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* Auburn University' Preferred
Over 'Alabama Polytechnic
Institute', Student Poll Reveals
Should the name 'Alabama Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e ' be changed to 'Auburn University?'
This question has been discussed pro and con many times. _^
Records show that in 1872 the name Alabama Agricultural '& Mechanical College was
adopted. Twenty-seven years later, as the college expanded, it was renamed Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
Today, after 48 years of expansion and progress, the college is officially classified as
a university, but carries an obsolete name.
Bill Dearman. Mobile: "No. I
like the tradition
behind the name
Alabama Poly­technic'.
It has
been going on
since 1899 a nd
I don't see any
? need for chang­ing
it now. If
111 anybody is in­terested
enough
Illl in Auburn they
I I I :an find where:
it is located on
Dearman the map."
* * *
Ann Moreland. Mobile: "Since
our Alma Mater is just plain 'Au­burn'
to us as to our alumni, the
s p o r t s writers
and many others Sum
as well, I believe
that we would
be justified in
officially chang­ing
t h e name.
Changes and in­novations
are al-w
a y s brought
a b o u t through; §
dissatisfa c t I o n"'***1*****"
with old meth­ods.
We have al­ready
unofficially made t he
change. Why, then, should we
hesitate to make the change of­ficial?"
Armored Cars to Break
Quiet of Campus Soon
Tanks and Other Vehicles Will Be Part
Of New Advanced ROTC Course in Winter
Moreland
Ambrosio B a r r e t o Mantilla,
Columbia, South America: "Au
burn University of course. For
proof one only
has to look in the
l dictionary to see
i t h e difference
I between 'insti­tute'
and 'uni-fversity'.
Auburn
is was once an in-jstitute.
It still
I carries the name,
[although now it
is actually a uni-
Maniilla versity."
» * *'.
Tom Sellers, Smith Station:
Ask an old grad where he went
to school. "Why, Auburn, of
course!", he ans­wers
with little
War E a g l e ts
sparkling in his
eyes. Mention of
Alabama Poly­technic
Institute
leaves him cold.
Out of state most
folks know u?
a s A u b u r n.
"API?", t h ey
a s k , "Where's Sellers
that?' Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
is so much sound and
fury. It signifies nothing. But
'Auburn University'—ah. there's
a name for the ages!"
* * *
Leon (Bull) Cochran, Birming­ham:
"Yes, I'm in favor of the
change. I think
a good i d ea
w o u l d be to
change the name
[ f r om Alabama
H§ Polytechnic In­stitute
to Auburn
! University when
j we get our new
i president. I don't
I see why the
[ c h a n g e hasn't
been made be­fore
now."
* * *
Frank Sego, Tuskegee: "I cer­tainly
advocate a changing of
the name Alabama Polytechnic
Institute to 'Auburn University.
In the f i r st
place everyone!
will agree that
Auburn U. is
more appropri­ate
of what the
school actually
is. Not only are
technical courses
o f f e r e d here
now, but j u s ti
about anything
else t h a t one
might expect to
get in a high state institution.
And, since our football teams
over the years have marched on­to
gridirons of the nation under
the banner, 'Auburn', why should
we continue to be plagued with
this Alabama Polytechnic — Ala-
(Continued on page 8)
Sego
For the first time in the his­tory
of the military department,
Armored Cavalry will be offer­ed
to students of the advanced
course ROTC during the fall
quarter.
Tanks, armored-.cars, and other
vehicles of the Armored Force
have been ordered' by the de­partment
and will arrive in the
near future. They will be used
in classes in tank driving and
gunnery which will be taught
during the winter and spring
quarters.
In World War II, armor played
a decisive role in the destruction
of enemy forces., slashing and
tearing a c £ i s s the European
C o n s e n t in many directions.
American tanks, with their
fearless crews and leaders, came
to be respected and feared by all
who opposed them. Now, Auburn
students- may get into this vital
•>nd exciting branch.
N<, .'special qualifications are
requires c*her than "the two nor­mal
years ot basic ROTC or one
year, of honorable service in the
armed forces during the Wars
Armored J Cavalry instructors
for the course will be Major Carl
P. Croninger and M/Sgt. William
A. Shaddeau, both veterans of
the 10th Armored Division in
France) Belgium, Luxembourg,
and Germany. ;'.
Students are invited to drop in
to .see them at the Military de­partment
and talk about Armored
Cavalry as a choice of branch for
their advanced course. They are
accepting applications for the
fall quarter. ,.
SCARAB WINNERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Lawrence, Stripling
Win Top Honors
The results of the annual
Scarab Art Contest, as arfhbuhced
•by ArHson Afford, organization
president, ate as follows:
Freshmen: James W. Moore,
first place; Louis Adney, second
place; Tommy C. Riley, third
place; Ed L.' Goodson and Tom­my
C. Riley, honorable mentions.
Group I Upperclassmen (in­cludes
pencil, pen and ink, char­coal,
lithograph, pastels and col­ored
crayons): H. S. Owens, first
place; Harald Hartwig second
place; James S. Cheyne, Harold
Hartwig, and George F. Martin,
honorable mentions.
Group II upperclassmen (in­clude
water colors): Carlton O.
Lawrence, first place; Mauveline
Shaw, second place; S. A. Alford
and Nancy Brazell, honorable
mention.
Photographs: Charles W. Strip­ling,
first place; Robert M. Page,
second place; Lamar Brown, S. L.
Champion, and Everett Floyd,
honorable mention.
Judges of the exhibit included
p r o f e s s o r s of architecture E.
Walter Burkhardt, and Henry
Edwards, and professors of Art
Harry Lowe and Miss Dottie
Newman. Al James assisted in
the photographic judging.
Allison Alford, only recently
elected president of Scarab, im­mediately
after the contest part­ed
his plans for the architectural
fraternity.
"I plan to lnvue weil-known
architects and engineers, to come
here" as Scarab-sponsored speak­ers,"
he stated.
WANT TO ACT?—BE
ATY-HUT OCT. 2
X
Tryouts for the Auburn Play­ers
: fall quarter . production
"The Mistress of the Inn" by
Carlo Goldoni will be held
Thursday, October 2, at 7:30
p.m. in the Y-Hui.
Professor Telfair B. Peet is
s e e k i n g placements for five
men arid three'women.
Peet staled that if any stu­dent
who wished to try out
for the play but could not be­cause
of a conflicting schedule
may contact him before the
above date. Arrangements will
be made, he said, to give such
students special tryouts at their
convenience.
New Frosh Handbook
To Appear This Fall
The Auburn "Rat-Bible" will
make its debut at the first of
next quarter, announces Luther
Smith, editor. All copy has been
received and the handbook will
contain 60 pages. Approximate­ly
40 pictures and cartoons will
be distributed throughout the
"Bible."
Smith and Hal Breedlove, busi­ness
manager, thank all organi­zations
which have bought ad­vertisements
and both the edi­torial
and business staffs of the
book itself.
VOL. LXXII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27,. 1947 Number 32
Senator Hill To Address Grads
I n Amphitheater Saturday, 7 P.M.
Students Choose
Evelyn Kidd As
'Miss Homecoming'
Cammack, Lowery
Pruitt, Silvernail,
To Serve As Court ,
Evelyn Kidd, senior, in applied
art from Auburn, won the elec­tion
Monday for the title of
"Miss Homecoming."
From a total of 811 votes cast,
Evelyn polled 236. The other four
contestants, who will serve as
the court to Miss Homecoming
on October. 4, were Emily Cam-mack,
sophomore in home eco­nomics
from Selma; Peggy Low­ery,
' senior in education from
Birmingham; Emily Pruitt, soph­omore
in applied art from Ander­son,
S. C; and Helen Walden
Silvernail, senior in science and
literature from Opelika. \
Evelyn, a member of Alpha
Gamma Delta^sorority, was chos­en
AIO Doll Queen of 1946 and
was recently in the semi-finals of
the contest for "Miss Alabama."
She will preside over all the
festivities on' Homecoming Day
when . Auburn meets Louisiana
Tech in The Stadium.
Fall Quarter Freshmen
To Receive New Type
Orientation Talks
A new type orientation wiH be
given incoming freshmen for the
f a l l ' quarter announced T. W.
Schuessler, director of student
affairs.
Orientation will be held in
Langdon Hall Thursday and Fri­day,
September 25-26. Student
leaders will explain to the new
freshmen extra-curricular activi­ties
on the campus. Each talk
will be designed to last approxi­mately
three minutes.
Gl Wives Are Offered
Positions as Teachers
Veteran's wives who are pre­pared
to teach may be interested
to learn that the dean of the
school of education receives many
calls for teachers, the News Bu­reau
announced yesterday. <
Supt. T. H. Kirby, Opelika, has
just filed a call for a fifth grade
teacher. Any veteran's wife who
would be interested in this posi­tion
should call the education of­fice
(Auburn 960, ext. 253 or 447)
at once.
GRADUATION SPEAKER
Senator Lister Hill
poefcor Patrick To Teach
American Humor in Fall
What makes an American laugh?
His sense of humor is t h e key to his personality, according
to Professor Walton R. Patrick, who will teach a n ew course
in American humor here this fall.
The class won't be a side-splitting one, Br. P a t r i c k warns
students. The writings of Ameri­can
. humorists from colonial
times to Will Rogers, Bob Hope
and Fred Allen will be given a
serious analysis to see what mak­es
them "tickle."
Dairy Science Club
Gets Approval
The Dairy Science Club has
been approved by the Student
Executive Cabinet. It is now a
full-fledged campus organization.
The Club has as one of its ob­jectives
the promotion of fel­lowship
and scholarship among
students at Auburn who are in­terested
in dairy science.
Officers for the fall quarter
were elected Thursday. Foster
Owen was chosen president; Har­old
Gibson, vice-president; Vir­gil
Bryars, secretary; Herbert
Kohn, treasurer, and Calvin Rog­ers,
publicity and recreation of­ficer.
Members of the Club plan as
one of their early fall activities
to place an exhibit at Ag Fair in
November.
The Club will meet on the
second and fourth Thursdays of
each month. All students inter­ested
in dairy science are urged
to join.
Elliot Lawrence (above) and his orchestra will play for the
Homecoming set of dances Friday and Saturday nights, October
3-4 in the new Student Activities Building. Lawrence, a grad­uate
of the University of Pennsylvania, fronts one of the young­est
and most up-and-coming dance bands in the country. The
average age of band members is 22, while Lawrence himself is
only. 23. Lawrence, voted by college students as "the nation's
most promising band," is making his first tour of Southers
campuses this fall. v. - •
' No other people, according to
Dr. Patrick, laugh so readily as
Americans. And this sense of
humor has been a saving factor in
the lives of both early pioneers
and GIs of the recent war, he
contends.
When the going became almost
too tough to bear, the American
could always find something
comic in the situation, Dr. Pat­rick
said. This change of mood
has been impossible for British
and German soldiers, he asserted.-
A principal,quality of Ameri­can
humor is exaggeration of the
facts, which resulted in the tall
tales of the West—of Davy
Crockett, Paul Bunyon and Mike
Fink. Pioneers, said -Patrick, felt
inferior in the middle of natural
grandeur. Tall tales of great deeds
by supermen made up for puny
reality.
Other characteristics — under­statement,
use of misspelling and
dialect forms—are. not so pecu­liarly
American, Patrick said.
Modern humor, employed in
(Continued on page 8)
Largest Summer Class In History
0( Auburn to Receive 310 Diplomas
. Senator Lister , Hill will address the largest summer
graduating class in the history of Auburn in the amphi­theater
Saturday, at 7 p.m.
This year's peak of 310 graduates cljmaxes what has been
a steady increase since Auburn changed from the semester
Milazzo, Birmingham; Sarah J
Bush, Augusta, Ga.; John W.
(Billy) Tamblyn,. Auburn.
Civil Engineering
Richard H. Alexander, Center
Point, Joe H. Appleton, Albert-ville;
Gerald D. Barnett, Good-water;
James Keith Curtis, Bir-
Jr., Brewton; Ed Gunter, Mont­gomery;
Whipple Jones, Mont­gomery;
Fred Wm. Schutz, Jr.,
Mobile; Arthur W. Smith, Mont­gomery;
Gerald Wade, Birming­ham;
Thurman O. Wallis, Au­burn;
Howard D. Bledsoe, Lang-dale.
Education
Bettey Adair, Geneva; Eleanor
H. Allgood, Auburn; Anne Bai­ley,
Opelika; Mary H. Barron,
Jackson's Gap; Nannie L. Ben­ton,
Enterprise; Cecil H. Bierley,
Sylacauga; Hoyt Brewer, Addi­son,
Mamie W. Brooks, Letohat-chie;
Rosa Coleman, Sylacauga;
Julian T. Crowe, Clanton; Kath-erine
L. Dabbs, Lanett; Ruth S.
Douglas, Mobile; Ethlyn M. Du­mas,
Culloden, Ga.; Harold Du-
(Continued on page 8)
'SWEE TPEA' HURSTON
TO HEAD KNIGHTS
The Auburn Knights are being
reorganized under the direction
of Bob (Sweetpea) Hurston. Hurs-ton
succeeds Shel Toomer who
has led the band since last fall.
Toomer and several others who
had been members of the old
Knights reorganized the band at
an opportune time.
The band will be composed of
a 16-piece aggregation with Mar­tha
Lambert as vocalist.
Bob Hurston has had several
years experience with bands. He
played with a high school dance
band in Tuscumbia.
There will be two new men
who will be featured in solos in
some of the new arrangements.
New additions are being added
to the Knights' library.
Lawrence Ticket Sales
To Begin September 25
Bobby Humphrey, chairman of
the social committee, has an­nounced
that advanced ticket
sales for the Homecoming set of
dances will begin Thursday, Sep­tember
25. Tickets will be sold
on a "first come, first served"
basis. The number of date block
tickets sold will be limited, and
they will be sold only in ad­vance.
Ticket prices fro the dances are
as follows: date block, $6.95; date
single night, $4.25; and stag
single night, $2.50.
Music for the two dances will
be' furnished by Elliot Lawrence
and his orchestra.
