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VOL. LXXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, APRI*L 27, 1949 Number 26
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Gamma Sigma Delta
Honors Thirty-Eight
Agriculture Honorary Choose Outstanding
Seniors on Basis of Scholarship, Leadership
NEWLY-ELECTED STUDENT LEADERS
Thirty-eight outstanding senior a g r i c u l t u r a l ' s t u d e n t s have
been tapped for membership in Gamma Sigma Delta and will
be i n i t i a t ed at a banquet to be held Tuesday, May 10.
Gamma Sigma Delta is a national honor society for agri­c
u l t u r e students. The purpose of the society is to encourage
high standards of scholarship in
all branches of agricultural science
and education and a high degree
of excellence in the practice -of
agricultural pursuits. Members are
chosen on the basis of scholarship
'and leadership.
Selected for membership were
William J. Polidoro, Opelika; C.
A. Knowles, Montevallo; Earnie O.
Elliot, Vina; Curtis N. Beverly,
Sweeftwater; Wilson Carnes, Al-bertville;
W. F. Browder, Gayles-ville;
James O. Hardin, Grant; L.
C. Stanfield, Altona; David C.
Fleming, Coffeeville; Vernon Yow,
Auburn; William B. Haygood,
Town Creek; Raiford A. Tomlin,
Ashland; David W. Mixon, Skip-perville;
E. L. Lansford, Landers-ville;
W. W. Bradley, Auburn;
John C. Russel, Geneva; Fred M.
Fleming, Grove Hill; J. M. Baker,
Sheffield; G. B. Meadows, Salem;
E. E. Hutto, Decatur; C. R. Walker,
Albertville; W. D. Johnson, Green- \ silver keys.
Belon Friday Takes
TKA Speech Contest
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Belon Friday, sophomore in
education, won the intramural
speaking contest here last week. A
student from Bear Creek, Friday,
spoke on the subject, "Is A Two
Party System Desirable in South­ern
States?" He was awarded a
gold key as first place winner.
Second place winner was Stuart
Stephenson, Montgomery, whose
subject was "Effect of The Dixie-crat
Movement In Southern Poli­tics".
Gene Guazzo, Orange, N. J.,
placed third-speaking on the sub­ject,
"The Effect,of Industrializa­tion
in the Modern South." Ste­phenson
and Guazzo were awarded
ville; J. P. Ballard, Opp; R. M.
Carlisle, Notasulga; E. C. Henson,
Camden; J. E. McDaniel, Tyvonza,
Ark.; B. F. Rawls, Monroeville;
John F. Yarbrough, Auburn; J.
M. Brown, Clayton; Johnny Mc-
Craney, Louisville; D. A. Whise-nant,
Keener; W: L. Brown, Hef-lin;
Charles B. Bagwell, Montgo­mery;
J- D..Burns, Lineville; W. L.
Seal, Auburn; Jerrol F. Cope,
Inverness. 6
New officers of the honorary
are J. Olan Cooper, assistant edi­tor
of agricultural publication,
Seven outstanding midship­men
from the Auburn NROTC
unit were tapped for member-president;
~H. \S. Fisher, associate' «WP ' i ^ S t e i r d g e , . h o n o r ^ - f r a -
professor, horticulture, vice-presi­dent;
and Dr. L. E. Ensminger, as
sociate professor, agronomy and
soils, secretary. Retiring president
Bronze honorable mention keys
went to Charles Reynolds, Head­land;
John Oerting, Pensacola,
Fla.; Boyd Hinton, Columbus, Ga.;
Edwin Barker, Birmingham;' Bob
Newton, Pensacola, Fla.; and Shel­don
Whittlesey, Opelika.
STEERAGE HONORS
SEVEN MIDSHIPMEN
ternity for NROTC midshipmen,
during special ceremonies in the
Army-Navy hangar Thursday,
April 21. Formal initiation for
Prof. Henry Good, of the de- the new members will be held on
partment of zoology.
Committees for the banquet in­clude:
D. M. Turney, Franklin L.
Davis, John Goodman and G. B.
Phillips, banquet; Homer Fisher
and Henry Orr, decorations; R. W.
Montgomery, W. D. Salmon, Virgil
S. Searcy, S. T. Vnson, initiation;
and Olan Cooper, E. V. Smith, A.
W. Jones, James Seal and Ben
Alvord, program.
On The Campus
The American Chemical Socie­ty
will have a regular meeting
Monday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in Ross
216.
* * *
The American Chemical Socie­ty
will hold its quarterly "mixer"
Friday, April 29.
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New college catalogues may be
obtained in the Registrar's Office
on the first floor of Samford Hall.
* * *
AIEE will meet Monday, May
2, at 7 p.m. in Ramsay 109. Elec­tion
of officers will be held and
the outstanding graduate for the
AIEE award will be selected.
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The college 4-H Club will hold
a hay ride and picnic tomorrow
night. Participants will leave
Duncan Hall at 5:30 p.m. for Lake
Chewacla.
* * *
Oracles will meet today at 5:30
at Social Center.
* * #
. The AIO will present an infor­mal
dance tonight at Student
Center in place of the regular
meeting. The dance will start at
7:15.
The weekly reading program of
the English Department will be
given in Samford, Room 314, at 4
p;m. Thursday, April 28. Mr.
Frank B. Davis will give the pro­gram
of humorous verse.
Saturday, April 30
The following men were tap­ped:
Edwin Baker, Enterprise;
Herbert Burton, P r a t t v i l l e;
Charles Derk, Columbus, Miss.;
Robert Gordon, East Detroit,
Mich.; Bruce Greenhill, Birming­ham;
Alvah Rowe, Lake Worth,
Fla.; and Edward Silber, Chica­go,
111.
Six officers of the Auburn
NROTC staff were made honor­ary
members of Steerage. They
are: Captain L. M. Markham, Jr.,
USN; Commander P. E. Sum­mers,
USN; Lieutenant D. G.
Karr, USN; Lieutenant R. N.
Adrian, USN; Lieutenant (j. g.)
H. C. Watkins, USN; and 1st
Lieutenant R. N. Davis, USMC.
Ed Crawford Joe Meade Jim Haygood
Players Will Present
'The Emperor Jones'
As an entertainment feature
for t h e inauguration of Dr.
Draughon as Auburn's president,
the Auburn Players, under the
direction of Bob Eberlie, will pre­sent
Eugene O'Neill's p o e t ic
drama, "The Emperor Jones."
The first performance will be
given Wednesday, May 11, in
Graves Center Amphitheatre. It
will be shown again Thursday,
May 12.
The cast of characters is:
Brutus Jones, Lamar Rainer;
Smithers, Leroy Hart; Old Wo­man,
Rowena Kidd; Lem, Bill
Mason; Jeff, Jay Mcintosh; Con­victs,
Ted Szutowicz, Russell
Winn, Earl Blakely, and Bill Ma­son;
Guard, Reuben Smith; Auc­tioneer,
Hugh Hurston; Men at
Auction, Jim Wynn and Herbert
Bigham, Formless Fears, Marjorie
Shores, Carol Dorrough, Dolores
Sharbel, and Miriam Jackson;
Witch Doctor, Jack Seay.
•y;
Squliir es Honorary
Chooses Officers,
Squires, honorary sophomore
organization, recently elected the
following officers:
J i m m y Duke, Birmingham,
president;. Jimmy Everett, Rock-mart,
Ga., vice-president; Roddis
Jones, Marshfield, Wis., secretary;
Bill Moore, Blount Springs, treas­urer;
and Zip Chambers, Colum­bus,
Ga., publicity chairman.
Student Group Tours
Bryce on Field Trip
A field trip to Bryce Hospital
and Partlow State School for
Mental Deficients last week gave
61 Auburn-students a glimpse of
the practical side of psychology.
Under the supervision of Dr.
S. C. Mclntyre, head professor of
psychology at Auburn, and staff
members William J o,n e s and
Barney C. Miller, the students
toured both institutions and at­tended
a clinic at Bryce where
Dr. T. L a w r e n c e discussed
and demonstrated representative
cases of the various types of in­sanity.
"Bryce Hospital is one of the
more modern institutions for
mental illness in this section," Dr.
Mclntyre said, adding that mod­ern
humane practices for hand­ling
patients are in operation
there. He .said that the hospital
has trained personnel for therapy
work who aid in recovery where
improvement can be expected.
At Partlow, the students saw
actual operation of groups in
training so that the patients may
become self-supporting or at
least able to work under super­vision.
Football Managers
t
Coach Brown requests all
boys who will be freshmen,
sophomores, or juniors this fall
and who are interested in be­ing
football managers to meet
with him at the Field House
Thursday afternoon, April 28,.
at 3:15.
Annual "Career Day"
Scheduled for Friday
The Annual Home Economics
Career Day will be held Friday,
April 29. Sponsored by the School
of Home Economics, this event
attracts high school girls from
throughout the state.
Program for the day" is as fol­lows:
9-10 a.m. -Registration—Social
Center !
10-11 a.m. Home Economics
Convocation—Langdon Hall
11-12 Tour of Exhibits—Smith
Hall
12:30-1:30 p.m. Luncheon given
by catering class—Smith Hall ,
1:30-2:30 p.m. Home Ec Movie
TB 10B
2:30-4 p.m.^Tours of home man­agement
houses and nursery
schools
4-5 p.m. Fashion show—Lang­don
Hall.
The fashion show will be open
to the public. Girls from the
School of Home Economics will
model for the show.
Car-Truck Accident
Takes Lives of Two
Two Auburn veterinary medi­cine
students died last week as a
result of injuries received in an
automobile-truck collision about
two miles from Tuskegee on the
Auburn-Tuskegee highway. The
accident occurred at 1:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 19.
Thomas J. Russell, Jr., of
Rocky Mount, N.C., driver of the
car, and Albert D. Duffee, of Bir­mingham,
were seriously injured
in the accident and were taken to
Drake Infirmary for treatment.
