1951-07-25 The Auburn Plainsman

              Auburn Plainsman
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. LXXVII. ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1951 Number 37
TO END SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Nelson-Neal Piano Duo
NELSON AND NEAL, or Mr. and Mrs. Harry Neal, will perform
in Langdon Hall on Tuesday, July 31,. in the last program of the sum­mer
concert series. This duo-pianist.team will be the third program
sponsored this summer by the Concert and Lecture Committee.
Mobile's Dr. A. Carl Adkins To Deliver
Summer Commencement Address
Dr. A. Carl Adkins, minister at Dauphin. Way. Methodist
Church; Mobile, willdeliverHthe commencement address at
summer quarter graduation exercises on August 25, President
Ralph B. Draughon. said today.
A graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College, Dr. Adkins
studied at George Washington
University, and the Presbyterian
Seminary in Louisville before re­ceiving
his B.D. degree from
Duke University Divinity School.
He received his D.D. degree from
Adrian University, Michigan.*
Dr. Adkins has held pastorates
in Louisville, Ky.; Atlanta, Ga.;
Opp, Ala., and Mobile. In 1950
Tie was a member of the Amer­ican
Seminar to Europe, and has
been summer, preacher at_ the
Central Methodist Church, De­troit,
Mich.; Grace Methodist
Church, Dayton, Ohio; and Christ
Methodist Church, New York
City.
He appeared here earlier in the
summer as speaker at one of the
Sunday evening Community Ser­vices.
Final Summer Program Set For July 31;
Piano Performance Is Free To Public
. " By Janet Cosby
Allison Nelson and Harry Lee Neal, duo-pianists, will
Ippear in concert at Langdon Hall, Tuesday, July 31, at 8:15
p.m., as the last presentation on the A.P.I, summer Concert
and Lecture series.
Student Ministers Meet
Again Tuesday, July 31
•The Auburn Ministerial Asso­ciation,
composed of A.P.I, stu-
"• dent ministers of all denomina­tions*
will hold its next meeting
''Tuesday night, 7:00, July 31.
Next week's program* will in­clude
a guest speaker, whose
name is not known at this time,
, who will speak to the group on a
subject pertaining to- the begin­ning
of such an organization as
the young ministers have formed.
.The AM A was recently organized
under the guidance of Mr. Jim
Foy, director of student affairs.
Rehearsals Increase
As Students Prepare
To Give 'Red Mill'
Rehearsals for the operetta,
"Red Mill," ' a re progressing at a
very rapid pace officials £>f the
production announced this week.
The program, which is to be given
by the music and dramatic depart­ments,
is scheduled for August 8,
9 and 10.
Telfair Peet, dramatic instructor,
is in charge of the dramatic re-hersals.
Lead soloists' are being
coached by Prof. Richard Collins
and the chorus and orchestra are
rehearsing under Prof. . Edgar
Glyde. ••" ,
The program will consist
Admission is free and the pub­lic
is invited.
. Having* appeared widely r as
soloists, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Neal
are unique among the duo-pian­ists
of the day.
The pianists have recently re­turned
from Australia, where
they received an enthusiastic re­ception.
Their coast-to-coast tour
included duo and solo recitals as
well as appearances as soloists
and duo-performers with various
orchestras.
In Adelaide, Australia, the
world premiere of the Rochberg
Concerto was dedicated to them
in approbation of their musical
ability. The Concerto was given
by the South Australian Sym­phony
under t h e direction of
Henry Krips, brother of Joseph
Krips, conductor of the London
Symphony Orchestra.
' Artists of "television as well as
radio, the Neals' presented a
weekly TV program from Phil­adelphia
ifor a year and a half. In
1950 they, left TV to tour the
United States, amassing a stag­gering
total of 153 performances
in one year.
Currently recording for Artist
Records, the 23-year-old musi­cians
met while studying music
of selected classical numbers.
and. were later married. They
furnish arid tune their own pia­nos
for each performance.
Diploma Orders
Senioi-s who will graduate in
August are asked to order their
diplomas within the next week, as
the last order will be sent out
Friday, July 27.
(Orders may be placed with Mrs.
Davis at the Registrar's office.
Dramatic leads will be taken by
Ann Segrest, Countess; Joe Vick-ery,
Con; Tom Erhart, Kid; Bob
Norris, Franz; Edwin Spenceley,
Mr. Pennyfeather; Jane Snow,
Gretchen.
Nancy Entrekin, Tina; Lenora
Jernigan, Bertha; Chester Wool-sey,
Captain Doris Van Damm;
Gene Guazzo, Willem.
Martin Spangler, The Governor
of Zeeland; Charles ^Hudson, The
Burgomaster, and'Lou Farrel, who
will sing some lead lines.
Admission will be free.to stu­dents
as well as the'general pub­lic.
Dennis-Lewis Concert
To Be Featured .
In Langdon Tonight
A joint concert will be presented
in Langdon Hall,* July 25, at 8:30
ptm., by two A.P.I, music students,
Marilyn Denis and Robert Lewis.
Miss Dennis, a senior from
Alexander City, is a piano stu­dent
under Prof, Edward ,Fitz-patrick
of the muisc department,
while Lewis, a junior from Savan­nah,
Ga., is a trumpet student of
Prof. David Herbert, recently ap­pointed
head of the Auburn band.
The selections to be played by
Miss Dennis -consist; of varied
works from the Baroque,-classical,"
romantic and modern piano reper­toire.
«
A veteran of three years as a
trumpet player for. the Auburn
Knights, Lewis will render several
trumpet solos by modern and ro­mantic
composers. Soprano Jane
Snow will also sing two numbers
on the joint program, with Peggy
Cosper as accompanist.
SUNDAY SPEAKER
LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS
Attention Veterans
All veterans are urged to go by
the Registrar's office and check
with Mrs. Harris on their war ser­vice
credits. Mrs. Harris asks that
this be done as soon as possible in
order that the records may be
completed.
Rev.-James Stirling
Rev. James Stirling
To Speak Sunday
At Union Series •
Rev. James . Stirling, rector of
the Auburn ChurchofHoly Inno­cents
will be the featured speaker
at the weekly Community Services
to be held in the Graves Amphi­theater
at 8 p.m. on Sunday, July
29.. '.
A native of Scotland, Stirling
received his educational training
at Woster School for Boys, Conn.;
Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., and
Virginia Theological Seminary,
Alexandria, Va.
He served in Episcopal churches
at Chattanooga, the University of
Florida and Vanderbilt University
before coming to Auburn. He was
in the U. S. navy during World
War II. : -
At present Rev. Stirling is
rector of the local church and vicor
of the Manuel Mission in Opelika
and the St. Andrews Mission at
Tuskegee Institute.
The services will be held as'
usual in Graves Amphitheater. If
unfavorable weather necessitates a
change in location, the services
will be held in Langdon Hall. "
LOVELY Mary Beth Robinson, junior in education from Auburn,
is the sixth in the summer series of "Loveliest of the Plains." Mary
Beth is a transfer from Agnes Scott College.
Ring Sale Scheduled
Today In Samford Hall
A ring sale will be held in the
lobby of Samford Hall this after­noon
from 1 until 5 p.m. Stu­dents
who have not purchased
their rings for the summer quar­ter
order are requested to buy
them as soon as possible.
.*-
Rings will also be on sale from
5 to 7 p.m. today in Magnolia
Hall for students living in the
men's dorm.
R i n g Committee spokesmen
call attention to the fact that lo­cal
merchants are also selling a
class ring. They pointed out that
"the Ring Committee ring is the
only official Auburn ring and is
selling at a considerably lower
price than the one sold in town."