Sunday is Open House
At Drake Infirmary
Drake Infirmary will hold
open house Sunday, Aug. 31, from
2-4 pirn. The public'invited to in­spect'
the services and equipment
of the college hospital during
those- hours*
Saturday Graduate to Study
At World-Famed Sorbonne
By Gray B. Ranson
The left bank of Paris—the
center of intellectual life of
France—there are found the Sen­ate,
the Chamber of Deputies, the
University of the Sorbonne, the
studios of artists, and the homes
of writers. And there in Septem­ber
will 'be John B. Lett from
Selma, an August graduate of
Auburn. Jack is sailing from
New York September' 15 with
the University of Maryland
Study Group. He will go over on
one of two ships which the state
department is sending to trans­port
international exchange stu­dents
and study groups from the
large Eastern colleges.
Jack will study for a Master
of Foreign Study degree to be
awarded in July 1948 by the Uni­versity
of Maryland graduate
school, and will do his residence
at *he Sorbonne. He plans to
major in medieval history, and
minor in English literature and
French or International Rela­tions.
, «•
"I hope I'm not overestimating
my French ability," says Jack.
"I've had 30 hours of French at
Auburn, and we will have an
orientation period in Paris be­fore
classes before classes begin."
Jack first, entered Auburn in
September 1939, and left at the
end of the spring semester, 1942.
Instead of returning for the 'fall
term, he was inducted into the
army in October. He spent 18
months overseas in England, Ger-
John B. (Jack) Lett
many, and Holland. His only visit
to Paris was while on furlough.
From October 1945 to January
1946, he was one of nine Ameri­can
soldier students at Christ
Church College, Oxford Univer­sity.
Released from the army in
February, Jack came back to Au­burn
in March.
.The American section of the
international dormitories in Paris,
the Cite Universitaire, will be
Jack's home. He expects to spend
Christmas with friends in Eng­land,
and will take his spring
holiday with friends in Holland.
After he returns to the States,
he^expects to teach.
is
system to the quarter system in
June 1942.
Candidates for degrees:
Aero Administration
Dale Funk, N. Fairfield, O;
Harry Barnes, Jr., Montgomery;
Joe Boulo, • Jr., Mobile; Reese
Bricken, Montgomery; Joe Chan-cey,
Jacksonville, Fla.; Dimitri
Constantine, Pensacola, Fla; Joe
Cook, Foley; B e r n i e Levine,
Birmingham; Robert G. Hill, Au­burn;
Edith ^Liveley, Atlanta,
Ga.; Mack Nunnelley, Birming­ham;
Cary R. Meadows, Tallas-see;
Lowell M. Parrish, Shef­field;
Wm. R. Pray ton, Birming­ham;
Fred Tabor, Auburn; Paul
C. Watson, Columbus, Ga.; W. L.
(Bill) Williams, Birmingham.
Aero Engineering
Robt. P. Andrews, Camden^
Ralph C. Bain, Bridgeport, Conn.;
Ralph S. Carroll, Jr., Atlanta,
Ga.; Earl H. Harbour, Birming­ham;
Creighton C. Lee, Birming­ham;
Lawrence A. Longhurst,
Auburn; Clyde M c L e m o r e,
Scottsboro; Thomas C. O'Bryan,
Birmingham; Wm. M. Roberts,
Tracy City, Tenn.; Hamilton A.
Smith, Dothan; Jack H. Wilson,
Sheffield.
Ag Education
Chas. R. Akin, Montgomery;
O. Ray Dennis, Scottsboro; Robt.
V. Denson, Delta; Allen McLeod
Mathews, Carson; Jack Millican,
Opelika; Leonard E. Nichols,
Brent; Duel Thompson, Alex
City; Rhett Watkins, Enterprise;
Joe Allen White, Rockford; Mar<-
shall M. Wright, Boaz; Sara El­len
Jackson, A u b u r n ; Louise
Scales, Murray Cross; Joel D. All-dredge,
Guin; Morton H. Bryant,
Foley, Sam C. Doughty; Besse­mer;
Palmer Godsey, Addison;
John McClinton, Choccolocco;
Louis G. McDonald, Eva; Thomas
M. Pruitt; George Ward, Glen-coe;
Riley L. Yielding, MS, Ma-plesville;
Joe L. Jones, Cedar
Bluff; Martin L. Curvin, Grant;
Buford L. Martin, Prattville; Wm..
R. Wiggins, Monroeville; Buris
Boshell.
Ag Science
Wm. E. Campbell, Carrolton;
Joe M. Chambers, Brundidge;
Grigsby Davis, Coffeyville, Kan.;
Dewey W. Ellard, Holly Pond; F.
M. Fuller, Perryville; Luther E.
Hollaway, H e n e g a r; Charlie
Kornegay, Tuscaloosa; Emory E.
McDougal, Boaz; Harold McMa-han,
Hopewell; Robert E. Moore,
Marion Junction; Lloyd Nbrrell,
Dothan; Wm. R. Rotenberry,
Montevallo; Culber M. Shotts,
Bexar; Frank M. Turner, Heflin;
Anderson W. Whitt, Boaz; Oscar
M. Williams, Vernon; Clarence
Woods, S u l l i g e n t ; James M.
Young, Boaz.
Ag Administration
David K. C l a n t o n , Athens;
Charles Hearn, Ward; Jim M.
Pace, Eastaboga; W i l l i a m K.
Thompson, Troy; Clifton C. Boyd,
Huntsville; Ervin E. Shelton, Jr.,
Oneonta.
Applied Art
Martha Lacy Maddox, Jasper;
J. Dorrance Kiser, MS, Garden-dale.
Architecture
Walter H. Hall, Huntsville;
Duncan Liles, Jr., Brewton; and
Starr J. Prolsdorfer, Mobile.
Building Construction
Leroy (Dickie) Clark, Hatties-burg,
Miss.; Walter W. Dean,
Alex City.
Chemical Engineering
Ralph Waldo Quinn, Jr., Birm­ingham;
James M. Smith, Au­burn;
Randolph C. Blyth, Spring
Hill; Carl A. Ekblad, Auburn;
William E. O'Brien, Sheffield;
George C. Romine, Cullman; Joe
Vick, Jr., Pensacola Fla.; John O.
Williams, Jr., Bessemer.
Chemistry
Gabriel Humberto Diaz de
Arce, Habana, Cuba; James D.
G. Lindsay, Boyce, Va.; Sam G.
*
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 27, 19471 MELL STREET "GUINEA PIGS"
Martha Lambert, Knight's Vocalist,
Has USO Singing Career Behind Her
By Frances Mulherin
J u s t a bundle of versatility—that's Martha Lambert! As
t h e vocal a t t r a c t i o n of Bob Hurston and his Auburn Knights,
she's no amateur at the game.
Martha, a junior from Birmingham, has been singing ever
since she was a freshman at Ens
ley High.
The circumstancses w, h i c h
brought about the launching of
Martha's singing career are very
interesting. Before she was even
in high school, Martha (who
looked older than she really was)
was teaching dancing, doing some
floor show work, and training for
a promising dancing career
partner to Don Elwell with Ted
Lewis and his band. This would
have been a big opportunity for
Martha because they were sched­uled
to open in Chicago—but, as
often happens, bad luck knocked
and Martha had to give up the
strenuous life of a dancing career
for her health's sake.
Takes Up tinging
Martha was a little down may­be,
but certainly not out. She
took up singing and it proved to
be a good idea. For the next three
years she sang with Buddy Har­ris
and his band in Birmingham,
and one of these years they play­ed
at that city's Hollywood Coun­try
Club.
Travels
Let it not be thought, how­ever,
that Martha was content to
sit at home during her spare time
and twiddle her thumbs. No, in­deed!
During the war she did Special
Services and USO work, singing
in army camps all over the
South. In all she did over 2000
hours of such work — and it
wasn't easy. Often there were
two and three trips a week and
some mornings she would just
get back home from a camp trip
in time for breakfast and get
ready for school; for in addition
to all this she was still keeping
up with her school work!
Sings With Big Names
Martha recalls many unusual
and exciting incidents which oc­curred
during these camp shows.
One night at Maxwell' Field she
Sang with Glenn Miller and an­other
time at Camp Seibert she
sang with Benny Goodman: This
I was quite an experience as Wei
•as an honor for Martha. Also, on
•these trips Martha became great
friends with Frances Dorn, Miss
•America contest runner-up.
Busy In High School
Martha wasn't exactly inactive
in high school affairs, either. She
was a fashion show representa­tive,
was in the May Court, was
campaign manager for elections,
'and was in the A Capella choir.
She also took violin lessons for
a while but soon gave it up as a
bad job.
When asked what she plans to
do upon graduation, her answer
is that she would like to con­tinue
in the entertainment line.
Fall Quarter Officers
asjFor TEP Are Elected
Jack Lande, Birmingham, was
elected president of Tau Omi-cron
chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi
fraternity for the fall quarter.
Other new officers elected are
Julian Berheim, Birmingham,
vice-chancellor; Harold Lichten-stein,
Decatur, bursar; Al Stein­berg,
T u s k e g e e , scribe; Phil
Bookman, West Palm Beach, Fla.,
historian; Ed Kaplan, Miami,
Fla., warden; Bert Silverman,
chaplain. Herbert Kohn, Colum­bus,
Ga.,. was appointed house
manager.
Pi Kappa Phi Initiates
Three; Pledges Two
Alpha Iota Chapter of Pi Kap­pa
Phi fraternity held formal
initiation for four men August 10.
They are Paul Allen, Brcwton;
Jack Brown, Woodland; Jack
Pearson, Dothan; and Stanley
Whorton, Gadsden.
Pi Kappa Phi announces the
pledging of William F e a s t e r,
Birmingham; and Carl Ham,
Andalusia.
Young engineer above is "Super" Sherling. Practice house married students are (left to right)
Bill Ennis, Jim Bradley. Doltie Sherling, Nell Bradley, Mrs. Bill Ennis, and "Super's" old man,
William Sherling, Jr.
Nome Ec Dean Begins Class
In Family Relations Here
The American soldier might be
called "the healthiest man in the
world." The Army provides 13
doctors and 12 nurses for every
2,000 troops, with the finest
medical equipment and hospital
facilities. In World War I, deaths
and disease totaled 156 in 10,000;
in World War II, only six in
10,000. In peacetime, 5 per cent
of the Army's total enlisted
strength is engaged in safeguard-
1 JiQf jtlie^ soldier's health.
The U. S. Regular Army offers
volunteer training in many skills
and trades, ranging from aviation
mechanics to cooking and weld­ing.
*
LOST: From Langdon Hall
Thursday July 31—two snare
drums. Anyone having infor­mation
as to the whereabouts
of these drums please contact
Pat Archdeacon al 247 or 670.
By Jim Bradley
-Ever hear of family relations?
Here at Auburn, the dean of the home economics school,
Marion Spidle, has developed a new course in Family Re­lations!
"It's something new and different—and, of course, it is
still in the experimental stage," states Dean Spidle.
The experiment started back a g e t h e r a s a f a m i l y g r o u p i s m o s t
few months ago when the school
•Traiio Hark lies.
Here are rings worn with pride and affection
by lovely brides for almost one hundred
years. Diamonds cut by Wood experts
abroad. Rings hand-carved by goldsmiths
whose talent is an American tradition;
See our collection of rings marked Art-Carved.
M i l l "Choosing Your Diamond
Ring/' a fascinating booklet on tho
four facts you should know befpra
you choose your diamond. CoDlO ill
tor your copy today. " ~~*
WARE'S JEWELRY
So. College Street
of home economics was confront­ed
with the problems of having to
satisfy the Home Management
Residential requirement of mar­ried
home economics majors be­fore
they completed their re­quirements
for the B. S. degree.
Located on the huge campus
containing 1350 acres, there are
three Home Management house-;
owjasji- .and. operated - by .. the
school of home economics. These
houses are operated similar, to
those located on other college
campuses throughout the United
States. Their aims are: Develop­ment
cf personality, judgment,
interest in and appreciation "of
home responsibilities, experience
and understanding of family re­lationship,
experience in child
care and training.
H o m e Economics students
majoring in home demonstration
work, (those planning to become
Home Demonstration Agents),
Home Management and those
planning to teach in vocational
high schools are getting their
training at "The Farm House.''
These girls learn to manage the
garden, orchard, dairy and poul­try
projects, prepare meals of
typical farm menus, conserve
foods, and manager the house on
an income typical of the average
family on a "live-at-home" pro­gram.
"The "Georgian House", named
for its architectural style, locat­ed
on the rrfein campus, caters to
home ec students whose majors
are foods and nutrition, clothing
and textiles, child care, and nurs­ing
science. They, too, have to
manage the house on an income
comparable to current family in­comes,
living on a low income
budget for a period of six weeks,
then changing to a high income
for the last six weeks of the
quarter. They also have an infant
in this house and study the" care
and cost of an infant in the fam­ily
budget.
The third house, named "Mell
Street House" because of its lo­cation
on the main campus, has
three bedrooms with adjoining
baths, a kitchen, dining ..room,
two living rooms, large hall and
screened living porch. Its present
occupants, or .guinea pigs as they
call themselves in the first ex­perimental
quarter, are Mr. and
Mrs. William G. Sherling, Jr., and
son, *'Super" (William G. Ill),
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ennis, and Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Bradley, Jr. The
courses of these students vary
widely. Mrs. Sherling is a home
management major, Mrs. Ennis,
child development, and Mrs.
Bradley graduates this quarter
with a B.S. degree in foods and
nutrition. Chemistry, engineer­ing,
and journalism comprise the
three majors of the male students
at Mell Street House.
The primary function and pur­pose
of the Mell Street House is
good management in a Family
Relations group. The problem of
three married couples living to-uncommon,
and the girls as well
as their husbands must learn to
cope with this problem as well
as learn to manage a home and
-prepare meals on a fixed budget
for more than just her husband
and children.
"The experiment thus far has
been a success in as much as
group relations are concerned," is
the sentiment of the entire group
now living in the Family Labora­tory.
