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VOL. LXXII WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1947 . ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number JjS
J ON THE CAMPUS
AIO Mass Meeting . . .
. . . will be held tonight at 7:15 in Broun Auditorium. Independ
ent candidates for Doll Queen will be elected and plans will be
made for the dance. Auburn-Florida film will be shown.
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Collegiate FFA . . .
. . . Chapter meets in Broun Auditorium at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April
29. Special program being planned.
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Informal Dance . . .
. . . will be held at Student Center Friday night, April 25, from
8 'till 11. Since neither orchestra is obtainable the nickelodeon will
furnish the music.
Brotherhood i.
. . . meets Sunday, April 27 at 8 a.m. in the Green Room of
the Pitts Hotel. ' \
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Present and Former Co-ops . . .
. . . will hold a smoker in Student Center at 7:30 p.m. Monday,
April 28. All students interested are urged to attend. This is the
first meeting since the war. -
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Alabama Farmer Staff . . .
. . . will meet in Comer 108 tomorrow at 5 p.m. Anyone interested
in becoming a staff member is urged to attend.
AIO Doll Dante
Scheduled f o r May
The AIO is giving its annual
Doll Dance May 2 at Alumni
Gym from 9-12. Music will be
furnished by the A u b u rn
Knights. Tickets to the dance are
$1.00 for stag or couple and may
be purchased from AIO members.
The dance will be semi-formal.
The Doll Queen will be elected
at the dance from a group of 11
candidates; one from each sorority
and 3 independent girls.
The names and; a picture of the
candidates will appear in next
weeks issue of- The Plainsman.;
Each ticket entitles a person to
one vote for the Doll Queen. '
The Doll Queen will be presented
with a large doll at the dance
and everyone will be given a
small doll as a souvenir.
SQUIRES HONORARY
HOLDS ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
Squires, sophomore honorary
service fraternity, elected Tim
Miller, Alpha Psi from Enterprise,
as president at a meeting
in Samford Monday night.
Miller succeeds Sammy Kirk-land,
Alpha Gamma Rho, outgoing
prexy from Foley.
Others elected were Jimmy
Duke, independent from Gadsden,
vice president; Jim Phillips,
Sigma Chi from Hogansville,
Ga., secretary; and M. T. (Bob)
W i l l i a m s , independent from
3hfevepe*4;-;La.i treasurer. ."•• -•__
Loyce Turner, Blue Key president,
announced that Hal_Breed-love,
Squires- member, had been
elected as business manager of
the Rat Bible, .freshman handbook
to be published soon.
Columbus Naval Reserve
Representative Coming
A Naval Reserve Representative
from the Organized Reserve
Division in Columbus, will be in
the Naval ROTC office, Broun
Hall, Room 103 Thursday, April
24. All men interested in the
Naval Reserve, both Volunteer
and Organized, are urged to contact
this representative
Music Department
To Present Concert
The Music Department of the
API School of Architecture and
Arts will present a concert in
Langdon Hall Monday April 28,
at 8:15 p. m.
On the program will be Dr.
Arment, Mr. J. H. Liverman, and
Miss Edna Earl Bass.
QUEEN OF ENGINEERS CARNIVAL
Reigning as Queen of the Carnival was Miss Edalleen "Eddie"
Morgan, member of Chi Omega sorority and junior in clothing
and textiles from LaFayelte, Ga. She was presented a loving
cup by Dean J. E. Hannum of the School of Engineering and
crowned by Bror Wahlquist. She received 50 dollars worth of
merchandise from Auburn merchants.
PREPARE FOR OPENING NIGHT Players To Present 'Jason/ At
Y-Hut Commencing May 5th
Gould Beech Tells Ag Banquet Audience
Need For Change In Farmer's Thinking
Margaret Hatcher (top left) will play the leading lady part
in the forthcoming production "Jason" with Bob Blackburn
at the Y-Hut commencing May 5. Below, a scene as the players
rehearse for the opening night.
ASAE Members
Hear Prof. Turney
D. M. Turney, associate professor
of animal husbandry, gave a
talk on beef cattle at the regular
meeting of the ASAE. Prof.
Turney explained the • system
used by the Animal Husbandry
Dept. in producing beef cattle.
He commented on the Ways of
improving the herd and the advantages
of different types and
breeds of beef cattle, and gave
the qualifications of entering the
beef cattle business. He elaborated
on the feeding of livestock.
After Professor Turney's talk
DEAN BANNISTER
TO ATTEND MEET
Dean Turpin C. Bannister, of
the School of Architecture and
the Arts, will attend the annual
meeting of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture
in Grand Rapids, Mich, on
April 27, 28.
He will also take part in the
American Institute of Architects
ConVention'hV Grand Rapids on
April 29, 30.
president Bledsole Hereford appointed
a committee to select the
outstanding freshman in ag engineering
each year. This freshman
is to be rewarded by the
ASAE for his achievements.
An appeal to accelerate the
revolutionizing of Alabama agriculture
into a profitable and desirable
business for the common
farmer was issued by Gould
Beech in his address to the Ag
Club banquet Thursday evening:
Mr. Beech based the main issues
of his speech around "two
essential facts."
"The farmers of Alabama have
the second lowest income per
farmer in the Southern states,"
and "that we have enough scientific
knowledge of the natural
sciences, discovered by our research
workers, to double production
on Alabama farms."
"We have enough scientific
knowledge of the natural sciences,"
he continued, "to literally
make a desert bloom with roses;
however, our k n o w l e d g e is
worthless without communication
to the farmers."
Mr. Beech pointed out that the
change needed is an educational
program to change the attitude
and'thinking of farmers.
"We must not," he said, "underestimate
the value of presenting
knowledge to the farmer in
a simple direct manner which he
can understand."
In conclusion Mr. Beech reiterated
that the most important
problem in agricultural education
as elsewhere is a reaffirmation
and practical application of our
faith in democracy and personal
religion.
Hatcher, Miller, and Blackburn Take
Leading Roles In Auburn Production
By Luther Smith
"Jason," to be presented by the Auburn Players on May
5, holds promises of being one of the biggest attractions of
the year. And the attractions within the big event—the micros
within the macro—couldn't have been better-assigned to their
parts. They're talented, experienced, and good-looking.
Campus Cops Catch
Prowler In Alumni
Hall Monday Night
Three campus cops captured
a prowler in Alumni Hall Monday
night—and after 11 o'clock!
Miss Wynelle Johnson, head
of hall, called police when
Mary Eleanor Pepper and Mary
Louise Wright heard noises and
discovered ihe intruder in the
lobby.
The upstairs bannisters were
lined with excited girls as one
cop lifted the prowler bodily
and left ihe building.
Phil Harris should've been
there. -\
T'was a possum!
API-Scarab Small Homes
Exhibit Is In Arts Library
Latest trends in popular modern types of residential architecture
are shown in the API Scarab Small Homes Exhibit
now on display in the Arts Library. This exhibit, which will
remain open through Friday was opened to the public Sunday.
All students, especially veterans planning to build in
the not too distant future, are
cordially invited to see this exhibit
before it leaves Auburn.
The exhibit consists of 14 drawings
and seven scale models.
To Be Exhibited In Cities
After the one week show here
at Auburn the exhibit will be
shown in several of the leading
cities in Alabama, according to
A l b e r t Williams, Montgomery,
president of Scarab. In presenting
an exhibit of this nature,
Scarab Architectural Fraternity
is attempting to show by direct
methods how a good house design
may be obtained. The project is
an effort to encourage a new approach
to local residential architecture,
with emphasis placed on
sound thinking and an analysis"
of individual requests. This exhibit
is concerned primarily with
the house that can be built today—
not in past ages or the distant
future. The design solutions
are an answer to the needs of thb
average family of today, and the
results clearly show how a house
should revolve around life in our
present times. It was the ernest
desire of each designer to create
a house that "literally lives" with
its occupants and is suited in
every way to their needs. The
participants of this competition
have attempted to produce houses
which reflect livability and beauty
of design, and are especially
adapted to life in the South. Each
design is an answer to a particular
problem or condition.
Tree House
One house was built around a
large water oak, the space underneath
the tree being utilized for
a patio. Other models show what
can be done with small, narrow,
and corner lots. An undesirable
view on one lot is cut off by the
construction of the garage on
that side and arranging the living
areas opening to the opposite
side. Average cost is $10,000 the
size • ranging from two-bedrooms
to four bed-rooms.
The construction of the models
required as much as one hundred
and fifty hours or work and are
valued at $200 each. The complete
exhibit is valued at $3000.
Living Space Emphasized
The interiors were done by
members of DECOR, Interior
honorary, and all of them are exceptionally
well done. All of the
interior drawings are shown in
full color. The interior arrangements
attempt to provide as
much living space as possible.
Living room and dining room
combinations are emphasized, and
all-purpose rooms, convertible to
guests rooms, are provided in
many cases. The drawings are
presented in Isometric Projection
showing two (opposite) views of
each house. These drawings were
executed by Louis Navarro,
Biloxi, Miss.; Kathryn Sims, Ope-lika;
Lenora Pruitt, Auburn; Al
McLean, Askew, Miss.; Sara Jo
Bryan, Birmingham; Jean Walton,
Wewton, Miss.; and Curtis
Gibson, Opelika.
Began Five Months Ago
Scarab members began this
project five months ago-because
of the critical need in the near
future of many small, moderately
priced houses; to emphasize
the use of native Alabama mater
ials in the construction of new
homes, and to stress the new
modern approach to residential
architectural design. Dr. Turpin
C. Bannister, dean of the School
of Architecture and the Arts at
Harry Shields, Scarab member,
who designed one of the
more popular 3-bcdroom houses
in the API - Scarab Small
Homes Exhibit now on display
in the Arts Library.
Carnival Money
To Stay At API
Says Wahlquist
Money cleared at the recent
Engineer's Carnival in Auburn,
the first since 1942, wil be used
to support engineering interests
on the campus, according to Bror
Wahlquist, president of the Engineer's
Council. . . . .
Projects include publication of
the Auburn Engineer and promotion
of exhibits and seminar programs.
Guests attending the Carnival
were given cotton place mats
made by textile engineering students.
They saw new nylon and
glass fabrics, a new unit type of
air conditioning, a model of one
of the first steam engines, radio
equipment developed during the
war and laboratory and pilot
plant apparatus. Chances on
games, calculated by mathematical-
minded engineers and
slide rules, were sold.
They'll make "Jason" the talk of
the campus.
Playing the small - town girl
who 'goes high as a New York
model, Margaret Hatcher takes
the leading lady part in this
satiric comedy. Margaret, an old
stage (hand), has a play-acting
background 'which puts Hepburn
back in the second-grade range.
A member of the Four Arts Club
at Mobile's Murphy High School,
from which she graduated in '44,
Mai-garet had roles in "The Man
Who Came to Dinner," comedy,
and in "Eve of St. Mark," a serious
drama.
While participating in productions
of the Mobile Little Theater,
Margaret achieved the leading
comedy role in "Out of the Frying
Pan," directed by one of New
York's intelligentsia.
"Most interesting play I was
ever in before 'Jason,' " Margaret
exclaimed. "Out of the Frying
Pan" into the fire.
"But this is the role I've always
wanted to play," she added,
speaking of her "Jason" part.
"The play is so very well cast.
Reilly it is, oh, reilly," she went
on, Hepburnish-like.
This is Margaret's second quarter
as a freshwoman at Auburn.
Lucky little lady that she is, Margaret
has established something
of a record on API's campus. But
for a girl as bouncing with vitality
as she is, it's no huge feat to
become a top Auburn Player
when only a second - quarter
freshwoman.
Margaret's hobby and hope is
commercial art, in which she
worked after hi-school matriculation.
In fact, she is engaged
to commercial art. They are to be
married when she finishes Auburn.
Asked what she thought about
Auburn, Margaret replied, "I'm
nuts about Auburn."
Asked what she thought about
her leading man, Robert W.
Blackburn, Margaret r e p I i e'd,
"Robuht? Ahhhhhhh!"
Sinatra, Taylor, and Tyrone
mashed into one handsome example
of masculinity is Bob
Blackburn, leading man of "Jason."
Bob, like Margaret, is no
small-time piddler in acting.
Suave and tall, he's played in
productions over the world.
Though starting out-in the first
grade, in his caterpillar stage,
Bob really, as he says "got the
bug" during a visit to New York
when he was only fourteen.
Branching into his butterfly
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API, said, "This is a service to
Alabamians and I'm delighted
that students took the initiative
in working up the project. It is
one of the best exhibits of its
type I've ever seen."
Waggoner Is Chairman
Charles Waggoner, Hatticsburg,
Miss., former Scarab president is
chairman of the exhibit committee
and anyone interested in obtaining
this exhibit should write
their request to: API-Scarab Exhibit
Committee, School of Architecture,
API, Auburn, Ala.
