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VOL. LXXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1949 Number 5
Beauty Ball Scheduled
For Friday Night, 9-12
10 Yearbook Beauties To Be Named
At Annual ODK-Sponsored Dance
Selection of the 10 coeds to appear in the beauty section
of the 1950 Glomerata will be announced at the annual
Omicron Delta Kappa-Glomerata Beauty Ball which will be
held in the student activities building Friday night. The
Auburn Knights orchestra will play for the dance which will
be held from 9 to 12 p.m.
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The 10 beauties' will be select­ed
from 18 contestants by a com­mittee
composed of beauty sty­lists
and photographers from Ala­bama
and Georgia. Preliminary
judging for the 18 finalists will
be held at the Vanderbilt pep
rally tomorrow night.
All candidates will wear suits
for the preliminary judging on
Thursday, and the names of the
judges will not be announced
until time for the preliminary
elimination.
The 18 girls who are selected
by a local committee of judges
at the pep rally will be announ­ced
at the beginning of the
Beauty Ball. Names of the four
judges to select the 10 beauties
will not be announced until the
night of the dance.
Thirty-eight candidates spon­sored
by fraternities, sororities,
dormitories and independent stu­dents
will be competing for the
honors. Fraternities will sponsor
20 of the candidates, with sorori­ties
having eight, Auburn Hall
two, Alumni Hall two, Susan
Smith Cottage one, and the Au­burn
Independent Organization
five.
Beauty Ball officials stated that
presidents of organizations spon­soring
candidates will be held re­sponsible
for seeing that their
candidates are present at all meet­ings
and judgings. Girls sponsor­ed
by sororities and dormitories
may,be escorted by dates of their
own cho^osingj, p_ff»cials of the af:
"fair announced.
Tickets Sale
Tickets may be purchased by
students f r o m any member of
ODK, Squires, or the Glomerata
staff. Price of the ticket is $1.50
stag or with a date.
John Cutcliff of Atlanta, who
is in charge of publicity for the
event, released the following list
of entries recently:
Dortie Wilson, Prattville; Joy
Love, Birmingham; Jane Bryant,
Birmingham; June Hall, Birm­ingham;
Pat Carey, Mobile; Man-nie
Lou Hardy, Titus.
Nancy S a 1 v o, Birmingham;
Helen Smith, Birmingham; Lovie
Kilgore, Union Springs; Martha
Sue Bailey, Montgomery; Mar­tha
Owen, Auburn.
Carolyn J a c k s o n , Tuskegee;
Jean Hamilton, Nashville, Tenn.;
Margie Price, Birmingham; Dot
Davis, Birmingham.
Carolyn S t e w a r t , Hartselle;
Frances Stewart, Selma; Pat Huf-ham,
Birmingham;.Shanon Alex­ander,
Huntsville.
Jack Tucker, Bay Minette;
Mildred Lecey, Auburn; Lucille
Taylor, Dothan; Betty Jean Jor­dan,
Brewton; Gracelyn Reid,
Plymouth, N.C.
Rebecca Dorsey, Opp; Dorry
Ann Hayes, Birmingham; Joyce
Gentry, Gadsden; Peggy Wil­liams,
Birmingham; Ann Gait,
Selma.
Mary Lou McClendon, Birm­ingham;
Marilyn Stringfellow,
Birmingham; Jane Wilcox, Bol-inger;
Mary Palmer, Opelika;
Iris- Ferguson, Talladega, and
.Jonell Brunson, Andalusia.
NOTED LECTURER
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Beard Announces
Ticket Procedure
Tickets to the Auburn-Clemson
game to be played in Mobile No­vember
26 are now on sale at the
Field House, Jeff Beard, business
manager of athletics, recently an­nounced.
Deadline for the pur­chase
ot the tickets is 4:30 p.m.
tomorrow.
Free tickets to the Auburn-
Alabama freshman game, to be
played here November 19, are also
available. Married students may
purchase tickets for their wives at
one dollar each. The deadline for
obtaining these tickets is the same
as for the Clemson game.
Students wishing to see the
Auburn-Georgia Tech freshman
game on Armistice Day may do so
by showing their student activity
books at the east stands gate.
Tickets for wives will be on sale
at the gate for one dollar each.
William L. Shirer
William L. Shirer
To Speak Here
Tomorrow Night
By Tom Cannon
William L. Shirer, noted au­thor
and commentator, is expect­ed
to tell Auburn students of the
role America must play in inter­national
leadership when he lec­tures
in the student activities
building tomorrow night at 8:15
p.m.
• Students will be admitted to
this lecture by presenting their
student activity books. Admis­sion
for others is $1. Tickets may
be purchased at the student ac­tivities
building.
Shirer's appearance will be the
second of the year in the Concert
and Lecture series.
"Where are we Going" will be
the subject of his address. Under
this subject he is expected to give
an analysis of the world wide
struggle for freedom and peace.
He is also expected to speak on
the problems of the United Na­tions
and give his opinions on the
paths necessary to establishment
of settlement of differences be­tween
the world's nations.
Born In Chicago
Shirer was born in Chicago in
1903 and attended Coe College at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "Upon grad­uation
from college he went to
Europe for 15 years and for seven
years was correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune.
Alter his work with the Tri­bune,
he was named chief of the
Universal News Service in Ber­lin.
In 1934 he began broadcast­ing
for the Columbia Broadcast­ing
Company. It was during this
period that he compiled the mat­erial
for his well-known book,
"Berlin Diary,"
In 1946 he was presented the
George Foster Peabody Award
for outstanding news interpreta­tion.
His most recent honor was
the Wendell Wilkie "One World
Award" in 1948. This honor is
annually bestowed upon the
writer with "the most outstand­ing
work and contribution to the
field of journalism."
Through his "Berlin Diary" he
became known as an authority
on alien propaganda and on the
rebirth of Nazi and Fascist ideo­logies
inside the western coun­tries.
He has been an outspoken
opponent of the possibilities of
the Marshall Plan and the Tru­man
foreign policy. '
GLOMERATA PORTRAITS
All students who have not
had their pictures taken f or
the 1950 Glomerata must do
so before, Friday. Oct. 26, Har­ry
Golemon, editor of the Glo­merata,
stated today.
Friday is the last day that
the photographer will be here
to take portraits and unless
students make their portraits
before the deadline, their pic­ture
will not appear in the
yearbook, Golemon continued.
Portraits are being made in
temporary building 2-B.
Petitions Deadline
For Fall Elections
Set For October 31
Freshman Officers
And Miss Auburn
To Be Named Nov. 10
Miss Auburn and freshman of­ficers
election date has been set
by the Executive C a b i n e t as
Thursday, Nov. 10. All candidates
must qualify by October 31/
Candidates must turn in their
petitions to the Chairman of the
Political Activities Committee by
noon of the day the board meeting
is scheduled, according to Joe
Meade, cabinet president. Petitions
should be turned in to. Bill Flem­ing
at the SPE fraternity house.
Nominations for freshman offi­cers
should be submitted in the
following form:
"We, the undersigned members
of the class of 1953, do hereby
nominate (name) for (position)."
This should be followed by the
signatures of four per cent of the
freshmen enrollment and by a
statement of acceptance by the
nominee.
Only members of the freshman
class are eligible to vote in the
freshman election.
Any undergraduate woman stu­dent
may qualify for Miss Au­burn
except first year students
and first quarter transfers. Each
college operated dormitory (men's
and women's) each social fra­ternity
and sorority and each org­anization
recognized by the cabi­net
is entitled to nominate, one
candidate for the title.
All students are eligible to vote
in this election.
Commission To Close
City Parking Meters
During Homecoming
At a meeting of the Auburn
City Commission last week, it was
decided to discontinue use of the
parking meters during the Home­coming
weekend. Meters will be
suspended from Friday noon, Nov.
5, until Monday morning, Nov. 7.
The Commission said that po­liceman
will be placed on each
street during the free period\ in
order to tell visitors of this "on
the city" welcome. Paper bags
will not be used the Commission
stated because they will "mar the
looks of the city."
City police also urged students
and townspeople to leave their
cars at home during the weekend
as there will be a large increase
in number of cars in town.
MISS HOMECOMING CANDIDATES
FINALISTS FOR MISS HOMECOMING are, bottom row,
Iris Ferguson, Carolyn Braswell, and Martha Owens, top row,
Lovie Kilgore and Judy Spence. One of the five will be elected
tomorrow by student vote to reign at Homecoming festivities
November 5.
IFC ADVISOR
Plans For Gala Homecoming Weekend
Include Meetings, Dances, and Game
By Jimmy Everett
Plans for a gala Homecoming weekend, are nearing com­pletion
as this year's Homecoming date, November 5, ap­proaches.
Highlighting the festivities of the three eventful d a ys
will be the Auburn-Mississippi State football game at 2 p.m.
Saturday in Cliff Hare Stadium.
Other features of the weekend
will, include seven class reunions,
alumni association meetings, band
alumni meetings, meeting of the
Board of Trustees, fraternity dec­orations
tour, and a student-alumni
dance Saturday night in <
the student activities building.
To be featured in the halftime
ceremonies of the Saturday game
will be the Auburn band present­ing
a pageant unfolding the his­tory
of the band since its forma­tion
in 1899. A Band Alumni Club
will be formed on this 50th re­union
of the band.
Former bandmasters M. Thomas
Fullan, '99 of Pensacola, Fla., and
Albert "Suzie" Thomas, '04 of Au­burn
will be honored with P. R.
Bidez '15 also of Auburn, at ;a
breakfast Saturday morning at
the Pitts Hotel.
The complete schedule of the
Homecoming events is:
Friday—November 4
1 -4:30 p.m. — Registration a t
Alumni o f f i c e in the Textile
Building.
7 p.m.—Dutch supper at Casino
on Montgomery highway.
6:30-11 p.m.—Fraternity decora­tions
tour.
9-12 p.m.—Homecoming dance
in student activities building.
Saturday, November 5
8:30-10 a.m.—Morning coffee
for guests at Student Center, and
registration of Alumni in Lang-don
Hall.
10-12 a.m.—Business meeting of
Alumni Association in Langdon
Hall.
• 12-1 p.m.—Alumni luncheon in
Magnolia Hall. Attendance in Cliff
Hare Stadium. Dedication of Sta­dium
at halftime and 50th Re­union
of Band.
8 p.m.—Homecoming Dance in
student activities building.
Sunday, November 6
Alumni Religious Services at all
Auburn churches.
ODK-GLOMERATA BEAUTY BALL CANDIDATES
Students Vote Thursday
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In Homecoming Election
5 Candidates Seek Honor In Election;
Votes May Be Cast At 4 Ballot Boxes
By Bruce Greenhill
One of five Auburn coeds will be elected Miss Homecom­ing
in a general election October 27, Bill Fleming, chairman
of t h e Political Activities Committee, announced. The win­n
e r will be sponsor of t h e Homecoming game dnd will be.
introduced during halftime ceremonies. The other four can­didates
will comprise Miss Home­coming's
court.
Four ballot boxes will be'em­ployed
in the election. Ag stu­dents
will vote at a booth estab­lished
in Comer Hall, vet stu­dents
will cast their ballots in
Carey Hall, engineers will vote
in Ramsay Hall and students en­rolled
in all 'other schools will
vote at the Main Gate booth. All
students are eligible to vote in
this election..
The candidates are:
Carolyn Braswell, senior in
education from Fitzpatrick, is
sponsored by the Delta Sigma
Phi Fraternity. She is a member
of Phi Mu Sorority, was in Miss
Homecoming's court last year
and was also selected for mem­bership
in the Miss A-Day court
for' the 1948 A-Day football
game.
Iris- Ferguson, sponsored by
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, is a junior
from Talladega and is majoring
in natural science. She was a
candidate for the Miss Homecom­ing
title last year and was select­ed
to appear in the beauty sec­tion
of the 1949 Glomerata. She
is a member of the Alpha Delta
Pi Sorority.
Lovie Kilgore, who was select­ed
Miss A-Day this year, is spon­sored
by Phi Delta Theta. Lovie,
a sophomore in education from
Union Springs, appeared in t h e'
favorite section of the 1949
Glomerata. She was a candidate
in the county "Maid of Cotton"
contest and is a member of Kap­pa
Delta Sorority.
