1947-10-22 The Auburn Plainsman

              Tigers Will Slow
Green Wave To
the • Plainsman Ripple in New
Orleans Saturday
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. LXXII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22," 1947 Number 36
Tigers To Battle Tulane Greenies Saturday
Acting-President
Draughon Scores
Pep Rally Events
Heartened By Efforts
Of Student Leaders
To Correct Situation
The following statement, con­cerning
the Thursday night Pep
Rally, was obtained from Acting-
President Ralph B. Draughon
Monday night.
"The events following the Pep
Rally last Thursday evening were
inexcusable. The occasion of the
Pep Rally was to build up the
spirit of the team and the student
body for the Tech game. The pur­pose
was good but the planning
and the leadership were poor in­deed.
All of us have been thor-
' oughly shamed by the demon­strations
that took place. The re­sult
has been to discommode and
damage individual students and
citizens of Auburn .Worse than
all of this is the bad name that
has been given to the college as
the result of this outbreak."
"The truth is that it was a thor­oughly
disgraceful affair When
things like that occur it is in­evitable
that accounts will grow
in the telling until they reach
alarming proportions. Students
cannot indulge themselves in such
fashion without receiving wide
publicity."
"For the information of all,
complete investigation of the
matter is underway. All damage
to property will be paid out of
student activity funds. All es­tablished
claims will be paid.
Meanwhile there are so many
colorful and imaginative stories
being told that it would be a good
thing if everybody stopped talk­ing.
For example, I was told in
all seriousness today that the
damage amounted to $75,000. In­sofar
as I am able to learn this
is about $73,000 too high. I have
also heard that a number of wom­en
students were injured. There
is no foundation in fact for that
story. I should say here also that
no women students have had to
leave college on account of the
raid on the dormitories. There is
positively no excuse, however, for
the events that did take place."
"If our investigation reveals
that individual persons planned
this disgraceful thing, they will
be dealt with.
"Pep rallies hereafter will be
planned, orderly, and construc­tive
or there will be no more pep
rallies. T have been greatly heart­ened
by the efforts of the leaders
of the student body to correct the
situation. Sorry as it was. the
demonstration of last week has
had one good result. Student org­anizations
and their leaders have
been thoroughly awakened to
their responsibilities. I do not be­lieve
that we will have that sort
of thing again on our campus."
Election of Plainsman, Freshman
Officers, Miss Auburn is Nov. 3
Elections for editor and business
manager of The Plainsman, all
freshman class offices, and Miss
Auburn will be held Monday,
! November 3. Freshmen officers to
be elected are president, vice-president,
secretary-treasurer, his­torian,
and one representative to
the cabinet.
Qualifications for editor and
business manager, acording to the
student government constitution,
are:
(1) Must rank as a junior with
eight quarters of work completed
or at least 136 hours.
(2) A scholastic average of 2.0
or a 2.5 average for the quarter
immediately preceeding.
(3) One year's experience on the
publication.
(4) Such other qualifications as
the Publications Board may pre­scribe.
(Publications Board Inter­view,
4 P. M., Oct. 27, Samford
101)
Qualifications for freshman
class offices: .
(1) Must be first quarter fresh­men.
(2) Nominations must be sub­mitted
in the following form:
"We, the undersigned, members
of the class of '51, do hereby nom­inate
for -2 ; "
(Signature of sponsors)
"I hereby accept the nomina­tion."
(Signature of nominee)
(3) For all freshmen elections,
there shall be on the nomination
the signatures of 4 per cent of the
students registered in the class.
(4) Nominations must be turned
in not later than 12 midnight, Oct.
26, to Bobby Humphrey, Chair­man
of the Elections Committee
at the SPE house. (Candidates
will meet Qualifications Board,
4-p. m., Oct. 27, in Student Center)
Qualifications for Miss Auburn:
(1) Any undergraduate woman
student may qualify if she is not
a member of the freshman class or
a first quarter transfer or the
holder of the Miss Homecoming
title for 1947.
(2) Each college-operated wo­man's
dormitory, each social frat­ernity,
and each social sorority,
and each organization recognized
by the Executive Cabinet shall be
entitled to nominate one candi­date.
(3) The nomination shall be in
the following form:
(Nominating body) do hereby
nominate (Nominee's name) for
the title of Miss Auburn. (Signa­ture
of nominating body presi­dent)
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of nominee)
The field of candidates for Miss
Auburn will be narrowed to five
by a group of judges chosen by
the Elections Committee. The can­didates
for Miss Auburn will meet
the judges at 8 p. m., Oct. 27 in
Social Center. Nominations must
be in not later than 12 midnight,
Oct. 26, to Bobby Humphrey.
Writer Asks—'Where Were The Wheels
On Night of Wreck Tech Pep Rally!'
SPIRIT IS THEME
OF RADIO SHOW
What is the Auburn Sphft? It's
not all external "whoopee". Tune
in on WJHO night at 9:30 to
"Things That Count" for the an­swer.
Frank Eiland and his Jesters
will be heard featured with Bill
Cole as vocalist.
Starting next week, "Things
That Count" will be heard each
Wednesday night at 9:30 P.M.
over WJHO.
FFA Changes Meeting
Place To Ag Building
At the last meeting of the Col­legiate
FFA Chapter it was de­cided
to hold future meetings at
Ag Engineering Building, Room
212. Meetings of the past have
been held in Broun Hall.
J. O. Jackson, president, urges
all old members and freshmen
to attend all meetings and help
make the fall quarter highly suc­cessful
for Auburn's collegiate
chapter.
By Taylor Lumpkin
I don't like to write. In fact
I've put off writing many, many
times because I didn't have the
proper inspiration.
Tonight I am inspired.
It's Thursday, October 16. Just
a little while ago one of the loud­est,
rip-roaringest rallies that I
have ever witnessed e n d e d.
Something happened tonight that
we have all needed. That good
old long-lost Auburn Spirit came
out of hiding and became firmly
instilled in everyone of us. We
want the spirit, we need the spir­it,
and it's good for us.
But—if tonight's display was
a display of Auburn Spirit, I'm
not in favor of it.
The freshmen were out for a
Auburn Well-Baby Clinic
Changes Meeting Place
The Auburn Well-Baby Clinic
will change its meeting place
from Drake Infirmary to the Old
High School Building where the
Auburn Health Center is located,
announces Dr. William Askew,
county health officer.
The first meeting is from 1-3
p. m., November 5.
good time, pajamas and all. They
can't be blamed for obeying up-perclassmen,
but' upperclassmen
can be blamed for inspiring cer­tain
actions and deeds that were
done tonight.
When the mob was breaking
into dormitories, destroying pro^
perty, stealing, looting, and rais­ing
hell in general, where were
the wheels?
It turned out that tonight's
was more of a Wreci; Auburn
than a Wreck Tech rally.
When it was all going on -we
were in dire need of leadership
by those most influential and
prominent men in the class and
institution, or guidance by the
most outstanding second - year
men, or direction by college
leaders who had the stamp of ap­proval,
on inspiration by those
who have attained a high stan­dard
of efficiency in college ac­tivities
and who inspire others
for attainments along similar
lines. Tonight we were hurting
for leadership.
Being a leader is a good thing,
but along with it goes responsi­bility—
responsibility for leading
a campus—not a dance.
Again I repeat, "On the night
of October 16, where were the
wheels?"
A T T E N T I O N . . .
Auburn students are asked
to comply with a request from
military personnel of the Sta­tion
Hospital, Ft. Benning, Ga.,
regarding visiting rules.
According to the local Red
Cross chapter, visitors to the
hospital have been so numerous
that they have impeded treat­ment
on burn victims of the
Opelika Armory fire. Many of
the victims are Auburn stu­dents.
Only immediate relatives of
patients are allowed to visit.
These relatives are being kept
fully informed of the condition
of patients.
Erk Russell (above) is one of the Tiger ends expected to give
Tulane trouble in this week's battle. Erk has caught four passes
this season. He is one of Auburn's leading defensive ends and
is always a dangerous puss receiver.
EXHIBITION ON VENICE
NOW IN ARTS LIBRARY
On The Campus
Collegiate FFA . . .
. . . will meet at 7 p. m. Tues­day,
October 28 in Ag Engineering
Building, room 212.
* * *
AIChE . . .
. . . will meet at 7:30 p. m. Mon­day
night, Oct. 20, in Ros^ Chemi­cal,
Lab, room 203. All chemical
engineering students invited.
* * *
Alabama Farmer . . .
. . . staff will meet at 7 p. m.
tomorrow night in Comer 198. Ali
students who are interested in
helping with the magazine ars
urged to attend.
* * *
Red Cress . . .
. . . college chapter will hold
its annual meeting and election of
officers in New Building 222 at
6:45 p. m. Tuesday, Oct. 28. All
Red; Cross representatives are in­vited.
' '
Venice, an exhibition based
on the pictorial essay Renais­sance
Venice, which appeared
in the issue of Life magazine
for August 4, 1947, will be pre­sented
in the School of Archi­tecture
and the Arts Gallery
until November 1. The ex­hibit
was opened Monday.
Material for the exhibition
is organized under four gener­al
categories: Government, Re­ligion,
Art and Literature. Civ­ic
and Public Architecture. It
was prepared under the direc­tion
of John Goldsmith Phil­lips,
associate curator of the
renaissance and modern art,
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The textual commentary, al­so
by Mr. Phillips, describes
the Republic of Venice at the
height of its power as a City
State.
Kirkiand Suggests
New Ring Rules
To Exec Cabinet
Sammy Kirkiand, vice-presi­dent
of the Executive Cabinet,
and chairman of the Ring Com­mittee,
pointed out to the Cabi­net
that the Ring Committee was
handicapped by not having a
sufficient number of members.
As the committee stands now
there are four associate members
and a chairman. These men are
unable to contact all seniors and
juniors who wish to purchase
rings. Kirkiand made a motion
that Article Five—Section Three
of the By-laws of the constitution
be made to read as follows:
The Ring Committee shall con­sist
of the vice-president of the
Executive Cabinet, who shall be
chairman of the committee, and
five associate members of the
senior class to be chosen by the
chairman of the committee with
the approval of the Executive
Cabinet."
Hi Ho!-Ag Fair Is Set
For Nov. 6 in Ac Building
• Visitors are cordially invited
to enjoy this exhibition deal­ing
with the history of West-
] ern culture.
INVITATIONS MUST
BE ORDERED TODAY
Orders for commencement in­vitations
will be taken today
and tomorrow at the Main Gate
between the hours of 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. Charlie Scales,' Chairman
of the Invitations Committee, has
urged all graduating seniors to
place their orders for invitations
on these dates. It will be impos­sible
to take late orders this
quarter.
By Jesse A. Culp
A colorful parade down the
streets of Auburn will herald the
opening of this year's Ag Fair
on Thursday, Nov. 6. Always
one of the major campus events
of each year, Ag Fair will be
! °tter and bigger than ever this
fall, according to Tom Pitts, sen­ior
maanger of the 1947 fair.
The parade, featuring floats
sponsored by college depart­ments
and clubs and local mer­chants
and farm equipment
dealers, will get underway some­time
in the afternoon of the
sixth. It will eventually lead to
the Student Activities building,
which will be the scene of a
full evening of activities.
Exhibits arranged by some 20
college departments and student
organizations will be open to the
public from 5:30 until 9:30.
Prize for the best exhibit will be
$10, with $5 and $3 being award­ed
for the second and third best,
respectively. Exhibit judges will
be Deans Katharine Cater and
R. S. Poor, and assistant Ag
Dean E. V. Smith.
The ag fair program will be­gin
at 7:30 p.m. and last for an
hour. In addition to the pie-eat­ing
contests, it will feature mu­sic
by a quartet and by the Col­legiate
FFA string band, award
of a cup by Alpha Gamma Rho
to the outstanding freshman in
agriculture, imitation of profes­sors,
and award of prizes for the
best exhibits'. Part of the pro­gram
will be broadcast over sta­tion
WJHO.
The Ag Fair dance, informal,
will get underway at 9 p.m. in
the student activities building,
with music by the A u b u rn
Knights. Admission to the dance
will be $1 "stag or drag," and
tickets will go on sale next week.
All students are invited.
- In addition to these festivities,
there will be on sale cold drinks,
candy, popcorn, and sandwiches;
not to mention the sideshows and
various games of chance.
If you like real old country
(fairs and who doesn't?) you'll
want to make a big mark in your
date book for Nov. 6, date of the
biggest Ag Fair ever to enliven
the Auburn campus.
Freshmen and Transfer
Students Will Tour
Experiment Station
A free tour of the Auburn Ex­periment
Station will be conduct­ed
for all freshmen and trans­fer
students enrolled in agricul­ture.
The tour will be held Saturday.
It will start in front, of Comer
Hall at 9 a. m. and will end at
11:45.
Students making the tour will
see many worth-while and in­teresting
projects being carried
on by the college. Transporta­tion
will be furnished.
The tour is sponsored by1 Al­pha
Zeta, honorary ag service
fraternity.
Football Ticket
Information
The following ticket informa­tion
for students is released from
the Auburn Athletic Association.
Nov.—3, Miss. State,
Birmingham
"We have been able to save
sufficient tickets to allow those
students who desire them, to pur­chase
one guest ticket on dates
shown in activity book.
