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\TOL. LXXIV. ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1948 NUMBER 5
Opera 'Faust'
Opens May 6
Will Be Presented Again On May 8; Marks
Second Complete Opera For Music Department
Gounod's opera, "Faust," will be presented by the music
department on May 6 and 8 in Langdon Hall at 8:15 p.m.
This is the second full-length opera at Auburn with a cast
consisting of students and faculty members only.
Prof. Edgar Glyde will conduct music for t h e performance.
Dr. Hollace E. Arment, head
professor of music, is general
production manager.
The cast includes M. J. Danner
as Faust, the philosopher; Hollace
E. Arment as Faust as a
young man; Edgar Evans as
Mephistopheles; James Overton
as Valentine; LaVonne Wood as
Marguerite; Evelyn C u l v e r -
house Reynolds as Siebel; and
Mary Newman Graves as Martha.
The chorus is composed of students
in the applied music classes.
The Men's Glee Club, directed
by S. Turner Jones, will sing
the famous "Soldier's Chorus."
The ballet corps will be supplied
by the dance groups of the
college directed by Olga Bibza,
choreographer. Accompaniment
will be provided by the Auburn
Symphony Orchestra.
Mephistopheles
Edgar Evans (Mephistopheles)
is well versed in the great operatic
traditions, for he numbers
among intimate friends the popular
Metropolitan soprano, Thelma
Votipka; Maxine Stellman; and
Osie Hawkins, Met basso. Last
year at the Auburn performance
of "La Traviata," Osie Hawkins
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Skit Night Dates
Changed May 10-11
The dates originally set for
Skit Night have been changed to
the nights of May 10-11 in the
Student Activities Building. According
to Ralph Jennings, Blue
Key president, the second change
came about due to difficulty in
obtaining the Activities Building
on nights which were not already
scheduled for some other
function.
This change will allow fraternities
and sororities a week longer
to prepare skits for presentation.
Jan Drake and John Jennings,
co-chairmen of the plans committee
of Cardinal Key and Blue
Key respectively will release the
rules to participating organizations
next week. The same rules
which were in effect last year
will apply again this year. Skits
•will be subject to censorship and
any vulgarity will automatically
disqualify a skit.
Prof Spann Speaks
To New Members
Of Phi Lambda U
Phi Lambda Upsilon, national
honorary chemical society, held
its banquet last Thursday night
in honor of its recently elected
members. Prof. Ransom D. Spann
Electrical Engineering Department,
was guest speaker.
Prof. Spann emphasized in his
talk that in facing life and the
peojle in it, technical skill alone
is not enough. He brought out the
point that a man must be able to
live with his fellow man, and, in
short, that he must obey those
unwritten laws which govern
mankind as well as the written
ones.
Among those present to hear
and enjoy Prof. Spann's remarks
were members of the faculty of
the school of chemistry, the older
members of Phi Lambda Upsilon
and those members newly
initiated into the society.'
Those who have just become
members were tappel last week.
They include James W. Anderson,
Birmingham; John B. Charlton,
Autaugaville; Lawrence E.
Davis, Chicago, 111.; Euclid G.
Mayfield, Wedowee; J u d s o n
• Hawthorne, Decatur; John F. Mc-
Cullough, Atalla; William H.
Rozier, Mobile; John Watts See-ger,
Auburn; Floyd S. Smith,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Birmingham Firm
Buys Auburn Bonds
Favorable Interest
Rate Is Secured
At a trustee meeting last week
college building revenue bonds
totaling $1,000,000 were sold to
Hugo Marx Co., and Syndicate.
Bids were opened and the Birmingham
concern's bid carrying
an interest rate of 3.0329 per cent
was best. - |
College officials and trustees
expressed pleasure that the bonds
sold at so favorable a rate. As
was pointed out at the meeting,
State Docks 20-year bonds recently
sold at 3% per cent. The
Auburn issue was for 30 years.
A final base net bid of
450 from Batson-Cook Construction
Co. on the hew engineering
laboratory building was accepted
by the board. A total of $50,000
in "deductible alternates" were
taken from the original plans in
order to bring building costs
down to the final contract figure.
Named For Late Dean
The boatd unanimously adopted
a resolution naming the
"John Jenkins Wilmore Engineering
Laboratory," in honor
of the late Dean Wilmore of the
engineering school.
The board acepted a report of
the campus planning committee
RODEO practice above shows Derrell Smalley on a buckin' bronc. Buris Boshell (on fence)
and Larry Riedel look on at right, while Dr. J. F. Hokanson watches at the left.
National Scholastic Honorary
Recognizes 68 Auburnites
Fifty-seven top-ranking seniors, four graduate students,
and'seven faculty members were tapped by Phi Kappa Phi,
national honorary society, on April 13. Members were selected
in recognition of the,ir excellence in scholarship, leadership,
and promise of success in their chosen vocations.
Those honored, by schools, are
as follows: -
Agriculture: Thomas S. Bryars,
Jr., John E. Butler, Oliver R.
Carter, James Edward Hill, Edward
Farrior Pittman, Jack P.
Tucker, and Eddie B. Vinson'. (
Architecture: B e v e r l e y Ann
Burkhardt, Alney C. McLean,
James A. Prestridge, Jr.
Chemistry: W a d e Fleet, Jr.,
Robert W. Walker, Charles E.
Williams.
Education:. Lowery H. Davis,
Warren A. Davis, Otho M. Hale,
which advised that it had decided | Waddy Thompson, William E.
to go ahead with plans for an I Davis, Jr., Martha F. Hay, W. D.
architectural building of modern
or contemporary design. The
committee employed three consulting
architects, none of them
Auburn graduates, to study the
design submitted by the school
of architecture. The consultants
gave their stamp of approval to
the contemporary design.
CLASSIFICATION
COMMITTEE NOW
INSPECTINGs
A committee on classification
from the Association of American
Universities making a formal inspection
of this institution this
week.
The committee, which began its
inspection Monday, is composed
of Provost P. Stewart McCau-ley,
John Hopkins University;
Dr. R. G. D. Richardson, Brown
University; Dr. W. W. Pierson,
University of North Carolina.
The committee is interested in
getting a clear picture of the
quality of work being done at
this institution.
Ray?
Aeronautical Engineering and
Administration: Lionel L. Levy,
Jr., Carney W. Payne, Joseph M.
Tschirgi, Herbert G. Williams.
Civil Engineering: H u g h 'G.
Rose.
Electrical Engineering: Hugh
T. Edwards, Albert E. Pearce,
Frank P. Richardson, Robert P.
Teeple.
Engineering Physics: Clinton
E. Dyess.
Industrial Management: George
F. Adams, Ralph C. Bain, Peter
F. Diffly, Comer B. Thompson.
Mechanical Engineering: Edward
A. Wright, Robert D. Anderson,
Derrell B. Chambliss,
Theodore C. Herring, Walter L.
Roark, Charles M. Scales.
. Home E c o n o m i c s: Daphne
Brown, Frances Cameron, Margaret
L. Young.
Pharmacy: Lewis B. Sponsler.
Science and Literature: John
'S. Coney, Reuben H. Godfrey,
Douglas M. Hayes, A. J. Hill,
Dan H: Segrest, George M. Bryant,
Robert W. Stanley, Gene
Miller, Myron S. Street, Doris E.
Holmes, Helen C. Pace.
Veterinary Medicine: Jesse C.
Ellis; Thomas W. Oliver, Jr.
Graduate School: Jimmy L.
Butt, Edward D. Donnelly, Ros-coe
D. Kelley, J. J. Valenti.
Faculty: Ben F. Alvord, Dorothy
D. Arnold, Gordon Hughes,
F. E. Guyton, Henry Good,
Thomas Lowe, David W. Mullins.
RODEO IS SET
FOR WEEKEND
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Fast Action Saves
Langdon From Fire
Blaze Originated
From Storeroom
Quick thinking and fast action
by two Glomerata staff members
probably saved Langdon Hajll
from destruction by fire Tuesday
night.| At about 10:55 p.m., Jack
Seay, Louisville, Ky., looked out
the Glomerata office and saw
smoke pouring from windows
and up through the main auditorium.
Hugh Gaston, editor-elect of
the '49 Glomerata from Lebanon,
Tenn., called the fire department
A truck arrived in about five
minutes, and reportedly the fire
was extinguished in 10 minutes.
Several architecture students had
begun evacuating band instruments.
According to the Auburn fire
department, the blaze started
from a pile of greasy rags in a
paint storage room at the rear
of the building. The extent of
the damage had not been determined
when this issue The Plainsman
went to press, but it was
termed "light." .
A crowd of about 100 students
gathered to watch the activity.
Producers Pop Questions to Profs on New
Radio Quiz Show Wednesday Nights 9:30
By Laura Wiggins
Two can play at any game. And
quizzing is no exception.
Auburn students now have an
opportunity to get back at their
professors through a new regular
weekly radio program designed
to "put the profs on the spot."
The program is broadcast every
Wednesday over WJHO'at 9:30
p.m.
Sponsored by the Auburn Producers,
student radio group under
the direction of Ford Mac-
Elvain, Birmingham, the program
will feature three or four
profesors each week. Questions
of wide interest covering subjects
of current events history,
literature and sports will be
asked. The program will be handled
similar to the network feature
"Information Please."
The first week, Prof. Robert
ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM, May 7 in Langdon Hall will
include compositions by students shown above. They are (left
to right) Bob Richardson, Gene Mullins, and Billy Tamblyn.
The boys are comparing relative merits of their works.
Sutton of the Educational School,
Mr. Orin A. Leonard of the Main
Library, Coach Danny Doyle,
Basketball and Baseball Coach,
and Mrs. Frances C. Culpepper
of the Sociology Department participated.
"Hod," Ogden, graduate
assistant in the Research Interpretation
Council, acted as Master
of Ceremonies.
"The profesors held their own
unusually well," said MacElvain.
"We managed to stump them on
only two issues. It was interesting
to note, however how their
special fields of study showed up
in their answers. For instance, on
aquestion regarding the world of
sports, all of the others were
buffaloed while Coach Danny
Doyle carried on."
The questions used each week
are submitted by students and
the general radio public. All
students are invited to submit
questions. The Producers then
compile the questions and ask
them in groups of four, each
group relating to one specific
field of knowledge.
Guests on last week's program
included Prof. Erich W. Steiniger
of the Foreign Language Department,
Mr. Frederick Yehl of Applied
Art, Prof. John C. McKin-non
of Mechanical .Engineering.
Tonight, the following faculty
members will be present: Dr.
Raymond Pepinsky, physics department;
Professor George Pat-ton,
economics .department; and
Mr. Orin Leonard, library.
Westminster Honors
Seniors At Banquet
The Westminster Fellowship
held its annual Spring Banquet
Friday night in honor of graduating
seniors. Also honored at the
banquet were Dr. Samuel B. Hay
and his family. Dr. Hay, minister
of the First Presbyterian Church
in Auburn, is leaving in July to
become president of Stillman Institute
in Tuscaloosa.
Notice To Veterans
Veterans withdrawing from
school at the end of the
spring quarter who do not desire
the customary 15 days
leave must notify the veterans
administration in writing prior
to May 5, 1948. This written
notice may be submitted either
through the Veteran's Affairs
office Samford 101. or
the Veteran's Administration
Office 235 Mell Street.
NEGR0 VETERAN
WITHDRAWS BID
TO ENTER AUBURN
William Bell, Negro war veteran
who applied for admittance
to Auburn's school of architecture,
has withdrawn his application.
He said he decided to withdraw
because, as he put it, "I was upset
over all the talk around town
about it." , . .
Bell is a student at Alabama
State Teachers College, Montgomery.
PECK WILL SPEAK
AT IRC MEETING
Bill Peck, treasurer of IRC,
will be the speaker at the next
International Relations C l ub
meeting on May 3 at 7:15 p.m.
in Social Center. He will report
on the United Nations conference
held recently -on the University
campus, and to which he was an
official delegate.
At the last IRC meeting Hugh
Gaston resigned as president because
of the weight of his new
duties as editor of the Glomerata.
Harold Hartwig, vice-president,
will serve as acting president the
remainder of the quarter.
IRC keys were presented to
Hugh Gaston, Herbert Kohn, and
Gray Baker Ranson, under provisions
of the IRC constitution.
All students interested in international
affairs are cordially
invited. There are no departmental
restrictions on membership
in the IRC.
BUSINESS GROUP
HONORS ELEVEN
Delta Sigma Pi, honorary and
professional business administration
fraternity, announces the
tapping of three faculty members
and eight upperclassmen for
membership.
The faculty members tapped
were Charles W. Lewis, Lee D.
McChesney, antt C. C. Stalnaker.
Outstanding upperclassmen in
the school of business selected
were Charles E. Hooper, Birmingham;
Douglas M. Hayes, Auburn;
Charles M. Reeves Jr., Lanett;
Douglas W. Lambert, Opelika;
John W. Moon, Lenett; Robert B.
Janney, Montgomery; Joe F.