Facts about the ring sold in,
town can be found on the editor­ial
page.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, July 25, 1951
AN AUBURN LANDMARK
A.N AUBURN TRADITION—The silver-painted lathe in front
of Samford Hall has become a landmark on the Auburn campus.
Used during the Civil War, the lathe has a colorful history. It has
been a traditional symbol for many Auburn men and women since
it was brought to the campus.-
Colorful History Behind Civil War Lathe
Has Become Part Of Auburn Tradition
By Dave Laney
Every day w h e n s t u d e n t s walk w i t h i n 10 y a r d s of the old
Silver-painted lathe on Samford's north side, few of them
[realize they are passing one of t h e most colorful, fabled land­marks
on the Auburn campus. The l e g e n d ' s u p p o r t i n g the
o r i g i n and existence of t h e . l a t h e , whose history dates back as
ifar as the Civil War, is one of
ihe most unusual and exciting
(traditions about the "Loveliest
[Village of the Plains."
; Built in the arsenal in Selma
•during the early part of the "Con-jfederacy's
dark hours," the lathe.'s
.primary purpose was to bore cahr
inon and turn tires for the-driving
.wheels of the locomotives em­ployed
"by Tffe "Confederate Army:'
.: Toward termination of the Civil
iWar, effort was made to move the
lathe to Columbus, Ga., locale of
another factory which produced
jmuch-needed war supplies. The
ilathe was loaded onto some sort
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. . . of course, enjoying
some real food. When
the family has gone to
the country^make this
your headquarters.
HAMBURGERS 15c
MILK SHAKE 20c
Vi FRIED CHICKEN 90c
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of improvised wagon to which
a long team of oxen was attach­ed.
The journey to Columbus was
to follow a carefully selected
route.along the Jones Valley Road
toward Birmingham.
Shortly after the trip to Co­lumbus
had been initiated, the G2
'oflhe "Boys in Blue" learned of
the attempt by the Confederate
troops to move the lathe. Acting
on this information, the Yankees
then made plans to intercept and
destroy the valuable piece of
equipment. When the Southern­ers'
counter-intelligence revealed
the plans of the Federals, those
engaged in the transportation of
SOCIETY
By Margaret Ann Draper
New Faces For Last Six Weeks
With the end of the first six "weeksthere was a rapid arrival and
exit of new faces. However," rnos"t of the students seem to be here
for the summer;-so the* social-activity moves on at a leisurely pace.
Prather's Lake Is Center Of Attiviiy
"Prather's Lake seems to hlaveibe'en the center of social life for this
past week. The Delta Chis had'an ice cream supper on Friday night,
while the boys from Magnolia Hall had a swimming party there on
Saturday. . •. The k/^s also went swimming on Saturday and then went
back to the fraternity house' for an informal dance.
Kappa Sigs Initiate 6
Kappa Sigma initiated six men on July 8. They were Leon Dean,
Gadsden; Tucker Rose, Birmingham; James Speir, Langdale; Jack
Middleton, Lariett; William Smith, Sylacauga, and Joe Parmer, We-tumpka.
-"•.•";
SAE Pledges Elect Officers
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon"pledge class held elections recently for
men to lead the group during 1951-52. Johnny Robertson was elected
to serve as president; Charles Boswell, Columbus, vice-president; Jack
Cole, Birmingham, secretary; Hale Bickerstaff, Columbus, warden.
Kappa Sigs Hold Rush Party
A week end rush party was held July 29-30 at the Kappa Sigma
house. Many potential freshmen boys were introduced to the Loveliest
Village.
3 Pledge SAE '
Three boys have cast their lot with Sigma Alpha Epsilon- as their
newest pledges. They1 are Jimmy Parrish, Dothan; Bubber Tatum and
Herbert Vaughn, Opelika.
Sigma Nu Pledges Elect
Sigma Nu recently pledged two additional Snakelets in Jake Patter­son,
Headland, and Don Haynes, Birmingham.
Also the Snake pledges recently held an election and elected their
pldge class officers: Gorman Houston, Eufaula, president; Ligon John­son,
vice-president; and Billy Harden, Dothan, secretary-treasurer.
the lathe dug a huge hole in the
ground, slid the machine into the
hole, and covered it up. This ac­tion
was supposed to have hap­pened
at Irondale, which was then
about 10 miles out of Birming­ham.
For sometime, the Irondale
ground retained the lathe until it
was dug up and hauled to Colum­bus,
where it remained until the
Appomattox episode. A few years
after the war was over, the cher­ished
relic was sent to Birming­ham,
where it was employed in
production of locomotive wheels
for peacetime uses. After several
years of such service in the "Ma­gic
City," the lathe was officially
retired and placed in storage.
About 16 years ago when the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad-
Company, Owners of the lathe,
offered the battered piece of ma­chinery
to Auburn as an article of
great historic interest, it was
brought to the War Eagle campus
and mounted permanently as a
landmark of interest for years to
come. The scene of many tradi­tions,
initiations, and romances,
the old initials-etched lathe has
won a place close to the hearts of
all true sons of Auburn.
Auburn Enrollment .
Tops In Southeast
For Land-Grants
Reports reaching here indicate
that Auburn has the largest stu­dent
enrollment of any land-grant
college in the Southeastern states.
So stated Dr. M. C. Huntley, dean
of faculties, in a report at the
quarterly meeting of the U. S.
Agriculture Council.
Dr. David W. Mullins, executive
vice-president, told how Auburn
is strengthening its engineering
research facilities and personnel.
He introduced Dr. R. G. Sturm,
new director of the Auburn Re­search
Foundation and director of
the Engineering Experiment Sta­tion.
College Athletic Director Jeff
Beard gave an optimistic report on
the athletic outlook for Auburn in
the coming year.
Faculty Club Plans
Party On Thursday
The Faculty. Club will hold a
watermelon cutting on'Thursday,
July 26, at 6 p.m. at Prather's
Lake, A. S. Chase, president, said
today.
F. E. Guyton and Dr. Frank S.
Arant are co-chairmen of the
event. ,:
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JULY 25-26
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AUBURNITES AT BARBECUE
CHOW LINE—These five'Aubunites are pictured at" the recent
Alabama-Auburn barbecue held in Sylacauga. Shown preparing for
a battle with Bill Hurst's barbecue are Dean Katharine Cater, Mrs.
Wilbur Hutsell, Coach Wilbur Hutsell, Mrs. Jeff Beard and Athletic
Director Jeff Beard.
2,000 Attend Alabama-Auburn Party
In Sylacauga As Hobbs Is Honored
By Tom Duke
Ever in pursuit of better relations between the two
schools, Auburn and Alabama alumni made their 14th an­n
u a l barbecue held last Wednesday in Sylacauga one of t he
biggest since t h e affair was originated. Different in a v a r i e ty
of ways, t h e Sylacauga festival a t t r a c t e d an estimated crowd
of 2,000 alumni from both schools representative of District 4 in con-
UNDER THE
SPIRES
and all parts of the state.
Officially representing the two
colleges were both presidents, Dr.
Ralph Draughon of Auburn and
Dr. John Gallalee of Alabama, to­gether
with members of both
coaching staffs.
An idea of Sylacauga newspaper
man, Jep Greer, was probably
responsible for the over-whelming
throng of alumni. His suggestion
that Sam Hobbs, for many years
gress, be honored on the occasion
seemed to spread like wild-fire.
Mayors of district cities declared
Sam Hobbs Days and the citizens
wended their way to the Marble
City to pay respect to their former
congressman.
True to the tradition of his pro­fession,
Judge Hobbs suggested
several improvements for the dis­trict,
including a cross state high­way
through Auburn.
