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the A t , » 70 FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOL. LXXII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1947 Number 29 Auburn Students To Help Restore World Education Contributions Will Assist Students In Western Europe By Jim Forrester The future of man rests in the minds of the students of the wor.ld. Since 1937 students in 15 lands have united, under the banner of the World Student Service Fund, for reconstruction of war-wrecked educational plants. In the past nine years, almost $2,- 500,000 has been sent by WSSF to the relief of fellow students in 18 stricken countries of Asia and Europe. With the end of the war in 1945 the need for world student relief rose sharply. This coming year will mark the crisis when funds must meet the urgent needs of 400,000 students, or the opportunity for valuable relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction will be lost. In educational centers through-cut Europe and Asia, there is a desperate need for notebooks, textbooks, paper, food, medical care, and recreational facilities. The funds raised by WSSF are used to ease these tragic shortages. In Cambloux, France, 323 French students, rundown in health and spirit after life in the r e s i s t a n c e or concentration camps, returned to school after short stays at the Chalet des Etudiants. The Chalet has served as a model for student rest centers in Rome, and Chester, England, serving Italian and Dutch students respectively. In Leysin, Switzerland, over 200 tubercular students from France, Belgium, Holland, A u s t r i a , Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Greece can be treated at a time in the International Student -Sanatorium. Hundreds more need help,' but only the most needy curable cases can be accepted. In India, student living co-ops are being established at Indian universities with modest help from WSSF grants. Refugee Burmese students have received help from their Indian colleagues. A secret rendezvous of Roman nobles (above) as they plot to take Cafesar's life come "Ides of March". Practice session at "Y" Hut shows (left to right) George Miller as Cassius; Bob Blackburn as Marcus Brutus; Prof. Hoepfner as Decius Brutus; James Masey as Casca; Zack Adamson as Cinna; and John Lyle as Meiullus Cimber. 30-MINUTE PROGRAM OVER WJHO HONORS LATE PRESIDENT "The Things That Count", weekly AIO radio show, presented a half-hour program last night over WJHO in commemoration of the death of Dr. Luther N. Duncan. - The program featured the favorite music and poetry of Auburn's former president. Dr. Duncan's favorite music were the great hymns of faith. Heard on the program were "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," "Nearer My God To Thee," and the poem, "The Bridge Builder." Chosen by the students in special tribute to his memory were "The Lord's Prayer" and "Ave Maria." "A well lived life" was selected for the theme of the program as one of the "things that count" and as symbolic of Dr. Duncan's life. Auburn students heard on the program were Furman Rogers, Homer Russell, Edna Earle Bass, Fred Donaldson, Hugh Barker, Thomas McKinney, Bob Ingram, Durrell Davis, Herbert Gladin, Robert Willingham, and Mary Byers. On the Campus Tau Beta Pi . . . . . . will meet next Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 5 p. m. in Ramsay 109. This will be the last meeting of the quarter. All members are urged to be present. * ; • » : ' * AIChE . . . . . .meets Monday, Aug. 11, at 7:30 p. m. in Ross 203. A movie "Romance of Industry," on chemical processes in industry will be shown. All chemical engineering students, especially freshmen are invited. * * • Marion Spidle Club . . . . . . will meet Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p. m. in Social Center. Wives of all students are cordially invited. Spectators Pant For Oxygen As Brutus Murders Caesar By Tom Sellers The Auburn Players opened their summer spectacle, "Julius Caesar" last Monday night on a steamy, sweltering stage. An audience composed of brow-mopping culture-lovers failed to fill the ancient, ninety-plus degrees "Y" Hut. But truly may it be said that "Caesar" is a "red-hot" • play in more respects than Au- Cabinet Banquet Tomorrow Night The annual • Executive Cabinet inauguration banquet will be held tomorrow night in the 121emenT"HOTeri'*in Opelika. The date list includes F. M. Fuller, Kittie Green; C. Ray Martin, Emily Pruitt; Zeke Bass, Teena Tucker; Tim Miller, Rene Hodge; Van Cornelison, Winifred Cornelison; Paul Persons, Daisy Persons; Bob Flanagan, LaVerne Taylor; John Spencer, Edwina Foreman; Jimmy Duke, Lorine Owens; Harry Barnes; Bill Anderson; Dick O'Cain; Seab Hayes; Emmet Killebrew; Ollie Williamson; Sammy Kirkland; Hollis Geiger; J o h n Lanier; Bobby Humphrey; Lewis Scarborough; Gillis Cammack; Lynn Hawkins; and Charlie Scales. Faculty members who will be present are Ralph Draughon; Dean K a t|h elr|i n e Cater; and Thomas Schuessler. William Hall Preston Preston Will Speak At Union Services William Hall Preston, Associate Southwide Baptist Student Secretary from Nashville, will be speaker at the Union Service August 10 under the sponsorship of the Baptist Church. The services for the evening will feature "Auburn Youth Night" with Mr. Preston speaking on the theme "God Has S o m e t h i ng Great For You." Mr. Preston is a graduate of Ripon College in Wisconsin and holds two graduate degrees from George Peabody College in Nashville. For many years he has been a favorite speaker among students throughout the South. Plans for this service are being made by students and students will be in charge of the program at the amphitheater. gust weather. In view of a myriad stumbling blocks which only the director and cast can appreciate to their full extent, the play was magnificent. There were moments of color; of tenderness; of fiery, surging hate. As intended, the mlulti-cjolored lighting arrangement lent realism to otherwise slow-moving scenes. Almost every scene had a tense climax which left melting spectators panting for oxygen. Prof. Telfair B. Peet, director of the Players, arranged the scenes as did Shakespeare himself when the fabled Bard of Avon toured England with his troupe. This "flow of action" technique is made possible by alternately using front and back sides of the curtain. One short break about the midpeint of "Caesar" divided it into two parts. Through a combination of tragic circumstances, p e r h a ps blamable on history itself, the glorious scenes are nearly all in the first half. This makes one feel that the play should be ended just after Marc Antony completes his emotional oration. Shakespeare . was prone to twist facts somewhat to prove his points. "Caesar" is essentially the story of a man, Brutus, who is true to his beliefs. Brutus has an inborn hatred of dictatorship; he is persuaded to murder one of his dearest friends because of that hatred. Caesar is portrayed as a haughty individual who believes himself to be all-powerful. Led by Marc Antony, a group of Roman nobles plan to make Caesar king. Opposed to Antony's political philosophy is Cassius, who is guided by selfish motives. Cassius and several of his frienls 'persuade Brutus to join their.side. Caesar, having been forewarned by a soothsayer, is tricked into appearing before the Senate on the fateful "Ides of March". The (Continued on page 3) Final Standings Open Division . Softball Leagues League 1 League 4 team W L team W TC 7 1 DSP' .6 OTS 6 2 AG HO 5 Vag 3 5 SC 4 WG 2 6 Out 3 KS 2 6 LCA 3 League 2 League 5 team W Lleam W Bap 8 OFae < .6 • A P - - - . •• ''•r-r:-2B^:v'~r'is. PKA 3 5ATO 5 SPE 2 6PDT . 3 SAE . 1 7TKE . 1; League 3 . League 6 team W L team - W SN 7 1 PB 7 KA 5 3 HP 5. PKT 5 3 Lat 4 FFA 4 4 Pir 3 Pac 1 7 Gyp 0 L 3 3 ,:4' 5 6 L 2 3 3 4 6 L "1 2 4 5 7 Thursday's results - OTS^Vag, 10-1; Bap-AP, .5-1; PKT-FFA, 6-5; AG HO-LCA, 14-2; ATO-Fac, 4-2; Lat-Pir, 12-7. Monday's results WG-KS, 1-0; PKA-SPE, 16-15; SN-KA, 7-5; DSP-SC, 11-3; Fac- TKE, 24-9; PB-HP, 10-4. Student Cross-Section of Ideas Is Set Against Legislature's *No Game-No Appropriation* Rule Poll Shows Sir Against and Four For Tiger-Tide Game Through Senate Action Contestant-Note Contestants-Note The "Miss Homecoming Election" will'be held Monday, August 18, according to information received today from F. M. Fuller, chairman of the elections Committee. The names of all candidates must be turned in to Fuller at the Alpha Gamma Rho house not later than Sunday at 12 p.m., August 10. All candidates should be in Student Center 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 11. At this time a board of judges will select five candidates from the total number. These five will be submitted to the student body fpr election by popular vote. One candidate will be elected Miss Homecomr ing, and the remaining four will serve as the court. 'Rally Weekend' Planned By Auburn Baptists "Rally Weekend" will be observed Saturday and Sunday by BSU. The Baptists have planned an. altday barbecue at Chewacla Saturday beginning at 9 a. m. for Students and alumni. William Hall Preston (picture on this page) will be special guest and speaker for the day. Transportation will be provided by BSU. All students who wish to go may meet at the Baptist Church at 9 a. m. Langdon Step Sing Set For Tomorrow s; Auburn's traditional Step Sing will again take place tomorrow night on the steps in front of Langdon Hall. Dr. Hollace E. Arment, head of the Music Department and conductor of the sings, has announced that Mrs. Eleanor Abercrombie will be the guest artist. Music department o f f i c i a ls have expressed their satisfaction as to the attendance thus far at the sings, having about 1200 people for the fipt one and approximately 600 for the following programs. VETERANS MUST GET SUPPLIES BEFORE AUG. 16 All charge accounts at book stores for veterans attending Auburn under the GI Bill will be closed August 16, according to a memorandum received from Roy G. Cargile, college bursar. Ahe memo read: "All veteran equipment, and supplies for charge account's for books, the summer quarter, 1947, will be closed at the close of business on Saturday. August 16, 1947, at all book stores. Veteran students should purchase what supplies are needed to complete the quarter prior to this date." Ag Club Election Is Set For August 18 The Ag Club met in Comer Hall Monday night to nominate officers for the fall quarter. These officers will be elected at the next meeting, August 18, Charles Hearn, president, said. Those nominatel were — for president: Charles R e y n o l d s, Frazier Galloway, Fred Summers, and Virgil Searcy. Vice-president: Jesse Culp and Gerald Naylor. Secretary: Tom Byers, Robert S. Ingram, and Foster Owen. Treasurer; Frank Britt, Bill Hollis, and Billy Seal. Reporter: Lelias Pair and Marvin Arline. Monitor: Glover Pugh. All ag students are expected to be at the next meeting. Pharmacy Admission Rules Are Given Applications for admission to the school of pharmacy must be in the hands of Dean Lynn S. Blake not later than four weeks before the opening of the fall quarter. A transcript of high school or other credits should accompany the application. Upon approval of his credentials, the student will be notified of his acceptance. The quota for new students is sixty. Freshmen may enter only in September. Pre-Registration and Fee Payment Information Is Listed For Students Officials of the registrar's office call to your attention the following information on pre-registration payment of fees. The Plainsman urges that you keep your appointment. Schedules of Study for the Fall Quarter will be planned in conference with the Dean or his representative, as follows: STUDENT ENROLLED IN SUMMER QUARTER JUNIORS — Wednesday (1-4 p.m.), Thursday, Friday—August 6, 7, 8 SOPHOMORES — M o n d ay through Thursday — Aug. 11-14 F R E S H M E N — M o n d ay through Thursday— August 18- 21 PAYMENT OF FEES FRIDAY AND MONDAY —AUGUST 22 and 25. (alphabetic schedule for payment of fees will be announced later) Students enrolled in the Spring Quarter but not in Summer Quarter Tuesday and Wednesday —September 4!3 and 24 Former Students not enrolled in either Spring or Summer Quarter Thursday, September 25 New Transfer Students (first matriculation at API) Friday and Saturday (to noon)—September 26 and 27 First Q u a r t e r Freshmen — Orientation Program Thursday, Friday, and Saturday—September 25, 26, 27. SCHEDULE FOR PAYMENT OF FEES All students will report to the Student Center alphabetically in accordance with schedule: the following FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 A-Bak— Bal-Bla-- Blb-Bro— Brp-Car— Cas-Con— Coo-Dav— Dav-Dz— E-Fer— Fes-Goz— Gra-Har-,. Has-Jac— Jad-Lz— A.M. 8:30- 9:00 9:00- 9:30 9:30-10:00 10:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11-00111:30 11:30-12:00 P.M 1:30- 2:00 2:00- 2:30 2:30- 3:00 3:00- 3:30 3:30- 4:00 MONDAY, AUGUST 25 M-Mor— Mos-Ols— Olt-Ufa— Pfb-Rea— Rez-Sim— Sin-Sz— T-Tea— Teb-Uts— Utt-Wha— Whb-Z— Students failing to register as scheduled above A.M 8:30- 9:00 9:00- 9:30 9:30-10:00 10:00-10:30 11:00-11:30 11:30^12:00 P.M. 1:30- 2:00 2:00- 2:30 2:30- 3:00 3:00- 3:30 ( ( 3:30- 4:00 ( GLEE CLUB ON AIR The Men's Glee Club will present a 30-minute radio program over, WJHO tomorrow at 9:30 p. m. This program will feature college songs, old-fashioned harmony specialties, and Negro spirituals. The Auburn Veteran's Association, sponsor of this program, will devote a few minutes of the program to a discussion of the income tax amendment. LATE REGISTRATION FEE: The late registration fee will be chargeable to fulltime students (undergraduates) b e g i n n i ng Tuesday, August 26. THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT PAY L>TE REGISTRATION FEE. J. Dorrance Kiser Auburn Artist To Study Under Jean Chariot At Colorado Springs Dorrance Kiser of Birmingham, graduate student in Applied Ar|, has been accepted for study at Colorado Springs Art Center this fall. Kiser, an ex-GI, has done research in the medium of al fresco under Prof. Maltby Sykes. He is past president o fthe Art Guild, local honor society for art students, and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, national scholarship honor society. Current director of the, Colorado Springs Art Center is Jean Chariot. Under his leadership and that of other noted American artists the Center has developed into a national art mecca. On Friday of last week the State Senate attached an ultimatum to the bill appropriating money for Alabama and Auburn. In this ultimatum they intimated: "No football games between you two colleges, no money for you." Coach Frank Thomas of Alabama had earlier announced that no game could be arranged for this' season, whereas Coach Carl Voyles of Auburn has continually favored such a game. Jack Simms, Plainsman Sports Editor, has been attempting to reach Coach Voyles for a statement pertaining to the Senate's ultimatum, but when the issue went to press, had not been able to contact him. The Plainsman, in order to get a cross-section of student's ideas on the appropriation amendment, conducted a campus poll, the result of which follows: Six students were found to be against the Senate decision and four in favor of it. The question asked was: "What do you think of the State Senate's action in making Auburn's and Alabama's 1948 appropriation contingent upon the two schools' football teams playing each other?" Answers received were: Howard Baker, Clanton: "Darn good idea. Two institutions of higher learning should be able to get along in sports. I think they should play ball." Wofford Smith, Birmingham: "It stinks! The state legislature should have nothing to do with athletics. I think that lowers the Mullins Will Speak At Veterans' Meeting In Langdon Tomorrow The AVA will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow night in Langdon Hall. Dr. David W. Mullins, professor of education will introduce the subject, the Income Tax Amendment. All veterans are urged to attend. AVA's Executive Committee appointments have been completed by the association's