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Elliot Lawrence
Will Play For
Homecoming Dance
Band Has Been Classed
First Rate In Several
Nation-Wide Polls
Elliot Lawrence and his fam­ous
Columbia Recording orches­tra
will play for the Homecom­ing
set of dances next quarter
on the nights of October 3-4 in
the new recreation building, ac­cording
to information received
from Bobby Humphrey, chair­man
of the social committee.'.
The finance committee of the
social committee has approved
the plans, for the dances, and the
contract for the orchestra has
been signed by Travis Ingram,
college business manager.
Lawrence and his band have
achieved a nation-wide reputa­tion
within the past year. He was
voted in the Billboard College
Poll as the "best new band" and
"most likely to succeed." He also
received first place in the Bill­board
Disc Jockey Poll. Lawrence
played for more college proms
last year than any band in the
country.
His band consists of a seven­teen
piece aggregation which in­cludes
Lawrence at the piano.
The band's vocalist is Rosalind
Patton whose recent recording of
"The Echo Said No" has been a
best-seller in music s t o r es
throughout the country.
The Homecoming dances this
year on October 3-4 will mark
the initial use of the new recrea­tional
building which, according
to Sam Brewster, director of
buildings and grounds, is to be
completed by September 1. The
new building will accomodate
approximately 1500 people.
Humphrey said that plans for
ticket sales and prices will be
announced •later. Members of the
social committee a r e Bobby
Humphrey, Paul Persons, Ralph
Jennings, John Spencer, John
Jennings and Bob Flanagan.
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1947 Number 31
TRAVIS TIDWELL—'THE PAW
Glass Ring Orders Will
Be Taken Til Thursday
Charles M. Scales, chairman of
the ring committee, has an­nounced
that class ring sales for
the summer quarter will end
Thursday of next week. Orders
will be taken until that date.
Members of the ring commit­tee
for this quarter are Harry
Barnes, Paul P e r s o n s , Seab
Hayes, Reese Bricken, Jack Ri­ley,
and F. M. Fuller.
Students who desire to buy
class rings should contact Charles
Scales, telephone 810, or any
members of the committee.
TRAVIS TIDWELL, nation's leading ground-gainer last
season who broke his leg in a baseball game April 25, is pic­tured
as he gives his passing arm a workout on Drake Field.
Dr. John Sherrill, Birmingham physician, has assured Tidwell
that he will be ready for 60 minutes of rough football by the
Auburn-Florida game Oct. 11.
'Legislative Acticta
Absurd'-Hutchins
By Len Hensel
"Permit a Yankee to say that
the attitude of the legislature is
absurd."
That was the punch line from
a letter I received from Robert
M. Hutchins, chancellor of the
University of Chicago, when I
asked him for a statement re­garding
the action of the Ala­bama
Seriate which" tried to
force an Auburn-'Bama game by
legislative action.
Knowing that Dr. Hutchins
feels athletics and sociaL life in­terfere
with e d u c a t i o n , I
wrote him a let-t
e r explaining
the s i t u a t i on
when t h e big
stink in the sen-a
t e started a
couple w e e ks
back.
As most of you
probably know,
Dr. Hutchins
eliminated the
University of
Chicago's foot­ball
team a few years back be­cause
he felt that it interfered
with education in the school.
I felt that what the Alabama
Senate was trying to do was in
direct support of Dr. Hutchins'
theory. They were allowing ath­letics
to interfere with educa­tion.
Didn't they try to pass a
bill that would make us play the
game or lose our appropriation?
Hensel
Just what type of juvenille
stock is present in the halls of
the Alabama Senate to pass a
measure of that kind?
Today, education all over the
country, and especially here in
this state, is carrying on a life
and death struggle for existence.
I don't have to go into detail to
point out the crisis that now ex­ists'in
the" field of education. Yet,
some lame-brained numb-skulls
take it upon themselves to stop
the education of thousands upon
thousands of Alabamians (citizens
who will someday bring this state
to a much higher level as a result
of this education) all because of
a football game.
i
I don't want the readers to get
me wrong. I want to see this
game played just as much as any­one
on this campus. BUT, if edu­cation
is to suffer, here or any­where
else, I'm going to back up
Dr. Hutchins' outlook when he
says that college athletics inter­feres
with education.
A happy medium can be found.
That has been proven in the past.
Thore can be education with ath­letics.
It is a rotten shame that
this problem of the playing of a
football game should inspire the
politicos of this state to put too
many tof their ingredients into
the boiling pot of this question.
I would like to remind the
state senate that its job, as far
as we are concerned, is to ap­propriate,
not educate!
Acting President Draughon Has Good
Record as Educator In Alabama Schools
By Tom Sellers
The destinies of Auburn have been tremendously affected
by two events which occured around the t u r n of the 19th
century. Ralph B. Draughon, recently appointed acting presi­dent,
was born in Hartford, Alabama on September 1, 1899.
Several months later Dr. Luther
Noble Duncan, late president, re­ceived
his B.S. degree at the
Plains.
The man who heads the college
today has been inspired through
the years by a passionate devo­tion
to the principles of demo­cratic
education. Unassuming, yet
sincere, he judges men on char­acter
and ability rather than out­ward
appearances. Since 1931,
when he joined the history staff
at Auburn, he has made an in­calculable
contribution to the
building of a great school.
Mr. Draughon, son of a cir­cuit-
court clerk, spent his boy­hood
days in Geneva. He gradu­ated
from Hartford High School
in 1917, just after the first world
war broke out. The young man,
having donned a uniform, was
assigned to studies with a Stu­dents
Army Training Corps unit
(similar to ASTP) at Auburn.
Upon discharge, Mr. Draughon
enrolled as a freshman at the
Plains with rather vague plans
for a career. "My first year," he
says, "was spent discovering the
world wouldn't lose a great me­chanical
engineer if I changed
courses."
In his quest for a profession,
Mr. Draughon turned to journal­ism.
The Plainsman in those days
was a modest little sheet called
the "Orange and Blue". As man­aging
editor during his senior
year, 1922, he was in the midst
of a hotly-contested student elec­tion
to change the paper's name
to "The Plainsman".
"It was a tough battle," he re­calls.
"But we won."
As things turned out, Auburn's
grand old man of history furn­ished
the stimulus Mr. Draughon
needed. Fascinated by the courses
being offered under Dean Petrie,
he decided to major in social
Ralph Draughon
science. He became profoundly
fond of the work, especially
studies of American and English
constitutional h i s t o r y . The
courses were delightful and
thorough, and Mr. Draughon ac-
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Inferfraternity
Council Raises
Scholastic Mark
Grade Point Average
Of 1.8 Now Necessary
For Initiation
The Inferfraternity Council is
conforming with Dean Poor's
plans to raise the "general tone"
of the campus. A by-law has been
incorporated into their constitu­tion
which makes a higher scho­lastic
a v e r a g e necessary for
pledges to be initiated.
Bob Flanagan, IFC president,
said that the new by-law means
that pledges must now have a
minimum scholastic average of
1.8 in all registered work for the
immediate previous quarter be
fore being eligible for initiation
into any fraternity which is a
member of the IFC. This aver
age was raised from 1.0.
Ralph Draughon, Auburn's act­ing
president, in a letter to Flana­gan,
made the following com­ment
on the action of the IFC:
"I wish to congratulate you and
the Inferfraternity Council upon
your efforts to raise the scholas
tic standards here at Auburn. I
believe that the recent ruling of
the Council raising the grade
requirement for initiation into
fraternities will emphasize the
importance of scholarship and
serve to improve the academic
conditions of the institution."
Ten fraternities have written
by-laws within their chapters
which require a pledge to have a
2.0 average before he may be ini­tiated.
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The overall average for all
fraternities in the .IFC for the
last four quarters is 2.25.
The standings of the first ten
fraternities for the past four
quarters according to informa­tion
released by the IFC are as
follows:
(1) Tau Epsilon Phi 2.950
(2) Alpha Psi 2.927
(3) Omega Tau Sigma _ 2.495
(4) Alpha Tau Omega _ 2.392
(5) Pi Kappa Alpha 2.320
(6) Sigma Chi .... : 2.302
(7) Sigma Nu . 2.288
(8) Pi Kappa Phi 2.289
(9) Lambda Chi Alpha .... 2.265
(10) Kappa Sigma ~ 2.240
Dr. Mullins Named
Instruction Head
Dr. David W. Mullins was
named acting director of instruc­tion
by Acting-President Ralph
B. Draughon last Wednesday.
Dr. Mullins holds the perma­nent
position of research profes­sor
of education.
After receiving his A. B. de­gree
from the University of Ark­ansas,
Mullins took his master's
work at Colorado and then earn­ed
the Ph.D. at Columbia. He
came here eight years ago from
Arkansas. He held public school
administrative posts there.
Miss Cater To Entertain
Women Graduates
Tuesday Evening
Miss Katherine Cater, dean of
women, will be at home in Social
Center on Tuesday, August 26,
from 7:30 to 8:30 to honor women
members of the summer quarter
graduating class.
Greeting the students with Miss
Cater will be Mrs. Ralph
Draughon. Laverne Taylor, pres­ident
of WSGA, and women of­ficers
of the senior class, Betty
Brown, Alice Gatewood, and
Peggy Hartley, will assist in en­tertaining.
Others who will as­sist
are the members of the dean
of women's staff, Miss Jane Wal-den,
Miss Betty Cosby, Mrs. An­na
P. Barnes, Mrs. Marietta Rob­inson,
Miss Mariex Sewell, and
Mrs. Cindy Mullis.
Students Must Get Tickets For
Southern Game This Quarter
Tomorrow Deadline
For Scarab Contest
Photography, Creative
Work Is Eligible
Tomorrow is the deadline for
photographs and drawings for
the annual Scarab • Sketch and
Photo Contest.
