1948-06-23 The Auburn Plainsman

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ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESD 1948 Number 9
Speculation Has
If Draughon May
Become President
API Trustees Said
To Favor Naming
Auburn Educator
An Associated Press report
last week that Dr. Ralph B.
Draughon, acting A.P.I, presi­dent,
is the No. 1 choice for
permanent president of several
Auburn trustees set off a flurry
of speculation here.
"I wouldn't know about that,"
was the c o m m e n t of Dr.
Draughon when a Lee County
Bulletin queried him. "About the
only comment I have is that I
positively am not seeking the
postion," he added.
' In recent weeks, as AP report­ed,
board members reportedly
have stiown an increasing inter­est
in Dr. Draughon as a possi­ble
permanent Auburn president.
As the story goes, they have
been impressed by his perform-'
ance in the job of acting presi­dent
and have made numerous
laudatory comments on his quali­fications.
However, the board committee
headed by S. L. Toomer charged
with the assignment of bringing
in a nomination has made no
final recommendation. Further­more,
committee members have
been reluctant to discuss the mat­ter
at all. Members of the nomi­nating
committee, in addition to
Mr. Toomer, are Frank Samford,
Dr., Joe Davis, Senator V. S.
Summerlin, and Walker Rey­nolds.
One board member significant­ly
t o l d Associated Press in
Montgomery that, while he has
favored some one else for the
Auburn presidency, "I imagine
we will name Draughon." Sev­eral
other trustees known to
have favored going outside the
state for a president have re­portedly
in recent weeks ex­pressed
themselves as ready to
name Dr. Draughon.
There is not another regularly
scheduled board meeting until
September. Presumably the nomi­nating
committee will have a re­port
to make at that time. How­ever,
Gov. James E. Folsom, ex-officio
chairman, could, if the
majority indicated it was ready
to make a decision before that
time, call a special meeting to
consider nominations.
Dr. Draughon became acting
president of Auburn last July
shortly after the death of the late
Pres. L. N. Duncan. He had been
a member of the college staff as
teacher and administrator 17
years at the time. He is 48 years
old.
HOME EC HONOR
GROUP TAPS It
Theta Epsilon, home economics
honor society, initiated 11 juniors
and seniors and one honorary
member May 30. Members were
chosen- for their high standards
of scholarship, leadership, and
character.
"Those initiated were Lorene
Owens, ' Cecelia Overby, Sara
Carpenter, Mamie Mills, Willie V.
Ingram, Agnes Thomason, and
Mesdames Sybil Swafford, Grace
Walsh, Mary McGowan Hender­son,
Helen Ennis, and Rosemary
Deal.
Dean Marion Spidle was chosen
[ honorary member fpr her out­standing
work in the advancement
of home economics on the Auburn
campus.
Nine Enter Campaign
For City Commission
Race Here July 12
Nine candidates have qualified
in the race for the new city
commission of Auburn. Three are
to be elected July if;
Seven of the candidates atten­ded
or graduated from Auburn.
The complete list is: John C.
Ball, Jr., William F. Ham, Col.
Charles P. Jones, Grady Loftin,
T. A. (Dad) Sims, Alex O. Tay­lor,
Hulon Webb, David Wittel,
and G. H. (Monk) Wright.
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ACTING-PRESIDENT RALPH B. DRAUGHON was awarded
an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree June 2 at Birmingham-
Southern College in Birmingham.
Draughon Gets Honorary
Doctor of Law Degree
Acting-President Ralph B.
Draughon was^awarded an hono­rary
Doctor of Laws degree by
Birmingham-Southern College at
commencement exercises there
June 2. The degree was conferred
by Dr. George R. Stuart, presi­dent,
on behalf of the board of
trustees. /
The citation read by Dr. Stuart
in conferring the degree said of
Dr. Draughon:
, "A native of Alabama, he was
educated in, the state public
schools, at the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute, and at the Univer­sity
of Chicago. He has given his
effort and time freely and un­selfishly
to the training of young
people of this state, first as a
teacher and principal in the pub­lic
schools, as instructor of hist­ory
under the direction of his
great preceptor, Dr. George Pet-rie,
and since then as administra­tor
of his Alma Mater.
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"As the Alabama chairman of
the Post-War Education Commit­tee
and as a member of the Exe­cutive
Council of the Higher
Committee of the Southern As­sociation
of Colleges and-Second­ary
Schools, as a former presi­dent
of the Alabama Association
of Colleges, as director of the
Governor's Emergency Commit­tee
on Higher Education, and as
director of instruction and in re­cent
months as acting president
of Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
he has displayed the finest type
of education leadership. Al­though
connected with an insti­tution
which is primarily devot­ed
to technical training, he is and
has been a champion of general
and liberal education as a foun­dation
for good living and for the
professions.
''Genial companion, unassuming
and .unselfish educational and ag­ricultural
leader, effective class­room
teacher and gifted adminis­trator,
Ralph Brown Draughon is
recommended by the faculty for
the degree of Doctor of Laws."
Born at Hartford, Geneva Coun­ty,
Ala., in 1899, Dr. Draughon
received a B. S. degree at Auburn
in 1922 and an M.S. in 1929. He
later studied at the -1 University
of Chicagq. He has been in edu­cational
work for 26 years.
In 1931 he became an instructor
of history at Auburn. Subsequent­ly
he served six years as execu­tive
secretary of the college, six
years as director of instruction,
and then became acting presi­dent
in August 1947.
Dr. Draughon served as direct­or
of State Survey on Rural Tax
Delinquency in 1934 and has done
considerable writing oh tax mat­ters.
He is a Kiwanian, Mason, Phi
Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Alpha,
Kappa Delta Pi, Omicron Delta
Kappa, a member of the National
Education Association and the
Alabama Education Association.
Dr. and Mrs. Draughon have
two children, Ann and Ralph, Jr.,
15 and 12.
Parking and Traffic
Problem Rests With
Administration
' Possible solutions to Auburn's
congested parking and driving
conditions on the campus, are
now being considered, it was an.
nounced Monday by Dr. Jesse
Richardson, chairman of the
Parking and Traffic Committee.
Dr. Richardson told The Plains­man
that the committee submit­ted
its findings to Acting-Presi­dent
Ralph B. Draughon last
quarter. Here are the main points
the committee passed on:
A major point suggested by the
committee is the establishment of
a campus Safety Office, to be set
up Under the general supervis­ion
of the campus police force
The Safety Office will carry out
registration of all automobiles on
the campus.
One control plan calls for a
zoning of Auburn and vicinity.
Certain car-owners would be re­stricted
from the campus.
Another plan for controlling
autos would entail parking only
in special areas on the campus
for all with registered cars, with
other special parking areas for
privileged (as, h a n d icapped)
drivers, and certain new no-parking
zones, such as near the
stadium or the sports arena for
example.
3-Million Dollar -
Operating Budget
Gets Board Approval
An operating budget of 8,-
252,500 for the fiscal year 1948-
49 has been approved by the
Board of Trustees.
A breakdown of the total funds
shows student fees, $1,506,250;
state funds, $1,561,175; federal
funds, $102,72828; and miscel­laneous
sources, $82,332.72.
The budget includes $882,000
for operating housing units for
2450 students, and for student ac­tivities
for the 7000 students ex­pected
to enroll this year.
The Board approved the budget
after its recommendation by Act­ing-
President Ralph Draughon.
'Inspector General'
Is Summer Comedy
Of Auburn Players
The Auburn Players recently
announced their summer produc­tion,
"Inspector General," a come­dy,
in three acts. Tryouts were
held Monday night at the Y-Hut.
Prof. Telfair B. Peet, director of
the Players, announced that sev­eral
new faces appeared and he
called the affair a success.
"Inspector General" will be
performed in the amphitheatre at
Graves Center. The exact date
and number of showings will be
announced later.
The following cast was selected
at the tryouts Monday- night:
mayor, E. B. Miles; Lyajpkin-
Tyapkin (judge), Bob Ingram;
Lukitch (school superintendent),
James Heaton; Bobchinsky, Leo­nard
Hart; Anna (mayor's wife),
Clara Reynolds; Mishka (mayor's
servant), Jo Hazelrig; inspector
general, Jim Hearn; Hlestakov,
Dick Mackay; FiHipovitch /(hos­pital
commissioner), Bill Eth-r
i d ge; Shepkin (postmaster),
Charles Yarbrough; Dobchinsky,
Tom Malone; Marya (mayor's
daughter), Winifred Hall; wait­ress,
Joy Knowles; sergeant's wife
Mary Etta Berry; wife of FiHi­povitch,
Mickey Street; and wife
of Lukitch, Rachel Gay.
The parts of the police chief;
Osip (Hlestakov's servent); and
the constable are as yet unfilled.
Anyone wishing to tryout for
these parts should contact Prof.
Peet at the Y-Hut.
Scarab Taps Nineteen Students
Outstanding In Architecture
Scarabb, honorary architectu­ral
fraternity, tapped 19 out­standing
students in the school of
OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT students of the campus
selected on, a basis of service to the student body are shown
above. They are, back row, left to right: Ray Fowler, Ulysees
Harrison, Jesse A. Culp, and Zeke Bass. Front row: Tom Sell-'
ers, Gray Baker Ransorrf, and Bob Blackburn. Three other out­standing
independents chosen but not in picture are Fern Nix,
Natalie Hatcher, and'Curtis Henson. * _ ^_ _,
architecture last quarter.
Through the advantages of a
more refined culture, Scarab
seeks to stimulate a greater in­terest
in expression through gra­phic
arts, and promote friendly
competition a m o n g students
within the school.
T h e f o l l o w i n g students,
through scholarship, creative de­sign,
and ability, have been tap­ped:
Carl A. Bauer, Winchester,
Tenn.; John F. Cutcliff, Jr., At­lanta,
Ga.; James H. Davis, Oz­ark;
Horace E. Dryden, Decatur;
Everett C. Floyd, Birmingham;
Hugh W. Gaston, Lebanon, Tenn.;
Harold L. Goyette, Irvingtpn;
James C. Kendrick, Ft. Walton,
Fla.; Lldyd H. Kranert, Montgo­mery;
Earl M. Lancaster, Auburn;
Robert D. Lee, Opelika; Edward
W. Neal, Columbus, Gal; Rolfe
B. Nelson Glencoe; Charles J.
Norris Jesup, Ga.; Nick A. Pap-pas,
Mobile; William H. Peck,
Mobile; Willie C. Strickland,
Montgomery; Theodore J. Scuto-wicz,
South Deerfield, Mass.;
William P. Thompson, Jr., Moul­trie,
Ga.
