1947-02-26 The Auburn Plainsman

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VOL. LXXII WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1947 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 7
On The Campus w m u
AIO . . .
. . . meets Wednesday nfght in Broun Auditorium for a short
business meeting and 45-minute film of the Auburn-Florida game
of '46. All independent students are invited. Bring a friend.
* * *
A-Club . . .
. . . meets Tuesday, Mar. 4, Field House at 7:30 p. m. for dis­cussion
of plans for A-Day and election of club officers.
omera ection
GROUP OF TIRED 'EGYPTIANS'
Ag Club
. . . members and their dates will see the Auburn Players' pro­duction
of "Oliver Oliver" Saturday night at 8 in Student Center.
Refreshments will be served.
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Dames Club . . .
. . . will meet Wednesday at 8 p. m. in Social Center.
Cardinal Key
meets tomorrow at 5 p. m. in Social Center.
Ag Engineers . . .
. . . will meet at last ASAE gathering for the winter quarter
Tuesday, Mar. 4, at 7 p. m. in Ag Engineering building. Officers
will be elected for spring quarter.
All Engineers
. . . are urged to hear Dr. J. O. Perrine of the American Tele­phone
and Telegraph Co. in a demonstration lecture Monday, 7:30
p.m., at Langdon Hall.
Cap and Gown . . .
. . . measurements must be completed this week. March 1 is the
last day. All persons graduating this quarter should go by Burton's
Book Store to be measured.
Alpha Phi Omega . . .
. . . has changed its meeting time to Tuesday 7 p.m. in the di­rectors
room over the First National Bank. All old members back in
college are urged to attend.
* * *
Auburn Golfing Team . .
aspirants, are requested to report to Prof. Hargreaves in Ross
214 Thursday night at 7 p. m.
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Student Executive Cabinet . . .
. . . meets 5 p.m. Thursday at Student Center. All students are
invited to attend.
* * *
Industrial Management Students . . .
. . . are invited to attend the meeting of S.A.M. Tuesday, March
4, at 7 p. m. in New Building 123. Prof. R. D. Spann will speak.
Looking as if they are scheduled lo die at dawn, this morose quintet takes time out at the
Beaux-Arts Ball held in Girls Gym Feb. 14. Left to right, Betty Jenkins, Boyd Hinion, Marion
Piper, John Walker, and Eleanor Meacham.
Players Present 'Noah'Monday
Y-Hut Scene of 3-Act
Philosophicpl Comedy
Folsom Foresees Great
Expansion Plans For API
A cheering, enthusiastic crowd of 7,000 students and
townspeople greeted Gov. James E. Folsom at Auburn Sta­dium
Friday and heard him announce his desire "to see Au­burn
become the greatest land-grant college in the nation."
His speech wwaass bbrrooaaddccaasstt over
a state-wide radio network.
Gov. Folsom paid tribute to
President L. N. Duncan in his
opening remarks. He said that he
knew Dr. Duncan must feel
great satisfaction from the years
he has served the public inter­est.
The governor discussed briefly
the three functions of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute: the Col­lege,
the Experiment Station, and
the Extension Service. He said,
"These three jobs that Auburn
does, have an effect on every
man, woman and child in Ala­bama."
He said the Board of
Trustees is going to ask for more
money for Auburn than it has
ever asked for before.
Gov. Folsom said "Auburn has
got to be one institution. The
College, the Experiment Station,
and the Extension Service are
part of one institution. Auburn
has one president. One Board of
Trustees. One job. It gets its mon­ey
from one place. The people."
The governor pointed to the
need for classroom space and
laboratories.
"The teachers here have too
many- classes to teach, and too
many students in every class.
Most of the teachers here don't
, make enough money for their
families to live on. Many fine
teachers have had to give up and
go into some other kind of work.
There are some fine ones left.
But if you and I don't do some­thing,
they'll give up, too."
Due to limited radio time, the
governor did not finish his pre­pared
speech. The Plainsman
herewith presents one excerpt
from the manuscript which was
not heard by the audience, which
should be of interest to Auburn
students. It reads as follows: "I've
told you some hard facts about
Auburn's needs. I haven't men­tioned
one big asset Auburn al­ready
has. There's a spirit around
this town and on this campus.
It's a spirit of good-will and ser­vice
to one's fellow-man. All of
us have got to do our part if
that spirit, the Auburn spirit, is
going to live and grow stronger."
A three-act philosophical com­edy,
"Noah," by Andre O'Bey
will be pj-esented in the Y-Hut by
the Auburn "Players Monday
through Friday and March 10
through March 12, beginning at
8:15 p. m. Prof. Telfair B. Peet is
director.
Students will be admiiied
free on presentation of identi­fication.
Others will be charged
25 cents admittance. Freshmen
and sophomore girls will be
given late permission to attend.
. For. the first time since the
war, the Players are presenting
a play which involves elaborate
changes of scenery. Most of the
designing was done by James
Masey, freshman in architecture,
from Paint Rock.
Music-is composed -and'diseci-ed
by" -Hollace Armcnt, head of
the Music Department. Dancing
and choreography are under the
direction of Miss Louise Forte,
assistant professor of women's
physical education. Evelyn Grant
is designer and supervisor of
costumes.
Skippy Duchac as Mama is
appealing for the last time with
the Players. She receives her de­gree
in chemical engineering this
quarter.
Robert Blackburn plays the
other lead part, Noah. Other
members of the cast are Bill
Sthiidge, George Miller, Edward
Hill,' Wynn Hall, Dot Bosl, Jane'
DeVore, Jack Seay, James Hud­son
Edwards, L a m a r Rainer,
Zach Adamson, Margaret Hatch­er,
John Lyle, Dorothy Sullivan,
and Ov/en Monroe.
Assisting in the production are
Owen Monroe, stage manager;
Ann Mauldin, electrician; EarJ
Blakely, prompter; James Mascy
and Margaret Hatcher, sound
technicians.
State Papers Say 'No'
—Plainsman Maintains
Miss Auburn Was Kissed
Regardless of statewide pub­licity
to the effect that Gover­nor
Folsom did not kiss Miss
Auburn here Friday, it is a
known fact that ha did.
After completing his radio
address, the governor descend­ed
from the platform and met
Miss Auburn as she left the
stands. Seeing him approach
her through the crowd. Miss
Auburn made an attempt to
avoid an incident but was un­able
to make a getaway.
C. Ray Martin, Plainsman
business manager, who was on
the scene, said thai Miss Au­burn
ducked her head on his
shoulder as the governor leaned
over and effected a glancing
kiss on her head.
Governor Folsom s m i l ed
triumphantly, grasped Mar­tin's
hand and remarked, "You
can really pick 'em, son!"
So — you see — Miss Auburn
was' kissed.
Executive Cabinet Sets
Election Date March IO
Four Of Six Candidates-To Qualify
Are From School Of Architecture
By The Editor
At a meeting of the Publications Board Monday afternoon
five applicants were qualified as candidates for Glomerata
editor and one was accepted for the post of Glomerata busi­ness
manager.
Date of the election, as set by the Student Executive
Cabinet, is Monday, March 10.
Sphinx Honor Society
Formulating Plans
For Annual Sing
Beverley Burkhardt, president
of Sphinx, is making plans to
Sponsor the traditional Sphinx
Mng. The singing contest will be
held early in the spring quarter.
All clubs, houses, fraternities,
and sororities and any other
campus organization with mem­bership
of more than ten are eli­gible
to compete.
Cups will be awarded to the
groups which the judges de­cide
the most musical.
Winners of the last contest,
which was held in' 1945, were
Kappa Delta and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity.
FOLSOM FAVORS RESUMPTION OF ATHLETIC
COMPETITION BETWEEN API AND 'ALABAMA
Tex Warrington and Sam W. Brewster
Featured on 'Spotlit
Immediately following Gov.
Folsom's speech at the Stadium
Friday, Plainsman representa­tives
informally interviewed him.
The three questions asked, and
the answers given, are:
Q: "Governor, are you in favor
of Alabama playing Auburn in
football?"
A: At this question Gov. Fol­som
snapped his fingers and
looked back at the michrophone
he had just left, "I meant to tell
'em about that. We are going to
pass a resolution to that effect."
Q: "What do you think of the
Auburn coed?"
A: "Why, I think they're the
most beautiful in the world—just
as pretty as those at Montevallo."
Q: "Do you believe the name
'Alabama Polytechnic Institute'
should be changed to 'Auburn
University'?"
A: At this query, the governor
stroked his chin, made several
suggestions as to a new name,
then' resignedly said, "Well, no
matter what you call it, it will
always be known as Auburn."
i Lambda Upsilon
mi Ten Students
Chemical Society
Has High Ideals
Phi Lambda Upsilon, national
honorary society for chemists
and chemical engineers tapped
ten men this week. The purpose
of Phi Lambda Upsilon is to
"foster a spirit of fellowship
among the students in the field
of chemistry, to promote a high­er
standard of scholarship, and
to encourage original investiga­tion
in all branches of pure and
applied chemistry.
Juniors and seniors - being
initiated this week are Edward
W. Ashmead, Jr., junior in CN
from Birmingham; Donald H.
Clay, senior in CN from Birming­ham;
Clannon M. Coyan, junior
in CN from Mobile; Leon W.
Cunningham, Jr., senior in CH
from Columbus, Ga.; Paul H.
Ericksen, senior in CN from
Garwood, N. J.; Wade Fleet­wood,
Jr., a junior in CN from
Birmingham; Arnold J. Gully,
senior in CN from Preton. Miss.:
James D. Lindsey, Senior in
CH from Boyce, Ga.; George A.
McGowan, Jr., in CN from Mo­bile;
John O. Williams, senior in
CN from Bessemer.
API Debate Council
ends loyrney
The Auburn Debate Council
attended the first annual Azalea
Debate Tournament in Mobile
last week. This tournament, spon­sored
by Spring Hill College,
will be an annual affair. Seven­teen
schools " from ten Southern
states were represented at the
forensic meet.
The affirmative team repre­senting
Auburn was composed of
Fred Donaldson and- Howard
Johnson. On the negative side
were Dan Meador and Max How­ard.
The subject under debate
was the national question, Re­solved:
That Labor Should Have
•a Direct Share in the Manage­ment
of Industry. Each team en­tering
the tournament debated
six times. Although the teams
from API won a large share of
their debates, they failed to cap­ture
the grand prize. - . • -.
Members of the Debate Coun­cil
are now engaged in prepara­tion
for the Southern Tourna­ment
to be held in Baton Rouge,
La., in April.
The five students qualified for
editor are Frank Benning, senior
in architecture from Atlanta,
Ga.; John T. Boyett, junior in
architecture from Rockford; Len­ny
Payne, junior in science and
literature from Mineral, Va.;
John Shaffer, junior in architec­ture
from Montgomery; and Har­ry
Shields, junior in architecture
from Jackson, Miss.
O. H. (Bugs) Minims, junior in
forestry from Sylacauga, was the
only applicant to qualify for the
post of business manager.
Homer Russell, who applied for
editor, and Lewis Scarbrough,
applicant for business manager,
both failed to meet requirements
as prescribed by the Board.
All candidates were qualified
with the stipulation that they
would be enrolled in school this
summer and until the publication
is completed and distributed.
In next Wednesday's edition
of The Plainsman each candidate
will be listed along with experi­ence
as presented to the Publica­tion
Board for qualification.
"Spotlights on Auburnites"
will feature interviews tonight
with Tex Warrington, Auburn's
newly-acquired assistant foot­ball
coach, and Sam W. Brew­ster,
Director of Buildings and
Grounds.
The program will be dedicated
to the department of Buildings
and Grounds, and will feature
the work of this department of
the college in campus activities.
Mr. Brewster is to be queried by
Len Hensel, Spotlights announ­cer.