Evans, Birmingham; Edgar Guy
Woodcliff, Birmingham.
Show Will Feature Wild-Mule Scramble
And Many Other Breath-Taking Events
Hi! Hi! Saw Saritone! Bring grandpaw and the kids to the
rodeo! Watch the broncos buck in boogie rhythm Saturday
and Sunday at Auburn's third annual wild-west jamboree. It
opens at 2 p, m. in in the Auburn Stadium. And chum, it's got
everything!
"This year's rodeo will feature
several outstanding attractions,"
says Ed Arline, rodeo manager.
"In the wild cow milking contest,
the contestants must first
catch the wild cow, and then try
to keep her still long enough to
milk her."
Wild Mule Scramble
There will also be a wild mule
scramble, a bare-back bronco-riding
contest, and a steer-riding
contest. In each of these feats,
the winner will be acclaimed by
his ability to ride, according to
regulations, for at least 10 seconds.
Winners in each feature of.
the rodeo will be judged ac->
cording to regular rodeo scoring
rules.
Girls' Game, Too
"But this is not just a man's
game," said Ed. "The girls will
also have an opportunity to display
their abilities in milking
wild cows."
All contestants in the rodeo
will be students, most of them
unskilled in managing livestock,
who have volunteered to take
part in the show. The stock has
been solicited from farmers in
and around Lee County, and valuable
prizes have been donated
by local merchants.
"But the accent is not entirely
on sportsmanship," said Manager
Arline. "One of the most unique
features of the day will be the
exhibitions of a high school educated
horse from Atlanta."
When asked what particular
feats of intelligence the "educated"
horse would display, Ed answered,
"There's just no telling.
I haven't seen that horse operate
yet!"
N For Scholarship Fund
With proceeds from the annual
rodeo, the Junior AVMA
hopes to establish a scholarship
fund and offer a scholarship each
year to a student pursuing a degree
in veterinary medicine.
Forestry Students
Hope To Initiate
Honor Fraternity
Since the establishment of a
Department of Forestry at Auburn
in July, 1947, there has
been increasing interest by forestry
students in the inauguration
of a forestry honorary here at
Auburn. The objectives of such
an organization would be to secure
and maintain a high standard
of scholarship in forest education,
to work for the upbuilding
of the profession of forestry,
and to promote fraternal relations
among earnest workers engaged
in forest activities.
On April 14, a group of eligible
forestry students met with
Dr. "Terrill D. Stevens, head of
forestry faculty, for the purpose
of organizing a local forestry honorary
fraternity. At this meeting
the intention was expressed
of petitioning for affiliation with
Xi Sigma Pi, national forestry
honorary fraternity, as soon as
the minimum requirements have
been met.
A committee, consisting of Vernon
Yow, chairman, Lua Blank-enship,
and Confo L. Olive, Jr.,
was appointed to draft an organizational
plan by laws, constitution,
and to select a name for the
local forestry honorary.
The forestry students attending
the first meeting were Lua R.
Blankehship, Charles W. Brown,
William L. Brown, James H. Collins,
Jr., John E. McDaniel, Conra
L. Olive, Jr., Jeet V. Rowell,
Frank M. Stewart, and Vernon
Yow.
Cammack, Mayfield, Blackburn, Kirkland, Kellen, Nevins,
Win Important Positions In Last Week's General Election
Students turned but in surprisingly
large numbers to vote
in last week's elections. There
were 2098 students who voted,
comprising the largest group
which has ever participated in a
student election.
The largest number of votes
was cast by the senior class, with
1016 voting. There were also 618
juniors, 343 sophomores, and 100
fifth year students to cast votes.
In proportion to the number of
members, the sophomore class
presented the poorest showing:
however, this was to be expected
since their enthusiasm had been
dampened, the previous week
when the ballot was denied them
in the publication elections.
Official returns are listed below.
Winners will be installed at
a banquet to be held toward the
close of the school' year, but they
will not take office until September.
President of the Cabinet: Gil-lis
Cammack (unopposed), Vice-
President, Cabinet: Jim Bob
Mayfield, 1357; Buris Boshell,
741. Secretary-Treasurer, Cabinet:
Gilmer Blackburn, 1567:
Richard Sudoff, 435. Chairman,
Social Committee: Monty Allen,
1211; Robert Walker, 841. Senior
Representatives (3): 1|im Miller,
800; Ted Robbins, 755; Paul Sar-vis,
693; Carlos Adams, 361.
President of Senior Class: Sammy
Kirkland (unopposed). Vice-
President: Mary Cottle, 578;
George Mooney, 438. Secretary-
Treasurer: Norma Jean Bohan-non,
625; Jean Daughtry, 389.
Sharman, 101. President, Sophomore
Class: Crawford Nevins,
208; Aubrey Duncan, 135. Vice-
President:- Susan Baarke (unopposed).
Secretary - Treasurer:
Gloria Herring, 194; Tom Morri-sey,
132. Historian: Betty Walker,
262; Annie Allen, 67. Fifth-Year
Representative: Larry Reidel, 76;
John Boyett, 24.
GILLIS CAMMACK, above,
will assume duties as president
of Student Executive Cabinet
this fall. He succeeds Dick O'-
Cain.
Historian: Ann Coulter, 503;
Jean Baldwin, 303.
Junior Representatives (2):
Joe Meade, 392; Jimmy Thompson,
390; Curtis Henson, 167; Alex
Brewer, 127. President of Junior
Class: Carroll Keller, 416; Ed
Richardson,. 183. Vice-President:
Carol Dorrough, 384; Charles
Walton, 201. Secretary-Treasurer:
Jeanne Tuley, 323; Ann Esslinger,
264. Historian: Betty Jean Jordan,
436; Joy Justice. 182.
/ Sophomore . Representative:
Clifford Billingslea, 223; Euclid
Noted Researcher
Will Discuss Ag
Opportunities
Dr. R. R. Renne, president of
Montana State College, will address
agricultural students and
the teaching, research, and extension
staffs here this afternoon
and night.
Dr. Renne comes to Auburn today'
and Thursday to disuss employment
opportunities in the agricultural
marketing field. He is
on special assignment for the administrator
of the Research and
Marketing Administration, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, nad is
visiting and conferring with officials
of a number of land grant
colleges.
Dr. Renne will speak to the Auburn
Alpha Zeta chapter at 4:15
this afternoon in Duncan Hall.
At 8:15, he will address the student
body of the Ag School and
the staffs in Duncan Hall.
L
Jh-THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 28, 1948
; Theta Upsilqn Formal Is Friday
Night In Student Ac Building
' Iota Alpha of Theta Upsilon
! will present its "Rainbow Ball"
J Friday night in the Student Ac
j Building from 9-12. _
| Miss Grace Poole, chapter
j president, will lead the dance
1 through a garden setting with
if Glenn Henderson; both are from
! Decatur. Miss Jan Drake, retiring
' president, escorted by Dick Wat-
' son, will present a bouquet of
1 flowers to Miss Poole.
' Following the dance a break-
1 fast will be held at the Auburn
| Grille.
Members, pledges, and dates
' are: Annie Jean Allen, Lee Cathy
• Anne Alison, W. M. Alison; Gwen
Barrow, Billy Parker; Mildred
I Chambliss, George Chambliss;
I Jinx Clements, Jimmy Burnam;
[ Essie Crumpton, Tom Pitts; Ruth
! Graham, Jack Hitchcock; Marie
Mayben, Cal Dean; Jean Naza-retian,
Jack Smith; Doris Par-
'• ker, Vic Sansing; Jean Shan-
' non, Bill Shelby; Carol Scott,
Jimmy Blow; Edna Scott, Hervey
' Connell; Jean Walton, Howard
Syler; Mr. and Mrs. William
' Spear.
The following members of Xi
Chapter of Birmingham-South-
\ ern will be guests of Iota Alpha
| for the weekend: Mary Ann
j Cousins, Boyd Hinton; Jean Gil-
• mer, Joe Brown; Julia Ann Gil-
' mer, Jimmy Burgess; Ruth
; James, Kent Johnson; Marjorie
Kirby, Paul Maybridge; and Eo-lihe
McGowan, Bill Letchworth.
The following alumni and patronesses
will attend: Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Searcy, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold C. Sharpe, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Bush, Mr. and Mrs. James
Jowers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Smith,
Miss Jewell Davis, Miss Olga
Bibza; Miss Barbara Hudson.
•CANTERBURIANS
|HOLD MEETING
IN TUSCALOOSA
The annual convention of the
j Canterbury Clubs in the Dio-fcese
of Alabama was held the
i past weekend in Tuscaloosa. The
! convention was under the direct
i o n of The Rev. James W. Brett-
Jmann, rector of St. John's
! Church, Montgomery, Alabama;
?the theme this year was "Evan-
'gelism". The following Auburn
!Canterburians a t t e n d e d : Pat
'Kirkwood, Marjorie Lawing, Jean
'Haden, Ed Hill, Mary Lee, Sidney
Page, Bob Cook, Alan McDowell,
(Nancy Poehlmann, Jim Woodson,
Ed Ashmead, Howard Syler,
^Mabs Groves, Joan Manly, Bill
;Peck, Bill Manley, Bob Newton.
Carolyn Ellis, and Pat Haden.
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ATO ENTERTAINS
NEW PLEDGES;
INITIATES 25
Auburn's Alpha Epsilon chapter
of Alpha Tau Omega, international
fraternity, entertained rushees,
members, pledges, and dates this
past weekend with a series of
parties. Friday night a smoker
was held in honor of the visiting
rushees with a breakfast held
at Lake Chewacla followed by a
house dance that night. Sunday
morning all went to Church in
masse and then returned to the
house to enjoy one of Mom Lowe's
delicious Sunday dinners.
Alpha Tau Omega takes pride
in announcing the pledging of the
following men: Don Lanford,
Anderson, S. C; George Hill,
Portsmouth, Ohio; Roy Brawner,
Olive Hill, Ky.; Jimmy Rucks,
Birmingham; and Aaron Groth,
Auburn.
Formal initiation was held
Saturday for Edwin Barker, Buddy
Vaiden, Fred Hahn, Ry Bailey,
Vann Goodner, George Kidd,
Dick Webb, Birmingham; Clem
Torbert,. Sheldon Whittelsey,
"Mack" Taylor, Opelika'; Herman
Blagg, George Galliher,
Selma; Chauncey Wood and
David Oppen, Montgomery; Nolan
Smith, Albertville; Max
Stowers«and Gilmer Blackburn,
St. Petersburg, Fla. and Auburn;
Herbert Burton, Prattville;
Charles Hickey, Ardmore, Tenn.;
Spud Wright, Auburn; Milton
Taff, Cordova; Walter Eason,
Columbus, Ga.; Pete Bellinger,
Gadsden; Robert Bryson, Hattis-burg
Miss.; and James McCol-lum,
Tuscumbia.
Alpha Gamma Rho
Pledges f lett"** %
The pTe'dge class of Alpha Gamma
Rho installed new officers at
a recent meeting. They are Jimmy
Smith, Gilbertown, president;
Joe Neal (Sonny) Butler, Fayette,
vice-president; Lua Blanken-ship,
Montgomery, secretary and
treasurer; Dick Mackoy, Milwau-koy,
Milwaukee, Wis.; Bob
The following are new pledges
of Alpha Gamma Rho: Dick Mackoy,
Milwawkee, Wis.; Bob
Thompson, Troy; Jackie Davis,
Tallassee; Fred Murphy, Tallas-see;
Sonny Miller, Enterprise1;
Rod Underwood, Ozark.
Beta Omega chapter of the Alpha
Delta Pi sorority announces
the recent pledging of Miss
Dorthy Sellers of Birmingham.
WANTED: Ride to Macon,
Ga., or vicinity any weekend.
Leaving Friday or Saturday.
Will share expenses. Call 1262
or 181-R.
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THETA CHI HONORS
NEW INITIATES
"Ye Olde Couvered Bridge"
was the scene of the Theta Chi
fraternity's hayride last week-end
honoring the formal initiation of
six men. At the bridge a picnic
lunch was served, and then the
members and dates returned to
the fraternity house for an informal
house dance.
The chapter house was decorated
in keeping with the "Barn
Dance" motif, with a hitching
post in front of the parking of
all shoes. The walls of the living
room were covered with butcher's
wrapping paper and drawings
suggestive of the interior of a
barn, with sawdust on the floor.
The dining room was decorated
as a wild west bar and gambling
room.
Members, pledges and dates
included Dean Hansen, Polly Hut-to;
Lee Ca^hey, Annie Allen; Dur-wood
Smith, Beverly O'Brien;
Lawrence Alexander, Sue Hunter;
Gaston Hester, Sally Sallade;
J. W. Maddox, Kathleen High.
Ben Noojin, Betty Yarbrough;
Bill Calhoun, Opal Calhoun; Billy
Lampkin, Joyce Chambliss;
Howell Lowe, Chris Boles;
George Huey, Dordie Wilson;
Tom Carnes, Virginia Fletcher;
Bill Morris, Gloria Mason; George
Brown, Helen Lazenby; J. C.
