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VOL.81 AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1953 Number 7
Music Clinic In Session On Campus
Over 350 junior and senior high school students from all Guest Director
over the state and Georgia, Mississippi and Florida are currently
'attending the annual Auburn Summer Music Clinic
on the campus this 'week. The students represent approximately
60 Alabama towns and cities,
The program, wwhhiicchh began
Monday, will reach its climax
Friday night in the Auburn City
Park when the Chamber of Commerce
will present a trophy to the
outstanding school participating in
the clinic. Also during the ceremonies,
scholarships w i l l be
awarded to seven students judged
Ate most outstanding in their
pyer-all performances during the
Clinic. The final program, which
begins at 7:30, will feature marching
and concert bands and twirl-crs.
THE SCHOLARSHIPS, which
Trill cover the students' clinic expenses,
have been made possible
by Quality Laundry, Drake Motor
Co., Nixon Real Estate, Auburn
Bakery, Wrights Drug Store Hawkins
Book Store, Burton's Book
Store and the Auburn Research
Foundations.
Clinic participants have been
divided in to six major band
groups. Three marching bands
are working on a marching show.
and a concert band will be selected
from these groups.
ALSO SCHEDULED for the
visitors are a dance tonight in the
student activities building and
"skit-night" tomorrow night in
the Music Building.
Classes and discussions are being
held each day for music
teachers and band directors attending.
Emphasis is being placed
on football shows and music for
inarching bands.
Guest director of the clinic is
Reid Poole, assistant band director
at the University of Florida.
Assisting with the bands will
be Lyle Babcock, University of
Mississippi; John Fish, Florida
State University; Herman Moll,
Troy High School; David A. Herbert
and Charles A. Bentley, of
API's music department.
Presbyterian Pastor
To Speak Sunday
At Worship Service
Speaker for the ninth service
in Auburn's Protestant community
worship series Sunday night
will be Dr. John H. Leith, minister
of the First Presbyterian
Church here. Dr. Leith's sermon
topic will be "Does Modern Man
Need Religion?"
Scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.,
the service will be held in Graves
Centre Amphitheatre unless weather
conditions are unfavorable.
Alternate site for the program is
Langdon Hall.
DR. LEITH came to the Auburn
church in July, 1948, and
has been active in city and college
religious life during his five
years here. A native of South
Carolina and a graduate of Er-skine
College there, Dr. Leith
earned his theological degree at
Columbia Seminary, Decatur, Ga.
He also received a master's degree
from Vanderbilt University
and a Ph.D. at Yale.
In the summer of 1951, the
speaker was awarded a Presbyterian
graduate fellowship for
travel in. Europe.
ONLY ONE Sunday evening service
remains in the 1953 series
after this week. The Rev. J. Davison
Phillips, minister of the
First Presbyterian Church of
Thomasville, Ga., will be guest
speaker for the final program on
August 16.
Now in the 20th year, Protestant
community services are presented
by the local Episcopal,
M e t h o d i s t and Presbyterian
churches and the API faculty
committee on religious life.
Reid Poole
School Officials To Arrive Today
For Conference On School Buildings
Alabama school superintendents and assistants, school
principals, and state education and college personnel arrived
on campus today for a two-day conference dealing with school
buildings for today's education program.
Sponsored by the API School of Education, the conference
will be devoted to the study and
analysis of school buildings with
special emphasis on recent developments,
in economy of planning
and construction. • -
Leader of the workshop conference
will -be Dr. N. L. Engle-hardt,
Sr., New York City, internationally
known consultant on
school building planning.
Known as the "Dean of School
Building Planners," Dr. Engle-hardt
was a member of the faculty
at Teachers College, Columbia,
from 1916 to 1942. He taught
hundreds of school superintendents
and conducted research on
school building problems. His
texts on school building surveys
and school planning have been
used in college courses throughout
the nation.
In 1937, Columbia University
awarded him the Butler Silver
Medal for meritorious -professional
services.
He served as associate superintendent
of schools in New York
City from 1942-47 and supervised
the planning of numerous new
school buildings in that area.
He is now senior partner of
Englehardt, Englehardt, and Leg-gett,
educational consultants, an
organization outstanding for its
planning of school buildings in
this country and abroad.
Soc Hop' Scheduled
A "Soc-Hop" will be held in
Alumni Gymnasium Tuesday
night, August 11, from 7:30 to
10:30, according to an announcement
by Bebe Smith, director of
women's intramural sports.
Miss Smith stated that Jimmy
Engle's Orchestra would play
for the occasion and that coeds
could obtain late permission.
She added that everyone is invited
to the campus-wide affair
which will be sponsored by
the Women's Recreation Associ-tion.
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Invitations Available
Graduation invitations may
be picked up today through Friday
in the Student Government
Office between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Extra invitations are available
for those who did not place
their order during the sale, announced
Bob Mayo, chairman of
invitation committee.
Fall Enrollment
Expected To Soar
Above 6800 Level
Auburn's enrollment next fall
quarter is expected to exceed this
year's mark by 450 students and
soar to 6,850, it was announced
this week by college officials.
According to Registrar Charles
Edwards, "6,850 is only a tentative
figure and the » enrollment
may climb to 7,0p0 if applications
for admittance keep coming in at
the rate they have so far this summer."
COMMENTING ON the expected
increase in enrollment, Director
of Student Affairs James Foy
stated, "This year with our enrollment
at 6,400, all college
housing for men was utilized. We
will have at least a hundred new
available spaces for men in Auburn
Hall, but one hundred rooms
will not be enough. In other
words, there is a possibility of an
acute shortage of housing for
men."
Alumni Hall, which is being
renovated this summer, will be
occupied by women students next
fall, Dean of Women Katharine
Cater has announced. Miss Cater
stated that after the first of July,
names of women students desiring
housing will be put on a waiting
list.
ALSO, SHE stated that-every
possible housing space in the 13
women's dormitories already has
been occupied for next year. Dean
Cater announced that approxU
mately 1,100 women coeds will be
housed next fall.
The department of veterans affairs
is expecting 1,500 World War
II and Korean veterans next fall,
Coordinator of Veterans Affairs J.
M. Norton revealed this week.
Norton stated that there will be
approximately an increase of 75?
more veterans than were enrolled
this past year.
Comedy To Begin Anew Tonight
After 'Smash' Showings Last Week
"Bell, Book and Candle," Auburn Players' only summer
production, re-opens tonight in the Y-Hut at 8:15 after establishing
a "record-breaking" attendance last week during the
first three performances.
According to Bob Knowles, director of the Players, the
jam-packed audiences have responded'
enthusiastically to the
John Van Druten comedy dealing
with witchcraft in modern New
York. City.
IN REFERRING to the capacity
audiences, Knowles brought
out the fact that "Bell, Book and
Candle" is one of the few campus
shows ever to pay for its cost
of production. He stated that the
reason for this was due to the
fact that there are many graduate
students on campus who
must pay to see the performance.
Students are admitted free with
the presentation of their stuSent
activity card. Income is received
from townspeople and those
who do not possess an activity
card.
The three-act comedy, written
by the author of "I Remember
Mama" and "The Voice of the
Turtle," has been released this
summer for amateur production.
"From o u t w a r d indications,"
Knowles said, "the audience appears
to be more amazed and delighted
with the antics of the
Siamese cat used in the production
than with any other facet of
the play. That is particularly true
when the cat talks back to
Queenie Holroyd.".
