1952-04-02 The Plainsman

              TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. 78 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1952 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 22
'PIANISSIMO HERE' School Officers Approved By Senate
API Opera Workshop Presents
Dual Showing In Y-Hut Tonight
Platform Deadline Set
Candidates f o r contested
elective positions must turn in
their platforms, not to exceed
150 words, to the Plainsman of­fice
by 4 p.m. Friday, April 4.
Platforms must be typed.
CHECKING THE SCORE before their opening performance of
"The Maid as Mistress" tonight, are Merrian Hinkle, director
Richard L. Collins, Robert Rieves and John Turner. The oper^a,
along with "The Lantern Wedding," will be presented in the Y-Hfut
three nights this week. (A.P.I, photo by Barton Perry.)
Exhibits And Displays To Be Featured
In Architecture Open House Program
By Les Ford
An interesting and intensive program has been developed
by the,School of Architecture, and the Arts and its profes­sional
and honorary societies for Auburn's first annual Open
House program, Skip Smith, chairman of the Architecture
Open House Committee, announced today'.
"The program has been design­ed
to reveal the actual-processes
and results of each department
within the school, as well as ex­hibit
the outstanding delated sub­jects,
throughout Alabama and
the nation," Smith stated.-:
. During the e n t i r e festival
week ehd, Biggin Hall will be
completely open for observation
and inspection. For those wishing
to be escorted, Scarab, architec­tural
honorary, w i l l conduct
scheduled tours throughout the
building and other facilities.
THE STUDENT chapter of the
American Institute of Architects
is planning an educational dis­play
on the actual development
of an architectural structure from
the initial drawing board require­ments
through the analysis and
final results. This display, found
on the first and second floors of
Biggin Hall, will 'include out­standing
examples of student
work s, along with architectural
achievements throughout th£;
state, the South and the nation.
The Builders Guild, composed
of building construction students
is arranging a display of mater­ials
used in building and other
types of construction work.
* * *
ART GUILD will conduct a side­walk
exhibit just outside Biggin
Hall, showing outstanding stu­dent
art work, as a special feature
to the school's permanent collec­tion
of art. This exhibit will be
complimented by an extensive
display of student work by the
art department on the third floor
of Biggin.
Also included in the extrava­ganza
are exhibits by Decor, in­terior
design organization, and
the industrial design department,
which will complete the picture
that the School of Architecture
will present in the Open House
program.
Auburn Beats 'Bama
In Bloody Contest
In a bloody contest, Auburn
has beaten 'Bama! University
students recently donated 507
pints of blood as compared with
Auburn students' contribution of
883 pints in January.
Alabama's 507 pints repre­sented
9 per cent of the present
enrollment at the Capstone,
while 17 per cent of Auburn's
students participated in the
A.P.I, blood drive.
Emory University, where 12
per cent of the student enroll­ment
donated blood, was the
only other school which accepted
the challenge issued by Auburn
to Alabama, Emory, Georgia
Tech and Georgia,
Entrekin Gets Lead
In Players1 Musical
iLadythTheDarW
Nancy Entrekin, Columbus, Ga.,
as Liza Elliott, will play the lead
in the Auburn Players' forthcom­ing
"Lady'in the Dark," director
Telfair B. Peet, associate profes­sor
of dramatics, announced today,
as casting for the show nears
completion.
The presentation, the Players'
first musical of the season, will
have a supporting cast of Jane Rus­sell,
Montevallo, as Miss Foster;
Wayne McCain, Birmingham, as
Randy Curtis; Gene Guazzo,
Orange, N. J., as Russell Paxton,
and Cody Edwards, Birmingham,
as Charley Johnson.
Secondary roles will be played
by Martha Thornton^ Tallassee;
Betty Sanderson, Albertville; Fran­ces
Holland, Panama City; Mary-rose
Howell, Birmingham, and Don
Cain, Haleyville. Selected Glee
Club members will also play bit
parts.
The production will start at the
Y-Hut on Wednesday, May 7, to
run for 10 days. The story for
the play, made into a movie under
the same title, was written by Moss
Hart. The music was composed by
Kurt Weil and the lyrics are by
Ira Gershwin.
Seniors To Sponsor
Open House Queen
The senior class is sponsoring the
election of a "Queen of Open
House," according to air announce­ment
made today by class presi­dent
Sonny Bilberry, Bastrop, La.
Each fraternity may enter a can­didate,
and the only qualification
is that she be enrolled at A.P.I.
Deadline for entries is 5 p.m.
Thursday, April 3, and entry
blanks must be turned in to Bil­berry
at the Alpha Psi house, or
to John Claunch, Sigma Phi Ep-siion
house, by that time.
The election will be held on
Monday, April 14, at Main Gate.
Each vote will cost one cent, with
the proceeds going to the class
project, which is the erection of
flag poles in CI iff Hare Stadium.
The winning coed will reign
over Open House activities, includ­ing
the parade on Saturday morn­ing,
and will be presented to visi­tors
in the stadium Saturday night.
She will be awarded a cup by the
senior class.
The. fraternity sponsoring the
winner will receive a cup during
the Open House Dance on Satur­day
night, April 19.
Musicale Curtains Rise At 8:15; Comedian
Roles Portrayed By Students, Townspeople
A double feature production—"The Lantern Marriage"
and "The Maid as Mistress"—by Auburn's Opera Workshop
opens tonight in the Y-Hut at 8:15 for a three-night showing.
Students will be admitted free of charge to all t h r e e presen­tations
tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, April 5.
Directed by Richard Collins, I ~
A. P . I. assistant professor ' of
music, "The Lantern Marriage"—'
a romantic comedy—will open
the show. The kick-off perfor­mance
is an , operetta concerned
with youthful romance and intri­gue.
"The Maid as Mistress," an
18th century comedy concerned
with the plot of a maid to marry
her aged master, will climax the
Workshop's dual production. The
latter play is known as the first
comic opera.
BOTH PLAYS will be sung in
English and will feature casts of
students and townspeople. Alter­nate
members of the casts will
play the same parts in different
performances of "The Lantern
Marriage." Denise, the heroine,
will be played by the following:
Vangalia Lukes, contralto, Mobile
sophomore; Beverly Chapman,
junior mezzo-soprano, Columbus,
Ga., and Janice Williams, mezzo-soprano,
Bessemer junior.
Peter) hero of "The Lantern
Marriage," will be portrayed by
Edwin Howard and Dr. Clayton
L. Bennett, tenors, both of Au­burn.
Two sopranos who will play the
part of Ann are Mrs. James Foy,
vocal instructor, a n d Sandra
Whitehead, music major from
Birmingham. ' |
Catherine will be. played by
mezzo-sopranos Betsy Berckbick-ler,
Hartford sophomore, and
Mina Propst, sophomore from
Fayette.
"The Maid As Mistress" has a
three-member cast. The two bari­tones
who will alternate in the
part of Dr. Pandolfo are Fred
Steele, Huntsville sophomore, and
John Turner, Birmingham junior.
Zerbina will be played by Mer­rian
Hinkle, soprano, Birming­ham
junior, and Robert Rieves,
tenor, Birmingham sophomore,
will play the role of Scapin. Beth
Carlovitz, Auburn freshman, will
be pianist for both operas.
NOTICE
A mass campus political meet­ing
will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 8, in Langdon
Hall, to enable all candidates
for student government and pub­lications
posts to present their
platforms to the student body.
Nelson, Ray Debate
In TKA Tournament
Debaters Herbert Nelson and
Denny Ray, with Dr. Joseph H.
Mahaffey, faculty advisor for the
Debate Council, are representing
Auburn this week at the 12th an­nual
national Tau Kappa Alpha
conference at Case Institute of
Technology, Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Mahaffey, who is southern
regional governor of the national
honorary forensic fraternity, an­nounced
that the two debaters
would participate in five rounds of
debate on, the topic, "Resolved,
That the federal government should
adopt a permanent program of
wage and price control."
Nelson and Ray, who have won
17 and tied three debates this year,
have represented Auburn at the
Alabama Discussion Meet' at the
University of Alabama, the West
Georgia Debate Tournament at
West Georgia College and the Aza­lea
Debate Tournament at Spring
Hill College.
NELSON, a senior from Mobile,
is president of the Auburn Tau
Kappa Alpha chapter and the De­bate
Council, and is one of the
two official delegates from the
southern region to the Tau Kappa
Alpha conference.
Ray, a junior from Anniston, is
vice-president of the Debate Coun­cil
and a member of Tau Kappa
Alpha. He was acclaimed winner
of Auburn's Tau Kappa Alpha
extemporaneous speaking contest
last spring.
'LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS'
- IT'S PLANE TO SEg that "Lovely" Peggy Farmer, freshman
in secretarial training from Mobile, has wings on her mind. Notice
the props.' (A.P.I, photograph by Barton Perry.)
FIVE REPRESENT API
AT STUDENT CONFAB
Five. Auburn students attended
the United States National Stu­dents
Association Regional Con­ference
in Atlanta March 28
through 30.
Bill Wilson, Birmingham, presi­dent
of the student body, headed
the delegation.
Other representatives were Dan
Stallings, Montgomery; Jim Line-berger,
Fitzgerald, Ga.; Jimmy
Baird, Bessemer, and Jack Lang-ford,
Griffin, Ga.
COL F. A. GRANHOLM
TO SUCCEED PRIVETT
Col. F. 'A. Granholm, an 18-
month veteran of the Korean War,
will succeed Col. George P. Privett
as professor of- military science and
tactics at A.P.I.
The Auburn assignment will be
the first one of its type for Colonel
Granholm, who was a visitor here
last week.
Alabama Military District Head­quarters
at Birmingham said that
Colonel Granholm^ checked in
there last week. It was stated
that he would take over as com­manding
officer of the ROTC at
the end of the academic year May
31. .
A West Point graduate of 1927,
Granham has1 served at Fort Sam
Houston, Tex., Schofield Barracks,
Hawaii, and with Headquarters,
Eighth Army, in New Guinea dur­ing
World War II. He was in
charge of personnel for Eighth
Army Headquarters while in
Korea.
ONLY ONE A SWEETHEART?
ALL SLICKED UP, AND POSING at the Sigma Chi house is the field in the fraternity's annual
"Sweetheart" competition. Contestants shown are (first row) Martha McQueen, Martha Ruth Wilson,
Jo Ann Bottcher, Juanita Reynolds, Gay Birdsong, Ellen Pitroff, (second row) Barbara Mayne, Gail
Carruth, Bobby Jean Tomberlin, Jean Hawkins, Gay Phillips, Martha Wilson, Elizabeth Gardner,
Erwin Davidson, and Dot Stafford. (A-P.L photo by Barton Perry.)
