directed to their family address
only. Third quarter jjlniors in
good standing and 3.1 averages
may register later than two weeks
prior to mid-quarter. Questions
about registration are prohibited
unless student is carrying a pale-orange
card. Persons registering
out of turr; may be heavily fined.
TO GEORQE, JR.
by Manual O'Ahms
Sacred to the Memory of George
S. Patten, Jr.
Dear Junior:
No more pinks, no more green,
We just got the news
No more worsteds, no. more
Whites, we.just got the blues.
No more uniform distinct
For to be distinct
Is now extinct
We just got the word.
We're all going to be
Dressed just like the
Common enlisted herd.
Yes, news enough to break your
Heart and mine
All of f icers. will be clad like
Those enlisted swine.
Rawburt Blackbone
Blackbone To Make
Lead* in 'Harry 1st'
Popular member of the Au­burn
Kibitzers Dramatic and
Coffee Swilling Society, Raw-but
Blackbone has been chosen
Jakesbeer's new play "Harry 1st."
Blackbone is a well known
member of the Kibitzers and has
starred in such plays as Oliver
Oliver, Jtaso.n Jason, Julius Cea-sar
Julius Ceaser, and MacBeth
MacBeth. He also' directed the
Kibitzers' recent smash hit
Flashlight.
Epideeksi Hits
Horse Doctors
Vet Hill was a scene of isola­tion
this morning after an an­nouncement
that the state had
quarantined all veterinary stu­dents.
The action by the State
Department of Health was made
when Dr. Clifford Gearshift dis­covered
that all students had
contracted hoof-and-mouth dis­ease,
known heretofore to be
contagious only to Siberian
Hotch horses. A special investi­gation
is being made of the meat
markets to ascertain where the
germ came from.
LOST: Gold-lop, Eversharp
fountain pen. on Thursday,
March 25. Call Ward, 920.
Gypsy Rose Lea
To Give Bare Facts
According to the Concerts and
Lecturers Commiviee, the famous
editoralist, Gypsy Rose Lea, wilj
present many bare facts in her
lecture at Langdon Hall next
Saturday night.
In her tour about the campus,
she was shocked to learn that
boys and girls at Auburn immod­estly
have curriculum in the
same room. '
She is nationally noted for her
simplicity in explaining biology:
"Yon know how it is with the
Humans? Well, it's ths same with
the birds and the bees." After her
favorite dinner of fried otter
haunches, garlic liqueur, and
okra ice-cream, she will take two
hours of yogi exercises before
presenting her lecture.
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Bears This Label
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Mexico ". City and
from Stockholm to
Shanghai, Arrow
white shirts are
known in the finest
men's stores.
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jw*ith U. S. demand for Arrow whites still far from
filled, .we cannot yet supply the stores in 100 for­eign
countries that carried Arrow before the war.
But when we can, you may be sure that Arrow
white shirts will still be an export America may be
proud of and that the Arrow label will continue
to mean style, quality, and value in the American
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DUPONT.
For Students of Science ar.*3 Encfiiieettsg
Experimental research results in better
Vitamin D source for poultry industry
Fifteen years of work by Du Pont
chemists, biochemists, physicists,
and engineers behind develop­ment
of "DELSTEROL"
In 1922, it was shown that vitamin D
controls the utilization of calcium and
phosphorus in the body, especially in
the bones of growing animals. This led
to the discovery that leg weakness in
chicks, poor production,low hatchability
of eggs, and other disturbances were
caused by a deficiency of this vitamin.
that year, Du Pont research men—who
had been studying the chemistry and
biochemistry' of vitamin D for almost
four years—announced that the pro­vitamin
in animal cholesterol was not
ergosterol. They showed that the acti­vated
provitamin in cholesterol gave a
vitamin D much more effective for
chicks than that of irradiated ergos­terol.
This fact was based on many
comparative assays of irradiated choles­terol,
irradiated ergosterol, and irradi­ated
mixtures of these substances on
rats and chicks.
Bonet at lop, from birds fed no vitamin D, aro
thorter, poorly developed, and fragile, com­pared
with banes at bottom from birds fed
Du Pont "Oelsterol."
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Du Pont chemists and engineers car­ried
this forward by devising a success­ful
commercial process for making 7-de-hydrocholesterol
and irradiating it to
vitamin D3. Several forms of vitamin D
are now manufactured by Du Pont,
ranging from oil and dry powder con­centrates—
used by the poultry trade
under the trademark "Delsterol"—to
Vitamin D» crystals of the highest
purity.
: Today's chickens are healthier, and
the average annual egg yield: over the
last eight years has increased from 134
to 159 per bird. To a considerable de-gree,
this is a result of the fifteen years
of research devoted by Du Pont scien­tists
to the development of nDelsterol"
"Deactivated animal sterol.
L. Fullhort, rh.D. 1946 in organic chemistry, Iowa State College and W. F. Marlow, chemist, B.S. 1941,
George Washington University, preparing to examine a sterol product for quality and yield.
Scientists subsequently discovered
that vitamin D could be made by irradi­ating
plant or animal tissues with ultra­violet
light. This reaction has since been
shown to consist of transforming cer­tain
provitamins from the group known
as sterols, into vitamin D. The final re­sult
of these discoveries was the present
large-scale commercial production of the
vitamin by a series of complex chemical
and photo-chemical reactions which re­quire
careful control by chemists, bio­chemists,
physicists, and engineers. In
this development, Du Pont scientists
played an important part. -
Ergosterol once the only source
For years before 1934 it was assumed
that ergosterol, a sterol first isolated
from vegetable sources, was the only
provitamin that yielded vitamin D. In
Synthesis from Cholesterol developed
Other investigators showed that the
provitamin in cholesterol was 7-dehy-drocholesterol
by developing its syn­thesis
from cholesterol. The relationship
between cholesterol, 7-dehydrocholes-terol,
and vitamin D» is shown by the
following formulas:
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Questions College Men ask
about working with Du Pont
Whet arc the epperhmities In soles?
Separate sales staffs are maintained by each
of Du Font's ten manufacturing depart­ments.
Training in chemistry or chemical
engineering is a prerequisite for some sales
positions, which may be in one of three
fields: technical sales, sales development, or
direct selling. New employees usually ac­quire
technical background by first working
in a control laboratory or in production.
Write for booklet, "The Du Pont Company
end the College Graduate," 2518 Nemours
Building, Wilmington 98, Delaware. i
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3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 31, 1948
G enera I ions Set
For 22nd By Cabinet
The Student Executive Cabinet
voted Monday afternoon to hold
^campus wide general elections
-Thursday, April 22
All nominations must be tur­ned
in to Bobby Humphrey at-tM
SPE house by noon, April 8,
1948. All nominees must meet
the Qualifications Board at 7:00
p.m. in Student Center on April
8, J1948.
^he elections of the following
campus officers shall be held on
April 22, 1948. President of the
Student Executive Cabinet; Vice-
President of the Student Exe­cutive
Cabinet; Secretary of the
Student Executive Cabinet;
Chairman of the Social Commit­tee;
3 Senior Representatives to
the Executive Cabinet; 2 Junior
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Representatives to the Student
Executiye Cabinet; 1 Sophomore
Representative to the ' Student
Executive Cabinet; I Fifth Year-
Representative to the -Student
Executive Cabinet; a President,
Vice - President,' Secretary &
Treasurer, and Historian" of the
Senior Class; a President, Vice-president,
Secretary & Treasurer,
and . Historian of the Junior
Class; a President, Vice Presi­dent,
Secretary & Treasurer, and
Historian of the v Sophomore
Class.
Alabama and Auburn
Teams Play Saturday
In Alumni Gym
Alabama and Auburn teams
will meet in a basketball
double-header at Alumni Gym
Saturday night. The champions
and runners-up of the Inter-fraternity
playoffs of the two
campuses are pitted against
each other in a twin bill spon-
(?ouncil.
sored by the Interfraternity
In the first game the two
second placers, Theta Chi of
'Bama and Alpha Psi of the
Plains, will lock horns. In the
main event Kappa Alpha of the
University and Sigma Chi of
Auburn will compete for state
supremacy.
A slight admission will be
charged to cover traveling ex­penses.
QUALIFICATIONS
1. All nominee's must submit
nominations in the following
form:
"We the undersigned, members
of the c l a ^ of do
hereby nominate for
Women's Music Club
Okehs Constitution
The Women's Music Club met
Monday night and ratified its
constitution, Lee Morrow, presi­dent,
announces.
Mary Chalmers was elected
secretary-treasurer'; and • Gray":B.
RariSte: Mas elected reporter
'anef MooW is vice president and
program chairman.
Committee chairman appointed
are Edith Quinn, social, and Gray
B. Ranson, membership.
The next meeting will be April
12 at 7:15 p.m. in Social Center.
Casting For "Oedipus"
Announced By Players
Tryouts were held Monday
night by the Auburn Players for
"Oedipus Rex," by Sophocles.
Cast selected is as follows:
Oedipus, Bob Blackburn; Jo-casta,
Jean Ramsay, Creon, Ro­bert
Laney; Priest of Zeus, Dick
McCoy; Tiresias, Leonard Hart;
Messenger from Corinth, Lamar
Rainer; Hersdman, Joe Mitchell;
Attendant to Jocasta, Carol Dor-rough;
and First Theban Elder,
James Masey. Another part, that
of the Second Theban Elder, re­mains
open. Any student, prefer­ably
male, whor wishes to tryout
for the part should contact Prof.
Telfair B. Peet, the play's direc­tor,-
during -the afternoon at ihe
Y-Hut.
(Signatures of Sponsors)
"I do hereby acept the nomi­nation."
'
(Signature of Nominee)
2. Nominees for the President
of the Executive Cabinet, the
Vice-President of the Executive
Cabinet, the Secretary of the
Executive Cabinet, and the
Chairman of the Social Com­mittee
must' have the signatures
of 4 per cent of the total number
of registered undergraduate stu­dents
on their nominations.
3. All other nominees must
have the signatures of 4 percent
of the total number of students
registered in their respective
classes on their nominations.
4. A person' is eligible to hold
an office in- the class in which he
or she is a voter.
5. The nominee for President of
the Executive Cabinet shall be a
member of the senior class and
must have served one term on the
Cabinet in order to qualify for a
candidate.
6. The Chairman of the Social
Committee shall be a member of
the Senior Class.
7. The Vice-President of the
Executive Cabinet shall be a
member of the Junior Class. 5
8. The Secretary of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet shall be a mern,-
ber of the Sophomore Class.
9. An overall average of 2.0 or
2.5 average-for the immediately
preceding quarter is required of
all candidates.
10. Every candidate, with the
exception of the first quarter
freshman must be an active par­ticipant
in some extra-curicular
activity, arid musf. be here in
school the following three quar­ters-
except in unavoidable cases.
Publications Board
Approves Glomerata,
Plainsman Entries
At a meeting of the Publica­tions
Board Wednesday, student
applications for eligibility to the
posts of editor/ and business
manager of the Glomerata were
reviewed. For editor, the follow­ing
. applications weresapproved:
Hugh Gaston, "Zeb" Robinson,
and Jack Seay. For business
manager: isruce Burson and
Frank Robinson.
