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VOL. LXXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1949 Number 38
Rhodes Recital Here
Tuesday Night A t 8:15
Performance To Be Given In Amphitheater;
Last In Series Of Summer Concert Programs
Michael Rhodes, young American baritone soloist with
the New York Philharmonic Symphony, will appear here
Tuesday, August 16, in Bibb Graves Amphitheatre. The last
program to be presented by the Concert and Lecture Com­mittee
for the summer, the concert is open to the public at
no charge.
Only 25 years of age, the singer
has been a pupil of William S.
Brady for the past ten years. His
debut in opera came on October
16, 1947. On 8 hours' notice he
was called to replace a singer in
the part of John the Baptist in
Strauss' "Salome". A year later
he signed a contract with Judson,
O'Neill ,and Judd, and he is still
under that organization's man­agement.
Last year Rhodes appeared
with an Ail-American cast in an
all-Wagner production with Leo­pold
Stokowski and the New
York Philharmonic Symphony.
The baritone is scheduled to sing |
a role in the concert version of
"Elektra" prepared by Dimitri
Mitropoulos for three perform­ances
during Christmas week,
1949.
This recital concludes the pro­gram
for the Summer Concert
Series. This series has included
pianist William Haaker and sing­er
Ruby Mercer. Plans for the
fall concert series have not been
announced yet by Chairman T.
C. Clark.
NOTED SINGER
Lambert's Radio Class
To Present "Morella"
At Next Reading Hour
This week the English depart­ment's
Reading Hour is under the
direction of Prof. E. A. Lambert.
Members of his radio class will do
a radio adaptation of Edgar Allen
Poe's "Morella". This is a short
story filled with mystery and sus-sense.
In addition, the class will pre­sent
a farce by Molliere entit­led
"The Doctor in Spite of Him­self".
The Reading Hour will be held
in Samford 301 on Thursday, Aug­ust
11, at 4 p.m. The public is
invited to attend the program.
Michael Rhodes
Class Attendance
To Be Discussed
At Meeting Today
A committee of the council of
Deans will meet with ten student
leaders this afternoon to study the
problem of class attendance rules.
This committee which was ap­pointed
several weeks ago h as
made* an extensive study Of the
present problems.
Students who are meeting with
the committee this afternoon have
also studied the present rules on
class attendance, and will offer
their criticisms to the committee.
The possibility of a uniform cut
system and the problem of ex­cuses
and absences will be t he
main issues discussed in the meet­ing.
Margaret Norwood
Tp Give Recital
The Auburn music department
will present Margaret Ann Nor­wood
in her junior recital on Sun­day,
August 14, at 3:30 in Langdon
Hall. Miss Norwood, a music ma­jor,
is a Student of S. Turner
Jones.
Among the compositions in­cluded
on the program will be
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by
Bach-Bauer; "Sonata in D Ma­jor"
by Haydn; "Allegro con brio"
by Haydn; "Largo e sostunto" by
Haydn, and 'Waltz in C Sharp
Minor, Opus 64, No. 2" by Chopin.
The public is invited to attend
the recital without charge.
On The Campus
Program For Sale
Of Student Tickets
Released By Beard
Ole Miss Tickets
May Be Purchased
When Paying Fees
Students who are planning to
see Auburn's opening game of
the 1949 football season with Ole
Miss in Cramton Bowl, Mont­gomery,
Sept. 23, may get their
tickets by following the pro­cedure
outlined below, according
to Jeff Beard, athletic business
manager.
During pre-registration Aug.
17, 18, and 19 all students will be
issued student activity books and
immediately upon payment of
fees may proceed directly to the
Field House to purchase their
tickets. Sales begin on the 17th
and close at 4:30 p.m., Sept. 22.
This is for the Ole Miss game
only.
A complete schedule for ticket
sales to students for the- remain­ing
eight games is listed below. It
is suggested that this be clipped
and used as a handy billfold
reference:
Florida at Mobile, Oct. 8: Sales
Sept. 27, 28, or 29 from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Oct.
15: Sales Sept. 27, 28, or 29 from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tulane, New Orleans, Oct. 22:
Sales Oct. 3, 4, or 5; Vanderbilt
at Nashville, Oct. 29: Sales Oct.
3, 4 or 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Mississippi State at Auburn,
Nov. 5: Sales Oct. 11, 12 or 13
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Georgia at Columbus, Nov. '12:
Sales Oct. 18, 19 or 20 from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Clemson at Mobile, Nov, 26:
Sales Oct. 25, 26 or 27 from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Alabama at Birmingham, Dec.
3: Sales Nov. 8, 9 or 10 from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Chamber Of Commerce Leaders
Begin Two Day Tour Of Campus
25 Transfer Students Give Opinions
Of Auburn In Alpha Phi Omega Poll
"How does Auburn compare with other schools you have
attended?"
^hat question was asked 25 transfer students now enrolled
here by members of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity in
their weekly opinion poll.
CAMERA CLUB
PHOTO DISPLAY
CLOSES TODAY
On display today in the Archi­tecture
Library is a collection of
scientific photographs. Sponsored
by the Smithstonian Institution
and Scientific Monthly, this group
was brought to Auburn by the
Auburn Camera Club and has
been on display since August 4.
Placing major emphasis on no­vel"
methods of recording scienti­fic
data on film, the exhibit con­tains
a wide variety of subject
matter.
Two of the photographs in the
collection are by Dr. Eeid Davis
and Dr. Dale A. Porter of the
United States Regional Animal
Disease Research Laboratory at
Auburn.
This is the last day of the ex­hibit,
which is free to the public.
NOTICE
, Next week's edition of The
Plainsman will be the. last of the
quarter. Anyone who has copy for
the paper should turn it in before
noon Saturday, August 13.
PAYMENT OF FEES SCHEDULE
PAYMENT OF FEES
All students report to Student Center alphabetically in ac­cordance
with the following schedule:
Weekly Street Dance
Scheduled For Friday
The weekly street dance will be
held on Friday night on Samford
Terrace. With music being fur­nished
by a combo 'rom the Au­burn
Knights orchestra, the dance
will begin at 8 p.m. and last until
10:45 p.m. In case of rain the dance
will be held in Alumni Gym.
Sponsored by the social commit­tee
of the college, the summer
street dances are designed for the
recreation of all students. Kirk
Jordan, social committee chair­man,
urges students to come to
the dance Friday night and to
take advantage of this weekly
social function. There will also
He street dances August 12 and
19.
GRADUATING SENIORS . . .
If you have not yet picked
up your graduation invita­tions,
come by Samford Hall
tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m. Ex­tra
invitations are available to
those who need more or failed
to place an order.
A half hour film on puppetry
will be shown in Cary Hall on
Wednesday evening at 8. The pro­gram
is sponsored by the Puppet
Players of Auburn, and the public
is invited to attend free.
* * *
Air Reserve Association meets
Thursday, Aug. 11, in Broun Au­ditorium
at 7:30 p. m. There will
be a film and discussion of the
ARA convention in Los Angeles
in October.
Tau Beta Pi will meet tomorrow
night at 7 o'clock in Ramsay, room
109.
* * *
Scarab will meet Tuesday night,
Aug. 16, at 7 o'clock in the Archi­tecture
Building, room 101.
* * *
Delta Sigma Pi will meet Tues­day
night, Aug. 16, at 7 o'clock in
room 202, new building.
The Dairy .Science Club will
meet at 7 o'clock Tuesday night,
Aug. 16, in room 217 of the
Animal Husbandry Building.
Alpha Epsilon Delta will meet
n Samford Hall, room 201, Tues-lay
night, Aug. 16, at 7 o'clock.
Eta Kappa Nu will meet at 7
o'clock in Ramsay, room 312,
Tuesday night, Aug. 16.
* # $
A.I.A.S. will meet in Broun
\uditorium Tuesday night, Aug.
16, at 7 o'clock.
f * * *
Alpha Phi Omega service fra­ternity
will meet in Broun, room
201, Tuesday night, Aug. 16, a'-
7 o'clock.
The Dana King Gatchell Club
will meet in Smith Hallt Tuesday
night, Aug. 16, at 7 o'clock.
Wednesday, August 17
A. M..
A-Bak 8:30- 9:00
Bal-Bla 9:00- 9:30
Blb-Bro 9:30-10:00
Brp-Car __:. 10:00-10:30
Cas-Con 10:30-11:00
Coo-Dav .. 11:00-11:30
P. M.
Daw-Ear 1:30- 2:00
(Students unable
to^ register as 2:00- 4:00
scheduled above)
Thursday, August 18
A. M.
Eas-'For 8:30- 9:00
Fos-Goz 9:00- 9:30
Gra-Har 9:30-10:00
Has-Jac 10:00-10:30
Jad-Led 10:30-11:00
Lee-Mor 11:00-11:30
P. M.,
Mos-Ols 1:30- 2:00
(Students unable
to register as 2:00-
scheduled above)
M.
4:00
Olt-Pfa '.
Pfb-Rea ..
Friday, August 19
A
... 8:30- 9:00
... 9:00- 9:30
Reb-Roy 9:30-10:00
Roz-Sim ,. i 10:00-10:30
Sin-Sta 10:30-11:00
Stb-Tea :..11:00-11:30
P. M.
Teb-Uts 1:30- 2:00
Utt-Z 2:00- 2:30
(Students unable
to register as -- 2:30- 4:00
scheduled above)
NOTE: Late Registration Fee is chargeable beginning Saturday,
August 20.
Although percentages cannot be
| figured for a question of this type,
the transfers seemed to believe
that Auburn compares favorably
with most other colleges and uni­versities.
The following are some of the
opinions that were given. Initials
were substituted for names when
requested.
Brandon Crawford:
To compare Auburn to the
University of Alabama is like com­paring
a small, friendly town to a
large, unfriendly city. Although
both schools are state colleges,
they are entirely different. The
main difference is spirit. For a
school thaf has had Rose Bowl
teams, Alabama has less co-opera­tive
spirit than any school I have
visited. Auburn has more than it
can use. In my opinion, the U of
A can go on .functioning as a
country club, but leave me here."
R. M. Watson, Senior in Chemis­try:
"I attended North Dakota Agri­cultural
College and it is my opin­ion
that Auburn has much better
facilities as to buildings and cali­ber
of professors. With the new
laboratory building I believe Au­burn
will greatly increase the
caliber of its graduates in that line.
Auburn, I think, can be rated with
the best schools in the country."
J. K., Senior in Industrial Man­agement:
"I attended Alabama College at
Montevallo in 1946 and transferred
to Auburn in '47. In my opinion,
Auburn is very much harder, in­structors
are less efficient, and it
is harder to receive and learn lec­ture
information. For the course
I'm taking, Auburn is better, but
could be improved with more ef­ficient
instructors and better lec­ture
information."
D.W.W., Junior in Chemical
Engineering:
"Auburn has as good, if not bet­ter,
instructors than my original
college, Sampson, in Geneva, N. Y.
I would also say that with the new
engineering lab building, the
chemical engineering department
will be better than most other
schools. The type of instruction
seems to be about the same, but I
believe Auburn has higher scho­lastic
standards tc meet. I_think
all things considered that Auburn
is one of the country's better
schools.
Alex Brewer, Senior in Indus­trial
Management:
'-'I believe that instructors at
Auburn are very capable, consi­dering
the size of the classes and
the general overcrowded condi­tions.
Since classes at Clemson
were smaller, professors- put more
time on the individual student. A
good many professors here present
their lectures in a manner that
shows they are not too conscien­tious
about their profession. Re­gardless
of this I do believe that
the majority of Auburn's instruc­tors
are striving to better the edu­cational
status of the school.
D.L.M., Mechanical Engineering
senior:
"The Engineering School here is
much superior to that at the Uni­versity
of Miami. On the campus
as a whole there is better student
co-operation."
R.E.L., Architecture junior:
"Auburn haS much more school
spirit than Georgia Tech. Students
are friendlier to each other. The
atmosphere around Auburn just
has something no other school
has."
L.S.R., Senior in Business Ad­ministration:
"Auburn definitely has more
spirit than Florida Southern Col­lege.
Instruction on the whole was
better there, however, since a ma­jority
of the professors were
PhD.'s who had retired from other
schools."
U.R^H., Senior in Engineering:
"The courses I have taken at
Auburn have been much more in­teresting
than those at Birming­ham
Southern. In general, I would
say that I have had- less homework
here. Southern does not compare
(continued on page 5)
John M. Ward
Education Club
To Hear Lecture
By Dr. Rhinehart
Dr. J. B. Rhinehart; clinical psy­chologist,
will address members of
the Education Club today at the
weekly coffee hour.