Because of their critical condi­tion
they were later transferred
to a Birmingham hospital, where
they died.
Other occupants of the car, all
Auburn students in the school of
veterinary medicine, except Paul
Webster, Auburn Rt. 1, suffered
various cuts and abrasions, but
were not critically injured. They
were Joe H. Hunt, Fruitland,
Term., John G. Cheney, Magnolia
Termirial, and Henry Steve
Adair, Montgomery!
The collision occured when the
driver of a Dixie Van Lines truck
turned [.left across the highway
into a gas station at the crest
of a hill. Russell, approaching
from the opposite direction, was
unable to swerve in time to avoid
the truck.
BERRY ADDRESSES
ENGINEER GROUP
Joel H. Berry, of the Virginia
Power and Electric Company,
spoke to a group of engineers
last Thursday night in Broun
Auditorium. His s u b j e c t was
"Engineers and Progress."
Mr. Berry, manager of the
Norfolk District of his company,
is also vice-president of The
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers. He appeared here by
arrangement of the local branch
of AIEE through its faculty ad­visor,
Professor R. D. Spann.
Sigma Chi, Phi Mu
Take Sphinx Sing
Sigma Chi fraternity a n d Phi
Mu sorority won trophies in the
annual Sphinx Sing last week for
being judged best in the men's
and women's groups respectively.
xPi Kappa Alpha fraternity a nd
Chi Omega sorority. took second
place honors in each group.
The Sigma Chi singers gave
renditions of "Careless Hands" and!
"Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" to
place first. The Phi Mu group sang
"In the Blue of Evening" and I've
Told Every Little Star."
Second place PiKA rendered
two well-known selections, "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic" and
"Skip to My Lou." The Chi Omega
singers won second place honors
with "There are Such Things" and
"Old Woman."
Civil Engineers Visit
Highway Testing Lab
Two. civil engineering classes
recently visited the State High­way
Department in Montgomery.
Under the leadership of Prof. A.
S. Chase, a class in soil mechan­ics
visited the highway testing
Crawford Elected Editor;
Meade To Head Cabinet
Modern Musical
Ballet Program
To Be Presented
Symphony Orchestra,
Modern Dance Group
Perform Monday Night
The Modern Dance Group, un­der
the direction of Miss Olga
Bibza of the Women's P.E. De­partment,
and the School Sym­phony
Orchestra, directed by
Prof. Edgar Glyde of the Music
Department, will put on a joint
performance Monday night, May
2, at 8:15 p.m. in the student acti­vities
building.
The first part of the program
will be performed by the sym­phony.
They will play "Huckle­berry
Finn" by E. Delamater,
"Symphony in B Flat; Allegro,
Allegro Vivace" by Shubert, and
"Folk Overture" by Hubert Li-verman
of the Music Department.
The Modern Dance Group will
perform the second part of the
program. The dances are chore-graphed
by Olga Bibza. .
According to Miss Bibza„ there
will be modern stage sets design­ed
by Robert Broner of the Art
Department, as well as colorful
costumes.
Four dances will be given. The
first is "Jazz Scherzo" by Guion
—"The city with its tense and
vibrating movements." The se-laboratory
April 18 to see prac- icond is "Red Poppy" by Gliere—
tical demonstrations in testing ' a Russian soldier dance, perform-and
research investigations of 'ed by the male members of the
Fleming, Keller, and Blackburn Take
Positions of Senior Representatives
I n the general "campus elections held last Thursday Ed.
Crawford, Nixburg, was elected as the next editor of The
Plainsman. Crawford polled a total of 1373 votes to defeat
J o h n Hembree, Bridgeport, who had 712 votes. The n e w edi­tor
will assume office officially May 4. J im Haygood, Mont­gomery,
was unopposed for business manager of The Plains­man.
Baptists To Hold
Revival May 1-6
Dr. Hoyt A. Ayers, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, has an­nounced
a series of revival ser­vices
to be held at the church each
night May 1-6. Guest minister for
the services of special services will
be Dr. R. Campbell, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Little
Rock, Ark.
Services will begin Sunday
night, May 1, and conclude Fri­day
night. They will be held from
7:30 to 8:30 each evening during
the week.
Dr. Campbell, eminent pastor
and author, will speak on the fol­lowing
subjects:
• Monday—"Man's God and God's
Man;"
Tuesday—"The Light of Vic­tory;"
Wednesday—'[Out and Out;"
Thursday—"Distance Makes the
Difference;"
Friday—"Through This Sign."
Congregational singing will be
directed by Louie James. Special
music will be under the direction
of Richard Collins, choir director.
Dilson Petrey will be organist.
A cordial invitation to the series
is extended all members of the
community.
Engineers Visit
Tallapoosa Dams
A group of 60 electrical a nd
mechanical engineering students
a n d three professors .recently
toured the Alabama Power Co.
^ower and dam installations on the
Tallapoosa River. Included in the
tour were Thurlow, Yates, arid
Martin Dams, all located near Tal-lassee.
The inspection trip was ' spon-r
sored jointly by the Auburn chap­ter
of AIEE and t h e Alabama
Power Co.
Farm Machinery Expert
Addresses Ag Engineers
R. B. Gray, head of the divi­sion
of farm machinery with the
United States Department of Ag­riculture,
spoke to agricultural
engineering students here , this
week on farming methods and
farm machinery in Europe and its
application to the Marshall Plan.
He told of his recent tour of
Europe and North Africa as head
of the ERP Commission.
soils for highway subgrades.
On April 20 Professor Chase's
class in highway engineering
visited t.he testing laboratory
where they were shown the .ac­tual
testing of all materials used
in highway construction, includ­ing
oils, traffic paint and even
timber,for guard rails..
F. W. Oakes Addresses
Tau Beta.Pi Banquet
Tau Beta Pi honorary engi­neering
society held its spring
initiation and banquet last Fri­day
night, April 22, at the men's
new dormitory. Members, alum­ni
and Dean J. E. Hannum at­tended
the banquet.
Mr. Frank W. Oakes of De­catur
spoke on "The Engineer in
Industrial Relations" and the
Auburn Airs gave a musical pro­gram.
Modern Dance Group. The third
will be "Valse Triste" by Sibe­lius,
performed by Olga Bibza.
Ths deals with a dancer's brief
triumph over death. The most
ambitious ballet performance by
the group will be "Rodeo" by
Aaron Copeland. This will be
given in three scenes—The Har­vest,
The Saturday Night Waltz,
and Hoe-Down—a b o i s t e r o u s
square dance and bronco-busting
sequence. ,
Members of the ballet include:
Betty Lee Brown, Anne Bonds,
Hugh Barton, Dot Bost, Esther
Masserman Broner, Tom Curley,
Jill Emery, Jimmy Elliott, Mabel
Groves, Jack T. Hartley, Jean
.Heath, Miriam Jackson, Lois
Johnson, Bill Pratt, Fracis Rea-sonover,
Carol Scott(, Dolores
Sharbel, Jean Tesch, Betty Mc-
Fadden, Barbara Neal, Katherine
Smith, and Vivien Thomas.
Application Date
Set On Tiger Cub
Applications for editor and
business manager of the 1949 Ti­ger
Cub may now be filed in the
Student Affairs Office, Samford
101. Interested students should se­cure
application forms from Mrs.
Christine" Reynolds, publications
secretary. Deadline for submission
of application's is noon, Saturday,
May 7. Applicants will be inter­viewed
Monday afternoon, May 9.
The Tiger Cub is designed to
provide new students with infor­mation
about the administration
and schools, the history -and tradi­tions,
rules and regulations for
students, and the constitutions of
the various organizations on the
campus.
The editor and business mana­ger
of the Tiger Cub are elected
by the Publications Board. The
editor is paid $135 upon publica­tion
of the book and the business
manager receives 15% of the to­tal
collections from advertising.
The following qualifications
have been set up by the Publica­tions
Board for the editor and
business manager- of this publi­cation:
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 student 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.
Draughon to Address -
Mobile Alumni Group
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, presi­dent
of Auburn, will be guest
speaker at the meeting of the Au­burn
Alumni Club in Mobile
Thursday, April 28. The meeting
will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Battle
House.
On Tuesday April 26, Dr.
Draughon spoke to the Covington
County Alumni Club' at a luncheon
held at the "Andalusia Country
Club.
NOTICE . . .
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There will be a meeting of
The Plainsman staff Thursday,
April 28, at 5 p.m. Ed Craw­ford,
newly-elected editor, re­quests
that any student inter­ested
in working on the staff
also attend the meeting.
School Releases
Official Program
For Inauguration
Plans have been completed for
the inauguration of Dr. Ralph B.
Draughon as president of Au­burn,
to be held Thursday, May
12, and varied activities have
been scheduled for the day. Stu­dents
will be. excused from clas­ses
after 10 a.m.
The president's office has pre­pared
the following program:
Wednesday. May 11
8:15 p.m.—Play, "Th*e Emperor
Jones," Auburn Players, Graves
Amphitheatre
Thursday, May 12
9:30-11:15 a.m.—Open House,
College Buildings
10 a.m.—Dedication of New
Forestry Buiding
10:45 a.m.—Military Review,
Army-Navy-Air Corps Units
11:30 a.m.—Dedication of Men's
New Dormitory
1:30-2:30 p.m.—Band Concert,
Langdon Hall
3:15 p.m.—Installation Cere- -
monies, Hare Stadium
Speaker—John A. H a n n a h,
president, Michigan State Col­lege
TO BE INSTALLED AS AUBURN PRESIDENT
Joe Meade, junior in industrial
management from Florence, was
unopposed for president of the
Student Executive Cabinet.
In the race for fifth year rep­resentative
to the cabinet Joe
Moore, Camden, edged David
Stone, Gadsden, by 10 votes.
