1953-01-07 The Auburn Plainsman

              The Saddest Words
Of Tongue Or Pen:
'Saturday Classes'
The Holidays Are
Over, But The
Parties Go On
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. 80 6 Pages WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1953 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 1
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Winter Quarter Provides
Change In Emphasis
On Student Activities
By War Eagle
I t ' s always interesting to
watch the "change of pace"
which comes to the Plains
each year with the advent of
t h e winter quarter. The new
term brings about a shift of em­phasis
in student activities which
makes for a marked contrast with
the fall quarter.
During the fall, football is the
hub around which all other activi­ties
revolve. In the winter, how­ever,
it's a different story entirely.
Although athletics are not ignored
—especially when the Tiger cagers
are as proficient as this year's team
—other fields of activity move up
and demand their share of atten­tion.
Socially speaking, the gaudy
color and roaring noise of football
fade into the black and white and
soft music of formal season. At
the same time, while the pain from
fall quarter grade reports is still
intense, intellectual pursuits take
on a new significance for many
API students.
Perhaps the most interesting
change of all, however, comes when
somebody suddenly realizes that
it's not too long until time for
qualifications for the spring quar­ter's
general elections.
Winter quarter is often the prov­ing
ground for previously untried
student leadership, and it's already
time for persons interested in the
spring elections to start getting
their marbles in line.
The quality of next year's stu­dent
leadership often depends
upon the amount and extent of
competition between the potential
leaders in the months just pre­vious
to qualification.
With that in mind, I'd sure like
to see some political battles be­ginning
to take shape in the next
few weeks. Auburn will need
strong student leadership next
year, and now is the time to start
building that strength.
Orchids To City
Congratulations are due the city
of Auburn for another step for­ward
in their already progressive
recreational program.
Early in December, the city com­mission
awarded a contract which
will furnish local people with a
$60,000 swimming pool in time for
the hot months of 1953. The pool
will be built at the Northsidc Ele-rrentary
School by McGowcn Con­tracting
Co., Opelika.
The pool will meet a definite
need. Swimming facilities are now
available, but they are at a dis­tance
from town which inconveni­ences
many swimmers, and there
is often some question as to their
sanitation.
Installation of a modern pool—
specifications call for one of the
nicest in East Alabama—is a step
which a city expanding as rapidly
as Auburn would naturally take.
It reflects a consideration for the
health and happiness of citizens
which is characteristic of a truly
progressive community.
Auburn City Council Adopts New Traffic Ordinance
Publications Board Elevates Hall To Editorship
Surprise Move Sees Albritton Accept
Alumnews Post Vacated By Crawford
Walter Albritton, junior in education from Wetumpka,
resigned his position as editor of The Plainsman just before
the end of last quarter. He resigned in order to assume the
editorship of The Alumnews, official publication of the Au­b
u r n Alumni Association.
After accepting Albritton's res­ignation
at a special session, the
Board of Student Publications ap­pointed
Max Hall, journalism sen­ior
from Hartselle, to fill the unex­pired
term as editor.
Albritton, a member of Pi Kappa
Phi fraternity, was elected to the
editorship in the all-campus elec­tions
last spring. He had pre­viously
served as associate editor
of The Plainsman and campus
sports correspondent for The Mont­gomery
Advertiser and The Bir­mingham
News. He is a member
of Squires honorary, and was re­cently
recognized in "Who's Who
In American Colleges and Univer­sities."
HALL HAS served on the sports
staff and as associate editor of The
Plainsman, and was managing
editor during Albritton's editor­ship.
He is a member of Spades
and Omicron Delta Kappa honor-aries.
Les Ford, junior in industrial
management from Greenville,
Miss., has been named to fill the
vacant managing editorship which
occurred with Hall's promotion.
Hall also announced the return of
Walter Evcridgc, Columbus, Ga.,
to the staff as associate editor, and
the promotion of Fred Nichols,
Columbiana, from assistant to
associate editor.
The Alumnews vacancy, which
Albritton will fill, occured when Ed
Crawford, Auburn '51, a former
editor of The Plainsman, left the
alumni publication, which he had
edited since November, 1951, to
assume the editorship of The Mont­gomery
Examiner.
Klepinger Awards DMS Ribbons
To 35 Outstanding ROTC Students
Colonel Walter J. Klepinger, professor of military science
and tactics at API, has announced the names of 35 Army
ROTC Distinguished Military Students.
Selected on t h e basis of aptitude, leadership, and scholastic
averages, the students represent outstanding senior cadets of
the Corps.
Badges were presented to the
NOTICE
Petitions for consideration by
the Council of Deans at its meet­ing
each Tuesday afternoon
should be filed in the office of
the Dean of Faculties by 1:00
p.m. on the Monday preceding.
This is necessary in order that
all business be made available
to the Council a full day in ad­vance
of Its meeting.
students at a recent Regimental
Review and their names will ap­pear
in the fall quarter gradua­tion
program. Receiving t he
awards were:
Armor
Harold G. Carter, Birmingham;
Martin L. Dalton, Eufaula; George
T. Holdcroft, Birmingham; Wil­liam
R. Sharman, Blanton, and
Alvin T. Wilson, Auburn.
Corps of Engineers
Robert M. Arthur, Gadsden;
Ashley P. Barnes, Jr., Casper,
Wyo.; James J. Baird, Bessemer;
Kelcy L. Cargile, Fayette; Nelson
P. Conover, Spring Hill; Earl D.
Keller, Copper Hill, Tenn.; Ken­neth
L. Nail, Atmore; Jerry D.
Parker, Mobile; William L. Smith,
Birmingham; George D. Stewart,
Jr., Evergreen; John W. St. Mar­tin,
Houma, La.; James D. Tatum,
Prattville; James T. Tatum, Jr.,
Decatur; Donald L. W a m p,
Hanceville; Raymond M. Warren,
Rome, Ga., and Iva C. Yates, Jr.,
Mobile.
Artillery
Charles O. Ashley, Apopka,
Fla.; Ned T. Ellis, Fort Deposit;
Ralph A. Dodds, Birmingham;
Henry H. Funderburk, Carrollton;
Rodney L. Grandy, Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Paul E. Sikorski, Anniston;
Rucker L. Staggers, Benton, and
Charles S. Sullivan, Camp Hill.
Signal Corps
Jim C. Bigham, Birmingham;
James W. Bowles, Jr., Shawmut;
Julius F. Gunter. Memphis, Tenn.;
Howard S. Leach, Jr., Birming­ham;
Thomas M. Lynn, Georg-iana,
and Lee B. Cannon, Jr., Bir­mingham.
BILL'S COLLECTING
AUBURN'S BILLTURNBEAUGH receives congratulations and
the A Club's "Most Outstanding Football Player" trophy for the
1952 Grid Season from President Bill McMurray. "Big Bill" was
picked on The All-SEC second string defense team and received
honorable mention on AP's All-America list.
Walter Albritton Max Hal
Presbyterians Change Meeting Place
As Work Begins On New Sanctuary
By Richard Mills
Beginning this week, and continuing until October of this
year, Auburn Presbyterians will hold Sunday services in
Langdon Hall while their new church is being constructed.
Evening services will be held at Westminster House, the
P r e s b y t e r i a n youth center.
The new structure will be built
on the site of the existing one,
which was erected in 1919. Demo­lition
of the present church has
already begun.
A G R O W I N G congregation
coupled with Auburn's increased
post-war enrollments have taxed
the existing facilities.
Of contemporary-classical ar­chitecture,
the new sanctuary will
seat a total of 866, against a pre­sent
maximum of about 500. The
new building can be enlarged in
the future to accommodate 1,100.
Because of the important role
the church plays in the religious
life of Presbyterian students,
Presbyterians over the state are
contributing $100,000 to the build­ing
fund. At present, there are
531 Presbyterian students enroll­ed
at API.
IN ADDITION to a new san­ctuary,
the building will provide
nine church school rooms and an
assembly room, or when open, a
social hall for 300. A kitchen also
is included, to be furnished by
women of the church.
Construction will be of masonry
and reinforced concrete with steel
trusses. Trim will be of limestone.
An asphalt tile floor and acous­tical
ceiling also are included.
There will be wooden wainscoting
in the vestibules, nave and chan­cel.
Colored glass will be used in
the windows in the nave.
Langford Lists
Skit Night Dates
Auburn's 1953 Skit Nights, spon­sored
jointly by Blue Key and
Sphinx honoraries, have been
scheduled for Monday and Tues­day,
March 9-10, according to Jack
Langford, chairman of the pro­gram.
Skit Nights will be pre­sented
in the student activitcs
building.
Skits will be judged on origin­ality,
humor, novelty and presenta­tion;
trophies being awarded to the
winning fraternity and sorority.
All skits will be divided be­tween
the two nights, and will be
limited to seven minutes. Tickets
will soon be on sale by members of
Blue Key and Sphinx.
"We hope that Skit Night will
set a new high in originality and
entertainment this year, and we
v/ould like to urge all organizations
to begin their preparations early,"
added Langford.
State High Schools
lo Receive Copies
Ot Student Weekly
For the remainder of the school
year, The Plainsman will be mailed
to the library of every accredited
high school in Alabama, according
to an announcement issued this
week by Jack Johnson, business
manager.
The addition of the high schools
tc the mailing list was approved
by the Board of Student Publica­tions
last quarter.
