1956-09-21 The Plainsman

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Volume 85 Alabama Polytechnic Institute AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1956 8 Pages Number 1
An artist's conception of the proposed Ross Square Centennial Garden
Memorial Garden Construction
Commemorates API Centennial
Ross Square Project
To Mark 100th Year
Construction activity will be­gin
in the next few days to con­vert
Ross Square into a Memorial
Garden. -Part-soi-the API Cen­tennial
celebration, the Garden
is to contain a placque commemo­rating
the first hundred years of
API's history.
The Garden was first conceiv­ed
as a memorial project of the
Auburn Class of 1942. , A portion
of the funds were collected, but
construction could not begin be­cause
of World War II. After the
war, in 1946, the project was
again considered. However, other
activities received priority, and
although walkways were built
the project had to be postponed.
The Centennial Committee ap­pointed
by President Draughon
has made plans to erect a com­memorative
placque on the cam­pus.
It was decided by, the com­mittee
that the Memorial Garden
would be an ^appropriate place
for the plaque. Plans for the
garden were approved and sub­mitted
to President Draughon,
who gave his enthusiastic en­dorsement.
Sam Brewster, Build­ing
and Grounds Director, says
that work on the garden will be­gin
shortly.
The Memorial Garden will cov­er
the entire area of Ross Square.
In the center of the garden a
pool is to be constructed, sur­rounded
by a brick court and
stone benches. Shrubs and flow­er
beds will be established along
the walkways.
The major axis of the garden
will extend north from Mell
Street, with the south facade of
Ross Chemical Laboratory as the
terminal feature. Magnolia trees
will be planted along each side
to frame the corners of the build­ing.
American elms will be plant­ed
also, to frame the colonade
on the southern face of the build­ing.
The Centennial Placque will be
placed on the north side of the
brick court. It measures 28" x
21" and is to have granite base.
The inscription on the placque
will read:
1856—1956
CENTENNIAL GARDEN
Commemorates
the granting of a State Gharter
to the
EAST ALABAMA MALE
COLLEGE
February. 1, 1856
Established by Alabama Metho­dist
to foster Christian education.
Formally opened on Oct. 1, 1859.
Used as a Confederate hospital,
1864-66
Deeded to the State
for the establishment in Auburn
.of
THE AGRICULTURAL AND
MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF
ALABAMA
February 26, 1872
Officially renamed
THE ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE
January 27, 1899
This Garden, part of an area used
until 1929 for athletics and
military drill, now memorializes
a century of service to Ala­bama
and the Nation.
A placque honoring the Class
of '42 will also be placed in the
garden.
The Memorial Garden is ex­pected
to be completed by Jan­uary
1.
Birmingham Musical Set Tuesday
To Kickoff Tiger Football Season
Kelly Appointed
Head Professor Of
Architecture, Arts
Charles M. Kelley, an Auburn
graduate and Montgomery Archi­tect,
has been appointed head pro­fessor
of Architecture in the
school of Architecture and the
Arts, according to President Ralph
Draughon.
Professor Kelley received his
Bachelor of Architecture degree
in 1942, and obtained his Master's
degree in 1952 from Harvard Uni­versity,
where he studied under
Walter Gropius, famous contem­porary
architect.
Following two years naval serv­ice
as a lieutenant, he accepted, a
position with the firm of Sher­lock,
Smith, and Adams in Mont­gomery.
He has- served with the
Alabama State Building Com­mission,
and has helped design
five hospitals for the United Mine-workers
of America. He is also a
member of the Alabama chapter
of the American Institute of Ar­chitects,
and is president of the
Montgomery Association of Archi­tects.
While at Auburn, Professor
Kelley was editor of the Glomera-ta,
a member of Omicron Delta
Kappa, and Lambda Chi Alpha
social fraternity, and winner -of
the Alpha Rho Chi leadership
medal and the American Institute
of Architecture Design award. He
also designed the 'Lambda Chi
Alpha house.
Professor Kelley's appointment
will become effective immediately.
Pre-Season Extravaganza To Feature
Singing, Dancing, Men's Fashions
The most spectacular musical show ever to be produced
in Birmingham will be presented next Tuesday night to
honor Auburn and get the 1956 football season off with a
bang. The show will feature singing and dancing with a
touch of the back to school style picture for men. It is to be
held at the Municipal Auditorium
M 8 p. m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25
and will present a lot of good
Around Campus
Following a hygiene movie and
a lecture by Dr. Brown last week
a freshman student from Geor­gia
fainted. Whether or not this
was a belated demonstration
could not at the time be learned
for he was immediately toted off
in an ambulance.
Seniors
Seniors who pre-reglstered
should come by Glomerata of­fice
and fill out organization
and activities card. Also they
should pick up picture appoint­ment
cards if a new picture is
desired.
publicity for Auburn.
The show will feature top Au­burn
a"nd professional entertain­ers,
beautiful girls and spectacu­lar
music. The 110 piece Auburn
Band will make its first official
appearance under its new leader,
Mr. Bodie Hinton, and the Auburn
Knights will be there to share
the spotlight. Auburn's Cheer­leaders
and Majorettes will put
the crowd in. the football mood
and set the stage for the '"Kick-
Off Review."
Anne Arial, an Auburn student
last year who is now Miss Ala­bama,
and Joyce Van Tassle, Miss
Auburn, will be presented to add
beauty and charm to the show.
The program is sponsored by
the Jefferson County Auburn
Alumni Association, the Birming­ham
Chamber of Commerce, and
the men's department stores in
Birmingham. It is being operated
on a non-profit basis and money
received above expenses will go
for Auburn Band scholarships.
Although not the main purpose
of the show, the latest in mens
back to school wear vfitt he pre­sented
in the background as an
added feature. No store, brand or
price will be mentioned anywhere
in the show. It is planned as good
entertainment with light comedy
provided by situation and script.
The show is set in six scenes
and opens with a War Eagle
chant by four soloists in Indian
costumes. Then will come a "Pig­skin
to Capeskin Review", with
the War Eagle Fight song with
the full band and the twenty-six
singers who constitute the card
section being led by the cheer­leaders
and majorettes. The
Knights will next present a foot­ball
sequence with dancers as a
football team. The Cheerleaders
will lead the card section in
cheers and humorous paraphased
cheers about back to school styles.
The next scene will present,
"Tiger Rag" by the full Auburn
Band. Dr. Draughon will be pre­sented
and receive the best wish­es
of the University of Alabama
in our game with Tennessee.
There will be a congo line exit.
Scene three is entitled "The
Big Switch" or "Cleo's Coup".
This will have fashion news in
song from the shop of "Mr. Beau
and Mr. Brummell". "The Big
Switch" will feature the Auburn
Knights and the Octet will pre­sent
"Cleo's Needle" in a flash­back
to Anthony and Cleopatra.
Scene four "Rebirth of the
Blues" will feature Delores Lay-ton
with the Auburn Knights
singing "Birth of the Blues" and
"St. Louis Blues". A dance by
Lola Mae Coates and Ken Brooks
will preceed a scat type com­mentary
on new double breasted
suits.
During intermission, the Tiger
Band will present a football con-
(See Musical, Page 2)
Man! Say 'Hey'
Come 'Hey Day'
Monaay, Sept. 64 has been des­ignated
"Hey Day" by Squires,
Men's Sophomore Leadership
Honorary. Hey Day cards Will be
distributed to all dorms, fraternity
houses and central points on the
campus.
One day out of each quarter is
set aside for Hey Day. Through­out
this day, students are en­couraged
to give a friendly word
to everyone they pass on the
campus, and otherwise display the
great Auburn Spirit.
The success of each Hey Day
depends on the whole-hearted
participation of each individual.
The Squires would like to urge
the faculty to join the students in
their efforts to make this Hey
Day the greatest yet.
Assisting the Squires in Hey
Day activities will be the Owls,
Women's Sophomore Leadership
Honorary. I
Traffic Control To Start Oct. 1
Students, Faculty
Assigned Zones
Several months' dreams, plans
and labor will become a reality
on Monday, Oct. 1, as the new
campus traffic control system goes
into effect. The plan, whereby
students and staff members of
API will have reserved parking
places according to classification
was originated by a 30-man Cam­pus
Traffic Committee composed
of 15 students and 15 faculty
members last spring. The Admin­istrative
Council approved the
plan shortly thereafter.
