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VOL. LXXVI ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1950 NUMBER 13
Bradley Foundation Gives $50,000
To API For Alumni-Faculty House
Announcement was made recently of a $50,000 grant toward
the erection of $300,000 alumni-faculty house on the
A.P.I, campus in the Auburn Alumnews, alumni magazine.
Grant of the $50,000 comes from the William C. and Sarah
H. Bradley Foundatidn of Columbus, Ga. The Bradley
Foundation was established
WINTER QUARTER PERFORMERS
w a s estaonsnea in
1945 by William C. Bradley, member
of the Auburn class of 1879.
Executive committee of the Auburn
Alumni Association has already
agreed that the A.P.I, alumni
organization will raise $100,000
by June 30, • 1950, for the long-sought
building. The remainder of
the funds for the $300,000 building
will be handled by lease to
the faculty.
President Ralph B. Draughon
cited the proposed building as
meeting needs of the alumni for
an on-campus headquarters and
of the faculty for a social and
recreational center. Members of
the alumni executive committee
have expressed the opinion that
such a building would aid the college
in securing and holding competent
faculty members.
Plans For House
The Alumni-Faculty House will
contain approximately 35,000 sq.
feet of floor space. Alumni facilities
will include modern offices,
with adequate mailing and storage
space. The house will contain conference
and lounge rooms, and
overnight accommodations will be
provided for visiting alumni.
Dormitory space will be provided
for single faculty members
on the upper floors of the building.
Plans call for 20 single rooms
and a number of double rooms.
The building will also contain
game rooms, card rooms, a library,
dining rooms, a ballroom-auditorium,
a coffee shop, and kitchen
space.
The Bradley Foundation, which
is granting the $50,000 to the
project, is directed by a board of
trustees composed by Mr. and Mrs.
D. Abbott "Turner, William B.
Turner and Claude G. Scarbrough,
Jr. Mrs. D. Abbott Turner is the
daughter of W. C. and Sarah
Bradley.
The Foundation was establishe
d in 1945 for educational, religious
and cha'ritable activities.
The late Mr. Bradley, a resident
of Columbus, Ga., where his heirs
still live, was a textile manufacturer,
bank president, farmer and
holder of real estate properties. He
was also instrumental in the organization
of the Coca-Cola Company
after its purchase from the
Candlers in 1919, and was a member
of the Coca-Cola board of
directors.
Auburn Swimmers
Face Tech Here
On January 14
Coach E u g e n e Kruchoski's
swimming team will be out for
its third win of the season when
it faces last year's SEC champions
from Georgia Tech in Alumni
Gym January 14. The meet
will begin at 2:30 p.m. The Tigers'
two previous victories were both
over LaCrosse of Wisconsin.
In their l a s t meet before
Christmas, the Tiger tankmen
downed the Indian swimmers of
LaCrosse, 42 to 24, in a telegraphic
meet December 2. The Plainsmen
took six of the eight events.
J o e McCracken, Dick Fisher,
and Bob Gaither of Auburn took
first place in the 300-yard medley
in 3:17.9, t h e fastest time ever
made by an Auburn medley
team. Clark Yarbrough won the
60-yard f r e e style sprint with
Fred Gunn tying for second
place.
Dick Fisher took the 200-yard
breast stroke by a big margin.
Mickey Brown won the 100-yard
free style. Yarbrough placed first
in the quarter mile while William
Dunlap came in third.
Auburn's free style relay team
of Bill Pierce, Brown, Bill Swift,
and Gaither took first place in
that event. Pierce placed second
in the 220-yard free style while
McCracken and Gunn placed
second and third in the 150-yard
back stroke.
The Cincinnali Symphony
Kermit Roosevelt Rounseville Nowak
4 Top Programs To Be Presented
On Campus During Winter Quarter
By Tom Cannon
Four lectures and concerts will be presented on the Auburn
campus during the winter quarter. Sponsored by the
A.P.I. Lecture and Concert Committee, these programs will
feature outstanding artists.
The lecture series will open on January 12 when Kermit
Roosevelt, grandson of President
Vet School Gives
Fall Dean's Lists
Dr. R. S. Sugg, dean of the
School of Veterinary Medicine,
recently released the names of
nine students whose scholastic averages
place them on the fall quarter
dean's list. The students are:
James Lowell Chambers, Auburn;
Cecil Burns Lowman, Columbia,
S. C; Nathan J. Thomas,
Lawrenceburg, Tenn.; Uncas T.
Crocker, Trenton, Fla.; Lavanus
Sanders, Hanceville; B o b b y J.
Alexander, Dundee, Miss.; Curtis
R. Fincher, Matthew, N.C.; Maxwell
Maughon, Boaz, and Joe G.
Veasey, Jr., Dothan.
Dean Judd Gives
Education List
Names of students on the School
of Education dean's list for the fall
quarter have been announced by
Dr. Zebulon Judd. On the honor
roll are:
John P. Anderson, Edwardsville;
Luther Lane Bufford, Auburn;
Samuel Taylor Cooper, Auburn;
Fred J. Cornelison, New Market;
Philip K. Cornelison, Scottsboro;
Herbert N. Hawkins, Georgiana.
Elbert Grady Hendrix, Winf ield;
Sarah Helen Hightower, Auburn;
Mary Anne Hildreth, Enterprise;
Frank B. Killough, Eclectic; W. O.
Lance, Opelika; Roger William
McClarty, Decatur, Ga.; Calvin C.
McDonald, Winfield.
Frank Joseph Mitchell, Fairfield;
Dorothy Murphy, Sulligent;
L. A. Murphy, Sulligent; Bobbie
Mae Peek, Auburn; Ruth E. Poor,
Phenix City; Katherine Shelburne,
Montgomery.
Talica Crawford Smoot, We-tumpka;
Carolyn Isabel Stewart,
Wilsonville; Billy L. Stone, Auburn;
Emma Jean Stone, Auburn;
Alma Emaleen Stoves" Auburn;
Luther N. Thompson, Tuskegee,
and William Harlan Wilson, Montgomery.
Registrar Sees Enrollment Decrease;
Approximately 6500 Students Expected
Charles W. Edwards,, registrar, has announced that 5,780
students pre-registered for the winter quarter. Edwards
stated that a registration of approximately 6,500 students
is expected for the quarter.
This figure compares to an approximate 6,900 students
enrolled during the winter quarter
which opened in January, 1949.
Edwards explained that the decrease
was to be expected in view
of the large number of students
DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT
A sweater dance will be hela
in the student activities building
Friday night from 7:30 to 10:30
o'clock. Music for t h e dance,
which is free to all students, will
be by the Auburn Knights. Women
students will have regular
Friday night permission, according
to Dean Katharine Cater. The
dance is being sponsored by the
Student Social Committee.
graduated during the calendar
year. The college has awarded
nearly 2,100 diplomas during the
past year, Edwards pointed out.
Fall quarter enrollment was
7,280. A class of 460 was graduated
earlier this month. "In addition
to losses through graduation,
there -are always a number of
students who drop out of school
at the winter quarter," explained
the registrar.
A total of about 300 new students
registered Monday, Jan. 2.
Of this number, approximately 150
are new freshmen and the remainder
are transfers and old students
re-entering school.
Theodore Roosevelt, will speak on
"Asia, Arabs and Oil." The lecturer,
a noted authority and writer
x»n the Middle East and Palestine,
has traveled extensively in Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, Syria, Palestine,
Iran and Ethiopia.
Roosevelt, who attended Harvard
University, taught history at
that institution and at the California
Institute of Technology.
During the war he served with
the United States Army in the
Middle East and Italy.
Recently, Roosevelt was appointed
Executive Director of the
Committee for Justice and Peace
in the Holy Land.