Education Building To Be Occupied
Within Three Weeks, Officials Report
By Tom Duke
One of the major classroom and office problems on t he
campus has long been t h e fact t h a t t h e l a r g e s t school of A.P.I.,
t h e School of Education, has h a d no building within which,
t o centralize its operations. However, this problem has at
l a s t been remedied.
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The school' without a school-house
will have a home of its
own when the fall quarter opens
in September. Now in the final
stages of completion, the huge
building just west of Tichenor on
Thach street will serve to house
all the functions of the education
school. School officials hope to
occupy the building within the
next three weeks.
The new education building is
. a1 much-needed addition to Au­burn's
physical plant, but of
ihuch more significance is the
added training the School of
Education will be able to offer
because of this building.
Lab Work Possible
Never before, for instance, has
- t he school been able to offer lab-
. oratory work, even in those ad­vanced
courses where lab work
is deemed necessary. Now, how­ever,
with such facilities as psy­chology
labs, testing rooms, and
curriculum and seminar rooms
\ and with the addition of badly
needed modern equipment, such
practical work will be offered.
I Instruction by means of visual
aids will now be possible. The
new building will provide for a
large projection room, and dark
rooms -where visual aids may be
prepared.
; According to education officials
each major department will have
suitable offices and classrooms.
In addition special service depart­ments
such as the agricultural
supervisors of Agricultural Edu­cation,
^the Rehabilitation Service,
the Extension Teaching Service, a
counseling service (designed- to
be a supplement to the college's
present guidance service), and a
reading clinic will be located in
the building. These services will
be available to all students of the
college. (
The building will have a 250-
PRESBYTERIAN
Presbyterian faculty and stu­dents
are gathering this Saturday
evening at Westminster House for
the first annual Faculty-Student
watermellon cutting. The time is
7:30: Bill Johnson, Andalusia, is in
charge of arrangement.
Dr. J. McDowell Richards, presi­dent
of Columbia Theological, re­turns
to" the pulpit Sunday morn­ing
to speak on, "The Importance
of Today."N l
Westminster Fellowship supper
at six oh Sunday is to be followed
by a report on the UN by Ed Lee
Spencer; who recently represented
Auburn at the United Nations
Assembly.
CATHOLIC
Monday night the Newman Club
will continue the discussion on the
Encylical of Poplio XIII on the
Christian: Constitution of States.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday services will begin with
Bible Study at 10, continuing with
the regular service at 11. Student
Forum is at 6:30, and evening ser­vice
at 7:30. On Wednesday at 7:30,
the mid-week Bible Study is held.
METHODIST
Open House will be held Satur­day
night at the Wesley Founda­tion
with a bpwling party as chief
entertainment. After bowling, the
group will be served refreshments.
Sunday school classes are held
at 9:45 on Sunday morning, fol­lowed
by church at 11. The Sunday
evening program includes a supper
at 6, fellowship hour at 6:30, and
church service at 8 p.m. in Am­phitheatre,
Each Thursday even­ing
a prayer meditation is held at
7. *
EPISCOPAL,
. Chaplain Stirling will lead a stu-seat
auditorium which will pro­vide
for mass testing by the use
of convertible tablet arms. Class­rooms
will be of varied sizes to
provide for maximum efficiency
and to permit study of the effects
of different sizes of classes on the
work of the individual. Such
study would be of immense value
to the economy and efficiency of
the whole college.
As Dr. Paul Irvine, head of the
Education Interpretation Service,
stated, "This building is design­ed
not only to serve the School
of Education, but also to provide
facilities jfor many all-college
services."
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CONDITIONED
Plenty of space for your comfort
Delicious Sandwich Plates
Short orders and regular meals
Self Service on Coffee and Donuts
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F R O Z - R I T E ICE C R E AM
dent discussion Sunday evening at
the regular meeting of the Canter­bury
Club. Visitors are always
welcome at these meetings. Ves­pers
will be held at 5:30 p.m. in
the Church followed by supper
and the program.
A midweek service of Holy
Communion is held each Wed­nesday
morning at 6:15 a.m. in the
t Chapel. Light breakfast is served
following the service and students
with 7 a.m. classes may attend
and still reach class in time. j
BAPTIST
Worship at the Baptist- Church
will be the- regular program. The
Sunday School begins at 9:30 and
Training Union at 6:30 on Sunday
evening.
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Ring Sales Rob Students
Auburn students are being mislead and
gyped on class ring sales. Last week The
Plainsman discovered that Burton's Book­store
is now not only selling a class ring,
but they are also charging students prices
which are far above the selling price of the
official class ring.
The rings which Burton's is selling is
not the official Auburn ring. The official
class ring can only be purchased from the
student government Ring Committee.
Burton's ring is selling for $13 to $17
more than the official ring. Look at these
prices on class rings: (including tax)
Burton's Ring Committee
Ladies $36.97 $23.79
Mens (large) $46.30 $32.23
Mens (heavy) $52.87 $35.38
These prices do not include engraving
or encrusting. Burton's charges $2 per
letter for encrusting on rings. The Ring
Committee's price is only $1.50 for encrust­ing.
Burton's charges 10 cents per letter
for inside engraving. There is no charge
for inside engraving by the Ring Commit­tee.
Thus if John. M. Doe purchased a men's
large ring from Burton's with his "Phi
Beta Delta" initials encrusted on it as well^
as his name engraved inside, it would cost
him $53.10 as compared with a Ring Com­mittee
price of $36.73. In other words' he
would save $16.37 by buying from the Ring
Committee.
Although we are not sure of the legal­ity-,
we don't see how Burton's can use the
A.P.I. official seal on a ring made by C.
H._ Elliott Co. The-college has a.contract
_with Balfour Jewelers for the rings and it
is ..a part of the student government pro­gram.
We feel, college officials should take im­mediate
steps to declare the ring sold by
the Ring Committee the only official col­lege
ring. The A.P.I. seal should not be
used on a ring which is not official and
which is robbing the Auburn students un­justly.
This incident should show Auburn stu­dents
how much money the student gov­ernment
Ring Committee saves, them. If
the local merchants were given authority
to sell rings, rat caps and invitations stu­dents
would pay a great deal more than
they dp now.
North Carolina's Senator Smith
Recently an Associated Press story
quoted North Carolina Senator Willis
Smith as" saying, "There are no disloyal
persons in our midst (North Carolina) . . .
We have the purest Ango-saxon blood.
We don't have to be suspicious of our peo­ple."
This -statement sounds a great deal like
a speech made last year by Ex-Alabama
Democratic Committee Chairman Gessner
McCorvey. It also sounds typical of re­actionary
Smith who used every smear
tactic in the book to defeat Senator Frank
Graham last summer.- . .; . .
In commenting on Smith's statements
a columnist for The JDaily Tar Heel, Uni­versity
of N.C-,, had. this,,to say, about.the
, senator's-views: ,.. .,...,,, _, ..
"As to that 'purest Anglo-saxon blood,'
your thesis is probably correct, if one dis­counts
the million and a half Negroes, the
Unified Legislative Program
As the general education appropriation
bill reaches the surface in the state legis­lature
this week, The Plainsman would like
to express sincere appreciation to Presi­dent
Ralph Draughori and his assistants
for the fight they have made for Auburn.
No group of college administrators in
the state have tried harder to show the
state legislature the needs of the school.
No college in the state has a destiny com­parable
to Auburn's. We sincerely hope
that the legislators will realize this destiny
and provide adequate funds for its fulfill­ment.
In addition to the hard work by Dr.
Draughon in his fight for Auburn in parti­cular,
the energetic Auburn executive has
joined hands with Dr. John Gallalee of the
University and Dr. John Caldwell of Mon-tevallo
in presenting a unified legislative
front for higher education in Alabama.