The Board met Thursday af­ternoon
and reviewed applica­tions
for- editor and business
manager of The Plainsman: For
editorKthe following applications
were approved: Jack Simms,,
Jimmy Coleman, and Ray Fow­ler.
For business manager, the
application of Hal Breedlove was
approved. There were no other
applications for the post- of busi­ness
manager. \
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. Evelyn Kidd
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Evelyn Kidd Wins
Calendar Contest;
Hollywood Bound
Beautiful, titian-haired Evelyn
Kidd, senior in commercial art
from Auburn, will fly to Holly­wood
Saturday as Dr. Pepper's
"Calendar Girl," representing the
South. She is one of four girls
from the nation to receive this
honor, the other three being from
East, North, and West. '
While in Hollywood, . Evelyn
will be photographed by Paul
Hesse, nationally famous glamor
photographer. Pictures will be
used to illustrate a new Dr. Pep­per
calendar.
On Monday Evelyn will visit
Paramount studios, become "gla­morized"
with professional make­up,
and Monday night she will be
a guest of the Lux radio pro­gram.
Tuesday she will visit RKO
Studios.
On Wednesday Evelyn will
tour Hollywdod' and Beverly
Hill,, arid Thursday she will
lunch at Paramount Studios,
visit sets, and meet stars. Thurs­day
night she will visit Ken
Murrray's "Blackouts". -
Evelyn was selected "MiaS
Homecoming" by popular stu­dent
vote last year. The year be­fore
she was selected as "Doll
Queen." She placed fifth in the
state-wide contest for "Miss
Alabama" last year. She is a
member of Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority.
Caisson Club Meets
now Night
A'fegular meetiiig 01 the Cais­son
Club will be held tomorrow
night at 7:15 p:m. in room 116
New Building. >s
All members are urged to be
present for the election of offi­cers.
A film will be shown at the
meeting. . f
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Plainsman Editors
Required To Follow
Code Of Ethics
Practice Will Become
Effective'With Present
Candidates for'Editor
All present and future candi­dates
for the position of editor of
The Plainsman will be required
to follow a code of ethics as set
up by the Publications .Board.
This policy was proposed and
passed unanimously at a meeting
of the Bbard Thursday.
According to T. C. Clark, chair­man
of the Publications Board,
the code to be followed is in keep­ing
with the sound journalism
practices of all reputable news­papers.
Following is the Publica­tion
Board's criteria:
1. In all its phases, news, edi­torial
and business.The Plainsman
will be conducted so as to reflect
credit upon the college as an in­stitution
and upon the student
body.
2. The principles of sound busi­ness
practice, recognizing the fact
that The Plainsman is a perma­nent,
not a temporary enterprise,
will be followed.
3. Recognized principles of jour­nalism
ethics will be followed, in­cluding
these practices:
a. The paper will be edited in
a spirit of tolerance, restraint, and
good wili, both in its attitude to­ward
persons off the campus and
those on it.
b. Recognizing the fact that it
has circulation off the campus,
will be taken to follow standards
ofgood taste. Vu,lgar, coarse arid
uncouth expressions have no place
in it.
c. In news coverage, the views
of every person or group involv­ed
will be expressed without
partisanship.
d. In any news story or edi­torial
inolving criticism or impli­cations
of criticism against the
administration of the college,
the official involved should have
an opportunity to state his or
her position and such matter
should be included in the par­ticular
news story or editorial.
(There is nothing unusual about
this provision; it is an inviolate
policy of every reputable news­paper
and press association.) •
e. The editor will be held re­sponsible
for avoiding libelous
statements.
f. All letters to the editor which
are printed should be signed by
the author.
4. Frequent meetings of the
Board of Publications should be
held in order to develop a con­tinuing
understanding between
the management of the paper
and the representatives of the
administration and the. student
body.
Before final approval of an ap­plication
by any student for the
position of editor of The Plains­man,
he _ must agree to uphold
the above code of ethics, Mr.
Clark said.
WILLARD NIXON, right­hander
from Lindale, broke a
Southeastern Conference pitch­ing
record by striking out 20
Ole Miss batters here*Monday.
The previous record was 18. In
the game, which Auburn won
6-0, Nixon allowed only two
hits."
WAPI Will Broadcast Memorial Program
Honoring The Late Dr. George Petrie
• A memorial program in honor
of Dr. George Petrie, who died
September 5, will be broadcast
Saturday, April 10 from 7:30-8
p.m. over WAPI, Birmingham.
The program will originate in
Auburn, and Alabama stations
are invited to enter a statewide
hookup by contacting the Auburn
News Bureau.
The program, called the George
Petrie Memorial Broadcast, will
be similar to the one which hon­ored
Auburn's late president,
Luther N. Duncan.
The Auburn Producers, under
the direction of Bob Ingram and
Ford McElvane, will cooperate in
formation of the broadcast.
Dr. Petrie, affectionately known
as "Dean Petrie" by thousands of
students and alumni, served Au­burn
for over 50 years. He was
coach of the Auburn team that
defeated Georgia 10-0 in the first
football game of the Deep South
in 1892. He was later professdf
of history and dean of the grad­uate
school until his retirement
in 1942. f:*
'Banned In Boston1
To Open Here Soon
The world premiere of "Ban­ned
In Boston," a comedy in three
acts written and directed by
Winford B. Logan, will open at
the Y-Hut Monday night, April
12, before a select audience of
friends and guests of the Au­burn
Players. Beginning Tuesday
night, April 13, the play will be
open to the public, students ad­mitted
free of charge.'
Mr. Logan, who recently took
his master's degree in dramatics
at the University.'of North Caro­l
i n a in Chapel Hill, joined the
dramatic arts staff here at the
beginning of the winter quarter.
The cast is as follows: Fran,
Betty Ramsey; Ed, Larhar Rainer;
Bea, Jane DeVore; Al, Robert
Laney; Itchy, Bill Ethridge; Kil-lain,
Owen Munro; and Spencer,
Bob Blackburn, Mildred Lippitt,'
is prompter.
A formal reception for Mr. Lo­gan
and his wife will be held
following the premiere showing.
Dames-Will Meet
Next Wednesday
In Social Center
Plans for the semi-formal dance
will be made at the Dames Club
meeting next Wednesday night.
This meeting, at 8, p.m. in Social
Center, is the first of the quarter.
After the business session mem­bers
will knit; • sew, or crochet.
More advanced handworkers will
instruct the beginners. Punch and
cookies will be served under the
direction of Mrs. Wallace Tribble,
hostess chairman.
All students wives are cordially
invited.
Phi Delta Theta
Adopts French Child
The Beta chapter of Phi Delia
Theta fraternity has announced
their "adoption" of a nine-year*;
old French girl, Mo'nique Lerouxi
The "adoption" was arranged
through the auspices of the Foster
Parents' Plan for War Children,
Inc. of New York.
At present the Plan is operating
children's projects in Holland, Po­land,
France, England, Malta,'
Belgium, Italy and Switzerland
and is caring for children of 14
different nationalities.
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•Alma Stoves
ALMA STOVES WINS
SPHINX AWARD
Alma Emaleen Stoves, Auburn,
is pinner o? the Sphinx Sopho­more
Scholarship Award with an
overall average of 3.81.
Miss Stoves was awarded an
engraved silver bracelet by Anna
Hutto, Sphinx pres;dent, at the
final WSGA Convention of the
Fall Quarter.
Miss Stoves is past president
of Oracles and a member of
Owls,
NEWS BUREAU HEAD
RESIGNS POST
John Newton Baker, director of
the Auburn News Bureau since
February, 1946, has resigned his
duties here and will leave Auburn
on April 12 to accept a position
as Director of Public Relations at
Florida State University in Talla­hassee.
As yet no successor has
been named for his position.
AIO Reception Is Set
For Tonight In Center
A reception will be given by the
Auburn Independent Organiza­tion
tonight in Student Center.
All independent students are in­vited,
and the new freshmen will
be honored guests.
There will be dancing to popu­lar
records, and punch and cook­ies
will be served by AIO, Nata­lie
Hatcher, social vice-president
said.
Freshman girls have been
granted permission to attend the
dance.
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FORESTRY CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Forestry Club elected of­ficers
at a recent meeting. They
are C. L. Olive, president; Lua,
Blankenship, secretary; Robert
Underwood, treasurer; and Wil­liam
N. Stuckey, reporter. Also
elected were class representatives
charles Handley, freshman; Tho­mas
Kelley, sophomore; Burt
Carlson, junior; and Leon Estes,
senior.
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If you insist on treating" your wife like a dog, You will
be the one that ends up in the dog house. Unhitch her from
that wash tub. Send her to HIGGINS' SELF-SERVICE AUTO­MATIC
LAUNDRY, and let her shop, read, or relax during the
thirty-five minutes the wash is being -effortlessly done.
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Store. Drive between bus station and Auburn Cab Co. straight
ahead until new white concrete laundry house may be seen
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General Electric It not one business, but an '' ing that the 93 plants of General Electric offer
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ATO MIC PHYSICIST
With the construction of both a new Atomic
Power Laboratory and a new Research Labora­tory
at Schenectady, and with the operation of
the huge plutonium-producing Hanford Works
in Washington, the opportunities which General
Electric offers in. all phases of nuclear research
are increasing rapidly. Dr. Herbert C. Pollock
(left) works now with electron accelerators.
CHEMIST
General Electric is the largest molder of
finished plastics parts in thL world: It. has also
aided in the development of silicones, new chem­ical
compounds from which a whole new in­dustry
is springing. Chemical engineers and
chemists like Dr. J-. J. Pylc, who bccaniQ director
of the G-E Plastics Laboratories at the age of
29, are planning careers with General Electric.
ELEC SPECIALIST
good reasdn, General Electric's Elec-
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For. _
tronics Park
has been called the "Greatest
Electronics Center in the World." Its labora­tories,
shops, and production lines are the most
modern of their kind. It's a Mecca for men like
Dick Longfellow, who has worked his way up
through television and high-frequency assign­ments
and is today section engineer in charge
of ground radar equipment.
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Auburn Plainsman Concessions Board
Published weekly by the students of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Edi­torial
and business office on Tichenor Avenue,
Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news
is Saturday, 9 a. m.
Deadline for want ads, classified ads, etc., is
Saturday noon.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN
Tom Sellers —~
Ralph Jennings
Mitch Sharpe
Ronald Kuerner —
BILL ANDERSON
Hal Breedlove
John Lanier
Gene Byrd
_ Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
. Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Business Manager
Advertising Mgr.
Circulation Manager
Collections Mgr.
Crawford Nevins Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
Staff Members—Beverley Ann Burkhardt,
Spud Wright, Phyllis Stough, Bob Newton,
Graham McTeer, Jack Simms, Roy Lilly, Angus
Gaskin, Boyd Hinton, Jim Forrester, Irv Stein­berg
and Bruce Greenhill.
