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VOL. LXXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949 NUMBER 37
Pep Committee Gives
Plans For '49 Season
Tentative Programs Scheduled For 7 Games;
Torch Parade And Rally Set For Homecoming
By Bill Walton
Joe Moore, chairman of the Pep Committee, has released
the plans of his group for the coming football season. Al­though
all of the plans are still tentative, Moore said that the
committee has made plans for seven of the Tigers' games and
that the program for the annual tussle with the University of
Alabama is not ready for an
nouncement at this time.
As the Tiger gridders will open
their 1949 season with the Uni­versity
of Mississippi Rebels in
Montgomery on September 23,
Wve days before classes start at
Auburn, the committee has not
made any elaborate plans for the
Ole Miss tussle.
However, all students who are
planning to attend the game are
asked to meet at the fountain in
downtown Montgomery late Fri­day
afternoon for a parade up
Dexter Avenue. Printed sheets
containing yells will be passed out
and students will be urged to
participate in cheering.
On October 8 when the Auburn
Tigers move into Mobile's Ladd
Stadium for their game with the
Florida 'Gators, they will receive
plenty of support from the Au­burn
students, according to the
plans of Chairman Moore. There
will be a pep rally and dance here
Thursday night before the game
and a parade is being planned for
Saturday morning in M o b i l e.
Moore also hopes to have a dance
in Mobile Saturday night. The
Auburn band and placard cheer­ing
section will be taken to the
Florida game.
"Wreck Tech" Rally
The annual "Wreck Tech" pep
rally will be held Thursday af­ternoon
before the game with
Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Oc­tober
15. The traditional pajama
parade will be held during the
afternoon and there will be a pep
dance at night. The placard sec­tion,
which is under the direction
of former head cheerleader Jim­my
Kendrick, and the band will
go to Atlanta.
A "French Quarter" pep dance
will feature the rally before the
Aubum-Tulane game. The dance
will be held on Thursday, October
20, with all students wearing cos­tumes
representing the famous
New Orleans French quarters.
Present plans do not call for the
band accompanying the Tigers to
New Orleans.
. On October 29 there will be a
pre-Vanderbilt game pep rally
and dance. The Omicron Delta
Kappa and Glomerata beauties
will be introduced at the dance.
Students will assemble at the
railroad station to send the team
off and to welcome them back
home for both the Tulane and
Vanderbilt games.
Homecoming Plans
The highlight of the season is
e x p e c t e d when Coach Earl
Brown's Tigers meet the Missis­sippi
State Maroons in the annual
Homecoming game here Novem­ber
5. Plans are being made for a
gigantic torch light parade and
pep rally on Friday night before
Revenue Director
Will Address DSP
Mr. Hugh W. Cardon, chief
field director of the Federal In­ternal
Revenue Service in Birm­ingham,
will be the guest speak­er
at a meeting of the Delta Sig­ma
Pi honor fraternity on Au­gust
9. Mr. Cardon will speak on
the subject, "General Taxation",
and the meeting will be held at
8 p.m. in the accounting lab of
the new classroom building.
A graduate of the University of
Alabama, Mr. Cardon holds B.A.
and M.S. degrees from the Uni­versity.
He has been with the
Revenue Service since 1933.
He was a delegate to the Na­tional
Association for Employees
of Collectors of Internal Revenue
Conventions at St. Paul and Los
Angeles. He is chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions for
the association.
Mr. Cardon is a member of the
Alabama College Board of Trus­tees
from the state at large, and
is a charter member of the Ala­bama
Historical Association.
All b u s i n e s s administration
students are invited to attend
this meeting.
PEP CHAIRMAN
Joe Moore
the State game. At the pep rally
the team will be introduced and
the story of the origination of
"WAR EAGLE" will be told.
Fraternities are expected to
strongly compete for the Blue Key
award for the best decorations. A
parade with floats is being plan­ned
for the morning of the game
and the weekend will be cli­maxed
by the Homecoming dance
in- the student activities building
Saturday night.
On Friday, November 11, the
Pep Committee plans to "Burn
The Bulldog", a feature before all
Auburn-Georgia gridiron battles.
There will be a "hill-billy" pep
dance and rally on Friday night,
and the band and placard section
will accompany the Tigers to Co­lumbus
for the game on Nov. 12.
Since the game with Clemson
will be in Mobile on Thanksgiv­ing
week-end no activities are
planned for this game. Moore an­nounced
that elaborate plans for
a pre-game pep rally before the
Alabama game will be announced
in the fall quarter.
Class In Investment
To Take Field Trip
Professor George W. Patton's
class in investments will visit
brokerage offices in Columbus,
Ga., tomorrow. The class will ob­serve
and study the management
and procedure carried on in the
offices in Columbus.
Members of the class who plan
to make the trip are:
Robert Adams, Sylvester Atch­ison,
McCullen Atkinson, James
Baird, Paul B e r t h o ' r n , James
Blow, Harry Brooks, John Cato,
Jean Chambliss, B. L. Cummings,
and Frank Davies.
Ray Dinning, Jr., James Finch,
Elmer Hardy, Henry Harrison,
Andrew Holloman, Bob Hurston,
Bruce James, William Keith,
William Lane, Anderson Mann,
and Frances Meadows.
James Munroe, C. L. Newman,
James O'Mary, Robert Payne, J.
A. Power, Lewis Richardson, J.
R. Walker, Jr., Emmitt Weather-ly,
and Robert White, Jr.
Weekly Summer Concert
Will Be Held Tomorrow
The weekly Summer Twilight
Concert will be held tomorrow
night at 7:30 in front of Langdon
Hall. The Auburn Summer Con­cert
Band will present a selection
of musical numbers.
The second part of the program
will consist of group singing di­rected
by Mr. Richard Collins of
the music department. In addition,
James Cranford will sing several
numbers including "Because" and
"Thine Alone."
Sponsored by the music de­partment
and Alpha Phi Omega,
service fraternity, the concert is
open to the public with no admis­sion
fee.
'Bama Game Leads
In Sale Of Tickets
For 1949 Season
Students May Purchase
Tickets To First Game
During Registration
With Auburn's opening game a
little over two months off, ticket
sales to the Homecoming Day tilt
here with Mississippi State, Nov.
5, have surpassed all other games
to date except the annual Au­burn-
Alabama game in Birming­ham,
according to Jeff Beard, bu­siness
manager of athletics.
These two games, in addition to
the Georgia and Georgia Tech
contests, are the only ones which
have a limit tag. Anyone may
buy up to four tickets each to the
Mississippi State, Georgia, and
Tech games, and two to the Ala­bama
battle.
There is no limit to the num­ber
an individual may wish to
purchase to the Auburn games
with Florida, Tulane, Vanderbilt,
or Clemson.
Coach Beard also announced
that all students in school now
will be given an opportunity to
purchase t i c k e t s during pre-registration
for the University of
Mississippi game. There has been
some doubt as to how this situ­ation
would be handled since
the game will be played on Sep­tember
23 and school does not
open until September 29 at Au­burn.
However, Beard said that all
students who are in s u m m er
school will be able to buy student
tickets to the Ole Miss game. An
official announcement of the date
when the tickets will be placed
on sale will be made very soon.
Beard stated.
All orders for tickets should be
addressed to the Auburn Athletic
Association, Box 432, Auburn. All
prices below include federal and
state taxes, but 25 cents should be
added to cover mailing and insur­ance
costs.
Sept. 23—Ole Miss, Montgom­ery,
$4.20.
Oct. 8—Florida, Mobile, $3.80.
Oct. 15—Georgia Tech, Atlanta,
(4) $4.00.
Oct. 22—Tulane, New Orleans,
$4.00.
Oct. 29—Vanderbilt, Nashville,
$3.00.
Nov. 5—Mississippi State, Au­burn
(Homecoming), (4), $4.20.
Nov. 12—Georgia, Columbus,
(4), $4.20.
Nov. 26—C 1 e m s o n, Mobile,
$4.20.
Dec. 3—Alabama, Birmingham,
(2), $5.00.
ACTION FROM 'JOHN LOVES MARY' Players Present Comedy
InY-Hut At 8:15 Tonight
LAMAR RAINER, AS JOHN, greets his English problem-wife,
Lily, as she arrives from England, in the Auburn Players
production of "John Loves Mary." The play opens tonight at
8 in the Y-Hut.
Independent Beauty and Diving Contest
To Be Held At Prattler's Lake August 8
The Auburn Independent Organization, in co-operation
with the intramural sports board, will sponsor a bathing
beauty and diving contest at Prather's Lake from 4 to 9 p.m.,
August 8. There will also be swimming and dancing.
Rules for the diving contest, which is open to all male
students currently enrolled at Au
Weekly Street Dance
Scheduled For Friday
The weekly street dance will
be held Friday night on Samford
Terrace. With music being furn­ished
by a combo from the Au­burn
K n i g h t s orchestra, the
dance will begin at 8 p.m. and
last until 10:45 p.m. In case of
rain the dance will be held in
Alumni Gym.
Sponsored by the social com­mittee
of the college, the sum­mer
street dances are designed
for the recreation of all students.
