1954-01-27 The Plainsman

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REW Scheduled To Begin Sunday
Copeland
Religious Emphasis Week will begin here Sunday, Jan.
31, with services in the local churches, followed £>y a retreat
at the Union Ball Room at 3 p.m. for the visiting speakers,
REW committees, Student Council on Religious Activities,
Auburn ministers and the Faculty Committee, on Religious
Life.
Short
Campus REW activities will
begin Monday with the first gen.
eral convocations to be held at 10
a.m. At this hour, Dr. Joseph J.
1 Copeland will speak in Langdon
Hall on "Basics of Belief and
Good Living," Rev. G. Avery Lee
will speak in-the Union Ball Room
on the subject "Which Way Are
You Going?" and Dean Willis R.
Woolrich will talk on "Engineer­ing
as a Christian Profession" in
the War Eagle Theater.
Kissling To Speak
Other features of REW to take
place Monday will be several
seminars in the afternoon, and
house discussions that night. At
10 a.m., Dr. Albert J. Kissling will
will speak at a faculty convo­cation
in the faculty lounge.
The following guest speakers
will conduct Auburn's REW this
year:
Rabbi Jerome B. Cohen
Mishkan Israel Congregation,
Selma.—Speaking under auspi­ces
of the Jewish Chautauqua
Society. Is active in civic affairs.
Joseoh J. Copeland
Pastor, S e c o n d Presbyterian
Church, Knoxville, Tenn.—Minis­ter,
Author. Member, Board of
Christian Education, Presbyter­ian
C h u r c h , USA; Chairman,
| Texas S y n o d s Committee on
j Christian Education.
Albert Jacob Kissling
Pastor, Riversdie Presbyterian
Church, Jacksonville, Fla. since
1932—Member, Presbyterian com­mittee
for reunion of Presbyter­ian
churches; Trustee, Davidson
College. Attended New Amster­dam
Conference of World Council
of Churches as representative of
Presbyterian Church, US, 1948.
Member of Phi Kappa Delta, Phi
Delta Theta.
G. Avery Lee
Pastor, First Baptist Church.l
Ruston, La.—Secretary of Inter-
Church Commission of Louisiana.
President, Baton Rouge Minister­ial
A s s o c i a t i o n and Baptist
Preachers Association. Member,
Baton Rouge Interracial Council.
Member, Kiwanis Club.
Mrs. G. Avery Lee
Religious worker in the First
Baptist Church, Rushton, La.—
Chosen for Who's W h o among
American Colleges.
James W. Nichols
Minister, Highland A v e n ue
Church of Christ, Abilene, Tex.—
Main speaker, "Herald of Truth,"
ABC Network weekly broadcast.
Earnest Price, Jr.
General Secretary of the UMCA
and Director of Religious Activi­ties,
Mississippi State College—
Member Administrative Commit­tee
N a t i o n a l Inter-collegiate
Christian Council.
William M. Schreiner
CSC, Director of Missions and
Retreats for Laymen and Service,
men, Notre Dame Mission House,
Evanston, 111. Since 1944 was been
engaged in preaching missions,
novenas, and retreats.
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TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
Volume 81 8 Pages WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1954 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA NUMBER 23
IFC Signs Anthony
For Greek Week
Doug Lunsford, g e n er a 1
chairman of the committee in
charge of planning and coord­inating
the third annual Greek
Week, announced last week
that R a y Anthony and his
band have been signed to play for
the IFC dance this year.
Greek Week, which will be
obesrved February 21-27, is spon­sored
by the fraternities and sor.
orities of Auburn. It will open on
Sunday, and on that day frater­nities
and sororities will attend
church in groups. The rest of the
week will be devoted to exchange
dinners and panel discussions by
the fraternities, and a Pan-Hell­enic
workshop by the sororities.
'Another highlight of the week
will be the blood drive that is to
be held in connection with the
Red Cross. Blood will be taken
on Tuesday and Wednesday of the
week at the student activities
building. Last year the drive ex­ceeded
the 1000-pint quota by 215
.pints.
"This year's Greek Week is
designed to foster friendship and
mutual understanding of the
problems of our Greek organiza­tions,
and also to promote friendly
relations with the administrative,
the townspeople and all groups
on our campus," chairman Luns­ford
stated.
The members of the Greek
Week committee are Doug Luns­ford,
general chairman; Bob
Shields, tea chairman; Bubber
Harding, dance chairman; Mel
Fuller, banquet chairman; George
Mize, panels chairman; Hal Sum-merall,
exchange dinners chair­man;
Paul Powers, dance decora­tions
chairman, and Dick Scott,
John Walker and Grant Tittle,
program chairman.
Comedy By Mozart
To Be Presented
Here This Quarter
By Tom Duke
"Women A r e Like That"
(Cosi Fan Tutte), a farce
comedy by Mozart, will be
presented in English by the
Opera Workshop of the Music
Department, February 17-20
in the Music Hall of the Music
Building.
Under the direction of Profes­sor
Richard Collins, and with
stage settings and lighting by Mr.
Clifford Reims, this show prom­ises
to be one of the finest given
by the Workshop. A neat com­bination
of the great music of
Mozart and one. of the funniest
opera sories in existence, it be­comes
ah excellent piece of en­tertainment.
Double Cast
In order to give more students
an opportunity to perform, a
double cast is being used for
many of the roles. The parts of
the two staunch lovers who firm­ly
believe that their respective
sweethearts will be faithful under
any circumstances are played by
Fred Steele' and John Langley,
who share the role of Guglielmo,
and James Cooper, as Ferrando.
T h e i r erstwhile sweethearts
whose defections make their ap­pearance
during t h e course of
events are played by June Foshee
and Georgette Reims as Fiordiligi
and Ann Fife and Sue Carter as
Dorabella. The aging and cynical
Don Alfonsd, who believes there
is no such -thing as a faithful wo­man
is played by Joe Groom and
George Willison. Despina, the
sharp-witted maid, and Alfonso's
partner-in-crime is s u n g by
Nancy Johnson and Paula Cald­well.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION for Greek Week activities are raul
Powers, Douglas Lunsford, Claude Casey, Bob Shields, Mel Fuller, .
Grant Tittle, John Walker, Charles Wilson, and Dick Scott. j
Charles R. Hixon,
Noted Professor,
Dies Suddenly Here
Charles Robert Hixon, head
professor of the department
of mechanical engineering,
Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
for the past 46 years, died
suddenly at t h e home of
friends on Saturday night from a
heart attack.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist church in Auburn
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with the Rev. Joel McDavid and;
Dr. John Leith in charge. Burial
was in the Auburn cemetery.
Professor Hixon, the son of Mr.
»nd Mrs.. D. A. Hixon, was born
and reared in Perote in Bullock
County. He received his early edu­cation
in the Perote High School.
Veteran Teacher
He received his B.S. degree in
mechanical engineering at Auburn
in 1907, his M.S. degree in 1908,
and became an instructor immedi­ately
after graduation. Except for
a few Summer sessions, he spent
his entire life teaching and work­ing
at the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
Professor Hixon became widely
known for originating a device to
make teaching with the slide rule
much easier. He built a revolving
rule which turns with the touch of
the finger.
He was an excellent photog­rapher,
who specialized in land­scape
scenes, extremely old Negro
men and women and circus clowns.
He left a collection of these photo­graphs.
Fisherman, Hunter
As a fisherman he perfected two
gadgets for catching deep-sea fish
and for removing hooks from the
mouths of fish he caught. He was
a hunter and crack shot with a
rifle.
He was a member of Rotary and
served as president of the Auburn
club; served as a steward of the
Auburn Methodist Church; as
honorary chairman of the Ameri­can
Society for Mechanical Engi­neers;
was member of the Ameri­can
Society for Promotion of En­gineering
Education, a member of
Lambda Chi Alpha social fraterni­ty;
for 20 years served as treasurer
of Tau Beta Pi; was a member of
Phi Kappa Phi; assisted in- organ­izing
Pi Tau Sigma.
Professor Hixon and Dr. G. J.
Carver were the only two Ala-bamians
holding membership in
the Royal Socety of Arts for a
number of years.
In 1916 Professor Hixon mar­ried
Miss Hassie Terrell of Au­burn
who died in 1931. They had
two children, Emily Hixon Stur-kie
and Charles Hixon Jr., who as
a lieutenant in the Air Corps lost
his life in a plane explosion in
World War II.
In 1939 Professor Hixon was
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New Appointments
To Senate, Cabinet
Announced Today
By Jean Capps
Two appointments to the
executive cabinet and one ap­pointment
to the Senate were
announced today ' by Arthur
Moore, president of Student
.Body.
The new appointees are "Hop-py"
Middleton, Superintendent of
Student Spirit, A l l e n Casey,
Superintendent of Men's Resi­dence
Halls, and Batey Gresham,
Sophomore Senator.
The position of Superintendent
of Student Spirit was vacated by
Dennis Calhoun who graduated
in December. "Hoppy" Middleton,
the new appointee, is a junior in
pre-med from Birmingham. He is
also on the central committee for
the Village Fair and is a mem­ber
of the "A" Club.
Newly Created Position
The position of superintendent
of Men's Residence Halls, created
during the fall quarter to bring
closer correlation between the
main campus and men's residence
halls, will be filled by Allen Ca­sey,
a sophomore in the School
of Science and Literature. Casey,
from Chattanooga, Tenn., is also
newly elected president of Mag­nolia
Hall Student Government
Association.
The position of Sophomore
Senator was vacated by Sam
Henderson, who resigned because
he was drafted into the army this
quarter. The new appointee, Ba­tey
Gresham, is a sophomore in
architecture and is from Lebanon,
Tenn.
Women's Music Club
Sponsors Date Raffle
The Women's Music Club's sale
of tickets for the expense-paid
double-date is now under way.
Ten cent changes will enable
two male winners to double-date
two Auburn beauties, Bitsy Car­t
e r and Pat Pond.
Vangalia Lukes, president of
the sponsoring organization, stat­ed
that tickets will be on sale
until noon February 4, and the
drawing will occur that night at
8:45 in the Tiger Theater.
" Proceeds will be used to fin­ance
a music scholarship for some
API coed.
Tickets can be obtained either
at the Music Building or Varsity
Music Shop.
Students To Publish
Literary Magazine
By Sam Houston
A new magazine is about to
be published at Auburn. The
work, an effort of a few stu­dents
who started talking
about i t s possibilities last
quarter, is finally coming into
shape.
Its title has been tentatively
named "New Voices," and is con­cerned
with serious literary writ­ings
such as poems, short and
short-short stories, music, art and
art reviews.
The magazine has designs of be­coming
more than just a local
journal. Plans are in the process
of making its distribution much
wider in scope. With probable ad­vertisers
in Nashville, Tenn., At­Opera
Parts Assigned lanta, Ga., Columbus, Ga., Mont-
! gomery and Birmingham, wide
Tryouts for Verdi's "Rigoletto . c i r c u l a t i o n i s e x p c c t e d t o b e b o a s t.
W , , |V hH<l •'••'""••'O :M. The opera, I ^ J i n f o w n s throughout the south.
Circulation To Climb
Working through colleges and
j other institutions and sparkplug-toi
be performed in May, will be
a feature of Music Week. It will
be the project of the entire de­partment.
Rigoletto, Gilda, and the Duke
of Mantua, the leading roles, will
be portrayed by Richard Collins,
Georgette Reims, and Clifford
Reims, respectively.