Scarab members' whose designs
were chosen include Frank Rid-out,
Birmingham, Charles Stripling,
Montgomery, and John
Shaffer, Montgomery. All are
juniors and built their own
models. Seniors include Kenneth
Cochran, Birmingham, who built
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BAPTIST REVIVAL
SERVICES END
Revival services at the First
Baptist Church closed Sunday
morning, with Dr. J. W. (Bill)
Marshall bringing the messages
morning and evening through
Friday night. Mr. W. Hines Sims
directed the choral and congregational
singing during the meetings.
Forty-two additions were
made to the church, with four
students dedicating their lives to
full-time Christian work, and a
number of re-dedications.
Dr. Marshall met in group discussions
at Alumni Hall, at Dorm
4, and at the Sigma Pi, the
Theta Chi and the Alpha Gamma
Rho houses. Miss Cynthia Jo
Hall, Baptist state secretary from
Montgomery, spent M o n d ay
through Thursday in Social Center
as a special worker with the
coeds. Miss Hall led conference
groups in all four of the girls'
dormitories, in Alumni Hall, and
in. Auburn Hall.
Liverman's 'American Folk Overture'
Featured at Birmingham Music Meet
Featured at the Regional Conference
of the Southern Music
Educators in Birmingham Friday
was "American Folk Overture",
a composition by J. Hubert Liverman,
Associate Professor of
Music.
Mr. George Barth conducted
the Southern Symphony Orchestra,
composed of 200 of the best
high school instrumentalists in
the 12 Southern States. As an
honor to Alabama and Auburn,
Mr. Bartha asked Prof. Edgar C.
Glyde of the Auburn Music Department
to conduct Mr. Liver-man's
overture.
Mr. Liverman was also named
chairman of the committee on
" B a s i c Musicianship Through
Piano Study" at the Conference,
and conducted a piano demonstration
clinic before piano teachers.
"American Folk Overture" has
enjoyed wide acclaim since its
world premier on March 29, when
it was played in' Auburn by the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
It will be presented at South-'
west Louisiana , University on
April 30 and in New York by
the Columbia University Symphony
Orchestra the first week
in May.
Mr. Liverman has also received
requests for his score from the
Knoxville and Nashville Symphony
Orchestras.
Red Tape Cut For Veterans Wishing
To Buy Surplus Government Property
New State Historical
Society Established
A new Alabama Historical Society
was established last weekend
in Montgomery during a
conference of representatives of
19 colleges.
James F. Sulzby, Jr., Birmingham,
was elected president of the
society. Other officers are: Dr.
A. B. Moore, University of Alabama,
vice president; Miss Maude
M. Kelly, Montgomery, secretary-treasurer;
A. W. Reynolds, API,
executive committee.
Those attending from Auburn
were Dr. W. T.. Jordan, G. T.
Sargent, and A. W. Reynolds.
Mr. McMillan Ratchford, Regional
Director of the War Assets
Administration has announced
the big opening of three Customer
Service Centers in the State
of Alabama. These Service Centers
are located in Birmingham
in the Phoenix Building, in
Montgomery in the Old Postof-fice
Building, and in Mobile at
Brookley Field.
A veteran wishing to purchase
surplus property need only to
take his discharge and visit one
of these Customer Service Centers.
He can be certified on-the-spot
and place his order for
any surplus property than available
provided it is to be used in
his business or profession.
The old priority sequence still
prevails, however, with Federal
Agencies, f i r s t, Veterans of
World War IlT second, R.F.C. for
Small Businesses, third, Slate
and Local Government, fourth,
and Non-Profit Institutions and
Commercial Buyers following. All
arrangements can be made at
these Centers including finding
out what surplus property is being
offered for sale, actual
purchase of property then available,
arrangements for credit.
Certificate of Veterans of
World War II, shipping, and all
Oracles Elect Officers
To Serve This Year
Oracles, freshman honor society
for women, held an election
of officers Monday night.
The new officers are Alma Ema-leen
Stoves, Independent, pre-veterinary
medicine, from Auburn,
president; Alice Jones, Delta
Zeta, education, from Phenix
City, secretary-treasurer; Patsy
Allen, Alpha Gamma Delta, science
and literature, from Auburn,
reporter.
immediate delivery of the surplus
property.
Veterans of Lee County wishing
additional information and to
see an up-to-date list of property
being currently offered may do
so by visiting the County Service
Commissioner's Office, 814V2
Avenue A, Opelika, Alabama.
An honest coed at the University
of Kansas came right back at
the "Laws" recently. Instead of
scurrying by the horde of wolfish
lawyers on the steps of Green
hall, she paused at their whistles
and whipped out a sign. Printed
on it in big red letters were the
other necessary arrangements forsimple, words: "Thank you!"
Lambda Chi Alpha And Delta Zeta Present Formal Dances
Miss Thelma Thompson
Leads With Waggoner
Omega Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha will present its annual
Spring Festival this weekend. The festival will begin with
a buffet supper at tl%e chapter house Friday night. The dance
will be held in Girls Gym Friday night from 9 till 12 p.m.
Music will be furnished by the
Auburn Knights. Miss Thelma
Thompson of Jackson, Mississippi,
will lead the dance with
Chapter President Charles Waggoner
of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Mrs. W. C. Gewin, Lambda Chi
housemother, will present Miss
Thompson with a bouquet of
flowers during the leadout. Decorations
for the dance of a Bali-nese
motif will carry out the
Spring Festival theme.
Guests are requested to wear
either summer formal or tuxedos.
The guest list will include
Charles W a g g o n e r , Thelma
Thompson, Jackson, Miss.; Herb
Holdsambeek, Mary Moling Kirk-man,
Greensboro, N. C; Don
Hobby, Shay Tidmore, Auburn;
Lenny Payne, Dorothy Perkins,
Richmond, Va.; Bob Ahlstrand,
Doris Davis, Atlanta; Jeff Bagwell,
Madelyn Gladney, Jasper;
Gordon Howell, Joy Barnhart,
Bessemer; Hugh Griffith, Mary
White, Atlanta; Al Williams, Mary
Helen Gaddis, Wetumpka;
Gerd Kratz, Elinor Pedigoo, Birmingham;
Jim Beindorf, Kathryn
Sims, Opelika; Howard McEl-haney,
Jennifer Hunt, Fairfax;
Letcher Johnson, Clara Davis,
Montgomery;
Paul Owen, Joyce Hudgens,
Montgomery; Orlando Morales,
Bernice Zimmerman, Toronto,
Canada; Howard Nunez, Dot Till,
Hammond, La.; Tom Walmsley,
Caroline Rosser, Birmingham;
Tom Loveless, Ruth Winningham,
Tallassee; Tommy Wood, Virginia
Ruth Smith, Birmingham; Pat
Archdeacon, Margaret Elizonda,
Auburn; Harold Powell, Barbara
L,ohrmann, Los Angeles, Calif.;
Jimmy Naftel, Rebecca Bailey,
Birmingham; R o b e r t Hoskins.
Jane Harrejl, Birmingham;
George Kelley, Alice Courtney,
Woodside, N. Y.; Carl Saia, Anna
Laura Smoke, Birmingham;
Lester Holley, Elizabeth Sharrit,
Montgomery; Bill Holmes, Kathryn
Guntex^ Birmingham; Ted
LeCren, Janette Hudson, Birmingham,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Jones, Birmingham; Glenn Robeson,
Francis Brown; Birmingham;
Royce Northcutt, Alice
Ruth Walker, Hackleburg; Bill
Blake, Ann Rutland, U n i on
Springs; Nat Hughes, Joyce Jennings,
Birmingham; Al Reeser,
Rachel Holmes, Wabasso, Fla.;
Henderson Floyd, Beverly Benson,
Birmingham; Harald Hart-wig,
Elanor Hannum, Auburn;
Jim Cooke, Barbara Lunceford,
Lanett;
Billy Robbins,' Jane Ganna-way,
Birmingham; Tommy Tug-gle,
Joyce Mobley, Birmingham;
Jimmy Brown, Virginia Matson,
Birmingham; J o h n Dreyhoff,
Jean Daughtry, Hardford; Winston
Felder, Winnifred Alexander,
Blakely, Ga.; Herman Pruitt,
Blanche Hutchinson, Prattville;
Angus Brown, Virginia Morton,
Birmingham;
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brooks,
Buena Vista, Ga.; Boiling Nalle,
Betty Haslett, Birmingham; Horace
Carr, Florine Bostie, Jay,
Fla.; Ernest Home, Sarah Pass,
Birmingham; Carlo Joseph, Jane
Bell, Decatur, Ga.; Homer Hudson,
Mary Leila Howe; Tuskegee;
Courtland Clark, Sara Good-son;
McCalla; John Monroe, Kay
Del Homme, Long Island, N. Y.;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Monroe; Cas-tleberry;
Buddy Northcutt, Annette
Holland, Birmingham; Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Nesmith, Cullman;
Luther Smith, Ann Jones,
Birmingham; John McMahon,
Fern Nix, Grandville; Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Darty, Auburn; Mr.
and Mrs. James Owen, River-view;
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Daniel,
Florence, S. C; Mr. and Mrs.
William Ward, Birmingham; Mr.
and Mrs. William Cheatham,
Birmingham;
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Menden-hall,
Columbus, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Christian, Bessemer; Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Kyzer, Gorgas;
Mr. and Mrs. John Maley, Auburn;
Gilbert Moody, Evelyn
Kidd, Auburn; Bob Wood, Edna
Earle Bass, Opelika; Stewart
Bishop, Mary Sides, Sylacauga;
Bob Turner, Virginia Ann Parsons,
Atlanta, ; Russell Mayer,
Jane Vaughn, Sheffield; Max
King, Zilpha Ann Draper, Decatur;
John Clark, Sara Sims,
Birmingham. \^
Delta Zeta Entertained
By Sigma Pi Fraternity
The members of Delta Zeta
sorority were the honor guests
at a house dance presented by
their local "fraternity brothers'',
Sigma Pi. The chapter house social
rooms were decorated with
dogwood and other spring flowers.
The guests enjoyed dancing
until time for the "floor show",
a quiz show along the general
lines of 'Truth or Consequences.'
The program was staged by
quizmaster Jim Seamans and
Announcer Roger McClarty, and
the contestants included Lassie
Jo Rounds, Ruth Upton, John
Cates, and Cecil Jernigan. Mother
Tucker served refreshments
for the party-goers.
LAMBDA CHI HOLDS
FORMAL INITIATION
Omega Zeta of Lambda Chi
Alpha held formal initiation 4n
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
nights for nine men. Prior to the
initiation the chapter held its
traditional Silent Supper for the
new initiates. The new members
are Bert Trapini, Savannah,- Ga.;
John Calvin Clark, Birmingham;
James Howard Inman, Parrish;
Gerd Kratz, Birmingham; Glenn
Edward Beagles, Fort Pierce,
Fla.; Maxwell Clark King, Fort
Pierce, Fla.; Rovert Dave Ahls-slrand,
Atlanta, Ga.; James Ellis
Carpenter, Warner Robins,
Ga.; and James Edward Brown,
Columbia.
Theta Upsilon Pledges
Iota Alpha chapter of Theta
Upsilon sorority announces the
pledging of Essie Crompton of
Tallassee. The ritual was held on
Tuesday, April 15.
Alphcia Omicron Pi Has
Formal Initiation
Martha Nichols and Rooney
Currey were initiated into Alpha
Omicron Pi on March 30th.
Rooney Curry was elected treasurer
in the recent elections.
Theta Chi To Present
House Dance Series
"A Gal In Calico" will be the
theme as Theta Chi fraternity
presents the first in a series of
spring house, dances Saturday
evening. The Calico Gal will be
chosen at the dance.
Lloyd Feagin, recently appointed
chairman of the Theta
Chi social committee, has worked
out several week-end features of
this nature for the remainder of
the spring quarter.
ALPHA GAMS HOLD
REUNION DAY
Gamma Delta chapter of Alpha
Gamma Delta celebrated its annual
International Reunion Day,
Saturday, April 19. The program
for the day included a business
meeting and initiation of the
seniors into the alumnae chapter.
A luncheon was served in
Green Room of the Pitts Hotel.
At the luncheon an alumnae
scholarship award was presented
to Miss Nancy Reinsmith. Twenty-
five • alumnae were present at
the meeting.
Later in the afternoon two
hundred guests called at a tea
given by t h e undergraduate
members at social center.
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The time has come once again when we can pay tribute where tribute is due.
May 11 is Mother's Day!
On this day we are all reminded of the many times and things which
mother has done for us in her unselfish way. There has never been anything
too little or too big among our desires that she in her sacrifical way has not
tried to accomplish to make us supremely happy. Her joy in life has been in her
love of doing these things.
As this period approaches let us be mindful that we can reverse the situation
and for once return this love and express our appreciation.
There are many ways in which this can be done, one of them being to visit
our gift department whe're you can leisurely select a gift that will make her
heart glad in the thought you remembered.
To aid you in the right thing or that something special we offer the latest
gifts from Electrical Appliances which tend to cut down on steps, lendsfree-dom
from a hot kitchen, and otherwise means more time for her to be with you.
in addition we invite you to visit our China, Sterling, Crystal, and Wooden
products departments.
