1957-01-30 The Plainsman

              Tlw A.P.L
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME 85 Alabama Polytechnic Institute ' AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1957 8 Pages NUMBER 16
Beaux Arts Bali To Offer
Dancing, Prizes Friday
King And Queen
To Be Crowned
By Kinnie Holmes
Costumes! Dancing! Prizes!
Those will be the highlights
of this year's annual Beaux
Tickets 'Go Fast'
For Polgar Show
Coming Feb. 13,14
Tickets for the Polgar perform­ances,
Feb. 13 and 14, are now on
sale in room 306, Union Building.
i Tickets may also be bought from
members of the Union Program
Committee.
Ticket prices are fifty cents for
Auburn students and their wives.
Tickets for faculty members and
their wives are $1. Adults will be
admitted for faculty member
prices. Mrs. Betty Hawthorne,
Union Program Director, said,
"Polgar. tickets are going fast. I
sincerely urge anyone who wants
tickets to see about them at once."
Dr. Polgar has been hailed as
"one of the foremost hypnotists
and mental wizards in America"
by magazines throughout t he
United States. He has been fea­tured
on radio and television
shows where he has amazed audi­ences
with memory stunts, mental
telepathy feats, and hypnotic
tests.
Dr. Polgar holds degrees in
psychology from the University
of Budapest and also holds a de­gree
in economics. He is a former
student of Sigmund Freud. Al­though
he is a trained psycholo­gist,
Dr. Polgar's main objective
in his performances in entertain­ment.
,
Polgar is • so sure of his ability
that he will allow his pay check
for the evening to be hidden. He
is then dependent on mental tele-
' pathey to take home his check.
Some of the places where he has
found his cheqk are under the
upper plate of a man's denture, in
the empty chamber of a police
chief's revolver,, and in the plastic
cast of a girl's fractured ankle.
This is Polgar's second appear­ance
at Auburn. Last year he
played before capaciay crowds,
turning away some students at
each performance.
Polgar's performances will be
held at 8 p.m., Feb. 13 and 14, in
the Union Ballroom.
March Graduates
Any senior expecting to grad­uate
at the end of the present
quarter, who has not had a final
credit check in the Registrar's
Office this quarter, should do so
immediately. The deadline for
ordering diplomas for March
graduates Is Feb. 6.
Arts Costume Ball Friday.
"Anything Goes," is t h e theme
of this year's ball. According
to Bill Hogencamp, chairman
of t h e ball, the plans indicate
that the dance will be among
t h e biggest of the year.
Scarab, national professional
honorary architectual fraternity,
is in charge of organizing and
appointing committees for the
ball. Everyone is invited to the
ball, the only requirement being
that you come dressed as ANY-HING,
states Hogencamp. Tickets
are being sold by students, in
the School' of Architecture and
Arts. The prices are $1.50 per
couple and $1.00 stag.
Prizes will be given for cos­tumes
at the ball. There will be
a prize for best costumed girl
who will be crowned "Queen of
the Ball", and a prize for the
best .costumed.boy who 'will be
crowned "King of the Ball." Cos­tumes
will be judged on origi­nality
and overall effectiveness.
There will be distinctive trophies
to be awarded to fraternity, so­rority,
or independently spon­sored
groups whose collective
costumes follow a unified theme.
The trophies will be displayed
in the Union this week in one of
the showcases. One trophy, suit­able
for display, will he awarded
to the best group entry in each
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Honoraries Sponsor
Annual Skit Night
Blue Key and Mortar Board
will sponsor the annual skit night
performances on Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 27 and 27 at 7:30.
This year the affair will be held
in the UHldtt Ballroom instead of
the' Student "Activities Building^
This year there will be six so­rorities
entered instead of. the
customary five. Those entered are
Phi Mu, Alpha Omicron Pi, Al­pha
Gamma Delta, Alpha Delta
Pi, Pi Beta Phi and Zeta Tau Al­pha.
Last year's winner was Delta
Delta Delta who will not be eligi­ble
to compete in the skits but will
be represented in Sphinx Sing.
The reason for the division of
sororities, six in skit night and
five in Sphinx Sing, is the "stated
overburden of activities in pre­paring
for the various campus
events. .
Hike Student Fees, Name
, Approve More Housing
PROP-STOPPER Phillis Sheppard fearlessly relaxes against
one of the Air Force ROTC's new flight training planes. She (Phil­lis,
not the plane) is a senior in Secretarial Training from Birming­ham,
and proves to be one of the cutiest flight attachments yet.
Intramural Debate Tourney Announced;
Resolution Based On Anti-Union Conflict
Writing Contest
A contest sponsored by the
Auburn Engineer will be con­ducted
during the months of
March and April for the best
written article on any subject
pertaining to engineering or re­lated
fields. At), announcement
of the rules and prizes for the
contest will appear in the Feb­ruary
issure of the Engineer-
Auburn's tenth annual intra­mural
debate tournament will be
held Feb. 25 through 27, Charles
Gibson was elected by the Auburn
Debate Council, which is the
sponsoring^ group, to be chairman
of the tournament.
The proposition for debate-is re­solved:
That the State Legislature
of Alabama . Should ' rRgpeal (he
Right-to-Work Law. This law^ in
essence forbids discrimination in
employment on the basis of affili­ation
or non-affiliation with a la­bor
union. Similar legislation,
adopted by seventten states, has
become quite a controversy in the1,
last decade and has attracted ar­dent
adherents as well as oppon­ents.
Many articles can be found
in current litrature on the subject.
Each team will be required to de­bate
both negative and affirma­tive
during the'tournament.
All participants will enter the
same competition. Separate divi­sions
will not be provided for
fraternity, sorority or independ­ent
groups. Each organization can
enter as many teams as they de­sire.
: Each team is composed of
two participants who are full-time
undergraduate students at API.
No one who has participated in
intercollegiate debate shall be.
eligible.
Trophies will be awarded to the
first and second place teams.
These trophies will remain in the
permanent possession of t he
teams or organizations which the
teams represent. In addition, all
debaters ' who reach the semi­finals
' will receive individual
awards in the form of gold or
silver ikeys. •
John. A. Stovall, tournament
#dviVdT?-saI$ "Wehope"" t h a t ^ ou
or your group wilt take an active
part in the debate tournament.
Students are urged to enter re­gardless
of lack of previous ex­perience
in speech."
The tournament will begin
Monday, Feb. 25, and will con­tinue
until all debate founds are
completed. Detailed instructions
and entry blanks will be sent to
all organizations. Additional entry
blanks may be obtained in the
Speech "Department. All entries
must be returned to Charles Gib­son,
chairman, Intramural Debate
Committee, speech office, room
201, Samford Hall. Deadline for
entries is Feb. 15.
Caps and Gowns
Reservations for caps and
gowns must be made at the Col­lege
Book Store (Union Build­ing)
between the dates of Feb.
4-9. The cap and gown rental
fee Is payable to the College
Book Store when measurements
are taken.
Gail Leggett Named AF Honorary Commander
Presentation Made
At Ball Saturday
• Gail'Leggett, Macon, Ga., was
selected Honorary Wing Com­mander
of the Air Force ROTC
and was presented a loving cup
, by Colonel Crosthwait at the an­nual
Air Force Ball held Friday,
Jan. 25, in the Student Activities
Buiiding. ' •»
i Two Deputy Wing Command­ers,
Dyanne Carlisle, Birmingham
and Shirley Salter, Thomaston,
Ga.. were also presented at the
''Serenade in Blue" Ball.
The music of Ray Eberle, fea­tured
at this year's affair was
broadcast over WAUD. The lead-put
which included the Angel
Flight and their escorts was film­ed
for a later broadcast over the
Alabama Educational TV net­work..
A large number of cadets as
well as military persdnel of API
attended the Ball, which was
deemed a success by the general
chairman, Earle Smith..
i Action Taken
I January 22
j An increase in student fees
was approved, action was tak­en
on a $2,500,000 federal
housing project and two men's
dormitories were named at
the meeting of the API Board
of Trustees meeting held on
Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon said "the
fee increase stemmed from in­crease
costs and legislative pres­sure.
An average increase of $8
per quarter will be seen in .all
schools except those which now
have a curriculum fee of $1:50.
College' fees, which now i range
between $44-§47- per quarter, will
be increased to $55 per quarter.
Fees in the School of Veterinary
Medicine will be raised from $52
per quarter.-.to $60 per quarter.
Out-of-state "fees will be . in­creased
irom $60 per quarter to
$75 per quarter.
Even with the increase, API
fees will be lower than most land
grant colleges, according to W. T.
Ingram, business manager".
Dr Draughon pointed out that
at present Auburn students pay
30 per cent of the total cost of the
educational and operational ex­penses.
He also pointed out that
this percentage is higher than
most schools, whereas, the Auburn
student fee is lower.
Dr. A. R. Meadows, state sup­erintendent
of education and API
Board member, cast the only vote
opposing, the increase. .
His objection was based on the
school's, policy of not charging
out-of-state fees for graduate
students. Dr. Draughon said this
'policy had been in effect before
the fee increase was proposed and
did not have anything tc> do with
the fee increase.
The new fee schedule will prob­ably
be put into effect' summer
quarter 1957.
In other action, a $2,500,000 fed­eral
housing for married students
moved a step closer to reality
when the board approved a Fed­eral'
Housing and Home Financial
Agency application.
When completed the project
will be composed of 336 units of
these units, 112 will be two bed­room
units and 224 will be one
bedroom units.
The units will rent for $60-
$72.50, utilities included. Three
fully equipped laundry rooms will
be provided for tenants.
The proposed project aims to
provide more facilities for Au­burn's
1,200 married students.
In other action the board ap­proved
sale of the Hare Faculty
Apartments to the Auburn Hous­ing
Authority and the City of Au­burn.
•
In return, by agreement, the
Housing Authority will provide
construction of. 72 units to house
Auburn students.
The Auburn Housing Authority
will take over the old units Feb.
1. Tennants will then will be giv
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NOONDAY MEDITATION in the Union Building filled part of a busy schedule for Auburn
students last week during the five days of Religi ous Emphasis Activities on campus. The week serv­ed
to bring lecturers representing many faiths before the students for talks and discussions to em­phasize
the religious facet of student life.
Morrow Calls REW
'A Great Success'
At the termination of a week
of convocations, seminars, serm­ons
and discussions, this year's
Religious Emphasis Week has
been termed "a great success" by
chairman Bart Morrow.
, The theme "Choose You This
Day" was selected by a commit­tee
composed of the presidents
and workers of the various relig­ious
organizations on campus, the
ministers of Auburn's churches,
and several members of the Fac­ulty
Committee on Religious Life,
as being pertient to the many
prdblemis facing college students
today.
Eight .. prominent clergymen,
representing seven different faiths,
were invited to Auburn as guest
speakers on the principal theme.
In addition to their scheduled
sermons, the speakers conducted
informal discussion groups and
made themselves available for
personal counselling as well.
Interest- in the week's activi­ties
ran high among Auburn stu­dents
and townspeople. Churches
reported increase in attendance,
and on campus, the religious func­tions
were supported as well as,
or better than last year.
R.E.W. marked the climax of
planning which had been under
way since last spring by API's
religious groups.
ROTC Units Set
Annual Ball Date
be the honor guard for the hono-
An honorary colonel w i ll
be selected from eight beau­ties
at• the annual. Military
Ball, a joint Army, Navy, and
Air Force ROTC formal which
features music by the Colum­bus
Cavaliers this year.
The honorary colenel,. selected
from eight honorary battallion
commanders, will be presented
during the leadout at 10:30, with
the dance getting underway at 9
p.m. Saturday^ Feb. 9, in the Stu­dent
Activities Building. The Au-
Blue Key Initiates
Six New Members
Blue Key, national honor fra­ternity,
held initiation at 5 p.m.
in the music • roOm of the Union
Building on Jan. 24. A banquet
followed at 6 p.m. The speaker
was Father Sharon, who was one
of the main speakers for R.E.W.