The Plainsman stands for . . .
An efficient educator and admin­istrator
to serve as Auburn's new
president.
A colorful, modern band, with a
bandmaster who can devote all his
energies toward its development.
Adoption of the name Auburn Uni­versity
in place of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
An enlarged stadium with a mini­mum
of 30,000 seats.
Institution of a cut system based
on scholastic averages.
Resumption of full .athletic rela­tions
between Auburn and the Uni­versity
of Alabama. -
The campus Concessions Board appoint­ed
by Acting President Ralph Draughon is
charged with the responsibilty of providing
adequate concession services on the cam­pus
and for students living in college
housing. The student-faculty membership
of this board is three students and three
faculty members with a faculty member
serving as chairman. The student members
are the vice president of the StiTdent Exe­cutive
Cabinet, the vice president of the
WSGA, and a student representative from
men's housing. The faculty members are
the Dean of Women, the Manager of Hous­ing,
the Assistant Director of Buildings and
Grounds, and the Director of Student Af­fairs.
. .
Responsible to this board is the College
Concession Manager, *Sn employee of the
Business Office, who executes the policies
of the board and operates all concessions
under the board's jurisdcition.
For some years all profits from campus
concessions—the Coca-Cola machines, the
candy machines, etc. have gone into a scho­larship
fund. This scholarship of $300 is
awarded annually to a deserving student.
This policy will be continued in the future
with all profits going into worthy student
projects. Some of these projects are: scho­larships,
reading material /for student
lounges, recreational equipment for stu­dent
housing areas, dormitory student
government, etc.
For these projects this student-faculty
board will determine the allocation of
funds on the basis of the actual need for
such services.
Going My Way?
Parking Situation Serious
Parking at Auburn has reached the satu­ration
point. During the day, students,
faculty members, and college employees
are forced to park their cars on the lawng,.,
sidewalks, every available clear sp^ce, and
even in the center safety lane on College
Street.
Traffic during rush hours becomes un­manageable.
Every student knows the
danger of crossing streets at such intersec­tions
as College and Thach, College and
Magnolia, and near the Main Library. This
situation, instead of getting better, has
grown increasingly serious during the past
few months.
A student-faculty committee has been ap­pointed
by Acting President Ralph Draug­hon
to study parking and traffic problems
on the campus. Headed by Dr. Jesse Rieh-ai*
ds6n, the committee held a meeting last
quarter, and one definite conclusion was
reached. There are too many unnecessary
cars on the campus.
There are two alternatives for solving
the problem: (1) create more parking
space, or (2) limit the number of cars al­lowed
on the campus.
The latter recommendation will probably •
be piit into effect, since the big parking lot
back of Ross Chemical Lab will be cleared
as a building site for a proposed Engineer­ing
Lab.
It Was tentatively decided to inaugurate
a system whereby commuters and other
persons whose duties require them to use
automobiles be given special parking pri-veleges.
This would probably be in the
form of metal tags or windshield stickers.
A member of the committee has written
letters to approximately two dozen col­leges
throughout the United States whose
parking problems are similar to Auburn's.
It was learned that the University of Illi­nois
allows no student-driven cars on its
campus. Information received from these
colleges will be used to work out Auburn's
parking and traffic problems.
A meeting of the committee will be held
soon for the purpose of making concrete
suggestions to the administration.
Every student, whether a car-owner or
hot, should take a vital interest in this
problem. No system will be effective with­out
the sympathy and cooperation of stu­dents.
It is imperative that action be taken
in the near future, and suggestions as to
the nature of that action are welcome.
i
If you have a solution or suggestion,
Write a letter to "Parking and Traffie," in
care of The Plainsman, Auburn, Alabama.
The Protestant Motiori Picture Council
seems to be on the right track now. Instead
of condemning films, as so many groups
have done in the past, it is going to call at­tention
to the good ones. The council has
discovered one of the quaint foibles of hu­man
nature: Things which are vigorously
condemned frequently attract more atten­tion
than they would have received had
there been no assailment. Motion pictures
condemned by religious groups often at­tract
the largest audiences. This, of course,
completely defeats the1 purpose of the at­tack.
We think the idea of calling attention to
good.pictures is well worth while. It is true,
unquestionably, that motion pictures can
have much influence for good, and fre­quently
have in the past. It is ridiculous
to argue that wholesome pictures cannot
be top entertainment. Consequently, we
are happy to note that the Protestant Mo­tion
Picture Council is proceeding in a di­rection
in which it probably can achieve
the greatest good—commending rather
than merely condemning. We do not argue
that there are not pictures which deserve
condemnation. But we do suspect that con­demnation
is one of'the surest ways of in­ducing
a lot of people to attend them who
probably wouldn't otherwise.
—The Atlanta Journal
Hear The
Every Auburn student should hear the
memorial program which will honor the
late Dr. George Petrie over WAPI, Satur­day,
April 10.
Author of the Auburn Creed and a de­vout
Auburnite to the core, Dr. Petrie ser-ved
Auburn for half-century. He is remem­bered
by thousands of alumni as the polite
professor of history who mixed puns with
philosophy and endeared himself to thou­sands.
Remember, the broadcast is set for 7:30-
8 p.m., April 10.
/
Baseball Season
Coach Danny Doyle's baseball team pro­ved
Friday that they will be a definite
threat in the Southeastern Conference
again this year.
The team will afford enjoyment to stu­dents
after the dismal winter months of
little activity. The crack of a baseball
against well-seasoned ash, the familiar cry
of the umpire, and yelling fans are music
to our ears.
Good luck Coach Doyle, to you and your
team.
Happy April Fool
Once a year, on April Fool day, we sit
back on our haunches and Write whatever
we please, about whomever we please
(within the bounds of decency of course,
we hope.) We are jumping the gun by one
day this year to conform to our regular
Wednesday schedule.
Pages one, and two are devoted to satire,
humor, corn, and just plain stuff. Don't be
surprised at what you're liable to find.
Do-Nuts and Coffee By Bobs the common man
This, students, is the. first question on your final exam in
Economics. (Drawn by Phil Andrews.)
The Plastic Tower
He who has conquered doubt
and fear has conquered failure
—Allen. - .
* * *
Signs of Spring Fever
"S'matter?"
"Sure feel over-worked."
"What cha doin'?"
"Oh, this and that."
"When?"
"Oh, now and then."
"Where?"
"Oh, here 'nd there."
* * *
Beggar: "sense me, sir: yon
gave me a counterfeit bill."
Gentleman: "Keep it for your
honesty, my good man/'—West
"Pointer".
* * *
And then there was t h # little
moron bride who sat down and
wept bitterly when her husband
-went out to shoot craps. Poor
thing, she didn't know how' to
cook them.
by milch sharpe
Mrs. Ray a t concert: "Isn't that
tenor marvelous. He held that last
note two minutes."
Mr. Ray g l o o m i l y : "That's
nothing. I've held one of his
notes two years."
* * *
The best place to find a help­ing
hand is at the end of your
own arm.
British S a i l o r : "Battleship?
Why, the flagship of our navy is
so big the captain goes around
the deck in his auto."
American Sailor: "You ought
to see our flagship. Have a look
at the kitchen. It's so large the
cook has to go thru the Irish
stew in a submarine to see if the
potatoes are cooked.
* * * i
, "What does a bride think when
she walks into the church?"
"Aisle, Altar, Hymn."—Cover­ed
Wagon.
By Ralph Jennings
It warmed the innermost cockles of my ex-GI heart when
I witnessed the booing and hissing by veterans up at the
Tiger Theatre at the end of last quarter. The particular inci­dent
I have in mind was when the hews, rea]> showed pic­tures
of Mac Arthur and told of the announcements of his
"willingness" to be drafted i
A Dash of Bitters B7jimro«est«
Jennings
president. Well, bless his I'll of
pointed head! So would I. At any
rate, it proved one thing to me:
MacArthur is ho more popular
with veterans at Auburn thaw he
is anywhere else. He seems to
have personality B. O., mental
hernia, and what the late Harold
Ickes termed "halitosis of the
intellect."
Time Magazine reported that
some GI's in Chicago formed a
"Veterans Against MacArthur"
Club. Since that time, clubs bear­ing
that name have sprung up on
c a m p u s e s all
t&WHSs. - over the coun-i
try. One engi-
I neering student
at M.I.T. was
quoted as say­ing,
"Give him a
medal, but not
t i h e W h i te
i House."
MacArthur im-
| mediately clam­ped
a tight cen­sorship
on all •
GI radio stations ,and newspapers
in Japan. They. were informed
that there would be no mention
of the "Veterans Against MacAr­thur"
Clubs. Then, probably sen­sing
that people would say that
the action was an indication of
what would be his standing oper­ating
procedure if he were elec­ted,
he promply had the order
rescinded. Clever Doug!
The best satire on the situation
was a syndicated cartoon by
Candor. It showed Doug—replete
with corn cob pipe, sun glasses,
riding crop, and scrambled eggs
—having his arm twisted by a
fascist-type individual. In the
twister's coat pocket was a copy
of a newspaper with a Hearst-
Patterson-McCormick b a n n e r.
The caption read: "Don't Twist
—I'll Run!"
,- * * *
There is a little combo over at
the Coconut Grove on this side
of Columbus that will be worth
your while to hear if you're over
that way. It is the Johnny
Powell Quintet and they're
strictly non-square. All of; the
kids in the -band are from either
the Uniyersify of,Idaho or. Wash­ington,
and this is their, first e n ­gagement
in the East. Bebop fans
will be- interested to know that
they may; be obtained for tea
dances, etc. in Auburn.
* * *
The only answer that I can
think of that would be just re­taliation
for this tax that the
city is going to impose on thea­ter
tickets is this: Everyfime any
non-student or non-faculty mem­ber
attends, any function at Lang-
1 don Hall or the Activities Build­ing,
there should be a tax of not
less than ten cents levied. This
would be used to supplement the
Student Activity Fund. This
should apply even to the Passion
Play and to the concerts.
Dr. Duke K. McCall, Executive
Secretary of the Southern Bap­tist
Convention, declared recently
that Southern Baptists favor full •
constitutional right for Negroes,
including the right to vote and D l J O D
adequate wages in healthful " ^ ^ " \ \
working conditions. —•————
Dr. McCall said that "equality
as an absolute standard on this
earth is impossible," and added
that "the very recognition that
absolute equality is to be "found
only at the throne of God lays a
heavy responsibilty upon the
churches . . . "
Three weeks ago a town meet­ing
was held in the high school
auditorium. It was an interesting
meeting in that it revealed an at­titude
of which you, as a student,
may not have been aware. Briefly,
it is this. The students of Au­burn
are a burden on the town.
Believe it or not.
This bit of heretofore careful­ly
guarded information came out
during a discussion of a possible
city amusement tax. This tax is
not only possible, it is highly
probable. One is even tempted
to add that it is inevitable. How­ever,
that is not a part of this
discussion. There is no more point
in arguing the justice of such,tax
than there is in arguing whether
the sun will rise in the east or
the west.