All material must be placed in
the box at the Architectural Li­brary
by 9 p. m., Al Williams,
Scarab president said. /•
The purpose of the contest is
to stimulate interest in creative
drawing, sketching, and photog­raphy,
and to foster a friendly
spirit of cooperation through
competition among students.
All students, first through
fifth year in the school of archi­tecture
and arts are eligible. Art
work not previously entered in
any competition will be accepta­ble.
All Auburn students, exclud­ing
staff photographers of the
Glomerata and all publications,
are eligible to enter work in the
photography ''section.
ATTENTION . .
All fraternity athletic man­agers
are requested to attend
a meeting in Coach Evans' of­fice
tomorrow at 5 p.m. At
this meeting, managers will
draw for the fall quarter
touch-football l e a g u e s and
• schedules, r*- •-•••-'•
MORE INFORMATION
ON FEE CHANGES IS
GIVEN BY CARGILE
The Plainsman, in listing fee
changes last, week, failed to give
two of the three new fee pro­grams
which are effective with
registration for the fall quarter.
Fee changes, announced by Roy
Cargile, college bursar, are as
follows:
The first is a $5 increase over
the regular $30 college registra­tion
fee. This was considered
necessary to launch a student
health service program unequal­led
in the South.
The second fee change concerns
a new $30 ROTC uniform de­posit
fee which will take the
place of a former $11.50 deposit.
Mr. Cargile emphasized the point
that all old deposits will be re­funded
by the ROTC and new
deposits must be put up at the
time of pre-registration.
"This was made necessary,"
explained Mr. Cargile,. "because
of an increase in the cost of the
uniform to the government. It is
refundable at the end of the ba­sic
ROTC course or upon with­drawal
from school."
The third change affects only
special and graduate students. In
the place of the old fee of $5 on
the first credit hour and $2 on
each addition credit hour, with
a stipulation that fees must not
exceed $30 per quarter, is a fee
of $5 for the first credit hour
and $3 for each additional credit
hour, the stipulation on the lat­ter
being that fees must not ex­ceed
$35 per quarter.
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Two Young Opelika Sopranos To Give
Concert In Langdon Hall Friday Night
Two outstanding sopranos, Ma­ry
Pierce Bowers and Julia Ver­non
of Opelika, will give a re­cital
at 8:15 p. m. Friday in Lang­don
Hall.
Miss Bowers is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L.xE. Bowers of
Opelika and a graduate of Ope­lika
High School, class of '40. She
attended Huntingdon College and
graduated in '44 with the A.B.
degree.
At Huntingdon she sang in the
glee club, many times taking so­lo
parts. She is a voice student
of Dr. Hollace Arment and Mrs.
Eleanor Abercrombie. At present
Miss • Bowers is director of the
choir at the Trinity Methodist
Church in Opelika.
Miss Vernon is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Vernon of
Opelika. She, too, is a graduate
of Opelika High, class of '40. She
attended Montevallo and in '44
received her Bachelor of Music
degree with a minor in voice.
She is a voice student of Miss
Honor M. Winer, Dr. Arment and
Mrs. Abercrombie. At Monteval­lo
she appeared in several stu­dent
recitals.
The two sopranos will perform
solo songs in German, Italian
and French, and duets in English
and French. Compositions rang­ing
from Mozart operas to pres­ent
day composers ; will be in­cluded.
Prof. S. Turner Jones will ac­company
Miss Bowers and Miss
Vernon. This promises to be a
fine recital, enjoyable to every
music lover in the community.
Student Ac Books Will Be Issued
Upon Payment ot Registration Fees
Students who plan to see the
Auburn-Mississippi S o u t h e rn
game Sept. 26 in Montgomery
must get their tickets before leav­ing
Auburn for home, Jeff Beard,
Jeff Beard
Jordan To Prepare
Ag History Course
A grant from the General Edu­cation
Board in New York has
been made to enable Dr. W. T.
Jordan, history professor, to pre­pare
a course in Agricultural
history.
Dr. A. W. Reynolds, history
department head, said Jordan
will attend classes during sum­mer
vacation periods this year
and next. He will study at the
graduate school of the U. S. De­partment
of Agriculture, Wash­ington,
D. C, and Iowa State Col­lege,
Ames, Iowa.
Upon completion of his studies,
Jordan will teach an advanced
course in history of agriculture.
A researcher in the field, he is
author of many articles on agri­culture's
development.
Pat Bridges' Lithograph, 'Passing
Fancy/ Is Displayed In New York
Working backward, Patricia
Ann Bridges of Bessemer gets
ahead.
A senior in applied art, she
drew backward on stone to make
her first lithography, which com­peted
with professional work in
a recent- print contest in New
York. •
The competition, sponsored by
Associated American Artists Gal­leries,
is a major annual art event.
Prints accepted for exhibit are
chosen from hundreds submitted
by leading printmakers.
Pat obtained her subject mat­ter
for the lithograph in the
Negro section of Opelika. It shows
two men near a rickety porch,
their interest caught momentar­ily
when a woman strolls by.
Pat calls the scene "Passing
Fancy."
This wasn't the .first honor the
pretty, brunette co-ed has won
at Auburn. Auburn Woman's
Club this year chose her to re­ceive
its annual award as the
outstanding art student in the
junior and senior classes.
She also appeared as a cam­pus
favorite in the 1947 Glom­erata,
and is a member of Sphinx,
senior women's honor society, and
the Art Guild.
Though she plans to work in
Washington, D. C, after her
graduation in December, Pat
doesn't intend to be a starving
genius in the garret.
"I like some gay life on the
side," she smiles. And if it takes
20 years of hard work to become
a celebrity, Pat will pass up that
opportunity.
Since her major course is illu­stration,
Pat is writing and illu­strating
a book for three-year-olds,
"First Day at Nursery
School."
The Bridges family is well-known
at Auburn. Pat's sister,
Winkie, was graduated in March
1946. Her brother, Jack, is a sen­ior
in architecture and another
brother, Terrell, will enter Au­burn
in 1948.
"We call Daddy 'the Great
Educator,' " Pat laughs.
Only one brother broke the
tradition—he's a pre-med student
at Alabama.
"But he doesn't like it," Pat
says confidently.
Foods Class To Offer
Exhibit In Smith Hall
The Food Preservation Class of
the summer quarter will present
an exhibit of canned foods on
Friday, August 22; Monday, Aug­ust
25; and Tuesday, August 26 in
Smith Hall, Lab 5. Fruits, vege­tables
and meats are to be includ­ed.
The public is invited to attend
this exhibit.
athletic business manager, warn­ed
yesterday.
Beard explains the ticket policy
this way A "Upon payment of
fees for pre-registration for the
fall quarter, students will re­ceive
their student activity books
for the fall quarter.
"Upon receipt of these books,
the students may purchase their
student tickets for the first foot­ball
game with Mississippi South­ern,
September 26.
"It is imperative that students
get these tickets before going
home, as there won't be any stu­dent
tickets on sale at the game.
"Only those students who have
paid their fees and received their
student activity books are en­titled
to student tickets."
In next week's edition of the
Plainsman, the last of this quar­ter,
a detailed explanation of the
ticket policy will be printed.
NEW RADIO STATION
TO OPEN SOON
Call letters of- the new,radio
station'which will open in the
near future in Auburn will be
WAUD, it has been announced by
General Manager Elmer G. Salter.
The station will be constructed
next to the Casino on the Mont­gomery
Highway. No definite
opening date has been given, but
operations may begin in early
October.
Ag Club Elects Fall
Quarter Officers
Fred Summers was elected
president of the Ag Club for the
fall quarter at a meeting held
Monday night in Ross Audito­rium.
Other officers chosen were
Jesse Gulp, vice-president; Fos­ter
Owens, secretary; Bill Hollis,
treasurer; Lelias Pair, reporter;
and Glover Pugh, monitor.
Next quarter the Ag Club will
continue to meet on the first
and third Monday night of each
month in Ross auditorium at 7
p.m. Date for the annual Ag
Fair is set for November 6. '
ADVANCED RECITAL
SET FOR SUNDAY
The sixth quarterly applied
music recital will be held Sun­day
in Langdon Hall at 3:30 p.m.
Advanced students in applied
music will participate. They are:
Billy Tamblyn, Dilson Petrie,
Charles Mills, Frank Mize, Rob­ert
Bruner, Scott Pointer, James
Overton, Bess Means, and others.
Auburn art student Pat Brieves, Bessemer, calls this litho­graph
"Passing Fancy." Her first attempt at drawing on stone
to produce prints, it was chosen from hundreds submitted for
exhibit in the Fourth Annual Print Competition of Associated
American Artists Galleries in New York.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 20, 1947
PiKA Summer Social Season
Closes With Weekend Party
Pi Kappa Alpha held a tea
dance Saturday afternoon at the
house from 3 till 5. Music was
furnished by the Bob Hill Quar­tet.
After dinner, a marshmallow
toast was held in the Pike Jungle
and was followed by another
house dance.
Members, pledges, and their
dates were as follows: Bernard
Blake, Jane Pope; Don Jackson,
Martha Brush; C. Ray Martin,
Emily Pruitt; Ralph Jennings,
Ginny Williamson; Hal Breed-love,
Gene Hurt; Bill Calloway,
Jimmie Henderson; Jack Lee,
TEP MEMBERS HONOR
OUT-OF-TOWN
GUESTS WITH PARTY
Tau Omicron chapter of Tau
Epsilon Phi fraternity entertain­ed
with a weekend party. Activi­ty
got underway with an in­formal
get-together at the chap­ter
house and a sight-seeing tour
around the campus for out-of-town
guests.
* Friday's activities included the
street dance and the Casino,
while Saturday the group pic­nicked
at Chewacla and climaxed
the day with a house dance and
breakfast at the chapter house.
The house was decorated with
the theme of.the party—"Under
the Sea."
