1948-03-12 The Auburn Plainsman

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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. LXXII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1948
Number 54
259 Graduating Seniors To Hear Address By Tulane President
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Exercises To Be Held Wednesday Afternoon
At 2:30 In Student Activities Building
Winter quarter graduation exercises will be held Wed­nesday
afternoon at 2:30 in the Student Activities Building.
Acting President Ralph B. Draughon will award degrees
to 259 students. The Bachelor of Science-degree *will go to
248 candidates; five men will receive Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine degrees; and six will
receive Master of Science de-g
r e e s - .„ Cecil Frazier, Albertville; James
Speaker for the occasion will „ -, LL^A-I-I- ^ »n_. T „„
be Dr. Rufus Harris, president
of Tulane University.
Dr. Harris was appointed presi­ddeenntt
ooff Tluullaannee iinn 1i9v3u7., aarfttee?r R u t h L u d U e D o u g h e r t V ( Decatur,
serving as professor of law and G a n d C a r o l y n pa r k e r , Thorn-dean
of the college of law at Tu- a s t Qn
lane since 1927. He formerly A e r o n a u t i c a l Administration:
served as professor of law at w m i a m F o r d Andrews, Annis-Mercer
University, Macon, Ga. ton; George Edward Boyd, III,
from 1923' until 1927, and was B i r m i n g h a m . E d g a r Cochran
dean of the Mercer law school R „ w n -R i r,
from 1925 to 1927.
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Mrs. Draughon will entertain
graduates, their families and
friends at-a coffee in Smith Hall
from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Wednes­day.
B.S. in Agriculture
Candidates for the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Agricul­ture
are: Leslie Park Arkinson,
Sylacauga; Earle Cecil Bailey,
Selma; Henry Thomas Burke, Jr.,
Tuscaloosa; Foy-Campbell, York;
Will Allen Cope, Inverness; Ab-ner
Ray Gary, Jr., Morris Station,
Ga.; George Harold Gibson, Fay­ette;
Fred Jackson Green, Enter­prise,
Jack Pitt Harper, East Tal-lassee;
Charles Carpenter Horten-stine,
Thomasville; Robt. Slaugh­ter
Ingram, Lineville; Arlin Da­vid
Jones, Cullman; Thomas
Spencer Josey, West Palm Beach,
Fla.; Walter Sidney Kirksey, Lin­coln;
Marvin Eugene Markl, Lin­coln;
Foster G a m b l e Owen,
Northport;' William Riley Rich­ardson,
Jr., Macon, Ga.; Charles
Deurel Rutledge, Ashville; Virgil
Shell Searcy, Clayton; George
Conrad Smith, Butler Springs;
Richard Wilbanks Teague, Oden-ville,
and Bernard Lamar Young,
Dawson.
Agricultural Administration:
William Preston Ayres, Green­ville,
Miss., and Thomas Howard
Johnson, Jr., East Tallassee.
Agricultural Engineering: By­ron
Lanier Bland, Jr., Eufaula;
Ernest Thomas Taff, Oneonta,
and Charles Hoyt Webb, Waver-iy-
O r n a m e n t a l Horticulture:
Claude Howard O'Gwynn, Mo­bile;
Herman Slaton, Riverview,
and Robert Harris Smith, Birm­ingham.
Atchitecture: John' Newton Mc-
Cabe, Dora; James Albeit Prest-ridge,
Jr., Brookhaven, Miss., and
Albert Lovelace Williams, Jr.,
Montgomery. _
Interior Decoration: H u b e rt
Dent McCullohs, Eufaula.
Chemistry: Marjorie Lawimj,
Thomasville, Ga.; Joe Gregory
Peterson, Columbus, Ga.; Clyde
Edmondson Smith, Jr., Gadsden;
Gilbert LaRue Steiner, Jr., Mo­bile,
and William Newton Whit-ten,
Jr., Perdido.
Chemical Engineering: Clennon
Mills Cpvan, Mobile; Julius Gra­dy
Cox, Winterville, N. C; Rob­ert
Young Garrett, Columbus,
Ga.; Harry Underwood Gilmer,
Birmingham; Albert David Greg­ory,
Boaz; Harold Andrew Grif­fin,
Butler Springs; Robert Hay-good
Howell, Montgomery; James
Dodson Kuffakie, Mobile; Eugene
Moore MeEachin, Birmingham:
Elwood Franklin Richardson,
Fitzgerald, Ga.; William Eugene
Robks, Gadsden, and William
Hollis Scogin, Jr., Mobile.
Medical Technology: Marian F.
Gay, Panama City, Fla., and Ju­lia
Rebecca Holmes, Fort Deposit.
Education: Margie B e n t l e y,
V Bessemer; Patsy Boazman Britt, t e l e j Birmingham.
V LTiJnneovvillpe-; Margaret Carter Cole, Mv i » n i r a i T.na
Columbiana; Margaret Sue Cope-land,
Elmore; Sara Oswalt Cul­berson,
Tuskegee; John William
-Ellis, Jr., Valley Head; Janie
Emalyn Jones, Opelika; Gene
vieve Kirkland Moore, Port St
T. Childers, Eva; Wordener Bry
ant Crowe, Jr., Clanton; Floyd
Ray Lindsey, Danville; James
Levi Maddox, Fayette, and Jesse
Eugene Smith, Harvest.
Home Economics Education:
Brown, "Birmingham; D o n a ld
„... ...,_,. Carlton King, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Acting President Draughon and J a m e s A s b u r y L a y , III, Birming-
..„ ,-,..„,„.„„„ „,ill onlprtsnn j ^ . ^ ^ c h a r l e s Maddox,
Memphis, Tenn.; Perry Kearn
Marbut, Albertville; William Al­len
McGinty, F a i r f a x ; Hugh
Stanford Peak, Jr., Fairfield;
Winston. Getzen Peterson, Monte-vallo;
Phillip Wesley Pope, Geor-giana;
Barbara Ann Rutledge,
Birmingham; Patrick Joseph Ry­an,
Helena; Charles Form wait
Smith, Homewood; Thomas Jef­ferson
Whatley, III, Dothan;
Magalyn Mary Barranco, Besse­mer;
Ormond Lee Howard, Ver­bena;
Robert Ross Howell, Cam­den,
and Max Drexel West, De-
Soto, Ga.
Civil Engineering: E d w a rd
Parr Barrett, Birmingham; John
Midoss Dantzler, Birmingham;
Arthur Dortch Bradfield, Jr., La-
Grange, Ga.; Norman Lary Liver,
Jr., Gallion; Blake Livingston,
Centre; Sam Wilton Main, Perote;
William Warren Nesniith, Cull­man;
William Norwdod Riley,
Tupelo4 Miss*; Claude LeRoy Rob­erts,
Jr., ffirmingham;' Thomas
Porter Roberts, Birmingham; Les­ter
Chauncey Smith, Mobile; and
Oscie Benning Walker, Jr., Mi­ami,
Fla.
Electrical Engineering: William
Franklin Britneli, Huntsvilie; KA-shaw
Edgar Clisby, Montclair, N.
J.; Wallace Lamar Dawkins, Pen­sacola,
Fla.; Kenneth Howard
Donovan, Montgomery; James
Boyd Dunaway, Orrville; Albert
William Gowans, Ervine, Talla­hassee,
Fla.; David Bell Gardi­ner,
Florence; Charles Steward
Hanegan, Jr.;' Birmingham; John
Terrell Hutto, Jasper; Richard
Hillsman Johnson, Birmingham;
Daniel Bernard Keeler, Spring
Hill; Frank Senior Keeler, Jr.,
Spring Hill; Dwight Eugene Lit­tle,
Birmingham; Robert Cherry
Martin, Tuscumbia; Glenn Worth
McGee, Centerville; F l e t c h er
Brooks Moore, Heiberger; Jeffer­son
Dobbs Porter, Huntsvilie;
William E d w a r d Stephenson,
Hartselle; John Harrison Watson,
JOY LOVE, freshman in science and literature from Birm­ingham,
will reign as Queen of A-Day. Joy, a member of Phi
Mu sorority, was sponsored by Theta Chi. She will be honored
at half time ceremonies at the A-Day intrasquad football game
Saturday. She was chosen by A-Club .members from the five
finalists elected by popular vote Thursday. Members of the
Queen's court are Carolyn Braswell, Sally Holt, Yvonne Cargile,
and Sis Montgomery. (Photo^ by James Studio.)
EASTER EGG HUNT
AND EGG ROLLING
SET FOR KIDDIES
Easter Saturday will offer
thrills and surprises for the child­ren
of Auburn students. Plans
are underway for a giant Easter
Egg Hunt and Egg Rolling Con­test
for the tots.
The hunt will begin at 3 p.m.
on the President's lawn. Mrs.
Bertha Prowell, API Advisor to
veterans families is in charge of
arrangements. She will be aided
by the Auburn Girl Scouts.
Approximately 300 children
will be invited to the party and it
is estimated that about 150 of
that number will be old enough
to participate in the hunt.
'We are indebted to .the Ope­lika
Creamery, for the ice cream
which will be served at the
party," Mrs. Prowell said, "and
the Auburn Girl Scouts have vol­unteered
to furnish the eggs, dye
them and iiide them before the
hunt."
NROTC Rifle Team
Performs In Hearst
Trophy Matches
Auburn's NROTC rifle team
finished .sixteenth in the annual
William Randolph Hearst Trophy
Match, which was held recently.
NROTC rifle teams from colleges
throughout the United States par­ticipated.
Forty-eight colleges
entered a total of 72 teams in the
matches. •
• Auburn's score was 849 out of
a possible |1000. The team was
topped by only two of the seven
schools in the Eight Naval Dis­trict:
Rice Institute's Team One,
with a score of 878, and the Uni­versity
of Mississippi's Team One
with a score of 859.
The match was won by Ohio
State University's Team One,
with a score of 893. Highest indi­vidual
scorer was Midshipman
Carlos P. Baker, of the Universi­ty
of California, who fired only
nine points above' the 179 fired
by Auburn's T. E. Lowery.
NROTC shooters and their
Jr., Opelika; 'and Broda Homer ^ S f e f f e * E" L o w e r y ' 1 7 9 ; A '
Webb, Jr., Montgomery.
Engineering Physics:
George Burke, Daytona, Beach,
Seidon, 177; H. L. Goyette, 173;
Taylor J- H - s t i l l>' 1 6 7 ; H - L- J a c l l s o n - J r -
153; total 849>
Fla.; and Henry LaDonne Turner,
Jr., Leesburg, Ga.
Industrial Management: Wil­liam
Edwin Bolding, Russellville;
LeLand McLeod Brown, Mont­gomery;
Seab Washington Hayes,
New. Orleans, La.; Charles E.
Hendry, L a n e t t ; John Kemp An exhibit featuring hand
Hooker, Winfield; James Arthur screen printed home furnishing
Jackson, Chancellor; Eugene Wy-att
Key, Sehna; Benjamin Edgar
Kidd, III, Auburn;'Walter Hughes
Hand Printed Cloths
Now Being Shown
fabrics from the Barret T«xtile
Corp. is currently on display in
i l l Auourn; wauer xxu«n,B £ ^ j £
Martin, Birmingham; James Ern- J
est Naftel, Bessemer; Charles Al- chitecture and the Arts.
bert Nix, Acmar; Percy Newton
Plylar, Jr., Birmingham; Frances
Cox Reins, College Park, Ga.; Ed­ward
Young Rew, Jr., Leeds;
Ruel Russell, Jr., Birmingham;
Cleveland Jackson Tatum, Mont­gomery;
and John Edward Wur-
Mechanical Engineering: James
Oscar Bailey, Natchez, Miss.: Bil­ly
Jay Battle, Birmingham; Rich­ard"
Henry Clay, Birmingham;
Marco Antonio Martinez-Cuza,
Watson,. Hamlet, Alexander City; Qriente, Cuba; William Reed Dn-vidson,
Atlanta, Ga.; Andrew Jef
freys Ellner, Nashville, Tenn.;
Joe Fla.; Yvonne Amelia Morgan, J a c k p a u l Qwin, Union Springs;
Honoraville; Es t e l l e Dennard Harold Hall Hendrickson, Ope-'
Neal, Leesburg, Fla.; Frank Hen- l i k a ; Bernard Theodore Jenny,
drick Rainer, Jr., Elba; Joseph Dumont, N. J.; Louis Hugh*.
Richard Salsiccia, New Orleans, La ckey, Columbus, Ga.; Cecil
La.; Sara Jean Sims, Thompson; A m o s Little, Pensacola, Fla.; Ar-
Faye Freeman Skewes, Auburn; m a n d o oiimpo Aladrb-Mendez,
Umberto Luigi Trapani, Savan- Qriente, Cuba; Charles Joseph,
nah, Ga., and Eloisc Arnette p l a n t ) j r > ) Columbus, Ga.; Ken-
Walling, Weirsdale, Fla.
Agricultural Educations Oval| (continued on page 8)
Designs include Jacobean flo­ral
patterns, modern dry brush
plaids, Georgian documentaries,
Chinoiserie motifs, a l l - o v er
Orientals, Pennsylvania Dutch
designs, Toiles de Jony, a Portu­guese
primitive pattern, Mexican
interpretations, c o ntemporary
fantasies, a Greco-Romansque de­sign,
English chintz-type pat­terns.
Exotic flowers are glorified by
huge proportions, and: brilliant,
unusual coloring. The butterfly
motif is utilized in striking fash­ion.
The ancient Tree of Life is
enlarged to panel size, and adorn­ed
with rich hues—and the Mexi­can
designs are prese'nted in block
form.
To clarify the screen-printing
process, a minature screen is i n ­corporated
in the exhibit—as well
as a length of material in the
'various stages of printing.
Annual A-Day Dance
Is Saturday Night
The annual A-Day dance will
be held Saturday night from 8:30
to 11:30 in the Student Activities
Building, .Music will be^.by the
Auburn- -Knights.
Two trophies will be awarded
during the festivities. One will
go to Ray Williams, who has been
selected outstanding athlete for
1947, and one to Louise Wright,
outstanding girl PE major of last
year.
The dance will be informal,
and tickets are one dollar, stag
or drag, to everyone.
General Elections
Date Announced
General el'ections for class and
Executive, Cabinet officers will
be held the third week in April,
acording to information received
from Bobby Humphrey, Chairman
of the Elections Committee.
Election of Chairman of the-
Social Committee will be held at
the same time pending approval
by the Executive Cabinet of the
proposed amendments to the con­stitution
tomorrow afternoon.
