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\TOL. LXXIV. ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1948 Number 4
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Simms, Breedlove, Gaston and Robison
Are New Plainsman, Glomerata Heads
Present Plainsman Staff To Serve Through
Summer; Glomerata Chiefs Take Over In May
Jack Simms, junior in science; Auburn, defeated Bruce Burson
and literature from Arlington,
Va., was elected editor-in-chief
of The Plainsman last Thursday
by popular vote of the student
body. Hal Breedlove, junior in
science and literature from Mont­gomery
who ran unopposed, is
new Plainsman business manager.
Hugt Gaston, junior in archi­tecture
from Lebanon, Tennessee,
defeated Jack Seay and Zeb Ro­binson
to win the post of Glome­rata
editor. Frank Robison, junior
in industrial management from
for the post of Glomerata busi­ness
manager.
Simms and Breedlove will as­sume
office at the beginning of
the fall quarter. Gaston and
Robison will begin work on the
1949 Glomerata after May 15,
deadline for this year's annual.
Simms polled 1208 votes, while
his opponent, Ray Fowler, polled
766. Breedlove polled 1839. Gas­ton
received 906; Robinson, 698,
and Jack Seay, 334.
Frank Robison polled 1137 to
732 for Bruce Burson. Jack Simms Hal Breedlove Hugh Gaston
Traffic Committee Acts
The Traffic and P a r k i n g Committee adopted a proposed
motor vehicle and traffic code which it has presented to the
administration for further action.
As this issue of The Plainsman went to press Tuesday
evening it was impossible to l e a r n if t h e Board of Trustees
took action, if any, on the pro
posed code yesterday.
The Committee, composed of
five students and six faculty
members, was appointed last
q u a r t e r by Acting-President
Ralph Draughon. Mr. Draughon
stated that the traffic problem
on the campus "presented a-ser­ious
problem" and asked that a
study be conducted and recom­mendations
be made to the ad­ministration.
If adopted, the safety and traf­fic
code wil include the follow­ing
features:
1. All faculty, staff, graduate
and undergraduate students must
register their car with the Col­lege
Security Office, and display
at all times a sticker or plate on
their car while it is used on the
campus.
2. Auburn undergraduate and
graduate students (not on staff)
shall not park motor vehicles:
A. On college property where
specifically prohibited, but may
park on the campus in all other
areas.
3. All other privately owned
motor vehicles may be parked on
streets, drives, and parking areas
on college p»ooerty except:
.A. In areas restricted for
fire protection, public safety
protection of property and ser­vice
operations.
B. On college streets where
specifically prohibited and hours
indicated.
4. Faculty, staff, graduate and
undergraduate students who are
physically handicapped may be
issued special parking permits.
5. Violaters of traffic- regula­tions
shall be reported to the
Security Officer.
A. Students and faculty mem­bers
may be fined or reported to
the'Disciplinary Committee or ad­ministrative
heads.
All other persons shall be
warned, and if the act is a misde-neanor,
civil charges may be fil­ed
if warranted.
Professor F. E. Guyton Will Broadcast
Junior Vet Association's Rodeo May 1-2
i CANDIDATES
SOUND OFF
Corrected Library
Schedule Is Given
Main Library hours which
were published in a recent is­sue
of The Plainsman, were er­roneous.
Following is a correct­ed
schedule: Monday through
Thursday, eight a.m. through
10 p.m.; Friday, eight a.m.
through six p.m.; Saturday,
eight a.m. through one p.m.
The library will be closed Sat­urday
afternoon and Sunday.
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As set forth in the Student Con­stitution,
candidates for tomor­row's
election of class officers
and Cabinet members are pre­senting
a statement in their be­half.
Those who submitted state­ments
to The Plainsman for pub­lication
are:
BURIS R. BOSHELL
Candidate tor Vice-President,
Student Executive Cabinet.
"I stand for the following
things:
(1) A ring committee that re­presents
all phases of the cam­pus.
(2) A cut system, on a merit
basis.
(3) Exemption from f i n al
exams for all students who have
an "A" average at the end of the
quarter.
(4) Regular reports of profits
made on campus concessions.
(5) Itemized accounts to be
published on the breakdown and
usage of student activity fees.
(6) Good student government.
(7) Lower prices on class
rings.
GILMER BLACKBURN
Secretary, Executive Cabinet
"Fellow students: As a pre­law
student I am interested in the
workings of our student govern­ment.
If elected as secretary to
the Executive Cabinet, I shall
strive to discharge my duties with
the utmost care and the best in­terests
of the college and the stu­dent
body. I will appreciate your
vote and support. Thank you."
JOHN T. BOYETT
Fifth Year Representative,
Executive Cabinet
"If chosen to represent my
class in the organization that
turns the ideas of the student
body into general policy, I will
give serious consideration to all
suggestions offered me and do
all that I can to represent fairly
my class.
"I will strive to promote cleser
harmony between the students
and the administration and Exe­cutive
Cabinet.
"As chairman of the Pep Com­mittee,
I will strive for a color­ful
band and permanent band­master.
"The Auburn spirit is not dead.
It has been temporarily sub­ordinated,
but it is still the most
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May 1-7 Is Set
For Music Week
National Music Week, the first
week in May, will be observed on
the Auburn campus with four
evenings -and one afternoon of
varied musical performances fea­turing
compositions of wide ap­peal.
Details of the many con­certs
will be presented later, but
a short resume of the week's
activities are indicated below.
The South's own Atlanta Sym­phony
will open Music Week on
Sunday afternoon, May 2, in the
Student Activity Building. On
Tuesday evening the Auburn
Band of 60 members under the
direction of P. R. Bidez will pre­sent
a program of popular appeal
ranging from the works of Cole
Porter to those of Moussorgsky
and Rossini. Participating with
the band in joint concert will be
the Men's Glee Club.
Highlight of the week will be
the performance of "Faust," Gou­nod's
operatic masterpiece on
Thursday and Saturday nights
in Langdon Hall. A cast of faculty
members and student performers
will share stage honors accom­panied
by the Symphony Orches­tra
under the direction of Edgar
Glyde.
The "La-dees and Gentlemen"
man at the rodeo this year will
be Auburn's own Prof. Fay E.
Guyton, profesor of zoology and
entomology.
Announcers for previous ro-does
have been professionals
brought in from other states.
Manager Ed Arline said the ar­rangements
committee decided to
use "local talent" this year, and
Prof. Guyton was chosen because
of his wit, personality, and his
desire to help the students. .
Prof. Guyton has never an­nounced
a rodeo, but he has been
at home before a microphone for
many years. Radio Station WAPI,
now located in Birmingham, ori­ginated
in Auburn and he was
one of the first three men to
broadcast over it.
Broadcast Rattlesnake
Prof. Guyton has been on the
National Farm and Home Hour
program, and once he announced
a broadcast which transmitted
•the-first rattlesnake rattle ever
sent out on the air waves.
Besides his interest in radio,
Prof. Guyton has done outstand­ing
work in his professional field.
He was in charge of the Ala­bama
educational campaign to
destroy the white fringed beetle
in 1938.
He helped in the program of
eradicating the Mediterranean
fruit fly in Florida, the only com­plete
eradication of an insect
Father John Hardy
To Conduct Novena
Services In Auburn
Father John Hardy, cm., will
speak at the nine and 11 a.m.
masses Sunday, April 25 at the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in
Auburn. Father Hardy is a mem­ber
of the Miraculous Medal
Novena Band, Germantown, Pa.
Solemn Novena services will
be held each evening at 5:15 p.m.
and at 7:30 p.m., lasting for nine
days beginning Sunday. Each
Novena will last 30 minutes.
pest ever to be accomplished in
the United States.
He also supervised a CWA pro­ject
of 800 men doing pest control
work in Mobile and surrounding
area.
"The rodeo brings the West to
the East," said Prof. Guyton. "It
is educational, as well as mighty
good entertainment."
Prof. Guyton has been on the
Auburn campus 27 years. His
son, Tom, a senior in veterinary
medicine, is chairman of the
ground committee for the Rodeo
Campuswide Election
Slated For Tomorrow;
Polls Open at 9 a. m.
Delta Sigs, Phi
Mil's Take Sing
Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and
Phi Mu sorority won top honors
in the annual Sphinx Spring Sing
Thursday night in Langdon, Hall.
Five fraternity and six sorority
groups sang in the event.
Judges for the Sing were Mrs.
Kenneth Roy, choir director of
the Presbyterian Church; Miss
Olga Bibza, modern dance in­structor;
and Profesor Bob Skel-ton
of the foreign language de­partment.
Pi Kappa Alpha placed second
in the fraternity division, and
Sigma Alpha Epsilon came in
third.
No second and third place
scores were available for the so­rorities.
'Pygmalion* Coming
To Langdon Tuesday
Prof. J. Marino-Merlo
STUDENT RESPONSE
PLEASES PROFESSOR
Professor Joseph Marino-Merlo,
chairman of exhibits, applied art
department, said Monday that he
was pleased with the response
he had received from student
organizations who wish to con­tribute
to the API Permanent
Print Collection.
Prof. Marino-Merlo sent let­ters
to all student organizations
over a month ago in an effort to
determine whether or not they
would be interested in Auburn
obtaining the collection.
"Students have shown that
they are aware and want Au­burn
to take its place alongside
other institutions of its size," the
professor said.
(Editor's Note: See editorial,
"A Worthy Plan" page jour).
"Pygmalion," "the comedy by
George Bernard Shaw, will be
presented in Auburn by Touring
Players, Inc., on April 27 at 8:15
p.m. in Langdon Hall.
The players are on a tour of
Southern colleges and universi­ties
this spring.
Touring Players, Inc., was born
overseas when the nucleus of the
cast and directors were giving
performances in Occupied Terri­tory
in Western Europe.