Kirk Jordan, social committee
chairman, urges students to come
to the dance Friday night and to
take advantage of this weekly so­cial
function. There will also be
a street dance on August 12 and
19.
7 Students to Inspect
Service Engraving Co.
Maltby Sykes, associate pro­fessor
in the department of art
will take his class in graphic
processes to inspect the plant of
the Service Engraving Company
in Montgomery on Thursday,
August 4. The class will see the
actual making of designs and en­graving
at the Montgomery plant.
Members of the class making
the trip will be:
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William B a g g e t t , Blanchard
Gardner, Jane Greene, Ralph
Langreck, John Markham, Joe
Quinn, and Edna Earl Thompson.
burn, may be obtained from the
library. There will be both high
and low board events. Cups will
be awarded the winner of each
division, with the second and
third place winners" of each group
getting medals.
The bathing, beauty contest is
open to all girls presently en­rolled
here or who were enrolled
here in the spring quarter and
have not graduated. Contestants
may enter as individuals or un­der
the sponsorship of an organi­zation.
The winner of the contest
will receive a cup. Girls who
have already entered are Lucille
Taylor, Delta Zeta; Ann Jackson,
Theta Upsilon, and Betty Ruth
Mac Faden, Alpha Omicron Pi.
Tickets cost 50 cents and may
be obtained from any active mem­ber
of AIO. They will also be on
sale at Main Gate Thursday and
Friday.
The diving contest will begin at
4:15 p.m. and the bathing beauty
contest at 7 p.m. Freshmen girls
will have 9:15 permission.
The deadline for entries has
been extended. For further in­formation
or entry blanks call
either John Stair, phone 9161, or
Tex Shewell, phone 549.
Fall Registration
Begins Tomorrow
Registration for the fall quar­ter
will begin tomorrow and con­tinue
through Friday, August 22.
All students who plan to go to
school in the fall quarter will
complete registration by report­ing
to the dean or his representa­tive.
Tomorrow all s e n i o r s with
their last name between A and L
will register. On Friday, August
5, all seniors from M to Z will be
registered.
Juniors from A through L will
be registered on Monday, August
8, while juniors from M through
Z will register on Tuesday, Au­gust
9.
Sophomores will register on
Thursday, August 11„ and fresh­men
on Friday, August 12.
Payment of fees for the fall
quarter will be conducted from
August 17 through August 19.
For further information on pre-registration
and payment of fees
for the fall quarter see registra­tion
notice on page 3.
City Court Hears
Sunday Law Case
By Bob Windham
The Monday afternoon session
of city court on July 25 was cli­maxed
by the city's prosecution
and conviction of C. C. Markle as
operator of the southside grocery
in violation of the Sunday Laws,
or Blue Sky Laws, on July 24.
Judge J. Sydney Cook, Jr., found
Mr. Markle guilty and imposed a
fine of $25.00 and costs.
Walter B. Venters made the
request before the commission that
the fine imposed in city court
Monday, July 25, against his
client, Markle, be remitted. The
attorney charged that at least one
half of the witnesses called to ap­pear
before the court were guilty
of the same offense as the defend­ant
and had gone unbothered by
the city law officers.
It was claimed by the defense
attorney that it was unjust to
"single out" C. C. Markle when,
he charged, a non-member of the
local country club purchased beer
there, slot machines were operated
there, and that bridge was played
in numerous fraternity houses
over the campus on the same day,
July 25, all of which were viola­tions
of the same "Blue Sky
Laws." Mr. Venters stated that he
was not interested in seeing these
practices stopped, but that he 'just
wanted to see justice done." He
also asserted that his client "was
being persecuted, not prosecuted,
and for a purely political issue."
Mr. Sims denied the statement
by Mr. Venters at the recent trial
that he had "a burning hatred"
for the defendant, Markle.
NEW COLONEL
Auburn Camera Club
To Sponsor Exhibit
The Auburn Camera Club is
sponsoring the 1948 Annual Inter­national
Photography-in-Science
Salon in the Architecture Libra­ry,
August 4-10. Ranging in sub­ject
matter from electron micro­scope
photomicrographs of a bac­terial
nucleum to the Great Ga­laxy
in Andromeda, the prints
represent major scientific fields.
Sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institute and Scientific Monthly.
the exhibit places major empha­sis
on novel techiques of record­ing
scientific data on film.
Two of the photographs in the
display are by Dr. Reid Davis
and Dr. Dale A. Porter of the
United States Regional Animal
Disease Research Laboratory at
Auburn.
The exhibit is open to the pub­lic
with no admission charge.
'John Loves Mary' Stars Lamar Rainer;
Scheduled For 8 Performances Here
The Auburn Players will present their only production
of the summer quarter tonight when they begin an eight
day presentation of the Broadway comedy hit, "John Loves
Mary". The play, under the direction of Telfair B. Peet, will
be presented tonight at 8:15 in the Y-Hut with repeat
performances s c h e d u l e d for
Thursday and Friday, and every
night next week.
"John Loves Mary" is an inter­nationally
famous play which has
been acclaimed outstanding by
many of the nation's top critics.
Humorous throughout, the come­dy
is concerned with the love
problems of'a returning G.I.
The cast of the players for to­night's
performance consists of
Lamar Rainer, as John Lawrence;
Wynn Hall as Mary McKinley;
Clarence Perley as Fred Taylor;
James Masey as Senator McKin­ley;
Edith Floyd as Mrs. McKin­ley;
Bettie Jones as Lily Herbish;
Bill Mason as Lt. O'Leary; B. W.
Dickey as General Biddle; Bever­ly
Ritchie as Georgiana Beech-wood,
and Charles Yarbrough as
Oscar.
In the title role of John, Rainer
makes his last stage appearance
on the Auburn campus. As a
member of the Players for several
years, Lamar has been in 75 per­formances
in 10 different produc­tions.
Col. William H. Hill
Col. William H. Hill
Is New Commander
PLAYERS TO PRESENT 'JOHN LOVES MARY' TONIGHT
"IT'S A BAD CASE OF WAR NERVES." explains Clarence Perley, attempting to soothe
Lamar Rainer. Looking on are Wynn Hall, James Masey, and Edith Floyd, other leading charac­ters
in the comedy, "John Loves Mary."
The Auburn Players will present their summer production for eight nights on the campus
before taking it on tour.
Col. William H. Hill has recently
taken over command of the ROTC
unit here at Auburn. The post at
Auburn will be Colonel Hill's third
experience with ROTC programs.
He has previously been in com­mand
of units at Yale University
and at the University of Okla­homa,
serving for four years with
each school.
Colonel Hill attended the Uni­versity
of Texas from 1916 to 1918.
He received his B. S. degree at
West Point in 1920. Since that
time he has continually served
with the regular army. Prior to
the war he had been on tour of
duty in the Philippine Islands,
Hawaii, Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
Yale University, and the Univer­sity
of Oklahoma, and had served
as commander of the general staff
school for one year.
In January of 1943, Colonel Hill
was assigned to general staff duty
with the 6th Corps in Africa.
Duty from there carried him
through the Naples-Foggia, Anzio,
Rome-Arno, Southern France, and
Rhineland campaigns. He was a
participant in amphibious landings
at Salerno, Anzio, and Southern
France. Colonel Hill h e l d com­mand
of the 36th Field Artillery
Group in Italy with the 5th Army,
and with the 7th Army in South­ern
France.
After the war, Colonel Hill re­turned
to the states to duty at
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where
he served as an artillery officer
with the 4th Army until 1946,
when he returned to Germany.
Here he was interned as an ar­tillery
officer with the 3rd Army,
executive officer of the 3rd Con­stabulary
Brigade, commanding
officer of the 15th Constabulary
Regiment, and commanding of­ficer
of the Constabulary Artillery
Group.
Dm-ing Colonel Hill's school
career, he was a member of Scab­bard
and Blade, honorary military
fraternity, and a member of Kap­pa
Sigma social fraternity. He is
married and has three children,
two girls and a boy. His home is
Waco, Texas.
Returning for the production of
"John Loves Mary" are two gra­duate
students, Wynn Hall and
William Dickey, who have ap­peared
many times with the Play­ers
while students at Auburn.
Both were very prominent mem­bers
of the Players while enrol­led
as regular students here.
Professor Peet plans to recast
the play after the summer per­formances
as several members of
the present cast will not be in
school next quarter. After he has
recast the production, Peet plans
to take it on a tour of the state
during the fall and winter quar­ters.
Last year the Players gave 19
out of town performances. These
trips were made possible by the
designing of a portable stage
which was designed by Professor
Peet. Several trips are already
planned for the showing of the
current production "John Loves
Mary."
On The Campus
All-Musical Program
Set For Sunday Night
The Union Service Sunday night
will be devoted to an all-musical
programs, instead of the usual
visiting minister.
The program will be under the
direction of Prof. Edgar Glyde and
Prof. Richard Collins of the music
department. Singing will be led by
the community choir.
Students and townspeople are
invited to attend the service in
Graves Amphitheater at 8 p.m.
