1947-07-25 The Auburn Plainsman

              Atoms Are Flying
Saucers Have Flown the A uburn Plainsman Nobody's Crying;
Summer's Half-Gone
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. LXXII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1947
Number 27
Science Responsible For World
Future/ Dr. Allison Tells A IO
THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
On the second anniversary of the testing of the first ~ ~z jj ~ ~
atomic bomb, Auburn students gathered in Student Center A I I 1 0 f r ^ C n 111 j I I fPC
to seriously consider the complications that were set off in I
our social life by that event.
Dr. Fred Allison, head of physics department, addressing
members of the Auburn Independent Organization and
guests oonn the implications of
atomic energy, said that man­kind
with startling suddenness
has been thrust, into a new and
revolutional age for which he is
unprepared both morally and in­tellectually.
Science, he • said, is morally
neutral; science may be . turned
to the weal or woe of mankind.
While science itself has no con­science,
the scientist has. The
scientist from now on must as­sume
a new role of social respon­sibility
and leadership.
He referred to the fact that
atomic scientists have of late
' been coming from the quiet of
their laboratories and making
desperate efforts to acquaint the
people and our leaders with the
appalling implications of atomic
energy.
But, he pointed out, the scien­tist
is not a politician, he is not
a statesman. Yet he knows as
does no one else the terror and
inherent destructiveness of atom-im
warfare. "He is terribly afraid
of indifference, of complacency,
of apathy on the part of the peo­ple,
lest they be lulled into a
sense of false security; he is fear­ful
of a. disposition that looks
upon this as just another bomb.
Our people must be kept in­formed
and alerted," he stated.
"The danger is in following
outmoded patterns of thinking,
resorting to the old game of arm­ament
races among the nations.
Compulsion is upon us to find
a way to establish a world or-
•der, one in which there will be
effective, reciprolal and enforce­able
controls, one in which there
will abound i: ternational under­standing,
confidence and good
will, to the end that in place of
catastrophe, despair, the destruc-
EUROPEAN SCHISM
TO BE DISCUSSED
MONDAY BY IRC
"A schism between east and
west in Europe is coming to be
regarded not merely as inevita­ble,
but, in some American and
Suropean' quarters, as definitely
desirable." This is an excerpt
from the article, Shall We Act
Without R u s s i a ? , by Edward
Men. Burns. Why should a schism
exist and why should Russia
take the stand that she does in
so many of the present negotia­tions?
Realizing that a great majori­ty
of us know. so little about
Russia, the International Rela­tions
Club has chosen for its
next informal discussion this
timely subject. The location and
time will be the Social Center,
Monday evening, July 28, at 7:15.
Local professors who will be
present to aid in the discussion
will be: Dr. Wad Reynolds, Dr.
Robert Partin, Prof. Jack Ken-drick,
history department; Ejr. T.
P. Atkinson, Prof. John Roe,
Prof. Janice Turnipseed^oreign
language department; Dr. F. H.
Manley, school of veterinary
medicine; and Major C. T. Cron-inger,
military department. All
students and faculty members
who would like to join the
group are cordially invited.
ADDRESSES AIO
Dr. Fred Allison
tion of Millions of lives and ci­vilization
itself—instead of these,
that mankind may come into an
era of enduring peace and thus
into the enjoyment of the fuller
and richer life which peaceful
applications of atomic energy
will hold in store for the peoples
of the earth. The scientist does
not presume to have the formu­la
to bring about such a world
order. He is merely telling the
people and their leaders that it
must be that or desolation. The
scientists, if I understand them,
are, saying unanimously one thing
in particular: there must not be
another war. It will be one world
or hone," Dr. Allison concluded.
Sphinx Taps Six
For Oracles
Sphinx, senior women's honor
society, 'tapped six freshmen
girls for membership in Oracles
at WSGA Convention July 17.
Oracles, sponsored by Sphinx,
is an honor organization for all
frtshmen girls who maintain a
3.0 average or above during then-first
or second quarters in col­lege.
Those who received the honor
at Convocation were Peggy Mae
Fichtner, Annie Earle Lindsey,
and Elwin Louise Williams.
' Constance Montgomery, Mar­garet
.Virginia Hatcher, and Mary
M. McGarry, were tapped in
absentia. *
Veterans Should Act
Quickly In Signing
Form, Says Norton
Not all veterans on the cam­pus
realize the urgency of filling
out the between-quarter leave
form immediately. Dr. P. M.
Norton issued this statement
from his office yesterday.
"If you've heard about it, pass
the word on to your buddies,"
Mr. Norton said. "Every Public
Law 346 and Public "Law 16
trainee must sign this from. It is
imperative that they do so at
once."
Public Law 346 students may
sign their leave forms at Mt.
Norton's office in Samford, while
PL 16 students must sign theirs
at the Guidance Center.
Three Auburnites
Car Said To Be Going
At High Rate of Speed
Three Auburn students were
injured Saturday night, July 12,
when a car in which they were
passengers, crashed into another
car, knocked down four guard
rail posts, and a route sign.
The accident occurred near the
Chicken House at the Atlanta-
LaFayette junction.
i Jerry Van Patten, Jr., of Ope­lika,
suffered an eight-inch cut
on his left leg. Marion Morris,
Jr., also of Opelika, and Eugene
Wagner, Mexico City, Mexico,
were dismissed after treatment
for minor injuries at Opelika
Hospital.
• The students were riding in a
1941 F o r d convertible coupe
driven by Morris. It was said that
the car was travelling at a rate
of 80 miles per hour. The car
struck a '40 Chevrolet coach own­ed
by C. L. Howe of Columbus,
Ga., before striking the rail posts
and sign.
Prof. Peet Announces
Fall Production '
Professor Telfair B. Peet of
the dramatic arts department an­nounced
Tuesday that, "The Mis­tress
of the Inn," by Carlo Gold-oni
would be presented by The
Auburn Players for the fall pro­duction.
The production will be taken
on the road, Prof. Peet said.
"Angel Street" by Patrick
Hamilton has been chosen as the;
winter production.
Tryouts will be held in the
fall quarter.
The Players are currently re­hearsing
for "Julius Caesar"
which opens Monday, August 4
in the Y - Hut and runs until
August 13.
SELLERS APPOINTED
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Tom Sellers, junior majoring in
English-journalism, has been ap­pointed
associate editor of The
Plainsman. He intends to follow
newspaper work as a career up­on
graduation.
Sellers is a member of The Au­burn
Broadcasters as a script
writer for the Wednesday night
radio program, "Spotlights on
Auburnites." He has been a mem­ber
of The Plainsman staff for
nine months, has had several
short stories published, and is a
member of the AVA.
Martha Waterhouse (above) freshman cheerleader, lands a
"big one" at a Friday night street dance. She stands almost
4 feel 10 inches.
Pre-Registration Slate
Schedules of Study for the Fall Quarter will be planned
in conference with the Dean or his representative, as follows:
STUDENT ENROLLED IN SUMMER QUARTER
(Students will report for r e g i s t r a t i o n in alphabetic order
( A - Z ) as announced by t h e Dean.)
SENIORS—Monday, 'Tu*es^yl"'W©3ne,stVy^to''nobn)
August 4, 5, 6
JUNIORS—Wednesday (1-4 p.m.), Thursday, F r i d a y -
August 6, 7, 8
SOPHOMORES—Monday through Thursday—Aug. 11-14
FRESHMEN—Monday through Thursday—August 18-21
PAYMENT OF FEES FRIDAY AND MONDAY—AUG-_
UST 22 and 25 (alphabetic schedule for payment of fees will
be announced later) j
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SPRING QUARTER
BUT NOT IN SUMMER QUARTER Tuesday and Wednesday
—September 23 and 24
FORMER STUDENTS NOT ENROLLED IN EITHER
SPRING OR SUMMER QUARTER Thursday, September 25
NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS (first matriculation at
API) Friday and Saturday (to noon)—September 26 and 27
FIRST QUARTER FRESHMEN—ORIENTATION PRO­GRAM
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday— September 25, 26,
27.
Cabinet Chooses Faculty
Group To Help Select
Women Candidates
Campus to Get New
Enrollment Sign
Will Be Of Modern
Design and Lighted
A modern, more attractive en­rollment
sign will soon replace
the present one located on the
campus across from Alumni Hall.
The sign will be approximately
the same size as the present one.
It will be constructed of a sheet
rock background. Letters will be
of gothic design in relief.
Arrangements will be made
whereas the numbers on the
sign may be changed as the en­rollment
figures change each
quarter.
Floodlights will illuminate the
sign at night.
Squires, sophomore honorary
service fraternity, is sponsoring
the project. Proceeds came from
the independent-fraternity all-star
softball game, held last quar­ter.
Members of Squires are Cal­vin
Adamson, Hal Breedlove, Bob
Chappell, Jimmy Coleman, Jim­my
Duke, Hugh Gaston, Shel-bert
Higgins, Jimmy Kendrick,
John Lanier, Tim Miller,. Jim
Phillips, Frank Robinson, Travis
Tidwell, Jack Tucker, and Bob
Williams.
In 1942, Squires - was: respon­sible
for lighting the clocks on
Samford tower.
1947 Glomerata Still
Available in Samford
Copies of the 1947 Glomerata
still are available at Student Af­fairs
Office in ^.Samford 101, it
was announced yesterday by Mrs.
Helen Hendry.
Students who have attended
Auburn three out of the preced­ing
four quarters are entitled to
free copies. For students who
have been in school two quarters
since the spring quarter of 1946,
the charge will be $1.40. Students
who have been enrolled one of
the preceding four quarters may
buy the annual for $2.80.
Extra copies may be purchased
for $4.80:
A faculty committee of not less than five members will
approve all future nominees for Miss Auburn and Miss
Homecoming. This decision was made by t h e Student Execu­tive
Cabinet Monday.
The committee, to consist of impartial faculty members,
will be selected by the Elections Committee.
Cabinet Secretary Seab Hayes
TELLS PLAN says the new plan will increase
fairness and impartiality in se­lecting
the annual beauty queens.
Proposed changes in article I,
section 4, parts "f" and "g" of
the Cabinet by-laws read as fol­lows:
Part f: After all nominations a
meeting of an impartial faculty
committee shall be called by the
chairman of the elections com­mittee.
Part g: At this meeting the
nominees shall be presented to
this committee. Each member
shall be entitled to one vote. The
votes shall be tabulated im­mediately
and the five girls re­ceiving
the greatest number.of
votes to their respective offices
shall be declared candidates for
the title of Miss Auburn. and
Miss Homecoming. Their names
shall be listed on the ballots as
hitherfore provided in the elec­tion
conducted under the rules
previously set forth. »
Hayes announced a public
meeting of the Executive Cabi­net
will be held Monday at 5 p.
m. in Student Center. The Cabi- <
net will hear opinions on the
proposed changes at that time.
Seab Hayes
Tidwell To Rejoin
'47 Tiger Squad
Travis Tidwell will definitely
be ready to join his Tiger mates
for the 1947 football season.
That was the"encouraging assur­ance
Coach Carl Voyles received
from Dr. John Sherrill, the Birm­ingham
specialist who has been
treating the nation's total offense
leader since April 25.
Shortly after Tidwell's leg was
broken in a slide to second base
during the Auburn-Florida base­ball
game of that date, Dr. Sher­rill
pronounced a period of at
least six weeks before Travis
.would be free from the cast.
Several days ago the Auburn
ace was back in Birmingham to
have his leg examined by Dr.
Sherrill. The specialist, who has
treated Tiger athletes for years,
did remove the bracing but de­cided
it best to give the leg the
support of a new cast for an­other
month. Barring any un-forseen
complications, the leg
will be ready for exercise on
August 1.
/: i
X-Ray Crystallography Research at Auburn Forges Into New Fields
Dr. Pepinsky gives the boys a clue. Thai's noi a gadget from
Mars; it's a pulsed X-ray tube used in strobolcopic investiga­tions.
Scientists at X-ray crystallography lab above are (left to
right) Hugh Long, Dr. Pepinsky, Zeke West, and Chalmers
Frazer
OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC MINDS
DELVE INTO HIDDEN MYSTERIES
By Tom Sellers
Tense beads of sweat oozed from pores and skipped light­ly
once on a table. The faces in the room were taut, ex­cited,
hopeful. Before a complex instrument a man t h r ew
switches, plugged wires, adjusted electronic tubes. Eyes
hugged the oscillograph view screen. Suddenly, a greenish
chorus of electrons danced across t h e circular glass opening.
After a dainty gavotte they formed a s u r r e a l i s t pattern. The
man adjusted his controls and th"e green elves obeyed his
commands. Faces relaxed, broke periodic interruptions of light.
into grins. The illusive little
creatures were tamed!
The above scene is more fact
than fancy at Auburn's X-ray
Crystallographic Laboratory in
the New Building basement.
Deft, friendly scientist in charge
is Dr. Ray Pepinsky, research
professor of physics. He and his
able group of assistants may be
whittling their names in history
as you read this. Using equip­ment
equal or superior to any in
the- world, their four-point pro­gram
has taken on the aspects
of a miniature Oak Ridge.
Four Phases
"Do you know what a strobo­scope
is?," queried Dr. Pepinsky.
We admitted our ignorance.
He explained that an optical
stroboscope is used for such
things as filming the individual
blades of a whirling propeller by
Making use of a similar princi­ple
involving , X-ray, the X-ray
stroboscope will photograph the
internal structure of materials
and machines—for instance, the
speedy rotors of a dynamo in mo­tion
or whirring atoms inside
crystals. To quote Dr. Pepinsky,
"It is used in X-ray studies of
piezo-electric crystals and lattice
dynamics." Double talk? Hardly.
Double-trouble, perhaps, for any
future enemies of the United
States. The Signal Corps has
granted $35,000 for two years to
further this work.;
"Another of our modest un­dertakings,
understated Dr. Pep­insky,
"is an electronic computing
machine for determination of the
structure of crystals. The Navy
gave us $97,046 for two years as
a starter."
The gadget he mentioned will
(Continued on page 8)
Draughon To Address
AIO On 'Democracy
On Auburn's Campus' x
"Why the. Auburn Campus
Must be a Living Example of
Democracy at Work" will be the
subject of an address by Ralph
B. Draughon, Director of In­struction,
at an AIO meeting
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Stu­dent
Center.
T. W. Schuessler, .director of
student affairs, and Katherine C.
Cater, dean of women, will be
special guests. Mr. Schuessler
will present the speaker.
Printed information on student
government and recognition for
outstanding scholarship and lead­ership
will be distributed to
members present.
Formation of a radio produc­tion
group will follow the meet­ing.
This group will present the
Independents forthcoming radio
shows.
On The Campus
General Electric X-Ray diffraction unit (above) with two
types of diffraction cameras. May Risch (left) and Asa Dodd
stand by while Janet Blake shows 'em how simple it is. Scene
at Auburn's X-Ray Crystallography Lab, <
ASCE
Dr. Allison will' speak on
atomic energy at a meeting of
ASCE in Brown Auditorium
Monday at 7:30 p. m. All civil
engineering students a r e in­vited.
