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VOL. LXXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1949 Number 27
Dr. Hannah To Give
Inaugural Address
Speaker Is President of Michigan State
And Land Grant Schools Association Head
Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State College
and president of the American Association of Land Grant
Colleges and Universities, will be guest speaker at the installation
of Dr. Ralph B. Draughon as Auburn's eighth president
on May 12.
Dr. John A. Hannah
Sigma Chi To Hold
Annual Derby Day
The Sigma Chi derby Will be
held this year on May 14 at 2 p.
m. at the Quadrangle. The derby
will feature the traditional competition
between sororities, and
will also feature the crowning of
the n e w "Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi." •
Yvonne Cargile, the sweetheart
of the local chapter last year, will
make the presentation to the winner
of this year's competition;
Cups will also be awarded t a the
sorority totaling the most points
in the various activities.
The candidate fqr Sweetheart
and their sponsors this year are:
Ursula Turnstall, Dorm I; Alice
Brewer, Dorm II; Marilyn Bush,
Dorm IV; Nancy Salvo,- Auburn
Hall; Evelyn Swain, Alumni Hall;
Beverly Barnett, Alpha Delta Pi;
Dorothy Ann Hayes, Alpha Gamma
Delta; Sara McKee, Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Judy Spence, Kappa Delta; Martha
Owens, Delta Zeta; Nan Ras-berry,
Phi Mu; Betty Blue, Chi
Omega; Anne Sharpe, Theta Upsi-lon;
and Delores Sherer, Sudie
Wilson, Janis Adams, sponsored
by Sigma Chi.
Recognized as one of the nation's
foremost educational leaders,
Dr. Hannah has visited nearly
every land-grant college in the
United States to study educational
methods.
Dr. Hannah was, born in Grand
Rapids, Mich., in 1902. He attended
the University of Michigan law
school for one year and received a
B. S. from Michigan State in 1923.
He holds an honorary doctor of
agriculture degree from Michigan
State and an honorary doctor of
laws degree from the University
of Michigan. He has befen president
of his alma mater since 1941.
Through his efforts the college has
grown from a small agricultural
school of 3,272 students to a great
university boasting a student enrollment
of 16,000.
The program of Dr. Draughon's
installation is as follows:
Wednesday, May 11
8:15 p. m. — Play "Emperor
Jones," Auburn Players, Amphitheater
"
Thursday, May 12
9:30-11:15 a.m.—Open House,
College Buildings
10 a.m.—Dedication of Forestry
Building
10:45 a.m. — Military Review,
Army-Navy-Air Corps Units
11:30 a.m.—Dedication of New
Men's Dormitory
1-2:30 p.m.—Luncheon for Delegates
and Official Guests
1:30-2:30 p.m.—Band Concert
3:15 .p.m.—Installation Ceremonies,
.Hare. Stadium
Speaker-—President John A.
Hannah, Michigan State College
6 p.m.—Reception, President's
Home. ,
ONE WILL BE CROWNED ST. PATRICIA TOMORROW NIGHT
THESE GIRLS will compete for Engineering Queen, Or Saint Patricia, as a feature of tomorrow's
Engineers Carnival. They are Irma Clements, Opelika; Billie Lou Estes, Birmingham;
Ola Grace Freeman, Birmingham; Martha Owens, Auburn; Sudie Wilson, Birmingham; Virginia
Corby, Talladega; Jane Wilcox, Bolinger; Pat Haden, Robertsdale; and Carolyn Flanders, Birmingham.
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"Also a candidate, but not in the picture, is Polly Eller, of Hayden.
J. D. Sykes Attends
Civil Engineer Meet
The American Society of. Civil
Engineers held a meeting at Oklahoma
City on April 20-22. Students
from various college chapters
over the nation also attended
this meeting.
J. D. Sykes, senior in CE from
St. Louis, Mo., represented the Auburn
chapter at the meeting.
Woodchoppers Ball
To Be Friday Night
The Forestry Club will hold its
second annual Woodchoppers' Ball
Friday, May 6, from 9 to 12 p.
m. in the student activities building.
Music will be by Jimmy New-berne
and the Auburn Plainsmen.
The building will be decorated
with rustic furniture, a punch bar,
and sapling. Dancers should wear
blue jeans, calico or similar costumes.
Members of the Forestry Club
have been growing beards for several
weeks in preparation for the
dance, and a prize will be awarded
the man judged to have the most
outstanding beard. A prize will be
awarded also to the girl with the
most colorful costume.
Tickets for the ball may be obtained
from any Forestry Club
member for $1.25 per person or
couple. They will also be on sale
at Main Gate Wednesday through
Friday.
NOTICE . . .
All organizations wishing to
obtain a date on the social calendar
for next year are asked
to send a representative to 123
New Building, Monday night.
May 9, at 7 p.m.
Joel Eaves Named
Basketball Coach
The appointment of Joel Eaves
as Auburn's head basketball coach
was announced Monday night by
Athletic Director Wilbur Hutsell.
Eaves will come to Auburn from
Murphy High School of Atlanta,
where his teams have achieved
great success in basketball.
Eaves is an Auburn graduate
and earned nine varsity letters
here—three each in football, basketball,
and baseball. He was named
All-SEC end in 1936 and was captain
and all-conference guard in
basketball his senior year.
From 1937 to 1941, Eaves was
head basketball coach at Sewanee
University. For the past three
years he has coached in Atlanta,
his home town.
Band To Present
Concert Tonight
The Auburn Concert Band,
composed of" 54 select concert
musicians,' will present its first
formal concert tonight at 8:15
p.m. in the student activities
building. The group will be directed
by P. R. Bidez and David
Herbert.
The concert will feature Hubert
Liverman, professor in the music
department, in a piano solo with
band accompaniment of the First
Movement of Greig's Piano Concerto
in A Minor.
Other selections scheduled for
presentation include "First Suite,
E Flat" by the eminent modern
English composer, Gustav Hoist.
Three movements, "Chaconnes,"
"Intermezzo" and "March III,"
will be played.
Also included on the program
will be the Spanish march, "Bra-vada"
in double time; by Frederic
Curzon; "Martha Overture to The
New Moon," and "Kentucky
Mountain Running Set," by Ray
Green, contemporary American
composer.
WAA TO PRESENT
ANNUAL CIRCUS
The annual circus party of the
Women's Athletic Association will
be held Tuesday, May 10, from
7:30 to 9 p. m. in Alumni Gym.
The party is presented in honor
of all freshman and transfer women
students. Late permission will
be given to all girls who attend.
There will be a one-ring circus
with various acts and several sideshows.
Refreshments will be
served by the hostesses.
Education Club Elects
Dot Bost As President
At a recent meeting of the newly
organized Education Club, officers
•were elected for the next year.
Those elected were:
Dot Bost, Montgomery, president;
John Stair, Town Creek,
vice-president; Dot Murphy, Sul-ligent,
secretary; Norman Spillers,
Moulton, treasurer, and Rose
Blanton, Sarasota, Fla., reporter.
The club recently held a square
dance in the student center, and
plans are now underway for a
picnic at Chewacla. Professor F.
W. Bainbridge is faculty advisor
and sponsor for the club.
Education School
Gives Dean's List
The dean's list for the School
of Education was released this
week by Dr. Zebulon JuddJ dean.
Listed for maintaining high
scholastc averages are:
Nell Ansley, Columbus, Ga.;
Rebecca Bailey, Birmingham; William
Bradley, Auburn; Maimer
B r o w d e r, McKenzie; Wilson
Carnes, Albertville; K a t h r y n
Douglass, Birmingham; F. C. Du-
Bose, Huntsville; Harold Dumas,
Thomasville; Ernie O. Elliot, Vina;
William B. Hagood, Town Creek;
James O. Hardin, Auburn.
Charles A. Knowles, Montevallo;
Edward L. Lansford, Mt. Hope;
Eli Thomas Malone, Camp Hill;
Roger McClarty, Decatur, Ga.;
Frank Mitchell, Fairfield; L. C.
Stanfield, Altoona; Billie L.Stone,
Arab; Oxford Stroud, Camden;
Patricia Tippins, Auburn; Louise
Ward, Auburn; and Canty Worley,
Birmingham.
BEARDS TO BE JUDGED AT WOODCHOPPER'S BALL
Music Department
Presents Program
The department of music of the
.School of Architecture and the
Arts will present two of its senior
music majors in a recital May
19.
Dean Mann, of Tallassee, and
Gene Mullins, of Auburn, will be
the performing artists in the recital
which will be held at 8:15 p.
m. in Langdon Hall.
Mann's concert will consist of
trumpet solos, while Mullins will
perform with the trombone.
On May 9 at 8:15 p. m. in Langdon
Hall, the Music Department
in conjunction with the Woman's
Music Club of Auburn will present
a program of chamber music.
Featured on the program will be
Edgar Glyde, first violin; Lucile
Jones, violin, James Barnes, viola,
and Dorothy Glyde, violincello,
Hollace E. Arment,\ tenor soloist,
David Herbert, horn, Richard Collins,
second violin, and William
Tamblyn, piano.
Highlight of the program will be
presentation of a music scholarship
by the Woman's Music Club.
It will be awarded by Mrs. T. P.
Chalker, club president.
Gala Engineers Carniva
Begins Thursday At 4:30
Organizations' Exhibits, Concessions,
Deadline Is Set And Queen's Crowning To Be Featured
For Applications
To Cub Positions
All students interested in applying
for the positions of editor and
business manager of t h e Tiger
Cub, official freshman handbook,
should turn in their applications
to the students affairs office before
noon Saturday, May 7. Application
forms may be secured in
student affairs office from Mrs.
Christine Reynolds, publications
secretary.
Under the editorship of Tom
Sellers last year the Tiger Cub
was increased in size to 128 pages.
Included in the book was such
informative matter as the history
and traditions of the school, the
rules and regulations for the students,
the constitutions of the various
organizations and information
concerning the administration and
schools.
The editor a n d the business
manager of the Tiger Cub are
selected by the Publications Board.
The editor's salary is $135, paid
upon publication of the book. The
business manager receives 15% of
the total collections for advertising.
Qualifications for the editor and
business manager of the publications
are:
1. Each candidate must be enrolled
in school for the summer
quarter.
2. Each candidate must have one
year's experience on one of the
campus publications, or the equivalent.
3. Each candidate must have an
over-all average of 2.0.
4. Such other qualifications as
may be set up by the Publications.
Board.
Veterans . . .
Veteran student book, equipment,
and supply bills for the
Spring Quarter, 1949, will be
closed at all book stores effective
with the close of business
on Saturday, May 14th.
Students are requested to purchase
whatever supplies are
needed for completion of the
quarter prior to the closing
date.
The annual Engineer's Carnival will be held tomorrow
from 4:30 to 8 p.m. in Ross Square and adjoining buildings.
Featured will be exhibits by various engineer's organizations,
gambling concessions, and a food booth.
Exhibits sponsored by organizations include a refrigeration
display with a stripped-down motor by Pi Tau Sigma,
tractors and new farm equipment
On The Campus
GROWING BEARDS for the Woodchoppers' Ball Friday night are these six forestry students.
The winner of the "longest beard" contest may be one of these (clockwise from bottom
left):
Archie Ray, Florala; Walter Bullock, Birmingham; Alex Duke, Decatur; Lewis Walker, Alex
City; Joe Culpepper, Cuba, and John Guy, Auburn.
The Collegiate 4-H Club will
meet Thursday, May 5, in Duncan
Hall at 7 p.m.
* * *
" The Dolphin Club will meet at
6:45 p.m. Monday, May 9, in
Alumni Gym.
* * *
The International R e l a t i o n s
Club will meet at 7:15 p.m. Monday,
May 9, in Social Center.
* * *
The Block and Bridle Club will
meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 9,
in Room 208, Animal Husbandry
Building.
* * *
The Forestry Club will meet at
7 p.m. Monday, May 9, in the
Forestry Building.
* * *
There will be an exhibition of
prints acquired for the permanent
print collection during the
past year on Monday, May 9, in
the architecture building.
* * *
Delta Sigma Pi will meet at *
p.m. Tuesday, May 10, in the new
building.
* * *
The Dana King Gatchell Home
Economics Club will meet at 7
p.m. Tuesday, May 10, in Smith
Hall.
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The Collegiate FFA-will meet
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, in-the
Ag Engineering Building. .,
* * *
Mrs. Frances Culpepper, instructor
in sociology, will speak at
AIO meeting tonight at 7:15 in
the student center.
* * *
The English department will
hold its weekly reading program
Thursday, May 5, at 4 p. m. in
314 Samford Hall. Dr. Eugene
Awards Announced
By Graduate School
Dr. Fred Allison, dean of the
graduate school, has announced
the final group of grant-in-aid
awards to be made this year. The
awards are set up by the college
for the purpose of stimulation of
campus wide interest and activity
in fundamental research ' among
faculty members and to aid
worthy research projects.
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, president
of the college, has approved
the following awards:
Mr. Clyde H. Cantrell, Director
of Libraries, and Dr. W. R. Patrick
of t h e English department
will work jointly on "A Bibliography
of Theses Written on Southern
Literary Culture through December,
1948."
Awards were granted three
other members of the English department—
F. W. Bainbridge, II,
for "A Study of the Development
of the Public Relations Program
in Public Schools since 1920;" Dr.
Eugene Current-Garcia for "Joseph
Glover Baldwin; an Alabama
Humorist;" and Dr. Franklin T.
McCann for "English Discovery of
America to 1585."