president, John Monroe. The appointments are as follows: Len Hen-sel, Luther Smith, Bill Newman, Henry Cobb, Lawson Beatty, Morris Tipton, Ruel Russell, Bob V. Flanagan, Jack Tate, John Harris, Pete Keith, George Elias, Leonard Pease, George Ryan, Mercer Cotton, Walter Robinson, H^ M. Kenney, Harold Lichten-stein, Ernest Baker, and Ted Gail. state of our government but as far as the actual game goes, I'm for it." Sara Edwards, Birmingham: "I think it's very good. I think that if they should have to play once that they'll keep on playing." John Shaffer. Montgomery: "I don't think good will can bo legislated." Ray Fowler, Auburn: "When educating Alabama youth depends solely upon the playing of a football game, then education has assumed a shallow and insignificant meaning to our legislators. However, Alabama and Auburn should meet> in a football game." Reid Trapani, Savannah, Ga.t "Since the heads of both schools have not solved the problem which has been pending it had to be done through an outside source. I am in favor of it." Louis Lanier Johnson. Deais-ville: "I think that they should do it in a way other than holding a sword over the two school's heads. Have a compulsory athletic meeting between administrations of the two schools. Don McCormick, Birmingham: "I think that the game is a good idea, but I think also that politics should be left out of it and the schools left to decide for themselves." •• • •' Milford T. Kuykendall. Ft. Payne: "I think it's kind of a hard thing to force them to play; but if they won't play any other way they must be made to do it." Ara Thompson, Troy: "I don't think the legislature did a,wise thing, but I favor the two teams playing each other." Auburn Man Gets Navy Air Medal Richard T. Lewis, 23, former aviation radioman, third class, Birmingham, has been awarded the Navy Air medal, Eighth Naval District headquarters. Lewis, who is now a student at Auburn is a veteran of air-sea rescue flying in the Pacific. Serving overseas for 10 months, he also was in one of the . escorts for the atomic bomb.mission to Nagasaki, Japan. Citation for the award, signed by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, said that while participating in a difficult sea-landing operation under adverse conditions and far from friendly forces, Lewis assisted his pilot in effecting the r e s c u e of six downed airmen whose plane had crash-landed near Triton Island. ARCHITECT PROFESSOR SAYS HOME BUILDING IN STATE IS LAGGING Home building in Alabama, already 200 years behind the times, is moving backward today, an architect warns. Prof. Walter E. Burkhardt, professor of architecture, cites three reasons for the "recession." First, shortage and high cost of materials have lowered building standards for the average pocketbook. Second, the small profits involved in residential building have turned architects to other branches. "Women can be an awful problem for home architects, too." Burkhardt grimaced. Third, the need for educating the public to new designs has not been met. Magazines and newspapers have hindered rather than helped by perpetuating traditional building styles, Prof. Burkhardt believes. Explaining the effect of high building costs, he said a majority of new homes are erected by contractors without advice of architects or consideration of particular conditions. Prof. Burkhardt added, however, the Alabama1 Society of Architects has developed basic home plans which for a small charge can be altered to fit needs of the individual family. By this method, architects may find home building profitable, he said. Prospects for public education are not entirely dark, Burkhardt added. Auburn architectural students tend toward modern designs 100 percent. The Federal Agricultural Administration has helped educate for building and people will gradually demand homes better suited to modern living than those of the past, Burkhardt sees. Costs will also increase the number of functional residences, the professor pre^- _ ±-± •• ""Auburn Pla'msmcm Published weekly by the students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue, Phone 448. M V Deadline for social and organization news is Tuesday 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. Yoor T d « * Goufe YWBR y « « UFE,.. ^ M B . D o i„N ( l f e ^ C o f f e 6 By B,b, Just One Voice JIMMY COLEMAN Ralph Jennings Luther Smith _•.. Tom Sellers Jack Simms Beverley Burkhardt Guy Cofield Editor-in-Chief _ Managing Editor — Associate Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor Society Editor Office Manager C. RAY MARTIN Hal Breedlove Bill Anderson John Lanier Business Manager Ass't*. Bus. Manager . Advertising Manager _ Circulation Manager Where To Complain If., yon, as a student, have a legitimate gripe regarding the administration, |0wn; or anything which you believe is detrimental to your purpose of being in Au-~ burn, to whom would you take your troubles? Your answer is—not the president's office, not your roommate, not The Plainsman— but a group- of students known as the Student Relations Committee: This Committee has been set up by'the' Student Executive Cabinet to hear; investigate, and work out a plan of settle-jment of all or any grievances submitted .by students. All facts are kept cohfidental if the complaining party so desires. Remember, for gripes, contact a member of this committee. Pictures of the committee are presented in this issue of The Plainsman. If necessary, make use of this service. In a? brilliant Birmingham New§' editorial of1 August 3, entitled "T4ie #riifer and the Man," there are several queries which can be answered. The editorial writer asked:: "How'-is- it' that a" neurotic woman; who strikes' you-as quite childish in some respects, .can-write' a book- revealing gif ts- of expression and understanding Which one would* never have ascribed to her?" Juxtapositionally, it may be . asked: How is it that an architect, seemingly de-void; of personality, design a Building which' is astonishingly modernistic and' imaginistic? Or how is it that an artist, repulsive in manner, paint a work loved by all mankind? The answef? Talent lies* not in personality, nor are the two in any way similar. Talerit is mosT closely" associated' with the" ability topersevere, genius means hard work. Whether or nota'rflan "Succeeds" depends entirely upon himself>. notf upon the college from which he graduate's otf even the- number of degrees he holds. Personality helps, but, in the light of* the' future, talent is alL The News writer asked: "Where is the line to be drawn between the writer and the man?" There is no line, between*writer and man. Where is the line to be' drawn1 between the engineer and^ the'man?There*- is no line between engineer and' man. The' writer interprets observed human emotions and resulting, actions; the engineer studies types of construction; df which wire goes here, arid1 which thefe; and at-' tempts to piece the best-fitting" bricks together. Both may display little genius in-their personalities, both may be sadists, but the outcome of their talent establishes vrfitit you attempt fo pats on a curve or a hill. m- Pfasfefc TowerBy Ralph Jenninss them or destroys them. Any Spare Time? Auburn now has two radio journalism organizations: The Auburn Broadcasters and the Auburn Producers. The Broadcasters group was established several quarters ago by Paul Owen and J jm Bradley. The Producers set-up was established last week by the Auburn Independent Organization. Both groups are open to any student on the campus who wishes to dei velop his talents in radio broadcasting, script-writing, producing or directing. Neither is limited to a particular faction or body. This university should be proud that it possesses associations which are non-political, which allow each student an equal chance. Too many colleges have certain cliques—cliques which run things their way and allow little room for additional talent. There have been rumors of line-ups here, of political filthiness. However, every student sophomore, junior, and senior not too slothful has the unquestionable right to participate: The International Relations Club, two radio broadcasting organizations, engineering organizations, (in fact, clubs in every phase of student life) have open membership. Truly, Auburn is democratic. South, Will Miss Jtm Old Jim Curley has gone to jail at last and those faithful, leather-lunged Boston Irishmen who idolized him will miss him and mourn him. And, oddly enough, the South will miss Jim Curley, too. The South will miss him because for all these years he has provided an answer to those citizens of the Hub who looked •—as only a Bostonian can look—down their noses at depraved and backward Dixie. When a Huey Long or a Cole Blease or a Bob Reynolds capered across the na1- tional political stage and the Brahmins chorused, "Well, after all, what can you expect?" the sensitive Southerner had but to gesture to Boston's City Hall, the gold-domed Capitol of Massachusetts, or the Congress of the United State. Old Jim wa always there, or just leaving, or just moving back again. Old Jim did it all just the way Theodore Bilbo did it. He was endowed with a golden tongue and a conspicuous lack of scruple and the ability to explbit the class and religious prejudice of his constituency. He proved that demagogy pays off ih the Hub of the Universe just as readily as it does in the far reaches of a- defeated Confederate state.—.Condensed1 from Charlotte (N. C.) News. Forestry at Auburn Forestry, begun as" a single course in 1397- with an $80 experiment, in 1926; became a separate department at Auburn July 1. History of this development is' told' in a publication this month by Lamar M. Ware,, head of the department of- horticulture and forestry for 16-yearsi As the man chiefly responsible for the growth of Auburn's^ fbr-estry research-and education program, Dr.-Ware has rendered "an account of (his); Stewardship" before turning, over the new department to another man. The fight for approval of the program over objections of men who believed' the South could not support another forestry school reached success July 3J 1945; On-that day the Alabama legislature passed a bill providing annually $25,000 for forestry education* and' $25-;0OO' for research. Arrangements for a $150,000 forestry building and $50>000' in equipment were also completed. In the past spring quarter 140- sophomores and freshmen enrolled' in the forestry degree course at Auburn. The brochare, "History/ and- Contributions of the Forestry Pre-grant of Alabama Polytechnic Institute;" also Contains evaluations of the program- by forestry officials throughout (fte natlbrt; All of these praise Auburn's WOrfe Principar contributions, according; to John Curry of Southern Forestry Experiment Station^ have been: Evaluation of broad* present andi p6feh> tia! forest benefits which' is generally/ accepted throughout the^ Soutfit The farmer and snfall landowner have been shown to beJ biggest problem in; forestry practice in the- South; The definition of values' fo bV gaitred' in full and; intensive* use- of* fbres't lfahd' and its products. Definition of critical problems for research. Since experiments are costly and time-consuming Auburn's practical' and direct approach has developed a; large number of worth-while projects; Curry's only criticism is the overloading of forestry workers in Auburn's "desire to assist all of Alabama and1 to do it soon." There's nothing like having, a sophisticate around to brighten; up the Plainsman office. Jim Forrester seems to fill the bilL A-little incident happened the other day which shouldn't pass without being re-toldi Shakespeare would' have frowned oh it as a-low form of humor; judge for yourself. A story was being, told about the Russian Jennings sion- was that white" stallion Revolution. It seems that in 1917, the Bolsheviks formed the Third International, and decided that organized religion was no longer necessary to the state. A m o ng o t h e r things, they burned the churches, forbade the open practice of religion and turned the remainder of the edifices irito mus e u m s . The particular case U n d e r discus-of a beautiful which was the pride and: joy of a White Russian duchess. In order to defam-ate drier of the cathedrals, one of trie ikonj( was removed, and a large hole was cut through the canvas. Theft the stallion's head was inserted, allowing his head' to' protrude, collar-fasKidn. In that condition, he was paraded through the streets of Moscow; At' trie conclusion of the story, Forrester merely peered over the; rims of his glasses and said, "Well^ mighty yokes from little i&ms grow, I always say." * * * "Omnium consensu capax imperii, nisi imperasset." Conjecture is running rampant iri» all quarters as to who will be riarhed president of A u b u r n. W'heri a person comes to your hiirid as a possibility for Auburn's presidency, apply the Lat-ih' sentence above to him, and I promise you that it will serve as1: a marvelous criterion. Any educator could stand the test; no politician could. The translation of the Latin is: "Everyone would have .thought, him capable ruling—if he had not- ruled;" of Miscellaneous items picked up from here and there: Street cleaners, more than likely, will never be bothered' by the indiscretions of horses on elevated- tracks. One of the greatest' novels w r i t t e n in the Anglo-Saxon tongue is "David Cop-a-feel" by. Dickens. Talent' can get you so far— theft you've got to start using ytiur head. Work hard, and, if you can't work hard, be smart'; and, if you can't be smart, be loud. Under the bonnet of organized morality lurks a very filthy mind. * *" * ' Quotes: "Alrhost all df our faults are more pardonable than; the methods we invent to hide them:"— Spann. "Take a little wine for thy stomach's sake." — I Timothy, 5-23: "Science is morally neutral. Science may be turned to the weal or woe of mankind. While science itself has no conscience, the scientist has. The scientist from now on must assume a new role of social responsibility and leadership."—Allison. "Our schools increasingly regard the teaching of a trade as their chief function. Any fool can learn a trade, but' knowing a trade has nothing to do with being an educated, competent citizen in a republic. So; as schools grow more and!more 'vocational;' their moral authority and intellectual prestige diminish."— Philip Wylie. WheH' the world's troubles rest tba' heavily on- your shoulders recall the fact that it takes 160,000 honey bees to manufacture a pound of honey. Half wave their wings to evaporate the water from the nectar, etc. The other half gather the nectar. Einstein once went to dine on a1 train. Being near-sighted and having forgotten his glasses, try as he would, he could not decipher the printed menu. Filially he held it up to the waiter. "Please read' this to me?" Replied the waiter, "Boss, L cairi't. Fse ignorant like you." * * *• Link relates: Said the first Husband: "My wife |finds my money wherever I hide it." Advised the second husband: "My wife never finds mirie. I put it in the basket with my undarned socks." * * * Says Unc Levi Zink: "It's the instalment plan that will keep a lot' of animals from wearing their own fur coats next winter." * • *• *- Once a little moron stayed up all night to study for his blood test. "MacDuff, I'm in love with your wife. If you will give her to me I'll pay her weight in gold." "A few weeks, first, a few weeks, first!" 4 "What for, to think it over?" "Hoot, mon, na! To fatten her." *- * * "At last," said the novelist; "I have written something that will be accepted by any magazine." "What is it?" asked a friend. "A check for a year's subscription."— West Pointer. * • * * " , "Never put' oft till' tomorrow the man you can get tbday". West Pointer. * *• *• "But, darling, why aren't you wearing my fraternity pin?" "All the fellows say it rips their coats."—Columns. * * * . Floorwalker to lady clerk: "Since so many clerks have been taken into the arrned services, we'll have to put you on the main floor in men's underwear." * *• * "Trouble'leaches us two things —who our friends' really are and' those who Have just' been waiting to catch us bent over at the right angle."