1947-02-19 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXXII Wednesday, F e b r u a r y 19, 1947 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 6
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WORLD'S GREATEST 'CELLIST
Known as ihe world's greatest violinceilisl, Gregor Piati­gorsky
will appear in concert tomorrow night at 8 in Langdon
Hall.
Qualifications Open For Glomeraia
Editor and Business Manager Posts
At a meeting of the Student
Executive Cabinet Monday after­noon,
a recommendation of the
Publications Board to hold elec­tion
for editor and business man­ager
of the Glomerata this quar­ter
was approved.
To run for either of these two
offices the candidate must meet
the following requirements:
(a) He should rank as a junior
with six quarters or 102 hours
completed. If elected he must be
enrolled in college for four
quarters after taking office in
June, or until such a time when
the publication has been com­pleted.
(b) A scholastic average of 2.0
or above.
(c) One year's experience on
the publication on which he in­tends
to run, or the equivalent.
(d) The business manager must
have had one. quarter of account­ing
or the equivalent in experi­ence.
(e) Such other qualifications as
the board may prescribe.
Prospective candidates may ob­tain
application blanks in the of­fice
of the Director of Student
Affairs. These applications must
be completed and returned not
later than Saturday noon, Feb.
22.
The Publications Board will
meet Monday, Feb. 24; for the
purpose of qualifying candidates.
On The Campus . , .
International Relations Club . . .
. . . will meet Monday at 7 p.m., in New Building. Program will
be a discussion on the Argentine situation. Members are asked to
study this topic. Guests invited.
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Student Executive Cabinet . . .
. . . meets tomorrow in Student Center at 5 p. m. All students are
invited to attend.
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Alpha Epsilon Delta . . .
. . . will meet Monday at 6:45 p. m., in the Ag Engineering
Building. Movies will be shown. Visitors are welcome.
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Engineers' Council . . .
. . . meets today at 5 p. m. in Ramsay 305.
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Newcomers Club . . .
. . . will meet today in the basement of the Textile Building.
Square dancing will be under the direction of Miss Olga B'ibza.
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API Radio Club . . .
. . . is giving away a $70 radio and automatic record player at
the Tiger Theatre March 8. For further information check at City
Appliance Co.
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Brotherhood . . .
. . . sponsored by Baptist Men Students will hold its meeting at
8 a. m. Sunday in the Green Room of the Pitts Hotel. All male
students invited.
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Dames Club . . .
. . . will meet tonight at 8 p. m. in Duncan Hall Auditorium. An
agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be the guest
speaker. Husbands of members are invited.
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ASCE . . .
. . . meets Monday, at 7:30 p. m. in Broun Auditorium. Mr. W.
D. Truon, who was construction supervisor for the Mobile Tunnel
and the New Orleans Bridge, will speak on "Difficulties Experienced
in Heavy Construction."
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IAS . . .
. . . will meet next Tuesday at 7:15 p. m., in Ramsay 109. Prof,
tion which he attended.
G. H. Backer will give a report on the recent IAS national conven-
Piatigorsky Performs
In Langdon Tomorrow
Gregor Piatigorsky, famous 'cellist who preforms in Lang­don
Hall tomorrow night at 8:15, has played in more concerts
in the United States and Canada than any other violincellist.
He has given over 650 recitals and has appeared over 150
times as soloists with orchestra.
Tickets to the concert for stu­dents
are free of charge. They
may be obtained over Toomer's
in the Music Department by a
showing of the student's registra­tion
cashier recept or schedule
card.
On tour Piatigorsky uses his
fabulous 'cello made by Domeni-co
Montagnanain in the year 1739,
a wonderful instrument with a
luminous golden brown surface,
one of the most valuable 'celli in
the world. He also travels with
at least four bows from his large
collection w h i c h includes an
unique specimen by Francois
Tourte, most- famous of bow-makers,
and one to which he at­taches
sentimental significance
because it originally belonged to
the great Italian ' cellist whose
name so much resembles his own
—Piatti.
Piatigorsky has been playing
since he was six. His first in­structor
was his father who
played the violin but knew little
of the 'cello. In the beginning his
parents refrained from exploiting | can citizen in 1942.
the child's gifts. But the picture
changed when "Grisha" was only
nine. Ill luck befell the Piatigor-skys
and the boy suddenly found
himself with the problem of the
family's support on his shoulders.
Without telling anyone he
marched off to what was called
the "cinema bourse" of the town,
an employment center for hiring
musicians and other help for mo­tion
picture houses. As the boy
stood in line with the grown-ups,
everybody laughed but there was
something about his look of de­termination
which attracted the
eye of the manager. He was al­lowed
to play. The result was a
job with enough money to keep
the wolf away from the family
door.
He played his first American
engagement in Oberlin, Ohio in
1929, followed by : appearances
with the Philadelphia Orchestra
under Stokowski, then with the
New York Philharmonic under
Mengelberg.
Piatigorsky became an Ameri-
WELCOME 'BIG JIM'
Mad Dog Report Given
Plainsman Yesterday
Students a n d townspeople
are warned to be on the alert
f o r possible rabies-infected
dogs. The Plainsman learned
from a reliable source yesterday
afternoon that one person who
resides on West Glenn Avenue
has been treated for mad dog
bite. Several others in the vicin­ity,
it was reported, have taken
the anti-rabies serum as a
preventative measure.
Auburn Student Injured
In Automobile Accident
Early Sunday Morning
James W. Walker, an Auburn
student, was injured in an auto­mobile
accident early Sunday
morning on College Street near
the Auburn Grille. Walker was
on a motor scooter when a colli­sion
occured with a car driven by
Lionel Levy, Jr. backed out of
its parking place. Levy was
alledged to have said that he
was backing out of the parking
place when one of his companions
told him to wait. He said that he
touched his brakes momentarily
and the crash occurred. He said
that he did not see the motor
scooter until after the impact.
Walker was removed from the
scene and taken to Drake In­firmary
where he underwent
treatment for shock and the
amputation of his right leg. His
condition is reported as improv­ing.
'Rock7 Reid Is Elected
New President Of ODK
At a called meeting Monday
night, Omicron Delta Kappa, na­tional
honor society, elected offi­cers
for the coming year. The
new officers are H. Davis (Rock)
Reid, PiKA, C o l u m b u s , Ga.
president; Jesse Mitchell, Lamb­da
Chi, Fairfield, vice president;
and Bill Flanagan, KA, Florence,
secretary-treasurer.
At the time of the election, it
was voted that the president and
vice president would be the dele­gate
and alternate delegate re­spectively
to the national, con­vention
which is to be held in
Washington, D. C. in March.
On Ag Hill Project
Action Taken As Result
Alpha Zeta Committee
In response to efforts of Alpha
Zeta, honorary agricultural fra­ternity,
the administration has
begun work to improve the
grounds on Ag Hill:
Several months ago Alpha
Zeta's improvement committee,
Tom Richardson, Jerry Roden,
Jr., Bledsoe Hereford, and Bob
Scofield, began its work in dis­cussion
with' officials of the col­lege.
Main points of the commit­tee's
criticism or recommenda­tions
were (1) Improvement of
the driveway in front of the Ani­mal
Husbandry and Dairy Build­ing
and behind Comer Hall, (2)
Construction of two diagonal
walks terminating at C o m er
Hall, one starting at Graves Cen­ter
entrance on Mell Street, and
the other from South College in
front of the Alpha Gamma Rho
house.
The most recent committee
conference with college officials
took place between President
Duncan, and Sam Brewster, Di­rector
of Buildings-and Grounds.
These officials were very coop­erative
and some very important
promises were made.
In keeping with promises,
workmen under Mr. Brewster's
control have already improved
several driveways. A parking lot
will soon be constructed on the
lawn area in front of the Dairy
Buildings.
Mr. Brewster said that asphalt
walks through ag bottom would
be constructed as soon as possi­ble.
He explained, however, that
the length of time depended on
the time taken to obtain asphalt-laying
equipment.
Governor James E. Folsom.- who will pay his first official
visit to the campus Friday. Students are excused from 2 until
4 p. m. in order to attend his address in the stadium.
FORMER PLAINSMAN
ED HONORED BY APA
A former editor of The Plains­man,
Neil O. Davis, now editor-publisher
of The Lee County
Bulletin, left the Alabama Press
Association Conference in Mont­gomery
this week-end with two
high honors.
Mr. Davis was elected presi­dent
of the APA for this year
and his paper, The Bulletin, was
awarded first place for the sec­ond
consecutive year in the an­nual
contest of weekly papers
sponsored by the University of
Alabama journalism department.
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
MUST BE PURCHASED
BEFORE MARCH FIRST
The Administration has an­nounced
that all accounts will be
closed for veterans, vocational re­habilitation
students, pharma­ceutical
scholarship holders, na­vy
students, and others who are
charging books, equipment, and
supplies through the college, in
order that bills for the current
quarter may be cleared from the
book stores and turned over to
the college. This will be done be­fore
the beginning of sales of
books and equipment for the
spring quarter.
These accounts are to be closed
for the current quarter on March
1, 1947. The only exception made
to this procedure would be in
the case of required text • books
that did not become available be­fore
March 1, in which case book
stores will be authorized to sell
such texts on credit. All other
supplies needed by the student to
complete the quarter should be
purchased prior to March 1, oth­erwise
the students will have to
pay for such supplies.
Sales Policy Stated
By Pres. Duncan
Dr. L. N. Duncan, API presi­dent,
issued a memorandum last
week stating the policy of the
college with reference to sales
and solicitations on college-own­ed
property. The memo:
By reason of the pressures that
have developed in the matter of
requests for sales and solicita­tions
for private profit, it has be­come
necessary to restate the
policy of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute:
. 1. There will be no private
concessions granted to individ­uals
or groups or special groups
for the operation of any sales or
solicitations for profit on the
grounds, in the buildings and
residential halls of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
2. Solicitors will not be permit­ted
to interrupt employees or
students in the course of their
studies in any administration or
classroom building.
3. No activity of any nature
within the purview of the above
statement will be authorized to
engage in any such -activity.
4. The Director of Builidngs
and Grounds is hereby authorized
to administer the policies herein
stated.
L. N. Duncan,
President.
Official Explains
Use of Buildings
Temporary Structures
To Have Varied Uses
A Euildings and Grounds offi­cial
disclosed yesterday the plan
for utilization of the new build­ings
on the campus. The bar­racks,
which are from Ft. Mc-
Pherson, are merely a temporary
measure, and were donated to
the college by the Federal Works
Administration. The War Assets
Administration is giving the
equipment and furniture, and
any extra equipment will be
purchased by the college from the
WAA at five percent of the
original cost. The college is in­stalling
shingle roofs, insulation,
and blower type gas unit heaters.
A drafting room, to be used by
the architecture department, will
be made of one of the two build­ings
between Broun and the
Architecture Building. The other
building will be divided into two
class rooms. The structure be­tween
Alumni Gym and Ross
Chemical Laboratory is to be a
pharmacy lab • which will be
equipped with attic fans for vent­ilation.
The College Book Store will be
moved from the basement of
Samford to the building immedi­ately
east of the library on Thach
Avenue, and a 20 by 30 foot store
room is to be added later.
Back of the library on Mell
Street will be a 750-person ca­pacity
cafeteria to be owned and
operated by the college. Another
cafeteria is under construction
near the two story dormitories
on Farm Road. The cafeterias
will also be equipped with attic
fans for ventilation.
On the drive to Graves Center,
a storage center is being built
and will contain such equipment
as walk-in refrigerators, canned
goods, and dairy products.
The classrooms and book store
will be ready for use at the be­ginning
of next quarter, and the
cafeteria on Farm Road may be
completed .by that time. The
completion of the pharmacy lab
will be delayed due to the lack
of plumbing facilities and furni­ture.
The furniture is being made
by the college.
Concert of Sacred Music
Choirs of five Auburn churches
will join Sunday, Feb. 23, in pre­senting
a concert of sacred music
in Langdon Hall. The concert is
being sponsored by the Woman's
Club music department.
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Chief Executive Will
Reveal Plans For API
Classes Excused From 2 to 4 In Honor
Of Occasion—Stadium Scene Of Speech
Gov. James E. Folsom will address faculty members, stu­dents
and townspeople here Friday, in Auburn stadium
as the final feature in a city-wide celebration of "Governor
Folsom Day." Theme of his speech will be education and
h i s . p l a n s for the college here.;
The Governor will arrive here early F r i d a y morn­ing
for a meeting of the Auburn board of t r u s t e e s scheduled
at 11 a. m. This will be the first meeting of the board since
Gov. Folsom was inaugurated.