* * *
ASME . . .
Engineering students are in­vited
to attend A.S.M.E. meeting,
Monday, July 28 at 7 p.m. in
Ross Auditorium. Frank M. Ma-lone,
Alabama manager of South­ern
Bell, Birmingham, will dis­cuss
opportunities of engineering
graduates with telephone compa­nies.
* * *
Independents . . .
. . .interested in taking part in
AIO Radio Show are asked to be
at Langdon Wednesday 7:15 p.m.
* * *
Tau Beta Pi . . .
. . . will meet at 5 p.m. Wed­nesday,
July 30, in Ramsay 109.
All members ,are urged to be
present.
* * *
AIChE . . .
. . . will meet in Ross Chemi­cal
Lab, room 203, Monday at
7:30 p. m. There will be a guest
speaker. All chemical engineers
and especially CN freshmen are
invited.
* * *
Co-Wed Class . . .
. . . of the First Baptist Church
meets at the Porch House at 9:30
p.m. on Sundays. Students are
invited to attend the Sunday
School Rally Day on July 27.
• _
TKE Is Installed Here July 12-13
Beta Lambda chapter of Tau
Kappa Epsilon fraternity was in­stalled
here July 12-13 when 23
members and alumni of the
former Beta chapter of Alpha
Lambda Tau were taken into the
bond by a six-man installation
team headed by Grand President
Dr. R. C. Williams, of Washing­ton,
D. C.
Dr. Williamson is an Auburn
alumnus, having been graduated
in 1907 with a B. S. in chemistry.
He holds the rank of Rear Ad­miral
in connection with his of­fice
in the U. S. Public Health
Service.
Other members of the installa­tion
team were Bob Geran, Har­old
Payne, Herbert B. Brown, Dr.
J. O. Foley, and Dr. Ralph D.
Doner, Geran, Payne, and Brown
are field secretaries of TKE.
Foley is chairman of the anatomy
department at Alabama Medical
College, Birmingham, and an
Alumnus of TKE at University of
Chicago.
Installed as officers of Beta
Lambda chapter were: William A.
Weed, president; James F. Pate,
vice-president; Phil T. Dunning,
Jr., Secretary; Albert H. Tomp­kins,
Jr., historian; John J. Jehle,
treasurer; John M. McKenzie,
chaplain; Norman L. Liver,
pledge captain; and Hampton M.
Burt, master-at-arms.
Other members initiated were
Phi Delts Initiate
Three; Pledge Four
Beta Chapter of Phi Delta
Theta announces the formal ini­tiation
of 'Duck Thrasher, Flor­ence,
Ala.; Bill Rawlinson, Ope-lika,
Ala.; and Bill Moore, Flor­ence.
The following men have been
pledged this quarter: Clarence
Sellers, St. Augustine, Fla.; Fred
Folsom, Gadsden; Walter Cherry,
Opelika; and Harry Moxley,
Americus, Ga.
William S. Bowden, George E.
Boyd, Alder F. Castanoli, Jr.,
George C. Crow, Jr., George W.
Etheridge, Jr., Duncan H. Jerni-gan,
Samuel A. Marten, Jacque
W. Pate, William M. Roberts,
Rein R. Schlitz, Paul S. Thomas,
Clyde R. Meagher, Clarence W.
Houston, Wilber E. Dearman, Al­len
D. Butler.
The Tau Kappa Epsilon fra­ternity
was founded as the
Knights of Classic Lore, at Illin­ois
Wesleyan University, Bloom-
Sigma Pi Members
Enjoy First Social
Of Summer Quarter
The first Sigma Pi social for
the summer quarter was held
July 12. Entertainment included
a hayride to Prather's Lake,
swimming, hiking, eating, and a
dance later at the chapterhouse.
Those present were Margaret
Cole, Charles Allen; Joyce Le­vins,
Fraser Galloway; Fay Cle­ments,
Harry Kinney, Mandine
Renno, Bill Marsden; Louise
Wright, Frank Massey; Eliza­beth
Alexander, DeWitt Robin­son;
Jackie DeLoach, Jim Sea-mans;
Betty Green, Cecil Teague;
Mary J a n e Morris, Richard
Teague.
Rosa Coleman, Harold Tolbert;
Lylse McNeall, Latane Pitts; Mr.
and Mrs. John Diegnan; Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Smith; Mr. and Mrs.
Denton Stewart; Ray C. Jones,
Leonard Hooper, Don Pate; War­ren
Richardson; James Thomas,
Raymond Robinson; Bill Purdy,
and housemother, Mrs. Callie
Tucker.
Alumni attending the party
were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Roberts
and children; Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Wittle, children; and Dr. and
Mrs. Henry G. Good.
ington, Hi., January 10, 1899. The
name was changed to Tau Kappa
Epsilon in 1902 and the Beta
chapter was installed at James
Millikin University, April 17,
1909. Gamma chapter was in­stalled
at the University of Illin­ois,
Champaign, 111., Feb. 3, 1912.
Tau Kappa Epsilon now has 53
active chapters and two colonies.
Plans are being made to estab­lish
several more colonies in the
near future.
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SPE Holds Formal
Initiation For Ten
Alabama Alpha of Sigma Phi
Epsilon held formal initiation for
ten men Sunday, July 13. The
ceremony took place at the chap­ter
house.
Men initiated are James R. Ad-amson,
Birmingham; Robert A.
Ward and Jeffrey Watt, Mobile;
James H. Brown and Walter I.
Robinson, Russellville; Hoyt Wig-gonton,
G a d s d e n ; Robert B.
Vann, Boaz; Preston R.. Bush,
Qrove Hill; Robert Champion,
and William Windham, Mont­gomery.
MENA HOGAN (above), Fed­eral
Extension Service Field
agent from Washington was a
daily lecturer at the Home Eco­nomics
Workshop which ended1
here Saturday. She spends at
least half of her time in South­ern
states and reveals that nu­trition
is one of the gravest
problems that must be met
here. She is a graduate of Ark­ansas
State Teachers College
and has her MS in ag educa­tion
from the University of
Wisconsin.
RICE and OLD SHOES
If You Like
To Dress Well
See
0LIN L HILL
The Man with the Tape
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Auburn & Opelika
GARRETT-WALKER: The marriage, of Miss Josephine C. Garrett,
of Gadsden and Charles A. Walker, of Anniston, took place July
18 at the First Presbyterian Church in Gadsden. Miss Garrett is
a junior in the school of education and Mr. Walker is a senior
in EE.
* * *
PAGE-McDANIEL: Miss Mary Virginia Page of Montgomery, and
Thomas Scott McDaniel were married July 12 at the Clayton Street
Baptist Church in Montgomery. Miss Page attended Auburn and
is now with the State Health Department. Mr. McDaniel received
a degree ni EE here in March.
* * *
MAULDIN-BARTEE: The marriage of Miss Merle Mauldin and
Walton Haslette Bartee, Jr., took place at an evening ceremony on
June 21, First Methodist Church, Abbeville. After a honeymoon
in the Mountains of N'orth Carolina, the young couple will reside
in Huntsville where the groom, graduate in CE, is in the lumber
business.
* * *
ASHLEY-GLOVER: An evening ceremony in late June at the First
Baptist Church, Anderson, S.C., was that of Miss Emily Fay Ash­ley
and Fred Edward Glover. The groom graduated from Marion
Military Institute,' served in the Air Forces, and is now a senior
in architecture, and member of ATO.
FREEMAN-TILLERY: July* 19 i*s announced for the wedding of
Miss Margaret Virginia. Freeman. and Lee Roy Tillery, Jr. The
service will be held in the First Christian Church, West Point, Ga.
Mr. Tillery before entering the Marine Air Corps attended Auburn,
where he was a member of Sigma Chi social fraternity. He plans
to resume his college work here in September.
ELLIOTT-POWELL: The wedding of Miss Virginia Elliott and Jne
Powell, Opelika, took place last Wednesday in the First Presby­terian
Church, Opelika. Maid of honor was Miss Bernice Elliott,
and Miss Jean Elliott and Miss Mary Powell were bridesmaids.
Best man was W. L. Powell, With usher-groomsmen, Jim Powell
and Earl Pippin. /
* * *
READ-McEACHERN: A home wedding in St. Petersburg, Fla., in
late June was that of Miss Susan Dorsey Redd and John Hobson
McEachern, Jr., of Opelika. Mrs. McEachern was a Kappa Delta
pledge here and Mr. McEachern is affiliated with ATO.
Big Dames Club
Picnic Tomorrow
A family picnic will be held at
Prather's Lake Tomorrow by
the Dames Club.
All students and their wives
and families are invited. Those
desiring rides will meet at 3
p. m. at the Methodist Church.
Members who have room in their
cars are asked to drop by the
church.
There will be swimming, fol­lowed
by a pot-luck picnic at
5 p. m. Each couple is asked to
bring' one dish, such as sand
wiches, salad, or dessert. Cold
drinks and paper plates will be
furnished. .
No reservation is necessary.
Your food is your passport.
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YOUNG'S LAUNDRY
\ PHONES 192 - 193
Concert Review
By Phyllis Slough
Henry L. Scott's concert' was
something different in the \yay
of entertainment for students
and townspeople of Auburn. The
"Great Scott" classifies himself
as a pianist-humorist, and those
who saw and heard him were no
doubt convinced that he is both.
His first bit of humor came in
his introductory speech. He mod­estly
said that it was a coinci­dence
that so many great musi­cians
had names beginning with
lithe letter "m", including Men­delssohn,
Mozart, MacDowell and
Me.
The first selections on the
program were his impressions of
Vincent Lopez, Eddie Duchin and
Teddy Wilson. His impression of
Eddie Duchin was especially good
in that he copied Duchin's tech­nique
(lifting the whole arm
much higher than necessary) so
perfectly.
Before playing the next selec­tion,
Juba Dance, Mr. Scott
turned to face the audience and
with a very serious expression on
his face stated: "You will notice
that during the entire playing of
this .piece, my fingers never
leave my hands."
The third selection, Liszt's
"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6",
was indeed a treat to music lov­ers.
Mr. Scott played it within
keeping with the true spirit of
the work and with perfect tech­nique.
Of all the pieces included
on hisc concert, this one was out­standing.
And truly, it should
have been, for he said: "I've al­ways
had a great desire to learn
this composition ever since the
first time I heard it in grammar
school, prep school, and college.
And now I'd like to practice it
again for you." His rendition
certainly rewards him for his
His other humorous arrange­ments
including "A Great Con­cert
Pianist", "Complete Course
in Counterpoint", "The Three
Dances", "Sewing on a Button",
Strange Attire Marks
Beauty Queen Contest
At AIO Mass Meeting
By Ray Fowler
A beauty contest spiced with
curves, satire and make-believe
ended the first weekly summer
mass meeting of the Auburn In­dependent
Organization Wednes­day
night.
Eleven girls graced the stage of
Student Center lamenting and
praising various campus build­ing
by their attire. Fern Nix,
white shorts, and bright eyes
won the contest.
Mildred Cook, also wearing
shorts and representing the Gym,
held the judges permeating eyes.
Grace Ward, representing Lang-don
Hall, did not have a chance
with the judges as she limped be­fore
them covered from head to
toes in the black attire of an old
woman. Other contestants were
Mabel Groves (In art apparel),
Lila Hicks, Betty St. John, Cath­erine
Cameron (In overalls), Dor­othy
Grathum, Glenda Grathum
(Accompanied by an alarm clock
representing Samford), O d e 11
Hawkins, and Lean Bennet.
Fred Donaldson, master - of -
ceremonies told of the time stu­dents
painted the word "panto"
on Langford Hall hoping to cause
the officials to paint the Hall be­fore
graduation exercises. But the
word "pante" remained and the
graduation exercises went on.
Also on the program was an
address by Dean Russell Poor,
community singing, refreshments,
and a brief business meeting.
Barbara Neal, program 'chair.-
man, planned and supervised the
entire affair.
Book By Jordan
Off Press Soon
A book by Dr. Weymouth T.
Jordan, research professor of his­tory
here, is scheduled to be
printed in the fall. Two other
books by Dr. Jordan are .being
considered for publication.
At present Dr. Jordan holds a
grant-in-aid of the Social Science
Research Council to complete a
book-length study of Mobile dur­ing
the 1850s.
The title of the book, "Hugh
Davis and his Alabama Planta­tion"
is being published by the
University of Alabama Press. The
chief interest concerns agricul­tural
history of the state and the
social development of the Black-belt.
A second book, "Early Ala­bama
Household Practices; Medi­cine
and Other Domestic Cus­toms,"
is 'being considered for
publication by the University of
Alabama Press.
The Vanderbilt Press is con­sidering
"George Washington
Campbell, Statesman of the Old
Southwest."
After a Fashion
By Dean Nelson
Nelson
To see a department store
window display of fur coats and
winter suits on a sweltering July
day seems to be fashion's great­est
anachronism.
Nevertheless, in the middle of
summer, fashion designers turn
from those "cool little cottons"
to forecast the fall and winter
styles.
One dictum for the coming
season is that
your all-import­ant
s u i t will
p r o b a b l y be
made from one
o f the v n ew
"hard - finish"
1§ antiwrinkle fab-
* Vi rics — g a b a r-
|dine, flannel, or
| broadcloth. Phi-
:*4lip M a n g o n e,
the big name in
suit designing, says the trend
is toward a long tunic jacket
worn over a needle-slim, longer
skirt. Green—the color of leaves
and mint juleps is one of the
favorite hues.
Perhaps "Brigadoon", the suc­cessful
S c o t t i s h musical on
Broadway this past season has
been responsible for the import­ance
of plaids this fall. You'll
see bold designs and dashing
colors in- plaids for everything—
boxy coats, skirts, suits, and
dresses in the new lighter-weight
fabrics.
Your best date dress might be
made of soft black velveteen with
a wide neckline and short, very
short sleeves. A string of pearls
and you're set for the Saturday
night house-dance or Sunday af­ternoon
movie.
If you cah bear to think of
sweaters in July, the angora ones
are back on the market now.
(Unfortunately they still shed.)
DELTA ZETA HOLDS FORMAL
INITIATION AND DANCE
Beta Xi chapter of Delta Zeta
held formal initiation Saturday
for Margaret Bell, Ann Hutchin-i
son, Flora Moncrief, Betty Rob-bins,
and Quida Fae Weekly.
Saturday night a dance was
given in their honor. Members
and their dates were Arlene Da­vis,
Jerry Callis; Ruth Estes,
Bob Emley; Betty Grady, Bob
Bailey; Martha Hester, Byron
Brow; Doris Holmes, Clyde Mc-
Leod; Ann Hutchinson, Herman
Pruitt; Caroline Johnson, Ed
Rew; Mary Kerr, Fred Walker;
Pete Mackie, Oran Hardin; Flora
Moncrief, Ralph Ellington; Alice
Norton, Bill Thomas; Sara Os­walt,
Bob Culberson; Bille Ray,
Lynn Tate; Betty Robbins, Bob
Dreher.