Under more flexible super­vision,
more advanced planning
using the experiences of this
group as a basis, the project can
be a most successful experience
in education for family life for
husband, wife, and children.
Next quarter will find the ex­periment
continuing with a new
group of studets. Mr. and Mrs.,
Lloyd Kranert, Mr. and Mrs. Mil-ford
T. Kuykendall, and Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Swafford will move
into the house September 27.
INDEPENDENT DANCE
SET FOR OCTOBER 10
AIO will present its fall dance
October 10 in the new Rec Hall
near Bullard Field.
Music will be furnished by Bob
Hurston and the Auburn Knights.
Admission price has been set
at $1 stag or date.
Tickets will go on sale Wed­nesday
September 3.
Lambda Chi Pledges
Elect Officers ^.
The pledge class of ggrribda
Chp Alpha elected officersTxir the
fall quarter. Pat Sweeney is pres­ident;
Dude Kirkpatrick, vice-president;
Wofford Smith, secre­tary-
treasurer. Pledges this sum­mer
include Prude Cowen, Bob
Lee, Roy Brawner, William Som-erall,
Lee McAllister, Don Lan-ford,
Al Davis, and Ted Szuto-wiez.
Pledges entertained members
Saturday night with a Scandal
Party and dance at the Chapter
house.
Mrs. Powell Named
Vef Wives' Advisor
Is Well Known Hostess
In Auburn Area
By Luther Smith
Long a hostess for numerous
Auburn social groups, Mrs. Ber­tha
C. Powell was appointed by
Dean Cater last week as full-time
advisor to veterans' wives
and co-ordinator of their family
lives. Born and roared in Mar­engo
County, Mrs. Powell gradu­ated
f r o m Montevallo Stale
Teachers College, and has been
actitve in social work throughout
Alabama.
For the last years she has been
attached tot Auburn, holding such
positions as Hostess of the ASTP
Guesthouse, Hostess of Alumni
Hall and of the football team.
Mrs. Powell has formulated
many plans which she can now
apply on a large scale to the ad-jhstment
of veterans' problems.
She has aided countless veterans
find apartments or living quar­ters
within Auburn's much-too-crowded
area, and has encour­aged
veterans' wives to join clubs
here.
"Now I intend to contact every
wife and offer her the opportun­ity
to join one of the college
clubs,"Mrs. Powell stated. "There
are three clubs altogether: the
Dames Club and the Marion
Spidle Club, open to everyone,
and the Vet Club, open only to
the wives of veterans studying
veterinary medicine."
Mrs. Powell has helped in in­creasing
the "membership of the
three clubs to almost 400. She
believes that the clubs are a
means of alleviating maladjusted
family situations.
During the month of July, Mrs.
Powell received 79 telephone
calls from families requesting
help, 53 requests for places to
live, and for employment, and a
total of 107 office visits.
The new full-time Co-ordinator
of Veterans' Families will have
offices located in Social Center.
She personally invites veterans
to bring their family troubles to
her.
According to Mrs. Powell, "no
problem is too large or too
small."
Joyce Williams (above) is
president of the Women's Ath­letic
Association. WAA has
planned a party for freshmen
girls which will be held Sep­tember
29 in Alumni Gym. In­vitations
are being sent out
to the newcomers for this func­tion.
AIO OPEN HOUSE
IS SEPTEMBER 26
Roy Turner, AIO social com­mittee
chairman, has announced
that the Auburn Independent
Organization will launch its fall
social season with an Open
House for all new students.
This event will be held in
Student Center September 27,
from 4 to 6 p.m.
Dancing and refreshments will
highlight the occasion. Jim Wat­son
will' act as master of cere­monies.
This social event will af­ford
new fall quarter students
the opportunity of meeting fel­low
college students, Turner
said.
WANTED: Tuxedo, size 37
coat, 31 waist. See Martin Fox
at 142 South Ross or call 1028.
LOST: Camera. Argus C-3
with coupled rangeflnder. black
leather case. $5 reward. Call
Charles Bradley at 44S.
Attention!
GRADUATES
RICE and OLD SHOES
Hannum-Hartwig
Announcement is made of the
approaching marriage of Miss
Mary Eleanor Hannum, daughter
of Dean and Mrs. J, E. Hannum,
to Harald Hartwig. The event
will take place on August 28 at
the Episcopal Church in Auburn.
The young couple will reside at
220 Vz South Gay while Mr. Hart-wig
continues his education at
Auburn in the School of Archi­tecture
and the Arts.
* * *
Harrell-Tison
The marriage of Miss Lele Har-rell
to Eugene F. Tison, Jr., will
take place September 7 in As-bury
Methodist Church, Little
Rock, Ark. The bride elect at­tended
the University of Missis­sippi.
She is a member of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority. Mr. Tison,
from Cordele, Ga., is a senior in
industrial management and a
member of Sigma Nu social fra­ternity.
* * *
Owen-Blalock
Of cordial interest is the an­nounced
wedding/ August 10,
with Miss Flofence Catherine
Owen, Heflin, the bride, and
Douglass William Blalock the
groom.
* * *
Bledsoe-Bazzell
September 1, First Methodist
Church, Tuskegee, is announced'
for the wedding of Miss Frances
Lockhart Bledsoe and Thomas
Russell Bazzell.
* * *
Hardwich-Swahn
Graduate students Miss Martha
Hardwich and Murray B. Swann
were' recently^ wed. At present
Mr. and Mrs. Swann are residing
in Auburn.
* * *
Tate-Rhodes
An impressive twilight service,
Capitol Heights Baptist Church,
Montgomery, with Miss Lila Hen-riette
Rhodes the bride and Paul
Edward Tate the gi-oom, occurred
August 9. Campus friends wish
the newly-weds deep happiness.
* * *
Spencer-Hinds
Announced is the engagement
of Miss Jean Spencer and Henry
Herbert Hinds, Jr., the wedding
to be an autumn event, Church
of Ascension, Montgomery.
* * *
Carter-Brazeal
Miss Virginia Carter will wed
the Rev. Clyde Brazeal, Jr., the
latter part of August, Baptist
Church, Nanafalia.
* * *
Liddell-Phillippi
Bethrothal announcements are
issued for the early October
wedding, Presbyterian Church,
Camden, of Miss Janet Liddell
and William Robertson Phillippi.
* * *
Keener-Thomas
• Of cordial campus interest is
the announced engagement of
Miss Jane Allgood Keener to
Harvey Lee Thomas. The wed-..
ding will take place September 4,
First Methodist Church, Auburn.
McGehee-Thomas
The wedding of Miss Betty
McGehee of Decatur and Thomas
Warren Schuessler of LaFayette
will take place at 7:30 p.m. on
(Continued on page 8)
The
Auburn Furniture Co. Will Be Open After
Graduation to Frame Your Diplomas for
You.
We Have Obtained Proper Measurements
from the Registrars Office to Enable Us
Give, WProm^t,, Seryice, ^ ^ -
Come by and Place Your Orders Soon
to
Auburn Furniture Co.
STUDENT SUPPLIES
School books and supplies are available at
reasonable prices
Next to Main Library
Phone 960-Extension 347
COLLEGE SUPPLY STORE
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You Con Hear The 'Rest?
At Last-Auburn Students May Enjoy
Dancing in Student Ac Building ,
The new activity Building was
filled with music for the first
time last week, when The Au­burn
Plainsmen Orchestra held
a short rehearsal within it's
walls. Much student interest has
been aroused by this building
because, for the first time since
Auburn has had it's overcrowd­ed
conditions, there will be a
building large enough to accom­odate
all of the people who en­joy
dancing.
Jimmy Newberne, a conduc­tor
of the Plainsmen said "The
acoustics in the Student Activi­ties
Building are so good that you
can hear the rests in the music."
Newberne also proclaimed that
"too many jitterbugs have worn
holes in the soles of their shoes
trying to cut a wicked rug at
the street dances behind Sam-ford.
Naturally we had to slack
up on our hot numbers to save
shoe repair bills." But the floors
of the "hangar" are of hard oak
arid will be easy on all who like
to trip the light fantastic.
•There are two ticket windows
just inside the front door; there
is also a nice powder room for
the ladies. The stage is large
enough to seat a fairly large
orchestra or to hold scenery for
a play. Dressing rooms back­stage
will provide quite a change
from the day when skit night
performers would have to stum­ble
over band instruments, chairs,
lockers, music stands and old
bottles which were always pres­ent
in Langdon Hall's only dress­ing
room.
The Ac Building has a capaci­ty
of 1500 persons. In fact the
fcuilding is so large that Frank
Eilarid saxophonists lost a chord
there just the other night. All
jivesters are cautioned to be on
the lookout for same.
- Elliot Lawrence's band will
christen the dance floor October
% for the Homecoming dance.
Further details will be worked
out later on this matter, but in
case you do not know how to get
to this new Activities building,
follow these simple instructions:
First, get on Gay Street and drive
across the tracks, turning to the
right at the traffic light. Then
just keep on Opelika Road, past
Girls Gym, and about a. mile
down the highway on the right-hand
side . . . wait a minute,
that's the wrong place. Turn
around and come all the way
back to town, not forgetting to
signal for all the turns. Head
your car down West Magnolia
untiFyou see a large brick build­ing
under /construction. Wouldn't
that make a nice Recreation
building? Well that ain't it. Turn
left then follow your radiator
until you find yourself at the
Stadium. Standing at the 100-
yard market, face directly East
where the moon is coming up
(moon is not to be confused with
the 200 watt lamp on the third
floor of Dorm III). You will see
a corrugated tin roof on what
once a hangar. THAT'S IT! If
you are in a jeep, you can go
straight there. If you are in an
ordinary car, you will have to
follow the road that runs in back
of the dormitories; if you are
in a new Studebaker, don't even
try it at all bcause you will get
all turned around.
But at any rate, Auburn now
has an auditorium that will satis­fy
the multitudes.
PATENTS
A patent may be granted on
any new and useful art, machine,
manufacture, or composition of
matter, or any new and useful
improvement, thereof, or on any
distinct and new variety of plant,
other than a tuber-propagated
plant, which is asexually pro­duced,
or on any new, original
and ornamental design for an
article of manufacturers.
, The Auburn Plainsmen Oichestra tries out the acoustics of
the new Ac building last week. Pictured above are members
of the orchestra and their music fans. From left to right are
Jimmy Newberne, Mac Taylor, Lawrence Bowers, Barbara
Neal, Frank Eiland, and Tom Wheeler.
Free Orchids Offered
To North Americans
In ypur own home, from' seed
to bloom, free orchids are yours
with South America's compli­ments
and good wishes for a
continued hemispheric solidarity.
Complete instructions accom­pany
each packet of orchid seeds,
showing you how to propagate
these fascinating and exotically
beautiful tropical flowers right
in your own home, winter or
summer.
A ten cent coin will be appre­ciated
to help defray cost of col­lecting,
handling, packing and
mailing.
Address your request for orchid
seeds to:
Director, South American
No. 1.,
Botanical Experimental Sta­tion,
Casilla 2220,
Quito, Ecuador, South Ameri­ca.
If you order by air mail, allow
six weeks for delivery. If you
order by ordinary mail, allow
two to three months for arrival
of seeds. Air mail postage to
Ecuador is ten cents. Ordinary
postage to Ecuador is three cents.
With each packet of orchid
seeds you will receive a descrip­tive
folder of tropical exotics
and general flora to make you
better acquainted with the useful
and beautiful plant life of equa­torial
tropical South America.
Tour South America in 1947
and see for yourself, the world's
greatest natural gardens; a mil­lion
square miles of jungle. Much
of it can be safely reached by
car or train from principal cities
of the tropical republics.
Juan Pastor
Botanical Director.
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FLIGHT TRAINING
FOR ORC PILOTS
CONSIDERED HERE
A flight training program for
ORC liaison pilots is being pro­posed
at Auburn, provided a suf­ficient
number of such pilots
are available for this training.
The program will provide a
maximum of four hours' flying
time monthly for each officer
volunteering for the training.
Flights will be made in conven:
tional three control single-engine,
two-place, high wing mpnoplanes
at privately operated airfields.
Subject to availability, liaison
aircraft at Army Ground Forces
installations may also be utilized.
Object of the program will be
to maintain pilot proficiency of
liaison pilots now .on inactive
duty status who are assigned to
table or organization positions as
Thousands of Students Have Been
Through Ag Dean Funchess' Courses
By Jesse A. Culp
White-haired, bespactcled Ma-ridn
Jacob Funchess is known
throughout Alabama as a man
who has achieved notable suc­cess
in helping farmers to grow
better crops and to improve their
social welfare.
As dean of the school of agri­culture
he has been a friend and
advisor to thousands of young
men and w o m e n who have
studied on Ag Hill.
Under his directorship the Ala­bama
Agricultural Experiment
Station has gained national rec­ognition
as one of the leading
experiment stations in the South.
Dean Funchess grew up as a
farm boy in Orangeburg, S- C,
and his early education was-<in a
small rural school. He attended
Clemson College South Carolina,
where he earned his.B.S. degree
in 1908. The next year he came
to Auburn as assistant professor
of agriculture.
But young Funchess saw the
need for a higher education; so
after a relatively short period of
service here he received a leave
of absence to study at the Uni­versity
of Wisconsin. That insti­tution
awarded him .an M.S. in
agronomy in 1911.
The future dean then came
back to Auburn as professor of
agronomy, a position which he
held until 1921, when he was
made head of the agronomy de­partment.
Since 1924 he has
served in his present capacity.
Made 'Cullars Rotation'
Famous
Dean Funchess has done nota­ble
research in numerous phases
of agronomy, including soil fer­tility,
decomposition of organic
toxins in soils, infertility in acid
soils, and many others. He made
famous the "Cullar's Rotation,"
an experiment to learn the effect
of phosphorous on the yield of
important trops in Alabama.