IT IS all done by sound effects
Knowles pointed out. He indicated
that Siamese cats are extremely
difficult to handle and the one
used for Pyewacket in "Bell,
Book and Candle" requires two
handlers. Sensitive by nature,
the Siamese was more so since
opening night was a double debut
for him. He assumed fame as
an Auburn star and also became
a father.
The play centers around a
young man's reaction to having a
spell cast on him and the complications
which ensue. Tonight's
performance will mark the beginning
of a four day run. The
last date of showing is Saturday,
August 8.
GILLIAN HOLROYD played by
Nancy Bayard Brown falls in
love with Sheperd Henderson
played by L e w i s Rosenthal.
Queenie Holroyd, Gillian's aunt
played ,*by Marian Bayard, aid
Gillian in casting a spell on the
unsuspecting young man. Much
comedy is added by Queenie who
thoroughly enjoys being a witch
and Nicky Holroyd, Bud Hathe-way,
who is a male witch and
Gillian's brother. He uses his
powers to play tricks.
Sydney Redlich, Ralph Wills, is
a writer who is intrigued by
witchcraft and goes to New York
to write a book on it. Pyewacket,
a Siamese cat is an implement in
the spell casting.
THE PLAY, which has just
been released for amateur production
t h i s summer, makes
witchcraft a highly creditable
everyday affair. A modern kitchen
is used for brewing the
witches potents. The young man's
reaction to having a spell cast on
him creates the necessary complications
to make it a good play.
Students will be admitted free"
of charge.
Fraternity Averages
Exceeded All-Men's
During Last Year
Fraternity scholastic averages
exceeded the all-men's average
this year for the first time since
-1939-1940, according to an announcement
today by Jim Vann,
summer president of the Inter-fraternity
Council.
In making the announcement,
Van stated that Omega Tau Sigma
veterinary medicine fraternity had
won the Council's annual awards
for attaining the highest scholastic
average for the year and for
showing the most scholastic improvement
during last year. OTS's
grade average of 2.974 set a n ew
record for the highest average attained
by an Auburn fraternity or
sorority in the post-World "War II
era.
FRATER.NITY members a nd
pledges chalked up a 2.167 for
the entire year, while the all-men's
average was only a thousandth
of a point behind at 2.166.
On an individual fraternity
basis, since 1946, only three groups
have maintained a scholastic average
higher than the all-men's
average. They are OTS, Alpha
Psi"and Pi Kappa Alpha.
ACCORDING TO classes,, college
scholastic averages for the
year were as follows:
Senior women, 2.786; senior
men, 2.556; junior women, 2.459;
junior men, 2.286; sophomore
women, 2.310; sophomore men,
2.206; freshman women, 2.134, and
freshman men, 1.767.
The all-woman's average was
2.450.
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see sights which are as refreshing as this week's 'Loveliest.' She is
Barbara Jean Waller, sophomore in science and literature from
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Discology ? ?! . •
'EP's' Increase 45 R.P.M. Popularity
The advent of "extended play"
recordings has increased the popularity
of 45 rpm records. Forty-fives
hit the market and became
an instantaneous success, perhaps
largely because they were easier
to handle when playing assorted
stacks on an automatic changer.
«EP" records, through extending
playing time, now offers new possibilities
to the recording field.
One such release, to take particular
advantage of this new type
of record, is a single "EP" by the
ever great Duke Ellington band.
Two concert arrangements of the
jazz classics, "Take the 'A' Train"
and "Perdido" played as Ellington
played them in person, takes a
generous number of choruses for
full development.
An unusual vocal by Betty
Roche plus the emotional sax work
by tenor-man Paul Gonsalves
make it one of the better releases
by Ellington in recent times.
On the "flip" side, the much
overworked "Perdido" is highlighted
by a complex "solo in the
round" performed by trumpeters
Kay Nance, William "Cat" Ander-
By Bob Clark
son, Willie Cook and Clark Terry
plus trombonist Britt Woodman,
who in that order, each take four
bar breaks.
Other features are the piano introductions
played by the Duke
and the tireless rhythm section
lead by drummer Lou Bellson.
"Take the 'A' Train" and "Perdido"
(Duke Ellington; Columbia
1 EP)
MUSIC FROM HOLLYWOOD
(Percy Faith; Columbia 1EP).
Long one of the top radio conductors,
Percy Faith maintains his
reputation with this release of the
movie themes "Return to Paradise"
and "Ruby." Both are rather
lush arrangements thickly coated
with sugar.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM VERDI'S
RIGOLETTO (RCA Victor). Jan
Peerce, tenor; Leonard Warren,
baritone; Italo Tajo, bass; Erna
Berger, soprano; Nan -Merriman,
mezzo-soprano; Robert Shaw conducting
the Robert Shaw Chorale,
and the RCA Victor Orchestra,
Renato Cellini, conductor. For
lovers of operatic music no more
need be said.
Nurses Take Polio Training Course
To Be Prepared If Emergency Arises
T h i r t y - t w o registered nurses of Lee County attended a
•special training course on polio nursing techniques at Lee
County Hospital recently. The p r o g r am included, i n s t r u c t i on
o n how local citizens may obtain help from the National
F o u n d a t i o n for Infantile Paralysis and general information
©n signs and symptoms of polio.
A respirator (iron lung) and a
hot pack machine, property of the
National Foundation, were loaned
by the John A. Andrews Memorial
Hospital in Tuskegee to be used
in the demonstration, and a professional
film was shown by Vernon
Lapp, API faculty member.
The training course, sponsored
by the local Women's -Committee
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, was termed as
a step in the preparedness campaign
in Lee County.
Four of the nurses in the group
had attended a workshop at St.
Jude's Hospital in Montgomery,
Vocational Ag Program
To 6e Held Here
Representatives f r o m land-grant
colleges in 12 Southern
states will meet at API August
6-8 to plan a program of research
in vocational agriculture
for the Southern region.
Members of the research committee
for Southern Regional
Conference of Supervisors and
Teacher Trainers, the representatives
will also review research
reports made during the past
year and will consider ways and
means of getting more educational
institutions to assist in research
programs.
Presiding at the meeting will
be Dr. J. B. Kirkland, dean of
the School of Education, North
Carolina S t a t e College,, and
chairman of the research committee.
Dr. Paul Irvine, director of the
education interpretation service
at API, will serve as consultant.
Alabama representative on the
committee is Dr. R. W. Montgomery,
head of the department of
agricultural education, API. .
July 20-23. They were Mrs. Eunice
Bartlet, Lee County Hospital;
Mrs. J. W. Townsend, chairman
of Women's Committee; Mrs. Lu
Neal Wright and Mrs. Mary Sellers,
API Infirmary.
At the Montgomery workshop
they learned specific treatments
for polio patients, how to use a
respirator and a hot pack machine
and attended lectures given
by doctors on toe staff at St.
Jude's, went through polio wards
to see patients and learned special
nursing techniques r>y Going them.
The training course at Leej
County Hospital was designed to
pass on this information and
training to other nurses of the
county.
The Women's Committee is
working with the Red Cross, the
County Board of Public Health,
API and the staff of Lee County
Hospital in this program.
Special guests invited were T.
