1946-12-04 The Plainsman

              TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
Vol. LXXI WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA
F resnhm en To R ace Tu
Bronze Youmans, president of ODK, sketches a map of the
Cake Race course for two freshmen while other ODK members
look on. Left to right are Youmans, Rock Reid, Joe Grant, Bub-ber
Weldon, Ed Cadenhead, H. G. Jackson, Bill Pearson, and
Freshmen Whitey Overton and Dick Hutchinson. (Photo by
Homer Russell.)
Handel's 'Messiah' In Rehearsal
For Second Annual Presentation
George Frederick Handel's immortal classic will-be heard
again this year at 3:30 p. m. Dec. 15 in Langdon Hall, accord­ing
to an announcement made by Hollace E. Arment, head
professor of the music department.
Dr. Arment expects to make the presentation of the MES­SIAH
an annual event on the Auburn campus. The MESSIAH
was produced here for the first time last year. Out of town
soloists were featured.
This year, however, local solo­ists
will predominate. Stanley
Perry who sang the tenor role in
the "Creation" last Spring will
return to sing the tenor solors.
.. Other soloists will be: Soprano,
F.leanor Abercrombie; alto, Char­lotte
Bannister; baritone, James
Overton and Homer Russell. Mr
Overton and Mr. Russell are stu­dents
of Professor Arment. The
participating choirs will include
the API Mixed Chorus, The Au­burn
Singers, and the Communi
ty Chorus.
Handel's MESSIAH has become
one of the most popular oratorios
in music literature. Written in
1741 in the amazing period of 24
days, it had the distinction of be­ing
revised by Mozart and is to­day
sung with remarkably few
changes from the original score.
The universal custom of the
Halleluia Chorus to be sung with
the audience standing dates from
the reign of one of the earlier
King Georges of England who out
of respect to the phrase "King of
Kings" rose to his feet and re­mained
standing; the entire audi­ence
naturally stood when the
king arose.
The music of the Messiah is set
to words taken from the Holy
Scripture and begins with the
(Continued on page 8)
Lord's Prayer Arranged
By Liverman Is Printed
An arrangement of the Lord's
Prayer by J. Hubert Liverman
associate professor of music, will
be released to the public in the
near future, according to Hollace
Arment, head of the music de­partment.
An anthem for mixed voices
the arrangement is suitable for
church choirs and amateur voices
It is of medium difficulty.
The announcement was made
by A. M. Fleming of the publicity
department of Carl Fishcher, Inc.
LAVERNE TAYLOR
ISNEWWSGAHEAD
La Verne Taylor, junior in busi­ness
administration from Mobile
was elected president of the
Women's Student Government
Association last Friday in a close
race with Rosa Coleman, junior
in education from Sylacauga. The
count was 295 to 239.
Other winners on the same
ballot were vice president, Kath-erine
Mackie, junior in business
administration from Dadeville;
secretary, Craig Green, junior in
education from Hope Hull; treas­urer,
Miriam Rhyne, sophomore
in education from LaFayette, Ga.;
representative to the Cabinet, Ed­dy
Foreman, freshman in pre-vet
from Andalusia; and town repre­sentative,
Betty Sue Eaton, soph­omore
in education.
ON THE CAMPUS
'Labor 'n the South'
. . . will be the topic of Neil O
Davis, editor of the Lee County
Bulletin, at 5 p. m. tomorrow in
the upstairs lounge of the Wesley
Foundation. This is another of a
series of political affairs discus­sions,
open to everyone.
\. A. S. Meets
. . . at 7:15 p. m. next Monday
in Ramsay 109. There will be a
speaker.
* * *
'Oliver Oliver'
. . . will be presented at 8 p.
m. tonight in the main auditorium
of Smith Hall for the API Dames
and their husbands. Admission is
free for non-students; students
admitted free with student activi
ty books.
* * *
AIO Council
. . . will meet at 7:15 p. m. to­night
in Samford 215. All Inde­pendents
are invited.
'* * *
'Education for What?"
. . . will be the topic for the
faculty-student discussion at 8 p.
m. tomorrow at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph B. Draughon, 424
Pinedale. All students invited.
* * «
A-Club Dance
. . . will be held from 9 to 12
Saturday night in Alumni Gym
with music by the A u b u rn
Knights.
* * *
Alabama Farmer Staff
-. . . meets at 5 p. m. today in
Comer 108. New members are
needed for the staff.
SQUIRES TO GIVE
PRIZES ON QUIZ
The Squires' Spotlight Radio
Quiz will begin at 8:30 p. m. to­morrow
in Langdon Hall with
the themesong of the Auburn
Plainsmen. It will be broadcast
over WJHO, ending at 9:30.
Doors close at 8:15.
Coeds will be granted later per­mission
to attend.
Music will be furnished by the
Auburn Plainsmen. Paul Owens
and Jim Bradley will conduct the
quiz, picking contestants at ran­dom
from the audience.
Tickets are 30 cents. Proceeds
will go to improvement of the
campus.
Prizes, donated by Opelika, Au­burn,
Montgomery, and Birming­ham
merchants, include' lighters,
fountain pen and pencil sets, fra­ternity
or sorority pins.
Folk Dancing
. . . exhibition by members of
Mrs. Louise Forte's class will be
given at 11 a. m. next Tuesday,
with everybody invited to join
following the exhibition.
* * *
Marion Spidle Club
. . . will NOT meet next Tues­day
because of the Christmas
party Dec. 13. The next regular
meeting will be at 7:30 in Social
Center Jan. 14.
* * *
Mobile Students
. . . are asked to meet from
7 to 8 p. m. tonight and tomorrow
night in Broun auditorium for
planning a Mobile dance.
* * *
Auburn's Powder Bowl
. . . is being dusted off by the
Tiger Rag staff for a touch foot­ball
game between freshmen and
upperclassmen women.
Junior AVMA
. . . meets at 7 p. m. next Tues
day in the-old Vet Building. A
film, "Battling Brucellosis," will
be shown. Dr. I. S. McAdory will
present AVMA diplomas to grad
uating seniors.
(Continued on page 8)
ODK-Wilbur Hutsell Annual Classic
Starts at 4 P. M, from Drake field
The eighteenth annual ODK-Wilbur Hutsell Cake Race
for all Auburn Rats begins at 4 p. m. next Tuesday from Drake
Field, it was announced by Bronze Youmans, ODK president.
Roll call will be at 3:45, when runners will be given tags
with numbers on them. A-Club members will keep freshmen
on their 2.7 mile course. Members of Spiked Shoe will assist.
The course will be the same one that has been used for
several years.
The outcome of the friendly battle for the editorship of The
Plainsman between Taylor Lumpkin, left, and Jimmy Coleman,
will be decided today by members of the upper three classes
who vote at Main Gate. (Photo by Lewis Arnold.)
Winner of the race will be pre­sented
s a numeral sweater, a
month's pass to the Tiger Theater
a cake, and a kiss by Miss Au­burn
on the stage of the Tiger
Theater at 8:30 the night of the
race.
The first 25 runners will also
receive cakes and others will re­ceive
various gifts. The fraterni­ty
having the first four men with
the lowest aggregate score will
receive a cup.
A pilot car containing Coach
Wilbur Hutsell, "Chief" Roland
Shine, Miss Auburn, and Bronze
Youmans, will lead the way.
Starting point will be Drake
Field, where roll call of all men
listed by the registrar as fresh­men
will be checked. From here
runners will travel up Thach to
College street, down College to
Glenn, then to Ross, across Ross
to Magnolia, up Magnolia to Gay,
and from there to Ag Bottom and
through Ag Bottom to the straight
away run down to the finishing
chute at the football field.
STUDENTS VOTE TODAY FOR EDITOR
OF PLAINSMAN, FOR MISS AUBURN
j All.regularly enrolled students are entitled to vote in the
i election for Miss Auburn, while the upper three classes are
allowed to vote for editor of The Plainsman. Polls for both
elections will be at Main Gate from 8:15-4:30 today. Candi­dates
and their aides are warned of the rules and penalties
for violations.
The all-coed race, that for the title of Miss Auburn,
includes as candidates the follow-
Alpha Phi Omega Taps
II Men For Leadership
Alpha Phi Omega, national
honorary fraternity, recently tap­ped
11 men into their member­ship.
Qualifications for this socie­ty
is leadership and service to
the school. One of A PHI O's re­cent
projects among many was
theh placing of the hitchhiking
bench at the main gate.
The following men were tap­ped:
,.. ,G.f.Ba¥*MariiB,s3PiKA; from Iron
City, Ga. He is a junior in me­chanical
engineering, b u s i n e s s
manager of Plainsman, member
of A.S.M.E. and executive coun­cil
of Veteran Association.
Leonard Pease. SAE from Co­lumbus,
Ga., a senior in mechani
cal engineering, and a member
of A.S.M.E.
Bill Certain, Sigma Nu from
Hartselle, a junior in school of
forestry and a member of the
Forestry Club.
Harry C. Riddle, PiKA from
Birmingham, a senior in mechani­cal
engineering, and a member of
A.S.M.E.
Bernard Jordan, a freshman in
Pre-Law from Headland, member
of Band, Pre-Law society and
Veteran Association.
John Caldwell. Phi Delt from
Demopolis, a junior in aeronauti­cal
engineering, and a member of
A.I.A.S.
Bill Burgess, junior in indus­trial
management from Hunts-ville,
and a member of the Vet­eran
Association*
Jack Livingston, .FiKA from
Centre, a sophomore in Business
Administration, and a member of
Veteran Association.
Pat Archdeacon, Lambda Chi
from Montgomery, a junior in
chemistry, M e m b e r of Band
A.I.cH.E., and Newman Club.
Frank Liberato, Kappa Sig from
Pensacola, Fla., a sophomore in
Aeronautical Administration, and
members of Newman Club.
Bill Millen. a freshman from
Huntsville, taking Business Ad­ministration
and a' member of
Veterans Association.
Advanced Music Pupils
To Give Recital Sunday
i
Advanced music students of
Norma Lee Spence, Eleanor
Abercrombie, John Hubert Liv­erman,
Edgar Glyde and Hol­lace
E. Arment will be present­ed
in the third Quarterly Ap­plied
Music Recital at 3:30 Sun­day
afternoon in Langdon Hall.
A program of Classical, Op­eratic
and Romantic music will
be performed.