The lecture will be given in the
student activities building at 8:15
p.m.
The second date on the series,
January 16, will feature a recital
by Rqunseville and Nowak, famous
tenor and pianist combination.
This well-known duet is currently
making its fourth nationwide tour.
Rounseville, the son of a physician,
studied pre-medicine for
three years before he decided on
a- career in music. After years of
study and hard work, he won the
lead in a production of the "Merry
Widow".
The young tenor appeared in a
number of Broadway musicals before
making his opera debut in
the summer of 1948 at the Berkshire
Festival.
Nowak, the other member of the
duet, attended the Cleveland Institute
of Music and later studied in
Berlin. He was a pianist and composer
at the Yaddo Music Festival
and guest conductor with the Federal
Orchestra in Cleveland. The
young pianist has taught at Converse
College and Syracuse University
and is presently on the
faculty of Bennington College.
The recital will be presented in
the student activities building at
8:15 p.m.
On February 14 the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra will return
to the campus for another concert.
Plainsman Staff
There will be a meeting of
The Plainsman staff at The
Plainsman o f f i c e Thursday,
Jan. 5 at 5 p.m. All staff members,
as well as any student
interested in working on The
Plainsman, is urged to attend
the meeting.
The Plainsman office is in
the Lee County Bulletin Publishing
Co. on T i c h e n or
Avenue.
This group appeared here two
years ago.
The orchestra is under the direction
of the young American
•musician, Thor Johnson. Althorglv
the directors of symphony orchestras
are usually Europeans, Johnson
has been popular with concert
audiences throughout the nation.
The Cincinnati orchestra will
appear in the student activities
building at 8:15 p.m.
The winter s e a s o n will be
brought to a close with the Touring
Players, presentation of "Caesar
and Cleopatra". The George
Bernard Shaw play will be produced
in Langdon Hall on February
23. The Players have been
well received in their previous appearances
on the campus. Last
year they presented the well-known
play, "The Corn Is Green".
All programs in the series are
free to students. Touring Players'
production will be sold for $1.22,
including tax. The public will be
admitted to the Roosevelt lecture
for $1. Only students and season
ticket holders will be admitted to
the Cincinnati orchestra's concert.
Local Naval Unit
To Issue Medals
The Auburn N R O T C unit
announced recently that it has
been designated by the Sixth
Naval District as an issuing point
for Navy Occupation Service
Medals and China Service Medals.
The unit can issue these medals
to navy veterans, inactive members
of the Naval Reserve, and
to retired navy personnel.
Anyone listed in t h e above
categories who desires these medals
and who believes himself eligible
may arrange to receive
them at the Navy Office, Room
103, Broun Hall.
Anyone uncertain of his eligibility
can checK the list of eligible
war-time units in the NROTC
Office.
Wanted! A.P.I. Grad
Living In Nevada
Auburn's Alumni Association
is looking for an alumnus—just
one—in Nevada.
When he's found, Auburn will
have alumni in all 48, states and
many foreign countries.
Newest state to come into the
association is South Dakota. The
newly found graduate is John C.
Hays, member of the c l a s s of
1929, an assistant construction
engineer at Fort Randall Dam
near Pickstown, S. D.
Gallalee Speaks
At Fall Exercises
Dr. John M. Gallalee, president
of the University of Alabama, in
the f a l l quarter commencement
address December 17, urged the
459 students graduating from Auburn
to "know thyself".
Every person, he pointed out,
must answer for himself universal
questions which disturb all
young persons. T h e primary
question that must be answered
by a thinking individual is "What
is truth?"
"Those who do not through living
learn t h e answers to life's
questions will forever exist at the
beck and call of circumstances,"
he declared.
Stating that self-analysis is the
be"st correction a person can have,
he said it behooves everyone
starting out in life to learn his
faults as well as his strength and
virtues.
"If y o u know yourself, your
duty is before you. Meet it hour
by hour and day by day. Cherish
your present friends but do not
forget that through study a nd
reading you may make the acquaintance
of the wisest men and
women who have ever lived."
He also told the graduates to
look with suspicion on any substitute
for thinking, and to search
for the hidden in all they hear
and see.
Following Dr. Gallalee's ad-d
r e s s , Dr. Ralph B. Draughon,
president of A.P.I., said that during
the calendar year a total of
2,104 degrees have been awarded
at Auburn, of which 134 were
graduate degrees. This number,
he said, represents an increase of
446 over that of 1948.
He also said that about 9,000
veterans have been enrolled at
Auburn at various quarters since
the fall of 1945. Since Auburn became
a land grant college in 1872,
it has awarded 17,710 degrees, he
pointed out.
Hannum Gives
Engineeing List
For Fall Quarter
Dean J. E. Hannum of the
School of Engineering has named
50 students to t h e dean's list
based on fall quarter scholastic
averages. Students listed are:
Conrad D. Bailey, Auburn; Joseph
Bianchi, Auburn; Hezzie R.
Brannon, Dothan; James W. Burton,
Owensboro, Ky.; Ernest P.
Clement, Opelika; Henry B. Dees,
Greenville; William T. Eddins, Jr.,
Bushnell, Fla.
John J. Graves, Auburn; Joseph
E. Haley, Auburn; James R. Hav-ron,
Mobile; Samuel B. Hayley,
Birmingham; Melvin D. • Henry,
Auburn; Charles R. Lowman, Sea-right;
Bruce McLain, Montgomery;
Paul O. Nadler, Auburn.
William M. Nix, LaGrange, Ga.;
John D. Pegues, Brighton; Donald
R. Pitts, Anniston; Robert A. Ran-son,
Auburn; Dorothy B. Russell,
Auburn; James G. Still, Auburn;
John W. T o w n s e n d , Auburn;
Charles E. Wade, Decatur; Edward
S. Wilson, Auburn; Jerome B.
Weinberg, Auburn.
Edward N. Murray, Jr., Auburn;
Gert Walther, Berlin, Germany;
Henry H. Williams, Chattahoochee,
Fla.; Charles Stringfellow, Greenville;
Daniel D. McRae, Spring
Hill.
Joseph H. Moran, Auburn; Tru-ett
N. Vann, Hobbs Island; Robert
B. Gaither, Staten Island, N.Y.;
John T. Granaghan, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Gaston T. Hester, Auburn; J.
D. Romaine, Jr., Rogersville; Alfred
M. Sims, Montgomery.
Joseph M. Wallace, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Walter C. Austin, Andalusia;
Virgil T. Burns, Macon, Ga.; Sig-mund
Redelsheimer, Atlanta, Ga.;
Raymond C. Argo, Sylacauga; Wilbur
B. Clary, Florala; Ernest Hof-ferbert,
Auburn.
Robert E. Huffman, Birmingham;
James M. Ivey, Jr., Auburn;
Carroll B. Powell, Troy; Joseph M.
Walters, Pulaski, Tenn.; George R.
Whatley, Whatley, Ala., and Billie
E. Wheeler, Anniston.
Top Air Force Officers To Inspect
Air ROTC Unit Here Tomorrow
Major Generals Stearley And Myers
To Learn Headquarters Review Team
An Army Air Force inspection team will visit the Auburn
campus tomorrow to review and inspect the Auburn Air
ROTC unit. The group headed by Maj. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley,
commanding general, 14th Air Force, and Maj. Gen.
Charles T. Myers, vice-commander, Continental Air Command,
will arrive at the Auburn-
Opelika airport at 1 p.m. tomorrow.
The group will be met by Lt.
Col. James C. Stewart, cpmmand-ing
officer of the local Air ROTC
unit, and Lt. Col. George Taafe,
deputy cohimanding officer of the
Auburn group.
Other Air Force personnel attending
the inspection will be Lt.