Applications Invited
For Tiger Cub Posts
Noon Thursday, April 17, is the
deadline for submission of appli­cations
for the offices of editor and
business manager of the Tiger Cub,
student handbook, James E. Foy,
chairman of the Board of Student
Publications, announced today.
To be qualified fffr these posi­tions
each candidate must have one
year's experience on the Tiger Cub
or the equivalent, and must sub­mit
to the Student Affairs Office
an application in writing on forms
furnished by the Publications
Board. Those applying for editor­ship
must have completed, or be
enrolled in, courses in reporting
and copyreading, or show the
equivalent in experience.
Proposed Amendment To Constitution
To Face Student Body Vote April 10
By Max Hall
The proposed amendment to the Student Body Constitu­tion
which would change the present system of class officers
to'one of school officers passed the student senate by the
required two-thirds majority last week.
Next in the passage of the amendment will be a student
body vote on the question in the
campUs-wide elections April 10*
The constitution provides that a
simple majority will be sufficient
to pass any amendment if at least
25 per cent of the students cast
ballots on the question.
Student body president Bill Wil­son,
who sponsored the amend­ment's
passage through the student
senate stated, "It is important that
the required number of students
vote on the proposed amendment,
since an insufficient number of
ballots would result in its failure
to pass, and would still leave stu­dent
government officials in the
dark as to the preference of the
majority."
The text of the amendment fol-lows:
ARTICLE IV
Section 3. The organization of
undergraduate schools shall con­stitute
an independent part of this
government. School government
shall be subject to all laws enacted
by the student body and will be
governed by the rules and regula­tions
found in regard to school
organization and gqvernment here­in
and hereafter enacted by this
organization.
ARTICLE VIII
Section 1. Each undergraduate
school of Alabama Polyteohnic
Institute shall organize and shall
constitute separate and distinct
branches of the student body.
Section 2. Each undergraduate
school shall elect the following
officials in the fall quarter elec-.
tioris:
(1) A president who shall serve
as chief executive and act as co­ordinator
of the classes and organi­zations
within the school.
(2) A vice-president who shall
assist the president in his duties
and be responsible for finance and
records withinsthe school and serve
as president in the president's ab-
Air ROTC'ers Issue
First Regular Edition
Of Bi-Weekly Paper
The first issue of an Air Force
ROTC newspaper was published
Thursday, March 27, according to
reports from AFROTC official
A name for the publication will
be selected from suggestions offer­ed
by cadets. The tabloid will be
published as a trial for the re­mainder
of this quarter, and if it
proves to be a successful venture
the bi-weekly paper will become
an integral part of the air force
program in the. fall quarter.
The new paper was organized
by a group of air science students
to "serve as a means of raising the
morale of' the AFROTC unit;
to disseminate information from
Air Force Headquarters and the
military staff of Auburn to the
cadet organization, - and to be a
voice of the air force groups."
Students working for the publi­cation
and their respective staff
positions are temporary editor-in-chief,
Walter H. Everidge, Colum­bus,
Ga.; managing editor, Robert
Gaddis, Montgomery; art editor,
John Arnold, Auburn; reporters
Fred Nichols, Columbiana; Fred
Harris, Haines City, Fla.; John
Blue, Anniston; Talmadge Kirk.-
land, Guntersville; Napp Granade,
Leroy; David Loiry, Sylacauga,
and Herb White, Enterprise.
Faculty advisor is Lt. Col.
George T. Taaffe.
Holliman Sets Dates
For Invitations Sales
General sales for spring quar­ter
graduation invitations w i l l be
held Monday through Thursday,
April 14-17, on the main floor
of Samford HaU, Leamon Holli­man,
chairman of the Invitations
Committee, announced today.
Invitations sales for Vet Hill
will be held Monday and Tues­day,
April 7-8, on the first floor
of Cary Hall.
Holliman states that these
sales will be the only ones of
the quarter, and urges all grad­uating
seniors to place their
orders during these dates.
Sororities Vie In Sigma Chi Derby;
Contests, Skits Set In Annual Event
By Herb White
The annual.Sigma Chi Derby will be presented in the
Quadrangle Saturday, April 5, at 2 p.m., it was announced
today by Caldwell Dugan, St. Petersburg, Fla., program
chairman.
During the festivities the nine campus sororities will par­ticipate
in races, contests, and
skits to determine the Derby
winner. The events will include
a sack race, pie-eating contest,
egg-tossing contest, four-legged
j'ace, egg and spoon race, "sledge
the pledge" throwing contest, and
a surprise contest. In addition to
these, each sorority will give a
short skit.
Judging the events will be
Katharine Cater, dean of women,
and Maj. W. A. Askew, assistant
professor of air science and tact­ics.
The main attraction of the
day will be the presentation of
Gamma Sigma chapter's 1952
"Sweetheart of Sigma Chi."
Both the "Sweetheart" and the
winning sorority will be given a
large trophy. Also the winner of
2ach event will receive a trophy.
* * *
"THE PURPOSE of the Derby
is to contribute a social activity
to the campus life at Auburn and
to offer good competition be­tween
the sororities," states Du­gan.
"
In 1951 Catherine Bailey, An­niston,
was crowned "Sweet­heart"
and the Delta Zeta's were
awarded the Derby trophy.
; Candidates for "Sweetheart"
are Barbara Mayne, Pensacola,
Fla.; Martha Wilson, Mobile;
Martha Ruth Wilson, Birming­ham;
Alida Stewart, Huntsville;
Joyce Wadsworth, Montgomery;
Jane Garret, Montgomery; Mary
Barnes, Cordova; Dot Stafford,
Mobile; Erwin Davidson, Bay
Minette;
Elizabeth Gardner, Huntsville;
Gay Phillips, Ashland; Jean Haw­kins,
Montgomery; Bobby Jean
Tomberlin, Ashland; Gail Car­ruth,
Guntersville; Mary Ellen
Pittroff, Mobile; Gay Birdsong,
Oneonta; Juanita Reynolds, Ware
Shoals, N.C.; Jo Ann Bottcher,
Cullman; Martha McQueen, La-nett.
Sororities taking part are Al­pha
Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Del­ta,
Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega,
Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu,
Theta Upsilon, Zeta Tau Alpha.
sence.
- ARTICLE IX
Section 1. (2) The election of all
school officers and of the freshmen
members of the student senate
shall be held on the last Thursday
in October.
Section 3. (1) Students are eli­gible
to vote in the election of
school officers for the school in
which the students are currently
classified by the registrar of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
Section 4. Qualifications for can­didates
for student body and school'
officers shall be as follows:
(3) Candidates for membership
in the student senate may qualify
only in the class in wjiich they
are eligible to vote.
(7) Candidates for president of
a school must have completed three
academic years and be members of
the senior class as classified by the
deans and their schools and can
run for office only within the
school inwhicli they are regis­tered
at the time they qualify.
(8) Candidates for vice-presi­dent
of a school must have com­pleted
two academic years and be
members of the junior or of some
higher class as classified by the
deans of their schools and can run
for office only within the school in
which they are registered at the
time they "qualify.
(9) No candidate may run for
more than one elective student
body position in the same quarter.
(10) No student may be elected
to more than one school or student
body office in the same year and
no elected student body officer may
serve as editor or business manager
of any publication under the super­vision
of the board of student
publications.
(11) All candidates must be in­terviewed
and approved by the
student board of election qualifi­cations,
which shall1 insure that all
candidates have complied with the
above qualifications. The member­ship
of this board shall consist of
the president of the student body,
the vice-president of the student
body, the secretary of the student
body, the president pro tern of the
student senate, and the superin­tendent
of political affairs.
Annual Navy Hitig Dance', Theta Upsilon Formal Scheduled For This Week End
Vann Owens, Junior Class President,
To Lead With Miss Janice Williams
The" junior class of the Naval Reserve Officers Training
Corps will hold its annual "Ring Dance" Friday night in
the student activities building from 9 until 12 p.m. Playing
for the formal will be the Paris'Island Marine "Militaires."
Miss Janice Williams, Bessemer, will lead the dance with
junior c„l a s s president Vann
Owens, Chattanooga. During the
leadout, junior class midshipmen
• and their dates will pass through
a giant replica of their class ring.
The midshipmen's rings, dipped
in water from the "seven seas,"
will be presented to them by
their dates with the traditional
kiss.
"THE MILITAIRES," a 16-piece
band, contains many noted musici­ans
who formerly played with
name bands. Led by Lt. David
Longtin, the group features num­bers
that have left a mark on the
dancing public of today, and in­clude
the style of Glenn Midler,
Claude Thornhill, and Johnny
Long.
Among the name-bandsters is
Vito Pizzo, tenor sax man, who has
played with Tony Pastor, Art
Mooney and Chubby Jackson. He
has been featured at the Blue Note
Nightclub in Chicago as solo tenor.
Bob Pierson, another tenor sax
player, is one of the few musicians
ever to play with Lionel Hamp­ton's
band. Before joining the
marines, Pierson played for several
years with bands in the midwest.
Vocalist Lou Lauritz played and
sang with the Shep Fields orches­tra
in 1951. He has worked on both
radio and television programs, and
has appeared on the stage in New
York and San Francisco.
The complement of the band is
four trumpets, five Saxes, three
trombones and the rhythm section.
JUNIORS and dates are: ;
John S. Speer, Jr., Mary S. Wig­gins,
Monroeville; Reid Ledbetter,
Diane Wiggins, Birmingham; John j
M. Green, Phyllis Sims, Mobile;,
James G. Henrick, Jean Talbert,
Greenville; Wyatt P. Watson, Emily
Ann Herren, Montgomery; R. Vann
Owens, Janice Williams, Bessemer;
Frank M. Barker, Evelyn Emonds
Birmingham.
J. Bradley Donaghey, Terry Dan­iels,
Mobile; Walter R. Day, Nelda
Jordan, Birmingham; Pat Daly,
Nancy Entrekin, Columbus, Ga.;
Pete Masters, Jane Masters, Bir­mingham;
John Ivey, Betty Adams,
Mobile; Herman Tillman, Stella
Densmore, Birmingham; George
Holmes, Carol Nelson, Birming­ham.