King, Martha Stallworth.
Otis Walker, Cecelia Brackin;
Al McLeod, Jane Salmon; Ed
Hopton, Betty Blackwood; Ned
Prickeft', Bettie Mac; George
Hamner, Beverly Risher; Buddy
Maddox, Anne Hopson; Jack
Haynes; Buddy Culivan, Laurie
Eddins; Virgil Hogan, Lois Fleming;
Dick Sudhoff, Fan Beardon.
Fred Kilgore, Olie Freeman;
Travis Hutchinson, Jill Emery;
Maxie Davis, Frances Cooper;
Sam Barrett, Willalice Carna-than;
Frank Mathews, Jean
Groom; Joe Burke, Kitty Thomp-
Alpha Gam Chapter
Honors Founders
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority
held its annual International Reunion
on Saturday, April 17, to
celebrate the founding of the sorority
in 1904.
A luncheon was held in the
green room of the Pitts Hotel
honoring the alumnae, new initiates
and recognizing'the achievements
of the chapter for the previous
year. The program included
a welcome by the chapter
president, Anna Hutto, the alumnae
reply by Mrs. Montgomery
Truss, alumnae president, and
the alumnae Scholarship Award
by Mrs. Rogers to Beverley Ann
Burkhardt. Mrs. Helen Salmon
read letters from alumnae unable
to attend.
Initiates honored at_ the luncheon
were Merle Godwin, Jeanne
Walker, and Jerry Williford. A
tea was held later at the- social
center.
PHI KAPPA TAU
INITIATES 12
Formal initiation into Alpha
Lambda chapter of Phi Kappa
Tau was held last week for 12
men. Those who took the oath of
membership were Leon Black-man,
Pensacola; William Kirksey,
Montgomery; Kenneth Luke, Birmingham;
Tom DeShazo, Leeds;
Robert Patterson, Anniston; Robert
Glover, Butler; Alfred Searcy,
Enterprise; Warren Evans,
New Brunswick, N. J.; William
Kennedy, Gulfport; Ray Jones,
Morris; Jim Dantzler, Birmingham;
and Edward Pullen, Mon-roeville.
These men were honored at a
banquet given last Wednesday
evening in the Mell Street Cafeteria.
The program included music,
a skit by four members and
speakers.
T. C. Clark, director of student
affairs, was principal speaker.
He pointed out in his speech the
responsibilities the initiates and
the members have to the school
as well as to the fraternity.
The banquet was concluded
with the traditional singing of the
Phi Kappa Tau fireside song.
PE CLUB ENJOYS
WEINER ROAST
AT EVANS HOME
Coach Bob Evans was host lo
the active members of the Physic
a l Education Club Thursday
night, April 22, at a wiener roast
held at his home. After eating, the
group engaged in a songfest which
was followed by an old fashioned
square dance. This meeting
marked the first social gathering
the club has held since its organization
less than a month ago.
The following students and
members of the faculty attended
the outing: Dean and Mrs. Ze-b'ulon
Judd, Dean and Mrs. Lynn
S. Blake, Athletic Director Wilbur
Hutsell, Mrs. Jeanetta Land,
Miss Harriette Donahoo, Miss
Mary T. Hannigan, Miss Martha
Walton, Miss Olga Bibza, Coach
Charley B. Nader, Coach Charles
I. Adams, Coach and Mrs. Luther
Young, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gillespie
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Hampton, Rose Blan-ton,
Marion Collins, Emily Grace,
Florence Gothberg, Betty Drake,
Jean Ennis, Carolyn Hunter,
Olive Jernigan, Mayne Holloway,
Mary Francis Kilpatrick, Ebbie
McDonald, Benny McCrary,
Joyce Wiliams, Nancy Walts,
Annie Ruth White, Louise
Wright, Ed Andrews, Louis Dumas,
Babe Gendusa, James B.
Lawless, E, B. Miles, Charles
Slaughter, and Herman Wilson.
Regular meetings of the club
are held on the first and third
Tuesday of every month. The
next meeting will be held in
Alumni Gym Tuesday, May 4, at
seven p. m. »
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Prof, and Mrs. Sahag
Entertain Members
Of Pi Tau Sigma
Professor and Mrs. L. M. Sahag
entertained the members of Pi
Tau Sigma and their dates and
faculty members recently.
Contests and games were included
in the entertainment. Punch,
cake, candies, nuts, and mints
were served to the guests.
Guest included Miss Jean
Grooms, Sam Bounds, Miss Emily
Turnipseed, Leonard Braswell,
Miss Joe Brister, James Farlow,
*Ernaleen Stoves, John Robins,
Seth Mitchell, Lawrence Alexander,
Harold Franks, Martin Fox,
Curtis Henson
HENSON IS NEW
BSU PRESIDENT
Curtis Henson, junior in Ag
Education from Camden, has been
elected president of the Baptist
Student Union for '48-'49. Other
members of the new BSU council
will be announced at a later date.
Henson has served on the BSU
council" for the past year in the
capacity of Campus Prayer Meeting
director. He has been active
in organizing and speaking to
prayer grcJups in dormitories and
houses on the campus.
For the past year he has also
served as president of the FPHA
dormitory council.
Sigma Chi Announces
Initiation of 10
New Members
Formal initiation for 10 undergraduates
has been announced by
Gamma Sigma chapter of Sigma
Chi fraternity. The ceremony
was held Saturday and was followed
by a banquet at the Pitts
Hotel on Saturday night.
The following were initiated:
Burke Strong and Bruce Peak,
Auburn, Francis Dozier, R. P.
Lipsey, John Wood, and Logan
Sharpless, Mobile; James Eltz,
Bill Martin, and John Hughes,
Birmingham; and Homer Smith,
Fredericksburg, Va.
FASHION SHOW
Friday evening the Clothing
Department will present a Fashion
Show in Langdon Hall at
7:30. The Show will include historic
costumes, a fashion revue,
and dresses presented by their
designers.
Robert Humphrey, Donald Mc-
Intire, Sidney Ross, Edward
Eitzen, Joseph Logan, Gillis Cam-mac,
Theodore Herring, Charles
Scales, Mr. and Mrs. James Ward,
Mr., and Mrs. William Atherton,
and Mr. and Mrs. David Shall,
Dean and Mrs. J. E. Hannum,
Prof, and Mrs. Charles Hixon,
Prof, and Mrs. Mrs. A. L. Gaines,
Prof, and Mrs. Joseph Mitchell,
and Prof, and Mrs. J. L. Scarborough.
Alpha Omicron Pi
Initiates Five
«
Delta chapter of Alpha Omi-cron
Pi announces that formal
initiation has been held for Donna
Jean Lindsey, Birmingham;
Sara Neal Stuart, Stanton, Tenn.;
Margaret Clair Crawford, Birmingham;
Darian Ziegler, Mill-biook;
and Margaret Wall, Hunts-ville.
Two Faculty Members
Address Methodists
The Methodist Young Married
Couples' Sunday School Class had
two guest speakers April 25. Dean
Russell S. Poor was the devotional
speaker. Prof. Paul Mussle-man
taught the lesson.
The class is conGucting a membership
and attendance contest.
The losing side must plan and
give a party or picnic. All couples
who wish to join the class are invited
to participate.
The class meets at 9:30 a.m. on
the third floor of the Wesley
Foundation Building.
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Brackeen Succeeds
J. N.Baker as News
Bureau Director
Louis O. Brackeen, extension
service editor, has been appointed
director of the News Bureau.
He succeeds John Newton Baker,
who resigned effective April 15,
to take a job at Florida State
University.
All public relations offices on
the yeampus, including athletics,
extension service and experiment
station will be under Mr. Brac-keen's
general supervision. All
publicity functions will be financed
out of one budget, which
Mr. Brackeen will administer.
An Auburn g r a d u a t e , Mr.
Brackeen has been engaged in
agricultural extension public relations
work a number of years.
He is widely popular in newspaper
circles over the state and
recognized as an able, conscientious
publicist.
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Wednesday, April 28 ,1948 Father Sell man—Not
Father Hardy—Will
Open Novena Sunday
Father Edward Sellman C. M.
will open the Miraculous Medal
Novena on April 28, Wednesday
at 5:15 p.m.
It was previously announced
that Father Hardy C. M. would
open the Novena on Sunday,
April 25. Due to circumstances
beyond his control, Father Hardy
could not make the trip from
Germantown, Pa., to Auburn.
Father Sellman announced that
he will open the Novena with
two services—one at 5:15 p.m.,
the other at 7:30 p.m., April 28.
These services will continue
each day for nine days. There
will be two services daily at 5:15
and 7:30. The Novena service
lasts exactly one-half hour. During
the Novena, Masses will be
at 6:30 a.m. and 8 a.m..
Theodore A. Bancroft
Bancroft To Address
Math Club Tomorrow
Theodore A. Bancroft, director
of the statistical lab, will speak
to the Auburn Math Club, Thursday,
April 29, in Broun Hall at
seven o'clock. He will discuss two
new courses to be offered here,
olle on a graduate level and one
on an undergraduate level. There
will also be an election of officers.
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is a long face (caused by the gruesome thoughts'of a blue
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Home Ec Delegation
Attends Meeting
In Tallahassee
Dean Marion Spidle, Miss Jane
Walden, and four members of the
Dana King Gatchell Home Economics
Club represented Auburn
at the Spring province meeting of
the Junior American Home
Economics Association held in
Tallahassee, Florida, on April 10.
The club members attending were
Sue Farrington, president of the
local and state home economic
clubs, Sally Sallade, state club
secretary, Ann Hutchinson, local
vice-president, and Margaret
Anne McGowin, local reporter
and freshman representative to
the meeting. Miss Walden is advisor
to local and state home ec
clubs.
Included in the program of the
day was a tour of the Florida
State University. The final event
of the day was a banquet at
which Dean Spidle spoke.
While in Tallahassee, the delegates
were guests of the Florida
State University home economics
students.
•UBUR PHONE
Lmm
Beverley Ann Burkhardt
Receives Honor From
Alpha Gamma Delta
Beverley Ann Burkhardt, senior
in architecture from Auburn, has
been presented the alumnae
Founders' Scholarship Award of
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
Beverley Ann holds the highest
four-year average
in the. sorority.
The award is
based on scho-il
lastic achievement
and leadership
in the sorority,
and upon
the campus. The
H award, a U. S.
-. Savings Bond,
Beverley Ann was presented by
\Burkhardt Mrs - Montgomery
Truss, alumnae group president,
at a luncheon last week in
the Pitts Hotel."
Beverly Ann has been a
Plainsman staff members for
three years. Her column Do-Nuts
and Coffee appears on page four.
Shown above are the "Symphonic Five", winners in the
WAUD Talent Scout Program. The quintet received from local
stores prizes in merchandise valued at $75. The group is composed
of (left to right) Donald H. Ninow, John G. Scott, Marion
Corley, Robert R. Cook, and Billy Tamblyn.
Baby Back
Tommy Floyd Is Guest
Artist At Music Club *
Tommy Floyd, president of the
Men's Music Club, was guest artist
at the Women's Club Monday
night. He played representative
works by contemporary
American composers, including
Aaron Copeland, Henry Cowell,
Deems Taylor, and Quincy Porter.
'Knights Possibly Best College Band
In Country' Says Bass Man Of Jive Five
By Jim Forrester -
"Don't ever take them for granted.. .it's the best college
band I've heard, possibly the best in the country."
That's the advice and opinion, in that order, of Hal
Champiness, bass man for the Johnny Powell Quintet. He
was speaking of the Auburn Knights. It was just after the
Knights had played their first
opening set of five numbers Sunday,
April 18, at Auburn's first
Jazz Concert. Langdon Hall was
filled, and it's certain that the old
place has never before been rocked
with so much fine music as it
was that day.
What started out as a private
jam session for the benefit of the
two groups wound up as a two
hour concert that ended much too
soon and left the audience yelling
for more. An opera practice
was scheduled for four o'clock so
the hall had to be cleared. There
was no way of knowing the exact
attendance, but estimates ran as
high as 500.
The Knights started the program
with a set of five numbers
The Quintet followed with seven,
and the Knights came back with
five more. The Quintet played
five more, and then they all threw
a w a ^ t h e f r books and jammed
for half an hour. The program
ran this way.
1. I May Be Wrong ,
2. Cloud Shadows
3. Wonderful World
4. Welcome To My Dreams
5. Boogie Blues
6. Across The Alley From The
Alamo
" 7. Little White Lies
8. Opus Number One
9. Paper Moon
10. Sheboygan
11. Cecelia
12. How High The Moon
13. Perdido ***
14. Street of Dreams
15. But Beautiful
16. Blue Fantasy
17. Rhapsody in Blue
18. My Baby /Likes to Be-Bop
19. I Want A Sunday Kind of
Love
20. Scuttlebutt
21. Get Happy
22. Walking My
Home
23. Honeysuckly Rose
24. Blues
The last two numbers were
jammed, and were the climax of
the show. The personnel on these
was Johnny Powell and Doug
Stevens, drums; Hal Champiness,
base; Gene Mullins, trombone;
George Hartwell, clarinet; Graham
Thomas, alto sax; Walter
Howell, tenor sax; Dilson Pet-rey,
piano; Wally Burge, Rudy
Blackmarr, Jimmy Taylor, and
Mallory Pierce, trumpets.
