1953-02-25 The Plainsman

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VOL. 80
Planning, Execution
Of Lawmaker's Visit
Receive Commendation
By War Eagle
The recent visit to the API
campus by several members of
the Alabama Legislature was
an interesting thing to watch,
and it has occurred to me that
somebody—whoever did the
planning for the event—is in line
for a complimentary word or two.
The day's program for the law­makers
was planned and execut­ed
with admirable precision. It
was laid out on a tight schedule,
and that timetable was adhered
to with an accuracy which was
amazing when compared with the
methods often used in conducting
day-long meetings.
Auburn is a big institution, and
any visitor would be hard-put to
get an intelligent grasp of its
operation in one day. This prob­lem
was alleviated in the case of
the legislators—partly because the
group was large enough to be split
into several smaller units, and
partly through careful planning.
The formulation of the day's
plans involved a lot of people.
Dozens of details involving every­thing
from Buildings and Grounds
to Food Service went into the pro­gram,
and as far as I was able to
tell, nothing was overlooked.
Parking space was reserved for
the visitors. Coffee and cake was
ready for them in the Student
Center. The buses engaged for
the campus tour were at the de­signated
place on schedule, and
the tour was executed according
to a plan which enabled the visit­ors
to get an accurate and com­prehensive
view of the institution.
Someone even remembered to
have the Ag School's prize cattle
driven up to the tour route so that
they could be viewed by the visit­ors.
Meticulous care was also used
in planning the six smaller gath­erings
which gave the legislators
a more specialized picture of some
of Auburn's functions.
The end result was commend­able.
The visitors enjoyed a well-planned
day which gave them a
clearer view of Auburn in its
capacity of servant to Alabama's
people, and of the needs which
must be met if Auburn is to con­tinue
to expand its service at the
present rate.
Perhaps the most outstanding
thing about the visit was the
number of things which the law­makers
were shown rather than
told about. The speeches were
short and concise, and they cov­ered
the points which the speakers
wanted to make. The rest of the
program look the form of a prac­tical
demonstration of the equip­ment,
the people, and the spirit
which are contributing to API's
steady growth.
As an example of sludcnt-fac-ully-
administration cooperation
the visit was certainly outstand­ing,
and congratulations are cer­tainly
due to all who had a part
in the planning and presentation
of the day's activities.
Engineer Platoon Wins
Army Competition Drills
Competitive drills between pla­toons
of the Army ROTC Regi-r
ment at Auburn to determine the
best drilled platoon within the
organization resulted in honors
for the First Platoon, Company
"FY' Engineer Battalion.
Commanded by" Cadet 1st Lt.
Kelcy L. Cargile, Fayette, and
alternate commander Cadet 1st Lt.
Kenneth L. Nail, Atmore, the pla­toon
competed on the basis of
personnel inspection, manual of
arms, and dismounted drills.
Merit Cords were awarded
members of the platoon by Cadet
Col. R. M. Warren, Jr., Rome, Ga.,
' Regimental Commander.
FEB 2fi 1953
THB VlaJiridmarv
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
8 Pages WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA
Greek Week To Be Climaxed
With Crowning Of 'Goddess'
Queen Selected By Frat Members
Will Reign Over Final Festivities
By Howard Skelton
Auburn's second annual "Greek Week," the activities of
which reached the half-way mark today, will be climaxed
Saturday night with the crowning of the first "Greek God­dess"
at the annual IFC dance in the student .activities build­ing.
Ray Anthony and his orchestra will play for the affair.
During the dance, the first God
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Au*>urn, Al».
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GREEK WEEK SPEAKERS, guests of the greek groups this
week, are Dean Fred H. Weaver, North Carolina University Dean
of Students, who spoke at the Greek Week banquet last night, and
Dean Mary Merritt, University of Miami Dean of Women, who will
speak at the Pan-hellenic Conference Saturday morning.
Pre-Registration To Begin Tomorrow
With Class Card Reforms Added
By JoAnne Lucci
Spring q u a r t e r prerregistration will be held from Wednes­day,
Feb. 25, through Thursday, March 5, according to the
schedule released by the r e g i s t r a r ' s office recently.
Action has been taken by the Council of Deans toward
p r e v e n t i n g the loss of class cards during r e g i s t r a t i o n and pre-registration,
and toward guaran­teeing
that adequate class cards
are available to meet require­ments.
A major item of the approved
changes in procedure is the use of
a uniform trial schedule printed
on the face of the registration en­velope
issued to each student. This
schedule must be approved by the
dean before the student will be
issued punched eards.
AS THE class card is given to
the student by the departmental
representative, the comparable
subject listed on the trial schedule
form will be checked by the de­partmental
representative and the
departmental stamp placed on the
envelope.
If the student returns to the de­partment
for another card, he
must return the first card secured
before another will be issued to
him.
When the student turns in his
registration materials to t he
dean's representative, he must
turn in all punched cards he se­cured
whether covering subjects
actually scheduled or not.
This will prevent the loss or
destruction of any unused cards
the student may receive, and these
cards will then be returned to the
departments concerned.
THE FOLLOWING pre-rcgis-tration
dates have been scheduled
by the registrar's office and ap­proved
by the Council of Deans.
S e n i o r s (A-Z)—Wednesday,
Feb. 25.
Juniors (A-L)—Thursday, Feb.
26. (M-Z)—Friday, Feb. 27.
Sophomores (A-L) —Monday,
March 2. (M-Z)—Tuesday, March
3
Freshmen (A-L)—Wednesday,
March 4. (M-Z)—T h u r s d a y,
March 5.
Nominee Deadline
For 'Miss A-Day'
Set For Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the deadline for
nominations in the annual "Miss
A-Day" election, according to Jim
Lofton, president of the "A" Club,
sponsorers of the event.
All. fraternities, sororities, and
college * operated dormitories are
eligible to nominate one coed,
whose name will appear on the
ballot in a campus-wide election
Thursday, March 5. The only eli­gibility
requirement is that can­didates
be undergraduate coeds at
API.
Students will select five girls to
form the "A-Day" court in the
election. The five finalists will be
considered by "A" Club members,
and a vote in that group will
determine the winner.
"Miss A-Day" and her court
will be presented to the spectators
at half-time of the annual "A-Day"
football game on March 7.
•-less will be presented by Jim
Lineberger, Interfraternity Council
president, and will receive a bou­quet
of roses and the IFC Greek
Goddess Trophy.
CANDIDATES FOR the title
have been nominated by each of
the nine Auburn sororities, and
fraternity members and pledges
have selected the winner, whose
identity will be kept a secret until
the dance.
Sorority candidates for the honor
are Irene Donovan, representing
Chi Omega; Mary Louise Lloyd,
Zeta Tau Alpha; Mary Naughton,
Kappa Delta; Barbara Mayne,
Delta Zeta; Joan Davidson, Alpha
Delta Pi; Ethel Dial, Alpha Omi-cron
Pi; Gloria Cobb, Alpha Gam­ma
Delta; June Botcher, Phi Mu,
and Barbara Campbell, Theta Up-silon.
With the week speeding rapidly
by, Dick Gilliland, Greek Week
chairman, reminded Greeks that
events other than the IFC dance
remaining on tab include another
day of panel discussions, an open
lecture tonight at Langdon Hall,
dinner exchanges, a mammoth
pledge project Thursday afternoon,
and Friday night's "Open House"
at all fraternity houses.
ALSO, JOYCE GOFF, Pan-hellenic
president announced re­maining
events of the Pan-hellenic
Workshop thi^t is being held this
week in conjunction with Greek
Week. They are:
Wednesday afternoon — J o i n t
meeting of all sororities with the
Rev. Joel McDavid, Auburn Meth­odist
Church.
Thursday —Officers discussion
panel with old and new sorority
officers.
Saturday morning — Coffee at
Student Center from 9 to 11 fol­lowed
by a talk by Mary Merritt,
Dean of Women at the University
of Miami and past national presi­dent
of Phi Mu Sorority: luncheon
for the members of Pan-hellenic
Council and their guests at the
country club.
TONIGHT, JOHN M. Ward will
be the guest speaker at the open
lecture at Langdon Hall. Mr. Ward
is past grand regent of Simga Nu
fraternity and a member of the
State Chamber of Commerce.
Thursday night, four discussion
panels will bo held at four frater­nity
houses led by student frater­nity
men assisted by advisors.
Chick Watson will lead a discus­sion
on chaplains at the Lambda
Chi Alpha house; Jim Vann on
housemother relations at the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon house; George Uth-laut
on scholarship at the Phi
Delta Theta house, and** Don
Johnson on leadership and admin­istration
at the Sigma Nu house.
Pledges of all fraternities will
participate again in their "service
to school and community" project
Thursday afternoon. They washed
downtown windows Monday af­ternoon,
and Bill Haycraft, pledge
project chairman, announced that
they will repair and lay a steam
line for the school.
SUNDAY MORNING, G r e ek
Week officially opened with fra­ternity
and sorority groups attend­ing
church services in bodies. The
first IFC-Pan-hellenic Reception
was held Sunday afternoon with
faculty members, sorority and fra­ternity
presidents and vice-presi­dents,
housemothers, and faculty
advisors attending. Eustace Blair,
reception chairman, termed the
reception "a huge success."
Over one hundred fraternity
and sorority representatives at­tended
the Greek Week Banquet
that was held in Magnolia Dining
Hall last night. Fred H. Weaver,
pean of Students at North Caro­lina
University, was guest speaker.
Dean Weaver commended Au­burn's
Greek organizations and
their past work and expressed
hopes that the Greek Week com­mittee
might accomplish their
goals outlined for the week.
FANCY CLOTHES are the order of the day as these nine candidates for the "Greek Goddess' title
line up for a pre-election shot. The girls and thair sororities are Mary Louise Lloyd, Zeta Tau
Alpha; Mary Naughton, Kappa Delta; Gloria Cobb, Alpha Gamma Delta; Ethel Dial, Alpha Omicron Pi;
Barbara Campbell, Theta Upsilon; Joan Davidson, Alpha Delta Pi; Irene Donovan, Chi Omega;
June Bottcher, Phi Mu, and Barbara Mayne, Delta Zeta.
THINGS RUN WILD in a swanky asylum, the setting for the Auburn Players' production of
"The Curious Savage." The characters appearing in this scene are Carrel Franchinot, Sandersville,
Ga.; Vangalia Lukes, Mobile; Virginia Hurd, Birmingham; Larry Root, Cordova; Don Cain, Haleyville,
and Robert Hawkins, Sulligent. • . . - . . . . . „•. .
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Cheerleader Tryouts Set
According to head cheerleader
Dennis Calhoun, tryouts for a
coed cheerleader will be held in
Alumni Gym on Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. 25 at 4:15.
Finalists will be selected from
those trying out. During the " A"
Day football game, one coed will
be selected from the finalists to
f i l l the position which will be
vacated by Betty Jackson, the
only graduating member of the
pep squad.
Xurious Savage'
To Open Here
Monday Night
Under the direction of Telfair
B. Peet, the Auburn Players will
present "The Curious Savage" in
Langdon Hall, 8:15 p.m. Monday,
March 2.
Slated for a three-night run in
Auburn, the John Patrick comedy
which starred Lillian Gish and
Robert Emhardt on Broadway will
also be presented March 3 and 4.
Curtain time for each showing is
8:15 p.m.
Vangie Lukes, as Ethel Savage,
and Don Cane, as Titus, head a
east w h i c h includes Roberta
Middlebrook, Robert Wilson, Em­ma
Jean Moore, Gene Hattle,
Betty Ann Price, Virginia Hurd,
Carrel Franchinot, Larry Root,
and prompter Becky Faust.
SCHEDULED for a road show­ing,
the play opened Friday,
Feb. 20 in Abbeville. It was pre­sented
in Luverne Monday, Feb.
23, TuBkegee Tuesday, Feb. 24,
and will be presented in Newnan,
Ga., Friday, Feb. 27, Tallassee Fri­day,
March 6, and Waverly Hall,
Ga., Monday, March 9. It will be
revived for Open House at API
April 10 and presented at Lang­don
Hall.
The scene of this humorous sa­tire,
which raises questions about
the sanity of the world, is a
swanky asylum where the pat­ients
are treated like guests.
Students will be admitted free
upon the presentation of student
activities cards.
Invitations Available
Winter quarter graduation in­vitations
may be picked up at
the student government office,
Samford Basement, from 2 to
5 p.m. beginning Friday after­noon.
Ned Ellis, Fort Deposit, chair­man
of the invitations committee
stated that distribution would
begin at that time and continue
until deliveries were complete.
Aspiring Candidates
Issued Reminder
Of Tiling Deadline7
Student Affairs Director J. E.
