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VOL LXIV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1945 NUMBER 20
SIXTY-SEVEN TO RECEIVE DEGREES
AND SHE CAN'T TALK BACK!
Pholo by Lewis Arnold
Watching Flight Instructor Logan talk to Miss Carmen Croft over the interplane communica­tion
system are coeds enrolled in the API School of Aviation. Left to right, those shown are
Jeanelle Boone; Margaret Mayhall. Elizabeth Clinkscales; Doris Brown. Miss Croft. Lucy Brooke;
and Logan.
Auburn School Of Aviation Offers
Flight Training At Local Airport
"A perfectly clear day
With no wind from either way"
That's what the students enrolled in the Auburn School
of Aviation's flight training course have been hoping for
since the first of the year—that's perfect flying weather and
that's what they like. In addition to the thirty or so men stu­dents
who take flying lessons, four of the co-eds who are en­rolled
in the school for instruc
tion have made their solo flights.
They are Elizabeth Clinkscales,
Jeanelle Boone, Margaret May-hall,
and Lucy Wilkins Brooke.
"It's a deep, dark secret," re­plied
Doris Brown, "Miss Au­burn,"
when asked what day she
planned to solo. "Any day now,
though", added Logan, her flight
instructor, "You never can tell
when she'll be ready. Some days
people came out expecting to solo
and they get so excited it just
wouldn't do. We let 'em do it
when they're ready, usually not
much after eight hours. That's
the minimum, you know."
Doris, a sophomore in pharmacy
from Florence, who started her
flight training last summer, con­tinued,
"Besides if anybody knew,
they'd be around—this short
snorter stuff."
Short-Snorter
"Let's see your short-snorter",
Elizabeth Clinkscales demanded
of Jeanelle Boone who whipped
out her prized dollar-bill auto­graphed
by all the other short-snorters
who were around when
she made her first solo flight
•here last June after only eight
hours training at the Auburn-
Opelika Airport.
"A short-snorter," they ex­plained,
"is something you can
never be caught without. Else
everyone around who has one on
him can collect a dollar from
you."
Elizabeth Clinkscales soloed
some time ago and is now piling
up hours toward her private pilot
certificate. She says, "I'm plan­ning
to make my solo cross­country
soon. I plan to go to
Columbus, then to Eufaula and
back to Auburn. On my dual
cross-country hop I flew to Alex­ander
City, Anniston, and then
back to Auburn.
CAA requires at least one solo
cross-country flight on a triangu­lar
pattern, the total distance to
be at least fifty miles.
"Why did I start flying? Oh,
I've always wanted to — always
been interested—and last year
when they opened the Auburn
School of Aviation to men and
women students and townspeo­ple,
I jumped at the chance to
learn to fly." A senior in me­chanical
engineering, Elizabeth is
from Montgomery.
Lucy Wilkins Brooke, when
asked why she started flight
training, replied that she had
planned to get in the WAAF last
summer. "However, they closed
it down before I could qualify."
Lucy, whose husband, Capt.
Whitfield G. Brooke, is a navi­gator
stationed in England with
over thirty missions to his credit,
is a junior in s e c r e t a r i al
training, and her home is in Au­burn.
Margaret Mayhall, a senior in
education, and a transfer from
Florence STC, made her first
solo flight last summer at the air­port
in her hometown of Athens.
Ground-School
Students aren't the only ones
interested in flying lessons, for
Miss Carmen Croft, member of
the home economics faculty,
housemother in Dorm. Ill, a nd
advisor of WSGA, is enrolled in
a ground school coaching class.
"Logan", as everybody calls
the flight instructor, is a com­mercial
pilot who came to Au­burn
year before last as ah in­structor
of naval aviation cadets.
Shortly before coming to Auburn,
Mr. Logan was discharged from
the naval air corps. When the
V-5 program was discontinued at
Auburn, he was employed by the
Auburn School of Aviation.
The Auburn School of Aviation
owns fourteen airplanes and is
therefore equipped to train a
large number of students. Instruc­tion
may be obtained by appoint­ment
at any time.
PI KAPPA ALPHA
ELECTS, INITIATES
Pi Kappa Alpha initiated six
men last week. They are Evans
Strother, Birmingham, mechani­cal
engineering; Bill Crum, Bar­tow,
Fla.; veterinary medicine;
Don Tillery, Phoenix City, phar­macy;
Jack Mobley, Abbeville,
civil engineering; Rebinald Mc-
Glamery, Phoenix City, aeronaut­ical
engineering; and James
Lewis, Cottonwood, business ad­ministration.
New officers were elected by
PiKA at this time. They are
Reuben Burch, president; Davis
Gantt, vice-president; and Evans
Strother, treasurer.
Mrs. H. C. Flemmer,
International Inspector
Visits Alpha Gams
Mrs. Howard C. Flemmer, in­ternational
inspector for Alpha
Gamma Delta sorority was the
guest of the Gamma Delta chap­ter
at Auburn last Monday, Tues­day
and Wednesday. Mrs. Flem­mer
is an alumni of the Univer­sity
of Minnesota chapter.
At a coffee, pledges met with
her on Monday night. Actives en­tertained
Tuesday night in their
chapter room with a tea. Mrs.
W. D. Salmon, first grand vice-president;
Miss Pat Elliot, chap­ter
president; Mrs. Flemmer;
Mrs. L. N. Duncan; Mrs. J. T.
Hudson; Miss Marie Sewell; and
Mrs. I. S. McAdory were in the
receiving line.
BAPTIST MINISTER
DIES EARLY FRIDAY
Dr. James R. Edwards, pastor
of the Baptist Church, died at
9:15 Friday morning at Drake
Infirmary. He was rushed to the
hospital about 4 o'clock after
suffering from a heart attack fol­lowing
a cold of several days
duration.
Dr. Edwards came to Auburn
about 18 years ago from North
Carolina, and since that time has
served as pastor of the Auburn
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Edwards is in a hospital in
Winston - Salem, N. C, having
gone there this week.
Bob Dean Chosen
Prexy By ASME
Bob Dean, senior in mechani­cal
engineering from Mobile, was
elected president of ASME for
the spring quarter at the Mon­day
night meeting.