Cherokees, the several thousand descend­ants
of Mediterranean people and the few
hundred Asiatics and Euro-Asiatics.
"And to you, Mr. Smith, these must be
second-rate citizens, unworthy of inclusion
in your own special census. But as to the
'disloyal persons in our midst,' if you mean
what you seem to mean, then on this point
alone I must disagree with you. For there
are untold numbers of North Carolinian*
who are disloyal to your particular concept
of democracy."
•. The Plainsman sincerely hopes that
. these, "untold numbers of North Carolin­ians"
in disagreement with Smith's theory
will continue to grow. May their number
increase and may this increase be accom­panied
by a sense of shame for having sub­stituted
such a man as Smith for Senator
Graham.
This unified, cooperative spirit by the
three Alabama colleges is something new
in legislative history. It indicates sincere-ity
of purpose and action. Each of these
three men now work together for the good
of higher education in Alabama rather
than solely for the good of their individual
school.
Dr. Draughon has been very instru­mental
in formulating this cooperative at­titude.
He has not only tried to remove
Auburn from its one-time political role in
state affairs, but he has also refused to
use the A.P.I. presidency or Extension Ser­vice
as political tools. Under Dr. Duncan
they were Auburn's legislative weapon.
Instead, he has used straight-forward
and intelligent methods in attempting to
give the legislators a clear picture of Au­burn's
needs and future. Auburn can be
proud of this hew type of leadership
• Auburn Plainsman •
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Editor
Mgn. Editor
Associate Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
._ Feature Editor
Crawford Nevins
Everett Hale
Dot Davis
Sonny Bruner —
Business Mgr.
Advertising Mgr.
Asst. Adv. Mgr.
Circulation Mgr.
Pilot To Navigator, Roger, Wilco, over and out."
Letters
MacArthur's Political
Show Is Not Over
Deaf Sir:
I have just one more stamp left
and I want to bring the Mac-
Arthur letters down to date and
attempt to clear up a few points.
Your writer included in his
MacArthur editorial, and I quote,
"The show is over Doug. Cut the
curtain calls and just fade away."
Now, he has indicated that he is a
strong advocate of freedom of
the press but would deny free­dom
of speech, another constitu­tional
guarantee even for old men
who have served their country
well.
I'll wager Mr. Harris a gallon
of Louisiana May haws against a
gallon of Alabama scuppernogs
that the show isn't over. I seem to
remember that one of the senat­ors,
I believe it was George, stat­ed
that while the MacArthur
hearings were ended, excerpts
from it would be used-extensively
in the forthcoming political cam­paigns.
I notice that your writer in his
letter to the editor in The Plains­man,
Wednesday the 11th, states
that I denounced freedom of the
press, free speech and free enter­prise.
I thought I was advocating
freedom of speech and free en­terprise
and I didn't intend to
make it apply to any one group
of persons. I am also for freedom
of the press but I would like to
clear up one matter so far as
The Plainsman is concerned.
Maybe I have been wrong in
my thinking but I have always
labored under the impression
that The Plainsman represented
the student body and the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute. Un­der
those conditions, it becomes
the expression of the school, its
past and present student body. If
I ani wrong and it is a paper to
be used freely for the expression
of each individual writer's per­sonal
opinion, then I apologize
for even mentioning the matter.
I have no feud, as you stated
it, with Mr. Harris. As a matter
of fact, I don't know the gentle­man
and I am sure he doesn't
know me since he placed me as a
Louisiana oil distributor. Selling
oil is not a part of my business.
Maybe had I been an oil distri­butor
I could have poured a little
oil on my letter and it wouldn't
have caused so much comment.
I. enjoy reading The Auburn.
Plainsman, which, according to
its slogan, fosters the Auburn
'spirit, and I hope it can be kept
out of national and state politics.
I notice that my subscription ex­pired
in February and I really
shouldn't be getting the paper. In
order for me to keep reading it,
I am attaching my check hereto-for
$6 for two additional years.
Please send-me a receipt and you
will have to use your own stamp
since I don't have any more.
Very truly yours,
W.-M. Little
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Community Services Provide Approach
For Unified Christian Worship And Action
' By Walt Albritton
"Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go
by him"-^B. Taylor i
What with Hank Williams, Harry (I ain't gonna tell you
yet) Truman, the Kansas flood, the ever prominent racial
problem and the Korean peace movement all making their
red hot bids to be in the number one news spotlight, there
isn't much chance for a "Go to Church" campaigner to make
his story headline news. pass right by them, unnoticed.
However, we still remain con- By failing to take advantage of
these fine Protestant services,
students are not only missing an
opportunity to acquire an in­spirational
treat, but also the op­portunity
to hear some ~"of the
finest religious speakers avail­able
in this section.
Students are also missing out*
(Continued on next page)
vinced of its importance. If you'll
hang on for a few minutes, we'll
try to make this a painless opera­tion,
although we flatly refuse to
use gas.
We feel that those students who
are missing the weekly Protes­tant
Community Services are al­lowing
a great opportunity to
Guest Column
The Danger Of'What The Heck
by Ovid Bay
EDITOR'S . NOTE: T h is
straight-from-the-shoulder arti­cle,
drawing a parallel between
the problems facing a student
today and a similar situation
faced by the writer nine years
ago, was called to our attention
recently and we thought it
worthy of further circulation.
The writer, Ovid Bay, was editor
of the University of Missouri
College Farmer in 1941 and went
r into the service immediately
upon graduation. He served for-nearly
four years and spent 356
days in combat as a corporal and
emerged with the' rank of cap­tain.
His observations are well
worth the time and consideration
of all students. . (S
By Ovid Bay
You are a student and you are
finding it "more difficult each day
to prepare your lessions" properly
and attend classes regularly. Why?
Because we are entering a period
of total mobilization for a possible
future war which will involve all
of us one way or another. You are
inclined to be somewhat confused
about all this war talk and the part
you will play- as an individual. In
fact, if you- are normal, you are
inclined to say "So, what the
heck!"
Sure, you can say "So, what the
heck" and let your grades go to
pot the rest of the semester or the
rest of the year while you fret and
simmer about the war. You may
' e v e n jump out of the pan into
the fire by quitting school before
you are called and loaf around
home while the government pre­pares
places to train men as facili­ties
become available.
On the other hand, Is that really
the smart way to handle this situ­ation?
If you will excuse the per­sonal
reference, nine years ago this
month I was in the same spot you
are in today—as a student in the
University of Missouri. The fol­lowing
comments are personal ob­servations
that the author hopes
will help you a* you try to keep
your mind on the business at hand
in the days ahead.
Pearl Harbor was still smoking
and submarines were causing so
much damage on the Atlantic coast
that oil was coming in with the
tide at times—it was extremely
hard to sit around in school while
"red-blooded men" were getting
into service during the spring of
1942. Yet, as I look back and re­view
the individual cases of the
boys, both in school and later in
the field artillery battalion where.
I spent nearly four years, the
smart ones were the ones who
kept their heads.,
What do we mean when we say
they kept their heads? First of all,
they refused to get excited about
all of the rumors that invariably
accompany mobilization arid wars.
Indeed, instead of letting up, some
of them had the foresight to start
taking electives in mathematics
and physics and other courses that
would help perpare them for offi­cer
training schools. In plain
words, they decided to keep right
on sawing wood as long as the
wood pile remained' and the saw
kept running. They realized the
more training they got behind
them the better off they would
be—come war or come peace:
Come war or come peace, you
will still be an individual and will
have your individual life to live—
if we succeed in keeping our
American way of life, and we will.
Hence, you will actually be the
one to benefit the most from this
process which we call "keeping
ycur head." You and you alone
are the one who will be selected
from the ranks for service schools
and promotions. Had you thought
of that?