G. Tollison, vice-chairman of Lee
County Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis;
W. E. Stewart, administrator
of Lee County Hospital; Mrs. Jerry
Hilliard, chairman of Lee
County Red Cross; Mrs. Joe Tanner,
chairman of Disaster Recruitment
for the Red Cross, Lee County
chapter, and Mrs. J. O. Wilson,
Miss Annan Sappington and
Miss Fanny Hadaway, public
health nurses.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 5, 1953
New Frat Houses
To Be Constructed
With the new buildings on the
campus nearing completion, the
social life of the college will be
given a rejuvenation with the
building of two new fraternity
houses. The new, modern fraternity
houses are planned by the Alpha
Tau Omega's and the Sigma
Chi's. These two houses will be
located across the street from each
other at the end of West Magnolia.
The Alpha Tau Omega's are
planning to start construction
sometime during the month of
August. The plans for the chapter
house are being drawn by Martin
J. Lyde of Birmingham. The
house, which will be of semi-modern
architecture, will cost approximately
$110,000. The house
will be situated on a seven and
one-half acre lot overlooking a
proposed lake which is to be constructed
on the west side of the
lot.
The Sigma Chi's are planning to
start "construction either the last
of August or the first of September.
The architectural firm of
VanKevran & Davis is completing
working drawings of the proposed
house. Estimated cost will be close
to $100,000.
The house is to be located on a
two acre lot leased from the college.
The building, which has a
one story social area and a two
story dormitory area, will be of
semi-modern architecture. The
chapter house will have sleeping
capacity for 46 men.
With the construction of these
two houses, the total number of
new fraternity houses built on the
campus since the fall of 1949 will
be five.
The Sigma Pi's have made plans
for remodeling their chapter house.
Work was recently started toward
remodeling the interior of four
Auburn Player Nixon |
Starring In Florida
An Auburn student interested in
dramatics and a member of the
Auburn Players is making quite
an impression around the Panama
City, Fla., summer theatre
circuit. Bob Nixon, Auburn, a
veteran member of the Auburn
Players, is currently on tour with
the Pelican Players.
^Nixon has held leading roles at
the Panama City Beach theatre -in
"Bell, Book and Candle," and "Tobacco
Road." Press releases on
him have been enthusiastic. The
Panama City newspapers claim
that Nixon is "effective in character";
"his performances have im»
pact and are outstanding."
This summer, Nixon has had the
role of Nicky, in "Bell, Book an*
Candle," and Dude, in "Tobacco1
Road." Both performances brought
him praise from critics.
While a member of the Auburn
Players, Nixon has appeared in
such notable attractions as "Outward
Bound," "George Washington
Slept Here," "The Silver
Cord," "The Glass Mountain,"
"Guest In the House" and "The
Madwoman of Chaillot."
The tall, gangling Auburnite is
a junior in education.
Students Take Field Trip
Forty-one students of economics-at
Auburn recently made a field,
trip to visit and study the operation
of brokerage offices in Columbus,
Ga.
George W. Patton, associate professor
of economics, accompanied
the class.
rooms which will be the new suite
for the house mother. The suite
will have four rooms; a living
room, sitting room, bed room and
bath. The' front is being landscaped
in conjunction with the
interior work. Total cost of the
project is $2,000.
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Union Building To Be Consumation
Of Work By Student Body Leaders
HJ By J a c k Watson
The d r e am of many A u b u r n students, alumni and faculty
Is becoming more and more a r e a l i t y as t h e A u b u r n Union
Building nears the end of its long period of construction.
F r om the time the first idea was conceived by a few intere
s t e d students u n t i l t h e present, t h e e n t i r e p l a n has, w i t h the
competent aid of college officials
and interested alumni, been
handled by student leaders of
the campus.
In the school year of 1949-50, a
student committee met to see
what could be done to make the
Auburn campus a better one
through the addition of a Student
Union Building. Gilmer
Blackburn, the chairman of the
student committee at that time,
Was instrumental in securing the
final passage of a student referendum
which stated t h a t the
students, by the addition of two
dollars per quarter to the student
activity fee, would pay for the
new building.'
When this was passed by the
student body, college officials
then approved the plan for the
new building.
For some time, the faculty and
alumni of the college had been
seeking to build a Faculty-Alum_
ni Club. The Bradley Foundation
had offered the Auburn faculty
and alumni $50,000 to be
Used for this purpose. Also, the
Auburn Alumni Association under
the leadership of "Happy"
Davis, then executive secretary,
had raised $50,000 for the construction
of an Alumni Club to
house their offices.
In the spring of 1950, the student
committee met in-X.angdon
Hall with representatives of the
Faculty Club and the Alumni Association
to decide whether they
could, by combining funds, construct
a building which would
serve the needs of all concerned,
as well as be a continuous source
of pride to men and women of
Auburn. The decision to combine
was made and a decision was
reached to call the proposed
structure t h e Auburn Union
Building.
Within the next few weeks, the
college contributed $200,000 and
floated bonds to get the remaining
$750,000.
A survey was made of the
campus to try to find what the
students and faculty wished to
have in the new building. With
this report, a committee compos-
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student affairs, to plan the services
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3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 5, 1953
When these plans were completed,
the architecture firm of
Pearson, Tittle, and Narrows,
Montgomery, was given the task
of putting the dreams of many
people on paper. In April of 1952,
the construction company of Bat-son-
Cook, West Point, Ga., started
to work.
The building will have on the
ground floor a snack bar, hobby
shop, which will have a dark"
room for student use, a cafeteria
and a student recreation room.
The snack bar and the cafeteria
are the only rooms oh the ground
floor to have air-conditioning.
The snack bar will open onto a
brick terrace on the West side at
the building. The College Book
Store will also be located on the
ground floor.
On the first or main floor, the
Alumni Association and the Faculty
Club will have their suites
of offices. The Ball Room and the
writing lounges complete the
first floor.
The second floor will have all
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Hill Loses 'Educational Oil' Battle
Senator Lister Hill lost the battle for his
"oil for education" amendment to the Continental
Shelf development bill in an "in-dian-
giver" Senate last week. The amendment,
if it had not been struck from the
so-called "Outer Shelf" Bill, would have
provided for federal administration of submerged
territory beyond the limits established
in the so-called tidelaryis oil bill.
In the face of much opposition, Hill earlier
gained a brilliant senate victory for
his stand to ear-mark federal revenue derived
from "Shelf oil" for state education.
As a result, the amendment was passed by
the senate. However, the house came up
with a rival bill. Opposition in the house
Jclaimed that Hill's amendment would make
possible federal control of the state public
school systems—something which has failed
to materialize in these many years of federal
aid.
With the adoption of a compromise^
house-senate measure, Hill's amendment
was dropped.
In losing his fight for "educational oil,"
the Alabama champion has not diminished
in stature. This state has seen its dynamic
son lose battles before only to come back
with increased vigor. He has faced criticism
and chastisement,'but his leadership has
never been questioned.
His most bitter opponents respect him.
He with the silver tongue has swayed even
the house through brilliant tactics on the
floor of the senate. Certainly he is one of
the most interesting personalities in the
senate.
It will be most interesting to watch the
next move made by the senator.