Mr. J. C. Moore of the horticulture
department will do research
on "Asexual Propagation of
Chinese Chestnuts."
Mr. John A. Needy of the mechanical
engineering department
has been awarded a grant-in-aid
to investigate and determine the
coefficient of heat transmission
through known building materials.
He is to develop and determine a
similar coefficient for new building
materials in the State of Alabama.
Current-Garcia will give readings
from the works of Truman Capote.
* * *
The Dames Club will meet at
8 p. m. Wednesday, May 4, at Social
Center. Hostesses will be Mrs.
C. L. Isbell, Mrs. Libby Webb, and i
Mrs. Amy Jackson. Members are
asked to bring recipes for the
cook book.
* * *
A special meeting of the American
Pharmaceutical Association
will be held in Ross .203 at 7 p.
m., Monday, May 9. Plans for
APhA barbecue will be completed.
V $ ?fi
The newly formed Men's Bible
Class meets each Sunday at 9:45
in Carr Hall on Gay Street. Coach
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Journalists . . . •
Ed Crawford, newly elected
editor of The Plainsman, has
called a meeting of The Plainsman
staff and all persons who
are interested in working on
the staff for Wednesday, May
4, at 5 p.m., in the Plainsman
office.
Crawford urges all students
interested in working on the
paper to be at this meeting as
plans for the inauguration issue
and assignments on the
staff will be made.
On Monday. May 9, at 7 p.m.
there will be a meeting of the
Glomerata staff of 1950 in the
Glomerata office. All students
who are interested in working
on the staff during the summer
and fall quarters arc
urged to attend this meeting.
by the American Society of Ag- '
ricultural Engineers chapter, and
a glass furnace model by Phi
Lambda Upsilon. Chi Epsilon will
show highway laboratory equipment,
soil testing equipment, and
a water purification unit. Eta
Kappa Nu plans to exhibit an
electronic stethoscope, an induction
motor with partially cut
away field, a radio altimeter, and
homing gear. Phi Psi will have a
loom on display.
The Radio Club will exhibit
transmiting and receiving equipment
and will send messages
upon request.
These exhibits will be set up
in Ross Chemistry Lab, temporary
Building 6, and on the lot in.
front of Ross.
Gambling concessions will include
bingo, California, roulette,
and penny pitching.
Coronation Ball
Saint Patricia's Coronation Ball
will be held from 8:30 to 10:30
p.m. in the student activities
building to c l i m a x Engineer's
Day.
Music will be by the Auburn
Plainsmen. Certificates for admission
to St. Pat's court can be
bought for $1 and will permit entrance
to the dance.
Highlight of the dance will be
the Queen's crowning by Dean J.
E. Hannum. Ten girls have been
nominated as candidates by the
sponsoring organizations.
Voting, at one cent a vote, will
begin at Main Gate today. A
voting booth will be set up at the
carnival tomorrow at 6 p.m., and
all voting will end at 8:30 p.m.
The queen will receive gifts
from the following Auburn merchants:
Bill Ham, Brown's Sport
Shop, Burton's Book Store, Marble's,
McCluskey's Dress and
Sport Shop, Mildred Lippett,
Nancy Leigh, Parker's Gift Shop,
Poly-Tek Shop, and Ware's Jewelry.
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Dr. Henry Hitt Crane
Dr. Crane Talks
Here Next Week
Dr. Henry Hitt Crane, pastor of
^Central Methodist Church, Detroit,
Michigan,. will appear on the
campus May 9-13 for a series of
religious talks in connection with
the spring revival being sponsored
by the Wesley Foundation.
The Religious Life Council will
sponsor Dr. Crane as its speaker
for the month on May 10 at Langdon
Hall. Dr. Crane will speak at
the Methodist Church on the other
week nights at 7:30 in conjunction
with the Methodist revival.
Dr. Crane holds an AB degree,
an STD degree, two Doctor of
Divinity degrees, an LLD degree,
and has completed some graduate
work at Harvard. Dr. Crane, who
has traveled extensively in the
Orient and Europe, recently returned
from Europe, where he
went last year as a delegate to the
World Council of Churches.
TKA Honorary Taps
Eight New Members
Tau Kappa Alpha, honorary forensic
society, recently tapped eight
students for membership in recognition
of their forensic excellence.
Each of the following new members
has participated in at least
six intercollegiate debates:
Jeannette Gore, Virginia Brown
and Patty Jamison, Birmingham;
Gilmer Blackburn, Auburn; Curtis
Presley, Clarksdale, Miss.; Robert
Carlisle, Notasulga; Lemone Yielding,
Blanton and Charles Reynolds,
Fairfax.
The new members will be honored
at a banquet May 19.
NOTICE
Classes will be held until 10
a.m. on Thursday. May 12, and
regular classes will be resumed
on May 13.
During this period the same
regulations governing class attendance
immediately preceding
and following a regular
holiday period will be observed.
This means:
a. Deans will not issue excuses
for absences on May
11, 12, or 13. Any student
believing his case to be
an emergency or an extenuating
one may petition
the Council of Deans.
b. Classes scheduled on these
days (May 11, May 12 until
10 a.m., and May 13)
will be held without exception
and rolls checked.
A student may not be permitted
to attend another
section of a course for
which he is registered,
and the class or section
may not be shifted to another
hour or day.
It
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, May 4, 194$ I
Miss Jeanefte Harbin Will Lead
Annual Alpha Psi Ball Saturday
Miss Jeanette Harbin, junior from Mercer University,
will lead the annual Alpha Psi Moonlight Ball, Saturday
night, with Derrell Smalley, president, Dublin, Georgia'.
Jimmy Newberne and the Auburn Plainsmen will furnish
music at the student* activities building from 9 to 12 p.m. ;
Members, pledges and dates _, ,. „. , , , , . , , , „,,. „ ,<
Charlie Field, Mildred Mitchell,
Phenix City; Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Mann, Ocala, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Warren W. Kent, Auburn; Alleh
Price, Joyce McNutt, Hancevills;
James T. Alves, Pat Haden, Ro-bertsdale;
Mr. and Mrs. George
F. Yopp, Opelika; Mr. and Mri.
Clyde E. Pilgreen, Selma; Mr. and
Mrs. M .G. Hazard, Macon, Miss*
John W. Tisdale, Rutheeil
Greene, Shreveport, La.; James
Carter, Wynona Yancey, Columbus,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Acree, Jacksonville, Fla:; Jason
W. Copeland, Nauelien Pate,
Bloutsville; Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Gray, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Martin, Marianna, Fla.;
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Case, San
Diego, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. William
F. Mosher, Atlanta, Ga.; Mr.
and Mrs. Rayburn Bartlett, College
Park, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
M. Reynolds, Lamar, S.C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Thud Kidder, Belle
Glade, Fla.
James T. Summers, Betty Mc
Elrath, Sylacauga; Jim. Frank
Jordan, Christine McClure, Sylacauga
; Derrell Smalley, Jeanette
Harbin, Dublin, Ga.; Tommy Ken-nard,
Gene Hurt, Auburn; Gene
Bearden, Ada Marie Martin, West
Blocton; Bert Hill, Katherine
Jones, Birmingham; Jimmy Newberne,
Helen Turner, Birmingham;
Jim Piatt, Joyce Avery,
who will attend are:
Sidney McCain, Jill Jeter, Enterprise;
Bruce Riggs, Nancy
Martin, Birmingham; Stuart Burnett,
Margaret Vansant, Douglas-ville,
Ga.; Fort Sutton, Mildred
Lacy, Auburn; Harry McAbee,
Dot Moore, Opelika; Ray Ward
Lou Poctor, Gadsden; Ross Cry-ar,
Frances Bertram, Steele; Mr.
and Mrs. William Chandler, Jacksonville,
Fla.; Ben Merritt, Wilda
Doggette, Auburn;
Dr. Agee M. Wiggins, Sarah
Moore, Evergreen; Lamar H.
Moree, Lenora Pruitt, Auburn;
Mr. and Mrs. Carson N. Cope-land,
Auburn; Larry Riedel, Bil-lie
Jean demons, Kissimmee,
Fla.; Jack Cobb, Cherie Owen,
Mobile; Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Arline, Auburn; Bob Mullins,
Laurie Izler, Ocala, Fla.; Elliott
Martin, Mickey Hughes, Birmingham;
Mr. and Mrs. Conney
Batson, Jasper.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Lampru,
Jacksonville; Tim Miller, Rene
Hodge, Cragford; Mr. and Mrs.
Victor H. Driscol, Frisco City; Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Reid, Jr., Red Bay;
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Courtney,
Alexander City; Nelson Hakin-sbn,-
Suzanne Summers, Miami,
Fla.
Karon Jennings, Peggy Cope-land,
Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Holland, Bartow, Fla.; Gene
Bentley, Betty Sarvis, Sylacauga;
SOClE
Miss Jeanette Harbin
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News & Comedy
Home Ec Career Day
Attracts Eighty Five
Approximately 85 girls from
high schools over the state gathered
at Auburn Friday, April 29,
for Home Economics Career Day.
The day was spent touring the
various divisions of the School of
Home Economics, and the guests
enjoyed discussion groups, movies
and a fashion show. Mrs. Marion
Spidle, dean* and T. C. Clark, di-fector
of student affairs, welcomed
the visitors.
Students in charge of the event
were: Ruth Goldsmith, Atmore;
Mary Cottle, Montgomery; Mary
Noble Hall, Talladega; Sybil
Swanner, Rutledge; and Mary
Lind Medlock, Auburn.
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Birmingham; Claude Jameson,
Jean Terry, Kissimmee, Fla.; Ben
Willis, Marilyn Morgan, Panama
City, Fla.; Angus Gaskin, Cha-letta
Alembert, New Orleans, La.
Three Will Attend
Research Workshop
Mrs. Marion SpliCe, dean of the
School of Home Economics; Miss
Florence Davis, or the Alabama
Agricultural Experiment Station,
and Dr. Ernestine "IT Frazier, research
professor in human nutrition,
will attend an Administration
and Research Workshop for
the Southeast in Galtinburg,
Tenn., May 4-7.
The meeting will have representatives
from - thirteen southern
states and Puerto Rico.
Ethel Barnes Promoted
Ethel L. Barnes, dietitian in the
Women's Medical Specialist Corps,
United States Army, of Dothan,
has been promoted from temporary
to permanent captain, according
to information from the Department
of the Army.
She is a graduate of Auburn,
and is at present on duty at Fort
Bragg, N. C, Station Hospital.
FOR
DRY CLEANING, SHOE
REPAIRING &
TAILORING
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OTS Pledges Entertain
Omega Tau Sigma pledges entertained the members Friday
night, April 30, with a "country girl and boy dance."
Square dancing was the main attraction of the evening.
Pledges, members and their dates came dressed as country
girls and boys. t
The house was decorated with straw, oil lamps, wash tubs,
and other appropriate decorations. The square dance was
called by Elton Bailey.
* * *
Kappa Alpha Initiates
Nu chapter of Kappa Alpha fraternity held formal initiation
for eight pledges Sunday, April 24th.
New members are: Jim Jackson, Selma; Bill Thomas,
Opelika; Porter Grant, Rome, Ga.; Darby Dick, Leland, Miss.;
Joe Leberte, Birmingham; Charlie Jones, Birmingham; Sid
Fillingim, Tuskegee, and Bill Cuffie, Montgomery.
* * *
Pikes Hosts to Chi Cs
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity was host to Chi Omega sorority
on ^Thursday evening, April 28. A buffet supper was
served and was followed by a house dance.
A skit was presented by the fraternity.
* * * , •
Alpha Gams Dance
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority held its annual Sunrise
Dance Saturday, April 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the student
activities building.'Music was by the Auburn Knights.
Coffee^ and dOnuts were served to members, dates, and
guests. .
Sigma Pi Initiates Seven
Sigma Pi fraternity held formal initiation for seven members
of its pledge class on Thursday, April 28.
Men completing their pledge training and initiated were:
Bill Hornsby," Eclectic; Tim Lagrone, Birmingham; Campbell
Little, Finsoh; Frank Mackey, Little Rock, Ark.; Ernie Mag-aha,
Flomaton; George Marcussen, Mobile; and Charlies
Stririgfellow, Greenville.
The Sigma Pi pledge class honored pledges initiated this
quarter with a "May Day" dance oh Friday, April 29.
The house was decorated in traditional "May Day" style,
with a May pole and streamers. The Sigma Pi Quintet entertained
at intermission.
The two most outstanding pledges, Bill Hornsby and
George Marcussert, Were presented gifts.
* * *
Alpha Delta Pi Fetes
Alpha Delta Pi sorority was hostess to Sigma Nu fpajfcernk
ty with a Wiener roast*6n the lawn of the Sigma Ntt house
recently. '.".',' i
A house dance was held following the wiener roast.
Alpha Delta Pi also entertained Delta Sigma Phi fraternity
with a backward party.
Activities included dancing, a skit by the sorority, and
refreshments.
TKE Holds Initiation
Tau Kappa Epsilon social fraternity initiated seven nevv
members this week. They are:
John Oerting Jr., Pensacola, Fla.; Dan Mantrone, South
Ozone Park, N. Y.; Thomas Alton Smith, Birmingham; John
Terry, Coffeeville; Donald Morris, Birmingham; James Hun-
Bainbridge Speaks
At Work Conference
Dr. F. W. Bainbridge II, associate
professor of education, will be one
of the featured speakers and leaders
at the Work Conference of
School. Attendance Supervisors
which is being held at Clairmont
Springs, Ala., May 2-6.