Now on display you will find cards of your choice for Mother, Other Mother
and One Who's Been Like a Mother to Me.
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BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
REMEMBER MOTHER
LAMBDA CHI GIVES
SURREALIST PARTY
Members and pledges of Omega
Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha entertained
their dates Friday night
with a "Surrealist" Party. All of
the guests were costumed, and
the chapter house was decorated
as a veritable "Land of Dali".
Among the decorative efforts
featured were surrealist drawings
by members of the fraternity,
a statue of Venus with a
ring through her patrician nose
and blood streaming from her
lovely arm stumps, bouquets of
flowers upside down in their
vases, and decorative motifs
placed with no apparent order.
The members and dates wore
unusual costumes, to say the
least, and depicted such items as
galloping dominoes, a bloomin'
Idiot, a beer bottle, a surrealistic
baby, the dark of night, a housefly
with swatter attached, Halo
Angel and her son Basil St. John,
and "Long Suffering Bagwell"
his eyes popping out from over-
Work, no doubt.
Among the guests present were
Betty Grant, Barbara Lohrman,
Virginia Glasscock, Pebby Hartley,
Elenor M e a c h a m, Josie
Bryan,1 Edna Earle Bass, Kay Del
Homme, Mary Molin Kirkman,
Martha Waterhouse, Evelyn Cor-bitt,
Virginia Matson, Gene
Daughtry, Jean Yvonne Boudoin,
Jinny Matson, and Margaret Ann
Morgan.
ALPHA OMICRON PI
GIVES HAY RIDE
Alpha Omicron Pi sorority
members and dates went on a
hay ride to Mrs. Baskerville's
home on "Gold Hill" Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Pope were
chaperones. The date list included
Doris Bragg, Bob Hall; Virginia
Bridges, Perry Jenkins;
Dot Bost, Warren Thomas; Sara
Clark, Pewee Oestreicher; Fay
Clements, Harry Kinney; Rooney
Curry, Don Thrasher.
Jackie Davis, Don Jackson; Virginia
Davis, Tonny Brown; Ann
Esslinger, Jimmy- Baird; Joy
Justice, , Jack Turbeville; -Carolyn
Knight, Billy Tamblyn^Mary
Frances Kilpatrick, John§||Ulen
Lewis; Eloise Killion, Scott
Pointer.
Jane McLean, Billy Steele;
Mickey Moody, Red Owens;
Martha Nichols, Dave Mathews;
Linette Robinson, Wiley Bird;
Ann Prem, Malcolm Pointer;
Jane Pope, Bernard B l a k e;
Helen Walden, Curtis Silvernail.
'Spotlights' To Feature
Auburn Players
Tonight Over WJHO
The Auburn Broadcasters
will feature five members of
the Auburn Players in their
regular "Spotlights on Auburn-ites"
broadcast over WJHO tonight
at 9:30 in a preview of
the Players' forthcoming production,
"Jason", which begins
May 5th, in the "Y" Hut. Participating
members will include
Bob Blackburn, William Eth-eridge,
Owen Munro, Zack
Adamson, and Betty Ramsey.
Junior AVMA Auxiliary
Hears Dr. Crandall
The Women's Auxiliary of the
Junior AVMA held its regular
monthly meeting in the Soscial
Center last Thursday evening.
Principle speaker for the occasion
was Dr. Robert Crandall, who
has just returned from a tour df
several European countries. His
topic was "The Youth Movement
in Germany."
Another entertaining feature
on the program was a musical
rendition by Miss Mary Ann
Maddox.
The next meeting of the Auxiliary
will be held in the Social
Center on May 1.
Theta Chi Pledges Five
Five men were pledged by Chi
Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity
Monday night April 7. They are
Charles Richardson, Foley; Lewis
Bullington, Sheffield; Dick Clay,
Jimmy Burgess, and Virgil
Holms, Birmingham.
AGR Pledges Elect
Alpha Gamma Rho pledges recently
elected Hugh Baker, of
Enterprise, president; Sid Kerk-sey,
Lincoln, vice president; Harry
Meigs, Tuscumbia, secretary-treasurer,
and Erwin Field, Jasper,
reporter. i
Miss Walden Elected
Home Ec Club Advisor
Miss Jane Walden, head of hall
of Dormitory I and instructor
in Nursery School, was elected
advisor of the Dana King Gatch-ell
Home Economics Club at the
last meeting.
The regular meeting of the
club will be held in Smith Hall
on April 28 at 7 p.m.
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Leads With Jerry Callis
Beta Xi Chapter of Delta Zeta will present its annual
spring formal on April 26 in Girls' Gym. The dance will begin
at 9 p. m. with music by the Auburn Plainsmen.
Arlene Davis, chapter president will lead the dance with
Jerry Callis.
An 18th century coach will be ™h Jane^ Kent, Ken. Howard;
used for the lead-out. While Bill
Cole sings "Dream Girl of Delta
Zeta,"-Mrs. Robert Williams will
present a bouquet of flowers to
Arlene Davis, chapter president.
Members, pledges, and dates
are as follows:
Dorothy Jean Sharp, Louie
Lamb; Ruth Upton, David Den-ney;
.Blanche Hutchinson, Frank
Dyer; Pat Tippins, Bob Fowler;
Gussie Arnett, Charles Baird;
Sally Brown, Hilliard White;
Ruth Estes, John Ellis; Wynn
Hall, George Miller; Katherine
Mackie, James O. Hardin; Anne
Mitchell, Nolen F. Poarch;
Paula Jean Mozley, Earl Pippin;
Sara Lane Oswalt, Chai'les
Finney; Lassie Jo Rounds, Jack
Simms; Joelle Ruth, Lloyd Ma-lone;
Sue Carter, David Chichester;
Doris Clements, Earle
Ginn; Betty Grady, Bobby Bailey;
Margaret - Haden, Wallace
Griggs, Jr.;
Martha Hester, Jack Womack;
Doris Holmes, David Johnson:
Helen Pace, Claude Sansom; Carolyn
Parker, Jimmy Blow; Marilyn
Sheffield, Leon Cochran;
Anne Sturkie, Edward William;
Mary Taylor, Ed Farkas; Frances
Brown, Denny Robeson; f
Frances Harris, Karon Jennings;
Billie Wayne Ray, Lynn
Tate; Mary Charlotte Saidla, Bill
Plummer; Rebecca Harris, Bill
Carr; Jo Anne Jackson, Billy
Ward; Loren Johnson, Charles
Burkhalter;
Alice Jones, Robert Bell; Sa-
Martha Price, Jim Elliott; Martha
Waterhouse, Jack Hinson;
Margaret Bell, Andy Tomasso;
Margarett Beverly, Lawrence
Pharo; Ann Knotts, Mickey
Whetstone; Virginia Mummey,
Ed Clapp, Jr.; Betty Sharitt, Lester
Lee Holley, Jr.;
Lucille Sweet, N. B. Breland,
Jr.; Ann Bonds, Dr. Robert Gentry;
Carolyn Hatcher, John Anthony;
Alice N o r t o n , Pete
Teague; Flora Moncrief, Ralph
Ellington; Ann Hutchinson, Edward
. Gronby;
Betty Robbins, Bob Dreher,
Cam Claton, Bob Stewart; Mr.
and Mrs. L. Perry; Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Peacock; Lt. and Mrs.
Roger J. Martinson; Arlene Davis,
Jerry Jackson Callis.
Kappa Alpha Entertains
With Shipwreck Party
Members and pledges of Nu
chapter of Kappa Alpha entertained
their dates Friday night
with a "Shipwreck" party given
in the chapter house. The house
was transformed into a desert
island—the refuge of the survivors
of a shipwreck. Members
and guests were dressed as ship-wreckees.
Impromptu entertainment
was furnished by the guests
under the leadership of Buddy
Craing. Miss Smith, housemother,
served refreshments to those
present.
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AUBURN
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A Musical Director Who Is Always
Causing A Stink-But For Good Purpose,
By Tom Sellers
Probably there never breathed an Auburn undergraduate
who has not been suspicious when the miasmic odors of Ross
Chemical Lab permeate the campus atmosphere on wings
of a northeast wind. If you are a h e a r t y soul, you can reach
t h e source of these noxious vapors, but your epithelial cells
must be calloused and your nasal
passages blocked by hay fever
if you expect to calmly explore
the nether regions of Ross.
By taking one of the innumerable
subterranean corridors, you
reach a little room 'from which
the effluvious gases emanate.
There you will find Paul R. Bi-dez,
senior chemist in charge of
the State Chemical Laboratory,
peering into his retorts and recording
data, all but oblivious to
the smells he creates. „•
Double Duty
In Mr. Bidez we find a paradox
of unrelated virtues. When he
is not involved with chemical reactions
and formulas, he is the
genial maestro of the Auburn
band, and the martial strains of
his music tend to sweeten the
scented aura of his daily chores.
In chemistry, he performs an invaluable
service to the farmers
of the state by testing commercial
feeds and fertilizers; in music,
he directs a group of talented
students, who add color and emphasis
to important occasions.
Football Standout
Perhaps you have read of the
great Auburn football team of
1912-15. If so, you could not
have missed the name of Paul
Bidez, the plunging fullback, who
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post of captain in 1915, his senior
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sports activities, he sang in the
glee club, played a clarinet in
the band, and was an active
member of SPE fraternity. A
veteran of World War I, he was
"over there" in France, and returned
to Auburn in 1919 to work
with the State Chemistry Department.
He took charge of the
band that same year. A son and
daughter of Mr. Bidez are graduates
of Auburn, and another
daughter, Modesta, is a junior in
the school of home economics.
Tells of Work
"Our chief duty is to check
contents of commercial feeds
and fertilizers on the market,
and find out if they equal the
standards required by farmers of
this state," said Mr. Bidez. "Perhaps
a great deal of odor on the
campus comes from my laboratory,
but there are plenty of
other sources in the building. I
seldom generate hydrogen sulfide,
so you can't blame me with
that," he added in a jocular
mood.
Another Concert
Switching suddenly to music,
we inquired about his work with
the band. He had turned to record
some data on an experiment
in progress, and he answered
o\ir questions without looking
up. "We plan another concert to
be given some time this quarter.
After several lean years, the
band is beginning to approach
pre-war efficiency, and we hope
to get it up to its usual strength
of 80 men during the fall quarter
this year." It was evident
that Mr. Bidez puts his heart into
his music.
So, the next time you are annoyed
by an off-wind from Ross,
remember that it's all for a
good cause. It's probably just
Paul R. Bidez doing his bit for
the farmers of Alabama. And if
you rea.lly want to catch him in
his element, drop in at Langdon
some afternoon when the band is
practicing and watch him in the
process of builidng a great band
for Auburn. ••"••;
LEADS THETA UPSILON FORMAL
JUST TOO MUCH MUSH
IN THE OPEN
The Steebring (Ala.) News tells
how the dean of women at a
large co-educational college severely
criticized the moral laxity
of the students, announcing to
the student body on Wednesday
that "The President and I have
decided to stop necking on the
campus."
Miss Jan Drake, president of Iota Alpha
Upsilbn sorority, who led the "April Showers"
Hill in Girls Gym Friday night.
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J E N N I E TOUREL
CONCERT REVIEW
By Dick Inlow
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
of the Metropolitan Opera Company,
gave a concert last Friday
night in Alumni Gym that will
not be soon forgotton by those
who were fortunate- enough to
hear her.
That fortunate number was all
too few. It is not only an astonishing
fact but also a disgrace
one that this great singer who
has packed Opera Houses a nd
Conceit Halls the world over was
greeted by a Gym hardly half
filled when she arrived in Auburn.
This certainly does not go
far to back up our reputation of
being one of the greatest seals of
learning in the South.
Admittedly Friday night is the
worst possible time to have an
event of this importance. It is
understandable that the majority
of students would not give up a
weekend at home no matter what
the attraction; but there is no excuse
for the residents of the
town; including our faculty, most
of whom reside in Auburn. It is
Auburn BSUers
To Attend Meet
Approximately 54 Baptists will
leave Auburn Friday afternoon
for Camp Mack, near> Talladega,
where they will meet with college
students from every campus
in Alabama for their annual state
retreat lasting Friday through
Sunday. The students will lay
plans for statewide BSU work
for the next year and will participate
in conferences and panel
discussions on the BSU program.
Key personalities taking part
on, the program include Miss
Jennie Lind Gatlin, associate in
the Southwide Student Department,
Rev. George Bagley, state
Training Union secretary, Mr.
E. A. Herron, state Sunday School
secretary, Mr. Charles Roselle,
Auburn student secretary, and
Leon Marsh, senior in business
administration at Auburn and
past president of the Auburn
BSU.
