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CONSTRUCTION has started on the proposed Ag Engineering Annex (above) on Ag Hill. With
20,000 feet of floor space, the building will be used for laboratory, machinery building, farm ma­chinery
building, farm machinery experimentation, woodwork shop,' and rural electrification la­boratory.
The cost of the building and equipment is $265,000 and it is expected to be completed by
next spring.
STATE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE
TEACHERS HOLD MEETING HERE
By Glover Pugh
Approximately 225 Vocational
Agriculture Teachers of Alabama
attended the summer convention
held in Auburn Thursday; Friday
and Saturday.
The convention was opened
by J. C. Cannon, State Supervi­sor
of Vocational Agriculture.
Highlight of the opening day
was an address by Dr. Leslie
Nelson, of Martenize, California,
S.A.M. Hears Textile
Talk; Accepts Thirteen
Students As Members
At the regular meeting of
S.A.M. Monday night July 19, C.
S. Link, who is the Assistant
General Superintendent of Avon-dale
Mills, spoke on "The Future
Of Textiles" with emphasis on
the Management phase.
S.A.M. accepted 13 new mem­bers
from the department of in­d
u s t r i a l management. They are
Claude Gantt, Benjamin Conner,
Jr., Harold Johnson, Fred Gog-gins,
Phillip Heard, Richard Bal­lard,
Albert J. Collins, William
Dennis, Henry Hilson, Haynes
Masters, Robert Reid, Everett
Tate, and Raymond Werden.
Walter Tanner was elected to
fill the office of vice-president
for the summer and fall quarters.
S. A. M. will meet in New
Building, room 123 on August 2.
All Industrial Management stu­dents
are welcome.
on improving instructions in vo­cational
agriculture. Films were
shown that were made by gradu­ate
students of vocational agri­culture
at Auburn. Both were
on dairying in Alabama.
A panel was given by chair­men
of the various committees
with R. W.V Montgomery, assis­tant
professor as director. The top­ic
was "What is Good Teaching".
Most of Friday was devoted to
committee meetings, with two
sessions of the Agriculture sec­tion
of Alabama Vocation Asso­ciation.
After receiving up-to-date
teaching devices, committee re­ports
and new bulletins from the
Extension Service, the gorup
heard an address from R. E. Cam-mack,
State director of Vocation­al
Education.
Approximately 35 A u b u rn
Graduates were i ntroduced to
the Convention for their first
time. These 35 wil be joined
shortly by 45 more men that are
now finishing in vocational ag­riculture.
Dr. Allison Will Speak
To Ag Club Monday
Dr. Fred Allison, head of the
Physics Department will speak to
the Ag Club Monday night at 7
p. m. Dr. Allison's subject will be
"Radio Isotopes." Several demon­strations
will be given on radio
waves and the ways in which
atoms can be of value to agricul­ture
will also be discussed.
ENGINEERS GET
GRADE FILE
At a meeting of Tau Beta Pi
last Thursday a report on the
card index file for grades of all
engineering students was given
by Hugh Edwards.
According to John Eddins, Tau
Beta Pi chapter president, the
system will be a confidential file
and will be available to any stu­dent
in the school of engineering
who wishes t<> obtain his grade-point
average. This eliminates
searching through several files.
No student will be allowed to
look for the grades of any other
student except members of a
grade committee in an honor so­ciety,
Eddins stated.
Also at the meeting it was re­ported
that "some progress" had
been made toward getting extra
water fountains for Ramsay Hall.
Veterinary School Cannot Possibly
Admit All Qualified Applicants
By L. O. Brackeen
Days of "hoss doctors" are over.
Veljsrinary medicine has be­come
a highly specialized profes­sion
with demands for trained
veterinarians much greater than
can be met at present, reports
Dr. R. S. Sugg, dean of the school
of veterinary medicine.
From the time the veterinary
school was organized at Auburn
until 1937, facilities were suffi­cient
to admit all qualified appli­cants
regardless of their native
state.
For the past 10 years, a larger
number of applicants have ap­plied
than could possibly have
been admitted, reports Dean
Sugg. Between July, 1947, and
June, 1948, 1365 inquiries were
received from 46 states and 11
foreign countries. The school now
has over 300 applications for en­trance
with only 17 to be admit­ted
this fall.
Demands are for services in nu­trition,
poultry disease, artifical
insemination, parasitic diseases,
general rural practice, livestock
sanitation c o n t rol, regulatory
work, and public health including
dairy and dairy barn inspection,
meat and food inspection, and
diseases of animals transmitted
to man, such as brucellosis, tuber­culosis
and rabies..
Until veterinarians can be
trained to do these jobs, some of
the present veterinarians are
training civilians to help them.
Although this does not solve the
present problems, it is relieving
the critical situation until more
veterinarians are trained.
War greatly increased demands
for inspection service for the
health's sake, also for saving of
money through the purchasing of
good foods.
To help Alabama's growing
livestock industry, Dean Sugg is
suggesting that farmers and live­stock
producers work out con­tracts
for the veterinarians to
check the livestock at regular in­tervals
to detect any trouble that
might be arising in the herds. He
believes that such an arrange­ment
would increase profits from
livestock by preventing and cur­ing
many diseases.
To help meet present demands
for veterinary services through­out
the country, seven new vet­erinary
schools have been or are
in the process of being establish­ed
in Oklahoma, Missouri, Illi­nois,
Michigan, California, Geor­gia,
and Tuskegee( Tuskegee ex­clusively
for Negroes). Old es­tablished
schools are being oper­ated"
in Alabama, Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, New York,
Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, and
Washington in the U.S.A., and in
Ontario and Quebec in Canada.
Not only are new schools being
organized but several states are
working out financial arrange­ments
for present veterinary
schools to train students.
13 States Represented
In Fish-Wildlife
Meeting Held Here
Thirteen states and the District
of Columbia were represented at
a , two-week Fish and Wildlife
Service Training Experiment
Station.
The training school, which
ended July 23, was held for the
purpose of instructing fish cul-turists
from the various parts of
the United States in recent re­sults
obtained by the Station in
Hatchery management, and fish
pond construction and manage­ment.
This is the second year the
Station has held such a school
for personnel of the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
The school was under the di­rection
of H. S. Swingle, fish
culturist, and was assisted by J.
M. Lawrence and E. E. Prather,
assistant fish culturists, and Ber­ry
Freeman and Surenda Sharma.
graduate students.
TWO MEN LOST FOR
'48 GRID SQUAD
Coach Earl Brown's 1948 foot­ball
squad will get along without
the talents of two of last season's
regulars. The two missing men'are
Hamp Vason, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, who will be ineligible
because of scholastic difficulties,
and Bowling Bufford, Auburn,
whose arm was broken in a recent
automobile accident.
FIVE MEMBERS of the Auburn's Athletic Business Office staff
are shown above, working on the huge task of assorting ticket
requests for the Auburn-Alabama rootball game. The number of
requests received have been far greater than the quota allotted,
to Auburn. (Photo by Hugh Alford.)
uburn Plainsman TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. LXXIV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1948. Number 15
M. S. In Chemistry
Is Now Available
Says Dean Martin
The department of chemistry
is maintaining a program of
studies in advanced work lead­ing
to the degree of Master of
Science in Chemistry, Dean H.
M. Martin announced today.
Offerings for the fall quarter,
include a d v a n c e d inorganic
c h e m is t r y, advanced physical
chemistry, qualitative o r g a n ic
analysis, organic synthesis, and
phase rule.