The Quintet threw in several
show pieces, but they kept as
close to straight stuff as they
could. Whatever they did was all
right with the audience. They
loved them. The applause after
each number was loud and long.
Bob Hurston, leader of 'the
Knights, said after the program,
"They're great, They make you
laugh and they play good, too."
Former Auburnite Dies
In Havana Plane Crash
1
Word has ben received that
Richard Jones of Montgomery
was killed April 19 in a aircraft
accident in Havana. The body was
returned to Montgomery for interment.
Richard is a former Auburn
student and member of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
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11VEY WILL SPEAK
TO CANTERBURIANS
Prof. O. T. Ivey of the history
department will be guest speaker
at the regular meeting of Canterbury
Club Sunday evening. The
topic of Mr. Ivey's talk will be
"The Church and Communism."
Visitors are welcome.
Letters
(Continued from Page 3)
ed here for one of our fraternity
dances Saturday night.
We have had quite a variety of
orchestras from time to time, but
we were amazed that a college
student orchestra could be with
such class. I wanted to take this
opportunity to send our congratulations
to your student body
as a whole?
Very truly yours,
William H. Flowers
Social Committee
University of Alabama
Open letter to the students:
The AlO'shave tried again . . .
and failed. Every student who
read the recent pamphlet distributed
by the AIO knows exactly
what I mean. This pamphlet
showed crude, vulgar, and very
warped judgement, not only in
its contents, but also in its presentation.
In fact, the whole mess
was ridiculous, and it is a shame
that every independent, whether
affiliated with the AIO or not,
was represented- by this pamphlet
and its publishers, mainly,
two students. The AIO's black
list line-ups, yet they are sure to
vote for their candidate. What
are the fraternities and sororities
doing? The same identical thing
And I might add, without bitterness,
that in the recent publications
election, which was absolutely
void of lineups within the
fraternities and sororities, the
AIO was definitely lined up behind
one of the candidates, not
only one of their members, who
was running. It seems to pie that
this is just a simple case of the
kettle calling the teapot black.
The AIO is definitely defeating
its purpose now, and has done so
in the past. The strength of their
organization in proportion to the
number of independents on the
campus proves this. The solution?
At present there seems to be
none, but to. the two who are
evidently behind all this, I say,
for one of them to return to the
home fires and cook there, and to
the other, well, I'm sure any
daily scandal sheet in New York
woud be glad to send you an application.
Jack Seay
Bitters
(Continued from Page 4)
Russia. The Treaty simply divided
the world into the Eastern
and the Western Hemisphere,
giving one to Russia and the
other to the United States. In
1953, the series of People's Trials
liquidated all opposition to the
new national policy. Alaskan
prison camps were set up, and in
them perished such enemies of
the government as Robert Taft,
Harold Stassen, Arthur Vanden-berg,
Earl Waren, Douglas Mac-
Arthur, Joe Martin, and Henry
Wallace. New laws were passed
regulating the press. A constitutional
amendment was passed
—to improve the electoral process."
Thus freedom died.
The thing that makes the article
so disturbing is the logic of
it. It could happen here.
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Auburn Plainsman Posters, Parades, Promises
Published weekly by the students of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Editorial
and business office on Tichenor Avenue,
Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news
is Saturday, 9 a. m.
Deadline for want ads, classified ads, etc., is
Saturday noon.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at' Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN
Tom Sellers ...•_
Ralph Jennings
Mitch Sharpe
Ronald Kuerner —
BILL ANDERSON
Hal Breedlove
John Lanier
Gene Byrd
_ Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
. Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Business Manager
Advertising Mgr.
Circulation Manager
Collections Mgr.
Crawford Nevins l_ Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
Staff Members—Beverley Ann Burkhardt,
Spud Wright, Phyllis Stough, Bob Newton,
Graham McTeer, Jack Simms, Roy Lilly, Angus
Gaskin, Boyd Hinton, Jim Forrester, Irv Steinberg,
Webb Chastain, and Bruce Greenhill.
The Plainsman stands for .
An efficient educator and admini
s t r a t o r to serve as Auburn's new
president.
A colorful, modern band, with a
bandmaster who can devote all his
energies toward its development.
Adoption of t h e name Auburn Univ
e r s i t y in place of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
An enlarged stadium with a minimum
of 30,000 seats.
I n s t i t u t i o n of a cut system based
on scholastic averages.
Resumption of full athletic relations
between Auburn and the University
of Alabama.
Boost The Girl Songsters
What has happened to the Girl's Glee
Club?
This question was asked last week by
J e a n W. Barr, voice instructor and Girl's
Glee Club director. j
Director Barr, in an open letter to girls
interested in Glee Club activity, says:
"So many of you turned out while we
were working o.n t h e 'Messiah' that I had
high hopes of a spring concert consisting
of at least 30 female voices. With this in
mind, I ordered seven new numbers that
I believe, and so do those who are now
in the Glee Club, are interesting, not too
difficult, and good program numbers.
However, they are selections that need
more than a handful of people!
"Now, don't be negligent — don't be
backward about learning new music. It's
fun, good fun,' especially when we're all
learning together. I need your help. I want
t h e Girl's Glee Club to be an organization
of which Auburn can be proud. I can't do
t h i s by myself though. It takes cooperation—
your cooperation.
"Our first performance will be on May
3 at the Social Center, with a reception
following. This program is being given in
honor of Music Week.
"Come to our Monday and Wednesday
rehearsals at five p.m. over Toomer's and
help us make this performance and those
to come a big success."
Withdrawn Failing
There is at least one flaw in the grading
system at Auburn that should be reviewed
by the administration. It concerns the
practice of giving "WF" or "Withdrawn
Failing" grades to students who drop
courses after the first week of school..
These grades go on the student's permanent
record and are a part of his overall
average.
Many students are forced to drop
courses through no fault of their own. It
is usually easy to discover if the reasons
a r e sound. If the student is merely lazy,
t h e r e is no excuse for dropping a course,
and a "WF" grade is appropriate. But
t h e r e are hundreds of cases in which some
unavoidable circumstances compels a student
to w i t h d r aw from a class. He might
have an A-average, but still the "WF"
grade is recorded.
We suggest a more thorough review by
t h e Deans' office of such cases and the
establishment of a grade such as "WP»"
or "Withdrawn Passing." This would go
on the student's permanent record, of
course, but it would be a t r u e picture of
his case. It would not detract' from his
total average, and it would not be a false
mark upon his record to influence the
opinion of a future employer.
Election time on almost every other
college or university campus in the U.S.
is marked by strenuous a n d spirited campaigning
by a group of imaginative candidates.
Ingenuity and showmanship are
featured and relied upon, and college
spirit is in evidence everywhere.
Such colorful tactics are not permitted
at Auburn.
One reason usually given for restrictions
h e r e is t h e advantage one candidate might
have over another financially. This possi-biy
could be remedied by setting a defin
i t e m a x i m um on the amount of funds to
be used, and requiring a financial statement
from all candidates.
Instead of r e s t r i c t i ng t h e aspirant candidates
to publishing a few inches in The
Plainsman and forming a gamut near the .
main gate, why not permit them to campaign
in the. classic style with posters, parades
and promises . . . not to mention the
brass bands and baby kisses?
After such a campaign, more students
would t u r n out to vote. I n t e r e s t in student
government and election would increase.
Everyone would have a lot of fun and t h e .
flagging college spirit would pick up
noticeably. Students would no longer be
inclined to go around the block or cross
t h e street r a t h e r than face the monotony
and bother of the gamut.
Besides, it might even break up the
highly controversial line-up.
The Metric System
How many times-have you I b e e n confused
over our system of measurement?
We use not one, but two separate systems,
the so-called English system and the
metric system. It is often necessary to
change from one to t h e other, especially in
international trade and ^exchange of data.
Most scientific measurements today are
made by use of t h e metric system, but engineers
lean heavily toward the English
system. The Constitution says that Congress
shall have power to fix standards of
weights and measurers. F r om a study of
weights and measures in ours c o u n t r y it is
seen that a legal standard, the troy pound,
was established for use by the mint. But
beyond that our weights and measures in
ordinary use rest on custom, w i t h only indirect
legislative recognition. It is seen
that the metric weights and measures are
made legal by direct legislative permission.
Standards of both systems have been
equally furnished by the government to
t h e several states. The only legal relation
between the two systems was set by the
act of July, 1866, in which Congress fixed
t h e meter to equal 39.37 inches. All other
relations must be made from this, causing
undue difficulty.
In short, the United States has no formal
system in general use. While it is
admitted that the transition stages of a
complete change-over would be difficult,
i t would simplify many calculations that
must be performed every day. The metric
system is by far the most practical. The
United States and Great Britain, the two
great English-speaking nations, are still
using the old system three and a half
centuries after the metric system was devised.
The English system has about 150 different
terms and 50 different numbers,
ranging all the way from two to 1728—
numbers which bear no relations to one
another. The metric system has only 10
diffferent terms and but a single number,
10.
I t would be a great progressive step if
t h e United States would convert to the
metric system. Undoubtedly, such a step
would cost a large sum of money to effect,
but the simplicity afforded would
more than compensate for the expendit
u r e .
Thou Shalt Not Kill'
Most of us who have embraced the Ten
Commandments as our standard "of life regarded
the Fifth as the easiest to keep. Our
prayerful inventory is taken with only
passing interest in the divine law, "Thou
shalt not kill", because we are sure ,we
could never be guilty of this unthinkable
crime. v
In 1947, 32,500 Americans were killed in
traffic accidents. In each case, the vehicle
involved was a weapon. In each case, it
killed with the same cold finality of a
gun or a knife.
Yes, safety is a sermon, ff the appeals
of self-protection or common consideration
are not enough t o stay the dangerous
driver, perhaps the Fifth Commandment
is.
Do-Nuts and Coffee ByBabs
A. John Kaunas In The New York Times Book Reviem.
"If you mint know, that'* liow it ends."
The Plastic Tower * H^ JMuung.
Now that the smoke of battle has cleared from all of the
elections, and pamphlets are littering the streets like postelection
Wilkie buttons, I think thai it would be a good idea
to publicize a little basic information on propaganda techniques.
Jeffdrson was the first American to say that our
country can improve only with
an enlightened citizenry: And, in
the light of the fact that pamphleteering
is the r.age, (anonymous
variety), I believe, as an economics
instructor of a few quarters
back said, that "we should
all be at the same disadvantage."
But enough of these cryptic remarks.
The following are the five
propaganda devices generally accepted:
(1) Repetition is essential. "If
you have an idea to put over,
keep presenting
Jennings
it incessantly.
Keep talking
(o r printing)
it systematically
and persistently."
Dr. Goeb-bles'-
technique
was that if anything
is s a id
l o n g enough
and l o u d ly
enough, people
will believe it.
(2) Stack your cards. Do not
admit, do not even suggest, that
there is any side to the question
but the one you represent. This
means that you must distort the
e v i d e n c e . The Anti-Saloon
League claimed that between 60
per cent and 100 per cent of all
divorce was due to liquor, when
as) a matter of fact drinking is a
relatively minor cause of marital
infelicity, in many cases being
merely the result of more deep-seated
troubles. The public utilities
compared the costs of electric
power furnished by some of
the m o s t favorable privately
owned ones. Not, mentioned was
the fact that one large community
in Florida regularly earned
enough surplus from the sale of
power to its citizens to be able to
exempt t h e m from property
taxes. '
(3) Cast your cause in the role
of the hero, arid your opposition
in the role of the villain. Resort
to generalities, emotionalized
symbols, and stereotypes to build
up affection for. your hero and
hatred toward the enemy. The
Anti-Saloon League linked God
to their cause and Satan to the
saloon. The public utilities called
all those who questioned the desirability
of private ownership
"Socialists," . "Communists," and
"Reds." (This is done a great deal
in national politics, e. g., liberals
and progressives are branded as
"Communists," and conversely,
conservatives and reactionaries
are branded as "fascists.")
v (4) Produce testimonials in behalf
of your cause, supplied by
persons whose names carry a
great deal of weight. This brings
prestige suggestion into play.
(5) For the most permanent
eventual results, aim your propaganda
at the children; mix it in
your pedagogy. The totalitarian
states furnish excellent examples
of the application of this principle.
..
It Should be part of the education
of every college student-to
learn to recognize propaganda
devices when he sees them. Then,
regardless pi all the ranting and
raving, he would be able to sift
out the truth. Milton had the
right idea quite a while back:
"And though all the winds of
doctrine were let loose to play
upon the earth, so Truth be in
the field, we do injuriously by
licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt
her strength. Let her and
Falsehood grapple, who ever
knew Truth put to the worse, in
a free and open encounter?"