Frank Sego, sports announcer,
will interview Warrington, Au­burn's
1944 All-American center,
and will bring to light some of
Tex's activities while with the
Brooklyn football Dodgers. Tex
will discuss his assignment here
as assistant line coach, and the
potentialities of Auburn's 1947
football squad.
Radio time of the program is
9:30 tonight over WJHO.
ON PROGRAM
Faculty Art Exhibit
Will End Saturday
The exhibit of paintings, draw­ings,
and prints by members of
the Applied Art Department of
API is open to the public in the
Architecture and the Arts Gal­lery
until Saturday.
The names of the contributors
are Frank Applebee, Harry Lowe,
Joseph Marino-Merlo, Dorothy
Jane Newman, Roy Staples, Malt-by
Sykes, and David Jack.
This is the first formal pres­entation
of works by the API art
faculty since before the war.
API Students Honored
At Emory Meeting
At a meeting OJ~ the Regional
Student Conference at Emory
University Sunday, Auburn's
two delegates, F. M. Fuller and
C. Ray Martin were elected to
offices for this year.
Fuller was named treasurer,
and Martin will serve as national
executive representative and will
fly to Chicago Friday to attend
the National Student Assembly.
Last year the National Assem­bly
sent delegates to the Inter­nationa]
Conference in Prague,
Czechoslovakia.
Tex Warrington
Student Suffers Broken
Leg In Freak Accident
Ronnie Butler, member of Phi
Delta Thcta fraternity, suffered
a fracture of his ankle Saturday
evening in a freak accident at the
Kappa Sigma house. He was re­moved
to Drake Infirmary, and
Saturday morning was taken to
Birmingham to an orthopedic
specialist for further treatment.
Infirmary officials disclosed that
there were fractures at five
points.
Butler is a sophomore in busi­ness
administration from Cor-dele,
Ga.
Home Economics Expert
Pays Visit to' Campus
Dr. Jessie W. Harris of the
American Home Economics As­sociation
was in Auburn last
week collecting data for use in
setting up criteria for evaluating
home economics training pro­grams.-
Dr. Harris conferred with Pros.
L. N. Duncan, Dean Marion
Spidle, of the School of Home
Economics, with members of her
staff, and other college officials.
Auburn, ' the only school in
Alabama being studied, is one of
60 in the U. S. included in the
survey.
Rabies Clinic Begins
A. rabies clinic sponsored by
the Lee County Health Depart­ment,
will be held beginning
Saturday through March 7.
Dog owners are reminded that
all dogs must be inoculated each
year. Inoculation certificates will
be checked after May 31.
Trailer Zoning Rules
Are Effective April 1
Property owners and occu­pants
of trailers, in town will be
notified by the City of Auburn
that after April 1 the city zoning
ordinance will be strictly en­forced
with regard to trailers.
City Council instructed the city
manager and city clerk to issue
notices.
The question of certain trailers
being in violation of the zoning
ordinance arose some time ago
and at that time City Council
said it understood that a trailer
camp would be o p e n e d on
Wright's Mill Road under the
sponsorship of the college in
order that a suitable trailer camp
would be provided.
The trailers came up for dis­cussion
when Dr. William Askew,
county health officer, came be­fore
Council with regard to sani­tation
in connection with local
trailers.
Teunison C. Clark,
Director of Student
Teunison C. Clark, Jr., of
Brookhaven, Miss., has been ap­pointed
director of student af­fairs
at Auburn, according to an
announcement from President L.
N. Duncan. Mr. Clark will as­sume
his duties September 1, af­ter
receiving his M. A. in psy­chology
and education from Pea-body
College, Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. Clark is well known in
Auburn for his work as president
of the Baptist Student Union
from 1940 until 1942. He is a
member of Phi Delta Kappa and
Kappa Delta Pi, national educa­tion
honoraries.
As a lieutenant in the Naval
Reserve, Mr. Clark was execu­tive
officer and commanding of­ficer
of two minesweepers in the
Pacific Theater from 1942 to
1946. Since receiving his dis­charge,
he has been studying at
Peabody College.
Thomas W. Schuesslcr of La-
Fayette is acting director of stu­dent
affairs until Mr. Clark ar­rives
in the fall.
Jr. Is Appointe
Affairs at API
illiams Named
Scarab President
Hall, Cochran, Fuller,
And Shields Elected
Albert Williams, senior in ar­chitecture
from Montgomery, has
been elected president, Khufu
Temple of . Scarab fraternity,
national architectural honorary.
Other officers elected were Wal­ter
Hall, Huntsville, vice presi­dent;
Kenneth Cockram, Birm­ingham,
secretary; John Fuller,
Spartanburg, S. C, treasurer;
and Harry Shields, Jackson,
Miss., -sergeant-at'-arms. Williams
is a member of Lambda Chi
Alpha Social Fraternity.
Retiring officers are Charles
Waggoner, Hattiesburg, Miss.,
president; Starr Prolsdorfer, Mo­bile,
vice president; Lamar
Brown, Troy, secretary; George
Galloway, Mobile, treasurer; and
Frank Benning, Atlanta, Ga.,
sergeant-at-arms.
The new officers were installed
at the regular meeting Tuesday
night. Plans for the API-Scarab
Fraternity Small Homes Exhibit
were discussed. This exhibit will
be shown in the leading cities of
the state. It will be opened in
Auburn around March 15, and
will consist of architectural and
interior drawings, and scale
models of seven small homes
designed by Scarab members.
Teunison C. Clark, Jr., will
assume duties as director of
student affairs at Auburn Sep­tember
1.
Former Cake Race
Winner Will Head
Auburn Jaycees
John C. Ball, Jr., former Au­burn
student who held the Cake
Race record until it was broken
last year by Whitey Overton,
was elected president of the Au­burn
Junior Chamber of Com­merce
when the annual election
of officers was held this week.
He' succeeds Dr. Wilford S. Bailey
who served during the past year.
Ball has served as recording
secretary and chairman of the
public safety committee. He is
also a member of the Auburn
District Committee of Boy
Scouts. The new Jaycee presi­dent
was a member of ATO fra­ternity
while at API, and subse­quently
served overseas as a
I field artillery officer.
Phi Kappa Tau Presents Annual Formal Saturday
jMpha Delta Pi Holds
Formal Initiation And
.Honors Alumni with Tea
g, Beta Omega chapter of Alpha
Delta Pi held formal initiation
•on Saturday morning, February
,15 in the chapter room. Those
girls who were taken into full
membership of the sorority are
'Ann Cowart, Birmingham: Jane
"Trazer, Opelika: Helen Cowles,
i'Ramer; Mary Frances Crowley.
Birmingham; Berma Dale Kyle,
Birmingham; Katherine Gilder,
^Birmingham: Sara Vaughn, Birm-
•'ingham; Bess Talbert, LaGrarige;
Jennie Sue Pate, Talladega; Au-
.drey Lee Nelson, Russellville;
| Mildred Pruitt, Leighton; Sally
'Sallade, Florence; and Jane Dow-idy,
Florence. Helen Cowles .was
•chosen model pledge and Jennie
iSue Pate was awarded the schol­arship
cup.
Prior to initiation, the former
^pledge class entertained at a tea
Sgiven for the alumni of Auburn
'and Opelika. This was held on
'Thursday, Feb. 13, from seven to
leight. Betty Brown, pledge mis-stress,
poured tea while members
\o£ the class assisted in serving.
fAnn Cowart, pledge president,
land Craig Green, active chapter
^president, were in the receiving
!line.
On Sunday, Feb. 16, old and
!new members attended church
together.
\V ELTA ZETA HONORS
IPHI DELTA TH ETA
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: Beta Xi chapter of Delta Zeta
jfheld Open House for Phi Delta
FJTheta fraternity Friday night,
IgTebruary 21.
E The group was entertained
w i t h a contest of matching hatch-i
e t s , George Washington's cherry
frtree cutting, and the DZ quartet.
fiRuth Upton was master of cere-pjaonies;
Frances Brown portray-
» i d George Washington while
KprotLy' Clements, Billie Wayne
ft&aj. ; nd Frances Harris were in
H & quartet. Dancing followed
•mhe si.it program.
8f Decorations carried out the
iH&eorge Washington theme. Punch
f'-^jid cherry cookies were seiwcd.'*
Ipha Tau Omega Holds
• ormai Initiation
\ii'| AlPn a Tau Omega held formal
i n i t i a t i o n Sunday for Walter
.•i'.'Brand, Pleasant Hills, Pa.; Jack
HflflBlankei.ship, Birmingham; Joe
fj'JF*. Evai.s, Birmingham; James C.
. , Kendrick, Fort Walton, Fla.;
'i|Luther Strange, Birmingham;
' J Walter E. Jones, Griffin, Ga.;
•Edward L. Guilder, Birmingham;
•• Adrian W a t s o n , Birmingham:
I Horace McCurry, Opelika; Pat-k­ilter
Williams, Humboldt. Tenn.;
LEADS FOR PHI KAPPA TAU
Miss Kay Riley of Pleasanton, R ^ s a s will lead with Chapter
President Bob Hall Gf Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at the annual
Red Carnation Ball Saturday night.
Robert Janney, Jr., Montgomery;
Porter Kendrick, Winter Park,
Fla.; Willis Martin, Jr., Opelika;
Charles Merritt, Opelika; Robert
Nesbitt, Birmingham; Lewe Mi-zelle,
Jr., Montgomery; Allen
Burkhalter, Jr., Roanoke.
Six Initiated Sunday
By Phi Mu Sorority
Alpha Mu chapter of Phi Mu
initiated six girls Sunday. They
are Jeanne Beard, Birmingham;
Jo Ann Bennett, Opelika; Jeanne
Charles, Birmingham; Mary
Ci#e^#e> Clem, Brffrfcgfram;
s^«SSf.eRderson,•• Mo Bile; and
acy NNeeaatthne er y, Birmingh*a m
Following initiation services, a
banquet was given in honor of
DZ Glioses Model Pledge
Chosen for her high scholastic
record, leadership, and participa­tion
in outside activities, Gussie
Arnett, a freshman majoring in
secretarial training from Birm­ingham,
was selected as Delta
Zeta model pledge. She was
treasurer of her pledge class, and
a member of Oracles and the
Dance Club.
ATO Pledges Elect
Alpha Tau Omega recently
held election of class officers.
Bob F l e m i n g , Germantown,
Tenn., was elected president; Al­bert
Schmidt, Montgomery, vice
president; and Bob Willingham,
LaFayette, secretary - treasurer.
Other pledges include Eugene
Fitzgerald, Pinson; Albert Jones,
Lake Wales, Fla.; Charles High-tower,
Geneva; and Albert Bri-ley,
Columbus, Ga.
ANNOUNCING...
Raymond Arthur Snipes.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. A. Snipes/'Jr.,
announce the birth of a son,
Raymond Arthur, on February
17, Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta.
Mrs. Snipes is the former Miss
Laura Wallace, API graduate in
commercial art '43 and member
of Kappa Delta; the proud papa
is a senior in architecture, mem­ber
of Scarab Honorary and Al­pha
Tau Omega.
the new initiates at the Pitts
Hotel. The theme was, centered
around the Enchantress Carna­tion.
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Growing Up..:
Youngsters thrive on our rich, pure
wholesome milk. For milk's the perfect
food! It builds strong bones, it's full
of vitamins and minerals and it's a
"must" for all children.
OPELIKA CREAMERY
Miss Kay Riley Will Lead
With President Bob Hall
Dance At Girls Gym Begins Promptly
At 9; Auburn Knights Furnish Music
Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity will
present its annual Red Carnation Ball Saturday night at
Girls Gym.
Miss Kay Riley of Pleasanton, Kansas, will lead the dance
with Bob Hall, chapter president from Huntsville.
The Auburn Knights will play.
The fraternity colors of Har­vard
Red and Old Gold will be
used in- the color scheme, with
members and their dates making
their entrance for the leadout
through on oversized fraternity
pen.