The group conceived ther idea
of taking good, legitimate theatre
to those who enjoy it but do not
have the opportunity to see it.
In 1947, the Players toured the
Middle-Eastern states. They re­ported
that in covering 72 towns,
they found some that had not had
a legitimate show in 27 years.
Press notices were favorable
throughout the tour. In Paris
their production of "Time of Your
Life" received rave notices that
said on a commercial basis the
play could have run successfully
for over a year.
The players arrive on the day
of their performance. They car­ry
two complete productions,
with three sets, costumes, drapes,
furniture and props.
They bring all programs for
the performance and ask no help
in loading, unloading, or staging.
The dramatics classes on the
campus have been invited merely
to watch them unfold.
The players are sponsored by
the Auburn Department of Dra­matic
Arts.
ORACLES
TAPS 16
Oracles, h o n o r society for
freshman women students, tap­ped
sixteen girls at Spring con­vocation
on March 30. Selection
is based on Winter quarter scho­lastic
averages.
Those tapped are: Nancy Jean
Bailey, Betty Jean Brown, Mary
Chalmer, Marilyn Elizabeth Den­nis,
Betty Gamill, Frances Gates,
Mary Ann Harbin, Mary Ellen*
Stammer, Nellie Jo Thornton,
Margaret Wade, Mary Elizabeth
Walker, Mary L. Whitney, Gloria
Ann Blalock, Martha B. Boarch,
Ruth R. Quinn, and Ann Sharp.
At the last meeting, it was de­cided
that Oracles will take an
active part in the forthcoming
Red Cross drive. All members
will be called on to solicit funds
for the drive.
Dietetics Meet
Set For Saturday
The Alabama Dietetics Asso­ciation
will rry at in annual spring
session Saturc.i/7 April 24 on the
Auburn campus.
Speakers during the general
session will be Mrs. Alice Billings
Walker of Birmingham, Charles
H. McCauley of Birmingham, and
Mrs. Marion Spidle, dean of the
school of home economics.
Mrs. Walker's topic will be
"Personal Relationships" and Mr.
McCauley will discuss institution­al
kitchens.
The morning program will be­gin
with registration and coffee
in Student Center. Tours of the
campus will follow, including the
Food Service Units and Nutrition
Laboratories. Luncheon will be at
Smith Hall.
WHAT'S YOUR
METHOD?
WEST LAFAYETTE, . IND.—
(ACP)—A feature write of The
Purdue Exponent, tackles the
problem of good grades.
"There are three methods of
acquiring good grades but the
first two are impractical. The
first method involves that pro­vince
of peasants: serious and
concentrated study. The second
requires an extra quota of tell­tale
gray matter. The hints for
the third method are given in
the little quiz below and, if used
with discretion, are guararnteed
to increase your potentialities."
"Answer 'yes' or 'no' to the
questions that follow. Each "yes^
should count one point. If your
score is three or less, go home and
pack—your mama's calling.
1. Do you live in a sorority
or fraternity house? (If answer
is 'yes', use house cribs and skip
remainder of test.)
2. Do you date the departmental
assistant? (See No. 1).
3. Do you let your prof know
early in the semester that 'I think
I'm going to get more out of this
course than any course I've had
before?'
4. Do you interview his former
students to ascertain his favorite
topics, viewpoints, and hobbies?
5. Do you tell him that a cer­tain
lecture was so interesting
you would like additional sources
of reference for your own re­search?
6. Do you remain bright-eyed
and attentive during recitation
period even if it is an 8 o'clock
class?
7. Do you give your prof clip­pings
pertaining to his course or
lectures?
8. Do you volunteer to answer
all questions even if only to prove
you have a marvelous grasp of
the obvious?
9.- Do you let your prof know
you were in the same branch of
service?
10. Do you ask questions which
will give him an unusual chance
to display his knowledge?"
Ballot Boxes Will Be Placed At Main Gate,
Ramsay Hall, Vet and Ag Hills; All Students
Except First Quarter Freshmen May Vote
Polls will be open tomorrow for election of class and Exe­cutive
Cabinet officers. The same procedure of voting will be
followed as t h a t of the publications elections last week. The
ballot box at Main Gate will be open from nine to five; those
at Ag Hill and Ramsay Hall from nine to t h r e e ; and t h e one
at Vet Hill from nine to 1:30.
Eligible to vote in class elec­tions,
are first quarter members
of that class and second and third
quarter members of the preced­ing
class. First quarter freshmen
are not eligible to vote. All stu­dents
but new freshmen may
vote for officers of the Executive
Cabinet.
Sphinx Taps Four
Senior Women
Sphinx, senior' honor society
for women, tapped four new
members at a recent WSGA con­vocation.
Initiation of these mem­bers
was held April 20. Sphinx
is a senior honor society for
women students who are out­standing
in leadership, scholar­ship,
and service. Those tapped
were:
Martha Callahan, s e n i o r in
science and literature from Mont­gomery;
member of Oracles and
Owls.
Christine DuBose, junior in
education from Huntsville; mem­ber
of Alpha Gamma Delta so­rority;
Oracles; Owls; BSU Coun­cil,
WSGA Representative to Ex­ecutive
Cabinet.
Sue Farrington, senior hrHome
Economics from Dadeville, local
and state president of Home Ec
Club; member of Theta Epsilbfij
Oracles.
Eloise Killion, junior in secre­tarial
Training f r o m Mobile,
president Alpha Omicron Pi,
member of Newman Club, Stu
dent Relations Committee, Fresh
man Advisory Council, and Ora
cles.
Hugh Edwards Gets
Princeton Post
Hugh Edwards, senior in elec­trical
engineering from Mont­gomery,
has been granted a labo­ratory
assistantship at Princeton
University. He will assume duties
there after graduation at Auburn
in August. The work will lead to
a master's degree in electrical
engineering, specializing in tele­vision.
Hugh is a former Plainsman
columnist, being the first student
to write "Of Interest to Engi­neers."
He is secretary of Eta
Kappa Nu; members of Tau Beta
Pi; member of AIEE; chairman
of IRE; member 'of Engineers
Council; and newly-elected mem­ber
of Phi Kappa Phi.
Candidates are:
President, Executive Cabinet
Gillis Cammack, unopposed
Vice-President Cabinet
1 Buris Boshell vs. Jim Bob May-field.
Secretary, Cabinet
Gilmer Blackburn vs. Richard
L. Sudhoff.
Chairman, Social Committee
Monty Allen vs. Robert Walk­er.
Sth Year Representative
John T. Boyett vs. Larry Riedel
Senior Representative
(Vote for three) Carlos L. Ad­ams,
Tim Miller, Ted Robbins,
and Paul Sarvis.
President, Senior Class
Sammy Kirkland, unopposed
Vice-Pres.. Senior Class
Mary Cottle vs. George P.
Mooney.
Sec.-Treas., Senior Class
Norma Jean Bohannan vs.
Jean Daughtry
Senior Historian
Jean Baldwin vs. Ann Coulter
Junior Representative
(Vote for two) Alex P. Brewer,
Curtis Henson, Joe Meade, and
Jimmy Thompson.
President, Junior Class
Carroll Keller vs. Ed Richard­son.
Vice-Pres., Junior Class
Carol Dorrough vs. Charles
Walton.
Sec.-Treas., Junior Class
Ann Esslinger vs. Jeanne Tu-ley.
Junior Historian
Betty Jean Jordan vs. Joy Jus­tice
Sophomore Representative
(Vote for one) Clifford Billing-slea
vs. Euclid Sharman.
President, Sophomore Class .
Aubrey Duncan vs. Crawford
Nevins.
Vice-Pres., Sophomore Class
Susan Baarke, unopposed.
Sec.-Treas., Soph. Class
Gloria Herring vs. Tom Mor-rissey.
Sophomore Historian
Annie Allen vs. Be^tty Walker.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES HOLDS MEETING
The Auburn Board of Trustees met yesterday to sell $1,200,-
000 worth of bonds. The money will be used in the construction
of the proposed Engineering Lab and enlargement of the Stadium.
The bond issue was approved at the last meeting of the Board.
Among other problems facing the Board of Trustees are:
Choice of a permanent president for the college; and action on
the campus parking and traffic problem.
PYGMALION cast members shown above are, left to right: Robert Newton, who plays leading role of "Higgins"; two Victorian ladies at tea,
Jenelle Gregg and Lisabeth Blake; and the girl in the third picture with hair flowing in the breeze is Lisabeth Blake, director-player. The
Touring Players were acclaimed in Paris and London during the war for their fine performances. "Pygmalion," by George Bernard Shaw, is
scheduled to appear Tuesday night, April 27, in Langdon Hall at 8:15. Students will be admitted free.
1 •
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 21, 1948
Phi Mu's "Dream Boy" Formal
Is Friday In Student Ac Building
Alpha Mu chapter of Phi Mu
will present their "Dream Man"
April 23, at a Picture Girl Dance.
Music will be furnished by the
Auburn Plainsmen. Miss Tommy
Barnes of Montgomery, chapter
president, will lead the dance
with Hubert Primm, also of
Montgomery.
Following the dance, break­fast
will be served at the Pi
Kappa Phi House. Saturday af­ternoon,
the pledges are giving
actives and dates a picnic at
/Chewacla. Then, to conclude the
weekend, an informal party will
be given at the Kappa Alpha
House.
Members, pledges, and dates
are: Jinny Blanton, Jimmy
Kendrick; Bonnie B o z e m a n,
Frank Broyles; Carolyn Braswell
Earl Stone; Virginia Brown, Wof-ford
Smith; Jeanne Charles, Ted
Kingsford; Mary Catherine Clem,
Bill Cole; Ann Coulter, Claude
Samson; Sallie Jean Crews,
Malcolm McCain; Anna Jean
Franklin, Shelbert Higgins; Caro­lyn
Harlan, Bob Tate; Gloria
Herring, Guy Bullock; Sally Holt,
Dick Allison; Patty Jamison,
George Kelley; Sally Lee, Frank
Fleming; Joy Love, Don Davies;
Reba Morris, Leland Brown.
