1947-03-12 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXXII WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1947 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 9
COMING TO AUBURN
The. world-famous Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (above) will appear in concert at
Langdon Hall March 29. '
Cincinnati Symphony Appears
At Langdon Hall March 29
Ranks With First Six
Major U. S. Orchestras
The fifth oldest of the major
orchestras of the country will
appear in concert in Langdon
Hall Saturday, March 29. Born
in a city with the richest of
musical traditions, the Cincin­nati
Symphony, now in its 51st
Season, welds into one great
unit the musical forces that
have given the Queen City of
the West its century-old preem­inence
in the world of music.
Its 88 virtuoso players, with
an average of 16 years of serv­ice
with the orchestra, under
v ^ h e ^ m a g n e t i c leadership of Mr.
Goossens for a period of 14
years, have developed through
long association and constant
rehearsal a splendor of tone-quality
and an impeccable en­semble
which place it in the
vanguard of the world's great­est
orchestras.
Ranked among the six major
orchestras of the United States
and second to none in the ar­tistic
finesse of its ensemble, a
concert by the Cincinnati Sym­phony
becomes an inspiring
musical event. Enthusiastic ac­claim
and a sold-out house is
the rule wherever this noted
musical aggregation is heard
Its wide repertory embraces
the highest achievement of the
musical minds of all times and
assures a program that will
strike a responsive chord among
music lovers of every communi­ty—
a program that knows no
barrier of geography or politics
—that speaks ifhe language of
c o m m o n understanding a nd
good will.
World famous, world praised,
Eugene Goossens has presided
over the destinies of the Cin­cinnati
Symphony Orchestra for
14 years. The distinguished
British - American musical di­rector
has conducted nearly all
the great orchestras of the
world—the London Philharmon­ic,
the Boston Symphony, the
famous BBC Orchestra of Eng­land,
the Concertgebouw Or­chestra
of Amsterdam, the New
York Philharmonic - Symphony,
to mention but a few.
Known both as a pioneer and
a classicist, this scion of one of
the world's most noted musical
families triumphs wherever he
conducts. He has no peer as a
builder of programs that enter­tain
and thrill audiences every­where.
• " ' " .' '•
His orchestral works, operas,
songs and chamber music have
placed him among the greatest
Shaffer To Edit '48 Glomerata
Monday Marks Last
Issue Of Plainsman
For This Quarter
A final edition of The
Plainsman for this quarter
will be printed Monday,
March 17.
Any organization wishing
to have news published in
that issue is requested to
bring it directly to The
Plainsman office in the Bul­letin
building by Saturday
noon, March 15.
The next regular edition of
The Plainsman will be distri­buted
Wednesday, April 2.
Deadline for social and or­ganizational
news for that
issue will be Friday. 5 p. m.,
March 28.
RESPONSIBLE FOR '48 GLOMERATA
These two men will guide the destinies of the 1948 Glom­erata.
Shown are John Shaffer, (left) new editor, and O. H.
(Bugs) Mimms, business manager. Both will take office in
June.
On The Campus.. .
Post Office Officials . . .
. . . have requested that all students who will have a change
of address beginning next quarter notify them of the. change..
* * * *
Graduating Seniors . . .
. . . who have not obtained their invitations may d° so to­morrow
from 1 til 2 in' Student Center. In case it is impossible
to call for invitations at that time, they may be picked up by
someone else.
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Any Graduating Senior . . .
. . .' who desires to have his copy of the 1947 Glomerata for­warded
should contact Helen Hendry in Samford 101.
Examination Schedule
Unless in "Special Schedule" below, all subjects carrying less
than 5 hours credit will be held at the last class meeting prior
to Monday, March 17.
Regular Schedule
Unless the "Special Schedule" below, examinations in sub­jects
carrying 5 hours credit scheduled at hours indicated in
parentheses, will be held as follows:
Monday, March 17
*
Tuesday, March 18
Wednesday, Mar. 19
Tuesday, Mar. 11
Wednesday, Mar. 12
Friday, Mar. 14
Saturday, Mar. 15
Monday, Mar. 17
Tuesday, Mar. 18
—(8:00 a. m. Classes)
(2:00 p. m. Classes)
(10:00 a. m. Classes)
—(9:00 a. m. Classes)
(3:00 p. m. Classes)
(11:00 a. m. Classes)
—(1:00 p. m. Classes)
(4:00 p. m. Classes)
(5:00 p. m. Classes)
Special Schedule
—7:00 - 8:00 p. m.
—7:00 - 9:00 p. m.
—7:00 - 9:00 p. m.
—4:00 - 6:00 p. m.
7:00 - 9:00 p. m.
—7:00 - 9:00 p. m.
—7:00 - 9:00 p. m.
8:30 - 11:00 a. m.
1:30 - 3:30 p. m.
3:30 - 6:00 p. m.
8:30 - 11:00 a. m.
1:00 - 3:30 p. m.
3:30 - 6:00 p. m.
8:30 - 11:00 a. m.
1:00 - 3:30 p. m.
3:30 - 6:00 p, m.
—Current Events
—Physics Lab.
—ROTC
—(English 100&101,
(English 102&104
(Economics 201
—Econ. Geog. 102
—History 107
—(Sociology 201 &
(Economics 101
Special for Graduating Seniors Only—Graduation exercises:
Wednesday, March 19, at 2:00 p. m. (List to be furnished instruc­tors
by Registrar's Office) Examinations regularly scheduled for
Wednesday, March 19, will be held Saturday, March 15.
Important: Reporting of Grades—Grades of graduating seniors
should be reported as soon as possible after examinations. All
other grades should be filed with the Registrar's Office by noon,
Thursday, March 20. in order that student grade reports may'be
mailed by Saturday, March 22.
Registration: Students now in college will register March 6-11
(inclusive). Late registration fee of $5.00 will be charged beginning
Wednesday, March 12, and will increase at the rate of $1.00 for
each day registration is delayed to a maximum of $10.00. Regis­tration
of students not now in college will be held March 24-25.
Glee Club, Band
Concert Tomorrow
Revival of Old
Auburn Custom
Another old Auburn custom
will be renewed tomorrow night
when the Band, conducted by
P. R. Bidez, and The Men's
Glee Club, conducted by S.
Turner Jones, will present a
joint concert in Langdon Hall.
During the war years when
man-power was at a low ebb
on the campus, these joint con­certs
were abandoned, but were
revived last spring with great
success.
The program will be: Marche
Slave by Tchaikovsky, Overture
to The Fortune Teller by Victor
Herbert and Clifford Lillya's
Childhood Fantasy, played by
the Band. A Choral Prelude
by Homier, "Finlandia" chorale
arranged by Matthews, Pinsuti's
Good Night Beloved, Dichment's
"Ma Little Banjo", and two
Spirituals, "Deep River" and
"De Animals Comin", sung by
the Men's Glee Club; final se­lections
by the Band, a medley
of Cole Porter songs arranged
by Russell Bennett and the tone
poem "Finlandia" by Sibelius.
, The public is cordially invit­ed.
Patience And Cooperation
Asked By President Duncan
At a meeting with some student leaders in New Build­ing
Monday, President L. N. Duncan voiced an appeal to
students in regard to campus rumors and criticisms.
Speaking for approximately a half-hour, Dr. Duncan
explained that the college, bur­dened
with a high enrollment
and many inadequacies, faces
the biggest task in its history
and asked for "sympathetic un­derstanding
and warm, genuine,
cooperation of every student on
the campus".
"If something is g o i ng
wrong"; said the president,
"come to see us. We want to
serve you".
Spending a good portion of
his time on the needs of stu­dents,
Pres. Duncan clarified
the college infirmary situation.
He indicated that Auburn has
always encountered difficulty
in holding the very best of
technicians and staff members
for the unit. However, he ex-
Soil Conservationist
Speaks to ASME
Dick Carter, district U. S. soil
conservationist from Opelika,
spoke to the ASME members
on the organization and pur­pose
of the conservation ser­vice.
He gave the benefits and
drawback of employment in
the soil conservation service,
and advised all ag engineers
who are interested in this type
of work to contact the Civil
Service Board in Atlanta.
Election of officers followed
Mr. Carter's talk. The new of­ficers
are Bledsoe Hereford,
president; William B. Land,
vice president; Tom Pitts, sec­retary-
treasurer; E. B. Ray,
scribe.
The next meeting of the
ASME is April 1.
pressed hopes of converting the
infirmary into a health Center
which would work out a pro­gram
for the individual stu­dent's
physical condition.
Pres. Duncan Said that the
legislature has been asked to
treble its appropriation to API
for current operating expenses.
He outlined the campus build­ing
expansion program men­tioning
briefly "the last word
in an engineering lab", .an ag
building, g e n e r a l classroom
building, architecture and arts,
home ec, industrial engineer­ing,
dairy husbandry, pharmacy,
administration, gym, auditor­ium,
and several other build­ings.
Baptist Brotherhood
Group Holds Meeting
Every Two Weeks
The B a p t i s t Brotherhood
service organization meets for
breakfast every other Sunday
morning in the Green Room of
the Pitts Hotel. The group, with
a membership of eighty, is led
by Ray Barnes, of Enterprise.
At each breakfast an outside
speaker is invited in to be' a
s p e c i a l guest. Outstanding
speakers who have visited Bro­therhood
recently'include Dean
Roger Allen, Dean Hannum,
Dean Cater, Miss Cynthia Jo
Hall, and Mr. Hoyt Nations.
Tradition, which has kept
Brotherhood exclusively all-male
was finally broken Janu­ary
26, when Cynthia Jo Hall,
who brought the message that
morning, was made an honor­ary
member of the organiza­tion.
At present Brotherhood is
sponsoring R. A. activities in
Pepperell Village, is assisting
in the student-conducted Evan­gelistic
Hour evening services
of the Auburn Baptist Church,
and is actively sponsoring cam­pus-
wide prayer meetings in the
trailer camps, fraternity houses,
and boarding houses of Auburn.
Newcomers Club Holds
Monthly Meeting
The Newcomers Club of API
will hold its regular monthly
meeting in Social Center on
March 14 at 3 p. m.
Guest speaker for the meet­ing
will be "Happy" Davis,
Alumni Secretary.
The committee in charge of
arrangements is composed of
Mrs. W. R. Patrick, chairman;
Mrs. A. E. Cullison, Mrs. T. L.
Musselman, Mrs. J. B. Baird,
Mrs. P. Autrey, Mrs. R. H. Mil­ler,
Mrs. MeNorton, Mrs. D. E.
Jack, Mrs. S. Barnett.
RED CROSS DRIVE
In t h e F u n d - Membership
Drive of the API Branch of the
Lee County Chapter of the
American Red Cross held on
the campus last week, four or­ganizations
obtained 100 per
cent membership. These were
the Chi Omega and Delta Zeta
sororities and the KA and SAE
fraternities. These organizations
will be awarded a certificate of
membership.
At the present time other or­ganizations
and individuals have
helped to bring the total mem­bership
to 538, which is t he
largest college chapter member­ship
that Auburn has ever had.
The total amount of contribu­tions
received is $746.62. These
returns are not complete, but
the final totals will be pub­lished
in the next issue of the
Plainsman.
This has been the most suc­cessful
Membership-Fund Drive
for the Red Cross ever held on
the Auburn campus. The Coun­cil
members of the API Branch
have expressed their desire to
thank those individuals and
members of organizations, par­ticularly
OWLS, for their help
and cooperation in t h e fund
drive, which was ably directed
by Ollie Williamson.
Blue Key Honorary
Elects Officers
Blue Key, national honor
society, held an election of of­ficers
Monday night to serve for
the coming year. The new of­ficers
are Loyce Turner, Alpha
Psi, president; J. O. Macon,
Kappa Sig, vice president;
Ralph Jennings, PiKA, sec­retary-
treasurer; and J o hn
Spenser, SAE, corresponding
secretary.
Plans are being made for the
traditional Skit Night next
quarter. This annual affair is
co-sponsored by Cardinal Key,
women's national honor society.
Music Department
Presents Concert
Program Features
Honor Students
The fourth Quarterly "Hon­ors"
Concert by advanced stu­dents
of Applied Music will be
presented in Langdon Hall Sun­day
at 3:30. Only students of
exceptional ability or advanced
standing appear on these con­certs
which are a regular quar­terly
event.
Students of John Hubert Liv-erman,
Edgar Glyde, S. Turner
Jones and Hollace Arment will
be heard. A partial list of artist
pupils appearing includes: Ma­rie
Stahelin, Thomas Floyd
Billy Tamblyn, Mary Pierce
Bowers, James Overton, Gaines
Gravlee, Mary Newman Graves,
John Million, Betty Sue Eaton,
Dan Loposer, and Martha Jo
Baker.
A special feature will be a
quintet of 'cellos playing selec­tions
from Purcell, Mozart, and
Rheinberger. The "Honors" con­cert
were instituted to en­courage
serious study in the
great masterpieces of music lit­erature,
and as a former recog­nition
of the individual stu­dent's
initiative and progress.
The public is invited. <
Sociology Club Holds
Initial Meeting
The newly-organized Sociolo­gy
Club met Thursday at 6:30
in Social Center.