The Dames Club will not meet
tonight as scheduled. The next
meeting of the group will be on
August 17 at 8 p. m. in the Social
Center.
The Art Guild will meet at 5
p. m. in the Architecture Building
on Thursday, August 4.
T h e Landscape Architecture
Club will meet at 7:30 p. m. on
Thursday, August 4, in the Art
Annex.
AIEE will meet at 7 p. m. in
Ramsay 109 on August 8.
Block and Bridle Club will
meet at 7- p. m. in the Animal
Husbandry Building, Room 2, on
Monday, August 8.
The American Institute of Ar­chitects
will meet in the Archi­tecture
Building at 4 p. m. on
Tuesday, August 9.
Alpha Phi Omega, service fra­ternity,
will meet at 7 p. m. on
Tuesday, August 9, in Broun Hall,
Room 201.
Alpha Epsilon Delta will hold
its bi-weekly meeting in Samford
209 at 7 p. m. on Tuesday, August
9.
The Auburn Independent Or­ganization
will hold its weekly
meeting at 7:15 p. m. tonight in
the Student Center.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 3, 1949feof u r e s Teacher
Prof. Burnett's Feature Writing Class
Sells Stories To Several Top Publications
By .Mac Farrior
For stimulating interest in class assignment, Auburn
j o u r n a l i sm students are convinced that the dollar sign is far
more effective than any symbol in the instructor's grade
book. Fifteen publishers' checks distributed in a class of 19
students studying feature writing here during the spring
quarter drove home this "earn
ing while learning" approach.
Feature writing, taught at Au­burn
for the first time during the
spring quarter, is a combination
of two former courses, newspaper
feature writing and magazine
writing and editing. It is designed
to teach students how to write and
sell special features to both news­papers
and magazines.
Checks ranging from ten to
thirty-five dollars were earned
from articles written as class as­signment
and later submitted to
publishers throughout the country.
Subject matter, ranging from
laundering shirts through jewelry
sales to America's fight against
Mexican foot and mouth disease,
was largely local and all from the
students' personal experience and
knowledge.
Only one student, Durwood
Scott, who is holding a full time
writing and reporting job with the
East Alabama Publishing Co. at
West Point, Ga., in addition to his
school work, had made any pre­vious
sales of feature articles.
Results Not Complete
The full results of the class
have not yet been determined,
since some students still have
stories under consideration by
publishers. But, as one student
sums it up, "It's mighty nice to
be able to receive pay from class
assignments and know the grade
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Prof. Paul Burnett
will be as good as the checks re­ceived."
Working on the theory that for
the journalist, sales of material is
as'important as the writing, Prof.
Paul C. Burnett stressed equally
the two aspects of successful fea­ture
writing—writing and selling.
While the students were learning
the technique of titles, leads and
story arrangement, t h e y also
studied successful slanting or
writing to specific publications,
editors' requirements, and sales
technique.
The class was conducted on a
student criticism basis. Each as­signment
was read in class and
the other members of the class
contributed improvement sugges­tions,
criticisms, and pointed out
defects. If the story was ready for
sale, then the writer was told so
and urged by Mr. Burnett to send
it to a publisher immediately. If
the article needed revision, the
writer was told, through sugges­tions,
by the class and instructor
what revisions would be best.
Some of the stories underwent
three a n d four revisions before
they were sent to the publisher.
Class Inexperienced
There was no prerequisite other
than one course in journalism and,
as pointed out, all but one student
was almost inexperienced in writ­ing
and selling feature stories. Not
all students sold stories but the
percentage for those sold as com­pared
to the number rejected was
very high. The average was almost
one story sold for each student.
Two stories were sold by J. H.
Langley, a Journalism - English
major from Alexander City. Laun-dryman's
and Cleaners' Guide
published, as the lead story with
an illustration on the cover, a
story about a laundering test on
shirts made by Quality Laundry.
The same magazine is still con­sidering
a story by Langley about
the destruction and rebuilding of
the American Laundry in Opelika.
Another article, on the proposed
remodeled Auburn-Opelika air­port,
was bought by the Birming­ham
Post.
George C. Foster, Auburn, a
major in history, had a story pub­lished
by Progressive Farmer on
Auburn's artificial breeding pro­gram
and two by the Birmingham
News, one about the new dormi­tory
for men at Auburn and the
other about the unique handle
factory between Auburn and Ope­lika.
Foster now has a story under
consideration by still another
publisher.
Southern Agricultralist is pub­lishing
a feature by Jack Simms
on t h e foot and mouth disease
battle in Mexico. Simms is a ma­jor
in English-Journalism from
Auburn.
A story on Chewacla State Park
by William O. Walton was bought
and published by the Birmingham
News. Walton, of LaFayette, is
studying prc-law at Auburn.
Soott Sells Six
Durwood Scott, a major in
Journalism-English from Lanett
sold six sports features. Two were
sold to the Columbus Inquirer,
two to the three Valley papers
published by the East Alabama
Publishing Co. and two to Raleigh,
N. C, News-Observer.
Two features by Mac Farrior
have been sold—one to the Bir­mingham
News about the long
career of Professor Dunstan at
Auburn and one to be published
next year in Jewelers' Circular-
Keystone about a sales promotion
used by Elebash Jewelry Co. Far­rior,
majoring in Journalism-Eng­lish,
is from Prattville.
Feature writing is not restricted
to one class or course. Mr. Burnett
requires that fifty per cent of the
work in -agriculture journalism be
features. Gene Stevenson, a dairy­ing
student, made a sale to the
Progressive Farmer of a feature
written for class work. After mak­ing
this sale, Gene says he is ready
to take more journalism at Au­burn
before he finishes.
Feature writing will probably be
offered again for the spring quar­ter,
1950, depending upon the de­mand
for it. So, come spring
again, students at Auburn will see
that earning while learning is not
a bad deal.
SOCIETY
Kappa Sigma Has Busy Week-End
Kappa Sigma fraternity entertained rushees with its sum­mer
rush week-end recently. A barbecue was given at Lake
Chewacla, Saturday for members, pledges, rushees, and dates.
Saturday night the Kappa Sigs entertained with a house
dance at the chapter house.
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ATO Honors Visiting Members
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity honored visiting members
with a tea dance at the Opelika Country Club Saturday
night, July 30. Members, pledges, and dates attended, and
Mrs. C. E. Lowe, housemother, chaperoned.
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Pre-med Group Gives Party
The Alabama Gamma chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta,
pre-medicai honorary fraternity held a swimming party at
Lake Condy on Sunday, July 24. After shimming, the group
returned to Auburn for a buffet supper, given by Professor
Barney Miller at his home on East Magnolia Avenue.
A special initiation was held for Thomas R. Moore, Birm­ingham,
on Tuesday evening, July 19.
Alpha Gamma Rho Holds Initiation
Xi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho held formal initiation
for six men Sunday, July 31. Those initiated were:
Wayne Arthur, Bear Creek; Elbert Botts, Banks; Roy
Kuykendall, Geraldine; Ray Helms, Clayton; Pershing Pitts,
Clio, and Ralph Rikard, Pine Hill.
Wayne Arthur was awarded a key for being chosen the
outstanding neophyte.
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Phi Delta Theta Gives Parties
Alabama Beta chapter of Phi Delta Theta entertained
dates and other guests last week-end. Buffet supper was
served Friday night and was followed by a dance at the
chapter house. Punch and cake were served during the
evening.
A tea dance was held at the Casino Saturday afternoon,
chaperoned by Mrs. W. B. Thomas, housemother, and Mrs.
Myrtle Morgan. Music was furnished by the Auburn Knights
combo.
WAUD fro Broadcast
Baron Baseball Tilts
Radio Station WAUD continues
its broadcast of the Birmingham
Baron's baseball games this week.
The Baron games are carried
over WAUD except when the
Opelika Owls are playing at
home.
The games in the Southern Lea­gue
to be played by the Barons
this week and to be broadcast
over station WAUD are as fol­lows:
August 5—Little Rock at Little
Rock.
August 8—Mobile at Birming­ham.
August 10—New Orleans at Bir­mingham.
Prof. R. Paul Terrell
To Receive Doctorate
Prof. R. Paul Terrell in the de­partment
of economics and busi­ness
administration has returned
from Worcester, Mass., where he
completed his requirements to­ward
the Ph. D. degree in geog­raphy
at Clark University.
Y
UNDER THE SPIRES
By Bob Swift
LOST: One pair of glasses. In
a red case with name engraved.
Finder please call Frances High
in Dorm 2.
"The Chapel On The Air", religious program heard over
station WAUD every morning at 10:45 will have as i t s speaker
this week, the Reverend Vernon J. Boriack, pastor of the
T r i n i t y Lutheran Church in Auburn. The Rev. Dr. John
Leith, minister of t h e First P r e s b y t e r i a n church, will be next
week's speaker.
EPISCOPAL
Mr. Frederick H. Vogel, pro­fessor
in the forestry department,
will be the guest speaker at the
Canterbury Club meeting Sun­day
evening. These meetings are
held at 5:30 p.m. following the
Sunday evening supper and ves­pers.