Metropolitan Artists Group
Will Perform In Amphitheater
, Members of the Metropolitan Artists Group who will appear
in concert here next Tuesday are shown above. The performance
is scheduled for the Amphitheater. Students will be admitted
free. (See slbry)
DEANS' LISTS GIVEN
FOR FOUR SCHOOLS
Grades made by honor students in five of Auburn's nine
schools listed below places them on their "Dean's Lists for
this quarter. Lists from the schools of architecture, engineer­ing,
science and literature, and education will be printed in
next week's Plainsman.
School and names:
Pharmacy
Charles E. Wright, Hartselle,
3.66.
Home Economics
Juniors: Jean C.. Williams, Au-burri;"
"Vivian Garrett, Montgo­mery;
and Beatrice Goldsmith,
Atmore. Seniors: Sue Carpenter
Andress, Auburn; Marcelle Pee­ler,
Detroit, Ala.; and Sarah Eliz-,
abeth Edwards, Birmingham.
Veterinary Medicine
Juniors (all 4.00): Nealy Her­bert
Dowden, Thomas O. Ken-nard,
Florence A. Muckel, and
Howard Vincent Smythe. Seniors
(both 3.75): Thomas W. Oliver,
Jr.; and John W. Peace.
Chemistry
Juniors: James M. Lister, Bir­mingham;
Carolyn Naftel-, Besse­mer.
Seniors: Louis Alan Bulling-ton,
Sheffield; Allan M. Corners,
Citronelle; Lawrence E. Davis,
Notasulga; Marion M. Duncan,
Jr., Columbus, Ga.; Hilda Jose­phine
Lacy, Florence; Robert V.
Scalco, Birmingham.
Agriculture '
Thomas S. Bryars, Jr., Latham;
John Ed Butler, New Hope; Oli­ver
R. Carter, Goshen; Ronda
Wayne Dunn, Waverly; Wendell
Lamar Hartzog, Ariton; Walter
Demar Johnson, Jr., Greenville;
William Pitts Orr, Union Springs;
Donald Conant Parker, Union
Springs; William J. Polidoro,
Opelika; Jack P. Tucker, Grove
Hill; Eddie B. Vinson, Wetum-pka;
Margaret C. Wentzel, Man­chester,
Vt.; Thomas Abner Haw­kins,
Livingston; John Clarke
Wilburn, Demopolis; Robert C.
Farquhar, Geiger; Willard E.
Martin, Elba;; George B. Mea­dows,
Salem; William E. Wilson,
Wedowee; John William Eddins,
Frisco City; Richmond G. Tuggle,
Birmingham; John Erskfh Mc-
Daniel, Tyrpnza, Ark.; Allison P.
Reed, DeKalb, Miss.; Merton V.
Stephens, Bessemer.
Pictures for 1949 Glomerata Class
Section Begin Monday In Broun Hall
The Glomerata photographer
will begin taking pictures for the
1949 yearbook Monday, announ­ces
Hugh Gaston, editor-elect of
the Glomerata.
Methods to be used in handling
pictures this year were released
to the Plainsman Monday by
Gaston. They are:
Students will be photographed
according to schools, beginning
with the school of agriculture
Monday, June 28, and ending
Friday, July 2. Other schedules
will be announced later.
All students of the school of
agriculture are requested to come
by the Glomerate office tomor­row
and Friday from 1-5 p. m.
to make appointments.
The photographer will be
here, a limited time and it is im­portant
that all appointments and
pictures are made at scheduled
times, Gaston stated.
Prerequisites for both sexes
before reporting to Broun Hall:
For the girls — wear a white
blouse. For the boys — wear a
light coat with a white shirt and
dark tie.
The choice of Broun Hall, room
104, as photographer's headquar­ters
was made because of its
central location. Glomerata staff
members believe it to be .more
easily accessible to a majority
of students. \
Gaston directs the following
statement to the student body:
"As you already know, a certain
per cent of your student activi­ties
fee is allotted to the Glome­rata.
The photography is no ad­ditional
cost. All the staff asks is
that you report to Broun Hall-at
your scheduled hour. Photograph­er's
hours will be from 8 a.m. to
12 noon, and 1-5 p.m."
Students Asked to Stay
Clear of Construction
Work Near Ross Lab
Students have been requested
to stay off the construction area
of the John Jenkins Wilmore
Engineering Lab, which Batson-
Cook Company is building back
of Ross Chemical Lab.
Bill Tackett, chief engineer on
the job, asks that everyone re­cognize
the barriers set up for
that purpose. He says it is diffi­cult
to carry on normal work pro­cedures
with large numbers of
people too close to the job.
Concert Is Set For Tuesday, June 29
At 8:15 P. M.; Students Admitted Free
The Metropolitan Artists Group, " a miniature Broadway
musical", will be presented by the Lectures and Concerts
Committee, Tuesday, June 29, in Bibb Graves Amphitheater.
The ' concert will be held at
8:15 p.m. Admission will be free
to students. Townspeople may
purchase tickets for $1 plus tax.
The Artists Group is well
known to varied audiences from
coast to coast, for their program
consists of solos, duets and en­semble
presentations of opera,
light opera and musical comedy.
Students will be admitted by
showing their registration cards.
Veterans may use their blue "C"
number cards.
Each member of the group is
a soloist in his own right and was
selected from among the leading
contestants in the Chicago Civic
Opera and Chicagoland Music
Festival competitions.
Members of the group include
Richard Wright,- young bass-bari­tone;
Miss EloiseT)ee, prima don­na;
Alan Stone; tenor; Howell
Jones, tenor; Trent Knepper,
bass; and Miss Rays on, pianist,
accompanist.
In case of rain the performance
will be held in the student acti­vities
building.
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
WILL CONTINUE
The Campus C a l e n d a r,
which has been issued in the
past by The News Bureau will
continue through the summer
quarter.
Any organization wishing to
enter its function on the calen­dar
should notify the News
Bureau, phone ext. 230, on
Wednesdays at least a week
proceeding the event.
The calendar is distributed
on Mondays.
Enrollment Figure
Of 4500 Estimated
/ . •
Summer school registration
was expected to reach an enroll­ment
total of approximately 4500
last Tuesday night, according to
Registrar Charles W. Edwards.
In pre-registration last quarter
3500 students enrolled for the
summer term. New students and
teachers doing graduate w o rk
were expected to boost the enroll­ment
to the 4500 total last Tues­day.
Last year's summer enrollment
figure was 4583.
The summer quarter will con­tinue
through Aug. 28.
Handbook Staff Meets
Wednesday Afternoon
There will be a meeting of the
1948 student handbook staff in
Samford 301 Wednesday after­noon,
June 30, at four o'clock. All
members given assignments last
quarter are urged to be present
and bring in their completed
copy. If it is not possible to have
assignments completed by this
date, staff members are urged to
attend anyway to report progress.
The handbook will be called
"The Tiger Cub," says Tom Sel­lers,
editor. It will be a means of
furnishing handy information to
new students who enroll next
fall, and will combine several
features' heretofore included only
in other publications.
Ticket Information
To Be Issued Soon
A statement on method of dis­tribution
of student tickets to the
Auburn-Alabama game will be is­sued
at a later date, according to
Athletic Director Jeff Beard. At
the same time, ticket distribu­tion
to other Auburn games will
be explained.
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David Ames Herbert Is New Assistant
Band Director; Comes Here From LSU
• David Ames Herbert, former
instructor of brass instruments at
Louisana State University, has
been appointed assistant band di­rector,
Dr. Hollace E! Arment,
head of the music department an­nounced
today.
Mr. Herbert assumed his duties
June 14 a sassistant to P. R.
Bedie Bidez, band director.
Born in Worthington, Minn.,
Mr. Herbert received his "B. A.
degree from Carleton College,
Northfield, Minn., in f940. Prior
to this, he studied at Colorado
State College of Education.
From 1942—1946 he was" a
member of the 271st Army
Ground Forces Band. He will re­ceive
his Master's degree in mu­sic
education at L.S.U. this mon­th.
Mr. Herbert has had four years
teaching experience and is a Omega chapter.
Shaffer Is Through
Predicting Glomerata's
Arrival on Campus
The long-awaited day when the
1948 Glomerata will reach the
campus must be awaited a little
longer, it was stated Monday by
editor John Shaffer. After mak­ing
two announcements about the
date when the year book will be
distributed and having both an­nouncements
nullified by the
printing company, Shaffer said
that he is through predicting un­til
the company definitely noti­fies
him that the book is on its
way here.
Latest report from the printer
is that labor trouble is interfer­ing
with their presses, but the
management made a conservative
estimate which Shaffer will not
relay to students so that" hopes
will not be up again.
Announcement will appear in
The Plainsman a^ soon as the
Glomerata is due to hit Auburn.
Poll Shows Louis
Slight Favorite Over
Walcott Tonight
"Who do you think will win
the Louis-Walcott championship
fight tonight?" That was the:
question a Plainsman reporter
asked 12 students picked at ran­dom
in a telephone poll conduct­ed
Monday night.
Louis proved to be only a slight
favorite, seven to five. Six Louis
supporters favored him by a
knockout, and four of Jersey Joe's
backers look for a K.O. by the
challenger.
Here are the individual results:
Felix Holder, Huntsville—"Wal­cott
by a knockout;" E. F. Berry,
Jr.,< Lafayette—"Louis to win by
a decision;" Jim Floyd, Auburn
—"Walcott by a TKO in the
sixth;" Shelbert Higgins, Auburn
—"Louis by a knockout in the last
few rounds;" Dick Cousins, Spring
Hill—"Walcott will knock him
cuckoo;"Albert Lowe, Dothan—
"Louis by a K.O. in the sixth;"
Dick Martin, Athens, and Bubber
Berry, Columbus, combined to
give one opinion—"Walcott by a
decision;" William Hadaway, Bir­mingham—
looks for a knockout
by Louis in the sixth; Sally Stuart
Stanton, Tenn.—picks Louis by a
knockout in the tenth; Ann Col.
Her, Montgomery—thinks they
will-go all the Way, with a knock­out
by Louis in the 15th.
Don Marett, Atlanta—a K.O. by
Louis.
Sara Harvey, Headland—Wal­cott,
"Of course by a knockout in
the fourth."
Three Professors Join
School of Education
member of the Masonic Blue
Lodge, and Phi Mu Alpha, Etta
Three visiting professors are
teaching in the school of educa­tion,
announced Dean Zebulon
Judd.
They are Dr. Robert Rood Buell,
Northern Illinois State Teachers
College; Dr. Melvin G. Rigg,
Oklahoma A & M; and Dr. Milton
Edward Kraft, Earlham College,
Richmond, Ind.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, June 23, 1948
Scottish-Born Rector Assumes Duties
At Church of Holy Innocents Aug. 1
The Rev. James Stirling of the
Diocese of Tennessae has accept­ed
a call extended jointly by the
Diocese of Alabama and the Vest­ry
of the Church of the Holy In­nocents,
Auburn, Alabama.
