1946-04-24 The Plainsman

              WHAT'S
YOUR EXCUSE
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RATLETS?
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
Vol. LXXI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946 Number 6
Second Annual Ratlet Day Tomorrow
Capt. Joseph W. Callahan, professor of Naval science and tactics, is shown pinning the Dis­tinguished
Flying Cross and Air Medal on John L. Brown. East Gadsden, former aviation ma­chinist's
mate third class, at ceremonies last Friday in front of Ross.
The other men received medals also. They are, left to right, Billie Curtis McClung. Cull­man,
former seaman first class; and Davis Henry Johnson, Anniston, former torpedoman second
class, both received the Bronze Star.
Doors Open To Cheaper Food Values
As Veterans' Co-op Begins Business
Household heads of veterans' families flocked to the Au­burn
Veterans' Co-op Monday morning when the new store
officially opened its doors.
Arrangements have been made with an out-of-state pro­duce
wholesaler to obtain fresh vegetables a | least twice a
week. The greatest problem facing the co-op, despite a suffi­cient
supply of cash, has been obtaining a sufficient supply
of meat. A spokesman for the co-op association estimated it
would take at least three weeks for this problem to be
settled.
It has been estimated by the
manager of the co-op store that
the co-op would effett a saving
of about twenty percent for the
veterans. He forecast greater
savings once the co-op begins
full operations.
At the present the co-op has a
membership of approximately
300, and it has been estimated
membership will grow consider­ably
in the near future. The in­stallation
of accessories and
shelving has been done by mem­bers
of the association on a vol­unteer
basis. For the present time
all work in the co-op will con­tinue
to be on a purely volunteer
basis, but once a sufficient vol­ume
of trade has been reached
it is hoped a full time manager
will be employed.
Greatest c o o p e r a t i o n was
shown by a local lumber merch­ant
in releasing a sufficient sup­ply
of lumber to the co-op. Re­frigeration
equipment was ob­tained
from an Auburn graduate,
who made the installation with­out
charge to the association. The
building, electricity and water is
being furnished by the college
without charge to the association.
Membership in the association
is restricted to veterans attend­ing
school at API. The associa­tion
is primarily designed for
the benefit of the married vet­erans,
but membership is open to
all veterans attending school. A
deposit of $20 is required of all
members of the association.
It has been requested by the
manager of the co-op that all
members furnish their own pa­per
bags and shopping equip­ment.
Pi Kappa Phi Tea
To Introduce Williams
And His Orchestra
A tea dance introducing Bill
Williams and his orchestra will
be given by his fraternity, Pi
Kappa Phi, at Student Center
Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6.
New Restrictions
By B&G To Limit
Parking, Driving
Due to congestion of campus
streets with vehicle and pesdes-trian
traffic the department of
buildings and grounds, in close
cooperation with the city of Au­burn,
will launch a program May
1 to curb possibilities of accidents
by enforcing parking and driving
rules.
Street curbs will be marked
with yellow stripes where park­ing
is not allowed", and speed
limits will' be posted. Careful
checks will be made by employ­ees
of building and grounds and
members of the city police force.
No-Parking Areas
No-parking areas will be mark­ed
with broad yellow stripes on
the curbs. These areas will for
the most part be one side of
narrow streets that are not wide
enough for parking on both sides,
in front of steps, fire plugs, and
at street intersections and corn­ers.
Speed Limit
A-20-mile-per-hour speed limit
vill be enforced, except in very
conjested areas wnere the limit
will be a 15-mile-per-hour limit.
Indications of speed limits will
be painted in large yellow letters
in the center of streets. At dan­ger
intersections and cross streets
stop signs will also be painted in
large yellow letters in the center
of streets. .
On certain circular approaches
to buildings or parking lots, such
as the Field House, Social Cen­ter,
or the parking space back of
Langdon, one approach will be
marked as an entrance and one
as an exit.
Motor Scooters and Cycles
Motor scooters and cycles are
asked not to travel on side
walks as fast speeds, and horses
LETTER TO STUDENTS
Dear Students:
In this and the following
week's issue of The Plainsman
will be found a copy of the new­ly
revised Constitution of the
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Much time and effort has been
put forth by the former execu­tive
cabinet and the new cabinet
in order to supply the students
with a workable constitution.
In a few weeks all students
may vote for or against ratifica­tion
of the revised constitution.
The proposed revisions in the
constitution should be read and
studied by all students, and if
any student finds an improve­ment
which he thinks would be
of value to the new constitution,
he should notify any member of
the cabinet or bring this sugges­tion
to a cabinet meeting and it
will be considered.
The constitution is by and for
students, who may express ap­proval
or disapproval through
the representatives. Better still,
students are asked to attend
cabinet meetings and give their
viewpoints. The latter is strong­ly
urged by the new cabinet.
Bronze Youmans,
President, Student Execu­tive
Cabinet.
Home Ec Honorary
Taps Six Juniors
Theta Epsilon, national home
economics honor society for jun­iors,
tapped six coeds in Convo­cation
Thursday. Ann Grant,
president, directed the tapping.
The new members are Mildred
Chambliss, Betty Sue Griffin,
Joyce Levins, Mary Alice Man-ney,
Eleanor Tanner, and Cherry
Woodridge.
must be kept off sidewalks or
lawn areas.
Violation Tickets
"It is not the intention of
building and grounds to be ob­noxious
or unduly hard on any­one,"
an official of the depart­ment
states, "and with reason­able
cooperation it should not be
necessary to issue traffic viola­tion
tickets. Warning tickets will
be given for the first violation,
but those who persist in taking
advantage of the rules will be
given tickets and will have to
appear before the city courts.
Radio Enthusiasts
Get Chance To Use
WJHO As Workshop
Marion Hyatt, manager of
WJHO,- Auburn-Opelika radio
station, told members of the Ad­visory
Board to "Spotlights on
Auburnites" that he would not
consider hiring students as part
time announcer unless they had
served apprenticeships on "Spot­lights."
The Advisory Board, meeting
for the first time last Wednesday,
discussed ways of improving the
student broadcast. A committee
to draw up a set of rules for
governing the program was ap­pointed.
They are Paul Owen,
Irene Long, and Norman Mc-
Leod.
It was decided to keep the
Thursday night broadcast from
7 to 7:30 as a regular program,
with special broadcasts of im­portant
events on other days.
Plans are under way to add
more staff members and greater
variety to the program.
The Advisory Board meets to­day
at 2 p. m. at Samford 207.
IllllSlllllf"
Leona Flood, above, will ap­pear
in concert at 8:15 p. m.
May 2 under sponsorship of
the Auburn Piano Club. Miss
Flood made her debut in Nor­way
and has played from coast
to coast.
DECOR, DECORATOR'S
CLUB, TO EXCHANGE
Decor, the interior decorator's
club, made plans for exchanging
interior work with other schools
over the country at its regular
business meeting last Tuesday
night at Social Center.
The exchange work will be ex­hibited
in Broun HalLat a future
date:
Decor also plans to visit sev­eral
of the interesting homes in
Auburn.
Arrangements have been made
for a picnic at Chewacla Apr. 27.
HANNUM TO ATTEND
ENGINEERING MEET
AT VANDERBILT
Dean J. E. Hannum will repre
sent API at the first post-war
meeting of the Southeastern Sec­tion
of the Society for the Pro­motion
of Engineering Education
Apr. 25-27 at Vanderbilt Uni­versity.
Topics scheduled for discussion
at the meeting of engineering
educators and research men in­clude
promotion of engineering
research, patent policies, college
participation in disposal of war
surpluses, and the relationship of
military, training to technical
education.
Dean Hannum has served as
program chairman for one of the
sessions of the meeting, arrang­ing
a panel discussion of post­war
educational plans, including
those for' the training of veterans,
technical institutes, and graduate
instruction.
Roll Call At 7:30 On Langdon Steps
Adaptation Of 'Antigone' In Rehearsal
For Presentation At Amphitheater
Greek Tragedy Directed
By Robert Stapleron
Antigone, the Greek tragedy by
Sophocles will be presented by
the English department for one
performance only on Sunday af­ternoon,
May 5, at 3:30 in the
Graves Center Amphitheater.
There will be no admission. The
cast of nine, made up of faculty
members and students, includes
Phyllis Frye in the title role and
Susan Brown as Ismene, her sis­ter.
Creon, King of Thebes, is
being played by T. C. Hoepfner.
R. L: Stapleton, who is directing
the play, is acting the part of the
Chorages.
Others in the cast include Eliz­abeth
Deese as Eurydice, the
Queen, Ralph Baily as Haimon,
Creon's son and betrothed of
Antigone. Robert Bergen will
play Teirisias, the blind'prophet,
and the roles of the Sentry and
the Messenger are played by
Walter Robinson and A. Z. But­ler
respectively.
Dr. Hollace E. Arment is re­hearsing
the Men's Glee Club in
special music which he has writ­ten
for the Chorus. Dr. Arment,
himself, is to sing the part of the
Cantor with the Chorus.
A new venture on the Auburn
campus, the production of Anti­gone
it is hoped, will prove to be
the first step in the advancement
of the proceedure of instruction
and illustration of the world's
great literature. Antigone is one
of the great tragedies of ancient
times.
Sophocles' play deals with
the basic conflict, the rival
claims of the state and the indi­vidual
conscience, and more gen­eral,
the opposition of love and
hate. Antigone is part of a trilogy
dealing with the legend of Oedi­pus,
who unknowingly, after
years of separation from his par­ents,
kills his father and marries
his mother. When he learns the
(continued on page 10)
T. C. Hoepfner. assistant pro­fessor
of English, will play the
part of Creon. King of Thebes,
in the English department's
presentation of Antigone at the
amphitheater May 5.
DK6 Club Plans
May II Baby Show
A baby show will be held at
5 p. m. May 14 in Langdon Hall
under the sponsorship of the
Dana King Gatchell Home Eco­nomics
Club. Prizes will be
awarded to the babies selected
by judges. Admission will be 25
cents.
Babies between the ages of
one and three are eligible. An
entrance fee of 50 cents will be
charged.
Mary Ellen Thomas, Anne
Grant, and Sue Atchison are
members of the planning com­mittee.
PIANO CLUB WILL
PRESENT VIOLINIST
The Auburn Piano Club will
present Miss Leona Flood, violin­ist,
in concert at 8:15 May, 2 in
Langdon Hall. Tickets, tax in­cluded,
will be 60 cents for col­lege
and school students and $1.20
for others.
Proceeds will go toward schol­arships
in applied music which
will be awarded on a competitive
basis for those who need money.
Miss Flood, born in Spokane,
Wash., made her concert debut in
Oslo, Norway, and p l a y ed
throughout Europe and Australia
before coming back to the states
at the outbreak of war. For the
past two years she has played
recitals from coast to coast and
has everywhere met with acclaim
from press and public.
Betty Eaton and Mary An­drews
are general chairmen of
the program. John Million, chair­man
of publicity, will be assisted
by Phil Bookman, Nan Green,
Olga Bibza, and John Embert.
Decorations are under the super­vision
of John Million, Phil
Bookman, and John Embert.
Usheretts will be Jean Bald­win
and LaHolme McClendon.
Upperclassmen To Rule
Auburn's Annual Rat Day will
be held tomorrow for all female
rats. It is jointly sponsored by
Cardinal Key and Owls.
Each ratlet must have her
name written on a piece of card­board
which is to be one inch by
one and a half high. It is to say,
"I am Rat " In addition
to this her hair is to be in pig­tails—
one tied with an orange
ribbon and the other tied with a
blue ribbon. Rat caps must be
worn. '
Roll will be called at 7:30 a. m.
at Langdon Hall. Every ratlet is
expected to be there. Other in­structions
will be given at this
time.
All during the day ratlets will
be expected to submit to all up-
Veterans' Wives
Get Needed Aid
From Counselor
The only college employing a
counselor for veterans' wives is
Auburn, so far as is known. .
Mrs. Bertha Prowell, tempo­rary
Sigma Nu housemother, be­gan
helping arrange social ac­tivities
for veterans and their
wives last fall. Since that time
she has been instrumental in
helping them find jobs and
places to live, has taken care of
babies, cheered the homesick,
advised wives on housekeeping
problems, and, among other
things, helped to organize inter­est
groups.
Mrs. Prowell's temporary posi­tion
as Sigma Nu housemother
ends in June. Then counseling
will be a full time job and she
expects to have an office.
More facilities lor a nursery
school are expected by June.
Many wives plan to take such
courses as handicrafts this sum­mer.
Others find time for bridge,
the Dames Club, and other recre­ation.
Mrs. Prowell Is available at
the Sigma Nu house, phone 159.
Rat's Excuse For Living
"Inasmuch as any living
creature, no matter how small
or insignificant, has a right to
strive for its existence, so I, a
lowly rat of Auburn, lowest
scum of the earth except those
of Tech and Georgia, do here­by
strive for mine. I thank you
very kindly, ma'm."
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perclassmen's requests and or­ders.
Every time Samford strikes,
each one has to get down on her
knees and give a loud "War
Eagle" even in class-rooms. There
is only one exception: Rats who
are in class and are given other
instructions by professors.
Ratlet Race
At 5 p. m. the ratlets will meet
in the stadium for the race. There
will be a freshman meeting and
a sack race will be held at the
end of the meeting. The two who
come in first will be Miss Rat's
attendants. Roll call will be
called again. All ratlets must en­ter
the race. Following the race
there will be s e v e r a l short
speeches pertaining to Auburn
Traditions and the Veteran's part
in regaining Auburn Spirit.