During the month of August,
Reverend Sterling will be out of
town on his vacation. Students
will have charge of the regular
Wednesday and Sunday morning
communion. Prayer services will
replace the regular communion.
PRESBYTERIAN
There will be a swimming par­ty
every Tuesday afternoon for
the remainder of the quarter for
members a n d friends of the
Westminster Fellowship. The
parties will be held at Prathers
Lake and watermelon cuts will
be part of the weekly program.
Students will meet at the Fel­lowship
each Tuesday at 4 p.m.
where transportation to the lake
will be provided. The group will
return about 5:30 p.m.
Madge Hollingsworth is repre­senting
the Westminster Fellow­ship
at t h e Assembly Youth
Leadership School in Montreat,
N.C., which is being held this
week. Madge is vice-president of
the Fellowship here at Auburn.
BAPTIST
The regular Brotherhood meet­ing
to be held Sunday morning
at the Pitts Hotel at 8 will be in
the form of a brotherhood date-breakfast
this week. This will be
the only time that girls can at­tend
brotherhood. Regular meet­ings
are held every other Sunday
morning in the Green Room of
the Pitts Hotel. Brotherhood is
the men's missionary organiza­tion
of the Baptist Church. Joe
Gwyn is president of this organi­zation.
The Y.M.A. girls will have a
chance this week to turn tables
and ask that gleam of their eye
to the fish fry to be held Friday
night. The fry will be held at
Prathers Lake from 5 to 7 p.m.
METHODIST
A picnic has been programed
by the Wesley Foundation for
Saturday afternoon, August 6.
Members will leave the Founda­tion
at 2:30 p.m. for Lake Che­wacla.
Transportation will be
provided for everyone.' A picnic
supper will be held at the lake
before the group returns to Au­burn.
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3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 3, 1949 TO BE HONORED
Football Stadium To Be Named In Honor
Of Clifford Hare, Former Chemistry Dean
By Ed Crawford
When t h e A u b u r n Tigers of Coach Earl Brown tangle with
t h e Mississippi S t a t e Maroons here on November 5 in t h e an­nual
Homecoming Day game, a fitting t r i b u t e will be paid to
a loyal son of Auburn—Clifford Leroy Hare. On this day,
when many Auburn men r e t u r n to t h e "Loveliest Village of
the Plains" to pay respects to
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their alma mater they will join to­gether
before the Tiger-Maroon
battle to dedicate the enlarged
football stadium to this loyal fel-law
alumnus by officially naming
it the Cliff Hare Memorial Stad­ium.
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Dean Hare, who gave 55 years
of-his life in service to his alma
n later, was a very active member
of the Auburn faculty during his
long tenure here. Shortly after
his death on October 27, 1948,
the board of trustees voted to
name the enlarged stadium in
honor of the late Auburn profes­sor.
Born in the small Macon County
village of Oak Bowery, Dean Hare
spent most of his childhood in Au­burn's
backyard. It was at Ope-lika
and Oak Bowery that he re­ceived
his pre-college education
in private schools. He entered
Auburn in 1888 and graduated in
June, 1891. In September of 1891,,
Auburn's first graduate scholar­ship
in chemistry was established
and the award was given to
young Hare.
During his college days, Dean
PSYCHOLOGY CLASS
VISITS BIRMINGHAM
The students enrolled in Pro­fessor
S. C. Mclntyre's industrial
psychology class went to Birm­ingham
recently to gain further
information on t h e personnel
procedures of different industrial
plants.
Those attending the tour of the
plants were:
Edwin Baker, Robert Baxter,
Sam Bradford, Helen Brown, Roy
Childress, James Cranford, Emily
Early, Florence Gothberg, Con­rad
Hartzog, Natalie Hatcher,
and Calvin Lowery.
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1 James Spear, and Richard Staf­ford.
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Hare played on the Tiger football
teams as a substitute quarterback.
With that team coached by the
late Dr. George Petrie, Dean Hare
participated in and was one of
the chief instigators of the historr
ical Auburn-Georgia football ser­ies.
In fact this game between
the Bulldogs and Tigers was the
first collegiate gridiron tussle in
Dixie.
After finishing his graduate
work here, Dean Hare went to the
University of Missouri where he
tutored freshmen in lab work. At
the end of one year he returned
to Auburn in 1893, and remained
here for the rest of his life, ex-
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In 1933 Hare was appointed
dean of the School of Chemistry,
a position which he held until his
retirement in 1940.
•Dean Hare was active in civic
and college affairs. He was a
member of Auburn City Council,
the board of dweetors of the Bank
of Auburn, a member of the Me­thodist
Church, and chairman of
the Athletic Committee of the
college.
Probably one of the most ap­propriate
summations of the es­teem
in which Dean Hare was
held by Auburn students, faculty
members and alumni was given
by President Ralph Draughon
when he commented after the
death of late Dean of Chemistry:
"Dean Hare was a man of cour­age,
culture and great spirit." So
the official dedication of Clifford
Hare Memorial Stadium will in­deed
be a fitting tribute to a man
who spent his life in service and
labor for his alma mater.
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Registration Notice
STUDENT LOAD REGULATION: The normal load for students
is three five-credit courses plus physical conditioning and military
training, or a general elective of three hours in lieu of military train­ing.
With the dean's approval, students who pass all subjects in the
preceding quarter with an average grade of 2.0 or higher, may be
permitted to schedule an additional five-quarter hour subject. An
additional fee of $2.00 is assessed for each credit hour in excess of the
normal load.
Students in Engineering Curricula, in which the load is heavier,
making a grade point average of 2.5 may, with the dean's approval,
take three additional quarter hours; or a 3.5 average, five additional
quarter hours.
IMPORTANT: STUDENTS SHOULD NOT REGISTER FOR
OVERLOAD UNLESS ELIGIBLE. COLLEGE REGULATIONS RE­QUIRE
THE REGISTRAR TO STRIKE FROM THE STUDENTS RE­CORD
ANY EXCESS CREDIT TAKEN.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
(Students Enrolled in Summer Quarter)
Note: Students changing curricula will not be permitted to regis­ter
until the regular Fall Quarter Registration Period, September
26-28. At this time such students will report to the Registrar's Office
for a Change-in-Course Permit, prior to planning schedule of studies
with the new Dean. Veterans attending under provisions of Public
Law 16 must clear through Veteran's Guidance Center for approval
of curriculum change before reporting to the Registrar's Office.
In classifying a student who transfers from one curriculum to
another requiring fewer hours, a year of credit in the former will not
carry more than a year of credit in the latter.
PRE -REGISTRATION
(All Students)
1. Preparation of Time Schedule and filling in of registration
cards will be completed with the dean or his representative, students
reporting for registration in alphabetical order as announced by the
dean, within the following dates:
Sophomores—
(A-Z) Thursday, August 11
Freshmen—
(A-Z) Friday, August 12
Seniors—
(A-L) Thursday, August 4
(M-Z) Friday, August 5
Juniors—
(A-L) Monday, August 8
(M-Z) Tuesday, August 9
2. Military Training: It will be the student's responsibility to re­gister
for the correct subject in ROTC. After registration cards have
been approved by the dean, report to Military Office, Samford Base­ment,
for assignment to section. This must be done before reporting
to Alumni Gymnasium for assignment in Physical Education.
3. Naval Training: Naval ROTC students will schedule NROTC
subjects by arrangement at the NROTC Office, Broun Hall.
4. Physical Education: If required, report to Alumni Gymnasium
for assignment.
5. Final Disposition of Registration Cards: After schedules are
approved by the Dean and necessary sections in Military and/or
Naval ROTC plus Physical Education have been assigned by the de­partments
concerned, registration cards should be deposited in the
Registrar's Office, Samford Hall, Room 100.
PAYMENT OF FEES
All students report to Student Center alphabetically in accordance
with the following schedule:
Wednesday. August 17
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9:00- 9:30
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Published weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue, Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organizational news is Saturday noon.
ED CRAWFORD _
GRAHAM McTEER .
John Hembree
Tom Cannon
Bob Ingram
Mary Wiginton
Editor
Mng. Editor
. Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
_ Society Editor
CRAWFORD NEVINS. Act. Bu. Mgr.
Bob Windham Advertising Mgr.
Jake Merrill Circulation Mgr.
Madge Hollingsworth Asst. Cir. Mgr.
STAFF
Kirk Jordan, Irv. Steinberg, Bob Swift, Bill Wal ton and Roger McClarty
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.
A Glimpse At The Budget
At a meeting of the House Ways and
Means Committee last week a tentative
budget for Auburn was drawn up and
submitted to the state legislature for final
approval. Although this budget called for
an overall increase in the funds for Au­burn,
it gave a cut of over $600,000 in the
funds which President Ralph Draughon
requested in the p r o p o s e d budget.
Not only is this a sizable cut in the
amount of funds essential for use at Au­burn,
but this tentative budget faces the
possibility of further reduction before
final passage. With the Senate being con­trolled
by the "economy bloc" who have
taken up a greater part of the legislative,
session with lengthy time consuming tac­tics,
it is hard to see how the budget for
Auburn can be increased.