Those initiated were Sonny Al-sup,
Mobile; Doug Hawkins, Lu-verne;
John Cooper, Caracas,
Venezuela; Hilmer Jones, Cam­den;
Ken Mattingly, Hialeah,
Fla.; Bill Sugg, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Richardson To Lead Greek Women
In Sororities' Greek Week Activities
S i GALE LEGGETT is presented with a loving cup symbolic of her having been chosen Honorary
AFROTC Commander, at the annual Air Force Ball last Friday night. Making the presentation is
Col. Crosthwait, Professor of Air Science. Pictured are Richard E. Fuller, Diane Carlisle,- Bill Ward,
Gale Leggett, Col. Crosthwait, Shirty Salter and Vaughn Nixon*
Attention Veterans
All veterans must sign for
ttheir payroll checks in the stu­dent
affairs' office, Samford 101,
between the first and fifth day
of each- month.—
Bridge Tournament
Starts On Feb. 18
Here's a chance to show your
masterfulness at bridge! On
Monday, Feb. 18 the first meet­ing
of the National Intercollegi­ate
Bridge Tournament will be
held at 7 p.m. in the Banquet
Room of the Union Building. The
tournament will be, held on Feb.
18, 19, and 21, and all undergrad­uates
of API are eligible to parti­cipate.
There is no limit of' en­trees
from any one organization.
There is a charge of fifty cents
registration fee which should be
paid in room 306 Union Building,
between 8 and 4:30 on or before
Feb. 18. Duplicate bridge will be
played and students should enter
in pairs.
Competition will be among Au­burn
students to start the Tour­nament.
The winners from Au­burn
will go on to play the win­ners
from other schools. ' As a
prize, the winners in the Auburn
tournament will receive keys and
certificates, and their names will
be engraved on a permanent
plaque in the Union Building.
Elizabeth- Richardson, AOPi
from Montgomery, will act in her
capacity as general chairman of
sorority activities in the forthcom­ing
annual Greek Week, Feb. 17-
23.
"Libbie," as she is best known,
emphasized that the .purpose of
Greek Week is to provide an op­portunity
for sorority alumnae and
the active chapters to become
closer, as well as to promote the
common interests of independent
and sorority women at Auburn.
Further goals are a greater spirit
of unity between the Greeks and j
the realization of the responsibi­lity
on the part of the sororities
and fraternities.
Committee heads with their
respective responsibilities a re
Martha Hodges, Tri Delt, and
Martha Davenport, Phi Mu, pan­els;
Daisy Golson, Chi O, Greek
dinner exchange; Jean Parker,
AOPi, and Mary Singer, ADPi,
banquet; Nancy Avar, Pi Phi,
Barbara Wellbaum, KAT, and
Martha Ponder, DZ, Panhellenic
luncheon; Carolyn Hodges, Alpha
Gam, reception and tea; Martha
Bristow, KD, sorority-dorimtory
tea; Maryelizabeth Pruitt, ZTA,
program; Jane Schauer, AOPi,
publicity; and Cynthia McArthur,
ZTA, dance.
burn Rifles, Army drill team, will
rary colonel during the leadout.
Arrangements for the ball are
being handled by Scabbard and
Blade, honorary military society.
Contributions from ROTC cadets .
are expected to pay for expe.nses,
and admission will be free to all
cadets and those persons receiving
bids' or invitations from cadets. >'
Jimmy Moates, president- of •
Scabbard and Blade says of the
ball. "We plan to make this ball-one
of the biggest ever held and
with the cooperation of all the
military personnel we will." ••:
Cpeds have 12:30 permission for
the ball. The dress is formal, with'
military personnel wearing uni­forms.
Events leading up" fO the ball are
a parade for the honorary battal­lion
commanders on Thursday, .
Feb. 8 at drill, the1 annual Scab­bard
and Blade banquet at 6 p.m.
on Friday, Feb. 8,' reception and
judging of the honorary com­manders
^at 7 p.m. in the Social
Center oh Friday, Feb. 9, and a '
party for Scabbard and Blade '
members, dates and guests at the
Pitts Hotel' after the judging.
Talent Sought
For Spring Show
If you sing, dance, play a
musical instrument, do panto­mime,
or do comedy, you?re eiigi- '
ble to be in the Spring .Show! The
names of persops wishing to par-',
ticipate in the show should'. be
turned in at room 306, Union
Building, before Feb. 5. '. • .
There is also a need for people
interested in working behind the
scenes. Anyone, interested • - .in.
planning and working with-"the^
show by writing script, lighting,1
directing, writing music, or iij i
staging, is urged to come to room.,
322 in the Union on Teusday,
Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. ,!
Over 400 Students
Plan Village Fair
Under its new organizational
plan Village Fair has become the
leading activity sponsored by Stu­dent
Government.
Over 400 Auburn students are
working on the various commit­tees
and the program has an over­all
budget of $1,930. Of the total,
$200 was donated by the Alumni
Association, $250 came from the
student body, $830 from advertis­ing
in the Village Fair program,
$200 from the college and approx­imately
$450 will be divided be­tween
the nine schools for indi­vidual
displays.
- J TRYING TO, COVER UJp the past is not alway easy; Sodfc-^
covers the cast of "Ghosts" currently being produced by the Auburn"
Players. Playing the part of maid is Becky Waitt; Faye Hakanson
plays the lead as Mrs. Alviiig. Harry Eggart portrays Mrs. Alv-.
ing's son, Oswald and George McWilliams is the pastor.',.,.'
Phi Mu, Alpha Psi, Theta Chi And Sigma Chf To Present Formals
Phi Mu Sorority
Presents Annual
Formal On Friday
' . The Alpha Mu chapter of Phi
Mu sorority will present its an­nual
winter formal this Friday
evening at the Union Ballroom.
Music will be furnished by the
Auburn Knights.
Miss Helen Appleton, president,
Albertville, will lead the dance
escorted by Bob Haynie, Bella­my.
Presentation of a bouquet of
roses to Miss Appleton will be,
made by Miss Sue Landon, in­coming
president.
Other officers and their dates
to be presented during the lead-out
include Betty Moody, Deca­tur,
escorted by David Shipley,
Greenville, Miss.; Sue Landon,
Birmingham, escorted by Jeff
Beard, Auburn; Rosaline Renfroe,
Atlanta, escorted by Jim Stroud,
Birmingham; Laura Jean Fears,
escorted by Bob Callahan, At­lanta,
Ga.; Peggy Dieters, Atlan­ta,
escorted by Tom Phillips, Bir­mingham;
Rosalee Cook, Decatur,
Ga.; Beverly McLemore, Bir­mingham,
escorted, by Eugene
Jones, Birmingham; Emily Cliet,
Childersburg, escorted by Jim
Underwood, Hawkinsville, Ga.
2—THE PLAINSMAN
HELEN APPLETON
Following the ' dance the Phi
Mu's and their dates will be en­tertained
at a breakfast given by
the Kappa Alphas.
On Saturday evening the Phi
Mu's will have a smorgasbord at
the Pitts Hotel followed by an
informal dance with music by the
Knights of Rhythm.
Theta Chi And Sigma Chi Joint Formal
To Be Held In Student Ac Building
Chi chapter of Theta Chi fra­ternity
will entertain this week
end with the annual "Dream Girl
Formal." The festivities for the
weekend will begin Friday even^
ing when the fraternity will have
dinner for members, pledges and
guests at the house.
The weekend will be highlight­ed
by the "Dream Girl" formal
dance, which is to be held jointly
with the Sigma Chi fraternity at
the Student Activities Building
on Friday night. .The leadout of
officers and •• their dates' will be
led by Miss Lucy Leland, Bir­mingham,
escorted by President
"I think Boris and Maria were
the cutest-looking couple on the
floor last night."
"Oh, were you at the dance
last night?"
"No, I went to a house party."
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1957
War Eagle
Theatre
Wed. - Thurs.
Friday - Saturday
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GAY ADVENTURE
f^M —every air///yea
mmx
Wed nesday-Th u rsday
Men made her what she was
and every man she met would
pay for it!!
'WICKED AS
THEY COME'
Starring
Arlene Dahl
Phil Carey
Features Start: 2, 3:50, 5:40, 7:30,
9:20
GEORGE NADER • JULIE ADAMS
MARIANNE COOK- EISA MARTINELU
CIA SCAIA • SYDNEY CHAPLIN
ORAMI WILLIAMS JOHN GAVIN i
Late Show Saturday
Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
Friday-Saturday
DOUBLE FEATURE
. , l v.- i I .
Mad dictator rules country with
,deadly'£aamma ray.
'THE GAMMA PEOPLE'
Also
Sex outlawed rn terrifying
world of tomorrow.
'1984'
LUCY LELAND
Sam Adams, Jr., of Montgomery.
The leadout will be climaxed by
the presentation of the new
"Dream Girl" for 1957.
The candidates for Dream Girl
are Miss Bettye Bryan, Albany,
Ga.; Miss Juna Fincher, Cullo-den,
Ga.; Miss Gail Leggett, Ma­con,
Ga.; and Miss Janice Wal­ters,
Tuskegee. The final selection
made by the members will be
announced when she is present­ed
a loving cup by the president,
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Gamma Sigma chapter of Sig­ma
Chi will hold a joint formal
with the Theta Chis Friday night
in the Student Activities Building.
The Sweetheart Ball will honor
Sigma Chi Sweetheart Miss Wy-nona
White, Livingston* Music
will be by the Columbus Cava­liers.
The annual Sweetheart Ball
will be "right up town," with dec­orations
following a New York
Fifth Avenue setting.
Miss Annalea James, Fairfax,
\yil_l. lead the. ball, escorted by
President Glen Porter, Mobile.
Other officers and their.dates are
Lewis Anderson, vice-president, CLAIRE JONES
ANNALEA JAMES
with Miss Patricia Gentry, Mobile;
Frank Mathews, secretary, with
Miss Carolyn Cooper, Montgom­ery;
Bill Bartlett, treasurer, with
Miss Sherry Snavely, Columbus,
Ga.; Herb Reed, pledge trainer,
with Past Sweetheart, Miss Su-anne
Boatwright, Montgomery.
Miss White will be escorted hy
Frank Parker, Mobile.
After the formal the Sigma Chis
will have their breakfast at the
fraternity house. Saturday's sche­dule
begins with brunch and then
PIT COOKED BAR-B-Q
ROY'S
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DINER
141 North College St.
Starring
Edmond O'Brien
Jon Sterling
Features Start at 2:00, 4:55,
7:50 and 9:00
Late Show Saturday
Sunday & Monday
PRESENTING CARROU-Wed.
through Sat.
FEBRUARY 6-9,
Premier Engagement
In Alabama
FAMED PLAY HILARIOUS
'S-J ON THE SCREEN!
M-G-M presents m CWEJUSCOFE and MEIRDCOLM
BRANDO
m TMhAe CTHeaKhDoKuTseO
I k of the
EDDIE
SHE'S THE ONE THEY
CALL BABY DOLL IN
ELIA KAZAN'S
PRODUCTION OF
TENNESSEE
WILLIAMS'
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Features Start: 2:10, 4:45,
7:00, and 9:15
The time to start saving is now . . . the place to
save is here, where interest, compounded regularly,
helps your savings grow faster. And remember,
steady saving brings the best results. Make every
payday your time to save . . . youil always be glad
you did.
We Pay vjt *"/f\ Interest
ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
BANK OF AUBURN
MEMBER
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Trustee Board
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en six months notice in prepara­tion
to the new development.
The API administration receiv­ed
a vote of appreciation from the
board for its continued efforts for
an Atomic Energy Commission
research grant.
Dr. Draughon pointed out that
Auburn's future may depend upon
its ability to educate and train
engineers, physicists and chemists
in the nuclear fields.
The board also approved the
naming of two new Auburn dorms
for two of the school's most dis­tinguished
military men.
The new unit of Magnolia Hall
was named for General Robert E.
Noble. The south unit of Mag­nolia
Hall was named for General
Robert Lee Bullard.
General Noble was an 1890-91
Auburn graduate. He was well
known for his 25-year career in
the U. S. Army Medical Corps.
He served as director of the Rock­efeller
Foundation Yellow fever
commission to the west coast of
Africa after retirement. He died
in Anniston, Sept. 18, 1956.
General Bullard served 40 years
in the military service. After re­tirement
in 1925 he served as
president of the National Security
League. Bullard Field, where the
women's dormitories are now
located, was also named for him.