Dr. Rhinehart, wife of Prof. F.
W. Bainbridge, professor of edu­cation
and sponsor of the Educa­tion
Club, will discuss clinical
psychology. This will be the last
of the summer series of speakers
at the coffee hour. Other speakers
have been Dr. Walter Cocking and
Dr. Sherwood C. Mclntyre, both
members of the education faculty.
Meanwhile, the executive com­mittee
of the Education Club met
recently at the home of Prof.
Bainbridge to make plans for the
fall quarter activities. Miss Doro­thy
Bost, president, of Montgo­mery,
presided. Plans have been
made for a summer dance to be
held August 18 in the Alumni
Gym. The dance will be open to
all students and faculty members.
Group To See How Auburn Serves State;
82 Cities Will Have Delegates Here
Today and tomorrow the executives of the Alabama Cham­bers
of Commerce will be in Auburn to study the ways Au­burn
serves the people of Alabama. From this study, the
executives of Alabama's 82 Chambers of Commerce will be
able to devise ways in which the institution and their organi-r
n [ . r crs+DETADV zations can work together for the
L.. \Jr V». jtk,Kt I AKY advancement of Alabama.
Registration for the .executives
will be held from 10 a.m. until
noon in Auburn Hall. The meeting
will get under way with a lunch­eon
at 12:15 p.m. in the Mell Street
Cafeteria. At this time, Frank Bar-field,
vice-president of the Ala­bama
Chamber of Commerce Exe­cutives,
Gadsden, will outline the)
reasons for the conference.
Following the luncheon Wednes­day
afternoon, highlights of re­search
work at Auburn will be
outlined by Dean M. J. Funchess,
director of the Agricultural Ex­periment
Station, and his associa­tes.
P. O. Davis, director of the Ex­tension
Service of the college, and
his associates will list some of the
undertakings of that division of
the institution. A tour of the ex­periment
station, will begin at
5:30 p.m.
Ward To Speak
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, presi­dent
of Auburn, and John M.
Ward, executive vice-president of
the Alabama State Chamber of
Commerce, will address the group
at a dinner meeting Wednesday
evening at 7 in the .Mell Street
Cafeteria.
Thursday morning at 8:30 the
Chamber of Commerce Executives
will meet in Duncan Hall Studio to
study the Work of the various
schools. The discussion will be un­der
the direction of Dr. David
Mullins, executive vice-president
of the college. Those to participate
in the discussions include the
deans of the ten schools, the pro­fessor
of military science and tac­tics,
the professor of naval science
and tactics, the director of student
affairs, the chairman of the com­mittee
in charge of financial aid
to students, and the director of the
graduate placement service.
Work of agencies with offices on
the campus and closely associated
with the college will also be dis­cussed.
Those taking part in this
program include the executive
secretary of FFA, director of re­gional
livestock disease laboratory,
director of regional engineering
laboratory, the state veterinarian,
the state PMA adminstrator, the
state SCS coordinator, the state
toxicologist and the state chemist.
At 11:30 Thursday morning, the
group will begin a tour of the phy­sics
laboratories, the new engi­neering
laboratories and the
ROTC hangar.
The meeting will conclude with
a luncheon Thursday at 12:45 in
Magnolia Hall. The discussion at
this convocation will be led by
Holt Leach, president of the Gads­den
Chamber of Commerce.
'John Loves Mary'
Will Be Presented
Three More Nights
"John Loves Mary," the Auburn
Players summer production, will
be presented tonight, tomorrow,
and Friday for the last times on
the campus. The Broadway come­dy
hit opened here a week ago and
has drawn large audiences for its
five performances so far. '
The play, under the direction of
Telfair B. Peet, begins at 8:15 p.m.
at the Y-Hut.
The cast of players for the re­maining
performances will be
Lamar Rainer as John Lawrence;
Wynn Hall as Mary McKinley;
Clarence Perley as Fred Taylor;
James Masey as Senator McKin­ley;
Edith Floyd as Mrs. McKin­ley;
Bettie Jones as Lily Herbish;
Bill Mason as Lt. O'Leary; B. W.
Dickey as General Biddle; Beverly
Ritchie as Georgianna Beechwood,
and Charles Yarbrough as Oscar.
Rainer is making his last stage
appearance with the Players. An
active member of the group for
several years, he appears in the
title role of John.
Wynn Hall and William Dickey
are graduate student members of
the cast. They appeared with the
Players many times . as under-!
graduate students here.
A road t o u r of "John Loves
Mary" is being planned by the
Players for next quarter.
PROPOSED PLANS FOR STUDENT UNION BUILDING
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PROPOSED PLANS for the Student Union Building are shown in the artist's sketch pictured above. This building is a part of the building program which
college officials have planned for the school in the future. Plans for the structure were drawn by Clyde C. Pearson and Farrow C. Tittle of Montgomery.
Dean Orr Announces
2 New Appointments
Dean Frank Marion Orr of the
School of Architecture and the
Arts recently announced the ap­pointments
of two staff members
who will assume positions here
Sept. 16.
Miss Dorothy J. Newman will
replace Prof. Douglas Hale as as­sociate
professor of applied art.
Mr. Hale resigned from the de­partment
recently. Miss Newman
Was a member of the Auburn fa­culty
from 1944-47, when she re­signed
to accept a position at the
University of. Illinois. She holds
an A.B. degree from Illinois and
a master's degree from L.S.U.
Milton Ward Brietzke has been
named to replace Robert Eberle
as associate instructor in dramatic
art. A n a t i v e of California,
Brietzke was graduated f r om
Sacremento Junior College, San
Jose State College, and he holds
a master's degree from Western
Reserve University.
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Significant Meeting Being Held Here
The meeting of the Alabama Chamber
of Commerce Executives being held here
today and tomorrow has great significance
both to t h e school and to t h e state. Through
talks by college officials and by inspection
tours of various divisions of the college,
t h e executives representing Alabama's 82
Chambers of Commerce will l e a r n ways in
which the school and > t h e i r organizations
can work together for the state's advance­ment.
Auburn has, in the past, proved its
value to t h e s t a t e in many ways. Element­al
is its instructional service. Since the
establishment of the instructional division
of the school, over 16,500, degrees have
been awarded. The g r e a t majority of these
have been to citizens of Alabama. Auburn
graduates have consistently taken their '
places among the state's leaders and have
been highly responsible for Alabama's
gains. Through its instruction, Auburn
t r a i n s leaders for improving economic and
social life.
The Research Division is another basic
service for which Auburn is valuable.
Agricultural research by the Experiment
Station and its experimental units through­out
the s t a t e has been worthwhile not only
to Alabama agriculture, but also to that
of t h e South and the nation. The Extension
Division has as one of its services the
publicizing of the results of this research.
The extension service carries scientific
agricultural information to the people of
Alabama. Improvement of farming meth­ods
and living standards in r u r a l ateas1'
which has taken place in t h e state in the
past few years has been achieved largely
t h r o u g h the work of this division.
A u b u r n has provided these services to
t h e state under conditions of increasing
difficulties. With the postwar boost in en­rollment
came overcrowded conditions.
I n s t r u c t i o n was and is still offered to a
student body too large to be handled prop­e
r l y by an underpaid faculty using in­adequate
facilities. F i r s t - r a t e housing fa­cilities
can not be offered to t h e swelled
student body and faculty.
Income of the college is scheduled for
a reduction with the graduation of vet­erans.
In a few more years, the income
from veteran enrollment will be negligi­ble.
Enrollment will remain high, and
t h e college will have to carry as heavy
teaching loads with a lessened income.
Housing, classroom, laboratory, and office
facilities are inadequate. Although prog­ress
h a s been made, t h e physical plant must
be strengthened. All t £ r e e divisions of the
college suffer from insufficient funds.
It i s w i t h a grateful heart that we wel­come
the state Chamber of Commerce
Executives to Auburn. We sincerely hope
t h a t in their tour of our institution, they
will be able to see and to feel the tremen­dous
task which is being performed by
A.P.I. By seeing the actual . w o r k of the
college and the conditions under which
t h i s work is performed, The Plainsman
hopes that the Chamber of Commerce
Executives will go back to t h e i r respective
home towns and tell of t h e problems, de­velopment,
progress, a n d needs of Auburn.
*M this-Way A.P.I, and its t h r e e divisions
will be able to increase their service to
t h e people of Alabama.
The Exchange Post ByIrvsteinber9 Cannon Report
By Tom Cannon
Ad Libbing By Graham McTeer
I've heard an old discussion brought to light q u i t e frequent­ly
around t h e campus lately. The real v a l u e of a college educa­tion
has been discussed for a couple of decades, and it still
receives much prominence when two or more s t u d e n t s get i n to
a conversation.
Brown Must Be Approved!
Attention Gov. James E. Folsom!
• Three years ago when the legislature
was meeting in Montgomery for the first
, t i m e during' your administration, you sent
to the state senate the name of Roberts
Brown to fill the position as a member of
t h e Board of Trustees from the t h i r d con­gressional
district. However, because of
various pressure groups, mainly the Ala­bama
F a rm Bureau, the appointment of
Brown was not acted on by the state
senate.
Brown has filled the post on the board
for the past three years under uncertain
conditions and will continue to do so until
he is officially rejected by the senate.
During his t e n u r e on t h e board Brown has
made an impressive record of service to
A.P.I. Through his efforts as chairman of
t h e Ways and Means Committee, he has
done a splendid job in his work to help
t h e college obtain much-needed funds. As
• a result of his untiring efforts to give
•Auburn all of the funds necessary for use
here, he has demonstrated his loyalty and
deep-rooted convictions in t h e work of his
alma mater. No member of the Board has
made a more impressive record of service
t h a n Brown during the past three years.
He is highly regarded by his colleagues
in the state legislature as was shown by
Rush System Has Defects
Final plans will soon be announced for
orientation week for the fall quarter. This
. p r o g r am will include registration of new
students, entrance and placement exami­nations,
receptions and the hectic rush
week.
During the seven days set aside by the
I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Council for rushing, fresh­men
are hurried hither and yon by the
various fraternities. At the end of this*
period, bids a r e offered and accepted and
. t h e new students become affiliated with
3the several lodges.
''" It seems to us that this method is not
\o the best advantage of either the fra­t
e r n i t i e s or freshmen. One week of fever­i
s h rushing hardly seems sufficient time
for the members of a f r a t e r n i t y to become
-acquainted with the rushees. Since these
f ^ r e the men who, in a few years, will be
"running the chapters, too much care can­not
be exercised in-choosing new mem­bers.
his selection as chairman of the Ways and ,
Means Committee. He is a member of a
highly respected family, who have con­t
r i b u t e d much of t h e i r time and labor to­ward
the building of Auburn. As a Lee
County lawyer Brown has won the ad­miration
and respect of all who have come
in contact w i t h h im in this county. He is
a highly r e g a r d e d citizen of Opelika with
a keen i n t e r e s t i n t h e affairs of A.P.I, and
Lee County.
Because of t h i s outstanding record, The
Plainsman feels that Brown has been
done an unpardonable injustice. We be­lieve
that the state senate, ' d e s p i t e the
pressure from groups opposed to Brown's
appointment, would ratify the appoint­ment
if his name were brought before the
upper house again. The. present position
of Brown on the Board is not only an in­justice
to him, but is a blemish on t he
record of the Auburn Board. Few men
would have served under the conditions
a n d circumstances which have been cre­ated
for Brown. For these reasons, The
Plainsman urges you as the governor of
t h e state of Alabama, t o send immediately
to the state senate the name of Roberts
Brown for official appointment to t h e Au­b
u r n Board of Trustees. F u r t h e r delay in
this vital m a t t e r will be unpardonable.
One incident that inspired one
\sueh session this quarter was a
quiz given in one of the agricul­tural
courses. A member of a
poultry class spent a reasonable
amount of time preparing for the
test, putting emphasis on points
he considered important and of
practical value.
He was grossly
unprepared for
the paper that
was handed him
in class on the
day of the sche-d
u l e d quiz.
i l l Questions of this
type were in-
• eluded: "How
McTeer much poultry
was consumed by the average
American in 1939?" Possibly now
that he knows he may never for­get
it, and he can always im­press
fellow agriculturalists by
having at his fingertips such tidy
bits of information.
This is used merely as an ex­ample
and is not meant to single
out any one professor or depart­ment
at fault. Facts and informa­tion
of an equally impractical na­ture
are hoisted into undue im­portance
by instructors who over-stress
them in lectures and quiz­zes
in all departments of the
school.