Marta Owen, sophomore from
Auburn majoring in English, is
sponsored by Kappa Sigma. She
appeared in the beauty section of
the 1949 Glomerata and was a
member of the Ag Queen's courtv
last year. Martha, a memer of
Delta Zeta Sorority, was also in
the Miss A-Day court this year.
Judy Spence, a sophomore en­rolled
in the School of Science
and Literature, is sponsored by
the Kappa Delta Sorority. She
was a contestant in the county
"Maid of Cotton" contest this
year. Her home is Athens, Ala.
Memorial Retreat
For Auburn Alumni
Set For Tomorrow
Scabbard And Blade
Ceremony To Honor
World War II Dead
A retreat formation in com­memoration
of Auburn men and
women who were killed in World
War II will be held by the Au­burn
company of Scabbard and
Blade behind Samford tomorrow
at 5 p.m. This Ceremony will be a
part of the 45th anniversary of the
founding of Scabbard and Blade.
Cmdr. Paul E. Summers, asso­ciate
professor of naval science
and executive officer of Auburn
N.R.O.T.C. will be the principal
speaker at the ceremony. The Rev.
Thomas P. Chalker, pastor of the
Auburn Methodist church, will of­fer
prayer, after which taps will
be played by a group of buglers
as the flag is lowered.
The local chapter is Company
L, 5th Regiment of the national
Scabbard and Blade fraternity
and .was founded in 1924. At the
present there are over 75 chap­ters
of the fraternity throughout
the nation.
Scabbard and Blade officials in­vite
faculty, students, and towns­people
to attend the retreat.
Auburn Band To Lead
Vanderbilt Pep Rally
The Auburn Band will assemble
in front of the Ross Chemistry
Building at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday,
Oct. 27, where the Vanderbilt Pep
Rally will start.
Students are invited to fall in
behind the band and join in the
parade through town. The parade
will end at the football stadium
and the rally will start.
ODK-Glomerata Beauty candi­dates
will be introduced at the
pep rally.
The meeting will adjourn at 8
p.m. in order for students to at­tend
the lecture to be given by
William L. Shirer at 8:15.
There will be a pep rally at
Centinnal Park in Nashville Sat­urday
morning at 11 a.m. Stu­dents
are asked to meet there in
order to decorate cars for the
downtown parade.
Jeff Beard
Beard Appointed
Advisor To IFC
The appointment of Coach Jeff
Beard as Interfraternity Council
advisor was announced recently
by President Ralph B: Draughon,
Beard, who has been appointed for
a three-year term, fills the va­cancy
created by the recent death
of Professor J. M. Robinson, who
served in this capacity for many
years.
Beard attended Auburn from
1928-32 and was'an active mem­ber
Of the student body. He was
on the track team from 1929-32,
was a member of Alpha Tau
Omega social fraternity, Omicron
Delta K a p p a , Blue Key and
Spades, h o n o r a r y fraternities,
Spiked Shoe, track organization,
and the "A" Club.
Coach Beard was in business
from 1932 to 1937, when he joined
the A.P.I, athletic department as
business manager. His wife is the
former Maiben Hixon. The Beards
have three children, Jeff Hixon,
Allen and Kitty Sue..
'Ag Fair'Of 1949 To Be Held Nov. 17;
To Feature Parade, Dance, and Queen
The 1949 edition of the 29-year old "Ag F a i r " will be
held on t h e campus Thursday, Nov. 17, it was announced to­day
by Herb Kohn, president of Ag Council and manager
of the fair this year.
The fair will feature a parade, exhibits, games of chance,
a dance and beauty queens. All
Ag students and staff members
will be granted a holiday after 12
CANDIDATES FOR GLOMERATA BEAUTIES are, bottom row—Manjie Lou Hardy, Pat
Carey, Gracelyn Reid, Shannon Alexander, Martha Owen, Carolyn Stewart, Carolyn Jackson,
and Margie Price; second row—Frances Stewart, Iris Ferguson, Dortie Wilson, Ann Gait, Lovie
Kilgore, and Dot Davis. '
Third row—Lucille Taylor, Mary Palmer, and Martha Sue Bailey. Fourth row—Jack Tucker,
Rebecca Dorsey, Jane Wilcox, and Helen Smith. Fifth row—June Hall, Peggy Williams, Mildred
Lacy, Mary Lou McClendon, Nancy Salvo, and Betty Jean Jordan.
Row six—Pat Hufham, Joy Love, Jean Hamilton, Marilyn Stringfellow, Jane Bryant, Dorry
Ann Hayes, and Joyce Gentry.
o'clock, it was announced by M,
J. Funchess, dean of the School
of Agriculture.
Election of an Ag Queen,
who will reign over the day's
activities, will be held Monday,
Nov. 14. Candidates will be spon­sored
by agricultural organiza­tions;
eligible voters will be all
students in ag education and ag
science.
Led by the Auburn Marching
Band, the afternoon parade will
be one of the main features of
the day's activities. Floats are to
be entered by all organizations
and . departments on Ag Hill,
home economics clubs, Lee Coun­ty
4-H clubs and F.F.A. chapters
and various implement dealers in>
this vicinity.
Exhibits, which will be enter­ed
by departments and organiza­tions
in the Schools of Agricul­ture,
Home Econmics and Veter­inary
Medicine, will be on dis­play
in the student activities
building at 4:30 p.m. A loving
cup will be awarded for the ex­hibit
judged best, with prizes of
$5 and $2 going to the second and
third place exhibits.
Exhibits will be judged on the
bases of originality, educational
value to the public, conveyance
of theme, public interest, and
overall appearance.
The annual Ag Fair dance will
be held in the student activities,
building at 8 p.m., with music
by the Auburn Knights. Tickets
for the dance, which go on sale
October 29, will be $1.
Further plans for the fair will
be announced later by Kohn.
Glomerata Photos
Deadline Is Dec. 15
Harry Golemon, editor of the
1950 Glomerata. has set Decem­ber
15 as the deadline for snap­shots
for the yearbook. Golemon
urges all students who want to
have snapshots published in the
book to bring them to the Glo­merata
office before that date.
Pictures, which should be of.
interest to the student body, must
be glossy prints, 3"x5" or larger,
stated the editor. From snapshots
submitted, the best will be
chosen for the snapshot section
of the Glomerata.
"Since this is the students'
yearbook, the more students that
participate in its publication the
better the book will be," stated
Golemon. -
Auburn Knights Signed
For Homecoming Dance
One of the highlights of fes­tivities
of Homecoming weekend
will be two informal dances, spon­sored
by the Student Social Com­mittee.
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The first dance will be Friday,
Nov. 4 from 9 until 12 p.m. in the
student activities building and the
second will be Saturday from 9
until 12 p.m. also in the same
building.
Tickets will go on sale Monday,
Oct. 31.
Alabama Architects
Convene Tomorrow
The Alabama Society .of Archi­tects
will hold its quarterly meet­ing
here tomorrow and Friday.
About eighty Alabama architects,
including a large number of Au­burn
graduates, are expected- to
attend, ^according to Frank M.
Orr, dean of the School of Archi­tecture.
A business session Thursday af­ternoon
is scheduled to open the
meeting. Members of the society
will be guests at dinner in the
Mell Street Cafeteria tomorrow
evening. After dinner, entertain­ment
will be furnished by the Au­burn
Players.
Friday morning Prof. John A.
Needy and Prof. W. M. Honour
will conduct discussions at a tech­nical
seminar.
Throughout the meeting there
will be on exhibit in the Archi­tecture
and Arts Gallery, some of
the works of f o r m e r Auburn
architecture students.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Oct. 26, X949
UNDER THE SPIRES
By Bob Swift
METHODIST
Religious questions are being
discussed in an informal manner
in the Wesley Foundation's cell
groups. These groups are compos­ed
of four to seven people who
meet once a week to discuss a
subject the group selects.
Each member is to spend an
hour a week studying new mater­ial
for the discussion. There are
about 10 cell groups. Foundation
officials urge interested students
to join one of the groups.
The Foundation will have a
hayride Friday, October 28. Stu­dents
who wish to attend should
meet at the Foundation building
at 7 p.m.
EPISCOPAL
The Parson's Day program is
underway now; student interest
and participation is encouraged.
If students have any questions
concerning the program, they
should contact the student work­er
in the church office. .
The feature attraction at the
Canterbury Club last Sunday was
an address by Dr. B. R. Showalt-er.
Choir practice will be held
Thursday night at 7 followed by
"Messiah" practice at 8:15. Fri­day
will be St. Simon's and St.
Jude's Day.
Student Breakfast Club will
meet Sunday morning at 8:35, fol­lowed
by church school and Bible
• class at 9:30. Vespers and Canter­bury
will meet at 5:30 p.m. "Cof­fee
Hour" will be held Wednes­day
afternoon at 3:30.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Tentative plans are being made
by the young people of the church
to have a Halloween party. The
definite time of the party will be
announced later at the church.
A Sunday School class compos­ed
of college students has been
organized by the church. The
class will be under the direction
of Dave Scobey and Kenneth
Swafford. The main purpose of
this class is to engage in open
discussions regarding the prob-lemB
of youth. The Bible will be
used as the basis of the discus-
BAPTIST
All students who have not
made their reservations for the
state convention this weekend
are urged to do so immediately.
Busses will l e a v e for Shocco
Springs from the church Friday,
Oct. 28, at 2:30 p.m. Students
having classes Friday afternoon
will be excused.
Bobby Stuckey, president of
BSU, will speak at the conven­tion
on his mission work in New
Mexico.
The topic for Noonday Medita­tion
this week is "Meeting God
Regularly." Bob Swift will con­duct
the services today, Paul
Carroll Thursday, and Frances
Helms, Friday.
The time? 12:45.
The place? Social Center
CATHOLIC
The Newman Club is making
plans for a Halloween party on
the night of October 31. There
will be dancing, refreshments,
and games. All members of the
club and their friends are cordial­ly
invited to be at the Newman
Club hall at 7:30 p.m.
LUTHERAN
Members of Gamma Delta
were guests of Prof, and Mrs.
Melvin Greenhut on Sunday, Oct.
23, for supper. A short business
meeting followed the supper and
a discussion on the doctrines of
the Calvanistic Reform Church
was held.
PRESBYTERIAN
T h e Westminster Fellowship
has announced that Conrad Crow
will have "Evensong," Thursday,
Oct. 27.
"Double or Nothing," a discus­sion
on marriage in the family
will be presented Sunday night*
Oct. 31, by Sue and Stanly Jones.
Twenty-five delegates from the
Westminster F e l l o w s h i p are
planning to attend the Synod
Conference to be held Oct. 28-30
in Birmingham.
WAR EAGL€ ™ E
On West Magnolia Avenue
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
EASY LIVING
With
VICTOR MATURE
'L1ZABETH SCOTT
SONNY TUFTS
LUCILLE BALL
News and Comedy
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
HOUSE ON 92nd STREET
With
LLOYD NOLAN
WILLIAM EYTHE
SIGNE HASSO
Color Cartoon and Short
LATE SHOW SATURDAY NITE
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY
LORETTA YOUNG
CELESTE HOLM
Tom and Jerry Cartoon
and News
3 Pledge Classes
Announce Officers
The pledge classes of two fra­ternities
and one sorority elected
officers during the past week.
Theta Upsilon's pledge group
elected Joan Hudson of Birming­ham
president. Other officers are:
Eleanor K e 11 e y, Birmingham,
vice-president; Katherine Jones,
Birmingham, secretary-treasurer;
Ann Sharp, Birmingham, editor;
Bonita Averett, Daleville, chap­lain,
and Ruth Shepherd, Birming­ham,
social chairman.
Phi Delta Theta's pledges elect­ed
Bill Jackson, ~ Decatur, Ga.;
president; Tommy Phillips, Co­lumbus,
Ga., vice-president, and
Johnny Holt, Columbus, Ga., sec­retary-
treasurer. ,
The Kappa Sigma pledge class
named Mercer Threlkeld, Atlanta,
president. Sonny Simpson, Syla-cauga,
was chosen vice-president
and Kenneth Barton, Marion, was
elected secretary-treasurer.