Sections of the campus have
been zoned as A, B, or C. Zone A
is for faculty and staff members,
yione B for juniors, seniors and
.graduate students and zone C is
for general parking. There is a
total of 1412 spaces in zones A
and B and 1843 in zone C.
Each student and staff member
having a car on the campus will
be required to register his car
and obtain a decal permitting
parking in certain zones. Guests
on the campus may obtain a
special permit good in any zone
for short periods.
Obtaining permits is a part of
the regular registration procedure.
After making ID card pictures
students receive information on
the new system and applications
?or parking permits. These appli­cations
are to be completed and
taken to room 209 Broun Hall
PARKING AREAS
established under
the campus zoning
p l a n which be-comes
effective
Oct. 1. Applications
for zone stickers
may be picked up
in the Union Build­ing
when ID cards
are made. Stick­ers
are available in
Room 209, Broun
Hall. Arrangements
for guests parking
can be made at
B. & G. The syster
was |devised |by a
joint student-facul­ty
committee last
spring and - has re­ceived
full approval
of the administra­tion.
It was design­ed
to take care of
the large automo­bile
congestion re­sulting
from Au-b
u r n ' s 'increased
enrollment.
CAMPUS .ZONING PLAN
FOR "PARKING
0R.O. STUOCWTS. I-.;.'.-. • ;
JnUiM. iIOmR^S . SSEENNIIOORRSS ' — ' - " —
ORCR M W I M
FOR ANTONC
where permits will be issued.
A special traffic system for use
in the vicinity of Morris Drill
Field at drill periods has been
worked by a joint student-faculty
committee of the combined ROTC
units. This plan will work along
with the general plan to take care
of the unusual problems encount­ered
at drill periods.
Essentially the plan makes Wire
Road one-way southwest between
West Thach and Magnolia and
West Thach one-way East be­tween
Wire Road and Donahue
Drive. The flow of traffic is con­trolled
so that optimum use of
the roads involved may be ob­tained.
It has been stressed that under
(See Traffic, Page 3)
OCTET TRYOUTS
Mens Octet tryouts will be in
session next week for second
tenors and second bases. In­terested
students should con­tact
Bill Arnold, phone 537, im­mediately.
'Take Tennessee'
Pep Rally Planned
"War eagle, fly down the field
This is part of one of Auburn's
fight songs to which neophyte
Plainsmen will be introduced at
the "Take Tennessee" pep rally
Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m.
Through the years it has be­come
customary for the band,
cheerleaders and students to
meet behind Samford and march
to the stadium where the pep ral­ly
is held. The procedure will be
the same this fall. The parade to
the stadium will be a mass of
orange as the freshmen turn out
in force wearing their rat caps.
Jimmy Crane, head cheerleader,
said, "We want to see air the
freshmen out with a 'War Eagle'
spirit"
Leading the Auburn yells this
year, in addition to Jimmy Crane,
Stockton, will be Rodney Sum­mers,
Huntsville; Bob Hurt, Chat­tanooga;
Don Fay, Fort Payne;
Ann Freeman, Birmingham; Patty
Hill, Birmingham, and Martha
Bell, Clanton.
Staff Meeting
There will be a meeting of
The Plainsman editorial staff
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
in room 318, Union Building,
followed by a party at Lake
Chewacla. Anyone Interested in
working on the staff should at­tend
this meeting. Needed on
the staff are photographers,
writers and people with editing
experience.- __
DESIGNED TO EASE the squeeze on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
traffic routes and parking areas for use on drill days have been set
to go into effect this quarter. The traffic control system was de­vised
by a joint ROTC student-faculty committee.
Fashion Tea Set In Union Today,
Auburn Student Attire To Be Shown
Demonstrating the attire
worn to the various functions
around Auburn, a fashion
show will be presented for
the co-eds by the Union Pro­gram
Council at 10 o'clock
this morning in the Union
Ballroom.
Clothes representing all phases
of campus life will be shown and
modeled by Auburn co-eds and
their escorts.
Don Leithauser, Julie Erb and
Annie Ruth Estes will provide
entertainment. Mr. Leithauser
and Miss Erb will be accompanied
by Charlie Dytes. Miss Estes will
be accompanied by Rosamond
Rhynn. Miss Rhynn will also pro­vide
background music for the
show.
Refreshments will be served by
the Union Social Committee in
the rear of the Ballroom follow­ing
the show.
Models and their escorts will
be presented by Cynthia McAr-thur,
hostess for the show. Miss
McArthur will wear a red wool
knit dress with three-quarter
length sleeves and a turtle neck.
She will accent her outfit with
a black beaver hat.
Mannequins for the show will
be: Betty Williams, Joann For*
shaw, Janet McMichael, Helen
Hudgins, Pat Patterson, Joy Bald­win,
Gail Rodgers, Martha Snow,
Juna Fincher, Ann Hobart Smith,
Marilyn Mitchel, Laura Jean
Fears, Patty Hill, Marion Miller,
Annie Ruth Estes, Pat Peterson,
Cherry Odom, Sylvia Allen, Jan­ice
Walters, Betty Chinn, Billy
Nan. Hurst, Babs Smithey, San­dra
Holmes, Frances Ann Yar-borough,
Pat Murphy, Margaret
Towle, Ann Ferguson, Julie Erb,
Jane Underwood, SuAnn Boat-
(See Fashion, Page 2)
All Campus Dance
Caps Orientation Week
Climaxing the calendar for
orientation week events will be
the All Campus Dance scheduled
for tomorrow night. The occasion
is titled "Welcome Freshman,"
and will be held in the Student
Activities Building.
Music will be furnished court­esy
of the Auburn Knights. All
students may attend the informal
affair. Freshman will have 12:00
permission.
'LOVELIEST OF THE PLAINS'
' " * * &
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A STANDOUT from any crowd, this week's loveliest, Gerry
Spratlin, adds an attractive feature to Freshman Orientation Week.
From Birmingham, she's a freshman in Home Ec and lives in
Dorm X, for those interested. A
Greeks Hold
This first week before school set a fast social pace as
r u s h parties highlighted the Auburn scene. This week the
girls completed their rush program with theme parties on
Monday and preferentials on Tuesday.
The Alpha Gamma Rhos got off
ctivities
to a big start Monday night with
a jam session at the house. Tues­day
they had a movie of the Au-burn-
Clemson game and a stag
party, Thursday they entertained
with a house dance—Ben Shorter
supplied the music. Completing
rush on Friday night they are
having a dance on the patio with
the Kappa Deltas.
The Phi Kappa Taus started
their rush with a football film on
Tuesday night and Wednesday
they entertained with a stag
smoker. The ZTAs helped them
rush on Thursday at a "Hound
Dawg" party and on Friday they
are importing bus loads of girls
from Huntington.
Theta Chis had a supper and
smoker Monday night, a supper
and stag party with Harwell the
magician Tuesday, and an out­door
barbecue and football film
Wednesday. Thursday they treat­ed
their rushees to a supper and
floorshow and for Friday night
they have planned a fish fry and
"Beau Arts" party with the
AOPis.
The Delta Tau Deltas held a
house dance on Thursday with
the AOPis and on Friday night
they are honoring the rushees
with a banquet.
The Lambda Chis held a house
dance on Thursday night with
the Tri Delts — Go Go Go Boys
playing. Friday they are planning
a house dance with the Delta
Zetas, Bat Man Poole will be
supplying the music.
The Kappa Alphas are enter­taining
on Thursday with the Chi
Omegas, Pi Phis and the Kappa
Alpha Thetas at a house dance.
They are honoring the rushees
Friday at a banquet and Satur-
Capt. David McCampbell, USN,
is the top living World War II
ace. He downed 34 Japanese
planes—nine in one battle.
day there is a "get together" plan­ned
at the Clement Hotel in Ope-lika.
SPEs gave a banquet on Wed­nesday
for their rushees, and
Thursday they had a house dance
with Piano Red playing. The
Alumni have planned a barbecue
for them on Friday.
Pi Kappa Phis are having a
house dance on Thursday with
Bat Man Poole supplying the
music and on Friday they are en­tertaining
at Lake Martin.