Those attending were Herbert
G. Schiff, Anita Goldman, Mo­bile;
Julian Bernheim, Carol Fox,
Birmingham; Harold Lichten-stein,
Sandy Hazan, Birmingham;
Herbert Kohn, Roselyn Bern­heim,
Birmingham; Ed Farkas,
Mary Taylor, Taylor, Ala.; Irving
Steinberg, Edith Lande, Birm­ingham;
Dick Lasday, Lucille
Schwartz, Mobile; Brow Wahl-quist,
Betty Sturkie, Auburn;
Lionel Levy, Helen Brown, Ope-lika;
J a c k Lande, P e r ry
Schwartz, Clifton Dreyfus^ Krip
Kraselsky, and Sheldon Rosen­thal.
The party was chaperoned by
Mrs. Lilian Holberg, housemoth-e
,
Jean Duke; Charlie Jones, Betty
Jean Rice.
Ralph Pass, Shay Tidmore; Jim
Stahnke, Mauveline Shaw; Chet
Stocks, Ann Covington; Jack
Roberts, Ann Summerour; Bill
Burnett, Suan Powers; Jim In­gram,
Christine Bennett; Dub
Ellis, Helen Garrett; Joe Burnett,
Jean Barnett.
Flash Riley, Connie Buergin;
Guy Woodliff, Thea Burnett;
Jack Livingston, Ann McArthur;
Charlie Mills, Anne Klein; Ralph
White, Gloria Baldwin; Bill
Callen, Ann Callen; Bill Ayers,
Carolyn Naftel.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Landress;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roark; Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Garrett; Mr. and
Mrs. Montgomery Truss; Mr. and
Mrs. Darwin Pippin; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Breedlove; Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Cousins; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Sherling.
Bill Anderson, Guy Nevins,
Jim Forrester, Homer Russell,
Fred Riley, Len Hensel, Dan
Nunally, Bob McRee, John Lewis,
Harry Riddle, Frank Baker, and
Jim Beatty.
SIGMA NU ELECTS
TURNER PRESIDENT
Homer H. Turner, Attalla, was
elected president of the Sigma
Nu fraternity for the remainder
of the '47-'48 school year.
Other new officers elected were
Robert F. Burgin * of Cuthbert,
Ga., It. commander; Thomas J.
Landham, Lincoln, r e c o r d e r;
Mack E. Albright, Union Springs,
h o u s e manager; William H.
Thompson, Russellville, treasurer^
Harold H. Snow, Birmingham,
reporter; James N. Howard, Bir­mingham,
chaplin; Hollis R.
Brown, Montgomery, p l e d ge
marshal!; Thomas, Sylacauga,
alumni contact officer; Franklyn
G. Broyles, Montgomery, repre­sentative
to IFC.
As is the custom of the chap­ter,
the newly elected officers
were thrown into the quadrangle
fish pond.
My Dream
By Emilio J. Bendeck tic
Angelical muse of my dreams,
Girl who engenders the tenderness in my soul:
I feel that in my ardent breast
Grows the flame of your love divine;
il feel that your body, white as dayspring,
Unites with mine . . .
Entwining your soul with my soul.
Exotic muse, girl of my dreams,
Deep is my anguish to have you at night and then
Lose you in the morning!
Lose you in the morning
Like a star loses the grandeur
Of a cloud in a dark and stormy night,
Or lose you like a flash of light
Which leaves no trace . . .
But the clamorous noise of its thunder!
When I wake, /
I feel the nostalgia to dream of you again,
But dream of you forever . . . never waking . . .
Because when dreaming of you, my muse,
On the grandeur of your beauty
I stare at all of you:
Your hair,
Your eyes,
Your lips,
Your divine body . . .
All the miracles of your majestic beauty!
And in the fury of my burning passion . . .
I approach you:
I feel your hair,
Your virginal face, and" y o u r hands . . .
And then my passion overflows,
And in my great delirum,
I place my lips on yours
To. give you the kiss of my blind love . . .
And when I feel the fire of your lips . . .
I wake . . . w i t h anguish in my heart,
But then, celestial muse,
I r e t u r n to sleep to dream of you again.
Betty Cosby (above) assistant
in the office of the dean of wo­men,
has been awarded a gradu­ate
assistantship in the office of
the dean of women, Syracuse Uni­versity,
New York. Interested
in student personnel work, Miss
Cosby was an outstanding stu­dent
at Auburn and was former
president of Women's Student
Government Association.
RICE and OLD SHOES
Wiggins-Hare
Of cordial interest is the an­nounced
marriage of Miss Salina
Wiggins and Joseph Lee Hare,
son of Dean Clifford L. Hare.
Number 259 South Gay is the
address of the young couple.
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Bernard-DeBardelaben
Nuptials for Miss Clara Louise
Bernard of New Iberia, La., and
Charles Albert DeBardelaben,
Auburn, took place July 28 in
Biloxi, Miss. The groom, former
Auburn student, is now studying
pre-law, University of Alabama.
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Taylor -Flanagan
Next month has been set for
the wedding of Miss Jacqueline
La Verne Taylor, Alpha Gamma
Delta, Auburn, and James Adams
Flanagan, Alpha Tau Omega.
Loflm-Hiie
Married recently in opelika
were Miss Margaret Emily Loftin
and Bernard M. Hite. Both are
Auburnites.
Mrs. Simpson, Kappa Sig Housemother;
Enjoys Living Among Auburn Folk
Aerial view of the Auburn campus, looking southeast from
West Magnolia in the foreground.
By James H. Edwards
One day last week a Plainsman
reporter walked through the
front door of the Kappa Sig
house and came face to face with
a glorious argument. He stood in
the door for a few minutes and
looked lost, then someone noticed
him and, upon his request, called
Mother Simpson. "Oh!" she said.
"You're the boy that called for
the interview. Come right in. I'll
talk to you a while but there's
really not much to say." Thus be­gan
my most interesting inter­view
with Mrs. W. G. Simpson,
housemother of the Kappa Sigs.
Mrs. Simpson was born in
Bradleton, Ala., a small town in
Crenshaw County. She is very
proud of her paternal back­ground
and her maiden name,
Stoddard. "It is an old New
England name. In fact, the old
family home still stands in New
Haven, Conn."
"Mother" Simpson received her
high school education at Bradle­ton
and was graduated from
Troy State Normal College. She
has done some special work at
the University of Alabama.
When asked how the regula­tions
placed on college students
compare with those of today, she
replied, "It's so different that
it's ludicrous. Why, when I was
in college the giris weren't even
allowed to talk to the boys dur­ing
the week. The classes were
full of them but we couldn't do
any talking until the weekend."
Upon finishing college, Mrs.
Simpson spent nine years teach­ing
school. It was during this
period that she married Mr. Gul­ly
Simpson v/ith two sons, Hugh
L. and W. G. Simpson, Jr. The
latter now works with the Soil
Conservation Service at Auburn,
and the former lives in Carl-ville,
Ala., near Selma. She also
has three grandchildren. Her
husband died in 1936.
In 1941 Mrs. Simpson came to
Auburn as Alpha Gamma Rho
Housemother. When the ASTP
took over the Dormitories in '42,
she moved, with a group of
and has been there ever since.
The boys have given her no
new nickname, "They just call
me "Mother" . . . they have been
lovely to me- and we are just
one grand family.
On her time spent at Auburn,
Mother Simpson has to say: "I
have enjoyed these six years
with the student body of Au­burn
very much. They have been
six happy years in my life and,
although I don't look it, they
have made me feel years young­er.
All of the young people have
been so nice to me, the Alpha
Gamma Rhos, the girls, and the
Kappa Sigma. It is a pleasant
memory." ,
Graves-McClendon
Miss Mary LeMerle MeClendon
and Henry Norman Graves, Jr.,
were recently wed in LaFayette.
Mrs. Graves holds a BS degree,
from Auburn.
* * *
Hall-Gwin
July 19 was the marriage day
of Miss Dixie Feagin Hall and
Jack Paul Gwin. Both bride and
groom are well-known on our
campus.
Cowles-Gogans
Of campus interest is the Sept.
2 nanounced wedding date of
Miss Helen Cowles, ADP, and
George Goggans popular student
on the campus.
* * *
Holley-Ledbetter
A recent wedding of great
beauty was that of Miss Dorothy
Holley and Charles Earl Ledbet-ter,
AGR, Auburn. Both bride
and groom have many Auburn
friends. *-.,-* *
Rouse-Bricken
Betrothal announcement is
made of the • approaching marri­age
of Miss Martha Ann Rouse
to Reese Hutchison Bricken.
September 5 is the date.
* * *
Hall-Steele
Miss Nelda Ruth Hall and
Nicholas Stallworth Steele were
wed, July 5, Capitol Heights
Baptist Church in Montgomery.
Mr. Steele was a student here
before entering the Marine Corps.
* *' *
Wood-Parker
A home wedding was that of
Miss Elizabeth Wood and Elvin
Eugene Parker, late July in
Evergreen.
* * *
Hulchison-Lyman
July 19, St. Patrick's Cathe­dral,
NYC; was the scene of the
fashionable wedding of Miss
Kathleen Claire Lyman to Capt.
Mortimer J. Hutchinson, well-known
Auburn graduate. Capt.
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Reclaiming Worn-Out Cotton Plantation
Lands Studied by Auburn Ag Engineers
By Junius Kendrick
Reclamation of worn-out cot­ton
plantation land was studied
by members of the Ag Engineer­ing
Club on a field trip August
16 to the Naftel Farm near La-nett.
Work began a year ago on re­claiming
the worn-out farm lands
of the old Huguley Plantation
near Lanett. The first job that
was carried out on this project
was that of having to clear the
land of small pine trees and lev­eling
all eroded portions. Per­ennials
were then planted on all
the leveled lands. Fertilizer ap­plications
for the first year per
acre were as follows: 500 pounds
of superphosphate, 400 pounds of
murate, and 20 pounds of borax.
The following fertilizer applica­tions
will be met for each year's
operation after the first year:
400 pounds of superphosphate,
300 pounds of murate, and 15
pounds of borax. The alfalfa
planted on these lands has been
cut three times this summer and
is expected to have one more
cutting this season.