Lassie Jo Rounds, Jack Simms;
Barbara Neal is Singer
At Dames Club Meeting
Barbara Neal, daughter of Prof,
and Mrs. J. H. Neal, was soloist
at the Dames Club Meetirtg July
16. Her mother, Mrs. J. H. Neal,
is sponsor for the club, which is
composed of students' wives. All
new girls are invited to attend
Dames Club meetings in Social
Center.
Marilyn Sheffield, Leon Coch­ran;
Ouida Fae Weekly, .J. D.
Reynolds; Sally Brown, Olson
Magmoson; Blanche Hutchinson,
Frank Dyer; Wynn Hall, George
Miller; Sara Jane Kent, Ken
Howard; M a r t h a Waterhouse,
Larry Reidel; Margaret Be]],
Tommy Russell, Joanne Jackson,
Billy Ward; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Peacock; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Williams.
Sigma Pi Announces
Initiates, Pledges
Sigma Pi fraternity announces
the initiation, July 13, of Lysle E.
McNeal, Hartford, and Billy R.
Purdy, Pell City.
Men pledged this quarter are
Howard R. Jones, Fayette; Grady
(Jack) Knight, Cullman; G. W.
Purdy, Pell City; and Donald O.
Bain, Pell City.
Phis Entertain With
Buffet Supper, Dance
The local chapter of Phi Del­ta
Theta entertained Saturday
night, July 12, for its members
and their dates. The program
consisted of a buffet supper fol­lowed
by a house dance.
Kappa Sigs Entertain
With Picnic, Dance
The Kappa Sigs entertained
last Saturday with a picnic at
Chewacla and a Beachcomber's
Ball at the fraternity house. The
contest for the best dressed
beachcombers was won by Mabel
Groves and "Foots" Davis, and
"Sonny" Hudson was awarded
the booby-prize.
A skit entitled "Columbus Dis­covers
Auburn", which starred
Cecil Price, Jack Tate, Ken
Hobbs, and Kinne Sutton, was
the feature attraction of the
evening and brought several cur­tain
calls from the actors. Mrs.
Mabel Lawson and Mrs. W. D.
Salmon acted as chaperons and
were judges of the contests,
while Bob Markham and Jimmy
Byrd were in charge of the deco­rations.
Come to LAKE VIEW INN
on Prather's Lake for a good
home cooked meal, Sundays
and every noon or evening.
Barbecue and Brunswick stew.
Barbecued or fried chicken for
only $1.00. Smaller servings
for children or a vegetable
plate for $.75.
Try Jake's Hot Dogs
Rings that seem to say, This speaks of our love". Created
by. a firm that has made quality rings for 95 years.
Ask for ."The Bride's Silent Secretary with Diamond Ring Guide",
WARE'S JEWELRY
So. College Street
centricities of My Pupils" kept
the audience in stitches through­out
the program.
Mr. Scott proved his versatili­ty
by the variety of music which
he played. He played two more
classicals, Chopin's "Waltz in C
Sharp minor" and a "Pastoral"
by Scarlatti. He also played a
Ballad "All the Things You Are",
some Rumba and Tango rhy­thms,
and some Boogie Woogie.
In the third part of his pro­gram,
he executed novel meth­ods
of playing the 'piano. "Chopin
in the Citrus Belt" was rendered
with the aid of an orange and a
grapefruit. This was indeed a
great fete, because I tried it when
I got home, and it just doesn't
work. He played his last num­ber,
"Mittens on the Keys," with
mittens on.
The audience's applause was
so great that he was forced to
make a short curtain speech. He
expressed his thanks for such an
appreciative audience and hoped
that he could again have the
pleasure of playing in Auburn.
Meet your friends at Jake's
Joint across the street from
Auburn Hall.
• a . . - . .
THE BLACK BOTTOM
$3.98
Ladies Madeline's Black and White
suit slip in sizes 32-40.
FASHION says: "suits for fall" and
Ladnes Madeline has the slips you
will want to go with those suits.
They're beautifully made of 100%
multifilament crepe, both top and
bottom. The white midriff double top
goes below the skirt line . . . No black
can ever show through. The black
skirt is straight cut and gored so
that it can't ride up, or sag.
We think we have enough to fill any
order, large or small. Come in and
see them today.
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HOUSEMOTHER OF THE WEEK
m i — 1—~ — — — — — — — — ——
Nosey Reporter Chases
Alpha Psi Housemother
By Luther Smith
"Mrs. Becky," one of the Alpha Psi's called, "there's a
long-nosed reporter to see you."
This particular reporter is very sensitive about his long
nose. He sneezes when any allusion is made to it. He sneezed.
" I 'm Sneefu, I'm Sneefu, I 'm Sneefu," he attempted to re­veal
his name between loath
some "kachoos."
"Oh you're from The Plains­man,
aren't you," Mrs. Becky
queried. "You want to inter­view
me?"
Thus began the saga of. The
Plainsman reporter's interview
with Mrs. Rebecca Henry, called
by Alpha Psi's, for whom she is
housemother, "Mrs. Becky."
Born, reared, and high-school
educated in Tuscumbia, Alabma,
Mrs. Henry likes to compare her
girlhood home to Auburn.
"Two more lovely and peace­ful
towns never existed," she
will tell you.
Her young womanhood Mrs.
Henry spent in Florence State
Teacher's College, after gradu­ating
from which, she married
and moved to Columbusj Miss.
She and her husband being
"crazy about Columbus," there
they lived until Mr. Henry's
death in 1924.
Mrs. Henry and her one son
tRen moved to Tuscumbia, where'
she "did library work until Flor­ence
State Teacher's College
asked for her services in its lib­rary.
"Mrs. Becky" came here 11
years ago as housemother for
ATO fraternity. In February of
'42, the year when most frat
houses were turned over to the
college to be used as girls' dorms,
she was called to do USO work
in Kentucky.
"The most exciting thing that
happened to me there," says Mrs.
Henry, "involved a young serv­iceman,
a relative of Marshall
Field. He liked my motherly at­titude,
and sent me a box of
American Beauty roses!"
In January of 1943, Mrs. Hen-
Mrs. Rebecca Henry
ry gave up her USO work, .re­turned
to her "second home,"
Auburn, and became housemoth­er
for the Alpha Psi's.
"They 'are grand boys," she
says.
"Mrs. Becky" is a member of
DAR, Woman's Club, and gradu­ated
from high school with top
honors. She speaks French and
travelled extensively over s the
United States before "settling
down" in Auburn. Her three
great loves are her son, who
lives in Chicago, her grandson,
and Alpha Psi fraternity.
Auburn Graduate Roberts H. Brown
Serves Third Term in Legislature
Another of the Montgomery Advertiser's "Know Your
Legislators" series features Roberts H. Brown, '30.
"Representative Roberts H. Brown, Opelika, Lee County,
was born in Dothan on Oct. 3, 1907.
"He received his early education in the Dothan public
schools and was graduated from the San Marcus Academy,
San Marcus, Texas. He attended
Mercer University in Georgia
for two years, 1925-27.
"Brown then entered Alabama
Polytechnic Institute and was
graduated with a B.S. degree in
science and literature in 1930.
After teaching school in Brewton
for one year, 'he entered the Uni­versity
of Georgia law school,
where he was graduated with an
L.L.B. in 1935.
"Returning to Auburn, he es­tablished
his own law office and
practiced there after (passing the
State bar examination . in 1936.
He continued his practice in Au­burn
until 1942 when he entered
the Army Air Forces.
"Serving in the Army for three
years, one of which was over­seas
in the European Theater,
Brown was a glider pilot and
participated in the invasion of
the continent in June, 1944, pilot­ing
a .glider into action on the
day after D-Day.
"When he returned to his
home base in England, he was
injured when run over by an
RAF truck.' He was separated as
second lieutenant in June, 1945.
"Representative B r o w n was
married in 1935 to the former
Dr. Samuel Hay Elected
Vice President of PEA
Dr. Samuel B. Hay. who repre­sented
Auburn at the annual
Montreat Conference for Presby­terians,
was elected vice-presi-dnt
of the Presbyterian Educa­tion
Association at the meeting,
June 24-July 1.
Dr. Hay, Auburn Presbyterian
minister, also was named chair­man
of the Student Worker's
Group.
Other Auburn delegates were
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jones,
Presbyterian student workers.
Sara McDowell Martin, Fleming-ton,
Ga.
"He is now serving his third
term in the Alabama House of
Representatives, though most of
his second term was .spent in the
Army.
"When Brown was separated
from the service, he opened his
own law office in Opelika, and
maintains it there today.
"He was & member of the in­terim
committee on finance and
taxation and is a member of the
House stahding committees on
ways and hieans (chairman) and
local 'legislation.)
"In college he was a member
of the Sigma Nu social fraterni­ty.
He is a member of the Vet­erans
of Foreign Wars, the Ame­rican
Legion, Kiwanis Club and
the Presbyterian Church.
"Representative Brown said he
is interested in seeing Alabama's
colleges receive larger appropri­ations
and also wants to Have an
economical State government."
#'* 7 *ute
Women's Quadrangle
Painting Bids Asked
Plans for painting at the Worn-ens'
Quadrangle were made last
week when sealed bids on the
project were requested.
Painting will be done on the
interior and exterior of dorms
1, 2, 3, and 4, dining hall, kitchen,
Social Center, Alumni Hall, and
Auburn Hall.
Sealed bids will be received
at the office of President L. N.
Duncan until 2 p. m. Tuesday.
At that time they will be pub­licly
opened and read aloud.
FOR SALE: 1942 model Na­tional
house trailer, 24 feet
long. Excellent condition. In­quire.
D. K. Clanton, 161 W.
Glenn.
Source: Encyclopaedia
Brilannica
People who h a v e suffered
from sunstroke find heat hard
to bear and they have an ab­normal
susceptibility to the ac­tion
of stimulants..
* * *
Contrary to popular notion,
"gifted" children .those with an
I.Q. of more than 135, are on the
average, large for their age, well
developed and excelling in many
personality traits. Such children
have the greatest potentialities
for distinguished achievement in
life.'
Gilded spurs*' were reckoned
the badge of knighthood, and in
the rare cases of ceremonial de­gradation
they were hacekd from
the knight's heels with the cook's
chopper.
* * *
More applications for the reg­istration
of trademarks were
made to the U.S. Patent Office
in 1946 than in any other previ­ous
year. The total, including ap­plications
for renewals, was 27,
739.
Experiments have shown that
certain grasshoppers lose their
memory between moults. The
grasshoppers were taught to take
food at, a certain place in their
cage until moulting, at which
time they forgot what they had
learned.
Last year 2,075,880,000 pounds
of peanuts were produced in the
United States. This exceeds the
1945 crop by more than 33,000,-
000 pounds.
Former Auburn Prof
Accepts Florida Post
Dr. Charles S. Davis, former
professor of history here, has ac­cepted
a professorship at Flor­ida
State University at Talla­hassee,
beginning in the fall.
Leaving Auburn to enter mili­tary
service, Dr. Davis returned
to Montgomery upon discharge.
He entered business there arid
taught- history at Huntingdon
College.
MANY AUBURN FACULTY MEMBERS
MEXICO AND ITS ART ATTRACTS
What is this strange fascination
which fabulous old Mexico holds
for Auburn professors, particu­larly
instructors in the SchQol of
Architecture and the Arts? It
may be the allure of the' latest
discoveries (you read about them
in the newspapers every day) of
prehistoric Mayan art objects—it
may be the attraction of the (bi­zarre,
the exotic, the colorful
which are here very near Ala­bama—
whatever it is that gets
them, surely gets them all.
The latest Auburn touristas to
Probably one of the earliest
Auburn men to become associ­ated
with Mex'ico is the nearly-legendary
Bill Spradling, whose
"Spradling Silver"', made in Tax-co
by Spradling y A r t e s a n o s
(which he founded), has achieved
world renown for a good design
and for a manifestation of the
effectiveness of a cooperative
20th-century guild-craft system.
After leaving Auburn, Bill
Spradling taught architecture at
Tulane until the University of
Mexico called him to lecture on
Spanish colonial architecture. He
saw the clean bright picturesque
village of Taxco with its silver
and gem mines, and led its peo­ple
into organizing themselves
and becoming some of the most
outstanding jewelry craftsmen in
the world.
Bill Spradling's story has been
told in many nationally-circu­lated
magazines, but the most
touching tribute to his years of
service to Taxco is the annual
June 27 anniversary celebration
in which the Tascanos commemo­rate
the day Bill Spradling open­ed
his workshop there.
visit President Aleman's nearby
republic are Mr. and Mrs. David
Jack, on leave this quarter from
their teaching duties. At Auburn
Mrs. Jack is an instructor in the
economics department,, and her
husband is associate professor in
applied art. To date only frag­mentary
data about their Mexi­can
itinerary have reached Au­burn,
which evidently proves
that tins wonderful country must
hold as much interest for them
as for their earlier-visitor friends
here.
Among these Auburnites who
have seen Mexico are Prof. Hen­ry
Edwards, architecture; Prof.
Joseph Maririo-Merlo, a p p l i ed
art; and Miss Dorothy Newman,
applied art. A still-earlier Au-burnite
in Mexico is Prof. Maltby
Sykes, applied art, who lived in
Mexico for quite some time,
worked alongside Mexico's great
muralist Diego Riviera, and who
is a good friend of Rivera, Oroz-co,
and Siqueiros, who are con­sidered
the "Big Three" of mod­ern
Mexican art.
LIBRARY SCHEDULE
Main Library
(Corner of Thach and Mell)
Monday through Thursday
F r i d a y —
8 a.m.-10 p.m.
8 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Saturday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Reserve Reading Room
(In Main Library Building)
Daily - 8-12 a.m., 1-5:30 p.m., 7-10 p.m.
Friday, Saturday evenings ..._ not open
Sunday 2 p.m.-5 p.m., 7 p.m.-lO p.m.
Chemistry Library
(Ross 202)
Monday through Friday 8 ajn.-12.a.m.; 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday ; 8 a.m.-12 a.m.
Sunday -— c l o s ed
Agriculture Library
(Comer)
Mondny through Thursday .... 8 .m.-12 a.m.. 1-5 p.m., 7-10 p.m.
F r i d a y • - "8 a.m.,-12 a.m., 1-5 p.m.
S a t u r d a y _ _ ' _ -8 a.m.-12 a.m.
Sunday closed
Architecture Library
(Arch. 105)
Sunday closed
Monday through Thursday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 7-9 p.m.
F r i d a y 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday
Sunday
9 a.m.-12 a.m
closed
V e t e r i n a r y Library
(Cary 112)
Monday through Friday __
S a t u r d a y ...,„ -
Sunday —
8 a.m.-12 a.m.