Moore had 90 votes to 80 for
Stone. /
Senior representatives to the
cabinet for the coming year are
Bill Fleming, Grove Hill, 702
votes; Carroll Keller, Birming­ham,
672 votes; and G i l m er
Blackburn, Auburn; 627 votes.
John Robert "Tex" Shewell, Bay-town,
Texas, also running for
senior representative, polled 204
votes.
Allen Price, Garden City, and
Milton Blount, Tampa, Fla., were
elected as junior representatives
to the cabinet. They defeated
Dick Whatley, Whatley, for the
positions. The vote totals were
443 for Price, 432 for Blount, and
134 for Whatley.
Eugene Allred defeated Bill
Falkenberry for president of the
sophomore class, 345 to 68.
Other new officers are:
Vice-president of the Cabinet;
Harry Knowles, Birmingham.
Secretary of the cabinet: Jin)
Duke, Birmingham.
Social chairman; Kirk Jordan,
"Montgomery.
President of the senior class:
Tommy Eden, Nashville, Tenn.
Vice-president of the senior
class: Sara Vaughn, Birmingham.
Secretary-treasurer of the sen­ior
class: Sara Pass, Birmingham.
-Historian of the senior class:
Frances Mulherin* West Point.
President of the junior class:
Joe Pilcher, Selma.
Vice-president of the junior
class: B e t t y Ann Browning,
Birmingham".
Secretary-treasurer of the jun­ior
class: Aimee McCormick, Mo­bile.
Historian of the junior class:
Barbara Vinson, Brewton.
Vice-president of the sopho­more
class: Joan Cosart, Birm­ingham.
Sophomore representative to
the cabinet: John Martin, Syla-cauga.
Secretary - treasurer of t he
sophomore class: B i l l i e Ruth
Tyus, Birmingham.
Historian of the sophomore
class: Catherine Kilgore, Birm­ingham.
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DR. RALPH B. DRAUGHON, whose, inauguration as presi­dent
of Auburn will take place Thursday, May 12. The official
program was recently released by the president's office. Speaker
at the installation ceremonies will be Dr. John A. Hannah, presi­dent
of Michigan State College.
Sponsors Announced
By Block and Bridle
The • first annual horse show
sponsored by the Block and Bridle
Club will be held behind the Lee
County High School, Monday, May
2. Judging will begin at 7:30 p.
m. The Block and Bridle Club is
a national organization for stu­dents
of animal husbandry.
Judge for the event will be Mr.
Martin Klyce. Ringmaster will be
Mr. I. J. Hix. Mr. Chris Heinz will
be announcer.
Sponsors have been selected
from the various dormitories to
present the ribbons and prize
money to the winners. The spon­sors
are Billie Ruth Tyus, Auburn
Hall; Claire Whitsitt, Alumni Hall;
Ada Marie Martin, Dorm I; Mary
Ann Harbin, Dorm II; Gene Hurt,
Dorm III; Carolyn Ingram, Dorm
IV; and Grace Boatwright, Susan
Smith Cottage.
A fee of $3.00 will be charged
per entry. According to Richard
Wilhite, president, the club is
expecting at least 75 entries. Cash
prizes totaling $669 will be award­ed
to the winners of the various
classes. For further information
concerning entrants contact Jim­my
Henderson at the PiKA House.
Admission will be $1.00 for
adults, 75 cents for students, and
25 cents for children. Tickets are
on sale by riiembers of the Block
and Bridle Club and may also be
purchased at Lipscomb's Drug
Store.
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Phi Mu,Theta Upsilon Sororities Present Annual Spring Fornials Friday and Saturday
Miss Anne Alison, Chapter President,
Will Lead Dance With Miquel Ortuno
Miss Patricia Jamison Will Lead;
Theme of Dance To Be "It's Magic
The Alpha Mu chapter of the Phi Mu sorority will hold
its annual ball Friday, April 29, at the student activities
building from 9 till 12 p.m. The theme of the dance will be
"It's Magic". Miss Patricia Jamison, of Birmingham, will
lead the dance and will be escorted by George Kelley, Fred­ericksburg,
Va. Music will be by the Auburn Plainsmen.
B r u n e r , Birmingham; Alice.
Hand; Ed Graham, Montgomery;
Gloria Herring, Guy Bullock,
During the leadout Miss Tom-mie
Barnes, past president, will
present the flowers to the presi­dent.
Members, pledges, and their
dates are: Tommie Barnes, Mar­shal
D e S h i e 1 d s, Montgomery;
Virginia Brown, Wofford Smith,
Birmingham; Carolyn Braswell,
Bob Adams, Atlanta; Mary Cath­erine
Clem, Bill Cole, Birming­ham;
A n n e .Coulter, Charles
Hooper, Tarrant; Gerry Deloney;
Aaron Groth, Auburn; Charlotte
Elmore, Mark Jeter. Birming­ham;
Anna Jean Franklin, Carl
DINE
IN A FRIENDLY
ATMOSPHERE
You'll like our courteous
help and pleasant surround­ings.
STEAKS CHICKEN
SEAFOOD
AUBURN GRILLE
Piedmont; Claire JHight, Bruce
Greenhill, Birmingham.
Sally Holt, C u r t . Presley,
Clarksdale, Miss.; Patty Jamison,
George Kelley, Fredericksburg,
Va.; Tera Jones, Edwin Selby,
Linden; Mary Kirkland; Bill
Barton, Birmingham;' Joy Love,
Don Davis, Birmingham; Virginia
Lusk, Bob Williams, Shreveport,
La.; R h e b a Morris, Leland
Brown, Birmingham; Margaret
Ann Norwood, Ray Frederick,
Decatur; Kitty Smith, Ware Gas­ton,
Sylacauga.
Annie Laurie S m o k e , Bob
Lynch, Birmingham; Ruth Todd,
Bill Petry, Fairhope; Billie Ruth
Tyus, Bill Chambless, Montgom­ery;
Bette Whitson, Ted Phillips,
Tallahassee, Fla.; Sudie Wilson,
Coker Barton, Birmingham; Bet­ty
Ann Browning, Bill Murphy,
Birmingham; Virginia Blanton,
Mickey Whelan, Birmingham;
Billie June Sanders, Robert Bur-gin,
Cuthbert, Ga.; Betty Tharpe,
Chester Kline.
C a r o l y n Barnes, P o w e ll
Wheaton, Griffin, Ga.; Joan By-ars,
Buddy Vaiden, Birmingham;
Marie E n g l i s h , Boyd Hinton,
Columbus, Ga.; Jackie Good-game,
Jimmie Floyd, Auburn;
Peggy Hassler, John Wallis, Birm­ingham;
Elois Jordan, Pat Rea­gan,
Attala; Nancy Salvo, Sammy
Kirkland, Foley.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dowling,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kingsford, Mr.
and Mrs. Erskine Russell.
AOPi Announces
Delta Delta chapter of Alpha
Omicron. Pi sorority announces
the pledging of Marie Coggins.
Miss Coggins is a freshman from
Birmingham.
As part of their local philan-
Iota Alpha of Theta Upsilon will present its "Rainbow
Ball" Saturday, April 29, in the student activities building
from 9 to 12 p.m.
Miss Anne Ahson, chapter president, will lead the dance
with Miquel Ortuno, Costa Rica. Miss Alison will be pre­sented
with a bouquet of flowers by Miss Paula Mann, the
retiring president.
The preceeding Friday night I Jowers, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
•;h
Miss Patricia Jamison Miss Anne Alison
KA FRATERNITY
PLEDGES 3 MEN
Three men were pledged by
Kappa Alpha fraternity during
spring quarter rushing. The men
pledged were: Dan Crane, De­catur;
Fred Fitzgerald, Appa-lachicola,
Fla.; and Bob Tal-mage,
New Orleans. ,
In the election held April 19,
the KA pledges elected Dick
Morgan, Ozark, president; Sonny
'Harris, Birmingham, vice presi­dent;
Earl Cambron, Anniston,
secretary; and Johnny Durham,
Birmingham, treasurer.
thropic work the chapter spon­sored
an Easter egg hunt for
children at the housing project
in Opelika. The event was held
Tuesday, April 14.
1st Anniversary Sale!
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SPE District Conclave
Here April 30 -May 1
The Alabama Alpha chapter of
Sigma Phi Epsilon will be host
to representatives from eight
Sig Ep chapters in District 67
when they hold the district con­clave
at Auburn, April 30-May 1.
This will be the first such
meeting since the war. Repre­sentatives
from the University
of Florida, Stetson University,
F l o r i d a Southern University,
University of Mississippi, Missis­sippi
Statet Georgia Tech, and
the University of Alabama will
attend the conclave as guests of
the local chapter.
The purpose of this meeting
is to discuss problems, solu­tions
and plans of the various
chapters of the district and to
promote closer relations between
the chapters.
Grand President • of the sorority.
Other events of the day in­cluded
a tea in honor of the
mothers of members and the org­anization
of a mothers' club for
the local chapter.
Phi Kappa Tau Holds
Founders Day Banquet
The Alpha Lambda Chapter of
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity ob­served
its Founders Day Wed­nesday,
April 20. The occasion
commemorated the founding of
Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Mi­ami
University, Oxford, Ohio, in
1906. .
Tribute was paid to the closest
friend the Alpha Lambda chap­ter
has ever had, the late Pro­fessor
James Kirkley. A short
service was held at his grave­side.
Following this, s e r v i c e the
chapter members retired to the
Pitts Hotel for t h e i r annual
Founders Day banquet. Dean
Zebulon Judd of the School of
Education, was the guest speak­er
of the evening.
The chapters banquet in honor
of the newly initiated members
was held in conjunction with the
Founders Day banquet.
AGR Pledge Class
Elects Officers
The pledge class of Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity recently
elected officers.
Those chosen were Paul Glas­cock,
Wetumpka, president; Son­ny
Rogers, Crystal Springs, Miss.,
vice-president; Joe Boyd, Vin-yard,
Albertvitte, reporter.