Mr. Stirling will assume his
duties as rector on August 1,
when he and his family arrive
in Auburn.
A native of Scotland, Mr. Stir­ling
was born in Lochwinnock,
June 5, 1913, son of William Stir­ling
and Annie Murdock. At the
age of 12 he came to the United
States with his parents.
He attended Wooster School,
Danbury, Conn., and received his
A.B. degree from Hobart in 1934.
In 1937 he received his Bachelor
of Divinity from the Virginia
Theological Seminary, Alexan­dria,
Va., and was ordained by
Bishop Budlong of Connecticut on
June 15, 1937.
His first position was assistant
in St. Paul's Church, Chattanoo­ga,
Tenn. Traveling farther south,
he later becarne Episcopal Stu­dent
Chaplain at the University
of Florida and was elected Exe­cutive
Secretary of the College
Work in the Province of Sewanee
until World War II, during which
he served as a Navy Chaplain in
the Pacific.
At the conclusion of the war
Mr. Stirling went tp Nashville
where he served as Episcopal Stu­dent
Chaplain at the Nashville
Student Center, which serves stu­dents
from all the colleges in the
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Stirling and their
PI KAPPA PHI ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
At the last meeting of the
spring quarter Alpha Iota chap­ter
of Pi Kappa Phi elected of­ficers
to serve during the summer
and fall quarters. The following
-were elected: John Hawthorne,
Archon; Carl Ham, treasurer;
John Keith, secretary; Jim Floyd,
historian; Buddy Copeland, chair­man;
and Malcolm McCain, war­den.
Tom Morgan will serve as
house-manager and W a l l a ce
Smith will continue his duties
as steward.
four children will take a short
vacation prior to the first of Au­gust
when Mr. Stirling will take
over the duties of Rector of the
Church of the Holy Innocents and
Episcopal Student Chaplain of
Auburn.
English Professor's
Daughter Wins Poetry
Prize a t Stanford
Eleanor Alice Haines, 19-year-old
daughter of Dr. Paul Haines,
professor of English at Auburn,
was a recent winner of the Yvor
Winters Prize in Poetry at Stan­ford
University.
Miss Haines graduated from
high school in Ramsey, ,N. J., and
attended Arizona State College
for a year before entering Stan­ford.
Her group of poems won
out over a number of graduate
students. Her father was formerly
a faculty member at Arizona
State College.
Wesley Foundation
Elects Officers
At a Wesley Foundation meet­ing
last quarter, officers for the
summer quarter were installed.
They are: president, John E.
Butler; vice-president, Ashland
Shaw; secretary, Pat Tippins;
treasurer, Lelias Pair; community
service chairman, Natalie Hatch­er;
worship chairman, Melba
Mitchell; recreation chairman,
Sally Stuart; world friendship
chairman, Humberto D'Arce.
The summer program will in­clude
church school and church
service on Sunday mornings, fel­lowship
hour including supper at
5:30 and worship at 6:30 on Sun­day
evenings, and mid-week
Vespers on Thursday evening.
Parties^nd picnics are also beirig
planned, the first to be "Christ­mas
Party" Friday at 8 p.m.
Traffic accidents injured more
than a million and a quarter
Americans last year. Drive care­fully.
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DePauw Prof Classifies Students
In Interesting Array Of Types
Professor A. Reid Winsey of
D e Pauw University classifies
students.
"After 15 years of lecturing in
a typical small l i b e r a l arts col­lege,
one c o l l e t an astounding
array of interesting types. Se­veral
weeks ago,* after a delight­ful
dinner of crabmeat and pick-
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les they all returned to haunt
me:
"1: The athletic type—The aca­demic
processes hold no terrors
for the hero Of the gridifrJn. His
fraternity brothers have a com­plete
file of my lecture notes arid
examinations. It's a rare treat to
find him in class. So nice of him
to come.
"2. T h e playboy type—The
morning after finds him in class
in his roommates shoes on the
wrong feet. He drops his pipe but
never quite recovers it. I hand it
to him after class.
"3. The academic type—Prob­ably
the most objectional of all.
The head is attached to the spine
on a hinge and nods back and
forth during the entire lecture
and the mouth and eyes ' utter
Continually, 'Yes, professor, Yes,
professor.'
"4. The negative type—All
right brother, you put me in this
class now just try to teach me
something. You would put me in
the front row. I can hear him ut­tering
under his breath, 'For gosh
sakes let's get this over.'
"5. The lovey dovey type—
Must be taken together for they
are inseparable as two Siamese
twins. Hearts and music, violets
and poetry, these two love birds
are majoring in Marriage and the
Family.
"6. Camouflage — He always
brings in an armload of books to
class to impress me, I guess. The
boys are on to him, however, and
someone is always picking on
him. At the moment he's sitting
on a tack and trying to get some
one's feet off his back.
"7. The popular type—She had
four fraternjty pins this semester,
three last, and spends her class
hour twisting the ends of her
beautiful hair. This little stunt is
sure to drive any instructor in­sane.
<
"8. The wholesome t y p e—
Wears What every college girl
should wear, acts like every col­lege
girl should aCt and talks like
every college' girl should talk—
constantly. She's at it now.
"3. The clock watcher— I sup­pose
she has wound her watch
three times already. She always
starts shuffling her feet and put­ting
on her coat about 15 minutes
before1 the end of the class.
PkE-LAW SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS
"Lambda Epsllon Chi, honorary
society for pre-law students, elec­ted
officers for the slimmer quar­ter
at their last meeting. New of­ficers
are Newman Sankey, presi­dent;
George Williams, vice-president;
Lee 'Taylor, secretary;
Robert Robinson, treasurer.
Under The Spires
Don't Be Surprised
If you should happen along
South Gay Friday evening about
eight you might be quite alarmed
to hear Christmas Carols. Dori't
be. You haven't lost your mind
nor confused the month—it is
June' 25th, and a grand time for a
Christmas party. The Wesley
Foundation knows you'll have fun
if you join us. The ohly admission
charge Will be a 10 cent present
wrapped as a gift.
Sally Stuart is iri charge of the
party and she says there will be
a Christmas tree, stiowbalis, and
even Santa <>laus. She says every­one
should be able to feel a little
cooler after sirtging "Jingle Bells"
and' ''Santa Claus is Coming to
ToWri".
Prof. & turner Jones
Has Article Published
Prof. S. Turner Jones of the
music department, had an arti­cle
published in the Education
Music Magazine for March, 1948".
Titled "You're on the Air," the
article described the procedure to
be used in music departments
setting up radio broadcasts.
f heta IJ Pledge*
Give Mardi Gras Party
Beneath streamers and bal­loons
the Alpha Gamma Rho's
and the Theta U's danced Friday
night when the1 Theta U pledges
gave a Mardi Gras Party.
All of the guests attended in
costume, and a group of judges
chose King Sonny Butler arid
Queen Olga Bibza to reign over
the festivities.
Miss Bibza, who attended as a
ballerina, eirtertained the group
by dancing to "Come to the Mardi
Gras."
The King and Queen were en­throned
complete With crowns
Ori a movable throne which cir­culated
about the rooms.
Mrs. W. T. Alistin Of Selma,
Alabama, and Housemother Gates
served as Chaperones for the
evening.
College Graduates
Best Marriage Risks,
Secretary Says
"College graduates are the best
risks in marriage," says Dr. Eve­lyn
Mills Duvall; executive sec­retary
of the National Council on
Family Relations, in an address
to the student body, University of
Idaho.
"Education is one of the major
factors in determining a sound
marriage. College graduates are
better equipped for a firm, happy
marital life than are high school
graduates, because of their abili­ty
to. adjust themselves arid a
wider knowledge of what marri­age
means.
"The reason for our over*-
whelming divorce rate is hasty
marriages, especially among teen­agers.
Engagements should be
two or more years in length to
give the couple ample time to
become adjusted to one another,
and promote friendly relations
between the parents of both fam­ilies.
"Additional essential qualities
which determine 'wedded bliss'
are common education, religious
beliefs, nationalities, racial groups
economic, educational and family
backgrounds. The real problems
in the basic areas of adjustment
are sex, money, social, 'in-law'
religion, friends and children."
Human Research
tab Set Up Here
By Marion Spear
A new laboratory of human re^
search at Auburn will be equip­ped
by the beginning of the fall
quarter. The "purpose of the Work
to be carried on will be:
. 1. To train-women at graduate
level for teaching research and
nutrition education work. y
2. To provide facilities for fac­ulty
and graduate students to
conduct independent research in
the field of human nutrition.
The first investigation, Which
will begin in the fall, will be Con^
cerned with the" study1 of the die­tary
requirements df nicotinic
acid in relation to the protein'
content of the diet. Volunteers
from the senior home economics
students will be subjects for ex­periment.
This work is under the direc­tion
of Dr. Ernestine I. Frazier,
whose field of study is that of
vitamin B, especially nicotinic
acid. Dr. Frazier received her B.
S.'from M. Si C. W., her masters
degree from Iowa State, and her
Ph. D. from the University of
Chicago. She has been doing re­search
in nicotinic acid for a
number Of years and will pre­sent
a paper before the foods and
nutrition section of the American
Home Economics, Association in
Minneapolis, June 23, on "The
factqrs involved in the nicotinic
acid of cereals and legumes."
FOR. SALE: Firestone bicy­cle
in excellent condition for
$25.00. Call Marvin Barron
anytime in the afternoon at
915.
io Co.
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Alumni Gym
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Infirmary
Registrar's Office
Samford 101
College Supply Store
Samford 307
Y-Hut
Samford 101
Samford 204
Social Center
Samford 101
Samford 101
Social Center
Samford 103
Social Center
Infirmary
Samford 101
Social Center
President's Office
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206
251
251
229
311
250
249
357
347
223
238
357
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256
357
357
256
311
-256
250
357
256
249
220
333
249
Ross 6
Over Toomer's
Over Toomer's
Samford 101
President's Office
College Supply Store
Samford 207
Samford 101
Samfo/d 101
Social Center
Social Center
Field House
Samford 101
Field House
Social Center
Samford 101
Registrar's Office
Samford 101
Field House
Samford 101
Samford 101
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283
357
346
347
230
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256
256
338
357
338
256
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249
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3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, June 23, 1948
Professor W. W. Hill Retires Alter
49 Years of Teaching at Auburn
By Fran ft. Harper
Prof. Wiliiam Welch Hill has retired from the teaching staff at
Auburn' after 49 years as professor of electrical engineering.