Nov. 15—U. of Georgia,
Columbus
"Due to the small stadium at
Columbus, we are again forced to
follow the guest ticket schedule
used on the Georgia Tech Game.
1. November 11, 12, tickets for
single students or those who do
not desire guest tickets.
2. November 13, 8:30 a. m. till
12:00, married students desiring
their tickets and one guest ticket.
3. November 13, 1:00 p. m. till
5:00 p. m., those other than mar­ried
students who desire guest
tickets.
"These regulations have been
drawn up with the idea of giving
the student who has paid his acti­vity
fee, first priority on tickets.
"Since it is impossible for us to
estimate accurately the number of
substitute general admission tic­kets
on any game when the allot­ted
block of student reserve
tickets is exhausted."
KILLEBREW ADVISES
RATS TO PRACTICE
FOR CAKE RACE
Freshmen are advised to begin
their training immediately for
participation in the annual ODK-Wilbur
Hutsell Cake Race, says
Emmet Killebrew, president of
ODK.
The race will be held later this
quarter. The course is 2.7 miles
long.
"Don't wait until a trainer is
appointed to instruct you," Kille­brew
said, "simply take off a few
minutes each day and start work­ing
to build up your endurance.
It will pay off when you get in
the race."
This year's race is expected to
have a larger number of par­ticipants
than any previous one.
The fraternity with the most
winners in the upper brackets
will be awarded a trophy.
After the Tech game Satur­day,
the sports editor of the At­lanta
Journal heralded Travis
Tidwell (above) as the best
passer 'he had ever seen. Travis
has thrown 46 passes this sea­son
and has found receivers 23
times for a total of 328 yards.
ENPLOYEE DIES
OF HEART ATTACK
"Boy" Owens, 60, colored em­ployee
of building and grounds,
dropped dead while working in
back of Langdon Hall Tuesday
morning, Oct. 14. College am­bulance
service delivered the
body to relatives after Dr. Wil­liam
Askew pronounced the man
dead from a heart attack.
Auburn's Air Attack is Pitted
Against Frnka's Ground Power
By Ronald Kuerner
Auburn's Tigers will go into their fifth game of the season
Saturday in New Orleans against the Tulane Greenies and
again be sporting an a t t i t u d e of " e v e r y t h i n g ' t o be gained,
nothing lost".
Rated a two-touchdown underdog, the Tigers will be facing
a Tulane squad that depends mostly upon its ground attack,
while the Auburn eleven itself has
a much-vaunted aerial attack.
The Tigers, having gained re­cognition
as the first team to
score on Georgia Tech, have
raised themselves in the estima­tion
of many with their hard-fought
loss to the Tech squad last
week. Rated as much as 33 points
to the worse last week, the Tigers
held Tech, the South's top grid
machine, to a 20-point margin.
A passing attack is just what
wrecked the Greenies last week,
as the Mississippi Rebels racked
up a 27-14 victory over them by
taking to the air. Auburn's combi­nation
of Travis Tidwell tossing
and any one o fthe Tiger ends on
the receiving end should present
quite a problem to the New
Orleans crew and probably will
make the score closer than the
two touchdowns as rated now.
Auburn's line showed last week
that it had what it took to with­stand
a ground attack when the
made numerous goal-line stands
and thwarted Tech drives which
were heading for pay dirt. Pre­senting
a staunch forward will in
Adcock and Lannom at tackles,
Fulmer and Cannon at along with
ends Williams and Waddail and
Center Herring, the Tigers will
present a tough nut to crack for
the Green Wave. They might
throw a wrench into the proceed­ings
by unleashing an air attack,
but the chances are not too likely.
One of last week's star perfor­mers
for Auburn, besides Tidwell,
was end Bill Wadail, who grabbed
three of Tidwell's heaves, one
being converted into a 32-yard
gain with some fancy brokeft-field
running.
Tidwell again completed a ma­jority
of his passes and kept his
passing average over the .500
mark. Although limping severely,
Tidwell stuck it out on his slow-healing
ankle. He was acclaimed
by many, newspapers for his
pluck.
In the backfield for the Tigers
will be Bull Cochran, Zac Jenkins,
Gafford or Pelfrey and Tidwell or
Inman. All hard runners, Cochran
especially made a name for him­self
for .his bruising power. Even
Tidwell comes through with runs
at times, as indicated by his
goal-line efforts which have pro­duced
two touchdowns via the
quarterback sneak method.
Royce McMahan (above) was
proclaimed as one of the lead­ing
linemen in the Georgia Tech
game. Royce is a junior college
transfer and this is his first
year at Auburn. He has proved
to be one of Coach Voyles' best
guards.
Scarab Holds
Frosh Reception
Scarab, campus honorary archi­tectural
fraternity, held its an­nual
reception for new students
last night in Student Center. The
program.1 got under way with an
introduction by S'.WA. Alford,
president. Guest speaker for the
evening was Dean Bannister.
Prof. Liverman contributed to the
occasion with his music, and later
refreshments were served.
SCARAB HONORARY
TAPS FIVE NEW MEN
TAKE ACTIVE PART
IN FAIR—SUMNIRS
At a meeting of the Ag Club
Monday night, President Fred
Sumners urged all members to
take an active part in preparing
for Ag Fair and the dance to be
held Nov. 6.
Ag Fair, an annual event, is
one of the highlights of the social
season. Everyone is invited to the
fair and dance, Sumners said. Mu­sic
will be furnished by the Au­burn
Knights. There will be a $1
script. . .
Tickets are now on sale by Ag
Club members and will soon be
placed in the ticket booth at
Main Gate.
Khufu Temple of Scarab fra­ternity,
national honorary society
for undergraduate students out­standing
in architectural scholar­ship
and creativeness, tapped
three seniors and two juniors for
membership last Thursday night.
The purpose of Scarab is to fos­ter
a broader knowledge of arch­itecture
and allied arts, secure
through association a more re­fined
culture, stimulate a greater
interest in expression through the
graphic arts, promote friendly
competition, create fellowship
among architects, and to honor
outstanding students in the School
of Architecture.
The men honored are:
Herman G. Elliott, senior '. in
construction from Birmingham.
Agusii Lopateque, senior in de­sign
from Ciales, Puerto Rico.
James E. McAdams, senior in
design from Lewisburg, Tenn.
Henry R. Mitchell- Jr.. junior in
design from Sheffield.
| Ralph M. Williams, junior in
design from Bessemer.
Six Auburn Artists
Are Represented
In Atlanta Exhibit
Six Auburn artists were re­presented
in the Second South­eastern
Annual Exhibition of
Oils and Water Colors held in
Atlanta.
The exhibit opened at 1262
Peachtree Street, N. E., on Oct.
5, and closed there Oct. 19.
It is now on display at Davi­son's
until Saturday.
List of Auburn artists and their
paintings selected for the exhibi­tion
are: Oils—Jack W. Fletcher,
Still Life; J. Dorrance Kiser, No
Trespassing and Seated Nude;
Harry Lowe, Sum m er Night;
waltby Sykes, Dark Mercury and
Summer Nignt.
Water Colors: Gerald R. Den­nis,
Time and Tide, Harry Lowe,
Valley Farm; Joseph Marino-
Merlo, Simmons' Hill.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1947
Phi Mu Entertains
Fall Rnshees
With 4 Parties
Opening their rush season, Phi
Mu entertained with a Night Club
tea. The guests entered the Phi
Mu Room and were served mix­ed
drinks, sandwiches, and hors
d' oeuvres by Lacy Ncthery, the
bartender. Bill Cole and Frank
Eiland furnished music while ev­eryone
ate and talked.
A Golf Tea was featured1 the
following evening. Nine greens
were set up and the guests play­ed
the course from tea to tea. The
living room of Dorm I was decor­ated
in green and white with
golf bags, clubs, greens, and sand
traps. Bill Cole and Frank Ei­land
entertained with music.
Guests at the third party were
ushered into hell where they
were greeted by Jeanne Charles
—the "devil". Hell was decorat­ed
with red and scenes repre­senting
Hades. After seeing a
skit and being served tomato
.juice everyone went to Heaven.
The Heavenly Choir sang as
Angels Food Cake was served.
The rest of the night was spent
on Earth with a typical college
parly.
Phi Mu rushing ended with a
fashion parly al the SPE house.
The living room was decorated
as a fashion parlor in Phi Mu
pink and white. The guests were
seated at tables and served ice
cream and cake during the show.
The traditional Dream Cake Cer­emony
followed as the climax of
the evening. Anna Jean Frank­lin
gave a brief history and Jean
Holt read the creed of Phi Mu.
Favors were presented to guests
as they left.
Episcopal Students
Make Youth Offering
During the early celebration of
the Holy Communion Sunday,
October 19, the Episcopal stu-students
of Auburn made a Youth
Offering, which is to be used in
building a student Conference
Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This
contribution is part of the United
Youth Offering, and the National
Youth Commission is in charge
of its distribution.
Following the service, the
monthly "Bishop's Breakfast"
was held in the Rectory.
At 6 p. m. Sunday the new
installed officers took the helm
at Canterbury Club, and the
group discussed plans for the
forthcoming WSSF drive.
Additional Pledges
For Fall Quarter
Listed By Greeks
The following is a listing of ad­ditional
fraternity pledges for the
Fall quarter, all Fraternities are
urged to submit their lists for
next week's publication.
RICE and OLD SHOES
/ Sigma Nu
Students Buy Tea Room
On South Gay Street
Two Auburn students have
purchased The Tea Room, located
at 136 South Gay Street.
The students are Ollie Wil­liamson,
Andalusia, a fifth year
student in game management,
and Tommie MeDaniels, Florida,
a junior in building construction.
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Lipscomb's Tiger Drug Store
Phone 200
Madison C. Billingslea, Jr., Far-far
W. Boncf, Jr., Marvin H.
Brown, Robert Cannon, Thomas
Cannon, Edwin Crawford, Romu­lus
Duncan, Fred England, Gif-ford
Garner, Paul Harrison, Kirk
Jordan, Bill Knight, Bruce Mc-
Lain, Joseph Monroe, Patrick Rea­gan,
Marion Smith, Monroe Smith,
Oliver Semmes, Joe Thrash, Rob­ert
Vann, James Webb, Loren
Wing, and Beald Gany.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Jack Culpepper, Atlanta, Ga.;
Haden Price, Jasper; Kenneth
Davis, Parrish; Bill Martin, Mon-roeville;
Bill Johnson, Evergreen;
Charles Short, America; Albert
Kaiser, Nachez, Miss.; James Key,
Gorgas; Bob Haynie, Birming­ham;
Bob Gaither, New York
City; Bobby Lewis, Bessemer;
James Beall, Bessemer.
Connie Jones, Parrish; Bobby
Helms, Montgomery; Buddy Leo,
Birmingham; Ray Hunt, Vero
Beach, Fla.; Ed Ruff, Notasulga;
Jack Tiery, Jasper; and Charles
Rollins, Jasper.
Theta Chi
Carey Green, Mobile; Cameron
Grice, Monroeville; Pat Silver-nail,
Mobile; Frank Meyers, Mill­port;
James King, Evergreen; J.
W. Maddox, Tallassee; E. Gil-more,
Oneonta; James M. Little,
Shrieveport, La.; and Richard
Eastburn, Foley.
Sigma Pi
Kermit Robinson, Cullman;
Glenn Hooper, Bay Minette; Ed
Knight, Cullman; Austin Hig-gins,
Montgomery.
Weaver-Alford
The Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Edwin
Weaver announce the engagement-of
their daughter, Bonnie Ruth,
to Hoyt Byers Alford, Jr. Mr. Al-
I ford is well-remembered on the
Auburn campus.
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McGehee-Schuessler
Miss Betty McGhee, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Givens Mc-
Gehee, became the bride of
Thomas Warren Schuessler, Au­burn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Scheussler, of LaFayette, Satur­day.
The lovely weding was
solemnized at 7:30 p. m., at the
De'catur First Methodist Church,
Dr. Otis Kirby officiating. After
a weding trip Mr. and Mrs. Schu­essler
will be at home at 823
Opelika Road, Auburn.
* * *
Pooley-Pugh •
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald George
Pooley, Macon, Miss., announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Elizabeth Anne, of Birmingham
and Macon, to Harold Pugh, of
Birmingham and Tampa. Mr.
Pugh holds a degree from Auburn.
The young couple will reside in
Tampa.
* * *
McGavock-Woodruff
Of cordial campus interest is the
announced engagement of Miss
Banquet at Pitts
Honors 20 New
Delta Zeta Pledges
Delta Zeta honored its 20 new
pledges with the annual banquet
at the Pitts Hotel Oct. .14. Fol­lowing
the invocation by Sue
Carder, activities, . alumni, and
honorees were welcomed by
President Arlene Davis. Ann
Hutchinson played two piano
selections by Chopin, after which
Sizzy Brown gave a monologue.
Ruth Upton, pledge supervisor,
explained what a model pledge
should be.
It was announced that Mrs J.
H. Hanson will be Delta Zeta
pledge adviser.