The American Society of Me­chanical
Engineers has recently
reorganized after almost a year
and a half of inactivity.
Jack Bell, sophomore in me­chanical
engineering from Pana­ma
City, Fla., was elected vice-president;
Roy Edwards, junior
in aeronautical engineering from
Robjohn, is the new secretary;
Hilton Jones, sophomore in aero
engineering from Mobile, • has
been chosen for corresponding
secretary.
C. R. Hixon, head professor of
mechanical engineering, is the
faculty advisor?
ART GUILD ELECTS
DUNCAN PRESIDENT
""Officers elected by the art
guild are Vip Duncan, Atlanta,
president Nancy Reinsmith, New
Orleans, vice-president and re­porter;
Lou Hovey, Marvin, sec­retary;
Frances Meaders, Annis­ton,
treasurer; Mildred Woodham,
Geneva, exhibitor; and Deejee
Nichols, Washington, D. C, his­torian.
THERESA HUG ELECTED
QUEEN OF THE MAY
Theresa Hug, Delta Zeta from Columbus, Ga., was chosen
by the coeds of API to reign over the annual May Day Court
sponsored by Sphinx, Doris Karcher, president of Sphinx
announced today.
May Queen elections are always held before Christmas,
but the votes are not counted until the end of the winter
quarter. As is traditional, Sphinx
did not open the ballot box un­til
last week.
This year there were 365 votes
cast.
Other candidates for May
Queen will serve in the Court.
They are Kimball Boan, Chi
Omega from Birmingham; Jean-nette
Ellis, Alpha Gamma Delta
from Jasper; Kitty Finegan.
Theta Upsilon from Talladega;
Halsa Kyser, Alpha Delta Pi from
Minter; and Maxine Tatum. Kap­pa
Delta from Opelika.
Theresa "Tee" Hug, senior in
b u s i n e s s administration, will
graduate in May. She has served
on the WAA Council.
The Dance Club, under the
direction of Miss Olga Bibza, will
perform at the May Day cele­bration.
Sphinx will announce
the program next quarter.
Blue Key Elects
James Luquire
As President
James Luquire, senior in me­chanical
engineering from Bir­mingham,
was elected president
of Blue Key, national honor so­ciety
for senior men at its last
meeting.
Other officers who will serve
with him are Harry Gilmore.
senior in veterinary medicine
from Columbia, S. C. and member
of Alpha Psi is vice-president;
Norman McLeod, senior in science
and literature from Dothan, and
member of SAE is secretary-treasurer;
and Frank Mulhern,
senior in veterinary medicine
from Auburn, and member of
OTS, is corresponding secretary.
Max Mutchnick
Heads Book Drive
Here This Week
Beginning Friday, books for
supplying allied prisoners with
study and recreation will be col­lected
for distribution by the
World Student Service Fund.
Max Mutchnick, over-all chair­man
of the drive, is assisted by
Margaret Toomer and Gibbs Ash­ley
as collections chairman. Mary
Saidla is chairman of the high
school collections, and Boy Scouts
are assisting in collecting faculty
and town donations.
Sue Hawkins and Erskine Hop­kins
are on the central com­mittee
and Gladys Bentley has
charge of screening and cleaning.
A booth will be set up on the
corner between Ross and Sam-ford.
Faculty members may have
theif contributions picked up by
Boy Scouts.
Chairmen in the women's dorm­itories
are Grey Baker, Dorm I;
Alta Wise, Dorm II; Ellen Eagle,
Dorm III; Mary Ann Vick, Dorm
IV; Sue Abbott, Pi Kappa Phi;
Cynthia Bachelor, Delta Sigma
Phi.
Barbara Clemens, Phi Delta
Theta; Gladys Bentley, Susan
Smith; Sara Delworth and Jane
Lewter, Alumni Hall; Barbara
Frick, SAE;Alice Enochs, Alpha
Gamma Rho; and Jacqueline
Wahl, Theta Chi.
All markings must be erased
before the books leave this coun­try
as the Germans believe the
words underlined may be code.
Students are asked to erase their
books before the give them to the
collector committee workers.
WAA ELECTIONS
SET FOR MARCH 12
Womens' Athletic Assbciation
is to hold elections Thursday,
March 15. All women students
may vote in the gym between 8
and 5 that day. Qualifications
board will meet to consider peti­tions
on Monday, March 12 at 5
p. m. All petitions signed by
twenty five names, must be
turne din at the PE office by
four o'clock that afternoon.
The qualifications for offices
are that the nominee must have
played in a tournament or served
previously on WAA council. All
nominees must have a 2.00 aver­age
or above.
Nominees for office of presi­dent,
vice-president, and publici­ty
manager must be first, second,
or third quarter juniors during
the spring quarter. Nominees for
office of secretary and treasurer
must be third quarter freshmen
or sophomores in the spring
quarter.
Skit Night To End
Red Cross Drive
For War Funds
The drive for funds for the
American Red Cross will start
Tuesday, March 13 all over Lee
County. Headed by Prof. E. F.
Guyton, and committee for col­lections
in Auburn is Dr. Fagan
Thompson. Mary Popwell and
Bill Randolph are in charge of
the campus War Fund Drive.
It will be climaxed by Skit
Night March 21 and 22, sponsor­ed
by Blue Key and Cardinal
Key. All the proceeds from Skit
Night will be donated to the
War Fund Drive.
Members of t h e Executive
Cabinet drives committee will
solicit contributions at the main
gate and the classes.
According to Mr. W. C. Brown-field,
chairman of the Opelika
drive, this should be a speedy
campaign? He calls on all the
citizens of Lee County to con­tribute
generously as the need
is more urgent now than ever be­fore.
The quota set for Lee County
is 20,100, of which Auburn's share
is $7,035.
Rings To Go On Sale
A member of the ring commit­tee
will be stationed at the main
gate all day Thursday to take
orders for class rings and pins.
The new type of pin a crown-set
pearl with rubies, is on sale.
In addition to the standard
ring, a number of less expensive
rings are also being sold. The
reduced price has been placed on
all rings, the deposit being $4.60
and the remainder paid COD.