The primary purpose in the
long run of this farm will be that
of raising live stock and that of
selling certified seed ' to other
local farmers. By the end of the
fourth year the farm is expected
to have paid back all the original
investment and be on a cash in­come
basis.
The ag engineers came away
from the farm with a renewed
vision of what agriculture may
become in the South and how
the average Southern farmer
might raise his income level far
higher than it is at present.
With proper management and
conservation practices the ag en­gineer
sees where the average
Southern farm can be one of our
main factories.
BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANS EXPANSION
The Auburn Baptist Church
has launched a $240,000 expan­sion
drive. The drive began when
Dr. B. C. Land of Montgomery
preached the first sermon of the
Stewardship Revival here.
N e w buildings, anticipated
within the next five years in­clude
a $150,000 new church
auditorium to seat 1400 and edu­cational
buildings to supplement
the present church buildings.
The additions will be made
adjacent to the church on Col­lege
Street and Tichenor Ave^
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been appointed as co-chairmen of the World Student Service
Fund drive to be held this fall, t h e y were appointed at a meeting
of the Inter-Faith Council.
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Quarter Into Center of Yarn Ball
•Series No. 2: TO PASS A
QUARTER IN A BALL OF
YARN.
Effect: A marked quarter • is
borrowed, a large ball of yarn
is shown and set on table so that
everyone can see it. The quarter
is made to vanish and the ball of
yarn is unwound by spectator and
to his amazement, the marked
quarter is found to be in the
middle of the ball of yarn.
SECRET: Get a tinsmith (or
make it yourself) to make a flat
tin tube, which will just allow
a quarter to pass through it. With
a quantity of cloth around it, so
as to make it into a ball. This
done, perform any trick so as to
get rid of the quarter in a mysti­cal
manner.
Then tell your audience that
you will bring the quarter into
the middle of the ball of yarn.
Take the ball from the table, and
at the same time slip the quar­ter
into the tube which of course
lets the quarter slip down into
the middle of the ball of yarn;
and on handing the ball of yarn
to the spectator, you secretly slip
the tube out and place in your
pocket. The spectator, to his
amazement, will unroll the yarn
and find the marked quarter!
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Two-Story Building
Plans >for an • administration
building at the Auburn^Opelika
Airport are being completed by
E. W. Bttrkhardt, architect, fol­lowing
action by the Board of
Trustees, August 11.
The Board ' appropriated $43,-
000 of Auburn funds for match­ing
federal and state grants for
a total of $130,000 for the project.
The Board's action makes Au­burn
eligible for the federal
grant of $£>5,000 and the state
grant of $21,666.67.
In addition to a two-story ad­ministration
building, the project
will include site clearing, land­scaping,
and installation of city
water or a private water system.
Engineering Honorary
Elects Fall Officers
Pi Tau Sigma, national honor­ary
society for mechanical engi­neers,
held an election of offi­cers
in Ramsay Hall on Monday,
August 11. The new officers Who
will serve for the next quarter
are James W. Ward, Geneva,
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Enrollment Quota
The quota for enrollments for
seamen for a Special course Of
training, in the Gulf Area, has
been sharply raised, Lt. G. W.
Cross, U"SMS, enrolling officer,
said yesterday.
For fijll particulars as to OJK
pprtunities offered by the U. S.
Maritime Service for a career in
the U. S< Merchant Marine, re­quests
,should be directed to the
U. S. Maritime Service Enrolling
Office, :RpOm 110, .Cttetorft flotise,
New Orleans, La.
Parker-Wood
The marriage of Miss Martha
Elizabeth Wood to Elvin Eugene
Parker took place at a late af­ternoon
ceremony, June 27, Lu-verne.
Mr. Parker is • well-re­membered
as a student here.
Playful Ag Students Test Synthetic
Fetilizer on Ross 'Forestry Plot'
By Jim Watson
Many students have noted with
interest the forestry experiment
in back of Ross Hall. In fact
quite a few drivers have mis­taken
this experiment to be a
parking lot and have actually
worn ruts in this "parking lot".
But during the eventful night of
July 30, a certain group Of agri­cultural
sutderits, absorbing some
liquid refreshments from a well-known
establishment on the east­ern
side of town, decided to mix
Up a new super strength synthe­tic
fertilizer. Starting as a base
With three tubs full Of water from
Lake CheWaela, they added some
discarded b i s c u i t s from the
home-ec building. Next came a
bag of rust scraped off of the
bell in Samford ?Wer, adding
to this mixture the contents of
the sink trap in the art building.
And last, aftd by far the most
important, :a secret formula
known as "{*U-26l" was poured
into the Vat. At a constant tem-erature,
and* a pressure of i860 at-mosphereSi
the mixture wag boil­ed
for thirty micro-seconds. Two
of the strongest men present em­ployed
all their strength in stir­ring
this vile fluid with the aid
president; Albert J. Smith, Jr.,
M o n t g o m e r y , vice-president;
Bradley T. Cox, Killen, Ga., re--,
cording secretary; Jack P. Guinn,
Union Springs, corresponding
secretary; Evans L. Furdy, Jr.,
Birmingham, representative to
Engineers Council; Robert Fer-rell,
Johnson City, Tenn., pro­gram
chairman.
UNESCO Is Discussed
By J RC Monday
"The United Nations Organi­zation"
was the topic for group
discussion at the meeting Mon­day
night Of the Intefnational
Relations Club.
"Students all over the world
turn to UNESCO for guidance
and assurance" said Dr. H. E.
Wilson, Deputy D i r e c t o r of
UNESCO recently. This state­ment
is one of the reasons that
the IRC chose to discuss the
United Nations Educational Se­curity
and Cultural Organization.
The local IRC is a member of
the Peoples Section of UNO.
The IRC is still open for mem­bership
according to Hugh Gas­ton,
president.
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of the hypotenuse of a right tri­angle.
The liquid foamed and changed
in color from a light infra-red to
a rather bilious shade of Ultra­violet.
As an acid test, a brick
from Brown Hall was tossed into
the mixture. A loud explosion
occurred, and purple efferve-scense
effervesced. The ag stu­dents
then realized that they had
succeeded.
They carefully measured out
56% shot glasses of their formula
and poured it on each stump in
the "parking lot". And would
you believe it?—The stumps ac­tually
grew backwards. Don't
take our word for it; see for
yourself. Each stump is now only
eight inches high.
Science marches on!
Wednesday, August 20, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—3
Hyatt Praises Glee Club
For Radio Performance
The Auburn Men's Glee Club
presented a concert over WJHO
last Thursday night..
"It w,as one of the best con­certs
ever to have originated
from this studio,'.' said Marion
Hyatt, station manager, at the
end of the broadcast.
A concert tour to Montevallo
next week will mark the last ma­jor
activity of the Glee Club this
quarter.
Mosquitoes Here Are
Pests But Not Malarial
Says Health Officer
Mosquitoes in Auburn are not
malarial, Dr. William Askew,
county health officer, told the
Auburn City Council last Tues­day.
The statement was in reply to
a question by Mayor G. H.
Wright, who said he had received
numerous calls requesting that
the city get rid of the pests.
Dr. Askew said the health de­partment
was checking constant­ly
and that no malarial mosqui­toes
had been found here this
season.
It would be difficult for the
Jones-Warner
Mrs. Dexter Whitney Jones of
Jacksonville, Fla.; has announced
the engagement of her daughter,
Bettye Francis Jones, to Robert
Allan Warner, a member of Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity here.
city to control mosquitoes, Dr.
Askew said. He suggested that
individuals could do more by
cleaning out infested areas in
their neighborhoods.
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4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 20, 1947
^Auburn Plainsman Symphony Orchestra
YOU BET YOUR LIFE
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By Beltran1
Published weekly by the students of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Edi­torial
and business office on Tichenor Avenue,
Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news
is Saturday, 9 a. m.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN
Ralph Jennings —
Luther Smith
Tom Sellers .
Jack Simms
Beverley Burkhardt
Guy Cofield
C. RAY MARTIN _
Hal Breedlove
Bill Anderson _
John Lanier
_ Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
Office Manager
Business Manager
Ass't. Bus. Manager
_ Advertising Manager
Circulation Manager
Vote 'Yes*
Your vote on August 26 will decide how
t h e state will use the money from the
s t a t e income tax.
A "yes" vote in the ballot box guaran­tees'
t h a t this money will be used to pro­vide
children with better teachers and
colleges with better instructors. It will
also pay off the income-tax bonded debt
of the state, pay off the old state debt,
and build some needed school buildings
and repair old ones.
This amendment does not levy any n ew
t ax or increase present taxes.
Remember. Vote "yes" on No. 1 on Au­gust
26, r e l a t i n g to t h e use of the state
income tax. A "yes" vote is a vote for
better schools and colleges.
Our Acting President
/The Board of Trustees has acted wise-y.
We refer to its choice of Ralph B.
Draughon as acting president of Auburn
until a permanent selection can be made.
As the Lee County Bulletin said edi-orially,
"The speed which the board
noved to bridge, t h e gap caused by the
i e a th of Dr. L. N. Duncan and the unani-n
i t y with which it acted was impressive.
There was no mistaking the fact that t he
rustees were meeting in an atmosphere
)f unity and harmony. It is a t r i b u t e to
\/lr. Draughon that such a spirit could pre­vail
at a meeting when such an import-mt
decision was to be made."
The Plainsman staff is of t h e same opin-on.
Anyone who has dealt with Mr.
)raughon, even briefly, can understand
vhy. He gives the impression of an easy-
;oing, perfect gentleman type with a
down to e a r t h " atmosphere about him
l a t immediately brings his conversation-list
into his confidence.
Mr. Draughon has served with loyalty
ind unselfishness as an administrator and
eacher for 16 years at Auburn. He has
11 t h e qualifications of his present posi-ion.
*
The sub-committee appointed by Gov-rnor
Folsom-may well take its time to
ind Auburn a permanent leader.