Col. Dexter L. Hodges, director of
Air ROTC, Continental Air Command;
Lt. Col. William E. Byerts,
Jr., director of Air ROTC, 14th
Air Force; Col. Robert A. Rolli-son,
deputy chief of staff, personnel
division, 14th Air Force,
and other staff members.
General Stearley, who will
serve as the inspecting officer, is
now located at headquarters 14th
Air Force, Robins Air Force Base,
Georgia. He has been in command
of the 14th Air Force since July,
1948.
Born in Brazil, Ind., General
Stearley graduated from the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point
in 1918. He served in numerous
executive capacities in the Air
Force both in the United States
and foreign countries prior to
World War II.
In April, 1944, General Stearley
joined the Ninth Tactical Air
Force in the European Theatre,
and one year later commanded
the Ninth Tactical Air Division of
the Ninth Air Force, which operated
in France and Northern
Germany. In September of 1945
he was appointed Commander of
the Air Section 15th Army Theatre
General Board, ETO.
After the war he returned to
Washington where he has served
the Air Force in several executive
positions prior to his appointment
as commander of the 14th
Air Force.
Plainsman To Award
Prize Each Week
For Best Letter
During t h e winter quarter
The Plainsman will sponsor a
contest for the "best leiter-of-the-
week" to t h e editor. A
carton of Chesterfield cigarettes
will be given to the student
who writes the letter selected
by the editorial staff of
The Plainsman.
Ed Crawford, editor of The
Plainsman, said that this contest
is being held in order to
help develop student interest
in the campus life at Auburn.
Crawford urged students to
write to The Plainsman and
openly express themselves on
matters pertaining to local,
state or national affairs.
The writer of the best letter
will receive a free carton of
Chesterfield cigarettes, compliments
of the Ligget and
Meyers Tobacco Co. One letter
will be selected each week.
Auburn Navy Unit
Given High Rating
NROTC students at Auburn
have achieved better than average
results when compared with
those of other universities and
colleges in the nation, Capt. Lewis
M. Markham, Jr., U.S.N., professor
of naval science, said recently.
The comparison is based on a
recent letter from the Bureau of
Naval Personnel, Navy Department,
Washington, D.C., summarizing
the academic achievements
of NROTC students for the
first semester or quarter of 1948-
49. The report included statistics
from 48 of the 52 NROTC units.
In making the comparison,
Captain Markham pointed out
that NROTC students at A.P.I.
showed 10.7 and 51.7 per cent in
the "excellent" and "good" categories
respectively, while the
percentage of the 48 units which
reported was 8.5 and 39.6.
Conversely, he pointed out, the
A.P.I. percentages in the "fair"
and "poor" categories was 27.5
and 10.1 p e r cent respectively,
while the percentage of the 48
units reporting was 37.2 and 14.7.
Captain Markham said Auburn
showed a high percentage of students
in the "excellent" and
"good" brackets and a low percentage
in the "fair" and "poor"
brackets.
Dean Allen Gives
Fall Dean's List
Thirty-five s t u d e n t s were
named to the School of Science
and Literature's dean's list for the
fall quarter it was announced today
by Dean Roger Allen. Students
are selected from the upper
five percent scholastically of the
junior and senior class.
Ben Alvord, Auburn; Jimmie
Thornton Cain, Montgomery;
Richard Alva Hurd, Bessemer;
Hope Whiteside Kerr, DeArman-ville;
Robert T. L. Long, Auburn;
James Donal Louck, Morley, Mich.
James N. McGowen, Empire;
Martha Jane Motes, Sylacauga;
Sara Adcock O'Kelley, Auburn;
James L. Roberts, LaGrange, Ga.;
Charles W. Sauls, Montgomery;
George F. Smoot, Wetumpka.
William F. Spitznagel, Birmingham;
S a r a Elizabeth Warren,
Montgomery; Joe Pilcher, Selma;
Roberts Asbury Dukes, Decatur,
Ga.; Jessie Clara, Opelika; William
B. Underwood, Thomaston, Ga.;
Don Aaron Findley, Gadsden.
Gordon C. Varn, Cordelle, Ga.;
William M. Williams, Jackson,
Tenn.; William M. Strait, Montgomery;
Kenton Hall, Auburn;
Patsy Allen, Auburn; Thomas Vincent
Cecil, Auburn; Roy Childress,
Calera; Claude Courtla Clark,
Norton, Va.; James R. Cooley,
Alexander City; George C. Foster,
Auburn; Lee W i l b u r Omary,
Double Springs; William G. Pap-pas,
Eufaula; Jean Magwo Patterson,
Miami, Fla.; George P. Priv-ett;
J. Hollis Roberson, Auburn.'
French Magazine Notes
Prof. Sykes' Art Work
The November issue of La Revue
Moderne, published in Paris,
France, reported t w o paintings
by Maltby Sykes, of the A.P.I, art
faculty, a n d also reviewed the
work of this artist.
Under the heading "Art in
America," Professor Sykes w as
among the artists selected by this
magazine to represent current
trends in American painting. Selection
was made from the artists
participating in the11949 exhibit
of the National Academy of Design.
*
Particular comment was made
upon the "individuality a nd
forcefulness" of Sykes' style, and
upon the "imagination and decorative
quality'
paintings.
Tryouts For Comedy
Will Begin Tomorrow
Tryouts for the Kaufman and
Hart comedy, "You Can't Take It
With You," will be held Thursday,
Jan. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Y-Hut.
Milton Brietzke, director of the
play, urges all interested students
to try out for a part in the unusually
large cast.
The play will be presented locally
February 27 through March
8.
The comedy, which enjoyed a
long run on Broadway, won a
Pulitzer Prize as the best play of
1936. The movie version was se-present
in h i s | lected as the best comedy of the
year in which it was produced.
6 Students Make
Chemistry School
Fall Dean's List
Dr. H. M. Martin, dean of the
School of Chemistry, h a s announced
names of six students
who have been placed on the
dean's list for the 1949 fall quarter.
Listed are:
Gussie Arnett, Birmingham; J.
E. Conaway, Alexander City; R. J.
Crowson, Huntsville; David Hart,
Kingston, Pa.; W. «T. McCarley,
Sheffield, and H. B. Richards, Jr.,
Montgomery.
Auburn Ends First Half Of Century
With Noted Progress; Looks Ahead
By Tom Duke
As Big Sam tolled 12 midnight last Saturday, to begin
the last 51 years of this century, it sounded a salute to the
three buildings that were on tha campus when the century
began.
Now, at the midpoint of the century, Auburn has 35 major
buildings on the campus and exhibits
progress in enrollment and
in the schools.
Samford Hall, the architecture
building, and Langdon Hall composed
the buildings at the then
newly-named Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, previously Alabama
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
when the Gibson Girl welcomed
the new year of 1900 in
the age of gas lights and horse
and buggies. All of the classes
were held in these three buildings.
Langdon Hall, sporting a
new brick-veneer exterior and a
Greek-style portico, housed all of
the engineering departments at
that time. The enrollment that
year was 384, which is quite a
contrast to the record enrollment
of 9282 in 1949.
From the year 1900, when
Broun Hall and the library were
in early infancy upon the drawing
board, to the beginning of
1950, the Wilmore Engineering
Laboratories! Magnolia Hall, Cliff
Hare Stadium, and Ag Engineering
Annex stand out as the most
recent accomplishments on the
campus.
The Greeks of 1900 were not as
numerous as they'are at the present
time; there were no sororities
on the campus and only
seven fraternities. Those present
were ATO, KA, Kappa Sigma,
Phi Delta Theta, PiKA, SAE, and
Sigma Nu. Now, 13 fraternities
and eight sororities, have been
added.