The date list includes Bob Hall,
Kay Riley, Pleasanton, Kansas;
Vic Sansing, Marlhalla McLaugh­lin,
Birmingham; Louie Frank­lin,
Jaunita Cross; Atlanta; Jim­my
Donald, Peggy Copeland, Bir­mingham;
Andy Ellner, Oneta
Tomlin, Nashville; Guy Farris,
Frances Groce, Tiiskegee; Bob
Allgood, Mary Noble Hall, Talla­dega;
Caleb Anderson, Jean
He win, Atlanta; Garland Baccus,
Jean Marlow, Pensacola; John
Bolen, Florene Harvin, Quincy.
Fla.
Charles Nix, Lois Clay, Bir­mingham;
Bill 'Dearman, Helen
Snowden, Evergreen; Clarence
Cardwell, Jeahette Knighfr, Bir­mingham;
John Butler, Sue Kim-mons,
Birmingham; Bill Hol-combe,
Jinx Scogin, Birmingham;
Elwocd Richardson, Lynett Rob­inson,
Dublin, Ga.; Jack Jackson,
Helen Moore, Auburn; J. D.
Kuffskie, Alice Metcalf, Mobile;
Wallace Norman, Margaret Petty,
Birmingham.
Clinton C o v a n , M a j o r i e
Stange, Mobile; Levoghn Chavis,
Clarice Watson, Pensacola; Geor­ge
Elias, Pat Waters, Montgom­ery;
Bill Ferguson, Margaret
Boais, Montgomery; Wanzel Grif­fin,
Patricia Crozier, Fort Gaines,
Freddie . Guess, Betty Morrow,
Pensacola; Henry Willis, Char­lotte
Wilder, Andalusia; Frank
Harvey, Catherine Nolen, Annis-ton;
Louis Pena, Marvilene Nor-red,
Lanett; Leland Brown, Max-ine
Jones, Alex City.
Ed Miller, Martha Anne Bever­ly,
Troy; Terry Farrish, Martha
Petillo, Auburn; Allen Hain, Vir­ginia
Gallemore, Tallahassee,
Fla.; Zac Jenkins, Mamie Ruth
Miller, Grady; Bill Seale,. Janet
Smith, Auburn; Melvin Snow,
Mary Stewart, Wadley; Carl
Spanyer, Kay Dinkins, Shreve-port,
La.; Glenn Thomas, Doris
Puryear, Groveland, Fla.; Eddie
Tomlin, Joyce Glasscock, Cull­man.
Rowland • Wallin, Nell Seale,
Anniston; J. D. West, Dottie Bre-land,
Mobile; Robert Wheeler,
B e t t y Schooler, Birmingham;
Clint White, Martha Haislin,
Mobile; Bill Rawls, Betty Hall,
Tallahassee, Fla.; Francis Rea-sonover,
Marjorie Fleming, Mo­bile;
Marry Watts, Janie Carson,
Atlanta; Derrill Chambless, Da­phne
Brown, Auburn; David
Gammage, Catherine Villar, Pen­sacola;
Jimmy Blow, Carolyn
Parker, Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Praytor,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moore; Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Weatherwax; Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Ward; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Bishop; Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Staples; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Rob­inson;
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Plant;
and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Killebrew.
SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI
Chcsen by chapter members and presided Friday night at
thevSweetheart Ball in Girls Gym, Miss Cecile Hinson is the
1947 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi at Auburn. A senior in applied
art, she is a native of Linden and a member of Phi Mu sorority.
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DAMES CLUB PLANS
A BENEFIT BRIDGE
The chapter of the National
Association of University Dames
is sponsoring a benefit bridge
party Saturday March 8 at 8 p. m.
in the Thomas Hotel. The Dames
Club is composed of wives of
students on the campus. The
charge will be 25 cents per per­son,
and prizes will be awarded
those with highest scores.
Make reservation for one per­son,
one couple, one table or
more by calling^ Gray Ranson at
847-5 or Ruth Norris at 295-J.
ADPi Honors Province
President With Tea
The Beta Omega chapter of
Alpha Delta Pi entertained at a
tea in social center on Feb. 19 in
honor of their province president,
Mrs. Helen Faulkner of Birming­ham.
Mrs. Faulkner visited the
local chapter of ADPi for a few
days on a routine trip. From here
she will attend rush week at
Sophie Newcomb College, New
O r l e a n s , and LSU at Baton
Rouge, La.
Eta Kappa Nu Fetes New
"Members to Banquet;
Dr. Allison Speaker
Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu
Association, honor society for
Electrical Engineers, entertained
newly elected members with a
banquet at the Pitts Hotel on
February 18.
Dr. Fred Allison, Head of the
Physics Department and guest
speaker, gave an interesting as
well as informative talk on, "The
Atomic Bomb and Nuclear Ener­gy"-
Professor J. C. M c K i n n o n
served as toastmaster. Other fac­ulty
m e m b e r s who attended
were: A. L. Thomas, C. C. Clem­ents,
and R. C. Haraway, faculty
adviser. • ,
Edward P. Williams of Ft.My-ers,
Florida, who was chosen by
the Society, as the Most Out­standing
Electrical Engineering
Freshman of 1946, at Auburn,' as
a result of his scholastic achieve­ments
was a guest at the ban­quet
and was awarded an engi­neering
handbook.
Active members who attended
were: J. R. Barton, F. C. Brooks,
J. M. Clayton, W. A. Davis, C. T.
Estock, B. C. Frazer, O. C. Green,
H. W. Griffith, C M . Henderson,
L. W. Henderson, L. W. Johnson,
R. T. Kitchens, R. E. Ledyard,
E. W. Lindsay, H. M. Long, R.
C. Martin, J. P. McKinnon, W. J.
Millsap, E. W. Morris, W. P. New­ton.
H. E. O'Kelley, C. H. Ray,
J. W. Rice, W. L. Roark, W. W.
Stove, O. J. Strock, R. P. Teeple,
B. H. Webb.
KA Presents Carnival
Party For Members
A successful party was given
by Kappa Alpha on Friday night.
It was presented in the form of
a carnival and dance in honor of
the new officers-elect. There was
a variety of games and a number
of coeds present to make the
party more interesting. Refresh­ments
were served by Mrs.
Smith, housemother.
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A SHORT, SHORT STORY
By Leonard Hooper
Al Booker shoved another cushion under his head and
grunted, "Get me a couple more of those peaches, will you,
honey?"
Ida stopped rinsing out a small dish and spoon under the
cold water tap of the sink to hand her husband a nearly-empty
can of peaches, saying,
"Why don't you just finish the
can?"
"Ah, thanks, honey," said Al,
and four spoonfuls later, "Didn't
I see a couple of new magazines
around here?"
"Why, yes," said Ida "this
week's copy of TIDE is in the
bookrack, but I think that Grace
borrowed the other two—wait a
minute, are you sure you're all
through studying for tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm through—I'll have
to get a little help from Frank
in the morning—which side of
the bookrack?—ah, here it is . . .
TIDE—who in the world is this
on the cover?—'Zack McJay —
from a ladder, acclaim'—who is
Zack McJay, anyway?"
"Well, he's the one who wrote
that song, 'Come to the Door,
Rudolph'—it tells all about him
inside—"
"That isn't s© much news, is
it?—last week they had Mollatoff
on the front—"
"Well, TIDE is like that—one
week the front man is somebody
who changed history and the
next week it's somebody you
never heard of—"
"His face sure is a funny color
—look at that purple—the artist
was Boris Art-he-dash-off — is
he the one who is so nearsighted
that he can't see his hands when
his arms are straight out in front
of him?"
"No sugar, that's Arthur Chik
—the one who draws those hands
for Sharfer 57 fountain pens."
"Yeah, here's one of those
fountain pen ads on the inside
of the front cover—they really
get those hands close up, don't
they?—'the Sharfer 57 pen in the
hand of J. Morgan Sharfer, fam­ous
industrial magnate' — oh,
here's one of these rubber ad­vertisements
on the next page—
they've solved another prob­lem—"
"You mean like the times they
lined acid tanks with some new
rubber compound, and conveyor
belts.-for hauling rocks?"--T-
"That's the ones—now they're
going to make rubber balls out
of it."
"Gosh, what will they think of
next?"
"I get a kick out of these letters
from the publisher, George B.
Flannel—this week he tells all
about somebody who goes around
the world looking for the right
kind of printing ink for them to
use—"
"Those are interesting, aren't
they?—is that the magazine that
has the publisher named Flannel
and the photographer named
Rayon?"
"No, that's LIKE, the picture
magazine where that photogra­pher
works, but they're both
published by the same man, Har­ry
Loose."
"Yes, his wife is that writer
who was just converted to Bud­dhism
by Ali Shihn—is she Clara
Breake Loose?—the same one
who is the lady senator?"
"You must be thinking about
Ellen Geohagohagen Douglas, the
wife of the movie star, Marvin
Douglas."
"No, that's the lady from Geor­gia,
Ellen Douglas Mantin."
"I thought Mantin was the sen-atory
from Mississippi."
"That's Rantin, Beerbo's friend
—Mrs. Mantin is on the other
side of the fence. She was strong
against Neal Galmadge and also
against his son, Sherman Gal­madge."
"Oh, yeah, she ran all the
screaming full-page ads in the
papers right after election time
and again when the governor
mixup came—I like this "Folks"
department, don't you, honey."
"Yes, if the same people were­n't
in it every time it would be
better—all the old crowd made
it this week — Randolph Hill-church."
"Has he been speeding again,
or talking to a janitor or a win­dow
washer?"
"Umh-humh—James M. Craine,
John Airedale Shaw, and Ed­ward
Willston are in a big fuss
over something." •
"Is that Willston the one who
wrote 'I Remember Hecuba Par-
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.. "Yeah—hey, it's time we went
to bed—look how late it is—why
is it that I can never finish a
magazine at one time? I guess I
read slow or something. . ."
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So Anonymous Joe hates wom­en
. . . Well, I hate men! And,
if I must be specific, particularly
one certain man.
Oh, he was faithful—he swore
it! And I fell for that line. Dumb,
innocent, naive, stupid, or how­ever
you-would-describe-it, little
me! I sometimes wondered why
our dates were always for 9:20.
But now—now I know!
A little birdie (or maybe it was
Smoe) told me all about it. A
freshman was his date until 7:30.
They always took in the five
o'clock show. Next on his busy
schedule were pie and coffee at
the Grille with a red-headed
sophomore. And then, at 9:21
there he was whispering to me,
"Gosh, honey, ain't love grand!"
And how I loved that man! 1
ate up his words, and even be­lieved
him when he told our
sociology class, "A man likes to
spend money on the woman he
loves." Yet ours were usually
"cheap dates" — two hours of
smooching at his fraternity house
and a nickel cup of coffee. {Yes,
I guess I'm just dumb!)
We studied English Lit togeth­er;
he copied my paper on every
quiz. I worked his algebra for
him and really thought I was a
whiz.
Well, one fine day one of the
problems was wrong; I had left
out a decimal point. He eyed me
coldly, a gleam of hate in his big,
blue, blood-shot eyes, and growl­ed,
"I've had you, woman!" And
that was it—finis!
So you can see why I hate
men—the great big handsome
brutes!
ALPHA OMICRON PI
HAS WEINER ROAST
The members and pledges of
Delta Delta chapter of Alpha
Omicron Pi held a weiner roast
on Saturday afternoon, February
15, at the "Fish Pond".
Alpha O's and their dates were
Sara Clark, Pewee Oestreicher,
Ida Will Lee, Cuddles Tate; Ly-nette
Robinson, Tex Shewell; Fay
Clements, Harry Kinney; Virgin­ia
Bridges, Perry Jenkins; Mary
Frances Kilpatrick, Charlie Na­der;
Jane Pope, Bernard Blake;
Jackie Davis, Buddy Moose; Do­ris
Bragg, Sercy McClure; Willie
Garvin, Bobbie Gilliam; Virginia
Stephens, Bill Peese; Helen Wal-den,
Andy Tomasso; Billie Phil-
Reuben Wright Dr. Joseph Davis
'Farm Fish Ponds' Topic
Of Lecture By Snow
Jack Snow, Auburn graduate
now working on his Master's De­gree,
and an assistant at the
Farm Ponds Project at the Ex­periment
Station, presented a
lecture to ag engineering stu­dents
Thursday.
