5 EXHIBITS FOR FALL QUARTER
ANNOUNCED BY ART DEPARTMENT
GVoup of Paintings Acquired From State
Department Set for Sometime in November
Five exhibits have been scheduled for showing in the
Architecture and Arts Library during the fall quarter, ac
cording to Professor Frank W. Applebee, head of the Art
Department
The first exhibit will open October 4 and will show until
October 13. It iiss entitled "The
Graphic Circle" and is composed
of prints by a group of 12 contemporary
artists including Max
Ernest, Julio de Diego, Hayter,
Matta, Margo, and others. The
exhibit is from the Jacques Selig-mann
Galleries, New York.
"Young Auburn Artists" is the
second show which will be exhibited
from October 14-20. It
includes paintings and sculpture
by students of the Auburn Art
Department.
From October 21-30 the new
city plan of Gadsden, Alabama,
will be shown. Entitled "Alabama
Plans," it is composed of a model,
illustrated topographical drawings,
and photographs.
"API Collection of Contemporary
Paintings," will feature the
first presentation of collection of
36 paintings acquired from the
State Department's collection in
November.
<* From December 1-11 an exhibit
of low-priced original works
of art entitled "Prints For the
Home" will be shown. It is from
the Associated American Artists
Galleries, New York and Chicago.
Students and townspeople are
cordially invited to view these
exhibits.
MAJ. J. B. BAIRD
IS IN AIR SCHOOL
Maj. Julian B. B a i r d , Air
ROTC instructor here, is attending
the fifth class of the Air
Tactical School, T y n d a l l Air
Force Base, Panama City, Fla.
Called to active duty in November,
1941, he spent 13 months
in the Southwest Pacific and
flew 53 missions. He was awarded
the Silver Star, the Air Medal
with one OLC, and other medals.
He returned^to the states in June
1944 and was assigned to the
Local Unit.
Before entering the service he
was band director of a Fort
Worth, Texas, high school.
Maj. Baird's wife is the former
Miss Perle Smith of Wichita
Falls, Tex., and they have one
child, J. Wayne.
Assistant Dean
Of Women Chosen
Will Be In Charge
Of Girls' Housing
Ruth B. Wilson of San Antonio,
Fla., has been appointed assistant
dean of women at Auburn. %In
charge of housing for women,
she assumed her duties July 15.
A native of Winnipeg, Canada,
Miss Wilson received her B. S; in
education at State Teacher's College,
Slippery Rock, Pa., in 1934.
She received the master of letters
from the University of Pittsburgh
in 1941 and the M. S. in
education from Syracuse University
in 1948. She has taught in
elementary schools around Pittsburgh,
and was head counsellor
at Camp Robin Hood, Pa., for
seven years.
Mrs. Culpepper Speaks
To Independents Here
On 'Campus Romance'
Guest speaker at the AIO mass
meeting tonight in Student Center
will be Mrs. Frances Culpepper
of the sociology department.
Her subject will- be "Campus
Romance."
After the talk Mrs. Culpepper
will hold a forum so that those
attending may discuss the topic.
The meeting begins at 7:15 p.m.
All independents are urged to
attend.
Street Dance Resumes
8 P. M. Starting Hour
The Friday night Street Dance
will resume the former starting
time of 8 p.m. this week: The
dances, which take place behind
Samford Hall, last until 10:45. In
case of rain, they are held in
Student Center.
Music is by the Auburn
Knights' combo. No admission is
charged.
Barrels of Information
Book On Black Belt Plantation
Js Written By History Professor
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Reception is Planned
For The Reverend
And Mrs. Stirling
The Auburn Canterbury Club
will ' hold a reception for the
Reverend and Mrs. James Stirling
Wednesday, August 11, in
', Social Center from 7:30-9:30 p.m.
The purpose of this function is to
introduce the Episcopal minister
and his wife to the various deans,
heads of departments, and student
leaders on the campus.
The 33-year-old minister has
arrived in Auburn to assume the
rectorship of the Church of the
Holy Innocents, and he will also
serve as Episcopal Student Chaplain
in addition to his other duties.
Mr. and Mrs. Stirling and their
four children come to Auburn
from Nashville, Tennessee, where
Mr. Stirling worked with college
students from the various schools
in the city. He has been in college
work for six years, and he
served as a Navy Chaplain in the
Pacific Theater during the war.
A book based on the study of
a Black Belt plantation in Perry
County will be released by the
University of Alabama Press in
the early fall, Dr. W. T. Jordan,
author, and professor of history,
announced today.
Entitled "Hugh Davis and His
Alabama Plantation", the book
covers the period from 1848-1902
showing how the ante-bellum
plantation originated and how it
was operated down through the
years.
Dr. Jordan wrote the book between
1938 and 1942 while he
was a professor at Judson College,
however he was never able
to prepare it for publication for
he spent several years in the
Navy.
His material was gleaned from
old diaries, journals and county
records found in barrels in a barn
owned by some of the descendants
of Mr. Davis in Marion, Alabama.
Actually, the book is a day-by-day
account of events on the
plantation, and Dr. Jordan said it
is written so as to be of interest
to the general reader as well as
to the professional historian.
According to the professor's
findings, Davis was interested in
scientific farming, and the book
deals with his production and
sale of cotton, even to his relationships
with cotton brokers
in Mobile. The Civil War of
course brought the downfall ,of
the Davis plantation.
This is the first book that Dr.
Jordan has ever had published,
however he has had several articles
published in recent months
including one in the Alabama
Review entitled "Ante-Bellum
Mobile, Alabama's Agricultural
Emporium".
In September he will attend a
graduate course sponsored by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
to prepare himself for the introduction
of a course in History of
American Agriculture which will
be offered spon at Auburn.
He said Texas A&M is the only
o^her Gollege in the nation offering
such a course.
DEAN OF WOMEN Katharine barter, foreground, attentively listens to Acting-President
Ralph Draughon at the quarterly gathering of student leaders held at Social Center last Tuesday
night? Beforejthe meeting began, Photographer Leonard Whitten took this informal shot of- students
gathered on the terrace. That's Miss Jane Walden, housemother of Dorm I, serving punch.
Players' 'The Inspector General'
Has Been Produced All Over World
A broadly funny comedy of small town life, The Inspector
General, will be t h e Auburn Players coming production,
to be presented August 12-13 at t h e ampitheater.
Laid in a remote part of Russia over 100 y e a r s ago, Gogol's
play has been produced all over t h e world. A Broadway
revival produced by Jed
Harris a few years ago used the
adaptation by. the New York
critic, John Anderson, which provides
the Player's script. The Auburn
Players are also fortunate
in obtaining the costumes designed
by Ramond Sovey for the
Broadway showing. /
This fast moving farce, which
will be presented on a two-level
stage to avoid delays in shifting
scenery, should be as colorful entertainment
as the Auburn Players
have given in a long time.
The hero of this fabulous Story
of small town politicians will be
played by Dick Mackoy, a comparative
newcomer who played
the role of the priest in Oedipus
last. Spring.. ..._..; _.
