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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
Volume 81 8 Pages FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1953 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 19
Auburn Union Building Passes Inspection
Frosh, Sophomore Registration Data
Given By Registrar Charles Edwards
Alabama College Prexy
Gives Inspirational Talk
Concerning Education
By War Eagle
When you, a college student,
hear a man talk about educa­tion
it naturally interests you
—or it should. When you hear
that same man voice the opin­ion
that our education system
has not probed deeply enough into
its own being, you can't help but
sit up and take notice.
Dr. F. E. Lund, president of
Alabama College, in his address
to members of Phi Kappa Phi,
gave all appearances of being a
thinking man.
I've been around a long time
on the Plains and Dr. Lund's
speech was inspirational. It is in­deed
gratifying when a man can
talk about the role education can
play in the South and do it with a
semblance of intelligence..
Many folks are prone to think
that education should be tied up
with education. That it is only a
means to teach the kids how to
read and write, work a few prob­lems,
then go out into the world
and apply himself.
What they are forgetful of is
that education and industry will
eventually reach the stage where
oneH aids the other. Theory aids
the''graduate, but the day will
come when more and more col­leges
will adopt a policy wherein
a college student may attain cre­dit
' for working in the field of
industry which corresponds to his
majdr curriculum.
Dr. Lund said it much better
than I can: "The future of the
new: South lies in industrializa­tion
. . . but it also lies in widen­ing
the application of democracy
. . . in an improved system of edu­cation
. . . "
There is no doubt that a new
South is dawning. There are evi­dences
of it all around us.
We, at Auburn, are prone to not
see the forest for the trees. We
hear about the work done in the
state by API. We accept it with­out
looking for tangible results.
Sometimes, it would be wise for
all of us to spend a little time
and watch for the way in which
the college correlates education,
agridutlure and industry.
So, an outstanding educator
visitqd our campus and gave a,
talk, t wish ther^ were" more who
had the same vision, intelligence
and missionary spirit. But I wish
that the rank and file of these
educators would be strengthened
by outstanding men in other
fields—say, agriculture and in­dustry.
Registration of all currently
e n r o l l e d sophomores and
freshmen, new students, and
former students not in college
during the fall quarter, 1953,
will be held on Monday and
Tuesday, Jan. 4-5, 1954, according
to an announcement today by
Registrar Charles Edwards.
Former students, transfer col­lege
students, and currently en­rolled
students changing schools
must secure an official registra­tion
permit from the Registrar's
office, Samford Hall, before re­porting
to the Dean for planning
schedules.
1. Students will report first to
the Dean for planning schedules.
All currently enrolled sopho­mores
and freshmen will pick up
a trial schedule form from the
Dean before reporting to the sec­tioning
center for class cards. The
Deans will plan schedules by
schools in the following locations:
Architecture, Biggin 211; Ag,
Biggin 203; Engineering, Biggin
100; Chemistry, Ross; Education,
Thach; Home Ec, Smith; Phar­macy,
Miller; Science and Lit,
Tichsnor, and Vet, Cary.
2. A f t e r planning schedules
with the Dean, students will re­port
to the sectioning center, Big­gin
Hall 206 to obtain punch
cards for each subject scheduled.
Doorkeepers will be stationed at
the entrances to the sectioning
center and will admit students
only in accordance with the hour
and day schedule on the official
Trial Schedule form. After punch
cards are obtained for regular
subjects, students will ge to Room
106, Biggin Hall, for sectioning
in P.E. and Military training, and
final checking of schedules by
Deans' Checkers and Registrar's
representatives.
3. After schedules are com­pleted,
students will report to the
Student Center for payment of
fees to the college Busar.
4. Classwork begins Wednes­day,
Jan. 6 and late registration
fee will be chargeable on that
day.
Sophomores
Monday, January 4
Z-R 8 to 9 a.m.
Q-L 9 to 10 a.m.
K-F- 10 to 11 a.m.
E-A 11 a.m. to 12 m.
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Freshmen
Monday,
Tuesday,
January 4
1 to 2 p.m.
2 to 3 p.m.
3 to 4 p.m.
4 to 4:30 p.m.
January 5
8 to 9 a.m.
9 to 10 a.m.
10 to 11 a.m.
11 a.m. to 12 m.
Bertha Prowell Resigns
As Veteran's Adviser
Mrs. Bertha C. Prowell, for
eight years Advisor to Veteran's
Families, has resigned to become
housemother for the Theta Xi
Fraternity.
Mrs. Prowell came to work at
API in 1943, and in 1945 was made
Ihe first Adviser to Veterans'
Families at Auburn. Her job was
to assist and advise the families of
veterans in any problem that they
might have. She also helped vet­eran's
wives get jobs.
Each year Mrs. Prowell -sponsor­ed
an Easter Egg Roll and a
Christmas Party for youngsters.
Spectators "Boo#
As Graft Wave
Fails To Show
Throngs of disappointed foot­ball
fans muttered "boo" and
"hiss" at frequent intervals Sun­day,
Dec. 6, as a terrified Glome-rata
Graft Wave eleven failed to
appear for th'e scheduled Publi­cations
Bowl play-off with the
highly-touted Plainsman Plains­men.
Insisting that the contest had
been "rained out" because of a
slightly overcast sky and a gentle
four-inch drizzle, several of the
Glomerata players were seen leav­ing
town the morning of the fray.
As a demonstration of their good
spirit about the matter, members
of the Plainsman combine put on
for the stadium jammed crowd a
demonstration of plain and fancy
grid practice that—in the words of
a spectator—made them "open
their eyes and take in their sign."
Tom Duke looked especially good
for the Plainsmen.
The annual battle has been re­scheduled
for the drill field 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon, Dec.
11.
Chief Clyde Ellis has urged
townspeople to park their cars
and walk to the game.
HAPPILY ACCEPTING the keys to the new Auburn Union
Building from Buildings and Grounds Head Sam Brewster is W. O.
Lynch (left), chairman of the Auburn Union Board. Looking on is
James E. Foy, director of student affairs.
Christmas Party Planned
Mrs. Bertha Prowell of the
Student Affairs Office, an­nounces
that the annual Christ­mas
tree for student children
will be held in the student ac­t
i v i ty building on Friday, De­cember
11 at 2 p.m. All stu­dent's
children, under school
age, are invited. Each child will
receive a gift. Please notify Mrs.
Prowell, Room 101, Samford
Hall if your child can come,
giving age and sex.
Student Directories
To Be Aailable
Today — Brackeen
Student Directories for 1953-54
are now available at the News Bu­reau
on the second floor of San-ford,
accprding to L. O. Brack­een,
director of publicity.
Information in the directories Is
compiled from registration cards,
therefore errors are a direct re­sult
of carelessness in filling out
telephone number of all members
of API are Included in the direc­tories.
Telephone numbers of
every building on campus are al­so
listed.
The name, hometown, religious
preference, Auburn address and
'LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS'
Newsom Releases
Final Fund Report
Superintendent of Campus
Drives Strick Newsom has re­leased
the final breakdown of
contributions to the recent
API Annual All-charity Ap­peal.
Fraternities led the list with
$489; sororities gave $209.73, and
$63.66 was contributed by the rest
of the student body, comprising
a total of $762.39, which was
$237.61 short of the $1,000 goal.
The drive last year netted
$768.73, $231.27 short of the same
goal of $1,000.
Student Affairs Office Takes Over
As $1 Million Structure Is Accepted
By Herb White
The long awaited dream of many Auburnites was realized
this week, as the Auburn Union Building was accepted by the
College and turned over to the office of student affairs.
The million dollar building, which has over 73,000 square
feet of floor space, is a tribute to the combined efforts of
students, alumni, and faculty.
Mr. Foy States
In a statement this week, James
E. Foy, director of student affairs,
stated: "This building stands as
a monument to a united Auburn.
It serves as a challenge to all of
us in making Auburn an even
greater place to live and work."
Glee Clubs Unite
To Present Yule
Selections Saturday
Walter S. Collins, director
of choral music, announced
recently that a combined glee
club concert and choral sing
will be held at 8:15 tomorrow
night in Langdon Hall.
Collins stated that the concert
will consist of groups of songs by
separate glee clubs and would be
followed by Christmas c a r o ls
sung by the combined clubs and
the audience.
The concert will begin with the
Men's Glee Club singing three
Negro Christmas spirituals which
are rarely performed.
The Women's Glee Club will
follow with four early French
carols.
The Concert Choir will sing
two groups: the first, 16th cen­tury
Christmas compositions, and
the second, a group of rarely per­formed
works by 20th century
composers.
The finale will consist of the
combined glee clubs and the aud.
ience singing several well known
carols.
NEWLY-ELECTED OFFICERS of API's Facul.y Club discuss plans for the year shortly after
their election. Seated left to right are Ben F. Alvord, secretary; Dr. Charles P. Anson, president, and
Cleveland L. Adams, vice-president. Two members of the board of directors standing are Dr. Charles
F. Simmons and Dr. Samuel E. Nichols. Not shown are Dr. Jack E. Kendrick, member of the board
of directors, and Albert T. Sprague, Jr., past president of the club and ex-officio member of the
board.
Here Lurks Possible Doom
EXAM SCHEDULE
Regular Schedule
— 12 and 1 p.m. classes—9 a.m.-12 m.
8 a.m. classes—1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
— 10 a.m. classes—9:00 a.m.-12 m.
9 a.m. classes—1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
— 11 a.m. classes—9 a.m.-12 m.
2' p.m. classes—1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 16— 3 p.m. classes—9 a.m.-12 m.
4 p.m. and 5 p.m. classes—1:30-4:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 11
Monday, Dec. 14
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Special Schedule
Friday, Dec. 1#1 — 7-9 p.m.—English 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
Saturday, Dec* 12 — 9 a.m.-12 m.—Economics 101, 201, 202
Monday, Dec. 14 — 6:30-9 p.m.—History 107
(In case of conflict, schedule to be arranged)
Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year
The building will open official­ly
on January 3 at 2 p.m., and on
Jan. 4 there will be a campus-wide
dance in the ballroom. The
dance will be in honor of new
freshmen and will last from 7 to
11:30 p.m. Girls will have late
permission.
W. O. Lynch, Auburn Union
manager, stated today that avail­able
furniture is being moved into
the building, and that everything
would be ready by the opening of
the winter quarter.
Some Sections Late
"Even though the building will
open on January 3, there will be
some sections that may not open
until several days later, stated-.
Lynch. "We don't think that the
cafeteria and snack bar will be
open until three or four days
after the opening date."
The Auburn Union was con­ceived
in 1950, when Gilmer
Blackburn discussed with API's
business manager, W. T. Ingram,
the possibility of adding $2 per
quarter to the student activities
fee to finance the structure of
this kind.
On May 2, 1950, the students
went to the polls and voted- 88.5
per cent for the increase. • u
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In May, 1952, the Batson and
Cook Construction Company, of
West Point, Ga., was named con­tractor.
Will Accommodate
The new Aubrn Union will ac­commodate
the College Book
Store, War Eagle Cafeteria, the
Alumni Association offices, and
the Faculty Club Quarters. Rooms
for Student Government, The
Plainsman, The Glomerata, the
Interfraternity Council, Women's
Student Government Association,
the Auburn Independent Organ­ization,
and the Student Council
on Religious Activities are in­cluded.
There will be several meeting
rooms available for other organ­izations.