—Standard Democrat. By Jim Bradley A Dash of Bitters By Jim Forrester Here is a mythical story about a mythical professor in a mythical American college. Any resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, could very easily be coincidental. This instructor has a unique conception of what constitutes an absence from his class. Here's how it goes. Anyone who arrives after he does is absent. That's final. No excuse. Whether it be one minute after the hour or ten, he is absent. Not late, but absent. If the student enters the class "late", he is certain to receive a - vituperative welcome calculated to make him feel that, compared to him, a grave robber is a saint. Because of this, most of his students will not even attempt to enter the class if he is already there. Two absences are sufficient to drop anyone from his roll. Sometimes this cunning creature even locks His class-room door behind him when he enters. Cute kid, eh? From all this, you might suppose that his classes are all lecture; that he devotes the entire hour to instruction. .Such, however,, is several miles shy of the truth. He often devotes as much as half the hour to long-winded tales of his fishing prowess or to corny jokes of the "twenty-three skidoo" type, and woe to the scholar who doesn't laugh long and loudly. Evidently, he considers this sort of thing of such vital importance that to miss a single minute of it is to jeopardize your education. His classes are composed mostly of juniors and seniors, yet he treats them as if they were an undisciplined group of grammar school brats who have to be kept in line by constant bullying tactics. This is his idea of how to handle men. No one can deny that he can be a competent instructor. The importance of his courses attest to that. It is impossible to get a degree in a c e r t a i n technical course without at least two quarters work from him. Because of this, and because he is always ready to issue an' F to anyone who stands up to him and asks for decent treatment, he is able to continue his high-handed method of instruction. Class-room discipline is, of course, an essential of good instruction. Without proper discipline, any course becomes nothing- more than a farce. However^ too much discipline is just as dangerous, because it- creates in the student a smoldering hatred for the instructor. Suddenly as if by magic the fog lifted itself quietly from the landing strip to stop a few- hundred feet above and hover there like a great bird with it's'wings spread to protect its little ones. The distant, but distinct, drone of a plane was heard. The drone grew louder and louder until suddenly it was overhead' lost in the fog. Again I spoke into my microphone. "Kalamazoo to Wimpy. Kalamazoo to W i m p y . Come in Wimpy." Static sounded in my ear; then came a clear and excited voice. "Wimpy to Kalamazoo. Wimpy to Kalamazoo. Where in the hell am I?" "Kalamazoo to Wimpy. This is Bill. You have just passed over our strip: You have just passed over our strip." "Yes," came the cool reply. "But I am over water now. can see Red Rock below me now. Red Rock below me now." His voice was clear and steady. "Kalamazoo to Wimpy. Listen to me Joe. Circle Red Rock. Circle Red Rock. Head North. Head due North. Airspeed one-sixty. Airspeed one-sixty. Fly for three minutes. Three minutes. A l t i t u d e three-Hundred feet. Three-hundred feet: You will pass directly over end of strip. Directly over end of strip. Over to you, Joe. "This is- Wimpy. Thanks Bill, here I come." Trie radio was silent except for some static. I watched the end of the landing strip. I glanced at my watch. One minute. Tick-Tick-Tick. The seconds clicked' away. Two minutes. I watched the sweep-second hand swing around the dial of my watch. Fifteen seconds left. I heard the plane overhead. Then I saw it break through the fog, above me. As soon as he saw the strip He throttled' back, lowered his flaps and made an almost perfect' landing. Hardly had I reached' Joe's plane before the fog began to settle back to the ground: God had performed another one of his little acts to save a man's life . . . Book Review The Exchange Post By Irv Steinberg FILE THIRTEEN By The Editor Army Blazed Routes Through W<*st Army Engineers found the five most feasible railroad routes to the Pacific Coast in exploring, the unknown west in-the 1850's: Today passengers on streamliners of the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Northern Pacific are carried smoothly over the mountains on lines laid out by* the Engineers. The fifth route is used, by sections, by local lines. I guess you're wondering what The Plainsman is doing corning out1 on Wednesday again, huh?' We received so many complaints that' we had only one thing to do—change back. We still think that Friday is a better , day providing, P52 of course, that §|f the paper can be i | distributed earls Her in the day. But there are JH§ complicat i o n s. | The Lee County Bulletin,, which prints this papier, is still on the press and- has to be removed. As' Coleman the popular song goes—"ft Takes Time." Then, Bill Aiidefson; citculattdn manager, Has* a1 conflicting class and is unable to deliver the papers utitil i p. m. on Fridays. It's a' little Headache. :*! ¥ <* •> Emilio Juan Bendeck, mechanical engineering student from Tezucigalpa, Honduras, has written a poem for The Plainsman entitled' "My Dream." Bendeck has a' role in "Julius Caesaf." Luther Smith's book review on this page is well-executed despite its brevity. The Plainsman would like to have more book reviews. All contributions will be appreciated; but Hke Luther, please be brief. Speaking df bdoks, H. G. Pitch-ford, one of Dr. Cantrell's able assistants at' the Main Library; recommended' that' I read "Color Blind" by Margaret Halsey. Well, I read it and my review is simply: "From her viewpoint, the author couldn't' have chosen a mdre appropriate title." One for Readers Digest: In the agfe-old dispute between France and Germany over the Ruhr .question, there have been many "Saar-caustic" remarks. In chemistry lab, one day, a group of prospective chemists were puttering with a few odd chemicals, trying to produce pretty colors and odd smells when someone slipped up quietly beside them and suddenly touched a test tube containing a colorless liquid to their arms. It was hot and they jumped, a vision of acid burns in their mind. "Guess what I've get here!" He chortled. "Concentrated sulfuric?" they croaked. "No," he said, "hot water." —The Technique * * * More than 100 Latin American students, representing 20 different foreign countries, began last week, the eight week English course- being held on the campus of Louisiana State University. The short course, which is the second of its kind at LSU, is designed to give Latin-Americans a working knowledge of English and an introduction to life in the United States. * * * Published in each issue of "The Technique" official school paper of Georgia Tech, are the college Student Council Minutes. Publishing this gives the student body an opportunity to learn just what the council is trying to do for the college. * * * Anything that's fun these days is either illegal, immoral or fattening: —Bee Gee News * *• * You've probably heard about the fellow that's ready to serve another 20 years on an island in' the Pacific . . . He's at Alca-traz. —Mobile Press Emory University started' a drive for stricter enforcement of the campus driving regulations. The drive was the result of too much reckless driving about the campus. * * * Laundry window sign: "We Do Not Tear Your Clothes With Machinery. We Do It Carefully By Hand." —Draper Inmate * * » The Auburn Glee Club really sounded good at last week's stepN sing. We would like to hear more from this musical organization. Then there is the fellow who winked at the elevator girl and she took him up on the ninth floor. —New Mexico Lobo She: "Joe has false teeth." He: "Did he tell you that?" She: "No, it came out in the conversation."- —Slipslick * * * A Mobile merchant grew weary of repeated requests for the time so he put in a clock . . . Now people keep asking him if the clock is right! * * * The Notre Dame Scholastic recently ran the following article: Army brass has been around' Notre Dame trying to round up talent to form an ROTC unit here on- the campus. In their days of toil, they -succeeded' in inducing 100 men to sign on the dotted line. Let's see, 100 divided by 4,600- . . . about 2% . . . No wonder the Army is for compulsory military training. By Luther Smith Title: "East River" by Sholem Asch: People had begun to wonder, after publication of "The Nazarene" and "The Apostle," whether or not Sholem Asch were the only- writer who followed a perfect and logical plot formation. They whispered to themselves: "Ah, this writing—it is wonderful. Never have I been floated so far from reality. Never have I been put so close to the ideal soul." Now comes "East River," and people say "Never have I been put so close to the true souL" "East River" is Asch's most realistic book. In it are the pangs, the heartaches, the lifelike terrors of humdrum existence along East River in New York. On Forty-eighth Street lived a conglomeration of all religions and nationalities. There were Jew, Irish, and American families. But each of them is an individual with a heart and a soul and a mind of his own, and it is up to each character to either dedicate his life to himself of to others. Mary McCarty gave a portion of her soul to Nathan Davidow-sky, victim of paralysis. And though she gave her soul to him, she realized that consummation of their desire for each other could never be attained. Hence, she tossed the pure, silk parachute of her soul to the four winds, was compelled to give herself in marriage to Nathan's brother, and later, regretting that mistake which, once made, causes irreparable damage, attempted to pull back in the "tattered remains of her parachute. Sholem Asch dips farther toward surrealism in "East River" than even Taylor Caldwell would dare. For pleasure reading and for a good story I recommended this new book by a great sympathetic writer. Never To Know— By Luther Smith Where is it? The second page . . . Torn out? Why, no! 'D she forget to mail it? Don't guess so . . . Wait . . . Darn you, breeze, Seizing my letter! Now I'll never know, never. - Student Relations Committee Members — Their Job Is to Hear Your Glenn Crim Bob Flanagan Bobby Humphrey La Verne Taylor Co-Chairman Paul Persons Co-Chairman Bronze Youmans Jimmy Coleman C. Ray Martin Charlie Scales Eddy Foreman Gene Millsap Seab Hayes John Spencer Van Cornelison Ralph Jennings Formed iy Executive Cabinet To Investigate Grievances of Students The Student Relations Committee was formed by the Executive Cabinet to hear, investigate, and work out a plan of settlement of all or any grievance submitted by any student or group of students. All facts in any case are kept confidential at the discretion of the complaining £arty. Students who have compliants to make should voice them to any member of the committee pictured on this page. The committee meets periodically, and students with, grievances are urged to appear before.this group. This committee, which has as its co-chairmen Paul Persons and LaVerne Taylor, has the authority to act on behalf of all the undergraduate students of Auburn. When any changes or adjustments are to be made, the committee refers the case to either the Council of Deans, director of student affairs, president of the college, board of trustees, or'governor of the State of Alabama. The Student Relations Committee acts for the betterment of the students in any way possible, provided the action • is approved by the Cabinet. 'DOG DAYS' TALK IS PLAIN BUNK SAYS DOCS AT ANIMAL CLINIC AIO Will' Select Miss Homecoming Candidate Tonight The Auburn Independent Organization will choose a candidate for Miss Homecoming" tonight in Student Center at 7:15. Other matters which will be decided upon are the amount of spare desired in the next issue of Glomerata, whether to increase dues, and final arrangements for Saturday night is Street Dance. Besides regular weekly entertainment, Harry Barnes, president of the Student Executive Cabinet, will give a 10 minute talk on student affairs. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Dog Days are the bunk, says officials of Auburn's Small Animal Clinic. And owners who watch their pets for signs of madness from July 3 to August 11 are just victims of an old superstition. The period is so called because the rise of the Dog Star on the eastern horizon heralded the overflow of the Nile River in ancient Egypt—not because rabies is more common than at other times. But summer heat is just as hard on dogs as on people, so the Clinic is recommending ways to keep Rover comfortable and healthy. If your dog is long-haired, he should be trimmed or clipped. Keep him clean and watch for signs of skin disease. It's much easier to check eczema in its early stages. Be sure fresh water is always available and shade his pen with tree tops or shredded newspapers. Since fleas and ticks thrive in summer months, keep Rover covered with insecticide powders. Prepared flea powders should contain rotenone, pyrethrin or DDT. Be n z i n e hexachloride should be an ingredient of tick powders. As for! diet, the fat content of your dog's food should be reduced from 18 per cent to less than 10. Prepared food should be supplemented with eggs, milk and meat as well as table scraps. If a dog's diet follows his owner's closely, his chances of hav- Wesley Students To Fish Saturday A special feature of Wesley Foundation activities this weekend will be a fishing and swimming party at the home of Sua Farrington of Dadeville. All Methodist Students and their friends are asked to meet at the foundation at 1:30 p. m. where transportation will be provided. The outing is under the direction of Cary Burns. All students are asked to bring their own fishing equipment. ing a suitable seasonal diet are good. The same goes for exercise— if its too hot for Rover's master to exercise, it's too hot for Rover. Just use "horse sense," the Clinic advises. Spectators Pant (Continued from page 1) conspirators murder him. Marc Antony, whom Brutus thinks has Phillipi, and Cassius persuades a servant to run him through. Later, Brutus falls on his own sword. Marc Antony pays the final tribute to Brutus by saying "this was the noblest Roman of them all." The Players, crippled by a lack of seasoned performers, did a well-rounded job. Most of the cast was new, untested, and pathetically green. Everyone tried. They tried terribly hard. But to do justice to a superb play such as "Caesar", there must be a far Adams, Titinius; Jack Burk, been appeased, stirs the Roman mob into madness by a skillful speech. Brutus and Cassius are forced to flee. A triumvirate, composed of Marc Antony, Oc-tavius Caesar, and Lepidus, gathers an army to oppose the troops of Brutus and Cassius. The murderers of Caesar are defeated at greater number at tryouts from which to select a cast. Bill Ethridge, as March Antony, was completely poised and wonderful. His masterful handling of the oration scenes was soul-curdling. Griffin Harris, as Julius Caesar, displayed remarkable talent and composure. Bob Blackburn, as the idealistic Brutus, came through with a heart-filled, sweaty, completely top-bracket interpretation. George Miller, as "Cassius, handled a difficult role with practiced grace, James Masey, as Casca, was tops among the lesser roles. He is a boy to be watched. Remainder of the cast follows: Henry G. Pitchford, Octavius Caesar; Mack Ivey, Lepidus; Prof. T. C. Hoepfner, Decius Brutus; John Lyle, Metallus Cim-ber; Zack Adamson, Cinna; Max Strato; Betty Harris, Lucius; Leonard Hart, Pindarus; H. G. Pitchford, a soothsayer, Emilio Bendeck, servant to Octavius; Anne Mauldin, Calpurnia; Barbara Neal, Portia; Jack Burk, Owen Munro, Edna Scott and Marjorie Sands, citizens of Rome. Incidental music was composed for the production by Prof. Hubert Liverman. > The play will continue -through Friday, August' 8 this week, and: Monday through Wednesday next week. Prof. Peet did a fine job of direction on "Caesar". The play revealed patient coaching. There was hardly a forgotten line throughout. Burned By Lulher Smith I was burned by a cigarette spark, And ointments of soothing year on year Assuaged not its scorch. I inhaled deeply of your love. my dear; The spark left my soul in ashes. As driver lashes out with stinging whip, Your nonchalance struck. I never knew, Nor ever will, the sweetness of your lips. Glee Club according to Mrs. S. Turner Jones, alias "The Baton", who is the director of the group. At present, the Glee Club is organized much like any club in that it has its own student officers; however school credits are given for this, course. Any men who are interested in joining the Glee Club should contact Mr. S. Turner Jones or attend a Glee Club meeting held over Toomer's corner on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p.m. Auburn Photographer Accepts Macon Job Max Ziegler, College photographer, has resigned to join a photographic firm in Macon, Ga. Ziegler came to Auburn in January to replace Lewis Arnold who left Auburn to accept a position with the Birmingham News Age-Herald. • i A native of Chicago, Ziegler had wide experience as a photographer. He worked in Birmingham, Chicago, and continued his trade as an aerial photographer in the Air Forces. Hugh Alford, a student, is acting as a temporary replacement for Ziegler. WHERE EVERY GARMENT » IS A "SPECIAL" BILL H A M DRY CLEANERS - . You trust its •NHHUIMV.'