The remainder of the cast is
as follows: Artmay Fillipovitch,
Bill Ethridge; Luka Lukitch, D.
G. Pritchett; Mishka, Jo Hazel-rig;
The Mayor, E. B. Miles;
Lyapkin-Tyapkin, I. L. Taylor;
Shepkin, Charles Yarborough;
Bobchinsky, Leonard Hart; Dob-chinsky,
Tom Malone; A constable,
John Bolen; Police Chief,
Joe A. Smith; A Waitress, Alma
Bemley; Hlestakov, Dick Mackoy;
The sergeant's wife, Mary Etta
Berry; Wife of Fillipovitch,
Roweva Beidd; Wife of Lyapkin-
Tyapkjn, Aileen Woods; The Inspector
G e n e r a l , Jim Hearn;
Prompter, Rachel Gay.
Bryson L. James; The Mayor's
wife,- Clara Reynolds; The mayor's
daughter, Winn Hall; Osip,
Chemistry Professor
Will Speak to Members
Of Auburn Math Club
Dr. Edwin O. Price of the
chemistry department, will be
guest speaker tomorrow night
at a meeting of the Auburn Math
Club. The meeting will take place
at Broun Hall.oroom 209, at 7:15
p.m.
The talk by Dr. Price will be
given on mathematics used by
the chemist. All students are invited
to attend.
Superb Pitching Highlights
Summer Softball Activity
By Bob Ingram
• The second half of the summer
quarter softball schedule got off
to a flying start, but after two
days of action Mother Nature
stepped in to bring activities to
a halt. Since no rained-out games
will be replayed, it will be necessary
for all teams to make the
most out of every opportunity
if they hope to gain a spot in the
playoffs to be held at the end of
the quarter.
The few games that were
played last week before the rains
came were highlighted by stellar
pitching performances. Monday
afternoon the best twirling was
turned in by Frank Ray of
Kappa Alpha. Pitching his second
consecutive shutout, Ray
held Sigma Nu to one hit, winning
2-0. In League III, Bo Ren-froe
of Alpha Gamma Rho tied-up
with Bill McPherson of the
Delta Sigs in a hangup pitchers
duel. The AGR's pushed across
three runs in the bottom of the
seventh to win 4-3. It was a
costly win however, as AGR
Secondbaseman John Morton suffered
a broken leg and will be
out for the remainder of the season.
Morton was injured on the
final play of the game when he
tripped over first base, after beating
out a hit that drove in the
winning run. In League V, the
unbeaten Play Boys knocked off.
the Faculty, 15-2. In a night game,
Zac Jenkins pitching for Phi
Kappa Tau, struck out 11 Rinky
Dinks, winning 9-2.
Tuesday afternoon several more
brilliant pitching efforts were recorded.
Jamie Jones, pitching for
Baptist Student "Union, hurled a
superb one-hitter, stopping the
Delta Sigs, 8-1. In a League HI
night game, SPE rolled over AIO,
17-3. In League II, the Vet Hill
team squeezed by the Sigma Chi
3-2. In League IV the SAE's
pounded the ball all over the lot
winning from Lamba Chi, 9-3.
Lefty Jim Woodson, tossing for
ATO, completely baffled Sigma
Pi in a League V game, winning
4-0.
In the newly-formed Church
League, Wesley Foundation won
over the Newman Club by forfeit
Monday night. Tuesday
night, Canterbury had a field day
against the Co-Weds, crushing
them 34-3. All games in this league
will be played at night,
starting time 8:30.
All league games on Wednesday
and Thursday of last week
were rained out. It was announced
last leek that the playoffs
for the campus championship
will begin immediately after the
regular schedule is completed,
which is August 16. The playoffs
will be a single elimination, one
loss and out.
Medals are to be presented to
the individual team members of
both the winning and runner-up
teams.
VETERANS . . .
All bills for books, equipment,
and supplies at all book
stores in Auburn will be
closed with the close of business
on Saturday, August 7.
1948. Veterans are urged to
make necessary purchases of
additional supplies needed to
complete the quarter before
that date.
Sorensen Named
To English Staff
Dr. Frederick Sorensen, of the
University of Denver, has been
appointed professor in the English
department effective in the
fall quarter which opens in September.
He will teach courses in Shakespeare
and advanced English
grammar, and will take a leading
part in the freshman- English
program.
Dr. Sorensen received the A.B.
degree in 1929 from Utah State
Agriculture College, and the M.A.
degree in 1934 from Stanford
University, and the Ph.D. in
1938, also from Stanford. In his
doctorate work he majored in
Elizabethan literature and minor-ed
in philosophy.
He has taught at Stanford
University, Indiana State Teachers
College, Michigan State College
and the University of Denver.
At Denver he has been director
of the basic communications
program and of the writing
laboratory. He has^ published
articles on the communications
His wife is
popular
Virginia Sorensen,
American novelist.
Summer Softball
Standings
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W. O. Barrow
VA HERE GETS
NEW APPRAISER
W. O. Barrow, formerly of
Jacksonville, Ala., has assumed
his duties as appraiser in the
Veteran's Advisory Center. s
Jri Jacksonville, Mr. Barrow
was director of the visual aid and
photographic departments at the
'State Teachers College.
A graduate of Birmingham-
Southern, Mr. Barrow holds an
M.A. degree in administration
from Peabody College. For 14
years he was principal of the
high school in Brewton, Ala.
Here he will do guidance work,
interviewing and testing disabled
veterans, and recommend training
programs for students in
school on probation. »
the A man
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL.LXXIV API, Auburn, Ala., Wed., Aug. 4, 1948 Number 16
Chattanooga President to Speak
At Commencement Exercises
Dorm Monitor Jobs
Remain Unfilled
Application Blanks
Available at Samford
Several outstanding men students
will be selected to fill positions
of Division Monitors in
the new Men's Dormitory and
Student Managers in the PHA
barracks. Students who are interested
in this work can secure
an application for either project
at the Housing Office, 103 Samford
Hall. All applications should
be submitted to the Housing Office
not later than today.
These students will assist the
Housing Manager in meeting the
needs of residents who live in
the individual housing units.
These jobs offer excellent experience
for students who are interested
in various phases of personnel
work. Each student manager
will be responsible for the welfare
and comfort of approximately
50 residents. It should be
clearly understood that this is not
a janitorial or maintenance position
but one that requires leadership,
interest in people, and ability
to understand fellow students.
The pay for this service will be
$10 to $15 per month. The applicant
need not have reserved a
room in the new dormitory or
the PHA area to be qualified to
apply for these jobs.
SMITH GOES ON
CENTRAL AMERICA
INSPECTION TRIP
Dr. E. V. Smith, assistant dean,
school of agriculture, and assistant
director of the Agricultural Experiment
Station left Friday for
New Orleans where he will join
11 other educators for an inspection
trip of Guatemala and Honduras.
The purpose of the expedition
is to further better understanding
of living conditions arid agricultural
problems of the two republics
of Middle America. It is expected
that their collective appraisal
of conditions observed
during the tour will result in an
interchange of ideas that will
be helpful to the two countries'
agriculture.