Perhaps you do not believe that
there is competition within ranks
for promotions. Mark these words
—ranks and promotions—they are
next to salary the most tangible
reward given by the government
for your services. They are invalu­able—
they give a man pride, pres­tige
and power. They are some-
Tom Duke Tells Humorous Anecdotes
Which He Feels Will Interest Readers
Memorandum to the Editor
SUBJECT: Favorite Stories from My Notebook
It had been amusing at first and
they had laughted about it—Jane
and he. "Won't be long now before
b-a-b-y comes" he had spelled
Out.
"It'll be a complete surprise to
little Harold," Jane had answered.
"Surprise, Mom?" the ten-year
old boy had asked, "What sur­prise?
Betcha I know! Choclat'
caKe! Gosh."
They smiled lovingly at their
son but said no more.
As time passed it became in­creasingly
difficult to conceal the
obvious, and the father wisely re­solved
to send the child to his
grand parents to await the passing
of time.
Eventually the stork dropped
his precious bundle and, as the
household prepared *to return to
near-normal, the proud parent
phoned and asked that the boy be
notified, but discretely, of his new
sister. ^ '
"Son," the grandfather said,
"You know that wise old bird the
stork has been flying pretty low
over your house. Yes, he's been
around for nearly a week, just
flapping his wings like everything,
swooping, and
thers arid sisters, today ah is go­ing
to preach about lies. But be­fore
ah begins ah wants every­body
what has read the 76th chap­ter
of Matthew to raise his hand."
The colorful body before him
immediately became a mass of
tinted palms reaching for the ceil­ing.
The* Negro preacher then
shouted in his loudest voice,
"That's what I means! Ah's gonna
preach today about LIES, 'cause
dere ain't no 76th chapter of Mat­thew.
. .
Then there was the Black Belt
legislator who in search for po­litical
tools came to Auburn for an
investigation. Realizing that he
must create an issue in order to
win he sailed into A.P.I. Returning,
home he spoke with deep concern
of the condition he found in the
Plains.
He thunderously roared:
"Do you know that the boys
and girls that we send to Auburn
every year, practice co-education
under the very eyes of the faculty?
And your girl, and my. girl—if she
were sent there—do you know
the very first thing they'd make
"Gosh," interrupted the boy,'her*do? No? Well, I'll tell you—
"that's bad. I hope he don't scare they'd make her matriculate."
mom—she's pregnant you know." Reaching the climax of bis speech
* * * he fairly bellowed: "And that ain't
A Negro preacher took his stand all ladies and gentlemen. For the
before a wise-eyed audience and past 20 years, our boys and girls
raised his hands shouting, "Bro- up there have been forced to: use
thing to write home about! Many
a clipping from the hometown
newspaper becomes yellow- and
worn in the billfold in the pocket
of a uniform.
Maybe you won't be able to use
one iota of the technical know­ledge
in service that you secure
during the next few months of
school. Yet, there seems to be a
correlation between the training
indicated' by your staying and
keeping your feet on the ground
and the, common sense you will
automatically exhibit when you
are called into the service. The
total war effort would be slowed
down tremendously .tomorrow if
ail students who are eligible for
call would volunteer. We will be
called as we are needed and as
receiving centers are ready to pro­cess
and cafe for the number re­quested.
My last observation and one of
the most important was the fact
that a large percentage of the boys
in my class in 1942 came back and
that only a few of them stayed in
the service wih regular commis­sions.
In other words, for the most
part, we came back and tried to
pick up where we left off in the
spring and summer of 1942.' With­out
exception, I believe, the more
complete the training before en­tering
the service, the easier it was
to adjust to civilian life and the
more valuable, each individual has
been to" his community and society.
I sincerely hope my experience
and observations will help some or
all of you shake off the "So, what
the heck!" infectious plague and
make the maximum and most ef­ficient
use of. your time until
someone with the authority and
insight says, "Now, we are ready
for you.". . .. ,.. . . ..
Perhaps the British soldiers had
a good solution to this "So, what
the heckitis." They would prob­ably
grab you by the arm and re­mark,
"I say, old chap, it's not so
bad, don't you know—let's have a
spot of tea."
the same curriculum;"
Whereupon, a tall, gaunt share-cropped
from the audience rose
to interrupt with "My Gawd!
Senator. How long's this terrible
thing been going on?"'
Community Service v
(Continued from page 4)
standing features that are not of­fered
in regular, ordinary and in­dividual
church services. There
is a calming atmosphere of com­radeship
and brotherhood present
at these open air services. Sitting
in the cool, green and spacious
Amphitheatre, one cannot help
but feel that he is closer to God
than at any other time.
Such a showing of brotherhood
makes one feel that maybe there
is hope, after all, for the ulti­mate
merging of not only the
Protestants, but all denomina­tions,
into one great organization
with one great goal.
Today, more than at any time
in history," man is in need of the
guidance and inspiration offered
in religion. The Community Ser­vices
offer something more than
the ordinary in the way of in­spiration,
guidance and a calm­ness
of mind. Few people, and
probably fewer college students,
have the opportunity that is of­fered
Auburn students. To neglect
such an opportunity for broad
religious learning at such an op­portune
time is an act of ignor­ance.
Those students who are attend­ing
the services seem to enjoy
them very much.
At the conclusion of last Sun­day
night's service, a student re­marked
to. this writer—"Wonder
who thought up the idea of hav­ing
these community services."
Real Views Of Liberals Are Pictured
From Inside By CriticaLColumnists
By Bill Rogers and David Ward ,
There is one group of individuals who seerii to be repre­sentative
of the times. This group unabashedly proclaim
themselves LIBERALS, not to be confused with liberals;
LIBERALS are an abunoant lot, their ranks increasing at a.
pace_even the Japanese can not match. Not only are they*^*
numerous, but they are omnipresent, being found iib smaH?
towns (one to a town) and large cities.
I Although no one has to look far to find a LIBERAL, it is
not even necessary to look to find one on a
college campus. They infest the place! Fo*
the sake of mental health we have decided
to apply a little verbal DDT (with Pyreths*
nun.) >
No place is safe from these intrepid world'
..savers; they have invaded pool rooms, dining:
rooms, class rooms, and wash rooms. To bee
a LIBERAL is to scoff at tradition, tradition
ROGERS" being silly nonesense like integrity and"con>- ._
viction. The LIBERAL of today has found the socket i*
which to plug his views and watch their devesting light.
The newspaper has become the>eritable stomping ground
of the LIBERAL. Here he is in his element; here he caa
inflict his LIBERAL flights of fancy on the captive audience.
Through some subtle alchemy the LIBERAL on the printed
page is twice the LIBERAL of the spoken word, and we ad«V
twice as disgusting. •
The newspaper LIBERAL is marked by his willingness,
to sound off on any subject, particularly one on which he is-totally
ignorant. After an exhaustive study we have foun*
that ignorance, mixed "with-equal parts of egotism, is the onlj^
criterion for the writing of the LIBERAL. Ranking highest
in painfulness is the self-appointed seer of political affairs;
Public officials are clay in his hands; great issues feel the?
stinging cut of his satire. Swinging the cudgel of righteous­ness,
he flays his victims with ten point pica, feeling a clos*
kinship to the Delphian oracle. He is always eager to give,
his readers the gems produced by his sophomoric mind.,
Classroom LIBERALS are anxious to do their part in the»
great crusade. Wearing their principles like a new suit, thejp
sound off on TVA and socialized medicine, Negro problems,
and Supreme Court decisions, treating each subject with the
appropriate phrases and gestures; they know they are appro­priate
because they read, or somebody told them, just how-to
handle any situation." Their wisdom has been gleaned"*
from extended and feverish conversations with others of:
their ilk. And too, it has come from short, but painstaking
reading of choice and lurid paragraphs that defame conven­tion.