Soloists will include Betty
Sue Eaton, Miriam Rhyne,
Thomas Floyd and Dilson Pe-trey.
pianists: Marie Stahelin,
Percy Carter and T h o m as
Floyd, violinists; Lucille Riley,
violist; Lucius Mcintosh, 'cell­ist:
Marie Patrick, Whitfield
Brooke. James Overton and
Homer Russell, vocalists.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
ing five girls and their sponsors:
Virginia Anne Holcombe, Kappa
Delta; Marjorie Lawing, 220 West
Magnolia; Pat Patrick, SAE; Ca­rolyn
Self, Phi Delta Theta; and
Peggy Young, Chi Omega. They
were selected Monday by judges.
Jimmy Coleman and Taylor
Lumpkin, candidates for editor of
The Plainsman did not have
time to edit a campaign issue as
has been customary in the past.
The last issue of the quarter will
be delivered Dec. 11, and the new
editor will take over next quar­ter.
Coleman, present managing
editor, is a sophomore in applied
art, member of Sigma Chi fra­ternity,
edited his high school
newspaper and annual, and has
worked on service newspapers,
was an assistant in the sports de­partment
of the Montgomery Ad-
Rifle Wound Kiflr
Bob Jordan Saturday
Bob Jordan, prominent API
student, died Saturday morning
as a result of a hunting accident
near Tuskegee. Bill Ward, also a
student, reached Jordan first af­ter
he called. Jordan apparently
had tripped on a root, causing his
22 rifle to be fired into his chest.
He died of internal hemorrages.
A native of Birmingham, Bob
would have graduated this quar­ter
in aeronautical engineering.
He was a member of Lambda Chi
Alpha social fraternity, Tau Beta
Pi, honorary engineering society,
and Pi Tau Sigma, honorary me­chanical
engineering fraternity.
Funeral services were held
Monday in Birmingham. Fraterni­ty
brothers served as pallbearers
Jordan was married to the
former Olivia Ward, Birmingham,
who, with their 19-month-old son
survives. He served in the Euro­pean
Theater of Operations as a
pilot. His Auburn address was 247
East Thatch.
vertiser and sports writer for the
Auburn Alumnews.
Taylor Lumpkin, present asso­ciate
editor, is a junior in journal­ism
and member of Theta Chi
fraternity, Squires honorary, Vet­erans
Association, Interfraternity
Council. He edited a state winner
high school paper and is former
sports editor of The Plainsman.
Candidates and their aides must
not come within 50 feet of the
polls for any purpose other than
voting. Violations of the rules
will cause disqualification of the
candidate and removal of voting
privileges when reported to the
Executive Cabinet by the chair­man
of the elections committee.
Coach Carl Voyles is carried off the field by his football boys at Cramton Bowl in Montgom­ery
following the game with Clemson. Left to right are Harper, Poundstone, Waddail, McClurkin,
Pharr, Rose, Cannon, and Smalley.
Exams Begin Dec. 16
Holidays, Dec. 18
Unless listed in "Special Sched­ule"
below, examinations in sub­jects
carrying five hours credit
will be held as follows:
Monday. Dec. 16
Classes Exam. Hours
8 a.m. 8:30-11 a. m.
2 p.m. 1:30-3:30 p.m.
10 a.m. 3:30-6 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
9 a.m. 8:30-11 a.m.
3 p.m. 1-3:30 p.m.
11 a.m. s 3:30-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec 18
1 p.m. 8:30-11 a.m.
4 p.m. 1-3:30 p.m.
5 p.m. 3:30-6 p.m.
* * *
SPECIAL SCHEDULE
Current events exams will be
given from 7 to 8 p. m. Dec. 10.
Physic Laboratory 203 will
have its exam from 7 to 9 p. m.,
Dec. 11.
Physics Labs 201 and 205 will
take exams from 7 to 9 p. m.,
Dec. 12.
ROTC exams will be given
from 7 to 9 p. m. Dec. 13.
On Saturday, Dec. 14, exams
will be given on the following:
Principles of economics 201, 8 to
10 a. m.; English 100 and 101,.
8-10 a. m.; English 102 and 104,
10-12 a. m.; Physics 203 Lecture,
1-3:30 p.. m.; physics 201 asd
205 3:30-6 p. m.; and economics
101 and sociology 290 from 7-9
p.m.
•
Geography 102 exam will be
held from 7-9 p.m. Dec. 16.
History 107 will be held from
7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 17.
A late registration fee of five
dollars will be charged beginning
Wednesday, Dec. 11, and will in­crease
one dollar each day regis­tration
is delayed to a maximum
of $10.
The registrar's office announced
that staggered clearing of regis­tration
lines in Student Center
will be used to save time. All
students will be cleared on the
basis of their fall quarter classi­fication.
Juniors, seniors, and
fifth year students will register
tomorrow; * sophomores, Friday;
and late registrants from the
above classes, 8-11 a. m. Saturday.
Freshmen will be registered next
Monday and Tuesday.
The winter quarter begins Jan.
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SPE's Burn Mortgage On Founder's Day
Alabama Alpha Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
held Founder's Day with a series of social events at their
house on the Auburn campus Nov. 22.
Active members and pledges entertained at a tea that af­ternoon
honoring the alumni. A banquet followed by a house
dance that evening completed the first Founder's Day cele­brations
the chapter has had in six years.
At the banquet, Roger D. Smith
Jr., chapter president struck the
keynote of the occasion. "The
purpose in gathering here this
evening is two-fold," Smith said.
"First, we wish to commemorate
the founding of our organization,
and second, we wish to celebrate
the complete payment of the
mortgage on our fraternity house.
Although this mortgage was com­pletely
paid off as long ago as
April 1944, due to the war it has
not been possible until now to
pay tribute to the men who origi­nated
the plan to build our
house, and the men who put the
finishing touches on it, as well as
brothers who have passed away
those who died in the service of
their country, others deceased in.
past years ,all of whom have con­tributed
through their thriftiness
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diligence, and brotherly coopera­tion
great efforts to place the
chapter in the enviable position
we have attained."
He then introduced Mr. Otis
Ward, present alumni treasurer
and Opelika businessman, who
called on Mr. C. E. Leonard,
Birmingham, who was treasurer
at the time the housing project
was initiated. Mr. Leonard out­lined
the difficulties that were en­countered
when a group of mem­bers
got together to plan a fra­ternity
house on the Auburn
campus, and how the obstacles
were o v e r c o m e one by one
through the efforts of the alumni.
Then the mortgage was burned
at the speaker's table. In quick
aside, Mr. Ward held up one of
the oharred pieces of the mort­gage
and remarked, "that it now
as black as the right side of the
chapter's ledger."
Dr. Luther N. Duncan, presi­dent
of API, speaking in behalf
of the college and faculty, con­gratulated
the fraternity upon the
successful building of their home,
and paying it off. Dr. Duncan
further commended the work of
all fraternities on the Auburn
campus, not only from the stand­point
of having beautiful homes
where students can live, but oil
having excellent organizations
where there are built up friendly
relationships that continue all
through life.
The principal speaker of the
evening was Dr. Joseph Leese
associate professor of Education
He entertained the guests with
numerous anecdotes having as a
central theme the humorous as­pects
of money and mortgages.
Mr. John H. Liverman, Asso­ciate
Professor of Music, played a
piano arrangement of Strauss'
"The Blue Danube Waltz."
Jim Bradley, popular Sig Ep
journalism student, radio program
director and writer, presided as
toastmaster.
After the banquet, members
and guests returned to the chap­ter
house for a house dance.
Those in the receiving line at
the tea held that afternoon be­tween
4:00 and 5:30 were Dr.
J. M. Robinson, Interfraternity
Council Advisor, Roger D. Smith,
Jr., chapter president, Mrs. Roger
D. Smith, Sr., Dr. John Cottier,
chapter faculty adviser, Mrs.
Grace Walker, chapter house­mother,
Mr. Dryden Baughman,
assistant dean of the graduate
school.
The chapter house was deco­rated
with cut flowers of Ameri­can
Beauty Roses and violets
which represented both the flow­ers
and the colors of the fraterni­ty.
Coffee and tea was poured by
Mrs. W. W. Hill, and Mrs. John
Cottier seated at a central table
which was covered by an Eliza-bethian
Period Irish Linen table­cloth,
a gift of the Alumni for
the occasion. The centerpiece was
a vase of American Beauty Roses
flanked by candelabra. Miss Bet-tye
Brittain, Miss Betty Sue
Eaton, Mrs. A. C. Smith, and Mrs.
Henry Dawson assisted.
PHI PSI ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
Lambda Chapter of Phi Psi,
national textile honorary fra­ternity,
elected officers Nov. 25 to
fill the unexpired terms of those
who graduate this quarter.
Charles Q. Hall, Phi Kappa Phi,
from Columbus, Ga., was elected
president. Charles S. Love, Theta
Chi, Opelika, was elected to fill
Hall's unexpired term as secre­tary.
Floyd T. Love, Cuthbert,
Ga., was elected treasurer.
The group decided to have a
weiner roast on Dec. 5, with each
member inviting another textile
student and his date.
FFA Entertains With
Wiener Roast, Dance
The Auburs Collegiate Chapter
F.F.A. held its quarterly social
Friday evening, Nov. 22, 1946.
The guests gathered at 7 p. m. in
the Student Center and after a
short dance strolled over to the
pecan grove and enjoyed a wein­er
roast at the old barbecue pit.
After completion of the weiner
roast the guests ambered back to
the Student Center and continued
their dancing.
The F.F.A. string band (heard
over WJHO every Tuesday night
at 9:30) presented several num­bers
during intermission.
Members and other guests at­tending
were Dale Parish, Caro­lyn
Parker; F. Brooks Jr., Mar­tha
Norton; Mr. and Mrs. Ker-mitt
Ezell; Mike Howell, Lucy
Wheeler; Raymond Lee, Dar-leene
Wilson; Houston Cummings,
Sara Smith; James Ledbetter
Rebecca Grass; Oakland Dennis,
Helen Brack; Robert Haygood,
Jolle Rush; Mr. and Mrs. John
Deloney; Frank Snow, Helen
Snowden; Dwight Webb, Ann
Cawthon; G. Alexander, Vivian
Brittian; Allen Mathews, Mabel
Hardtail; Jack Martin, Gertrude
Hines; Jerry Roden Jr., Virginia
Screws; Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Hardeman; Hub. Oakley, Inna
Clemento; Rhett Watkins, Jean
Bennett; John Andrew, Sue Car­penter;
Selna Whizhen, Burke
O'Kelly; James Vick, Dot Serg-ant;
John Cheney, Mary Fralic;
Curtis Eiland, Glenda Grontham;
Happy Woodham, "Margie" Icke-bod;
Lelias Pair, Emily Early;
Glover Pugh, Nell Walker; L.