The position is in good hands until it
oes.
-un To Eat
Now that the coke shortage is over,
nd peanut machines have been installed
11 over the campus, many of us find that
mall change no longer accumulates in
ur pockets.
Also, the opening of the new soda
ountain and snack bar in Student Center
romises to fill the between-meal appe-tes.
This soda fountain is operated by
ome ec students, and is equipped with
lodern fittings. A wide variety of cold
rinks, sandwiches, and ice cream is of-red.
This means, of course, t h a t all coeds
i th heretofore comely figures will lose
lem. But gosh, it's fun to eat!
Editor's note: Prof. Glyde is a native
of England, formerly of the Hart House
Quartet, is professor of violin and strings,
conductor of the orchestral and ensemble
classes, and instructor of orchestration
and conductions. Before coming to Au­b
u r n he was instructor at the Hambourg
Conservatory of Music at Toronto.
by Edgar Glyde
Assistant Professor of Music
I have now been on the A u b u r n Cam­pus
for 15 months, and I feel that a few
r e m a r k s about the API Symphony, of
which I am the conductor, will not be
amiss.
When I cast my thoughts back to J u ne
1946, and then along through the months
to August 1947, I am happy with some of
my thoughts and yet sad with others.
Among the happy impressions a r e many
real achievements. In a l i t t l e over a year,
the orchestra, from a small beginning of
only 10 strings, has grown to 45 players.
These 45 making almost a complete sym­phony
orchestra. During the year, 6 con­certs
of varying type have been present­ed,
4 recital concerts, 1 ballet recital, and
one in which the orchestra accompanied
t h e opera "La T r a v i a t a . " Besides these, I
remember the loyalty and h a r d work of
^the orchestral members.
Chief among the sad impressions, the
continual fight for rehearsal time, the
lack of good instruments, or even instru­ments
at all, a n d last but not least, a place
to rehearse. Owing to our crowded condi­tions,
the orchestra has no real home.
Langdon Hall is required for so many
functions.
Many students own their own instru­ments,
but t h e r e is a great need for p u b - '
lie spirited men to donate money to the
symphony orchestra for the purchase of
good and t h e more r a r e instruments. We
need an oboe, an A clarinet, an English
horn, a basson, a contra basson, some good
percussion instruments such as tubular
bells ,and a xylophone. Then after these
we require a fine q u a r t e t of stringed in­struments.
The orchestral members are doing a fine
job under the most difficult conditions.
So little available time for rehearsal,
poor instruments, and a sadly out of date
hall. It m a y not b e possible to remedy the
time element at t h e moment, but it is pos­sible
to remedy the i n s t r u m e n t s and the
hall. The College Board must t r y a n d give
us a n ew a u d i t o r i um with suitable band
and orchestral practice rooms. Then we
must ask t h e public for help in purchas­ing
i n s t r u m e n t s and equipment. Many col­leges
and universities have benefactors
who donate libraries or art galleries, or
money for musical instruments, etc. Why
is Alabama so sadly wanting?
Despite these present handicaps, the
orchestra will grow in importance and
achievement. The-finer things of life will
always prevail.
In the p r o g r am for t h e fall is Handel's
"Messiah," this year to be presented by
chorus and orchestra. We hope also to do
Tschaikowsky's "Casse Noisette" (nut­cracker)
ballet,, t h e orchestra accompany­ing
the Dance Club. This latter is under
the direction of Miss Olga Bibza.
These and other events will prove an
i n t e r e s t i n g season for orchestra lovers. To
accomplish our objective that is, a fine
symphony orchestra of at least 65 play­ers,
I do ask t h e full co-operation of every­one
on the campus. If you play an instru­ment,
come and join us; if you don't, com­mence
to l e a r n one. If you can't do either
of the foregoing, then talk someone else
i n to helping us: '
t's Hot-So What?
"Gosh! It s u r e is hot around this place,
n ' t it? Hottest weather I've seen in a
ng time."
But what we have witnessed in Auburn
lis summer will have to step a bit high-
I to reach the record. In 1925 t h e offi-al
Auburn thermometer bulged with a
sading of 109 degrees.
J u s t remember—Auburn might be lo-i
t ed west of Georgia and in east Ala-ama—
but we're located in t h e South. Hot
outh, that is.
A Dash of Bitters By Jim Forre»ter Just One Voice
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The Plastic Tower By Ralph Jennings
Whenever you see a n editorial p r i n t e d in The Plainsman, or
in any other newspaper, you can be reasonably sure that it
r e p r e s e n t s the editorial policy of t h e paper. That is one reason
why. t h e y are not signed. However, in a personal column, it
is t h e w r i t e r ' s prerogative to express his own opinions. I have
an opinion—one with reference to
Jennings
Charles G. Dobbins, the man who
resigned as editor of the Mont­gomery
Advertiser.
Recently, t he
Advertiser r an
| an e d i t o r i a l,
•iover the protest
| of Charles Dob-
%C, bins condemning
REA approval of
a n e w steam
| plant at Gantt,
Alabama. The
Advertiser con­tended
that the
Alabama Power
Company should
have been permitted to furnish
this power, and praised Congress­man
Frank Boykin for opposing
the approval of the action. Mr.
Dobbins could not accept respon­sibility
for such an editorial, and
so he resigned.
As the Montgomery Examiner
said editorially, "We can think
of nobody who will be greatly
cheered by this resignation, -un­less
it may be the editors of the
Alabama Magazine, who have
persistently branded Dobbins a
leftist." (Me, and Dobbins, and
Charles Edwards. Come on, Ala­bama
Magazine! You're not even
batting .300!)
The original idea of a liberal
was one who placed human rights
above property rights. Dobbins
conformed to that pattern. For­tunately
for the South, there
are men, like Hodding Carter,
Virginius Dabney, Ralph McGill,
and Charles Dobbins. These are
the men who realize that the
people of the South are long- suf­fering.
These are the men who
realize that there is a pressing
immediacy for the educational,
health, and economic advance­ment
among both races in the
South which should take pre­cedence
over any political or
social considerations.
Actually, Charles Dobbins is
not even a "pink"—not by a long
shot. He is a moderate liberal,
a middle-of-the-roader. He shies
at Communism almost as violent­ly
as the most reactionary editor,
but he is clear-headed enough to
recognize that all is not Com­munism
which is labeled Com­munism.
Dobbins is aware of one thing:
That in the South, poverty and
its ugly twin, ignorance, conspire
with a profound and traditional
racial bias to perpetuate a tragic
system of racial discrimination.
This, in turn, keeps the entire
section on a low economic level.
Hodding Carter had something
to say about men of Dobbins' sta­ture;
in fact, for all who work
for the advancement of the
South. Said he, "They agree that
the patient is sick. But they do
not believe that the symptoms
are local to the South or in a
treatment posited upon that
diagnosis—or, baldly, in most of
' (Continued on page 6)
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor
People in the newspaper world
have been concerned for a long
time over the way U. S. papers
have been presenting the news.
The gripe is that far too many
editors are dead-set on giving the
sensational, rather than the sig­nificant
slant on the news.
Housing Problem
A challenge the administration has met
and coped with to the best of its ability
is the housing situation.
Since Auburn's overflow in registra­tion
came, temporary dwellings added
since the war include 194 apartments, 50
government-owned trailers, 93 deckhouses,
15 converted barracks, and 12 former 4-H
Club cottages.
Today 213 veterans' families live in
temporary dwellings — t r a i l e r s , barracks
and deck houses. Officials say that at least
300 more units are needed.
Living quarters for 992 single men have
been opened and the housing office re­p
o r t s these, plus rooms available in pri­v
a t e homes off campus, fill present needs.
A permanent dormitory which will house
450 single men is approximately 40 per
cent completed. It is located on West
Magnolia above the Infirmary.
It is easy to
Coleman
see that people
like to r e ad
about murder,
rape, and may­hem.
People of
modern t i m es
s e e m to like
excitement. If
they can't, "get
into the act,"
t h e y do the
next best thing
— they e n j oy
reading a b o ut
it.
Yet a minor but sensational
bit of news in Denver or Detroit
certainly doesn't deserve banner
headlines in Alabama. Local gov­ernment
action, far more import­ant
to Alabamians, has been seen
hiding in a small corner while
such headlines as "Gay Divor­cee
Kidnaps Teen-age Youth" is
smeared eight columns across
the page.
In one particular paper recent­ly
was grouped five such sensa­tional
type news items. They
carried the following headlines:
(1) Butcher Admits Torso Slay-ings
(2) Little Girl Kills Her
Stepfather (3) Woodchopper Kills
His Wife (4) Posse Hunts for
Youthful Slaver (5) Husband
Shoots Pal "Loving" Wife.
Hot stuff, eh? Yes, but True
Detective is a better place for it.
Even on the Plainsman, we
have been working toward elimi­nating
the sensational angle.
We have slipped here and
there, of course, probably be­cause
of inexperience and lack of
time to properly plan the paper.
But we have come to the con­clusion,
as Dr. Joe Leese pointed
out in psychology class one day,
that an account of an auto acci­dent
has not place on the front
page of a college paper.
* * *
Did You Know?: Joe Blow is a
member of Phi Kappa Tau fra­ternity.
* * *
Found: Scribblings of former
Plainsman editor Bob Sharman
on wooden panel of desk draw­er:
\
May his soul
Rest in Peace
Intracacies of English
Caused his decease.
Much has been said about the
weather. Ask any Auburn man
where the weirdest weather can
be found and you will get an
immediate and definite answer.
Right hre in Auburn. For ex­ample,
one day last week it was
raining and there wasn't a cloud
overhead. There were some back
over around the edges, but none
above. How does it happen that
we are blessed with this sort of
thing?
During some quarters you will
notice that almost every school
day will be fair, with a minimum
of clouds and a maximum of sun.
However, along about noon Fri­day
the clouds will start to gath­er
in, and by Saturday it'll be
raining.