SOCIETY
Home Economics Group
To Honor New Members
All home economics students
and faculty members are invited
to attend an initiation banquet
which is to be held in honor of
new members of the Dana King
Gatchell Club, Sally Sallade, club
president announced today.
The banquet will take place at
the Pitts Hotel November 3, at 7
p.m. The price per person will be
$1.
Money will be accepted by any
one of the following persons:
Miss Helen Finch, N u r s e ry
School; Mamie Hardy, Dormitory
Hi. Margaret Anne McGowin,
Dormitory IV, and Sally Sallade,
Georgian House.
Mrs. Marion Spidle, dean of the
School of Home Economics, will
speak, and the initiates will re­ceive
their "Betty Lamp" pins.
Weekly Reading Hour
Features Dr. Haines
Dr. Paul Haines will read selec­tions
from KAKFA at the weekly
reading hour tomorrow afternoon.
These meetings are sponsored by
the English department and are
held in Room 301 of Samford Hall
at 4 p.m.
Others who will appear on the
program during the fall quarter
and their scheduled programs are:
November 3—John Webb, selec­tions
of D. H. Lawrence; Novem­ber
10, Dr. Norman Brittin,
poems; November 17, Prof. Her­bert
E. Metz, selections from
Dorothy Parker.
December 1, Dr. Fred Soren-son,
readings from Shakespeare;
December 8, Dr. Walton R. Pat­rick,
letters of Sherwood Ander­son,
and December 15, Prof. Ed­ward
A. Lembert, a production
by the radio workshop.
Students and faculty members
from all departments, as well as
the general public, are invited by
the English department to attend
these meetings.
Collegiate 4-H Club
To Give Square Dance
A square dance in honor of all
former 4-H Club members now
enrolled at Auburn will be held
tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the park­ing
lot south of the Ag Engineer­ing
Building. Epsilon Sigma Phi,
honorary extension service fra­ternity,
is sponsoring the dance.
All former 4-H club members
are invited by Epsilon Sigma Phi
officials to attend the dance. Re­freshments
will be served to all
attending the dance.
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Opelika Alumnae Honor ADPi Pledges
Opelika alumnae of Alpha Delta Pi sorority recently
honored the Lee County pledges with a barbecue at the
home of Mrs. Bob Taylor.. Honorees were Carolyn Denson,
Mary Palmer, and Martha Rice, Opelika, and Dot Ward, Au­burn.
Other guests were Alpha Delta Pi members, pledges, and
Auburn alumnae.
* * *
Delta Sigs Host To Alpha Gams
The pledge class of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity was host
to the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority Monday night with a
house dance. Refreshments were served by the house moth­er,
Mrs. Marion Potter.
* * *
Alpha Gamma Rho Honors Pledges
Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity honored pledges Thursday
night with a square dance. The chapter house was decorated
in fraternity* colors, and costumes were blue jeans and plaid
shirts. Refreshments were served to members, pledges, and
dates.
Alpha Gamma Delta Initiates 4
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority recently held formal initia­tion
for Emily Perry, Wedowee; Mary George Mann Mc-
Kenzie, Tallassee; Arabelle Byrn, Brewton, and Rosemary
Prickett, Guntersville.
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TEP Initiates One
Tau Omicron chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity held
formal initiation on Friday night, October 21, for Martin N.
Mednick, New Orleans. A dinner was held in his honor Sun­day
evening. . ,
* * *
Pi Kappa Phi Entertains AOPi
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity entertained Alpha Omicron Pi
sorority Thursday night with a house dance. Following the
dance, Mrs. Burke Whitley, house mother, served refresh­ments.
* * *
KD's Give Party For SAE
Kappa Delta sorority entertained Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity with a "Little Girl" party, Tuesday night, Octo­ber
18, at the SAE fraternity h o u s e . Dancing and singing
furnished entertainment, and refreshments were served.
* * *
Theta Chi Honors Pledges
Theta Chi fraternity honored new members and pledges
with a house dance Saturday night. Pledges entertained with
a skit. Mrs. W. M. Morgan, house mother, chaperoned.
Alpha Omicron Pi Pledges
Additional Alpha Omicron Pi pledges for the fall quarter
are Betty Hughes, Greensboro; Jackie Culclasure, Hunts-ville,
and Mary Helen Lloyd, Selma.
Gordon Howell Elected
Lambda Chi Alpha Head
Gordon Howell of Bessemer was
re-elected president of Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity at a recent
meeting. Other officers elected
are:
• David H a r t , Fairfield, vice-president;
Bob Bass, Vero Beach,
Fla., secretary; Jim Hicks, Birm­ingham,
treasurer; Jim Inman,
Parrish, rush chairman; Hayden
Price, Jasper, social chairman;
Bill Taber, Fayette, ritualist; Jesse
Radcliffe, Auburn, pledge trainer;
Glenn Moon, Vero Beach, Fla., as­sistant
pledge trainer.
Bill Parker, Jemison, alumni
secretary; James Robbins, Birm­ingham,
sports chairman; Bobby
Lewis, Bessemer, assistant sports
chairman; Floyd Savage, Suffolk,
*Va., house manager; Bill Letch-worth,
-Sebastian, Interfraternity
Council representative; E d w a r d
Lowry, Jr., Greensboro, corre­sponding
secretary, and Houston
Brooks, Chattanooga, Tenn., editor
of the Omega Opuscle.
LOST AGAIN: One K.D. so­rority
pin in the vicinity of Au­burn.
If found please return to
Kate Lee, Dorm 3.
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Frafs Pledge List
Continues To Grow
Five m o r e fraternities an­nounced
additional pledges this
week. These pledges have not been
included in the list carried by
The Plainsman this quarter. The
fraternities and their pledges are:
ALPHA GAM MM RHO
Max Branyon, Fayette; Johnnie
M. Dobbs, D a w s o n ; J. Frank
Gravlee, Fayette; Britt Jimmerson,
Eufaula; John Lovvorn, Roanoke,
and Mark J. Sterling, Columbus.
ALPHA TAU OMEGA
Fred Robert Dobbs, Birming­ham;
Clarance Milstead, Pensa-cola,
Fla.; Quinn Dillard, Birm­ingham;
Tom Oglesby, Smyrna,
Ga.; John Phillips, Mobile, and
Emory Fuller and Robert Lane,
Carrolton, Ga.
DELTA SIGMA PHI
George Holdcroft, Gene Cagle,
Jimmy Bigham, Joe House, Jay
Putnam, Brooks Curlee, Johnny
Howell, Elbert Howell, Bill Quinn,
Johnny Wallis, Jim Hancock, and
Bob Srofe, Birmingham.
Sonny McGraw, Vincent; Fred
Perry, Rollin Johnson, Montgom­ery;
Dudley Woodfin, Marion; Jer­ry
Bradford, Cullman; Jim Corby,
Prentiss Jackson, Talladega.
Ben E n f i n g e r , Skipperville;
Sam Hazilrig, Charlie Johnson,
Gadsden; Gene Kennedy, Tallas­see;
Rod Slater, Mobile; Hays
Towns, Ashford; John Robinson,
Dothan, and Mac Floyd, Colum­bus,
Ga.
KAPPA SIGMA
Thomas Griffin Shepherd, Troy.
PHI DELTA THETA
Owen Drey, Mobile, and Billy
Harbin, Gadsden.
PI KAPPA PHI
Charles L. Starnes, J i m my
Cline, Herman Howard, LaGrange,
Ga.; Lloyd Stone, John E. Robert­son,
John Claude Erwin, Birming­ham;
Gene Parsons, Mobile.
Paul A. Brown, Sylacauga; Jack
Kuykendall, Sallis, Miss.; Fred
Karthaus, Jr., Fairfield; Donald
Irvine, A u b u r n, and Charles
Young, Lineville.
SIGMA NU
Jimmy Maddox, Abbeville, and
Clarence Mildrum, Clayton.
D R I V I N G TO ATLANTA.
Georgia each Friday afternoon.
Leave Auburn around two o'­clock
and return Sunday night.
Have room for several passen­gers.
Contact M. L. Threlkeld
358 Magnolia Hall or phone 9167.
Forestry Club To Hold
Barbecue October 29
A barbecue will be held by the
Forestry Club at Chewacla Park,
October 29, it was decided at the
regular meeting of the club, Mon­day
night, Oct. 16. Joe Jones, club
president, urges all members to
attend. Serving will begin at 2
p.m.
Don Parker, senior in forestry,
was reappointed editor of The
Auburn Forester, at the meeting
Monday night.
The group also discussed the
building of a clubhouse in the near
future. A committee composed of
Walter Culberson, Tuscaloosa, and
Erdman Burkhardt, Auburn, was
appointed to work on plans for
the clubhouse. No date has been
set for beginning the building.
LOST: One pair colored glass­es,
prescription filled, at Alpha
Psi — Sigma Nu touch football
game. Please call Mrs. Reid,
Large Animal. Clinic, Vet Hill,
Phone 1128.
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i 3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1949jS7t/DFN7S TO STAGE TALENT SHOW
Auburn Library Survey Conducted
To Improve Southeastern Libraries
An Auburn library survey to be used in the development
of a program designed to improve the libraries in the South­east
has just been completed here.
Clyde H. Cantrell, director of libraries at Auburn, said
today the study, made by two library experts, has just been
published under the title, "A Sur
vey of the Libraries of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute."
The authors are Dr. Louis R.
Wilson, dean e m e r i t u s of the
Graduate Library School of the
University of Chicago, and Robert
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W. Orr, director of the Iowa State
College Library.
The 214-page survey is now be­ing
distributed to trustees, admin­istrative
o f f i c e r s and faculty
members. It includes a brief his­tory
of the library, its develop­ment,
holdings, and makes recom­mendations
for its improvement.
Many Changes
"Many changes fo give students
and faculty . m e m b e r s a more
serviceable library program have
been made since the close of the
last school year," Cantrell pointed
out. He continued: "Perhaps the
most s i g n i f i c a n t development
made in accordance with the re­cently
published survey is the es­tablishment
of a new reference
department.
.. "It is staffed with three pro­fessionally
trained librarians, one
professionally trained librarian on
a part-time basis, and student
help, some of whom are on duty
at practically all times.
"An information desk has been
set up near the card catalog to as­sist
borrowers in locating desired
material. A special reference room
also has been set aside to shelve
all books of a genera.1 refernce na­ture,
including periodical indexes
and a rotary file showing location
of periodicals received regularly."
Four Departments, ' .
Cantrell said the personnel of
the library has been reorganized
under four departments, with su­pervision
of the departmental li­braries
to be given more attention
in the future.
' He also pointed out that two
attendants are now engaged in
full time work on the cataloging
of the Petrie Collection. This col­lection
consists of 10,000 volumes
which w.ere the. private library of
the late Dr. George Petrie, dean
of the Auburn Graduate School,
and which was after his death
presented to the college by his
sister-in-law, Miss Kate Long.
Among the volumes, which are
'largely Alabama and Southern
history^ '"are' the famous William
Lowndes-Yancey manuscripts.
STUDENT TALENT to be featured on the Halloween show
at the Tiger Theatre on October 31 w i l l include the Auburn
Aires, campus male quartet and acrobatic dancer, Miriam Jack­son.
. • . v
Shown above are the Auburn Aires, Harold Goyette, Ed Gres-som,
Roy Johnson, and Don Vann with their- accompanist
Virginia Corby. In the foreground is Miss Jackson who will
'dance at the show.
'50 Rhodes Scholar
Application Blanks
Being Accepted
Applications for candidates for
Rhodes' Scholars are now being
accpeted, it has been announced
by Dr. Michael Huntley, Dean of
Faculties and chairman of Au­burn's
selection committee. Appli­cation
blanks, which must be fill­ed
out and received ,by the secre­tary
of the state committee by
Oct..29, 1949, can be obtained from
Dr. Huntley in the president's of­fice,
first floor Samford.