John Bregger, Beth Carlovitz,
Auburn; W. R. Haycraft, Jane
Blagg, Selma; John T. Caldwell-,
Merrian Ann Hinkle, Birmingham;
Clark S. Morris, Mary Ellen Mc-
Closkeyf Fairmont, W. Va.; James
H. Landers, Polly Herrin, Mobile.
LOST—Stewart physics text, note­book,
and three navy phamplets
from Tichenor 106, Thursday,
March 20. Finder please con­tact
John Schermer at 9117. Re­ward.
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JOAN HUDSON,
president of Al­pha
Iota chapter
of Theta Upsilon
sorority, will head
the leadout pro­cession
in the
student activities
building Satur­day
when the
sorority holds its
s p r i n g formal
She will be es­corted
by Charles
Brooks, Meridian -
ville.
Miss Joan Hudson, Chapter President,
To Lead Dance With Charles Brooks
Iota Alpha chapter of Theta Upsilon will hold its annual
spring formal Saturday, April 5, in the student activities
building from 9 until 12 p.m. Mac McKee and his orchestra
will play for the dance.
Miss Joan Hudson, chapter president, will lead the dance
with Charles Brooks, Meridian
A Job For Every Member...
Greeks Announce More Officers
By Bettie Jones
It looks like they'll never get
through electing all the Greek
officers—but then this way every­body
certainly gets a crack at it.
New officers of Beta Xi chapter of
Delta Zeta are Rita Kelly, presi­dent;
Doris Whaley, pledge trainer,
Joan Adkins, rush chairman; Caro­lyn
Wood, recording secrtary; Jo-
Ann Powell, corresponding secre­tary;
Janet Taylor, historian, and
Norma Beach, Pan-Hellenic re­presentative.
Auburn's answer to the Univer­sity's
former Maid of Cotton, Ann
Adams—Catherine Bailey w i ll
wield the gavel for Gamma Delta
chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta for
the coming year. Assisting her will
be Marie Nelson, first vice-presi­dent;
Rebecca Dorsey, second vice-
President; Gloria Clark, treasurer;
Terrill Dumas, recording secretary;
Carolyn Cosby, corresponding sec­retary;
Jody Guthrie, rush chair­man,
and Pat Ramage, editor.
Out in the secret stronghold of
the New Confederacy, a General
has been selected to lead the loyal
troops. So with a reverent salute
at the Bonnie Blue Flag, let's re­view
them. Charlie Ashley, Apop-ka,
Fla., is the new general of the
army. Serving in his headquarters
general staff are Peyton Burford,
Bie amazing height
o£ Remington Beny
Remington Feeny's money went to his feet.
Being extremely cautious, he hid his money in
his shoes so he could always keep it with him.
By the time he was 48, he was nine feet tall.
Money can be used, to grow on, but not neces­sarily
by Mr. Feeny's method. For instance,
more than 1,100,000 people have shown their
faith in the future of the Bell Telephone System
by investing their money in it. About one-fifth
of them are Bell employees who bought stock
through a payroll,savings plan.
It takes both money and people to keep the
Bell System growing and improving to meet
our country's telephone needs. That's why col­lege
men with the right qualifications can find
interesting opportunities with us-in engineer­ing,
research, operating and administration.
Your campus placement office wilLbe glad
to give you more information.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Camden, vice-president; Gus Con­nelly,
Cuthbert, Ga., secretary;
Fred Dowling, Ozark, treasurer—
after all armies have to have
money, you know—; Stapler Mar­riott,
Foley, steward; Ray Warren,
Rome, Ga., house manager; George
Barron, Newnan, Ga., social chair­man;
Ken Stratford, Columbus,
Ga., rush chairman—hmmmm, a
recruiting sergeant by another
name will smell as sweet—and
IFC representative, Dennis Cal­houn,
Columbus, Ga. Judging
from all the Georgia men listed,
looks as though they're taking no
chances on being cut out of action
on- Sherman's next march.
The PiKA's and their dates en­joyed
a house dance in the Ivyless
Covered Lodge last Friday night.
Mrs. L. C. "Mama Lou" Steed
chaperoned the group and well she
might with the Jungle getting so
popular in all the warm weather.
Sigma Pi entertained the Zeta
Tau Alpha's with a house dance
last night. Refreshments and
games rounded out the evening of
dancing.
* $ *
Parties have been the theme
around the Sigma Chi house of
late. Last night a dinner and dance
were held in honor of the "Sweet­heart"
candidates. The "Sig Com­bo."
consisting of John Endsley,
Bob Lewis, Carol Cunningham,
George Graham a n d Eugene
Smithson, provided the music. To­morrow
night, another dinner will
be given honoring the • potential
"Sweethearts." Saturday will cli­max
the week with the annual
Derby, followed that night by a
dance at the house.
New pledges for KA are Steve
Markette, Americus, Ga.; Frank
Fenley, Oneonta and Jim Martin,
Greensborough.
Men recently lured into the
beauteous modernistic dwelling of
the Lambda Chi's are Dick Campis,
Gene Hicks, Charles Jones, and
Charles Keeley all from Birming­ham—
The Tragic City; Bill Faulk­ner,
Montgomery; John Johnson,
Bessemer; Fred Long, 'Brunswick,
Ga.; Bob Maxwell, Nashville,
Tenn.; Carlos Mixon, Swainsboro,
Ga., and Conrad Oursl, New Or­leans,
La.
# *• *
New initiates of Gamma chapter
of Sigma Chi are Curtis Williams
and Robert Green, Mobile; Eugene
Smithson, Sylacauga; Ben Jordan
and Harmon Riley, Headland; Don­ald
Long, Birmingham; Charles
Harding, Atmore; Benjamin Moore,
Nashville, Tenn.; James Lockard,
Columbus, Ga.; John Malone, Jr.,
LaGrange, Ga.; Charles Wheeler,
Knoxville, Tenn., and Charles
Herndon, Aliceville.
Some more in line with the par­ties,
the Sigs have been entertain­ing
with was the annual "Steak,
Ham, and Mush" dinner held last
week. The actives and pledges with
a 3.0 average, or better, ate steak,
along with the person who had
made the biggest increase in point
average. The fellows with a 2.0 or
better, enjoyed ham, while the rest
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TAU KAPPA ALPHA
TO INITIATE THREE
Three students were recently
tapped for membership in Tau-
Kappa Alpha, society for recog­nition
of outstanding work in
forensics, Herbert Nelson, presi­dent
of the Auburn chapter, an­nounced
today.
New TKA members are Deni-son
Ray, Anniston; Bettie J6nes,
Auburn, and Bill Currie, Mont­gomery.
Ray will be initiated at the
National TKA Conference, to be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, April
3-5. Initiations will be held in
April for the other tappees, all of
whom have represented A-P.I. in
intercollegiates debates as mem­bers
of the Auburn Debate Council.
Membership in Tau Kappa Al­pha,
national forensic honor frat­ernity,
is the highest honor
awarded to students and faculty
members for excellence in public
speaking, discussion and debate.
ville, and will be presented a bou­quet
of roses during the leadout.
Following the dance, the Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity will enter­tain
the Theta U's and their dates
with a breakfast at the fraternity
house.
Other activities for the week end
include a hay ride Friday night at
Lake Chewacla.
MEMBERS, pledges and their
dates are:
Jeanette Greer, John Heritage,
Aliceville; Joan Hudson, Charles
Brooks, MerkUanville; Joyce Stat-ham,
Richard Taylor, Montgomery;
Donjette Stewart, Gene Allred,
Lincoln; Lanelle Scott, David
Gross, Chipley, Fla.
Mary Faye Olson, Bill McClain,
Birmingham; Joyce Wadsworth,
Ben Moore, Nashville, Tenn.; Nina
Faye Kelly, Hardwick Kay, Lacey's
Spring; Ella Yarborough, Conrad
Ward, Titus; Nina Hester, John
Barber, Huntsville; Barbara Camp­bell,
Cameron Shaul, Dancey.
Gayle Griffin, Robert Bridges,
Sylvester, Ga.; Joyce Kerr, Steve
Carter, Luverne; Louise Sanderson,
Don Hessick, Huntsville; Beverly
Sharits, John Home, Eufaula; Julia
Williams, Robert Hanchey, Mobile;
Carol Boozer, Jack Nelson, Bel-green;
Patty Bowles, Hugh Rudder,
Stevenson.
Billie Mitchell, Leo Creest, Bir­mingham;
Marcy Benbow, David
Boyett, Sylacauga; Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Groce, Auburn; Mr. and Mrs.
W. Jf. Lynn, Auburn; Mr. and Mrs.
Jud Bozeman, Birmingham; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank G'ravlee, Auburn;
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sanford, Bir­mingham;
Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Underwood, Birmingham, and Mr.
and Mrs. Lyman Pittman, Auburn.
Auburn Economics Prof
Edits Sales Publication
Charles W. Lewis, associate pro­fessor
of economics, has edited a
revised edition of "Essentials of
Selling," a publication to be re­leased
by Prentice-Hall Publishers.
The material in the book in­cludes
the work of 22 sales ex­perts
connected with various cor­porations
throughout the country.
Shop For The Family At
Lee James
We Do Not Sell Cheap Merchandise . . .
But We Do Sell Good Merchandise Cheap
Down on Railroad Avenue
OPELIKA, ALA.
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the tricky cigarette tests, he knew there
was one true test of mildness. Millions
of smokers throughout America have learned, too!
It's the sensible test... the 30-Day Camel
Mildness*Test, which simply asks you to try Camels
as your steady smoke, on a pack-after-pack,
day-after-day basis. No snap judgments! Once
you've tried Camels in your "T-Zone" (T for
Throat, T for Taste), you'll see why...
After all the Mildness Tests...
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3—THE PLAINSMAN WeanesBay, April 2, 1952
Auburn, With 142 Artificial lakes,
Boasts World's Largest Pond Project
By Charles Sullivan '
A.P.I, boasts the largest fresh-water fish pond experiment­al
project in the world, according to Homer S. Swingle, fish
oulturist and director of the project.
When the experimental pond project was started in 1933,
little was known about the development and management of
fish ponds. At this time there
THF LOOMS ROLL FOR OPEN HOUSE
were only about 700 fish ponds in
Alabama, and many of these were
primarily mill ponds. Now there
are approximately 8,000 f i sh
ponds in the state, and farmers
sand sportsmen are constructing
1,000 new ponds each year.
The A.P.I. Farm Ponds Project,
operating in the department -of
zoology and entomology, has 142
ponds'with 152 acres 61 water.
This project develops better me-thbds
of pond stocking and man­agement,
conducts experiments in
commercial fish production, stu­dies
production of bait minnows,
and .conducts stream surveys.