Foy issued a reminder this week
to potential candidates for student
publications offices that next Mon­day,
March 2, is»the deadline for
filing declarations of intention.
The declarations will be consid­ered
by the Board of Student Pub­lications
in a special meeting Tues­day
night, March 3, for the pur­pose
of qualifying candidates for
the offices of editor and business
manager of the Plainsman and
the Glomerata.
Aspirants for the four offices
must file their declarations on
forms provided by the Publica­tions
Board in advance of the
deadline in order to be considered
for qualification. Declaration forms
are available at the Student Affairs
Office, 101 Samford.
Publications qualifications as
adopted by the board in the spring
of 1949 include:
1. Each candidate must have
completed 120 quarter hours prior
to the quarter in which the elec­tion
is held.
2. An over-all average of 2.0 will
be accepted as standard.
3. No graduate student or speeia
student will be eligible for office.
4. Each candidate must have one
year's experience, or the equiva­lent,
on the publication for which
he intends to run for office.
5. Each candidate must submit
an application in writing on forms
furnished by the Publications
Board on or before the date de­termined
by the board.
6. Each candidate for the editor­ship
of the Plainsman shall have
completed or be enrolled in courses
in copyreading and reporting, or
show the equivalent in experience.
Each candidate for business man­ager
of the Plainsman and the
Glomerata shall have completed
one quarter of accounting or show
the equivalent in experience.
7. Elections shall be held to fill
the positions of editor and business
manager on the Plainsman and
Glomerata staffs only after the
Publications Board has qualified at
least two candidates for each elec­tive
office.
8. Candidates for elective posi­tions
of the Plainsman and Glom­erata
shall be informed that the
board will expect them to assume
duties as assistant in the position
to which they arc elected immedi­ately
after their election in April
and serve for the remainder of the
year in order to gain experience
in the position.
9. The candidate agrees, if elect-
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Retired Agricultural Leader Dies;
Funeral Services Held Saturday
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Sat­urday
morning for M. J. Funchess, Dean Emeritus of the API
School of Agriculture.
Dean Funchess, who served Alabama's agriculture with
distinction for nearly a half century, died here Thursday
morning after a heart attack. He
was a pioneer and exponent of
putting more of Alabama's and
the South's farm land in com­mercial
agriculture by greatly in­creased
production of livestock
and livestock products.
BORN ON a cotton farm near
Orangeburg, S.C., in 1884, Dean
Funchess grew up as a farm boy,
attending local grade and district
schools, and received his bache­lors
degree in agriculture from
Clemson College in 1908.
The South Carolinian came to
Auburn as an instructor in 1909
and received his master's degree
from the "University of Wisconsin
in 1911. A year later, he was made
associate professor, and by 1921 he
had gone through the ranks to full
professor and was appointed head
of the department of agronomy.
He was appointed dean of the
School of Agriculture and director
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station January 1, 1924, and ser­ved
in that capacity until his re­tirement
December 31, 1950.
SURVIVING arc the widow,
Mrs. M. J. Funchess; a son Capt.
Kenneth M. Funchess,'stationed in
Santa Cruz, Bolivia; three daugh­ters,
Mrs. William Askew of Au­burn,
Mrs. J. W. Motley Jr., of
Birmingham and Mrs. W. H.
Lyons Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and six grandchildren.
"In the death of Dean Funchess,
the state of Alabama and the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute has
suffered a great loss in the field
of agriculture," said President
Ralph B. Draughon. "He rendered
a great service to the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute, and to the
whole field of agricultural re­search
in America. The work of
the School of Agriculture under
his direction was distinguished for
its quality and performance. He
brought national acclaim and in­ternational
recognition to Auburn
and to the State of Alabama
through the organization and de­velopment
of our: Agricultural
Experiment Station system."
"IN THE PASSING of Dean M.
J. Funchess," said Dr. E. V. Smith,
dean of School of Agriculture and
director of the Agricultural Ex­periment
Station, "Alabama has
lost one of her most outstanding
citizens. He served the state for
almost a half century, first as a
teacher and research worker, and
later in the broad capacity of
dean of the School of Agriculture
and director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station system of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He
had a keen understanding of the
basic problems of Alabama agri­culture
and he was responsible foi/
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'LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS'
A SIMPLE PLUG for the campus Blood Drive which closes
today is offered by this week's "Loveliest." The girl is Melodie
Hamilton, sophomore in science and literature from Jacksonville,
Fla. The bottle is 1he one-pint variety which is available this
afternoon at the student ac building. (API Photo by Joe Rao.)
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Ray Anthony To Play For Annual IFC Dance Saturday Night
Mrs. Jim Lineberger To Lead Dance
With Husband, IFC President
The Auburn I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y Council will hold its annual
dance Saturday, Feb. 28, in the student activities building.
Mrs. James E. Lineberger will lead the semi-formal affair
with IFC President J im Lineberger.
Ray Anthony and his band will provide the music from
8 until 12 p.m. During the lead-out
the IFC Greek Gc/ddess will ^
he presented.
IFC OFFICERS, fraternity pres-j Bob Glass, Omega Tau Sigma
idents, IFC representatives and | president, Marjorie Cooper; Joe
their dates are Jim Lineberger, J Pettway, Omega Tau Sigma rep-
IFC president, Catherine Bailey i esentative, Mrs. Joe Pettway;
Chi Alpha representa-
Gwen Houston.
Lineberger; R i c h a r d Gilliland,
IFC vice-president, Claudia John-
Sandy Morris, Phi Delta Theta
president, Sue Stowers; Jerry
son; Byrd Farmer, IFC secretary-1 Littles, Phi Delta Theta represen-
I
treasurer, Harriet Billings.
Sam Phelps, Alpha Gamma Rho
president, Mary Ann Peak: Gil­bert
Sellers, Alpha Gamma Rho
representative, Donjette Stewart;
Bill Haycraft, Alpha Tau Omega
president, Wanda Mills.
Sonny Bilberry, Alpha Psi pre­sident,
Carolyn Goodwin; Earl
Becker, Alpha Psi past-president,
Ann Perry; Bill Miller, Delta
Sigma Phi president, Jeanice
Cooper; Paul Gallier, Delta Sigma
Phi representative, Ann Alvord.
ED VAUGHAN, Delta Tau Delta
president, Joan Nicholas; Eddie
Gibson, Delta Tau Delta represen­tative,
Mary Edna Prince; Charles
Ashley, Kappa Alpha president,
Ann Wright; Dennis Calhoun,
Kappa A l p h a representative,
Helen Langley.
Bill Donnell, K a p p a Sigma
president; Carolyn Littles; Bill
Blake, Lambda Chi Alpha presi­dent,
Jane Webb; Charles Jones,
tative, June Sellers.
L. B. CANNON, Phi Kappa Tau
president, Ann Draper; Doug
Lunsford, Phi Kappa Tau repre­sentative,
Martha Davis; Herman
Tillman, Pi Kappa Alpha presi­dent,
Elizabeth Gregory; Jim Hay-good,
Pi Kappa Alpha represen­tative,
Mary Jo Cochran.
James Mitchell, Pi Kappa Phi
president, Lou Ann Segrest; Bob
Mayo, Pi Kappa Phi representa­tive,
Gay Birdsong; Jack Lang-ford,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon presi­dent,
Betty Capel; Jimmy Vann,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon representa.
five, Marianne Beckam.
SKIP SMITH, Sigma Chi pres­ident,
Irene Donovan; Don John­son,
Sigma Nu president, Mary
Barnes; Gorman Houston, Sigma
Nu representative, Helen Alley;
Jimmy McAdams, Sigma Phi Ep­silon
president, Ollie Mae Hol-brook;
Jack Cox, Sigma Phi Epsi.
Ion representative, Ethel Dial.
WSGA To Hold
Dorm Open House
Sunday Afternoon
Auburn's five new women's
dormitories and Dormitory 12 will
Hold an open house Sunday after­noon,
March 1, from 2:30 to 4:30,
according to an announcement by
Betty Cosby, assistant dean of
women.
In making the announcementJ|o c c a s l 0n
Miss Cosby stated, "WSGA hacT
planned to sponsor the open house
during the fall quarter, but com­plications
made it imperative that
(hey put it off until this quarter.
March 1 was selected as the date
because the organization felt that
Sunday would give an added at­traction
to the festivities of Greek
Week."
Scabbard And Blade
To Hear Gen. Meloy
At Annual Banquet
Members of Scabbard and Blade
and their dates will be entertained
Friday, March G, at the annual
"Scabbard and Blade banquet,
which will be held this year at
Magnolia Hall at 8 p.m.
Brigadier General G. S. Meloy,
Commanding General of-the In­fantry
School, will speak at the
sispMss;
Richard C. Lewis
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All Forms of Insurance
Box 301 Auburn Phone 1754
MRS. JAMES E. LINEBERGER, wife of the Interfraternity
Council president, will lead the annual IFC dance with her hus­band
Saturday night in the student activities building. Ray
Anthony's orchestra will provide the music for the dance, which
climaxes annual Greek Week activities.
mh
Richard Buettner, Sigma Pi
president, Clarice Smith; Fred
Ward, Sigma Pi representative,
Nancy Poole; Bill Brown, Tau
Kappa Epsilon president, Emma
Jean Moore; Jerry Cumbus, Tau
K a p p a Epsilon representative,
Lucy Ann Harris.
Claude Casey, Theta Chi presi­dent,
Carolyn Walthall, Frank
Orr, Theta Chi representative,
Jackie Christopher and Richard
L. Shoemaker, Delta Chi presi­dent,
Ann Parker.
"Students, faculty and towns­people
are all invited to inspect
our new facilities and enjoy re­freshments,
which will be served
in Dorm 12," added the assistant
dean.
Katharine Cater, dean of Wo­men,
and Ollie Mae Holbrook,
president of the Women's Student
Government Association, will re­ceive
the guests, and house presi­dents,
s o c i a l chairmen and
head residents will act as hostess­es
for the occasion.
General Meloy, veteran of the
Korean conflict, was awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross and
the Purple Heart for heroism while
serving with Allied forces in 1950
near Taejon. He was was also
awarded the Legion of Merit,
Bronze Star Medal with one Oak
Leaf Cluster, and the Army Com­mendation
Ribbon for his services
in World War II. He also is the
holder of the Combat Infantry
Badge, and is a qualified para­chutist.
In July, 1950, General Meloy was
wounded while in Korea and was
hospitalized until November when
he became deputy to the assistant
chief of staff for personnel of the
Far East Command in Tokyo.
The banquet officially opens
activities for the weekend, since
the annual joint Military Ball will
be held at the student activities
building Saturday night, March 7.
Gen. G. S. Meloy
SAE's Initiate
Recent Tnltiates of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon are Sparky Allen, Dizzy
Dismukes, Gene Hattle, Darner
White-Spunner, P h i l Forrester,
Bill Williams, P a t Williams,
Juddy Williams, Reuben Hyde,
Bubba Rutland, John Colson, Her­man
Home, Frank Stewart, Bill
Heard, Jack Von Hoene, John
Illges, and Abe Illges.
Newnan Freshman
Named SPE Queen
Katchie Barron, Newnan, Ga.,
freshman in education, was crown­ed
"Queen of Hearts" of Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity Friday, Feb.
13, at the fraternity's annual
formal in the student activities
building.
She was presented the SPE
Sweetheart pin by Betty Capel,
last year's queen. She will reign
until the 1954 formal. Katchie was
selected from a field of nine con­testants,
each of whom was a rep­resentative
of a campus sorority.
A member of Alpha Delta Pi
sorority, Katchie was presented a
loving cup . by members of the
Iralernity. ADPi was also awarded
a loving cup for nominating the
winner.
Vets Name Officers
The API chapter of the Amer­ican
Veterinary Medical Associa-
I tion recently named Luther T.
I Albert, Miami, Fla., president.
Other officers elected were Sam
J. Bickley. Jonesboro, Tenn., vice-president;
James E. Lee, Fair­field,
secretary, and James J.
I Bryan, Athens, treasurer.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1953
LOST—would the party with in­formation
regarding a suitcase
taken from a car at the Casino
please call 9235. Reward offered.
On Wings of Song
Carlye's striking solos and ensembles,
dresses scaled for figure flattery,
sound the note for spring
Ed sleek sheers, exclusive Carlye cotton tweeds^
glistening surahs and silk shantung.
See them today at
POLLY-TEK SHOP
See lovely spring hats by Gage and Kutz
Colognes and Cosmetics by Faberge and Helena Rubinstein
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E. P. M A C D O N O U G H , A. E., Florida
University, Chief of Structures Section,
Chance Vought Aircraft, will interview
graduates of the class of '53 in the
Placement Office, MAR. 2 and 3. Mr.