Sigma Chis started rush on
Monday night with a stag party,
Piano Red playing. They held a
house dance with the Chi Omegas
on Wednesday and on Thursday
they had a "Roaring Twenties"
party with the KDs. Their rush­ees
will be honored on Friday
night with a banquet at the Pitts
Hotel.
PiKAs held a banquet Thurs­day
for their rushees and they' are
planning a house dance for Fri­day.
Kappa Sigs entertained Thurs­day
night at a house dance with
the ADPis and on Friday they
have planned a banquet honoring
their rushees.
SAEs had a house dance Wed-
ENTERTAINING prospective pledges, API fraternities held
many parties and dances throughout Rush Week. Top, the rhythmi­cal
music of Piano Red gets the attention of the Sigma Chi's and
their guests. Bottom, friendship and money are exchanged in a gaily
decorated ATO gambling party.
nesday with the Pi Phis, Thurs­day
they entertained at Chewacla
and then had a banquet for the
rushees that night. The Chi
Omegas are helping them rush
Friday night at a house dance.
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STUDENTS
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War Eagle Special
To Make Tech Trip
A War Eagle special will travel
from Montgomery to Atlanta for
the Auburn-Georgia Tech game
this year.
Officials of the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad Co. and the
Western Railway of Alabama ex­pect
to take 1,000 to Atlanta
aboard the special train. About
900 rode the 1955 special.
Fare for the round-trip, includ­ing
tax, will be $4.15 from Auburn
or $6.15 from Montgomery.
The train will leave Montgom­ery
at 6 a.m. Central Time, Sat­urday,
Oct. 20. It will arrive in Au­burn
at 7:20 a.m., where it will
pick up the Auburrt team, coaches,
students and other Tiger sup­porters.
The War Eagle Special
will leave Auburn at 8 a.m. A
stop to pick up fans in Opelika is
scheduled at 8:15- a.m. The train
will arrive in Atlanta at 11:55 a.m.
Eastern Standard Time.
Chartered busses will meet the
train at the Atlanta Terminal Sta­tion.
The busses will take War
Eagle Special passengers to Grant
Field and return after the game.
Cost will be 85 cents per person.
On the return trip, the train
will leave Atlanta at 6 p.m., East-
Musical
(Continued from Page 1)
cert and Jeff Beard, athletic di­rector,
will corrfrhent on Auburn
football prospects for the coming
season.
Scene five features a chorus
of twenty-six voices singing
"Standing on the Corner". This
leads to a feature by the Octet,
then a general street dance to the
music "South Rampart Street
Blues" by the Knights. There will
be a presentation of Joyce Van
Tassle, Miss Auburn and Anne
Arial, Miss Alabama, to the Mu­sic
of "Glory Glory to Old Au­burn."
In the finale, the entire com­pany
will sing "You Gotta Have
Heart" under settings of the
Orange, Cotton and Sugar Bowls
with dates 1959-1960-1961. Very
clever dialogue will be sung to
the above number and the Ten­nessee
team will come in for a
generous amount of ribbing.
According to Mrs. Lola Mae
Coates, a director, "This will be
the most spectacular musical
show ever to be produced in Bir­mingham."
fashion Tea Set In Union
(Continued from Page 1)
right, Beth Geron, Tut Beck,
Corra McDonnell, M a d i 1 y n
Gaines, Marcia Moore, Jane Sen-tell,
Anne Ford, Wyona White,
Terry White, .Annalea James
Shirley Lindsay, Anne Rivers,
Peggy Sue Morrow, Doorena Wal­lace,
Carolyn Cooper, Sally Slay,
Imogene Jones, Loretta Home,
Mary Singer, Ed Cobb, Don Leith-auser,
Charlie Heirs, Bob Lynn,
Bill Berrey, Tom Ellinor, Glen
Pehl, John Ferguson, Dan Kuy-kendall,
Herb Reed, Buddy Wood,
Art Mawhinney, Hal (Editor of
the Plainsman) Morgan and Lew­is
Anderson.
Chairman of the committee for
the entire production is Terry,
White. Thurman Lyon is in charge'
of refreshments and James Coufcy-is
the stage manager. „
This show is one of the func­tions
planned for the students by
the Union Staff.
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at 8 p.m., and Montgomery at 9:30
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2,000 API Freshmen Hear Draughon
Report On Plans For Centennial
API will celebrate its first 100 years of service to the
people of Alabama on the evening of Nov. 9, the day before
• homecoming this year.
At 8 p. m. that evening a play will be given in Langdon
Hall depicting scenes leading to the chartering of the college
on Feb. 1, 1856.
These facts were revealed
Monday night by Dr. Ralph B.
Draughon, president, in reviewing
the history of API to 2,000 fresh­man
students meeting in Cliff
Hare Stadium.
"The Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
of Auburn owes its origin
to the East Alabama Male Col­lege,
a Methodist arts college in
the classical tradition which had
been chartered by the Alabama
Legislature over the Governor's
veto on February 1, 1856," said
Dr. Draughon.
In 1872 it became the state's
land-grant college under the
name of Agricultural and Mech­anical
College, he said. It was
named Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
in 1899.
Since its beginning, Auburn
has graduated 27,938 students
trained in 10 schools and three
ROTC units which make up the
instruction division of the col­lege.
In 1885 the Alabama Legisla­ture
passed an act that led to
the establishment of the agricul­tural
research division which to­day
stands high among agricul­tural
research units throughout
the country. In addition to the
main station at Auburn, it has
10 substations, six experimental
fields, a plant breeding unit, a
foundation seed stocks farm and
4n ornamental horticulture field
station.
The agricultural extension ser­vice,
the third division of the in­stitution,
was organized in 1907
with the start of 4-H Club work
in Alabama. In addition to the
state staff at Auburn, the exten­sion
service today includes of­fices
of county farm and home
agents in all of Alabama's 67
counties.
[ "We are proud of Auburn's re­cord
of service," Dr. Draughon
Traffic
(Continued from Page 3)
the new system no one will be
prohibited from bringing a car on
the campus as is done in many
other schools. Sam Brewster stat­ed
this summer: "This is the third
plan that has been proposed and
is by far the best. It is fair and
democratic."
He added that the key to the
plan is cooperation. He stated that
if students will park only where
.they are supposed to and stu­dents
who may park in two zones
try to use zone C as little as pos­sible
there should be plenty of
space for all.
I The traffic control will be en­forced
through the Auburn city
police. Violators will get traffic
tickets which they will have 72
Jiours to pay. If payment is not
made within this period the vio­lator
will receive a summons to
appear in recorder's court.
Three violations by a student
will call for counselling by the
college security officer. Offending
staff and faculty members will be
reported to their dean or director.
"Hey, what's the rush?"
"Going to buy a car."
', "But why be in such a hurry?"
"1 found a parking space."
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told the students.
"Few educational institutions
have accomplished so much with
so little capital. Throughout the
years the Alabama Polytechnic
Institute has remained true to its
great responsibility of teaching
the principles of science and their
application to the needs of the
agricultural and industrial clas­ses."
Dr. Draughon was introduced
by Dr. David W. Mullins, execu­tive
vice-president, who presid­ed
at the meeting and described
the organization of instruction,
research and extension of the
college.
Peak High Expected
In Fall Enrollment
Auburn's enrollment is expected
to reach a record number of over
8,000 according to Charles Ed­wards,
registrar. This is an even
higher figure than last fall's peak
of 7,913. Freshman number be­tween
1750-1800 as compared
with 1740 freshman last fall.
Transfer students number about
the same as last year approxi­mately
500 this year as compared
with 462 last year. The number
of veterans registered is expect­ed
to exceed the 1888 veterans en­rolled
last fall.
Housing conditions are much
better this year than last. Two-hew
dorms, Dorm 11, (the old
Sigma Nu house) and Dorm 10
provide added housing space for
coeds. Glenn House, Gray House,
and Mell Street House have been
renovated and all the old dorms
have had some new furniture
added. Of the 1295 girls living in
dorms, 450 are freshman.
he School of Engineering is ex­pected
to claim the highest num­ber
of Auburn's students. Second
and third highest enrollments are
expected in the School of Science
and Literature and the School of
Education.
k "% Free Movie
4,
Movies will be shown in the
Union Ballroom every Tues­day
at 3:10 and 7 p.m. All stu­dents
and college personnel will
be admitted to these movies
free of charge.