The program consisted of a
talk on Farm Fish Ponds and
was accompanied by color slides.
Snow is a member of Alpha
Gamma Rho and Alpha Zeta.
Jake's Joint is now open
from 8 AM til 11:30 PM. Pay
us a visit.
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Wednesday, February 26, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—3
ALPHA PSI PLEDGES
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
The Alpha Psi pledges recent­ly
elected pledge officers. Those
selected are Robert Chapell, pres­ident;
Dick Wilheight, vice presi­dent;
Karon Jennings, secretary;
Torbert L. Harrison, treasurer;
Jesse Sloan, sergeant at arms.
Pledges in the A l p h a Psi
Pledge group include Wilton
lips, Jimmy Brown; Anne Shotts,
Charles Skinner; Virginia Davis,
John Clark; M a r t h a Nichols,
Dave Mathews; Anne Esslinger,
Jimmy Baird.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Maddox
and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Adams
were chaperones.
Blake, Lynwood Box, Robert
Chappel, William L. Collins, Phi­lip
Cornelison, J. P. Faust, M. G.
Hazard, Robert L. Harrison, War­ren
Kent, Milford Kuykendall,
Clinton Le Noir, William A. Lun-deen,
Elliot H. Martin, Loud Mil­ler,
James Moore, Gene Morgan,
Robert Niver, James Newberne,
Paul Newberne, James Piatt, Jo­seph
A. Schmidt, Jesse Sloan,
Lee Smith, Kenneth Swafford,
Charles Thorpe, Bill Tisdale, Joe
Veasey, Willie Wager, Jack Walk­er,
Homer Watts, Howard Wink­ler,
Ellis Winter, Dick Wilheight,
Thomas Whitworth, Karon Jen­nings,
Sam Strickland, George
Yarbourgh, Von Cornelison, Ar­chie
Hughes. Pledge Master is
Loyce Turner.
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3:30 P. M. Ladies Bible Class
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7.15 P.M. Prayer Meeting, Bible Study
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Should It Be 'Auburn University?
Not so very long ago, there was a move­ment
underfoot here to change the offi­cial
name of Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
to Auburn University. It was during
the war, so consequently not too much
was done about it. The Plainsman is in­terested
in this issue from an unbiased
point of view; it would like to see the
problem put before the student body once
again and get a cross-section of student
and faculty opinion.
On one side, there are the advocates of
the change who say that the very name
"Institute" carries with it the connotation
of "cow college," or that of a minor acad­emy
or the like. They say that an institute
is inevitably a minor school without much
national recognition, and that Auburn is
far from that. "Whoever heard of API?"
they say. "But everybody and his brother
has heard of Auburn!" They give as one
of their best points that even the stickers
on automobiles are "Auburn" stickers.
Also, they say that during football rea­son,
the Associated Press, UP, and INS
all carry the Tiger scores listed as Au­burn,
and not as API.
On the con side, the conservatives say
that they are the guardians of--the: *corn?
unity: They want it to remain "Alabama
Polytechnic Institute for historic reasons.
They advance a very practical argument
on one point: "Why," they say, "should
we change the name of the school when it
would necessitate a change of the name
on class rings, diplomas, cornerstones, et
al?"
Technically speaking, the name of the
school is only a\ matter of semantics, but
what does matter is whether or not the
changing of the name of the school would
greatly enhance the opportunities of the
graduates. Does General Electric hire an
API man or do they hire an Auburn man?
Semantics only involves the historical
and psychological classification of changes
in the significaton of words or forms,
viewed as normal and vital factors in ling­uistic
development. One might readily
think that "Auburn University" might
come under the classification of phenom­ena
that has achieved a certain expansion
and specialization of meaning, because it
has definitely advanced from the category
of a small sectarian school. In the United
States, a university typically comprises a
college and one or more graduate or pro­fessional
schools.
When considering the problem, remem­ber
that a university is an institution
...organized for., teaching and :.study.i:in the
i •higher branches of learning, and is em­powered
to confer special degrees in spe­cial
departments.
Then the shoe fits!
Our Independent Organization
The Auburn Independent Organization
was established on this campus a year
ago by a group of Independent students.
Its purpose is to further democratic spirit
of unity among independent students.
AIO is designed to create, promote, and
maintain a high sense of honor and in­tegrity
in all phases of college activities
and to encourage participation by all.
The Independent Council sponsors ac­tivities
which contribute to the well-being
.of all students. One of its purposes is pro­portional
representation of all students in
all organizations and the election of the
most capable candidate, regardless of his
or her organizational affiliations.
AIO operates as a social organization
and sponsors a program that appeals to
a majority of the students. It encourages
participation in opportunities offered by
the Women's Athletic Association and In­tramural
Sports. The Independent Coun­cil
wants more of the independent stu­dents
to help promote these ideas.
If you, as an independent student, want
to discuss anything that you think has been
overlooked, or if you have any sugges­tions
on what the council should do, AIO
will be glad to help. All meetings are open
and AIO welcomes more independents to
come and take part in their government.
Talking In Technicolor
If all the peoples of the world could
speak a common language there would be
better understanding among nations.
Language barriers are cause for misun­derstandings
— which, among nations, is
cause enough for war. War, as you know,
is bad.
A scholar from Jamaica, Randolph Fritz-
Henley, has a system devised to unify all
languages, making them intelligible to
the peoples of the world. Mr. Fritz-Hen­ley,
according to a WNNS release, is in
New York to bring his system to the at­tention
of U.N.
-This system, the author says, reduces
the theory of language to color and sound.
Color, he says, is one of the everyday psy­chological
forces common to everyone.
With this common element added to a ba­sic
phonetic system common to all lang­uages,
he has produced his theory that
color can teach sound.
. Kromofonix, as the system is called,
consists of using bits of cardboard colored
on one side and bearing a letter on the
other. A child can be taught vowels and
dipthongs through 18 different shades,
and the consonants through 26 others.
This system has been demonstrated and
has proved convincing to audiences; but
whether or not it will ever be used uni­versally
remains to be seen.
In all probability, the peoples of the
world consider it too revolutionary, and
as a result, would be unwilling to accept
it. However, Mr. Fritz-Henley has utilized
existing standards to make the Kromono-fix
system intelligible and not wholly
revolutionary.
If Kromonofix is accepted by U.N. and
spreads to the schools of the world, it
should be used, as its author maintains,
to aid in reducing the mass illiteracy in
the world.
Who can deny that it isn't for a good
cause?
There may be a great deal of talk nowa­days
of how wonderful it would be to have
steaks and beef stews in plenty, but, ac­cording
to the Encyclopaedia Britannica,
pork is the most popular meat in the Amer­ican
diet.
cording to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The phosphorescence in water at night,
seen from shipboard, is really millions of
luminous protozoa, microsopic animals, ac-
Only one justice of the United States
Supreme Court has ever been impeached
—and that one was acquitted and resumed
his seat on the bench. Articles of impeach­ment
were brought before the Senate
against Justice Samuel Chase in 1804 be­cause
of his activities in behalf of the Fed­eralist
Party.
Do-Nuts and Coffee By Babs On The Side
A. John Kaunas in The New York Times Book Review.
"If you must know, that's how it ends."
This and That By Qle Timer
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It's Wonderful
The fire escapes constructed on Alumni Gym provided a
very heartening sight for this writer. For many years, I have
been wondering what has prevented a major fire and loss of
life on the campus here. I know personally that at least one
small fire has been discovered
on the third floor of Broun. And
small fires have a way of spread­ing
to become big fires.
Broun Hall and Samford Hall
should be given first priority for
the next fire escapes to be con­structed.
And after that every
building on the campus more
than one story high should have
fire escapes built with as little
delay as possible.
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A True Story
The Navy physician examined
the scarred foot of the applicant
for a service commission. He
shook his head. "It may not both­er
you too much," he said, "but
of course you'll never be able
to do any running on that foot."
The doctor, no sport page reader,
shook his head again.
And Glenn Cunningham, the
most famous miler in U. S. track
history, walked to another physi-c;
an for the next section of his
physical examination.
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Moral: Watch Your Words
Japanese bungling of the Ame­rican
language has been good for
a laugh ever since Commodore
Perry opened Nippon to the tour­ist
trade The latest Jap mal-apropism
comes from Yokohoma
where a heavy bevy of Red Cross
girls were not amused by it.
Seems the girls have a house
in Yokohoma and also a Japan­ese
butler named George who
was once a steward on an ocean
liner and indulges in the quaint
habit of calling all visitors "pas­sengers".
One of the girls undertook to
set George right—told him the
word was not "passengers" and
drummed into his head what
callers should • be called "compa­ny",
"guests", "visitors" or what
have you.
That evening the doorbell rang
and George hopped to the door
to admit two male callers. Proud­ly
he walked to the stairs and
called: "Miss Smith—you got two
customers!"
* * *
War Anecdote
At one of the Navy's continent­al
bases where liberty parties go
ashore and a bulkhead is hardly
ever a wall, the officer of the
deck was standing an especially
taut watch one night. The com­manding
officer had been away
for a week, and while there were
no grass blades adrift to disturb
the skipper, the OOP wanted to
be on hand to greet him. So he
ordered the main gate guard to
phone him as soon as the cap­tain's
car rolled into view.
Hours later the OOD lifted the
phone expectantly and ' heard:
"Sir, the commanding officer is
entering the gate."
Then came a loud crash, and in
the same solemn tone the guard
reported: "Sir, the commanding
officer is bringing the gate with
him."
Poem
The following masterpiece was
submitted by a coed who pre­ferred
to remain incognito:
You kissed and told
But that's O. K.;
The guy you told
Came around today.
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A liquor, a food, and a mat­tress
salesman were sitting at a
small table drinking beer and
making small talk. The liquor
salesman said, "You know, I hate
to see a woman drink alone."
"I hate to see a woman eat
alone," added the food salesman.
The mattress salesman main­tained
a gentlemanly silence.
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Brickbats to those careless
drivers who park their cars so
as to take up two parking spaces
* * *
Red Man Heap Modern
Visitor: "So this i& your little
grandstfn, C h i e f . What's his
name?"
Chief: "I am Brave Eagle; my
son Fighting Bird; his son, Four
engine B-29".—Farm Journal.
(f: * Jfc
Some girls are like paint: Get
them stirred up and you can't
get them off your hands."
* * *
In this column last week we
ran an impartially stated sum­mary
of an article by a Univer­sity
of Michigian coed entitled
"Must College Girls Wear Dia­pers?"
Miss Janet Laib, the au­thor,
inferred that the coed
there was "shielded from reality,
and upon graduation, had to
learn the facts the hard way".
A reply was received from
C. S. Otto, a former Michigan
student now enrolled at* Auburn,
who said, "I'd say the coeds there
learned reality and the facts even
under the restricted hours and
if she had to learn 'the hard
way' after graduation, she was­n't
a typical Michigan coed."
FILE THIRTEEN By The Editor
It appears that Gov. Folsom is
going to be another "Eleanor".
• Since taking office in January,
Big Jim has ranged anywhere
from Montevallo to Mobile and
from Washington on down to
Wetumpka . . . then what does
he do but ask for a larger yacht
. . . besides announcing that he
intends to make a goodwill tour
to South America with the in­tention
of bringing more Latin
trade to the State Docks.
If the manner in which his
excellency made the rounds in
Auburn is any indication of his
future travels on a larger scale
—then we predict he will run
Mrs. Roosevelt a close second.