MacDonough is looking forward to the
opportunity of discussing with you your
future as a Chance Vought Engineer.
Using the basic principles of engineering and science he. designs,
develops and tests jet aircraft or guided missiles for specific military-missions.
His tools are his college training, the company's 35 years of
experience in fighter aircraft design, the knowledge available from basic
and applied research in many fields, the excellent facilities for research
and testing and the cooperative efforts of his fellow engineers. Under
youthful leadership he perfects his technical skill and develops his
ability to direct others in the design and production of jet aircraft and
guided missiles.
Engineering the jet aircraft and guided missiles of tomorrow
requires the application of knowledge from many fields. Technical
assignments are available in such types of work as t he design and analy­sis
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Karl Altau, Estonian Refugee, Awarded
IFC Foreign Student Scholarship
By Howard Skelton
Auburn's new IFC Foreign Student Scholarship was
awarded last night at the Greek Week banquet to Karl Altau,
an Estonian Refugee who is a graduate student in chemistry.
When IFC President Jim Lineberger presented the scho­larship
to Altau, he stated that the purpose of it is to give
financial assistance to deserving
foreign students, to help them
make new friends and become
better acquainted with American
life, and to be an educational be­nefit
to Auburn fraternity men.
"EVERY FOREIGN student on
the campus was considered and
the scholarship committee found
that Altau satisfied the qualifi­cations
for the scholarship better
than anyone else," Lineberger
stated.
The qualifications are that the
recipient be a male foreign stu­dent
in good standing, who has
successfully completed not less
than one quarter at Auburn; be in
need of financial assistance, and
meet the requirements of scholar­ship,
desire for fellowship with
American students, .character and
responsibility.
THE SCHOLARSHIP will en­title
Karl to $100 every quarter
and he will receive his meals free
at a different fraternity house
every month.
Karl, who is 28 years old and is
married, is originally from Es­tonia,
one of the Baltic countries
which is under Communist dom­ination
now.
His country was occupied by
the Germans in 1943 and all young
men in that country were ordered
to serve in the German army. Karl
escaped to the forest where he
stayed two months. While in the
forest, he was sought by the Ger­mans.
In late 1943, Karl escaped to
Finland where he joined the Fin­nish
army.
When Germany surrendered,
the Communists demander that all
Estonian young men return to
Estonia. Then Karl and several of
his friends escaped to Sweden,
where he worked as a timberman
in the forest and attended the Es­tonian
Gymnasium, a junior col­lege;
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Three teams remained in Intra­mural
Debate competition at the
end of last week, according to
Denny Ray, chairman of the con­test.
The subject of the debate was
"Resolved, That the United Na­tions
should initiate an immediate
withdrawal of their troops from
Korea."
Six teams entered the contest
AFTER GRADUATING from
the college, he worked for a
chemical company and entered
Stockholm Technical Institute in
1947. He graduated in 1949 and
decided to come to the United
States. Since his country was
under Communist rule and he
was in a sense "a man without a
country," the Swedish govern­ment
presented Karl with a
courtesy Swedish passport so he
could come to America. He was
accepted by API in 1951, and en­tered
school last fall quarter.
In Auburn last fall he married
his lovely wife, Virve, whom he
had met at the junior college in
Sweden. Virve is also attending
school and is majoring in econo­mics.
She works at a downtown
restaurant after classes and Karl
has a graduate assistantship be­sides
his new scholarship.
DR. H. F. VALLERY, API's
foreign student advisor who
worked with the IFC scholarship
committee in selecting the winner,
stated, "I have never seen a more
deserving student in my life. Karl
has an unparalelled appreciation
of the opportunity to study; and
he has the faculty's sincere ad­miration."
Karl was shocked when he was
told of his scholarship. He says
that his wife was "simply para­lyzed."
He couldn't believe that
he had been selected over all of
the rest of the foreign students.
"I AM MORE than grateful for
this opportunity and my sincere
hope is that 1 may prove myself
worthy of such an honor and that
I may give the fraternity men an
international look into the coun­tries
that I've lived in. Also, I am
looking forward to the opportunity
that will be afforded me to ac­quaint
myself with the fraterni­ties
which I've heard so much
about," Altau stated.
Attend Study Meeting
The annual Study Conference of
Gamma Delta, national association
of Lutheran students, at the Uni_
versity of Florida February 22-
24 was attended by seven Auburn
students and the Lutheran pastor.
At this conference for the Gulf
States Region of Gamma Delta,
the Auburn students met with
Lutheran" students from colleges
in Florida and Georgia. They dis­cussed
in study groups the differ­ences
between the Lutheran
Church bodies in America.
Attending the study session
were Mary Moose, Charles Wall-ner,
B i l l McCreedy, Charles
Bottcher, Robert Bowling, Paul
Lefstead, Bill Schmale and the
pastor Vernon Boriack.
These students and other API
Lutheran students plan to attend
the annual Convention of the Gulf
States Region of Gamma Delta at
Louisiana State University April
24-26.
before the first elimination, which
was held on "Wednesday, February
18. The remaining teams are Lu­ther
Albert and Bill Ballard, In­dependent;
Jack Cole and Jack
Langford, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
and Jess Phillips and Charlie Bott­cher,
Pi Kappa Alpha.
THE FINAL ROUNDS were in­itiated
yesterday when Albert and
Ballard met Phillips and Bottcher.
Cole and Langford were scheduled
to meet the winners today.
"Each team has assumed both an
affirmative and a negative posi­tion
in alternate rounds," Ray
stated. "We had fewer entries than
we had last year, but everyone co­operated
very well."
Two cups will be presented, a
large one to the winning team, and
a smaller one to the runners-up.
The two individual winners will
receive gold keys, while the two
second-place men will receive sil­ver
keys.
The other entrants were Jim
Haygood and Hamp Royston, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Marvin Barron and
Charles Aaron, Independent, and
Mercer King and Charles Dawson,
Alpha Tau Omega.
Patent Law Studied
At Research Confab
Patent law, one of the most
specialized fields of jurispru­dence,
and its relation to research
was the topic of discussion at the
third session of the Auburn Re­search
Foundation's annual con­ference
at Auburn last Thursday.
The first of two sessions took
place in Tuscaloosa and Birming­ham.
Casper W. Ooms, former
U.S. Commissioner on patents,
and J. Robert Johnston, general
counsel for the Graver Tank and
Mfg. Co., East Chicago, Ind., par­ticipated
in the three sessions.
In welcoming the conference to
Auburn, API President Ralph B.
Draughon stated that through
contractual research, the Auburn
Research Foundation is endeavor­ing
to bring to the campus scien­tific
research workers of such
ability that they, along with the
existing staff, may stimulate the
desire for research among under­graduates
and provide the means
whereby such graduates may be
aided through contracts.
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ALL LINED UP for the opening of the annual UMOC contest
are the hardware for the winner and the brains from the sponsor­ing
organization. Alpha Phi Omega president Bill Parks, contest
chairman Si Williams, and vice-president Marvin Barron are
shown with the cups which will be awarded to the winning can­didate
and his sponsoring organization.
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You Don *t Have
to be a Beaver to
be Eager or
Should virtue
be its own
reward?
Once there w^s a
Junior who was. by
nature, a Grasshop*
per, rather than an
Ant. He devoted movt
of bis time and en­ergies
to Social Pur­suits,
with correspondingly little emphasis on
the Curriculum in the Catalogue. Conse­quently,
while he was Right Up There
socially, he had academically just about
reached the Point of No Return.
Topping it off was an Ultimatum from the
j Male Parent, warning that on his next
, arrival home, he had better he accompanied
; either by a Li.<-t of Passing Grades or a
' Social Security Card. All Our Boy could see
j ahead was a lifetime at Hard Labor, unless
I Something Drastic happened.
So he made it happen. Invested Jiravily
! in benzedrine and black coffee and lined up
three super-skull Tutors. Night and day he
Sweated It Out. Made it, too! Wound up,
if not with Flying Colors, at least with
Respectable Grades. First thing he did,
naturally, was to call Western Union and
flash the Joyous Tidings homeward by tele-
I gram. Then he Eat bark and waited for
i the Reaction.
It came an hour later. A Telegraphic Money
, Order for $500. plus a message that read:
j "Delighted at your confounding the Proph-i
ets, including myself. Hope you will join me
I on two-month European trip, expanses paid,
| starting June 20th." Signed. POP.
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I impart, strike while the Item is Hot—by
Telegram! It adds weight, as well as wings,
to Your Words. In nnv kind of Communique,
from Date Talk to Dream Talk to Job Talk,
you'll get farther, faster, when you use tho
Yellow Blank. Just call Western Union.
124 N. COLLEGE
TELEPHONE 858
Williams Announces
Candidates Named
For UMOC Contest
Candidates for the 1953 "Ugliest
Man on Campus" contest were an­nounced
this week by Si Williams,
Alpha Phi Omega contest chair­man.
The candidates were nomi­nated
by each of the nine sororities
and the girls' dormitories.
Candidates and their sponsors
arc Jimmy Pound, Alpha Delta Pi;
Jack Watson, Alpha Gamma Delta;
Boozer Pitts, Alpha Omicron Pi;
Bill Meadows, Chi Omega; George
Bclcos, Delta Zeta.
Pete Masters, Kappa Delta:
Dennis Calhoun, Phi Mu; Abe
Allen, Thcta Upsilon; Tony Carter,
Zeta Tau Alpha; Sonny Sellers,
Auburn Hall; Bill Turtibeaugh,
Dorm 11; Bob Quillen, Dorm V;
Pheo Hampton, Dorm VIII; Sam
Henderson, Dorm IX, and Bubba
Harding, Dorm VII.
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"Voting will be held at the main
gate at a penny a vote," said Wil­liams.
"All proceeds from the con­test
will be donated to the March
of Dimes. The winner will be an­nounced
during half-time at the
Auburn-Alabama b a s k e t b a ll
game."
The winner of last year's contest
was Willard "Slimey" Moore, who
was sponsored by Chi Omega. The
funds from that contest were used
to place a plaque on the Lathe. I
New Botany Text
By Local Prots
Published Recently
By C. P. Collier
A new textbook, Fundamentals
of Plant Physiology, has been
published recently for use by API
students who are studying intro­ductory
plant physiology. The
authors are Dr. James F. Ferry
and Dr. Henry S. Ward of the
department of botany and plant
pathology.
The book is a modern treatment
of developmental anatomy and
functions of living cells, tissues,
and organs as related to the phy­siology
of the plant as a whole.
Emphasis Is placed on water re­lations,
mineral nutrition, food
synthesis, and plant products syn­thesized
by plants useful to man.
Dr. Ferry has written a labora­tory
and study guide to be used
with the text. It has been in the
process of preparation since the
fall of 1947, and has been used in
mimeographed form by classes
since the spring of 1948.
THE AUTHORS have worked
toward the fulfillment of a defin­ite
need in writing this book. Al-
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1953
though several textbooks were
available at the beginning and ad­vanced
levels, nothing was avail­able
at the intermediate level in
plant physiology.
It was discovered that students
already familiar with general or
beginning botany were not pre­pared
for the transition to a text­book
in advanced plant physio­logy.
It was to meet this need that
they prepared the textbook.
The textbook was prepared ex­pressly
for Auburn students ma­joring
in agriculture and forestry;
however, it can serve as an intro­ductory
textbook in plant phy­siology
for all students studying
plant science.
DR. FERRY received his B.S.
degree at West Virginia Wesleyan,
M.S. at the University of West
Virginia, and Ph.D. at Ohio State
University.
Dr. Ward has been with the
botany department seven years.
LOST: Wine-colored fountain pen.
Finder please contact Betty
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FOUND: One lady's wrist watch
Tuesday night, Feb 10, in front
of the War Eagle Theater. Own­er
may have by identifying. Call
M. W. Thompson at 65.
, He is a graduate of API, and he
received his M.S. and Ph.D. de­grees
at Iowa State College.
The book will be expanded from
time to time as additional know­ledge
becomes available.
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A Fruitful Career Ends
Last Thursday morning saw t h e end of
one of the most brilliant careers ever to
appear in t h e field of Alabama agriculture
when M. J. Funchess, Dean Emeritus of the
API School of Agriculture passed away
following a heart attack.
Funchess was a man who learned agri­c
u l t u r e from the ground up. He was a
f a rm boy who advanced himself through
education and initiative to the post of in­s
t r u c t o r at Auburn, and from there to the
top positicn of leadership in the Schcol of
Agriculture and the Agricultural Experi­ment
Station.