In reducing the budget requested for
Auburn as well as other Alabama colleges,
the legislature is running the risk of
jeopardizing the work of all colleges in
the state. When Dr. Draughon requested v
an increase of $852,000 for the instruction­al
branch of the college, he did so because
of an anticipated loss of over $500,000
caused by the decline in G.I. enrollment
and because of an underpaid faculty. How­ever,
despite the visibility of these glaring
needs and problems, it now appears that
the instructional branch of the college will
have to operate on an amount almost one-half
of the increase which President
Draughon requested.
Because of an almost complete change­over
in the personnel of the student body
created by the graduation of most veterans
and the increased number of high school
seniors in the freshman class, the college
must face a doubtful future during the
next few years. Faced with the many
problems caused by an anticipated de­crease
in enrollment and a change in the
personnel of the student body, Auburn
should be well fortified to face each of
these tasks. However, with a legislature
that has been too busy waging a bitter
campaign with the administration to grasp
the problems of Auburn and other Ala­bama
colleges, the state of Alabama is
faced with the possibility of a sharp de­cline
in the position now held by state
schools. There is still time for the state
law makers to come to the aid of Ala­bama's
colleges by providing them with
the sufficent funds. The Plainsman again
urges the legislature to weigh carefully
the requests of Auburn as the future of
the college hinges in the balance.
Enter The Plainsman Poll
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fra­ternity
with membership made up of col­lege
students who are former boy scouts,
is undertaking a project which can be of
benefit to the entire school—students, fac­ulty,
and administration. Members of this
group who are in school this summer are
conducting a poll among students which
will appear in The Plainsman each week.
For the most part, the topics of the polls
will be directly concerned with problems
on the Auburn campus. An indicative cross
section of students will be contacted for
opinions. By this means a true representa­tion
of student views should be obtained,
and could be beneficial in determining the
school's policy.
The Plainsman urges that all students
taking part in any of these polls be careful
to give an honest opinion—one that has
been clearly thought out. Only through
each student's backing and participation
can a representative opinion be obtained
—a necessary factor to insure the success
of this project.
A College Plague-The Bull Session
How many hours have you wasted in
bull sessions? How often do you arise from
a session without expressing your view
on the topic of discussion. The individual
who can say "none" in answer to the first
question and "always" to the second, de­serves
abounding credit, for college stu­dents
who have the will power to totally
shun these events are few indeed.
The bull sessionist's evening is some­thing
like this: You happen to be in a
room when a debatable topic is brought
up. An argument follows, and you say to
yourself, "Well, I'll leave as soon as Bill
expounds his theory". But the argument
gets better as it goes along and you find
that the subject is right up your alley, so
you immediately forget about your plans
for the, evening and become engaged in
presenting your angle.
Your idea throws a" new light on the
subject, and you find yourself the spark­plug
of the debate. You become so en­thralled
in the fascination of trying to out-debate
someone that you forget your les­sons
and your plans for the evening. An
hour passes, then another, when you cas­ually
glance at your watch and shout,
"Man, it's 10 o'clock, and I have two
quizzes tomorrow."
The bull session is a college plague that
has wrecked many an evening that was
planned for study, but its participants
would rebel at the suggestion of giving it
up. It is considered much too good a meth­od
of letting off steam and exercising
lungs to be dropped from college extra-curricula.
Though it is likely that few
world problems will ever be solved and
even fewer listeners will be persuaded to
change their outlooks, the bull session will
doubtless remain the most popular time-consumer
among college students for many
more years.
Learn To Be An Independent Thinker
College is more than just a place to use
every means to get a degree which is con­sidered
a license to job hunters. It is more
than that, and less than that.
To learn to be independent thinkers and
to make wise decisions of our own is a
major obligation that we owe ourselves
during college. In these times the average
American family steers its children away
from hardships and responsibility. The
transition from a life of dependence to one
of independence and self-reliance is diffi­cult.
Of course no one is completely inde­pendent
unless he's a George Bernard
Shaw. But, to use an old-fashioned phrase,
we have to learn "to fend for ourselves."
A degree does not confer nor show that
we have this ability.
We also have to learn to think for our­selves
and set for ourselves codes of ethics
and honor.
College should be the ground that
sprouts in us new ideas. All ideas can't be
completely original but they should have
original twists and new angles. Many
times in life someone may get credit for
the work or ideas of another. To believe
that this is the common happening is .to be
a cynic.
This is a negative approach, possibly a
rationalizing excuse for self-deficiencies.
To give of ourselves positively is to work
for the betterment of self and society.
Each of us should work independently
for self-improvement and advancement
and with the group we are part of for its
improvement. This is the way that bene­fits
society. This is one of the bases of
progress.
—The Florida Flambeau
Letter to the Editor Cannon Report
By Tom Cannon
Ad Libbing By Graham McTeer
On growing tired of reading the great classics of the past
few centuries, I decided to try to relax with a little light read­ing
made available by the mass production of contemporary
writings in pocket book size.
I entered one of the city's bet­ter
drug establishments and start­ed
scanning the book shelves. My
first inclination was to hurriedly
purchase the first book that drew
my attention. It was subtly entit­led
"Pick-Up" and had an allur­ing
caption, "How Bad Can a Girl
Get?" Surely nothing could sur­pass
this for a dramatic and emo­tional
example of contemporary
writing, I thought. But then my
eye wandered to the next title—
"The Body in the Bed" (or the
case of the murdered mistress),
and a tinge of indecision crept
into my mind.
How c o u l d I
choose f a i rl y
between these
t w o outstand-i
n g contribu­tions
to litera­ture.
Too, what
if others ap­peared
equally
great?
McTeer I realized that
I had to make a decision. The
only just method was to secure a
complete list of what all dealers
offered in this line and to de­vise
a method of selecting the
absolute best. After a brief tour
of the town I had acquired the
following list:
"The Other Woman" (She
would share him with no one . . .
not even his wife!); "Disposing of
Henry," (Shall we plan your hus­band's
murder, Darling?); "Love
in Dishevelment," a short, neat
chronicle of a long, untidy love;
"Unmarried Couple" (He found
himself in love with a beautiful
thief); "Night of Passion"; "Part
Time Passion"; "Uneasy Virtue,"
and "Professional Lover."
Then came the real problem:
how was I to decide? Of course, I
could read them all, but I hated
to think of one-sided personality
development. Perhaps I could get
a composite picture of the true
situation by selecting one of the
periodicals engaged in printing
similar material throughout the
year. I encountered several in­teresting
magazines, all worthy of
reading by the American public.
Among them were the well-known
Sexology, Wink (a whirl
of girls), Picture Show (sex life
of a bachelor), and one present­ing
"love below the knees.''
Again the same problem ap­peared.
Which one to select?
Finally I gave up the ghost; I
went home empty handed . and
sadly disillusioned. I'm starting
over on my own book collection.
The Rover Boys ain't so bad after
all.
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The following poetical work ap­peared
in McKenzie MacElvain's
column in an issue of the '46
Plainsman. If some of our neigh­boring
students from the North
don't understand our use of the
"all" after certain pronouns, here's
enlightenment.
Listen all you yankee lads
Who think we-all are rural,
And let me tell you one last time
The word "you-all" is plural.
When we say "you-all must
come down,
Or, we-all shall be lonely,"
We mean a dozen folks, per­haps—
And not one person only.
Now, I don't mean to criticize
Or act as if I know all,
But when we speak of only one,
We all say "you" like you-all.
Legislature Report By Kirk Jordan
The house adjourned last Thurs­day
without action on Gov. James
E. Folsom's $80,000,000 road bond
issue. Adjournment came abrupt­ly
after Montgomery's Luther In-gall's
spoke for nearly 30 minutes
against the measure.
Four amendments had previ­ously
been added and two others
defeated. The successful changes
provide that the cost of issuing
the bonds can't be over $50,000;
that bonds will
be callable any­time
after a year
on interest pay-
: ments; that the
.': bonds must be
'sold at public
^auction after ad-
Svertisement f or
Ifour weeks, and
| that the bond is-
Isue will not be
•submitted as a
constit u t i o n a 1
amendment unless the legislature
passes a one cent additional gas
tax to pay it off.
The senators bogged down in a
fight over a bill to abolish the
state publicity department. The
measure would abolish the pre­sent
Department of Records and
Reports, which is responsible to
the governor.
In it's place the new measure
Jordan
would provide for the appoint­ment
of a Department of Publi­city
under the State Planning
Board.
Sen. Bruce Henderson and
others sponsors say that the pre­sent
department has taken part
in the past campaigns, especially
the self-starter movement in 1947.
Both houses adjourned Tuesday
in order to hear an address by
Dr. Scale Harris of Birmingham
before a joint session of the legis­lature.
Dr. Harris congratulated
the state on its long, but success­ful
fight against tropical diseases
and said that Alabama "is the
safest place in the world in which
to live".
The Birmingham physician ur­ged
the legislators to advertise
that tropical diseases have practi­cally
ceased to exist in the state
in order to attract more industrial
organization to the state.