Sept. 25—"The Glenn Miller
Story" starring June Allyson
and Jimmy Stewart — A heart
warming story of the Glenn
Miller Orchestra and his search
for a new sound in music. It
features all time favorites like
"Moonlight Serenade," "Tuxedo
Junction," "String of Pearls,"
"Little Brown Jug," "In the
THEME PARTIES were part of Rush Week activities by API
sororities^ Top, the Phi Mu's provide candlelight and conversation
for their guests with a night club party. Bottom, complete with
horns this group of girls is enjoying a party in the nether regions of
the KD chapter room.
Club News On Campus
Perfect pair
for leisure
wear!
Camera bugs, male and female,
are invited to attend the first
meeting of the API Camera Club
for the fall quarter. The meeting
is scheduled for Monday, October
1, at 7:00 in Room 213, Union
Building.
Belonging to the Camera Club
entitles members to use the dark
room and darkroom equipment
located on the ground floor of the
Union Building. The club re­ceives
several national photog­raphy
magazines. Photography
contests are held each quarter
and prizes are given. Guest
speakers give talks on different
phases of photograpnyl Discus­sions
of new equipment and
problems are" held.
Mr. Edward C. Marty, faculty
advisor, 208 Biggin Hall, or James
Williams, president^ at phone
186-J will be glad to answer any
questions anyone may wish to
ask.
Home ec meets
The Dana King Gattchell Home
Economics Club invites all in­terested
persons to attend their
first meeting of the quarter Mon­day,
October 1.
* » *
College 4-H
Attention all freshman 4-H
members. The Alpha Beta Alpha,
a collegiate 4-H organization,
meets every other Thursday at
7:00 p. m. The first meeting of
this quarter will be held Sep­tember
27 in the Auburn Union
Building. All interested persons
are invited.
Notice
FOR RENT: Two bedroom
apartments. Modern brick con­struction,
big lot, two car park­ing
facilities, only one block
from campus. Five or six apart­ments
will be available Oct. 1.
Call AD 4-5203 in Alex City if
interested.
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Nuclear Energy Important In Farm
Research At Auburn, Says Wilson
Nuclear energy is playing a valuable role in farm re­search
at the API Agricultural Experiment Station.
"Radioactive materials and nuclear radiations have be­come
valuable additions to the research tools and techniques
at Auburn," writes Dr. Coyt Wilson, associate director, in
the current issue of "Highlights
3—THE PLAINSMAN
of Agricultural Research," Ex­periment
Station publication.
The departments of agronomy
and soils, animal husbandry and
nutrition, and botany and plant
pathology use nuclear energy in
experiments.
"Radiophosphorus, supplied by
the fertilizer and lime section of
USDA Agricultural Research Ser­vice,
has been used by the API
Agricultural Experiment Station's
department of agronomy and
soils in greenhouse and field
studies in Alabama since 1950,"
Dr. Wilson wrote. "The addition
of radiophosphorus to phosphate
fertilizers makes it possible to
distinguish between fertilizer-phosphorus
in crops.
"If a phosphate fertilizer con­taining
radiophosphorus is added
to a soil upon which plants are
grown, the radioactivity of a
gram of phosphate separated from
the plants indicates the amount
of phosphate derived from the
fertilizer," he continued. "Thus,
if the phosphate separated from
the plant is onlyv25 per cent as
active per gram as that in the
fertilizer, only 25 per cent of the
phosphate came from the ferti­lizer.
This principle has been
used to study the residual value
of various phosphates and to
measure the availability of vari­ous
sources of phosphorus."
Radiophosphorus has been used
to determine the time of arrival
of plant roots at certain depths,
Dr. Wilson explained. Radio­phosphorus
is placed under plants
at various depths and different
plants or areas are used for each
depth studied. When the above-ground
portion of a plant shows
definite activity, it is assumed
that roots have penetrated to
that particular placement depth.
In the station's department of
animal husbandry and nutrition,
studies have been under way for
two years on the use of irradia-
Friday, Sept. 21, 1956
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tion for sterilization and preser­vation
of foods. "Ground beef
that has been irradiated by radio­active
cobalt is tested at Auburn
to determine the rate of destruc­tion
of B-vitamins and possible
formation of toxic products," Dr.
Wilson reported.
Other projects in the depart­ment
utilize tracer compounds for
study of metabolism of amino
acids and related compounds, the
associate director added. "These
studies will provide a better un­derstanding
of the relationship
of specific compounds, such as
choline, to nutritional disorders
like edema and some of the can­cer-
like tumors," he explained.
The department of botany and
plant pathology uses redioiso-topes
obtained from the Atomic
Energy Commission, Oak Ridge,
to study the feeding of. nema­todes
on plant roots. Plants are
made radioactive and exposed to
various nematodes.
"If the nematode becomes
radioactive, it may be assumed
that it has fed on the plant," Dr.
Wilson wrote. "In other studies
the nematodes themselves will
be made radioactive and allowed
to feed on plant roots. If the
plants become radioactive, it will
be proof that the nematode in­jects
materials into the plant. If
this is -true, it will help explain
why disease symptoms sometimes
develop out of proportion to the
amount of root tissue destroyed
by the nematodes."
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in intramural foot­ball
games should contact R. K.
Evans, Director of Intramurals,
at 319 Thach. Officials will
handle four games a week at
$1.50 per game. High school ex­perience
in football is desirable.
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Deans' ActionLacking
Several students have no doubt noticed
that The Plainsman was a little late hit­ting
the streets this week. Perhaps also
they have noticed the overabundance of
advertising in this issue.
A great deal of hard work by the staff
has gone into this issue, however, and we
feel that the blame should be properly
placed. There are times when the odds
against a good thing seem almost insur­mountable.
This was one of those times.
The Council of Deans was petitioned last
quarter to allow members of the Plains­man
staff to pre-register in order that a
good paper might be published this first
week and that it might come out on time.
Although the reasons for the request were
plainly stated the petition was refused.
The Council took the stand that only those
engaged in full-time orientation activities
would need to pre-register.
The staff questions what the council
means by full-time. Since arriving in Au­burn
the average number of the staff has
spent approximately 10 hours a day work­ing
on the paper. Some have put in as
much as 16 hours a day. Is this not full-time?.
Several of the writers and editors of
The Plainsman had summer jobs from
which a great deal of the expenses involv­ed
in attending school were derived. Es­pecially
where sophomores and juniors
were concerned the few days between pre-registration
and normal registration could
mean a sizable sum of money. These could
not be expected to return to school several
days BEFORE they were to register. As
a result the staff has been Extremely
short handed this week.
Students can afford to take an hour and
a half from their work to register, stated
one member of the Council. We are curious
to know if this member has ever witnessed
the mad house of registration. Perhaps it
would be interesting to find out how many
students can even APPROACH this length
of time to complete all steps of registra­tion.
Then there is rush. Sororities were en­gaged
in rush from Thursday of last week
to this past Wednesday in activities go­ing
on all day. Fraternity rush started
Sunday and is still in progress. Workers
on the staff have not even had the chance
to meet prospective members of their fra­ternities
and sororities because of their
efforts to put out a campus newspaper on
time.
All these things taken into consideration
we hope that the council will put a little
more thought into pre-fctegistration for
Plainsman staff members next fall. If af­ter
reading this they still hold their for­mer
opinion the staff cordiallly invites
them, as a group, to come to the Plains­man
offices and observe just how much
labor is involved in getting out a college
weekly.
Ross Beautifi cation
President Draughon told a freshman
orientation audience this week of plans to
construct a memorial garden in Ross
Square commemorating API's approach­ing
November 9 observation of 100 years
of service to the citizens of Alabama.
Ross Square has long been an eyesore on
the campus. It's improvement comes as a
result of a project begun by the
class of '42 and ties in very nicely with
beautification of the area in front of San-ford
Hall, begun last spring, and other
campus beautification projects inaugurat­ed
by the Department of Building and
Brounds.
Of course we are proud and^jtftifiably
so, of Auburn's contribution toward the
social and physical betterment of our state
during the last 100 years. We are proud
of our school and of the graduates it has
turned out. And we know that the new
freshman class will gain this feeling of
pride that we hold for our alma mater. This
sense of pride makes us appreciative of
improvements made to our school and
campus, such as the proposed memorial
garden in Ross Square.