The '^professor", as He's kribwrt to thousands of men in industry
n this stdte and over the nation, retired June 1. Now he will de­mote
all his time to the presidency of the First National Bank in
\uburn, and to his' farming in-1 .'. _.,,
charged for "washing."
Two wells, located in the cen­ter
of the ,towri, supplied the
water needs for the whole city.
With no coeds to date, college
was a full-time, serious business
in the professor's day. He said
that classes were held through­out
the day, with compulsory
study halls and chapels.
"We had drills and roll calls all
the time, and you didn't dare cut
a* class," he explained. "But
when aii 300 of us boys got to­gether
in a study hail, the original
purpose of the thing was defeat­ed.
The boys cut up, just as they
do now, and the officer of the day
would never squeal if he was pro­vided
with a free pack of cigaret­tes
or some other gratuity."
Explaining that the' t o wn
"folded up" at 7 p.m. every day,
the professor confessed, "I dbri't
know how they got to calling that
period the, Gay Nineties."
After receiving his B.S. de­gree'
from Auburn in 1897, Mr.
Hill remained as a graduate stu­dent
and received taskmaster's
degree the following year. Then
he left Auburn and went to work
;erests in Talladega Couhty near
ylacatlga.
Probably no dther man on the
ampus knoWs Auburn as thor-aughly
as does the professor. He
enrolled as an engineering stu-ent
in i893 and obviously knows
t from "way back when."
"My father, a SyiaCauga dOc-
|or, practically' branded me as a
raitbr when I enrolled at Ail-i
urn," the professor said. "You
see,'' he added with a chuckle,
"he, Was a University of Alabama
alumnus."
| ,ifiere were no paved streets or
I jiewalks when Professor Hill
ame to Auburn. In fact, as he
put it, "the town wasn't much."
"Of course," he explained,
'there was Samford Hall, the
Dresent administration building;
l,^ngdon Hall, the assembly build­ing;
and the Architecture and
fVrts Building was the Chemistry
Building then."
All students lived in boarding
louses which they called "raneh-
;s" and room and board was
heirs for a lowly $10 a month.
\„fee of 25 cents a week was
Pr6f; W. W; Hill,
for the Southern Bell Telephone
Company. He stayed with the
company only a short time, and
returned to Auburn in 1900 to
become a shop instructor in the
school of engineering. Later he
became an assistant professor,
then an associate professor. In
19^5 he studied at Johns Hopkins
University and returned the fol­lowing
year as a full professor in
electrical engineering, a position
he held until his retirement.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill have three
children, two of whom are Au­burn
graduates. They are Maj.
W. W. Hill, Washington, D.C., and
Mfs. Troy Beatty,'Jr., Memphis
Tenn. Another daughter, Miss Wi­nifred
Hill, a member of the
mathematics department h e re
studied at Randolph Macon and
at Cornell.
Veteran's Training
Reaches Peak
In Alabama
The veteran training program
in Alabama has reached a hew
high mark, Harley A. Smith, Ala­bama
Regional Manager of the
Veterans Administration,- revealed
today.
A total of 64,020 World War II
veterans were in a training status
at the end of May, the VA Mana­ger
said. Of this niim'ber, 58,872
Were- in training under Public
Law 346, the so-called G. I. Bill,
and 5,148 were in training under
Public Law 16, the law providing
rehabilitation for disabled vete­rans.
The previous high mark was at
the end Of April when 63,311 vete­rans
were recorded as being in
training. \
r
. Smith said one reason for the
record number of trainees was
an increase in the number of
veterans enrolled in farm train­ing.
A total of i9,666 veterans were
enrolled ih farm training at the
end of May. .School training of
all kinds had an enrollment of
23,318 arid on the job training had
attracted 16,335.
Schools Of higher learning had
a veteran e'rirollrrtent of 14,829
and all other schools had 13,489
veterarts enrolled.
Letters to the Editor
i n
Mourit Holyoke College*
South Hadley, Mass.
June 3, 1948
Editor;
The Plairismdn
Dear Sir:
I ha>e just received a copy of
your paper of May 12, containing
a quotation frorri the bdriesqtie'
Mount Holydfee blue laws ascrib­ed
to the college in its early
days. We are flattered to appear
ih "File Thirteen", arid we
thought you might be interested
in the following details about the
circulation of this characteristic
piece" of undergraduate satire.
Those blue laws were written
with tongue in cheek by some
students of the 1860's as a bur­lesque
on college rules. In 1927
the Harvard Crimson pfirited
them along with the Harvard
Code of 1734 and they were im­mediately
tepririted irt Boston
papers. Syndicates picked them
up and they appeared in news­papers
from New York to Cali­fornia;
they even made their way
into the Reader's IJidesi in Ati-gtist
1937. The blue' laws were'
most recently revived by Ben­nett
Cerf in his "Trade Winds"
column in the Saturday Review
of Literature iri February 1947.
During the past year we' have en­countered
them frequently in
newspapers arid rnagaziries ifi
different parts of the coiintry.
Few editors note the internal
evidences of a hoax; ariiorig
other things the Atlantic Month­ly,
banned by these rules in 1837,
was founded iri. 1857! (The last
of the rules, which you did not
carry, said "Nd rhember of this
school shall devote more than
one hour a week to miscellaneous
reading. The Atlantic Monthly,
Sliakespeare, Scott's novels, Ro-binson
Crusoe a n d immoral
works are strictly forbidderi.")
Incidentally, the Saturday Re.
bieu\ which revived the blu'e5
laws in February 1947, carried
a correction in May of last year.
If you would like further in­formation
about the history tit
these burlesque blue' laws, I re­fer
you to Miss Bertha Blakely,
librarian-emeritus, or Miss Syd­ney'
Mclean, professor of English
at Mount Hblyb'ke.
Siricerely yours,
/ s / Elizabeth Green
Director, Press Bureau
New Officers Elected
At THeta Chi House
Chi chapter of Theta Chi fra­ternity
recently elected officers
for the summer quarter. They are
Sam Mclntire, president, New­port
News, Va.; Henry Boyd,
vice-president, York; J. T. Bby-efte,
secretary, Rbckford; Robert
Walker, historian, Athens; LaW-ferice
Alexander, second guard,
Georgiana; Tommy Steele, chap­lain,
Birmingham; Charles Rich-ardsori,
assistant treasurer, Fbiey.
SUMMER APPOINTEE
EDUCAf ION SCHOOL
IS ANNOUNCED
Dr. Walter Cocking of the In­stitute
of Administrative Re­search,
Teachers College, Colum­bia
University, has been appoint-e
to the school of education for
the summer quarter, Dean Zebu-
Ion Judd has announced.
The new appointee will teacn
school administration during the
summer quarter, June 14-August
28. The courses are . graduate
courses designed for principals
artd superiritertdents who are
candidates for the degree of
Master of Science in Education.
Dr. Cocking holds the following
degrees: Bachelor of Education,
Mborhead (Minnesota) S t a te
Teachers College; M. A., Teach­ers
College, Columbia University
and expects to stand his final oral
exarnination for his doctorate in
October.
Phi Delta Theta Fetes
Rushees, Dates at Lake
Phi Delta Theta fraternity en­tertained
Friday in honor of
rushees and dates. Friday after­noon
members, rushees, and dates
a'sseriibled at Lake Chewacla for
swimming. A barbecue supper
of pork, camp stew, slaw, iced tea
and cookies was served, after
which singing and dancing was
erijoyed. Friday night an informal
dance was held at the chapter
house.
Westminster Holds
Election Of Officers
Westminister Fellowship held
election of officers at the end of
the last quarter. These officers
will serve for the following two
quarters: president, Bob Law­rence;
vice-president, Bruce Bur-son;
recording secretary, Mahla
Haggard; corresponding secre­tary,
Barbara Eddins; treasurer,
Tom Cassidy.
P r o g r a m s at Westminister
House include Sunday Sehool,
supper at 5:45 on Sunday, and
singing, recreation, and worship
service following supper. All stu­dents
are invited to these pro­grams,
and also to church and
prayer meetings at the church.
LAMBDA CHI'S GIVE
BACKSTAGE PARTY
The Lambda Chi's gave a
backstage party complete with
props, pieces of scenery, and the
atmosphere of backstage Satur­day
night. All in attendance cartie
in costume as famous actors or
actresses, completing the picture
of a real backstage party.
Amohg the several pieces of
scenery, a large set depicting a
brownstone house was outstand­ing."
Charcoal sketches of "com­ing
attractions", which lined the
wall, cartoonized famous actors
and actresses.
Many unusual costumes were in
evidence. The prize for the best
costume went jointly to those
two inseparables Groucho and
Harpo Marx, better known in
everyday life as Ford MacElvaine
and Hayden Price.
m PICTURE FRAMES
TABLES and LAMPS AUBURN FURNITURE CO.
""Auburn Plainsman
Published weekly by the students of Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Edi­torial
and business office on Tichenor Avenue,
Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news
is Saturday, 9 a. m.
Deadline for want ads, classified ads, etc., is
Saturday noon.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN
Graham McTeer
Tom Sellers
BILL ANDERSON
Charlie Jones
John Lanier
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
! Business Manager
Advertising Mgr.
Circulation Manager
Staff Members: Jack Simms, Jim Forrester,
Al Steinberg, Leonard Hooper, Jim Watson,
and Beverley Ann Burkhardt.
Tfie Plainsman stands for . .
An efficient educator and admin­istrator
to serve as Auburn's new
president.
Adoption of the name Auburn Uni­versity
in place of Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
Institution of a cut system based
on scholastic averages.
An enlarged stadium with a mini­mum
of 30,000 seats.
If Tech Becomes An 'Institute', It's
Time Auburn Became a University
There's a move afoot in Atlanta to get
the name Georgia School of Technology
changed to Georgia Institute of Technolo­gy-
If the move is successful, Georgia Tech
will join Auburn on a common, ground—
for Auburn, too, is an institute—Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
Tech probably deserves the change to
Institute. She is rated highly as one of the
nation's best teachers of engineering; but
the idea that Tech and Auburn would be
"institutes" adds increased stimulus to an-^
other need . . . that API change its name
to Auburn University.
Why? Because Auburn has nine schools
—architecture, engineering, science and
literature, chemistry, agriculture, veteri­nary
medicine, education, pharmacy, and
home economics.
The Georgia School of Technology pri­marily
teaches engineering.
And we'd both be "institutes."
Silly.
Instructors Should Get Together
On Cuts—Liberal Plan Preferred
x When complaints are being aired, one
subject that often pops up is that of cut­ting
classes. In the minds of most Auburn
students the system at Auburn is a little
hazy. "No cuts allowed" is the belief most
have. The official ruling states that after
two unexcused absences the student will
be reported to his dean. Obviously this is
only slightly less lenient than the accept­ed
belief. Actually the fate of the student
is left up to the individual instructor,
whose views may vary from the strict at­tendance
school to that of the group who
never check on attendance. At different
colleges and universitieSj the system is
equally varying; some have unlimited
cuts, while at others one cut is taboo.