Mrs. Mary Bickler, sponsor,
told the purpose of the club and
mentioned several scholarships
which are available for those
interested in doing graduate
work in sociology.
New officers are Charlsey
Woodson, president; Nancy Gib­son,
vice president; and Caro­lyn
Hall, secretary-treasurer.
REPRESENTATIVE
Mimms Unopposed
For Business Post
John Shaffer, junior in architecture from Montgomery,
was elected 1947 editor of the Glomerata Monday by popu­lar
vote of the student body.
O. H. (Bugs) Mimms, junior in forestry from Sylacauga,
1946 Glomerata is
scheduled for distribution in
was unopposed for the position ^^^ Thg
of Glomerata business manager.
Shaffer, new editor, received
a total of 597 votes. His nearest
opponent was Harry Shields,
senior in architecture from
Jackson, Miss., who received
344 votes. J. T. Boyett, junior
in landscape architecture from
Rockford was third with 299;
Lenny Payne, junior in science
and literature from Mineral,
Va., ran a close fourth with 246
votes; Frank Benning, architec­ture
senior from Atlanta, Ga.;
placed fifth with 69 votes.
The new editor and business
manager will take office in
Pictured above is Thomas
Floyd, Jr. who appeared as
the pianist with the API Sym­phony
Orchestra T u e s d ay
night. He was featured in
Mozart's Concerto in D Major
(First Movement.)
Valley Students
Form Group
Plan Get-Togethers
As Part Of Function
The Chattahoochee V a l l ey
Students of Auburn has been
admitted as an official student
organization to the campus.
The majority of these stu­dents
commute from Lanett,
Shawmutt, Langdale, Fairfax,
Riverview, and West Point, Ga.
These commuters felt that they
missed too much college life by
staying at home, so they plan
to inaugurate social functions
in the Valley.
The CVSA's initial function
and inaugural d a n c e was
held at Sears Memorial Hall in
Langdale Friday night. The Au­burn
Plainsmen's 16-piece or­chestra
furnished the, music.
Officers that have been elect­ed
are Charles Reynolds, presi­dent;
Henry Sappington, vice-president;
Lanier King, secre­tary;
Thad Johnson, treasurer;
Robert Fink, social chairman:
and Paul Gauntt, publicity
manager.
C. Ray Martin was reaional
representative of Georgia and
Alabama Colleges and Univer­sities
at the National Student
Assembly held in Chicago Sat­urday
through Monday. He is a
senior in mechanical engineer­ing.
BILLY BALL NAMED
A-CLUB PRESIDENT
Billy Ball, PiKA from Wins­ton-
Salem, N. C. and junior
member of the Tigers' 1947 grid
squad, was elected president of
the A-Club this week. Ball suc­ceeds
Carl Fletcher of Gadsden.
In other elections, Reid Tra-pani,
Lambda Chi Alpha of
Savannah, Ga., was named vice
president; Sam Mclntirc, Theta
Chi. Newport News, Va., treas­urer;
George Killian, Alpha Psi,
Portersville, secretary; Denvard
Snell, Dothan, and Bill Shelby,
SAE, Florence, member of the
Executive Committee. Prof.
Killebrew was retained as fac­ulty
advisor.
May.
Shaffer, who is vice president
of Sigma Nu fraternity, is a
former army intelligence of­ficer.
He returned to Auburn
last year and served as associ­ate
editor of the '46 Glomerata.
Mimms, new business man­ager,
entered Auburn in Sep­tember,
1945, after serving %as
a flight engineer with the air
forces. He was a member of the
Glomerata business staff for
one year prior to his new posi­tion.
Auburn Students Hear
Dr. J. O. Perrine Give
Lecture On Radar
Dr. J. O. Perrine, assistant
vice president of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Com­pany
incorporated, gave a very
interesting demonstration lec­ture
on Radar and Microwaves
on the evening of March 3 in
Laiigadh Hall. This highly en­tertaining
lecture required no
special knowledge of electri­city
or science on the part of
listeners. The basic principles,
techniques and apparatus of
electric wave phenomena for
the purposes of electrical com­munication
was the theme of
the lecture.
In the talk, Dr. Perrine, who
has a particular faculty for mak­ing
technical subjects seem
alive, described among other
thing's the marvels of radar—the
"electric eye" that enabled our
flyers to see through fog and
smoke and the blackness of
night.
He illustrated various inter­e
s t i n g phenomena associated
with "short wave"—using them
to light a flourescent lamp held
in midair with no connecting
wires, bouncing them off metal­lic
surfaces, passing t h em
through certain materials, and
bending them around corners
by means of wave guides.
Throughout his talk he touch­ed
on the application of these
and other recent developments
to peacetime uses.
A banquet was given in honor
of Dr. Perrine at the Pitts Hotel
before the lecture. It was at­tended
by the deans of all the
schools, representatives f r om
the engineering and physics de­partments,
and representatives
from the Southern Bell Tele­phone
Company.
Baptist Evangelism
Hour Led By Pharr
• Under the leadership of Big
Jim Pharr, Auburn students are
sponsoring a series of Evangelis­tic
Hour services each Sunday
evening in the Auburn Baptist
Church. These services are stu­dent-
planned and student-led.
Special emphasis is laid on
evangelism a n d personal soul
winning.
The services feature old-fash­ioned
gospel singing, personal
testimonies, and evangelistic
messages by the pastor, Rev.
Hoyt Ayers. Since the Gospel
Hours originated, student in­terest
in them has mounted and
attendance has increased. Roy
Timberlake, Barton Thigpen,
Lee Dell Bell, and Jeanette
Dicks are the BSUers aiding
Jim Pharr in planning and con­ducting
the programs.
JOIN THE
AVA TODAY THE VETERAN'S JOURNAL WE NEED YOU
YOU NEED US
Voicing The Veterans Views
Veteran Instructor Has
Numerous Participations
Fortner Combines Aerial Instruction
With Hamburger Joint Successfully
for good hamburgers and hot
dogs and an inability to find
any to suit him had a lot to do
with the enterprise. At first, as
By Bill Ervine
If you should choose to learn
to fly at Auburn, the plane
you will use is kept in order
under the supervision of Jake.
If you choose to remain on the
ground and learn how the
planes fly, you'll have Jake for
an instructor. If you should get
hungry in the evening and
yearn for a hamburger or hot
dog with something to wash it
down, there is a good chance
that Jake will take care of this,
too.
Jake Fortner, it seems, is the
little man who's always there.
Originally, Jake came from
Dothan, but after a year at
Georgia Tech, he transferred to
Auburn and his mother and
family also moved here. In 1941
he graduated with a B. S. in
Mechanical Engineering, Aero
Option, and started working
for the school. After 33 days,
he found himself working for
Uncle Sam as an artillery lieu­tenant.
This tour of- duty was
supposed to last for one year,
but Tojo extended it somewhat.
During his four years of ser­vice
Jake served at Fort Sill as
head of aircraft maintenance
for the Department of Air
Training of the Field Artillery
School, now the Army Ground
Forces Pilot Training School, in
connection wtih air-ground lia-son
in artillery control, and
rose to the rank of major. Af­ter
discharge in late 1945, he
returned to Auburn as assist­ant
professor in the Aero Engi­neering
Department.
In explaining why he opened
Jake's J o i n t , his sandwich
stand, he says that a fondness
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
For the past several weeks I
have followed your wholesale
campaign in T h e Veteran's
Journal.
I'm still wondering -when
some action is going to be taken
to really bring in food to fra­ternities
and boarding houses
at wholesale prices. All I've
heard is talk thus far.
With prices soaring upwards
by leaps and bounds feeding
veterans at a reasonable rate is
utterly impossible. If the vet­eran
is to get any benefits
from the A.V.A., then whole­sale
food must be put into op­eration.
Sincerely yours,
An impoverished veteran
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Thank you for your letter
but we must insist that t he
writer and other interested per­sons
restrain themselves and
hang on a little longer.
All veterans can rest assured
that this wholesale project will
not be dropped. Most of you
are familiar with tactics used in
previous ventures and doubt­less
know they are also being
used against us. Don't give up
hope. We haven't!
The Editor.
now, labor problems were his
principle difficulty. No con­tractor
could be persuaded to
consider the job. Finally, a
friend agreed to hire laborers
and to supervise construction
and Jake's Joint was on its
way.
At the time he started, meat
and other essentials were very
scarce, and making contact with
wholesalers to get foodstuffs
proved a difficult matter, but by
the time that the shop was com­pleted
and equipped, the con­tacts
had been made, and the
business was ready to go.
The volume of, trade, due in
part to the nearness of Auburn
Hall, has been larger than an­ticipated,
but Jake has been
putting the profits back in the
business. In the near future he
hopes to put in a group of out
door tables with a screen to
give privacy to customers while
they inhale the mustard scent­ed
breeze. Another addition
slated for the near future, is an
oyster bar, supplying succulent
shellfish at a nominal sum.
Because of his many, duties
at the college and to his wife
and two children, Jake hasn't
been able to put as much time
on the Joint as he'd like to, but
his goal is a simple one. He
feels that a good hot dog ought
to cost a nickel, and when the
price of the ingredients comes
down Jake will be the man to
get 'em from.
PAGING PVT WIMPY
l l H l l li
The above scene was snapped during a slack period. Just
in case you haven't noticed the joint is .Jake's.
Married Students
Better Adjusted
A college president gave his
full endorsement to marriage
among students today and said
statistics prove married couples
are better scholars.
Bryan C. Hollingshead, pres­ident
of Coe College at Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, told an alumni
group here last night that his
school's experience showed that
married students take the top
scholastic honors with the mar­ried
veterans ranking the high­est,
single veterans next, and
unmarried civilians last.
National statistics confirm
the trend, he said, and parents
should realize their sons and
daughters are better adjusted
and better able to concentrate
on their school work if they are
married.
At present, there are many
important issues concerning our
school and also our state gov­ernment
that are not backed
by veterans.
Out of all of the veterans who
are actually eligible to vote,
only 20% have registered. Yet
the first people to complain
about political issues are the
veterans. Last week, many stu­dents
from the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute went down to
Montgomery to b a c k the
appointments of t h e trus-ees.
A good percentage of these
students were veterans. Per­haps
our veterans are just now
beginning to realize the im­portance
of every person vot­ing.
Governor James E. Folsom
spoke to a group in his office
l a s t Tuesday stating that he
Q. I am having trouble with
my father. I like to tell about
what I did when I was over­seas
when we have company.
But when I tell anything, my
father sneers and says, "You
would have made a good WAC."
What can I say to shut my fath­er
up?
Vexed Veteran.
A. Tell him you did make
one.
YOUR MONEY GOES FAST
«/o INCREASES of Rc^iPrices~bvcrBasePeriodl935-m^
MfLK+66?%
Fruits ^ 1 7 / . $ ^
Vegetables*'0'k
Meats7 +%%
Eggs. 4114^0
ALL
FOODS +80?%
SmtiV-S. Burtai of Ute StatlsUa ^_
A Ourt Suiwv Pnpared by
These latest figures show, according to the National Dairy
Council, that the housewife has an 80 per cent harder time in
sticking to her home food budget than she did before the war.
Money goes fast—foods cost 80 per cent more. But, the Dairy
Council adds, <fit is gratifying to note that milk—which does more
for good nutrition than any other single food—has risen 13.8 per
cent LESS than the average for all foods during this period of high
prices.'*/"
Veterans Must Be Registered Voters
To Take Active Part In P a t e
Not Enough Interest Has Been Prevalent
In The Recent Political Issues of Ala.
For Your Information
KNOW YOUR GI BILLS
"Be it enacted by the Senate
and the House of Representa­tives
of the United States of
America in Congress assembled.
That paragraph 6 of part VIII
of Veterans Regulations Num­bered
1 (a), as amended, is
hereby amended to read as fol­lows
:
"6. While enrolled in the pur­suing
a course under this part,
such person, upon application to
the Administrator, shall be paid
a subsistence allowance of $100
per month, if without a depend­ent
or dependents, or $125 per
month if with one dependent,
plus an additional $10 per
month for each additional de­pendent,
including holidays and
leave not exceeding thirty days
in a calendar year. Such per­sons
attending a course on a
part-time basis, and such per­sons
receiving compensation for
productive labor whether per­formed
as part of their appren­tice
or other training on the job
at institutions, business, or oth­er
establishments, or otherwise,
shall be entitled to receive such
lesser sums, if any, as subsist­ence
or dependency allowances,
as may be determined by the
Administrator: Provided, That
in no event shall the rate of
such allowance plus the com­pensation
received exceed $300
per month for a veteran with­out
a dependent or $325 per
month for a veteran with one
dependent plus an additional
$10 per month for each addi­tional
dependent."
Sec. 2. Paragraph 11 (b) 1 e
of part VIII of Veterans Regu­lation
Numbered 1 (a) as
amended, is hereby amended,
to read as follows:
"(e) The job customarily re­quires
a period of training of
not less than three months."
* * *
The above bill was reprinted
for your own information. If
this bill does not interest you,
we want to know what bills
you are interested in. So far no
veteran has asked for any'infor­mation,
yet the bills now before
Congress vitally affect your fu­ture.