. ''' 3 Car-Saving Service BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY O F THE COCA-COIA COMPANY IV Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling. Co., Inc. r Depend on us to keep minor car defects from becoming major driving hazards. Our expert adjustments and repair service will protect your car — save you grief and needless expenses later. See us for those needed car repairs, today. 1 4HotiVi Co. / NORTH GAY STREET P HON E 6 94- HtzSiota CHIEF'S Sinclair Service Station Chiefs U-Drive-lt PHONE 446 Chiefs Is Proud To Salute Bob Blackburn As an outstanding member of the student body. Bob, a junior in science and literature f r o m Jacksonville, Fla., is a v e t e r an member of the Auburn Players. He is currently playing the role of Marc«s Brutus in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' which began Monday at the "Y Hut and runs until August 13. WHERE THE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE _JL 4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 6, 1947 ARTHUR ST. CLAIR DUNSTAN One of Nation's Top Engineers Works Quietly in Labs at Auburn By Mary Bright If Auburn had an ivory tower, A r t h u r St. Clair Dunstan would probably h u r r y to claim it. Head of Auburn's electrical engineering department since 1899, Professor Dunstan has sent his students into the top of their profession and is nationally recognized as one of the nation's leading engineers. Yet a modest, retiring nature has kept him out of the limelight. Finally cornered in his office-laboratory, Professor Dunstan revealed a keen but charitable sense of humor. Asking if he were to be interviewed, he quoted Mark Twain: " 'What are you going to do it with?'" He interprets the success of his former students with, "The boys were so glad to get away from me they did their best to keep from coming back." Among those "boys" were M. S. Sloane, president of New York Consolidated Edison Company, H. Y. Hall, manager of Hellgate Power Plant in New York, and H. S. Dumas, president of Southern Bell Telephone Company. Professor Dunstan was busy translating a letter in French when found. He has a reading knowledge of five languages— English, French, German, Polish and Russian. The last two he taught himself through curiosity. "When I was at the University of Chicago I noticed signs in the Polish quarter and wondered how a human could pronounce the combinations of consonants." Several years ago when the War Department called for men who could speak Polish and Russian, several Auburn students claiming the knowledge were "screened" by Professor Dunstan. V He found most knew nothing of the tongues and had figured Ho one at Auburn could discover their deceit. "One boy had a Polish grandmother but he knew no more of Polish than the average American." In the engineering field, Professor Dunstan has developed one adventurous hobby. Asked by a Montgomery hospital years ago to help find lost radium needles, he developed a radium-finding machine. Altogether, by combining the instincts of a sleuth and the methods of a scientist, he has recovered over $50,000 in the precious element. Two cases are clearest in his memory. One hunt for two radium needles in Huntington, W. Va., took him into a snowstorm on Thanksgiving Day. He found both in a hospital incinerator. Another case involved pursuit of a railroal conductor who had stolen a $5,000 package of radium. Although convinced of the man's guilt, Professor Dunstan couldn't prove it. Years after the conductor was mortally injured in a train wreck and confessed the theft on his deathbtd. Professor Dunstan, who finished here in 1889, has a family duty, Professor Dunstan finds civil engineer, came to Alabama from Fredericksburg, Va., during the boom after the Civil War. Young Arthur became an electrical engineer after graduate work at Johns Hopkins University and University of Chicago and returned to head Auburn's new electrical engineering department in 1899. His only son, an electrical engineer formerly with Alabama Public Service Commission, is now with the utilities unit of the Federal Housing Commission in Washington, D. C. Professor Dunstan has designed power plants both in Alabama and Georgia and has appeared as expert witness in many legal suits. As oldest active professor on API, Professor Dunstan finds Auburn greatly changed since his youth. Education then, he recalls, was marked by the boom of' drums which waked students STUDENT SUPPLIES School books and supplies are available at reasonable prices Next to Main Library Phone 960-Extension 347 COLLEGE SUPPLY STORE Mr. T. C. Hoepfner, assistant professor of English, is playing the part of Decius Brutus in the Auburn Players' current proluciion, " J u l i us Caesar." Mrs. Fortner Loves Her Boys- All 27 of 'em Gray-haired, motherly Mrs. Max Fortner of Auburn loves boys and her household proves it. For nine years "Madam," as she's affectionately called by her boys, has boarded men students at Auburn. It's a business she likes. Upstairs, downstairs—all over the white-columned old house— she has spread boys—27 of them. Until recent years all Auburn's men students boarded in private homes and most still do. Madam has made her's a favorite—with a waiting list a year long. When she and her husband brought their three young sons to Auburn their principal income came from boarding students. All three sons married— one was killed in the recent war; another moved to Dothan. The eldest, Jake, who teaches aeronautical engineering, has converted his mother's basement into a hamburger joint Madam's financial struggle is over but the boys stay on. "Max wants quiet sometimes, but it wouldn't do him a bit of good to ask me to clear the house," Madam says firmly. Besides, boys are quieter than they were before the war, Madam says. And when the house be-in the morning and ordered them to bed at night. Fun then, he says, consisted of Friday night literary society meetings and fraternity sessions on' Saturday night. His eyes had a reminiscent twinkle, however, as he spoke of sliding down the outside bannisters of old Samford Hall and ringing the ancient "Bull Bell" with an invisible thread. PERFECTION Is what our chefs strive for in the preparation of every dish our menu offers you. Eat with us for enjoyment HOMELY PORTIONS! We know you want to see a full dish, not the design of our China—so we pile your platter generously. Watson Reports On Ross Fire, Samford Clock By Jim Watson Many Chemistry students, with wicked smiles on their faces, watched the flames sweep across the top of Ross Hall last Friday. But much to their dismay, a lad with a fire extinguisher calmly smothered the flames. For over two years, there has been a leak in the roof of Ross and finally the repairmen were working on it. While heating the tar with a blow-torch, the tar became ignited. The workmen sounded the alarm and Marion Grace, chemical stockroom manager, grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher for the kill. The fire broke: out very near to the tower on top of Ross and, according to Grace, ther tower has much once. i g n i t e d . The fire was put out before the Auburn Fire Department arrived on the scene, carbon disulfide and ether stored i n it w h i ch Watson would have certainly made apretty flame if and the firemen only lost two moves at checkers. However, the chemistry professors in Ross say "let it rain" because there is no longer a hole on the roof. Clock Gets Painted Time apparently stood still Tuesday afternoon as many students were startled to discover that there was no clock in Samford Tower. The disappearance of the clock was only temporary however, because the workmen from Building and Grounds had unbolted the clock faces, moved them aside of the tower and repainted them. There are many interesting facts about the clock that are not generally known by the public. The clock's face is located seven stories above the ground, the mechanism being three stories below the faces and transmits its power to the hands by wooden rods and beveled gears. The bell is situated in the section of the tower where the openings can be seen. The bell has a clapper which will strike the sides of the bell when the rope is pulled; however, a separate hammer strikes the bell each hour for the time. In the past, the bell was rung before pep-rallies. There are many names, dating back quite a few years, which have been inscribed on the clock and the tower. But until it becomes necessary to put another coat of paint on the block face, Smoe, the legendary dweller of the clock will remain undistrubed except-, by the sound of the gong each hour, and the distant cries of "War Eagle". RICE and O L D SHOES WINGARD RECEIVES CHEMICAL GRANT Prof. Robert E. Wingard, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Auburn, has just received a Grant-in-Aid from the Alabama Academy of Science. The grant will be used for research in the important operation of filtration under constant pressure. There are now no filtration equations which can be used for testing such substances as paper pulp, when they are filtered under constant pressure. Prof. Wingard hopes, through experimenting, to modify the present filtration equations to cover this field. More efficient operation and design of machines would result. Cobb-Helms The wedding of Miss Martha Catherine Cobb and Nolan Davis Helms is announced for early fall. Mr. Helms is an Auburn textile engineering grad. * * * Hollingsworth-Champion A home wedding, July 23, united Miss Mary Elizabeth Hollingsworth, KD, Auburn, and Joseph Stewart Champion, KA, Auburn. * * * Davis-Dean Sept. 14 is announced for the wedding of Miss Annette Clifton Davis and Walter Wood Dean, Phi Delta Theta, Auburn. * * * McGehce-Schuessler Of high social interest is the announced engagement of Miss Betty McGehee and Thomas Warren Schuessler. The groom-to-be is" the capable and popular director of student affairs at Auburn. * * * Crawford-Hinds Late August has been set for the wedding of Miss Bettye Crawford and John Ross Hinds. Bettye and John are both known On the Auburn campus. The groom-to-be is now a student in pre-law at the U of Ala. » * * Rhodes-Tale Miss Lila Rhodes and Paul Edward Tate have set Aug. 9 for their wedding. Both are former Auburn students. * * * Self-Varner Miss Carolyn Hood Self, KD, Auburn, and Robert Edward Varner, Phi Delta Theta; Auburn, have set Sept. 2 for their wedding' date. * » * Landress-Trippe June 6, 1st Baptist Church, Auburn, was the wedding day of Miss Helen Leland Trippe, Phi Mu, and Orin Davis Landress, Jr.; PiKA, Auburn. * * * Hardin-Poor The engagement of Miss Virginia Hardin and Harold Edgar Poor, Jr., is announced. Mr. Poor is an Auburn graduate, aeronautical engineering. * * * Houser-Cook .July 3 saw the weddmg of Miss Susan C. Houser and' Malcolm C. Cook, Sigma Nu, Auburn, Trinity P r e s b y t e r i an Church, Montgomery. * ;.» * Page-McDaniel The marriage of Miss Virginia Page and Thomas Scott McDaniel took place at Clayton St. Baptist Churcn, Montgomery, July 12. Both the bride and groom are remembered as students on the Auburn campus., * * * Johnson - Denson Announcement of August 30 as the wedding day of Billie Victoria Johnson to Robert Victor Denson is recently announced. Both are Auburn students. Mr. Denson will receive his degree in August. * * * Stickney-Carmichael The approaching marriage of Miss Alice Walker Stickney and George Malcolm Carmichael, Jr., is announced. Mr. Carmichael, with Reserve Officers Training School Ft. Benning, is an Alpha Gamma Rho, Auburn. * * * McGrath-Snow Early fall is announced for the wedding of Miss Virginia Thomas McGrath to Harry Early Snow, KA, Auburn. * * * Hollingsworth - Johnson September is set for the wedding of Miss Angelyn Hollingsworth, Chi Omega, Auburn, and Luther M. Johnson, Jr., SPE, Auburn. * * * Smith-Terry July 4 was the wedding day for Miss Jean Smith, Auburn, Secretarial Training graduate, and Dewey C. Terry. * * * Walden - Silver nail Miss Helen Walden and Curtis Silvernail, two popular Cam-pusites, were married June 20, First Baptist Church, Mobile. FOR SALE: 1942 National 12 ft. house trailer. Modern conveniences, excellent condition. Located one block from campus. Reasonable price. See Bill Williams 161 W. Glenn or call 509. FOR SALE: One 1942 Alma 21-foot house traitor. Excellent condition. Located one block from campus in shady location. Reasonably priced. See at 242 Vi> E. Magnolia or call S54W. One tropical worsted summer formal for sale. Call M. B. Hazlewood, Auburn 247 or 9155. This suit has never been worn. —i MARTIN Phone 439 OPELIKA, ALA. "Where happiness costs so little" Thursday & Friday IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE You'll like our courteous help and pleasant surroundings. STEAKS CHICKEN SEAFOOD Auburn Grill Added Fox News and Cartoon, William Tell m^*m ^ * m^m^ DELICIOUS BREAD and / BAKERY GOODIES CAKES DELICIOUS PIES HOT CROSS BUNS And Other Delicacies AUBURN BAKERY Whatley Building So. College St. PHONE 1040 Saturday, August 9 Double Feature No. 1 SONGS OF THE SIERRAS with I JIMMY WAKLEY No. 2 MORRIS RESTAURANT AUBURN (Over Polly-Tek Shop) Former Auburnite Gets Promotion Alfred E. Cook, Union Springs, recently was promoted to the grade |of staff sergeant while serving as sergeant major with the Officer's Personnel Branch Headquarters, Camp Rizal. Before entering the service, he graduated from Union Springs High School and attended Auburn, where he was a member of I Sigma Nu fraternity, and was employed as a bookkeeper with the Alabama State Highway Department. comes too noisy she sticks her head out the door of her first-floor apartment and tells the revelers "Grandma's got to sleep." FOR SALE: 1941 Westing-house Electric stove in good condition. Call Ben Rosummy, Jr. at 407-XM. OH! BOY! PEACH ICE CREAM FRESH PEACHES GO INTO OUR ICE CREAM — THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH She'll Put Love-Light in Your Eyes! Added Serial—Jack Armstrong No. 11 Cartoon, Mouse In The /! House Sunday & Monday August 10 & 11 ^PART VIOLENCE.., f PART MADNESS... PART ECSTASY! For a real taste treat try our wonderful F R 0 Z RITE Peach Ice Cream. Perfect for desserts, for parties, and for between meal snacks. Try some today! Dairy land Farm and Opelika Creamery Added Fox News and Screen Snapshots Tuesday & Wednesday August 12 & 13 An Old Favorite Brought Back For Your Enjoyment ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND with TYRONE POWER ALICE FAYE mm