Dorabell McGavock, Lowndes-boro,
to Oliver Perry Woodruff
of Benton. The wedding \MJ11 be
an evening event, Friday, Nov
14, Baptist Church, Lowndesboro.
Miss McGavock is a member of
Alpha Gamma Delta. Mr. Wood­ruff
attended Auburn before the
war. * * *
Bennett-Edgar
October 23, Trinity Methodist
Church, Opelika, 7:30 p. m., is
announced for the wedding of
Miss Jo Ann Bennett and John
C. Edgar, Jr. Among the brides
attendants will be Miss Lacey
Netherly serving as bride's maid.
* * *
Kuzmicki-Lokcy
The marriage of Miss Francis
Kuzmiki and Albert Montgomery
Lokey was solemnized at the Au­burn
Presbyterian Church, Sept.
14. They will continue their
studies here at Auburn and will
reside on S. College street.
* * *
Walker-Owens
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Walker an­nounce
the engagement of their
daughter, Alice Ruth, to Lester
J. Owens of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The wedding will be November 2.
Mr. Owens is a graduate of
Auburn in aero engineering. Miss
Walker is a senior in clothing and
textiles. I
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Auburn Violinist
To Entertain At
Garden Club Meet
Lucille Rice Jones will present
three violin solos at a luncheon
during the annual district meet­ing
of the State Federation of
Garden Clubs here Nov. 4.
Mrs. Jones is an instructor in
violin and music appreciation in
the music department.
She will play "Humoresque" by
Tor Aulin, "Canzonetta" by
d'Amberosio, ending with "Rondi-no
on a theme by Beethoven"
composed by Dreisler.
S. Turner Jones, assistant pro­fessor
of music will accompany
her at the piano.
The luncheon ' will be held in
the Methodist Sunday School
Building.
Scabbard And Blade
Holds First Meet
The first meeting of Scabbard
and Blade, national military hon­or
society, was called to order by
captain Jack Haynes Oct. 9.
Colonel Williamson, PMS&T,
spoke to members of an expand­ed
joint ROTC—Scabbard and
Blade program for the coming
year. Plans for a Military Ball,
pre-war fashion, to be held in
March were discussed. Scabbard
and Blade unanimously voted to
sponsor the dance.
It was brought to the attention
of members by President Haynes
that Scabbard and Blade Found­er's
Day is Oct. 27, and commit­tees
were appointed to present a
radio p r o g r a m over station
WJHO on that date.
Company "L" now has 20
members, and plans were made
for tapping 20 more in the near
future.
The officers of Company "L"
are Jack A. Q. Haynes, president;
Jimmy Burgess, treasurer; and
Grady Norrell, secretary.
OTS Lists Officers
For Coming Year
Omega Tau Sigma elected of­ficers
for the coming year. They
are Bill Jones of Scottsdale, Pa.,
president; Jimmy Smith, Spring­field,
S. C, vice-president; Wal­ter
Anderson, Sheequalok, Miss.,
secretary; James Toney, Hamp­ton,
Ark., treasurer; Walter Pea­cock,
Atlanta, Ga., historian;
Ralph Felts, Springfield, Tenn.,
sergeant-at-arms; Alton Knox,
Ontreville, S. C, alumni secre­tary;
and Grady Wheeler, Foun­tain,
N. C, IFC representative.
Wives of Students
To Form Social Club
Next Tuesday Night
A meeting will be held in So­cial
Center Tuesday Oct. 28, at
7:30 p. m. for the purpose of or­ganizing
a social organization
for wives of students on the cam­pus
It is stressed that the organi­zation
will be social and informal.
A special invitation is offered
to newcomers <pn the campus
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MENS' GLEE CLUB
SERENADES WOMEN
The Auburn Mens' Glee Club
presented a short concert in the
lobby of Auburn Hall last Tues­day
night. The purpose of this
concert was to interest more girls
into joining the Auburn choir.
As director by Prof. S. Turner,
Jones and accompanied by Wesley
Ellis, the glee club sang "Old
King Cole", "De Animals 'A Com­ing",
and "Old Man Noah."
Any girls interested in joining
the Glee Club should contact the
music department located over
Toomer's corner.
Omega Tau Sigma
Initiates Eleven
Zeta chapter of Omega Tau
Sigma initiated eleven veterinary
medicine students into the fra­ternity.
-I • --
They are Alan Griswold, Bir­mingham;
Lewis Puckett, Atlan­ta,
Ga.; William Lasiter, Bir­mingham;
Ted Fail, Fairhope;
Eugent Loffen, Citronelle; John
Langford, Opp; Jay Hamilton,
Nashville, Tenn.; Roy Hollings-worth,
Birmingham; Robert
Smith, Birmingham; Rivers Irby,
Haines City.^Fla.; and Everette
Wells, Decatur.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Chooses Leaders
Omega Zeta of Lamba Chi Al­pha
fraternity recently elected of­ficers
for the fall and winter
quarters. Officers chosen were
Hugh Griffith, president; Bill
Blake, vice-president; Gordon
Howell, secretary; Herman Pruitt.
treasurer; Lenny Payne, rush
chairman; Tom Lovelace, alumni
secretary; Pat Archdeacon, direc­tor
of degree team; Donald Hobby,
social chairman; Jimmy Brown,
editor of the Omega Opuscule; and
Luther Smith, corresponding sec­retary.
Past Plainsman Editor
Entertains Staff
Irene Long, past editor of The
Plainsman and now associate edi­tor,
The Lee County Bulletin, en­tertained
Plainsman - editorial
staff members with coffee last
Tuesday.
Lemon ice-box pie was served
with the coffee.
Those present were Mitch
Sharpe, Len Hensel, Luther
Smith, Tom Sellers, Phyllis
Stough, Guy Cofield, and Jimmy
Coleman.
A piece of modernistic sculp­ture
by Dottie Newman was on
display. Several titles were of­fered
to name it. Among them
were "Highway to Cloud 9" and
"Indecision.4'
Ivey Is Promoted
A former Auburn student was
recently promoted to the grade
of Technician Third Grade in
the Tokyo-Yokohama area. He
is William L. Ivey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Ivey, 305 Ope­lika
Road, Auburn. Young Ivey
is a member of the First Cavalry
Division.
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Oct. 22, 1947
To The Students
Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
Auburn, Ala.
Greetings:
The whistle has blown,
the kick-off far and high,
and we would like to signal
a fair catch.
To both Old and New Stu­dents,
we are happy to have
you back in the- "Lovelist
Village."
With a well earned vaca­tion
behind you we know
that you have entered school
with a determination to
achieve the highest standard
or perfection in your re­spective
fields.
At this time we renew our
pledge to give you the very
best service in our field. In
making this pledge (a policy
since 1878) we are aware
that a number of items have
been short. These are being
replaced in our stock as fast
as possible and should you
be one who has been con­fronted
with this inconveni­ence
we invited you to come
in and a special order will
ibe filed for the item.
Intermission is due and
while we all catch our
breath we would like to chat
with you upper classmen
;about that wonderful vaca­tion,,
and in like turn make
the acquaintance of you
first year students.
We are now in our 69 th
year of serving Auburn Stu­dents
and now as before we
take pleasure in numbering
them among our friends.
Our business is geared not
only for y o u r academic
needs, but also for you mom­ents
of pleasure.
Drop in, browse around;
and if you fail to find your
Hobby or favorite Sport's
Department ask and one of
our staff will gladly assist
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Former Air Corps Lieutenant
Tells of Capture By Russians
By Luther Smith
"I was sleeping on shoe polish
in the back of the plane."
"On shoe polish — in an air­plane?"
I asked, being puzzled.
I was interviewing Hilton Maj­ors,
an ex-first looey in the Air
Corps and a senior in ag. science
here. Hilton had been telling
about his adventures before and
after the Potsdam Conference.
"Yes," he replied, "on shoe pol­ish—
in an airplane."
"Lord," I said. "Now I've
heard everything."
"You see, it was this way," he
explained. "We were flying
stuff to the conference. Watches
from Switzerland. Feather pil­lows
from Brussels. Water from
Paris."
"Water?" I put in.
"Sure. The German water
wasn't good enough for the big
wigs at Potsdam. It was June
of '45, and just about everything
in Berlin was polluted. So we
had to bring back water in bot­tles
from Paris."
"But this time you were bring­ing
in shoe polish, huh?"
"Right." Hilton continued: "I
was sleeping on it when the pilot
woke me up."
" 'Hilton,'" the pilot said,
'"we're lost.'"
" 'Where' " I wanted to know.
" 'Somewher close to the Bal­tic,'
" the pilot replied.
Hilton laughed. "That's one
time I was glad I was just co­pilot."
We called the English
field in Berlin to get our location,
but they got our calls mixed up.
Finally we had to land. We found
out soon enough where we were.
"By the time the plane .touch­ed
the ground Russians were
swarming all over it. We had
planned to land, find out where
we were, and take right off. As
is was, the Russians captured us
and put us in confinement.
"The only time they let us get
together as a group was when
we ate. And what food! Only
things they served were raw bac­on,
salame, and raw onions—and
vodka.
"They would drink the vodka
bottoms-up. We'd take a gulp
and turn green. They couldn't
understand why we couldn't
drink it bottoms-up.
"Another thing they couldn't
understand was why we were
transporting shoe polish in an
airplane. They had a woman in­terpreter
who questioned us.
"She asked us all kind of ques­tions,
such as:
" 'Is that really boot polish in
your airplane?'
" 'What did you do during the
war?'
" 'How many hours have you
had in the a i r ? '"
"When the pilot answered '1600
hours' to that one, they couldn't
believe it. The Russians spend
few hours training. They only
clock time when they have to.
Speakers Discuss Talent At Banquet
Given By 'Producers' At Casino Tuesday
"A Russian with a tommy gun
guarded us all the time. Once
we asked him for a deck of cards.
He told us that he had no cards
—that 'Chief no let us play card.'
"'Have you called your home
base—-did you call it before you
landed?' " she excitedly asked.
"We all thought 'uh-oh, this is
a trick.' We were afraid that they
would kill us to get our plane
if the pilot said 'no'. We held
our breath.
" 'No' " the pilot answered.
"At 12 o'clock the next day
they let us go. We checked heads
and got away from there.
"But we ran into more trouble
over Berlin. We weren't sup­posed
to be making a landing—
the airport said. They told us
that only President Truman and
his fighter' escort could land. We
landed anyway. -
'"We've looked all oveiS-for
you,' the airport officials said.
'Where have you been?' "
"They seemed to think that we
had had a pleasant journey."
(Next week Hilton Majors will
tell about the Russians as sol­diers.)
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1947
Officers of the newly organized Landscape Architectural Club
are (L to R) Charles Clemons, vice-president; Robert Walker,
secretary-treasurer; J. T. Boyett, president; and Prof. Sam Snow,
faculty advisor.
. . Of Interest To Engineers
The Auburn Producers gave a
banquet at the Casino Tuesday
night. Attending were student
producers of the radio show,
"Things That Count," faculty ad­visors
and guests.
The program was headed by
a musical program with Marie
Stahlein, violinist, accompanied
by Edna Earle Bass at the piano.
Dr. William Miller, head of the
speech department, and Mrs.
James L. Lawson addressed the
banquet. Dr. Miller spoke on
student, radio production.
Guest speaker of the evening
was Marion Hyatt, manager of
station WJHO. Mr. Hyatt dis­cussed
the quality of a student
program which would rate net­work
service.
Ray Fowler, acting as toast-master,
sketched the purposes of
the Auburn Producers and of
"Things That Count". The main
goal of this program, he said, is
to present over the radio the best
in Auburn campus talent. Such
prominent campus talent as Bob
Blackburn and George Miller,
Homer Russell, Barbara Neal, and
Mary Pierce Bowers, highly rat­ed
campus vocalist; Tommy
Floyd and Marie Stahlein, vio­linist;
Edna Earle Bass and Billy
Tamblyn, of the foremost talent
in piano; have taken prominent
parts in radio shows this quarter
and last. Continued effore will
be made to find more real talent,
Fowler said.
- Banquet tables were arranged
in T-shape with flowers and can­dles
as decorations.
Special guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Hyatt, Dr. and Mrs.
William Miller, Mrs. James L.
Lawson, Miss Wathena E. Tem­ple,
Mr. 'and Mrs. Fred Johnson,
Mi. and Mrs. Dudley Mason.
Banquet reservations were
made by Hugh Barker, Bob In­gram,
Laura Horton, Mac McKin-ney,
George Miller, Edna Earle
Bass, Furman Rogers, Jean Bald­win,
Fred Donaldson, Bob Wil-lingham,
Herbert Gladin, Zeke
Bass, Glenda Grantham, Natalie
Hatcher, Tom Sellers, Mitch
Sharpe, Martha Harris, Barbara
Neal, Van Cornelison, Ernest
Baker, Marie Stahlein, Mr. and
Mrs. John Scott, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Fowler.
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THERE IS MORE
COCA-COLA NOW
The first meeting of the fall
quarter of tMe Auburn student
branch of the Institute of Radio
Engineers was held Oct. 6.
The IRE is the latest addition
of engineering organizations to
the Auburn campus. The re­quired
number of paid applica­tions
for membership have been
received; so the constitution of
the branch should be approved
by the national organization
soon.