There are several obvious reasons why
some cuts should be allowed. When col­lege
age is reached, a person is gld enough
to decide for himself when it is necessary
to attend class. If a student can maintain
a high average and miss a few classes,
why should he be compelled to attend
every one? Occasionally,'there is a reason
for missing a class that seems legitimate
to the student but is not acceptable for an
excused absence. Even when sickness has,
caused an absence, it is sometimes' diffi­cult
to explain this at the infirmary.
At most schools' where a liberal cut
system is used, attendance is found to
higher than at many others. It is logical
that, if a more lenient policy were adopted
here, students would realize their needs
and attend classes accordingly.
Come On Down
Now's your chance, budding journalist.
If you know how to combine everyday
words into an understandable sentence
you too can become a newspaperman and
get black old printers' ink into your blood.
This way you become a cousin of Addison
and Steele, O. Henry, Drew Pearson.
. The Plainsman needs you.
/
Welcome New Freshmen! You'll
like Auburn—But Stick To Books
The Plainsman extends a cordial wel­come
to approximately 200 freshmen who
have enrolled in Auburn for the first time
this summer. Welcome' to what is now
your college, your new home and center
of activity.
We don't have to tell you that Auburn
and its people are friendly. You have
found that out already. The spirit of
friendliness and good fellowship which is
traditional with Auburn students and fac­ulty
will make you feel at home and com­pletely
in the swing of things. Auburn and
all it stands for will be as dear to you as
it is to those who have come before you.
Many days will not pass before you realize
fully that there really is an intangible feel­ing
which permeates the Auburn campus
which your predecessors chose to call the
"Auburn Spirit."
The one danger of which you must be
specially wary and continually on your
guard is the old idea that college is a
recreation center for frivolous young men
and women. Learning how to be a play­boy
in these times is not a wise way to fit
yourself to post-college life. ,
Application to your studies should be
your chief concern, and at Auburn you
will find a great opportunity to advance
mentally and spiritually.
We also urge that the extracurricular
program of Auburn be given your full at­tention,
for it is in this type of activity
that you acquire a sense of social responsi­bility
and ability to work with your fel­lows.
Select those organizations in which
you are most interested and make sure
when you join that you are willing to as-'
sume the work which membership en­tails.
Remember that the faculty members,
student government officers, and the di­rector
of student affairs, are always on
hand to help you solve your problems, no
matter what their nature may be. Consult
them when you need them, and your col­lege
career will be along a steady and,
wholesome course.
School Can Also Mean Fun,
Teachers; Enjoy College Life
With an enrollment drop of 2000 stu­dents
this quarter, we* begin to notice in­dividuals.
The first thing we observe is
that not all of you are teen-agers.
It's you school teachers we're talking
about.
You may be here working on a deferred
master's or maybe you're still after that
bachelor's; whatever the reason, you're
in school.
And school everywhere means fun as
well as learning.
It makes us glad to see you enjoy your­selves.
You seem to be doing it, too.
But what about us? We could learn
much about enjoying ourselves from you.
How often do we knock ourselves out try­ing
to have a good time—and don't? The
trouble is, we try too hard. When we stop
trying and relax, often the good times will
come to us.
Newcomers of all ages, we welcome you.
If your hair is getting gray—let it down.
We like, it that way. If you're getting bald,
that's all right, too. Saves on barber bills.
We want you to laugh and kid around
the way we do when 'you get through
taking those notes and studying.
You're one of us.
Motorists in Auburn are allowed to
make right hand, turns on a red light pro­vided
the vehicle comes to a full stop and
the Way is clear.
It's about time the New Building was
named something besides New Building!
Samford Tower is seven stories high.
Three buildings on the campus will
have fire escapes installed this quarter.
They are Samford Hall, Broun Hall, and
the Architecture Building.
Auburn's school of architecture is the
oldest in the South.
Do-Nuts and Coffee By Bobs Anesthesia
"I hope I don't catch cold- Mr. Hendricks
has been sneezing in my ear all morning I"
WAMIII n un common? I M « cA»ie iW-HUf*
The Common Man By^s-n.™
Back To Nature, Boy
One day during the recent vacation I took a fishing trip
down on the back water close to home. I didn't really intend to
do much fishing, but for the sake of convention I packed an old
cane pole of my dad's along and stuck a bucket of worms in the
back of the car. There is a shady little spot where I used to go
as a kid, and when I got there and fields, in search of something—
!and
Sellers
looked around I saw that it had­n't
changed very much. Away out
in the water a few old pieces of
driftwood were floating around,
and the sunshine and willow trees
and insects were all just like they
used to be. A couple of buzzards
hovered silently above the pines,
and once in >a
Jwhile a lizard
jscurried through
fthe dead bark
I and w e e d s on
I the shore.
I baited my
ihook, threw the
il i n e into the
* sluggish water,
stuck the
pole into the
mud. Then I eas­ed
back against
a log and relaxed while my
thoughts trailed.off like the rip­ples
around my cork. For a little
while I thought about school last
quarter—the friends I had made
and the friends I would never see
again. I.remembered the changes
that had come to the college; the
'Bama game, the beginning of the
new engineering laboratory, and
th 10 dollar raise in pay. I re­membered
the way the girls look­ed
when they wore their spring
outfits, how proudly they strut­ted
on Easter Sunday, and how
they held' hands with their new
boy friends when the grass shoots
were pushing out of the earth
in front of Samford.
And then I thought about the
days ahead—the summer quarter
and my last term at Auburn. I
thought about this column, and I
wondered if I could make it in­teresting
and thoughtful as Jen­nings
always did. I felt a little
lonely to know that Mitch Sharpe
wouldn't be back. He is out in
Kansas working in the wheat
money, adventure, peace of mind
perhaps. But whatever it is I wish
him. good hunting. And other old
cronies are gone—Bob Black­burn
doing some acting up in Vir­ginia;
Boyd (Burp) Hinton sweat­ing
it out with a power line crew
in Columbus, Ga.; others gradua­ted
and working for a living.
But there must be something
permanent in life, I thought, and
then it struck me that right here
I had found it. The sky is still
blue, the wind still whispers
through the pines, and the bugs
and birds and driftwood haven't
changed. The round ripples of the
pond grow larger and larger nad
finally disappear and others take
their place, but the pattern re­mains
the same. All this water, I
thought, will finally flow over
the dam into the river, and at
length it will reach the sea, but
•the rains will come and the pond
will still be here. Those two buz­zards
up there will die, but there
are baby buzzards somewhere in
their nests learning to fly, and
the next time I come out here
they will be soaring around'"in
their proper places.
The sun was going down, and
I hadn't caught any fish, but
when I took the pole out and
looked over the darkening sur­face
of the pond I was happy. I
knew the world couldn't be com­pletely
cockeyed so long as that
place never changed. Friends will
pass on down the road, the new
boy-friends of the girls will
eventually go out of their lives,
and someday all of us will take
the final exam for our last jour­ney.
But the great, green hand of
nature will stretch its fingers to
' the farthest shores of time, and
there will always be little ponds
in the world where people like
you and me can find peace.
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor
File 13—an old army lerm for 'Wasiebaskel'
Of Auburn's nine schools, engineering
has the highest enrollment.
According to columnist Leonard
Lyons ,the famous Mexican mu-ralist
Diego Rivera announced
that he was seeking to rejoin the,
Communist P a r t y . Lyons said
Rivera told him that Henry Wal­lace
was . . . "A good man, but
he prays to God too much, and
that's bad—because it postpones
the Revolution."
* * *
The forests of America, how­ever
flighted by man, must have
been a great delight to God, be­cause
they were the best he ever
planted.—Jphn Muir."j
* * *
Here's a household hint to the
student-parent: If rocking baby
t to isleep inter-
UI feres with your
| studies, it might
If be well to train
§1 your' dhild after
H "Buddy" P o l k,
son of veteri­nary
s t u d e n t
H o r a c e Polk.
" B u d d y " , age
four, s i m p ly
climbs into the
Coleman rocker, braces
his feet against the chair frame,
and rocks himself to sleep.
. » * *
When a man dies, it means
that a part has worn out.—Hen­ry
Ford.
* * *
Melvin J. Purvis, former G-Man
who shot John Dillinger,
will run for public office in South
Carolina.
M
"The best governed, state is
probably New York, and for the
worst just blindfold yourself and
stick a finger anywhere below
the Mason and Dixon's line."—
John Gunther, Inside U.S.A.
* • •
The most popular name in the
Auburn student-faculty directory
is—Smith—with a count of 99.
Ten runners-up in order are
Jones with 79; Brown,/52; Davis
and Johnson, 51; Thompson and
Moore. 41; Miller, 37; Martin and.
Walker, 36; and Green, 27.
* * *
Lambda, the newest chapter of
Alpha Psi professional veterinary
fraternity was recently installed
at the University of Georgia.
* * *
Politics is a business just like
anything else.—Thomas J. Pen-dergast.
* * *
A bank is the thing that will
always lend you money if you
can prove you don't need it.-j-
Joe E. Lewis.
* * *
Auburn students might be read­ing
a copy of The Plainsman
edited by students of trie Univer­sity
next fall. It's all the idea of
Cheri Chandler, editor of the
Crimson-White at 'Bama. Since
Auburn and Alabama have re­newed
relations on the football
field, Cheri1 thought it might be
a good idea to exchange staffs for
one issue. If the plan works out,
Jack Simms, who will take over
The Plainsman this fall, will edit
one issue of the C-W and Cheri
will supervise one edition of one
Plainsman.
I
Evolution:
Three monkeys sat in a cocoa-nut
tree,
Discussing things as they're said
to be.
Said one to the other, "Now
listen, you two;
There's a certain rumor that
can't be true;
That man descended from our
noble race.
The very idea is a disgrace.
No monkey ever deserted his
wife,
Starved her babies, ruined her
life.
And you've never known a
mother monk
To leave her babies with oth­ers
to bunk,
Or pass them on from one to
another,
Till they scarcely know who is
their mother.
"And another thing you'll never
see:
A monk build a fence 'round
a cocoanut tree
And let the cocoanuts go to
waste,
Forbidding all others monks to
taste.
Why, if I put a fence around a
tree,
Starvation will force you to
steal from me.
"Here's another thing a monk
won't do
Go out at night and get on a
stew,
Or use a gun, or club, or knife
To take some other monk's life.
Yes, man descended, the onery
cuss;
But, brother, he didn't descend
from us." —Mueller Record
* * *
Irish corporal: "That's how
'twas. The bullet went in me
chest and came out me back."