During the last year, special
courses have been given in
quantitative o r g a n i c analysis,
organic reactions, physico-organ-ic
chemistry, heterocyclic com­pounds,
organic nitrogen com­pounds,
and advanced inorganic
chemistry.
Concentration has been on a
strong major in organic chemis­try
with a minor in another field
of chemistry, chemical engineer­ing,
physics, or mathematics.
A thesis is required for the ad­vanced
degree and definite train­ing
in research is part of the
program.
CAISSON CLUB MEET
WILl\FEATUREFILM
ON I \BOMB HISTORY
"Op ,.tion Crossroads", wide­ly
publicized technicolor history
of the atom bomb, including the
Bikini tests, will be shown at the
Caisson Club meeting Tuesday,
August 3, Charles Walton, presi­dent,
announced. Other features
of the meeting will be the plan­ning
of the summer social to be
held August 6, and appointment
of a committee to arrange for the
designing of a key.
The meeting is scheduled for
7:00 p.m. in TB5A. It is open to
advanced field artillery and sig­nal
corps graduates still in school,
advanced corps students not in
military science during the sum­mer
quarter, and present mem­bers.
^Special invitation is ex­tended
to sophomore field artil­lery
and signal corps cadets.
All members are urged to be
present and bring guests.
Scholarship Award
Votea^On By AIO
At the AIO meeting last Wed­nesday
evening qualifications for
the scholarship to be awarded by
AIO were voted upon, and draft
was submitted to the Scholar­ship
Committee. It was voted
to make Helen Richards treasu­rer
of the organization.
A motion was made that in­stead
of weekly council meet­ings,
that Wednesday, August 4,
be turned into an AIO mass meet­ing
with entertainment being fur­nished.
No meeting will be held
in conflict with the revival being
held in Langdon Hall today.
SILO SOLOISTS
OPEN MEETING
IN DUNCAN HALL
Alabama's flying farmers, silo
soloists, will gather here July 29
to decide whether or not they
affiliate with the National Flying
Farmers association.
The farmers who have a use
for airplanes in agriculture will
meet in Duncan Hall at 10 a.m.
to hear talks by state and college
leaders and to discuss the ad­vantages
of organizing.
Senator Bruce Henderson of
Miller's Ferry will serve as acting
chairman of the group which, if
organized, will be the thirty-third
in the nation to do so.
Roberts Pitts, head of the
aeronautics department here will
welcome the farmers, some of
whom will a r r i v e by private
plane at the Auburn-Opelika air­port
(college owned).
A flying professor himself, Mr.
Pitts believes that organization of
the flying farmers can turn what
is now a sport into a valuable ad­junct
to farm life.
Asa Rountree, state director of
a e r o n a u t i c s , Dr. Ralph B.
Draughon, acting president of
API, M. J. Funchess, dean of the
School of Agriculture ,and L. O.
Brackeen, director of publicity,
will also make addresses at the
meeting. .,„.
VETERANS
All veterans' bill for books,
equipment, and supplies at all
book stores will be closed with
the close of business on Satur­day,
August 7, 1948. Veterans
are urged ot make necessary
purchases of additional sup­plies
needed lo complete the
quarter before that date.
NEXT ARTS LIBRARY
EXHIBIT SCHEDULED
FOR AUGUST 9-21 .
The next exhibit scheduled for
showing the Architecture and
Arts Library is entitled "Age of
Exploration," according to Gerald
Dennis who is in charge of ex­hibits
for the summer quarter.
A LIFE exhibit; "Age of Ex­ploration"
will go on display Au­gust
9 and remain until the 21st.
It is the fourth in the series of
Western Culture.
It was assembled under the di­rection
of Miss Margaret Scherer
of the Department of Education,
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Street Dance Hour
Is Changed To 8:00
The starting time for the
regular F r i d a y night street
dance has been changed to 8:30
p.m. and will continue at this
hour for the remainder of the
quarter. This week music will
again be by the A u b u rn
Knights' sextet. The dances
last until 11 p.m.
If weather permits, the dance
will be held as usual behind
Samford Hall. In case of rain,
the site will be changed to
Student Center.
Methodists to Slice
Watermelon Friday
Wesley Foundation will have a
watermelon cutting Friday night,
says Natalie Hatcher, publicity
chairman.
The group will meet at the
Foundation building at 7:30 and
will be taken to the scene of fun.
Emaleen Stoves is in charge of
planning, and Louis Armstrong
and John Ed Butler are aiding
her.
Jeans is the suggested uniform
of the evening for girls.
Rhodes Gets
Aviation Post
Leslie A. Bryan of the Univer­sity
of Illinois, Urbana, 111., and
Wilmot G. Rhodes, Auburn, have
been elected president and mem­ber
of the board of directors of
the National Association of Uni­versity
Administrators of Avia­tion
Education at the second an­nual
meeting of the Association
at the University of Denver, Den­ver,
Colo.
Other newly elected officers in­clude
I Kenneth Newland of
Stephens College, Columbia, Mo.,
president-elect, and E. D. Whit­tlesey,
director of public relations
at Denver University, re-elected
secretary-treasurer.
Newly-elected members of the
board of directors include Donald
V. Smith of Courtland State
Teachers College, Cortland, N. Y.,
region I; W. G. Rhodes, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, Auburn,
Ala., region II; Leslie Bryan, Uni­versity
of Illinois, Urbana, region
III; Clarence Odell, University of
Texas, Austin, Tex., region IV;
Merlyn McLaughlin, Denver Uni­versity,
region V and Glenn H.
Mercer, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, Calif.,
regions VI and VII.
July 31 Deadline Is'Ser
For NSLI Reinstatement
A final warning has been is­sued
to veterans this week who
wish to take advantage of rein­statement
of National Service
Life Insurance without a physi­cal
examination. The deadline is
on July 31. ^
All applications must be post­marked
prior to midnight, July
31, 1948.
Alpha Zeta
Alpha Zeta, agricultural ho­nor
society, will meet Monday
at 8 p.m. in Ross Auditorium,
it is anounced by president
Buck Byrd.
400 Ex-GI's Will Receive Degrees
Next Month; Brings Total To 1804
* • •
Midsummer Days
At Auburn
' Students carrying electric fans
to night quizzes . . . local drug
store advertising cigarettes at 19
cents a pack . . . guaranteed ripe
watermelons on sale at 29 cents
. . . .small groups gathering to
watch "Youth Revival" banner
being raised on College Street. . .
carloads of students piling in cars
for week-end trip to Florida . . .
professor conducting class in tem­porary
building despite painters
scraping outside walls . . . boys
in temporary building lab whist­ling
at passing girl in sun-back
dress . . . student feeding choc­olate
ice cream cone to excited
Cocker Spaniel puppy in front of
College Street barbeT shop . . .
sweltering customers lining up to
see Sunday movie . . . couples
holding hands on edges of Step
Sing . . . college gourmets calling
for "egg in their beer" at local
joint . . . professor setting watch
at 10 minutes to 10 by cranking of
motor scooter outside classroom
. . . sweating father rescuing
adventurous three-year old son
from down-town traffic . . . 240-
pound student carrying perspira­tion
towel to classes . . . rain
squall d r i v i n g newly-arrived
bathers from Chewacla Beach . . .
school-marms swatting flies and
taking notes in ten o'clock class
. . . air-conditioning in Grille on
periodic blink . . . usual crowd
gathering at Toomer's Corner on
Friday to look at nature girls on
magazine covers . . . propellor
caps becoming vogue among
younger fry in town . . . students
coming back from Florida trips
without sun tans . . .