The period in which he guided Auburn's
agrarian influence and progress was a sig-n
.'-c nt one for farmers. It witnessed the
shift in emphask from the mule and the
'Geo-gin Stock" to t h e tractor, the electric
m i ' k e r and the dozens of other mechanica
devices which are necessary to today's
farmer. In addition, the same period saw
a majcr change in Alabama's money crops.
In 1909, when Funchess first came to
API, Alabama was a solid cotton state.
Since that time however, peanuts h"ve be­come
a major money-maker; dairying, bee"
cattle, small grains and poultry production
moved into a position of previously un­dreamed
of prominence on Alabama farms.
Practices such as crop rotation and soil
conservation which are n ow s t a n d a r d farm­ing
procedure proved their worth during
t h e time of his leadership.
In short, during his years as director
of one of t h e dominant forces in Southern
agriculture, Dean Funchess held a major
key to a system which brought new pros­p
e r i t y and new hope to rural people—a
system known as "diversified farming."
The Funchess administration did a great
deal to reflect credit upon Auburn. A co­r
d ' n a t e d plan of teaching and research
l i r ew much light upon t h e state's agrarian
problems, and the experiment station sys-
'em, which he organized and developed,
"s a t t r a c t e d world-wide attention among
•^ri c u l t u r a l leaders.
His services, however, were not con­ned
to this institution. Every dirt farmer
:n Alabama has felt t h e effects of his lead-srship
and research.
v .ese ef. ects have t a k e n the form of in-
'• s:d income, decreased labor, and a
._ssel end to t h e system which made it
necessary for a farmer to depend on one
crop.
As his death brings his past activities
n o retrospect, we grope for an adjective
which would describe his work. And, for
n agriculturist—a man who dedicated his
L'e to t h e soil—we can t h i n k of no better
way to sum up his career than, to call it
"fruitful."
Little Man On Campus by Bibler
Varied Activities Gain Popularity
At first glance t h e r e appears to be l i t t le
correlation between gymnastics and de­bate,
but since both activities a r e receiving
quite a bit of attention on t h e API campus
lately, maybe a l i t t l e comment would not
be amiss.
Actually the two activities have little
in common except that they offer students
something to do with their out-of-class
hours. Their appeals differ widely, but
both are coming into local prominence.
The newly formed gymnastics t e am re­t
u r n e d from Tallahassee, Fla., with a very
creditable showing in intercollegiate com­petition
under their belts. The gymnasts
have been laboring through their initial
year of existence on the Plains under
several sizeable handicaps, but their mea­sure
of triumph at Tallahassee indicates
t h a t the talent is here. Maybe a few more
good showings in competition will bring
about b e t t e r days for Auburn gymnastics.
Debate, both intercollegiate and intra­mural
is also coming in for an increased
share of attention. API's intercollegiate
"ebate team is fresh from a close second
-lace victory in the Azalea Trail Tourna-ont
in Mobile, after achieving consider­able
national prominence last year. This
p' r's i n t r a m u r a l debate tourney is now in
progress, with several students taking an
active interest.
Since the average student spends so
many hours in non-scholastic endeavors,
The Plainsman hails t h e rising prominence
of these activities as an improvement in
•'"en*- li^e °nd student opportunities.
An Acoustical Monstrosity
Last Thursday night the API Concert
and Lecture Series offered a r e a l a t t r a c t i on
for local students. The Houston Symphony
Orchestra presented a well-played program
before a near-capacity crowd in the stu­dent
activities building.
The t u r n o u t at t h a t event amply demon­s
t r a t e d t h e appreciation which A u b u r n stu­dents
have for good music. The crowd
l i t e r a l ly roared its approval as t h e Houston
aggregation's top musicians brought the
musical scores into vibrant, colorful life.
There was, however, one discordant
note—the necessity for forcing capable
musicians to play great music in an acous­tical
monstrosity such as t h e student acti­vities
building.
Auburn's need for an auditorium is al­most
an overworked subject, yet we seem
to be drawing no closer to actual construc­tion
of such an edifice. The building pro­gram
gijes on, .while students shiver or
reast, according to the season, and strain
t h e i r ears during lectures, concerts, and
other events which must be held in the
"barn."
It seems that the agitation for better
lecture and concert events is placing the
cart a bit before the horse, since we have
no place to seat t h e crowds which popular
events would draw, and the activities
building is neither comfortable for aud­iences
nor flattering to performers.
The Pot Boils
With the qualification date for local
student government positions approaching
at a gallop, t h e campus political pot has hit
a lively boil. Careful scrutiny of almost
any dark corner will disclose a hopeful
young man mumbling to himself as he
handicaps t h e support h e can—or can not—
count on, and t h e r a t t l e of coffee cups com­bined
w i t h t h e low m u r m u r of confidential
conversation reaches everywhere.
Again this spring, t h e roster of political
questions reads like t h e epilogue to a daily
installment of a soap opera. Who will get
t h e nod for top student government posi­tions?
How about the dark horses? Is
t h e r e any hope that domination by the
local "line-up" will receive some strong
opposition? Can anybody s t r e t c h his ima-.
gination far enough to include a possibility
of the machine being "shot out of the
saddle"?
These and other questions must be an­swered
within the next few days, and as
usual, we face the political season hoping
for t h e best. Under our present one-party
system, the nominations of t h a t group are
of vital importance, and for some reason,
we never q u i t e lose hope for t h e opposition.
Auburn Plainsman
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Cedric's Almanac
Press Answers Current Confulities
By Fred Nichols
solver of all confulities. I'm a pilot
and have been trying to dress like
Mr. Dash Dash during all of my
flights, but I always end up with
a stained shirt. My pen leaks at
high altitude—what shall adieu?
Answer: In the first place, quit
trying to impress people with your
knowledge of the morse code—
Mr. Dash Dash, what a lefthanded
'way to talk about Mr. T. As far as
your leakage is concerned, please
state whether it is your fountain
pen or frat pin that is causing the
stains. Next question please.
Question: A great man once
said, "Go West young man, go
West." What meaning does that
have to you, sire?
Answer: That statement indi­cates
to me that the originator
was quite capitalistic. He told
everyone to go West while he
stayed in the East, and made a
fortune. That is what you call re­moving
competition by using the
bright horizon method.
Question: Why aren't you run­ning
your picture in the column
this week?
Answer: You will notice that
my third sentence stated that, "the
press answers." We thought it
would be best to leave the an­swers
entirely up to the press. No
more questions, please.
* *t *
Fiction and fact; from Cedric's
Almanac:
The symphony last week was a
good eiample of what a well-conr
ducted group can accomplish if
given a chance. Certainly, it is
evident that our student body will
support a well chosen Lecture and
Concert program.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dirt;
decrease that darn ratio, and
watch 'em flirt.
Now it has not been told. The
many written and oral questions
that have found their way to our
pot bellied stove have remained
unmentioned—unanswered. Rely­ing
entirely upon our prodigious
memory, the press answers these
•current confulities. Number one.
Question: Tell me, oh young
wielder of two fingers (one thumb
and one finger—Correction. FN)
on the five star typewriter, ex­plain
the meaning of your column
terminology. Start with a defini­tion
of "confulities."
Answer: I shall tell you, oh
dense antagonizer of the press,
some of the Almanac's termino­logy.
Confulities—a combination
word intended to remove the ag­gravating
word "and" from ap­pearing
so much in print—instead
of saying "confusion and difficul­ties,"
we simply say confulities and
omit much confusion and difficul­ties.
Question: What was the guy re­ferring
to in the previous ques­tion
when "five star typewriter" '
was mentioned? I just don't get it.
Answer: Obviously, it was an
amateur version of another dig at
Doug. Doug is a synonym for
"five star," whereas, the word
"typewriter' had reference to the
company that the general heads
(Remington Rand). He could have
referred to the typewriter in an­other
way—such as the "R to the
second power" or "R square."
Both of these again mean Rem­ington
Rand. Next problem.
Question: How did you know
that I had a problem and not a
question?
Answer: Just who do you think
is having to dream up space kill­ers
this week?
Question: My problem is this, oh
Tiger Lilies
Speculations On Compulsory Classes
By JoAnne Lucci
grades are cut by absences, (3)
compulsion reduces some stu­dents'
effectiveness in learning.
We_ go along with these three
reasons, too. First, because we feel
that it does no good for a student
to be in class in body if he is not
there in spirit. Second, we believe
that if a student knows enough
to pass the quizzes, his grade
shouldn't be reduced just because
he was absent. Lastly, many stu­dents
do resent the compulsion
rule, and their resentment could
easily make them un-receptive in
class.
The discussion class, taught by
Dr. William Smith of the speech
department, realized that there is
another side to the question. They
felt that Auburn has required
class attendance because it serves
as a basis of grading, and that
forms good habits. But they also
felt that the system is based on
custom here. Another reason is
that class attendance must be re­quired
before holidays in order
to insure that people don't begin
them early and disrupt the
school's organization.
After discussing both sides of
the case, Dr. Smith's class had
some recommendations to make.
They decided t h a t freshmen
should be allowed three unexcus-ed
absences in five hour courses,
two in three and four hour cour­ses,
and one in one and two hour
courses.
They also suggested that after
the standard number of cuts, each
unexcused absence should lower
(Continued on page 5)
Should class attendance be re­quired
at API? This question was
given a thorough going-over re­cently
by a group discussion class
here.
After tearing the subject apart,
the group fin­ally
agreed that
certain students
n e e d compul­sion
while oth­ers
w i l l get
more f r o m a
class if they are
not required to
attend.
However, the
discussion class
came up with
Lucci several good
reasons for not liking compulsory
classes as they are now, and sev­eral
recommendations that we
think the administration should
consider.
In our opinion, the best argu­ment
they gave against required
classes was that the present sys­tem
fails to teach students re­sponsibility,
since they are not
self-directed.
This is just another way of say­ing
that "if you're old enough to
be in college, you should be old
enough to know when you need
to go to class." As trite as it is
when expressed in those words,
we still think the statement makes
good sense.
Other reasons given for not
liking compelled class attendance
were (1) it's a waste of time for
students to be forced to go to class
when they don't want to go, (2)
Rutgers Assumes Lead
In Fight Over Frat Rules
By Les Ford
We shall not produce equality
by turning everything upside
down. —A. P. Herbert
Rutgers University seems to have
taken over the reins of initiative
in the current fight being waged
by the student bodies and admin­istrations
of some Northern Uni­versities
to remove restrictive
membership clauses from the by­laws
of national fraternities.
The Rutgers Student Council
contends that there is a form of
involuntary discrimination, through
vhich individuals or groups are
required by constitutions, by-laws,
oi rituals to discriminate against
other individuals because of race
or creed, regardless of the wishes
of the selecting group on the cam­pus.
The council also contends that
legislative action should be enacted
to eliminate the clauses that cause
this so-called involuntary discrim­ination.
To accomplish this removal, the
organization has undertaken a
plan to solicit legislative action on
the part of as many college student
bodies or administrations as pos­sible.
By sending questionnaires to
some 800 colleges throughout the
nation, the Rutgers Student Coun­cil
hopes to receive a collective
support to use as a weapon at
the national conventions and con­claves
of the fraternities. In this
way they hope that the Greeks will
rid themselves of the restrictive
clauses rather than face a loss of
strength both physically and finan­cially.
The success of the plan depends
upon the number of institutions
who cooperate and require that,
after a certain date, campus fra­ternities,
having national bylaws,
constitutions or rituals which re­strict
membership on the basis of
re.ee, creed, or color, be barred from
their respective campuses. The re­commended
date is 1960, only
seven years from now.
In all probability, there will be
very few schools that will rally
to the cause. However, three cam­puses
have already enacted such
resolutions and as a result many
national fraternities have lost
chapters rather than remove mem­bership
restrictions.
To those members of the "lost"
chapters, the excommunication
was a hard blow, and consequently
they have been carrying their
pleas to change the restrictions to
the floors of the conventions and
conclaves. Each year the inter-fraternity
fights are becoming
hotter, but a good guess would be
that the national organizations will
accept a loss of all their chap­ters
before any such changes will
be made.
If, however, the Rutgers plan
should get results, perhaps we
here at Auburn should initiate a
movement to remove all clauses
restricting local fraternity mem­bership
to male students. The prin­ciple
is the same. . . and just think
of the possibilities.
Salt From Walt
Healthy Situations Exist On
We £t the "office" have a con­stant
measuring stick by which
we can evaluate Auburn, in its
entirety or in part, in compari­son
with other colleges and uni­versities
in the nation. This med­ium
is provided
t h r o u g h a
newspaper ex­change
system
which enables
us to see events
unfolding i n
o t h e r institu­tions.
We are prone
to exclaim over
t h e attitudes
developed i n
s o m e schools
great deal upon
others adopt in
securing student representation to
the administration. Perhaps that
is largely due to. the fact that
here at Auburn we have a healthy
student-administrative tie. This is
e condition which we have known
and been subjected to for as long
as can be remembered.