The revenue from this amuse­ment
tax is supposed to be used
to build a park. Certainly there
will be some money left over, for
once the tax is imposed it will
remain. Long after the hospital
and the park are built and paid
for the amusement tax will still
be in effect.
The purpose of the new tax,
as explained at the town meeting,
is to give the students an op­portunity
to share in the expense
of operating the city. At the pre­sent
time the students contri­bute
not one copper cent to the
city. That is, except' for the two
cent tax on cigarettes. This, of
course, is a rather- negligible
amount. The reasoning behind
this was pretty vague. You are
supposed to accept the statement'
without question. It is a negligi­ble
amount because you are told
it is negligible. And for this trif­ling
sum you are given police pro­tection,
fire protection, garbage
service, sewage disposal, and
many many more other services.
This* makes you, the student, a
burden on the city.
There is a children's story about
a boy who discovered a goose that
laid golden eggs. The lucky kid
got rich off the goose, but he
wasn't satisfied with just getting
rich. He figured out ways to make
the poor goose lay faster. Soon
his greed completely got the best
of him. He killed the goose so.
that he could have all the eggs
at once. There were no more
eggs.
By BOYD HINTON
Phone 760
"A people indifferent to their
civil liberaties do not deserve to
keep them, and in this revolu­tionary
age may not be expected
to, keep them long. A people who
proclaim their civil liberties but
extend them only to preferred
groups start down the path to
totalitarianism." — William O.
Douglas, Assoc. Justice, U. S.
Supreme Court.
* * *
The veteran of World War II
seems on the whole a somewhat
sounder type than his old man.
So far, he hasn't tanked up and
proclaimed himself the lost gene­ration.
Letters to the Editor
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Editor:
Several weeks ago I was
thoroughly surprised and astoun­ded,
for on picking up a "Plains­man
and reading the policy of the
paper, I noted that it was the said
policy of The Plainsman to change
the name of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute to Auburn Uni­versity.
I cannot see why such a thing
would be desired, and even if it
were, how preposterous it would
be to do so. The bare fact is that
-the Alabama Polytechnic, Insti­tute
is not a university. It is the
polytechnic institute of Alabama.
Webster's definition of a uni­versity
is "an institution organ­ized
for teaching and study in the
higher branchess of learning, and
empowered to confer degrees in
special departments as theology,
law, medicine, and the Arts". The
definition of polytechnic is given
as: "pertaining to, including, or
giving instruction in, many arts
and sciences, especially in their
practical application; a school for
imparting instruction in the Arts
and sciences; especially in various
branches of engineering ancr-other
technical subjects." Truly it is
not hard to see which definition
fits our school, v
I find i* hard to believe that
the Plainsman proposes . a re­modeling
of the educational sys­tem
in Alabama, or the changing
of the English language (for that
matter); therefore, I see no reason
for the stand to change the name
of the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute.
Not only would this change
be folly in the educational field,
but it would be disruption to the
standing traditions of this college.
Your truly,
Frank H. Benning
Editor's Note: We, too, are
thoroughly astounded. Didn't
you know (1) that the late Dr.
Duncan appointed a faculty
committee in 1944 to investigate
the possibility of having the
name changed? (The commit­tee
found that the name should
be changed to Auburn Univer­sity)
(2) that the name of the
college has already b e en
changed twice and it wasn't
necessarily considered "folly?"
(From 1857 to 1872 the name
was East Alabama Male Col­lege.;
from 1872 to 1899 it was
Alabama A&M; in 1899 (when
Dr. Duncan was a senior and
Mr. Draughon was born) it was
changed to Alabama Polytech­nic
(3) that your Webster's
definition of university was in­complete.
(continued on page 8)
As you can see, I managed,
somehow, to passs the 10 hours
and stay off probation, so I can
torture you for . 10 more weeks.
The strain of finals left me in one
foul mood but after many extra
hours of Asleep and gobs of my
mother's • wonderful- cooking, I
turned to the Plain in a cheerful,
if not somewhat cautious, spirit.
As a first quarter Junior, it was
my due to come back early and
register. The first good word that
came to my ears, was that regis­tration
was a snap, with a new
streamlined system. Along about
10 o'clock Monday morning, I left
my bridge game since I was dum,- •
my, and ambled toward the stu­dent
activities building with a
smile and cheery hello for every­one.
At the door stood ia fair
looking coed and she prom­ptly
thrust a handful of papers in
my hand. The building seemed un­usually
crowded for a fast system,
but undismayed, I plunged head­long
into the mob. The first mis­take
I made was to go through
the line backwards to- get my
folder, ^nd for a while there was
a general foul up but this was
soon straighted out and I found
myself at the end of the line. Oh
well, I thought, as soon as I fin­ish
this I've got it made. Ha.
The next phase was to be inter­viewed
by a professsor. "Young
man" he said "You don't seem :o
be signed- up for fish culture."
"No sir", I replied", I don't
want to culture a fish, I only
want to take personal grooming
and learn to tie a Windsor knot".
"But how can you consider
yourself educated if you don't
take fish culture? You will never
learn to be a county agent without
it".
"Ye Gods," I exclaimed, "You.
are an ag professor!"
"Well what did you think I
was" he replied curtly, "The chief
of police?"
After a hurried exit, I filled out
my yellow card and wore out six
pencils in jig time only to be
confronted by a line or mob as
I have never seen before. It was
moving at the rate of about one
foot per 15 minutes but mustering
my courage, and remembering my
proficiency in line-breaking, the
waiting time was cut to two or
three hours. Off I went then to
face the line in Student Center.
A step in pome direction toward
solving the parking problem has
at last been taken. The Parking
and Traffic Committee headed by
Dr. Jesse Richardson has come to
the conclusion that there are en­tirely
too many unnecessary cars
on the campus during the class
hours. The alternatives offered
seem to be the only logical ones
which could be advanced: create
more parking space, or reduce
the number of cars permitted on
the campus. Since every piece of
ground (except the portion back
of New' Building) is now either a
parking space or the future site
of some building, the answer
seems to lie in the committee's
second solution.
Actually, the days arc gone
when a slinky open-toed Buick or
Ford and a pair- of liberated Air
Force sunglasses attract more than
passing attention. Nothing gets
old faster than a convertible.
Why spend the 10 minutes (and
more) between classes hunting
for a parking place, when one
could just as well be walking to
class? *
* * *
After the active half of the late
war was over and all the rear
echelon outfits settled down to
goofing off until separation orde'.s
came through, se^ral of us in
the 4th Service Command Medics
concentrated on throwing Guy
Lombardo Parties to kill time. The
' parties consisted of finding a de­tachment
man with an apartment
in town arid corralling enough
refreshments to assure a convivial
time. The guests would not b i
admitted unless they had brought
along any two records by Guy
Lombardo. AH the records thus
collected were piled in a corner
while the guests became more
and more refreshed;
Once everyone was thorougly
refreshed the records would be
redistributed and thrown against
the wall or broken over anything
near at hand.
Now the point is there are seve­ral
records which would make
damn good material for such a
party. I have chosen several which
I would be glad to bring to such
a party if anyone cares to get up
one. First of all, I will hold an
evening open for a Manana-By-
Peggy-Lee Party. If that party
proves a success, then I'll be glad
to team up for a Francis-Craig-
I-Beg-Your-Pardon £.'Near You"
played backwards) party or a
Vaughan- Monroe- Dance -Balleri­na-
Dance party.
* * *
- Item for the I WISH I HAD
WRITTEN THAT Department:
Ralph Jennings' column this
week on "Dugout Doug", latest
dark horse (or portion thereof)
to enter the coming presidential
election.
CORNERED
By Bob Newton
The Exchange Post ByIrv s t e i n b«g
It was 2 o'clock in the morning.
The writer looked haggard and
worn. "Darling," said the wife,
"are you coming to bed?" •
"No," muttered the busy author.
"I've got the pretty girl in the
clutches of the villain and I want
to get her out."
"How old is the girl?"
"Twenty-two."
"Then put out the lights and get
to bed," snapped the wife. "She's
old enough to tako care of her­self!"
Bio Chemic Review
At the University of Akron
the members of the college band
are given school letters for their
participation in this all impor­tant
organization. Letters are pre­sented
to bandsmen at a banquet
held annually.
* * *
A woman riding in a trolley
car was anxious ,not to pass her
destination.
She poked the conductor with
her unbrella.
"Is that the National Bank?"
asked the, lady.
"No, ma'am," replied the conduc­tor,
"that's my stomach."
—University of Chalannooga
* * *
The first U. S. post office to
be established on the University
of Miami campus was officially
opened in. the Administrative
building last month by Dr. Bow­man
F. Ashe, University presi­dent.
, * * *
The butcher was chatting with
a customer when a woman rushed
in and stopped the conversation?
"Give me 20 cents worth of cat
meat at once" she commanded.
Turnining to the other customer,
she said: "I hope you don't mind
my being served before you."
The first woman looked at her
coldly, and said: "Not -if you're
as hungry as all that."
—Bio Chemic Review
* * *
•sA minister was riding on a train
when a big rough, strapping fel­low
came in and sat down beside
him. Sizing up the clergyman, he
bellowed, Where in hell have I
seen you before?
To which the minister replied
softly, I don't know. What part
of hell are you from?
Bio Chemic Review
Midst the flaking of Panama
City suntans, the restlessness
caused by spring fever, and the
upswing in campus romances,
school limps, on as usual.
School got off to a roaring
stal-t when the sophomores tried
to register on Monday morning.
The registration line definitely
had the new long look.
Tuesday the sophomores re­cuperated
and began to look up
the people they knew last quar­ter,
while the freshmen joined
battle with the administrative
red tape.
Having had a little relief fron
that darned "ratio"—six men to
one g i r l - t h e tirjg began to cali
in the cords. However du : to the
seasonal high in romances- —
technically known as "vacationus
romanticus"—difficulty was en­countered.
In fact most phone
calls to coeds are now usually
started by asking three questions.
Are you pinned? Are you en­gaged?
Are you married? .
Wednesday school started for
those who had weathered the
registration lines. One thought is
now foremost in most minds. The
summer vacation!
Two Negroes were overheard
debating the comparative brains
of the Southern and Yankee
white men. The Northern Negro
exhibited his right eye and ex­plained
that it had been grafted
from a hog at Mayo Clinic. The
Southern Negro admitted that the
Yankee doctors must be pretty
smart, but added that they
weren't nearly so smart as the
dumbest Alabama Southerners
who could take the rear end of a
horse and make a governor out
of it.
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5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 31, 1948
Nixon Sets SEC Mark
As Tigers Top Ole Miss
Willard Nixon, big Auburn
righthander, pitched his way into
a new Southeastern Conference
Record here Monday afternoon
by striking out 20 Mississippi
batters and whitewashing them,
6-0.
Nixon, a native of Lindale,
showed blistering speed and al­most,
perfect control in giving up
but two scratch hits to the Ole
Miss crew. He faced 29 batsmen
during the route after the fray.