Plans for a freshman cheering
squad will be presented by Bill
Cook, head cheerleader. The mili­tary
band will be on hand to
keep the program going.
Dance
A dance will be held from 7
to 9 p. m. The first half-hour will
be broadcasted and Miss Rat will
be interviewed. She shall receive
a cup on behalf of Cardinal Key
and the Freshman class and will
act as queen of the dance. The
dance is informal and girls at­tending
must be freshmen. They
must be responsible for selecting
their escort. Stags will be admit­ted.
All Freshmen coeds are to
be present and no late permission
will be granted.
All freshmen must know the
Auburn Creed, Rat's excuse for
living, and both verses of the
Alma Mater.
Phi Psi, Textile Honorary, Reactivates
And Initiates Ten Men Students
The ' Lambda Chapter of the
Phi Psi, national honorary textile
fraternity, initiated ten new men
Apr. 19 along with the official
reactivation of the chapter at Au­burn.
A. Kempton Haynes, past
vice-president of the grand coun­cil
of Phi Psi, served as acting
president during the initiation.
The ten men admitted to Phi
Psi were:
Eugene Wagner, junior from
Mexico City, Mex. He is also a
member of the Latin-Americon
Club.
John F. Blue, senior from Opp,
and member of Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity.
Robert A. Timmons, Jr., Junior,
from West Point, Georgia.
Charles Q. Hall. Junior from
Columbus, Georgia. Member of
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
Homer L. Jones. Junior from
(Continued on page 10)
ON THE CAMPUS
EXECUTIVE CABINET
The Executive Cabinet will
meet today at 5 p. m. for the
purpose of discussing recreation­al
and other improvements on
the campus. Students who have
suggestions are requested to call
Harry Barnes, 810, or Frank
Keown before the meeting.
* • •
PRE-LAW SOCIETY
A meeting of the Pre-Law So­ciety
will take place at 5 p. m.
today in Samford 207.
* * *
API DAMES
Miss Zoe Dobbs, professor of
English, will deliver a talk on
the short story and will illustrate
by reading "The Black Poodle"
at a meeting of the API Dames
I today at 3 p. m. in Social Center.
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Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946
Kappa Sigma to Present Annual Black and White Ball Saturday
Saturday night, April 27, Beta
Eta chapter of Kappa Sigma will
present its annual Black and
White Formal, This dance is
traditional throughout the chap­ters
of the nation. It will be
held at the Girl's Gym, and the
music will be by Bill Williams
and his band.
The leadout will be joint with
Miss Hilda Tucker of Cullman
escorted by Jack Riley, president
of the chapter, and Mrs. Howard
Losey escorted by her husband
Howard Losey, former presi­dent.
Miss Tucker will be pre­sented
a bouquet of roses by Dr.
L. N. Duncan, one of the foun­ders
of the chapter here.
All dates of the members will
be dressed "in gowns of black,
white, or a combination of both.
The members will wear summer
formals. All guests and dales will
dress in Ihe ' traditional black
and white.
These members and dates who
will be presented to you when
they lead out to the strains' of
"Star Dust" are as follows:
President Jack Riley, Hilda
Tucker, Cullman; vice-president
Avery Roan, Frances Perry,
Wedowee; pledge master J. O.
Macon, Betty Parrish, Moultrie,
Ga.; secretary Bob Humphreys,
Margie Ann Green, Mobile;
treasurer Harold Griffin, Anne
Jefferson, Columbus, Ga.
Ben Jones, Betty Brown; Wal­ter
Pitts, Martee McReynolds;
Otto Carter, "Tillie" Fulghum;
Earl Warren, Jeanne Orr; Homer
Jones, Catherine Hoffman; Bobby
Perry, Emy Yarbrough; Hal
Sizemore, Tommie Tillery; Frank
Cook, Angie Luck; DeWitt Shy,
Peggy Shugart; Bob Hydrick,
Jane Gannaway.
Howard Ray, Carolyn Satter-white;
William Pappas, Helen
Pappas; Mousie Miles, Evelyn
Kidd; Roy Russell, Jane Bryson;
Billy Atkinson, Anne Roberds;
Larry Bartlett, Eula Price; Bob
Crumpton, Pat Caton;- Harlan
Hunter, Pat Rountree; Charlie
Smith, Jean Edgeman.
D. G. Constantine, Faye Clary;
Robert Sellers, June Hay; Vic­tor
Dekle, Joyce McNeil; Ken­neth
Hobbs, Harriett Weatherly;
Lo Sinclair, Winx Hagerty; David
Byars, Louise Young; Kenneth
Howard, Jane Reagan.
Sam Sherwood, Betty Joe
Dobbs; Asa Dodd, Angelyn Hol-lingsworth;
Harry Campbell,
Laura Embrey; Johnny Howren,
Katie Popwell; A. Smith Frasier,
Ann Hollis, P V. (Sonny) Tim­ber
lake, Mary Ann Price; Carl
Dawson, Jane McLean; Jimmy
Hale, Jean Hazelrig; Clyde Daw­son,
Mimi Roads; Connie Gra­ham,
Peggy Lpwery; Lawrence
(Lumpy) Ward, Marvilene Shaw;
Sonny Hudson, Connie Graves.
Bill Mullin, Ann Campbell;
Jack Tate, Doris Brown; Judson
Hawthorne, Frances Milton West;
Leonard Bras well, Donna Simms;
Lex Smith, Marie Sinclair; Jack
Gregory, Alta Wise; Bill Pierce,
Louise Swingle; Seddon Lee,
Jackie Capps; Jimmie Davis,
Phyllis Kloeti; Byrd Lee, "Toot-sie"
Jackson; John Kane, Mar­tha
Alderson; Walker Joines,
Caroline Harris.
Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Duncan; Mr.
and Mrs. Trigger McGhee; Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Chambers; Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Trotter; Mr. and
Mrs. Barry Shifflet; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Mosher; Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Adams; Mr. and Mrs. Ren Trash-er;
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wheeler.
Miss Hilda Tucker and Mrs. Howard Losey. above will lead
Reinsmith Installed
As Alpha Gam Prexy
Nancy Reinsmith was installed
as president of the Gamma Delta
chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority recently in the chapter
room.
Other officers are Mary Ann
Vick, first vice-president; Cather­ine
Cutler, second vice-president;
Ann Olander, recording secre­tary,
Faye Russell, correspond­ing
secretary; Cynthia Bacheler,
treasurer; Jean Clark, scribe;
Anna Hutto, guard; Margaret
Johnson, librarian; Jean delaBar,
editor; Mary Roberts, chaplain;
Fanny Jarvis Sanford, social
chairman; "B. J." Wilson, rush
chairman; Anne Grant, activities
chairman; Lois Swingle, chair­man
of names; Jean Swingle,
summer camp chairman.
SIGMA PHI EPSILON
INITIATES EIGHT
Alabama Alpha chapter of
Sigma Phi Epsilon initiated
eight pledges Sunday Apr. 14.
They are Carson Burgess, Bir­mingham;
Robert Tally, Colum­bus,
Ga.; Joe Brannon, Colum­bus,
Ga.; Beuman Cook, Gunters-ville;
George Hinson, Mobile;
Henry Arnold, Alexander City;
Oliver Steele, Birmingham; and
Jimmy Warren, Birmingham.
KDs Honor Phi Delrs
Kappa Delta sorority gave a
kid party in honor of Phi Delta
Thetas Thursday night in the
chapter room. Decorations in­cluded
streamers and stuffed
animals. Ice cream and cake
were served.
IN A FRIENDLY
ATMOSPHERE
You'll like our courteous
help and pleasant surround­ings.
STEAKS CHICKEN
SEAFOOD
Auburn Grille
GOLD COLOR
BRACELET
plus 2 0%
Fed. lax 2.95
A whopper of a bracelet to smother
your wrist in one big splash of gold. Massive
looking yet miraculously light links of
gold color metal, to glow beautifully with
your new blacks or spring neutrals.
WARE'S
Jewelry Store
• BAGS—White and colors in Plastic and
Leather $5.00 up
• GLOVES—White and colors, Kid $1.25 up
• COSTUME JEWELRY—Pins, Ear-Bobs, and
Necklaces.
•LOVELY HANDKERCHIEFS — M a d e of
Finest Batiste and Linen. Prints and
Solids $.29 up
• SLIPS, BLOUSES—
• COSTUME FLOWERS—
And many other gift items
We will Gift-Wrap and Mail for you
POLLY-TEK
DRESS SHOP
Auburn's Fashion Center Phone 562
SPEs ENTERTAIN
CHI 0 RUSHEES
The SPE's were hosts to mem­bers
of the Chi Omega sorority
Thursday night when they gave
a house dance honoring rushees.
Members and their dates
present were: Clyde Orr, Louise
Landrum; Jim Bradley, Anne
Kearse; Herbert Fuller, Alice
Gate wood; Jim Warren, Jane
Mims; Claude Crain, Martha Ann
Gaines; Jim Jones, Alta Wise;
Lewis White, Pat Roundtree;
Robert Bedwell, Loyee Tabor;
Don Grimsley, Sybol Snead;
Billy Hugh French, June Hay;
Ray Kitchens, Peggy Lowery;
Billy Green, Dot Nixon; Bill
Brien, Sarah Landman; Phi]
Davis, Jean Strait; Eugene Shel-ton,
Marion Snow; A. K. Conner,
Jean Nelson; Roger Smith, Nell
Martin; Kit Burgess, Jackie
Swan; Buddy Cookson, Amy
Williams, Wilbur Allen, Emily
Williams; Wilbur Allen, Emily
Carver.
Those forming the stag line
were: E. B. Roy, Joe E. Lawless,
Robert Massey, Bill Chalmers,
Robert Talley, Jack Moore, Jack
Schuster, Tillie White, Albert
Kaiser, Ward Anderson, Robert
Williams, Ben Kinley,
KATE BURTON SAYS
This column should be
headed, "Long Sought", for
I sure am finding some long
sought items this week. One
of my favorite crystal pat­terns
"is made by the Im­perial
Company and I found
out that this week Burton's
is getting a big shipment of
the two prettiest patterns.
The first is "Candlewick"
and the" second is "Cape
Cod". They're wonderful
for wedding gifts but even
better for May 12th.
Just in case your mem­ory
has slipped, May 12th
is Mother's Day. Burton's
theme is "Remember Moth­er"
and I can't think of any­one
I'd rather remember.
My mother is an expert at
that form of cookery known
as "casserole" dishes. You
can imagine my delight
when I found some of that
wonderful Kromex ware in
Burton's. They now only
have the "Kasserole" dishes;
but the famdus "Kakover"
for keeping Mom's angel
food cakes fresh as the day
they were made. There are
three other pieces too, Bun
Warmer, Vegetable dish,
and Tree Platter.
Do you know any brides-to-
be? They're ' probably
hunting like crazy for a
chest of sterling silver. I
know where they can find
a whole chest of Alvin
Sterling in that pattern that
goes with e v e r y t h i n g,
"Chapel Bells". Another
nice note are the tarnish
proof silver chest that I
found. Skves on the wear
and tear and you don't
have to worry when you
put the silver up.
After moving those boxes
of snap shots, mementos,
and precious letters from
attic to basement for years
I made up my mind to put
them some place out of
danger of "moth and rust".
I found some marvelous
scrap books at Burton's.
They come in two sizes,
medium and large. They
have heavy tweed covered
backs (good looking!) and
the pages are held by a
plastic spiral to prevent
tearing. So after getting
two for myself I got two
more, one for a wedding
gift, the other for. a high
school graduation present.
I hunted the house over
for two hours the other
day to find a postal card
and after no luck went to
Burton's to get some. They
have correspondence cards,
Penny-Savers I call them.
They come in blue, green,
ivory and white and I
bought a box and had my
name embossed on them.
You know Burton's do their
own embossing and you
don't have to wait a month
or two. I got my cards in
blue with my name in sil­ver
and got two boxes for
my sisters' birthdays.
I'd love to talk to you
again next week, and in be­tween
do drop in at Bur­ton's.
They have so many
lovely things.—Paid Adver­tisement.
TODAY & THURS.
JOHN WAYNE
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946 T H E .. P. L;A I N S M A N Page Three
Actor Joe Cobb Visits API Campus;
Plans To Be Here For Several Months
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'Fat Boy' of 'Our Gang' Pictures
Is Guest of Mrs. 0. A. Frank
By Billy Stephenson
I came slowly walking into the office Saturday morn­ing
ever so nonchalantly when ye editor slapped me on the
back and said, "We got a great feature for you! Go get it
(period).
"My dear young editor, may I ask what occasion calls
for so much excitement?"
"Yes, Joe Cobb, the movie star
who plays the 'Fat Boy' in 'Our
Gang' comedies is in town! Don't
you know what that means, a
movie star!"
"Oh boy, and a Kid at that! I
always did want to interview
a prominent character who is
younger than I am."
So out of the office I whizzed,
with an order to go to the resi­dence
of Commander D. A.
Frank in Graves Center. I intro­duced
myself to Mrs. Frank and
explained my mission. She call­ed
the movie star, and presently
he appeared.
But! (And was I deceived!) I
found out that the "kid" I was
to interview is 29 years old,
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cork wedge heel that puts you on high.
Underscoring their charm are non-marking, water repellent soles.
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although he is only 4 feet, 10
inches tall.
Mr. Cobb, who played the
part of "Fat Boy" is the Hal
Roach "Our Gang" comedies
until two years ago when the
group broke up, convinced me
when-he spoke his greeting that
I would enjoy his interview. He
is on an extended visit with
Commander Frank and wife, the
latter being his sister.