Dean J. E. Hannum To Deliver Address
At Commencement Exercises Friday
Graduation To Be Held
At 3 P. M. In Langdon
Commencement exercises for the winter quarter will be
held Friday afternoon at 3 in Langdon Hall. Dean J. E. Han­num
of the School of Engineering will be the speaker for the
occasion.
There is one candidate for a master's degree and sixty-one
for bachelor's degrees. Listed below are those who will
be graduated.
School of Agriculture
Bachelor of Science in Agri­culture:
Robert Guyton Brown,
Fayette; Chalmers Bryant, Doz-ier;
George Malcolm Dykes,
Banks.
Bachelor of Science in Agri­culture
Administration: Joseph
Lowrie Dean, Opelika.
Bachelor of Science in Agri­cultural
Engineering: Roy Green
Gregory, Detroit.
School of Architecture
Bachelor of Applied Art: Nor­ma
McNeill Denham, Prattville;
Frances Elizabeth Wilmore, Bir­mingham.
Bachelor of Interior Decora­tion:
Florence Elizabeth Smith,
Montgomery; Catherine Tatum,
Opelika.
School of Chemistry
Bachelor of Science in Chem­istry:
Jane Foster Martin, Lanett.
Bachelor of Science in Chemi­cal
Engineering: Claude T. Mor­ris,
Arab; Robert Joseph Scogin,
Dora; Vernon Mathis Smith,
Boaz; John David Thomas, Crich-ton.
Bachelor of Science in Labor­atory
Technology: Netty Kath-ryn
Rice Turnham, Birmingham.
School of Education
Bachelor of Science in Edu­cation:
Mary Lee Hug Becton, Ft.
Benning, Ga.; Mary Claire Burns,
Auburn; Lillian Gladys Enloe,
Roanoke; Jane Gatewood, Rich­land,
Ga.; Sara Evans Glenn,
Opelika; Loma Lee Bennett May-field,
Opelika; Lois Boozer Rog­ers,
Fairfield; Jessie L o u i se
Sahm, Birmingham; Betty Lou
Sconyers Scoville, H e a d l a n d ;
Katherine Dowdell Wright, Au­burn.
Bachelor of Science in Agri­cultural
Education: William Rus­sell
Sanders, Swain.
Bachelor of Science in Hhome
Economics Education: Dixie Feag-in
Hall, Midway; Candy Clytee
Johnson, Mount Hope; A r ra
Elizabeth Martin, Wetumpka;
Charlye Corinne McRae, Bexar;
Marion Frances Rorke, Roanoke;
Willie Kathryn Whitten, Head­land.
School of Engineering
Bachelor of Aeronautical En­gineering:
Taylor Barton Bodkin,
New Orleans, La.; Frederick
James DeMeritte, Fairfield; Wil­bur
DeForrest South, Jr., Bir­mingham.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering:
John Burt Benson, Jr., Montgom­ery.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineer­ing:
James Thomas McRae, Jr.,
Fairfield.
Bachelor of Mechanical En­gineering:
Thomas Wendell Wald-rop,
LaGrange, Ga.
School of Home Economics
Bachelor of Science in Home
Economics: Virginia Ellen Bell
(Home Demonstration), Heflin;
Annie Virginia Eich (Clothing
and Textiles), Tuskegee; Esther
Carter Fuller (Food and Nutri­tion),
Wadley; Therese Ann Gun-ter
(Home Demonstration), Ger-aldine;
Sara Forest Pouncey
(Food and Nutrition), St. Peters­burg,
Fla.; Exa Elizabeth Till
(Home Demonstration), Green­ville.
School of Science and Literature
Bachelor of Science: Palmer
Henderson Bell, Birmingham;
A. Z. Carter, Jr., Anburn; Mary
Nell Chiles, Albertville; Sara Lou
Connell, Birmingham; B r u ce
Davis, Fort Deposit; William Brit-ton
Davis, Vincent; Bernice
Blanche D r a k e , La Fayette;
Charlotte May Jones, Pinckard;
Eugenia Inez Kegley, Birming­ham;
Margie Norlese Kinard, At­lanta,
Ga.; Eleanor Manley, Roa­noke;
Everette Sue McDonnald,
Ragland; Lawrence Eugene Par-nell,
Jr., Anniston; Jane Post,-
Mobile; Martha Ann Sprauge,
Birmingham.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine:
Walter Dorland Hammer, Arling­ton,
Va.; James Meade Shuler,
Aiken, S. C.
Graduate School
Master of Science in Agricul­ture:
Albert Houston Quinn,
Loachapoka. B. S., Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, 1936. Thesis:
"Some Factors Affecting Econo­mical
Pork Production".
Page's Program Of Ballet Dances
To Include Poems With Music
The program to be presented
by Ruth Page, ballet dancer, in
Langdon Hall, on Monday, March
12 at 8:15 p. m. has been an­nounced.
It includes poems with dances.
Admission to be charged is $.65
for tickets with student ac books
and $1.25 for others.
E. E. Cummings' "Anyone",
"Cambridge Ladies" and "Hist
Whist"; A r c h i b a l d McLeish's
"Nocturne"; Edna St. Vincent
Millay's "We were Very Tired"
and. "We Were Very Merry" and
"Eros In Time Of War" by Mark
Turbyfill will be given before
intermission.
Dorothy Parker's "A Fairly Sad
Tale", "On Being A Woman" and
"Unfortunate Coincidence"; "The
Sadness of the Mood" by Baudel­aire;
Ogden Nash's "Lucy Lake";
two Chinese poems by LiPo;
Eugene Field's "The Little Peach"
and Garcia Lorca's "I'll Go To
Santiago" will also be presented.
Florence Webster is Miss Pagefs
pianist.
SAE ELECTS
Sigma Alpha Epsilon elected
officers at a recent meeting.
Monty Allen, Charleston, S. C,
will be president; Tommy Pease,
Columbus, Ga., vice-president;
Bill O'Brien, Sheffield, treas­urer;
Guy Folmar, Luverne, sec­retary;
and Norman McLeod,
Troy, representative to the in-terfrat
council.
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1945
CHERRY PIE
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
After getting off to the usual
good start for a columnist (viz.
constructive criticism), though
using a more diplomatic approach
than that used by the self-styled
"Mental giants" those names are
listed on the masthead of this
paper (which was once graded
as All-American because of the
good advertising), your corre­spondent
finds it necessary to
continue crusading for the better
things in life.