"We hope that the availability
of these copies will make it possi­ble
for hundreds of potential col­lege
students to see just what we
have at Auburn," stated Johnson.
"We are undertaking the project
as a public relations move, and we
hope it will be beneficial, both to
API and to the secondary schools.
Mailing duties on the high school
copies will be handled by a special
assistant to the circulation man­ager,
who is, as yet, unnamed.
Winter Enrollment
Prospects Bright
As API Re-Opens
Prospects are bright for an en­rollment
at API of 5,900 to 6,000
in the winter quarter, according to
an estimate given today by Reg­istrar
Charles W. Edwards.
Such an enrollment would top
the winter quarter of the past year
by about 750 students. Actual
number of students registered for
the winter quarter of 1952 were
5,360.
Approximately 400 freshmen and
transfers are expected for the new
quarter. Over 200 Korean War
veterans will be in the group. How­ever,
a larger number of veterans
will probably enroll in the spring
quarter than in the present one.
NOTICE
All students interested in tra­veling
with the Men's Glee
Club on a mid-February tour
of the state must be auditioned
by tomorrow night, according to
Walter S. Collins, director of
the club.
Mighty Plainsman Plainsmen Favored
Over Puny Glom Graft Wave Saturday
The unbeaten, untied, and
unscored u p o n invincible
Plainsman Plainsmen w i ll
meet the first foe of their rug­ged
1952 season Saturday af­ternoon
at two o'clock when
they take the field against a puny
Glomerata Graft Wave.
A crew of dusky buildings and
grounds workers is standing by,
prepared at a moments notice to
clear an area of four square miles
west of Drake Field in case
crowds are so great as to overflow
the playing field east of the
stadium.
Champions of the weekly News­paper
Conference for the past 89
years, the red-hot Plainsmen are
heavily favored according to the
latest odds released by the boys
in the smoke filled back room of
McMillian's Snooker Lab.
City Police Chief Clyde Ellis
urges towns people to park their
cars and "follow the crowd" to
the game, in order that the aggre­gation
of out of town fans may
be accommodated. Parking areas
have been marked off for several
miles on all incoming highways.
In a secret ballot held last night
to determine the captain of the
mighty Plainsmen for the rip-snorting
classic, Max "Blood and
Guts" Hall and Jack "Jawbreak­er"
Johnson received one vote
each. Voting were the editor and
business manager of the paper,
respectively.
Last year a yellow, terrified,
inexperienced, insignificant Graft
Wave arrived, begging mercy
from the potent Plainsmen. The
Plainsmen showed consideration
by holding the score down to
114-0. In the victory, that fabu­lous
"All-Universe" Plainsman
back, Tom Duke, turned in his
usual stellar performance.
Spearheading this years attack
will be 10 year le'tterman "Ter­rible"
Tom Duke, who, with his
needle threading passes, inspira­tional
end runs, lengthy punts,
jarring downfield blocks, earth-shaking
tackles, growling guard
gallops, sterling pass intercep­tions,
and clever poses for the
newspaper photographers, h as
won all available grid honors.
Other big name stars expected
to be in Plainsman garb include
Max "Blood 'n Guts" Hall, Les
"Eliminator" Ford, Charles "She­er"
Sullivan, John "Rammer"
Raines, "Lacerator" Larry Con.
her, Ronald "Wrecker" Owen,
"Horrible" Howard Skelton, Fred
"Killer" N i c h o l s , "Hurrying"
Herb White, Jack "Jawbreaker"
Johnson, "Devastating" Dick Gil-liland,
"Bolting" Bill Neville,
"Roving" Richard Mills, "Bruiser"
Bill Owen, Ernest "Growler"
Merriwether, and g a l l o p i ng
"Bronco" Everidge.
Leading the massed multitude
in cheers for the Plainsmen will
be a bevy of curvaceous co-eds
including Gloria "Smokey" Cobb,
JoAnne "SI rangier" Lucci, Lee
"Skoward" H e l t o n , M a r g ie
"Shreiker" S u l l i v a n , Sabre
"Touche" Stough, Eldonna "Mari­lyn"
Brown, "Happy" Gay Hogan,
and Doris "More than" Lessman.
When not engaged in leading
thunderous cheers, these beauties
will bear water for the fine news­paper
squad.
The Glomerata is also expected
to field a team.
Speeders, Drinkers, Reckless Drivers
To Feel Effect Of Local Crackdown
By Tom Duke
In a move calculated to reduce the toll being taken by
auto accidents on local streets and highways, the Auburn
City Council accepted an ordinance on December 16 which
fixed severe penalties for reckless, speeding or intoxicated
drivers.
The ordinance became effective
upon the date of its acceptance.
The penalties, as provided for
under the new law, are a maxi­mum
fine of $100 or 180 days at
hard labor for the city, or both.
The amount of punishment it left
to the discretion of the recorder
trying the case.
THE PASSAGE of the ordinance
was hastened somewhat by the
recent series of traffic accidents
which claimed the lives of several
API students.
One of the major changes will be
the removal of jurisdictional dif­ferences
between campus and city
law enforcement officers. The new
act will permit city policemen to
make arrests on college property,
as well as giving campus officers
freedom of action throughout the
city.
The council's move received en­dorsement
on the date of its pass­age
from the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and the Rotary Club,
who met in a joint session. The
groups passed a resolution calling
for strong action against traffic
violators, and decided to establish
a joint safety council to aid in acci­dent
prevention.
LOCAL LAW enforcement offi­cials
have promised that the crack­down
in connection with the new
ordinance will be complete, and
all offenders will be prosecuted.
The entire text of the ordinance
was printed in the Lee County
Bulletin on December 25. Sections
which may be of particular inter­est
to student drivers appear be­low.
Section 3. RECKLESS DRIV­ING.
Any person who drives any
vehicle upon a roadway in the
city carelessly and heedlessly in
willful or wanton disregard of the
rights or safety of others, or
without due caution and circum­spection
and at a speed or in a
manner so as to endanger or be
likely to endanger any person or
property, shall be guilty of reck­less
driving and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $100 or by imprison­ment
at hard labor for the city
for a term not to exceed 180
days, or both, in the discretion of
the Recorder trying the case.
Section 4. SPEEDING. It shall
be hereafter unlawful for any
person to drive any vehicles on
any roadway in the city at a rate
of speed in excess of twenty-five
miles per hour, except in zones
where official signs of the city
have been erected indicating that
a different speed limit has been
set within those zones; and any
person convicted of a violation of
this section shall be punished by
imprisonment at hard labor for
the city for a term not to exceed
180 days or by fine in an amount
not to exceed $100, or both, in the
discretion of the Recorder trying
the case.
(Continued on page 2)
Eight API Students
To Attend Meeting
On Georgia Campus
API will send eight delegates to
the first meeting of the, Southern
and Southeastern Association of
Colleges Unions on the Univer­sity
of Georgia campus in Athens
this weekend.
Delegates will be Jim Baird, stu­dent
body president, Bessemer;
Jim Lineberger, Fitzgerald, Ga.;
Arthur Moore, Pell City; Jim Vann,
Macon, Ga.; Jeanne Oliver, Bir­mingham;
Suzanne Morgan, Deni-son,
Texas; Betty Cosby, assistant
dean of women, and James E. Foy,
director of student affairs.
During the two-day session,
Baird will lead a panel discussion
on the importance of student lead­ership
in a properly functioning
college union. Other problems of
union management will be consid­ered
in discussions led by dele­gates
from other Southern and
Southeastern schools.
"Since Auburn's Union Building
is still unfinished," stated Baird,
"we won't actually represent the
API Union, but we hope to pick
up some ideas at the conference
which will be helpful to us when
problems of union management
do arise on this campus."
This is the first combination
meeting of Southern and South­eastern
union officials, but the
Southeastern group has been meet­ing
annually for several years. Last
year's session was held at Auburn.
Members of the API delegation
will return to the campus Sunday.
NOTICE
Snapshots for the fraternity
and sorority pages of The 1953
Glomerata are overdue, accord­ing
to editor Ed Martin. Pictures
must be turned in this week.
'LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS'
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FATHER TIME hasn't even started on this week's Loveliest
as you can judge. Pointing out the fact that this is a new year and
the date of a "new" Plainsman is Becky Faust, freshman in educa­tion
from Oneonta. (API Photo by Les King.)
Phi Mil Sorority To Open Social Season Friday 2—THE PLAINSMAN
President Sarah Spurlock To Lead
Annual Dance In Student Ac Building
Alpha Mu Chapter of Phi Mu sorority will hold its annual
formal Friday night in the student activities building from 9
until 12 p.m. The Auburn Knights will play.
Miss Sarah Spurlock, chapter president, will lead t h e dance
with Gene Doss, Anniston. During the leadout Miss Spurlock
will be presented a bouquet of
while carnations by Ollie Mae
Holbrook, vice-president of the
chapter.
Members, pledges and dates
are:
Bobbie Andrews, James Kess-ler,
Montgomery; Madeline Bains,
Jack A p p l e t on, Albertville;
Gladys Blackburn, Sam Butner,
Enterprise; June Botlcher, Bill
Fleck, Birmingham; Jo Ann
Bottcher. Henry Pipes, New Or­leans;
M a r y Jo Cochran, Jim
Haygood, Union Springs; Peggy
Dean, Leon Dean, Gadsden.