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Title | 1947-08-06 The Auburn Plainsman |
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OCR Transcript | the A t , » 70 FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT VOL. LXXII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1947 Number 29 Auburn Students To Help Restore World Education Contributions Will Assist Students In Western Europe By Jim Forrester The future of man rests in the minds of the students of the wor.ld. Since 1937 students in 15 lands have united, under the banner of the World Student Service Fund, for reconstruction of war-wrecked educational plants. In the past nine years, almost $2,- 500,000 has been sent by WSSF to the relief of fellow students in 18 stricken countries of Asia and Europe. With the end of the war in 1945 the need for world student relief rose sharply. This coming year will mark the crisis when funds must meet the urgent needs of 400,000 students, or the opportunity for valuable relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction will be lost. In educational centers through-cut Europe and Asia, there is a desperate need for notebooks, textbooks, paper, food, medical care, and recreational facilities. The funds raised by WSSF are used to ease these tragic shortages. In Cambloux, France, 323 French students, rundown in health and spirit after life in the r e s i s t a n c e or concentration camps, returned to school after short stays at the Chalet des Etudiants. The Chalet has served as a model for student rest centers in Rome, and Chester, England, serving Italian and Dutch students respectively. In Leysin, Switzerland, over 200 tubercular students from France, Belgium, Holland, A u s t r i a , Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Greece can be treated at a time in the International Student -Sanatorium. Hundreds more need help,' but only the most needy curable cases can be accepted. In India, student living co-ops are being established at Indian universities with modest help from WSSF grants. Refugee Burmese students have received help from their Indian colleagues. A secret rendezvous of Roman nobles (above) as they plot to take Cafesar's life come "Ides of March". Practice session at "Y" Hut shows (left to right) George Miller as Cassius; Bob Blackburn as Marcus Brutus; Prof. Hoepfner as Decius Brutus; James Masey as Casca; Zack Adamson as Cinna; and John Lyle as Meiullus Cimber. 30-MINUTE PROGRAM OVER WJHO HONORS LATE PRESIDENT "The Things That Count", weekly AIO radio show, presented a half-hour program last night over WJHO in commemoration of the death of Dr. Luther N. Duncan. - The program featured the favorite music and poetry of Auburn's former president. Dr. Duncan's favorite music were the great hymns of faith. Heard on the program were "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," "Nearer My God To Thee," and the poem, "The Bridge Builder." Chosen by the students in special tribute to his memory were "The Lord's Prayer" and "Ave Maria." "A well lived life" was selected for the theme of the program as one of the "things that count" and as symbolic of Dr. Duncan's life. Auburn students heard on the program were Furman Rogers, Homer Russell, Edna Earle Bass, Fred Donaldson, Hugh Barker, Thomas McKinney, Bob Ingram, Durrell Davis, Herbert Gladin, Robert Willingham, and Mary Byers. On the Campus Tau Beta Pi . . . . . . will meet next Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 5 p. m. in Ramsay 109. This will be the last meeting of the quarter. All members are urged to be present. * ; • » : ' * AIChE . . . . . .meets Monday, Aug. 11, at 7:30 p. m. in Ross 203. A movie "Romance of Industry," on chemical processes in industry will be shown. All chemical engineering students, especially freshmen are invited. * * • Marion Spidle Club . . . . . . will meet Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p. m. in Social Center. Wives of all students are cordially invited. Spectators Pant For Oxygen As Brutus Murders Caesar By Tom Sellers The Auburn Players opened their summer spectacle, "Julius Caesar" last Monday night on a steamy, sweltering stage. An audience composed of brow-mopping culture-lovers failed to fill the ancient, ninety-plus degrees "Y" Hut. But truly may it be said that "Caesar" is a "red-hot" • play in more respects than Au- Cabinet Banquet Tomorrow Night The annual • Executive Cabinet inauguration banquet will be held tomorrow night in the 121emenT"HOTeri'*in Opelika. The date list includes F. M. Fuller, Kittie Green; C. Ray Martin, Emily Pruitt; Zeke Bass, Teena Tucker; Tim Miller, Rene Hodge; Van Cornelison, Winifred Cornelison; Paul Persons, Daisy Persons; Bob Flanagan, LaVerne Taylor; John Spencer, Edwina Foreman; Jimmy Duke, Lorine Owens; Harry Barnes; Bill Anderson; Dick O'Cain; Seab Hayes; Emmet Killebrew; Ollie Williamson; Sammy Kirkland; Hollis Geiger; J o h n Lanier; Bobby Humphrey; Lewis Scarborough; Gillis Cammack; Lynn Hawkins; and Charlie Scales. Faculty members who will be present are Ralph Draughon; Dean K a t|h elr|i n e Cater; and Thomas Schuessler. William Hall Preston Preston Will Speak At Union Services William Hall Preston, Associate Southwide Baptist Student Secretary from Nashville, will be speaker at the Union Service August 10 under the sponsorship of the Baptist Church. The services for the evening will feature "Auburn Youth Night" with Mr. Preston speaking on the theme "God Has S o m e t h i ng Great For You." Mr. Preston is a graduate of Ripon College in Wisconsin and holds two graduate degrees from George Peabody College in Nashville. For many years he has been a favorite speaker among students throughout the South. Plans for this service are being made by students and students will be in charge of the program at the amphitheater. gust weather. In view of a myriad stumbling blocks which only the director and cast can appreciate to their full extent, the play was magnificent. There were moments of color; of tenderness; of fiery, surging hate. As intended, the mlulti-cjolored lighting arrangement lent realism to otherwise slow-moving scenes. Almost every scene had a tense climax which left melting spectators panting for oxygen. Prof. Telfair B. Peet, director of the Players, arranged the scenes as did Shakespeare himself when the fabled Bard of Avon toured England with his troupe. This "flow of action" technique is made possible by alternately using front and back sides of the curtain. One short break about the midpeint of "Caesar" divided it into two parts. Through a combination of tragic circumstances, p e r h a ps blamable on history itself, the glorious scenes are nearly all in the first half. This makes one feel that the play should be ended just after Marc Antony completes his emotional oration. Shakespeare . was prone to twist facts somewhat to prove his points. "Caesar" is essentially the story of a man, Brutus, who is true to his beliefs. Brutus has an inborn hatred of dictatorship; he is persuaded to murder one of his dearest friends because of that hatred. Caesar is portrayed as a haughty individual who believes himself to be all-powerful. Led by Marc Antony, a group of Roman nobles plan to make Caesar king. Opposed to Antony's political philosophy is Cassius, who is guided by selfish motives. Cassius and several of his frienls 'persuade Brutus to join their.side. Caesar, having been forewarned by a soothsayer, is tricked into appearing before the Senate on the fateful "Ides of March". The (Continued on page 3) Final Standings Open Division . Softball Leagues League 1 League 4 team W L team W TC 7 1 DSP' .6 OTS 6 2 AG HO 5 Vag 3 5 SC 4 WG 2 6 Out 3 KS 2 6 LCA 3 League 2 League 5 team W Lleam W Bap 8 OFae < .6 • A P - - - . •• ''•r-r:-2B^:v'~r'is. PKA 3 5ATO 5 SPE 2 6PDT . 3 SAE . 1 7TKE . 1; League 3 . League 6 team W L team - W SN 7 1 PB 7 KA 5 3 HP 5. PKT 5 3 Lat 4 FFA 4 4 Pir 3 Pac 1 7 Gyp 0 L 3 3 ,:4' 5 6 L 2 3 3 4 6 L "1 2 4 5 7 Thursday's results - OTS^Vag, 10-1; Bap-AP, .5-1; PKT-FFA, 6-5; AG HO-LCA, 14-2; ATO-Fac, 4-2; Lat-Pir, 12-7. Monday's results WG-KS, 1-0; PKA-SPE, 16-15; SN-KA, 7-5; DSP-SC, 11-3; Fac- TKE, 24-9; PB-HP, 10-4. Student Cross-Section of Ideas Is Set Against Legislature's *No Game-No Appropriation* Rule Poll Shows Sir Against and Four For Tiger-Tide Game Through Senate Action Contestant-Note Contestants-Note The "Miss Homecoming Election" will'be held Monday, August 18, according to information received today from F. M. Fuller, chairman of the elections Committee. The names of all candidates must be turned in to Fuller at the Alpha Gamma Rho house not later than Sunday at 12 p.m., August 10. All candidates should be in Student Center 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 11. At this time a board of judges will select five candidates from the total number. These five will be submitted to the student body fpr election by popular vote. One candidate will be elected Miss Homecomr ing, and the remaining four will serve as the court. 'Rally Weekend' Planned By Auburn Baptists "Rally Weekend" will be observed Saturday and Sunday by BSU. The Baptists have planned an. altday barbecue at Chewacla Saturday beginning at 9 a. m. for Students and alumni. William Hall Preston (picture on this page) will be special guest and speaker for the day. Transportation will be provided by BSU. All students who wish to go may meet at the Baptist Church at 9 a. m. Langdon Step Sing Set For Tomorrow s; Auburn's traditional Step Sing will again take place tomorrow night on the steps in front of Langdon Hall. Dr. Hollace E. Arment, head of the Music Department and conductor of the sings, has announced that Mrs. Eleanor Abercrombie will be the guest artist. Music department o f f i c i a ls have expressed their satisfaction as to the attendance thus far at the sings, having about 1200 people for the fipt one and approximately 600 for the following programs. VETERANS MUST GET SUPPLIES BEFORE AUG. 16 All charge accounts at book stores for veterans attending Auburn under the GI Bill will be closed August 16, according to a memorandum received from Roy G. Cargile, college bursar. Ahe memo read: "All veteran equipment, and supplies for charge account's for books, the summer quarter, 1947, will be closed at the close of business on Saturday. August 16, 1947, at all book stores. Veteran students should purchase what supplies are needed to complete the quarter prior to this date." Ag Club Election Is Set For August 18 The Ag Club met in Comer Hall Monday night to nominate officers for the fall quarter. These officers will be elected at the next meeting, August 18, Charles Hearn, president, said. Those nominatel were — for president: Charles R e y n o l d s, Frazier Galloway, Fred Summers, and Virgil Searcy. Vice-president: Jesse Culp and Gerald Naylor. Secretary: Tom Byers, Robert S. Ingram, and Foster Owen. Treasurer; Frank Britt, Bill Hollis, and Billy Seal. Reporter: Lelias Pair and Marvin Arline. Monitor: Glover Pugh. All ag students are expected to be at the next meeting. Pharmacy Admission Rules Are Given Applications for admission to the school of pharmacy must be in the hands of Dean Lynn S. Blake not later than four weeks before the opening of the fall quarter. A transcript of high school or other credits should accompany the application. Upon approval of his credentials, the student will be notified of his acceptance. The quota for new students is sixty. Freshmen may enter only in September. Pre-Registration and Fee Payment Information Is Listed For Students Officials of the registrar's office call to your attention the following information on pre-registration payment of fees. The Plainsman urges that you keep your appointment. Schedules of Study for the Fall Quarter will be planned in conference with the Dean or his representative, as follows: STUDENT ENROLLED IN SUMMER QUARTER JUNIORS — Wednesday (1-4 p.m.), Thursday, Friday—August 6, 7, 8 SOPHOMORES — M o n d ay through Thursday — Aug. 11-14 F R E S H M E N — M o n d ay through Thursday— August 18- 21 PAYMENT OF FEES FRIDAY AND MONDAY —AUGUST 22 and 25. (alphabetic schedule for payment of fees will be announced later) Students enrolled in the Spring Quarter but not in Summer Quarter Tuesday and Wednesday —September 4!3 and 24 Former Students not enrolled in either Spring or Summer Quarter Thursday, September 25 New Transfer Students (first matriculation at API) Friday and Saturday (to noon)—September 26 and 27 First Q u a r t e r Freshmen — Orientation Program Thursday, Friday, and Saturday—September 25, 26, 27. SCHEDULE FOR PAYMENT OF FEES All students will report to the Student Center alphabetically in accordance with schedule: the following FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 A-Bak— Bal-Bla-- Blb-Bro— Brp-Car— Cas-Con— Coo-Dav— Dav-Dz— E-Fer— Fes-Goz— Gra-Har-,. Has-Jac— Jad-Lz— A.M. 8:30- 9:00 9:00- 9:30 9:30-10:00 10:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 11-00111:30 11:30-12:00 P.M 1:30- 2:00 2:00- 2:30 2:30- 3:00 3:00- 3:30 3:30- 4:00 MONDAY, AUGUST 25 M-Mor— Mos-Ols— Olt-Ufa— Pfb-Rea— Rez-Sim— Sin-Sz— T-Tea— Teb-Uts— Utt-Wha— Whb-Z— Students failing to register as scheduled above A.M 8:30- 9:00 9:00- 9:30 9:30-10:00 10:00-10:30 11:00-11:30 11:30^12:00 P.M. 1:30- 2:00 2:00- 2:30 2:30- 3:00 3:00- 3:30 ( ( 3:30- 4:00 ( GLEE CLUB ON AIR The Men's Glee Club will present a 30-minute radio program over, WJHO tomorrow at 9:30 p. m. This program will feature college songs, old-fashioned harmony specialties, and Negro spirituals. The Auburn Veteran's Association, sponsor of this program, will devote a few minutes of the program to a discussion of the income tax amendment. LATE REGISTRATION FEE: The late registration fee will be chargeable to fulltime students (undergraduates) b e g i n n i ng Tuesday, August 26. THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT PAY L>TE REGISTRATION FEE. J. Dorrance Kiser Auburn Artist To Study Under Jean Chariot At Colorado Springs Dorrance Kiser of Birmingham, graduate student in Applied Ar|, has been accepted for study at Colorado Springs Art Center this fall. Kiser, an ex-GI, has done research in the medium of al fresco under Prof. Maltby Sykes. He is past president o fthe Art Guild, local honor society for art students, and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, national scholarship honor society. Current director of the, Colorado Springs Art Center is Jean Chariot. Under his leadership and that of other noted American artists the Center has developed into a national art mecca. On Friday of last week the State Senate attached an ultimatum to the bill appropriating money for Alabama and Auburn. In this ultimatum they intimated: "No football games between you two colleges, no money for you." Coach Frank Thomas of Alabama had earlier announced that no game could be arranged for this' season, whereas Coach Carl Voyles of Auburn has continually favored such a game. Jack Simms, Plainsman Sports Editor, has been attempting to reach Coach Voyles for a statement pertaining to the Senate's ultimatum, but when the issue went to press, had not been able to contact him. The Plainsman, in order to get a cross-section of student's ideas on the appropriation amendment, conducted a campus poll, the result of which follows: Six students were found to be against the Senate decision and four in favor of it. The question asked was: "What do you think of the State Senate's action in making Auburn's and Alabama's 1948 appropriation contingent upon the two schools' football teams playing each other?" Answers received were: Howard Baker, Clanton: "Darn good idea. Two institutions of higher learning should be able to get along in sports. I think they should play ball." Wofford Smith, Birmingham: "It stinks! The state legislature should have nothing to do with athletics. I think that lowers the Mullins Will Speak At Veterans' Meeting In Langdon Tomorrow The AVA will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow night in Langdon Hall. Dr. David W. Mullins, professor of education will introduce the subject, the Income Tax Amendment. All veterans are urged to attend. AVA's Executive