Locked file drawers and
writing spaces are available to
many organizations that do not
have offices.
IFC Membership Granted Delta Chi
SPIRITS OF BOTH varieties, Christmas and Auburn, are synony­mous
in this scene, as this week's 'Loveliest" opens "les cadeaux."
She's Gail Gregory, a junior in education from Abbeville. (Photo
by Joe Rao).
Intor-Fraternity C o u n c il
gave membership, by three-fourth
vote, to Delta Chi Frat­ernity,
December 6. The move
boosted IFC numbers to 23
social fraternities o n API
campus.
"We are proud of the fine pro­gress
Delta Chi has made while
on our campus. We know they
will continue to be an asset to
API and the IFC," stated Claude
Casey, president of IFC.
In order to be admitted to the
IFC, a fraternity must be estab­lished
on Auburn campus for
three years, be in good standing
with campus organizations and
members of IFC, and outstanding
in interest of student affairs and
scholarship.
Delta Chi became a colony on
October 31, 1950. On May 5, 1952
they received their charter from
their national chapter. Richard
Shoemaker, Cullman, is president.
Other officers are Henry Harts-field,
Birmingham, vice-president,
Joe Collins, Decatur, secretary,
and J a c k Williams, Gadsden,
treasurer. The chapter has forty
active members and twenty-three
pledges.
On August 7, 1953 the frater­nity
purchased Cox Guest House
for their new home. It includes
approximately 94,500 square feet
(Continued on page 3)
Bill Yarbrough,
Theta Chi Win
Annual Cake Race
By Carmer Robinson
Bill Yarbrough, Phi Delta
Theta pledge from Decatur,
Ga., galloped across the finish
line in front of a field of 357
freshmen to win the 25th an­nual
ODK-Wilbur Hutsell
cake race. His time of 14:59 was a
shade shy of the 14:30 mark re­corded
by last year's champion,
Reuben Finney; PiKA from Buffa­lo.
Theta Chi received the Inter­fraternity
Council trophy for gar­nering
the most total points. The
Greek group was further reward­ed
with 100 bonus points toward
the All-Sports Trophy which is
awarded each year. ATO followed
with a close second. Third place
honors went to Pi Kappa Phi.
In winning the annual race, now
an integral part of Auburn's tra­dition,
Yarbrough became the re­cipient
of a host of coveted acco­lades.
In addition to the first place
cake, a beautiful trophy was
awarded the champion. The hu­man
derivative of sugar was be­stowed
upon Bill in the form of
(Continued on page 3)
Fall Graduates To
Cotton To Speak
Receive Degrees Thursday;
At Commencement Exercises
Around 200 students will be candidates for degrees at Fall
Quarter commencement exercises Thursday, Dec. 17.
Exercises will be held at 2:30 p.m. in the Student Activities
Building. Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, API President, assisted by
diaries W. Edwards, registrar, will award the degrees.
Also on the program for grad
uatin day will be a coffee party
from 10:30 to 12:30 Thursday
morning in Smith Hall. Dr. and
Mrs. Draughon are extending in­vitations
to all graduates, their
parents, and guests to attend.
Commencement speaker will be
Dr. Dana M. Cotton, director of
admissions and placement, Har­vard
Graduate School of Educa­tion.
He is a member of the fac­ulty
of education, assistant to the
chairman of the committee on
admission of Harvard College,
member of the board of freshman
advisers, associate director of the
Harvard University S u m m er
School of Arts and Sciences and
of Education, in addition to his
position as director of placement
and admissions.
A member of a number of pro­fessional
organizations, he is pre­sently
serving as executive sec­retary
of the New England Asso­ciation
of Colleges and Secondary
School Development Council. He
is a member of the American
Dana Cotton
Council on Education Committee
on Higher Institutions a n d the
National Committee for the Eval­uation
of Higher Institutions.
Candidates for graduation are:
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE
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Master of Arts
Clarence Buford Carson, Wad-ley,
and Robert Henry Long­shore,
Lanett.
Master of Science
Katherine Holland Barringer,
Panama City, Fla.; John Frank
Herron, Columbus, Ga., and
Johnny Ray Johnson, Chatham,
La.
Master of Science in Agricultural
Economics
Emory Kyle Kirkwood, Bir­mingham.
Master of Science in Business
Administration
Elizabeth Grimes Williams, Au­burn.
Master of Science in Education
James H o w a r d Boockholdl,
Clanton; Clifford Louis Callis,
Montgomery; G e o r g e Velpeau
Pate, Auburn; Mary Daniel Ragle,
Franklin, Ga., and Robert Hugh
Sherrill, Andalusia.
Master of Science in Agricultural
Education
Zeno Earl Bailey, Frisco City,
and James Angus McLean, Clio.
Master of Civil Engineering
William Alonzo Dodd, Jr., Nau-voo.
Master of Science in Entomology
Belton Wayne Arthur, Phil
Campbell, and Hamlin Hannibal
Tippins, Auburn.
Master of Science in. Forestry
James Emanuel Moak, Mc-
Comb, Miss:
Master of Science in Game
Management
Edward G r a h a m Sullivan,
Meadville, Miss.
Master of Science in Home
Economics
Ima Jean D u n n Goodrick,
Brantley.
Master of Mechanical Engineering
John Victor Melonas, Birming­ham.
Master of Science In Poultry
Husbandry
Elbert Jackson Day, Cullman.
(Continued on page 5)
Abbeville Senior To Lead Formal
For Chi O's Tomorrow Night
Alpha Beta chapter of Chi
Omega sorority will present
its annual "White Carnation
Ball"' Saturday night, January
9, 1954. in the Student Activi­ties
Building from 9-12 p.m.
Gail Gregory, Abbeville, presi­dent
of the chapter, will lead the
dance with Tommy Warr, Clay­ton.
Music will be furnished by
the Auburn Knights.
Highlight of the leadout will be
the presentation of a spray of
white carnations with an orchid
center to' Miss Gregory by Mrs.
C. A. Basoie, chapter alumnae
advisor.
Other activities planned for the
weekend include a breakfast to
be given at t h e Kappa Sigma
house following the dance, and
church services, at the"Methodist
Church, Sunday morning.
The other officers and their
dates to be presented during the
leadout include A n n Rankin,
vice-president, escorted by Bob
Clark, Montgomery; Joan Goss,
secretary, and F r e d Jordan,
Headland; Edith Upchurch, trea­surer,
and Jimmy Evans, /Dyers-
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..GAIL GREGORY, Abbeville junior and president of Alpha Betk
of Chi Omega, will lead the sorority's annual White Carnation Ball
Saturday night,'Jan.'9, 1954. She will be escorted by Tommy Warr,
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Social Groups Have Last Fling ,j
As Fall Quarter Draws To Close
;. By Doris Lessman
Social Jkinetions around the API campus haven't been
lacking.this -Quarter, a fact proven by the tremendous'stir and
tempo of successful social events as planned by the Greek and
independent organizations for their fall social calendars. No
•doubt many pleasant memories remain with every student
who participated in the staggering
number Of events. To be rated
highly among ; the outstanding
events of the quarter are the Tiger
football games, Which surely made
the 1953 fall quarter more exciting.
.Parties, ^Parties, Parties
The Delta Zeta's were honored
burg, Tenn., and Harriet Whipple,
pledge trainer, and Tony Woods,
Columbus, Ga.
Choose here the ryig
to make this Christ-mas
live forever in
the happiest memo-
: ries of the one -
you lovel
Tuesday night with a house dance
given by the Alpha Gamma Rho's.
Entertaining their dates witB a
hayride and wiener roast Decem­ber
4 were the Kappa Sigma
pledges.
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity
house was the scene of a Christ­mas
party last Thursday night.
On December 3 the Delta Delta
chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi held
their Founders Day banquet at the
Saugahatchee Country Club.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon house
Tuesday night, Dec. 8, was the
scene of a Christmas party given
by the chapter for eight under­privileged
children.
Other fraternities who enter­tained
with Christmas parties last
weekend were the Sigrfia' Nu'sf
Sigma Pi's and Phi Delta Theta's.
On Saturday night the Alpha
Psi's will prove that Christmas
is really just around the corner as
they entertain their dates witn #
Christmas party. The Theta Chi
house will also be a scene for a
Christmas party Saturday night as
members, pledges and dates get
away from their studying for a few
hours of entertainment.
Last Saturday evening the Pi
Kappa Phi pledges, members, anii
dates journeyed to the Clement
Hotel in Opelika for their annual
pledge formal dance.
Glom Editor Nichols
States That'54 Book
To Have New Look
Progress of the 1954 Glom-erata
was announced recently
by editor Fred Nichols as
being about one-fourth com­pleted.
During the month of
November the staff has com-spleted
the opening section, schools
and administration section, gov*-
ernment, publications a n d mili­tary
sections, | and f the division
pages.
With, two more deadlines this
quartep: and the remainder the
winter quarter] the Glbmerata is
well on the Way to meet distri­bution
which is tentatively sche­duled
for May 11-14. Business
manager Tommy Tate stated that
"we will definitely need addit­ional
h e l p t h e Christmas
holidays in order to meet our
class section deadline in Decemr
ben" Tate further added that
"typists and' pnyone else who
wants to work on fhe Glomerata
this quarter should come by the
office in Samford basement as
soon as possible."
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No Theme Announced
No officialt: word has been rer
ceived by Nichols as to the theme
carried in the opening section
except that it "will be colorful."
The. amount, of secrecy retained
•by the editor together with the.
state-wide coverage goal of the
advertising staff, indicates that a
definite change in the contents of
the book is underway.
The next release from the
Glomerata this quarter will be the
section of favorites who will be
featured in the beauty section of
the 57th version of Auburn's
yearbook.
Members of the Glomerata
editorial staff include John Sell­ers,
managing editor; Batey Gres-ham,
school and administration
editor; Dan Patrick, sports editor;
David Irvine, snapshots editor;
Prude Fancher, activities editor;
Ken Stratford, government, pub­lications,
and military editor;
Tommy Fitzpatrick, fraternities
editor; Sid McFaden, art editor,
and Jean Cross, sororities editor.
Section .managerjfe' .qf the busj-f
ness staff are: Bill Whitaker, aJ-l
sistant business manager; Bob El­lis,
organizations manager; June
Sellers, classes manager; J o hn
Arnold, circulation manager; Jim
Johnson, advertising manager,
and Jeff Beard, Jr., exchange
manager. ;.
2-tfHE PLAINSMAN Friday, Dec. 11, 1953
'Dream Girl' Candidates
To Be Honored Sunday
By Theta Chi Group
Candidates for Theta Chi's
'Dream Girl" wil be hlonored at a
Christmas party Sunday afternoon,
Dec. 13, at the Theta Chi fraterni­ty
house.
Five finalists wil be chosen for
the "Dream Girl" court by mem­bers
of the chapter.
Candidates are: Carol Wagoner,
Zeta Tau Alpha; Ola Ann Sims,
Dorm 5; Jo Ann Reeve, Alpha
Delta Pi; Judy McCarter, Dorm 1;
Bennieta Andrew, Phi Mu; Ann
Abernathy, Dorm 3; Lucy Roy,
Delta Zeta; Sylvia Porter, Chi
Omega.