Sigma Pi Holds Formal
Initiation For Eight
Alpha Delta chapter of Sigma
Pi fraternity held formal initiation
at nine on Saturday morning,
April 19, for Charles Allen,
Wilsonville; Bruce Barksdale,
Columbus, Ga.; John Lewis Cates,
Boligee; Glenn Downs, Birmingham;
Louis L a m b , Gordon;
Frank Massey, Columbus, Ga.;
Cole Nix, Clayton; and Denton
("Red") Stewart, Columbus.
to be hoped that someday they
will awaken to the entertainment
they are missing and take advantage
of the opportunities offered
them to hear the world's
greatest artists—providing any
are still obtainable for it is almost
a certainty that any artist,
once they have appeared here,
will not care to return again.
Miss Tourel's program was excellently
chosen, presenting songs
and arias from all the great periods
of music. Her first group
consisted of Haydn, Handel, and
Bach. From there she moved
through the Centuries with works
by such composers as Tschai-kowsky,
Debussy, Bizet, Rachmaninoff,
and DeFalla. Her final
group consisted of a Cycle of
five Kid Songs by the contemporary
American Leonard Bernstein.
These last were done delightfully
and provoked many an outright
laugh from the audience.
Miss Tourel's mastery of languages
is excellent. Although born
in Russia and raised in France
her English is perfect. I heard
someone remark after one of the
encores, "Comin' Thru Th' Rye",
that it was pretty good when a
Russian woman who speaks
French sings in English with a
Scottish accent.
The range and quality of her
voice is truly amazing. This combined
with a sparkling and compelling
stage personality, make
her one of the brightest lights in
todays musical world.
The reception given her by the
audience for everything she sang
from great operatic arias such as
"Adieu Forests" from "Janne
d'Arc" and the "Habanera" from
"Carmen" to the Kid Songs of
Bernstein was enthusiastic. Indeed,
any lack of enthusiasm on
their part would merely have
shone a lack of appreciation for
great art.
A special word of commendation
should also go to George
Reeves, whose accompaniment on
piano was sensitive and true.
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Wednesday, April 23, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—3
The Perverted Village
By Tom Sellers and Milch Sharpe
Sweet Auburn! lowest village of the plain
Where common cold and influenza reign,
And spring's own beauty comes on breast of flood,
And sylvan paths are turned to glutinous mud,
Where aqua pura' risen in basement rooms
And Summer's humid breath from Ross Lab fumes,
You have no interest for the labouring swain
Who labours on sixty-five a month in vain.
The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love
Are rare indeed on College Street above
West Mag or in Alumni Hall these days.
All love has flown and greed in silence'lays,
Along the village streets and silent walks,
A fog of avarice where money talks.
The wretched hag no longer-roams the wood
In search of faggots or of wild cress food.
Upon her rotting hovel she has placed
A neon sign with fiery letters traced:
"An empty room for students, eight or more,
An empty loft to' house perhaps a score."
(Don't wander further, sucker, for your bunk,
In one next door a couple leased a Hrunk.)
On Glen and Thach, or Toomer's macadam
In boarding houses (surely named in jest)
Trichinaed pork defies the acid test.
Frustrated goat or aged Missouri mule
Did give their all to feed a crowded school.
And o'er it all, the greedy hag does grin
Her toothless smile as though it were no sin
To pan her ill gained nuggets from their checks
And make of heroes schizophrenic wrecks.
She sweetly smiles in diabolic way:
"Just forty bucks for eating every day,
Except of course at Saturday's evening meal
And Sunday morning. Shall we make a deal?"
Some stalwart souls did vow to further seek
Among Auburn's canals for cheaper meat.
But restaurants did make their blood run cold,
A dozen Einsteins n'er could count the gold
'Twould take to buy subsistence for a day,
And even stauncher men would run away
From aproned "Blatta Orientalis" black
Who serves the orders in this buggy shack.
Under yon awning which breaks the force of sun
There leans a merchant rich as anyone
Of many merchants in the town well heeled
With gold and fixed for life's Elysian Field.
For all his riches gained he has a heart
As large as prices in his noble mart.
His thoughts, his life, his love were centered in
The sweetest village, which for years has been
His thoughts, his life, his love, his way of gain.
In truth he's found a gold mine on the Plain.
In yonder thicket like a warren wild •
There is the house where destiny's own child
The broken soldier with the crutch does creep
With academic problem and does weep
His troubles out upon the feet and floor
Of coordinator and others "more
Or less in charge of his own fate in life .
His sixty-five; or ninety-dollar wife.
To this lost soul are given veiled behests
And stacks and stacks of scientific tests.
Sweet Auburn, lowest village of the plain
Where bulging pockets all are lined with pain
Instead of gold and silver coins of Sam.
For Auburn Spirit they give not a damn _
These traffickers in staff of life so dear
They wield a whip throughout the weary year.
Ye thirsty leeches, cease your greedy hold
Upon our meager wealth. Your hearts are cold,
As cold inside as chocolate milk shake
For which you get an ample two bit rake. %
Perchance a brighter sun will grace our brow
In days to come, but all is dackness now.
LOFTIN MUSIC CO.
SINGLES
Central Ayenue Breakdown—Lionel Hampton •
No Name Jive—Glen Gray
Guilty—I'll Close My Eyes—Johnny Desmond
April Showers—Guy Lombardo
Sunrise Serenade—Frankie Carle
Mam'sell—Dick Haymes
Possum Song—Phil Harris
Poppa Don't Preach to Me—Betty Hutton
Concerto To End All Concertos—Stan Kenton
Across The Alley From The Alamo—Stan Kenton
Bingo, Bango, Boffo—Tommy Dorsey
I Want To' Be Loved—Modernaires
How Are Things in Glocco Morra
Soprano Boogie—Herbie Fields Quintet. ^
Hot Lips—Henry Busse
ALBUMS
Wayne King Waltzes—Vol. 2
Victor Herbert's "Sweethearts"— Al Goodman Orch.
Harmonica Classics—John Sebastian
Rimsky—Korsakov—Scheherazade—San Francisco
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Mozart—"Jupiter" Symphony "No. 41 in C—Toscanini
and NBC Symphony Orch.
Music of Alec Wilder—Frank Sinatra conducting
the Columbia String Orch.
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Johny, The IOO Pw C#nt American
(This editorial, w r i t t e n by J.erry -Pacht,
first appeared over a year ago in The
Bruin, UCLA. Times may have changed
—but people haven't).
His ma and pa had always wanted a
boy and they finally got one. Johny was
born on a sticky summer Sunday. He
.didn't grow very fast. He was. a skinny
l i t t l e kid and the other fellows always
razzed him about his size. This bothered
Johny a good deal in those days until he
found out he could make his size work
for him. It made him the underdog.
Learning this was Johny's first and
most important lesson in psychology. He
discovered that he could argue w i t h a big
boy and run no risk ,of being beaten up.
J o h n y caught on quickly. Before he was
t e n he learned that he could always put
t h e blame for anything he did on the
colored kids who lived down the street.
When he had reached fifteen he k n ew he
would go out and get as much schooljng as
he could. He went to school and remembered
those things which he knew would
„ b e useful to h im later on.
He studied his Bible thoroughly. A good
knowledge of the scripture was a thing a
man could use profitably.
Johny knew it wouldn't he a good idea
for everybody to go to school. • T h e r e was
no point in that. Only those who were
going to be leaders needed to go to school.
God had intended that some were to lead
and others were to follow. J o h n y was a
leader.
When he was eighteen Johny saw a
lynching. He learned a lot about people
f r om that lynching. He found out that
people like to let out their anger against
someone and when they were d i s c o n t e nt
ed it didn't make much difference who
t h a t someone was. Johny had learned
about the handiness of a scapegoat. He
never forgot it. He went on to learn that
t h e more scapegoats he could find the
more useful they would be.
J o h n y started making fourth of July
speeches in his home town. He learned
how to talk to a crowd. He carefully
studied the intricate science of swaying
t h e uneducated mass-mind. He found out
how to curse the bankers one minute, the
damnyankees the next, and round off with
a denunciation of trade unions.
J o h n y got so good at talking to people
who had never been able to afforej schooli
n g that they sent him to Congress.
J o h n y went up to Washington to protect
the good people of his s t a t e from anything
which might menace them.
He had learned the first law of politics
—always be against something. It might
t h e the Republicans, the Communists, the
Catholics, or almost anybody.
J o h n y rode in£o office in the wake of
t h e tidal wave which carried in the New
Deal. The New Deal scared Johny. The
n ew congress made it legal for one of
Johny's scapegoats, organized labor, to
bargain collectively. Johny had always
told his constituents that trade unions
were imported straight from Russia.
J o h n y had told the home folks that all
union men were Communists and Jews.
They w.e r e subversive. They were UN-AMERICAN.
Now he had it! Un-American—here was
a catchword which he could use on any
and all of his scapegoats.
J o h n y would fight things un-American.
This was a wonderful word. Call a man
un-American and he had no comeback.
How could a man prove he was a good
American? He couldn't.
J o h n y used his word. He made it work
for him. He used it on anyone who thought
Negroes should be allowed to v o t e . ' He
used it on anyone who fought fascism in
Spain. He used it on t h e folks who thought
t h a t a man should not be denied a job because
of his cplor, creed, or race.
J o h n y got himself appointed to the
House Committee on Un-American A c t i v i~
ties. This job was a supercharger for
Johny's hate-throwing engine. The taxr
payers now paid for Johny's character
assassination.
J p h n y was sitting p r e t t y in t h e driver's
seat. He was really protecting the folks
back home. He was their fearless champion.
He attacked anyone who could not
fight back.
What has become of Johny? Nothing
has become of Johny. The end of this story
has yet to be w r i t t e n . J o h n y was last seen
sending his spies west to investigate the
un-American plot -by which Hollywood
was going to o v e r c r o w the government.
They should be . h e r e any day. Marx,
The New Republic, t h e Nation. Burn your
n ew Red Shostakovitch records. Get out
your Bible and flag. Beware citizen!
J o h n y ' s on the guard for such activity/
Are You Being Propagandized?
All propagandists know that in order
for information to be disseminated effect
i v e ly t h e y must • have c o ra p le { e
knowledge of the people with whom they
a r e dealing.
To stress a point of local interest, Southe
r n ' l i b e r a l s have found that the pronoun
"we", when applied to the ideas of South-
• e r n e r s in general, carries a great deal of
weight. This is understandable in the
light of the fact that the South is t h e most
r a c i a l ly and culturally homogenous bloc
in the U.S., the white race being almost
99 per cent Anglo-Saxon stock and Protestant
to the core.
When any Southerner makes an appeal
to tolerance — racial and religious — he
must appeal to ethnocentrism, which is
t h e regard for one's own group as the
center of culture, ignoring all others.
Propagandists must know that man is
composed of his inherited products, the
products of his learning, and his environ-:
mental circumstances. In the case of the
Southerner, it should be known beforehand
that he suffers from xenophobia
probably worse than any other individual
anywhere. Xenophobia is a strong feeling
or dislike for anything t h a t is strange,
alien, or foreign.
According to the Institute For Propaganda
Analysis, there are generally accepted
six common propaganda devices
which are used in all fields in which an
attempt is made to mold public opinion.
According to the Institute, the following
six devices are those which are more commonly
used: (1) Name Calling—giving an
idea a good or bad label which makes us
condemn or condone it without examining
the evidence (2) The Glittering Generality—
association of an idea with a
" v i r t u e word" (3). Testimonial—having
some loved or hated person approve or
condemn a1 given idea (4) "Plain Folks"
Appeal—attempting to convince that an,
idea is good because it is "of the people"
(5) "Card Stacking"—the use of highly
selected material, whether true or false
(6) "Band Wagpn" Appeal—the implication
in this device is that "everybody's
doing it." i
These a r e t h e six propaganda techniques
which are used daily in the dissemination
of news through all channels. Everyday,
propaganda is canalized through the press,
radio, motion pictures, books, and from
t h e rostrum. Everyday people are influenced
by the deliberate dissemination
of opinion, news, or other information,
with the object of converting others to a
p a r t i c u l a r way of thinking.
The next time you read a news story in
your home town newspaper or any other
newspaper, don't just take it for granted
t h a t it is the voice of a prophet. Look
at it; analyze it; see if it contains any one
of the six points of propaganda technique.
,-'.
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Published weekly by the students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue, Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news is Sat., 9 a. m.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 mpnths.
JIMMY COLEMAN, Editor-in-Chief
Ralph Jennings, Managing Editor
Luther Smith, Associate Editor.
Frank Segp, Sports Editpi
Beverley Burkhardt, Sociejty Editor
C. BAY MARTIN, Business Manager
Frank Keown, Advertising Manager
BiU ^.nderson, Circulation Manager
Hal Breedfoye, Assistant Business Manager
Bob Williams, Assistant Advertising Mgr.