While in Honduras, the group
will be guests of Dr. Wilson Pop-enoe,
director of the Pan-American
School of Agriculture at Zam-orano.
The visitors will observe
the work of the ,167 selected young
men students from the Spanish-speaking
republics of Middle
America.
Step Sing
The regular Thursday night
Step Sing will be held again tomorrow
night-at 8 p.m. on Lang-don
Hall stepsT Dr. Hollace Ar-ment
will lead the singing. There
will be a guest soloist, as yet unannounced.
HIGHLIGHTS ON
AG HILL
Prof. H. S. Swingle, fish cul-turists,
left July 25 for California
to assist in a two-week's farm
ponds study on the West Coast.
He will assist conservationists in
problems of weed control, fertilization,
and fish combinations in
California, Washington, and Idaho.
He returns Friday.
» * »
William S. Wise, Ohio State
graduate, has been appointed
greenhouse manager and assistant
in ornamental horticulture
at the Experiment Station.
* * *
Clubs on Ag Hill announce the
following meeting dates: August
9—Farmer staff, 7 p.m., Comer;
Ag Council, 8:15, Comer.
August 10—Collegiate FFA, 7
p.m., Ag Eng., room 212. Fall
quarter officers will be nominated.
August 12—Dairy Science Club,
7 p.m., A. H. Building.
Dr. David A. Lock,miller, president of the University
Chattanooga, will deliver the commencement address
g r a d u a t i n g seniors August 28.
Born in Athens, Tenn., Aug. 30, 1906, Dr. Lockmiller
one of the South's most prominent educators. He studied
Emory University, Cumberland
University, University of North
Carolina, Oxford University, Oxford,
England, North Carolina
State College and the University
of Chicago. He holds an L.L.B.
and Ph. D.
A brilliant lawyer, Dr. Lock-miller
has practiced in Missouri,
Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Carolina
and Tennessee, and has
taught at several institutions of
higher learning in the South.
As a author he wrote the biography
of the late Sir William
Blackstone, and has contributed
to many historic journals.
He is a member of the executive
committee for North Carolina
historic highway markers,
director of the Chattanooga Art
association, the American History
association, American Political
Science Association, Southern
Historical Association, Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi,
Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta
Epsilon, Tau Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Chi, and is a Mason and Ro-tarian.
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He is married to the former
Alma Elizabeth R u s s e l l . The
couple has two children, Franklin
and Carlotta Elizabeth.
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Episcopal Rector
Takes Pulpit Here
The Rev. James Stirling, new
rector of the Episcopal Church,
conducted his first service here
Sunday.
ly expect to move here this
weekend. The rectory is being repaired.
The church has been without a
rector since the Rev. William
Byrd Lee left in June for a parish
in Virginia. He had been here
over 20 years.
A native of Scotland, Mr. Stirling
was born in Lochwinnock in
1913. At the age of 12 he came
with his parents to the United
States.
After serving as assistant rector
in St. Paul's Church, Chattanooga,
Tenn., he became Episcopal
student chaplain at the University
of Florida and was elected
executive secretary of college
work in the Province of Sewanee
until World War II,-when he became
a Navy Chaplain and served
in the Pacific.
Since the war Mr. Stirling has
been Episcopal student chaplain
at the Nashville Student Center,
which serves students from all
colleges in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Stirling have, four
children.
Joseph Harr Mahaffey
MAHAFFEY REPLACES
BJURBERG EFFECTIVE
FALL QUARTER
Joseph Harr Mahaffey is replacing
Richard Bjurberg as assistant
professor of speech beginning
with the fall quarter. He
will also serve as debate coach.
Mr. Mahaffey has a B.A. degree
from Fairmont State Teachers |
College, Fairmont, West Virginia,
and an M.A. from Northwestern
He is completing course requirements
for his Ph.D. at Northwestern
this summer. Mahaffey has
taught at Calumet Center, East
Chicago, and at Northwestern.
The announcement of the ap-
1 pointment by Acting-President
Ralph Draughon came after the
resignation of Mr. Bjurberg, who
is leaving to continue his graduate
study.
For more information on Mr.
Mahaffey, and the Debate Council,
see the editorial on page two
entitled "If You Like to Argue,
Be Present at Debate Council
Meet Aug. 9."
Second Outdoor Movie
To Be Shown Saturday
The second free movie will be
shown Saturday night beginning
at 7:45. The movie is an old favorite,
"How Green Was My Valley",
and will be held on the tennis
courts area. Arrangements
will be made for its showing in
case of rain.
The first free film, "A Tree
Grows In Brooklyn", was shown
July 24, and drew a crowd of
125.
DEAN TURPIN C. BANNISTER, left, is shown receiving the
honorary "30-60 Degree" and a congratulatory handshake from
student Charles Stripling who awarded the honqr in behalf of
the mythical "August College of Deans." The presentation took
place as students of the School of Architecture and the Allied
Arts honored the dean with a farewell party at his home last
Monday. Dean Bannister is leaving Auburn this fall for a higher
position at the University of Illinois. (Photo by Hugh Alford)
mAubum Plainsman
Published weekly by students of API, Auburn,
Ala. Editorial and business office on Tichenor
Ave., phone 448.
Deadlines: Organizational news, want ads, etc.,
Saturday noon. Front or back page, Monday,
5 p.m.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office
at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail: $1.00 for 3 mpnths, $3.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN"'-
Graham McTeer
Tom Sellers.
Leonard Hooper
Editor-in-Chief
^. Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Business Manager
Advertising Mgf.
Circulation Manager
Staff Members: Jack Simms, Jim Forrester,
M. Steinberg, Bob" Ingram, Elwood Burkhardt,
[Jlover Pugh, Lelias Pair, and Marie English.
BILL ANDERSON
Charlie Jones __—
John Lanier
The 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 30,060 seats. |
If You Like To Argue, Be Present,
At Debate Council Meet Aug. 9
All students who like to argue and are
looking for an extra-curricular activity to
apply their talent are urged to be in
Samford 301 at 7:30 p.m. on August 9. ,
This is when the Auburn Debate Council
will hold its only meeting of the
quarter.
A special invitation to the meeting has
been issued by the. Council to everyone,
regardless of previous experience, who
would like to participate in inter-collegiate
debate this fall.
At Auburn debate is both an academic
and extra-curricular activity. Along the
academic line there will be, this fall, a
five-hour credit course in argumentation-debate
taught by Dr. Mahaffey who is
coming to our campus from Northwestern
University to replace the present debate
coach, Prof. Richard Bjurberg. Bjurberg is
going to Vanderbilt to continue his studies.
Whether you have been, or intend to become
a member of one of these classes,
you are invited to participate in the many
extra-curricular activities offered by the
Council. Trips to debate tournaments are
included in the set-up.
Debating is rapidly becoming one of
Auburn's most popular forms of varsity
competition. It is an excellent developer
for speaking and thinking ability.