In Friday's session re-appor­tionment
advocates won a skirm­ish
in the senate by a one vote
' margin. Proponents of the bill to
give each county a state senator,
squeezed through an adjournment
motion 15 to 14, after it was
proposed to give 47 other measures
priority of consideration.
The 67 senator bill is now in the
No. 1 position on the calendar and
ready for action this week.
The house voted to ask the Su­preme
Court for an advisory opin­ion
on the recently passed bill
(Continued on page 6)
25 July, 1949
To the Student Body of Au­burn:
The recent memorandum to Fa­culty
Members from the Council
of Deans reiterated certain exist­ing
regulations and added a new
regulation concerning class con­duct.
One of these regulations is
especially interesting because it
states, ". . . students shall be per­mitted
to leave the classroom
without prejudice."
It is possible to make a rule
that regulates student behaviour,
but it is not possible to regulate
prejudice. Any student who leaves
a classroom at any time is within
his rights—students are not pris­oners
in any classroem. It is as­sumed,
then, that students are in
classrooms (or in college, in gen­eral)
because they Want to be. In
theory they are there because
they wish to acquire certain
knowledge which can only be ac­quired
or which can more easily
be acquired by attending classes.
This theory breaks down when
we examine the various students
and their interests. Students may
be divided roughly into three
groups—those who want a dip­loma
(prestige seekers), those who
want an education (sometimes
called "eager beavers") and those
who want both of these things.
Any student who is more in­terested
in a 'beat* than he is in
the possibility of a class and who
lets this be known by either word
or action prejudices himself in
the eyes of all interested parties
as a member of the first group.
If it is the feeling of the Stu­dent
Relations Committee that it
is the duty of the school to serve
this first group then they might
recommend to the Council of
Deans a plan for the installation
of a time clock in each classroom.
The student could then go to the
classroom, punch his time card
and leave whenever he pleased.
The Registrar's office could hand
him a diploma whenever he sub­mitted
a time card with the prop­er
number of punches. This sys­tem
is modern, simple, and inex­pensive
and would completely
satisfy the diploma-seeker.
Such a system would not great­ly
affect the knowledge-seekers;
they have always managed to get
an education and always will,
even if colleges pass out of ex­istence.
The third group might
be seriously handicapped by the
new system. These people usually
want knowledge for personal sat­isfaction
and also as a useful tool
in a profession. They count on
their diploma as a recommenda­tion;
it acts as an entrance permit
to their chosen profession. As
holders of diplomas they have
met or exceeded the standards set
by the institution.
When a university is turned
into a diploma mill, by any
means, the diplomas of that insti­tution
are devaluated in the dip­loma
market and they no longer
serve as a means of obtaining
entry into the better strata of the
professional world. This change
doesn't prevent people from get­ting
in, but it does make it in­creasingly
difficult.
A change in the standards of-an
institution also tends to be
retroactive. All diplomas that the
institution has ever issued, re­gardless
of the standards main­tained
at the time the degrees
were awarded, undergo a deval­uation
any time the new diplo­mas
are devalued.
It seems particularly important,
then, to remember that any time
you do anything that lowers the
academic standards of your school
it is impossible to do it without
prejudice. You prejudice all aca­demic
accrediting bodies, groups
of educators, prospective employ­ers,
former graduates, and many
others including the more con­scientious
students in your class
who realize that by your actions
the prestige of your school is be­ing
slowly and subtlely under­mined.
John R. McKlveen
\
The Exchange Post By Irv Steinberg
Until I heard the doctors tell
the dangers of a kiss
I had considered kissing you
the i nearest thing to bliss
i ,But;how I know bacteriology
and sit and sigh and moan.
Six hundred million microbes!
And I thought we were alone!
—U. of Akron Buchtelite
* * »
The officers of the Co-Op Club
at Georgia Tech announced that
the annual Miss Perfect Lips
contest is underway with full
steam. All of the Co-Op freshmen
have their kiss cards and are
busy soliciting kissprints of their
favorite girls. The freshmen who
presented the winners will es­cort
these girls to the Miss Per­fect
Lips Ball, where the winners
will be presented with prizes.
* » •
"Can you o p e r a t e a type­writer?
"Yes, sir, I use the Biblical
system."
"What sort of'system is that?"
"It is based on the proposition,
'Seek and ye shall find.'"
* * *
Two students at the University
of Alabama have been running a
bus line between the University
and town. These students have
made a profit of about three
thousand dollars a year on this
one route. They are doing pretty
good, considering the fact that
the regular city bus service has
been showing a loss on their
services.
—via Ga. Tech Technique
* * *
A pinch of salt is greatly im­proved
by dropping it into a
stein of beer.
—U. of Akron Buchtelite
* * *
"What's the difference between
vision and sight?"
"Do you see those two girls
sitting in the center there?"
"Yes."
"Well, the pretty one I should
call a vision of loveliness, but
the other one—she's a sight."
* * *
If you tell a man there are
270,678,934,341 stars in the uni­verse
he'll believe you, but if a
sign says "Fresh Paint" that feme
man has to make a personal in­vestigation.
—U. of Alabama
"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."
* * *
Administrative officials? at the
University of Alabama beljeye
that men have outgrown the age
of short pants and are therefore
making it taboo to wear them on
the campus. Dr. J. M. Gallalee,
university president, introduced
the rule that requires all men to
wear a shirt and trousers while
on the campus.
* * *
A friendly smile, a hearty
handshake, and a slap on the
back are three of the greatest
tonics in the world—they can
dry tears, instill confidence, and
take the curve out of a spine.
—U. of Alabama
* . * *
Construction on a new Engi­neering
building was recently
started at the University of Ala­bama.
The building is estimated
to cost $300,000.00.
» * *
"If Shakespeare were here to­day
he would be looked on as a
remarkable man."
"Yes, he'd be more than 300
years old."
» * *
When a doctor—called to a
house to attend a confinement—
had been upstairs a few minutes
he came down and said to the
husband, "Have you got a cork­screw?"
He was given one and
went upstairs.
A few minutes elapsed — he
came down and said, "Got a
screwdriver?" He was given one.
Again he went up. A few minutes
and he was down a third time,
asking for a chisel and mallet.
"Good gracious, doctor," the
worried husband said, "Is it a
boy or a girl?"
"Don't know yet," replied the
doctor, "Can't get my medicine
case open."
* » *
A professor, in a quite meth­odical
way, was explaining the
uses and effects of uranium salts
to a most interested southwest
Texas college class. In his hand
he held a sample jar of the com­pound.
Shaking the jar he said, "If
these salts are shaken up a bit
and dropped . . ." With this
statement he faked a drop of the
jar. At the same time a quick
witted student in one of the back
rows lit a firecracker which ex­ploded
with a loud roar. Students
left immediately through every
available exit.
—via Ga. Tech Technique
I was pleased to read in the
Crimson-While that my g o od
friend and Auburn alumnus,"
Maury Smith, is the newly-cho­sen
chairman of the spirit-plan­ning
committee at the University
of Alabama. Nevertheless, I was
rather amused by a column on
the editorial page of that paper
which made a number of rather
slighting remarks about good ole
Auburn in connection with the
appointment.
While I am a firm believer in
friendly relations between Ala-
...,...., bama and Au­burn,
I s t i ll
can't let t h is
o p p o r t unity
pass unheeded.
In the f i r st
place, the col-u
m n i s t went
into a long har­angue
a b o ut
" . . . Maury,
who when he
was at Auburn
Cannon had .to grin and
bear it for three (3) years, in
which he, like all good ole Au­burn
men with the good ole Au­burn
spirit, had to build within
them a quasi-religion about their
team—a religion built on faith and
faith alone, with no mention of
good works."
It looks like Alabamians could
use a little more faith in their
team, since with all their win­nings,
they have to choose a form­er
Auburn student to find a man
with enough spirit to head the pep
committee.
Maybe Auburn hasn't won but
???? games out of the last 30, but
we still have the most indefatig­able
spirit in the nation. What
kind of pep would we have with a
winning team?
The writer ends his article by
implying that perhaps Auburn
will have a winning team by the
time Maury's grandchildren are
in college. I'd like to remind him
that exactly the same thing was
being said about the now pow­erful
Crimson Tide when Maury's
grandfather was in college, and
the "Thin Red Line" was being
tromped while Mike Donahue was
leading the Tigers to the top of
Dixie's gridiron circles.
Bottom Of
The Barrel
By Roger McClarty
Do you swelter and bake in the
burning heat of mid-July? Do
you often feel fatigued, uncom­fortable,
and sticky, due to in­adequate
ventilation? Well, then
why don't you try an hour or two
spent in research in our air-con­ditioned
library? I tried it the
other evening—so cool and re­freshing
with all those huge fan?
and air conditioning units. The
result: one soggy T-shirt and a
pair of slightly damp trousers.
Then, on the other hand, are
y o u fortunate
enough to rate
a summer class
~X---S!
in one of our
t e m p o r a ry
b u i l d ings? I
have been one
of the chosen
few who have
been c o n s i s-tently
l u c ky
enough to see
'J that fateful T.
McClarty B. 12% A on
my schedule quite frequently. My
first experience with those archi­tectural
nightmares began in the
U.S. Army.