Do-Nuts and Coffee ByBabs Just One Voice
By Jim Bradley
This ind That |By Qle Tinier
An Open Letter to All Veterans:
Two weeks ago this cplumn made some remarks about
t h e appropriations recommended by the I n t e r im Committee
on Finance. The subject of their recommendations for,education
has been covered thoroughly by the Alumnews and other
publications. Now I'd like to amplify .my remarks about the
Department of Veterans' Affairs the veteran. It helps him to cut
which, as a veteran, I am vitally through the endless mass of red
• i n- tj .e restje.~dJ :i—n . t a n a fanrl crai ii/Vint Vio ic lpc fnl l v
* * *
First I'd like to quote from a
statement made by the Deputy
Administrator of the Veterans
Administratipn to a conference
of State Service Officers at Pass-
A-Grille, Fla.:
"I feel that you men who are
State Service Officers and the
members of your staffs have
been of more service to the Veterans
Administratipn than persons
outside this work will ever
know. Yon step in where there
are jobs to be done that we either
cannpt dp pr have failed to
do . . . If a claim is to be filed,
to be sure, our representatives of
the VA can file it, but if that
claim requires development, personal
contact pr evidence, it js
work that you can do that we
cannpt."
That statement, from a man
whp «hpuld know wherepf he
speaks should answer the charges
made by some that the Department
duplicates the work of
Federal agencies.
To further show the absurdity
of that charge one has only to
refer to the statement of General
Omar Bradley made tp the
American Legipn cpnvention at
San Francisco: "The Veterans
Administration is first an agency
of the government. It is thereafter
an ally of the veterans."
* * *
The Department served best in
the case pf''borderline claims
tape and get what he is legally
and morally entitled tp.
The Department of Veterans'
Affairs seeks out the veteran
and advises him of his rights and
benefits under the law. It urges
him to continue his education
and to take advantage of on-the-jpb
training. The records show
that Alabama has more veterans
in trade schools and business
college than all the five Southeastern
stales combined; it has
more veterans in college than
any two states in the Southeastern
group.
Don't you think that ajl this
is worth $1.54 per veteran to the
pepple pf Alabama? Apparently
the members pf the Interim
Cpmmittee do not.
* * *
According to the Director of
the -Department the recommended
apprppriatipn would be entirely
inadequate. He tpld the
cpmmittee that unless the legislature
appropriates sufficient funds
to operate the Department he
would echo the suggestion of Mr.
Roberts Brpwn pf Lee County
that the department be abolished
altogether and that "the veterans
pf this state be given to understand
by that actipn that. Alabama
recognizes no obligation to
those who served it in its day
of extremity."
* * *
Veterans: If you want to continue
receiving service of this
kind, write or visit in person
which were very easy for the VA your representative and senator
to deny. 5,215 such cases con- to tell them that ypu want the
sidered closed were reopened at j Department continued at top ef-the
instigation of the Department.
The Department has a
record of 49.5 per cent of all
claims fought to a successful
conclusion. The VA is the court.
The Department of Veterans Affairs
is attorney and friend to
ficiency. And meanwhile, if you
should need help, visit the County
Service Commissioner in your
county spat, or the Lee County
Commissioner, located over the
Home Furniture Store pn Avenue
"A" in Qpelika.
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor
Professors have their apple
polishers who ask questions after
class; student body presidents
listen to the executive cabinet;
student leaders hear complaints
from the students.
Only an editor has to guess.
Only an editor has to grope
blindly along, trying to put out
a paper for a student body who
will talk only behind his back,
who will never „ '
tell him what
they l i k e or
don't like, who
will squawk audibly
only when
they are mortally
and irreparably
wounded,
who never
thank him when
he s a y s anything
nice about
them or censure anything nasty,
who have to be tracked down,
cornered, and beaten insensible
before they will so much as give
him a news lead.
Professors have the satisfaction
pf seeing their teachings put in
practice; deans' list students
are an inspiration to their successors;
student body presidents
can point with pride at year's
end to long rows of achieve-
Coleman
ments'.
Only an editor never accpmp-lishes
anything.
That's about the way an editor
feels when rumors seep in that
"a certain organization says it
didn't get enough publicity."
The Plainsman, regardless pf
what ypur precpnceived idea may
be, does not have a staff o'f eager
reporters straining at the leash
ready to be sent out to cover
any assignment, anywhere, any-_
time, and under any circumstances.
The few people who do find
time to work on The Plainsman
are taking 15 and 20 hours of
work, consequently, we can't expect
a full coverage of every-bpdy's
"special" prganization and
what it's doing.
But every organization on the
campus has, or is supposed to
have, a publicity chairman—or
reporter; so there's your man—
gripe to him if he doesn't turn
news into The Plainsman.
Then, if The Plainsman dpesn't
print it—gripe to us.
It is possible that many people
fail to turn news into The Plainsman
because they think it's too
late. If that's the case, our deadlines
are: social and organizational
news, Saturday, 10 a. m.; front
page ("On the Campus", etc.),
Mpnday * nppn.
Thought for the Week: "Con-ceil
is God's gift io little men."
* * *
"I've a fierce corn on the bottom
of me foot," moaned Pat.
"Sure and you're lucky," assured
Mike. "Nobody can step on
it but yeself."
* * *
Fair Enough:
In Chicago, Tomasco Ricardo,
Italian, was being examined as
an applicant for citizenship papers.
"Can ypu tell me how many
states there are in the Union?"
asked the Judge.
"Mr. Judge," answered Ricardo.
"I talk to you. You know
your business. I know my business.
You ask me hpw many
states in Union. I ask you how
many bananas in a bunch?"
* * *
Mark Twain: "When I was a
boy of 14, my father was so ignorant
I could hardly stand having*
the old man around. But
when I got to be 21, I was astonished
at how much the old man
had learned in 7 years.
* * *
He: "You look sweet enough
tp eat."
She: (giggling) "I am. Where
do you want tp go?"
* * *
"I prescribe absolute quiet fpr
your husband," said the dpctpr.
"Here's a sleeping ppwder."
"When do I give it to him?"
asked the wife.
"You dpn't," said the dpctpr.
"You take it yourself." — West
"Pointer".
* *
Overheard: "The kind of a
girl who likes to eat her cake
and have yours, loo."
* * * ,
"Did he kiss me?" ! ! ! "I didn't
have enough pucker left to whistle
for a policeman."—Pen.
* * #
"I shall illustrate what I have
in mind," said the instructor as
he erased the board.—Polaris.'
* * *
Judge: "Your profession?"
Witness: "Agricultural expert."
Judge: "What was your father?"
Witness: "A farmer."
Judge: "And your grandfather?"
Witness: "A peasant." — Exchange.
"Wajt George, this isn't our
baby! In fact this is the wrong
carriage."
"Aw, shut up, this js a better
carriage."—West "Ppinter".
* f *
"Maybe rny nature is tpp cparse
fpr a revelatipn pf beauty, but
darned if I want to lppk at anybody's
big to,e with the 'nail
painted red."—Uncle Levi Zink.
The Exchange Post By AI Steinberg
Forty occifers and midshipmen
from the French cruiser Jeanne
d'Arc left their ship anchored at
Noo Orleans and dropped in the
campus at Baton Rouge last
month to create a bit of excitement
among the LSU coed element.
* • *
Stan Kenton played at the
Junior Prom at Tuscalopsa April
16.
* * *
The University of Florida held
their annual rodeo and livestock
show April 14.
* * *
The University of Alabama
now has a license to operate a
non-commercial F.M. radio station
of 14.2 kilowatts on 91.7
megacycles. „
* * *
Enrollment at the University
of Georgia is 5400.
* * *
A picture in the Villanovan
of a homely male student was
captioned, "He's engaged. He's
lovely. He uses Lifebouy."
* * *
Dr. Allison was demonstrating
a. physics experiment that required
the use of a salt shaker.
He took the shaker and explained,
"An American pounds the
shaker like this," he hit it against
his palm, "while a European
pounds it like so," whereby he
hit the shaker sideways. "Now
why do ypu suppose they do
that?" The class awaited his momentous
statement, "Why, tp get
the salt put, of course."
Ad in the Miami Hurricane:
Lost, one front tooth. Finder
pleath return immediately be-cauth
it ith impairing the own-erth
thpeach.
* * *
Lawyer: As sopn as I realized
it was a cropked business, I got
put pf it.
• Amigo: How much?
—Villanpyan
* * *
I think that I will never see,
A girl refuse a meal that's free,
A girl whp doesn't like tp wear,
A lpt pf juiik tp match her
hair.
Girts are loved by guys like me,
For who on earth will kiss a
tree.
—Ga. Tech. Yellow Jacket
* * *
Love story of the week: N
"Will you marry me?", he asked.
"No", she answered. And so
they lived happily ever after.—
Agnes Scott.
BH wt.
Letters tp the Editor
Dear Editor:
In regard to the selectipn pf
the new cheerleaders on A-Day,
I believe that a great injustice
was done. It is my ppinion that
the ones who were chosen do not
amply represent t h e student
body of Auburn.
I also believe that the students
themselves should be allowed tp
choose the cheerleaders as is done
at most of the other colleges and
universities all pver the natipn.
After all, the students are the
ones who do 99 per cent of the
yelling at the football games, and
they should choose whoever
they think will represent Auburn
best.
In last week's Plainsman, ypu
stated that Cpaph Voyles and
Coach Beard were judges, but I
happen to know that neither one
of these gentlemen were on the
cpmmittee. I have ajsp heard
that the new cheerleaders were
picked put before the cpntestants
ever went out pn the field to
tryout. Don't you believe that
this was a waste of energy and
time on the part of the ones who
did not win? What is the use of
their knocking themselves out
when they are down before they
even start?
In the future, let us hope that
politics will be kept out of such
activities, and that we will have
a fair representation. of pur student
body. '
Very truly yours, '
An Auburn Student
(Name withheld)
Dear Editor,
Mutterings that clandestine
bargaining and resulting totalitarian
favors blight the Auburn
campus are h e a r d from the
plainsmen (ordinary students)
who point out that the school belongs
to the people and is earmarked
a democratic institution.
They remark to each other that
the existance of this clique at
Auburn is as double-dealing as
a proprietor of a Wpmens' Christian
Association operating a prostitution
business in the back
room.
We can deny in gppd grace that
plainsmen either believe pr say
these unkind words since in the
upperward swirl, we have gofr
ten put pf tpuch with these average
students. But if pne dpes
shpw guts and insists lpudly
that there is truth in tjfiese mutterings,
we can imrne.diat.ejy pin
back his ears with smiling innpr
pence by diverting attentipn
from us with friendly tip-offs
here and there that he is a sorehead,
r a d i c a l , damnedyankee,
rebel, or, even a communist—
why not!—and ppint put any cpn-ceivable
scheme pr personal ambition
as the motive behjnd the
contention of this plainsman.
Any realjstic, ftp-nest apprpach
tp the charge wpuld bring further
accusatipns that we have
cprvtam^nated worthwhile campus
prganizatipns with pplitjcal
design, prpstituting organizations
tp pne anether tp win faypr and
recognition.
For candidates to compete for
office sejely pn their own rnerjts,
ability and beliefs without backing
from a pplitical maphine
wpuld require students tp campaign,
demonstrating selfless attainments,
as their ultipiate goals.
This would probably result ipto
a stjff campaign for the hqnor
system, canvases for a Student
Unipn building, and such lofty
programs from which we cpuld
persenally benefit little mpre
tftan the gratitude pf future student
bpdies. SP pur present system
pf benefitting a few in a
<ppntinued pn page 5)
"Campus Communists
I have been reading lately that
American colleges are hotbeds
for Communists. As a man who
each week places a bit of news
before the readers of a college
publication, I feel that it is my
duty to expose some of the people
I suspect as being affiliated
with one of these organizations.
I only know of three whp are
actually members of the gang—
well in fact I don't even know-that
they are but I am a little
suspicious of them.
Organization Head
First I would like to warn you
about the ring leader of this outfit
. . . his name is Sonny Tim-berlakesky.
B.e is a tall lad, looks
almost human
at times (a sure
sign), a n d is
usually seen
a r o u n d five
o'clock chasing
his shadow before
the sun
goes down behind
Dormitory
2. I have my
doubts as to •
whether or not
, Bradley he reads all the
books I see him carrying over
the campus, but I do know that
the books are bound in RED material
. . . (another sure sign).
The lassie he is seen with is labeled
Dodgeum Waldensky. Another
lassie (and I am almost
sure of her) is named Nell (Communist
name meaning NIL) Mar-tinsky.
These two cohorts work
hand in hand, arm n' arm, cheek
to cheek and actually are leading
the campus to water.
How Do I Know They
Are Members?
As Simple as finding apartments.
First, the girls wear no
other color lipstick except red
and shades of pink. Second—
they smoke foreign cigarettes
(fillipmo morriss). Third and
most important—they disagree
with me on important issues . . .
'They must always be in the
dormitory at a certain hour . . .
(secret meetings). They insist on
spending my money, and a few
other things that I won't mention
here!!!
* * *
Timberlakesky (timber is just
a wooden name) has been seen
on the campus many times with
his clothes on. He does this to
keep from attracting attention.
He believes that the veterans
should have $400.00 a month. I
personally think .we could get
along on $399.99 . . . but that is
the way these comies work . . .
Everybpdy works and nobody
gets anything . . . I am contemplating
suicide and I think I'll da
it by impersonating Frank Sinatra
and walk into one of the girls
dormitories . . . That would stop
em.