8 a.m.-12 a.m.
i closed
Engineering Library
(Ramsay 100)
Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-12 a.m., 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
S a t u r d a y 8 a.m.-12 a.m.
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SEARS SHOWS NEW
WIRE RECORDER
Auburn students ' were very
fortunate in being able to wit­ness
a very dramatic and revo­lutionary
demonstration of the
new wire recorder, radio, and
^phonograph combination which
was developed by Sears, Roe­buck,
&' Co. and recently dem­onstrated
at their store in Ope­lika.
According to Mr. G. A. Bar­rett,
manager of the Opelika
store, this was. one of the first
glimpses the public has had of
this new post-war recorder.
The recorder carries the dis­tributor's
brand name of Silver-tone.
It is a mahogany console
model which includes a radio
and a phonograph. Recordings
are made on a 3 ^ inch spool of
stainless steel wire which is capa­ble
of recording one hours con­tinuous
program. The wire may
be played back an unlimited
number of times. A method of
electrical erasure removes the
recording when desired and this
makes it possible to use the wire
over and over, again. Music or
speech record on this wire is
said to have, unusually high fi­delity.
The selling price of this Silver-tone
c o n s o l e combination is
$199.50 with one spool of wire.
In its newspaper advertise­ments
announcing the introduc­tion
of the wire recorder, Sears
emphasized that it has many
uses. In the home it B ideally
suited for building family albums
of children.'s and adults' voices;
for re-recording from disc rec­ords,
and for the reproduction- of
radio programs. Many other uses
are suggested such as recording
sales presentations and for legal
documentations.
Friday, July 25, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—3
The Auburn Creed
Auburn's own Dean George Petrie wrote an Auburn Stu«
dent's Creed. It, more than anything else ever written, em­bodies
the true sentiment of the Auburn Spirit. We pass it
on to you freshmen, to learn, adopt, respect, and abide by.
I believe that it is a practical world and that I can count
only on what I earn. Therefore, I believe in,work, hard work
I believe in education, which gives me the knowledge ta
work wisely and trains my mind and my hands to work
skillfully.
I believe in honesty and truthfulness, without which 1
cannot win the respect and confidence of my fellow men.
I believe in a sound mind, in a sound body and a spirit thai
is not afraid, and in clean sports that develop these qualities.
I believe in obedience to law because it protects the rights
of all.
I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy
'.vith my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings hap­piness
for all.
I believe in my country, because it is a land of freedom
and because it is my own home, and that I can best serve that
country by "doing justly, lovjing mercy, and walking humbly
with my God.
And because Auburn men and women believe in these
things, I believe in Auburn and love it.
JAMES' CARD SHOP
OPENED TO PUBLIC
Formal opening of Alfred E.
James' card shop at the former
police headquarters behind the
First National Bank took place
today. Mr.i J o n e s . s a i d he
will offer a complete line of
Hallmark greeting cards and
Crane writing paper.
Mr. James is operator of a
photo studio, and was formerly
on the staff of the applied art
department.
His landscape paintings have
been exhibited in many of the
Atlantic Coast States and have
won many awards.
Brave Man Gone
v . To Carlton Smith—A Fellow Coward
By Tom Sellers
You can drink watered gin, talk wild about sin
And the women you've loved by the way;
Tell of over-exposures and bathing suit poses;
Of indiscreet things you would say.
You can show by a smile that it's never a mile
To the heart of a girl and a fling
But don't forget, chum, it takes quite a sum
To purchase a third-finger ring.
There are men who are loud; there are men who are proud
Of the maidens they've hooked with a line;
Who rented the moon on a warm night in June *:J
And drenched her with buckets of wine.
There are fellows who boast of a shack on the coast
Where the innocent ladies are few,
But the guy who must fight has a license in sight
And the courage to live with 'em too.
So, it's not so much guts when a wiseacre struts
And clings to a bachelor's life.
It's easy to see what a marriage could be
With some women I know for a wife.
There's nothing to fear from your books and your beer;
There's nothing to dying alone—
"A toast to the groom who embraces his doom,
How he laughs; how he's brave; how he's gone."
Ag Teachers Study
Latest Equipment
Vocational agriculture teachers
studying here this summer are
using latest model farm equip­ment
in the special Farm Power
and Machinery course being giv­en
by the Agricultural Engineer­ing
department.
- Principles of selection, opera­tion,
and care of modern tractor
equipment are being taught
through use of the following ma­chines:
tractors, tractor plows,
disk harrows, combination plant­ers
and fertilizer distributors,
cultivators, mowing ' machines,
side delivery rakes, corn pickers,
combines, hay balers, and manure
spreaders.
Most of this equipment came
directly to the agricultural en­gineering
department from the
dealers as a special loan for the
teachers' course. Dr. J. H. Neal,
head of the department, states
that many of the dealers held up
sales to provide the latest -equip­ment
for the teachers to study.
Too Much Attention
To Men at Auburn'
Says Dean Cater
Too much attention is given
Auburn's men students, Dean of
Women Katharine Cater declar­ed
recently in reporting a long
waiting list for girls' dormitory
rooms.
The five-to-one ratio of men
and women, a strong attraction
for prospective co-eds, is not a
"good proportion", Dean Cater
said. /
Auburn has enrolled 1000 wom­en
students, 750 of whom live in
dormitories. Dean Cater wants
1200 dormitory girls.
P E R F E C T I ON
Is what our chefs strive for in
the preparation of every dish
our menu offers you. Eat with
us for enjoyment
HOMELY PORTIONS!
We know you want to see a
full dish, not the design of our
China—so we pile your platter
generously.
MORRIS RESTAURANT
AUBURN
(Over Polly-Tek Shop)
Auburn Plainsman
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
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Ralph Jennings + -i Managing Editor
Luther Smith ,. Associate Editor
Tom Sellers : Associate Editor
Jack Simms Sports Editor
Beverley Burkhardt Society Editor
Guy Cofield Office Manager
C. RAY MARTIN Business Manager
Hal Breedlove Ass't. Bus. Manager
Bill Anderson — Advertising Manager
John Lanier Circulation Manager
Sign That Form-
Auburn's veterans co-ordinator, P. M.
Norton, announced yesterday that a good
p a r t of the veterans here haven't signed
t h e i r between-quarter leave pay forms.
I n its last two issues, The Plainsman em­phasized
the necessity for all veterans to
§ign these forms, before J u l y 30.
Pilblic Law 16 students must go by
t h e Veterans Guidance Center prior to the
e n d of this month, and PL 346 students
to Mr. Norton's office. Get on the ball!
Put your 'John Henry' on the between-q
u a r t e r leave pay form!
Independent?
An independent is any student not af­filiated
with a sofcial fraternity or soror­ity.
All independents are members of the
Auburn Independent Organization. Mem­bers
whose dues are not current are con­sidered
inactive.
The AIO sustains and actively encour­ages
good-will toward fraternities and so­r
o r i t i e s and supports their campus activi­ties.
Only in its social purpose does t h e org­anization
of the AIO resemble that of t he
fraternities and sororities. The AIO is not
a competitor of these organizations. It
opposes any a t t i t u d e contrary to this. Any
other attitude would be malicious and
confusing to present mutual respect and
detrimental to t r u e Auburn Spirit.
I n addition to furthering democratic
s p i r i t of unity among the independent
students, creating and maintaining a high
sense of honor and integrity, and sponsor­ing
an appealing social program, the AIO
works to establish conditions beneficial to
t h e entire student body and to our col­lege.
^
It strives to achieve the largest possible
equality of opportunity for every student
in all phases of campus life.
AIO cooperates with Auburn adminis­t
r a t i o n in problems effecting improve­ment.
It is now studying the part students
must play in placing Auburn on the ap­proved
list of the Association of Ameri­can
Universities.
Be an active and participating member
of the AIO. Back your organization that
i t may actively benefit further advance­ment
of Auburn.
College Supply Store
With prices as high as they are every­where—
not only Auburn—it is unusual
t h a t more students do not patronize the
College Supply Store.
The fact that the College Supply Store
is a non-profit establishment, working to
secure lower prices, makes it worthy of
g r e a t e r support of the student body. It
has saved many dollars for buyers of
books and supplies already, and it has
expanded to where it can pass on to stu­dents
even greater economies.
There are students, probably because of
t h e high prices which exist in Auburn,
t h a t are having to drop out of college.
It is for this,reason that The Plainsman
seeks to pass on this information to an
i n s t i t u t i on that deserves the backing of
t h e entire college.
This article is not designed to offend
any p r i v a t e book store, but is merely to
inform students of a money-saving service
being offered by the college.
Friendlier Campus
The effects of Hey Day are quite evi­dent,
even two weeks after it has passed.
This illustrates the fact that the Auburn
Spirit is definitely growing, and it should
do so. P e r h a p s we have reached the turn­ing
point where^we will once again for-
- g e t the overcrowded conditions, high
prices, and general confusion to r e t u r n to
t h e typical college life that we will al­ways
remember as "the good old days".
College customs aren't silly, nor or they
out of date; they simply serve to be a
medium through which the college stu­dent
can dissipate his particular sense of
humor, his feelings, and his talents. Al­ready,
many n ew students have found the
pleasure of speaking to their fellow stu­dents.
Many more are laughing at the
fables of the lathe, Samford clock, the
petrified stump, Main Gate, the stadium,
t h e forestry plot, etc. Auburn's customs
a r e fun and r e q u i r e practically no work.
Therefore we should welcome the re­establishing
of any of these customs.
We should want the new freshmen to
t h i n k that the Auburn Spirit is not a
ghost, nor a beverage, but a great power
strong enough to defeat the greatest of
football teams, and the only thing that
can make the U.N. successful.
The Student Social Life Committee is
constantly trying to find something new
t h a t will add to t h e leisure hours of each
Auburn man and woman. Already, there
are free dances, free movies, step sings,
and a student center with refreshments.
All of the present activities will be con­s
t a n t l y improved.
/ GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN'
Do-Nuts and Coffee ByBabs Just One Voice
The Plastic Tower **w«*~
I heard a very clever story the other day. It went some­t
h i n g like this: An Alabamian, who had successfully completed
t h e fifth grade, was the intellectual light of his community—
much too smart to work. Failing at all things else, he debated
"War Eagle". If we can only carry o u t ' b e t w e e n selling life insurance and r u n n i n g for t h e s t a t e legis­lature.
The legislature won.
Let us take advantage of the student
activities by attending as many as possi­ble,
and doing our part to make a louder
Cannibal King: "What are we
having for lunch?"
Cook: "Two old maids."
King: "Ugh! Leftovers again!"
* * *
Don't waste life in doubts and
fears; spend yourself on the work
before you, w.;ll assured that
the right performance of this
hour's duties will be the best
preparation for the hours or ages
that follow it.
* * *
v How the feud started: "Mad­am,"
shouted the angry neigh­bor,
"your little Reginald has
just thrown a brick through our
window!"
"Oooh, indeed!" beamed Reg­gie's
mother, "And .would you
bring me the brick? We are keep­ing
all the. little mementoes of
his pranks." _
—Watchman.
* * *
Poor Pop: "Now children, tell
me who has been the most obedi­ent
during the last month and
done everything Mother asked
him to. do."
Children: (in unison): "You,
•Daddy."
' * ' * *
What's your cat's name, little
boy?"
"Ben Hur.",
"Hmmm. Odd name for a cat.''
"Well, we just called him Ben
'til he had kittens."
* *^ * • '
I expect that women will be
the last thing civilized by man.
—G. Meridth.
* * *
Sherlock Holmes: The detec­tive
was enjoying a little snack
at home, and when conversation
lagged he suddenly remarked to
his wife, "There are five flies in
this room, three male and two fe-mal."
"Just how do you tell them
apart?," asked the wife causti­cally.
- "Well, three of them are on
this beer bottle and the other
two are on the mirror."
* * *
Every man is a volume if you
know how to read him. — M.
Fuller.
* * *
Once there was a little moron
who took sugar and cream to
\ t h e movie with him. He heard
there was going to be a serial.
When a diplomat says yes, he
means perhaps; when he says
perhaps, he means no; when he
says no, he is no diplomat.—
Gleanings.
* * *
A little girl known to have a
vivid imagination ran breathless­ly
to her mother: "A lion chased
me." Said her mother: "You
know that is not true. That is a
big lie. The collie dog at the
corner is not a lion. Now you go
upstairs and ask God to forgive
you. March!" Presently the little
girl came downstairs. "Well,"
asked her mother, "did you tell
God?" The little girl happily re­plied.
"Oh yes, Mummy. And
God said: 'That's perfectly all
right. I often mistake that dog
for a lion myself!"
* * *
Advice to the student: "Con­centrate
tho' your coat-tails be
on fire."—Barrie. »
* * *
Will Rogers took up each day's
tasks with cheerfulness and con­fidence
and thus found true hap­piness
and content in life. A
friend asked him: "Will, if you
had only 24 hours to live, how
would you spend it?" Rogers re­plied:
"One hour at a time."
By Len Hensel
these simple customs, we can then have
something as a basis from which to work
to improve the harder things. <
Remember to s p e a k by looking at every­one
you pass.
Martyr or Jackass?
In a syndicated column in one of Birm­ingham's
dailies recently was a short arti­cle
which dealt with the danger of Com­munism.
I t was about an American visiting in
England. He noticed the passiveness of
t h e Britishers t o w a r d the threat of Com­munism,
and asked Prime Minister Atlee
one day: "Why is it that in America ev­eryone
is afraid of Communism—while
over here nobody seems to worry?"
To which Attlee replied: "We have been
l i v i n g in danger all our lives. When one
gets use to danger, he does not notice it."
This brought to mind the way in which
t h e government is handling the Com­munists
in this country. T h e r e ' h a v e been
times where the government has not al­lowed
Communists to speak in the United
States.
L e t ' s make it clear, The Plainsman does
not defend Communism; but we do de­fend
the right of freedom of speech.
You've heard the old saying, "Give a
man enough rope, and he will Hang him­self."
The same is t r u e with Communism
—except give a Communist a rope—and
he will not only hang Tiimself—he will
lasso, and hogtie himself to boot!
The British seem to handle radicals all
right. They furnish him with a place to
speak. Then they go by and laugh at what
he has to say. Let the Communists in the
United States have their say and they
will only make fools of themselves.
But, by all means, don't make martyrs
of t h em by taking away t h e constitutional
privileges which are theirs as well as ours.
Because the public will come closer to
accepting a m a r t y r than a jackass.
Too dumb to know much about
politics, he was smart enough to
know that he had to be "agin"
something to ever be elected.
Looking about for some scourge
of the people, he arrived in Au­burn.
He was much impressed
when he saw there the famed
college and home of the Tigers,
and learned that it was a state-supported
institution. Immediate­ly
he decided he'd found what he
wanted. Here was something to
be. "agin."
, After several, days of investi­gation,
he returned home and
called a big political rally. Upon
a f^ag-bedecked platform, he
cleared his throat lustily and im­pressively,
then burst forth in
fiery oratory: ,
"Ladies and gentlemen. As
many of you know, I've just re­turned
from Auburn where I in­vestigated
the terrible condi­tions
that pre­vail
at that in-iistitution.