VIRGINIA SORENSEN
IS HOSTESS AT TEA
Mrs. Virginia Sorenson, popu­lar
American novelist and lectu­rer
in English at Auburn, was
hostess at a tea here Friday af­ternoon,
April 22, to honor Mr.
Ted Amusson,. editor. of her new
book, "The Evening and The
Morning",, which went on sale
Friday.
Mr. Amusson is associated
with Harcourt, Brace Publishing
Company.
there will be a wiener roast for
the Theta U's and their dates at
the home of Wilda Washington.
Following, the dance, a break­fast
will be given by the Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity at the
chapter house.
Members, pledges; and dates
are: Annie Jean Allen, Lindy
Mann, Tallassee; Betty Arnold,
Teddy Williams, Mobile; • Gwen
Barrow, Leo Dawsey, Mobile;
Doris Campbell, Paul Shaw,
Birmingham; A n n e Carpenter,
Charles Goodell, West Palm
Beach, Florida; Essie Crumpton,
Kelly Burke, Mobile; Ruth Gra­ham,
Elliot Peck, Bessemer;. Ann
Jackson, Dave Harris, Birming­ham;
Eleanor Jeffords, Weaver
Wood, B i r m i n g h a m ; Joy
Knowles, Glenn Robison, Spart-enburg,
South Carolina; Paula
Mann, Charles W. Campbell, Jr.,
Birmingham.
Doris Parker, James W. Don­ald,
Memphis, Tennessee; Carol
Scott, Joe Burt, Talladega; Edna
Scott, Max King, Pierce, Florida;
Ann- Sharp, H e n r y Garrett,
Birmingham; R u t h Shepherd,
J i m m y Hicks, Birmingham;
Jackie Smith, Bobby Ham, Ft.
Payne; Mary Lynn Smith, Jim
Bird, Birmingham; Jean Walton,
Howard Syler, Huntsville; Wilda
LOST: One platinum watch
with the initials J.E.A. on the
back. Finder please return to
Jane Ashford, Dorm II.
Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Nixon, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Poor,
Mr. and Mrs. Keith G. Reeve,
Mr. and Mrs. Searcy, Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Senn, Jr. and Mrs.
Harold Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. E.
V. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Steere, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Turn-
There will also be representa­tives
from Xi and Alpla Alpha
chapters of Birmingham-South­ern
and University of Alabama.
Auburn; Ruth Ann White, Ham
Culipepper, Kewanee, Mississip­pi;
Betty Jo Wyatt, Roy Hard-ings,
Monroe, Louisiana.
Alumni and Patronesses are:
Miss Olga 'Bibza, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Bullington, Miss Jerry Drake,
Miss Jewel Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Francis, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Haines, Miss Eleanor
Home, Mr. and Mrs. James O.
Phi Delta Theta
Holds Initiation
Alabama Beta chapter of Phi
Delta Theta fraternity held for­mal
initiation Sunday for 15
pledges. New members are:
John Braswell, Decatur; Zip
Chambers, Columbus. Ga.; Henry
Davis, Montgomery; Bobby Dukes,
Decatur, Ga.; Raymond Graham,
Florence; Charles Jordan, Mont­gomery;
Manly Lee, Marion;
Jimmy Marsh, Florence; Fred
Moore, Florence; Bucky Price,
Decatur; Henry P. Still, Decatur;
Jimmy Taylor, Decatur, Ga.;
George Turner; Leesburg, Ga.;
Howard Syler, Huntsville; wiiaa . ^ u t h l a u t ) Orlando, Fla.; and
Washington, L y m a n Pittman, Jack von Gal. , BBrreewwsstteerr,, NN.. YY..
Keys were awarded to Charles
Jordan, as outstanding pledge,
and to Herb Uthlaut, for high
scholastic standing.
SALESMAN WANTED: Full
or part lime, to sell blown Rock
Wool insulation and weather
stripping. Experience preferred,
but not necessary. Write Box
976 or call 836-W, Opelika.
Delores Wilson Named
Sweetheart Candidate
Miss Delores Wilson, of Pratt-ville,
has been selected by the Au­burn
Independents as their candi­dates
for the titje of National In­dependent
Students' Sweetheart.
The selection will be made at the
national headquarters in Chicago
shortly. Miss Wilson is a junior in
business administration.
Barbara Coast Party
Given by Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi social fraternity en­tertained
Friday night, April 22,
with a "Barbary Coast" party.
Members and their dates came
dressed as gamblers from the
"Barbary Coast" of old San Fran­cisco.
A skit, „which was staged in a
Barbary Coast Saloon, was given
by the members.
Alpha Gamma Delta
Marks Anniversary
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority
celebrated International Reunion-
Day of the national organization
with a luncheon at the Pitts Ho­tel,
Saturday, April 23. This day
also marked the tenth anniversa­ry
of the local chapter's found­ing.
Guest speaker at the lunch­eon
was Julia Riser, f o r m er
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3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Aptil 27,1949,
During Civil War Auburn's lathe
Was Object of Union Army Search
By Edwin Crawford
One of the most colorful legendary landmarks/on the Au­burn
campus is the old grey lathe beside Samfqrd Hall. Few
students or visitors to the Auburn icampus realize -that the
lathe has a history which dates back as iar as the -Civil War.
The legend behind the lathe and the story of its origin and
life is. one of ,the most unique and interesting traditions about
the "Loveliest Village of the Plains."
The lathe was built in the arse
n a l i n Selma during the early part
'of the War Between the States and
was especially constructed for bor­ing
cannon and turning. tires for,
the driving, wheeils of locomotives',
which were used by the.Confede­rate.
Army. , ' ' . . , ' ',
As the Civil War drew mear a
close, a n effort was made io move
the lathe to Columbus, Georgia,
where another plant for making
war supplies was' located. 35he
lathe was loaded brrsome sort of
improvised i wagon with a long
line.of ox .teams hitched to it. A-caref
ully selected route .along $he
Jones Valley Road" toward Bir­mingham
was to be the path of the'
lathe.
However, the Yankees learned
of the attempt by the "Southern
troops/to move the lathe and pre­pared
to intercept "the valuable
piece of machinery. Those engaged
in the transporting of the lathe
heard of "the coming of the Union1
Army and assembled a large
group of men, dug a hole in the
ground, slid the lathe into the hole
and covered it up. This hasty buri-'
al was supposed to have taken
place at Irondale, which was about
10 miles out of Birmingham.
After a rather lengthy burial
the lathe was .dug out and hauled
to Columbus where it remained
until the close of the war. A num­ber
of years after the war was
over, the cherished relic was sent
to Birmingham where i t was used
in the production of locomotive
wheels for peaceful'uses: Thejlathe:
was-used ih several shops in the
Magic City before^ it wa$ officially
retired and placed in storage.
1 About 14 years .ago when the
owners of the lathe;, the Te&nessee
Coal,' Iron, and i n r o a d Company, [
offered the battered old. piece of
discarded -Civil Waimachinery to
Auburn as an article of great his­toric,
interest, it' was Drought to
our campus and mounted.perma­nently
as a landrijarkof ln'terest)
for years to come.'It'has'been the
scene «f many. traditions, initia­tions,
and.romances and has gained
a. place close to tHelieftrts of all
true sons, of Auburrv . ..
SAE Party Honors
Alpha Gamma Delta
On Thursday, April 14, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity was
host to. the Alpha: Gamma-Delta
sorority at a ^Morrte "Carlo" par­ty.
"Gambling" gaimes and danc­ing
furnished the entertainment
for the evening, after which re­freshments
were-served to mem­bers,
pledges, and their dates.
WAN.TED: Small. ,furnished
apartment for a ; luce quiet
young couple for summer quar­ter.
Call William Pappas collect,
Eufaula, Alabama.
WAR EAGLE S
an West Magnolia Avenue, , -. .
WEO.THURS. APRIL 27 28
"I HAD TO STOP HER
that's why I tvlhd the -trigger!
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News .and Comedy • :
Or. Henry Crane
Will Speak Here
Dr. Henry :Hitt Crane, pastor
of Central Methodist Church, De­troit,
Michigan, will be presented
,by the Auburn Religious .Life
Council in Langdon Hall at 7:30
p.m., Tuesday, May -10.
Dr. Crane is being brought to
Auburn by the Wesley Founda­tion,
Methodist student group
on the campus, (for the week of
May S-13. He i s being sponsored
on the campus on May 10 by the
Religious Life Council as its
speaker for t he month of May in
the Eeligdous, Life S e r i e s of'
speakers. It is the council's
plan 'to .'have im- outstanding
speaker on the .campus each
month or as often as possible.
Dr. Crane holds an AB degree,
a STB degree, two Doctor of
Divinity degrees,, an LL.D de­gree
and has completed some
graduate work at "Harvard. Dr.,
Crane, who has. traveled exten­sively
in the Orient, Europe and
other regions of the world, only
recently returned tfrom-- Europe,
where he went last year as' a
delegate ;tb tthe World -Council of
Churches.
Dr. Crane is considered one of
the top ten student speakers in
4he United States today. Aver­aging
a, .speech a day, his speak­ing
schedule i s so full that it is
necessary for him to maintain a
private plane to meet all his -en­gagements.
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PretegistrcltionScheittte
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 military strain-;
ing. With the Dean's approval, students who pass all subjects in the
preceding quarter with an average of "2:0 or higher, may toe iper-mitted
to schedule an additional five-quarter hour subject. Ah .addi­tional
fee of $2.00 is .assessed for each credit hour in excess of t h e :
normal load; , • " - . '.
Stuflentsin Engineerirw Cuwicula, in which the load is heavier,
making a grade point average of 2.5 with the Dean's approval, take
three additional quarter hours; or a 3.5 average.five additional ^quar­ter
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
(All Students)
1. Preparation of Time Schedules and filling in of registration j
cards will be completed with the Dean or his representative. AH
students will report for -registration in. alphabetic order as announ­ced
by the Dean, within the following date.: -
Seniors— ^Sophomores—.