Others in the cast are: Mnn-terone,
Joe Groom; Marullo, Fred
Steele; Borsa, Jim Cooper; Cep-rano,
Louis' *L a n g f o r d ; Gio-vanna,
Emma Lou Foy; Countess
Ceprano, Betty Ann Saggers;
Sparafucile, John Langley; Mad-dalena,
Betty Ray Langford;
Usher, Bob Reeves; Page, Jane
Towns. There will also be a large
chorus.
Invitation Sales
Graduation invitations will be
on sale on the main floor of
Samford Hall Monday, Feb. 1,
through Thursday, Feb. 4, be­tween
the hours of 9
1-4 p.m.
11 a.m. and
• i ged by literature enthusiasts in
the south, circulation of the sec­ond
issue is expected to increase
noticeably over the first 500 copies.
The first issue is expected to be
around the end of the quarter, with
each issue coming out at the end
of each quarter.
Other attempts have been made
in the past years to publish the
same type magazine. The last suc­cessful
one, "The Auburn Review,"
in 1949-50 lasted for four quarterly
issues and, because of numerous
difficulties, went out of business.
Anyone May Contribute
Contributions will be accepted
from anyone who writes in a cre­ative
vein and, although they are
accepted, no guarantee is made
that the literature will be pub­lished.
Only the best available ma­terial
can be considered. However,
everyone is urged to contribute as
many articles as they wish.
Mayfield Gives
Military Ball Date;'
Committees Named
Auburn's annual Military
Ball has been scheduled for
March 6, according to an an­nouncement
by - H a r o l d G.
Mayfield, Spring City, Tenn.,
general chairman and coor­dinator
for the ball.
Eight candidates will be nom­inated
for the title of "Honorary
Commander" of the joint Air
Force, Army, and Navy ROTC
Units.
A panel of judges will select
the "Honorary Commander" at a
reception in honor of the candi­dates
Saturday evening preced­ing
the ball.
General arrangements for the
Military Ball will be under the
supervision of Scabbard a nd
Blade,, national miiltary honor­ary.
Ten committees have been ap­pointed
by the chairman to be in
charge of arrangements for the
ball. They are as follows: „
ADMINISTRATIVE — Thomas
C. Brock, Birmingham, chairman;
J. Parker Lamb, Meridian, Miss.
SELECTION — Sam A. Hocutt,
Adamsville, chairman; W. E. Col-burn,
Greensboro, and Bill C.
Home, Columbus, Ga.
BIDS—Cecil W. Greene, Gads­den,
chairman; W. H. Osborne,
Homewood; John B. Wilson, San-ford,
and Joe O. Thweatt, Anda­lusia.
RECEPTION—John L. Sellers,
Montgomery, chairman; C. N.
Kraselsky, Dothan; Fred A. Nich­ols,
Columbiana, and W. H. Roys-ton,
Jr., LaFayette.
FLOWERS—Cecil M. Kramer,
Mobile, chairman.
LEADOUT— R. M. Zarzaur, Bir­mingham,
chairman; L. E. Strick­land,
Anniston.
PUBLICITY—Robert A. Betts,
Jr., Opelika.
DECORATIONS—M. W. Corey,
Meridian, Miss., chairman; James
B. Hawkins, Phenix City; R. C.
Shoemaker, Cullman; William R.
Long, Jr., Selma; Billy Peters,
Ozark; William A. Nelson, Jr.,
Birmingham; Pat D. Chisolm, Jr.,
Birmingham; Austin T. Beatty,
Selma; James S. Johnston, Gas-tonburg;
John G. Walker, Jr.,
Lakeland, Fla.; Ben S. Tabor,
Owens Cross Roads; Lewis A.
Hanchey, Montgomery, and Ed L.
Comely, St. Simons Island, Ga.
BANQUET—Albert Lee Smith,
Birmingham, chairman; J. H.
Home, Enterprise; B. M. Talbot,
Troy, and Thomas Caine, Besse­mer.
Faculty and staff members of
API will be honored with a re­ception
at the home of President
and Mrs. Ralph Draughon to­night.
The annual affair will be
from 8-10 p.m.
Men's Song Groups
To Appear Tonight
For Fund Drive
The API Men's Glee Club and
Octet will render their services
tonight in Montgomery at a bene­fit
show. Cole Porter's "Anything
Goes" will be presented to raise
funds for the National Founda­tion
for Infantile Paralysis. The
musical is being produced as a
token of appreciation for help re­ceived
last summer at the height
of the polio epidemic.
Staged at Sidney Lanier Audit­orium
for two days, the show will
be the first musical with local
talent ever to be presented in
Montgomery.
Collins Director
Walter S. Collins, director of
the Men's Glee Club, announced
that his students will sing four
numbers, "Blow, Gabriel, Blow,"
"I Get a Kick Out of You," "Any­thing
Goes," and "All Through
The Night." Collins s a i d that
"Blow, Gabriel, Blow" would be
one of the highlights of the show
because of its very unusual ar­rangement
and tricky effects. The
Octet will sing Collins' own ar­rangement
of "You're The Top."
Tickets for the show can be
bought from Jesse French Piano
Company in Montgomery, and
prices will range from $1.03 to
$2.58.
Monette, Sparks
Named BAB Rulers
Reigning over the Beaux Arts
Ball Saturday night, were Queen
Marilyn Monette, and King Joe
Sparks, sponsored by the Delta
Zeta sorority. Following the lead-out
of candidates, the royal couple
was crowded under a geodesic
dome in the center of the dance
| floor.
Arleta Campbell and Joe Max­well
were awarded the prize as
the couple with the most original
costume. Their theme was, "If I
had the wings of an angel."
"If I were a wall in Biggin Hall,"
was the theme of the winner for
the most original girl's costume,
Louella Rice. Taking the prize for
the most original boy's costume
was Tommy Hughes. "If I were a
millionaire," was his theme.
A series of different colored
circles, giving the effect of depth,
and a circle with "If" painted on
it comprised the stage decorations.
Constructed in the middle of the
floor was a geodesic dome of many
colors.
Alan Derthick, chairman of the
ball stated, "I think this year's
Beaux Arts Ball was very suc­cessful,
considering that it was a
bad week-end with so many stu­dents
going home. I believe every­one
had a good time."
'LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS'
IF YOU'VE noticed a big rush of men students to the recreation
room in the Auburn Union Building basement, you can stop wonder­ing
what caused it. She's Linda Lee James, a freshman in education
from Auburn.
Photography Group
Actively Functioning
The Auburn Photography Club
is now actively functioning on the
API campus. Organized last quar­ter,
the purpose of the organiza­tion
is to create and promote in­terest
in photography, keep stu­dents
informed of recent deve­lopments
in the field, to encour­age
the hobby as a recreational
and educational activity, to pro­vide
equipment a n d space for
those interested , in photo work,
to sponsor photographic contests,
and to promote friendly relations
between similar clubs.
Officers for the year include:
Gary Martin, president, Ft. Wal­ton,
Fla.; James Grant, vice pres­ident,
Anniston; Frank Emens,
treasurer, Birmingham, and Vin­cent
Miller, secretary, Birming­ham.
The club meets every Monday
at 7 p.m. in the Union Building.
Membership is open to all stu­dents,
both graduates and under­graduates,
as well as faculty
members.
Pikes To Present
'Dreamgirl' Formal
Here Saturday Night
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa
Alpha will present its' annual
Dream Girl formal Saturday
night from 9 until 12 at the Stu­dent
Activities Building. Music
will be furnished by the Alabama
Cavaliers.
Miss Gail Gregory, junior in
Education from Abbeville, will
lead the dance, escorted by Pres­ident
Mark Shipman. Prior to in­termission,
the 1954 Dream Girl
will be announced and Mrs. L. C.
Steed, housemother, will present
her with flowers and the tradi­tional
"Dream Girl Cup." Im­mediately
following, the dance,
breakfast will be served at the
"Lodge" f o r members, pledges
and their dates.
Also slated for the weekend is
a dance at the Opelika Country
Club Friday night.
Other officers of the fraternity
to be presented in the leadout
with their dates include vice pre-
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By Kappa. Sig ma's
Beta Eta chapter of Kappa
Sigfria will present its annual
"Blade a n d . W h i t e " formal
Friday: night, Jah, 29, in the
Student Union Building from I \
9 till 12. Music will be fur­nished
by the Auburn Knights.
2—TtJJS PLAINSMAN Wednesday, January 27, 1954
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T O D A Y and T H U R S D AY
Victor Mature Mari Blanchard
Beaux Arts Ball, Formals, Parties
Help Maintain Winter Social Tempo
• B y Doris Lessman
Society Editor
Sororities and f r a t e r n i t i e s have surely been busy getting
t h e i r plans in order during t h e first weeks of winter quarter
for the gala annual formals—the big events providing enter­tainment
for t h e season. The formals have reaHy been living
u'psto t h e i r top position as o u t s t a n d i n g weekend events, a fact
proven by. the elaborate and col
orful affairs that have taken place
recently.
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S U N D A Y and M O N D A Y
M-G-M's BIGGEST
MUSICAL SHOW!
sident Jim Ellis, June Bottcher,
Cullman; Secretary Phil Watts,
Beverly Williams, Birmingham;
Treasurer Harold Strqzier, Anne
Floyd, Birmingham; House-Man­ager
Jack Pope, Connie Larkin,
Huntsville. I*
The Beaux Arts Ball, which
took the spotlight Saturday night,
was truly one of the most spec­tacular
and colorful events of the
quarter. A few of the various
types of costumes worn to the Ball
included comic book characters,
international figures, visitors from
other planets, and many other
famous "guests." The variety of
colorful costumes and gaiety pro-
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February 3-4
iformw'},
Decorations for the dance will
include a large top hat. The mem­bers
and pledges will be. intro­duced
during the leadout as they
step from the center of the mock
top hat. The theme of the formal
determines the traditional dress
of black and white to be worn.
Highlight of the leadout will be
the presentation of a bouquet of
flowers to Miss Anne Whaley,
Troy, escorted by chapter presi­dent
Thomas Shepherd.
Dates and other officers to be
presented during the leadout are
Sybil Clarke, Meridian, Miss., es­corted
by Marion C o r e y , vice
president; Helen Cofer, Norcross,
Ga., escorted by Bob Willingham,
secretary; Anne Weaver, Brew-'
ton, escorted by Batey. Gresham,
master of ceremonies; Jean Ann
Talbert, C h a p t e r Sweetheart,
Greenville, escorted by Gene
Guazzo, pledge master.
Activities planned for the gala
weekend of fun include breakfast
at the Kappa Sigma house fol­lowing
the dance a n d a party
Saturday night at t h e Opelika
Country Club. Music f o r the
party will be furnished by the
Knights of Rhythm.
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Jockisch JeweIry
vided the keynote for the annual
costume ball.
A few activities which have kept
students busy recently and otfiers
as planned for future j entertain-,
ment include parties, elections and
swaps.
Delta Chi's Elect
Electing new chapter officers
recently were the Delti Chi's. The
officers elected and their positions
are Ralph E. Hill, president, Ports- I
mouth, Ohio; Bobby Combs, vice-president,
Birmingham; Jack Wil
Hams, secretary, Priceville; Jack
Williams, treasurer, Gadsden; Her­man
Oswell, corresponding secre­tary,
Bessemer, and Frank Smith,
sergeant-at-arms, Savannah, Ga.
The Theta Xi's recently initiated
e:ght nneeww members. The,
initiates now wearing the! Theta
KOI1W T r,
Xi fraternity pin are James At­kins,
Tallessa; Donald Rice, Birm­ingham;
Gene Raines, Chapman;
William Fuqua, Florence; Mike
Dutton, Mobile; Dean Upshaw, Au­burn;
Harry Mudge, Mobile; Luis
Gaitan, Havana, Cuba.