Everidge
and expound a
methods which
Auburn has never been labeled
"liberal" or been exposed to so-called
"leftist" theories. We are
not as concerned with the cry for
academic freedom as other similar
institutions are, for we feel that
the Auburn faculty gives to the
.Auburn student body an education
which appeals to individual in­telligence
rather than \motions.
That is a condition which is op­posite
to the one a well-known
author asserts as being in exis­tence
in a number of institutions
today.
Yet, we are confronted with
problems just as is everyone else.
However, when problems within
the student sphere appear, our
administration has confidence in
student government and allows it
to function in a "free-wheeling"
style to eliminate the source of
trouble. Within the student scope
we are allowed to exercise a max­imum
of control. Without this an
effective governing body could
not exist.
As one disgruntled student body
officer in a southern school stated,
Campus
By Walter Everidge
"We must decide whether or not
we are going to have a real stu­dent
government or whether it is
merely going to be a sounding
board for student opinion and
nothing else."
It is a blessing that we have an
administration which has faith in
the integrity and capabilities of a
student body.
* * *
The blood drive ends this after­noon
at 3 o'clock. Also, with its
termination will come the end
of an untold amount of hard work
by a number of students. Here is
a word of thanks for all of you
and a special mention for the men
of Magnolia Hall. Division presi­dents,
the president of Magnolia
Hall, and the graduate counselor
should be commended.
They were called on to do a job
and produced results which were
both gratifying and significant.
This is an indication that a little
concentrated effort on the "hill
top" is all that is needed to reap
a profit.
A Word With Sully
Paring Organization Thrills
Auburn students definitely need
greater opportunities for partici­pation
in worthwhile extra-cur­ricular
activities.
To fill this need in student life,
we would like to bring to the API
campus a new
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referring to the
Watchers Club.
a n d different
o r g a n i z a t i o n .
This organiza­tion,
or club, as
it is more often
called, has prov­ed
popular on
o t h e r college
campuses.
Of course, as
you have prob­ably
guessed by
now, we are
renowned Gnat
The society has
grown by leaps and bounds since
the day back in the spring of 1949
when students at Ufool U. found
that gnats would bear watching,
and formed a society to further
their research in the field of gnat
scanning.
Membership qualifications and
rules of conduct for The Club—
as it is called by those fortunate
enough to belong to this select
organization—are relatively sim­ple.
Gnats may not belong. Read­ers
whose hopes have just been
blasted may console yourselves
with the fact that The Club is
full of snobs and rich yankees,
and is not worth your considera­tion.
After all, you came to college
to acquire an education.
Naturally the prospective mem­ber
must be able to distinguish
gnats from allurds, brendevow-ings,
molftungns, and three-speed
handsaws. Once you have master­ed
the fundamentals, you must be
able to fihd gnats in large groups.
One of the best ways to find
gnats is to go where they are.
Collegians
By Charles Sullivan
Once there, the rest is fairly easy.
Let's assume that you have dis­covered
a room-full, plate-full, or
what-have-you-full of g n a t s.
Quickly spray the area with cya­nide
gas to bring the gnats into a
watchable position.
If you survive this, start watch­ing
the gnats—if they survive,
watch out. To achieve the best re­sults
from gnat watching, please
follow this approved method as
outlined in bulletin 66-5 of the
Gnat Watchers Club.
First select a large gnat, any
large gnat will do, and watch him
or her for about an hour. Then
watch him or her for another
hour. Soon you will begin to feel
and act like a different person.
What more could you ask for—
and get? For more details on gnat
watching, call your nearest psy­chiatrist
or contact the famous
"Gnat King" Cole.
Plain White Wash
On Friday, Squires and Owls
will sponsor the second Hey-Day
of the school year. This day is
being worked in with the Greek
Week program, and its purpose is
to bring added vigor and vitality
to the closing days of the mean­ingful
week.
Certainly, Hey-Days can't take
the place of continual friendli­ness;
they can only revive some
of the spirit that may have slip­ped
or "strayed.
Usually, one day out of every
quarter is set aside for everyone
to be especially cordial to his fel­low
student. Even though these
special days are good, there is no
reason why every day can't be
as friendly as the next.
Students of API usually like to
boast that Auburn is the "friend­liest
college in the United States."
Yet in the past several quarters
there has been growing concern
on the accuracy of that statement.
If we truly believe in Auburn
the least thing we can do is to
take time to speak to our fellow
'Let's Live If Up'
students. If we cannot complete a
task so simple as speaking, then
how can we expect to accomplish
greater ones?
Those of you who might have
forgotten the joy of friendliness
will have a chance to re-establish
yourselves as true Auburn stu­dents
on Friday—the day when
the "War Eagle" students fall all
over each other, just to see who
can speak to more people.
On Friday, a friendly greeting
could mean cigarettes to many
students. As a medium of induc­ing
students to be friendly Ches­terfield's
campus representative
has agreed to furnish a large
amount of cigarettes.
These cigarettes will be given,
either in carton or package form,
to those students and faculty
members who seem to be the most
friendly. This is not an attempt
to put friendly greetings on a
mercenary basis, but an attempt
to remind students of the value
of a smile and a hello.
The Auburn spirit is a very
By Herb White
important tradition. It is an in­fluential
factor in attracting high
school graduates to API. It distin­guishes
Auburn from "just an­other
college." It is this spirit that
captivates the State press and
therefore c o n v e r t s Alabama's
non-graduates to Auburn fans.
So, Friday morning, get your
Hey-Day tag, and wear it the
whole day. Be an API booster!
The office peach was well pre­served,
The boys thought she was grand;
But when the boss' wife found
out,
The office peach got canned.
Then there's the one about the
lawyer who sat up all night trying
to break a widow's will.
The prodigal son usually comes
home empty handed, but when
the prodigal daughter returns, it's
usually with an armload. «l
'Dixie' Proves Most Popular Number
Of Houston Symphony Performance
By Howard Skelton
The performance of the Houston Symphony Orchestra last
Thursday night in the student activities building will be long
remembered by API students as one of the highlights of this
y e a r ' s Concert and Lecture Series. *
F r om the beginning of Kabalovsky's Overture to "Colas
Breugnon," the first selection, un­til
the end of the last encore,
maestro Efrem Kurtz held the
audience enthralled while the
orchestra weaved the musical
selections into a tapestry of a de­lightful
evening of music.
Other musical selections beside;;
the "Overture to 'Colas Braug-non',''
included Symphony No. 39
"Manon Lescaut" by Puccini;
by Mozart; Intermezzo f r ojn
Dances From "William Tell" by
Rossini; three excerpts from the'
opera, "Amahl and the Night
Visitors" by Monotti; and the
"Pathetique Symphony No. 6 in
B Minor" by Tschaikowsky. These
numbers were followed by storm-
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PLACEMENT OFFICE
Coed Letter Filing Duties Require
Full Time Work Of 'Polite Postman'
By JoAnne Lucci
Everybody likes to get mail, and Darnell Giddens, Au>
burn's "Polite Postman," sees to it that mor^ than 1,000 coeds
get theirs.
From the little post office in the social center, Darnell
doles out letters, packages and papers five and a half days a
week, working steadily from 7
play for the highlight of Greek Week, the annual IFC dance which
will be held in the student activities building Saturday night.
Anthony will also present a concert in the activities building
Saturday afternoon at 2:30.
Tiger Lilies
(Continued from page 4)
the grade one letter.
For first quarter sophomores,
the class set the same standard
as for the freshmen, with the ex­ception
that any sophomore mak­ing
a two point average the pre-ceeding
quarter would not be
compelled to attend classes.
No junior or senior would be
required to attend class under the
system prescribed by the discus­sion
class. Departments haying
courses requiring drills, labs and
shops would be allowed to modify
these regulations to fit their
courses upon justification.
It seems to us that a step in the
right direction would be for Au­burn
to adopt a unified cut sys­tem.
The discussion class has come
up with what looks like, from a
student viewpoint, some laudable
suggestions.
The administration, of course,
may have some very valid reasons
f#r not forming a similar plan,
but a Tiger Lily to the students
of the discussion class for what
appears to be clear thinking and
and a plausible solution.
ing applause and the audience
would not permit conductor Kurtz
to leave the stage until after four
encores.
The most popular selection of
the evening was the encore num­ber,
"Dixie," played as only the
Houston Symphony could play it.
Another popular encore number
was "Stars and Stripes Forever."
Dean Katharine Cater, chairman
of the Concert and Lecture com­mittee
stated she was more than
pleased with the reaction of the
audience. "In fact," she stated, "the
conductor of the orchestra stated
after the concert that he would
have loved to take the audience
with him."
The next attraction sponsored
by the Concert and Lecture Series
will be Jose Limon and his dance
group, which will be presented
April 2. The attraction, was origin-inally
scheduled for March 31.
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diamonds, all in beauti­fully
designed settings. Joc-kisch's
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of superior quality and crafts­manship.
Go in today and
pick the diamond which will
be your symbol of love eter­nal.
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Jewelry
Plaque Base Delays
Planting Ceremony
For Cherry Tree
The planting ceremony for Au­burn's
Japanese cherry tree is
being delayed until a base can
be obtained for the plaque which
will be placed by the tree, accord­ing
to Jim Baird, President of the
Student Body.
The tree was given to API by
the International Christian Uni­versity
in Tokyo as a token of
their gratitude for the annual
scholarship awarded them from
Auburn's campus chest fund.
"HACHIRO YUASA, President
of ICU, also sent a very apprecia­tive
letter and cablegram," stated
Baird. "He said, 'Your scholarship
is a most creative investment in
the future leadership of Japan. . .
The flpwering cherry tree is a
national symbol of friendly Japan.
May it speak its message of peace
and friendship to successive gen­erations
of students at your great
institute'."
Shipped from Tokyo on Feb­ruary
5, the tree arrived here on
Februay 13. The roots were found
to be too dry for the tree to be
left out of the ground any longer,
so the actual planting took place
immediately at a spot picked be­hind
Samford Hall. v
Baird stated that no definite ar­rangements
have yet been made
concerning the formal ceremony.
a.m. to 4 p.m. He has been at it
for six years now, and before then
he carried the mail around to the
dorms before the post office ar­rangement
was made.
"My goodness, don't the girls
get the packages! I handle as
many as 60 or 70 a day all the
time," he said.
HARDEST PART of the job, ac­cording
to Darnell, is keeping up
with the un-directed mail. This
includes advertising letters that
go out to every one, and letters
that • do not have the complete
address on them.
"Our system depends almost
entirely on numbers," Darnell
said, "and when a letter doesn't
have a room number on it, I have
to stop and look it up. It would
take me forever to put up the
mail if I had to do that very
much."
Darnell explained that no mail
goes out from his post office after
about 8:30 in the morning, be­cause
that is when the mail truck
makes its last stop to deliver
letters and pick up the out-going
mail.
"THE FIRST,truck comes about
7 a.m. and brings the packages
and part of the letters. First I put
the letters in the boxes, then I
take care of the package slips,
notifying the girls to call for their
packages. By that time, the truck
returns with more letters at 8 or
8:30," he said.
According to Darnell, delivering
maij to the various dormitories
was unsatisfactory because it was
merely left on the counters where
anything could happen to it. Be­cause
of this, it was decided to
use the room in the social center
for a post office, complete with
boxes with combination locks on
them.
THE ONLY GIRLS now that do
not use the post office are the
freshmen living in Auburn Hall.
Known as a "polite postman"
because of his courtesy, Darnell's
well-mannered, drawling "you're
welcome," is a familiar sound to
JVPI coeds.
"I was born and raised in Au­burn,
and was a member of the
first class to graduate from Lee
County Training School," Darnell
said proudly.
"I like being a postman fine and
have no complaints about it. So
far its been very pleasant," he
said. "Of course, it keeps me very
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You'll find many young Auburnites who will
agree with that statement. . . fore-sighted men
who are planning for purchase of their own
home, establishment of their own business or
similar goals.
A banking account, either checking or savings, not
only is an excellent aid to orderly handling of per­sonal
finances, but will provide an excellent credit
reference. When t h e right opportunity develops, you
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We at the Bank of Auburn are interested in
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busy—I hardly have a moment to
myself all day. If it isn't some­body
wanting stamps, it's some­thing
else—but I like it."
DARNELL LEAVES his post
office just for the noon hour when
he works at Mell Street cafeteria,
but to Auburn girls his white-coated
figure looks more at home
behind he stamp window at the
post office than anywhere else.
Vives Appointed
Assistant Professor
In CN Department
The appointment of Donald
Vives as assistant professor of
chemical engineering, effective
March 15, was announced this
week by Dr. Cleburne A. Basore,
chemical engineering department
head.