He is ex-officio chairman of the
board.
Following the meeting, the
Governor and trustees will have,
lunch at the President's home.
Immediately afterwards they will
make a tour of the campus.
The exercises at the stadium
are set to start at 2:30 p. m.
In event of inclement weather,
the Governor will speak in Lang-aon
Hall. Should it be necessary
to move the program from the
stadium to Langdon, only facul­ty
and other API staff members
will be seated in the building.
However, a public address sys­tem
would carry the speech to
students and townspeople gather­ed
on the lawn of the main cam­pus.
Elaborate plans are being made
for the occasion'. Gov. Folsom's
speech will be broadcast over
the largest radio ftStWoVk ever
cleared in Alabama. More than
20 stations in every corner of
the State will handle the 30-
minute broadcast beginning at 3
p. m., originating from station
WJHO.
As the Governor arrives at the
stadium, he will receive a 19-gun
salute, following which the' Au­burn
band will play appropriate
music. Army and Navy ROTC
units will participate • in exer­cises
which will be timed to oc­cupy
the half hour between 2:30
and start of the address at 3
o'clock.
Arrangements are being made
to handle a crowd of at least
7,000 people expected to gather
at the stadium.
Six new faces will be seen at
the board of trustees meeting.
This will be the first meeting
for Gov. Folsom and Austin R.
Meadows, State superintendent
of education, and four new trus­tees,
Gould Beech, Montgomery;
Dr. Joe M. Davis, Albertville;
Col. Reuben Wright, Tuscaloosa,
and Guy R. Lynn, HufltsVille.
"Governor Folsom Day" will
coincide with the start of Pres.
L. N. Duncan's thirteenth year as
president of API. It was in Feb­ruary,
1935 that the board of trus­tees
named Dr. Duncan to the
presidency.
STUDENT RELATIONS
COMMITTEE TO HEAR
COMPLAINTS TODAY
Buck Hails and Laverne Tay­lor,
co-chairmen of the Student
Relations committee, announce
that the committee will meet to­day
to accept suggestions or com­plaints
from students in Student
Center at five p. m. There is no
discrimination made between stu­dents
or between problems that
are brought by students for con­sideration.
This committee was
established for the benefit of the
students and if you have a prob­lem
or suggestion that concerns
the welfare of students or the
college, contact a member of this
committee.
The committee members are
Eddy Foreman, Harry Barnes,
Paul Persons, Joe Vick, F. M.
Fuller, Billy Ball, Ed Miller,
Clyde McLemore, Ralph Jen­nings,
C. Ray Martin, Loyce
Turner, Byrd Lee, John Harvey
Thomas, Eugene Millsaps, and
Clyde Orr.
Fifteen Men Tapped
By Delta Sigma Pi
Business Group
Beta Lambda Chapter of Del­ta
Sigma Pi, international busi­ness
fraternity, tapped for
membership 15 outstanding up-perclassmen
from the Depart­ment
of Business Administra­tion.
,, Students receiving the honor
are C a l v i n Adamson, La-
Grange, Ga.; Hardy Clark, Jr.,
LaGrange, Ga.; Haywood Col-vin.
Auburn; Charles Dyas,
Mobile; Harold Eich, Tuskegec;
Charlie King, Troy; Dan Seg-resl,
Montgomery; R i c h a rd
O'Cain, Durant, Miss.; Rufus
Berry, Notasulga; Henry Allen,
Opelika; E d w a r d Laseter,
Greenville; John Wilson, Sel-ma;
Guy Cofield, Lineville;
Horace White, Sycamore; and
Glen Suydam, Auburn.
Delta Sigma Pi Taps each
quarter.
Registrar's Office
Lists Instructions
Timesaving Is Main
Feature Of Program
Officials of the registrar's of­fice
call attention to the follow­ing
points which if observed by
the student while preparing the
time schedule with the dean or
his representatives, will facili­tate
registration:
CD Since it is possible that the
section of a multi-section subject
listed on a registration card may
have been closed out by the time
the card is examined by the regis­trar,
the registrar has been auth­orized
to assign the student to a
section still open. Since the stu­dent
will not be present at the
time, he is requested to indicate
on the back of the registrar's
card choices of other sections,
stating, if pertinent, why morn­ing,
afternoon, or particular hours
are desired, (working, commut­ing,
varsity athletics, etc.)
(2) Some sections, primarily
freshman, have been scheduled
between the' hours of 12 and 1.
It is suggested that students who
can conveniently do so register
for this hour.
(3) If changes have been made
in the original schedule, a note
will be attached so indicating.
Changes will be made on the
registrar's card, and the student
will be responsible for changing
other cards to conform.
(4) Students and all registra­tion
officials are urged to see that
all information is inserted on the
student's card necessary for in­structing
him when and where to
attend classes. Lack of informa­tion
results in much lost motion
at the beginning of the quarter.
Attend News Conference
Auburn representatives to the
Alabama Press Conference in
Montgomery Friday and Satur­day
were John Newton Baker,
API News Bureau Director, and
Irene Long, Assistant.
Sigma Nu Features White Rose Formal Saturday
Miss Mary Porter Shook Leads
With President Ivan W. Miller
Housemother Will Present Flowers;
Auburn Knights Will Furnish Music
Beta Theta Chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity will hold its
-'• annual White Rose Formal at Alumni Gymnasium on Satur­d
a y night from 9 'til 12.
I Miss Mary Porter Shook, Birmingham, will lead the dance
t? with Ivan W. Miller chapter president. Miss Shook recently
graduated from the University of
". North Carolina and is a member
of Kappa Delta sorority. During
the dance Miss Shook will be
presented a bouquet of white
. roses by Mrs. J. O. Reed, Sigma
,;;Nu housemother.
r The decoration theme for the
' dance will be in black, white and
gold, official fraternity colors.
.Music will be furnished by Shel
VToomer and the Auburn Knights.
| Members and their dates in­clude
Ivan W. Miller, Mary Por­ter
Shook, Birmingham; John
Shaffer, Katherine Steiner, Mont­gomery;
Jimmie Kicker, Doris
J a n e Williams, Birmingham;
Homer Turner, Mary Fearn Ge-ron,
Huntsville; Frank Mize, Anne
Mize, West Point, Ga.; Gene
Tison, Lele Harrell, Little Rock,
Ark.; John Seeger, Mary Alice
Lindse5r, Montgomery; Tommy
•Temple, Peggy Milwee, Mont­gomery;
Gordon Isbell, Margaret
iSmith, Gadsden; Edward Caden-vhead,
Peggy Shugart, Ft. Payne;
f s t r u t Albright, Joe Hood, Mc-ponough,
Ga.; Leon Cunningham,
Jean Swingle, Auburn; Louie
fBurke, Katherine Brown, Atal-la:
Clarence Micheals, Anna Ruth
LEADS FOR SIGMA NU
Mptie,
tEWhite, Huntsville.
K . Henry McCreary, Margaurite
J/, Wise, Montgomery; Bill Certian,
l°;-Marion Snow, -Huntsville; Frank
i|s,Broyles, Edwina Morgan, LaFay-
Ga.; Edwin Reed, Sarah
illips, Birmingham; R a l ph
**Bird, Kittye Greene, Memphis,
| Tenn.; James Thomas, June San-
;\ ders, Birmingham; Henry Hilson,
| Charlien Simms, Dothan; Gordon-
'•; Oxford, Mary Henrie, Montgom­e
r y ; Frank Flemming, Betty
•S'Thornton, Huntsville; Billy Har-
"Sbert, Sara Jackson, Birmingham;
Mercer. Cotton, Penn-Williamson,-
Montgomery.
.-Bick Compton, Peggy Sheay,
/"Montgomery; Renis Jones, Nobel
. I ".-,.
Sheay, Montgomery; John Cham­bers,
Florence Gothberg, Birm­ingham;
Bobby Burgin, Clara
Hillis, Rochelle, Ga.; Bunyan
Strickland, Jean Carter, Mont­gomery;
Al Todd, Betty Jane
Mercer, Montgomery; Charley
Stanley, Florence Burhannan,
Birmingham: Bob McClennan,
Rooney Currey, Florence; Eu­gene
Rooks, Ginny Kilpatrick,
Gadsden.
Ernest Connor, Elaine Holstun,
Eufaula; Tommy Mayes, Joyce
Gaston, Birmingham; Malcom
Cook, Susan Houser, U n i on
Springs; Hollis Brown, Rosemary
Reed, Montgomery; Mill Reed,
Nern .Brown; Montgomery; Carl
Owen, Yvonne Wallace, Jackson­ville,
Fla. '
Rufus Ray, Jerry Ashcraft,
Birmingham; Thornton Finch,
Ann Smoke, Birmingham; Elvin
Reed, Sarab. Phillips, Birming­ham;
Joe Thrash, Elizabeth Relfe,
Montgomery; Eugene Chambliss,
Pat Blackwelder, LaFayette; Bill
Carden, Ruby Alvis, Birming­ham;
Bill Norman, Virginia Wat­son,
Montgomery; Tom Burkett,
Ann Wall, Montgomery; Frank
Ellis, Nellie Howard, Montgom­ery.
Cecil Floyd, Betty Rainey, Co­lumbus,
Ga.; Warren Smith, Pat
Weems, Montgomery; Hollis Gie-ger,
Betsy Ann Aytes, Fayette-ville,
Tenn.; Watt Jordan, Sara
McClendon, Union Springs; Roy
Luttrell, Sally Baugh, Columbus;
John Morrison, Jane Harrell,
Birmingham; Bruce Burson, Ma-rilene
Scrubbs, Memphis, Tenn.;
Sid Berkstresser, Louise Cooper,
Gadsden; F a r r a r Bond, Jane
Drake, ' Atlanta, Ga.; T o m my
Smoffrersr^June -Ballou, Colum-busjS^
a'.;*»?Jbnh Conner, Emma
LouAgee,' Mpnroeville; Nick Har­ris,
Charlotte' Williams,
Sigma Chi Presents
Sweetheart Dance
'The One' Will Be Chosen From Group
Of Twenty Candidates Friday Night
Gamma Sigma of Sigma Chi will present its annual Sweet­heart
Ball in Girls Gym Friday night from 9 'til 12. The
sweetheart will be revealed during the dance. She will be
one of 20 candidates representing
sororities and independents from
Miss Mary Porter Shook (above) of Birmingham, who will
lead the Sigma Nu White Rose Formal with Chapter President
Ivan W. Miller.
gomery; John Flemin, Judy Ann
Head; Toon Ferril, Dorothy Ann
Slade, Eufaula; Harold Snow.
Barbara Campbell, Birmingham;
Dick Conner, Sue Tatum, Gads­den;
John W e s t c o t t , Sarah
Vaughn, Birmingham; Robert
Germany, Joy Ashley, Pensacola,
Fla.; Billy Seal, Ann Culpepper,
Dearing, Ga.; D. J. Faulkner,
Carolyn Braswell, ' Fitzpatrick;
Miltqn Warren, Betty Coleman,
Eufaula; Felix Holder, Martha
Ann Gaines, Birmingham; Bobby
Gilliam, Mary Willie Garvin,
Huntsville; Carl Wood, Martha
Brush, Birmingham; Mr. and Mi-s.
Robert H. Harris, Auburn; Andy
Farley, JaneJMcLean, Lewisburg,
Tenn.; Bill Greenwood, Kay Carr,
Birmingham; Mr. and .Mrs.
Mont- George E. Deadrick, Montgomery.
KAPPA ALPHA HOLDS
FORMAL INITIATION
Kappa Alpha held its formal
initiation ceremony Wednesday
night February 5.
Men initiated were H e n ry
Pitts, Selma; George Wallace,
Decatur; Dan Meador, Green­ville;
Ted Sargent, Auburn; Bill
Keith, Birmingham; Lynn Lums-den,
Decatur; Jimmy Norwood,
Decatur; Bill Cox, Birmingham;
Bill Moncrief, Selma; Jake Hen­derson,
Anniston; Billy Wheeler,
Anniston; Dick Hutchinson, Jack­sonville,
Fla.; Harry Poole, Butler
Springs; Roy Lilly, Baton Rouge,
La.; Ried Filton, Cedartown,
Ga.; Graham Glover, Rome, Ga.;
Henry Hood, Athens; Bill Martin,
C h a t t a n o o g a , Tenn.; Nolan
Touchstone, Jackson, Miss.; Chas.