During his visit here he stop­ped
in for visits at the Phi Delta
Theta, Sigma Chi, and PiKA
houses, attended the Sweet­heart
Ball that night, and was
a guest of Everett Harwell at
the Casino. If his chauffeur was
unfamiliar with the streets of
Auburn prior to Friday, his ach­ing
shoulders should be reason
enough to enable him to drive to
any given street on his next visit.
Big Jim directed him over just
about all of 'em.
* * *
And how the governor can
remember names and faces is
well-worth comment. One ex­ample
occurred when he spoke
and shook hands with a com­position
room employee of the
Lee County Bulletin whom he
had fleetingly met during his
last campaign tour.
* * *
Recently a letter was received
by The Plainsman from Noel
Turner, president of the student
body at Georgia Tech. We had
written him concerning the sys­tem
of examinations. It appears
that Georgia Tech, like many
other colleges and universities, is
placing less and less emphasis
on that "dreaded final".
Turner informs us that under
the Tech system final exams are
given but they may be spaced
over a period of two or three
class hours. Also, grades on the
finals are averaged as one of the
regular exams of the quarter.
Incidentally, Noel Turner is a
former Auburn man.
Thought for the week: "Every
reform was once a private opin­ion."
* * *
It came Naturally!
Irish corporal at press inter­view:
"That's how I won the
medal. The bullet went in me
chest and came out me brfek."
Newspaperman at press inter­view:
"But, if that were so, it
would have gone through your
heart and killed you."
Irish corporal: "Sakes Alive!
Me heart was in me mouth!"—
B. Lane
* * *
The reason Cupid makes so
many wild shots is that he aims
at the heart while looking at the
hosiery.—Pen.
* * *
The Texas-born Captain of an
all-Texas company in North Af­rica
told his men; "Our job is to
p r p m p t e good neighborliness
among other things. We've got to
humor the natives. F'nstance, if
they say Africa is bigger than
Texas, agree with 'em."
* * *
No fact is so tragical Gossip
cannot exaggerate it.
* * *
Medical Man to Absent-mind­ed
prof's wife: "When did you
first suspect your husband was
not all right mentally?"
Wife: "When he shook the hall
tree and began feeling around
for apples."—Columns.
* # *
Said a young thing to her
mother: " Tisn't fair. At night
you tell me I'm too little to stay
up. In the morning you say I'm
too big to stay in bed."—The Log.
* * *
Stern Discipline
She: "Nobody loves mc; and,
my hands are cold."
He: "Your mother loves you:
and, you can sit on your hands."
—West "Pointer".
* * *
The love of beauty is usually
the love of measure or propor­tion.—
Emerson.
"My dear," said he, valiantly
trying to chew the evening's
meat, "what did you use to buy
this s t e a k with — your shoe
stamp?"—Pen.
Overheard at the Drug Store:
"Have you a vitamin that will
make my football son want to
mow the lawn and clean up the
cellar?"
The Exchange Post By Al Steinberg
Cross Country Humor:
"I see in the papers that nine
profs and a student were killed
in a train wreck."
"Poor chap."—Notre Dame.
* * *
"I wonder who this telegram
is from?"
"Western Union. I recognize
the handwriting." — Converse
College.
* * *
A "just married" couple were
seen driving thru town. On the
back of their car was a sign
reading "Careless talk did it".
—Washington and Lee
* * *
When a run-in between a jeep
and a power line caused tempo­rary
blackout on the University
of Ga. campus one night, a law
student studying in the darken­ed
library was heard to complain,
"There oughta be a law."
* * *
A cartoon in the Boston Col­lege
"Heights" pictures a smiling
student leaving a classroom and
holding a smoking pistol as he
cheerfully tells his waiting-friends,
"I passed."
* * *
From the "Crimson White",
Alabama
I ask you, professor, how can
I learn botany
If there's a dearth of books
and I ain't gotany,
Can I assimilate Don Juan or
the works of Chaucer
Without assistance f r o m a
' book? Nawsir.
Tell me, is this just some
connivery
To chain me to a reserve copy
of the text in the livrery?
* * #
Aviation At LSU:
LSU has accepted bids on the
construction of a flight training
field which will have three run­ways,
a control tower, a storage
hangar, and a students' ready
building all by next semester.
The college has arranged to stock
the field with surplus army
planes and expects an enrollment
of 500 in their ROTC Air Corps
once the field is completed.
* * *
A janitor at LSU confessed to
15 years of thievery. He admitted
taking such things as 'shoes,
gloves, clocks, cigarette 'ffghters,
soap, and five rolls of toilet tis­sue.
We hope he isn't fined too
much for that last item.
* * *
i
A student in psychology class at
Agnes Scott drew a caricature of
her professor on the blackboard.
The drawing consisted of a circu­lar
face supporting two strands
of hair. The prof came in a few
minutes later, surveyed the draw­ing,
erased one of the two strands
of hair, and proceeded with the
lecture.
GUEST COLUMN
Ed Price, staff member of
Alabama's C r i m s o n - White,
who visited Auburn on 'Gov.
Folsom Day'., is our guest col­umnist.
University students who stop
by at Auburn are constantly sur­prised
to discover that one ques­tion
buzzing about the campus
is an echo of one- voiced fre­quently
in the "Supe store,"
Namely, why don't Auburn and
the University reestablish ath­letic
relationships?
. The answers always offered
on both , campuses are strangely
identical except for one word.
Auburn students say, "Alabama
doesn't want it." University stu­dents
claim, "Auburn doesn't
want it."
In fact that same attitude pre­vails
over the subject of Ala­bama-
Auburn relationships in
general. During pre-war days
sincere efforts were made to
abolish this wholesale misun­derstanding
between the two
largest schools in the state of
Alabama. Unfortunately these
efforts lapsed along with over­all
decelleration of campus activi­ties
caused by wartime condi­tions.
But now with the war at an
end and with both schools at
peak enrollment, the time is
overly-ripe for students of the
two institutions to restate that
luestion, and clearly enough so
that it can be heard by school
and state officials.
The desire for better relations
between the two colleges has
prompted t h e Interfraternity
Councils of both to stage an an­nual
basketball game between
Alabama's and Auburn's inter-court
champs. Next week Au­burn's
Sigma Chi quintet is going
to make the trip to Tuscaloosa
to meet the leading fraternity
team there.
For several years, Auburn and
Alabama have been competing in
track activities. But the time
when major sports teams of the
two schools met on the same field
is not within me memory of
many.
Ole Miss and Miss State, Geor­gia
and Georgia Tech, LSU and
Tulane, Tennessee and Vander-bilt,
all square off annually in
athletic contests which produce
classic thrillers for the people of
their states. But do the people
of Alabama ever have the op­portunity
to see their top schools
play each other?
Since students at both schools
come from exactly the same
hometowns, they are naturally
interested in competition be­tween
the two schools. Athletic
directors of the two colleges
would undoubtedly gloat over
gate receipts of an Alabama-
Auburn football game played in
Birmingham ,or Montgomery. In
fact, no stadium in the state
would be large enough to hold
the spectators for such a con­test.
Reestablishment of athletic re­lationships
would also serve to
promote other inter-school activi­ties.
In the long run, nothing but
an all-round better spirit of all
concerned would result.
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Joe: Where are you going to
eat?
Mac: Let's eat up the street.
Joe: But I don't like concrete.
With Lenny Payne
The advent of "Big Jim" day
on the Auburn campus brings to
mind the fact that even a man
who campaigns with a suds buck­et
and a shuck mop may turn out
to be a leading progressive. The
term "may" is used intentionally
for as yet Governor Folsom is
still relatively an unknown quan­tity.
Certain steps that have been
taken show great promise that
the hopes and prayers of the
thinking people of Alabama may
be answered, and for the sake of
present day Alabama and the
Alabama of the future may this
promise come true.
Many minds in Alabama still
go back reverently to the long
regime of the beloved Bibb
Graves. Today in Alabama then
is another Graves who may or
may not be a relation of the
Bibb Graves -
J o h n Temple
Graves, the wise
a n d beautiful
orator and pro­gressive
and lib­eral
journalist of
T h e Birming­ham
Post. I, for
„one, vigorously
disagree w i th
the opinions of
Lenny Payne ' ^ n y ™ho f e el
that the mes­sages
of Graves are definitely
reactionary. On the contrary, his
messages are from the heart of
one of the leading progressives
of the nation, and as such, should
warm the souls of all alert, in­telligent,
socially concious Ala-bamians.
It is to be hoped that
Governor Folsom may prove to
be equally progressive and possi­bly
even "reactionary" along
many similar lines.
In our awakening Southland it
is this progressiveness and lib­eralism
which will eventually
lead us to take our rightful place
in the respect of our sister states,
the progressiveness of mature,
level headed thinkers and not
the radicalness to which im­petuous,
hot headed youth is so
often inclined. Even our voting
system requires a higher degree
of intellectual depth because of
the presence of only one party
on the ballot, for all practical
purposes.
Now, as never before, the
South may be said to be at a
turning point which may or may
not bring the long needed chang­es
in education, social conditions,
and industry. As never before
the pitifully small salaries of
educators and the depravity of
living conditions in certain sec­tions
of the Southland are being
forced upon us. The imminent
industrialization of the South
can bring solutions to many of
these problems or it can add
more. We may or may not be
headed for progressive changes
under the present, can only wait
and hope, but the real hope of the
South is in the college youth of
today. It is you and I who will
be the citizens of tomorrow.
Letters to
The Editor
Editor, The Plainsman
Tichenor Avenue
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Sir:
In the February 12 Plainsman
I noticed under Al Steinberg's
column "The Exchange Post"
about the Texan wishing to ob­tain
an Auburn sticker for his
windshield. Well, I am a sailor
way down here in the land of
cowboy boots and ten-gallon hats
who is homesick for Alabama,
and above all—Auburn.
I just happened to think how
happy I would be if I happened
to see this guy sporting an API
sticker.
I would be furthermore happy
if I had a windshield to sport
a sticker on.
A former student,
Bill Brabham
Ships Service Dept.
NATTC, Ward Island
Corpus Christi, Tex.
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APPOINTED
Prof. Ransom D. Spann
Spann Appointed
Engineering Prof
Hannum Chooses
Auburn Graduate
The appointment of . Ransom
Davis Spann as professor of elec­trical
engineering was announced
today by Dean J. E. Hannum of
the Auburn School of Engineer­ing.
Mi\ Spann received his B. S.
from A.P.I, in 1915 and a year
later received the professional
degree of electrical engineer. He
joins the faculty at Auburn after
a long, distinguished career as
a design engineer, inventor, and
industrial executive.
During the following World
War I he served in the Coast Ar­tillery
of the U. S. Army. He was
discharged in 1926 with the rank
of captain. For the next three
years he was a design engineer
with Bell Telephone Laboratories
developing many patents in tele­phony
and telephone apparatus.
He also taught part-time at the
Evening School of New York
University.
In 1928 Mr. Spann 'was appoint­ed
assistant chief engineer in
charge of development and re­search
in the Paris Laboratories
of the International Telephone
and Telegraph Company. He
served this company five years.
He remained in France until
1935, engaging in private engi­neering
practice and in the de­velopment
and application of his
many inventions.
Since 1935, Mr. Spann has been
executive engineer with the
Radio Corporation of America,
Camden, N. J. During War II, in
addition to his administrative
duties, he seived the company as
liaison with the War Depart­ment,
Navy Department, and
other federal agencies in all mat­ters
relating to government con­tracts.
He installed throughout
(he'many departments of the
RCA plant a scientific method of
inspection by means' of statisti­cal
quality control, and as direc­tor
of the quality control depart­ment,
had entire responsibility
for the testing and inspection
function.
In addition to his wide industri­al
and engineering experience,
Mr. Spann can speak, read, write,
and readily translate the French
language, including t e c h n i c a l
French. He will be joined by his
wife at a later date.