Five new Theta Xi pledges are
Max Hall, Florence; Bob Evansy
Lineville; Mark Redus, Montgom­ery;
Wayne McEntyre, Ashville;
Roy Johnson, Spruce Pine.
The World Goes Around'
Entertaining with a house dance
Tuesday night January 19 were
the Delta Tau Delta's.
Chaperones for the dance will
be Mrs. Mamie Baskerville and
Mrs. Anna P.. Barnes. Visiting
alumnae will be Mr. • and Mrs."
jjliclfiard Lange, Mr. a n d Mrs.
Charles Rawlings, and Dr. and
Mrs. Henry Good.
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AOPi's To Present
Red Rose Formal
Here Saturday Night
Delta Delta Chapter of Al­pha
Omicron Pi will present
i ts annual "Red Rose" formal
S a t u r d a y night, J a n u a r y 30, in
t h e Student Union Building
from 9 to 12. Music, will be
furnished by the. Auburn Knights.
Theme for the outstanding social
event will be "Moonlight and
Roses."
Decorations for the dance in­clude
a large red rose and candle­sticks
which set the mOod for the
theme.
Mips Betty Coleman,. Opelika,
chapter president, will lead the
dance, escorted by Billy Booth,
Opelika. Highlight of the leadout
will be the presentation of a
bouquet of red roses to Miss Cole­man
by Lela Jacks, New Market,
preceding president, escorted by
Bill Brown, Newman, Ga.
Other officers and their dates
are Ethel Dial, vice president,
escorted by Carl Kelly, Colquitt,
Ga.; Gay Nickerson, recording
secretary, escorted by Angie Le-bert,
Birmingham; Margaret Lad-ner,
corresponding secretary, es­corted
by Jere Phillips, Thomas-ton;
Joanne Wald, treasurer, es^
corted by Jack Clard, Hartford.
Immediately f o l l o w i n g the
dance, Lambda Chi Alpha frater­nity
will entertain the A.O.Pi's
with a breakfast. Other events as
planned for the weekend will in­clude
an open house in the chap­ter
room Friday night.
Pharmaceutical Group
Adds Seventy Members
Seventy n e w members were
added to the Auburn chapter of
t h e American Pharmaceutical
Association during its recently
concluded membership campaign.
Roger Everett, president of the
chapter, stated that out of 205
students enrolled in the School of
Pharmacy, 130 now belong to the
organization. .
An annual affair, the purpose
of the drive was to increase the
number of members of the local
AVA Sets Meeting
There will be a meeting of the
A u b u r n Veterans Association
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The meeting will be held in Room
322 of the Union Building.
chapter and to stimulate interest
in the parent organization, which
is the largest national association
dedicated to advancing the cause
of pharmacy.
As concluding exercises of the
campaign, Dr. C. J. Rehling, State
Tbxicologist, gave an informal
address to the group on the sub­ject,
"The Use of Pharmacology
When you j^use> .> make it count... have a Coke
i
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O P E L I K A COCA-COLA B O T T L I N G COMPANY
"Coke" i3 o registered trade-mark. © 1954, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
A CAMPUS-TO-CAREER CASE HISTORY
- P h o n e J
CHIEF'S
is proud
to salute
Lester
Ford
As an outstand­ing
member of
the Auburn stu­dent
body.
Lester, a senior in in­dustrial
management
from Greenville, Miss,
is managing editor of
THE PLAINSMAN, a
member of Spades,
Omicron Delta Kappa,
national service hon­orary,
Squires, a nd
was recently tapped by
Who's Who in Ameri­can
Colleges and Uni­versities.
He is past
president of Auburn
Young Democrats, past
secretary and reporter
of Sigma Nu 'social
fraternity. Les has also
served on the Execu­tive
Cabinet as super­intendent
of political
affairs.
"During the spring of '52—my test year
at the University of Maryland-^ was in­terviewed
by a number of companies. I
was about to get my B.S. degree in
accounting. .
"It seemed to me that there was a great
deal to be learned from the way I was
interviewed. Bell System interviewers
took their time about job offers. They
didn't rush me or themselves.
: "I had-rwo talks with the Bell inter­viewers
and then was invited to meet and
talk with department heads. Not only
did they get a chance to look me over,
but I also had an opportunity to get a
closer look at their operation. I figured
if the Bell System was that careful in se­lecting
its men, it is careful in other
things. The interview was the tip-off.
"That's why I'm working here in Wash­ington,
D. C , for one of the Bell Com-
ED BURTNF.R, '52, watched the
way job interviews were
conducted before cboosing
bis job. Let him tell you
how it worked out.
{Reading time: 31 seconds)
panies-^The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Company. My first job—after
general training—was supervising a bill­ing
unit with 20 employees.
"Since then I have assisted on internal
audits in all departments. I've helped with
special studies for management and have
become better acquainted with operations
of the entire company. Now I'm working
on the general books as an accounting
supervisor.
"That Bell System interview has cer­tainly
meant a lot to me."
• • •
Ed Burtner is moving forward. His experi­ence
is typical of the engineering, physical
science, arts and social science, and business
administration graduates who join the Bell
System. He went with an operating telephone
company. There also arc opportunities with
the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Western
Electric and Sandia Corporation.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Magnolia Hall—Among South's Finest Men's Housing Units
)
Two Multi-Unit Buildings Offer
Accommodations For 931 Men
By Herb White
Men's housing at Auburn was conceived by Luther Nobel
Duncan and Ralph Brown Draughon. The basic dream, which
has crystallized into Magnolia Hall, came from housing units
located at the University of Chicago.
Magnolia Hall, which accommodates 931 men students,
serves a three fold purpose. First,
it is a place to live; secondly, it
provides adequate facilities for an
educational environment; thirdly,
it helps to compact and preserve
the Auburn spirit.
One of South's Best
This" dormitory is recognized as
cne of the most complete and well
organized buildings of its' kind in
the entire South.
The first section of this struc­ture
was completed in 1948 and
houses 435 students, including
general offices and apartments for
manager, resident counselor, and
housemother.
A duplicate of the original unit
was completed in 1952. Both build­ings
are multi-unit, and enclose a
large court. The buildings have
double rooms with each student
having his own single bed, study
able, and closet.
36 in A Division
-A group of 36 men form a di­vision
in Magnolia Hall. Each di­vision
has its own counselor, wh?
supervises his division and help;
the students in any way he can.
A housemother is in residence ir
the dormitory, and additiona'
leadership is provided through
two faculty members and twc
graduate counselors. There arc
sight guest rooms for the use oi
parents when they visit their son;
who live in the dormitory. These
rooms are also used b y visiting
celebrities and 'other guests on the
campus.
Magnolia Hall is of brick anc7
HERE IS an'artist's impression of Magnolia Hall, API's modern dormitory for men students. The two-building structure, erected
at a cost of $3 million, offers comfortable accommodations for 931 residents at exceptionally low prices. Room and board are $130.50
per quarter, while room alone is $31.50 per quarter. The second multi-unit building was completed last year.
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hollow tile fire-proof construction.
It was constructed at a cost of
well over $3 million. •
Throughout the building there
ire nine lounge and recreational
areas. A post office, laundry room,
snack bar, and complete dining fa­cilities
are also included in the
structure.
Rates Low
Room and board in Magnolia
Hall is $130.50 per school quarter.
Cost for room only is $31.50 per
quarter. According to figures dis­tributed
by the National Beta.
Club, these rates are lower than
in any other school of comparable
size in this section of the United
States.
The facilities of the building
have proved very adequate for
conferences and conventions.- Last
year over 2,121 visiting persons
were accommodated in the struc­ture.
Also receiving its share of the
popularity is the Magnolia Ban­quet
Hall. Each year many out­side,
as well as campus events, are
held there. Capacity of the banquet
room is nearly 100.
After being asked to comment on
interesting things about Magnolia
Hall, Manager John Stair stated,
"We're mighty proud of the build­ing
and the facilities that we have
here. We're also proud of' fhe
fact that Auburn is one d i ' t he
four colleges in the Southeast that
SPRING FANCIES 1954
Garlye dresses waken winter wardrobes
with a bright breath of Spring,
with a call to cottons—failles, tweeds—and silks,
to lovely linens, organdies and a lush use of lace.
The lines are alive, alertly styled and always trim.
They'll dress you up, buoy you up, date you up.
But hurry u p . . . they're in full bloom now, today at
Polly-Tek Shop.
Matching Spring Bonnets in Gage's most luscious shades.
6.98 up
Polly-Tek Shop
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
PHONE 562
THESE EIGHT persons comprise the main coordinating body of
Magnolia Hall. Seated are Bill Sadler, Bob Burns, Buford Robinson,
Jerry Parris, and Mrs. Ann Thomas, housemother. Standing are
John Stair, Allen Casey, and George Clawson.
has set up an educational program
for students in the men's dormi­tories.
We have movies, well
known campus and nationally
known speakers, a library, and
many other advantages for stu­dents
in the building."
When we asked about why both
buildings were called Magnolia
Hall, Stair stated that "we call the
whole place Magnolia Hall because
we want all the boys that live
here to feel as though they live
together, not in separate build­ings."
Another question put to Stair
was about the ratio of Auburn
students that live in the dormitory.
He said that about one-fifth of
the mrfle population at Auburn
lives in the buildings, and that
about one-third to one-half of
the school's male students live
there at one time or another.
"We have students living here
from India, Iran, Burma, Nation­alist
China, Formosa, Cuba, Chile,
Lybia, and Columbia," concluded
Stair.
Magnolia Business
Managed By Stair
The organization of Magnolia
Hall undertook some changes in
April of last year, when W. O.
Lynch resigned as manager to be­come
head of the Auburn Union.
Immediately following Lynch's
resignation, John W. Stair was
appointed manager.
Other persons affiliated with
the organization are Buford Rob-insoih,
resident counselor; Mrs.
Ann Thomas, housemother; Mrs.
Helen WiHiams, secretary; Mrs.
Carl Stange, cashier; Bill Cullars,
custodian, and Bob Burns, grad­uate
counselor.
There are also 24 student coun.
selors in Magnolia Hall, one for
every division.
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silver cap. Probably in vicinity
of Samford, Tichnor, or points
between. Finder please contact
Wayne Summerford at 143 ¥2 W.
Glenn, or at Tel. 59-W. Reward.
HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
Student lamp? — light bulbs
Electrical equipment
Glidden Rubberized Paint
ALSO FOR RENT:
Floor polishers, Salad plates
Punch Bowls and Cups
Get These At—
DENNIS HOUSEWARES
113 E. Magnolia Phone 778
Counselor Ability
Termed Big Factor
In Dorm Success
Much of the success of Mag­nolia
Hall can be attributed to
the high degree of efficiency
of the counselors that are con­tinually
working in the var­ious
divisions. Each division
of the building has one counselor,
whose duty is to look after his 36
boys to the best of his ability.
Resident Counselor Buford Rob­inson,
whose job it is to keep'
things running smoothly in the
building, defines the word "coun­selor"
as meaning "beneficial ad­visor,
one who has a thorough
knowledge of the campus."
Some of the more Important
duties of Magnolia Hall's coun­selors
are to encourage the men
to keep the building clean, be an
example to follow at all times,
report discipline pi-oblems, report
needed repairs, encourage social
and athletic participating, attempt
to know all the boys in the di­vision,
and to prevent misconduct
before it becomes a violation.