* • • •
McGEHEE GETS ODK
FACULTY POSITION
Professor C. H. (Babe) McGe-hee
was recently appointed as
Faculty Secretary of Omega Cir­cle
of Omicron Delta Kappa. He
succeeds Thomas W. Schuessler,
who recently resigned his posi­tion
with the college as assistant
director of student affairs.
Prof. McGehee is an. Auburn
graduate. While in school he was
a member of ODK and Spades.
He served as an officer in the Air
Force during the late war, and is
now an instructor in aeronauti­cal
administration.
RADIO CLUB HEARS
PROF. SPAN SPEAK
ON CORPORATIONS
Knowledge of the organization
for whom you work is the key
to advancement, said Professor
R. D. Span, of the electrical en­gineering
department, in an ad­dress
before" the Auburn Radio
Club Tuesday night.
Speaking on the s u b j e c t,
" L a r g e Corporation Organiza­tion",
Prof. Span emphasized the
need for every graduate engineer
to study the organizational chart,
and to learn the heads of the va­rious
departments within the
firm.
• "A man can not advance un­less
he can coordinate his work
with other departments", he de­clared.
Prof. Span, has been employed
by numerous organizations such
as RCA, IT&T, Bell Labs, and
Westinghouse Corporations. He
has spent a lot of time in Europe,
in organizing the'telephone sys­tems
there.
Final First-Half
League Standings
League IV
WL
KA 4 0
LCA 2 1
SAE 3 2
Sigma Nu 2 2
PiKA, 1 3
FFA 0 4
League III
WL
Theta Chi 4 1
BSU 2 1
SPE 2 1
DSP 2 2
AGR 2 2
AIO 0 4
" League II
WL
PKT 4 0
R'ky Dinks 3 1
Sigma Chi 2 2
Zippers 1 2
Vets • 1 2
TKE 0 4
League V
WL
Playboys 3 0
Faculty 3 1
Sigma Pi 2 2
PDT 1 1
ATO 1 2
PKP 0 4
. Four hundred of the 3000 veterans enrolled at Auburn
this summer quarter will be graduated in August, P. M.
Norton, coordinator of veterans affairs has announced.
The August class will bring a total of 1804 veterans who
have graduated from Auburn since the start of the GI Bill of
Rights in the late summer of 1944.
Auburn's peak enrollment of
PLAINSMAN TO PAY
STUDENT ARTISTS
FOR CARTOONS
The Plainsman will pay $1.50
for each cartoon printed on its
editorial page. The Publications
Board approved this move at a
meeting last week.
Staff members of The Plains­man
felt that cartoons drawn by
students will be of greater local
interest than the nationally syn­dicated
drawings which have ap­peared
in the paper. •
Students interested should
choose subjects of campus-wide
interest. Drawings should be in
black ink on white paper at a
proportion of approximately 5X5
inches; they should be submit­ted"
to the editor at The Plains­man
office. All drawings accepted
will net the artist $1.50 each.
Thursday Step Sing
Features Edgar Evans
Guest soloist at the regular
Step Sing Thursday night will be
Edgar Evans, baritone. The sing
is scheduled for Langdon Hall
steps at 8 p.m. with Dr. Hollace
Arment leading the singers.
former GI's was reached last
September when the veterans
numbered 4539.
"Most veterans make excellent
students," Mr. Norton says.
"From the war they developed a
greater sense of values and are
striving to obtain an education."
Many of them are married and
have families to support. There
are 1500 married veterans in
school now, and each is preparing
himself for a better position in
life. While in. school, the ex-GI
is willing to live in a cramped
apartment or a stuffy trailer, for
he knows that after graduation
there will be "greener fields".
Auburn has had her share of
veteran students—nearly 8000 to
date—and nearly all of them will
earn their degrees before leaving
the "loveliest village of the
plains^ j
There have been some students
who transferred to" other institu­tions,
but for the most part, vete­rans
have resigned because their
GI Bill ran out.
Fourteen of the veterans stu­dents
died; 102 have dropped out
of school because of illness, and
272 to enter business.
A great number of the ex-GI's
are vacationing this summer, but
they'll be back again for classes
in September.
Producers' Radio Show 'Quiz the Profs'
Is Aired Wednesday Nights over WJHO
By Tom Sellers
"We nearly always stump them with questions about the
comic strips," says Martha Morris, spark plug of Auburn's
only radio production group, The Producers. Their show,
"Quiz the Profs," heard each Wednesday night at 9:30. over
WJHO (or later when there's a ball game) puts the shoe on
the other foot for the professors.
Last Wednesday night the
question, "What are the names
of Blondie's children," stopped
four of the faculty intelligentsia
cold: Miss Mary Martin of the
library, Prof. Herman Johnson,
sociology, Prof. Roy Staples, art
department, and Dr. Arthur
Scouten, English.
Martha is a serious-minded, in­telligent
young ex-WAC from
Tuscumbia. She is studying in­dustrial
design at Aubtarn. Radio
production takes much of her
spare time, but she reads avidly
and is interested in drama and
creative writing.
The Producers were organized
last fall quarter by Ray Fowler
as a part of AIO. Now, however,
they are completely independent
of all other organizations. They
welcome talent from fraternities,
sororities, independent groups, or
people who have no organization­al
affiliation. Their staff is at a
low ebb this summer due to the
low student enrollment, and
script writers, announcers, and
students with absolutely no ex­perience
are greeted warmly.
Currently emceeing "Quiz the
Profs," is Gordon Howell. Last
Wednesday's program was his
second time before the mike, and
he ad-libbed with the grace of a
veteran announcer. Gordon is a
sophomore inv industrial design
from Hueytown.
As a part of "King for a Day"
publicity last fall, The Producers
broadcast a "Royalty Revue"
from Langdon Hall, with great
success. Hod Ogden, a Producer,
broadcast the basketball games
for WJHO during the net season.
This summer the radio produc­tion
staff is made up of Steve
Godwin, freshman from Clayton,
Jack Wallace, Betty Drake, Lu­ther
Smith, Laura Horton, Nata­lie
Hatcher, and Claude Scott.
Other Producers are Bob Ingram,
Bob Willingham, Emory McKin-ney
and Furman Rogers. Ford
McElvaine, who finished in June,
did an almost professional job of
announcing for two quarters.
Although the profs on the show
last week don't read comic strips,,
in other departments they did
exceptionally well. Out of a to­tal
of 70 questions, on subjects
ranging from geography to chess,
Prof. Staples answered 23, Dr.
Scouten 21, Prof. Johnson 16, and
Miss Martin, 10.
The Producers meet on Monday
night at 7:30 in Roon 115, New
Building. Anyone interested is
urged to attend.-
FAVORITE HANGOUT for many Auburn students this sum­mer
is the popular Student Center Snack Bar and lounge below
Langdon Hall. The Snack Bar is managed under supervision of
the home economics department and offers as wide assortment
of refreshments as can be found anywhere in town.
•Auburn 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 months, $8.00 for 12 months.
JIMMY COLEMAN
Graham McTeer
Tom Sellers
Leonard Hooper
Editor-in-Chief
_^ Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Business Manager
, Advertising Mgr.
. Circulation Manager
Staff Members: Jack Simms, Jim Forrester,
AI Steinberg, 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 30,000 seats.
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Leaf-Hoppers Inhabit the. Last
Leaf of WeMer's Unabridged
Oddly enough there is an end to the
English language, or at least the lexi­cographers
seem tq think so. It would
hardly occur to' the average person that
the English language has a tail, but it
certainly has. Webster's Unabridged lists
"Zyzzogeton" as the word. It represents a
genus of large South American leaf hop­pers
(family Cicadellidae) having the pro-notum
tuberculate and the front tibiae
grooved.