Classroom LIBERALS think German measles are un-
American, Jefferson was Victorian, the Constitution out­moded,
and freedom of thought, so long as it subscribes with*
their thoughts, essential. It is both pleasant and informa­tive
to see one of them cornered. Without hesitation he ;
makes like a.chameleon. If the subject is race baitirig her
holds the hook, if it is for un-segregated schools, he favors;
the plan; he is for or against deperiding on his company. *
These inconsistencies do' not mean that he is a fool, but,
rather, for the sake of accuracy,1 a weak fool. Usually LIB-ERALS
of a feather flock together, and though their numbers
are increasing, itvis open season. Get out your guns.
Characteristically Collegiate
. By Joe Caraway •
1
Dediation to a Monster-:
Who borrows all your ready
cash?
Your-roommate.
Whose talk is senseless haber-dash?
Your roommate.
Who confiscates your socks
and ties?
Who never thinks to wind the
clock?
Who. smokes the last one-in the
box?
Your roommate.
Who always borrows, never
lends?
Your roommate.
Who brings around his low
brow friends?
Your roommate.
Who breaks your furniture and
your lamps?
Who uses up your postage
stamps?
Who corresponds with movie
vamps?
Your roommate.
But who's a constant pal to you?
Who overlooks the things you<
do?
Who knows and loves yoo>
through and through?
YOUR MOTHER.
1st drunk: "Guess what I.have^
in my hands?"
2nd drunk: "A fly?"
"Nope."
f'A mosquito?"
"Nope."
"An elephant?" i.
"What color?"
, Hi: "I sent a dollar to a firm*
for a cure for my horse that slob­bers."
Si: "What did you get?"
Hi: "A slip of paper on whicli,
was written: 'Teach him to spit'.*
» . » - •
Once there was a little "uogf
named August. August was yerjfr
fond of jumping at conclusion^
and one day he jumped at »•
mule's conclusion The next daj^
{was the first of September. j.
6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, July 25, 1951
Mississippi Rebels To Resume Role
As Plainsman Foe Again This Fall
By Walt Albritton
Although Auburn and the University of Mississippi have
••been "members of the same conference for more than half a
century, November 10, 1951, will mark only the fourth time
time that they have met on the gridiron..
The Tigers will meet the Rebels in Mobile in their "lucky"
seventh game of the year. Follow­ing
the Ole Miss encounter, Au­burn
will be "on the road" for the
rest of the season, facing in succes­sion
the University of Georgia,
Clemson, and the Capstone Ala-bamiansk.
Birmingham was the site of the
first engagement between Auburn
and Ole Miss. There in 1928 the
Johnny Rebs romped to a decisive
19-0 victory over Coach George
Bohler's first Auburn team. At the
helm of the Ole Miss attack was
shifty Gerald Walker, who spark­led
the Rebel drive with two touch­downs.
Walker later became a
prominent major league baseball
star.
Three years later the two
schools resumed rivalry again and
this time the Tigers turned the
tables. The rampaging 1932 eleven,
one of the best teams that Auburn
has ever produced, downed the
mighty Rebels, 14-7. Although the
Tigers had an undefeated, but
Once-tied team that year, they
barely whipped the Rebs in the
last two minutes of play by virtue
of some brilliant running by Lind-ley
Hatfield and Ail-American
Jimmy Hitchcock.
After an elapse of 17 more years,
Mississippi and Auburn finally
scheduled their third game, which
took place in Montgomery's Cram-ton
Bowl, September 23, 1949. The
heavily, favored Rebels played true
to formr and_trounced the Tigers
By a~4t)-Cr sc^fir Auburn" wflT Be
• hopiftg to ev&T tip t h e "series this'
fall by thrashing''the-Rebeig.-v ."
' A Big threat to Auburn's run­ning
attack can easily, be foreseen
in the Rebel line of '51. Listed on
the Ole Miss roster will likely be
some of the conference's heaviest
guards. Stationed at right guard
will probably be rugged senior
George Rhodes', a native Missis-sippian,
weighing 245-pounds.
Big Bill Strong (225) looms as
the probable left guardsman, with
plenty of reserve strength avail­able
in young Carl Young (225),
John Vlahos (220), and Bob Fuerst
(210).
Few teams in' the South con­tinually
produce such strong teams
as Ole Miss, so fans may rest as­sured
that the Rebel-Tiger tangle
will be one of the big games of the
year. t
Hellcats Hold Lead
With Two Victories
By Bob Wilkin
Ballard field was the scene of
some hot and fast softball action
last week as league play went into
its third week of the summer. In
league I the Wecans moved into
third place against undefeated
Sigma"Pi and Theta Chi by down­ing
PGR, 10-5,
Widening their lead in league II
considerably, the Hellcats gained
their fourth and fifth straight wins
by whipping section H, 23-2, and
TKE, 12-7.
In league III SPE and PKT re­mained
tied for first place, while
the Delta Sigs lost their first game
8-5 at the hands of ATO to be
knocked from their high-flying
perch in League IV.
Results: (Wednesday games not
included) -
League I
DSP 14 Wecans 15
Wecans ~~~~ 13 E r 5
TC ....
PGR:
16
_0
SP _.
DSPi
. . League II
Hellcats —_ 23 TKE _ 1 _ _
H:" 1 2 Hellcats —
F . - -.
TKE
14
„7
League III
J 7 PKT .
Clowns : - 0 SC ...
12
. 0
. 7
12
DSP
A ._
League IV
_ 14 KS ...
7 ATO
PKA
DSP .
. 16
.._ 5
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BACKFIELD COACH
Coach Bradberry
Youngest Coach,
'Buck' Bradberry
To Handle Backs
When asked about his first im­pression
of Auburn, "Buck" Brad­berry,
co-mentor of Tiger back-field
hopefuls and the youngest
coach on the Auburn staff said, "I
received my first impression of
Auburn while I was playing foot­ball
at Georgia. My teammates and
I found that the Auburn spirit,
both in the' team and in the stu­dent
body, was the toughest we
had to face all year."
Bradberry comes to Auburn as
one of the youngest college coach­es
in the nation. At 24, he'already
has two years of college coaching
experience behind him. Following
his graduation from the University
of Georgia in 1949, he served one
year as assistant freshman coach
there, and then went to Oklahoma
A&M, where he served one season
as freshman coach under J. B.
Whitworth, who asked that Brad­berry
accompany him to the Aggie
campus.
When Bradberry was recalled to
A.P.I, this spring, he brought with
him an impressive record, both as
a coach and an athlete. He is one
of the few men who has ever been
awarded four football letters at
Georgia, and in addition he was a
crack hurdler. He placed third in
both high and low hurdles in SEC
competition in 1949.
As-a defensive halfback, vBrad-
"berry played on three bowl teams
while at Georgia. He accompanied
the Bulldogs to the Orange, Sugar,
and Gator Bowls. He was rated one
of the deadliest tacklers ever pro­duced'at
Georgia by Wally Butts,
and consequently, most of his
work with the Tigers will be con­cerned
with the training of de­fensive
backs.
Bradberry is a native of Athens,
Ga., and a veteran of two years in
the Navy. He is single, stands 5
feet 11 inches and weighs-in at
155.
League I W L Pet.
Lewis Jeter Wins
Chesterfield Prize
The Campus Chesterfield repre­sentative
announced today that the
winner of last week's Sport Ques­tion
was Lewis K. Jeter. Jeter,
winning with the correct answer,
Citation, will be presented a carton
of Chesterfields.
Fourteen answers, out of a total
74, were postmarked the same
early hour, making necessary a
drawing to determine the winner.