Margaret Ann Norwood, Ray
Frederick; Sally Prichard, Jim­my
Brown; Billie June Sanders,
Walter Robinson; Billee Smith,
Levis Handley; Annie Laurie
Smoke, Bob Lynch; Bette Whit-son,
Lawrence Alexander; Sue
Coulter, Clifford Smith; Bess
Dansby, Hugh Dowling; Gerry
Deloney, Lamon Martin; Mary
Kirkland, Bill Barton; Jean Far­mer,
Erskine Russell; Sarah Mar­tin,
A. G. Westbrook; Paula
Scott, Leonard Braswell; *Mae
Cunningham, Angus Brown;
Susan Almon, Boyd Hinton; Vir­ginia
Henderson, Fred Gaines;
DONT SAY BREAD-SAY
HOLSUM
BALL'S BAKERY
Opeliko Alabama
HAGEDORN'S
STYLE CENTER OF ALABAMA
The way you like to look . . . in the dress you love to wear.
Silhouette a la swirl.
a young, circle-skirted dress
with tiny caps for sleeves and
a clever button-across neck­line.
Done in Koolmist spun
in fresh summer pastels.
Sizes 12 to 20.
HAGEDORN'S
Miss Tommy Barnes
OPELIKA
OTS Elects Officers
At Recent Meeting
OTS fraternity elected officers
at the second meeting of this
quarter. The new officers will
serve until the spring quarter
1949, They are as follows: Presi­dent,
Walter G. Anderson; vice-president,
G. Alton Knox; secre­tary,
Curtin R. Fincher; treasurer,
Howard L. Johns; sergeant-at-arms,
Dewey G. Moore; alumni
secretary, Jay G. Hamilton; his­torian,
W. Russell Laster; Alpha
pledge' master, Buris. R. Boshell;
Beta pledge master, William T.
Boozer.
Miss Gussie Arnett
Delta Zeta Initiates
Three Undergraduates,
One Faculty Member
Delta Zeta held initiation yes­terday
for Nell Campbell, „Do-than;
Betty Waites, Alexander
City; and Marjorie Cooper, Ox­ford.
Miss Rebecca Pate, a menir
ber of the faculty, school of edu­cation,
was also initiated.
New members were entertain­ed
by their "big sisters" follow­ing
initiation.
Gloria Herring and Guy Bullock.
Mr. and Mrs. John Edgar; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Morris; Mr. and
Mrs. Denton Stewart; Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Landress.
TYPING done for students.
Price per page, single space, 20
cents, double "space, 15 cents.
Mail manuscripts to: Mrs. J. M.
Whatley, Route two. Auburn.
Pencil or ink copies must be
legible and will be copied ver­batim.
Work guaranteed to
please.
J. Paul Sheedy* Switched to WHdroot Cream-Oil
Because He Flunked The Finger Nail Test
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at any drug or toilet goods counter. And always ask your
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AUBURN
Delta Zeta Sorority Is Presenting
Its Annual Formal Saturday
Beta Xi of Delta Zeta will en­tertain
with its annual formal
dance Saturday from 9-12 in the
Student Ac building. Decorations
will follow a circus motif, com­plete
with confetti and baloons.
Music will be by the Auburn
Plainsmen. Following the. dance
there will be a breakfast at the
Pi Kappa Phi house.
Miss Gussie Arnett, chapter
president, will lead the dance
with Jimmy Mitchell. Both are
from Birmingham. Miss Arlene
Davis, immediate past-president,
escorted by Bill Chandler, will
present a bouquet of roses to
Miss Arnett.
Other members, pledges, and
dates whi will attend are Phyllis
Applebee, Kenneth Roy; Marga­ret
Bell, Jimmy Monroe; Mar­garet
Beverly, Wiley Bunn; Mar-cia
Bowers, Charles Richardson;
Frances Brown Harrry Sanders.
Warrena Cannon, Kit Burgess;
Doris Clements, Herbert Quinn,
Jr.; Betty Sue Cotney, Hugh
Camp; Margarita Elizondo, Roy
Lilly; Mary Frances Grimes, Hen­ry
Wingate; Betty Grady, Bob
Bailey; Frances Harris, Norborne
McSwain.
Carolyn Hatcher, Ed Gates;
Martha Hester, "Buck" Byrd;
Doris Holmes, Paul Taff; Ann
Hutchinson, George P e a k e;
Blanche Hutchison, Frank Dyer;
Caroline Johnson, Hugh Griffith;
Loren Johnson, E. W. Revels;
Alice Jones, Haskell Lumpkin;
Charles Dowling; Helen Pace,
Larry Bell; Edith Quinn, Lyle
Davis; Martha Price, Jim Elliott.
Betty Sharit, Lester Lee Hol-
Jy; Ann Sturkie, Edward T. Wil­liams;
Vivian Thomas, Ferris
Coplin; Pat Tippins, Henry Fran­ces;
Jeanne Tuley, Joe Hastings;
Anne McMillan, Culbeth Douglas;
Mary Charles Mackie, Charles
Lamar; Flora Moncrief, Chester
Cline; Betty J e a n Moreman,
Sarah Jane Kent, Jimmy Floyd;
Judy Kerr, Eugene Cooper.
Ann Knotts, Kirk McKay;
Ruth Upton, Kenneth Bateman;
Margaret Wade, Jimmie Thomp­son;
Ouida Weekley, J. D. Rey­nolds.
June Whatley, Phil Mask; Mi­riam
White, Frank Little; .Ann
Leary, Richard Jernigan; Nell
Campbell, Jack Pearson; Betty
Waites, Jack Estes; Edith Payne,
Charlies Hartwell; Virginia Rey­nolds,
Nelson Camp; Marjorie
Cooper, Harry Jones; Ruth Estes,
Joe Moran; Bettie Walker, Albert
Beall; Mary Taylor, Warren
Browning; Yevetta Green, Dar-row
B. Beasley.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Simms,
Mr. and Mrs. J. O Hardin, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Culberson, Mr. and
1 Mrs. William P. Ward, Mrl and
| Mrs. William Plummer, Mr. and
I Mrs. Lynn Tate.
Baptist Brothers
Plan Date Breakfast
The Baptist Brotherhood will
hold its annual date breakfast on
the morning of April 25. Members
and their dates will meet in the
Green Room of the Pitts Hotel.
Guest speaker'for this occasion
will be Mr. Charlie W. Barnes,
Baptist Student Union secretary
at the University of Alabama.
Gilbert Butler, Brotherhood
president will preside over the
meeting.
Westminster To Hold
Spring Festival
Westminster fellowship will
hold its Spring Festival Friday
night at the Westminster House
at seven. Guest speaker will be
the Rev. Maclwer of the First
Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa.
The program will include a toast
to graduating seniors, a skit, and
songs. Dress is semi-formal.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Elects Officers
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
in its last meeting elected the
following men to serve as officers
for the spring and summer quar­ters:
Tom Loveless, Bessemer,
president; Bob Wood, George­town,
Dela., vice-president; Gor­don
Howell, Bessemer, secretary;
Herman Pruett, Mobile; treasurer;
James Beall, Bessemer, assistant
treasurer; Bob Ahstrand, Atlanta,
Ga. social chairman; Ted Szuto-wicz,
Deerfield, Mass., sports
chairman; Howard McElhaney,
Vero Beach, Fla. house manager.
Alpha Gamma Delta
Initiates Three
Gamma Delta chapter of Al­pha
Gamma Delta sorority held
formal initiation for three pledges
April 14 in the chapter room.
Pledges initiated were: Jerry
Williford, Troy; Merle Godwin,
Frisco City; and Jeanne Walker,
Huntsville.
A meeting was held after the
ceremony, and plans for the soro­rity's
International Reunion Day
were discussed.
Lambda Chi Pledges
Elect Officers
At a recent meeting pledges of
the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
elected officers.
Those elected to serve were:
Joseph E. McAdory, Bessemer,
president; Hayden Price,. Jasper,
vice-president; Bruce Holman,
Evergreen, secretary; Jack Tirey,
Jasper, treasurer.
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Pike Pledges Hold
Honky-Tonk Party
Pike pledges held a honky-tonk
party Friday night. The party was
complete with Hollywood stars
incognito, shady underworld
characters, four singing Sinatras
giving their rendition of "Ceege-rettes,
whiskey and Wild Wild
Women," and more than 20
beautiful women.
Dancing was accomplished in
the candlelit dining room. Re­freshments
were served by Mrs.
Selma Ford, PiKA house mother.
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King Joe the Wise Man says:
"The King of France who Is
my bosom pal, complained
about his soup last night. Goes
to show, even K i n g s have
troubles. I have mine, you have
yours".
King Joe is right, You have
troubles. You've got tangles in
your mind you want to un­ravel.
You've got worries of
some sort.
Maybe those closest to you
are your b i g g e s t problems.
Bring your difficulty to the al­tar
in prayer at the Sacred
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April 25th. Masses this Sunday
9 a.m.—11 a.m.
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-THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 21, 194S
'Musical Talent of Campus Is Revealed
As Compositions, Songs are Recognized
By Dick Inlow
Auburn is finally awakening
to the musical talent on her own
campus! In recent months we
have heard numerous composi­tions
by Professor Hubert Liv-erman
and S. Turner Jones. Mr.
Jones' piano suite "Four Moods"
was presented not long ago in
t.angdon Hall. We have also
heard Dr. Arment sing two of
Mr. Jones published songs, *'Lov-erV
Morning Verses" and "Fen
Landscape".