Dr. Bainbridge will appear on
the program at four of the sessions
of the conference, speaking on
guidance and personnel work in
the school, and the operation of a
child guidance clinic. •
Dr. Bainbridge is also scheduled
to speak at the twenty-sixth annual
meeting of the Alabama
Academy of Science meeting at
Men's Bible Class
Meets at Carr Hall
The newly organized College
Men's Bible Class will meet each
Sunday at 9:45 a.m. in Carr Hall
on Gay Street. This class was formed
several weeks ago by a group
of Auburn football players; however,
membership to the class is
not limited to athletes.
Coach Cary "Shot" Senn is the
teacher of the group and urges
all male students to attend the
class this Sunday.
Troy State Teachers College Friday,
May 6. He will speak on "The
Nature and Development of School1
Public Relations in the United
States!" ..
nicutt, Jr., Kingsport, Tenn., and Robert Laney, Birmingham.
James Whaley, of Birmingham, and Clyde Meagher, of
Auburn, represented the chapter at the TKE Province School
of Instruction at Georgia Tech recently. Other schools represented
Were Florida Southern, Washington University, North
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Other types of matter develop "super-
conductivity." If, for example, an
electric current were set in motion in
a closed loop of columbiunvnitride
below 15 degrees, it would in theory
flow indefinitely.
These are some of the facts of cryogenics—
the study of low-temperature
phenomena—into which a group of
young General Electric scientists are
directing their investigations.
Although their studies are in only
the earliest stages, the facts of this
nether world of temperature have
aroused enough interest that with the
building of a new Research Laboratory,
a $250,000 unit has been especially
constructed for their work.
Through its emphasis on research
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fertile minds to follow their
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3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, May 4, 1949
Rainer Has Lead
In Inaugural Play
Lamar Rainer, of Elba, portraying
Brutus Jones, will have a leading
role in the production of "The
Emperor Jones" which will be an
entertainment feature for the inauguration
of Dr. Draughon as
Auburn'sl president.
The first performance will he
given at 8:15 p. m. Wednesday,
May 11, in Graves Center Amphitheatre.
It will be presented again
Thursday, May 12.
"The Emperor Jones" was
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Lamar Rainer
written by Eugene O'Neill, noted
playwright, who has three times
received the Pulitzer Prize. The
play will be directed by Bob
EbeVle, professor in dramatic arts.
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UNDER THE SPIRES
By Bobby Holleman
BAPTI8T
A new radio program, "Words
to Live By," is now being presented
by the Baptist Student Union
over WAUD every Monday afternoon
from 4:30 to 4:45,
This program is based entirely
on Christ's own words.
Sacred music is transcribed by
noted artists. BSU arranges and
presents these programs and they
are public service features of
WAUD.
* * *
CATHOLIC
Father O'Connell, S. S. J., veteran
chaplain of the South Pacific
in World War II, will give a series
of talks to the Holy Faith Tri-duum;
sponsored by the Holy
Name Faith, which will consist of
three days of prayers for mothers
in hon*r cjf Mothers Day.
The triduum and addresses will
begin each night at 7 in the Sacred
Heart Church on East Magnolia
St. All students of Catholic
Faith are invited to attend.
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Church were hosts April 22-24 to
the Annual Diocesan Canterbury
Club ConventionTwhose delegates
represented all the colleges in Alabama
with Episcopal students
groups. The theme this year was
"The Book of Common Prayer,"
in commemoration of the 400th
anniversary'of its adoption.
The convention was planned by
a committee of Auburn students
headed by Wesley Ellis. Other
committee heads were: Ruth Huey
and Dick Bryson, registration; Pat
Haden and Archie Stapleton, social;
Bill Manley and Clark Yar-brough,
housing; Virginia Brown
and Wofford Smith, food./ Meals
were prepared by The Wilhemia
Lasarus Guild under the supervision,
Of Mrs. Doll Clay.
* * *
METHODIST
The Wesley Foundation has
elected officers to serve during the
summer quarter. They are: Pat
Tippins, president; Phyllis Stough,
vice-president; Marilyn Jones,
secretary, and Tom Hurst, treasurer.
Commission chairmen for t h e
summer are: Jean Wainwright,
worship; Charlie Cox, w o r ld
friendship, .and June Whatley,
community service.
Also elected were officers for
the school year beginning next
fall. They are: Joe Mitchell, president;
Nellie Jo Thornton, vice-president;
Katherine Hilton, secretary,
and Ray Houston, treasurer.
Commission chairmen will be:
Betty Lane, worship; Jean Wainwright,
recreation; Lyn Robinson,
community service, and D o n
Woods, world friendship.
The recreation commission of
the Wesley Foundation is planning
a picnic-swimming party for
Methodist students and t h e i r
friends Saturday afternoon, May
7, at Prather's Lake. They will
meet at the Foundation at 2 o'clock
and hike out to Prather's.
# * *
PRESBYTERIAN
Westminster Fellowship held its
annual spring banquet honoring
senior members Friday night,
April 22. Guest speaker was Allen
Gardner, Auburn graduate now
studying at Columbia Theological
Seminary, Decatur, Ga. The banquet's
theme was "Your Best for
the Master."
Eleven students represented Auburn
at The Westminster Fellow-
I ship Leadership Conference at
Mcjntevallo, April 29 to May 1.
Theme of the meeting was "A New
Look at Student Work."
Delta Sigma Pi Hears
Prof. Howard Strong
Mr. Howard Strong of the
English department was guest
speaker at Delta Sigma Pi professional
meeting on Tuesday,
April 26.
in his address Mr. Strong discussed
the daily life of the average
business man and pointed out
ways to avoid a dull routine in
business.
Dr. Jerome Appointed
Speech Head For State
Dr. E. K. Jerome, speech cor-rectionist
at Auburn, has been appointed
chairman of a committee
of the Alabama Speech Association
to study speech correction heeds
in the state of Alabama.
Serving on the committee are
representatives f r o m Alabama
College, Montevallo; University of
Alabama, and the Birmingham
Junior League.
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AUBURN GRILLE
Greater Auburn Fund
Contributions Given
At the half-way mark in the
Second Greater Auburn Fund, the
1948-49 giving program of the
alumni of Auburn, $22,565.75 has
been contributed, Harry M. Davis,
executive secretary of the Auburn
Alumni Association, announced
recently.
A total of 2,628 alumni have
contributed in this second campaign.
At the end of last year's
program, 2,607 alumni had given
$46,288.68, for an average gift of
$16.33 per contributor.
Aeronautical Group
Sees Film At Meet -
• The. Auburn branch of the Institute
of Aeronautical Sciences
met last Tuesday night April 26, in
Broun Auditorium. The program
consisted of a film, "Our Town
Builds an Airport", which shows
the necessary steps that a small
town must take in building an
airport. .
All students in Aeronautics are
eligible for membership in I.A.S.
and are invited to attend the biweekly
meetings.
Nutrition Lecture
Heard By Jr. AVMA
Mrs. R. C. Cannon, instructor in
home economics at Auburn, was
guest speaker a t ' a meeting of the
Junior American Veterinary Medicine
Association Auxiliary on
Thursday, April 28.
Mrs. Cannon spoke on family
nutrition and used many illustrations
to emphasize the necessity
of practicing well balanced everyday
nutrition.
Nominations for the officers in
the group were made at the meeting.
Mrs. Armin Leibold was hostess
for the meeting in her home.
New Reserve Group
Is Alabama's First
The 3092nd Organized Reserve
Research and Development Training
Sub-group, recently activated
at Auburn is the only unit of its
kind in Alabama.
The select units are composed of
former Army personnel who are
presently engaged in active research
and development work.
Officers assigned to the' 3092nd
sub-group here are:
Majors, Frank S. Arant, Cecil C.
Clements, James E. Greene, Dale
Porter, Charles A. Roberts, a n d
Arnold A. Schaeffer; Captains L.
R. Davis, J. L. Butt, Tom E. Corley,
L. R. Davis, Ruben W. Engel and
J. F. Goggans. The unit is commanded
by Major R. E. Wingard.
Professors Attend
Tuscaloosa Meeting
....The Southern Regional Conference
of the American Association
of University Professors met at
Tuscaloosa, April 29-30.
Representing Auburn at the
conference were Dr. David Ma-lone,
Prof. Frank Applebee, Prof.
Robert Sutton, Dr. C. R. Saunders,
president of the local chapter, and
Dr. J. M. Richardson, secretary of
the local chapter.
The theme of the meeting was
"The College Faculty in Postwar
Transition."
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Published weekly by the students of the Ala baftla Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue, Phone 448. -
Deadline for social and organizational news is Saturday noon.
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Tom Cannon
Ed Crawford
John Hembree
Eugene Moore
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Mgn. Editor
As. Editors
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STAFF
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Sara Jane Kent, Ronald Kuerner, Wayne Mc Laughlin, Bob Newton, Ed Peterson, Joe
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Is There A Solution?
For several years now the students of
Auburn have been clamoring for an organized
and specific cut system; and as a
matter of fact, the faculty and administration
favor such a movement with .equal interest.
The recent study of cut systems by both
the Council of Deans and the Student Executive
Cabinet has met with much difficulty,
not with organized opposition by
persons or groups but with the organization
of schools and the manner in which
they apply to each other.
Every student enrolled in Auburn -has
experienced time and time again this well-known
conflicting of schools. He can be
registered in one school and still be taking
classes in another. The problem in this
case then is how to establish a cut system
for each school that will not conflict with
the education requirements of another. Investigation
has revealed this to be an impossibility.
Another possible solution
would be to establish a cut system that
would apply to all schools combined. This
too has been investigated and found to be
impractible for the same reason as mentioned
above.
The difficulty can then be pointed to
school are in most cases radically different,
therefore requiring strict class attendance
in some schools and a greater degree of
laxity in another. Some classes are composed
almost entirely of labs and the actual
experience obtained there is necessary
to complete the course. Other courses in
other schools can be completed^ merely by
reading the material assigned in the text.
This, students, is the heretofore insolve-able
problem that faces the student body,
the faculty, and the administration. The
administration and faculty, as well as the
students, recognize this to be not only a
sore subject but a problem that needs to
be solved.
This can become a project for any individual
or group on the campus. Any solution
that will represent all concerned
would be welcomed by the college. Those
who have attacked this problem in the
past have been defeated in their purpose.
It is still a problem of major importance
and under constant study. At present, the
Engineers Council is attempting a solution
to this problem. Here's hoping they can
find the much needed and longed for answer.
The Plainsman Is Your Paper
At the top of this column can be found
what is known in journalistic circles as
the "flag." Contained in this structure are
the names of the people who write the
stories, handle the advertising, and der
termine the make-up of The Plainsman.
However, this paper does not belong to
them alone. They are only reporters who
gather, report and interpret the news
which is of interest to the students of Au-burn.
Without you, the students of Auburn,
The Plainsman could not exist. You make
the news, and you. want the news as it
actually happens. It is your privilege to
read, want or write the news if you so desire.
- .
Since this is your paper, we will always
strive to satisfy you by reporting the
news factually, accurately and truthfully.
It is the main objective of the staff of The
Try Your Hand
If you will notice the cartoon on this
page this week, you will see that it is a
reprint from a recent issue of Esquire. It
has no significance for Auburn students;
it isn't even unusually funny. Frankly, it
was used merely to,fill the space used
weekly for a cartoon.
For the past three quarters, The Plainsman
has been paying $1.50 to the drawer
of each cartoon published. Clever and
amusing cartoons have been turned in on
many subjects especially pertinent to Au-
Weeding Out Misfits
The University of Michigan has something
worthwhile *as well as novel in its
turntable treatment of faculty members.
Students are being permitted to grade
their instructors on qualities which either
do or do not add up to all-around teaching
ability. Those held in a clear consensus
to be inept at instructional work are to be
transferred or dropped from their positions.
The idea is to weed out the misfits.
At Michigan the department heads
concerned were found to agree with the
students' judgment as to the teachers rated
"very poor." It may be wondered then why
university officials awaited confirmation of
their own estimates before taking corrective
actjon. Whatever the explanation may
be, it is noteworthy that those with most
at stake personally in the question of
whether instruction is good or bad are at
last being allowed a direct hand in its improvement.
The Michigan plan is being examined
widely and is said to be in process of adop-
Plainsman to find something of interest
for each group in school. If we fall short
of our goal, we want, to know about it.
And who can better inform us of our
shortcomings than our readers?
When you have some criticism to offer,
don't just grumble to your friends. Instead,
either write or come to The Plainsman
office and voice your complaint to
someone'who can perhaps remedy the situation.
However, don't let us be misleading.
It is true that we welcome all advice and
aid, but no newspaper can comply with
the whims of all individuals. Certain rules
have to be observed and certain newspaper
ethics practiced. But by taking an interest
in The Plainsman and letting us have your
opinions and your co-operation, we can
work together to make The Plainsman a
newspaper worthy of a high seat among
Southern college publications.
burn—but most of them have been done
by a handful of students. This week, no
cartoon was submitted, so we had to fall
back on a nationally-syndicated drawing.
Each student is invited to try his hand
at putting his idea into, a drawing and
turning it into to us for publication.
Choose a subject of campus-wide interest,
and make your drawing in black ink on
white paper at a proportion of approximately
5x5 inches. All drawings accepted
will net the artist $1.50 upon publication.