Counselors are, George Bynum,
Birmingham; G e o r g e Clawson,
Speedwell, Tenn.; Eugene Cook,
Bremen, Ga.; Eugene Dekich,
Florence; Richard Fuchs, Crest-,
wood, Ky.; Cary Gibbons, Deats-ville.
Seahorn Goebel, Tallapoosa, Ga.;
Andrew Goodwin, Morris; Ken­neth
Guin, Carbon Hill; William
Harden, Zebulon, Ga.; Ross Heck,
Columbus; Dewayne McCauley,
Manchester; J o h n McCormack,
Ridgeland,^ Miss.
George Mann, Brilliant; Allen
Mann, Brilliant; James Marks,
Frankewing, Tenn.; Robert Max­well,
Nashville; Ted Parker, Grant;
John Peeples, Gadsden; Don Rog­ers,
Birmingham; Thomas Snider,
Shelbyville, Ky.; Joe Thompson,
Dariston; Paul White, Weaver;
William Wise, Rovena, Ky., and
Joe Worley, Gadsden.
ASCE To Present Speaker
Robert Davis, representing the
Chicago Bridge and Iron Corpor­ation
of Birmingham will be the
guest speaker at the meeting of
the American Society of Civil
Engineers Monday night, Feb. 1.
The meeting will be held at 7
o'clock in Ramsay 300.
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, January 27, 1954
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Wherein Lies A Man's Contribution? nam white wash
The death of Charles R. Hixon, profess­or
and head of the API mechanical engi­neering
department, last Saturday left a
gap in the ranks of the faculty which will
be hard to fill. For 46 years he devoted
his life to the college and for that same
number of years, the college benefited.
It is hard to put one's finger on what
determines the worth of a man's life. Per­haps
it can be determined by what is left
behind Perhaps it can be determined by
the numerous friends one gathers by one's
side—mayhap a bit of philosophy or a calm
energetic personality, warm in life and de­votion,
could be that small value left be­hind.
All of these shall be the remembrance
of Professor Hixon—that is among men.
But among the halls of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute there is a stronger thread
of integrity because he walked there.
Made head professor in 1938, the Bullock
Countian became pacemaker, friend, in­structor
and a widely recognized person­age
in his profession.
He was ever conscious of the values of
education. He simplified the teaching of
the slide rule through a device which could
be controlled with the touch of a finger.
He originated a clock and bell system on
campus which remained until the present
system was installed. His grasp of life was
exemplified in the respect and love he re­ceived
from students and co-workers.
This he commanded by his calmness, the
inner force of his personality, his deter­mination
and intelligence.
But he was more than mere scnolar and
professor. He was a man whose love for
people and life was pictured in a hobby
which acquired him fame. Through the
medium of photography he took a land­scape
and made it real. His pictures and
portraits of old Negro men and women,
and circus performers made them live
again as he saw them. He left an excellent
collection of these which would provide
one of the most interesting exhibits ever
to be shown on campus if they were avail­able.
No, nothing evaluates the measure of a
man's worth so much as death and in the
case of Professor Hixon the loss is person­ified
and multiplied by the passing of a
man who devoted himself to his teaching
and his work at API.
Thus the college has grown with the
strength of such a man.
We Agree With Ike ,
: : . On Letting 18-Year-0lds Vote S k i t
By Herb White
Another Outlook On Segregation —
i The governor's recent invitation to leg­islators,
educators and others to submit
suggestions on school segregation has been
the occasion of renewed serious thought in
many Alabama quarters on this important
issue.
There has been occasion in the past to
express in this column the (1) belief that
the Supreme Court would ultimately find
that the Fourteenth Amendment's require­ment
of equal treatment of all citizens is
not satisfied by "equal" but separate facil­ities,
but (2) hope that this decision might
be delayed for the time to permit the pro­cess
of gradual acceptance of the Negro in
our Southern institutions of higher learn­ing
to penetrate downward to our high and
then to our elementary schools. Today
this belief persists but the hope has been
dimmed by reports, from those who think
they know the trend in the Court, that
segregation is to be immedately condemn­ed.
What will be the effect of such a Sup­reme
Court ruling in Alabama? It is dif­ficult
to know in advance of the event, no
matter how much how many may specu­late.
It would seem desirable, however,
to cushion the heavy effect of the decision
by some preliminary thinking on basic
principles. Some of these are the follow­ing:
(1) The decisions of the Federal Sup­reme
Court on the interpretation of the '
Constitution must be accepted as law.
There s h o u l d be no consideration of a
policy of nullification.
(2) The possibly of modification of
such a Supreme Court decision by amend­ment
of the Constitution is so remote as to
preclude any serious e f f o r t to bring it
about.
(3) We must consequently lay our plans
to conform to the decision, not immed­iately
which would be humanly impossible,
but gradually as funds and physical facil­ities
permit.
(4) There should be no fear of a crisis.
The pattern of segregation living between
the white and Negro elements of our popu­lation
is matched by a pattern of segrega­ted
schools. Zoning for school purposes is
a perfectly reasonable and constitutional
basis for channeling our y o u t h to our
schools, provided it is not arbitrary. Chil­dren
from white and Negro neighborhoods
will continue to attend schools in the zones
where they live. Only gradually will there
be a lapping over which will thus permit
of a gradual acceptance of mixed schools
in the public mind.
(5) The best beginning we can make
to conform to the decision will be in our
institutions of higher learning. There we
already have the example of Arkansas,
Mississippi and other Southern states,
which heretofore have begun to receive
Negro students in such institutions. In
our graduate schools, and then in our col­leges,
it will "be possible to admit Negro
students in the numbers in which they can
be expected to qualify without serious fin­ancial
or social difficulty.
The situation is one requiring sober
common senses and freedom from hysteria
or panic. The world will not be coming
to an end, even though it may be the end
of an era sooner up on us than we had
hoped. —Shades Valley Sun
President Eisenhower caused
considerable comment in his State
of the Union message several days
ago by advocating letting 18-
year-olds vote.
Many persons think that it was
purely a political action on his
part. Senator Russell of Georgia,
whose state is the only one to
allow teen-agers to vote, was one
of the first of several Democrats
who assailed the proposal as pure­ly
political.
Some news­paper
men have
stated, "it was
a concession to
t h e b e l i ef
among Republi­cans
that the
E i s e n h o w -
er name has a
great appeal to
young v o t e r s
and that giving
them the privi­lege
will insure
gratitude to the GOP in the fu­ture."
Whether political or not this
column stands behind those who
advocate the "right" for 18-year-olds.
Our main argument doesn't
even center around the so-called
"old enough to fight, old enough
to vote" routine. Rather, we be­lieve
that the 18-year-old is as
capable, or more so in many cases,
than elderly persons. Older per­sons
become fixed in their ways,
and are even reluctant to change
White
their minds when they know they
are wrong. Very few teen-agers
have closed minds on any subject.
Since 1944, 18-year-olds in
Georgia have had the right to cast
their ballot. State officials claim
that the system has worked out
m o s t satisfactorily. Surely if
youths in Georgia can vote intelli­gently,
youths in Alabama can.
In the president's message he
declared that 18-year-olds ought
to be allowed to vote since they
"are summoned to fight for
America."
The Legislature of Alabama has
killed bill after bill aimed at se­curing
the deserved right for 18-
year-olds. They got just about as
much good done on these bills as
they did on an increase appropri­ation
measure for Auburn. In
simpler language, we were better
off to start with.
A writer in the University of
Georgia's Red and Black, had this
to say, "we know that letting 18-
year-old's vote has worked here.
What we need to do, then, is a
little missionary work, spreading
the gospel around the country that
18-year-old's should be allowed to
vote."
We firmly agree with the Presi­dent,
even if he is a Republican,
that 18-year-olds should be given
the privilege to vote. We believe
that at the same time a person
registers for the draft, he should
register to vote.
Facts Given Concerning
Night Controversy
Around Tiger Town
Disagreement Threatens Skit Night
By JoAnne Lucci
Placement Bureau-Senior Hangout
Thirty-three and one-third per cent is
a pretty good average in any man's lea­gue.
And in these days of many college
graduates, that figure borders on the phe­nomenal
when you consider it in the light
of the number of college students placed
in jobs by the API Placement Bureau last
year.
If you were to subtract the students
who graduated and who were either of
draft age or coeds, the percentage would
be bound to rise. The value of a place­ment
bureau which operates with such
efficiency as Auburn's can never be seen
until,actual figures are released." As a re­sult,
persons are persons to wonder at the
overall effectiveness of such a set-up.
College seniors soon get to know the
value of Scott Farley and his staff. His
office often looks l i k e an old-fashioned
class reunion as seniors trek in to find out
which company will be visiting the cam­pus
or to be interviewed by one of the
numerous concerns already scheduled.
Frankly the bureau serves as more than
a job-finding department. It is one of the
best public relations mediums the college
has. A college which has pride in its grad­uates
is one t h a t every interviewer is
pleased to visit. Furthermore, a college
which turns out a well-rounded graduate
is a source of man-power the likes of which
any business concern would like to employ.
We don't want to "rah-rah" the place.
We merely want to -point out that it is a
place which deserves appreciation and
much respect.
For many years now, Sphinx,
senior women's honorary society,
and Blue Key, honorary for senior
men, have jointly sponsored API's
annual Skit Night, performed by
campus fraternities and sororities.
This year, however, disagree­ment
between the two sponsoring
organizations threatens Skit Night.
The root of the trouble seems to lie
in financial matters, as might be
expected.
It all began
right b e f o re
World War II,
when what was
Cardinal Key,
l a t e r merged
w i t h Sphinx,
began j o i nt
sponsorship in
the skit activi­ties.
As time
went by, Blue
Key received 60
Lucci per cent of the
proceeds, and Sphinx forty. This
year, the men's honorary drew up
a contract offering the coed group
only a 70-30 split proposition, with
Blue Key also taking the initiative
in planning the affair.
Sphinx, on the other hand, at
first held out for fifty-fifty di­vision
of the funds, and equal re­sponsibility,
which this columnist
thinks would really be the only
fair way to do it, but later sug­gested
a compromise giving Blue
Key the usual cut of sixty per cent
—which sounds extremely gener­ous.
Blue Key apparently failed to
think so, however, and the situa­tion
remains at a stalemate.
While this action was taking
place, it is unofficially reported
that the Pan-Hellenic Council held
a meeting and voted to withdraw
all sorority participation if Sphinx
did not co-sponsor the annual
event with Blue Key, and tenta­tive
plans now call for Sphinx to
sponsor a sorority Skit Night on
March 2. If this action is taken, it
would apparently mean that there
would be two skit nights—one for
sorority contestants and the other,,
for fraternities sponsored by Blue
Key.
It seems to us that it's a deplor­able
condition when two honorary
societies, composed of some of
Auburn's outstanding students,
can't reach an understanding over
the matter. .
The responsibility for formulat­ing
and carrying out the activities
of Skit Night, as well as the pro­ceeds
from the event, should be
equally divided, in all fairness to
both groups. We can't see why
either organization should feel that
it should have more "say-so" or
more financial benefits than the
other.
We hope that an agreement can
be reached whereby Auburn stu­dents
can continue to enjoy the
skits as they have in the past, and
that both Blue Key and Sphinx
will realize that to co-operate in
the matter and fairly settle their
differences would be the best so­lution.
By Les Ford
Last week, after getting only
one side of the picture, the Pan
Hellenic Council sold the sorori­ties'
part in the annual Skit Night
down the river. In an evident at­tempt
to justify the action, there
is a vast amount of misinforma­tion
and uninformed feeling cir­culating
around the camDus.