Neither is this supposed to be a
criticism encompassing every in­structor;
there are those who have
the discernmeht to distinguish in­significant
facts from information
which will have actual value in
future years.
Have you ever, at the end of a
quarter, taken stock of the cour­ses
you have just completed? If
the course was beneficial, assum­ing
you got what there was to get
from it, you should have a work­able
knowledge of its subject, and
be able to apply it to every day
situations. It is when you can
look back over the quarter and
recall nothing but a few dates,,
statistics, and other facts that
have no application to life today
that the course was,nothing more
than a time-waster, good only
for so many credits on a diploma.
Many students today feel that a
college education has lost its val­ue
and is now of use only as an
admittance pass into the profes­sional
world. If this comes any­where
near to tne truth, then col­lege
staff members have a big
responsibility; if this belief has
any basis, instruction methods in
practice by the guilty parties must
undergo a vast change to rein­state
the importance of a college
education.
* * * •
The Auburn music department
and the marching and concert
bands have made vast improve­ments
inj the past few years.
Musical programs of various sorts
have increased in quality and
quantity. The band has been im­proved
greatly in the past two
years, mainly due to an increase
in equipment, made possible by
generous alumni contributions.
The band's main problem now
is one of acquiring and retaining
worthy musicians. Many high
calibre artists are members^ but
many never'apply, or drop out
prematurely because of a lack of
compensation from the activity.
Take a freshman who has play­ed
a musical instrument during
his pre-college career. He eagerly
applies for a position with the
band, is accepted, and happily be­comes
one of the group. His first
year he overlooks the time-con­suming
practices and other hard­ships
necessary for a first rate
musical organization. He justifies
it as part of his loyalty and school
spirit whieh he has heard so much
of, and gets his kicks performing
with the other members.
By his second year there is
little that is new to him. He be­gins
to notice other students who
have no extra-curricular activity
and appear to have time to burn.
He wonders if maybe he isn't
giving too much of his time and
receiving too little in return. Un­less
he is majoring in music and
needs the experience, he may de-decide
to resign after a couple
of years. He is tired of sacrific­ing
time for such things as re­maining
at school a few extra
days at the end of the quarter
to play at graduation exercises.
It seems logical that this atti­tude
would never come about if
there were compensation for his
efforts other than one hour cre­dit
toward graduation. Financial
asistance would be a logical in­centive.
A move such as this
would be nothing new in South­ern
schools. Alabama, L.S.U.,
Florida, and Georgia Tech and
other neighboring schools have
employed this method for seve­ral
years. For that reason, many
outstanding musical prospects
choose these schools rather than
Auburn for musical careers.
If our music department and
bands are to continue to improve,
some form of financial aid should
be adopted. Certainly the school
could not afford to set up a plan.
Only through the generosity of
alumni could such a project be
installed.
t
She sat on the bridge in the
gloaming
And tickled his face with her
toes.
But she was a Jprsey mosquito
And the bridge was the bridge
of his nose.
* * *
Mrs. Richie heard a crash in the
kitchen. "More dishes Francesca?"
she called with an air of resigna-
' tion. "No, ma'am," came the voice
of Francesca. "Less."
L.S.U. has been chosen research
center for a new high-frequency
agricultural drying project. The
research in high-frequency, or di­electric
drying, will be conducted
there in co-operation with the Ag­ricultural
Engineering Department
in Washington.
The students down at L.S.U.
have found a way to "beat the
heat". Thefccientific approach was
actually given by an infirmary
physician, who advised this five
point program:
1. Wear light, loose-fitting clo-thfng.
2. Drink a great amount of li­quid
and cooling drinks.
3. Avoid eating heavy meals in
the middle of the day.
4. Avoid excessive use of alco­hols
in the middle of the day.
4. Avoid excessive use of alco­hols
because it increases surface
temperature of the body.
5. Don't over-exert during the
heat of the day.
—via Ga. Tech "Technique"
* $ *
Mrs. Bass was seeing her in­fant
grandson for the first time.
"You scrumptious, angelic thing,"
she cooed. "Won't it speak to its
little gramikins?" The infant
scowled and muttered, "How the
' hell do you expect me to talk
when I'm only two months old?"
* * *
On her deathbed, the beauti­ful
Hollywood star burst into
tears, and whispered weakly to
her industralist husband, "Oh,
~ Hector, you've been so good to
me, and I've been such a bad girl!
I've been unfaithful to you a hun­dred
times!" "Don't excite your­self,"
said the husband calmly.
"Who do you think put the cya­nide
in your coffee?"
* * *
An irascible Hollywood produ­cer
had fired a half dozen high-powered
advertising managers in
four days. The newest victim pre­sented
his suggested lay-out with
much trepidation. "This picture,"
was his headline, "combines the
poetry of Shakespeare, the,- sus­pense
of Poe, the wit of Voltaire,
and the plot mastery of Dumas.
More than an epic, greater -than
the Bible, it will give you a thrill
that you will remember constant­ly
for the rest of your life."
The producer studied the "ad"
for a moment, chewed, his cigar,
and then slapped the desk vigor­ously.
"That's more like it," he
exclaimed happily. "Just simple
facts. No overstatement!"
"If you refuse me," vowed the
ardent swain on bended knee, "I
shall die." She refused him and
seventy-two years later he died.
* * *
The girl on the witness stand
looked like something dreamed up
by Varga, and Judge Seidon ab­sent-
mindedly straightened his
necktie and asked in dulcet tones,
"Where were you, my dear, night
before last?" "Entertaining a gen­tleman
friend," she said demurely.
"And where were you last night?"
he persisted. "Entertaining ano­ther
gentleman friend," she ad­mitted.
The judge was halfway off
the bench as he whispered, "And
where are you going to be to­night?"
"Objection!" shouted the
. prosecuting attorney. "I asked her
first!"
* * *
At the State University at Iowa,
the Sigma Chi fraternity house,
along with many other fraternity
and sorority houses, is being oc­cupied
by Catholic nuns for the
duration of the summer. The fra­ternity
sun porch has been tempo­rarily
converted into a chapel.
* * *
The faculty at Baylor University
is planning to teach a Chamber of
Commepce administration course.
Baylor will be the first university
in the Southwest and the second in
the South to offer the course.
* * *
"Let's see if we can locate the
cause of your neurosis," said the
psychoanalyst to the harassed soul
before him. "What kind of work
do you do?" "I sort oranges," was
the reply. "I don't think I under­stand,"
the d o c t o r admitted.
"Please elaborate."
"All day," the patient explain­ed,
"oranges keep pouring down
a chute. I stand at the bottom and
sort them. Big oranges go into a
crate on one side, little ones into
a crate on the other, medium ones"
into a crate in the center. See?"
"I do," said the psychoanalyst,
"but certainly there's nothing in
that to upset you. It sounds easy
enough to me." "Easy!" cried the
patient. "Don't you realize it
means decisions! decisions! deci­sions!—
all day long!"
. _ < 2* * „ * •f, . *«-» *? of)
Max Schulman; in his' fifthly .
amusing book, "Barefoot B,RV. with
Cheek," speaks with awe of the
hero's grandfather, who sued the
Reynolds Tobacco Company for a
million dollars. His contention was
that he had smoked so many Ca­mels
that he got a hump on his
back.
* * *
The site of the infirmary at
L.S.U. was once a cemetery. When
workmen were preparing to break
ground for the construction of the
building, several test holes were
sunk, out of which came bits of
bone and pieces of wood. It was
later learned that the area had
been used as a cemetery for the
slaves on a sugar plantation lo­cated
nearby.
Legislature Report By Kirk Jordan
On the other hand, rushees should
realize that their closest friends will prob­ably
be their fraternity brothers; there­fore,
it is essential t h a t t h e y choose a lodge
t h a t has the caliber of men with whom
t h e y wish to. associate and with whom
they will be congenial.
We feel that chapters often pledge men
who later fail to live up to expectations.
Likewise, many new students are dis­appointed
in their fraternities after they
become members. Both of these unpleas­ant
situations could probably be prevented
if a longer rush period were in effect.
Many other colleges and universities
have adopted the plan of postponing the
offering of bids to students until after
t h e y have attended the i n s t i t u t i on for one
q u a r t e r or semester. Because it permits
f r a t e r n i t y members and rushees to know
each other better, we t h i n k this is a feasi­ble
plan and we would like to see t h e IFC
adopt such a p r o g r am in t h e near future.
UNDER THE SPIRES
By Bob Swift
An interdenominational Sunday
School class is held each Sunday
morning at 10 at the Tiger The­ater.
Coach Shot Senn is the di­rector
of this program. A cordial
welcome is extended to all to at­tend
the class.
PRESBYTERIAN
Mr. Neal Davis, editor of the
Lee County Bulletin, will be guest
speaker at Westminster Fellowship
Sunday. The topic of his discus­sion
will be "The Young Christian
and This World of Political Af­fairs."
The meeting will be held
at 5:30 p.m., following the regular
Sunday evening supper.
BAPTIST
The t o p i c for this week at
Noonday Meditation is "Influence
on Earth After Death." The
speakers for the remainder of the
week are as follows: Today, Jean
Wainwright; Thursday, M a r ie
Cheyne; and Friday, Bob Swift.
Next week's topic will be "Liv­ing
in the Sight of God." The
speakers will be Charles Alford,
Jeff Norman, Emily Wiginton,
Bob Hall and Maxine Thompson.
Noonday Meditation is held on
Monday through Friday from 12:-
45 to 1 p.m. at Social Center.
EPISCOPAL
Canterbury Club will hold its
regular Sunday evening meeting,
August 14, at 5:30, with Mr. R.
L. Anderson from the architec­ture
department as guest speaker.
He will speak on "Church Archi­tecture."
The meeting will be held
at the Parish house.
The Alabama house of represen­tatives
gave unanimous passage
last Tuesday to an educational ap­propriation
bill totaling $62,000,-
000 a year. This was $4,000,000
more than recommended by the
Ways and Means Committee.
This measure included $3,036,-
600 for Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute,
an increase of over $726,-
000 over current appropriations.
The increase was divided among
the instruction division, $426,000;
the agricultural research division,
$150,000, and the agricultural ex­tension
division, $150,000. *
The college administration had
requested a total appropriation of
$3,643,000, an increase of $1,302,-
900. While the house bill does not
contain this increase, some ob-servors
believe A.P.I, will be able
i to operate efficiently without it.
Gov. James E. Folsom's $80,000,-
000 road.bond issue was dealt its
death blow when it failed to re­ceive
the necessary 64 house votes
needed to pass a constitutional
amendment. After the vote was
taken, the house refused to re­consider
the bill.
The Martin-Benford $40,000,000
road bond issue fared little better
as it too failed to receive the ne­cessary
vote for passage. How­ever,
the house agreed to recon­sider
this measure and put it
back on the calendar for a second
vote.
The governor signed into law
the measure which will give
farmers a five-cents-per-gallon
tax refund on all gasoline used in
tractors. While approving the
bill, the governor urged the law­makers
to adopt some new bill to
replace the loss in revenue. He
said experts in the Highway and
Revenue Departments are con­vinced
that the law will take
away money badly needed for
roads.
Maj. A. B. Tucker, chief of the
gasoline tax division of the Re­venue
Department, estimated that
the refund would cost the state
between two and three million
dollars annually.
The senate rejected Governor
Folsom's proposed amendments to
17 economy bills and then passed
them over his veto. All of Fol­som's
amendments to the economy
bills would have limited the cost
of collecting taxes by the Reve­nue
Department to a percentage
of the tax receipts. Since there is
no limit under the present laws,
the legislature had asked for a
flat appropriation.
All 17 bills were sent to the
house, which will vote to sustain
or override the veto.
The house during Friday's ses-.
sion, pushed through a reduced
general appropriation bill by a 92
to 4 vote margin. As it moved
through the lower chamber, the
measure was trimmed approxi­mately
10 percent below current
spending figures. The bill calls for
an $18,076,364 annual outlay for
the general fund.
The bill which passed the house
was substantially the same as re­commended
by 55 lower house
member^ who met as a committee
of the whole last Tuesday. Several
amendments making technical
changes were adopted before final
passage.
Being a pharmacy student, I
probably am a little more pre­judiced
about the use of two sys­tems
of measurements in the
United States than most students,
but after struggling with conver­sions
from metric to English and
back again, I guess it's only natu­ral.