The' former "Fat Boy" was
born in C h a w n e e, Okla.,
but was reared in Dallas, Tex.,
until he went to Hollywood. He
explained that his father took
him to movie Land when he was
only five years old, hoping to
land him a job in pictures. Nat­urally
it was no easy task to
crash into the movies, but suc­cess
came when Cobb was signed
as a member of the "Our Gang"
group in 1920. He worked as the
"Fat Boy'" making 13 pictures
a year, until 1944, when the
studio found it impossible to
"cover up" the age of the char­acters.
Since the gang disbanded,
Cobb has been a roaming actor,
playing bit parts in many lead­ing
pictures. His last part was in
"Three Wise Fools," with Lionel
Barrymore and Margaret O'­Brien.
He played a bit-part in
"Meet Me in St. Louis," but the
scene was cut from the picture
Cobb has been in Auburn
about two weeks with his sister.
He spent some time in Dallas
with his aunt before he journey
ed to Alabama. When he re
turns to Hollywood he will be
gin his acting once more. As yet,
he doesn't know what pictures
he will play in.
The "Fat Boy" whose tradition
al dress in the "Our Gang" series
was a skull cap, blue shirt, and
short pants, received his school­ing
under a tutor exployed by
Auburn Included In Folsom's Tour
By Relfe Parker
"Big Jim" Folsom,' gubernatorial candidate from Cull­man,
with a twang and style of delivery reminiscent of Will
Rogers, promised to "Sweep the Capitol clean with this old
shuck-scrub-brush and let a green breeze blow through there
and dry it out if you people will furnish the suds," last Wed­nesday
in downtown Auburn.
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Jimmy Wilson, of JIMMY WILSON STUDIOS, renowned
throuout the south for his distinctive portraits and Beauty
Section pictures in college annuals, will be in Auburn the
week of May 13th. He will be equipped with spot lights,
"props" and all essential equipment to make a DRA­MATIZED
portrait of YOU! . . . that will be different from
any you have ever had!
Phone or write Miss Mary Alice Matthews, Auburn 9141
A.P.I. Girls Dormitory No. 1 for appointments, NOW.
His "Strawberry Pickers" had
just laid the hillbilly ground­work.
About the second tune a
hail of pennies and nickels fell
at the feet of the fiddler, guitar­ists,
and mandolin-picker. •
Standing some six feet and
nine inches tall and wearing a
size fifteen and one-half GI shoe,
"Big Jim" said, "For four years
I've spoken publicly against the
poll tax. Four years ago I pub­licly
spoke against it. Two years
ago I publicly spoke against it.
And last year I publicly spoke
against the poll tax."
Folsom got the biggest re­sponse
from the few students
present when he said waiting in
liquor lines for four hours would
cease.
"This tax brings only about
$60,000.00 revenue to the state
each year and doesn't determine
who shall vote and who shall
ntft" . . . "the registration com­mittees
do that. "So I'm in favor
of gettin' this revenue in some
other way.
' "So far I haven't mentioned
my opponents by name except
to say that Ellis says Poole is
wrong. Poole says that Ellis is
Wrong. I say that they're all
right and vote for me.
"I know what my three op­ponents
'11 tell you. They'll say
they been doin' a good job down
in Montgomery" and if you'll just
vote for 'em and send 'em back
down there again, they'll keep
on doin' a good job. But they
been stealin' the best ears o' corn
outa yore cribs, the best hogs out
o' yore pens, and the fattest
calves outta yore pastures.
"My opponents talk about the
race they're runnin', but I'm not
worryin' about their race because
I ran my race back in 1942 when
I came out second in the gov­ernor's
election. Naw, I don't
worry about their race because
I've run mine." ,
Several jokes and personal
references were included in Big
Jims' easy-flowing, rustic speech.
He observed, " I ' see a lot of
pretty girls around here. And
that's whut I been saying all
through my program, we gotta
stay close to nature.
"And I'd like to come down to
some of you all's dances some­times.
Me b'ein' a widower makes
me eligible.
"And while the boys play
"Wednesday Night Waltz", a
song your grandmothers was
raised up on, I'm going to pass
this old suds bucket around.
"Some folks put in 50 cents'
worth of suds, some a dollar's
worth and some five dollars'
worth, but it don't matter how
much.
"Play, boys."
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WED. APR. 24
SAN ANTONIO
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added
Community Sing
the movie company.
He's very interested in sport­ing
activities, and has taken an
interest in API sporting events
during the two weeks he has
been here.
"I've' done a lot of sight-see­ing
since I've been here," Cobb
told us, "and I really like this
place! I've wandered around
over the campus, and have met
several people, including some of
the navy boys. I hope to see and
meet more people during the
next few weeks."
After being with the U. S. Engineers for
four years, I am back in the Electrical
Contracting Business. I am equipped to
do any electrical work—small or large.
ROANE PATTERSON
301 Dumas Drive Phone 503-W
To The Voters of API:
As the campaign enters the home stretch, I want to take this oppor­tunity
to thank all those who have promised me their support and votes.
I am trying to see every voter and hope to see those I have missed between
now and May 7th. If I do not see you, it will not be because I haven't tried
—and I take this means of soliciting your support.
I was born and reared in Lee County, attended public school in Opelika
and graduated from the Engineering School at Auburn. I served as a faculty
member of the Engineering School for fifteen years, until I entered the
armed forces in January 1941. I served five years in the Army, fourteen
, months of which was overseas with a combat division.
Much has been said about plans for roads and other physical improve­ments
in our county. It is proper that we seek constantly to build better
'roads and no one is more in favor of them than I. If the good people of Lee
County favor me with the office of Judge of Probate, I shall do, everything
in my power to push the road program throughout the county.
However, no matter what physical improvements we obtain, they are
not going to return to our people the maximum benefits unless the people
are healthy, well-educated, happy and prepared generally to enjoy them.
It will be my purpose, if elected Probate Judge, to work constantly to im­prove
the public welfare, public, health, and public education departments
of the county to the end that our people will have a richer, fuller life.
Especially do I want to take this opportunity to pledge courteous
treatment to all who have business with the Probate Judge's office. I like
people and always will have time to give your every request immediate
and cheerful consideration.
I feel that with my experience in civilian and army life, I can take
with me to the office of Judge of Probate the qualifications you desire in
your county judge. From my hundreds of contacts with people during this
campaign, I believe I know what you want—the type of program and ser­vice
you envision. You have my sincere pledge to enact a forward-looking
program and give you that service you desire.
Sincerely,
ROBERT A. BETTS
(Paid pol. adv. by Robert A. Betts, Opelika, Ala.)
THUR. APR. 25—FRI. APR. 26
ROAD TO UTOPIA
with
BING CROSBY
BOB HOPE
and
'DOROTHY LAMOUR
added
Sport:
"Rhythm On Blades"
SAT. APR. 27
FRONTIER
FUGITIVES
with
TEX RITTER
plus
"Who's Guilty"
added
Cartoon:
"Baseball Bugs"
SUN. APR. 28
SO GOES MY
LOVE
with
MYRNA LOY
and
DON AMECHE
NEWS
MON, APR. 29
BLUE DAHLIA
with
ALAN LADD
and
VERONICA LAKE
plus
Cartoon: -
"Holiday Shoestrings"
TUES. APR. 30 ^ -
THE VIRGINIAN
with
SUNNY TUFTS
BRIAN DONLEVY
and
JOEL McCREA
plus
"Costume Crusaders"
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946
Democracy in Student Government
Complaining about some "injustice" at
a bull session does no good unless sugges­tions
are agreed upon and presented to
the proper authorities. Although every
student is supposed to own a copy of the
student constitution, few understand the
powers and limitations of the student body
as outlined in the constitution.
The new constitution, being printed in
The Plainsman this week and next so
students may vote on it, lists a Student
Relations Committee.
The committee would hear any com­plaint
and act as liason between student
and faculty or student and administration
when the complaint is considered just.
Members of this committee will have an
important job.
Other methods of expressing complaints
could be used. The Plainsman welcomes
letters pertaining to student activities, but
letters that do not tend to organize stu­dents
for dealing with problems seldom
bring about changes.
The Executive Cabinet enforces the
constitution. The cabinet is composed en­tirely
of students—representatives from
each class and some organizations. It
meets every two weeks. Members are ob­ligated
to attend. Other students should
but only a few do.
Business discussed at cabinet meetings
affects .every student. Representatives to
the cabinet do not always know how their
classes would want them to vote. It's up
to the students to attend the meetings,
find out what is happening, and voice an
opinion.
The idea of the student Executive Cabi­net
is democratic, but unless students ex­ercise
their rights as members of "The As­sociated
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute," they are
letting democracy die. The new constitu­tion
was written by the cabinet. The cabi­net
thinks it is an improvement over the
old one, and it is.
Should students find, however, that
more changes are necessary, they should
not vote for acceptance of the new con­stitution;
As Others See Us
"Auburn .'. .is known as a school where
there are no strangers. The student body
is composed of kids mostly from Southern
states and tradition for 50 years now is
that everybody speaks to everybody. You
can't walk down a block in downtown
Auburn without at least 25 kids saying
'hi' even if you never saw the campus
before.
"There is a school spirit at Auburn that
is rivaled perhaps only by that at Sewanee
and Tech for everybody soon knows every­body.
Maybe that's old-fashioned but it
makes college something that will carry
over into later years."
API is endebted to a Florida sportswrit-er,
Dick Thompson, of the Winter Haven
Daily Chief, for the foregoing publicity.
Mr. Thompson, however, did not intend
his statement as Auburn propaganda
but rather offered his knowledge of this
school's campus, although a graduate of
Birmingham-Southern, as an explanation
to another Florida sportswriter, Tampa
Tribune's Pete Norton, who doesn't seem
to think much of Auburn in the field of
sports.
Mr. Norton had pointed out in a recent
article, in connection four promising Flor­ida
University football men signing with
the Tigers for next season. "They'll dis­cover
at Auburn a fine school, but they'll
also discover that Auburn is definitely
secondary in the affections of Alabama
football fans, and that at least 90 per cent
of the newspaper and fan support goes to
the University of Alabama."
Apparently, Mr. Norton is correct. Au­burn
is definitely not a football school,
and, because it's not, maybe we have
something to be proud of, for in the words
of Mr. Thompson, "Auburn is a technical
school and her students were in great
demand during the war . . . As for the fu­ture
of these Tampa boys, only time will
tell. Whether they star or become mem­bers
of the knocked around third and
fourth teams, they will leave Auburn with
a love for the school, a college education
and something that only Auburn men get
and retain."
"The boys won't suffer, for having
chosen Auburn and Auburn is definitely
not a secondary school, either in scholas­tics
or in affection of the people of Ala­bama.
It has not had the Bowl records . . .
Auburn's football team has rocked along,
with good and bad seasons, and has had
its share of successes and losses . . . But
over the years, Auburn never played a
hand-picked schedule, with 'breathers' be­tween
games . . ."
NQ; we don't think the Florida boys will
suffer, either. Auburn has much that is
beneficial. Perhaps our hopes have been
that someday Auburn might have a lead­ing
football team. But, because we don't
at the present time, is no reason for us to
"cry on someone else's shoulder." The
players always do their best; we can't
ask more. We'll take our gains and our
losses in our stride.
What Mr. Thompson said concerning
Auburn is a compliment we should apprec­iate.
We should attempt to live up to his
ideas of API, as students have done in the
past. It's pleasing to know that we have a
a good reputation with outsiders as an
educational institution. Football will fol­low
in its stride.
A 'Cow College'?
Auburn traditions are sacred to the
hearts or all students of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute. Since we believe in per­petuating
our famous traditions, we are
doing all we can every day.
There are some students who feel that
not all our traditions are good. In fact,
some of the so-called "Intellectuals" have
been trying to rid the campus of some of
the time-honored practices.
But the student body has seen through
the propaganda and realized that Au­burn
traditions are being torn down. And
the student body has been prompt to act.
Take, for example, the tradition that
Auburn is a "cow college." The student
body upheld that tradition last Monday
when they failed to turn out to hear Dr.
Hoskins speak at the last lecture in our
concert series.
Despite the fact that Dr. Hoskins is one
of the best-informed men in the world on
international peace, Auburn traditions are
stronger than any desires to become "in­telligent."
And we weren't going to risk
losing our title of "cow college" just to
hear a man speak about peace.
Twenty people did show up to the lec­ture.
That included townspeople, faculty
Thz Plmndmarv
Published weekly by the students of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
Editorial and business office on Tichenor Ave­nue.
Phone 448.
Entered as second class matter at the Au­burn,
Alabama, postoffice. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months; $3.00 for 12 months.
Irene Long editor
Billy Stephenson managing editor
Jimmy Brown business manager
and students. These 20 did defy Auburn
tradition.
But as long as we only have 20 who go
against Auburn's traditions, the campus
will be safe from internal revolution. As
long as our students take such pride in
upholding our glorious traditions, Au­burn
will not have to worry about its rep­utation.
As long as our students continue to
stay away from anything that might per­tain
to culture or learning, we will re­main
a "cow college."
Beach Head Established
Some people, perhaps, have been won­dering
why the Veterans Cooperative
store did not open last week. Not many
merchants in town wondered or were dis­appointed.
Things were working as they
hoped. If their plans had gone through,
the coop wouldn't have opened at all.
Some grocers informed wholesalers they
would quit trading with them if they sold
to the coop. Nearly all wholesalers in this
vicinity were frightened by the boycott
and refused to sell to the coop. Transporta­tion
costs prohibited veterans from deal­ing
with outside wholesalers.