Newman, Birmingham; L y nn
Hawkins, Birmingham.
dormitories.
Presentation of the Sweetheart
will be of. a novel nature and
plans will not be disclosed until
dancetime.
The Auburn Knights will play.
The Sigma Chi's and their dates
are Harry Bell, Kathryn Moody;
Ben Brown, Martha Vance; Kil-shaw
Clisby, Mildred Lamar; Bill
Cole, Betty Jean Jordan; Bill
Dyke, Jennie Traylor; Doug Ear­ly,
Carolyn Thomason; Ed Eitzen,
Peggy Lowery; Jim Fitzpatrick,
Edna Lee McGraw; Bobby Glenn,
Mary Jane H u d s o n ; Joe L.
Greene, Jane Fackler; Alex Han­cock,
Rosemary Naef; Ken Helf-rich,
Jane Pope; Bill Higdon, Ce-cile
Hinson; Bobby Hollis, Caro­lyn
Spann; Fred Jones, Marian
Walker; Ralph Kelly, Ann More-land;
George Kenan, Kitty Bar-tee;
Fred Kosack, Mary Frances
M c D o n a l d ; Ted Krzmenski,
Jeanne Charles; Lloyd Malone,
Majorie Yankee; Hal Marsh, Sue
Miller; Ken McKenzie, Peggy
Pruitt.
Martin Moody, Jean Nelson;
Fred Muller, Nell Vinyard; Wal­ter
Nelson, Martha Bailey; Roger
Norris, Marjorie La wing; Starr
Prolsdorfer, Jennie Sue Pate;
Finley Ruppersburg, E l e a n or
Metchem; Claude S a u n d e r s,
Chi Omega Names New
Officers At Meeting
New officers of Chi Omega for
the coming year are President,
Peggy Lowery, Birmingham ^Vice
President, Alice Gatewood, Rich­land,
Georgia; Secretary, Jean
Strait, Montgomery; Treasurer.
Peggy; i Young, 2 Centervilleii, yfljja);:
and Pledge Mistress, , n ; S a r a
Strange, Mobile.
Sunday, February 9, Chi Omega
initiated Mary Porter Brown.
Tampa, Florida; Helen Turner,
Birmingham; and Miriam Rhyne,
Lafayette, Georgia.
Open Minds
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FOR SWEAT HE ART
Seab Hayes. Chairman of the
Sweetheart C o m m i t t e e for
Sigma Chi. is shown holding
the loving cup which will be
presented to one of 20 candi­dates
for "Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi" in Girls Gym Friday night.
Painter, Charlie and Helen Shiff,
Jack and Dot Tatum', and Sam
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PiKA Pledges Elect; Plan
Joint Party With Chi O
At its last meeting, the PiKA
pledge class elected officers.
Those who were elected are Jim
Burnam, president; George Man-dy,
vice president; Eddie Baker,
secretary - treasurer; and D i ck
Franklin, social chairman.
Extensive plans have been
made by the newly-elected offi­cers
for a house dance for the
Chi Omega pledge class which is
to be given jointly with the other
PiKA pledge class Friday night.
Other members of the new
pledge class are Ed Bergman,
Dick King, Lewis Baldwin, Bill
Yessick, Felix Harris, Percy Rog­ers,
John Norton, Ralph White,
Tommy Watkins, and Lawrence
Lacy.
Theta U Honors Pledges
With Sweater Girl Party
Members of Theta Upsilon so­rority
entertained pledges with a
jaunty jive session Saturday af­ternoon,
from three until five in
Student Center.
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Auburn Plainsmen Band
Known Throughout Dixie
Jimmy Newberne Leads Sixteen-Piece Band
By Seab Hayes
The Auburn Plainsmen Orchestra led by Jimmy New­berne,
is one of the better-known college musical aggrega­tions
in the South. During t h e Christmas holidays The Plains­men
made a t o u r which included West Point, Ga.; Brewton;
Dothan, Monroeville, Evergreen,
Tallassee, and Montgomery.
Early this month the Plainsmen
answered the beckoning of Kap­pa
Alpha fraternity at LSU. They
boarded their bus Friday morn­ing
of Feb. 7, and arrived in
Baton Rouge in time to greet the
KAs for breakfast. After a day
devoted to recuperation from the
long ride, the Plainsmen enter­tained
a dance crowd of approxi­mately
1,000 in the Gym Armory
from nine 'til twelve—The Kap­pa
Alpha Annual Rose Formal.
Jimmy Newberne, who leads
the Plainsmen, holds a reputation
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The Auburn Plainsmen Orchestra
'If Cornflakes Were As Crisp, lrd
Be A Confirmed Beakfast Food Fan'
Student Reveals Dislike
Of Theater Noisemakers
By Roy G. Bagley
In the Tiger Theater the other
night, the hero was on the verge
of collecting a long and passion­ate
kiss due him for two long
hours as the camera unfolded a
r a t h e r woeful tale to a bored
audience. Two long hours I had
of probably playing the hottest
sax on the campus. Orchestra
mates agree that he can handle
the instrument "without difficul­t
y " and declare him "tops" as a
leader.
Bill Leslie ably manages the
business affairs of the sixten tal­ented
musicians. The orchestra
consists of three h f t h e trombone
section which includes Vic At­kinson,
Les Adams and Jerry
Wasley. Three trumpets are play-
5d by Tom Wheeler, Bob Taylor,
and John Hinds; five saxophones
handled by Jimmy Newberne,
F r a n k Eiland, J i m m y Lacey,
Bob Keith, and Harry Hanson.
Doug Stevens is drummer; J. B.
Canant, base violinist; and Phil
Bookman, pianist.
Vocal talent is supplied by
Bill (King-for-a-Day) Cole, 20-
year old AE sophomore from
Birmingham, and attractive La-
Holme McClendon, well-known
singer from Atalla. She is a sen­ior
in the School of Music.
Arranging is handled by Frank
Eiland and Jimmy Newberne
tyith aid fjjprn, :Mac McDpugal,
former member, who is now" w i th
Tony Pastor.
w a i t e d for this moment, when
into the row behind me strode
t h e popcorn crowd—a whole row
of 'em! The hero strained gallant­ly
to make his love audible above
t h e din and chaos behind me.
Brother, if cornfiaices were only
half as crispy as that popcorn
sounded, I'd be a confirmed
breakfast food fan forevermore.
Even the bags (popcorn, that is)
were of the crispness, snap, and
pop of which there could be no
equal.
. Disgustedly I left the theater,
and in my consternation bumped
into a fellow student. From his
pocket dangled a loud yellow
string, with "Bull Durham" writ­t
e n plainly on the end. Must have
been another veteran. We begged
pardon and ambled on.
I passed alongside those cold
slabs of cement that surrounded
t h e trees in front of Samford
Hall. The clock struck eight p.
m. Every seat was filled. My
brother, if ever you are lucky
enough to think that a coed loves
you, don't pin her until you've
given her t h e "Lover's Folly" test
of sitting on those cement blocks.
No test is more crucial or more
exacting. If she's willing to sit
for an hour or so, then pin her,
boy, pin her!
F r om the campus, I wandered
through Ag Hollow. How mys­terious
it seemed! As I strode
along, I was suddenly aware of
a commotion down in the bottom
and to my left. I ' s t a r t e d to the
rescue. Sounded like someone
hollered for me t o mind my own
business; could've been—well, I
don't know. Have YOU ever
Items of Interest to Students of Chemistryy Engineering, Physics, and Biology m
The "Whitest of White" Pigments from Black Ore
I t is a strange fact t h a t the ninth most
prevalent element in the earth's crust
should have been regarded as " r a r e"
for over a hundred years after its dis­covery
in 1791. But that is the story
of titanium, actually more abundant
t h a n zinc, copper, lead, tin, and nickel
combined. One of t h e factors t h a t have
kept t i t a n i um from being better known
is t h e difficulty of handling some of, its
compounds commercially.
If, as a student, you were to look up
the equations for the manufacture of
titanium oxide pigment, you might find
something like this:
FcTi03. nFG203*+ (3n + 3)H2SO« —>• Ti(S04)2
•+- FcS04 + nFe2(S04)3 + (3n + 3)H20
Fc2(S04)3 + 2H* >2FcS04 + H2S04
Ti(S04)2 + (x+2)H20->Ti02.xH20 + 2H2S04
Ti02.xH20 >Ti02 + xH20
*—The exact composition of ilmenite
varies with t h e source of t h e ore.
From these equations, the manufac­ture
of t h e "whitest of white" pigments
from black ilmenite ore appears to be
chemically simple and straightforward.
However, the processing required to
obtain industrial titanium oxide of
sufficient brightness, hiding power and
fineness is more complicated than one
would anticipate.
Controlling a Metastable System
The final product must have a particle
size averaging 0.2 microns in radius and
varying between 0.1 and 0.5 microns.
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throughout.
The essential steps
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1) The careful solu­bilization
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purification of
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Crystallization of 70
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a critical operation in which tempera­t
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crystals avoided. 4) Hydrolysis around
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of all—because the initial particle size
and pigment properties of the final
product depend on concentration, tem­perature,
time of hydrolysis, intensity
of stirring, and presence' of foreign ma­terials.
In this operation it is not un­usual
to t a lk in terms of parts per mil­lion,
rather than the usual analytical
accuracy of 0.01-0.02 per cent. 5) Vary­ing
salt treatment of the precipitate,
depending on the impurities. 6) Cal­cination
between 900-1000° C. to obtain
the desired particle size. 7) Grinding to
give t h e proper aggregate size. 8) Treat­ment
of the dried pigment in various
ways depending on end use; e.g., in the
automotive, rubber, ceramics, paper,
linoleum, printing, or other fields.
Wide Diversity of Research Problems
Long and patient research was neces­sary
to develop the manufacturing tech­niques
now used. Some of t h e problems
demanded technical skill of the highest
order from the colloid chemist, the phys­ical
chemist, the analyst, the crystal-lographer,
the physicist, and other spe­cially
trained men. A wide variety of
Instruments, such as the petrographic
microscope, the electron microscope,
x-ray diffraction unit, ultra-centrifuge,
and spectrophotometer were used in
Ilmenite (left). Titanium Dioxide (right). Ap­paratus
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this work. Finally the metallurgist, the
chemical engineer, the mechanical en­gineer,
and the industrial engineer had
to design equipment to handle this ex­tremely
corrosive system economically.
The manufacture of titanium pig­ments
is another example of t h e prob­lems
t h a t constantly challenge chem­ists,
engineers and other specialists.
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Phi Delt Housemother
Fights Nickname Barrage
By Luther Smith
Known over the campus as "Sis" Olive and to her Phi
Delt boys as "Belle," Mrs. Olive Lock, Phi Delta Theta
housemother extraordinary, La Belle Dame con Merci, and
sweetheart of API, is holding her own against a crushing bar­rage
of nicknames. Once Mrs. Lock heard the fraternity
members berating someone up­stairs—
hurling epithets a league
long—and she thought they were
talking about her. Much relieved
was', she to hear them explain
that the object of their berating
was Professor (You
may fill in the name).
"I was born in Dawson, Ga.,"
sez "Sis" Olive. Once in Dawson
when a glib insurance salesman
tried to sell Mrs. Lock on a cen­tennial
policy, she quipped that
she already had a couple million
dollars worth, which set the
salesman aback.
Mrs. Lock attended a branch
of Brenau College in Eufaula,
Ala., where she took music—
heard Miss Ag holler?
I turned onto College Street
and followed the beaten path be­hind
the Phi Delt house. The
Samford Clock struck nine. I
kicked a couple of booze bottles
from the path, and ambled home
to wonder what the morrow
would bring.
Mrs. C::ve Lock
the piano, to be exact. At Brenau,
she had boy friends by the ear-
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load, or, by the buggyload. Her
smiles before then had drawn
the attention of all the swains
around Dawson. "But I wasn't al­lowed
to have many dates at
Brenau," sez "Sis" Olive. "We
were chaperoned to church, we
were chaperoned to town, we
were c h a p e r o n e d almost to
death." Co-conductor of the inter­view,
Ralph Jennings, chirped
in: "Under the cloak of organized
morality lurks a very filthy
mind." He would have delivered
a sermon then and there on the
angelic virtue of the present .gen­eration
if Mrs. Lock hadn't added,
"One can certainly trust girls
more these days, than once upon
a time."