He died in New York in 1947.
a jam session, featuring a color­ed
band. There will be a tea
dance at the Clement Hotel in
Opelika Saturday night with
music by the Knights of Rhythm.
Sunday the Sigma Chis and
their dates will attend the First
Methodist Church.
Alpha Psi Formal
Set For Saturday
In Union Building
Alpha Psi will hold its annual
Moonlight Ball in the Union
Building Saturday night. Decora­tions
will be in keeping with the
theme. The Auburn Knights will
furnish music for the occasion.
Leading the dance will be Mrs.
Claire Jones, escorted by her
husband, Hilmer^ Jones, the out­going
president. Other officers in
the leadout, and their dates are
Donald Burch, vice president,
and Mary Elizabeth Crapps; An­dy
Mixon, treasurer, and Mrs.
Sara Mixon; Caroll Woodard,
house manager, and Sandra Mas-sey.
Also presented in the lead-out
will be the graduating seniors
and their dates.,
Following the formal the mem-
Notfee
All fraternities and sororities
must turn in information on
their formals before Wednesday
at 5 p.m., the week before the
edition in which it is desired
to appear. Articles should be
typewritten, double spaced and
may be taken to The Plains­man
office, room 318 Union
Building.
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Club News On Campus
President Of National Research Council Speaks To ACS
By Martha Webb
Plainsman Clubs Editor
i The president of the" National
1 Research Council of Canada, Dr.
I -'E. W. R. Steacie, addressed the
i Auburn section of the American
Chemical Society Friday, Jan. 18.
The topic of this talk was "The
Reactions of Free Radicals in
Gaseous Systems."
Dr! Steacie, according to Prof-
A. L. Barker, ACS section editor
at API, is the recipient of many
honors including a fellowship in
the Royal Society of Canada and
the Henry Marshall Tory Medal.
In addition he has received the
Order of the British Empire and
is .the author of some 200 scien­tific
papers in his special field
of photochemistry and gas; reac­tions.
The American Chemical Socie­ty
is for. students majoring in
chemistry and chemical engineer­ing.
• • •
Track And Saber
The military fraternity for ad­vanced
armor cadets in Army
ROTC held elections for officers
on January 14.
' Officers serving the 1957 term
of office are president, Robert
Scroggins, Opelika; secretary,
James Hurt, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
treasurer, Leslie Deloney, Ozark.
Ag Economics Club
Mr. Doug Hall of the U. S. D. A.
Marketing Service spoke Monday
night, January 28, on the nature
of his work and job opportunities
with this organization. Mr. Hall
is an Auburn graduate in agri­cultural
administration. • -
At the previous meeting Prof­essor
Kern's topic was on the'ob­jectives
and use of the "Soil Rank
Program."
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, J a n . 30, 1957
The next meeting will be on
Monday night, Feb. 11, and all
members are urged to attend:
Phi Delta Chi
The initiation of six API stu­dents
into the Chi chapter of Phi
Delta Chi is announced. The pro­fessional
pharmacy fraternity
held initiation ceremonies dur­ing
the weekend of January 18-
19.
New members are Dewey W.
Barnhill, Loxley; Robert D. Hall,
Blakely, Ga.; Kenneth Hunt,
Piedmont; Edwin M. Joyner, Jr.,
Gadsden; Wilburn L. Maples,
Newhope; and James O. Walker,
Birmingham.
AIA
The local student chapter of
the American Institute of Archi­tects
recently appointed the of­ficers
to serve throughout the
coming year. The officers are:
President, Eugene Smith, Anda­lusia-
vice president, Wally In-scho,
Birmingham; s e c r e t a r y;
Ken Montgomery, Indianapolic,
Ind.; treasurer, Gene Bennett,
Nashville, Tenn., council repre­sentative,
Rus Molpus, Mobile.
Alpha Phi Omega
Plans for the "Ugliest Man on
Campus" contest are well under­way
by the national service fra-r
ternity, Alpha Phi Omega.
At the January 21 meeting
three men were formally pledg­ed.
They are Bobby Coupland,
Birmingham; Harold C. Eason,
Decatur; William B. Marsh, Jr.,
Bessemer.
The formal initation for those
eligible will be held Tuesday,
Feb. 5, 1957. .
Theta Chi Formal
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Sam Adams, Jr. Mrs. Hazel.May-nard,
Theta Chi housemother,
will present her with a bouquet
of red carnations and Miss Rosa-lee
Cook, Atlanta, Ga., present
"Dream Girl," will, present her
successor with the Theta Chi
sweetheart pin.
Other- officers and their dates
are MissMary Jo Harville, Troy,
escorted by Tom Espy, Troy, vice
president; Miss Beverly Berry,
Palaski, Tenn., escorted by Jerry
Sutton, secretary, Arlington, Va.;
Miss (Judy Black, Demopolis, es­corted
by James Boulcr, Demo'p-olis,-
traasurer; and Miss Pat
Cooney, Bayside Long Island, N.
Y., escorted by Joe Maloney, Bay-side
Long Island, N.. Y., marshall.
A breakfast following the dance
will be held at the chapter house.
On Saturday evening, the fra­ternity
will entertain with a
"Pirates Ball" costume party at
the Opelika Country Club. Sun­day
the members, pledges and
their guests will attend the Au­burn
Methodist Church in a body
before returning to the house for
dinner. •
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Ida Jane Waljis
Selected Dream Girl
Of Phi Kappa Tau
The Phi Kappa Tau fraternity
held its annual Dream Girl Dance
last Saturday night.
The highlight of the dance was
the announcement of Ida- Jane
Wallis as the 1957 Dream Girl.
Miss Carol Cherry, retiring
Dream Girl, presented her with
a Phi Tau fraternity pin and Mrs.
Ethel Teague, housemother, pre­sented
her with flowers. Mr. Dan
Lindsey, president, unveiled the
portrait of Miss Wallis.
The leadout consisted of the
six finalists and their escorts.
They were: Patricia Booth and
Gordon Griffith, Sandra RoSs and
Jack Price, Ida Jane Wallis and
Woody Campbell, Patricia Ethe-ridge
and Jimmy Jones, Patsy
Meadows and Jimmy Thomas,
Francis Tate and Don Thornburg.
Music for the dance was fur­nished
by the Troy Waveman
band. . •
Chaperones for the dance were
Mrs. Ethel' Teague and Lt. Col.
and Mrs. Bushey.
Under The Spifes
Church News At API
By Joann Forshaw
Plainsman Church Editor
Religious Emphasis Week brought us a l l to an awareness
for t h e n e e d of God i n o u r e v e r y day lives. Let u s n o t forget
t h e closeness to God gained during that extra special week
of t h e year. Make every week your own personal REW. A t ­tend
t h e C h u r c h of your choice this Sunday.'
IDA JANE WALLIS
Fraternities Have Variety Of Parties
, B y Juna Fincher
Plainsman Society Editor
P a r t i e s have really picked
up this week as most frater­nities
get i n to t h e "swing" of
things.
The OTS's have planned a
"Bridey Murphy" or " a come
as y o u w e r e " p a r t y for Satur­day,
February 2. The Pikes
a r e planning a "Depression"
costume p a r t y w i t h t h e Cava­liers
playing.
Tonight the Phi Kappa Tau's
are having a coffee with the Del­ta
Zetas in their chapter.
Last weekend the Lambda Chis
had a "crazy" costume party and
the Kappa Sigs had a "Citizens
for Khruschev" costume party.
On Saturday night the OTS's had
a casino house party and the
SAE's had a house dance with a
combo.
Pledge Swaps
The KAs are having a pledge
swap with the Alpha Gams and
the SPE's and KD's are also havT
ing. a swap.
Last week the SPE's had a
swap with the Tri Delts.
Elections
Delta' Chi Fraternity has elect­ed
its officers for the hew, year.
Earl E. Freedle, Birmingham, is
Luker, Ft. Deposit, vice presi­dent.
Thomas H. Battle of Bir­mingham
has been named secre-president,
assisted by James E.
tary, Phillip R. Carter of Chat­tanooga,
Tenn., treasurer, and
Peter G. Madson, Albany, Ga..,
corresponding secretary. Paul F.
Jackson, Birmingham, and Wil­liam.
E. Gentry, Clanton, are the
sergeants-at-arms.
Former president Lawrence L.
Norman, Savannah, Ga.,. has
been made rush chairman and
Sammie L. Ginn, Anniston, is
the new pledge counselor.
The lady riding upon the train
was amusing herself witji a cross­word
puzzle. The train was
crowded. One word she simply
couldn't make out so she' turned,
to the man beside her. "I wonder,"
she asked, "if you could help me
with this puzzle?"
"I might," he replied, "what is
it that has you puzzled?"
"Well," the lady said, "all I need
is a four letter word ending in the
letters i-t and it says here that
it's something found in the bottom
of a bird cage and that Churchill's
full of it."
"Hmmm," said the man, "that
must be grit."
"So it is," exclaimed the lady,
"do you have a pencil with an
eraser?"
Baptist
At this time of the year, the
BSU is placing special erriphasis
on Summer Service for God.
Summer Service may serve as a
summer missionary, staffer at
one of the Baptist assemblies, or
work at his home church. This
is a wonderful opportunity to
serve Christ during the summer
and to grow in Christian statue.
The Annual Training Union
Speakers' Tournament will be
held March 3. The preliminaries
will be held February 24. There
will be friendly competition be­tween
Training Unions to see
which has the best orators. From
here the winner will go to the
district, then to state contests.
The state winner will go to
Ridgecrest for further competi­tion.
Lutheran
The Lutheran Student Group,
Gamma Delta, meets each Sunday
night at 6 at the Lutheran Stu­dent
Center at 446 South Gay
Street. Supper is served at 6 p.
m. followed by the program
which consists of a topic discus­sion
and vesper service. Rev.
David Friedrichs is the Lutheran
Campus Pastor.
The Church Column would like
to extend thanks to all those who
had a part in • the success of R.
E. W. Both the overall committee
and the executive committee did
an excellent job. Our thanks to
all the student committees and
to assistant dean of women, Ruth
Wilson.
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Lost Publication
New activity has recently sprung up
in the general activities room of the Union
Building. A lost publication is wearily
struggling its way through the preparation
of this month's issue amid the turmoil of
studious Auburnites, file hunting politi­cians
and curiosity seekers.
API's technical slick magazine, the
Auburn Engineer, is without quarters and
is fighting mounting odds to get out the
"copy."
It seems that at the end of fall quarter
staffers of the mag were told to move on
by the powers that be in the School of
Engineering. Several i n s t r u c t o r s over
there were doubling up in offices and such
inconvenience was beginning to disturb
them. So the Engineer was forced out.
The Engineer puts out a slick maga­zine
once a month containing generally
more than. 60 pages. This publication is
the public relations department of the
School of Engineering. But administrators
in the school consider the magazine so un­important
that it was turned out with no
place to go.
In the cramped quarters presently oc­cupied,
the staff carries on advertising
work, copy preparation and other activi­ties
in connection with the publication of
the magazine. And to top it all, even the
Union has asked the staff to get what little
furniture and files it has out of sight.
Justice, it seems, is not being done. In
order to put out a top-flight magazine it
is necessary to have, at least, adequate
working space where copy can be worked
over without disturbances from outside.
Surely the selfishness of certain instruc­tors
in the Engineering School is not going
to bring about the end of the Auburn En­gineer.
Staffers are working hard to keep the
magazine going and we hope to see the
school do something about it in the im­mediate
future.
V- •- M ' ! '!*'» • "-- LI..U-HIJ-.- •• I'
Light Reading Offered
TWO-BITS SAYS I CAN BEAT HIM/1
4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1957
Possibly not the most widely known
of the library's services but nevertheless
one of the more entertaining is that of
setting up a browsing collection for recre­ational
reading for members of the student
body, faculty and administration.
Each month new books are selected
on the basis of current interest topics for
the collection. Outstanding fiction as well
as non-fiction is included. Books are se­lected
to please a wide variety of indi­viduals
as the library has more than eight
thousand p a t r o n s comprising freshman
through faculty members.
Funds for the recreational reading col­lection
come from fines on overdue books.
A special committee headed by Mrs. Helen
Peet is in charge of selection of new vol­umes.