As Father Time graduates and
Freshman 1950 takes over for the
first year of the last 51 years of
the century, Auburn looks forward
to even greater progress in
instruction, research, and extension.
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An Open Racket
One of the biggest beneficaries of the
Auburn students—the used-textbook dealers—
are enjoying another field day this
week. With the beginning of school yesterday,
Auburn book exchanges seemed to be
doing their usual thriving business. They
were buying from students at ridiculously
low prices, good used textbooks, and at the.
same time selling these books back to
other students at prices w h i c h almost
equalled the original price of the book.
Through this unfair exchange, the local
bookstores were clearing from 50 to 200.
per cent profit on each book sold.
No, this clearly visible racket is nothing
new on the. Auburn campus or on any
other American^college campus, for that
matter. Since the end ofj World War. II, the
nation's bookstores have done a tremendous
business in the exchange of used textbooks.
These, middle men have a],so, made
tremendous, profits on the exchange. With
thousands of war veterans, on the campus
since 1945, Auburn's used book exchanges
have enjoyed to the limits the benefits of
the GI Bill. Now with, the decrease in veterans
on the campus, they are continuing
to make great profits through the exchange
of used textbooks.
Many cases have been reported t£$i&SM
campus where the student would sell a
perfectly good used textbook to the local
dealers for a price which was only a fraction
of the amount originally charged for
the book. Then in turn the dealer would
sell the same book back to a student for as
much as three times the purchase price of
the book. This is a racket which Auburn
students should no longer tolerate.
One solution to this urgent problem
would be the organization of a student- or
college-operated used t e x t b o o k exchange.
This store could be operated on a
minimum profit basis, The biggest problem
to formation of such an exchange,
seems to be lack of capital. However, this
problem presents, an excellent opportunity
for one of the honorary fraternities, or
other campus groups to be of service to the
college. One possible solution to the problem
of lack of capital, would be to start the
exchange as a cooperative, organization
until it could operate alone.
The Plainsman woxdd like very much
to hear the opinion of the student body
on such a plan as well as any other plan
for beating the, present used book racket.
We feel that a solution to this problem
should be sought by either some campus
group or by the administration.
Absent Minded Profs Forget Clocks
The subject of classes held over the
hour is a problem continually discussed
by the students but seldom brought to the
attention of the offending professors.
Before' labelling the offenders we feel
that it is necessary to commend those, profs
who are attentive of the time and dismiss
their classes promptly. But for those consistently
unaware of the t i m e allotted
them we have distinct categories—the
well-meaning enthusiast, the proverbial
absent-minded professor and the talkative
egotist.
Least offensive of the three in the eyes
of the students is the well-meaning enthusiast
who consciously retains his»students
with a sincere intention of giving
them their due There are many times
when a minute or two more would suffice
to wind, up, a lecture or to, clear up poirrts
of discussion. If it is an occasional event,
the students do not object; when they
woefully await it daily it becomes another
matter. Regardless, of how well-meaining
a prof may be, he asl^s for and receives
time not due him.
The talkative egotist is not only unduly
proud of his vast store of knowledge but
Sign Of Things To Come?
Upon returning to school after the holir
days, students may see one small sign of
progress, A temporary building has been
torn down!
For the last three or four years it has
looked like tbe title "temporary" was a
misnomer as applied to these concrete-founded,
frame structures that sprung up
to take care of the overflow of students
enrolling at A.P.I, following the war's end.
However, one of the unsightly white
buildings has been dismantled and will be
replaced by a bigger and better building.
The building which formerly stood on
the, space on. West Magnolia St. between
Broun Hall and the Main Gate will be
replaced by a brick structure, a new architecture
building.
usually has a lush crush on the sound of
his own voice. In most cases involving
members of this classification the students
are eagerly awaiting the official end of
class ten to twenty minutes before it is
due. Our egotist can roar and roar after
the ten-of mark and a mere few, if any,
will listen to him.
Our absent-minded professor is a victim
of circumstances. Chances, are students
are not so hard on his name but are somewhat
resentful anyway. More often he is
of a pleasant .nature and, takes a hint the
third time a notebook is slammed to the
floor. Sometimes such a prof will request
that someone remind him of the, tune several
mintes before class is tp endVbulf he
does not do that as often as he should.
These teachers who abuse, their time
allotment take advantage of both, the student
and their colleagues. How many of
these same offenders display a sharply
raised eyebrow when, a student creeps in
late? They are highly resentful of tardiness
and at the same time are often the
cause of it.
—The Cardinal, University of Louisville
The Plaiflswan hopes that i,s a sign of
things to come. We feel that the removal
of even one of the temporary buildings is
a progressive step,
Removal of the remainder, of these
buildings and the continuation of the
"Greater Auburn" building program, is
certainly to be desired.
Flash! The above six paragraphs constitute
a FALSE ALARM. Upon further
investigation the situation has been slightly
clarified. One misplaced temporary
building lately mourned has reappeared.
It wasn't torn down and the term "temporary"
is a misnomer. The building has been
located perched precariously on the slope
between Langdon Hal) and another "TB."
Long live the temporary buildings!
TIPS FOR STUDYING Cannon Report
By Tom Cannon
Reprinted from January 1?$0 l»»» of E»qull»
Pi
Copyright 1950 by E»o,uirt. lac,
'Did you ring, Sirgl
Libbing By Graham McTeer
• • I - J*.-,-jy;.-.
"Humbug!" said Scrooge, and I am inclined to agree with
him. Christmas in its neoteric observance has lost its entire,
meaning, it seems. Today, custom demands the mercenary exchange
of gifts and greeting cards, to a ridiculous degree.
This exchange is supposed to symbolize the original spirit
of giving to- the Christ child at
His birth, b u t
how many givers
have this in
mind when they
check the names
off their Christmas
lists?
And t a k e a
look at Yuletide
greeting cards.
Maybe one in a
hundred, but no
' more, is based
McTeer on t h e t r ue
meaning of Christmas. Hallmark
and other companies • have even
begun to print greeting cards in
the humorous classification, which,
to my .way. of thinking, is just .a
tad out of bounds.
AH, of this spending to keep up
with the Duponts is a boon to
manufacturers, retailers, and card
companies. Advertisements plead
with the reader to shop early and
avoid the rush—which rush usually
turns out to be shoppers trying
to avoid it.
Reminders of the number of
shopping days left are flashed
cpnstantly, in an effort to boost
sales even higher. And, of course,
the better stores even offer gift
counselors and bright wrappings
for the annual spending spree.
Ah, yes, it's a glorious state of
affairs. The population is just too
wrapped, up in wrapping up to
take time off for observance of
the holiday's actual origin.
What is the solution? I have developed,
an original idea into what
I have cleverly named the McTeer
Plan, which may be looked upon
as radical by some circles. It calls
for the transference of Yuletide
gaiety to another day, e.g. New
Year's Day, and allow, all who so
desire, to shower friends and/or
acquaintances with gifts of value
and those they pick out themselves,
too. A week of parties celebrating
the exit of the old year
and the ingress of the ne,w. would
be much more conducive to an attitude,
of levity.
This would leave Christmas eve
and day for a sober, spiritual and
proper observance in the original
tradition.
As long as I'm starting off the
New Year in a critical vein, I may
as well release two more, pet
peeves, to wit, the use. v of the
"Xmas" abbreviation, a n d the
wide-spread belief that the first
half of the 20th Century has been
completed.
It seems that "Xmas" was first
used way back when Greek scholars
were plentiful; the X, signifying
the first letter in Christ, was
substituted for brevity. Today,
very few are aware o;f this fact,
and "Xmas" is merely a too-handy
substitute of poor taste.
Again I suggest that we. leave the
"Christ" in Christmas.