It being Valentine Day, Mrs.
Lock was asked if she received
any Valentine hearts this year.
"Why, yes," she sighed, on the
slip of a tongue, "two or three."
She wouldn't tell whom from!
But she further murmured that
she was crazy about both Jack
Benny and Fred Allen. Quite a
radio fan, "Sis" Olive loves Bob
Hope most of all. Listening to the
radio isn't her favorite hobby,
though. Her Phi Delta Theta
chapter is her first love and
pastime. "I do love all my boys,"
sez "Belle."
Mrs. Lock has one child—a son
—who graduated from Auburn
14 years ago. He and his family
are now in Germany, where he is
doing duty with the Army occu-
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Scholarship Holders, Navy Students, and others,
who are charging books, equipment, and supplies on open
accounts to the college.
1. Announcement has been made by the Business Manager of the
college that these accounts will be closed as of March 1st, for the current
q u a r t e r .
2. This is i n t e r p r e t e d to mean that students may buy on these accounts
through March 1st.
3. Students will be expected to buy before March 1st such materials
and supplies as they will need to finish this quarter.
4. The only exception will be on books which have not come in from
the publishers. In instances of this kind, students m a y still use their Blue
Veterans Card and registration cards to make purchases.
5. Supplies purchased after March 1st will be paid for by the students
themselves.
6. Students are invited to keep t r y i n g for items which they have been
unable to obtain as shipments of books and supplies are being received daily
We thank you for the opportunity to have served you in the past, and
we hope that we may continue to merit your patronage.
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The Management
Copy of the complete Memorandum from the Business Office is posted on our
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We're Getting Impatient
Why hasn't the Hangar Gym been com­pleted?
The Plainsman staff has checked
with a number of lumber yards and has
found that projects of this nature have a
number one priority. Auburn has long
needed a building of such construction and
now that we have this hangar partially
completed—why has construction come to
a halt? The only apparent need is that the
flooring be completed and the ends closed.
By rough estimate from past attendance,
Alumni Gym is filled to capacity with on­ly
600 students which represents less than
10% of the student body. Where will the
other 5700 students go? The forestry plot?
The needs for the Hangar Gym are
manifold. It could be used for prc-registra-tion,
concert series, intramural sports, and
as a location for pep rallies during inclem­ent
weather. One outstanding need for the
gym is that of an indoor location where
addresses may be given, e.g., orientation of
freshmen. The one crying need is for a
location for social functions sponsored by
the classes of the student body and by
the Executive Cabinet.
Auburn's physical plant is too inade­quate
to handle functions of this nature.
Why is it that we, one of the leading in­stitutions
of the South, should lag behind
such schools as the University of Ala­bama,
Tech, Georgia, and Florida, when it
comes to affording an auditorium of such
calibre? Long live Langdon Hall and the
lathe, but let's preserve our relics for in­trinsic
purposes, and get down to brass
tacks with practical utilitarian things . . .
namely the Hangar Gym.
International Relations
If the United States is to hold its pres­ent
position among the nations of the
world, there will have to be leaders to
maintain the position.
The veteran attending Auburn is in a
_UE*que position. He has, in many cases,
great potentialities as an instructor to his
fellow students. Many veterans have had
personal experiences with foreign coun­tries.
Such men are in a position to exer­cise
an outlet for initiative and leadership
developed in the past years. The veteran
has a better knowledge of world affairs
than the non-veteran. He appreciates
peace, and is more interested in the peace­ful
solution of problems of international
character.
The International Relations Club is the
Auburn veteran's chance for voicing his
opinion and strengthening his knowledge
and beliefs.
In view of the political significance of
World War II veterans, it is hoped that
many will exercise the privilege of joining
the IRC.
Fire Escapes A t Auburn
I t is with a sigh of relief that one looks
at the newly erected fire escapes in front
of Alumni Gym.
For years the building has been a verita­ble
fire trap. Now we have a change.
It would not be hard to imagine what
would happen if, possibly during a dance
or an athletic event, if t h e gym were to
catch fire without the fire escapes. We
have read, and a few of us have seen, t he
h o r r i b l e results of the Coconut Grove, La-
Salle Hotel, and t h e more recent Winecoff
Hotel disaster. It would be wholesale
murder—a crippling blow to the Auburn
Spirit.
But it won't happen now. We are pro­tected
at Alumni.
The.school should not stop at the gym.
F i r e escapes should be erected at Sam-ford,
Broun, and Ramsay before it's too
late.
With Malice Toward Some
The North Carolina mountaineers tell
this fable:
Once there v/as a king and he hired him
a prophet to prophet the weather. And
one evening the king he aimed to go fish­ing
and the likeliest place was right clost
to his best gal's house so the king notioned
to wear his best clothes. So he asked his
prophet was hit liable to come on a rain
before sundown. And the prophet says,
"No, King, it ain't even coming on a sizzlc-sozzle."
So the king he put on his best clothes
and started toward the fishing place. And
along came a farmer riding his jackass, and
the farmer he says, "King, if you ain't
aiming to get them clothes wetted you'd
best go back home, because hit's coming
on to rain a trash-mover and a gully-washer."
And the king says, "I hired me a high-wage
prophet to prophet the weather and
he allows it ain't even coming a sizzle-sozzle."
So the king went ahead and it came a
trash-mover and a gulley-washer, and the
king's clothes was wetted and his best girl
she seed him and laughed at him. And the
king went home and throwed out his
prophet and he says, "Fetch me that farm­er,"
and they fotched him. And the king
says, "Farmer, I throwed out my other
prophet and I aim to hire you to prophet
my weather.".
And the farmer says: "King, I ain't no
prophet. All I done this morning was look
at my jackass, because if'n it a-coming on
to rain his ears lops down, and the lower
they lay the harder it's a coming on to
rain, and this morning they was a-laying
and a-lopping."
So the king says, "Go home, farmer. I'll
hire me a jackass." And that's how it all
started. Ever since then the jackasses have
been holding all the high wage govern­ment
jobs.
No Grounds For Gripes
The bevies of students who pour into
the tea room and halls between bells are
evidence, enough of Huntingdon's increas­ed
enrollment. So it is a continuous push
and shove to mail boxes and class rooms.
So we are crowded! Who's complaining?
We need only look around to find that
other schools are just like us—only more
so. Reports from the large universities tell
of men and womens standing in line for
registration, meals—yesy even meals—for
as long as four hours. The student at a near­by
school who had just spent two hours
waiting to make out his schedule had to
"sweat out" another such line for a simple
change of classes. Visitors to other cam­puses
have returned with stories of "mad­house"—
Huntingdon certainly isn't that
bad. Next time that little gripe about
"crowded conditions" threatens to break
forth, curb it quickly! Remember, we're in
style.—Huntingdon Huntress.
SiliUgCN
Do-Nuts and Coffee By Bobs On The Side
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This and That By Ole Timer
Bits and Pieces
Jack Meagher, former head coach here, has returned to the
University of Iowa to become assistant to Eddie Anderson
there. Marine Jack is popular out there, having coached the
Iowa Pre-Flight team that won 10 and lost one. Coach Meagher
carries with him the best wishes of all of us here who re­member
him and the great teams
he turned out for the Tigers.
It's always fun to catch a col­league
in an error—the only
trouble is that Sports-Scripter
Frank Sego caught himself and
corrected his error on "Spot­lights"
before I had a chance to.
In case you didn't hear him, he
reported in his column that James
Blackmon was a 323-pound tac­kle
but caught himself and in­formed
the listening audience
that it should have been 232
pounds. E i t h e r way, though,
that's a lot of tackle . . .
The National Legionnaire re­ports
that the 80th Congress is
almost 50 percent veterans. There
are 202 veterans in the house and
45 in the Senate.
Nole For Coeds
In the March issue of Pageant
there is a very interesting article
entitled "Must College Girls
Wear Diapers?" In it a recent
graduate of the University of
Michigan speaks out against the
social regulations imposed by the
colleges on women students.
(Before I go any further, how­ever,
let it be understood by all
that I am taking no stand—pub­licly,
anyway — on what the
author of this article says. I'm
strictly neutral—just reporting.)
The author—Janet Laib—says
that at Michigan all girls must be
in the dormitories by 10:30 every
week night and somewhat later
on weekends. For each minute
they are late, they are "fined"
five minutes off their future date
time.
Miss Liab, in her article, charg­es
the colleges of America are not
giving the girls wnat they—or
their parents—pay for. Her view­point
is that girls attend college
not only to learn facts and have
fun but also to mature intellect­ually
and emotionally and that
the colleges by exercising the
controls they do, shield the coed
from reality and upon gradua­tion,
throw her into a world
where she must learn the facts
the hard way.
If any of you have read the
article, or do read it, I'd like to
know your reaction to it. Drop a
card or a note to "Ole Timer" at
The Plainsman and give me your
views.
Story of a State
Texans are famous for their
loyalty to their native state. One
of its sons was visiting the East
where he had occasion to attend
the funeral of a man who was
thoroughly disliked in the com­munity.
At the services, the min­ister,
who was new to the parish,
called upon someone to say a
few words about the deceased. A
long and significant silence en­sued.
Finally, the true son of
Texas arose and said, "Well, since
there's no one present who has
anything to say about our de­parted
brother, I'd like a few
minutes to tell you folks a little
about Texas . . ."
* * *
In Conclusion
My current observation
On my latest infatuation
Is that "cupid"
Rhymes with "stupid".
FILE THIRTEEN By The Editor
One of the unique attractions
seen in the Auburn vicinity is the
sign in show card paint pointing
to the photoelectric door-opener
at the Martin Theatre which
leads simply: "Richard." Several
nights ago we watched patrons
enter, gleefully shouting "Open
the door, Richard;" The mechan­ical
device obliges each and every
person.
A story now in circulation
about the campus about Dick is
that he wouldn't open the door
because he was a Harvard man
and the door had a Yale lock.
* * *
This one comes from the graph­ic
processes class of Prof. David
Jack who pointed out to his
class one day that Gutenberg
popularized the process of print­ing
from movable types and did
not, as many people credit him,
invent the printing press.
Examination time rolled around
and the question asked was:
"Who was Gutenberg?" One stu­dent
scrawled on his paper,
"Gutenberg was the man who
did not invent the printing press".
, * * «
The definition of a Communist,
according to the Lee County Bul­letin,
is "a man who disagrees
with you".
Whether or not the County
Health Officer's actions to warn
food establishments in this area
to cooperate in sanitary laws were
prompted by Plainsman column­ist
Jim Bradley is not known.
Nevertheless, the Health Depart­ment
issued a warning following
an article written by Bradley in
his "Just One Voice" column in
which he suggested such a move
in regard to the cleanliness of
repeated service vessels, viz.,
coffee cups.
In a recent edition of Editor
and Publisher the following arti­cle
appeared: "'The Models Just
j Can't Decide—' —-led readers of
the San Francisco (Calif) Chroni­cle
into the details of a new pay
scale for draped and undraped
posing being sought by the S. F.
Models' Association. The story
went on: 'The new rates are $1.50
an hour raped, $2 an hour in
the all-together' "
Have you missed something
lately? Must be the Tiger Rag!
Next edition of the Rag will be
out for your enjoyment on or
around Feb. 28. It will be the first
issue under the editorship of
Lenny Payne who was elected by
the Interfraternity Council fol­lowing
the resignation of Ralph
Jennings who is now managing
editor of this paper.
Thought for the week: Digni­ty
is one thing that cannot be
preserved in alcohol.—G & S
Lorimer.
* * *
Poor Papa . . . Two little boys
were walking home from Sunday
School and discussing the day's
lesson on the way. "Do you be­lieve
there's a devil?" asked one
seriously. "No," said the other
though tf Lilly. "It's like Santa
Clans. It's your father."—Pen.
"Three sounds there are most
lovely to the ear of man: bird
song, the sound of running wa­ter,
and the voice of the loved
woman."—Arabic.