Complete information concer­ning'
the general elections will
be given in the first issue of The
Plainsman next quarter.
Honor Societies
Ball Is Mar. 27
Plans are progressing for the
annual Honor Societies Ball to
be held in the Student Activities
Building Saturday night, March
27 according to information rer
leased by Ed Laseter, chairman of
the planning committee.
Treasurers of the various honor
groups should mail checks cover­ing
assessments to Harry Kinney,
Sigma Pi house.
The Art Guild is in charge of
making decorations for the dance.
All organizations who have not
turned in their design should do
so immediately. Contact Jack
Fletcher, architecture building,
room 205, between 1-5 p.m.
Wrestling Coach Believes Auburn
Will Produce National Champions
Coach "Swede" Umbach of the
Tiger wrestling team said Mon­day
that he believed Auburn
would produce some national
champions from its mat squad
within the next tew years.
Victorious in the Southeastern
Inter*Collegiate Tournament in
Chattanooga last week, the Au^
burn wrestlers marked up their
10th victory out of 11 meets this
season. Their only loss came at
the hands of the powerful Navy
squad at Annapolis.
"The boys have done an ex­cellent
job this year" Umbach
said. "They have shown so much
improvement over last year's
team that there is no compari­son
between the two. They have
worked hard and it has paid off,"
he added.
ARNOLD UMBACH
Cooper Appointed To Ag Experiment
Station Post; Clubs Elect Officers
Publication Post
Applications Must I
Be Filed By Tuesday
Applications for all Publica­tions
posts must be turned in to
the Office of the Director of
Student Affairs not later than
Tuesday, March 16. Students who
file applications to qualify for the
posts of editor and business mana­ger
of the Glomerata and Plains­man
must submit tbeir applica­tions
by that time.
The qualifications Board will
meet on March 24 and 25. Appli­cants
wil appear before the board
at that "time to qualify. This
Board's decision regarding quali­fications,
is final in all cases.
The election will be held on
April 15.
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By Lelias Pair and Glover Pugh
3. 01 a n Cooper, formerly
county agent of Lee County, has
been appointed assistant agricul­tural
editor of the Agricultural
Experiment Station, effective
March 15.
In his new position, Cooper
will assist in the publication of
various bulletins, circulars, and
other materials reporting the re­sults
of agricultural research
work of the station.
• For the past six years he has
been connected with the Alabama
Extension Se.rvice, serving as
county agent and assistant county
agent in Lee County. He succeed­ed
George H. Dyar as county
agent in 1945.
Cooper was graduated from
Auburn in 1942 and was appoint­ed
assistant county agent. Prior
to entering Auburn, he attended
Florence State Teachers College
and taught several years in the-
Marion County school system. He
also served four years as assistant
postmaster at Hamilton.
While in school at Auburn,
Cooper was student assistant in
the- department -of agricultural
economics, served as campus edi­tor
of the Alabama Farmer, was
active in Ag Club activities, and
was. a member of Alpha Zeta and
Gamma Sigma Delta,' honorary
fraternities.
- During the war he served as
rural area chairman of the war
bond drives-and Red Cross cam­paigns
in Lee County.
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The Dairy _ Science club will
meet tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Ani­mal
Husbandly Building Room
217.
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The following men were elect­ed
to the Staff of the Alabama
Farmer Monday night: business
manager, Robert Sellers; circu­lation
manager, Earnest Lund-berg;
and advertising manager,
John Cates. These men will take
over at the beginning
spring quarter.
of the
The Ag Council will meet to­morrow
at 8 p.m. in Comer Hall.
All'clubs are asked to send their
two representatives to serve for
the coming quarter along with
the outgoing representatievs.
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Two agricultural radio pro­grams
are set for Saturday,
March 13. They are the "Auburn
Farmer" heard over WAUD at
11:30 by Glover Pugh and Lelais
Pair and "Facets for Farmers" by
Boyd Evans over WJHO at 12:30.
College Officials
Attend Naval Meet
Ralph B. Draughon, Acting
President of Auburn, accompanied
by W. T. Ingram, Business Mana­ger,
Robert K. Pitts, head of the
Department of Aeronautical En­gineering,
and Captain Joseph
W. Callahan, USN, Professor of
Naval Sciences and Tactics, were
among the more /than 100 out­standing
educators who recently
visited the Naval Air Station,
Pensacola, Fiji, for the first of two
four day orientation programs in
Naval Air Training.
The guests were faculty mem­bers
and department heads of 26
colleges in this section of the
country. having Naval Reserve
Officer's Training Corps Units.
The Chief of Naval Air Training
designated top men in varied and
specialized fields of Naval Avia­tion
to discuss with the profes­sors
the purpose, scope and me­thods
of Naval Air Training.
Representing the Eighth Naval
District were educators from Au­burn,
Tulane University, Univer­sity,
of Mississippi, -University of
Oklahoma, University of Texas
j and Vanderbilt University.
PASSION PLAY
WILL BE HERE
NEXT SUNDAY
To Be Held On Student
Activities Building
Stage at 8:15 p.m.
The passion Play will be pre­sented
at Auburn next Sunday
night for the first time in this
section on the stage of the Stu­dent
Activities Building.
The cast is composed of volun­tary
talent. Local ministers, col­lege
professors and business peo­ple
have offered their services
toward making the production a
success.'
The germ from which the-Pas-sion.
Play" grew came from the art
of setting texts to music in the
medieval church, and singing
them as additions to the regular
service. These musical texts were
called "tropes." The Easter trope
was the only one which provided
a stage setting. A sepulcher was
placed at the altar, and a mem­ber
of the clergy, dressed in
white, represented the angel
while three others represented
the three Marys.
Since that day the Passion Play
has developed into a complete
dramatic presentation, with full
costume and dialogue. The most
famous Passion Play today is the
production of • Ober-Ammergau
in the Bavarian Alps. This play
was instigated by a vow taken by
the people of Ober-Ammergau
in a prayer that they might be
spared from the plague of 1632.
It is given every ten years.
Through the years many changes
have been made, and now, with
orchestra, "chorus, and tableau,
the play extends over eight hours.
The Auburn presentation has
been revised to last only one hour.
' The Passion Play has become a
reality through the untiring ef­forts
of Mrs. Camille Liverman
and Mrs. Ruth Ellen Arment.
The cast includes the following:
Hoyt A. Ayers, Louie James,
Sam Brewster, Henry Edwards,
T. C. Clark, Charles Lee, Robert
Haraway, Norwood Jones, Hol-lace
E. Arment, Florence Leese,
Irene Floyd, S. Turner Jones,. Ma­bel
Jockisch, Samuel Burney
Hay, Thomas F. Chalker, William
Byrd Lee, and Edgar Evans.
Music will be directed by Prof.
Edgar Glyde.
Chemical Engineers
Honor Kuerner
At a meeting Monday night
the AIChE presented a copy of
"Perry's Chemical Engineer's
Handbook" to Ronald Kuerner of
Mobile. This book is given to
the freshman making the highest
average during the fall quarter in
the Chemical Engineering de­partment.
Kuerner's average was
3.9.
Kuerner is sport's editor of the
Plainsman -
Players Commended,
The Tower . . .
. . . Poem By Jim Bradley, page 2.
Honorary Colonel .
- . . . Is Betty Jean Jordan, page 2.
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Editorial Highlights .
. . . Crime Wave?; Co-Op Bust;
page 4.
A-Day Football Game . . .
. . . Details on page 7.
Cuban Student Protests . . .
. . . Letters To The Editor, page 5.
World Brotherhood . . « ., '
. : . Story On Lisle Fellowship, page 8.
'Musical Horse Doctor' ,.;..-'i
. ... Jimmy Newberne And His Orchestra, Feature On
page 5. ( i
LEN HENSEL, elected "King For A Day", beams approval at his court at the Coronation Ball
held in the Student Activities Building Friday night. Len is a senior in science and literature
from Clilton Heights', Pa., and a member x)f Pi Kappa Alpha. Reigning with the "King" is "Queen"
Eddie Morgan. Eddie represents Chi Omega sorority which sponsored the winning candidate.
Others in the picture from left to right are Ray Fowler. AlO president; Mrs. Fowler; Jolcv Har-rell,
Chi O; Doris Parker, Theta U; Jean Daughtry, AIO; Carolyn Braswell, Phi Mu; Fern Nix,
AIO; Virginia Aiui Holcomb, KD; and Jean Bennett, AIO. (Photo by Leonard Whjtten.)
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J£~THE PLAINSMAN Wednesdas', March 13, 1948
Betty Jean Jordan
Is 'Honorary Colonel'
Betty Jean Jordan, sophomore
in applied art from Brewton, was
appointed 'Honorary Colonel of
the Regiment" Saturday night by
^committee of seven. The beauty
| queen, who entered th contest
'as honorary captain of Company
'"E", Second Battalion, reigned
i over Military Ball festivities at
!the Student Activities Building.
The honorary colonel, escorted
!by eight lovely honorary cap-
' tains, made her entrance through
i a= huge drum.
; Theta U Showers
Miss Marion Piper
, Marion Piper was entertained
[with a shower by her sor,ority
; sisters of Theta Upsilon chapter
• room Friday afternoon.
Following the shower, Miss
= Piper and her fiance, William
• Spear, Jr., were honor-guest at a
! dinner party given by Grace
Poole, Doris Parker and Hope
Robertson.
Miss Piper is a senior in Home
Economics. Her wedding will be
held in the Fairfax Methodist
Church on March 19.
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Theta Upsilon announces the
pledging of Annie Jean Allen, a
freshman i n Home Economics
from Tallassee, and Gwen Barrow
a freshman in Laboratory Tech­nology
from Empire.
Formal pledging was held
March 3 in the chapter-room.
At Auburn
BOB
HURSTON
smokes
CHESTERFIELDS
Bob Hurston says:
"Sm'oked them nigh on to
twenty years, because I have
seen them buy the riper, the
finer, the milder tobaccos."
Vbied TOPS — Chesterfield
the largest selling cigarette in
America's colleges (by nation­wide
survey.)
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iKemKtBsm
Betty Jean Jordan
PHI AJLUMNI URGED
TO ATTEND BANQUET
All Phi Delta Theta alumni
now living in the Lee County vi­cinity
are urged to attend a ban­quet
at the Clements Hotel to­morrow
night at seven. The pur­pose
of this banquet is to begin
formation of an Auburn—Opeii-ka
alumni association. Dave Can­non
and Tom Flint are sponsor­ing
the organization of this
group.
All Phi Delta Theta alumni ol
the Auburn and other chapters
are requested to call Dave Can­non
at 144-W of 167 at least 24
hours before the banquet.
Pate Is New Prexy
Of Tau Kappa Epsilon
At the last meeting of Beta
Lambda chapter of Tau Kappa
Epsilon, officers were elected to
serve during the spring and sum­mer
quarters*
James F. Pate, Mobile, was
elected to preside over the meet­ings
of the chapter. Other offi­cers
are: vice-president, Ray V.
Lauber, Mobile; secretary, James
H. Edwards, Auburn; treasurer,
Hampton M. Burt, Talladega; his­torian,
Lee Allen Stietenroth, La-
Grange, Ga.; chaplain, George F.
Martin, Fairhope, doorkeeper,
Jacque W. Pate, Mobile; pledge
master, Hubert B. Stepp, Lindale^
Ga. Stepp was also elected to
serve on the Inter-fraternity
Council.
The new officers will be instal­led
at the first meeting of the
spring quarter.
TOWER
By Jim Bradley
Let us stop here atop this hill and
Turn to look at yonder Tower before (
We-journey onward. Seems only a day
Or a week ago J first chanced to marvel
At her beauty. Would you believe a score
Or more of years have passed since that
First thrill came to me? I viewed her in
Her grace from this very spot. Alas, time
Doth fly, and with her goes a memory
Fading like the stars of early morn. But
Ne'er shall the memories of her grace
Fade from my everyday. Ah, just look at her
All aglow. Her face has changed from smiles
To tears and back again, and now she smiles.
She will capture you with her charm and hold
You for many a day, or she will be a knave
Just as you" may choose. Never chaff at her,
Or haste to make a word that doesn't give her
Honor. So bid farewell to Sarnford Tower.
RICE and O L D SHOES
BALFOUR FRATERNITY JEWELRY
THE OLD RELIABLE'
All Mail Orders should b sent to
our Birmingham Office
— • —
. I. G. BALFOUR CO.
2104-5th Ave. North
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Enoch B. Benson, Mgr.
Miss Billie Wayne Ray, Delta
Zeta, and Frank Lynn Tate, Phi
Kappa Tau, both Alexander City,
are engaged to be married in the
early spring. Miss Ray formerly
attended Auburn.
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Miss Virginia McDuffie Hybart,
Monroeville, and William Buck
Taylor, Jr., Phi Delta Theta, Mo­bile
are betrothed. Mr. Taylor
was graduated from Auburn,
where he edited The Plainsman
and was a member of The Au­burn
Players.
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Miss.Corinne Burns, Daingfield,
Texas, and William R. Kennedy,
Lambda Chi Alpha
Members and Dates
Enjoy Buffet Supper
Following a basketball game
between the Lambda Chi Chapter
from the University of Alabama
and the local Chi's, members of
the Omega Zeta chapter enter­tained
dates with a buffet supper
and dance.
Those present were Bob Wood,
Edna Bass; Wofford Smith, Vir­ginia
Brown; Charles Rollins,
Sara Foreman; Marie Dean; Ro­bert
Lewis, Martha Martin; Ste­wart
Bishop, Betty Beck; Carl
Saia, Jerry Shipper; Jim Cooke,
Margaret Wade; Hugh Griffith,
Carolese Johnson; Tom Loveless,
Ruth Winningham.
Jim Monroe, Edwina Lewis;
Birmingham, will be married in
March. Mr. Kennedy attended
Auburn.
Miss Martha Jeanette Cantrell,
Waukegen, Illinois, and H. Ro­bert
Snow, Jr., Pi Kappa Alpha,
Birmingham, are to be married in
June at the First Baptist Church
in Waukegen. Mr. Snow was
graduated from Auburn.
Miss Betty Jean Duke and Jack
Lee, Pi Kappa Alpha, both of
Birmingham ,will be married at
7:30 p.m., March 20, at the Wood-lawn
Baptist Church. Mr. Lee is
a graduate of Auburn.
Miss Edna Jarman, Montgom­ery,
and Dexter Fearing, Jr.,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Birming­ham,
are to be married March 17
at 5 o'clock in Maxwell Field
Chapel. Mr. Fearing is an engi­neering
student.