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QUEEN PAT AND HER ROYAL COURT
Pai Bridges, who reigned as Queen of the Beaux-Arts Ball Feb. 14 is shown on Ihe throne
in company of her court. Pictured from left to right: Mauveline Shaw, Helen Trippe, Queen
Pai, Julia DeMarcay, Helen Sims, and Beverley Burkhardt.
Arnsdorff-Parrish
A very beautiful late afternoon
marriage ceremony, Feb. 1, was
that of Miss Elizabeth Lorraine
Arnsdorff and James Arthur Par-rish,
Jr., at the Attapulgus Meth­odist
Church with the Rev. Nath­an
H. Williams officiating. The
groom received his schooling in
the schools of Auburn and grad­uated
from API.
* * *
Reeder-Snell
The marriage of Miss Marvis
Reeder and Randolph Snell was
solemnized in the presence of the
bride's family, January 5, in a
private informal ceremony.
Mrs. Snell is a graduate of API
in Feeds and Nutrition. She was
active in the Dana King Gatchell
Home Economics Club, the Au­burn
Debate Council, and a mem­ber
of Tau Kappa Alpha, nation­al
honorary debating society.
Mr. Snell is also a graduate of
API in Agricultural Education.
He is a member of Omicron Del­ta
Kappa, Alpha Zeta, Gamma
Sigma Delta, and Spades.
The couple will reside in Ames,
Iowa, where both will enter the
graduate school at Iowa State
College.
* * *
Rowe-Allen
Miss Sarah Frances Rowe and
Henry Bethea Allen, Jr., were
married .. in .the First Baptist
Church, Enterprise, in late De­cember.
The bride is a graduate
of API and of Baptist Training
School, Bowling Green, Ky. The
young couple will reside in Bowl­ing
Green, Ky., where the groom
is attending Bowling Green Uni­versity.
^ * * *
Farmer-McKee
Miss Kathryn Sue Farmer and
George 'O'Gilva McKee were
married New Year's at the First
Methodist Church, Wetumpka..
Mrs. McKee is a member of the
P.E. Club, W.A.A., and Phi Mu
sorority. The groom is a mem­ber
of Alpha Psi and A.V.A.
Both are resuming their studies
here. * * *
Baker-Johnston
The engagement of Miss Mar­garet
Jennie Baker of Hapeville,
Ga., and Robert Cully Johnston is
announced. The wedding to take
place this spring. The groom-to-be
finished at Auburn in 1939.
THE PLAINSMAN—5
Wednesday, February 26, 1947
New Officers Elected
By Education Society
Kappa Delta Pi, education hon­orary
society, held its second
meeting of the winter quarter on
February 13 in Samford Hall. The
newly elected officers for the
coming year are Fred Sloan,
president; Lucy Wheeler, vice
president;. Marian Gray, secre­tary;
and Thomas Gandy, treasu­rer.
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Callaway-Chiles
Miss Harriett Hand Callaway
and Ted Wilson Chiles - were
wed Saturday, January 15, in the
First Baptist Church in La-
Grange, Georgia.
Mr. Chiles is an alumnus of
API and obtained his degree in
Textile Engineering. He was a
member of Phi Psi honorary tex­tile
"fraternity; representative to
the Executive Cabinet; member
of Scabbard and Blade; and
member of Pi Kappa Alpha so­cial
fraternity.
The couple will reside in Ak­ron,
Ohio.
* * *
Marijui-y-Sost
The marriage of Miss Martha
Terry Bost to William Marbury
took place January 12, at Ocean
Springs, Miss.
The bride attended Judson
College and was graduated from
API, where she was a member
of the Alpha Gamma Delta so­rority.
* * *
Paschal-Peek
The marriage of Miss Sarah
Nell Paschal to Harold F. Peek
took place at a simple afternoon
ceremony at the home of the
bride's parents on Jan. 7, in En­terprise.
Mrs. Peek attended API, and
was a member of Phi Omega Pi.
The couple is now living in Fort
Walton, Fla.
* * *
Thornton-Musick
A recent marriage is that of
Miss Maxine Thornton, Fort
Payne, to Ralph Musick of Atlan­ta.
The wecrJing took place in
the Methodist Church of Chero­kee,
the Rev. Guy Smith offi­ciating.
Both the bride and
groom are graduates of API.
They will reside in Atlanta.
Harper-Donovan
Miss Dorothy Lee Harper be­came
the bride of Franklin Don­ovan
at an afternoon ceremony,
Feb. 1, First Methodist Church,
Tallassee, the Rev. Selman Brad­ley
officiating. Mrs. Donovan is
well-known in API's dramatic
circles. The young couple will re­side
in Eclectic. Both are now
enrolled at Huntington College.
* * • *
Harris-Doty
The engagement of Miss Jean
Wingfield Harris of Birmingham
to Luther Lee Doty, Jr., Birm­ingham,
is announced. The wed­ding
will take place in March.
Mr. Doty, prior to his entrance
in the Army where he served as
Captain in the thirty-fourth In­fantry
Division, in which capaci­ty
he received the Silver Star
and Purple Heart Awards, at­tended
API, being a member of
the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Jordan-Autrey
The marriage of Miss Grace
Willodean Jordan to Mr. Benja­min
Pershing Autrey took place
Feb. 2 at an afternoon ceremony
in the home of Rev. C. A. Shell,
Flomatpn. The bride is a gradu­ate
of API.
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G—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, February 26, 1947
AUBURN HAS GONE FORWARD UNDER
PRESIDENT DUNCAN'S LEADERSHIP
By John Newton Baker
Director API News Bureau
A major depression and a world war which stopped many
educational institutions cold failed to halt the amazing pro­gress
of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute during the last 15
years.
When Dr. Luther N. Duncan assumed the presidency 12
years ago this month, the picture
;hei;e was dark indeed. The in-
I stitution was one and one-quar-
'ter. million dollars in debt. Its
^physical plant was small and
badly in need of repair. The stu­dent
enrollment was less than
2,000. There were.only about 100
J instructors, most of these poorly
•paid. So bad was the situation
:.that the school was on probation
by the accrediting agency of the
Southern Association of Colleges
'.and Universities.
^Compare this with a debt-free
- institution operating on a sound
financial basis—a modern and
expanding physical plant on a
campus twice as large as in 1935
—more than 6,000 students, and
an' ever-growing faculty.
In 1932 the entire API plant
had a valuation of two and three-quarter
million dollars. Now it is
..worth over six million dollars.
From a faculty of slightly more
than 100, Auburn's instructional
%'xt'f has jtmiped to 300, most
ti ;.'hers holding advanced de-
HErees. Their salaries are better
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than ever before.
Auburn has 11 chief schools of
education. Students may major in
any one of 39 different fields
therein. The school also has an
ROTC, a Naval ROTC and an Air
Corps.
Impressive, too, are Auburn's
permanent expansion p l a n s,
drawn up by President Duncan
and B&G Director Sam F. Brew­ster.
Some $8,000,000 will be
spent during the next decade in
constructing 20 new buildings.
There will be dormitories for men
and women, a gymnasium, class­room
buildings, street and side­walk
changes, and much grading
and landscaping.
During Dr. Duncan's twelve
years as API president, research
has flowered. The Auburn Re­search
Foundation has been re­sponsible
for the Alayam (sweet
potato) project and many other
research advances. The Agricul­tural
Experiment Station with
seven substations has modernized
techniques in Alabama farming.
The. R e s e a r c h Interpretation
Service has helped present re­sults
of research in understand­able
language.
vHor has all this progress at API
under Dr. Duncan been a mere
accident. Auburn's progressive
direction during the past twelve
years has been under one who
first came to Auburn as a student
in 1896, and who graduated as
class president in 1900.
Auburn is Alabama's triple-threat
college. Through its three
fields of teaching, research, and
extension, API is helping to lead
the state of Alabama from edu­cational
knee-pants to respectable
long trousers. And in so doing,
Auburn contributes to a stronger
South, a more productive Ameri­ca.
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Johnstone Accepts
Post In Research
Resigns At College
But Will Live Here
Appointment of Dr. Francis E.
Johnstone, Jr., Auburn, Alabama,
as geneticist for the National
Cottonseed Products Association,
to cooperate with established re­search
and educational institu­tions
in encouraging production
of cotton high in oil content and
other oilseed crops in Cotton
States, has been announce'd by
A.v L. Ward, Dallas, Educational
Director of the Association.
Dr. Johnstone will work with
established research institutions
in Cotton States to encourage and
assist reseai'ch in seeking addi­tional
o,il-bearing crops which can
be used in rotation with cotton,
or even as a substitute for cotton
where this is necessary or de­sirable;
breeding cotton suitable
for mechanization; and increasing
the oil and protein content of the
individual seed itself.
"Dr. Johnstone's work repre­sents
a logical expansion of the
cooperation with established re­search
and educational institu­tions
which has been carried on
for 21 years by the cotton oil in­dustry's
Educational Service,"
Mr. Ward said. "He will cooperate
with state and federal research
authorities in programs seeking
to improve present oil-bearing
crops and develop new oilseeds. I
Twin Critics Review Scenes
Of 'Governor Foisom Day'
By Len Hensel and Jim Bradley
After keeping 7000 waiting impatiently, Big Jim arrived
at the stadium for the ceremonies fifteen minutes late. As
the cavalcade of cars entered the stadium, it ran through a
gauntlet of ROTC men with their rifles at "present arms."
No one noticed (except us) that the janitors from the field
house had their push-brooms in
the well-known vertical posi­tion,
but we don't believe that
that was part of the scheduled
ceremony.
This took place at approxi­mately
2:45, with just fifteen
minutes left before the broadcast.
As the governor came onto the
field the field guns a t . t h e op­posite
end of the field started to
rumble their 19 gun salute. At
that time we looked over at Sam-ford
and Langdon, but from that
distance the two buildings looked
no worse for the ordeal. We sug­gest
that they make a thorough
investigation before too much
time elapses. We doubt if those
two structures could take it if
President Truman ever decided
to make an official visit.
As the governor's car arrived
at the speaker's stand, we glanced
over to Thach Street and noticed
a bus approaching. We were won­dering
what group had chartered
a bus for the occasion, and then
we realized that it contained the
delegation of Georgia governors.
ROTC Cited
As Jim left the car and ap-
PRE-REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
Thursday, March 6
A-Bak 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Bal-Bla 1:00-1:30 p.m.
Blb-Bro 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Brp-Car 2:00-2:30 p.m.
Cas-Con 2:30-3:00 p.m.
Coo-Dav 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Daw-Ear 3:30-4:00 p.m. .
Eas-For 4:00-4:30 p.m.
Fos-Goz 4:30-5:00 p.m.
Gra-Har ' 5:00-5:30 p.m.
*Has-Jac 5:30-6:00 p.m.
*Jad-Led 6:00-6:30 p.m.
*Lee-Mor 6:30-7:00 p.m.
* These students will receive
their cards Thursday afternoon
and pay fees at an open hour in
their schedule Friday a. m.
Friday, March 7
Mos-Ols 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Olt-Pfa. 1:00-1:30 p.m.
Pfb-Rea 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Reb-Roy 2:00-2:30 p.m.
Roz-Sim 2:30-3:00 p.m.
Sin-Sta 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Stb-Tea 3:30-4:00
Teb-Uts 4:00-4:30
Utt-Wha 4:30-5:00 p.m..
Whb-Z 5:00-5:30 p.m.
3. Students will be excused
from classes missed in the pro­cess
of registration.
B. FRESHMEN will report to
Student Center in accordance
with the following schedule: (A
through L report as follows:)
1. Saturday, March 8
A-Bak 8:00-8:30 a.m.
Bal-Bla 8:30-9:00 a.m.
Blb-Bro 9:00-9:30 a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
Reid Bestows Honorary
Title On Gov. Foisom
President Rock Reid of Omega
Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa
conferred honorary membership
in the society upon Governor
James E. Foisom at the stadium
Friday.