For a number of years it was
his practice to write, in the Ala­bama
Farmer, a message to stu­dents
of the state who were get­ting
ready to enter' college. The
fatherly advice in these articles
was well worth adhering to. In
an article in the January 1927 is­sue
of that magazine he main­tained
that "More outside read­ing,
participation in student ac­tivities,
and more reasoning and
pilots in Organized R e s e r ve
Corps units. •
Interested ORC pilots who will
be in the Auburn-Opelika area
during the rest of 1947 should see
W. G. Rhodes, manager of the
Auburn-Opelika Airport, for full
particulars.
102 August Grads
Have Landed Jobs
Of the 310 students who are
scheduled to receive degrees from
Auburn August 30, .102 have al­ready
lined up a suitable posi­tion,
34 will step into graduate7
work, and the remaining 174 are
still scratching their heads over
the future.
Of the August graduates, 60
are women and 250 are men.
Teaching seems to hold the
less memory work are needed by
undergraduates." To state high
school graduates in 1932 he said:
"No community, no state, and no
nation can rise above the level
of the leadership provided."
They Call Him 'Facts'
"Facts" Funchess, as he is
popularly referred to, is a great
believer in facts, and he tries to
live up to his motto: "Theories
are great but facts are better."
Dean Funchess has been active
in numerous organizations re­lating
to his work. He is a Fellow
and past president of the Ameri­can
Society of Agronomy; a mem­ber
of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science;
and a member of the Alpha Gam­ma
Rho, Phi Kappa Phi, and
Gamma Sigma Delta fraternities.
A portrait in oils of him was re­cently
placed in Comer Hall.
He is a member also of both
the Auburn Country Club and of
the Outing Club, and is very fond
of fishing. He is so fond of fish­ing,
in fact, it is reported that
when his duties kept him away
from the sport for too long he
bought goldfish to keep in his
home.
Wednesday, August 27, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—3
Play
Time
spotlight among the graduates
who have decided upon their
immediate future. Exactly 17 of
the 21 future educators will go
directly to teaching in the public
schools of Alabama. Six of these
17 are going to teach vocational
agriculture in the southern part
of the state.
From Martha Caroline Lawson
of Auburn comes a statement
which is aypical of most of the
graduates in respect to where
they wish to settle. She says, "I
want to be a secretary or work
in some kind of business office
in Atlanta, Birmingham, Mont­gomery,
'•or some place not too
far away from Auburn."
Only nine o fthe entire grad­uating
class plan to get^ married
in the early future.
As you pack your bags for the
joy of relaxation we issue this
little reminder, Rill Film enough
for your camera, and if you don't
have the camera come by and
let us fix you up one. They vary
from the snap type to the pro­fessional
models.
In the play fieiu we offer Ten­nis
Rackets, Balls, Presses, Soft-balls,
Bats, Gloves, Mitts, Masks,
Golf Clubs, Balls, Bags, Tees,
and maybe a whole in one. We
feature the famous Wilson line.
And after it gets dark if you
still feel the need of additional
exercise we suggest Table Tennis
for doubles of singles.
Basically, we are saying have
a good time and we'll see you
back in the fall.
Burton's Bookstore
Something New Every Day
HELP WANTED: College
man preferably with experi­ence,
to work as lineman first
two weeks of September at
Auburn airporit. Contact W. G.
Rhodes, phone 360.
FOR SALE: 8-foot Servel
refrigerator. Less than a year
old. Call 618 or come by Jake's
Joint.
WANTED: Man and wife to
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12 noon.
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•Auburn Plainsman Matter of Opinion
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 ne'ws
is Saturday, 9 a. m.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN
Ralph' Jennings
Luther Smith
Tom Sellers
Jack Simms
Beverley Burkhardt
Guy Cofield
C. RAY MARTIN ...
Hal Breedlove
Bill Anderson
John Lanier
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
Office Manager
Business Manager
Ass't. Bus. Manager
Advertising Manager
. Circulation Manager
Auburn University
You have probably heard the little
story about the 'group of officials who
were discussing the changing of "Alabama
Polytechnic Institute" to "Auburn Uni­versity."
One person, violently opposed to
the idea, jumped to his feet and shouted,
"Why, we can't change the name of AU­BURN!"
This person apparently couldn't give
any reason for not wanting to change the
name—other than for tradition's sake.
For the information of those who are
not in favor of a change for the sake of
tradition, it must be brought to light that
the name has already been changed two
times. From 1857 to 1872, the name was
East Alabama Male College; 1872 to 1899,
this school was called Alabama Agricul­tural
and Mechanical College. ^
Twent}r-seven years later, because the
college had expanded beyond the. mean­ing
of its name, it was given a new title.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. For 48
years the college carried this high-sound-
•. ing polysyllabic name. It was good as long
as it fitted—but after surpassing the "cow
college" stage the name has become obso­lete.
To show the difference in the meaning
of the college's present name and the pro­posed
name, we have consulted Webster's
International which states:
Polytechnic: "Of, pertaining to, of de­voted
to instruction in, many technical
arts or applied sciences."
Institute: "An institution;
tion for the promotion of learning, phi­losophy,
art, science or the like, as a so­ciety,
academy, college, technical school,
etc."
It Was stated in The Plainsman last week
in one of the columns that the opinions
of the columnist do not necessarily repre­sent
the editorial prospectus of the paper.
It is the prerogative of the columnist to
express his own views.
On this point, most newspaper editors
are in full accord, because it gives the
paper a diversity of opinion within its
own pages. After all, people and especial­ly
college students like to read all sides
of every question.
Jim Bradley wrote last week in, his
column what he considered the grades of
some of the instructors on the campus,
grading them as students are graded—A,
B, C, and D, and basing the grades on
pedagogical methods.
A letter has been received regarding
the column from someone who (unlike
Bradley) did not have sufficient courage
to use his own name, using instead "A
Disgusted Auburnite". It is not a policy
of The Plainsman to print unverified let­ters,
although names are withheld at the
request of the writer.
In essence, the epistle's author pre­sumed
that* "you have held Bradley, your­self,
and your whole staff up to ridicule,"
and in the final sentence, "what is this
hold Jim Bradley has over you that'
you the editor of the campus paper must
bend so low?" The writer stated he is a
fellow student of Bradley's and listed sev­eral
reasons why Bradley is unqualified
to grade instructors. In fact, the reasons
were so comprehensive that we hesitate
to believe a student wrote them. Perhaps
"A Disgusted Auburnite" is "A Disgusted
Faculty Member."
Most of Bradley's column was meant in
jest, but whether in jest or not, The Plains­man
defends his right to do so. (Progress
comes about through constructive criti­cism.)
Do-Nuts and Coff ee By Babs
•••sltf*
"So that's what Dot meant when she said she had a
HKAVY date!" v '-''
The Plastic Tower By Ralph Jennings
'Tools are my theme, let satire he my song."
—George Gordon, Lord Byron
Milton gave vent to his spleen by putting the sinners he
had known personally in the lowest circle of hell. I can think
of ho other person whom I would more readily place in the
lowest circle of hell than an anti-Semite. All of which brings
to mind my favorite joke. Fire |the furnace, Scratch! Here
comes Mrs. Gottrox:
an organiza-
University: "An institution organized
for teaching and study in the higher
branches of learning, and empowered to
confer degrees in special departments.
. . . In the United States a university typi­cally
comprises a college and one or more
graduate or professional schools; but the
term is sometimes loosely used."
Nigh Cost of Living
To those who did not hear Senator
John Sparkman on "The American Forum
of the Air" recently, it will be enlighten­ing
to note his view of the present high
cost of living. ,
Speaking on the subject "How Should
We Deal With the High Cost of Living?",
Sparkman's first statement on the pro­gram
after his introduction was: "Let me
say in the very beginning that we are
idly dreaming when we think of return­ing
to pre-war prices ever again. From
here on out, we are destined to have high
prices. We must have high prices, high
wages, high incomes, and high taxes, if
we are to manager this enormous nation­al
debt that we have. There is simply no
other way.
"However, present prices are abnormal­ly
high, dangerously high. They must
come down. One year ago OPA was ef­fectively
killed. Despite the repeated as­surances
given the American people that
prices would level off, we have seen a
continuous spiral of prices upward to such
an extent that we are at an absolute
danger point. How should we deal with
these high prices? I suggest the follow­ing
six-point program.
"1. Make a study to determine the
causes so far as possible.
2. Do everything we can to attain and
maintain a high level of productivity.
3. Make an appraisal of the demands on
us for export of food and other commodi­ties
and correlate such demands with our
domestic requirements.
4. Work for increase of food production
in overseas countries.
5. Make every effort to reduce profit
margins at the manufacturing level.
6. As a last resort, and only as a last re­sort,
restore controls."
No Individual
Last week the Plainsman ran a bio­graphical
feature on Ralph B. Draughon,
Auburn's acting president. In 'addition, an
editorial was printed which praised the
trustees selection of such a capable man
for the temporary position.
Since publication of that issue ~we have
been swamped by opinions from between-the-
line soothsayers who maintain we are
indorsing Mr. Draughon to take over the
job permanently.
The Plainsman is indorsing no individ­ual
for president. We do advocate a care­ful
selection and wise study by the trus­tees
before final appointment is made.
The sub-committee charged with this
task has ample material to guide them.
A comprehensive list of qualifications has
been placed in their hands by faculty
members. As one casual observer noted in
regard to the faculty's criteria, "The mart
they want lived in Bethlehem' about 1947
years ago. 'And he probably .wouldn't do
because he wasn't married."
More Cheerleaders
Auburn is anticipating an enrollment of
more than 7500 students next quarter.
This means that there will be about 2000
more students who will want to attend
football games. Therefore, the proportion
of cheerleaders should also increase. Cer­tainly
the athletic department can afford
to send several more cheerleaders on trips
this year.
A plan has been suggested to the effect
that all cheerleaders be elected in a regu­lar
campus election. This would serve to
promote interest in pep rallies. It would
also increase the number of students who
try out for cheerleader positions. Each
campus organization could nominate can­didates,
and each candidate could be pre­sented
to the student body at some large
gathering. In any election, the whole stu­dent
body should be aware of the quali­ties
of each candidate. They would then
know whom they desire for the positions.
The task of being a cheerleader is no
easy job. It requires much practicing,
many hours of putting out publicity, and
working on ideas for coming pep rallies.
Worst of all, it requires that they be at
all games, ho matter how much they are
in need of studying for coming tests.
The job of cheerleader, even though it
is sometimes a thankless one ,is essential
to the spirit of the school.
We do need more cheerleaders.
At Mttle Rock, a s o c i e ty
matron broke out with a patriotic
rash during the war, and decided
she should do something £>r the
poor soldiers at
. • • • Camp Robinson
111 (n return for
:|i;he s a c r i f i ce
HI of their time
: they were mak­ing
for t h e ir
c o u n t r y . She
called the Post
Adjutant.
"Hello. This is
Mrs. Gottrox. I
feel I should do'
something for
our dear soldiers, so I am having
a "dinner party • tomorrow night
at seven. I wonder if you'd be so
kind as to send four of the dear
fellows in to attend. We'd simp­ly
love to have them."
"Yes," said the Adjutant. "I
think we can arrange that. Any
particular age or kind of boys
you'd like to entertain," -
"No," replied Mrs. Gottrox.
"No particular requirements, ex­cept
please do make sure they're
real nice boys." And then, as an
afterthought — "and be sure
they're not Jewish."
"Fine," said the Adjutant. "The
boys will be at your horrie
pro'mptly at seven t o m o r r ow
evening."
And promptly at seven next
evening there came a rap at the
door. Mrs. Gottrox herself an­swered
the door, arid there on
the porch stood four big, strap­ping
Negroes, polished until their
ebony skins fairly shone.
"Is you Mrs. Gottrox?" asked
one.
"Yes, and what did you wish,
please?"
"Well, we is the sojers you
asked to cofne eat wif you to­night."
"Oh, there must :be some mis­take!"
"No, Mam. I am shore de.y
ain't no m i s t a k e . Lieutenant
Goldberg jes don't make no mis­takes."
* * *
While I aril relegating people
to the lowest depths of hell, I
might as well include the fnan
responsible fbT the floggings at
Kilby Prison. Before he goes
there, though, I just hope that
orie of the prisoners gets hold of
him. But, to get back out of the
gutter, I wish he would read the
following excerpt which is lifted
from The Prophet by Kahlil Gi-bran:
"And let him who would lash
the offender look unto the spirit
of the offerided.
And if any of you would pun­ish
in the name of righteousness
and lay the ax unto the evil tree,
let him see to its roots;
Arid verily he will find the
roots of the good and the bad,
the fruitful and the fruitless, all
entwirigd together in the silent
heart of the earth:"
FILE THIRTEEN By t he
Editor
File 13—an old army term for 'Wastebaskex'
The B e l g i a n Government
wouldn't appreciate a certain lit­tle
act committed by The Plains­man.
We dfscovered, after the
paper had been printed that the
cut (Aug. 13 issue) of the medal
presented to Major- Posey was
upside down.
* * *
Nell Martin Bradley, while
v i s i t i n g home, thoughtfully
typed up some
s p e c i f icatlon
sheets for her
architect dad.
H e examined
t h em w i t h a
raised eyebrow.
Iri every place
he had intend­ed
to h a v e a
l i v i n g room,
Nell had typo­graphically
err­ed.
She had put
a "loving room' in every home.
* * *
Sen. Bruce Henderson of Wil­cox
County is the Senate's old­est
member. Mac Golson of
Lowndes is youngest.
* * *
A catchy sign in a Charleston
(S.C.) store window has s,ome
folks muttering. It goes: "Some
Coleman
pay when due, some overdue,
some never do. How do you do?"
» * *
This world will be a better
place in which to live when the
"found" columns are as long as
the "lost."—Len Hensel.
* * *
Auburn's school of architecture
is the oldest in the South.
* * . *
Ordinarily a person with ini­tials
for his first and second name
uses periods—but not V J Ed-*
ney, coach who,recently resign­ed
from Auburn's PE depart­ment.
* * *
Harald Hartwig claims the
most rnispelled name on the Au­burn
campus. People insist upon
spelling his first name "Harold."
* * *
Only yesterday did I learn that
the musical score in The Player's
recent p r o d u c t i o n of "Julius
Caesar" was recorded.