The committee attempts to tie in new
books with the topics of the day. This
might include anything from the lighter
fictional tales to something like "The Rise
and Fall of the Roman Empire."
Books are there for the students to
enjoy and considerable time goes into
their selection. Students as well as facul­ty
members are asked to voice their ideas
on new books that would be suitable for
the collection. All that is necessary is to
drop by the,desk and leave a message for
the Recreational Reading Committee and
it will be considered.
All of the books in. the recreational
reading collection may be checked out.
Some of the new books in the collection
will be listed in The Plainsman each week.
Letters To The Editor
Student Writes ^-Justification Sought
To Please Editor For Admission Fee
U Keep Pants On
Editor:
Anyone reading between the
lines in your article, "Not As
Paupers We Pay," in last weeks
Plainsman could clearly see the
plot. As most people who read
The Plainsman know, letters to
the editor are scarce. I am of the
opinion that your article was a
plot to get letters. I have decided
to write to you so that your pas­sion
for letters may be satisfied
for this week.
How may we know for certain
what the average student says
about the price f(5r a dance at
Auburn? In reaching your con­clusions
about the "average" Au­burn
student you seemed to have
fallen short. In the past few days
I have asked many of my fellow
(Continued on Page 5)
Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter con­cerning
the article which recently
appeared in The Plainsman op­posing
the free extra curricular
activities we have on this campus.
I believe the students should
decide whether they want a
"name" band to play at their
dances. I believe they have de­cided
this by the attendance at
the dances at which "name" bands
have played. I have witnessed, as
well as have heard numerous
complaints about, the overcrowd­ed
conditions and lack of dancing
room at .these dances. At the
dances at which the Auburn
Knights play there are usually a
vast number of boys there who.
would like to dance if only the
(Continued on Page 5)
i f f .
Lights went out, and immediately that
haven of the Auburn coed, the Quadrangle,
became a mass of tumbling, shou*ing,
light-waving madmen. The women's -d_or-mitories
were assaulted by swarms of the
most unpredictable of all creatures, Au­burn
males. Cries of "Panty Raid" split the
air.-;
As it happened, the situation develop­ed
no further than this two weeks ago
when a power failure forced the town and
campus into darkness. The crowds milled
here and there and made a great deal of
noise but no harm resulted. When the
lights came back on the crowds quickly
dispersed.
Panty raids do not always end in such
a manner, however. Reports from cam-to
foster the Auburn aptrlt
HAL MORGAN
Editor
BOB TARTE,
GEORGE WENDELL Managing Editors
Terry White -'— News Editor
Larry Jones - - — A r t Editor
Maurice Hargrove _ Sports Editor
Tom Baxter Features Editor
Gene Burr Copy Editor
Juna Fincher - - Society Editor
Martha Webb Clubs Editor
Joan Forshaw - Church Editor
Harold Grant - - Exchange Editor
Columnists: Mercer Helms, Wardlaw Lamar,
Anne Rivers, Cecil Stokes, and Charles
Dunlap.
Staff Writers: Marie Peinhardt, Pat Gentry,
Tommy Milford, Marion Ward, Marcla
Sugg, Jo Ann Chancellor, Kennie Holmes,
Sylvia Short, Bob Black, Annie Ruth Estes,
Gene Williams, Befke DeRing, Beth Geroii,
Anita Reynolds, Frank Price, Oliver Chas-tain,
Doug Mcintosh, Shirley Nicholson, and
Lynne Jones.
Staff Photographer: Jason Floyd.
Staff Cartoonist: Walt Cheney.
DAN BEATY
Business Manager
Jerry Godard - Assistant Bus. Mgr.
Jat Buntz 1 :— Adv. Manager
Boyd Cobb - Sales Agent
Jerry Steiner — Sales Agent
Dieter Schrader Sales Agent
Dave Caraway Circulation Manager
Sue Herren - - :.. Accountant
The rhilnHiiiun In the nfflcial Htmlent newspaper of
the Alulmma Polytechnic Institute, anil lg illstrltHited
free. Opinions IIIIIIIIHIHMI in The Plainsman have been
v-rltten Hiit] edited by responsible stnilents find are not
nefessarily tin- opinions of the administration. Winter
publication date is Wednesday, and circulation Is 7.8(10.
Plainsman offices' are located In Koom :tis of the
Auburn Union, and in The Lee County Bulletin building
on Tichenor Avenue. Telephone API 48B. 24%. Entered
as second class matter at the post office in Auburn,
Alabama. Subscription rates by mail are SI for three
months, and S3 for a full yeur.
Advertising rates may be obtained by mail or phone.
The Plainsman Is represented by tile National Adver­tising
Service.
Member—Associated Collegiate Press
puses all over the country show that
groups with intentions no more malicious
than the desire for a few pretty pink souv-eniers
have become violent beyond all
comprehension and turned into seething
masses of demons with the urge to rend
and destroy property and in some cases,
to bring physical harm upon innocent vic­tims.
Any of the curious students that were
present at the recent demonstration will
vow and declare that the whole thing was
harmless and just furnished the oppor­tunity
for a little "hell raising" by study
cramped students with quizzes coming up.
In this particular case, it is true. Who is
to say, however, what would have' hap­pened
had the scene not soon been lighted.
Mob psychology is a curious thing.
Crowds of individuals can become as di­rected
by a single mind. The excitement
of a situation is carried upward in a cres­cendo
of energy. Soon the individuality
of its members is lost and the mob func­tions
as a machine.
We have heard of cases where a crowd
of panty raiders have broken into dormi­tories,
taken down doors, destroyed furni­ture,
torn up clothes, and in some cases
physically attacked coeds residing inside.
These battles have not always been one­sided,
either. In one women's dorm up
north a sort of man-trap was set. An at­tractive
coed would stand in a doorway
waving some lingerie. As the unthinking
male charged through the door a second
girl promptly laid into him with a softball
bat. Serious injuries resulted.
It would be nothing short of catastro­phic
for such an occurrence as this to take
place here. Not only could'costly damage
and injury result but the name of the
school would be irreparably smeared.
It is up to each individual here on the
campus to prevent the possibility of an
event which could prove so disastrous.
This includes coeds as well as males. We
noticed in the recent rucus that the crowds
were diverted in their paths several times
by immature girls shouting and flashing
lights from dorm windows.
A great many of the men here on the
campus have a special interest in certain
girls residing in the dormitories. A little
common intelligence on their part would
show them the possibile harm that could
come to their own personal girl. It would
seem that they would want to protect the
dormitories rather than participate in an
organized attack upon them.
A last word for those worried about
the ratio here. Mothers don't like to send
their daughters to a school where safety
of the coeds is questionable.
FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR'S DESK
For Coeds Only
BY BOB TARTE
Once upon a time there lived
in the Quadrangle at API at coed
named Erma McSween. Erma was
a typical coed such as one finds
on the campus today. She typical­ly
disliked boys, and long hikes
in the woods and of course she
studied very hard and made her
grades every quarter. There was
only one thing
^_ ] that made Er­in
a different
from other co­eds
— she col­lected
Coca-
Cola bottles.
Everytime she
passed a Coke
machine, Erma
would slip over
to the empties
rack while no one was looking and
carefully examine each bottle
bottom.
When she came across a bottle
from some remote or well known
place like Opelika or Loachapoka
or Garbage Hill, she would laugh
wildly and dance around and run
gleefully back to the dorm with
her prize.
Erma's out-of-town bottle col­lection
soon filled her footlocker
to overflowing with empties from
far-away towns like Montgomery
and Pell City; and from exciting
towns like Autaugaville and Harp-ersville
and Paint Rock.
When her footlocker was filled,
Erma threw all of her clothes out
the window, except for one brown
pinstriped suit and wash-and-wear
blouse, and then she filled
her closet with bottles from all
over the country including one
from over in Hogansville, Ga. and
another from up in Gattlinsburg,
Tenn. and she even had one from
Bangor, Maine.
Before the year was out, Erma
had completely filled her closet
with Coca-Cola bottles and had
begun storing them in crates lying
about her room—her roommates
having been tricked into believing
that the crates held pressed ferns
for Botany 102 lab.
One night as Erma sneaked out
of her dorm to make the rounds
of the Coke machines she was
caught and brought before a call­ed
meeting of the WSGA that
very night, and after 36 hours of
continuous questioning, finally
confessed.
She was not charged with be­ing
out after 8:30 (In those days
a first quarter coed had to check
in at 8:30 on weeknights! A silly
and completely ridiculous rule that
would be scoffed at today.) nor
was she blamed with riding a
motorcycle without special per­mission
from home (another silly,
scoffable rule of that day). In­stead,
she was charged with the
unlawful possession of Coca-Cola
bottles in her room.
WSGA, meting swift and sure
justice, pepalized Erma, as was
the silly, ridiculous and scoffable
custom of that day, with one
weekend restriction for each three
Coca-Cola bottles found in her
room. Alas, poor Erma, the 'out-of-
town-bottle collector was re­stricted
for a total of 17 years.
Erma McSween, determined to
make the best of her 17 years on
campus, took a part time job with
Building's and Grounds as a fenc­er
of lawns; later she got a job
as advisor to women in the quad­rangle,
and although the records
are not clear on this point, Erma
is believed to still be there, work­ing
under an assumed name.
Honor Committee Seeks Student Help
During the next few days you will probably be asked
by a dormitory, greek letter group or church representa­tive
to fill out a Student Honesty Poll questionnaire.
These organizations are cooperating with the Honor Com­mittee
in distribution of the questionnaires so that the
cornmittee may reaeh you the student and get your an­swers
to four questions pertaining to honesty on campus.
The information collected will be used to determine
the extent of dishonesty at API. Filling out the question­naire
will not be a vote for or against an honor system;
instead, the information will be used by the committee
in its study of dishonesty on campus.
The committee realizes that the questions are of a
personal nature, and for this reason asks that the ques­tionnaires
not be signed.
OUTDOOR LORE
Lamar Answers Critics
I would like to use my column
this week to clarify a point, and
perhaps to bring a few all-know­ing
student outdoorsmen to their
senses.
I am not an authority on hunt­ing
and fishing. I do not pretend
to be ~Shd have never said that
I am. I think many of my readers
read this column with this er­roneous
conception in mind. If
any person ever professes to be
an authority in the f i e l d s of
hunting and fishing, he is either
a pitiable liar, or a very rare
person indeed. I can conceive a
person being an authority on a
certain type of hunting or fish­ing,
but to be an authority on
both fields, or eve£ one, well,
this is beyond my conception.
One lesson I learned early in
my outdoor experience is never
to pass judgement too readily on
an outdoorsman or on what he
has to say along an outdoor line.
Of course almost everyone who
hunts or fishes knows someone
who is a chronic liar, and a great
fabricator of tall tales about the
outdoors and especially about his
own particular prowess in the
outdoors. The best way to find
out what kind of an outdoorsman
a person is, is to spend some
time with him in the field or on
the lake. It won't take you long
to find out what you need to
know, then you can form a more
positive opinion of the person
and his prowess.
Facts about and know-how in
hunting and fishing fields can be
read in books; however, I firmly
believe that true outdoor know­ledge
and know-how comes only
from experience. A person can
read volumes on turkey hunting
for example, and yet be at a
total loss in the turked woods.
Along these lines experience is
truly the best teacher. Here I
would like to illustrate why I
am no authority on the matter
in hand. I have hunted and fish­ed
since the time I was six years
old. Although I have spent prac­tically
all of my leisure time in
the field, my spheres of exper­ience
are somewhat limited. Most
of my fishing has been for bream
and bass, and most of my hunting
for squirrels, doves, ducks, and
rabbits. In the past two years I
have begun to do a little turkey
and other types of hunting and
have been able, in general, to
broaden my spheres of exper­ience.
This is due to the fact that
I am now more independent and
have facilities for broadening my
spheres which I did not have
previously. Nevertheless, as one
may plainly see from the above
statement, that I am no "great
white hunter." Why not- My ex­perience
has been limited to cer­tain
spheres, that is why.
I would like to use one other
illustration in regard to this mat­ter
of experience being manda­tory
for competence as a hunter.
I had the privilege during the
Christmas holidays to meet and
talk with a man who has hunted
BY WARDLAW LAMAR
turkeys for nearly seventy years.