Certainly the Cicadellidae family must
have been unaware of their mistake when
they named their child Zyzzogeton. You'
can imagine their mental anguish Zyzzoge-tons
go through in leaf-hopping school,
with the other children going around with
"ordinary names like Mac and Henry and
Clarence, all listed comfortably back in the
English l a n g u a g e . How inexorably
"through" the Zyzzogetons must feel when
they look up their names in the dictionary.
They must all be introverted neurotics.
Even Webster points out that their pro-notums
are tuberculate, which probably
comes from long hours in the cold fog and
rain contemplating suicide. Another char­acteristic
Webster notes is that their front
tibiae is in the groove. With a square name
like Zyzzogeton it must be somewhat of a
comfort to have something in the groove.
College Officials Should Crack
Down On Campus Speed Demons
Administration officials should take
positive action to curb speeding on the
campus, especially on Farm Road and Mell
Street.
With the number of cars on the campus,
and with large numbers of small children
and limited playground space, it is evident
that the situation is a serious one when it
comes to potential accidents.
The pedestrian, too, is supposed to
have the right-of-way at crossings but
n?,any throttle-happy drivers do not recog­nize
that fact anymore. It has gotten to
be a dangerous undertaking to cross a
campus street nowadays.
The local traffic problem should be
cured by the fall quarter when the new
regulations are legalized and put into ef­fect.'
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But until then—let's be careful. Any
thinking person will be quick to perceive
the grave danger to be incurred by speed­ing
and reckless driivng on the campus.
Graduation, Though A Milestone,
Should Not End Your Education
t
Tens, and thousands of boys and girls
are now being turned out of American
schools and colleges as graduates. It has
been thus for many decades, but as time
moves on education, formally acquired in
public and private institutions, becomes an
increasing necessity for our way of life,
and for success and happiness in our so-;
ciety. ^mmmmm
Graduation is a milestone in the life of
these individuals who. this year will re­ceive
their certificate or diploma, indica­tive
of the successful, completion of cer­tain:
prescribed courses of study. But
graduation should never be looked upon
as a reason for resting or quitting. Educa­tion
goes on for one's entire life even
though the scene of study and application
may change. Hence, there is good reason
fpr; calling the graduation period the
"Commencement."
Graduation gives you certain advantages
over those who are not as fortunate as
you and had to forego the kind of training
you were able to get. But this advantage
can be easily lost in many respects, unless
you take charge of your life and use the
knowledge and skills in the everyday busi­ness
of living.
Graduation likewise imposes upon you
new and greater responsibilities wherever
you are and whatever you do. For added
ability calls for use, unless you accept the
ways of the parasite or the anti-social be­ing.
You carry with you in every situation
more complete equipment for doing a bet­ter
job, seeing more angles, and handling
the perplexing problems. It would be a
little and ungrateful thing for you to turn
your back upon an opportunity to make a
helpful contribution to a' society which
makes possible your education, and friends
and parents who encourage you along the
way.—Arlie B. Davidson in the Mont­gomery
Advertiser.
Attention Instructors
Students want to laugh; thus; the pro­fessor
of today must have a repertory of
jokes. But woe to the one that springs the
same tale twice. A student may forget his­tory
dates or chemistry formulas, but he
can always remember the tale that has
been told be^re. §t._
Poll Indicates Students Favor
Southerner to Head Auburn
Auburn students favor a middle-aged,
experienced, Southern educator to be ap­pointed
Auburn's next president, if a poll
of students picked at random Monday
night is an indicator. The Plainsman called
10 students and all but one favored a man
of the South. The same number agreed
that being an Auburn graduate was not a
requirement, but most thought it would be
an asset. Experience with this or another
college was considered a pre-requisite by
many. %
Here are the individual opinions:
Frances Gibbons, Deatsville, senior—"I
think a man of the South would be better
qualified for the job because he would
understand the people he would serve
here. It is of greatest importance that he
be familiar with the workings and princi­ples
of Auburn, possibly through experi­ence
with this college. Experience at an­other
school would be an asset, but not as
much as having served locally. Age should
not be a decisive factor."
William Hayes, Mammoth Springs, Ark.,
senior—"A Southerner, though not neces­sarily
an Auburn graduate, should be
chosen for the job. He should be familiar
with Auburn. A middle-aged man would
make a better administrator. He should^
be an educator, possibly holding a position'
With the administration of another, school."
Margaret Davis,' Asheville, senior—"A
Southern man would definitely be better,
but it wouldn't matter if he were an Au­burn
graduate. He should already know
the set up here or make a strong effort to
learn it. A middle-aged man with experi­ence
in this line, should be chosen, al­though
he wouldn't have : to have been
president at another school."
Allen Wade, Jasper, junior—"A South­erner
from another school should be chos­en.
A middle-aged educator would be bet-
' ter suited for the post, especially one who
had served as president of another
school."
Katherine Holland, Panama City, Fla.,
freshman—"The man chosen should be an
Auburn graduate frrom the South. A man
with experience here, as a professor or
with the administration, would be quali­fied.
He should be a relatively young man."
Ernie Keller, Abbeville, freshman—"A
Southerner, but not necessarily an Auburn
graduate, would be better. Age would not
' be a factor, but his education must be ex­tensive
enough to qualify him."
Annita Harris, Cuba, Ala., senior—"A
man from another section of the country
would be a good choice. A middle-aged
educator with experience, thought not
necessarily as president of another school,
should be chosen."
Hollis Cochrane, Montgomery, junior—
"Age should not be considered if the man
is qualified for the job. He should defi­nitely
be a Southerner, though not an
Auburn graduate."
Alma Bentley, Notasulga, graduate stu­dent—"
A man over 40, with experience in
the administration of this or another
school would meet the requirements for a
good president. One. important point is
that he should be of the South, whether an
Auburn alumnus or not." t
Ed Hugensmith, Birmingham, freshman
—"He should be an Alabamian, though
not necessarily a graduate of Auburn. A
young man with new blood should be se­lected.
An educator, probably a president
of another school, would be better quali­fied."
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The Common Man By Tom Sellers
The classroom was already settled when the instructor arr
rived. He reminded me of a daisy in a dry garden as he mopped
his worried forehead", adjusted his glasses, opened his. text­book,
and looked around the room.
On the front row sat Clarence, .the class genius, and
Genghis, a Mongolian idiot. At b u t F r e u d m i g h t h a v e s o m e t h i ng
the back of the room Grover, an i n t e r e s t m g to say.about it. Geng-illiterate
left-tackle, held hands his, the idiot, mumbled something
with Willie Jo, daughter of a
sharecropper in Coosa County.
Somewhere i n
ithe middle sat
SEvelyn, an ex-fpensively
dres-
I sed, sophisticat-jad
individual of
[doubtful gender,
jand Sibyl, who
jsuffered from a
jlandular trou­ble.
An impro­bably
ugly hound
dog slept under a
SeTIers d e s k , and a
painter plied his trade in the hall
outside.
The instructor opened his
mouth. "Who can tell me," he
said, "what Wordsworth means in
his Tintern Abbey poem by the ,
line 'five years have passed?' "
Clarence, the genius, immediately
explained to the class that Words­worth
didn't actually mean five
years had passed, because time
means nothing to the transcend-entalist.