Union Building Is Student Project
In this week's issue, there is an article
devoted to the story of the Auburn Union
Building. The majority of students are not
aware of the tremendous amount of work
which went into the making of this dream
come true. It is the culmination of three
years of hard work. Work which proved to
.be confusing at times, and heartbreaking at
other times. It was a type of work which
required d i l i g e n c e , perseverance and,
'Strange as it may seem, tact.
The value which the Union Building will
bring into the campus lives of Auburn students
is sure to be immeasurable. Located
strategically in the "heart" of the campus,
the building will provide a focal point for
the activities of all students. Is it any wonder
that it is the most talked about subject
on the campus today?
Though its value to the student is expected
to be great, the building cannot be
discussed without bringing in the fact that
it is the product of student effort. It was
conceived by students, pushed by students,
and when the operation of the building gets
underway, it will be run primarily by students.
That is why it will remain a dynamic reminder
of the Auburn Spirit.
We Dare To Print Anything
This week's "Symposium" gave a clear
indication that t h e r e are more self appointed
critics of the newspaper than t h e r e are
those who are willing to get in and pitch to
get it out of t h e "awful" hole it is in.
However, this is no argument with the
opinions of those persons who were w r i t t en
u p in this week's column of student opinion.
•The Plainsman hears the same thing year
after year through award after award, so
We a r e use to it. In fact, we relish criticism.
We are continually faced with the probl
em of where to get news to print. From
Wednesday to Wednesday, our "tortured"
minds go about seeking t r i v i a which will be
used to fill the pages of "our low-caliber"
college paper.
We lash our columnists at least twice a
week and force them to dream up idiotic
"mumbo-jumbo" sentences which p r o s t i t u te
t h e eyes and the minds of students. In fact,
t h e r e are so many helpers in our office that
we continually shift the masthead around
a n d throw off the names of those students
who fail to bow down when they enter the
office door.
But taking all of this into consideration,
we somehow manage to struggle on. Life is
a perplexing problem to those of us who
deal with p u t t i n g the campus news to the
student. A small few gather in this office
each week to put out the paper. We are
over a block from the m a i n campus, but we
a r e hardy souls. We always manage to
climb the short hill back toward the main
campus after lights have been cut off in t he
dormitories and the s t r e e t s are deserted. It
is a laborious trial, but we also manage to
r e t u r n the next day.
P e r h a p s being such adventuresome souls,
i s the reason why we dare to print this
week's "Symposium." Personally, The
Plainsman enjoyed some of the comments
of a few students.
As was stated before, thi s newspaper int
e n d s no comeback with airy of t h e persons
interviewed in the "Symposium." But we
a r e i n t e r e s t e d in any person who has reached
journalistic m a t u r i t y for we feel that by
not being on the staff, he is letting the
school down, as well as himself and The
Plainsman.
There will be one more issue this quart
e r , which makes it a l i t t l e too late for us
to acquire the beneficial aid of journalistic;
minded students. However, next fall will
be j m o t h e r story. The Plainsman will be
glad to receive as much help as it can get.
LES FORD
WALTER EVERIDGE
. Editor
Managing Editor
Howard Skelton Associate Editor
Jack Boozer Assistant Editor
Eldonna Brown a Feature Editor
Bob O'Neill Associate Sports Editor
J IM HAYGOOD
Business Manager
Jerry Watson Advertising Manager
Bobby Rice Asst. Ad. Mgr.
Jim Johnson
Neva Albritton
Circulation Manager
Exchange Editor
STAFF MEMBERS: Tom Collins, Tom Duke, Red Provost, Jack Watson, Herbert White. m.
"Oh, she has a p r e t t y mouth all right, Worth'al—itV
t h a t most freshman girls a r e a l i t t l e bashful on blind dates.1
Bouquets &> Brickbats
Plainsman' Readers Talk Back
Office on Tlchenor Avenue, Phone API 242. Deadline for so clal and organizational news la Satardajr noon. Hlntorad ai
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'In Toto'
Dear Mr. Houeye, Emmett E.:
In regard to your recent letter
which charged several columnists
with writing "void" works, I
would like to take this opportunity
to thank you for your well
worded letter which did nothing
but define the Word "void." With
the dictionary as your crutch, you
have made the mistake that
marks any self made critic of the
literary world.
The mistake that I have reference
to is your statement that,
"They produce no effect and are
useless" (they meaning void columns).
If no effect is produced,
then why were you inspired to
write such a wordy letter, which
was obviously a strain on your
dictionary? Naturally you can't
assume that our "voids" are useless
since it gave you the chance
to show people that you are capable
of forming an opinion. My
congratulations to you on this
achievement.
Since you like to deal in terminology,
I shall call you Ebene-zer,
taken from Ebenezer Scrooge,
because you frown so dramatically
on we lowly writers of
"void." . You know, that word
kinda grows on you. Anyway, I
think that any person who makes
the assumption that my column-is
a product of a vacant mind
without other thoughts is a pompous
idiot. I can't write every
column "on sex. You should realize,
Ebenezer, that even some of
your -well-founded, informative
and serious thoughts are not. fit
to print.
I have written several columns
of the serious vain which met the
approval of several of you dead
panned realists, but my regular
readers, who also agree that a
paper should contain a "bezerk"
column, thought I had gone into
that serious, sarcastic, man-of-the-
world category that often
marks the columnist. My best
friend read my serious column
endorsing Ike, thought it was a
satire and lost his shirt betting
on Adlai. I never saw my friend
again.
So Ebenezer, I always look for
a long wordy letter like yours
about this time of the year when
everyone is suffering from that
state of, shall we say, running off
at the mouth. I always think
about the friend I lost in the
above mention*! episode and
hope I never take a serious whim
again.
Actually, I enjoyed your letter
immensely. I especially liked the
part about wanting to use The
Plainsman's part of the student
activities fee for the maintenance
of an insane asylum. That was
very much supported by my staff
"at the Glomerata office and we
are ready to back you to the
noose.
Why don't you write a letter
to The Wall Street Journal sometime?
They produce an issue once
a year that sells for a buck and
contains nothing but the most
idiotic and unorthodox pieces of
journalism you ever read. You
might even call it "void" if you
consult your dictionary again.
But in spite of such definitions,
the paper is still rated most high.
ly in the intellectual world ol
which you someday may be a
part.
In toto,
Fred Nichols
* » *
More Toto'
Dear Mr. Houeye,
I found your letter, published in
the July 29 issue of The Plainsman
completely "void" (if I may
make use of your over-used term)
of the reasoning, integrity and
judgment usually ascribed to a
veterinary medicine student on
the Auburn campus.
I, for one, usually find the twe
columns in question delightfully
amusing and thoroughly enjoy
reading them. A quick poll of my
classmates showed that a large
majority of them feel likewise.,,,
However, you are not alone in
your beliefs. The local pseudo-i
n t e l l e c t u a l s of comppsition
and the English language would
probably defend your principles to
the very end. So go find the
shoulder of some instructor to cry
on about the literary standards.
You probably won't find much,
consolation within the student
body.
Sincerely,
John Moore
* * *
Three Points To Korea
Dear" Editor:
It is not often that I consider, a
newspaper a r t i c l e important
(Continued on page 6).,
M e n ! Housing To Present Problem This Fall The Common Man •*••''«••««»•
4 By Les Ford
Foxes have holes and birds of
the air have nests.—Bible
I - - — . _.
j Auburn is in for hard times
With housing problems when the
ij?a 11 quarter opens. Informed
Sources think that enrollment this
^all will approach the -all-time
record figure attained following
World War II.