* » *
Tre first issue of The Plains­man
next quarter will be off the
press for Homecoming Day, Oc­tober
4.
All cdluriinists are hereby re­quested
to turn in copy as soon
as possible after arriving back in
Auburn.
West "Pointer":
"God made the world . . . and
rested,
God made man . . . and rested,
Then God made woman,
Since then, neither God nor
man has rested."
* * *
Rotarian:
. "It's"conflict and novelty that
'makes' the front page; but it's-ordinary,
quiet thoughtfulness
that makes life worth living."
* * *
Those women:
Frosh: "Do you know who
some of the greatest leaders of
men were, in the last century."
Soph: "Sure! Women!"
* * *
A Biologist:
Reports that the orily living
creatures that are reafly blue-blooded
are snails, oysters, and
lobsters."
* * *
Mo House:
He: "Didn't I see you With
some mari iri that new sidewalk
cafe last night,"
She: "That was my husband
and my furniture!"
Mark Twain:
"Even the cleverest and most
perfect circumstantial evidence is
likely to be at fault sometimes.
T h e r e f o r e circumstantial evi­dence
should be handled with
caution. Take, for example, the
case of any pencil sharpened by
a woman. If you have witnesses
you will find she sharpened the
pencil with a knife; but, if you
take simply the aspect of the
pencil, you will spy she did it
with her teeth."
* * *
Pvt. Snafu 7
was late for retreat. "Well, it's
nice to see you, soldier," sneered
the sergeant with a slurred snarl,
"we had thought you'd signed a
separate peace!"
* * *
Tactlessness:
Bett: "Last night I went to an
arrh'y dance arid became engaged
to the cutest boy."
Sail: "Woonderful! What's his
name?"
Bett: (reproachfully) "But darl­ing,
one can't ask personal ques­tions
like that right off."
Guest
Cooilu mn
By Mitch Sharpe
A Dash of Bitters j£*i*£%?
The members of an exclusive
hunt club decided to hold a fox
hunt, and instructed the members
to bring only male dogs. How­ever,
one influential member
owned only a female, and she
was allowed to run with the
pack.
The morning of the hunt, they
followed the dogs for an hour,
then lost them completely. One
of the hunters saw a farmer in
a field and questioned him: •
"Have you seen anything of a
pack of dogs and a fox?"
"Sure, just a minute ago. They
were going that way."
"What were they doing?"
"Well," said the farmer, "the
last I seen, the fox was running
fifth."
# * *
I see by the papers that Wil­liam
Ford gave each of the ush­ers
at his wedding a Lincoln
Continental. It's just as the old
saying1 goes, "Rich or poor, it's
good to have moriey."
* * *
Sbmeorie deserves the grati­tude
and praise of the entire
student body for the improve­ment
in pre-registration. Contrast
the snarl and confusion of the
old system with the smoothly
runniiig efficiency of the new.
Before, you could always count
on spending at least one clay
standing in line and sweating
out your classes. The new system,
with everyone assigned times for
registering and for paying fees,
has reluced the tiresome lines to
a minimum. It is a welcome
change.
* * *
I often wonder why the truck'
drivers who deliver 'goods to
some of the local grocers are
allowed such unusual privileges.
Last Friday afternoon a bread
truck was parked right in the
middle of Magnolia in front of
the A&P store. The driver was
nowhere in sight. Every week
large trucks unloading at the
A&P almost block the street. Of
•course, the trucks have to park
in the street to unload. It would
seem, however, that instead of
parking at right angles they
could park parallel to'the curb
and keep the street open for
regular traffic.
The Exchange Post ^i-steinbe^
A stranger, looking. for a cer­tain
college, took the wrong turn
and ended up at the insane
asylUrh. He soon discovered his
mistake and the guard redirected
him.
"Well," he quipped as he left,
"I guess there isn't too much dif­ference
between the two places
after all."
"Hmmm," hummed the guard.
"That's what you -think. In this
place you gotta show improve­ment
to get out."
'Nuff said?
—Syracuse Daily Orange
* * *
At the University of New Mex­ico
the more intellectual students
have barided together for further­ing
their pursuits of higher learn- -
ing. Their meetings are held
every Saturday afternoon to dis­cuss
profound and unusually Ein-steinian
questions. Ldst week's
topic was the origin of "Huggin'
and Chalkin'."
* * *
The value of a classical educa­tion,
according to the Bee Gee
News, is that it enables you to
despise the wealth it prevents
your achieving.
* * *
Over 500 high school and junior
college coaches were invited to
the University's 15th A n n u al
Coaching School scheduled at the
'Bama campus on August 20-23.
In addition to lectures, movies,
and class-room instruction, field
demonstrations were held.
Thee first all-Greek coalition
in the history of University stu­dent
politics was recently formed
at the University of Akron. The
combine represents the members
of nine sororities, an estimated
350 women who will have 9
votes, and seven fraternities, an
estimated 500 men, who will be
allowed 7 votes.
* * *
A cartoon in the Boston Col­lege
"Heights" pictures a smiling
student leaving a classroom and'
holding a smoking pistol as he
cheerfully tells his w a i t i ng
friends, "I passed."
* * *
"A business recession next fall
would create an acute problem
by swamping the state's colleges
with an. even larger veteran's en­rollment,"
Dr. Charles B. Ketch-am,
president of Mt. Union Col­lege
warned Ohio college ad­ministrators
at the Ohio College
Association Convention.
Letters to the Editor
Pasadena 2, California
SUBJECT: Joke
TO: Editor, Auburn Plains­man
i. In reference to the August
13 issue of The Plainsman, Do-nuts
& Coffee was omitted. Dis­appointment
was registered by
this reader.
2.. Feeling that this was due to
lack of material, you will find in­closed
one serious joke. Let us
hope to see Donuts & Coffee
again on the pages of The Plains­man.
3. On the Pacific Coast, this
ex-and-future student of Auburn
has noted excerpts from The
Plainsman iri leading Los Ange­les
papers. Bouquets to The
Plainsman staff!
Yours truly,
T/4 Frederick E. Sherman,
The bride, gorgeously attired
in white satin and tulle, came
down the aisle which was banked
with all the delicate blossoms of
the season's beauty. She was ac­companied
by her sister who
pushed the bride silently down
the aisle in her new wheel with
ball-bearings and balloon tires.
The groom, impeccably attired
for the occasion, came down to
the altar unaided except for his
mahogany crutches, which gleam­ed
| like shimmering chrome.
These participants in one of
the rriost lavish weddings ever to
be staged were not the victims of
some grim physical tragedy. They
were the couple which waited
until they could afford to wed.
Being a member of the haut
bourgeois and favored scion of a
once proud Southern family, I
felt disinclined to spend the
summer in school, and so re­tired
to the family plantation in
a small town not too far from
here, arriving there almost ex­actly
with the army worms and
receiving only half the attention.
But life among moulting mag­nolias,
frigid family retainers,
and watered gin can be boredom
itself, so I returned to the cam­pus
for a look around before
starting the fall quarter.
An objective look at our cam­pus
can prove very dishearten­ing
even to one accustomed to
it. Thus after the briefest of re­spites
it is apt to come as a chill
following a malarial fever. How­ever,
even as the same chill, it
quickly passes. A good place to
get away from the whole thing
is in the local theater: But after
one look at what must be a
representative ratio for the dat­ing
situation during the coming
quarter, I left feeling more con­vinced
than ever that my place
was back on the north forty.
* * *
One condoning feature of life
among the aborigines of the cam­pus
has appeared recently in the
pages of The Plainsman. It seems
that the otherwise hopeless coeds
have found culture at last. At
least one of them has—Miss Pat
Bridges. She seems to have com­bined
those rare essences of in­telligence
and beauty which are
so lacking among our less erudite
sisters. Artistic talent (or taste)
and Beauty and Modesety have
never seemeed to be three very
compatable bed fellows for the
white flower of Southern woman­hood;
but now, it seems, things
are definitely looking up for the
same flower; this generation.
While on the distaff side, there
is a sure bet over in Montgom­ery.
For some reason known only
to God and female machination,
this diminutive (five feet) and
pert young thing wants to come
to Auburn to pursue her educa­tional
will-of-the-wisp. Here is
" why she would be a sUre bet
. . . or at least an enchancement
. . . for the campus. I happened
to be very judiciously eaves­dropping
on her as she and an­other
female were hotly engaged
in the wanton slander of a fe­male
friend of theirs. In answer
to a query posed her by her
friend, she replied, "To whom."„
Now there is the point. How
many coeds today would have
said "to whom" and not "to
who"? The English department
should encourage her coming
here. She probably says "It is I"
and'"This is she", too. Name's
Mary Evelyn Durden.
• * * *
If Ralph Jennings, whose per-spicasity
is unmarred by casti-gation,
can go cosmopolitan in his
column and discuss m u d a n e
things like politics, then it should
be the perogative of the guest
columnist to do the same. Poli­tics
is a closely congealed emul­sion
of bootleggers, jack leg
lawyers, and village idiots Vhich
covers the inside of any city
hall. Occasionally, o t h e r w i se
honest and normal people de­sire
to crash politics and so de­fame
themsleves by being brand­ed
a politico. Any man who
wished to do this' must first ob­tain
as much free publicity
he is able. And since it is
policy never to knock a man
when I can give him a boost, I
want to add my boost to the one
already given quizzical, immacu­late
Grover Hall, newly-made
associate editor of the Montgom­ery
Advertiser, by the Alabama
Committee of the U. S. Brewers
Association in their little syndi­cated
column "Joe Marsh". Any
man with the backing of the U.S.
Brewers Association has mine,
too. So, Grover, if you ever want
anything at City Hall or, even,
Goat Hill . . . remember I gave
you one of your first boosts . . .
after Joe Marsh.
A few words to the most gra­cious
lady who gave such a fav­orable
reception to a struggling
young book reviewer's effort in
last week's Plainsman.
Madam — shy, talented, bald­ing
and rapidly aging Mitch
Sharpe appreciates your com­ments
on that review. He was
sorely afraid that fame was going
to come only after death. Kind
words like good whiskey are the
only salve for the aching void
all tyro writers know. So, if you
should ever feel the urge to say
a few more kind words, then he
has but one slight request. Be
more profuse; be louder.
as
my
Dean Cafcer's Aide Gets
Graduate Assistantship
By Tom Sellers
" I 'm not long for this campus," said Dean C a t e r s lively
aide.
In a farewell i n t e r v i ew last Tuesday we discovered that
New York state is r e a d y for Betty. "Miss Cosby", as she was
known to eager freshwomen at Auburn Hall, is leaving in
September-for Syracuse University. There she will assume
a graduate assistantship in the
Dean of Women's office.
"I'm going to do graduate work
in student personnel," she in­formed
us heartily. The work
leads to an M.S. degree.
Betty's new assignment is quite
an honor. Only about 15 girls in
the nation are accepted for the
course, which teaches them the
stern intricacies of being a dean
of women. Betty will be in
charge of a cottage dormitory
housing 35 or 40 rambunctious
females.
People around Auburn will re­member
her as the Senior of
1944 who had more keys than
the Pentagon. When she took her
B.S. degree in history education
she could boast a niche on the
scrolls of Oracles, Owls, Cardi­nal
Key, Kappa Delta Pi, and
Kappa Delta. Also she had served
as president of both WSGA and
WAA.
Housemothers Should Sludy
Freud
Last fall Betty was house­mother
at Auburn Hall, a job
which p r e s e n t s innumerable,
problems in psychology. Her
opinion — "Freshman g i r l s are
rather helpless at first, but they
are so willing to learn!" She
seems" to have enjoyed it im­mensely.
Betty insists.her life has been
"boringly normal." Daughter Of
a Birmingham farm implement
dealer, she graduated at Phillips
High in 1940. Later the family
moved to Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
She developed a passion for
reading in high school, and joined
a currently popular literary so­ciety
because "it was the thing
to do, you know." Every mem­ber
who "rated" gave lectures at
some time or other. A typical
oration she offered was on the
thrilling topic of cosmetics.
YounS Rebel
At the age of eight she dis­covered
the Civil War. After
eagerly devouring several books
on the subject she added gray to
her parent's hair by suddenly
becoming an authority on Con­federate
strategy, acting blood-thirstily
about the whole thing.
Other little girls had paper dolls;
Betty had Bull Run and Antie-tam.
In 1945 she "sipped the wine of
adventure" by joining the R3d
Cross. Stationed with the Third
Air Force in Florida, she did so­cial
work among dependents of
servicemen.
At Dale Mabry Field in Talla­hassee
she was approached one
day by a colored soldier. He ex-plied
that his baby, who lived
with its mother out in the coun­try,
was very ill. Betty dashed
out, cranked up the flivver, arid
away they went.
Through miles and miles of
Florida swamp they rbde, final­ly
reaching a beat*up shack
which, as Betty recalls, "stood
only through force of habit."
They went in, grabbed up the
child, and drove madly back to
town as Red Cross tradition
would have it. .
A harried doctor at the Army
hospital took one look at the
child and said, "There's nothing
wrong with him except malnu­trition."
The colored boy looked puzzled
for a moment, then exclaimed,
"Yassuh Captain, you is right.
But dey's sompin' else—I don't
spec he's been gittin' enuff to
eat!"
Magic As a Hobby
It's Furi to Be Fooled—
Buf More Fiin to Know
Series No. 3: The Dead or
Alive Mystery!
Effect: The performer hands a
plain sheet of paper and a ruler
to a spectator, asking him to tear
the paper into five equal parts
(or strips). The spectator-is then
requested to write the names of
dead persons on two slips, and
on each of the remaining slips
the names of living persons.
The slips are folded and placed
in a hat, and wtell shaken.
Now, to the amazement of the
company, the perforrners at his
will .selects a slip frorii the hat
containing a dead persons name,
or that of a living person, as may
be chosen by the company.
Secret: - The slips containing
the names of dead persons are
the top and bottom of the paper,
and are distinguished by the
smooth machine cut edge on the
side. After the strips have been
torn, the performer, under the
pretense of showing the strips
to be unprepared, places the two
smooth edged On top of the oth­ers,
and gives them to the spec­tator
to write upon.