Genghis, the idiot, mum­bled
something in Mongolian;
Grover looked even more illiter­ate
than he was, and Willie Jo
patted her hair nervously. Eve­lyn
gazed at long, blood-red nails,
and Sibyl leered suggestively at
the instructor. Someone stepped
on the hound dog's tail, and he
yelped and ran from the room,
upsetting a bucket of paint in the
hall. The instructor remembered
some papers he had left in his
in Mongolian; Grover looked even
more illiterate than he was, and
Willie Jo patted her hair ner­vously.
Evelyn gazed; at long,
blood-red nails, and Sibyl leered
suggestively at the painter. The
improbably ugly hound dog trot­ted
back into the room on the
heels of the instructor.
The painter was sent to an­other
English, lit class down the
hall to look for old rags. After
fumbling with the sheaf of papers
in his hand for a few minutes the
instructor laid, them down care­fully
and opened his textbook.
Then he opened his mouth. "Who
can tell me," he said, "what
Wordsworth means in his Tint­ern
Abbey poem by the line 'five
years have passed?'" Clarence,
the genius, explained to the class
that Wordsworth didn't actually
mean five years had passed, be­cause
. . .
As I walked out of the class
that day I wondered if I had made
the right choice—maybe I should
have majored in some sane course
like Canoe Paddling. . .
* * *
This is my second summer at
Auburn, and each of them has.
been made miserable by flies and
mosquitoes. I was greatly pleased
to read Prof. F. E. Guyton's time­ly,
intelligent statement in last
week's Plainsman on the need for
pest control. If the new City Com­mission
wants to really dp some­thing
worthwhile, it should fol-office
and departed. The painter \°w _P r o f ; Guyton's suggestions,
wandered into the room and ask­ed
if anyone knew where he
might find some old rags.
Clarence, the genius, explain­ed
to the class that the painter
didn't really want any old rags,
He points out the benefits of
drainage to keep mosquitoes from
breeding, and the need for chem­ical
treatment of decayed matter
and manure to eliminate flies.
Life would be much happier for
students in school next summer.
The FILE THIRTEEN %
File 13—an old army lerm for 'Wasiebaskei'
It's too bad we don't have inter­collegiate
competition in mathe­matics.
Think of tha spark you
could put in a yell, "e to the x
dx dx, e to t h e ' x dx dx, fight
team, fight!"
* * *
In the early part of the war
John Shaffer, editor of the '48
Glomerata, attended an air corps
meterology school at Vanderbilt
University.
Nearly everyday,' John said,
t someone phoned
; the school and
I asked for the
I correct time. Fin-
• ally his curiosity
! got the best of
! him one day and
! he asked, "Who
j is this?"
"Oh, this is the
j administr a t i o n
: building. We al­ways
set our
clock by your
time," was the answer.
"Well," Shaffer replied, "I hate
to tell you this, but we've been
setting our clock by yours all
along."
* * *
A c t i n g-P r t s l d e n t Ralph
Draughon is responsible for Au­burn's
old Confederate lathe being
where it is now. The story goes
that, during the war, Col. Water­man,
then ROTC commandant,
was scouring the countryside fpr
scrap metal to be used in the war
Coleman
effort. The colonel had a deter­mined
eye on the lathe and was
about to make arrangements for
hauling it away when Dr. Draugh­on,
then director of instruction,
heard about it.
"No, no! Take anything'—but
leave the lathe," was Dr. Draugh-on's
theme. Col. Waterman, at first
was adamant, but later decided
in Dr. Draughon's favor.
So, both the lathe and its pre­cious
legend were saved.
* * »
There's not much to see in a
small town, but what you hear
makes up for it.—Ray Granger.
* * *
Here is a song that was among
the many sung by army aviation
cadets training for the last war.
It is just about as silly as "Woody
Woodpecker." Why it hasn't found
its way to the Hit Parade remains
a mystery—but give it time. ^
Toity poiple boids a sittin' on a
coib,
A-choipin' an' a-boipin', an' eatin'
doity woims,
Along came Boit and skoit called
Goit,
Who woiked in a shoit factory in
Joisey.
When Boit and the skoit Goit
Saw the toity poiple bojds a sit­tin'
on the coib,
A-choipin' an' a-boipin' an' eatin'
doity woims,
Boy were they poitoibed!
We have stolen this article, en­titled
"Splitting the Infinitive,"
from the March, 1948 issue of the
Tennessee Valley Engineer, and
ASCE publication. It was written
by George H. Hicox, associate di­rector
of the enginering experi­ment
station at the University
of Tennessee:
"One of the most closely guard­ed
secrets of the era can now
be told, how an anonymous group
of grammarians, working in sec­recy
in a remote section of the
county, have finally succeeded in
splitting the infinitive.
"The so-called "Bronx Project"
got under way in 1943, with the
installation of a huge infinitron
specially constructed for the job
by Cal Tech philogists. Though
the exact details are still with­held
for reasons of security, it is
possible to describe the general
process.
"From a stockpile of fissionable
gerunds, encased- in leaden cliches
to prevent radioactivity, a suit­able
subject is withdrawn and
placed in the infinitron together
with a small amount of syntax.
All this material must be handled
with great care as the slightest
slip may lead to a painful sole­cism.
Once inside the apparatus,
the gerund is whirled about at
great speed, meanwhile being
bombarded by small participles.
A man with a Gender Counter
stands always ready to warn the
others if the Alpha-Betical rays
are released in such high quanti­ties
as to render the scientists
neuter.
"The effect of the bombardment
is to dissociate the wirling parts
of speech from one another until
at length an inlinitive splits off
from its gerund and is ejected
from the machine. It is picked
up gingerly with a pair of hanging
clauses and plunged in a bath of
pleonasm. When it cools, it is
ready for use.
The question is often asked:
Can other countries likewise split
the infinitive? I think we can
safely answer 'No.' Though it is
true that Russia, for one, is known
to have large supplies of thesau­rus
hidden away behind the Plu­ral
Mountains, it is doubtful if
the Russians have the scientific
technique. They have the infini­tive
but not the knowhow.
"And that is something on
which to congratulate our own
brave pioneers in the field of
grammatical research. Once it was
thought that the infinitive could
never be split—at least not with­out
terrible repercussions. We
have shown that it is quite pos­sible,
given the necessary skill
and courage, to unquestionably
and without the slightest shadow
of a doubt accomplish.this mod­ern
miracle.
See how easy, once you know
how?"
A Dash of Bitters By Jhn Forresier
To soothe those readers who
thought they detected a note of
sarcasm in my report last week
on the Birmingham convention
of the states rights Democrats,
let me assure you that none was
intended. I simply wrote the
thing as I saw it. It was an inter­esting
experience and one that I
shall remember for a long time.
There are some points that
were brought up at the conven­tion
with which I am in complete
agreement. For instance, it was
pointed out that control of the
National Democratic Party is
now in the hands of some states
in which a Democrat is never
elected to any state or local of­fice.
Minnesota was cited as an
example. The South, traditional­ly
the backbone of the party, has
been given the gate. With a rec­ord
of practically a solid Demo­cratic
vote for almost a hundred
years, the Southerners justly feel
that they should have some voice
in the running of the Party.
When they were denied even
courteous treatment at the na­tional
convention they returned
angrily to their homes. They do
not like to be called rebels. In
their opinion, they did not leave
the party. The party left them.
The furor over states rights
stems from the tenth amendment
to the Constitution. This amend­ment
states that the powers
not delegated to the U n i t ed
State by the Constitution, -nor
prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States re­spectively,
or. to the people. The
story goes that at the Philadel­phia
convention the platform
committee put into the platform
a plank advocating the utmost
possible degree of self rule for
the Virgin Isles. Southerners on
the committee urged that the
plank be made to include the
several states as well, but they
were overruled.