S: * *
What Price a Roof: This ad ap­peared
in a Roseberg, Oregon
paper: "I have sworn off drink­ing,
smoking, eating, and enter­taining,
farmed out my dogs,
married off my child, and will
divorce my wife if necessary.
Now—can I rent a housekeeping
room, apartment, or house?"—
Pen.
* 4 *
Overheard: "Don't drive so
fast, darling; the motor cycle po­liceman
behind us can't get by."
* * $
Take your house number and
double it. Add 5. Multiply by
half a hundred. Add your correct
age. Add the number of days in
a year. Substract 615. The last
two figures will be your age; the
other your house number.
* * i- t
Oppo'tunity don't call on folks
what ain't wo'th a rap.—Ebony
Snow.
"Hey," cried Satan to a new
arrival. "You act as if you own
this place."
"I do," came the reply. "My
wife gave it to me before I came."
—West "Poinler".
Kappa housemother (to gar­bage
man): "Am I too late for
the garbage?"
Garbage man: "No'm. Jump
right in."—Urchin.
*' * *
She was wearing one of those
-gowns that seem to say "Stand­ing
room only".—Laurence Le-
Gault.
Third Time, a strike:
Joe: "Is the world flat?"
Boe: "No."
Joe: "Is it round?"
Boe: "No."
Joe: "Well, what is it then?"
Boe: "Crooked."
"Political pie., my dear, is an
easy recipe—just applesauce and
plums"—Exchange.
* # *
Spring has sprung
And fall has fell;
Winter's here
And it's sure cold.
—Burro
* * *
Modern Maiden's Prayer: "Dear
Lord, please bring him safely-back,
sound, and single.
The Exchange Post By Al Steinberg
Around the Campuses:
Since '39 the art department at
Purdue has been offering stu­dents
the opportunity of renting
paintings owned by the depart­ment.
Rates have been set at 'a
dollar per semester. Among the
thirty framed paintings available
are works by Cezanne, Manet,
and Van Gogh.
Forty men students at Hunt­ingdon
banned together for mu­tual
protection in an organization
they call "The Hunter." Hunting­don's
student newspaper is called
"The Huntress."
Those who graduated at the
end of last term at the Universi­ty
of Mississippi have to wait un­til
this semester ends in June be­fore
undergoing formal gradua­tion
exercises.
* * #
Announcing at WTBC, Tusca­loosa,
is handled by four Univer­sity
students all of whom are vet­erans
and have had experience
at other radio stations. WTBC,
like WJHO, is a Mutual station
and carries college originated
broadcasts from the floating stu­dio
the college maintains in one
of the classroom buildings.
Many schools offer courses in
marriage, but Agnes Sdptt has
gone one better. The girls are
practicing proper walking to the
wedding march in the gym every
Saturday.
De Deacon Says . . . Bv R°yG- Ba9,ey
Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawd! How
some folks do act! De udder day
I wus sweepin' out Samford Hall,
and de trash wus knee deep ever-where.
Bein' human I kinda got
nosey an' peeped ter see whut
wus in dem notes. Fust note
kinda puzzzled me sompin' awful.
Seem lak somebody wus askin'
somebody else if Iodine acted up
wad water. 'Neath all dis tomfool­ery,
wus a lot uf code wid arrows
pointed ever which way 'n de
feller had put er note dat say he
think dat right.
Den dere wus de note dat say,
"Who wus de fust Republic presi­dent?,"
and 'neath dat wus, "H—,
I don't know." Shocked me
sumpin' awful. Coase de good
Lawd wus watchin' 'n seem lak
He ain't let dem two fellers fudge
on deyselves. Dat what it would
have 'mounted to.
An' yer know, sometimes while
I'se waitin' fer de good folks ter
finish in Langdon Hall, I sees 'em
roll dey eyes fum' side ter side,
lak we do at protracted meetin'.
Dey don't move dey haid neither.
It show 'muses me. Don't know
whut pleasure dey git fum' doin'
it neither.
I wus clippin' de hedge 'round
Samford last week 'n wus feelin'
sho' nuff good 'til a gennuman
stopped he' buddy 'n say he read
where girls dresses gwine be
longer dis spring. He say dat sho'
am de wust news since Pearl
Harbor. Now ain't dat sumpin'
awful! Coase de older folks gits,
de longer dey faces and de
dresses get, 'n young folks is de
udder way 'round. Dis gennuman
wus a heap lak old Adam; til
Eve took a' plug outa de apple,
dey din' have no fashion worries.
Look whut happened when dat
surpant tricked 'em! Dat wus de
beginnin' uf convention an'
modesty too. Dey jest couldn't let
well 'nough alone. Seem lak ter
me, dat in de name uf ALL dat's
decent, somebody ought ter pass
de apples 'round agin!
R. F. D. By Boyd Hinton
Horace Piffle Quits College
Auburn, Ala.
Dear Ma,
This here college is alright I
guess but hit aint no use telling
you no stoi-y about whut is going
on. I ain't never seed anything
like the way they ack around
here. Why you jest wouldn't be­lieve
some of the things they ask
on a quiz. One professor ask me
whut a radical was and when I
told him hit was a politian he
said that was silly. Now you
know as well as I do that is whut
the papers said. I ain't going to
put up with this stuff any more
Hit cost so much to live around
here that' sixty-five dollars jest
don't go no place. I guess going
to college is alright for these
here city fellows but I cain't see
no use in me staying here no
longer. A fellow ask me the other
day if I wanted a job selling
ready made suits so im going to
take him up and start to work.
Wish he would let me work in
Montgumry. I went down there
last weekend and had a blind
date. I don't mean the girl was
blind. Ha ha Ma, ain't I going to
be a card though? That's jest
whut we call a" date with a girl
that we don't know. This here
girl I dated was something else
now.
You tell Sadie Bell's new hus­band
he better stop sleeping in
my pajamas. I don't care if he
don't have any of his own. May­be
if he would go out and sell
some feed once in a while he
would have enough money to buy
hisself some.
The had a big dance Friday
night. My room mate said hit
was a bow ark ball. Whutevcr
that is. Me wore a red hat that
he said was a fiz. The only kind
Oh well, came back all fixed up
anyhow.
Now don't you and Pa start
worrying about me leaving this
here college. I'll do alright for
myself. You know I ain't so
dumb. I'll write you after I go
to work.
Your boy,
Horace.
With Lenny Payne
A summing up of the general
lethargic state of the campus
leads to the conclusion that Au­burn
needs to take a year of va­cation.
In that length of time the
school could get caught up with
the backlog of work that has
piled up. Students would be re­freshed
and ready to start all
over a g a i n , the townspeople
would have a chance to go off
some place and spend a bit of
their hard earned graft, profes­sors
could think up all sorts of
fiendish new ways of popping
quizzes, W3GA could hold a con­vention
and form a thousand or
so new restrictions, and just think
how retarding the whole thing
would be to education.
What a revelrous time Brew­ster
and God could have. The
whole campus could have those
queer looking little baby tele­phone
p o l es
planted on it.
After such rec-r
e a tional de-v
i c e s t h ey
would still have
plenty of time
to burn Broun
Hall, complete
t h e Stadium,
put a floor in
the h a n g a r,
Payne build some
more new stairs in Samford, and
they might even get around to
constructing some new bridges
to span the stream down by
Graves Center. By that time the
administration might even let us
have coeducational dormitories.
After a years vacation there
could be drives galore. Instead
of having one a week we could
have one every day with a dif­ferent
chairman for each one.
We could promote the education
of the backward children of
South Africa and provide rice for
the bowels of China as well as
countless other worthy things.
How spiritually inspiring this
would be to the youth of today
who are going to be the leading
citizens of tomorrow's world.
Actually, there is a practical
side to it too because what is the
logical thing to do on a vacation?
Travel! And travel is so broaden­ing.
Think how educational to
see Paris and Rio by electric
light.
With a vacation as a vocation
every day would be a holiday.
But, quoting Mehitabel, "Wotthe
Hell! Wotthe Hell! There's a
dance in the old dame yet."
Toujours Gay.
Letters to
The Editor
Dear Editor,
For years now, I have been
noticing a little sign which hangs
from the side of the Art Annex.
The Art Annex, for the benefit
of those of you who don't know,
is the building which looks like
the "little red schoolhouse" next
to the architecture building.
Anyway, to get back to the sub­ject,
this little shingle reads, 'The
Art Guild's Little Art Gallery."
So one day last week, I was
siezed by the urge to investigate
the confines of the "Little Art
Gallery." I eased into the door­way
furtively, and w h a t a y a
know? No art gallery! Whatinthe-hell
is going on, anyway? Do you
mean to tell me that after years
of sleepless nights, of tossing,
turning, and writhing, worrying
about the "Little Art Gallery"
that now there ain't no art gal­lery?
How about putting me
straight on this, architecture de­partment!
Is the worry which
precipitated my peptic ulcer go­ing
for naught? Let's not dupe
the pool' uninformed masses. Let's
get in the act. If you're going to
hang out a shingle over there,
then let's display a little art.
How 'bout it, hmmm?
Yours very truly,
Bill Pratt.
Dear Editor,
After patronizing "the laundry"
in this city for two years I de­cided
something had to be done
unless I would be satisfied at­tending
classes in a barrel. After
much thought I decided to buy
a couple of number-two tubs, a
rugged scrub board, and all the
soap powder available (one box).
At least now, I can go to my
shirt drawer and find a shirt
with only a few snags. The only
thing about this whole deal is
that "the laundry" has already
finished most of my clothes; so
I may have to get the barrel af­ter
all. I know where there's lots
of barrels for you students that
pay out 16 bucks a quarter. Take
it from me you'll need 'em soon.
Jack Vaughn
k
An Idea— Bring Your Home
And Solve Housing Problem
Unable To Find A Room in Auburn, Two
Students From Atlanta Bring Their Own
By Luther Smith
Last summer two enterprising out-of-state students
searched with a microscope every inch of Auburn, hoping
that they could find at least a hovel in which to rest their
weary protoplasm. They looked in vain, for even API's amoeba
were squeezed in between the
PORTABLEDREAM HOUSE
President's home and Samford
Hall. Not a chance for those two
homeless veterans.
One alternative was left —
building a house. But, upon in­quiry,
the Georgians, Francis
Reins and Finley Ruppersburg,
discovered that from only Shan-gri
La could they get construc­tion
materials. Either Shangri La
or Atlanta. Well, now, thought
one of them, why can't we put
the house up in Atlanta and then
carry it to Auburn?
Use Ingenuity
That they did. The one-room
structure began to take form in
Finley's backyard. It was built
on concrete pillars, the better to
move it later. Being a student of
industrial design, Finley easily
designed his home-to-be, model­ing
it on a trailer-line fashion.
Now the house is furnished
with two beds, study tables,
complete bathroom facilities —
even shrubbery to enhance its
streamlined architecture.
"For material," says Francis,
"we used scraps as well as regu­lar
construction stuff." Feverish­ly
the boys worked to complete
their job before the summer
quarter. They were both in tip­top
shape, Francis only a few
months before then having been
mustered out of the Navy, and
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You'll like our courteous
help and pleasant surround­ings.
STEAKS CHICKEN
SEAFOOD
Auburn Grille
Finley out of his job—an Army
Air Corps pilot seat. Finally the
lone sharks, their muscles bulg­ing,
nailed a last tack, and joy­ously
shook hands, sighing in re­lief:
"Mission accomplished."
110 Miles
Came the task of transporting
the finished product to Auburn.
Francis, for a nominal rental,
picked up one of those long GI
trucks, backed it up to the con­crete
pillars on which the house
was built, and started moving.
"We were very lucky on our
way down," he says. "Not a single
mishap."
Today their edifice rests on
Toomer, not far from the Sigma
Chi house, and today, though
others must pay high rent, Fran­cis
and Finley have pockets jing­ling
with money. Although the
whole work cost $500, they have
saved much more than that. Both
active members of Sigma Chi,
Francis and Finley save even
more by eating at the fraternity
house.
The couple present quite a con­trast.
Francis is six feet, two
inches tall, while Finley stands
about five, six. But both are alike
in two things: their blond hair
and their belief that they have
accomplished a fine piece of
work.
Finley Ruppersburg (standing) and Frances Reins are shown in front of the house they built
in Atlanta and transported to Auburn on a GI truck.
Flight Instructor Course
Still Open to Students
Flight training classes for stu-:
dents in AE 423 Flight Instruc­tor
Training are still open for
this- quarter. Any student with a
valid commercial pilot license is
eligible.