But, here are the real facts of
the case:
(1.) Skit Night was begun many
years ago and has had a number
of sponsors, including the Senior
Class. Blue Key and Cardinal Key,
new a defunct organization, began
joint sponsorship of the affair in
the early '40's, and continued until
last year. Sphinx honorary was
established on this campus in
1935 and never, jointly or other­wise,
sponsored a Skit Night until
last year, when Cardinal Key be­came
defunct and Blue Key allow­ed
them to enter in Cardinal Key's
place.
During the period in which Blue
Key sponsored the activity with
Cardinal Key, its usual percentage
of the profits was 75 per cent.
While co-sponsoring with Cardinal
Key, Blue Key sometimes received
as much as 90 per cent. However,
since Sphinx needed assistance in
getting off to a good Mortar-
Board-petitioning start last year,
they were given 40 per cent.
(2.) Sphinx appointed its chair­man
for Skit Night last spring.
That chairman did absolutely
nothing to prepare for the event.
Following its main fall event
(Homecoming), Blue Key appoint­ed
its chairman. In the space of
time between the latter part of
last quarter and a few weeks ago,
Blue Key's chairman did all of
the preliminary work for Skit
Night. In fact, Sphinx made no
move to even contact Blue Key
until the preliminary work was a l ­most
completed, and several mem­bers'
of Blue Key had expressed
unofficial opinion that they would
like to return to the customary
75-25 split of the profits.
(3.) Upon hearing the unofficial
desires of some members of Blue
'Key, Sphinx members stated that
Hhey'had no intention of returning
to the customary split, and that
they even wished for the profits
to be split 50-50. A meeting be­tween
representatives was arrang­ed
to settle the matter.
(4.) Each of the honoraries met
separately to compute what they
considered a fair share to receive.
Blue Key decided upon 70-30.
(5.) On the night before the
scheduled meeting between repre­sentatives,
Pan Hellenic held a
meeting in which they voted to
withdraw sororities from Skit
Night, if Sphinx was not satis­fied
with the results of the ap­proaching
meeting. The subject
was brought up in the meeting by
Joyce Goff, a member of Sphinx.
Other than Goff, two other mem­bers
of Sphinx (Carolyn Cosby and
Betty Coleman) participated in the
discussion and advocated such a
move.
(6.) The proposal was voted up­on
after hearing only Sphinx's side
and without a consultation be­tween
the Pan Hellenic represen­tatives
and members of the re­spective
sororities. In certain
cases the sororities empower their
representatives to the council with
the power to vote without consul­tation.
It is the general rule for
sororities to back decisions' made
in such cases. The action is there­fore
hard to reverse or change.
(7.) Even though the action was
taken by the council in such haste
that only one side was heard and
there was no consultation, it is
binding. This is due to a rule
passed last year, giving the Coun­cil
the power to determine in what
activities sororities may or may
not participate.
(8.) Representatives of Sphinx
entered into the joint meeting with
Blue Key the next day with A
knowledge of the action taken the
night before. Blue Key did not. In
the meeting, Blue Key presented
several reasons why they felt that
a 70-30 division was proper.
Among these reasons were:
"(A) In the past, the members
of Sphinx honorary have not
carried their share of the load as
far as making the preparations
and doing the actual work in put­ting
on Skit Night. (B) Blue Key
has a greater need for the funds
derived from Skit Night due to the
increased cost of Homecoming ex­penses.
(C) Because of greater
needs, it has been customary in
the past for Blue Key to receive a
greater percentage than 60 per­cent."
On the other hand, Sphinx rep­resentatives
presented only one
reason to justify their request, that
being that since the event was
sponsored jointly by the two or­ganizations,
the profits should be
divided 50-50. After much ado,
Sphinx finally stated that they
would be satisfied with the same
proportion they received last year.
(9.) Upon offering to accept the
same amount, Sphinx stated that
if Blue Key did not meet their
terms, Sphinx would withdraw
from the sponsorship of Skit Night,
and, in turn, the sororities would
withdraw from participation. Blue
Key representatives, having no
knowledge of the action of the
Council on the night before, failed
to find the reasons for granting a
60-40 split sufficient.
(10.) Miss Betty Cosby, assistant
dean of Women, is currently ad­visor
to Sphinx honorary. Prior to
Tuesday of last week, she had dis­cussed
the matter of Blue Key's
request for a 75-25 split with
members of Sphinx.
(11.) Miss Betty Cosby, assist­ant
dean of women, is currently
advisor to the Pan Hellenic Coun­cil.
Subjects to be discussed in the
Council meetings must be placed
on the calendar prior to the meet- -
ing. It is the general practice for
Miss Cosby and the president of
the Council to discuss the subjects
on the calendar before each meet­ing.
(12.) In an interview with this
columnist Friday morning, Miss
Betty Cosby, assistant dean of
women, declined to make any of­ficial
comment concerning the
matter.
The above facts just about cover
the case in full. After considering
said facts, there are a number of
questions which come to mind and
remain unanswered.
Just exactly what is the relation
between Sphinx honorary and the
the Pan Hellenic Council except
that they have three members in
common, they both draw their
membership from the same sex,
and they have the same advisor?
Since when has Pan Hellenic
Council entered into the financial
business of Sphinx honorary?
Since when has the Pan Hellenic
Council become ;a pressure group
to obtain a contractual bargaining
power for Sphinx honorary?
After only one year of partici­pation,
exactly why does Sphinx
honorary consider itself in a po­sition
to take such a stand on their
share of the proceeds?
What part did the assistant dean
of women play in the affair?
Why have the women Greeks
been taken in by the Sphinx prop­aganda,
which borders on emo­tionalism?
The Sign Post
Not For Sale
By Red Provost
As I Was Saying
Negro College Makes Strides
By Jack Boozer
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Talladega College for Negroes is
fortunate to have Miss Margaret
Montgomery as head of its news
bureau and Miss Scot as its li­brarian.
Because of a common in­terest,
I had the privilege of meet­ing
these individuals last week in
Talladega where they explained to
me some of the details of their
college's educational work.
The institution has roughly 350
students enrolled at the present
time and operates on the quarter
system. Paradoxically, it is rated
higher from an academic stand­point
than most of the state sup­ported
schools which function on
a collegiate basis in Alabama.
Founded in 1868 by the Ameri­can
Missionary Society, under the
auspices of the Freedman's Bu­reau,
the college has seen hectic
days, yet it has survived and
grown. Still under the supervision
of the American Missionary So­ciety,
it derives the greater part of
its financial support from the par­ent
society, endowments, tuition,
and the United Negro College Ap­peal.
From the latter of these, I
believe the school is to derive
$286,000 this year.
find.
. .... i. $1.00—.1 months, J.1.00 year
The occasion for my visit to
Talladega relates to William Luke,
one of the institution's early facul- > ing Jtf forthwith:
ty members who was lynched at ',', "$>;
Cross Plains (Piedmont), Ala- .
bama in 1870 along with six other
men. For some time I have been
working on a brief history of this
town and I needed data about
Luke in order to complete the re­construction
phase of my "literary"
effort.
Miss Montgomery was most
courteous and filled in many of the
details for she has been working
on the subject for many years and
has accumulated a tremendous
amount of material. She really
should write the incident up into
a book for it would make fasci­nating
reading.
Luke was an Irishman who lived
in Canada, but who moved to
Talladega in 1869 as a minister and
Negro school teacher. Later placed
in charge of a Negro school at
Cross Plains, he was lynched there
on July 11, 1870, along with six
Negroes on the charge that he had
incited a riot.
Given ten minutes in which to
prepare for his death, he spent part
of the time praying and the other
part writing a letter to his wife in
Canada. To me, this letter is one
of the most effective examples of
the English language ever written,
excluding none. On the supposition
that, -{here may be some who will
t interesting, I am present-
Suppose you are in a wreck to­day,
and end up in the infirmary,
minus a great deal of your blood,
which happens to be of an unusual
type. Suppose that there isn't a
drop of that type available in Lee
County at the time, and that if
you don't get a transfusion in three
hours, you've had it.
Well, don't throw in the towel,
because you're
not t h e first
who has been
in a situation
like that. The
infirmary calls
the R e d Cross
Regional Blood
Center in At­lanta,
and re­veals
your sad
plight.
The Regional
Center, via the
Georgia State Patrol, rushes the
required juice to the Georgia-Ala­bama
line, where an Alabama
State Patrol car is waiting to re­lay
it to Drake Infirmary. Two
Provost
hours after the telephone call to
Atlanta, you are receiving the
blood, free, gratis, and for noth­ing.
Now, an even more remarkable
fact. The above would have held
true if you had your wreck in
Yuma, Ariz., or Oil City, Pa., or
anywhere else in the States. The
only difference would be that you
would have to pay the hospital or
doctor who administers the treat­ment—
something you would ex­pect
to do even if you hadn't lost
any blood. But one thing should
be understood. You do not, under
any circumstances, pay one cent
for Red Cross blood. It can't be
bought. '
The mistaken idea that the Red
Cross sells blood can be traced to
the fact that many hospitals, in
their itemized bills, often record
the charge for services under the
simple word, "Blood." This natur­ally
leads the patient to believe
that he has paid for the blood
itself. Also, there are commercial
blood banks scattered around
which are sometimes mistaken for
Red Cross centers.
You may wonder how the Red
Cross can afford to operate under
that system. The reasons can be
summarized briefly—you don't re­ceive
money for the blood you
give; collection operating costs are
sustained by funds from the reg­ular
Red Cross fund drives; all
Red Cross workers in each county,
except for one executive secretary,
are unsalaried volunteers.
Blood is always a critical na­tional
resource. The fighting in
Korea is over, but we at home
jghed an enormous amount of blood
on our own hook. In addition,
through t h e advancements of
science, many valuable derivatives
are being isolated "from blood, one
of the most important being
gamma globulin.
Auburn did very well in last
year's drive, exceeding the 1000-
pint goal by 251 pints. We can do
even better this year. Will you
take the time to save a life?
Executive Cabinet Report
Senate Forms Investigation Committee
By Doug Lunsford
,tona, Ala. July 11, 1870. My
{(Continued on page 7)
The executive hall was rela­tively
silent during the Cabinet's
weekly meeting last Wednesday at
5 o'clock.* The reports were very
brief, since everyone was in a
rush to get back to his work for
the activities near at hand such as
Religious Emphasis Week, Campus
Blood Drive, and Village Fair.
Realizing that the members of
the cupboard had very little, if
any news to offer, I turned deaf
ears upon all their reports and
proceded to the Solons of the
Senate for my news. Here, as is
usually the case, my efforts were
well rewarded.
Immediately, I found that all
the rumors were true after all. The
Senate did have an Investigation
Committee. This committee com­posed
of Bob "McCarthy" Mayo,
George "Kefauver" Mize, and
Jimmy "Hoover" Rosser has been
set up to investigate pre-registra-tion
for Sophomores. This com­mittee
will not investigate the ad­ministration,
the faculty, nor the
student body. Rather, it has been
set up as a result of a grievance
presented to the Senate by mem­bers
of the Sophomore class. This
committee will investigate the
matter, and present a report cover­ing
all phases of the problems,
(disadvantages as well as advan­tages)
without drawing any con­clusions.
The Senate wll in turn
make recommendations to the par­ties
concerned as to their findings.
In their efforts to obtain com­plete
representation, a new po­sition
has been added, to the Sen­ate.
This position is a seat in the
Senate for the President of Mag­nolia
Hall. At present this po­sition
is filled by Allen Casey.
Allen* heads the Magnolia Hall
Senate, and represents the resi­dents
of Mag Hall in Student
Government by also having a po­sition
on the Cabinet.