We will appreciate your
interest by letting us hear from
you.
Q. I keep losing my ruptured
duck.—Absent-minded.
A. Sir, this is the veterans'
department, not the veterina­rian.
A V A's Stand Is Announced
Travel In Style;
By Air, That Is
Travel Bureau Needed
For Airminded Vets
By Norma Manning.
There was once a joke con­cerning
"Air you goin' my way,
Buddy?" And if you pass Au­burn's
Main Gate Corner (or
several other corners along Col­lege
Street) any Friday after­noon,
you're sure to find a large
percentage of A.P.I.'s m a le
members making obvious use
of the renowned "travel-by-air"
method. This system has
advantages when it clicks. Of
course, there are times when
you're anxious to get home;
watching the unloaded cars
pass you by isn't the ideal way
to spend a week-end.
appreciated the students com- Now we're positive no spirit­ing
down to seek their rights, ed Auburnite would ever in
He said.it was certainly a demo­cratic
principle and that is
what the veterans were fight­ing
for.
There are other important
matters that veterans should
take more interest in right now.
Any veteran, who has not yet
registered but is qualified to
do so, should take advantage
of his hard earned and well de­served
privileges of voting for
the things he believes in. The
veterans as a group can apply
pressure but the politicians of
this state won't listen unless
there is voting power behind it.
SHORT LIVED . .
A regiment resting up at ah
undisclosed spot on foreign soil
fell to debating noisily over
which smells worse: a goat or
a local peasant. Considerable
sums were wagered on this vital
question, and an agreeable col­onel
was made judge and stake­holder.
First they brought the
goat into the tent. The colonel
fainted. The men who had bet
on the goat reached for the
money. Their triumph was
short — lived, however. Some­body
brought in the peasant—
and the goat fainted.
tentionally sneak down a back
street to evade hitch-hikers or
would even intentionally leave
an Auburn man standing on
the corner, as long as he had
an empty space in his car—not
intentionally. But without org­anization
it's a cinch that every
week-end quite a few students
are thumbing on the corner or
battling the buses, while almost
as many cars with vacancies
are heading for those same
home towns.-
The obvious solution is an
organization to arrange for "tot­ing"
the body behind the
thumb. A travel bureau pri­marily
for veterans here would
benefit both driver and pros­pective
p a s s e n g e r . Certain­ly
none ~ of you ' car,;; ;owners
would object to filling up-your
car with homesick hoboes,' who
in turn for a ride home would
fill up your gas tank. Just drop
a nickel in the slot—telephone,
that is—dial 952 between 7:00
and 8:00 any night, and give
the Veteran's Journal your des­tination
and your seating ca­pacity.
All we ask is that you
call in before Monday noon
prior to the week-end of your
trip. For that 5c call, we place
your name in the Plainsman
along with the information con-
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Housing Authorities
There have been many vet
erans who have not been able
to get in Auburn in the past
quarters due to the fact that
they have not been able to get
a room. Yet, almost every quar­ter
you will hear someone say
that he knows of a room or a
vacancy for a man. This seems
unreasonable as the college is
turning down applications for
admittance every day due to
the lack of proper housing fa
cilities. If these people who al
ways know of a room would
turn in the name of the house
mother and the address to the
Housing Authority in Samford
Hall as soon as they find one
there, would be many more
veterans who would be able to
get in school and take advan­tage
of the GI Bill of Rights
THE VETERAN'S JOURNAL
THE VETERANS JOURNAL is published by the authority
of the Auburn Publication Board, being accepted December 9,
1946. It is published weekly as an insert of THE PLAINSMAN
and the staff consists of veterans attending Alabama Polytechnic
Institute. The office of THE VETERANS JOURNAL is located
at 331 Armstrong Street, Auburn, Alabama, Phone 952.
Editor-in-Chief Jack Burke
Assistant Editor -
Associate Editors
Feature Writers
Virginia Riley
Jim Watson
James Hunnicut
Steve Maddox, Bill Ervine,
Bob Turner, Donald Allen,
and Norma Manning
Cartoonists __ Moriarity, Bob Warner
Correspondence Manager Kyle DeShazo
JASBO
Jasbo was holding down the
corner booth at the Grill as I
strolled in. It didn't take a
psychiatrist to see that he was
fuming about something, but
since it was Jasbo there was
only one way to find out what.
Bracing myself, I inquired what
was eating on him. After a
prologue of choice domestic and
foreign adjectives, in which the
word Auburn was repeated of­ten,
he simmered down to co­herence.
I gathered' that he
had paid too much for some­thing,
but that was an old story
so I leaned back, ordered a
copy, and listened to his ver­sion
of the "Financial Blues."
"This town is gettin down­right
unsociable," he started.
"I bin househuntin—they final­ly
got around to puttin my cul­vert
into the sewerage system
—and actually found a place or
two. Fer a cellar with concrete
floor, brick walls, and a one
mile walk a prof wanted fifteen
bucks a man wit three room­mates.
There wuz a five room
shack out near the water tower
on the Opelika highway that
had three rooms for eight guys
at ten bucks apiece, and a dog
wouldn't ha lived there even
if he had the money. I'd get a
trailer only the city fathers
has decided that we aint fit
company to have in their
neighborhood and I'd have no
place to put it. I ain't heard
any complaints about our mon­ey
not bein fit to. associate with
theirs, but its gettin to where
we ain't got enuf money for^a
place to put our bodies."
I put down my cup and said,
"Jasbo, I wish I didnlt have to
agree with you all the time. In
my home town the folks have
been called "money mad" but
beside the good citizens of Au­burn
they're a city of philan­thropists.
I'll bet that if the
Auburn churches were to take
the clappers out of their bells
and put in quarters instead,
they'd double their attendance."
"Good will doesn't seem to
be worth much here," he con­tinued,
"for at least I got fig-gers
on how much it wuz worth
to one place. . . Out at the trail­er
camp one of the places
caught fire. The guy that own­ed
it dashed down to the phone,
a pay phone, and tried to git
the fire department. He wuz
asked fer a nickel. No nickel.
He wuz desperate. No nickel,
1 no phone call. So while the op-cerning
your future trip. Then
you relax, wait for the tele
phone to ring, and for the tank
to fill.
The passenger would save
energy as well as money and
time—no more thumb-waving
or bus-riding. Just look in the
Travel Bureau column of the
Veteran's Journal and plan
your trip home. If you find no
car going to your particular
destination, call 952 for further
assistance.
At a later date, perhaps, we
may attempt to delve into the
personality and physical attri­butes
of the applicants to our
bureau. In this way, we could
group you according to wheth­er
you prefer salami or liver-wurst,
beer or Nu-Grape on
those rest stops. At present,
for a nickel, WHAT can you
expect.????
erator wouldn't let him call the
fire truck his trailer burned. It
wuz just a trailer, but it wuz
home. So the phone company
didn't get gypped out of a
nickel? So what; they ^old a
lot of good will fer a nickel. If
they kin get a nickel fer the
good will that's left they better
take it. It won't happen agin
cause the folks at the camp
have a nickel taped to the wall
by the phone fer "Fire Only"
but that was a. dern expensive
nickel. If there ain't a law cov-erin
things like that there
ought to be one pretty soon, if
the folks that make the laws
give a hoot."
"I didn't know about that,"
I told him, "but again you're
right. These folks around here
are getting ready to wake up
like the guy with the goose
that, laid golden eggs. When he
killed it to get them all at once
he found out that the goose had
been making them as it went
along, not handing them out of
a stockpile. If the veterans have
life made miserable for them
and call it a day, the people
that have been picking their
pockets will be startled to learn
that the little checks they've
been getting stop when we
leave. I'm lucky in that I can
quit any time without ruining
myself, but what are the guys
going to do that are ruined
either way. And are the ones
that have been taught to hate
the place going to send their
kids here fifteen or twenty
years from, now? Not if they
can afford to send them some­place
else. I won't blame them
a bit."
President Holdsambeck
Urges Support Of Vets
Back Governor James E. Folsom In His
Plan To Free Auburn From Politics
The Auburn Veterans Association, through its president,
Herb Holdsambeck, announced its stand in the present political
battle over the confirmation of Gov. Folsom's appointees to the
API Board of Trustees. Its policy is stated in three words: "Back
Big Jim."
President Holdsambeck indicated that the following reasons
are responsible for the organi­zation's
view point in the con­troversy.
Every single veteran here at
API knows and understands
the situation in which this
school finds itself involved.
That Auburn is being man­handled
in the manner of a
"political football" is a mild
statement indeed.
Many persons and perhaps a
few veterans say the AVA
should definitely not take sides
in one of the bitterest political
conflicts in our state's history.
If this is the case, then the vet­eran
on whom the future of
our nation depends is not only
ignoring the way of life he
fought for but also his individ­ual
rights granted him in a
democracy.
The majority of veterans on
this campus have already ex­pressed
'their views in the mat­ter.
Of the 1,500 students who
journeyed to the Cradle of the
Confederacy and marched on
the Capitol to back Gov. Fol­som's
appointments, approxi­mately
90% were veterans.
Maybe you're one of those
persons against Big Jim. If so,
let's impress upon you again
that Gov. Folsom is not the
main issue in this gfffTfcuTar
fight and don't let' aip^fe-tell
you differently. But* Folsom is-on
the right side, so it's your
duty as a veteran, student, and
American to help eradicate our
school from the domination of
political bigotry and fight to
elevate it to the highest col­lege
level possible.
Get on the band wagon. Free
New Offers To
NSLI Holders
Veterans were told today by
the Veterans Administration
not to become alarmed if they
get a letter concerning their
National Service Life Insur­ance.
The VA is merely asking the
assistance of NSLI policyhold­ers
in straightening out their in­surance
accounts, Carl F. Walk­er,
in charge of the VA Con­tact
Office at 235 Mell Street,
Auburn, Alabama, said. The
letters are going to veterans
whose insurance records indi­cate
their policies have lapsed
because they failed to make
their premium payments regu­larly,
Mr. Walker added.
Sent to veterans whose poli­cies
apparently have lapsed,
the letters say: "Without regard
to what the records of the Vet­erans
Administration presently
indicate, your policy is not
lapsed if you have remitted
premiums regularly."
If the veteran receiving the
ie'tfef'"believes VA's records of
his account are in error, he is
asked to furnish dates and
amounts of remittances, togeth­er
with all pertinent data, to
Insurance Service, Veterans Ad­ministration,
Branch No. 5, At­lanta
3, Ga.
premacy and greed of the Ex­tension
Service and affiliated
our school from political 'su- organizations.
Ruptured Duck Quacks
When two lovers kiss and
make up,
She gets the kiss and he gets
the make-up!
* * *
Boy: Don't mind my dancing.
I'm a little stiff from bowling.
Girl: I don't care where you
came from.
* * *
Goof, e n t e r i n g hardware
Clerk: Yeh, I got nails,
store: Ya got nails?
Goof: Scratch my back, will
ya.
* * *
Republican: Who are you go­ing
to run for president next
year?
Democrat: Oh, we'll dig some
one up.
Republican: Oh, no! Not him!
* * *
Clerk, whose left leg was
three inches shorter than his
right: What can I do for you?
Drunk: I wanna wardrobe.
Clerk walks away.
Drunk: But, if you haveta go
downstairs for, don't bother
with it.
* * *
Love may be blind, but it
sures finds its way around in
the dark.
* * *
Wallace: I am going to kiss
you.
Joan: But I have scruples.
. Wallace: That's OK. I've been
vaccinated.
Jack: Do you neck?
Dot: That's my business.
Jack: Oh, I hate to see you
going professional on us.
* * *
Professor: Why do you al­ways
answer my question with
another question?
& & $ & &
ODK HONORS GOVERNOR FOLSOM
In a surprise portion of the "BJ Day" Celebration, Gov.-
ernor James E. Folsom received the Omicron Delta Kappa
key from Rock Reid, president.
Auburn Has Crying Need
For Library Facilities
By Luther Smith
Mr. Clyde H. Cantrell, in his API Library publication of
March 1, stated: ". . . the library is the heart of any institution
of higher learning. The extent to which it is staffed and equipped
to support the needs of students and faculty alike is inextricably
linked with the success of the institution as a whole."
Present library facilities are
inadequate, a situation which
has long been recognized by
students and faculty. The Main
L i b r a r y Building, originally
constructed to handle some
1000-1500 students, is crowded
now more than matches in a
matchbox. The accepted stand­ard
for library seating capaci­ty
is one seat for every four
students. Our libraries, includ­ing
agriculture, architecture,
engineering, veterinary medi­cine,
and chemistry branches,
possess one seat for every 20
students, or for 5% of student
enrollment.
Attendance in campus libra­ries
for the month of February
alone was close to 35,000—al­most
9,000 per week. In the
main building only, for the
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week Feb. 24 through March I,
attendance figure was set at
6,012. Because of their teacher
and extension services, Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute li­braries
execute even more busi­ness
than is normal for the li­braries
of other similar univer­sities.