Canerday, Charles Rowe, R. W.
Montgomery, David Fleming Jr.,
Ray McKenney, Bill Richardson.
Oliver Crews, L. J. McBride, Aub­rey
Smith, and Herbert Moore.
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ATOs Initiate Eight
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
initiated eight new members last
Sunday night. Those initiated
are McLendon Jenkins, Midland,
Ga.; Joe Logan, Bainbridge, Ga.;
Emmett Wiginton, Birmingham;
Richard Hunter, Opelika; Harry
Maddox, Memphis, Tenn.; Lon-nie
Reynolds, Toney; Tom Peters,
Sylacauga; and Richard O'Cain,
Durant, Miss.
AG ENGINEERS
GIVE FISH FRY
An A.S.A.E. fish fry, planned
by Bob Dunbar, was held at Che-wacla
last Saturday evening. The
meal was prepared by Ben Tar-ver.
Present were Dr. and Mrs. J. H.
Neal, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Pfost,
Mr. and Mrs. Brax Batson, Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reams, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Dunbar, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmo Renoll, Mr. and Mrs.
John Spence, Homer Sheffield,
E. B. Ray, Sybil Boney; C. W.
Williams, Seroba Bowdain, Tom
Pitts, Norma Todd; Fate Brooks,
Mary Ann Todd; Junius Ken-drick,
Leila Donovan; William
Land, Elizabeth Cocoran; E. E-Shelton,
Billie June Sanders;
Clyde Orr, Bettye Brittain; Ben
Kirby, Bettye Whitson, and Bled­soe
Hereford.
ATOs Give Buffet Dinner
In keeping with the coming
holiday season, the ATOs enter­tained
members, pledges and
their dates with a buffet dinner
and house dance Thursday night.
After the members and their
dates had eaten their fill of the
delicious turkey, the stags, who
had been existing up to that
point on potato chips, were per­mitted
to dine.
Later the entire group danced
to the latest music, provided by
a glittering juke box. ,
Mrs. C. E. Lowe and her daugh­ter
Ruth chaperoned the activi­ties
of the party.
Mrs. L C. Worthy Dies
Word has just been received of
the death of Mrs. Sarah Carlisle
Worthy of Gadsden, wife of L. C.
Worthy, architect of this city.
Burial was held from the First
Baptist Church, Enterprise, at 2
p. m., November 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Worthy had an
apartment on Magnolia up until
May of last year when Mr. Wor­thy
received his degree in archi­tecture,
and a host of friends
were theirs both of the student
body and townspeople. It is with
deep regret the sad news is re­ceived.
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Kappa Deltas Give Tea
Sunday, Nov. 24, the Sigma
Lambda Chapter of Kappa Delta
gave a tea from four 'til six for
the pledges.
Betty Heaslett, Chapter presi­dent,
Ethel Gholston, pledge pres­ident,
Jean Bo wen, treasurer;
and Mrs. J. L. Lawson were in
the receiving line. Mrs. W. W.
Hill and Miss Mary George La­mar
presided over the tea table.
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RICE and OLD SHOES
Thornton-Seawell
The marriage of Miss Katherine
Thornton, Montgomery, to Henry
Seawell, Montgomery, took place
on November 9 at the Montgom­ery
St. John's Episcopal Church.
Mr. Seawell is an API gradu­ate.
He was affiliated with Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity and was
a member of Spades, Blue Key,
Scabbard and Blade and is listed
in "Who's Who in American Uni­versities
and Colleges." Mr. Sea­well
served in the European
theater of operations with the
35th Division Artillery.
* * *
Clark-Groover
The engagement of Miss Linda
Lou Clark to Herbert Davis
Groover of Columbus, Ga., was
announced November 10. Mr.
Groover attended API where he
was a member of the Sigma Al­pha
Epsilon Fraternity. He served
overseas in the Army and is now
connected with the Colnmbus
Interstate Insurance Company.
* * *
Davis-Roddenberry
Miss Gladys Davis, Patterson,
Ga., became the bride of Lieu­tenant
H. Roddenberry Jr., Nov­ember
3, at the home of the
bride's parents. The groom at­tended
API before receiving his
appointment to West Point. He
graduated from the United States
Military Academy in June, 1946.
* * *
Stephenson-Johnson
The marriage of Mrs. Wula
Hall Stephenson, Montgomery, to
Wylie Pierson Johnson took place
November 9 at the Montgomery
Dalradia Baptist Church". The
groom is a graduate of API and
is a member of Lambda Chi Al­pha
Fraternity. During the war
years he served as a lieutenant
in the U. S. Navy. He is now con­nected
with the engineering de­partment
of the Alabama Power
Company.
* * *
Coleman-Pearce
The engagement of Miss Sara
Lee Coleman, Decatur, Ala., to
Henson Wiley Pearce, Decatur
and Warm Springs, Ga., was an­nounced
November 10. The wed­ding
will take place December
28. Mr. Pearce is a graduate of
API and his fraternity is Phi
Delta Theta. He served as a cap­tain
with the corps of engineers
in the Pacific theater of war. He
is now employed in West Point,
Ga.
* * *
Duncan-McKenzie
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the bride of John Hugh Mckenzie
at the Methodist parsonage of
Rev. Chalker October 8. The
bride graduated from API in May
'46 and was a member of Theta
Upsilon and Spinx. Mr. and Mrs.
Mckenzie will make their pres­ent
home in Atlanta, but will re­turn
to Auburn in January.
* * *
Wynn-Maiherson
The marriage of Miss Joy
Lavinia Wynn of Eufaula to
Charles Retram Matherson of
Abbeville took place on Nov. 12.
The bride graduated in June of
1946, from high school in Eufaula,
and entered API in the early fall.
The groom graduated from Abbe­ville
High School and attended
API for two years where he was
a member of Kappa Sigma fra­ternity.
Following a wedding trip
to New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs.
Matherson will reside in Abbe­ville.
* * *
Brooks-Gersking
The engagement of Miss Bar­bara
Brooks of Birmingham to
Robert A. Gersking has been
announced. Before Mr. Gersking
entered the U. S. Army, with
which he served two and one
half years in Africa and Corsica
he attended Baylor School and is
now a student at API. He is af­filiated
with Sigma Alpha Ep­silon.
CHEMISTRY GROUP
HEARS PETERSON
Interesting side lights on the
part chemistry played during the
war were given by Joe Peterson
during a talk before members of
the Auburn chapter of the Ameri­can
Chemical Society last Tues­day.
Methods employed for the
separation of Uranium 235 from
Uranium 238 were of particular
interest because of the present
international race for "bigger and
better atomic bombs.
A new method for the prepara­tion
of trinitrotoluene (TNT)
from petroleum, thus opening up
a great sew source for this vital
implement of war, was also
brought out and discussed.
Officers of the chapter were
elected at this meeting. They are
Joe Green, chairman; J a ne
Blake, secretary; and Steve Pow­ell,
treasurer. It is the hope of the
entire membership that the or­ganization
may, through its
meetings and social events, help
broaden the knowledge and in­crease
the professional pride of
students in the School of Chemis-try:
Membership is limited to mem­bers
of the sophomore, junior,
and senior classes in the Schools
of Chemistry and Chemical En­gineering.
Students falling under
the above classification are cordi­ally
invited to attend the next
meeting.
Phys Ed Exemptions Given More Men
-Matter is Unsettled for Women
By Luther Smith
Having noticed quite a bit of gnashing of teeth in PE
classes lately, it was decided to stick a nose into the business
and dig down to the roots of API's physical education prob­lem.
Students can stop their wailing praying during the win­ter
quarter, the Council of Deans says, IF (1) they have six
hours in PE already, (2) they are attending school under
Public Law 16, or (3) they have 18 months of military service.
Nothing has been settled concern­ing
training for girls.
However, the final outcome of
this battle is yet to come. The
decision of the Council of Deans
only applies to the winter quar­ter,
'47. In effect, it is extremely
indefinite. A person who has six
hours of PE now may miss only
this oncoming quarter of the
subject. Needless to say, every
single student is begging the
Council to extend the six-hour
It's the first of the month -
every few days.
The first few days of the month were
once a lime of feverish activity for tele­phone
accounting personnel. In that
short period millions of telephone bills
had to be prepared* checked and mailed.
But the Bell System accounting staff,
seeking to level off this work peak, found
a practical solution.
I t ' s called "rotation billing."
JNow in our accounting departments, a
new month begins every few days.
Accounts are divided into six or more
even groups, each with a different bill­ing
date. This spreads the work evenly
and eliminates the old last-minute rush.
This special problem, solved by tele­phone
accountants, is typical of those
which often confront management in
the many branches of our business. They
• present a stimulating challenge to the
young men with initiative and imagina­tion
who will find just such practical
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law perpetually.
That is, if PE tenaciously holds
on to its existing curriculum. The
Womens A t h l e t i c Association
would place a more healthy angle
on PE. That body is interested in
recreational swimming get-to­gethers,
at which boys and their
dates, and men and their wives,
could spend afternoons—that for
a spring venture.
Corecreational social dancing
may be brought about if it ap­peals
to a majority of the students
and if enough students voice their
approval. Badminton, tennis, and
volleyball—all could be offered
in this rejuvenating urogram.
Miss Jeannetta Land, head of
womens physical education, says
that most of the girls are already
interested in such a vigorous type
of program.
That type of program could be
carried even further. It could ap­ply
to the actual PE course of
study. To put the matter bluntly,
why couldn't API offer an hour's
PE credit for male as well as fe­male
in ballroom dancing. That
would certainly increase poise—
«more so than tumbling of foot­ball.
Should one have to go all
the way to Arthur Murray or one
of his contemporaries to get a
course in straight dancing?
Sure, make the physical educa- J
tion classes in ballroom dancing,
and many other such subjects,
coed. Create coeducational classes
in badminton, in tennis, in volley­ball.
No one could call a curricu­lum
like that iconoclastic, for col­leges,
all over the United States,
realizing the error and flatness
of one-sex classes, are changing
their curriculum to meet the
needs of a new kind of genera­tion.
Auburn's campus is crying for
a change in physical education.
Most aren't going into PE for
professional purposes. Most would
go in for PE if it could fill the
void in their college life. Co-recreation
is the answer for Au­burn's
demoralized campus. We.
all hope that the Council of Deans
and the Student Relations com­mittee
will get hot on his revivifi-;
caion of us.