The metric system was de- v
vised more than 350 years ago,
yet the two greatest English-speaking
nations, the U. S. and
Great Britain, still cling to the
out-moded method. To compli­cate
matters, practically all scien­tific
measurements are made in
the metric while engineers lean
toward the English.
The English system has some
150 terms and about 50 different
numbers, none
of which bears
any l'elation to
the others. On
the other hand,
the metric sys­tem
consists of
only 10 terms
and one num­ber.
While the
transition period
would be trying,
the adoption of
the metric sys­tem
as the offi-
Cannon cial standard of
the U. S. would greatly simplfy
matters.
* * *
I have often wondered why the
library does not stay open on
Sunday night. Several times when
I've been faced with a quiz on
Monday morning, I've wanted to
spend a quiet evening studying
and had no place to go. I realize
that the night before the exami-rfation
is not the best time to
study, but I believe that is the
way most of us do. If the library
were open on Sunday night it
would benefit many students.
* * *
The following bit of wit ap­peared
in Byrd Lee's column sev­eral
years ago. Since it's very
true to life here I thought I'd pass
it along.
I don't talk with the prof after
class.
I don't recite in class until call­ed
upon.
I don't ask questions in class.
I don't speak to the profs in the
halls.
I don't write a book when I
can answer a quiz in four sen­tences.
I don't complain that a mistake
was made in grading my paper.
I don't make excuses when I'm
absent.
I don't laugh at the prof's jokes
unless they are funny.
I'm on probation.
* * *
Have you ever tried to call one
of the women's dormitories dur­ing
rush hour? If s practically im­possible
to get a line through. A
friend of mine tried for three
hours the other night to call his
sister in Dorm III and never did
even get the dormitory. Thei'e is
only one telephone on which the
girl's can make calls out, and that
for nickles. I don't see why the
college couldn't put some more
phones in the quad.
Bottom Of
The Barrel
By Roger McClarty
Despite the heat of August and
the lingering interest in the stretch
drives of the major league base­ball
teams, the mounting enthusi­asm
will soon bring back "King
Football."
The sound of a foot thumping
against leather, sending the ball
spi r a 1 i n g far
' downfield, the
thud of solidly
thrown blocks,
the speed and
p r e c i s i o n of
eleven men ex­ploding
out of
the T-forma-tion
for yard-a
g e, w i l l all
t h r i l l crowds
throughout the
n a t i o n . They
McClarty call baseball
"America's National Pastime"—
I'll take the gridiron sport.
Here at Auburn everyone is
anxiously awaiting the opening
of the Tigers' grid war September
23, in Montgomery, against the
University of Mississippi. Coach
Brown and his capable staff have
xa job cut out for them, for Au­burn
meets nine oi the best teams
in the Southland.
They have done an excellent job
of attracting fine material. The
team, compared with other South-
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SEE
HOW AUBURN
Auburn Conducts
3-Way Attack On
/ State's Problems
The Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
is a "three-in-one" institu­tion.
With its three branches of
service — Instruction, Extension,
and Research—A.P.I, has served
the people of Alabama since 1872.
Through these three divisions the
institution has become a valuable
asset to the people of the state,
^ the South and the nation.
The Division of Instruction was
created under the Morrell Act and
has been strengthened from time
to time by both s t a t e and
federal legislation. Through the
instructional division of the col­lege,
A.P.I, trains leaders for im­proving
economic and social life
of the people of Alabama.
Research Division was started
in 1883 with state funds and was
strengthened by the U.S. Congress
by passage of the Hatch Act in
1914. Before the passage of this
act, farm demonstration work had
been conducted here for several
years. The research branch of the
college finds solutions to many
complicated problems facing the
present generation.
The Extension Service had its
beginning in 1903. In 1911 it re­ceived
its first grant from the
state legislature, and in 1914 the
first federal funds were provided.
Through the Extension Service
the results of research are taken
to the people in an effort to assist
in getting results to be applied on
the land and in the homes.
Governed By Board
All three divisions of A.P.I, are
governed by a Board of Trustees
of 12 members—one from each of
the nine congressional districts, an
extra member from the congres­sional
district in which the insti­tution
is located, and the governor
and state superintendent of edu-
- cation, who are ex-officio mem­bers
of the board.
The Board of Trustees employs
a president to administer the af­fairs
of the entire institution. Dr.
Ralph Brown Draughon, an Au­burn
graduate, is now serving as
eighth president of the school.
On May 11 of this year Dr.
Draughon was inaugurated as the
eighth president of the college.
His inauguration climaxed 18
years of service to A.P.I., as he
had served as instructor, executive
secretary, and director of instruc­tion
prior to his nomination as
• president.
The 49-year-old educator is a
native of Hartford. In 1929 he r e ­ceived
his M. S. degree at Auburn
and later started at the Universi­ty
ofr Chicago. He was awarded
apT honorary LL.D. degree by
Birmingham-Southern College in
1948. President Draughon has
served on a number of leading
educational committees in the
state and South.
The guiding hand in all Auburn
affairs is the active Board of
Trustees, with Gov. James E.
Folsom as ex-officio head. The
board faces many problems in car­rying
out the work of the insti­tution
and studies numerous me­thods
for improving all three
. branches of the college.
In addition to Governor Folsom,
board members consist of State
Superintendent of Education A.
R. Meadows, an ex-officio mem­ber,
and the ten district represen­tatives.
The members of the pre­sent
board are:
Judge Francis Hare, Monroe-ville;
Frank P. Samford, Birming­ham;
Roberts H. Brown, Opelika;
S. L. Toomer, Auburn; Walker
Reynolds, Anniston; Dr. Joe Davis,
Albertville; Paul S. Haley, Jasper;
V. S. Summerlin, Luverne; Judge
W. L. Parrish, Clanton, and Redus
Collier, Decatur. Miss Berta Dunn
is acting secretary.
Miillins Fills New Post
Under the president is the new­ly-
created job of vice-president
which was established at a meet­ing
of the board earlier this sum­mer.
Dr. David Mullins was ap­pointed
by President Draughon
to fill the new post of executive
vice-president of A.P.I.
Dr. Michael Huntley was ap­pointed
as Dean of the Faculties,
a post which was created to re­place
the former position of Dean
of Instruction. This office was
also created at the meeting of the
college. Dean M. J. Funchess, di­rector
of the experiment station,
is in charge of the research di­vision
of the college, and P. O.
Davis, director of the extension
service, is in charge of the ex­tension
branch of A.P.I.-U
As a result of this "three in
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Alabama Potutechn ic Ins titu te
SERVES
ALABAMA
B O A R D OF T R U S T E ES
Folsom Meadows Haley Toomer Collier Reynolds Parrish Samford Hare Summerlin Davis Brown
Building Program Has Progressed;
Facilities Still Badly Overcrowded
The present building program on the Auburn campus
scarcely begins to meet the needs of the college as its
enrollment continues to mount, and facilities are taxed to
the limit.
Despite the program now underway, Auburn still has a
great need for more buildings and
facilities if the institution is to
continue rendering creditable ser­vice
in training leaders, in dis­covering
new scientific facts, and
in helping Alabama citizens im­prove
their living standards.
The temporary buildings, con­structed
through the FPHA, are
in a bad state of repair and will
soon have to be replaced with
buildings of lasting materials.
These buildings served their pur­pose
in the immediate post-war
period as they served to handle
the tremendous flow of students
to the campus. However, with the
enrollment continuing to grow,
permanent facilities must be pro­vided.
The Mell Street Cafeteria,
which caters to both students and
townspeople, is certainly a must
for replacement. In this same
category are the college supply
store, the 13 temporary buildings
used for classrooms, the pharma­cy
laboratory, and the 15 two-story
barracks dormitorie for men.
These buildings have all been
very useful during the past four
years, but are now in need of
repair and replacement.
New Men's Dormitory
Although the new men's dormi­tory,
Magnolia Hall, was comple­ted
last year, there is still an ur­gent
need for more college hous­ing
facilities. Magnolia Hall will
houso over 430 men students and
is furnished and equipped with
many modern conveniences. It
also has a cafeteria which will
feed over 500 people.
The new Wilmore Engineering
Laboratory building will be ready
for occupation in the fall. This
$992,000 building will be one of
the most modern structures of its
type in the country. It is to be
named in honor of the late John
Jenkins Wilmore, long time dean
of the School of Engineering. Also
under construction and expected
to be ready by the fall quarter is
an annex to the Agricultural En-one"
institution, A.P.I, is provided
with a strong, workable type of
administration. Through the close
work of the Board of Trustees
and the three divisions of the col­lege,
Auburn has an administra­tive
set-up which supervises,
governs, and promotes the activi­ties
of A.P.I, in its service to the
people of Alabama.
gineering Building which is com­pleted
at a cost of $196,000.
The enlargement of the Au­burn
Stadium is now in progress
and construction work is expect­ed
to be completed in time for the
Homecoming game on November
5. The . stadium, which will be
named in honor of the late Clif­ford
Leroy Hare, dean of the
School of Chemistry, will have
13,000 additional seats when work
is completed. This will bring the
seating capacity to approximately
21,000 permanent seats.
However, although the build­ing
programs represent a siz­able
increase in the facilities here
at Auburn, there are still very
many buildings that must be add­ed
in order to place Auburn on a
level with the other schools in
the South.
Legislature Must Provide
There are still several plans for
buildings which have been drawn
up and work is expected to begin
on some of these structures in the
near future. However, the future
of Auburn's badly-needed build­ing
program will remain in the
hands of the Alabama Legislature.
The state lawmakers must pro­vide
the funds in order for build­ing
projects to be put into action.
Definitely needed at Auburn,
acording to Sam Brewster, direc­tor
of Buildings and Grounds, are
a new agricultural building, home
economics building, pharmacy
building, administration building,
auditorium, gymnasium, four
girls' dormitories, a new women's
dining hall, and a military build­ing.
Plans now in the stage of archi­tect
forms are for a new library
building, a student union build­ing,
an architecture building, a
building for the music depart­ment,
and an education building.
The School of Architecture has
been forced to rely on temporary
buildings in order to handle the
flow of students here since the
end of the war, and work is ex­pected
to begin very soon on a
modern building for the school.
The music department, which
is now located over Toomer's
Drug Store, is in great need of
a building. The plans for the
general education building to be
located on Thach Avenue are now
being drawn by Van Keuren and
(continued on page 7)
PRESIDENT
Dr. Ralph Draughon
V-PRESIDENT
Dr. David Mullins
DIRECTORS
/ - • !
Funchess BiiSSI Davis
JHuntley
RESEARCH INSTRUCTION EXTENSION
Great Value Of Auburn To Alabama
Is Cited By Vice-President Mullins
By Dr. David Mullins
Executive Vice-President
Progress in all fields defends upon the availability of
t r a i n e d leadership. If research in agriculture is to continue
at its present level and rise to higher levels, a continuing
supply of highly t r a i n e d researchers will be required. If t he
farm people are to profit by the
findings of research, agricultural
leaders must be available to carry
these results to them and to assist
in their utilization. If industry
and business in Alabama is to as­sume
its rightful place in the na­tion's
economy, a steady supply*
of highly trained leaders must be
provided. \
It was for the purpose of pro­viding
such leadership that the
instructional division of the Alar
bama Polytechnic Institute was
established, and through the years
the instutition has striven to dis­charge
this responsibility.
Stock Taking in Education
Stock taking is important and
necessary in any business under­taking,
i n c l u d i n g education.
Therefore, in this special section
it is well that we take stock and
endeavor to determine what our
t^sk is and how well we are suc­ceeding.
A usual method of evaluating
the achievement of an undertak­ing
is in terms of its volume or
output. Since the task of the m-jtructional
division of this institu­tion
is to provide trained a nd
qualified leaders, it is well to de­termine
how many such leaders
the institution has provided.
Over 16,500 degrees have been
granted by the institution since
its establishment. Of these, 14,500
have been first degrees and ap­proximately
1,500 have been gra­duate,
professional and honorary
degrees. These people have been
trained in professional fields im­portant
to the life and culture of
the state.
It is interesting to note t h a t
within the past calendar year the
institution has graduated approxi­mately
10 per cent of the total
number graduated during the his­tory
of the institution.
Since the end of World War II
more than 8,500 different veter­an
students have attended the in­stitution.
Over 2,045 have been
granted degrees by the institution.
To indicate the volume of pro­duction
in a business is not suf­ficient
evidence of its service.
Consideration must also be given
to the quality of its product. So it
is with educational institutions.
It is not enough to speak of a large
number of degrees, but also about
the accomplishments of graduates.
Auburn men and women occupy
positions of influence and leader­ship
in every facet of life in the
state and, indeed in the nation.