Liable for panning in this is­sue
are (1) the editor, (2) the col­umnists—
except me—and, (3) all
the staff. Subject: Freedom of
the press.
As most of you realize by now,
after seeing heads chopped off at
(1) LSU., (2) Washington and Lee,
(3) Illinois Tech, freedom of the
press is one of those idealogical
phenomena similar to "a lasting
peace", southern hospitality, free
whiskey and a good five-cent
cigar.
* * »
Quote—Any man can have a
wife, but the iceman has his
pick.
* * *
More—The boys in the South
Pacific report that it's so hot
there that the trees are running
after the dogs.
* » *
Girls with brains as well as
looks
•Flourish mostly just in books.
But if both cannot be had,
The gals with looks ain't so bad.
* * *
Then there's the one about the
country lane.
Boy, It's rough!
* * *
Some of you freshmen here are
stepping mighty high here late-
SHORT CUTS
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
The mysterious pea-brain writ­ing
"Cherry Pie" should not mind
/telling his name because he lives
in Chief Ellis' police whistle and
we couldn't throw tomatoes at
him even if we knew.
He (she or it) is remaining
nameless "because the scalding
opinions to be brought forth
might conceivably cause some
bit of animosity toward the au­thor."
Courage, author. A good
name is rather to animositized
than cherry pie.
• * *
Wonder why the girls who
sang "Happy Birthday" to George
Washington in the dining hall
Thursday did not follow through
with the customary refrain,
"Stand up, stand up." We want­ed
to see what the guy looked
like.
• * •
'S too bad the male population
did not get to see the fashion
parade—lovely girls modeling
old and new fashions—at wom­en's
convo last week. Styles of
World War II are, of course, more
practical, but the hoop-skirted,
full-sleeved creations of our
•grandmother's day were most
alluring.
• * »
In Columbus, Ohio, an essay
contest was held, the subject of
the papers being "What to Do
with Hitler." A sixteen-year-old
Negro girl won the contest by
submitting, as her idea of the
perfect punishment for t he
Fuhrer, the suggestion that he
be covered with a black skin and
forced to live in America.
» » *
We were glad to see courses in
Philosphy were scheduled for
next quarter. Sorry about trig.
• * *
Unfortunately the WSSF book
drive for prisoners of war was
scheduled at the same time That
Man who buys old books will be
here.
But students who realize that
books for foreign and advance
bases have a shipping priority
close to that of ammunition and
food would rather not have the
few cents an old book will bring.
# » •
We thought it very clever of
man to homogenize milk until we
discovered that cream never
rises oft goat's milk.
» • «
Last week's society page car- "
ried a story of a dance, stating
JAYWALKING
With THORNTON and LANEY
Editor's note: The opinions expressed in this column are
those of the writer and are not to be construed as the editorial
polities of this paper.
Well, it seems that there is a new column appearing in the
Plainsman these days. Cherry Pie, it's called. The author, really
has a nice crust but his-.filling is awful—and we're hardly
gotten our teeth into it yet. In fact the only thing we like in
that drivel was the white space between the lines. Cherry Pie
should have a little more fire added—or better still, the fire
should have a little more Cherry Pie added.
* * *
Overheard On The Party Line
He: Hello, I've been calling for hours.
She: Oh, I've been at church all morning.
He: Oops! Wrong number.
Professor: Open your books to page 102. (Students open
books). Dooby, start reading at the top of the page.
Dooby: Send $1.19 for special album of art studies. Limited
offer. Act now!
"I'm losing my spirit" said he, as he put his highball down
and rushed from the room.
* * *
A true music lover is one who upon hearing a soprano in
the bath, puts 'his ear to the keyhole.
* * *
Four out of five women-haters are women.
I've got a nice corsage for my date.
You know she can't get in with flowers.
Oh, this is just four roses.
* * *
Overheard at Phi Kappa Tau melee.
She: Are you drunk or sober?
He: Sure, what the heck else could I be!
* * *
Last Week
Wednesday, the 21st—
Sellars—When did this sudden rain come up? Good thing
I brought my raincoat.
Thursday, the 22nd—
Graves—Before long, when more and more men become
famous and celebrated, the banks won't open at all.
Friday, the 23rd—
Prolsdorfer—How do you like this Auburn drought?
On the blackboard in a third-floor Samford classroom is a
By Irene Long sentence which last week read, "There will be no more classes
in English this quarter." Next day the "c" was dropped from
"classes." This could go even further.
* * *
Overheard while wandering around at the POP brawl:
Coed—Do you know the difference between dancing and
marching?
Soldier—No.
Coed—I thought so.
^JlflE. PJLlijlQMlRLiUR
ly. So listen, you nymphatic
pyromaniacs, the next one of you
I see going through the Main
Gate is really going to catch it.
Anonymously, of course.
* • *
Old Lady—I see that you've lost
your leg, haven't you?
Cripple — W e l l , d a r n if I
haven't!
* * *
Campus man—I could adore a
gal like you.
Coed — You're out of luck.
There ain't nobody like me.
* • •
He—How's your new girl?
2nd He—Not so good.
He—Boy, you always were
lucky!
* * «
The weather is too nice to sit
here and gripe, so I'll close with
a brief stab at the Interfraternity
Council, the Panhellenic Council,
ODK, Blue Key, WSGA, WAA,
Sphinx, Cardinal Key, Intermur-al
Board, Alpha Phi Omega, all
fraternities and sororities, in­dependents
and the WCTU.
Cherry Pie
Just saw some advance copy of
Jaywalking and gosh was it
lousy. If the Thornton and Laney
twins keep up the present drivel,
the Plainsman might as well cease
publication. At least their col­umn
was not so bad when they
had a few risque jokes included
—which everyone liked. But that
corn they have now
Cherry Pie
Quote in Knickerbocker Weekly
Bestuur nooit een auto met een
hand; menig man reed op die
manier een kerk binnen.—Monty
Woolley
Well, I'll just be ddaammnneedd
Cherry Pie
I don't care if he is a bomber
pilot, I don't like to be referred
to as the target for tonight.
that among those present were
Clint White, Pearl Moore, Mont­gomery;
Carl Spanyer, Kay Dink-ins,
Auburn and so on. Are Clint
and Pearl both from Montgom­ery,
Carl and Kay from Auburn?