I want
to go on record
j here and now as
H being against its
i continuance. I
pledge to you,
I ladies and gen-j
tlemen, that if
J you elect me to
{represent you in
our legislature, I
Jennings will never vote
one dime of appropriation to help
support such a vile institution.
And further—I assure you that I
will devote every possible effort
to bring about the abandonment
of that den of iniquity."
Then thunderously he roared,
"Do you know that the boys and
girls that we send there every
year practice co-education under
the very eyes of the faculty? And
your girl, and my girl—if she
were sent there—do you know
the very first thing they'd make
her do? No? Well, I'll tell you—
they'd make her matriculate."
Reaching the climax of his
speech, he fairly bellowed: "And
that ain't all, ladies and gentle­men.
For the past twenty years,
our boys and girls up there have
been forced to use the same cur­riculum!"
Whereupon, a tall, gaunt share­cropper
from the audience rose
to interrupt with, "My Gawd!
Senator. How long's this tumble
thing been goin' on?"
* * *
A man in court charged with
criminal assault, offered this nov­el
defense. "Your Honor," he said,
"I wasn't within a mile of the
place where she says the assault
took place. Besides, it wasn't an
assault, because she invited me.
And besides that, she ain't the
woman." * * *
She paints,
She powders,
She reads "La Vie Parisienne,"
She drinks my liquor,
She cusses too,
She eats lobsters at night,
She does lots of things she
ought not to do . . . but she's
my grandmother . . . and I love
her.
* * *
An Epitaph
Here lie the bones of Mary
Jones
For whom life held no terrors.
She was born to be chased
And left this world chaste,
No hits, no runs, no errors.
A Dash of Bitters B*rm Forresler
There has been some talk in
Washington lately about relaxing
the immigration laws to allow
400,000 Europeans to enter this
country in the next four years.
I suppose this plan might save
the government some money. If
the Europeans were over here in­stead
of 3000 miles awayi we
could simply turn over to them
our food crops, machine products,
and Fort Knox, and let them take
what they want. Then if there
were anything left, it could be
burned or maybe distributed here
in the States as a last resort. This
would eliminate the cost of
transporting all these products
across those 300 miles of ocean.
And of course if would be com­pletely
right. After all, we have
so much of everything over here
'
that the more we give away the
better off we will be. Maybe this
doesn't sound so logical, but it
must be true. Just ask any gov­ernment
economist.
Although this solution is ideal,
it will take some time to really
get tilings levelled off. To do the
thing up right, we must make
bold moves. There is no time to
lose. We must marshal every
available ship. With this tremen­dous
fleet we must transport our
entire population to Europe. On
the return trip we must bring
the .entire population of Europe
to this country. Thus in one great
maneuver we shall have accom­plished
what our statesmen and
those of Europe have been fumb-lingly
attempting to do for 50
years. Of course, the job won't
be entirely completed just by this
transfer. The transplanted Amer­icans
in Europe would have to
extend several huge "loans" to
the transplanted Europeans in
America, but in a few years, per­haps
the Europeans could have
the industries and farms of
America operating on!. .a paying
basis. By this time, the Euro­peans
would be all ready for one
of their regular wars. The Ameri­cans
in Europe would probably
have to sit out the first one, but
by the time it was over they
would be set. The ruins of
Europe would be rebuilt. Fac­tories
would be repaired and new
industries opened. A few im­migrant
European Americans
could be rk-admitted to Ameri­can
Europe. The quota would
have to be increased from year
to year, and "loans" from Ameri­can
Europe to European Ameri­ca
would be more and more nec­essary.
In 200 years the great
transfer of populations could be
repeated, and Americans could
get to work re-building America
while Europeans were hard at
work re-wrecking Europe. The
cycle could be repeated as often
as necessary to keep the Euro­pean
population happy.
This plan might not complete­ly
satisfy the people of Ameri­ca,
but it would probably satis­fy
the politicians and, after all,
they represent the people, don't
they?
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor Letters to the Editor
Hensel
Flying Now Automatic
A liberal education provides a broad
base for living, and the broader the base
a man has in experience and t r a i n i ng the
less likely is he to be overturned by the
changes of fortune throughout the years.
The codntry today needs more liberally
t r a i n e d men in business.
" P u s h - b u t t o n " flying, where the pilot
pushes one button to take off and fly to a
landing at an airport hundreds of miles
away, is the latest development of the
Army Air Forces. Called the "Automatic
Flight Controller," the instrument makes
flying entirely automatic. Only 14 years
ago, the aviation world was getting into
blind flying. Captain Albert F. Hegan-berger,
U. S. A., made the first solo blind
flight, taking off and landing on instru­ments,
alone,- at Wright Field, Dayton,
Ohio, on May 9, 1932.
F r om all sides come comments about
The Plainsman. Some say it grows worse
w i t h each issue, while others say it im­proves
with each issue. We agree with
both sides.
Auburn's city limits might be
extended one-half mile in all
directions.
The City Council voted unani­mously
July 14 to ask Rep.
Roberts Brown, who is city at­torney
here,-to ask the state leg­islature
to make
the move legal.
Advan t a g e s
of t h e move
were discussed.
City Manager E.
S. McCree point­ed
out that resi­dents
of the new
area would have
police and fire
protection, gar­b
a g e disposal,
Coleman benefits of zon­ing
laws, in addition to connec­tion
with city utilities.
One person, a Mr. Thorpe, who
lives outside the limits now.
wanted to know if the increase
in taxes would not outweigh the
advantages. He said he had water
and lights—and did not expect
the city to do any paving which
would benefit him. He said he
could take care of his own gar­bage
disposal.
Then, John C. Ball, whom Au-burnites
know as the cake-race
record holder until his mark was
broken by Whitey Overton last
year, got up and said his bit in
favor of the extension. John, who
is president of" the local Junior
Chamber of Commerce, said he
believed the decrease in the rate
of insurance would pay for the
increase in taxes. Taxes, he said,
would be increased by one-third
to one-fourth for new city dwell-efs.
He compared home insurance
costs, $8.10 outside and $3.80 in­side,
available when fire plugs
are within a certain distance.
Mayor G. H. Wright said that
extension of the limits would add
more expense than could be paid
for out of revenue from dwellers
in the half-mile radius.
Councilman Emil Wright point­ed
out that it would be 10 years
before the new area would bring
in enough money to pay for the
expenses added to the city.
There is one "large family"
of male Auburn students who
spend many pleasant hours just
outside the present city limits
indulging in liquid recreation—
(not swimming).
How wall the proposed exten­sion
affect these men? Mayor
Wright said yesterday, "that as
far as he knew—those business
establishments would not be af­fected."
Dear Editor:
We would like to make a nomi­nation
for "Character of the
Week". One night last week the
two of us had been out rather
late and came into the room
about 1 a.m. We noticed through
the window that our light was
burning and figured our room­mate
was up studying.
Well, he was up all right, but
he wasn't studying. He had an
electric iron plugged in and was
bent over the ironing board. That
was all right, too—lot's of people
iron their clothes late at night.
But when we saw exactly what
he was pressing—our false teeth
dropped out.
It wasn't a pair of pants; or a
shirt; or even underwear. It was
—of all things—a girl's two-piece
bathing suit!
Puzzled Pair
body in mind who he pan organ­ize
as a group to work on his
project. Personally I am in favor
of his idea, but I believe that
it would be much better to start
out doing some of the easier
things, knowing just how hard it
was to get people to help with
Hey-Day.
In short, there are many peo­ple
who can tell us what needs
to be done, but how many of
these people do it? This is a chal­lenge,
Mr. Jones.
Janie Evans
To The Editor:
I noticed in last week's Plains­man
a letter encouraging stu­dents
to spend their time on im­proving
educational standards in­stead
of Auburn customs like
"Hey-Day". I have worked close­ly
with the preparation of the
publicity jof Hey Day and would
like to know if, Mr. Jones, author
of last week's letter, has any-
An Open Letter
"You cannot please everyone."
There was never a more ap­propriate
coinage of words than
that phrase.
Going through the world to­day,
a person will find that there
are many critics to be found that
know little or nothing about the
"thing" they are criticizing.
However, these people think
they "know it all" about a cer­tain
project as to the faults, not
once thinking of the good that
is contained within that project.
My reference to the potential
critics locally is their criticism
of "The Auburn Plainsman".
This publication,! as all news-
(Continued in page 5)
Henry Jackson (Jim) Bradley,
Jr., is indisposed this week and
he has called upon me to pinch
hit for him. He must be anxious
to have someone louse up his
column for him and ruin his
reputation.
* * *
It is my desire, and has been
for some time, to enlighten and
edify the students of this school
about some of the habits and
characteristics of a certain type
of human being.
This type of human being is
not colloquial to this part of the
country, although he is iri the
same phylum, class, order, etc.,
as the people of this region. I
s u p p os e you
| .would s a y he
was in a differ­ent
category.
This creature
(I am one of
these creatures)
is known in the
scientific field
as the Damnitus
Yankeeosis. In'
the South his
title is rever­ently
(?) short­ened
to Damnyankee.
In any dictionary it will give
you a good description of this
character. Under H A B I T A T:
"This specimen will be found in
a part of the country called the
North, which is found abovfe an
almost-healed incision called the
Mason-Dixon line. This section
may also be identified by the
sounds of elevated trains and
the expression 'youall' is con­spicuous
by its absence."
I am sure that while you vet­erans
were in the service you
ran across this specimen many
times and found out that in
spite of what your grandfather
or great-grandfather said, he
was human after all. You found
out that this fellow liked ice
cream sodas just like you do,
and you found out that he took
his women and whiskey with
the same ardor as a person from
any other category.
Probably one of the strangest
things about this creature is his
eating habits. You may be
shocked to learn that he doesn't
eat grits, corn pone, turnip
greens, pot likker, and many
other sustaining foods known in
the South. You may wonder
what he does eat, but you'd be
surprised at the amount of food
they manage to scrape togetiwr
in order to exist.
If you have never been there,
you ought to take a trip "over
the line" sometime; it is really
educational.
The Exchange Post
By Irv Steinberg
A man received an indecipher­able
prescription from his doctor.
After it had been made up by
the druggist, it was returned to
him, and for two years he used
it as a pass on the railroads,
gained ' admission to dances,
movies, and theaters, while in
the evenings his daughter prac­ticed
it on the piano.
—Draper Inmate
* * *
They tell about the student at
Indiana University who was giv­ing
a report in World Politics
class the other day. One sheet of
his notes had disappeared. Un­abashed,
the student said, "As
Mahatma Ganhi said when he
was caught in a wind storm, I
wonder where that sheet went."
Professor Harry Lowe recent­ly
stated that he thought all
college, students should be re­quired
to take an art course of
some description, so as to make
them appreciate art. This re­quirement,
when once fulfilled,
would be a definite asset for the
students of any college.
* * *
"Did you use the thermometer
to test the baby's bath water?"
asked the new mother of the
maid.
"No, I never use it, ma'am. If
\ the water's too hot, it turns the
baby red. If it's too cold, the
baby turns blue."
—Hilltop News
* * *
She: "I believe you'd sooner
play cards with father than sit
in the parlor with me!"
He: "Why honey, you know I
wouldn't. But we have to have
money to get married on!"
—Army Times.
* * *
Vet: "Have you ever noticed
that most successful men are
bald?"
Gal: "Why, naturally. They
come out on top!"
—Army Times.
Friday, July 25, ld47 THE PLA1N5MAN-5
W.S. FARLEY, AN AUBURN GRADUATE,
IS JOB PLACEMENT COUNSELLOR
By Luther Smith
A 1946 Auburn graduate who majored in business ad­ministration
has been appointed Counsellor for the Gradu­ate
Placement Service here. W. S. Farley, native of Opelika
and former captain in the Army Air Forces, has taken over
the duties of interviewing seniors and helping choose those
jobs which seem to best fit them.
Mr. Farley entered Auburn in
1939, after graduating from Ope­lika
High School. Soon after the
outbreak of World War II, he
went into the Army Air Forces,
serving distinguishably in- ad­ministrative
capacities for three
and one-half years. Thirty-three
of his thirty-six months time, he
spent overseas.
As Commanding Office of the
Eighth Air Force Rest Home, he
was attached to the Civilian
Personnel Bureau. Various other
military offices in England, Paris,
and Germany have wejl-fitted
him for his present position.
Mr. Farley, once-met, can nev­er
be forgotten. His mild man­ners
cause the person interview­ed
to forget any barrier of ima­gined
reserve, and talk freely.
One boy, coming out of the
Placement Office after having
been interviewed by Mr. Farley,
was heard to say, "He puts you
at ease when you first see him.
It was like talking to my own
brother."-
"With my Army training as a
background," says Mr. Farley,
"I'm going to more than enjoy
my work as counsellor."
After receiving his B.S. in
business administration, the new
counsellor took graduate courses
in history. He intends to make
the type of work he is executing
now his life career.
Mr. Farley is a member of Phi
Delta Theta social fraternity.
Delta Sigma Pi professional fra­ternity,
and has been active in
other campus activities. He is a
nephew of the editor of the Ope­lika
Daily News.
The Graduate Placement Of-
Letters to Editor ,N
(Continued from page 4)
papers, is here to print the news
as the news happens. It is being
directed to the best of its ability
despite handicaps of undescrib-able
events.
I don't claim to know all there
is to know about newspaper
business—for there are very few
men that do know practically
'everything about a certain sub­ject.
However,' since I have been
in the newspaper business since
1942, I do know mor about the
publishing of a newspaper than
someone (a critic) who has never
had any experience along that
line of work.
I have seen people here at Au­burn
pick up The Plainsman.,
glance hurriedly through , its
pages, say "the same old thing";
then discard the paper as having>
read it.
How utterly mistaken they are.
• A newspaper cannot exist by
printing the same subjects over
and over. No, and here at Au­burn,
whether you critics realize
it or not, you do get a variation
of current events and happenings
throughout the campus.
How many of the critics that
so openly criticize this publica­tion
actually know how the in­side
of a newspaper office look?
I dare say that not one of every
10 knows what the most compli­cated
machinery that goes into
the making of a newspaper looks
like.
Then too, we have critics who
never stop to think how a story
was selected for front page—how
fice, established several months
ago to aid in securing positions
for Auburn graduating seniors,
now interviews, on an average,
20 students a day. Since its in­ception,
the Office, according to
Verd Mitchell, supervisor of
placement, has "found more jobs
than was expected."
"Placement services," said Mr.
Mitchell, "are available to all
graduating seniors. Our objec­tives
is to get them registered
here as early as 'possible. Not
only can we put them in jobs in
Alabama, but we also explore
benefits ^outside of the State."
Although the Birmingham of­fice
of the Placement Service
handles the largest single num­ber
of job listings, there are con­tact
men throughout the state,
who do nothing other than serve
as middlemen between the em-ployer_
and the prospective em­ployee.