The Birmingham convention
could not possibly be called a
representative convention. The
proposed O c t o b e r convention,
may be representative of a uni­fied
feeling among the Southern
states. Mississippi and possibly
South Carolina and Alabama
were the only states to send
elected representatives to Birm­ingham.
If the Southern Demo­crats
are able to get the leaders
o f the South lined up behind
them, then they will have a
Party.
Nothing Here By Graham McTeer
I have heard several comments
recently on the situation at col­lege
libraries. The first came from
a student who had been sweating
it out at Main Library for a few
hours. According to him, he lit­erally
"sweat it out" because of
the lack of a cooling system. A
graduate student chimed in that
she had sought refuge in the same
building to catch up on some re­quired
reading and work on a
thesis, but was unable to accom­plish
much because of the con­stant
chattering and jibbering
common to all rooms in the li­brary.
Another complaint came
via a stinging letter addressed to
Th$ Plainsman office calling at­tention
to the neglectful way in
which the management of the li­brary
of one of the schools is
being conducted. Regrettably, the
letter was unsigned and of course
could not be published.
The writer stated that this li­brary
has recently become a
"political office with various
political factions holding political
meetings, discussions, phone con­versations,
and with other dis-tractive
occurences". He noted
that the librarian is too "busy"
writing political letters to Auburn
voters to devote much help to
students using the library. The
librarian also approaches students
who are qualified Auburn vo­ters,
soliciting votes for a candi­date
in a local race.
Whether this missive was ex­aggerated
highly, or not at all, I
do not' know. Nevertheless, any
of the above-mentioned situations
would certainly not be. conduc­ive
to good, efficient study or re­search,
and a library should be
that. Necessary steps should be
taken to improve these conditions.
HUSH PUPPIES By Burk
Wimmin: Unpredictable
Mary: (over knitting) "Tell me,
dear, do you men like talkative
women as well as the other kind?"
George: (trying to read paper)
"What other kind?"
Mary: "Don't be cryptic. Re­member,
God made Eve out of
Adam's rib so that He might be
able to shift half of the blame on
him."
George: "Man, woman, devil
. . . the three degrees of compari­son!"
Mary: "George, you are so un­cooperative."
George: Marriage is a state of
antagonistic cooperation!"
Mary: "George, do you have se­crets
from me?"
George: "The man who has no
secrets from his wife either has no
secrets or no wife."
Mary: "Boo, Hoo, HOO!"
George: (jumping at the noise)
"Gosh, What's wrong now?"
Mary: "I'm getting a divorce!"
George: "A divorce?"
Mary: "You deceived me before
our marriage. You told me you
were well off."
George: "1 was; but I didn't
know it." .
Mary "That settles it!"
George: "But, honey, if I had it
all to do over again, I'd still marry
you."
Mary: "Oh, no, you wouldn't!"
George: "There, see. I lead a
regular dog's life around here."
Mary: "Indeed! You come in
with muddy feet and track up the
rugs; make yourself comfortable
by the fire; wait to be fed; growl
when things do not go right; snap
at me a dozen times a day . . . "
George: "All right, dear, you
win."
Mary: "George, you darling,
now read your paper. Aren't you
glad I don't talk all the time?"
Publicity-loving Drew Pearson
has done it again. His latest brain­child
greeted the nation one day
last week from the pithy phrases
which comprise Pearson's syndi­cated
daily column of Washing­ton
news. The father of the
Friendship Train idea (and 1948's
"Father of the Year"—so desig­nated
by the National Fatherhood
Foundation, whatever that is)
presented this newest prodigy in
the form of an open letter to Air
Secretary Stuart Symington.
Pearson suggested that Syming­ton's
fleet of Germany-touring
B-29's could be used for a highly
beneficial peace mission to the
Russian people. His idea entails
the use of meterological free bal­loons
(services-surplus and plen­tiful),
which would be thrown
from the planes on their schedu­led
jaunt over the eastern extre­mities
of the French, US, and
British occupation zones, into
eastward air currents which
would cast many of them onto
Russian soil.
The balloons would carry pam­phlets
with assurances of our
peaceful intentions, from the
American people, and also gifts
of soap (scarce in Russia) and'
candy, both ostensibly imprinted
with peace messages. Pearson
listed, a half dozen executives who
would underwrite the entire ven­ture—
one who would furnish the
soap; another, the candy; still
another >who would get the bal­loons,
and so on.
This suggestion seems up to the
wacky Pearson standards, and
yet, many people scoffed at his
Friendship Train idea, which
proved to be imminently success­ful.
Genius may consist of know­ing
just how crazy to be.
(Continued On Page Four)
Just Thinking
By Jack Simms
In a talk with Dr. Anson last
week I learned that the long-awaited
action has finally been
taken, to put a fire escape in the
fourth floor of Broun Hall. We
hope that the fire escape will be
completed by the beginning of
the fall quarter which is two
months away. When this project
is finished, secretarial training
majors will no longer be worried
with fire trap nightmares. Thanks
to Dr. Anson.
* * *
After spending several hours
looking for an apartment, I've
come to the conclusion that the
housing shortage will be more
acute this fall than at anytime
in the past. All
I of the new hous-
I ing areas will be
I f u 11, including
Ithe 151 units at
j Lakeview. One
I prominent mem­ber
of our facul-
I ty has been rent-
• ing his three-jroom
apartments
| to married stu­dents,
charging
Smith them from 65 to
80 dollars a month. He has long
been called the biggest penny-pincher
in Auburn. During the
days of OPA, he broke practically
every existing federal rent and
housing law. Isn't it wonderful
that persons of this type hold re-,
sponsible positions at schools of
higher education! Most of us
classify this man as a common
crook. He should pride himself in
knowing that he is one of the
leaders in Auburn's higher cost
of living project.
The Board of Trustees recently
voted in a rule has made anyone
who received his pre-vet at an
Alabama school eligible. This
means that out of state students
will take their pre-vet here and.
those with good grades will en­ter
vet school ahead of Alabama
students.-As soon as they gradu­ate,
these students will return to
their home states to practice.
When our own state is crying so
loudly for veterinarians, why
shouldn't Alabama students get
first choice? You tell me.
From what I hear, Mr. Draugh­on
will be quietly ushered in as
Auburn's president sometime
within the next 12 months. One
of the advocates of changing the
name of our school to Auburn
University told me he hopes
Draughon will change API to
Auburn University before he be­comes
president. This individual
said that is is afraid Mr.
Draughon won't try to change
the name of the school after he
becomes Auburn's permanent
boss.
!
\
^THEATRE*
I V
, WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
JULY 28-29
FURY AT
FURNACE CREEK
Starring
COLLEEN GRAY
VICTOR MATURE
Also: News and Cartoon
/
FRIDAY. JULY 30
iOWGREE
MYVAUIY
Starring
WALTER PIDGEON
MAUREEN O'HARA
BARRY FITZGERALD
Added: Selected Shorts
i and Cartoon
SATURDAY ONLY. JULY 31
BLOND SAVAGE
With
LEIF ERICKSON
GALE SHERWOOD
Also: Selected Shorts
r
Also Sat. 3:00 p,m.
New Woody Woodpecker
Club
Radio Broadcast
Stage Show and Prizes
OWL SHOW. SATURDAY
NIGHT 11:00
GREEN GRASS W
WYOMING
Starring
PEGGY CUMMINS
CHARLES COBURN
ROBERT ARTHUR
Also: News and Cartoon
SUNPAY-MONDAY-TUES-DAY.