Ann Braswell, Dorm 4; Sarah
Lee Cross, Dorm 2; Alys Vardiman,
Alpha Gamma Delta; Mizelle
Pritchard, Dorm 6; Ann Coleman,
Kappa Delta; Mary Kay Schmidt,
Alpha Omicron Pi; Doris Hickman,
Susan Smith, and Olive Killough,
Dorm 8.
Gamma Eta Chapter of Phi
Delta,Kappa will meet Thurs­day,
Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. in Room
326, Thach Hall. All members
are urged to attend.
LOST: Ladies gold signet ring.
Engraved initials M. E. Prob­ably
Jost in the vicinity of Thach
Hall, Thursday night, Dec. 3.
Finder please call 1567-W.
Arrows Way^Oui Front As
Christmas Gift Favorites
A gift from the jeweler's is always
something special
Jockisch Jewelry
Christmas inspirations
Parker's Suggests:
Sweater Sets—cashmere and wool/
Blouses—dressy and man tailored.
Skirts—orlons and wools.
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100% wool glove and scarf set. Just the thing for
school wardrobes . . . a delightful gift. Navy, red,
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THIS BANNER has joined the colors with which the Auburn Air
Force ROTC parades. The flag, which bears the AFROTC insignia
on a blue background, is shown here being presented to Wing Com­mander
Martin Thompson by President Ralph B. Draughon. Stand­ing
by is Color Guard Ben Higgins.
IN THE PROCESS of assuming office are API's two recently
elected freshman senators, Ed Cobb (left), and Dick Cobbs (right).
Doing the honors is Student Body President Arthur Moore.
Presbyterian Youth To Meet On Campus
By Larry Conner
Auburn's Westminster Fel­lowship
will be host to the
Southeastern P r e s b y t e r -
ia^' Church's fifth Quadren­nial
Youth Convention. Ap­proximately
2,000 young Pres­byterians
from all over the South
wilt convene in Auburn December
29 through January 10.
From the plains of Texas and
Oklahoma, from the hills of West
*• Virginia, from Missouri, and from
Florida and all the other Southern
states, the delegates will be mak­ing
thc?journ,ey to the "Loveliest
Village"-to take part in the giant
assembly.
-The theme of the convention will
bey{'Christian Mission,", with the
chunch's g o a l being, "making
young persons more aware of the
implications of their faith as
Christians in the world today, and
in becoming more committed as a
growing witness of their faith in
their everyday living."
An imposing array of the great
names in the Southern Presby­terian
Church will be on hand for
the conference. Included in this
list will be: Dr. John A. Mackey,
President of the Princeton Semi­nary,
Princeton, N. J.; Rev. James
A. Jones, Meyers Park Presbyter­ian
Church, Charlotte, N. C;
Charles B. "Chuck" Templeton.
Evangelist, National Council of
Churches of Christ in thevJJ,S.A.,
New ' York City; Kenneth Scott
Latourctte, Professor of Misisons,
Yale Divinity School, New Haven,
Conn.; Dr. W. T. Thompson, Pro­fessor
of Christian Education,
Richmond, Va., and Dr. Ben L.
Rose, Pastor of Central Presby-l
Eta Kappa Nu Lists Ten New Members
Xi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu
national electrical engineer] n.'.;
honor society initiated ten outa
standing men. The initiates were
R. A. Robinson, L. A. Hanchey, C.
D Todd, J. O. Lampkin, J. L.
Whitaker, F. B. Williams, J. R.
Pope, and T. C. Lawson.
Following the foimai initiation
a banquet was held in honor of the
new members. Dr. J. C. Eaves was
guest speaker and Mr. J. D. Wade
Lowery, J. H. Boatwright, W. H. toastmaster for the occasion.
Cake Race
(Continued from page 1)
an honored kiss from Nancy Du-pree,
Miss Auburn. Also a multi­tude
of other glittering gifts con­tributed
by local merchants were
presented to this year's fleet
champion.
Originating in 1929 as a brain­child
of Coach Wilbur Hutsell,
dean of Southern track masters,
the race was designed to aid in the
location of unknown runners of
outstanding ability. Although the
initial run failed to produce sub-stanital
cinderman, the second
event uncovered several track
prospects. The second year also
found a sponsor in ODK. Whitey
Overton, War Eagle Olympic ace,
holds the al time record with a
dazzling 13:46.
In commenting on this year's
colorful cake derby, Bob Mayo,
president of ODK, remarked, "We
feel it has ben one of the greatest
races and has fulfilled its objec­tives.
I would like to express my
appreciation to Coach Hutsell and
Spiked Shoe for their splendid co­operation.
And, of course, I would
like to thank all the .freshmen
who participated."
Student's Designs
Touring Colleges
Designs by two API students,
Thomas P. Hughes, Birmingham,
and David Van Fraser, Decatur,
Ga., and one API graduate, John
Robert Moody, Boaz, are being
shown in an exhibit now on tour
of colleges throughout the United
States.
The exhibit includes all designs
awarded prizes in the annual Stu­dent
Competition in Interior De­sign
sponsored by the American
Institute of Decorators.
Problem for the 1953 competi­tion
was the planning and design
of a guest house in a residential
area within commuting distance of
a large city. The house was to be
designed to accomodate "two per­sons
and provide all the conveni­ences
needed for living, eating, and
sleeping. .4
Some 136 entries representing
28 schools and colleges throughout
the U.S. and Canada were entered
in the competition.
Hughes, who is now a senior in
interior design, placed second in
the national competition and won
a cash award of $150 and an ex­pense
paid trip to New York City
for the 22nd annual Conference of
the American Institute of Deco­rators.
Designs by Fraser,. who is a
senior in interior design, and
Moody, who graduated in June,
1953, were selected for the travel­ing
exhibit.
Ten Auburnites To Attend
Meeting At Troy State
Ten Auburn students and fac­ulty
members will be among the
representatives f r o m colleges
over the state participating in the
annual state meeting of Inter­national
Relations Clubs at Troy
State Teachers College tomorrow.
Slated to appear on the pro­gram
. are Dr. Anna-Elizabeth
Hoene, assistant human nutri­tionist
at API and former exten­sion
specialist with the German
government, who will be guest
speaker at a banquet for all dele­gates,
and API Assistant Pro­fessor
of History Claude McNor-ton,
who will serve as resource
consultant for discussion groups.
Others who will attend are
Angeline Hess, Auburn; M. Eliza­beth
Q u i n n, Prattville; Mu|
Marto, Bethlehem, Jordan; Rui
sell Lowery, Citronelle; Lanty
Conner, East Point, Ga.; Ellen
Edwards, Auburn, and Dr. and
Mrs. Frank H. Manley.
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Christmas Books,
In Library Display
The API Library has assembled
a collection of books on Christmas
subjects, including Christmas in
fiction, and has established a
special collection in the circulation
hall. The collection is accompanied
by the Christmas scene complete
with snow, a small village, :Santa
and his sleigh.
Delta Chi
(Continued from page1 1)
of land. The grotfnds alone have
been valued at $30,000 and are
complete with two barbecue pits,
a three-car garage, numerous
rose arbors, and a small house
ing quarters for fraternity mem-which
Will be converted into liv-bers.
:
Klepinger Tells
Army Reserve Plan
Col. Walter J. Klepinger,
PMS&T, recently announced
a plan whereby Auburn stu­dents
can serve in the Army
Reserve program w h i l e in
school and have this time
count towards their military obli-
3—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Dec. 11, 1953
gation under the Selective Service
Law.
There are three units in Opelika
in which Auburn students may en­list.
They are, an Aerial Photo In­terpreter
unit which meets four
times, a month for which all mem­bers
are paid, and two Artillery
Batteries which meet twice a
month and for which members
draw two days pay per month.
This program affords students
an opportunity to earn money
while in school, counts towards the
reserve duty required by Selec­tive
Service, and presents and op­portunity
for promotion before go­ing
on active duty.
ROTC students are eligible for
this program and it will not con­flict
with their ROTC training
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Auburn Union-A Long Road Ahead E£l MAN ON CAMPUS
After many months on the drawing board
and many more months of actual construc­tion,
plus many weeks of putting on the
so-called "finishing touches/' Auburn is
now ready to move into the Auburn Union
Building. Sam F. Brewster turned the
keys of the building over to W. O. Lynch,
union manager, Tuesday of this week.
The program was inaugurated three
years ago and the final acceptance of the
building marks the end of much hard work.
But the road which lies ahead is in many
respects, the roughest path.
To enumerate a few: (1) the cost of the
building has not been paid and many years
must pass while the college pays interest
and the principal on the note (2) the cost
of maintaining the building will be tre­mendous.
(3) Office space must be allo­cated
in a fair and thoughtful manner.
(4) Activities occurring in the building
must be supervised efficiently. (5) Prob­lems
will continually spring up and they
must be handled diplomatically.'
These are just a few of the things facing
our new Union Building. Thus far this
year the Auburn Union Board has done a
magnificent job. They have worked on
every problem v/ith a fervor that would
be hard to match. Everyone connected
with the building from the time it was
conceived to the present can be proud of
their efforts.
We do not envy your problems. Neither
do we envy the h a r d work which lies
ahead. However, we send our thanks and
appreciation; we also send our hopes that
the work you have done will create an
even stronger Auburn. We believe it will.
Delta Chi Meets A Challenge
As Auburn grows, so grows the IFC. On
December 6, the Inter-Fraternity Council,
by a three-fourths majority, voted to admit
the local chapter of Delta Chi as the
twenty-third social fraternity on campus
to be included in the organization.
Delta Chi's progress, since their estab­lishment
here as a colony three years ago,
has been most impressive. Starting at that
time with a nucleus of 16 members, they
obtained chapter status in May, 1952, and
have grown to their present level of 40
active members and 23 pledges.
It is no mean feat to gain membership
in the local IFC. The organization is a
strict interpreter of the standards which,
according to their rules, any candidate for
membership must meet. The Delta Chi's
have proven themselves to be in good
standing in all ways on campus, and have
been outstanding in student affairs and
scholarship.
The chapter has converted the Cox
Guest House into one of the most attrac­tive
and modern fraternity houses in Au­burn.
The grounds, valued at $30,000, have
been developed in every way to make the
house "a home away from home."
The Plainsman offers sincere congratu­lations
to both Delta Chi and the IFC for
their mutual gains, and for their part in
making this a Greater Auburn.—R.P.
Bowl Trip Adds To Traffic Hazards
The happiness of the holiday season is
inevitably clouded by the threats to life
and limb imposed by the dangerous traffic
conditions. Warnings about the situation
have been repeated so often as to seem
trite, but the hazards, rather than dimin­ishing,
have become even more pressing.
The Gator Bowl trip, with the unre­strained
celebration it naturally brings,
could prove to be disastrous from the
standpoint of safety. The attitude of "It
can't happen to me" must be fought es­pecially
hard, because, under the impend­ing
conditions, "It" could very easily hap­pen
to anybody.
Keep the following statistics in mind.
Approximately 30 per cent of all fatal ac­cidents
occur when the driver is driving
too fast for conditions (traffic, weather,
road, speed limits). The same percentage
occurred between the hours of 4 and 8
p.m. The accident rate for drinking driv­ers
is approximately 55 times as high as
that for those who let the non-partiers
drive.
Auburn students have a g o o d record
safety-wise this quarter. Strick Newsom
and the Student Drives Committee have
done a good job in putting a great deal
of emphasis on sane driving principles.