All forthcoming-questions' will
pertain directly to Auburn sports
and the athletic department. Since
some answers will need research,
deadline fpr submitting answers
SP 3 0 1.000 W'c's 2 3 .400
TC 3 0 1.000 DSPi 1 3 .250
PGR 2 3 .400 E 0 2 .000
League II
Cats 5 0 1.000 F 1 2 .333
SAE 2 1 .667 TKE 1 2 .333
KA 2 1 .667 H 1 4 .200
League III
SPE 3 0 1.000 U 1 1 .500
PKT 3 ' 0 1.000 SC 0 0 .000
K 1 1 .500 Cl'ns 0 0 .000
League IV
ATO 3 0 1.000 I 0 2 .000
DSP 2 1 .667 KS 0 3 .000
A 1 1 .500
George Butts Follows
Coach Jordan Here
When Ralph Jordan came to Au­burn
from the University of Geor­gia,
where he was Wally Butts'
line coach, he brought George
Butts with him.
George Butts, is a canine wonder
trimmed in black and labeled a
cocker spaniel. Former Georgia
end George Poschner gave the
pooch to Butts who later presented
him to Jordan. Since the dog had
no name, Jordan picked Poschner'-s
first name and Wally's last name.
will be following Friday after the
after the question appears. All"
should be mailed to the Chester­field
Representative, Box 55, City.
Question of the Week
Who was the most outstanding
athlete on the Auburn campus, ex­celling
in all sports, • during the
year 1937? He is well known fpr
his sport activities in the South as
well as on this campus today.
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7—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, July 25, 1951
Right HalfbackPost
Shows Inexperience
Sophomores Hataway, Duke Lead Candidates;
Alford And Jordan Expect To Form Reserve
By Bill Beckwith
Charles Conley Hataway is a squatty, poker-faced 190-
pound sophomore, but according to A u b u r n coaches, " w h a t ta
football player." The same name is well w o r t h remembering
because t h e 19-year-old Troy powerhouse was t h e top runner
SOPH STAR
d u r i n g Auburn's spring drills and sparked t h e A-Day game,
as he gained 88-yards in 20 run­ning
attempts for an average of
4.4-yards a try.
Because of his spring exploits,
Hataway is the top candidate for
the right halfback position when
practice opens on SeDtember 1.
Everyone knows of Alabama's
Bobby Marlow and they know he
is from Troy. Hataway was' on
the 1948 Troy squad as a team­mate
of Marlow's and won All-
State honors, plus being voted'the
"Outstanding Player."
'. "When you are standing in the
middle of the field during practice
and Hataway is on the sidelines
there's no peace for you," said
Coach "Buck" Bradberry in com­menting
on the Troy youngster.
"Everytime you look towards the
bench for a substitution, Hata-way's
always standing in front of
.flie crowd, and if you look in his
face you weaken because he is
hungry to get in the; action. He
can't keep his eyes off the ball,"
Bradberry concluded.
Hataway proved his value dur­ing
the spring and he'll have to
prove it again in the fall, because
there's another twinkle-toed so­phomore
fattening the football
fortunes of the Tigers in Mobile's
Robert Duke.
Both boys are the same size,
five-feet, ten-inches tall and
weighing ten-pounds under the
200 mark. Rapid Robert was the
third leading ground-gainer in the
A-Day classic with 44-yards in 11-
rushes for an average of 4.4-yards
a try.
Duke was thrice All-City for
McGill Institute and could hold a
slight speed advantage over Char­ley.
During their freshman year,
it was a toss-up for first-string
honprs.
Freshman Terry Kendricks was
a surprise during the A-Day game
despite a weak ankle that kept him
DEAN OF TRACK.
Charles Hataway
benched half of the time. He is
possibly the fastest of the Auburn
backs but will be a big question
mark this fall because of inex­perience.
Bradberry points out in discuss­ing
the halfback prospects that
"A defensive ball player is not an
offensive castoff. I wouldn't mind
saying that he is as important, if
not more important, than the guy
running with the ball," he said.
"A defensive halfback has to
Tiave exceptional reactions," he
added, "plus the speed, desire, and
the ability to tackle and cover
passes."
Junior Percy Alford is one of
those men Bradberry spoke of be­cause
he will most likely be one of
the defensive halfbacks for the
Tigers this fall. Standing over six-feet
and weighing 180-pounds,
Alfdrd stepped in during mid-season
last fall and did a remark-
Coach Wilbur Hutsell
•/
Dillion, DeMedicis
Give Coach Hutsell
>
A Successful Season
By Bill Beckwith
Auburn's veteran track mentor
Wilbur Hutsell is one Of the hap­piest
men in the United States to­day.
Hutsell has all rights to en­joy
his happiness because he
coached two All-American track
performers in 1951.
Jim Dillion and Jack DeMedicis
were the two men that Were list­ed
on the 38-rhan All-America
College Track and Field Team.
Dillion was the national discus
champion and was one of the nine
sophomores selected. • DeMedicis
finished second in the' national
high hurdles championships and
joined Dillion as a champion of the
Central Collegiate Meet.
This accounts for much of Hut-able
job for Auburn. He played
Only 29 minutes during the first
seven games, but performed 108
minutes during the last three
games for a total of 137 minutes.
The dark-Skinned Birmingham
hustler will be called on for some
offensive service. Bothered by a
bad shoulder injury sustained dur­ing
the spring, his future will de­pend
on the doctor's analysis.
Another little speedster, Bobby
Jordan, might surprise a lot of
folks, because the 150-pound
Birmingham junior is a deadly
tackier and excels as a punt re­turner.
He. can get so fired up in a
game that he has to let Off steam
and 150 boiling pounds can spell
trouble.
ATTENTION
GRADUATING
SENIORS
Be sure to get your cap
and gown measurements
before the deadline, Aug­ust
4th.
at
BURTON'S
BOOK STORE
'Something New Every Day"
sell's happiness" while another por­tion
can be attributed to his com­pletion
of 30 consecutive years as
track coach at Auburn. The Hut­sell
regime at Auburn started in
1921 when he joined the coaching
staff as trainer and track mentor.
Dean of Coaches
He has been acclaimed "The
Dean of Southern Track and
Field" and has proven his title
through his excellent record. A
Hutsell track team has never fin­ished
a season under the .500
mark, meaning that his teams have,
never lost more meets than they
have won during the 30 years.
Dillion and DeMedicis joined
Papa Hall of the University of
Florida as the only three South­erners
selected for All-America
honors,
Big Jim was voted the outstand­ing
track athlete in the South­eastern
Conference, plus winning
the discus championship of the
Southern Relays, Florida Relays,
Southern-Southeastern Intercon-ference
Meet, Southeastern, Cen­tral,
arid National.
DeMedicis wasv victorious in thfe
120-yards high hufdies in all the
meets Dillion won, except the na­tionals
where he was defeated only
by Jack Davis' r&cOrd breaking
performance of 13.7 seconds.
Coach Hutsell will lose half of
his championship combination
next year, DeMedicis graduated
and is in the Air Force. Dillion, '
however, has {wo more years of?
competition. Both boys are Olymr
pic material and, if circumstances
permit, will tryout in July, 1952,
for the Olympics.
WANTED: For fall quarter a.
small, unfurnished apartment close
to the campus. Contact Hubert Da­vis—
29 Magnolia Hall. Phone 9151.
LOST: A black Ronson "Whirl­wind"
lighter, trimmed in silver,
with initials SMJ inscribed. Prob­ably
lost in vicinity of Bullard
Field. Finder call Sam John, 720.
Reward.