With August
just here, col-
1 e g e housing
facilities are
almost at their
maximum. Op
Saturday, t he
only remaining
vacancies i n
college housing
were estimated
at 75 spaces for
men students in
t - Auburn H a l l,
acilities for coeds were exhaust-
^d July J when enough applications
were received to fill the
Quadrangle, the five new girls
dormitories, and Alumni Hall.
Since that time, the Dean of
Women's office has not been accepting
applications for admission
(a crying shame).
The fact that college facilities
Ford'
are overflowing is nothing new,
but the early date • of the overflow
indicates that vacant rooms
and apartments will be harder to
find when the fall quarter begins
September 27.
* * *
Those who were here at the beginning
of last fall quarter will
vouch for the critical men's housing
shortage that existed. Men applicants
were temporarily placed
in Alumni Hall until housing could
be found for them in town residences.
The college operated a
complete and up-to-date housing
bureau, which listed the vacancies
as they occurred. But, even with
this service, many students who
were temporarily stationed in
Alumni were unable to find vacancies
in town until winter
quarter.
* * *
Next year, the situation will be
even worse than it was in 1948,
even though the enrollment may
not reach the 7,600 mark. There
are actually f e w e r available
spaces now than there were then.
This is because fewer townspeople
are renting their extra rooms, and
a large number of Auburn citizens
who do have available spaces
have converted them' into apartments.
Then too, even though the
college now has. Magnolia Hall;
the trailer camps and the barracks
are gone forever.
* * *
The "cramped" conditions will
not be the only regretable feature
of the situation, since coupled
with the housing shortage will
come a shortage in classroom
space. Class schedules will assume
odd hours and sequences in order
that all available space can be
utilized to the maximum.
If enrollment reaches the maximum
which the college can accomodate
with its classroom facilities,
then API will be forced to
ascribe a basis for accepting applications
for admission. Entrance
requirements-may be tightened of
necessity. Regulations regarding
out-of-state students may have to
be changed. These would be the
most regrettable of the ramifications.
• * • •
The root of the entire5 problem
lies in the lack of funds. Perhaps,
someday the men on goat hill will
awaken to the problems and the
needs of the times. Right now,
they seem to be about 15 years
behind schedule.
The Sign Post
Civil Rights, Slavery Controversies Compared
By Red Provost
Having safely survived so far
the three most recent and catastrophic
blows to the culture and
civilization of the'Western world
—Adlai Stevenson's loss of the
1952 election, Eisenhower's hollow
victory of the same, and the Korean
War, I feel myself a little too
subdued to w r i t e Plainsman
columns and copy as I used to do.
Back before my B.S. degree, baldness,
inability to drink as much
bourbon as heretofore, and marriage,
I was a member of the
Plainsman editorial staff and
served for several years in a
modest and uneventful way.
In those days there was no end
of battles to be fought here. A
dragon lurked behind every door,
and St. Georges were all to few
on the campus. There were a
hardy few, however, who were-constantly
aware; these were the
Plainsmen. The Plainsman office
was always abuzz with clacking
typewriters and ringing phones.
We put out a newspaper. I remember
it distinctly: Boyd Hinton
pouring over the dictionary, Jack
Simms outraged at the lack of
tennis courts on the campus, Jim
Forrester smiling darkly at his
dark angel (we were all re-reading
Tom Wolfe then), and even
Hal Breedlove leisurely bumbling
about with his ads.
It was quite a shock to drop into
the Plainsman office the other day
and find callow youths sitting
about in such sacred precints,
reading the Crimson and White,
talking about sex and politics, doing
almost nothing in the way of
journalistic endeavour. The place
was as quiet as an EH 102 classroom.
The editor was chewing on
a cigar and staring out of the win^-
dow; the managing editor was
gazing absently at a cartoon m
The Montgomery Examiner. No
phones ringing, no typewriters*
clacking, no presses rolling. I was
amazed at this laissez-faire font
of journalism.
Perhaps it is la malade du siecta.
After all the communist menaes
has been temporarily abated in test
Far East. The tennis courts h aw
been built. There's a new architecture
building and an almost
finished student center. There am
more coeds. There is still summer
and Chewacla. But still somewhere
on the campus there must
be a journalist with a cause. Thews
must be something which needs)
looking into, condemned, publicized,
or scorned. Where is the
writer who'll bring life back into
the Plainsman, bring back the
good old days when each mail
brought in letters which ranged
from the local preachers to the
local Ku Klux Klan?
I hate to sound pessimistic basil
looks like what the old timer*
are saying is true. At the last informal'
meeting of several rat-
Plainsman, editors there was moth
wagging of heads in solemn agreement
over the fact that the situation
was simply a case of a pecs
nous, le deluge.
The civil rights controversy,
which has been especially prominent
in national life in recent
years, has many . aspects which
bring to mind a similar conflict in
the early decades of the nineteenth
century. Slavery, of course, had
much deeper implications, but to-
The radical abolitionists did not. of civil rights from other parts of
appear in force until the time of the country cannot be as well ac-the
Missouri Compromise. The quainted with the Southern as-
South recognized this interference pects of the issue as Southerners
as a forerunner of economic dis- themselves are.
aster, and liberality was all but
forgotten in a frantic effort to
justify the status quo. After that
day's debate runs along the same time, it was primarily a battle be-general
lines of reasoning.
Prior to 1820, the trend of
thought among most slaveholders
indicated that they considered
slavery a temporarily necessary
evil. Thomas Jefferson was the
most distinguished of the leaders
in this new Southern liberality.
tween extremists of both sides
which led eventually to the war
and the dark days of Reconstruction.
Today, a century or so later,
most thinking Southerners realize
that there are many injustices
Hypocrisy will always be found
in a situation such as this, and the
forefront of the debate is often
dominated by men who have failed
to be subjective in their reasoning.
Anyone who has traveled
from the South to other regions
has found that the majority of
Americans have a very distorted
conception of the land below the
Mason-Dixon. This is due in part
OH The Cuff
Brumfield's Friendliness Draws Praise]
By Howard Skeltori
present in our social system, but to the ballyhoo which inevitably
Increasing numbers of slaves were. they are also resentful of the fact
being voluntarily freed by their
owners after the Revolutionary
War. The reason for slavery's
taking a long time to disappear
is obvious. The entire agrarian
accompanies the rantings of demagogues
of both sides. It is a pity
that the most logical and practical
men are so inconspicuous.
that all the liberal guns have been
trained toward the South. True,
two or more wrongs do not make
a right, but it is unfair. that the
South should be made the scape-
Southern economy was based upon goat of the nation with regards to observation on the above question:
slave labor, and the South could evils which are not restricted to A thing such as this arouses
not be industrialized overnight. this section. The standard bearers People who live in glass houses.
A bit of verse containing an
As I Was Saying
Weekend Trips Afford Rare Sight
By Jack Boozer
When the administration chose
Jay Brumfield as the new assistant
director of student affairs,
they certainly were in keeping
with their policy of "nothing but
the best for Auburn." Ask anyone
who has met the friendly and congenial
gentleman from Kentucky
and he will tell
you the
thing.
After you've
met Brumfield,
realize very
quickly that he
has every potentiality
of being
a major addition
to Au-b
u r n ' s o u t standing
officials.