Yet the library on this cam­pus
has only 109,403 volumes, as
compared to 329,851 at the Uni­versity
of Alabama, 271,256 at
Florida University, 205,049 at
the University of Georgia, 416,-
108 at LSU, 261,453 at the Uni­versity
of Tennessee, and 493,-
780 at Tulane, according to a
Louisiana State University sur­vey
made July 1, 1946.
During 1946, Auburn added
5,524 books to its library—an
insignificant number when
compared to 22,423 books added
at the University of Alabama,
17,735 at Fla. University, 10,855
at Georgia University, 17,423 at
LSU, and 15,844 at Tulane.
Why do we rank so low on
the list? Ah, there is a defi­nite
reason! Answer: appropria­tions.
Total library expendi­tures
for Alabama Polytechnic
Institute during the year 1946
a m o u n t e d to $49,844.62; of
course, the University of Ala­bama
received quadruple that
sum — the University of Ala­bama
r e c e i v e d $172,063.95;
Florida University spent $100',-
430.55; the University of Geor­gia
spent $133,231.95; LSU spent
$222,493.63; the University of
Tennessee s p e n t $113,600.54;
Tulane, $135,143.60.
Of the Southern group, only
North Carolina State University
pays less for student library
help. Only NCSU, Mississippi
State College, Mississippi Uni­versity
pay less in salaries.
The American Library Asso­ciation
prescribes a minimum
per capita expenditure of ap­proximately
$25 per student.
Auburn has an expenditure of
almost—actually almost—eight
dollars per student.
Such inadequacy is being
duplicated in the class work of
students; without a good col­lection
of books and at least
fair quarters, research cannot
be carried on. When it does not
offer proper research condi­tions,
a university cannot right­fully
give any degree!
Auburn libraries need a new
library building. They need ap­propriations
in library funds
equal to those of Alabama.
They need more than other
'Jim Farrior Has Great
Future'-WJHO Manager
By Len Hensel
(Writer's note: After last week's "Defense of Ben Parsons,"
I received many comments. Some of them I shall pass on to you.
One person suggested that I have someone write a defense of
me, and another suggested I hire a bodygard after I receive an
anonymous phone call to "lay off." This week I'm writing about
another character at WJHO, and I promise it will be the last
about that institution.)
"I'm looking forward to seeing
that boy become one of the
top radio engineers in the coun­try,"
said Marion Hyatt, Man­ager
of WJHO, after L asked him
what he thought about Jim
Farrior. After asking the other
engineers at the studio what
they thought about him, it
looked like Mr. Hyatt's idea
was unanimous.
Jim, whose home is in Mont­gomery,
is a lanky character.
While on duty at the studio he
spends his spare time hitting
the books. There is no doubt in
Mr. Hyatt's mind that he could
go out right now and get a good
job in the radio engineering
field, but Jim feels that he will
get much further in the indus
try if he completes a college
education.
As a boy he was a regular
"hellion," but no one could
guess that now. Jim is a fellow
who never speaks unless spok­en
to, and if a problem arises
out at the station, he usually
has the solution, but won't
"give out" if anyone else is
working on it. He never likes to
"horn in" on anyone else's job.
If they ask him for his opinion,
he'll give it, and it is usually
right.
Getting back to his boyhood,
I can't help but bring out a few
escapades in which he was in-universitiees,
for, because of a
stinginess in the past, the libra­ry
division here has sunk to
the bottom of the abyss. Al­though
under the best of su­pervision,
it is drooping. Lack­ing
appropriatiens, it is nest­ling
among the most inade-libraries
in this nation!
A new library building, hun­dreds
of thousands of volumes,
these are the most crying needs
of the institution in these days
of peak enrollment. Facilities
must be increased. It is a dire
necessity.
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volved. One day he and a com­panion
got into a 'rowboat at
Benton, Ala., and floated down
the Alabama River all the way
to Mobile. The trip took about
11 days. If that doesn't convince
you«that he was adventurous
let me point out that as a boy in
Letohatchie (Lowndes County)
he was the only one who dared
dive from, a 50 foot-tree into a
lake. One day, with nothing
better to do he got some scrap
metal and cut a section from a
lawn hose and rigged a diver's
helmet with which to explore
the bottom of the same lake.
It was in his early teens that
he became interested in radio
and decided to build his own.
This he did, and for many years
he has operated amateur sta­tion
W4FOK. Jim gets quite a
kick out of talking to other
amateurs all over the world.
It seems that a war broke out
in Europe back in the year 1939,
and Jim got that adventurous
urge again. He signed up as a
civilian technician with the RAF
and found himself in Merry
Ole' England. The only trouble
was that it wasn't very merry.
While in England he managed
to see many landmarks and that
gave him the urge to paint. So,
in his spare time he tried his
hand at oil painting and did
very well.
After a while he found him­self
in North Africa, and picked
up a little of the French langu­age.
If you ever get into a con­versation
with him, ask him
about the time he took that
French girl to the movies and
found out he had to take the
whole family.
With all this cruising around,
he developed a love for the
sea. This love was developed
after a few voyages aboard
ships which were attacked by
submarines, Stuka dive bomb­ers,
and more subs. He also had
some j o l l y experiences in
Okinawa when a hurricane hit
the place.
Jim spent a little time in the
Merchant Marine, also, and I
might add that he is still a lit­tle
nervous when he thinks
about the time that he missed
his ship and two days later it
was torpedoed with no surviv­ors.
With the termination of the
war he came back to his home
state and entered API. After
adding up his time he found out
Wednesday, March 12, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—3
that he had 53 months overseas
time. Of course none of this
makes him eligible for the G.I.
Bill, so he must pay his own
way. It seems that the govern­ment
wasn't satisfied with his
service, so last year they tried
to draft him. After everything
was straightened out and the
smoke cleared away from that
battle, Jim was still attending
API.
With all this, Jim is an ex­tremely
quiet boy. He loves
classical music, plays the piano,
and his favorite is Jose Iturbi.
If you ever have a chance to
talk to him, try to make him
tell you a few of his experi­ences.
He is mighty reluctant
about telling about them, but
you might get him to talk a lit­tle.
He really has some good
ones.
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The Synthesis of Nylon
Chemists of original nylon research leam honor memory of Dr. Carothers at the dodica-f
lion. They are: J. W. Hill, Ph. D., M. I. T. '28; H. B. Dykstra, Ph. D. Ohio State '27; G. J.
?' Berehel, Ph. D. Colorado '29; J. E, Kirby, Ph. D. Iowa State '29; E. W. Spanagel, Ph. D.
| McGill '33; D. D. Coffman, Ph. D. Illinois '30; and F. J. Van Natta, Ph. D. Michigan '28.
f Dr. Carothers received his Ph. D. from Illinois in 1924.
Recently the Nylon Research Labpra-tory
near Wilmington was dedicated as
"The Carothers Research Laboratory,"
in honor of the late Wallace Hume
Carothers and his classical researches
on the structure of polymers, the mech­anism
of polymerization, and the in­vention
of nylon.
In 1928, a group of chemists under
Carothers began a study of polycon-densation
which led eventually to the
discovery of nylon. The project was
part of a program of fundamental re­search
to discover scientific facts which
might be of eventual value in laying a
foundation for applied research.
As the first point of attack, they chose
the condensation of dibasic acids with
glycols and reaction materials which
would preclude the formation of rings.
They obtained linear polymers of mo­lecular
weights between 2300 and 5000.
Molecular Weights Increased
After two years, a significant advance
in linear polymer preparation was
achieved. Through the use of the molec­ular
still, it was possible to obtain ma­terials
of molecular weights between
10,000 and 26,000, which,.when molten,
could be drawn into filaments.
More important, the cooled super-polyester
filaments could be further
drawn into fibers several times their
original length and thereby acquired
luster, tensile strength, elasticity, plia­bility,
and toughness much greater than
the initial polymer. In contrast with
ordinary textile fibers, their tensile
strength was unchanged by wetting.
The striking properties of the fibers
aroused the hope of finding a commer­cial
fiber from some type of linear
superpolymer. Investigation showed,
however, that fibers from the polyesters
were too-low melting and too soluble
for textile purposes. Mixed polyester-polyamidcs
were also not of interest in
this category.
Research on Fibers
The possibility of a commercial fiber
development seemed remote, but the
intuition that frequently accompanies
research genius prevailed, and Carothers
was encouraged to direct his research
on superpolymers specifically toward
spinnable fibers. A polyamide from 9-
aminonanoic acid gave a fiber of 195°C.
melting point, equal in strength to silk,
and clearly indicated the possibility of
obtaining a material for fibers of com­mercial
utility.
In 1935, the superpolymer from hexa-methylene
diamine and adipic acid was
first synthesized. It melted at 263°C,
was insoluble in common solvents,
Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers
1896-1937, was the first organic chemist in
industry to be elected to the National Academy
of Sciences. During his short scientific career ho
made contributions that have greatly enriched
American life.
tough, elastic and had the best balance
of properties and manufacturing costs
of any of the'polyamides then known.
A third period of research covered
commercial development. The task was
enormous, and to reduce to a minimum
the "time between the test tube and
the counter" a large force of some of
the most competent chemists, physi­cists,
chemical and mechanical engi­neers
available was assigned to the
project. The story of the manufacture
of nylon will be told next month.
Questions College Men ask
about working with Du Pont
Where would I be located?
Openings for technical graduates
may exist in any one of the 35 Du
Pont research laboratories or 83
manufacturing plants. Every effort
is made to place men in positions
for which they are best suited and
in the section of the country which
they prefer. Write for new booklet,
"The Du Pont Company and the
College Graduate." 2521 Nemours
Bldg., Wilmington 98, Delaware.
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More facts about Du Pont—Listen to "Cavalcade of America," Mondays, 7 P. M. CST, on NBC
RtS.U-5.PAT.OFr.
BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING
, . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY"1-
4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 12. 1947 FINAL EXAMS THIS WEEK
Does API Breed Good Writers?
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Managing Editor
Giant advances have been made in
journalism at almost every college in
the United States during the last three
decades. In 1905, the University of Wis­consin
touched a match to the fire­cracker
by offering its first course in
journalism. In 1913, the University of
Montana followed suit. In 1928, the Uni­versity
of Georgia put a journalistic
South on the map. From UCLA to Col­umbia,
from Georgia to Montana, from
Missouri to Wisconsin, and in hundreds
of other higher institutions, directors
have long understood t h a t without
proper evaluation and interpretation of
news, a section cannot hope to progress.
Auburn does net offer a degree in
straight journalism.
Press associations have prodded the
drive for better newspaper and radio
writing. The Montana State Press As­sociation
awards annually $100 "to the
journalism major entering the second
year, on the basis of outstanding scho­larship
and achievement in journal­ism."
Other groups give similar scholar­ships
and awards. At the University of
Missouri alone, six scholarships and ten
prizes and awards are handed a deserv­ing
person each year. Cooperation be­tween
school journalists, school facul­ties,
state press associations, and other
local, state, and national departments is
necessary if any area wishes to progress
educationally.
Are there journalistic scholarships at
Auburn? Have people been made
journalism-conscious? Has Auburn ad­vanced
in its journalism field over the
last 30 years? Most progressive schools,
such as the University of Montana, the
University of Georgia, and University
of Wisconsin, Columbia, and the Uni­versity
of Missouri, have journalism
buildings. .They have workshops and
equipment—all the proper instruction
material. Says a Montana bulletin:
"Laboratory and working equipment
offer the future journalist the oppor­tunity
to acquaint himself with type,
engraving, news photography, printing,
and press work, and radio processes."
Where are Auburn's newspaper work­shops?
In that huge building, modern,
up-to-date, which houses a progressive
Department of Journalism?
Why can't advances be made here?
Not because of an increased student
body, for other competent college and
university planners have progressed in
their journalistic programs under a far
greater enrollment strain. Not because
of apathy, for in other fields of study
e.g., chemistry and engineering, Au­burn
has made huge strides — strides
which could not have been executed
without the guidance of efficient and
energetic leaders. Not because Auburn's
facilities are devoted entirely to the
sciences or mechanical lines, for though
"Polytechnic" Auburn is a university,
an educational institution for superior
instruction—instruction in all branches
of learning. Not because of an overlap­ping
of subjects with Alabama, for Ala­bama
concentrates on big-city journal­ism.
Then why can't advances be made
here?
A student cannot be expected to re­main
in a university which does not
offer his curriculum. Man will strive
for the betterment of an institution he
loves; he will attempt to enlighten his
elders and his peers. But when the in­stitution
to which he dedicates much
time and work refuses to respond to
what has been proved right, then that
man must either accept the fatal ulti­matum
to the detriment of his life en­deavor,
or "push off, and setting well
in order smite the sounding furrows."
So with the journalism students at
Auburn. They are at present making the
best of a poor curriculum and an in­adequate
faculty, hoping that soon
someone will rescue them from their
plight. The outcome of this matter will
decide whether or not future Alabama
journalists will be best prepared or
mediocre.