For the next three weeks our driving ha­bits
will be put to the acid test. Let's not.
be responsible for giving Auburn's rapidly
growing enrollment a n y setbacks next
quarter. •
Far be it from us to cool the enthusiasm
of the celebrants, but he who gets carried
away by the celebration before hitting the
road is likely to be carried away on a
stretcher.—E.P.
A Christmas Thought-1953
When three wise men followed a gleam­ing
star hovering in a bluish sky, they
came upon a sight which was to astound
the world eternally. They found a baby
who was to become the miracle of the
world—a savior who was soon to dedicate
his life because of the follies and foolish
ways of mankind.
Some 1,953 years later, man finds him­self
faced with the insurmountable task of
overcoming the perils of a modern world
—the death dealing instruments of science;
the failure of man to f i n d a common
ground of brotherly love; the wild, weird
dreams of would-be conquerors of free men
who inhabit a world which received a be­nediction
of love, faith, hope and charity
so long ago.
This is the Christmas scene, 1953. This
is the season when the world recalls that
miraculous birth—this is the season when
man looks back and finds that surely a
wise hand has guided him over the trea­cherous
roads of the past.
To some of us, Pearl Harbor is but a
faint memory; but to all of us Korea is a
sharp stab. The constant threat of up­heaval
hangs heavy in the air—a stifling
atmosphere of unrest and uncertainty.
But this is Christmas. Man is turning
toward, and leaning more heavily upon,
the salvation offered in Bethlehem so many
years ago. And during the present yule
season man will recount and weigh his
blessings. Men and women will look at
the joy in the eyes of their children this
Christmas and pray for everlasting peace
on earth and good will to all men.
So upon this occasion, we too wish you
a very merry Christmas in 4he spirit of
freedom and the pursuit of happiness. And
we hope that the new year will bring forth
the fruits of peace for which the world is
yearning. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR—The Editor.
"If you think we are busy now—you should come in
sometime when it ain't finals week." J
Plain White Wash
Music Department Receives Praise
By Herb White
There is no better job being
done anywhere on the Auburn
campus than in the music depart­ment.
It's not too often that The
Plainsman finds such an outstand­ing
job being done; but when it
does it's a pleasure to report it.:
In a recent Montgomery Adver­tiser
article, Mr. Stuart Stephen­son,
successor
to Atticus Mul-lin
in the "Pass-i
n g Throng,"
had some fine
comments about
the API music
d e p a r t m e n t
with which we
agree entirely.
T h e article
mentioned that
something of a "musical miracle"
has ocurred on the Plains since
Professor Hubert Liverman came
here in 1945. No doubt some sort
of, "miracle" has occurred.
Professor Liverman has done a
good job, but I want to give some
credit to two other men in that
department who get very little
recognition. Walter Collins and
Dave Herbert are doing a tre­mendous
job with their groups,
Collins with the choral groups and
Herbert with the band. These two
men hear all sorts of gripes and
get very few compliments. There
are few men on the faculty as
White
conscientious as these two are
about their work. They go all out
to do a good job.
Walter Collins' work with the
singing ensembles at Auburn has
been nothing short of miraculous.
His men's octet is one of the best.
His women's octet, men and wo­men's
glee clubs, the mixed chorus,
and the concert choir show the
work of a man who knows what he
is doing. The Messiah of Tuesday
night proved this statement.
Dave Herbert took over the API
Band following the' resignation of
Beedie Bedez in 1951. He has also
been doing an outstanding job.
During the football season the
band put on shows that would do
credit to any college in the coun­try.
Few people realize the time
and effort that it takes to wofk up
a half-time show. It's an uphill
struggle and Herbert is doing the
job admirably.
Not long ago we received "ani'ex^,
change paper from Mississippi
State, which printed something
that went like this, "When Auburn
played State last week they only
brought a portion of their band,
called the Honor Band. We are
ashamed to say that that small
portion of a twenty-man band
played circles around our own
full-sized unit." This is typical of
the Greater Auburn Band, under
the direction of Dave Herbert.
Around Tiger Town
Scared Glom Delays Football Game
By Jo Anne Lucci
The main topic of conversation
around Tiger Town ever since
Sunday has been the postpone­ment
of the Plainsman-Glomerata
football game. As a Plainsman
cheerleader and water-boy, we
have received thousands of com­plaints
from disappointed fans.
We feel a
word of expla­nation
is due to
those who are
not already fa­miliar
with the
Glomerata staff.
T h o s e who
know them un­derstand
why
the game was
postponed until
t h i s Saturday
•#— t h e annual
team pulled its usual yellow trick
of leaving town before the battle.
After reading the facts contained
on the front page of last week's
number one campus publication,
the yearbook workers called a
meeting to decide on the best de­fense
against the powerful Plains-
Lucci
man Plainsmen team.
An inside source informed us
that the Glom players were so
scared that the noise of their
chattering teeth and knocking
knees made talk impossible. Rea­lizing
this, the editor of that pub­lication
began tapping out strate­gy
in code with his knocking
knees. Using this method, they ar­rived
at the brilliant conclusion
that the only defense would be to
leave town until safe to return.
However, they began sneaking
back to the Loveliest Village Sun­day
night, %nd it is hoped that
since the Plainsmen have promised
not to run up a score of more than
114-0, the game will be played
Saturday.
* * *
Christmas is in the air, and sev­eral
dormitories and fraternity
houses already have put up deco­rations.
On the social side, there
have been plenty of fine Christ­mas
parties. We would like to take
this: opportunity to remind all
students not to forget those who
are not so fortunate and help make
their Christmas a merry one.
WALTER EVERIDGE
Editor
DICK GILULAND
Business Manager
Another Christmas Thought-1953
Student Paper Threatened
By Les Ford
Roy Harris, regent of the Uni­versity
of Georgia, a former
Speaker of the Georgia House of
Representatives, has threatened to
put The Red and Black, the college
newspaper, out of business.
In an issue of The Red and
Black, which appeared on Novem­ber
8, there was
an editorial op­posing
Georgia
Governor Her­man
Talmadge's
stand on segre­gation
in the
public schools.
After the edi-
| torial appeared,
Harris threat­ened
to ask the
board of regents
of the Univer­sity
of Georgia to cut off appro­priations
for the newspaper, unless
the staff would "stop running edi­torials
advocating the abolition of
segregation in schools."
Four days later, a Red and Black
editorial made clear the stand of
the paper's staff. ''The issue in­volved
is not where we are right
or wrong in our stand on segrega­tion.
It is simply a question of
whether we continue as a free or­gan
of independent thought or as
a propaganda sheet dominated by
state political elements."
Such is the political storm rag­ing
at our neighboring institution.
The staff attacked the governor
not personally, but politically.
Therefore, it is threatened with
annihilation. The issue happened
to be the hottest political problem
of the day, but it might have been
anything else. The subject is un­important.
If a political boss can
attack a newspaper on one sub­ject,
and succeed in intimidating it,
then he can control its expression
on any subject.
The trend toward suppression of
free thought is becoming so pre­valent
that it is entering all ac­tivities
of our daily life. Because
it is becoming so common, people
often bow their will to it without
realizing that they are aiding in
the destruction of our democracy.
Several weeks ago we, had a
similar incident on a smaller
scale to happen here on the Plains.
A column on our editorial page
aroused certain townspeople, and
a group set out to get college of­ficials
to prevent the printing of
similar columns in the future.
The group met with no success,
however, because of the unusual
position which The Plainsman oc­cupies,
compared with other col­leges,
as far as editorial policies
are concerned. But the fact re­mains
that, by their actions, they
did advocate suppression of the
press.
A newspaper is the proper place
for discussion of controversial is­sues.
In this paper, the editor may
print any editorial he feels merits
a place there. If any reader dis­agrees,
he may write a letter to
the editor in which he states his
reasons for disagreement.
Bouquets and Brickbats
War Eagle Cry Disgusts 'Bamian
By Our Readers
LETTERS POLICY: All let­ters
to the editor must be signed
by the author and accompanied
by return addresses. Letters
must not exceed 250 words, but
if t h e subject Is pertinent
enough the letter may be print­ed.
In any case, the editor re­serves
the right to omit any
letter because of nature or con­tent.
Upon the writer's request,
his name will be omitted,
however, unsigned letters will
not be printed.
'Ballyhoo'
Dear Editor:
While reading Hattle's last
prattle, I survived to arrive at the
black fact that perhaps the "gory
story" was a sloppy copy. That is,
unless keen Gene is the synony­mous
anonymous of the fake jake
who published the rubbish in
"Ballyhoo." Not being a smooth
sleuth I ask you is this a true clue?
Did Hattle gulp the pulp in a vain
fling at home fame, or is it really
his dilly and am I being silly by
suggesting that you unsaddle
Hattle?
Bill Currie
K A House
A 'Dodo' Bird?
An Open Letter To API Students:
Last Saturday, the football teams
of your school and ours played
what was probably the most in­teresting
and looked-forward to
game of the season in the South­east.
Auburn and 'Bama are, with­out
a doubt, two of the top teams
in the conference, and each can be
justly proud of its own record.
Before and during the game, 'Bama
knew she was in for a lot of
trouble, not only from a greatly
improved Auburn Tiger, but also
from the sky-high spirit which
had developed from the Plains. As
for the game itself, we at 'Bama
are proud of every one of the ten
points our team made in winning,
and our hats are off to a truly
great Auburn squad.
Not only do you have a jam-up
ball club, but you people prob­ably
have more spirit, win or lose,
than any school in this part of the
country and we want you to keep
it up, BUT—since 'Bama DID win
this game, as nearly everyone (but
me) thought she couldn't, I hope
you folks there will now begin to
recognize your War Eagle for what
it really is—a DODO Bird! Your
team we respect, your spirit we
applaud, but that infernal hoop
makes us internally sick!
Here's how it always happens—
without fail. In the middle of any
night, when everyone is in the
sack (except the engineering stu­dents),
some lone car with no
lights on comes quietly rolling
down University Avenue and sud­denly,
after apparently checking
to make sure no one is in sight,
some silly ape practically splits
his tonsils screaming at us about
that stupid War Eagle! And I've
seen this happen time and time
again—during the day, usually, on
weekends, a car will stop for.'the
traffic light in front of my fra­ternity
house, which is on the east
end of University Avenue, and at
the instant the light turns green
some JERK will cram his head
(Continued on page 5)
T
The Sign Post
Writers Should Revive 'Review' and 'Rag'
By Red Provost
Auburn is pretty big. Big
enough to support two types of
publications which, are now con­spicuous
by their absence—to be
specific, a campus literary maga­zine
and a campus humor maga­zine.
It hasn't been so long since we
had one of each,
but they both
met an untime­ly
death due to
—guess what—
lack of funds.
On the literary
side, there was
The A u b u rn
Review, while
The Tiger Rag
was strictly for
laughs.
The Auburn
R e v i e w was
(and should still be) a quarterly
collection of the work of the cre­ative
writing classes here. It also
Provost
offered a chance for any other
talented students to reach the pub­lic
eye. If the magazine is revived,
it can find a lot of good material
wrought by the hands of students
in the English composition classes
—material that is now seldom seen
by anyone other than faculty
members.
Sources for a humor magazine
are naturally more limited (if
originality is to be maintained),
but in a student body this size,
there are bound to be a number of
creative wits who could put their
talent to good use.