There were two appointments
made at the last meeting to fill
existing vacancies. Hoppy Middle-ton
was appointed superintendent
(Contained on page 7)
i
Players Schedule Mammouth Project
For Winter Quarters Show Program
By Sam Houston
One of the most ambitious projects to occur in quite a
while on this campus is being undertaken by the Auburn
Players, API's theatre gVoup.
To celebrate its 35th season, the Players are in the process
of putting together three plays. The first, "Here We Come
Gathering," an English farce, ' _. . TT „ _• .„ ,
of Biggin Hall. It will be a
theatre-in-the-round type of pro­duction.
>
This particular style of presen­tation
is known as central stag­ing
and consists of the audience
sitting completely around a low,
circular stage with the players
acting in the middle.
concluded its three-day run two
weeks ago with excellent attend,
ance. "Private Lives" and "Death
Takes A Holiday," are scheduled
to be presented next.
To the uninitiated, three plays
in one quarter may seem a trivial
affair. However, t h e constant
practice, building of scenery, cos­tuming,
and immense technical
difficulties add up to a tremen­dous
number of hours spent just
to produce 80 or 100 minutes of
drama or comedy behind the
footlights.
Following the first production,
"Private Lives," a slightly risque
comedy with its setting in Paris,
begins its run on February 10 and
. plays till the 20th.
Another 'First'
Another "first" at Auburn is the
type of staging to be used. The
famous play. that added another
laurel to Talullah Bankhead's
wreath of superb roles will be
shown in the art exhibition room
It gives the interesting effect of
being right in the middle of the
scene.
Along with the play, an exhibit
of water-colors will line the walls.
The paintings will be by Keith
McPheeters, assistant professor of
architecture.
Technically Difficult
Technically, the most difficult
offering in some time will follow.
"Death Takes A Holiday," a
comedy-drama with a setting in
an Italian villa, will be shown at
the Y-Hut, February 24-March 6.
The amount of scenery and heavy
lighting equipment necessary for
the staging will preclude any in-
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HAPPILY ACCEPTING the award given him for his one hun­dredth
performance with the Auburn Players is Don Cain, Haley-ville
senior in dramatics. Telfair B. Peet, professor of dramatics,
presents the make-up kit donated by the Players.
Red Cross Sees Subversive Motives
Behind Dissemination Of Rumors
"Vicious" criticism of the American National Red Cross
was the subject of much concern to the organization at its
twenty-eighth annual convention last year.
•With the annual blood drive to be held on campus Feb­r
u a r y 23-24, The Plainsman, in an effort to help curb un­founded
rumors, reprints here an
excerpt from a story from The
Washington Post covering part of
the convention.
. . . At the final plenary session,
two Red Cross governors denoun­ced
the "alarming" wave of rum­ors
against the agency and its
services.
Hugh N. Clayton, of New Al­bany,
Miss., said some of the ru­mors
may be "subversively in­spired."
Typical of the rumors, he
said, are false allegations that the
Red Cross charges for blood in
Korea and elsewhere, sells cigar­ettes
to combat soldiers, and dis­penses
coffee at 15 cents a cup.
Clayton said, "I h a v e been
appalled by the viciousness of the
terminology in letters received by
the Red Cross."
•
He said that the complaints are
so consistent and widespread that
the Red Cross suspects a subver-ive
plot. He added, "Some gov­ernment
agencies are concerned
tent of making it a road show.
If this still'doesn't appear to be
too much work, it might be noted
that by the end of the quarter, 33
showings will have been present­ed
on the campus. Counting the/-
grass roots circuit, a total of 43-
presentations will have been
made.
and wonder whether the Red
Cross is the ultimate agency at
which the rumors are directed."
John W. Pearsall, of Richmond,
Va., urged Red Cross members to
"declare war on these un-Amer­ican
untruths."
He said the Red Cross recently
investigated 24 complaints that
the agency sold blood in Korea.
It was determined, by sworn af­fidavit,
that 17 were "deliberate"
lies;" two cases stemmed from
hearsay, and five from misun­derstandings.
. . .
AEA To Elect Veep
Members of the Alabama Edu­cation
Association h e r e voted
Friday, Jan. 22, for candidates for
vice-president of AEA.
According to an announcement
by Dr. W. L. Davis, professor of
education and vice-president of
the local AEA, arrangements have
been made for votes to be cast
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Thach
Hall, Room 223; Comer Hall,
Room 223, a n d Ramsay Hall,
Room 211.
Qqmmittee chairmen in charge
of, voting are David N. Bottoms,
Ben F. Alvord, and Grover T.
Nichols.
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Next to Young's Laundry on N. College
Biggin Hall 'Mural'
Arouses Discussion
i'By Dolly Fulkerson
'Much recent discussion con­cerns
the " m u r a l " located on
t h e r e a r wall of a second-floor
drafting room in Biggin Hall.
The " m u r a l " is reported to be
a ' product of industrial art,
architecture, and interior design
students. It was first noticed
when the building was opened
after the weekend.
Composed of fish, triangles and
lines, straight and otherwise, the
"mural" has been termed a "gra­phic
expresion of student feel­ing."
The general consensus is
that the students who make Big­gin
Hall their headquarters feel
that their work is suffering from
the lack of freedom allowed them
in the building.
Smoking is prohibited in the
classrooms, and cokes are not to
be consumed within the building.
Many students state that one
source of complaint is the fact
that the building is closed at 11
p.m. on weekdays, and from 6
p.m. on Saturday until Monday
morning, forcing ambitious stu­dents
who wish to work late to
pack up their cumbersome art
equipment and seek refuge else­where.
Of the "mural" itself,'one in­structor
was heard to remark,
"The composition is right good in
spots, but whoever put that green
triangle in the middle has no soul."
Resembles 'Shirt Factory'
Students say they have trouble
acquiring the needed amount of
inspiration w h e n working in
rooms which resemble/ a'x"shirt
factory." It seems that they ob­ject
to the clinical apeparance of
the long rooms, white walls and
resounding acoustics.
One student expressed his feel,
ings much as he thought a small
child would, "You wouldn't let us
do what we want to with and in
the building, so look what we did
to the walls. Now what you going
to do about it?"
Just what is going to be done
about 'it, no one seems to know at
present. After viewing this ex­pressive,
if not impressive, mast­erpiece,
Dean Orr held a repre­sentative
meeting with some of
the students.
As yet, no penalties have been
announced, and no committee of
students armed with paint brushes
and buckets has been organized.
The situation is stijl hanging in
mid-air and so is the 'mural."
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, January £7, 1954
Statistician On Campus
To Consult Ag Men
For t h e second consecutive
year, Professor George W. Sne-decor,
one of America's foremost
statisticians, is here at the API
Agricultural Experiment Station
to consult with and advise staff
members and graduate students
on statistical methods during the
winter quarter.
Professor Snedecor, f o r m er
head of the statistical laboratory
at Iowa State College, is here un.
der the auspices of the General
Education B o a r d , Institute of
Statistics, Consolidated Universi­ties
of North Carolina; and the
API Agricultural Experiment
Station. He has been a pioneer in
statistical methods and is author
of a much used text on the sub­ject.
He is an alumnus 01 both the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and the University of Alabama.
ATTENTION
COLLEGE MEN AND FACULTY
Your attention is called to the going-out-
of-business sale of Hearn's Clothing
Store in Opelika.
Stock consists of nationally advertised
brands for men and young men—also boys.
Going-out-of-business sale will start
Thursday morning, January 28 at 900 a.m.
and will continue until further notice.
Come in and replenish your wardrobe
with quality merchandise at going-out-of-business
prices.
DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND!
HEARN'S CLOTHING STORE
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Auburn-Opelika
Drive-In Theatre
Gates Open 6:30 p.m.
Picture Starts: 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
January 29-30
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Two facts explain why Luckies taste
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means fine tobacco . . . light, mild, good-tasting
tobacco. Second, Luckies are ac­tually
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Eavesmen To Clash With Gators
On Gainesville Court Friday Night
By Ronald Owen
1 Joel Eaves' cagers have a score to s e t t l e with the Florida
Gators down in Gainesville Friday night and the chances
seem favorable that the Plainsmen will come out on .the
long end oi' t h e score. • •'
The Gators took the aspiring young men from the Plains
twice last season, both times by a
By Ronald Owen, Sports Editor
Scandals, Rules Changes Causing
Drastic Damages To Basketball Sport
When the big basketball scandal broke a few years back
and John Law started putting the bite on some of the big
time college players for taking bribes, it meant an about face
for the hardwood game.
Steadily, with alarming speed, t h e popularity of the na­tion's
number one indoor sport has decreased—to such a point that
unless something is done in the near future the game will "oblivionize."
Madison Square Garden, the place where college and professional
basketball first grew wings, felt the first reaction. It appeared as
though the people had lost faith in the players and coaches and large
crowds began to be a rarity, rather than the rule.
Even for those who loved the game and continued their support
some of the appeal was gone. No longer was it looked upon as a sport,
but rather as the business it really was. Still it wasn't just the lack
of confidence that caused the fans to stay away. It was even more a
change in the mechanics of the game.
The "quick whistle" has changed basketball from a fast moving
sport to a long drawn out affair with frequent interruptions. Down
here in deepest Dixie, when the scandal failed to wield any blows,
over-anxious referees have caused a great deal of discontent among
fans. People get mighty tired of seeing play stopped three or four times
a minute because of minor fouls.
The "one and one" rule regarding free throws has lent very little
in running the score up, though it has had some effect. That rule,
which practically nobody understands or approves of, is just another
factor in slowing the game down. A short life is predicted, though,
for this rule.
It all adds up to a case of sickness for basketball. Something in
the form of one platoon will have to be done and soon.
Plainsmen No Cinderella Team
Auburn's climb up the ladder to football fame the past season
only slightly, resembled a Cinderella type story. Mainly because it
had an unhappy ending. . . . a couple of them.
But, it's added proof to the fact that the rise to stardorr^ in 99
percent of the cases, is no easy jaunt. A team seldom develops into a
football powerhouse overnight, rising from the bottom of the pile to
the top in one<season. It takes time, friends, but the Plainsmen are
definitely on the way.
Still, with the loss of those last two games, the X and Y teams
of Shug Jordan's set 14 new school records and accomplished quite
a few noteworthy feats. Namely:
Auburn's 257 points during the 1953 season was tops in the con­ference
and set a new school record for the most points scored by a
Tiger team since Auburn has been in the SEC.
Only two sophomores were nameaVon the first string All South­eastern
Conference team last season and both were from Auburn.
They were tackle Frank D'Agostino and end Jim Pyburn.
Auburn led the entire nation in percentage of interceptions
during the '53 season. The Plainsiflan grabbed 20 of the 127 passes
thrown against them for a 15.7 percentage.
Auburn intercepted 20 passes during the past season and re­turned
them 380 yards, 21 yards short of LSU's nation-leading mark
of 401 yards.
Jim Pyburn caught 25 passes to finish second behind Georgia's
John Carson in the conference and 15th in the nation.
Auburn's 1952 football team finished last in offense in the SEC.
Last season the Plainsmen reversed this by being the best offensive
team in the conference averaging 339.8 yards per game during the
season. ,
Auburn enjoyed its best football season since 1935 by winning
seven, losing two and tieing one. The 1935 Tigers won eight and
lost two.
Sophomore left halfback Fob James, Jr., had the best rushing aver­age
in the SEC for the 1953 season. The 170-pound speedster aver­aged
6.7 yards per try, running 72 times for 482 yards.