Letters to the Editor
Auburn, Alabama
To: The Editor
Attention Veterans:
There is at this moment legislation
pending in the House of
Representatives which would require
the registration of veterans
between the ages of 19 and 30 for
a peace-time draft. If you will remember,
we had to fight to get
out of the army after the war,
and now it appears that we will
have to fight to stay out. Since
Universal Murder Training
won't be so "Universal as to include
your congressman or General
Benny1 Meyers etc., you had
better write your well-fed representative
today and let him
know who put him where he is
now and how you feel about the
draft.
However, if your hands just
naturally curl to fit an M-l and
you like the "idea of a draft, then
rush right down to your nearest
recruiting station and practice
what you preach—Enlist!
W. B. Sharp
Auburn, Alabama.
P.S.: Famous last words: "They
can't touch me: I'm a married
man with kids."
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Editor,
Please print this. . .
Congratulations to all API students:
It is certainly nice to see
you have picked the men of your
choice to represent you on your
student government. I say your
government . . . not mine . . .
Undoubtedly there were a. few
good men elected. Out of approximately
5500 students . . . only
about 2000 voted. Two thirds of
those voted for men with no platform
or policy at all except that
they were fraternity men and
were told by their particular political
leaders how to vote. The
others voted on men they considered
best for the job rather
than on fraternity orders.
The outcome of this election as
to who won or lost doesn't mean
anything to "me as I won't be here
much longer, but it gives me a
sinking feeling inside to know
that . . . you as citizens, don't
care enough about what is going
on to even vote. . . . The citizen
you are in school is the citizen
you will be out . . . and as
long as you have that "don't give
a damn feeling" how can we expect
to have an honest local, state
and federal government? Our
present state government is a
very good example of this. . .
Here is to you and your government,
not mine, but don't go
around griping because you pay
three dollars extra for rings, 10
cents extra for invitations, and
that "why don't they do this and
do- that." It's your fault if you
haven't picked ' men. willing to
fight for what is right and what
is foe the good of the school and
you as students.
Sincerely,
William L. Seale
(Editor's note: Is this what you
mean?)
Whenever decent intelligent
people get together
They talk about politicians as
about bad weather.
But they are always too decent
to go into politics themselves
and too intelligent
even to go to the polls.
So I hope the kind of politicians
they get will have' no
mercy on their pocketbooks
or souls.
From a poem by O. Nash
Wherever there is good music
there is h a r m o n y . Wherever
there is harmony there are good
citizens.—J. Hampton Moore.
* # *
Making love is like making
pie. All you need is a lot of
crust — and some applesauce —
Pen.
* * *
Fat Lady: "I really should not
eat so much. But, after all, a
person needs some kind of hob-
.by." *
* * *
Judge: "Do you consider this
defendant • a reliable man? Has
he a good reputation for truth
and veracity?"
Witness: "Well, to be honest
with you, your honor, that man
has to. get somebody else to call
his hogs at feeding time. They
won't believe him."
* * *
Two men were hotly discussing
the merits of a book. One said:
"No, John, you can't appreciate
it as I, who have written a book,
can, since you never wrote a
book."
"Soap Suds!" said the other. "I
never laid an egg, but I'm a better
judge of an omelet than any
hen in the country!"
* * *
Judge: "You say this is the
man who knocked you down
with his car. Could you swear to
the man?"
Injured: "I did swear, but he
only swore back and drove on."
* * *
Hopeful: "Isn't it funny that
the length of a man's arm is
equal to the circumference of a
girl's waist."
Cautious: "Let's go get a string
and see."—Log.
* * •
"Do you like short skirts, Joe?"
"Naw; they get lipstick on me
shoit front when I dance wid
dem.—West Pointer.
* * «
One -lecturer on this campus
was so boring in one of his
classes that two empty seats got
up and walked out.—Pelican.
A Dash of Bitters B*Jim Fotresier
I have just finished the most
frightening thing I have read
since Sinclair Lewis's book, "It
Can't Happen Here". It is a
special feature in the May issue
of Coronet magazine and is entitled
"The Decline and Fall of
the U. S. A." It may quite conceivably
be written within the
next decade and yet too respectful
of the truth not to record it
in secret. Here is the story.
In 1948, after an eight day
deadlock, the Republican Nation>-
al Convention settled on a compromise
candidate. Their nominee's
chief virtue was the fact that
he had never committeed himself
on any major issue, either domestic
or foreign. With Henry Wallace's
Third Party splitting the
Democratic vote, the Republican
candidate was elected, although
he failed to receive a majority
of the national vote. The new
president's lack of any policy soon
became a source of uneasiness,
both here and abroad. The majority
of his appointments were
given to incompetent men. Influenced
by his new Secretary of
Commerce, the President led the
country back into isolationism.
The European Recovery Plan was
abandoned. The United States
moved out of Europe and Russia
moved in. The United States
Cabinet met every protest with
the assurance that, since we had
the atomic bomb, everything
would be all right.
Then, on September 28, 1950,
Geiger Counters in Nome, Alaska,
recorded the explosion of an
Atomic bomb somewhere in
Northern Asia. In this country,
an emergency program was
quickly adopted. The President
was replaced by.the Secretary of
Commerce. A Department of
Home Security, corresponding to
the old German Gestapo, was
established. On October 11, 1951,
America negotiated a Treaty of
Peace and Nonaggression with
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BURP By BOYD HINTON
Phone 880>#iiS
By Bob Newton
One more column has fallen
beneath my pen! My first opportunity
at "guesting" came when
Len Hensel let me "Ramble" with
his column. The second spot came
with "A Dash of Bitters" courtesy
of Jim Forrester. Now I shall try
my hand at Boyd Hinton's
"Burp." Don't anyone leave. He'll
be back next week.
* * *
Last week a highly touted show
came to Auburn. The advance
notices were unanimously outspoken
in praise of th'is picture.
Personally I thought it stunk. I
realize that I'm laying myself
open for accusations of being intolerant
or anti-Semitic. This is
untrue. My judgement of this
show is not based on what the
makers of the film tried to do but
on the finished product sold to an
ever gullible public.
The acting was overdone. The
u.sufil non-subtle propaganda was
present with no holds barred.
Examples jaf mawkish sentimen-tatilty
and long-winded, overly-noble
speeches were present that
would have cured anyone of insomnia.
Bilbo and Rankin were needlessly
brought into the show
when it would have been just as
easy for Hollywood to have pointed
out that anti-Semitism is much
less prevalent in the South than
in the North.
Had this show been even fairly
good, there might have been
some excuse, for misrepresenting
publicity. As it was, the A-Club
skit was worth more than the
show, and-it wasn't as good as the
one they had last time. (They
were apparently handicapped by
having the skit in the theatre.)
This odious insult to adult intelligence
gets my vote for the
most over-rated picture of the
year.
* • •
We have a Miss Auburn and
beaucoup queens and sweethearts
on the campus. Why not have one
or two more? A "Miss Unspoiled"
would be nice. If you couldnt
find enought material to make it
a good race, then have a "Miss
Over-rated."
* * *
Wanted: A nickel juke and
nickel soft drinks at Chewacla.
The Exchange Post By Irv steinberg
University, Alabama
Dear Editor,
I want to commend the Auburn
Plainsmen orchestra which play-
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Modern Proposal
Boy: "Will you have breakfast
with me in the morning?"
Girl: "Certainly."
Boy: "Shall I phone' you or
nudge you?"
—Illinois Slipstick
* * *
The Metropolitan Opera Association
will present "La Traviata"
at Purdue University on May 5.
* * *
Ch. E: "A girl's greatest attraction
is her hair."
EE: " Nope, I think it's her
smile. What do you think?
Civil: "I think the same as you
guys do, but I'll be damned if
I'll lie about it."
LSU's 100th major production
by the Players Guild of the Department
of Speech will be presented
when the curtain of th^
University Theater rises April
29 on Shakespeare's "The Tragedy
of Hamlet."
* * *
The Illinois Technology News
April Fool issue contained many
interesting news items including
the following: Reporter Commits
Suicide In News Office—all about
a reporter for the Technology
News who hung himself because
he believed that if a good reporter
can't find news he makes
news—; Engineering Courses Ban
Slide Rule Use—stated that the
world must be made safe for
arithmetic—; Jet P r o p u l s i on
Helps Jumper Reach Heights—a
student leaps over the chemistry
building with the aid of jet propulsion;
Entire News Staff Deferred
From Draft—article resul-*
ted in 1800 applications being received
for staff positions; and
many other significant news articles.
* * *
Warning that politics and education
constitute one of the un-happiest
mixtures in the history
of government, Dr>(R. C. Hutchinson,
president of Lafayette College
takes issue with the proposal
of the President's Commission
on Higher Education that
community colleges be established
so that everyone could go
to college. Dr. Hutchinson asserts
that if the recommendation is
carried out it will mean the end
of many independent colleges and
universities and will place education
in the hands of politicians.
/
the common man
by miich sharpe
Usually I am a very mild mannered
person. But certain things
rile me no end. One thing in particular
which rubs me the wrong
way can be illustrated by something
which happened during an
excursion to my hometown
(fondly known as The Cow Town
Of The South by the Chamber
of Commerce and the local cattle).
I went into LEE'S GRILL
in Montgomery with my sister to
have a Sunday afternoon cup of '
coffee. An unctious waiter (I use
the term loosely), eased up and
handed me a menu with figures
like an ERP report. I told him
that I merely wanted a cup of
coffee. He made what the French
so charmingly call a moue dedai-gneuse
and walked away ignoring
my order altogether.
What maddens me is the re-memberance
of the many times I
have been in LEE'S GRILL when
I was buying Scotch at 75 cents a
throw. This very same waiter
sprang after my orders like a
fox terrier after a rubber ball.
* * *
Every time I see Bill Manley
wheeling about the campus oblivious
in his little English aure- |
ole, I wonder why. more people
do not use bicycles for inner-campus
transportation. They are
cheap and practical; the upkeep
little or nothing. Two die-hard
friends have even taken to the
old fashioned tandem. In addition
to being a noiseless and economical
means of transportation, such
a changeover would raise the
life expectancy of the local stu-*
dent by no mean degree.
* * *
NOTE TO BUILDING AND
GROUNDS: Who is the vice-president
in charge of dipatching all
scraper offers to work on the
temporary ((ha, ha) building in
which I invariably have classes?
And another thing, who is the.
director-in-chief of all motor
driven lawn mowers that persists i)
in sending his favorite manicurist
down to the Mell Street Cafeteria
to worry those miserable
and anemic little blades bordering
that edifice at just nine o'clock
in the morning?
I just want to know; comes the
revolution.
CORNERED
By Graham McTeer
There's nothing like a little
competition to liven things up.
There seems to be an unofficial
contest on between some of the
local merchants to try to outdo
each other in window displays.
Ware's Jewelry has had two interesting
mechanical displays.
One showed two lovers trying to
make the most of the moonlight,
being periodically interrupted by
the lass's father's checking up on
their actions from his upstairs
window, and the other a group of
musicians knocking themselves
out bri a hoe-down. One of the
best exhibits is in Olin L.'s windows,
where a McCarthy-like
dummy assumes almost lifelike
expressions as his eyebrows rise
and his head nods. He calls your
attention to a book of advertisements
of local businesses by
pointing to the turning pages.
Lipscomb's has avery effective
cancer display. A rain-cloud
represents the disease, about to
strike several persons below who
have an inadequate number of
umbrellas for protection.
Contests are always good for
business.. A "guess the number
of watch parts" contests in
Ware's has been followed by a
similar "guess the number of
cigarettes" game in Lipscombs,
sponsored by Chesterfields.
Toomer's evidently hasn't realized
the importance of attractive
windows, their only contribution
being a health magazine with
quite a revealing cover, and as
yet the two "recreation centers"
(snooker shacks) have failed to
compete.
* * *
If I thought it would improve
the situation any, I would add
my two cents' worth and complain
a bout the lack of tennis
courts here, and mention how
disgusting it is to have( to spend
most of Saturday waiting for a
chance to bang out a few sets
if you want to play. However,
all that has been said by many
others has been to no avail, so I
won't bring it up here.
* * *
Wife: "Wake up, John, wake
up. There's a burglar in the next
room."
John: "Well, I'm no revolver.
Go nj. there and look daggers at
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CITY'S MODERN JUG IS SOLUTION
TO HOUSING PROBLEM-SELLERS
I
By Tom Sellers
Tho housing problem at Auburn
has been solved!
As I sit in The Plainsman office
looking out the south window,
I see the brand new cooler
rearing its friendly roof into the
spring air, a significant symbol
of rest and peace for the homeless.
No longer must poor, forlorn
students pound the pavement
in search of a fireside. No
longer must old grads search
wearily on Homecoming Day for
lodgings. The broke stranger in
town can now get a square meal
and a bed for free.