A graduate of Columbia Univer­sity,
Vives holds the B.S. and M.S.
degrees in chemical engineering.
His past experience includes
work as a project engineer with
Columbia University on studies of
experimental equipment design
and pilot plant construction and
operation. He has also been em­ployed
by the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission as development engi­neer,
and by private industry as
a power plant consultant.
He holds membership in Theta
Tau, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Tau
Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers,
a n d t h e American Chemical
Society.
Dean Funchess Dies
(Continued from page 1)
the development of a program of
agricultural research and teaching
designed to provide information
that would result in their solution."
"All of us will miss Dean
Funchess," said P. O. Davis, Ex­tension
Service director, "but we
will remember him and love him
for his fine qualities and his sound
and constructive work in agricul­ture
since coming to Auburn in
1909."
Nell Winn Selected
For Annual Grant
In Home Economics
Nell Winn, home economics
sophomore, has been awarded the
Loveman, Joseph and Loeb scho­larship
for 1953.
The scholarship of $325, given
by the firm of Loveman, Joseph
and Loeb in Birmingham, is an
annual award to a sophomore stu­dent
majoring in clothing and
textiles in the School of Homo
Economics.
Selection of the student is made
by the home economics faculty,
based on scholarship and financial
need.
Miss Winn is the daughter of
MA and Mrs. G. G. Winn of Rt. 8,
Birmingham.
Previous winners still in school
at API are Rebecca Dorsey, Opp,
and Carolyn Marshall, Gadsden.
Publications Deadline
(Continued from page 1)
ed, not to hold or secure another
40b or position, either with or
without remuneration unless he
first obtains the approval of the
Publication Board.
10. The candidate agrees, if
elected, to accept and follow the
Publications Board's "Statement
of Policy" for the Plainsman or
Glomerata, and to comply with
any rules and regulations adopted
by the board. Copies of these regu­lations
may be obtained from the
secretary of the board.
11. Such other quaifications as
the board may prescribe.
ADDITIONAL information about
qualifications a a d application
forms are available to interested
students at the Student Affairs
Office, 101 Samford.
New Prints On Display
New additions to the permanent
print collection of API are being
exhibited through Saturday in the
gallery of Biggin Hall.
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1953
J. Paul Sheedy* Switched to Wildroot Cream-Oil
Because He Flunked The Finger-Nail Test
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The wave in his hair disappeared. Then he floated a loan of 29<
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soothing Lanolin. Non-altholic. Relieves annoying dryness.
Removes loose, ugly dandruff. Grooms the hair. Helps you pass
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who flappergasts all the girls with his good looking hair. So
waddle you waiting floe? Get in the swim with Wildroot Cream-
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barber's. Remember, you mustache fur Wildroot Cream-Oil.Then
the girls will put their seal of approval on you.
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Pia ins VvIi ews
By Ronald Owen, Sports Editor
Close Of Hardwood Season Brings
All-SEC Picks; Miller Makes List
With the cessation of every basketball campaign, it is the
tradition of this office to submit; to the public its selections
for All-SEC honors. Auburn closes out the current season
Saturday night with Alabama's Crimson Tide, so this desk
is going to get the jump on sport scribes with an early pick.
Owen's All-SEC Team For 1953
Name »
Bob Pettit
Cob Jarvis
Bob Miller
£ippy Morrocco
Dick McGowen
Second Five:
Curt Cunkle
Ed Weiner
Jerry Harper
Pete Silas
Gerald Caveness
P e t t i t coos on th
School
LSU
Mississippi
Auburn
Georgia
Tulane
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia Tech
Mississippi State
2 team desrjite a miserable
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Guard
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Tiger Cagers To Meet Strong Bama Five
In Saturday Night's Sports Arena Finale
Scoring Duel Between Tide's Harper,
Auburn's Miller Forecast For Return Bout
By Ronald Owen
Coach Joel Eaves' Cagers close out their 1952-53 basket­ball
season Saturday night with the Alabama Crimson Tide
in the Auburn Sports Arena. Game time is 7:30.
Auburn will be trying to avenge an early season loss at the
hands of the Tiders on the Alabama home court. Coach
Johnny Dec's surprising cagers
Auburn in the Sports Arena a few weeks ago. The tall, lanky
center and forward is bound to be all-conference material
after racking points at about 25 per game all season.
Bob Miller makes it at center before Harper of Alabama
or Fritz Schultz of Tulane because of his excellent show­ing
against supposedly great pivot men. Miller has played
in only 15 games this year due to transfer rules, hut is lead­ing
a good Auburn team in scoring with 228 points for an
average of 15.2 points per game. The 6'6" center is the
Tigers most accurate shot with a shooting percentage of
40.2 and has made 86 of 132 free throw attempts. But, the
big factors that makes the pivot man All-SEC is his hustle
on defense, his rebound work and his team play.
The second five of this selection is almost as good as the
first, and it was a difficult task to decide who deserved to
go where in the lineup. Other great players of the 1953 sea­son
were Finch, Vanderbilt; Turner, Auburn; McArdle, LSU;
Ross, Ole Miss; Bertlekamp, Tennessee; Casares, Florida; Mc-
Kenzie, Vanderbilt, and Shultz, Tulane. In some cases it was
almost impossible to decide and usually the decision was based,
on comparative showings against the Plainsmen.
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Kirkpatrick Proves Surprise For Tigers
One of the biggest surprises for Auburn in the current
basketball campaign is t he
showing of sophomore guard
Bill Kirkpatrick. The 5'9" back
court man started the season as
a "sub and saw only limited ac­tion
until the last of January.
After a good showing against
Tennessee in Knoxville, Kirk­patrick
was strong competition
for a starting berth but didn't
break into the starting five un­til
after an excellent perfor-
BIII Kirkpatrick mance against the Florida Ga­tors
three weeks ago. Since
then the Surgoinsville, Tcnn., lad has been piling up points
at a rate of 10 or 12 per game for a total of 99 through the
Tulane game.
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Turnbeaugh Signs Pro Football Contract
Tiger grid star, Bill Turnbeaugh, 265 pound tackle, has
signed a contract with the Green Bay Packers to play profes­sional
football next season.
Turnbeaugh was one of Au­burn's
bright spots during a
depressing season. A defen­sive
specialist, the big tackle
was nationally famous for his
"hear 'em, feel 'em, grab 'em"
policy of defense due to his
weak eyes. Colliers maga­zine
n a m e d Turnbeaugh
"The Unsung Lineman of the
Year" in their pre-season
predictions last year and one
of the All-America selections
named him on their honor­able
mention list.
"Big" Bill Turnbeaugh Turnbeaugh was given the
Most Valuable Player for 1952 award by his teammates. At
last notice he was the only Tiger who had signed a pro con­tract.
are currently resting in fifth place
in Southeastern Conference istand-ings
compared to Auburn's seventh
place position.
LED BY FRESHMAN Jerry
Harper, the Tide caught fire in the
last half of the season and is con­sidered
one of the conference
powerhouses. Harper, 6' 9" center,
is Alabama's leading scorer with
an average of 19 points per con­test
and is one of th nation's top
rebound men. The freshman pivot-man
tossed in 18 points against
the Plainsmen in the previous
meeting and held the Tiger's cen­ter,
Bob Miller, to 8.
Other starters for the Tusca-loosans
will probably be Jim Grant
and Bill Sexton, forwards, and
Glenn Scott and Dave Putman at
guards. Grant is a 6'3" senior
letterman on the Tide squad and
is their number two scorer, de­spite
the fact that he missed part
of the season with a twisted ankle.
In the season finale, Coach
Eaves will again be counting on
Bob Miller at center, Jack Turner
and Bubber Farish at guards, and
John Cochran or Bill Fickling and
Jim O'Donnell at forwards.
MILLER HAS come into his
own in recent weeks and is now
considered one of the best centers
in the conference. Though not
extraordinarily tall as far as pivot-men
go (he's 6' 6"), the muscular
center gets his share of the re­bounds
and usually scores a double
diget number of points. In recent
games in the Sports Arena highly
rated centers like Bob Pettit and
Fritz Shultz have been unable to
follow Miller, and have had to
foul in a vain attempt to halt the
big center's scoring.
Captain Bubber Farish, the only
senior on the squad, will probably
get the nod along with Jack Turner
at the guard slots Saturday night.
A set shot artist, Farish scores
plenty when he's hot and few when
he has an off night.
COCHRAN AND Fickling have
been waging a battle for a forward
starting berth all season and cither
is likely to start against the Tide.
Cochran was the spark of the
Tigers at the season's beginning
but has been indisposed of late to
give way to Fickling, who has
turned in some excellent perform­ances.
Freshman Jim O'Donnell will
round out the starting five. The
6' forward is one of the Plains­men's
coolest performers and on
good nights one of the best scorers.
Tiger Baseball Nine
To Open March 20
Coa( :h Dick McGowen is be-ginning
his third week of prepara­tion
for the Tiger diamond
with '
opener
rulane March 20, in New
Orleans.
"We
team,
expect to field as good a
if not a better one than we
had last year," McGowen said.
"We will have nine lettermen
back and are looking forward to a
good season."
Returning lettermen are
Snow,
Doyle
Ernest
Joe Davis, Bill McMurry,
Pair, Bob Nagel,
Jordan, Jim Walley, Buck
berry and Ernest Baker.
The
March
April
May
schedule:
20—Tulane
21—Tulane
23—LSU
24—LSU
27—Howard
30—Ga. Tech
31—Ga. Tech
3—Alabama
4—Alabama
6—Howard
7—Mercer
10—Georgia
11—Georgia
13—Ga. Tech
14—Ga. Tech
17—Florida
18—Florida
29—Mercer Mac
1—Florida
2—Florida
4—Georgia
5—Georgia
8—Alabama
9—Alabama
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API Gymnastic Team Places Four
On Entering First AAU Competition
By Walter Evcridge
Four members of Auburn's gymnastic team placed in inter­collegiate
competition Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Southeastern
Conference AAU Gymnastic meet at Florida State University.
Auburn entered the meet as an independent team due to a
lack in depth, since the four winners were the only members
to make the trip.
The meet, which marked Au­burn's,,
first attempt at inter-col­legiate
gymnastic competition, was
composed of five teams entered
by schools and two entered inde­pendently.
Coach Joe Lowder ex­pressed
both satisfaction and
amazement with the showing of
his "gymnastabats," and stated
that if Auburn could have entered
as a team there were very strong
chances that the school would
have placed third in the meet.
Three team members placed
in the Junior Division. Joe
Scruggs placed first on the hori­zontal
bar; Bob Young placed
third in tumbling, and Dale
Koehler placed third on the
trampoline.
The Girls Open Gymnastic
championship on the trampoline
was won by Auburn's Betty
Houston, a comparative new­comer
to Lowder's "gymnasta­bats."
AFTER RELEASING the out­come
of the AAU meet, Lowder
stated that arrangements have
been made for members of the
team to perform during half-time
of the Auburn-Alabama basketball
game in the Sports Arena, Satur­day
night, Feb. 28. Betty Houston
and Hugh Ector will present their
dual performance on the trampo­line.
Lowder said that an additional
attraction has been scheduled in
Jeronc Koehler, a brother of Au­burn
team member Dale Koehler.
He is a member of the Gadsden
High School gymnastic team.
Young Koehler walked away
with first place honors in the
Senior Division of the Florida
meet on the trampoline. He
placed sixth in Olympic tryouts
during the past year and has
been described as "phenomenal."
According to Coach Lowder,
watching Koehler perform is like
watching "a fantastic diver."
Organized in the winter of 1952
under Eugene P. Kruchoski, Au­burn's
gymnastic team has attract­ed
a great amount of student in­terest.
The original five men who
composed the team were primarily
interested in gymnastic sports for
their own entertainment.
HOWEVER, WITH constant
practice, often two or three hours
daily, the team soon acquired skill
enough to perform before an audi­ence.
Lowder took over the coach­ing
position early this year and
directed the team in practices in
tumbling and exercises on the
horizontal bar, the parallel bars,
side horse, and the trampoline.
They hope eventually to have a
tight wire and rings with which to
broaden their performances.
The "gymnastabats" became a
coed icam in the fall quarter of
1952 wtih the addition of Miss
Houston.
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Urn bach's Mat men
Looking For Tenth
Win Friday Night
By Richard Mills
Swede Umbach's mighty mat-men
are gunning for their tenth
straight victory Friday n i g ht
against Memphis Navy.
Rolling along with nine straight
wins this season — over Middle
Tennessee, Davidson, VMI, Uni­versity
of Chattanooga, Maryville,
and double wins over Vanderbilt
and Emory, the Tiger grapplers are
almost a cinch to capture their
seventh consecutive title.