The New Cradle of Lib
The death of Governor-elect Eugene
Talmadge precipitated a bitter controv­ersy
and struggle in Georgia. The legis­lature
voted Herman Talmadge as its
chief executive, but outgoing Governor
Ellis Arnall disagreed, contending that
elected Lt. Gov. M. E. Thompson should
be governor. Later T a l m a d g e and
Thompson conferred at the capitol and
agreed to let Georgia's Supreme Court
decide who should be the governor. You
all know the story.
To educated young Americans and
Southerners, it is interesting that the
South is being called by magazines and
newspapers "the new. cradle of liberal­ism."
This may very well be, and it is
worth pondering in the light of statis­tics.
Dr. George Gallup, Director of the
American Institute of Public Opinion,
disclosed some very enlightening in­formation
several days ago. The break­down
of the vote by education is as
follows:
beraiism
College
Favor
Talmadge 8%
Favor
Thompson 61%
No Opinion 31%
High Sch.
10%
52%
38%
Gram. School
or Less
13%
43%
44%
This seems to be startling evidence
that there is a definite change occurring
in the South. This 61% of college edu­cated
Southerners is the group to whom
Pulitzer Prize winner Hodding Carter
referred when he said, "They agree that
the patient is sick. But they do not be­lieve
that the symptoms are local to the
South or in a treatment posited upon
that diagnosis—or, balaly, in most of the
doctors who would minister -to t he
patient. They stand between the practi­tioner
who says that all treatment is
g o o d , especially w h e n administered
with the objectivity of the outside con­sultant
and, on the other hand, the
members of the family who want to
draw the shades and stand off the doc­tors,
denying vehemently that anything
is wrong. For lack of a less misused def­inition,
they might be described as the
Southern liberals."
Watch-Word Is Cooperation
Already the average student can see
the difference between the pre-registra-tion
procedure of this quarter and the
wild scramble that took place at the
beginning of the present quarter.
Even broad-thinking students were
heard to say last quarter, "Well, I could
think of a better system than that one."
But even broad-thinking students will
admit that the registration of 6,311 peo­ple
in just a few days is a problem that
takes careful planning and cooperation
among the schools of the college.
The registrar's office, as the average
student can plainly see, is doing and
has been doing its utmost to cooperate
with the students. Those members of
the registrar's staff who handle cards
all day amid yelling and confusion and
who somehow remain polite are to be
commended for their cooperation.
Students must take into consideration
that the problem of registration is more
than just the changing of a system. To
be successful it must have the cooper­ation
of every separate school in the
college proper.
Uw&uW *Qfomi\Mm
Published weekly by the students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue, Phone 448.
JIMMY COLEMAN, Editor-in-Chief
Ralph Jennings, Managing Editor
Seab Hayes ^.^
Luther Smith,
Frank Sego, c„„„t c vAHnra
Bill Dearman, S p o r t s E d l t ° rS
Beverley Burkhardt, Society Editor
Leonard Hooper, Feature Editor
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C. RAY MARTIN, Business Manager
Frank Keown, Advertising Manager
Bill Anderson, Circulation Manager
Hal Breedlove, Assistant Business Manager
Bob Williams, Assistant Advertising Mgr.
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This and That gy0le Timer
Well, let's hope that the fight between the governor and
the Senate is over. And a shameful, disgraceful fight it was,
too. I'll bet that this Senate will go down in history as the
group which completely disregarded the opinions of the
people most affected by their decision; as the group who
branded as undesirable three c e p t ^ k n o w l e d g e that he is
honest, upright m e n without d o i n g g s e r v i c e foi. t h e public,
even the formality of a hearing.
And they call ours a democratic
form of government!
Especially to be remembered
is Sen. Gulledge who informed
the representatives of some
1700 Auburn students that their
opinions were not worth the
paper they were written on.
The Senator made a very glib
explanation later of what he
meant. Despite his explanation,
though, what he said was, in
effect, that he didn't care how
the people concerned with the
matter felt, he was going to
vote the way he pleased.
Also remembered will be Sen.
Bruce Henderson of Wilcox
and Sen. Clayton of Barbour
who led the senseless fight
against the governor and against
Auburn. The latter was the
senator who objected to the
Auburn students being given
the privilege of the floor. Won­der
how many opposition rep-resenatives
were given that
privilege?
$ * *
I feel that in failing to con­firm
Gould Beech the Senate
did the people of Alabama a
great disservice. No one can
blame Beech for asking that
h i s n a m e be withdrawn.
When a man is willing to do
work for that which he receives
absolutely no compensation ex-he
expects reasonably courteous
treatment. As the Birmingham
News said editorially last week:
"An aspiring, able Alabam-ian,
with an-excellent record of
service to his country and his
state, has by plain implication
been condemned as a dangeorus
citizen. No one who really
knows Gould Beech can doubt
his sincerity, his high ideals,
his well-informed and very
earnest thoughtfulness about
this state and region. Doubtless
he does have ideas with which
some disagree. Is he to be con­demned
simply for that, by
those opposed to those ideas
and without even a fair hear­ing?"
* * *
Auburn men will do well to
remember those men in the
Senate, the Farm Bureau, and
other organizations who tried
to make a political football of
Auburn. As far as I am concern­ed
those men —and especially
those who are Auburn gradu­ates—
are not worth the paper
this is written on.
* * #
Well, final exams are almost
on us and before we know it
another quarter will be starting.
I hope that you all make noth­ing
but "A's" and that you have
a swell vacation. See you next
quarter!
When laurels are handed out,
we think that Mr. Charles Ed­wards
deserves commendation
on the excellent handling of
registration this quarter. It was
not passed unnoticed by the
student body. All during the
past few days we've heard such
comments as, 'Are you sure
this is all? I've only been in
here five minutes. Where's the
line?" We think that Mr. Ed­wards
and also the Student Re­lations
Committee which start­ed
the campaign to untangle
registration rate five bells.
:;: * *
Whether or not you like co­median
Danny Kaye, we think
you'll agree with us that he
approached high comedy when
he said that "an oboe is an ill
wind that no one blows good."
While we're on the subject of
high comedy, we might say
that Beatrice Lillie (Lady Peel)
on leaving Hawaii said that she
would be glad to get back to
the U.S. where "a lei is a lei
instead of a bunch of flowers."
Keep reading.
We read in Life Magazine
the other day that "a normal
person does not exist." Said
Life, "Every individual has cer­tain
traits and tastes and habits
which differ from those of the
majority." It said that the dif-r
e r e n c e be-gsstween
a mildly
abnormal in-iividual
and an
insane person is
| a matter of de-
I gree. " M a ny
^people endure
la more or less
fcontinuous con­flict
between
' r e a l i t y and
Ralph Jennings t h e i r private
conceptions of r e a l i t y . If
as a result they are chroni­cally
unhappy, disturbed, un­easy
or anxious, they are com­monly
called 'neurodi.'" So if
final examinations are giving
us that 'I've Had It' feeling,
we're not going stir crazy. Re­member
Milton's words, "All is
not lost."
The Exchange Post By Al Steinberg
Campus Bylines
A reporter at Syracuse com­ments
on the dirth of pencil
sharpeners on the campus, only
one for every 200 students,
saying, "Things are not so
sharp at Syracuse." He should
see Auburn.
Also at Syracuse, at recent
student dances wearing of cor­sages
was banned.
Purdue reports a shortage of
crutches at the Student Health
Dept.
Scene three miles out on
Montgomery highway: swamp
grass and pine trees burning
around "Help Prevent Forest
Fires" sign.
And at Emory the Married
Students Council publishes a
mimeographed newspaper.
* * *
Cross Country Humor
Then there was the girl who
signed her quiz paper "Mae
West" cause she knew she'd
done them wrong.—U. Miss.
I hate mornings. They're so
early.—Agnes Scott.
Well, as the bridge player
said angrily after his partner
had refused his opening two
bids, thinks have come to a pret­ty
pass.—U. Ala.
At the beginning of the quar­ter
a large economics class was
instructor she preferred. She
answered, "It makes no differ­ence
to me. I don't care for
either of you."
Pardon me sir,
Is that your hat?
I didn't see it before I sat.
—Tuskegee.
From the DUKE ENGINEER
Coed: Did I ever show you
the place where I hurt my hip?
Date: No.
Coed: All right we'll drive by
there.
Nowadays when they kiss and
makeup, she gets the kiss and
he gets the makeup.
"Was her father surprised
when you said you wanted to
marry her?"
"Surprised? Why the gun
nearly fell out of his hand."
From the MISSISSIPPIAN:
Armies have colonels, corpo­rations
have vice-presidents
and colleges have deans. Deans
are nice people. They have
telephones. They have carpets.
Deans are hand shakers in
reception lines. Deans are dele­gates
at conventions. Deans
read the erudite magazines.
Deans meditate and when alone
sing softly to themselves, "Cur-ricular,
Curricula, Curriculum."
Deans are as necessary to a
college as chromium is to a
car. Without deans and chrom-
One of our friends told us
last week that there is a cry­ing
need for an intra-urban
bus line in Auburn and we
agree wtih him. There should
be schedules of buses going up
N. Gay and N. College and re­turning
to the KA house,
Graves Center, and the deck
houses. There should also be a
bus going to the trailer camp
on Wright's Mill Road and to
Vet Hill. Many people stay
away from town and from the
dances because of the paucity
of transportation.
* • *
It seems to be the fashion
these clays to speak of the
human equation. Webster de­fines
it as "the factor of human
strength or weakness that needs
to be considered in predicting
the outcome of any social, po­litical,
economic, or mechanical
process operated by human
agency." We once had a pro­fessor
who believed in the
human equation, and never
flunked a student. No cracks!
We said once! Our rustic friend
also told us once that a "jury
is jes lak a gol darned mule."
We think that this describes
the equation better than the
ranting of all of the sophisti­cates,
but the definition which
comes nearer to poetic beauty
is from a story by Dean Russell
in the Saturday Evening Post.
Mr. Russell said that "the hu­man
equation is simply human
nature that has defied both
law and reason since man was
created. It is people being born
with varying degree of brain
power and different personali­ties.
It allows us to sigh at the
death of a million Chinese and
cry at the death of a pet dog.
It causes us to believe that skin
color and intelligence have a
definite relationship. It makes
misers out of some people and
philanthropists out of others. It
goes among the poor and finds
an Abraham Lincoln, a Booker
T. Washington, an Enrico Ca­ruso.
It laughs at both kings
and paupers. In short, it in­sures
against any two persons
thinking alike on all subjects."
_ .
Do-Nuts and Coffee ByBabs
Thought for ihe week:
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands
Young thing: "Hello, is this
the city bridge department?"
Busy Manager: "Yes. What
can we do for you?"
Young Thing (via telephone):
"How many points does one get
for a little slam?" 'West "Point­er".
* * *
_...If you can't go on an excur­sion
train you can get the same
effect by borrowing seven chil­dren
and putting a cinder in
your eye—Muller Record.
« * *
"I dreamed last night I died
and went to Hell."
"How did you know it was
Hell?"
"There were 45 fire-plugs on
every block."
* * ' *
The Newly-Weds:
Hubby: "What are we hav­ing
for dessert tonight dear?"
Wifey: " S p o n g e cake. I
sponged the eggs from Mrs.
Brown, the flour from Mrs.
Smith, and the milk from Mrs.
Jones."
The trouble with world prob­lems
is that we can't find the
answers in the back of the
book."—Fort Smithian.
College is just like ihe
laundry—you get out of it just
what you put into it—but you'd
never recognize it.—Calif. Peli­can.
Captain:
the deck
brass?"
Sailor: "Yes sir; and
swept the horizon with
telescope."—West "Pointer".
'Have you cleaned
and polished the
I've
my
He: "Do you believe kissing is
unhealthy?"
She: "I don't know — I've
never—"
He: "You've never b e en
kissed?"
She: "No, I've never been
sick."—Coast Guard.
* * :Jc
"How did you lose your job
at the dress shop, my dear?"
"Just because of something
I said. After I had tried 20 dress­es
on a woman, she said, 'I think
I'd look better in something
flowing, 'so I asked her why
she didn't jump in the river."—
Rotator.
GUEST COLUMN
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
being split into two s e c t i o n ^ ium- you have only junk piles.
An Auburn coed was asked by Heaven will bless you if you
the prof of one section which are kind to deans.
Sink or Swim? Our choice is
to swim and we are depending
on 6300 students to help us.
Without your help the Student
Executive Cabinet can be of
no help to you or the many
who are depending on all of
us to build our school, slate,
and nation to be the greatest
in the world. Yes, you and I
have a definite role in the fu­ture
of America'.
The place to start doing our
part is right here on the Au­burn
campus. The democratic
way of life is dependent on
those who express their views
straight from their hearts and
work with the goal in mind of
helping others.
The goal of the Executive
Cabinet is to help every stu­dent
in anyway possible. You
are well represented on the
Cabinet by men and women
who are willing to work for
your interest. The members
come from all corners of the
campus and are trying to make
Auburn a, ^better place in which
to attend school.
Each s t u d e n t cannot be
sought out and asked for sug­gestions
that will lead to a bet­ter
campus and school life, but
each student is given an op­portunity
to contact the Cabi­net
through a representative or
by bringing his problem direct­ly
to the Cabinet.