Margaret Ann Harbor, Robert
Grade, Memphis; Ollie Mae Hol­brook,
Jim McAdams, Montgom­ery;
Betty Ford, Jack Green, Mo­bile;
Martha Kirkland, Tom Mc-
Clendon, Ozark; Lohner Faulk­ner
McLeroy, Bob McLeroy, Au­burn;
Betty MoLemore, Morris
McKenna, Birmingham; Pat Mer­chant,
David Carter, Panama City,
Fla.
Richie Miller Clayton, Lynn
Clayton, Auburn; B e t f y Jane
Norwood, Charlie J o n e s , De­catur;
Betty Ann Price, Sammy
Parker, Rockmart, Ga.; Jean Pry-or
Pickens, Bruce Pickens, Pana­ma
City, Fla.; Jill Rawls, Kenneth
Jones, Columbus, Ga.; Madge Ray.
Jim Sykes, Birmingham; Gloria
Sellers, Brown Saunders, Bir­mingham.
Margie Sullivan, Jim LaMar,
Bethesda, Md.; Margaret Ann Ul-mer,
Bob McBride, New Orleans,
La.; Augusta York, Henry Krache,
Birmingham; S a 11 i e ^allaway,
Marc Brabant, Opelika; CaYolyn
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(Continued from page 1
Miss Sarah Spurlock
Crawford, Zeb Roberts, Birming­ham;
Adelaide Henderson, John
Pangburn, Nashville.
Jane Ford, Frank Huskin, Pen.
sacola, Fla.; Ann Medlock, Bill
Neville, Eufaula; N a n c y Kelly,
Robert Seales, Birmingham; Ben-nieta
Andrew, Jerry Williams,
Auburn; Jean Bryan, Tuck Mat-tox,
Union Springs; Mary Alice
Bryan, Theo Lee, Enterprise;
Jean Cross, Larry Doyle, Atlanta;
Mary J i m Esslinger, Charles
Bottcher, Cullman.
Mary Jo Hubbard, Don Guilia-ven,
Birmingham; Carolyn Jones,
Lamar Guthrie, Columbus, Ga.;
Elizabeth Manasco, Joe Houston,
Birmingham; Emma Jean Moore,
Bill Brown, Newnan, Ga.; Betsy
Pate, Clem Morris, Mobile; Mary
Helen Tate,,, Gorman Houston,
Eufaula; S a l l y Watters, Ben
Methvin, Atlanta; Betty West,
brook, Doug Stewart, Selma; Jane
Williams, Doug Duncan, Auburn;
Bebe Baker, Bob Wood, Graball;
Betty Rogers Barnhart, Bob Barn-hart,
Birmingham.
Kathryn Brown, Bobby Quiel-leri,
Auburn; Mary Ann Willman,
Jim Johnson, Tuscumbia; Helen
Langley, Mace Holman, Ozark;
Jane Muir, Bill Anderson, Fair­field;
Anna Sue Ellard, Paul Dris-coll,
Harrison, Ark.; Jean Wood-all,
Willie Wager, Montgomery,
and Margaret Maynard, R i ch
Hauenstein, Birmingham.
Immediately following the
dance, the Kappa Alpha frater­nity
will entertain the Phi Mu's
and their dates with a breakfast
at the fraternity house.
API Grad Named
Assistant To Ike*
Retired Major Gen. Wilton B.
Persons, an Auburn graduate of
1916, was named in November as
special assistant to president-elect
Eisenhower.
General Persons served on
Eisenhower's NATO staff in Eu­rope
and was assistant to the
chairman of the Republican Na­tional
Committee during the presi­dential
campaign.
HIS LEGISLATIVE experience
includes liason work with the Con­gress
on behalf of the Army and
Defense Departments for about
16 years. He was liason officer
when General Eisenhower was
c'hief-of-staff immediately after
World War II.
A native of Montgomery, Gen­eral
Persons is a brother of Ala­bama's
Gov. Persons^ He is a
member of a family of Auburn
alumni since his father was an
Auburn alumnus as well as his
three brothers.
After leaving Auburn, General
Persons later received an M.S. de­gree
from the Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Ad­ministration.
He served as presi­dent
of the Washington Auburn
Club in 1947.
LOST—One black and silver Par­ker
51 fountain pen, somewhere
in the vicinity of Broun Hall.
Finder call Mary Shelburne at
9142 for liberal reward.
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Section 5. PARKING REG­ULATIONS.
The following reg­ulations
shall govern the parking
of vehicles on roadways within
the city:
(a) It is prohibited to park any
type of vehicle in any of the fol­lowing
places:
(1) In any place where official
signs or painting are erected pro_
hibiting or restricting parking.
(2) On a side walk.
(3) In front of a public or pri­vate
drive way.
(4) On a cross walk.
(5) Within an intersection.
(6) Within 10 feet of a fire hy­drant
and then only if not re­stricted
by marking.
(7) Within 20 feet of a street
intersection unless otherwise i-e-stricted
by markings.
(8) On the roadway side of
any vehicle^topped or parked at
the curb or edge of a roadway
or of any marked parking space
whether such space is occupied or
not.
(b) It shall be lawful, how­ever,
to park trucks and trailer
trucks for the purposes of loading
and unloading, in the center of
that portion of North College
Street which lies between Tiche-nor
Avenue and Magnolia Ave­nue,
and in the center of that
portion of Magnolia A v e n ue
which lies between Gay Street
and College Street, but not in the
center of any other roadway in
the city.
(c) Any person convicted of
violating this section or any pro­vision
or sub-section of this sec­tion
shall be punished by a fine
of not less than one dollar nor
more than twenty-five dollars.
S e c t i o n G. REGULATIONS
GOVERNING PEDESTRIANS.
The following regulations shall
govern the conduct of pedestrians
in respect to vehicular traffic on
roadways within the city:
(a) Pedestrains are required to
exercise due care and caution
at all times when crossing streets,
drives, or roadways.
(b) Pedestrians have the right-of-
way over vehicles at all cross­walks
or marked crossings not
controlled by traffic devices.
(c) At crossings controlled by
traffic devices, pedestrians shall
at all times observe and obey the
direction of the device.
(d) Pedestrians c r o s s i n g a
street, drive, or roadway at any
point other than within a cross­walk
or marked crossing shall
yield the right-of-way to vehicles.
Any person convicted of violat­ing
this section or any provision
or sub-section of this section shall
be punished by a fine or not less
than one dollar nor more than
twenty-five dollars.
Section 7. TRAFFIC CON­TROL
DEVICES. It shall here­after
be unlawful for any person i
to fail to follow or to obey such
traffic directions as are shown
on any official sign of the city
or of the college which are in­tended
to control the movement
of vehicular or pedestrian traffic,
including "Stop" signs, "One Way
Street" signs, "No Left Turn"
signs, "No U Turn" signs, "Slow"
signs, speed limit signs, and
"•Stop," "Caution" and "Go" signs
displayed on traffic lights where-ever
situated.
Section 8. DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED. It shall be un­lawful
for any person who is an
habitual user of narcotic drugs or
any person who is intoxicated to
drive any vehicle upon any road,
way of the City, and upon convic.
tion shall be punished by im­prisonment
at hard labor for the
City for a period of not more than
180 days or by a fine not to ex­ceed
one hundred dollars, or by
both, in the discretion of the Re­corder
trying the case.
Section 14; ENFORCEMENT.
The enforcement of this ordi­nance,
and of every section and
provision hereof, shall be a re­sponsibility
of the police officers
of the city and of the college, and
these officers, whose jurisdictions
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1953
Engineering Fraternity
Names Fall Initiates
Charles H. Holmes, retiring
president of Eta Kappa Nu, na­tional
electrical engineering honor-are
concurrent, shall cooperate
with each other to the fullest ex­tent
in the enforcement of this
ordinance.
S e c t i o n 15. JURISDICTION
OF POLICE OFFICERS. In the
enforcement of this ordinance the
respective jurisdictions of the
police officers employed by the ary, recently announced the organ
college and of the regularly ap­pointed
police officers of the city
shall be concurrent throughout
the city, and the jurisdiction and
powers vested by Section 484 (1)
of Title 52 of the Code of Ala­bama
(1940) in police officers
employed by the college are here­by
acknowledged, ratified and
confirmed by the city, and it is
hereby declared that these police
officers of the college shall have
and may lawfully exercise in the
city all the powers and jurisdic­tion
expressly delegated to them
by statute and in addition all
such other powers and jurisdic­tion
as may reasonably be im­plied
from such statutory delega­tion.
Charter Granted API Club
The Auburn Honorary Mathe­matics
Society has been granted a
charter as a Chapter of Pi Mu
Epsilon, national honorary mathe­matics
fraternity.
The chapter, which will be the
54th, will be known as the Ala­bama
Beta Chapter.
zation's fall quarter initiates.
New tappees are Raymond G.
Almond, Memphis, Tenn.; John D.
Arnold, Birmingham; James W.
Carroll, Birmingham; Thomas H.
Crawford, Geneva; George T.
Dowe, Montgomery; Leonard A.
Morgan, Talladega; Rudolph J.
Spoelstra, Hengelo, Netherlands.