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946
Traditional Cake Race Coming Up
On the fatal day—next Tuesday—for
all male Auburn rats, the 2.7 mile ODK-Wilbur
Hutsell cake race will begin at 4
p. m., originating at Drake field and end­ing
at the entrance to the rat football field.
The traditional cake race was inaugurat­ed
1930 by Omega Circle of Omicron Delta
Kappa. ODK was headed at that time by
Dr. Charles Davis, formally of the API
history faculty who is now teaching at
Huntington College, Montgomery. The
race has since that date become a tradi­tional
and major event in the life of each
male Auburn student.
In 1940 the idea of dedicating the event
to Coach Wilbur Hutsell came up, and
since then it has been known as the ODK-Wilbur
Hutsell Cake race.
Since its inauguration the cake race has
proved worthy in many respects. It was
first started to test the physical fitness,
and maintain a friendly spirit of coopera­tion
among all freshman men, and the
continued success of the event has more
than proved its value.
The winner will receive a loving cup
from ODK, a numeral sweater, a large
cake, a luscious kiss from Miss Auburn of
1946-47, and many other prizes. The next
24 men to come in will also receive cakes.
The prizes will be presented on the stage
of the Tiger Theater the night of Dec. 10,
after the race. For the fraternity having
the first four men to cross the finish line,
there will be a handsome loving cup.
ODK, with the help of Spiked Shoe and
the A club, is planning to make this the
biggest cake race since its inauguration in
1930. Governor-elect James E. Folsom has
been asked to be the guest of ODK for the
event.
The winner will be king for a day, and
his name will go down in the Auburn hall
of fame.
It will be the duty of every freshman to
help make the race this year the biggest
ever yet held.
Remember Pearl Harbor and GIs?
Saturday will be a day when many ex-
•GIs as well as non-veterans remember
Pearl Harbor. Five years ago we were
plunged into World War II, sons of War I
veterans becoming GIs. Remember Pearl
Harbor? The things we remember about
that day and the four years that followed
will influence us in shaping the peace.
On that day men who had gone away
"just for a year" emerged from an alleged
state of softness to become real GIs. In
case some readers have forgotten what the
term means, we pass along the following
"Definition of a GI" by the late Gen.
Josph W. Stillwll which appeared in The
Round-Up, Oct. 11, 1945.
"A GI (pronounced 'gee-eye') is a spe­cial
breed of American who inhabited
North Africa, Italy, France, Germany,
Guadalcanal, Saipan, Okinawa, Luzon,
Burma, China, Ireland, India, Korea, Ja­pan,
and other places during the war years
1941 through 1945.
"Very few of them were to be found
within the continental limits of the United
States during that time. The term 'GI'
is usually applied to enlisted men and
has a negative effect when applied to
officers. The GI was superbly equipped,
but happiest when in dirty fatigues with a
baseball cap.
"He cooked meals in his helmet, in which
he also shaved and washed. He swore in
good style, liked pretty girls, milk, steak,
beer, cheesecake, swing music, and was a
sucker for a place called the USA.
"He hated Japs, Germans, C rations,
draft dodgers, and a thing called 'chicken'
(not to be confused with the fowl of the
same name.)
"Race—all races. Just go visit the ceme­teries
for proof. Names—Murphy, Jones,
Galliopolis, Cohen, Dambrowski, Smith—
the works.
"Ways to recognize the GI—No matter
where you find him he gripes when things
are going well; he keeps his mouth shut
when the going is tough.
"Accomplishments of the GI—he beat
hell out of the Japs and Germans."
Guys like that—who can remember the
war—are the kind of men who need to
write the peace.
There Is Always Something New To Learn
Many a student has come to college and
found that his religious faith has been
shattered or at the least shaken. These
students sometimes lose all conception of
the word religion and its true meaning in
an individual's life.
Perhaps this is as it should be, however.
For it would be a poor college or univer­sity
that did not cause one to think about
his beliefs—religious and otherwise. Then
too it would be a poor student who could
not learn new things and acquire a broader
vision about history, economics, and chem­istry
and still remain stagnant in the realm
of religion. Being unsettled or having
doubt in one's mind is a good thing if it
stirs one to new discoveries.
The main trouble with most of us is that
we do not and are not willing to pass from
the kingdom of inherited religion into the
democracy of experienced religion. It is
really much easier to sit back and take
someone else's opinion that to go and find
out for ourselves. We're lazy.
Many of the_ so-called problems in re­ligion
that students think can only happen
here really occur to everyday people.. But
people outside of college have to face the
same problems each day. The difference is
that we in college are in a better position
to dig down and find out the why and the
wherefore of these things that occur and
cause doubt and find out what is the real
truth.
One of the main troubles with college
students is that they give up the faith
that they have without finding something
better. Some students cannot find the
same satisfaction in believing in God as
they once did when they were children.
The same picture of God does not present
itself to them now as it did when they
were in grade school several years ago.
The main trouble is that these students
are trying to get peace of mind by denying
the existence of God.
A suggestion for students who have
doubts about religion that they did not
have at home is this: Do not give up your
faith until you are sure that you have
something better. Your hometown religion
might have been inadequate but it was at
least so sincere it changed human lives by
its sincerity. Don't become stagnant. Com­ing
off to college should mean the moving
out of one house, the old, and into another,
the new.
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Congress should inform the public on
matters of national importance and thus
develop public opinion. While Congress'
investigatory powers can and should be
used to investigate the executive branch
for the purpose of holding it accountable,
they also have great potentialities for ex­ploring
economic and social conditions.
Focusing the people's attention on the sig­nificant
aspects of an unsatisfactory situa­tion
will usually produce corrective action.
^Robert Heller.
A lighted match or discarded cigarette
may burn up future dinners for the land­owner
and present day dinners for game
and for hunters. If trees are to grow sturdy
and tall to provide income for the land­owner
they must not be seared by flames.
If game is not to be destroyed or its food
burned out of existence, fire must become
a remote possibility. Don't start fires.
On The Side With Lenny Payne
This and That By Ole Timer
It was a sunny Sunday morning. It was hard to believe
that it was really December instead of August.
Up in the signal tower the Petty Officer in charge watched
the hands of his watch crawl around to 7:55 and said "Execute".
Prep was hoisted to the signal yardarms, signifying that five
minutes remained until morning
colors.
Down below, on one of the
ships tied up in the peaceful har­bor,
a Negro mess boy was hum­ming
softly as he cleaned off the
breakfast table. Some of his ship­mates
were discussing how they
expected to spend Christmas this
year.
Down at Seasides Cottages and
the Royal Hawaiias and the Mo-ana
in Waikiki officers and men
who had gone ashore to spend
the weekend tossed a little rest­lessly
in their sleep but few woke
up.
Over at the nearby air field a
couple of officers were standing
in front of the Administration
Building watching for a flight of
bombers scheduled to arrive from
San Francisco that day.
One of them noticed the flight
of planes coming over the moun­tains
back of Ford Island and
thought it was just a routine
practice maneuver. "Wonder why
the Marines are picking on the
Navy so early on Sunday morn­ing?"
he inquired of his com­panion.
Then his «eyes widened as they
began their sharp, vicious dive
toward Pearl Harbor. A shout left
his lips "Japs!"
But his words were masked by
the horrible burst of sound as the
first bomb hit the old battleship
Arizona.
Men's minds refused to keep
pace with their bodies. Though
their arms fought fire and passed
ammunition and fired guns their
minds still refused to accept the "
unspoken word that trembled in
the air.
WAR!
By 9:45—less than two hours
after the first plane appeared—
all the planes were gone and the
harbor was filled with sunk and
sinking ships and dead and dying
men.
The battleship Arizona and the
old target ship Utah were sunk.
The Oklahoma was capsized. The
West Virginia and the California
had settled in shallow water at
their berths. The Nevada was
grounded off Waipo Point to pre­vent
her sinking. In Dry Dock 1
the Pennsylvania and the de­stroyers
Cassin and Downes had
suffered bomb damage. The de­stroyer
Shaw had blown up in
the Floating Dry Dock. The mine­layer
Oglala had capsized just be­hind
the cruiser Helena which
had suffered bomb damage. The
cruisers Honolulu and Raleigh
suffered bomb damage. The re­pair
ship Vestal and the seaplane
tender Curtis had been sunk.
In less than two hours the ma­jor
part of the US Pacific Fleet
had been put out of service.
Saturday is the fifth anniver­sary
of that day. Five ^ears—
most of which have been spent
in regaining what was lost in
the few days following Decem­ber
7, 1941.
But already you can hear talk
of reducing the appropriations
for the Army and the Navy. Al­ready
at the Peace Conference
the delegates are discussing dis­armament.
Just what do they
think brought on World War II
but the pressure for disarmament
after World War I? Are we going
to so weaken ourselves again
that we'll be sitting ducks for
another Pearl Harbor, with the
damage multiplied a million
times?
"Lord God of Hosts, be with us
yet,
Lest we forget . . . Lest we
- forget . . ."
The Exchange Post By Phil Bookman
While glancing through the
New York Times I came across
these limericks:
There was a young lady of Venice
Who used hard boiled eggs to
play tennis;
When they said, "You are wrong,"
She replied, "Go along!"
You don't know how prolific my
hen is."
* * *
When a jolly young fisher named
Fisher
Went fishing for fish in a fissure
A fish, with a grin,
Pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're fishing the fissure
for Fisher.
It is a tradition of Purdue U.
to pull a large bell they call a
"Victory Bell" through the streets
after a victorious conference foot­ball
games.
Despite the fact that the bell is
usually housed in the iron-barred
bell house north of Cary Hall, it
frequently strays into the "miss­ing"
list. At the beginning of this
semester, the bell took one of its
mysterious walkouts and return­ed
one morning all covered with
mud, apparently having been
buried to insure perfect hiding.
But it seems to be doing a dis­appearing
act all the time. The
last time it was seen was when
the bell was attached to a Ply­mouth
black sedan speeding
south.
* * *
A mother received her college
son's bills and was discussing
them with her husband. "Look
dear," she said, "It's the language
that cost the most: Scotch, fifty
dollars."
* * *
From 1905 until 1915, it was
a Syracuse tradition that no class
be held on a Monday following an
Orange victory. The entire day
was devoted to a celebration with
many pepfests and bon-fires.
* * *
It is the opinion of a Syracuse
student that college graduates
soon forget about their old col­lege
after graduation due to be­ing
neglected by the college. He
suggests programs be prepared by
the alumni for the visiting gradu­ates
throughout the year.