Late Sunday afternoon, or
maybe not until Sunday night,
the sky will clear and by Mon­day
morning the sun will be
beaming down and the clouds
will be gone. Why? Maybe it's a
conspiracy. For years the public
has tolerated it: After all, it's
just as Mark Twain said. "Every­one
talks about the weather, but
no one does anything about it."
The day has come, however,
that the people of Alabama can
do something about it. Alabama
will be a symbol of progress to
the rest of the world. The solu­tion
is so obvious, I am amazed
that it hasn't already been
thought of.
All that is necessary is for the
state legislature to pass a law
regulating the weather. Surely
this will bring to an end all this
unpleasant weather. They might
set up a neat little schedule. Rain
could be booked for Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday nights,
between the hours of 2 a. m. and
6 a. m. To pacify those who like
to walk in the rain, every other
Thursday afternoon could be 'set
aside as official rain day.
To make doubly certain that
the elements followed the lawful
schedule, the legislature could
refuse to vote any* state appro­priations
until the schedule had
been in operation one month.
There might be some rough edges
to this plan, but the able repre­sentatives
could smooth them off
in no time.
- After they have the rain under
control, they can tackle the gnat
problem. This is a seasonal dis­turbance,
and will have to wait.
The important thing is to get the
schedule into operation by the
fall quarter. This dismal weather
has got to go.
By Jim Bradley
Since 1944 I have been a stu­dent
at the Plains. I have never
been an outstanding student in
any thing other than Campusolo-gy.
I have enjoyed the company
of many undergraduates, some
who thought along the same lines
as I, others who thought differ­ently.
They are all still my
friends and I hope to keep them
as such.
I have made it one of my hob­bies
to observe professors and in­structors
of Auburn, that is those
who w e r e so
if**! misfortunate to
have me m their
; class as a stu-
I dent. Here are
my observations;
my own opin­ions,
and they
can be studied
carefully and
wisely lest the
f r e s h m a n or
sophomore fall
in the class and
"" • *'*
Do-Nuts and Coffee By Babs
A man cannot directly choose
his circumstances, but he can
choose his thoughts, and so indi­rectly,
yet surely, shape his cir­cumstances.
* * *
"I can see good in all things,"
remarked the minister. Question­ed
the bright kid, "Can you see
good in a fog?"
* * *
Have you heard of the little
moron who took a slice of bread
and then went to the street cor­ner
to wait for traffic jam? Be
lieve it or not, a big truck came
along and gave him a jar.
* * *
Put a yellow canary in a meat-grinder
and you get shredded
tweet, no doubt.—West Pointer.
* * *
They have improvised a pro­cess
of making wool out of milk,
which must make the cows feel
sort of sheepish.—West Pointer.
* * *
"Well, Bill, "asked a neighbor.
"Hear the boss has a fever. How's
his temperature today?" The
hired man scratched his head
and decided not to commit him­self:
"Tain't for me to say. He
died last night."—Scuttlebutt.
Gossip says that onct thar was
a coed so sharp in having her
own way that she could write
her diary three weeks in ad­vance.
One of the central tests of any
man is the nature of his pleas­ures.
"Waiter, there's an insect in
my soup!" Replied the waiter:
"Maybe it's one of those Vitamin
Bees!"
"For why did you take Win-ny
out of school?" Replied Win-ny's
Mom: "Sure and the teach-ner
o wait for traffic jam? Be
ny IV spells four. Sure an' any
idiot knows it spells ivy."
* * *
A "highbrow" is a person edu­cated
beyond his intelligence.
* * *
Lady to Tramp: "If I give you
a piece of pie, you'll never re­turn,
will you?"
Tramp: "Well, lady, you know
your pie better than I do."
The Exchange Post By Irv Steinberg
We hear some colleges are
lowering entrance requirements
this year with a, specific end in
view . . . nothing has been said
about tackles and halfbacks!
^ * * *
Bathing beaches in the vicini­ty
of Mobile are crowded these
days . . . And so are some of the
bathing suits! «
* * *
A young suitor whose girl had
been too completely immersed in
her study oi science decided to
try to defeat this obstacle.
"Mary, I love you," he pro­claimed.
"Love, do you hear me?
Love, the most wonderful thing
in the world!"
"Henry," she replied coldly,
"what is love? Just a psychic
hyper-metamorphosis leading to
hyper-cenesthesia and megalo­mania
resulting in an angiopathic
neurasthenia."
"On .second thought, Mary," he
sighed, "the hell with it!"
—Coronet
* * *
The Auburn Players did an ex­cellent
job of "Julius Caesar."
Although this play is a more dif­ficult
type to put on than their
previous plays, they made it just
as successful. ,
* * *
A foreman, while watching a
ship carpenter working on the
side of a boat, noticed that the
workman would drive a nail into
the side of the bdat, then another,
and then throw one over his
shoulder. When this continued, ho
called to the workman, "Hey you,
why throw those nails away!"
Back came the prompt answer,
"Why, they have the head on the
wrong end"
To which the foreman replied,
"You fool, don't throw nails like
that away; we use them on the
other side of the boat."
—Belter Living
* * *
Overheard in the front seat of
a Thornden Lothario's panting
Pontiac; "Darling, two hands,
please!" "But I gotta keep one
hand on the steering wheel,
honey." —
* * *
And then there's the girl who
brings her own gasoline when on
a car-date to avoid convenient
tank emptiness. Her name —
Ethyl, of course.
, —Syracuse Summer Orange
* * *
All rooms on the campus of
LSU for next semester have been
reserved. To get more rooms and
apartments for students, the col­lege
is carrying on a survey to
search for vacant living space.
* * *
Have you heard about the guy
who phoned his doctor. "Come
quickly," he pleaded. "My wife
has appendicitis!"
The doc gave the telephone a
double take. "How's that again,"
he argued, "I removed your
wife's appendix three years ago,
and I never heard of anyone,hav­ing
a second appendix!"
"Yeah, doc, I know," replied
the anxious husband, "but have
you ever heard of anyone hav­ing
a second wife?"
—Army Times
* * *
Blonde: "Have you ever tried
selling vacuum cleaners?"
Vet: "Nope. Can't say as I
have."
Blonde: "Well, son, you better
start now. That's my husband
coming up the walk!"
—Army Times.
* * *
George Bernard Shaw encount­ered
Alfred Hitchcock in London
one day. Hitchcock is the picture
director, who eats copiously, and
Is as famous for his cinema tech­nique
as for the amazing rotundi­ty
of his middle.
"To look at you, Mr. Shaw, one
would think there already was a
famine in England," said the very
fat Mr. Hitchcock. "And to look
at you," was the rejoinder, "one
would think you had caused it."
—Better Living
Bradley
clutches of a dull professor. These
I shall grade not as they graded
me but as I think they should be
graded.
Metzger, A.B., Instr. Hist. &
Govt., Class "A" (methods & sub­ject)
Turnipseed, Janice, Foreign
Language—Class "B" (methods &
subject)
Skelton, R. B. Foreign Langu­age,
Class "A" (methods & sub­ject)
Moore, J. R. Professor English,
Class "C" (poor methods)
Miller, R. H., Economics, Class
"B" (lacks appeal)
Marino - Merlo., Applied Art,
Class "B" (dull class)
McLeod, Frances., E n g l i s h,
Class "B" (methods dull)
Leese, Joseph., Education, Class
"A" (methods & subject)
Kendrick, J. E., History, Class
"B" (knows subject)
Johnson, Sidney W., History,
Class "B" (dull methods)
Johnson; Herman., Sociology,
Class "D" (class for females)
Hoepfner T. C, English, Class
"A" (methods & subject)
Davis, Neil., English, Class
"A" (methods & subject)
Beck, M. L., Education, Class
"B" (almost an "A")
Baker, John Newton, English,
Class "B" (poor methods)
These are just a few of the
many that have come and gone
. . . if your name did not appear
on this list you either did not
deserve mention or either you
will follow in next weeks col­umn.
Of course if you want your
grade before then call me at
1-W.
If your methods and subject
matter were properly prepared
and presented in a meaningful
way, then you deserved a good
grade; otherwise you didn't. I
know of many that should have a
lower grade, but I know how you
feel about the summer quarter
. . . and the weather.
It's True
Source: Encyclopaedia
Briiannica
Scalping an enemy, a practice
of some American Indians, was
painful but by no means fatal.
The part taken was usually a
small circular patch of skin at
the root of the scalp-lock just
back of the crown.
The use of fingerprints as a
system of identification is of such
ancient origin that it was known
from the earliest days in the
Orient, when monarchs signed
documents with the imprints of
their thumbs.
The first savings banks in the
United States were non-profit
institutions, founded for charita­ble
purposes. The original savings
bank was the Provident Institu­tion
For Savings, of Boston,
which received its charter in De­cember,
1816.
* * *
Some 705,000 square miles of
Greenland's total area of 839,782
square miles are covered by
glaciers. x
* * *
Certain forms of tuberculosis
were once called the "king's
evil," because it was believed
that the king's touch could effect
a cure.
* * *
The screamer, a bird that in­habits
parts of South America
and Guiana, has a layer of air
cells between the skin and the
muscles, so that if its body is
pressed a crackling sound is
heard.
I
Auburn—Alabama Game
Ends In a 6 to 6 Tie
Tuscaloosa Squad With Coach Pollard's
Trick Plays, Had Best Of Argument
(Editor's Note) Reader, keep calm. The story below appeared in
the Montgomery Advertiser 40 years ago. It was reprinted in the
Advertiser Sunday by assistant sports editor Charles Harbin, Jr.
A journalism student at Alabama himself, Harbin says, "The exact
cause for the schools not meeting in an annual gridiron classic is
unknown to me, but here today, we reprint!the story in full with
no omissions or insertions . . . After reading this story, if there, is
anything in it that constitutes grounds for discontinued athletic
relations . . . we would like to know about it."