Varied Activities Designed
To Break Summertime Lull
Are you one of those students who often
complains, "Auburn is dead during
the summer quarter, there's nothing to
do"? If so, you are probably not aware
of several regular activities sponsored by
different groups and departments here.
These activities, all free to students,
are spaced at different times during the
week, and could add much variety in your
quest for higher learning this summer. .
Street dances are held every Friday
night and should break the weekend monotony
for students who don't go home.
Although popular events of last summer,
the dances are drawing small crowds this
year. They are a regular occurrence, being
held behind Samford Hall on fair
nights and in Student Center in case o£
rain. Musie is generally furnished by thej
eombo from the?Auburn Knights. There is
no admission charge.
On Tuesday and Thursday nights, Women's
Athletic Association sponsors a program
of recreation at Alumni Gym. The
swimming pool is open to swimmers. Card
games, badminton, shuffleboard and ping
pong are other activities included.
Saturday night the film, "How Green
Was. My Valley" will be shown on the
tennis courts area beginning at 7:45 p.m.
Again, there is no charge.
On Thursday nights, Step Sings are held
on the steps "of Langdon Hall. Beginning at
8 p. m., the Sings are conducted by Dr.
Hollace Arment and sponsored by Alpha
Phi Omega service fraternity.
Other such activities come up from time
to time. If interest in them were great
enough, there would be no cause for the
comment, "Auburn is dead this quarter . . "
Is The Movie House Noise maker
Juvenile Or Just A Plain Ass?
^There is little q u e s t i o n as to just
whether a person is of that mental category
defined juvenile or whether he is of
that mental inconsistency delicately termed
as being an ass when he persists in
carrying on a mecfly of vocal irregularities
while a show is in progress in a theater.
We, the occasional theater goers of Auburn,
find that we have -been graciously
endowed with these rather common, that
is, a commonness derived more from quality
rather than quantity, annoyances.
It is usually the case when a person goes
to see a show that he does it more to see
the people who appear upon the screen
and to listen to them rather than to have
to put up with the cat-calling, donkey-laughing,
and. unwise cracking of a few
who have not. yet been bridled and fed the
hpats that they.rightfully deserve. Yet, we
put up with such disparaging actions. It is
probable that if the picture did not provide
enough action-substitute to satisfy
that particular desire of a person starving
for something thrilling to take place, he
Would rise up and throw from the theater
hall the bourgeois wretch who ventured
to leave his stall and frequent a decent
place of amusement.
Even though you consider these people
as being humanity of a degree of intelligence,
the fact still confronts you that they
are justly putting their own rights into
jeopardy when they begin taking advantage
of situations to ruin the pleasure, of
other individuals. If one can't arouse
enough intestinal fortitude to hide his own
little inconsistencies while mixing with
the public, they should expect little respect
from that public.
A Hell of a Way to Talk
An out-of-town preacher made a fine
talk to a civic club here recently in which
he brought out how careless our everyday
language is. Either because our vocabularies
are so limited and inadequate,
or because we have allowed unwholesome
ideas to take hold of us and influence us
in our conversational way of talking, the
preacher said that our language is often
meaningless and ridiculous.
Taking the word "Hell", the preacher
pointed out, to the great amusement of
the club members, that Americans use it
to apply to opposites and extremes. The
same fellow who complained about the
weather being "hot as hell" this week was
complaining last February because it was
"cold as hell."
] And so it goes in our everyday life: It's
wide as hell, it's narrow as hell; it's big
as hell, it's small as hell; it's long as hell,
it's short as hell; he's mean as hell, he's
* good natured as hell; it's raining like hell,
it's dry as hell (farmers use these a lot);
it's high as hell, it's low as hell; she's pretty
as hell, or she's ugly as hell.
And so while the preacher's little talk
will have no affect on characteristic
American conversations, it probably left
the members of this club wondering if the
word "hell", at least, had not been actually
abused.—Opelika Ea
If A Student...
If a student studies, he's a bookworm,
if he doesn't he's a fake. If he flunks, he's
unlucky; if he passes, he's a cribber. If
he knows his lessons, he's a smart aleck;
if he doesn't he's a dumbbell. If^ie has
ideas, he's a crank; if he doesn't he's a
numbskull. If he spends his money, he's a
spendthrift; if he doesn't he's a tightwad.
If he's quiet, he's a high-hatter; if he's
sociable, he's a pain. If he talks, he's a
chatter box; if he doesn't, he's an oyster.
If he's religious, he's a fanatic; if he's not,
he's a heathen. If he dies rich, he's a
skinflint; if he doesn't, he's a pauper. Now
I ask you very confidentially—Which are
you?—The Spectator.
Can You Talk?
A person is judged by the way he talks
more than by any other way. It is through
speech, as well as deeds, that other people
get their opinion of your intelligence and
character. Appearance, of course, goes a
long way in making good first impressions,
as it should. All other factors are modified
in the analysis others invariably make of
you by the way you talk.
There are those who will go along forever,
sloppily using a meager list of words
with restricted shades of meaning and
mood. Wide-awake people are bound to
get words, to add new ones to their list,
and to find joy and pleasure in being
able to express themselves clearly and efficiently.
The Exchange Post *"'«**«• CHIPS
Overheard on a Crowded Bus:
"Hey, bud, who you shoving?"
"X don't know. What's your
name?"
—Bama Beam
* * «
l a the Southern Department . . .
Of course, when the Alabama
and Mississippi delegates walked
out of the Democratic Convention,
they took the Southern
Railway home from Philly.
Did you notice the sub-headlines
in the Birmingham News
about the Dixiecrat Convention,
"Revolting Southern Democrats
meet". Even if the editor does
think our politicians are revolting,
he shouldn't say so publicly.
* # . #
One of the vet students interning
at a small animal hospital
learned something new in customer
relationships last summer. A
matronly dowager was in the
waiting room of the clinic with a
dog needing treatment. The dog
disregarded his m a n n e r s and
messed up the floor somewhat.
This poitoibed the lady somewhat
so when the veterinarian
came in she flustered around* and
said, "Did my dog do that?"
The doc Wasted no time in saying,
"Well, lady, you and the dog
were the only ones in the room."
* * *
«
It goes without saying that a
gum chewing mouth goes without
saying.
—De Laval Monthly
* * *
Padre: I hope you never park
with boys on dark roads.
Daughter: Not unless I'm driven
to it.
—Power Pax
* * *
Here's several reasons why the
Tiger Rag, Auburn's now defunct
stag and gag magazine, should be
revived. These gags are from Ga.
Tech's e d i t i o n , "The Yellow
Jacket".
King Arthur: I hear you have
been misbehaving.
Knight: In what manor, sir?
* * *
Anthony: You sure look beautiful
tonight.
Cleopatra: Well, I'm not prone
to argue with you.
*. * *
Customer: Do you have any
notions on this floor?
Floorwalker: Yes, madam, but
we usually suppress them during
working hours.