Public lakes have been built in
15 Alabama counties under the
project's guidance, and more are
planned. . . i
* * *
TWENTY-TWO students are
currently enrolled in the fisher­ies
management course conduct­ed
by fish culturist Swingle and
his assistants. Students from the
Philippine Islands, Mexico, Bra­zil,
India and Pakistan have en­tered
Auburn to study fisheries
management. One Mexican and
two Pakistanians are now taking
the course.
Methods of pond management
developed at Auburn are being
used in many states and foreign
countries. Pond owners employ­ing
improved methods of man­agement
have multplied their
catch, in pounds of fish, as much
as 10 times.
Commercial fish and minnow
production/ is only one of the
fields pioneered by the Auburn
experts. Many farmers may soon
be raising fish for a livelihood
as they now raise cattle and hogs.
One acre of. water can produce
over 2j000 pounds of bait min­nows
per year. These minnows
sell for at least $2;000 and many
bring $4;Q00 depending on size
and type.
* * *
AUBURN'S experimental ponds
are grouped in three areas, but
only the large ponds are open to
fishermen. Three large ponds are
located nine miles northwest of
Auburn and one-half mile off the
Birmingham highway, i
By paying 50 cents for a per­mit,
anyone can fish in these
ponds. They are open from 7 a.m.
to shortly before dark on every
day except Sunday. The catch is
limited to 15 bream and 5 bass
for each permit. Boats, which
rent for $1.00 a day, are available
on the larger ponds. The ponds
are stocked with blue gills, shell-crackers,
large and small mouth
bass, and catfish* All fish taken
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"WHAT'LL THEY THINK OF NEXT?" wonder coeds Millie
Wright, Prattville, and Betty Bozeman', Opelika, as John Rutland,''
textile engineering major from Tallassee, examine samples Of fabric --'
souvenirs expressly made for distribution during the Auburn •
Open House program April 18-19, as they roll off a Jacquard loom.
in the Textile Engineering Building.
Auburn Midshipmen
See Pensacola NAS
During Training Trip
Sixty-five midshipment from
Auburn's NROTC unit boarded
thre navy transport planes here
Monday for a two- or three-day
training flight to Pensacola Naval
Air Station. Lt. Comdr. T. H.
Abbott of the NROTC staff accom­panied
the group.
Tuesday's schedule for the mid­shipmen
included a tour of the
light aircraft carrier Monterey,
and observation of the ship's
operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
Plans called for the students'
Teturn to Auburn Tuesday night,
•if sufficient daylight remained
after they disembarked from the
Monterrey.
If unable to return Tuesday
night, the midshipmen were to re­main
in Pensacola and observe
demonstration of survival tech-
•niques, overhaul and repair, and
other naval aviation functions, re­turning
to the Plains late Wednes­day
afternoon.
Midshipmen making the flight
were freshman and junior NROTC
students. Sophomores and the re­mainder
of the juniors will make
a similar flight on April 14.
Ray Warren Elected
President Of ASME
Ray Warren, Rome, Ga., was
recently elected president of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
Other new officers are Jim
Brazell, Atlanta, Ga., vice-presi­dent;
Wilton McClung, Anniston,
recording secretary; John Benton,
Birmingham, corresponding sec­retary,
and Sueloong Li, Shang­hai,
China, treasurer.
from the pond are counted and
weighed.
Five new ponds with a total of
35 acres will be open for fishing
about May 1. The largest bass
caught this spring weighed 5M>
pounds and the largest bream
weighed 1%. The biggest catfish
weighed 5% pounds. Bass weigh­ing
9 ponds, catfish weighing 10
pounds, and bream weighing over
2 pounds have been found in some
of the drained ponds. "They are
there if you can catch them,"
laughs Swingle.
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Swimsiiits take wings in high-flying fashion
for sun.. .for swim,. .for psychology.
left/wings with surface interest
in dot-sprinkled laton,.. 17.95
right/gold-embroidered wings glow
against contrasting laton taffeta... 17.95
Other Styles, 14.95 up
Shorts, 3.98
AIO King For Day
Balloting May 13-14
When the polls open on May 13,
for the voting for the campus'
most popular male in the annual
King-For-A-Day contest sponsored
by the Auburn Independents' Or­ganization,
the candidates will be
vying for a position which will
mean such honors as being chauf-fered
to classes in a limousine,
having pretty girls to take class
notes, and receiving gifts from
local merchants.
Candidates for the honor will be
selected by the girls' dormitories
and sororities, and are to be reg­istered
on nomination blanks which
must be given-to the president of
AIO by 4 p.m., April 4.
Voting will begin at Main
Gate Wednesday, May 13, and will
end Friday, May 15. Voting will
be carried on the penny-a-vote
method with no limit to the num­ber
of votes a person may cast.
Each sorority and girls' dormi­tory
will select, in addition to a
Elections Continue
(Continued from page 2)
like a charming idea.
Sigma Nu elected officers for
the coming year recently. Ed Mar­tin,
Sylacauga, has been selected
to rap the Snake gavel. Other
officers are Harold Pate, Mont­gomery,
lieutenant commander;
Tommy Ware, Clayton, recorder;
Don Johnson, Dothan,, treasurer,
and Claude Buchanan, Huntsville,
house manager.
New Snake pledges are Herbert
Osburn, Auburn; Chuck .Thomas,
Fayette; Charles Devane, Clayton,
and Joe Maherg, Fayette.
Wheies umev>
Potty-leA &%ge4~4
N. College St. Aline S. DeBardeleben, proprietor
. . . celebrating the advent
of t h e n ew year with gaiety
and fun—and resolving to
eat here regularly and fre­quently
from now on!
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McCauley Announces
APhiO Payout Period
Dates for the Alpha Phi Omega
Book Exchange payout period
were announced' today by De-
Wayne McCauley, student man­ager
of the 'bookstore.
The Book Exchange will be
open for paying out of money
received and for return of un­sold
books to their owners to­day
from 1-5:30 p.m.; tomorrow
from 1-5:30 p.m., and Monday,
April 7, from 2-5:30 p.m.'
McCauley, urging that students
bring their book receipts to, the
Exchange with them, emphasized
that the store will "not be open
for payment after April 7.
candidate for King-For-A-Day, a
representative from their organiza­tion
to meet with the members of
AIO, April 7, for instructions.
The gifts for the King will be
displayed in the window of a local
store. Money received from the
election will be .used for the
scholarship fund of the Auburn
Independents, r
Citing Talk Postponed;
Re-Scheduled For April
Cyrus S. Ching, national di­rector
of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service, is ex­pected
to speak in Auburn in the
latter part of April, according to
Dr. Charles P. Anson, head pro­fessor
of economics and business
administration.
Because of wage disputes in the
steel industry, Ching remained in
Washington, D.C., and did not de­liver
his scheduled speech here
Tuesday night, March 25. Delta
Foy Attends Meeting
Of Personnel Workers
James E. Foy, acting director of
student affairs, left this week to
attend a meeting of the National
Association of Student Personnel
Administrators at C o l o r a do
Springs, Colo., scheduled April 1-4.
Student directors from colleges
and universities over the country
will attend the meeting.
Sigma Pi, national business hon­orary,
will sponsor Ching's forth­coming
lecture.
El TAU SIGMA PICKS
THOMPSON AS fR€XY
Jerry Thompson, Bessemer, was
recently elected president of Pi
Tau Sigma, honorary fraternity
forjoutstanding students in mech­anical
engineering.
Other officers elected were
Ray Warren, Rome, Ga., vice-president;
Kenneth Nail, Atmore,
recording secretary; Sid Coan,
Mobile, corresponding secretary;
Edward O. Jones, assistant pro­fessor
of mechanical engineering,
treasurer; Sueloong Li, Shanghai,
China, Engineers Council repre­sentative.
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CHIEF'S
/S PROUD
TO SALUTE
Lee
Hayley
As an outstand­ing
member of
the Auburn Stu­dent
Body.
L e e , a junior in
physical education from
Birmingham, is a mem­ber
of the "A" Club,
Omicron Delta Kappa
honorary, and Arnold
Air Society. A cadet
lieutenant colonel in
the Ah Force ROTC,
he was named last sea­son
to an end position
on the Associated Press
All-SEC third offen­sive
team.
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Officers By Classes..:
A proposed amendment to the student
body constitution was approved by the Stu­dent
Senate last week. In effect, the docu­ment
would replace the present class
officers with two officers—a president and
• vicerpresident—from each of Auburn's 10
schools.
We believe that this amendment is an
intelligent attack on the inactivity of
class officers under the present set-up.
Several decades ago when classes were
small and students knew everyone in their
class, the officers provided means of
planning activities for the students. They
held class meetings and had common in­terests.
But with the specialization of the
schools today, the class system has been
over-run by schools and the students' in­terests
now center around their fields of
study.
Unlimited Usefulness...
With the announcement last week that
bids on Auburn's union building would be
received April 22, a long-range plan of stu-
.dents and administrators enters the final
stages of development- Auburn should
soon have a much-needed center for stu­dent
activities and recreations, a place to
buy books and lunches at prices reason­able
for college students.
To r e v i ew the progress of the union de­velopment
brings into sharp focus the time
and effort that went into t h e planning for
t h e structure. Student leaders initiated
t h e drive t h r e e years ago with a report to
t h e administration concerning the need of
a union building on campus. The adminis­t
r a t i o n responded favorably but pointed
out t h e impracticability of the plan due to
finances. But the student body approved
a r e f e r e n d um to raise the student activities
fee $2 per quarter to go into a building
fund. Since t h a t time the added fees from
s t u d e n t s have amounted to $50,000 and the
Alumni Association has added $55,000 to
For Baseball Fans...
Had Abner Doubleday been at Plains­man
Park Friday or Saturday for the Ti?
gers' round with LSU, we'd bet a slightly
used baseball that he would have frowned
at the open violation of paying admission
charges. Around the crest of the slope
next to the park and outside the limits of
chargeability, sat a hundred or more fans
(Obviously Auburn's) who avoided paying
the quarter admission and at the same time
crushed the struggling stand of grass.
Such a practice by Auburn students is
Another Four Years?
"I shall not be 'a candidate for re-elec­tion.
I have served my country long and
I think efficiently and honestly.
"I shall not accept a renomination. I
do not feel that it is my duty to spend
another four years in the White House."—
Question For Collegians...
An interesting report on students study
h a b i t s as made recently by the Associated
Collegiate Press in a nation wide poll. Re­sults
of the p o l f i n d i c a t e d that college stu­dents
study very little. They, consider
study only a minor part of a college career.