"We first find out here what
the needs of the applicant are,*'
explained Mr. Mitchell, "'and
then we place the applicant in
that job which will best suit him.
He is required to take no tests
in this office."
W. S. Farley (right above) interviews senior Joe Cook for
the Graduate Placement Service.
a "head" (black type above a
story) was written—or how long
to publish a certain story.
And yes, there are these peo­ple
who never realize the process
necesssary for the writing of a
story. Have you ever stopped
and put yourself in the author's
position wondering how you
would have written that story
with a group of facts before
y°u?
There is more to the process
than that—the complicated pro­cess
that follows is so long that
the average critic wouldn't un­derstand.
The shortage of news­print
forbids me to go into fur­ther
detail.
Then too, there are always too
many stories; therefore the edi­tor
has " t o determine the best
stories with the most news con­tained
therein to print.
The Plainsman makes its week­ly
debut and the editor has tried
to give the readers a well-round­ed
assortment of news in the
spare time he has—but do the
readers actually give the editor
and his staff credit?
A person could "rave on" con­tinually
about the good that this
publication does every week, but
I wonder if any of you readers
actually realize what a good
newspaper you actually have.
However, just because your
name does not appear in the pub­lication,
or just because a certain
function didn't get enough space,
you, determining that you are a
critic, begin to "tear down", not
"build up."
Of course, every person has
his right to state an opinion. That
is America—but the majority of
potential critics voice a very
critical opinion about a subject
that they know little or nothing
about.
Do not always look for bads.
If so you will find bads always
—look for good and you will
find good.
Closing Thought
The dog is liked by old and
young.
He wags his tail and not his
tongue.
Wayne Spraggins
Advanced ROTC Men Find
Little Change In Army Life
By Mitch Sharpe
'All-1-1-1 right, fall out . . ."
This was the familiar repugnant call that woke Au­burn's
100 Advanced ROTC students from a night of fitful
sleep. It awoke a ghost of memories of the past, too. It was
dark outside and it was 5:30'a.m. This was the first morning
of the training.
After a breakfast peculiar to the army and bearing no
resemblance to anything edible,
the day started with a schedule " f jm^
frougrrt with memories of basic
training for a good many of the
ex-GIs. These were those dreary
lectures on I&E, Field Sanitation,
Safe Guarding Military Informa­tion,
Safety, and diverse other
forms of military information.
But unlike b a s i c training,
there was an absence which made
the whole setting seem a bit un­real*
Among' the hundreds of the
nodding and snoring audience
resplendent in new fatigues and
khakis riot one sadistic non-com
or junior ' officer raged up and
down the a i s l e s brandishing
sawed-off cue sticks and shouts
of "wake up there, you!"
The. morning's training was
topped off by an hour of calis­thenics
accompanied by a stac­cato
of .creaking and snapping
joints. Muscles tugged and strain­ed
and tied themselves in knots.
Strong men grew pale; weak men
grew faint.
First Week
Most of the first week went in
much the same fashion. At first
things seemed to be definitely
"new army", but then came a
part of the army that was incul­cated
by Washington and has
been a daily part of army menu
ever since. Yessir, the "new,
army" has it, too. It is on the
parade ground, and at lectures,
at demonstrations and at forma­tions.
It is every place but the
mess hall — except at Sunday
dinner. Chicken, just one of the
things in the "new army" which
hasn't been whitewashed or had
it's name changed.
Barracks Life
But after the last notes of Re­treat
fade away in to the humid
Georgia atmosphere, life in the
barracks takes on about the
same shape as it did in the army.
There is one new innovation. In
the ROTC barracks there is a
situation unincountered. in regu­lar
army bararcks. About half of
the barracks still say latrine,
guard duty, and go on pass, but
this new element in* the army
barracks fills the air with cries
of head, going on watch, and go-*
ing on liberty. Arguments arise
every morning with the platoon
as to exactly who is going to mop
the floor or swab the deck as
the case may be and often is.
An alien feature of this new
Quality Laundry and
Dry Cleaning, Inc.
BRANCH OFFICE
"Next to Alumni Hall"
Phone 398 or 1041
Students take advantage of our Cash and Carry prices by
bringing your laundry and dry cleaning to our branch office
' on College Street.
We have now added a Taiyor to our branch office for your convience.
All types of tailoring accepted—Ladies and Gentlemens work
as far as the ROTC
is concerned is the unaccustomed
practice of being referred to as
gentlemen . . . and for the ma­jor
part being treated like them.
This strange appelation falls on
virgin ears. All of the ROTC stu­dents
were former enlisted men
(or as one of the ex-GI's in the
battery says, "Enlist swine").
But be it ever so strange, it falls
sweetly.
Amazing Place
Fort Benning is an amazing
post. The Infantry School is lo­cated
here, and the very best in
academic mayhem is available to
the ROTC unit through this fac­ulty
of the Regular Army. Many
trained specialists are on hand
to demonstrate all the latest in
the art of warfare. An interest­ing
feature of this form of mili­tant
education is a breed of offi­cer
having 10 thumbs . . . on
each hand, bred especially for
giving demonstrations and di­gressions
on the various currica-lae
offered.
Note for Wives
here's a note for all the wives
of veterans now with the unit
at Ft. Benning. Don't ever let
your husband try to get out of
firing the furnace with the weak
excuse of that he doesn't know
how. The army has just issued
him a small certificate, wallet
size, which testifies to the faet
that he is now a«fully-qualified
hot water heater and furnace
fireman, and that he has success­fully
passed the prescribed writ­ten
and, practical work in this
vital field.
Workshop Speakers
Are Specialists
The 35 educators attending the
third summer workshop in Re­source-
Use here, are hearing lec­tures
by 10 renowned speakers,
specialists in their respective
fields.
The speaker are discussing
resource-use in terms of their
actual experience and relating it
to the uses and needs of the
workshop personnel.
f
Among the speakers are: The
Rev. J. W. Lester, field represen­tative,
Baptist Association; Dr.
W. C. Lowdermilk, assistant
chief, U. S. Soil Conservation;
Dr. R. H. Westveld,' director, Au­burn
forestry department; J. C.
Grirhes of Auburn' animal hus­bandry
department; Dr. Harley
Fite, TVA education specialist.
C. W. Bailey, president, Ameri­can
Bankers' Association; Hugh
C o m e r , president, Avondale
Mills; W. M. Landess, agricultur­al
specialist, TVA; Dr. John Ivey,
Jr., executive secretary, com­mittee
on Southern Regional.
Studies and Education, Chapel
Hill, N. C.; and Dr. Paul Irvine,
director, Auburn Research In­terpretation
Council.'
The Auburn Resource - Use
Workshop, •. under the direction
Date For Admission
To Pharmacy School
Is Announced
Applications for admission to
the school of phaTrnacy must be
submitted not later than four
weeks before the "fall quarter
opens, Council of Deans an­nounced.
The quota of new students has
been limited to 60. Freshmen may
enter only in September, while
transfer students may enroll any
quarter with permission of Dean
Lynn S. Blake.
The council also authorized'ap­pointment
of a scholarship com­mittee
for better guidance of stu­dents
arid raise the credit for mu­sical
performance courses from
one to two hours each quarter.
Shaw Is Elected New
Art Guild Treasurer
Mauveline Shaw, junior in
commercial art' from Birming­ham,
was elected to the office of
treasurer of the Art Guild, at its
last meeting.
She succeeds Betty Jo Salter
of Bessemer, who graduated last
quarter.
Ralph Bailey Woody Colvin William Tackell Jack Lee
Auburn Veterans Vote on State Bonus—Ralph Bailey, ex-Navy man
whose home is Montgomery declared—"Bonus only a temporary
gain . . . appropriations increase is the biggest need. Woody Col­vin,
ex-GI of Palmerdale believes married veterans could use the
bonus. William Tackett, ex-GI from Mobile, flatly states: "Bonus
means inflation." Jack Lee, formerly in the Navy, said veterans
are getting too much attention.
»*
of Otto Holloway, professor of
Education here, will be in ses­sion
for 12 weeks.
"I don't blame you . . . if my husband wouldn't
take me to lunch at least once a week at the
MIDWAY TAVERN . . . I'd get a divorce, too."'
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Chief's Is Proud
To Salute
F. M. Fuller, Jr.
As an outstanding
member of the stu­dent
body.
F. M., a senior in ag
science from Perry-ville,
is a member of
Spades; ODK; Alpha
Zeta; Senior repre­sentative
to Cabinet;
Who's Who; former
editor of A l a b a ma
Farmer; former presi­dent
of junior class;
member of Squires;
Publications B o a r d;
Chairman of Rat Cap
and Invitations Com­mittees;
member of
Social and S t u d e n t
Relations Committees;
and Alpha Gamma
Rho social fraternity.
WHERE THE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE
T M CASE you've ever looked and looked
A t the shop b d o ^ y o ^
The most c o m f t ^ ^ d ;
Greeting cards of every
Anybody ever had,
There a i e cj a. rfo^r ofriren^dns aansd^ n eighbor*
* " ~ $ 2 2 ? £ l or Boy friend.
^ K ^ c t S or Secret Pal.
' v o r our Husband, Wife or Sweetheart..
F°FoTa Soldier or Marine
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Phone 439
OPELIKA, ALA.
"Where happiness costs so
little"
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
JULY 25
I Peter LAWFORD* Butch JENKINS I
added
Fox News and Rubber
River
SATURDAY. JULY 26
Double Feature
No. 1
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No. 2
MILLIE'S
lj»i*PYS UMU • W HflSO*
added
Serial—Jack Armstrong No. 9
Cartoon—Sleepy, Time Donald
SUNDAY & MONDAY
JULY 27 & 28
A IWH-WOMAH
AFFAIR LIKE
NOTHING ON
EARTH!
added
Fox News
Short—Jungle Gangsters
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
JULY 29 & 30
With DALE EVANS
ANDY DEVINE
A MPUM.IC PICTURE
added
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6—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, July fc5, 1947
Martin Wanted to Massacre
'G oii-nans— Not Seminoles
By Luther Smith
C. Ray Martin pulled up his
shirt sleeves and showed his bi­ceps.
"From Iron City, Georgia, I
am," he said, accentuating the
'iron.'
"And from Seminole County
High School there I graduated,"
he continued. "Them Seminoles
are mighty tough. That's where I
got these muscles."
The Seminole part may be a
mite exaggerated, but C. Ray
does have an Atlas-like, football-hero
physique, developed during
spare moments in the Naval Air
Corps. \
In his Rooseveltian voice, Ray
explained that his entering the
Naval Air Corps was a result of
too few Seminoles left' to massa­cre
and too much schooling.
"I wanted to massacre Goitn-ans,"
he says, "so after attend­ing
Auburn for a part of '43, I
conscientiously objected to col-/
lege.T was a young idealist!"
"But now I am a liberal, a
Charles Fort liberal. And by
its animosity toward all herd
dogmas, its belligerence toward
all mass indoctrination, and its
independence of all authority, I
have an inclination to believe
much the same as the Fortean
Society." ' '
Asked what the Fortean So­ciety
was, C. Ray replied, "Fort-eanism
is itself a religion — the
religion of self-respect.
With such liberal ideas, a
young man should go far in this
world. Far West. C. Ray has no
intention of following Greeley's
advice, though. He believes that
Virginia is best for him, "where
the liberals of the North meet
with the conservatives of the
South."
A douce person, Ray is temp­erate
in his every undertaking.
Like President Truman, he fol­lows
at most times a middle-of-the-
road policy, takes part in
sports, particularly swimming,
with m e d i o c r e interest, and
"likes" tame dancing.
"But I hate the Bimingham
hop," he says.
B,eing a member of Pi Kappa
Alpha social fraternity, Alpha
Phi Omega, Omicron Delta Kap­pa,
and Spades doesn't keep Ray
from representing Auburn at
ODK N a t i o n a l Conventions,
bending both ears to campus life
as a BTO on the Elections Com­mittee,
the Publiiations Board,
and the Executive Committee of
the Auburn Veterans Association.
In odd moments he. holds down
the business managership of The
Plainsman, does feature writing,
and dreams of the NSO.
"One of my greatest desires,"
he expounds, "is to see the com­plete
acceptance of the National
Student Organization. Through
the association of the students of
the United States, we can not on­ly
acquire an added culture in
the South but also profit from an
educational standpoint."
He dreams also of his post-graduation
life work. Majoring in'
mechanical engineering, Ray ex-*
pects, after matriculating, to en­ter
sales engineering in connec-tio
with air conditioning and re­frigeration.
When does versatile C. Ray
Martin find time for women?
"When the sun goes down."
FOR SALE: Twenty-two
foot house trailer. Call G. H.
Heath at 509, or contact at 161
W. Glenn.
FOR SALE: Clarinet in ex­cellent
condition. Phone Ope-lika
219-J.
FOR SALE: Army jeep with
ply wopd body. Four practical­ly
new tires. Just been over­hauled.
Call J. A. Fuller at
624-M.
FOR SALE: Furnished house.
Call Mrs. Newberne at 262.
FOR SALE: 1942 model Na­tional
house trailer, 24 feet
long. Excellent condition. In­quire,
D. K. Clanton, 161 W.
Glenn.
FOR SALE: 1942 model Na­tional
house trailer, 24 feet
long. .Excellent condition. In­quire.
D. K. Clanton. 161 W.
Glenn.
C. Ray Martin
AlChE Sees Movie
On Rubber Output
At their second meeting of the
quarter July 14, the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
were entertained by a movie
presented by Charles Bailey on
"The Road to Freedom".
Prepared under the' direction
of the Firestone Rubber Com­pany
"The Road to Freedom"
presented a timely report on the
importance of rubber to United
States before and during the war.
The first half of the film gave a
brief summary of the steps taken
by Firestone before the war to
make the United States inde­pendent
of the Malayan States
for their rubber supply by grow­ing
our own rubber, while the
last half of the film gave an ex­act
and accurate account of the
processes used for making the
various types of sythentic rub­ber
in the United States.
This is the first film to be
made on his subject and present­ed
a. breif, concise tour of one
of the sythetic rubber plants in
production today, giving at the
same time, mock-up models to
make the various processes bet­ter
understood.
Having been preceded by a
brief business talk the meeting
adjourned immediately after the
movie.
FOR SALE: 1942 model Na­tional
house trailer, 24 feet
long. Excellent condition. In­quire,
D. K. Clanton, 161 W.
Glenn.
For the Veterans By Luther Smith
p All Public Law 16 veterans en­rolled
here must go by the Guid­ance
Center and sign a leave
form to cover the time from
August 31, the date the summer
quarter will close, and Septem­ber
3, the date the fall quarter
will begin. Public Law 346 stu­dents
must fill out a similar
form in the office of the Vet­erans'
Co-ordinator. This must be
done before Ju}y 30.