AUG. 1. 2. 3
ON AN ISLAND
WITH YOU
Starring
ESTHER WILLIAMS
PETER LAWFORD
JIMMY DURANTE
Added: News1 and Shorts
3—THE FLAINSM AN Wednesday, July 28, 1948
First Half of Softball Schedule
Finished; Teams in Play-Off Named
By Bob Ingram
t
The first half of the Summer
Softball schedule came to an end
this past week with four crack
teams being selected for the play­offs
to be held at the end of the
quarter. These four teams will
battle it out with the four win­ners
of the second half for the
campus championship, y
Representing League II will be
the Phi Kappa Tau nine which
swept through their four game
schedule unbeaten. In League III,
the Theta Chi's came out on top
with a 4-1 record. The Kappa Al­pha's
stormed through League IV
without suffering a defeat to earn
themselves a place in the play­offs.
In League V the Playboys
were able to play only three
games due to the weather, but
they won all of them to lead their
league.
This past weeks action was.
particularly hot as the teams came
down the home stretch. In League
II action, the Rinky Dinks' stop­ped
the Zippers, 9-2, the Vets
stomped TKE, 19-3, and the PKT's
cinched their league champion­ship
by routing the Sigma Chi's
19-9, 'with star catcher Hal Her­ring
pitching for the PKT's, and
doing a good job of it.
League III competition was a
little closer. On RJonday night the
unbeaten Theta. Chi nine came to
an abrupt halt when "Bo" Ren-froe
of the Alpha Gamma Rho's
tossed a no-hitter in their lap,
winning 7-1. The following day
the Delta Sigs rolled over AIO,
17-7. The Theta Chi's bounced
back on Wednesday to knock the
BSU team out of the unbeaten
class, 9-0, as "Foots" Morris
chalked up his fourth win of the
season. Thursday afternoon the
Alpha Gamma Rho's saw their
championship hopes blown sky-high
as the SPE's defeated them
7-6.
In League IV, the Lamba Chi's
knocked off the Sigma Nu's, 14-6,
then edged by the PKA's the
following day 9-8. The Sigma Nu's
put the skids on the previously
unbeaten SAE's, 15-5, and the
SAE's' 'tasted defeat again the
next day as FranM Ray of the
KA's tossed a neat tworhitter,
shutting them out 6-0. The Sigma
Nu-FFA game went to the fra­ternity
tearn by forfiet as the
FFA teajn failed to make their
appearance.
League V saw Faculty win over
Phi Delta Theta 16-2, Sigma Pi
stop Pi Kappa Phi 10-4, Phi Del­ta
Theta edge by ATO 8-6, and
the Playboys take their league
title easily, winning their final
game by forfiet over ATO.
Highlights of the first half:
Zac—Jenkins, one of the better
pitchers on the campus, pitched a
beautiful 3-hitter against the
Zippers, winning 2-0, in early
season play. The Zippers and the
TKE's tied up in the wildest
scoring game of the first half. A
total of 40 runs were scored, the
Zips getting the most, to win
23-17. Incidentally, the TKE's de­fensive
record for the first half is
worth looking at. In three games
they had 59 runs scored against
them—an average of nearly 20
per game. The longest game of
the season was the 13 inning
thriller between the SPE's and the
BSU. The Baptist team came1
from behind twice, scoring three
runs in the bottom of the 13th to
win, 10-9.
•.
m Wm
WITH
THE
GREEKS
WANTED: Furnished apart­ment
for couple and small
child, for the rest of the sum­mer
quarter. Interested party
contact Gene Neil Castleberry,
Forestry Camp, Uriah, Ala­bama.
By Marie English
Social events scheduled by
fraternities for this weekend in­clude
swimming parties, picnics,
hamburger fries, and h o u se
dances.
For Saturday, Phi Kappa Tau
has planned a swimming party
and picnic at Chewacla. That
night a house dance will be giv­en
for all new pledges.
Pi Kappa Phi will -also have
a swimming party' at the lake
followed by a house dance given
by the pledges Saturday night.
Delta Sigma Phi ^ fraternity
will enjoy a hamburger fry at
the l a k e Saturday afternoon,
which will be followed by a
house dance that night.
Sigma Nu's have on the agenda
for Saturday a swimming party
and a picnic in the afternoon and
a house dance that night.
tLast Saturday Theta Chi held
formal i n i t i a t i o n for three
pledges. Those becoming mem­bers
were Jimmy Murphy, Frank
Mayers, and Joe Burt. Following
the initiation, the fraternity held
a watermelon cut and a house
dance.
Kappa Sigma fraternity held
a full weekend of social events
for rushees. 'Starting on Friday
night the fraternity held a party
at the house..A lucheon, followed
by a picnic at Chewacla and a
house dance were the activities
for Saturday.
SECOND HALF SOFTBALL SCHEDULE
July 29,
Aug. 2.
Aug. 3,
Aug. 4
Aug. 5
Aug. 9
10
Hour
4:15
7:15
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PKT-TKE
Rinks-SC
Vets-Zips
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AIO-TC
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IV
SN-LCA
BSU-SPE FFA-KA
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V
SP-P Boys
Fac-SP
PKP-ATO
AIO-AGR
TC-DSP
Rinks-TKE AlO-BSU PKA-SN
FFA-SAE
PKT-Vets SPE-DSP FFA-LCA
KA-PKA Fac-PKP
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Fac-PDT PKA-SAE
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SC-Zips AGR-TC SAE-SN
PDT-ATO
Zips-TKE TC-SPE
Afternoon games played on Fields 2, 3, 4, 5; League teams play
on same field as league number; Night games on night field.
Start making plans now to buy a
clean, mechanically perfect
1949 n up miiDE OR ANY OTHEB
1947 WLUD VvUKC MAKE OR MODEL
Because they are so much in demand, Club Coupes
are hard to find. It will take us a little time to locate
the exact make and model you want.
For your convenience start planning now.
A/^e rwill be glad to discuss with you the availability,
price ranges and our economical finance plans on all
makes and models. You will be surprised to learn how
easy it is to own your own car.
AUBURN MOTORS OPELIKA RD.
PHONE 900
DESPITE the signs, "Bugs" Mimms,
business manager and editor of the
just that. Mimms and Shaffer posed
let students know thaj. the en­tire
Glomerata shipment has
been received and are ready
to be picked up by eligible
students.
(left) and John Shaffer,
'48 Glomerata are doing
for this relaxing scene to
ALWA 7AV OMEGA
ENTEkTAlMS QUESTS
ATO recently honored mem­ber?;
pledges, and guests with an
informal summer house -dance.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. C. E. Lowe, housemother.
Later the crowd journeyed to
Pope's for' a midnight supper.
Judge G. Wallace and his guest
were the basis of entertainment.
Other alumni were present.
Four transfers have joined the
local chapter. They are Ed Mur­ray
and Jim Frye from Georgia
Tech, Jim Vaughn from Birm­ingham-
Southern, and Jim Nel­son,
Mississippi State.
WANTED: Apartment fur­nished
or unfurnished for two
year lease. Must be within
walking distance of the cam-'
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sooner the better. Owner call
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WRIGHT TO HEAD
CITY COMMISSION
Auburn's first City Commission,
composed of G. H. Wright, T. A,.
Sims, and W. F. Ham, was sworn
in Tuesday night at City Hall.
Mr. Wright was elected to serve
as president.
The commission re-appointed
all city employees temporarily
and voted that all salaries be con­tinued
on the present basis.
FOR SALE: 24-foot house
trailer, sleeps four. Call Barnes
at 1264.
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FINAL DATES!