The representative of one wholesale
firm, a World War II veteran, said he'd
sell to the coop, adding a few choice Army
invectives in "favor" of some Auburn
merchants.
So the coop opened Monday. Veterans
will save about twenty per cent of what
they had been spending for commodities.
What competing merchants will lose
financially is not known. It's a fact that
some have lost the respetc of fellows who
went to a great deal of personal and fin­ancial
inconvenience to protect the Amer­ican
way of doing business which has
taken on so many different meanings.
Poll of Opinion
By Alpha Phi Omega
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By the Way
By Billy Stephenson
Question of the week: Are you
in favor of lhe present method
of choosing beauties for the
Glomerata, or would you prefer
to have an impartial celebrity as
lhe judge?
This question aroused many
comments upon the benefits of
both methods of judging, and
some comments, printable and
otherwise, on the disadvantages
of each. Those in favor of hav­ing
a celebrity as the judge point
out the fact that the decision, it­self,
would be impartial and pro­vide
the school with some favor­able
publicity. On the othpr hand,
it was stated that this method
would take the decisions away
from the students themselves,
putting them in the hands of an
outsider.
Furthermore, they say that the
judging would be based upon
photographs, and that some of
the best-looking girls take poor
pictures, and that the final de­cision
would rest in the hands of
only one person, rather than in
the hands of a group.
Those in favor of the present
system point out that, by this
method, the Auburn beauties are
picked by the Auburn students,
and hey feel that the students
themselves should do the elimi­nating,
if not the final deciding.
Opposed to this system are
those who feel that, under the
present system, there is too much
"politics" involved, and that very
often the most beautiful girls are
not chosen. Finally there were
those who didn't care what sys­tem
was used because, as they
claim, there would never be a
fair election anyway.
From approximately 700 stu­dents
questioned, the following
results were obtained:
Favor present method 28.1 %
Favor change 52.3%
No opinion 19.6%
Several members of fraterni­ties
have asked us to run a poll
on a subject that definitely con­cerns
them. It is the subject of
houseparties. Before the war it
was common practice for these
events to be held. They were
discontinued during the war,
and even now the fraternities
have been unable to receive per­mission
to start having these
functions again. The question for
next week, therefore, will be:
Do you think the old tradi­tion
of houseparties, held by fra­ternities
at their annual dance,
should recommence now that the
war is over?
The "guest columnist for "By the Way" is Ralph Jennings,
a veteran who returned to Auburn this quarter. Ralph wrote
for the Plainsman before he left for service for the army, and
we welcome this contribution as a beginning of future arti­cles
for this college paper.
BY RALPH JENNINGS
Several years ago, an Auburn co-ed inherited several mil­lion
dollars from an eccentric uncle. After her graduation, she
journeyed to New York to paint the town. She was quite suc­cessful,
as the story goes, and became the toast of cafe society.
She became a permanent fixture at the Stork Club, and was
the constant companion of several of Manhattan's men about
town. ."
One night, she was out with a handsome young socialite
who listened attentively as the young lady talked—mostly
about the young lady! She ran the gamut of all of her ac­complishments;
she told him that she was superlatively beauti­ful—
of her splendid record in school—of her musical and ar­tistic
talents—of her athletic ability—of her descent of one of
the Confederacy's greatest generals.
Finally, in desperation, her escort suggested that they go
to her apartment for a drink. When they arrived, she unlocked
the door, and lying in the center of the room was a large,,
dead Poland-China hog in the last stages of putrefaction. The
young lady, unperturbed, turned to her escort and said in
her most sophisticated tone: "Well, I didn't say I was neat!"
The ubiquitious Smoe and Village to "Scooterville." Every-
Smiles and Great Men
By BABs
MARK TWAIN: "Let us so en­deavor
to live, that when we die,
even the undertaker will be sor­ry."
* * *
A BUSINESSMAN asked to
say grace, and being unaccus­tomed
to the ceremony, offered:
"Dear Lord, we are in receipt of
Your kind favors of recent date
and beg to thank You. We hope
to merit Your continued courte­sy."
* * *
ED WYNN: "I'd rather marry
pounds of curves than hundreds
of pounds of nerves."
MEOW: "She wears
like chandeliers."
earrings
Kilroy have already visited the
"unmentionable" at the Casino
. . . If many more Auburn stu­dents
get motor scooters, we'll
have to change the name of The
body is trying to get in the act!
. . . These big hairy quizzes on
Saturday mornings are certainly
increasing the Java business at
(Continued on page seven)
FOOTPRINTS
By Byrd Lee
This week's column is written by Joe Hooten but before
I turn it over to him I would like to say that he is liable for
the statements and not me.
By Joe.Hooten
I don't know why I have been asked to write this column
this week. I think Byrd is out of jokes or else he's trying to
imitate "By the Way." I think the former -idea is the more
correct; Byrd's supply of jokes was exhausted before he
started.
a two-weeks drunk. Gad what a
mess.
I must say something about
what Phyllis Kloeti was wearing
or rather I would prefer to say
something about what she was­n't
wearing. Gad, they'll let her
out on the streets but prevent
Howard Hughes from publishing
the movie' "The Outlaw"; there
ain't no justice.
Andy Moreland looked like an
undernourished toad stool with
that hat she had on. Really, the
big bull-frog sitting on top was
quite clever too.
Some of the boys and gals
went on an Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday afternoon. The Theta Chi
housemother went with her boys.
The hunt was in the forrestry
plots. The housemother finally
abandoned her search for eggs
and began to look for couples.
She never did find us, tho.
Easter reminds me of rabbits,
which reminds me of a joke—
It seems a little rabbit was
walking thru the woods one day.
He suddenly spied a little gal
rabbit over in the dale. He ran
up to her and—and—and—aw,
shucks, I forget the rest of it but
I think he got into some kind of
trouble with a stone imitation
rabbit.
Oh, well, I suppose it's just as
well.
Thanks, Byrd, it was mightly
nice to be back in print again.
CONTRIBUTED: "A bride
should make sacrifices for her
husband, but not in the form of
burnt offerings."
* * *
MARK TWAIN: "Always do
right. This will gratify some peo­ple
and astonish the rest."
FORE-SIGHT: "She cast no
bread upon the water unless it
was sure to return a three-tiered
layer cake."
* * *
GEN. SMEDLEY D. BUTLER,
always careful of the welfare of
his men, when in France met two
soldiers carrying a large soup
taste that," he ordered. -
"But Gen. . . "
"Don't give me any buts—give
me a spoon."
The general took a taste. "You
don't call that stuff soup, do
you?" he shouted.
"No, sir!" replied the soldier.
"That's what I was trying to tell
you, sir . . . it's dishwater!"
* * *
CARLYLE: "If you are in
doubt whether to kiss a pretty
girl, give her the benefit of the
doubt."
* * *
A PEKINGESE: "Cross be­tween
a muff and a chrysanthe-
"SHE held' up her end of the
conversation until it was practi­cally
perpendicular."
* * *
FISHING: A delusion entirely
surrounded by liars in old clothes.
* * *
A YOUNG MAN in green was
puzzled by one question in the
application blank he had been
given when he applied for an
apartment at the war housing
center. He listed his employer as
the U. S. Marine Corps. Next the
questionnaire wanted to know
what his boss' business was.
After careful consideration he
wrote: "Exterminator."
* * *
"SHE used her lipstick with
the unconcern of a cat washing
its face."
* * *
Wilson Milzner: "The most ef­ficient
water power in the world
is a woman's tears."
* * *
SAILOR'S LETTER HOME: "I
enlisted because I liked the nice
clean ships the Navy had. Now I
know who keeps them that way."
File 13
Well, spring is actually here.
Everybody is getting pinned,
married or drunk. Speaking of
pinning, I notice the anatomy of
the majority of coeds are adorn­ed
with the little jeweled be­decked
baubles signifying that
their beau is in love with them
or was drunk at the time.
Frankly, the anatomy in ques­tion
is striking enough without
anything at all to attract atten­tion
but the pin does look good.
I rather think the idea behind
pinning is the same as a police­man
wearing a shiny badge; it
provides a good target.
I could hardly recognize even
my closest friends last Sunday.
It was Easter, you know, and
even Mack Horton got a shave.
Beagle McCleod looked like
something out of a magazine,
"Fantastic Tales." His conserva­tive
blue and white checked
coat, pink-striped pants, purple
spots and yellow brogans blend­ed
to make a beautiful picture—
looked like an explosion in a
paint store.
The gals were really angelic
looking with all their camoflauge
on—if Mary Lee hadn't had her
shoes on she would have been
arrested for indecent exposure.
Some of the hats our female com­ponents
had on were a subject
of much discussion—Jule DeG.
(my gal) had on a hat that look­ed
like an anemic flower pot on
While we were looking through
the waste basket a few minutes
ago for something to put in this
column, there was a bang on the
door. "A hello" in a deep voice
sounded as it opened.
"Big Jim" Folsom had stopped
by to shake hands. After exam­ining
our teeth and finding us
old enough to vote, he pushed his
cowboy hat further back on his
head and told us what we had
missed bynot seeing his show on
Toomer's corner.
He explained that he wanted
people to vote for him "if they
are fer what I am for; if they are
not fer what I am for, they ought
to campaign for someone else."
The Plainsman doesn't support
any political candidate, we told
him.
Mr. Folsom said he attended
Howard and the University. His
grades on public speaking and
political science were in the A
bracket, but he barely passed
other courses. He wasn't apoligiz-ing.
What Auburn needs, he said, is
a big swimming pool and trailers
available to every student who
wants to get married while going
to school. Of federal aid to edu­cation,
he said, "We don't need it,
but if they want to give us some
money, good. The more the bet­ter.
But Alabama has enough
natural resources to put her right
up at the top." .
He said he was going to see
that every kid in Alabama who
wanted to go to college could
do so, even if he had to put a
junior college in every county.
Money? He repeated that Ala­bama
was rich in natural re­sources.
He blames absentee own­ership
for part of Alabama's lack
of money. Of course we couldn't
get rid of yankee-owned firms; he
implied that he'd increase their
taxes. If his mama paid taxes on
her 500-acree farm in proportion
to taxes paid by many large
yankee-owned firms, she'd be
paying 75 cents a year.
He said TVA electric power
should be extended.
He's confident he's going to
win. He began, "Well, when I get
to Montgomery—".
Pvt. Manuel Elizondo, son of
Prof. Y. A. Elizondo of the me­chanical
engineering department,
broke the existing record for run­ning
the Fort Bragg (N.C.) Water-bury
Confidence Course when he
covered the rugged 1.7 miles in
7 minutes 25 seconds.
A 7 minute 30 second-time on
this obstacle course was deemed
almost as impractical as running
a 4 minute mile until the 18-year
old Elizondo shattered this belief.
Drafted several months ago,
Elizondo ran cross-country under
coach Jeff Beard and placed fifth
in the 1945 Cake Race.
He is a member of the Theta
Chi social fraternity.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946 T H E PL A I N S M A N Page Five
Revised
Constitution of Associ-a
t e d Undergraduate
Students of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute
Whereas, it seems wise that all
activities among the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
should be so organized and
conducted as to work for the bet­terment
of the student body; it is
fitting that some central organi­zation,
chosen by the student
body, have and exercise general
powers of supervision over all in­dividual
activities insofar as they
affect the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
In so doing, we, the students of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
propose to be governed by the
constitution and laws of the fed­eral
government and the State of
Alabama as to the right of our
student citizenship and to recog­nize
the authority of the admin­istration
as superior to our own.
To this end it is necessary that
the entire body of undergradu­ates
be brought together as a unit
in order that the legislative and
executive powers may be con­ferred
upon such a central organ­ization.
It is, therefore, enacted
by the undergraduate students
attending Alabama Polytechnic
Institute that such an organiza­tion
be effected and to this end
the following constitution is or­dained
and adopted.
CONSTITUTION
Article I
Name of Organization
The name of this organization
shall be "The Associated Under­graduate
Students of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute."
Article II
Purposes
The purposes of this, organiza­tion
are to deal effectively with
matters of student affairs, to
perpetuate the best traditions of
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
to promote the best of good
understanding between faculty
and students to the end that the
work of the college may be
made of high value to the stu­dents,
to control all matters
which are delegated to the stu­dent
association by the admin­istration,
to work with the ad­ministration
in all matters af­fecting
the welfare of the student
body, to control and direct stu­dent
finances, and to supervise
all student activities in order
that they may be conducted for
the best interest of the student
body as a whole and to the cred­it
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Article III
Membership
All registered, undergraduate
students at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute are, by virtue
of such registration, members of
the organization, such member­ship
to be subject to all rules and
regulations as may be herein or
hereafter enacted by this organi­zation.
Article IV
Executive Cabinet
Section 1. All the legislative
and executive powers of this as­sociation
are hereby invested in a
representative body to be chosen
as hereinafter provided. This
body shall be known as the "Ex­ecutive
Cabinet of the Associated
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute."
Section 2. Acts and Decisions of
the Cabinet.—All acts and deci­sions
of the Executive Cabinet
shall be considered decisions of
the Association except that on
petition presented in writing to
the President of the Cabinet,
carrying the signatures of 8 per
cent of the registered undergrad­uate
students within ten days of
the enactment of such acts and
decisions of the Executive Cabi­net,
they shall be presented to
the Association for ratification
or rejection, as provided in Sec­tion
3.