Jack W. Summerford, Hartselle;
Paul M. Swindell, Sylacauga; Rob­ert
L. Townsend, Florence; Hub­bard
A. Tynes, Auburn, and Wel-don
M. Walker, Birmingham.
In making the announcement,
Holmes also listed the newly elect­ed
officers who will serve during
the 1952-1953 term. Those elected
were Jim Summerfield, Aliceville,
president; Robert Townsend. Flor­ence,
vice-president; Bill Johnson;
Andalusia, recording secretary;
John D. Arnold Birmingham, cor­responding
secretary; Ray Almond,
Memphis, Tenn., treasurer: War­ren
Curlee, Auburn, Engineers
Council representative, and Pro-
I'esor H. Summer, faculty advisor.
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Deam' Lists Name 120 Outstanding Students
Eight of API's nine undergraduate schools have released
their deans' lists for the fall quarter. 120 students were
named to the lists.
School of Architecture and the Arts
Patricia Andress, Beatrice; Harold Glenn Mayfield, Spring
City, Tenn.; Carolyn V. Hammett,
Auburn; Charles E. Lane, Hatties-burg,
Miss.; James Marlow, Au­burn.
School of Science and Literature
Nancy Clark Byrd, Winnetka, 111.;
Gloria Aline Cobb, Mobile; James
H. Gilbert, Oak Grove; Nancy Ann
Grey, Albertville; Bennie R. Ham­mer,
Camp Hill; Gary Harden,
Montgomery; Margaret Ann Hack-ett,
Columbiana; Thomas W.
Hughey, Columbus.
Thomas M. Lambert, Jr., Ope-lika:
Martha Elizabeth Orr, Au­burn;
Billy Peters, Ozark; Charlie
Mack Smith, Opelika; Theodore
Whatley, Cordova; Joe Fred Hil-dreth,
Opelika; Godfrey Bennett,
Auburn; Cynthia Colleen Byrd,
Phenix City; James Callaway, Au­burn;
James L. Kirkpatrick, At­lanta.
Maitha Wheeler, Birmingham;
Sarah Frances Bertram, Prattville;
Walter Hopkins, Ft. Valley, Ga.;
and Charles Sullivan, Camp Hill.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Robert Edwards Barnhart, Bir­mingham;
James Donald Bilberry,
Bastrop, La.; John E. Cutts, Jr.;
Birmingham; N. H. Eubank, Jr.,
Vanleer, Tenn.; Robert W. Moore,
Jr. Alamo, Tenn.; Leon Herbert
Sellers. St. Petersberg; Thomas
W. Weatherford, Uriah; John Cal­vin
Cooksey, Floyd, Fla.; Bruce
Graham Pratt, Beaufort, S. C. and
Buford Leon Whitt, Toney.
School of Education
Mary Tom Baker, Auburn; Betty
Jones Clark, Rochelle, Ga.; Allen
P. Fancher, Montevallo; Joseph E.
Fuller, Vinegar Bend; Obery G.
Lawson, Auburn; June Rita Long,
Falkville; Jeanne Hall Lynch,
Titus.
Wanda Waniece Mills, Winfield;
Frances Marie Nelson, Tallassee;
Mildred Clem Ovvnes, Auburn;
Fletcher M. Patterson, 'Auburn;
Betty Straughan Petty, Auburn;
Martha Alice Powell, Scottsboro;
Margaret Rollins, W e d o w e e ;
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Thomas C. Self, Eva.
Edwin L. Smith, Auburn; George
B. Smith, Clanton; Robert L. Spig-ner,
Billingsley; Nettie Mayo Stag­gers,
Selma; James S. Webster, Jr.,
Winfield; Lucy Anne Williams,
Ashand; Robert McClain Wright,
Fayetteville a,nd Billy York, Cull­man.
School of Engineering
Frank T. Brandon, Jr., Birming­ham;
Alfredo Cifuentes, Cienfue-gos,
Cuba; John Manning Green,
Mobile; Charles D. Hightower, Au­burn;
Charles H. Holmes, LaFay-ette;
Donald Eugene Merkel, Syla-cauga;
Jerry P. Parker, Mobile;
Ajalon A. Tillery, Phenix City.
Raymond M. Warren, Jr., Rome,
Ga.; Wilton L. McClung, Anniston;
Kenneth L. Nail, Atmore; Fred
Newton Beason, Huntsville; Wil­liam
R. McElroy, Spring Hill;
Robertrand L. Tate, Tarrant; Har-land
B. Armitage, Auburn; Wil­liam
Jake Word, Scottsboro.
Dale R. Kowhler, Gadsden;
Robert L. Townsend, Florence;
John T. Benton, Birmingham; Sid­ney
W. Coan, Mobile; John V.
Melonas, Birmingham; Nelson P.
Conover, Spring Hill; Rudolf J.
Spoelstra, Auburn; Charles A.
Herndon, Aliceville.
Charles E. Hogue, Birmingham;
George Frank Holmes, Birming­ham;
Robert Hampton McLean,
San Antonio, Texas, and Robert L.
Hollings, Birmingham.
School of Home Economics
Annette Bailey Eberdt, Auburn;
Lou Ann Segrest, Luverne; Aftn
Thompson, Daviston; Rebecca Dor-sey,
Opp, and Eugenia Malone,
Camp Hill.
School of Agriculture
George R. Burns, Ashland; Joe
B. Thompson, Daviston; Richard
D. Obarr, Birmingham; Joe F. Ste-gall,
Emelle; Evan Bennett Davis,
Mobile; Augustus C. Moore, Au­burn.
Clarence N. Dale, Auburn; Louie
J. Chapman, Midland City; Theo­dore
V. Parker, Grant; Clarence
E. White, Tuscaloosa; Luther M.
McDonald, Castleberry, and Wil­liam
L. Brown, Bessemer.
School of Pharmacy
Richard L. Bendinger, Auburn:
Lewis M. Harris, Alexander City;
Benjamin F. Lawson, Auburn;
Robert E. Long, Atlanta; Joe C.
McAdams, Wilmer, and Joy J.
Weaver, Flomaton.
Physics Group Initiates
Sigma Pi Sigma, national physics
honor society at API, has initiated
three new members.
They are Howard Barringer,
Newton, N. C; Dale Koeher, Gads­den,
and Dorwln Kilbourne, Ope­lika.
Officers of the Auburn chapter
are Robert McLean, San Antonio,
Texas, president; Marion Duncan,
Columbus, Ga., vice-president, and
Katherine Holland, Panama City,
Fla., secretary-treasurer. Dr. How­ard
E. Carr, associate professor of
physics, is facuty advisor.
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Business Teachers
To Assemble Here
The annual Alabama Rusiness
Education Workshop will be held
st Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Jan. 16-17.
Moderator and workshop leader
will be Dr. Paul A. Carlson, direc­tor
of business education, State
College, Whitewater, Wis., and
visiting professor of business edu­cation
in the graduate schools of
Northwestern University and Co­lumbia
University.
Chairman of the workshop is
Miss Lucille Brancomb, Jackson­ville
State College.
Business teachers and student
teachers from over the state are
invited to attend the workshop.
Registration will be held in API's
Alumni Hall at 3 p.m., Friday,
Jan. 16.
The first session of the work­shop
will be held immediately after
a banquet in the Magnolia Banquet
Hall Friday evening. Saturday
sessions will get underway at 8:30
a.m. The conference will close
Saturday afternoon.
DR. LUND TELLS API GRADUATES
THREE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION
PiKA Wins Jaycee
Lighting Contest
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity took
first place in the college division
of the Jaycee's annual Christmas
decoration and lighting contest.
So close were the decisions that
runners-up were grouped to­gether.
They were the Delta
Sigma Phi, SAE, Phi Kappa Tau,
and Sigma Nu fraternities.
The winning PiKA decoration
featured a pajama clad youngster
at a fireplace with stockings hung
and gifts surrounding a tree. It
was done by the pledge, group of
which Reggie Harp is president.
Mullins Named Chairman
Dr. David Mullins, executive
vice-president of API, has been
named chairman of the Public In­stitutions
of Higher Learning in
the Southern States, a division of
the Southern Association of Col­leges
and Secondary Schools.
He was elected at the fifty-seventh
annual meeting of the
Association held recently in Mem­phis,
Tenn.
Dr. F. Edw"ard Lund, Alabama
College president, told API's fall
quarter graduates, on December 19,
that only wheh the science of
knowledge is joined to the science
of ethics and when the process of
learning is joined to the love of
God and of absolute truth will
discord cease and human good and
human selfishness be reconciled.
Speaking to the 230 graduates
on the subject, "Education: An
International Transformation,"
Dr. Lund listed three purposes of
education, "to do, to choose, and
to be." •
"The day in which education
was chiefly concerned with train­ing
amateur ladies and gentlemen
i'" past," he said. "The democratic
revolution has ennobled us all; it
has made workers of us all. We
all have work to do. . ."
Although few people lack nec­essary
skills for their job, he stated,
most of us lack a sense of purpose.
"Every action in life involves
choice," said the Alabama College
president, "and choice can be valid
only when based upon a scale of
values. . . the educated mind is not
enslaved by desire, by appetites,
whims, and by impulses. The edu­cated
mind has a scale of values."
Concerning the third phase of
education, "to be and then to de­part,"
Dr. Lund said, "In the final
analysis, modern culture reduces
itself to a pretty sense of purpose,
to a knowledge of class and man­ner,
to a recognition of the value
of convention, and to an ability to
cope with the past answer. This
culture realizes little more than
middle class respectability.
"But what of the human spirit,
what of the soul?" questioned Dr.
Lund.