Students were asked in the poll to list
t h e number of hours they studied during.
a normal week excluding mid-term and
final exams. The replies revealed that 28
per cent of the students questioned studied
only 10 hours or less per week; 45 per cent
studied from 10 to 20 hours per week; 16
.".. Time For A Change
Instead of class days, we now have Ag
Fair and Engineers Carnival. Special­ized
student clubs h a v e replaced the
former intimacy of class association. Class
officers are the only millstone around the
neck of student government.
School officers will provide a means for
coordinating the activities, classes and or­ganizations
in the schools where students
have common interests. They would sup­ply
the leadership in planning for pro­grams
such as Open House.
Class officers at the present time are
doing nothing. We would welcome a
change.
Now that the amendment has passed
the Senate, the decision rests with the stu­dent
body in a general election held in con­junction
with student government and
publications elections April 10-
'More And More'
For Auld Lang Sign
By Gene 'Moose' Moore
. . . AuDUrn S UniOn DUllding «C o n t r o j t owe r to pilot—coming in too fast—lower your flap."
the collection. A bond issue will provide
the additional funds needed to begin work
on the building.
Within a year students will have a
modern cafeteria for daily use and enter­taining
guests, not the temporary building
on Mell Street; a comfortable lounge and
game room, not the 'confining area in
Langdon basement; meeting and confer­ence
rooms, not a classroom in Broun or
Ramsay. Alumni will have a larger suite
of offices to replace the two rooms in Tex­tile.
And the faculty will have a lounge
and recreational facilities which were non­existent
in the past.
The completion of the union building
will offer facilities for state-wide meetings
of high school organizations, bringing to
Auburn many outstanding high schoolers
that have formerly visited the University
for conventions-
The usefulness of a union building is
unlimited. We watch with great anticipa­tion
for the groundbreaking ceremonies.
. . . A Place In The Stands
not economical; it's cheap. The athletic
association has poured a large -sum of
money into the field, making it one of the
best at southern colleges. And Auburnites
respond by dodging the admission.
Of course, the association could plant
a dense row of hedges around the area,
hiding it from view, but it would be more
appropriate for students that want to see
the game to view it from the proper place
—in the stands.
. . . No, No, No
H.S-T.
And so, we'd like to be the first in Ala­bama
(to our knowledge) to announce our
support for Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illi­nois.
We'll take Senator Russell or Ke-fauver
as a running mate.
Do You Study?
per cent studied from 20 to 30 hours per
week, and only 5 per cent spent 30 hours
or more with their texts.
"Most of the time you don't know what
you're supposed to study for," complained
a p r e - l aw sophomore who studied less t h an
10 hours per week. A student in music ex­claimed,
"I s t u d y whenever I get a chance."
Another declared, "College work should
not keep you forever swamped."
But the typical response was that of a
teachers college student who stated, "I
study 10 hours or less—much less-"
Auburn Plainsman
Published weekly by the students of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
Editorial and business office on Tichenor Avenue, Phone A.P.I. 242
Deadline for social and organizational news is Saturday noon.
Nation's Leading Bachelor Trapped;
MacArthur's Prestige Seems Overrated
By Jim Jennings
Head for the hills, men. Man the battle stations. Pass the
ammunition. Don't fire .until you see the whites of their eyes.
If it can happen to America's Number One Confirmed Bachelor
it can happen to anyone—even to you.
It is a tragedy for Li'l Abner to get married because of the
horrible effects it will have on men
JIM EVERETT Editor TOM MORRI88EY Business Mgr.
GENE MOORE Managing Editor Jack Johnson Ass't. Bus. Mgr.
Jim Jennings •_ Associate Editor Dick Gilliland Advertising Mgr.
Walter Albritton Associate Editor Jack Appleton _1 Assistant
Max Hall Associate Editor Mark Shipman Assistant
Bettie Jones Society Editor Bill East Circulation Mgr.
Dave "Foots" Laney Sports Editor Jean Hawkins Exchange Editor
Walt Everidge _ Feature Editor Jean Kettles Staff Secretary
STAFF
Billy Anderson, Gay Birdsong, Lee Brown, Leta Ann Casey, Tom Duke, Prude Fancher,
Lester Ford, Bob Gaddis, Jody Guthrie, Gordon Higgins, Harris Hendrick, Joanne Lucci, Martin
Mednick, John Schermer, Richard Mills, John Th rower, Herbert White.
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama
Subscription rates by mail: $1.00 for 3 months, $3.00 for 12 months
all over the nation. The women
will be encouraged by this act, and
leap year is bad
enough at best.
The status of
t h e bachelor
population o f
A m e r i c a is
gravely endan­gered
by a fate
( w o r s e than'
death — m a r ­r
i a g e .
Corny attempts at humor aside,
there was one deadly serious note
in the five-page explanation of Li'l
Abner's fate given in Life maga­zine
by Al Capp.
He is returning to the family life
of Li'l Abner because popular
opinion will not allow him to con­tinue
his fairy tale characters,
such as the Shmoo and the Kig-my,
which poked fun at American
life. Some people wanted to know
what was the idea of kidding big
business and others wanted to
know what was the idea of criti­cising
labor, by creating the Shmoo
which made labor unnecessary.
The Kigmy was questioned even
more strongly.
As Capp said, "I was astounded
to find it had become unpopular
to laugh at any fellow Americans.
In fact, when I looked around, I
realized that a new kind of humor­ist
had taken over—the humorist
who kidded nothing but himself.
That was the only thing left. Holly­wood
had stopped making ain't-
America-wonderful-and-ridiculous
movies, and was making ain't-
America - wonderful - but - who -
says-it's-ridiculous-too-deserves -
to-be-picketed movies. Radio, the
most instantly obedient to pressure
^of all media, had sensed the atmos­phere,
an atmosphere in which
Jack Benny is magnificent but in
which Will Rogers would have suf­focated."
This is a dangerous, popular
censorship of expression. When
people began to take themselves
too seriously, it is bad. Laughter
is one of the basic freedoms that
helps relieve tensions or ill feeling
before they become magnified out
of reasonable proportions.
Criticism is necessary to free­dom,
whether on the editorial page,
in the movies or in the comic strip.
Li'l Abner, along with others such
as Pogo and Snuffy Smith, is an
excellent medium of criticism
through humor.
* * *
Dorothy Thompson, recently
completing a rapid tour of the
South, recorded some of her politi­cal
observations in a oolumn ap­pearing
in Ihe Birmingham News
last Friday.
Although I
generally doubt
the complete ac­curacy
of opin­ions
f o r m e d
about as large
an area as the
S o u t h in a
whistle s t op
type of survey,
I agree with
the major pre­mise
of the column—that Truman
faces a serious and deep revolt
among the southern people, strong­er
even than in 1948.
However, I find it very difficult
to believe that General Mac-
Arthur "enjoys more prestige in
the South than any other Ameri­can
in public life." I have yet to
meet a veteran of the Pacific cam-
Jennings
paigns under the General's com­mand
who speaks favorably of
him. Also, he was rated very low
in a recent presidential preference
poll held on the Auburn campus.
For me this does not indicate popu­lar
favor.
Cedric's Almanac
Saline Tears Shed
For Tax Deficients
By Fred "Cedric" Nichols
While sipping coffee in a local
cafe, the one that employs mid­get
waiters to make the steaks
look bigger, I shed a salty tear for
the people that didn't file their
income tax on the March 15 dead­line.
I ran home and consulted a
my Almanac on the subject, arid \
this is what I found.
TAX DEADLINE: If you don't
get it on the line, you're dead.
They now have a new form where
you guess your income for the
next year. I sent it in but didn't
sign my name. I figured that if I
could guess my income, then Uncle
Sam could guess my name. But I
don't have to worry about my in­come
tax. I got Sherlock Holmes
to figure it out for me. He's an
expert at deductions. Oh well, you
can't take it with you, and if you
could it'd probably melt. i, .
I have a brother who never wor­ries
about taxes. He is so rich that
he has monogrammed money. He
always keeps his money in a mat­tress
so he'll have something to
fall back on. Actually, there's only
one difference between a rich man
and a poor man. The rich man
has acufe laryngitis' and the poor
man has a cold. .
But it's no wonder my brother
is rich. Every day he saves 50
dollars. In the morning he rides
to work on a bus and there is a
sign saying "$50 FINE FOR SPIT­TING."
So he doesn't spit. He's
so cheap he buys secondhand den­tal
floss and uses it to wrap pack­ages.
He even married a girl who
was born on February 29 so he'd
only have to give her a present
every four years. His motto is:
LET THE REST OF THE WORLD
GO BUY.
He had some odd jobs when he
was first starting out in the cold
and cruel world. One day he was
trying to save money by serving
mothballs instead of hominy and
swallowed a mouthful of moth­balls.
He wentfor days without
work because no one wanted to
hire a person that smelled like
the inside of a cedar chest. Finally
a man came to the house and
offered him a. job, and he accepted.
It was a great job—he breathed on
fur coats in a storage plant.
After this job, and many others,
he settled down and started being
a miser. You know what a miser is
—a dough nut. He told me why he
quit working. He claimed that he
didn't want to keep a horse (an
Oatmobile) out of work. I guess
that's the only way for me to end
this story, and I use that term
loosely.
* * *
Love is like film. It has to be
developed in the dark.
Kentucky—where the corn is
full of kernels and the colonels
are full of corn.
PHINIS
Sign painters are, appropriately, still painting signs.
In a Hollywood bookstore, an attention-grabber for a Bible
sale advertised, "David and Bathsheba—you've seen the pic­ture,
now read the book." A sign above the entrance of a
New Orleans bistro proclaims it to be "Dante's Inferno—Air
Conditioned." Posted on a bridge
in Virginia is the notice that "It Is
Unlawful to Jump or Fall Wilfully
from This Bridge. Violators Will
Be Punished to the Full Extent of
the Law of Gravity."
"Horses That Don't Win Go to
the Dogs," points out a sign in a
horse meat shoppe. A newspaper
in Jacksonville, N. C, posts this
legend under its nameplate: "The
only newspaper in the world that
gives a whoop about Onslow Coun­ty."
Posters recommending a tour
to Havana intrigue the potential
playboy with "So near and yet so
foreign."
Signs on an Alaskan highway:
"The man who can drive safely
while kissing a pretty girl is not
giving the kiss the attention it de­serves."
. . . And on an eastern one:
"Cross road—humor it."