(Z-M)—Monday, May-2 ... (Z-A)—Monday; May . 9 . . . . •
(L-A)^Tuesday, May 3
Juniors— Freshmen—
(Z-M)-^Thursday, May 5 (Z-A)—Tuesday, May 10
(L-A)—Friday, May 6 1
2. Military Tsaininff: I t will be the student's responsibility to
register for the course as announced by his Spring Quarter instruc-.
tor. After registration cards have been approved by the Dean, re­port
to Military 'Office, Samford Basement, for assignment to flec­tion.
This must be done before reporting for assignment in Physical
Education. .! . "'
3. Physical Education: If required, Report to Alumni gymnasium
for assignment.
4. Final Disposition of Registration Cards: After schedules are
approved by the Dean and .necessary''sections in'Military and phis
Physical. Education have been assigned by the departments concern­ed,
registration'cards should he deposited \iri the R!egiS|;rar's|Office,
Band to Present
formal Concert
The Auburn Concert Hand, com­posed
of 54 select concert musi­cians,
is preparing for its first
formal concert which will be given
May 4 at 8:15 p.m. in. the student
activities building. Directors of t he
concert group are P. R. Bidez
and David Herbert.
The concert will feature Hubert
Overman, professor in the music
department, in a piano solo with
band aoccorhpanJment of the
First Movement of Grieg'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 HI,"
will he played. Also included on
the program will be the Spanish
•march; "Bravada" in double time,
by Frederic Curzon; "Martha
Overture to The New Moon," and
/
ALPHA PHI OfotSGA
PLEDGES SIXTEEN
Delta chapter of Alpha Phi
Omega, national honorary serv­ice
fraternity, recently tapped 16
men for pledgeship at the Stu­dent
C e n t e r . Following the
pledging, a social was held.
The new pledges are:
Harral E. Landry, Mobile; Eu­gene
J. Guazzo, Orange, N. J.;
George v'tt. Stuart, Bay Minette;
Clyde R. Meagher, A u b u r n;
Charlie B. Mathews, Ft. Benning,
Ga.; Earl N. Davis, Frostproof,
Fla.; William J. McKenzie, Birm-f
ingham; Hubert L. Foster, Birm-'
ingham.
James V. Wade, Auburn; Ed­ward
L. Spencer, Auburn; Rob­ert
L. Saidla, Auburn; Kelly H.
Burke, Mobile; Edmund C. Mc-
Garity, Birmingham; A. James,
Leo, Birmingham; Frank M.
Mathews, Robertsdale; and Tom­my
Burton, LaFayette.
"Kentucky • Mountain Running
Set", by Ray Green, contemporary
American composer.
Samford Hall, Room 100. , I j ' j ? ] * )*
PAYMENT OF FEES: Students will report to Student Center
•in alphabetical order (Z-A) (schedule to be announced later) be­tween
the dates of May 46, 17, and 18 for .payment of fees. LATE
REGISTRATION FEE BEGINS THURSDAY, MAY 19.
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e Alan Dale, a top-ten phono favorite, «ives out
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Toward A Fuller Education
\ - - • • /
Students complain constantly about the
faults and idiosyncrasies of professors and
instructors which detract considerably
from class lectures arid hamper students'
ability to follow the lecturer's train of
thoughts, but these faults are seldom cor­rected.
Few students are bold enough to
give their professors constructive criticism
about their teaching methods.
Several schools, including Georgia Tech,.
Iowa State, N.Y.U., Texas A. and M., and
Massachusetts, use a plan by which all pro­fessors
are evaluated by the students they
teach. The plan is used with various modi­fications,
but all include ratings on the
professor's method of presentation, his org­anization
of class material, his system of
grading, his attitude, and the like. Students
fill out grading cards at the end of the
quarter and turn them in to their respec­tive
deans. The scale is solely for the use
of the instructor and is not used as a basis
for firing.
There is an increasing popularity for
this idea of rating instructors to aid them
in the elimination of technical and per­sonal
defects. Several statements made by
leading educators recently indicate a grow­ing
awareness of the fact that instructors
are not necessarily good teachers because
they possess a certain amount of know­ledge.
The questions on the rating scale
are designed as^specific reminders of the
factors necessary for good teaching, and
the students evaluation of these points lets
the professor know where he is good and
where he is bad.
After grades haye been turned in once
or twice, the faculty would better under­stand
why students do or do not like their
work. Improved quality of teaching would
be a profitable result to the student and to
, the administration.
We can see the benefits of this plan and
propose that the administration give serir
ous'consideration to adopting one Of simi­lar
nature. If it could be adopted on a trial
. basis, its value" and actual workability on
the Auburn campus could be seen. V
Election Post Mortem
. An interesting aspect of last week's gen­eral
election jvas the platforms upon-which"
-the candidates won or lost. While it is un­reasonable
to advance the claim that plat­forms
alone were.responsible for the suc­cess
or failure of any candidate, the pat­tern
of victory and defeat is still worthy
of consideration.
Of the four candidates who we're de­feated
for class officer positions, three
had published platforms in last week's
Plainsman. These platforms varied in
length and in subjects considered, but on
the type of student government proposed,
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. ^
These . platforms were put before the
student body, voted upon, and soundly de­feated.
In the election the winning candi­dates
received 3221 votes, the losing candi­dates
received 406 votes.
There can be no claim made that there
was not a sufficient opportunity for pub­licizing
"the issues at stake. Under the re-1
cently r e v i s e d election regulations all
candidates were allowed unlimited space
,in The Plainsman, unlimited radio time,
-and the right to place advertisements con­cerning
their candidacy on any bulletin
.board on the campus. In most cases, candi­dates
took full advantage of these regula­tions.
. . .:.. . ."'/
The candidates also conducted spirited
"stump tours" of the campus prior to the
election in which they expounded further
:on .their proposed changes. Despite this
great amount of tub thumping, the student
body was not sufficiently aroused to vote
the advocates of destruction of class repre­sentation
into office.
In their first test, the new open election
rules seem to have given Auburn students
a fair, clean election, free for the most part
from underhanded tactics. There were only
a few scattered insignificant incidences of
violations of the regulations, and most of
these occurred as the result of lack of fa­miliarity
with the revised rules.
One incident which marred the election
somewhat was the distriubtion *of hand­bills
carrying the names of three candi­dates'the
night before the election. These
handbills were stuck up on shop windows
all over town by some unscrupulous per­son
or persons without the knowledge or
consent of at least one. of the candidates
named on them.
A Luxury Or A Necessity?
It has been said that many of our na­tion's
most ambitious and talented young
men and women have been wasting some
of the best years of their lives by meekly
submitting to a tradition as ancient as pow­dered
wigs'. This time has not been lost in
the usual juvenile pastimes but in the
classrooms of our colleges.
Four college years may be very pleasant
to some, but they are a luxury which the
colleges, the country, and most important,
the students can no.longer afford.
A recent trend in educational circles ad­vocates
a three-year college course, which
would incorporate all 6i the benefits of a
four-year course and few of its ills.
By extending the academic calendar to
45 weeks per year, quicker, better and
cheaper education could be obtained for a
larger percentage of the population.
The time element in education has dis­couraged
many of our most competent
young people from entering the profession­al
fields in which there is a great need to­day.
The deluge of returning Gl's may be
partially responsible i6r this t h o u g ht
trend. The fabricated traditions, the tissue,
of social pretense and the general sloth­like
inertia on the part of our colleges
have caused many to think that our edu­cational
institutions are in dire need of re­vision.
To the majority of those wanting educa­tion
for a purpose, the three year plan
seems to be a progressive solution. The dis­senters
who would view any change with
soiir suspicion would come, for the most
part, from the social butterflies who are
going to college on papa's money because
it is "fashionable in their set."
The reduced tuition fees of the, three-year
plan would, to some extent, reduce
the counter-democratic tendency of limit­ing
college education to the higher income
groups, and it would also promote maturity
as well as weed'out the misfits who could
not stand the grind; Although not perfect,
this plan may be beneficial to the expected
3,000,000 people who will besiege colleges
for admission next year.—Bear Tracks.
The Exchange Post Br I T Steinberg
Ad Libbing By Ole Timer
(The following is an editorial which appeared in The
Plainsman last year, but which is still timely as a discussion
of a too common practice.)
Call it brown-nosing, apple-polishing, bootlicking or what
you will—to us it's still the most" nauseating form of class­room
chicanery we know of. We e t f r o m A r t i c l e 3 £ m Con_
wonder if the followers of this *
evil cult'belong to that same fam
ily of pests who kept us squirm­ing
in the second grade and fol­lowed
us through high school. At
any rate, it must be human na-.
ture that a few such should try
to gain a degree (not an educaT
tion) by bewitching their instruc­tors.
There are several underhanded
methods favored by the species
Auburnia Brownosia, a few of
which we will mention here: (1)
Approaching the instructor peri-
-odically after classes to demon­strate
an ersatz interest in tjie
course; (2) showing him every
clipping from newspapers and
magazines pertaining to the. sub­ject;
(3) responding to every ques­tion
the instructor asks, and to
some he doesn't ask; (4) overtly
flirting with the instructor, and
being helplessly feminine. (This
last method is very common
among the female members of the
species.) •'
A distinction' must be drawn
between brown-nosing and. an
eagerness' to learn. A' person who
is genuinely eager is not to be -
condemned. It doesn't take long
to distinguish a real interest in the
course from rank opportunism.
Brown-nosing can very easily
arouse the contempt of the whole
class, and if the professor is hood­winked,
the, class morale is usually
lowered greatly.
* * *
"Rat! Shine my shoes on the
double before I belt you one!"