I must restrain the tears that
flow freely from my ducts when
I think of this beautiful gesture
on the part of the city. In my
imagination I can picture suave,
debonair Chief Clyde Ellis serving
coffee and cookies to newcomers
in the reception room. I
can picture the smiles on the
weary faces as inmates gaze on
the new, unfileable steel bars, the
clean windows, the freshly plastered
walls, and the no-badbug
mattresses.
But then I remember the old
jug—the grand old girl that served
generations of Auburn students
so long and so faithfully.
Ah, it was tragic—the way she
had to go. They maimed her
frightfully; they tore her flesh
from her skeleton—then they
hauled her away:
And in her place they erected
this noble monument to her
memory. This magnificent edifice
will jut "her proud, youthful
face toward the hovering stars,
and protect the forgotten little
man, the wandering drunk, the
tramp, and the petty criminal.
For years to come she will carry
on the tradition of the old hoose-gow,
whose slogan was "A helping
hand to those who're canned."
Mobile Bishop Talks
To Auburn Students
His Excellency T, J. Toole'n
D.D. Most Reverend Bishop of
Mobile, administered The Sacrament
of Confirmation to students
.of Auburn at the Sacred Heart
Church, East Magnolia, Tuesday
April 20. ' . • ' ' '
Bishop Toolen delivered a stirring
address on subjects of current
interest.
The clergy present included:
Right Reverend Monsignor James
Rogers, Fr. William Carrol; Ff.
Teodosius C.S.B.; Fr. Rafferty,
Chaplain of U.S. Army; Fr. John
S. Hild; Fr. Mesmer; Fr. John
King CM: Fr. P. J. Doran, CM.
Alumni will soon receive copies
of Ihe 1948 Auburn Pictorial
Bulletin, prepared by the Research
Interpretation Council.
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Florida Gets Hot Against 'Bama . .
After Coach Doyle's baseball team soundly thumped
Florida Wednesday and Thursday, the 'Gators moved on to
Tuscaloosa for a two game series with the University. It's
hard to figure out just what happened, but Florida won both
games. Maybe it was the orange-juice that did the trick!
After the double loss,' the Crimson Tide moved down the
ladder in the league standing to a place just above Auburn.
Our Tigers have lost three games in the nine they have
played, while 'Bama has lost three of 10.
Cigarette Money!! )
Auburn's next games will be against Tennessee in Nashville
today and tomorrow. Nixon will be after his fifth conference
win Wednesday. One of the Birmingham sports
writers said the other day that "Nick" will get between 15
and 20 grand when he inks a pro contract.
Tigers And Tech Meet On Track Saturday
Auburn's track team lost its first dual meet of the season
here Saturday to Florida. That was the eleventh defeat in
dual competition for 'Auburn since Hutsell became track
coach 27 years ago. The Plainsmen didn't have the power in.
the field events that they needed. ;The Tigers will meet
Tech in Atlanta Saturday. LSU's chief contender for the SEC
crown will be decided in this meet. Tech will be a slight
favorite because of their power in. the field events.
Keller Wins Fourth In Nationals!!
Coach Umbach's wrestlers made a respectable "showing
at the National AAU Wrestling Meet in New York last
week. Carroll Keller came in fourth in the 136.5 pound
class, which qualified him for the Olympic Tryouts. He has
decided not to enter the tryouts because h e would have to
quit school to do so. Tommy Keys won fifth place in his
weight class and he lost a split decision in his final bout.
Phil Smith was unable to participate because of food poisoning.
"Spider" McKenzie, captain of the 1948 squad, made a
good showing in the 136 pound class before bowing out.
Why Don't You Tell 'Em To...
Quite a few of these solid citizens have asked me to try
to get this or that straightened out or fixed up sometime in
the near future. Here are a few of the suggestions: (1) try
to help Auburn get a decent swimming pool, (2) find out
why Auburn has only five tennis courts and see if about 20
more can't be procured in the near future,, (3) have B&G
fix up the ruts and ravines on Bullard Field (the baseball
diamonds), (4) write an editorial qn, Auburn's need for a
golf course, (5) a play-off between fraternity and independent
winners in all sports, (6) a half way decent seating arrangement
for the students at the varsity baseball games,
(7) . . . but why go on! We've got to admit there's room for
improvement in facilities at "The Loveliest Village"!!
Elections Group Reprimands Candidate
© 1948, Th« Coco-Colo Company
The Elections Committee of the
Student Executive Cabinet has
announced that it has voted unanimously
to reprimand Ray
Fowler, unsucessful candidate for
editor" of the The Plainsman in
the election of April 15.
The reason for the reprimand
was given as follows:
"On April 8, Gray Baker Ran-son,
publicity chairman of the
AIO, distributed a mimeographed
newsletter which gave Fowler's
platform, qualifications, and experience.
The newsletter failed to
give similar information about
the other candidates for the position.
"This was construed by the
Elections Committee as a direct
violation of election regulations
set forth in Article II, Election
Regulations of the by-laws of the
Constitution of the Asosciated
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Sections 1-N and 1-0 of this article
allow all candidates to make
statements of their - platforms,
qualifications,- and experience,
either in written form in the Auburn
Plainsman or over one of
the local radio stations. Section
1-Q states, "Any means of campaigning
by a candidate or his
supporters other than by the
heretofore mentioned methods
(1-N, 1-0) or by personal approach
shall render the candidate
ineligible. No candidate or his
supporters may distribute free
merchandise or have circulars,
cards, or otherwise spend any
monies in behalf of his campaign.
The Elections Committee shall
decide cases under these provisions
subject to the approval by
the Executive Cabinet."
"The aforementioned mimeographed
papers, inasmuch as they
gave Fowler's qualifications and
platform and failed to give similar
information about the other
candidates have been construed
as being illegal publicity material,
published and distributed in
his (Fowler's) behalf. Furthermore,
the Committee feels that
Fowler, as president of the AIO,
was directly responsible for the
publication and distribution of
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Phis And Sigs Figure For Big Cup
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ART GUILD TO HEAR
NEW INSTRUCTOR
Robert Broner, a recent addition
to the faculty of the applied
art department, will be guest
speaker at a meeting of the Art
Guild tomororw afternoon. The
meeting will be held in Architecture
Building, room 101.
Mr. Broner is a native of Detroit,
Mich., and has taught art
at Wayne University, Institute of
Arts, and in a California high
school.
the papers.
"Therefore, it is the decision
of the Committee that Ray Fowler
shall be publicly reprimanded;
but in view of the fact that
there are only three qualified
candidates for the office of editor
of The Plainsman, and further,
that one of the qualified candidates
has withdrawn his name
from the election, it is decided
that this reprimand be the only
action taken at this time, and
that Fowler be allowed to run
for the office.
"The Committee s i n c e r e ly
hopes that there will be no r e currence
of such violations of the
Constitution."
Respectfully submitted,
Robert C. Humphrey, Jr.
Chairman, Student Elections
Committee
Approved by the Student Executive
Cabinet, April 19, 1948.
Richard B. O'Cain
President
By Bruce Greenhill
With a sharp upswing in competition,
interfra,ternity volleyball
moves into the last week.
Phi Delta Theta of League One
and Theta Chi of League Three
have already cinched playoff
spots. Inter-league playoffs will
decide the winners in the other
two leagues.
Phi Delta Theta won the League
One crown with a perfect
four win-no-loss record. The
Phis were pushed by Pi Kappa
Phi but won going away at the
finish.
An inter-league playoff is on
tap in League Two between Sigma
Chi and Kappa Sig. Both
teams have a three-one. record.
Theta Chi has the top spot sewed
up in League Three. The men
in red breezed through league
play like they breezed through
the track meet. KA gave' TC a
run for its money by winning its
first three games but lost out to
the titlists in the last game.
A playoff between Alpha Psi,
OTS, and PiKA is necessary to
decide the League Four winner.
All came through league play
with identical records.
The final campus playoffs will
will be held in Alumni Gym during
this week.
* * *
The interfraternity swimming
meet will be run off May 5 and
6. Each fraternity may enter two
men in each event and one team
in each relay. Eligibility is governed
by the rules of the Intramural
Sports Department*
All entries must be in to Coach
Bob Evans' office in Alumni Gym
by noon. May 5.
The scoring will give eight
points for first place, five for
second, three for third, two for
fourth, and one for fifth. Relays
will score the same as other
events. Points for the interfraternity
all-sports championship will
be awarded to the fraternities
placing *as high as sixth in tea
competition.
im
lead
by
-half
•e
in
Phi Delta Theta is in the
in the big all-sports cup race
a margin of seven and one-points.
The Phis, fourth befor
the track meet, took a second
that competition and boosted
themselves to the front. Theta
Chi's showing in the track meet
advanced it from eighth to third.
The principal contenders for the
cup and their point totals are:
Phi Delta Theta 585
Sigma Chi 1577 V2
Theta Chi 549%
Alpha Psi 1 542
Pi Kappa Alpha 520
Sigma Phi Epsilon 517
Kappa Alpha . -—492
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Banned In Boston Proves To Be Big Hit
As Auburn Players Hit Alabama College
By Mitch Sharpe
After playing a week of packed
houses and nightly SRO signs,
The Auburn Players took Win-ford
Logan's new comedy Banned
In Boston to Alabama College at
Montevallo. The pulchritude and
platitude of that institution turned
out to show the same enthusiasm
which marked its success
at/ Auburn.
; The Players and the AC girls
"were mutually fascinated. The
<girls with the Players; The Players
with the commodious stage
jand dressing rooms to which they
had access. Despite the unfami-lar
surroundings the Players
carried off the new comedy, the
predominately female audience
-xan a gamut of laughs which
ranged from a barely perceptible
titter to a refined and lady-like
belly laugh (girdles permitting).
Using the ingenious portable
set which they devised, the Players
needed only the furniture accompanying
the set to complete
-the staging. The' Alabama College
girls furnished stage hands
and lighting effects.
; The play may be the thing on
coed campuses but on all-girl
campuses the players are definitely
the thing. Many of the young
ladies in the audience sighed appreciably
and audibly as the male
•lead walked on the stage. But
they laughed at the right moments,
too. In fact, they would
have laughed a lot 'more and
longer if the lines had not been
quite so rushed. This was one of
the few criticisms offered by the
first nighters.
Banned In Boston marked the
Players first appearance on the
Montevallo campus since they
played there last year in Oliver
Oliver.
Betty Ramsey and Lamar
Rainer were as convincing as
ever in their roles of the Walshes.
Robert Blackburn and Bill Ethe-ridge
drew their share of laughs
as the swishy Spenser Spenser
and the unadjusted Itchy. Robert
Laney and Jane de Vore, as
Al and the typical blonde secretary,
helped muddle the plot,
while Owen Muro added a note
of sobriety as the understanding
Killian. The role of Omar Puff-kin
was enacted by a small boy
who strayed too near the stage
just before the performance.
All in all, the reception in
Montevallo ought to prove two
things: The Auburn Players talent
is recognized and appreciated
on other campuses than Auburn,
and that original plays can
be much funnier that the more
established comedies which make
the tour of college productions.
It's a pleasure to
when you go in genuine
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OLIN L. HILL
"The Man with the Tape"
Dr. Fred Allison
Dr. Allison to Give
Communications
Demonstration
Dr. Fred Allison will give a
demonstration on short radio
waves and microwaves at the
next meeting of the local branch
of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
This meeting will be held in
the new building, room 106, at
7 p.m. Monday, May 3..
Dr. Allison's demonstration began
as a short class-room demonstration
for the benefit of physics
classes in electricity and magnetism.
Since originating the demonstration,
Dr. Allison has improved
his apparatus and added
to it from time to time until the
demonstration now lasts about
one and one-half hours. Some of
the things shown by the demonstration
are: Potential and current
distribution in an oscillation
loop, standing waves and measurement
of wave-length, distribution
of current and voltage in
several types of antennae, measurement
of the electromagnetic
field intensity at several positions
in the laboratory, polarization of
waves in the horizontal and vertical
planes, transmission of polarized
waves through a screen of
parallel wire, and a radar demonstration.
Hugh Edwards, chairman of I.
R.E., says: "It isn't necessary for
a person to know a great deal
about electricity to appreciate
Dr. Allison's demonstration. He
gives simple explanations as he
performs each little detail—explanations
that ' almost anyone
can understand. He uses neon
lamps to show field of distributions
rather than have everyone
imagine that the field is there. I
believe that everyone with even
the slightest interest in communications
will get a great deal
out of this demonstration. For
that reason I am inviting everyone
who- would like to see this
demonstration to attend the next
meeting of the I.R.E. It will be
very entertaining as well as educational."
Sellers And Lanier
Head'War Eagle'
Student Handbook
Tom Sellers, senior in science
and literature from Smith Station,
was elected editor of the
1948 student handbook "War
Eagle" by the Publications Board
at a recent meeting. John Lanier,
junior in business administration
from Birmingham, was elected
business manager. Sellers and
Lanier .will begin making plans
and gathering their staffs immediately.
"I want the best writers, cartoonists,
and photographs on the
campus for the. War Eagle staff,"
says Sellers. "Anyone who desires
to work on the book should
call me at 1038, or leave word for
me to call them."