Some of the best turkey hunters
in the state may say that he is
a master of the art. I believe he
is. This man showed me how to
use a mouth-yelper one night,
and honestly, he sounded more
like a turkey to me than any of
the young hens that had walked
by me clucking and yelping that
day. The man could imitate the
yelp and cluck of a young gob­bler,
and old gobbler, a young
hen, and an old hen. He could
even imitate the eerie call of
the wood duck on his little lead
and rubber contraption. This
man with seventy years of tur­key
hunting experience told me
that he did not know all there
is to know about turkey hunting.
He said that there is more to it
than one man can master. Now
here is a man who has spent
nearly all his leisure time hunt­ing—
and most of this time has
been spent on turkeys, yet he
says that he does not know all
there is to know about even one
particular type of hunting. He is
an authority in this field, need­less
to say, yet it is not evident
from the above illustration that
no man will ever be an authority
on the subjects in question?
I hope I have clarified the
point I referred to previously,
and also that I have waked up
a few all-knowing API outdoors-men.
I mean no harm to anyone
by this article, and I am poking
fun at no one. I welcome honest
and helpful criticism.
'
Around the College World
By Harold Grant
Plainsman Exchange Editor
Bama is mad at us again. We of
the Plainsman staff have blasp-emed.
We dared to rate the Au­burn
band as an equal to the "Mil­lion
Dollar Band" of the Univer­sity.
In an editorial following the
Auburn-Alabama football game,
the Plainsman said, "Insofar as
the music goes both bands prob­ably
came out even. It was in the
marching that Auburn really came
through." And one our columnists
'added,' "Auburn walked away
with honors in every department.
Alabama's band was wonderful,
but they made no better showing
than our folks."
The staff of the Crimson-White,
the University's newspaper, was
horrified by our audacity and a
fellow who calls himself Chico
wrote a column and called us
some names.
In belittling Auburn, he asks,
"Did Auburn really discover
America? Oh, tell me, too, are the
Auburn streets indeed paved with
gold?"
And complimenting the Plains­man
staff, he says, "Bright jour­nalistic
careers await these Plains­man
writers. We shudder, how­ever,
at the thought of what might
Rave On, Brother!
happen if Isvestia or Pravda were
to snare them."
And he also slurred the Auburn
spirit. I quote his definition; "The
Auburn Spirit: (often colloquial)
a magnified sense of importance;
a defense mechanism often mel­lowed
with a pastoral view; 'Ain't
we just the greatest' attitude;
GATORized Gung Ho-ness; a far­fetched,
occult sense of superiority
often religiously but mis-appro-priately
characterized by a screech
resembling that of a common bird
prevalent in Southern U. S.
synonyms; Hypresensitive <-Swnvg-
Holy; Vociferous; Agrarious^- Mas-led;
Bull."
I suppose we could answer Mr.
Chico's remarks with a little
name-calling, too, but this isn't
my line and so I probably would­n't
do a good job. I'll leave name-calling,
smearing, and derogatory
remarks to the Crimson-White.
They are doing a good job thus
far.
There are always those who try
to cover up their own deficiencies
by tearing down those more
successful, and we wouldn't want
to deny Mr. Chico that privilege.
Rave on, brother!
The Oklahoma Daily suggests
that students who would like to
be popular with any professor try
the following behavior:
"First of all, always be late to
class! Upon entering NEVER look
meek or apologetic* for disturbing
the class. Appear surprised as if
this section was scheduled to meet
at this time or everflook hurt that
they could go on! without you.
Many an accomplished classman
has caused the profg^sor to thumb
through his class bulletin to see if
perhaps they should have met at
8:35 instead of 8:10.
"Disagree openly .with the pro­fessor.
An economics instructor
says in his most profound and
enormous tones, 'The theories of
Adam Smith are the foundations
of our modern system of econo­mics.'
You say in an audible
whisper: "But that£ so passe' . . .
making him look as if he had an
old pair of plus-iours and was
shouting 23-skidoo instead of de­livering
a lecture.
"Leavemanship is another ef­fective
gambit that will add
sparkle to every class room. About
10 minutes before the class is
over slam your book shut, zip up
your notebook, tuck your pencil
neatly in your pocket and begin
tapping your foot spasmodically,
whistling to yourself, if you are
a poor whistler."
FROM THE BOTTLE
The first sign of the weakening
of any governmental structure
may always be seen in the atti­tude
of the people toward their
position in relation to society. In
most of the totalitarian systems
that have fallen, the people have
become disatisfied with their state
of subjugation, and have either
peacefully or violently revolted.
The world is
full of examples
of these over­throws,
the most
significant be­ing
the French
revolution.
v (Kim Most of tne
|BW im~ fallen democ-
•4l9k' racies and re­publics,
h o w-ever,
have col­lapsed
a little differently — more
slowly.
In these states, the attitude of
the people has not been one of
anger, one that would burst forth
in open violence, but one of a
sedentary nature—one of "I don't
care as long as I get my govern­mental
handout, I don't care so
long as my government gives me
everything from the means of
making a living to security from
competition." The best example
of this slow decay, we think, is
the collapse of the early democ­racy
of the Roman mpire.
History has shown us that until
now, there has been a regular cy­clic
pattern in governmental sys­tems
among states. By way of illu­stration,
let's start with an imag­inary
nation called Beezul. Beezul
Plight Of Beezul
is a totalitarian state, exercising
strict control over its mass of pop­ulation.
The people, however, fin-
Usually toward some form of
ally become educated to their sit­uation,
and revolt, destroying the
old regime. Where do they go
from there?
democracy or communism. Both,
however, are impossible, for a
theoretical democracy is too close
to an anarchy, and a theoretical
communism amounts to nothing
more than a Utopian dream state
which, refusing to recognize the
true nature of man, will collapse.
If Beezul becomes communistic,
it -is sure prey for totalitarianism.
Communism refuses to take into
consideration, as governmental
factors, the fact that man scan be
selfish, cruel, greedy, lazy, and
capable of jealousy or prejudice.
So Beezul's communistic leaders
must exercise strict control over
the populance, and Beezul falls
back to totalitarianism.
But let's suppose that the lead­ers
of Beezul have a little more
foresight, and Beezul becomes a
democracy. The leaders soon real­ize
that Beezul is doomed to an­archy
(and then totalitarianism)
unless restrictive reins are put on
the people, and checks and cont-erbalances
are placed on the gov­erning
bodies. So they form a sort
of regulated democracy, or repub­lic
if you will, and Beezul flour­ishes.
Time passes; the old leaders
die and new ones come in, and the
republic still flourishes, but there
are a few signs of a stronger cen­tral
government. More time pass-
BY MERCER HELMS
es, and the central government be­comes
still stronger, and a few
signs of socialism are seen. Some­how
the little devil, "give away,"
has ci'ept in. Unheeding, Beezul's
leaders tighten the hold of the
central government on the indi­vidual.
They allow the govern­ment
to compete with the business
man, and continue their hand-out
system—even where handouts are
necessary — and the population,
becoming sedentary, begins to ex­pect
and even need these hand- *
outs. They even begin to vote for
the people who will hand out the
most, and who will relieve them
of their responsibilities. Beezul's
poor population doesn't even real-seize
power, Beezul is right back
ize that in voting away their re­sponsibilities
they are also vot­ing
away their rights. So Beezul
slips gradually into socialism. As
soon as the hand-out leaders of
Beezul become corrupt enough —
and they will become corrupt un­der
a hand out philosophy — to
take advantage of socialism, to
where it started—totalitarianism.
Does this always have to hap­pen?
On looking back over his­tory,
we can see that this sort of
thing has happened in the past;
we should, therefore, be able to
spot these weaknesses in our own
system and correct them . before
any permanent damage is done.
We are now in a position similar
to that of Beezul between repub­licanism
and socialism. We don't
need to go the same way that Bee­zul
did. Danger signals are clear-continued
on Page 5)
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To Please Editor
(Continued from Page 4)
"average" students to express
their opinions on the price paid
for tickets to hear a name band
at Auburn. The results have been
varied, but from the majority
comes the opinion that three dol­lars
is a fair price for a college
student to pay to hear a name
band. Not one person said the
prices are outrageous.
Your opinion that the Auburn
male is "maybe" afraid of girls
shows that you must not get
around much, especially in the
direction of the quadrangle and
otther well known places around
COMING
TIGER Theatre
Justification Sought Two SGA Officers
(Continued from Page 4) Attend Conference
girls would turn out for the dance.
Only a very small* percentage of
the co-eds seem to care about an
informal dance of this nature.
Maybe our girls only care about
the dances at which they can
show themselves off!
As for the Lecture and Con­cert
Series and The Auburn Play­ers,
I believe the successful turn­outs
and interest shown in these
activities show that Auburn stu­dents
are interested in things of a
cultural nature. I think it is a
wonderful thing that this college
can afford to offer to its students,
free of charge, activities of so high
a caliber.
I do not think the idea behind
making the students pay a small
the campus.
In conclusion I would like to
ask you to print the last letter
that Mr. Klemm, former Plains­man
writer, wrote to The Plains­man.
Mr. Klemm aroused certain
people but we would like to know
what happened to him?
Respectfully yours,
Name withheld
Allen Hale, vice president
of SGA, and Bill Amos, Vil­lage
Fair chairman, attended
the Second Student Confer­ence
of National Affairs held
at Texas A&M last December.
Student leaders from 56 leading
colleges and universities in the
United States, Mexico and Can­ada,
were brought together by the
conference. The purpose of the
meeting was to explore central is­sues
of the foreign policy of the
U.S., broken down into policy t o ­ward
neutrals, allies and Commu­nist-
dominated countries. Issues
under discussion included the
much-discussed Hungarian revolt
and the role of the U.S. in global
defense.
Attitude Is Principal Factor In Final Fate Of Beezul
fee for activities merely to get
them used to paying for worth­while
activities is a good one. I
believe if the students think an
activity is worthwhile they will
go whether a fee is charged or
not.
Name withheld.
5—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1957
IT'S FOR REAL by Chester Field
THOUGHT
CINEMASCOPE
TECHNICOLOR®
A WARWICK PRODUCTION
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
If a centaur married • ' $ * : > '
a mermaid fair,
What kind of children
would she bear?
Would they have hide
or would they have scales?
Would they have hooves
or long fishy tails?
Would they eat seaweed
or would they eat hay?
It's one of the
problems of the day.
(HELM'S, con't from Page 4)
ly present in our population today.
The first, and most significant is
a weakening of initatjve and a
fear of competition brought about
by the beginning of a hand-out
system. The second, a direct r e ­sult
of the first, is ignorance, i
They are unable, beign satiated,
to understand the significance of
the "adjustment" theories. They
are actually believing that "every­one
has to fit in—that competition
is unhealthy and bad—that tHere
should be 'a place for everyone
and everyone in his place'." This
element is unable to understand
what will happen if the "some­thing
for nothing" policy is al­lowed
to continue. They are, even
now, unable to see that, in voting
away responsibilities, they are
voting away their rights. The third
most evident danger signal in our
nation today is a lack of construc­tive
effort (brought about by the
first two), and creative, critical
thought — critical thought about
our own government and what is
happening to it. This element,
evidently, has forgotten that our.
government was founded on a
basis of ability to be criticised.
Yes, we have all the danger sig­nals
before us. We cannot help
but realize their deadly signifi­cance.
What can we do about
them? We can stop "protecting"
the populace where protection
from competition and responsi­bility
are not needed. We can stop
"adjusting" our people to "herd"
systems of thought. The bulk of
our people don't need hand-outs,
MORAL: When heavy thinking gets
you down, relax and take your
pleasure BIG with a Chesterfield!
, Packed more smoothly by
Accu*Ray, it's the smoothest
tasting smoke today.
Smoke for r o o l . . . smoke Chesterfield!
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but will accept them because it is
human nature to do so. If strong
men are coddled they will weak­en,
and the old story of "some­thing
for nothing"—the story of
Beezul—will repeat itself. We can
remember that only the truly
weak and defenseless need help.
Have we become too greedy to see
this?
If we are to preserve our re­public,
we must stop handing out
and protecting where protection
and hand-outs breed only want,
and then, through resultant weak­ness,
need. We must not make the
business of government the busi­ness
of the governers only. We
must not allow the people to be­come
afraid to critize. We must
not let them become a "herd"
state.