An election of permanent of­ficers
was held at this meeting
with the following r e s u l t s:
Thomas D. Wood, c h a i r m a n ;
Richard M. Brown, vice-chair­man;
Hugh T. Edwards, secre­tary;
John T. Hutto, treasurer;
and Dwight E. Little, sergeant-at-
arms. Prof. Cecil C. Clements
was chosen for faculty advisor.
ASCE
Members of tne American So­ciety
of Civil Engineers have
expressed different views on
whether or not the meetings of
the organization are worth at­tending.
At least one member of
the organization t h i n k s the
meetings are worthwhile. He is
Ernest C. Hofferbert, a junior.
On the way to the last meeting,
Ernest, on his bicycle, had a col­lision
with a car, but this didn't
phase hirn. He calmly got up,
dusted himself off, and proceed­ed
to the meeting on foot.
The program for the last meet­ing
was highly interesting. A
film about the failure of the Ta-coma
N a r r o w s Bridge was
shown. One of the most impres­sive
things in the film was the
amount of movement and dis­tortion
the bridge withstood be­fore
it actually failed. It is al­most
unbelievable that such a
ponderous structure could stand
so much punishment before' col­lapsing.
A f t e r the film was
shown, plans we're made to send
a delegation to Jacksonville, Flo­rida,
for the national meeting of
the ASCE which was held Oct.
13-16.
* * *
Chemical Engineers Smoke
In the first of a series of meet­ings
to enlarge and expand the
activities of the student chapter
of the AICHE an informal smoker
was held in Ross, Oct. 6.
While hot dogs were prepared
under the able supervision of
Miss Nell Vineyard, President
Grady Cox greeted freshmen and
new members and then introduced
Dr. C. A- Basore, head of the
department of cnemical engineer­ing.
Dr. Basore introduced visit­ing
members of the faculty of the
school of chemistry: Acting-Dean
Herbert Martin; Drs. Nichols,
Price, Stephens and Professors
P. P. Powell and J. R. McKlveen.
Dr. Basore gave a short wel­come
address to the new mem­bers
of the Institute and then pre­sented
a brief excerpt from a
recently published article on the
Liquification of Oxygen.
Following Dr. Basore's address
the meeting was devoted to the
consumption of hot dogs, cigars,
cigarettes and cokes and to infor­mal
talks between old and new
members of the organization.—
H. /. Watson.
ASCE JOINT MEET
The Alabama section of the
American Society of Civil Engi­neers
will hold a point meeting
with the Auburn and the Univer­sity
of Alabama Friday, Oct. 31.
The program will include an in­spection
trip through the Univer-stiy
laboratiories and local indus­tries.
A dinner meeting will be
held in the evening. Speaker at
the dinner meeting wiill be
Colonel William N. Carey, Execu­tive
Secretary of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
The St. Pats Engineers Associa­tion
of the University will enter-taion
members of ASCE with a
dance following the dinner meet­ing.
AIEE
The next meeting of the stu­dent
branch of the American In­stitute
of Electrical Engineers will
be Monday, Oct. 27. The guest
speaker will be Colonel Barnes of
the mechanical engineering de­partment.
Colonel Barnes, a grad­uate
at MIT in electrical engineer­ing,
will speak on his 25 years
experience with public utilities in
northern states. He has some valu­able
information for students in­terested
in this field of electrical
engineering. The meeting will be
in Ramsay 109 at 7 p. m. All EE
students are invited.
Phi Psi
Phi Psi, national textile honor­ary
society, held a special election
Oct. 8 to fill the office of presi­dent,
vacated by Charles Love
who graduated is August. Homer
A. Jones was elected president for
the current year. Other officers
are William A. Edwards, vice-president
and Schucry Bendeck,
representative to the Engineers'
Council.
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CLUB IS ORGANIZED
BY LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT GROUP
Students of the Landscape
Architectural Department official­ly
organized The Landscape
Architecture C l u b Thursday,
October 2, 1947. The aim of the
club is to promote better coopera­tion
and understanding among the
students of landscape architecture
and to further the knowledge of
the professional problems which
confront those in their chosen pro­fession.
The following officers were
elected to serve during the school
year: John T. Boyett, of Rockford,
3resident; Charles Clemons of
lormandy, Mo., vice president;
Robert Walker of Athens, secre­tary-
treasurer. Prof. Samuel P.
Snow is faculty advisor.
Three Engineering Profs
Granted Leaves for Study
Dean J. E. Hannum of the
School of Engineering has an­nounced
three faculty members
have been granted' leaves of
absence for graduate study.
William S a m u e l , civil en­gineering
instructor, is complet­ing
work for the Master's Degree
in civil engineering at the Gradu­ate
School of Massachusetts In­stitute
of Technology. Richard
M. Steers and Woodrow Darling,
assistant professors of electrical
engineering, also are finishing
requirements for Master's De­grees
at MIT and Ohio State.
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"The Man With the Tape"
Research Interpretation Council
Completes Second Year of Work
Putting the results of scienti­fic
research into language any­one
in Alabama can understand
is opening a new field of popular
education.
That is the: conclusion drawn
by the Research Interpretation
Council in reporting the progress
of its two-year-old program.
Through worlf, with public
agencies, newspapers and edu­cation
groups, the RIC has
brought understanding of re­search
results to all age and oc­cupations
in the state.
One of the successes listed in
the report is the training of 215
writers in translating basic in­formation
into simple language
for different reading levels.
Ten demonstration publications
in agriculture, health and educa­tion
have totalled over half a
million copies.
In addition, the RIC's work has
led to consideration of reading
difficulty in the selection of text
books for Alabama schools.
The council's present services
include reading ability analysis
of materials; analysis of reader
audiences; services to make pub­lications
more effective; research;
experimentation and exploration
of areas needing interpretation.
The report listed several needs:
a common language for scientists
and journalists; a supply of
trained writers; machinery for
learning what important informa­tion
is and for getting it to the
public promptly.
Eventual coordination with the
South's regional services is an­other
aim of the council.
Among its plans for the future
RIC lists the writing of school
materials on Alabama's resources
for the Alabama State Committee
on Resource-Use Education.
Work already has begun on the
project.
Additional studies to discover
who actually reads each agency
publication also is under way.
A field study to find the actual
reading ability and vocabulary
of farm people is indicated, the
report said.
The paper concludes, "So long
as information vital to people's
welfare is available only to a few,
research interpretation is a crit­ical
need in our' democracy."
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Auburn Plainsman Intramural Sports F*OMTM$ONG By Pat Bridges
Published weekly by the students of Alabama The Plainsman hesitates in its whirl-
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Edi­torial
and business office on Tichenor Avenue,
Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news
is Saturday, 9 a. m.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
- Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
— Sports Editor
JIMMY COLEMAN
Ralph Jennings
Luther Smith
Tom Sellers
Jack Simms
Beverley Burkhardt Society Editor
Roy Lilly ___. Office Manager
C. RAY MARTIN Business Manager
Hal Breedlove _.. Ass't. Bus. Manager
Bill Anderson Adv. Manager
John Lanier Circulation Manager
Staff Members: Guy Cofield, Mitch Sharpe,
Jim Watson. Phillis Stough, Hugh Edwards.
Rumors Are Flying
Swift through the Libyan cities Ru­mor
sped.
Rumor! What evil can surpass her
speed?
In movement she grows mighty, and
achieves
Strength and dominion as she swifter
flies.
These four lines, taken from The Aeneid
by Virgil, typify what Acting-President
Draughon said in his statement on the
front page of today's Plainsman.
Mr. Draughon remarked that " . . . there
were so many imaginative stories being
told that it would be a good thing if every- '
body stopped talking."
It is unfortunate that so much unfavor­able
publicity, most of it highly-exag­gerated
and twisted, spread- throughout
the state and caused undue alarm.
The Plainsman does not intend to make
excuses for what happened. It .was shame­ful.
However, there are basic reasons un­derlying
the action which took place. Ac­cording
to psychology textbooks there are
two causes for mob action. They are:
(1) Every individual who has a desire
for aggression or an "axe to grind" takes
refuge freely in a mob, and (2) Each in­dividual
loses his identity and has a fair-liVwide
defense because he sees that he
won't be held responsible for his acts.
It is also pointed out that as single in­dividuals,
none would have committed
such acts. r
This can be proved by the fact that
many who participated in the debacle
N were sorely regretful the following morn­ings
.
Regardless of all psychological causes,
a recurrence of such an incident as Thurs­day
night's must not happen again.
wind of activity to pitch a fistfull of orchids
to Coach Bob Evans of the Intramural
Athletic Department.
Lest 3'ear a person attempting to cross
Bullard Field during touch football season
was in for a genuine ordeal. Six to eight
fraternities would be battling away in
every direction.
Now it's different. The fields are neatly
lined-off with goal posts at each end. All
officials are required to wear the distin­guishing
black and white stripe shirts.
With such good organization and hand­ling
it seems that this year will find an
increased interest in all intramural sports.
Now its up to all organizations to co­operate.
Team managers are urged to get
their teams on Bullard by 4:15. Let's help
the Intramural Department keep up its
good work.
Your Vocabulary
Adult Approach
The student Relations Committee has as
its purpose to hear, investigate, and work
out a plan of settlement of all or any
grievances submitted by any student or
group of students.
All facts in any case shall be kept confi­dential
at the discretion of the complain­ing
party.
Headed by two co-chairmen, the commit­tee
shall have the authority to act on
behalf of all undergraduate students. When
any changes or adjustments are to be made,
the committee shall refer the case to either
the Council of Deans, Director of Student
Affairs, Acting-President of the College,
Board of Trustees, or governor of the state.
No publicity will be given any case ex­cept
with the consent of the complaining
party and with the approval of the cabinet.
The committee can make the facts known
— when authorized — by means of The
Plainsman or any newspaper in the state.
The committee shall act for the better­ment
of the students in any way possible
provided the action is approved by the
Cabinet.
Theoretically, any student may take
grevances to the council of Deans, Mr.
Draughon, Board of Trustees, or the gover­nor.
The number of students having
grievances is far more than the number
having the nerve to appeal to anyone men­tioned
above. They are afraid that cases
presented singularly will be treated as
personal grudges. But the Student Rela­tions
Committee will have sufficient evi­dence
before any action is taken to prove
that actual injustices have been inflicted.
This is an adult approach. It is hoped,
that students will continue to exercise their
privileges with the Committee in an adult
manner.
Too much information has been dis­seminated
at a level above the compre­hension
of the masses.
Experts in all fields have tried to edu­cate
the layman through the use of the
expert's language.
The gap has been too wide for the
layman.
Modern research has found a way that
should close the gap. The Research Inter­pretation
Council set scales providing for
education from lower to higher level.
Auburn students will find the Council's
information highly beneficial when they
begin careers in the South.
For example, if a student graduates an-'
begins teaching, he should know that the
fifth-grade level more easily understands
eight-word sentences. And he should know
that the eleventh grade level calls for 29-
word sentences.
This does not mean that college gradu­ates
will need only small vocabularies. In­stead,
it calls for a wider choice of words
than the average student now has. The
idea is not to retrogress to a fifth or sixth
grade level, but to try on the one hand to
reach people on that level while broaden­ing
one's on consciousness of new words on
the other.
The Interpretation Research Council
(see story, page 3) has laid the ground­work.
It's up to you, as a pcltential citizen
and leader, to make use of this great
service. '-
Direct and Simple
"One World or None." A few years ago,
that was a phrase, an argument, a credo. It
is no longer any of those things. It is
as direct and simple a statement of fact
as a law of physics. This is one world—our
future is a common world future. The only
alternative is no future at all.
We are members of a very small, but a
very real entity of the world. We are stu­dents;
from us the future leaders of this
country will come. But we are citizens of
the world too, and we must have con­temporaries
in the other cbuntries of the
world too, and We must have contempo­raries
who have the same goals, the same
standards, the same common heritage. We
must have colleagues in every nation in
the future.
Here are our colleagues — the college
students who have sacrificed and suffered
during World War II to bring life and hope
to millions of people all over the world.
Here are the college students of Europe
and Asia—the future leaders of their
countries—400,000 of our contemporaries.
They know a circumstance that we do
not have to tolerate; they are dependent
on us and the people of 19 contributing
nations for food, clothing, shelter, medi­cine,
and an opportunity to attend school.
Come on fellow students, lets realize
where we are and what we can do for
our world and its students. Let's remember
to contribute to the World Student Service
Fund. The drive will be sponsored on our
campus by the Inter-Faith C )'.mcil, Move ru­ber
3-7.
Do-Nuts and Coffee By Bobs RAMBLING
With Len Hensel
"Am I too late, Kate??"
• •'. • • - . • - • • i
The Plastic Tower By Ralph Jennings
In the wake of every disaster, be it hurricane, fire, flood,
or pestilence, there is the inevitable minority of vandals and
looters who pillage and destroy. Auburn witnessed this sort
of thing last Thursday night. It is very unfortunate that the
coeds suffered so much material loss; everything was done
that was possible to restore their belongings. I' would like to
extend my personal congratula
tions to several groups who did
much to make the best of a bad
situation. Members of Sigma Chi
social fraternity
mssi;*?;*:; were especially
active in can­vassing
the cam­pus
to restore
items of clothing
to their owners.