Intended, apparently, to show
courtesy to the guests, the prac­tice
of leaving off the names of
the home towns of the fraterni­ty's
members has become com­mon
in this paper, but it ain't
right. Fraternities and sororities
submitting date lists could very
easily make them complete, but
the society editor does not have
time to bother.
* * *
The dance floor was crowded.
She smiled at her partner and
said, "I'm afraid I don't dance
very well."
He was a French cadet and had
trouble with English. He smiled,
however, nodding agreeably.
* * *
Miss Schoonmaker was trans­planting
grass in the rain last
week in the spots worn off by
people who cut corners.
* * *
Ah, weather! When there is no
more gossip the conservation al­ways
turns to weather. Nearly al­ways.
For years it was always.
Every time it rained somebody
would think about Noah's ark
until one day a man got tired
of hearing about it and invented
a fish story.
* • *
A sportsman's favorite tale:
One little brim in the creek
that ran by Jim's house was a
very special fish. He would eat
out of Jim's hand the English
redworms chopped especially for
him. When big fish would try to
make a bite, Brimmy would flop
over into Jim's hand and to safe­ty.
That drove him to the dis­covery
that he could stay out of
water long enough to eat a meal.
The first day he was blue in the
gills when Jim put him back into
the creek, but each day he stayed
out a few minutes longer.
Soon Brimmy was a land-lub­ber
who never touched water. He
could wriggle along on his fins
and follow Jim. They went every­where—
hunting, f i s h i n g , to
school, to Isabel's—together.
Isabel lived on the other side
of the creek. One day the lad was
walking across the footlog, think­ing
only of Isabel, when he heard
a splash. Brimmy was fluttering
around below, gasping for breath.
J im was helpless. He just stood
there and let Brimmy drown.
Overheard on the steps in quadrangle:
Orkney—How big is your waist?
Helen—28 inches.
Orkney—That's funny. My arm's 28 inches. Just can't beat
nature, can you?
* * *
She; Do you really love me?
He: If you'll re-read my last letter you'll find that I love
you devotedly on page 1, madly on page 3, and passionately on
page 5.
* * *
A good girl always sticks to "No '
A bad girl always "Yesses" ,
A smart girl makes them sound alike,
And holds them all to guesses.
* * *
"My ma is Irish and proud of it, my pa is Scotch and fond of
it!"
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Engineering Currricula Improvements
ALMOST ANYWHERE
By Dean J. E. Hannum
February 19, 1945
The largest enrollment of engineering
students in the history of Auburn is anti­cipated
in the post-war period. In prepara­tion
for the increased enrollment, several
important changes in the program offered
by the School of Engineering are an­nounced
in the new edition of the College
Catalog. The engineering curricula offer­ed
by the Schools of Agriculture, Chem­istry,
and Engineering has been greatly
improved. Many new courses dealing with
the latest scientific and technological de-veloyments
have been added. Two new
curricula have been established in the
School of Engineering. The new program
will not become effective until the Sum­mer
Quarter 1945.
The improvements in the engineering
curricula have essentially been made pos­sible
by the restoration of the credit re­quirement
for graduation which formerly
existed before the adoption of the acceler­ated
wartime program two years ago. The
new curricula have been completely mod­ernized
to meet the exacting demands of
modern industry and engineering organ­izations
for young engineers competently
trained to assume responsibilities and
leadership.
One of the most important reasons for
revising the engineering curricula at this
. time is the unprecedented rapid rate of
scientific developments in engineering and
technology resulting from intensive activi­ties
brought about by the war. Greater
emphasis upon mathematics and applied
physical science in engineering curricula
is demanded by expanded scientific de­velopments.
On the other hand, engineer­ing
educators generally are realizing, to a
greater extent today than ever before, the
value to be gained from a more liberalized
and less specialized engineering education.
Twenty Percent Humanities
Therefore, to provide a well - rounded
professional engineering education, a prop­er
balance must be maintained in an
engineering curriculum between (a) the
fundamental physical sciences s u c h as
mathematics, chemistry, and physics, (b)
the humanistic, social studies such as Eng­lish,
history, government, geography,
economics, sociology, philosopy, and ethics,
and (c) the required specialized engineer­ing
and technological subjects. This de­sirable
balance has been achieved in the
improved engineering curricula at Auburn.
Some of the significant results obtained
by the restoration of the former credit
requirements are: (a) modernizing the
curricula by the inclusion of new subject
matter, (b) conforming to the accepted
practice of the outstanding engineering
colleges in the country, (c) greater em-physical
sciences, (d) greater emphasis
upon the humanities and social studies,
(e) provision of technical electives in
the senior year, (f) separation of labora­tory
courses from lecture courses, (g) an
introductory departmental course in the
sophomore year, (h) an orientation course
in engineering in the first quarter of the
freshman year, (i) greater emphasis upon
design in the junior and senior years, (j)
a new course in Engineering Problems in
the sophomore year, and (1) adoption of
recent recommendations of the Society for
the Promotion of Engineering Education.
S.P.E.E.
The revision of the engineering curri­cula
was prompted by a recent report of
the Society for the Promotion of Engineer­ing
Education on the designs of engineer­ing
curricula for the post-war perior. This
report has received the endorsement of
the Engineers' Council f o r Professional
Development, which is the accrediting
agency of engineering curricula. The rec­ommendations
in the report are being
widely accepted by engineering schools
throughout the country. The new curri­cula
at Auburn incorporate definite rec­ommendations
made in this report in­cluding
the major recommendation that
at least 20 per cent of an engineering cur­riculum
should be devoted to humanistic,
social studies.
Faculty Studies Other Schools
The revised curricula are the result of
an exhaustive study begun in July, 1944
by the engineering faculty and extending
over a period of six months. The entire
engineering faculty was organized into a
group of committees for the purpose of
making the study. Before redesigning the
engineering curricula, these committees
spent several weeks making a detailed
study of the latest curricula of twenty-five
leading engineering schools in the
United States. Many desirable features of
these curricula have been incorporated in
the curricula at Auburn thus resulting in
conformity with the best practice in en­gineering
education.