Telephone Poll
Question: Do you think that
the name 'Alabama Polytechnic
Institute' should be changed to
'Auburn University?'"
Gecile Hinson: Yes. Auburn
University sounds like a real
college instead of a Itigh school."
Bob Bpwen: "No. Because the
curriculum we have at present is
npt that pf a university. The
school could not meet the re-
'quirernents of a university and
therefore should not be called
that name."
• Doris Bragg: "Yes. Because
everyone knows API as Auburn.
By changing the name it would
eliminate the confusion.
Clark Hudson: "Yes. It would
give the school a simple, easily
remembered name to compete
with such names in the press as
Cprnell and Tulane."
Flash Riley: "No. I like it the
way it is."
Lo Sinclair: "Yes. No one has
ever fteard of API, but everyone
knpws pf Auburn- It is called
everything from 'Bama Tech to
Alabama Technilogical Institution."
Stormy Bryars: "Yes. Because
a university is bigger than an institute.
By definition, Auburn is
already a university."
Mallqry Pierce: "No. I'm a
staid old reactionary. What was
good enough for my great grandfather
is good enough for me."
Charles Spivey: "Yes. Because
99 per cent of tfte people call it
Auburn anyway and, aren't aware
of the fact that it's API." •
Eijgene Sledge: "Yes. Everyone
knows it as Auburn. The
fpptball team is knpwn as Auburn.
The name 'institute' has a
cpnnptatipn of a trade school
when„actually Auburn is a university."
WELL . . .THEY ARE
By Wayne Spraggins
People are funny! That is, people
of this modern generation
are funny in their actions as well
as in their beliefs. The people of
this Atomic Age are very critical
as to the other person or persons.
The people of today look
at a man's bad points and criticize
only these bad points; never
once giving thought to a man's
good points.
If a man of today makes a mistake,
he is at once held responsible
for that one bad doing the
rest of his life and no matter
how hard he tries to overcome
that one mistake, someone, or
some instance, always brings that
mistake back into his life.
The potential critics of today
should look at both sides of a
mistake and if
a person does
wrong, in such
a way as not
to hurt society
as a w h o 1 e,
t h e s e critics
should at least
try and give the
"wrong-doer" a
c h a n c e . The
man who maizes Spraggins
a mistake benefits by that mistake
and will hardly ever make
the same mistake twice. -Mistakes
mature a man. Mistakes
bring fear into the mind of a
person.
More individuals than you
realize are retarded in life, and
often completely torn to pieces
by their fears. These individuals
can be told trjat their fears are
withqut foundation or that their
complexes do unending damage
to their personality, but these
"wrong-doers" continue to fear.
Their fears become so habitual
and discouraging to the best
daily effort that these people are
often prone to surrender entirely
to their fears. Therefore, these
individuals become slaves to
their fears to such an extent that
fear is the foremost trait of their
lives. The situation may eventually
result in an incurable psychotic
state in which the mind
is permanently disorganized.
Do not fear! You may not understand
your universe or a particular
invention, and the mysteries
connected with' these unknowns
may seem to overshadow
your knowledge. Fear, however,
will lead to less understanding
or cripple you in using what
knowledge you have. Your part
in this universe is to live to the
best of your knowledge and trust
that any situation will end favorably.
Again, do not fear! You were
married and you lost your wife,
or husband, whichever the case
might be, to someone else. Fear
will only make you miserable
and suspicious and curtail you in
doing those things that you
might ordinarily do otherwise.
Your duty first is to be the best,
the most considerate, the most
understanding person that you
would have been under normal
circumstances, no matter how
much you are hurt and torn inside.
If you do lose your mate,
however, either you were not
worthy of her or she y^as not
worthy of you. There are some
things greater in life than the
evils of life that are constantly
trying to tear you down. An individual
should train for the ills
that will effect him—not the
goods.
Do not fear people, or things,
or imaginary forces. Do not fear
anything except the violation of
truth, as you, yourself, know that
truth. Falsehood, or attempting
to deceive one is the only basis
of fear. ,
DINE
IN A FRIENDLY
ATMOSPHERE
You'll like our courteous
help and pleasant surroundings.
STEAKS CHICKEN
SEAFOOD
Auburn Grille
—Within You—
You can carry within you all
the possibilities of life and death.
Success or failure, happiness or
m i s e r y , meaning or futility,
greatness or nothing—these are
born and reared inside a person.
You may not have all you desire
in your life and your plans
may be frustrated during your
stay on earth, but the world can
still be yours, so to speak. You
can be rJGh though po.or, filled
though empty, great, though
small.
Everything hinges on how you
look at life: whether it is a cup
to be drained of its contents for
self-indulgence as long as life
lasts, or an arena to be filled
with an ever enlarging functioning
for the common good. Above
all things you want to feel' that
life every day is worthwhile to
you. That you are contributing
something worthwhile . to the
world of human beings, no matter
how small that contribution
might be. The tragedy conies,
however, in the mistaken ways
which are selected in achieving
this state of being and the maintenance
of that state of being,
and critics.
You may aim for money, economic
goods, and bodily comforts.
This is the common way in
America. This spirit, however,
may never develop great personalities
with endurance satisfaction
nor add to the ultimate
values of living with • and for
others. The situation is essentially
a selfish spirit which ultimately
cuts you off from what you
really want and desire.
The secret of successful living
always lies within you, whether
you have little or much of the
tangible goods. This interpretation
was tersely stated by Ralph
Waldo Emerson: " T h a t only
which we have within, can we
have without. If we meet no
Gods, it is because we harbor
none. If there is a grandeus in
you, you will find grandeus in
porters and sweeps."
CIO EDITOR SPEAKS
TO ART GUILD
Members of the Art Guild
heard Helen Gould speak on "The
Use of Art in Phamphlets and
Periodicals" in the Arts Library
last Tuesday. Miss Gould is editor,
CIO Department of Edusa-tion
and Research, Washington,
D. C.
Lawrence' Skipper, Guild president,
presided.
The next meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday, April 29.
FOUND: 1947 Alabama license
plate can be recovered at
Plainsman Office by paying
for the expense of this ad.
SO TRUE
Said a friend to a teacher, "I'm
so glad that you are planning to
continue your education at the
University this summer. Are you
working for your M.S. degree?"
Replied the teacher-, "Yes, officially
for an M.S. and unofficially
for an'iVt-R-S'."
RIDES WANTED: Two students
will pay for regular rides
to Union Springs and Troy between
5-6 p.m. Fridays. Gall or
contact James R i c h a r d s o n,
Drake House, ph. 653.
LOST: One brown bill-fold
on April 14. Contained personal
papers but no money.
Reward. Finder please notify
J. R. Kilburn, 431 East Magnolia,
Phone 108.
Only Rice Radio Co. is student
owned. Located in Young-bloods
Shoe Shop.
Letters to Editor
(Continued from page 4)
way harmful to 'the majority is
not destructive to our Auburn.
Besides, our CRUMPtivities
are a progressive and realistic
education that prepares us for
future competitive life. To operate
u n d e r idealistic theories
would be impractical training
for existence in public life. There
is no need running the campus
like its home management house
—upon sound principles beneficial
and pr/fitable to all. p v
The plainsman (average student),
.from a simple concept of
democracy, envisions that he has
an equal right and the unthwart-ed
freedom to vote, to run for
office, and to exercise an equal
voice in the government.
Anyone who fervently spoke
in behalf of this emotional theory
of democracy would be libeled
by those partaking of the spoils,'
and spoilsmen would go to no
end to silence him.
We do not want democracy on
the A u b u r n campus because
these situations exist:
1. Clandestine b a r g a i n i ng
smells in the back room,
and totalitarian favors are
bestowed upon the few thus
strangling the freedom of
the majority.
2. Members of organizations
refrain from voting contrary
to the winks of the heads.
3. Weaker plainsmen do not
resist this condition and in
many cases lose interest in
an election.
4. Plainsmen with possibilities
and students pinned to the
wrong spoke in the wheel
do not run in a lost race.
"All the ills of democracy can
be cured by more democracy",
said Alfred E. Smith. Believe
that, average student, if you
wish; but try to do something
about CRUMPtivities on that
basis and you will get nowhere.
We do not want democracy.
SIGNED, •
(Name Withheld)
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Those of us who eat at the
Graves Center Dining Hall have
just about reached the stage
where we are mighty fed-up
(figuratively speaking) with the
goings on around there.
In a recent issue of one of the
Birmingham dailies there appeared
an article" about a dietician,
in which she stated that the
food in the mess halls operated
by the college is well-supervised
and the food served is better
than that received by the men
when they were in the service.
I'm not sure what part of the
army the dietician served in, but
I am sure that if the servicemen
had received food similar to
what we are getting, we would
have lost the war. The food in
Graves Center Dining Hall is
nothing but a sickly mess.
It may be true that we are
getting the required number of
calories per day, but who can
eat stuff that looks like it came
from a swill bucket. After all, it
takes little more than a few
slices of bread and some milk to
give a person the required number
of calories daily.
An example- of' the type ef-meal
we have been receiving this
quarter is: Breakfast; diced apples,
two slices of bacon, toast
and coffee; another recent breakfast
consisted of grits with worms
promiscuously strewn through it.
A typical lunch which we vsr
ceived recently consisted of: candied
yams, lye hominy" with a
few giblets of ham, desert of
congealed fruit jello, and water
for a chaser. The supper menus
fall in line with the other meals.
Now the question is this: Do
you think we are given value for
the amount of money we have to
pay for board? We pay $38.60
per month. Other enterprises in
town serves meals for only $35
per month and only $90 per
quarter. The college complains
that they lose money for every
man they feed, yet they force us
to eat in Graves Center if we
live there. _
We have noticed that occasionally
we get a good meal, but it
is so seldom that we have to look
around to see what distinguished
visitor is present. One night recently,
Mr. Norton, of the Vet-jyedpesday,
April 23, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN^--5 $
erans Administration, Mr. Car-gile,
of the College Accounting
Dept., and the Director of Student
Affairs, came over to eat
supper at the invitation of Miss
Jones. They were overheard to
say that the food was good, and
that we boys had nothing to
gripe about. Certainly it was
good. These men came at invitation.
If they want to find^out
what the food is really like in
the dining hall they should
come around unexpectedly and
take pot luck with the rest of
us.
Another complaint we have is
about the Sunday night meals,
and those bag lunches that we
are required to pay regular
prices for. We pay enough to
have three squares a day, and
not to eat something that looks
like it came from the slop bucket.
I guess I've said enough, and I
know that I speak'the thoughts
of every man who eats in Graves
Dining Hall. I think that steps
should be taken to relieve this
situation.
(Name witheld)
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'Cofidence! Let The Girls
Solve Their Own Problems
By Luther Smith
] "Versatile" is the best word with which to describe Miss
Marie Sewell, API instructor in English and Head of Hall
for Dorm IV. Not many people have followed a life pattern,
as Miss Sewell has, with so much color and variation—so
many of those indeterminate "little things" that render an
individual's entire lifetime pleasant:
those little things done for
others.
It takes a vast psychological
and sociological background to
ably handle the minute problems
arising daily in a girl's dormitory.
And Miss Sewell has an extensive
enough background in
psychology and sociology to write
a script daily in any afternoon
soap opera for a quarter of a
century. Absolutely fair in helping
the girls under her jurisdiction,
Miss Sewell "lets the girls
solve their own problems," and
attempts to employ as little discipline
as possible. That way, a
spirit of confidence is built.
She knows that without confidence
in one's' self, life is devoid
of the fresh, crisp, springtime
attitude. Personal experience
in Huntingdon, where she
obtained her B. A., and at Auburn,
where she attained an M.A.
in English, taught her what a
necessary ingredient confidence
is.
Teacher of English
Miss Sewell injected a liking
for English in her pupils at Auburn
High, where she became a
faculty member after graduating
from API. Her students there
Still testify: "best teacher we
ever had!" They tell about the
High School Tournament Plays
she directed, and the enjoyment
they derived from her classes.
Miss Sewell gave them, and yet
gives her classes, the fundamentals—
the tools with which to
work—and allows them to formulate
ideas from those tools. Three
summers s p e n t at Columbia
probably aided her more than
anything else in innovating into
her teaching this new philosophy.
For five years Miss Sewell has
been an API instructor in English.
Here, she is a member of
the Auburn Women's Club, faculty
advisor for ADPi, and one of
the faculty advisors for the Red
Cross. Added to the prodigious
list of organizations in which
she holds membership are PEO
and Delta Kappa Gamma.
Hobbies
Miss Sewell has numerous
hobbies. They include collecting
old English grammars and first
editions, oil-painting, aluminum-etching,
and bridge-playing —
and of all these she does the last
three expertly. "I used to enjoy
dancing, but not now," Miss
Sewell said, so dancing, too, may
be considered one of her hobbies.