Buddy Leo, Patsy Allen; George
Kelly, Patty Jamison; Buddy
Sanders, Bobbie Sullivian; Ho­race
Carr, Anne We£tver; Jimmy
Brown, Lawra Powell; Herman
Pruett, Eloise Killian; Don Hob­by,
Bowena Kidd; Charless Ste­wart,
Betty Walker; Al Rees.er,
Bill Letchworth, Bobby Lewis,
Buddy Northcutt, Red Holley,
Howard Numuz, Ray Hunt, Glenn
Moon.
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Canterbury To Hold
Services In Opel ilea
The Aubilrn Canterbury Club
will hold Vesp,er Services in Em­manuel
Church, Opelika, Sun­day
at 5:15 p.m. Canterburians
will meet at the Parish House at
4:30.
Following the Opelika Service,
club members will return to Au­burn
and hold an installation ce­remony
for the newly-elected of­ficers,
who are: president, Bob
.Cook; vice-president, Bill Peck;
Secretary, Ruth Huey; Treasurer,
Wesley Ellis; and Representative
to Diocesan College Commission,
Gordon Hill, with Marjorie Law-ing,
alternate.
These officers will serve the
Spring and Summer Quarters.
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Last Sunday evening, Dean J.
E. Hannum presented the third
talk in his series on the economic
* •
political, and 'sqcial conditions
during the life of Christ. Guests
are welcome.
HOLDS "FREAK
CIRCUS' PARTY
Alpha Delta Pi sorority enter­tained
at a "freak circus party"
on Thursday night in the chapter
room honoring its new actives.
The sorority room was decorated
with typical circus billboards il­lustrating
its "side-show attrac­tions."
v
Evelyn Corbett, as ring-master,
announced the stunts that were
to be performed. Highlights of
the show were a "Black Sambo"
soft-shoe dance by'Besse Talbert,
a ballet-jazz number by Betty
Ramsey, and a "St. Louis Blues"
dance by Sara Vaughn, Margie
Baughn, and Vennette Cox. Also
the "Spike Jones" band, com­posed
of several members of the
sorority, gave their special ar­rangement
of "At Dawning."
The guests were served hot
dogs and cokes.
LOST: A green and gold life­time
Schaf fer fountain pen,
March 5, between Auburn Hall
and Alumni Gym. Finder please
call Grace Boalwright, Auburn
Hall.
ATO Holds Second
Annual Hobo Party
Alpha Tau Omega held its se­cond
annual hobo party Friday
night. Requirements were hobo
clothes and dirty faces. The "re­ception
committee" very thought­fully
applied dirt to the face of
anyone who came without this
prime requirement.
The living room and den had
been turned into typical /Hobo
habitats by Jimmy Kendrick and
the social committee. The rear
end of a caboose was the center
of the decoration theme, and rail­road
tracks covered every wall.
The ceiling was hung with crepe,
paper, old shoes, cans, and bottles.
The hobo signs that littered the
walls were an amusing touch.
Pledges jNoland Smith, Rye
Bailey, Whit Whittelsey, Herman
Blagg, Robert Bryson, Vann
Goodner, and George Kidd gave
a satirical skit on the actives.
SOCIAL CALEMftAR
Spring Quarter
March 26—Student Social
Life
March 27:—Honor Societies
April 2—Lambda Chi Al­pha
April 3—Delta Sigma Phi
April 9—Sigma Phi Epsi­lon.
April 1Q—Kappa Alpha.
April 16—Phi Delta Theta
April 17—Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
April 23—Phi Mu.
April 24—Delta Zeta.
April 30—Theta Upsilon
May 1—Social Committee.
May 7—AID.
May 8—Alpha Psi.
May 14—Forestry Club
May 15—Alpha Tau Ome­ga.
May 21—IFC.
May 27—Tau Kappa Ep­silon.
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Art-Carved, in the ring and on the tag. For
Art-Carved experts selected and.cut every
Art-Carved diamond . ; . hand-carved its original
setting. Genuine Art-Carved rings are recorded
and guaranteed by America's oldest and largest
ringmaker. When you choose, choose an
Art-Carved. Arid make your choice from our
large collection. W e will be glad to help you find
just the right ring, at just the right price!
WE'LL GLADLY GIVt
you the new booklet,
."Choosing Your Dla- ;
fnond Ring," containing
helpful facts about
diamonds.
Set A $00.00
Set B $38.00
Set C $00.00
Prices Include Federal Tax
Rings enlarged to show detail
BELOVED BY BRIDES FOR ALMOST A CENTURY (1850-1947)
WARE'S JEWELRY
College Street — Auburn, Alabama
GIRL QF THE HOUR
. . . wears a petal-white
Doris Dpdson blooming
with lace-touched scal­lops.
Tiny twin buttons
march down the front
. . . on rayon Sweepalot.
7-15.... .f 10.95
DRY GOODS QJFTS READY-TO-WEAR
A U B U R N
S TV D E N TS
SELL ALL THOSE BOOKS YOU NO LONGER NEED
NOW
<
BEFORE THEY BECOME OUT OF DATE
MAL O N E 'S
WILL PAY CASH FOR ALL YOUR BOOKS OF VALUE EVEN THOUGH
NO LONGER USED AT AUBURN
MALONE'S STUDENT BOOK EXCHANGE
SOUTH COLLEGE STREET
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 10, 1948
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LUMPKIN COMMITTEE REPORTS
ON EDUCATIONAL DRAWBACKS
Lumpkin
(Report of the L u m p k in
C o m m i t t e e on educational
drawbacks at Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, Auburn, Ala.,
prepared especially for the Ala-fa
a m a Polytechnic Institute
News Bureau.)
For the purpose of clarity in
this report the word Auburn will
be construed as meaning Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, a university
of higher learn­ing
located at
Auburn, A1 a -
bama, because
the w o r d is
easier to write,
a n d everyone
knows it by that
name, a n d it
sounds a hell­uva
lot better.
After a tho­rough
and detailed survey of
conditions, weather included, the
committee has come to the con­clusion
that the basic hindrance
of higher learning at Auburn is
the manner in which the build­ings
are constructed in addition
to the fact that students are com­pelled
to get up in the morning.
The average, and some that
ain't average (they make . the
dean's list), student's day begins
at 7:54-in the morning. At that
time he is forced out of the pad
by several unsuccessful attempts
of outside influences, namely me­chanical
devices known as alarm
clocks and odd objects known as
homo sapiens.
The next six minutes things
happen so quickly that it was
impossible for the committee to
tabulate accurate results, and
will be disregarded. When the
student finally comes to, he
finds himself in Samford Hall.
Then his eyes are suddenly
opened to reality by the clango­rous
clangs of 1 Big Sam in the
uppermost portion of the said
building. As Big Sam gongs vi­brations
are ^et up within the
whole building causing it to
quiver like a bowl of lemon jel-lo
on a motor scooter. The vi­brations
become louder and loud­er
until they become fused into
a turbulent roar. Now the first
vibration hits bottom and bounces
back up to where it originated.
The student awakened by this
dreadful shock is then confronted
with a conflict, the first thing in
the morning. His brain cells, still
in a state of unconsciousness, can­not
possibly function at maxi­mum
efficiency.
What to do? An important de-
James Card Shop
Magnolia Ave.
cision must be reached at once,
or he will not be able to do
another thing. This decision will
effect his whole day. Once de­cided
it cannot be changed. It
must be done right or not at all.
A decision that means his doom!
After weighing all possible fac­tors
in his mind, he finally de­cides.
He finally makes .up his
mind whether to take the right
or left staircase up to the second
floor. He rushes up, only to be
met with the last vibration com­ing
down and the first vibration
going up, causing an explosion
similar to what happens when an
irresistible force meets an im­movable
object.
Caught in the midst of it, the
student gives himself up to forces
mightier than himself.
The solution of this problem is
simple. All it requires is for a
bunch of guys to go over there
some day and install an elavator
in place of the left staircase. But,
do not put a motor in it.
Possibly you are thinking that
this would be about as useful as
arch supporters on a snake, but
on the contrary, you're wrong.
The only purpose of the elevator
is to let everyone know that it
won't work, and then they'll all
be forced to climb the right stair-cafe
without a conflict.
As for Big Sam, the committee
recommends that it be set ahead
six minutes.
NROTC UNIT GETS
HEAVY ORDNANCE
The Auburn NROTC Unit re­cently
received a shipment of
heavy ordnance pieces for instal­lation
in the new Naval Armory.
With completion of the instal­lation
of equipment at the Naval
Armory this spring,Auburn will
ha,ve one of the largest and most
complete Naval Armories in the
South. This Armory will have all
the specifications "required for
the laboratory training of the
NROTC student and future Na­val
Officers during his four years
in college.
A few of the many outstanding
training facilities which will be
available in the new armory are:
cpmplete 4-inch shipboard gun;
3-inch gun; twin 40 mm gun; 20
mm gun and Gunnery Trainer;
mine; torpedo; Anti-Submarine
Trainer; indoor movie projection
room; indoor rifle range; depth
charge and rockets; and Naval
Library.
Sigma Nu Pledges
Enjoy Party
An informal party and dance
held at the Casino recently by
Sigma Nu pledges included the
following couples.
Bob Cannon, Betty DeBardele-ben;
Tom Cannon, Julia Cowan;
Nap Gary, Marie Batson; Kirk
Jordon, Aimee McCormick; Rom
Duncan, Emily Blakley; Pat Rea­gan,
Jeny Williford; Bob Vann,
Seale Lee; T. R. Kelly, June Hay;
Bill Knight, Estelle Neal; Stan
Biggs, Jil Jeiter; Phil Mullane,
Virginia Fletcher; Edwin Craw­ford,
Ann Allen; Evan Wing,
Virginia Toleman; Gifford Gar­ner,
Wanda Adams.
"There is more money spent in
the clay mining business than in
the gold and silver mining busi­ness
combined."—Prof.' P^P. Pow-well.
S U I TS
Of Distinction For
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Quality Fabrics hand­somely
and youthfully
styled for the young
set. Double breasted
models in solids, and
mixtures.
$29.50
LEE JAMES
We Do Not Sell Cheap
Merchandise . . .
Bui We Do Sell Good Mer­chandise
Cheap
Down On Railroad Ave
" OPELIKA, ALA.
MARGARET WADE, above,
was r e c e n t l y appointed as
f r e s h m a n representative to
Women',s Student Government
Association. She is a home eco­nomics
major from Prattville.
Mrs. Francis Elected
President Of Omega
Chapter Of Theta U
Mrs. W. H. Francis of Auburn
has been, elected president of the
Omega chapter of the local chap­ter
of Theta Upsilon. This Omega
group is composed of mothers
and patronesses of Iota Alpha.
An impressive mother-patro­ness
initiation ceremony for the
charter members of the newly-organized
group was held Sun­day
afternoon in the Theta U
chapter room. The following re­ceived
the degree: Mrs. W. H.
Francis, president; Mrs. P. L.
Mann, vice president; Mrs. La-noid
Scott, secretary-treasurer;
Mrs. H. E. Scott, editor; Mrs. A.
R. Morgan, Mrs. H. L. St. John,
Mrs. W. E. Mayben, Mrs. A. S.
Graham, Miss Olga Bizba, and
Mrs. G. C. Canon.
birth
The Cannon Beport
w«««
Born at Drake Infirmary, on
February 29, to Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Alford, a girl; to Mr."and
Mrs. Francis Howard, on March
1, a girl; to Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Williamson, a girl, on March 5.
Born at Pensacola, Florida, to
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace L. Dawkins,
on March 3, a boy.
Scales Radio Co.
135 No. College St.
PHONE 762
'Service is Our
Specialty"
The Signal Corps unit of the
Advanced ROTC has received re­latively
little publicity through
this column, but~don't be misled;
the Signal Corps, although'not a
large branch, carries a tremen­dous
responsibility within the
Armed Forces. On March 3, the
Signal Corps celebrated its 85th
anniversary. On March 3, 1863,
the Signal Corps was officially
established as a separate branch
of the Army, charged with the
specific responsibility for the
maintenance of communications.
Since that date, the Corps has
grown steadily! and in World
War II, the United States Army
had the most mtodern and best
developed communications of any
of the Armies.
Orders must be able to flow
down the chain of command with
great rapidity. Battle reports, in­cluding
televised views of battle­fields,
must be immediately avail­able
for making decisions. Pho­tographs
and situation maps must
roll off the machines like tele­typewriter
messages. Weather
warnings, the location of enemy
installations, and intercepted ene­my
missies guiding messages
must be reported to centers where
plotting and analyzing equipment
can sift and evaluate them. Sound
heat and flash detectors, and ra­dar
must be the eyes and ears of
the high command. Their use re­quires
the highest type of special­ization
and coordination, with no
time for delay and no room for
error.
This year, for the first time in
Auburn's history, the Signal
Corps has established itself as a
branch of- the Auburn ROTC,
and its goal is to produce the
many specialists- needed as re­serve
officers in the Signal Corps.
Established last fall, the course
will prepare students for reserve
commissions, and is especially
suitable for electrical engineering
students, since it makes practical
use of electrical engineering
skills in the .operation of tele­phone
carrier wave equipment,
telephone centrals, teletypewriter
equipment, radio stations, and
other highly specialized commun­ications
devices. Students enrol­led
in the Signal Corps Advanced
Course are especially fortunate
in that a summer camp is held
at Fort Monmouth, N. J. site of
the Signal Corps School for the
Army, where the latest, best, and
most advanced equipment „ is
available for training and study.
Electrical and mechanical en­gineering
students who are in­terested
in enrolling in the Signal
Corps Advanced Course, and who
have six or more quarters re­maining
in school are invited to
drop in at the ROTC Office in the
basement of the Samford Hall to
discuss their further qualifica­tions
with Major Fuller, senior
instructor for Signal Corps stu­dents.
Here's your chance to get
into one of the most vital and
interesting of the Technical Ser­vices
of the Army!
ifle Team To Fire
Pi Kappa Alpha
Elects Officers
Upsilon chapter oC Pi Kappa
Alpha held an election of officers
Wednesday night. The new offi­cers
who will serve for the next
two quarters are Charles W.
Jones III, president; Forrest D.
McCulloch, vice-president; Sam
P. Sockwell, treasurer; Hal Breed-love,
secretary; Bruce Henderson,
Jr., Sgt-at-arms; John Norton,
house manager; Jim Haygood, IFC
representative; and Len Hensel,
historian.
Senator John J. Sparkman was
the guest speaker at the Found­ers
Day Banquet in Birmingham.
Representatives to the banquet
were Dub Ellis, Charles Jones,
"Dentyne Chewing Gum!"