B a s i c requirements stipulate
that candidates must be male citi­zens
of the United States with
five years' residence in this coun­try,
unmarried, and between the
ages of 19 and 25 on October 1.
At the time of application, the
candidate must have junior stand­ing
in a recognized college or uni­versity.
Thirty-four students w i l l be
chosen from this country and will
be eligible to enter the Universi­ty
of Oxford in England October,
1950. Accepted as a Rhodes' Schol­ar
last year was Hugh M. Long,
Auburn graduate in physics and
an instructor, in the math depart­ment.
Long will enroll at Oxford1
this month.
17 Pledges Named
By Delta Sigma Pi
At a meeting on Tuesday, Oct.
18, Beta Lambda chapter of Del­ta.
Sigma Pi, professional com­merce
and business administra­tion
fraternity, pledged the fol­lowing
students: .
Benjamin M. Alvord, Auburn;
George Atkinson, Sylacauga;
Harry J. Barnes, Manchester,
Ga.; -Jimmy T. Cain, Montgom­ery;
Mack L. Casey, Anniston;
George W. Cherry, Opelika; Wil­liam
D. Henley, Birmingham;
Wilbur W. Hill, Jr., Owens
Roads.
James C. Lombardo, Auburn;
John D. Mahler,'Montevallo; Lee
W. O'Mary, Double Springs; Har­old
M. Spivey, Roanoke; Robert
N. Stephenson, Hartselle; George
M. Stuart, Bay Minette; Fordyce
J. Tatum, Montgomery, Charles
M. Taylor and Wilbur H. Truit,
Opelika.
TIGER TALENT SHOW
FEATURES STUDENTS
Entertainment variety from
dance to comedy staged by cam­pus
talent will highlight a mid­night
Halloween show at the
Tiger theatre. '
Master of ceremonies for the
show produced by Jim Watson
is O. Kay Parrett.
Parrett will present blonde
Miriam Jackson, acrobatic • danc­er;
comedy in the form of Phil
Sullivan; novelty piano styling
by Dilson Petrie, pianist for the
Auburn Nights, and vocals by the
Auburn Aires, a male quartet
composed of Donald Vann, Har­old
Goyette, Ed Grissom, a nd
Roy Johnson.
State Women Deans
Hold Meeting Here
Twenty-fivev members- of t he
Alabama Association of Women's
Deans and Advisors attended a
workshop in Auburn October 22-
23. Eight colleges and eight high
schools were represented.
Following registration and a
business session Saturday morn­ing,
panel discussions were held
to discuss various problems of
deans and counselors, and their
possibilities of service.
Social events included a tea
given by Mrs. Ralph B. Draughon
at ~the president's home. All
meals were served in the Wo­men's
Dining Hall.
Highlighting the workshop was
| an address given Saturday night
' by Dr. Jesse B. Rhinehart who
recently served as chief psycho­logist
at the VA Mental Hygiene
Clinic, Indianopolis, Ind. Dr.
Rhinehart is the wife of Auburn
professor F. W. Bainbridge.
Those attending were: Mrs.
Myra Baily, Mrs. Merlee Collins,
Miss Virginia McLen, Hunting­don
College; Miss Mary Beck-man,
Miss Mary Stephens, Jud-son
College; Mrs. C. S. Bennett,
Southern Union College.
Miss Jean Day, Alabama Col­lege;
Miss Lucille Garrett, Mrs.
Nonnie Heron, Mrs. E. M. Shir­ley,
State Teachers College; Mrs.
Mary Sensabaugh, Birmingham
Southern; Mrs. Martha Pugh,
Howard College.
Mrs. J. D. Boyd, Miss Muriel
Smith, Miss Sara Pritchett, Jef­ferson
County Schools; Miss Haz­el
Driver, Miss Josephine Har­grove,
Murphy High School; Miss
Beatrice ' H a n n o n , Woodlawn
High School.
Miss Margaret Kornegay, .Miss
Clyde Smilie, Sidney Lanier
High; Miss Elizabeth Gaillard,
West End High; Miss Margaret
Loranz, a n d Miss Grace Peck.
Birmingham Guidance Center;
Miss Bessie Merrill, Phillips High
and Miss Violet Tyler/ Truss-ville,
Ala.
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OPELIKA
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API Foreign Students
Speak At High School
Six of A.P.I.'s foreign students
conducted a' forum at the Lee
County High School, Saturday,
Oct. 22 when Auburn was host to
the fourth district meeting of the
Alabama Educational Association.
The students who participated
were:
Edwin S. Keefer, Austria; Da-yah
Sarbahi, India; Gert Walther,
Germany; Adam Brunton, Scot­land;
Chang Hahn, Korea, and
Francisco Paillie, Columbia.
The forum began at 11:30 a.m.,
and each student spoke for five
minutes, presenting the m a in
points of the educational system
of his country. >
Members of the audience fol­lowing
the forum, asked questions
pertaining to the various countries
represented. ,
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Review Club To Read
Latest Manuscripts
The Auburn Review Club will
read recently received manu­scripts
at this week's meeting.
Manuscripts are still being ac­cepted
for this quarter's issue of
The Auburn Review, Dr. David
H. Malone, faculty advisor of the
publication said this week.
A11H students interested in the
Review, whether contributors or
not, are invited to attend this
week's meeting Thursday night
at -7 in Samford 301.
ROTC Enrollment Here
Shows Large Increase
Enrollment in the R.O.T.C. unit
at Auburn is larger now than it
has been at any time since the
war, Col. George P. Privett, pro­fessor
of^military science and tac­tics,
and Lt. Col. James C. Stew­art,
professor of air science and
tactics, announced in a joint state­ment
recently.
Total enrollment for the Army
and Air R.O.T.C. Units is 1,682 this
fall quarter, andi 1,209 are in the
Army R.O.T.C. Unit and 473 in
the jAir Force.
Advanced course enrollment has
also taken a' big increase. It has
increased from 240 last year to
330 this fall, in the army unit,
while the advanced Air Force en­rollment
has increased from 106 to
116.
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Subscription rates by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
Instructor Criticism of The Plainsman
Criticism is a basic fundamental in de­velopment.
Frank, well-intended criticism
is particularly desirable in the develop­ment
of the college newspaper. The
Plainsman welcomes criticism from all its
readers as it is an organ for the expression
of student opinion and will always strive
to fulfill this duty. The expression of stu­dent
opinion is the main obligation of The
Plainsman and when it ceases to render
this service it has ceased to be a student
newspaper.
Although a college newspaper is us­ually
the subject of much open student
and administrative criticism, it is very
seldom that members of the college facul­ty
openly express a distaste for the poli­cies
followed by the paper. However, we
have heard of a few instances here at Au­burn
where instructors registered open
complaints in regard to the present edit­orial
policy of The Plainsman- Yet we
have not received directly the same com­plaints
from either students or faculty,
who have a very adequate way of expres­sing
their views through the letters to the
editor.
A few instructors in the liberal arts
branch of the college seem to be so upset
by the present policies of the paper thai
they make it matter of class discussion.
Some of the insinuations which have been
made by these instructors are, we believe,
Shirer Lecture—A Real Treat
From the student activity fee of every
student who enrolls at Auburn^^gg^Der
cent goes to the Lecture and Concert Ser­ies
fund. This is the third highest allot­ment
in the fee breakdown, enabling the
Lecture and Concert Committee to ar­range
campus performances by many not­ed
artists each year. This year, 10 concerts
and lectures to be given by persons recog­nized
as outstanding in their respective
fields have been scheduled.
At the initial program of the season last
week, hardly 230 were present. This from
a student body of over ?000! Hardly a cre­ditable
showing for the school.
What is it that keeps the crowds away
from these performances? They are pub­licized
fully enough for every student to
realize that a program is scheduled. And,
too, they are free to students, who have
themselves made possible an artist's ap­pearance
through payment of the student
activity fee—which should be a strong in­centive
for attendance.
Tomorrow night, one of America's best-known
and most outstanding author-commentators
will lecture here as the sec­ond
feature of the Lecture and Concert
Series this year.
No further explanation is needed when
the name of William L. Shirer is mention­ed.
He became most famous with his daily
news broadcast from abroad during the
early years of World War II and gained
additional fame as the author of "Berlin
Diary." He received the George Foster
Peabody Award in 1946 for outstanding
news interpretation and the Wendell Wil-ki
« "One World Award" in 1948 for the
most outstanding work and contribution
in the field of journalism.
To hear William L. Shirer is an oppor­tunity
that no student should overlook.
Spring Election Should Settle Issues
A definite showdown in Alabama poli­tics
and on major state political issues is
expected to be reached next spring in the
1950 state Democratic primary. Never in
the history of Alabama politics have the
voters of this state been faced with as
many important issues in a state primary.
In addition to these vital issues a number
of key positions in state government must
be filled.
At the present there appear to be three
very important aspects to the 1950 elec­tions
which should bring out the largest
vote in the state's history. The f i r s t of
these fundamentals will be the election of
a governor; secondly, t h e election of a
United States senator, a n d last, but of
equally great importance, . will be t h e
selection of the Alabama Democratic Ex­ecutive
Committee. Besides these vital
phases of state politics there will be num­erous
other less important races for state,
municipal, and local positions.
In the race to suceed Gov- James E-Folsomt
eight men h a v e already tossed
their hat into the political arena and are
busy preparing for the spring battle. At
least six other names are being prominent­ly
mentioned as likely gubernatoral candi­dates,
which gives an early indication that
all roads will be filled w i t h politicians
seeking the governorship next spring.
Judging from the record of the men al­ready
in the race for governor, the people
will get a splendid cross-section in views
and positions on such important issues as
civil rights, states rights, economy in gov­ernment,
and the selection between pro­gressive
or conservative s t a t e govern­ment.
Extremes in views of states rights and
principles of s t a t e government can be
found among all candidates and potential
candidates. No doubt the people of Ala­bama
will be given an opportunity to hear
candidates take stands on all important
issues, since no two of the men already
entered in the race for governor are on
common ground on every important issue.
These extremes in political point of view
are all expected in the battle for Senator
Lister Hill's post where he is almost cer­tain
to receive strong competion f r om
members of the Dixiecrat element in the
state.
In the selection of the Democratic Ex­ecutive
Committee, the people of Ala­bama
are expected to definitely commit
themselves as a s t a t e on the issue of
whether to support the national Demo­cratic
Party or to remain in the Dixiecrat
classification. The issue of whether Ala­bama
should have cast its electoral vote
for Governor Thurmond as w e l l as the
status of both the members of the States
Rights Party and the Democratic Party are
expected to be basic issues in the impor­tant
elections.
Alabama's voters must make definite
decisions in the spring elections, and all
issues should be faced frankly and square­ly
by both voters and candidates. Candi­dates
should make clear their position on <
all important issues and thereby assure
a definite answer to the state's present
perplexed political status.
HE'5 TRYjNG
TO GET TO HIS
CLASS BEFORE
THEY CHANGE
EDITIONS £ trz if
More and More by Gene Moore Cannon
By Tom Cannon
Report
without basis and entirely false. The main
defect with the paper according to these
critics is that The Plainsman is a "yes"
organ for the administration. Yet these
same critics have not come to the paper
directly with these charges.
The Plainsman has endeavored to seek
out and publish only the truth, and in
turn to b a s e its opinions on that truth.
This has been and will be the fundamental
policy of The Plainsman. We will always
try to give to our readers the truth en
student and administrative affairs, and
from this truth we will formulate our
editorial policy. The Plainsman feels that
this is the only course any newspaper can
follow in editorial. policy.
We are glad to learn that The Plains­man
has become the subject of some class
discussions, but it is rather discouraging
to hear some of the charges being made
by instructors in the class room. We will
welcome this criticism through personal
discussion or the letters to the editor.
Since nothing can be gained by criticism
which reaches the paper through hearsay,
The Plainsman would like to ask for
direct charges instead of an instructor-in­stigated
classroom discussion. We are posi­tive
that if these charges are received di­rectly
the truth found in the paper will be
sufficient to disprove their value.
Ad Libbing By Graham McTeer
It is interesting to note that other schools are experiencing
problems of, a rather uncommon nature which Auburn has
been plagued with for some time.