•
Of jitlerbugging, Miss Sewell
laughingly said, "Let them jit-
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Pi Kappa Alpha Gives
Picnic, House Dance
Members of Pi Kappa Alpha
entertained with a picnic and
house dance Saturday. The picnic
was held at Chewacla and was
followed by a house dance Saturday
night. Part of the entertainment
included a treasure
hunt based on cryptograms. Winners
of the hunt were Billy
Ratchford, Pat Blackwelder, Jack
Seay, and Virginia Stephens.
Members, pledges, and their
dates were Tex Shewell, Dortie
Wilson; Bill Yessick, Jean Hazel-rig;
Jack Lee, Mary Catherine
Clem; Bob Cater, Lee Morrow:
Don Jackson, Jackie Davis; Dave
Landress, Helen Trippe; James
Ingram, Jeanne Scott; Ralph
White, Sybol Snead.
Homer Russell, Lacy Nethery;
Ed Tyler, Ed Morgan; Bernard
Blake, Jane Pope; Robert L. Pulley,
Jr., Nora Harrell; Eddie
Morgan; Bernard Blake, -Jane
Pope; Robert L. Pulley, Jr., Nona
Harrell; Eddie Baker, Peggy
Hartley; Bill Ayers, Carolyn
Naftel; Richard Kearley, Marion
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Sherling,
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery Truss,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Breedlove;
Lawson Young; Lawrence Lacey;
Sam Sockwell; Henry Steindorfs;
Clyde Hintt.
David Myrick; Felix Harris;
Percy Rogers; Ernest Lundberg;
Jimmie Williams; Harry Riddle;
Donald Henderson: Frank Baker;
Bill Davidson; Gatty Jones;
James Riley.
Local Members Attend
AGD Installation
Alpha Gamma Delta chapter
at API was represented at the
installation of Gamma Z e t a
chapter of the sorority at Memphis
State Teachers College on
Saturday, April 9. Participating
in the services were Mrs. Abb
Chrietzburg, Mrs. Jack Skews,
Barbara Rutledge, Martha Bailey,
and Betty Jane Wilson.
Alpha Gamma Delta Has
Formal Initiation
Gamma Delta chapter of Alpha
Gamma Delta held formal initiation
in the chapter room. Initiates
were, Kay Del Homme, Long
Island, New York; Maxine 'Williams,
Troy; and Betty Jean
Jordan, Brewton. Kay Del Homme
was selected as model pledge.
terbug and get it out of their
systems."
Not only did she at one time
love dancing, but Miss Sewell
was also an amateur horseback
rider who rode more like a professional.
She participated in the
Auburn horse shows every y|ear,
riding the hurdles, and -taking
part in formation trots.
Because she Is one of the best
all-around Auburn good sports,
laurels go this week to Miss
Marie Sewell, Dorm IV Head of
Hall, and instructor in English.
Under The Spires
Baptist Extension Work
Baptist students at Auburn are
receiving practical training in
organizing and directing religious
work through their own BSU exT
tension work program, under the
direction of the Baptist Boys
Brotherhood, with Ray Barnes
president.
BSUers do cftf - the - campus
work in Pepperell Village, where
they have organized and are
sponsoring both R.A. and G.A.
units for young people of grammar
and high school age. Five
boys from Auburn met with the
R.A.'s from 3:00 to 4:30 each
Thursday afternoon, and led the
younger boys in a devotional
period, followed by directed recreation
and shop work. API students
leading in" this ' work are
Barton Thigpen, Roy Mickler,
Gilbert Butler, Janius Kendrick,
and Lonnie Whitt. Marion Rutland
and Jean Prince meet with
approximately 20 G.A.'s at the
same time for a missionary program
and directed recreation.
Other extension programs of
the BSUers include a Youth Revival
currently being sponsored
at Pepperell each Saturday night.
Students lead the singing and
bring the messages.
Each year the Baptists also
organize and teach a series of
study courses in each of the
three colored churches in Auburn..
Plans are being laid now
by . Howard Johnson, Tallassee,
for these study courses to be offered
in May. Approximately 20
students took part in a similar
program last quarter in Tuskegee,
where five colored churches who
had observed the work in Auburn
invited them down for a joint
study course held in the Tuskegee
colored grammar school. The
average attendance for each of
the five nights of the training
course was approximately 150.
Another extension p r o g r am
now in full swing on the Auburn-campus
itself is the sponsoring of
15 campus Bible discussion and
prayer meeting groups. These
groups which are interdenominational
in character are growing
rapidly in attendance and popularity.
v
Canterbury Club . . .
. . , . meets.at 6 p. m. every
Sunday in the Episcopal Parrish
House for Evening Prayer. After
the services members and their
friends adjourned to the play
room upstairs for supper. A discussion
is held each Sunday after
supper and the group has had
many interesting speakers in the
past.
E v e r V Wednesday afternoon
from 3:30 until 5:30 the Club has
its Coffee Hour; Refreshments
are served and members and
their friends may participate in
dancing, bridge, and ping pong.
All Episcopal students are invited
and are urged to bring their
friends.
Classes of instruction will begin
Thursday at 5 p. m. and anyone
who desires to enter this
class may do so. The class will
be confirmed by Bishop C.C.J.
Carpenter who will visit Auburn
in the near" future.
Church of Christ
Dear Student: i
On Friday night, April 18. the
Young People's Class of the
Church of Christ in Auburn will
have a party. You are most cordially
urged to attend. Meet us
at the Church of Christ building
at 5:00 p. m. Friday; transportation
will be provided for all.
Let's make this our best and
biggest party yet. If you haven't
ben attending the parties make
this the beginning. Please come
and bring someone with you.
Sincerely yours,
Gene Allbritton, •
Minister.
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Presbyterian
Presbyterian students h a ve
elected officers and appointed
committee chairmen for the
spring and summer quarters.
Westminster Fellowship, the students'
organization, wil be headed
by Jerry Vandegrift, junior in
ME, from Birmingham. Other of-fires
are: vice president, David
Mathews; secretary, Elizabeth
Arnold; treasurer, Ben Jackson.
Dames Club Elects New
Officers For '47-48
Officers for the coming year
were elected at the last meeting
of the Dames Club. They are
president, Gray Ranson; vice
president, Bobbie Cain; corresponding
secretary, Shirley Coleman;
recording secretary, Betty
Sheehan; treasurer, Bertha Robinson;
historian, Gay Smyer.
An informal party for new
members will be held in Social
Center on May 7. Each member
must bring a student's wife who
has not been to a Dames meeting
before. Wives of all students are
eligible.
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Doyle's Batters
Tigers Back After Successful SEC Trip;
Gafors invade Drake Diamond Friday
age Florida Here
By Frank Sego
Coach Danny Dele's scintillating diamond crew, back
from a highly successful road trip into Mississippi, bids to
further its stay in the top bracket of the Southeastern Conference,
by meeting Sam McAllister's Florida Gators here
on Drake Field Friday and Saturday of this week. Friday's
battle is slated for 3 p. m. with
Saturday's fray starting at 2 p.m.
Due to the infancy«of the 1947
willow campaign, little is known
of the strength of the Floridians
except for the fact that they
have only one letterman righthander
Ed Stangry back in hurling
harness. Stangry became familiar
to the Tiger batsmen here
last season.
Former Red Socker Doyle has
designated his ace moundsmen,
Willard Nixon and Onis Green
or Hubert Finlayson, to face the
Saurians from the Drake hill.
Nixon was invincible last week,
in allowing Miss. State's Maroons
only five hits for his second victory
in as many starts. One day
later Green turned back the
Rebels of Ole Miss with seven
scattered bingles.
Washed out in their first attempt
against State, the Villagers
breezed by them 4-1 on Wednesday
at Starkville. Ray Williams,
Travis Tidwell, and Vic Akin
contributed the heavy stickwork
for the invading Tigers.
Moving to Oxford, Doyle's men
registered rapid-fire scoring in
the first and _ second frames to
hand the Rebels their initial loop
loss of the current season. Again
it was thumpin' Ray Williams,
teaming with Johnny White, Joe
Grant, and Onis Green to pace
the Tigers' 10-hit barrage.
But the string of victory ran Sports Editor Sam Adams, who
out at four straight for Auburn I is in charge of the annual event.
as they encountered difficulty in
solving the slants of husky Ray
Poole, the Rebels three-sport athlete,
on the following afternoon.
The All-Southeastern star dished
out only two singles to whitewash
the Plainsmen, 4-0.
Following their weekend appearance
on the local diamond,
the Tiger nine journeys to Macon
for another session with the Mercer
Bears. In their last outing,
the Bengals battered their way to
a 16-3 triumph over the hapless
Baptists.
Auburn's probable line-up for
the Florida series:
Tidwell, cf
Stepp, 2b
White, 3 b
Knowles, lb
Williams, rf
Finney or
Martin, If
Akin or
Woodfin, ss
Grant, c
Nixon (2-0), p (Fri.)
Green (1-0) or 0
Finlayson (1-1), p (Sat.)
PREP TRACK MEET
The Alabama High School In:
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has "been switched from Montgomery
to Auburn and will be
held in the Stadium tomorrow,
according to Alabama Journal
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Auburn Riflers Lose
To rBama Squad
Return Match Slated
Saturday at Capstone
Auburn's ROTC rifle team was
defeated, 3380 to 3307, by the
University of Alabama crack
riflers here last Saturday.
For the Plainsmen, it was one
of the closest matches of the season
with excellent sportsmanship
being displayed by both
teams. '•
Before the meet, Alabama's
men were entertained at several
formal dances and were guests
at Auburn "A" day celebration.
The Auburn marksmen are
slated for a return meet with the
Capstone crew at Tuscaloosa on
Saturday, April 28.
These matches will be conducted
annually as another step
toward resumption of intercollegiate
athlete competition between
the two schools. Individual
summaries are -as follows:
Auburn — Fowler 330; Wingate
346; Stewart 324; Bostick 314;
Darden 348; Lyle 344; Oerting
325; Fortenberry 325; Foshee
319; Cassidy 332.
Alabama—Thurston 351; Gay
328; Gray 337; Knox 313; Inge
361; Manley 313; Stark 339; Wallace
351; Campbell 347; Brown
347.
CINDER CHAMPION Christian, DeMedicis Shine As Auburn
Cindermen Bury Ga. Bulldogs, 100-26
By Frank Sego
Celebrating Coach Wilbur Hutsell's 26th year at the
Plains, the Tiger track and field combination continued its
reign of terror in the Southeast by stampeding the Georgia
Bulldogs, 100-26, in Athens Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday, April 23, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—7
Village Racquetmen to
Go Against Miss State
Coach Luther Young's Auburn
racquet swingers move to Starkville
for their fourth match of
the season on Wednesday, April
30. y
To date the local netmen have
faced the Maxwell Field Bombers
on two occasions and Georgia
Tech once on the local court.
Capt. Fred Carley (above), a
junior distance demon from
Mobile, is the modest, soft-spoken
captain of Coach Wilbur
Hutsell's 1947 track and
f i e l d forces, w h i c h swept
through their last pair of meets
with amazing accuracy in practically
every department. In
his sophomore season at the
Village, Carley displayed consistent
spurts of lightning-like
speed to outdistance some of
Dixie's better runners and capture
the Southeastern Conference
and Southeastern AAU
crown in both the 880 and mile
runs. He was also undefeated
in both specialties throughout
the South during the Tigers'
1948 campaign. In addition to
his achievements on the track,
Carley is president of Spiked
Shoe, a member of the "A"
Club, A l p h a Phi Omega,
AIChE, and an adept trumpet
player.
INTER-FRATERNITY CHAMPS
The Village Tigers, seeming to
gain revenge for Georgia's mastery
of Auburn in other sports,
took 13 of the 14 first places, nine
seconds, and seven thirds in their
attainment of the century mark.
Speedy Carl Christian, winning
the 100 and 220-yard dashes and
Freshman Jack DeMedicis, taking
a first in the 220-low hurdles,
and placing second in both the
120 high hurdles and high jump,
led the Plainsmen with 10 digits
each. "
The fast-stepping men of Hut-sell
invade Gatorland for a duel
meet with the University of
F l o r i d a this week-end. This
marks the Tigers second appearance
in Gainesville since the
launching of their '47 campaign.
Several weeks ago the Bengals
placed high there in the Florida
Relays.
Saurian mentor is Percy Beard,
former Tiger track sensation and
brother of Auburn's Jeff.
100-yard Dash—Christian (A),
Fearing (A), Flournoy (A). Time:
10.2.
220-Yard Dash—Christian* (A),
Fearing (A), Flourney (A). Time:
22.4.
4:40-Yard Dash — Jones (A),
Lancaster (A), Graves (G). Time:
52.4.
8:80-Yard Run — Carley (A),
Taff (A), Hudson (A). Time: 1:59.
Mile Run—Overton (A), Lowe
(A), Day (G).
Two-Mile Run—Kosack (A),
Cramer (G), Day (G). Time: 11:11.
120-High Hurdles—Pennington
(A), DeMediris (A), Mclntire
(A). Time: 15.3.