Newsman: "But how did it miss
your heart?"
Irishman: "Me heart was in
me mouth." .
* ** -*
Imagination was given man to
compensate him for what he is
not; and a sense of humor was
provided to console him for what
he is.—Pen.
* * *
True religion involves brother-liness,
real inward brotherliness,
and nothing externally religious
which a man can perform means
anything without that.—Selected.
A Dash, of Bitters BTji»F«»**
One of the most interesting
things that happened between
quarters as far as I am concer­ned
was the chance to see and
hear again the Johnny Powell
Quintet. You may remember
them as the combo that played
over in Phenix City last quarter
and also played several jobs
around Auburn, including that
great Sunday afternoon concert
with the Knights. They were
playing at the Club 26 in At­lanta
and were just closing out a
two week engagement when the
quarter was over. We got into,
Atlanta Friday night, and the
Quintet was due to close the next
night.
Friday nights are always ad­vertised
as jam session nights
there. They wait until about two
in the morning before starting
in order to give other musicians
about town a chance to finish
their jobs and get over there. I
got there about 10:30 and ran
into Graham Thomas, Rudy
Blackmar, and Bob Moss of the
Knights. They had a table right
next to the band stand and we
joined parties.
The Quintet was playing v the
same sort of fine music that they
played down here. They hadn't
been too pleased with the set up
where they played in Phenix
City and had looked forward to
Atlanta, but I believe they were
pretty brought down after play­ing
there for two weeks. They
followed to the Cugat style. The
Quintet had to start playing
rhumbas, and every third or
fourth number was a rhumba. In
between, the crowd called for
still more of the South American
stuff. George Hartwell had to
put away his clarinet and shake *
a couple of gourds filled with
shot or something. It was dis­couraging.
The show pieces somehow did­n't
go so well. Johnny's "Cecelia"
drew a few laughs, and their ver­sion
of "We Three" did pretty
Well, burfor the mosfffiflfflK wa^s-•
a cold atfdtence. An#W*wasn't a
good audience. ' i ^ t . k . , 2 . , .
After leaving Atlanta, the com­bo
moved on to Orange,- Texas,
where theyp are to play a two
week job. After that they're
going to take a vacation. Later in
the summer they will be at Pana­ma
City.
Nothing Here By Graham McTeer
Although Monday was the of­ficial
beginning of the summer
season, it made very little differ­ence
to the four or five thousand"'
Auburn students who, for some
unknown reason, have chosen to
sweat out this summer. It has
been hot enough since the middle
of last quarter. New students
were greeted in typical Auburn
style—three straight days of rain,
so nobody will be surprised at-the
monsoons next fall.
Two exciting events took place
early in the quarter: Markle's
new Walgreen opened its doors
to many prospective customers,
and washing machine • chances'
were flying. The new (all-new)
Ford was equally crowd-drawing.
There was one blur on an other­wise
successful beginning. The
'first Friday night street dance
was poorly received, perhaps be­cause
of the lack of publicity
given it. No doubt they will im­prove
as the quarter grows older.
As usual, school means beat­ing
the books, to some extent
anyway. Most students seem to
agree that it's too hot to concen­trate
much on that, though. Hope
the profs will feel the same way
and make it as bearable as pos­sible.
In the PE department, two
highly unnecessary time-wasters
have been dropped for the sum­mer—
hygiene and motor ability
tests. Drill is set for the cool of
the morning, if you prefer lack
of sleep to lack of heat. I haven't
heard of any instructors schedul­ing
class meeting at the .lake, yet,
but stranger things have happen­ed.
By Jim Watson
Disc jockey programs are hit­ting
an all time high in popu­larity.
All small radio stations
have over 50 per cent of their
time occupied with record spin­ners
and corny jokes. Of course
the sponsors whdse products
would not appeal to the type of
people who listen to record shows
will have a more sophisticated
program like giving the time
every half hour, reading out the
stock market returns, forecasting
the weather, or presenting the lo­cal
social news. However, I think
that the disc jockey shows are
still my favorites.
One such program originating!
from a station in Columbus adds I.
to its variety by playing a mys­tery
tune which is identified by
"some one picked at random from
the phone book." When the an­nouncer's
cousin answers the
phone and identifies the "Pre­lude
from Seagram's Seventh,"
the sponsor sends the lucky win­ner,
absolutely free and without
obligation, 1000 guitar picks.
Another disc jockey show which
is beamed from the Armed Forces
.Radio Station in Manila, features
an unusual "hit" parade. Men
send in their most disliked re­cords
to the announcer who, after
giving a short slanderous talk
about the record and the low-life
who wrote it plays the record
once, then shatters it with a ham­mer.
This program is said to be
a smash hit.
I don't know where the term j
"disc jockey" was originated.
The first time I remember seeing
it was in a write-up in Time
about "a disc jockey in Charlotte
who dug an ancient record out of
a stack of discards. Two days
after he played this record, he
had over 500,000 requests to play
it again. In another week's time,
Ted Weems arrangement of
"Heartaches" was a national fa­vorite,
making a come-back after
18 years.
Soon after reading this article
about the North Carolina record
spinner who made good, I noticed
the term "disc jockey" again being
used when a character in the
Kerry Drake comic strip was not
satisfied with murdering his au­diences
with gags and patter but
dad to go out and -do the same*'
job with a gun occasionally. x
Disc jockeys are drawing some
of the largest salaries in radio,
as well as drawing some of the
largest audiences. All of the cou­ples
who park out at lake Auburn
every night to watch the subma­rine
races enjoy tuning in on their
favorite platter twister just for
the psydhological effect.
I heard about an underwear
company in Iowa which sponsors
"The Disc Jockey Strap Hour".
This program has many suppor­ters.
But I must let the typewriter
rest while I tune in to "King
Arthur and His Knight Owls of
the Turntables."
CHIPS
The Exchange Post *«»**««
A Kentucky colonel always
closed his eyes when he took a
drink, and one day a friend ask­ed
him why. "The sight of good
likkuh, suh," the colonel explain­ed,
"always makes my mouth
watah, and suh, ah do not care
to dilute my drink."
—Illinois Tech
* » *
Housewives and hatchery own­ers
who have found cold storage
eggs undesirable may now look
to an LSU scientist who has de­veloped
a method of egg pre­servation
which retains the , ori­ginal
freshness and flavor even
after months at below freezing
temperatures.
* * *
Prof: "Mister, you can't sleep
in my class."
Student: "I know it. I've been
trying to for half an hour."
—Delta State Teacher's
* * *
Climaxing six weeks of, intense
study and rehearsals the 100th
major production of the Louisi­ana
Players Guild at LSU, pre­sented
Shakespeare's "The Tra­gedy
of Hamlet," before capaci­ty
audiences recently.
• * *
One instructor at Texas Uni­versity
was widely known for
giving the same final each year.
"Don't you know," asked pne
of his friends, "that students
will save the exams from year to
year, and come prepared in ad­vance?"
"Doesn't matter, I change the
answers every year."
„ » * *
In a recent address at the Wo­man's
C°ltege of the University
of North Carolina Dr. Allan Ne-vins
stressed the necessity for
more unification of science and
history and less specialization in
each individual field. He based
his deductions on the , growing
scientific and historical illiteracy
of the world today.
* * *
"I heard the authorities are
trying to stop necking."
Zatso? First thing you know,
they'll be trying to make the
students stop, too."
—Georgia Tech
By Leonard Hooper
I might have known that the
first person I'd see when I got
back to Auburn would be Oliver
Bolivar ("Po'k-dhop") Tolliner,
scion of the Deep, Deep South.
The old unreconstructed rebel
was standing on the northeast
corner of College and Magnolia
when I saw him, holding up with
his shoulder a support for a cor­rugated-
steel awning in front of
a drug store.
"Po'k-chop; how's fishing?" I£
greeted him. -v'
"Fair-to-middling, colonel," he'
answered in characteristic man­ner.
"What ftiave you been doing
for the past lb days?"
"Outside of tangling with a
tribe of citrinella-swigging skeet-ers,
I got by as easy as possible,"
I said. "Any thing noteworthy
happen to you since I feaw you
last?" •
"Well, colonel," he began,,
"about the funniest thing happen­ed
as I was headed home from
here. I got a ride going south froni
Montgomery with a most interes­ting
Southern . lady. It seemed
that she was born in Montgomery,
but she had lived in Hawaii, in,
California, in Peru—had really^
been around. One of these cosmo^
polites, you might say.
"She was on her way to Perisa-cola
to rejoin her husband, a
Marine Corps officer, who's in, a
hospital down there. And, colo­nel,
she was a fine specimen of a
conversationalist. She discussed
job chances after leaving college,
farming, politics from Stassen to
Stalin, and then Ishe started on
Alabama.
"She said that wherever she^
went people laughed at her when
she mentioned being an Alaba'- J
mian. The way she put it. she."
(Continued on page 6)
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, June 23, 1948
Auburn Horticulture Forum Wilt Meet
During Summer, President Announces
By Carl F. Breteman
The Auburn Horticulture Fo­rum
will continue to hold meet­ings
throughout the s u m m er
quarter. This was announced to­day
by Holly Mitchell, president
of the club.
The club is the first of it's kind
that has been organized on the
campus for ornamental horticul­ture
students. It was formed be­cause
some media was needed to
' bring horticulture students closer
together, and to help these stu-dents
realize the importance and
opportunities of the field oihorti-culture.
, ,
The club holds itV meetings
every other Tuesday night and
problems on the minds of stu­dents
are discussed. Also speak­ers
are brought into the meetings
to aid the students with any spe­cial
problems and to lecture oh
various phases of ornamental
horticulture.
Holly, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Hixon, was elected president'
of the club when it was formed
last fall. He is a student of com­mercial
ornamental horticulture
f in the school of agriculture.
Holly urges every student of
commercial ornamental horticul­ture
that haven't already become
members of ^the club to do so at
. the first opportunity, as he will
have the chance to solve some of
the everyday problems in horti-
, culture.
Holly will graduate in August
i of this year. After graduating, he
intends to open a nursery of his
own somewhere in tlhe vicinity
of Auburn, however the exact-lo-
Auburn Is Summer Host
f a Three Visiting
Physics Researchers
Three"' research associates ih
physics will work with Dr. Ray­mond'Pepinsky,
research profes­sor
of physics, this summer. The
visiting professors are Dr. J. H.
Dv.Doriay, John Hopkins Univer­sity;'
Dr. A. L. Patterson, Bryn
Mawr. College, Pa.; and Dr. Gab-
Welle Hamburger, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
SIGMA N U'SHOLD
GArVtBUNG PARTY
Beta Theta- chapter of Sigma
Nu fraternity entertained with a
gambling party and house dance
last weekend.