Up at Florence State Teachers College, the Flor-Ala,
student weekly, is carrying on a mild crusade for a change
of name for the institution. The Plainsman for many issues
"Alabama
McTeer
pleaded for a switch from the
outmoded, cumbersome title of
Polytechnic Institute"
(good only for
singing to the
t u n e of "Ha-w
a i i a n War
Chant") to Au­burn
Universi­ty,
or at least
to a more pres-t
i g e - lending
name. The cam-
1 paign was dis-s
continued be­cause
of its
evident futility.
FSTC's paper advances similar
arguments to the ones worn out
by this publication. It argues that
"teachers college" is a misnomer
for a school'that no longer spe­cializes
in educating educators—
that Florences has outgrown its
name. Very similar to one of our
Jsasic points for a change to ""A.U."
May the Flor-Ala have more
success 'in its efforts than we
have realized.
In neighboring Mississippi, State
College s t u d e n t s habitually go
berserk after pre-game rallies.
The destructive instinct (apolo­gies
to the psychoolgy department
for suggesting that instincts ex­ist)
conquers the reasoning of
spirited Maroon supporters to that
extent that they storm the local
theater for a free show and often
proceed to cause considerable
damage to the auditorium's fur­nishings.
This recalls vividly actions of
Auburn pep rally mobs of recent
years who took delight in mob­bing
the Tiger, breaking stores'
display windows a n d greasing
railroad tracks. Hope the mention
of this doesn't revive such prac­tices
that have been overlooked so
far this season.
Question of the week: Why the
juke-box revival of the former
church song, "Whispering Hope",
and why the popularity of the in­sipid
Stafford-McRae version?
The pep dances this quarter
have been well-attended, have
had outstanding music by the
Knights, and have gone over big
in general. However, many com­plaints
have been registered about
the lack of consideration by un­thinking
stags. Staglines may be­gin
along the side of the dance
floor, but before long male at-tenders
looking for a coed to take
the usual three steps with have
unconsciously progressed a b o ut
one-fourth of the w»y across the
floor on either side. This leaves
very little space for enjoyable
dancing, which is a ridiculous
state of affairs for a building the
size of student ac.
The use of ropes or monitors to
keep stag lines back would be
rather impractical, but the volun­tary
efforts of temporary non-dancers
in staying partially clear
of the floor would boost the ex­cellence
of the weekly affairs.
Generally Speaking By Bruce Greenhill
Just what in the heck are. we
coming to?
Student leaders were stationed
at each. door of each car on the
train Thursday night as at least
25 per cent of the student body
turned out to. see the team off to
New Orleans. It was a great rally
but this fact mars the affair.
Why w e r e they there? They
were positioned there to do what
they could to
isss?
Greenhill
own foolish
keep us from
going hog wild
and attempting
to board t he
t r a i n and
wreaking much
H havoc.
Isn't that a
I sorry s t a t e of
affairs? When
| | | we h a v e to
protect o u r-selves
from our
actions, its about
time we all went back to kinder­garten
and began our maturation
all over again.
Of course, I don't feel that so
few could have availed against
so many, but the very fact that
they were there strikes me as be­ing
a blot on our collective integ­rity.
What are we, normal im­mature
men and women with a
penchant for learning or a bunch
of boorish mental midgets?
I think its about time we put
away our "high school hot" ten­dencies
and did a little growing
up emotionally as well as physi­cally.
Certainly we aren't fully
matured, but what sort of excuse
is this? Some of us won't ever
come under the classification of
emotionally mature, but a few
steps in the right direction won't
hurt.
Just because our fathers, un­cles,
cousins, neighbors, etc.,
put on a sheet and a pillow case
and go out, twenty strong, and
whip some defenseless person is
no reason why a bunch of college
men should feel the call to ran­sack
dormitories, attack cheer­leaders,
and deface property.
In most instances to date, the
incident has been wholly uncall­ed
for—trying to force a kiss on
a struggling cheerleader while
4,000 people look on just isn't my
idea of good lovin'.
That reminds me of the time
four of us fourth-graders at A. C.
Moore grammar school in Co­lumbia,
S.C., caught poor Sally
Henson in the cloakroom and
each one kissed Her. The only
passion aroused was Miss Davis'
anger, and we four felons dusted
erasers every day after school
until our beloved teacher decid­ed
that our deportment would
not return to the kindergarten
level again.
Have we gotta establish an,
eraser-dusting corps here on the
plains before incidents like this
stop?
* * *
Note to Bandmaster Dave Her­bert:
Dave, you've done a great job
with the band since you report­ed
to the LVOTP but this layrhan
has one little opinion that begs
expression. Why the slow step
this year; wha' hoppen to the
quick step used in l a s t year's
Bama game, for example?
Your charges were Auburn's
saving grace in many instances
last year when the team had a
bad day. We may have lost the
'Bama football game but the Au­burn
Spirit and Auburn b a nd
won the parade and halftime
glory.
From the sidelines, and I am
on the sidelines rather than band
master, is seems to me that a re­vival
of the 180-step cadence
would be a shot in the band's
musical arm.
Football is a fascinating sport.
It is a good game to hear, a won­derful
game to see, and certainly '
a great game to play. Have you
ever wondered how this sport
originated?
When King Richard I of Eng­land
was nothing but plain little
Prince Richard, eight years old
and happily u n a w a r e that he
would die at the tender age of 42,
he was playing with seven or
eight neighborhood children in the
rumpus room of the Royal Palace.
These innocent little tots had
grown tired of playing at "Sher­iff's
and Outlaws", and they were
sitting cross-legged on the floor,
each one absorbed with his own
thoughts. Finally the silence was
broken by little Cornelius, who
spit nonchalantly and a s k e d,
"What can we play?"
"I know," shouted Richard, af­ter
a few moments of deep con­centration;
"let's play FOOT­BALL!"
"Oh, bully for Prince Richard,"
screamed little Cornelius, snorting
vigorously and jumping up and
down with sheer delight.
"Oh, bully for Prince Richard,"
echoed all the other children.
Then they j o i n e d hands and
danced around and around Rich­ard,
chanting, "Huzzah, huzzah,
huzzah! Three huzzahs and a tiger
for good old Richard and good old
football!" One by one, the chil­dren
fell out from exhaustion, un­til
they were all sitting once more
upon the floor, clapping their Httle
hands in rhythmic unison, and
babbling with joy.
"Just a minute," panted little
Bartholomew, who, even though
he lived on the other* side of the
moat, was the most intelligent of
the group; "what is football, and
how do you play it?"
This set the other children to
thinking, and not many minutes
had passed before Richard dis­covered
the fickle nature of the
public. Each of the other children
pointed a finger at him and yelled,
"Pooh, pooh, Richard—you've had
it! You suggest a game and don't
even know how to play it. Ha, ha,
ha for you!"
Taken aback by this sarcasm—
nay, even public ridicule—Richard
thoughtfully took another drag
from his marijuana butt, while he
performed some fast, and rather
desperate, cogitation. He decided
that in order to play a game called
"football", one must use two
things: (1) a foot, and (2) a ball.
Glancing hysterically about the
room, Richard chanced to spy a
bowling ball. He quickly proved
the advantages of superior abili­ties
and natural leadership by lift­ing
the ball and hurling it with all
his strength at yie nearest of the
finger-pointing t a u n t e r s . "All
right, old smartie," he sneered;
"I'll show you. I do, too, know
how to play football. Just watch
me, and do as I do." With these
words, Richard began to kick the
bowling ball vigorously. The other
children promptly learned the
knack of the new game, and soon
they too were kicking the ball
with the utmost enthusiasm.
While they enjoyed this new
recreation immensely, still the
children found it rather hard on
the foot. So Richard's father had
a hollow 14 carat ball made for
the children's new game. After
each game it was the privilege of
every member of t h e winning
team to rub this ball with the
hands. It was considered a great
honor to "feel gold", as this cere­mony
was called; this term has
existed through seven centuries of
football, although now, probably
because of a spelling error made
by an early historian, it is known
as "field goal".
Thus football had its beginning.
Needless to say, Richard became
quite adept at playing any posi­tion
on the team. He never seemed
to relish playing in the backfield,
but when he played in the line,
his whole heart was in the game.
For this' reason he has been called
"Richard the Line-hearted".
The Exchange Post *yi"s*™**«*
Anne: I've lost so much weight
you can count my ribs.
Dave: Gee, thanks!
—Illinois Tech
* * *
" Ah increasing number of wom­en
are taking up law. The usual
number continue to lay it down.
Ed: Why are more babies born
in the South than in the North?
Licht: Because in the North the
girls say YOU can and in the
South they say YOU'ALL can.
* * *
Comment overheard in a corri­dor
at North Carolina University:
"The honor system is one in
which the instructor has the hon­or
and the student has the sys­tem."
:>: # 3):
Twelve colleges of the Eastern
Pennsylvania Intercollegiate The­ater
and Radio Conference have
set the fuse for the development
of an intercollegiate theatrical
organization, according to an in­tercollegiate
press bulletin. The
main proposal is to exchange the­atrical
productions among col­leges.
Thunder roared and lightning
flashed; the women trembled in
the cabins while the ship's crew
rushed about.
"Up with the anchor!1' shouted
the Captain.
Then over and above the sound
of the tempest could be heard the
fierce cries of the sailors working
on the wenches.
—Illinois Tech
Two inebriates were leaning
against a bar. The stout one had
his right hand closed and occa­sionally
peeked into it.
"Whatcha got?" his friend ask­ed.
"Guess what," was the reply.
"June Bug?"
"Nope." The inebriate took an­other
peek.
"Blue bird?"
"Nope, guess again."
"Heck, how do I know; maybe
it's an elephant!"
At that, the drunk took another
somewhat longer look, smiled and
asked "What color?"
—Boston Heights
Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor,
The cheerleaders would like to
express their appreciation to Au­burn
students who donated ap­proximately
$135 to finance trips
to New Orleans for the Tulane
game for seven of us. Had it not
been for student contributions, no
more than two of our number
would have been able to go.
This is positive proof that the
"Auburn Spirit" is as great as
ever this year.
Thanks,
Emaleen Stoves
* » *
Auburn, Alabama
October 19, 1949
Dear Editor: - ,
I have been to movies in other
college towns, but never have I
been to one where the college stu­dents
(boys) act like "hoodlums",
as they do here in the Tiger and
War Eagle Theatres. My idea of
going to a movie is for relaxation
and enjoyment, and how can any­one
enjoy a movie with someone
on the next row making cracks,
unnecessarily whistling, yelling,
and forcing himself to laugh as
loud as he possible can strain???
Last Saturday night at the mid­night
show at the War Eagle, two
rows in front of us were four
A.P.I, students who not only were
wiggling, giggling, a n d talking
during the movie, but were smok­ing
as if they had never heard of
there being a law against smoking
in a theatre.
Then right behind us sat two of
Auburn's well - known football
players who were yelling to some
boy on the opposite side of the
theatre, laughing, whistling, and
acting as if they had no manners,
and had had no home training
whatsover. They wanted attention
so badly that they thought they
could attract it that way.
It is most disgusting to go to a
movie and have to contend with
such unnecessary noise, etc. It
seems that boys who are old
enough to come to college are also
old enough to act decently and
show some-respect for others in a
theatre.
This is the opinion of many
people I have talked to recently.
I wish you would please print this
in the next issue of The Plains­man.
Sincerely yours,
Jean Cummins
* * *
Dear Editor:
As a citizen of Auburn and a
firm supporter of A.P.I., I read
The Plainsman each week with
keen interest, and am very grate­ful
for the good work you are per­forming
as editor of The Plains­man.
I would like to congratulate
you on having such a splendid
staff, and am especially concern­ed
with the service you render to
local churches through your re­ligious
editor, Bob Swift. He per-
(Continued on page 8)
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Parking will be "on the city"
during Homecoming weekend. The
Auburn City Commission has de­cided
that the visiting alumni
should be extended this gesture of
welcome.
I'm sure that the alumni will
appreciate this token of friend­ship
on the part of the city. While
the cost of using
a parking meter
w o u l d not be
great to the in­dividual
driver,
t h e s e devices
are a nuisance.