* * *
Latest style of informal greet­ing
around campuses these days
goes something like this. Two
collegians meet and one says,
"Hi Fitch!" The other answers,
"Hi Wildroot!" And they both
began dusting the dandruff off
each other's shoulders. (The Col­legiate
World).
* * *
Ching Chow says "It is the men
that cause the women to dislike
each other."
Tempus fugits and brings us
nearer to the close of another
quarter with only two more
weeks until the quarter is over.
Gone are those first hectic weeks
when everyone loafed and cut
classes, made all the football
games, and took in all the dances.
The new trend is to books and
studying (even the architecture
students) and the latest style on
the campus finds the coeds with,
straight hair and blank looks too
sleepy to notice those unshaven
faces and dirty shoes of the cur­rent
flame. Such is the perspec­tive
view which lies ahead for us
during the next two weeks.
We are realizing what should
have been done in the past ten
weeks. But the bright side of it
all is that it'll soon be over and
then there's a nice long vacation
with plenty of time to make
resolutions and then a new quar­ter
is which to start all over
again with a clean slate.
There is undoubtedly a thought
in many minds that they have
wasted another quarter. No doubt
some of us have in many ways,
but looking back we have ac­complished
a lot, if no more than
having survived and helped solve
the overcrowded conditions by
the cooperation, consideration,
and patience which we have
shown—hunting rooms, searching
for food, and standing in line for
books, yearbook pictures, foot­ball
tickets, concert passes and
such, in town and on the campus.
in the buildings and outside.
"The old Auburn Spirit is
dead." How often have we heard
this expression in the past year
or so? Perhaps it is dead, but in
dying it gave birth to the new
Auburn Spirit which is growing
by leaps and bounds. It WAS
evidenced at the football games
this year and at the pep rallies
and its influence is being felt on
the campus.
These past ten weeks have been
weeks of responsibility to the stu­dent
body, the faculty, and the
administration. It is true that the
way in which some of these re­sponsibilities
have been met
seems inefficient and lacking.
The chronological order of the
centuries, however, has been that
the old must give way to the
new.
The new Auburn Spirit must of
necessity be evidenced not just in
the student body, but in the ad-minisration,
the faculty, and the
town people. It must continue to
be a search for understanding.
Its scope must be wider and its
penetration deeper than ever be­fore.
True, there are only two
weeks left in this quarter, but,
for most of us, there remain oth­er
quarters.
If, in these, through study, re­search,
c l a s s attendance, or
through relations with other in­dividuals,
we can discover truths
for a new era we shall not have
played traitor to the old Auburn
Spirit in rearing the new.
Smiles and Great Men
By BABs
Precision Instruments:
Math Prof explaining use of
slide rule: "Now, gentlemen, this
little instrument you will find
very useful to an engineer. Take
the square root of 49, for example.
A simple use of the rule shows
that it is six and eight-tenths or
thereabouts."—The Log.
* * *
It's the truth:
"Exercise kills germs, but we
haven't found out how to get the^
darn things to exercise."—Urchin.
* * *
Page Grandpop:
"Why about the only time a
modern mother puts her foot
down is when the light turns
green."—Pup Tent.
* t *
Uncle Levi Zink: "Eatin' crow
ain't pleasant; but if the world
don't start producin' pret soon
that's what we'll come to."
* * *
Will Rogers: "If I wanted to
start an insane asylum that would
be 100% cuckoo, I would just ad­mit
applicants that thought they
knew something about Russia."
* * *
George Meredith: "She poured
a little social sewerage into his
ears."
* * *
S. Thompson: "If we could only
distill lovely days and keep the
essence in bottles."
* * *
Meow! oow!
Marye: "Eve is a gold-digger."
Sarye: "Hardly. Platinum and
diamonds!"
Future Thumbers:
"This modern batch of babies
should be taught not to suck
their thumbs. They might bite
them off, and they are liable to
need them when they get old
enough to travel."—New Zizzer.
* * *
New Idea:
A minister who was feeling sick
asked his wife to take his temp­erature.
By mistake she put a
barometer into his mouth. When
she took it out, the misister said,
"What does it read?"
His wife answered: "Dry and
windy."
* * *
Robert Wagner:
"No more sense of direction
than a bunch of firecrackers."
* * * -
Tit for Tat:
He: "I wish you would quit
drivin' from the back seat!"
She: "When you quit cookin'
from the dining-room table!"
* * • *
West "Pointer"
"She gave me her lips; she
gave me her heart. Now I want
her hand."
"What are you doing—piece­work?"
* * *
Bright Pupil
Teacher: "Joseph, how are
matches made?" (
Joseph: "I don't know; but I
don't blame you for askin'."
Teacher: "What do you mean?"
Joseph: "Well, Mom says you
have been tryin' to make one for
twenty years."
* * *
Sigma Chi: "Mabel seems mad;
what's wrong?"
Theta Chi: "She stepped on
one of those new weighing scales
with a loud speaker and the thing
started calling 'one at a time,
please!'"
* * *
Leslie Howard: "A man in love
is a. stupid thing . . . he bores
one stiff; but a woman in love
is fascinating . . . she wears a
kind of aura."
* * *
Page the Undertaker:
Playwright: "What do you
think of my play?"
Producer: "I have one sugges­tion."
- Playwright: "Yes?"
Producer: "Have the villain
shoot himself instead of taking
poison at the end."
Playwright: "Why?"
Producer: "It'll wake up the
audience."
* * *
Football Coach: "Now get this:
Football develops individuality,
initiative, leadership. Get that?
All right! Now get out on the
field and do exactly as I tell ya!"
* * *
Coed: "Believe it or not, I said
'no' to six different men last
summer."
Initiated: "Naturally. T h o se
door-to-door salesmen -are getting
to be such a pest."
* * *
Elbert Hubbard:
"It is not book learning that
young men need, nor instruction
about this and that, but a stiffen­ing
of the vertebrae which will
cause them to be loyal to a trust,
or act promptly, concentrate their
energies, do a thing —'carry a
message to Garcia'."
* * *
They come that way:
Newly wed: "My friend says
you have nice ham."
Butcher: "Yes, here is a whole
one."
Newly wed: "I'll take it and if
you have six more off the same
pig, I'll take them all."
* * *
Joseph Conrad: "The lighten­ing
bugs were like • a thousand
little flash bulbs photographing
the night."
* * *
Page the Ark:
"How did you like Venice?"
"Terrible. Didn't stay. Whole
place flooded."
* * *
Diplomacy:
Noah: "Are you still engaged
to Susan "
Boah: "No—"
Noah: "Good! Never could see
what you liked about her. She's
dumb and fat. She's homely.
How'd you get out of the en­gagement?"
Boah: "We were married last
month."
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Five
Jo Salter Takes
Honors As Chief
Cover Designer
Jo Salter, designer of the cover
for the fall quarter student-facul­ty
directory (available now at the
mailing room, basement of Sam-ford)
couldn't lose .in the contest
because her entries won first,
second, and third places. Designs
by members of the advertising
class were submitted to the News
Bureau, sponsor of the publica­tion.
Jo's latest prize was a three-week
pass to the Tiger theater
for the best book cover design for
"Song of the South," which play­ed
Sunday, Monday, and Tues­day.
Ever since her mother broke
her of the habit of marking on
the walls of their Bessemer home,
Jo has dabbled in art—first with
crayons, then water colors. In
high school she took a regular art
course.
Now a first quarter senior ma­joring
in commercial art, Jo has
won several other design contest
prizes. Last summer she won first
for a soap wrapper design which
SHE HAS A DESIGN FOR WINNING
Jo Salter, first quarter senior in commercial art- is the
designer of the cover on the new college telephone directory and
of many other prize-winners. She attributes her success to luck
and good instructors.
was placed on display in the art
building along with entries of 50
artists.
In addition to the directory de­sign
this quarter, she won the
prize for designing the most ap­propriate
letterhead for new sta-
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game contest offering a long list
of valuable prizes got underway
at 12:15 p. m. Monday with a ra­dio
program over WJHO. The
program will be a regular feature
at the same time Monday, Wed­nesday,
and Friday.
Topping the list of prizes is a
$250 cash award. Next comes a
console model radio-phonograph
combination, and then 30 indi­vidual
cash prizes.
Game rules are simple. Write
down this sentence: EVERY­BODY
LIKES THE BULLETIN.
See how many Standard English
four-letter words you can make
out of the sentence. Words like
e-v-e-r, s-i-l-k, b-o-d-y . . . and so
on. Do not use proper names or
plurals, and no letter in any word
more times than it appears in the
sentence. Send in your list of
words and $2 for a new or renew­al
subscription to the Bulletin,
post office box 1072, Auburn. Ev­eryone
is eligible to enter except
employees of the Bulletin and
their famiiles. All entries must be
postmarked by not later than
midnight, Dec. 14.
Coop Idea Has Become Nation-Wide
By Dan Meador
The Auburn Veteran's Co-op
Store which is located out in the
neighborhood of the deckhouses
and veteran's apartments has
gained national prominence as a
model for cooperatives in colleges
all over the United States.
The co-op was organized last
April to provide a convenient and
low-priced place for the wives of
veteran students to buy their
groceries and other household
supplies. The present Secretary-
Treasurer Jim Ward states that
any veteran student or faculty
member may join the association
by making a deposit of $20. This
deposit is to provide a working
capital for the store and will be
refunded when the membership
is withdrawn. The membership
is now approximately 250.
The prices of food, according to
Jim, are lower than those of in­dependent
stores but about the
same as those of the chain stores
due to the fact that the co-op buys
from the same wholesalers.
The cooperative association is
governed by a president, vice-president,
secretary - treasurer,
and board of directors. Bill Wad-dail
is the current president and
Jim Ward is secretary-treasurer.
There is no active vice-president
at present. (The one they had re-enlisted
in the Army). A man­ager,
cashier, and clerk operate
the store which is open every af­ternoon
from 12:30 until 6.
Nurse: "Bobby, you are a self­ish
little boy. Why didn't you
give your sister a piece of your
apple."
Bobby: "Heck, I gave her the
seeds. She can plant 'em and have
a whole orchard."
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tionary for API's ninetieth anni­versary
year.
A tall blonde with blue eyes
and a charming personality, Jo
says sleeping is relegated to the
roll of a pastime. Her success she
modestly attributes to luck and
good professors.
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Gotten Your Chance
On That Watch Yet?
Over and over again during the
past few days the student body
has heard this question: "Have
you gotten your chances on that
Lord Elgin watch or diamond
dinner ring yet?" If there are any
who haven't been approached by
an A Phi O salesman, here's an
explanation of what's up.