"Too good to miss —that's the way I react to
Dentyne Chewing Gum's grand flavor! And let
me point out another fine thing about Dentyne
— it helps keep your teeth white."
Dentyne Gum — Made Only By Adam*'
In National Match
Final results of the Third Army
Area Intercollegiate rifle com­petition
disclose that Auburn's
ROTC rifle team placed fifth
from among a field of twenty
collegiate'rifle teams, with a score
of 3705, just 89 points behind the
winning team from the University
of Tennessee. As a result of their
performance, Auburn's team has
been selected as one of seven
collegiate teams to represent
Third Army Area in the National
Intercollegiate Matches, to be
fired in the near future.
Members of the Auburn team
who will fire in the matches,
which will be conducted by mail,
are James J. Cassidy, William A.
Darden, Charles J-. F r i c k e,
Charles B. Scheurman, J. A.
Oerting, H. L. Longcrier, Jr., M.
J . J;orienDerry, joe rucner, ua-vid,
Oppen, Lloyd Hodges, Henry
S. Morgan, John M. Lowery, Jere
Hoar, Edgar Kaplan, and Charles
Schreiner.
In a hotly contested shoulder to
shoulder match with the Naval
ROTC rifle team on Thursday
night, March 4, the ROTC team
defeated the midshipmen by a
margin of 27 points.
To date, the ROTC team has
fired in 14 postal matches, with a
score of 11 wins and 3 losses. The
team practices Monday through
MANER IS CHAIRMAN
FOLSOM CAMPAIGN
Governor Folsom has named
Pitt Tyson Maner chairman of
his campaign for Alabama's
'favorite son' foK president ac­cording
to the Montgomery
Weekly.
Maner, former executive sec­retary
to the late Gov. Bibb
Graves, will go to the Demo­cratic
National Convention in
July to promote Folsom's nomi­nation
by the Democrats.
Thursday in the attic of the Tex­tile
Building. The next shoulder
to shoulder match to be fired
will be held on April 10th, when
the marksmen of the University
of Alabama will visit the Auburn
Campus.
Gatty Jones, Flash Riley, Ralph
Jennings, Keith McDonald, Jim
Forrester, Ralph Pass, Don Jack­son,
Bernard Blake, John Norton,
C. Ray Martin, Billy Ball, Harold
Lannom, Bill Anderson, Tommy
Floyd, and Jim Stahnke.
WATCHES
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it's Smart to Shop a*
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Even though it might save her nails, it's really impossible!
But by taking your laundry to HIGGINS' SELF-SERVICE
AUTOMATIC LAUNDRY, you can keep her hands beautiful,
and yet the wash is expertly done. Convenient location . . .
pleasant surroundings . . . and, she'll like it.
Located in alley-way directly in rear of Lipscomb's Drug
Store. Drive between bus station and Auburn Cab Co. straight
ahead until new white concrete laundry house may be seen
under water tank.
It's ART MOONEY'S hot arrangement of
mmm*. "II''mm Looking Over a Four Leaf CC lover"
(An MGM release)
~ "Four leal clover" has turned into a real four leaf
clover for ork-pilot, Art Mooney. His record is
keeping jukes in clover.
An experienced hand in the music biz—Art follows
that famous experience rule in the choice of a
cigarette, too. "I've smoked many different biands
arid compared," says Art, "and Camels suit me best."
Try Camels! Discover for yourself why, with
smokers who have tried and compared, Camels are
the "choice of experience"!
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
MARCH 10-11
BODY AND SOUt
starring
JOHN GARFIELD
LILLI PALMER
and
HAZEL BROOKS
also: News Events
FRIDAY ONLY. MARCH 12
RIDE THE PINK
HORSE
starring
ROBT. MONTGOMERY
Also: Selected Shorts
SAT. ONLY. MARCH 13
DICK TRACY
MEETS
GRUESOME
with
BORIS KARLOFF
RALPH BYRD
ANNE GWYNNE
Also: Good Shorts
SUNDAY - MONDAY
MARCH 14-15
I WALK ALONE
starring
BURT LANCASTER
and j
LIZABETH SCOTT
Also: Latest News
OWL SHOW.
SAT. Night 11:00
PIRATES OF
MONTEREY
starring
MARIA MONTEZ
and
ROD CAMERON
Added: News Events
Auburn Plainsman
Published weekly by the students of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Edi­torial
and business office on Tichenor Avenue,
Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news
1 is Saturday, 9 a. m.
Deadline for want ads, classified ads, etc., is
Saturday noon.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY GOLEMAN
Tom Sellers
Ralph Jennings
Mitch Sharpe
Ronald Kuerner __.
BILL ANDERSON
Hal Breedlove
John Lanier
Gene Byrd
_ Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
. Associate Editor
. Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Business Manager
Advertising Mgr.
Circulation Manager
Collections Mgr.
Crawford Nevins Ass't. Circulation Mgr.
Staff members—Beverley Ann Burkhardt,
Quy Cofield, Spud Wright, Phyllis Stough,
Bob Newton, Graham McTeer, Jack Simms.
Roy Lilly
The Plainsman stands for . . ,
An efficient educator and admin­istrator
to serve as Auburn's new
president.
A colorful, modern band, with a
bandmaster who can devote all his
energies toward its development.
Adoption of the name Auburn Uni­versity
in place of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute. ,
An enlarged stadium with a mini­mum
of 30,000 seats.
Institution of a cut system based
on scholastic averages.
Resumption of full athletic rela­tions
between Auburn and the Uni­versity
of Alabama.
Crime Wave'
On the night of February 19, at about
nine p.m., someone cut the back screen
door of a house on North College Street,
entered, and absconded with a few coins
and some jewelry.
That same night a house on South Col­lege
Street was entered through a win­dow,
and the thief, or thieves, took several
items, including a man's watch, a lady's
watch, three small rugs, a runner rug,
and an antique gold stone brooch.
Numerous automobiles around town
have been entered and glove compart­ments
broken into and pilfered of their
contents.
Chief Clyde B. Ellis, of the Auburn Po­lice
Department, says everything possible
is being done to appi'ehend the crimi­nals
responsible for these deeds.
We have been lucky here in Auburn.
Most of us can hardly imagine a fellow
student or any of the townspeople stoop­ing
to such tactics. The village has been
singularly free of crime waves.
But, as the police records show, it's very
possible that such things can, and do hap­pen
here. Each one of us has a responsi­bility.
Anyone having any information what­soever
leading to the apprehension of the
criminals should not hesitate to inform the
city or campus police.
Co-op Bust
"The best laid plans of mice and
men..."
< —Robert Burns
Of all the snafu's we've heard of recent­ly
the fiasco of the Veteran's Co-op store
takes the prize. The 174 membrs of the
Veterans Co-op Association have been ex­posed
to the ridicule of the public and the
contempt of their creditors. What everyone
wants to know is "how" and "why" the
store could lose more than 4000 dollars in
less than two years. The answers are yet
to, come.
When the project was organized in April,
1946, it received a great deal of well-de-sefved
publicity. On paper the idea looked
fi^ie. Veteran students were able to buy
foodstuffs at the store at rduced prices.
Anyone who has tried to support a family
on 90 bucks per knows what a boon cheap
grpceries are.
But one thing was lacking. No provision
was made for periodical check-ups on the
business of the establishment. Obviously
the store was handled in a haphazard fash­ion,
for at times only sketchy books were
kept, and at other times no books at all
were maintained.
The results of such neglect might have
been predicted. The veterans themselves
are partly to blame—if they had establish­ed
a monthly checking system the deficits
might have been stymied before reaching
such alarming proportions.
We still believe the idea behind the
Go-op Store was sound. It has worked suc­cessfully
in other colleges.
It should have worked here.
'Blayds' at the Capstone
Congratulations are in order for the
Auburn Players. Last week they broke
precedent and played at the University as.
guests of Blackfriars. According to Bob
Blackburn, president of the Players, the
audience was "one of the best the show has
played before."
The Crimson-White, official student
newspaper at the Capstone, gave ^The
Truth About Blayds" some excellent ad­vance
publicity.
We believe such engagements as this
serve as missions of good will between our
two student bodies. We suggest that other
organizations make plans to visit the Unir
versity campus, and invite University or­ganizations
to visit ours.
From such small beginnings will grow
the big things for which we are striving.
Courtship
Good Going, Girls!
Women's Student Government Associa­tion
will be re-fitted with a new set of of­ficers
after April 8. Auburn's women stu­dents
have always been one of the most
efficiently governed groups on the cam­pus,
probably because they have high in­terest
in whom they choose as their lead­ers.
Last year's election saw more girls at
the polls than ever before. Good govern­ment
is reflected by the interest of the
masses. Let's keep it that way.
"Pin hanging is sometimes only the as­surance
of the smooching privilege," com­mented
Dr. B. F. Timmons at Louisiana
State University recently. "But often it
involves a more serious meaning."
Dr. Timmons, professor of sociology at
the University of Illinois, speaking on the
"Goals and Shoals of Courtship," said that
dating is actually a screening process.
"Out of a dozen dates," the professor
said, "a man or woman finds one that
seems to require further inquiry. This
may lead to engagement," Dr. Timmqns
intimated, "but courtship does not stop at
engagement—it is merely a further prov­ing
ground prior to marriage."
The goals of courtship, Dr. Timmons
said, are to find a congenial partner on
the basis of companionship and to woo
and win him or her-. "Men, according to
an analysis made of a senior class at Illi­nois,
put companionship first when choos­ing
a steady date. The girl," said the so­ciologist,
"relies upon'companionship plus
security."
These purposes are often obscured, Dr.
Timmons related, by shoals of prejudice
and insincerity practiced by both indi­viduals
during courtship. The professor
admitted that some men, and perhaps
some women, have a "line" but that this
insincerity often jeopardized future re­lationships.
"Be yourself," he advised stu­dents,
"and you will feel the values of
judging traits,of people."
In commenting on further shoals in
courtship Dr. Timmons said that some
people have unreasoning prejudice against
the opposite sex right at the start. "There­fore,"
he said, "their shoals^ are found on
the shoreline. Under false standards the
sociologist placed pleasing physical attri­butes
and physical thrill related to excite­ment.
"The best method of eliminating these
shoals," advised the professor, "is to de­velop
that perfect relationship leading to
understanding of congeniality of people
involved." According to Dr. Timmons, this
can best be effected by sincerity in court­ship
relations, ample time in the court­ship
relations, ample time in the courtship
period for "genuine" acquaintance, the
adoption of standards of genuine values of
personality and the pre-marital outlook
of the union as an "adventure"
—LSU Paily Reveille
i.
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Do-Nuts and Coffee By Bobs
t- ,"- ' . - I -
The Plastic Tower By Ralph Jennings
Friday night, I heard Senator John Sparkman make a
speech at a fraternity banquet in Birmingham. Sen. Sparkman
outlined five points which he considered necessary to be car­ried
out if we are to avoid Wodd War III, which, he thinks,
is looming ominously. Sen. Sparkman listed the following
points as necessary to permanent
peace: (1) Strengthen the Unit­ed
Nations. One method of
strengthing the UN would be a.
modification of the veto power.
(2) The U. S. should participate
in every movement which would
rehabilitate the world politically
and economically. He cited the
Marshall Plan as an example. (3)
There should be
r e a r m a m e n t
through the Se­curity
Council
of the UN. (4)
We should pro­mote
a United
States of Eu-rope.
(5) Every
i n d i v i d u a 1
should strive to
build a psycho­logy
of peace.
Instead of dis-we
should discuss
Jennings
cussing war,
peace.
* * $
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote
that a nationally famous solon
frpm Alabama was undergoing
instruction - prerequisite to em­bracing
the RC faith. His pri­mary
claim to fame was that he
stumped the South opposing the
election of Al Smith because
Smith was a Catholic. The rumor
was wro.ng. I checked with the
Rev. P. J. Doran, C. M., priest at
the local Catholic Church. Father
Doran said that he drove up to
the home of ex-Sen. Tom Hef-lin
and found that the once col­orful
figure would probably be
the last one in the world ever, to
do such a thing. It would have
been an interesting paradox
though.
When Mitch Sharpe wrote that
has-been, fascist Emory Burke
was now residing in Montgomery
and that he wpuid hear watching,
it •• reminded me of a story that
Jim Forrester told me. Jim, who.
lives in Atlanta, was in the public
/library there one day, and who
did he see sitting at a table and
reading a book but the little
wouldbe dictator Emory Burke.
And what was he reading? You
would never have guessed it—
Undercover!
* * »
Many true things are said in
jest. Jeering the Democrats on,
GQP National Chairman Carroll
Reece declared: "WHh the Mos­cow
wing of the Democratic^party
already departed to the left and
with the racially intolerant wing
now threatening to go, off in
another direction, it lpoks like
the Pendergast splinter will be
all alone by next November."
* * *
The best laid plans of mice and
men are sometimes foiled by effi­cient
college auditors. Burns had
the right idea. Crime does not pay
as much as it used to- In case the
crook is not apprehended—-as ids
the case many times, despite the,
dogged insistence of the moralists
r-he won't be covered by Burps'
"of mice and men." But, I am re­minded
of another little quote
which might fill the bill. It is
taken from the Aeneid by Vir­gil:
"There Cretan Rbadamanth
His kingdom keeps, and from un-pitying
thrones Chastises and lays
bare the secret sins Of. mortals
who, exulting, in vain/guile, Elude,
till death, their expiation due."
FILi THIRTEEN By The
Editor
File 13—an old army lerm for 'Waslebasktl'
Jim Bradley, former Plainsman
columnist, left the poem entitled
"The Tower," page 8, with us
before leaving for journalism
school in Denver. We think it's.
good.
* * *
Auburn's head football coach,
* Earl Brown, and
his a s s i s t a nt
Walter Mar­shall,
evidently
are strong be­lievers
in team-w
o r k . T h ey
played on the
same teams at
Notre D a m e;
both have a boy
and a girl; and
Coleman you might have
guessed it^their children's ages
are also the same!
* * *
t
Apparently regarding the Pigg-ly-
Wiggly setim as smallfry, a
cafe owner in Decatur, Ga.,
christened his place the "Hoggly-
Woggly" Grill.
* * *
The w o r l d ' s heavyweight
championship changed hands
five times from 1932 to 1937.