A staff meeting will be held
this quarter, and each member
will be assigned certain duties.
Deadlines are very important,
says Sellers. The War Eagle
must be published in time for
distribution at the beginning of
the fall quarter.
The War Eagle will be a composite
handbook, combining elements
of the old "Rat Bible",
WSGA Handbook, Co-Etiquette,
Intramural Sports Handbook, ancj
Interfraternity Constitution.
"The book should be informal
and interesting," said Sellers,
"but full of information that
every student will find useful."
Edward O'Neal, Noted Farm Leader,
Will Speak At Annual Ag Banquet
LEESE ADDRESSES
PRE-MED GROUP
Dr. Joseph Leese, popular psychology
professor, was guest
speaker at an open meeting of
Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary
Pre-Medical Fraternity, Monday
night in Comer Hall. .
Dr. Leese spoke on "Aspects
of Psychosomatic Medicine." Psy-chosomatics,
a course now being
introduced in most Medical
Schools, is a different approach
to the causes of disease.
A business meeting of Alpha
Epsilon Delta followed in which
the newly initiated members, Edward
Garrett, Pensacola, Hilda
Lacy, Florence; Richard Hunter,"
Opelika;. Walter (Bill) Floyd,
Auburn; and Emaleen Stoves,
Auburn, were assigned to committees.
T. W. Schuessler
T. W. Schuessler Leaves
Student Affairs Office -
For Insurance Position..
T. W. Schuessler, assistant director
of student affairs, has resigned
effective Friday, April 30.
He will enter business in Decatur,
Ala., with the Life Insurance
Company of Georgia.
Mrs. Schuessler, writer for the
News Bureau, has resigned effectively
the same date.
An Auburn g r a d u a t e , Mr.
Schuessler began work in the
student affairs office in January
1947 following his discharge from
military service.
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Gamma Delta of Alpha Gamma
Delta sorority announces the installation
of the following new
officers for 1948-49:
President, Carmen Fornara, Atlanta;
first vice-president Betty
Joyce Smith, Birmingham; second
vice-president, Mary Cottle,
Montgomery; corresponding secretary,
Vivian Garret, Montgomery;
treasurer, Virginia Tolman,
Uniontown; and social chairman,
Mary Noble Hall, Talladega.'
Dr. Mueller Directs
Music Conference
In Little Rock
Dr: Walter H. Mueller, of the
music department, directed a
Church School of Music Conference
in Little Rock, Arkansas,
April 11-18.
Among other concerts and lectures
in which Dr. Mueller participated
were an organ cortcert
for the First Christian Church of
Little Rock before the American
Guild of Organists; piano concert
at the high school auditorium of
Little Rock; lectures and chorus
and organ music at the First Baptist
Church; guest artists at the
Women's Art Club; minister of
music on Sunday at Little Rock
First Baptist Church.
Edward A. O'Neal, former
president of the American Farm
Bureau # Federation, will be
speaker at the Annual Ag Banquet
to be held in Mell Street
Cafeteria at 7 p.m., May 6.
Mr. O'Neal is recognized over
the nation as a great speaker
and he has been acclaimed the
most spectacular farm leader of
the U. S., having served 16 years
as president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation.
He is a native of Alabama, being
born and reared on a farm
near Florence. He attended the
schools of Florence until he entered
Washington and Lee University,
where he graduated in
1898, to study natural sciences
and law. After spending a year
abroad, he returned to the farm
and began to put into practice
some of the recommendations of
the Auburn Experimental Station..
In the early 1920's he left his
farm to take positions with some
of the various farm organizations.
In 1921 he became the first president
of the Lauderdale County
Farm Bureau. In 1922 he was
elected vice-president of the Alabama
Farm Bureau Federation,
and made a member of the National
Finance Committee. He
was elected president of the
State Federation in 1923. From
1924 to 1931 he served as vice-president
of the National Federation.
And in 1931 he became the.
president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, where he
served the nation until 1947, when
he retired because of ill health.
After retiring, Mr./O'Neal returned
to his farm where he now
lives.
Everyone is urged to make
plans to attend the Ag Banquet
and hear this colorful speaker
and authority on the nation's
agricultural organizations. Everyone
is invited.
Tickets may be obtained from.
Ag Club members anytime before
May 1. There is a limited
amount to be sold.
Following the banquet, there
will be a free dance for everyone
in the Alumni Gym.
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INITIATES TWO
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Upsilon held formal initiation
April 20 at 7 p.m. in the chapter
suite April 20 for Anne Alison,
Selma, and Edna Scott, Prattville.
An informal songfest was held
after the service.
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Track Team Loses First Meet; Doylesmen Trip Florida wice
Field Events Costly J-r
In Five-Point Loss
By Ronald Kuerner
Auburn lost its first track
meet of the season here Saturday
afternoon as the invading Florida
'Gators swept through the
field events and copped a close
five-point victory. The score was
Florida, 65 l - 3 r Auburn, €0-2-3.
The Tigers managed to take
nine firsts in the 14 events, but
couldn't gather enough second
and thirds.
The field events were the Tigers
downfall, seeing several unexpected
defeats for the Plainsmen.
Red Snell's heave wasn't
enough to overdo a tremendous
47-foot heave by Florida's Hill,
while the Tigers also lost prestige
in the discus. They failed to
finish in the first three in either
the discus or the pole vault. Florida
had three men tied for first
in the pole vault at 12 feet, while
Auburn's best try was 11 feet,
six inches. The high jump also
cost the Tigers points when they
only managed to get a tie for
third. .
Outside the field events, the
Tigers were at their usual peak,
winning most of the distance runs
and hurdles. Whitey Overton and
Fred Carley each won nine points
for the Tigers in the distance
runs, Overton winning the two-mile
and tying for first in the
mile with Carley, who-also won
the half-mile. • .
Jim Walker was the other high
point man for the Tigers, copping
nine points in the dashes,
while Pennington and DeMedicis
took first in the high and low
respectively.
NIXON'S FIVE HITTER STUMPS
'GATORS 12 to I ; HILL WINS
Whitey Overton
Carl Morrisette made his first
appearance with the team after
a week or so out with a strained
leg, He won the broad jump.
John Brnilovit^h claimed the
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AUBURN
Auburn took a pair of conference
tilts this week from the
Florida 'Gators," trouncing them
12-1 in the first tilt and coming
back in the second encounter,
9-5.
Behind the five-hit pitching of
Willard Nixon, the Tigers capitalized
on 13 hits to bunch their
runs, scoring at will of a trio of
'Gator hurlers.
Charlie Gilbert's hitting was the
high spot in stick work.
In the second game the Tigers
scored early and kept ahead the
rest of the way. Massing four
runs in the first, two in the second
and three in the fourth, the
Tigers then settled down to a defensive
game.
The victory gave the Tigers
their sixth conference win, with
George Hill getting credit for the
second victory. Finlayson took
over in the late innings for Hill.
Hubert Stepp's home run, two
singles and three runs scored was
the outstanding batting star of
the game.
The Tigers meet Tennessee in
April of Games in Knoxville
this week.
(First Game)
Florida 000 001 000— 1 5 1
Auburn 001 251 30x—12 13 2
Modeoca, Pope, Rikowski and
Ramseyer; Nixon and Gilbert.
(Second Game)
Florida 000 310 100— 5 9 0
Auburn 420 300 OOx— 9 1,1 0
Adams, Gaines and Walker; Hill,
Finalyson and Gilbert.
PREP TRACK MEET
IS SET IN AUBURN
The Alabama State Interscho-lastie,
High School Track and
Field meet will be held in Auburn
May 7-8.
The event will be the 24th annual
affair and is expected to
draw some of the top teams of
the state, including the touted
Sidney Lanier team of Montgomery.
Events to be run are: 100-yard
dash, 220; 440; 880; mile, 120-yard
high hurdles, 200-yard low hurdles,
pole vault, high jump, broad
jump, 12-pound shot put, discus
and half-mile relay.
All entries must be in by May
1.
JAKE HEADS JAYCEE
COMMITTEE TO
POPULARIZE PEANUT
The local Jaycees have outlined
a promotion program aimed at
increasing the use of peanuts.
Today they announced that May
1-8 has been set as Peanut Week
in Auburn.
In making the announcement,
Jake Fortner, popular owner of
Jake's Joint and chairman of the
peanut committee, explained that
Jaycees felt their experiment in
peanut marketing should be of
far reaching benefit to agriculture,
v
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adequate supply of shelled raw-peanuts
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javelin pitch for the Tigers.
The Results
Shot put: Hills (P), Snell (A). Demp-sey
(P), distance 47 feet, 3 inches.
Mile run: Carley and Overton (A) tie
for first, Willis (F) third, time-4:31-9.
Javelin: Brnilovitch (A), Atkinson (F1),
Wood (A), distance—182 feet, 3 inches.
High Jump: Harper and Williams (P),
tied for first: Waitman and Pennington
(A) tied for third with Commander (P),
height—5 feet 11 inches.
440-yard dash: Hanskat (F), Bowman
(P), Plournoy, (A), time-51.2 seconds.
Pole vault: Taylor. Poschner and Harper
(F)—height—12 feet.
100-yard dash: Walker (A) and Adams
(F) tied for first, Christian (P) third,
time: 10 seconds.
Discus: Gardner (P), Hill (F) and
Atkinson (P), distance—136 feet, 4 Vi
.-AQcftSP..-...,_
120-yard high hurdles: Pennington
(A), DeMedicis (A), Ellis (P), time—
15.1 seconds,
880-yard run: Carley (A), Earnest (F),
Mobberly (A), time—1:68.8.
220-yard dash: Wa4ker (A), Christian
(A), Bowman (F), time—22.2.
Two-mile run: Overton (A), Griffin
.(F), Bevln (P),' time-10:04.9.
Broad Jump: Morrissett (A), Harper
(P), Taylor (F), distance 22 feet,
two inches.
220-yard low hurdles: DeMedicis (A),
Williams (F), Ennis (P), time: 24.6
seconds.
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TENNIS TEAM LEAVES
FOR 3-GAME SERIES
The Auburn tennis team will
go on an extended tour this week,
taking in meets with Georgia,
Georgia Tech and Florida in a
series of conference meets.
Tuesday the Tigers will take
on Georgia in Columbus. Wednesday
the Auburn crew will
meet Georgia Tech in Atlanta
and Friday they journey to
Gainesville to meet Florida.
The Tigers are undefeated.
sis •• w
UP AND OVER go Auburn high-hurdlers Joe Pennington
and Jack DeMedicis at the Southern Relays in Birmingham's
Legion Field Stadium. Pennington won the heat with a time
of 14.9 seconds. At this hurdle DeMedicis was leading .but was
retarded when his foot struck the hurdle. (Photo by Jim
Larkin).
Borchadt Announces
Instructors Course
Coach John W. Borchardt of
the swimming team, announced
that Mr. Esterline would be here
Monday to teach the instructor's
course in lifesaving. The course,
which lasts a week, will be given
at night.
The course in senior life saving
is being held this week at night,
and is being offered only once
annually.
AlCheE Meets; Plans
Banquet For Seniors
The AIChE held its second
meeting of this quarter recently
at the Ross Chemistry lab. Reports
of the regional convention
held recently at the University of
Florida were read by Wyatt
Thomas and Bill Byrd. At the
convention Byrd was elected
secretary of the regional association.
Other business at the meeting
included a discussion of a banquet
to be held this quarter for
the graduating seniors. Initial
plans were made for the regional
convention, to be held here next
year.
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CARL MORRISSETT is shown
clearing 21 feet, nine inches in
the broad jump event at the
Southern Relays held recently
in Birmingham. He placed
second. Auburn won the meet.
(Photo by Jim Larkin.).
Theta Chi Inducts
Six New Members
Chi chapter of Theta Chi fraternity
formally initiated six
men last week-end. They are;
Carey Green, Mobile; James
King, Evergreen; Sam Barrett,
Montgomery, Cameron Grice,
Monroeville; Fred Kilmore, Birmingham;
and Travis Hutchinson,
Mobile.
Two rooms for rent, adjoining
bath. I l l Mitcham St. Two
boys to room. Phone 561.
CHIEF'S
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CHIEFS
Is Proud
To Salute
Sammy Kirkland
As An Outstanding
' Member of the
Auburn Student
Body
Sammy is a junior
in pharmacy from Foley;
vice - president,
freshman class; vice-president,
Executive
Cabinet; past president,
S q u i r e s ; past
p r e s i d e n t , Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity;
chairman, R i ng
Committee; member,
College Concessions
Board; member, A-P
h i O and A P h A;
president-elect, senior
class; member, Inter-fraternity
Council.
WHERE THE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE
Tiger Links Team
Downs Troy State
The Tigers continue their unbeaten
record in golf last week by
downing the Troy State links-men,
14M:-3l/2, on the Troy links.
Led by Jack Keys and Bud De-
Bardeleben the Tigers lost but
one of the matches when Pat
Poyer was shaded by Troy's Joe
Spradley.