Alpha Phi Omega, on Decem­ber
14, on the stage of the Tiger
Theatre, is giving away a Lord
Elgin wristwatch, valued at $70,
or a lady's diamond dinner ring
of corresponding valuation—the
winner has his choice. A person
doesn't have to be present to win.
Tickets will be on sale at the
main gate, and by members of
Alpha Phi Omega, until the night
of the drawing. The lucky num­ber
will be drawn by one of the
Auburn beauties, possibly by
"Miss Auburn" herself.
Those who have not secured a
ticket may obtain one from one
of the many A Phi O representa­tives
roaming the campus.
Davis To Teach
Newspaper Analysis
Neil O. Davis, editor of the
Lcc County Bulletin and publish­er
of The Plainsman, will teach
Newspaper Analysis, a five-hour
course, at 11 a. m. next quarter,
John Newton Baker, director of
the News Bureau, announced to­day.
Mr. Davis was editor of The
Plainsman in 1935 and later was
a Neiman Fellow at Harvard.
No pre-requisite will be neces­sary
to take Newspaper Analysis;
listed in the catalog as EH 222.
Mr. Baker will teach Educa­tional
News Features at 10 a. m.
three days a week next quarter.
This course, EH 320, is open to
students who have had two
courses in journalism or who have
special permission of the instruc­tor
to register for the subject.
Chiefs Bike Shop
WHERE STUDENTS TRADE
Advertising Designers
Win in Poster Contest
On display over the week-end
and until Tuesday at the Tiger
Theatre were seven winning de­signs
of the "Song of the South",
poster contest which was entered
by students of the advertising de­sign
class of Prof. David Jack.
First place went to Jo Salter
who was awarded a three-weeks.
pass; second place to Martha La-cey
Maddox, two-weeks pass; j
third to Bill Morrison, one-week
pass. jFour artists who received
two passes each are Evelyn Kidd,
Jimmy Dykes, Horace Hughens,
and Suzanne Lowe.
The advertising design class hasj
begun work on designing an API,
pamphlet cover, "Auburn Meets
the Challenge".
G. H. Backer Talks
To I. Ae. S. Group
"The advantages of I. Ae. S.
Membership" was the subject of
a talk by Prof. G. H. Backer at
a meeting of the student branch
of the Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences last Monday. Prof. Beck­er
is a new addition to the aero­nautics
department, having come
to API from Douglas Aircraft
Corporation where he was en­gaged
in aircraft research.
Several new members were ac­cepted
and applications for mem­bership
were made by several
students. The next meeting will
be at 7:15 p. m. next Monday in
Ramsay 109.
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Page Six THE P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946
Activities of Veterans Organization
Outlined by One of Its Members
By Jack Burke
Judging from the relatively small group participating in
the Auburn Veterans Association it's apparent that most of
the veterans here on the campus just haven't gotten the
"word" as yet.
As a new member of an organization established solely for
the veterans of World War II, I can easily understand this.
Since the association is still in the process of setting up
regular offices and organizing its
newspaper it has been rather dif­ficult
to stage a proper kind of
membership campaign to solicit
new aspirants.
So for those of you who aren't
familiar with the Veterans As­sociation,
its purpose and benefits,
perhaps a few pertinent facts will
suffice as a reminder of the ad­vantages
you can gain with little
effort on your part.
Purpose
First and last every organiza­tion
must have a purpose and the
A.V.A. is no exception. Establish­ed
on Aug. 23, 1945, its motive is
sincere and honest.
Article II of the Constitution
explains it as follows:
1. To establish a m e d i um
through which the veterans en­rolled
at Auburn shall work in
close cooperation with the col­lege
in order to encourage better
scholarship, to arrive at practical
solution of common problems, to
give and receive mutual assist­ance
and advice necessary in the
continuance of a harmonious re­lationship
between the veteran
and the college.
2. To encourage and promote
those things believed necessary
in the successful completion of
any college career, mainly, schol­arship,
participation in other stu­dent
organizations and in civic
organizations, a respect for law
and order, and obedience to col­lege
regulations and civil author­ity.
3. In further carrying out the
above aims this organization shall
refrain from participating as an
organization in campus political
activities.
4. To perpetuate in peace the
ideals of which World War II was
fought.
Eligibility for Membership
For those of you who would
like a few details on the quali­fications
for membership here
are the two basic requirements.
1. He is eligible for education­al
training under Public Law 346
or Public Law 16.
2. He is a student in good
standing at Auburn at the time he
applies for membership.
Our total number of present
members amounts to about 250—
a sad representation for a school
with such a tremendous enroll­ment
of eligible students.
Facilities for joining are now
available at the Veteran's Office
located in the Samford Building.
Becoming a member is simple.
Just present yourself along with
$1.00 membership fee and you are
in.
Plans for issue of keys to all
members are well in tow.
Experienced Leaders
Although shortages are mighty
common these days, experience
is one premium with which the
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A.V.A. is amply supplied. Ex­perience,
you might say, is galore.
Herb Holdsambeck, president,
heads a list of capable, efficient
office-holders who know the
score and how to apply it.
Herb, himself, is a veteran of
distinguished service. As Group
leader of B-17's in Europe under
fire, Captain Holdsambeck ac­quired
the necessary experience
and finesse to lead such a delega­tion
to its proper pedestal in the
civilian world. He knows and un­derstands
the problems facing the
college vet today and he is stress­ing
all of his abilities toward a
profitable solution of them.
John Monroe — vice president:
Dick O'Cain, treasurer; and Bill
Dearman, secretary, are worthy
assistants as well as Leland
Brown, C. Ray Martin, Len Hen-sel
and Vic Sansing, who com­prise
the Executive Committee.
The Veteran's Voice
To flourish and operate on a
large scale the Auburn's Veter­an's
Association is, at the present,
establishing its own newspaper,
entitled the Vet Gazette. This
publication will serve as an im­portant
medium between the or­ganization
and you for the ex­pression
of ideas, information and
problems of nation wide scope
and interest.
Jim Watson of Birmingham
will start the. "Vet Gazette" on
its initial course as managing
editor. Jim hopes to get the first
issue off the press as soon as it
is given the official O.K. from
Dr. Duncan and the Publications
Board.
Benefits and Future Aims
One of the most outstanding
benefits offered by A.V.A. are the
services of the Guidance Confer-e
n c e which meets Tuesday,
weekly, 3-5 p. m. at 309 Ramsay
Hall.
This conference is designed
primarily to help all veterans,
members and non-members alike,
who seek help and answers to
any questions which may con­front
them. We urge each and
every one of you to take advant­age
of this brilliant opportunity.
Other benefits obtainable are
numerous—such as tracing over­due
checks from the government,
for example.
Reliable dope on the many Red
Cross services in Auburn is also
accessable.
Prospects
The A.V.A. is now conducting
a survey of all veterans living
in boarding houses around Au­burn.
Its object is to cut down the
high costs of board for members.
Reduced cost of food is to be
made possible by wholesale pur­chase.
We are banking os the full
cooperation of every one in carry­ing
out this essential project.
Other worthwhile projects on
schedule are the national . cam­paign
for raise in pay, play
grounds for veteran's children,
higher academic and teaching
Cake Race Training Reaches High
Tempo; Various Methods Are Tried
By Taylor Lumpkin
With only six days left to get
ready for the big cake race,
freshmen are knocking them­selves
out with strenuous train­ing.
Some are running over the
2.7 mile course, some are taking
laps on the track, and others are
just resting up for the event.
There was one freshman once
who couldn't train because of
crowded conditions, so he start­ed
making hasty trips from the
basement to the third floor of
Samford Hall every night. He
got so good at it that he made
the trip eight times in three
seconds. When he went up the
eighth time he ran all the way
and out one of the windows in
the tower, and hasn't been seen
since, but he did see The Stranger
working on the clock.
The freshmen will start the 2.7
mile course at Drake field, and
travel up Thatch to College St.,
then to Ross, across Ross to Mag­nolia,
up Magnolia to Gay, and
from there to ag bottom, and
through ag bottom to the straight
away run down to the finishing
chute at the rat football field.
What To Wear
Most freshmen seem to be wor­ried
about proper attire for run­ning
the race. Any kind of cos­tume
is permissable, but . the
usual thing is conventional track
clothes. That is, shorts, tee shirts,
and tennis shoes.
In the past some who expected
to come in late have worn over­coats
because it usually gets cool
standards and change in voting-residence.
Thus far I have presented only
a brief sketch of the A.V.A. as
seen from a new member's pros­pective.
One thing is obvious for sure.
We not only need new blood in
our midst but we need vets who
are willing to contribute as well
as profit.
Its the goal of the association to
have every vet an active mem­ber.
Regular meetings are held
every second Tuesday in the
month 7 p. m. at Langdon Hall.
So fellas, lets get the "word".
Don't delay, join us today. Get
on the Bandwagon of Tomorrow.
at night, and then there are
those who have dates for the
weekend and wear tuxes. One
year a guy came dressed as Santa
Claus. For you freshmen who ex­pect
to come in early, shorts are
suggested because they will make
you look like a wheel for the
photographers.
What To Eat
Another problem facing cake
race participants is what to eat
before running the race. That's a
good question, and it might be
noted that the ones who don't eat
before the race stand a good
chance of eating cake afterward,
and the ones who eat a lot usual­ly
don't arrive in time for supper.
So you see it really doesn't make
much difference — things will
work out.
If you want to get technical
about it, however, you won't go
wrong if you eat a light lunch of
roast beef and a few potatoes, but
no gravey and you can add a
couple of pieces of dry toast for
variety.
There are several reasons why
all able bodied freshmen should
run in the race. If you win look
at all the prizes and free publici­ty
you'll get. If you just miss
winning there are still prizes, and
if you don't win — well think
about all the free exercise.
LINES SOON FORM
FOR REGISTRATION
Many students
consulted with
schedules for the
Others will have
phase by Dec. 5,
who are listed as
iors this quarter
the registration
lines in Student
have already
deans to plan
winter quarter.
completed this
when students
seniors or jun-will
go through
and fee-paying
Center.
Sophomores will have their
cards checked Dec. 6. Late regis­trants
from the above classes will
be processed between 8 and 11 a.
m. Dec. 7.
Freshmen will go through the
lines Dec. 9 and 10.
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And growing more and more every day. What makes these youngsters
so healthy? Plenty of milk, butter, cheese—all vitamin, protein and
mineral-rich foods that build sturdy bodies, strong bones and alert
minds. Serve our dairy products often to all the family for more de­licious
meals—better health.