* * *
Auburn is not to be outdone
when it comes to electing its
queens, kings, and other hono­rary
positions. Here is a list—un­official
^and in all probability—
incomplete: Miss Auburn, Miss
Homecoming, Blue Key Out­standing
Player Award for Home­coming
Game, A-Day Queen, A{f
Queen, Sweetheart of Sigma Chi,
Selection cf Maid of Cotton Can­didates,
Dreamgirl of PiKA,
Honorary Colonel of the ROTC
Regiment, Chief's Student of the
Week, King For A Day, Au-
*nwmnmm—-•—••••—•»•*•
burn's Lana Turner, and Ala­bama
Farmer's man and woman
of the week, Glomerata Beauties,
and AIQ Doll Queen.
"It would take 25 years for Ne­groes
to learn to use the ballot
after they get it," said Dr. F. D-Patterson,
president of Tuskegee
Institute. "The white people do.
not use it fully, so, I see no rea­son
to assume the Negroes
would," he observed-
* * *
The Daily. N;orthw,estexn re~
ported this item on the journal­istic
front: "And then, there is
the little story passed on to his
reporting class by Prof. Roland
E. Wolseley. Colonel McCormick,
of the Chicago Tribune, was ask­ed
what he thought of naming
Chicago's new airport after Gen.
Marshall. Colonel McCormick
thought it was a good idea until
the thought struck him—it would
be catted 'Marshall Field'!"
„ * * *
The Police Didn't Like This
One: A story describing weekend
depredations reac[ as follows in
the^East St. Louis (Illinois)
Journal: "Other weekend police
activities included the burglary
of three homes, recovery of two
stolen automobiles and theft of a
car and bicycle."
* * *
It's a good thing that women
dance backwards, says Dr. Gerald
H. Chapman, associate professor
of Chemistry at Kent State Uni­versity.
"A delicate little Ujdy with her
dainty 110-poun^s balanced on
a spike heel has about 1Q times
the toe-crushing power of her
burly partner whose l§0, pounds
are carried on broad-heeled bro-gans/|
he explains.
ME
. I feel so thrillingly alive
Filled with vim and glee, -
Thinking how strange that
years ago
There wasn't any me.—R. J.
Rittenhouse
•'.: * *
Hotel Clerk: "Inside or outside
room sir?"
Little Moron: "Inside—it looks
like rain."
* * *
Deke took his aunt out riding,
Though icy was the breeze.
He put her in the rumble seat,
To see his anti-freeze.—Punch
Bowl.
1st Little Moron: "Why do you
keep looking clown all the time?"
2nd Little Moron: "The doctor
told me to watqh my stomach."
* * *
Thought allied fearlessly to
purpose becomes creative force—.
Allen. ' "
*• * *
,Customer: "I wish to try on
that dress in the window."
New Clerk: "Sorry, lady, but
you'll have to use the fitting
room."
* * * %
Little Tommy was gazing at his
one-day-okl sister, who was
squealing and yelling in her
cradle.
"Did she come from Heaven,
Mummy?"
"Yes, dear."
"No wonder they put her out,"
stated little Tommy.
* * #
Political pie, my dear, is an
easy receipe—just applesauce and
plums.—West Pointer.
* * *
In an English army hospital:
"Ullo, Bill!"
"Ullo, Alf!"
"Come in to die?"
"Naw, Yesterdie." — West
Pointer.
H: * *:
Judge: "I'm giving you the
maximum punishment—I'm let­ting
you go free to worry about
taxes, rationing, shortages, park­ing,
and everything else like the
rest of us!"
A Dash of Bitters BY J™ Former
Some people seem to have an
unconscious talent for publicity.
The strange thing about it is that
these people are never able to
strike the happy medium. Their
publicity is either predominantly
good, or it is predominantely bad.
Some colleges are in much the
same position. For example,
there is the case of LSU/'
Colleges rarely make t he
front pages. Their news is con­fined
mostly to sports and so­ciety
pages. Louisiana State Uni­versity
has managed to crack
the front pages fairly regularly,
however. Seldom has their pub­licity
been what could be called
good. During the dictatorship of
Huey Long the public began to
get a bad taste of LSU. Some
years after Long's fortunate de­mise,
a university president was
jailed for his loose handling of
some construction work. More
ba,d news. The latest off color
publicity to be suffered is the
"Stormy" incident.
Stacie Lawrence, better known
as "Stormy" is no stranger to
Auburn students. Those who have
followed the football team to New
Orleans have brought b a ck
strange and wonderful stories of
the Quarter and especially of
"Stormy". The latest LSU trouble
all started several weeks ago
when PejU-Mell, an unofficial stu­dent
magazine,- was banned by
the university authorities after
it had dedicated its last issue to
"Stormy", complete with a very
fetching picture of her on the
cover. She also visited the cam-)
pus to autograph copies of the
magazine.
Her latest trip up to Baton
Rouge was not as peaceful and
quiet as was the first. Last Thurs­day
she returned to LSU, this
time with her band from her
French Quarter night club. Be­fore
the field/ house, the band
played and she went into her
routine. Judging from the des­cription
sent out by AP, she was
well on the way to giving the
students a complete performance
when all hell broke loose. She
was thrown into the lake, the
band was scattered, its instru­ments
were smashed, and their
truck was overturned. "Stormy"
escaped to a police substation
and later, with the aid of the
state police, made it back to New
Orleans. "Stormy's" c o m m e n t
was, "Boys will be boys." The
comment of the university au­thorities
was not recorded.
BURP By BOYD HINTON
Phone 760
By the time this goes to press,
the quarter will be nearly over,
and it is time to sum up some of
the things that happened. This
quarter began, as you remember,
with much excitement about the
new coach. Well he came, and
few men could have commanded
so much respect and good will as
did Coach Brown. Congratulations
to you, Coach Brown, and your
entire family for becoming so
much a part of Auburn so quick­ly.
Then after a few weeks, the
Green Dolphin came up alongside
the Tiger theatre and dropped
anchor in three fathoms of as­phalt.
All the girls that had been
measuring themselves with their
girdles on, while holding their
breath, trying their darndest to
match Lana Turner's figure, were
narrowed down to one Barbara
Weatherwax, who was given a
bottle of orange soda pop and told
to christen the Green Dolphin.
With a mighty swing she failed
in the attempt. We have to give
her credit, however, for not being
in the habit of swinging bottles.
The incident reminded me of a
Wave I once knew while doing
my duty in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. She was a sweet little
thing, with big brown near-sight­ed
eyes and tipped the scales at
a neat 220. There wasn't an ounce
of fat on her either, but she was
asked to christen a new ship. Had
they asked me I could have told
them better, but anyway she
was given a bottle of green cham­pagne
and. told to swing. She
swung alright, but missed the
ship and hit the provost-marshal
.squarely on the head. There are
some that contend she did It on
purpose, and others that swear she
actually missed the ship, but the
fact remains that she -was the
belle of the ship yard. Moral:
Never let a 220 pound near-sight­ed
wave christen a ship, espe­cially
after she had won a bet
the night before that she could
drink two bottles of beer while
swinging from a chandelier and
sing Bell Bottom Trousers be­tween
bottles.
Time staggered on. In short
order came Ellis Arnall and "Ha­rem
Scarem"; Dr. Wendt and
"Gaslight"; "The Truth About
Blayds", and the Amazing Dr.
Polgar, and last but not least,
King Hensel, KING FOR A DAY,
and it is my wish that I could
make every man KING for every
day.
Goodby now. If I pass ten
hours, I'll see you next quarter.
The Exchange Post By Irv. Steinberg
Severs
* i I'lBu.u. *.i mem H'IHUJUW *
the common man
by lom sellers
"Full many a gem of purest ray
serene, the dark unfathomed
caves of ocedn bear . . ."
Thomas Gray
Journeying through the "dark
unfathomed caves" of the cam­pus
one is apt to run across bits
of wit and wisdom worthy of
geniuses. An especially good
source I can mention are the
blackboards provided by the col­lege
for MRP (Men's Room Phi­losophers.)
At the top of one in
the Main Library someone has
penciled this deathless caption:
"America's Only Free Press."
* * *
Since this is
[the last issue for
Ithis quarter, I
lam going to de-
Ivote a few lines
| to graduates.
Wherever you
|go when you
f l e a v e Auburn
1 you'll have that
sticky little feel-
'ing for the place
l o d g e d way
down in your
c a r d i a c . The
word "spirit" has become a bro­mide,
but that certain unname-able
something we mean when
we say "spirit" is forever fresh.
It's not just Sarriford Tower on
dreary nights, with the rain and
wind dancing across the clock
face; it's not just the smell from
Ross Chemical Lab or A-Club in­itiations;
it's not even summer
street dances or stuffed ballot
boxes or football whiskey. It's
all of those things and more—
with a "War Eagle" yell in the
background. In it you'll find bull-sessions
and speaking to people
and Cub coffee at midnight and
the puddles in front of Langdon
Hall. It's "Doctor" Hodge Drake
and dance leadouts and the long
trudge to Graves Center. It's Vet
Hill, Ag Hill and Main Gate. It's
"Alabama Polytechnic Institute"
and the hope for "Auburn Uni­versity."
It's great; it's mad; it's Auburn!
* H; *
The following message came to
the Auburn postoffice on a pic­ture
postcard dated February 27.
It was addressed to "The 106 Stu­dents
With Guts of Alabama
Polytechnic," and was detoured
to The Plainsman office by Sed-don
Lee:
De Witt Clinton High School
Bronx, N. Y.'
"To the 106 students of Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute who
voted to allow Negroes to enroll
at Auburn, we (students of De
Witt Clinton High School) want
to express our admiration. Good
luck."
P. O'Connor
CORNERED
The American Academy in
Rome has announced the estab­lishment
of nine art fellowships
open to all U.S. Citizens who
have shown achievement in their
chosen fields.
* * *
For the first time in four years
Ramsay High School, at Birming­ham,
has 104 boys taking R.O.T.C.
Of these, 85 are above the third
semester and 19 are in the lower
semesters.
* * *
Then there's the girl who was
called the national debt because
of her staggering figure.—Utah
Chronicle.
* * *
It was recently announced by
the Dean's office at Livingston
State Teachers College that be­ginning
with the spring quarter
the college will offer a course in
photography. All equipment to be
used will be new and the labora­tory
stock is valued at $2000.
* * *
Did you hear about the little
moron who flooded the gym be­cause
the coach told him he was
going in as a sub?—University of
Dubuque * * *
Boston College recently put on
the dramatic production of Romeo
and Juliet.
* * *
Leading Louisiana State's cag-ers
in the matter of raising a
family is center Ray Bass, who is
the papa of a pair of youngsters,
aged four and one.
* * *
Speaking of LSU it was re­cently
announced that the LSU
rifle team has been granted a
charter in the National Rife As­sociation.
By Spud Wright
After ten weeks of good times
and little studying, the time has
come to study. Yep, with the end
of another quarter comes the in­evitable
finals. It is always about
this time of the quarter that the
question of exemption from ex­ams
is brought up. . . .
* * *
Is your life insurance paid up?
Are you tired of living and would
like to end it all? If so, I suggest
you go by the PE office the first
of next quarter and sign up for
tumbling. That is the fatal mis­take
I made at the beginning of
this quarter. It's no doubt an in­teresting
pastime for those who
spend much of their time stand­ing
on their heads and who do
hand-springs down the street.
But if you are no more of a tum­bler
than I am, I advise you to
take ping-pong, if you value your
life.
* * *
"Stormy" Laurence, the much-publicized
strip-teaser from New
Orleans, returned to the LSU
campus Thursday night to cam­paign
for a candidate in the stu­dent
elections. Said "Stormy":
"Actually there's no difference
outside of occupation between
me and the coeds of LSU." Every­one
has read how "Stormy" w"as
cooled off that night by ending
up in the fish-pool, but the papers
failed to mention how many co­eds
helped throw her in.
* * *
Coroner: What were your hus­band's
last words?
'Widow: He said, "I don't see
how can they make any profit
off of this stuff at a dolllar and
a half a fifth."
Friend: "Never mind, old fel­low.
You'll forget her in a few
months and be happy again."
Jilted: "Oh no I won't. I've
bought her too many things on
the installment plan."—Emory
University
5—THE PLAmSMAN Wednesday, March 10, 1448
Plays A Hot Sax
X
\
'MUSICAL HORSE DOCTOR' IS TITLE
INHERITED BY JIMMY NEWBERNE
By Frank Eiland
Leading an orchestra is merely
a sideline for Jimmy Newberne
of the Auburn Plainsman. As one
of the most versatile men on the
campus, Jimmy takes a part' in
many of the student activities but
spends much of his- time with
music.
Despite the fact that he was a
navy pilot during the war, Jimmy
has always had a strong desire
to fee a veterinarian. This desire,
coupled with his music, has earn­ed
for him the nickname of "the
musical horse doctor" among his
friends. A 20-hour load in veter­inary
medicine and being an ac­tive
member of the Alpha Psi
fraternity leaves him very little
time for arranging and practice
with the orchestra. But, then,
somewhere along the way he
makes the time.
No stranger to the musical"
world, Jimmy has played saxo­phone
with Gene Romar in Balti­more
and also with the Georgia
Bulldogs. As with all good mu­sicians,
his favorite pastime is
listening to records. He prefers
listening to the different stylists
in his own field. Although he does
most of the Plainsmen's arrange­ments
himself, he still uses pro­fessional
arrangements made by
friends of his in the big-time.
Organizes Band
On entering Auburn approxi­mately
two years ago, Jimmy was
struck with the idea of organizing
a band that CQUM put out the
music which college students
wanted to hear and dance to.
B e g i n n i n g w i t h only a
handful o^ college students -^vith
professional experience, Jimmy
and the Plainsmen worked their
way up in thw student body's
musical estimation. Their first
big breakv came in playing for
the popular street dances last
summer. Many students were
amazed to find that the group
was a relatively new and in­experienced
band. They had that
professional quality. The popu­larity
of the street dances grew
as more and more students heard
the music of the Plainsmen.
Future Flings
With a new quarter coming up
and many of the fraternity dan­ces
already booked, Jimmy looks
forward to making the Student
Activities Building echo with
some really danceable music.
Jimmy attributes the Plainsmen's
success | o the ability they possess
in furnishing the right style of
music for the right occasion.
Veterinary medicine is Jimmy's
first love; however, after grad­uating,
he 'plans to go into the
practice but retains the right to
reminisce at any time over the
gay notes which his Plainsmen
tossed out at college.
. . . OF INTEREST TO ENGINEERS
Pi Tau Sigma Elects
Pi Tau Sigma, national hono­rary
mechanical engineering fra­ternity,
elected new officers at
their meeting March 1. The ob­ject
of the fraternity is to award
merit to those who have been
outstanding in the field-of me­chanical
engineering. The selec­tion
of students to Pi Tau Sigma
is based on scholarship, extra
curricular activities, character,
and potentialities as leaders.