The present administration is in an ac­celerated
program of beautification and
improvement, a program designed to give
us a school we can point to with increas­ing
pride.
Rush Rule Weakness
EDITOR'S NOTE: This editorial was
run in the summer volume of The Plains­man.
As the staff considers it applicable
to the present time it is being run again.
We have taken special note of one of
the rush rules that have been set up by
the Panhellenic Coouncil concerning fall
rush and girls attending school here in the
summer. The fact is that girls in school
during the summer must make a one point
average in order to go out for fall rush.
This rule seems unfair, especially to
those women students starting from out
of state. College regulations requires that
girls starting here from states other than
Alabama must do so during one of the
summer sessions. So, we have a situation
where one group is at a disadvantage
when compared with those from within the
state that may start during any quarter.
In the fall, when they arrive here from
all over the state, girls may go out for rush
to foster the Auburn spirit
HAL MORGAN
Editor
BOB TARTE,
ED WILLIAMS Managing Editors
Terry White _ Associate Editor
8am Henderson Associate Editor
Bill Berrey Photography Editor
Anne Rivers — Features Editor
Juna Fincher _ Society Editor
bill Klemm _ Columnist
Mercer Helms Columnist
Wardlaw Lamar Columnist
Charles Smith Staff Photographer
Staff Writers: Marie Peinhardt, Dale Stamps,
Kit Logan, Tommy Milford, Dale Owens.
DAN BEATY
Business Manager
Jerry Godard _ - Adv. Manager
John Ferguson _ Asst. Adv. Manager
Julie Erb _ Sales Agent
The Plainsman in the official Htuilent newnpaper of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, anil IK tllHtributrd
free. OpinioiiH publiNhcd In The Plainsman have been
written and edited by responsible students and are not
necessarily the opinions of the administration. Fall
publication date Is Friday, and circulation Is 7,500.
Plainsman offices are located In Room 318 of the
Auburn Union, and in The Lee County Bulletin building
on Tlchenor Avenue. Telephone API 489, 242. Entered
as second class matter at the post office In Auburn,
Alabama. Subscription rates by moll are $1 for three
months, and $3 for a full year.
Advertising rates may be obtained by mall or phone.
The Plainsman is represented by the National Adver­tising
Service.
Member—Associated Collegiate Press
regardless of whether they have the abil­ity
to make a one point or not, while those
having attended in the summer have al­ready
been judged.
Since the first quarter in school for a
freshman is a transition period from high
school, then this very naturally could be
the student's worst quarter in school. Girls
here iri the summer are judged oh this
transition period as to whether they may
go out for rush or not, while those just
starting have no record oh which to base
judgement.
A hypothetical situation could exist
where two girls come to Auburn, one, a
fairly smart girl, starts during the sum­mer
(perhaps she is from another state and
has to start at this time). The other may
be intellectually very lacking but she
starts in the fall.
If the first girl should, during the tran­sition
period, fail to make a one point then
she will not be eligible for fall rush, al­though
the following quarter she might get
used to the new system of learning and
make a high average. On the other hand
the second girl will be able to go out for
fall rush, might pledge and then fail to
ever make her grades.
Auburn is a fine school and a lot of
women from other states want to come
here. A lot of them might also be inter­ested
in joining a sorority. Having to come
in the summer and perhaps jeojardize
their chances for joining might serve as
a deterant to out-of-state girls coming
here.
Since the school regulation must be set
up as it is to handle the large numbers of
women applying for admission then the
only answer is to change the requirements
for fall rush. If girls attending during
the summer may be judged on their first
quarter averages then girls coming for the
first time in the fall should also be judged
on their averages for that quarter. In
other words, perhaps girls entering fall
quarter should not go out for rush until
the winter quarter. An alternative solu­tion
would be to completely disregard
summer quarter averages in determining
eligibility for fall rush.
Whatever is to be done, it should be
done quickly to do away with the unfair
advantage given those entering fall quar­ter.
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon
The President S p e a k s . ..
TO THE NEW STUDENTS:
I am grateful to The Plainsman for this opportunity of
extending to each of you a cordial welcome to Auburn. It is
my sincere hope that each of you may find here happiness
and a large circle of friends, lots of hard work in classes, and
in the activities of the student body.
I hope that you will come to know the traditions of Auburn
and that you will come to love the friendly customs and the
great Auburn Spirit.
You are investing a good part, perhaps the best part, of
your lives here. It is therefore highly important that you get
a good start. I hope that you'll accept your responsibilities as
students and devote yourselves to the primary duty of hard
study and prompt attendance.
You certainly may become confused and bewildered in
this new life you have begun. If this should happen to you,
do not hesitate to ask questions of your teachers, your dean,
or other officials. All of us want to help you become good
students and good citizens.
My own wish for each of you in this Centennial Year is
that you may so live and work and play that Auburn will be
a better institution by reason of your presence here.
Study the Tiger Cub, ask questions, look for answers and
get the Auburn Spirit, which has its finest expression in the
character, democracy and friendliness of the Auburn Student
Body.
War Eagle!
Ralph B. Draughon, president.
Student Government, Faculty, Affairs
Offices Extend Welcome To Frosh
Dean of faculties
Those who teach in the nine
undergraduate and professional
schools extend warm greetings to
the largest student body in the
history of the Alabama Polytech­nic
Institute.
Anticipating your attendance,
the staff has been expanded to
supply an adequate number of
teachers. Additional classrooms
have been constructed. We be­lieve
that Auburn has staff and
facilities to provide contribu­tion
in the future to the nation,
to the state, and to the community
in which you will live.
Although Auburn has become
one of the largest universities in
the South, we are determined
that it shall never become so
complex as to prevent faculty and
student from continuing the
warm personal relationships that
have prevailed through the years.
This fellowship contributes
strongly to the vaunted Auburn
Spirit.
When you have problems, as
you surely will, feel free to dis­cuss
them with your teachers
and with members of the admin­istrative
staff. In the final analy­sis
you are the end product of
this institution—you are what it
has to sell. It is the function of
the teaching staff to provide you
with instruction of first quality,
in order that you may be pre­pared
to enrich the cultural and
economic resources of the South
and of the nation.
M. C. Huntley,
Dean of Faculties
Student affairs
To the Freshman Class:
Greetings and best wishes to
every member of the Freshman
Class. I know this first week has
been a time of new experiences,
new friends, and high activity.
With the close of orientation week
you will be settling down into
the routine of the quarter. I wish
you great success in your every
undertaking.
Auburn offers unexcelled op­portunities
for you in the field
of out-of-class activities. These
activities provide the means for
you to serve your students, the
good name of Auburn and at the
same time to develop your per­sonality
and to increase your
skill in working with people.
After you have established
yourself in your class work you
will want to balance your per-
'sonality by participating in stu­dent
government, student publi­cation,
music and the Union pro-
X
gram. Your Tiger Cub is chocked
full of suggestions concerning
out-of-class activities. They are
too varied and numerous to men­tion
here. Let me urge you to
study your Cub and determine
which activities appeal to you
most.
Your college life will take on
new meaning and enrichment
when you have found an oppor­tunity
to serve Auburn.
All of us in the Office of Stu­dent
Affairs are looking forward
to working with you. We will
feel it a privilege to talk with
you at any time concerning your
participation in out-of-class ac­tivities
James E. Foy,
Director of Student
Affairs.
Dean of women
Dear New Students:
I am happy to add my wel­come
to the many that you have
already received at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. We are
very glad that you have select­ed
this school as your alma ma-ta,
and we hope that you are go­ing
to find here all of the things
that you hoped for in the college
you wanted to attend.
We feel sure that you as indi­viduals
and as a group will make
a significant contribution to the
ongoing of this institution, and
we hope that you will so profit
from your experiences here that
this will be the happiest and
most meaningful year that you
haave ever spent.
Sincerely yours,
Katharine Cater,
Dean of Women
President WSGA
On behalf of the Women's Stu­dent
Government Association of
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute
may I warmly and sincerely
welcome you, both former and
new students, to the "Loveliest
Village of the Plains." It is my
firm desire that each of you will
find your life here at Auburn
filled with joy and happiness,
and may you leave behind you a
monument of virtue that can
never be destroyed.