Since 1946, when wrestling was
inaugurated at API, it has become
one of the most popular and suc-
Westminster Wins
Westminster Fellowship recently
defeated Wesley Foundation for
the ping-pong championship in the
Church League. Bobby Perry,
Huntsvillc, defeated Robert Ful­ton,
Talladega, two to one.
cessful sports. During this time
the "men of Umbach" have won
56 of 63 matches, and tied one.
The team boasts eight unde­feated
grapplers thus far. They
are Dan McNair, New Orleans,
heavyweight; Ed Duncan, Birming­ham,
heavyweight; Robert David,
Birmingham, 123 pounder; Ray
Downey, Birmingham, 130 pound­er;
Jerry Bains, captain, Oneonta,
147 pounder; Johnny Mack Hud­son,
Lineville, 157 pounder; Russ
Baker, Vicksburg, Miss., 157
(Continued on page 7)
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James, Littles, Freeman Continue
As Strong Fall Grid Contenders
By Ronald Owen
As t h e t h i r d week of spring t r a i n i n g begins, t h e strongest
contenders for starting berths on next fall's eleven seem to
be halfbacks Fob James and Charles Littles, q u a r t e r b a c k Bob
F r e e m a n and end Vince Nardone.
In last week's scrimmage sessions, James and Littles dom­inated
backl'ield play as they
continually ripped for long yard­age
and touchdowns through the
"B" team line. Both Littles, 185
pound right half, and James, 170
pound left half, are speedy, shifty
runners with f a i r defensive
ability. James is slated to be the
safety man on next season's edi­tion
of the Tiger grid eleven, while
Littles is working out at a side-back
positioti.
BOB FREEMAN continues to
run ahead of the field at the all
important quarterback slot. The
• 190 pound junior was a much
(heralded defensive star last year,
jarid during his freshman season
'showed promise of offensive star_
jdom at a halfback position. So far
'this year the Decatur lad has
shown the coaches an accurate
/passing arm, excellent ball hand­ling
and running ability, and good
!aim with the extra point kicks.
A surprising standout in rug-
Nged line play the past week was
| sophomore end Vince Nardone.
/Nardone, a 180 pound, 6'1" flank-jman
up from the freshman squad
{has been the line's spark this
'spring and seems grimly deter-
Tiger Matmen Win
Over Chattanooga;
Maryville College
By Richard Mills
Auburn's powerful wrestling
team defeated the University of
Chattanooga and Maryville College
last weekend to post their eighth
and ninth consecutive victories of
the season.
Although the "mighty matmen"
won by decisive scores, several
outstanding matches occurred. The
men of Umbach outclassed Chat­tanooga,
25 -3, and defeated Mary­ville,
24-5.
AU-BURN'S S C R A P P Y 123
pounder, Robert David, won one
and fought to a draw in the other.
David defeated Scruggs, Chatta­nooga,
by a lopsided score of- 7 to
0. It was, "a very outstanding
match," according to mentor Um­bach.
Bill Morse, of Maryville,
was boasting a perfect record un­til
his meeting with David, which
ended in a 4-4 draw. Morse was
SEAAU champion last year, gain­ing
the referee's decision over
David.
SEAAU champion, Ray Downey,
George Atkins are running ahead s c 6 r e d w i n s o v e r b o t h h i s o p p o.
of Chuck Majcime, Buster Burley, p e n t s J o h n F a r r > Chattanooga,
• mined to hold down a starting
• berth next fall. The Maplewood,
iN.J., lad is one of the best block-iers
and tacklers on the field, is
j plenty fast and is a good receiver.
THE REST OF the team is still
.lined up the same as last week.
;' Charles Hataway is running first
: in the fullback slot but is being
) pushed by Joe Childress, Bunny
1 > Robinson, Bob Scarborough, Ray
I Mercer and Billy Hicks. Jimmy
i Long is holding down the other
! flank at present along with Jim
Crouch, Jim Hall, Jim Lofton, Bill
Larrimore and Bubber Warren.
M. L. Brackett and Don Rogers
are sharing the tackle chores with
Frank D'Agqstino, George Rogers,
Don Ellis, Ted Neura and Jack
. Clark. At gijards, Ed Duncan and
Bill Kilpatrick and Charles Mc-
Curley.
AT THE CENTER position it
seems to be a toss-up between Ed
Baker, Jack Locklear and Ben
Lightfoot, converted f u l l b a c k.
Baker now has the edge but is
having no easy time of it.
The men to watch in the next
few weeks include Johnny Adams,
Bill Whitten and Dave Stapleton
at halfbacks; Bill Burbank, Joe
Davis and Jim Pearson at quar­terback
and the "B" team's Ray
Minor at fullback.
Moore Slates Plans
For Bridge Tourney
Arthur Moore, superintendent of
social affairs, released plans for a
campus bridge tournament to be­gin
Monday, March 2, at 7:15 p.m.
in the student center.
The tournament will be under
the direction of Miss Bebe Smith,
instructor in physical education,
and Dr. W. V. Parker, head of the
mathematics department.
Bach fratarnity, sorority, and
dormitory has been mailed cards
announcing the tournament and
asking for the names of representa-j
tive teams. A trophy will be
| awarded to the winning team.
Moore stated that participation
j for these tournaments in the past
I has been "very good" and that he
• expects a large turnout for this
1 quarter's tourney. He also said
' that cards have been sent to AIO
j to make this an- all-campui,affair.
Last quarter's tournament in-
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was pinned in six minutes and 37
seconds, and Downey bested Bu-f.
ojncL Miller, Maryville, by a one-
-stSiifeiicore of 11-2.
W H t T GUNNELS, Auburn's
hustling 137 pounder, decisioned
both his men in the weekend
action. Bill Merritt, Chattanooga,
went down by a score of 6-0, and
Kenneth Shepard, Maryville, lost
a hard fought match to Gunnels,
3-2. "This was one of the best
matches of the trip," stated Um­bach.
Robert Hall, wrestling ten
pounds over his regular 137 weight
class, dropped both matches by
close decisions. Doc Hodges, Chat­tanooga,
was winner in the first
match by a score of 2-0, and Hall
was decisioned in the second by
Jimmy Harris, Maryville, 3-0.
AUBURN'S AGGRESSIVE 157
pounder, Russ Baker, emerged
victorious in both his contests.
Baker pinned Ingle, Chattanooga,
in the very quick time of 1:12.
Russ was given a harder time by
Umbach's Matmen
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pounder, and Dick Downey, Bir­mingham,
157 pounder.
Coach Umbach s t a t e d , "Al­though
we have been unable to
get any information on Memphis
Navy, we expect this to be the
outstanding home match of the
season. They should come up with
winners in two or three weight
classes, based on past meetings."
THE MATCH BETWEEN Merle
Wilson, Memphis heavyweight and
"Dangerous Dan" McNair prom­ises
to be the highlight of the
night, according to Umbach. Last
year McNair failed to pin Wilson,
but won on points 6 to 0.
The matmen expected to see
action Friday night are 123 pound­er
Robert David; Ray Downey,
130 pounder; Robert Hall, at 137;
Jerry Bains, 147 pound class;
Johnny Mack Hudson, 157 pound­er;
Glen Sanders, 167 pound class;
Dick Downey or Al Meyers' at
177 pounds; and big Dan McNair
at heavyweight.
Captain Jerry Bains is expected
to be ready to go Friday, after
being out with flu. Johnny Mack
Hudson and Al Meyers are ready
for action too, after short sick­nesses.
Tiger Basketball Scoring Honors
Go To Miller, Piedmont Junior
By Hamp Royston
When asked if he would like to have a t e am composed of
five men like a c e r t a i n player in t h e S o u t h e a s t e r n Conference,
Coach Joel Eaves replied, "I'd much r a t h e r have five like
Miller—then I'd never lose."
Th e ma n r e f e r r e d to is, of cour se, Bob Mi l ler , Au b u r n ' s
6:6" 195 pound center from Pied­mont.
And a glance at the
record will give ample evidence
to back up this rather high opin­ion
of Miller displayed by Coach
Eaves. Big Bob is currently lead­ing
the scoring parade for the
Tigers and is right at the top in
the rebound department.
BESIDES GETTING those re­playing
basketball, Miller found
time to be a Sergeant, 1st class
in an armored division.
WHILE IN HIGH school at
Piedmont Bob was a three year
letterman in both football and
; basketball and was named on the
All-District basketball team. He
I was high scorer for Jacksonville
I during his sophomore year.
• When asked the time-honored
question "Why did you come to
Auburn," Miller answered simply
; enough, "I liked Auburn, so I de.
cided to come." As for post-grad­uate
plas, Miller plans to enter the
coaching profession. Bob is mar­ried
to the former Miss Betty
Morgan, also of Piedmont.
• WHEN ASKED "Who is the
best center you've been up against
j this year," Miller flashed that
contagious grin of his and replied,
"Well, as much as I hate to admit
it, I guess it'll have to be Jerry
Harper of Alabama. He gave me
: quite a bit of trouble."
Bob Miller
bounds, Miller is a top-notch de­fensive
man in other ways, as is
shown by his holding LSU's Bob
Pettit to nine points. Against
Florida Saturday night, Miller
scored eighteen points and gath­ered
in 24 (that's right, 24!) re-'
bounds. Against Tulane last week,
Bob dropped in 27 markers. He
has yet to have a bad night!
The 23-year-old junior in phy­sical
education transferred to Au­burn
from Jacksonville State
Teachers college at the end of his
sophomore year. Before going to
Jacksonville, Bob served in the
Army for 14 months, and while
doing so played on the 2nd Army
Championship team. While not
Tiger Cagers Fall
Before Gator Team
Auburn fell 71-67 before the
Gators Saturday night as Florida
clinched at least a tie for second
place in the SEC.
Little Sonny Powell was the
Florida answer to the Tigers
height as he slashed through the
Auburn defenses for 20 points.
Despite their big advantage in
height, the Tigers could not cope
with the fast breaking Gators and
trailed throughout the .game.
Bob Miller scored 18 points for
the Tigers despite the all out ef­forts
of Rick Casares and Curt
Cunkle to stop him, needless to
Three Coed Teams
Advance In WRA
Basketball Tourney
In the first week of the coed
basketball tournament, t h r ee
teams emerged unscathed.
Alpha Gamma Delta defeated
Phi Mu, 18-9. High scorer of the
red-hot Alpha Gam team was
Landra Mays with 12 points. For
the Phi Mu's losing cause, Sally
Walters hit the nets for seven
points.
The Tigerettes, an independent
team composed of girls from
dorms 7 and 3, were victorious
over the Lucky Ladies, a group of
girls from town and dorm 4. When
the final whistle blew, the score
was 15-6. Moira Duligan was high
pointer for the Tigerettes with
nine.
AUBURN HALL a n d Alpha
Omicron Pi battled it out in the
week's highest scoring contest,
which Auburn Hall won, 28-20.
Ann Thompson hit the hoops for
17 points to take honors for the
week. Sis Atkinson made nine for
the AOPi's.
The tourney is a "sudden death"
affair with one defeat eliminating
a team.
Free bowling will continue for
all girls who sign the list in
Alumni Gym until exams. Spon­sored
by WRA the free periods
are on Mondays and Thursdays
from 5-6 p.m. at the alleys.
say they ^ere not too success­ful.
THE GAME was very close
during the early minutes. Florida
was barely hanging on to a one
point lead until midway of the
second quarter. At that point in
the proceedings Curt Cunkle and
Bob Nims stole thje ball on two
consecutive plays and raced in for
layup shots to give the Gators
a lead, which they maintained the
rest of the way.
Jack Turner scored 13 points in
the Tigers losing struggle and
Jim O'Donnell hit for 9 before he
fouled out in the early part of
the last quarter.
Studj$ntsAttend_ Confab.
A state-wide Methodist Student
Movement Conference. at Troy
State Teachers College February
13-15 was attended by 28 mem­bers
of the Auburn Wesley Foun­dation.
Elmyra Stanley of the Auburn
group was elected secretary of the
conference for 1953. Other officers
are president, John Prince, Uni­versity
of Alabama; vice-presi­dent,
Tommy Ogletree, Birming­ham
Southern, and student direc­tor,
Malcolm Yates, University of
Alabama.
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Tom Burgenhagen, Maryville, be­fore
he received a 5-2 decision.
Mighty Glen Sanders, strong
arm boy of the Tiger matmen, de­feated
his opponents handily.
Sanders eased past Jack Matouski,
Chattanooga, 9-0. Glen pinned
Paul Merwin, Maryville, in one
minute and twelve seconds, the
fastest pin time on the trip.