The Exchange Post "*****•« More and More
Reprinted from Ma? 1949 issue of ESQUIRE Copyright W49 bj Ewnilw, Ioc
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AdLibbi n9 By Ole Tinier
A letter from G. & C. Merriam Co. was received recently
at the Plainsman office advertising addition to the "famous
Webster's Collegiate series." It is "Webster's New Collegiate
Dictionary" (April 29, $6.00),
The ad announced the addition of words such as athodyd,
gammexane, hypertonic, napalm,
sofar, tri-focal, and viral—certainly
words that every clean-cut qol-lege
student should have on the
tip of his tongue to u s e at all
times.
, One of my favorite passages in
the letter was: "An explanation of
how to form feminine rhymes has
been added to tne vocabulary of
rhymes, a boon to poets who wish
to turn their talents to such light
verse as:
'Copper mines grow deepest,
Forest trails are steepest,
Leap Years come the leapest in
Montana'."
Surely there are many practical
students who would like to turn
their talents to similar light verse.
For them this new section is definitely
a boon.
The circular quotes a critic, who
sounds like quite a wit. He said,
"The dictionary is a good book to *
read. It isn't long on plot, but the
author certainly had a wonderful
vocabulary."
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The only redeeming feature of
Auburn's rainy days to me is seeing
the faces protuding from many
odd outfits desigried to give overall
protection to the body from
the falling cats and dogs.
* * *
"YFT," "It's Coming," "Watch
for F. N. T." Such has been the
plague of publicity designed to
catch the student eye and center
interest on big coming events on
the campus. Similar initials and
phrases have appeared on every
bulletin board, classroom and rest
room blackboard, in store windows,
and at other conspicuous
points.
At the beginning of this fad, it
was hard to avoid being a bit curious
about such symbols, but after
weeks of these stimulating signs,
it became easy to ignore them..
After a few big build-ups to dis-.,
appointing letdowns, the slogans
reached a dull monotony.
It seems logical that if an activity
is of great importance and in-;
terest, it would be publicized in
an obvious, straightforward manner.
Only when an event is fairly
insignificant would there be any
advantage in advertising by guessing
games.
An event worthy of note took
place along with the Sigma Nu
pledge project last week end. One
of the freshmen had as an assignment
obtaining. Drew Pearson's
signature on an egg. The noted
taunter was in Montgomery for a
speaking engagement, so the
Snake-to-be thumbed down to-complete
his job.
When the student approached
Mr. Pearson and explained his
problem, he was refused the favor.
It seems that Pearson attacked the
best seller, "The Egg, And I,"
quite vigorously when it was published
and thought this was some
local jester's idea of a gag.
DEAD END. By Joe Pilcher
tion at a few schools. Its advantages can
be measured on a common-sense basis. The
fact that someone is an expert scholar and
has earned a master's or a doctor's degree
does not necessarily qualify him as a
teacher. His scholarship may be too much
on the academic • side or he may have
personality flaws making him dully ineffective
in the classroom. But it is a safe bet
that a majority representing several different
classes will not be collectively
wrong or unfair.
What we like especially about the new
approach at Michigan is that it credits
students with the intelligence and critical
judgment they need if their investment of
time and money is to be worth very much
to them. It also promises to eliminate the
duds, the time-wasters and the ineffectual
from university and college faculties. Any
program able to do that deserves a country-
wide spread to schools at the higher
educational level.
—The Kansas City Star
Practically all of us have a
weakness for gambling. Bets are
made and called by people of all
ages and all sexes. Many times,
people will gamble when they are
almost certain they will lose, but
today I would like to relate a few
stories about gamblers who took
no chances—those who bet on that
rarity called a "sure thing."
"Titanic" Thompson was a past
master of the fixed bet, and he
was never above resorting to
trickery to insure the outcome.
Once he was motoring to Chicago
in his ancient roadster with some
friends. The car was old arid dilapidated,
and it was incapable of
doing over forty. Suddenly "Titanic"
pointed to a sign which
read: "Chicago, 60 miles". Immediately
he nudged his friends and
said, "Betcha two hundred dollars
I can make it in forty minutes.
"His friend, knowing the condition
of the beat-up roadster, took
the bet. Thirty minutes later a
perplexed and bewildered friend
paid "Titanic" two hundred dollars.
He never learned that the
sign had been "planted" there by
"Titanic" the previous day.
There is an interesting story behind
the way Thompson got his
nick-name. When the Titanic disaster
occure'd, he made fifty dollars
in one day by selling newspapers.
Immediately he quit his
job, and by shrewd betting he ran
his fifty dollars- up to $500,000.
Wilson Mizner, the wit, was
another patron of the sure bet.
Once he was sitting in a Broadway
cafe with cartoonist Bud
Fisher and made the remark that
he always attracted lots of atten-'
tion whenever he walked down the
street. Fisher was skeptical, naturally,
and promply offered to bet
$100 that he could attract more
attention than Mizner.
They were each to walk six
blocks, with friends tagging along
behind to act as judges. Fisher
walked the entire distance with
his face contorted, as if in pain,
but the only response was a few
sympathetic nods of pity. Mizner
was easily declared the winner by
acclamation." He walked the six
blocks with a huge mastiff trailing
behind on a leash. Before he
had gone two blocks, a thousand
people were following him with
amazed expressions. It was probably
the first dog they had ever
seen with its rear end painted a
brilliant shade of purple.
r
He: "Is your face cold?-'
She: "No, why?"
He: "Well, it. doesn't look so
hot."
—'Bama Beam
* * *
Director: "Have you had any
stage experience?"
Fosdick: "Well, I had my leg in
a cast once."
—Coffee Hi
. * * *
Then there was the Puzzled Pole
who lived practically on the. border
between Russia and Poland,
and he worried about it for years.
"I'm a man without a.country," he
said, "I don't know .where I live,"
So, eventually, he got a state surveyor
to swing around his way and
make an extra special Double A
careful survey. "You jive," decided
the surveyor, "in Poland."
The Pole hurled his r^t in the
air with a cheer. "Thank goodness!"
he cried. "No more of thOse
terrible Russian winters!"
—'Bama Beam
* * *
Who was the smallest man in
history?
That sailor who went to sleep
on his watch,, of course!
—Coffee Hi
* * *
Ohm to Amp: "Wire you so r e volting?"
A dansa
A data
Per chanca
Out lata
A class
A quizza
No passa
Gee-whizza
•
s
—Boston Heights
* *
Three hermits lived in a cave
and spent all day staring at the
wall and never speaking. One day
a stallion ran past the entrance to
the cave. Six months later, one
hermit said, "That was a pretty
brown horse."
Two years later another hermit
said, "That wasn't a brown horse,
it was white."
About a year later the third hermit
got up and stalked, toward the
entrance of the cave and said, "If
it's going to be this constant bickering—
I'm leaving."
—C.C.N.Y.
* * *
Chief had a little car,
He drove in manner deft;
But every time he signalled
right,
The little car turned left.
* * *
Woman on a crowded Tiger
Bus line vehicle: "I wish that good
looking man would give me his
seat."
Six Auburn students got up.^
* * *
"Tell me what you eat, and I'll
tell you what you are," said a
lunch counter philosopher, whereupon
a meek little man, sitting a
few stools away called to the Waitress:
"Cancel my order for shrimp
salad please."
—Louisana College
* * *
There once was a girl from
Australia
Who went to a dance in a dahlia.
But the petals revealed
What they should have con-cealed,
So the dance, as a dance, was a
failah.
—Illinois Tech
* * *
Ed: What's the last word in airplanes?
Fosdick: Jump!
* * *
Honey, ah loves yo' bathin suit.
Sho' nuff?
It sho does!
—Western State College
by Gene Moore
Letters to the Editor
Dear Jim:
Here's hoping that you accomplished
your goal in your editorial
last week entitled: "Election
Post Mortem." To begin with I
thing the editorial showed just
a'bit of a yellow fringe and that
it stunk to high heavens. I am
not saying this because it was directed
at me and what I stood
for but because it was a very
biased, uncalled for, and unfair
' editorial.
Look back over your "masterpiece"
and then check the platforms
of the defeated candidates
which you apparently had in
mind. In the second paragraph
you said: "These platforms varied
in length and in subjects considered,
but on the type of student
government proposed by all
three were in complete accord.
' All three favored a revision of the
constitution, so as to destroy the
present system of representation
by classes in favor of a system
based upon the enrollment of the
various schools."
Two candidates (one, myself)
advocated changing the method of
representation from the present
to school representation, but no
two of the three platforms were
in "complete accord" on any subject.
If you have read the platforms
you will notice that mine
was the only one that proposed
the destruction of our present system
of representation. Maybe
others did want such^a change
but they did ' not state such in
their published platforms. One
defeated candidate offered three
possible methods of representation
but did not favor any one.
In the sixth paragraph of the
editorial you said that the election
was "fair, clean, free for the
most part from underhanded tactics."
Down further you made reference
to the hand bills that
bore my name, something I knew
nothing about, but did not object
to. These bills were put up
in hopes, I suppose and have been
told, of letting those people on the
campus who didn't know what
men you and your "line-up" were
not supporting, but they were
ripped down before they had
time to have any affect on the
election. What would you call
these people (those who ripped
them down) and their actions?
Another point. In many places
where I had posted my ads, I
found, too late, that my opponent
or a "line-up" man had put
his larger poster on top of mine.
Of course, this was not an "unscrupulous"
action.
All in all I think your editorial
was a bit distorted, unfair, and
that it showed that you advocated
one sided elections.
Dick Whatley
that the writers of columns on the
editorial page are fiends with only
one object—to find a defect in
something each week and to criticize
it to the greatest extent.
I can't go along with this statement.-'
There have been too many,* ~"=
instances when columnist n l v e ^ l a w s u i t f o r Plagiarism. Then, too,
For this issue I had proposed to
write a short 'n' sweet but complete
essay on how to do something.
For weeks I have been
planning this article. Of course,
the "something" which I would
tell readers how to do would have
to be educational, constructive,
and useful. It would have to be
a topic of general interest. It
would have to be something which
would be helpful to everyone,
something which- anybody could
do, and do with minimum of
equipment.
My first step was the selection
of a subject. Many ideas came to
mind; many w e r e quickly discarded.
I toyed around with "How
to Remove a Glass Eye," "How to
Start Forest Fires with a Cigarette
Lighter," and "How to Act in Public
When Your Yo-yo String
Breaks." One by one, these subjects
were eliminated. I was in
d e s p a i r . Suddenly, inspiration
came my way. Babbling idiotic
sounds of delight, I scrawled a
title—"How to Get the Choicest
Cuts of Meat from a Brontosaurus."
The subject decided, my next
move was to scare up a snappy
opening sentence. This came to
me sooner than I had expected:
a quotation is always good—I
would start my article w i t h a
quotation! Thumbing through a
copy of "Brown's Almanac for the
Year 1927," I came across one that
appealed .to me: "You can lead
a horse to water, but you can't
make him drink."
: Not until I had used the almanac
to start a fire in my hookah did
I realize that I had neglected to
copy down the name of the author
of the proverb., I am a peace-loving
soul and one who desires no
praised and commended. Also, t h e '
subjects that are criticized usually
deserve it, and the writer makes
helpful criticism rather than deliberately
knocking it with no
purpose.
Looking over the critical articles
of the past year's issues, I picked
out some subjects that seemed to
be discussed more often, and incidentally,
the ones that do need improvement.
Among the most common
I found the cut system, the
traffic and parking problem, unnecessary
noise on the campus,
sidewalks that hold rain, high
prices charged by local merchants,
registration headaches, lack of sorority
houses, and the ten cents
charged for cashing checks.
Also mentioned quite often were
the insufficient number of tennis
courts, the size of our swimming
pool, small seating capacity of the
stadium, buildings that are never
named, inefficiency of telephone
operators, the need for extra post
office clerks, and others.
Some of these situations have
been altered or are under the process
of improvement now. But the
majority continue in the same rut.
I hope that The Plainsman will
continue to keep these subjects before
the students' and administration's
eye until each one is corrected
and can be praised in those
same columns which m a y have
something to do with their improvement.
Sincerely,
Lewis Thomason
Dear Sir, /
I am often amused at comments
that I overhear from readers when
The Plainsman comes out each
Wednesday. Some seem to think
Dear Editor,
I followed with interest a campaign
which The Plainsman conducted
vigorously a few quarters
ago. For a while, there was mention
made each week of a plan
to change the name Alabama Polytechnic
Institute to Auburn University,
or some similar title. I
kept hoping that some power
higher up Would take notice of
this idea and act accordingly. It
seemed to be met favorably by
everyone I knew yet no action
was taken. Weak excuses were
given for retaining the old name,
but no real reason for not changing
it was ever released.
In an intelligent editorial in a
Plainsman of last summer the
main reasons for taking on a new
name were given. The definition
of "university" suited this school
perfectly. The term "Auburn" is
generally a c c e p t e d nationally
where. A.P.I, is unknown.
A shorter title is more acceptable
than the present cumbersome
name. Auburn h a s advanced
rapidly in many departments since
the school was changed from Ala-continued
on page 8)
" I think that if any man so well-acquainted
with equine habits is
able in addition to compose a
maxim, he certainly deserves to
have his n a m e attached to his
quotation; so I set out to find the
name of the author.
I thought ttfat this would be an
easy task. I began by asking a
fellow down the hall about it. He
is a pre-vet, so I felt that surely
he would know all about horses.
He wasn't certain, but he thought
that maybe Shakespeare h ad
written the epigram. His roommate,
a bookie, hotly protested—
he insisted that the quotation was
found in the Bible, in the second
chapter of Nebuchadnezzar. Slightly
rattled, I staggered out of the
room. I decided to take a poll,
then to use the name of the man
whom most people named as the
author.