Reid, in his presentation speech,
said that ODK recognizes men of
leadership and character. He
stated that the society, through
its recognition of outstanding
men, helps in promoting under­standing
and combating intoler­ance.
Later in the afternoon Gov.
Foisom was initiated at a cere­mony
in the office of President
Duncan.
Brp-Car 9:30-1.0:00 a.m.
Cas-Coo 10:00-10:30 a.m.
Cop-Dav 10:30-11:00 a.m.
Dav-Edw ll:00-ll:30a.m.
Edz-For 11:30-12:00 p.m.
Fos-Glo 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Glp-Han 1:00-1:30 p.m.
Hao-Hil 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Him-Hut 2:00-2:30 p.m.
Huu-Jus 2:30-3:00 p.m.
Jut-Lan 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Lao-Lz 3:30-4:00 p.m.
4:00-5:00 students failing to
register as scheduled above.
2. FRESHMEN M-Z will regis­ter
at open hours in their sche­dule
as indicated on notices to
be sent to individual students
by the Registrar on dates indi­cated
below.
Monday, March 10, 8 a.m. to 4
p. m. FRESHMEN M through R.
Tuesday, March 11, 8 a. m. to
4 p. m. FRESHMEN S through Z.
From 4 to 6 p. m. students fail­ing
to register at scheduled hour.
Late Registration Fee
The late registration fee will be
chargeable to full-time under­graduates
beginning Wednesday,
March 11.
C. GRADUATE AND PART-TIME
STUDENTS MAY REGIS­TER
UP TO AND INCLUDING
TUESDAY, APRIL 1. The late
fee begins Wednesday, April 2.
proached the speaker's stand
everyone in the stands stood up
and cheered (just like when Au­burn
used to make touchdowns.)
When the Governor climbed onto
the platform, ROTC cadets start­ed
their review. After consider-ble
falling in and falling out.
staggering left face and right face
maneuvers, the knaki-clad gen
tlemen finally managed to file in
front of the stand in fairly decent
order.
Are We Kiddin'?
Following this exhibition the
band (which looked better than
usual—all were in step after
crossing the 25-yard line) came
up to the stand with the drum
majorettes knocking themselves
out to attract the attention of the
governor. In spite of their back
breaking, mucle-straining maneu
vers, the majorettes could not
take the governor's eye from the
cadets who were strung across
the field. This surprised us no
end, considering the fact that we
heard Big Jim make the remark
on Toomer's corner that he didn't
see enough women around here.
Besame Mucho
At this point Pat Patrick (Miss
Auburn) ascended the stand to
put a Carnation in Big Jim's
lapel. Immediately following this
act the crowd (and the Gover­nor)
witnessed the biggest disap­pointment
of the day. Miss Au­burn,
who is supposed to repres­ent
all the girls in API, definite­ly
pulled a "faux pas." Gov.
James E. Foisom, a man who has
kissed movie stars and beauties
from one end of this country to
the other, was left standing by
himself, blushing, hands on hips,
and with lips still puckered in
anticipation.
"At ease" was then given to
ROTC unit. We must compliment
them on their precision in as­suming
this position.
Dr. Duncan then introduced the
Governor, and he presented, his
news-making speech which • all
of you have heard or read, so we
won't go into that. The crowd
dispersed after the speech, but
Jim was determined to get his
just reward. He left the platform
and ambushed Miss Auburn as
she left the stand. With the
proper amount of coyness and
blushing, Pat Patrick allowed
herself to be pecked by the chief
executive. (Perhaps she was just
playing hard-to-get all the time.)
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Naval ROTC Lists Five
Vacancies For Frosh
Captain J. W. Callahan, USN,
Professor of Naval Science, has
been authorized to accept five
freshmen at the beginning of
the spring quarter for enroll­ment
in Naval ROTC as con­tract
students.
Information and applications
may be obtained from the office
of The Professor of Naval
Science, Room 103, Broun Hall.
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Trailer Court.
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engineering graduates not over 25 years of age.
Our company is interested in interviewing qualified men
who have the desire and determination to learn the shoe
business "from the cow to the customer."
Opportunities for the future are in direct proportion to
your efforts.
A college graduate owes it to himself, for the effort he
has put forth to get an education, to look over the entire
field of job opportunities and to go with that concern which
affords the promise that is in keeping with his ambitions.
General Shoe Corporation is an established manufacturer
with an impressive growth record. Its future is largely com­mensurate
with the desires and capacities of the men com­ing
along in it.
Ask for o copy of our booklet, "General Shoe
—a Good Place to Work/' and for our latest
Annual Report.
Address inquiries to General Shoe Corpora­tion,
Nashville, Tenn., Division of Supervisory
Development.
Sam Boroughs, (above) is a
new addition to the faculty of
the School of Engineering. He
will instruct classes in mechan­ical
engineering beginning next
quarter.
PIATIGORSKY
CONCERT REVIEW
By Dick Inlow
Gregor Piatigorsky's 'cello con­cert
Thursday night in Langdon
Hall was definitely one of the
high marks in the musical year
at Auburn. From the very first
note of the concert, riot only
Piatigorsky's music, but his per­sonality
held the audience in
complete sway. With the possible
exception of John Charles Thom­as,
I believe he has more stage
personality than any other con­cert
artist I have yet seen.
The perfection of Piatigorsky's
music is something to be remem­bered.
Not only mechanical per­fection
but emotional perfection
—which often marks the differ­ence
between" a good musician
and a great artist—is easily dis-cernable
in his work.
"Each piece of music should be
played as though one had never
played it before," he told me
during the intermission of his
concert. "You have the exact
notes in your memory, of course,
but the way you play it must be
the way you feel it at the time.
It should come from somewhere
way down inside of you and
should completely dominate your
thoughts . and emotions as you
play."
The program was well-round­ed
and interesting. Lovely melo­dic
works by Schubert, Beetho­ven,
and Haydn were nicely bal­anced
by more lively pieces by
Chopin, Paganini, and a young
American composer named Lukas
Foss. Mr. Piatigorsky has a high
opinion of Foss and termed him
"one of the most promising com­posers
of our time."
Despite the presence of my
favorite composer, Franz Schu­bert,
it was a short piece by Si­belius
that I had never heard be­fore
that stole the show for me.
It was a soft piece, full of me­lodic
tones, called "Malinconia,"
and was played with a delicate-ness
that showed the artist also
had a fondness for it.
After the regular portion of
the program had been completed
Mr. Piatigorsky played four en­cores,
choosing music well-known
and loved by every concert-goer.
They were "March" by Proko­fiev,
"The Swan" by Saint-Saens,
"Hora Staccato" by Dinicu —
Heifetz, and "Dance of Terror"
by De Falla.
I am sure that each person
that left the Hall left with the
knowledge that they had heard
one of the world's greatest art­ists.
president; Gus Leslie, vice presi­dent;
and Gallis Cammack, sec­retary.
KA Elects Officers
Last Wednesday Nu Chapter
of Kappa Alpha elected officers
who are to begin their term of
office in the spring quarter.
New officers are Ray Sherer,
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AUBURN WRESTLERS HUMBLED SEAAU Wrestling
BY EXPERIENCED VMI TEAM
Before a capacity crowd at Alumni Gym Friday night,
the Auburn grapplers bowed to a well-trained, scrappy VMI
team in one of the better matches of the season.
VMI came to Auburn boasting one of the best records to
be found in the south, losing only to Appalachain Col­lege
in seven meets. Prior to this meet Auburn had sustained
only one loss, having lost 'to Appalachain in the first meet
of the season.
The more experienced VMI team grabbed an early lead
scoring wins in the first three matches by falls and walked
away with a 23-13 win.
Scoring by matches:
In the 121 pound class, Charier
Moyer of VMI won an early fa'l'
over Rudolph Hill of Auburn
The experienced VMI wrestle:
sprang a series of new holds or
Hill and won the fall after c
minutes 42 seconds of wear\
competition.
Jim Spencer, captain of the
VMI team, won a spirited matcl
over Brannon Woodham after £
minutes 52 seconds of mat play.
Once again experience paid off
for the VMI mat artist.
John McKenzie, ace T i g er
grappler, lost his first match of
the current season when he was
pitted against Henning of VMI in
the 136 pound class.
In the 145 pound class, Carroll
Keller, Tiger mat artist, out­pointed
Bob Van Hook in one of
the better matches of the day.
This match went the entire route,
with neither grappler being able
to pin his opponent and gain a
clear cut decision. Score was
Keller, 14 Van Hook 7.
In the fastest match of the day,
Dick Dashiers pinned Sam Wood-ham
of Auburn after 3 minutes
37 seconds of spirited play.
Watts Humphrey, Auburn's 175
pound grunt and groan artist,
raised the spirits of the Tiger
rooters by winning by a fall over
Joe Gantt after eight minutes
and four seconds of mat play.
In the heavyweight c l a s s,
James (Jug) Pate rapidly wore
out his lighter opponent Tom
Phillips and recorded a win by a
fall after 5 minutes 30 seconds
of competition. In the last min­ute
of the match the popular
Jug sustained an injury to his
ankle, but went on to add an­other
win to his string of victo­ries.
FOR SALE: Alma House
Trailer. In perfect condition.
Call or see H. B. Thomason at
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48.
SAE TAKES FINALS
?F SWIMMING MEET
In the finals of intramural
;wimming held last Thursday
light in Alumni Gym the team
vearing the blue of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon hosed out the runner-up
Phi' Delta Theta team by the
narrow margin of 27-24. The Sig­ma
Phi Epsilon team finished
third with a total of 12 points. ;
In taking this year's swimming
cup, the SAE's had winners in
three events: the 50-yard free
style, 50 yard breast, and the 200
yard free style relay, and the
Phi's captured top honors in the
other three: the 25 yard free
style, 50 yard back, and 150 yard
medley relay. In finishing third,
the Sig Eps placed men second
and fourth in the 25 yard free
style event, and their relay
teams placed third and fourth in
the medley and free style relay.
Trials were held in, each event
Tuesday night, February 18, and
the four men and teams having
the best times in the events qual­ified
for the finals.
R e s u l t s of the individual
events, with the winner's time
given: 25 yard free style: Wat-kins,
PDT; Fuller, SPE; Clark,
Sc; Jones, SPE; 00:08.1.
50 yard free style: Frazier,
SAE; McCary, SAE; March, ATO;
Allen, TC; 00:18.4. •
50 yard breast: Wilson, SAE;
Holdsambeck, LCA; 00:24.0.
50 yard back: Taylor, PDT;
Yates, PKP; Conner, SN; 00:23.4.
150 yard medley (Three man
team) PDT; SAE, SPE, 1:07.2.
200 yard free style relay (four
man team) SAE, PDT, ATO, SPE;
1:18.4.
Meet Here Mar. 1-8
W r e s t l i n g ' . Coach Arnold
(Swede) Urhbach announced Fri­day
afternoon that plans have
been completed for the annual
SEAAU wrestling matches to be
held at Auburn on March 7 and
Thp meet, which is open to all
schools in Alabama, Florida, and
Georgia,, will provide some of
the best matches of the current
season.
Invitations have been extend-j
ed to all military establishments
to send amateur wrestlers to this
outstanding meet. At' the present
I time a list of qualified entrants
i is not available, but officials have
i expressed satisfaction over the
entrance of many well-qualified
grapplers.
Students and faculty members
will be charged 30 cents each,
and townspeople 60 cents. Pro­ceeds
will go for the advance­ment
of the American Olympic
Wrestling Team.
Wednesday, February 26, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—7
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Inrerfrarerniry Volley
Ball Now In Full Swing
The inter-fraternity volleyball
league play is now in full swing,
with all games being played on
Rat Field. Coach Evans an­nounced
t h a t all rained - out
games will be played at the end
of the season.