"It is not enough merely to echo
'Man does not live by bread alone'
for the phrase has grown pale and
tired through over use. Some­where
in life every man must face
up to the absolute . . . or lose his
humanity. The truth is that the
human mind recognizes no limits,
because human desire knows no
limits. Mankind will never be
content with anything less than
absolute truth, and absolute free­dom,"
he concluded.
Summarizing, Dr. Lund said,
"Modern science and modern edu­cation
have enshrined the motto
The truth shall make you free'
but this is only partly true. Edu­cation
is caught in a scientific dis-
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"In most of modern education
we cut and analyze, we classify
and categorize, we compare and
appraise until the whole truth is
ground and dried as finely as
cottonseed meal, then sacked and
pressed until all life is gone. The
packaged product is then labelled
'Truth.'
"But to say—'the truth will make
you free'—is to titter only a rela­tive
truth" said Dr. Lund. "Re­member
the whole truth, the
framework of relativity. 'If you
love thy God, and if you keep His
commandments, then the truth
shall make you free'."
Following the commencement
address, API President Ralph B.
Draughon, assisted by Charles W.
Edwards, registrar, awarded de­grees
to 230 graduates. Twenty-three
degrees were awarded to
graduate students.
Recognized a s distinguished
military graduates were 35 Army,
three Navy, one Marine, and six
Air Force ROTC students.
Exercises were held in the API
student activities building.
Education Honorary
Initiates 25 Students
Twenty-five new members have
been initiated by the Alpha Phi
Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, na­tional
education honorary at API.
The initiates are N. P. Ardillo,
Birmingham; M a r y Merchant
Baker, Auburn; Myrtle Bond, Ope­lika;
Betty J. Clark, Rochelle, Ga.;
Hardie Cornett, Cullman; Irven M.
Cox, Birmingham; 'Grace Forte,
Columbus, Ga.; L. H. Davis, Jasper;
J. Thomas Garrett, Phenix City;
Nina T. Graham, Atmore; Mary B.
Granade, West Point, Ga.
Willie J. Ham, Auburn; Louie W.
Harrelson, Millbrook; Ruth B.
Hawkins, Elba; Eva L. Llewellyn,
3—THE PLAINSMAN
API Team Competes
In Debate Tourney
At Florida School
An API debate team competed
with teams from 12 other colleges
recently at the second annual
Florida Invitational Debate Tour­nament.
Debating on the affirmative
were Barbara Searcy, Montgomery,
and Betty Teague, Talladega. The
team won three and lost three.
The negative team, Ray Watson,
Erownfield, Tenn., and Kathryn
Hughes, Auburn, won one debate
and lost five.
Searcy and Teague have had
previous intercollegiate experience,
while Watson and Hughes parti­cipated
in their first intercollegiate
competition at the Florida Tour­nament.
Teams participating were Florida
Christian, East Carolina, Florida
State, University of Florida, Wake
Forest, Purdue, University of
Miami, Spring Hill, Furman,
Georgetown, University of South
Carolina, University of Mississippi,
and API.
Tournaments scheduled for API
teams next quarter include the
West Georgia Tournament at Car-rolton,
Ga.; the Azalea Tournament
at Spring Hill; All-Southern at
Decatur, Ga.; and the Deep South
Debate Tournament at the Uni­versity
of Alabama.
Local Prof Heads Study
Joseph Marino-Merlo, professor
of art at API, has been named
leader of a publications study com­mittee,
which will submit a report
at the Second Biennial Conference
c,l the National Art Education
Association in St. Louis, Mo., April
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1953
l - T i l - I r i f i ' r i— * i
6 through 11.
More than 1,800 persons are ex­pected
to attend the conference.
Outstanding lecturers, artists, and
art educators from all sections
of the country will participate on
the program which will carry out
the theme "Art and the Human
Values."
Auburn; Evelyn Lowman, Syla-cauga;
Martha W. Lowman. Phenix
City; James A. Rainwater, Billings­ley;
Gwen Reid, Langdale; Sue G.
Slaughter, Columbus, Ga.; Nettie
Staggers, Benton: C a l v i n C.
Thames, Coffee Springs; John H.
Turner, Birmingham, and Koven
T. Wilson, West Point, Ga.
Dr. W. L. Davis, professor of
education, was initiated as a faculty
member.
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To you new students, we say welcome and congratulate you on your
choice of Auburn for furthering your education.
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In addition we carry the very finest in all lines of supplies.
We especially call your attention to our Sheaffer TM Pens and
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"Something New Everyday'
A Traffic Law With Teeth Little Man OnXampu*, by Bibler
The new traffic ordinance passed re­cently
by the Auburn City Council will
probably have more effect upon the daily
lives of API students than any previous
action by that body.
The need for a crackdown on local
traffic regulations is obvious. It has been
made so by the recent tragic deaths of five
students in automobile accidents. The new
ordinance is a law with teeth, and if prop­erly
enforced, it should go a long way
toward making Auburn's streets safer for
both pedestrians and drivers.
Since a large percentage of local autos
are operated by students it is essential that
they understand the law. Students, more
than any other group will be affected.
New maximum penalties—a $100 fine or
180 days in jail, or both—are not to be
sneezed at, and The Plainsman heartily
applauds the action of the city council in
making the tariff stiff enough to give
drivers ample cause for meditation before
committing violations.
Ordinary safety drives have one serious
weakness—they always appeal to the other
driver. There is something about human
nature which makes it almost impossible
for a man to imagine himself in a hearse.
The beauty of a stiff fine is that it over­comes,
to some extent, this difficulty. If
Sam Student knows three or four boys
who have had to pay through the nose for
traffic violations, the idea may finally
penetrate his skull that it could happen to
him.
If it achieves this effect on the average
driver, the new ordinance will be success­ful
in its purpose of drastically reducing
local traffic mishaps.
If the new law is to accomplish this end,
complete and impartial enforcement will
be necessary. Failure to prosecute offen­ders
wold render the ordinance ineffective,
and partially in such prosecution or in the
levying of fines, would be even worse.
Local officials have promised full coopera­tion
in enforcement, and if this material­izes,
we expect a noticeable reduction in
accidents in the near future.
Strict enorcement will, of course, bring
some students into rather unpleasant con­tact
with local government. These persons
should bear in mind that they have had
ample warning of the impending crack­down,
and that the new ordinance is not a
money-making scheme for the police de­partment,
but a genuine, sincere effort by
public-spirited citizens to reduce the
frightful toll of lives and property which
is being taken by stupidity and careless­ness
in driving.
One unpleasant possibility is the change
which the passage of a drastic law often
brings about in the attitudes of law en­forcement
officers. A "drunk with power"
attitude on the part of local gendarmes
could do tremendous damage to the healthy
attitude which has always existed between
college and city officials and between stu­dents
and townspeople. It will be neces­sary
for the prosecutors, as well as the
prosecuted, to bear in mind the real motive
behind the passage of the ordinance. Police
officers should work with the constant
realization that they are public servants,
and the efficient performance of this ser­vice
is the only possible justification for the
existence of their department.
The new ordinance has every chance for
success. It has the backing of college lead­ers,
both student and administrative, and
the endorsement of local civic groups. The
clause which combines the jurisdiction of
city and campus officers will remove many
difficulties which have hampered police­men
previously and make adequate en­forcement
possible.
The only remaining needs for an acci­dent
reduction in this area are an under­standing,
cooperative attitude on the part
of drivers and pedestrians, and the use of
discretion and integrity by the men in blue.
We hope that both qualities will'become
evident in the near future.
Albriffon Advances
When Walter "Parson" Albritton pre­sented
his resignation to the Board of Stu­dent
Publications at the end 0 I last quarter,
he left the staff of The Plainsman in a state
of mixed emotions.
Since a popular vote of the student body
placed him in the driver's seat of the stu­dent
weekly last spring, "Parson" has
proven himself a conscientious executor of
his responsibility. He was fully aware of
the trust placed in him by his fellow stu­dents
when they elected him, and it was
a fear of violating this trust which caused
him the greatest hesitation in his decision
to resign.
Those of us who have worked under
Albritton during his two-quarter tenure
as editor have come to respect him im­mensely.
He utilized a news-shy summer
quarter to improve techniques of make-up
and news gathering, and when things re­turned
to their full swing in the fall, he
set out to provide Auburn students with
a well balanced, objective newspaper
which would rival the best efforts of all
previous editors.
To be sure, "Parson" had his difficulties.
He was faced with the loss of three key
men from last year's staff, in addition to
assuming the multitude of new responsib­ilities
which naturally fall to an editor. An
ill-fated experiment with a new publica­tion
date didn't help matters any, but Al-
"britton overcame his adversities admirably.
With a constant finger on the pulse of
student opinion, an ever-present concern
for the welfare of the institution, and more
confidence in his assistants than they often
had in themselves, "Parson" produced a
newspaper which was genuinely represen­tative
of life at API.
So, as we mentioned before, Albritton's
departure caused a mixture of feelings.
People who know more about the technical
side of newspapering than we do may
criticize the editions he produced on the
grounds of mistakes in make-up, news
coverage or what-havq-yOu. The one thing
which will always be apparent, however,
to those of us who worked with him, is the
constant devotion which he showered upon
his duties with this newspaper.
We have watched him skip meals, cut
classes, and do without sleep in order to
insure t h e appearance of a first-class
Plainsman every week. Although we will
deeply miss his leadership, his ideas, and
his general editorial ability, there is not
one member of The Plainsman staff who
does not warmly congratulate "Parson" as
he receives the only fitting reward for good
journalistic work—a better newspaper job.