The history of these structures
goes back to Washington, D.C.,
and the Pentagon building where,
in preparation for the last war,
the "high brass" was feverishly
preparing to make facsimiles of
soldiers out of our young man­hood.
It seems a second lieuten­ant
in chemical warfare suddenly
got an inspiration that later net­ted
him a first-lieutenancy. By
keen perception and sheer time
on his hands, he reasoned that
most of the training would be
done in the hotter regions of the
country. Climate proved him
right. From his perverted brain
came the design for the thousands
of army class room buildings. The
windows you will notice are
cleverly constructed up so high
in the walls as to completely
block any hint of a breeze from
reaching you when you sit down.
Why did they choose that par­ticular
design, you may ask? Very
simple! They made most of the
training classes two hours long
and they usually ran for about
six weeks. The aspiring and per-
(Continued on page 6)
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 3, 1949
Guards and Centers Lack Experience;
Several Newcomers Expected To Help
By Bob Ingram
The middle of the Auburn line, t h e guards and centers,
will play an e x t r e m e l y important part in t h e operation of the
T-formation this fall, and both of those positions are short
in experienced men.
Leading the list of candidates for s t a r t i n g honors at the
left guard position are lettermen
/Chester Cline and Jack Lambert.
Cline is a 195 pound former All-
Stater at E t o w a h High, while
Lambert, also from Etowah Coun­ty,
starred at Emma Sansom High
of Gadsden.
Tom Banks, a transfer student,
is expected to give Cline and
Lambert plenty of competition for
the left guard position, as -is
sophomore Fred McClintock, a
Philadelphia lad who is a demon
on defense.
At right guard there are five
Candidates for the position, in-luding
three lettermen. Senior
Ray Moore and juniors Dan Man-trone
and Bill McGuire are the
lettermen, while senior Frank
Jones and sophomore Jim Brooks
are expected to see plenty of
service.
Moore is a 200-pounder from
Memphis and has earned three
letters at Auburn. McGuire and
Mantrone are both stocky but
rugged men, and both are from
Yankee land. McGuire is from
McKeesport, Pa., while Mantrone
is from Ozone Park, New York.
Brooks is also a Pennsylvanian,
and was one of the brightest
stars on the 1*48 freshman squad.
He weighs 210 pounds and is very
fast, a factor which is a necessity
^for good T-formation guards.
Looking at the center position,
the picturt isn't quite so rosy.
The pivot section is considered
the weakest link of the 1949 squad,
with only one letterman return­ing
from last years squad.
Alternate Captain Coker Bar­ton
is the only monogram wearer
at this position, lettering in 1947
and 1949. Coker looked extreme­ly
good in spring training and if
he continues his fine play this
fall he may soon make Tiger fans
Dan Mantrone
Auburn Will Meet Mississippi State
In Hare Stadium For Homecoming Tilt
By Bob Ingram
The greatest Homecoming celebration in Auburn's long
history will be held November 6, and highlighting this great
day will be the football battle between the Auburn Tigers
and the Mississippi State Maroons. This will be t h e first game
to be played in the beautiful, new Cliff Hare Stadium which
is to be dedicated that day.
A record-breaking crowd is an­ticipated
for the 22nd game be­tween
these two schools. Auburn
holds a decided edge in this se- .
ries which started in 1905, the ! D a v i s a n d M u r r y Alexander,
Tigers having won 13 games, tackles Jim- Champion and Guy
were lost via graduation, and two
of these men weren't regulars.
Returning for first string service
this fall are ends Art Tait, Ken
Coker Barton
forget about Auburn's fine center
of last year, Captain Hal Herring.
Backing up Barton will be four
other men—Bill Hogarth, Frarik
THE AUBURN DELIVERY SERVICE
Student owned and operated, is available for hauling
of household goods, trunks, boxes, and furniture.
Phone 1177
Jack Lambert
Hayes, John Crolla and Homer
Williams. Hayes is a senior from
Montgomery, where he was aft
All-State and All-Southern se­lection
at Lanier High.
Hogarth, a junior, came to Au­burn
from Miami High, Miami,
Florida. The sophomore candi­dates,
Williams and Crolla, both
were backfield men, but their
fine defensive ability plus their
speed caused Coach Brown to
shift them to center in an at­tempt
to bolster that position.
Williams is from Greenboro, while-
Crolla hails from Chicago.
Chicago.
FOR SALE: Marmon twin bike
motor on heavy duty Schwinn
Bike. Selling price cheap. Call
940-M or see James F. Goggans at
203 Lakeview Drive.
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Silk Scarves $1.00 each
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Theta Chi Cinches
League III Crown;
Upsets Feature Play
By defeating Colynae, 12 to 5,
for their eighth straight win, the
Theta Chi softball team won the
League III title. Pi Kappa Phi,
Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Theta
were toppled from the undefeat­ed
ranks last week, leaving Theta
Chi the only undefeated team in
tne summer leagues.
Things went as expected ill
League III with Theta Chi tak­ing
Phi Kappa Tau, 6 to 2, for
their seventh win and finishing
the season by winning from Coly­nae.
ATO handed The Faculty a
7 to 3 setback, and Phi Kappa
Tau also trounced the profs 8 to 4.
In League I, Pi Kappa Phi saw
their hopes of an undefeated sea­son
disappear as TKE came from
behind to upset them, 4 to 3. The
Pi Kaps bounced back, however,
and routed second place Lip­scomb's,
18 to 3, to clinch the
title. Lipscomb's beat Alpha Gam­ma
Rho, 6 to 4, and Kappa Sigma
won from TKE, 11 to 9, in the
only other games scheduled.
Kappa Alpha dampened the
title aspirations of Sigma Chi
with a 10 to 5 dubbing, which
put the two .teams in a tie for
first place in League III. KA fin­ished
their season with a 19 to 1
rout of Lambda Chi. Sigtoia Chi
has one game left with PiKA; if
they win, the league will end in a
tie and a play-off will be held.
The Flunkies lost both of the
other games played, one to the
Sigma Chis, 7 to 5, and one to the
PiKA's, 11 to 8.
Sigma Pi stayed in the running
for the League IV title with a 16
to 15 win over Phi Delta Theta,
but the Phi Delts have clinched
at least a tie for first. The Phis
must face an improved Delta
Sigma Phi aggregation in their
final game and a win would give
them the crown. Sigma Pi made
it a perfect week with a 13 to 3
win over FFA and Phi Delta
Theta blasted Wesley, 18 to 2. The
luckless Wesley dropped their
second outing to Delta Sigma Phi,
8 to 6.
The Kings trounced SPE, 25 to
5, and the Sigma Nu's, 10 to 7, to
gain a tie with the Zippers for
first in League V. The two teams
meet in the final game of the
season which will decide the
championship. The SAE's finish­ed
the season without a win by
losing to the Zippers, 13 to 8, and
Sigma Nu, 21 to 8.
Only two games were played in
League VI with the TCees beat­ing
BSU, 8 to 2, and the Fumbles
taking the same team, 17 to 12.
State 8, and one ended in a tie.
While Auburn holds the series
edge, the Maroons are boasting a
seven-game winning streak over
the Plainsmen.
There have b e e n a lot of
changes made at State since last
fall. Gone from the squad are all
four members of the "Dream
Backfield" of Jimmy Stuart, Jim
Bailey, Harper Davis and Shorty
McWilliams. Also gone is Coach
Allyn McKeen, and in his place
is Coach Slick Morton who came
to State from V.M.I, after setting
a splendid record there.
While the Maroons lost heavi­ly
in the backfield from gradu­ation,
the situation up front isn't
quite as bad. Only four linemen
Herring, guards Louis Williams
and Vic Papa and centers Pets
Ray and Rex Bullock.
Even with such strength re­turning
in the line, the Maroons
are not expected to be as strong
this fall as the squad of last year.
In fact, with the Auburn eleven
fired up to a mental peak for
the Homecoming game, a Tiger
victory would not be too much
of an upset.
FOR SALE: A Marman two-blinder
motor bike, excellent
condition; built in clutch, ex­tras,
speed 35-40. Reduced price:
$75. Call Frank Lane, Phone
1287-M.
Evans Announces
Tourney Deadlines
The deadlines for the golf and
tennis tournaments, which are be­ing
sponsored by the Auburn phy­sical
education department, have
been set by Coach Bob Evans. All
contestants are urged to play at
their scheduled time. Any infor­mation
in regard to the tourna-j
ments can be arranged at Alumni
,Gym.
The tennis tournament dead­line's
are August 6 for the first
'round, August 13 for the second
i round, August 18 for the third
round and August 23 for the
i finals and semi-finals.
Courts 1, 2, and 3 will be re­served
from three to six every
afternoon for scheduled matches.
It is requested that all match re­sults
are reported immediately.
Matches will be played in singles,
doubles, and mixed doubles.
The first round deadline for the
intramural golf tournament will
be August 6, the second and third,
and the semi-finals and finals will
be on August 13, 20, 20 and 24
respectively. All matches must be
completed by noon of the dead­line
date.