The Tigers made seven hits
count for six runs, taking full ad­vantage
of a trio of Mississippi
errors. Williams and Diffly for
Auburn both secured a pair of
singles to lead the team, Wil­liam's
three runs batted in also
being tops.
Mississippi 000 000 000—0 2 3
Auburn 004 200 OOx—6 7 1
"p v "
Joe Pennington
This promising member of Coach Wilbur Hutsell's Auburn
track learn showed off his stuff for the first rime this season
when he romped home first in the Florida Relays held in Gaines­ville
last week. Pennington clipped off the distance in 15.2
seconds, .<'•*••••
) Draughon Appoints
Board to Consider
Auburn Arboretum
A board has been appointed by
Acting President Ralph Draughon
', to plan, establish, and operate
£.n arboretum on the Auburn
campus.
Purposes of the arboretum are
to grow the best ornamental
plants in this area in order that
. home owners may become ac-
* quainted with their names, their
ornamental characteristics, and
•' the proper method of culture; to
serve as a means of introducing
new plants into this area regard­less
of the ""source from which
they may come; to assimilate
larger plants to the public; to pro­vide
a laboratory for students of
botany, horticulture, landscape
architecture, and nature study.
Representatives on the Arbo­retum
Board are: Prof. L. M.
Ware, head, horticulture depart­ment;
Prof. Henry P. Orr, horti­culture
department; Prof. Sam P.
Snow, \ head, landscape architec­ture
department; Dean Turpin C.
Bannister, school of architecture
and the arts; Prof. T. D. Stevens,
head, forestry department; Dr. D.
G. Sturkie, department of agrono­my
a^id soils; Dr. E. V. Smith, as­sistant
dean of the school of agri­culture;
W. T. Ingram, business
manager; and Sam F. Brewster,
director of buildings and grounds.
BICYCLES AND SPORTING
GOODS
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$10.00 Down - fra 00 Month for 8 Months
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• Girls & Boys Bikes—All Sizes
• Whizzer Motor Agency for Parts,
Accessories & Tires.
9 Fishing Equipment
• Baseball & Softball Supplies
• Desk Lamp
• Ammunition
PAY US A VISIT
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CITY APPLIANCE CO.
Phone 778 137 E. Magnolia
AUBURN'S SWIMMING TEAM has just finished its 1948 season. Members of the team were
(bottom row) Robert Gaither. T. W. Gordon, Forrest Peterman, Gene Coffee, Ernest Campbell,
Vernon J. Schubring, and James M. Walker; in the back row are Fred Gunn, William Dunlap,
Clement Torbert, Richard Rickart, C. 8. Whittelsey, William Pferce, Tim Russell, and Coach John
Borchardt. (Photo by Hugh Alford.)
SIGMA CHI AND A-CLUB VICTORIOUS
IN INTRAMURAL CAGE TOURNAMENTS
0
Interfraternity Track Meet To Be Run-Off
April 7-8, Volleyball Play Begins today By Bruce Greenhill
The hot Sigma Chi quintet af­ter
losing its first game, came
back to win the interfraternity
basketball championship in the
finals by defeating Alpha Psi, its
erstwhile nemesis, 31-21.-Led by
Bobby Barefield, the Sigs won
two games from the vets in the
two-and-out- tournament.
There was plenty of compe­tition
in the playoff as the four
top squads struggled for the ti­tle
and another leg. on the big
cup for intramural supremancy.
Alpha Psi, Phi Delta Theta, and
OTS/were all in at the last.
The final playoff standings had
Sigma Chi first,' Alpha Psi se­cond,
Phi Delta Theta third and
OTS fourth. The high scorer for
the tournament was Barefield of
Sigma Chi with an even 50
points.
* * *
The A-Club team, composed of
football lettermen, took the in­dependent
basketball crown by
defeating the' Zippers, 42-23. The
A-Club had dropped only one
game to the Zippers and came
through in Une style at the
finish to avenge that loss and cop
the crown.
The * A-Club was followed by
the Zippers, Navy, and AIO
quints, in that order, in the title
play.
*
* # *
Notice to all independent
Softball team managers. If you
intend to enter a team in the
independent Softball league
your entry blank and roster
must be in to Coach Evan's of­fice
by Friday, April 2.
* * *
The interfraternity track meet
will be run off Wednesday and
Thursday, April 7 and 8. The
field events will be completed
Wednesday, along with some
dash trials. The dashes and dis­tances
will be furnished Thurs­day.
* * *
Volleyball play begins today
and the drawing for the tennis
and golf play will be announced
this week. l
Auburn Thinclads
Open Schedule
Competing in their first event
of the season, Auburn's track
team managed to cop first place
honors in the sprint medley re­lay
race of the Florida Relays,
held in Gainesville, Fla., last
week.
A quartet of Tiger thinclads,
Carley, Woods, Walker and
Overton, reeled off the distance
in 3:37.5 to edge out Duke and
Miami.
Individual winners on the Au­burn
squad were Joe Pennington,
who finished in the 120-yard
high hurdles in 15.2 seconds, fol­lowed
by Demedicus in the third
spot. Walker of Auburn placed
second in the 100-yard dash,
while Morrissett was third in the
broad jump. Auburn also placed
third in the two-mile relay.
Hutsell's Track
Hopes Are High
With promising* newcomers and
a number of veteran performers,
Athletic Diectar and Head Track
Coach Wilbur Hutsell expects his
thinclads tor make a good showing
this year.
"In fact," Coaeh Hutsell says,
"if we are not beset by- injuries
and ineligibilities, it should be
Auburn's best team in 10 years,"
Only one member of last year's
squad is missing, and Coaches
Hutsell and Jeff Beard are pleas­ed
with the new prospects.
"The most promising newco­mer,"
Hutsell said, "is Jimmy
Walker, who won the AAU 100-
yard dash last year."
The track roster:
Carl Christian—100, 220
Dexter Fearing—100, 220
Dickie Flounoy—440
FrecT Carley—880, mile
Whitey Overton—mile, 2 mile
Tom Lowe—mile, 2 mile
Billy Payne—pole vault v
Carl Morrissett—broad jump
Denvard Snell—shot put
John Brhilovich—javelin
Joe Pennington—hurdles, high
jump.
Jack De Medkis—hurdles, high
jump
One of the cleverest remarks
heard yet came out at one of the
interminable soirees at the brew
mill recently. After watching the
messy and intricate process of
opening oysters (a process which
jepordizes the fingers of the left
hand), one member of the group
offered the following suggestion
to the oyster opener: why not
line the little bi-valves up on the
bar and then tune in WXXX
(which stands for a local radio
station) and stand by with the
knife. When they begin to yawn
from sheer boredom, slip the knife
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recording' secretary; Mal­colm
Marsh, Florence, treasurer;
Joe Meade, Florence, warden;
Gene Sleclge, Mobile, chaplain;
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B-tfHE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 31, 1948
Extension Editor Brackeen Handles
Agricultural News for State Papers
| If you ever drop by the offices of Extension Editor h. O.
Brackeen, '27, you're liable to think for a moment that you're
In the middle of machine-gun fire. But soon you'll discover
that it's just the rat-tat-tat of typewriters you hear, and
when Mr. Brackeen comes out to greet you with his big
smile, you will feel completely at
ease.
; Then, if you spend a little time
in the Extension Editor's offices,
you will' find that almost the en­tire
staff is composed of Auburn
graduates.
; In the first place, there's Mr.
Brackeen himself. Both in Lime­stone
County, Extension Editor
Brackeen went to an Agricultural
School there.
"They called them agricultural
schools instead _of high schools
pack in those days," Mr. Brackeen
says.
Before coming to Auburn, he
attended Florence State Teachers
College and taught for several
years in the State. When he fin­ally
received his sheepskin from
Auburn in '27, he immediately ac­cepted
a position with the Ala­bama
Farm Bureau Federation.
j Resigning that job, Mr. Brac­keen
went to Atlanta to become
connected with the Sears-Roe­buck
'Agricultural Foundation,
with which company he spent 1 Vfe
years. Soon he was back with the
Alabama Farm Bureau Federa­tion
and afterward, he was as­sociated
with the Marketing Ex­change
of the Alabama Depart­ment
of Agriculture.
I "I worked with the Department
of Agriculture and the Exten­sion
Service at the same time,"
Mr. Brackeen says. "Often I
Would have to take a bus to Au­burn
early in the morning and
back to Montgomery late at night.
i "Finally I came here about 13
years ago," Mr. Brackeen con­tinued,
"as Extension Service
Editor."
For only two years since then
has he left his desk. He was on
leave two years, during which
time he worked with the Triple
A, now called the Production and
Marketing Administration. His
headquarters were in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, and he travel­ed
over nine states—from Texas
to South Carolina.
Mr. Brackeen has several in­teresting
hobbies. In his spare
time, he enjoys hunting and fish­ing.
On top of that, he connects
business with pleasure. He makes
kodachrome pictures in relation
to the visual aid program being
carried on by his office.
'He is Secretary of the Auburn
Kiwanis Club and was in charge
of the Auburn Community Chest
for 1948. Editor Brackeen holds
an office in the National Agricul­tural
Editors' Association. He
brought the national meeting of
that organization to Auburn only
two years ago.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
held formal initiation ceremonies
at the end of last quarter for
Boots Pierce, Bill McLemore,
Taylor Dawson, Bud Langham,
Bill Chambless, Jim Rittenour,
George Warren, George Mann,
and Bill Joseph, all of Montgo­mery;
Louis Locke, Brandon
Crawford, and Jack Orcutt, Bir­mingham;
Sam Coney, Columbus,
Bob Burton, Bethesda; Bud Whit­tlesey.
Washington, D. O; Joe
Diehl, Nashville, Tenn. and Earl
Sandlin, Fort Sam Houston-Texas.
Judge Walter B. Jones, Montgo­mery,
and Judge Alfred K. Nip-pert,
Evanston, 111., and Daytona
Beach, Fla., both past national
presidents were honor guests.
Initiation was followed ,by a
banquet. , .
L. O. BRACKEEN, extension agricultural editor, is the man
who keeps the public informed of agricultural extension de^
velopments. His news releases are carried in papers throughout
the state. •
Executive Cabinet Minutes
OLIN L HILL
'The Man with the Tape'
Agent of >.
v ARROW SHIRTS
March 11, 1948
Meeting was called to order by
President O'Cain.
President O'Cain requested that
the regular order of business be
dispensed with because of the
great amount of work to be done.
A motion was made by Charlie
Scales to pay the Glomerata $80
for the cost ofspace'to be used
by the Executive Cabinet in the
.1948 Glomerata. Motion passed
unanimously .
Miss Sally Holt was elected to
represent A.P.I, in the Southern
States Air Carnival to be held in
Montgomery.
Gillis Cammack made a motion
to accept the changes proposed by
the committee that was appointed
to study the Constitution. Motion
was seconded by Bobby Hum­phreys.
A discussion was held
concerning the motion. Motion
failed to -pass because of a lack
of voting members present.