* * *
Any questions on subjects re­lating
to veterans will be an­swered
in this column, or, if the
subject is too individualized, by
mail. The following questions
were received this week:
Q. How many checks do Pub­lic
Law 16 students get after
graduation?
A. Public Law 16 students get
two checks to further their re­habilitation
a f t e r graduation.
Full information may be obtained
at the office of the veterans' co­ordinator,
P. M. Norton.
Q. What is the official date
now for the reinstatement of
government insurance?
A. Congress has decreed De­cember
31, 1947, as the last day
Eor reinstating your government
insurance. The previously de-sided
upon date, August 1 of
this year, has been abandoned.
Q. When can I get my termi­nal
leave bonds cashed? I'm
married, have a child, and heed
the money!
A. The bill arranging for the
cashing of those bonds was re­vised
by the Senate, referred to
the House, has p a s s e d the
House's approval, and now awaits
only the President's signature.
This column will notify all vet­erans
exactly how to go about
getting their bonds cashed.
Q. .What is the latest dope on
tutoring service for Public Law
16 veterans here?
A. Complete information, is­sued
last week by the Veterans
Guidance Center, is as follows:
1. Any Public Law .16 veteran
who feels that his work is not
satisfactory and that he needs
tutoring should contact his in­structor
immediately and get the
instructor to fill out a form
which has already been furnish­ed
the Dean or Department
Heads for this purpose, recom-
ALWAYS BJLTTER-BEMSRTA11 WAYS
mending that the student needs
tutoring.
2. The college recommends
that there be, if possible, three
to six for each tutoring class. In
view of this policy, the Center
will try to get as many as three
before assigning a tutor; If there
are not as many as three, then
we will try to locate a tutor who
will teach less than three.
3. A Public Law 16 veteran
may get tutofing at any time he
is in need of it.
Q. I am a PL 16 student who
has 36 months of college coming
under the GI BilL If I don't
finish college within this time,
can I have.an extension.
A. -You may obtain up to 48
months of college if your appli­cation
for extension meets the
approval of the Veterans Guid­ance
Center.
Q. In what status is the bill
giving $105 a month to married
veterans?
A. The original bill, drawn up
by the House of course, assured
married veterans of $105 month­ly,
if single, with a sliding scale
of $15 for the first child, $10 for
the second child, etc. When this
bill was sent to the Senate for
approval, it was revised by that
body and allowed $105 for a
married person, and $120 for a
married person with children, no
sliding scale for additional chil­dren
being considered. The bill
innovated by the House allowed
single veterans only $65 a month,
what they are drawing now. The
Senate- revised bill would give
single veterans $75 a month. On
Monday afternoon, the Senate
referred the revised'bill back to
the House for final approval.
When this bill is passed by the
House (and competent authori­ties
believe it will be passed) it
will be sent to the President for
his signature.
* * *
A third appointment was made
to the AVA staff of officers by
President John Monroe week
b e f o r e last.
Laura Pittman,
f o r m e r WAC
attending school
here, was as­signed
the po­sition
of secre­tary.
>A t h i rd
quarter junior
e n r o l l e d in
home ec, Laura
hails from Robertsdale. Upon
graduation, she hopes to become
a hospital dietician. Laura's well-fitted
for that line of work, hav­ing
served a good part of her
30 months service time as a sur­gical
technician at Camp Crowd-er,
Mo.
* * #
Innovator of the AVA-spon-sored
"Hey Day" was Jim Wat­son,
a Birmingham boy major­ing
in radio engineering. After
being mustered out of the Army
in 1946, J i m
rocketed to Au­burn
and put
his whole 5-ft,
8 in. height be­hind
the invin­cible
A u b u rn
Spirit.
J i m doesn't
have- the time
that women re-
Watson quire (he says)
"how are you going to get a
date on this campus?" Actually,
Jim loves ' t he gals. One of his
goals while here is to get the
fraternities combined with the
sororities.
Jim's preoccupation is the Sna­fu
Radio Shop, of which he is
proprietor. Have you seen these
Snafu signs on the bulletin
boards over all the campus?
They were originated, layed out,
and typed by Jim.
"When do the symptoms of
these big campaigns show up?"
he was asked.
Quick with a smile.and a re­tort,
Jim answered, "Only on
weak days.' '
Graduate Council
Is Organized Here
Begins Policy-Making
Functions Immediately
A graduate council has been
organized here and will begin its
policy-making f u n c t i o n s this
month.
Eight schools in the college
which do graduate work are rep­resented
in the group by Dr.
Russell S. Poor, chairman, grad­uate
school; Dr. Turpin C. Ban­nister,
architecture; Florence P.
Davis, home economics; Dr. Wey­mouth
T. Jordan, history; Dr.
Charles J. Koehn, agriculture;
Dr. David W. Mullins, education;
Dr. Raymond Pepinsky, physics
and Dr. Charles R. Saunders,
chemistry.
The council will establish con­ditions
for admission to graduate
school set requirements for de­grees,
approve applications; rec­ommend
graduate courses, ap­prove
faculty-members,- supervise
examinations, award graduate
scholarships and fellowship and
form policies for the guidance of
the dean of graduate school.
* •—..*. -
Pullman
FOR SALE: Martha Wash­ington
piano in excellent con­dition.
Inquire at 306 W. Glenn
or call 980-R.
AIO Forms Atomic
Implications Council
An atomic implications coun­cil
has been formed under the
sponsorship of the Auburn Inde­pendent
Organization with the
cooperation of the science educa­tion
class.
This council is open to the
faculty, ROTC and NROTC staff,
fraternities, sororities, and pro­fessional
organizations.
The first meeting was held
Monday afternoon in the educa­tion
library in Samford Hall.
Prof. Jerome Kuderna opened
the discussion by challenging the
group to help make the college,
community, and world aware of
what the atomic energy pan do
for us and against us.
Prof. Kuderna said that New
York City could foe wiped out in
20 minutes with 10 strategically
placed bombs. Our position here
is as critical, as that of New
York, because of nearby major
military installations.
The council will meet again
.Monday from 7-9 p.m. in the edu­cation
library in Samford 205, to
formulate further plans. Dr. Fred
Allison and Major Croninger
will be present. Anyone inter­ested
in this subject is urged to
be present.
COLLEGIATE FFA
GIVES QUIZ SHOW
A quiz show—Dr. I. Q. style—
was the main feature of the Col­legiate
FFA program in Broun
Tuesday night. Vice-President
Jack Martin was in charge. Mu­sic
was furnished by the FFA
string band.
The summer social for the
chapter will be held in the form
of a watermelon cutting at Che-wacla
tomorrow afternoon. Mem­bers
are asked to meet with their
dates on Samford Terrace at 2
p.m. A softball game will high­light
the afternoon's festivities,
staid Glover Pugh, manager of
the FFA team.
The Collegiate FFA is still on
the air over WJHO each Wed­nesday
evening at 8:15. Boyd
Evans and Jesse Culp are pro­ducing
and directing the pro­grams,
which feature agricultu­ral
subjects.
SPEECH CONTEST
SET FOR AUG. 25
Tau Kappa Alpha, honorary
forensic society, in conjunction
with the Debate Society, will
sponsor a speech contest to be
held August 25.
Only students enrolled in pub­lic
speaking courses are eligible
for the contest.
Contestants will be selected by
their class. Each class will eleel
one speaker.
All entries must be submitted
to the English Department no
later than August 18 and it is
planned to have the finals in
Langdon Hall.-All students w\ll
be invited to attend.
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SATURDAY. JULY 26
A human interest story of
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SHARYN MOFFETT
Added: Special Short
OWL SHOW
THE TWO
MRS. CARROLLS
With
HUMPHREY BOGART
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BARBARA STANWYCK
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
July 27 & 28
TARZAN AND
THE HUNTRESS
JOHNNY WEISSMULLER
BRENDA JOYCE
JOHNNY SHEFFIELD
Also
Comedy and Shorts
TUESDAY. JULY 29
SWELL GUY
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SONNY TUFTS *
ANN BLYTH
Added, Musical
WED. AND THURS.
JULY 30-31
MIRACLE ON
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MAUREEN O'HARA
JOHN PAYNE '
Also, News and Good
Shorts
Two Records Broken In Softball Gaines
In Intramural Play on Billiard Field
J3y Jack Simms
In last week's league play, which was the fastest and
most exciting of the current season, the PKA's, Theta Chi's
and Kappa Sigs distinguished themselves by breaking two
intramural records.
The Pikes set a new team scoring mark Thursday when
thely blasted the SAE's 34 to 8. Every member of the win­ning
team got at least" one hit
but it was Marrett and. Young
who really supplied the punch.
Both men hit a four-,bagger arid
each got other hits. Stanhke was
the winning pitcher, and Shelby,
who also got a homer, was
charged with the loss.
The Theta Chi-Kappa Sig tilt
was just the opposite. Big "Foots"
Morris pitched a no-hitter for
the Theta Chi's and David Byars
allowed only two hits while
working for the Sigs, but al­though
both pitchers did a beau­tiful
job, numerous fielding er­rors
allowed four runs to cross
the plate. Three of these went'to
the Chi's and one to the Gay
Street crowd.
In.league 1, the OTS lost their
first game and now have to
share first place honors to the
Theta Chi, while the Baptists, of
league 2, knocked the other vet
frat off the throne to become
'the only team in the six leagues
who hasn't suffered a defeat. The
red-hot Sigma Nu outfit jumped
from third place to the number
one spot this week in league 3,
while the PKT'S, who were lead­ing
last week, fell to the fourth
position. DSP lost two of their
last three contests, but managed
to hold an uncertain lead over
other teams in league 4. The
faculty strengthened its hold at
the hop of league* 5, as did the
Play-boys of league 6.
Scores of last week's games
and games through Tuesday of
this week are:
League 1: KS-OTS, 8-6; Vag-
OTS, 2-22; WG-KS, 5-6;. TC-KS,
3-1; Vag-WG, 4-12; OTS-WG,
13-5. League 2: AP-PKA, 5-3;
Bap-AP, 10-5; SPE-PKA, 4-11:
SAE-PKA, 8-34; Bap-SPE, 20-5;
AP-SPE, 9-7. League 3: PKT-KA,
3-10; FFA-PKT, 13-6; SN-KA,
5-3; Fac-KA, 9-15,; FFA-SN, 6-9;
PKT-SN, 4-9. League 4: DSP-AGHO,
1-15; LCA-AGHO, 1-8;
SC-DSP, 8-5; Out-DSP, 11-6;
LCA-SC, 5-6; AGHO-DSP, 7-9.
.^League 5: ALT-Fac, 7-23; ATO-:
-Fac, 7-3; PDT-ALT, 15-7; Reb-;
ALT, 14-2; ATO-PDT, 2-8; Fac-
PDT, 5-4. League 6: HP-Lat, 3-12;
Pir-Lat, 18-11; PB-HP, 4-5; Gyp-
HP, 4-14; PB-Pir, 5-2; PB-Lat.
6-2.
MEET YOUR COACH
Come to LAKE VIEW INN
on Praiher's Lake for a good
home cooked meal, Sundays
and every noon or evening.
Barbecue and Brunswick stew.
Barbecued or fried chicken for
only $1.00. Smaller servings
for children or a vegetable
plate for $.75.
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COACH "CHUCK" PURVIS.
(above) is going into his sec­ond
year as head backfield
coach of the Tiger football
team. ' After his graduation
from the University of Illinois
in 1940, Chuck enjoyed three
very successful seasons as high
school coach in Mattoon, 111.
He entered the Navy in 1943
and was an instructor in the
pre-flight program until his
appointment as assistant coach
of the Naval Academy in 1945.
Coach Purvis came to Auburn
in April of last year, and since
that time he has filled the job
he now holds. One of the
youngest and best liked in
Southern coaching circles, he
can still get out and rough it
with his players.
Summer Tournaments
Started This Week
The summer quarter open ten­nis,
table tennis, badminton, and
golf tournaments got underway
this week with 71 entries par­ticipating
in the four sports.
CoWch'Bob Evans set the dead-i
- p j i i l ^XIOV.-i.^ •" - • • • • • ~- i • <•
line fo£ tjae playing of all first
round matches at Monday noon,
and second round battles must
be played by August 2. The
winner of each match is urged
to turn the results of his match
over to Coach Evans as soon af­ter
playing it as possible.
The tennis singles, badminton
singles, and table tennis singles
tournaments are being run on
the "lose once and you're out"
basis. With the exception of bad­minton
doubles, which is being
run as a round-robin tournament,
the rest of the matches are being
run as double eliminations.
Along
the
Bench
By Jack Simms
One of the biggest gripes on the campus during the past
year has been that of the tennis facilities at Auburn. Num­erous
letters have been received by yours truly on the sub­ject,
and all of them were complaints. I'm publishing the
following at the request of the author, and I too hope that
it will stimulate some action. The letter reads:
Dear Sir:
I have, in recent editions of The Plainsman,^ read a few
"Letters to the Editor" discussing the tennis situation, and
although this will probably be much like some you have
received, I feel that we must continue to complain about our
tennis courts if we are ever to get new ones. As in all cases
in Auburn, wCmust continue to complain until we succeed
in jolting the authorities into giving us some action. We
will not succeed simply by asking for tennis courts. We must
force the administration into action by showing how much
interest we have in this sport. As long as I can remember,
the students have been doing all they could in the interest
of this school; now it's time for the school to do something
for the student!
With such players,as Frank Willett, Leslie Longshore,
and Wade Herren leaving Alabama to play tennis for other
schools, there can be no doubt as to the situation here. Why
don't good tennis players come to Auburn? They won't come!
here because we don't have the facilities to give them the
chance to do their best.
With plans to enlarge the enrollment to 9000, we need a
minimum of 90 courts, which is one court for every 100 stu­dents.
I'm sure the students realize that the Administration
cannot build 90 courts at the present time; however, it can
give us 20 or 30 immediately.
If the price of 30 courts is more than our school can af­ford,
the money could be raised in one quarter by charging
an additional f^e of five dollars to each person when he
registers. Other schools have done this, and it has worked
out fine.
When the five asphalt courts we now have were con­structed,
the administration thought it could put them up
and the students would use them for 20 years without com­plaining.
They are the poorest courts in the world. They
wear out balls and shoes in no time, and they are located in
the poorest possible site. Located on the side of a hill, the
courts are constantly being swept by winds. ,
If we are to have tennis courts, let's select' a good site
.and spend a little more money so as to have something de­cent
I would suggest either, clay 6t composition courts. To
hell with waiting, let's have someSSction.
With malice toward some and with tennis courts for all,
I am
"Name Withheld"
* * *
Coach Carl Voyles brought to a close his most successful
summer football practice Wednesday afternoon. Several of
the boys are definitely going to figure in the Tiger line-up
for this fall, and at least three of the summer gridders stand
a real chance of starting the first game. After six weeks of
vacation from a football, these boys will return along with
many others to knock off the rough edges before that
Mississippi Southern game.
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LEON "BULL" COCHRAN.