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Campus Highlights Recapped
By Herb White
Since old 1952 left the Plains we have thought a great
deal about the year's happenings. In '52 we watched student
leaders and administration officials working for a greater
Auburn. Looking back we can see that their labors have paid
rich dividends.
In many newspapers column­ists
have a habit of reviewing
events of the previous year. So
playing follow the leader here is
one mans opinion of the top 10
events on the API campus during
the past year.
(1) In the early part of the
year Auburn's first Greek Week
was held. The objects of this
undertaking were to strengthen
the bond between fraternities and
to help with the management of
the chapters through a series of
lectures. IFC president Kelly
Burke and committee chairman
Tom Caldwell were largely re­sponsible
for this further step in
building even a Greater Auburn.
(2) Catherine Bailey won the
title of Alabama Maid of Cotton
and reached the finals of the Na­tional
Maid of Cotton contest,
only to lose out at the very end
to Pat Mullarky of Texas. Where-ever
Catherine went she was the
good will ambassador for Auburn
. . . she did a fine job.
(3) Featuring 12 of the nation's
outstanding religious leaders, Re­ligious
Emphasis Week was term­ed
"one of the best ever." Charles
Edwards and his many assistants
who planned the programs and
secured the speakers are to be
commended for their fine work.
(4) After many long delays the
Union Building was finally start­ed.
The million dollar structure,
when completed, will be one of
the most beautiful in the South.
This building will be a monument
to the power of the student body.
(5) Hundreds of Alabama high
school students poured into the
Loveliest Village for Auburn's
first Open House. The purpose of
this program was to familiarize
potential college students with
API. This phase is probably the
brightest one thing helping the
growth of Auburn.
(6) The much needed addition
to Magnolia Hall and the comple­tion
of the new women's dorms
left the housing situation some­what
relieved. New Magnolia Hall
houses 496 men, while the five
new dorms for women sudents
create space for 484. An annex to
the women's dining hall was be­gun,
which, when completed will
take care of 1,100 women per
hour.
(7) Registrar Charles Edwards
blinked once in amazement, then
announced that the fall enroll­ment
had exceeded 6,400. This
increase, when a decrease is char­acteristic
of many schools, points
to the fact that students have
realized that Auburn is tops in
Alabama.
(8) In the sports world the
Tigers amazed everyone with a
near-victory over mighty Mary­land
. . . score 13-7. Big J im Dil-lion
brought glory to Auburn by
going to the Olympics and cop­ping
a third place for the lads
from America. Kenny Howard
also made the trip to Finland as
one of eight trainers for Uncle
Sam's boys.
* (9) A shadow of horror was
cast on the campus when an acci­dent
wave took the lives of six
API students. Police have now
clamped down on reckless driv­ers.
(10) Sarah Spurlock won the
coveted title of "Miss Auburn"
over four other lasses and will
reign over festivities for the com­ing
year.
The Village Square
Writer Seeks Good Old Days
Recently an item appearing in
a southern newspaper caught my
eye and filled me with amaze­ment,
as I'm sure it did countless
others who read the same article.
This particular bit of information
was concerned with women, or a
particular woman as this instance
will certainly demand.
All things being equal, the fair­er
sex are ordinarily fascinating
to discuss, but when someone
comes up with the prediction that
a woman will become president
of the United States within the
next decade it
. ..:• . J . . , : : . . ; ; . ; : ; : . , . : - . : :: : :. affects me about
as much as an
u n q u e stioned
Russian agree­ment
to a UN
p r o p o s a l of
"peace on earth
good will to-w
a r d men"
would a f f e ct
the universe.—
D i s c u s s i on
would be fabu­lous.
Me, I most certainly am not an
advocate of the Amazonian the­ory.
I'm a gentleman of the old
school, to use a trite expression,
and possibly should have been
born 70 years ago. Nevertheless,
in this modern day, in which wo­man
seeks equality with man and
Everidge
By Walter Everidge
continues to demand the same age
old position of esteem and re­spect,
I firmly maintain that wo­men,
God bless 'em, belong in the
home and not as head of the white
columned house on Pennsylvania
Avenue where momma would
talk politics and shape the state
of the Union. It appears to be in
bad enough shape as it is.
Envision, if you can, the role
papa would play in such a setup,
should the woman president elect
be married. What a dramatic and
poignant fiasco that would be.
Frankly I can't see the ole man
relegated to a position of host and
performing the duties necessary to
keep the Pink Room and the Blue
Room in tip top shape; and there
is yet to be the woman who can
run both the country and the White
House at the same time, although
I would imagine many have tried
in years past.
Needless to say, the person who
predicted such a "faux pas" was—
of all things—a woman, and to
give credit where credit is due, this
Canadian lassie has been quite suc­cessful
in politics. However, as a
prognosticator she is floundering
in the doldrums merely because of
an American ideal which, stated
in words of my own choosing,
means thatlhc affairs of state have
rested upon the shoulders of men
(Continued on page 6)
Winter Quarter Effects:
Work Speed- Ups, Panws
By Lcs Ford
Beware of the Ides of March—
Shakespeare
As we embark on a new year
and a new term, the voice of sad
experience would like to issue a
word of warning to those new
students who haven't experienced
a "winter quarter." Since World
War II Auburn has been operat­ing
on an accelerated program of
study which provides almost
equal educational opportunities
during each of four quarters in
the year.
I said almost equal, for this
program d o es
have an un­e
q u a l t e r m,
c o m m o n l y
known as the
"winter quar­ter."
It is only
72 d a y s long,
from beginning
to end, and the
effects of this
brevity can be
f e l t in the
n e c e s s a ry
further acceleration of the cur­ricula.
Since the professors are
forced to teach the same material
Ford
which was covered in previous
quarters in a shorter length of
time, they are forced to double up
on the assignments and work.
By the end of the quarter, many
students will be griping under the
new load saying, "let's go back to
the semester system." By that
time many will have forgotten
their freedom from exam worries
during the Christmas holidays,
and their eyes will be blinded
to the many disadvantages of the
semester system.
Although quarterly advantages
and the disadvantages of the
semester system far overshadow
them, the quarter system does
have some weak points. The short
quarter weakness gives rise to
student panic as the 72 days draw
to a close.
The panics can only be avoided
by doing the work as it cqmes
due, for the quarter seems to end
almost before it starts. As one
professor put it, "The winter
quarter doesn't just come to an
end, it collapses."
* * *
I hear via the grapevine that
the Dormitory Council at Mag­nolia
Hall has unanimously passed
a resolution asking that some­thing
be done to improve the
dressing room conditions in the
sports arena and other places that
dressing quarters are provided
for the men's physical education
classes.
I also understand that a letter
has been sent to the building and
grounds superintendent explain­ing
the resolution. This was in­deed
a needed move, and I cer­tainly
hope that steps will be
taken by those responsible to im­prove
the facilities.
During t h e s e cold winter
months, those dressing rooms can
get to be rough. Often there aie
three or four times as many stu­dents
dressing in the rooms as
there should be. More often the
tiny compartments are not heated
sufficiently or else highly over­heated.
The floors are seldom dry
and this give rise to a character­istic
obnoxious odor.
The effects of these conditions
can be witnessed in the number
of students who rush to their own
rooms for rapid change and often
run a half mile back to class.
Surely this is an unnecessary
hardship, and with all the other
improvements that are being
undertaken, the dressing rooms
should certainly not be over­looked.
A Word With Sully
Writer Bares Sad Plight Of U. S. Ally
By Charles Sullivan
Having been criticized for writ­ing
nonsense columns, I am going
to start the new year right by giv­ing
Plainsman readers the latest
information on one of the fore­most
problems facing our world
today.
Most people aren't aware of the
terrible condition currently exist­ing
in the nation of Ickickickickcn,
pronounced Hie. Residents of the
tight little island of Ickickickicken,
hence the name
Hie, are in a
veritable panic
due to the fact
that the noted
c o l u m n i s t ,
Drawn Smear-s
o n , predicted
that the resi­dents
would be
in a panic by
January 7, 1953.
Another con­tributing
factor
for the panic is the fact that the
Island of Ickickickicken is sinking
into the Specific Ocean at the rale
of two feet per minute. Of course
the first question that, comes to
mind is, what is the United States
doing to help save these unfortun­ate
allies of ours? As you know, the
people of Hie are our allies be­cause
we send them billions of tons
of steel each year (this might have
something to do with the sinking
of the island) in return for several
gross of their precious hand-painted
mahogany toothpicks.
Their Prime Minister, Tabcr-naclemountain,
is journeying to
America in the hope of floating a
loan and his island. However,
latest reports from Hie indicate
that the Prime Minister may arrive
too late to save his sinking coun­trymen.
In answer to our pre­vious
question—what is the United
States doing to help our brave
By Charles Sullivan
allies—it should be noted that the
Hie situation is under study by the
State Department.
As usual, warm-hearted Ameri­can
volunteer groups have risen to
the occasion and arc rushing mil­lions
of the latest style Cole swim­ming
suits and tons of shark-repellent
perfumes to the sinking
islanders. In desperation, Hie rep­resentatives
to the N.U. have ap­pealed
to that august world body
for aid.
However, it seems that there is
a fly in the N.U. pic. Whatamir
Slobski, representing the U.S.S.-
U.R.P. in the N.U. governing body,
has vetoed all proposed plans for
aiding the fast floundering Ickick-ickickensians.