The fallacy that the year 1950,
marks the, beginning of a new
half-century obviously stems from
the connotation of the. "50." Upon
slight thought, however, it is evident
that this is merely the beginning
of the end.
Generally Speaking By Bruce GreenhiD
Well, here goes on the first one
of the decade. I had, intended to
write upon some informative topic
and had chosen as my subject,
the salivary glands, but 1 couldn't
find much about them. They're
so secretive you know.
As an alternative, I'll just tell
some of my New Year's Resolutions.
Before I start my disserta-t
i o. n, le.t me,
s a y that I
§11 noticed, on re-
| reading same, a
pi prevalence o f
"I's" in the en-r
suing p a r a-
J S ^ J ; / graphs a nd
/ , honestly d i d
t r y to objLiter-
;.;:;ii! ate s o m e of
I : 'em but didn't
i
make m u c h
Greenhill headway. Anyway,
I guess since they're, my
resolutions, the personal pronoun
is actually necessary.
The first and foremost resolution
on my list is a promise to
refrain from heckling the writer
of "Ad Libbing" (one Graham M.
McTeer, a comparative, unknown
struggling in the dimly-lit garret
the Phi's reserve f o r crackpot
authors) more than once a day.
Moreover, I'll not ask Tommy
Eden when cheerleader practice
is, except on weekdays. Nor will
I ride him and Stuart X. Stevenson,
Jr., as to the size of their
lodge, and I faithfully promise
not to advocate that they have a
"Hey Day."
I also resolve not to be so lucid
in my descriptions of my friends'
amatory leanings when in conversation
with the staff secretary.
Honestly Madge, it's a colloquialism
used in the best campus circles.
Above all, this kid doesn't plan
to have anything to do with any
more editorials casting aspersions
upon the critical activities of that
"certain department in the Liberal
Arts branch of the college" referred
to in The Plainsman edi-t
o , r i a l columns. (Mr. Haines
please take note.)
As a 1950 charitable undertaking,
I chose t h e protection of
Jimmy Everett in matters pertaining
to gambling. By. that I
mean that I'll do my best to keep
McTeer, Cannon and the editor
from fleecing the poor chap when
matching for cokes.
Also, I'll keep quite about Bill
Fleming's home town. That is,
if you can call t w o . hpuses, a
saloon, a general store and priv-wy
a town.
Finally. I resolve to take my
Hadacol regularly. You know, at
first I doubted the claims made
by the makers of this tonic but,
after reading their latest testimonial,
I'm convinced. Seems
that this individual wrote in to
s a y that, "Formerly, my wife
was so restless and talked in her
sleep so much that I just couldn't
sleep with her, but after taking
four bottles of Hadacol, anyone
can sleep with her." What more
can you ask for $3.50?
Education is a continuous, lifelong
process says a feature in the
Chinook of Casper Junior College.
What you do in school will lay
the foundation for your future
success and happiness. Granting
that personality may be a most
important factor in successful living,
don't overlook the fact that
you develop valuable personality
traits, such as concentration, dependability,
and stick-to-itiveness
by the way in which you attack
your educational tasks.
Successful study depends both
on the ability to do college work
and u p o n serious application.
Granted that the student has these,
there remains a third very important
factor, that of adequate study
technique. Granting both ability
and serious purpose, the following
suggestions may be, helpful in improving
methods of study:
1. Mere reading is not studying,
even though one read his lessons
four or five times. In reading, the
mipd is relatively passive. One follows
the words on a page, perhaps
not even comprehending what he
is reading. Study requires an active
mind. Look away from your
book, criticize, analyze, review in
your own words, organize the material
and integrate it with what
you have already learned.
2. Underscoring is often helpful,
but too often top much is underlined.
Even so, this does not result
in much increase of mental activity.
3. Outlining is often helpful,
but be careful of transferring material
passively to paper and feeling
virtuous about having "studied."
4. Learn how to take lecture
notes. Don't write down everything.
Note the main points of the
lecturer and some of the subsidiary
points under each. Avoid doing
it mechanically. Review and reorganize
the notes before they become
cold.
5. Space your study time. Most
students study the night before.
An hour spent on Monday and an
hour in review on Tuesday will see
you better prepared on Wednesday
than two hours on Tuesday.
6. Review your work methodically
to avoid hysterical cramming.
7. Recite to yourself. After stu-dyinggg
your lesson, determine the
essential aspects by asking yourself
"just what was this lesson
about?"
8. Test yourself by closing your
book and answering your own
questions on paper.
9. Prepare according to test
method. Note the type of questions
used by your instructor, and
prepare accordingly.
10. Concentrate. When you study
attempt seriously to put everything
else out of your mind. Don't
"put in time."
11. Read for understanding not
just "in order to recite." Get the
main ideas; the details will then
be easy. By spacing your study
you may devote your first reading
to. pleasurable curiosity. Try to get
perspective, a comprehensive view.
The details will cluster as "iron
fillings to a magnet" if you grasp
your assignment as a whoje.
12. Get materials, for thinking,
then think. Thinking is largely the
manipulation of facts and concepts.
You can't think without them. And
if you don't have them clearly in
your mind, you can't think clearly
about them.
13. Approach your work as a
self-imposed task, rather than.as
an unwelcome assignment.
Cannon
The Exchange Post By lTV stei^er9
A cute female shopper asked
the floorwalker: "Do you have
any notions on this floor?"
He sighed and replied: "Yes,
but we, suppress them during
working hours."
—Illinois Tech
* * *
The n e w textbook for A. C.
machinery dealing with hot circuits
will be Forever Ampere.
—Illinois Tech
> --*,. * * *
First Auburn Co-ed: Jim is
grand, but I think all men are
trying sometimes."
Second Co-ed: "All the time,
Dearie, all the time."
—University Echo
* * *
The manager of Michigan State
College's women's dormitories
reports she has found a number
of persons who are happy about
the housing shortage. Fifty-two
coeds given temporary housing
near the men's dormitories had
to eat meals with the men. Now
that new quarters are available
women have come to- her and requested
that she place them at
the bottom of the transfer list,
she reports.
* * »
Six rules for being popular in
college as stated in the Miami
Hurricane, the U. of Miami's
school paper, are as follows:
1. Own a car.
2. Be a good conversationalist.
3. Own a car.
4. Own a car.
5. Present a good personal appearance.
6. Own a car.
Note: If car is a yellow convertible,
rules two and five can
be disregarded,
* * *
A' boy, a book
A girl, a look
Book neglected
Flunk expected.
—Boston Heights
Auburn English Prof.: "What's
the most common impediment in
the speech of American people?"
Freshman: "Chewing gum."
* * *
A well-known speaker lectured
to the members of a literary society
and at the end of his address
t h e secretary approached
him with a check. This he politely
refused, saying that it might
be devoted to some charitable
purpose.
"Would you mind," asked the
secretary, "If we add it to„our.,
special fund?"
"Not at all," said the speaker.
"What is the, special fund for?"
"To enable us to g e t better
lecturers next year."
* * *
Carol had a new dime to invest
in an ice cream soda.
"Why don't you give your dime
to the missions?" said* the minister
who was calling.
"I thought about that," s a id
Carol, "but I think I'U buy the
ice cream and let the druggist
give it to the missions."
* * *
M.E. Prof: "Who was the greatest
inventor the world has ever
known?"
Stude: "An Irishman by the
name of Pat Pending."
—Morningside College *
* * *
Overheard at a dance: "Does
my gown look as though it were
falling off my shoulders?"
"Naw, let's dance."
"I'm sorry—but I must go and
rearrange it—it's supposed to
look that way."