All acts and decisions of the
Cabinet shall be published in the
official student newspaper of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
the issue next following the
meeting. A report of each meet­ing,
certified by the President
and Secretary of the Cabinet,
shall be published in the official
student newspaper of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in the
next issue following the meeting.
Section 3. On receipt of a pe­tition
as provided in Section 2,
the Executive Cabinet shall,
within four days, issue a call for
a general vote on the matter in
question, the same being taken
by written ballot within fourteen
days but not earlier than seven
days after the issue of such call.
A negative vote of two-thirds of
the ballots cast shall be necessary
to annul any act or decision of
the Executive Cabinet.
Section 4. Membership of the
ecutive Cabinet shall consist of
an indefinite number of ex-offi-cio
members as designated in
Section 5, five special members
and 12 regular members. The
special members, who shall have
all the rights and duties of regu­lar
members except the right to
hold office in the Cabinet, shall
be the regularly elected presi­dents
of the four classes and the
regularly elected President of
the Women's Student Govern­ment
Association. The twelve
regular members shall be elected
from the four classes of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute as fol­lows:
Three members of the sen­ior
class, two members of the
junior class, one member of the
sophomore class, one member of
the freshman class, one co-ed
elected by the women students,
and one representative elected by
the fifth-year students.
Each class shall elect by popu­lar
vote its representative desig­nated
as above, the election to
be under the supervision of the
Cabinet.
Section 5. An ex-officio mem­ber
that has been duly elected by
the organization he or she rep­resents
is entitled by the ap­proval
of two-thirds of the elect­ed
cabinet to all rights and priv­ileges
of the cabinet except that
of voting.
Article V
Section 1. Organization of the
Executive Cabinet.—Officers of
the Executive Cabinet shall be
as follows: (a) the president shall
be elected by popular vote of the
senior class, (b) the vice-presi­dent
by the junior class, (c) the
secretary by the sophomore class,
(d) the treasurer from within the
Cabinet by the Cabinet.
Section 2. Succession of Offices
—a. Any vacancies occurring in
a class's representatives on the
cabinet (namely persident and
representative) shall be filled by
other officers elected at the same
time in order of succession here­in
provided in Section 3, Article
V. b. A leave of absence of any
cabinet member may be had
without replacement up to 1
month by two-thirds vote of the
Cabinet.
Section 3. Order of Succession
—The Vice-President shall re­place
either office vacated by the
Presidency or Representative; if
both offices are vacated the his­torian
of the class will replace
the vacancy other than that re­placed
by the Vice-President. If
vacancies cannot be filled by
class officers, the cabinet shall
elect members of the class to fill
the vacancies until the next elec­tion.
Section 4. The following shall
be the permanent committees:
Finance, Elections, Publications,
Ring, Social, and Invitations.
Section 5. In addition to these
committees, there will be a Pep
Committee, Drives Committee,
and Student Relations Commit­tee.
Article VI
Section 1. Members of the stu­dent
body may propose amend­ments
to the Constitution by pe­tition
presented in writing to the
President of the Executive Cabi­net
carrying the signatures of 8
per cent of the registered under­graduate
students. Members of
the Cabinet may make direct mo­tion
for an amendment and two-thirds
Cabinet approval.
Section 2. It shall be necessary
to publish in the official student
newspaper of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute a proposed
amendment to this Constitution
in the two issues next preceding
the date on which a vote is taken
in the Cabinet.
BY-LAWS
Article I
Every registered undergradu­ate
student of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute is subject to the
following rules and regulations.
Article II
Section 1. The membership of
the Executive Cabinet shall con­sist
of duly elected representa­tives
chosen in accordance with
Article IV, Section 4, of the Con­stitution,
under supervision of
the "Election Committee."
Section 2. All representatives
elected to the Executive Cabinet,
shall be inaugurated at a banquet
within two weeks after the regu­lar
election. The following pledge
shall be taken by all the mem­bers
of the Executive Cabinet at
this inauguration: "I do solemnly
promise to support the Consti­tution,
By-Laws, and Rules of
Permanent Committees of the
Associated Undergraduate Stu­dents
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, and to perform the du­ties
of my office to the best of
my knowledge and ability. So
help me God." This oath shall be
administered by the President of
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute.
Section 3. The newly elected
Cabinet-membership in the Ex- representatives shall assume their
duties two weeks after election
and shall hold such office until
the first meeting of their suc­cessors.
Section 4. Each regular election
shall be held four weeks before
the end of the quarter of the
Section 1. The treasurer of the
Executive Cabinet, as provided
election quarter.
Article III
for in Article V, Section 1, of the
Constitution, shall be elected by
written ballot at the first1 meet­ing
of the Executive Cabinet.
Section 2. Chairmen of Com­mittees
shall be elected by writ­ten
ballot at the second meeting
of the Executive Cabinet.
Article IV
Section 1. (a) It shall be the
duty of the president of the Ex­ecutive
Cabinet to preside at all
meetings of the Cabinet and the
student body; to call meetings of
either body upon written request
of five members of the Executive
Cabinet, or at his own discretion;
to vote in case of a tie in Cabinet
proceedings, to sign with the
treasurer all vouchers and re­quisitions
drawn of funds of the
Executive Cabinet; to see that all
elections are announced in due
time; to call and preside over all
freshman meetings until the elec­tion
of regular freshman class
officers; and to serve in every
other capacity of an executive to
the Cabinet and student body.
(b) For his duties, the Presi­dent
of the Cabinet shall receive
a monthly salary determined by
the Administration.
Section 2. The vice president
shall assume the duties of presi- j
dent in case of the absence of the
latter.
Section 3. The secretary shall
keep all records of the Executive
Cabinet and shall send notices of
all meetings to members of the
Cabinet.
Section 4. The treasurer shall
receive and disburse all monies
of the Executive Cabinet and of
all committees in accordance
with the regulations governing
the Finance Committee.
Article V
Section 1. The Executive Cabi­net
shall hold meetings every
two weeks through the school
year.
Section 2. Special meetings
may be called at any time by the
president. Within three days af­ter
having received the written
request of five members of the
cabinet or a written request sign­ed
by 8% of the Student Body,
the President shall call a meet­ing
of the Executive Cabinet to
be convened within two days of
the date of call.
Section 3. The order of business
for the Executive Cabinet shall
be as follows:
1. Roll Call •
2. Reading minutes of previous
meeting
3. Reports of standing commit­tees
4. Special business
5. Report of other committees
6. Old business
7. New business
Section 4. Robert's Rules of
Order shall cover all procedures
of this Cabinet, except those cov­ered
by the Constitutions and By-
Laws.
Article VI
No meeting shall begin or con­tinue
unless at least a quorum—
two-thirds of total membership—
is present.
Article VII
Attendance at meetings of the
Executive Cabinet is required of
all representatives. Absence or
excessive tardiness is punishable
by a fine of seventy-five cents.
A member of the Cabinet may
be suspended or permanently re­moved
for flagrant or continued
neglect of his duties, by a two-thirds
vote of the Cabinet.
Article VIII
Any organization or publica­tion,
except social fraternities,
existing as an undergraduate
organization or publication must
first be granted the privilege of
establishment on the campus by
a two thirds vote of the Execu­tive
Cabinet, and the approval
of the College Administration.
This privilege may be withdrawn
at any time by a similar pro­cedure
providing the matter has
been duly investigated and due
notice given to the organization
concerned. The current constitu­tion
and by-laws of all such org­anization*
shall be kept by the
Executive Cabinet.
Any organization failing to
comply will not be recognized by
college authorities, Student Ex­ecutive
Cabinet or college publi­cations.
Article IX
Section 1. The committees as
provided for in Article V, Sec­tion
4, of the Constitution, shall
submit formal reports to the Cab
inet once a month, with the ex
ception of the Invitation Com
mittee, which shall submit a
y&Accttrjj-quarterly
report. |
Section 2. Temporary Commit­tees,
which are appointed from
time to time, perform such duties
as the Executive Cabinet shall
specify.
Article X
Proposal to change these By-
Laws must be made by members
of the Cabinet or by students at
large, but in either event, the
proposal must be presented to
the Cabinet and made a part of
the record thereof and must be
submitted in writing to the presi­dent
of the Executive Cabinet
and must be published in the of­ficial
student newspaper of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
one issue next preceding the
meeting at which the Cabinet
acts on the proposed changes.
This meeting shall be a public
one and all who desire to be
heard on the proposed change be
given opportunity to speak. A
two-thirds vote of the members
of the Executive Cabinet shall
be required to change these By-
Laws.
Article XI
All matters of interpretation
of the Constitution, the By-Laws,
and the Regulations of Perma­nent
Committees of this Associa­tion
shall be decided by the Ex­ecutive
Cabinet.
Article XII
A written report of the Cabi­net's
activities during the pre­ceding
year shall be written and
signed by the President of the
Cabinet, and after a two-thirds
approval of the cabinet be sub­mitted
to the permanent records
of the Cabinet and published -in
the Plainsman written in the
style approved by the editor.
Regulations Of Permanent
Committees of the Executive
Cabinet
Article I
Permanent Committees
Permanent committees func­tion
throughout the entire year
and carry out routine duties of
the Executive Cabinet. The Per­manent
Committees are: Finance
Committee, Election Committee,
Publications Committee, Ring
Committee, Social Committee,
Invitations Committee, Pep Com­mittee
and Drives Committee.
Article II
Finance Committee
Section 1. The name of the
committee shall' be the Finance
Committee.
Section 2. The chairman of this
committee shall be the duly
elected Treasurer of the Execu­tive
Cabinet.
Section 3. The purpose of the
committee shall be to handle all
finances of the Executive Cabi­net
and make monthly reports to
this body.
Article III
Elections Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Elections
Committee.
• Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to conduct
elections as herein provided.
Section 3. This committee shall
consist of a chairman and five
associate members. The chairman
shall be a senior elected from the
Executive Cabinet as provided
for in Article 3, Section 2 of these
By-Laws. The associate members
shall be appointed by the chair­man
subject to the approval of
the Executive Cabinet. The chair­man
shall announce his commit­tee
within two weeks after his
election.
Section 4. The duties of the
Elections Committee shall be to
conduct elections in accordance
with the following rules:
(a.) The chairman of the Elec­tions
Committee shall turn over
to the President of the Executive
Cabinet all ballots after^the votes
have been counted. The President
shall keep them for ten days and
then destroy them.
(b.) A person is eligible to hold
an office in the class in which^he
or she is a voter. \
(c.) Nominations shall be sub­mitted
in the following form,
"We the undersigned, members
of the class of _ _ do hereby
nominate for "
•(Signatures of Sponsors).
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of Nominee).
For all class elections there
shall be on the nomination the
signature of 4% of the students
registered in the nominee's class.
(d.) Nominations must be turn­ed
in at the time and place di­rected
by the chairman of the
Elections Committee.
(e.) Nominees must be given
written notice of their nomina­tion
and notified of the time and
place at which he or she must
appear before the Qualification's
Board.
(f.) The Qualifications Board
shall consist of all senior mem­bers
of the Executive Cabinet.
(g.) Before a nominee may be­come
a candidate for election he
or she must be interviewed by
the Qualifications Board and pass
that body by a simple majority
vote. All candidates except the
Miss Auburn and Miss Home­coming
candidates shall possess
the following qualifications:
1. Candidates' grades must be
checked by the Qualification
Board before this board meets.
An overall average of 2.0 or a
2.5 average for the immediately
preceding quarter is required.
2. Every candidate with the
exception of first quarter fresh­men
must be an active partici­pant
in some extra-curricular ac­tivity,
and must be here the fol­lowing
3 quarters except in un­avoidable
cases. **,
(h.) The ballots shall be se­cured
by the Chairman of the
Elections Committee. All ballots
shall be in his possession at least
24 hours before the election. The
ballot shall contain a complete
list of the candidates, grouped
according to offices, and ar­ranged
in alphabetical order.
(i.) The ballots of each class
shall be of a different color.
(j.) The date of the election
and the date at which nomina­tions
are due shall be published
in the official student newspaper
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
at least two weeks before
the date of the election.
(k.) The voting for all elections
shall be conducted at the place
designated by the chairman of
the Elections Committee.
(1.) There shall be no voting by
proxy.
(m.) All ballot boxes shall be
sealed before the voting begins
and opened only to count the
.ballots.
(n.) The voter shall receive
his ballot, fill it out at the place
designated and drop his own bal­lot
in the ballot box. No ballots
will be carried away from the
election booth.
(o.) Ballots must be counted
within 6 hours after close of the
polls and complete election re­turns
given.
(p.) Anyone found guilty of
unfair practices at the polls shall
have his voting privilege re­moved
by the Chairman of the
Election Committee. After a Cab­inet
hearing on the offense, the
name of the offender, the offense,
and his fraternity or organiza­tional
affiliation shall be- pub­lished
in the official newspaper
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
(q.) All candidates may make a
statement, not to exceed 50
words, for publication in the of­ficial
newspaper of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. Such state­ment
may give his or her policy,
and any improvements he or she
would like to make within the
office for which he or she is
running. Such statement is to be
published gratis by the official
college newspaper.
(r.) The Chairman of the Elec­tion's
Committee shall designate
two nights in the week proceed­ing
the election for mass meet­ing.
On the first night all candi­dates
for freshmen and sopho­more
offices and on the second
night all candidates for juniors,
seniors, and fifth year offices may
address the members of their
classes as to their intended poli­cies
and proceedures.