Throughout its history Auburn
has given instruction in military
science and tactics to all able-bodied
young men attending the
institution, and t h r o u g h its
R.O.T.C. and N.R.O.T.C. programs
has prepared large numbers of
commissioned officers for the
armed services.
Alabama Without Auburn
Still another way to assess the
value of a product is to contem­plate
what the situation would be
without the product. Consider
what the effect would be if the
services of all men and women
trained at Auburn were suddenly
lost to the state. What would it
mean in terms of the agricultural,
industrial, professional, and cul­tural
life of the state? Certainly
quite a void would result.
A recent research study indi­cated
that seven out of 10 men
and women w h o had attended
college stated t h a t their college
education had helped them a
great deal in their occupations and
j professions. Only two per cent
said that if they "had it to do over
again" they would not attend col­lege.
Does College Education Pay?
A study conducted in 1947 by
the research division of Time, In­corporated,
indicated that a col­lege-
trained man was 15 times as
likely to earn $10,000 or more per
year than a non-college man.
Another study made by an in­surance
company recently report­ed
that the college graduate earn­ed
on the average $1800 more per
year for a period of 40 years than
did high school graduates. Thus
the average total life-time earn­ings
of the college graduate was
$72,000 greater than that of the
average high school graduate.
State's Investment Profitable?
Although the assumption may
not be entirely accurate, , let us
suppose that each of the 1977
graduates of Auburn during the
last year earn an average of $72,-
000 more within their active life­time
than if they had not attend­ed
college. Thus their earning po­wer
would have been increased
by approximately $142,000,000.
For each student attending Au-
Auburn Receives
2 Notable Awards
During Past Year
Two of the most outstanding re­cognitions
ever received by the
Alabama Polytechnic I n s t i t u t e
were given in the last year when
the school was added to the ap­proved
list of colleges in the mem­bership
of the Association of
American Universities and the
American Association of Univer­sity
Women.
President Ralph Draughon re­ceived
the following letter telling
of Auburn's admission to the
A.A.U.:
"Auburn has been added to the
list of approved institutions whose
qualified graduates are admitted
to graduate schools of the Asso­ciation
of American Universities."
This recognition was given the
institution because of many aca­demic
improvements within re­cent
years.
Other developments and im­provements
are:
1. The health service has been
reorganized, its staff expanded,
and its program is now one of
the best in the country.
2. The establishment of a Per­sonnel
Office in which the cumu­lative
records of all employees of
all divisions are gathered and
kept in historical files.
3. Great improvements in the
library facilities of the institu­tion.
4. The completion of the men's
dormitory, the Forestry Building,
the heating plant, the sports
arena, the student activity build­ing,
the army and navy hangar
and many temporary structures
mow in use.
5. The establishment of new and
improved budget procedures.
6. The repair of numerous old
buildings, and the erection of fire
escapes on those where fire haz­ards
have long existed.
7. An increasing number of
gifts by alumni and friends of
the institution.
8. The development of the pro­gram
of physics research through
the expansion of physics labora­tories
and the beginning of a r e ­search
program in nuclear physics.
9. The acquisition of additional
experiment stations for researeh
in agriculture and the expansion
of research and facilities of the
college station.
10. A growing demand for gra­duate
work and the strengthening
of the graduate program.
11. A greatly expanded and im­proved
musical program for the
students, faculty members and
residents of Auburn and surround­ing
territory.
AAUW Member
Auburn held associate member­ship
in the AAUW until last year
when such membership was abo­lished.
The following A.P.I, de­grees
are now recognized by the
AAUW: B.S. in Science and Liter­ature,
Home Economics, Agricul­ture,
Architecture and the Arts,
Chemistry, Pharmacy, and most of
the Engineering curricula.
The AAUW, which has a mem­bership
of 93,000 members from
261 colleges and universities, takes
into account housing, the student
government, and the status of
women on the faculty, when it
considers an institution for mem­bership.
Most of A.P.I.'s depart- •
ments met the required stan­dards.
Membership in the AAUW au­tomatically
confers membership in
the International Federation of
University Women, which links
university women of many coun­tries
together for international
understanding aod cooperation.
Of the congratulations which
Auburn has received upon appro­val
by the AAUW, one was from
Dr. Katherine Vickery, Alabama
division president. Says Dr. Vic­kery:
"We want to congratulate you
on the AAUW recognition of Au­burn.
I feel that it means so much
to our state organization."
(continued on page 7)
TODAY'S
SPECIAL SECTION
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Pages 3,4.5 and 6 of today's
Plainsman are devoted to the
subject: "How Auburn Serves
Alabama". This material is pub­lished
for the benefit of the State
Chamber of Commerce Execu­tives
who axe meeting here today
and tomorrow with A.P.I, offi­cials
to study the program of the
college. The Plainsman sincere­ly
hopes that this material will
be of value to the visiting Cham­ber
of Commerce officials.
A
4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 10, 1949 THE INAUGURATION OF DR. DRAUGHON AS EIGHTH PREXY
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
llllillli
WILLIAM J. SAMFORD HALL, the administration building of
A.P.I., is one of the oldest structures on the campus and houses
most of the administrative officials of the college. Here the
leadership for the Instructional branch of the school is formed.
AUBURN TRAINS FUTURE OFFICERS
ONE OF THE FINEST college military units in the country is
established at A.P.I. Here through the ROTO unit, Auburn has
turnished the U.S. Army with many outstanding pfficers. The
Naval ROTC unit at Auburn is also considered tops among
NROTC units in the country.
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NEWLY CONSTRUCTED MAGNOLIA HALL
HOME FOB OVER 400 students is newly constructed Magnolia Hall on East Magnolia
Avenue. This modern dormitory for men can accommodate 433 students with a cafeteria to feed
over 500. Magnolia Hall is the first step in post war building of permanent college housing for
men.
THE INAUGURATION of Dr. Ralph B. Draughon as the eighth president of A.P.I, this
spring was one of the highlights in Auburn's history. Dr. Draughon is shown receiving con­gratulations
from Gov. James E. Folsom at the inaugural ceremonies. Under the leadership of
President Draughon Auburn is furnished with one of the most capable college administrators in
the country.
Division Of Instruction Contains
10 Schools Administrative Posts
A.P.I.'s division of instruction covers the largest area in
the service of Auburn to the people of the state of Alabama, as
the instruction, training and discipline of over 7,000 students
is placed in the hands of those in the instruction branch of the
college.
The department of instruction
is not only made up of these peo­ple
who teach in the ten schools
qf the institution, but it also con­tains
many administrative officers
who are concerned with' the gui­dance
and training of the stu­dents.
The division pf instruction con­sists
of 10 schools. The schools
are:
Agriculture, Architecture and
the Arts, Chemistry, Engineering,
H o m e Economics, Pharmacy,
Science and Literature, Education,
Veterinary Medicine, and Gra­duate
Studies.
Heading the School of Agricul­ture
is Dean M. J. Funchess.
Frank Marion Orr is the dean
pf the School of Architecture and
the Arts. Dean H. M. Martin
heads the School of Chemistry. Dr.
Zebulon Judd is dean of the
School of Education.
J. E. Hannum serves as dean of
the School of Engineering, while
Mrs. Marion W. Spidle heads the
School of Home Economics. The
School of Pharmacy is headed by
L. S. Blake, and the School of
Science and Literature by Roger
Allen. Dean R. S. Suggs, Ala­bama's
state veterinarian, is the
head of the School of Veterinary
Medicine, and Dr. Fred Allison is
dean of the Graduate School in
addition to his duties as head of
duty of T. C. Clark, Jr., who is
the director of student affairs.
Veteran Enrollment
Over 8,000 veterans have enroll-
.ed at Auburn since World War
II. Of this number over 2,200 have
been graduated. P. M. Norton is
co-ordinator of veteran affairs.
Women were first admitted in
1892. Today all courses are open
to women and men on the same
terms. About 1,200 women enroll
annually. Miss Katherine Cater is
the dean of women and in this
position has the very responsible
position of the care and super­vision
of female students.
The college aids students in the
finding vof part-time employment
while in school. It also provides
loans at low interest rates and
awards scholarships to meritorious
students. An extensive co-opera­tive
program under which a stu­dent
may alternate three mpnths
of classroom studies with three
months of practical experience in
a chosen profession is also es­tablished.
A guidance center, under the
direction of W. O. Barrow, is
maintained to aid students in
choosing the field in which their
abilities may be best used. In ad­dition,
deans and their assistants
give personal guidance and assis­tance.
Sports Program
Auburn has an excellent sports
program under the direction of
Athletic Director. Wilbur H. Hut-sell.
Many students become phy­sical
education instructors. Physi-able-
bodied students under 26
years of age. They participate in
football, basketball, tennis, track,
golf, rifle, wrestling, cross-country
and swimming.
With the completion of the en­larged
Cliff Hare Stadium the Au­burn
Tigers of Coach Earl Brown
will have an enlarged park to play
in this fall. Auburn is a member
of the Southeastern Conference in
intercollegiate sports and is an­nually
represented in such sports
as football, basketball, track, base­ball,
cross country, tennis, and
wrestling.
" Students take part in all kinds
of college activities including the
publications. These are: The Au­burn
Plainsman, college weekly
newspaper; the Auburn Engi­neer,
monthly publication by the
engineering students; the Auburn
Veterinarian, printed for the vet­erinary
medicine students on the
published by agriculture students;
the Auburn Forester, with empha­sis
on the important field of fo­restry,
and the Glomerata, college
yearbook.
The college also has a very ac­tive
Alumni Association with 35
active clubs extending from New
York to San Francisco. All clubs
are active in promoting college ac­tivities
and in taking part in the
establishment of the Greater Au­burn
Fund. The Alumni Associa­tion
publishes a monthly paper,
the Auburn Alumnews which gives
news of alumni and the college.
H. M. "Happy" Davis is secretary
of the Association.
V
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the department of physics.'
Other Top Posts
There are several other top ad- j
ministrative posts which are de­signed
for the maintenance and |
guidance of the college. Dr. R. B. •
Showalter is director of extension I
teaching, and his office supervises
the growing extension teaching
service of the college, which in­cludes
the various correspondence
courses.
Director of student he'alth ser­vice
is Dr. John T. Strickland, who
is in charge of the student health
program. Drake Infirmary is the
hospital used for students and
every student is entitled to service
from the health department of the
college. r
Sam Brewster, who is director
of the college's important Build­ing
and Grounds Department, is
responsible for the _ supervision
and upkeep of the entire campus.
Serving as director of the Re­search
Interpretation Council, Dr.
Paul Irvine fills an important post
in the college administration. The
Council is the agency which pro­motes
the important task of in­terpreting
various forms of sta­tistics.
Training is given in ROTC and
Naval ROTC. ROTC officers are
trained in Artillery, Engineering,
Air Corps, Armored Cavalry and
Signal Corps, while in the Naval
ROTC the students are trained
for commissions in the U.S. Navy
and U.S. Naval Reserve. Auburn
is one of 52 colleges in the nation
with a Naval ROTC unit.
Commanding the ROTC unit is |
Col. William H. Hill, while Capt. i
L. M. Markham, Jr., is in charge
Of the NROTC group.
I
Student Affairs
The important task of helping
students with such problems as
housing, employment, social life,
or other personal affairs is the
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5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 10, 1949
Extension--
Amazing Progress Made By Extension
Service Since Its Beginning in 1903
By Robert Chestnut
Extension Service Editor
It was summer, and the year was 1903.
By foot, wagon, horseback, and t r a i n a handful of farm­e
r s had descended upon a small, dusty village. They had come
from as far away as the Tennessee River and Mobile Bay.
Townspeople, who might have
A HELPING HAND TO FARMERS
seen groups of the men gathered
under oak trees earnestly listen­ing
to a lecture, possibly passed
over the incident with hardly a
thought.
But the event had significance
enough. It marked the beginning
of Auburn as the nerve-center
of this state's sprawling agricul­ture.
This first organized summer
school "short-course" held here
for farmers was a forerunner of
many another milepost in the
continuous effort to help the Ala­bama
farmer and his wife make
a better farm and a better home.
Four years later Alabama's
first county agents—four with 23
counties to cover—began making
farm visits and demonstrating
how to fight the boll weevil.
Extension is Created
Another four years passed and
then the state legislature passed
its first bill granting money to
carry on f a r m demonstration
work. Later, in 1914, the federal
government did likewise.
So was born the Extension
Service—one of the three divi­sions
of Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
Its purpose has remained un­changed
through almost a half
century. It carries scientific farm
and home information to all
people in the state.