He: Do you love me, Gloria?
She: But my name is Evelyn.
He: Isn't this Wednesday?
After the ball is oyer
It's too late to swing your bat;
homers,
And then let it go at that.
You've got to be in . there
swinging;
You can't win the game on
hope,
So, when the old ball's coming
in there,
Get the wood off your should­er,
you dope!
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Of Auburn Sports .
By Maurice Hargrove
Plainsman Sports Editor
Gymnasium Badly Needed At Auburn;
Sports Arena Smallest In Conference
Auburn needs a gymnasium. Possibly the essential most
lacking at API is a building capable of accomodating an i n ­door
sports program of t h e proportion that now exhists in
physical education, and t h e v a r s i t y and i n t r a m u r a l athletic
departments.
Invariably when a problem such as this arises, people immedi­ately
pop the question, "How do we pay for it?" Well, we, by no
means, intend to propose an incontestable method of financing, s/ch
an undertaking; as the construction of a gymnasium, worthy of a
university the size of Auburn, would be . . . merely cite a few
, reasons why one is so badly needed. And we certainly do not claim
to be the first to think along these lines . . . for even back in 1946
.when Coach Carl Voyles, Athletic Director at that time, secured
the present Sports Arena, it was only as a stop-gap measure until
. a permanent field house could be erected.
We realize that many other campus improvements and addi­tions
are needed . . . such as a library, more class rooms, student
housing, more instructors, etc . . . but we do contend that it is
a debatable question indeed . . . whether the land grant college
of Alabama should need anything worse than a gymnasium.
It would be almost a necessity for the state legislature and ed­ucational
system to sanction and support plans for a gym . . . which
would cost near two million dollars . . . in as much as the student
body is presently engaged with paying for the Union Building, and
alumni, so they think, are already excessively burdened with their
Alma Mater's financial problems. But regardless of who is responsi­ble,
financing such as this forces bonds, and bonds have to be retired,
and retirement takes revenue . . . and so on and on . . . problems,
problems, problems . . .
API has grown by such leaps and bounds since World War I I ,
in student numbers and.athletic caliber, that physical facilities
have fallen behind . . . and are falling farther behind with each "
new year. The enrollment has jumped from a pre-war peak of
3,800 to the present 8,000 without a sufficient increase in funds to
afford proper campus additions. New field houses have been
constructed at Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, Mississippi
State, and Florida all in the past few -years.
Sports Arena Built In '48 . . .
To delve a bit into the history of our out-dated Sports Arena,
we find that back in 1946 a new auditorium was an absolute requisite
because all PE classes as well as varsity basketball were held in
tiny Alumni fGym, and as is apparent, the small structure was
far from adequate. The size of the student body had almost doubled
in less than three years and physical education courses were being
hard pressed. Additional space was also needed for basketball, ,but
the SEC hardwood game was only a whisper of what it is now.
As a temporary solution to the problem of gym facilities,
Coach Voyles secured the Sports Arena for little more than $80,-
• 000 which was the cost of dismantling and. transporting, it from
• Camp Polk, La. The, building, a standard arena for-army camp
• athletics, was a gift ,of the U. S. government. <
However, even at this time, plans had been drawn for the raising
of a ,l]/2 million dollar field house on what it now the site of the
tennis courts. Funds we're not available at the time to carry out the
plans—swhich are now filed away at Building and Grounds—so the
Sports Arena was brought in as a substitute.-
. *
It seems that, after eleven years, the temporary measure has
served its purpose, but has any progress been made toward the,
original objective?
Physical Education Facilities Needed . .
Indoor physical education facilities have once again found in­creased
enrollment leaving them behind. The fact that PE is a
required subject makes the lack of accommodations even worse.
Many schools, including the University, do not have PE as a com­pulsory
course. Scheduling problems of PE could be greatly less­ened
for freshmen and sophomores with a. new field house. More
gymnastics and weight' classes, as well as additional provisions for
handicapped or less-developed students, is badly needed. Also space
for unorganized basketball and other types of workouts could be put
to good use.
Only this month the delegates to the annual NCAA conven­tion
made a plea to colleges, as well as high schools, to increase
their physical education programs.
Not Enough Seats For Basketball . . .
Looking at the problem from a varsity standpoint, basketball nor
wrestling has anything near adequate space for practice, and many,
many more seats are needed for cage clashes. An afternoon of practice
in the Sports Arena finds the wrestlers working out in one end of-the
building, basketball in the center, and some form of gymnastics
on the other end. You can imagine the difficulty the coaches en­counter
when you think about how it would be to hold separate classes
of English, chemistry, and mathematics in the same room.
Southeastern Conference basketball, in the past couple of
• years, has finally taken its place beside king football in the minds
and hearts of southern sports fans. Only a few short years ago,
nobody knew basketball existed south of Lexington, Ky., and
now the SEC ranks at the very top of the country's cage leagues.
In 1956, Kentucky, Alabama, and Vanderbilt were among the
top ten quintets in the nation . . . three squads from. the. same
conference . . . a feat no other conference could boast. The 1957
success of southern teams is apparent.
The Sports Arena has the smallest seating capacity of any bask-
.etball auditorium in the SEC. And by such, Joel Eaves' Tigers are
put to a terrific disadvantage . . . having to meet the top clubs on
the opponents home floor, or a neutral floor; never in the familiar
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By George Wendell
Plainsman Managing Editor
A u b u r n ' s Orange and Blue cagers will meet their eighth
and n i n t h consecutive SEC opponents this week when they
t r a v e l to Nashville S a t u r d a y night to meet the Vanderbilt
Commodores and t h e n r e t u r n to A t l a n t a for a Monday night
engagement with t h e Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech. The
Vandy game will mark the first
1957 meeting of the two teams
'while Tech is the possessor of an
81-74 victory over the Tigers,
which did not count in the con­ference
standings.
Vanderbilt, under the direction
of Bob Polk, will have only one
thought in mind when they take
the floor against the Tigers — to
avenge the 74-65 loss the Plains­men
pinned on them last year
when they were ranked fourth in
the nation. Thus far this season
the Tennesseens are sporting the
13th best team in the country,
according to the AP poll. They
dropped their '57 opener to Minn­esota
but came back strong to win
their next nine contests before
being upset by Mississippi.
Bobby Thym, 6-3 senior for­ward,
will be the man to watch as
he is averaging nearly 18 points
per game, good enough for eighth
place in the individual SEC scor­ing
standings. Thym has the dis­tinction
of having started over 80
straight games for the Commo­dores
and has already been nam­ed
to the pre-season All-SEC
team.
Holding down the other for­ward
position will be Joe Gibbs,
6-6 junior. This is his second year
as a starter and he is an excellent
scorer and rebounder.
Filling in the guard - posts are
Al Rochelle, 6-0 senior, and Jim
Henry, 6-0 sophomore. Rochelle
is the play-maker of the squad
and has led Vanderbilt scoring for
the past two seasons, averaging
17.2. Also he is the holder of five
Vanderbilt single-game records.
Henry is the high scorer so far
this year and has shown signs of
brilliance from the outer court
and also under the basket. As a
freshman .he averaged 22 points
per game.'
Alternating in the center slot
will be Don Hintoh and Hal Kel­ler.
Neither boy is. very tall, both
being '6-5,- and neither has done
much scoring.
Two days after the Vandy tus-sel,
Whack Hyder and his Geor­gia
Tech Jackets will host the
Villagers in their, new Alexander
Memorial Coliseum with a seating
capacity of nearly 7,000. This sea­son
the Yellow Jackets hold SEC
verdicts over both Mississippi
teams, Mississippi State arid Miss­issippi.
They have lost to Vander­bilt
twice and Kentucky.
Hyder plans to start a team con­sisting
of three seniors, Bobby
Kimmel, 6r3 forward, Gary Phil­lips,
6-2 forward and Lenny Co­hen,
6-6 center, and two sopho­mores,
Terry Randell, 5-10 guard
and Buddy Blemker, 5-10 guard.
Kimmel is the main stay of'the
team and is averaging 17.8 points
per game while Phillips has ex­perience
but is a low scorer.
Averaging 13.7, Cohen is a good
scorer and an excellent rebounder.
Randall and Blemker are averag­ing
16.4 and 14.0 points, respec­tively,
and are playing superb ball
in their first year of varsity com­petition.
•••••'
Coach Joel Eaves' will probably
go with his usual starting team of
Henry Sturkie and Henry Hart at
the guard positions, Rex Frederick
and Jimmy Lee in the forward
spots and Bill McGriff holding
down the center post.
Others who will see action are
Ty- Samples, Terry Chandler,
Bobtry Tucker and Thamas Cole­man.
Eagle's Nest
Friday, Feb. 1, the Eagle's
Nest w i l l feature the Stardusters
J Combo. Glen Pehl is the master
of ceremonies for the floor show
which will consist of four va­riety
comedy acts. The Eagle's
Nest will be open from 8 to 11
p.m.
Mistress: Mary, when you wait
on my guests tonight, please
don't wear any jewelry. j ?.
Mary: I haven't anything val­uable,
madam, but thanks for
the warning. , -,
Plainsmen Trounce Georgia, 73-66;
Clipped By Yellowjackets, 81-74
By Bryant Castellow
Plainsman Sports Writer
Last S a t u r d a y night t h e Tigers caught on t h e i r old game
of sharp shooting and rebounding to outclass the Bulldogs
of Georgia 73-66, This was t h e second conference game be­tween
t h e two teams and A u b u r n came back strong in t he
second half to gain revenge against the only t e am to defeat
them in conference play.
In the opening half the Bulldogs
seemed determined to pull their
second upset out of the bag and hit
with a 46.4 percentage, but the
sharp shooting Plainsmen topped
this with 15 field goals and a 46.9
percentage. Georgia hit more
charity throws and led at the half.
High men for Auburn were Jim­my
Lee with 21 and Henry Hart
with 20. Rex Frederick scored
nine, Henry Sturkie eight, and Ty
Samples collected seven. Frede­rick
was best on the boards for the
night and pulled down 17' re­bounds.
Soph-Led Auburn Routs
Florida Gators, 76-61
Clicking with the precision of a well-oiled machine t he
A u b u r n Tigers jumped to a n e a r ly lead and gradually pulled
away to h a n d t h e Florida Gators their second SEC loss by a
score of 76-61. The Tigers were again headed by their three
high-flying sophomores, Rex Frederick, Jimmy Lee, a nd
Henry Hart.
Frederick showed his prowess
again in the rebounding depart-
Bijl McGriff who did not start
his last game showed that he had
it when the chips were down as
boards along with bagging 18
points. But Lee took the scoring
honors with 19 markers while
Hart ran a close third, bagging
17.
The Gators were led by their
set shot artist
Joe Hobbs witl
23 points an'c
Bob E m r i ck
with 15
T h e Plains
men took the
lead before thi
game was tw<
m i n u t e s olc
and were never
headed, by the
floundering Floridians.
ment as he cleared 16 off the h e pulled in 13 rebounds and
scored a total of 8 points in his
best game to date.
When the second half started,
another sophomore, Ty Samples,
took o v e r the scoring chores,
ripping the cords for 10 points in
less than 12 minutes. This out­burst
put the game on ice and
with 7:35 remaining, the Vil­lagers
had their widest margin—
20 points—in the score of 59-39.
From then on the Tigers play­ed
loose letting Florida foul and
collected nine points in the last
i five minutes via the charity line.
Presently the Auburnites are
tied for the SEC lead sporting
a 5-1 conference mark and a 10-3
overall.
Bill McGriff
6—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1957
Auburn ended the game with a
45 per cent shooting mark, hitting
27 out of 60 from the field and 17
out of 24 from the free-throw
mark. Georgia hit 25 out of 58 and
collected 16 points out of -21
chances on the free-throw line.
Tuesday, Jan. 22, it was an en­tirely
different story. After being
up for the game against Alabama,
the Tigers' slacked off and let a
non-conference game go to the
Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech,
81.-74. Tech hit 50 per cent of its
shots from* the field and that was
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THE DRESS PARADE
What will the American college student1 wear this
spring? Gather round, you rascals, and light a good
Philip Morris Cigarette, and puff that rich, natural to­bacco,
and possess your souls in sweet content, and listen.