Classes in AE 306 Private Pilot
Training Flight are closed for the
remainder of the present quarter.
Application blanks for AE 423
are available at Ramsay 108.
Talks Delivered Before
Builders Guild Lodge
The Auburn Lodge of the
Builders Guild met last Monday
Night, with Earl Brinkworth as
the principal speaker. He gave
some first hand information very
beneficial to the fledgling con­tractor.
At the next meeting, which
will be held on Monday night,
February 24, at 7 p. m. in room
105 of the Architecture Building,
Hughes Darden will give a talk!
on the "Legal Aspects Confront-,
ing a Contractor". All students
enrolled in Building Construction
are invited to attend.
Veterinary Group
Elects Officers
Members of Alpha Psi, profes­sional
veterinary fraternity, re­cently
elected George Hughes,
president; Loyce W. Turner, vice
president; R a l p h Beauchamp,
treasurer; Bronze Youmans, sec­retary;
Charles Bradley, house
manager; Sidney McCain and
Tim Miller, co-rush chairmen;
Sidney McCain, editor of Alpha
Psi alumni publication.
WANTED: Passengers to and
from Columbus and Phenix
City. Schedules must comply
with hours from one to four in
afiennoons. Call 6188 Columbus,
Owen Roberts, Jr.
Jake's Joint is now open
from 8 AM til 11:30 PM. Pay
<us a visit.
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reasonable prices
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NOTICE: Have you been by
Jake's Joint this quarter? Try
Jake's hot dogs and hamburg­ers.
FOR SALE: Midnight blue
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Keai-ley at 343-W or see it
at 149 South Gay.
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Pre-Medlcai Fraternity
Taps Four New Members
Alpha Epsilon Delta,' National
honorary pre-medical fraternity,
announces the tapping of the fol­lowing
members: Connie Buergin,
3LT, Mobile; Huge Lane, 3PD,
Roanoke; Sherman Prosser, 2SL,
Honolulu; and Robert Reed, 2PD,
Tampa, Fla.
Try Jake's hot dogs
THE PLAINSMAN—5
Wednesday, February 19, 1941
NOTICE: Have you been by
Jake's Joint this quarter? Try
Jake's hot dogs and hamburg­ers
LOST: One pair of Girl's
plastic rimmed Glasses in or
around Textile Building. If
found phone Kay DelHomme
9109.
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6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, February 19, 1947
Sports Script
By Frank Sego
Warrington Returns; Florida Contributes . . .
Good news continues to pour in from the Auburn Athletic Depart­ment
these days. First it was the signing of big John Huzbar. Then
came word that Tex Warrington, All-American center with the
Tigers in 1944, has been beckoned back to the Village where he will
assume the duties of assistant line coach. But the latest develop­ment
is one that will undoubtedly plague the hopes of a number
of Auburn's 1947 grid opponents. It is to the effect that Coach
Voyles has just completed a successful hunting mission into some
of Florida's principle cities. From each of these he has fortunately
obtained a leading prep gridder that will be in a Tiger uniform
before July 1. Probably the deal that will draw the envy of every
Southeastern coach is the gaining of Willis Anderson, a 205 lb. all-southern
fullback from Sanford. Other Floridians secured by Voyles
are John Granaghan, a Jacksonville end, Bill Hogarth, hefty Miami
center, Clarence Sellers, a St. Augustine scatback, and Lloyd Manes,
heralded halfback from Dade City.
Doyle Digs Into Diamond Difficulties . . .
' Danny Doyle has arrived to take the reins of a rather difficult
assignment. The handsome Oklahoman and former Boston Red Sox
catcher, will direct Auburn's baseball destinies during the season
ahead. It'll be difficult, yes, because there'll be candidates with un­limited
qualifications vieing for every position on the diamond and
it will be Doyle's job to select the cream of this group for the offi­cial
1947 squad. His present plans are to summon all prospective
pitchers and catchers around March 1, with general practice being
declared about 10 days later. More than likely Frank Williams will
assist Doyle in getting the ball rolling. So from all indications it
should be a rip-snortin' season with a well-healed coaching staff
and a potent 20 game schedule on tap.
Drew May Draw Tide Back In Limelight . . .
When Alabama's new head coach, Red Drew, walked out for an
initial view of his Crimson charges last week, the first thing he
undertook was to shift Lowell Tew from the right halfback to the
fullback position. This is only the first in an anticipated series of
changes that may give the Tide what they were supposed to have
had in 1946. Like the Auburn Tigers, Alabama lost only six gridders
• by way of graduation. And Rebel Steiner, Harry Gilmer's 1945 bat­tery
mate and one of the stars of the '46 Rose Bowl game, is ex­pected
back at the Capstone this summer. Also there is a lad named
Eddie Salem, who rang terror in the ears of Birmingham's Big Five,
last season. 'Bama fans will be hearing from him, too.
* * *
We've Heard Everything Now . . .
Earl Mann, president of the Atlanta Crackers, gets the bouquet
of the week for his success in bringing Charile Trippi to baseball
terms. The name, Trippi, already' synonymous with the word,
Sports, adorns a Cracker contract, providing the Georgia star with
an undisclosed sum—and you can bet it ain't chicken feed—for his
services in the Atlanta outfield. Furthermore, there has been still
' another contract placed before the All-American athlete. It promises
'a salary of $2,000 a week for officiating at wrestling matches. Whew!
Can you top that one?
* * *
Coaches Get Itchy Feet. . .
This seems to be the appointed year for football coaches through­out
the country to change their positions. Adding to utter confu­sion,
the latest movements have Cecil Isbel, 1946 Purdue mentor
and formerly one-half of Don Hutson's bread and butter with the
Green Bay Packers, signing to tutor the infant Baltimore Colts of
the All-America Pro Conference. Even more recently, Wes Fesler,
Pittsburgh's 1946 chief, has accepted a similar job with his alma
mater, Ohio State. Guess it's all in a days work for the boys to
move around lately.
INTERFRATERNITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
Members of the Sigma Chi basketball squad are (sianding) Jack
Butt (mgr.). Doc Holloway, and Bill Dyke. Kneeling—Willie Frank
Van Cleave, Bill Bidez, Bobby Barefield, and Howie Sims.
Turbeville, Claude Cowart, Bill
Norris, Alex Hancock, Noll
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Sigma Chi Baffles Lambda Chi Alpha
To Emerge Victorious in Cage Loop
By Bobby Humphrey
The Sigma Chi's walked off
the courts with the 1947 inter-fraternity
basketball champion­ship
last Wednesday night as
they defeated the runner-up
Lambda Chi Alpha's 37-25 and
wrote finis to this year's intra­mural
basketball schedule.
In this deciding game of the
year, the Sigma Chi's took a
commanding 8-0 lead early in
the game, but the Lambda Chi's
came roaring back to cut the
score to 11-8 early in the second
quarter. The Sigma Chi's took
the situation over in a rush, and
at the half held a 22-10 lead. The
last half was a hard-fought af­fair
that found the Sigs holding
on to their lead and never being
dangerously pushed. Bidez of
Sigma Chi and Woodham of
Lambda Chi shared high point
honors, each garnering 10 points,
while Bidez and Holly with 9
and & points respectively, were
runners-up.
• The results of league play in
this year's schedule found the
Sigma Chis, Lambda Chis and
KA's victorious in their leagues,
and all three teams entered the
playoffs with perfect league rec­ords
of 5 straight wins; but in
the finals it was a combination
of height and experience that
paid off for the Sigma Chi's. In
their first play-off game, they
were pushed hard for their 28-22
win over the Lambda Chi's, but
in their second, against the KA's
ffiey experienced little trouble in
downing their opponents 41-20.
The Lambda Chi's came bound­ing
back into the playoff picture
with a 26-20 win over the KA's,
but in their return match with
the Sigs, they once again found
themselves outmatched, this time
37-25.
Barefield, Hancock, and Bidez
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were outstanding offensively in
tournament play for the Sigma
Chi's, but it was the combination
of these three with Van Cleave
and Norris which enabled the
quintet to come through their en­tire
schedule of 8 ' games unde-
LOCAL MATSTERS
TAKE DAVIDSON
John McKenzie Stays
Undefeated for Tigers
Auburn's matmen stretched
their string of wins to five last
Saturday night with a decisive
31-5 yictory over the visiting
D a v i d s o n wrestlers. Auburn's
John McKenzie remained unde­feated
in his sixth match of the
year as he downed Davidson's
136 pound former AAU cham­pion,
Rufus Long. James Jung
was the only Davidson grappler
to take his match as he turned
back Auburn's 121 pound Rudy
Hill.
This Saturday night finds the
feated. For the Lambda Chi's
Woodham and Holly were always
dangerous, and Woodham's su­perb
ball-handling was one of the
highlights of tournament play.
Yow and Pardue were standouts
for the KA's throughout, and
Pardue's accuracy as a set-shot
artist was at times amazing.
Play in the intramural leagues
this year was faster and better
than it has been for years, and
many standout performers were
seen in action. With the new gym
enabling the teams to get -in
more practice than was allowed
this past season, next year should
really be a banner year in intra­mural
basketball.
Auburnites pitted against the Ca­dets
from Virginia Military In­stitute,
who are considered to
have one of the finest wrestling
teams in the South today. The
Cadets, who boast three Southern
conference champions on their
roster, will be out to end Au­burn's
victory streak, with the
Tigers equally determined to
stretch it still further. Take-off
time of the first match is 7:30,
and the place is Alumni Gym.
Results of the Auburn-David­son
melee last Saturday night:
James Jung, D, defeated Rudy
Hill by a fall; Brannon Wood­ham,
A, outpointed Clyde Stroup;
John McKensie, A, felled Rufus
Long; Carroll Keller, A, won over
Phil Cox by a fall; Sam Wood­ham,
A, defeated Mott Price on
points; Bobby Ward, A, took his
bout with Joe Thompson on a
fall; Watts Humphrey, A, down­ed
Bill Alexander, fall; and "Jug"
Pate, A, took Dick Easley by a
fall.
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TILL THE CLOUDS
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LENA HORNE
VAN JOHNSON
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Based on the Life and Music
of Jerome Kern
TUESDAY
RUNAROUND
JOIN THE
AVA TODAY THE HELP FIGHT
FOOD PRICES
Voicing The Veterans Views
W h a t N e x t ? 100,000 Gl Babies
By Jack Burke On (J. S. Campuses
One of the biggest tugs of
war existing in Congress these
days is the battle of 15% rent in­crease
proposed by some dilet-tant
Republicans. Ye gods and
green meatballs! What next?
This almost futile attempt to
get by on $65 and $90 might be
compared to sitting on a see-saw;
for a while you're up in the air
feeling fine, then bang, your
buddy on the other end jumps off
and lets you hit rock bottom.
Likewise with living expenses;
you fight high food prices and
when things start looking up,
boom, a bunch of jokers in Con­gress
start screaming for rent in­crease.
The party in power hasn't been
in control in so blooming long
that it behaves like a typical high
school girl on her first date who
doesn't know how to act but she
wants to do something for im­pression's
sake, even if it's wrong.
These are congressmen, the peo­ples'
representatives, who are sit­ting
on the see-saw and they may
let us down, but hard!
Please, |fellas, go home. Do
something, anything, but just
leave that nut idea alone!
Our post war world has been
often called an era of good feeling
and peace but at the present it
reminds us of that "To heck with
you and hurray for me" attitude,
which is unfortunately becom­ing
quite pronounced.
In conclusion, we would like
to add, don't give up, veterans.
There's always the Army!
Vandemark Is Example
For Enterprising Vets
About nine months ago in a
little store on College Street a
Navy Veteran opened the doors
of his music store for business.
Since there have been many
rumors and speculations--as to
what one must do to .get into
business .under ,the GI Bill, this
I should serve to clairfy the mat­ter.
Frank Vandemark is a musi­cian
of long standing. At the age
of five he started, as many of us
have, to take piano lessons. Un­like
the most of us, he stuck
with the study for fifteen years.
Immediately after high school he
joined a dance orchestra, but
where many strive to get into
the local band, Frank joined
Freddy Bergin. During the four
years with Bergin and several
years with other bands, includ­ing
that of Tommy Tucker, he
built up a reputation for himself
on the clarinet and tenor sax.