The Committee also studied the credit
requirements of accredited curricula of 75
colleges and universities. It was found that
the credit requirement of the majority of
the colleges was much higher than at Au­burn.
Before changing to the present quar­ter
system, 160 semester credit hours were
required for a degree in engineering. This
former requirement has been restored in
the new curricula by increasing the num­ber
of credits required for graduation to
240 quarter credit hours which is equival­ent
to 160 semester credit hours. In no
other satisfactory way could the desirable
improvements in the curricula have been
accomplished.
Technical Electives Added
An inovation in the new engineering
curricula is the provision in the senior
year for three technical electives. Thus
senior students, who have attained more
mature judgment, are giving some free­dom
of choice in selecting specialized sub­jects
in which they are particularly inter­ested.
One of the weaknesses of the former
curricula was the rigidity of the required
subjects with no flexibility of choice pro­vided.
At the end of each curriculum in
the new edition of the College Catalog,
a wide variety of technical electivies is
recommended. By the selection of a group
of related subjects, students may prepare
themselves f o r special positions in en­gineering
and industry.
Other improvements are noted. Greater
flexibility has been provided in the Civil
Engineering curriculum by replacing the
former rigid options by less rigid groups
of technical electives. An elementary de­partmental
subject is placed in the third
quarter of the sophomore year of each
curriculum, thus giving the student, be­fore
reaching the junior year, an intro­duction
to that specialized branch of en­gineering
he has chosen for his career. A
new course in Engineering Problems is
placed in the second quarter of the sopho­more
year. The purpose of this course is
to train the student in the design and use
of such devices for the solution of engineer­ing
problems as stationary scales, slide
rules, nomograms, network charts, and
graphs.
Greater emphasis is placed upon design
courses in the junior and senior years.
Most laboratory courses have been separ­ated
from lecture courses to provide more
time for the theory courses.
The four major functional divisions of
modern American industry are (a) re­search
and development, (b) engineering
design, (c) production, and (d) distribu­tion.
The School of Engineering now of­fers
a group of curricula especially de­signed
to serve the first three functional
(Continued On Page 4)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1945 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Exhibit Series
Opened At API
In Art Library
Century's Costumes
Shown At College
Bonnets and bustles are fea­tured
this week as the School of
Architecture and Arts presents
the first of a new expanded col­lege
program of exhibits.
Entitled "America Reminisces
1845-1945", the exhibit presents
the century as shown in women's
costumes. Tied in are other mani­festations
of the hundred years—
an original plate of an early auto­mobile,
pictures of members of
the stock exchange and Wall
Street buildings.
Prepared for display in the
new series are exhibits which
will be comparable in the field
of graphic arts to the concert-lecture
series.
Bannister Backs Series
"Students and townspeople of
Auburn will have unusual op­portunities
to enjoy larger and
more varied exhibitions of arts
and crafts through the expanded
program recently adopted by the
Institute," according to an an­nouncement
made yesterday by
Dean Turpin C Bannister.
"The first of these exhibits, a
fine collection of American cos­tumes
loaned by the Brooklyn
Museum, is now on display at the
gallery of the School of Archi­tecture
and the Arts.
"The effective mounting of the
exhibit was carried out by Pro­fessor
Marino-Merlo, chairman of
the committee on exhibits, assist­ed
by Miss Dorothy Newman and
professor Jewel Golden."
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Photo by Lewis Arnold
Looking at one of the models dressed in costume of 1885,
the three clothing majors pictured at the exhibit in the archi­tecture
library are Amy Williams, Easley, S. C; Carmelita Ward,
Mobile; and Jeanne Tynes, Birmingham. The dress on the model
is of purple and beige taffeta and she has a cream silk parasol
with ivory handle. That hat is brown straw, typical of the time.
Postwar Social, Economic Setup
Is Discussed By Panel Thursday
The third of a series of radio discussions of the Dumbarton
Oaks Proposals was presented over station WJHO the night
of Thurday, February 15.
Economic and Social Phases of the Proposal were discussed
by panel chairman Charles W. Edwards, J. Herman Johnson,
J.G. Kuderna, Glenn Scott and J. Peavy Wright.
Dr. Irvine Is "Man Of 9 Years"
To Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
One reads of "the man of the year" elected or selected by
this, that, and the other organization these days but Phi
Kappa Phi honorary fraternity would like to be a little dif­ferent
and pay tribute to "the man of nine years". He is Dr.
Paul Irvine, secretary-treasurer of the organization since
January, 1936. Presidents come and go—one senior class fol­lows
another — but Dr. Irvine
During this short per­iod
a special buyer will
pay highest prices for
old, used, outdated
books for which you've
no further use.
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SAMFORD HALL
faithfully and steadily carries out
his duties.
Counting the current group of
41, Dr. Irvine will have shepherd­ed
364 persons through the Phi
Kappa Phi initiation. He orders
pins, key, certificates; he noti­fies
members of meetings; he
collects dues, no small job in it­self;
he answers questions about
the constitution of Phi Kappa
Phi; he pay bills;—in short, he
has one of those jobs filled with
time-consuming minutiae. What
is his reward for all this? An
occasional, "Dr. Irvine, I don't
know how we would get along
without you!"
It is not because he has noth­ing
else to do that Dr. Irvine has
been able to perform his duties
so faithfully.
Taught English
Prior to the time he came to
Auburn he had taught English
and Latin in Oregon and in New
Jersey; he had served as a high
school principal and as a high
school superintendent in Oregon;
he had been an instructor at New
York University.
He came to Auburn as profes­sor
of education in 1928. He was
also director of the training
school from 1928 to 1940. Since
1940 he has been director of the
Curriculum Laboratory in ad­dition
to his duties as professor
of education. During the fall
quarter he was on full-time re­search
for the Alabama Educa­tional
Survey Commission — his
specific assignment being "Learn­ing
in the Public School of Ala­bama".
He was visiting professor
at the University of Florida for
the 1939 Summer Session and at
the University of North Carolina
for the 1944 Summer Session.