Like a small-time Diogenes, I
started out. I asked people right
and left, "Who said, 'You can lead
a horse to water, but you can't
make him drink'?" After questioning
almost every one of the 442
inhabitants of the men's dormiy
tory, new, I had received answers
ranging from Abraham Lincoln to
Buffalo Bill. Rudyard Kipling was
included, as was Charlie Chaplin.
One fellow was certain that it was
either Little Orphan Annie, Annie
Oakley, or Tugboat Annie.
Not easily perturbed! I methodically
wrote each of the names
down. But when a well-groomed
smoothie in his late 'teens (he had
entered the Block and Bridle
Show as a dark horse contestant,
by the way) suggested that I credit
the quotation to Black Beauty,
I saw that it was time to stop.
I seated myself comfortably on
a curbstone and began to count
up the possible suspects. The list
included everybody from Lady
Godiva to Margaret O'Brien;
strange as it may seem, no two
people had given the same answer
to my question.
I had made up my mind at the
very start of the poll that if I
could not find the name of the
author, I would not use the proverb.
_ Also I had decided that if
there were no quotation, there
should be no essay on "How to
Get the Choicest Cuts of Meat
from a Brontosaurus." As you see,
I was unable to learn the man's
name; so if anyone wants to dissect
a brontosaurus, he will just
have to do the best he can without
my help. . . I've had enough!
$—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, May 4, 1949
Tigers Continue To Split Series;
Meet Gators In Gainesville Next
By Bob Ingram
The past week was a busy one for the Auburn baseball
team as they played four SEC games, winning two and losing
two. The season record now stands at five wins and five
losses.
Playing the Georgia Tech nine in Atlanta, the Tigers lost
the opener 8-2, but came back
/
with a 4-3 win in the finale.
' In the doubleheader with Van-derbilt
here, Auburn lost the first
game, 6-1, but captured the nightcap
on the good right arm of Jack
Maxwell, 3-2.
Georgia Tech's victory in the
series opener in Atlanta came
largely through the efforts of
firstbaseman Red Schoening, who
slammed out three singles and a
home run.
The second game between the
two rivals was much more interesting,
from t h e Auburn viewpoint,
as the Tigers scored a 4-3
victory. An added attraction was
a brief skirmish between the Tech
assistant baseball coach and the
base umpire.
This skirmish arose"in theninth
inning, as Tech threatened to
overcome the Auburn lead. On a
close play at third, a Tech runner
was called out, and the Tech
coaching staff protested. As the
argument waxed hotter, the assistant
coach apparently shoved
the umpire. The latter, a light-
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CHARLIE GILBERT
Auburn
A LETTERMAN as a fresh-
. man last year, Charlie Gilbert,
former Woodlawn High base-baller,
is Coach Johnny Williamson's
leading catcher this •
season. Gilbert is batting .300. '
weight, leaped up to within striking
range of his heavyweight opponent
and smacked him one in
the kisser. The fight was quickly
broken up, as was the Tech rally,
and Auburn and the umpire were
acknowledge victorious.
Leading the Auburn attack was
little Jack Rucker, Who drove in
three runs with a home run and
two singles. Julian Mock got three
of Auburn's hits, and Travis Tid-well
homered for the Tigers. Bill
Letchworth was the winning hurl-er,
pitching his second victory of
the season against no losses.
The doubleheader with Vandy
was highlighted by fine pitching
on the part of Vandy's, Adcock and
Auburn's Maxwell. Adcock was in
complete control of the first game,
holding the Auburn team to three
hits, and striking out seven.
The Commodores were threatening
consistantly, but were held
scoreless until the seventh inning
when they scored three runs.
George Hill, pitching for Auburn,
was hit for 11 safeties, and three
Auburn errors made things worse.
In the seven-inning nightcap
Maxwell gave up two unearned
Plainsmen Netmen
Lose To Alabama,
Defeat Mississippi
The Auburn tennis team meets
the University of Georgia net-men
today in Athens, in the first
match of the' season .between
these two teams. Saturday the
Auburn team will meet Georgia
Tech in Atlanta.
Last week the Tigers split two
matches with conference foes.
Monday the Auburn team lost
their second match of the season
to the unbeaten Alabama netmen,
7-2.
OnTTuesday Auburn met and
defeated the University of Mississippi
in Oxford, 6-1. In a previous
meeting Auburn had built
up a 4-1 lead over the Rebels before
rain halted the match.
The scheduled match with Mississippi
State at Starksville on
Wednesday was cancelled because
of rain.
The match Saturday with Georgia
Tech is the final regularly
scheduled match of the season for
the Tigers.
Results of last weeks matches:
Alabama-Auburn: -•
Shsipiro (Alabama) defeated
Biggers (Auburn), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Jordan (Alabama) defeated Pat-tillo
(Auburn), 6-4, 6-2. \
Lovitt (Auburn) defeated Boy-kin
(Alabama), 6-4,. 3-6, 7-5.
Robinson (Alabama) defeated
Holloway (Auburn), 6-3, 9-7. -
Green (Alabama) defeated Mc-
Leod (Auburn) 6-4, 6-2.
Rice (Alabama) defeated Christian
(Auburn), 6-3,-2-6, 6-2.
Shapiro and Jordan (Alabama)
defeated Biggers and McLeod
(Auburn), 6-3, 6-3.
Robinson and Boykin ('Alabama)
defeated Lovitt and Pattil-lo,
(Auburn), 7-5, 6-1.
Holloway and Christian (Au-runs
in the first two innings, then
settled down to pitch himself a
beautiful three-hit victory, 3-2.
Jim Stephens, Vandy hurler,
proved nearly as effective, allowing
only four hits.
Emmet McAfee, who committed
two costly errors in the first game,
redeemed himself in the finale by
driving in the tying run, t h en
scoring the winning marker.
;• ^Auburn plays the University of
]«}foj;ida in a two-game series this
weekend, meeting the Gators at
Gainesville on Friday and Saturday.
BUPONT
For Students of S c i e n c e and C^_^S Engineering
TEN UNIVERSITIES TO BENEFIT BY GRANTS
FOR UNRESTRICTED FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
With a-view to stock-piling basic
knowledge, the Du Pont Company
has announced a program of grants-in-
aid for the college year 1949-50 to
10 universities for unrestricted
use in the field of fundamental research
in chemistrya
The grants-in-aid of $10,000 each
are to be used for research that has
no immediate commercial goal. The
universities themselves are to select
the projects in which the grants will
be employed, and results of the research
are to be freely available for
publication.
HOW FUNDS WILL BE USED
Du Pont's purpose in offering the
grants is to help insure the flow of
fundamental knowledge in science
upon which the future industrial development
of our country is so dependent.
I t is intended that the funds
be utilized for such expenses as employing
additional research personnel
or lightening the teaching load of a
professor who i s eminently capable
of research of a high order. They
may also be expended for the purpose
of obtaining supplies, apparatus
or equipment.
GRANTS ARE EXPERIMENTAL
This program of grants-in-aid is
largely experimental. However, it is
Du Pont's hope, should the program
work out satisfactorily, to continue
each grant for a period of five years.
77 DU PONT FELLOWSHIPS '
MADE AVAILABLE
TO GRADUATE STUDENTS
Again in the academic year 1949-50,
the Du Pont Company is awarding
post-graduate and post-doctorate fellowships
to universities throughout
the country.
This is a continuation of the company's
30-year-old plan to encourage
advanced studies in the fields of chemistry,
physics, metallurgy, and engineering.
It is hoped that the plan will continue
to help maintain the flow of
technically trained men and women
who will go into teaching and research
work at the universities and into technical
positions in industry. Some of
r What Fellowships Provide
Each post-graduate fellowship
provides $1,200 for a single
person or $1,800 for a married
person, together with an award
of $1,000 to the university towards
tuition and fees. Each
post-doctoral fellowship provides
$3,000 for the recipient
and $1,500 to the university.
v^
four of Many Outstanding Du Pont Fellowship Winners
STANIIY MARVEL WALKER FAWcrrr
them, as in past years, may come to
work for Du Pont when they finish
their studies, but there is no obligation
to do so; fellowship holders are free to
enter any field of activity they choose.
The students and their research
subjects will be selected by authorities
of the 47 universities participating.
In this year's program, 45 of the postgraduate
fellowships are in chemistry,
4 in physics, 15 in chemical engineering,
5 in mechanical engineering and 2
in metallurgy. There will be- 6 postdoctoral
fellowships as an incentive to
those who would prefer to remain in
academic work in order to obtain additional
advanced training in chemistry;
Dr. Wendell M. Stanley, at University of California,
is Chairman of the Department ol Biochemistry
in Berkeley and in the Medical School at San Francisco;
Director of the Virus Laboratory. Bachelor's
degree at Earlham College, 1926; M.S. at Illinois,
1927 and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 1929. Honorary
Doctor's degrees from five prominent American
universities and the University of Paris. Has
received more than 10 medals and awards for distinguished
work in chemistry and biochemistry; co-recipient
of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946.
Du Pont fellow at Illinois in 1928-29.
Dr. Carl S. Marvel, Professor of Organic Chemistry
at the University of Illinois since 1930, received I
his A.B. at Illinois Wesleyan University in 1915;
A.M. at Illinois, 1916 and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry,
1820; Sc.D. (honorary} at Illinois Wesleyan,
1946. President American Chemical Society, 1946;
Director 1944-46. Hae received numerous honor*
such as the Nichols Medal and memorial lectureships
at outstanding universities. Du Pont fellow
St Illinois in 1919-20. Consultant on Organic Chemistry
to the Du Pont Company at present.
J. Frederic Walker is a Research Supervisor on
formaldehyde products in the Electrochemicals
Department.'Trained at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Awarded Bachelor's degree in Chem-ii
try, 1926; Master's degree 1928, Ph.D. in Organic
Chemistry, 1929. Author: "Formaldehyde Chemistry,"
"Organic Chemistry of Sodium," "History
of Chemistry." Du Pont fellow in 1926-27.
Frank S. Fawcett is now doing synthetic organic
research with Du Pont's Chemical 'Department,
Received Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Furman
University, 1940; Master's degree, Pennsylvania,
1944; Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts
Institute ol Technology, 1948. Du Pont fellow at
M.I.T. in academic year 1947-48. *
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. . . THROUGH CHEMISTRY
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JACK MAXWELL
Auburn *r
AFTER TURNING in a creditable
three hit performance;
against Vanderbilt last Satur-'
day, Jack Maxwell is expected
to open in one of the games
with Florida this week-end. The
stocky Lanett hurler" struck out
nine while walking one as the
Tigers turned back the Commodores,
3-2.
PE Department Offers
Weight Lifting Plan
The ^sports arena'will be open
every afternoon during the week
at 4 o'clock for students interested
in participating in a weight training
program.
Coach Al Martinic, P. E. instructor,
is. in charge of the program.
Anyone interested should contact
him at the P. E. office in Alumni
Gym.
burn) defeated Green and McDonald
(Alabama), 6-4, 6-2.
Auburn-Mississippi:
Lovitt (A) defeated Tiblier (M),
7-5, 6-3.
Pattillo (A) defeated Boyett
(M), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Holloway (A) defeated Sherman
(M), 6-0, 6-3. /
Johnson (M) defeated McLeod
(A), 2-6, 6-1, 13-11. •
Christian (A) defeated Tyson
(M), 10-8, 6-3.
McLeod and Holloway (A) defeated
Johnson and Tiblier, (M),
4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Lovitt and Pattillo (A) defeated
Boyett and Sherman (M), 2-6, 6-3,
6-4.
GEORGE HILL
Auburn
LANKY GEORGE HILL will
be arter his third vicvory of
the present season when he
faces the Florida Gators in
Gainesville this week-end. Hill
dropped a 6 to 1 decision to
Vandy here last Friday and
Coach Johnny Williamson hopes
the Portsmouth, Ohio twirler
will regain his winning form
against the 'Gators.
Rose Blanton Elected
As PE Club President
The Physical Education Club
elected officers at a meeting recently.
Those elected were: .
Rose Blanton, Sarasota, Fla.,
president; John Stair, Town Creek,
vice-president; Willene Thomas,
Milltown, secretary; Ed Andrews,
Brewton, treasurer; F l o r e n ce
Gothberg, Birmingham, social
chairman, and Lamar Ellis, Au*
burn, publicity chairman.
Plans were completed for the
annual club banquet which will be
held on May 17 at the Casino at
7 p.m. All persons who would like
to attend the banquet are urged to
get their tickets from the ticket
committee. This committee is composed
of Coach Charles P. Nader,
Kenneth Hampton, Willene Thomas,
Florence Gothberg, and Rose
Blanton.
All physical education majors
and minors are urged to attend
meetings of the club. The meetings
are held on the first and
third, Tuesdays of e a c h month
at 7 p. m. in temporary building
2A.
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April 29. Owner may obtain
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phone 9191.
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Students, Read Your Constitution
And Take Part In Your Government
the i uburn PIainsmcrn Keep A Copy Of Your Constitution
It Will Be Handy As A Reference
Constitution Of Associated Undergraduate Students Of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama
CONSTITUTION OF
Associated Undergraduate Students
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute
Whereas, it seems wise that all
activities among the students of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
should be so organized and
conducted as to work for the betterment
of the student body; it is
fitting that some central organization,
chosen by the student
body, have and exercise general
powers of supervision over all individual
activities insofar as they
affect the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
In so doing, we, the students of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
propose to be governed by the
constitution and laws of the federal
government and the State of
Alabama as to the right of our
student citizenship and to recognize
the authority of the administration
as superior to our own.