Having established himself as
a musician, his next step was to
organize his own band, which
was successful from the start. At
the outbreak of war, he enlisted
in the navy, which decided that
he would make a good radio op­erator.
He did.
For a time, Frank was station­ed
in Auburn as instructor in the
Naval Radio School, and while
here he got acquainted with the
town and school and met his wife.
When the navy sent him to sea
he served on a radio ship, but
soon after his discharge as PO
1st Class he was back in Auburn
and registered in the School of
Music.
By the end of the first quarter
Frank had decided that his op­portunity
lay in the field of busi­ness,
and decided to open a mu­sic
store.
First he located a place for the
store-to-be. Then he went to the
Veterans' Coordinator on Mell
Street and explained his venture.
He was told to arrange a loan at
a bank, and returned shortly with
the loan. He was given a series
of forms to fill out, and after
handing them in, he "just sat
back and watched things hap­pen."
Now the front window
reads "VANDEMARK MUSIC
COMPANY," and business is
picking up steadily. Frank han­dles,
in addition to popular and
some classical records, a rather
complete stock of sheet music
and accessories for instruments.
When brass and woodwind in­struments
are available, he hopes
to stock them as well.
It has been hard work, but
Frank reports that everyone has
been most helpful and coopera­tive
in getting his business estab­lished.
He has organized his own
orchestra again and is playing
regularly at the Club Lido. This
has permitted him to reinvest
profits from the store in new
stock and there seems to be every
likelihood that the business will
become a .pecmanenT ifffture of
There are more than 100,000
GI babies on campuses of Ameri­can
colleges and universities to­day.
The poll that was taken showed
that about 30% of all GI students
at colleges today were married
and about 30% of them had
babies.
The married students are very
self reliant and able to take care
of themselves and their families
if they are given half a chance.
They have been able to solve
their own difficulties of read­justment
in the crowded college
towns.
The report showed that the
overtaxing of medical facilities,
difficulty of streching of the $90
a month allowance of married
students to meet the present
prices, shortage of housing and
the difficulty of finding space,
equipment, qualified personnel
and finances for day nurseries,
constitute major campus prob­lems
of the married students. The
report also showed that college
officials were worried about the
poor housing for the veterans and
the effect that it would have on
them during this winter. The
thing is how can they expect the
veteran to have anything on the
meager $90 a month that the
government gives them to live
on while the present prices at
Auburn remain so high?
letter to Editor
Dear Mr. Watson:
Please accept my heartest con­gratulations
on the Veterans
Journal. You have provided a
real medium of information for
the many veterans now attend­ing
Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute,
and you are in a position to
do much good with constructive
thinking.
Mr. Carl F. Walker, contact
representative of The. Veterans.
Administration, .has-been-• re^
quested :jto make certain that you
obtain copies of all news releases
distributed by the V.A.
If I can be of assistance to
you in any way please do not
hesitate to call on me.
Very truly yours,
M. H. POTTER
Resident Public Rela­tion
Officer.
APPOINTMENTS
FOR THE NAVY
The Navy Department has an­nounced
that it has authorized
its offices of Naval Officer Pro­curement
throughout the country
to accept applications from quali­fied
individuals for appointment
to commissioned rank in the sev­eral
branches of the Navy's Staff
Corps.
Age requirements range from
a minimum of 21 years of age for
appointment to Ensign in the
Supply Corps, to a maximum of
38 years of age for appointment
to Lieutenant (junior grade) in
the Medical Corps Reserve. Men­tal,
moral and professional fit­ness
are required for all appoint­ments.
Applicants must be native
born or naturalized citizens of
the United States for at least ten
years, and will be required to
meet the physical standards set
forth for officers of the Staff
Corps, U. S. Navy. In addition,
applicants for certain Corps must
successfully pass a professional
examination given at such times
as may be announced by the cog­nizant
Naval Bureau.
The Office of Naval Officer
Procurement of the 8th Naval
District is located in Room 940
Federal Bldg., New Orleans, La.
A. V. A. ans Who esale erations w
III %
SfiotU . . .
Back in 1921, the economists
tell us, the cost of living in the
United States reached an all time
high, until 1946, that is. For the
benefit of those who might wish
for the "good old days" we re­print
this advertisement from the
old "Orange and Blue", the an­cestor
of the "Plainsman," dated
November 5, 1921.
"Board and Room for six boys
at $24.00 a month. Apply Mrs.
Curtis."
Yep, Pop had a rough time, too.
Truman Against Bonus
Several days ago Lloyd F. Ol-sen,
National Commander of the
D i s a b l e d American Veterans,
called on President Truman to
discuss a bonus for World War II
veterans. The idea received a
most emphatic cold shoulder from
the President. His remarks could
be summed up is four letters:
V-E-T-O.
President Truman s a i d he
thought the veterans should re­ceive
all the help we are able to
give them within reason, but he
has no patience with these treas-ury-
caiding -schemes ;-or, with
%ost'%ho ^ponSo^^etn?*-
Olson then' brought forth the
fact that his organization would
not fall in that category. He told
the President he need not have
any fears that the Disabled Ame­rican
Veterans would join in the
treasury raids. His organization
will never sponsor the bonus,
and they have enough to do try­ing
to take care of the rehabilita­tion
needs of their disabled vet­erans
without bothering with
handout propositions.
Mr. Olson said that due to the
fact that the bullets of World
War I were as tough as those of
World War II, the veterans of
World War I should get the same
consideration. Truman agreed
and said a veteran of one war
was as good as a veteran of an­other.
Mr. Olson, the D. A. V. leader,
was wounded four times, and
was hospitalized for two years
with a broken back in Tunisia.
The Veterans' Affairs Office is always active" with veterans
filing claims, turning in statements, seeking advise or flirting
with the office girls. Pictured above are Claude Sanders, an
ex-pilot (and single, by the way) who is giving P. M. Norton
some fatherly advice. C. W. Crocker, once a Marine in Japan,
now a single civilian, is frying to figure out where his $85 went.
Better Arms and Legs
For Amputee Veterans
Artificial limbs are still in the
medieval stage. Only a few minor
changes have been made in the
past thirty years. Last week the
Veterans Administration ha d
good news for more than 17,000
amputees of World War II. They
approved a -new •arm and- leg
which showed a great improve­ment
over the old style and much
more beneficial to the amputee.
These new limbs were designed
by a crew of engineers and were
made from plastic and alumnium.
They are about one pound light­er
than the old style, and consist
of a wrist mechanism which
makes it possible for movement
of the wrist in either direction. A
steel cable replaces the leather
throngs, and the leg has a suc­tion
socket and a locking knee.
Mass production of these new
artificial limbs will begin as soon
as the Northrop Aircraft Com­pany
finds manufacturers willing
te make and fit them. These are
the first products from limb re­search
launched by the Govern­ment
twenty-one months ago.
JASBO
As I slid into the corner booth
at the Grille, a voice rasped
across the table, "Hey, bub, don't
I know ya from somewheres?" I
was about to allow as how it
could be, when I realized that
there wasn't anyone else in the
booth. I gulped vigorously, looked
across the table, and gulped
again.
The voice inquired, sarcastical­ly,
" 'Smarter, too high-hat to
speak to an old buddy?"
Something about the tone was
familiar, but after all one doesn't,
stay in circulation long after he
starts talking to folks who aren't
there. But what if they speak
first? Well, here goes. "Seems
like I know you, but just can't
quite place you at the moment."
The voice replied, questioning-ly,
"After all th' time we spent
togeder yu forgot me? Me, Jas­bo?"
Dawn came up like, well, like
dawn, and I ordered a coffee,
black. Jasbo had been a sort of
mascot to the 51st Armored In­fantry.
Nobody knew how he got
to Germany unless he stowed
away in a PX shipment, but for
over a year he slept in the Red
Cross Club in Passau, told the
guys they never had it so good,
and prodded the gullible down
to the battalion headquarters to
reenlist. He was only about so
tall, but what an influence.
After another look Jasbo start-
Auburn, and a proof that the vet­eran
can make his opportunity
here as well as anyplace else.
<£>&§(2>Q
ed showing up sort of transparent
like in the opposite seat. He was
wearing the tattered remains of
his GI uniform, a broad brimmed
beaver, and an orange and green
bow tie. The spectacle was spec­tacular.
"Tell me," I said, "just what
you're doing at Auburn."
"Takin Social Science and try-in
to be sociable, but she ain't
givin me m u c h cooperation.
Might even learn ter red an rite
effen I last that long. Course I
don't git enuf of this here sub­sistence
to eat off, but I got
things I'd ruther do as I aint that
old fashioned. All the same I
dont see how those as feels they
got to eat ever does on what they
gets."
"Yeah," I told him, "once a
fellow could live on $65 a month
and live pretty well, but those
days are long gone. Now he has
to live on his hump and savings
while they last, and they don't
last long."
Jasbo was quiet a moment.
Then, "Say, we won th' war,
didnt we? The last one, I means,
not THE WAR. Well, why cant
this mess be beat the same way?"
"Meaning what?"
"Well, when there wus a fight
on we stuck togither and won.
Why cant the four thousand ex-joes
here at Auburn organize an
git prices down to near what
they are in other burgs so they
can git their schoolin without
havin to worry about their next
meal ticket." '
"We have a Veterans' Associa­tion,"
I told him, "but it seems
like the Joes at school here would
rather gripe alone than work to-gather.
Only about one in eight
has bothered to join and when we
list a fair complaint the folks in
town point out the 3500 that
haven't joined and say 'Look at
them. They're getting along just
fine, so what are you kicking
about?' It seems as though the
Joes would know that there's
strength in numbers, but appar­ently
they don't."
"Keep tellin them," he said,
"Iffen they're smart enuf to go
to collidge, they're smart enuf to
ketch on if theyre told often
enuf."
Just then an instructor of his
came in, and as he excused him­self
to see about improving his
grades, I thought that even an
apple polishing gremlin couldj
talk sense sometimes.
For your Information
This is to introduce a new
column that will appear in this
paper w e e k l y . Each week,
through the courtesy of Mr.
George Andrews, Congressman
from the Third District of Ala­bama,
we will publish Veteran
Legislation, which has been en­acted
and which is now before
congress.
Mr. Andrews has cooperated
with the staff of this paper in
every way possible and has
shown that he has the veterans
interest at heart. Legislation ap­pearing
in this column will be
published according to your in­terest
and all bills will be offi­cial.
This is the first in a series
of Bills before congress that will
be published.
"Sec. 3. (a) The Secretary of
War or the Secretary of the
Navy, as the case-may be, shall,
within sixty days after the re­ceipt
of an application by a vet­eran
for benefits under this Act,
transmit to the Secretary of the
Treasury a statement containing
the following information:
(1) The name and address of
the veterahP and
(2) the number of days of over­seas
service and the number of
days of home service performed
by the veteran during the period
beginning December 7, 1941, and
ending on the date of the termi­nation
of World War II as de­clared
by proclamation of the
President or concurrent resolu-.
tion of the Congress, both dates
inclusive.
"(b) As soon as practicable af­ter
the receipt of any such state­ment,
the Secretary of the Treas­ury
shall pay to the veteran an
amount equal to $5 for each day
of overseas service and $4 for
each da}' of home service as
shown by such statement.
"(c) Where the veteran is suf­fering
from a mental disability
sufficient to make direct pay­ment
not in his best interests,
payment may be made to a prop­er
person selected by the Secre­tary
of the Treasurer or, if a legal
guardian or committee has been
judicially appointed, to such
guardian or committee.
"Sec. 4. There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Act."
The Guidance Center
Serves College Vets
Last week the "Voice of the
Veteran" had as its guest of hon­or
Mr. William K. Askew, Train­ing
Officer of the Autaurn Vet­erans
Guidance Center. In the in­terview
by [Jack Burke, Steve
Maddox, Orus Holloway, and
Lenny Payne, he set forth the
purpose of the Guidance Center
and the services it renders to the
veterans.
The Guidance Center is on
Mell Street, two doors south of
the library and facing the quad­rangle.
It was set up at Auburn
to give on-the-spot service to the
veterans in college and to the
veterans in |East Alabama who
desire on-the-job training under
Public Law 16. The veteran who
has a physical disability and ap­plies
for training under Public
Law 16 is required to go through
the Guidance Center to help him
select the objective for which.he
is best suited.