Projects of this sort always re­quire
an enormous amount of
time and effort on the part of the
instigators. A lot of personal con­tacts
must be made to coordinate
the sources and solicit subscrip­tions
and advertising, but with a
little initiative, the undertaking
could be a successful one.
If it should turn out that both
magazines can't thrive simultan­eously,
they could probably be
combined very effectively.
There will be a meeting of all
students interested in either or
both of these publications at the
first of next quarter. Time and
place of the meeting will be an­nounced
in the first issue of The
Plainsman.
From our morgue . . . A sign in
a certain chemical lab: "This is a
LABORatory, not a labORA-TORY."
* • *
A lot of students would be much
happier if the library would stay
open later on the weekend before
finals. The hours are fine during
the week, and the short weekend
hours are all right during most of
the quarter, but on crucial week­end
days before exams, it's a dif­ferent
story.
As I Was Saying
Auburn's Vet School Ranks High
By Jack Boozer
Dear Boss: to a red-clad figure called Malen-
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It ain't often that we get the . kov'for a strange kind of yule
chance to inject our personalities i: cheer.
on the editorial page, but while But it's still Christmas, Boss,
you weren't looking we took the .^ andsjjye're thankful. There are still
opportunity to say a few words. «-a lot of Scrooges around in the
We wanted to tell the student ,. "world, but just like the Dickens
body that Christmas is here and
this is the time of year when some
folks look for white blankets of
snow and ice, while others look
skyward on Christmas Eve for a
Santa who wears a red seersucker
suit.
All over the world, Boss, people
are celebrating this date in their h
own special way. Many people are |_dribeji uj|" thjs
counting their losses but yet are "
thankful for what few blessings
they have had. And in other places,
downtrodden masses are looking
character, they 11 change because
there's too much goodness in the
world.
We feel real warm inside when
w$ think that there is not much
fig'hting going on and that there
is a peace upon the world, uneasy
though it may be. So we're count­ing
"'^our J blessings, • too. You've
quarter, but we
kndfcv youf-had to do it to get the
papfcr out. All in all, we'll forgive
the [members of the Glomerata
/ (Continued on page 8)
It was' just a mutt, but it was
the most wretched living thing that
I had ever seen. Completely cov­ered
with mange, one of its eyes
was out and other was almost
closed by an infection. Its back­bone
stood out like a mountain
ridge seen from a distance. Its hair
had fallen off.
When I first saw it, it was rum­maging
around some garbage cans,
but being only -a pup, it was un­able
to reach the contents. Feel­ing
kindly disposed at the mom­ent,
I gathered bones and various
edibles, placed them on a paper
and set it before him.
You should have seen him eat.
It was as though he had never had
a decent meal before and that he
never expected to have another
one, and, ironically enough, it was
his last meal.
Thinking p e r h a p s something
could be done for him, I carried
him over to the Small Animal
Clinic. Dr. Jordan diagnosed the
case as being Red Mange, far
advanced and hopeless. It took
about ten cubic centimenters of a
depressant drug, injected directly
into his heart, to kill him, and,
after a moment of pain, it was all
over.
Dr. Jordan was most courteous
in regard to the matter, consider­ing
that he had made a special
trip over to the clinic on my be­half.
The School of Veterinary
Medicine is fortunate to have him
as a staff member. For that mat­ter,
the whole department, ably
headed by Dean R. S. Sugg, is
noted for its courtesy and compe­tency
and its graduates are known
throughout the South.
Few students are aware of the
work carried on by API's School
of Veterinary" Medicine, which is
ranked as one of the best in the
country. The course of study pre­scribed
by the vet curriculum is
one of the hardest on the campus.
If you don't believe me, look in
the catalogue or talk to some of
the vet students.
The horse doctor of olden days
is as archaic as a Stanley Steamer,
for both steam propelled autos and
horses are seldom met with in
these times. The veterinarian of
today generally has a practice
dealing with small animals, if he
maintains offices in a city br large
town; and with farm animals, if
he has a rural practice.
Auburn is unique in that its vet
school is one of the very few such
schools in the South. Recently, and
I assume the plan is still in effect,
a regional program was devised
whereby students from other
southern states could attend Au­burn's
vet school, with their re­spective
states paying the ad­ditional
cost incurred. Tuskegee
Institute also has a vet school and
serves the same purpose as Au­burn
on a regional basis for Negro
students.
Although working With animals
may not be quite as dignified as
working with humans at times, it
is a rewarding profession to those
persons genuinely interested in the
field, both from a personal as well
as a financial standpoint. Of
course, few vets equal the average
MD's yearly income of around
$28,000, but a good one can make
in excess of $10,000 a year after
a few years practice. And the joy
of it all is that the field is wide
open. The supply does not begin
to meet the demand.
/•
Registrar Lists Fall Quarter Candidates For Graduation
(Continued from page 1)
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
Billy Max Beatty, Louisville;
Richard Lewis Bendinger, Coral
Gables, Fla.; Harry Wayne Cosper,
Gadsden; Francis Harold Davis,
Gordo; Billy Erskine Files, Carbon
Hill; Margaret Ann Graben, Line-ville;
Lewis Martin Harris, Alex­ander
City; Donald Hewitt Hazel-rig,
Gadsden; James Luman Nail,
Atmore: John Louis Parker, Mo­bile;
William Arthur Rawls, Brew-ton;
Dorris Atney Tinnell, Colum­bus,
Ga.; Leon David Walker,
Cragford; Jack Lee Williams, Mag­nolia,
Ohio, and James Emert
Wright, Foley.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND
LITERATURE
Bachelor of Arts
Helen Marie Chitwood, Decatur,
and Nancy Lee Connell, Newnan,
Ga.
Bachelor of Science
Bobby A n d r e w s , Louisville;
^ Frank King Bruce, Jr., Wrights-p
ville Beach, N. C; James Donald
Dobson, Birmingham; Jesse Ray-burn
Ledbetter, East Tallassee;
William Ray McKinnon, Dothan,
and James Fleming Norvell, Au­gusta,
Ga.
Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration
William Percy Alford, Jr., Bir­mingham;
Richard Hickle Bite.
Birmingham; John Edward Blue,
Anniston; Dennis Weaver Calhoun,
Columbus, Ga.; James Richard
Calloway, G r e e n v i l l e ; Ralph
Campbell Castleberry, Adel, Ga.;
Gus Lockett Connelly, Cuthbert,
Ga.; William Delane Cranford,
Arab; Quentin Ray Crowe, Mont­gomery.
Charles Floyd Daniel, Tuskegee;
Arthur Maddox Fix, Jr., Birming­ham;
Carl Evan Frisby, Columbus,
Ga.; Thomas Franklin Garris, Le-roy;
Arthur George Howell, Jr.,
Hartselle; Thomas Watson Hughey,
Columbus, Ga.; Jack Lanier Hunt­er,
Griffin, Ga.; Joseph Donald
Johnson, Dothan; Robert Carl Jor­dan,
Birmingham.
Thomas Marvin Lambert, Jr.,
Opelika; Rowland Miller Long, Jr.,
Trussville; George Samuel May,
Jr., Union Springs; Frederic Dow-l/
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ay Nicholson, Collinsville; Johnny
Mack Roe, Boaz; Martin Watkins
Thompson, Hartford; Wayne Wil­liam
Weger, Jr., Birmingham;
Joseph Barry Williamson, Opelika;
Leland Keith Womack, Scottsboro.
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Education
Jo Ann Bottcher, Cullman;
Melba June Bottcher, Cullman;
Jeanne Mayberry Bush, Auburn;
Patricia Lee Chambers, Washing­ton,
D.C.; Shirley Sneed Christo­pher,
Athens; Lloyd Augustus
Culp, Cedartown, Ga.; Billy M.
Davis, Tallassee; Nina Virginia
Franklin. Albertville; Virgil Wil­liam
Galloway, Tallassee.
Patricia Jane Grace, Tallassee;
James Clardy Hayes, LaFayette;
Martha Sapp Johnson, Columbus,
Ga.; Phyllis Jeanne Lee, Leeds;
Leona Elizabeth McDonald, Alex­ander
City; Betty Lane Moore,
Luverne; Velma Gwen Schlorff,
Mobile; Nettie Johnson Shaw,
Rockford, and Charles Henry
Weissinger, Columbus, Ga.
Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Education
Guy Howard Bruce, Birming­ham;
Sidney Brooks Hays, Arab;
James Clayton McCall, Coffee
Springs; Roy Hewlett Stewart,
Silver Cross, a n d Harley B.
Thompson, Ashford.
Bachelor .of Science in Home
Economics Education
Sarah Hicks Lisenby, Head­land.
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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Aeronautical
Administration
Edward Patrick Anderton, Bir­mingham,
and Robert Shields
Crump, II, Lamont, Miss.
Bachelor of Aeronautical
Engineering
Joseph Truett Siler, Dallas,
Texas.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering
William Edward Hardwick, Ox­ford;
Jess Eugene Hughes, Hart­ford;
Milton Ray Jordan, Anda­lusia;
William Henry Martin, Mo­bile;
William Robert McElroy,
Spring Hill; Surendra Prasad Sin-ha,
Bihar, India, and Kapildeo
Prasad Yadava, Bihar, India.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
William Marion Adair, Birm­ingham;
Roy Leonard Brown,
Montgomery; Edgar Mitchell Dail-ey,
Lanett; Hale Gerhard Eng-strom,
Jr., Mobile; William Robert­son
Hill, Opelika; Glenn Nelson-
Macon, Birmingham; Muse Eugene
Mann, Jr., Columbus, Ga.; Leonard
Amos Morgan, Ashland; Edwin
McCoy Ray, Jr., Birmingham; Wil­liam
Roosevelt Tate, Jr., Dora, and
John Albert Taylor, Gadsden.
Bachelor of Engineering Physics
Hugh Compton Williams, Theo­dore.
Bachelor of Industrial
-, Management
Peter Grey Cane, Jr., Bay Mi-nette;
James Lawrence Cline, La-
Grange, Ga.; John Pope Cole, Jr.,
Washington, D. C; Charles Robert
Ernest, Greenville; Roger Joseph
Geil, Mobile; George Marvin Gra­ham,
Jr., Talbotton, Ga.; Thomas
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Hawkins' Book Company
"Auburn's Friendly Bookstore"
Sylvester Guidroz, Hpuma, La.;
James Mallory Hodge, Carters-ville,
Ga.
Homer Wendell Jenrette, Corpus
Christi, Texas; Walter Thomas
Lindsey, Birmingham; Elliot; Heh-ry
Peck, Jr., Bessemer; Harry
Slade Roberts, Jr., Columbus, Ga.;
Sam Davidson Romano, Birming­ham;
Lawrence Hudson Russell,
Fairfield; William Benjamin ,Sims,
Daphne, and Kenneth Eugene
White, Columbus, Ga.
Bachelor of Mechanical
Engineering
Ashley Page Barnes, Jr., Cas­per,
Wyoming; Melvin Eugene
"Rernhoft, Memphis, Tenn.; Eugene
Walter Bolin, Montgomery; Claude
Julian Bowen, Birmingham; Royce
Alexander Currie, Anniston; Hud­son
Siddell Dennis, Circle, Mont.;
John Pressley Hargroyfr, Birming­ham;
Charles Edwin Hogue, Birm­ingham.