Cap and Gown Measuremnts,
i August 7th
AU Veteran^ Accounts close,
August 7th
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THURSDAY-FRIDAY
JULY 29-30
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Cartoon: Circus Today
A Limited Number of Houses
and Apartments Still Available.
FOR SALE OR RENT
in the new
LAKEVIEW HOMES SUBDIVISION
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Duplex units have 1 bedroom, living room, kitchen and bath; gas
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Located on East Glenn Avenue near
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4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, July 28, 1948
Unusual Method of Staging To Be Used
For Players 'The Inspector General'
The Inspector General, the Au­burn
Players lone summer pro­duction
is scheduled for presen­tation
August 12-13 at Bibb
Graves Amphitheater. In case of
bad weather the showings will be
postponed.
Since the play calls for two
different settings, an unusual
method of staging is needed.
Shifting of scenery outdoors
would delay the play more than
Prof. Telfair Peet, the Players'-
director, felt advisable. Both
scenes will be set up before the
play starts—one on the upper
grass stage—and the other the
pit. Changing from one stage to
the other will simply involve
moving the lights.
This is not the first time the
Players have experimented with
unusual stage arrangements. Two
seasons back they did Oliver
Oliver in a 10-foot square and did
it with an aucience surrounding
the show on all sides. This work­ed
so successfully that the play
went on the road and played 23
times.
Some years back the Players
did Right You Are, a comedy so
staged that the audience again
saw the play from aH sides. This
time, however, surrealist furnish­ings
were used. Some seats had
human legs, and a table wore
skates.
At times the Players have pro­duced
plays with practically no
scenery so that all the audi­ence
could see were actors mov­ing
in and out of lighted spaces.
ALFORD TO DIRECT
CIVITAN MINSTREL
Hugh M. Alford, Jr., head -of
the. API Photographic Service,
will write and direct the Auburn
Civitan Club's first annual mins­trel,
"The Black Face Break­down",
which is scheduled for
Langdon Hall the evening of
Aug. 18. J. L. Silavent club presi­dent,
made the announcement this
week.
TYPING: Themes, term papers,
theses, typing of all kinds done
reasonably. Call 690-R after 5 p.
SHOWN ABOVE is a portion of the volumes that were damaged in the main library on July
9. From 300 to 400 periodicals and books of fiction were affected, some totally damaged. The
loss was due to the excessive rains which were too great for
the roof to hold. According to Dr. Clyde H. Cantrell, director of
libraries, the majority of the volumes will be replaced. (Photo
by Hugh Alford.)
MALONE'S
— FOR EXCELLENT SERVICE —
Fill Your Needs From Our Complete
Line of School Supplies.
WE BUY ALL BOOKS OF VALUE
Veterans' Accounts Close Aug. 7 — 6:00 P. M.
MALONE'S STUDENT BOOK EXCHANGE
PUZZLE CORNER NO. 3
Here's one that ought to stop you! The third puzzle in this week's
go is really a stickler.' The first two are like the ones you have al­ready
tried. You are to replace the letters with numbers in order
to get a correct problem in multiplication, for the first, and division,
for the second.
(1) OH
H O ••':-';.;'
YOU
DEH
(What have I done?)
DAMU
(2) MYX J THEM [ UP
WHY
STUM
STUE
(Should be good!)
M
(3)
The problem is to find a number (the smallest possible)
that meets these three requirements:
1) One-half of it is a perfect square.
2) One-third of it is a perfect cube.
3) One-fifth of it is a perfect fifth-power.
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Pearson's haste ,to met dead­lines
or some other factor makes
him an accurate reporter 'of the
type who rash from Georgetown
cocktail parties directly to their
typewriters, without the vital
intermediate step of checking and
confirming the story of checking
and confirming the story. I do
not accuse Mr. Pearson of doing
this, but the inaccuracies and hun­ches
ripe in his column would
point to something of the sort.
For example, mere was the re­cent
story about the WAA sale of
State Department A m e r i c an
paintings, the controversial paint­ings
which a Republican Congress
used as "an excuse to force the
resignation of Assistant Secretary
of State William Benton, t he
WAA sale was the occasion when
Auburn acquired some 36 of
these valuable and significant
paintings.
Pearson shouted that the State
Department had sold these paint­ings
through WAA at a $23,000
profit, but the sale prices, he ne­glected
to add, were "fair value
prices"—most of the paintings
sold on veteran's priorities at dis­counts
as high as 95%! The News­week
story on the sale stated that
the State Department did not
realize anything like the full $79,-
000 value of the paintings.
One picture, Pearson said—
Yasuo Kuniyoshi's "Circus Girl
Resting", bone of contention-
"that fat girl"—in the Congres­sional
grilling—had sold at the
WAA auction for $2,000. Auburn
bought that picture, and yet our
total purchases did not exceed
$2,p00. We got paintings valued
at $18,000, which were discounted
through provisions of the Surplus
Properties Act because of our
large veteran enrollment.
VA Prohibits
Rec Courses
In an effort to clear up misun­derstandings,
Harley A. Smith,
Alabama Regional Manager of
the Veterans Administration, to­day
explained legislation which
prohibits a veteran taking avoca-tional
or recreational courses un­der
the GI Bill.
In the main, the VA Manager
said, courses which lead to a col­lege
degree or education objec­tive
are not affected. Generally
speaking, all single subject courses
which are recreational or avoc'a-tional
in nature and which are not
a part of a course leading. to an
education objective are prohibit­ed.
Rules on Flight Training
Applications for flight training
will be judged. on an- individual
basis and the veteran seeking
such a course must" show justifi­cation
that the training is in con­nection
with his present or con­templated
business or occupation
for education objective; he must
show that he is physically quali­fied
to obtain the type of license
which will enabjfi him to reach his
objective.
The List ,
Single subject courses in danc­ing,
photography, glider training,
bar tending, "mixology", person­ality
development, entertainment
and, all other courses which are
well-known to VA Regional Of­fice
Managers as. being pursued
for avocational or recreational
reasons are prohibited by the new
regulations.
DELTA SIGMA PHI'S
ENTERTAIN AT LAKE
Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma
Phi recently held a watermelon
cutting at Lake Chewacla. After
the outing, a hamburger fry and
house dance were held at the
chapter house. Mrs. Potter, house­mother,
was chaperone.
Members and dates included:
Charlie Baird, Dot Younse; Jim­my
Baird, Dot Moore; Curly
Dunlap, Betty Weaver; Marvin
Scarbrough, Betty Griffin; Terry
Bayne, Joy Knowles; Tom Scott,
Jane Mitchell; Bob Murphree,
Romana Ellington; Joe McGee,
Barbara Williams; Paul Berthon,
Joe Crowder; Elmer Cowan,
Mary Brewer; Jim Fogleman, Ir-ma
Rogers; Harold Darby, Louise
Cherry; Jack Smith, Jean Nazar-itan;
Mr. aj>d Mrs. Chester Riser;
and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Loposer.
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a home. Make and keep your wife happy. Send her to HIG-.
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the wash, no matter how many pounds, is finished in 35 min­utes,
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Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Thru Friday
SATURDAY 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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 water tank.
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NATION-WIDE^SURVEY SHOWS that more college
students smoke Chesterfields than
NOTE to READERS any other brand
Delta Zeta Announces
Initiation Of Three '
Beta Xi chapter of Delta Zeta
recently held initiation ceremon­ies
for the following: Edith Pay­ne,
Wedowee; Virginia Reynolds,
Arab; and Barbara Vinson, Brew-ton.
After the service the new
members were entertained by
their "big sisters."
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