Seen on the back of a commer­cial
truck in Detroit was the ad­vice
"Learn to Remember Names
—Practice on Ours." Hotels near
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.,,
display this request: "Please do
not discuss your operation in the
lobby." An Indianapolis plumber
stamps "Pay the Piper" on over­due
bills. A Tennessee atomic
scientist tacked this notice on his
office door: "Gone Fision." And a
navy chaplain's door bore the in­vitation,
"If you have troubles,
come in and tell us about them.
If not, come in and tell us how
you do it."
A billboaijd in a Wisconsin hotel
offers this advice: "Chaperone your
cigarets; don't let them go out
alone." A large notice in a Cali­fornia
paper advertised, "Lost—
black leather wallet containing
personal papers, pictures and $200.
currency. Finder may keep wal­let,
papers and pictures, but I have
a sentimental attachment for the
money." A cafe points out that
"Our steaks are so tender we won­der
how the cow ever walked."
A newlyweds' car sported the sign
"Under New Management." And
the advertisement on a worm stand
>'iih Florida reads "You catch more
"fish with our worms. They really
According To Hall
Spring Term Offers
Varied Sports Slate
By Max Hall
As the spring quarter gets rollr
ing, we have heard several com­plaints
about this being the "off
season" for sports.
Mid-March brought the demise
of "King Football" and "Queen
Basketball"^ and the two sports
have dropped from sight for the
remainder of the academic year.
This, however, does not mean that
sports have been closed out until
next fall.
Right now Auburn has two top­flight
teams engaged in SEC com­petition,
and neither of them gets
its rightful share of support from
the student body.
Coach Dick McGowen's baseball
team boasts a 4-1 record and is
still undefeated in intercollegiate
competition. Admittedly the qual­ity
of play has been ragged at
times but the team is showing im­provement
at every game and if
power at the plate develops the
Tigers could quite conceivably be
a power in conference diamond
play.
Despite the good showing of the
baseball squad, Plainsman Park',
with a seating capacity of only
2,500, has not been filled for any
of the four home games already,
played.
However, if baseball has it rough,
track is certainly the step-child of
all Auburn sports. Under the direc­tion
of Wilbur Hutsell, the thin-clads
have brought at least as
much fame to Auburn as competi­tors
in any other sport. Several
Tiger trackmen have represented
the United States at the Olympic
Games, and several conference and
national records are held by Au­burn
track men.
In spite of the constant high
quality of track and field perform­ance
by Auburn men, a track meet
on the plains where the spectators
outnumber the participants .and
judges is a rare thing indeed.
Whether you are a sports fan
for love of competition or just like
to back Auburn in every activity,
you're passing up some fine oppor­tunities
if ycfci don't attend the
"minor" sports events which are
taking place on the campus this
quarter.
try!"
An Atlanta' barber shop sells
haircuts for "$8 per Dozen," a San
Francisco restaurant serves "Spa­ghetti
in^eason," and a dress shop
in Milwaukee offers "Dresses Sold
for Ridiculous Figures."
This roadside sign turns cars
into a Nebraska restaurant: "We
make pie like mother used to
make—before she learned to play
Canasta." A Toledo movie mar­quee
offered this double billing:
"Three Husbands. Woman on the
Run."
On the business card of the
gentleman who superintends the
U. S. mints is lettered, "We make
the money first. It's up to you to
make it last."
"Swell Your Chest," suggests the
slogan for a community fund drive.
A sign in San Francisco jolts jay­walkers
with "Don't Walk Your­self
to Death." Sedate parishioners
erected this notice in a Sheffield,
England, cemetery: "Owing to staff­ing
difficulties, grave digging will
be carried on by a skeleton staff."
Posters in a barber shop window
called attention to the fact that
"During the alterations, patrons
will be shaved in the back." A
Pittsburg music store advertises
"Bebop Spoken Here," while a San
Francisco firm sells "Waterproof
Raincoats."
A newly-established delicatessen
in N'Yawk City displays this come-on
in the window: "Special get-acquainted
sale—drop in lor butter
or for wurst." On a bakery truck
is lettered "What Food These Mor­sels
Be." A metal plaque atop the
12-million-ton Shasta Dam bears
the inscription "U. S. Government
Property. Do Not Remove." "Ma­ternity
Fashions for the Modern
Miss" are demonstrated in a Port­land,
Ore., dress shop window.
A New York camera store urges
shoppers'to "Please visit our bar­gain
basement on the second floor."
On the front door of California's
State Department of Public Health
office, which records births, mar­riages
and deaths, is hand-painted
"Hatched, Matched and Dispatched
Dept." Scrawled over a cuspidor
in a Danville, Ky., hotel are the
words "If the atom bomb drops,
jump in here. No one has ever
hit it yet."
A sign near San Jose, Calif., ad­vertises,
"For Sale—Two Billy
Goats. One a He, One a She."
Characteristically
Collegiate
By Martin Mednick
Cigarettes remind me of some
girls. They come in packs, get
lit, hang on. your lips, make you
puff, go out unexpectedly, leave
a bad taste in your mouth and yet
. . . they satisfy.
* * *
An Englishman, an Irishman
and a Scotchman met at the
graveside of a common friend. As
a parting gift the Englishman laid
a shining golden five-sovereign
piece on the cold breast of the
corpse.
The Irishman followed suit.
And with tears dimming his
eyes, the Scotchman, not to be
outdone, wrote his check for 15
pounds, laid it in the coffin, and
took the two coins as his change.
* * *
Junior: "What did the professor
say this morning?"
Senior: "Nothing."
Junior: ''Of course, but how did
he express it this time?"
* * *
Freshman: "I want to do some­thing
big—something clean."
Irritated Coed: "Why don't you
wash an elephant?" f
* * :i=
First Sigma Nu: 'What was that
you found on the sidewalk?"
Second Sigma Nu: "I ain't say­ing."
First Sigma Nu: "You and I
have been fraternity brothers for
years. We've had no secrets."
Second Sigma Nu: "Well, I'm
not telling, but if I ever catch the
guy that spits like dimes, I'm
going to kill him."
$ $ *
"Eavesdropping again," s a id
u,Adam, as his wife fell out of a
tree.
President Who Can Be Respected
•'. Needed By American People
By Walter "Parson" Albritton
"I shall not be a candidate for re-election."—Harry S. Tru­man.
,
These eight words, spoken by the President of the United
States at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Saturday
night, will probably soon r a n k in American history along with
such familar ones as "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Many were amazed at the President's announcement that
he would not be a candidate in the 1952 election to fill the
highest office in t h e world. Others didn't so
much as blink when t h e chief executive said
"I do not believe it is m y duty to spend an­other
t e rm in the White House." The latter
group, in showing l i t t le surprise at t h e Presi­dent's
declaration, said t h a t they had expect­ed
it all along.
Whatever the case, though, the t r u t h is
finally known. For several months Truman
Albritton has kept the American people in suspense as
to his plans for t h e coming election. But at last the "Mystery
Man" has declared his intention to step down.
Although his Democratic supporters voiced loudly their
disapproval of t h e President's decision, I congratulate Mr. Tru­man
on t h i s bit of clear thinking. In v i ew of t h e circumstances,
I believe that his stepping down is definitely the wisest move
t h a t he could make.
For several reasons, millions of Americans have lost respect
for the President, and when that happens to such an extreme
as it has, the time has come for some changes to be made.
Whether Truman has actually been a good or bad president
is beside the point.
Our nation needs a president who can be respected by the
people, especially in such difficult times as the present. And
I believe that only a few would argue that Mr- Truman's un­popularity
has not grown steadily in the past few years. Be­fore
it gets to the point that the American people have little
or no respect for their president, a man who can be and de­serves
to be respected should replace HST.
Truman's statement that he will not r u n this year leaves
this question: who will be the Democratic nominee? It's any­body's
guess, but mine is t h a t Illinois Governor Adlai Steven­son
will be nominated, with his r u n n i n g mate probably being
Senator Russell of Georgia.
f My guess for the GOP nomination is General Ike, with
Governor Warren of California as his running mate.
Who will be our next president? That's a h a r d decision
to make, for anyone. No matter who gets the Democratic
nomination, he will probably give the GOP candidate a close
race, because the Democrats are plenty strong. Many may
not favor the Democrats' present administration and many
may not like the idea of the Democrats having been in power
for such a long time, but still the Democratic. P a r t y is not
v/eak in the least. The Republicans may someday unseat the
Democrats from their powerful position of leading t h e Amer­ican
people, but it is not probable t h a t '52 will be t h e year.
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 2, 1952
FOOTS LAIIY SPORTS
EDITOR
Ed Jarvis Relates Golden Gloves Ado;
Has Recovered From Near-Fatal Punch
"The last thing I remember was going into t h e ring," re­calls
Ed Jarvis, Auburn senior, who aspired for the Alabama
District Golden Gloves championship during January in
Montgomery, but received an almost fatal blow in t h e finals,
ending his boxing career. His opponent and lightweight divi­sion
winner was Gene Schell.
"Schell wasn't a fighter, but a slugger," maintained Jarvis.
I had almost about figured him out when he caught me with
a stiff arm and sent me down with seven seconds remaining
in the first round. They tell me it was t h e heel of Schell's
hand and not his gloved fist that did the damage. Later the
referee told me that he had scored t h e round in my favor up
u n t i l my knockout, adding that I was very talkative after
t h e decision, though I don't remember.
• "When he hit me, so I 'm told, I t u r n e d and fell. I sustain­ed
a pinched nerve in my neck which caused temporary para­lysis
of my whole left side.
"I was placed in a Montgomery hospital for t h e five days
ensueing, and later transferred to Mobile, my home town.
While at t h e Mobile hospital I became somewhat of a guinea
pig for the doctors and nurses-
"The physicians performed several kinds of tests and held
seminars r e l a t i v e to my case. Their verdict was that I, one
case in a hundred thousand resulting from the same condi­t
i o n s ! endured, had suffered a contusion and hemorrhage of
t h e brain.
"Acting upon their advice, my fistic career has probably
ended," concluded Jarvis.
J a r v i s , erstwhile Auburn football manager, is back in
school this quarter, and apparently feels no ill effects as a
result of his late J a n u a r y misfortune. He will graduate in
t h e fall with an industrial management degree.
—Maroons Could Be Troublesome In Fall
Under a new grid mentor, Murray Warmath, Mississippi
S t a t e staged its annual intrasquad game Saturday, resulting
in two fisticuffs afield and a 27-7 w i n for the White team.