' Now supported co-operatively
by state, federal, and county
funds, it relies upon another di­vision
of the school—the Agri­cultural
Experiment Station — to
supply the facts and it does the
teaching. In this way the Exten­sion
Service might be thought of
,as a school, with all the state as
a classroom.
Through county workers the
program is taken to the farms
and into homes—to men, women,
boys, and girls. For this job there
are county agents and home
demonstration agents, plus their
assistants, in each county.
Here in Auburn, state head­quarters,
for extension, are lo­cated
those people w h o help
make the program click in the
field. The job performed by the
state staff is administering the
program and interpreting re­search
finds for county workers.
of Auburn, falls the tremendous
task of administration. Working
on this with Director P. O. Davis
are Assistant Director J. L. Law-son,
and Mrs. Lillie M. Alex­ander,
state home demonstration
agent. In addition, district men
and women agents are responsi­ble
for supervising the work in
the four districts of the state.
Specialists in every phase of
farming and homemaking study,
interpret, and pass on to county
workers the "ammunition" with
which they do their educational
job. The 40 men and seven wom­en
who have this responsibility
are the connecting link between
the Experiment Station and the
county extension * workers.
To round out the extension set­up
here, a staff of 40 full-time
secretaries and clerks are em­ployed,
with about 10 students
being given part-time work.
At Duncan Hall and at other
offices scattered over Ag Hill
there are 109 men and women
employed by the Extension Serv­ice.
Personnel in the counties totals
491, including county and home
demonstration agents, their as­sistants,
and clerical help. Each
county has an extension unit.
Tuskegee Institute is head­quarters
for the Negro Extension
division, and there and in va­rious
c o u n t i e s are stationed
72 Negro employees.
COUNTY AGENTS take scientific informa­tion
to the farm by demonstrations, personal
visits, press, radio, letters. Applied by the
farm family, this knowledge brings greater
prosperity and a more enjoyable home life.
Above, County Agent J. W. Mathews (left)
suggests to Jim Barrett, Lowndes County
farmer, a good way to use the Landino clover
they are observing.
SUBJECT MATTER specialists of the A.P.I. Extension Service assist county agents and home
demonstration agents by giving them latest and best information to carry to farm families.
In the picture above right, J. C. Lowery (right), specialist in agronomy, discusses with county
agents the possibilities of using crimson clover in combination with Sericea for grazing in an
expanding county livestock program.
Connecting Link
Upon a staff of an even dozen,
most of them long-time citizens
Close To People
Farm people are brought close
to A.P.I., for this land grant col­lege
and rural men and women
have the joint responsibility of
making and putting into action
an agricultural program designed
tQ,.<further improve the state's
economy, both rural and urban.
This program — a long-time one
planned? by A.P.I, officials and
leading farmers — is based'upon
the principle that agriculture
should be self-supporting, and
lays down the guide for further
developing of agricultural re­sources.
A similar program has been
made in each county by promi­nent
farmers, businessmen, and
extension workers. Each county
program, as well as the state
program, is based upon results
of agricultural research as ap­plied
in the light of physical re­sources,
general economic condi­tions,
and the education, experi­ence,
and desires of the farm
people.
To gain the aims of this long­time
program, each county's Ex­tension
Council, composed of
outstanding men, women, and
youngsters, meets at least twice a
year to study progress and ad­vise
w i t h county and home
agents and their assistants on an­nual
plans for farm and home
work.
To reach objectives set out in
the year's plans and finally to
attain long-time goals, county
extension units carry their edu­cational
program to farms and
homes through 124,000 4-H Club
members in 3,146 clubs; 44,000
home demonstration club mem­bers
in 1,354 clubs, and through
community organizations. Dem­onstrations,
the foundation of
extension teaching, are used ex­tensively.
Personal contact, let­ters,
movies, slides, circulars,
press, and radio are some of the
other ways farm and home in­formation
is brought to the peo­ple.
The Record
Proof that the Extension Serv­ice,
in cooperation with other
agencies and organizations, is ef­fectively
carrying out its job may
be seen in the following few ex­amples
of how demonstrations
and- other teaching methods are
successful in bringing about bet­ter
ways of farming and home-making.
•
During the last decade per-acre
corn p r o d u c t i o n has nearly
doubled and during the past year
a record state average of 21.5
bushels has been made.
Where 15 years ago only a few
scattered acres of winter grazing
crops could be found, there are
this season more than 500,000
acres.
In 1930 livestock and products
brought in $22,554,000, or 19 per
cent of Alabama's farm income;
the 1947 figure is $120,363,000 and
accounts for 31 per cent of the
state total. The final figures for
1948, not yet available, will run
higher.
In 1930 the per-acre average
yield of cotton was 196 pounds;
last year it was 356 pounds.
That same year farmers got
only $8,798,000 from dairy pro­ducts
sales, but in 1947 they to ^k
in an estimated $23,911,000.
In keeping with the program
to bring in more dollars from
livestock, farmers in 1947 mar­keted
$36,220,000 worth of cattle
and calves and $32,562,000 worth
of hogs. Ten years ago figures
were $6,800,000 and $6,591,000.
Total farm income for' 1948
will approach $450,000,000, a far
cry from the $113,924,000 of 10
years ago.
Most of these added dollars go
into better homes, with modern
conveniences—into purchases of
items* needed by rural people. So
that farrh^ women may make
the most of higher farm income
—stretch the dollars—and have
attractive homes, thousands of
demonstrations are given each
year. These range from baby care
to freezing of foods; from rug
selection to canning and from
making lampshades to construct­ing
kitchen shelves.
25 Transfer Students
(continued from page 1)
to Auburn in school spirit and
friendliness."
Young Daniel, Fifth-year-Ar-chjtecture
student:
"Before enrolling here I at­tended
Mercer University at Ma­con,
Ga., and Bucknell at Lewis-burg,
Pa. A comparison between
Auburn and Mercer is most
easily drawn. Auburn is superior
in all departments to my know­ledge
except perhaps physics.
Bucknell more closely resembles
A.P.I, in t h a t it is a technical
school. It is excellent for electrical
and mechanical engineering and
pre-med. B u c k n e l l instructors
seemed to me to be more
capable, on the average, than Au-.
burn's. A higher percentage were
Phi Beta Kappa members and held
doctor's degrees."
D.G.H., Senior in Engineering:
"To learn the same amount here
in a course as at Boston State Col­lege
you must do much more out­side
studying due to the fact that,
in general, professors here have
less information in their lectures.
C.E.C., Engineering senior:
"It is easier to make a ope point
and stay in school at Auburn than
to make a two point at Iowa State
College. I.S.C. grades are on the
percentage system."
Dames Club Meets
At Allison Home
Members of the Dames Club
and their husbands were recently
entertained at the home of Dr.
and Mrs. Fred Allison. Dr. Alli­son,
dean of the Graduate, School,
addressed the group on astrono­my.
During the evening, Mrs. Jean
Wood served punch with the as­sistance
of Mrs. Jane Dunn, Mrs.
Martha Rountree. Mrs. Claire
Barnes, Mrs. Elizabeth Worley.
The group is planning a picnic
on August 6 for members and
their families.
Auburn Radio Club
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members.
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6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 10, 1949
Research--
Prosperous Agriculture in Alabama
Made Possible By A.P.I. Research
By J. Olan Cooper
Experiment Writer
The A.P.I. Agriculture Experiment Station has paved the
way down through the years for a m o r e prosperous agricul­t
u r e in Alabama.
A review of the early work of the station discloses" that»
the general trend of Alabama's
ONE OF 22 STATE EXPERIMENT STATIONS
agriculture h a s followed very
closely in the pattern laid down
through the years by the* Experi­ment
Station.
The "Auburn Method" of ferti­lizing
cotton will be remembered
by many' as one of the early
accomplishments of experimental
work with fertilizers in Alabama.
Although farmers did not "set
the woods afire" in the begin­ning
by going all out on cotton
fertilization, it wasn't long until
they found that the "Auburn
Method" paid dividends through
greatly increased production per
acre.
Standout results in the various
fields of agricultural research
have been the bases for major
progress in Alabama's agricul­ture
in recent years. For instance
the Alabama Station has con-
'ducted more research on the use
of calcium arsenate as an in­secticide
for cotton than any oth­er
Southern state. This insecti­cide
has saved farmers millions
of dollars in the control of cot­ton
insects. More recent develop­ments
point to other insecticides
as being just as good if not bet­ter
than calcium arsenate. These
are benzene hexachloride-DDT,
and chlorinated camphene.
Value of Kudzu
Experiments with kudzu were
started by the station in 1897. It
was the first station to recognize
the value of kudzu for hay, graz­ing,
and erosion control.
The Nichols, or channel-type,
terrace used in many sections of
the United States was developed
at this station.
The Alabama Station is thought
to be one of the first to explore
the possibilities of applying high-er-
than-usual amounts of ferti­lizer
to certain crops. A 17-year
average corn yield of 49 bushels
per acre is the result of a high-rate
fertilizer experiment begun
in 1911 with ax rotation of cotton,
corn and oats. The corn in this
rotation received 112 pounds of
nitrogen, 43 pounds of phospho­ric
acid, and 65 pounds of potash.
This is 28 times the amount of
nitrogen, twice the phosphate,
and 18 times the amount of potash
contained in 200 pounds of 2-10-2
fertilizer commonly used at that
time. Corn that did not receive
fertilizer produced an average of
nine bushels per acre.
These results along with others
were the bases for improving the
grades of fertilizers in the state.
Alfalfa in Alabama
More than 20,000 acres of Ala­bama's
cropland are producing
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from two to five ions of high
quality alfalfa hay per acre per
year. Early results at the Ten­nessee
Valley Substation proved
that anual applications of potash
and slag lengthened the life of an
alfalfa orop one to three years
over a crop receiving only one
heavy application of these ma­terials.
Potash was found' to be the
limiting factor in the survival of
alfalfa on sandy land by the Sand
Mountain Substation. Other ex­periments
have proved conclu­sively
that 30 pounds of borax
applied at planting "and 15 pounds
applied annually ^thereafter in­creases
the yield of alfalfa hay
as much as one-half ton per acre
on most of the lighter soils of
the state.
Results from experiments of
feed and forage crops, and pas­tures
are the bases for a profit­able
livestock production pro­gram
in Alabama. If feed pro­duction
systems developed by the
Experiment Station are used,
there are excellent possibilities
for increasing farm income on
most farms from the production
and sale of beef, veal, pork,
chickens, turkeys, eggs, milk and
butter.
Grazing Systems
The once eroded hillsides at
Auburn are now yielding about
$30 worth of beef per acre from
a year-round cropping system de­veloped
by the Main Station. This
system includes for each cow and
calf, one acre lespedeza sericea
for grazing from April to Octo­ber,
one acre of kudzu for hay
and grazing during summer
droughts, and one-half acre man­ganese
bur clover for winter
grazing followed by sorghum
which is hand fed in the winter.
The same cropping system plus
one acre of oats per cow for win­ter
grazing, has yielded an aver­age
of $52 per acre in milk for
manufacture.
A year-round feed production
system at the Gulf Coast Substa­tion
grossed about $130 per acre
through the sale of grade A milk
in 1947. This system is composed
of about three acres per cow of
the following crops: white clover-
Dallis grass pasture, crimson and
rye grass kudzu and alfalfa for
hay and grazing, and corn.
Similar year-around feed pro­duction
systems are used in beef
and dairy production at several
of the other substations.
Promotion of Citizens' General Welfare
Is Duty of Auburn Research Foundation
By -Roger McClarly
The Auburn Research Foundation was formed to promote
the general welfare of the state of Alabama and its citizens.
Its aims are to develop educational and scientific research;
to encourage and foster through education a desire for re­search;
to discover and develop research talent by means of
graduate studies and work; and
Shown above are scenes taken at the Piedmont Substation, Camp Hill. At the upper left
is a group of farmers inspecting a field of alfalfa. Upper right, kudzu funushes hay, temporary
grazing and controls erosion on a portion of the cotton-dairy experimental unit. Dairy cows
are shown grazing lespedeza sericea, also on this unit, center. Lower left, E. L. Mayton, superin­tendent,
is examining grain sorghum. Lespedeza sericea is mowed for hay, lower right. Mowing
improves the- quality of grazing.
to provide means whereby dis­coveries
and inventions may be
developed, patented, protected,
used and licensed, so as to be of
maximum use to the state and
the Southern region.