The above magic effect comes
from the Magic Library of John
Rasch, World Travelled Magi­cian.
Everyone likes MAGIC!
SCENE 'ROUND THE CAMPUS
STUDENT CENTER is always a busy place. Here photographer
Paul Muller has caught a typical scene' as familiar fates throw-in
their hands on a passed bid. Pictured above -from left to right
are Jim Hurd, Mrs. Jolly, George Tompkins, - Jirii Cox, and
Emory McKinney.
Twelve Year-old
Senator Hill As Modem Educator
By Wayne Spraggins
Saturday at 7 p. m. Senator
Lister Hill will address 310 grad­uating
seniors in commencement
exercises at the amphitheatre.
Most of the students here at
Auburn know of Mr. Hill through
his past records in the senate.
During the past 20 years in the
senate Chamber, Mr. Hill has
become well known in Washing­ton
as' being very courteous and
effective.
To better enable the seniors
and their fam-lilies
and friends,
\ot having a wid-
\ er and more va-
; rigated k n o w -
j l e d g e of the
| | speaker, I have
i obtained an edi­torial
that ap­peared
in t he
Montgomery Ad­vertiser
in the
spring of 1936. By reading in the
following editorial one can read­ily
see that Mr. Hill is a. wise
educator.
* * *
The Rise of Lister Hill
(By a Disinterested Onlooker
in Washington)
Congressman Lister Hill, who
will soon complete a decade of
Spraggins
tions, including six full pages of
pictorial layout.
Mr. Rasch has spared no ex­pense
to bring you a book you
can be proud to own. It also in­cludes
a history of himself and
CHIEF'S
Sinclair Service Station
&
Chiefs U-Drive-lt
PHONE 446
Chief's Is Proud
To Salute
Paul T. Persons
As an outstanding
member of the stu­dent
body.
Paul, senior in me­chanical
engineering
from Birmingham, is
a member of Blue
Key; a c t i n g senior
representative to the
Executive Cabinet and
past junior represent­ative;
president of En­gineers
Council; co-chairman
of Student
Relations Committee;
member of American
Society of Mechanical
Engineers; Executive
Council of Veterans
Organization; and Pi
Kappa Phi Social Fra­ternity.
WHERE THE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE
service in the House, has achieved
a prominence in the law-making
body which places him definitely
among itts leaders.
His rise has been steady, arid
at the same time rapid, as such
things go in Congress, which lays
great stress upon seniority of
service and is slow to hail new
leaders.
Although Mr. M l will in Aug­ust
complete his tenth year as a
member of the House, he is still
the youngest member in point of
tenure of office on the Alabama
delegation.
The recognition now gerferally
accorded him in Washington is
the reward of his natural qual­ities
of leadership, plus ten years
of hard work.
Congressman Hill was acclaim­ed
by the House over the man­ner
in which he' discharged the
duties of its presiding officer, lit
the absence of the Speaker, at a
recent session in which the rail­road
bill was disposed of.
Mr. Hill was called to the chair
to "run the show" for the day,
arid was warmly applauded when
he came down! from the Speaker's
seat at the conclusion of the ses­sion.
The manner in which he dis­posed
of parliamentary proced­ure,
and his courteous and ef­fective
handling of the duties of
the presiding officer, won much
favorable comment about the
capitol.
Among his other recent serv­ices,
Mr. Hill piloted through the
House the National Guard bill,
enactment of which has been
sought since 1926.
This bill provides that in time
of war or national emergency, the
National Guard, in its unit, be­comes
a part of the army of the
United States.
It eliminatets the delay and
red tape hitherto necessary to
muster members of the National
Guard, as individuals, into the
Federal service when emergency
arises.
Mr. Hill alsO .has the distinction
of being the co-author, with Sen­ator
Norris of Nebraska, of the
bill which at last clears up the
Muscle Shoals muddle, and as­sures
the development of that
great project.
As a member of the Demorcatic
steering committee of the House,
Congressman Hill has played an
color cover design, 75 illustra-and
personal book called "MA­GIC
AS A HOBBY" consisting of
108 magic tricks you can do.
This book has a beautiful two
Well, here's your opportunity.
Mr. Rasch now offers to the
public for the first time his nev^
How many times have you said
to yourself, "Gosh, how I wish
I was in the KNOW HOW?"
his picture. Don't delay. The
supply is limited. Mail coupon
below. One copy $1 or two copies
for $1.75. Address, John Rasch,
"The Magi", Box 325, Fairfax,
Ala.
Yes, I want to avail myself the
opportunity of receiving your
book "MAGIC AS A HOBBY."
Enclosed find $1 for one copy
or $1.75 for two copies.
(1) Check number wanted (2)
Name
FIERY HUE FLAWS
FINALLY FIXED
By Flilftiox Floogie
The chimney behind Langdon
Hall has been under repair during
the idsi- week by the department
of buildings arid gfourids.
One of the janitors in charge
of firing the boilers has practi­cally
wtori out his lungs by blow­ing
into the bottom of the fur­nace
to make the fire grow big­ger.
Therefore a group- of hot-heat
erigifteers came to the con-clusiori
that the chimney was riot
drawing very well..
• All drawing comes under the
art department, therefore the en­gineers'
hands were tied. The
only solution was to get Auburn's
handy men, b u i l d i n g s and
grounds workers, to make the
Chimney do the smoking that
satisfies.
The acute shortage of ski-hooks
has caused many students
to wonder how the scaffold on
the chimney stayed up. An ex-
Auburn man, now employee^ in
manufacturing strapless evening
gowris, has kindly explained it to
us. A Steel cable is tightly wrap­ped
arourid the chimney. The
supportirig frames of the scaffold
are then hooked over the cable,
arid the scaffold fOot-boards are
laid iri place.
Like all skilled workers, the
soot-sifters have F6 work their
way up from the bottom. Using
two differerit scaffolds, they
stand on orie while they erect
the other one above their pres­ent
level. As so'ori as they finish
all the work they can reach from
one scaffold, they move to the
riext. The process of filling up
the cracks in the chimney is
called "pornting the mortar."
When chow-time comes around,
the workmen pull a-Tarzan act
by simply sliding down a rope.
When the whole job is complete,
they are often bored by just look­ing
at the-dull sides of the chim­ney,
and in a fit of humor, they
throw the whole darn scaffold
down the chimney into the fire
below.
A freshman, Ivan Awfulitch,
borrowed the rope from the chim­ney
to tie around a freckled
gnat for a fraternity initiation,
leaving the workmen stranded
on top" of the chimney. Not want­ing
to start a college fad of
chimney sitting, the workmen
stayed out of sight until they
were rescued by a tri-motored
helicopter... .
Toq\ay, the chimney stands
proud ahd majestic above many
of the Auburn school buildings.
If it but had a soul, it could only
wish for a Cbttrell smoke pre­cipitator.
But even today it is a
living example of Shakespere's
famous soliloquy from ROME
BURNS, "methinks where there
is smoke there's fire."
important p a r t in carrying
through the President's general
prograrii 'of legislation to cope
with the present economic emer­gency.
The steering committee is com­posed
of 15 members, and works
in close co'njunction with the
Speaker of the House in carrying
out its program.
Mr. Hill is on the committee as
the representative of the States Of
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisi­ana.
Address
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AUTO RACING
Thrilling championship stock
car auto racing returns to Lake-wood
Speedway in Atlanta for a
two-day stand, Sunday, August
31, and Monday, September 1
(Labor Day),' it has been an­nounced
by Mike Benton, presi­dent
and general manager of the
Southeastern Fair Associatio.
Wednesday, August 27, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—5
Pu
Are
of Atomic Group
ined At M<
Allison And Kuderna
Are Main Speakers
By Herbert Gladin & Ray Fowler
The Auburn Atomic Education
Group held a special meeting in
Ross Chemical Building August
19. Estelle Neal was chairman.
Representatives from all fra­ternities
.and sororities on the
campus were present.
Van Cornelison, first vice-pres­ident
of AlO outlined the pur­poses
of A AEG:
(1) To- inform the students,
faculty, staff and related person­nel
of the far-reaching social,
moral and economic implications
of atomic energy.
(2) To provide information for
those who are interested in
atomic energy.
(3) To. study changes which
may be necessary in our present
day education to prepare for liv­ing
in the atomic age.
(4). To stimulate research arid
study of nuclear physics on the
campus.
(5) To exchange inforihation
with other educational institu­tions.
(6) To aid in creating a public
opinion which will demand that
atomic energy be used only for
constructive arid humane pur­poses.
Cornelison-stated that a com­mittee
is working ori a constitu­tion
and by-laws to be presented
for approval at the first meeting
next quarter. He emphasized that
participation in the group is" open
to faculty members, students, and
others, on or. off the campus.
Prof. Kuderna pointed out that
atomic energy can bring us uni-magiried
progress and freedom.
The same materials used in the
atomic bomb can be used for
peaceful purposes. Atomic energy
rnust become man's servant, not
his master. Regions lacking nat­ural
resources may flourish
through atomic power. Atomic
radiations can be used to eyre
diseases instead of killing men.
He further stated that we must
find an approach other than fear
iri seeking security in this atomic
age; A natural comrtlittee on
atomic information has been
organized in this country. Its pur­pose
is to develop art enlighted
public opinion through an atomic
educational approach." College
students must play a leading roll
in this approach if it is to suc­ceed.
Dr. Fred Allison, head of the
physics department, concluded
the first phase of the program
with the following remarks:
"Bombs of World War II were
said to be about three times as
destructive as bombs used in
World War I. Atornic bombs
dropped over Japan are said to
have been a million to 10 million
times more devastating than oth­er
bombs. The first atomic bombs
were doubtless relatively inef­ficient.
Bigger and better bombs
are in the offing. These bombs
will lay waste to cities, if not
parts of continents, with an ac­companying
toll of great masses
of population. Mart has laid hand
on a prodigious source of energy,
frightful in its destructive poten­tialities.
He has wrested from na­ture
the secret of tapping vast
stores of energy in the nucleus
of the atom, which is the seat of
more than 98% of the energy of
the universe.
"Today firids the world thrust
into a new and revolutionary age-the
atomic age—for which we are'
utterly unprepared intellectually,
morally, and spiritually."
The scientist is now called Up­on
to save civilization from the
atomic bomb which he created to
win the war, and for which he
knows no deferise. While science
itself is morally neutral and with­out
conscience, the scientist has
a conscience and is possessed Of
those higher aspirations common
td the soul of all men.
"His conscience has been jar­red
into a rude awakening by
the appalling implications of
atomic power, an awakening
which brings to light His respon­sibility
to society for the proper
use and control of atomic power.
"The scientist is alarmed to see,
the nations of the world embroil­ed
in the same old bickering artd
politics which inevitably lead to
war. He is afraid that the public
is being lulled into a sense of
false security, and is following its
usual course of indifference,
apathy a n d complacency. His
main hope is persistent education
which will inform the public artd
keep it informed. The people of
the world must be kept informed
of the stark terror of atomic
power in order that they may
share in the responsibilities of
working out some means of mak­ing
science the benefactor arid
not the despoiler of mankind."
Dr. Allison further stated that
the scientist does not know the
ariswer, since he is a stranger in
the field of staternanship, diplo­macy
and woTld politics. He does
know that civilization cannot sur­vive
atomic warfare and atomic
energy and therefore must be urt-der
the rigid control of a world
organization based on under­standing,
confidence, cooperation
and godwill. Time is running out
and the usual processes of edu­cation
may be too slow to meet
the emergency.
"Perhaps an impending crisis of
transcending proportions may
brirtg forth latent powers of soc­ial
leadership sufficient to ctit
the conventions and barriers
which have heretofore separated
the peoples of the world and ral­ly
the forces of mankind in the
effectual • outlawing of war."
The showing of two films, "One
World or None", and, "Atomic
Power" concluded the program.
M. FRANKLIN DAVIS
JOINS AG STAFF
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Dr. Franklin L. Davis has been
appointed as soil chemist arid
professor of soils in the school
of agriculture, Dean M. J. Funch-ess
announces.
Dr. Davis returns to Auburn
after 12 years at the Louisiana
Agricultural Experiment Station
where he was associate soil
technologist. He will be in charge
of the Experiment Statiori's lime
investigations, will s u p e r v i se
graduate research in soils, arid
will teach advance soiis courses.
He is a graduate of the Uni­versity
of Missouri, receiving his
bachelor's degree in 1923, mas­ter's
in 1928, and doctorate in
1936.
FOR SALE: Four bedroom,
3-baih home: desirable section.
Phone 346 X-J.
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These Men Will Lead Our Tigers Into Battle Against Southern
HAROLD LANNOM
"Bunt", who will captain
your 1947 aggregation, is a
junior from Lebanon, Tenn.
From here, it looks like he is
headed for a berth on the SEC
team. During the War, Harold
served in the Merchant Ma­rine
and while in that outfit,
he sailed around the World.
He is a good student and hopes
to become a physical educa­tion
director after graduation.
With this man as captain, the
Tigers can't go wrong.
HAL HERRING
"Needle-Nose" is the boy
who keeps the team1' going
when things get rough. While
he thinks his-voice is better
than Sinatra's, most will agree
that" it is more on the Hoagy
Carmichael order. Hal worked
in the backfield last season, but
because of the loss of all ex­perienced
c e n t e r s , he was
moved to the pivot position
during spring drills. Because of
his great team spirit, he has
been selected as alt-captain of
your 1947 Tiger team.
CLIFFORD GRUBBS
A starter in the 1944 season,
Cliff is sure to see plenty of
action this year. He had a knee
operation last winter and al­though
he didn't work much in
spring drills, he was one of the
best blockers on the field "A"
Day. Cliff is one of the two
local boys oh the team.
BOB CANNON
Despite the loss of four fing­ers
on his right hand, Bob has
developed into a top lineman.
He will be out to win his third
football letter this year. Bob
won all-state honors while at
Emma Sansom in Gadsden.
JOHN MOULTON
John, who is just out of serv­ice,
will have a big name to
live up to this year. His father
was a famous end here in the
early twenties. John earned
his letter here in '45, and his
return will help Auburn con­siderably.