The standings as of February
23 are:
Sports Script
By Frank Sego
EARNS THREE LETTERS AS A FRESHMAN
League
W
« S 2
PDT 1
PKA 0
LCA 0
OTS 0
League
W
ATO 2
SC 1
DSP 0
SP 0
AP 0
1
L
0
0
1
1
1
3
L
0
0
1
1
1
Leac
TC
KA
AGR
SN
PKP
jue
W
2
1
0
0
0
League
SAE
TEP
ALT
PKP
SPE
w 2
1
0
0
0
2
L
0
0
1
1
1
4
L
0
0
1
1
1
Games scheduled are:
Tomorrow—
PDT-PKA, AGR-SN, AP-DSP,
ALT-SPE.
March 3—
LCA-PKA
PKT-SPE.
March 4—
KS-PDT;
SAE-ALT.
PKP-SN; SP-DSP;
TC-AGR; ATP-AP;
Swimmers Meet Miami
And YMCA Teams Soon
Further plans for the Auburn
swimming team have been an­nounced
by Coach John Borch-ardt.
On Mar. 6, at 8 p. m. the
University of Miami will meet
the Tigers here.
The following day at 7:30 p. m.,
Auburn's team will joust with
Birmingham's YWCA. A meet]
has been tentatively arranged j
with Georgia Tech, on March 12
at 4 p. m.
Coach Borchardt is still look­ing
for men interested in varsity
swimming, particularly for next
year.
FOUND: One man's over­coat
at Alumni Gym after the
Sicma Chi Dance Friday night.
For information concerning
same call 665-R.
LOST: Identification brace­let
Saturday in Auburn with
the inscription on the back-
Robert G. Culbertson, 0-556325.
If found please contact Lt. Cul­berson
at the Electricity Lab
Building Room 4 or call Col­lege
335.
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Higdon And Markham Report Soon . . .
Auburn's contributions to the professional baseball world, Bill
Higdon of Montgomery and Morgan Markham of Decatur, will de­part
soon for their respective summer jobs. Higdon, a two-sport
athlete at Montgomery's Sidney Lanier High in 1940-'41-'42, inked
a Philadelphia Philly contract before he had opportunity to show
his wares in a Plainsman uniform. After spring training with the
Phillies in '46, the former American Legion junior baseballer was
farmed to Dover, Del. for further seasoning. When the Phils called
Bill Dinges from their Utica, N.Y. club Higdon stepped in behind him
for the remainder of the season. This year the young outfielder has
an offer to go back to Ulica. However, he may return the contract
unsigned in favor of a deal with the Memphis Chicks of the South­ern
Association. Markham, on the other hand, performed with the
Tigers during the 1946-diamond campaign. The stringbean knuckle-bailer
was contracted by the Detroit Tigers after nailing up an im­pressive
pitching record in his first year of collegiate baseball. Sent
to Thomasville of the Georgia-Florida League, he won five gamei
for the cellar-dwellers last season. In a few weeks he reports to the
Montgomery Rebels of the Class B Southeastern League.
* * „ *
Over The Conference It's Overton . . .
Georgia Tech's track team, faster than ever, has served notice
that they will be the outfit to beat in the Southeastern Conference
this spring. The Engineers may have something there but the cindei
beaters here at Auburn have a different idea-about it. Maybe those
Jackets haven't heard about a cotton-headed beanpole named Whitey
Overton, who started kicking cinders around the Plains last fall.
Still a freshman, the streaky Montgomery youth will be kicking
plenty of dust in the eyes of conference foes after March 29. In
case you've forgotten, Overton ran with the 1946 Tiger cross­country
team, breaking the ancient 1923 record with his rapid jaunt
over the Birmingham slag in November. The fact is, he bettered
his own mark every time he donned the thins. Then, of course, he
came along to shatter all existing records in the annual ODK-Wilbur
Hutsell Cake Race of last quarter. Anyway, all eyes will
turn to Overton in a few weeks—that is, if they can turn fast
enough.
* * * ;
Tigers Claw Into Steak Dinner . . .
Coach "Swede" Umbach's grapplers were-treated to some lu-cious
steak dinners by the Montgomery's Auburn Alumni'dub in
the Capital City Monday. It's gestures of this nature that make the
boys feel their efforts are being appreciated. And they certainly
deserve a round of applause for recording a highly successful cam-paign*
on the Tiger mat. At the beginning of this season "Jug" Pate
and Tony Martinez were the lone returning lettermen. Now with
only one match remaining, the local grunt men have, to their credit,
successive victories over the University of Chattanooga, Vander-bilt,
Georgia Tech, Maryville, Tenn. Teachers, and Davidson Col­lege.
Their losses were inflicted by powerful Appalachain Teachers
and VMI teams. The Tigers final encounter of the year, before going
into the Southeastern AAU tournament here, will find them meet­ing
Georgia Tech on the Alumni mat Saturday night at 7:30.
hoijn • •:": ••''•' * *j * ' '•' '
Off The Cuff . . .
Latest addition to the Tiger sporting family is Bill Stuckey, a
brilliant football end and diamond outfielder with Hurt Military
School of Montgomery, during the past few seasons. He enrolls here
March 24 . . . Auburn's hard-luck cagers did it again, drawing, as a
bye, the winner of the Kentucky-Vanderbilt tournament in Louis­ville
this week . . . Travis Tidwell continues to sparkle as the
Tigers plunge into their third week of gruelling spring football
drills. His oasses are connecting from all angles of the field . . .
If you would like to chase that pellet around the southeastern golf
courses, come to Ross 214 Thursday night at 7. A dandy golfing team
is in the making with a colorful spring schedule ahead.
Four Teams Paddling
For Ping Pong Title
The interfraternity ping nong
Evans has announced that * the
semi-finals must be played not
later than Saturday.
FOR SALE: 20 ft. House-tournament
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a close, with four teams battling} 266-J. H. L. Bodden.
it out for the championship. In I
the semi-finals, the PKA's are! Jake's Joint is now open
pitted against the PKP's and the | from 8 AM til 11:30 PM. Pay
ATO's face the KA's. Coach us a visit.
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One of the few athletes in the history of intercollegiate athletics to win three monograms as
a freshman is Auburn's Ray Williams, who lettered in football <end), basketball (center-forward),
baseball (pitcher-outfielder) during the 1946 seison. As a sc?homore mainstay on the '46-'47
Tiger court, he set the scoring pace with 190 points. He also ranlcs high among the top ten South- •
eastern Conference basket-fillers. ' „••'
TIGERS BEAR DOWN
IN SPRING DRILLS
Some 60-odd Auburn Tigers
now in their third week of spring
football training, were sent
through their first - light scrim­mage
by Coach Carl Voyles last
Saturday.
Leading t h e rearworks is
Traveliin' Travis Tidwell, 1946
collegiate offensive leader, who
was exceptionally accurate with
his. tosses to other Tiger backs,
Tom Lucia, Red Emmert, John
Klasnic, and Ray Pelfrey.
High School Letters
Target Of A-C.lub
George Killian, secretary of
the A-Club, announced a request
concerning Auburn students who
are wearing athletic letters earn­ed
in high school on the cam­pus.
"It is an old tradition that only
those men who have earned let­ters
at Auburn wear them on
this campus," Killian said, "and
the A-Club would appreciate it
if all students who are wearing
high school letters on their jack­ets
and sweaters would remove
them."
GIRLS'CAGE LEAGUE
UN DEW AY MONDAY
The .girl's injtramural basket­ball
tournament is scheduled tc
begin Monday. Teams participat­ing
are Auburn Hall (2 teams),
Alumni. Hall (2 teams'!), 220 V/. j
TIsjnplin, Susan Smith Cottage,
Dorms'1,; 2, 3, 4,. AOPi, ADPi,
Tijjia L\, C'hi O, Alpha Gam, Phi
-\Iu, XL\ ;£ind. Delta Zeta. Prac-
\lti' games " are being held at
Alumni Gyin tonight, tomorrow
night,, and Friday night from
:6:30 to 9;- *Ti
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fill rave lo yorms
Is Last Of Emergency
Dorms 1 o Be Vacated
Girls living at 220 West -Mag­nolia
will be transferred to va­cancies
in other dormitories next
quarter, according to the college
business office.
Reason for the change, as ex­plained
by W. Travis Ingram,
API Business Manager, is that
under the present set-up the col­lege
is losing money by housing
girls at this house.
Mr. Ingram said that during
the war the college leased a ma­jority
of the fraternity houses,
Sigma Pi annex, and 220 West
Mag. Girls were moved into the
houses and ASTP trainees occu­pied
their dormitories.
,. "Now", he added, "the girls
are out of all these houses except
220 West Magnolia, and there are
suf'i.-ieiit vacancies in the dormi­tories
to accomodate them".
"Since their living at 220 West
Magnolia was only a temporary
measure during an emergency
jivhich is new over." Mr. Ingram
skid, "these girls will be moved
to the dormitories where they
lanes Borcnar
flew rt instructor
Names ice Hockey
As Favorite Sport
Ey Luther Smith
If the weather e-ets any brittler,
one man or Auburn's campus
will give -,ith a big grin. For
brittler w e a t h e r will bring
staunch-ice. and staunch ice con­notates
ice hockey. Coach Charles
P. Nader always has a gleam in
his eye and a grin on his.face
when ice hockey is mentioned,
for that's one of his pet recrea­tional
hobbies, if it can be called
a recreation. (I- know a vet who
played ice hockey while in scr-
-vice. He's now attending school
under Public Lav/ 16).
Graduating from high school
with honors, Coach Nader enter­ed
LaCrosse State Teacher's Col­lege,
from which he graduated in
'41. He obtained an M.A. in PE
from the University of Iowa, and
was then greeted by Uncle Sam.
In the Navy for four years. Coach |
Nader served as a rehabilitation
and Athletics officer, coaching
would have ordinarily lived to
begin with."
various sports.
As a sailor, he was stationed
at Norfolk, Great Lakes, Fort
Worth, and he leisurely (!) toured
the Pacific for 18 months. Most
of his work was, as it is here,
with patients suffering from par­tial
disability.
But his Navy work isn't al)
that has fitted Nader for coach­ing
PE. As important is his par-t'cipation
in city recreation worl
at New London, Wis. Coach Na­der
has enthusiastically, put sev­eral
of his previously-learned
ideas to work here.
"This would be different from
service calisthenics if it could be
made m o r e co - recreational,"
Coach Nader said. He also told
about the inadequate PE facili­ties
at Auburn which every one
has seen, but those who could
are not inclined to improve
"Equipment pertinent to my type
of restrictive Work is needed,"
the Coach told. However, the
blame can't be put on PE instruc­tors.
Put it on either Mame oi
the organization which can take
action.
Experienced in tennis, swim­ming,
basketball, and ice hockey.
Coach Nader is a member of Phi
Epsilon Kappa, PE honorary fra­ternity.
He instructs all those tak­ing
restricted PE here.
A bachelor, Mr. Nader is still'
able to laugh and have fun.
UNDER THE SPIRES
Inter-Faith Council . . .
. . . opens meeting at West­minster
H o u s e , Presbyterian
Church, Monday from 5 to 6 p. m.
Guest speaker is Father Freder­ick
of Eufaula. Everyone is in­vited.
Esslinger Pledges AOP.
The red and white Alpha Omi-
"ron Pi ribbons were pinned on
Anne Esslinger on Wednesday
-fternoon, February 12. Anne is
from Fairmont is president of
Oracles. Formal pledging was
held Friday evening in the Alpha
Cmicron Pi chapter room.
A Dog's Life •
Hunting dogs are often treated
5S human beings in primitive so
?ieties, according to the Ency-
:lcpaedia Britannica. In certain
tribes killing a dog is considered
as bad as murder.
"Women. W a m p u m , and
Wrong doings are always news."
Stanley Walker, City Edition, No.
3 Herald Tribune.
Abraham Lincoln: "It is far
better to remain quiet and be
thought a fool than to speak up
and remove all doubt."
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of building materials and lot
for persons interested in build­ing
for own occupancy. For
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