It cooperates in this monumen­tal
task with all educational, re­search,
agricultural, and indus­trial
organizations working to­ward
a better life for the people
of the South, and through them,
the nation.
The present varied and exten­sive
list of projects is being con­ducted
under the direction of Dr.
Fred Allison, who replaced Dr.
Russell B. Poor on January 1,
1949. as secretary-director of the
Foundation. In the past year
there has been research in the
fields of physics, statistics, his­tory,
chemistry, home economics,
and the Research Interpretation
Council.
Among the most significant
and farsighted developments in
the program has been the grant-in-
aid program made possible
through funds appropriated by
the- administration. This program
has been instituted to stimulate
campus-wide interest and activi­ty
in fundamental r e s e a r ch
among our faculty.
All applications for grants are
critically examined by a repre­sentative
of the Research Com­mittee
appointed by the presi­dent.
This committee makes rec­ommendations
to the dean of
the Graduate School, who/ in
turn, submits it to the president
for final action.
There are 13 projects currently
in process of completion. The re­search
studies c o v e r varied
fields; three in English, two in
history, two in education, one in
horticulture, one in chemistry,
two in chemical engineering, and
one in mechanical engineering.
The Auburn Research 'Founda­tion
thus attempts through edu­cation
and aid to research work­ers
to better their fellow man
everywhere.
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Hogging-Off Corn Pays
Corn sold through hogs brought
$2.60 per bushel in 1946, and $3.54
per bushel in 1947 or $132.75 and
$194.35 per acre respectively at
the Sand Mountain Substation.
In addition to hogging-off corn,
the hogs were fed a small amount
of supplement daily.
At the Gulf Coast Substation,
a three-year average of 446
pounds per acre of pork was pro­duced
from 27.4 acres of the fol­lowing
crops; corn, 18.4 acres;
white clover, 2 acres; kudzu, 2
acres; crimson and white clover,
2 acres; and 3 acres of corn fol­lowed
by crimson clover. This
system returned about $67 per
acre above the cost of fertilizer,
seed, and 268 pounds of supple­ment.
Paralleling work with graz­ing
crops, the station has found
that ,milk and butter from cows
tained as much as 500 per
maintained on good pasture con­cent
more vitamin A as milk from
cows on dry feed; and that this
high level of vitamin A can be
maintained in the winter by pas­turing
cows on winter grazing
crops.
Such green crops as white clo­ver,
alfalfa, soybeans, and crim­son
clover can be substituted for
as much as three-fourths of the
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laying mash for hens receiving a
full feeding of grain.
The Alabama Station is one of
the leading Southern stations in
forestry research. For over' 20
years it has been developing and
carrying on experimental work
in forestry. Completed recently
on the A.P.I, campus are the mod­ern
facilities for teaching and
conducting research.
Experiments on spacing and
kind or species of trees at the
main station show that the an­nual
tree growth may be • in­creased
as much as four times
if the right kind and right num­ber
of trees per acre are planted.
A six by six feet spacing of slash
pine has been found to be the
most desirable.
More research with farm ponds
has been conducted over a longer
period by the Alabama Station
than any other station in the
United States. In fact, reserach
was begun in fish culture at the
main station as early as 1883.
Today there are 135 fish ponds,
totaling 139 acres, on the main
station at Auburn; this is the
largest fish farm of its kind in
the world. Here different studies
are made of the kinds of fresh
water fish, their rates of growth,
ways to increase fish ponds, and
how to get large amounts of meat
per acre. Studies are also made
of the best, methods of construc-ing
these ponds which serve as
the bases for f a r m pond con­struction
in Alabama.
This work shows that a properly
fertilized farm pond will produce
more meat than the average Ala­bama
pasture,/and that it is pos­sible
to catch as much as 20
pounds of fish per acre anually
by pole-and-line fishing from
properly stocked and fertilized
ponds.
Cancer Research
An excellent example of the
technical research work done at
the Experiment Station is the
cancer research being conducted
in the Laboratory of Animal Nu­trition.
In this work cancer is
being produced in rats and chick­ens
as a result of specific nutri­tional
deficiency.
Prior to the discovery in this
laboratory, no one had even been
able to produce cancer in experi­mental
aminals as a result of a
nutritional deficiency. The defi­ciency
is that of choline. This is
a simple organic baste- that is
classed as-a vitamin by some nu­tritionists.
It will occur in such
foods as brain, liver,, egg yolk,
and milk.
The research group here has
discovered that if animals receive
no choline in the diet they die
in a short time; if they receive
enough to barely keep them alive
for 1 to 12 months, they develop
cancer in a high percentage of
cases. If they receive adequate
choline in the diet, they grow
normally and do not develop can
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7—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, August 10, 1949 TIGER BACKFIELfr LETTERMEM
Several Newcomers Expected To Shine
In Backfield For Tigers This Season
There will be nineteen candidates for the four starting
backfield positions on the 1949 Tiger eleven. Of this number
there are four seniors, six juniors and nine sophomores, and a
letterman at every position.
Starting with the important
quarterback slot, there are three
aspirants for the starting nod—
senior Travis Tidwell and sopho­mores
Bill Tucker and Allan
Parks. Tidwell looked like his old
self during the 1949 spring train­ing,
and barring any re-injury of
his ankle could develop into Au­burn's
top star of the oncoming
season. Tucker, like Tidwell, a
Birmingham product, was a sen­sation
on the 1948 freshman squad,
and great things are expected of
him in his next three years at Au­burn.
The 19-year-old Parks, a
Jackson, Miss., youth, also was a
standout on the '48 freshman
team, and with a little experience
can be counted on to serve as a
capable understudy to Tidwell.
There are seven candidates for
the tailback or left half position,
three members of last year's varsi­ty,
and four newcomers. Of the
seven men, the two leading can­didates
most likely to nail down
the starting post are Jocko Nor­ton
and Dickie Flournoy, both let-termen
on last year's squad. Eed
Emmert of Ennis, Texas, is the
other former varsity member try­ing
out for this post. The new­comers
are sophomores Bobby
Golden, Dwight Hitt and Al
Woodham, and transfer student
Bill Davis. A junior, Davis was a
star at Hinds Junior College in
Mississippi in 1947 and 1948.
Leading the list of right half
candidates is Johnny Wallis of
Birmingham and Bill Waddail of
Phenix City, b o t h lettermen.
Frank Garrison, a junior from
Lawton, Oklahoma, is a newcomer
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Dick Flournoy
Value Of Auburn
(Continued from page 3)
burn the state invests approxi­mately
$175 per year. Thus in
four years it costs the state $700
for a student at Auburn. There­fore,
the state has invested some­thing
like $1,384,000 in these 1977
Auburn men and women. Can
anyone doubt the wisdom of this
investment? Where could the state
or a private corporation make an
investment which promised such
rich returns?
Education is increasingly being
recognized as a safe, desirable and
productive investment. Scientific
investigations in recent years have
revealed that the prosperity of a
nation or a state depends to as
great, if not a greater, extent upon
the development of human re­sources
than upon the availability
of great natural resources.
A recent study conducted by
the United States Chamber of
Commerce entitled, "Education:
An Investment in People" reveal­ed
/among other things that the
n^r ccaa pita income of the various
Jh-to
the squad who is expected to
blossom into stardom. Particular­ly
good on defense, Frank was an
tinderstudy to the great Gil Ste­phenson
of Army last year, prior
to transferring to Auburn. Closing
out the list are two bright pro­spects
from the freshman team,
Bobby Briggs a n d Jim Jeffers.
Briggs is a rugged and elusive 195-
pounder from Leorya, N. J., while
Jeffers hails from Chicago.
There are four, candidates for
the fullback position, but only one
letterman in the lot, and he did
not letter at this position. The sole
monogram wearer is Charlie
Langner, who lettered at quarter­back
last fall. Langner is a stocky
Birmingham lad, and was one of
the most pleasant surprises on the
squad during the spring training
with his powerful running from
the fullback position. Another-possible
starter is a transfer stu­dent
from Alabama, Jim Mc-
Gowen. A brother to Auburn coach
Dick McGowen, Jim is a fine run­ner
as well as punter. Two sopho­mores
expected to bolster this
position are Gene Huddleston and
Elmer Jahn. Gene is an Atlanta
boy, weighing 175, with plenty of
speed. Jahn is from Buffalo, N. Y.,
where he posted an impressive
record as a high school athlete.
He weighs a hefty 210.
Georgia and Clemson Are Auburn Foes
During Rugged November Grid Schedule
The Auburn Tigers of Coach Earl Brown will meet two
rugged foes in November following their Homecoming clash
with Mississippi State. On November 12 in Columbus, Ga.,
Auburn will renew its ancient struggle with Georgia, and two
weeks later in Mobile Auburn will battle Clemson College.
The A u b u r n-Georgia series,
states and communities in this
country corresponded very close­ly
to the level of education of the
people and that the per capita
retail sales also bore a close re­lationship
to the level of educa­tion.
The more important values of
education are not economic, but
lie in health and happiness, the
quality of citizenship, improved
social and political conditions and
those other qualities embodied in
what is known as "the good life."
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oldest in the South, was begun in
1892. Since that date these two ri­vals
h a v e met 52 times, with
Georgia winning 27, Auburn 20,
and five games ended in ties, all
of the scoreless variety.
The 1949 Bulldogs, even with
11 members of last years. Orange
Bowl team missing by graduation,
are expected to be one of the top
teams in the conference. Johnny
Rauch is gone, but in Ray Pros-peri
Coach Wally Butts has a fine
passer and ball handler to take the
great Rauchs' place. Floyd Reid
and Eli Maracich will be counted
Jackura ready to open^ up for the
Bulldogs.
After a week off, Auburn will
invade Mobile for its first and
last non-conference game. The
opponent will be the Tigers of
Clemson College, and the date of
the game is November 26'.
Not a great deal is known about
Coach Frank Howards' '49 Tigers,
but rummors seeping down from
the Southern Conference say that
he is again loaded for bear. Last
year Clemson had its greatest sea­son
in history as it swept to an un­beaten
season, the conference
championship, and a victory in
on to fill the shoes of departed | the Gator Bowl on New Year's
Joe Geri, while at left half Lukie
Brunson, Billy Mixon and Bill
Henderson will be the men to
watch. The fullback post has the
least worries of all, with both Al
Bodine and John Tillitski back for
another campaign.
In the line, only at the guard
posts will Coach Butts be weaker,
as three of his leading guards were
lost by graduation. At the other
line posts Georgia will be stronger,
with such veterans as Gene Lo-rendo,
Bob Walston, Porter Payne,
Jack Bush, Bill Bradshaw and Joe
Day. Included in their long list of
victims was Auburn, by a 7-6
score.
Clemson's highly-publicized tail
back Bobby Gage graduated this
past year, but he may not even be
missed if his understudy, Ray
Mathews, develops into the back
he is supposed to. Last year against
Auburn it was Mathews who was
the most feared Clemson back, not
Gage, and with a man like him on
the team, Coach Howard can be
expected to field another first rate
eleven.
Zippers and KA's
Remain Undefeated
fn Ptay-Offs Tilts
Kappa Alpha and the Zippers
remain undefeated in play-off
competition. The Zippers are heavy
favorites to win their bracket
while KA is expected to have a
slightly rougher time in the num­ber
I bracket. The Zippers hold
wins over the TCee's and Phi Del­ta
Theta, and the KA's have won
from Theta Chi. Pi Kappa Phi was
routed by Theta Chi in the other
game played in bracket I.
Behind the brilliant six hit hurl- ,
ing of Frank Ray, Kappa Alpha ;
upset Theta Chi, 3 to 1, Thursday ;
afternoon. The Theta Chi pitcher,
Fred Carley, had wild streaks in
the first and fifth innings and
walked in all three KA tallies.
Foots Morris, Theta Chi ace, re-
| lieved him in the fifth and put
out the fire but the damage was
done as Theta Chi failed to solve
the offerings of Ray. Carley wjalk-ed
9, fanned 2 and allowed three
hits while Morris fanned 4', walk­ed
none and allowed 2 hits. Ray
walked 1, fanned one and allowed
six hits.
•The Zippers came from behind
tc defeat Phi Delta Theta, 3 tq 1,
in their first play-off game Wed­nesday
afternoon. The Phi's got
off to a fast start, scoring in the
first, but the Zippers tied it up in
the fourth and added two in the
fifth to clinch the game. John
Braswell, Phi hurler, fanned 4,
walked 4 and allowed 6 hits while
Jim Cranford, Zipper chunker,
fanned 3, walked 2 and allowed 6
hits.