State, an Auburn opponent November 8 in Cliff Hare
Stadium, has a squad thin in numbers, but boasts fighting
spirit and All-SEC Joe Fortunato, linebacker, plus an array
of good backs in Tom Rushing, Norman Duplain, Willis Ro­bertson,
and Zerk Wilson. Up front is where the Maroons
may be h u r t i n g come fall, unless Warmath's recruiting pro­g
r am pays off.
—Florida Baseballers SoundxMaming
Sparked by catcher Haywood Sullivan, who plans to sever
all athletic ties with the University of Florida at the end
of the current baseball campaign to t u r n professional despite
his remaining year of eligibility, the Gators have rushed
undefeated to the top of t h e ladder in SEC baseball.
A pair of wins over Georgia Tech and defending champion
Tennessee plus a single victory over Georgia constitute the
Gators' 5-0 record. A 12-12 tie with Georgia in a game which"
went nine innings into darkness is t h e only blemish on the
Floridians' record.
Auburn entertains the Gators in P l a i n s m a n ' P a r k May
2-3, and journeys to Gainesville for a r e t u r n series May 9-10
to conclude the baseball season.
Tigers Sweep Two-Game Series
From Louisiana State, 5-4, 7-6
Buck Bradberry Hurls Three-Hitter In Opener;
Walley Wins Second Tilt With Timely Single
By Dave Laney
Coach Dick McGoweh's baseballers swept a two-game
series from Louisiana State University Friday and Saturday
at Plainsman P a r k to successfully open a 20-game SEC slate!
Both games, crowd-gathering thrillers, t h e Plainsmen won by
one-run margins, 5-4 and 7-6.
Auburnites reminisced the Wil-lard
Nixon era Friday as they
watched'Buck Bradberry, a fire-balling
righthander from Atlanta,
hurl" the Tigers to a three-hit,
5-4, decision over the Bayou Ben­gals
in the series opener.
Auburn turned one hit, two
walks, and two errors into three
runs in the seventh inning to gain
the one-run lead .with which it
won the ball game.
Bobby Jordan led Auburn's
six-hit attack with two singles
and a double.
A SHAKY start jeopardized
sophomore Bradberry's second
win of the season as he walked
six men and gave up three hits
in the ffrsT four frames for the
Louisianians' four scores.- After
the fourth he faced but 16 batters,
walking one. Over the route he
whiffed 10.
Auburn's first two scores came
in the third when Jordan doub­led
home Bradberry, who had
singled, then tallied himself on
Sleepwalker Brown's single.
Jim Barton's triple off the left
field fence was LSU's only extra
base hit.
The Plainsmen had to come
from behind for the second day
in a row to win the concluding
contest. Entering the bottom of
the ninth inning with score at 6-
a'll, Jim Walley, an outfielder
from Birmingham who had re­placed
Brown earlier in the
struggle, slapped a clean single
over the shortstop's head to send
Ernie Snow, the winning pitcher,
home with the winning run with
one away.
* ' * . *
HARRY Rabenhorst's Tigers
took an early lead in the first in­ning
when Barton singled home
Al Blanchard, who had led off
with a triple.
Auburn bunched two hits, an.
error, two walks, and a passed
ball for a three-run third.
LSU tied it up in the fourth
when Dick McMurray smashed a
homer over the right field fence
with one mate aboard. It was the
first circuit blow hit in Plains­man
Park this year by a colle­gian.
A three-run fifth finished the
Bengals scoring a n d Auburn
starter Gene Hoehle. Two errors,
two singles, and two walks caus­ed
the damage. Hoehle took over
third base for Joe Davis, who re­placed
Billy Ray Roberson at
second. Ernie Snow supplanted
Hoehle.
Auburn pulled to within one
run in its half'of the: fifth by
jumping on starter Benny Mc-
Ardle for two more runs—enough
to drive the diminutive southpaw
to the showers. Jordan's triple
sparked the frame. .
* * *
McGOWEN'S. strategy paid off
in the eighth as Auburn dead­locked
the count at 6-6. With one
out, and runners at first and third,
the affable coach called for a
double steal. Jordan raced home
from third as reliefer Malcolm
McCall threw to second base in
an attempt to trap Inman Veal,
who was a stealing the keystone.
Snow checked LSU in the ninth
to set up Walley's game-winning
blow.
Hoehle, a pitcher who can hit,
paced the Auburn batters with
two hits. Barton topped LSU hit­ting
with three singles in four
trips to the plate.
Auburnites Compete
In Cigaret Contest
Auburn' students will have a
chance to win free cigarets for the
next four weeks from Chesterfield
campus representatives Jim Baird
and Vann Owens.
Beginning in this week|s Plains-man
a Chester-fact will be printed
under the regular advertisement,
DOYLE PAIR, sophomore
from Atlanta, has handled m&st
of the catching chores for the
Plainsmen. He will probably
start against Howard College
here tomorrow.-
and Chesterfield's campus,repre­sentatives
will cruise the campus
asking students if they can repeat
the fact. If students questioned
can repeat the Chester-fact and
are carrying a pack of Chester-fieldsd
they will receive a free
pack of cigarets. If, however, stu­dents
meet the above requirements
and also happen to be smoking a
Chesterfield, they will receive two
packs.
This week's Chester-fact is
"Chesterfields are much milder—
with an extraordinary good taste
and no unpleasant aftertaste."
Howard, Tech Set
To Meet Auburn
In Week End Tilts
Auburn's "diamond men" take
a respite from conference play
tomorrow afternoon in Plainsman
Park when they meet Howard
College of Birmingham to initiate
a three-game home stand. Geor­gia
Tech repays Auburn's earlier
visit to Atlanta by appearing Fri­day
and Saturday here as the
Plainsmen resume an SEC slate.
Nothing is known concerning
Howard's power, but a Tiger's
guess is that the Bulldogs will
parallel Mercer in strength.
Auburn met the Golden Torna­do
Monday and Tuesday to start
Tech. off on . its home baseball
season; however, at press time
results of these two games were
unknown.
COACH McGowen's regulars
for the three home tilts will
probably be Bobby Jordan, Jake
Jones, and Dave Brown or Jim
Walley in the, outfield; Bob Na-gel,
Joe Davis, Inman Veal, and
Billy Ray Roberson or Gene Hoe­hle
at infielders' posts, and Dick
McMurry or Doyle.Pair at back­stop.
Starting pitchers for the
three games will be selected from
an adept staff of Buck Brad­berry,
Gene Hoehle, Ernie-Snow,
•and Ernie Baker.
. * * * .
MONDAY night, the Plainsmen
move to Selma, where they will
meet Montgomery in the only
night encounter of the season.
Georgia Tech will present a
colorful team with its collection
of Orange Bowl gridders on the
squad. Captain Chappell Rhino,
one of the best second basemen
in college business; George Ma-loof,
a senior shortstop, and Leon
Hardeman, speedy outfielder, are
included in the sports-prominent
nine. •
STOP
WORRYING
about cigarette irritatim
PHILIP MORRIS
Dillion-Nilsson Duel
In Discus Expected
For Southern Relays
Coach Wilbur Hutsell, Auburn
track coach, states that he plans
to enter a full team of approxi­mately
22 men in the Southern
Relays in Birmingham April 4-5.
At least 21 university class
teams, including Michigan, Ohio,
State, Yale, Harvard and L.S.U.,
representing some of the best in­dividual
performers in the east­ern
states, will compete in the.
relays. These include Don Mc-
Ewen, Michigan, and'Len Truex,
Ohio State, in the distances;'Jinri
Dillion. Auburn and Roland Nils-son,
Michigan in the discus, and
Poppa Hall, Florida, in the high
jump. Dillion and Hall are NCAA
title holders.
* * *>:•
IN ADDITION to a discus duel
between. Dillion and Nilsson, rated
one of the star attractions of the
meet, Auburn can be expected to
provide stout competition in the
high hurdles and Ihe mile relay.
Bill Fickling posted a 15.1 time
in the hurdles preliminaries at
the Florida Relays last Saturday
while • Don Johnson, sophomore
flash, anchored the mile relay .to
Classes Occupying ft
Pharmacy Structure
Auburn's new Pharmacy Build­ing
was opened for classes last
week, as plans were made by the IQ£J
School of Pharmacy**for complete ^u
occupancy when - further equip­ment
arrives.
"Pharmacy offices and labor- HO
atories will be moved from their n\>
present locations in Ross Chem- ,.)3
ical Laboratory and the tempo­rary
buildings when lab sinks ar­rive
and are installed in the new
structure," states Dr. L. S. Blake,
dean of the School of Pharmacy.
Designed by Shaw-Rennecker,
Birmingham, and constructed by
S. J. Curry Co., Albany, Ga„ the
new pharmacy headquarters cost
$220,000 without equipment.
Dr. Blake pointed Out,-"The de­signers,
and I have viewed phar­maceutical
installations all over
the' country in an attempt to
make Auburn's one of the most
modern and well equipped in the
nation."
a second place finish.
Auburn, according to Hutsell, is
definitely slated for competition
in the discus, the shot put, the
high . hurdles, the one-quarter
mile and mile relays, and the
high jump.
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" T H E MAGIC FACE" starring Luther Adler and Patricia
Knight will be shown today and Thursday at the Tiger Theatre.
Columbia Pictures will pay $10,000 to the first person who can
authentically disprove this amazing impersonation shown in this
picture, the love nest slaying of Adolph Hitler!
ADELE MARA . . . as "Suntan," in the exciting Republic Pro­duction
"The Sea Hornet," is the gal who makes rugged Rod
Cameron change his theory that "dames and deep-sea diving don't
mix." The thrilling adventure romance, which will be shown
Friday and Saturday at the Tiger, also stars Ardian Booth and
Chill Wills.
TRAPPER STEWART GRANGER strikes up a friendship
with the half-breed Indian girl., Cyd Charisse, in "The Wild
North,'' M-G-M's thrill-packed drama Filmed on location in the
frozen wastelands of(Northern Idaho and Wyoming, the story is
based on one of the most exciting chapters in the history of the
Royal North West Mounted Police.
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6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 2, 1952
Dick McGowen, API Baseball Coach,
Third Ex-Plainsman To Take Reins
By Dave Laney
Neil E. "Dick" McGowen's appointment as head baseball
coach last spring marked another lucrative step in the
post-war rebuilding of athletics at A.P.I.
As was the case of Ralph Jordan and Joel Eaves, McGowen
became the third former Auburn student and athlete to gain
a'chief coachship capacity within
the last three years. He actually
returned to the Plains Dec. 8,
1948, as a scout for future Auburn
grid warriors.