That phrase was more common
than "Let's go get a beer" in, the
bygone years at Auburn, particu­larly
in the early 1900's. Those
were the days when "Boozer"
Pitts coached our illustrious foot­ball
team for tne next game with
Howard, Virginia Polytech, or
Georgia Tech. It is these experi­ences
that alumni chuckle over
when they gather for a bull ses­sion.
The "Rat" of ;the,Plains today is
practically non-existant. The "Rat
Creed" is not recited, any more
upon the request of an upperclass-man,
and hazing in general is
greatly modified.
In those.days of yore when coT
eds on the Auburn campus were
unheard of, the "Rat" led an
eventful life during his first year
on the Plains. "Rat Rules" were
set up in the constitution and had
to, be obeyed by every freshman,
regardless of fraternity affiliations.
Printed in The Plainsman on Feb­ruary
1, 1924 was the following.
stitution:
Rat Rules—Failure to comply
with these rules may prove costly
to the transgressor.
1. Freshmen shall wear no caps
or hats inside college buildings.
2. Freshmen shall wear rat caps
at all times during weekdays ex­cept
when in uniform.
3. Freshmen shall not go
through the main entrance gate.
4. Freshmen shall ^moke only
cob pipes in public. They shall not
smoke at all in college buildings
or on that part of the campus in
front of the main group of build­ings.
5. Freshmen shall give full sup­port
to all Pep Meetings.
6. Freshmen shall get out on
the bleachers 'or stay off the
streets during football practice.
7. Freshmen shall greet all up-perclassmen.
•
8. Freshmen shall remain seat­ed
until after all upperclassmen
have left any public meeting.
9. Freshmen shall keep off the
streets after 9 p. m. except when
attending public entertainment.
10. Freshmen shall at all times
'supply matches to seniors upon
request.
•'"' 11. Freshmen shall not jaywalk.
12. Freshmen shall at all times
maintain gentlemanly conduct.
13. Freshmen are not allowed at
any train-unless they have a pass
from the Vigilance Committee or
a ticket showing that they are
going away on the train.
14. All students having their
hair cut off must comply with
these regulations unless registered
as a sophomore, junior or senior.
15. No freshman is allowed to
wear a skull-cap or any type of
head gea'r in any college building.
Signed,
Vigilance Committee
Article 14 specifies that all stu­dents
having their hair cut off
had to comply with these rules and
invariably every freshman got
his hair cut off. < (
Almost as traditional as t he
Main Gate is the farmer's daugh­ter
trick which has come down
through the years on the cam­pus.
The victim usually falls right
into the plot and goes with a
friend to.visit a local beauty he
knows. When, upon arrival-, a
burly fellow comes out. shooting
and yelling about his wife, the
student falls and yells, "I'm hit,"
and the victim of the plot rushes
away for help.
The Old trick still w o r k s so
watch' for those beautiful ac­quaintances
that your buddy
knows. You might have the
pleasure of falling for the old gag.
Letters to the Editor
To the students:
I would like to thank all the
people who worked for me in the
past election. I appreciate any
support you gave me.
To the student body as a whole,
I would like to congratulate you
on electing Ed Crawford as your
editor. I'm sure he will do-a gobd
job. " >
John B. Hembree
Dear Editor,
Since I was elected editor of
The Plainsman in the campus
elections last week, I wish to take
this opportunity to thank all of the
students who gave me their sup­port
in the election Thursday. I
would also like to express my ap­preciation
to all the students who
participated in the elections, re­gardless
of their personal candi­date;
I will strive in the next year to
give to the students, of Auburn a
publication which will always re­flect
credit on Auburn and the
student body. I urge each of you
to co-operate with me in making
The Plainsman the finest col­legiate
newspaper in the nation.
Sincerely yours,
Ed Crawford
"There are four requisites to
a good story," explained the
English instructor to the class.
"Brevity, a reference to a reli­gion,
some association with roy­alty,
and an illustration of modes­ty.
Now with these things in
mind, I will give .you 30 minutes
to write a story."
Ten minutes later the hand of
Fosdick went up. "That's fine,
Fosdick," she complimented," and
now read your story to the class."
Fosdick read: "My Gawd," said
the countess, "Take your hand
off my knee."
—Illinois Tech
Gaylord Ramsey's death was
coarse— ' ,
He was eaten by a horse.
Now concealed from common
men
Gaylord Ramsey rides again.
s .. —Boston Heights
Any men interested in joining
a sorority can follow the- methods
of a Toledo fraternity man. Ac­quiring
French heels and the
newest dress, he set out during
rush week activities and attend­ed
12 rush parties and received
7 invitations to return. Also, for
good measure, he received phone
numbers of 27 potential sorority
sisters and also that of a house­mother.
During a recent conversation
between the president of some
college and one of the school's
professors, the" following was
overheard: »
President of School: "Every­thing
is going up."
Professor: "Oh, I wouldn't say
that. For . instance, there's your
opinion of me, my opinion of you,
and the students' opinion of us
both."
—Chamblee Technician
Father: "Your mother and I
won't be home tonight, Junior.
Do you want to sleep alone or
with nursie?"
Junior (after some delibera­tion):
"What would you do,
Daddy?"
—Illinois Tech
Mr. Brown: "How .is your son
getting along in college?"
Mr. Humbug: "He must be do­ing
pretty well in languages. I
just paid for three courses: 20
dollars for French; 20 dollars for
Spanish; and 50 dollars for
Scotch."
—Boston Heights
To the philosophical:
"Don't worry if your hair falls
out. Suppose it ached and had to
be pulled out like teeth!"
Then there's the girl that ruin­ed
her health because she mis­understood
the doctor's orders.
She thought he recommended
three hearty males a day.
—Illinois Tech
What with increased fees and
higher costs of living, we know
what they mean when they call
this "higher education."
.—Miss. State
Girls are like a newspaper:
They have forms; they always
have the last word; back num­bers
are not in demand; they
have great influence; you can't
believe anything they say; they're
thinner than they used to be;
they get along by advertising;
and every man should have his
own and not try to borrow his
neighbor's.
—Akron Buchtelite
A boy and a girl were riding
along in a car, when the boy
turned to the girl and said, "Are
you a Camel or a Chesterfield
girl?"
Puzzled, the girl asked, "Why?"
The boy replied, "Do you satis­fy
or do you .walk a mile?"
—Illinois Slipstick
The professor wanted to im­press
on his class that there was
nothing a man could not do if
he put his mind to it. Humbug
begged to differ.
"Well," said the professor, "tell
me and the class what it is."
"You try to strike a match on
a piece of soap," was' the answer.
—Chamblee Technician
» * •
What's the difference between
amnesia and magnesia?"
"The fellow with amnesia
doesn't know where he's going."
The latest fad at the U. of Ak­ron
is the ah-contest, which con­sists
of counting the ah's^ pe*
class period emitted by instruc­tors
to punctuate, stall for time,
etc. The electrical engineers have
perfected a recording ah-meter
to cut down the enormous waste
of pencils and paper. The latest
results show that one instructor
is leading the field with the
amazing record of 820 ah's in one
period.
E. K.: "Why don't you answer
the phone?"
Medni'ck. "It isn't ringing."
E. K.: "Must you always wait
till the last moment?"
—Chamblee Tech
More and More by Gene Moore
Do you write "letters to the
editor"? Are you one of those
self-styled village wits who take
more stock in, "The pen is
mightier, than the sword," than
in, "Give me the right word and
the right accent, and I will move
the world"?
Please don't get me wrong. I
believe that any column which
expresses readers' views, if uti­lized
properly, is a powerful,
additive necessity of a college
newspaper. The "Letters to the
Editor" column insures that both
sides of a disputed question may
be discussed; it gives the student
an opportunity to. make public
his approval or disapproval of
any condition or proposed con­dition
on the campus; it arouses
interest in the betterment of the
existing situations, thus bolster­ing
school spirit; most import­ant,
the i letters are powerful—
because they sum up the opin­ions
of a majority of the stu­dents,
in many cases, they get
things done. Many improvements
on the campus could be traced
back directly or indirectly to
views expressed in letters ad­dressed
to the editor, of the col­lege
publication.
But, if you write letters, must
you write the kind that so many
before you have written? All too
many letters are nothing but de­rogatory,
one-sided b l a s t s at
something or somebody; often
the criticisms are not designed to
aid in improving conditions at
all but serve merely as the out­let
for the feelings of someone
who thinks that he has been
"done wrong", and who seeks to
avenge himself by this under­hand
method.
Here is a hint, gratis, to the
bird who tries to get his point
across by the use of (intentional
or unintentional) m i s s p e l l ed
words, improper .English, and
backwoods idioms: if you insist
upon being so crude and tactless,
why don't you write upon birch-bark
with charcoal? It would be
so much more effective.
Occasionally a letter turns up
that is filled with "cuss words".
Evidently this is meant to con­vey
to the reader a feeling of
the- writer's maturity, but who
is impressed? It's nothing new;
we've heard all those words be­fore.
When a letter is padded
with such coarse and faltering
ersatz, words, it is transferred
from an argument into a ridicu-ous
filibuster.
Then there is always the well-meaning
but misled pessimist
who thoughtfully tacks on -a post
script to the effect that, "You
probably won't print this, but
. . . etc." Now that you mention
it, Oh Scribbler of Warped Epis­tles,
it wouldn't be such a bad
idea to kill some of those letters.
(Jim: I don't reckon that this
collum is going to be in the
plainsman this week because
some people wont like it but
dammit I hope so because its
just the way I feel about some
things. Gene)
BITTERS
By Jim Forrester
You can kick about the service
of the local telephone operators,
but there's a bit of goodness in
one of them on the late shift, and
we hope we cause her no trouble
with her boss by relating this.
After a bout with the books
until the wee hours, we wished to
know the time, so picked up the
phone and answered the standard
'Number, Please" with "What
time is it, please?"
"I'm not allowed to give that
information, sir," central replied,
"but it's one-thirty."