Key and DeBardeleben were
low men for the day, shooting
64's, while Rex Wood of Troy
State was the best for his team
with a 68. .
Keys defeated Ed Causey, who
shot a 77, 3-0, while Poyner's 70
was one stroke over Spradley,
who copped three points for his
team. •
Key and Poyner teamed up to
defeat Causey and Spradley, 3-0.
John Hall of Auburn shot a 72
to defeat Tay Green of Troy
whose 76 lost his team 2% points,
G r e e n getting a half-point.
DeBardeleben's 64 defeated
Rex Wood, who shot a 76, 3-0,
while DeBardeleben and Hall defeated
Wood and Green, 3-0.
The Tigers will enter the
Southern Intercollegiate Tournament
in Athens April 28-May 1.
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telephones, erected some 1200 buildings, buried thousands
of miles of cable and made great strides in extending
and improving telephone service in rural areas.
"Telephone service has been extended to automobiles,
trucks and trains, and a new system for transmitting
telephone conversations and television programs by
microwaves put in operation.
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8—THE PLAINSMAN
Miss South Had Fun In Hollywood
But Admits That She Missed Dixie
* Sight Seeing Tours and Screen Test
Mark Few Of Festivities In Filmland .
Wednesday, April 28, 1948 DAMES CLUB DANCE
TO BE POSTPONED
l . B y Bob Newton
« •
»' Sitting over three cocktails,
<one coke arid two waters) and
bashfully questioning modest
JJvelyn Kidd, I managed to find
put some interesting items about
her California trip. As most of
us know, Evelyn is "Auburn"
4ven to her hair. As enjoyable as
(lur tete-a-tete was, next time
sfhey had better send a girl. It
would be impossible for a mere
male to sit across the table from
Miss Homecoming for any length
of time and still keep his mind
pn his business.
J In company with Misses North
and West, Miss • South, better
known in Auburn as Evelyn
Kidd, spent 10 days modeling and
Sightseeing in Hollywood and vicinity.
. Nearly two days were
Spent at the Paramount studios
4lone. Ken Murray's Blackouts
was visited; also several radio
shows, including The Lux Radio
Theater, and the Charley McCarthy
and Jimmy Durante shows,
fhe girls were invited by Bill
pemarest, whom, along with
Lizabeth Scott, Evelyn considered
the most "charming" star that
khe met, to watch the filming of
''Sorrowful Jones." This picture
|s a remake of "Little Miss Mar-jeer"
which starred Shirley Temple
many, many moons ago.
« The girls were kept very busy
fluring their short stay in Holly-
" jvood. They arose and left their
hotel suite between 7:00 and 8:00
nearly every morning — after
having breakfast in bed. This
suite had the latest in conveniences,
even a cooler of cold Dr.
Peppers. Much of their pleasure
was actual work such as modeling,
which Evelyn contends was
more fun than anything else she
(lid—even nite-'clubing, and tak-jng
screen tests.
* Frank Seigle, Paramount publicity
director,; treated the girls to
a dinner at the commissary, and
Ihowed them some of the sets.
^Ir. A. H. Caperton, an advertising
manager for Dr. Pepper, was
6lso very kind to them.
Among the sights seen by Evelyn
was UCLA. Evelyn, having
taken History of Architecture, explained
that .the whole campus,
iyith the exception of the classrooms,
is Spanish style.
The three girls were given a
mouth-watering farewell party at
Romanoff's in the true Hollywood
style.
Among the many nice people
Evelyn met on her trip, and during
her stay in Hollywood, she
would like to thank Mr. and Mrs.
Chet Brown of Montgomery, especially,
for their hospitality.
A matter of interest to the male
population of Auburn is the invitation
issued to Miss North,
Gertrude Gillfillan of Memphis,
Missouri, Evelyn invited her to
come spend part of the summer
here in Auburn. Gertrude is a
beautiful, platinum-blonde Stephen's
sophomore.
' Miscellany
About the trip in general;—best
food she ate wa^> at Beachcombers—
enjoyed airplane ride out
there and back. (It was her first)
—weather was fine for entire
trip—Ken Murray's Blackouts
over-rated-—Mocambo her favorite
nite-club, small, elaborate, and
very nice—saw Delta Zeta, Chi
Omega, Kappa Delta, Pi Kappa
Alpha, Phi Delta Theta, and Kappa
Sigma houses on UCLA campus.—
had her picture taken with
Bergen.—had lots of fun on trip
but was glad to get back.
Although Evelyn hasn't heard
from her screen tests as yet, and
hasn't seen the pictures taken of
her while she was modeling, she
has received a nice radio resembling
a Dr. Pepper drink cooler—
in looks, not size.
The Dames Club dance scheduled
May 1 will not be held.
At a meeting of the Executive
Committee it was decided to postpone
the dance.
The next regular meeting will
be May 5 at 8 p.m. in Social
Center. Election of officers -for
the coming year will be held, and
all members are urged to be present.
At this time a party for the
husbands, to be held in the next
few weeks, will be planned.
Starting with the next meeting
there will be regular bridge
instructions for those who desire
to learn to play. >
All student's wives are cordially
invited.
'HOME EC HOLIDAY' TO ENTERTAIN
HIGH SCHOOL VISITORS HERE FRIDAY
The School of Home Economics Glenda Grantham, Red Level;
i Opera 'Faust'
(Continued from page 1)
appeared backstage before the
performance, rolled up his slee-
H U N D R E D S of misplaced
items such as fountain pens,
umbrellas, books, shoes, jewelry,
glasses, raincoats, hats, and
even a '47 class ring are being
held in the college Lost &
Found Department, located, in
the B&G Builling.
Last year, 33 per cent of all
persons killed on America's
streets and highways were pedestrians.
Watch while you walk!
will entertain graduating senior
girls from state high schools Friday.
The purpose of the "Home
Economics Holiday" .is to encourage
young women of the state
to enter the field of Home Economics
and to acquaint the visitors
with the Auburn campus.
Chairmen of committees for
Home Economics Holiday are:
Steering Committee, Caroline
Johnson, Boca Grande, Florida;
Sue Farrington, Dadeville; and
Cornelia Watson, Demopolis; Invitations
Committee, Cornelia
Watson, Demopolis; Publicity
Commitee, Lyda Jean Smith,
Boaz; 'Lelia Donovan, Prattville;
Registration Committee, Mary
Louise Wright, Calhoun; Odell
Hawkins, Eva; Reception Committee,
El vera Perry, Cullman;
Laura Pi^tman, Robertsdale; Decorations,
Daphne Brown, Auburn;
Josephine Black, Roanoke;
Movies Committee, Julia Hol-brook,
Greensboro; Jeanne Barrett,
Russellville.
Tour of campus, Mary Noble
Hall, Talladega; Picnic Supper,
Shakespearean Movie
To Show In Columbus
Henry V, the English movie
based on Shakespeare's famous
drama, is showing this week, beginning
Wednesday, at the Royal
Theatre in Columbus, Ga. Reportedly'
it will show for three
days, Wednesday through Friday.
Laurence Olivier, renowned
English actor, plays the part of
King Henry V, and directed the
movie. It is almost unique in
cinematic Shakespeare in that it
uses the playwright's original
dialogue. The movie is in technicolor.
All-Americans' music won't
sound. If anyone really feels he
can afford the risk (and fifty
cents for a ticket), the program
mentioned above is just ideal for
finishing up that nap which was
rudely interrupted during Chemistry
101 yesterday,, or better
still—bring your newest pair of
hearing aids along and run a
few tests on the "off switch
mechanism".
(See picture, page one)
ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM WILL FEATURE
GREAT MUSICAL WORKS OF CAMPUS CATS
By Joe Pilcher
"Dreaming up musical ideas is
great, putting them on paper is
to much". So says Bob Richardson,
bass fiddle cat with local
band, the Knights, in describing
how he attempts to sketch out
an original composition in a very
cool-dad-e-o"fashion.
Bob is only one of a trilogy of
sad sacks who have written what
is sometimes laughingly called
music, music to be performed on
the All-American Program on
May 7, in Langdon Hall. Notwithstanding
the fact that these compositions
tortue the ear drum
and completely louse up the
whole nervous system, these guys,
Billy Tamblyn, Gene Mullins, and
Bob, have forced "Evil-Eye
Floyd", well-known mystic, to
cast the "half-whammy" over the
API Men's Music Club and
"PUTREFY" them. The latest
scandal sheet has it that the
Men's Club will feature these
numbers.
Some music comes on like gang
busters, but don't get us wrong—
that's just one of those cliches
which describes how the All-
Americans' music won't sound.
If anyone really feels how the
Peggy Young, Centerville; Program
Committee, Donabel Pitts,
Clio; Jo Ann Swanson, Pierson,
Florida; Guides for Exhibits,
Sue Kimmons, Tarrant; Fern Nix,
Pigeon, Creek; Fashion Show
Committee, Kay Dinkins, Shreve-port,
Louisana; Lorene Owens,
Armuchee, Georgia; Party after
Fashion Show, Margaret Ann
McGpwin, Brewton; Sybil Swan-ner,
^Luverne; Housing, Latane
Pitts, Clio; Melba Mitchell, Lees-burg;
Breakfast Committee, Jean
Prince, Phenix City.
Registration will be held at
Social Center from 9 until 10.
Dean Marion W. Spidle will introduce
Miss Sallie Hill, Women's
Editor of the Progressive Farmer,
guest speaker for convocation at
11 in Langdon Hall. Miss Dana
King Gatchell's catering class
will be hostess at a luncheon at
Smith Hall for the Holiday
guests.
An informal program has been
arranged for the afternoon including
movies, exhibits, and a
tour of the campus. The afternoon
wil be climaxed by a picnic
I at the Farm Home Management
I House sponsored by the three
Home Management Houses.
Mr. ABC
Mr. ABC is back on the carrfpus
again, and he still has his generous
ways. If he stops you on the
campus when you are carrying
his favorite brand, Chesterfields,
you will be awarded a free pack
of those same smokes. If you happen
to be smoking them when
he stops you, two packs are yours.
In 1947, 630 persons were killed
and 21,000 injured on bicycles in
the United States. On a bike,
play it safe!
«"A few minutes after reading
the point of meditation, I
seemed to hear a noise toward
the tribune, besides the picture
of St. Joseph, like the rustle of
sflk." '
"The Blessed Virgin was
standing clothed in a white
dress, the silk shimmering as
though touched by sunlight; It
was ma de 'a la vierge' with
plain sleeves. She wore a white
veil edged with lace about an
inch wide, that- hung to her
feet. Beneath, I preceived her
parted hair, touched lightly by
the veil, the lace straight, and
the whole drawn back so as to
disclose her face in full."
(Exerpt from "The Sisters of
Charity of St. Vincent de Paul"
—translated from the French
by a Priest of the Mission—
printed at St. Joseph's College,
Emmitsburg, Md).
A Novena based on this
world famous apparition of Our
Lady to St. Catherine Laboure
will be preached by Father
Edward Sellman at the Sacred
Heart Church, E. Magnolia.
Daily beginning April 28, at
5:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
(Adv).
Musical Program Will
Be Feature At AIO Meet
A musical program will be the
feature of the AIO meeting tonight
at 7:15 in Student Center.
Several surprise solos will be
offered, after which there will
be community singing.
Ray Fowler, president, announces
a very important business
meeting to follow the program.
Wool for making the Doll Dance
dolls will be on hand. All members
are requested to cooperate
with J. B. Nelson, chairman of
the Doll Dance committee, in producing
the dolls.
All rion-sorority and non-- fraternity
students are cordially invited
to attend AIO( meetings. The
Snack Bar will be open.
Traffic accidents killed 32,500
Americans in 1947. Drive carefully!
ves, and applied the make-up for
Mr. Evans' role of Germont. Mr.
Hawkins had this to say about
opera at Auburn: "An extremely
fine performance; a brilliant tribute
to the Auburn Music Department."
Mr. Evans practices while at
work in the Zoology laboratory.
As he dissects one of his victims
with the scapel, his magnificent
voice pours out the final pronouncement
heard in "Faust"
upon the death of Valentine, "Behold
our hero measures his length
upon the ground!"
Marguerite
"Ah opera role is the most demanding
of all performances,"
said Eleanor Abercrombie when
interviewed recently. The popular-
lyric-coloratura soprano of
the Auburn Music Department
staff says, "An opera singer must
have complete command and control
of her vbcal ability; must
have the entire score memorized;
and in addition to this, must portray
the role as the composer
visualized it. This demands concentrated
study in order to obtain
the musicianship; the vocal
art; and the dramatic elements
called for.','
Eleanor Abercrombie brings to
her s t e l l a r performance in
"Faust" the wealth of singing
experience necessary to mirror
the great emotional content of
the role, thus captivating the
sympathy of the listener. The
great singers of the past, such as
Emmy Destinn, Nellie Melba, and
Alma Gluck have made the role
of Marguerite one of the most
brilliant in all operatic literature.
The story of the opera "Faust"
will be featured in next week's
issue of The Plainsman.
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