Bf'um-field's
radiant personality and
congenial manner make it quite
obvious that he and the students
will work together famously. Al-
Skelton
field is well at home in the Student
Affairs Office, as this offiesa
is noted for being one of the
friendliest on campus. This office
has more connections with the
student body than practically any
other office on the campus; and
this makes the air of friendliness
and understanding a good situa-same
tion. Many a time a student has
gone into the Student Affairs Office
burdened with a problem and
has come out of the office with a
you realize very smile en his face and in his heart.
It's offices like these and people
like Jay Brumfield which make
college life a joy. We'll cherish
them in our memories in the
years to come. If you haven't met
Jay Brumfield, go by and extend
him that Auburn hand of friendship.
You'll be glad you did!
* * » 'i
.' Auburn fraternities are to be
congratulated for cooperating with
city sanitation officials and doing
It is my custom to motor up to
the foothills of the Appalachians
each weekend to see what has
been wrought in God's land. Returning
from such a trip recently,
I espied a young woman lying in
the road who appeared to be either
dead or injured. Immediately, I
letters that appeared in a recent
issue of The Plainsman which attempted
to defend the use of alcoholic
beverages.
Try as I did, the vision before
me was not that of a debonair
sophisticated lady. All I could see
was a graphic example of why the
stopped and went forward to see use of alcoholic beverages should
In days like these when the
tendency is for faculty members
and students to meet on a strictly
business basis, it's good to see
another college official who places
emphasis on friendliness. Brum-if
I could be of assistance.
But, when I had approached to
within several yards of the spot
where she lay, she suddenly raised
herself from the pavement, glared
at me with evident distaste and
asked what I wanted in no uncertain
terms. As her language
was punctuated with several-ah-maledictions
which were definitely
intended as reflections on my
character, rather than as expletives,
I was somewhat surprised.
be controlled, if not abolished. Alcohol
may have its defenders, but
"it has no defense."
Upon being informed by the
"lady" in question that the communists
would surely do me in
when they took over the country,
I decided that my presence was
no longer warranted, so I resumed
my journey down a road whose
embankments were besprinkled
inquiry, I learned that this dictionary
will be the only one of its
kind in the English language.
• I am sure that it will be an ex_
cellent work, because Dr. Hocking
is one of the foremost authorities
on pharmacognosy in the country
and currently is chairman of an
important National Formulary
Committee which deals with plant
and crude drugs. One of the things
that has impressed me about Auburn's
School of Pharmacy- is the
high calibre of its teaching staff, ' -
who are outstanding authorities He : "I bet that you won't marry
in their respective fields, me."
* * * She called his bluff and raised
Senator Wiley and now Senator him six.
Taft, two of the very few Re- * * *
publican senators whom I admire, "You old drunken beast. If I
so, when you meet him, you feel their part to rid Auburn of flies
that his main underlying force is
understanding people.
and mosquitoes. Word is going
around that after sanitation officers
asked the fraternities to
cleanup their garbage areas, the
Greeks went to work and cleaned
them up in record time! Actions
like these are what keep the goad
feelings between fraternities and
townspeople at a high peak.
'Characteristically Collegiate*
Boy: "That's the way I like to
hear you talk."
Girl: "—in one ear and out the
other."
* * » I]
A young suitor whose girl had
with
cans.
a glittering array of beer. have died within several days of were in your condition, I'd shoot been too completely immersed
By then, however, my sense of Dr "G e o r g e M H o c k i n g fa p r 0.
perspective was functioning better f e s S Q r of p h a r m a c o g n o s y in t he
and it gradually dawned upon me
that the young woman on the
highway was inebriated, or to be
, blunt, drunk. And as I gazed at
this unfortunate person, who
could not have been over 17 or 18
years of age, I recalled certain
School of Pharmacy and it was
my pleasure to make his acquaintance
recently. In the process of
our conversation, I learned that
he is working on a pharmacognosy
dictionary which will be published
later in the year. Upon further
each other. The "grand old party"
will be hard put to find their
equals because politicians of integrity
are birds of a rare feather
these days. O tempora, o mores!
» * *
Several protests have been registered
with me concerning the
lack of pre-registration for the fall
quarter; however, these protests
(Continued on page 7).
myself." her study of science decided to atr-
"If you was in my condition, tempt to defeat this obstacle.
you'd miss." - "Mary, I love you," he pro-
* * * claimed. "Love, do you hear me?.
"Isn't this a good place to come Love, the most wonderful thing in
if a man has asthma?"
"Yes, the girls are so dumb
around here that they can't tell it
from passion."
* » *
Girl: "Anything you say goes—"
the world."
"Henry," she replied coldly,
"What is love? Just a psychic hy—
per-metamorphorsis — leading to
hyper-cenesthesia and megalo»
(Continued on page 8). j ^ Jj
End Strength Expected Adequate
As Tiger Grid Season Approaches
j (This is the seventh of eight articles on Auburn football.)
jk By Bill Beckwith
End coach Gene Lorendo propped his feet on his desk in
the field house and shuffled eight small cards with names of
his Tiger ends. (There's a quietness here in the home of the
athletes that will soon be disturbed.)
"There's not too much difference in any of these boys,"
he said in his broken Southern
Minnesota tongue. "Jimmy Long,
Vince Nardone, and Jim Pyburn
were the top three after our
spring game under the new rules.
Two-platoon rules would probably
have named Jim Hall and Bill
Larimore on offense.
."Jim Crouch, Jim Lofton and
Bubba Warren round out the eight
names on the cards," Lorendo
added, "and I have confidence in
them."
The Paul Bunyan-looking mentor
rolled his black cigar to his
left cheek with the question,
^Who's the best receiver?"
"I'd like to say the probable
starters, Long and Nardone, but
i t would probably be Pyburn,
Coach Lorendo
Larimore, or Hall. Now if you'd
asked for the best defensive or
best all around, I could say the
starters."
Last year, Lee Hayley, now
graduated, led the Tiger receivers
•with 24 receptions and set a record
of 77 passes caught for Auburn
receivers in three years, plus
a single season record of 33 in
1951. *
Hayley's gone, along with specialized
football, so from now on the
spectacular end must also serve
as a defender.
Larrimore caught 17 passes in
1952 as a sophomore to rank behind
Hayley, and Hall was third
•with 11. Long, Nardone, and Py-burn's
names failed to appear on
the 1952 reception chart worked
up by Lorendo. "Long was handicapped
by a knee operation and
sophomores Nardone and Pyburn
weren't on the varisity," he added.
"Coach (Jordan) has a well
rounded offense lined up for the
coming season, so Long and Nardone
will probably be in the
driver's seat. Both can adapt
themselves to passes and rank
'superior' as blockers and defenders.
If Vince Dooley, Bobby
Freeman, or Joe Davis have exceptional
days passing then it's
highly" probably that we'll rush
Larimore and Hall into action' to
benefit from their speed and maneuverability."
Rehabilitation Counselors
Served Surrounding Area
During Last Fiscal Year
Approximately $55,000 was
spent in a ten-county area in
Alabama during the past fiscal
year as a part of the state and
federal vocational rehabilitation
program.