Now, in the fast approaching
All-American Composers Con­cert,
another well-known work
of the same author will be offer­ed.
It is his "Suite Moderne" for
four B-Flat Clarinets. Long a re­cognized
favorite among lower
'high brows' this published work
has* been performed nearly 200
times, mostly in the North.
"Suite Modern" which takes
about six minutes to perform, is
divided into four very contrast­ing,
movements. The first is a
march somewhat on the style of
Prokieff, while the second is a
Waltz in five, with a peculiar
swing of an oriental flavor on
the line of Rimsky-Korsakov's
Scheherazade. The third move­ment
is a blues and the fourth is
boogie-woogie. These terms need
no explanation.
When asked why he composed
the suite, Mr. Jones said it was
simply because he liked the tone
of clarinets. "Also", he added,
"most high schools and colleges
have a band so there is usually
s o m e good clarinet players
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Ahead or Behind?
The Associated Press, in re­porting
results of the National
AAU Wrestling Tournament
from Hempstead, N. Y., men­tioned
"Auburn University"
in three separate paragraphs.
Since the name of the col­lege
has been Alabama Poly­technic
Institute since .1899,
could it be that AP is 49 years
behind the limes?
Or could it be that they're
at least a year ahead of the
times?-
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O L I N L. H I LL
"THE MAN WITH THE TAPE"
Prof. S. Turner Jones
around. I wished to compose a
piece they could play in concert;
not too difficult, and yet not too
simple."
The suite had its beginning
when Mr. Jones was teaching at
Juanita College in Huntingdon,
Pa. In the school of music there
were four good clarinetists and
for these he wrote a short march.
Later when he was teaching at
the State Teachers College in
Indiana, Pa., the head of thie mu­sic
department became interested
in the march and advised Mr.
Jones to lengthen the work. Hap­pily
the professor took the ad­vice
and thus was born the
."Suite Moderne".
Rehearsals for the All-Anier^
can Composers Concert perform­ance
of this work have been
under way for some time by four
members of the Auburn Knights.
Business Fraternity
Celebrates Founding
Members of the Delta Sigma
Pi honorary and professional
business administration fraterni­ty,
recently held a smoker and
birthday party.'
The smoker was in the form of
an outing at Lake Chewacla with
refreshments being served to
members and guests.
A birthday party celebrating
the 17th anniversary of the
founding of Beta Lambda chap­ter
on the Auburn campus was
held in Morris' Restuarant. A
brief business meeting followed
the party.
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Local Pre-Law Society Is Incorporated
Into Lambda Epsilon Chi Honorary
The Pre-Law Society which
has functioned almost continual­ly
on the campus since Auburn
has been offering courses for
pre-law students has been incor­porated
into Lambda Epsilon Chi,
honorary society for pre-law stu­dents.
Because there is at present a
large number of pre-law stu­dents
on the campus and this
number is Increasing each quart­er,
a need was felt by several
faculty members and the pre-law
students to establish Lambda
Epsilon Chi. The purpose of the
organization is to further pro­fessional
interests of the mem­bers,
to bring about an under­standing
of the profession they
have chosen, to bring about clos-relationships
among pre-law stu­dents
and to encourage pre-law
enrollment at Auburn. Dean
Roger Allen has acclaimed the
organization as a progressive step
toward better and closer rela­tions
between pre-law students.
The organization has very high
qualifications for membership
both in character and scholarship.
All charter members ' believe
that the society will be a tremen­dous
asset to Auburn. They plan
to have a number of prominent
speakers brought to. the campus
including attorneys from various
sections of the South. They hope
to bring to field of law closer to
the Auburn students so that they
may better understand the prin­ciples
for which the profession
stands.
Carton Of Smokes
Last week's winner 'in the
Chesterfield contest is William
M. Johnson. For making the
nearest guess at the number of
cigarettes in the jar in Lip­scomb's
window, Johnson was
awarded one carton of Chester­fields.
This week the contest will be
continued, and another carton
will go to the best guesser.
Members plan to have a ban­quet
immediately following the
first initiation of new members
this quarter. The charter mem­bers
of Lambda Epsilon Chi,
Richard B. Stone, president; Ir-vin
Lee Taylor, vice-president;
Robert A. Robinson, secretary;
Thaddeus Salmon, treasurer; Ed­ward
E. Johnson; Robert D.
Ward; Newman C. Sankey; Paul
Harrison; Maury Smith; Kinne
Sutton; George Williams; and
Wiliam O.. Walton, Jr.
Library Hours
The engineering library in
Ramsay Hall will be open nightly
from 7 to 9., Monday through
Thursday.
EEs To Meet.
AIEE will hold its regular
meeting April 19, Ramsay 109 at
7 p.m. All electrical engineers
who wish to join are asked to at­tend
this meeting and submit an
application. All juniors and se­niors
who have not attended are
especially invited. A short busi­ness
meeting will be held with
James Box, chairman, presiding.
Chi Epsilon Taps
The Auburn chapter of Chi
Epsilon, national .honorary fra­ternity
for civil engineers, an­nounced
its semi-annual list of
neophytes during St. Pats Day
festivities, April 8. Initiation of
new members, to take place dur­ing
the first week in May, will
be climaxed by a steak fry at
Ghewacla.
The new tappees are M. A.
Barnes, Williamsburg, Ky.; Wil­liam
B. Dillard, Notasulga; Rich-ared
H. McLemore, Montgomery;
Grover A. Morgan, Auburn;
Charles H. Peay, Jr., Birming­ham;
Ben M. Radcliff, Springhill;
Robert A. Shelton, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Mack R. Steward, Mont­gomery,
John D. Sykes, St. Louis,
Mo., William A.: Walker, Win-field;
William T. Willis, Montgo­mery.
* * *
ASME stands for American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
It is a national organization of
professional engineers. At the
present time it has more than 30,-
000 members; approximately 10,-
000 members are students enrolled
in some engineering school.
It is the purpose of these stu­dent
branches to acquaint the stu­dent
with the practical side of
engineering. The society further
provides social activities for the
members from time to time.
The meetings are usually de­voted
to lectures by professional
engineers from industries or pro­fessors
or students in school.
Sometimes films on some phase
of engineering are presented.
Also, inspection trips to some
nearby plant or industry are made
by the members. Student mem­bership
in ASME is also consider­ed
a valuable qualification by em­ployers.
The next meeting will be held
Monday night, April 20, at seven
in Ramsay,.room 200. Seth Mit­chell
will report on a three-day
inspection trip made last quarter
through the TCI plant in Birm­ingham.
Any student enrolled in me­chanical
engineering at Auburn
may join the local student branch.
Dues are 50 cents per quarter.
—M. E. Fox
ASME To Meet Monday
Night in Ramsay
ASME will meet Monday night,
April 26, in Ramsay 200 at seven.
The program will include a re­port
by Seth Mitchell on a three-day
inspection trip made last
quarter through the TCI com­pany
in'Birmingham. A film on
steel making will also be shown.
All students enrolled in me­chanical
engineering are eligible
for membership in ASME. Fresh­men
and sophomore students are
particularly urged to attend.
See "Of Interest To Engineers"
in this issue of The Plainsman
for more complete details on
ASME.
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Published weekly by the students of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Edi­torial
and business office on Tichenor Avenue,
Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news
is Saturday, .9 a. m.
Deadline for want ads, classified ads, etc., is
Saturday noon.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office,
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN
Tom Sellers
Ralph Jennings
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Ronald Kuerner —
BILL ANDERSON
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John Lanier
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_ Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
. Associate Editor
. Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Business Manager
Advertising Mgr.
Circulation Manager
Collections Mgr.
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Staff Members—Beverley Ann Burkhardt,
Spud Wright, Phyllis Stough, Bob Newton,
Graham McTeer, Jack Simms, Roy Lilly, Angus
Gaskin, Boyd Hinton, Jim Forrester, Irv Stein­berg,
Webb Chastain, and Bruce Greenhill.
The Plainsman stands for. . <
An efficient educator and admin­istrator
to serve as Auburn's new
president.
A colorful, modern band, with a
bandmaster who can devote all his
energies toward its development.
Adoption of the name Auburn Uni­versity
in place of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
An enlarged stadium with a mini­mum
of 30,000 seats.
Institution of a cut system based
on scholastic averages.
Resumption of full athletic rela­tions
between Auburn and the Uni­versity
of Alabama.
A Worthy Plan
The president of one of Auburn's honor
societies called The Plainsman last quarter
and asked, "What project cahiwe take on
t h a t will be beneficial to t h e college?"
We recommended several worthwhile
undertakings—but here's a highly impor­t
a n t one t h a t had not materialized at t h at
time. And it isn't l i m i t e d to honor societies.
I t is open to all organizations and indivi­duals.
It is a significant step being taken to
increase t h e cultural advantages of Auburn
students.
It is t h e drive to begin a permanent col­lection
of works of art which will remain
on the campus for students, staff, and
townspeople to study year after year.
Many American college and universities
t h e size of Auburn, and some even smaller,
have fine a r t collections which form an in­tegral
part of their education. Then, why
shouldn't Auburn?
A plan is already underway to secure a
collection of graphic arts. This will in­clude
original etchings, lithographs, seri-graphs,
wood engravings, etc.
Here is where organizations, individuals,
both on and off the campus can participate.
The plan works this way: A group of
p r i n t s which will form t h e nucleus for an
outstanding collection. The prints have
been selected for purchase and will be ob­tained
as funds become available. The
p r i n t s will range in price from $5, $10, $15,
up to $50. When a person or organization
desires to contribute the collection, a p r i nt
for the amount donated is bought. A cata­logue,
showing the names of all donors,
will be published. In the catalogue, the
donor's name will appear with the print
which his gift has made possible. For ex­ample:
Suppose fraternity should
contribute $25 to the Print Fund. Then
suppose an etching costing $25 remains on
the list of needed prints. This etching will
be purchased and added to the collection.