* * *
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 16, 1907—(Special)—The annual
football contest between the teams from Auburn and the
Universit}' of Alabama resulted in a tie score 6 to 6, both
teams scoring a touchdown and kicking a goal.
The boys from the Plains who were touted by all alike as
winners of the game, scored the first half with twenty sec­onds
to play. Alabama by t r i ck plays scored in the second half
after four minutes and one-half of play.
I'he game was tilled, with
rough playing and when the
whistle was brown for the end
of the battle two players got
together in a fisticuffs, the
cause of the trouble between
the belligerents not being
learned. An Auburn man and
IMUB
•THEATRE*
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
AUG. 20-21
GENE KELLY
MARIE MCDONALD
LIVING IN A BIG
WAY
FRIDAY ONLY
AUG. 22
COME AND
GET IT
with
JOEL McCREA
EDWARD ARNOLD
ANDREA LEEDS
SATURDAY ONLY
AUG. 23
Hal Roach presents:
CAPTAIN
CAUTION
with
VICTOR MATURE
LOUISE PLATT
SUNDAY & MONDAY
AUG. 17 & 18
THE ROMANCE
OF ROSY RIDGE
with
VAN JOHNSON
and Introducing
JANET LEIGH
Alabama player were striking
at each other.
The result of the game is more
pleasant to supporters of the
Alabama team as this team was
touted as the loser from the start.
The Auburn players went on the
field confident of winning, but
after a few minutes of play it
was plainly seen that Alabama
was a factor and a hard team to
down.
Alabama outplayed Auburn be­yond
a doubt and put to use some
of the prettiest plays ever seen.
It was in the second half that
the new tactics of Coach Pollard,
of Alabama, were put into use.
Auburn played throughout the
game without a change in line­up.
Henry Burks, for Alabama,
went into the game with his left
arm in plaster of pans and re­tired
after playing a most bril­liant
game. Reidy took Jone's
place at right half back.
Five Thousand Spectators
The crowd at the game was
one of the features of the day
and the grandstand and side lines
presented at inspiring sight.
There were upwards of 5,000 peo­ple
present.
The game was called about 2:45
o'clock. The Alabama sponsors
were late in arriving, the tallyho
having broken down en route to
the Fair Grounds.
It might be said that on straight
football Auburn excelled Ala­bama,
and; ©n trick playing Ala­bama
showed up Auburn.
Coach Pollard, of Alabama,
filed a protest of the game,
alleging that at the lime that
Auburn scored they were al­lowed
four downs instead of
three as the rules of the game
prescribe.
Referee Tufts paid little at­tention
to the protest, stating
that he knows positively that
the downs were correctly re­corded.
The stars of the game were
Hannon and B. Josis for Ala­bama,
and Sparkman for Aub-burn.
During the latter part of the
second half, Auburn played suc­cessive
line bucks and it appeared
that they would make a touch
down. On the fifteen-yard line,
however, Alabama held them for
downs and the ball went over.
Excitement At Beginning
Alabama took the western goal
stand. Auburn kicked off to Ala­bama
and the game was on, with
everybody wild with excitement.
Alabama returned the kick for a
good gain and continued up the
field at a rapid pace, while the
crowd stood watching in amaze­ment.
It was on the fifteen-yard
line of Auburn that Quarterback
Hannon attempted a drop kick
and failed. There was ease in the
Auburn camp at this point.
The ball was again put in play
by Auburn again kicking to Ala­bama.
Alabama was pushed for
gains at this point but kicked to
the middle of the field. Auburn
then was held for downs and the
ball went over after a series of
bucks. The ball passing from one
side to the other Auburn took
charge of affairs and scored a
touchdown with twenty seconds
to play.
With the ball on the one-yard
line Auburn lined up for the final
plunge in an effort to put the ball
over Auburn's goal.
Referee Tufts blew the whistle
on an offside play on Auburn just
as the ball was being carried
over the line. The penalty of five
yards threw the Auburn boys
back but with grim determination
a line buck through right tackle
carried Hughes over the line with
the ball. McClure kicked goal and
the score was 6 to 0.
Coach Pollard Protests
Coach Pollard at this point
complained about the number
of downs alleged to have been
allowed Auburn and some of
the players argued that matter.
In the second half Alabama
scored after four minutes and
twenty seconds of play on a series
of trick plays. They carried the
ball from Auburn's thirty-five
yard line on over the goal. On
these plays Jones made the touch­down
and then kicked the goal.
The score was then tied up and
there was nothing else doing in
the score line.
In this half Alabama got busy
with trick plays and astounded
and puzzled the Auburn players.
The German play, so called by
Coach Pollard,' proved one of the
prettiest plays yet seen in this
city. Alabama worked this play
to a finish durmg the second half,
making good gains.
Alabama did not play straight
football to any extent through­out
the game. On the trick plays
in the second half Alabama suc­ceeded
in taking the ball to the
twelve yard line of Auburn,
when Hannon again tried a drop
kick for the second time during
the game. The attempt failed.
Auburn shortly afterwards se­cured
the ball and by line bucks
GREAT LINEMAN
FLOYD FULMER (above)
will be the leading Tiger line­man
when Auburn takes to the
gridiron this fall. Floyd was
the outstanding f r e s h m an
guard in the conference last
year, and he has his eyes fixed
on All-American honors this
season. Fulmer, a 22 year old
sophomore, is from Jackson­ville,
Fla. He is 6' tall and
weighs 188 pounds.
Trapani Gets Post
At Troy College
Bert Trapani, who was an end
on the 1942 Tiger football aggre­gation,
has accepted a job as as­sistant
c o a c h of Troy State
Teachers ^College. Bert will be
working under Buddy McCollum,
who is athletic director of that
school and who was an assistant
football coach here for several
years.
After joining the Marine Corps
in 1943, Bert went to Duke Uni­versity
and, as a V-12 student
played end for the Blue Devils.
Upon leaving Duke, he was
sent to OCS at Quantico, Va.,
and after receiving his commis­sion,
Bert served a tour of duty
overseas. He returned to Auburn
last year to continue his school­ing
and is now working on a de­gree
in education.
Wednesday, August 20, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—5
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FOR SALE OR TRADE:
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Lighlfour, 10 hp. Broken
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four, rear of Pitts Hotel.
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done such as term papers,
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by 122 Thomas St.
carried the oval to Alabama's
twelve-yard line, when it went
over on downs. Alabama braced
up and held the Auburn boys.
When the ball went over with
only a few moments to play the
spectators realized that the game
would result in a tie unless some
fluke was presented.
Inspiring Scene At Close
Following this play Alabama
kicked and Auburn fumbled, the
ball being grabbed by an Ala­bama
player. The referee's whis­tle
then blew for the ending of
the game.
The scenes at the finish were
the most inspiring seen in this
city at any football game. The
players of both teams were car­ried
off in the arms of their fel­low
students and "You did
great old boy," was about all
that could be heard. Every sup­porter
of either team was satis-field.
All agreed that Alabama
surprised Auburn.
There was a great deal of bet­ting
on the game, the prevailing
odds being 2 to 1 with Auburn
as favorite.
•
The line-ups were as follows:
Auburn—Wilkinson, right end;
Locke, right tackle; Everett, right
guard; Batson, center; Motley,
left guard, Dabis, left tackle; Hill
left e n d ; McClure, quarter;
Sparkman, right half; Ware, left
half; Hughes, fullback.
Alabama: B. Jones-Reidy, right
end; Gresham, right tackle; Lum-ley,
right guard; Countess, cen­ter;
Hobbs, left guard; Burks-
Allen, left tackle; D. Pratt, left
end; Hannon, quarter; Sturdivant,
right half; P. Jones, left half;
Howie, fullback.
Referee: Tufts; umpire, Bradley
Warner; head linesman, Tutwiler;
time-keeper, Miles. Time of
halves, twenty-five m i n u t e s.
Touchdown, Auburn, by Hughes;
Alabama by P. Jones.
V J Edney Resigns Post
To Take Louisiana Job
Coach V J Edney resigned his
post last week to take a position
in the PE department of South­western
Louisiana Institute at
Lafayette, La.
While at Auburn, Edney was
an associate professor in the PE
department, and was also a mem­ber
of the Tiger coaching staff.
He was varsity basketball coach
in the 1946 and 1947 seasons, and
served as baseball mentor last
season. Coach Edney also was
assistant "B" team football coach
and acted as a scout for the
football team.
WANTED TO RENT: Garage
in vicinity of ATO Fraternity
House. Call Gene Millsap at 898
or 9123.
RAY WILLIAMS (above)
has gained fame as being one
of Auburn's f o r e m o s t all-around
athletes^ While in high
school at West End in Birm­ingham,
he won 10 letters, and
since coming to Auburn, he has
earned awards in basketball,
baseball, and football. "Big
Ray" is a spohomore, is 6'2"
and weighs 170. He will be one
of the four returning ends who
lettered last season. This 22
year-old former M a r i n e is
slated to see plenty of action
against Miss. Southern Sept. 26.
Sigma Nu Enters
Softball Finals
The Sigma Nu fraternity en­tered
the finals of the summer
Softball play-offs by virtue of
their victory over the Baptists
last week. The play-offs are be­ing
run as double elimination,
and as we go to press, three
teams are still fighting for the
right to play the Snakes.
Monday the Faculty played the
DSP, and the victor met the Bap­tists
on Tuesday. The winner of
the second encounter will meet
the Snakes this evening on the
college baseball field.
MARTIN
Phone 439
OPELIKA, ALA.
"Where happiness costs so
little"
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
AUG. 21 & 22
Two Top Radio Stations
To Carry Tiger Games
Two of the foremost radio sta­tions
in the state will broadcast
the Auburn football games this
fall. •
i
Dave Manners, of WAPX in
Montgomery, who brought to the
public all of the baseball games
held in the Capital this year, will
deliver the play by play • de­scriptions,
and Maury Ferrell,
WAPI's excellent announcer, will
Summer Tournaments
To Finish This Week
The first of the summer intra­mural
tournaments drew to a
close this week with "Doc" Hol-lcway
drubbing Buzz Braswell
in the finals of the tennis singles.