To this end it is necessary that
the entire body of undergraduates
be brought together as a unit in
order that the legislature and
executive powers may be conferred
upon such a central organization.
It is, therefore, enacted
by the undergraduate students attending
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
that such an organization
be effected and to this end the
following constitution is ordained
and adopted.
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I
Name of Organization
The name of this organization
shall be "The Asociated Undergraduate
Students of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute."
ARTICLE II
Purposes
The purposes of this organization
are to deal effectively with
matters of student affairs, to perpetuate
the best traditions of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, to
promote the best of good understanding
between faculty and students
to the end that the work of
the coll ege may be made of high
value to the students, to control
ail matters which are delegated to.
the student association by the
administration, to work with the
administration in all matters affecting
the welfare Of thji^tudent
body, to control and direct student
activities in order that they
may be conducted for the best
interest of the student body as a
whole and to the credit of the
..idDama Polytechnic Institute.
ARTICLE III
Membership
All registered undergraduate
students at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute are, by virtue of
such registration, members of the
organization, such membership to
be subject to all rules and regulations
as may be herein or hereafter
enacted by this organization.
ARTICLE IV
Executive Cabinet
Section 1. All the legislative
and executive powers of this association
are hereby invested in
a representative body to be chosen
as hereinafter provided. This
body shall be known as the "Executive
Cabinet of the Associated
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.™
Section 2. Acts and Decisions
of the cabinet.—All acts and decisions
of the Executive Cabinet
shall be considered decisions of
the Association except that on
petition presented in writing to
the President of the Cabinet,
carrying the signatures of 8 percent
of the registered undergraduate
students within ten days of
the enactment of such acts and
decisions of the Executive Cabinet,
they shall be presented to
the Association for ratification or
rejection, as provided in Section
3.
All acts and decisions of the
Cabinet shall be published in the
official student newspaper of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
the issue next following the
meeting. A report of each meeting,
certified by the President
and Secretary of the Cabinet,
shalj be published in the official
student newspaper of the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute in the
next issue following the meeting.
Section 3. On receipt of a petition
as provided in Section 2,
the Executive Cabinet shall,
within four days, issue a call for
a general vote on the matter in
question, the same being taken
by written ballot within fourteen
days but not earlier than seven
days after the issue of such call.
A negative vote of two-thirds of
the ballots cast shall be necessary
to annul any act or decision of
the Executive Cabinet.
Section 4. Membership of the
Cabinet.—Membership in the Executive
Cabinet shall consist of
an indefinite number of ex-officio
members as designated in Section
5, five special members and
12 regular members. The special
members, who shall have all the
rights and duties of regular members
except the right to hold office
in the Cabinet, shall be the
regularly elected presidents of
the four classes, and the regularly
elected President of the Women's
Student Government Association.
The twelve regular members
shall be elected from the
four classes of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute as follows: Three
members of the senibr class, two
members of the junior class, one
member of the sophomore class,
one member of the freshman
class, one co-ed elected by the
women11 students, and one representative
elected by the fifth year
students.
Each class shall elect by popular
vote its representatives as designated
above and a class president,
a vice-president, a secretary
and treasurer, and a historian.
The election shall be held in accordance
with the qualifications
and regulations set forth in the
By-Laws.
Section 5. An ex-officio member
that has been duly elected by the
organization he or she represents
is entitled by the approval of two-thirds
of the elected cabinet to
all rights and privileges of the
cabinet except that of voting.
ARTICLE V
Section 1. Organisation of the
Executive Cabinet.—Officers of
the Executive Cabinet shall be
as follows: (a) president, (b) vice-president,
(c) secretary, (d) treasurer.
/
All officers except the treasurer
shall be elected in acordance
with the qualifications and regulations
set forth in the By-Laws.
The treasurer' shall be elected
from within the Cabinet by the
members of the Cabinet.
Section 2. Succession of Officers.—
Any vacancies in a class's
representatives on the cabinet
(^^l^^Sl^e s ident and represen-
• • I W ^ ^ a l l be filled by others
elexroif'St-'the same time in order
of succession herein provided in
Section 3, Article V. A leave of
absence of any cabinet member
may be had without replacement
up to 1 month by two-thirds
vote of the Cabinet.
Section 3. Order of Succession
—The Vice-President shall replace
either office vacated by the
President or Representative; if
both offices are vacated, the Secretary-
Treasurer and Historian of
the class will replace the vacancy
other than that replaced by the
not be filled by class officers,
the cabinet shall elect members
of the class to fill the vacancies'
until the next election.
Section 4. The following shall
be the permanent committees of
the Executive Cabinet: Drives,
Elections, Finance, Invitations,
Pep, Publications, Rat Cap, Ring,
and Student Relations Committee.
ARTICLE VI
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be, the Social
Committee.
Section 2. The Social Committee
shall be a body separate and
apart from the Executive Cabinet.
Section 3. This committee shall
consist of a chairman and as
many associate members as he
desires. The chairman shall appoint
his committee with the approval
of the Executive Cabinet.
Section 4. The chairman of the
Social Committee shall be elected
by popular vote in accordance
with the qualifications and regulations
set forth in the By-Laws.
Section 5. The chairman and his
committee shall assume office at
the beginning of the Fall Quarter
and hold such office through the
following Summer Quarter.
Section 6. In the event that a
vacancy occurs in the chairmanship
of this committee, the Student
Executive Cabinet shall
elect a temporary chairman to
serve until the next regular elec-.
tion.
Section 7. The duties of this
committee shall be as follows:
1. To engage ^name bands for
the student body entertainment
at the discretion of the committee
and the Administration.
2. Members of the Social Committee
attending social functions
shall set an example by
upholding regulations pertaining
to such.
3. The Social Committee will be
available to render service to
organizations and groups promoting
such activities.
4. For these duties the chairman
shall receive a commission
as specified by the College Business
Manager and approved by
the president of the College.
ARTICLE VII
Section 1. Members of the student
body may propose amendments
to the Constitution by petition
presented in writing to the
President of the Executive Cabinet
carrying the signatures of 8
per cent of the registered under -
graudate students, or members
of the Executive Cabinet may
propose amendments from the
floor.
Section 2. It shall be necessary
to publish in the official student
newspaper of the Alabama .Polytechnic
Institute a proposed
amendment to this Constitution
in the two issues next preceding
the date on which a vote is taken
in the Cabinet.
Section. 3. Proposed amendments
shall be adopted by a two-thirds
vote of approval by the
Executive Cabinet.
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BY-LAWS
ARTICLE 1
Every registered undergraduate
student of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute is subject to the
following rules and regulations.
ARTICLE II
Section 1. The membership of
the Executive Cabinet shall consist
of duly elected representatives
chosen in acocrdance with Article
IV, Section 4, of the Constitution,
under supervision of the "Election
Committee."
Section 2. All representatives
elected to the Executive Cabinet,
shall be inaugurated at a banquet
with two weeks after the regular
election. The following pledge
shall be taken by all the members
of the Executive Cabinet, at this
inauguration: "I do solemnly promise
to support the Constitution,
By-Laws, and Rules of Permanent
Committees of the Associated
Undergraduate Students of the
Alabama Polytechnic. Institute,
and to perform the duties of my
office to the best of my knowledge
and ability. So help me
God." This oath shall be admis-tered
by the President of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Section 3. The newly elected
representatives and class officers
beginning of the Fall Quarter and
shall hold such offices through
the following Summer Quarter.
Section 2 and Section 3 under
Article V of the Constitution shall
govern the replacement of any
vacancies- that occur in the Cabinet
between regular elections.
ARTICLE III
Section 1. The treasurer of the
Executive Cabinet, as provided
for in Article V, Section 1, of the
Constitution, shall be elected by
written ballot at the first meeti
n g of the Executive Cabinet.
Section 2. Chairman of Committees,
expect where otherwise
provided by the Constitution or
By-Laws, shall be elected by written
ballot at the second meeting
of the Executive Cabinet.
ARTICLE IV
Section 1. (a) it shall be the
duty of the president of the Executive
Cabinet to preside at all
meetings of the Cabinet and the
student body; to call meetings of
either body upon written request
of five members of the Executive
Cabinet, or at his own discretion;
to vote in case of a tie in Cabinet
proceedings, to, sign with the
treasurer all vouchers and requisitions
drawn of funds of the
Executive Cabinet; to see that
all elections are announced in due
time; to call and preside over all
freshmen meetings until the election
of regular freshmen class
officers; and to serve i n every
other capacity of an executive to
the Cabinet and student body.
(b) For his duties, the President
of the Cabinet shall receive
a monthly salary determined by
the Administration.
Section 2. The vice-president
shall assume the duties of the
president in case of the" absence
of the latter.
Section 3. The secretary shall
keep all records of the Executive
Cabinet and shall send notices
of all meeting to members of the
Cabinet. ,' - '
Section 4. The treasurer shall
receive and disburse all monies
of the Executive Cabinet and of
all committees in accordance with
the regulations governing The
Finance Committee.
ARTICLE V
Section 1. The Executive Cabinet
shall hold meetings every
two weeks through the school
year.
Section 2. Special meetings may
be called at any time by the
president. Within three days after
having received the written
request of five members of the
cabinet or a written request
signed by 8 per cent of the Student
Body, the President shall
call a meeting of the Executive
Cabinet to be convened within
two days of the date of such call.
Section 3. The order of business
for the Executive Cabinet
shall be as follows:
1. Roll Call
2. Reading of minutes of previous
meeting.
3. Reports of standing committees.
4. Special business
5; Report of other committees
6. Old Business
7. New Business
Section 4. Robert's Rules of
Order shall cover all procedures
of this Cabinet, except those
covered by the Constitution and
By-Laws.
ARTICLE VI
No meetings shall begin or continue
unless at least a quorum—
two-thirds of total membership—
is present.
ARTICLE VII
Attendance at meetings of the
Executive Cabinet is required of
all representatives. Absence or
excessive tardiness is punishable
by a fine of seventy-five cents.
A member of the Cabinet may
be suspended or permanently removed
for flagrant or continued
neglect of his duties, by a two-thirds
vote of the Cabinet.
ARTICLE VIII
Any organization or publication,
except social fraternities, existing
as an undergraduate organization
or publication must first
be granted the privilege of establishment
on the campus by a
two-thirds vote of the Executive
Cabinet, and the approval of the
College Administration. This privilege
may be withdrawn at any
time by a similar procedure providing
the matter has been duly
investigated and due notice given
to the organization concerned.
The current constitution and bylaws
of all such organizations
shall be kept by the Executive
Cabinet.
Any organilation failing to
comply will not be recognized
by college authorities, Student
Executive Cabinet or college pub- I
lications.
ARTICLE IX
Section 1. The committees as
provided for in Article V, Section
4, of the Constitution shall submit
formal reports to the Cabinet
once a month, with the exception
on the Invitation Committee,
" which shall submit a
quarterly report.
Section 2. Temporary Committees,
which are apointed from'
time to time, perform such duties
as the Executive Cabinet shall
'specify.
ARTICLE X
Proposal to change these By-
Laws except where otherwise
provided (Paragraph 2, Section 5,
Article IV, Regulations of Permanent
Committees of the Student
Executive Cabinet) must be
made by members of the Cabinet
or the students at large, but in
either event, the proposal must
be presented to the Cabinet and
made a part of the record thereof
and must be submitted in writing
to the president of the Executive
Cabinet and must be published
in the official student newspaper
of the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute in the issue next preceding
the meeting at which the
Cabinet acts on the proposed
changes. This meeting, shall be a
public one and all who desire
to be heard on the proposed
change shall be given opportunity
to speak. A two-thirds vote of the
members of the Executive Cabinet
shall be required to change
these By-Laws.
ARTICLE XI
All matters of interpretation of
the Constitution, the By-Laws, the
Regulations of Permanent Committees,
and the Qualifications of
Candidates and Election Regulations
shall be decided by the
Executive Cabinet.
ARTICLE XII
A written report of the Cabinet's
activities during the preceding
year shall be written and
signed by the President of the
Cabinet, and after a two-thirds
approval of the Cabinet be submitted
to the permanent records
of the Cabinet and published in
the Plainsman written in the
style approved by the editor.
REGULATIONS OF PERMANENT
COMMITTEES OF THE
EXECUTIVE CABINET
Permanent Committees
Permanent committees function
throughout the entire year
and carry out routine duties of
the Executive Cabinet. The Permanent
Committees are: Drives
Committee, Election Committee,
Finance Committee, Invitations
Committee, Pep Committee, Publications
Committee. Rat Cap
Committee, Ring Committee, and
Student Relations Committee.
ARTICLE I
Drives Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Drives
Committee.
Section 2. The Junior Class representative
shall serve as co-chairman
of this committee.
Section 3. All campus drives
must be approved by the Cabinet.
Section 4. Dates for all drives
must be approved by the committee.
. \ '
Section 5. Drives sponsored by
the cabinet and other campus
organizations must be checked for
legality.
Section 6. The cabinet shall pay
the drives committee $2.00 a day
during Cabinet sponsored drives,
or some other amount to be decided
upon by the Executive
Cabinet and the College Business
Manager with the approval
of the President of the College.
ARTICLE II
Election Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Elections
Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to conduct
all campus elections as herein
provided.