In the catalogue, directly under the title
and artist of the etching would appear
"Gift of fraternity." The same
procedure would be followed for individ­uals.
Those interested in taking part in the
first presentation or at any future time,
should send gifts to t h e Director of Student
Affairs, or to Chairman of Exhibitions,
and make checks payable to the API
Permanent P r i n t Collection Fund.
"Quiet Minds cannot be perplexed or frigh­tened,
but' go on in fortune or misfortune
at their own p r i v a t e pace, like a clock in a
thunderstorm."—Stevenson
There is a plan afoot to remove the
neutral ground from South College Street.
Why?
If it is for improving traffic, there are
better ways. Why not re-route' all heavy
trucking around town instead of through
the heart of it? The State Highway De­partment
has suggested this procedure
time and again. However, the proposition
has always been turned down, presumably
by the town council.
We remember when the large evergreen,
which stood at the Magnolia Street end of
the neutral ground, was removed last
quarter to improve visibility. It did. People
driving up College Street now have an ex­cellent
view of the back of the veterans'
bill board on that end. Visibility isn't much
improved in the business district.
With so little to boast of in the way of
civic beauty in the business district, why
destroy the town's only remaining fea­ture?
Let's improve it—not remove it.
Future Trends In Education
(President -Truman's -Commission on
Higher Education has completed a series of
six reports. Excerpts of the commiission's
recommendations, which are expected to
cause sweeping revisions in the system of
higher education in America, are reprinted
below for the inspection of students and
faculty members.)
The commission composed of outstanding
educators, was appointed by President
Truman last summer to "examine the func­tions
of higher education in our demo­cracy
and the means by which they can
best be performed."
The number one need for higher edu­cation
today, the group has found, is the
expansion of higher education facilities
so that more students may be able to at­tend
college. The commission urged exten­sion
of free public education through the
first two years of college as one of the steps
toward meeting this need. At the same
time, it stated, there should be "concerted
drives to reduce all fees for public colleges
and universities-"
Citing the phenomenal growth of higher
education in this country, the commission
stated that college enrollments in 1947
jumped to the unprecedented total of 2,-
354,000. Of these about 1,000,0000 were vet­erans,
receiving college training under the
GI Bill of Rights.
Despite this record, however, the com­mission
stated that "one of the gravest
charges to which American society is sub­ject
is that of failing to provide a reason­able
equality of educational opportunity
for its youth."
The commission believes that by 1960
there should be a minimum of 4,600,000
students enrolled in colleges and universi­ties.
Of this number 2,500,000 would be in
junior colleges, another 1,500,000 at the
senior college level, and the remaining
600,000 would be college graduates who
would continue their studies in graduate
and professional schools. The commission
stated that nearly half the population has
the mental ability to complete two years
of college and at least 32 per cent has the
mental ability to complete an advanced
liberal or specialized professional educa­tion.
"In a real sense the future of our civili­zation
depends on the direction education
takes, not just in the distant future but in
the days immediately * ahead," the com­mission
stated in its first report. Education
was described as the biggest and most
hopeful of the nation's enterprises, and
the commission stated that of the principal
goals of higher education the three which
should come "first in our time" are to bring
to all the people of the nation.
"Education for a fuller realization of
democracy in every phase of living. '
"Education directly and explicitly for in­ternational
understanding and co-opera­tion.
"Education for the application of creative
imagination and trained intelligence to the
solution of social problems and to the ad­ministration
of public affairs."
The reports are for sale by the Super­intendent
of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. C."
MAKING THE BEST: "My business is
not to remake myself, but to make the
absolute best of what God made."—Robert
Browning.
GOALS: "I find the great thing in this
world is, not so much where we stand, but
in what direction we are moving."—
Goethe.
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by torn sellers
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"I must insist that your little friends wait outside
m while I treat your ease"
The Plastic Tower By Ralph Jennings
I am afraid that we are riding hell-f or-leather for war. And,
if I can duck all of the bottles and bricks that will be thrown,
I would like to raise one small voice against it. No, don't get
me wrong; I'm not a pacifist. But I believe that veterans have
a very short memory. All I ask is that serious thought be
given to the subject, and then af
analysis
boils down
ter you grant me that little fav­or,
I'll meet you on the barracks
steps with my M-l. Then I, and
all the guys like me who said
that "they'll have to come and
find me in the (you name the
mountains, swamp, or desert is­land)"
will start all over again.
But for Pete's sake, it would
seem that one war in a generation
would be enough.
All of which reminds me of
some rich, beautiful prose that
I ran accross in the New Yorker.
In "The Talk of The Town,"
there appeared the following ex­cerpt:
"In Town Hall the other
night, at a radio forum, we heard,
a man in the audience address
the moderator: 'Isn't it true, sir,
that in the last
t h i s
to
the old struggle
between free­dom
and tyran­ny?'
All around
him heads nod­ded
gratefully,
everyone r e ­lieved
to have
life clarified in
a moment of
revelation. Anti-
Communism is strong drink. Al­ready
the lines are being drawn
tighter; already fear produces
symptoms 6f the very disease
we hope to fight off: the preoc­cupation
with loyalty, the tight­ening
of censorship, the control
of thought by legislative com­mittee,
the readiness to impute
guilt by association, the impat­ience
with liberalism. The tyrant
fear, pricking us to fight tyran­ny.
This time, we suspect, there
is more on the stage than the old
familiar conflict between free-
Jennings
dom and tyranny. The play­wright
is subtly ambitious and
carries another theme along, and
we are about to witness the death
scene of nationalism to boot. This
is the big act, and we who live
in this decade are the favored
few."
» * »
The Ku Klux Klan will stoop
to anything. That is generally
conceded, but a little incident that
occurred last quarter took the
cake. A letter, supposedly from
several Negro colleges in At­lanta,
was received by the Phi
Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Alpha,
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra­ternities.
The letter urged ad­mittance
of Negroes to Auburn,
and stated arrogantly that "we
are going to join your fraterni­ties,
go to your dances, etc." Of
course, no Negro would write
such things if he expected to ad­vance
his cause. The letter was
obviously from the Klan.
The letter was turned over to
Mr. Draughon. I trust that he
will, in turn, give it to the FBI.
* * *
Bobby Humphrey gave me the
following little poem. It is in­tended
for (1) people who thrive
in double entendre, (2) people
with a sense of humor—fadulty
excluded, (3) people who'are
familiar-witih American slang
since 1900—faculty excluded, (4)
veterans, and (5) males in par­ticular:
Damon and Pythias
Always went around;
Where .Damon was,
There Pythias could be found.
One night Pythias called Da­mon
a skunk,
So Damon went out and got
Pythias drunk.
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor
File 13—An old army term for 'Wastebaskel'
Several days ago an informal
discussion in the Grill centered
about the question: 'Who is
America's number one sports an­nouncer?"
Immediately someone nomina­ted
Bill Stern.
It was then that we pitched in
the name of Harry Wismer on
the grounds that Stern was at
times, too dramatic and still more
often, guilty of introducting em­pirical
statements, altogether un­necessary.
We well remember
during 'Bama's last trip to the
Rose Bowl when
Stern continu­ously
chastised
End Rebel Stei-ner
for dropping
H a Gilmer pass or
two—an exam­ple
of his un­necessary
edito­rializing.
Yesterday in
the Notre Dame
Scholastic, we
were reading an
item by Bob
Stock about Stern. Says Stock:
"Impervious to the hostile re­marks
of cynical unbelievers, Bill
Stern goes on and on distributing
dramatic hokum. In the current
issue of Sport magazine, he fi­nally
gets around to. calling it
fiction. He writes a story con-his
own peculiar brand of melo-cerning
' a present day football
player in a plane over Kansas
to whom appears no less a per­sonality
than Knute Rockne.
"Toward the end« of the inter­view
the ghostly Rockne talks
about George Gipp, saying, "Even
today the mention of Gipp's
name will turn a Notre Dame
team into a pack of fighting bull­dogs."
From this we'd say Coach
Leahy need worry no longer
about getting his charges in the
proper frame of mind for im­portant
games. All he has to do
is gather the team together be-
Coleman
4,
fore the kickoff, solemnly whis­per
'George Gipp,' and then leap
out of the way. A thundering
. stampede of savage maniacs, will
surge across the field and tear the
opposition into little pieces.
"It would be better if Stern
were to leave Rockne and Gipp to
the honored memory in which
they are held, instead of resurrec­ting
them every so often for com­mercial
purposes."
* * *
Students who intend to use
cars on the campus this summer
will register them with the col­lege
if the proposed traffic safe­ty
code is approved by the ad­ministration.
Parking on the campus (if- the
code is approved) will not be al­together
prohibited. Certain areas
will be set aside for use by phy­sically
handicapped drivers and
others whose duties require them
to use their cars. The proposed
code has been carefully studied
and if followed, should relieve
the present condition on the cam­pus.
Any student who wishes to
know more about the code is in­vited
to drop a card to File 13.
We will check, with the commit­tee
chairman and provide your
information.
* » *
Colleges are full of people who
are too busy to learn anything.
* * *
THE ANSWERS
In answering a polling repor­ters'
question of "Why Should
One Go to College?" an instruc­tor
at Villanova college said, "It
is one of the obligations exacted
for the privilege of being alive
that a man must ask these three
questions about himself: (1) What
am I? (2) Why am I? (3) Where
am I going? One goes to college
to help him find the answers to
these questions."
*>
Will Rogers: "Income tax has
made more liars out of the Ameri­can
people than golf has."
* * «
High heels, according to one
of our members, were invented
by a woman who had been kiss­ed
on the forehead.—Pen.