Frequently h e
doesn't have the
correct change
or he is going to
park for only a V
few minutes.
Although i t
won't be neces-
Cannon sary to punch
nickels into the parking meters
during Homecoming, they will
•not be covered with paper bags
as they w e r e between quar­ters.
Instead, two policemen will
be stationed on each street to in­form
parkers that they do not
have to feed the machines. This
seems like a gross waste of man­power
to me. The paper bags
could do the job just as well.
However, the city officials claim
that the use of paper bags de­tracts
from the appearance of the I
city. I cannot voice an opinion on
this question since I have not seen
College Street decked with brown
paper, but apparently the city
fathers h a v e acquired a new
sense of beauty since September.
Perhaps the trees were all green
at that time and the brown color
added a'little variety.
The parking" situation during
Homecoming will undoubtedly be
bad, but the free parking certain­ly
won't hurt matters any. The
numerous new parking areas on
campus will relieve the pressure
somewhat, although most of them
are rather distant from the cen­ters
of activity.
I'm sure that Auburn's alumni
would have felt slighted if they
had not been extended the same [t
hospitality received by the 4-H
Clubs, Farm Bureau and farm
dealer groups which visited the
campus' between quarters. I feel
sure that the city will continue to
offer this "on the city" parking on
all important occasions.
Bottom Of
The Barrel
By Roger McClarty
Travel by train will drive you
insane! This little statement may
be slightly inaccurate but it
about sums up my philosophy,
hardened by thousands of miles
of jolting over the roadbeds of
our country both at government
expense and after leaving the
service. Constant hope was kept
__ alive in my op-
V.-:.' '•-<; :\ ... tomistic breast
by the remind­er,
" T h i s is
wartime, ! just
w a i t until
everything gets
back to nor­mal.
Hmmm!"
I have come
I to t h e conclu­sion
t h a t the
whole railroad
McClarty industry is run
by fiendish men with large pro­truding
stomachs and a pervert­ed
desire to make the public suf­fer
and like it. Let's consider!
They hire specialists who do
nothing but see that the heating
equipment works only between
the months of May and August.
Another equally efficient group ,'
,sees that all windows stick fast.
The air-conditioning is alrnost
sure to work only between No­vember
and February. Only high
type, conscientious men are used
for this treacherous and exciting
work.
My friends inevitably have
better luck at selecting trains
than I do. The big, silent, speedy
streamliners never seem to run
between the cities on my route.
Invariably, I buy a ticket for a
through train of established rep­utation;
then somewhere down
under the station, in a maze of
tracks, they manage to lose those
big juggernauts, and I get my
customary pre-Civil War, wicker
seated coach, complete with cin
ders in the drinking water.
To add insult to injury they
generally wait until I'm aboard
to check out their apprentice en­gineers,
with incalculable risk to
both bridgework and vertebraes.
Sometimes you come to the point
where you hope for a nice clean
derailment, anything to end the
suspense.
In short, if you want to gain—
GO BY PLANE!
c
%
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1949 p&Q CHAIRMAN
Student Election Rules Determined
By Political Activities Committee »
By Bruce Greenhill
Here at Auburn, the function of scheduling and super­vising
all general and class ejections is the d u t y of t he
Political Activities Committee, a subsidiary of the Student
Executive Cabinet. It is the duty of this committee, whose
chairman is Bill Fleming, to determine t h e eligibility of
candidates, establish p o l l i ng
places, tabulate votes, settle elec­tion
disputes and exercise gen­eral
control over all popular elec­tions.
Other members of this commit­tee
are, Carroll Keller, Hal Breed-live,
Gilmer Blackburn, Tex She-well
and Bruce Greenhill.
The PAC is responsible for de­termining
t h e elegibility of all
candidates, but the final decision
rests with a qualification board
consisting of all senior mem­bers
of the Executive Cabinet?. A
complete enumeration of the
qualifications necessary for can­didacies
is carried in the by-laws
of the student constitution print­ed
in the Tiger Cub.
The PAC, formerly known as
the Elections Committee, selects
polling places at convenient lo­cations
on the campus. Voting
will be done by schools again this
year and the ballot boxes will be
situated at points easily acces­sible
to students of the school con­cerned.
Ballots are .secured by the
chairman of the committee at
least 24 hours before the election.
Candidates names are grouped by
offices and are listed in alphabet­ical
order. Each class uses a dif­ferent
colored ballot.
Votes are counted within six
hours after the polls close and
complete returns arrf made public.
In the event that a dispute
arises during any campaign, the
PAC sits as a board of arbitration
to review the case and decide
the settlement.
Anyone found guilty of unfair
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master craf tsmanshlg
throughout make
them the season's top
style buy.
Auburn Radio Group
To Give Broadcast
Each Tuesday Night
The newly created Auburn Ra­dio
Workshop presented its first
radio broadcast over WAUD Tues­day
night, Oct. 11. Each Tuesday
night at 7:30 the club presents a
15 minute resume of current items
of interest in the fields of society,
sports, administration and general
news coverage.
Parts on the program have been
assigned to members of the club
who are to perform them for a
month. A new group will be used
next month.
Participating in the program to
date have been:
Belon Friday, L. L. McDonough,
Nancy Hawkins, George Cheyne,
and George Marceson.
A>^15 minute dramatic skit on
Thursday nights is also part of
the club's work, and presentation
will begin as soon as skits arrrive
from the publishers.
Any timely news that is suit­able
for the program may be given
to Prof. Edward Lambert at his
office in Samford Hall.
Builder's Guild Elects
David Kelley President
David Kelly, Savannah, Ga., was
elected president of the Builder's
Guild at a recent meeting. Other
officers elected were:
Tom McCreery, Birmingnam,
vice-president; Charles B r o w n,
Troy, secretary-treasurer, and Ell-wood
Burkhardt, Auburn, corres­ponding
secretary.
Also available in Triple Leather Soles
VARSITY
Auburn, Ala.
practices at the polls, as deter­mined
by the PAC, will lose his
voting privilege and the name of
the offender and full particulars
of the offense will be published in
The Plainsman.
These duties, coupled with
various other activities pertain­ing
to elections, go together to
make up the essential business of
the Political Activities Commit­tee.
* (t *
This is the fourth in a series of
articles dealing with the Student
Government Association. Subse­quent
articles will feature other
organizations and committees
which take this important part in
campus life.
'Tamed' lightning helps to write its brother's story .
LIGHTNING-—when you consider
4 it in microseconds—is not nearly
so impetuous as summer storms might
indicate. Before loosing its charge, it
sends down advance 'streamers' to plot
out the easiest path and makes sure
the earth,sends up other streamers to
meet it. In its downward course it may
hesitate 40 times and more. . .
Some strokes are exceedingly slow,
building up and releasing their charge
in a tenth of a second rather than a
millionth. They produce no thunder...
More than 95% of our lightning
comes from negatively charged clouds..
Facts like these are part of the work­ing
knowledge of engineers in the G-E
% 'oa can.
High Voltage Engineering Laboratory
in Pittsfield, Mass. It's their job to
develop lower-cost equipment that will
better withstand lightning and that
will better protect electric service.
To aid these specialists. General
Electric recently built a new labora­tory,
the world's largest lightning cen­ter.
The main tool: the most powerful
man-made lightning ever produced.
By emphasizing research and crea­tive
thinking, by encouraging fertile
minds to follow their own imaginative
bent, and by implementing their work
with the best available facilities, Gen­eral
Electric stays in the forefront of
scientific and engineering development.
tn—.
GENERAL® ELECTRIC
Land-Grant Group
Hears Dean Allen
At Annual Meeting
Dean Roger Allen of the School
of Science and Literature deliver­ed
a paper on college problems
concerned with "Facilities, Equip­ment
and Supplies" at the 63rd
annual convention of the Associ­ation
of Land-Grant Colleges and
Universities. The meeting began in
Kansas City, Mo., October 24 and
will continue through October 27.
Dean Allen is also serving as a
member of a panel to discuss his
paper and others on "Faculties"
and "Financing". In concurrence
with the paper and the discussion,
Dean Allen assembled a notebook
of some 70 odd pages concerning
the deficiencies of the 52 individ­ual
colleges represented."
President Ralph B. Draughon
heads the list of 11 delegates from
all schools on campus to partici­pate
in this convention. Repre­sentatives
include:
Dean M. J. Funchess, dean of
the School of Agriculture and di­rector
of the Agriculture Experi­ment
Station; Dr. E. V. Smith, as­sistant
dean of Agriculture; Dean
Roger Allen; Dean J. E. Hannum,
School of Engineering.
Dean R. S. Sugg, the School of
Veterinary Medicine; Dr. Fred Al­lison,
dean of the G r a d u a te
School; P. O. Davis, director of the
Agriculture Extension Service; J.
L. Lawson, assistant director of
the Agriculture Extension Serv­ice,
and Mrs. Lillie Alexander,
State Home Demonstration Agent.
Departmental Progress
Cited By Dr. C. P. Anson
"In 1939 there were 15 mem­bers
of the teaching staff and
350 students in the departments
of ecomonics, business adminis­tration
and sociology; today there
are 36 teachers a n d over one
thousand students in the three
departments," stated Dr. Charles
P. Anson at the meeting of Del­ta
Sig-ma Pi on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
According to Dr. Anson, the
10 major areas of concentration
in these departments are ac­counting,
economic theory a nd
history, finance, general busi­ness,
geography and resources,
industrial relations and person­nel
research, marketing secre­tarial
science, sociology and sta­tistics.
During t h e past year, seven
teaching fellows have been added
to the staff and 13 graduate stu­dents
are currently working to­ward
their masters degrees, Dr.
Anson t o l d the professional
group.
DAMES CLUB TO GIVE
'OPEN HOUSE' NOV. 2
The Dames C l u b announces
plans for "open house" to be held
at 8 p.m., November 2, at the home
of Mrs. A. L. Thomas. All stu­dents'
wives are invited to attend
and become members of the club.
6 Auburn Librarians
Attend Miami Meet
Six members of the Auburn li­brary
s t a f f are attending the
Southeastern meeting of the Ame­rican
Library Association which
starts today at Miami Beach, Fla.
Those who will make the trip
include: Clyde H. Cantrell, direc­tor
of libraries; Carson W. Ben­nett,
circulation librarian; Jewel
Davis, cataloger; Samuel J. Ma­rino,
serials librarian; Rachel S.
Martin, reference librarian, and
Minnie Wall, cataloger.
Cantrell was on the program
committee for the Association of
College and Reference Libraries,
one of the divisions of the Ameri­can
Library Association. At the
conference, he is to serve on the
resolutions committee and on the
activities committee of the South­eastern
Library Association. •>•
HERRON CHOSEN
PE CLUB PREXY
Charles Herron, junior in phy­sical
education from Birming­ham,
was elected president of the
Physical Education Club at a re­cent
meeting. Herron will serve
for the next two quarters.
Other officers elected were
Mildred Clower, Tallassee, vice-president;
Virginia Rinnart, Rag-land,
secretary; Lila Hicks, trea­surer;
Louis Dumas, Thomasville,
social chairman, and Rose Blan-ton,
Sarasota, Fla., publicity
chairman.
Miss Harriet Donahoo and C.
P. Nader were chosen faculty ad­visors
for the club.
The Physical Education Club
meets on the first and third Tues­day
of each month at 7 p.m. in
Alumni Gym. The social chair-maruhas
announced that the next
meeting will be a social on Tues­day,
Nov. 1.
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Tiger Topics
Tigers Give Green Wave Battle
Before Losing By 14-6 Margin
By Stuart Stephenson
No't content with throwing <a fourth quarter scare into
Tech's Yellow Jackets, the Auburn Tiger gave the once
mighty Tulane Green Wave a spirited scrap before bowing
14-6 in New Orleans last week-
An amazed partisan crowd, sweltering under a broiling
sun, saw the perenial underdog
Plainsmen not only hold, but
seriously threaten to overide,
the s u p p o s e d l y rebounding
Greenies. In fact, had the hard­hitting
Tigers been able to cash
in on a few of their opportuni­ties,
the score might' well have
been in their favor.