The organization .serves to foster
the high ideals of the engineer­ing
profession, to stimulate inter­est
in co-ordinate departmental
activities and promote mutual
welfare of its members. The new
officers are Seth H.' Mitchel,
Fairfield, president; Lawrence
Alexander, Jr., Georgiana, vice-president,
Leonard D. Braswell,
Birmingham, corresponding se­cretary;
Martin E. Fox, Birming­ham,
recording secretary; John
A. Robins, Rome, Georgia, Rep
to engineer council, James C.
Farlow, Montevallo, Alt. Rep to
engineer council.
Army ROTC Entrance
Requirements Eased
Veterans with one year or
more of honorable service in the
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, or Ma­rines
will receive full credit for
basic course training for entrance
into the Advanced Course ROTC,
it was announced this week by
the military department. This
ruling, recently released by the
Department of the Army, super­cedes
the requirement that such
service be performed prior to
March 2, 1948.
Veteran students, who hereto­fore
have not been eligible for
entrance into the advanced course
because their service was • per­formed
subsequent to that date,
are invited to discuss their en­trance
into the ROTC with the
officers of the military depart-
"ment staff in the baccment of
Samford Hall. Vacancies for the
Spring Quarter still exist in the
Armored Cavalry, Artillery, Corps
of Engineers, and the Signal
Corps. A few vacancies in the Air
Corps will also be made available
in the near future.
The A u b u r n chapter was
founded in 1940, and has been
active in all engineering activi­ties
on the campus.
—L. A. Alexander
Auburn Grad of '08
Named Special Aide
To Oil Company Head
pari Barker, civil engineering
class of 1908, Auburn, has been
appointed special assistant to H.
S._M. Burns, president of Shell
Oil Company, New York.
Mr? Barker started with Shell
in 1916 as division engineer in
Ardmore, Okla., after service
with U. S. Steel Corporation, the
State of Alabama and the U. S.
Army Engineers. Two years later
he \fras named superintendent of
the company's insurance depart­ment
in Tulsa, Okla., and in
subsequent years a d v a n c ed
steadily to positions of increasing
responsibility in the insurance,
tax and public relations fields.
From 1939 until his present ap­pointment,
he was manager of
the general tax department.
Jimmy Newberne
Position With 'Science
Illustrated' Offered
To Contest Winners
A job as staff photographer or
writer with Science Illustrated
magazine at $50 a week for
seven weeks is the grand prize
offered in the .third annual Col­legiate
Photography Exhibition
sponsored by Kappa Alpha Mu,
national collegiate honorary fra­ternity
devoted to. photographic
journalism. The prize includes a
trip to New York with traveling
expenses paid and the promise
of a permanent job if the win­ner
qualifies.
Students regularly enrolled in
any college or university are eli­gible
to enter up to ten prints
with no more than five in any
_pne class of which there are
five: News, Pictorial-Feature,
Fashion, Sports and Industrial.
The fifty best prints will be "se­lected
for the show.
Entries, which may be 5 X 7
or larger mounted on | standard
16 X 20 board and mailed pre­paid,
wil be accepted until April
30, 1948. There is no entry fee.
Pictures will be returned ex­press
collect.
Entry blanks and contest rules
may be obtained by writing to
W. . J . Bell, secretary, 18 Wil­liams
Hall, University of Mis­souri,
Columbia, Missouri.
March 4, 1948
Dear Editor:
WANTED: 12 students for
meals beginning in spring quar­ter.
Three meals served each
day, Monday through Friday.
Call-Mrs. C. H. Le Noir at
1073-W after 6 p.m.: 136 N.
Ross.
TOR SALE: Four rooms
house, furnished. One mile from
Auburn. For information, call
1027-W. Frank Eiland.
Juvenile delinquency hinges
on the refusal of parents who
refuse to accept responsibility.
At Auburn
ROSSIE
MEADOWS
smokes
CHESTERFIELDS
Rossie Meadows says:
"I smoke Chesterfields be­cause
they're the best."
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the largest selling cigarette in
America's colleges (by nation­wide
survey.)
Norwood Jones Speaks
To Methodist Class
Norwood Jones, director of the
Wesley Foundation, was guest
speaker at the Methodist Young
Married Couple's Sunday School
Class on March 7.
The following class officers
were elected for the next two
quarters: Mr. and Mrs. George
Foster, presidents; Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Yielding, vice-presidents;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roark, secre­tary
and treasurer; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Sheehan, recreation chair­men;
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boone,
worship chairmen; and Mr. and
Mrs. C. W Tubb, publicity chair­men.
LOST: Helios Wrist watch
with stetchable metal band,
in front of Martin Theater, Ope-lika,
$5.00 reward. Notify Jim
Hieit, 135 y2 Tichenor Ave.,
call K.
I hesitated very much before
writing" this letter because it so
happens that I am classified by
the immigration department as a
foreigner, which I do not feel to
be. This, of course, classifies me,
in a way, With the Yankees be­cause
no matter how well found­ed
and true my opinion might be,
it would not carry much weight
as I would not understand the
problems of the Sputh. I might
not understand the problems of
the South, but I think I under­stand
a little bit about human
nature.
In The Plainsman that came
out the third of March, I read a
letter to the Editor signed by Dan
Meador in which some reference
was made, in a rather despicable
way, to the racial conditions of
South America. We certainly do
have, as Dan said: ".. .a polyglot
population of all shades, varying
from lilly White to coal black,"
but what may surprise him is that
we are not ashamed of it, and I
am personally very sorry that
there is still some prejudice
against Negroes, Indians or some
other races.
I can very easily sit by a Ne­gro
on any place in any town in
Cuba where my home is. My
mental faculties would not de­teriorate
for it; nor would my
skin change its color. Neither
would my feelings be molested.
It so happens that the Cuban
Negro came from Africa as slaves
«s the North-American Negro did.
It so happens too, that the Negro
here became "free" a few decades
before the Cuban Negro gained
his liberty. Nevertheless, the Cu­ban
Negro is far ahead of the
North American Negro in spite
of the fact that we have not pro­vided
the policy followed by the
Southern states, under which, and
quoting Dan, "the negro race
has steadily advanced from sla­very".
The Cuban Negro is nowa­days
hindered from success in
politics or any profession only by
his lack of capacity or ability and
they are found in any profes­sion
or way of life.
Dan said that "a feeling' pi
friendship has developed between
them" (Negroes and whites in
the South). It may be that I do
not understand the English Lan­guage!
.very well hut it certainly
has- impressed me as not very
friendly some ideas and opinions
I have heard rather frequently.
We in South America might not
know very well to elect the right
kind of government. Our political
institutions might be cumbersome
and impractical. Probably we do
not know very well how to live
orderly under freedom. We might
lack ability to accumulate money
and make a business go. Chris­tianity
is practically unknown
and we might have created a
mongrel race but certainly if our
friend Dan wants to find friend­ship
and the democracy that lives
in the hearts of the people, he
should go to South America.
Dear editor, this is not a letter
motivated by hard feelings. I
have spent airnost a fifth of my
life in the South of the United
States. I Jiaye received a lot from
the South and many of my best
friends are here. I may truly say
that I have been very happy
here but it was very sad for me
when I saw the results of the
poll .recently published in The
Plainsman in which a very ele­mental*
right was being negated
to, a person by the majority of
thfe students of. one of the centers
of higher learning in Alabama. It
cerainly; is not very encouraging
to know that the best of the
youth of a progressive state
thinks that way. What shall, we
leave for the uncultured, pro­bably
more conservative remain­ing
people of the state?
Alabama: Polytechnic Institute
is my Alma Mater and .I want to
see it become what only the stu­dents
can make^ it, a university,
with all the implications the name
carries in regard to culture.
Sincerely
Humberto Diaz de Arce
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Feb. 27, 1948
Dear Editor:
Upon reading the results of the
recent poll of graduate students
on the admission of the colored
gentry into the student body, I
know there are many among the
alumni who were surprised, let
' down, or completely overcome.
It is. ridiculous beyond human
comprehension, to the older• ones
of us . . . to think of Auburn,
Dear Old Auburn, The Loveliest
Village, to be a counterpart of
Xuskegee Institute.
It is heartbreaking to think of
Auburn, with all its glories and
attainments in the arts, sciences
and industry . . . t o know that
one single person would cast aside,
all our time honored customs and
that immemorial, living thing, the
Auburn Spirit . . . I t would be a
great upheaval in many, many
hearts to see the magnificent
orange stripes turn to a pallid,
mangy yellow and the fire in the
eyes of the flashing, fighting,
snarling Tiger, as we have known
him, dimmed with the dastardly
results of this socialistic outrage.
Even the Old War Eagle could
not defiantly raise his head and
scream^ with a mess of light-brown
tail feathers.'
Yours very truly,
R. W. Emerson, '27
--~ Cleveland, Ohio
25 February 1948
Editor, Th,e Plainsman
Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
Editor-
This is National Brotherhood
Week—which apparently doesn't
mean very much around Poly. . .
I have reference to a United
Press news release which ex­plains
that 58.91 percent of the
students of your school voted
against admitting qualified Neg­roes
as students to study at Poly.
I regret thajt more than half the
students at your school are op­posed
to practicing democracy . .
I would, however, like to con­gratulate
the 30.35 per cent of
the students who voted they had
no objections to William Bell,
the Negro war veteran studying
at Polytechnic.
Those who expressed that they
would not object to studying with
qualified Negro students demon­strate
that they are no longer liv­ing
in 18th century haze . . .
I could write on and on about
this subject, but then I have to be
getting to school. You see, I am
a veteran—a Negro veteran try­ing
to catch up on the four years
I spent in democracy's sake.
I will not take more of your
time. In closing, will you be so
kind as to explain to those of
your school who are still dwelling
in the 18th century that never be­fore
at any other time have we
needed brotherhood more than
we need it now. . .
I am,
Yours very truly
Luck Moore
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Students, Read Your Constitution
And Take Part In Your Government
the A uburn Plainsman Keep A Copy Of. Your Constitution;
It Will Be Handy As A Reference
Constitution Of Associated Undergraduate Students Of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama
We are publishing in this week's
edition of the Plainsman the en­tire
Constitution of the Associated
"Undergraduate Students of Ala-
'bama Polytechnic Institute .with
'the proposed changes that have
'been recommended by the Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet printed,
in bold face type.
From reading this document it
may seem that we are recom­mending
numerous changes, but
actually we are proposing a few
major ones. In recommending
these changes we have had to
change the wording of several
sections of the Constitution and
By-Laws. All of the proposed
changes have been given careful
consideration and fore though, and
we hope that you will keep these
thoughts in mind when you read
this document.
First of all we have tried to
•arrange this document in a more
logical order by grouping the qua­lifications
of candidates and elec­tion
regulations under one sub­heading,
in the By-Laws. In this
same section we have tried to
clarify some of the regulations
.governing the elections, and we
Thave also added one or two items
i that have been brought to our at­tention
during the past year.
I The Publications Board has
'been given the authority to set
•the eligibilty requirements for
i elective positions coming under
S their supervision. It is the feeling
fof the Cabinet that this proposed
{changed would eliminate the con­tusion
that has existed in the past
iin regard to qualifying candidates
{for these positions.
I The Social Committee has been
'set up as a body separate and
{apart from the Executive Cabi­net.
The chairman of this com­mittee
shall be elected by the
{students. This will create another
^student office, and we believe it
rwill help to arouse the interest
!bf. more students in student af­fairs.
In addition to the proposed
| changes made by the Executive
j Cabinet, Charles L. Williams has
{submitted two additional changes
{proposed by a petition signed by
'students at large. These proposed
changes shall also appear in the
Plainsman this week and are be­ing
given careful consideration by
the Executive Cabinet.
; Student Executive Cabinet
Dick O'Cain, President.
CONSTITUTION OF
Associated Undergraduate Stu­dents
of the Alabama' Poly-
. iechnic Institute
; Whereas, it seems wise that all
activities among the students of
'tlje Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
should be so organized and
conducted as to work for the bet­terment
of the student body; it is
fitting that some central organi­zation,
chosen by the student
b|Tdy, have and exercise general
powers of supervision over all in­dividual
activities insofar as they
affect the Alabama Polytechnic
Ifjgtitute.
"in so 'doing, we the students of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
propose to be governed by the
constitution and laws of the fed­eral
government and the State of
-Alabama as to the right of our
student citizenship and to recog­nize
the authority of the 'admin­istration
as superior to our own.
•To this end it is necessary that
tSe entire body of undergraduates
, b e brought together as a unit in
ogcler that the legislature and
executive powers may be con­ferred
upon such a central organ­isation.
It is, therefore, enacted
bysthe undergraduate students at­tending
Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
that such an organization
be effected and to this end the
following constitution is ordained
and adopted.
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I * .
Name of Organization
The name of this organization
sftjgll be "The Associated Under­graduate
Students of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute."
ARTICLE II
Purposes
- The purposes of this organiza­tion
are to deal effectively with
matters of student affairs, to per­petuate
the best traditions of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, to
promote the beet of good under­standing
between faculty and stu­dents
to the end that the work of
the college may be made of high
value to the students, to control
all matters which are delegated to
the students association by the
administration, to work with the
administration in all matters af­fecting
the welfare of the student
body, to control and direct stu­dent
activities in order that they
may be conducted for the best
interest of the student body as a
Vihole and to the credit of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
ARTICLE III
Membership
AH registered, undergraduate
- students at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute are, by virtue of
sijch registration, members of the
organization, such membership to
be subject to all rules and regu­lations
as may be herein or here­after
enacted by this organiza­tion.
ARTICLE IV
Executive Cabinet
Section 1. All the legislative
and executive powers of this as­sociation
are hereby invested in
a representative body to be chos­en
as hereinafter provided. This
body shall be known as the "Ex­ecutive
Cabinet of the Associated
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute."
Section 2. Acts and Decisions
of the Cabinet.—All acts and de-cisjons
of the Executive Cabinet
shall be considered decisions of
the Association except that on
petition presented .in writing to
the President of the Cabinet,
carrying the signatures of 8 per­cent
of the registered undergrad­uate
students within ten days of
the enactment of such acts and
decisions of the Executive Cabi­net,
they shall be presented to
the Association for ratification or
rejection, as provided in Section
3.
All acts and decisions of- the
Cabinet shall be published in the
official student newspaper of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
the issue next following the
meeting. A report of each meet­ing,
certified by the President
and Secretary of the Cabinet,
shall be published in the official
student newspaper of the ' Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute in the
next issue following the meet­ing.