(s.) Any means ofcampaigning
by a candidate or his supporters
other than by the hitherfore
mentioned methods or by per­sonal
approach shall render the
candidate ineligible. No candi­date
or his supporters may distri­bute
free merchandise or have
circulars,, cards or other adver­tisements
printed or circulated
in his or her behalf, or otherwise
spend any monie's in behalf of
his campaign. The Elections Com­mittee
shall decide cases under
these provisions subject to ap­proval
by the Executive Cabinet.
All candidates or their supporters
must remain at least 50 feet from
the polls except that they may
approach to vote.
Section 4. The Elections Com­mittee
shall conduct the election
for the title of Miss Auburn and
Miss Homecoming (if approved
by Blue Key).
(a.) The election shall be held
within the first six weeks of the
fall quarter. • *
(b.) All general election rules
will prevail except as here-with-in
provided.
(c.) Any under graduate wom­an
student may qualify if she is
not a member of the freshman
class or a first quarter transfer,
or the holder of the Miss Home­coming
title the same year.
(d.) Each college operated
woman's dormitory, each social
fraternity, and each social sorori­ty,
and each organization recog­nized
by the Executive Cabinet
shall be entitled to nominate one
candidate for the title.
(e.) The nomination shall be in
the following form:
(Nominating body)'
do hereby nominate
(Nominee's name)
for the title of Miss Auburn.
(President of nominating body).
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of nominee)
(f.) After all nominations are
in, a meeting of all members, or
their approved substitutes, shall
be called of WSGA, Student Ex­ecutive
Cabinet, Inter-Fraternity
Council, and Pan-Hellenic and
AIO council by the chairman of
the Elections Committee, and
each organized group authorized
by the Cabinet to nominate can­didates.
(g.) At this meeting a list of
the nominees shall be presented
to the body. Each member pres­ent
shall be entitled to one vote.
The votes shall be tabulated im­mediately
and the five girls re­ceiving
the greatest number of
votes to their respective offices
shall be declared the final candi­dates
for the title of Miss Auburn
and Miss Homecoming, their
names shall be listed on the bal­lots
as hitherfore provided and
the election conducted under the
rules previously set forth.
(h) If at least five girls are not
nominated for the title, the elec­tion
Committee shall itself nomi­nate
the required number of
girls to bring the total number
of candidates to five.
(i.) All members of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute Un­der
graduate Student Body are
eligible to vote.
Section 5. The President of
Cabinet must have served 1 term
on the Cabinet before election
in order to qualify for a candi­date.
President of the Cabinet
shall receive a salary each month
while in office for his services.
Article IV
Publications Committee
Section 1. The name of the
committee shall be the Board of
Student Publications.
Section 2. The purpose of this
Board shall be the general con­trol
of all student publications
supported by student activity
fees.
Section 3. (a) The membership
of this Board shall consist of four
faculty members and four mem­bers
of the senior class in good
standing selected from a list of at
least eight students compiled by
faculty members of the Board of
Student Publications, subject to
final selection by the Student
Executive Cabinet as voting
members. The faculty members
shall be as follows:
a. Executive Secretary of the
College, who shall serve as chair­man.
b. The President or a faculty
representative appointed by him.
c. The Business Manager of the
college.
d. The instructor in journalism.
e. Ex-Officio members are
President of Executive Cabinet,
Editor and Business Manager of
the Glomerata and the Editor
and Business Manager of the
Plainsman.
Section 4. (a) Meetings of the
Board of Student Publications
shall be held on the first Tuesday
of each month. Due notice of all
meetings shall be given by the
President of the Senior Class 48
hours before the time of the
meeting. The presence of eight
members shall constitute a quo­rum.
(b) A meeting of the Publica­tions
Board may be called by
theh Executive Cabinet or the
Chairman of the Board.
(c.) Vacancies that occur will
be filled from the remaining list
of candidates (presented at the
first of the year) by vote of the
Cabinet.
Section 5. The duties shall be
as follows:
a. To exercise general super­vision
oyer the business and edi­torial
management of student
publications receiving monies col­lected
by the college.
b. It shall receiye sealed bids
for all publication expenses, to
be opened before the Board. It
shall award contracts necessary
for publications heads and their
staffs.
c. To fix objective standards of
eligibility for publication heads
and their staffs.
d. To receive applications of
prospective candidates for elec­tion
to the elective posts on pub­lications
staffs, examine such ap­plicants,
and from these to name
the best qualified candidates for
each elective positions on the
staffs and submit to Elections
Committee one month previous
to election.
e. No student may be a candi­date
for an elective position on
any publication except with the
recommendation of the Board of
Student Publications.
f. To pass upon tentative bud­gets
of student publications sub­mitted
by business managers at
the beginning of the college year.
g. To declare and fill vacan­cies
in the offices of editors-in-chief
and business managers or
their staffs and members of the
Board of Student Publications for
good and sufficient reasons.
(h) (1) To set eligibility stan­dards
for elective positions on
publications staffs, subject to the
following regulations:
(a.) Ranking as a Junior with
8 quarters of work completed or
at least 136 hours.
(b.) A scholastic average of 2-0
or above.
(c.) One year's experience on
the publication on which he in­tends
to run, or the equivalent.
(d.) Such other qualifications
as the Board may prescribe.
(2) No person shall be official­ly
connected with any publication
not approved by the Board of
Student Publications.
(3) Membership on staffs shall
be determined by the Board up­on
report of head of the Depart­ment
based upon actual work
performed.
Section 6. Salaries shall be de­termined
by the Administration.
Section 7. (a) The newly elect­ed
editor of the Glomerata shall
within a month after election
submit a complete plan of work
to be accomplished each month
until publication date. There shall
also be a report by this editor
each month at the regular Publi­cation
Board meeting.
(b) One member of the Publi­cations
Board shall go over the
work with the editor within
three days before regular Publi­cations
Board meeting. Any dis­orders
shall be reported at the
meeting.
Article V
Ring Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Ring
Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to sell the
standard class ring of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.-
Section 3. The Committee shall
consist of the Vice-President of
the Executive Cabinet who shall
be chairman of said committee,
and four associate members, who
shall be members of the senior
class to be chosen b ythe chair­man
of the committee with the
approval of the Executive Cabi­net.
Section 4. The duties of the
chairman of this commitee shall
(Continued on page 6)
Page Six T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946
Auburn Vet Chosen
President, National
Council Of Alpha Psi
Dr. Benjamin F. Cox, B.S.,
D.V-M., was unanimously chosen
president of the National Council
of Alpha Psi fraternity at a meet­ing
of the National Council at
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.,
Apr. 1 and 2.
Dr. Cox, head of the bacteri­ology
department of the School
of Veterinary Medicine, was
graduated from the University of
Maryland in 1931. Later he was
connected with the Bureau of
Animal Industry in Animal Di­sease
Research in Beltsville, Md.
He also was completing gradu­ate
work at the University of
Maryland at this time. He was
later transferred to the Regional
Animal Disease Research Labor­atory
at Auburn, Ala.
He received his Doctor of Vet­erinary
Medicine degree from
A.P.I., and during this time be­came
an active member of Alpha
Psi professional veterinary fra­ternity.
He became head of the
bacteriology department in 1942.
Dr. Cox is the first man from
Theta Chaper to attain this hon­or.
He has been very active in Al­pha
Psi, serving as faculty advis­or
for numerous terms.
Theta Chapter was represented
at the national meeting by its
president, Harold C. Davis, and
a delegate, Loyce W. Turner, both
of Sylvester, Ga.
Cooking Class Students
Selected To Operate
Student Canteen
Virginia Carter, Ann Grant,
and Zona Hines are cooks and
waitresses of the Campus Can­teen
in Student Center which is
open from 10 to 11 a. m. on Mon­day,
Wednesday, and Friday.
The Canteen is operated by the
class in institutional cookery for
the benefit of students. Regular
orders of coffee, milk, fruit juices,
cheese and cinnamon toast will
be served each morning. Each
Wednesday one special food, such
as peach cake and pecan pie, will
be prepared.
'Alabama Farmer' Selects Students
Outstanding In Ag And Home Ec
Mary Ellen Thomas, below, was
recently chosen Home Ec Girl of
the month by Dana King Gatch-ell
Home Economics Club.
Mary Ellen comes from Section
and is a graduate of Jackson
County High School. She first
entered Snead Junior College, but
transferred to API in September,
1944. Mary Ellen is majoring in
foods and nutrition.
She is secretary-treasurer of
the Home Economics Club and is
a member of Theta Epsilon, the
Home Ec. Honor Society.
Faculty Members Attend
Important Conferences
Faculty members of the chem­istry
department have recently
returned from important Chemi­cal
conferences.
H. M. Martin, assistant dean,
and C. R. Saunders, chemistry
professor, met with the 109 ses­sion
of the American Chemical
Society in Atlantic City, New
Jersey Apr. 5-12.
The meeting of the Electro-
Chemical Society in Birmingham
Apr. 11. 12, 13 was attended by
Jim E. Land, assistant professor
in chemistry.
LOST—Band key with ini­tials
J.F.K. on back. If found
please call Frank Keown at
283. The address—214 E. Mag­nolia
Ave.
V AWARD
FOR SERVICE
A sleeping village in the path of a rag­ing
flood . . . at her switchboard an
operator makes call after call to alert
the community and summon aid. She
leaves only when rising waters reach
the board and the building itself be­comes
flooded.
For this and similar acts of public service,
more than 1,200 telephone men and women
have received the Bell System's most coveted
award—the Theodore N. Vail Medal.
Service to the public has long been a tra­dition
in the Bell System. The thought "service
first"—day by day as well as in emergencies—
has helped give this nation the best communi­cations
service in the world.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Buris Boshell, senior in ag sci­ence,
was chosen man of the
month from the School of Agri­culture.
Buris comes from Bear Creek
where he was graduated from
Phillips High School at Bear
Creek.
As a freshman, Buris made the
highest scholastic average in Ag­riculture
and also won the Sears
$100.00 scholarship award for his
essay "My Plans for the Future".
Buris has served as president
of F.F.A., president of Debate
council; vice-president Executive
Cabinet, president Truett Train­ing
Union. At the present time
he is serving as president of Ag
Club, editor "The Alabama Farm­er,"
president Alpha Gamma Rho
fraternity and is a Cadet Officer
on the battalion staff of Advanced
ROTC. He is also a member of
Tau Kappa Alpha and was tapped
recently by Kappa Delta Phi.
Prof.—"Give me a significant
number."
Student — "9143 and ask for
Betty.'"
* * *
An intelligent girl is one who
can refuse a kiss without being
deprived of it.
Successful Teaching
Of Engineers
To Be Recognized
This year, for the first time, a
new award of $1,000 will be
given to the college or university
teacher adjudged to have contri­buted
most to the successful
teaching of engineering students,
it was announced by The Society
for the Promotion of Engineering
Education.
The prize, to be conferred an­nually,
will be known as the
George Westinghouse Award in
Engineering Education. Estab­lished
to commemorate the 100th
anniversity of the. birth of the
famed inventhor, the award has
been made possible by the West­inghouse
Educational Foundation.
In announcing the plan, Dr.
Harry S. Rogers, President of the
Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education and Presi­dent
of the Polytechnic Institute
of Brooklyn, made clear that
while there are no age limitations
in making the award, "considera­tion
will be given especially to
the younger men who show by
their past record evidence of con­tinuing
activity as superior
teachers."
Student Constitution
(Continued from page 5)
be to keep a record of all the
rings sold, to make a monthly re­port
to the Cabinet, and to carry
on all correspondence with the
manufacturer of the rings. For
these duties, he shall receive a
commission on each ring sold as
specified by the Executive Cabi­net,
the college Business Man­ager
and approval by the Presi­dent
of the College.
Section 5. The duty of the
members of this committee, shall
be to sell rings and turn all or­ders
over to the chairman of the
committee. A commission shall
be paid to the members for each
ring they sell as specified by the
Executive Cabinet, the College
Business Manager, and approval
by the President of the College.
Article VI
Invitation Committee
Section 1. The name of this
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committee shall be the Invita­tions
Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to sell the
graduation invitations of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
Section 3. The chairman of
this committee shall be elected
from the Senior Representatives
by the Cabinet at its second
meeting.
Section 4. The chairman shall
appoint his committee from the
Senior Class subject to the ap­proval
of the Cabinet.
Section 5. The duties of the
chairman of this committee shall
be to keep a record of all the in­vitations
sold, to make a quarter­ly
report to the Cabinet, and to
carry on all correspondence with
the printer of the invitations.
For these duties he shall receive
a commission as specified by the
Executive Cabinet, the College
Business Manager, and approval
by the President of the College.
Article VII
Drives Committee
Section 1. Junior Class repre­sentative
shall serve as co-chair­man.
Section 2. All campus drives
must be approved by the Cabinet.
Section 3. Dates for all drives
must be approved by the com­mittee.
Section 4. Drives sponsored by
the cabinet and other campus
organizations should be checked
for legality.
Section 5. The cabinet should
pay the drives committee $2.00 a
day during Cabinet sponsored
drives or commission approved
by Executive Cabinet, College
Business Manager, and with ap­proval
of President of the Col­lege.
Article VIII
Rat Cap Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Rat Cap
Committee.
Section 2. The committee shall
consist of a chairman and
and as many committeemen as
he deems n e c e s s a r y . The
chairman shall be a senior
representative e l e c t e d f r om
the Executive Cabinet at its
second regular meeting. T he
chairman will announce his as­sociate
within 2 weeks.
Section 3. The duties of the
committee will be to sell the men
rat caps. During registration
week the rat caps will be sold by
the committee. For these duties
the chairman shall receive a
commission as specified by the
Executive Cabinet, the College
Business Manager, and approved
by the President of the College.