The desire for excellence of
character and excellence of scho­larship
has always motivated the
efforts of Auburn students.
Through the years they have ad­vanced
steadily toward the reali­zation
of these goals, and each
group of new students has come
nearer the fulfillment of its de-
(See Freshmen, Page 5)
FROM THE BOTTLE
New Books, Movies Appear
BY MERCER HELMS
AUNTIE MAME
The relatively new' book by
Patrick Dennis entitled Auntie
Ma me is, without a doubt, one of
the most entertaining books of it's
sort that I have ever read. Its
greatest virtues are that in this
mixed up world of today, it con­tains
no message, does not try to
sell anything, does not search for
the "true meaning of life," does
not contain an overabundance of
descriptive material concerning
bovine-breasted heroines and
their exploits, and is not critical of
life today.
If you are looking for a good
two hours of the most rollicking
and hilarious characters and situ­ations
possible, or if you are mer­ely
tired of "serious thinkers," I
sincerely invite you to jump into
the book with a mind tuned to the
ridiculous. The story is a parody
of an article that might be pub­lished
in a popular Digest type of
magazine under the heading, "The
Most Unforgettable Character I've
Ever Met," and tells the life story
of a young man who was reared
by his fabulous aunt.
Because the incidents that go to
make up the story are so fantastic,
I cannot personally believe that
the story is entirely fictional. A
great number of things in this life
are too unbelievable to be false.
Mr. Dennis' characters are
forcefully and vividly painted and
the incidents that make up the
book are very well written, but
as I mentioned above, the life and
humor of the story are it's main
virtues.
Incidently, when you are read­ing
it, be sure that you are alone,
because you will undoubtedly
laugh out loud.
* * *
THE ANSWER
A number of more serious read­ers
will be pleased to note that
The Answer, by Mr. Philip Wylie,
(Generation of Vipers, Opus 21,
An Essay on Morals, etc.), is now
in it's second printing.
It is a relatively short story
concerning an Angel bearing a
message to mankind who was
shot down by a gigantic H-Bomb
explosion. The message borne by
the angel gives the solution, or
answer, to the problems confront­ing
the human race today.
. Carl Sandburg said of the work,
"As a story, a fable or tract it
meets the methods of Russian
propaganda head on. It mingles
merciless realism with hazardous
mysticism and there will be mini­sters
and priests reading it from
the pulpit as better than a ser­mon
for this hour of human
destiny."
BUS STOP
I couldn't help but notice that
the screen adaptation of William
Inge's successful broadway play,
Bus Stop, is coming «to Auburn.
The screen version of the play
stars MM in the feminine lead.
Her inimitable rendition of the
third rate performer suits her
perfectly and her vocal stylization
of the song, "That O'le Black
Magic" will long be remembered.
In short, Miss Monroe has scored
again.
MOBY DICK
A good many people have seen
John Houston's screen version of
Herman Melville's famous novel
Moby Dick. It is an excellent mo­vie,
even though much of the
Melville flavour has been lost.
After the Pequod sets sail, Mel­ville
disappears and a Hollywood
adventure writer seems to take
over. However, the original story
(strangely enough for Hollywood)
can still be seen in the movie and,
all in all, it turns out pretty Well.
Too bad they didn't do the same
with The Bad Seed.
PASSING STREAM
Student Work Hindered
BY ANNE RIVERS
To the ever-expanding list of
why-don't-they's c i r c u l a t i ng
around campus these days, I'd
like to add this one . . . or per­haps
it should fall into the cate­gory
of the why-didn't-they's.
At the end of the summer quar­ter,
a petition was made by the
editor and staff of the Plainsman
to the Council of Deans request­ing
permission to pre-register.
The request was flatly rejected,
along with requests submitted
by several other groups on cam­pus
who had work to be done
at the very beginning of the fall
quarter.
The basis of the rejection
was, as nearly as could be di­vined,
"Why can't these people
spare an hour and a half for
registration? It wouldn't take
enough time away from their
activities to warrant pre-regis-tratioh."
Well, now. Theoretically, regis­tration
is a process carefully reg­imented
according to classifica­tion
and curriculum. Registra­tion,
it says here, means a short
conference with your dean, pull­ing
your punch cards, and pay­ing
your fees.
But I have a sneaking suspic­ion
that some of the Council of
Deans members haven't gone
through registration in a long
time—at least, not here in Au­burn.
Battling the thundering
herd, believe me, is more than
an hour and a half proposition.
Day and a half would be more
accurate, taking into considera­tion
the frustrated throngs who
choke the corridors of Biggin
Hall from 8 a. m. until closing
time. And a lot of work can be
done in a day and a half—work
that is necessary—even vital—to
the welfare of Auburnites both
old and new.
I believe that the workings of
The Plainsman and Glomerata
are just as important to the cam­pus,
especially at the beginning
of the quarter when utter chaos
prevails, as. the work of people
who are involved in full-scale'
orientation activities. These peo­ple
were the only ones who were
allowed to pre-register.
What are our student publica­tions
for if not to smooth things
out for the incoming freshman
and the returning Auburnites
attending to matters that must
be done immediately, such as
the Student Union Activities
and similar matters and getting
out a paper?
And since these things take
a great deal of time and effort,
why complicate them with the
process of registration, which is
at best a modernized Chinese
torture method comparable only
to the psychological warfare pro­cedure
recently devised? This, on
top of sorority and fraternity
rush, orientation and the process
of moving in and getting settled,
which is in itself enouglpto make
the herdiest student so gay, and
is a surefire method of adding
substantially to the crops of gray
hairs the upperclassmen have ac­quired
already.
The number of people who
needed to pre-register was not
large, and certainly not large
enough to cause any serious in­convenience
during the process.
And the time saved would have
been invaluable to those involv­ed
in getting the ball rolling, so
to speak.
Is the accepted procedure of
no pre-registration so sacred and
the workings of organizations set
up by the students to meet stu­dent
needs? Surely • the under­takings
of these organizations are
important enough to warrant a
few hours involving no choas,
no confusion and no appreciable
output of time and energy on
anybody's part. The words "a
bigger and better Auburn" are
on everyone's lips these days . ,
then why not a helping hand to
the people who are working to
make these words a reality?
OUTDOOR LORE
Fall Fishing Rewarding
By Wardlaw Lamar
Come the last of September
most sportsmen start packing
away the rods, reels, tackle boxes,
landing nets and other fishing
gear and turn to the task of
bringing guns, decoys and the
rest of their hunting gear from
summer storing places. The old
favorite hunting tales are given
an airing also, with maybe a
few words added or subtracted
here and there.
The wiser sportsmen, however,
are taking down guns also, but
they are not storing fishing gear
just yet. Many never store it, for
in the latter part of September
and on into October, November
and even into December and Jan­uary,
fishing reaches a peak, es­pecially
for bass and walleyes, a
fish being found more abundantly
in southern streams.
Many of you anglers may be
surprised at this business of fall
and winter fishing, and so were
many other of your kind when
they first heard about it. They
were even more surprised when
they tried it for they found that
fishing in the fall months comes
fast and furious.
The reason for the sudden vo­racious
appetite of the aquatic
acrobats is plainly evident. Win­ter
is on the way and with it
comes a sparse time for fish, as
well as for the furbearers and
the feathered folk. Bass, bream,
catfish—all the freshwater fish
start a raging feed that lasts up
until the time the really cold
mohths set in. During the colder
months most of the smaller spe­cies
of fish become quite inactive.
Feeding is infrequent and usually
at great depths; however, during
these winter months the larger
bass and other fish are taken.
During late September and up
into October and November, bass
and bream are taken on almost
all tackle-fly fishing as well as
spinning, baitcasting and fishing
with live bait. Fish can be taken
on surface, plugs and flies as
well as deep or medium running
plugs. Live minows become a
favorite for bass among bait fish­ermen
and crickets and worms
for the bream fishermen.
When December and January
BY WARDLAW LAMAR
set in, the fishing becomes a lit­tle
slower, but "as mentioned
above, the efforts put forth are
richly rewarded with the mon­sters
of the species. During the
truly cold months live bait is
used almost exclusively; how­ever
deep running plugs and
spinners retrieved very, very
slowly take their toll of finny
fighters.