BILL35 BALL
Bill was hampered by a knee injury last season, but will be
back in his 1945 form this fall. Although he is one of the small­est
men on the squad, he is a dependable passer and will see
plenty of duty this year.
TRAVIS TIDWELL
Trav' is one of the most
highly respected backs in the
South. As a freshman, he led
the* nation in total offensive
yardage, and although he still
walks with a slight limp
caused by a broken ankle, he
should be ready for action in
the third Tiger battle. Trav' is
rated by many as a greater
passer than Harry Gilmer and
he is a fine ball carrier.
FREDDIE GAFFORD
. Freddie had hard luck last
year and was injured quite
early in the season, but since
then, he has undergone a knae
operation and is now in tip­top
condition. He is listed as a
possible starter for the South­ern
game.
JOHN ADCOCK
John Adcock, who.was one of the best linemen in the history
of Emma Sansom.High School, will bolster the tackle positions
for the Tigers this fall. John looked great in the ''A" Day game.
RAY WILLIAMS
"Big Ray" will be trying for
his fifth letter when he takes
to the gridiron this fall. He has
been awarded the orange "A"
for his outstanding play in
football, basketball, and base­ball.
Ray was one of the lead­ing
pass receivers on the team
last year, and he is out to im­prove
his rating this season.
This former Marine has an ex­cellent
chance to start at one
of the end slots when the
Tigers tackle Mississippi South­ern
next month.
BULL COCHRAN
Bull was Auburn's leading
line-cracker last year, and has
the inside lane for the fullback
position again this s e a s o n.
When he was in high school at
Woodlawn, he took top honors
as fullback on the county,
state, and southern picks. Leon
is one of the hardest working
men on the team. He is a de­pendable
defensive player and
a good blocker. The opposing
lines have always been, glad
to see him go out of the game
for a rest.
ami
BILL WADDAIL
"Wild Bill" hails from Phe-nix
City and will let that speak
for itself. He is one of the most
aggressive Tiger ends and is a
good p a s s catcher. During
spring drills all eyes were on
this lad, and Coach Voyles has
big ,plans for Bill this fall.
Watch him close because you
won't* see very many plays
around his end that make any
yardage for the opposition.
DENVARD SNELL
Red is the only player on the team who has been with
Coach Voyles since 1944. He is the heaviest player on the squad
and he earned letters in both track and football last year.
AUBURN i s . MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN
KKMFF
P.M.
September
Cramton Bowl, Montgomery *7^ete/
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Wednesday, August 27, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN^-7
Delta Sigs Drub Snakes
To Take Softball Crown
By Jack Simms
Led by hard hitting Pat Logan, the DSP dumped the SN
fraternity 18-7 in the final game of the summer softball play­offs
on Billiard Field Monday afternoon. The victory gave
the Delta Sigs the undisputed ownership of the campus soft-ball
crown. By scoring in six of the seven innings, the champs
displayed the type of ball that
took them through the season to
the play-offs. They jumped off in
the first frame with a three run
lead and went further in front
each inning thereafter.
The big gun of the Sigs attack
was Pat Logan, who got a single,
a home run, and a double in five
trips to the plate. Tom Wood,
who displayed some nice fielding
along with his stick work, also
got three hits in five tries, but he
lacked the distance knocks Logan
got.
Johnny Wallis, pitching for the
Sigs, allowed nine hits and got
credit for the win, while Gene
Rooks, working for the Snakes,
was pounded for thirteen. Rooks
pitched four innings and was
charged with the loss. Ray, who
relieved Rooks in the fifth, did a
good job in holding the Delta
Sigs to two runs, but the game
was lost before he went' to the
mound. /
. Wallis was able to pitch just
the way he wanted to because his
teammates fielded well and rap­idly
built up a lead for him. He
was in trouble only once. In the
fourth inning with the score 9-1,
the Snakes went on a hitting
spree that didn't come to an end
until1 six runs had crossed the
plate. This was the only really
close period of the afternoon,
and it was the only hitting of
any conseequence the SN's were
able to do. In that inning, the
losers collected six singles and
one walk from Wallis.
Gaines and Meagher did most
'.of the hitting for the losers' with
i«ach man getting two safeties.
At the plate, the DSP showed a
good margin over their oppon­ents,
but it was in the fielding
••'department that the victors real­ly
looked impressive. While the
Snakes made seven errors, each
at a crucial moment, the Delta
Sigs had only three mishaps and
they came at times when it didn't
matter.
There was no doubt that the
winner was the best team, and
there was no ehance of anyone
mistaking that fact. Although the
opposition never gave _ up, they
were completely outclassed in
every department.
The umpires •did a fine job and
gave their unbiased decisions on
every pla& Babe Gendusa was
umpire, and John Mangles and
Red Wilson covered the bases.
The time was 1:20.
BOX SCORE
Along
the
Bench
By Jack Simms
DSP
Baisch, c
McGraw, lb
Logan, ss __
Johnson, 3b
McGee," 2b -
Wood, rf
AB
4
4
5
5
5
5
Campbell, cf 4
Wurlele, If 5
Wallis, p * - 3
TOTAL
SN
Ray, 2b. p \
Liles, ss
Alley, rf
Michaels, c
Strickland, lb _
Gaines,, cf
Meagher, 3b 4
. 40
AB
._ 5
._ 5
... 4
... 4
- 3
_ 3
Reed, If
Rooks, p.2b
TOTAL .
.. 2
_ 4
34
R
4
2
3
0
0
3
2
1
3
18
R
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
H
2
2
3
0
1
3
2
1
2
16
H
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
. 2
0
SCORE BY INNINGS
DSP 234
SN 010
711
600
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COACH CARL VOYLES HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
Coach Voyles attended Okla. A & M College and was
one of the greatest all-around athletes in the history of the
school! Before coming to Auburn, he coached at Illinois, Duke,
and W & M. He believes his boys will "bring home the bacon"
this season.
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Mississippi Southern College fielded its first football team
since the outbreak of the war last year, and in the ten games
they played, the Southerners won eight and compiled 242
points while holding their opponents to 53. In their only ap­pearance
against a SEC team, they lost.to Auburn 13-12, but
this year the boys from Hattiesburgare out for revenge.
The latest reports -from the Delta make Southern one of
the would be "giant, killers" of the country this fall. They
have been working hard on their football and it looks as if
they are going to be loaded with material. With two of last
years Little All-Americans on their rooster, and with the
nation's leading .high school scorer of '46 working for them,
the Mississippi lads will be dangerous. Twenty-nine players
from last years team will be on hand to try to dump the
Tigers when we meet them in Montgomery on Sept. 26.
* * *
Coach Carl Voyles returned last week from a much need­ed
vacation in the North Woods of Minnesota. After this rest,
he is getting down to the more serious business of preparing
for the Tiger football battles. Even though Auburn will go
intamost of her contests as the under-dog, Coach Voyles will
field his best football machine since his arrival at Auburn.
Travis Tidwell" and his famous ankle have shown much
improvement in the'past three weeks and, barring some un-forseen
setback, he;wili be in top shape for the Florida game.
Trav' started .taking light workouts last Monday, and al­though
his ankle is still slightly swollen, it hasn't given him
much trouble. As- an; extra precaution, Coach Dan McMullin
has been giving.him daily rubdowns. after each work-out.
They aren't taking any chances on this boy because the out­come
of several of Auburn's 1947 ball games may well rest
on his shoulders. . -
.. Coach Voyles has set Sept. 1 as the date for fall football
practice to get. underway. At that time, all members of the
varsity who didn't work-out this summer will report back.
The boys who attended summer drills are returning on the
eighth, while the "B" and freshman teams will report for first
practices on the fifteenth. This will give the coaches just
22 practice days in which to get their boys in shape before
that Mississippi Southern game.
Effective Sept. 1, Fagan Canzoneri, the ex-Tiger and Bes­semer
athlete, will take over as assistant coach of McAdory
High School in Bessemer. One of the most popular men. ever
to attend Auburn, Fagani playeft7 end on Coach- Jack
Meagher's '42 football team, and as a guard, he was the Tiger
hero of many a basketball game.
Auburn showed that it is really interested in baseball
when a crowd of 2000 persons turned out to witness the
American Legion finals. A part of Coach Voyles' plan for
better sports facilities is a baseball diamond with a grand
stand to seat the student body. An excellent site for the
diamond would be behind the new social center, and the
present diamond could be used as a football practice field,
a softball field, or could be re-worked and made into tennis
courts without much cost
* * *
Well, I guess all of us will be in Montgomery for Au­burn's
1947 football curtain riser, but how many of the
freshmen will be wearing rat caps. Of course we won't be
very well organized for that game, but by the homecoming
tussle, all rats should have them on. As is the tradition here,
the Freshmen wear them . . . it's up to you frat men to see
that your rodents do.
COACH POP WERNER
LINE COACH
Pop went to Duke and gradu­ated
there with high honors in
both sports and academic ac­hievements.
He coached at W &
M before entering the Navy.
Pop came to Auburn last year.
5>.--VA.W-*»<—
COACH CHUCK PURVIS
BACKFIELD COACH
Chuck graduated from Illi­nois
in 1940, served in the
Navy, and came to Auburn last
year. He is the youngest of our
coaching staff.
"She'll never have anyone to ask her to the MID­WAY
TAVERN for dining and dancing until she
learns to be attractive. She doesn't know what she's
missing!"
MIDWAY TAVERN PROP.
R.D.WELLS
lT» • w * SPECIAL (ZM6/fiST£AKM/V£RS
OPELIKA-AUBURN ALA.HIWAY PHONE AUBURN 9136
COACH GEORGE DARROW
END COACH
George is the newest addition
to the staff. He was * three
sport letterman at Okla. A & M.
George played football with the
Brooklyn Dodgers last year.
COACH DAN McMULLIN
"B" TEAM COACH
Mr. five by five" won all-
Americal honors while at the
University of Nebraska. He
played nine years of profession­al
ball before becoming a coach.
Dan came here in July of '45.
COACH WILBUR HUTSELL
TRAINER
Coach Huisell fills in his
Spare lime as trainer for' the
Tigers. He has been the doctor
lor the past twenty years.
Partial Rosier
1947 Auburn Tigers
Name Pos.
Erskine Russell * ' E
Bill Waddail * E
Ray Williams * E
John Moulton * E
Ralph Pyburn * E
Harold Lannom (C) * T
Denvard Snell * ' . T
John Adcock T
Max Autry * T
Bob Cannon * G
Ray Moore * G
t Phillip Poundstone * G
Floyd Fulmer * G
Wayne Hepler * GN
Holly Mitchell * G
Jack Cahoon* G
Andrew Douglas C
Hal Herring (AC) * .* C
Coker Barton * C
Russell Inman * QB
Jim McDaniel * QB
Travis Tidwell * HB
Ray Peltrey HB
Billy Ball * , HB
Clifford Grubbs * HB
Freddie Gafford HB
Don Brause * FB
Leon Cochran * FB
Bones Kl'asnic FB
* Denotes lettermen
Class Wt. Ht. Age Home
Soph. 185, 6-1 21 Birmingham, Ala.
Soph. 190 6-3 21 T-Phenix City, Ala.
Soph. 170 6-2 22 Birmingham, Ala.
Soph. 167 6-1 20 Lindale, Ga.
Soph. 195 6 21 Birmingham, Ala.
Jr. 190 6-1 21 Lebanon, Tenn.
Sr. 260 6-2 24 Dothan, Ala.
Fr. 220 6-2 23 Gadsden, Ala.
Soph. 195 6-3. 21 Greenville, Ala.
Jr. 193 5-11 23 Gadsden, Ala.
Soph. 180 5-9 20 . Memphis, Tenn.
Soph. 205 5-10 23 Montgomery, Ala.
Soph. 188 6 22 Jacksonville, Fla.
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Fr. 200 6-1 22 McKeesport, Pa.
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Dr. W. R. Patrick
Doctor Patrick
(Continued from page 1)
movies, radio shows and books,
has been quickened and commer­cialized
but has followed the pat­tern
' of Mark Twain and other
nineteenth century writers. Dr.
Patrick sees the passage of rough-and-
ready wit with regret.
"As it Becomes more sophis­ticated
it because less Ameri­can,"
he said.
"American h u m o r remains,
however, an expression of demo­cracy.
By laughing at ourselves
and others we bring them down
to our level.
"It is the mark of a responsive,
optimistic and youthful nation."
Atomic Energy
Confab Is Set
Lilienthal Will
Be Asked to Talk
Dr. W. G. Pollard, acting di­rector
of Oak Ridge Institute of
Nuclear Studits, was in Au­burn
Thursday and until noon
Friday. He helped plan a con­ference
on the use of radio-active
tracprs in agriculture and en­gineering,
which will be held in
Auburn Dec. 18-20.
David Lilienthal, chairman, U.
S. Atomic Energy Commission,
will be invited to speak at the
conference.
In addition, Dr. Pollard will
look over staff and facilities in
fields at Auburn in which Oak
Ridge is interested. Oak Ridge
Institute expects to supervise re­search
programs for students in
graduate schools over the coun­try.
Dr. Pollard is on leave of ab­sence
from the University of
Tennessee, where he is professor
of physics.
Steering committee members
for the conference are Dr. R. S.
Poor, graduate school dean,
chairman; W. D. Salmon, animal
nutritionist; H. M. Martin, as­sistant
dean of chemistry; J. E.
Hannum, dean of Engineering;
and Dr. Fred Allison, physics de­partment
head.
The December conference will
deal with use of "{agged atoms"
in biology dnd engineering sub­jects.
Leading authorities on the
subject till lecture. Invited par­ticipants
will include representa­tives
from agricultural experi­ment
stations and schools over
the southeast.
RECRUITING TITLE
CHANGED BY ARMY
Redesignation of the "U.S.
Army Recruiting Service" as the
"U.S. Army and...Air Force Re­cruiting
Service" has been an­nounced
by the Wer Department.