By Leonard Hooper
Tn6 Common Man BrTomseuen A Dash of Bitters Br*?Fo,rM*er
, • . " • " -; -' • -.' ";. " . • • \ - .
t Setters
A Frenchman named Georges Duhamel 'eaifiezto this
country in the. twenties. Shocked by our machine-made culture
he wrote a book outlining its dangers. He said, '.'A people
stupified by the fugitive, epidermal pleasures of the movie,
obtained without the slightest intellectual of aesthetic effort,
will one day find itself incapable
period of intellectual decline.
This is evident, not only in the
movies, but in painting, literature,
architecture, music, everything
except science. The atomic age
has ushered in the possibility Of
a social Utopia, but it has frightened
the common man so badly
that he thinks only of escape. We
live in a crazy World of frenzied
parties, fast drinking, sex, movie
comas, and political instability.
How can we expect our children
to be thinkers; "how can we expect
them to be anything but
trained robots, dependent for
guidance on boss machines? In
our schools we train them to
make a living, but we do not
teach them how to live. Liberal
educations are becoming unpopular—
and why not? You can't eat (
a liberal education. We are developing
a race of machine slaves
who can think only in terms of
mass production. If this continues
their intellectual capacities will
wither on the stalk and die, they,
will cease to be individuals, and
the better life we have forked for
through the centuries will mock
us with its incompleteness.
I love a slow, relaxed culture.
I love to read good books and
listen to music, not bebop. I love
beauty in any form, not the bizzarre
figures passed for painting
and sculpture today. I love movies
that make me think, not the dramatic
miscarriages that escape
the Hollywood studios. I love
America and the good things we
have acquired with our machines,
but when I see those machines
becoming stronger than the flesh
and blood and brains that made
them—that, brother, is where I
want to get off.
of any sustained endeavor, a protoplasmic
mass unequal to any
disciplined mental activity."
When I first read Duhamel's
startling prophecy I was inclined
to disagree violently.
" E v e r y-o
n e knows," I
thought, "t h a t
] America is the
[breeding ground
I of the better life.
| Who does that
I frog think he
jis?" But the idea
s t u c k in my
Smind. It worried
m e constantly
for a few days.
Meanwhile, I made « a point to
observe the effect of movies oh
myself and others.
I think the Frenchman may
have been right. We stand in a
movie line like morphine addicts
just before inserting the needle.
We are chased by reality. Inside
we Will become rows and rows of
zombies, our minds completely
detached from our bodies. There
we are one with the flickering
shapes on the screen; the mechanically
recorded voices and
music are part of a great, grotesque
dream. Seldom can movies today
be called art, and instead of
stimulating our intelligence and
sense of beauty they degrade
them.
But to go farther with Duhamel's
prophecy. Will our children
some day become "a protoplasmic
mass unequal to any disciplined
mental endeavor?" I
think the answer depends on the
future trends of human thought.
As I picture it, we are now in a
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor
File 13—an old army term for 'Wastebaskei'
v Poor Newman
While I was walking down the
stairs in Samford, I saw him
standing near the water cooler—
a pale, sickly looking fellow. His
lips were moving slowly.-As I
approached him I finally made
out, "Theopolus Thistle, the
successful thistle sifter, in sifting
a sieve full of unsifted thistles
thrust three-thousand . . "
"Newman!" I called out. .He
turned,^ and slowly a gleam of
intelligence illuminined his glazed,
bleary, eyes. We had gone to
high school together, and soon we
were exchanging memories.
I suggested, as
delicately as I
could, that he
didn't look so
well. He had
been sick, perhaps?
Newman
chuckled hollowly
and slowly
told be his ghastly
story, in his
g a r b l e d and
breaking voice.
"When I took
Public Speaking 101," he said,
"they said I had a speech defect—
a hard 's\ They sent me to the
speech clinic for three months.
Listen: 'She sells sea shells by the
seashore,'" he rattled off. "How
was that?"
"Perfect," I told him.
He leered dolefully. "Way off
center," he informed me.
Coleman
"I didn't mind that so much,"
he contiued, "but the next quarter
I took Public Speaking 102 . .
They found my 'm' was too low
(Moo, moo, moaned the melanc-'
holy mammy,' he intoned mechanically),
ray T was hanging and I
I turned pallid. A swinging "t"!
This was curtains!
"I stayed out for three quarters,
and saw a lot of doctors. They
.diagnosed my case as indolency of
the" obiscularis oris (his voice
sank . . . they removed four teeth
that year, to help me. After that
I repeated a hundred times a- day
'Titus Titmouse took a total of
20 toddies tonight,' I was no use.
By then, I knew fate was against
me," said Newman mournfully.
"Last year," continued Newman,
"I came back to school, and
they examined me again . . . My
V. was 30 degrees out of phase.
Well, I had my adenoids and tonsils
removed and, later in the
winter, they took four bones out
of my nose."
"When I re-enrolled, I had to
take Public Speaking 102 again,
and now . . ."
Tears glistened in his eyes and
his lips trembled as he leaned forward
for support on the bulletin
board and cried, "My speech has
indefinable foreignismsl"
f fainted.
It is past time for us here. in
this country to stop and think
sensibly about what direction we
want our national existence to
follow. Which way are we going?
Which way do we want to go?
How much longer can we expect
to continue in what we have
come to call the Democratic way,
the American way of life?
It wasn't so very many years
ago that the young men of the
country were being called up in
the first peace time draft in our
history. The terms then were
one year's^ service. Somehow,
though it got away from us* The
war came and there was nothing
to do except fight. It was during
this war that our leaders drew
up a list of what they called
"The Four Freedoms". These
freedoms were what we were
fighting for. They were linked
with the winning of the war. If
the victory could be won, the
freedoms would be ours. It was
all so very clear. One side was
r^gb,t, ,the other side was wrong.
•The cards were stacked against
us, but we won anyway.
Now we have had almost three
years of peace. Three years to
settle down and enjoy the freedoms
that were so dearly purchased.
How have we enjoyed them?
Have we. ever known them?
One of these freedoms was freedom
from fear. Are we free from
fear to-day? Who can read the
headlines in the morning paper
without experiencing a feeling
of uneasiness, or who can listen
to a broadcast of the news without
the sickening feeling that he
has traveled this road before?
In a few short weeks the country
will begin the second peace
time draft of this generation.
The pattern has been set, the
machinery put in motion. It is a
familiar pattern now. And there
is no freedom from fear. In spite
of the dead and the suffering and
the much thought and the many
words, there is fear. We live
with it, and it is a part of us, and
there is in it a sense of futility
and of desperation.
Which way are we going?
Which way do we want to go?
What must we do in order to win
back those things which^we have
lost? Who has the answer^. If
there was ever a time when our
country needed guidance that
time is now. The bell is tolling,
not just for Czechoslovakia or
Jugoslavia or Greece or Germany?
It is tolling for us.
Nothing Here By Graham McToer
It's amazing what trash some
firms will pay for to be aired on
local stations all over the country.