Section 3. This committee shall
consist of a chairman and five
associate members. The chairman
shall be a senior elected from the
Executive Cabinet as provided for
in Article III, Section 2 of the
By-Laws. The associate members
shall be appointed by the chairman
subject to the approval of the
Executive Cabinet. The chairman
shall { announce his committee
within two weeks after his election.
\
Section 4. The duties of the
Election Committee shall be to
conduct elections in accordance
with the qualifications and regulations
set forth in the By-Laws.
ARTICLE III
Finance Committee
Section 1. The name of the committee
shall be the Finance Committee.
Section 2. The chairman of this
committee shall be the duly elected
Treasurer of the Executive
Cabinet.
Section 3. The purpose of the
committee shall be to handle all
finances of the Executive Cabinet
and make monthly reports to this
body.
ARTICLE IV
Invitations Committee
Section 1'. The name of this
committee shall be the Invitations
Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to sell the
graduation invitations of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Section 3. The chairman of this
committee shall be elected from
among the Senior Representatives
by the Cabinet at its second
meeting.
Section 4. The chairman shall
appoint his committee from the
Senior Class, subject £ to the approval
of the Cabinet.
Section 5. The duties of the
chairman of this committee shall
be to keep a record of all the invitations
sold, to make a quarterly
report to the Cabinet, and to
carry on all correspondence with
the printer of the invitations. For
these duties he shall receive a
commission as specified by the
Executive Cabinet and the College
Business Manager with the
approval of the President of the
College.
ARTICLE V
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Pep Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to foster the
Auburn Spirit on the campus, and
elsewhere, to cooperate with the
Head Cheerleader in planning for
Pep Meetings in Auburn and in
cities where Auburn is playing
football;
Section 3. The chairman shall
be the 5th Year Representative to
the Cabinet. He will appoint as
many on this committee as he
thinks advisable with the Cabinet's
approval.
Section 4. All expenses of the
Pep Chairman and a commission
for his services shall be paid by
the cabinet with the approval of
the Administration.
ARTICLE VI
Publications Committee
Section 1. The name of the
committee shall be the Board of
Student Publications.
Section 2. The purpose of this
Board shall be the general control
of all student publications
supported by the student activity
fees.
Section 3. The membership of
this Board shall consist of four
faculty members and four members
of the senior, class' in food
standing selected from a list of
at least eight students compiled
by faculty members of the Board
of Student Publications, subject
to the final selection by the Student
Executive Cabinet. The faculty
members shall be as follows:
(a) Director of Student Affairs
(b) The President or a faculty
representative appointed by him.
(c) The Business Manager of
the college.
(d) The instructor in journalism.
(e) Ex-officio members are President
of the Executive Cabinet.
Editor and Business Manager of
the Glomerata and the Editor
and Business Manager of the
Plainsman.'
Section 4. Meetings of the Board
of Student Publications shall be
held on -the first pr second Thursday
of each month. Due notice
of all mettings shall be given by
the Chairman 48 hours before the
time of the meeting. The presence
of six members shall constitute
a quorum.
A meeting of the Publications
Board may be called by the Executive
Cabinet or the Chairman
of the Boa;..
Vacancies that occur will be
filled from the remaining list of
candidates (presented at the first
of the year) by vote of the Cabinet.
Section 5. The duties shall be
as follows:
a. To exercise general supervision
over the business and editorial
management of student
publications receiving monies collected
by the college.
b. It shall receive sealed bids
for all publication expenses, to
be opened before the Board. It
shall award contracts necessary
for publications heads and their
staffs.
c. To pass upon tentative budgets
of student publications submitted
by business managers at
the beginning of the college year.
d. To declare and fill all vancan-cies
in the offices of editor-in-chief
and business managers or
their staffs and members of the
Board of Student Publications for
good and sufficient reasons.
e. To fix the salaries of the Editor
and Business Manager of student
publications coming under
the supervision of the Publications
Board.
f. The eligibility and requirements
of candidates for elective
positions on any student publication
coming under the supervision
of the Publication Board shall be
established by the Publication
Board.
1. To be eligible for editor-in-chief
or business manager of any
student publication under the
supervision of the Publication
Board, the candidate must have
served on .the editorial or business
staff, respectively, of that
publication for one full year in
addition to the semester in which
ihe election is held.
2. He must submit an application
in writing to the Publication
Board at least two weeks before
the Board to be examined orally.
3. In the event that ho applicant
for such editorial and business
staffs meet the qualifications as
established by the Publications
Board, the Board shall have the
power to nominate candidates for
the elective position or positions
to be filled.
4. The Publication Board shall
investigate each quarter the
existing staffs of the Plainsman
and Glomerata, as well as other
publications which it may later
supervise, in order to insure
eligibility of future candidates
for the elective positions of those
staffs.
g. To submit to the elections
committee a list of qualified
candidates for the elective positions
of the student publications
coming under the supervision of
the , Publications Board. The
election shall be held in accordance
with the qualifications and
regulations set forth in the By-
Laws.
ARTICLE VII
Rat Cap Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Rat Cap
Committee. -
Section 2. The committee shall
consist of a chairman and as many
committeemen as he deems necessary.
The chairman shall be a
senior representative elected from
the Executive Cabinet at its second
regular meeting. The' chairman
shall announce his associates
within two weeks.
Section 3. The duties of the
committee will be to sell the
men rat caps. During registra-tioon
week the rat caps will be
sold by the committee. For these
duties the chairman shall receive
a commission as specified
by the Executive Cabinet, the
College Business Manager, and
approved by the President of the
College.
ARTICLE VIII
Ring Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Ring Committee.
Section 2. The purpose of this
committee shall be to sell the
standard class ring of the Alabama
Polytechnic institute.
Section 3. The committee shall
consist of the Vice-President of
the Executive Cabinet who shall
be chairman' of said committee,
and five associate members, who
shall be members of the senior
class to be chosen by the chairman
with the approval of the
Executive Cabinet.
Section 4. The duties of the
chairman of this committee shall
be to keep a record of all the
rings sold, to make a monthly
report to the Cabinet, and to
carry on all correspondence with
the manufacturer of the rings.
For these duties, he shall receive
a commission on each ring sold
as specified by the Executive
Cabinet, the college , Business
Manager, and approved by the
President of the College.
Section 5. The duty of the
members of this committee shall
be to sell tings and turn all orders
over to the chairman of the
committee. A commission shall
be paid to the members for each
ring they sell as specified by the
Executive Cabinet, the College
Buisness Manager, and approved
by the President of the College.
ARTICLE IX
Student Relations Committee
Section 1. The name of this
committee shall be the Student
Relations Committee.
Section 2. The committee shall
be headed by a chairman selected
by the Cabinet.
Section 3. The purpose of the
.committee shall be to hear, investigate,
and work out a plan
of settlement of all or any grievances
submitted by any student
or groups of students.
Section 4. All facts in anyv case
shall be kept confidential at the
discretion of the\ complaining
party.
Section^; The committee shall
have the authority to action behalf
of all the undergraduate
students of API. When any
changes or adjustments are to be
made, the committee shall refer
the case to either the Council of
Deans, Director of Student Affairs,
President. of the College,
Board of Trustees, or Governor of
the State of Alabama.
Section 6. No publicity will be
given any case except with the
c o n s e n t of the complaining
party, and with the approval of
the cabinet; the committee can
make public the facts when
authorized by means of the
Plainsman, or any newspaper in
the state. '
Section 7. The committee shall
act for the betterment of the
students in any way possible
provided the action is approved
by the cabinet. *
QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES
AND ELECTION REGULATIONS
- ARTICLE I
Qualifications
Section 1. The qualifications of
candidates for the Student Executive
Cabinet, the Class Officers,
and the Chairman of the
Social Committee shall be as
follows:
a. Nominations shall be submitted
in the following form,
"We the undersigned, members
of the class of _
do hereby nominate
for. »
(Signatures of Sponsors)
I hereby accept nomination.
(Signature of Nominee).
For all class elections there
shall be on the nomination the
signature of 4 per cent of the
students registered in the nominee's
class. M
For all o t h e r nominations
there shall be on the nomination
the signature of 4 per cent of
the total number of undergraduate
students registered at Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
8. j The qualification Board
shall consist of all senior members
of the Executive Cabinet.
c. Before a nominee may become
a candidate for election he
or she must be interviewed by
the Qualification Board and
pass that body by a simple majority
vote subject to the following
regulations:
1. A person is elibgible to hold
an office in the class in which
he or she is a voter.
2. The nominee for President
of the Executive Cabinet shall
be a member of the senior class
and must have served one term
on the Cabinet in order to qualify
for a candidate.
3. The chairman of ihe Social
Committee shall be a member
of the senior class.
4. The Vice-President of the
Executive Cabinet shall be a
member of the Junior class.
5. The secretary of the Executive
Cabinet shall be a member of
the Sophomore class.
6. An overall average of 2.0 or
a 2.5 average for the immediately
preceeding quarter is required of
all candidates.
7. Every candidate with the ex?
ception of first quarter freshman
must be an active participant in
some extra-curricular activity,
and must be here in school the
following 3 quarters except in
unavoidable cases.
Section 2. No student may be
a candidate for an elective position
on any student Publication
coming under the supervision of
the Publication Board except
with the recommendation of the
Board of Publications. The qua-lificatons
on such candidates shall
be governed by Article IV, Section
5, Paragraph f. Regulations
of Permanent Committees of the
Student Executive Cabinet in the
By-Laws.
Section 3. The title of Miss
Auburn and Miss Homecoming.
a. Any undergraduate woman
student may qualify if she is not
a member of the freshman class
or a first quarter transfer, or the
holder of the Miss Homecoming
title the same year.
b. Each college operated women's
dormitory, each college operated
men's dormitory, each social
fraternity, and each social
sorority, and each organization
recognized by the Executive Cabinet
shall be entitled to nominate
one candidate for the title.
c. The nominations shall be in
the following form:
We,^_ (Nominating Body) ,
do hereby nominate (Nominees
Name) for the title of
Miss Auburn (or Miss I Homecoming.)
(Signed by President of
nominating body)
I hereby accept the nomination.
(Signature of nominee)
d. If at least five girls are not
nominated for the title, the
Election Committee shall itself
nominate the required number
of girls to bring the total number
of candidates to five.
e. After all nominations are
in, the Election Committee shall
appoint a Qualification Board
consisting of f i v e members.
Students shall not be appointed
to this Board.
f. The Qualification Board shall
select from the nominees the five
final candidates and their names
shall be listed on the ballots and
the election conducted as provided
in Article II, Elections Regulations
in the By-Laws. «
ARTICLE II
Election Regulations
Section 1. All members of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute undergraduate
student body are eligible
to vote subject to the following
regulations:
a. All students above and including
the sophomore class shall
vote in the election of the President
of the Executive Cabinet,
the Vice-President of the Executive
C a b i n e t , the Secretary
of the Executive Cabinet, the
Chairman of the Social Committee,
and the Editor and Business
Manager of student publications
coming under the supervision of
the Publication Board.
b. The Class Officers and representatives
to the Student Executive
Cabinet shall be elected
by members of their respective
classes only.
c. All students are eligible to
vote in the election of Miss Auburn
and Miss Homecoming.
Section 2. Elections shall be
held as follows:
a. The election of all freshman
officers shall be held in the Fall
Quarter. ?
b. The election of all other
Class Officers, the Student Executive
Cabinet, and the Chairman
of the Social Committee shall
be held during the Spring Quarter.
c. The election of the Editor
and Business Manager of student
publications coming under
the supervision of the Publication
Board shall be held during
the Spring .Quarter or at such
other time as is recommended by
the Publication Board.
d. The election of Miss Auburn
and Miss Homecoming shall be
held during the Fall Quarter.
Section 3. Elections shall be
• (continued on page 8)
7-#HE PLAINSMAN Wedenesday, May 4, 1949
Auburn Track Team Beats Alligators;
Tigers Idle This Week, Tech Is Next
By Ed Spencer
The Auburn track team added its fourth SEC victim last
Saturday in Gainesville when it outran the trackstefs of the
University of Florida, 79%-46V2. No meet is scheduled for
this week. Unbeaten Georgia Tech comes to the Plains
for a meet Saturday, May 14.
Captain Joe Pennington led his
team to victory, scoring a total
of 13 points. Pennington took both
hurdles and placed second in the*
high jump.
Auburn took 10 first places in
the 14 event meet, and scored in
each one. Other double Winners
were Whitey Overton in the" mile
and two mile runs, and Jimmy
Walker in the 100 and 220-yard
dashes.
Javelin thrower John Brnilovich
maintained his unbeaten status in
the conference by taking that
event against the Gators. Brnilovich
hurled the javelin 193 feet
4; inches, his best throw of the
season. , '/•) •
•• Results of the Auburn-Florida
meet: v •'••'' . ^ •''
Mile run: lOvertbn (A),* Mitchell
(A), Duncan (F). T"ime: 4:32.
High jump: Commander (F),
Pennington (A), Bowman (F), and
Talmadge (A), tied for third.
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JIMMY WALKER
Auburn
SPEEDY JIMMY WALKER regained his winning form last
week when he won the 100 yard'dash .against Florida. Walker is
considered one of the fastest sprinters in the Southeastern Conference
and will be -one of the contenders for the SEC dash
crown in Birmingham on May 20-21.
Height: 5 feet .11% inches.
440-yard dash: Flournoy (A),
Bowman (F), Davis (A). Time:
52.2.
Shot put: Dempsey (F), Ryck-ley
(A), Cox (F). Distance: 43 feet.
100-yard dash: Walker (A),
Teek (F), Wood (A)- Time: 10.