Start With Rush
For the third consecutive week
t h e Tigers found themselves
clawing for paydirt in the open­ing
seconds of play. And for the
second straight time were denied
the TD that might have touched
off the type scoring outburst
which thrilled Grant Field pat­rons.
Defense Improvement. . .
Eddie Price, the SEC ace of
aces, ran true to form only once.
He reeled off a spectacular 62-
yard touchdown jaunt in the sec­ond
quarter; then served as the
prime target for some of the most
crushing and effective Auburn
»ackling seen in years.
Auburn line play was at its
best. Practice for the Tulane tilt
concentrated on tackling, and the
Tigers" learned their lesson well.
Tulane's nine fumbles (five of
them by Fullback Price) attest
to the ferocity of Auburn's de­fensive
brilliance.
Coach Brown used the two-platoon
substitution system and
the Tiger defensive team, al­though
outweighed 1& pounds per
man, outplayed the Greenies in
the second half.
For Tulane, 225rpound tackle
Paul Lea was the standout. A
rugged defensive man, Lea is
making a convincing bid for All-
American honors.
Captain Ralph Pyburn, Virgil
Willett, Foots Bauer, Max Aut-rey,
and Tom Banks earned
praise for their defensive play.
However, the Tigers p a i d a
high . price for t h e i r splendid
Showing. Center Frank Hayes,
the outstanding line backer this
season, suffered a h ^ a d injury
that will keep him out of action
in the Vandy game. An additional
blow for the line-backing ranks
came as a result of a knee injury
to Center Bill Hogarth and a
pulled side muscle suffered by
Jim Brooks. Both probably will
be available for duty this' week,
however.
Tidwell Offensive Star
Travis Tidwell stole the offen­sive
show as he completed 7 of 18
passes for 131 yards and carried
the ball another 65 yards in 11
attempts. Tulane fans found
themselves cheering Tidwell as
he led,the determined Tiger at­tack.
A 38-yard pass from Tid­well
to soph halfback Bobby
Briggs accounted for the l o ne
Tiger tally.
Halfback Johnny Wallis was,
the victim of a neat bit of burg­lary
by Tulane's George Kinek
. when Kinek wound up with the
ball in the end zone for a Tulane
score after Wallis had apparently
-intercepted the oval. Walljs then
proceeded to turn in a brilliant
performance from his. defensive
post.
Once again the Tigers upset the
w * - 1 " ° € t * 1 M 9 P I . Instructors
Hold Meeting Here
A school of instruction in phy­sical
education, sponsored by the
Alabama- Department of Educa­tion,
was held on the Auburn
campus Monday, Oct. 24. School
administrators from six surround­ing
counties and visiting consult­ants
of the U. S. Office of Educa­tion,
Miss Elsie Schneider and Si­mon
McNeely, attended the work­shop.
. >- ..
Three discussion panels pertain­ing
to problems of elementary and
high school physical education
programs were held during the
day.
Dean Zebulon Judd opened the
morning session and Coach R. K.
Evans served as discussion leader.
Mrs. Jeanetta Land, women's phy­sical
education head, was chair­man
of the afternoon panel. Dem­onstrations
of physical education
classes on various grade levels
were given «by students from ele­mentary,
junior, and senior high
school.
Chairman of the evening panel
was Arnold UmlJach, men's physi­cal
education head.
SCENE FROM TULANE PEP RALLY DANCE
By Stuart Stephenson, Jr.
i
Alabama To The Rescue
Thanks to an available supply of g o o d , old-fashioned
Alabama white pine, Cliff Hare Stadium's long-awaited east
stand will be sufficiently completed to play its debut role
in the 1949 Homecoming tilt on November 5.
Main bottleneck in the construction schedule w a s the
54,000 feet of planking necessary for seats. Washington state
redwood was selected. However, ordering the wood and hav­ing
it arrive on time are two entirely different matters.
According to Athletic Director Wilbur Hut sell, t h r ee
carloads of redwood were to arrive. Two carloads, 36,000 feet,
were shipped ready for installation a n d are being put in
place by crews working under lights each night. The deficit
of 18,000 feet is being made up by home-grown pine.
, Judging by the exciting performances to date of those
up-and-coming Tigers, it really won't make a lot of difference
what kind of splinters you'll be getting when the Tigers take
on Mississippi State. It will be a fitting Homecoming, and
stadium inaugural, when the Tigers trounce the Maroons!
* * *
Which Twin Has The Pigskin?
This year's Vanderbilt Commodore roster is without a
host of complicated, tongue-twister names designed to trip
radio announcers and spectators. Instead, the Commodores
have come up with four pairs of identical last names. Not
only are the last names I the same, but like names play like
positions.
Jamie Wade, senior quarterback, shares the family name
with sophomore quarterback Bill Wade. Both are from
Nashville though they aren't related. .
There are, however, fwo brothers in the backfield.' Bob­by
Berry, 165-pound senior l e f t halfback who has earned
three letters, is sharing the family spotlight with younger
Irvin, a fullback. The younger brother weighs 190 pounds
and is classified as a pile driving runner. He missed the 1943
season because of a broken collarbone.
At right end, A.'E, "Bud" Curtiss, a senior from Phila­delphia,
holds sway, while on the opposite terminal E. J. Cur­tiss,
a six-foot, three inch junior from Gainsville, Ga., is seek­ing
his third monogram. --
The Page boys, Bbb and Tom, both seniors from Nash­ville,
-wage a brotherly battle for the right tackle position.
Bob, 23, has earned three letters while Tom, 20, seeks his
second as a Commodore.
To-carry the thing a little further, there's a May and a
Mayes, each on the roster as a "specialist" to assure specta­tors
of an afternoon of confusion. Daryle "Daisy" May has
been around three seasons with his line-backing specialty
act, while Cannon Mayes is up from the freshman squad as
a place-kick artist.
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MINATURE
GOLF TOURNEY
All students who are inter­ested
in participating in. the
open minalure golf tourna­ment
on November 7 should
contact Miss Dean Oliver at
Alumni Hall. The tournament
is being sponsored by the
home economics students and
is open to the public.
Practice games will be play­ed
from October 28 through
N o v e m b e r 2. Qualifying
rounds will begin on Novem­ber
3 and continue through
November 7,
Bill Tucker, Auburn sopho­more
quarterback from Birming­ham,
is the youngest member of
the Tiger squad. He will be 19 in
October.
Pick McGowen, Auburn's. All-
Southeastern halfback for two
years,.held the national punting
record from 1939 to 1947.
3 NEW CHEERLEADERS
SCENE FROM gala Tulane
pep rally dance is shown
above. In the lower left pic­ture
the new Auburn cheer­leaders
are shown immediate­ly
after their selection at the
pep rally. The new cheerlead­ers
are Marion Creel, Billy
Goodwyn, and Pat Haden.
Goodwyn is a freshman, Miss
Creel a sophomore, and Miss
Haden a junior.
Auburn Athletic Business Man­ager
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girls' basketball team that won
by a score of 2-1.
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All freshmen who are phy­sically
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in the annual Cake Rfte
which will be held on Decem­ber
7, it was announced today
by Louis Johnson, publicity
chairman of Omicron Delta
Kappa. Johnson added that
freshmen should begin train­ing
now for the race, as they
must be in good physical con­dition
in order to compete.
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Upset-Minded Tigers Travel To Nashville Saturday For SEC Tussle With Vanderbilt
PACES TIGtRS
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Coach Earl Brown's Fighting Gridders Hope
To Upset Commodores In Homecoming Game
By Stuart Stephenson
Auburn's thrill-provoking Tigers journey to Nashville's
Dudley Field this week to provide Homecoming opposition
for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Kickoff time will be 2 p.m.
•Having asserted themselves on three successive Satur­days
with stunning football exhibitions, the Plainsmen will
be gunning to avenge the 47-0
shellacking suffered at the hands
of Coach Red Sanders' high-scor­ing
squad of last year. The Com­modores
have held the Tigers
scoreless in their last three en­counters.
For Auburn, it's a case of re­fusing
to give up. Instead of suc­cumbing
meekly to the power­houses
of the SEC, t h e Tigers
have demonstrated a vicious
brand of football that is certain
to lower the boom on some touted
title contender. Sparked by the
brilliant play of Travis Tidwell,
the sophomore-studded Tigers
are showing weekly improvement
as they fail to conform to pre-game
predictions.
Vandy Ranks High
Picked to finish second in the
SEC, the Commodores got off to
a rough start by bowing to the
precision attack of the Georgia
Tech Yellow Jackets. They boun­ced
back, however, and downed
Alabama's Tide 14-7. Then the
powerful Ole Miss Rebels felt the
Commodores' might in losing a
28-27 thriller.
The Florida 'Gators fell in the
last few minutes of play by a
22-17 score. A blocked placement
attempt enabled an alert Ar­kansas
team to upset the Commo­dores
7-6 in last week's inter-con­ference
fray.
Rich in Lettermen
Vandy's Head Coach Henry
"Red" Sanders and his staff mov-
Travis Tidwell
ed out to the far west after the
1948 season and Coach Bill Ed­wards
took over. Thirty-two re­turning
lettermen form a strong
nucleus from which Edwards has
fashioned his 1949 edition. Thir­teen
members are missing from
the '48 squad which won 8, lost
2, and tied one in amassing 328
points to their opponents' 73.
Vanderbilt teams have long
been noted for the efficiency of
their defensive play, but in recent
14 Games Feature
Intramural Play
Fourteen games were played in
intramural football last week, and
three teams gained victories by
forfeit.
In games played Monday, the
Hellcats blanked the Mountain­eers,
18-0, Men's Dorm shutout
the Kings, 12-0, and BSU and
Westminster won by forfeit over
Canterbury and Newman, respec­tively.
Tuesday Lambda Chi Alpha
beat Sigma Nu by a safety, 2-0,
SPE rolled over Sigma Pi, 32-0,
and Kappa Sigma edged Phi Delta
Theta, 6-0. OTS lost to PiKA, 7-0,
and TKE was trounced by SAE,
32-0.
In Wednesday's games, Theta
Chi nosed out Phi Kappa Tau, 8-6,
Westminster won over BSU, 7-0,
Canterbury won a "sudden death"
game from Wesley, 7-6, and the
Brewers sank Navy, 6-0. The
Hellcats, forfeited to the Barracks.
On Thursday, the last day of
the week's schedule, Delta Sigma
Phi beat Lambda Chi, 13-6, Pi
Kappa Phi edged ATO, 1-0, in a
sudden death tilt, Alpha Psi clip­ped
Sigma Nu, 6-0, and KA beat
out Phi Delta Theta, 1-0, in a
twilight meeting.
CROSS COUNTRY ACE
years have oecome equally pro­ficient
in their offense.
Leaders in the point-producing
department are Halfback Bobby
Berry, Fullback Dean Davidson,
Right Halfback Herb Rich and
"Lighting Lee" Nalley who was
the nation's leading punt return
specialist in '48.
Passing chores are well distri­buted.
However, a much-publici­zed
Sophomore, Bill Wade, ranks
with the best in the aerial brack­et.
Wade was picked by Look
Magazine as a top contender for
the Sophomore-of-the-year title.
Another Wade. Jamie, a 177-
pound Senior, has won three tet­ters
as a quarterback, and con­tinues
to run the team with his
very capable signal calling.
In the line t he Commodore
Captain, Carl Copp, a tackle, is
a terror to ball carriers. Copp was
on the second team of several
Cross Country Team
Opens New Season
The cross-country team will
journey to Gainesville, Fla., Mon­day
for their intial meet of the
1949 season. They will encounter
the trotters of the University of
Florida.
Leading the Auburn men is
W h i t e y Overton, conference
champion and Olympic team
member. Last y e a r Overton
sparked the team through an un­defeated
season to the Southeast­ern
championship and will be
gunning for a repeat performance
this year.
Two other returning spark­plugs
are Tommy Steele and
Jimmy Mitchell. T h e * two prov­ed
to be valuable assets to the
squad a n d will be counted on
heavily this year. Some of the
more y promising newcomers are
Carey Green, Duncan Bryant,
Jim Jennings, and John McGill.