The Independent
Organization, the
Executive Cabi­net,
and mem­bers
of the Sigma
Nu pledge class
Jennings class were also
very helpful.
I could go into detail with a
list of boring platitudes concern­ing
the Thursday night escapades,
but I won't. In the future, when
similar pep rallies are held the
students who make the plans
should remember one thing: Mob
psychology takes strange twists,
even with college students. A
child genius is likely to be a
civic leader or a gangster. It is
left to his elders to mould his
character. So it is with Auburn
students. The energy which moti­vates
students-to destroy property
can also be canalized into an en-thusiasiam
which backs a losing
team.
* * *
"Petrie Stadium" seems to be
patching on fast. Jim Watson
referred to it consistently when
he was urging freshmen to at­tend
the pep rally over the p. a.
system Thursday. Thanks Jim. I
expect Ray Fowler's radio pro­gram
over WJHO to take it up
from there.
* * *
• A better man than Bob Hope
could not have been chosen to
pick the Glomerata beauties. He
literally revels in that sort of
thing. According to Feg Murray,
Hope has a few interests besides
radio and movie work. He writes
a daily column, has authored two
books, makes phonograph re­cordings
for his own company,
owns one-sixth interest in the
Cleveland Indians and a piece of
the Los Angeles Dons, plays golf,
and earns close to $500,000 a year
for personal appearances.
There's n o t h i n g like sour
grapes! Lumpkin, you must be
bittah! Since The Plainsman is a
democratic newspaper, I just
coVildn't resist seeing your arti­cle
printed so I could answer it.
To your question, "On the night
of October 16, where were the
wheels?", I'd like to give you an
answer. The leaders of the Stu­dent
Government, AIO, IFC, and
The Plainsman editor (boy, that
one did it) were up until 3:00
a.m. canvassing the town for lost
clothes. And, incidentally, they
did an excellent and commend­able
job. Now the question of
the hour, hold your breath, folks:
Where in the hell were you??
Or is that a moot question? I'm
surprised that you weren't over
at the show in Opelika with me.
I thought all of us mediocrities
and has-beens were there!
* * *
I like to see originality even
when people do such a loathsome
thing as writing on walls of lat­rines.
I saw one once which read,
"Down With The National As-sociation
of Manufacturers," and
was mingled in between the ubi­quitous
sayings concerning, "Some
poets are poor, Some are rich,"
and the doubtful legitimacy of the
parents of another kind of poet.
The N.A.M. job stood out like a
little gem. The best one I have
ever read, however, was this bit
of wisdom: Enjoy life. It is later
than you think.
G. B. Shaw: "When a man
wants lo murder a tiger he calls
it sport; when the tiger wants to
murder him he calls it ferocity."
* * *
"What did you say this morn­ing,
Prof?"
"Nothing."
"Of course, but how did you
express it this time?"—Columns.
* * #
Bertha Killian: "This morning
the hens in our barnyard were
cackling like a bunch of club
women trying to elect a new set
of officers."
* * *
Private Smith (aboard summer
cruise ship): "Sir, I'm beginning
to feel seasick. What can I do?"
Officer: "Don't worry, son;
you'll do it."
* * *
What could Adam have done
lo God that made Him put Eve
in the garden—Polish proverb.
* * *
Link: "I must congratulate you
on your daughter's brilliant paper
on 'The Influence of Science on
the Principles of Government'."
Weary Pop: "Yep. And now
since it's done, her mom and me
hope she will study the influence
of the vacuum cleaner on the
carpet."
* * * i
Young/ man: "This is the cloth
I wan't you to tailor my suit
from."
Tailor: "All right. Come back
in 30 days."
Young man: "Thirty days! Why
the earth was made in seven!"
Tailor: "True. But have you
taken a good look at it lately?"
—Rotary.
* * *
Hubby: (a golf addict talking
in sleep) "Fore!"
Wifey: (an auction sale addict)
"Four and a quarter!"
* * *
A Sunday school teacher was
telling her boys of the crowns of
glory they would wear in Hea­ven.
"Now, lads, can you guess
who is to wear the biggest
crown?"
"Yes, mum," said one, Mm wot's
got the biggest 'ead!"
Hensel
A Dash of Bitters By Jim Forrester
All the millions of girls who
are just eating their hearts out
to be President of' the United
States may as well forget the
whole thing. Not a chance. That's
not my idea, of course. As far
as I can see, they have just as
good a chance as some of the
old women who are trying to
raise the public's interest by
touring the West on speaking
tours.
The old women I speak of are
as a rule, Mid-Western senators,
and I for one, would just as soon
see some pretty gal in the White
House as a buck-toothed medio­crity.
But, I have already told
you, there isn't a chance. Jim
Farley said so, and if there is
any man in the country who can
read public opinion on political
matters, it is James A. Farley.
When he says that the country
isn't ready for a woman presi­dent,
you can bet your bottom
dollar that he is 100 per cent"
right. Any "Draft Clare Booth
Luce" movement which you girls
have been considering is doomed
to failure. According to the for­mer
Postmaster, Gen. Farley, no
woman is "physically and emo­tionally
strong enough" to serve
out a full term as President of
the United States."
Although the astute Mr. Farley
rendered his decision in an ad­dress
at a Wellesley College al­umnae
dinner, it is dollars to
doughnuts that he seriously con­sidered
the question from every
angle before crawling out on
that limb. If there were a chance
that a woman could be elected,
Mr. Farley would certainly be
among the first to jump on the
band wagon. That is, if in his
infallable opinion the woman
candidate stood a chance of mak­ing
the grade.
It is a well-known fact that
Mr. Farley is a great hand at
getting the vote out, as they say
down at City Hall. In fact, he
is so good at it that he was once
Postmaster General, which is
just about the best appointive of­fice
this country offers to good
and true servants. However,
don't count on Jim Farley to do
any handshaking and baby kiss­ing
for any woman presidential
candidate. "Neither yi>u nor I
will live long enough ;to see a
woman president," says Mr. Far­ley,
and as far as I can see there
isn't much chance of anyone
making a liar out of him on that
count, although some of his other
recent statements have been
questioned by many citizens of
this great land.
BURP By BOYD HINTON
Phone 760
And that, my friends, is all
she wrote. The author of this
letter has ' some good points
worthy of consideration, but a
situation of this nature should
be analyzed before a proper con­clusion
can be reached. There
are a few questions I would like
to put before the author and
the owners of the co called "mo­tors".
In the first place, what
the devil is a straight exhaust?
Could it be that it comes out in
a straight line, or out of a straight
pipe, or straight from the mo­tor?
Perhaps a baloon could be
inserted over the exhaust pipe
and all the exhaust could be
caught and on every third Wed­nesday
it could be all let out.
They could take it out in the
country or to Ag Hill. In fact,
an appointed hour could be set
and everyone could er^pty his
baloon at once and then silence
for several weeks would ensue.
'Another question I would like
to ask. Just what is the "easy
course" to which the letter writ­er
refers? I would certainly be
a relief to find a real crip for
a change.
There are times, however, when
I am in full sympathy with the
writer of this letter. It is a nui­sance
to be trying to hear a pro­fessor
when you are interrupted
with a racket that sounds like a
mount of twin-40s during an air
raid. How about you owners of
"motors" only starting your con­traptions
during the 10-minute
intermissions e a c h hour. It
would be to everyone's interest
and then all the girls could see
and admire the fine figure you
cut while perched on top of a
spark plug with your ears flying
in the breeze.
"The fellow who boasts that
he says what lie thinks seldom
thinks."
An anonymous sage of years
gone by has blessed us with that
thought, and it is something to
think about.
Do you think before you speak?
Do you think before you act?
Do you consider the other fel­low's
feelings? Do you put
yourself in his boots before you
come out with a remark that
will cause hard feelings?
To me, one of
the b i g g e st
drawbacks t o
civilization, as
it stands today,
is that people
don't think ldhg
enough, h a rd
enough, or often
enough. The
general concept
of getting ahead
in this world is
to g e t there
faster than the next fellow.
In this helter-skelter 20th cen­tury
mode of living, everyone is
trying to get there faster than
the next guy with little thought
of who he is effecting, or how he
is effecting them. The 20th Cen­tury
man has turned into a
greedy, selfish monster. We
have turned into a Franken­stein's
monster, and it will have
to come to a halt someday.
As my little contribution to­wards
bringing us back to a civ­ilized
existence, permit me to
offer this suggestion—THINK.
I doubt if any of us take time
to think, but it is amazing how
much our lives would change if
we just thought a little more be­fore
we acted.
I suggest we take out a few
minutes each day to isolate our­selves
from everything and just
think for a few minutes. If this
is done consistently, it might be­come
a habit. Not a bad one,
either.
Personals To all the new fresh-coeds.
You have been on the campus
for almost a month, and you have
had time to "get wise" to the
set-up around here. No doubt
you have learned a lot out of the
classroom, which you will be able
to carry all'through life with you.
You have been on the campus
long enough now that you have
been dating, also. In that respect
I would like to pass on a little
word of advice:
"To let a fool kiss you is stupid.
To let a kiss fool you is
worse."
P.S. Some of you upperclass-men
might heed that advice, al­so.
It seems that I am full of ad­vice
today, so if you can take
one more, I have some for the
men.
"Every young man should real­ize
that there is a big difference
in yearning for a woman before,
and earning for her after."
See ya 'round.
BOOK REVIEW
By Milch Sharpe
The Exchange Post By Irv. Steinberg
FILE THIRTEEN
File 13—an old army term for 'Waslebaskel'
By The
Editor
A match that will light after approxi­mately
six hours in water has been per­fected
by the U. S. Army Quartermaster
Corps.
Save That Chow
Although a majority of Auburn stu­dents
take their meals in boarding houses,
cafes, or dining halls, there are many of
you who buy groceries at home. The
Plainsman urges those of you in that group
to consider the President's food conserva­tion
program very carefully.
Several foreign countries need food
immediately. Their people face starva­tion
and communism. We have plenty of
food in this country and we don't like
communism; therefore we're sending some
of it to them. In order to keep it up we
have to cut down consumption as we did
during the war. Mr. Truman says meatless
Tuesdays and eggless and poultryless
Thursdays will help. That's what the man
says, so what do you say we pitch in and
help out?
Ex-Governor Chauncey Sparks
and Governor James E. Folsom
could almost celebrate birthdays
together. Sparks reached his
63rd birthday Oct. 8; Folsom was
39 the next day.
* * *
, Alabama's on-
1 y Vice-Presi­dent
of the Un­ited
States, was
William Rufus
King of Selma,
At o n e time
Selma boasted
also of having
both of Alaba­ma's
U. S. Sen­ators
at t he
same time. They
Coleman were John Ty­ler
Morgan and Edmund W. Pet-tus.
* * *
Speaking of Vice-Presidents,
it has been reported by the week­ly
Montgomery Examiner that
Georgia's Ellis Arnall is being
boosted for the nomination. A
citizen of McDonough, Ga., was
placing the feelers.
* * *
Paul Muller entitles the fol­lowing
footnote from an advanc­ed
math book So You Want to
Take Engineering?: "The stu­dent,
may feel that this fact is
obvious on the grounds of phy­sical
intuition, but it is well to
notice that such physical sensi­bilities
should be logically veri­fiable."
(Note: It's time for the
Interpretation Research Council
to step in).
* * *
Despite its small size, the town
of Connellsville, Pa., boasts two
nationally prominent figures —
Perry Como of Chesterfield sing­ing
fame, and Johnny Lujack, All-
American halfback at Notre
Dame.
(J
A Collegiate Dairy Cattle Judg­ing
contest was held at'Waterloo,
Iowa, September 29. The high-scoring
team for 1947 was Cornell
of New York State.
* * *
On the front page of a recent
edition of the Purdue Exponent
the weather was defined as
"Damn Chilly."
* * *
As One nudist said to another:
"I think we've been seeing too
much of each other lately."
—Florida Alligator
t * *
One of the outstanding debates
to be held with Purdue this year
will be with Oxford University,
England on Oct. 30. The topic of
the debate is: "Resolved, that the
social and economic arguments for
the nationalization pf basic indus­tries
is overwhelming."
* * * \
At a recent dinner, a man sitting
next to a lady was, to say the
least, inebriated. He leered at her
and commented. "Shay, you're the
homeliest \*>man I've ever seen!"
WUh a show of spirit, she re­plied,
"Well, you're the drunkest
man I've ever seen!"
"I know, madam,"* the souse
answered, "but I'll get over that
by morning."—The Technique.
* # *
The possible relation of sound
travelling through liquids and the
molecules in the liquid is being
studied by members of the Physics
department at Emory U. The ex­perimenters
are aimed at finding
any existing correlation between
the velocity of sound waves
through liquids and the molecular
constants of the liquids."
* * *
When a man is young, he thinks
the chief problem of life is crea­tion.
When the gray begins to
appears in his hair, he knows the
most important thing is conserva­tion.—
The Clipsheet.
* * *
The H i l l t o p (Birmingham-
Southern) chapter of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon held the highest everall
scholastic average during the past
year of all one hundred and six­teen
chapters of SAE on campuses
throughout the country.