Since there wasn't time for any
more business, meeting was ad­journed.
Respectfully submitted:
Hollis Gieger
Secretary
Approved:
Dick O'Cain
President
March 12, 1948
Meeting was called to order by
President O'Cain. Minutes from
the last meeting were read 'and
approved.
Charlie Scales made a motion
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WHERE THE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE
Bugs is a senior in
forestry from Atlanta,
Ga.; m e m b e r of
Spades, Omicron Del­ta
Kappa, Who's Who
Among Students In
American C o l l e g es
and Universities; busi­ness
manager of the
'48 Glomerata; past
president of the For­estry
Club; Publica­tions
.Board; Student
Relations Committee;
and member of Pi
Kappa Phi social fra­ternity.
that the regular procedure of
business be dispensed with. Mo­tion
passed unanimously.
Charlie Scales made a motion
that the Executive Cabinet adopt
the Constitution changes recom­mended
by the Constitution Com-mitee.
Motion passed unanimous­ly.
Pat Silverna'il made a motion
that the Executive Cabinet adopt
the Constitution changes recom­mended
by Charles L. Williams.
Motion was seconded by Charlie
Scales.
A motion was made to' adopt
the amendment No. 1 of proposed
changes to the Constitution by
Charles L. Williams. Motion fail­ed
to carry.
Pat Silvernail made a motion
to adopt amendment No. 2 of pro­posed
changes to the Constitu­tion
submitted by Charles L.
Williams. Motion failed to carry.
A committee was appointed to
present a formal report to the
Executive Cabinet of the pro­posed
changes to the Constitu­tion
presented by the Independ­ent
Council of. The Auburn In­dependents.
The committee is as
follows: Gillis Cammack, Forrest
Peterman, and Tim Miller, chair­man.
Tom Sellers and Montgomery student body in The Plainsman.
Allen were .'elected to \serve on
Publications Board through Au­gust
vof 1948.
Ray Fowler requested that the
Constitution D*e amended to in­clude
the following ' provision:
"That a minimum of three ballot
boxes be furnished in strategic
positions on election day for the
convenience of students voting
and that, additional ballot boxes
be furnished when deemed de­sirable
and for good purpose.
Respectfully submitted:
Hollis Gieger i
Secretary
Approved:
Dick O'Cain
President
RECOMMENDS ,. CHANGES
TO THE CONSTITUTION SUB­MITTED
BY THE AUBURN IN-DEPENDENT
ASSOCIATION.
Article IV, Section 4—to read
as follows: '
Special Members: Class Presi­dents,
presidents of the Woman's
Student Government Association.
Special Members: President of
Executive Cabinet from the Se­nior
Class, Vice President of Exe­cutive
Cabinet from the Junior
Class, Fifth Year Representative,
co-ed elected by woman students,
one member from each school
except the School of Military
Science and Tactics, School of
Naval Science and Tactics, and
School of Graduate.Studies. Mem­ber
must rank as a sophomore or
"higher.
Service to Student Body:
Attendance at meetings of the
Executive Cabinet ,1s mandatory
to all representatives and shall
take precedence over all other
campus activities.
Absence or tardiness will be
purnishable by a fine of one dol­lar
unless-the member has been
excused, from classes by the Ad­ministration
on the day of his
absence.
Absence from three meetings
in any one quarter or two con­secutive
meetings in any one
quarter will automatically remove
member from office. In the above
case, in the case of extended ill-,
ness, and in the case of with-drawl
from school, the said mem­ber
will be replaced by a new
member elected by vote of the
body that originally elected the
old member.
A member of the Cabinet will
be permanently removed for ne­glect
of his duties by two-thirds
vote of the Cabinet. |,;; '
Absentees from meetings will
be listed in The Plainsman along
with minutes of the Cabinet meet­ing,
y-,
> If a regularly scheduled meet­ing
is hot held due to failure
to have a quorum of members pre­sent,
the President will make a
statement of explanation to the
Article VII. Section I—to read
as follows:
Amendments to "the constitution
may be proposed by petition pre­sented
in writing to the President
of the Executive Cabinet carry­ing
signatures of 5 per cent of the
registered undergraduate students
or by vote of two-thirds members
of the Executive Cabinet, in
either case to be submitted to the
vote of the student body.
1 Elections
In order for. a candidate to be
elected to any office or for any
ruling to pass, a majority vote
is necessary." For an election to
be valid' at least 35 per cent of
the registered student body eli-^
gible to vote must cast their votes.
Ballot Boxes
At least 5 ballot boxes shall be
placed at the' following places on
the campus. (1) Back of Samford
Hall, (2) New Classroom Build­ing,
(3) Cafy Hall; (4) Comer Hall,
(5) Ramsay Hall.
Elections will be held on a
Wednesday or Thursday not pre­ceded
ot followed by a holiday
vacation. Elections will not be
held during a week of scheluled
examinations.
An issue of The Plainsman will
be published and in circulation
within 24 hours before an election
and not later than the opening
hour of the polls, giving all infor­mation
on the election, ballot
boxes, and candidates.
RECOMMENDED CHANGES
TO THE CONSTITUTION
Article VII, Section 3—to read
as follows:
Proposed amendments to the
Constitution shall be adopted by a
majority of the students voting
in a General Election held for the
purpose of amending the Consti­tution.
RECOMMENDED CHANGES
TO THE BY-LAWS
Qualifications of Candidates
and Election Regulations, Article
II, Section 3, Paragraph^—to read
as follows:
g. There shall be a minimum
of three ballot boxes to be fur­nished
by the Election Committee
for the convenience of student
voting, and additional boxes will
be furnished when deemed desir­able
and necessary.
At the University of Akron men
students are finding it difficult
to get a'^ haircut without going in­to
debt. At the present time Akron
students are paying 90 cents for a
haircut, and the barbers recently
decided to raise their price to
$1.25. After hearing-of the pro­posed
raise, the Akron male stu­dents
began contemplating a buy­er's
strike—What price, beauty!
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We wish to take this oppor­tunity
to publicly congratulate
Miss - Evelyn Kidd on being
chosen "Miss South" by Para­mount
Pictures, for the 1949
Dr. Pepper Calendar.
We most heartily agree with
Paramount in their choice and
feel sure that this young lady
in her gracious manner will
win many friends for her state
and the Southland.
Evelyn is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Kidd, Jr.,
600 Scott St., Auburn, Ala­bama,
is a graduate of Lee
County High School and for
the past three years has at­tended
the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, where s l ^ is now
a senior in Commercial Art.
She is a member of Alpha
Gamma Delta Sorority and
the Art Guild Honor Society. •
Miss Kidd will leave on her
trip for Hollywood by Delta
Airlines from Montgomery,
Alabama, at ,6:15 PM, April
3rd, going to Dallas, where she
will rrfeet Miss GerYfucte Fil-fillan
of Memphis, Missouri,
and Miss Karen Lewis of Bryn
Mawr, New York. The young
ladies will stop over at the
Andolphus Hotel in Dallas and
proceed on the morning of the
fourth to Hollywood where
they will be joined by Miss
Jacque Strong of Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Among the planned activftie;
of a ten-day whirl of excit-ment
in store for these young
ladies are: a professional
makeup at the House of West-more,
portraits in the Gallery
of Paramount, 'Lux Radio pro­gram,
a visit to RKO Studios,
tour of Hollywood and Beverly
Hills, a visit to Paramount
Studios visiting sets, meeting
stars, Ken Murray's Blackouts,
and Truth or Consequences
radio program.
We of Burton's are very •
proud of this young lady and
take joy in the honor that has
been bestowed upon her.
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Part of their work has always been to anticipate
demands for personnel . . . to determine what
additional equipment must be provided, what new
construction will be necessary to handle the con­stantly
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For them, this growing business offers the oppor­tunity
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7—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 31, 1948
Army Day Ceremonies Of ROTC
To Include Review; Equipment Display
A special review of the ROTC
Regiment and a display of the
principal items of military
equipment, is planned for Army
Day, April 6, it was announced
last week by Colonel George M.
Williamson, Jr., Professor of
Military Science and Tactics here.
Local veterans organizations,
townspeople, students and facul­ty
are invited to witness the re­view,
which will be held at one
p.m. on Bullard Field. The dis­play
of equipment wil be made
at some place near the quad­rangle,
and will include artillery
howitzers and 90 mm. anti-air­craft
guns, a medium tank, ar­mored
car, half track, and seve­ral
other vehicles and items of
equipment used by the various
branches of the army.
"Enrollment in the five bran­ches
taught to advanced course;
students is expected to go over
325 students this quarter," de­clared
Colonel Williamson in a
special statement to a Plainsman
staff member. "In these troubled
times," he added, "the ROTC is
assuming an increasing impor­tant
role in preparing our coun­try
for defense, and new incen­tives
have been added to make
the course even more attractive
to students. Present plans pro­vide
vacancies for more than
600 distinguished graduates of
senior division ROTC to be com-
Col. Williamson
missioned directly in the Regular
Army every year. Several hun­dred
other ROTC graduates, all
of whom receive commissions in
the Organized Reserve Corps,
are expected to be assimilated by
the Regular Army on a basis of
competitive tours of active duty.
Auburn graduates will receive
their proportionate share of these
commissions, and it offers an un­paralleled
opportunity for a fine
career for a young man with the
armed forces."
Ag Hill Clubs Reveal April Schedule
Of Meetings; Council Members Named
The schedule for coming meet­ings
of Ag Hill clubs is as fol­lows:
Alabama Farmer Staff, seven
p.m. in Comer Hall, March 29,
April 12, and April 26.
Ag Council, eight p.m. in Co­mer
Hall, March 29, April 12,
and April 26.
Forestry Club, seven p.m. in
room 212, Ag Engineering Biuld-
At Auburn
'LONG TOM'
SELLERS
dips
ROUGH STUFF
SNUFF
Says "Long Tom":
"1 dip Rough Stuff be­cause
..it ..contains ..tobacco.
With Rough Stuff I can spit
a forked stream, and I don't
have to worry about people
standing in front of me."
ing, March 29, April 12, and
April 26.
Collegiate FFA, seven p.m. in
Ross Auditorium, Maich 30,
April 13, and April 27.
Dairy Science Club, seven p.m.
in Animal Husbandry Building,
room 106, April 8 and April 22.
Ag Engineering Club, seven
p.m. room 212, Ag Engineering
Building, March 30, April 13, and
April 27.
Ag Club, seven p.m. in Ross
Auditorium, April 5, April 19,
May 3.
Alpha Zeta, eight p.m. in Ross
Auditorium, April 5, April 19,
and May 30. ..' .
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AH organizations on Ag Hill
have elected two representatives
to serve on the Ag Council. The
Ag Council is composed of the
following: Frasier Galloway and
Glover Pugh, Ag Club; James
Hardin and Richard Humphrey,
FFA; John McDaniel and Coro
Olive, Forestry Club; Ed Nelson
and John Spence, Ag Engineer­ing;
Bill Murphy and Harlan
Jackson, Dairy Science Club; Ro­bert
Harrison and I. B. Byrd,
Alpha Zeta.