FOR SALE: Latest Model 1948
Ford Coupe, 10,000 miles. Just
like new. Call Mrs. Osmo Smith,
phone 611.
MURDER
On College Street
It will end Saturday, August 6tn
Eye Witnesses to the Crime
Mr. Ledbetter Said:
"This brutal disregard of
Dollars is inhuman."
Olin L. Hill Says:
"I never saw such slash­ing
— outright price slash­ing
in my life."
"They are the loveliest
things imaginable taken in
their prime of life."
FOR SALE: Golf Clubs. Eight
matched irons, Bobby Jones,
Spalding; three woods, leather
bag. Phone 1036-J. S. Turner
Jones, 358 Brookwood Drive.
TINY TOT HOME Nursery
opening for accommodation of
working mothers. For more in­formation
come by 111 Short
Street, Lakeview.
TENNIS RACKETS
RESTRUNG
(1 hr. service)
BROWNE'S SPOBTING
GOODS
Chopped to Bits on $ Day
$ 1 3 , 9 9 5 . 3 3 To Go for $ 7 , 0 0 0 . 00
40 Summer S u i t s at 5 0 % off
50 Summer Suits at 4 0 % off
100 Pair of Pants at 33^3% off
100 Pair of Pants at 4 0 % off
100 Swim T r u n k s at 5 0 % off
REMEMBER: These are only a few of the many Bargains.
There are hundreds of others items 25% to 50% off. This is
your chance. BE AN EARLY BIRD.
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Adults 30c—Children 10c
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
AUGUST 3 & 4
It's Here Again To Thrill
You
SAN
FRANCISCO
S t a r r i ng
CLARK GABLE
JEANETTE McDONALD
SPENCER TRACY
added
Movietone Adventure
Cartoon: Power of Thought
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
AUGUST 5 & 6
Double Feature Program
NO. 1
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Serial: Batman and Robin
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Screen Snapshot No. 7
Comedy—He's In Again
MONDAY & TUESDAY
AUGUST 8 & 9
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THE Gallant Lekion
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Travel: Bermuda
Everglades Adventure
Short
6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 3, 1949
Application Blanks For G.I. Insurance
Dividends Will Be Ready August 29
Application blanks for the $2,800,000 National Service Life
Insurance special dividend to be paid to some 16,000,000 present and
former policyholders will be available for veterans Aug. 29, Carl R.
Gray, Jr., Administrator of Veterans Affairs, announced this week.
Government Printing Office
currently is running off 70,000-
000 of the forms, advance sam­ples
of which were released to
^the press and radio recently by
Mr. Gray. The forms will be
available in every postoffice, VA
Office and at veterans' service
organizations beginning Aug. 29,
which is the earliest date the
Government Printing Office can
complete distribution of the huge
order.
In making samples of the ap­plication
card available, Mr. Gray
said the cards may not be repro­duced
for distribution, since they
become part of the permanent re­cords
of VA and must be on a
special paper and of a correct
size to fit computing and record­ing
machines. Any off-standard
or off-size paper, he said, would
only serve to delay processing, as
the cards would have to be
thrown o u t of the production
line.
As official forms will not be
available, any dividend applica-led
out as completely as you
possibly can, then wait until the
checks start out sometime in
January of next year."
Athletes'Feats
by
Bob Ingram
Cabinet Minutes
July 27, 1949
Acting P r e s i d e n t Harry
Knowles called the meeting to
order. The roll was called and
the following members were ab­sent:
Bob Flanagan, Gene Allred
and Zip Chambers.
The minutes of the last meet­ing
were read and approved as
read.
The C a b i n e t discussed the
right of an ex-officio member to
make a motion from the floor.
Auburn Men Active In Pro Baseball
Auburn baseball fans have had plenty to cheer about this
summer as a number of ex-Auburnites as well as three Au­burn
students are making some enviable records in profes­sional
basball. In nearby Opelika, the Owls of the Alabama-
Georgia league are in the middle of the fight for the league
title thanks to the fine showing of Bubba Ball, Bert Hudson
and Wheeler Fleming, all now attending school at Auburn.
Ball, a senior, is managing the Owls this year and setting
a fine example for his teammates by leading the league in
batting with a hefty .379 average. Not far back is his team
mate as well as classmate, Bert Hudson. Leading the league
in total bases and runs batted in, Hudson is batting .343.
Wheeler Flemming, a graduate student at Auburn, is the
Owls first sacker, batting a solid .278.
Moving up to Class B baseball, we find two more former
Coach McGowen,
Former Tiger Star,
Works With Backs
Assistant football coach Dick
McGowen, one of Auburn's all-time
gridiron greats, was ap­pointed
to the Auburn coaching
staff last December. He came to
Auburn a f t e r two successful
years as head football coach at
Eufaula High.
Coach McGowen was born
August 19, 1919, near Empire, letters at the left-half position
Ala. He was an outstanding ath­lete
in high school, playing for
Carbon Hill, and he attracted
statewide attention with his bril­liant
punting.
In one game against Dora High,
Dick punted the ball from be­hind
his own goal line, and the
ball bounced to earth on the
Dora 20-yard line. Incidentally,
the coach of the Dora High elev­en
at that time was Auburn's
own end coach, "Shot" Senn.
McGowen enrolled at Auburn
in 1937 and after a year on the
freshman squad moved up to the
varsity where he earned three
In 1938 and 1939 he was selected
on the All-Southeastern Confer­ence
football team. McGowen
also lettered two years in base­ball,
and was good enough in that
sport to get a number of profes­sional
offers.
From 1941 to 1946 McGowen
served in the U. S. Army. He was
discharged with the rank of cap­tain
in January of 1946 after
nearly five years service. He
spent a year with Patton's Third
Army in Europe.
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Gillis Cammack, until a decision
could be made by the permanent
cabinet in the fall quarter.
The bill regarding the reallo­cation
of student fees was passed
by the cabinet. This bill is pre-tions
received prior to Aug. 29, j s e n t e d to the cabinet once a year
VA emphasized, will be discard
ed and no attempt made to pro
cess them.
Mr. Gray said that all the vet- c a u s e of t h e f a c t tnr.t
eran needs to do is to obtain the j j0r i ty of the summer cabinet
application, which is a three-fold | members are only temporary,
card containing all the instruc- j T h e awarding of keys to tempo-
The cabinet decided to abide by
the report of the committee ap- • Auburn students doing quite well for themselves. Ray Wil
pointed on November 30, 1948 by ] liams is playing third base for the league-leading Pensacola
Fliers of the Southeastern League, while John Liptak is
holding down an outfield berth on the Selma nine of the
same league.
In the Class AA Southern Association is Auburn's best
claim to baseball fame, in the person of Willard Nixon. After
a slow start young Willard is developing into a top-notch
hurler for the Birmingham Barons. He reached his peak
recently when he tossed a brilliant two-hit shutout at the
Chattanooga Lookouts.
for approval.
The Cabinet decided not to buy
keys for summer members be-the
ma-tions
necessary to get the divi­dend,
then fill it out and mail it
to VA. In event the veteran does
not know the number of his in­surance
policy, the application
can readily be identified by ser­vice
number, rank and the exact
name used during service with
the armed forces.
"It will not be necessary to
write about your insurance num­ber,"
Mr. Gray said, "or about
your application to show that it
has been received and is being
processed. If you write in, you
only delay your own payment,
because it will be necessary to
withdraw your application and
thus delay the production line.
Just mail in your application fil-rary
members was said to lower
the prestige of the keys given to
the permanent cabinet.
Since there was no further
business the meeting was closed
in due form.
Respectively submitted:
Jimmy Duke, Secretary
Approved by, ,
Harry Knowles.
Acting President
.,. for the best in
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Football Tigers Lose Five Men
Auburn has lost the services of five football players in re­cent
weeks, for various reasons. Three of the men were mem­bers
of the 1948 varsity, while the other two were members
of the 1948 freshman team. The three former varsity players
who have decided to give up the game are Andy Douglass,
Tom McKinny and Jim Bailey. The freshmen were big T. D.
Wade, 250-pound center, and Dick Chiodoe, a tackle.
Auburn Golfers Set Fast Pace
A couple of Auburn's outstanding golfers, Jack Key, Jr:,
of Columbus, Ga., and Nelson "Buddy" DeBardeleben of Bir-minghaom,
have given Auburn plenty of publicity in recent
weeks by their fine play in several amateur golf tourna­ments
throughout the South. Only this past week end, De­Bardeleben
was a finalist in the Alabama State Amateur
Golf tournament, losing out in the final round to another col­legian,
Gardner Dickinson, of L.S.U.
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spiring young soldiers who finish­ed
the entire six weeks without
passing out from heat postration
were carefully culled and pro­nounced
fit for service in the
China-Burma-India o r Pacific
Theaters, the victims who suc­cumbed
the heat were sent to
Europe.
I really shouldn't complain too
much about the heat situation,
though, because, guess where
they s e n t me?—Yep!—China-
Burma-India!
Legislature Report
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Norman Harris, sponsor of the
bill, offered a resolution request­ing
an advisory opinion from the
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