As we.know, college fashions have always been casual.
This spring, however, they have become makeshift.
The objeet is to leok madly improvised, gaily spur-of-the-
moment ! For example, ghls, -try a peasant skirt with
a dinner jaqket. Or matador pants with a bridal veil. Or
Bermuda shorts with bronze breastplates. Be rakish!
Be impromptu! Be devil-take-the-hindmost! '
And, men, you be the same. Try an opera cape with-sweat
pants. Or a letter-sweater with kilts.' Or a strait-jacket
with hip boots. Be bold! Be daring! Be a tourist
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But all- is not innovation in college fashions this'
spring. In fact, one of the highlights of the season turns
time backward in its flight. I refer to the comeback of
the powdered wig. • .,.
This charming accoutrement, too long neglected, has
already, caught on with style-conscious students all over
the country. On hundreds, of campuses rock-and-roll is
giving way to the minuet, and patriotic undergraduates
are dumping British tea into the nearest harbor. This, of
course, does not sit well with old King George. For that
matter, a lot of our own people are steamed up too, and
there has even been some talk of revolution. But.I
hardly think it will come to that. I mean, how can we
break with the mother country when we a re dependent
. on her for so many things — linsey-woolsey, minie balls,
taper snuffers, and all.like that? She, on t he other hand,
relies on us for tin-keys, Philip Morris, Cinemascope, and
other valuable exports. So I say, if Molly Pitcher and
those other Bryn Mawr hotheads will calm down, we may
• yet find an amicable solution for our differences. But
let not our British cousins mistake this willingness to
negotiate for weakness. If fight we must, then fight we
will! Paul Revere is saddled up, the rude bridge arches
; the flood, and the ROTC is ready!
But I digress. We were smoking a Philip Morris
Cigarette — O, darlin' cigarette! O, happy smoke! O,
firm! 0„fresh! O, fragrant! O, long-size! O, regular!
O, get some! — and talking of new spring fashions, let
us turn now to the season's most striking new feature:
pneumatic underdrawers. These inflatable rubber gar­ments
make every chair an easy chair. Think how wel­come
they will be when you sit through a long lecture!
They are not, however, without certain dangers. Last
week, for example, Rimbaud Sigafoos, a University of
Pittsburgh sophomore, fell out of an 18th story window
in the Tower of Learning. Thanks to his pneumatic
underdrawers, he suffered no injury when he struck t he
sidewalk, but the poor fellow is still bouncing and it is
feared that he will starve to death. ..
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Eleven Teams Unbeaten In IM Play
Frats Led By TC, SPE, KSf SAE
•League 2 of this department; the
high scoring Hunters, right now
at the top of the picture in League
3, and in the Dorm League we
have division R sporting a • 4-0
record to lead League 1. Of the
four teams representing the newly
formed East Mag League, Divi­sion
X2 is on top of the heap with
three wins and no losses.
Leading their leagues, but yet
toppled from the ranks of the un­defeated
we have Wesley setting
the pace in the Church League,
and nothing less than a four way
tie for the number one spot in
League 2 of the Dorms Leagues.
The first place looks like the
Union Snack Bar on a rainy
morning. The way it looks from
•here we have Divisions V, P, B,
and K in the four way race.
Before we move into the past
weeks games here is a quick run­down
on how things stand in the
? By Bob Black
Intramural Sports Editor
Seven teams remain in t h e r a n k s of t h e u n b e a t e n in t he
Dorm, Independent, and Church Leagues, according to t he
P l a i n s m a n i n t r a m u r a l records. Maintaining this lofty status
a r e the Zombies and t h e Rebels, c u r r e n t l y fighting out a 2-
, w a y first place b e r t h in League 1 of t h e Independent Leagues;
Auburn Hall, reigning supreme in „ , , , m, „„„,
fraternity leagues. The SPE's
blazed through another week of
undefeated basketball to keep a
strong hold on first place in league
1. Here's a thought for the people
who keep a running tally on tro­phy
points. If the SPE's should
win the basketball title, they will
be hard to. stop from winning the
all sports trophy. NO predictions
intended—those guys won foot­ball
though. That adds up to a
lot of points.
League 2 still has the • Kappa
Sigs leading the way, undefeated
that is. There still looms in the
future the second game with the
Pikes. PKA's big gun, Lemay hit
20 points in one game this week,
Rumor has it the Pikes are out
to win. Can you blame them? Sec­ond
best bet on a team to upset
the Kappa Sigs, the Phi Delts,
fell before the KS onslaught this
I «r«oVc cfnmpc: hprp nnirk r u n - week.
The SAE's settled the tie in
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League 3 by stopping the ATO's
who had not lost a game until
Tuesday night. The oddsmakers
say the ATO's will not roll over
and play dead in the scheduled re­turn
engagement. .
Theta Chi is still the king pin
in League 4, completing another
week with out losing either their
rabbits foot or their shooting eye.
Result; a six game winning streak.
A letter Was sent to the basket­ball
team managers this week,
from*R. K. Evans, Director of In­tramural
Sports. It asked each
manager to read carefully Rule 9
in the intramural handbook. This
rule states the law as it was writ­ten
by students in regard-to eligi­bility.
;
It seems that some soreheads
are playing knowing that they are
not eligibile, and their teammates
know nothing about this little bit
of information. Possibly, in some
cases, this is an honest mistake,
but it is still costing a lot innocent
people.
The News Bureau would like to
know if any teams in any of the
Leagues have 2 or more boys that
played together in high school.
If so notify the intramural office
in Thach Hall. The News Bureau
will make pictures and send them
to your local news sheet.
In the following games that do
not list .points scored by indivi­duals
we do not have any more
information on the score sheet
other than the final score. The
Intramural Department of the
Plainsman does not have an ade­quate
staff to cover in excess of
40 games a week. It would be ap­preciated
from this end if team
managers would ask the man on
the timers table to keep legible
scoring records..
Fraternity Leagues
TC 62—SC 29
AP 44—DC 33
TC 52—DSP 21
SPE 52—TZ 36
DC 47—DSP 31
PKA 57—OTS 11
SAE 47—ATO 32
KA 58—AGR 50
SP 63—TKE 26
Dorm Leagues
. Div. V 45—Div. C 30
Div. B 40—Div. P 37
Div. Q 50—Div. TJ 20
. Div. W 53—Counselors 26
Div. X2—Div. Y2 40
Div. D 66—Div. N.32
Div. R 33—Div. J 27 ' •
Div. E 29—Div. S 25
Div. W 56—Div Y2 35
Independent Leagues
Rebels 52—Harlots 50
Hornets 40—Jets 36
Zombies 56—Navy 43
Auburn Hall 42—Fla 5' 36
Hawks 46—AVA 41
Pirates 42—FFA 37 .
Hunters 59—Foresters 24
Church Leagues
Chicks 1—W'min 0 (forfeit)
BSU 30—Newman 24
Newman 35—W'min 24
Chicks 37—Wesley 37
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Size, Patience Make McGriff Target
For SECY Top Notch Defenders
By Don Coughlin
Assistant Sports Editor
Big Bill McGriff has.vthe size, patience and that all-im­portant
dead-eye for the basket that has made him a main
target for the better SEC opponents defenses.
Bill's frame can be seen easily by any spectator as his
6-7 body takes up much of the space on the Tigers' Sports
This has been one
Tigers Meet Emory
After 31-2 Victory
Over Maryville
Auburn's wrestlers, coached by
"Swede" Umbach, won their fifth
straight match Friday in the
Sports Arena, 31-2. A fair-sized,
spirited crowd watched grapplers
Bob Mason, Vic Maldonado, Char­lies
Chrisman and John Emory,
respectively.
There was a draw between
Walter Keller of Auburn and
Jerry Waters of Maryville. Plains­men
Arnold Haugen, Emory
Kirkwood, and Bill Rankin de-cisioned
Don Hill, Don Mull, and
John Hawkins. Although Mary­ville
put up a tough battle, Au­burn
would concede only two
points to them.
The War Eagles will try for
their sixth consecutive w i n,
against Emory University of At­lanta
Friday, Feb. 1, at the Are­na
at 7:30 p.m.
Emory, in last year's SEIWA
tourney, was runner-up to Au-uburn,
the winner of the tourney.
One of Emory's better wrestlers,
Paul Miles, will be a strong con­tender
in the 167-lb. match.
The lineup for Auburn Friday
night probably will be the same
as the match against Maryville.
All Tiger supporters should try
to get out and see the grapplers
Friday and cheer them to a vic­tory
over this always strong team
from Atlanta.
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Arena floor,
of the factors which made him a
unanimous choice on the all-state
team during his senior year in
high school. Bill broke all the rec­ords
back home at Pisgah High
by scoring 52 points in one game.
He also made 1,866 points during
his three-year career there. In
1953 he broke three state records
by scoring 46 points in one game,
12-1 points total and 18 field goals
in one game. These feats produced
the title of "Most Valuable Player"
in the state tournament.
The next year McGriff appear­ed
on the Plains for some heavy
duty work under the Tiger baskets
and came through in fine fashion.
With his help the freshmen team
came through the season sporting
an impressive record.
Bill moved up to the vacant key
hole left by graduated Gordon
Mummert and was voted "Sopho­more
of the Year" by Associated
Press. Last year he also had an
amazing 15.6 point average per
game.
The 20-year-old, 200-pound lad
from Dutton, Ala. (near Pisgah),
is in his third year and has al­ready
compiled 151 points for-13.7
average per game. His field goal
percentage is also high as he is
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WELCOME
STUDENTS
FACULTY
FRIENDS
VISITORS
CAFETERIA HOURS
Breakfast Daily 6:35 to 8:00
Lunch Daily 1130 to 1:00
Dinner Daily 5:30 to 6:45
Breakfast Sunday . 8:00 to 11:00
Dinner Sunday 11:30 to 1:00
Supper Sunday 5:30 to 6:45
SNACK BAR OPEN DAILY FROM 8:00 a.m.
to 10:30 p.m. Sunday from 1 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
WAR EAGLE CAFETERIA
in the Auburn Union Building
Beaux Arts Ball
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classification or three trophies
in all.
The group entries shall con­sist
of a minimum of ten persons
with no other limit as to size.
Each group entry should endea­vor
to maintain a unified theme
in their costuming:
Suggestions for themes around
which costumes can be planned
are: circus performers, group
from outer space, polar expedi­tion,
comic page or strip, con­gressional
investigating commit­tee,
train, abstract or surrealist,
painting, trained animal act, ani­mated
cartoon, African safarij
evolution of man, character from
a book, movie, oasis (nomads,
camels, tents, etc.,). or cater-piller.
Wally Inscho, who may be
contacted through the secretary,
School of Architecture and the
Arts, ext. 218, can give further
information about group entries,
costuming, or • group ticket de­livery.
"Drink broke my home."
"Couldn't you stop?"
"No, the still exploded."
Hoping to repeat their brilliant
performance of last Tuesday night
the Auburn Tiger freshmen will
travel to Atlanta to engage Ga.
Tech Freshman Yellow Jackets
Monday, Feb. 4. The Baby Tigers
will take a 5-1 record to Tech,
having dropped a thriller to the
Alabama yearlings, 76 - 73, in
Montgomery last week.
In the last Auburn-Tech frosh
tilt the Villagers pulled out a
squeaking 54-52 verdict.
The boy for. the Tigers to watch
will be Jim Kiser, who played a
major part in the Plainsmen's
near upset in the Sports Arena.
Snead Junior College was the
most recent opponent to fall be­fore
the freshmen and it was to
the tune of 108-72. The Plainsmen
led all the way and were never
pressed.
Point leaders were Jimmy Fib-be
with 20 points, Billy Jordan,
17, Ray Groover, 17 and "Shot"
Johnston, 14. Hugh Stewart pour­ed
in 19 points in a losing effort.
Charm Class
The Charm Class will meet
Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. In
room 301, Union Building. The
program will be given by Cyn­thia
McArthur on modeling. A ll
girls are invited to attend.
7—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1957
IT WON'T BE LONG
TILL SPRING
. . . And now's the time to start
thinking about it.
. . . About those fraternity and or­ganization
softball uniforms (P.S.
11
It takes about three weeks on Spec-r
ial order).