Nick George Lukes, Mobile;
John Robert Martin, Brewton;
Guillermo Anibal Maymir y Pad-ron,
Havana, Cuba; James Pete
Richeson, Russellville; Billy Clyde
Ross, De Armanville; Billy Noel
Russell, Cullman; James Lawrence
Stevens, Birmingham; James Ro-maro
Wilbanks, Anderson, S. C,
and Iva Clifton Yates, Jr., Mobile.
SCHOOL OF HOME ECONOMICS
Bachelor of Science in-
Home Economics
Mary Cross Brown, Andalusia;
Carolyn Marshall Cox, Gadsden;
Evelyn Davis, Sawyerville; Bettye
Brackeen Dennis, Auburn; Ruth
Ann Nunn, Loachapoka; Mildred
Patterson, Auburn; Virginia Pope,
Greenville, and Melba Moorer
Sanders, Evergreen.
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Richard Albert Haggard, Au­burn;
Thomas V e s t e r Hester,
Russellville; George Douglas Mc_
Cartha, Jr., Tallassee; Bobby
Bryant Mosley, Auburn; Milton
Kirkpatrick Parsons, Montgom­ery;
Hubert Brooks Reeves, Jr.,
Birmingham; D w i g h t Morrow
Spearman, Red Bay, and Harry
Leslie Storey, Selma.
Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Administration
Thomas DuBose Fluker, Gas-tonburg,
and John Marker Mas-choff,
Chicago, 111.
Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural Engineering
^'James' Arlon Thompson, Par-rish.
Bachelor of Science in
Fisheries Management
Hugh David Kelly, Hartselle.
Bachelor of Science in Game
Management
James Richard Marsh, Florence.
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Bachelor of Architecture
Paul Freeman Anderton, Bir­mingham;
William K e n n e dy
Blake, Jr., Prattville; Flynt Mil­ton
Hall, Gulfport, Miss., and Os­car
A. Handle, Jr., Oxford.
Bachelor of Applied Art .
Carolyn Kenyon Cox, Birming­ham;
Carolyn Virginia Hammett,
Auburn; Elgie Russell Hudgins,
Guntersville; Joan Virginia Nich­olas,
Atlanta, Ga.; Thomas Carter
Riggs, Atlanta, Ga.; Mattie Sue
Roane, Trussville; Betty J a ne
Shackleford, Dalton, Ga., and
James Robert Williams, Wetump-ka.
Bachelor of Building Construction
iWilliam Donald Brazeal, Blan--
ton; Standi Alman Brown, Jr.,
Birmingham; Price Hoyt Harris,
Enterprise; James Peter Karagan,
Mobile, and James Elbert Rucks,
Jr., Pensacola, Fla.
SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Robert Frederick Struck, Pen­sacola,
Fla.
Bachelor of Science in
Chemical Engineering
. William Edward Atchison, Bes­semer;
Marcus Legene Bates, Au­burn;
John Poston Figh, Mont­gomery;
Robert James Hammill,
Cedartown, Ga.; Herbert Leon
Orr, Birmingham; Thomas How­ard
Scott, Florence, and William
Lyon Smith, Birmingham.
Bachelor of Science in Laboratory
Technology
Nancy Ann McCombs Durr,
Jackson, Miss.; Lois Virginia
Schrader, Auburn, and Moira
Dulligan Stewart, Griffin, Ga.
Bachelor of Science In
Medical Technology
Mary Whitfield Johnson, Bir­mingham.
Revenge
(Continued from page 4)
window and bellow "War Eagle,"
and the driver nearly flushes his
transmission out the tailpipe try­ing
to get out of town. Really,
must you people be so infantile?
Early last week, some of you
slipped one over on us and clever­ly
painted-up our Chimes and
Union Building steps. That took a
little nerve and we're proud of
your audacity, but honest, why
don't you all get off that ragged,
embalmed War Eagle and ride
your Tiger for a little while—for­ever.
Sincerely,
Kelly Bryant
University of Ala.
API Library Displays *!
Special Xmas Exhibit
The Library as assembled a col­lection
of books on Christmas sub­jects,
including Christmas in fic­tion;
and has established a special
collection in the Circulation Hall.
The collection is accompanied by a
Christmas scene. Students may
borrow books in the collection un­til
the end of the quarter, and lo­cal
residents may borrow them
thereafter on two-weeks loan.
An additional Christmas display
may be seen in the display case in
the Circulation Hall. It is made up
of individually designed Christmas
cards, some in the modern and
some in the traditional style.
5—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Dec. 11, 1953
THE DU PONT
DIGEST §fit
m
Production
Supervision
Requires Knowledge of Materials, Machines, and Men
Wm W. Kinsley, M.S. in M.E., Penn. State 1949 (left), production supervisor
in Du Pont textile fiber plant, is introduced to new operator by foreman.
Keeping production rolling in a mod­ern
industrial plant is a job t h a t ap­p
e a l s t o m e n t r a i n e d in m a ny
branches of science and engineering.
If you are looking for opportunities
in this field, you won't have to look
far at Du Pont, where more than
1,500 members of t he technical staff
are engaged in production supervi­sion.
To qualify, a man must be able to
understand both the mechanical and
chemical phases of production. In
addition, he should be a good planner
and, above all, have a knack for work­ing,
with others.
Production supervisors are respon­sible
for care of plant facilities, sup­ply
of raw materials, supervision of
operation and maintenance, cost and
shipment of finished products, as well
as personnel relations, training and
safety.
Since Du Pont makes over 1,200
products and product lines, it can
offer many opportunities in a wide
variety of operations to men inter­ested
in production supervision. In
Du Pont's Organic Chemicals Depart­ment,
for example, most technicalmen
start in plant development groups,
where they gain a background in both
the technical and economic aspects
of manufacture. Those with interests
and abilities in production may then
transfer to that field to acquire fur­ther,
and more detailed, experience.
Advancement leads to jobs as Build­ing
Supervisor, Senior and Chief Su­pervisors,
and Superintendent.
The responsibilities of these super­visory
levels vary, depending upon
George B. Bradshaw, Jr., U.S. Ch. E.,
M.I.T., Asst. Supt., inspects a unit used
in ammonia synthesis operation.
the men, the operation, and the prod­ucts.
For example, in manufacturing
dyes, up to 50 different operations
may be carried out. Production and
m a i n t e n a n c e must be carefully
planned and scheduled so that all
needs for finished product are met.
Temperature, pressure, and quality
of reactants must be carefully con­trolled
to insure that each batch of
dye will match previous batches ex­actly.
I n making each color, from 6 to 10
different unit processes may be called
upon. And, in the'course of time, all
the unit operations known to chemi­cal
engineering come into play. Obvi­ously,
production supervisors have
excellent opportunities to use and ex­pand
their technical knowledge and
ingenuity. Equally important, they
can acquire background and varied
experience t h a t prepare them for ad­vancement
to responsible positions
in management and administration.
ASK FOR "Chemical Engineers at
Du Pont." New illustrated booklet de­scribes
initial assignments, training and
paths of promotion. Just send post card
to E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
(Inc.), 2521 Nemours Building, Wil­mington,
Delaware. Also available:
"Du Pont Company and the College
Graduate" & "Mechanical Engineers
at Du Pont."
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By Ronald Owen, Sports Editor
Going Bowling Means Added Work
Some forty young men who will wear the Orange and
Blue into the Gator Bowl Stadium about 1:30 p.m. January
1, 1954 are probably wondering t o d a y if it's all as won­derful
as it's supposed to be. This is a great occasion, being
in a bowl, but there are quite a few strings attached.
First, there's a little bit more work in store for these gridders who
have already spent 12 weeks of hard labor bringing fame to the
school, the coaches and themselves. They've certainly earned a long
holiday, but when other students finish finals and head for home these
young men will still be plugging a\vay out there on the practice field,
preparing for the rough engagement which lies ahead.
Secondly, there's a matter of Christmas celebrations. There'll be no
big parties for these boys, no staying out late at night. Gotta keep in
shape. And there'll probably be a few who won't even get to go home
for Christmas if they live so far away that it will prove to be unhandy.
It's good to see Auburn go to a bowl, because all you have to do is
sit in the stands and yell. It doesn't hinder your holiday plans, no sir;
on the contrary it fits right in with them.
Why do they do it? For the same reason they came out for football
in the first place: love for the game, and desire to better.themselves.
Shug said during the season that their success could be contributed to
their willingness to pay the price. They've payed a price and there's a
reward . . . they'll be remembered for a long time as the "greatest
Auburn team."
Three Wins Get Cagers Started Right
Joel Eaves got his rangy cagers started on the right trail last week
as the Plainsmen turned under three foes and showed much of the
talent that caused them to be rated in the number four spot in the
pre-season roundup.
Two of the wins came easily, the Plainsmen never being in serious
trouble. But the third, against Howard last Saturday night, caused
many a War Eagle heart to skip a beat.
Everybody said the Birmingham Bulldogs were going to surprise
a lot of people. Auburn will be one of the first to go along with that.
Howard took the floor, took the lead and almost took the game before
the Plainsmen realized what was coming off.
The Bulldogs led for 39 minutes and 45 seconds, most of the time by
two or three field goals. Auburn's basket seem to have a top on it.
Time after time the Plainsmen shot and missed.
It wasn't until Jack Turner sank the tying field goal that Auburn
appeared to have a chance for victory. And it wasn't until the Plains­men
had gone six points out in front- in the overtime period that an
Auburn win seemed assured.
. As was expected, tall Bob Miller took scoring honors. Girding for
an All-SEC berth, the lanky center is maintaining a steady pace of
20 points per contest.
But so far, hats in this corner are off to Jim O'Donnell, Auburn's
soph forward. A cool headed clutch performer, O'Donnell provides
much of the Tigers' spark. When he's hitting, he shoots, but on his
rare-»off nightsf the stocky forward plays a waiting game. It was
G'Donnell's second half scoring that kept the Plainsmen from dropping
completely out of the picture against Howard. He shared scoring
honors with Miller at 22 points.
;The Plainsmen get into the thick of things tomorrow night when
they meet Georgia Tech in the Montgomery Coliseum. The contest
will christen the new, modern arena, and will also initiate the Tigers
SEC menu.
The Georgia Tech battle will be a warm-up for a rough Christmas
slate. Eaves' cagers will participate in the Birmingham classic with
Alabama, Georgia and Ole Miss December 18 and 19. After that comes
Vanderbilt on December 30 in Nashville, Mississippi State on January
2 in Birmingham and then back to Auburn on January 5 for another
tilt with Howard College.
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Urn bach At It Again
Well, Swede Umbach is at it again. With seven straight conference
championships behind him, the Auburn wrestling mentor seems to
have the best in the South again this year. S
The Tiger matmen lost only three individual matches in the con­quering
of Emory, Davidson and VMI in the Auburn Sports Arena
last weekend. After trouncing Emory 38-0 and Davidson 28-0, the
Tigers were pushed by VMI but finally squeezed by 16-11.
Doyle James, heavyweight class, stepped into the vacated shoes of
national champion Dan McNair and proved to be a capable performer.
James won his first match, by way of a pin, drew a forfeit in his
second outing and lost a hard fight in the final round. «•
Football won't be over for three Auburn players after the curtain'
has been brought down on the Gator Bowl Classic. Vince Dooley, Ed
Baker and Bobby Duke have accepted.invitations to play in the annual
Senior Bowl game. All are seniors from Mobile.