* * *
Picture Sentence: " S p r i ng
weather is like a kitten—so soft
and loving that you are caught
off guard when it unsheathes its
claws and scratches a thunder­storm
down out of the blue."
—Catherine Scott.
* '• *
Conscientious c i t i z e n : "I
couldn't serve as a juror, Judge.
One look at that fellow convinces
me he's guilty."
Judge: "Ss-sh! That's the dis­trict
attorney." —Rotarian.
* * •
Gadget
The home of tomorrow
By hook or by crook.
Ought to include
A built-in cook!—May Rich-stone.
Zitch: "Hey waiter, there's a
fly in my soup."
Waiter: "Grab your fork quick..
Maybe a trout will come to the
surface."—Texas Ranger.
* * *
The "A" Boy: "What do you
think of the Prof?"
The "E" Boy: "He's so narrow-minded
his ears overlap."—West
Pointer.
* * *
Sentry: "Who goes there?"
Major: "Major Jones."
Sentry: "I can't let you pro­ceed
without the password."
Major: "Drat it man, I've for­gotten
it. You know me well
enough."
Sentry: "Must have the pass­word!"
Voice from Guardhouse: "Don't
stand there arguing all night;
shoot 'im."
* • *
Junk Man: "Any beer bottles
for sale lady?"
Old Maid: "Do I look as if I
drank beer?"
, Junk Man: "Any vinegar bot­tles
to sell lady?"
A Dash of Bitters By *•Fotre,let
One of my roommates has a
subscription to The New Yorker.
Probably you've read a copy at
one time or another, or if not,
you've heard of its reputation
for smart sophistication. At any
rate, it makes pretty interesting
reading. Sometimes it seems a
little smug, but it never fails to
be enjoyable. Its movie reviews,
for instance, are often hilarious.
In reviewing "Saigon", which re­cently
played in Auburn, it
summed up Alan Ladd's perfor­mance
in this way: "Mr. Ladd
doesn't seem to love her at all,
but don't you go trusting ap­pearances.
He's a deep one, that
boy."
Its advertisements are more
interesting than many current
magazines' reading matter. On
page seven of the April 10 issue
a diamond bracelet is advertised
by Tiffany & Co. for $6700. On,
page 52, Lambert Brothers has a
black star sapphire ring for only
$350, including Federal tax. Turn
the page and on page 55 the
Gourmets' Bazaar, Bellows &
Company, announces they will
send all sorts of table goodies to
any address in the country, for
a price. For $2.25 ea. (3 for $6.55)
they'll send you a Pheasant a la
Newberg, 10% oz. Breast of
Pheasant in Sherry Wine Jelly
with Truffles, 5% oz., comes a
little higher. This succulent deli­cacy
will be delivered right to
your door for a mere $3.55 ea.
(3 for $9.95). Chill it well and
serve with a cold bottle of Mon-trachet
1943. As the fellows up at
Bellows & Company say, this is
snacking at its kingliest! Who are
we to disagree? It sure sounds
better than coke, six oz., with
peanuts. Skipping rapidly over
to page 108, a substantial 13-room
residence on exclusive Oenoke
Ridge in New Canaan, Conn., is
offered for sale. In another issue,
Cartier offers diamonds and sap­phires
in a unique new Cartier
bracelet watch for $9750, Fede­ral
tax included. Trying hard- to
keep up with the mad pace set
by Cartier, Olga Tritt comes out
with a pair of ruby and diamond
earclips at $3500. Meanwhile,
Van Cleef & Arpels, obviously
frying for the middle class trade,
advertises solid gold cigarette
lighters for $230. You might shop
around for a better price, but re­member,
you only get what you
pay for.
BURP By BOYD HINTON
Phone 880-W
On December 7, 1941, the
United States faced a great tra­gedy
with the sneak attack on
Pearl Harbor. The whole coun­try
mobilized to fight for demo­cracy.
Along with others in this
great cause went Lucky Strike
Green. Yes, Lucky Strike Green
put aside its personal interest
and plunged headlong into the
fray. She sacrificed herself to
keep the gyrenes' uniforms green.
She was used in PX pool rooms
and lent her talents to the color­ing
of powdered eggs. She train­ed
well and obeyed orders. Not
one to stay behind in the States,
she immediately went overseas
and was among the first to land
in sunny England. There, too,
she did her duty well r«id stayed
out of as much trouble as could
be expected.
When the great front was open­ed
on Normandy's beach, she
was there in full battle dress,
with a large gang of green. How
well she fought! Not once did
she whimper or complain of her
miserable lot. On to Paris she
went, and without so much as a
breather, onward across Belgium,
and then she fought herself over
the Rhine. Her comrades in arms
were either killed or sent back
to the rear, but not Lucky
Strike Green. No sir, when VE
day came she was out in the Pa­cific,
hopping from island to is­land,
her torn body racked with
fever, athletes foot and a sore
desire to go home. She stayed
with them and did her part.
But alas, the war is over, and
the heroes have all come home.
All, that is, except Lucky Strike
Green. Why hasn't she been dis­charged?
I ask you, is it right
that she must stay in lo these
many months without any con­sideration
for her own welfare?
She did her duty. Why hasn't her
due been granted? Hasn't she
enough points; did she not get
into the war early and do more
than her share? It's not right, I
tell you. What else can a country
ask .of her service men? Must
some of them bear the brunt of
it all? Who is responsible for this
national disgrace? Who has the
power to keep her in? Wh6 has
done more, and received less ac­claim?
The Exchange Post B*Irv **$*****
Lacey: It says here in the pa­per
that a baby was fed on
horse's milk and gained fifteen
pounds in three days.
Cates: That's crazy. Whose
baby was it?
Lacey: The horse's.
—Huntsville Hi.
* * •
The University Echo, student
paper at the University of Chat­tanooga,
recently printed a pic­ture
of Tom Keys, Auburn mat-man
who won the 128-pound
clas,s crown and who has been
undefeated this year, receiving
the outstanding wrestler trophy
from the college president.
* • *
For the benefit of alumni, Ram­say
High in Birmingham will soon
get a new auditorium and,gymna-sium.
Actual construction will be­gin
the first of June.—Ramsay's
R. O. T. C. Third Battalion was
rated the highest in the city.—Ap­proximately
80 boys answered
Head Coach Ed Eubank's call for
Spring Training volunteers. This
is one of the largest spring turn­outs
in Ramsay history.
* * *
Life Magazine recently sent a
writer and photographer to the
University of Florida's Nutrition
Laboratory to take pictures and
write a story on the experiments
being conducted there. Experi­ments
are being made on atomic
effects on animals by Drs. G. K.
Davis, head of the laboratory, C.
F. Winchester and C. L. Comar.
» * *
The college paper of the Uni­versity
of Florida at Gainesville
claims to have the largest circu­lation
of any non-daily paper in
t h e ! fie of Florida. The paper,
call! / the Florida Alligator, re­cently
went so far as to add a
comic supplement to their issues.
The paper is student owned, stu­dent
controlled, and dedicated to
student interest.
tm
Sellers
Every man should have a phi­losophy.
Whether it's cynical,
pessimistic, hopeful, or what, he
needs something to believe in.
A man without a philosophy
tosses and spirals in the sea of
life like a piece of bark in a
maelstrom.
Nowadays it's hard to believe
in anything. Fresh from one war,
we're digging in for another. Af­ter
World War I such writers as
Hemingway and Dos Passos wrote
for the "lost generation." But
they didn't worry about Russia,
and their minds
must have been
fresh with hope.
We don't even
have hope. If
H e m i n gway's
generation was
l o s t , ours is
buried. We can't
m a k e p l a ns
I without the in-
'' sidious fear of
war nagging us.
We take jobs
with tongue in cheek, not know­ing
how long they will last. We
wonder whether to get married,
or raise children, for what place,,
is there for our progeny in this
bestial scheme of things? It all
seems like part of a diabolic plan, I
conceived by someone greater
.than all of us, who laughs and
dances to watch us humans at
our funny game of war. We must
be terribly amusing; we are so
stupid. We bicker and quarrel
and chop off each other's heads
and rest a while, and raise more
children and start the merry-go-round
moving again.
To be adjusted to such a world
is out of the question. I rather
think, since we've got it, we
should develop a tolerance of it.
But we certainly don't have to
believe in it. We can believe what
we wish. We can turn to God. We
can turn back to nature. We can
live in trees, or caves, or underj
a big rock on a mountainside.'
But the main thing is, we've got
to believe in something. We've I
got to focus our visions on a
planet out in the clean Universe
where everyone is at peace with
himself and his neighbor.
And while we're marching off
to another war, deep down inside
we're not worried about it, be­cause
it's just a game. After a
while the whole sorry mess will
explode like a firecracker, and
we'll be perched on our planet
out in the clean Universe, breath­ing
the fresh, cool breezes of
peace.
CORNERED
V By Spud Wright
It seems as though everybody
is putting up his candidate for
the Democratic nomination this
year, so I'd like to name my
candidate. He is former Secretary
of State James F. Byrnes. Mr.
Byrnes is a Southerner and prob­ably
understands the problems of
the South clearer than any other
possible candidate. However, his
knowledge is not limited to the
South. His experience as Secre­tary
of State makes him qualified
to deal with the international
problems that face us today as
well as the many national prob- (
lems that threaten our economy
at home. I believe, that he would
have been nominated as Vice-
Presidential candidate in 1944
had he not been a Southerner. At
that time, the Democratic Party
was sure of taking the "Solid
South" and they needed no
Southerner to gain them votes.
Mr. Byrnes is the man to again *
unite the Democratic party and
possibly prevent a Republican
victory in November.
* * *
Here's hoping that the college
officials put their proposed traf­fic
program into effect soon. It's
a Wonder that we haven't haoW11!
any bad accidents up to now with%
the traffic as it is on the campus.