. . . About softball bats and balls
and mitts and gloves and shoes.
. . . And swim suits and swim fins
and swim masks and picnic kits and,
oh, just everything you'll need for
summer fun.
Drop By Soon, Won't You . . .
"Speclatbh kSporb"
110 N. College Phone 1787
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Plain Views
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confines of where they practice. And with the home court usually
worth between 10 to 15 points to the host team, playing sites are be­coming
increasingly important.
The smallness of the Auburn Arena is especially significant in
the light that API is one of the larger schools in the SEC. A break­down
of the member schools, their enrollment, and auditorium seat­ing
capacities bring out the following:
Seating Capacity
Kentucky
LSU
Vanderbilt
Ga. Tech ._
Florida
Tulane
Miss State
Alabama .
Georgia ...
Tennessee
Ole Miss ...
Auburn ...
13,000
8,804
7,500
7,040
7,000
5,200
5,000
4,000
3,500
3,500
3,000
2,500
Enrollment
8,100
9,900
3,000
5,000
10,992
6,500
4,000
7,000
5,000
7,500
2,500
8,000
The 1955-56 Auburn home attendance was 26,000 for 10
games which in comparison to the capacity of the home audi­torium
was near the best in the SEC. The Sports Arena has been
packed for each of the seven games this year. The attendance
would undoubtedly show a marked increase if fans were relatively
sure of getting a fairly good seat if they planned to attend. As
the situation now stands, many students as well as other fans do
not go to the Sports Arena because they know that it is practically
8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1957
Impossible to get a seat within a half hour of tip-off. We feel sure
that with a sufficient number of seats, conference and top'inter-sectional
tilts would average 5,000 or more customers per clash.
#Bama To Construct New Field House..
When the new plant is finished on the Tuscaloosa campus . . .
and plans are well under way . . . to replace outmoded Foster Audi­torium,
another problem will arise for the Auburn schedule maker.
Doubtlessly, the Tide will want to play Auburn one game a
year on its new court, and rightly so, but can Auburn afford to,
and then play its home game on the neutral State Coliseum floor?
It is a sure thing that the cross-state rivalry, as well as the big
Kentucky game, will never be brought back to the Sports Arena
. . . 8,000 at the first Tide-Tiger contest this year made that even
more certain. The University probably is not faced with the same
building problems Auburn is . . . the many, grid teams that have
represented the Univ. in bowl games through the years have made
Alabama's Athletic Department quite wealthy.
Many Other Uses . . .
Besides the primary purpose of a gymnasium—housing, athletics
—we could probably go on and on naming ways that one could be
used on the API campus. Just a few others include . . . a place for
easier and more organized registration . . . dances . . . concerts and
lectures . . . plays . . . or any occasion which calls for seating the
student body.
Also, with a new gymnasium, the State High School Basketball
Tournament could be held here on alternate years, instead of on the
University campus every year. Insufficient provisions for holding
the high school tourney is only one instance when the lack of a field
house hurts recruiting . . . the high school athletes, both football and
basketball, are attracted to the campus, either as a participant or
spectator during the tournament week-end . i . and so it goes . . .
Melpar to Interview Engineers,
Physicists and Mathematicians
Representative of Souths Largest
Electronic R&D Firm on Campus Soon
Mechanical and electronic engi­neers,
as well as those majoring in
physics and math will want to in­vestigate
the unusual opportunities
for rapid professional growth and
advancement offered by Melpar,
Inc., the South's leading electronic
research and idevelopment organi-.
' zation.
A..subsidiary of Westinghouse Air
Brake Company, Melpar is now
engaged in a program of expansion
involving both increases in staff
and facilities. The organization's,
headquarters laboratory is located
in Fairfax County, Virginia, sub'
urban to Washington, D. C.
University Courses
Offered at Melpar
Melpar staff members, both holders
and non-holders of degrees, may
take advantage of the many fully-accredited
courses in engineering
subjects which are offered at Mel-par's
headquarters laboratory.
Company Bene fits
Melpar's personnel policies and
salary structure compare most fa­vorably
with those of the industry
as a whole, pie Company main­tains
a liberal program of benefits
too extensive tip detail in this space.
No Formal Training
Period at Melpar
The college or university graduate
who joins Melpar is not required to
undergo a formal training program.
Instead he immediately becomes a
member of a project group and is
assigriea to work with an experi­enced
engineer whose guidance and
assistance enable him to advance
rapidly. Members of Melpar proj­ect
groups gain experience in all
phases of engineering problems by
free and frequent interchange of
ideas during group meetings. Such
experience is valuable in leading to
eventual managerial responsibility.
Financial Assistance Offered
by Melpar for Graduate Work
The list of universities located near
Melpar laboratories that offer
g r a d u a t e - a n d u n d e r g r a d u a te
courses in engineering subjects in­cludes:.
Georgetown University,
Georats Washington University,
American University, Catholic Uni­versity,
University of Maryland,
University of Virginia, Harvard,
Massachusetts Institute of Technol­ogy,
Northeastern University and
Boston University. Melpar offers
financial assistance for study at
these distinguished schools.
Performance Determines
Advancement at Melpar
At Melpar there is no waiting pe­riod
for "automatic" advancement.
Instead, an engineer, regardless of
his age or tenure, may move ahead
as rapidly as his skill and perform­ance
dictate. Each engineer's
achievement is reviewed at least
twice a year. In this manner engi­neers
deserving advancement can
be quickly "spotted" and promoted.
As soon as an engineer is ready for
more complex responsibilities they
are given him.
Qualified Graduates
Offered Company Paid
Inspection Trips
After a personal interview on their
campus, qualified candidates may
be invited to visit Melpar's head­quarters
laboratory at Company
expense. Information on opportu­n
i t i e s a v a i l a b l e for graduates
together with details on living con­ditions
in N o r t h e r n Virginia is
available by simply writing: Mr.
William Schaub, Melpar, Inc., 3000
Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, Vir­ginia.
Melpar Growing
Consistently
Founded in 1945, Melpar has
doubled in size every 18 months f OF
the past 11 years. Recently it com­pleted
erection of a complete new
headquarters laboratory in North­ern
Virginia, and is presently mak­ing
substantial additions to its
Water town, Mass. laboratory (6
miles west of Boston), and to its
research department in Boston.
In a relatively few years, Melpar
has become a leader in electronic
research and development. The
nature of this work ranges from
basic research and, components to
the development of complete sys­tems
for radar, countermeasures,
data reduction, computers and
communication.
The general categories of work
listed are, of course, representa­tive
rather than all-inclusive. Se­curity
considerations also restrict
the amount of detail which can be
disclosed.
Despite Melpar's rapid expansion
the highest standards of personnel
selection have been maintained.
This selective process has produced
a vigorous organization of great
experience and competence in all
fields of electronics.
Located on a 44-acre landscaped
tract, Melpar's main laboratories
encompass over 265,000 square feet
under a single roof. They are
equipped with every facility. In
addition to the new, ultra-modern
headquarters plant, Melpar main­tains
additional facilities in nearby
Arlington, Virginia, covering 150,-
000 square feet.
Facilities'at Melpar's recently com­pleted
main laboratory are excel­lent.
The new building enjoys dif­fused
lighting, acoustically treated
ceilings, a complete air condition­ing
system with 42 zones of con­trol,
modern kitchen and cafeteria.
There is a clear roof for conduct­ing
antenna tests - and measure­ments,
including an antenna tower
with built-in elevator.
Melpar Locales
Offer Fine
Living Conditions
Melpar's R & D operations are
centered near and in Washington,
D. C. and Boston, Mass. Both are
rich in cultural and educational
facilities. The Northern Virginia
area in -which Melpar's headquar­ters
laboratory is located is within
e a s y d r i v i n g r a n g e of beaches,
lakes, mountains, as well as other
recreational and scenic points. The
climate allows outdoor recreation
215 days of the year. Fine homes
• and apartments in all price ranges
are readily available.
Melpar's Boston area plants allow
engineers to enjoy the pleasant
tempo of New England living
coupled with Boston's splendid cul­tural
and educational advantages.
Melpar gays re-location expenses.
Booklets Available ^
An attractive, f u l l y - i l l u s t r a t ed
booklet describing living conditions
. .prevailing in the Northern Virginia
Area can be obtained from your
oampus Placement Officer.
Choose Your
Assignments
From Varied
Fields
Engineers who join Melpar may
choose their assignments from one
or more of these challenging fields:
Flight Simulators • Radar and
Countermeasures • Network The­ory
• Systems Evaluation • Micro­wave
Techniques • Analog & Digi­tal
Computers • Magnetic Tape
Handling • UHF, VHF, or SHF
Receivers • Packaging Electronic
Equipment • Pulse Circuitry •
Microwave Filters • Servo-mech­anisms
• Subminiaturizatipn •
Electro-Mechanical Design • Small
Mechanisms • Quality Control &
Test Engineering
FEB. 14
To secure an appointment with the Melpar representative when
he visits your campus, contact your Placement Officer today.
At the same time ask him for booklets on Melpar and the North­ern
Virginia area. We believe you will find them of unusual
interest.
Tigers Win, Lose..
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enough to overcome an Auburn
team that never did start clicking
together.
High man for the Tigers was
big Rex Frederick, who put in 17
points and pulled down 15 re­bounds.
Bill McGriff scored 15,
Jimmy Lee 11, Henry Hart nine,
Charidler and Sturkie got eight
apiece and Tucker collected six.
Lenny Cohen led Tech with 23
points and Buddy Blemker con­nected
for 20.
McGriff . . .
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hitting at 43.8 per cent per game.
He is among the tops in the Tiger
squad in foul shooting as 75.5 per­centage
have fallen through the
hoops for him this season.
As his points are spread out
among different games, he has
contributed the most points on 3
few occasions. The Maroons of
Mississippi State were hit the
hardest by Bill's accuracy as he
poured 25 points through the bas­kets
that night. His other three
biggest point productions were
against the Phillips Oilers with 21,
Rice with 19 and Mississippi with
18.
Although slow to hit his top
stride, Bill should be back to his
original form and finish within
the tops on the Tiger squad as he
has done in former years. Bill has
been a valuable man on the .team
and he will continue to be such
as long as Coach Joel Eaves lets
him stay on the floor of the Sports
Arena.
-I.D. Cards
All persons who have not had
pictures for I. D. cards should
have them taken tomorrow from
2 to 5 p.m. in the Union Hobby
Shop.
ONE OF THE MOST DEPENDABLE Auburn Tiger matmen is
Vic Maldonado, senior from Peurto Rico. In three years of grappling
the 147 pounder has lost only one match. Last year he was the
SEWIA champion and should be a firm favorite to repeat again this
year although the competition will be a lot stiffer. Vic plans to
graduate next December in the School of Mechanical Engineering.
rage 8 Laughs
Two bopsters were watching an
Indian fakir putting his cobrs
through the usual routine. Fasci­nated,
one bopster commented
"Man, catch that crazy arrange­ment."
The other replied, "For­get
that arrangement and di{
that frantic music stand."
After passing his inductior
physical the draftee was taker
in tow by a burly sergeant whc
inquired if he had completec
grammar school.
"Yes," replied the draftee, "1
also finished high school, grad
uated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale
received my Master's from Col
umbia, and my" Doctorate fron
Harvard." '• . Av-
The sergeant nodded.and ther
stamped the young man's quest'
ionnaire with a single word:
LITERATE.
* * *
An Arab stood on a weighing
machine,
In the light of the lingering
day. *•' ~. h
A counterfeit penny he drop­ped
in the slot,
And silently stole a weight.
• ' * * *
During a grouse hunt, two
English sportsmen were shooting
at a clump of trees near a stone
Wall. Suddenly a red •face popped
over the top;pf the WalJ:
•'1 say, there, Reggie, you al­most
hit my wife,''' he Cried.
"Did I, old 'man?" asked Reg­gie.
"AWfully sorry—have a shot
at tmine Over there." ';*;
Girls who. eat spinach have
legs like this ! ! . '
Girls who ride horseback have
legs like this • ('•'..)'•
Girls who get druhk'have legs
like this. ) (
Girls who use good judgement
have legs like this X
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It's not just a coincidence that
Chevy handles and acts like a
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planned it that way.
They set out to build a car that
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