DAIRYLAND FARM and
OPELIKA CREAMERY
In Detroit this spring, automotive engi­neers
and designers were shown a dozen
cars finished in glowing colors never be­fore
seen on any automobile—colors
that diffused and reflected light back to
the eye from within the finish instead of
from the surface.
These new "Duco" Metalli-Chrome
lacquers which attracted industry-wide
attention are expected to give new
beauty and durability to America's cars.
The story behind their development is
an interesting one.
New Techniques for Pigment
Preparation
As many commercial pigments are now
made, they are precipitated from chem­ical
solutions in the form of fine parti­cles,
which are then dried, ground and
reground with a liquid vehicle to pro­duce
the final paint, enamel or lacquer.
The fineness of the particle-size largely
determines the luster of the finish. Al­though
mechanically ground pigment
particles can be made extremely fine,
they are not nearly as small as the par­ticles
originally precipitated.
A few years ago a program of research
Was started by Du Pont scientists to
try to take advantage of the very fine
particles formed by precipitation. They
proposed to eliminate the drying and
grinding processes entirely — to trans­fer
the microscopically sized, precipita­ted,
hydrated pigment particles directly
from the mother solution to the lacquer
vehicle.
Extended study by organic and col­loid
chemists, physicists and chemical
engineers finally solved this problem.
The procedure consists of mixing the
wet pigment in a heavy-duty mill with
water-wetnitrocellulose,dibutyl phthal-ate
and castor oil. Dibutyl phthalate
forms a colloidal solution with nitro­cellulose.
The colloid absorbs the castor
oil and pigment, but eliminates the
major portion of the water as a sepa­rate
insoluble phase.
A New Range of Color Effects
After the method of transferring wet
pigment particles had been established,
the second development in this program
was the practical utilization of precipi­tated
ferric hydroxide. Although it had
been used for a long time as an inter­mediate
for the manufacture of dry fer­ric
oxide pigment, ferric hydroxide in
the wet form as a pigment had been ap­plied
only to a very limited extent and
it's true value had gone unrecognized.
When used in conjunction with the new
..process, wet ferric hydroxide produced
a lacquer of unusual brilliance and dur­ability.
In combination with other pig­ments,
a whole new range of color effects
became possible.
Because of their extremely small pig­ment
particle-size, the Metalli-Chromes
are somewhat translucent, having a dis­tinctive,
soft innerglow. This lustrous
depth is further enhanced by introducing
into the film aluminum particles which
act like mirrors to reflect the light with­in
the finish.
Not only are these new lacquer fin­ishes
more lustrous and more beautiful,
but they are also moredurable, as proved
by four years of laboratory and road-testing.
"Duco" Metalli-Chrome lac­quer
is a worthy newcomer to the ever-lengthening
list of developments by
men of Du Pont that have helped in the
mass-production of automobiles and the
creation of new industries, new markets,
new jobs for millions of Americans.
Questions College Men ask
about working with Du Pont
WILL I FIND COMPETITION
DIFFICULT AT DU PONT?
It is to be expected that there will be
competition in an organization where
every effort is made to select the best
trained and most promising graduates.
However, such competition is not de­liberate
or is it on an elimination basis.
New employees are given every oppor­tunity
to grow in the organization.
Technical undergraduates and gradu­ate
students will be interested in the new
booklet, "The Du Pont Company and
the College Graduate." Write to 2521
Nemours Building, Wilmington, Del.
More facts about Du Pont—Listen to "Cavalcade of America," Mondays, 7 P. M. CSTt on NBC
REG. U.S. PAT.OFF.
BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING
...THROUGH CHEMISTRY
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (INC.)
WILMINGTON 98, DELAWARI
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Seven
Tigers Run Wild To Down Gators 47-12
Tigers Play Heads-Up
Ball To Crush Florida
By Bill Dearman
Auburn's victory-hungry Tigers ended the season in a
blaze of glory Saturday afternoon by downing the favored
Florida eleven 47-12 with Bull Cochran and Travis Tidwell
teaming up to put on a show which will be long remembered
by the natives of Gainesville.
During the course of the game, the Tiger line opened great
holes in the Gator line and constantly outcharged the Florida
forward wall.
Auburn amazed the Florida
team by springing one of the best
ground attacks which the Gators
had faced this season. When the
Gator backs pulled in to stop this
ground drive. Tidwell opened
up with a bewildering aerial at­tack
to prove that he was just
as good as he had been billed.
Although they played nearly
the entire first quarter in Gator
territory, the Tigers didn't score
until the second quarter when
Cochran drove over from the one,
to climax a sustained 68 yard
march downfield.
Bull Cochran
The Tigers tallied once again in
the second quarter, when Tid­well
cut over his own tackle to
score following a sustained 50
yard drive downfield. In this
drive downfield, Tidwell did a
Greek All-Stars
Following are the fraternity
touch football all-star teams as
chosen this season. First team:
Center, Wood, AGR; Ends, Rid­ley,
PiKA, and Markum, KS;
Guards. Pace, SPE, and Morris,
TC; Backfield, Eyrich, ATO; Hol-ley,
LCA; Liles, SN; and Rollins,
SAE.
Second team: Center, Weldon,
PiKP; Ends, Burgess, LCA, and
Shelby, SAE; Guards, Russell,
PiKP, and Thrash, PDT; Back-field,
Shelton, SPE; Wurtle, DSP;
Wasson, PiKA, and Covington,
PKT.
Cagers Too
Five Tigers will become baske-teers.
Some of the gridders who
will be wearing abbreviated ath­letic
costumes in a few days are
Guard Wayne Hepler, Tackle
John Adcock, End Teedie Faulk
and Ray Williams, and Halfback
Travis Tidwell.
large share of the ground gain­ing,
with his team-mates coming
through with some excellent and
timely blocking.
Before the third quarter was
two minutes old, Hal Herring in­tercepted
a Gator aerial and lat-eralled
to Wilson, who raced
down the sidelines 56 yards to
score. Later in the quarter Tid­well
racked up another tally and
Carl Christian intercepted a pass
and raced downfield to rack up
another score. Tidwell passed to
Ball for another Tiger tally and
Big Red Snell failed in his try
for the extra point.
Late in the third quarter Flori­da
took to the air to score their
first tally and in the fourh quar-er
two penalties in succession set
up the second Gator score.
This game was another game
where the officiating was un­coordinated
to say the least. The
officials constantly disagreed on
decisions and time and time again
the game was held up until the
officials could make up their
minds whether to call a penalty
or not.
LOST: One girl's white rain­coat,
left in Grille. Has J. Clem­ents
in indelible ink in back.
Notify Joyce Clements, Dorm.
IV.
SAE TOPPLES LCAs
!n Football League
In the semi-finals of the Intra­mural
touch football playoffs, the
SAEs cinched first place by
downing the spirited LCAs 20-S
Monday afternoon.
The SAEs scored early in the
game when Phillips intercepted
Holly's pass to set up a TD. The
second SAE touchdown was made
when Mangrum heaved a long
pass to Phillips who took it stand­ing
in the end zone.
The third and final SAE tally
was scored by Mangrum who in­tercepted
a LCA pass on the
LCAs 20 and raced downfield to
score.
Holly broke the ice ' for the
LCAs on the final play of the
game when he took an SAE punt
on the 50 and raced through the
entire SAE team to tally.
The two teams were evenly
matched, and breaks played an
important part in the game.
Mangrum did the heaving to
Phillips for the winners and Hoi
ly, of the LCAs' came in for his
usual share of glory by his excel­lent
passing and fast, shifty run­ning.
CAKE RACE HONORS WILBUR HUTSELL
NOW IN HIS 2STH YEAR AT AUBURN
STUDENT SUPPLIES
School books and supplies are available at
reasonable prices
Basement Samford Hall
Phone 960-Extension 347
COLLEGE SUPPLY STORE
By Jimmy Coleman
The famous Auburn Cake Race,
where every able-bodied fresh­man
puffs his way around a 2.7
mile course every year, is held in
honor of Wilbur Hall Hutsell—
Auburn's track coach, football
trainer, and the oldest man in
point of service, in the Auburn
Athletic department.
Affectionately known as "Coach
Hutsell", he has been on the job
since September, 1921. Thus he
is in the 25th year, and is some­times
referred to as 'dean of Au­burn
athletics'.
Thus far this season Hutsell's
cross-country team is undefeated,
in dual-meets with Georgia Tech
and Florida besides a Thanks­giving
Day victory in the SEC
X-Country Championship meet.
Ask Coach Hutsell his age and
your answer is a pair of twink­ling
eyes and an infectious grin.
But he admits having been pres­ent
at the St. Louis World's Fair
in 1904. The Olympic meet was
held in conjunction with the fair
that year and he probably went
down to get a look at the foreign­ers.
Sometime later he graduated
from Moberly High (Mo.) and en­tered
the University of Missouri
where he distinguished himself
in the quarter mile.
What the average Auburn fol­lower
occasionally reads about in
the way of school athletic his­tory—
Coach Hutsell knows from
memory. There have been sev­eral
football coaches here during
his day. Memorable Mike Dona­hue
was winding up a long career
when Hutsell settled at the 'lovli-est
village". After him were
Boozer Pitts, Dave Morey, Pitts
again, George Bohler, John Floyd,
Chet Wynne, and Jack Meagher
Wilbur Hutsell
and he is now working with Carl
Voyles.
Our hat is off to Wilbur Hut­sell
and may he view the finish
line of many cake races of the
future.
Tulane Bees Trimmed
By Baby Tigers, 20-19
The underdog Auburn "Bee"
team took advantage of the
breaks Saturday afternoon to
down the Tulane "Bee" team
20-19 in Cramton Bowl.
After trailing at the end of the
first quarter 6-0, Auburn roared
twelfth, Lowe, thirteenth, and
Hutchinson, fourteenth, for a
total of 40 points.
Second-place Tennessee had
fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and
fifteenth for a total of 44 points.
Georgia Tech had 67 and Florida
took 94 points.
Saturday the team travels to
Birmingham for its last meet of
the season. Last year Auburn won
this meet and Tommy Lowe set
a new record. The Tigers are fa­vored
again this week and if they
win it will be their second un­defeated
season. They were tied
once by Tech last year.
back to push over two tallies in
the second to take the lead. Cal
Emmerts scored the first touch­down
for Auburn after recovering
a Tulane fumble on their eight.
Jocko Norton raced 73 yards
through the entire Tulane team
in the third quarter following the
recovery of another Greenie fum­ble
on Auburn's 23. Norton and
Flournoy teamed up to take the
ball downfield to push over an­other
touchdown. Revis kicked
the deciding extra point.