* • *
Some of the local sportsmen who
may be wondering who has been
tipping the law off to what is go­ing
on, when, and where, might
do well to inquire around at some
of the taverns and other establish­ments
catering to the thirsty
scholar. Special notice is given to
the Phi Delta Theta's and the
Sigma Nu's and their many
friends, acquaintances, and well
wishers. (It was fun while it
lasted, men.)
* * *
Spring is here again and this
year it seems that some vigilant
watchdog somewhere has put up
or caused to be put up several of
the brightest, most unwelcome
spotlights the Auburn campus has
ever had. We refer, of course, to
\ those trillion candle-power bulbs
which are currently lighting up
the night around Samford Hall.
Looks more like a Hollywood pre­miere
than it does a college cam­pus.
« On second thought, no Holly­wood
premiere has ever had that
much light thrown on it. It seems
like a great waste of power and
money to us. Maybe it would be
a better and. more inexpensive
idea just to put up a barbed wire
fence around the campus and
close it off from the public every
night after sundown. Save a few
shekles, you know.
* * *
The latest word on the Auburn
tennis court situation is that at
long last, after many thousands of
words on the heed for .the darn
things, they are actually in the of­fing.
Acording to the grape vine,
they will be built on what is now
, known as Rat Field.
#^And speaking of sports, it was
liighly gratifying to see the Tiger
trackmen stomp the crew from
Tuscaloosa here last Saturday.
Dead End
(Guest columnist this week is
Kinne Sutton.)
I think that Don Ameche would
probably turn over in his grave
(if he were dead) at the way he
and Bell's invention is being ig­nored
in some of the more strate­gic
places in Auburn. Since the
year one the telephone situation
in the women's dorms here has
been something else. Many a time
a date or quiz has slipped through
some guys hands simply because
he could not get a line through to
the dormitory*
Picture the poor guy who is
trying to get a date for next week's
brawl. He beats his brains out
calling the young lady of his
choice during the after meal rush
and the early evening avalanche
and as soon as he gets the call
through he is politely informed
that it's study hour and he will
have to call later. At that he gives
up. Nobody but a first quarter
freshman will try to call a girl
during the 10:30-11 p.m. period.
The casualty list runs highest
then.
Then too, the situation works
both ways. In most of the dormi­tories
there is no way for a girl
to call out unless she uses a pay
phone and even then chances of
getting the one phone available
are lessened by the constant use
of incoming calls on the "lone
fone." Course I understand that
Emily says little girls ain't sup­posed
to call little boys on the
phone but it seems that restrict­ing
them to the use of just one
is "K hell of a way of insuring
Emily that she'll be obeyed.
Every dormitory, male or fe­male,
is sadly lacking in the Ame­che
department, and it seems a
shame that something isn't done
about it. From heresay I under­stand
that in each of the women's
dorms there are places provided
for phones on every floor. I for
one will be glad to see the day
when those places are used for
that purpose. It is a doggone
shame when a girl has to dress
(or put on one of those "new look"
raincoats) to go answer the phone.
It is a bother to the girl, a waste
of time to others who might want
to use the phone, and if you've
ever been in one of the dormitories
and seen one of. the little dreams
answer the phone dressed as
mentioned, a sight to behold.
t -
5-TBE t»LAm§MAti Wednesday, April 27, 1949
Auburn Track Team Crushes Alabama;
Battle Florida 'Gators Here Saturday
By'Bob Ingram
The Auburn track team, unbeaten in dual SEC competi­tion,
scored a decisive 81 2/3-49 1/3 victory over an outclassed
University of Alabama team in Cliff Hare Stadium Saturday.
It was the Tigers third consecutive SEC victory.
Pacing the Tigers in their win were Captain Joe Penning­ton
and Whitey Overton, each taking two first places. Ala­bama's
Charlie Davis was the only
Tide performer to equal this feat,
winning the 220 and 440-yard;
dashes.
While the Auburn varsity was
posting its one-sided Win, Tiger
freshmen weren't faring so well,'
suffering acrushing 112r-19 defeat
at the hands of the talented Ala-,
bama frosh.
In winning, Auburn scored nine
.firsts and in three events shutout
the Alabama performers. In only
one event, the. high jump, was
Auburn held pointless. •
. The best effort of the meet was
turned in by Overton who took
the mile in the excellent time of
4:21.7. Whitey was obviously run­ning
for a new Auburn record but
A SEM1-F1MAL MATCH
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at the shoulders of
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Rackets keep strings
tighter longer . . . and
"FIBRE WELDiNG"
and "FIBRE SEALING*
give extra strength.
SPALDING
sen the pace in sports
failed to break it by .4 seconds.
Another good performance was
made by. John "Tito" Brnilovich
who won the javelin with a throw
of 192 feet 2 inches. "Tito" made
one toss of 202 feet but it was
nullified by a foul.
The trackmen will go to Gaines­ville
Saturday to meet the track
team of the University of Florida
in a dual SEC contest.
The summary of the Auburn-
Alabama track meet:
440-yard dash: C. Davis (Ala­bama);
F1 o u r n o y, (Auburn);
Stauffer, (Alabama). Time: 49.7.
100-yard dash: Walker (Au­burn);
B. Davis (Auburn); Wood,
(Auburn). Time: 10.
Mile run: Overton (Auburn);
Mitchell (Auburn); Lackey, (Ala­bama).
Time: 4:21.7.
Shot put: Ryckeley, (Auburn);
Luck, (Auburn); Bailey, (Au­burn).
Distance: 42 feet 6V2 inches.
High Jump: McHenry, (Ala­bama);
Hurts, (Alabama); Han­son,
(Alabama), tied for first.
Height 5 feet 9 inches. _
120-yard high hurdles: Pen­nington
(Auburn); Wodrich, (Au­burn);
Hodo, (Alabama). Time:
14.9.
Javelin: Brnilovich, (Auburn);
Beauchamp, ( A l a b a m a ) ; Tal-madge,
(Auburn). Distance: 192
feet 2 inches... _ '
880-yard run: Flournoy, (Au­burn);
Johnson, (Alabama), Mob-berly,
(Auburn). Time: 2:02.6.
220-yard dash: C. Davis (Ala­bama);^.
Davis, (Auburn) Walk­er,
(Auburn). Time: 21.5
Pole Vault: Humphrey, (Ala­bama);
Chambless, ( A u b u r n ),
Payne (Auburn), and Fletcher
( A l a b a m a ) , tied for second.
Height: 12 feet.
Two-mile run: Overton, (Au­burn);
Steele, (Auburn); Lackey,
(Alabama); Time: 10:02.8.
Broad Jump: Hanson, (Ala­bama);
Stookey, (Auburn); Hurst,
(Alabama). Distance: 22 feet, 3%
inches.
220-yard low hurdles: Penning­ton,
(Auburn); Woodrich, (Au­burn);
A c r e e , (Auburn). Time:
24.8.
Discus: Bailey, (Auburn); Pier-son,
(Alabama) Luck, (Auburn).
Distance: 139 feet 3 inches.
Mile Relay: Alabama won on
forfeit.
The record time for an Auburn
mile was set last year by Fred
Carley of Auburn, 4:21.3. •
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household goods, boxes, trunks,
furniture, and also for running
errands. Call H. R. Hudson,
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s -. - •
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VOLLEYBALL CROWN
WON BY THETA CHI
Theta Chi fraternity's volleyball
'team successfully defended its
campus championship Thursday
night by defeating Phi Delta The­ta
2-0 in the finals of the volley­ball
playoffs. The. winners dom­inated
the playoffs, never losing
a complete set and only one game.
In the opening round PiKAMe-feated
SAE, 2-0, and Theta Chi
scored a 2-1 win over the Phi
Delts. In "the second round the
SAE's were eliminated by virtue
of a 2-1 defeat handed them by
the Phi Delts^ PiKA suffered its
first defeat, bowing to Theta Chi
2-0, the winner entering the finals.
The Phi Delts advanced txTthe
finals by handing PiKA its second
playoff defeat, 2-0, but in turn
were beaten by the powerful Theta
Chi's.
Women's PE Head
Attends Meeting
Mrs. Jeanette Land, head of the
women's physical education de­partment,
is attending the meet­ing
of the National Association
for Health, Physical Education
and Recreation, being held in
Boston, Mass.
LOST: A blue Sheaffer foun­tain
pen. Finder please call
Hollingsworth at 3167.
FOR SALE: Slightly used
"Rollfast" bicycle. Price cut
$15. Call Ed Williams at 155
So. Gay or phone 9029.
Surprise Victories
Mark Softball Play
In Fraternity Race
By Hank Moore
Two upsets marked interfrater-nity
softball play last week as
TKE beat KA 12-7 and OTS came
from behind to win over ATO 7-
6. ')
League I
The Deta Sigs defeated Theta
Chi, 7-3, in a five inning contest
Thursday that was halted be­cause
of rain. Bill Logan was the
•winning pitcher, giving up only
five hits and striking out three.
Bobby Hood was. the losing pit­cher,
being touched for 11 hits.
. In the only other League I
game scheduled, Lambda Chi won
fa forfeit victory over TEP.
| League II
Larry Pritchard, TKE hurler,
held favored KA to two hits* while
his teammates were banging out
eight hits and a .12-7 victory.
"Moss" Ray started on the mound
for KA but was battered from the
box in the 'fifth -inning by an
avalanche of TKE hits.
The P i / K a p p a v Phi-Alpha
j GammaJRho game was rained out
in the third inning, with the Pi
Kaps leading1-ft.
• ^.; League III
Brilliant fielding and hitting
gave SAE an- easy ,10-2 win over
Alpha Psi Thursday afternoon.
Lake Jones, SAE twifler, gave the
vets only two'bits, while Alpha
Psi pitcher Kennard was touched
for nine hits.