—University of Texas
* * *
Happiness? It is an illusion to
think that more comfort means
more happiness. Happiness comes
of a capacity to feel deeply, to
enjoy simply,, to think freely, to
risk life, to be needed.
—Jameson
On Dec. 31, 1949, having sufficiently
recovered from t he
aftereffects of last quarter's final
exams to hold a pen steadily once
more, I decided to write down my
New Year's resolution. There was
only one that I wanted to make
—one conceived in the sweat and
toil of an all night cramming session.
After a week
of staying up
all night, consuming
gallons
of coffee, eat-i
n g No-Doz
tablets by the
box, and dragging
myself to
exams, g a u n t
a n d hollow-eyed,
I vowed
that I would
never again come to the end of
the quarter knowing so little
about so much.
Consequently, on N e w Year's
Eve, I carefully printed and posted
conspicuously on my desk a
resolution to the effect that I will
attend classes regularly, listen to
the lectures and study every day
during the winter quarter.
As I wrote, I became interested
in the origin of New Year's resolutions,
so I went downstairs to
look for the history of this custom.
After searching to no avail
through the Encyclopedia Briian-ica,
a world atlas, and Gibbon's
Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire, I picked up a newly-acquired
tome, The Pravda Almanac.
To my surprise, t h e volume
contained what I was looking for.
It seems that Akaky Akakiye-vich
Bielobrinskova, a student at
the University of Petrograd, was
having difficulties with his studies.
During the Christmas (now
called Stalinmas) holidays, the
young man discussed his troubles
with his sage old grandfather,
Gen. Ivan Ivanovich Dostoevsky.
"Akaky, my son," said the old
man, "a new year begins tomorrow.
Why don't you resolve to
study hard next year?"
To make a long story short,
Akaky took the general's advice,
and as a result he graduated at
the head of his class. He entered
the public service and, through
the use of New Year's resolutions,
he reached the rank of titular
councellor. In this position, he
became closely associated with
the great Lenin, who adopted the
system. All members of the party
followed Lenin's lead with amazing
success. Other nations, according
to the almanac, h a ve
copied this great Russian custom,
and today its practice is worldwide.
It would seem, then, that the
use of N e w Year's resolutions
would make one'successful in any
endeavor. . I 'm afraid, however,
that I'm not going to reap the rewards
t h a t Akaky Akakiyevich
did. In fact, I've already turned
my resolution to the wall. I
couldn't stand to have it staring
at me every t i m e I opened a
magazine.
If She's A
Letter To The Editor
Gadsden, Ala.
Dear Editor:
There's a team of Auburn
Tigers, down in the Southern
plains,
Who really play football, despite
their aches and pains.
Coach Brown and his mighty
foe, to Birmingham did go,
To meet the 'Bama Crimson
Tide, and get their rugged
hide.
The Magic City said "Welcome
Yawl", to the season's hottest
brawl.
From far and near came the
"War Eagle" cheer, with promises
of never a bore whenHhey settle
the score.
With grim faces and confidence
in each heart,
The Tigers concentrated on tripping
that line part.
Amid "War Eagle" cheers and
thrills, the Tigers fought so they
wouldn't have to take that bitter
pill.
After sixty minutes of spine-tingling
play the game ended
this way—Auburn 14-Bama 13:
the end of a perfect day.
With the golden sun in the West,
the Tigers knew they'd done
their best.
Overcome with joy and happiness,
they now are taking a
deserved rest.
The "War Eagle" cry could be
heard far into the night.
People still yell with all their
might.
For now that great victory was
in sight.
Hats off to you, Earl Brown,
and the Auburn Tigers.
May that "Great Auburn Spirit"
live on and on.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jack Cahoon
(Editor's Note: Mrs. Cahoon is
the mother of former Tiger Co-captain
Jack Cahoon.)
FRESHMAN
She blushes at naughty jokes.
She thinks a college education
leads to things social, cultural,
and academical.
She thinks midnight is late.
She reads "What Every Young
Girl Should Know!"
She tells her mother everything.
Her motto: Mother knows best.
She likes to smooch.
SOPHQMORE
She smiles at naughty jokes.
She thinks a college education
leads to things social and cultural.
She thinks midnight is pretty
late,
She reads'"How To Win Friends
and Influence People."
She tells h e r roommate everything.
Her motto: Death before dishonor.
She likes to smooch.
JUNIOR
She laughs at naughty jokes.
She thinks a college education
leads to things social.
She thinks midnight isn't so* late.
She reads "The Art of Love."
She tells her diary everything.
Her motto: Nothing ventured,
nothing gained.
She likes to smooch.
SENIOR
She tells naughty jokes.
She thinks a college education
leads to things.
She thinks midnight is midnight.
She reads "The Care and Feeding
of Infants."
She doesn't t e l l anybody anything.
Her motto: Boys will be boys.
She likes to smooch.
(3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1950LEADS THENATJOH
T i g e r
T o p i c s
By Siuarl Stephenson, Jr.
Tidwell and Hayes Star In Blue-Gray Game
Two hand-picked squads of college seniors met last Saturday in
I the annual North versus South football classic in Montgomery. Auburn's
contribution to the Gray aggregation shone brilliantly through
the already bright glow emitted by stars from schools all over the
| nation.
The game was an undisputed conquest for Travis Tidwell as he
I was unanimously acclaimed the "outstanding player" of the day, not
only by the sports writers, radio announcers, and fans, but by coaches
| of both teams and the players themselves.
Tidwell was the champion among champions as he led the South
to a thrilling 27-13 win over the hard-hitting Yankee hefties who
sought to match their brawn against the offensive potentialities of
such recognized ground gainers as. Tulane's Eddie Price, Texas' Randall
Clay, William and Mary's Buddy Lex, Bama's Bill Cadenhead,
and Auburn's "Travellin' Travis."
With help aplenty from a fine forward wall, Tidwell completed
nine of eleven attempted passes good for 184 yards. Coggin, Sheffield,
Reid, and Clay were the receivers who shared the passing
honors.
{ Harry Wismer, announcing the game over a national radio network,
was lavish in his praise of Tidwell's performance. Jimmy
| Britt, assisting Wismer, searched his memory for a run comparable
to the spectacular 74-yard punt return by Tidwell for a touchdown.
"But", he said "I can't recall having seen one as great."
Eight men got their hands on him but failed to bring him down
as Tidwell proved his mettle as a defensive man in glorious fashion.
Deft ball handling from his accustomed "T" Quarterback spot, plus
a couple of exhibitions of his now-famous "escape running" when
seemingly smothered, furnished convincing proof to all who. saw.
and all who heard of, the exploits, of Tidwell that he is lops in
American football.
Frank Hayes, likewise, closed out his college career as a member
of that fine Gray squad. For many years "Jet Jet" has thrilled
Montgomerians with his ferocious defensive play, but he was never
better than last Saturday.
The Gray line was supposed to wilt before the battering from
the giants who wore the Blue. But the Yankees hadn't counted on
such speed and determination as the Southerners showed. Hayes
was in the thick of things all the way and was credited with seven
tackles (not counting numerous two and three-man, efforts) to place
second defensively only to Jimmy Crawford of Ole Miss who was
credited with seven and one-half.
Tidwell and Kayes carried the Auburn banner into the contest
that annually draws national acclaim, and they bore it well. "War,
Eagle" rang repeatedly in tribute to the great play of these, two fine.
Tigers as they closed out their college careers in grand style. Our
hat is off to them—they reflected credit on themselves, on the Gray
squad, and on Auburn.
Prospects Bright For '50
Sportively speaking, 1949 ended in a blaze of glory for Auburn
teams on the gridiron and on the hardwood court. The month of
December will stand as the cornerstone for better things to come.