Committee appointments have been completed by the association's president, John Monroe. The appointments are as follows: Len Hen-sel, Luther Smith, Bill Newman, Henry Cobb, Lawson Beatty, Morris Tipton, Ruel Russell, Bob V. Flanagan, Jack Tate, John Harris, Pete Keith, George Elias, Leonard Pease, George Ryan, Mercer Cotton, Walter Robinson, H^ M. Kenney, Harold Lichten-stein, Ernest Baker, and Ted Gail. state of our government but as far as the actual game goes, I'm for it." Sara Edwards, Birmingham: "I think it's very good. I think that if they should have to play once that they'll keep on playing." John Shaffer. Montgomery: "I don't think good will can bo legislated." Ray Fowler, Auburn: "When educating Alabama youth depends solely upon the playing of a football game, then education has assumed a shallow and insignificant meaning to our legislators. However, Alabama and Auburn should meet> in a football game." Reid Trapani, Savannah, Ga.t "Since the heads of both schools have not solved the problem which has been pending it had to be done through an outside source. I am in favor of it." Louis Lanier Johnson. Deais-ville: "I think that they should do it in a way other than holding a sword over the two school's heads. Have a compulsory athletic meeting between administrations of the two schools. Don McCormick, Birmingham: "I think that the game is a good idea, but I think also that politics should be left out of it and the schools left to decide for themselves." •• • •' Milford T. Kuykendall. Ft. Payne: "I think it's kind of a hard thing to force them to play; but if they won't play any other way they must be made to do it." Ara Thompson, Troy: "I don't think the legislature did a,wise thing, but I favor the two teams playing each other." Auburn Man Gets Navy Air Medal Richard T. Lewis, 23, former aviation radioman, third class, Birmingham, has been awarded the Navy Air medal, Eighth Naval District headquarters. Lewis, who is now a student at Auburn is a veteran of air-sea rescue flying in the Pacific. Serving overseas for 10 months, he also was in one of the . escorts for the atomic bomb.mission to Nagasaki, Japan. Citation for the award, signed by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, said that while participating in a difficult sea-landing operation under adverse conditions and far from friendly forces, Lewis assisted his pilot in effecting the r e s c u e of six downed airmen whose plane had crash-landed near Triton Island. ARCHITECT PROFESSOR SAYS HOME BUILDING IN STATE IS LAGGING Home building in Alabama, already 200 years behind the times, is moving backward today, an architect warns. Prof. Walter E. Burkhardt, professor of architecture, cites three reasons for the "recession." First, shortage and high cost of materials have lowered building standards for the average pocketbook. Second, the small profits involved in residential building have turned architects to other branches. "Women can be an awful problem for home architects, too." Burkhardt grimaced. Third, the need for educating the public to new designs has not been met. Magazines and newspapers have hindered rather than helped by perpetuating traditional building styles, Prof. Burkhardt believes. Explaining the effect of high building costs, he said a majority of new homes are erected by contractors without advice of architects or consideration of particular conditions. Prof. Burkhardt added, however, the Alabama1 Society of Architects has developed basic home plans which for a small charge can be altered to fit needs of the individual family. By this method, architects may find home building profitable, he said. Prospects for public education are not entirely dark, Burkhardt added. Auburn architectural students tend toward modern designs 100 percent. The Federal Agricultural Administration has helped educate for building and people will gradually demand homes better suited to modern living than those of the past, Burkhardt sees. Costs will also increase the number of functional residences, the professor pre^- _ ±-± •• ""Auburn Pla'msmcm Published weekly by the students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue, Phone 448. M V Deadline for social and organization news is Tuesday 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. Yoor T d « * Goufe YWBR y « « UFE,.. ^ M B . D o i„N ( l f e ^ C o f f e 6 By B,b, Just One Voice JIMMY COLEMAN Ralph Jennings Luther Smith _•.. Tom Sellers Jack Simms Beverley Burkhardt Guy Cofield Editor-in-Chief _ Managing Editor — Associate Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor Society Editor Office Manager C. RAY MARTIN Hal Breedlove Bill Anderson John Lanier Business Manager Ass't*. Bus. Manager . Advertising Manager _ Circulation Manager Where To Complain If., yon, as a student, have a legitimate gripe regarding the administration, |0wn; or anything which you believe is detrimental to your purpose of being in Au-~ burn, to whom would you take your troubles? Your answer is—not the president's office, not your roommate, not The Plainsman— but a group- of students known as the Student Relations Committee: This Committee has been set up by'the' Student Executive Cabinet to hear; investigate, and work out a plan of settle-jment of all or any grievances submitted .by students. All facts are kept cohfidental if the complaining party so desires. Remember, for gripes, contact a member of this committee. Pictures of the committee are presented in this issue of The Plainsman. If necessary, make use of this service. In a? brilliant Birmingham New§' editorial of1 August 3, entitled "T4ie #riifer and the Man," there are several queries which can be answered. The editorial writer asked:: "How'-is- it' that a" neurotic woman; who strikes' you-as quite childish in some respects, .can-write' a book- revealing gif ts- of expression and understanding Which one would* never have ascribed to her?" Juxtapositionally, it may be . asked: How is it that an architect, seemingly de-void; of personality, design a Building which' is astonishingly modernistic and' imaginistic? Or how is it that an artist, repulsive in manner, paint a work loved by all mankind? The answef? Talent lies* not in personality, nor are the two in any way similar. Talerit is mosT closely" associated' with the" ability topersevere, genius means hard work. Whether or nota'rflan "Succeeds" depends entirely upon himself>. notf upon the college from which he graduate's otf even the- number of degrees he holds. Personality helps, but, in the light of* the' future, talent is alL The News writer asked: "Where is the line to be drawn between the writer and the man?" There is no line, between*writer and man. Where is the line to be' drawn1 between the engineer and^ the'man?There*- is no line between engineer and' man. The' writer interprets observed human emotions and resulting, actions; the engineer studies types of construction; df which wire goes here, arid1 which thefe; and at-' tempts to piece the best-fitting" bricks together. Both may display little genius in-their personalities, both may be sadists, but the outcome of their talent establishes vrfitit you attempt fo pats on a curve or a hill. m- Pfasfefc TowerBy Ralph Jenninss them or destroys them. Any Spare Time? Auburn now has two radio journalism organizations: The Auburn Broadcasters and the Auburn Producers. The Broadcasters group was established several quarters ago by Paul Owen and J jm Bradley. The Producers set-up was established last week by the Auburn Independent Organization. Both groups are open to any student on the campus who wishes to dei velop his talents in radio broadcasting, script-writing, producing or directing. Neither is limited to a particular faction or body. This university should be proud that it possesses associations which are non-political, which allow each student an equal chance. Too many colleges have certain cliques—cliques which run things their way and allow little room for additional talent. There have been rumors of line-ups here, of political filthiness. However, every student sophomore, junior, and senior not too slothful has the unquestionable right to participate: The International Relations Club, two radio broadcasting organizations, engineering organizations, (in fact, clubs in every phase of student life) have open membership. Truly, Auburn is democratic. South, Will Miss Jtm Old Jim Curley has gone to jail at last and those faithful, leather-lunged Boston Irishmen who idolized him will miss him and mourn him. And, oddly enough, the South will miss Jim Curley, too. The South will miss him because for all these years he has provided an answer to those citizens of the Hub who looked •—as only a Bostonian can look—down their noses at depraved and backward Dixie. When a Huey Long or a Cole Blease or a Bob Reynolds capered across the na1- tional political stage and the Brahmins chorused, "Well, after all, what can you expect?" the sensitive Southerner had but to gesture to Boston's City Hall, the gold-domed Capitol of Massachusetts, or the Congress of the United State. Old Jim wa always there, or just leaving, or just moving back again. Old Jim did it all just the way Theodore Bilbo did it. He was endowed with a golden tongue and a conspicuous lack of scruple and the ability to explbit the class and religious prejudice of his constituency. He proved that demagogy pays off ih the Hub of the Universe just as readily as it does in the far reaches of a- defeated Confederate state.—.Condensed1 from Charlotte (N. C.) News. Forestry at Auburn Forestry, begun as" a single course in 1397- with an $80 experiment, in 1926; became a separate department at Auburn July 1. History of this development is' told' in a publication this month by Lamar M. Ware,, head of the department of- horticulture and forestry for 16-yearsi As the man chiefly responsible for the growth of Auburn's^ fbr-estry research-and education program, Dr.-Ware has rendered "an account of (his); Stewardship" before turning, over the new department to another man. The fight for approval of the program over objections of men who believed' the South could not support another forestry school reached success July 3J 1945; On-that day the Alabama legislature passed a bill providing annually $25,000 for forestry education* and' $25-;0OO' for research. Arrangements for a $150,000 forestry building and $50>000' in equipment were also completed. In the past spring quarter 140- sophomores and freshmen enrolled' in the forestry degree course at Auburn. The brochare, "History/ and- Contributions of the Forestry Pre-grant of Alabama Polytechnic Institute;" also Contains evaluations of the program- by forestry officials throughout (fte natlbrt; All of these praise Auburn's WOrfe Principar contributions, according; to John Curry of Southern Forestry Experiment Station^ have been: Evaluation of broad* present andi p6feh> tia! forest benefits which' is generally/ accepted throughout the^ Soutfit The farmer and snfall landowner have been shown to beJ biggest problem in; forestry practice in the- South; The definition of values' fo bV gaitred' in full and; intensive* use- of* fbres't lfahd' and its products. Definition of critical problems for research. Since experiments are costly and time-consuming Auburn's practical' and direct approach has developed a; large number of worth-while projects; Curry's only criticism is the overloading of forestry workers in Auburn's "desire to assist all of Alabama and1 to do it soon." There's nothing like having, a sophisticate around to brighten; up the Plainsman office. Jim Forrester seems to fill the bilL A-little incident happened the other day which shouldn't pass without being re-toldi Shakespeare would' have frowned oh it as a-low form of humor; judge for yourself. A story was being, told about the Russian Jennings sion- was that white" stallion Revolution. It seems that in 1917, the Bolsheviks formed the Third International, and decided that organized religion was no longer necessary to the state. A m o ng o t h e r things, they burned the churches, forbade the open practice of religion and turned the remainder of the edifices irito mus e u m s . The particular case U n d e r discus-of a beautiful which was the pride and: joy of a White Russian duchess. In order to defam-ate drier of the cathedrals, one of trie ikonj( was removed, and a large hole was cut through the canvas. Theft the stallion's head was inserted, allowing his head' to' protrude, collar-fasKidn. In that condition, he was paraded through the streets of Moscow; At' trie conclusion of the story, Forrester merely peered over the; rims of his glasses and said, "Well^ mighty yokes from little i&ms grow, I always say." * * * "Omnium consensu capax imperii, nisi imperasset." Conjecture is running rampant iri» all quarters as to who will be riarhed president of A u b u r n. W'heri a person comes to your hiirid as a possibility for Auburn's presidency, apply the Lat-ih' sentence above to him, and I promise you that it will serve as1: a marvelous criterion. Any educator could stand the test; no politician could. The translation of the Latin is: "Everyone would have .thought, him capable ruling—if he had not- ruled;" of Miscellaneous items picked up from here and there: Street cleaners, more than likely, will never be bothered' by the indiscretions of horses on elevated- tracks. One of the greatest' novels w r i t t e n in the Anglo-Saxon tongue is "David Cop-a-feel" by. Dickens. Talent' can get you so far— theft you've got to start using ytiur head. Work hard, and, if you can't work hard, be smart'; and, if you can't be smart, be loud. Under the bonnet of organized morality lurks a very filthy mind. * *" * ' Quotes: "Alrhost all df our faults are more pardonable than; the methods we invent to hide them:"— Spann. "Take a little wine for thy stomach's sake." — I Timothy, 5-23: "Science is morally neutral. Science may be turned to the weal or woe of mankind. While science itself has no conscience, the scientist has. The scientist from now on must assume a new role of social responsibility and leadership."—Allison. "Our schools increasingly regard the teaching of a trade as their chief function. Any fool can learn a trade, but' knowing a trade has nothing to do with being an educated, competent citizen in a republic. So; as schools grow more and!more 'vocational;' their moral authority and intellectual prestige diminish."— Philip Wylie. WheH' the world's troubles rest tba' heavily on- your shoulders recall the fact that it takes 160,000 honey bees to manufacture a pound of honey. Half wave their wings to evaporate the water from the nectar, etc. The other half gather the nectar. Einstein once went to dine on a1 train. Being near-sighted and having forgotten his glasses, try as he would, he could not decipher the printed menu. Filially he held it up to the waiter. "Please read' this to me?" Replied the waiter, "Boss, L cairi't. Fse ignorant like you." * * *• Link relates: Said the first Husband: "My wife |finds my money wherever I hide it." Advised the second husband: "My wife never finds mirie. I put it in the basket with my undarned socks." * * * Says Unc Levi Zink: "It's the instalment plan that will keep a lot' of animals from wearing their own fur coats next winter." * • *• *- Once a little moron stayed up all night to study for his blood test. "MacDuff, I'm in love with your wife. If you will give her to me I'll pay her weight in gold." "A few weeks, first, a few weeks, first!" 4 "What for, to think it over?" "Hoot, mon, na! To fatten her." *- * * "At last," said the novelist; "I have written something that will be accepted by any magazine." "What is it?" asked a friend. "A check for a year's subscription."— West Pointer. * • * * " , "Never put' oft till' tomorrow the man you can get tbday". West Pointer. * *• *• "But, darling, why aren't you wearing my fraternity pin?" "All the fellows say it rips their coats."—Columns. * * * . Floorwalker to lady clerk: "Since so many clerks have been taken into the arrned services, we'll have to put you on the main floor in men's underwear." * *• * "Trouble'leaches us two things —who our friends' really are and' those who Have just' been waiting to catch us bent over at the right angle."