Sigma Pi squelched a last inn­ing
Phi Delta Theta rally to win
their game 5-4. Bob Jones was
on the mound for the winners,
giving up eight hits. Braswell was
the loser for the Phi's.
League IV
The OTS fraternity scored six
runs in the sixth inning, then
pushed across the winning mark­er
in the bottom of the seventh
to score a thrilling 7-6 victory
over the ATO softball team. The
winning pitcher was John Harris,
who aided his own cause by scor­ing
the winning run in the final
frame. Harris doubled to left field,
then scored on two costly errors
by the ATO fielders.
SPE defeated PiKA 15-10 in a
Thursday afternoon contest in j
League IV. Harold Brown was j
the winning pitcher although be-
Tiger Nine Splits Series With Georgia;
Meet Vandy Here Saturday In Twin Bill
By Bob Ingram
The Auburn baseball team plays host to the Commodores
of Vanderbilt University this weekend, meeting the Vandy
nine in a double header Saturday afternoon on Drake Field.
Auburn continued to run hot and eold in SEC competition
last week, splitting a two-game series with the Georgia Bull­dogs.
AN OUTSTANDING athlete
in four-sports, Erskine Russell
(above) captains this year's Au­burn
baseball team. An out­fielder
last season, he has been
switched to first base for the
Tigers this year. Russell prep-ped
at Ensley High.
ing consistantly hit for 13 safe­ties..
The SPE batters pounded
PiKA pitcher Keith Landrum for
16 base hits."
In the opening game of the
series being played in Athens, the
Auburnites lost a nightmarish
15-0 affair, as the men of Trippi
ran hog wild.
Auburn bounced back in the
second game to win 8-5 behind the
steady pitching of Bill Leteh-worth.
In this contest Auburn
broke a 5r5 tie in the top bf the
ninth with a three run splurge.
Two of these big runs were
highly protested by that experi­enced
protester, Charles Trippi.
The incident that brought on the
argument, and Trippi, occurred
when Emmet McAfee drove a hard
hit into the outfield scoring two
runs on the play. McAfee
failed to touch first base and was
called out by the base ump, yet
the home plate umpire ruled that
the runs, counted!
Later on the evening, but too
late to make much difference, the
umpire acknowledged his mistake,
but Auburn would have won the
game even without his assistance,
as one legitimate run had already
crossed the plate.
ANNOUNCING
the Block and Bridle
Horse Show
Monday, May 2nd, 7:30 P. M.
Behind Auburn High School
$647 IN CASH AWARDS
ADMISSION:
Adults $1.00 Students $ .75
Children $ .25
Tickets on Sale at Lipscomb's Drug
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Pyburn to Captain
'49 Football Squad
The 1949 Auburn' Tiger foot­ball
team will be captained by
Ralph Pyburn. He was elected
to this honor last vyeek by the
members of the Tiger squad. Py­burn
is a senior from Mobile and
plays end on the football team.
.Elected as. alternate-captain
was* Coker Barton. He is from
Birmingham, a senior, and plays
center.: '
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Staff Members Attend
Professional Meetings
Professional mce;rngs over the
state and nation are attracting
members of Auburn's faculty.
Dean L. S. Blake of the School
of, Pharmacy is attending the
American Pharmaceutical Asso­ciation
meeting now being held in
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Marion Spidle, dean of the
School of Home Economics has
just returned from a meeting of
the Junior Association of Ameri­can
Home Economics clubs in Pa­nama
City, Fla. She was accom­panied
by Miss Helen Finch, of the
home economics faculty, and two
students, Margaret Anne McGow-in,
Brewton, and Sally Sallade,
Fairfield.
On May 5-6, Dr. Ralph Draugh-on,
Auburn president, P. O. Davis,
director of Extension Service, W.
H. Gregory, livestock specialist
and Prof. J. C. Grimes, of the
animal husbandry department, will
attend the annual meeting of the-
Alabama Cattlemen's Association
in Birmingham.
UDC Chapter Holds
Memorial Services
Confederate M e m o r i a l Day
was observed at Auburn Tues­day,
April 26, when members
of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy held their .annual
service in the Auburn Methodist
church.
Roberts Brown, Opelika law- Mrs. Glen Stuart and Mrs. B.
yer and member of the Board of _ • •','. ...
L . , A , „„„u„ „„ B. Ross were co-chairmen of the
Trustees of Auburn spoke on
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Zeta "Starlight Ball" held in the
Saturday.
Prattville, led the annual Delta
student activities building last
"Vicksburg". observance.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
FLOCK TOGETHER
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I Meeting of April 20, 1949
The meeting was called to order
by President Gillis Cammack. The
minutes were read and approved.
The roll was called and the follow­ing
members were absent; Jim
Bob Mayfield, Sammy Kirkland.
The drives committee reported
that the investigation of a centra­lized
drive for all welfare organi­zations
was in process, and that
various people had been contacted
including the Red Cross, and that
letters had been dispatched to
several other schools pertaining to
their centralized drives.
Tim Miller, chairman of the
P.A.C., submitted the following
names to serve at the different
polls in the forth coming elections.
Russell Inman, John Cutcliff,
Crawford .Nevins, Bill Billingslea,
John Cates, Bob Vann, ^lerman
Blagg, Jack Howard, Ted Robbins,
Jjmmy Steadman, Bob Flanagan,
Sammy Kirkland, Ralph Langreck,
Al Durrance, Angus Gaskin, Jim
McLain, Jesse Keller, Bill Wil­son,
Hal Breedlove, Kinne Sutton.'
The above men were approved..
The president read a letter from
T. C. Clark pertaining to proposed
rules for advertisement on this
campus.. It was the opinion of the
cabinet that some of the rules
were too strict and that a com­mittee
should be appointed to in­vestigate
and make proposed
changes. Crawford Nevins, Tom­my
Eden and Jimmy Duke were
appointed to serve on this commit­tee.
/
Carroll Keller and Joe Meade
were appointed to make arrange­ments
for the annual banquet.
The meeting was closed in form.
Respectfully submitted,
Gilmer Blackburn
Secretary (
Approved:
Gillis Cammack ;
President
Freshman Baseball
Team Edges Valley
A four-run rally in the ninth
inning gave the Auburn freshmen
a 12-11 victory over Valley High
Monday afternoon on Drake Field.
It was the third win in four starts
for the Baby Tigers this season.
With the aid of six runs in the
seventh, the Valley team hel an
11 to 8 lead going into the bot­tom
half of the ninth. The frosh
tied the' score with hits by Bill
Tucker and Milton White and
wildness on tht* part of two Valley
pitchers. Then, with two outy
Fletcher Allen hit a single into
right field to score Henry Snow
with the winning run.
Charlie.Jones with a homer and
a single and Harvey Camp with
two singles and a double high­lighted
the Auburn hitting while
Beaird with a single and a double
led the Valley hitters. Earl Pearce
was the winning pitcher for Au-
Kominiek to Head
Alpha Epsilon Delta
Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medi-nal
honorary fraternity, ihet on
Tuesday evening, April 19 in
Comer Hall. A movie on cancer
was shown, after which a busi­ness
meeting was held, for the
election of officers to serve for
the coming year.
The new officers are Bobby}
Kominiek, president; Marilyn
Jones, . vice-president; Hartsell
Stewart, secretary; Tom Blake,
treasurer; and Ernaleen Stoves,
historian.
burn while Frazier was charged
with the loss. Both t e a m s got
eleven hits.
The freshmen meet Sidney
Lanier' High School in Mont­gomery
this afternoon. A return
game with Lanier will be played
here Monday afternoon beginning
at 3 p. m.
ALPHA PSI HOLDS
FORMAL PLEDGING
Alpha Psi fraternity recently
held formal pledging ceremonies
for the following men:
Robert P. Akers, Irvington; Ab-ner
Allred, Lincoln; J. W. Andress,
Andalusia; Earl Becker, Ashland;
James R. Burgess, Birmingham;
James H. Carter, Phenix City; Bill
Hart, Birmingham; Ernest Hinson,
Florala; Spencer R. MdMaster,
Winnsboro, S. C; Robert S. Mull-ins,
Ocala, Fla.; Bruce Riggs, Big
Stone Gap, Va.; John T. Sanders,
Greenville; William V. Spivey,
Tyler; Jimmy Alvis, Guntersville;
Gene Bearden, Akron, Ohio;
George Childs, Phenix City; Bert
Hill, Amory, Miss.; Henry Hays;
and J^ R. McCullough.
Gordon Howell Elected
Lambda Chi President
Gordon Howell, Hueytown, was
recently elected president . of
Omega Zeta chapter of Lambda
Chi Alpha fraternity. Others cho­sen
were:
Buddy Northcutt, Gorgas, vice-president;
John Martin, Clay-town,
secretary; Buddy Leo, Bir­mingham,
treasurer; Bob Lee,
Opelika, ritualist; Jim Monroe,
Castleberry, rush c h a i r m a n;
George Kelley, Fredericksburg,
Va., social chairman; Ed Ruff,
Notasulga, pledge trainer; Wof-ford
Smith, Birmingham, alumni
secretary and corresponding sec­retary;
Glenn Robeson, Spartan­burg,
S.C., sports chairman; Way-man
Kirkpatrick, Parrish, house
manager and assistant steward;
Bill Letchworth, Sebastian, Fla.,
IFC representative; and Lonnie
Simms, Vero Beach, Fla., ste­ward.
LOST: A white sweater in
the student activities building
Friday night. Finder please call
Tim Russell at 993-W.
6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 27, 1949
Huntsville Named As
Site of Research
Word was received this week
from the Ordinance Department
in Washington that the Air Force
and Navy will soon begin rocket
research at the Redstone Arse/ial
in Huntsville.
Equipment is now being moved
from Ekton, Maryland and ex­perimental
activity will get un­derway
at an early date. Actual
firing of the jato and non-guid­ed
rockets will .be limited to a
1,000 yard range.
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