\ Ulysees by James Joyce, Mod­ern
Library, $1.75.
The clinching test nowadays
for a true modern is to ask or
be a s k e d , "Have you finished
Ulysees yet?" Anyone assumed
to be among the cogniscenti is
assumed to have started it at any
rate. This question must be ask-,
ed with uttermost ennui and
answered as casually off hand­ed
as possible in the affirmative
and still be convincing.
Mr. Bennett Cerf, who heads
Random House, sold a Judge
Woolsey on the idea of testify­ing
to the callowness of the nov­el
back in 1933 and has never
gotten over it. Judge Woolsey, in
a preface, assures the citizens
that the novel is certainly no
aphrodisiac. Having salved the
reading public's consicence and
given Bennet Cerf the green
light, he morosely closes with the
forboding observation that "the
law is concerned only with the
normal person" anyhow.
After the three page pep talk
by Judge Woolsey, the tentative-reader
is now ready to plunge
into Ulysees proper. The begin­ning
is rather innocent and co­herent
enough. One will notice a
few very livid adjectives, wholly
Joyce's, such as "snotgreen", and
increasing references to diverse
portions of the ana torn y general­ly
centered about the gluterial
regions. From then on, it's all
Mr. Leopold Gloom's game.
Bloom's wife Molly, who calls
him Poldy, picks up pin money
by singing at various affairs
around town. She is much gifted
(Continued on page 8)
•AA
3—THE PLATNSMAN Wednesday, Oct, 22, mi PUBLICATIONS BOARD MEMBERS
Plainsman Writer Steps
Into Hot Argument
There's nothing better than a
hot argument, especially about
army life. The following letter
contests the opinion of Tom Sell­ers
in a recent issue of The
''Plainsman,
Dear Editor:
As a member of the Regular
Navy for 22 years, both in the
capacity of an enlisted man and
a commissioned officer, I feel it
is my duty to take issue with the
writer of a recent article in your
paper.
During much of my naval serv­ice
1 have had occasion to be­come
acquainted with both offi­cers
and enlisted men in the
peacetime Regular Army.
When the writer of this article
blares forth with the opinion
that the Regular Army is com­posed
of alcoholics he not only
steps on the to6s of many of my
older friends, but also upon the
toes of some of the finest young
men I know. His contentions are
both libelous and asinine.
One has bu< to review the long
tradition of peacetime accomp­lishment
and contribution to the
welfare of all of us to give them
a hearty "Well Done".
The Panama Canal, the radio­sonde,
fog generators — children
and alcoholics don't build them
— yet they were all built by a
peacetime Army.
I rather imagine also that
George S. Patton, Jr., "Black
Jack" Pershing and T/Sgt. Jake
Lindsay holder of the 100th CMH
in World War II, hold a place on
the social scale higher than a
worm. Yet they, too, were peace­time
soldiers.
I do net know whether the
writer made his observation after
a detailed study or whether he
decided to merely "sound off". I
do know that his contentions,
since they are untrue, are detri­mental
to the best interests of
the military service and a, dis­grace
to the many thousands of
fine young men who currently
serve in a fine profession.
If others would profess opin­ions
other than juvenile I would
recommend that they check the
facts and write when "they know
whereof they speak."
Respectfully yours,
S. O. Branch
CMN USN (Ret)"
* * *
And on the other side of the
argument, here is Sellers' answer:
"Dear Editor:
It appears that I have been
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save for two or three items it
was an admirable job.
First of all, let me say that I
would not have "written the arti­cle
if I had not made careful ob­servations
and lived under the
same conditions myself. Perhaps
the facts were not true of the
entire army, but it is reasonably
safe to assume they are. Es­pecially
did I note the causes and
effects of (1) monotony and bore-don,
(2) excessive discipline, or
"chicken", (3) poor handling of
recreational facilities, and (4)
tactless manner of shoving mili­tary
techniques down the throats
of impressionable young soldiers.
I agree that the Regular Army
has done great things in the past,
and I greatly admire two of the
soldiers be mentioned. But I do
not believe my statements were
"detrimental to the best interest
of the military service," nor a
"disgrace to the many thousands
of fine young men who currently
serve in a fine profession." Cer­tainly
the RA enlisted men I met
will bear me out in contending
that the entire structure of the
peacetime army should be mod­ernized.
If soldiers were treated
fairly and respectfully while on
duty the profession would assume
di^.ity in the eyes of civilians.
The article was written bluntly
because there is a need for at­tention
and comment on the sub­ject.
Whether the opinions in­cluded
are "juvenile" or not, only
time will tell.
Sincerely,
Tom Sellers.
Co.
OPELIKA. ALA
LT. ADRIAN JOINS
NROTC STAFF HERE
Lt. Robert N. Adrian has been
added to the Naval ROTC staff
it was announced by Capt.
J. W. C a l l a h a n , professor
of Naval Science. Lt. Adrian is
teaching ordance and gunnery
to the sophomore NROTC stu­dents
and will be in charge of
public relations, communications,
and welfare
A native! of Ontario, Ore., Lt.
Adrian wa'fi graduated with the
U. S. Naval Academy Class of
1942 and- has completed five
years of sea d u t y . He took
part in the invasion of Guadal­canal
and in 1942 was one of
three surviving officers when the
Gregory was sunk. He received
injuries but later joined the new
destroyer Boyd on which - he
served for the remainder of the
war as assistant gunnery officer
and gunnery officer.
At the close of the war, Lt.
Adrian went to the destroyer
Collet as executive officer where
he served two years in China,
Japan, and Korea on patrol duty.
He came to Auburn from San
Diego.
Lt. Adrian is married, has a
daughter three years old, and
lives at 339 South Gay St.
Auburn Grad Buys
City Appliance Co.
Alex Garrett, Auburn '27, now
has ownership of the City Appli­ance
Company on Magnolia St.
Mr. Garrett held the rank of
major in the chemical warfare
division of the army. He served
many months in Panama.
An ardent sports enthusiast, he
plans soon to have a large stock
of sporting goods for sale.
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And someone, somewhere will thrill
to a card from you. See our complete selection of
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ART GUILD ELECTS
TWO NEW OFFICERS
At the last meeting of the Art
Guild and election of officers was
held.
Jimmy Coleman, junior in com­mercial
art from Hayneville,
was chosen president to succeed
Lawrence Skipper of Dothan.
William D. Morrison, Jr., Jack­son,
Miss., is the new treasurer
succeeding Luther E. Davis, Co­lumbus,
Ga.
Those retaining offices are
Jack W. Fletcher, vice-president.,
Tampa, Fla.; Mauveline Shaw,
secretary, Birmingham; and Ed­dy
Foreman, program chairman,
Birmingham.
The young of the European eel
travels about 2,000 miles over a
two and one-half year period
from its breeding grounds near
the West Indies to the coast of
Europe.
Kathryn Douglass
Four Members Named
To Publications Board
By Executive Cabinet
Four new student members
have been appointed to the Pub­lications
Board by the Student
Executive Cabinet.
New members are Loyce W.
Turner, senior in veterinary med­icine
from Valdosta, Gtt.; J. O.
Macon, senior in business admin­istration
from Moultrie, Ga.; T.
Howard Johnson, senior in agri­cultural
administration from East
Tallassee; and Kathryn Douglass,
junior in education from Bir­mingham.
Outgoing members are Bever­ley
Ann Burkhnrdt, Auburn; F.
M. Fuller, Perryville; Gene Mill-sap,
Monroeville; and Emmet
Killebrew, Corclele, Ga.'
Faculty members of the Pub­lications
Boaixl are Dr. Wey­mouth
Jordan, W. Travis Ingram,
John Newton Baker, and T. C.
Clark, Jr.
..The Board has jurisdiction over
all campus publications.
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reasonable prices
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Hill, Sparkman
To Join Confab
On Atomic Energy
U. S. Senators Lister Hill and
John Sparkman are scheduled to
take part in a conference hei*e on
atomic energy today. The meeting
begins at 4:30 p. m.
One of a series of 10 sponsored
by the University of Alabama, the
conference will s'ress the pro-bund
need for public under­standing
of the powerful forces
of atomic power. Stress will be
given the influential part an in­formed
citizenship may play in
determining whether the atom's
use will be for constructive or de­structive
purposes.
Participating in the conference
will be scientists who have work­ed
on atomic experiments, repre­sentatives
from the University
and other Alabama institutions
of higher learning. Cooperating
with the University are the Asso­ciation
of Scientists for Atomic
Education and Auburn.
Both the University and the
Auburn committee have express­ed
regret at the impossiblity of
opening the meeting to the pub­ic.
Local committee members are
Dr. Fred Allison, department of
physics; Jerome Kuderna, School
of Education; Dr. R. S. Poor, dean
of the Graduate School, chair­man;
Dr. A. W. Reynolds, depart­ment
of history; and Dr. B. R.
Showalter, School of Education.
Another major conference an­nounced
by Dean Poor is the na­tional
conference on "Radioiso­topes
in Agricultural Research"
which will be held here Dec.
18-20. Key speaker will be David
Lilenthal, Atomic Energy Com­mission
chairman.
GIRLS GLEE CLUB
SEEKS MEMBERS
The Girls Glee Club is in dire
need of more members. One hour
credit is given for this course,
and classes meet on Monday and
Wednesday in the music depart­ment
over Toomer's Corner. Any­one
interested in joining the
Girls Glee Club should contact
Prof. S. Turner Jones.
First class volunteers', in early
times, joined the British Navy
when they were so young that.
when promoted to midshipman
at the age of 15, they became
known as "oldsters".
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Mrs. Jean Barr, soprano, has
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to the Music Department. Mrs.
Barr is a graduate of the music
department of Oberlin College,
Ohio. She will teach singing, and
will direct the Girl's Glee Club.
Mrs. Barr has an exceptionally
beautiful soprano voice, an at­tractive
personality, and a fine
training in the best tradition of
the classical and romantic schools
of music
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what the kiddies are saying, write it down,
send it in, and we'd huy it. If that were
true. It might be, for all we know. Vie
haven't the slightest idea what we'll ac­cept.
Chances are it would be things like
these unless we get some sense.
"My George, who will just be 17 on next
Guy Fawkes Day, had his appendix re­moved
last month. When the doctor asked
him what kind of stitching he'd like to
have, George said, 'suture self, doctor'."
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B—THE PLAINSMAN
The Freedom Train
pMMft Oct ft 1947 JJ J C o | | e g e s Qef
Approximately 2000
By Tom Sellers
About 1200 years after the
destruction of machine civiliza­tion
by the atom bomb, there
arose a Nomadic culture on the
outer fringes of the Gobi Desert.
A phophet called Khmer had ga­thered
about him a band of
scholars and thinkers from the
far camps of the bleak sands. In
his travels to the Great Western
Sea, Khmer had acquired a
knowledge of the ancient Tru­man
Dynasty, chiefly from wise
men and hermits of the savage
tribes. Each day he would lec­ture
to his followers by means
of parables, seeking to teach the
new civilization by voicing the
follies of the old. His voice arose
in clear sonorous tones, even as
the winds through the black
rocks of the mountain:
v
realm
"And now, my people, we shall
speak of freedom. It came to
pass in the year 1947 A. D. that
a great caravan called the 'free­dom
train' was sent through the
vast lands beyond the sun. It is
said that this caravan had many
steel tents and power equal to
thousands of elephants. Under its
sparkling canopies the - sacred
documents of freedom were dis­played
to a reverent nation
In a small city of the
a multitude of people hod ga­thered
to await thi caravan of
the precious treasures. Even as
the scrub-oak leaves on the hill­sides
are modeled in hue, so were
there many colors and creeds in
the throng.
And when the freedom train
came abreast there was a thun­derous
noise and great ceremony.
Guards dressed in brilliant robes
stood at every entrance to the
steel tents. In this manner trie
crowd made ready to enter.
In the procession men of great
and low station walked together
in a spirit of brotherhood. There
were wise men who spoke little,
and fools who spoke much. There
were happy children, confused
scholars, and debonair sophisti­cates.
Some knew why they
came; others did not. All save
a few felt the greatness and res­ponsibility
of being free.
'And this few stood aloof from
theVCTowcJ; t n e y would not enter.
Murr*led protests were heard
from their mouths. "Why must
we walk through the freedom
train with other races?" they
cried. "We shall be defiled!" And
they did not enter.
A Parody
At the same moment it is said
the several colors stood side by
side reading from the sacred
writings of the ancient prophets.
The eternal words of a sage
named Thomas Jefferson were on
exhibit f,or all men to marvel at
and rejoice. Those who had lost
faith in freedom regained it. The
multitude was refreshed
Soon the views of wisdom
had passed on to their homes,
joyful and glowing in their won­derful
heritage. The others went
away, too, but when they re­turned
to their lands they were
alone. And as the years passed
their pastures, dried for want of
rain; their camels and sheep grew
lean and died; and still they were
alone. The end of their kind is
not recorded, but some say they
repented their folly and became
true lovers of freedom; others
tell me they silently vanished in­to
the nervous heart of the earth.
And so, my people, if you are
blessed by the tolerance of your
own nation let it be as a flute
lullaby to the pangs of your pas­sion;
or as a quiet sedative to
the murderous ache of your in­tolerance.