Programs with no more listener
appeal than "Tea Time Tete-a
Tete", "Lines For Ladies", and
"The Story Teller" seem to have
no trouble at all ikt securing
sponsors who are willing to pay
for them with merely a mention
of their business or product once
pr twice every 15 minutes. It
would be next to impossible to
keep a radio tuned to one station
all day without being driven insane.
Also, on some stations airing
frequent transcribed music shows,
the selectors get in 'a rut and
play over and over such discs
as "It Bruised Her Somewhat,"
"Woody Woodpecker", Jon and
Sandra's "My Happiness" and
numerous other works of equally
in-a-rut composers.
On most small town stations,
listeners are plagued with an endless
amount of hillbilly music,
now termed by its supporters as
"America's only folk music".
And the announcers that somehow
find their way to the mike.
My pet peeve is the one that insists
upon giving the final "A" in
orchestra a French nasal sound.
Another is the disc jockeys that
call records of the past, "oldies".
And some report the news and
sports results so monotonously
that, no matter how interested
you may be in the subject, it's
easier on the nerves to change the
station and read about it in tomorrow's
paper.
Even on national hook-ups
much time is taken up by equally
inferior stuff. The "give away as
much as possible of the sponsor's
money" type show has been run
far into the ground. The daytime
soap operas, which somehow
manage to maintain high Hoopers
among the housewives, are deeply
involved, repetitious, and down
right dull. And how Arthur Godfrey
continues to draw listeners on
any of his many shows is a mystery
to me. His voice is dreadful,
his jokes aren't funny, and he
provides little variety even on his
variety shows.
However, the good-hearted
American public has the listening
habit. We take whatever is
thrown at us ethereally and make
few kicks.
HUSH PUPPIES By Burk
Hiram: "Hay, Eph."
Ephram: "Hay, Hi. How's
crops?"
Hiram: "Not so good. Not so
good. Bean crop was so bad in
fact that it didn't even pay fer the
string to tie 'em with."
Ephram: "Wal, my cawn was so
poor that my ol' dad with no appetite
'tall, ate up five^ acres at a
single meal."
Hiram: "Hear 'bout Silas? Artist
feller came along and offered
him five dollars for to paint him."
Ephram: "Take it?"
Hiram: "Naw sir! Si said he
couldn't figure how he'd git the
paint off afterward."
Ephram: "See by the paper that
college boy o' yum is a fast runner.
Paper said he 'burned up'
the track. 'Spose you saw him do
it when you through-countried
last week."
Hiram: "The mule mixed up her
roads and fo' she figger 'tout, we
run a week late in gettin' there.
But I did see the track. Sure as
middlin's it was naught but cinders.
Naught but cinders!"
Hiram: "Got a gentleman farmer
on the ol' Dudley Farm."
Ephram: "Surnuff?"
Hiram: "Yep. Said he planted
his garden seeds two feet deep to
keep the chickens from digging
• em up."
Ephram: "Got a letter from
some chicken e x p e r t . He's
comin' to check on Maud's lay-,
ers. She's worried if'n he might
upset her hens."
Hiram: "Wal, when it's all said
and done I say that even with my
scant book larnin' that a hen is*
just an egg's way of makin'
'nother egg."
Did you see any gray hairs
when you looked in the mirror
this morning? How about wrinkles?
Sure, I know you're only
20-odd years old, but you're inevitably
getting old fast, and I've
seen the document that proves
it. It's a book from our Main Library
called "The Comics", by a
man named Coulton Waugh. He
does a fairly thorough sociological
survey of American comic
strips, the paneled pictorial strips
which appear daily in our newspapers.
The book is also a family album
of all the familiar comic faces of
today, back in their early stages
of development. Here are Blondie
and Dagwood—she with the same
hairdo as today, but he without
the famous cowl,ipk and with
more hair on his head than now.
Circa 1930, and he is introducing
Blondie,' in a satin-and-ruffles
dress, to his mother, who with
his father has disappeared from
the action of today's strips.
Li'l Abner started as an angular,
freckled goof, nothing like
the stalwart idol we see now.
Daisy Mae looked like the old
Ann Harding in pigtails and a demure
center part, and Mammy
and Pappy Yokum, so shriveled
today, stood shoulder-high therr
to their young son.
Popeye came onto the scene of
the Thimble Theater on January
17, 1929, and Castor Oyl, hitherto f
the central character, had to leave
the spotlight to his sister Olive
and this sailor whom he hired as
a one-man crew for a 12-man
ship. The spinach-eating battler
looked about the same as he does
now, being fixed in space as he
is. His unusual arms, though, represented
as large forearms and
pipestem upper arms to depict
great strength, were also used
by V. T. Hamlin for Alley Oop,
whose time-machine antics are
certainly not fixed in space.
These characters grew up when
you did, and you'll be just as
amazed at their early portraits as
you are at your own. Terry Lee,
of Terry and the Pirates, grew up
along with the technique of Milton
Caniff, creator of the strip.
In 1935 Terry was a gangling
kid: during World War II he '
went through military training
like so many others his age, such
as Skeezix, of Gasoline Alley.
His wife got off some hokum
which so aroused, the ire of hundreds
of ETO soldiers that they
wrote about it to Stars and
Stripes.
Just Thinking
By Jack Simms
To those individuals who were
shocked by my column last week:
I didn't mean to wake you up, I
just wanted you to stop snoring.
Oh, I'm such a mean little devil.
* * *
In my column of July 21, I
mentioned the fact tjhat there
are too many Auburn graduates
on our faculty. I got two or three
comments on that statement so
I'll carry it a little further. A total
of 488 officers of instruction and
graduate assistants were listed in
the most recent issue of the API
BULLETIN. Of these 488, I found
that 216 or 45
I percent held at
[least one degree
[ f r om Auburn.
J The Association
lof American Col-
I leges and Uni-
I versities c a l ls
[ t h i s "inbreed-ling."
So do I. Do
I you still wonder
[why Auburn isn't
on the accre-
Simms ,jited list?
* * *
Anybody want a job? The library
is paying its hired help a
starting wage of 35 cents an hour.
The minimum wage and hour, law
is gotten around because the new
employees don't work 40 hours a
week. Of course raises come frequently
for clerks. I hear that
one girl has been working there' 'j,
for three years has already gotten
two fiye cent raises. Somedays
you can't make a nickel . . . and
if you work for the college you
usually don't. Our teachers salaries
have recently been boosted,
but most of the clerks would do
better as "dollar a year men."
» * *
For the third time since 1941,
the publisher of the Montgomery
Advertiser has reversed the decision
of editoral policy of his editor.
Although many will agree
that the reverses have been for
the better, the publisher has put
a great deal of pressure on the
editorial staff of the paper. People
have been wondering what
has happened to the first rate
paper that was published in
Montgomery prior to the war.
Evidently it has been lost in the
shuffle.
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3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1948
THREE DAYS IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY
OR, WHY I TRIED TO BE A SAILOR
By Boyd Hinton
While under the impression that my old roomie, one
Mitch Sharpe, was out under blue Kansas skies making
piles of money in the wheat fields, a copy of The Plainsman
came into my possession, and lo and behold, there was
Sharpe's by-line glaring at me like a vulgar neon sign.