—Standard Democrat. By Jim Bradley A Dash of Bitters By Jim Forrester Here is a mythical story about a mythical professor in a mythical American college. Any resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, could very easily be coincidental. This instructor has a unique conception of what constitutes an absence from his class. Here's how it goes. Anyone who arrives after he does is absent. That's final. No excuse. Whether it be one minute after the hour or ten, he is absent. Not late, but absent. If the student enters the class "late", he is certain to receive a - vituperative welcome calculated to make him feel that, compared to him, a grave robber is a saint. Because of this, most of his students will not even attempt to enter the class if he is already there. Two absences are sufficient to drop anyone from his roll. Sometimes this cunning creature even locks His class-room door behind him when he enters. Cute kid, eh? From all this, you might suppose that his classes are all lecture; that he devotes the entire hour to instruction. .Such, however,, is several miles shy of the truth. He often devotes as much as half the hour to long-winded tales of his fishing prowess or to corny jokes of the "twenty-three skidoo" type, and woe to the scholar who doesn't laugh long and loudly. Evidently, he considers this sort of thing of such vital importance that to miss a single minute of it is to jeopardize your education. His classes are composed mostly of juniors and seniors, yet he treats them as if they were an undisciplined group of grammar school brats who have to be kept in line by constant bullying tactics. This is his idea of how to handle men. No one can deny that he can be a competent instructor. The importance of his courses attest to that. It is impossible to get a degree in a c e r t a i n technical course without at least two quarters work from him. Because of this, and because he is always ready to issue an' F to anyone who stands up to him and asks for decent treatment, he is able to continue his high-handed method of instruction. Class-room discipline is, of course, an essential of good instruction. Without proper discipline, any course becomes nothing- more than a farce. However^ too much discipline is just as dangerous, because it- creates in the student a smoldering hatred for the instructor. Suddenly as if by magic the fog lifted itself quietly from the landing strip to stop a few- hundred feet above and hover there like a great bird with it's'wings spread to protect its little ones. The distant, but distinct, drone of a plane was heard. The drone grew louder and louder until suddenly it was overhead' lost in the fog. Again I spoke into my microphone. "Kalamazoo to Wimpy. Kalamazoo to W i m p y . Come in Wimpy." Static sounded in my ear; then came a clear and excited voice. "Wimpy to Kalamazoo. Wimpy to Kalamazoo. Where in the hell am I?" "Kalamazoo to Wimpy. This is Bill. You have just passed over our strip: You have just passed over our strip." "Yes," came the cool reply. "But I am over water now. can see Red Rock below me now. Red Rock below me now." His voice was clear and steady. "Kalamazoo to Wimpy. Listen to me Joe. Circle Red Rock. Circle Red Rock. Head North. Head due North. Airspeed one-sixty. Airspeed one-sixty. Fly for three minutes. Three minutes. A l t i t u d e three-Hundred feet. Three-hundred feet: You will pass directly over end of strip. Directly over end of strip. Over to you, Joe. "This is- Wimpy. Thanks Bill, here I come." Trie radio was silent except for some static. I watched the end of the landing strip. I glanced at my watch. One minute. Tick-Tick-Tick. The seconds clicked' away. Two minutes. I watched the sweep-second hand swing around the dial of my watch. Fifteen seconds left. I heard the plane overhead. Then I saw it break through the fog, above me. As soon as he saw the strip He throttled' back, lowered his flaps and made an almost perfect' landing. Hardly had I reached' Joe's plane before the fog began to settle back to the ground: God had performed another one of his little acts to save a man's life . . . Book Review The Exchange Post By Irv Steinberg FILE THIRTEEN By The Editor Army Blazed Routes Through W<*st Army Engineers found the five most feasible railroad routes to the Pacific Coast in exploring, the unknown west in-the 1850's: Today passengers on streamliners of the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, and Northern Pacific are carried smoothly over the mountains on lines laid out by* the Engineers. The fifth route is used, by sections, by local lines. I guess you're wondering what The Plainsman is doing corning out1 on Wednesday again, huh?' We received so many complaints that' we had only one thing to do—change back. We still think that Friday is a better , day providing, P52 of course, that §|f the paper can be i | distributed earls Her in the day. But there are JH§ complicat i o n s. | The Lee County Bulletin,, which prints this papier, is still on the press and- has to be removed. As' Coleman the popular song goes—"ft Takes Time." Then, Bill Aiidefson; citculattdn manager, Has* a1 conflicting class and is unable to deliver the papers utitil i p. m. on Fridays. It's a' little Headache. :*! ¥ <* •> Emilio Juan Bendeck, mechanical engineering student from Tezucigalpa, Honduras, has written a poem for The Plainsman entitled' "My Dream." Bendeck has a' role in "Julius Caesaf." Luther Smith's book review on this page is well-executed despite its brevity. The Plainsman would like to have more book reviews. All contributions will be appreciated; but Hke Luther, please be brief. Speaking df bdoks, H. G. Pitch-ford, one of Dr. Cantrell's able assistants at' the Main Library; recommended' that' I read "Color Blind" by Margaret Halsey. Well, I read it and my review is simply: "From her viewpoint, the author couldn't' have chosen a mdre appropriate title." One for Readers Digest: In the agfe-old dispute between France and Germany over the Ruhr .question, there have been many "Saar-caustic" remarks. In chemistry lab, one day, a group of prospective chemists were puttering with a few odd chemicals, trying to produce pretty colors and odd smells when someone slipped up quietly beside them and suddenly touched a test tube containing a colorless liquid to their arms. It was hot and they jumped, a vision of acid burns in their mind. "Guess what I've get here!" He chortled. "Concentrated sulfuric?" they croaked. "No," he said, "hot water." —The Technique * * * More than 100 Latin American students, representing 20 different foreign countries, began last week, the eight week English course- being held on the campus of Louisiana State University. The short course, which is the second of its kind at LSU, is designed to give Latin-Americans a working knowledge of English and an introduction to life in the United States. * * * Published in each issue of "The Technique" official school paper of Georgia Tech, are the college Student Council Minutes. Publishing this gives the student body an opportunity to learn just what the council is trying to do for the college. * * * Anything that's fun these days is either illegal, immoral or fattening: —Bee Gee News * *• * You've probably heard about the fellow that's ready to serve another 20 years on an island in' the Pacific . . . He's at Alca-traz. —Mobile Press Emory University started' a drive for stricter enforcement of the campus driving regulations. The drive was the result of too much reckless driving about the campus. * * * Laundry window sign: "We Do Not Tear Your Clothes With Machinery. We Do It Carefully By Hand." —Draper Inmate * * » The Auburn Glee Club really sounded good at last week's stepN sing. We would like to hear more from this musical organization. Then there is the fellow who winked at the elevator girl and she took him up on the ninth floor. —New Mexico Lobo She: "Joe has false teeth." He: "Did he tell you that?" She: "No, it came out in the conversation."- —Slipslick * * * A Mobile merchant grew weary of repeated requests for the time so he put in a clock . . . Now people keep asking him if the clock is right! * * * The Notre Dame Scholastic recently ran the following article: Army brass has been around' Notre Dame trying to round up talent to form an ROTC unit here on- the campus. In their days of toil, they -succeeded' in inducing 100 men to sign on the dotted line. Let's see, 100 divided by 4,600- . . . about 2% . . . No wonder the Army is for compulsory military training. By Luther Smith Title: "East River" by Sholem Asch: People had begun to wonder, after publication of "The Nazarene" and "The Apostle," whether or not Sholem Asch were the only- writer who followed a perfect and logical plot formation. They whispered to themselves: "Ah, this writing—it is wonderful. Never have I been floated so far from reality. Never have I been put so close to the ideal soul." Now comes "East River," and people say "Never have I been put so close to the true souL" "East River" is Asch's most realistic book. In it are the pangs, the heartaches, the lifelike terrors of humdrum existence along East River in New York. On Forty-eighth Street lived a conglomeration of all religions and nationalities. There were Jew, Irish, and American families. But each of them is an individual with a heart and a soul and a mind of his own, and it is up to each character to either dedicate his life to himself of to others. Mary McCarty gave a portion of her soul to Nathan Davidow-sky, victim of paralysis. And though she gave her soul to him, she realized that consummation of their desire for each other could never be attained. Hence, she tossed the pure, silk parachute of her soul to the four winds, was compelled to give herself in marriage to Nathan's brother, and later, regretting that mistake which, once made, causes irreparable damage, attempted to pull back in the "tattered remains of her parachute. Sholem Asch dips farther toward surrealism in "East River" than even Taylor Caldwell would dare. For pleasure reading and for a good story I recommended this new book by a great sympathetic writer. Never To Know— By Luther Smith Where is it? The second page . . . Torn out? Why, no! 'D she forget to mail it? Don't guess so . . . Wait . . . Darn you, breeze, Seizing my letter! Now I'll never know, never. - Student Relations Committee Members — Their Job Is to Hear Your Glenn Crim Bob Flanagan Bobby Humphrey La Verne Taylor Co-Chairman Paul Persons Co-Chairman Bronze Youmans Jimmy Coleman C. Ray Martin Charlie Scales Eddy Foreman Gene Millsap Seab Hayes John Spencer Van Cornelison Ralph Jennings Formed iy Executive Cabinet To Investigate Grievances of Students The Student Relations Committee was formed by the Executive Cabinet to hear, investigate, and work out a plan of settlement of all or any grievance submitted by any student or group of students. All facts in any case are kept confidential at the discretion of the complaining £arty. Students who have compliants to make should voice them to any member of the committee pictured on this page. The committee meets periodically, and students with, grievances are urged to appear before.this group. This committee, which has as its co-chairmen Paul Persons and LaVerne Taylor, has the authority to act on behalf of all the undergraduate students of Auburn. When any changes or adjustments are to be made, the committee refers the case to either the Council of Deans, director of student affairs, president of the college, board of trustees, or'governor of the State of Alabama. The Student Relations Committee acts for the betterment of the students in any way possible, provided the action • is approved by the Cabinet. 'DOG DAYS' TALK IS PLAIN BUNK SAYS DOCS AT ANIMAL CLINIC AIO Will' Select Miss Homecoming Candidate Tonight The Auburn Independent Organization will choose a candidate for Miss Homecoming" tonight in Student Center at 7:15. Other matters which will be decided upon are the amount of spare desired in the next issue of Glomerata, whether to increase dues, and final arrangements for Saturday night is Street Dance. Besides regular weekly entertainment, Harry Barnes, president of the Student Executive Cabinet, will give a 10 minute talk on student affairs. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Dog Days are the bunk, says officials of Auburn's Small Animal Clinic. And owners who watch their pets for signs of madness from July 3 to August 11 are just victims of an old superstition. The period is so called because the rise of the Dog Star on the eastern horizon heralded the overflow of the Nile River in ancient Egypt—not because rabies is more common than at other times. But summer heat is just as hard on dogs as on people, so the Clinic is recommending ways to keep Rover comfortable and healthy. If your dog is long-haired, he should be trimmed or clipped. Keep him clean and watch for signs of skin disease. It's much easier to check eczema in its early stages. Be sure fresh water is always available and shade his pen with tree tops or shredded newspapers. Since fleas and ticks thrive in summer months, keep Rover covered with insecticide powders. Prepared flea powders should contain rotenone, pyrethrin or DDT. Be n z i n e hexachloride should be an ingredient of tick powders. As for! diet, the fat content of your dog's food should be reduced from 18 per cent to less than 10. Prepared food should be supplemented with eggs, milk and meat as well as table scraps. If a dog's diet follows his owner's closely, his chances of hav- Wesley Students To Fish Saturday A special feature of Wesley Foundation activities this weekend will be a fishing and swimming party at the home of Sua Farrington of Dadeville. All Methodist Students and their friends are asked to meet at the foundation at 1:30 p. m. where transportation will be provided. The outing is under the direction of Cary Burns. All students are asked to bring their own fishing equipment. ing a suitable seasonal diet are good. The same goes for exercise— if its too hot for Rover's master to exercise, it's too hot for Rover. Just use "horse sense," the Clinic advises. Spectators Pant (Continued from page 1) conspirators murder him. Marc Antony, whom Brutus thinks has Phillipi, and Cassius persuades a servant to run him through. Later, Brutus falls on his own sword. Marc Antony pays the final tribute to Brutus by saying "this was the noblest Roman of them all." The Players, crippled by a lack of seasoned performers, did a well-rounded job. Most of the cast was new, untested, and pathetically green. Everyone tried. They tried terribly hard. But to do justice to a superb play such as "Caesar", there must be a far Adams, Titinius; Jack Burk, been appeased, stirs the Roman mob into madness by a skillful speech. Brutus and Cassius are forced to flee. A triumvirate, composed of Marc Antony, Oc-tavius Caesar, and Lepidus, gathers an army to oppose the troops of Brutus and Cassius. The murderers of Caesar are defeated at greater number at tryouts from which to select a cast. Bill Ethridge, as March Antony, was completely poised and wonderful. His masterful handling of the oration scenes was soul-curdling. Griffin Harris, as Julius Caesar, displayed remarkable talent and composure. Bob Blackburn, as the idealistic Brutus, came through with a heart-filled, sweaty, completely top-bracket interpretation. George Miller, as "Cassius, handled a difficult role with practiced grace, James Masey, as Casca, was tops among the lesser roles. He is a boy to be watched. Remainder of the cast follows: Henry G. Pitchford, Octavius Caesar; Mack Ivey, Lepidus; Prof. T. C. Hoepfner, Decius Brutus; John Lyle, Metallus Cim-ber; Zack Adamson, Cinna; Max Strato; Betty Harris, Lucius; Leonard Hart, Pindarus; H. G. Pitchford, a soothsayer, Emilio Bendeck, servant to Octavius; Anne Mauldin, Calpurnia; Barbara Neal, Portia; Jack Burk, Owen Munro, Edna Scott and Marjorie Sands, citizens of Rome. Incidental music was composed for the production by Prof. Hubert Liverman. > The play will continue -through Friday, August' 8 this week, and: Monday through Wednesday next week. Prof. Peet did a fine job of direction on "Caesar". The play revealed patient coaching. There was hardly a forgotten line throughout. Burned By Lulher Smith I was burned by a cigarette spark, And ointments of soothing year on year Assuaged not its scorch. I inhaled deeply of your love. my dear; The spark left my soul in ashes. As driver lashes out with stinging whip, Your nonchalance struck. I never knew, Nor ever will, the sweetness of your lips. Glee Club according to Mrs. S. Turner Jones, alias "The Baton", who is the director of the group. At present, the Glee Club is organized much like any club in that it has its own student officers; however school credits are given for this, course. Any men who are interested in joining the Glee Club should contact Mr. S. Turner Jones or attend a Glee Club meeting held over Toomer's corner on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p.m. Auburn Photographer Accepts Macon Job Max Ziegler, College photographer, has resigned to join a photographic firm in Macon, Ga. Ziegler came to Auburn in January to replace Lewis Arnold who left Auburn to accept a position with the Birmingham News Age-Herald. • i A native of Chicago, Ziegler had wide experience as a photographer. He worked in Birmingham, Chicago, and continued his trade as an aerial photographer in the Air Forces. Hugh Alford, a student, is acting as a temporary replacement for Ziegler. WHERE EVERY GARMENT » IS A "SPECIAL" BILL H A M DRY CLEANERS - . You trust its •NHHUIMV.'