The Student Executive Cabi­net
is conscientiously striving
to be an aid to the students,
but we need more than just
equipment to work with—we
need your backing.
One does not have to go far
over our campus to hear strong
notes of criticism: they ring
unmelodiously through the de­partments,
the administration
buildings, and the dormitories.
Idle criticism will not provoke
action by the Cabinet or any­one,
but if a request is sub­mitted
the Cabinet has pledged
itself to the student body that
it will pursue to the best of its
ability the actions desired by
the students.—Frank Keown
On The Side
With Lenny Payne
As all things must come to
an end, so it is with the winter
quarter of 1947, and, en pas­sant,
thus it is with On The
Side.
In this, its last appearance, it
is appropriate that farewells
be made. Its purpose has been
to create student interest and
discussion on various matters
concerning directly or indirect­ly
the majority of some six
thousand students at Auburn.
Often the tone has been biting-ly
satirical, sometimes sarcastic
to the point of insult, and oc­casionally,
dead serious. Yet
beneath it all there has been
one aim—the promotion of the
building of a greater Auburn
in material and immaterial
ways. Seldom has its purpose
been wholly achieved, but if it
has succeeded in forwarding
at least one student movement
or in motivating just one stu­dent
activity, then it was suc­cessful
and it has accomplished.
For some of us, this is the
last quarter at API. For others,
it is only the beginning. And
b e c a u s e of
something that
| started m a ny
years ago in
the t w i s t ed
I minds of peo­ple
like Hitler,
Mussolini, and
t h e Japanese
war lords. I re­member
t h at
Sunday morn-
Payne ing over f i ve
years ago when a radio blared
forth, "The Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor this morning at
seven o'clock." I was a fresh­man
at William and Mary, and
we had just come back from
supper in the dining hall. The
room was full of laughter and
gay talking. A bridge game had
begun. The commentator re­peated
his statement. The room
changed. There was no more
laughter, no more talk, only
dead silence. Disbelief, anger,
and fear registered on the faces
around me.
I remember standing in the
dining hall at noon the next
day. President Roosevelt was
delivering his declaration of
war to Congress. When the
President finished, we rose and
sang the Star Spangled Ban­ner.
A football player, Joe Bot-talico,
stood there singing with
his eyes shining, full of tears.
Those were not tears to be
ashamed of. We were proud to
be Americans in what we
thought to be an hour of de­feat,
just as we were proud in
the now forgotten hour of vic­tory.
We had hope then. We have
hope now, for a better and
cleaner world which we can
make for ourselves. We, here at
Auburn, are no different from
many other students all over
the United States. We drift
along haphazardly and seem­ingly
uncaring because we have
forgotten what it meant to be
an Auburnite and an American
five years ago. Yet underneath
we know and care. We can
never forget.
To my successor, I wish a
more successful realization of
his aims than I have attained.
To the students I offer the mot­to
of On The Side, "Toujours
gai!"
Letter To Editor
Dear Editor:
I noticed an advertisement in
the last week's issue of "The
Plainsman", regarding a palm­ist
who is soliciting student's
business. I think that this is an
insult to our intelligence. Furth­ermore,
I think that such ad­vertisements
cheapen our paper..
Actually, there are some stu­dents
in this school who be­lieve
in fortune tellers. If our
paper carries advertisements
for such fakes as palmists, mind
readers, and soothsayers, are
we to believe that paper, rated
as highly as The Plainsman,
e n d o r s e s such commercial
frauds?
I talked with three professors
this week who know all of the
tricks pulled by palmists, and
all three agreed to the fact that
so-called "mind readers" a nd
fortune tellers are not "psy­chic,"
but merely tell the cus­tomer
pleasing words in order
to get the customer's money.
At the risk of giving this
palmist free advertisement, I
think all persons should be
made aware of the trickery em­ployed
by these road - side
gypsies f; ". Yours for a better
Plainsman
Name Withheld
CONCERT REVIEW
By Dick Inlow
Last Sunday in Langdon Hall
the Department of Music pre­sented
Miss Barbara Neal, so­prano,
in the first of a series of
individual recitals to be given
by Auburn students. They made
a good choice when they chose
Miss Neal to begin the series.
The music was pretty and so
was the girl, a combination
that always adds up to an en­joyable
performances.
On the whole I believe her
second group of songs were the
best. They were three light
and airy pieces that she was
able to handle with delicacy.
Especially good was "Chanson
de Marie Antoinette" by Jacob-son.
In it Miss Neal showed
that her voice was capable of
reaching almost any high note
that might be demanded of her.
It may be true that her high
notes could be softened just a
bit but I think that time and
practice will easily take care of
that.
Miss Neal offered one aria,
"Charmant Oiseau" from "La
Perle du Brazil" by David. The
audience was very generous in
its applause following this num­ber,
and Miss Neal was called
back for extra bows. She sang
it well; however, I think that
the composer ruined a lovely
aria by trying to make it a bit
too fancy. The regular program
was ended with a group of more
modern songs sung in English,
including a tricky number en­titled
"Moon Marketing" which
was handled cleverly.
The final number was defi­nitely
the best of the whole
program in my opinion. The
song fitted her voice perfectly,
more so than any other number
on the program, and ^ her de­livery
of it was definitely good.
Its name was "The Little Damo-zel"
and it told a little story
of love at first sight. Miss Neal
sang it as though she were
actually on the scene.
"Yours Is My Heart Alone"
was offered as an encore.
Billy Tamblyn accompanied
on the piano in his usual me­chanically
perfect style.
Much credit should go to
Miss Neal's voice teacher, Elea­nor
Abercrombie, for the excel­lent
work she has done.
In closing, my thanks to Miss
Neal for taking the first step
toward proving my prediction
in last week's column that she
was a potential concert artist.
I would still like to hear her
sing "I Know That My Re­deemer
Liveth" f r o m "The
Messiah".
PREPARING FOR THE 'CAPITOL MARCH'
III!
Shown above are seven Auburn students who participated in me capitol march as they
prepared io leave Ihe rally at the Stadium to join the motorcade of 200 cars to Montgomery
last week.
Just One Voice
By Jim Bradley
Not many years ago I met an
old man whose same was Jack­son.
He was at the time 94
years old. I thought that Jack­son
was a fine name, and 1
also thought that 94 was a
very nice age, in fact I wonder­ed
how anyone could possibly
go through all the troubles,
trials, and trails of life today
and possibly live to be 94. Mr.
Jackson im-
|1 p r e s s e d me
| | with t h e se
§§ few carefully
| | chosen words.
"Son I know
that you are
w o n d e r i n g
h o w I have
survived a 11
these many
many years."
I assured him
Bradley t h a t I was
and he continued. "You see,
son, I never spent a day of my
life in any educational institu­tion
of any description. I have
avoided all contact with evil
people. Women especially.
Women are not necessary for a
man's personal well-being. If
you wish to live to be 90, my
son you will never forget these
few words that I have told
you".
I haven't forgetten them.. I
will never forget them. I'll have
to admit that if what he told
me is true I am not long on
this earth.
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The other day I marched on
the capitol of Alabama. I didn't
go alone either. I suppose some
of the students would like to
know exactly why we went.
Allow me to speak for myself.
I am not a native of the state
of Alabama, but I am a student
of one of Alabama's best col­leges.
I want the institute to be
the best in Alabama and equal­ly
as good as any in the nation.
I do not like politics .in col­leges.
I know that politics and
education won't mix properly.
Auburn has in i ts Extension
Service some of the most pow­erful
and vile politics I have
ever seen. I would like to see
the place scrubbed with Jim
Folsom's scrub brush and suds
bucket.
I personally think that the
governor of Alabama is trying
to help Auburn. We, as stu­dents
of Auburn, should help
the governor. It's your state,
your school and your nation—
will you sit idly by and let Au­burn
stay where it is? Auburn
is in a rut—it has been in one
for years—A rut is only a grave
with the ends kicked out of
it . . .
born Baptists
To Hold Revival
Revival services will be held
at the Auburn Baptist Church
April 13-18, according to Rev.
Hoyt Ayers, pastor. The visit­ing
speaker for the meeting
will be Dr. J. W. (Bill) Marshall,
secretary of Missionary Per­sonnel
of the Southern Baptist
Foreign Mission Board,, located
in Richmond, Va.
Dr. Marshall is well known
among student groups. He was
one time pastor of a Baptist ad­jacent
to the campus of South­ern
Methodist University, re­signing
that position to become
student secretary of Baylor
University. He later led Bap­tist
student work in Texas, be­fore
going to Virginia to as­sume
his present position.
In 1940, Dr. Marshall was
selected by the Baptist Mission
Board to make a study of col­leges
in Japan and China. He
has been able to make a sub­stantial
contribution to Chris-
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these countries.
Directing the musical portion
of the services will be Mr. W.
Hines Sims, of the Music De­partment
of the Baptist Sunday
School Board, Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. Sims is former music di­rector
of First Baptist Church
in Nashville, and a professor of
music at Peabody College. He
is well qualified to lead group
singing and direct choral ar­rangements.
Students are making plans to
lay special stress on student at­tendance
at these services.
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Eta Kappa Nu Society
Elects New Officers
Eta Kappa Nu, honorary soc­iety
for electrical engineers,
elected new officers at a regular
meeting held on March 6.
Robert E. Ledyard, Jr. of
Montgomery was elected Presi­dent.
Other officers elected
were Robert P. Teeple, vice-president;
Robert C. Martin-recording
secretary; Onis C.
Green, representative to En­gineers'
Council; Luther W.
Johnson, alterate representa­tive
to Engineers' Council.
Officers previously elected
and continuing to serve are
Frank C. Brooks, correspond­ing
secretary; W. W. Stone,
treasurer; and Charles Frazer,
bridge correspondent.
Wednesday, March 12, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—5
Alpha Delta Pi Holds
Chapter Election
Beta Omega chapter of Al­pha
Delta Pi has elected new
officers to serve for the coming
year. Craig Green, who suc­ceeded
Mildred Baggett as pres­ident
upon her resignation in
December, was re-elected to
complete her term as president.
Lee Morrow was also re-elected
as treasurer. New officers are:
Betty Brown, vice president;
Tootsie Hester, pledge mistress;
Helen Cowles, recording secre­tary;
Nancy Hearn, correspond­ing
secretary; Marion Frances
Grove, historian; Bess Talbert,
chapter reporter.
Varsity Tennis Team
Schedules Five Meets
Coach Luther Young an­nounced
the following schedule
for the varsity tennis team. Apr.
4 Mercer at Auburn, Apr. 15
Mercer at Macon, Apr. 26 Ga.
Tech at Auburn, Apr. 30 Miss.
State at State College, May 9,
10 SEC Tournament at New
Orleans, May 14 Miss. State at
Auburn.
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Auburn Grapplers Capture SEAAU Championshi
Capacity Crowd Watches
Tigers Snare 60 Points
By Jack Simms
Tech Is Second; Chattanooga Third;
Keller Triumphant In Three Matches
Led by Capt. Carroll Keller, the Auburn matmen
walked away with the SEAAU wrestling crown before a
capacity crowd Saturday night at the Alumni Gym. Going
into the finals with a grappler in every weight class, the
Tigers captured six first places, four seconds, and com­piled
aa tteeaamm ssccoorree ooff sixty
points. Georgia Tech won sec­ond
place honors with two
firsts, four seconds, and three
thirds. The Jackets had a team
score of 44, while Chattanooga
was third with 14 points.
In the 115 lb. brawl, Howard
Penley won over Thombrough
after the latter had two near
falls on the Tiger entree. Pen-ley
pinned the Tech man in
1:15 after the second period be­gan.
Ted Sargent, who wrestled
unattached, pinned Hill of Au­burn
in the third period after a
rough seven minutes which saw
both men have the advantage
several times.
Brannon Woodham outpoint­ed
Bill Giesler of Tech in what
proved to be one of the fastest
and best fought matches of the
evening. Both fighters gave all
they had and tired badly in the
closing moments of the third
round.
"Spider" McKenzie, who was
given a bye io the finals, again
showed his prowess by pinning
Lamar Oglesby in a rough and
tumble fracas. It was the third
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meeting of these two grapplers
this year, and the Tiger ace
was given plenty of trouble on
all three occasions. Oglesby had
several near pins in the match,
but the speed and skill of Mc­Kenzie
proved to be the win­ning
factor with several bril­liant
escapes being made by the
Spider.
Cal Keller, who was elected
team captain for the year,
fought Friday night, Saturday
afternoon, and again in the fi­nals
Saturday night. He won a
grueling decision in the after­noon
that tired both fighters.
Even with this disadvantage,
Cal started off his finals match
like a tornado and had the ad­vantage
over Andrews of Tech
throughout the first period, but
the Jacket was too evasive to
be pinned. Keller turned on the
^teai and got a fast fall just as
the second round was eighteen
seconds old. This was the sec­ond
fastest pin of the evening
and . w a s ..the .Birmingham
youth's greatest mat victory, i
Carol B a t t e n showed the
crowd what makes a great ath­lete,
when he nad his shoulder
pulled out of joint and chose to
continue his m a t c h against
Sammy Woodham. The Georgia
Tech captain really churned up
the mat as he pinned Sammy
in the closing seconds of the
first period.