"What's this?" I cried. "Did the r e c t o r > t h e n tQ t h e M a r i t i me
prodigal return, or did he quit
before he got into the high income
bracket?" Reading further,
it came to light that he arid Herman
Talmadge's fraternity brother,
Franklin Broyles (of Hogans-yille
fame) were back in Alabama,
evidently, seeking employment.
If they are in Montgomery
the conversation at Gunn's has
surely improved to a state of insanity.
> This return of; the natives
shocked me somewhat, since the
greater part of last. quarter was
spent in being told of. the wonders
of the west,; particularly of
Kansas and the wheat fields. But
since their experience with the
wide, wide world ended in disgust,
I might as well put my two
cents worth in and tell- all that
happened to me this summer.
I went to work as planned, for
' t h e Georgia Power Company,
'thinking, of course that they
would put me to work using my
old brain, but they had different
plans. The leaders of Muscogee
County (whoever the hell they
are) decided to widen a country
road, and the widening of the
road had to be done'on the power
pole side. Why they couldn't
have been widened on the other
side is beyond me, but the fact
remained that each pole had to
be moved over about three feet.
Now these poles are in holes, and
the holes are in the hard, hard
Georgia clay. They are six feet
deep. And it shouldn't take a.
great deal of seductive reasoning
to realize whom they intended
would dig them. .
The first day I contracted
eighf blisters on my tender right
hand; the second day I blistered
those eight blisters, and on the
third day, I quit. This was alright
with me, since I hate physical
exertion of any form but.living
in this capitalistic world. Since I
do, my funds ran completely out
and.J was. .forced to .look around
fbr another job.
No "opportunities" came, and I
became quite disgusted with the
whole situation until our other
roomie, James Hunnicutt, breezed
into town on his way to Savannah
and the Merchant Marine.
As long as it takes me to
pack a sea-bag was the only delay,
and off to Savannah we
went,/ hell-bent for leather.
We found Savannah hot as seven
hells, and on the next morning,
with a song- in our hearts
and. a p*in in our backs, we began
making the rounds trying to
get to sea. First to the Port Di-
Commission, and on to the Union
office we trudged with weary
feet and sweating brows, only to
find an interesting situation.
To get a job you must have
papers. To get papers you must
have a job. We realized shortly
that this was silly as hell and
gave up in despair. The last time
I saw Hunnicutt he was hitchhiking
to Charleston, a n d I
turned toward home.
Not one to give up easily, it
was job hunting for me again,
and if I do say so myself, I'm
the most educated general flunkie
the Coca-Cola Company ever
had.
With The Greeks
Phi Delta Theia has planned a
rush week-end to begin with a
lawn supper and house dance
Friday night at the chapter
house. The house will be decorated
appropriately to fit the
program to be presented. Mrs.
M; F. Law will serve as chape-rone.
A picnic at Lake Chewacla is
'scheduled for Saturday. Dinner
at the house Sunday will end
the activities.
* « *
Kappa Sigma fraternity recently
held their own election-year
political convention. Delegates
and their dates placed in nomination
the name of the great. Au-burnite,
"Elmer Zilch." * '
After lengthy speeches he was
elected by acclamation as the
Kappa Sigma-Crat candidate.
The house was decorated in ac-'
cordance with the convention
theme and prominently displayed
over the doorway to the convention
hall was a sign "Welcome to
the Convention, You All."
< Chaperones were Mrs. J. L.
Lawson and Mrs. Minnie Gunter.
Sigma Pi pledges for the sum-^
mep: quarter include Bob Adams',
Montgomery; Bill Cummings, Lincoln;
Dewey Dunlap, Cullman,
and Ed Knight, pledge president
from Cullman.
- Jimmie Philips, Ashland, Ernest
Pollen, Dothan, Owen Posey,
Haieyville, and pledge secretary,
Francis Ray, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The pledge trainer is Ralph
Jackson, Lineville.
* * *
Sigma "Nu entertained last
Saturday, July 31, with a picnic
on the lawn back of the house, a
DAN WILLIAMS, chosen ''Student of the Week" by the Auburn
News Bureau because of his unusual extracurricular activity
of baby sitting, is shown in action with'the three sons of
Professor and Mrs. :R.. M. Steere. Xhe children, left to right are
Danny, Jackie; and:David. (Photo by.Leonard Whitteh.)
Dart WiIliams Gains Title
Of 'Faculty Baby Sitter9
COLLEGIATE FFA
HOLDS MEETING
The Collegiate C h a . p t e r . of
F.F,A. met on Tuesday night,
July 27, in: the Agricultural Engineering
Building. P r e s i d e n t
Hollis Smith presided. After the
business meeting, 10 members
participated in a game of "Truth
or Consequences", Vice-president
R. L. Harrison stumped all 10
contestants, and all 10 paid the
consequences: James Fields won
first prize, a hoot of candy, far
his hog-calling ability.
The annual F.F.A. social will
be held at the next meeting, in
the form of a watermelon cutting.
All F.F.A. members and- their
dates or wives ate ihsyited;
cy/, f
VARSITY
S I - i O E S ,^
/V L i . •. L (. - : >
MEN
By Fran R. Harper
When Dan Williams receives
his degree in business administration
in December, Auburn
residents will probably present
him with an honorary degree in
Baby Sitting.
Williams, " S t u d e n t of the
Week," is the official baby sitter
for faculty children.
It all came about after he married
the former Mildred Waller
of Aubwrn. He enrolled in school
here following his d i s c h a r ge
from the Army in August, 1945.
During the months that Dan
was in service, Mildred spent her
spare time baby sitting. She continued
the work after her husband
came home until finally she
became ill. Then Dan took over
.the calls. ' l._
When <Mildred recovered, the
•couple by that time had become
such popular baby sitters that
they continued. It was a fine
way to work and earn extra
money. They charge 35 cents an
hour up until midnight, and then
50 cents an hour for each hour
thereafter.
Dan has his regular customers
and Mildred, hers.
Dan takes care of children of
all ages—tiny infants and husky
boys of 11.
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mother," he laughed, and added,
"sometimes I cook supper and
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LECTURES AT LSU
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Two lectures on landscape
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Louisana State University, Thursday,
July 29, by Samuel P.
Snow, Auburn professor of landscape
architecture.
The lecturer, sponsored by
LSU's Summer Festival of Arts,
illustrated, his lectures with ko-dachrome
slides. He discussed
the subject, "The Use of Native
Materials in Southern Design."
scavenger hunt, and a house
dance.
* * *
Lambda Chi has tentative plans
for Saturday for a routine swimming
party and picnic at Chewacla,
followed by a house dance at
night.
give the older children their
baths."
His business is heaviest on
weekends, and1 unless there's
some big faculty function, he's
rarely out too late. Mildred sits
longer, for most of the people she
sits for go to Columbus or Montgomery
for their entertainment.
After Dan gets the youngsters
to bed, he usually managed to do
his studying. Once in awhile he
has trouble getting older children
to bed and then he reads
them comic books or stories until
they are sleepy.