DICK DOWNEY, powerful 157
pounder who wrestled in the 177
pound class, scored six points for
the Tigers. In a terrific match, he
decisioned previously undefeated
Mickey Meyers, Chattanooga, by
the close score of 5-4. Downey also
defeated Bob Buchanan, Mary­ville,
3-0.
"Dangerous Dan" McNair was
victorious in both his matches. He
decisioned Tom Drake,. Chatta­nooga,
8-2, and pinned George
Kipp, Maryville, in seven minutes.',
This was the fifth meeting of Mc­Nair
and Drake, Dan winning by
pins three times, and two decisions.
Drake conducted a strictly defen­sive
battle in losing the decision.
Intramural Quintets
End Season Play
y Hamp Royston ^
Intramural basketball ended its
final week of regular season play
with relatively little activity. A
tournament between league win­ners
is on tap for next week.
In fraternity league tilts, Theta
Chi succumbed to Sigma Pi 35-25
with Blalock leading the scoring
for Sigma Pi, and Downey doing
so for Theta Chi. SAE bit Sigma
Nu 38-27. Paine shot 13 for SAE
and Horn dropped in 10 for the
Ag Hollow boys.
OTS BEAT ATO 37-28 as Ward
scored 15 for the winners and
Nagel scored 7 for the< losers.
Theta Chi lost to TKE 53-54 with
Grey leading the way for the vic­tors
with 17 points and Howard
hooping 11 for the unfortunates.
Sigma Pi dropped SPE 32-28 as
Childs did the most with 14 points.
Vandiver and Sparks were twins
in the scoring column for SPE,
each hitting for 8. • j
The Phi Delts roared by the
Delta Sigs 45-12. Mitchell took the
glory for the Phi Delts with 19
while Brock hit for five. Alpha
Psi rolled over Lambda Chi to
the tune of 28-19 with Shields
scoring 9 for the victors and Botta
leading the Lambda Chi's.
IN AN AIR FORCE L e a g ue
game, the A.L.'s shot down the
A;M.E.'s 42-15. C'oan dropped 15
markers for the A.L.'s.
BSU defeated the Chicks 44-
14 in a Church League game.
Taylor hit for 12 for the Baptists
and Smith got 6 for the Chicks.
Wesley also defeated Westminster
46-24. Cobb led the way for Wes­ley
with 17 points, and Davis was
best for Westminster with 14.
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The exciting story of jet aircraft. . .-
"Breaking the Sound Barrier"
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Air Society Members
To Tour Missle Base
At Cocoa, Florida
Twenty three members of Arn­old
Air Society, national honor
society, have -been selected to
make a tour of the Air Force
Missile Test Center, Patrick Air
Force Base, Florida.
The students are scheduled to
leave from the Auburn-Opelika
Airport Thursday, Feb. 26, and
fly to Cocoa, Fla., Friday morning,
they will majce a tour of the
base and will return to Au­burn
by air Friday afternoon.
Those students selected to make
the trip are:
William Anderson, Fairfield;
John Arnold, Jamestown, N.Y.;
James K. Baisden, Andalusia;
John S. Casey, Heflin; Thomas S.
Crockett, Tallassee; Hector W.
Currie, Montgomery; Robert S.
Gaddis, Prattville; P r i c e H.
Harris, Enterprise.
Charles E. Hogue, Birmingham;
Hale G. Engstrom, Mobile; James
S. Johnston, Gastonburg; Robert
M. Johnston, Evergreen; John S.
Langford, Jr., Griffin, Ga.; Wil­liam-
R. Long, Selma; John M.
Maschoff, Auburn; Eugene M.
McLain, Cragford; Arthur D.
Moore, Pell City.
Billy W. Parks, Wetumpka;
James A. Rainwater, Billingsley;
George Sarinopoulos, Fairfield;
Donald H. Whitten, Bartow, Fla.;
James Lineberger, Auburn, and
William W. Reynolds, Headland.
Open swimming is also held
from 5-6 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays
in Alumni Gym.
The badminton and table tennis
tournaments are under way and
many matches have already been
played, according to Margaret
Blunt, physical education instruc­tor.
College English
Teachers Convene
College English teachers from
four states met at API Friday
and Saturday, Feb. 20-21, for th<»
annual meeting of the Southeast­ern
College English Association.
SECEA is a proressional assoc­iation
concerned primarily with
the planning of courses and the
teaching of English with emphasis
on sophomore courses. Members
are college English teachers in
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and
South Carolina.
The meeting o p e n e d Friday
evening with a coffee hour from
8 to 9, p.m. in the API Social
Center.
Saturday morning, members
met in Thach A u d i t o r i um
for a discussion of a proposed
sophomore course which the or­ganization
has had under con­sideration
for the past year.
During the afternoon session,
the g r o u p discussed methods
problems in teaching fiction, poe­try,
and grammar.
At 7 p.m. Saturday evening,
SECEA members were honored
at a banquet in API's Magnolia
Hall. Master of ceermonies was
Edward Foster, Georgia Tech,
president of the association. Guest
speaker was Dr. R. G. Sturm,
director of the Auburn Research
Foundation.
Paul Haines, API, was program
chairman for the meeting.
Wildlife Club To Meet
The Auburn Wildlife Club will
meet Thursday, Feb. 26, at 7:30
p.m., Room 109 Forestry Build­ing.
A 30-minute film, "Wildlife
and Human Touch," will be
shown. This film is shown through
the U.S. Forestry Service. All
interested persons are invited to
attend.
7—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1953
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Candidates For 'Honorary Commander'
Announced By Scabbard And Blade
By Walt Everidge and Bill Anderson
Scabbard and Blade, national military honorary, has re­leased
the names df candidates for the position of "Honorary
Commander" of the joint military ROTC forces at Auburn.
The "Honorary Commander" will be presented at the Joint
Military Ball to be held in the student activities building,
March 7, at 8 p.m. '__ ,..i
mingham; Armored Battalion-
Suzanne Morgan, junior in edu­cation
from Denison, Tex.; Artil­lery
Battalion—Arm Draughon,
Auburn, junior in art, and Signal
Battalion—Millie Wright, Pratt-ville,
junior in secretarial train­ing.
The Navy ROTC announced last
week that the Navy Color Girl
was Ethel Dial, sophomore in edu­cation
from Greensboro. Ray
V/arren, chairman of the selection
committee, announced the seven
"Honorary Lieutenant Colonels"
and their sponsors as follows:
ARMY: ENGINEER Battalion-
Martha Underwood, sophomore in
business administration from Bir-
Air Force: Group "A"—Joan
Davidson, Columbus, Ga., fresh­man
in education; Group "B"—
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Vet School Inspected
In Nation-Wide Tour
Dr. R. E. Rebrassier, secretary
of the Veterinary College at Ohio
State University and national
president of Alpha Psi Fraternity,
visited Auburn last week on an
inspection tour of veterinary
schools over the nation.
Also on the tour with Dr. Re-brassier
were Dr. N. W. Piper,
Hartford, Conn., and Dr. James
Farquh arson, Colorado S t a te
University.
Dr. Rebrassier, Dr. Piper, and
Dr. Farquharson were guests of
Theta chapter of Alpha Psi Frat­ernity
Monday evening.
Jennings Gets Award
For Help On Behalf
Of Disabled Veterans
Former Plainsman managing
editor, Ralph E. Jennings was re­cently
awarded t h e Disabled
American Veteran's N a t i o n a l
Citizenship Award "for outstand­ing
assistance in behalf of dis­abled
veterans."
Now circulation director for the
Southern Farmer, Jennings won
the citizen salute for work in a
former position, information offi­cer
for the State Employment
Service. Senator Lister Hill re­cently
presented Jennings with a
scroll on behalf of the Disabled
American Veterans.
The first Alabamian to receive
such an award, he1 broke all
United States records in the
placement of handicapped veter­ans
and workers. Himself a dis­abled
veteran of World War II,
Jennings graduated with honors
from API in 1948. While studying
at Auburn, he was a member of
Spades, president of Blue Key
honor society and managing editor
of the Plainsman.
Peggy Barrow, Jackson, sopho­more
in education, and Group
"C"—Betty Capel, sophomore in
education from Griffin, Ga.
A SPECIAL ceremony will be
held on the drill field March 3 in
honor of the candidates for the
honorary position. After being
awarded honorary commissions,
the coeds will watch the entire
ROTC corps march in review.
The eight candidates w e re
selected from a group of appli­cants
submitted by members of
the ROTC forces. They will be
honored at a tea at 7 p.m., pre-ceeding
the Military Ball. At this
time the "Honorary Commander"
will be chosen by a panel of
judges.
DURING THE week preceding
the dance, pictures of the candi­dates
and the trophy which will
be presented to the winner of the
position will be on display in a
window at Burton's Book Store.
The Joint Military Ball is spon­sored
by the advanced students in
the Army, Air Force, and Navy
ROTC units under arrangements
J made by Scabbard and Blade.
Tentative Events Schedule Released
For April Open House Program
By Herbert White
A tentative schedule of events for April 10-11 Open House
program was announced today by Guy Smith, chairman of
the events committee. Included in the schedule of events for
the affair are water shows, plays, tours, beauty contests, par­ade,
exhibits, and a gala festival in Cliff Hare Stadium.
Open House will officially open
at noon on Friday, April 10. Acti­vities
slated for Friday include a
water show at 7:30, sponsored by
the Dolphin Club; at 8:15 the
Auburn Players will present "The
Curious Savage," and at the same
time the Auburn Opera. Work­shop
will present "La Boheme."
REGISTRATION, tours, dem­onstrations,
and exhibits will con­tinue
through Saturday morning
with a beauty contest to pick the
"Open House Queen," The activi­ties
for Saturday afternoon will
be initiated with a parade at 2
p.m., featuring fraternity and
sorority floats, the Auburn band,
and special ROTC units.
Saturday night, Cliff Hare Sta_
dium will be the scene of the
semi-climax of the weekend. A
huge festival will be presented
complete with music by the
Greater Auburn Band, precision
drill by ROTC teams, several
selections by the glee club, a mod­ern
wrestling exhibition, perfor­mances
by members of the gym­nastics
team, skits, and the cheer
leaders will complete the pro­gram
with famous "War Eagle"
yells.
The climax of the weekend Will
feature a dance Saturday night
in the student activities building,
with music by t h e Auburn
Knights. The dance will be spon­sored
by Squires, sophomore hon­orary.
"IN PLANNING the program
for this year's Open House we are
trying to use the very best talent
available," stated Smith. "We also
are trying to make the activities
of Open House this year different
from the ones used last year."
Lofton Heads 'A' Club
Jim Lofton, junior football
letterman from Memphis, Tenn.,
was named president of the "A"
Club, local organization for var­sity
monogram wiraaers, in a re­cent
election.
Other new officers are Bob
Burns, Lineville, vice-president;
Dennis Calhoun, Columbus, Ga.,
secretary, and Dave Middletori,
Birmingham, treasurer.
Senior Recital Slated
The Music Department recently
announced that Charles Ard, edu­cation
senior, would be featured
in a senior recital of trombone
music in Langdon Hall on Thurs­day
evening, Feb. 26.
The program, which will begin
at 7:30, will include a Sonata by
Porter, a Folk Suite by Lydel
Mitchell and other selections by
tHaydn, Palestrina and Gottvvald.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Jack Appleton, president of
Squires sophomore honorary,
made a reminder announce­ment
today that API's quarterly
"Hey Day" will be held Friday.
He also requestted student co­operation
so that this "Hey Day"
may be the most successful one
in the history of the school.
Alpha Psi Elects
Recently elected officers of
Theta Chapter of Alpha Psi frat­ernity
are Sonny Bilberry, Bast­rop,
La., president; Bud Bryan,
Athens, vice-president; Norman
Thurmond, Memphis, Tenn., sec­retary;
Leon Sellers, St. Peters­burg,
Fla., treasurer; Willie Wa­ger,
Montgomery, steward, and H.
C. Morgan, Piedmont, house man­ager.
Dr. James W. Newberne, of the
parasitology department, veteri­nary
medicine, was named faculty
advisor.
8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1953
Have You Been Fair To Yourself?
We have reference to those clippings you
have promised to clip and file. You, your
friends, and associates are making history on
your campus.
A Scrap Book and Album will in later years
help you re-live these wonderful days and ex­periences
. It will make possible a renewing of
friendships.
Just a suggestion, but what nicer gift can
you give than start a scrap book for a dear
friend. Try it!
The Willow Weaves and Plaids by Amberg
are ever so nice. They come in two sizes, both
Album and Scrapbook.
Ask to see the combination number, Snaps
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body.
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now associate editor of
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Superintendent of Pub­lic
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Air Society, arid Phi
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