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Powers and procedure to be
used by the security council in
maintaining peace were discussed
and proposals for and interna­tional
court of justice were des­cribed
as somewhat like the
League of Nations' world court.
In the general assembly, a
spokesman asserted, the proposals
have developed a mechanism of
facilitating and prompting solu­tion
of international economic
and social problems. The me­chanism
is based upon the phi­losophy
that wider economic op­portunities
and improved condi­tions
of well being will take
away in a large degree, the causes
of war.
The speaker admitted that such
a mechanism would not neces­sarily
affect the action of inter­national
bandits who might be­come
obsessed with ideas of
world domination.
Common economic and social
policies as well as common mili­tary
policies were advocated by
the panel. An exchange of ex­perience
would result in parallel
policies in such important do­mestic
fields as taxation, social
insurance, labor policy, industrial
policy, agricultural policy and in
aviation and shipping.
The panel urged listeners to
be open minded and hopeful re­garding
the world organization
proposed at Dumbarton Oaks and
to those social, economic, and
humanitarian organizations which
will be brought into relationship
with it.
"Greatness in the annals of
history and in the ranks of our
fellow nations has come upon
us," a spokesman asserted. "We
cannot ignore or repudiate it.
Proudly or reluctantly it is our
responsibility to lead."
PVT. SEDDON LEE GETS
PURPLE HEART MEDAL
Pvt. Seddon Lee has been
awarded the Purple Heart after
being wounded in Germany on
December 1.
The son of Rev. and Mrs. Wil­liam
Byrd Lee, he entered the
service around two years ago.
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Ennis Awarded
Legion Of Merit
The Legion of Merit award has
been given "to Major Lawrence
Ennis, Jr. in a presentation cere­mony
somewhere in Italy.
Innis wrote his wife that the
medal was given him "for doing
my job." He is executive officer
of the 15th observation battalion
and is stationed somewhere near
Bologna.
The medal was pinned on the
officer by a two star general, his
letter said.
Mrs. Ennis is the former Jane
Yarbrough of this city.
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Page Four T H E P L A I N S M AN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1945
Tigers Head To SEC Tournament
In Louisville, Ky.r This Week
Local Cagers Reconsider Decision
At Request Of Tournament Committee
After a week of indecision about entering the Southeast­ern
Conference basketball tournament in Louisville, Ken­tucky,
next week, the Auburn basketball team voted to take
the trip regardless of the fact that two regulars will be left
behind.
Auburn will be represented by a team that won only two
out of eight conference games, and three out of the total
schedule of sixteen games. Fact
is that the Tigers had voted not
to make the trip north, and it
was announced by Coach Bob
Evans that Auburn had with­drawn.
But when the tournament com­mittee
protested this action, and
cited the fact that the presence
of the Tigers was necessary to
round out the six sessions plan­ned,
and for which tickets were
already sold, Auburn reconsider­ed
and resumed practices with a
somewhat make-shift squad.
The travelling squad of ten
men now includes Bill Shelby, a
six-foot freshman who was the
outstanding star of the intermural
league. He is a guard and played
on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
squad. He had never gone out
for the varsity.
Three Regular, Six Subs
The rest of the squad is made
up of three all-season regulars
and six men who have been subs.
Auburn's starting lineup for the
SEC tourney in Louisville prob­ably
will be: QuentoiT Burgess
and Harold Waites at the for­wards;
Don Brickerstaff, center;
Herbert Fuller and Johnny Meag­her,
guards.
Johnny Meagher, son of Lt.fi
Comdr. Jack Meagher, former
Auburn football coach and ath­letic
director, stands five feet,
five inches tall. Yes, that's cor­rect—
Five feet, five inches. May­be
Auburn will have that one
distinction in this year's tourna­ment—
the smallest man.
Johnny Has Played
But Johnny Meagher isn't a
Johnny-come-lately, and a prod­uct
of Auburn's just recent con-fesion.
He's been a regular now
for the last four games.
The players are missing, Rod
Lancaster, a forward, and Bobby
Stapleton, a guard. They are
vetarinary students and were re­luctant
to miss next week's ex­aminations,
or have them post­poned.
Examinations Postponed
Two other players, Don Bicker-staff,
center, and Herbert Fuller,
guard, engineering students, at
first said that they would not go
to Louisville on account of ex­aminations.
But arrangements
were made for all players to
take exams later, and all but
Lancaster and Stapleton consent­ed
to go.
Auburn will have a captain for
the first time this year. At the
start of the season, Coach Evans
suggested that the boys permit
him to name a captain for each
game. This was because the squad
was so inexperienced. So after
the final game, the boys got to­gether
and named Quenton Bur-
/gess, forward, their captain. He
stands five feet, eleven inches.
He's the leading scorer with 209
points.
'Way Up There
The only boy over six feet tall
on the squad going to the tour­ney
is Walter F. Malone of Fort
Benning, Ga. He stands six-two
-but is not in the starting lineup
as Evans now plans it.
Evans will have two 5-11 for­wards
in Burgess and Waites; a
sixfood center in Brickerstaff;
one sixfooter, Fuller, at guard,
and the other guard, Meagher,
standing only five-five.
Squad Average Is 5*11"
The average team height, there­fore,
is five feet, eight and one
half inches—for the starting team.
The squad's average height is a
little over five feet, eleven inches,
averaged a little better than for­ty
and a half points per game—
losing thirteen of them. The op­position
has averaged slightly un­der
54 points per game.
Auburn made forty or more
points in eleven of their sixteen
games this season. But they won
only three times.
Engineering Course
(Continued From Page 2)
divisions of industry. The two
curricula in Engineering Physics
and Textile Chemistry are de­signed
to prepare specialists for
research and development work.
The engineering design function
is served by six curricula in Aero­nautical
'Engineering, Civil En­gineering,
Communications En­gineering,
"Electrical Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, and
Textile Engineering. The en­gineering
function of industry is,
likewise, served by the curri­culum
in Agricultural Engineer­ing
offered by the School of Agri­culture
and by the curriculum in
Chemical Engineering offered by
the School of Chemistry. The ad­ministrative
and managerial func­tions
of production are served by
two curricula in Aeronautical
Administration and Industrial
Management.