Section 3. On receipt of a pe­tition
as provided in Section 2,
the Executive Cabinet shall,
within four days, issue a call for
a general vote on the matter in
question, the same being taken
by written ballot within fourteen
days but not earlier than seven
days after the issue of such call.
A negative vote of two-thirds of
the bailouts cast shall be necessary
to annul any act or decision of
the Executive Cabinet.
Section 4. Membership of the
Cabinet.—Membership in the Ex­ecutive
Cabinet shall consist of
an indefinite number of ex-officio
•members as designated in Sec­tion
5, five special members and
12 regular members, ^ h e special
members, who shall have all the
rights and duties of regular mem­bers
except the right to hold of­fice
in the Cabinet, shall be the
regularly elected presidents of
the four classes and the regular­ly
elected President of the Wom­en's
Student Government Asso­ciation.
The twelve regular mem­bers
shall .be elected from the,
four classes of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute as follows: Three
members of the senior class, two
members of the junior class, one
member..of the sophomore class,
one member of the freshman
class, one co-ed elected by the
wojnen students, and one repre-
{J|maliye~elected by the fifth year
students. . .
Each class shall elect by popu­lar
vote its representatives as de­signated
above and a class presi­dent,
a vice-president, a secretary
and treasurer, and a historian.
The election shall be held in ac­cordance
with the qualifications
and regulations set forth in the
By-Laws.
i Section 5. An ex-officio member
that has been duly elected by the
organization he or she represents
is entitled by the approval of two-thirds
of the "elected cabinet to
all rights and privileges of the
cabinet except that of voting.
' ARTICLE V
Section 1. Organization of the
Executive Cabinet.—Officers of
the Executive Cabinet shall be
as follows: (a) president, (b) vice-president,
(c) secretary, (d) treas­urer.
All officers except the treasurer
shall be elected in accordance
with the qualifications and regu­lations
set forth in the By-Laws.
The treasurer shall be elected
from within the Cabinet by the
members of the Cabinet.
Section 2. Succession of Offi­cers.—
Any vacancies in a class's
representatives on the cabinet
(namely president and represen­tative)
shall be filled by others
elected at' the same time in order
of succession herein provided in
Section 3, Article V. A leave of
absence of any cabinet member
may be had without replacement
up to 1 month by two-thirds
vote of the Cabinet.
Section 3. Order of Succession
—The Vice-President shall re­place
either office vacated by the
President or Representative; if
both offices are vacated, the Sec­retary-
Treasurer and Historian of
the class will replace the vacancy
other than that replaced by the
Vice-President. If vacancies can­not
be filled by. class officers,
the cabinet shall elect members
of the class to fill the vacancies
until the next election.
Section 4. The following shall
be the permanent committees of
the Executive Cabinet: Drives,
Elections, Finance, ..Invitations,
Pep, Publications, Rat Cap, Ring,
and Student Relations Committee.
ARTICLE VI
Social Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Social
Committee.
Section 2. The Social Commit­tee
shall be a body separate and
apart from the Executive Cabi­net.
, Section 3. This committee shall
consist of a chairman and as
many associate members as he
desires. The chairmen shall ap­point
his committee with the ap­proval
of the Executive Cabinet
Section 4. The chairman of the
Social Committee shall be elected
by popular vote in accordance
with the qualifications and regula­tions
set forth in the By-Laws.
Section S. The chairman and his
committee shall assume office at
the beginning of the Fall Quarter
and hold such office through the
following Summer Quarter,
vacancy occurs in the chairman­ship
of this committee, the Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet shall
elect a temporary chairman to
serve until the next regular elec­tion.
Section 7. The duties of this
comitee shall be as follows:
1. To engage name bands for
the student body entertainment
at the discretion of the commit­tee
and the Administration.
2. Members of the Social Com­mittee
atttending social func­tions
shall set an example by
upholding regulations pertain­ing
to such.
3. The Social Committee will be
available to render service to
organizations and groups pro­moting
social activities.
4. For these duties the chair­man
shall receive a commission
as specified by the College Busi­ness
Manager and approved by
the president of the College.
ARTICLE VII
Section 1. Members of the stu­dent
body may propose amend­ments
to the Constitution by pe­tition
presented in writing to the
President of the Executive Cabi­net
carrying the signatures of 8
per cent of the registered under­graduate
students, or members
of the Executive Cabinet may
propose amendments from the
floor.
Section 2. It shall be necessary
to publish in the.official student
newspaper of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute a proposed
amendment to this Constitution
in the two issues next preceding
the date on which a vote is taken
in the Cabinet.
Section 3. Proposed amend­ments
shall be adopted by a two-thirds
vote of approval of the
Executive Cabinet.
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE!
Every registered undergraduate
student of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute is subject to the
following rules and regulations.
ARTICLE II
Section 1. The membership of
the Executive Cabinet shall con­sist
of duly elected representatives
chosen in accordance with Article
IV, Section 4, of the Constitution,
under supervision of the "Elec­tion
Committee."
Section 2. All representatives
elected to the Executive Cabinet,
shall be inaugurated at a banquet
with two weeks after the regular
election. The following pledge
shall be taken by all the members
of the Executive Cabinet at this
inauguration: "I do solemnly pro­mise
to support the Constitution,
By-Laws, and Rules of Permanent
Committees of the Associated
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
and to perform the duties of my
office to the best of my know­ledge
and ability. So help me
God." This oath shall be admis-tered
by the President, of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Section 3. The newly elected
representatives and class officers
shall assume their duties at the
beginning of the Fall Quarter and
shall hold such offices through
the following Summer Quarter.
Section 2 and Section 3 under
Artcile V of the Constitution shall
govern the replacement of any
vacancies that occur in the Cabi­net
between regular elections.
ARTICLE III
Section 1. The treasurer of the
Executive Cabinet, as provided
for in Article V, Section 1, of the
Constitution, shall be elected by
written ballot at the first meet­ing
of the Executive Cabinet.
Section 2. Chairman of Com­mittees,
expect where othewise
provided by the Consttuiioh or
By-Laws, shall be elected by writ­ten
ballot at the second meeting
of the Executive Cabinet.
ARTICLE IV
Section 1. (a) It shall be the
duty of the president of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet to preside at all
meetings of the Cabinet and the
student body; to call meetings of
either body upon written request
of five members of the Executive
Cabinet, or at his own discretion;
to vote in case of a tie in Cabinet
proceedings, to sign with the
treasurer all vouchers and requi­sitions
drawn of funds of the
Executive Cabinet; to see that
all elections are anounced in due
time; to call and preside over all
freshmen meetings until the elec­tion
of regular freshman class
officers; and to serve in - every
other capacity of an executive to
the Cabinet and student body.!
(b) For his duties, the Presi­dent
of the Cabinet shall receive
a monthly salary determined by
the Administration.
Section 2 The vice'-president
shall! assume the duties of the
president in case of the absence
of the latter.
Section 3. The secretary shall
keep all records of the Executive
Cabinet and shall send notices
of all meeting to members of the
Cabinet.
Section 4., The treasurer shall
receive and disburse all monies
of the Executive Cabinet and of
all committees in accordance with
the regulations governing The
Finance Committee.
ARTICLE V
Section 1. The Executive Cabi­net
shall hold meetings every
two weeks through the. school
year.
Section 2. Special meetings may
be called at any time by the
president. Within three days af­ter
having received the written
request of five members of the
cabinet or a written request
signed by 8 per cent of the Stu­dent
Body, the President shall
call a meeting of the Executive
Section 6. In the «vent that a' Cabinet to be convened within
two days of the date of such call.
Section 3. The order of busi­ness
for the Executive Cabinet
shall be as follows:
1. RolJ C a i r . /
2. Reading of minutes of pre­vious
meeting.
3. Reports of standing commit­tees
4. Special business '
5. Report of other committees
6. Old Business
7. New Business
Section 4. Robert's Rules of
Order shall cover all procedures
of this Cabinet, except those
covered by the Constitution and
By-Laws.
ARTICLE VI
No meeting shall begin or con­tinue
unless at least" a quorum—
two-thirds of total membership—
is present.
ARTICLE VII
Attendance at meeting of the
Executive Cabinet is required of
all representatives. Absence or
excessive'tardiness is punishable
,by a fine of seventy-five cents.
A member of the Cabinet may
be suspended or permanently re­moved
for flagrant dr continued
neglect of his duties, by a two-thirds
vote of the Cabinet.
ARTICLE VIII
Any organization or publica­tion,
except social fraternities, ex­isting
as an undergraduate organi­zation
or publication must first
be granted the privilege of estab­lishment
on the campus by a
two-thirds vote of the Executive
Cabinet, and the approval of the
College Administration. This pri­vilege
may be' withdrawn at any
time by a. similar procedure pro­viding
the matter has been duly
investigated and due notice given
to the organization concerned.
The current constitution and by­laws
of all such organizations
shall be kept by the Executive
Cabinet.
Any organization failing to
comply will not. be recognized
by college authorities, Student
Executive Cabinet or college pub­lications.
\
ARTICLE IX
Section 1. The committees as
provided for in Article V, Section
4, of the Constitution • shall sub­mit
formal reports to the Cabi­net
once a month, with the ex­ception
on the Invitations Com­mittee,
which shall submit a
quarterly report. ••
Section 2. Temporary Commit­tees,
which are appointed from
time to time, perform such duties
as the Executive Cabinet shall
specify.
-,.;,?• -;:;:• ARTICLE X
Proposal to change these By-
Laws except where otherwise
provided (Paragraph 2, Section 5,
Article IV, Regulations of Per­manent
Committees of the Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet) must be
made by members of the Cabinet
or the students at large, but in
either event, the proposal must
be presented to the Cabinet and
made a part of the record thereof
and must be submitted in writ­ing
to the president of the Exe­cutive
Cabinet and must be pub­lished
in the offical student news­paper
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute in next issue next pre­ceding
the meeting at which the
Cabinet acts, on the proposed
changes. This meeting shall be a
public one and all who desire
to be heard on the proposed
change be given opportunity to
speak. A two-thrids vote of the
members of,the Executive Cabi­net
shall be required to change
these By-Laws.
1 ARTICLE XI
All matters of interpretation of
the Constitution, the By-Laws, the
Regulations of Permanent Com­mittees,
and the Qualifications of
Candidates and Election Regula­tions
shall be decided by the
Executive Cabinet.
ARTICLE XII
A written, report of the Cabi­net's
activities during the pre­ceding
year shall be written and
signed by the President of the
Cabinet, and after a two-thirds
approval of the Cabinet be sub­mitted
to the permanent records
of the Cabinet and published in
the Plainsman written in the
style approved by the editor.
REGULATIONS OF PERMA-NENT
COMMITTEES OF THE
EXECUTIVE CABINET
Permanent Committees
Permanent committees func­tion
throughout the entire year
and carry out routine duties of
the Executive Cabinet, The Per­manent
Committee" are: Drives
Committee, Election Committee,
Finance Committee, Invitations
Committee, Pep Committee, Pub­lications
Committee, Rat Cap
Committee, Ring Committee, and
Student Relations Committee.
ARTICLE I
Drives Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Drives
Committee.
Section 2. The Junior Class re­presentative
shall serve as co-chairmen
of this committee.
Section 3. All campus drives
must be aproved by the Cabinet.
Section 4. Dates for all drives
must be approved by the commit­tee.
Section 5. Drives sponsored by
the 'cabinet and other campus
organizations must be chacked for
legality. ,
'Section 6. The cabinet shall pay
the drives committee $2.00 a day
during Cabinet sponsored drives,
or some other amount to be de­cided
upon by the Executive
Cabinet and the Clolege' Busi­ness
Manager with the approval
of the President of the College.
ARTICLE II
Election -Committee
Section 1, The name of this
committee shall be the Elections
Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to conduct
all campus elections as herein
provided.
Section 3. This committee shall
consist, of a chairman and five
associate members. The chairman
shall be a senior elected from the
Executive Cabinet as provided for
in Article III, Section 2 of the
By-Laws. The associate members
shall be appointed by the chair­man
subject to the approval of the
Executive Cabinet. The chairman
shall announce his committee
within two weeks after his elec­tion.
Section 4. The duties of the
Election Committee shall be to
conduct elections in accordance
with the qualifications and regu­lations
set forth in the By-Laws.
ARTICLE III
Finance Committee
Section 1. The name^of the com­mittee
shall be the Finance Com­mittee.
Section 2. The chairman of this
committee shall be the duly elec­ted
Treasurer of the Executive
Cabinet.
Section 3. The purpose of the
committee shall be to handle all
finances of the Executive Cabinet
and make monthly reports to this
body.
ARTICLE IV
Invitations Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Invitations
Committee.
Section 2. The.purpose of this
committee shall be to sell the
graduation invitations of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
.Section 3. The chairman of this
committee shall be elected from
among the Senior Representatives
by the Cabinet at its second
meeting.
Section 4. The chairman shall
appoint his committee from • the
Senior Class, subject to the ap­proval
of the Cabinet.
Section 5. The duties of the
chairman of this committee shall
be to keep a record of all the in­vitations
sold, to make a quarterly
report to the Cabinet, and to
carry on all correspondence with
the printer of the invitations. For
these duties he shall receive a
commission as specified by the
Executive Cabinet and the Col­lege
Business Manager with the
approval of the President of the
College.
ARTICLE V
Pep Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Pep Com­mittee.
Section 2.* The purpose of this
committee shall be to foster the
Auburn Spirit on the campus, and
elsewhere, to cooperate with the
Head Cheerleader in planning for
Pep Meetings in Auburn andj in
cities where Auburn is playing
football.
Section 3. The chairman shall
be the 5th Year Representative to
the Cabinet. He will appoint as
many on this committee as he
thinks advisable with the Cabi­net's
approval.
Section 4. All expenses of the
Pep Chairman and a commission
for his services shall be paid by
the cabinet with the approval of
the Administration.
ARTICLE VI
Publication Committee
Section 1. The name of the
committee shall be the Board of
Student Publications.
Section 2. The purpose of this
Board shall be the general con­trol
of all student publications
supported by the student activity
fees.
Section 3. The membership of
this Board shall consist of four
faculty members and four mem­bers
of the senior class in good
standing selected from a list of
a least eight students compiled
by faculty members of the Board
of Student Publications, subject
to the final selection by the Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet. The fac­ulty
members shall be as follows.
(a) Director of Student Affairs
. (b) The President or a faculty
representative appointed by him.
(c) The Business Manager of
flip colloso
(d) The instructor in journalism.