According to a report just released
by Homer Jacobs, Auburn,
district supervisor, the funds
went for medical care, counseling,
and vocational training in
Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Randolph,
Tallapoosa, Lee^ Russell,
Macon, Bullock, and Barbour
Counties.
Working as counselors in the
10 counties, Jacobs and Frank
Jenkins, also of .the Auburn office,
closed a total of 226 cases
as rehabilitated during the past
year.
A division of the State Department
of Education, the Vocational
Rehabilitation Service has 11
offices over the state. The Auburn
office functions as a department
of the School of Education.
Certificates Presented -}
To Lunch Managers N
One hundred and nine Alabama
school lunch managers received
certificates last week upon the.
completion of a week long workshop
sponsored by the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and the
State Department of Education.
The workshop is held annually
to bring lunch managers up-to-date
on the latest techniques used
in food preparation, as well as the
management of school lunch
rooms.
TODAY & THURSDAY
'DECEITFUL...;
DESIRABLE
[DEADLY!
RUGGED LOOKING Bill Larimore is expected to be of great
help to the Tiger grid* chances this fall. Last year Larimore snatched
17 passes from Auburn quarterbacks to rank second to Lee Hayley.
Three Points
(Continued from page 4)
enough to prompt me into a public
answer. Howard Skelton's
article, "The Korean War Should
be A Lesson to Us," hit a sore
spot, and although I realize that
he is little informed on the before,
during, and after details of
that campaign, I certainly hate
to see him inflict his misconceptions
on the readers of The
Plainsman.
Just for the sake of the record,
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I will try to enlighten him on a
few points.
First: It was pressure from the
voters of this country which caused
the breakdown of our armed
forces after World War II and not
the exclusive policy of the military
leaders.
Second: The Russians wanted
a gateway to Japan; the Chinese
people were starving in a backward,
overcrowded and disease
ridden country. These two factors
plus Harry Truman's promise
of non-interference, prompted
Russian and later Chinese support
to North Korea in their
campaign toward the south.
Third and last: Our military
leaders did not make the decision
to evacuate Korea in 1946, nor
have they controlled the tactics
of the Korean campaign since
the relief of General Douglas
MacArthur. MacArthur, himself,
made repeated mistakes which no
soldier of merit, regardless of
rank, would habitually make. The
political influence and interference
in Korea has m a d e the
Eighth U.S. Army in Korea about
as effective as a crippled track
man on the high hurdles.
Please, try to confine your articles
of the future to subjects
with which you are more familiar.
Sincerely,
\ Hugh Denman
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Intramural Sports Program Hindered;
Playoffs' Starting Hinges On Weather
By Bob O'Neill
The intramural sports program has been hindered considerably
by rain in the past two weeks and the playoffs
have been set back. Weather permitting, all games will be
played and the playoffs will begin in the next week or 10
days.
Only one day of softball has
been played since July 15. On that
day, the Vets defeated the Phi
Delta Theta's by a score of 13-4
and the Phi Kappa Tau's slaughtered
the M's 21-0. The R's received
a forfeit from CNS and
the Pi Kappa Alpha's won by
forfeit over the Q's.
Following these games, the Pi
Kappa Alpha's and the Phi Kappa
Tau's remain undefeated. The
Pikes have w o n four, while
PKi Kappa Tau have won three.
The Vets are in third place with
a, 2-1 mark, while the M's round
out the top four with a 2-2 record.
Following in order, are the
Phi Delta Theta's and the R's
with 1-2 records and the CNS
and the Q's with 0-3 marks.
Play of rescheduled games began
Monday, August 3, and will
continue through August 10. The
softball playoffs will begin not
later than Wednesday, August 12.
The playoffs will involve the top
two teams in the final standings
or as many teams as may be tied
for the top, two positions.
* * *
Response for the tennis leagues
has been very good this summer,
but the rain has pushed the schedules
behind date. All players
who Wish to have rained-out
matches re-scheduled may do so
by contacting the intramural office.
The playoffs in tennis, both
singles and doubles, will be held
the week of August 14-19.«
The team to beat in the doubles
league seems to be the team of
Morton and Strickler. They have
won two matches, sweeping past
Whitman and Kelly in straight
sets, 6-3 and 6-1, and defeating
Hudson and Connell in 6-2 and
6-3 sef s. Whitman and Kelly have
won two sets and lost one, while
Hudson and Connell have won
two and lost two.
In League I of the singles the
"big man" is Hammell. He has
won six straight sets to lead the
league with a 3-0 record. He has
defeated Orr 6-1 and 6-3, Smith
6-3 and 7-5, and Connell 6-4 and
6-1. Clark has won his only
match to date, having defeated
Smith 6-4, 4-6 and 6-3.
The only match that has been
played in League II was between
Scruggs and Patterson. Scruggs
emerged the victor in 6-0 and 6-1
sets. No games have been played
in League III. In League IV,
Strickler has won the only two
matches that have been completed.
He defeated Cameron 6-1,
6-0 and Whitman 6-2 and 6-1.
League V also shows only one
match played in which Kelly defeated
Sullivan 6-2 and 6-2.
In League VI, Blake has w6n
two matches against no defeats.
He has won straight sets over
Ellis and Parrish, defeating the
former 8-6, 6-2 and the latter 6-1,
6-0. Ellis has also defeated Parrish
6-1 and 6-1. These are the
only games that have been played
in this league.
The winners of each league will
play a tournament to determine
the champion. The winners will
receive gold medals and the runner-
ups will receive silver medals.
Anson Announces
Staff Additions
Additions to the teaching staff
of the department of economics,
business administration, and- sociology
were announced recently by
Dr. Charles P. Anson, head of the
department.
Dr. Glenn M. Vernon, assistant
professor of sociology, will occupy
Dr. Robert H. Sanders' place on
the staff while Dr. Sanders is
away on a Ford Foundation Fellowship
at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Vernon, a native of Vernal,
Utah, completed his undergraduate
work at Brigham-Young University
and his doctorate work at
Washington State College in June.
He is a member of Phi Kappa
Phi, Psi Chi and Alpha Kappa
Delta as well as the American
Sociological Society.
Godfrey G. Bennett, Jr.r and
John C. Finch have been awarded
partment. Bennett, a native of
Auburn, is working toward his
master's degree in the field of industrial
relations. Finch, from
Chipley, Fla., is majoring in accounting.
Dr. A n s o n announced the
awarding of two research fellowships
to Thomas O. Nitsch of San
Antonio, Texas, and Ezzedin M.
Shamsedin of Joun, Lebanon.
Nitsch is a graduate of St. Mary's
University, San Antonio, Texas.
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Organized Reserve Corps Camps
In addition to ROTC camps, Auburn students and townspeople,
as well as Opelikans, have also attended Organized
Reserve Corps camps. Sunday of last week, Batteries A and
B of the 582nd Field Artillery Battalion, headquarters in
Opelika, returned from a two-week summer training camp
at Ft. Jackson, S.C. [freshmen who are just entering
Battery A is commanded by 1st .college. Those freshmen planning
Lt. Mitchell Sharpe, graduate
student in English at Auburn, and
Battery B is commanded by Capt.
Charles A. Flowers, manager of
the War Eagle Theater. Both
units meet for drill and instruction
bi-weekly at ORC headquarters
in Opelika.
DURING SUMMER training at
Ft. Jackson, Battery A was commanded
by 2nd Lt. John B. Cook,
Camp Hill, a student in veterinary
medicine. C a p t . Flowers
commanded his o w n battery.