(above) who was the top line-plunger
of last year's Tiger
football squad, has been given
the .inside lane as the first
team fullback wheh the Tigers
meet Mississippi Southern in
their initial grid battle this
fall. This six foot, 200 pound
chunk of dynamite was an all-state,
all-southern back while
playing w i t h the Woodlawn
High School Colonels in 1942,
and was elected captain of" the
'43 team, but joined the Navy
before the season started. Bull
says he is going to be faster
and tougher this' year -and he
claims he's .going-to:. push: team­mate
"Limpy" • Tidwell out of
the National yardage title this
fall.
St. Louis Cards Hold
Tryouts In Syldcauga
The St. Louis Cardinals, which
have sent more men into the ma­jor
league than any other base­ball
organization, will^conduct a
trial camp for' baseball players
at Mignon Field, Sylacauga on
August 14-15-16.
Tryouts will start at 10 o'clock
each morning and will continue
throughout the day. Fred Hawn,
veteran Redbird scout and form­er
minor league manager, will be
in charge of the camp and will
be assisted by two other Cardi­nal
scouts.
Players who wish to attend
should bring their own gloves
and spikes. All expenses inci­dent
to attending the camp will
be refunded by the Cardinals to
players who sign contracts.
Letters Awarded
To Diamond Nine
By Coach Voyles
Sixteep members of Coach
Danny Doyles 1947 diamond nine
were awarded, letters by Coach
Voyles last week. The team,
which was one of the most suc­cessful
in the history of baseball
at Auburn, captured runner-up
honors in the SEC and was cho­sen
along with University of
Alabama as a representative of
this conference in the Third Dis­trict
NCAA play-offs at Char­lotte,
N. C. Although losing both
of the^r contests at Charlotte,
two memebrs of the Tiger squad
were selected by sports writers
and coaches as outstanding play­ers
of the tournament, and were
awarded berths on the all-star
team.
Leading the Plainsman at the
plate was Ray Williams, who had
the blistering average of .426,
while Willard Nixon led the
pitching staff with 8 wins against
2 losses. *
Winners of the orange. "A" are
listed in order of baiting aver­ages:
Ray Williams .426, Hubert
Stepp .366, ..Don Brause . .357,
J o h n n y White . 309, Lyjnan
Woodfin .304, jimmy ' Martin
.299, Lowe Knowles • .284,;, Vic
Akin .280, Travis Tidwell' .273,
Joe Grant .211, Charley Finney
.194. Pitchers were: Herb Fin-layson
(3-0), Willard Nixon (8-2),
Onis Green (2-1), Adrian Wat­son
(2-1), Ed Oates {.0-1).
SWING, MR. BATTER!
With only five days remaining on the schedule, the Lambda
Chi's are taking no chances on losing their second place posi­tion
in league 4. In this practice game. Pat Archdeacon is the
shortstop, Don Hobby is pitching, and Harry Monroe is the
umpire. Other players are unidentified. (Paul Muller Photo)
American Legion Teams
To Play Baseball Here
Dr. C. M. Haygood, state-wide
chairman of Junior American
Legion baseball for Alabama, an­nounced
Wednesday that the
state play-offs will be held in
Auburn on August 5, 6, 7. The
teams who will-participate in the
play-offs have, not been an­nounced,
but some of the best
amateur outfits in the state will
be represented.
Sixty high school players from
all sections of Alabama will be
getting their first look at Au­burn,
and Coach Danny Doyle,
Open Division
Softball
Standings
Thru Tuesday, July 22
League 1 League 4
team W L team W
OTS 4 1 DSP 4
TC 4 1 SC 3
Vag 2 3 AG HO 3
KS 2 3 LCA 3
WG 1 5 Out 1
League 2 League 5
team W Lteam W
Bap 5 OFac 4
AP 4 1ATO 3
PKA 2 i 3Reb 3
SAE 1 4PDT 3
SPE 1 5ALT 0
League 3 League 6
team W L team W
SN 5 1 PB 5
FFA 3 2 HP 3
KA 3 2 Lat 2
PKT 2 3 Pir 2
Fac 0 5 Gyp 0
L
-2
3
2
3
4
L
1
2
2
3
5
L
1
1
3
3
4
who is a key factor in bringing
this event to the Plains, hopes to
get several future Tiger diamond
stars from this group.
Try Jake's hamburger spec­ial
. . . One delicious ham­burger
and one-half pint of
sweet or chocolate milk for
20c. '
JENKINS RELEASED
FROM INFIRMARY
Zack Jenkins, a leading candi­date
for 1947 grid honors, was
injured last week when his mo­tor
scooter ran into a truck in
Opelika. He was rushed to the
Opelika Hospital and treated for
a cut above his ..eye and a gash
immediately above one knee.
Later he was taken to Drake
Hospital where he rested until
his; discharge Wednesday.
Zack was a sophomore star of
the 1942 Auburn-Georgia foot­ball
battle, and has been the
leading softball pitcher on the
campus for the last two quarters.
He won fifteen straight softball
games 'and has the amazing total
of 127 strikeouts in the last 105
innings he has pitched. One" of
Auburn's leading hard luck ath­letes,
pneumonia and a back in­jury
kept Zack off the gridiron
last year, and this accident has
again forced him into retire­ment;
however, he is expected to
be back in shape when the
Tigers resume practice this fall.
Try Jake's hamburger spec­ial
. . . One delicious ham­burger
and one-half pint of
sweet or chocolate milk for
20c.
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500 PAIRS LADIES ALL-LEATHER
PLAY SHOES
Priced to sell for 5.95 and 6.95
NOW
3.95
All Colors
Shoes You Can Use
For Fall
MEN'S SHOES
NUNNBUSH
CITY CLUB *
PORTO-PED
NOW
$5.95
Two-Tone and Perforated Shoes
LADIES DRESS SHOES
(Whites and Two-Tones)
RHYTHM STEP
JACQUELINE
CONNIES
Were
9.95 .
Were
7.95-8.95
Were
6.95-7.95
4.95
4.95
4.95
100 PAIRS LADIES DRESS
SHOES $1.00
Few Pairs Childrens All Leather
SANDALS, Now Z 1.00
HILL'S BOOTERY ALSO WILL GIVE 10% Off
On Any Purchase of New Fall Shoes Thru Aug.2nd.
NEW FALL OXFORDS
Brown and White, Black and
White Oxfords with White Soles 10%
. *
NEW CREPE SOLE OXFORDS Qff
MOCCASINS, LOAFERS
And many Other new school oxfords
Items You Can Save Money On!
This Sale Also Includes. New Peters'
Wearherbird,Shoes. Also 10% OFF
SALE ENDS AUGUST 2nd
All Sales Final and Cash. No Exchanges
HILL'S BOOTERY
Auburn, AlabaTnaf1™^
8—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, July 25, 1947
Etheridge to Give Rousing
Oration In 'Julius Caesar'
By Tom Sellers
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come
to bury Caesar, not to praise him."
Your hackles w i l l . t u r n back-flips when Bill Etheridge
gives his impression of Marc Antony's immortal oration in
" J u l i u s Caesar". Dressed in a flowing toga; fiery; emotional;
he stirs the Roman mob into mad
frenzy. It's a superb scene; one
you'll not soon forget.
Bill is rather modest about his
acting. "Sometimes I just feel
like it," he says. "You know how
it is—a fellow likes to see how
much he can throw into speech."
He gives credit for his delicate
Shakesperean touch to a nine
year old girl, Maine Honour.
"Maine was next thing to a gen­ius,"
he recalled. "She coached
me for the part of Gratiano in
"Merchant of Venice, and boy,
did I have to work!" Maine is the
daughter of a former civil engi­neering
professor at Auburn. .
I Cows and Bugs
Bill is a junior in ag science
from Bessemer. But the address
is misleading. He's a country lad
—lives on a rural route. His dad
has a large dairy barn, and Bill
intends to go into the dairy busi­ness
after graduation. "It's a per-
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feet set-up around home for
cows," he reassured us. "And
just imagine what an audience
for Marc Anthony those cows
will make."
He got up suddenly and started
running around the room with a
dixie cup in his hand. Coming to
a halt on the stage, he slammed
the cup against the wall and
cried, "Got him." He came back
over holding a highly surprised
insect in ' his h a n d . Grinning
sheepishly, he said, "I've got to
catch a hundred of these little
fellows for entomology class.
Bugs!'
Learned to Samba
"And where did World Skirm­ish
II find you, Bill?"
"The best branch of all," he
answered. "The Navy."
Being Army swine, we flinch­ed,
but let him ramble on.
"Got stationed on a navy car­go,
traveled around a bit—then
ended up in Brazil for a couple
of years. Ah yes, Brazil," he went
on dreamily. "They had red-eye
called "cochasa" down there at 15
cents a quart. And the senoritas
—muito moca—and trie sambas in
Rio.—"
About this time Prof. Peet call­ed
Bill's cue, and he sambaed up
on the stage murmuring., some­thing
to himself in Portugese.
Luckily, one of the players, Emi-lio
Bendeck of Honduras, C.A.,
was seated close enough to do a
neat job of translation. Emilio
has the part of Octavius Caesar's
servant.
Bill mounted the platform and
went in to his "Friends, Romans,
countrymen" routine. Immediate­ly
he was a different person. In­stead
of the jolly, fun-loving Bill
Ethridge he became a fiery-voiced
M a r c Antony. Every
Three human brains study a mec'ianical brain. Left to right
above: Bill Leslie. Marion McLalchey and Paul Jarmolz, re­search
workers at X-Ray Crystallography Lab. They're cnecicing
units of the electronic computer.
WHERE EVERY GARMENT
ISA
"SPECIAL"
BILL H AM
DRY CLEANERS
X-Ray !
(Continued from page 1)
fill a large-sized room. It will
show the exact position of atoms
in crystals. Hitherto staggering
problems and diagrams will be
as easy for Jhe computer as fall­ing
off an atom bomb. Countless
switches and circuits go into its
make-up.
A third phase of Dr. Pepinsky's
research is concerned with the
molecular arrangement of sugars.
As any student of organic chem­istry
knows, the sugar for his
morning coffee is part of a huge
family; each member has a sepa­rate
molecular structure a nd
formula. The Research Corpora­tion
of New York has made a
grant of $7,500, and a, further
grant of $6,500 is expected for
continuance of the work.
Similar to individual finger­print
files of the FBI, an X-ray
diffraction catalogue of sugars
for identification purposes is be­ing
compiled at the laboratory.
"Every compound makes an
individual pattern under X-ray
diffraction," says Dr. Pepinsky.
"We expect a grant of $5,400
from the Sugar Research Founda­tion
for sugar identification work.
-The catalogue will make complex
laboratory tests unnecessary in
many cases. We take X-ray films
word rolled from his tongue like
crisp, storm-blown snowflakes.
But you'll want to see and
hear Bill Ethridge yourself. The
play will open August 4 and con­tinue
through eight days of sur­prise
p a c k e d entertainment.
You're gonna be sorry-5—if you
miss "Julius Caesar".
Copyright 1947. UKOT * * »
of each sugar, mark them, and
keep them on file for reference."
Trains Graduate Students
A highly important goal of the
laboratory's work lies in the
training of graduate students.
Money obtained for research pro­jects
goes chiefly into salaries of
competent physicists who aid in­struction,
and for support > of
graduate students. Through an
arrangement with the University
of Chicago, some of the research
work done in the laboratory may
be applied toward a doctor's de­gree
at that school. Four com­petent
physicists will- visit Au­burn
this month to discuss join­ing
the X-ray group and Physics
Department for work on these
projects, v
Aids Listed
Following are the graduate stu­dents,
physicists, and assistants
who aid Dr. Pepinsky.
Phillip F. Eiland and Asa L.
Dodd are doing research work in
the structure of sugars. Dodd
completed his master's degree re­search
on the sugar problem this
spring and is continuing along
those lines for another year. Ed­ward.
Lindsay, formerly with the
sugar problem group, recently
took a position with Westing-house.
Eiland, in addition to sugar
research, w o r k s with. Harry
(Zeke) West on X-fay intensity
measuring devices. West com­pleted
his master's degree re­search
on a new type X-ray
measuring device this spring and
is in charge qf several X-ray
measuring problems.
Hugh Long delves into the
mysteries of the pulsed (strobo-scopic)
X-ray tube and is re­sponsible
for construction and
operation of much of the equip­ment.
Chalmers Frazer makes obser­vations
and calculations of oscil­lating
crystals. Dr. Pepinsky
Modern and 'Ranch Style' Homes Dominate
Postwar Architecture Says Noted Book
While Ivan Q. Citizen of Russia
is evidencing a taste for neo-clas-sicism
in his postwar housing, the
dream house that figures largely
in American thoughts is a mod­ern
or "ranch type" home, ac­cording
to an article in the Ency­clopaedia
Britannica 1947 Book
of the Year.
In discussing the trends- in
housing, Richard M. Bennett,
Chicago architect and author of
the article, writes:
-"The acceptance of modern de­sign
was shown by polls of con­sumer
preferences in the United
States, which indicated a majori­ty
interested in modern or "ranch
type* homes.
"In the USSR, published de­signs
varied from this general
trend and were characterized by
a neo-classic trend or an insistent
national feeling created by the
regional handling of local ma­terials.
"In residential design trends
apparent before the war continr
uW," the Book of the Year article
points out. "Rooms become small­er
because of rising costs, but
were often made to serve double
says, "Frazer is one of the best
students I ever had."
Paul Jrmontz, graudate of Pur­due
University in electronic de­sign,
is a co-worker of the Doc­tor's
from MIT." He holds the po­sitions
of Research Associate at
Auburn, has lectured on elec­tronic
theory, and is considered
one of the foremost electronic
circuit designers in the country.
Janet Blake at present works
on the X-ray diffraction cata­logue
of sugars.
Marion McLatchy is electronics
technician and general laboratory
technician. She has done radar
work at MIT. x
James Vann worked until re­cently
on the electronic com­puter.
He now has a research po­sition
with General Electric.
Others are William Burgess,
machinest and lab assistant, Wil­liam
Leslie, mechanician, Curtis
Silvernail, photographer, William
M o r r i s , • draftsman, and Mrs.
James Burson and Mrs. Frank
Martin, secretaries.
Newcomers to the research
group are Andrew Spear, Walter
Kinsolving, Jack Lande, and Bil­ly
Richardson.
Miss May Risch, recent gradu­ate
of the University of Michi­gan,
has just arrived and v^ill do
work on crystal physics. She was
considered the best student of
crystallography at Michigan in
many years.
Dr. Pepinsky came to Auburn
in September, 1941. He obtained
his doctor's degree at the Uni­versity
of Chicago in 1940 and
worked a year with U. S. Rub­ber
Co. He is the first research
professor of physics to come to
Auburn.
He attended the University of
Berlin in 1929 and 1930. A native
of Minnesota, he received his
B.A. and M.A. degrees at the
University of Minnesota.
During the war, he was as­signed
to research work for the
Army and Navy at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He con­ceived
th