In their second game the Zip­pers
had an easy time downing
the TCee's, 19 to 8. The Zippers
collected 15 hits while Cranford
only allowed three.
Theta Chi in the bracket I
opener mauled Pi Kappa Phi 11
to 1.
The Pi Kaps scored in the first,
but from then on it was all Theta
Chi. Theta Chi pounded Louis
Johnson, Pi Kap hurler, for 15
hits, while Foots Morris held the
Pi Kaps to three hits. Johnson
fanned none and walked none
while Morris fanned 1 and walked
3.
All regular league play was
completed last week with most of
the titles all ready decided. Lips-combs
finished up League I play
with a 16 to 7 win from Kappa
Sigma. Sigma Chi dropped a close
one to PiKA, 8 to 9, and Lambda
Chi lost to the Flunkies, 7 to 6, to
finish League II. Faculty took
Colyonae, 11 to 7, and Phi Kappa
Tau routed ATO, 34 to 21, to end
League III.
In League V the Zippers cap­tured
the league crown by beating
the Kings, 13 to 9. PE club forced
League VI into a play-off by beat­ing
the TCee's, 14 to 4. The TCees
then won the play-off from the
Fumbles, 5 to 4.
Assistant Coaches
Coach McCoy Hewlett
AUBURN
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Coach Jim McDaniel
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VACUUM TUBE MOVIE
At the meeting of the Institute
of Radio Engineers on Monday,
August 1, a film on the develop­ment
of vacuum tubes from the
Bell Telephone Laboratories was
shown.
Preceding the film, a lecture on
low power audio systems and
problems encountered in their de­sign
was given by Joe Walters.
Former Tiger Backs
Are How Serving As
Assistant Coaches
Two former Auburn athletes,
both backfield men on the foot­ball
team, have returned to the
scene of their college days to
serve as assistant football coaches.
They are McCoy Hewlett and Jim
McDaniel. Hewlett graduated from
Auburn in 1947 while McDaniel
received his sheepskin in June of
this year.
The careers of both of these
young coaches are quite similar.
Both of them did their high school
playing in Birmingham, both had
their college years interrupted by
the war, and both of them return­ed
after the war to continue their
education.
Hewlett, who will serve as as­sistant
backfield coach this.fall,
was a star high school performer
at Ramsay High, lettering in both
football and baseball. His first
year at Auburn he showed pro­mise
of developing into a triple-threat
back of great capabilities,
but a broken leg brought his foot­ball
playing to a temporary halt.
When the war came on Hewlett
entered the Marine Corps where
he served with distinction in the
South Pacific as a lieutenant. Upon
receiving his discharge he return­ed
to Auburn and lettered as a
halfback in 1946. He became Au­burn's
"B" team coach in 1947,
then last year served as backfield
coach for the freshmen.
McDaniel was a product of Bir­mingham's
Ensley High. He en­rolled
at Auburn but departed
from the Plains shortly thereafter
to serve in the Army Air Force.
In 1946 Jim returned to Auburn
and lettered at the quarterback
post for the next three years.
After receiving his degree in
June he was appointed to the Au­burn
coaching staff as an assistant
to freshman coach John William­son.
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eastern Conference foes, will be
relatively inexperienced in con­ference
play. The majority of the
squad will be comprised of sopho­mores
and juniors; the spirit and
aggressiveness will be high with
a nucleus of seasoned performers.
Let's assume we are going
through an unbeaten season—
games are never l o s t until the
final whistle, for that oval takes
some funny bounces, but let's all
string along with Coach Brown
and his staff in the slow process
of rebuilding Auburn football to
its former heights.
I admire all concerned for
scheduling nine top notch foes; it
would have been easy enough to
slip in a couple of breathers as
most first rate powers do.
The students too often criticize
the team, players and coaches for
insufficient reasons. The pressure
to win is''tremendous. When we
start slipping into this easy
tendency toward derogatory re­marks,
let's remember the hours
of ceaseless signal drill, blocking
and tackling, scrimmage, twisted
knees and torn muscles that play­ers
take with a grin because they
love the-game. While we are sip­ping
cokes after school they are
banging heads.
LET'S SUPPORT THE TIGERS
TO THE LIMIT1
TENNIS RACKETS
RESTRUNG
(1 hr. service)
BROWNE'S SPORTING
GOODS
Building Program
(Continued from page 3)
Davis of'Birmingham. Over 1,000
students enrolled in the School
of Education have no building
for their department; neither ^is
there any money available for the
construction of the building now
being drawn.
Plans for still another building
have also been drawn. This build­ing
will be a small animal clinic
to be separate and apart from
the one now located in Cary Hall.
The clinic will be on Thach Ave­nue
between Cary Street and
Wire Road.
Rapidly improving is the park­ing
situation on the campus. With
the completion of these projects,
600 new parking areas will be
provided for Auburn students.
Although there is a definite
need for an additional auditorium
here, the Sports Arena and Stu­dent
Activities Building are ser­ving
the present needs by taking
care of sports events, dances, con­certs
and lectures. The Student
Activities Building and ancient
Langdon Hall are not adequate
to accomodate the annual num­ber
of concerts and plays held
here each year.
The building needs of Auburn
can easily be seen when visit­ing
the Auburn campus. The
Plainsman urges all visiting
members of the Chamber of Com­merce
Executives to witness the
progress that has been made here
since the end of the war, and also
calls to their attention the ur­gent
need for an expanded con­struction
program in the near
future.
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S O C I E TY
Sigma Nu Entertains Rushees
Sigma Nu fraternity entertained rushees with a series of
! parties on July 29-30. Friday night a buffet supper was given
: at the chapter house for members, rushees, and dates.
! Saturday afternoon the fraternity entertained with a
'picnic at Lake Chewacla. Entertainment included swimming
and playing games. Saturday night a "Gambling Party" was
given at the chapter house. Mrs. Anna Mae Strong, house­mother,
chaperoned the parties.
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TKE Elects Officers
Beta Lambda chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon recently
elected new officers for next year. They are:
Fred Digesu, Birmingham, president; Clyde R. Mea'gher,
Jr., Auburn, vice-president; George Martin, Fairhope, secre­tary;
Robert Kroner, Mobile, treasurer; Joe Brown, Atmore,
.pledgemaster; James Hunnicutt, Kingsport, Tenn., librarian;
Kenneth Roy, Auburn, chaplain, and Robert Ham, Porters-ville,
doorkeeper.
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PiKA Holds Rush Week End
For its' annual summer rush week-end, Upsilon of Pi
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AUBURN'S ALL-TIME FOOTBALL ELEVEN
Picked By The Sports Fans in The Birmingham News-Age-Herald Poll
Conducted h Spring Of ?943 IF****7^
can remember, and incidentally
the only Ail-Americans on the
team, are Jimmy Hitchcock and
Monk Gafford. Hitchcock was the
sparkplug of the great Auburn
team of 1932. Although he lettered
in 1930 and '31, it was not until
his final year that he reached his
peak. Jimmy was captain of his
team, All-Southern and Ail-
American in '32. Monk Gafford is
even more familiar to Auburn
students of today. Like Hitchcock,
he tQ© waited until his senior year
before blossoming out into foot­ball
greatness. It was in 1942 that
the name of Monk Gafford was
on the tongues of football fans
throughout the nation, as he made
both the All-Southeastern and
Ail-American teams.
In looking over the outstanding
Tigers who have appeared since
the selection of this mythical
team in 1943, there appears only
one man wfto might stand a chance
of making the starting lineup on
this team. He is center Tex War­rington,
Auburn captain and All-
American in 1944. With this one
possible exception, the t e am
selected in 1943 still remains as
the Auburn All-Time football
eleven.
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Auburn All-Time Football Team Features
Many Outstanding Ex-Tiger Gridders
By Bob Ingram
In the spring of 1943 the Birmingham News-Age-Herald
conducted a poll among its readers-to determine an all-time
Auburn football team. Outstanding players on all teams
from the first squad back in 1892 through the strong Auburn
team of 1942 were taken into consideration, and the team
thai; was selected by the Auburn
fans was one that could hold its
own with any of the top teams of
today.
Here was the starting lineup of
Auburn greats:
Ends, "Gump" Arial and "Rob-by"
Robinson; tackles, Haygood
Patterson a n d "Bo" Russell;
guards, "Fats" Lawrence and
'Happy" Sivell; center, Walter Gil­bert;
backs, Kirk Newell, "Moon"
Ducote, Jimmy Hitchcock and
"Monk" Gafford.
"Robby" Robinson played end
for the Tigers from 1911 to 1914,
four year period had a record of
25 wins, three losses and three
ties. "Robby" was an All-Southern
selection in 1913 and 1914; and also
captained the team his final year.
His running mate at the other end
post, "Gump" Arial, is of more
recent vintage, having lettered in
1931-32-33. Arial was also an All-
Southern choice his last two years.
Tackles Strong
The starting tackles, Paterson
and Russell, both played in the
thirties. Paterson lettered in 1932,
then after a year layoff, returned
to letter in 1934 and '35. That fin
and the Auburn teams over that al year he made the All-South-
Kappa Alpha held a series of three parties.
Friday night the members, rushees, and dates had a buf­fet
supper in the PiKA jungle, followed by a house dance.
Saturday afternoon the rushees were feted with a hay-ride
to Lake Chewacla. That night the Casino was the scene
of a banquet and dance honoring rushees and dates.
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SPE Has Week End Parties
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity entertained with a series
of parties last week-end honoring rushees.
Friday night a smoker was given at the chapter house
followed by a house dance. -
A picnic supper was given at Lake Chewacla Saturday
night for members, pledges, rushees, and dates. Later in the
evening a "picture-show" party was held.
Sunday morning the group attended church. Mrs. Annie
Kate Johnson, housemother, chaperoned.
Kappa Alpha Entertains
Kappa Alpha fraternity entertained members, pledges,
and dates recently with a house party at Cheaha State Park.
Last week-end a picnic was given at Lake Chewacla on
Saturday afternoon.' The chapter house was the scene of a
"Gambling" party and house dance Saturday night. Mrs.
Flanagan, housemother, entertained all parties.
Phi Kappa Tau Gives Rush Parties
Phi Kappa Tau recently entertained rushees with several
parties. Friday night a smoker was given at the chapter
house. Saturday night members, pledges, rushees, and dates
were entertained with a house dance. Mrs. R. L. Mundhenk,
housemother, chaperoned.
SAE Housemother Entertains .
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity housemother, Mrs. Ann
Stover, entertained with a "Coke Party" Saturday morning
honoring housemothers on the campus.
Pi Kappa Phi Gives Rush Parties
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity held its summer rush parties last
week-end: Friday night a smoker was given at the chapter
house.
A swimming party was held at Lake Chewacla Saturday
afternoon. Saturday night a house dance was given at the
chapter house.
The Pi Kappa Phi's attended church Sunday. Mrs. Burk
Whitley, housemother, entertained the parties.
eastern team and was alternate-captain
of the team. Russell took
over in 1936 and lettered for three
years. In 1937 and 1938 he made
the All-S.E.C. teams and was
captain of the Tigers in his senior
year.
Guards "Happy" Sivell and
"Fats" Lawrence played nearly
fifteen year's, apart. Sivell starred
for Auburn in 1935, 1936 and 1937,
while Lawrence lettered four
times from 1921-1924. Lawrence
was an All-Southern selection in
1923, then repeated in 1924. He
also captained his team in 1924.
Leading the balloting for the
pivot post was Walter Gilbert, and
a glance at his record explains
why. The giant center was a bul­wark
in the Aubur.n line for three
years, 1934-36, was captain of his
team, and an All-S.E.C. selection
two years.
Moving to the backfield we
find two old-timers and two rel­atively
recent men. The old timers
are Kirk Newell and 'Moon" Du­cote.
Newell starred for Auburn
from 1910-1913, and his final year
he captained the Tigers as they
marched to an unbeaten season.
He made the All-Southern team
that year. Two years later Ducote
began his career for Auburn, let­tering
three vears, from 1915-1917.
In 1916 he was an All-Southern
choice, and received this honor
again in 1917.
All-Americans
The two backs who most of us
ATTENTION EX-MARINES
Marine Fighting Squadron
541 is being organized at the
Naval Air Station, Birming­ham.
Pilots and some aviation
ground officers are needed.
Those joining immediately are
eligible for a 15-day training
period with p a y between
quarters. For further informa­tion,
see J. B. McCullough at
249 E. Glenn or call 11S0-XW.
If interested drop a card to Auburn Plainsman
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