In the 165 lb. class, Ward
was pitted against Berg of Chat­tanooga.
Berg displayed some
brilliant escapes in the first
round, but Ward kept the of­fensive
and pinned his rival
late in the second round.
The most evenly fought and
roughest match of the meet was
between Humphreys and Love
In the first session, neither
man could get the other on the
mat and both men stayed on
their feet throughout that per­iod.
Love got two points for a
near fall in the seocnd round,
but Humphreys came back in
the third to tie the score at
two all as the match ended.
Humphreys h a d more riding
time and was awarded one
point and the match by the
referee.
The feature attraction of the
evening found big "Jug" Pate
pitted against Heidtmann of Ft.
Benning. The army man, who
holds the Eastern Seaboard
Heavyweight Title, had too
much experience for his heav­ier
.opponent and felled the Jug
early in the second period. The
Easterner repeated his per­formance
by pinning the much
publicized Auburn grappler in
ever shorter time in the third
period.
Standard Southeastern Cham­pionship
AAU medals were
awarded to first, second, and
third place winners in the ten
weight classes, and a beautiful
trophy was presented to the
Sports Script
By Frank Sego
Reds and Greens Clash Saturday . . .
The 1947 edition of Auburn Tigers will conclude the first half
of a rigorous spring football practice season this coming Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 when carefully chosen squads of Red and Blue-shirted
warriors clash in ari intra-camp skirmish. This game, the
second .of its kind since the Plainsmen inaugurated their pre­season
drills here a month ago, will be the last until Auburn's
much-looked-forward-to and elaborate A-Day festival on April
12. Saturday's scrap will also mark the final dress performance of
Tiger baseball and track performers, who will be dismissed by
Coach Voyles in time for them to join their respective spring
sports. Last week's tilt failed to attract many of the pre-season
dopesters because of the SEAAU wrestling tournament here
but this Saturday it'll be a different story for the railbirds who
usually smoke 'em over. With a few last minute exceptions, the
teams will line up in the following order for Saturday afternoon's
whistle: GREENS: Moulton and Waddail, ends; Lannom and Ad-cock,
tackles: Hepler and Fulmer, guards; Douglass, center;
•
Pyburn, quarterback; Tidwell, left half; Lucia, (Watch this guy!)
right half; and Inman, fullback. REDS: McClurkin and Granag-han,
ends; Autry and Hayes, tackles; Poundstone and Younginer;
Sadlick, center; Herring, quarterback; Ball, left half; Pelfrey,
right half; and Cochran, full-back. Well, there they are and from
where we sit, a combination like this would rate very close to
a toss-up. However, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Swimming Facilities Below Par . . .
The Villagers' merciless defeat at the hands of a record break­ing
University of Miami swim team last Thursday night proved
at least one thing. AUBURN NEEDS ADEQUATE SWIMMING
FACILITIES. Sure, you hear a lot about what Auburn needs to
strengthen her athletic bid in this fast moving sports world of
today, but if the Tigers are going to take their growl to water,
they certainly should be equipped with a few of the accessories
that go along with the liquid sport. Probably the greatest nec­essity
at present is that of a diving board, which makes all the
difference in the world to a good swimmer. One look at that
Miami squad and you knew right away that they had been ex­posed
to all of the trimmings. Of course the Miamians have access
to a beach but Auburn will meet, before the end of their current
season, several inland teams that have been fortunate enough
to enjoy the proper facilities.
Intramural Star Breaks Limb . . .
Just as this column was about to hit the make-up room, Bobby
Humphrey strolled in with a newly bandaged broken arm.
Humphrey, the SPE basketball star and member of the Plains­man
sports department, said he received his injury in a collision
with another player during Monday's softball practice. The former
Columbus athlete is expected to be out of commission for a
month at the most.
Scriptnotes . . .
Experiencing his first two matches of the year in I,ast week's
SEAAU grappling tourney, diminutive Harold Penley, was suc­cessful
in pinning each of his two 115 lb. opponents. In doing so,
the Sanford, Fla., mite paraded all the makings of an aggressive
little competitor . . . Moving up in national wrestling circles, the
Auburn Tigers are scheduled to face the all-powerful U. S. Naval
Academy team on their 1948 card . . . "The Voice" Bradley, and
cronies, are almost a certainty to network the heralded A-Day
football game on April 12.
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News and Short
Pictured above is John "Spider"' McKenzie, who was
recognized as the sparkplug of the Tigers wrestling team this
year. Top scorer for the Tigers with 33 points, he was seeded
first in the 135 lb. class of the SEAAU meet and is considered
the best of his weight in the South. The Miami, Florida
youth is a sophomore and has two more years of eligibility
at the Plains.
Auburn team and Coach Um-bach
for the high scoring team.
The meet was the first of its
kind to be held in the South­east
and it was highly gratify­ing
to see the student body
give its support to this tourna­ment.
Coach Umbach deserves
credit for managing a wonder­fully
well run meet and also
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for developing and coaching
such a good team. It is hoped
that this is only the first of
many successful SEAAU Meets
to be held on the Auburn cam­pus.
The results of the finals are
as follows with first and second
place winners, shown in the or­der
of their appearance.
115 lb. Penley (A) over
Thombrough (Tech) by fall,
time 4:15.
121 lb. Sargent (U) over Hill
(A) by fall, time 7:45.
128- lb. B. Woodham (A) over
Giesler (Tec h) by decision,
score 9-1. ^
135 lb. McKenzie (A) over
Oglesby (Tech) by fall, time
7:09.
145 lb. Keller (A) over An­drews
(Tech) by fall, time 3:18.
155 lb. Batten (Tech) over S.
Woodham (A) by fall, time
2:46.
165 lb. Ward (A) over Berg
(Chat) by fall, time 5:12.
175 lb. Humphrey (A) over
Love (Chat) by decision, score
3-2.
191 lb. Bassctt (Tech) over
Ingram (A) by fall, time 5-16.
Heavy wt. Heidtmann (U)
over Pate (A) by fall, time 4:22.
Third place awards were pre­sented
to Lutz (U) 115, Chand­ler
(Tech) 121, Berg (Chat) 128,
Washington (U) 135, Latham
(U) 145, Dowdy (Chat) 155, Don­aldson
(Tech) 165, Moore (Tech)
175, and M a t t h e w s (Tech)
Heavy wt.
LCA's Successful On
Week-End Cage Jaunt
The LCA's of Auburn in­vaded
Atlanta recently to
meet in a basketball tourna­ment
with Georgia and Georgia
Tech LCAs. The first game was
with Georgia Teen was a close­ly
fought tilt, the final score
being 59 to 58, Auburn. Next
came Georgia which was easi­ly
defeated by a score of 62 to
34.
The purpose of these games
is to foster more friendly inter-campus
and inter-chapter rela­tions.
A cup is being awarded
annually to the winning team
in games between Alabama and
Auburn Lambda Chi's. A sheep­skin
is being awarded by the
two losing teams in the Geor­gia,
Georgia Tech, and Auburn'
games to the winner. Last
weekend the Auburn LCA's
played host to those from Geor­gia
Tech in a return game.
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Kathryn Douglass Winner of 1947
Sphinx Scholarship Award
I LED BAMBOO BALL FOR SIGMA PI
Kathryn Floyd Douglass re­ceived
the Sphinx Sophomore
Scholarship Award Friday af­ternoon
at a special meeting in
Social C e n t e r . Every year
Sphinx, honor society for sen­ior
women, honors the sopho­more
girl who has the highest
schlastic average. K a t h r yn
Douglass is the 1947 winner
with an average of 3.93. She
was awarded an engraved sil­ver
bracelet.
Miss Douglass is a second
quarter sophomore majoring in
English in the school of Edu­cation.
She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Douglass of
Birmingham and a graduate of
Phillips High School. At Phil­lips
she was a member of the
National Art Society, Speech
Club, and Literary Club. At
Auburn she is secretary of Kap­pa
Delta sorority, a member of
Kappa Sigma Honors
Chi Omega Sisters
The Kappa Sigma fraternity
entertained their sorority sis­ters,
the Chi Omegas, with a
buffet supper and a house
dance, last Friday night.
The house was decorated with
drawings concerning important
political issues in the various
states.
A comical political skit was
given by Kappa Sigs. Kinne
Sutton was cast in the role of
Gene Talmage, Buddy Cohen
as Ed Rivers, Bill Blackenstein
as "Little" Jim, Jack Tate as
Senator Bilbo, Ken Hobbs as
"Hummon" Talmadge, Max
Howard as Huey Long, Cecil
Price as Ellis Arnold, and Harry
Campbell as M. E. Thompson.
An all-star campaigning quar­tet
was composed of Jim Con-stantine
as Roy Acuff, Ken
Hobbs as Jimmy Davis, Lenard
Braswell as "Pappy" O'Daniels,
and Dewitt Shy as "Pop Eckler.
the Red Cross, Oracles, Owls,
and B.S.U.
Kathryn claims her favorite
hobbies include all sports with
special emphasis on swimming.
Her favorite course is English
and her favorite food is fried
chicken. When asked what she
j planned for the future she
said, -"I would like to attend
Columbia or Northwestern and
get a Master's in English. Then,
I suppose I would like to
teach."
Kathryn is a tall, attractive
blonde who speaks very slow­ly,
never raising her voice. She
is especially noted for her
friendliness.
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New Officers Chosen
By Sigma Phi Epsilon
Alabama Alpha Chapter of
Sigma Phi Epsilon elected of­ficers
last Wednesday night to
serve for the spring and sum­mer
quarters. The newly-elect­ed
officers are John Jennings,
Americus, Ga., president; Till­man
White, Birmingham, vice
president; Carl Bruner, Birm­ingham;
secretary; John An­thony,
Birmingham, historian;
Earl Jones, Birmingham, guard;
Thurman Pace, Gadsden, and
Tommy Outlaw, Birmingham
Marshals; and Bobby Humph­rey,
Columbus, Ga., IFC repre­sentative.
New Officers Chosen
By Pi Kappa Alpha
At its last r egular meeting
of the winter quarter, Upsilon
chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha
elected officers to serve for the
spring and summer quarters.
The new officers are Jack Lee,
president; Bernard Blake, vice
president; G e o r g e Strother,
treasurer; and Jack Living­ston,
house manager.
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Located one block from Au­burn
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
SUNDAY SERVICES
10 A. M. Bible School
11 A. M. Worship
6:30 P. M. Young People's
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WEDNESDAY
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''iilillilli
SPE Entertains Alpha Delta Pi
With House Dance Frida
Miss Maxine McCutcheon of Decatur, who led the Sigma
Pi Bamboo Ball in Girls Gym March 8 with chapter president
Don Nebrig. The Sigma Pi dance closed the social season at
Auburn for the winter quarter.
Rice and
Old Shoes
Arnsdorff-Parrish
Miss Elizabeth Lorraine Arns-dorff
and James Arthur Parrish
had a lovely church wedding on
February 1.
Mrs. Parrish is a former stu­dent
of API. The couple have
made their home in Indian­apolis,
Ind.
Ward-Blackburn
Miss Evelyn Ward and Wil­liam
A. Blackburn were wed on
February 15, in Miami, Florida.
Mr. Blackburn is a graduate
of API. The couple are now
residing in Miami where he is
continuing his education at the
University of Miami.
Wright-Bishop
Miss Uneeda Love Wright
and William Leon Bishop were
recently wed.
Both are students at API. Mr.
Bishop, a Student in Electrical
Engineering, is a member of
Phi Kappa Tau Social Frater­nity.
Stewart-Cook
Mr. and Mrs. James Brown
Stewart announce the engage­ment
of their daughter, Eliza­beth
Ann to .Joe Marsh Cook.
The wedding will, take place
sometime in March.
Miss Stewart is a graduate of
API.
ORACLE SOCIETY
MEETS BI-WEEKLY
Oracles, honorary society for
freshman girls, has been hold­ing
meetings every other Mon­day
night since the beginning
of this quarter. Officers are
Ann Eslinger, president, Ruth
Poor, secretary-treasurer; and
Kitty Bartee, reporter.
All members are urged to
come to these meetings and par­ticipate
in the activities of the
society.
ATO Holds Buffet
Alpha Epsilon chapter of Al­pha
Tau Omega entertained
Saturday, March 1, with a buf­fet
supper and house dance.
During the evening, food and
refreshments were served by
Mrs. C. E. Lowe, housemother.