* * *
No matter how you vote in to­morrow's
elections, be sure yoU
vote. Just a little over 40 per
cent of the students eligible
voted in last week's elections. It K\
is the privilege and duty of every
student to turn out and vote for
the candidate of his choice. Only
then can we have a representa­tive
government on the campus.
If busses get any bigger, loco-y
motives will have to stop, look,
and listen at crossings.—Grier's
Almanac
Alma Emaleen Stoves, of Au­burn
is winner of the Sphinx
Sophomore Scholarship Award,
with an over-all average of 3.81.
Miss Stoves was awarded an en­graved
silver bracelet by Anna
liutto,- Sphinx president, at the y|
final WSGA Convention last
quarter.
arley, DeMedicis, Pace Tigers To Win Over Georgia
Track Team Thumps Bulldog Squad By 89-37;
Meet Florida Gators Here Friday Afternoon
By Ronald Kuerner
Auburn's fast moving thinclads added another track meet
to their laurels here last week by handing Georgia a de­cisive
89-37 loss.
Winning first place in all but four of the 14 events, the
Tigers completely dominated the Bulldogs by taking most of
t h e second and third positions,
Their win was notched despite
Ahe fact that several men were
unable to take part. Chauncey
Wood, capable sprinter, and Carl
Morissett, broad jumper, were
both out with pulled muscles,
while Jim Walker, another top
.'sprinter for the Tigers, was run­ning
a high fever and was able
to take part in but one of the
'events, winning the 100-yard
dash.
Fred Carley kept up his usual
domination of the mile and 880
•for the Tigers by winning both
events, while Joe Pennington and
Jack DeMedicis were the top
finishers in the high and low
hurdles. DeMedicis tied for first
.with Pennington in the high
.hurdles, while he easily won the
' l ow hurdles. DeMedicis added to
his feats by placing third in the
high jump. Several other Auburn
runners also took high positions
in more than two events.
The Tigers will be host to the
.Florida 'Gators here next week.
The result: Shot put: Snell (A);
^Wood (A); Bailey (A); distance,
42 feet, one inch.
Pole Vault: McCall (G); Payne
(A), Stewart (G), height: 12
feet.
High Jump: Farr (G); Waitz-man
(A), DeMedicis (A), height:
six feet. .
440-yard dash: Sutton (G),
Jones (A), Emmert (A), time:
50.8 seconds.
880-yard run: Carley (A),
Barrett (A).Mobberly (A), time:
2:034.
Broad Jump: Bradberry (G),
Farr (G); Emmett (A), dis­tance:
21 feet, 9% inches.
Javelin: Brnilovich (A), J.
Wood <A) Talmadge (A), dis­tance:
183 feet, one inch.
100-yard dash: Walker (A),
Christian (A), McCall (G), time:
9.9 seconds.
Mile Run: Carley (A), Steele
(A), Cramer (G), time:4:32.8.
l£o-yard High Hurdles: Pen­nington,
and DeMedicis (A) tied
for first, Waitzman- (A), time:
13.8. •
Discus: Bailey (A), Marshall
(G), Herring (A), distance: 126
feet.: •
220-yard dash: Christian (A),
Sutton (G), Bates (G), time: 22
seconds. .. ."
Two-Mile Run: Overton. '(A),
Kosack (A), Lowe (A), time:
9:53.2.
220-yard low hurdles: DeMedi-
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Tennis Team Opens
Season With Win
Coach Luther Young's Auburn
tennis team opened its season last
week with a rousing 8-0 victory
over Mercer and then went on to
defeat Troy State Teachers, 9-0.
The smooth-working Tigers, led
by Jim Biggers of Columbus,
swept every match against Mer­cer
in the singles and doubles for
their most convincing margin in
years.
The Mercer summaries: Big­gers
(A) defeated Keenum (M),
6-0, 6-0; Holloway (A) defeated
O'Neal (M), 6-1, 6-0; Lovitt (A)
defeated Moody (M), 6-0; 6-0;
Newman (A) defeated Tharp
(M), 6-0; Patillo (A) defeated
Ray (M), 6,-1, 6-1; Christian (A)
defeated Brinson (M), 6-2, 6-0;
Biggers and Pattillo defeated
Keenum and O'Neal .(M). 6-1,
6-1; Lovitt and Jackson defeated
Moody and Tharp (M), 6-0, 6-0.
The Tigers will meet Mercer
again here Monday.
PREP TRACK EVENTS
ARE SCHEDULED HERE
The Sidney Lanier. Poets will
be competing for permanent pos­session
of the Gliff Green Memo­rial
Track Trophy in Auburn
Friday when the annual Montgo­mery
Track and Field Meet is
held here. \
The meet, transfered to Auburn
last year because of the condi­tion
of the Cramton Bowl track,
will again be held here for the
same reason.
A large entry is expected this
year, eclipsing last year's 125
contestants from 12 schools.
Teams expecting to participate
are: Lanier, Troy, Andalusia,
Opp, Columbia, Dothan, Hart­ford,
Enterprise, Selma, Eutaw,
Greensboro, Linden, Tuscaloosa,
Sylacauga B. B. Cbmer, West
End, Talledega, Emma Sansom,
Gadsden, Auburn, McAdory and
several others.
Mercer, Troy Lose
Auburn's ,golf team kept on
rolling last week against Mercer,
piling up a 13%-4V2 victory over
the Bears although not playing
their best golf of the year.
Jack Key of Columbus, Auburn
ace, lost by a big margin when
his 78 lost to DeMorgan of Mer­cer,
but his teammates made up
for it. Pat Poyner of Auburn de­feated
Willifoe of Mercer with a
78 by one stroke, while DeBarde-leben
of Auburn shot a 74 to
eclipse Glassman's 80.
The other match of the day
saw Hall of Auburn win with a
77 over Gillon's 83.
The Tigers will take on Troy
State again Saturday in Colum­bus.
cis (A), Bradberry (G), McCall
(G), time: 24.5 seconds.
Carroll Keller Wins
Olympic Tryour Chance
Carrol Kellen of the Auburn
wrestling team won an Olympic
tryout at the National AAU
wrestling - tournament held in
New York last week.
Keller, by finishing fourth, won
the chance, while three other of
his teammates were eliminated.
Tom Keys lost out to Eddie Col­lins
of the New York Athletic
Club in a ' split decision;' while
Spider McKenzie lost an earlier
match. Phil Smith was unable to
participate because of food poi­soning.
-
Nixon Wins Another As Tigers Divide
Series With Strong Georiga Tech Squad
Auburn split a hard-fought
two-game series with the Geor­gia
Tech baseball club last week,
winning the opener behind the
stout hurling of Willard Nixon,
17-4, but dropping the second
game, 10-8.
The Tigers were hit-happy dur­ing
the first game, rapping out
14 hits off a lone Tech hurler,
while Nixon was spacing nine
Georgia hits.
Besides being the pitching star,
Nixon along with Don Brause
were the outstanding plate per-foremrs,
Nixon getting two sin­gles
and a triple.
The Engineers came back in
the second fray to cop a 10-8 de­cision
behind the pitching of
Kalb, who allowed the Tigers 12
hits. Brause of Auburn collected
four for five, while Nixon added
a home run while playing the
right field position.
A pair of Auburn pitchers,
Kinlaw and Green gave up 13
hits, including three home runs.
(first game)
Auburn 510 ,000 344—17 14 4
Georgia T. 011 000 110—14 9 4
Nixon and Gilbert; McMillian
and Childress.
(second game)
Auburn 000 420 200— 8 12 2
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CLUBS MERGE;
CHARLES BEAIRD IS NEW PRESIDENT
By James B. Lawless
At a joint meeting of the
Men's and Women's Physical
Education Clubs, members of
both organizations v.o t e d to
merge. Candidates for office - of
the newly organized club were
chosen from the junior and sen­ior
classes. Results of the election
were Charles Beaird, junior from
Tuscaloosa, president, Louise
Wright, senior from Tuskegee,
vice-president, Fred Carley, jun­ior
from Mobile, secretary, Har­old
Dumas, junior from Thomas-ville,
treasurer, Dorothy Man-dragos,
j u n i o r from Washington,
D. Gv-Giiairman of the program
committee, James B. Lawless,
senior from Bessemer, publicity
chairman.
Chares Beaird, newly-elected
president, was elected president
of the Southern District, Ameri­can
Association for Health and
Physical Education and Recrea­tion
at a meeting of the Southern
District recently held in Bir­mingham.
Beaird is to represent
13 southern states at a National
convention to be held in Kansas
City, Mo., this month. t.
Meetings will be held on the
first and third Tuesdays of every
month. All members of the de­partment
" of physical education
are classified as members, but to
become active, the member must
contact the treasurer and pay
dues. Present members of the
club urge students of physical
education who are not active at
present to attend meetings and
become active.
Coach Bob Evans announced at
the last meeting of the club that
he would give a weiner roast at
his home for active members of
the club sometime this month.
The exact date will be announced
later.
Dr. Renne Will Speak
On Ag Opportunities,.. ,
Job opportunities in the re­search
and marketing division of
the United States Department of
Agriculture will be the subject
of a speech by Dr. R. R. Renne,
of the U.S.D.A., who will appear
at Duncan Hall at 8:15 on April
23rd.
President of Montana State
College, Dr. Renne has just re­turned
from the International
.Conference of Agricultural Econ­omists,
where 80 delegates from
21 nations gathered. Dr. Renne
is High Censor of Alpha Zeta,
national honorary fraternity.
Dr. Renne will remain in Au­burn
on April 29, to interview
any junior or senior Ag student
who is" interested in working with
the U.S.D.A.
Georgia T. 021 022 21x—10 13 3
Kinlaw, Green and Gilbert
Kalb and Childress.