Hold not a barrier in the path
of the untolerated, for they must
trod the long trail alone and will
need sustenance. They cannot
move to the true level of free­dom
if the mighty chains of your
insufferance bind them.
If others see in your tolerance
a weakness, you may quote for
them a philosophy of a wizard
who breathed in the clinging
shadows of history's dawn, "He
who knows he is strong is con­tent
to be weak."
And if you wotild worship with
the religion of freedom you must
conform to its precepts. The al­tar
to equality is large, and those
not matured for its majesty must
be counselled.
And if they are to be coun­selled
in the ways of equality
you must usher yourselves into
its precincts; you must suffer
their incapacities; you must bear
with their errors. By so doing
you will set aflame in their
hearts the blazing hope that they
will ultimately attain freedom.
ATTENTION STUDENTS
• *• The Mobile Register is now
available to the newstands. For
home delivery write P. O. Box
533, Auburn.
NR0TC Students
Room For Others:
Application Blanks
Available in Broun
Approximately 2500 students
will enter U. S. colleges under the
Naval Reserve Officer Training
Corps program in the fall term
1948, with all expensese paid and
a chance at a Navy career, Eighth
Naval District headquarters in
New Orleans §aid yesterday.
Examinations which will deter­mine
selection to the program
will be given in 550 cities and ap­plicants
must submit applications
before Nov. 10. Application blanks
and full information on the pro­gram
are available in Auburn at
the NROTC Office, room 103,
Broun Hall.
The program is open to male
high school seniors and graduates
between the ages of 17 and/ 21
who meet required mental and
physical standards. Fifty-two
universities and colleges all over
the country have NROTC units.
The Navy pays for books, tuition
and normal fees, plus a $50 per
month living allowance.
Students under the subsidized
educational program take any
course leading to a baccalaureate
degree, with certain naval science
subjects required. In return they
participate in drills and cruises
and, if qualified, must accept a
commission in the Navy or Marine
Corps upon graduation. After two
years of active duty they may
elect to transfer to the Naval
Reserve and return to civilian life
or may request retention in the
Regular Navy, and, if selected,
follow naval careets.
The Cannon Report
Glee Clubbers Elect
Donald Nino Prexy
The Auburn Mens' Glee Club
elected new officers at a recent
meeting. The newly-elected of­ficers
are Donald Nino, president;
John Scott, vice-president; Gene
Davis,, secretary and treasurer;
Jim Watson, publicity manager.
The Glee Club plans to have
several social functions this quar­ter
and will take part in the sing­ing
of "the Messiah" at Christ­mas.
INTRODUCTION and
HELLO! •
Hello, readers! and by way of
introduction, this article is the
first of a series of columns which
will appear from time to time in
The Plainsman. The column is
sponsored "oy ROTC students and
will accomplish two things. First,
it will give us an opportunity to
give you a military slant on local,
national, and international events
which will effect the World Mili­tary
Situation, or the local situ­ation
as it affects the students.
And, too, it will give us an op­portunity
to contact all ROTC
students and to publish an­nouncements
and news notes that
affect them as a group.
We will pick subjects of uni­versal
interest, and they will
range from the pay and allow­ances
of the ROTC to the United
Nations and the Atomic Bomb. In
this way, we expect to present to
you the best analysis of world
problems that is obtainable at
Auburn. Articles will be prepared
without bias or affectation, but
in full recognition of the respon­sibilities
that rest upon each of
us as ' citizens of the United
States. Present day international
relations are so packed with po­tentially
dangerous implications
for our future that it behooves
every student to develop an
awareness of the country's prob­lems
on the diplomatic and inter­national
level. We shall try to
help you with these problems and
situations. Students are urged
and invited to suggest topics for
the column, and are requested to
bring or send their suggestion to
The Plainsman office.
A LITTLE HISTORY . . . .
In 1862, Justin Smith Morrill
introduced into the senate a bill
providing for the foundation and
maintainance of colleges where
"the leading object shall be, with­out
excluding other scientific and
classical studies, and including
military tactics, to teach such
branches of learning as are re­lated
to agriculture and the me­chanical
arts . . . in order to pro­mote
liberal and practical educa­tion
of the industrial classes in
the several pursuits and profes­sions
of life". Under the provi­sions
of the Morrill Act, each
state was given lands on the ba­sis!
of their representatives in
Congress at that time, plus a
yearly monetary allowance for
the upkeep of the college. Ala­bama
A&M was founded in the
year 1872 under the provisions of
this act, and in 1889, became the
API we know today. Military
tactics at that time were taught
only to a comparatively handful
of male students, and since then,
the college and the ROTC have
grown until military tactics are
taught to hundreds of students in
the elementary course, and in the
advanced course . . . which is
purely-optional. Elementary stu­dents
after having completed
their courses, or its equivalent,
may enroll in any of the five
branches of the service now be­ing
offered at Auburn. These are
Air Force, Armored Cavalry, En­gineers,
Field Artillery, and Sig­nal
Corps.
In case you wondered why you
had to take Military Science—
there's the reason.
OF LOCAL INTEREST . . .
Latest addition to the Artillery
staff and the ROTC staff is Maj.
Moore, a West Pointer, just back
from Korea. The major has been
assigned as an assistant PMS&T
in both Coast Artillery and Anti
Aircraft Artillery. And like all
hew Auburn men, the major is
looking for a place to live.
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7—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1947 'A' CLUB PREXY
Bees Tangle With Miami
In Valdosta, Ga. Saturday
Coach Dan McMullen's "B" team gridders, still stinging
from a shutout defeat at the hands of Mississippi State, will
swing into action, in their second of five games, against Miami
this Saturday at Valdosta, Georgia.
The squad, cut down to 39 players, has been going through
rough practice since its initial defeat and should present a
tough problem to the Miami squad. Little is -known about
H
the Florida crew, but Coach Mc­Mullen's
evenly balanced Jay-vees
should be able to even up
their season's record.
Although mixing a v.ajfety of
systems, McMuiien sticks chief­ly
to the "T" formation. He al­so
uses a single wing to a certain
extent. Not notably a passing
or ground attack club, the "B"
team does however play a con­sistent
game and is always a
threat.
After the Miami game, the
junior Tigers will play Clemson
on Nov. 1, at West Point, Geor­gia;
Georgia Tech on Nov. 15, at
Albany, Georgia.; and Tulane on
Nov. 22, at Biloxi, Miss.
According to McMuiien, the
team is very well balanced and
about the only individual play­ers
he could pick for outstand­ing
performance were Chauncey
Wood and Leonard Mizell. Mi-zell,
a first team guard, is one
of McMullen's top prospects. He
is 5 feet ten inches tall, weighs
190, and is a freshman. Wood
starred last year as high school
track man, and is one of the fast­est
of the "B" team gridders
Chauncey was the state' champ in
the prep school 100 and 220 yard
dash events last season.
Of the 39 men on the squad,
only ten are sophomores. Sim­ilarly,
only ten are from out of
state, the others being Alabam-ians.
Expected to start the Miami
game at the terminal positions
are Richard Hunter and Jesse
Shaddix, both having shown
much piomise in the initial game.
Second string ends are Jim Wood
and Fred Folsom. Fred is one
of Big Jim's kinsfolk.
At tackle McMuiien has Frank
Jones and Harry Wise, whil2
Chester Cline and John Brnilo-vich
are second stringers. None
of the tackles are particularly
heavy, Cline being the heaviest
at 195 pounds. John Movard,
husky 205-pounder will also be
available for heavy work.
Mizell, Bill McGuire and Jack
Marley are promising guards who
should see much action. Bill Ho­garth
will start as the center.
In the backfield McMuiien has
a quartet of medium-weight
shifties, their weights ranging
from 170 to 175. All freshmen,
these backs are Johnny Wallis,
Leslie Hatcher, Al Reeser and
Cal Emmert.
With practically all of his last
year's team gone up to the var­sity,
McMuiien will have last
year's record of five wins and two
losses to shoot at.
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DANNY DOYLE'S HARDWOOD TEAM
PREPARES FOR OPENER ON DEC. 6
By Edwin Crawford
Facing what promises to be the hardest schedule for an
Auburn basketball team since pre-war days, some thirty-odd
cage aspirants are already hard at work in preparation for
the Tiger's curtain raiser on Dec. 6, with the Mississippi State
Maroons. Coach Danny Doyle, ex-Oklahoma A&M cage star
and coach is wasting no time inful y e a r at t h e g a t e The n ew
Billy Ball
Quarterback Club
Will Meet Tonight
At last week's meeting of the
Auburn "A" Club, it was decided
that the club should sponsor a
Student Quarterback' Club, presi­dent
Billy Ball stated.
There was a suffiicent show of
hands to indicate that the new
club would meet with student
interest and backing. It is planned
that films of the different games
as well as talks by leading players
and coaches will be featured by
the new club.
/The first scheduled meeting of
the Student Quarterback Club
will be tonight at 8:30 in Lang-doh
Hall for the purpose of elect­ing
officers and organizing. The
entertainment will include films
of the Auburn-Georgia Tech game
and a short informal talk by
Head Coach Carl Voyles on the
coming Tulane battle. Member­ship
fees will be $1.00 for the en­tire
season, and. will cover all ac­tivities
of the club. The first
membership cards will be issued
tonight also.
All students interested in foot-iball
as a science as well as a
game are urged to attend tonight.
The purpose of the club is to real­ly
acquaint students with the fine
art of good football tactics, and to
create more interest in the game.
Your "A" Club sponsors it; 'you
back it!
Andy D o u g l a s s will play
against the home crowd when
the Tigers invade New Orleans
Saturday. Doug played a great
defensive game last week and
is expected to give Tulane
plenty of trouble in the annual
fracas.
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getting a look at the prospects
for the 1947-48 hardwood aggre­gation,
and he has already un­covered
several fine, but inex­perienced
youngsters.
Only five lettermen from last
year's' hardwood crew, which
won only four out of 20 games,
are ready to take to the court
for the Plainsmen this winter.
Leading this group of mono­gram
winners is forward Ray
Williams, who was one of the top
ten scores in the SEC last year
and guard Erskine Russell, one
of the best defensive men in the
conference last season. Other
veterans are guard Bill Dawson,
center, Ed Hill, and forward Joe
Strepling.
Anyone wishing to become a
varsity basketball m a n a g e r,
contact Jim Haygood at the
PiKA frat house at 6:00 p.m.,
or report to the basketball court
in the Gym at 7:30 tonight or
-Friday night.
However, the nucleus of the
team is expected to come from a
large group of freshmen and oth­er
newcomers, who have shown
plenty of potentality in recent
drills. With no seniors, and only
one junior on the team, the Tigers
quintet will probably be the
youngest and most inexperienced
team in the SEC.
In commenting on a possible
starting line-up C o a c h Doyle
stated that at the present every
starting position is'wide open and
in all probability will remain that
way until the first game. He also
added that any student who is
interested in trying out for the
team should report to him at the
Field House immediately.
With a new sports arena to
play in this season, the Tigers
should enjoy their most success-building
will be able to accommo­date
a crowd of 4,000 with the
enlarged student body, a sell-out
crowd is expected for almost
every game..
As it is too early to give any
of the top candidates among the
newcomers, we will wait until a
later issue to give them personal
recognition. Listed below is the
Tigers 1947-48 cage schedule,
which will be climaxed by the
Southeastern Tourney in Louis­ville
the last week of February.
The schedule reads:
Dec. 6—Miss. State—Here;
Dec. 12— Florida—There
Dec. 13—Florida—There
Dec. 20—Tulane—Paducah, Ky.
Dec. 30—Bradley U.—There.
Jan. 3—Washington U.—There
Jan. . 5—111. Wesleyan—There
Jan. 12—Miss. U.—Here
Jan. 16—Georgia—Here
• Jan. 20—Mercer—Here
Jan. 23—Vanderbilt—Here
Jan. 24—L.S.U.—Here
Jan. 30—Georgia Tech—Here
Feb. 2—Vanderblit—There
Feb. 6—Florida—Here
Feb. 7—Florida—Here
Feb. 1*2—Oglethorpe—Here
Feb. 13—Oglethorpe—Here
Feb. 17—Mercer—There
Feb. 21—Georgia—There
Feb. 25—Georgia Tech—There
Joe Miller, of "joke book"
fame, was an actor whose pres­ent
renown in the field of hum­or
came somewhat unjustly,- ac­cording
to the Encyclopedia
Brittanica. After Miller died in
1738, John Mottley brought out
a book called "Joe Miller's Jests,"
or "Wit's Vade Mecume." Of
this collection of jokes, only
three were told of Miller.
Intramural Spotlight
JIM DOW, freshman from
Birmingham, paced PiKA fra­ternity
to a 13-0 victory over the
Delta Sigs in their first start
of the season. A Pike pledge,
he played right halfback at
Ramsay in Birmingham before
entering Auburn. Jim is a past
master in the art of passing,
and while at Ramsay he was
also good on defense and was
a hard runner. Standing only
5 feet 1\k inches tall, he relies
on the "Gilmer Method" of
leaping into the air before flip­ping
the ball. His pegs account­ed
for both PiKA tallies in the
Delta Sig game and with four
year ahead of him, this boy may'
turn into a superior athlete.