The Center has three sections
which are the Guidance Section,
the Contact or Information Sec­tion,
and |the Training Section.
The testing and guidance pro­gram
is not infallible by any
means, but it is the nearest ap­proach
to a sound, sensible and
sincere effort to obtain all the
possible information concerning
the veterans likes, dislikes, abili­ties
and aptitudes, and from this
information reach a reasonable
conclusion as to what the veteran
should do.
There have been some changes
made in the method of transfer­ring
a veteran from one school
or college to another. It is now
necessary for him to have a sup­plemental
certificate of eligibili­ty
before he can register in an­other
school. He must make .ap­plication
• for a transfer well in
advance of the date he expects to
register at the new school. If his
conduct and progress in his
studies has been satisfactory to
the college officials and his rea­sons
for transfer are sound, his
application will be approved and
he will be issued a supplemental
certificate of eligibility. The ob­ject
of the program is to get
training, not traveling.
IGISTRATICN
At the veterans meeting last Thursday night, plans were
launched to bring wholesale food to boarding houses and
f r a t e r n i ty houses in Auburn. •'•'•
At the beginning of t h e meeting, Herb Holdsambeck, Pres­ident
of the AVA, gave a background of past campaigns and
reasons why they failed. He then warned members.of possi­ble
difficulties that may be encountered in bringing whole­sale
foods to Auburn. These diffi­culties
were management, distri­bution,
and licenses.
Jim Watson, editor of The Vet­erans
Journal, urged those pres­ent
to spread the word around to
all veterans to the effect that
wholesale food will soon be
brought in, but the AVA must
have the support of all the vet­erans.
Two wholesale meat and gro­cery
dealers outlined the possi­ble
methods by which foods may
be delivered. These men gave
sr.vr. ->! s of food prices and stated
that baarding houses can save, up
to " ' ' " - T T meats and from 50%
to 15C% on produce. One whole­saler
sLaced that he thought
boarding houses were paying
about $.35 on the dollar too much
for foods here.
At the close of the meeting, all
Of the boarding house mothers
and fraternity representatives
assembled to ask specific*" ques­tions
to the wholesalers.
The wholesale food campaign
promises to be successful, but
only with the help of all vet­erans.
By Virginia Riley
Are you eligible? Eligible to
vote, that is? If so, why haven't
ycu registered? It's absolute;/
free! To be eligible you muyt
have been a resident of the stal 3
for two years, the county for one
year, and the precinct for six
months. Go to your home regis­trar
and show your dischar; e
papers. However, this can he
done only on the first and third
Mondays of each month.
While you were in the service,
either here or overseas, did ycu
shout to the world that you were
going to be certain you had a
say-so about your government?
You raved and ranted about the
way things were being managed
back home. Yes, you were the
one who wanted to make this
country a better place to live in,
but unless you register you have
no right whatsoever to grumble
about anything that takes pla^e
in your community, state or fed­eral
government. Including regis­tration
and the two or three times
a year you can vote, the time
consumed is roughly forty-five or
sixty minutes.
In Jefferson county alone,
there were only 8*000 eligible
veterans' out of 58,000 who reg­istered.
This is prevalent in all
the counties. You fought for the
right to vote in a democracy and
it's your duty, as a citizen of the
United States' to, vote :rfor.Jt(the.
principles in which you.brieve.
Remember that before you can
vote, you must register. Don't number now. You will get much
keep putting it off! Do it now! | faster service, if you do.
Memorize "C" Number
The girls working in the Vet­erans
Coordinator Office have to
look up the "C" number of prac­tically
every veteran who comes
to check up on his allotment or
other benefits. While in the ser­vice
it was necessary for men to
know their serial number '/be­cause
that was one of the main
means of identification. Under
the G. I. Bill, your "C" nufnber
is the most important means of
identification to your file in' the
Veterans Office. Take a few min­utes
out and memorize your "C"
Ruptured Duck
Reporter: I don't see how you
can accomplish anything with
three girls in your office.
Amalgamate!- and Adjuster of
Veterans TS Forms: Oh, that's
easy. I just send two of them to
class.
"How far is it to the next fill­ing
station?" the driver asked a
farmer.
"Nitfh onto two miles as the
crow flies."
"Well, how far
damned crow has
roll a flat tire?"
is it if ' the
to walk and
This bill is the largest bonus
proposed and is not likely to be
passed. If there is any particular
bill you would like to have pub­lished,
write us and we will do
so. We new have copies of all of
the 120 bills which will appear
before the 60th Congress at its
first session.
Herb Holdsambeck has been
president of the Auburn Veterans
Association for the last three
quarters. Herb returned to Au­burn
after he was discharged
from the Army and resumed his
studies which had been interrupt­ed
due to the war. His home is
in Birmingham, Alabama, and he
is now a junior in Mechanical
Engineering.
Announcement: Ward A of Col­onel
P. T. McGinty's Psycho­pathic
Sanitorium is almost fill­ed.
Make applications right away.
Avoid rush. Ph. 952 between '2
and 3 P. M. Don't delay! Go crazy
today!—Adv.
In the Army Air Corps, he
served as a captain and a flight
leader. His group saw action in
the European theatre of war and
also in Italy.
He has proven himself a capa­ble
leader by striving to improve
conditions in Auburn and by
helping the Veterans to enroll
here. At the last meeting of the
AVA, in which he was in charge,
he set the plans for which whole­sale
food could be brought in to
Auburn. These plans will help
all of the veterans as the cost of
living will be brought down to
where the average student can
get by on the monthly govern­ment
allotment. In order to do
greater and better things for the
Veterans here at Auburn, he
Campus Cop: Are you going to
kiss that girl?
Vet: Why, no sir.
Campus Cop: Then you hold
my flash light.
* * *
General Orders for Boarding
House:
1. To take charge of all spuds
and gravy in view.
2. To watch your tray in a
military manner, keeping alert
always for any strange sausage
that comes within sight, smell, or
hearing.
• 3. To leave the table only when
there is nothing left.
4. To receive but not to pass
i
must have the help and coopera­tion
of all the veterans in the
Association and those who have
not had the opportunity to join.
With Herb Holdsambeck as our
leader, we will be able to carry
out the plans that will make Au­burn
a better place in which to
live.
on to the next man the butter,
cream, salt, pepper, etc.
6. In case of fire, grab all choice
food that is in view.
7. To let no one borrow any­thing
in the way of chow. .
8. To salute all chickens, steaks,
hams, pork chops, and sweets.?
9. To be especially watchful' at
the table, and challenge anyone
who gets more pie than you.;'
* * *
Physics Prof: Have I told you
this one before?
Prof: Good, then you might
catch on this time.
* * *
English Prof: Spell straight.;
Ex B. Mate: S-t-r-a-i-g-h-t'
Prof: Correct. Now tell us what
it means.
Ex-BM: Without gingerale.
* * *
Law Student: "You girls
wouldn't care to go with us,
would you?"
Art Student: "Would you girls
care to go with us?"
Engineer: "Where do we ;go,
you lucky girls?"
* * *
No joke column would be com­plete
without the names of the
three Chinese aliens who never
married: To Yung TU, No Yen
Tu, Tu Dum To.
* * *
Satan: You act like you oiwn
the place. !
Ruptured Duck: I do. The Joke
Editor just gave it to me.
* * *
A pair in a hammock
Attempted to kiss
And in less than a jiffy
:spB asm popuei Xauj^
THE VETERAN'S JOURNAL ;
THE VETERANS JOURNAL is published by the authoritv 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 Jim Watson
Assistant Editor-in-Chief Jack Burke
Associate Editor James Hunnicutt
City Editor _ Virginia Riley
Cartoonists ..._HHMflriarity, Bill Warner
Correspondence Manager . . Kyle DeShazo
cle 4, Section 3 and 5 (Publica­tions
Committee): Section 3 (e)
Ex-officio members are: president
Proposed changes under Arti- of Executive Cabinet, editor and
CHANGES LISTED
IN CONSTITUTION
business manager of the Glom-erata
arid the editor and business
manager of the Plainsman. Ex-officio
members shall be entitled
to all the rights and privileges of
the Student Board of Publica­tions
except that of voting.
Proposed changes in the Con-
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stitution under Section 5:
(a) The editor and business
manager of the Glomerata should
rank as a junior, with 6 quarters
of work completed or 102 hours,
and they must be enrolled in col­lege
for four quarters after they
take office, or until the publica­tion
has been completed. The
editor and business manager of
the Plainsman should rank as a
junior with 8 quarters of work
completed or 136 hours.
(b) A scholastic average of
2.0 or above.
(c) One year's experience on
the publications on which he in­tends
to run, or the equivalent.
(d) The business manager for
the Glomerata and Plainsman
should have one quarter of ac­counting
or the equivalent in ex­perience.
(e) Such other qualifications as
the Board may prescribe.
NOTICE: Have you been by
Jake's Joint this quarter? Try
Jake's hot dogs and hamburg-
Bridges Is Crowned
aux-Arfs Queen
Try Jake's hot dogs . . .
FOR SALE: Tuxedo, Size 38,
in first class condition. Call
Bill Strickland at 9158.
FOR SALE: 20 ft. House-trailer
in good condition. Call
266-J. H. L. Bodden.
Patricia Ann Bridges, junior in
Applied Art from Bessemer, was
crowned Queen of the eleventh
annual Beaux-Arts Ball by Dean
Turpin C. Bannister, climaxing a
pageant presented during the
evening. Chosen by members of
Scarab fraternity prior to the
ball, her identity was not reveal­ed
until the coronation ceremony.
The Queen and her royal harem
reigned over the Harvest Festi­val
in the Palace of King Khufu.
Members of the royal harem
were: Helen Trippe, Beverly
Burkhardt, Mauveline Shaw,
Frances Barron, Julia DeMarcay.
Helen Sims, and Peggy Smith.
Celebration of the Beaux-Arts
Ball began with a banquet at The
Casino for Scarab members and
their dates, during which favors
were presented to the guests. Af­ter
the banquet the guests, cos
turned as ancient Egyptians, as
sembled at the girls gymnasium
for the major event of the Beaux-
Arts celebration. The gymnasium
was colorfully decorated as the
palace of King Khufu. The orch­estra
platform was patterned af­ter
an Egyptian b a r g e . The
Queen's throne and the dias for
the royal harem were flanked by
Egyptian columns and behind
the throne was the Scarab em­blem
in relief. The decorative
motif was further carried out
with murals, sketches, and col­umns
placed to form a hypostyle
hall. Music was furnished by the
Auburn Knights.
Chaperones were: Dean and
Mrs. Turpin C. Bannister; Prof,
and Mrs. E. Walter Burkhardt;
Prof, and Mrs. Frank M. On-;
Mrs. Wallace Tidmore, Mrs. W.
C. Gewin, and Dean Katharine
Cater.
Chi Epsilon Honorary
Tap's Prof. A. S. Chase
Prof. Arthur S. Chase, member
of the civil engineering staff,
was tapped for honorary mem­bership
in Chi Epsilon, honorary
civil engineering society, this
week. Formal initiation will take
place in March.
At a regular meeting officers
were elected to serve during the
next two quarters. They are Fos­ter
Fountain, president; Richard
H. Alexander, vice president;
^arncs E. Ray, secretary; Keith
Curtis, treasurer; and Ed Gunter,
editor cf The Transit. These offi­cers
will be formally installed
iater this quarter.
FOR SALr.: ii it. house
trailer $550. Can be seen 348
E. G'enn.
Food Inspections
Will Be Pushed
Health Department
Gives New Warning
With over 6,000 students in
Auburn accounting for the over­crowded
conditions of food es­tablishments,
the Lee County
Health Department has warned
all operators of such establish­ments
that a continued high rate
of operating efficiency must be
carried out this year.
J. C. Wilson, Jr., public health
engineer for the county, said a
survey of each establishment has
been made by his department
and all operators have been
warned of improvements or con­ditions
that must be corrected in
the very near future. All estab­lishments
failing to meet the
necessary requirements will have
their permits suspended for a
period of from 48 hours to 15
days, or in acute cases revoked
for a longer period of time.
FOR SALE: 21 ft. crlider
house trailor in good condition.
Located one block from cam­pus
. . . Can be occupied at the
end of this quarter. Call 509.
Fred Vruels.
Copyright 1947, LIGGETT 6t MVLRS TOBACCO CO.