Ag. and Chemistry Related
The ten curricula administered
by the School of Engineering, to­gether
with the curricula in Agri­cultural
Engineering and Chem­ical
Engineering, are interrelated
and coordinated to form a curri-cular
structure rather than a
group of unrelated programs. The
three groups of engineering,
science, and management curri­cula
branch off from the basic
stem of the entire structure; and
each c u r r i c u l u m , likewise,
branches off from a common base
within each group.
The program of studies for the
entire freshman year and for a
large part of the sophomore year
is uniform for all engineering
curricula offered by the Schools
of Architecture, Chemistry, and
BOXING AND WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
POSTPONED TO MARCH 24; RULES GIVEN
The Intramural Board decided
at its last meeting of the quarter
last Wednesday to postpone the
boxing and wrestling tournament
until March 20. The tourney had
previously been set for March
8-12.
The board, supervised by Coach
Umbach, decided on the rules to
be used in the tournament.
INTRAMURAL WRESTLING
RULES
Explanation of Length of Bouts:
1. All dual meet matches shall
consist of three two-minute bouts
with no time out except to change
positions.
2. A fall in the first two-min­ute
bout terminates the match.
3. If a contestant secures a fall
in the second two-minute period,
this terminates only the second
two-minute bout, and the third
two-minute bout shall be wrest­led
as though no fall had resulted
in the previous bout.
4. When a fall does not occur
in any match, the referee shall
award the match to the contest­ant
who has scored the greatest
number of points.
5. In case of tie in number of
points scored at the end of the
third period, the referee shall
decide the winner on the basis
of superior wrestling ability and
aggressiveness shown throughout
the entire match.
6. If both contestants secure
falls, the one securing the fall in
the shortest time wins the bout
by a fall.
Points are Scored as Follows for
Decision:
2 points for a takedown. 2
points for coming from bottom to
top. 2 points for a near fall. 1
point for escaping to neutral po­sition.
1 point for each full min­ute
clear time advantage, but no
more than 2 points can be scored
on time advantage.
Engineering. This arrangement
gives the student an opportunity
to select that curriculum in en­gineering
for which he is best
adapted after he has progressed
part way with his engineering
education. The first two quarters
of the freshman engineering cur­riculum
are likewise common to
the curricula in Aeronautical Ad­ministration,
Engineering Physics,
Industrial Management, and Tex­tile
Chemistry. These two quar­ters
are intended to serve as an
orientation period of guidance by
the faculty and selection by the
student.
As part of the guidance pro­gram,
an orientation course will
be given to all freshman in en­gineering
during the first quar­ter.
This will be a non-credit
course called Introduction to En­gineering.
It will cover such sub­jects
as a brief history of en­gineering
and industry, the de­velopment
of each branch of en­gineering,
the different kinds of
engineering activities, the qual­ifications
of an engineer, a re­search
worker, and an industrial
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Occurs with both shoulders are
in contact with the mat for one
full second or both shoulders
within one inch of the mate for
two full seconds.
Fall:
Occurs when both shoulders
are in contact with the mat for
two full seconds.
Team Scoring in Tournaments:
In tournaments, first place in
each weight shall count 5 points,
second place shall count 3 points
and third place shall count 1
point. One additional point shall
be awarded for each fall secured
throughout the meet.
Illegal Holds:
Any hold, lock, or grip shall be
allowed except the hammerlock
above the right angle, twisting
hammerlock, o v e r scissors,
strange hold, full nelson, toe hold,
body slams, holds over mouth,
nose, eyes, front or side of throat,
interlocking of fingers, hands, or
arms around body or legs while
contestants are on the mat, bend­ing
or twisting of fingers for
punishment or to break holds, or
any hold used for punishment
alone.
Unnecessary Roughness:
No striking, kicking, gouging,
hair pulling, butting, elbowing,
strangling, or anything that en­dangers
life or limb shall be
allowed.
INTRAMURAL BOXING
RULES
Three, two-minute r o u n d s.
Must win two out of three rounds.
Win rounds on clean, effective
blows landed.
To win a round, you must land
more clear blows than your op­ponents,
and any time one boxer
get a lead of five blows, stop the
round no matter how much time
has elapsed. If one boxer wins
two successive rounds, the match
is over—no third round.
Tournament manager reserves
the right to stop the fight at ann
time, if he thinks one of the box­ers
is in poor shape. If all three
rounds are draws, or if one ends
in a tie, then the referee gives
the decision. Two points will be
taken off for accidental foul. One
round off for intentional foul. If
boxer is off mat three seconds
or more, one point will be taken
off.
manager, the scope and relation­ship
of the engineering curricula
in the School of Agriculture,
Chemistry, and Engineering, the
opportunities for employment in
each branch of the engineering
profession and in each division of
industry.
(Continued next issue)
Archibald Ray, USNR, who is a
former student of electrical en­gineering
from Florala, was in
town last week.
U-DRIVE IT
Tel. 446
Alpha Psi Tops Sigma Chi 53-30
To Win Inlerfraternily Championship
Veterinary Fraternity To Take On
Interf rat Champs Of Alabama March 24
Alpha Psi copped the interfraternity basketball champion­ship
last Wednesday night by turning back Sigma Chi, run-nerups,
53-30. Alpha Psi will meet the interfrat champion of
the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on March 24.
In the first quarter the Alpha Psi men got off to a fast
start after taking the tip-off. Before the period was up, they
had rolled up 12 points to their
opponents 8. Alpha Psi continued
to forge ahead during the second
S 2/c Paul Irvine was in Au­burn
over the week end. He is
stationed with the V-12 at Emory.
period as Moss and Acree paced
them to a 23-16 lead at the half.
The veterinary fraternity pull­ed
away from Sigma Chi during
the third quarter as they led 43-
20.
Sigma Chi, minus the services
of Roger Stevens, their top play­er,
never seemed to get going.
The height and aggressiveness of
the AP team proved too much
for them as Alpha Psi was ahead
53-30 at the game's end.
Moss and Acree were the stars
for Alpha Psi as they rang up 11
points each. Hancock was the
big gun for Sigma Chi with 18
tallies, followed by Lindsay and
Prolsdorfer with 4 each.
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