* * *
Sports schedules, both football and basketball, are taking a spot
in the news this week as far as Auburn's concerned. The football
schedule is new, and drawing various comments ranging from dis­like
to wonder. The remaining basketball's schedule, if one takes a
close look, is good—and rough.
Joel Eaves' cagers meet nothing but SEC teams from here on in,
and all but one of those games count in official conference standings.
The sad part is that only six of the remaining 12 games will be played
in Auburn. Kentucky, who comes up on the menu February 27, will be
played in the Montgomery Coliseum. »
Kentucky, by the way, also is conspicious on the football
schedule, since next year's meeting is the first between the two
schools since 1935. The Wildcats, along with Florida State Uni­versity
and Chattanooga University, replace Stetson, Ole Miss
and Mississippi State on the Plainsman schedule.
That leaves Auburn with only six SEC games on the agenda for
1954. The two Mississippi teams, arch rivals of Auburn's for years,
were dropped because crowds sometimes weren't as big as was ex­pected—
so rumors say. But the fact remains that beating FSU or
Chattanooga won't mean half as much as would a win over either of
the Mississippi teams.
So, Chattanooga, no slouch by any means, and FSU are scheduled
to be played in Auburn. A near sellout crowd can be expected in
Cliff Hare Stadium next season for any game . . . whether it be a
junior college or Notre Dame.
skin-of-the-teeth margin. B ut
that "Vvas last year, and the bas-ketballing
Tigers from Auburn
seem to be striving for a new era.
Rick Casares, football and bas­ketball
star deluxe, is no longer
with the Florida five, but the
Gators are nobody's pushover. A
darkhorse team as far as confer­ence
play is concerned, the
Gainesyille quintet is rated as one
of the stronger SEC quintets.
Good On Road
Eaves has been getting good
performances from his veteran
squad on the road although home
play has at times been shabby.
The Plainsmen have yet to meet
a topnotch SEC team on the home
court, however, playing most of
the close games on the road.
Bob Miller, 6-6 senior transfer j
from Jacksonville, developed fast
under the tutelage of Coach Eaves
last season and has come into his
own as a pivotman this year. The
sensational center is among the
nation's top 10 in percentage of
field goals made and is placing
the Plainsmen scoring attack
with better than 18 points per
game average.
Possessor of only push shot and
tip ability while at Jacksonville,
Miller has developed, while at |
Auburn, an accurate hook shot
that makes him a doubly danger- j
ous pivotman. No turtle on the j
court, the lanky center can fake
well and is an excellent rebound
man for the Tiger quintet.
Pickling Surprises
Another pleasant surprise for
the Plainsmen this season has
been the performance of forward
Bill Fjckling. Formerly a defen­sive
and rebound specialist, the
speedy forward has turned out to
be a scoring threat in his senior
year.
the playmakers of the Tiger
team, along with John Cochran
and Bill Kirkpatrick, give the
Auburn five added emphasis with
their long-shot accuracy. Cochran
and Kirkpatrick started slow this
season but in recent games seem
to have regained their old eye for
the basket.
Turner
Eaves has also been getting good
service from senior center Jim
Martin and f r e s h m a n guard
Henry Sturkie. Both are frequent
substitutes f o r the Plainsman
Jack Turner and Jim O'Donnell, I five.
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llajnsmen Roll Over
ieorgia Tech Five
By Carmer Robinson
Auburn's bristling T i g er
hoopsters clawed t h e loose
ends from a scrappy Georgia
Tech team and unravelled the
impotent Jackets on t he
Sports Arena floor to the tune
of 80-56. The Atlanta cagers never
teriously threatened the fired-up
plainsmen as Coach Joel Eaves
jbleared the bench, allowing subs
to play most of the one-sided af­fair.
H,
I] Towering Bob Miller paced the
Auburnites as he ramrodded 20
points before relinquishing the
floor. John Cochran, the Gadsden
gunner, dipped in 13 tallies before
retiring/. Bill Kirkpatrick nested
in 10 counters for the Villagers.
The remaining points were dis­tributed
over a host of reserves.
Howard Snead led Coach Wack
Hyder's youthful Georgians with
an eight point total.
The Plainsmen waltzed to an
early lead and were out front 17-8
at the end of the initial stanza.
The Tiger tempo increased during
the second rendition and the Vil­lage
quintet left the court at the
half with a substantial 44-23 mar­gin.
The Auburn second stringers
matched the Atlantians point for
point in the third game as the
score board flicked 17 more coun­ters
for both squads. In the last
round the Plainsmen punched 19
points through for their total of
80 while the Yellow Jackets chalk­ed
up 16 more points to contribute
to their 56-point finish.
For the Villagers, the win was
more than a victory; it was an
anniversary present for Coach and
Mrs. Joel Eaves eighth celebra­tion.
According to Mrs. Eaves,
nothing could have been a more
fitting present.
The Plainsmen post ten triumphs
thus far, having been spilled on
four occasions. In SEC competi­tion
the Village Tigers have a re­spectable
2-2 record.
6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, January 27, 1954
Basketball 'Bees'
Boast Three Wins
By Max Rosenberg
Auburn's basketball "B" team,
a reconstruction of the old fresh­man
team, eyes the remaining
five-game schedule with an un­beaten
record, having scored two
victories over Gunter Field and
one over the Georgia Tech Yellow
Jacket Bees.
This year's "B" team, one which
allows freshmen and non-varsity
v
upper-classmen to participate, if
the first at Auburn under' Joe!
Eaves' administration. Coached by
Bill Lynn, the "B" team has uti­lized
only two varsity men, Tabby
Beatty and Mack Lee, in the threr
conquests so far this season.
The remaining schedule is:
Jan. 30—Livingston, there
Feb. 6—Livingston, here.,
Feb. 8—Ga. Tecrr*'B", there.
Feb. 12—Ala. "B", there.
Feb. 24—Ala. "B", here.
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Howard Elmore Short
Professor of Church History,
The College of the Bible, Lex­ington,
Ky.—Minister, teacher,
lecturer. Delegate to World Luth­eran
Foundation Assembly, Han­over,
Germany, a n d to Third
World Conference on Faith and
Order (World Council of Church­es)
in Sweden, 1952. Author of
"Doctrine and Thought of the
Disciples of Christ" and "Chris­tian
Unity Is Our Business."
Willis Raymond Woolrich
Dean of Engineering, Director
of Bureau of Engineering Re­search
and Professor of Mechan­ical
Engineering, University of
Texas—Member, Council of Am­erican
Society of Engineering
Education and National Research
Council. Member, Sigma Xi, Tau
Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, National j
Society of Professional Engineers,
National Society of Practical Re­frigeration
Engineers.
On/Tueday, Feb. 2, the follow­ing
convocations will be held at
9 a.m.: "A Christian Looks at the
World Situation"—U n i o n Ball
Room; "A Christian Approach to
an Understanding of the Current
European Situation"—War Eagle
Theater, and "Implications for
Religion in the Broadening of the
Frontiers of Science"—Langdon
Hall. ,.*~\
Afternoon Features Seminars
Seminars on "Is God Neces­sary?"
conducted by Rabbi Jer­ome
B. Cohen in the Union Ball
Room, and "Why Point Four Aid
for Foreign Nations" by Dean
Woolrich in Langdon Hall will be
held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, and at 3
p.m. "The Nature and Purpose of
the Church" and "The Will of
God" will be the seminar topics
of Dr. Kissling in Langdon Hall
and Mrs. G. A. Lee in the Union
Ball Room, respectively.
Birmingham News
Announces Final
Date For Contest
February 8 is the deadline
set for submitting entries for
the Birmingham News Crea­tive
Writing Contest, accord­ing
to Dr. F. T. McCann, head
of t h e English department.
Essays, poems, short stories, one-act
plays, and radio skits should
be turned in to Miss Louise Bass,
315 Samford.
Entries turned in to the API
English department will be judg­ed
by a departmental committee.
One entry in each classification
will be sent to the state comnjit-tee.
A $25 Grand Prize will be
awarded to the outstanding entry
from a 11 classifications. -First
prizes of $10 and second prizes of
$5 will be given for entries in
each classification.
Auburriites Have Won
This is the second year that the
Birmingham News has sponsored
such a contest. Auburn students
placing in the contest last year
were Larry Luchesi, second prize
short story; Laura Fulkerson,
first prize one-act play, and
Freer Sheram, third prize poem.
Entries must be in the follow­ing
classifications: essays, not
exceeding 750 words; poems, not
exceeding 24 lines; short stories,
not exceeding 1500 words; one-act
plays, and radio skits, limited
to a fifteen m i n u t e reading
period.
All entries must be typewritten,
double-spaced and on one side of
the paper only. Each entry should
have a cover page telling the
name of the contestant, age of the
contestant and class in school,
name and address of school, clas­sification
of entry, name and ad­dress
of parents, name of English
teacher, and name of the head of
the school attended.
Accepted entries become the
Leah Marie Rawls
Wins More Laurels
California, Canada, Acapul-co—"
Rebel" Rawls takes t h em
all!
Leah Marie Rawls, 18-year-old
second quarter freshman
in education f r o m Birming­ham,
scored another smashing
victory in water ski competition
to further enhance her title of
Women's Water Ski Champion of
the World.
Leah, "Rebel" as she is known
due to the confederate enblems
which adorn her ski equipment,
proved that the place, time, and
clime in no way affected her re­markable
water skiing ability as
she walked off—or rather skiied
off with the Mexican Water Ski
Championship December 13 at
Acapulco, Mexico.
Completing a sweep of major
water events for 1953, Leah out­pointed
Anita Marinez Buenfield,
1400 points to 1200. On the way
she set a new national record by
clearing 54 feet, bettering the old
mark held by Willa McQuire of
Cyprus Gardens, Fla, by six feet.
' This ' marked her second big
international victory of the year,
the first being at the Canadian
Exposition. this p a s t summer
where she won t h e World's
Championship. Previous to this
she won the U.S. Championship
at Long Beach, Calif. During the
present year, Leah plans to en­ter
all-major events in the water
ski world.
D. P. Culp
property of t h e Birmingham
News, and cannot be returned.
Students wishing to have unac­cepted
entries returned should
include a stamped, self-addressed
envelope with their entry.
The contest is endorsed by the
English Teachers of Alabama,
represented by the A.E.A. De­partment
of English Teachers and
the Alabama College English
Teachers Association.
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Yvonne De Carlo
News and Cartoon
Dr. Culp Enters
State-wide Race
Dr. D. P. Culp, professor of edu­cation
at API since 1951, an­nounced
here that he plans to
resign Jiis position with the col­lege
and qualify as a candidate for
the office of state superintendent
of education..
Dr. Culp began his teaching ca­reer
in a one-teacher school. He
served as teacher and principal in
schools in Chilton and Butler
counties and was superintendent
of education in Chilton County
from 1942 to 1946. From 1946 to
1951 he was a member of the pro­fessional
staff of the Alabama
State Department of Education.
In announcing his intentions to
qualify for the state superintend-ency
Dr. Culp said, "I believe that
efficient, effective progress in edu­cation
in Alabama can be made
only through cooperative efforts
of professional and lay people in
facing problems of school finance,
better school facilities, and im­proved
instruction. I will seek to
promote such efforts in order to
improve our state's educational
'As I Was Saying'
,j (Continued from page 4)
Dear Wife: I die tonight. It has
been so determined by those who
think I deserve it.^God knows I
feel myself entirely innocent of
the charge. I have only sought to
educate the Negro. I little thought
when leaving you that we should
thus part forever so far distant
from each other. But God's
will be done. He will be to you a
husband better than I have been,
and a father to our six little ones.