Intramural Touch
Football Standings
League I
Team W
League III
L Team W L
PKT
SAE
PDT
TEP
SP
1 0 LC
1 0 SPE
1 1 'KA
0 1 SN
0 1 SC
1 0
1 0
1 1
0 1
0 1
League II League IV
Team W L Team W L
AGR 1 0 AP 2 0
PKA 1 0 KS 10
TC 1 0 OTS 0 1
TKE 0 1 ATO 0 1
DSP 0 2 PKP 0 1
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Girls Volleyball
Gets Underway
Ouida Weekley
Intramural Sports for the girls
got underway last week when
volleyball practice officially be­gan.
There will be fifteen or­ganized
teams competing against
each other when the tournament
opens October 27.
Alumni Hall, whose athletic di­rector
is Rose Blanton, is leading
the practice tournament with two
wins against no defeats. Alumni
won over the KD's 58-25, and over
Auburn Hall 40-19. Florence
Gothberg, Mayme Holloway, and
Mary Eleanor Pepper, all physi­cal
education majors, have spark­ed
the Alumni gang to both vic­tories.
.'.-;'.
With the exception of Dot Man-dragos,"
captain of the team and
WAA representative, completely
new material makes up the Au­burn
Hall team. After being de­feated
by Alumni, Auburn Hall
came back to beat Susan Smith
at practuce 31-24. Dot is pleased
with the improvement of the girls
and she states that "Many of the
girls never played by rules before
but they are making a grand
showing. Auburn Hall is very
proud of them".
Glenda Grantham, from Susan
TTu PlairLdmatv
SPORTS STAFF
Jack Simms Sports Editor
Ronald Kuerner Asst. Editor
Edwin Crawford Varsity
Bruce Greenhill Intramural
Jim Hatch Intramural
Glenn Robeson Intramural
George Maitison Features
Ouida Weekly Girls Sports
Jim Larkin _ Photographer
Smith Cottage, has organized a
strong team from the compara­tively
small group of girls. After
more practice at setting up the
ball, they feel 1hat they can make
a good showing in the tourna­ment.'
Dormitory I, Dormitory III, and
the Chi Omegas have not organiz­ed
teams yet, but all three hope
to begin practice this week.
The other dormitory and soror­ity
teams are well organized al­ready,
and with a little more
practice, all teams should be in
excellent condition for the open­ing
games of the tournament.
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winner? That is anybody's guess.
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8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1947 AUBURN COED IS PILOT OF MERCY PLANE
Why WSSF?
By Hugh Gaston
Universities, students, and pro­fessors
have paid a heavy toll
during the war and the critical
reconstruction period in Asia and
Europe. During the war students
fought, suffered, died. Univer­sities
were destroyed and evac­uated.
Professors and student
leaders were thrown into con­centration
camps.
Today, of iiie surviving stu­dents
in Europe and Asia, 400,-
000 are in need—need of food,
medicine, clothes, shelter, equip­ment.
Student relief and rehabili­tation
are essential to restore stu­dents
to health, to return them
to their studies.
Americans, more than any other
people, have the material means
to relieve suffering, and bring
life and hoDe to millions of peo­ple.
WSSF sounds its appeal to
students and teachers because it
is directly concerned with help­ing
students and teachers in the
war-stricken - areas. Students of
American colleges and universi­ties
should realize more clearly
than most groups how important
it is to our common world future
that their contemporaries .every­where
have the chance to com­plete
their education.
This year a gua: of two million
dollars has been set for the World
Student Service Fund. The Un­ited
States, England, France, and
18 other nations are helping to
carry the World Student Relief
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66 New Faculty
Members Added
Appointments Are
Listed by Draughon
Announcement of 66 appoint­ments
to the faculty since Au­gust
1 was made yesterday by
Ralph B. Draughon, acting presi­dent.
Agriculture
Among new agriculture ap­pointments
are* Charlie L. Korne-
,iay, instructor in agronomy; Alto
E. Royer, assistant professor of
soils and assistant soils chemist:
Harold J. Smith, professor; Clay­ton
C. O'Mary, instructor; Henry
S. Ward, assistant professor; K.
H. Garren, associate professor;
Donald E. Davis, assistant pro­fessor;
James Albert Lyle, assist­ant
plant pathologist; Luther E.
Hollaway, instructor; H. P. Orr,
assistant professor; Terrill V.
Stevens, head, department of for­estry;
R. B. Polk, instructor in
forestry; John S. Dendy, asso­ciate
professor in zoology; Rob­ert
F. Scpfield, instructor in poul­try;
John E. Wood, instructor in
zoology; Edwin L. Holve, animal
nutritionist; Allen Mobley Pear­son,
associate professor of zoolo­gy;
Vernon G. Perry, graduate
assistant agronomist;. Attie G.
Fleming, graduate assistant in
agronomy; Archie W. Sullivan,
graduate assistant in agricultural
education; Attie Anderson Flem­ing,
graduate assistant in agrono­my
and soils.
Arts
Robert S. Tnomson has been
added to the staff of Architecture
and the Arts as associate profes­sor;
Jack B. Smith as visiting
critic; and Mittie"Jones Simms as
instructor in interior decorating.
' Chemistry
New additions to the chemistry
school's staff are Ernest F. Guy,
graduate assistant; Claude M.
Crane, Jr., graduate assistant;
Margaret Nell Vinyard, graduate
assistant; Frank E. Williams,, lab-oratry
assistant; Charles W. Sear-cey,
graduate assistant.
Education
New "members of the School of i
Education faculty are James P.
Thompson, associate professor of
education; Archie W. Sullivan,
graduate assistant.
Engineering
The School of Engineering has
added Charles McNair Hender­son,
instructor; Donald L. Wig­gins,
s instructor; Bror Wahlquist,
Jr., instructor; Lynn Williams, in­structor;
Benjamin Radcliff, in­structor;
Charles M. Henderson,
instructor.
Physical Ed
Charles Irving Adams has been
added to the men's physical edu­cation
staff as instructor and
Mary T. Hanhigan has been made
assistant professor of • women's
physical education.
Science & Lit.
New appointments in t he
School of Science and Literature
include R. Paul Terrell, associate
professor of economics; T. F. P.
Wischkaemper, assistant professor
in economics; Charles W. Lewis,1
associate professor; Carl Benson,
assistant professor in English;
James F. Dolson, instructor in
English; Paul Haynes, associate
professor of English; Franklin T.
McCann, assistant professor of
English; H. W. Wilson, instructor
of English; James H. Grisham,
assistant p r o f e s s o r ; John E.
Brush, instructor in math; Bet-tye
Franke, instructor in math;
Marion Wohner, instructor in
math; Aurelia Powell, instructor
in physics; Alva Current-Garcia,
instructor in sociology; Hoyt A.
Ayers, assistant professor of re­ligious
education; B. J. Hoerlelin,
assistant professor; Margaret T.
Hall and Mae W. Chase, instruc­tors
in history; and the following
instructors in English: Mrs. Anna
Kidd Groce, Mrs. Frances H.,
Peters, Mrs. Frances Bledsoe Baz-zell,
Mrs. Frances H. Engel, Mrs.
Gladys Gosser, LaMargaret Tur-nipseed,
Mrs. Phyllis F. Cope-land,
Mrs. Rubie C. Thornton.
Earnestine I. Frazier has been
named research professor in home
economics. Thelma Schofield is
assistant manager of the snack
bar in Student Center.
Horace G. Ogden has been ap­pointed
research assistant for Re­search
Interpretation Council.
Pretty pilot above is Norma Jeanne Sheehan, junior in aero­nautical
administration. In this Fairchild PT-19 she braved
a mess of bad weather to aid a friend.
Coed Braves Low Ceiling
In Daring Atlanta Flight
•'•["*• By Tom Sellers
;» It: was Tuesday afternopn at The Plainsman office. The
usual deadline .'blues had settled over a murky atmosphere.
Staff members nervously waded through old copy and ciga­r
e t t e ashes on the floor.
Len Hensei broke out with a Somebody obligingly tapped
viewpoint all of us must have the campus grapevine and came
Sellers
budget. UNESCO is promoting
a campaign for 100 million dol­lars
for educational relief and
construction in war-devastated
areas. Dr. Harold Snyder, direct­or
of this program for UNESCO
in the U. S. has written: "In our
estimation there is no better way
for American students and pro­fessors
to contribute to UNESCO's
appeal for aid to needy students
and professors than to give in­creased
support to the World Stu­dent
Service Fund campaign".
We have it! They need it!
Give! Nov. 3-7.
felt. "You know," he growled,
"when anything exciting hap­pens
around here we're the last
to know about it."
I agreed. .We were just a
bunch of reporters with nothing
.. to report. Con-d
i t i o n s had
reached an im­passe.
My eyes wan­dered
to a stack
of s o r o r i ty
pledge s h e e ts
a n d Encyclo­p
e d i a Britdnmca
oulle'tins. Un­derneath
the
clutter I not­iced
a p a ge
torn from the New York Sunday
Mirror of ' October fifth. It's
headline screamed, "Don't land,
they c r i e d , but she did." A
half page cut' revealed a scrump­tious
brunette dressed in white
flying togs with one half-bare
leg perched on the wing of a
PT-19. The story told of Norma
Jeanne Sheehan, a 19-year-old
instructor at the LaGrange air­port
who braved heavy fog and
rain to rush a mechanic friend
to an eye specialist in Atlanta.
Her Fairchild PT-19' was light,
and the radio operators warned
her to turn back. Yet she ex­pertly
manipulated the little
plane through a tree-top-level
ceiling to safety at the Atlanta
airport. An alert reporter scoop­ed
the story, and from there on
the wheels of publicity ground
out Norma's fame.
After another look at the pic­ture,
a sudden flash struck me.
"The face is mighty familiar . .
now where have I seen her be­fore?"
up with the startling information
that (1) she is an Auburn coed,
(2) is an ADPi pledge, and (3)
lives in Dorm Thfee.
What a sorry mess of journal­ists
we were! Here was a cele­brity;
a female Colin Kelly in
our midst, and not a tag in the
whole rag about her!
Not to be outdone by our com­petitor,
the New York Sunday
Mirror, I hopped to the phone.
Soon a luscious voice was beck­oned,
and seconds later the same
voice had agreed to an interview.
i Well, she flew over to the of­fice,
parked her convertible Piper
Cub across the street, and walk­ed
into the din and glare. The
wolf pack took one look at her,
then everybody tried to get in
the act . . . "Are you married?"
. . . "Goin' steady" . . . "Believe
in existentialism?" . . . "Got a
match?"
Shades of Amelia Earhart!' I
Delta Sig Is Army
Major In Texas
Major Walter L. Nicholls, Bir­mingham
is awaiting assignment
at Fort Worth Army Air Field,
Texas.
A veteran of five years active
service with the air corps, he
served in the Middle East and
North Africa during the war. He
wears the DSC and Air Medal
with nine oak leaf clusters.
Major Nicholls attended Au­burn
where he setudied pre-med
and pharmacy. He is a member
of Delta Sigma Phi.
Book Review
(Continued from page 4)
and given to retrospection and
cuckoldry being more than ac­complished
in the latter field . . .
in any field, as a matter of fact.
Poldy,. with true Semetic naivete,
forgives and forgets.
Various characters weave them­selves
in and out of the story
and lend nothing to the plot or
clarity of the plot. The novel
ends with a dream sequence by
Poldy and a porongraphic retro­spection
. . . which for my mon­ey
($1.75) would be an aphrc-diasic
for even a castrati. All
Hollywood could logically add
would be a middle aged psychai-trist
wearing heavy tortoise shell
glasses and murmuring throatiiy
"'You're g e t t i n g sleepy . . .
sleepy."
Fanciers of Joyce have as
many explanations for Ulysees
as there are fanciers. And since
Joyce left no pony for perspica-sious
Bennett Cerf to publish as
a companion piece, the reader
may draw his own conclusions as
to just what the hell was going
on. It may never take the place
of Anthony Adverse or GWTW
but at least you will have peeked
into this "stream of conscious­ness"
all the literati have been
talking about. Then, too, you can
answer that question with down-r
i g h t sophistication, "Ulysees?
Oh yes, I read it long ago. Years
ago to be exact."
Step up your
face value..
Mrs. Belle Nolen Sweeney (left) and Norma Jeanne She=h?n.
Shot taken at LaGrange airport where Norma Jeanne was an
instructor last summer.
was so busy pulling up chairs
and offerin'g her coffin nails
that I forgot to write down a
word she said! Oh . . . I forgot.
Before she left I asked, "You do
fly, don't you?" She answered,
"Yes." ,
For those of you desiring more
information, I refer you to the
Atlanta Journal Magazine of Oc­tober
5 under a story entitled,
"Coed Teaches Men To Fly." In
a light vein it reveals Norma
I Jeanne's history as a -bird girl.
I Incidentally,,.,she. has over 800
hours flying time and has taught
big brute males how to flap their
wings.
Or, if you prefer your news
straight, call her during a hurri­cane
and she might be at home.
She's friendly, pleasant, and nice
to talk to. Personally, I've just
begun a book on her life which
I intend to call, "Norma Jeanne
and her Flying Machine."
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