Other Auburn students who attended
the camp were Cpl. Curtis
Johnson and Pfc. Glenn G
Harvey, Mentone, student in
business administration.
The 582nd Field Artillery Battalion
is a member of the division
of the 87th Infantry Division, a
reserve unit assigned to the
South with headquarters in Birmingham.
During World War I
the division was composed of
men from Southern states but did
not see action as a complete unit.
In World War II the division was
a draftee division which saw ac
tion in France, Belgium, Luxem
bourg and Germany. It was ere
dited with the capture of Cob
lenz, a strongpoint on the Rhine
River.
MEMBERS OF these two or
ganizations receive pay amounting
to two days pay per month.
Both are currently conducting
recruiting drives to enlist more
men in order to raise the pay allowance
to four paid periods per
month. Advantages in belonging
to the army's reserve program
are particularly attractive to
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on entering the Advanced ROTC
program can benefit especially
from the ORC. Upon graduation
as second lieutenants and being
called to active duty; they must
enter the" service with a minimum
pay scale since they have
had no prior service. If, on the
'As IWas Saying' f
(Continued from page 5) k
shall be of no avail, as I have absolutely
nothing to do with registration;
but, I can assure the
complainants that I concur with
their criticisms and f,eel them to
be more than justified.
other hand, they have 'been a.
member of an ORC unit during
their college years, they will enter
active duty in a higher pay
scale because of longevity accru-?
ed during the time.
Any students desiring further
information on enlistment in tha
ORC can obtain it from either
Capt. Flowers, Lt. Sharpe, or by
applying directly at the ORG
headquarters at 1200 First Ave»
in Opelika. ' t
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Majority Of Polled Students Favor
Informative Columns For Plainsman
A recent letter to The Plains-wan,,
written by Emmett E. Houeye,
was highly critical of ,cer-
•tain types of articles that appear
in the paper from time to time.
"The writings under question were
referred to as constituting "void"
which should be eliminated and
xeplaced by material of a more
instructive nature.
To determine student reaction
-to Houeye's observations, the
"Symposium" asked as its question
this week, "What is your
opinion relative to having non-instructional
material in a college
aewspaper?"
Of the students interviewed, a
majority expressed the opinion
that there were articles appearing
an The Plainsman which could
5>est be eliminated or revamped;
however, a minority of those interviewed
were in favor of having
such writings, as they lent
variety to the paper and made it
more interesting.
RICHARD HARRISON, Mobile,
agreed with Houeye and stated
that was opposed to having noiv-informative
material in a college
newspaper as it did not benefit
the reader, wasted space which
could be filled with something
•worthwhile, and cost money that
could be devoted to other purposes.
"A good bit of the material ap-pearing
in The Plainsman is retrogressive
and does not approach
maturity on any level," was the
comment of Toots Howe, Tus-kegee.
"A large portion of the material
appearing in The Plainsman
represents wasted effort on the
part of the writer as well as the
reader," commented Robert Cheney,
Montgomery, who also observed
that a college paper should
J ^ e a student paper existing solely
for students and that the articles
of general interest contained in an
average issue of The Plainsman
could be summarized on one page.
Cheney further noted in a recent
class a motion to abolish The
Plainsman was introduced and
passed. .
DOT DAVIS, Hope Hull, believed
that humor has its place in
a college paper along with more
serious writings because different
students enjoy various types of
writings.
According to Josephine Ponder,
Auburn, there definitely is a place
for a variety of writings on a college
newspaper because the different
elements of its readers appreciate
different types of articles
and different styles of writing.
The question in this week's
"Symposium" was criticized as
being too vague by Ann Hop-wood,
Birmingham; however, she
went on to state that whether
such articles were justified or not
depended upon their subject matter
content. She observed further
that "some of the columns that
pass for wit in The Plainsman
are pretty deplorable."
There is enough instructional
material in the everyday life of a
student as it is, opined Martha
Boyett, Rockford, who stated that
something to take one's mind off
college routine was definitely
worthwhile and should have a
place in a college newspaper.
Disagreement with Houeye was
expressed by Charles Vann, Do-than,
who stated that compulsory
reading of all the features of The
Plainsman was not mandatory. He
went on to say that Mr. Houeye
expects more news than there actually
is and that The Plainsman
does a good job of reporting campus
news; but, Vann was somewhat
critical of the editorial page
of the paper, maintaining that it
did not contain enough material
of general interest for the student
body.
Editor's Note: Certain statements
attributed to Joseph Hicks
in the "Symposium" in a recent
issue of T H E PLAINSMAN
were made by Joseph Shaddox
Chamber Seeks List " ]*~™E PLAINSMAN
Of Rooms Available
Chamber of Commerce officials
this week issued a request for
Auburn residents who will have
rooms for rent during API's fall
quarter to contact the Chamber
officer, phone 900, and register
them.
President Bob Smith reported
that the Chamber has numerous
requests for help in locating
PDK To Sponsor
Barbceue Supper
Phi Delta Kappa Education Club
will be host at a barbecue for
graduate students, faculty members
of the School of Education,
and members of the School Administrator's
Conference tonight
at 6 in Graves Centre Amphitheatre.
A meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. following the barbecue. Dr.
N. L. Englehardt will be the guest
speaker.
Edward M. Robertson, chairman
of Phi Delta Kappa • Education
Club, announced tickets to the
barbecue are on sale at the dean's
office in Thach Hall or the Sohool
of Education office. Tickets may
be purchased from C. L. Berne-king
or any member of the club.
and the comments attributed to
Shaddox were those made by
Hicks.
rooms, and the organization can
be of aid to students only if room
availability in Auburn is known.
He also urged that if registered
rooms are rented, the office be
notified so that the list may be
maintained accurately.
Marianne Jackson
Elected Moderator
For Presbyterians
Miss Marianne Jackson was
elected moderator of Westminster
Fellowship's section of the Presbyterian
Church Assembly's Youth
Council last week at a meeting of
the Council in Montreat, N. C.
This marks the second consecutive
year that Miss Jackson has
served as representative of the
Synod of Alabama at the Youth
Council.
While at Montreat, she attended
the Young People's Leadership
School w h i c h lasted
through July 30. .
Union Story
(Continued from page 3)
the student offices. Also there
will be a sound-proofed music
room, conference rooms, study
lounges and the Auburn Union
Building Manager's apartment.
To take care . of any future
needs, provisions have been made
to add a third floor to the nearly
Campus capers
call for Coke
When grades are posted, get hold
of yourself—maybe the news ia
good. Anyway, there'll always be
problems ahead, so start now and
face them refreshed. Have a Coke.
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mania resulting in an angiopathies
neurasthenia."
"On second thought, Mary," he :
said. "The hell with it."
* * *
The snow was falling in gentle,;
drifts. Poetically the young man
spoke as he helped his girl into'
the car.
"Winter draws on."
Girl: "Is that any of your business?"
* « «
Father: "Your mother and t
won't be home tonight, Junior. Do
you want to sleep alone or with
nursie?"
Junior (after much deliberation):
"What would you do, daddy?"
completed building. This third
floor will take the form of a ho-^
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It is hoped that the building
will be in complete readiness byj
Homecoming on Oct. 31.
Jane Marilyn i
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