"There is a balance of a little
over $200 in the company's hands
o'f my money; also my trunk and
clothes are here. You may send for
these matters or let Henry come
after them.
"God of mercy bless and keep
you my dear, dear wife and
children.
"Yours—William."
system, if elected to the office of
State Superintendent of Educa­tion."
He continued, "I firmly believe
that since the public schools be­long
to and are supported by all
t h e people, school leadership
should be responsive to the total
citizenry of the state. My candi­dacy
is not being sponsored by any
individual, institution, or group,
but I have been encouraged to
qualify for the office of state
superintendent by many people
throughout the state."
A native of Chilton County, Dr.
Culp is well known in educational
circles and has served on numer­ous
state, regional, and national
committees working on problems
concerning public education.
He holds a doctor's degree in
school administration. He is mar­ried
and .has two children.
'Cabinet Report'
(Continued from page 4)
of student spirit to serve the re­mainder
of the term of Dennis Cal­houn,
who joined the ranks of
graduated alumni at the end of
the Fall Quarter. The other vacan­cy
which was caused by the resig­nation
of Sam Henderson who is
planning to exert his senatorial
ability in Uncle Sam's Infantry,
will be filled by Batey Gresham,
who will serve as sophomore sena­tor
until Spring elections.
Jim Vann, superintendent of
social affairs, reported briefly on
the plans for the social activities
now being planned in connection
with the Union Building.
George Mize, chairman of the
Dance Committee for the Union
Building, has plans well under
way for offering dancing lesson
tc interested' students. This dance
class will be under the direction
and supervision of Frank Lenore,
noted dance instructor who has
worked a number of years with
the Arthur Murray School of the
Dance. Information concerning the
details of these classes will appear
later in this column.
7—THE PLAINSMAN
Textile Students Enter
National Essay Contest
An all-expenses-paid visit to the
American Textile Machinery Ex­hibition
at Atlantic City next
April 26-30, and a $100 prize
await the Auburn student winner
of an essay contest sponsored by
"America's T e x t i l e Reporter,"
weekly textile business paper.
Textile students at API have
entered the $1,500 essay contest
which offers a $100 prize and the
free trip for'the best paper sub
mitted from each of the 10 major
textile schools,. The subject for
the essay contest is "Why Textile
Management and Operating Per­sonnel
Should Attend the Amer­ican
Textile Machinery Exhibi­tion
in 1954."
Contest winners, to be announ­ced
in the March 18 "Reporter"
along with biographical sketches
and pictures, will go to Atlantic
City through the courtesy of the
American Textile Machinery As­sociation
which sponsors the- ex­hibition.
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Wednesday, January 27, 1954
7
Hixon Passes
(Continued from page 1)
married to Mrs. Dorothy Greene
Mit«hell of Opelika.
In addition to Mrs. Hixon he is
survived by his daughter, Mrs.
Paul Sturkie, Highland Park, N.
J.; one step son, Alfred Holly
Mitchell, Auburn; two grandsons,
Charles Hixon Mitchell and Mark
Nichols Mitchell, Auburn; one
brother, S. W. Hixon, Perote; one
sister, Mrs. J. D. Rumph, Perote;
one sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank
Hixon, Pensacola, Fla., knd sev­eral
nieces and nephews.
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C-W Polls Tuskegee Students On Segregation Issue
In an e f f o r t to establish the opinions of Negro
students toward segregation, the University of Alabama
CRIMSON-WHITE published the following article. We
felt the article merited attention, and are submitting it
herewith. —Ed.
(The Crimson-White does not wish to infer by this article
t h a t the opinions expressed herein are the opinions of the
e n t i r e student body at Tuskegee I n s t i t u t e . . . t h e y are merely
t h e opinions of the persons interviewed and were w r i t t e n and
signed by them.)
By Jim Townsend
Will the Supreme Court rule
segregation in Southern schools
unconstitutional? If so, what will
be the reaction of students, both
black and white, to this sudden
integration in schools?
To help answer these questions
t h e Crimson-White dispatched
this reporter last week to Tus­kegee
to personally interview
students at the famous all-Negro
institution. Here are the results
of that trip.
Fifteen Interviewed
Fifteen colored students were
assembled in the office of the
campus paper editor. It was ex­plained
to them that the C-W
would print a completely un­biased
story and they were asked
for their honest and frank opin­ions
on the issue.
Will you come to the Univer­sity
to study if you can? What do
you think of segregation? Are
your schools equal to the whites?
Do you realize that you may not
be accepted as equals by some
whites? What do YOU think?
Cladius "Knobby" W a l k e r,
editor-in-chief of the Tuskegee
Campus Digest and a native of
Manning, S.C., had this to say on
the subject:
"It is my honest a n d frank
opinion that the hierachy of races
and any evidence used to support
it is un-Gocfly and unconstitu­tional.
I feel confident that segre.
gation is on the way out! The
question arises, 'How will inte­gration
work out?' Personally, L
don't think it is so much a ques­tion
whether you will accept us.
I think your main argument
against non-segregation is con­cerned
with inter-racial mar­riages.
"Have you ever realized that
more white men have dated and
had offspring of colored women
than have colored men of white
women?' If I can serve alongside
white people in the service—and
especially in time of war—why
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should I not be permitted to at-1 equal facilities are not enough!
tend the same schools?" Until all people can live in har-
A Negro girl, Corrine McNeal, ijnony, education—whether facili.
from Way nesburg, O h i o , was
asked for her opinion. '"How do I
feel about segregation jn schools?
I believe that it is wrpng. I feel
certain that it won't last long be­cause
America will not long ig­nore
such an evil. All Americans
should feel free to Select any
school of their choice and should
be judged on qualifications and
not by their'color.'.' i
Education Prof Speaks
Vernor McDaniel, a professor of
education at the Institute, has his
M.A. degree from Atlanta Uni­versity
and is working on his
doctor's now. ". . . Segregation is
psychologically damaging, both to
the person segregated and to the
person who does the segregating.
Those victims of segregated social
and legal restrictions are condi­tioned
to under-value their po­tential
contributions to society.
The persons who segregate be­come
possessed of a superiority
complex, by reason of their su­perior
status. •
Hate In The Background
"In the background of all seg­regated
ideas must necessarily be
a strong feeling of hate. And the
presence of hatred has the psy­chological
e f f e c t of reducing
man's reasoning powers and pre­vents
attainment of the ideal
state—happiness a n d content­ment.
Those who become satur­ated
with hatred lose all ration­al
power and often perform
acts which we ordinarily call silly
or crazy.
"For example, some states have
decided to abandon millions of
dollars worth of school property
and burden tax payers with ad­ditional
millions to continue."
Gwendolyn Martinez, a senior
from Shreveport, La., doesn't
think she would attend the Uni­versity
if she could. An English
major, she feels that Tuskegee
offers what she seeks and prefers
to study there. She stated that
she would transfer if the Univer­sity
offered a course of study
which she could -«6t pursue at the
Institute. Says Gwendolyn, "Seg­regated
school systems are the
South's greatest problem.
Equal Facilities Not Enough
"Many believe that if' more
adequate or 'ecjuar facilities ate
provided for Negro students, the
education of the youth of' the
South will be' 'equal/ I say thai
ties are equal or
Served its purpose.
not—has not
; "I think we need integration,"
gays Randal] Pippen, editor of the
school annual from New Jersey,
"and I t h i n k non-segregated
schools are on the way. It will
be a great step toward making
fihpse of us who have not yet real­ised
it, realize that we are all
Americans."
Arthur Scavella, president of
Tuskegee's student body, had this
to say on the subject: "Integra­tion
in the public schools will be
a big step in the direction of total
integration of the races. It would
provide opportunities for a more
varied association of Negroes with
whites which' would inevitably
lead to a better understanding
between the two races.
"Attending school together, the
races will develop a greater em-nathy
toward each other which
havior of the individuals. This
will hold true for the 'newly-will
clear up much misunder­standing
and confusion which now
prevails."
Non-Segregation Necessary
A Georgia boy, Joe Saunders,
thinks t h a t non-segregation is
necessary. It is a big step, he says,
but a step which the U.S. must
sooner or later take. In regard to
a sudden ruling of the Supreme
Court, Saunders says, "There
seems to be a great deal of con­cern
about whether there will be
a desire on the Negroes' part for
complete social integration . . .
marriage, dating, etc.
"This should be quieted by the
fact that in most Northern schools
8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, J a n u a r y 27, 1954
where there is non-segregation
there remains that 'consciousness
of kind, which dictates the be-integrated'-
Negro if the ruling
comes."
Robert Tilghman, Philadelphia,
Pa.: "We need total integration.
I believe that we, the Negro race,
will accept it in its totality."
David L. Smith, a senior from
Fort Worth, Texas, t h i n k s he
would like to attend an integrat­ed
school. Smith says, "There I
would get a chance to live and
know other types of people and
the competition would be stiffer."
Ability Recognition
Isaac Curtis feels that he would
be both "nervous and anxious" if
He entered the University as a
freshman. "However." says this
senior, "as a graduate student I
think I could make myself recog_
nized on the basis of my ability.
"I have been trained to work in
integrated schools. I believe in
the dignity of the individual re-gardles
of race or religion. I be­lieve
that segregation is foolish,
inconsistent, and unconstitution­al."
Charles S t e p h e n s , business
manager of the paper from New
York City thinks this way, "Seg­regation
is something born by
man to place himself in a posi­tion
to make others feel as if
they must come to him for their
wants. I think segregation is not
necessary and if abolished, will
pave the way for higher educa­tional-
standards in our schools."
The general opinion of the
group interviewed was that seg­regation
in schools in unconstitu­tional
and that it will be abolish­ed.
The members of this group
expressed the opinion that the
change would not and could not
be effected overnight, and they
felt that if segregation is abol­ished,
society as a whole will
benefit by it.
THE DU PONT
DIGEST
Plant
Development
Offers Training and Opportunity
John Purdom, M.S. in Ch.E., Ohio State '48 {right), confers with other engineers on the
progress of a new plant.
Robert Thornton (left), B.S. in Ch.E., Univ.
of Va. '50, David S. Rumiey (center), M.S.
in Ch., Univ. of Mich. '48, and Reno M.
LeClair (right), M.S. in Ch. E., M.I.T. '61,
test samples on an experimental batch unit.
tion and operation of a pilot plant.
But this time, engineers from the
Production Division arranged for a
limited-scale plant test, using a spare
batch still and a crystallizer on a
part-time basis. Two months of test­ing
confirmed the previous data—the
new distillation-crystallization process
recovered adipic acid efficiently, and
would reduce costs considerably. The
plant is now using this process suc­cessfully.
That's how one young chemical
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Du Pont Plant Development group.
The job of such groups is to make
processes and equipment more effi­cient,
to adapt products to new uses,
and to improve product quality.
Plant Development work not only.
offers opportunity in itself but valu­able
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A young chemical engineer recently
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Development group at Du Pont. He
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recovery of adipic acid, a nylon
i n t e r m e d i a t e , from p l a n t - w a s te
streams.
First, he made a literature survey
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methods came under consideration:
solvent extraction, crystallization, and
a combination distillation-crystalliza­tion
process. He helped to set up a
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evaluate them.
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inconclusive. It was decided to go
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laboratory work. %
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materials of construction,
steam and water requirements, heat-transfex
coefficients, yields, product
quality, and pollution problems.
The semi-works data revealed that
the distillation-crystallization process
was the most economical, and also
gave the best product quality. Usual­ly,
the next step would be construc-
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