* * *
The Ag Engineering Club has
elected the following men to ser-
Tidwell and Kidd
On-Bulletin Cover
Published By RIC
Auburn's 1948 pictorial bulle­tin
"What Is This Thing Called
College", will be off the press
this month. On the front cover
of this version of a streamlined
Auburn will be featured a color
picture of Travis Tidwell and
Auburn's 1947 Miss Homecoming,
Evelyn Kidd.
In addition, there will be with­in
the bulletin 32 pages of in­formation
about Auburn's various
schools. The bulletin is designed
to help high school graduates ser
lect the school of their choice.
"It gives them some idea of
what- life is like at Auburn,'' says
its editor, Robert Leigh, assistant
director of the Research Interpre­tation
Council.
The staff which has turned put
this complete picture of Auburn
life is comprised pf Robert Leight,
editor; Hugh Alford, photogra­pher;
Auburn's entire Research
Interpretation Council; and the
News Bureau.
Auburn Golfers
Cop Two Matches
Auburn's adept g o l f team
swung into action last week by
handing Georgia Tech's linksmen
a double defeat by close scores
of 91/2 to 8% and 10% io 7%. '
In the first round which was
played in Atlanta Jack Key, Au­burn
golfer f r o m Cplumbus,
Georgia, was the kingpin man,
shooting a par 71, while Rell
Suggs, also turned in a top-notch
performance.
Other members of the Auburn
squad are'Frank Debardeleben of
Birmingham; John Hall, Atlanta
and Pat Poyner, Pothan.
Auburn schedule lists:
April 3—Maxwell Field at
Montgomery; April 10—Maxwell
Field at Columbus; April 16—
Mercer at Columbus; April 24—
Troy State Teachers at Troy;
April — Southern Intercollegiate
Tourney in Athens; May 5—Troy
State at Columbus; May 14—
Mercer at Macon.
ve as oficers for they spring quar­ter:
James O. Helms, Jr., presi­dent;
William Land, vice-presi­dent;
P. M. Roberson, seeretary-
Itreasurer; Ed Nelson, reporter
and Alfred Whitfield, represent
tative to Engineering Council.
* * *
Officers for the Collegiate FFA
are Henry Penton, president; L.
H. Davis, vice-president; Frank
Barbee, secretary; O. B. Davis,
treasurer; Jack Elrod, reporter;
Woodrow Thrash, parliamentar­ian;
George H. Tally, sentinel.
The Forestry Club has elected
the following tq serve as officers
for the spring quarter: Coro
Olive, president; Charles W.
Smith, vice-president; Lua
Blankenship, secretary; R.
Underwood, treasurer; W.
Stuckey, reporter.
R.
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Four Tigers To Nationals
Coach Umbach is planning to take four of /his wrestlers to the
National AAU Meet in New York the middle of April. Those making
the trip will be Tom Keys, Captain John McKenzie, Carroll Keller,
and Phil Smith. The rules used at this meet will differ slightly from
those used by Auburn this season. Olympic Regulations will pre­vail.
This is a disadvantage, but Umbach could still bring home a
national winner. He's got Keys and Smith, both freshmen, who
should certainly bring Auburn national fame before graduation.
Wanted: A Good Ball Carrier
. Coach Brown did a good job in picking his two squads for the
A-Day" contest. They were about the most evenly balanced teams
that have ever been fielded for this annual battle. Several line­men
and backs looked good but Brown is still looking for a first-rate
ball carrier. Linemen Adcock, Cannon, Moore, Waddail, Fagan,
and Duart looked impressive. Waddail must have decided that^ he
really Wants to play ball. He really did the job as a pass receiver.
Tennis Moves Into Action
•Coach Luther Young has called his tennis squad into action.
Anyone wishing to try out for the team -should see him as soon
as. possible in the gym or on the tennis courts at four o'clock . . .
Our team will have to waddle through another^ season on those five
asphalt "courts. Boy, we're proud of the facilities we have . . . can't
you smell the odor?
Track Team In Birmingham Relays
s Coaches Beard and Hutsell will take a large squad to the Birm­ingham
Relays Saturday. This year's team should be one of Au­burn's
strongest. We have a good chance of winning this meet. Pre­season
ratings have placed Auburn as second choice for the SEC
Meet in May! Hutsell scheduled four dual and four other meets for
Auburn this year.
We've Got The Pitchers!
It's still too early in the season to see what Doyle's baseball
team will do. They have been working out less than three weeks
and few of the boys have found either their batting or fielding eye.
The Auburn pitching staff should be as strong as any in the con­ference.
Willard Nixon, Onis Green, and Hubert Fenlayson are let-termen
pitchers, while George Hill, Dennis Kinlaw, and John Fran­cis
will be valuable first year men.
Now that plans for a, two-division conference schedule have
blown up, it will be every team for itself, with the conference
champs being decided on the percentage basis.
At least two of Auburn's baseballers will sign professional con­tracts
after this season. One is a pitcher and the other an infielder
SELLERS AND ALLtN
ARE APPOINTED TO
PUBLICATIONS POSTS
Tom Sellers, senior in English-journalism,
and Monty Allen,
senior in business administration,
have been appointed to positions
on the Publications Board by the
Student Executive Cabinet. The
Board governs all campus publi­cations.
Sellers and Allen replace J. O.
Macon, and T. Howard Johnson
who graduated last quarter.
It was the first time a Chinese
boy had seen a piano, and he tried
to describe it to a friend in pidr
gen English. "Them box," he said,
"you fight him in teeth, he cry."
FOR TYPING: Call 624-M.
Skit Night Is Set
For April 26-27
In Ac Building
Skit Night has been set tenta­tively
for the nights of April 26-
27 in the Student Activities
Building, according to informa­tion
released by Ralph Jennings,
president of Blue Key.
Co-sponsored annually by Blue
Key, men's national honor frat­ernity,
and Cardinal Key, wo­men's
national society, Skit
Night is a tradition on the Au­burn
campus.
Co-chairmen of the Skit Night
planning committee are Arlene
Davis and John Jennings. This
group will release- information
periodically concerning skit re­gulations.
Rules put into effect
last year which disqualify frater­nities
and sororities with skits
containing vulgarity will still be
in effect this year.
PIKES OPEN SPRING
SEASON AT SMQKER
The Pikes opened their spring
social season last, week with a
stag smoker of Thursday night
and a house dance Kriday night-
The house dance began at 7:30
Friday night and lasted until 11
o'clock. Beside the many brothers,
pledges^ and their dates, there
were a number of out-of-town
guests.
At 10 o'clock there wa s a''pause
for refreshments, and after the
usual 15 minute intermission, the
dance again got under way
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- College Street — AUourn, Alabama
JLTL message to
you from the
Chief of Staff
impril 6 is Army Day. I t is a day which will
have a special meaning for college men. More than
half of you are veterans of the last was. Many of
you are members of the Organized Reserve. Many
others belong to the R.O.T.C. or National Guard.
"All of you are making a vital contribution
toward World Peace and the security of this
nation. '
"The U. S. Army is the finest army in the
world and the only one of its kind among the
major powers. It is 100% volunteer. It is com­posed
entirely of civilian soldiers . . . men like
yourselves who realize that a strong America is
a peaceful America, and that the responsibility
of making America strong rests in the hands of
every American citizen.
"The U. S, Army is not a large army, as
armies go. I t is shouldering tasks far greater than
any other army of like size has ever attempted.
Our occupation force in Japan is the smallest per
capita of any modern occupation army. Our force
in Europe is the smallest of the three major powers.
"But behind this Army stand you men of the
Organized Reserve and the R.O.T.C. I have
known many of you personally. I have been with
many of you in action. I know the fine type of
men you are and the realism that leads you
to equip yourselves with military training.
"Further, I know the valuable service you
can render the nation in time of emergency. A
great deal of the success of fast mobilization and
the actual winning of the w&r was due to the
106,000 trained Reserve Officers and the top-notch
National Guard units which were avail­able
for quick action.
« "To you, on Army Day, I believe I speak for
millions of Americans in offering commendation
for the fine job you are doing."
You can get full details about the opportunities open to
you In the Army's complete military training program at
any U. S. Army and U. $. Air Force Recruiting Station.
Jfc~+1 J?
CHIEF OF STAFF, U. S. ARMY
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MARCH 31 - APRIL 1
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JOAN CRAWFORD
DANA ANDREWS
HENRY FONDA
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STEPHEN DUNNE
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APRIL 3
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TUESDAY, APRIL 6
TENTH AVENUE
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GEORGE MURPHY
Flip Flap
Carlos Molina & Orch.
i
Delta Sigs and Lambda Chis Will Dance This Weekend
Only Couples Dressed in Garb of Shipwrecked
Sailors Will be Admitted to Delta Sig Dance
Old King Neptune advises that
you be not afraid if you see ship­wrecked
sailors and their lassies
on shore leave around the cam­pus
Saturday. The occasion is the
traditional Shipwreck Ball of the
Delta Sigma Phi fraternity,
which will be presented in the
N Student Activities Building. All
couples dressed as shipwrecked
sailors will be admitted, while
those who wear civilian clothes
Will be taken to Davey Jones
•locker.
"Old salts" and "bootcamp
rookies" will enjoy dancing to the
rnUsiG of the Auburn Knights or­chestra.
The leadout will feature Ad­miral
Jack Smith, president of
JKappa chapter, escorting Jean
jNazaretian on a short cruise
•around the dance floor. Desert
island scenery and a large ship
will provide ample background
#or the sailors ~on this merry
occasion. The good ship U.S.S.
Delta Sigma Phi will hoist an­chor
at 9:00 p.m. for its dancing
voyage .and will not lower the
gangplank again until four bells.
All new recruits are advised to
date the girl they would most
like to be marooned with on a
desert island.
' Members and their dates are:
Sydney McGee, Betty Banks;
Charles Baisch, Nancy Bailey;
Rudy Hubbard, Dawn Padgett;
Jimmy Baird, Sara Peters; Har­old
Wiss, Addie Laurie Barganier;
Jim Watson, Ann Ballenger; Bob
Corny, Billie Ruth Tyus; Jack
Rollins, Betty Miller; Jerry Was-ley,
Sara Nell Easter; Louie Hol­lo
way, Sue May; Roland Wilson,
Jo Ann Cosart; Andrew Boggess,
Pharmacists Enjoy
Evening Social i
The Alabama Pharmaceutual
Association closed winter quarter
activities with an evening of fes­tivity
at Student Center. The
evening was spent dancing to the
music of Bob Keith's combo and
the Auburn Ccllegians. Joe Thrash
and Paul "Papa Coon" Harrison
burlesqued a blackface skit.
Markle and Lipscomb, local
druggists, donated refreshments.
Members of APhA are urgently
requested to attend the meetings
of the organization during the pre­sent
quarter. Information of the
annual spring outing at Chewa-ca
will be announced soon.