Faced with this crisis, Auburn
students might well ask, what has
all this got to do with us? But
they probably won't.
Cedric's Almanac
Thoughts Ot A Person Named Walt
By Fred Nichols
By Fred Nichols
Something is certainly missing
down here at the student news­paper
office. It appears to be the
atmosphere created by our past
editor, whom we'll refer to as the
Parson, that is lacking. It is im­possible
to put
into writing all
of the Parson's
attributes, but
I'd like to tell
you about a few
oc c u r r e nces
during his edi­torship
that still
make me feel
proud to have
been associated
with the Parson
when I relate
them.
The Parson always did make me
Nichols
stop and wonder where he got his
drive. That was the first thing
that impressed me when I met the
guy from Wetumpka—his burning
desire to be editor of The Plains­man.
He worked hard during
his two years as a staff member
before he became editor.
After the Parson took the reins
of the paper he changed very little.
The only difference that was no­ticeable
was a change from a hard
working staffer to a harder work­ing
editor. Even then he continued
to write about the ticklish subjects
about which some columnists re­fused
to let their opinions be
known.
Maybe I could most appropri­ately
say that Walt Albritton was
an individual. His editorials always
reflected the fact that the Parson
wrote as he alone felt. Even though
he spent hours getting bits of in­formation
and opinion, the final
decision on his stand was his only.
That's what I liked most about
the Parson, he was an individual.
He used to tell me that it was his
duty to be controlled by nothing
but his judgment as a student, citi­zen
and editor. That policy was
always kept.
Walt will carry with him to the
Alumnews the same principles of
journalism and citizenship that he
left in the files of The Plainsman
and the hearts of his staffers. He
used his power as editor as an
editor should. We thank Parson,
we thank you.
Tiger Lilies
Death Of A Hillbilly Blues King
Hank Williams' recent death
left many Alabamians grieving.
T h e popular hillbilly singer,
known as "The King of the Blues,"
was considered one of the better
song writers of the time with
such hits as "Cold, Cold Heart"
and "Jumbalaya" to his credit.
Dying young, he was only 29,
Hank nevertheless left a world c-J
songs and friends behind him.
Stars from the Grand Ole Opry
journeyed from Tennessee to
Montgomery for his funeral.
Services were held in Mont­gomery's
large City Auditorium,
and even then thousands of people
jammed the streets outside be­cause
they were unable to get in
the packed hall.
Not being a hillbilly music fan,
we did not like all of Hank's
work, but we must admit that he
seemed to be good enough for
thousands upon thousands of ra­bid
fans. These people, according
to some radio announcers, called
disk jockey programs to request
his songs and often could be heard
weeping over the telephone.
Without a doubt, s o m e of
those who jammed the City Aud_
itorium for his funeral service
were not admirers of Hank's, but
merely curosity-seekers hoping,
perhaps, to see some the hillbilly
stars attending it.
Nevertheless, the majority of
crowd must have been sincere to
stand in line for hours, as many
of them did, just to get inside. For
those unable to attend, the service
was broadcast over a local station.
By JoAnne Lucci
Not in our memory has such a
furor been caused by the death of
a singer, with the possible ex­ception
of the immortal Al Jol-son,
who was more than just a
singer in our opinion.
Possibly Hank's passing caused
such general sorrow because not
only was he a local boy who rose
to fame from a lowly start of selL
ing peanuts and shining shoes on
Montgomery streets, but because,
as The Montgomery Advertiser
said, he brought happiness to
many through his music.
We want to present Hank, the
songster of the common man, with
a belated wreath of Tiger Lilies,
not because we admired him in
particular, but because of the en­joyment
he gave to millions who
appreciated his type of music.
RONALD OWEN
SPORTS EDITOR THE PLAINSMAN
Continuation Of Freshman Eligibility
Big Factor In Auburn's Grid Future
When Southeastern Conference college presidents voted
last month to allow the freshman eligibility rule to remain
in effect, it was a break in favor of Coach Shug Jordan and
his staff as they start preparing for another football season.
Continuing the rule means that freshmen football players
are eligible to play with the varsity in the conference for
another year. Most of the schools in the conference were in
favor of freshman eligibility but a few of the football power­houses
were opposed. These strong football colleges, who
seldom have freshmen talented enough to break into the start­ing
lineup, figured that the rule would do little to aid them
but could in many cases strengthen their opponents consider­ably.
Auburn was one school aided by freshmen talent last sea­son.
Had the freshmen been ineligible for varsity partici­pation
last year, Auburn would have been without the ser­vices
of linebackers Bob Scarborough and Bunny Robinson,
fullback Ray Mercer and half-back Fob James. The loss of
Scarborough and James in particular would have been detri­mental
to the '52 edition of the Tigers. The experience all
these freshmen gained last season with the varsity will be
instrumental in the fashioning of a winning team next year.
With Coach Jordan and staffers signing up top-notch foot­ball
talent from Alabama high schools and high schools from
other states, Auburnites can look for a continuation of a
spattering of freshmen names on the varsity roster.
Tail Tigers Look Good
As the basketball season gets into full swing, it looks as
though the preseason predictions about Coach Joel Eaves'
"Swish Kids" are correct.
The Tigers were considered a dark horse in the SEC, but
thought to have the material and experience needed to lead
the conference hardwood quintets to the wire. So far, the
Plainsmen have breezed through five regular season games
without a defeat, and beat a good Memphis State team in the
Memphis State Invitational Tournament in first round play
before succumbing to Mississippi's strong Rebels in the finals.
Auburn took nine straight games last season before falling
to Georgia Tech and finished ninth in the conference. Though
their winning streak this year fell short, the Tigers are
expected to finish much higher than ninth.
The Plainsmen, who have one of the tallest teams in the
conference, were strengthened with the addition of Bob
Wright and Robert Miller, transfer students who became
eligible December 18. Wright is a 6'5" forward and Miller
is a 6'6" center.
Coach Eaves has a collection of young giants who work
well together as a team. Instead of having one man who
consistently gets 20 or 25 points per game, the Tigers have four
or five men hitting for 10 points or more in every contest.
That means more emphasis on winning games than on indi­vidual
fame.
Although the "Swish Kids" haven't played a conference
game that will count in the SEC standings, they have two
wins and one loss with the Southeastern Conference teams.
The Tigers outclassed Georgia and Georgia Tech and lost to
Ole Miss who is ranked third in the conference.
If bad luck does not befall Eaves' men, it looks as though
there will be a winner on the Plains this year.
Auburn Sends Three To Bowls
Auburn didn't go to a bowl game this year, but the Tigers
were well represented in the sectional battles.
Bill Turnbeaugh, Lee Hayley, and1 Dudley Spence took
part in holiday battles between football players from the
North and South. Hayley, Captain of the '52 Tigers, and
Spence, star passer and punter, played with the Confederates
in the South's 28-6 win. over the North in the Blue-Gray game
which was played in Montgomery. Turnbeaugh, massive 265
pound tackle, was a defensive standout in the South's loss to
the union forces in the Senior Bowl in Mobile last Saturday.
SEC Basketball Rule Complicated
When Southeastern Conference officials devised their
scheme to allow every conference basketball team at least
one conference game with every other conference school, they
surely made it a complicated affair.
They have divided the conference into three regions. The
northern region consists of Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee
and Georgia Tech. The southern region is made up of Au­burn,
Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and the western region
contains LSU, Tulane, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. Each
team plays two games with the teams in its region and they
both count on the SEC standings, but only one game with a
team out of its region counts in the standings.
PAT MEAGHER, Auburn High School's All-Southern and AA AlUState quarterback, signs
an Auburn grant-in-aid as Coaches "Shug" Jordan, Jeff Beard, Joel.Eaves, Wilbur HutseH-and
Dick McGovven beam their approval. Meagher is considered one of the most sought-after football
players in Alabama and should do much to strengthen Auburn's grid hopes for the future.
Auburn Coaches Sign 25 Gridders;
lee County's Meagher Among First
In keeping with their rebuilding program, Auburn football
coaches have been beating a path to the doors of outstanding
high school football players. By noon Monday the API coach­ing
staff had signed- scholarship agreements with 25 college
prospecfs.
Heading the list is Pat Meagher,
high stepping 165 pound back
from Lee County High School.
Meagher lead A u b u r n High
through an undefeated season last
year, made the All-Southern foot­ball
team, and was one of the
most sought-after backs in the
south.
Another back already signed is
Jim Shelton, ijrom Oak Ridge,
Tenn. Shelton, a 6'1", 195 pound
fullback, made the All-State team
and was the number two back in
Tennessee. Also coming from Oak
Ridge to Auburn is Bobby Gilli-land,
5'10", 170 pound halfback.
FROM CHATTANOOGA, Tenn:,
two gridders come to the Plains,
Don Stephens and Carl Loper.
Stephens is a 6'1", 190 pounder
from McCallie prep school, who
plays quarterback, and Loper is
a 6'1", 210 pound tackle from
Baylor.
Fritz Cutspec, 6', 195 pound
halfback from New York and
Gordon Swordsman, 165 pound
halfback from New Jersey, both
outstanding prospects, are coming
to -Auburn to do their college
playing. From Arkansas comes
Billy Ray Smith, 6'4"; 205 pound
tackle, who was an outstanding
lineman.