Members, pledges and their
dates were Jack Turner, Fay
Irwin; Bob Tate, Carolyn Har­lan;
Bob Smith, Ruth Fuller;
Fred Glover, Margie La wing;
Charlie Walker, Josephine Gar­rett;
Al Briley, Nell Ansley; Bo
Morthland, "Guinice" Hender­son;
Eugene Fitzgerald, Martee
McReynolds; Greasy Cornell,
Ruby Reynolds; Ben Ansley,
Anna Hutto; Joe Rice, Barbara
Reynolds; • Jack Bentley, Ma­rion
Collins; Ernest Thiemonge,
Sara Dilworth; Dick Hunter,
Ann Jagger; Jimmy Kendrick,
Pat Jamison; Porter Kendrick,
Margie Baughn; Bedford Lamp-kin,
Jane Vaughn; Means Bran-non,
Vinette Cox; Nail Nuck­olls,
Shirley Glazener; Paul
Eyrich, Bettye Inscho; Charles
Mahery, Doris Eyrich; Putt
Ward, Jean C l a r k ; Henry
Burks, "Copper" Calhoum; Wal­ter
Jones, Jean Holt; .Joe Lo­gan,
Pat Bridges; Frank Crad-dock,
B. J. Gibson; Dick Bry-son,
Norma Todd; Dick O'Cain,
Peggy Young; Relfe Pruitt, Ma­ry
Lee; Jack Jones, Jeanne In­gram;
Lew Armstrong, Arnett
Walling; Bill Newman, Emily
Pruitt; Bob F l e m i n g , Ann
Knox; Joe Vick, Jeanne Beard;
Albert Smith, Lois Williams;
Bob Willingham, Eleanor Jan-ney.
Joe Cook Named New
Theta Chi President
Theta Chi fraternity elected
officers at its regular meeting
last Wednesday. They are Joe
Cook, president; John Allen,
vice-president; Curtis Gibson,
secretary; G e o r g e Hamner,
pledge marshal!; Myron Lowell,
first guard; Blakley Robertson,
second guard.
Joe Cullivan, chaplain; Har­old
Penley, librarian; and Ed­ward
May, historian. These of­ficers
are to serve for the next
two quarters.
New Officers Elected
By Phi Mil Sorority
The Alpha Mu chapter of
Phi Mu recently held election
of their n e w officers. Anna
Jean Franklin, Birmingham,
Alabama, was elected president
succeeding Faye Irvine.
Other officers named w e re
Jean Ingram, vice president;
Estelle Neal, pledge trainer;
Anne Coulter, secretary; Sallie
Jean Crews, treasurer; Virginia
Henderson, assistant treasurer;
Lacy Nethery, historian; Sally
Lee, registrar; Jo Ann Bennett,
reporter.
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WANTED: Riders to and
from Phenix City or Colum­bus
during the Spring Quar­ter.
Hours at Auburn—Eight
to Five. Phone Sieve Grant at
Columbus 2-3846 or Auburn
897.
Last Friday night the SPE's
entertained Alpha Delta Pi so­rority
at a house dance.
Members and their d a t es
were: Al Durrance, Betty Adair:
Tommy Outlaw, Jane Bell; Bob
Maulsby, Norma Jean Bohan-an;
Louis Vogel, Jean Brad­ford;
Ben Kirby, Betty Brown;
Grover Morgan, Ann Cowavt:
Hank Arnold, Helen Cowles;
Claude Cram, Jane Dowdy;
Duck Parsons, Audrey Early;
John Denman, Danny Sue Gib­son;
Bill Breen, Craig Green;
Orville Fowler, Marion Grove;
Tom Pitts, Betty Hester; Ed
Rew, Tootsie Hester; Marshall
De Shields, Ann Hines; Bill
Turnipseed, Barbara Ingram;
Junior Reynolds, Francis John­son;
Gorman Bass, Berma Dale
Kyle; Al Pfleffer, Lee Mor­row;
Bud Steele, Audrey Lee
Nelson; Lewis White, Jean Orr;
Ed Wright, Jennie Sue Pate;
Merrill Bradley, Pat Patrick;
Billy Green, Mildred Pruitt;
Buddy Royal, Dot Reynolds;
James Adamson, Gene Ren-nert;
Robert Bedwell, Sally Sal-ade;
Sam Johnston, Bess Tal­bert;
Bobby Humphrey, Ann
Handley; Claude Sansom, Jane
Keener; Bobby Payne, Jane
V a u g h n . Housemother, Mrs.
Walker served refreshments at
intermission.
SOCIAL SEASON
END
By Leonard Hooper
API's most recent social sea­son,
the first .postwar social
season, came to a brilliant close
with the Sigma Pi Bamboo
Ball, held in Girls Gym Satur­day,
March 8th. Something ex­tra
in the line of fraternity
formal dances was offered at
this time. The gym had been
transmuted into an island para-oise
through the legerdemain of
Leo Dawsey's decorations—bas
relief palm trees and vines, with
superimposed plaques of tropic
scenes, around the walls and
between the windows; several
nearly-genuine palm trees scat­tered
about the edges of the
dance floor, and a ceiling fes­tooned
with boughs and vines;
a bandstand which had become
a bamboo hut, backed with a
drop featuring the words Sig­ma
Pi executed in bamboo let­ters,
within a purple-and-white
flash effect.
Leadout time brought a nov­el
switcheroo to please the
dancers: while Sigma Pi's and
their dates assembled for the
leadout, the rest of the crowd
7—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 12, 1947
were entertained with authen­tic
island dances, performed by
imported dancing girls (not
imported from Melanesia, but
imported from Virginia Ogie
Houseman's S c h o o l of the
Dance, in that tropic hide­away,
Columbus, Ga.). After
the dancing, the costumed girls
ran across the dance floor to
the bamboo archway through
which the couples walked. As
each successive couple walked
•through the arch, a girl on each
side placed a lei around each
person's neck. Mrs. C. M. Tuck­er,
the Sigma Pi's housemother,
presented Miss Maxine Mc­Cutcheon,
the "leading lady",
with the traditional leadout
bouquet.
This dance happened to be
the last one at which Charlie
Wood, longtime ace drummer
with the Auburn Knights orch­estra,
will appear as a regular
member of the outfit, Wood
admitted, at the chapter house
breakfast after the dance.
* THEATRE*
FOR SALE: House trailer
conveniently located Lot 41,
API trailer camp. See it here.
FOR SALE: Pair German
binoculars size 830, make
Buich> See C. H. Swindle,
Lot 41, Trailer camp.
BIG DANCE, March 27.
at UNION SPRINGS HIGH
SCHOOL featuring Universi­ty
of Alabama Knights.
TAX AUTHORITY
The Story of
DONALD MILLHAM
UNION '27
THE average man who stews over the
filing of his annual tax return is apt to
shake his head quizzically over Donald L.
Millham.
While he was in charge of General Electric
t a x accounting, Don used to file more than
500 returns a year—and like it.
Although he has a new job today—the
difficult and important one of Comptroller
—Don maintains an active interest in cor­porate
taxation and is still considered the
company's tax authority.
A career in corporate taxation problems is,
Don admits, short on glamour, long on hard
and diligent work. A dozen years ago he had
about as much trouble as anyone in under­standing
t h e technical language of t ax state­ments.
But when an opportunity opened in
t ax accounting, he took t h e offer and learned
the complexities of his job as he worked at it.
By meeting the challenges of an exacting
and constantly expanding field of endeavor,
Donald Millham had made for himself a use­ful
and important career that has held his
interest.
«
Next to schools and the U.S. Government, General Elec­tric
employs more college engineering graduates than any
other organization.
To help pay his way through Union College,
Don worked for General Electric during
summer vacations, operating a drill press.
Today, the General Electric Comptroller, he
maintains his interest in corporate taxation,
in which he became the company's expert.
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8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 12,1947 Mermen End Season Miami Swimmers Win;
Educational Trips To Mexico City
And Guatemala Open to Students
Veterans Eligible
Under Gl Bill
College students throughout
America have been invited to
attend the two Summer Cen­ters
of Mexico and Guatemala,
sponsored by the University of
Houston, President E. E. Ober-holtzer
of the University of
Houston has announced.
The Mexico Center is now in
its 4th year, while the Guate­mala
Center is in its 2nd year.
The latter was the first such
center ever opened in Guate­mala
by an American college.
The Mexico group leaves Hous­ton
June 3 and returns August
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"Both centers feature courses
in English of social economic
and cultural conditions of the
respective countries, integrated
with field trips to numerous
places and institutions of cul­tural
and historical significance
within and outside of the capi­tal
cities". Dr. Joseph S. Wer-line,
Director, explained.
Students will leave Houston
by train and bus for Mexico
City. The Guatemala group flies
from Mexico City to Guate­mala
City.
The courses offer standard
college credit in sociology, his­tory
or Spanish, to students of
all departments and divisions,
on both undergraduate and
graduate levels. Students may
also attend on a non-credit
basis, and the courses are open
to non-students as well.
"Both centers offer students
an excellent opportunity to ob­tain
first - hand information
about our neighbors south of
the border, plus an opportuni-ty\
to enjoy a vacation-like
trip, Dr. Werlin said.
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OPELIKA. ALA
With Two Triumphs
To wind up the season, the
Auburn swimming team jour­neyed
to Birmingham and de­feated
the YMCA and Athletic
Club in two meets last week­end.
The Tiger plungers beat
the Athletic Club 46 to 28 and
the YMCA 34 to 31.
Results of the two meets are
as follows:
Auburn-YMCA: diving Hack­er
(Y), 50 yd free style Frazer
(A) 0:27.2, 100 yd free style Mc-
Cary (A) 1:03.2, 150 yd back­stroke
Gammage (Y) 3:01.7, 200
yd free style McCary (A) 2:33.5,
300 yd medley relay Gammage,
Ragland, McCracken (Y) 3:39.6,
400 yd free style relay McCary,
Pease, Tayler, Frazer (A)
Auburn-BAC: 50 yd free style
Frazer (A) 0:27.2, 100 free style
McCary (A) 1:03, 220 free Maze
(B) 2:21.7. 400 free Maze (B)
5:20, 200 yd breaststroke Rowe
(A) 3:16.03, 150 yd backstroke
Niver (A) 2:12, 300 yd medley
Niver, Rowe, Tayler (A) 3:59.1.
400 free relay McCary, Pease,
Ruth, Frazer (A) 4:32.7.
Approximate cost for the
Mexico Center is $175.00 which
includes all expenses from
Houston and return, save tui­tion
and meals in Mexico City.
The Guatemala Center costs
$300.00 for all expenses from
Houston to Houston except tui­tion.
These centers are recognized
by the Veteran's Administra­tion,
and veterans are exempt
from tuition and receive their
usual subsistence allowance.
Enrollment is arranged through
a- letter of eligibility from the
local Veteran's Administration
of the student.
International study centers
throughout the world are being
planned by the University with
prospects for a summer center
in Paris in 1949 and later ses­sions
in South Europe, North
Africa, the U.S.S.R., and the
Far East, with terms in the
east and west alternating an­nually.
Further information may be
obtained from Doctor Joseph S.
Werlin at the University of
Houston, Houston, Texas.
Break Two Records
The University of Miami
Swimming team ducked the
Auburn peddlers 53 to 22 Fri­day
night at the Alumni Gym.
The veteran Floridian team cap­tured
first place in every event
and set several new records for
the Auburn pond.
BIG DANCE: Union Springs
High School. University of
Alabama's Auburn Knights
featured.
NOTICE: Twenty-five dol­lars
reward for information
leading to the acquisition of a
suitable apartment for me.
Please call Fred Jones at 443.
FOR SALE: 3 bedroom
asbestos shingle house with 2
bath rooms. Practically new.
Close to Campus. Call 266-J.
LOST: Wednesday morning
between Library and Textile
building a red-stripped Shaef-fer
fountain pen with small
gold ring in center. Evelyn
Jackson. 355 South College
Street. Phone C1217. Reward.
HELP WANTED: Anyone
who can shuck oysters and
wants some extra money—
Contact Jake at Jake's Joint.
FOR SALE: House Trailer.
Standard conveniences. One
block from campus. Can be
seen at 177 W. Glenn. Phone
301-M.
FOR SALE: Simmons bed
springs and interspring mat­tress
. . . Used for only three
months . . . Call Broussard at
445.
LOST: One identification
bracelet engraved with two
names — John and Robert—
somewhere between Alumni
Gym and PiKA house. Find­er
please call Tex Shewell,
869.
HELP WANTED: Anyone
who can shuck oysters and
wants some extra money—
Contact Jake at Jake's Joint.
Auburn student who lost
high school ring in accident
near Brantley, Ala., may re­cover
same by contacting Lou
Blanhinds at 135V4 Tichenor
Ave.
LOST: Monday March 3
between Samford and Alum­ni
Hall a gold topped Shaef-fer
pen. Please return to
Jeanette Dicks at Alumni
Hall. REWARD. . . .
FOR SALE: 1945 model
motor scooter $125. See Bill
McMullin at Lot 90 API Trail-or
Camp.
FOR SALE: One dinette
set, one living room chair,
bedroom suite, and ice re­frigerator.
Can be seen at
II91/2 Cox St. or call 651-J.
NOTICE: Will the person
who borrowed my gray Park­er
51 in Lipscomb's March 4
please call me at 247. W. H.
Floyd.
LOST: One Whirl-wind
Ronson cigarette lighter at
the C a s i n o Friday Night.
With the initials E.V.P. If
found call Ed Parnell at KA
House.
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LOST: One pair of plastic
rimmed glasses in brown
leather case. Call Peggy Hart­ley
9143 or Dorm 3.
HELP WANTED: Anyone
who can shuck oysters and
wants some extra money—
Contact Jake at Jake's Joint.
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