WHERE EVERY GARMENT
IS A
"SPECIAL"
BILL HAM DRY CLEANERS
"For Auburn Always"
THE BEST DRESSED MEN WEAR
"SCHWOBILT SUITS THE SOUTH"
A GREAT NAME IN CLOTHING
Montgomery, Alabama
EXCHANGE HOTEL CORNER
Columbus, Georgia
BROADWAY AT 10th ST.
Cross-Country Team
Annexes SEC Title
Thanksgiving morning the Au­burn
cross-country team defeated
Tennessee, the closest competitor
by four points to win the SEC
Cross-Country Championship for
the second straight year. Going
down in defeat with the Vols
were Georgia Tech, Florida, and
Mississippi.
Individual honors were taken
by Whitey Overton who in win­ning
stretched his win streak to
three meets in a row breaking his
own record by 28 seconds. Time
16:41.9.
For the first time this season
Fred Carley was able to ,-run.
Even though handicapped by be
ing unable* to train and having to
run with his ankle taped, Carley
placed third among the best dis­tance
runners in the Southeast.
Bemis, Florida's ace distance
runner, was really out for re­venge
in this meet. He took an
early lead and held it until the
second mile. Overton passed him
then and stretched his lead to
win by about 75 yards. Bemis
barely nosed out Carley in the
finishing sprint as Fred fought
hard for second place. Corridan
of Tech placed fourth and Jack­son
of Tennessee, fifth.
Finishing order of Auburn's
men: Overton, first, Carley, third,
Kosack, eleventh, M a d d o x,
NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS
No books, equipment nor supplies to be used in the Win­ter
Quarter will sold to any students before January 1, 1947.
This action is being taken for the following reasons:
1. Large shipments of books, etc., will not be received un­til
late ^December.
2. By holding up all sales until January 1, students can
more nearly obtain their needed items on one trip to the book­stores.
3. This will reduce losses of books and eliminate sales to
those who decide not to return to school in January after pre-registering.
Note: All students charging their books, etc., to Veterans
Administration or on requisitions must present their
schedule cards carrying their course numbers at the
bookstores before making such purchases.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
College Supply Store
Burton's Bookstore
*-—.
Pin-Up & Bed Lamps Auburn Furniture Co.
Page Eight THE P L A I N S M AN
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1946
From the Plains
By Richard Bjurbeig
Today the world is mentally
and morally sick. As a patient
who needs a doctor, so the world
needs "doctors and nurses" to
help heal it and lead it again to­ward
a glorious future of peace
and happiness. The call has come
to the college students of the
world to be those "doctors and
nurses" of aid. For the students
and professors in American Col­leges
and Universities, the op­portunity
has come to open their
gifts of service and funds to help
in the world drive to reestablish
the colleges and universities
throughout the world which were
destroyed by the great war.
As early as 1939, the World Stu­dent
Service Fund was organized
-to help raise funds to carry on
World Student Relief throughout
the war devasted areas. The basic
principles of World Student Re­lief
are: "impartial service to all
students and professors in need,
irrespective of race, religion," or
country; service with an emphasis
upon the intellectual, spiritual,
and ethical forces represented by
World Student Relief and em­bodied
in its constituent move­ments;
rehabilitation of universi­ty
life in its full scope rather
than relief only; cooperation
among students and faculty in­spired
and sustained by the ideal
of international sutdent solidari­ty;
promotion of self-help and
cooperation efforts in addition to
direct assistance; reliance upon
idigenous leadership; and full co­operation
with other agencies."
The proceeds of the World
Student Service Fund are used in
China for the building of student
centers where students might go
to study in healthful surround­ings.
The Chinese student re­ceives
an allotment for clothing if
he needs it, international scholar­ships
are set up to help 200 stu­dents
finish their studies without
too much self-help, and student
welfare is carried on which in­cludes
necessary student supplies
and helps nourish underprivilege
students. The same type of work
is done for students in the Philip­pines,
Burma, India and Indo­nesia.
In Europe, the famous universi­ties
of Poland, Greece, Italy, Bel­gium,
Czechoslovakia and other
nations lay destroyed. Many of
the students of Europe are hun­gering
for knowledge and their
only hope for their needs is in
the WSSF. It is true that UNRRA
has helped to reopen many col­leges
and universities but its re­lief
has fallen short of the person­al
needs of the many thousands
of students attending European
schools.
"What is the general program
of student relief and rehabilita­tion
in Europe? Student rest and
rehabilitation centers; supple­mentary
feeding; student centers
and hostels in university towns;
International Student Tubercu­losis
Sanitorium in Leysin, Swit­zerland,
and student sanitoriums
in various countries; subsidies to
student cooperatives and self-help
projects; s t u d e n t loans;
clothing, books, and school sup­plies"
are some of the supported
plans for the WSSF in Europe.
With so many great projects
before it, the students and pro­fessors
in American Colleges and
Universities are being asked to
c o n t r i b u t e $2,000,000 to the
WSSF. All the great colleges and
universities ^are anxious to con­tribute
to such a great cause. Be­cause
it was felt that the stu­dents
at Auburn were interested
in contributing their services and
funds to further peace in the
world, many student leaders on
this campus decided to set aside
a week in the winter quarter to
raise contributions for the WSSF.
The tentative WSSF week has
been set for Feb. 3-7. The goal
has been set at $2,500 for API.
This is the minimum goal which
we shall strive to reach. With
over 6,000 students on this cam­pus,
there should be little trouble
in raising this amount. Other
colleges with smaller numbers
enrolled have pledged much more
for this cause of world peace.
Surely we at API can contribute
something for WSSF.
Let us remember that the fate
of this world rests with its col­lege
students. To you the torch
is flung. Hold it high for Liberty
to see. This we can do for peace.
Fail in our responsibility and our
children face the holocaust of to­morrow.
LET US CONTRIBUTE SO
THAT OTHERS MIGHT LEARN
THE WAY TO A BETTER TO­MORROW.
On The Campus
(Continued from page 1)
F.F.A.
. . . meets at 7 p. m. Dec. 10 in
Langdon Hall. Listen to the F.F.A.
radio program from WJHO next
Tuesday night at 9:30.
* * *
Ag Club
. . . meets at 7 p. m. next Mon­day
to elect officers for next
•quarter.
* * *
Forestry Club
. . . meets 7:30 p. m., Dec. 9, in
Ag Engineering Building to elect
officers for next quarter.
* * *
Alpha Zeta
. . . meets 7 p. m., Dec. 9 in
Comer 108.
* * *
Alabama Farmer Staff
. . . meets Wednesday at 5 p.
m. in Comer 108.
* * *
Publications Board
. . . meets at 4 p. m. tomorrow.
A picture will be taken at 5 p. m.
* * *
Squires Quiz Show
. . . from 8:30 to 9:30 p. m. to­morrow
in Langdon Hall, with
WJHO broadcasting, Owen and
Bradley as masters of ceremonies.
Major Brooks Speaks
To Local ARA Members
Principal speaker to local Air
Reserve Association members in
Langdon Hall Monday night was
Major Brooks, Gunter Field, who
discussed the importance of ARA
to the nation.
The problems of physical ex­ams,
transportation, and former
flight officers were also discussed.
Members who are cleared for
flying at Gunter Field should con­tact
Gordon Blair, phone 259-R
for information.
Valuable prizes.
* * *
API Symphony Orchestra
. . . plays again from 3:30-5 p.
m. tomorrow in Langdon Hall un­der
the direction of Edgar Glyde
Free to public.
* * *
Annual A-Club
. . . formal at Alumni Gym,
Saturday night, 9-12, with Au­burn
Knights furnishing music.
Bids are handled through A-Club
members. No script.
* * *
First Basketball Game
. . . of the 1946-47 season for
the Tiger team at Alumni Gym
next Tuesday night, playing Max­well
Field.
LOST: Jeweled SAE Fra­ternity
pin on Thursday No­vember
14. If found please call
867.
HANDEL'S'MESSIAH'
(Continued from page 1)
prophesy according to Isaiah, in
eludes the Christmas story ac­cording
to St. Luke, the Crucifix­ion
according to St. John, and
concludes with the sure faith in
the Resurrection according to the
writing of St. Paul.
Opelika and Auburn residents
assisting in the chorus are: Elea­nor
McDaniel, Malda Wellborn,
Jean Hazelrig, Mrs. John R.
Moore, Mrs. Herbert Reuszer,
Mrs. C. E. Teague, Gloria Jean
Stapleton, Mrs. Jack Tamblyn,
Jeanette Watts, Mrs. J. R. Jack­son,
Mary Jo Reed, Mary New­man
Graves, Martha Nell Simp­son,
Julianne Tatum, Daphne
Brown, Harriet J3. Ellis, Lillian
Rainer, Ellen Strength, Mrs. Har­old
Klontz, Mrs. J. L. Seale, Lil­lian
Palmer, Florence Farnham,
Eunice B. McKee, Oleta Edge-worth,
Julia Vernon, Frances
Williamson, Jean Price, Mary P.
Bowers, Mrs. N. L. Blackman,
Ben Hagler, William H. Francis,
Charles Skinner, Zack Trawick,
Dick Felix, L. W. Montgomery,
Foster Owen, Fred ' McDaniel,
Charles R. Lee, George Moxham,
O. T. Rehling, J. W. Ball, Jr.
Dean Hannum, Ralph Strength
Harold E. Klontz, Wesley Ellis
M. P. Bowers, John Scott,. R. L.
Franklin, R. A. Shelton, Horace
P. Williamson, Jr.
Student-Faculty Group
To Hold Discussion
The first of a new series of
student-faculty discussions will
be held at 8 p. m. tomorrow night
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph B. Draughon of 424 Pine-dale
Rd.
"Education for What?", will be
the topic. Dr. Russell S. Poor,
dean of the graduate school, and
Dr. Russell Stevens, associate pro­fessor
of botany, will be among
the faculty guests.
The discussion, sponsored by
the Inter-Faith Council, will in­clude
such topics as the quarter
versus the semested system, final
exams, and cuts.
All students interested are
urged to attend.
WANTED: Ride to New York.
Will pay gas bill of anyone
Christmas holidays. Contact
going to or near New York for
Jack Powell, Trailer 80A.
Get that clock repaired. See
Ed Gray, % Jockisch Jewelry.
FOR RENT: Two-bedroom
house, eight miles from Au­burn.
Completely furnished.
Gold Hill 2468.
FOR SALE: Boarding house
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