If a small child wakes up crying
when he finds his parents are
away, Dan rocks him back to
sleep.
.-. "One little fellow, t took care
of missed his daddy," Dan. re-~
lated, "and I smoked more than
half a pack of cigarets blowing
smoke rings to amuse him."
The couple's baby sitting jobs
will be over come December. Dan
says then he'll change to a full-time
accountant. Although he is
from Bogalusa, La., The Williams
will settle in Auburn or in North
Carolina.
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J4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1948
FORESTRY STUDENTS SPENDING
10-WEEKS AT CAMP NEAR URIAH
i Eighty-five Auburn junior forestry
students are attending classes
in timberlands this summer
pnstead of in classrooms at Auburn.
i
i Camped for 10 weeks in the Lit-jtle
River State Ferest near Uriah,
jAlabama, these future professional
foresters have run head-on with
Jhe practical in cruising swamp
land upland timber, field applka-fcation
of forest measurement, surveying
and mapping timber properties,
study of effects of soil
f ! .
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OPELIKA - AUBURN
conditions on growth, practices in
experimental techniques, administration
of public forests, and
study of Alabama forest industries.
Organized into small parties
and briefed each morning, the
students spend full days in the
field on assigned problems. Equip-ed
with old "ammo" belts, canteens,
packs of different sizes and
descriptions, knives machetes, and
belt axes, the singlefiling parties
bring to the minds of some of
their years in the South Pacific.
In addition to the 2000 acres ni
the State Forest, the department
of forestry of the school of agriculture
has working agreements
with owners of adjacent holdings
for class work. The six courses
at the summer camp are directed
by a four-man staff. The camp,fa-culty
includes H. E. Christen and
Wilbur Davall, associate professors
of forestry; R. B. Polk, instructor
in forestry; and F. H.
Vogel, professor of forestry.
The 10.-week summer camp is
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Letters to the Editor
Auburn, Ala.
July 30, 1948
Dear Editor:
In the downstairs reading room
of our main library are two rows
of boxes and crates. Each of these
boxes and crates has pasted on it
a small poster, which says:
"These boxes contain • less frequently
used materials awaiting
shelf space in the library stacks
now .filled to overflowing. These
stored materials are listed and
may be made available, if necessary.
They show the great need
for the building of an adequate
library. They are mute evidence
of the library's great need of adequate
space for shelving and service.
Code No "
Since The Plainsman advocates
the change of the name A.P.I, to
University, as most of our stu-required
for a degree in forestry,
the four-year «course for training
in professional forestry was established
in September, 1946. Enrollment
in forestry at Auburn is
expected to reach 250 to 275 students
this fall.
The 1945 State, Legislature provided
funds for the construction
of a new forestry building, purchase
of necessary equipment, employment
of a teaching staff, and
expansion of forest research. The
Department of Forestry is headed
by Dr. T. D. Stevens.
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dents do, why not also support
a bigger, more adequate extension
to our main library, suitable
to the name "University"?
It appears to me that the University
of Alabama's library is
twice as large as ours, and they
don't have twice as many stu-rdents.
I suggest The Plainsman enter
in its box on the editorial page
our desire for a larger more adequate
library. *
Sincerely yours,
• s. Lewis Armstrong -' -
232 West Magnolia
July 31, 1948
The Editor, The Plainsman
Dear Sir,
I have been following the current
movement to change the
name of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute to "Auburn University"
with a great deal of interest. This
movement has had the sanction of
a school investigating committee
for some tune, but, as yet, no
change has been made.
The reasons that proponents of
the change offer seem to be mainly
that the courses are of suffi-cent
scope, variety, and quality
to. afford the title of.."University"
and that a simpler, more readily
used name than "A.P.I." would be
^in assest to the institution.
Just why is A.P.I, called'Auburn?
Auburn is not the name of
the school, but merely the name
of the town wherein the school
was placed. The University of
Alabama is not called Tuscaloosa,
Mississippi State called Stark-ville,
or Georgia Tech called Atlanta.
The reason would seem to
lie in the fact that this institution
has been shackled from the beginning
with lengthy and awkward
sounding titles such as "East
Alabama Male College," Alabama
Agricultural and Mechanical
College," and "Alabama Polytechnic
Institute." Since this array
of names presented an almost
overwhelming obstacle to simpi-city
of saying, the name of the
the town—Auburn—was naturally
turned to. And it is this name
which has become recognized by
the people of Alabama to be
synonymous with A.P.I.
But because of this scholastic
split personality, A.P.I, has not
had the national recognition that
it deserves. Few persons outside
our neighboring states realize that
when one says "Auburn" he is
speaking of a school comparable
to Georgia Tech or Mississippi
State, both widely-known institutions.
This same difficulty will
be encountered if the name of
the school is changed as proposed.
To correct this lack of widespread
publicity, I agree that some
change should be made in the
name. The name selected should
be one that would not be difficult
to publicize. That choice would
be a simple one—the name of the
state incorporated in the new
title'. Why not Alabama Tech, or
Alabama State? Since the school
is a state supported institution it
is only fitting that its name
should carry that of the state.
And, too, it is almost certain that
every student had rather have the
increased prestige of graduating
from an institution with which
the name of the state is connected.
In addition there are "Au-burns"
in eight states besides Alabama.
. .
In regard to the use of the title
"University," the arguments that
have been presented have some
degree of strength, but from the
courses offered here, it is evident
that the name "Technical School"
would be more appropriate.
Whatever is done with regard
to changing the name of this
school, it will be well to remember
this—it is better by far for
A.P.I, to be -known as a good
technical school, which it most
certainly is, than for it to be
known as a poor university,
which it most likely would be.
Sincerely,
W. W. Dailey
Westminster Group
Plans Open House
Westminster House announces
an Open House fbr Saturday
night, to be continued on Saturdays
for the rest of the quarter
if enough interest is _ shown.
Equipment for badminton, ping
pong, card games and dancing
will be on hand.
All studen'ts are invited to
come. The Open House begins at
7:30.
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WANTED TO RENT: By couple,
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FOR SALE: Cut down Model
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STUDENT couple with 8-
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APARTMENT NEEDED for
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Dr. Wilford Bailey
Leaves Sept. 1st
For More Study
Dr. Wilford Sherill Bailey, acting
director of the State Diagnostic
Laboratory and associate professor
of pathology and parasitology
in the School of Veterinary
Medicine at A.P.I, will leave
here Sept. 1 to study in the
School of Public Health at Johns
Hopkins in Baltimore.
He will work for the degree of
Doctor of Science in hygiene,
and major in parasitology. His
minor will be in immunology.
Dr. Bailey came to Auburn in
1938 as a student. Following
g r a d u a t i o n from the "Vet
School", he became graduate assistant
in the pathology department
and assistant in the diagnostic"
laboratory. '____
As a member of the faculty he
was rapidly promoted, first to
instructor, then assistant professor
and finally in January, 1947,
he. assumed his present position.
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