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1951 Employment Outlook
Is Brighter Tobin Declares
By U.S. Department of Labor
The job outlook is excellent for this year's college gradu-
. ates, U.S. Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin stated in a
repont to college newspapers. Both rising civilian demand
and the needs of the defense program have created a gener­ally
tight labor market, with acute shortages of workers in
Some occupations and local areas.
In occupation after occupation,
the demand for workers has risen
rapidly since June 1950. The total
•number of employees in nonagri-cultural
" establishments increased
by two million between June 1950
and April 1951, and unemployment
dropped sharply. More people were
at work this spring than in any
previous spring in the nation's
history.
So far, most of the gain in em­ployment
has taken place in ci­vilian-
goods industries and in in­dustries
important in the .^initial
stages of the defense effort, such|
as machine tools and industrial
construction, Tobin stated. There
has as yet been only a moderate
expansion in the industries which
produce finished - military goods,
.such as aircraft and tanks.
In coming months, production
and employment in the military-products
industries are sched­uled
to mount very rapidly, with
some accompanying cut-backs in
civilian output.
These cut-backs may possibly
cause some temporary unemploy­ment
in certain industries and
local areas, but the stepped-up re­cruitment
of workers for defense
production will soon offset any un­employment
caused by cut-backs
in civilian-goods industries.
The total number of persons em­ployed
directly or indirectly in
defense activities, including the
armed forces, is expected to rise
from five million in the fourth
quarter of 1950 to 12 million in the
fourth quarter of 1952. Consider­able
progress^ has already been
made toward that goal. Employ­ment
in nondefense jobs will prob­ably
decrease over three million
during the 2-year period.
But unemployment will drop
also; it is expected to be down to
around a million and a half by
the end of the present year, and,
except for seasonal changes, to
stay at about that figure during
1952. Thus, the labor market is
likely to remain generally favor­able
to job seekers for some time
to come.
Future employment prospects
vary between professions, how­ever.
This is indicated by the re­search
done by the Department of
Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics
in preparing a forthcoming, new
edition of the Occupational Out­look
Handbook. The following
paragraphs illustrate in national
terms the varying effect of the de­fense
program and the long-run
trends in a number, of important
occupational fields.
Such an abbreviated national
picture of the outlook for college
graduates should be supplement­ed
on the job-seeking student
with more detailed information
from campus placement and
guidance bureaus and local of­fices
of state employment serv­ices
affiliated with the Labor
Department's United States Em­ployment
Service.
These services can add the local
and regional aspects of the em­ployment
outlook picture. They
also can provide professional
counseling, testing and placement
services which greatly facilitate
the finding a satisfactory job.
Health Professions
There were shortages of phy­sicians,
dentists, and nurses even
before the present mobilization
program began. Expansion of the
armed forces is intensifying the
need for personnel in these pro­fessions.
Demand is also growing
for specialists in other health-service
occupations — including
veterinary medicine, p h y s i c al
therapy, and dietics.
Students who are able to gain
admission to professional schools
and complete the requirements for
practice will find a great demand
for their services in the near fu­ture;
this will be true also over the
long run, due to the trend toward
increased health services for the
general population.
Engineering
Employment prospects for new
graduates are excellent in engi­neering.
The mobilization program
has increased the demand for engi­neers
so much that employers are
now seeking additional personnel,
even though , the engineering
schools' i950 graduating class
reached a record of over 52,000.-
Reports from state employment
offices, from college placement of­fices,
and from professional so­cieties
indicate-that there are un­filled
positions, in many parts of
the country.
Engineering has one of the na­tion's
fastest-growing occupations
and will probably remain so over
the long run. The needs of defense
industries and the armed services
will for some time continue to add
to the regular peace-time demand
for engineers.
Moreover, the number of fresh­man
engineering students has been
declining since the fall of 1946,
largely because of the drop in en­rollment
of veterans. As a result,
the number of graduates will der
.crease over the next several years;
allowing for only the peacetime
rate of drop-outs, engineering
graduations wilf be down to about
17,000 in 1954. This is less than the
number of new graduates needed
each year to satisfy the average
peacetime demand.
Furthermore, many graduates
face a period of service in the
armed forces and therefore will
not be available immediately for
civilian employment. Thus, the
shortage of engineers is likely to
continue for a number .of years.
Natural Sciences
The defense program has also
brough a sharp increase in demand
for physicists, chemists, and other
scientists. As mobilization ad­vances
in the near future, person­nel
needs in these fields are likely
to rise "still further.
The increase in hiring is intensi­fying
the shortages of scientists
with graduate training, which ex­isted
even before the Korean crisis
began. Further gains in employ­ment
are to be expected over the
long run, since the natural scien­ces,
like engineering, are among
the Nation's fastest-growing occu­pations.
- ;.
Teaching
In elementary teaching, need for
additional personnel is great and
increasing. The shortage of quali­fied
teachers for the elementary
grades will probably be intensified
in the next few years by the com­bination
of sharply expanding en­rollments
in these grades and loss­es
of teachers to' other, higher-paying
fields of work. -
At the high school level, an
oversupply of teachers developed
in most subject fields during the
past year or two but this is shrink­ing
very fast, as opportunities open
up in other fields. * Furthermore,
high school enrollments will begin
to rise slowly in the next couple
of years; in the-last half of this
decade the number of high school
teachers needed will grov/ rapidly.
Accounting
The surplus of new graduates in
accounting which existed early
last summer has practically dis­appeared.
Private industry has re­cruited
many accounting graduates
to handle increased industrial ac­counting
work arising from the
changeover from civilian to-mili­tary
production, as well as to fill
junior administrative posts.
There has been a particularly
rapid increase in the demand for
cost accountants, and opportunities
for graduates with such training
should be very good. The long-run
outlook is for continued growth in
the profession as a whole.
Law and Journalism
The outlook in the immediate
future in most professions is one of
increasing opporunities and de­creasing
competition, but the pic­ture
is not so clear-cut in, a few
fields. The legal profession, for
example, is somewhat overcrowd­ed
and new entrants will continue
to meet considerable competition
for desirable positions in which
they can fully utilize their law
training.
Likewise, employment in jour­nalism
is not expected to expand
Very much in the near future.
Competition for newspaper jobs
will continue, although there is a
trend toward giving preference to
journalism school graduates.
Inexperienced people may have
some difficulty in entering profes-
8-itHE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, July 25, 1951
Step Sing Planned I
For Thursday Night
The weekly Step Sing will be
held as usual tomorrow night at
7:30 in front of Langdon Hall.'Prof.
Richard Collins will again direct
the program, which consist of
several duets by Chester Woolsey
and Jane Snow and a variety of
chorus and.group numbers.
This week's program will be a
preview of "The Red Mill," the
summer musical production of the
Auburn Players in conjunction
with Prof. Edgar Glyde of the mu-sional
personnel work; best oppor­tunities
will be with rapidly ex­panding
defense industries.
Office occupations
Shortages of office -workers are
widespread, and it will be relative­ly
easy to get clerical positions in
the near future. Employers 'are
again faced with the problem of
high labor turnover rates, as rela­tively
low-paid office workers
move into better-paying jobs.
Stenographers and typists are and
will continue, to be in especially
great demand.
These are only a few illustra­tions
of the varied effect of. the
mobilization program on different
fields of work. Despite the differ­ences
mentioned, these examples
all suggest that the job outlook is
bright^ for this year's college
graduates.
sic' department. Glyde is assisted
by Prof. Tejfair Peet, stage dft-.
rector of the Players. ;
In commenting on last week's
Step Sing, Collins stated that the
music department was well pleas­ed
with the weekly attendance.
"More and more students are
turning out fpr the sings and *we
hope- that even more students will
take advantage- of this - opportu­nity,"
said Collins. - . . . . . ..
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