Traylor and Dawson managed
to fight their way into the finals
of the golf tournament and they
will play, this week for the
championship.
In the tennis doubles, Mad-dox
and Dallis will play Bras-well
and Long, and the winners
will meet Holloway and McLeod
for the title.
The table tennis, tennis mixed
doubles, and badminton matches
are behind schedule and there is
no way of knowing who will play
in the finals. Coach Evans has
urged that all matches be played
before Saturday so that the finals
can be played off during the
week-end.
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will cover every game on the
Tiger schedule.
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6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 20, 19471 SCENE 'ROUND THE CAMPUS
WSGA Officers Hold First Workshop;
Objectives Are Set For Next Year
The Women's Student Govers- of the day's discussions, in order
ment Association held a work­shop
August 16 in Social Center
from 8:30 to 9:30 p. m. This was
the first meeting of this kind to
be held at Auburn.
Present were the officers-elect
of the Association who will as­sume
their offices in the fall and
the retiring members of the
WSGA Council. Craig . Green,
president-elect, came from Mont­gomery
to attend the meeting.
Anna Jean Franklin, secretary,
came from Birmingham, and Ruth
Poor, treasurer, came from Phe-nix
City. Meetini with the group
were Dean Katherine Cater and
Miss Jane Walden, adviser to the
Council.
Miss Cater opened the confer­ence
by speaking to the group
on the importance of student
government and on the necessity
of this group's combining its best
thinking to set up objectives and
to make .definite plans for the
next year. Craig Green led a dis­cussion
on an expanded program
for WSGA and presented the re­vised
rule book for consideration.
Katherine Mackie, retired vice-president,
led a discussion on
dormitory organization, includ­ing
the duties of the house presi­dent
and the house committee,
and means of electing them.
Betty Sue Eaton, retiring day
student representative, led a dis­cussion
on the role the day stu­dent
should play on the campus.
Eddy Foreman retired represen­tative
to the Caoinet, talked
about the importance of a social
program and what WSGA could
do to promote a program of
social education.
Miriam Rhyme, incoming vice-president,
led a discussion on the
orientation program for fresh­men.
It was decided that a fresh­man
Advisory Council should be
established to assist with the or­ientation
for this fall.
At the end of the meeting Anna
that the group might review the
program which it had adopted
and might determine the best
ways of carrying it out.
A luncheon and a dinner were
given for those attending the
Workshop at The Tea Room on
Gay street.
MARION SPIDLE CLUB
TO ELECT OFFICERS
An election of officers will be
the main feature at the next
meeting of the Marion Spidle
Club.
The club meets at 7:30 p. m.
Tuesday, August 26, in Social
Center.
Beverly Burson, president, has
requested that all members be
present to vote.
The Marion Spidle Club is an
organization for the wives of
students. New members are al­ways
welcome.
Jean Franklin gave a summary 'which needs to be heard
Plastic Tower
(Continued from page 4)
the doctors who would minister
to the patient. They stand be­tween
the practitioner who says
that all treatment is good, espec­ially
when administered with
the objectivity -of the outside
consultant and, on the other
hand, the members of the family
who want to draw the shades and
stand off the doctors, denying
vehemently that anything is
wrong. For lack of a less misused
definition, they might be describ­ed
as the Southern liberals."'
Charles Dobbins is a writer of
ability and force. I hope that his
resignation as editor of the Ad­vertiser
does not mean that Mont­gomery
is to lose him as a citizen.
And I hope that his voice will
continue to be heard on Alabama
affairs.
It is a moderate, liberal voice
WHY DEANS GET GRAY: Photographer Paul Mujler, wandered over toward Social Center one
day. Almost before he knew it, he walked in o n a busy conference of administrative and campus
big-wigs thrashing out the problems of "Co-Etiquette", WSGA-sponsored publication for incoming
coeds. Here, completely unaware of Muller's presence, is Dean Katherine Cater, (pen in hand)
with eyes focussed on La Verne Taylor, WSGA president, who is doing the talking. Lettie Craig
Green, WSGA president-elect, peers at La Verne. At far left is Betty Cosby, assistant to Dean
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BOOK REVIEW
By Mitch Sharpe
WHERE EVERY GARMENT
IS A
"SPECIAL"
BILL H AM
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Generation of Vipers by Philip
Wylie, Rinehart & Co., $2.75-.
No new book by America's
oblique apostle of the coming
cynicism is Generation of Vipers,
but it is still considered required
reading on most progressive cam­puses,
and is eagerly advocated
by such forms of college fungi as
the campus pinks, aspirant mod­ern
artists of the Dali and Picas­so
blend, aspirant modern poets
of the Pissoir school, frustrated
females without the courage of
their affections, varsity teams
whose reading is governed by
their natural drives, and unad­justed
new freshmen seeking
more erudite forms of mental
masturbation.
The little green jacket, which
wraps up Wylie, is covered with
such sketchy phases as "For pas­sion,
for realism . . .", and "It
will shock nine out of ten peo­ple
. . .", and in general might
lead one to recall the Donald
Henderson Clark novels . . .
without the sexy semi-nudes
which, by the way, appear to an
extent in chapter six.
A glance at the' list of chap­ters
would pretty well cover the
contents of the book. Wylie on
"Statesmen",. "Military Men",
"Professors", and the "Man on
the Cross" are all examples of
one man's struggle against the
Philistines in this brave new
world. Incidentally, the best writ­ing
in the whole book is found
in the chapter entitled "Com­mon
Man: the Hero's Backside."
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Copyright 1947, LKMITT & Mviis TOMOCO CO.
But unless the t reader be con­vinced
that the reviewer is ab­solutely
anti-Wylie, let him or
her (there's mental silage for
both sexes) read the chapter on
"A Specimen American Attitude"
and then decide for himself on
the merits of Wylie's own \form
of foot-in-the-mouth frankness.
It is extremely doubtful wheth­er
the subjects broached in GOV
will shock nine out of ten mod­ern
American college students or
other open minded readers who
can read objectively and not
through rosary colored glasses,
but the book will indicate that
there is definitely more of the
seamier side of life showing than
meets the eye. So go on and
read it. You and Phil may not
agree on religion, morales, man­ners,
and customs, but at least
you will have to admit that he
has something there. By the way,
take along a ponderous, diction­ary
for your venture in Wylie.
He has one of the -most com­plete
vocabularies in American
letters. .
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last week. Dr. Ivey is associate
professor of sociology, and chief
of the division of research in­terpretation
at the University
of North Carolina. His lectures
dealt with scientific research
and education.
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An Eight Man Jury . . .
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wear long or short skirts tomor­row
at 4 p.m. in Langdon. AH
students are invited.
* * *
I'su Kappa Alpha . . .
. . . speech contest will be held
in Duncan Hall 7:30 p. m. on
August 25.
Louisiana Educators
Confer With Auburnites
Several Louisiana legislators
and educators visited Auburn
last August 11 to confer with
local officials on institutional
management and policies. They
stopped in Montgomery to talk
with Ralph Draughon, executive
officer for the Board of Trustees.
Visitors were Sen. Gilbert F.
Hennigan, Sen. H. H. Richard­son,
Reps. B. V. Baker, W. J.
Hair, R. D. Madden, of the
Louisiana State Legislature, and
Dr. J. W. Brouillette, director of
the general extension division of
L. S. U.
In Auburn they had talks with
Travis Ingram, business manager,
Dr. J. E. Greene, of veterinary
faculty, asd J. N. Baker, of the
News Bureau.
The first ship built in America
was the Virginia, a "pretty pyn-nace
of about some thirty tonne,"
constructed at Popham Beach,
Maine, in 1607.
Flight Training Program
Is Proposed For Auburn
A flight training program for
ORC liaison pilots is being pro­posed
at Auburn, provided a suf­ficient
number of such pilots are
available for this training.
The program has as its pri-of
pilot proficiency of rates, liai­son
pilots now on inactive duty
status who are assigned to table,
or organization positions as pilots
in Organized R e s e r v e Corps
units. The program will provide
a maximum of four hours' flying
time monthly for each officer
volunteering for the training.
history staff at Auburn. In 1944
he was appointed director of in­struction.
Mr. Draughon's wife is the for­mer
Caroline Marshall, graduate
of Huntingdon college. They
have two children: Ann, age 15,
and Ralph, Jr., 11.
An ardent fisherman, he says,
"I can just feel my troubles leave
me when I'm out casting bait."
He also likes an occasional bit
of four-part harmony with the
boys, contributing what he labels
an "amateurish tenor".
FOki SALE: Four room furn­ished
house. Call Mis. New-berne
at 262.
Acting President
(Continued from page 1)
for his M.S. degree, which he re­ceived
in 1929, he wrote a "his­tory
of the bonded indebtedness
of Alabama." 'This work has
been used extensively by state
officers charged with reducing
the bonded debt.
After leaving Auburn, Mr.
Draughon coached high school
sports for three years at Choc­taw
County High. "I had to
study coaching during the sum-quired
a deep admiration for the
versatile Dean Petrie. As a thesis
mer," he smilingly remembers,
"in order to handle my teams in
the fall." His mentors were such
stalwarts as Alonzo Stagg, of Uni­versity
of Chicago fame, and Au­burn's
own Wilbur Hutsell.
Soon, however, the unusual
abilities of this man marked him
for leadership. He served as
principal for several high schools
in the state before joining the
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As an outstanding
member of the stu­dent
body.
Jim, a senior in
education from Ft.
Payne is a member
of S p a d e s , ODK,
A-Club, and is presi­dent
of Baptist Stu­dent
Union. He was
co-captain of the 1946
varsity football team.
When Jim graduates
Aug. 30, he will at­tend
the Southwest­ern
Bible Institute in
Dallas, T e x a s . He
plans to be a minister
of students.
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