226-High Hurdles — DeMedicis
(A), Mclntire (A), Shelby (A),
Time: 25.1.
Broad Jump — Morrisett (A),
McClurkin (A), Lorendo (G). 23
feet, 1 inch.
High Jump—Farr (G), Pennington
(A) and DeMedicis (A)
tied for second. 6 feet, 2 inches.
Pole Vault—Payne (A), Lang
(G), McCall (G), 11 feet, 9
inches.
Shot Put—Snell (A), * Glover
(G), Herring (A). 45 feet, 8V4
inches.
Discus—Thomas (A), Marshall
(G), Herring (A). 126 feet, 4i/2
inches.
Javelin—Brnilovich (A), Marshall
(G), Fordham (G). 172 feet,
7 inches.
ROTC Marksmen Win
From Missouri Team
The Auburn riflers won a
postal'match from the University
of Missouri last weeTc by a close
margin of 2163 to 2161.
Top-ranking sharpshooters for
Auburn were: William A. Darden,
.373; Jonas A. Stewart, Jr.,
362; Henry T. Wingate, 360; John
A. Oerting, 357; Robert H. Foshee,
357; Milton S. Fortenberry,
354.
NAYLOR HONORED
Among the Auburn students recently
tapped by the local chapter
of Alpha Zeta, national honorary
agricultural and service
fraternity, is Gerald Naylor, At-talla,
one of Coach Carl Voyles
letter winning guards in football.
The assiduous Naylor was chosen
because of being a scholar and a
leader in agriculture activities on
the campus.
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Hutsell Edits Yearbook
Of National Track Rules
Editor of the National Collegiate
Track and Field Rules Book
for 1947 is Auburn's VVilbur Hut-sell,
who has coached the spiked
shoe artists at the Plains since
1921 and is a member of America's
Big Five in his' profession.
He is a former president of the
National Track Coaches Association.
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Van Heusen Shirts, Ties, Pajamas,
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Shown above are members of the SAE track squad which
recently captured the Inter-Fraternity Track and Field Meet.
(Front row, 1 to r) Joe Rollin, Erwin Mangrum, Buddy Geishing,
and Lucius Colmant. (Back row, 1 to r) Arthur Phillips, Don
Waitzman, Charlie Hudson, and Fred Johnson.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
SUNDAY SERVICES
10 A. M. Bible School
11 A. M. Worship
6:30 P. M. Young,People's
Class
7:15 P. M. Evening Services
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DELICIOUS BREAD
GENE ALLBRITTON
Minister
TUESDAY • i
3:30 P. M. Ladies Bible Class •
* WEDNESDAY
7:15 P.M." Prayer Meeting, Bible Study
A Cordial Welcome Awaits You At Each Of These Services
and
REWARD: For recovery? of
horn-rimmed glasses in brown
leather case. Inscribed within
"Taylor Optical Co., B'ham."
Return to Samford, room 101.
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES
TO SUIT YOUR COLLEGE NEEDS —
WE CAN PAY CASH FOR YOUR.USED BOOKS WHETHER
THEY ARE USED AT AUBURN OR NOT.
There is an acute shortage of text books all over the nation.
You can help the situation by selling all of your used books.
MALONE'S STUDENT BOOK EXCHANGE
STUDENTS- •
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LOCATED IN WHATLEY BUILDING
Near Alumni Hall
Save by bringing your laundry & dry cleaning to the Branch
Office
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IN BASEBALL-The Twins o£
the Majors have been the
official base balls of the big
leagues since they were
organized. Both made by
Spalding.
FIRST IN EVERY MAJOR SPORT
IN 60LF—More top tournaments are
won with Spalding golf balls than
any other make.
IN TENNIS-Only Spalding-made ten.
- nis balls are nsed in National Championships
and in every Davis Cup
match played in the U. S.
IN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL -
Spalding made the first foot ball and
the first basket ball and is today the
choice of America's leading coaches
end teams.
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8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 23, 1947
RE-ELECTED STUDENT OFFICERS
In the general campus election of April 14, Paul Persons
(left) of Birmingham, was elected president of the junior class.
Hollis Gieger, Gadsden, was chosen secretary of the Executive
Cabinet. Both will assume their duties in September. At present
Persons is junior representative to the Cabinet. Gieger is freshman
representative.
PKT Gives Initiates,
Alumni Dance
Alpha Lambda Chapter of Phi
Kappa Tau fraternity honored
new initiates and visiting alumni
with a house dance in the
Chapter House Saturday, April
12. The chapter house was colorfully
decorated in the fraternity
colors of Harvard Red and Old
Gold. Mrs. H. S. Powell, housemother,
served as hostess.
Those attending were Vic San-sing
and Ann Bailey; Charlie
Nix, Eleanor Courtney; Jimmy
Donald, Peggy Copeland; Louie
Franklin, Juanita Cross; Bob
Hall, Doris Bragg; Bill Seale, Janet
Smith; Harry Watts, Janie
Cason; Melvin Snow, Lee Moore;
Francis Reasonover, Mary Ann
Whaley; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bish-
• op; Bernie Jenny, Margie Cook;
Freddie Guess, Frances Banks;
Johnny Crocker, Emily Grace;
Carl Spanyer, Tula Williams; Bob
Wheeler, Mary Frances Kilpat-rick;
Leland Brown, Irma Clements;
J. D. Kuffskie, Frances
Letcher; Mr. and Mrs. Hal Herring;
George Elias, Pat Waters;
Charles Kirkland, Mea Cunningham;
Roland Wallin, M a r t ha
Knight.
Veterinary Faculty
Entertained With
Barbecue At Chewacla
Dr. R. S. Sugg, dean of the
School of Veterinary Medicine,
and Mrs. Sugg entertained the
veterinary faculty and staff last
Saturday with a chicken barbe-cve
at Chewacla Park.
The barbecue, honoring new
members of the veterinary faculty,
was attended by about 90
faculty members and friends.
New members include four in
the department of surgery and
medicine: Drs. Walter J. Gibbons,
Agee M. Wiggins, John F. Hok-anson,
and Nelson D. Crandall.
The four new members of the department
of bacteriology and
psthology are Drs. A. A. Leibold,
Charles S. Roberts, Franklin A.
Clark, and Frank Horace Manley.
The motor in the first Wright
brothers flying machine had no
carburetor. Gasoline was dripped
into the cylinders.
WANTED
MEN FOR SALES WORK
CONTACTING PHYSICIANS,
HOSPITALS, ETC.
Long established nationally
known ethical pharmaceutical
manufacturer has l i m i t ed
number of openings for men
interested in contacting physicians
to promote and interpret'most
recent developments
of medkaj and pharmaceutical
research.
Permanency, security and
excellent opportunities for advancement
for successful men
in this organization. Salary,
and Expense.
Minimum of 3 years college
work .with major in biological
sciences such as zoology, comparative
anatomy, physiology,
bacteriology, organic chemistry,
etc. Age 21-30.
Replies held strictly confidential.
Give full information
regarding background.
BOX 332
REWARD for the recovery of
a. pair of transparent hornrimmed
glasses in brown leather
case with Taylor Optical
Co., Birmingham, inscribed on
the inside. If found return to
Samford 101 for the reward.
Players
(Continued from page one)
stage at 17, he became a member
of the Jacksonville Little Theater.
Then came Auburn and such
plays as Noel Coward's "Hay
Fever," "Macbeth," and Mark
Reed's "Petticoat Fever." Now do
you think Unk Sam exempts actors
the same way he does ministers?
Not on your life. Bob was
soon in there pitching as a PFC
in the Air Corps. After two years
in the Air Corps, a stretch in the
infantry, and flatfeet, Bob entered
Special Services in Germany.
There he helped to write and
direct "Fall Out For Fun," and
acted in "Great Day," taken
from the then-a-Broadway-favor-ite
"On the Town." Mustered out
from Unk Sam's nephew-army,
Robert rush to Auburn to recuperate.
But Auburn wouldn't
leave him alone. Auburn Players
cast hfm in "Oliver," by Paul
Osburn, and in "Noah," and elected
him President of its organization.
Bob has still "got the acting-bug.
"He's majoring in Dramatic
Ar$s. Luck to him. Someday he'll
be playing opposite Jane Russell,
maybe. Which would be life
a la la. That's an idea.. How do
you go about majoring in Dramatic
Arts?
API-Scarab I
(Continued from page 1)
the model for the design by Harry
Shields, Jackson, Miss.; - Lamar
Brown, Troy, who built the model
for the design of James Shelley,
Palatka, Fla.; George Galloway,
Mobile, designed and built his
house model, and Gene Milsaps,
Monroeville, who built the model
for the house designed by Albert
Williams, Montgomery.
Rev. Cantrell Addresses
Presbyterian Students
Rev. Jimmy Cantrell, minister
of the Third Presbyterian Church,
Birmingham, and protege of the
late venerable Brother Bryan,
was the guest speaker at the
Presbyterian Students' semi - annual
retreat, a meeting of the
new officers a n d committee
chairman. Mr. Cantrell's inspirational
message, "Christ Is To Be
Carried To Other People", was
closely correlated with the theme
of the retreat.
ATTEND STUDENT CONFERENCE
Villanovan variation on a
theme, "I Love You For Economical
Reasons."
I * * *
The Balinoral Tartan is reserved
for the sole use of the
British family.
* BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc
for Engineers
Rigid Inspection
is the rule
Bell Telephone equipment, being precision
apparatus, must stand inspection during
each stage of its manufacture. Materials
being used in manufacture . . . parts in
process...partial assemblies...equipment
after it is assembled and wired... all must
be checked and rechecked to insure high
quality of performance.
The design and maintenance of test
equipment for such a wide variety of
products calls for men with technical training
and inventive resourcefulness.
This equipment must be fast and accurate
in operation, and although it may
be complex in design and construction, it
must be simple to operate by the average
worker. And, to facilitate mass production,
iest equipment of many different types
is also required.
Here are just a few interesting examples
of the many test sets Western Electric engineers
have developed to meet these needs.
What's wrong with
which wire?
Formerly, when switchboard cables failed
to pass inspection, it was often difficult to
determine which conductor was causing
the trouble and what the exact nature of
the trouble was. Not any more. Now,
Western Electric engineers have developed
a new test set that checks switchboard
cables for the continuity of each
wjre... that checks the dielectric strength
between each" wire and every other wire
and the ground shield. It automatically
tests a cable of up to 320 conductors for
continuity and insulation resistance, in a
total testing time of 35 seconds! If a de-,
feet is present, the faulty conductor and
the type of defect is indicated visually.
Find the pinhole!
In the manufacture of coils for relays,
ringers, etc., Western Electric uses tremendous
amounts of enameled wire. The
quality of this insulating enamel must be
of the highest. So Western Electric devel-i
oped a "pinhole" test set which reliably
detects the most minute imperfections in
the enamel coating as soon as it comes
from the baking oven. This instrument
helps greatly in maintaining quality
standards and in establishing satisfactory
sources of supply.
Looking at voices
A new method for testing the volume
efficiency of telephone receivers has been
introduced since the end of the war. Now,
the output of a 0-3000 cycle per second,
slow sweep band frequency oscillator is
applied to the receiver and its output depicted
upon a long persistence screen of
an oscilloscope. Thus, an inspector can
see the complete frequency response curve
of the receiver under test and quickly
classify defective receivers according to
the nature of the defect.
N.
Is it cracked on
the inside?
In wartime especially, a large volume of
non-ferrous rod stock was used. Testing
it for internal flaws became imperative,
yet no manufacturer of such stock had
devised any method. Western Electric engineers
came through with a device to do
the job. One that not only located objec-
. tionable cracks and determined their
thickness but also served as a precise
thickness gauge for such materials as
aluminum condenser foil . . . detecting
differences of a fraction of a millionth of
an inch in foil nominally two hundred
millionths of an inch thick. \
Manufacturing telephone and radio apparatus for the Bell System is Western Electric's primary job. It calls
for engineers of many kinds — electrical, mechanical. Industrial, chemical, metallurgical — who devise
and improve machines and processes for large scale production of highest quality communications equipment.
Western Electric
T T A UNIT OF THE BELL SYSTEM SINCE 1882 9 9
O. H. (Bugs) Mimms (left), junior in forestry from Sylacauga,
and*.Frank Keown, senior in aero administration from Scotts-boro.
were representatives from Auburn April 17-18 at the
Southern and Southwestern Conference of Colleges and Universities
at LSU in Baton Rouge, La.
STEP DOWN!
There's a tale going round the
Iowa State campus of a certain
English prof who went over to
a local apartment house and
asked to see the list of people
living in it and also the waiting
list. He didn't have to go through
very many names before he
found the one he was looking
for, and said, "Put my name
down for this man's apartment,
please. I just flunked him, and
he'll be dropping out of school
any day now."
It is estimated that it costs
about 1.7 cents a mile to operate
a motor car on paved roads but
2.9 cents on dirt roads.
Randolph county, with an enrollment
of 63, now ranks 19th
among the 67 counties of Alabama
for registration at Auburn.
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