As if the 14-13 epic weren't ample material for "party talk."
over the holidays. Coach Eaves' hoopslers promptly posted a win
over the Tide to give themselves a Christmas present in the form,
of number one spot in SEC basketball ratings with 6 wins and no
losses for the young season.
Hello 1950! A highly competitive race is in prospect for cage
honors as SEC quintets take the sports spotlight for January. And
the Tigers will be in the fore as the pace gets' faster. With experienced
starters at every post, Coach Eaves is doing a fine job of working
his talented newcomers into the scheme of things. The hustle
and smartness shown in the games to date point up. the fact that
this year's team is going to be hard to handle on Dixie courts.
Coach Swede Umbach's SEAAU Championship wrestling squad
wears its crown at a jaunty angle as it prepares for the opening
rnatch January 13 with Vanderbilt. Led by "Tito" Brnilovich. "Spid-
" McKenzie. Robin Baker, and Sonny Dragoin, the Auburn grap-plers
stand to add fuel to the Auburn sports fire that is casting such
a welcome glow over the Loveliest Village.
Baseball and track should find the Tiger bidding for more honors
in '50. Both sports will find experienced returnees from last
year's squads. Sophomore talent up from the freshman teams will
contribute to the cause as the baseball team begins spring training
on the new diamond.
Mid-January will find Drake Field again resounding to the thud
of football pads as Coach Brown sends the prospective '50 squad
through a stiff spring practice grind.
All in all, things are looking up for Auburn as the trend seems
definite toward winning teams — and what better way is there
to start the second half of this twentieth century?
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Tigers Meet Bi rming ham-South em
Tonight; Seek 7th l\\m\
By Stuart Stephenson, Jr.
As their opening encounter fox the 1950 resumption of
cage activity, Coach Joel Eaves' quintet meets the Birmingham
Southern five tonight in Birmingham. With a record of
six wins against no losses, the Tigers will be seeking to, retain
their, number one position in SEC standings.
The Plainsmen scored a 79-49
LEADING THE NATION'S HOOPSTERS in free throws is
Roy Brawner, junior guard for the Auburn Tigers. Brawner, in
sixteen, attempts, has sent fifteen shots through the basket for
a 93.8 free throw percentage. Roy, 6-1, 175 pounds, has earned
two letters as a Tiger. He is an excellent ball-handler and terrific
on defense. He hails from Olive Hill, Ky., where, in 1947,
he was top high school scorer in Kentucky with 727 points.
win over the Birmingham Southern
five in the season's opener on
December 1.
Led by Center Bill Lynn, the
Tigers have, set a fast pace. Lynn
leads the Tigers in the. scoring
column with 82 points. Operating
from the center position, "Big
Bill" might well have run his own
total higher had he not elected to
play a fine brand of "team" ball,
thereby getting up. plays for his
teammates.
Promising sophomores h a ve
been given a chance to play and
gain valuable game experience.
Gene Hoehle, Bill Walter, Dwight
Hitt, and Roger Weldon have turned
in sterling performances to assure
the Tigers of a strong attack
all the way. Against Howard and
Troy the reserves saw considerable
action as the Tigers won
handily, 56-36, and 73-49, from
Howard, and 77-40 from the Troy
Red Wave.
F o l l o w i n g the Birmingham
Southern game tonight the Plainsmen
will buckle down to a rugged
grind of stiff SEC competition for
the remainder of the season. Saturday
night the Tigers journey to
Starkeville where they will take
on the Mississippi State Maroons.
The Maroons upset the Crimson
Tide, 47-44, and reports have it
that the Mississippians have a lot
of talent to pit against the fast-breaking
Plainsmen.
Georgia Tech's. Yellow Jackets
will play host to the Plainsmen
Tuesday night for their first encounter
of the season. The Tigers
return to the sports arena on
SaturUay, Jan. 14th, for a game
with the Florida 'Gators as their
iirst performance before a home
crowd in the 1950 season.
Tigers Trip Tide
For the first time in its athletic
history the Tiger realized a basketball
victory over Alabama's
Crimson Tide. In the sports arena
December 20 the Plainsmen won
from the Tide, 45-40, to wind up
their 1949 efforts and hand the
Tide its second defeat from an
Auburn team in December. The
Tigers led all the way and built
up a 10-point lead before the Tide
got hot in the closing minutes
and closed the gap to 41-38 in providing
a thrilling finish to the
fourth game of the renewed cage
rivalry.
The Tigers and the Tide tangle
in Tuscaloosa January 28 and
again in Auburn February 18.
Auburn leads the nation's basketball
teams in free throws made
with 98 made good out of 128 at-
Overton Finishes 2nd
In Sugar Bowl Meet
Whitey Overton, Auburn's 1948
Olympic runner, ran a great mile
race to place second in Sunday's
running of the annual Sugar
Bowl Invitational Meet in New
Orleans.
Alford Holmberg, a Swede
running for the University of
Tennessee, won "the event in the
good t i m e of 4:14.4. Overton's
time was 4:18.4. Ross Browning
of Villanova followed Overton
across the line to take third place.
The annual Birmingham Road
Race, covering three miles in
d o w n t o w n Birmingham, took
place December 10. Bob McMillan,
a transfer student at the
University of Alabama, running
unattached, won the event with
Overton placing second. Tommy
Steele placed third and Jimmy
Mitchell took fifth place to give
the Auburn harriers the1 team
trophy.
McMillian and Overton ran together
as members of the 1948
U.S. Olympic t e a m in London.
They both ran in the steeplechase.
'
tempts in chalking up its 397
points for the season's six gamas
against 274 for the opposition.
Guard Roy Brawner leads the national
list in the free throw category
with 15 for 16.
Individual Scoring
FG FT Total
Lynn , 30
Mobbei-ly 17
Brawner 15
Hill 14
Eanford 21
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SPE Wins Fraternity
Grid Championship
Sigrna Phi Epsilon handed a
strong. SAE. team a 12-6 defeat
to c a p t u r e the Interfraternity
Touch Football title^ for the fall
quarter. Albert Parrish took' oyer
passing chores for the injured Bill
Fleming and led the Sig Eps to
victory in a well-played, . hard-contest
played December 8.
The SPE's amassed 200 points to
12 for the opposition in winning
League III, while the SAE's totaled
182 points to 6 to cop the League
I title. In the semi-finals SPE
won 8-0 over the ATO's champs
of League IV, and the SAE's took
a 18-12 decision from the Delta
Sigs.
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'4^-THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1950 RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS WEEK SPEAKERS
Miss Norton And Dr. Broach To Speak
On Religious Emphasis Week Program
By Bob Swift
Among the speakers to come to Auburn this month for
the Religious Emphasis Week program will be Miss Nelle
M o r t o n , general secretary of the Fellowship of Southern
Churchmen, and Dr. Claude U. Broach, minister, St. John's
Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C.
Miss Morton is a graduate of . ^ ^ t o r s h i t t h e Hills-
Flora McDonald College m North ^ B c h u r c h ) V e r e a i l l e s>
Carolina, where she served as Coving t o n Baptist Church,
president of the student body, ^ i i g t o n , Va., and St. John's
She holds a masters degree in church> c h a r l o t t e ; R C
religious education from Biblical „;5_ ' . . „„ *„„., Also, he was associate secretary
Seminary in New York City She ; Qf ^ D e p a r t m e n t of s t u d e nt
has served as parish assistant for
four years in Plymouth Congregational
Church of the Pilgrims
in Brooklyn.
Before becoming general secretary
of the Fellowship of
Southern Churchmen she was for
seven years associate director of j
young people's work for the Presbyterian
Church.
- Miss Morton's previous experience
with students on other campuses
with religious programs
equips her for her participation
in the Auburn program, Jan. 22-
26.