Last Saturday the runners took
a trial run around the Auburn
course. According to Coach Jeff
Beard, times were not impressive
but were good for this early in
the season.
Overton led the way in the
trial with Steele second and
Green third. Other harriers who
finished among the leaders were
McGill, Jennings, and Bryant.
\TIGiR CASUALTY
FRANK HAYES, who played
a brilliant defensive game
against Tulane last week, will
be out of action this week
when the Tigers travel to
Nashville. Hayes suffered a
head injury which will side­line
him for two weeks.
Whitey Overton
son leading the pack.
This 24th contest between Au­burn
and Vanderbilt finds the
Plainsmen seeking their seventh
victory. The Commodores have
emerged victorious in 16 frays,
while one game, in 1912, ended in
a 0-0 lie.
Tigers Lag in Series
Auburn's worst defeat at the
hands of the Nashville eleven
came in 1905 when they bowed
54-0.
Vanderbilt's most one-sided loss
to the Plainsmen occurred in 1920
when Coach Mike Donahue's
team, captained by 275-pound
Emmett Sizemore, sank the Com-
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honors this season. Russ Faulk-inberry,
a 210-pound junior, and
the two Page boys, Bob and Tom,
both seniors, give the Commo­dores
plenty of strength at the
tackles.
The left end spot is well forti­fied
by seniors Doug Malsberger
and Ranee Hardy, plus a two-let­ter
junior, Bucky Curtiss. Right
end, too,* is deep in monogram
wearers in Charley Speir, Billy
Mac Jones, Pete Holt, and Bud
Curtiss.
Six lettermen are on hand for
the guard positions. The center
spot boasts three lettermen with
alternate Captain Tommy Patter-have
disrupted.a perfect season
for championship Vandy teams.
The very fast game between the
schools, in 1893, saw the Plains­men
beat the Tennesseans 30-10.
Then in 1912 the lone tie game of
the long series served to jar an
undefeated season for the South­ern
champs from Nashville.
Auburn is again on the war­path
to knock down the top layers
in Southeastern Conference foot­ball
circles. The long rifles of the
Plainsmen will most certainly be
primed for the Commodores this
year as the boys from the Plains
will again assume their underdog
role.
Tank Team Meets
La Crosse In Opener
The Auburn Swimming Team
will open its 1949-50 season De­cember
2, against La Crosse of
Wisconsin.
The first meet will be tele­graphic
with A u b u r n ' s team
swimming at- Alumni Gym. Au­burn's
record with La Crosse
stands at 1-1, with Auburn win­ning
last year's meet 41-35.
Coach Eugene Kruchoski is an
alumnus of La Crosse, having
captained the swimming team in
his senior year.
The Tiger schedule is not yet
complete, but the meets scheduled
thus far are:
Dec. 2—La Crosse, Wis. (Tele­graphic)
Jan. 14—Georgia Tech—here
Jan. 21—Georgia—Athens
Feb. 4—Florida—Gainesville
Feb. 16—U. Florida—here
Feb. 25—Emory University —
here
March 10-11—SEC meet—At­lanta.
Further meets will be an­nounced
at a later date.
In 1948, Alabama crossed the
Tiger goal line eight times in re­gistering
a 55-0 victory. In 1900,
Auburn crossed the 'Baraa goal
nine times in gaining a 53-5 tri­umph.
Touchdowns then were
good for only 5 points.
Hoopsters Prep
For '49 Opener
Although basketball season is
over a month away, Coach Joel
Eaves' hoopsters have been work­ing
hard in preparation for their
opening game with Birmingham-
Southern on December 1. Drills
have Been held four nights a week
since October 4, but beginning
Monday, practice will be held
every day.
The team has been concentrat­ing
mainly on its offensive pat­terns.
Coach Eaves plans to use
the fast break at every oppor­tunity.
Returning lettermen from last
season who should give the team
valuable experience are Bill Lynn,
Jack Glasgow, Bill Mobberly, Don
Lanford, Roy Brawner, George
Brawher, George Hill, Dan Prid-gen,
Artie R o b i n s o n , and Joe
Sterling. Two other fine prospects
from last year's squad are Dick
Webb and Bill Dawson.
Sophomores up from last sea­son's
freshman team which won
twelve out of fifteen games are
Bill Walter, Roger Weldon, Gene
Hoehle, Marvin Driver, and Doug
McBride.
Gene Blakely, junior in physi­cal
education, has been chosen
manager of the team.
Auburn-Tulane Film
To Be Shown Tonight
A film of the Auburn-Tulane
football game will be shown at
the meeting of the Student Quar- ,
terback Club in the student activi­ties
building tonight at 8:15. Arn­old
Fagen announced the change
in time of the movie from theN
regular time of 7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
- All students interested in be­coming
members of the Quarter­back
Club are urged by Fagen to
attend the meeting. Membership
is open to all Auburn students
and faculty .members who have
purchased a,season ticket to the
meetings. A season ticket can be
purchased for $1 at the meeting
tonight. However, tickets to indi­vidual
meetings are not being sold.
INVITATION TO
VANDY HOMECOMING
All Auburn students are in­vited
by the Junior Athletic
Association of Vanderbilt to
attend the Vanderbilt Home­coming
festivities Saturday as
well as the Auburn-Vanderbilt
football game.
There will be a dance in the
gyn.n on the Vanderbilt cam­pus
Saturday night for all Au­burn
and Vanderbilt students.
The Vandy JAA/ urges all Au­burn
students to visit the
campus and take part in the
Homecoming activities.
Everybody can w in
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Gilmer Blackburn, chairman
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On The Campus
Dames club picture for the
Glomerala will be made in Room
107, Samford Hall, Wednesday.
Oct. 26, at 8 p.m.
* * *
The International R e 1 a t i on s
Club will hold its first meeting of
the fall quarter at the Social
Center Monday night, Oct. 31.
* * *
The Institute of Radio Engi­neers
will meet in Broun Audit­orium,
Monday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m.
All electrical enginering students
are invited to attend.
The Education Coffee H o ur
will meet this afternoon in the
Mell Street Cafeteria Social
Room. Students and faculty are
invited to attend between 4 and
5 p.m.
* * *
On Thursday, Oct. 27 the Wo­men
Day Students Organization
will have an informal coffee hour
at the Social Center from 3:30 to
5:30 p.m. All women day students
and guests are urged to attend.
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For IFC Dances
The Inter - Fraternity Council
has announced the signing of Gene
Krupa and his orchestra for its
fall dance. The affair will take
place on the evening of Saturday,
December 10 in the student ac­tivities
building.
Although definite h o u r s are
pending further investigation of
local and state laws, tentative
hours are from- 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.
Along with his famous drums,
Krupa will bring eighteen musi­cians,
including two vocalists.
More details of the orchestra will
be released later. ^
Though the IFC is sponsoring
the dance, tickets will be avail­able
to all students.
Dolphin Club Adopts
New Membership Rule
Several new features will be
offered the student body in the
future by the Dolphin Club,
girls' swimming group, it was
decided at a meeting Monday
night, Oct. 17.
Membership will be opened to
men students wishing to try out,
and club members will work
with a "feeder" group from
which they will elect Dolphin
members later in the quarter.
All students interested in for­mation
and rhythmical swim­ming
are invited to meet with
the Dolphin Club on Thursday
night, Oct. 27, at Alumni Gym.
A short meeting will be held at
6:45 p.m. to discuss procedures of
the club, and informal swimming
will follow.
LOST: A Steerage Naval frat­ernity
key Saturday afternoon
between the Phi Tau House and
Webb's Confectionary. F i n d er
please contact Sig Redelsheimer
at the Phi Kappa Tau House-245.
Letters to the Editor
(Continued from page 4)
forms his duties with real dili­gence,
and writes the church news
in a readable fashion.
May this be only the beginning
for a higher standard of journal­ism
for The Plainsman.
Sincerely yours,
Gene Poe
* * *
Dear Editor,
As the train left last Thursday
night, the football team had been
given one of the finest sendoffs it
has even been our pleasure to
witness and participate in. The
old spirit (much talked about but
little seen) w a s really out in
force. Congratulations!
We don't know what inspired
that many students to come out
for the event, b u t it certainly
wasn't the pep rally that was
held from 6:45 to 7:30 in the sta­dium.
Thursday's pep rally was
one of the most important of the
season because of the selection—
or should we say mere appoint­ment—
of new cheerleaders
Yet those present witnessed
one of t h e smallest and least
spirited crowds ever gathered for
a pep rally in Auburn's stadium.
What an initiation for a new sta­dium
as fine as Auburn's. The
multitude that were not inter­ested
enough in the pep meeting
but only in the dance to follow,
couldn't even hear the noise from
the stadium as they were wait­ing
in silent boredom for t he
dance to begin at t h e student
activities building.
What is the matter with tne i
pep rallies? We can remember
when the noise from a pep rally
would hurt your ears on Toom-er's
Corner.
It is our opinion that the main
cause of such lack of interest
is the dance that is held after
each meeting^ Don't get us wrong
—dancing is fine—but not when
it kills all interest in a pep rally.
What' is wrong with the old
system of having a pep rally start
in front of Ross; having the band
march up . to Toomer's Corner,
around the fraternity houses and
then down to the stadium? Doing
that always seemed to get things
warmed up for some mighty fine
cheering.
Bo Watts
Bill Kennedy
Bruce Meyer
Harry Linden
George Conel
Oak Ridge Lecturers
Available For A.P.I.
Dean Fred Allison of the Grad­uate
School has announced that
any group or department on the
campus desiring information con­cerning
requests for lecturers of
the Oak Ridge Institute of Nu­clear
Studies, should contact the
Graduate School.
A.P.I, is a participating member
of the Oak Ridge Institute with
Dean Allison as local chairman.
Dr. Russell Poor former dean of
the Graduate School at A.P.I. is
chairman of the University Rela­tions
Division at Oak Ridge.
Different departments at A.P.I,
are at present formulating pro­grams
for the winter quarter in
which scientists from the Oak
Ridge Institute will participate.
FFA Group Presents
New Radio Program
A 15 minute radio program was
presented hy the Auburn Chapter
of F.F.A., over Radio Station
WJHO, Wednesday, Oct. 19.
This was the first of a series
of programs featuring the Col­legiate
F.F.A., which will be pre­sented
during the 1949-50 school
year.
The program gave a brief re­view
of the origin, aims, purpose
and history of F.F.A. Included in
the program was a description of
some of the special activities car­ried
onv by the Auburn F.F.A.
chapter.
Students taking part in the pro­gram
were John Anderson, Ran-burne;
Carl Dennis, Ozark, and
John Caldwell, Albertville.
New Bowman's Club ,
Plans Fall Activities
The Chewacla Bowman's Club,
newly-formed organization of stu­dents
and faculty members inter­ested
in archery, adopted a con­stitution
and by-laws and formed
plans for the fall quarter at its
second meeting last week.
The club will hold its first shoot
on Bullard Field Sunday, Oct. 30,
at 2 p.m. The bowmen plan to
hold one general meeting each
quarter and to stage regular shoots
on weekends.
Prof. Arnold Haugen, national
president. of the Field Archery
Association, was chosen honorary
advisor to the club. Haugen was
present at the meeting and pre­sented
a display of archery tackle
for hunting and taget use.
Coach C. P. Nader, acting chair­man
of the organization, invites
all persons interested in archery
to contact him for information on
joining the group.
Auburn Day Students
Hold First Meeting
The Women Day Students Org­anization
held its first meeting of
the year October 19 in the ban­quet
hall of the Mell Street Cafe­teria.
Miss Yvonne Cargile, presi­dent
of the organization, presided
over the meeting.
Miss Katharine Cater, dean of
women, spoke to the group. She
explained the regulations of the
W.S.G.A. handbook and how they
applied to the day students.
*
Block and Bridle Club
Holds Membership Drive
A "get acquainted" meeting
was held by the Block and Bridle
Club Tuesday night, Oct. 18. The
meeting was held in conjunction
with the membership drive being
conducted by club members.
Betty Tharpe, sophomore in
home economics from Birming­ham,
was selected by the club
members as candidate for Queen
of Ag Fair.
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