Javelin: Brnilovich (A), Atkinson
(F), Talmadge (A). Distance:
193 feet 4 inches.
120-yard high hurdles: Pennington
(A), Wodrich (A), Rowe.(F).
Time: 14.6.
880-yard run: Flournoy (A),
Mitchell (A), Mobberly (A). Time:
2.00.
Pole Vault: Boucher (F), Mc-
Gill (F), Payne (A). Height: 12
feet 6 inches.
220-yard dash: Walker (A),
Davis (A), Teek (F).Time: 22.5.
Two mile run: Overton (A) and
Steele (A) tied for first; Griffin
(F). Time: 10:34.4.
Broad-jump: Stobkey (A), Cole
(F), Commander (F). Distatfee;
20 feet 5 inches.
220-yard low hurdles: Pennington
(A), Bowman (F), Sheppard
(F). Time: 25.5.
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REM EASIER
HER
In a word, she's Vwonder^ul woman and a great little girl.
Of course we know you're going to buy mother the very nicest present
you can afford for Mother's Day. Everyone does. That's not enough. Give
it to her personally. Give her the hug and the kiss that' go with it. Plan
now to spend Mother's Day (May 8th) with mother; on a quiet drive, out
to dinner, or at home in the easy-paced talk that she and all mothers love
with their boys and girls. If she's out of town and you can't make a visit,
sit down now and start that long letter that will gladden her heart.
Regardless of whether you wish your gift to be personal or something
for the home we invite you to visit our gift department, where your selection
will be beautifully gift-wrapped.
Whatever you do, make this Mother's Day the happiest she has
ever had.
BURTON'S BOOKSTORE
Something New Every Day
LANIER EXPECTED
TO RETAIN TITLE
The Silver Jubilee of the Alabama
State High School Inter-scholastic
track meet will be held
in Cliff Hare Stadium Saturday,
with the defending champion, Sidney
Lanier of Montgomery, favored
to retain the title.
• Over 25 high schools from the
state are expected to participate
in the meet. Among the teams entered
is West End High of Birmingham,
a team given a good
chance of dethroning the Poets of
Lanier. _,
A special trophy will be awarded
to the winning team, While individuals
medals will go to the
first three finishers in each event.
Members of the winning relay
team will also receive medals.
Four Games Played
In Fraternity Loop
By Hank Moore
Four games were played in the
interfraternity Softball loop Tuesday
afternoon. Phi Kappa Tau
edged Delta Sigma Phi 4-3, in the
closest game of the day. Alpha
Gamma Rho, Sigma Nu and Alpha
Psi had easy wins over Kappa Sigma,
Alpha Tau Omega and Sigma
Chi respectively.
An. underdog PKT nine outhit
the vaunted sluggers of DSE to
become the only undefeated team
in League I. Claude Pearsoii was
the winning pitcher for PKT,
giving up only five hits and striking
out four. Bill Logan, losing
hurler, allowed seven hits while
fanning four. Filial score—PKT 4,
DSP 3.
The AGRi-KS contest featured
two of the outstanding pitchers
on the campus—Sam Renfroe of
Alpha Gamma Rho, and Harlan
Hunter, Kappa Sig twirler. T he
game, billed as a pitching duel,
lived up to expectations for two
and one-half innings. Renfroe,
leading off in the last of the third,
doubled for the first hit of the
Auburn Freshmen
To Meet Alabama
Auburn's freshmen baseball
team will meet Alabama's ,frosh in
a two-game series at Tuscaloosa
Friday and Saturday. The two
teams will meet in a return series
here next weekend.
Auburn's starting line up will be
Bill Tucker or Verdo Elmore, catcher;
Milton White or Tommy Edwards,
first base; Fletcher Allen
or Charlie Jones, second base;
Clifford Dean or Henry Snow,
third base; Harvey Camp, short
stop; and Shorty Baker, Dave
Ridgeway, Jim Walley, or Woody
Moss in the outfield.
Coach McGowen's starting pitchers
will be Chosen from Len
Crain, Gene Hoehle, Earl Pearce,
Ernie Snow, and Jim Taylor.
Monday afternoon, the Baby Tigers
took both ends of a double-header
with Lanier High School.
The frosh Won the first game 3 to
2 behind the two-hit pitching of
Gene Hoehle. Scott, the losing
pitcher, also allowed only two hits.
Auburn pitchers "Shorty" Baker
and James Wade gave up four
hits in downing Lanier, 5 to 3, in
the second game. Baker was the
winning pitcher. ,,. .; i l.
game. The KS defense Weakened
at this point and a number of errors
allowed the AGR's to score'
two runs. KS threatened in the
fourth but was unable to score,
getting only two scratch hits off
the talented Renfroe. Final score—
AGR 6, KS, 0.
Loose fielding on the part of
Sigma Chi gave the Alpha Psi
nine a 7-3 victory in a League III
contest. Tom Kennard, winning
pitcher, allowed only two hits. A.
G. Levi hurled a two-hitter for
Sigma Chi, but failed to get the
defensive support that his opponent
received.
In a League IV game, ATO was
blasted by a hard-hitting Sigma
Nu outfit, 9-4. Terrell Bridges
started on the mound for the
losers, but was shelled from the
hill in the second frame. Jim
Franke relieved Bridges, but he
was unable to halt the big bats of
Sigma Nu.
FOR SALE: An English
"James" Motorcycle for $200 or
terms. If interested Phone 914
or come by 106 Welocco Drive.
NOTICE . . .
Sudents are reminded that the
25th State Inierscholastic Track
Meet to be held in Hare Stadium
Saturday is not college-sponsored.
An admission fee of $.50 will be
charged. The meet is an official
function of the Alabama High
School Athletic Association.
STUDENT SUPPLIES
COLLEGE SUPPLY STORE
Next to Main Library
Phone 960-Extension 347
School books and supplies are available at
reasonable prices
Newsworthy ^|A%i.-lM||»lf0n^ers
Ingenuity scores with -Ping Pong Balls Mi
A novel use of plastic spheres, looking for
all the world like ping pong: ballsj has,been
made by engineers at Western Electric—manufacturing
unit of the Bell Telephone System.
Formerly, when piece parts were immersed
in this 45-foot tank to receive protective coats
of chromium, the surface of the liquid foamed
up—gasses were given off—the solution was
dissipated. How to conserve the expensive
chromic acid plating solution was the question.
An ingenious answer was found by
Western's engineers —special "ping pong
balls" made of an almost non-inflammable
plastic. With some 10,000 of them crowding
the surface, the solution gets little chance to
weaken itself byifoaming tip.
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Voice Lifter
Important among recent additions to Bell telephone
apparatus is the V-3 Repeater —a combination of
two amplifiers used to give weakened voice currents
a "lift" on long distance telephone circuits.
When the development of an improved amplifier
was initiated by Bell Telephone Laboratories, engineers
at Western Electric were asked to help perfect
the design for economical production in large
quantities. They contributed much to simplified
design, planned a new production line, new tools
and techniques, new testing equipment. Result: an
amplifier 1/6 the size of its predecessor, costing
considerably less, and one that—in case of failure
—can be replaced in a matter of seconds.
This is another example of how Western Electric
engineers help make Bell telephone service the
world's best at low cost.
Engineering problems are many and varied at Western Electric, where manufacturing telephone
and radio apparatus for the Bell System is the primary job. Engineers of many kinds-electrical,
mechanical, industrial, chemical, metallurgical—ate constantly working to devise and
improve machines and processes for production of highest quality communications equipment.
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8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, May 4, 1949
Radio Club Offers
Message Service
The Auburn Radio Club is now
extending a free message service
to the faculty and student body.
Messages of approximately 25
words, may be sent anywhere the
sender desires.
Persons wishing to send messages
should contact Chris Russell, |
phone 1051-J or Harlin Bunn,
phone 358-M. Boxes for the mess- [
ages will be placed on the campus
spoil. ]
The club meets each Tuesday j
night at 7:30 on the second
floor of A. C. Lab, and extends an
invitation to attend to everyone
who is interested. The club teaches
the radio code, and interested persons,
may take advantage of this
service and learn the correct usage
of the code.
Former ROTC Head Dies
Col. Oscar I. Gates, 59, former
commandant of the Auburn ROTC
Unit, died in Walter Reed Hospital
last week following an illness of
several months. Graveside services
were conducted in Arlington
Cemetery.
Colonel Gates served as professor
of military science and
tactics here from January, 1945,
to September, 1946, making h i s
home in Auburn following his retirement
in November, 1946. -He
was a member of the First Presbyterian
Church of Auburn. Surviving
are his mother, Mrs. Frances
Gates, a sister, Mrs. Ralph Hirsch,
both of Auburn, and a nephew,
Irvin Hirsch, a cadet at West
Point.
VARSITY
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MODERATELY PR/CED
SHOESyfeMEN
UO COlLfCF ST. At/QUAH, At
Dr. R. C. Campbell
BAPTIST REVIVAL
NOW IN PROGRESS
Dr. R. C. Campbell, pastor of
the First Baptist, Church, Little
Rock, Ark., and member of the
Sunday School Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention is
conducting the revival services
now in progress at the Auburn
First Baptist Church. ,
Services are being h e l d each
night from 7:30-8:30. Dr. Campbell's
topic for tonight will be
"Out and Out"; tomorrow night,
"Distance Makes the Difference,"
and on Friday night, "Through
This Sign."
Mr. Louie James of Auburn is
directing the congregational singing.
Prof. Richard Collins of the
college music department is- in
charge of special music.
Ag Ec Club Elects
Harwell President
At a .recent meeting of the Agricultural
Economics Club election
of new officers was held. Those
elected were:
Jim Harwell, Halsell, president;
Jim Rittenour, Montgomery, vice-president;
Charles Kersh, Jr., Birmingham,
secretary; Joe Butler,
Fayette, treasurer; Bob Thompson,
Troy, corresponding secretary; and
Jim Bob Mayfield, Birmingham,
reporter. J. H. Blackstone was reelected
faculty advisor.
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CHI EPSILON HOLDS
FORMAL INITIATION
Chi Epsilon, honorary civil
engineering organization, held formal
initiation Friday, April 29,
for the following men:
J. W. Burton, Owensboro, Ky.;
J. F. Christian, Carbon Hill; W. S.
Craven, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; K.
B. Davis, Albertville; Edward Ei-land,
Montgomery; L. L. Flowers,
Salem; Albert Griffin, Marion; J.
C. Lowe, Mobile; G. A. Mattison,
Birmingham; R. B. Pass, Birmingham;
T. K. Peavy, Mobile, and J.
L. Skinner, Camden.
The new members were honored
with a steak fry at Lake Chewacla
Saturday.
APHA Varies Activities
During Pharmacy Week
During the week of April 24-30
the Auburn branch of the American
Pharmaceutical Association
was engaged in many activities
which recognized National Pharmacy
Week. Among the activities
included in the program, which
the local group sponsored, were
a broadcast over radio station
WAUD, a pharmaceutical display
at Wright's Drug Store, and a field
trip to the Fountain Dispensing
Laboratory of the Opelika Creamery.-
Other activties and projects
which the local group has planned
during the quarter will be the
inauguration of a pharmacy student
handbook to be distributed
to new students in the fall, a banquet
for seniors in pharmacy to
be held later in the quarter, and a
group barbecue at the Dairyland
Farms. The date of the barbecue
has not been decided.
Constitution
JIM BAILEY
Auburn.
ONE OF THE most consistent
winners in the field events for
the Tigers 'this season is .big
Jim Bailey, the No. 1 performer
in the discus and shot put.
Bailey has been outstanding in
the Tigers' dual meets and
Coach Hutsell hopes he will be
at his best for meet with -Georgia
Tech on May 14.
Pre Registration Schedule
Summer Quarter, 1949
/ STUDENT LOAD REGULATION: The normal load for students
is three five-credit courses plus physical conditioning and military
training,' or a general elective of three hours in lieu of this. With the
dean's r.pproval, students who pass all subjects in the preceding
quarter with an average of 2.0 or higher, may be permitted to schedule
an additional five hour subject. An additional fee of $2.00 is
assessed for each credit hour in excess of the normal load.
Students in Engineering Curricula, in which the load is heavier,
making a grade point average of 2.5, with the dean's approval, may
take three additional quarter hours; or a 3.5 average, five additional
hours.
IMPORTANT: STUDENTS SHOULD NOT REGISTER FOR
OVER-LOAD UNLESS ELIGIBLE. COLLEGE REGULATIONS REQUIRE
THE REGISTRAR TO STRIKE FROM "THE STUDENTS
RECORD ANY EXCESS CREDIT TAKEN.
PRE-REGISTRATION
1. Preparation of time schedules and filling in of registration
cards will be completed with the dean or his representative. All
students * will report for registration in alphabetical order as announced
by the dean, within the following date:
Sophomores—
(Z-A)—Monday, May 9
Freshmen—
(Z-A)—Tuesday, May 10
Juniors—
(Z-M)—Thursday, May 5
(L-A)—Friday, May 6
•Seniors registered May 2 and 3,
2. Military Training: It will, be the student^ responsibility to
register for the course as announced by his spring quarter instructor;
After registration cards have been approved by the dean, report
to Military Office, Samford Basement, for • assignment to section.
This must be done before reporting for assignment in physical
education.
3. Physical Education: If required, report to Aumni Gymnasium
for assignment.
4. Final Disposition of Registration Cards: After schedules are
approved by the dean and necessary sections in military and physical
education hav,e been assigned by the departments concerned, registration
cards should be deposited in the Reg