From the neighboring state of
Georgia, Auburn coaches h a ve
signed five outstanding players.
Frank Reeves, 6'3", 200 pound
end, from Hogansville; James
Warren, 6'3", 215 pound tackle,
and Ray Moore, 5'H", 185 pound
guard from Valdosta; Larry Os­borne,
6', 195 pound fullback from
Atlanta, and Sam Hardin, 5'11",
170 pound quarterback from Val­dosta
will play on the Plains.
Other out-of-state prospects in­clude
Ernest Donjean, 6', 185
START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
Help Yourself to some of
Our 1953 Mecehandise
at 1943 Prices
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H A C K S REDUCED IJ /O
tweeds, gabs, flannels, in
solids, checks, plaids or
stripes.
SPORT SHIRTS 2.98 EACH
values to $5.98!
SWEATERS 25% OFF
including limited selec­tion
of those ever pop­ular
cashmeres.
TIES and BELTS 99c and $1.19
THRASHER-WRIGHT, Inc.
Auburn's Leading Dept. Store
Rebels Trim Auburn
In Tourney Finals
' By Larry Conner
Food poisoning and the jinx of
an "off night" teamed with the i
Rebels of Ole Miss to send Auburn '
skidding from the ranks of the un­beaten
in the finals of the Mem­phis
Invitational Basketball Tour­nament,
65-55.
The Tigers put in one of those
nights where everything goes
wrong. The starting five were off
their game so badly that they
were able to score only 14 points.
Miller, substituting for Fenn, was
high point man for Auburn with
15 points. Behind him were
pound end from New Orleans,
La.; Mike Garvey, 5'11", 190
pound guard from New York and
Richard Anderson, 6'2", 215 pound
tackle from Sparta, Tenn.
ALABAMA HIGH school stars
who will come to Auburn include
All-Stater Joe Mathis, 6'5", 185
pound quarterback from Eufaula,
who is also a good basketball and
baseball prospect; Ray Minor,
190 pound fullback from Hamil­ton;
Don Crutcher, 190 pound
halfback from Huntsville; Jerry
Sansom, 6'3", 200 pound end from
Fairfield; Willard Shoults, 200
pound tackle from Centreville;
Paul Terry, 195 pound tackle from
Decatur; Ken Johns, 200 pound
guard from Vigor High in Mobile,
and Jim Strain, 190 pound center
from Fairfield have all signed.
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 7, 195^
Fickling, O'Donnell, KirkpatrL'k.
and Beatty with 6 points each.
THE LOSS to Mississippi was a
The Tigers had a terrible night
on the free throw line, which con­tributed
directly to their downfall.
By hitting only 11 of 24 foul shot
surprise blot on Auburn's perfeet! attempts, the Tigers fell below a
record. The loss, though painful, i 50% average on free throws for the
is not faiai since the game does | first time in the four years that
not count in conference standings. I Joel Raves has been head basket -
Auburn now has a 6-1 record. | ball coach.
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By JoAnnc Lucci
Students who want to name their own price for their used
text books can do just that at Alpha Phi Omega's student
book exchange.
APhiO, national service organization, does not operate a
store in the usual sense, but it does give the students an
opportunity to buy and sell books
among themselves.
The exchange does not buy
books from students. It works this
way—a student brings in his
books during a take-in period at
the beginning and end of each
quarter. He tells the APhiO mem­bers
how much he wants for his
books, and is given a receipt for
them.
LATER, during a selling period
at the beginning of the next quar­ter,
students can buy books at the
exchange for whatever price the
owner has set. Those who left
books to be sold are then notified
by card whether their books have
. - - - » T
BILL HAM
For Auburn Always
CLEANING
TAILORING
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Your Commodating Cleaners
Tigers Face Georgia
In Conference Tilt
At Athens Friday
By Ronald Owen
With the holiday lapse and the
Memphis Invitational Tournament
behind them, Auburn's cagers will
get down to business Friday night
when they open their SEC slate
against the Georgia Bulldogs in
Athens, Ga.
Auburn had little trouble in
downing the Bulldogs in a non-conference
tilt during the holidays,
but the boys from Georgia will be
no pushover on their home court.
Led by captain Zippy Morocco,
the Bulldogs have won three while
losing five. Morocco, a high scor­ing
guard, has been picked on pre­season
all SEC teams.
COACH EAVES' squad will be
trying to get back into the swing
of things after a holiday layoff.
The Tigers, who have been beaten
but once this season, have been
strengthened by the addition of
Robert Miller, 6'6" center and Bob
Wright, 6'5" forward, who became
eligible after transferring. Both
became eligible December 18, and
their height will aid an already
tall Tiger team.
Georgia fielded a mediocre team
'ast year and this season they have
been hot and cold. Not a tall team,
the Bulldogs will have to depend
largely on speed and the accuracy
of shots from behind the spot.
\uburn will be favored in the con­test
because of their height ad­vantage.
Probable Auburn starters are
John Cochran and Bill Fickling,
forwards; Bob Fenn, center, and
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been sold.
Although ten per cent of the
selling price is deducted by
APhiO, this is only done to cover
expenses, since the exchange is a
non-profit organization.
DeWayne McCauley, junior in
industrial management from Jas­per
who is manager of the book
exchange, recommends that stu­dents
selling books ask three-fourths
of the original price for
books in good condition, and one-half
the original price for books
in fair condition.
"This is merely a recommenda­tion,
and not by any means a
rule," McCauley emphasized.
IN ITS two years existence,
the book exchange has sold ap­proximately
70 per cent of the
books left there. If the owner fails
to pick up an un-sold book after
the allotted period, APhiO sells
the book and gives the proceeds
to charity or uses the money for
student projects.
The book exchange, which is
now housed in the basement of
the music building, will move into
new quarters in the Union Build­ing
when it is completed.
Notices in The Plainsman and
posters are used to publicize the
open dates of the exchange.
"Remember this is your ex­change
and will only be as suc­cessful
as you make it," McCauley
said.
CHIEF'S
Chiefs U - Drive - It &
Chiefs Sinclair Station
- P h o n e 4 4 6 -
CKIEF'S
is proud
to salute
Jim
Baird
As an outstand­ing
member ol
the Auburn stu­dent
body.
Jim, a junior in
architecture from Bes­semer,
is president of
the student body, and
past chairman of cam­pus
drives committee
and vice president of
Lambda C h i Alpha.
He is a member of
©micron Delta Kappa,
senior leadership hon­orary,
student member
of the Alabama chap­ter
of the American
Institute of Architects,
and a member of Tau
Nu Tau military hon­orary.
Where Auburn Students Trade
6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1953
The Village Square
(Continued from page 4)
from Washington to Harry S. I
thought Canada was a closer neigh­bor
than that.
Granted that some (emphasis)
women have become leaders in
affairs which heretofore were con­trolled
by men. However, they
prove to be the exception rather
than the rule. It is my opinion
that the majority of women feel
their ineptness and lack of judg­ment
not only in politics but et
cetera just as men feel their in­eptness
attempting to run the
household. Try pointing that out
TWO NUMBER one men greet each other as Coach Wilbur
Hutsell congratulates Reuben Finney who won the twenty-fourth
Annual Wilbur Hutsell-ODK Cake Race prior to the end of last
quarter. Finney broke the tape in 14 minutes and 30 seconds.
OpenSportsContests
Scheduled By WRA
For Winter Quarter
A full schedule of tournaments
and open sports contests has been
planned for the winter quarter, it
was disclosed today by the API
Women's Recreation Association.
Opening the competition is the
basketball tournament, scheduled
to begin Tuesday, Jan. 13. Teams
representing dormitories, sorori­ties,
and town residents will com­pete
on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday nights, with games be­ginning
at 7, 7:45 and 8:30. Each
team will play three practice games
and then enter the single elimina­tions.
The badminton and table tennis
tournaments are scheduled to start
on Tuesday, Jan 20. Individual
games will be played on Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons at 5.
Monday, Jan. 19 is the date set
for the bowling tournament to be­gin.
Teams will participate on
Mondays and Thursdays at 5 p.m.
An open swimming session will
be held on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons at 5, and also on Tues­day
nights from 7 until 9 at the
gym. Also, badminton and ping
pong will be available to anyone
interested on Monday afternoons
at 5.
Last quarter's sports program
ended Thursday, Dec. 11, with the
Chi Omegas winning the volley­ball
tournament by defeating the
Alpha Gamma Delta team.
Engineering Jobs Open
Senior civil engineering students
who would like to work in Cali­fornia
after graduation can qualify
through a civil service examina­tion
to be given on a nation wide
basis February 26. Applications
must be in the hands of the Cali­fornia
State Personnel Board,
Sacramento, by January 31.
to some of the so-called weaker
sex.
If this prediction is an indication
of things to come, pray brethren,
for a reversal to the days of the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Cen­turies.
At least a woman's influ­ence
was hidden behind such sub­tle
subterfuges as naivete and mys­tery.
That method is far superior
to a bold, brazen attack on the
front ranks. After all a woman's
best weapon is mystery, and such
has been the case since Cleopatra
cluttered up the ancient Nile with
orange peelings and pomegranate
seeds.
Ah, for the good ole days when
momma was a woman and knew it.
Bubber Farish and Jack Turner,
1 guards.
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" T H E BACHELOR
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THURSDAY-FRIDAY JAN. 8-9
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Mitzi Gaynor
Scott Brady
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