When a few warm days slip
into the December and January
(See Fall, Page 5)
4—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Sept. 21, 1956
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Ttf fiWS «/H0 mt Uf IHfH CATAKKS lOffl WW? KW A COltfGf iWMM ^ i
Saturday's Busy Day At Thach Hall
As 250 Teachers Gather To Study
Just Another Day
For Ed. Professors
By Annie Seay Owen
For lots of folks S a t u r d a y is
a time to r e l a x . They go fish­ing,
mow lawns, p u t t e r around
t h e house, or just plain rest.
But 250 teachers spent their
Saturdays doing study at API.
These teachers traveled 31,242
miles each time they attended
class on the campus during this
year's Spring Quarter.
On-and-off classes
The school of Education at Au­burn
offers what are called "off-and-
on" classes for teachers. The
plan works this way: Each quar­ter,
graduate courses in education
are offered one day a week on
the campus. Each alternate week
the college professor does the
traveling. This "off campus" class
is held in a place nearer the
teachers' homes. Some of these
classes meet in Alexander City,
Troy, Andalusia, Heflin, Dothan,
Evergreen, LaGrange and Colum­bus,
Ga. But even in these clos­er-
to-home classes, teachers tra­vel
7,982 miles each time the class
meets.
Most of the campus classes
meet on Saturdays but some meet
in the late afternoon and at night.
The time is set so that after a
full day of teaching, the teacher
has time to reverse his role. He
becomes the student.
Dr. Truman Pierce, dean of the
School of Education at Auburn,
is dedicated to serving the schools
of Alabama. Proof of this 4s seen
every Saturday morning in. Thach
Hall — the education building at
Auburn. Students and professors
in other schools on the campus
have Saturdays off. But it's just
another school day for education
students and their professors. In
fact, it's their biggest 'day, be­cause
on-the-job teachers can
come to school themselves on
Saturday.
It's worth it
Herbert Hawkins, teacher of
Enterprise, Alabama, is glad he
can come to school while he is
teaching. He explained, "There's
so much new going on in the
world today. I want to learn
more so I can help my students."
"But," he added, "it's a long
drive. I get out of school in the
afternoon on Wednesdays, drive
125 miles to Auburn, sit in class
four hours, then drive 125 miles
home. My wife comes with me
to help keep me awake on the
way back. We get home at about
one o'clock in the morning."
Hawkins' story is only one of
many such stories. A recent sur­vey
disclosed that these teachers
traveled an average of 150 miles
round-trip for each class. One-fourth
of them travel more than
200 miles each time they go to
school.
Three-fourths of these graduate
students come from Alabama. The
other fourth are teachers in
Georgia and Florida. As teach­ers
they do their share of work­ing
with boys and girls outside
the classroom. They help with
student clubs, athletics, recrea­tion,
school plays, school publi­cations,
and many others. Less
than ten per cent of them were
excused from extra duties be­cause
they were attending these
classes.
Boys and girls benefit
These teachers didn't just sit
in a classroom and listen to a
professor. They studied condi­tions
and problems in their own
classrooms, and worked on ways
to solve these problems.
Mrs. Lucy Hagler and Mrs. Nola
Lane, second grade teachers in
Lee County, wanted to help their
pupils get along better with each
other. Mrs. Hagler said, "We
made a check list with such items
as: Does he play alone or with
other children? Does he like other
"Then we checked each child
as he entered our class at the first
of the year. During the yeai\ we
practiced being polite and shar­ing
with each other. And not just
in our own classroom. We shar­ed
art and music classes; we
joined in story telling periods; we
played together. But most im­portant,
we learned to get along
with each other. At the end of
the year we checked them again.
Every child showed definite im­provement
in becoming a better
citizen."
Adults not left out
B. F. Nix of Foley, studying
soil conservation in Agricultural
Education, talked about his
course in his community. "The
Chamber of Commerce got so en­thusiastic
just hearing about it
that they donated $3,000 to buy
soil testing equipment for the
community.
"And," he added, "I am now
teaching to the adults back home
the latest things I learned in my
class at Auburn."
Reading problems
Reading problems came into
the picture, too! Mrs. Sara Cook
of Columbus, Ga., found she could
apply her course in her own class­room.
One little girl, Edna, in her
second grade room, had normal
intelligence but could not read.
Edna wanted to read and tried
hard. Mrs. Cook found out why
Patrick Arranges
Training Of New
English Professors
Dr. W. R. Patrick, English de­partment
head at API, said to­day
that his department is start­ing
an expanded and intensified
program for the in-service train­ing
of teaching fellows and new
instructors in English.
Dr. David H. Malone. associate
professor of English and chair­man
of freshman English, is in
charge of the in-service program.
The purpose of the program is
to assist new teachers without
previous college teaching exper­ience
in getting started as ef­ficiently
as possible, and to
guarantee that students will get
the best instruction possible.
Twelve graduate teaching fel­lows
and four instructors will
take part in the three-part pro­gram.
children? Does he share his things ; s h e w a s h a v i n § trouble. Edna's
with others?
Fall
Fishing
LAMAR (Cont'd from Page 4)
cold, bass begin moving about
and feeding quite actively. For
example, a friend of mine caught
ninety bass averaging two and
one-half pounds during a warm
two-weeks period last year in
January. That is more bass than
most fishermen catch in two sea­sons.
You can see that just because
the . a i r takes on. a little chill,
and the leaves begin to fall,: that's
no reason ( to store the fishing
gear. Keep it out and the fish
will wear it out.
Notice
All students interested in
dramatic work are invited to
attend tryouts for the Auburn
Players production of "My Sis­ter
Eileen" in the Y-Hut, Tues­day,
Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m.
problem was a personal one. Her
mother had left her father and
four children. Edna had to help
care for three younger brothers
and sisters. She cooked break­fast
for the family before coming
to school and often had no money
for lunch. She was tired and
worried during school about the
kids at home and her afternoons
were devoted. to their care. She
had no time for play or study.
When she found affection and
friendly interest in her welfare
at school, she became more re­laxed
and was able to put her
mind to reading.
She can read now and is ready
to do third grade work. ,
Better teaching goal
Even' though teachers' salaries:
are still low, more money is not
the first thought of these teach­ers.
Ninety-one per cent of them
checked "to become a better
teacher" as their first reason for
attending school. "More pay"
was at the bottom of the list.
With such teachers as these in
our schools and with the help Au­burn
is giving them, Alabama's
children are in good hands!
Freshmen
Welcomed
(Continued from Page 4)
sires. I am happy to welcome
you, and I hope that you too will
find here at API ideals that merit
your life-long loyalty and de­votion.
May this be a good year for all
of us!
Carolyn Simpson
President, WSGA.
SGA prexy
The upperclassmen at Auburn
extend a hearty welcome to all
incoming freshmen and new stu­dents.
We know that the college
career you are now beginning will
be among the most satisfying
and enjoyable years of your life.
As you grow to feel a part of
the college community, as you
attend the classes, the football
games, and the dances, you will
become a part of the living Au­burn
spirit. When 8500 voices
blend as one and the "War Eag­les"
roll across the Plains, it's
a wonderful feeling to know that
you belong. You will find that
the friendly attitude that exists
on the campus is the foundation
of the college. It's up to you to
do your share to continue this
attitude. Remember that yiSUr
college career is what you make
it—don't let yourself down.
Our Auburn way of life is best
expressed in the Auburn Creed:
Live by this and your fellow stu­dents
will be proud when you
say, "I am an Auburn man."
May we say again, welcome,
and the best of luck.
Sincerely,
Ed Cobb, president SGA
KLEMM'S CLAMOR
Join A Fraternity?
Editor's note: To provide an
imparital review of the frater­nity
system, Bill Klemm here
presents this column. The col-
. umnist was a fraternity member
at another unversity and is now
a member of an Auburn veteri­nary
fraternity.
The decision to join a fraternity
is among the first problems en­countered
by freshmen. In re­solving
the question you new stu­dents
must consider many factors,
including finances, study needs
and social op­portunities.
You
seek out which
one, if any, of
A u b u r n ' s 22
fraternities ful­fills
your per­sonal
needs.
I fully un-destand
the re-l
u c t a n c e of
those freshmen
who have reservations about
Greek organizations in general.
However, I think it would be a
mistake not to go through rush
week. There is no obligation to
join any group; fraternities ex­pect
a certain percent to decline.