Article IX
Social Committee
Section 1. The name of the
committee shall be the Social
Committee.
Section 2. This committee
shall consist of a chairman and
as many associate members as
he desires.
The chairman shall be a sen-jior
representative elected from
the Executive Cabinet at its sec­ond
meeting. The chairman will
announce his committee within
two weeks after election.
Section 3. The duties of this
committee are:
1. To engage name bands for
student body entertainment at
the discretion of the committee
and Administration.
2. Members of Social Commit­tee
attending social functions
shall set an example by uphold­ing
college regulations pertaining
to such.
3. The Social Committee will
be available to render service to
organizations and groups pro­moting
social activities.
4. For these duties the chair­man
shall receive a commission
as specified by the Executive
Cabinet, College Business Man­ager,
and approved by the Presi­dent
of the College.
Article X
Pep Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee will be the Pep Com­mittee.
Section 2. Purpose— The pur­pose
of this committee is to fos­ter
the Auburn Spirit on the
campus, and elsewhere, to co­operate
with the Head Cheer­leader
in planning for Pep Meet­ings
in Auburn and in cities
where Auburn is playing foot­ball.
Section 3. Membership — The
Chairman will be the 5th Year
representative to the Cabinet. He
will appoint as many on this
committee as he thinks advisable
with the Cabinet's approval.
Section 4. All expenses of the
Pep Chairman and a commission
for his services shall be paid by
the Cabinet with the Administra­tions
approval.
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ARE AVAILABLE TO JUNIOR CHAPTERS
The Auburn Junior American
Veterinary Medical Association
has begun a drive to increase it's
enrollment among veterinary stu­dents,
and to enlarge and intensi­fy
interest in the veterinary pro­gress
of the nation.
Headed by Ray Demoss as pres­ident,
the Junior A.V.MA. is re­sponsible
for a quarterly publi­cation,
The Auburn Veterinarian,
edited by Ben L. Gittings. The
paper is one of three student pub­lications
of its kind in the United
States, and features professional
and other news of interest to
graduates and students.
Membership in the Auburn
chapter is extended to all veteri­narians
on the campus. Meetings
are held twice monthly, and
plans call for notable professional
and educational veterinarians as
speakers and guests.
Object
The Junior A.V.MA. was the
first student organization of any
kind on the Auburn campus. The
object of the group is to pro­mote
a spirit of friendly relations
among the students enrolled in
veterinary medicine, and to pro­vide
an additional opportunity
for the members to gain profes­sional
knowledge.
Opportunities offered by the
American Veterinary M e d i c al
School are made available to the
junior organizations. The mem­bers
make an attempt to protect
the professional and personal in­terests
of only qualified veteri­narians.
Officers
Ray DeMoss, president; Mack
Rumbley, vice-president; Tom
O'Connor, secretary; Jack Callis,
treasurer; Roymond Young, sen­ior
representative; Tarn Thrower,
junior representative; John Liv­ingston,
sophomore representa­tive;
John Little, president-elect.
would be available on a match­ing
basis.
In announcing the statewide
program, Mr. Cantrell said:
"Books are needed in these times
and we cannot afford to deny
large numbers of rural people
the use of these basic tools of
education.
"In recent years the trend has
been towards large areas of serv­ice,
which spread the cost and
labor over one or more counties,
giving more people access to
books and reading guidance more
economically. A chance to work
out different plans in different
parts of .the country will have
permanent results in increasing
the effective use of tax money".
Librarian Appointed
To Extend Service
The appointment of Miss Shir­ley
Brother, Montgomery, as
coordinator of Alabama plans for
extending library services to the
thousands of people in this state
without libraries was announced
this week by Clyde H. Cantrell,
president of the Alabama Libr­ary
Association.
"A major part of the Alabama
program will be to ennlist popu­lar
support of the Hill-Douglas
Public Library Demonstration
bill, now in Congress," said Mr.
Cantrell, who is director of libr­aries
at API.
Mr. Cantrell pointed out that
if passed, this bill will give Ala­bama
$25,000 to be used to demon­strate
library services to rural
areas. Asother $25,000 to $50,000
By the Way
(Continued from page 4)
the Grille . . . Auburn students
welcomed the return engagement
of "Gravel Gertie" to Dick Tracy.
She seems to get a large charge
from throwing things on B.O.'s
property . . . That big St. Bernard
many of you saw on Toomer's
Corner the other day is a visit­ing
celebrity. He is the star of a
new picture, "Cousin Removed of
Lassie." . . . Let's have more
bands of the Stan Kenton cali­bre
. . . Alabama's governor re­cently
observed that it is high
time somebody started a shirt­sleeve
campaign for summer
dress, even for church. Let's be
among the first here at Auburn
. . . Army enlisted men are not
against the "caste system" (it
says here). I know, because a re­tired
five star general told me
so . . . Not very many Auburn
students know that there are
several women veterans on the
campus. I read the other day that
women veterans on the L.S.U.
campus have formed an organi­zation.
Why not here? Also,
M/Sgt. Fitzpatrick, post com­mander
of American Legion Post
36 here, tells me that the women
veterans are welcome for mem­bership.
He says that they al­ready
have one feminine mem­ber.
Why not look into it vets?
Orchids to Senator Claghorn who
typifies as undesirable kind of
Southern demagogue. To Keenan
Wynn who usually steals the best
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Just want to say a few words
to those who are being a little
forgetful lately. Last week Holy
Smith tried to get the students
out of the depths of crime—or
rather borrowing John's sugar
and forgetting to- pay it back.
We've had some very success­ful
socials lately, but a few of
scenes in his supporting roles. . .
Thorns to Gypsy Rose Lee who
doesn't have very much to show
. . . To the Harvard Lampoon for
belittling June Allyson and Van
Johnson, and spoiling the fun for
a lot of kids who think they are
"exo-terrif."
# * *
Several years back, Auburn
students crowded into the Tiger
in Auburn and the Martin in
Opelika to see "Bugs Bunny"
even if the feature attraction was
"Joe Corn and His Bunions."
They still have their perennial
favorites. A nationally known
psychologist has said that people
who enjoy newspaper comics and
animated cartoons usually poss­ess
superior intelligence. Take a\
bow students. What about it Dr.
Leese??
. . * * *
Many veterans still give forth
with sardonic smiles when they
hear people use SNAFU so in­discriminately.
It has definitely
worked its way into our langu­age.
Encyclopedia Britannica has
included it; and I believe it was
LIFE'S editor who first defined
it to a curious reader as "Situa­tion
Normal, All Fouled Up." . . .
Could be. We know better, don't
we fellahs?
* * *
Back., in March, 1943, some­where
around three hundred Au­burn
men in the ERC left for in­duction
at Ft. McPherson, with
Col. Waterman's blessing. We're
glad to see almost as many back
on the campus. A note in last
W e e k s Plainsman., requesting
these men to attend a meeting at
Ross auditorium brought many
of them back together, and there
is talk of a "party" in the mak­ing.
If you happen to be one of
the men who fought the battle
of Ft. Bragg in the Spring of 1943
and desire further info, call
"String" Jennings at 869.
the students are doing the adver­tising
in the wrong way. Posting
signs, writing on the blackboards,
personal contact, etc., is very
good, but writing on the walls,
steps, doors of the buildings isn't
the thing to do—it's very effec­tive
advertising, but it looks very
bad to me.
I believe that if those few stu­dents
who have been doing this
will think about the matter a
little, they will agree with me.
—Frank Koewn
The following letter was re
ceived by M/Sgt. V. C. Ostrom of
the military department from a
former member of his class, Pvt.
William H. Sankey, now station­ed
at Fort Bliss, Tex.
Dear Sgt. Ostrom: ^
You probably have forgotten
me by now but I was in your
mil 103 class Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 11 to 12 last
quarter. I have been drafted
now and I am in Fort Bliss,
Texas, in the Anti-Aricraft Re­placement
Training here.
As you know, we studied in­terior
guard duty, map read­ing,
and aerial photography in
our class. I just want to thank
you for making us learn it so
well. We are going to study it
now, here, and I already know
it pretty good.
We w e r e divided into
platoons today to start train­ing
Monday. Being that I knew
a good bit about it, I was put
in charge of my squad as act­ing
Squad sergeant and was
platoon leader before basic
told to expect to be assistant
training is over.
I do not have any change in
rank or any stripes but I do
have the authority to make the
men do as I am told to make
them.
I just wanted to thank you
for teaching me what I know
and I want you to tell the other
men and boys to learn it wel^
by all means because if they
enter the service it will help
them very much.
Sincerely,
William H. Sankey
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Dear Editor,
While attending A.P.I, for the
past two years I have noticed a
definite need for some type of
instruction in ballroom dancing
for the students enrolled here. A
student usually gets his start in
organized society, both socially
and professionally while in col­lege.
Being able to conduct one's
self properly on the dance floor is
definitely a factor in favor of a
successful start.
A "great number of students, in­cluding
myself, haven't taken or
haven't had the opportunity to
receive instructions needed to
qualify themselves as learned or
smooth dancers, but with a min­imum
amount of instruction from
a professional instructor they
could be a definite asset to any
dance; and the personal pleasure
and satisfaction would be great­ly
increased.
While I was visiting at the
University of Tennessee about
four years ago I noticed a pre­dominance
of good dancing. I
asked my friends where they had
acquired such good dancing
ability. I was told that the Uni­versity
conducted regular classes
in ballroom dancing, and any stu­dent
was eligible to attend these
classes at his discretion.'
I don't see why API can't do
as well as UT in this respect. I
have talked to several fellow stu­dents
regarding the introduction
of such a department at this In­stitution,
and all agreed thit
such a department would be an
impetus to the College spirit as
well as the individual. They
stated they would even be will­ing
to pay an additional fee to
attend these classes.
I would like to know if such a
department could be introduced
into the cirriculum of this school,
and if not why not.
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Page Eight T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946
Father Vincent Dougnerty,
C. _M„ leader of the eastern
Vincentian Mission — Revival
Band at the National Shrine of
the Miraculous Medal. German-town.
Pa., will preach the Mis­sion—
Revival at the Sacred
Heart Church Apr. 28 to May
1.
MISSION-REVIVAL
BEGINS SUNDAY
Father Vincent Dougherty, C.
M., who will preach a Catholic
Mission-Revival Apr. 28 to May
1 at the Sacred Heart Church on
East Magnolia, was a chaplain
during World War I. He was ad­mired
by medical and military
authorities for his untiring ef­forts
among the victims of the
influenza epidemic at Camp Dix,
N. J., where he worked with
protestant, Jewish, and catholic
i men.
Later Father Dougherty work­ed
in the English and sociology
departments of St. John's Uni­versity,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
He worked for years in the in­terior
of China, Tayuhsies, pro»-
vince of Kiantsi. He has preach­ed
Mission—Revivals from Maine
to California and is now located
at the National Shrine of the Mi­raculous
Medal, Germantown,
Pa., where he is leader of the
eastern Vincentian Mission—Re­vival
Band.
Evening services will be from
8 to 9 p. m., with morning ser­vices
at 6 a. m. The Solemn Clos­ing
will be at 6 a. m. May 1.
Methodist
Thursday 5:00 p. m.—Commun­ity
Action Commission at the
Foundation.
7:00 p. m.—Prayer-Meditation
at the Foundation.
Saturday 2:00 p. m. — Swim­ming
Party & Weiner Roast,
meeting at the Foundation.
Sunday 9:45 a. m.—Church
School with Assembly in Wesley
Foundation Auditorium.
10:50 a. m.—Morning Worship.
6:30 p. m.—Wesley Foundation
Forum at the Foundation. <
7:30 p. m.—Evening Worship.
8:30 p. m.—Recreation Period.
Monday 7:30 p. m. — Council
Meeting at the Foundation.
Tuesday 7:00 p. m. — Student
Choir Practice at the Church.
Minister, Dr. T. P. Chalker;
W e s l e y Foundation Director,
Mary Moling Kirkman; president,
Martha Lee.
Presbyterian
Thursday 5:30 p. m.—Council
Meeting at Westminste* House.
7:00 p. m.—Service of Prayer
and Praise at the Church; Walter
Cook, leader.
Saturday 1:00 p. m.—Garden­ing
in back of Westminster
House.
10:55 a. m.—Morning Worship.
5:00 p. m.—Student Choir
Practice at Westminster House.
5:45 p. m.—Westminster Foun­dation
Supper, fellowship, and
vespers at Westminster House.
Dean T. C. Bannister will show
his slides on religious architec­ture.
7:45 p. m.—Evening Worship.
Minister, Dr. Sam B. Hay; Stu­dent
Director, Jackie Capps;
president, Ed Jones.
Baptist
Monday thru Friday 12:45—
1:00 p. m.—Noon-Day Meditation
at Social Center, to which all
interested students are invited.
Wednesday 7:00-8:30 p. m.—
Final Session in Sunday School
Study Course, at the Church.
Thursday 7:15 p. m.—Prayer
Meeting at the Church, with Mr.
Ayers continuing his series,
"Great Biblical Doctrines".
Friday-Saturday — State BSU
Council Spring Retreat at Ala­bama
College, Montevallo:
Saturday 1:00 p. m.—Orchestra
Practice at the Church.
Sunday 9:45 a. m.—Sunday
School with Assembly in Student
Auditorium.
10:55 a. m.—Morning Worship.
2:00 p. m.—Student Choir Prac-
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tice at the Church.
6:30 p. m.—Baptist Training
Union.
7:45 p. m.—Evening Worship.