Since the recent signing by
President Truman of the Armed
Forces Unification Act, some
confusion has e x i s t e d as to
whether the Air Force would es­tablish
a separate Recruiting
Service for both the Army and
the Air Force will be continued
by existing organizations, in the
spirit of economy, efficiency, and
in accordance with the spirit of
the Unification Act.
To dispel the mistaken im­pression
that each Service will
recruit independently, the new
designation, "U.S. Army and Air
Force Recruiting Service", has
been adopted to apply to all Re­cruiting
Stations.
Pease, Breedlove
Will Head A Phi 0
Fraternity Renders
Service in 4 Fields
Delta chapter of Alpha Phi
Omega, national honorary ser­vice
fraternity, held an election
of officers at its last regular
meeting of the summer quarter.
Leonard G. Pease, senior in
chemical engineering from Co­lumbus,
Ga., was elected presi­dent.
Hal A. Breedlove, junior in
pre-med from Montgomery, was
elected vice-president. In the ca­pacity
of vice-president, Breed­love
will also serve as pledge
master.
APhiO renders service in four
fields, to the student body, to
members of the fraternity, to the
nation, and to youth. The qrgani-zaion
selects its membership on
the basis of scholarship, leader­ship,
and service.
APhiO sponsored Auburn's
Step Sing this summer. Plans are
underway to sponsor this func­tion
annually.
A service .fraternity, APhiO
crosses all lines of honorary, so­cial,
and professional fraternities,
and thus' members of other cam­pus
organizations may also be
active in this fraternity^
The program of APhiO func­tions
primarily with the coopera­tion
of other campus organiza
tions.
One of the long-range projects
of the fraternity is to build a
lighted, multi-colored fountain in
the proposed city park here in
Auburn.
Rice & Old Shoes
(Continued from page two)
October 11, F i r s t Methodist
Church, Decatur.
* * *
Arnold-Fuller
The Cathedral of St. Philip,
Atlanta, August 16, was the scene
of a lovely wedding with Miss
Mary Juanita Arnold, Roanoke,
the bride, and Thomas Page
Fuller the groom. Mr. and Mrs.
Fuller are now at home at 908
Second Avenue, Opelika.
* * *
Breeden-Siickney, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George Breeden
announce the marriage, of their
daughter, Anna, to E. M. Stick-ney,
Jr., of Mobile, on June 14,
Columbus, Ga. Mrs. Stickney is
the grand-daughter of the late
Dean Wilmore, beloved Head of
the School of Engineering.
* * •
McGowen-Morris
September 2, 7:30 p.m., Syla-cauga
Methodist Church, is an­nounced
for the wedding of Miss
Jane Ellen McGowen to Frank M.
Morris. The bride and groom will
resume their studies at API with
the fall term.
* * *
Vaughan-Bullard
A beautiful home wedding was
that 4of Miss Amorett Vaughan
and Harry Bullard, July 31, El­ba.
The groom while at API was
a member of Alpha Gamma Rho.
* * *
McDonald-Furlong
Of cordial campus interest is
the announced wedding plans of
Miss Iris Lynn McDonald and
Thomas F. Furlong, the marriage
scheduled for Friday, September
5, 6:30 p.m., Capitol Heights
Church of Christ, Montgomery.
* * *
Yates-Goare v
Announcement c o m e s from
Charlotte, N.C., of the marriage,
August 16, Allen Street Baptist
Church, of Miss Sarah Elizabeth
Yates and James Clifford Goare,
Slocomb, Alabama.
* * «
Hariin-Ray
The marriage of Miss Inez
Hartin and Bill Ray took place at
the First Baptist Church, Anda­lusia,
July 19. The young couple
plan to reside in Auburn where
Mr. Ray will continue his studies
at API.
* * *
Wilkerson-Timmerman
A lovely wedding, July 26,
Elam Baptist Church, was that
of Miss Neva Jo Wilkerson and
James Herman Timmerman.
'Dad' Simson On WJHO
T. A. "Dad" Sims w a s in­terviewed
on the Facts for Farm­ers
program at 12:45 Saturday
over WJHO. He discussed the
state leadership camp to be held
in Auburn the first week in
September and told of the
accomplishments made in 4-H
club work. The interview was
conducted by Jesse Culp.
In order to raise and maintain
on a volunteer basis the Army
of 1,070,000 men estimated by
the War Department as needed
by July 1, 1947, it will be neces­sary
to recruit an average of
40,000 men a month.
* » *
The Army's "navy" includes
•several hundred ships ranging
from transports to ferry boats.
The Army also operates its ow.i
railroads, including the 45-mile
line at A b e r d e e n Proving
Ground, and the 30-mile line
across the Panama Canal Zone. (
Senator Hill
. (Continued from page 1)
puy, Birmingham; Carolyn Femi-near,
Auburn. '
Frances L. (Frankie) Fowler,
Auburn; Joe ' Grant, Andalusia;
Mary S. Walker Hill, Hackle-burg;
Sallie E. Jackson, Lanett;
Stanley Jones, Scottsboro; Jim
Pharr, Fort Payne; > Robert L.
Saunders, East Tallassee; Ran­dolph
A. Sparks, Aucilla, Fla.;
John T. Warren, Birmingham;
John J. White, New Orleans, La.
Raymond ( B u c k ) Stringer,
Highland Home; Myra V. Barr,
Brundidge; Cecil Burket, Jasper;
Faye Hill Carolton, Ashford;
Florence W. Clegg, Wedowee;
Jesse W. Drake, LaFayette;
Charles S. Heard, LaGrange, Ga.;
Minnie Lamberth; Alex City;
Sidney C, Lack, Montgomery.
Nan H. Martin, Auburn; Annie
Laura Newell, Standing Rock;
Porter Newton, Notasulga; Blan­che
Owen, LaFayette; Sara D.
Roberts, Columbus;* Ga.; Joe
Floyd Smith, Winfield; Jo Bass
Yarbrough, Mt. Creek; Roy W.
Crenshaw, Lanett; Wm. A. Mays,
Bessemer; Sara Ann Peters,
Sylacauga; Mary Elma Upchurch,
Ashland.
Electrical Engineering
James M. Benton, LaGrange,
Ga.; Charles McN. Henderson,
Andalusia; Willis E. Howard,
Oklahoma City, Okla.; James W.
Howland, Sheffield; Nathaniel
Barker Hughes, Mobile; Ranford
Leo Hurston, Tallassee; James
A. Kirby, Sanford, Fla.; Jack
Lande, Birmingham; Robert Led-yard,
Montgomery; Wm. W.
Mables, Huntsville.
John P. McKinnen, Auburn;
Harold E. O'Kelley, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Steward J. Parker, Jr., Au­burn;
J. D. Rambo, Columbus,
Ga.; Herbert Schiff, Jr., Mobile;
Henry Neil Turner, Dora; Donald
Leo Wiggins, Chicasaw; John
Samuel Willis, Dadeville; Wm. J.
Willis, Epes.. .
• • Engineering Physics
Bror Wahlquist ,Jr., Anniston;
Lynn F. Williams, Birmingham.
Textile Engineering
Kenneth B. King, Huntsville;
Charles Q. Hall, Coluiribus, Ga.;
Charles Smith Love, Opelika.
Interior Decoration
H. Dent McCollohs, Eufaula.
Lab Tech
Mary C. Wheeler Buergin, Mo­bile;
eharlotte Briggs, Birming­ham.
Industrial Management
Thomas R. Bazzell, Clanton;
Alex E. Beddow, Birmingham;
Hugh Ector, West Point, Ga.;
Fred F. Fulton, Fairfield; Marion
F. Grace, Huntsville; Billy Har-rell,
Birmingham; Edward Neil
Henderson, Andalusia; Robert H.
Hodgson, Jr., Montgomery; James
A. Martin, Calera; Don Pate,
Birmingham.
Mechanical Engineering
"Tommy" Alley, Jr., Montgom­ery;
John S. Eentley, Jr., Birm­ingham;
Joe Wm. Breen, Fair­field;
Beri Brown, Jr., Montgom­ery;
Grover Campbell, Birming­ham;
Clarence Cardwell, Troy;
Walter G. Crumpton, Birming-ram;
Harold C. Daniel, Florence,
3. C; Jack B. Davidson, Birm­ingham;
Lehman De Shazo, Jr.,
Birmingham; Clyde Dunn, Ope­lika;
Roy R. Edwards, Robjohn;
Yndalccio J. Elizpndo, Auburn.
Ricardo Cesar Escobar, Vedado
Habaha, Cuba; Guy Frank Far-ris,
Jasper; Wm. H. Hairston, Jr.,
LaGrange, Ga.; K e n n e t h W.
Hobbs, Moultrie, Ga.; Wm. Jo­seph
Hogan, Mobile; Herbert
Holdsambeck, Birmingham; Duke
C. Horner, West Point, N. Y.,
Ivan W. Miller, Jr., Birmingham;
Arthur S. Noble III, Tallassee;
Warren Piper, Fairfax. -
Harold M: Powell, Jr., Clear­water,
Fla.; Harry Riddle, Birm­ingham;
Roy F. Roberts, Fayette;
Charles K. Stafford, Florence;
Wm. Earl Willey, "Fulton, Ky.;
James W. Williams, Jasper; John
E. Williams, Jasper; Glen Wil­son,
Jr., Mobile; James G. Zan-thos,
Birmingham; Wm. Norville
Johnson, Mobile.
Home Economics
Sara F. Adams, Woodland, Ga.;
Nell Martin Bradley, Greenville,
S. C; Elizabeth P. Corcoran,
Cotton; Delia M. Garrett, Ever­green;,
Rebecca Jane Grass, Birm­ingham;
Mable B. Kirk, Athens;
Fay lean Knowles, H e a d l a n d;
Paula Jean Mozley, Troy; Thom­as
J. O'Grady, Auburn; Susan
Embrey Brown, Ft. Worth, Tex­as.
. •
Martha Anne (Marty) Gaines,
Birmingham; Mary Alice Man-ley,
Opelika; Llewellyn H. White,
Montgomery; Joyce Levins, We-tumpka;
Elma K. McDonald, MS,
Section; Mayme R. Smith, MS,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Science & Literature
Wm. Frank Anderson, Anda­lusia;
James Fred Bruce, Opelika;
Terry D. Bryson, TuscUmbia;
Harold D. Buck, Columbus, Ga.;
Hoyt Burns, Montgomery; Joe G.
•m
Burne, Pittsview; Ben B y r d,
Ozark; Mary Fay C l e m e n t s,
R o c k m a r t , Ga.; H a y w o od
(Woody)' C o 1 v i n, Palmer dale;
Glenn Crim, Birmingham; Cath­erine
L. Cutler, LaFayette; John
Wm. Dowling, Birmingham.
John S. Glenn, Opelika; Mary
K. Gocdwyne, Huntsville; Joe W.
Green, Mobile; Barbara B. Hay-man,
Jemison; George H. Heath,
Guntersville; M c C o y Hewlett,
Birmingham; W a l t o n Kicker,
Birmingham; Martha C. Lawson,
Auburn; Theodore R. LeCren,
Birmingham; John Blake Lett,
Selma; James R. Martin, Elba;
Robt. M. Martin, Madison, Wis;
Wm. E. Martin, Fairfax; Bess M.
Means, Ben Hill, Ga.
Lamar C. Meigs, Dadeville;
Arthur A. Mindenhall, Columbus,
Ga.; Philander Dean Morgan, Jr.,
Bessemer; Mary Jane Morris,
Tuscumbia; Robt. V. Mullen, Jr.,
Montgomery; Carson L. Mullins,
Tallassee; Harry Nelson, Dozier;
Eugene Pepinsky, Hayerford, Pa.;
Aurelia Powell, Columbus, Ga.;
Stanley Rabun, Jr., Evergreen;
Homer (Rock) Reid, Columbus,
Ga.
Jack Riley, Hartford; Lew A.
Sanderson, Montgomery; Lassie
Jo Rounds, Gadsden; Betty Jane
Sanford, Montgomery; Swift Tar-bell,
Montgomery; Walter J.
Todd, Wood Ridge, N-.-J.; Zach t.
Trawick, Jr., Montgomery; Chas.
Wm. Warner, Lanett; Clint Wilk­inson,
Jr., Selma; Kathryn Ann
Wright, A u b u r n ; Walter J.
Wright, Jr., C o l u m b u s , Ga.";
James D. Thomas, Jr., Opelika;
.Richard Bjur'berg, Auburn; Gor­don
B. Cleveland, Auburn; Ruth
Harris Lowe, Auburn; James A.
Smoake, Athens; Anne Black
Pace, Auburn.
Horticulture
V/m. Frank J e n k i n s , MS,
Bangor.
Pharmacy
Carroll C. Blakey, Florala;
Mary Ruth Estes, Centre, Eugene
L. Feagin, Jr., Hendersonville, N.
C; Patty Northington, Prattville.
Pre-Medicine
James Frederick Bruce.
Lumpkin
around? The
'Auburn University'
(Continued from page 1)
bama Polynomial — A l a b a m a
Polytech— Alabama Poly—API
business?"
Taylor L u m p k i n , Aliceville:
"On the subject of changing the
name to Auburn University, go
a h e a d and
change it, but
there r e a l ly
isn't much point
to it. API is
O.K. w i t h me,
and it l o o ks
swell in lights.
Why not name
some of those
buildings t h at
a r e scattered
main library is
named Carnegie Library, . but
who knows that except Mr. Car­negie,
and it doesn't make any
difference to him.
• * * * -",
Len Hensel. Philadelphia, Pa.:
"When the automobile became
popular, blacksmiths learned to
b e mechanics. ,
When this insti
tution a d d e c
c o u r s e s ant
schools to thi
anc
de
thej
th
agricultural
mechanical
partments,
c h a n g e d
name from Ala
bama A&M t>
Alabama Poly
technic Institute.
Now we have
added to the technical end and
it is time to change ^f'rom our
horse and buggy name" to' brie
that is up to date—to one that
better describes the school. That
name is 'Auburn University'. •
* * * . •
Beverley Ann Burkhardt, Au­burn:
"If we mee,t the qualifica­tions
of a university, I Would
rather see the name changed."
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