. ''' 3 Car-Saving Service BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY O F THE COCA-COIA COMPANY IV Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling. Co., Inc. r Depend on us to keep minor car defects from becoming major driving hazards. Our expert adjustments and repair service will protect your car — save you grief and needless expenses later. See us for those needed car repairs, today. 1 4HotiVi Co. / NORTH GAY STREET P HON E 6 94- HtzSiota CHIEF'S Sinclair Service Station Chiefs U-Drive-lt PHONE 446 Chiefs Is Proud To Salute Bob Blackburn As an outstanding member of the student body. Bob, a junior in science and literature f r o m Jacksonville, Fla., is a v e t e r an member of the Auburn Players. He is currently playing the role of Marc«s Brutus in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' which began Monday at the "Y Hut and runs until August 13. WHERE THE AUBURN STUDENTS TRADE _JL 4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 6, 1947 ARTHUR ST. CLAIR DUNSTAN One of Nation's Top Engineers Works Quietly in Labs at Auburn By Mary Bright If Auburn had an ivory tower, A r t h u r St. Clair Dunstan would probably h u r r y to claim it. Head of Auburn's electrical engineering department since 1899, Professor Dunstan has sent his students into the top of their profession and is nationally recognized as one of the nation's leading engineers. Yet a modest, retiring nature has kept him out of the limelight. Finally cornered in his office-laboratory, Professor Dunstan revealed a keen but charitable sense of humor. Asking if he were to be interviewed, he quoted Mark Twain: " 'What are you going to do it with?'" He interprets the success of his former students with, "The boys were so glad to get away from me they did their best to keep from coming back." Among those "boys" were M. S. Sloane, president of New York Consolidated Edison Company, H. Y. Hall, manager of Hellgate Power Plant in New York, and H. S. Dumas, president of Southern Bell Telephone Company. Professor Dunstan was busy translating a letter in French when found. He has a reading knowledge of five languages— English, French, German, Polish and Russian. The last two he taught himself through curiosity. "When I was at the University of Chicago I noticed signs in the Polish quarter and wondered how a human could pronounce the combinations of consonants." Several years ago when the War Department called for men who could speak Polish and Russian, several Auburn students claiming the knowledge were "screened" by Professor Dunstan. V He found most knew nothing of the tongues and had figured Ho one at Auburn could discover their deceit. "One boy had a Polish grandmother but he knew no more of Polish than the average American." In the engineering field, Professor Dunstan has developed one adventurous hobby. Asked by a Montgomery hospital years ago to help find lost radium needles, he developed a radium-finding machine. Altogether, by combining the instincts of a sleuth and the methods of a scientist, he has recovered over $50,000 in the precious element. Two cases are clearest in his memory. One hunt for two radium needles in Huntington, W. Va., took him into a snowstorm on Thanksgiving Day. He found both in a hospital incinerator. Another case involved pursuit of a railroal conductor who had stolen a $5,000 package of radium. Although convinced of the man's guilt, Professor Dunstan couldn't prove it. Years after the conductor was mortally injured in a train wreck and confessed the theft on his deathbtd. Professor Dunstan, who finished here in 1889, has a family duty, Professor Dunstan finds civil engineer, came to Alabama from Fredericksburg, Va., during the boom after the Civil War. Young Arthur became an electrical engineer after graduate work at Johns Hopkins University and University of Chicago and returned to head Auburn's new electrical engineering department in 1899. His only son, an electrical engineer formerly with Alabama Public Service Commission, is now with the utilities unit of the Federal Housing Commission in Washington, D. C. Professor Dunstan has designed power plants both in Alabama and Georgia and has appeared as expert witness in many legal suits. As oldest active professor on API, Professor Dunstan finds Auburn greatly changed since his youth. Education then, he recalls, was marked by the boom of' drums which waked students STUDENT SUPPLIES School books and supplies are available at reasonable prices Next to Main Library Phone 960-Extension 347 COLLEGE SUPPLY STORE Mr. T. C. Hoepfner, assistant professor of English, is playing the part of Decius Brutus in the Auburn Players' current proluciion, " J u l i us Caesar." Mrs. Fortner Loves Her Boys- All 27 of 'em Gray-haired, motherly Mrs. Max Fortner of Auburn loves boys and her household proves it. For nine years "Madam," as she's affectionately called by her boys, has boarded men students at Auburn. It's a business she likes. Upstairs, downstairs—all over the white-columned old house— she has spread boys—27 of them. Until recent years all Auburn's men students boarded in private homes and most still do. Madam has made her's a favorite—with a waiting list a year long. When she and her husband brought their three young sons to Auburn their principal income came from boarding students. All three sons married— one was killed in the recent war; another moved to Dothan. The eldest, Jake, who teaches aeronautical engineering, has converted his mother's basement into a hamburger joint Madam's financial struggle is over but the boys stay on. "Max wants quiet sometimes, but it wouldn't do him a bit of good to ask me to clear the house," Madam says firmly. Besides, boys are quieter than they were before the war, Madam says. And when the house be-in the morning and ordered them to bed at night. Fun then, he says, consisted of Friday night literary society meetings and fraternity sessions on' Saturday night. His eyes had a reminiscent twinkle, however, as he spoke of sliding down the outside bannisters of old Samford Hall and ringing the ancient "Bull Bell" with an invisible thread. PERFECTION Is what our chefs strive for in the preparation of every dish our menu offers you. Eat with us for enjoyment HOMELY PORTIONS! We know you want to see a full dish, not the design of our China—so we pile your platter generously. Watson Reports On Ross Fire, Samford Clock By Jim Watson Many Chemistry students, with wicked smiles on their faces, watched the flames sweep across the top of Ross Hall last Friday. But much to their dismay, a lad with a fire extinguisher calmly smothered the flames. For over two years, there has been a leak in the roof of Ross and finally the repairmen were working on it. While heating the tar with a blow-torch, the tar became ignited. The workmen sounded the alarm and Marion Grace, chemical stockroom manager, grabbed the nearest fire extinguisher for the kill. The fire broke: out very near to the tower on top of Ross and, according to Grace, ther tower has much once. i g n i t e d . The fire was put out before the Auburn Fire Department arrived on the scene, carbon disulfide and ether stored i n it w h i ch Watson would have certainly made apretty flame if and the firemen only lost two moves at checkers. However, the chemistry professors in Ross say "let it rain" because there is no longer a hole on the roof. Clock Gets Painted Time apparently stood still Tuesday afternoon as many students were startled to discover that there was no clock in Samford Tower. The disappearance of the clock was only temporary however, because the workmen from Building and Grounds had unbolted the clock faces, moved them aside of the tower and repainted them. There are many interesting facts about the clock that are not generally known by the public. The clock's face is located seven stories above the ground, the mechanism being three stories below the faces and transmits its power to the hands by wooden rods and beveled gears. The bell is situated in the section of the tower where the openings can be seen. The bell has a clapper which will strike the sides of the bell when the rope is pulled; however, a separate hammer strikes the bell each hour for the time. In the past, the bell was rung before pep-rallies. There are many names, dating back quite a few years, which have been inscribed on the clock and the tower. But until it becomes necessary to put another coat of paint on the block face, Smoe, the legendary dweller of the clock will remain undistrubed except-, by the sound of the gong each hour, and the distant cries of "War Eagle". RICE and O L D SHOES WINGARD RECEIVES CHEMICAL GRANT Prof. Robert E. Wingard, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Auburn, has just received a Grant-in-Aid from the Alabama Academy of Science. The grant will be used for research in the important operation of filtration under constant pressure. There are now no filtration equations which can be used for testing such substances as paper pulp, when they are filtered under constant pressure. Prof. Wingard hopes, through experimenting, to modify the present filtration equations to cover this field. More efficient operation and design of machines would result. Cobb-Helms The wedding of Miss Martha Catherine Cobb and Nolan Davis Helms is announced for early fall. Mr. Helms is an Auburn textile engineering grad. * * * Hollingsworth-Champion A home wedding, July 23, united Miss Mary Elizabeth Hollingsworth, KD, Auburn, and Joseph Stewart Champion, KA, Auburn. * * * Davis-Dean Sept. 14 is announced for the wedding of Miss Annette Clifton Davis and Walter Wood Dean, Phi Delta Theta, Auburn. * * * McGehce-Schuessler Of high social interest is the announced engagement of Miss Betty McGehee and Thomas Warren Schuessler. The groom-to-be is" the capable and popular director of student affairs at Auburn. * * * Crawford-Hinds Late August has been set for the wedding of Miss Bettye Crawford and John Ross Hinds. Bettye and John are both known On the Auburn campus. The groom-to-be is now a student in pre-law at the U of Ala. » * * Rhodes-Tale Miss Lila Rhodes and Paul Edward Tate have set Aug. 9 for their wedding. Both are former Auburn students. * * * Self-Varner Miss Carolyn Hood Self, KD, Auburn, and Robert Edward Varner, Phi Delta Theta; Auburn, have set Sept. 2 for their wedding' date. * » * Landress-Trippe June 6, 1st Baptist Church, Auburn, was the wedding day of Miss Helen Leland Trippe, Phi Mu, and Orin Davis Landress, Jr.; PiKA, Auburn. * * * Hardin-Poor The engagement of Miss Virginia Hardin and Harold Edgar Poor, Jr., is announced. Mr. Poor is an Auburn graduate, aeronautical engineering. * * * Houser-Cook .July 3 saw the weddmg of Miss Susan C. Houser and' Malcolm C. Cook, Sigma Nu, Auburn, Trinity P r e s b y t e r i an Church, Montgomery. * ;.» * Page-McDaniel The marriage of Miss Virginia Page and Thomas Scott McDaniel took place at Clayton St. Baptist Churcn, Montgomery, July 12. Both the bride and groom are remembered as students on the Auburn campus., * * * Johnson - Denson Announcement of August 30 as the wedding day of Billie Victoria Johnson to Robert Victor Denson is recently announced. Both are Auburn students. Mr. Denson will receive his degree in August. * * * Stickney-Carmichael The approaching marriage of Miss Alice Walker Stickney and George Malcolm Carmichael, Jr., is announced. Mr. Carmichael, with Reserve Officers Training School Ft. Benning, is an Alpha Gamma Rho, Auburn. * * * McGrath-Snow Early fall is announced for the wedding of Miss Virginia Thomas McGrath to Harry Early Snow, KA, Auburn. * * * Hollingsworth - Johnson September is set for the wedding of Miss Angelyn Hollingsworth, Chi Omega, Auburn, and Luther M. Johnson, Jr., SPE, Auburn. * * * Smith-Terry July 4 was the wedding day for Miss Jean Smith, Auburn, Secretarial Training graduate, and Dewey C. Terry. * * * Walden - Silver nail Miss Helen Walden and Curtis Silvernail, two popular Cam-pusites, were married June 20, First Baptist Church, Mobile. FOR SALE: 1942 National 12 ft. house trailer. Modern conveniences, excellent condition. Located one block from campus. Reasonable price. See Bill Williams 161 W. Glenn or call 509. FOR SALE: One 1942 Alma 21-foot house traitor. Excellent condition. Located one block from campus in shady location. Reasonably priced. See at 242 Vi> E. Magnolia or call S54W. One tropical worsted summer formal for sale. Call M. B. Hazlewood, Auburn 247 or 9155. This suit has never been worn. —i MARTIN Phone 439 OPELIKA, ALA. "Where happiness costs so little" Thursday & Friday IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE You'll like our courteous help and pleasant surroundings. STEAKS CHICKEN SEAFOOD Auburn Grill Added Fox News and Cartoon, William Tell m^*m ^ * m^m^ DELICIOUS BREAD and / BAKERY GOODIES CAKES DELICIOUS PIES HOT CROSS BUNS And Other Delicacies AUBURN BAKERY Whatley Building So. College St. PHONE 1040 Saturday, August 9 Double Feature No. 1 SONGS OF THE SIERRAS with I JIMMY WAKLEY No. 2 MORRIS RESTAURANT AUBURN (Over Polly-Tek Shop) Former Auburnite Gets Promotion Alfred E. Cook, Union Springs, recently was promoted to the grade |of staff sergeant while serving as sergeant major with the Officer's Personnel Branch Headquarters, Camp Rizal. Before entering the service, he graduated from Union Springs High School and attended Auburn, where he was a member of I Sigma Nu fraternity, and was employed as a bookkeeper with the Alabama State Highway Department. comes too noisy she sticks her head out the door of her first-floor apartment and tells the revelers "Grandma's got to sleep." FOR SALE: 1941 Westing-house Electric stove in good condition. Call Ben Rosummy, Jr. at 407-XM. OH! BOY! PEACH ICE CREAM FRESH PEACHES GO INTO OUR ICE CREAM — THE FLAVOR OF THE MONTH She'll Put Love-Light in Your Eyes! Added Serial—Jack Armstrong No. 11 Cartoon, Mouse In The /! House Sunday & Monday August 10 & 11 ^PART VIOLENCE.., f PART MADNESS... PART ECSTASY! For a real taste treat try our wonderful F R 0 Z RITE Peach Ice Cream. Perfect for desserts, for parties, and for between meal snacks. Try some today! Dairy land Farm and Opelika Creamery Added Fox News and Screen Snapshots Tuesday & Wednesday August 12 & 13 An Old Favorite Brought Back For Your Enjoyment ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND with TYRONE POWER ALICE FAYE mm |
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