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6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 21, 1948
Third-Nighters View 'Banned In Boston';
Call It 'Funny and Great Entertainment'
By Boyd Hinton and Tom Sellers
We got to the Y-Hut at 7:30 and the house was half-full,
but we were sober. Everybody had that skeptical air of third
night audiences who don't believe a play can possibly be as
good as its advance notices. (See Mitch Sharpe's raves in
last week's Plainsman). We were determined to view
"Banned in Boston" impartially.
Whereas Mitch Sharpe sat with
. sophisticated first-nighters in
soup and fish, we bumped elbows
with the common herd.
I The play opened with Ed,
CLamar Rainer) recently re­turned
serviceman, feverishly
going through his footlocker, pull­ing
out GI drawers, Nazi helmet,
Hitler maternity medal, and a
sheer black negligee. Any minute
we expected him to extract a
fraulein and a keg of schnapps.
Ed's wife, Fran (Betty Ram­sey),
had acquired culture during
his absence and had written a
book. Along with culture she had
acquired S p e n s e r S p e n s er
(Bob Blackburn), an effeminate
leech who wore suction cups.
Spenser ditto barged through the
play like an elephant in must.
He was delightfully obnoxious,
and the audience thrilled to his
antics. When he stormed through
the exit after his final appearance
in the second act, a spontaneous
burst of applause rose.
No Niche For Itchy
Near calamity befell the con­fused
household when two of
Ed's ex-GI buddies, Al (Robert
Laney) and Itchy (Bill Ethridge),
appeared for a month of enter­tainment.
Seeing their old com­rade
forgotten by his wife in the
flurry of a second edition, they
blunderingly set out to remedy
the situation, nearly putting the
marriage into a divorce court.
Itchy, the unadjusted first ser­geant
who had not found his
niche, always said the wrong
thing at exactly the right time.
Between his marital philosophy
and general good nature, he kept
Fran's secretary Bea (Jane de-yore)
in a state of uneasy anti­cipation.
Arthur Killian (Owen Munro),
publisher of Fran's book, lent a
steadying hand to all proceedings,
keeping the belligerents from
snatching out each other's hair,
including his own.
The final character to make his
appearance was Omar Pufkin
(James Masey looking decidedly
not like James Masey.) Long
awaited and discussed throughout
the play, he showed up to take
the first curtain call alone, and
throw posies into the audience.
We decided the only description
for him was "something that
grew under a clump of moss."
After the final curtain we went
back stage and shook Winford B.
Logan's hand. His play is refresh­ing
and funny. It moves; fast. His
characters are authentic. As Mitch
said last week, some of them are
guys you knew back in your old
outfit. Logan's cast showed skill­ed
direction, too.
"Banned in Boston" is great
entertainment. It won't go very
far, because returned servicemen
aren't popular anymore. But
Winford B. Logan, playwright, is
just beginning. He's going places.
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active and • vigorous force in
American colleges. Let's show it
by voting for your candidate to­morrow."
G. LLOYD ADAMS
Senior Representative,
Executive Cabinet
"I am a candidate for Senior
Representative to the Executive
Cabinet.
"My platform is:
1. A reasonable and conven­ient
system of buying class rings,
eliminating the present $3.00
overcharge payments for a select
group and privileged few.
2. Better recreational facili­ties,
including more tennis courts
and a student center adequate
for the student body.
3. An itemized account of the
dispensation of the Student Acti­vity-
Fund published quarterly in
The Plainsman.
Your ballot cast in my favor
makes you an active participant
in an effort to swing the advan­tage
back to the average student
i. e.: the majority. Vote, April 22,
Vote!"
ALEX P. BREWER
Junior Representative,
Executive Cabiinet
"I am a candidate for Junior
Representative to the Executive
Cabinet.
"My platform is: .
1. Mbre appropriations for stu­dent
recreational facilities, both
for sports and the "student social
center.
2. Complete financial statement
printed in The Plainsman, in re­gards
to the' student activity fund.
3. Disolve the ring committee
salary of $3.00 per ring sold to
seniors.
"Fellow students, if elected, I
will endeavor to put in effect the
necessary changes in our consti­tution
that will promote a demo­cratic
spirit at Auburn. If you
want a voice in student govern­ment,
turn out and vote on April
22."
CURTIS HENSON
Junior Representative,
Executive Cabinet
"If elected, I will strive to ac­complish
the following: eliminate
the personal financial gain made
by the members of the commit­tees
on rings and invitations, to
publish quarterly a detailed fi­nancial
statement of the student
activity funds. (The $5.50 each
student pays quarterly).
" Students, this is your election
and your tomorrows at Auburn
will be governed by your choice
today. Regardless of your pre­ferences,
VOTE."
JIMMY THOMPSON
Junior Representative,
Executive Cabinet
' "It has not been my privilege
to meet each of you personally;
but if you are gracious enough to
elect me to the office of junior
representative to the Executive
Cabinet, I will serve honestly and
conscientiously . . . always real­izing
that I am representing not
one group but each and every
student in the junior class.
"The office of junior represen­tative
is the position where I can
serve you. With service in mind,
I ask for your vote and a chance
to represent you in the Executive
Cabinet. Thank you."
CLIFFORD BILLINGSLEA
Sophomore Representative,
Executive Cabinet
"I have been before the quali­fication
board and I am qualified
for the job. I promised you that
if I am elected I will do my best
to represent the sophomore class
to the best of ability. I would like
to work toward making it possible
for third quarter freshmen to
vote in the publication election.
I would like to see a strict en­forcement
of cabinet attendance
rules in order that you may have
an efficient and active student
government."
MARY COTTLE
Vice-President, Senior Class
"My reason for seeking the of­fice
of vice president of the se-noir
class is that I would like the
opportunity to serve the other
members of the class in every
way I am able. If elected I will
try to cooperate with the class
in every way possible.
"This is your class. Go to the
polls and vote, whomever your
candidate may be."
GEORGE P. MOONEY
Vice-President, Senior Class
If elected, I will:
1. Assist the president of the
senior class with the best of my
ability and knowledge.
2. Strive to organize the
senior class into a coordinated
working group.
3. Boost any suggestion or
constructive criticism that will
beenfit this situation and the stu­dents
therein.
4. Encourage better and more
constructive publicity for this
institution.
5. Strive to organize a better
relationship between the students
and administration.
Regardless of your candidate,
I urge you to vote! It is your
privilege.
ED RICHARDSON
President, Junior Class
"Tomorrow is the general cam­pus
election. I am sure that I ex­press
the feelings of all the can­didates
when I say we would like
to see a record number at the
polls this election day.
"I want to work for more class
organization and unity; things
which bring out • that school
spirit. I want to see class officers
mean more than they have in the
past.
"I am against machine politics
and for a representative student
government.
"If elected, I will do all I can
for the junior class and the stu­dent
body as a whole."
BETTY JEAN JORDAN
- Historian, Junior Class
"I am seeking the office of his­torian
of the junior class in order
to serve best the other members
of the class. I would like to see
the class well organized into a
cooperative body. It is little
enough to say that' if elected, I
will work for' you. Whomever
your candidate may be, be sure
to vote."
AUBREY DUNCAN
President, Sophomore Class
"I advocate:
A system of honorary cuts
based on scholastic averages.
Abolition of ring committee
commissions.
Quarterly publication of Stu­dent
Ac Fund figures.
These are a few improvements
I believe possible, but above all
I would like a chance to bring
my class together as a unit, .to
make it the most progressive
group on the campus.
If you like my plan, vote for
it. If not, my running-mate,
Crawford Nevins, is a very cap­able
person. The main thing is,
VOTE, it's your privilege.
CRAWFORD NEVINS
President of Sophomore Class
"If elected I intend to:
(1) Keep" sophomores posted
with what is happening within
their government.
(2) Act in accordance with the
wishes of the members of the class
as a whole, and not cater to any
influential minority c a m p us
group.
(3) Undertake more projects
for the class in order to advance
our prestige.
(4) Meet with the other offi­cers
in order to formulate better
plans, and have called meetings
for the class as a whole.
I will appreciate any support
that the members of the class
will give me and if elected, I
will do my utmost to carry out
the above outlined plans."
TOM MORRISSEY
Sec.-Treas. of the Sophomore
Class
"The sterotyped pre-election
comment is as follows: I do not
care whom you vote for, just
vote. Although trite, it does have
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Lenny Payne
As An Outstanding
Member of the
Auburn Student
Body
Lenny is a senior
in science and litera­ture
from M i n e r al
Springs, Va.; member
of the Newman Club;
rush chairman and
pledge master of Lam-da
Chi Alpha social
fraternity; member of
Auburn Players; past
a s s o c i a t e editor,
Glomerata; 'past asso­ciate
editor of Tiger
Rag; past secretary of
Squires; ' past chair­man
of student Red
Cross; past vice-presi­dent
and president of
Pre-Law society; past
Plainsman columnist;
and p a s t veteran's
representative to the
Cabinet.
WHERE THE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE
sincere meaning. I will imply
the principle; I will not reiter­ate
to the letter.
"I do say this: vote! Your votes
are concrete evidence of your in­terest
in your class government.
If you elect me as Sec.-Treas., I
will exercise all the vested pow­ers
of my office to recognize and
protect your interest."
ROBERT WALKER
Chairman, Social - Committee
"Tomorrow is election day; let
it be a special day for you to
express your opinion of the right
person for the office for which he
is seeking.
"If, elected to the office of
chairman of the social commit­tee,
I will do all within my pow­er
to promote and encourage
campus-wide social affairs that
will be of interest to the entire
student body. I will boost any
suggestion that will make a clo­ser
relationship between all stu­dents.
It is my desire to see a
more varied social calendar—one
that will benefit the maximum
number of students."
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