Just' as the party was' at' its
height the campus cops "raided"
the house and'threatened to place
several couples in the "jug".
The couple with the money at
the end of the night's gambling,
were ryshee Frank McCorkle and
Martha Sue Bailey, both of Mont­gomery.
As r a reward for their
winnings Frank received a set of
studs and cuff links and Martha
an orchid.
ATTENTION: Children cared
for from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
six days a week. Entire house
for nursery only?. BIDE WEE
HOtJttS NUttfeEAV. 314ty2 N:
Gay Street, phone 1001
cation is;notkriown at this time.
r » » » - » -
AT \m
V A R S f T ¥
JONES TAKES THE CAKE—Harold Jones, Troy, beams as
he receives the cake he won at the Alpha Gamma Delta Sunrise
Dance from Marie Golson, Alpha Gam altruistic chairman. Each
year Alpha Gamma Delta raffles off a cake to raise funds for
the care and treatment of spastic children.
'Student of the Week' Got Idea to Buy
Restaurant While Playing Bridge
• Grey and Brown Suede Loafers $7.95
• Large Asst. of Smartly Styled tfah arid
White Dress Shoes $80Gi lip.
VARSITY
SHOES FOR MEN
No. College Auburn, Ala.
By Fran R. rtarper
A thriving restaurant business
is operated here by Henry Dunn,
"Student of the Week", and it
Was all started over a bridge
game! ,
Dunn, a 22-year-old senior in
aeronautical -erigineering from
JMontgomery, was working last
fall as a butcher in an.Opelika
meat market after school and on
weekends to make ends meet.
One night, he and his wife, the
former Carblyn Floyd from Do-zier,
were playing bridge With
one of the meat cutters with
whom he Worked. Thecoriversa-tibn
strayed from bridge land
turned to talk of the Steak House,
an Auburn restaurant which hap­pened
to be fdr sale. -;
Henry decided it was a pretty
good business opportunity and
decided to t ry it, although he had
no restaurant experience except
for a few Weeks as a short order
cook i n a New Hampshire restau­rant
while he was touring the
country.
So Henry and his colleague
purchased the Steak House on a
partnership basis.
For a week they operated the
restaurant together until Henry
ahd Carolyn vdecided, they could
make a better "go" of it themself,
ves. So they bought out their
partner and- in mid-November
they were on their own.
Restaurants were a new ven­ture
for Carolyn. Before her mar­riage
two years ago, she had done
very little cooking, and it had
taken nearly all of her time to
cook for Henry. She found it
quite an assignment to take on
the management of a cafe Which
serves three square meals and
short orders to dozens of college
lads. Nevertheless the meals are
well planned and prepared by an
employed cook.
The Steak House is three blocks
from t,he main campus, and is
open from 7 a.m. until midnight.
It means long hours fdr the
Dunns, but they don't mind, for
it means they can graduate from
college.
After graduation next Decem­ber,
Henry plans to gb ihto air­port
management. He's been in­terested
in airplanes since he was
a little fellow, artd his first plane
ride so long ago that he can't
even remember it.
As a teen-ager, model air­planes
were his hobby, and Hen­ry
says one of the biggest dis­appointments
of his life came
when he had just finished his
first gasoline engine model and
his older sister sat on it before
he had a chance to try it out.
In 19*43 Henry went into the
Air Corps and served as a fighter
pilot. He enrolled at Auburn in
the fall of 1946 and since that
time his flying has been sand­wiched
into vacations between
quarters.
His brother-in-law, Howard T.
EdWards, is part owner of the
Montgomery Aviation Corpora­tion
located at Norman Bridge
Airport, artd so he has access to
airplanes at anytime.
SPEECH WINNERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Finals of the Tau Kappa Alpha
speech contest' were held ort May
25 in the New Classroom Build­ing.
Eight speakers reached the
finals from the preliminaries, in­cluding
speakers from all speech
classes. Judges for the finals
were Prof. T. C. Hoepfner, Mr.
Bob Roberts, and Dr. J. R. Moore.
First place winner was David
L. Thomas, whose subject was
"Veterans in Reverse." Second
place went to E. A. De Camp,
with his subject being "America's
Second Bataan." Third place went
to Randall M. Walker; his subject
was "We Should Have a Legisla­tive
Ban and Compulsory Arbi­tration
in Essential Industries."
Thrasher-Wright Clothiers pre­sented
the first-place winner with
a shirt. Ware's Jewelry .presented
the second-place winner a bill­fold,
and Pitts and Caldwell gave
the third-place winner a tie.
Tau Kappa Alpha sponsors the
speech contest each quarter.
Veterinary Problem
Receives Attention
The Board of Trustees has ap­pointed
a committee of three to
study the enrollment problem of
school of veterinary medicine.
The school has applications
frorn 400 prospective students
seeking entrance. Auburn has fa­cilities
to admit only 70 new stu­dents
this year.
Stevens Honored
T. D. Stevens, head of the for­estry
department of the API Ag-just
shirts
PHI DELTA THETA
PLEDGES, ELECTS
Phi Delta Theta' announces
the pledging of the following:
George Turner, Leesburg, Ga.;
Mark Chesser, Columbus, Ga.;
Jack Fincher, Wedbwee; and Dan
Hall, Tuskegee.
The chapter recently elected
t h e following n e w officers:
alumni secretary, Bubber Berry,
Columbus, Ga.; warden, Bob
Lawrence, Montgomery; reporter,
Joe Thombley, Columbus, Ga.;
and chorister, Bobby Frese, Mo-ible.
ricultural Experiment Station,
was elected chairman of the
Forestry Section of the Alabama
Academy of Science at its an­nual
meeting held recently at the
University of Alabama.
PkE-LAW HONORARY
ENJOYS BANQUET
Epsilon Chi, honorary
pre-law students, held
banquet on Friday,
the Mell Street civic
The banquet was held
the new members'and
formation of the soc-
Lambda
society for
its initial
May 28, in
club room,
in honor of
the recent
iety.
Judge W. O. Walton, presiding
judge of the Fifth Judicial Dis­trict,
was principal speaker. Miss
Eloise Tanner, southern after-dinner-
speaking champion from
Mississipp State College for Wo­men,
was also a guest speaker.
Judge Walton spoke on the at­tributes
of the successful lawyer
and his duty to society. Miss Tan­ner
diverted the diners with a
humorous talk.
Members of Lambda Epsilon
Chi and their dates had as their
guests the following people: Mr.
and Mrs. O. T. Ivey, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Lawson, Mr. T. C. Clark,
Mr. E. D. Hess, Mr. R. H. Bjur-berg,
and Dean Katharine Cater.
LEARN the samba, rhumba.
and tango now being taught at
the Rhythm-Style Dance Stu­dio,
106y2 College St., phone
1129 for appointments or come
by our studio.
VETERINARY MEN
REPORTED RARE
-Dr. R. S. Sugg, dean of the
school of veterinary medicine,
told a group of visiting veteri­narians
here recently that de­mands
for services in food in­spection
and livestock vaccina­tion
are greater than trained
veterinarians can possible meet.
Dr. Sugg, who is also state
veterinarian, made the statement
in welcoming an estimated 200
veterinarians to a three-day
study course here.
He said it may be necessary
for practicing veterinarians to
train and supervise others to in­spect
meats and to vaccinate
livestock against various diseases.
vThe group discussed methods
of helping the livestock industry
and farmers to combat diseases
attacking their livestock.
Those attending included rep­resentatives
from Alabama, Geor­gia,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Flor­ida,
North and South Carolina,
Virginia, Louisana, Texas and.
Kansas.
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Spiked Shoe Honors
Five In Appreciation
Of Track Promotion
Spiked Shoe,"" an ' organization
composed of all track lettermen
in the Southeastern Conference
has recognized five men for their
outstanding work toward advan^
cement of track in the South.
Fred Carley, Auburn distance
star and president of the society,
announced the honorary tapping
here recently.
Those receiving the honor were
Bill Streit and Bernie Moore,
Birmingham, Sam Adams, Mont­gomery,
Frank Gormley, New
Orleans, and Wilbur Hutsell, Au­burn.
The SEC chapter also announ­ced
its election of officers with
Carley as president; Bill Adams,
University of Florida, vice-presi­dent;
James Conn, Mississippi
State, secretary; Buddy Fowlkes,
Georgia Tech, publicity chair­man;
and Whitey Overton, Au­burn,
bulletin chairman.
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CHIEF'S
Is Proud
To Salute
Hugh Gaston
As An Outstanding
Member of the
Auburn Student
Body
Hugh is a junior in
architecture from Le­banon,
Tenn.; p a st
vice-president of the
junior c l a s s ; past
member of Squires;
president o f InterJ
Faith Council; presi­dent
of Auburn IRC;
president of South­eastern
Conference I
RC; associate editor of
'48 Glomerata; editor-elect
of '49 Glomerata;
member of AIA, Sca­rab,
Blue Key, and
Kappa Sigma social
fraternity.
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6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, June 23, 1948
New Band Uniforms Expected To
Be Ready for 'Bama-Auburn Game
"Chief" Bidez, Auburn band di­rector,
announced this week that
funds have been granted for the
procurement of new band unir-forms
and that it is hoped that the
band will receive them in time to
use the uniforms at the Alabama
football game in December.
Along with this announcement
comes the news of the appoint­ment
of David A. Herbert as as­sistant
band director and band
drill master.
Funds have also been granted
for purchasing new instruments,,
for the band and over 90 per cent
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AUBURN GRILLE
of its members are expected to
have new equipment by the be­ginning
of the fall quarter.
Special attention in register­ing
for classes this fall will be gi­ven
to all members of the band in
an effort to eliminate conflicts be­tween
class and practice hours.
The selection of new uniforms
has not been made yet, but a
cornmittee is expected to be form­ed
for the purpose of making this
decision in the next few weeks.
In the past few years, there has
been expressed dissatisfaction
from several sources over the type
and color of the present uni­forms.
'Dave Herbert, newly-appointed
assistant director of the band, to­day
announced that plans for the
marching band, which will play
for the football games in the fall,
are well underway. The mem­bers
of the summer band will
form the basis of the parade unit
to be used this fall. Mr. Herbert
urges all students who can play
instruments to join the band now.
Band work may be taken with or
without credit. It should be' em­phasized
• that the summer band
will be purely a medium to sign
up for the band; just come and
sit in on rehearsals. If a good and
sizable formation is obtained, Mr.
Herbert plans to give at least one
summer concert.
. It has been years since pros­pects
for the Auburn Band have
been so bright as they are now, a
music department offiical said.