Last year's Auburn representative in the annual affair was Bill
Turnbeaugh. Turnbeaugh, hefty 260-pound tackle, went on from there
to the Green Bay Packers but was waylaid by Uncle Sam and is now
affiliated with the army in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
SPORTS STAFF
Ronald Owen, Sports Editor
Larry Conner _ _ Intramural Editor
FEATURE EDITORS
Bill Hutto, Hamp Royston, Richard Mills, and Max Rosenberg
Auburn Gets Cream Of High School Grid Crop
Kitchens, Phillips, Peeples Among
Thirty-One Scholarship Recipients
By Larry Conner
Golden years are ahead for the Auburn Plainsmen. Partly
on the strength of this year's Gator Bowl team, the Auburn
coaches and scouts have signed what is probably the greatest
collection of high school football talent in the history of the
college. Thirty-one of the South's finest prep players are al­ready
shouting "War Eagle."
Coach Jordan stated, "I am well
pleased with the boys we have
signed; in fact, I know this is the
finest group of boys we have"
signed since I have been at Au­burn."
Bright Years Ahead
Two of the brightest lights in
the collection of young stars to
ink their names to Auburn grant-in-
aids are Billy Kitchens, of
Macon, Ga., and Red Phillips of
Alex City, the outstanding foot­ball
players of the states of Geor­gia
and Alabama.
Phillips has been described as
possibly the best end to ever play
in the state of Alabama. He stands
6'-2" and weighs 205 pounds. He
has been All-State the past two
years, and is easily an All-South­eastern
selection. Coach Gene
Lorendo calls him "tbe best high
school end I ever saw." Phillips
is an excellent pass snagger and
a vicious tackier.
Kitchens Signed
' Kilchens, All-State class AA,
sparked Lanier High School of
Macon, Ga., to its first undefeat-
Jed and untied season and scored
78 points during the regular sea­son.
He has the most sought after
player in the state. Kitchens is 5'
9", 175 pounds.
. Auburn also got the other
Georgia All-State halfback in
Billy Peeples of Griffin. Peeples,
a six-foot, 170-pounder is a slash­ing
blocker and defensive player
as well as one of the Peach State's
outstanding ball carriers.
A brief run-down of next year's
star-studded freshmen squad goes
something like this: .
Ends
Jimmy Reece—6-3, 180, Wood-lawn
in Birmingham. Caught over
35 passes this fall, All-City, All-
State.
Jeff Weekley—6-1, 190, Colum­bus
High. Honorable mention All-
State in Georgia.
Gilbert R a d o v i c h—6-2, 208,
Bass High in Atlanta. Honorable
mention All-State.
Hindman Wall—6-4, 190, Ram­say
High of Birmingham. All-
City and All-State. Outstanding
basketball player also.
Bennie Garner—6-3, 180, Ope-lika.
Tackles
Ben Preston—6-2, 218, Eufaula'.
Most sounght after in Alabama.
All-State for past two years. Also
played some at fullback.
Jerome B r a d f o r d — 6 - 1 , 200,
Grove Hill.
Terry Turner—6-1, 220, Pell
City.
Bob Black—6-0, 185, Northside
High in Atlanta.
Charles Wilson—6-1, 205 Alex
City.
Guards
George Quineff—5-10, 185, Eu
faula.
Richard Doucet—5-10, 190, Co
lumbus, Ga.
Centers
Louis Gomez—6-0, 185, Sylvan
High of Atlanta.
Crawford Kennedy—6-1, 185,
Brown High of Atlanta.
Quarterbacks
Gene Reeves—6-0, 180, Bass
High of Atlanta.
Mac Champion—6-1, 175, Hay-neville.
First string All-State.
Halfbacks
Ward Lawton—205-pound triple
threat, possesses blazing speed,
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sure bet for All-State . . . led Col­lege
Park, Ga., to two successive
undefeated seasons.
George Grider—5-11, 170, Eu­faula.
All-State and leading scor­er
in South Alabama.
Eddie Jackson—5-11, 185, De-mopolis.
All-State this year and
last.
Johnny Stallings—6-0, 170, Ma­con,
Ga. Second string All-State
in Georgia. Scored 54 points.
Jim Rickets—5-11, 195, Grove
Hill.
Hugh Gatlin—5-11, 175, At­lanta's
Bass High. All-City. Track
star.
Ray Burgess—6-1, 185, Alexan­dria.
Buster Gross—5-10, 160, Emma
Sansom. Scored 18 TDs. All-State.
Frank Foy—5-10, 165, Alex
City.
Fullbacks
i Pat Tidmore—5-10, 190, Greens­boro.
Rushed for over 2900 yards
in past two years. All-State.
Marvin Peavy—6-0, 210, Cuth-beth,
Ga.
Carlton G a l b r e th—6-1, 195.
Kotteville, Tenn:
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Theatre
On West Magnolia
Silence Reigned —
Then, 'War Eagle'
Dispelled Doubt
He was one of the most sought
after high school players in
Georgia and college scouts from
near and far were waiting for the
Sunday midnight deadline to be
over to get at the youngster.
When he came down to break­fast
Monday morning the living
room of his home was filled with
these talent scouts. But this lad
had been around. He dispersed
the group with two words:
"WAR EAGLE!" '
Auburn coaches had signed the
boy at 12:01.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
TECHNICOLOR
ROBERT RHONDA WILLIAM
RYAN- FLEMING LUNDIGAN
Bugs Bunny Cartoon
"Upswept Hair"
"Art of Archery"
Plainsmen Down
Howard, Southern
Auburn's basketeers looked
more like a Plainsman team
should look this weekend as
they took two from Birming­ham
schools, beating Birming­ham-
Southern 93-66, Friday
night and Howard 70-63, Satur­day
night.
The Friday night fracas in
the Hilltoppcr's gym was more
or less a run-of-the-mill ball
game, with big-college Auburn
wearing down little-college Birm­ingham-
Southern. Although the
Hilltoppcrs furnished consistent
and hard-fighting competition to
the Plainsmen, the issue never
was in doubt.
But not so Saturday night's little
(Continued on page.7)
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ow silent is the night?
Watching the serenity of Christmas skies
We are conscious of deep silence. Yet the
stars are talking to us all the while—talking
in radio waves that are full of meaning to
scientists probing the depths of space.
The important discovery that some stars
produce radio waves was made by a
Bell Laboratories scientist while exploring
atmospheric disturbances which might in­terfere
with transoceanic telephone serv­ice.
His discovery marked the birth of
the fast-growing science of radio astron­omy.
It is telling us of mysterious light-less
stars that broadcast radio waves, and
it promises exciting revelations about vast
regions of space concealed by clouds of
cosmic dust. $
And so from the probings and skills of
Bell System scientists and engineers has
come another tool to help man understand
better the universe in which he lives.
These men are a proud team—members of
a still larger team engaged in research,
engineering and administration and work­ing
on telephone problems in all parts of
the country. We would like you to con­sider
joining them.
There are employment opportunities
with the companies that provide telephone
service, with Western Electric, and with
the Bell Laboratories. We need young men
for the leaders in tomorrow's Bell Tele­phone
System. Check today with your
Placement Officer for details.
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Auburn Meets Tech In Montgomery '
Tonight In Initial Conference Battle
By Ronald Owen
A full slate of Southeastern Conference battles are on tap
for Coach Joel Eaves' tall cagers during the Christmas holi­days,
and the Plainsmen move right into the thick of things
tomorrow night against Georgia Tech in the Montgomery
Coliseum.
Eaves' latest edition of the
"Swish Kids" will christen the
Montgomery arena with Tech and
will also initiate Auburn's SEC
season. The game will not official­ly
count in the final tabulation of
conference standings, since the
Tigers have two more games
scheduled with the Yellow Jackets.
O'Donnell Out
Auburn will be missing the
services of stellar forward Jim
O'Donnell, who suffered a bruised
knee in last Saturday's battle with
Howard. According to Eaves,
O'Donnell might be sidelined for
as long as two weeks.
Tech, not one of the conference
powerhouses last season, is rated
one of the big darkhorses this year.
They lost Pete Silas, sharp-shoot­ing
forward, but they have four
lettermen returning.
Heading the' list is sophomore
center Bill Cohen. A • 6'6" pivot-man,
Cohen played all last season
for the Engineers and seems to
have gained the experience, neces­sary
to spark the Tech five.
Eaves will probably use Bill
Fickling at O'Donnell's forward
slot with no other change in the
starting five.
Bob Miller will get the nod at
center; Bill Kirkpatrick and Jack
Turner at guards; and John Coch-
Joel Eaves
ran. and Fickling at the forward
slots.
Next orf the Holiday Menu for
the Tigers' is the Birmingham
Classic, December 18 and 19. Au­burn
will meet three other SEC
teams in this affair . . . Alabama,
Georgia and Ole Miss. The Tigers
were rated over all these teams in
Chief's U -
Chiefs Sinclair Station
Where Auburn Students Trade
- P h o n e 4 4 6 -
Alpha Psi Leads Race For Coveted
All-Sports Trophy As Quarter Ends
By Larry Conner
As the dust begins to settle over the fall intramural sea
son, the Alpha Psi's emerge as the top contender for the
fraternity All Sports Trophy.
)
The Alpha Psi's broke fast from the barrier and have out­distanced
the pack all the Way. At the present writing, they
are on the verge of making a , • „ . , ... ,
second, the KA's came in third,
and the. dethroned SPE's wound
up fourth.
The Pi Kappa Phi's trailed the
Alpha Psi's in the bowling race
followed by the Phi Delta Theta's
and the SAE's. In horseshoes, the
issue is still in doubt with the
KA's Alpha Psi's, Theta Chi's and
Sigma Chi's in the playoffs.
shambles of the trophy race. They
rolled to an undefeated football
season and then whipped 'em all
in the playoffs.
The bowling trophy was the
next gleam in the vet boys' eyes
and they latched on to it. They
lost one match during the year.
One shoe spelled the difference in
the horseshoe finals. With the
score tied 20-20, the Alpha Psi's
threw a ringer, but the KA's top­ped
it and their clean sweep of the
fall sports program evaporated.
SAE's Finish Second
In football the SAE's finished
Theta Chi beat Kappa Alpha in
the finals to win the 1953 fratern
ity horseshoe championship.
In the consolation the Alpha
Psi's beat the Sigma Chi's for
third place honors.
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CHIEF'S
is proud
to salute
Fred
Nichols
As an outstand­ing
member of
the Auburn stu­dent
body.
Fred, a senior in in­dustrial
management
from Columbiana, is a
member of Squires,
Alpha Phi Omega, Ar­nold
Air'SocWPatieia * « ^
Scabbard and Blade. . *t
He has served as edi­tor
of THE GREEKS,
freshman senator and
junior senator. Fred is
a past associate editor
of THE PLAINSMAN
and . is now editor of
the GLOMERATA. He
was recently tapped for
Who's Who in Ameri­can
Colleges and Uni­versities
and is a mem­ber
of Pi Kappa Alpha
social fraternity.
WE DON'T KNOW who the occupants or this limousine are, but
it doesn't really matter. The^ important thing is, here is the Auburn
Spirit personified—the spirit that will cause a great many Texas to
leave Jacksonville next year with a'feeling of wonder. WAR EAGLE!
Tigers Stop Howard
(Continued from page 6)
affair in Municipal Auditorium.