Monday 7:00 p. m— BSU Coun­cil
Meeting at the Church.
Wednesday 7:00-7:30 a. m.—
Power House at the Church
(Council Meeting Room), to
which all Baptist Students are
welcome.
Minister, the Rev. Hoyt A.
Ayers; BSU Secretary, Louise
Green; president, Ralph Gandy.
Roman Catholic
Father Patrick J. Doran, C. M.,
priest.
Wednesday 7:00 p. m.—Legion
of Mary at the Rectory.
Daily 6:30 a. m.—Mass.
Sunday 9:00 a. m.—Mass.
11:00 a. m.—Mass.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday 8:00-
9:00 p. m. — Father Vincent
Doughterty, C. M., will lead
Catholic Revival-Mission at the
Sacred- Heart Church.
Church of Christ
Wednesday 7:15 p. m.—Prayer
Meeting.
Sunday 10:00 a. m. — Sunday
School, with Mr. L. O. Brackeen,
teacher of College Class.
11:00 a. m.—Morning Worship.
6:30 p. m.—Young People's
Class.
7:15 p. m.—Evening Worship.
Minister, E. Winston Burton.
Episcopal
Wednesday 5:00 p. m. — Class
in Christian .Instruction.
Thursday 7:30 p. m.—Class in
Christian Instruction.
Sunday — First Sunday after
Easter.
11:00 a. m. — Morning Prayer
and Sermon.
6:00 p. m.—Canterbury Club
Supper and Program at the Par­ish
House.
Tuesday 7:30 p. m. — Choir
Practice at the Church.
Bishop C. C. J. Carpenter will
make 4us visitation to Auburn on
Sunday, May 12, for the Morning
Service.
Rector, the Rev. William Byrd
Lee; president, Jimmy Burnam.
! Jewish
Rabbi Eugene Blachschleger of
Montgomery; student representa­tive,
Max Mutchnick.
Lutheran
Sunday 6:30 p. m. — Student
Group meeting at home of Mrs.
Syck
8:00 p. m.—Church Service at
Episcopal Parish House.
Minister, the Rev. E. H. Albers,
Columbus, Georgia; Celia Overby
and Jack Mitchell, student chair­men.
Inter-Faith Council
Sunday 3:00 p. m.—Music Lis­tening
Hour at Westminster
House, to which all interested
students are welcome.
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HEAR...
Father Vincent
Dougherty, C. M.
A Catholic Mission-Revival
April 28th to May 1st
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Morning Service—6 A. M.
Solemn Closing—6 A. M. Wed., May 1st
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Nine
Georgia Defeated; Florida Here Saturday
Carley, Cole, Christian, Entire
Team Shines In Overwhelming Win
By Jimmy Coleman
Before a sunbaked crowd of Tiger supporters, Coach
Wilbur Hutsell's track and field team scored a well-earned
97-29 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs here Saturday after­noon.
Fred Carley, fleet runner, was the outstanding athlete of
the day. Running with the precision of a Swiss timepiece,
Carley bettered his 2:04.6 mark in the 800-yard run of last
week against Maxwell Field to a 1:59 timing this week.
Bill Cole cleared ten feet, ten
inches, in the pole vault, bring­ing
more prestige to the name of
API.
Next week the Tigers meet
the strong University of Florida
team in the Stadium beginning at
1:30 p. m.
Summary: 100-yard dash—won
by Carl Christian, (Auburn;
Smith (Georgia), second; Pounds
(Georgia) and Billy Ball (Au­burn,
tried for third place. Time
10.3.
220-yard dash—Won by Carl
Christian (A); Smith (G) second;
Lasday (A), third; Time 23.1.
440-yard dash—Won by Dick
Lasday (Auburn); Blount (A)
second; Lancaster (A), third.
Time 53.3.
880-yard run—Won by Fred
Carley, (Auburn); Teall (A), sec­ond;
Kelley (A), third. Time 1:59.
Mile run—Won by Fred Car-ley
(Auburn); Harper (A) sec­ond;
Hudson (A), third. Time
4:45.8.
Two-mile run—Won by Char­ley
Durham (Auburn); Kosack
(A), second; Maddox, (A) third.
Time 10:44.7.
120-yard high hurdles—Won
by Sam Mclntire, (Auburn); G.
Herring, _ (A) second; Cole, (A),
third. Time 15.8.
220-low hurdles—Won by Sam
Mclntire (Auburn); G. Herring,
(A), second; Curlee (A), third.
Time 26.1.
Pole vault—Won by Bill Cole
(Auburn); Lang (Georgia), sec­ond;
McLeod (A), and Dongan
(G), tied for third place. Height
cleared by winner—10' 10".
High jump—Joe Pennington
(Auburn); DeLeon (Georgia),
third. Height cleared by winner:
6'.
Shot put—Won by Larry Bou-ley
(Georgia); Foss (A) second;
Snell (A) third. Distance: 43' 3".
Discus—Won by Larry Bouley
(Georgia); Foss (A) second; Grov-er
(G) third. Distance: 128' 3".
Javelin—Won by John Brni-lovich
(Auburn); DeLeon (Geor­gia)
second; Smith (G), third.
Distance 162'.
Broad jump—Won by Morris-sett
(Auburn); Tabor (A) sec­ond;
Hatton (A) third. Distance
21:3.5.
FACES BROTHER
JEFF BEARD
Auburn
Beard faces his brother's strong
University of Florida track and
field stars in the Stadium at
2 p. m. Saturday.
TENNIS, GOLF TEAMS
TO SCHEDULE GAMES
Limited schedules will be play­ed
by both Auburn's tennis and
golf teams, it has been announced
by Coach Carl Voyles. The golf­ers
will be under* supervision of
Prof. G. W. Hargreaves, associate
professor of pharmacy, who can
Tracksters Face Real
Test Against Florida
The Auburn track and field
team, wide-margin victors over
Maxwell Field and Georgia,
faces its first real test of the
current season when the Florida
Gators file into Auburn Stadium
for a show beginning at 2 p. m.
Saturday.
Not much is known of the in­dividual
stars of the Florida
team but is it fact that the
Gators ripped the Georgia Bull­dogs
93-32, which matematically
gives them a square chance
against the Tigers who defeated
Georgia 97-29.
From another angle, it will be
a case of brother versus brother
for Percy Beard, towering coach
of the Gators is—you guessed it
—brother to Jeff Beard, assistant
mentor of the Tiger tracksters.
Percy, an Auburn graduate,
formerly held seven indoor and
outdoor national high - hurdle
championships and held the
world record in the national
high-hurdle championships and
held the world record in the 120-
yard highs for five solid years
with a 14.2 mark that was regis­tered
in the nationals of 1931.
be contacted in Room 215, Ross.
Luther Young, of the intra­mural
sports department in Alum­ni
Gymnasium, will supervise the
tennis team.
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SEAAU Track Meet
May 11 To Bring
Classy Competitors
Registered athletes in five
states being eligible to enter,
the 1946 annual Southeastern
A. A. U. track and field carnival
in Auburn Stadium May 11 is
expected to draw the classiest
list of competitors this attraction
has had in several years.
The SEAAU territory takes in
all of Georgia and Alabama, the
South portion of Tennessee, the
Northern section of Mississippi,
and the Northwest part of Flor­ida.
All registered athletes in
this area, whether they be unat­tached
or from colleges, clubs,
service teams or high schools,
are eligible to compete.
An entry fee of a quarter for
each event will be required of
all entering the meet except
those in the armed forces. Com­manding
officers of those in the
service can certify their entries.
Registration blanks may be se­cured
by applying to Bob Shel-ton,
City Hall, Birmingham, and
entries will close with Wilbur
Hutsell, chairman of the Games
Committee, Auburn, on May 6.
Coach Hutsell also is chairman of
the National Track and Field
Rules Committee and this season
is his 25th as mentor of the Au­burn
cinder artists.
Gold, silver and bronze medals
will be awarded to the individ­ual
winners and the first "place
winning team will receive' the
Thomas Bragg Memorial Trophy.
The first place trophy is given in
honor of one of Auburn's most
famous alumni, ex-Tiger athle­tic
director and a friend of
Southern athletics. He was form­erly
an executive with the Ala­bama
Power Co. in Birmingham.
The mile relay winner will re­ceive
a similar trophy.
Order of events for the A. A. U.
meet, the first of which will start
at 2:00 p. m., will be as follows:
120-yards high hurdles (trials),
100-yards dash (trials), one mile
run, 440-yards dash (heats will
start at 1 o'clock if necessary),
100-yards dast (finals), 120-yards
high hurdles (finals), two-mile
run, 220-yards low hurdles (fin­als),
pole vault, shot put (16
pound), high jump, discus, broad
jump, javelin and mile relay.
but it was evident that Lee held
a slight advantage in stride.
The winning team was com­posed
of Tex Shewell, who ran
the first 440 yards; Maries Rid­ley,
who ran the first 220; Slick
Sims, who ran the second 220;
and Jack Lee, who covered the
final 880.
Sigma Chi's team, which led
the entire field until the last
second, was represented by Bill
Mitchell, Corky Walter, Alex
Hancock, and George Ferrell.
Kappa Alpha's team, which
placed third, was composed of
Hugh Williams, Red Farrell, Earl
Stone, and Bill Darden.
Liptak Dominates
Baseball Diamond
By Frank Sego
First- baseman Johnny Liptak,
McKeesport, Pa., football flash,
slammed out a pair of home runs
and a double in five trips to the
plate here last Monday to spark
the Auburn Tigers to a neat 8-5
conquest over the Purple Hurri­canes
of Miami University.
For Liptak it was a pleasant
feeling of revenge to cut the
Miamians down with his big,
booming bat because last Novem­ber
the same faces, garbed in
grid toggery, mercilessly swept
him and his Tiger mates aside
as their last major obstacle be­fore
going to the Orange Bowl
on Jan. 1. i
Liptak's initial circuit blow
came in the fifth stanza with the •
bases empty and his second was
registered in the seventh with
outfielder Carl Fletcher on board. I
Markham Effective On Hill
In an error-splashed diamond j
exhibition, the Tigers of Coach
Tex Warrington were steadily j
backed by the air-tight pitching
of Morgan Markham, lanky!
smokeball artist, who limited the!
orange pickers to an even half.
dozen one base knocks. j
The Plainsmen seemed to havej
found that necessary batting
punch for the first time this sea­son
as they hammered the offer­ings
of Miami's hurdler Ed Sher­man
for ten safeties..
Grant Raps Pair
Sharing the hickory spotlight
with Liptak was catcher Joe
Grant of Andalusia, who rapped
a couple of singles in four tries
with the stick.
Not a single man in the Orange
Bowl-studded lineup of Hurri­canes
garnered more than one
blow from the slants of Mark­ham.
Jack Blanton, an Auburn fresh­man
in 1944, appeared at short­stop
for the Hurricanes.
The Tigers second encounter
with the Hurricanes, scheduled
for Tuesday, was postponed due
to wet grounds.
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four-man team won the Spiked
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Stadium Saturday as part
of the Auburn-Georgia track
meet program.
PiKA's Jack Lee showed
stamina to overtake George Fer­rell
of Sigma Chi on the final lap.
Both runners crossed the finish
stripe almost stimultaneously,
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Birmingham Contractor
Submits Lowest Bid
For Dorm Construction
Lowest bid submitted for con­struction
of the new men's dormir
tory was by the Birmingham
firm, Daniel Construction Com­pany
at $949,775.
API has 30 days in which to
accept the submitted bids, ac­cording
to W. Travis Ingram,
business manager, who opened
and read the bids at a public ses­sion
Apr. 16.
The next low bid was that of
Batson-Cook Construction Com­pany,
West Point, Ga., with a
figure of $971,790.
H. L. Holmand, Jr., Ozark, and
college architect pointed out that
the new dormitory would house
450 male students. It is to be a
four-story "H" shaped building
of 92,741 square feet on West
Magnolia St.
INTER-FAITH GROUP
ELECTS DICK PARVIN
Dick Parvin, senior from Brad-enton,
Fla., was elected president
of the Inter-Faith Council at the
spring retreat last week-end at
the home of Miss Mary Cox, 265
West Glenn.
The other newly elected offi­cers
are: Bet Thornton, secretary,
and Joyce Levins, treasurer.
The Council made plans for
the next year which included:
discussion groups, Sunday eve­ning
music hour, Religious Em­phasis
Week, and the many other
programs which they sponsor.
The council is composed of two
representatives from each de­nomination
and faith who work
together for promotion of religi­ous
activities on the campus.
SIGMA NU ELECTS
Bill Pearson was elected com­mander
at recent Sigma Nu elec­tions.
Other officers elected are
Tommy Allen, lieutenant com­mander;
Glen Cameron, treasur­er,
Homer Turner, secretary;
Frank Mize, chaplain and his­torian;
Bruce Cousins, reporter;
Mose Walker, assistant treasurer;
Bobby Hodgson, pledge marshall;
and Alfred Cook, sentinel.
Bobby Hodgson was also
named manager of the Sigma Nu
Softball team.
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Cullman, Alabama. Member of
Kappa' Sigma Fraternity.
Floyd T. Love, Junior from
Cuthbert, Georgia.
Charles A. Feagin, Junior
from Enterprise, Alabama. Mem­ber
of Phi Kappa Tau.
Frank S. Monk, Jr., Senior
from Columbus, Georgia. He is a
Phi Delta Theta Pledge.
Dabney T. Hardy, Jr., Junior
from Rome, Georgia. Member of
Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Thomas E. Lane, Senior from
Rockmart, Geo