With the addition of an assistant
director, the marching and drill
organization for between-the-halyes
shows at the game will be
perfected. Mr. Herbert will also
teach brass and woodwind instru­ments.
'Charlie' Jones, III
JONES WILL SERVE
AS BLUE KEY HEAD
Charles W. Jones III, junior in
industrial management f r om
Greenville, will be the acting
president of Blue Key national
honor fraternity this summer in
the absence of Robert K. Vann.
Jones is vice-president.
Paul H. Sarvis, Jr., junior in
building construction from Syla-cauga,
wil serve in the capacity
of vice-president. Sarvis is sec­retary-
treasurer.
Both of us lose money when you don't^
bring me your radio.
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P U B L I C NOTICE:
Burton's Bookstore will be closed
for the period July first through the
third for the purpose of taking inven­tory.
(July 1 through 3.)
We are asking that you please
take notice of this and purchase your
needs prior to these dates.
I
BURTON'S BOOK STORE
"Something New Every Day"
Eden Is Appointed
Ass'l. Entomologist
By Dean Funchess
By Glover Pugh and Lelias Pair
The appointment of W. G.
Eden, formerly assistant county
agent of Geneva County, as as­sistant
entomoligist of the Agri­cultural
Experiment Station here,
was announced this week by M.
J. Funchess, dean and director.
Eden recently completed his
academic work for doctorate at
the University of Illiohois.
In his new position, Mr. Eden
will assist Dr. F. S. Arant, sta­tion
entomologist, with various
phases of research on the uses of
insecticides in the control of in­sects.
The University of Illinois
granted him the privilege of re­turning
to Auburn to complete
research work for his doctorate.
Eden was reared on a farm in
St. Clair County, graduated from
the St. Clair County High School
in 1936, and entered Auburn on
a Sears, Roebuck scholarship in
the fall of 1937. He was selected
the "best all-round junior in ag­riculture"
in 1939 and received
his B.S. degree in agricultural
science in 1940.
Upon graduation, Eden became
assistant county agent of Geneva
County, serving from 1940 to
1944, when he entered the Navy
as an ensigr\. After serving two
years in the Pacific as a gunnery
officer on the U. S. Lavaca, .he
was discharged a lieutenant (jg)
and returned to Geneva Coflnty
as assistant county agent. In the
fall of 1946, he entered Auburn
and received his M.S. degree in
entomology in 1947. His thesis
was on DDT residues of alfalfa.
He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi,
Gamma Sigma Delta, and Sigma
Xi national honor societies.
Eden is married to the former
Evelyn Smith of Acmar, Ala­bama,
and they have two young
daughters, -Brenda, age 7 and
Air Force Increases
Its Aviation Cadet
Quota For 1948
The Headquarters United States
Air Force has anounced that its
quota for Aviation Cadets Pilot
Training for the year 1948 will be
increased to over 3000, First Ser­geant
Billingsley, Station Com­mander
of the local U. S. Army
and U>(,S. Force Recruiting Sta-:
lion, stated recently.
This increase in quoia will al­low
many more young men to
submit their applications for fu­ture
classes of cadet training,
Sergeant Billingsley stated. The
expansion of the cadet program
and the many new privileges and
allowances now given to cadets
should prove to be of interest to
all qualified applicants who, for
variousi reasons, have been hesi­tant
about submitting their appli­cations.
A few of the privileges and al­lowances
now given aviation ca­dets
are: $75 per month during
training; free meals, quarters,
medical care, uniforms; clothing;
and equipment; a $10,000 free
life insurance policy; commission
of a 2nd Lieutenant on gradua­tion
with a minimum salary < of
$336 per month plus $500 per
year bonus for each year of active
duty; allowance of $250 for uni­forms
on graduation.
Although the cadet program is
being increased, eligibility for ap­pointment
as a cadet will con­tinue
to be limited to applicants
who meet the following basic re­quirements;
be an unmarried
male citizen between the ages of
20 and 26% years, possessing two
years college training or be able
to pass the Aviation Cadet Edu­cation
Cadet Educational Exami­nation.
All U. S. Air Force Recruiting
Stations now have complete de­tails
and application forms on the
Aviation Cadet Training Pro­gram,
Sergeant Billingsley stated.
In Opelika, the station is located
in Room 323, Post Office Build­ing.
Chips
(Continued from Page 4)
the inside dope that Big Jim war
the laughingstock of the country
She said that once recently a
New Orleans lady sfte knows
started apologizing to her about
their governor. (EXPLANATORY
CHIP: Earl Long ha"s just imposed
heavy new state taxes all over
Louisana, except New Orleans,
where reduced taxes have crip
pled city services from garbage
collection to law enfqrcement.—
Time, June 7) Then another lady
said, "Honey, why apologize to
her: don't you know that Kissin
Jftn is her governor?" " I
"Po'k-chop," I interrupted,
"what's new about all this?"
"Contrast, colonel:. I had just
gotten a ride from Auburn to
Montgomery, all the way down to
Alabama Street, with a State Fi­nance
Department officer named
J. M...Moore. He works up around
LaFayette."
"Well?" ' '
"His daughter Jamelle married
Big Jim not so" long ago. Excuse
me now, colonel, I just remem­bered
that I have to go pay a man
some money I owe him."
"But, Po'k-chop, let me ask
you—" but he was nearly out of
sight, walking alongside a blond
coed whose shins were being
brushed by a square foot of coy­ly-
exposed frilly slip.
MORAL: Keep you eyes open
these days and there's no telling
who you'll run into.
CANTRELL ATTENDS
LIBRARY MEETING
Dr. Clyde H. Cantrell, director
of libraries, attended the annual
meeting of the American Library
Association which was in session
in Atlantic City, June 12-19.
Dr. Cantrell, the past presi­dent
of the Alabama Library As­sociation,
is a member of the As­sociation
of College and Research
Libraries. At present he is a
member of its committee on Fi­nancial
Needs.
Stenos Are Needed
For VA Positions
. Stenographers a r e urgently
needed to work for the Veterans
Administration Central Office in
Washington, according to Ala­bama
VA officials.
Stenographers who can pass a
test with dictation at 80 words a
minute will be employed at CAF-
3 grade, and those who can pass
a test with, dictation at 65 words
a" minute will be employed at
CAF-2 grade. Entrance salary for
CAF-3 is $2,168.28 a year and for
CAF-2 is $1,954.00 a year.
VA officials point out that 97
per cent of the stenographers in
the'VA's Central Office are as­signed
at CAF-3 or better, indi­cating
that stenographers origi­nally
appointed at CAF-2 level
are promoted after becoming eli­gible
for promotion. More than C O L O R S FOR 1 9 49
.30 per cent of the Central Office
stenographers have been promo­ted
to positions at CAF-4, CAF-5
or CAF-6.
An adequate number of rooms
for single persons is available at
$5.00 per week and up in the
nation's capital. Travel expenses
are paid 'to Washington for per­sons
selected for the work.
In order to facilitate employ­ment
of the stenographers, appli­cation
may be made and the test
taken at the Veterans Adminis­tration
Offices in Birmingham,
Mobile, and Decatur, as well as
at the Regional Office in Mont­gomery.
Hpwever, if more infor­mation
is desired, it may be ob­tained
by writing the Personnel
Officer, Veterans Administration
400 Lee Street, Montgomery 4,
Alabama.
Nixon Pens Red Sox
Baseball Contract
Willard Nixon, Auburn's pitch­ing
sensation for the past two
seasons, signed -a contract with
ALABAMA LICENSE
TAGS ARE REVERSED
New 1949 Alabama automobile
tags are in the process of being
manufactured now with a ship­ment
of 50,000 already dispatched
to Birmingham.
: Jefferson County tags, bear­ing
the number "1", are the first
to come off the machines.
The color scheme of the '49
tags will be black on yellow-re­versing
this year's color combina­tion,
i
Tags are not on sale and motor­ist's
won't have to worry about
having them on the car before
October 1.
the Boston Red Sox following
the Southeastern Conference
playoff last quarter.
During-the 1947 and 1948 sea­sons
with Auburn, Nixon won
18 games and lost 4. In an ama­teur
league at Lindale, Ga., in
1946-47 he won 31 and lost nine.
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BAMA's '48 GRID
SLATE ANNOUNCED
Alabama's 1948 schedule: Sept.
25, -Tulane in New Orleans; Oct.
2, Vanderbilt in Mobile; 8, Du-quesne
in Tuscaloosa (Friday
night); 16, Tennessee in Knox-ville;
23, Mississippi State in
Starkesville, 30, Georgia in Bir­mingham;
Nov. 6, Mississippi
Southern in Tuscaloosa; 13, Geor­gia
Tech in Atlanta; 20, L.S.U. in
Baton Rouge; 27, Florida in Tus­caloosa
(Homecoming) and Dec.
4, Auburn in Birmingham.
Jane, 3. He is the son of Q. G.
Eden, a St. Clair County far­mer.
\ STUDENT SUPPLIES
School books and supplies are available at
reasonable prices
Next to Main Library
Phone 960-Extension 347
COLLEGE SUPPLY STORE
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Prepare Now For Your Vacation
BECOME MORE POPULAR ON THE DANCE
FLOOR BY LEARNING ALL THE
LATEST DANCE STEPS
Instruction in all American and Latin
American Ballroom Dances including
the new Astaire Swing Trot at the
RHYTHM-STYLE DANCE STUDIO
106% No. College St.
Open Daijy 4-6 P. M. and 7-9 P. M.
Phone 1129 for Appointments
. Saturdays'9-12 Noon
WANTED: Five boys for
meals three Jimes a day, five
days a week at $32.50 a month,
milk served twice daily. Call
Mrs. C. H. Lenoir at 1073-W
or see her at 136 N. Ross Street.
SO YOU WANT TO FENCE HER IN?
Well if you must resort to such measures, this is one way
to keep her. But, if you want to keep her young and lovely,
don't allow her to spend her wash days over a back-breaking
wash-tub. Send her to HIGGINS' SELF-SERVICE AUTO­MATIC
LAUNDRY. Conventient location . . . free parking.
Located in alley-way directly in rear of Lipscomb's Drug'
Store. Drive between bus station and Auburn Cab Co. straight
ahead until new white concrete laundry house may be seen
near watef^tank.
WED.-THURS.
JUNE 23-24
SUMMER
HOLIDAY
Starring
MICKEY ROONEY
GLORIA DeHAVEN
Also: News and Shorts
FRIDAY ONLY .
JUNE 25
A SLIGHT CASE
OF MURDER
Starring
EDW. G. ROBINSON
Added: Selected Shorts
SATURDAY ONLY
JUNE 26
NORTHWEST
TRAIL
With
ANNE .DAVIS
GABBY HYATT
Also: Good Shorts
OWL SHOW,
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