Somebody got mixed up as to
who's a big school and who isn't.
With 30 seconds of play elapsed
in the game, Larry Wilson dropped
in a free throw for the Bulldogs
and from that time until Jack
Turner tied it up with less than
40 seconds remaining in the game,
the j$|g*season conference round­up,
Tedtt Eaves is taking nobody for
granted. The classic will be played
in the Birmingham Auditorium.
The Tigers go to Nashville after
Christmas for their next engage­ment
with Vanderbilt on December
30. The Commodores, a perennial
conference powerhouse, are slated
to be^true to form this year.
Auburn gets right back to work
after New Year's, giving the bowl
game little time to wear offj and
meets Mississippi State January 2
in the Birmingham Auditorium.
After the State battle the Tigers
return to the "Loveliest Village"
where they meet Howard in the
Auburn Sports Arena, January 5.
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mighty Auburn was behind.
Coach Joel Eaves' charges now
have three straight wins to their
credit, having previously beaten
Birmingham Southern. Auburn's
next appearance, will be in Mont­gomery
against-Georgia Tech Sat­urday.
The Birmingham classic
tournament follows on December
18-19. Alabama, Georgia and Ole
Miss also will appear in the tourn­ament.
WANTED: Ride to Washington,
D. C. or near vicinity. Could
leave Tuesday noon. Call Carmer
'• Robinson at 646.
Tigers Defeat Davidson, Emory, V.M.I.
As Wrestling 'Year' Gets Underway
By Max, Rosenberg
Auburn wrestlers defeated Davidson College, 28-0, Emory
University, 38-0, and "Virginia Military Institute, 16-11, in
two days of round-robin wrestling last Friday and Saturday
at the Auburn Sports Arena.
Seven pins enabled the Tiger
matmen to overcome their op­ponents
in the three meets. Out­standing
in the Friday night clash
with Davidson was Doyle James,
Who successfully pinned Dave
Burns 6:17 of their match.
Coach Swede Umbach sent sec­ond
stringers against Johnny Mil­ler's
Emory mat team Saturday
afternoon and they won the first
five matches with falls. Al Myers'
defeat of ;Myles Nowitzky of VMI
in the final round Satui'day night
was thought by the spectators to
be the best match of the entire
7 -THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Dec. 11, 1953
IFC NOTICE
f
There is no definite rushing
data set for next quarter. How­ever,
quiet hour will be from
Saturday noon, Jan. 9, to noon,
Jan 10.
meet.
John Hudson was the only
wrestler on the team to pin two
men. He scored 13 team points to
be high scorer for Auburn for the
meet. Dick Downey captured hon­ors
for the most individual points
for Auburn with 25. The team
elected Robert David and Ray
Downey co-captains for the com­ing
mat year, before the meet with
I Davidson Friday night.
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Engineering, and Cassie Price, Veterinary Medicine. Standing
are Lyldon Strickland, Pharmacy; Claudia Johnson, Education; Mari-lakin
Howard, Home Economics; Betty McLemore, Chemistry, and
Marcus Royal, Architecture and the Arts.
Dairy Science Elects
Officers For 1954
New officers for the Dairy
Science Club were elected recently
according to C. P. Collier, presi­dent.
Newly-elected officers are Son­ny
Lott, president; Phillip Utter,
vice-president; . Bruce Edwards,
secretary; .Bobby Tidmore, treas^
urer; C. P. Collier, Alabama Farm­er
representative; Luther Albert,
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R. Y. Cannon, faculty adviser.
These officers will serve for the
1954 winter and spring quarters. '
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Only 18 Miles From Auburn
High Scoring Texas Tech Rugged Foe
By Bill Hutto
The 19531 SEC gridiron Goliaths, Auburn's powefe-laden
Plainsmen, close their most: successful campaign in, many
years in Jacksonville, Fla. on New Year's Day when they
tangle with the once-defeated Texas Tech Red Raiders in the
ninth annual Gator Bowl classic.
The gentlemen from the Lub
bock, Texas institution were hand­ed
a 27-14 setback at the hands of
ever-potent Texas A & M in their
fourth outing of the campaign,
and this was the only entry in
their liability column for the sea­son.
' .
Coach Comes Home
The contest will be a homecom­ing
for at least one Tech affiliate.
The Raiders* Njpach, Dewitt Weav­er,
is a native of Jacksonville, and
was captain of General Bob Ney-land's
Tennessee Volunteer's dur­ing
his undergraduate years. [
He assumed the head coach po­sition
at Texas Tech two years
ago after- a tour of duty as line
mentor at Tulsa.
:- Auburn's J£ and Y platoons will
have their deJeitosiVe. "work cut out
for them in their third bowl ap­pearance,
for the Raiders have one.
of the, most power laden air and
ground attacks in the nation. ,'
• Coach Weaver's charges gained
two'and one-third miles this year
in total offense while tallying 428
points. This total was good enough
to earn top place in the nation in
the scoring department.
Border Champs
The Red Raiders, who added the
Border Conference crown to their
trophy collection this year, will be
led in the offensive department by
a pair of All-Conference back-field
peformers when they en­counter
Coach "Shug" Jordan's
forces. i
Halfback Bobby Cavazos, a sec­ond
team Associated Press All-
American choice from" Kingsville,
Texas, and quarterback Jack
Kirkpatrick from Post, Texas,
hogged individual honors for the
cowpokes all season.
Jerry Johnson led the squad in
the aerial department with 21
completions in 44 throws for 428
yards and six touchdowns.
. In comparing the two squads
statistically, Auburn's offensive
forces amassed a total of 3398
yards in ten games for an average
of 339.8 yards a game. This total
was the pace-setter in the SEC
Many Yards
Tech's gridirpn machine churn­ed
up the remarkable total of 4141
yards for a respectable 378.5 aver-
Anoiher Thought—
(Continued from page 4)
staff for not acknowledging that
the paper is the number one pub­lication
on campus.
Yea, boss, it's a great time of the
year. We wouldn't have felt right
if we couldn't have told everybody
that our Christmas is gonna be
merry and our New. Year the
brightest. And,..we send along a
very merry Christmas and the
happiest of New Years to you,
Boss, and the student body.
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age, high among the nation's lead­ers.
The Plainsmen tallied a grand
total of 257 points during the year
and yielded only 137 arnonfe eigJit
scoring opponents. Tech's 428
markers were recorded as they,
were allowing their 11 foes to
garner only 154 tallies.;
Coach Jordan called.his charges
back to the practice fields this
week after a_ brief holiday-follow­ing
their heartbreakijjj£ loss ho< j
Alabama on November 28. By vir­tue
of accepting the Gator Bowl
invitation1, the 1953 Plainsmen be­came
the third team from the
"Village" to participate in a post­season
game. In 1937 the Tigers
played,/Villanova to a 6-6 dead­lock
in Havana's Rhumba Bowl,
and the following year they invad­ed
Miami and took a powerful
Michigan State eleven in the
Orange Bowl by a 6-0 margin.
Impressive Record
Tech-40; West Texas-14
Tech-27; Texas Western-6
Tech-27; Oklahoma A&M-12
Tech-14; Texas A&M-27
Tech-34; College of Pacific-7
Tech-71; New Mexico A&M-O
Tech-27; Miss. State-20 ;
Tech-52; Arizona-27
Tech-49; Tulsa-7 {
Tech-41; Houston-21
Tech-46; Hardin-Simmons-12*
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SAM Elects Officers j ?
The Auburn student chapter of
the Society for the Advancement
of Management elected officers for
the winter quarter at a recent
business meeting. '
Officers elected were president,
J i m Baskeryille, Birmingham}
vice-president, Jack.Watson, Ope-lika;
secretary, Jim Carroll, Jr.,
Auburn; treasurer, Ted Culleti,
Jackson Heights, N. Y.;-program
chairman, Richard Mills, Birming­ham;
field trip representative, Jack
Dresher, New Orleans; Engineer's
Council representative, C.W. MrSJ
Ian, Auburn, and Leon Dean,
Gadsden, alternate.
WRfCKTECH!
(Texas Tech, That Is)
Alpha Zeta Initiates
Formal initiation of tappees to
Alpjia Zeta, honorary agriculture
fraternity, was held recently at
Duncan Hall. Initiates were Don­ald
E. Smith, Charles A. Pigg,
James T. Rice, Robert L. Mc-
Crory, James J-. Logan, Robert O.
Bugg, Gene Tompson, and W.
Gilbert Sellers. A banquet was
held' immediately following at
Rose Hill in honor of the new
members.
Middies To Ride Hay
Hay, chow and transportation
will be furnished to all midship­men
attending the all-hands hay-ride,
v sponsored by Steerage,
NROTC honorary.
Midshipmen are urged to get a
date and meet at Ross Square 6:30
p.mi Friday, Jan. 8, 1954. There
will be a charge of $1.50 per
couple. See your section leader
Umbach Compiles Excellent Record;
Plainsmen Gun For Eighth Championship
By Richard Mills
Coach Arnold "Swede" Um­bach,
moulder of Auburn's
mighty matmen, has produced
sev;n conference champions
and is gunning for his eighth
consecutive championship this
year in the collegiate wrestling
world.
Umbach arrived on the Plains
in the spring of 1944 as varsity
end coach under former grid
coach Carl Voyles. Coach Umbach
was appointed to his present posi­tion,
head of the physical edu­cation
department, in the fall of
1944.
First Squad in 1946
The first wrestling squad ap­peared
on the Plains" in 1946,
winning but one of four meets.
"But we won the conference
championship in '47 and haven't
lost a title since," Coach Umbach
was quick to add.
Umbach learned his wrestling
in prep school at Oklahoma A&M,
going from there to Southeastern
Stale Teachers College at Weath-erford,
Okla., Umbach was con­ference
champ four years in the
158-pound class while at South­western
and was also selected all-conference
guard in football his
last two years.
Coached In Oklahoma
Upon graduation, U m b a ch
coached in the Oklahoma high
schools 14 years, winning six
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Red Provost at 921.
conference wrestling titles and
one football crown After leaving
the high school circuit, he spent
three years at William and Mary
College as intramural sports di­rector
and freshman football tutor.
In describing this year's mat-men,
Umbach added, "Although
we don't have any national cham­pions
this year, we have a well
rounded squad and have a strong
chance of copping the conference
title for the eighth consecutive
time."
8—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Dec. 11, 1953
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(_jharlie Chump was a scrawny Junior who never had any
claim to fame on campus. Then, one day, it became known
that he had become manager of the Fencing Team. Immedi­ately
he was surrounded by a group of incredulous students^
"How come you're managing the Fencing Team?", asked
one of them.
"Well, it's this.way," replied Charlie. "Last week I went
down town and got a couple of Van Heuscn VANDUROY
Sport Shirts. ..for only $7.95 apiece. When I put on one of
my rugged corduroy beauties, I looked so handsome that I
was immediately surrounded by all the beautiful co-eds!"
"Is that a fact," murmured one of his classmates.
"But then, all their boyfriends gathered 'round and said,
'Charlie, what would you do if we beat you up?" So I looked
'em right in the eye and said, Til manage a defense!' "
"Gee, what happened?" asked a wide-eyed Freshman.
"Just then Angelo, coach of the Fencing Team, walked by.
He said, 'You managa de fence. Atsa good, da tcamsa need
a managerl' " v
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