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IN A FRIENDLY
ATMOSPHERE'
You'll like our courteous-help
and pleasant surround
ings. •
STEAKS CIIICr.EN
SEAFOOD
Auburn Grille
Nancy Boggess; Joe McGee, Bar­bara
Williams; Bud Irwin, Jeanne
Walker; Hugh Henderson, Char
Everett; Gregg Scott, Neil Mouc-hette;
Jasper Hodgins, Catherine
Yarbrough; Bill Montgomery,
Virginia Card well; Jack Guilian,
Anne Farmer. '
Gene Driver, Bebe Whitfield;
Bud Murphee, Christine Porter;
De Lome Cumbaa, Ann McClam-ma;
Charlie Baird, Irma Rogers;
Leonard Oden, Sadie Barr Huey;
Jack Smith, Jean Nazaretian;
James Ray, Evelyn Bryan; Ches­ter
Riser, .Jessie Ruth Riser;
Harold Falkenberry, Bernice
Thomas; Dan Gilmo,re, Nancy
Waltz; Jimmy Conley Mary
Francis Black; Bill Williams Ann
Williams; Wiley Rucker, Jerry
Welden.
Tommy Champion, Bette Whit-son;
Shannon Dickinson, s Doro­thy
Dickinson; Bob Huffman,
Virginia Lusk; Paul Land, Jane
Salmon; Sandy Southerland,
PeggyJIassler; John Poole, Bil­lie
Lou Estes; Byron Raley, Anne
Bone; Marvin Scarbrough, Betty
Jo Harris; Glenn Montgomery,
Mary Ellen Stammer; Stan Mac-
Lean, Faye Russel; Denzil Rob-bins,
Lillian Greatorex; Donald
Miller, Sudie Wilson; Pete Ste­wart,
Kate Ann Owens; Don Da-vies,
Joy Love; Tom Scott, Ann
White; Graham McLeod, Dot
McLeod; Hugh Edge, Parrie Dor-roh;
Elmer Cowen, Dot Bryan;
Billie Joe Young, Jo Ann Byars;
John Lyle, Jeffie Cowart; Ken
Murphee, Faye Brown; Jim
Fogelman, Robbie Ward; Sam
Conaway, Mary Chloe Adkins.
SIGMA CHI ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
Gamma Sigma chapter of Sig­ma
Chi fraternity has elected of­ficers
for 1948-49. George E.
(Bull) Kenan, Mobile,- is the new
president; Clarke L. (Doc) Hollo-way,
M o b i l e , vice-president;
Lewis F. Tapp, Springfield, Mass.,
Ellwood W. Burkhardt, Auburn,
pledge chairman.
Sphinx Spring Sing
Plans Announced
Sphinx, senior women's hono­rary
society, has set April 5 as the
deadline for organizations to sign
for participation in the Sphinx
Spring Sing to be held in Lang-don
Hall April 15.
Any group on the campus with
membership more than 10 is in­vited
to enter the contest. Organi­zations
with membership more
than 35 should enter at least 35
singers.
Two songs are to be selected by
each competing organization.
They will be judged oh harmony,
unity, general effort, originality
of presentation and interpreta-(
tion.
Coed and male groups will be
judged separately and an award
will be made by each group,.
In order to help defray ex­penses
for the contest, each or­ganization
competing will pay
$1 for entry fee.
Organizations desiring to take
part in the singing contest should
give to Anna Hutto, Dormitory
IV, by April 5 the name of the
group entering, the number par­ticipating,
the names of the songs
selected, and the entry fee.
New Officers Chosen
Of Delta Zeta
Beta Xi of Delta Zeta recently
elected officers for the coming
year. They are Gussie Arnett, Bir­mingham,
president; Ann Hutchi­son,
Prattville, first vice president;
Betty Lou Sharit, Montgomery,
second vice-president: Jeanne
Tuley, Prattville, recording secre­tary;
"Warrena Cannon, Dqthan,
corresponding secretary; Flora
Moncrief, Prattville, treasurer;
Mary Frances Grimes, Auburn,
historian; Marcia Bowers, Pratt­ville,
Pan-Hellenic representative
Installation of officers was held
at the first meeting of this quar­ter.
"It contained my car keys, $20 and a
whole package of Dentyne Chewing Gum!"
"This dame must think I'm Dick Tracy! Nobody
can resist delicious, clean tasting Dentyne Chewing
Gum. Nobody can pass up that rich, long lasting
flavor. She knows Dentyne helps keep teeth white
and smiles bright. Yet I should find the guy who
stole her Dentyne. If I could do that I'd be the
D.A.!"
Dentyne Gum — Made Only By Adams .
Letters to Editor
(Continued from Page 4)
Dear Editor:
I enjoy reading the letters to
the editor, but I was amazed to
find that Mr. Robert C. Bowen of
308 Dumas Drive considers the
students of Auburn and the ad­ministration
to be in the same
category of Hitlerite Germany. I
was not asked to vote on the
question of admitting Mr. Bell to
API, but I would have given
an emphatic "No" to the ques­tion
had I been contacted. Just
the same, I and 58 per cent of the
students are considered to be Na­zis
by Mr. Bowen because we do
not feel now is the time for ra­cial
segregation to be discon­tinued.
I agree in every respect that
the negroes should be educated.
It is a well known fact that the
educated Negros make the best
citizens. The crime rate among
the uneducated Negroes is very
high compared to that of the
educated Negros. I fully believe
that we should give the Negro
as much education as the white
man receives. Only by doing this
will we ever come to accept the
Negroes as our social equal. But
only on this one question do we
agree. I do not believe that Mr.
Bell should be admitted to Au­burn.
Most certainly he would
not enjoy himself because the
majority of the students do not
want him in the same class rooms
with them. This may or may not
be the right attitude for us to
take . . .
As for the method of educating
the Negroes, the state should set
up an architectural school or any
other school for them that they
have need of. You say this will
cause more taxes. I for one am in
favor of paying a few more taxes
so that I and my future child­ren
will not have to sit beside
Negroes in school unless we
choose to' do so. I fully believe
that the Negroes would not want
to go to school with us if they
were given a chance to attend a
good school with the members of
their own race . . .
I cannot agree with you that
we are failing as Americans be­cause
we do not want to admit
them to Auburn. However, if we
the people of this state do not
provide ample ' schools for the
Negro, we are failing as Ameri­cans.
We should do everything
in our power to have those schools
established..And if the National
Association for Advancement of
the Colored People want's to help
their race instead of meddling in
the affairs of the state, they
should concentrate on trying to
have those schools established. If
they have money to spend, why
don't they put it in schools for
Negroes instead of using' it to
fight the white people in the
courts? In the long run, ,it would
accomplish more.
Only by working together can
we succeed. Let's don't divide
ourselves by admitting Negroes
in our midst when so many of
i us do not want them. Also let
us work together and try to get
a school established at Tuskegee
or wherever it is necessary for
Mr. Bell to attend a school of his
choice. If we work together and
educate the masses of our Ne­gro
population, then we will
throw off racial segregation.
Yours Sincerely,
Harlin L. Bunn
333 N. College
Barbecue at Chewacla
Will Complete Festivit
The Auburn chapter of Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity will hold its
annual formal dance Friday night
to the Student Activities Build­ing.
The dance will begin at 9
p.m. and will feature a leadout
at 10.
Other functions planned for
the week end include a barbecue
at Lake Chewacla on Saturday
morning and a buffet supper at
6:30 Saturday evening.
Members and their dates who
will participate in the Friday
evening lead-out include: Hugh
Griffith, Caroline Johnson; Bill
Blake, Carolyn Ingram; Gordon
Howell, Mary Hatton; Herman L.
Pruett, Coleen King; Lenny Pay­ne,
Gerry Shippen.
Jimmy Brown, Betty Pruett;
Hayden Price, Betty Sue Hamil­ton;
W. Brent Petty, Elise Harris;
Carl Saia, Virginia Rogers; Ho­ward
McElhaney, Jennie Hunt;
Ray Hunt, "Bib" Blake; Wofford
Smith, Virginia Brown; John
Martin, Betty Carpenter; Glenn
Robeson, Mary Taylor: George
Kelley, Patricia Jamison.
Jim Beindorf, Katy Sims; Let-and
Buffet Supper
ies for Lambda Chi
cher Johnson, "Christ" Bennett;
Horace Carr, Anne Weaver; Ho­ward
Nunez, Dot Till; Jim Cooke,
Mildred Lamar; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Pass; Arthur Hoik, Sara
Foreman; Dude Kirkpatrick,
Eleen Thompson, Bob Lee, Eliza­beth
Denson; Bob Wood, Edna
Bass; Leslie Longcrier, Jane Car­son;
Bill Taber, Joan Smith, Dick
Latham, Elizabeth Robertson;
Ward Anderson,' Peg Clark; Jim
Monroe, Margaret Bell.
Floyd Savage, Marie Dean;
Bobby Lewis, Martha Norton;
Tom Loveles.1, Ruth Winning-ham;
Bill Letchworth, Lynn
Cornelius; Billy Robbins, Betty
Lantrip; Ellis Tirey, Mary Jo
O'Rear; Buddy Leo, Patsy Webb;
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Stewart;
Joe Wilson, Barbara Bridges;
John C. Monroe, Kay Del
Homme; Charles W. Stewart,
Jerry Long; John J. Drehoff,
Ellen Daughtry; Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Cheatham; Glenn Moon,
Jane Steerman; Ted Smith, Thel-ma
While; Ernest Home, Patsy
Allen; Bobby Helms; Pat Haden.
Bob Ahl^trand, Suzanne Mc-
Cauley; Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bag-
8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 31, 1948
well; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chris­tian;
Lester Lee Holly, Betty
Sharett; Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Jones; Mr. and Mrs. John Maley;
James Naftel, Rebecca Bailey;
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Nesmith,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Walton; Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Williams; Mr.
and Mrs. Curtis Lumpkin; Mr.
and Mrs. Lee McAlister; Mr. and
Mrs.. Jim Byrd; Mr. and Mrs.
Harald Hartwig; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Skewes.
Stags include: Don Hobby,
Buddy Northcutt; Ted Szutowicz,
K. D. Davis, J. F. Alvis, Bruce
Holman, Courtland Clark, Lut­her
Smith, Charles Rollins, Ed
Ruff, Charles Short, Ford Mac-elvain,
James Mackey, John Mc-
Mahon, Carl Morrissett, Dormer
Sanders, Lonnie Sims, Mac Ald-ridge,
Bob Haynie, Dick Major,
Pat Archdeacon, Glenn Beagles,
Ed Brooks, Jimmy Carpenter,
Snooks Chappell, John Clark,
Henderson Floyd, James Inman,
Max King, Horace Kyser.
Authorities in writing^ drama,
architecture, painting, music, and
the dance, will be among the
leaders in the fifth annual Arts
forum which took place on the
campus of the Woman's College
of the University of North Caro­lina,
March 11, 12, and 13. The
Arts forum has grown from a cam­pus
affair to one which last year
attarcted attendance from 43 col­leges
in 12 states with participa­tion
from many more.
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