(e) Ex-officio members are
President of the Executive Cabi­net.
Editor and Business Manager
of the. Glomerata and the Editor
and Business Manager of the
Plainsman.
Section 4. Meetings of the Board
of Student Publications shall be
held no the first or second Thurs­day
of each month. Due notice
of all meetings shall be given by
the Chairman 48 hours before the
"time of the meeting. The pre­sence
of six member shall consti­tute
a quorum.
A meeting of the Publications
Board may be called by the Exe­cutive
Cabinet or the Chairman
of the Board.
Vacancies that occur will be
filled from the remaining list of
candidates (presented at the first
of the year) by vote of the Cabi­net.
Section 5. The duties shall be
as follows:
a. To execuise general super­vision
over the business and edi­torial
. management of siuden>
publications receiving monies col­lected
by the college.
b. It shall receive sealed bids
for all publication expenses, to
be opened before the Board. It
shall award contracts necessary
for publications heads and their
staffs.
c. To pass upon tentative bud-gels
of student publications sub-milted
by business managers at
the beginning of the college year.
d. To declare and fill all vacan­cies
.in the offices of editor-in-chief
and business managers or
their staffs and members of the
Board of Student Publications for
good and sufficient reosons.
e. To fix Ihe salaries of the Edi­tor
and Business Manager of stu­dent
publications coming under
the supervision of the Publications
Board.
f. The eligibilty and require­ments
of candidates for elective
positions on any student publica­tion
coming under the supervision
of the Publication Board shall be
established by the Publication
Board.
1. To be eligible for editor-in
chief or business manager of any
student publication under ihe
supervision of the Publication
Board, the candidate must have
served on the editorial or busi­ness
staff, respectively, of that
publication for one full year', in
addition to the semester in which
the election is held.
2. He must submit an applica­tion
in writing to the Publication
Board at least two weeks before
the Board to be examined oral­ly.
3. In the event that no applicant
for such editorial and business
staffs meets the qualifications as
established by the Publications
Board, the Board shall have the
power to nominate candidates for
the elective position or positions
to be filled.
4. The publication Board shall
investigate each quarter the
existing staffs of the Plainsman
and Glomerata, as well as other
publications which it may later
supervise, in order to insure
eligibility of future candidates
for the elective positions of those
staffs.
g. To submit to the elections
committee a list of qualified
candidates for the elective posi­tions
of the student publications
coming under the supervision of
the Publications Board. The
election shall be held in accord­ance
with the qualifications and
regulations set forth in the By-
Laws.
ARTICLE VII
Rat Cap Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Rat Cap
Committee.
Section 2. The committee
shall consist of a chairman and
as many committeemen as he
deems necessary. The chairman
shall be a senior representative
elected from the Executive Cabi­net
at its second regular meeting.
The chairman shall announce
his associates within two weeks.
Section 3. The duties of the
committee will be to sell the
men rat caps. During registra­tion
week the rat caps will be
sold by the committee. For these
duties the chairman shall re­ceive
a commission as specified
by the Executive Cabinet, the
College Business Manager, and
approved by the President of the
College.
ARTICLE VIII
Ring Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be " the Ring
Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to sell the
standard class ring of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
Section 3. The committee shall
consist of the Vice-President of
the Executive Cabinet who shall
be chairman of said committee,
and five associate members, who
shall be members of the senior
class to be chosen by the chair­man
with the --approval of the
Executive Cabinet.
Section 4. The duties of the
chairman of this committee shall
be to keep a record of all the
rings sold, to make a monthly
report to the Cabinet, and to
carry on all correnspondence
with the manufacturer of rings.
For these duties, he shall receive
a commission on each ring sold
as specified by the Executive
Cabinet, the college Business
Manager, and approved by the
President of the College.
Section 5. The duty of the
members of this committee shall
be to sell rings and turn ail or­ders
over to the chairman of the
committee. A commission shall
be paid to the members for each
ring they sell as sepecified by the
Executive Cabinet, the college
Business Manager, and approved
by the President of the College.
ARTICLE IX
Student Helations Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Student
Relations Committee.
Section 2. The committee shall
be headed by a chairman selec­ted
by the Cabinet.
Section 3. The purpose of the
committee shall be to hear, in­vestigate
,and work out a plan
of settlement of all or any grie­vances
submitted by any student
or groups of students.
Section 4. All facts in any case
shall be kept confidential at the
discretion of the complaining
party.. (
Section 5. The committee shall
have the authority to act on be­half
of all the undergraduate
students of API. When any
changes or adjustments are to be
rriade, thrf committee shall refer
the case to either the Council of
Deans, Directors of Student Af­fairs,
President of the College,
Board of Trustees, or Governor
of the State of Alabama.
Section 6. 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 public the facts when
authorized, by means of the
Plainsman, or any newspaper in
the state.
Section 7. The committee shall
act for the betterment of the
students in any way possible
provided the action is approved
by the cabinet.
QUALIFICATIONS OF CAN­DIDATES
AND ELECTION RE­GULATIONS
*
ARTICLE I
Qualifications
Section 1. The qualifications of
candidates for the Student Exe­cutive
- Cabinet, the Class Offi­cers,
and the Chairman of the
Social Committee shall be as
follows.
a. Nominations shall be sub­mitted
in the following form,
"We the undersigned, mem­bers
of the class of
• do hereby nominate
for "
(Singatures of Sponsors)
I hereby accept nomination.
(Signature of Nominee).
For all class elections there
shall be on the nomination the
signature of 4 per cent of the
students registered in the nomi­nee's
class.
For ..all ..other ..nominations
there shall be on the nomination
ihe signature of 4 per cent of
ihe total number of undergradu­ate
students registered at Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute.
b. The Qualification* Board
shall consist of all senior mem­bers
of the Executive Cabinet.
c. Before a nominee may be­come
a candidate for election he
or she must be interviewed by
the Qualification Board and
pass that body by a simple ma­jority
vote subject to the fol­lowing
regulations:
1. A person is eligible to hold
an office in the class in which
he or she is a voter.
2. The nominee for President
of the Executive Cabinet shall
be a member of the senior class
and must have served one term
on the Cabinet in order to quali­fy
for a candidate. .
3. The chairman of ihe Social
Committee shall be a member'
of the senior class.
4. The Vice-President of the
Executive Cabinet shall be a
member of the Junior class.
5. The secretary of the Execu­tive
Cabinet shall be a member
of the Sophomore class.
6. An overall average of 2.0
or a 2.5 average for the im­mediately
preceeding quarter is
required of all candidates.
7. Every candidate with the
exception of first quarter fresh­man,
must be an active partici­pant
in some extra-curricular
activity, and must be here in
school the following 3 quarters
except in unavoidable cases.
Section 2. No student may be
a candidate for an elective posi­tion
on any student Publication
coming under the supervision of
the Publication Board except
with the recommendation of the
Board of Publications. The qua­lifications
on such candidates
shall be governed by Article IV,
Section 5, Paragraph f. Regula­tions
of Permanent Committees
of the Student Executive Cabi­net
in the By-Laws.
Section 3. The title of Miss
Auburn and Miss Homecoming.
a. Any under graduate 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 the same
year.
b. Each c o l l e g e operated
woman's dormitory, each: col­lege
operated men's dormitory,
each social fraternity, and each
social sorority, and each organi­zation
recognized by the Execu­tive
Cabinet shall be entitled to
nominate one candidate for the
title.
c. The nominations shall be
in the following form:
We, (Nominating Body) —.,
do hereby nominate (Nomi­nee's
Name) ...... for the title of
Miss Auburn (or Miss Home­coming.).
(Signed by President of
nominating body)
I • hereby accept the ' nomina­tion.
(Signature of nominee)
d. If at least five girls are not
nominated for the title, the
Election Committee shall itself
nominate the required number
of girls to bring the total num­ber
of candidates to five.
e. After all nominations are
in, the Election Committee shall
appoint a Qualification Board
consisting of five members.
Students shall not be appoint­ed
to this Board.
f. The Qualification Board
shall select from the nominees
the five final candidates and
their names shall be listed on
the ballots and the election con­ducted
as provided in Article II,
Elections Regulations in the By-
Laws.
ARTICLE II
Election Regulations
Section 1. All members oE
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
undergraduate s t u d e n t .
body are eligible to vote subject
to the following regulations:
a. All students above and in­cluding,
the sophomore class
shall vote in the election of the
President of the Executive Cabi­net,
the Vice-President of the
Executive. Cabinet, the Secre­tary
of the Executive Cabinet,
the Chairman of the Social
Committee, and the Editor and
Business Manager of student
publications coming under the
supervision of ihe Publication
Board.
b. The Class Officers and
representatives to the Student
Executive C a b i n e t shall be
elected by members of their re­spective
classes only.
c. All students are eligible to
vote in the election of Miss Au­burn
and Miss Homecoming.
Section 2. Elections shall be
held as-follows: '
a. The election of all fresh­man
officers shall be held in
ihe Fall Quarter.
b. The election of all other
Class Officers, the Student Ex­ecutive
Cabinet, and' ihe Chair­man
of the Social Committee
shall be held during the Spring
Quarter.
c. The election of the Editor
and Business Manager of stu­dent
publications coming under
the supervision of ihe Publica­tion
Board shall be held during
ihe Spring Quarter or at such
other time as is recommended
by the Publication Board.
d. The election of Miss Au­burn
and Miss Homecoming
shall be held during the Fall
Quarter.
, Section 3. Elections shall be
governed by the following regu- il­lations:
./
a. Nominations must be turn­ed
in at the time and place di­rected
by the chairman of the
Election Committee.
b. The date at which nomina­tions
are due shall be published
in ihe two issues of the Plains­man
preceding this date.
c. The chairman of the Elec­tion
Committee shall call a
meeting of the Qualification
Board and shall notify all nomi­nees
in writing as to the time
and place at which he or she
must appear before the_ Quali­fication
Board.
d. The date of the election
and the list of qualified candi­dates
shall be published in at
least two successive issues of
ihe Plainsman prior }o the elec­tion
dale.
e. The ballots shall be secured
by the Chairman of the Election
Committee. All ballots shall be
in his possession at least twenty-four
hours before the election.
The ballot shall contain a com­plete
list of the candidates, group­ed
according to offices and ar-ranged-
in alphabetical order.
f. The ballots of each class
shall be of a different color.
g. The voting for all elections
shall be conducted at the place
(or places) designated by ihe
chairman of ihe Election Com­mittee.
h. There shall be no voting
by proxy.
i. All ballot boxes shall be
sealed before the voting begins
and opened only to count the
ballots.
j . The voter shall receive his
ballot, fill it out at the place
designated and drop his own
ballot in the ballot box. No bal­lots
shall be carried away from
the election booth.
k. Ballots must' be counted
within 6 hours after close of the
polls and complete returns giv­en.
1. All candidates or their sup-portei's
must remain at least 50
feet from the polls, except that
they may approach to vote.
m. Anyone found guilty of
unfair practices at the polls
shall' have his voting privilege
removed by the Chairman of
the Election Committee. After a
Cabinet hearing on the offense,
the name of the offender, the
offense, and his fraternity or
organization affiliation shell be
published in the official news­paper
of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute.
n. All candidates may use the
local radio stations to address
the members of their respective
classes as to their intended poli­cies
and . procedures, subject to
the following regulations:
1. All candidates must appear
on ihe same program in alpha­betical
order.
2. The time shall be distribu­ted
equally among the candi­dates.
3. The script of such pro­grams
must be approved by the
Election Committee.
o. All candidates may make a
statement not to exceed 100
words, for publication in the
official newspaper of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e.
Such statement may give his or
her poljcy, and any improve­ments
he or she would like to
make within the office for
which he or she is running.
Such statement is to be pub-'
lished gratis by the official
newspaper.
p. The Chairman of the Elec­tion
Commiiiee shall designate
two nights in the week pre­ceding
Ihe election for mass
meeting. On ihe first night all
candidates for sophomore and
junior offices and on the second
night all candidates for senior
and Sth year offices may ai-drtss
their classes as to their
intended policies and proced­ures.
The chairman shall desig- .
naie one night, in the Fall Quar- P
ier for a similar meeting for
freshman candidates.
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7^THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, March 10, 1948 WHITE CAPTAIN
Football Game Will Highlight
A-Day Ceremonies Saturday
By Ronald Kuerner
A-Day will hit Auburn with
full force Saturday when the an­nual
A-Day football game brings
spring grid training to a close.
Coach Earl Brown has selected
two evenly matched teams to take
part in the fray, with the result
sharp as the proverbial Gillette
Blue Blades. With separate train­ing
sites having been selected for
the past several days, the two
teams are trying everything ima­ginable
to outsmart the friendly
opponents.
The Blues and the Whites, as
the teams will be called, will be
captained by Russell Inman and
Johnny Adcock, respectively. In­man,
185-pound senior from Bir­mingham
and Adcock, a husky
225-pounder from Gadsden, have
been inciting plenty of spirit into
their teams arid the result should
produce one of the top affairs of
the game's history.
End Coach Shot Senn and
Frosh Line Mentor John William­son
will handle the Blues, while
Backfield Coach Johnny Murphy
and Freshman Backfield Coach
McCoy Hewlett will direct the
Whites.
As part of the A-Day ceremon­ies,
Ray Williams, outstanding
baseball, football and basketball
star will be presented with a t r o - '
phy for his record in athletics in
the pa-lt year. Louise Wright,
junior from Eufaula, will be pre­sented
with a trophy as the out-
Constitution
(Continued frqm Page 6)
Student Affairs.
q. Any means of campaigning
by a candidate or his supporters
other than by the heretpfore
mentioned methods or by per­sonal
approach shall render the
candidate ineligible. No candi­date
or his supporters may dis­tribute
free merchandise or have
circulars, cards, or other adver­tisements
printed or circulated
in his or her behalf, or other­wise
spend any monies in be­half
of his campaign. The Elec­tion
Committee* shall decide
cases under these provisions
subject to the approval by the
Executive Cabinet.
Additional Changes
Recommended
Article III. Sec. IV. Para­graph
K — Placing of Ballot
Boxes.
There shall be at least five
ballot boxes placed at strategic
points on the campus, namely:
Ramsay Hall. (4) Main Gate, (5)
New Classroom Building.
(1) Ag Hill. (2) Vet Hill. (3)
Article III, Section IV. Para­graph
0—Counting 'of Voted.
The above to be amended to
*-ead as follows:
The ballots must be counted
within six hours after the close
of polls in the presence of the
Director of Student Affairs or a
member of the administration
appointed by the Director of
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The two squads are as follows:
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