Dr. Claude U. Broach received
his B.A. degree from the University
of Georgia, 1934, Th. M. degree
at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, 1938, and Th.D.
degree at Southern Baptist Theo-fogical
Seminary, 1942.
Dr. Broach's college activities
include,membership in S'gma Chi
social fraternity, glee club. band.
Forensic Honor Key Winner,
Junior Oration Winner, member
of the Junior Cabinet, Senior
Round Table, Demosthemian Literary
Society, vice-president of
YMCA, and president of Baptist
Student Union.
In 1937, Dr. Broach traveled as
a delegate to the International
Baptist World Youth Congress,
Sarich, Switzerland,. During this
time he engaged in a research
tour with a youth group to Europe
and the Near East.
Positions held by Dr. Broach
Work of the Southern Baptist
Convention, 1942-44.
Funchess Names
Dusi To Faculty
Appointment of Dr. Julian L.
Dusi as assistant professor of zoology
w a s announced by M. J.
Funchess, dean of the School of
Agriculture.
Dusi is a native of Columbus,
Ohio. He received his doctor's degree
from Ohio State University
in September where he majored
in wildlife conservation both as
an undergraduate and as a graduate
student.
After receiving his B.S. degree
in 1943, he served in t h e U.S.
Army Air Force until 1945 when
he returned to Ohio S t a t e to
work toward his master's a nd
doctor's degrees.
AlChE Group Plans
Field Trip Monday
Plans for a field trip will be discussed
at the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers' meeting
scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.,
will be held in Ross Chemical
Laboratory.
A Bureau of Mines film on the
recovery of magnesium from sea
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UNDER THE SPIRES
By Bob Swift
Baptist
The Baptist Student Union will
honor its cup-winning football
team with a supper Friday night,
Jan. 6. The B.S.U. football team
won the inter-church league held
in the fall quarter.
Following Bible discussion Saturday
night, Jan. 7, a gypsy party
will be held welcoming new
freshmen. The party will begin
at 8:15 p.m.
Greater Council will meet and
visitations will be held Thursday
at 5:45 p.m.
Episcopal
The Rt. Rev. R. R. Claiborn,
suffragan Bishop of Alabama,
will speak to t h e Canterbury
Club Sunday, Jan. 8, at 6:30 p.m.,
following vesper services and
supper at 5:30. Bishop Clairborn
comes to Auburn once each year.
All members and friends of the
club are urged to attend.
Installation of the newly-elected
officers will also take place
at the Canterbury Club meeting
Sunday night. The new officers
are Doug McDowell, president;
Jack Comish, vice-president; Bet-tie
J. Jones, secretary, and Baker
Smith, treasurer.
Presbyterian
Westminster Fellowship w i ll
hold an installation service Sun-
Landlord Duties
Given By Chappell
The landlord who gets a rent
increase has a special obligation
to keep up his property and provide
the services included in the
ceiling rent, Area Rent Director
William R. Chappel said recently.
His reminder was prompted by
tenants' reports that their landlords
have cut out services or
failed to make needed repairs after
rents were increased.
"These landlords are violating
an important requirement which
Congress attached to all adjustments
under the 1949 law," Chappell
explained. "Every landlord
who submits a petition for increase
also certifies that he has
been maintaining all services required
by the rent regulations and
will continue to furnish them if
his petition for an increase in rent
is granted. And in fairness to the
tenant who pays a higher rent, we
insist that landlords live up to
their agreement."
Chappell explained that his office
attempts to get the services restored
before taking other action.
If the landlord refuses to fulfill his
agreement to maintain services,
then the rent office can reduce
the maximum rent and seek a r e fund
of overcharges.
"We look on these violations as
a misunderstanding a n d most
landlords get in line as soon as
we explain the situation," he added.
Dr. Arant Addresses
Entomologist Group
Dr. F. S. Arant, head, department
of zoology and entomology,
A.P.I. Agricultural Experiment
Station, spoke on the control of
cotton insects with insecticides
of today at the annual conference
of the American Association
of Economic Entomologists held
in Tampa, Fla., recently.
Associate Entomologist W., G.
Eden reported on the control of
the fire ant with new insecticides.
W. A. Ruffin, A.P.I, extension
entomologist, presented a joint
paper on t h e control of stored
c o r n insects, prepared by the
three entomologists.
Let a student's wife keep your
child this quarter. For information
come by 314'/2 N. Gay or
call Auburn 560-M.
FOUND: A gold sword pin on
which is mounted the crest of the
1923 class. U. S. Naval Academy.
' Owner may have same by calling
at NROTC Office. 103 Broun
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day, Jan. 8, at 6:30 p.m., following
the regular supper program
at 5:30. New officers of the group
are George Peake, president;
Betty J. Jordan, vice-president;
Russell Burson, treasurer, and
Miriam Jackson, secretary. Officers
of the Sunday School class
to be installed are Margaret
Wade, president; Robert Long,
vice-president, and Joe Lancaster,
secretary-treasurer. H a r ry
Goleman, retiring president, will
preside over the installation service.
Following installation of officers,
Dr. John Leith and Gene
Poe will preside over the Communion
Service which accompanies
the installation.
Methodist
Wesley Foundation will hold
its regular Sunday evening supper
at 6 p.m. on January 8. The
Sunday evening church service
will follow at 7:30. The Foundation
extends a. cordial welcome
to returning members and new
freshmen.
Tiger Wrestlers
Open '50 Season
By Spud Wright
Coach Arnold Umbach's 1950
wrestling team will open its season
H e r e on January 13 when
they meet the Vanderbilt Commodores.
Coach Umbach, who
led Auburn to t h e SEAAU
championship f o r three straight
years, is expected to c o m e up
with another fine team this year.
The squad will have plenty of
experience with f i v e lettermen
returning. Lettermen returning
are Robin Baker, J o h n Brnilovich,
Anthony Dragoiri, D an
Mantrone, and John McKenzie.
Baker, Brnilovich, Dragoin, and
McKenzie were SEAAU champions
last season in their respective
classes.
In the 121-pound class, Coach
Umbach has Ed Latham of Birmingham
and John McGill of Mobile.
McGill was a member of
this year's cross-country team.
Sonny Dragoin will probably be
the No. 1 grappler in the 123-
pound class.
Rick Belfonti, Bob Long, John
McKenzie, and Vann Owens are
vying for the top spot in the 136-
pound class. Belfonti wrestled at
Samson (N.Y.) College before
transferring to Auburn. In the
145-pound class are Robin Baker
and Franklin Keller, brother of
Carroll Keller, who captained
last year's team.
Charlie Borum and Jimmy Bottoms
will represent the Plainsmen
in the 165-pound class. Neither
are lettermen, but both have
had plenty of expierence. Competing
for the starting berth in
the 175-pound class are Dan Mantrone
and John Glenn. Mantrone
is a guard on the football team
while Glenn is a freshman from
Pelham, Ga.
Representing Auburn in the
191-pound c l a s s will be John
(Tito) Brnilovich. Vachel Wilson,
sophomore f r o m Birmingham,
will compete in the heavyweight
class.
Houston Brooks Named
Alumnews Sports Editor
Houston Brooks of Chattanooga,
Tenn., sophomore in pharmacy,
has b e e n appointed sports
editor of the Auburn Alumnews,
official monthly publication of
the Auburn Alumni Association.
The Alumnews. which has a
circulation of 18,000, is distributed
to graduates and former A.P.I,
students. Sports comprise one of
its major campus coverages.
Brooks, a graduate of Central
High School, Chattanooga, served
as sports editor of the University
of Chattanooga student newspaper
before his transfer to Auburn
in September.
He is a veteran of the navy,
having served as a pharmacist's
mate, third class, during World
War II.
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