Born in Sipsey, Birmingham's
neighbor, McGowen later prepped
at Dora High School, from which
he was graduated in the spring
of 1937.
In the fall of that year he en­tered
Auburn, where he was to
become one of the best football
players in the history of the
school and the Southeastern Con­ference.
Ironically enough, Shug
Jordan was the freshmari football
coach under whom McGowen per­formed
his initial year.
* * *
PROMINENCE AND three grid
letters were to be earned by the
heavily constructed gentleman
during the next trio of years. In
1939 he won the coveted position
of number one fullback on several
All-SEC selections, and the fol­lowing
year was a unanimous
choice for the backfield post on
all picks, including the Associated
Press.
Hi's junior year, McGowen
punted 96 times for an average
of 43.25 yards per boot, establish­ing
a national mark which was to
stand until 1946, when Foots Pal­mer,
North Carolina, bettered the
Auburnite's record by one-tenth
yard.
He captained Jack Meagher's
1940 Auburn eleven to six wins
in 11 games, one^of them a tie.
But McGowen's sporting abil­ities
weren't limited to the grid­iron.
In baseball, he caught and
olayed outfield, earning letters
his final two seasons.
In other extracurricular activi­ties,
besides being a member cf
the "A" Club, McGowen's honor
hst included Blue Key, Scabbard
3nd Blade, and "Who's Who
Among Students, in American
Universities and Colleges."
* * *
SHCmTLY AFTER his gradua­tion,
he was called into the army
to take advantage of his commis­sion
secured through the ROTC
program. Serving four and one-half
years in the armored artil­lery,
he had upon his discharge
attained the rank of major, a pos­ition
which he now holds in the
active reserve.
Out of the service, the black-haired
Auburnite t u r n e d to
coaching football at Eufaula
High. There he compiled a 10-9-1
record over his two-year tenure
immediately prior to his report
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Dick McGowen
to the Plains to reconnoiter foot­ball
talent for Earl Brown.
Later he became freshman
baseball coach, and freshman
football mentor last fall. His
adeptness in the coaching game
was rewarded by his being select­ed
to replace John Williamson as
baseball tutor upon the comple­tion
of the somewhat dismal 1951
baseball season,
* * . *
WHEN ASKED to describe his
greatest sports thrill, he replied,
"I have none," but an abbreviated
pause brought forth his remin­iscence
of the 1940 Auburn-
Georgia Tech grid ado in Atlanta,
thusly:
"We were behind 7-6, when we
had a chance for a field goal. I
kicked one and it was good, but
we drew a 15-yard penalty and
had to try it all over—but from
15 yards away. I made good this
one too to put us ahead 9-7, and
we scored ,an insurance touch­down
in the final stages to win,
16-7." .(Not since that day has
Auburn defeated the Atlantans
;n football.)
He recalls the longest run of
his three years of varsity foot­ball
as a 74-yard off-tackle romp
against Florida for a touchdown,
which was in vain as the Tigers
could find no sunshine that day,
the Gators triumphing 9-7.
DZ\s Come Through
in Cage Tourney
The girls intramural basketball
'ournament was brought to a close
'ast week when the Delta Zeta
sorority team edged by Alumni
Hall's hoopsters, 6 to 5. -The
game was an evenly-matched con­test,
since both teams were unde-eated
in regular season play. ,
Delta Zeta juljiped to an early
ead and was ahead 6 to 3
it the half. They were held score­less
in 'the last half, however.
Alumni Hall missed'a score-ty­ing
opportunity in the final sec­onds
of the game when three free
throws bounced off the rim. Close
guarding by both teams kept the
score low.
Scoring was evenly divided
among the Delta Zeta forwards
with Barbara Farrington, Betty
Rae Crane and 'Beryl Quinn each
naking two points. Claire Lock-tt,
Betty Statham, Rita Kelly and
larriet Billings played, guard for
he winners.
Alumni Hall's scoring was done
by Sue Register, with three points
ind Joanne Lucci with two. Guards
for the runner-up team were Jane
Parks, Maxine Corley, Barbars
Wamp, Soot Walls, Ann Thompson
and Moira Dulligan.
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AUBURN GRILLE
Tigers Claw Bears,
Squeezed By Grays
In Non-SEC Games
The Auburn baseballers were
handed their initial defeat °f the
season last week as they lost the
latter of two non-conference tilts
to Montgomery's Grays in Plains­man
Park. On Tuesday, the Tigers
had edged Mercer University in a
Macon, Ga., thriller.
Buck Bradberry pitched five-hit
ball and blazed a third strike
past 10 bewildered Mercer batsmen
as the Bears were handed a second
loss by the Plainsmen, 2-1. Catcher
Doyle Pair, who tripled Jake Jones
home in the eighth with the win­ning
run, led the Plainsmen swat­ters
with two hits. His other blow
was a double.
Jim Thompson relieved Don
Lewis in the eighth and was the
losing Bear, hurler.
The Montgomery professionals
were saved from further overtime
work when Len Morrison slammed
a three-run. homer over the right
field fence in the top of the 10th
inning to give success to the Grays
in their first exhibition start.
* , •. * *
TWELVE HITS, three of them
going for extra bases, were col­lected
by the Plainsmen off the
slants of three Gray moundmen—
Hillory Stanton, Bill Bass, and Hal
Litchford. Shortstop Inman Veal
led the Plainsmen with four hits
in six trips to the plate.
Gene Hoehle, Ernie Snow, Ernie
Baker, and Jack Ramsey limited
the Grays to only six safeties, all
of which were timely, however.
Auburn moved quickly to a two-run
advantage in thfe first inning
when Joe Davis hit a two-*un
double, scoring Veal and Dave
"Sleepwalker" Brown.
Montgomery retaliated with six
runs in the next two innings.
The traditional seventh-inning
stretch seemed to influence a pair
of Tiger runs in the bottom of the
frame, Bobby Jordan and Billy
Ray Robinson tallying on the sin­gles
by Veal and Jones.
Auburn tied the score at 6-all
in the bottom of the ninth by com­bining
two walks and an error
with two hits for two runs, forcing
the contest into extra innings.
In the 10th, Montgomery scored
one run before Morrison's tell-tale
blow, and then staved off an Au­burn
rally, which included Davis'
two-bagger, for a 10-7 decision.
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college extension 242.
Dillion, Eyeing Olympics, Paces Team
To Capture Honors In Florida Relays
By Jim Jennings
Jim Dillion, possible contender for the Olympics, played
the role of Auburn's leading competitor at the Florida Relays
in Gainesville Saturday, March 29, while obtaining strong
support from the remainder of the 12-man Auburn team.
Dillion took first place honors in the discus throw and the
shot put. Bill Fickling took a sec
ond place in the high hurdles
finals and Ed Bauer was a strong
second in the discus. Auburn also
took a second place in the mile
ROTC Basketball
Playoff Set Monday
The navy FO's (for Future Of­ficers)
will play the air force's
First Year Basic team Monday,
April 7, to determine the basket­ball
championship of the ROTC
units of A.P.I.
In the first inter-unit competi­tion
of its kind, the contest will
be played between the navy
charnpions, the FO's,'and the air
force champions, the First Year
Basic team, with five additional
men of each unit on the respec­tive
teams.
The navy champions, the FO's
are composed of Bill Cooke, Tus-cumbia,
captain; Russ Wiltsie,
Binghamtom,. N.Y.; Gus Connel­ly,
Cuthbert, Ga.; Bill Haycraft,
Brandenburg, Ky.; Gene Moore.
Tampa, Fla.; J a m e s Willett,
Dyersburg, Tenn.; Dan Crane,
Decatur, a n d Gerald Austin,
Montgomery.
Air Force champions, the First
Year Basic team, are Bobby
Duke, Mobile, captain; Bobby
Freeman," Decatur; Bill Larri-more,
Dickinson; Raymond Dan­iels,
Gadsden, and Harold Home,
Enterprise.
relay. The 440-yard relay team
came in third and the distance
medley foursome placed fourth.
No team positions were awarded
in the meet.
* * *
WITH A 50 foot, 7 inch heave
in the shot and a 166 foot, 3 inch
throw in the discus, Dillion was
selected by coaches and sports
writers as the outstanding per­former
of the Relays. His name
will be engraved on the Kearney-
Rabun trophy which is kept per­manently
at Florida, and as a
further honor he was awarded a
watch. The trophy was set up in
honor of two Florida track men
killed in World War II.
Fickling ran the fastest high
hurdle time of the Relays in win­ning
the trial heats in 15.1 sec­onds,
but lost to Duke's Shankle
in the finals. The winning time
in the finals was 15.2.
DON JOHNSON provided a
flashing anchor lap in the mile re­lay
to pull Auburn from fourth
place to a second place finish.
Duncan Bryant, Duke Brown, and
Tommy Tate ran the first laps of
the event.
Brown, John Francisco, Jackie
• Creel, and Johnson made up the
quarter-mile relay entry, and
Bryant, Tate, Ewart Atkins and
Allison Christopher were the
members of the distance medley
team. The distance medley is run
in one-quarter, one-half, three-quarter.
and one mile legs.
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Pike Grapplers Cop Intramural Tourney
A powerful Pi Kappa Alpha
team took top honors in the re­cent
wrestling tourney sponsored
by the Wraestlian Club. The
tournament was open to any or­ganization
desiring to enter a
team and the response was so
favorable that the contest will
continue as an annual event.
Members of the Wraestlian Club
officiated at all the matches.
The Pikes, with 31 points, more
than doubled their nearest rivals,
the Women's Dining -Hall team,
which scored 13. Points were
awarded to the top four contest­ants
in each weight bracket.
Winners and their respective
weights were Gene Eurlon, Pratt-ville,
Alpha Tau Omega, 123
lb.; Charles Kraselsky," Dothan.
an independent, 130 lb.; Chick
Tucker, LaFayette, Pi Kappa Al­pha,
147 lb.; John Hartsfield, Bir­mingham,
PiKA, 157 lb.; Dick
Gilliland, Birmingham, PiKA, 167
lb.; Bob Atkinson, Auburn, re­presenting
the Women's Dining
Hall, 177 lb.; Harold Harris, Bes­semer,
heavyweight.
Coach Bob Evans, director of
intramural sports, expressed his
delight over the response the
tourney received among the stu­dents,
a n d commended t he
Wraeslling Club upon its di­rection
of the new event, .which
replaced inter-fraternity wrest­ling.
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