And by participating in rush, you
have the opportunity to size up
the Greeks in general and any
single group in particular. Besides,
it will\ probably be ttye best free
entertainment you ever had.
As you go through rush, make
certain you understand just what
your fraternal obligations would
be, financial, social and in work
time. You have every right to ask
for such information and the
members should be glad to answer
your questions.
Finances are usually the prime
question. The expense of belong­ing
to a fraternity will vary of
course. As a rule you have little
need to fear heavy costs; with
many fraternities it is almost as
cheap to belong as it is to be an
independent. /
The popular notion that to be­long
to a fraternity would hurt
your grades is hardly justified. In
a fraternity you have ready access
to help from such things as study
files and from brothers who have
BY BILL KLEMM
taken your courses. As further re­assurance,
the 1955 average for
fraternity members and pledges
was 1.381, as compared to an all
men's average of 1.385.
Without question a fraternity
provides the easiest way to de­velop
yourself socially. Through
the social activities of a fraternity
you learn to improve your ability
to meet people and deal success­fully
with them—a most import­ant
commodity in this day and age.
Besides, a fraternity is just about
the best insurance for a steady
supply of dates.
Perhaps the most important
benefit of fraternity life is the
brothei'hood. Here you form life­time
friends, friends who make
your college years a much bright­er
experience. It is nigh impos­sible
to be lonely in a good frater­nity.
Assuming you are interested in
Greeks, how do you pick your
fraternity. What criteria should
you use?
With regard to finances, most
groups charge monthly dues of its
members, plus an initiation fee.
In addition some groups have a
few assessments for such things as
formals and the like. You should
feel free to inquire about such
matters.
You should next learn just what
would be expected of you as a
pledge and as an active. Hazing
still persists at Auburn, but it is
not of the harsh or vindictive type.
It's all a part of the game—and
more rewarding as a result.
But the most important point is
to pick a fraternity on the basis of
the men. Find a group with whom
you have common interests and
similar goals and ideals.
Above all think twice before
you join a fraternity because it
is well known, or because it won
a lot of trophies, or because home
town friends are members or for
any other such reason, because
when you boil it all down, only
one thing counts—the fellowship.
Motorcyclist Hurt, As Traffic Swells
Jerry M. Harpole, sophomore
from Daytona Beach, Fla., suffer­ed
a fractured arm and cut lip
at noon yesterday when the
motorcycle he was riding report­edly
ran into a curb and threw
him off into a telephone pole. He
was treated at Drake Infirmary,
where six stitches were taken in
his lip, and then sent to Colum­bus
for examination by an ortho­pedic
specialist.
The accident occured on W.
Thach Ave. near the small ani­mal
clinic.
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Tiger Team Is Taking Shape;
Jimmy Phillips Sweeps Honors
With the opening game of Auburn's 64th grid season just
slightly more than a week away, reserved optimism fairly oozes
from the Field House and a more uncontrolled type seems to be
infiltrating the campus. And with good reason.
Despite the loss of five key operators from the '55 squad, Coach
Shug Jordan once more appears to have a top-notch team. With only
a few injuries to mar the otherwise rosey pic­ture,
the starting lineup for the Tennessee tilt
Sept. 29 seems fairly well set and definitely po­tent.
Taking the team position by position, it ap­pears
to shape up as follows: ,
Left end—Jerry Elliott returns with pos­sibly
more know-how than any player in the
SEC. He caught nine passes for 217 yards and
one TD last fall, including an important 56-
yarder in the 27-26 victory over Mississippi
State. His interception for a TD beat Georgia.
Left tackle — Ben Preston fills Frank
D'Agostino"s old spot and seems capable of do­ing
so quite adequately. At 6-3 and 215 pounds
he hits hard.
Left guard—Veteran Ernie Dan jean has been
picked for pre-season honors and should come up with the same
rating in the post-season lists.
Center—Alternate Captain Frank Reeves has a small but
definite edge on the competition for the pivot post. A good pass
defender due to his height (6-3), Reeves will be remembered for
his 50-yard return of a Georgia aerial last year.
Right guard—Chuck Maxime, the 1955 starter, is back and seems
even.more solid than before. At 225 pounds, Maxime should be a
big problem for Tiger foes.
Right tackle—After understudying M. L. Brackett in 1955, senior
Paul Terry has now moved up as a starter with fine offensive po­tential.
Right end—"Big Red" Phillips leaves nothing to be desired.
A prospective All-American, Red should better his '55 record1 as
the SEC's top receiver.
Quarterback—Injured Howell Tubbs is expected to recover in
time to take over his 1955 position as a starter, but Jimmy Cook is
showing considerable promise and is pushing Tubbs hard.
Left half—Bobby Hoppe and Tommy Lorino have the problem
of filling the gaping gap left by Fob James' graduation and may be
just the pair who can do it. Hoppe has speed and breakaway ability
while Lorino is the versatile one. Tommy passes, punts, receives, runs,
and generally does everything exceptionally well.
Right half—Louis Preis (pronounced Price) has the speed,
but Billy Kitchens seems to have the- inside track and is currently
the No^1 candidate especially since Preis is hurt.
Fullback—Jim Walsh, will take over Joe Childress' 3-year hold
on the heavy duty job of the backfield and could do pretty good if
he repeats his performances from the Clemson and Mississippi State
games of last year.
Alex City's Big Red (Phillips) has scored a "grand-slam" of All-
American plaudits in three national magazines which came out early
this month. . ^_ ^ tmm £g iriif , ^,
He has, been sejected as a first-team pre-sea]^n:All«America end
by Francis Wallace in Collier's.'-MlPijifcrf^ ^fck-off, and Stanley
Woodward in his 1956 edition of Football.
Collier's summarized Jimmy's talents in a short but meaning­ful
paragraph: "All-American End: Jimmy (Red) Phillips, Au­burn,
6-2, 205 pounds, age, 20, Junior, Alex City, Ala., Sophomore
of the Year in the SEC in 1955. In 14-12 upset of Georgia Tech
he caught five passes and set up winning touchdown with a spec­tacular
catch. Runs well after receiving, has done 9.8 in 100-yard
dash."
Mel Allen reporting in Kick-off magazine gave no individual
sketches of his All-Americas, but did give an analysis of Auburn's
end potential for 1956:
"Their ends are merely the best in the conference—All-America
Red Phillips and Captain Jerry Elliott."
Coach Ralph Jordan's eleven didn't do too badly either in the
pre-season predictions of these experts as Francis Wallace ranked the
Tigers' 13th, and Mel Allen chose the Plainsmen as the 17th best
eleven in the nation.
National Attention To Center On SEC Saturday
Seven Teams Open '56 Season;
Tech-Kentucky Match Is Head liner
By Maurice Hargrove
Assistant Sports Editor
The football eyes of the nation will be focused on the
S o u t h e a s t e r n Conference this weekend when powerful
Georgia Tech meets Kentucky at Lexington in 1956's first TV
game-of-the-week. Seven other SEC teams will also open
t h e i r campaigns, with league games scheduled at Starkville
between Miss. State and Florida and at Nashville between
Georgia and Vanderbilt.
George Wendell _
Maurice Hargrove
Bob Black
Staff Members
SPORTS STAFF
— - - . Sports Editor
Assistant Sports Editor
I n t r a m u r a l Sports Editor
Paul Hemphill, Buddy Chambers,
Richard Coiner and -Don Coughlin
Other games involving Con­ference
members include Ala­bama
at Rice, VPI at Tulane, and
North Texas State at Mississippi.
LSU, Auburn, and Tennessee will
be idle this week awaiting their
initial engagements next Satur­day.
The Auburn-Vol clash in
Birmingham will be the South's
top attraction next week and will
go a long way toward deciding
the SEC championship. Tech,
Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Auburn
are generally considered to be
the top flight of the Dixie Doz­en's
1956 aggregations.
Georgia Tech will be fielding
an experienced team against
Blanton Collier's Wildcats and
will be favored to begin a vic­tory
trail toward the Southeast­ern
Conference title as well as
high national honors. The Jackets
have been ranked as high as sec­ond
in pre-season ratings of the
country's teams.
20 back at Tech
There were only two men lost
from the '56 Sugar Bowl champs'
first twenty-two, and most of the
returnees will be seasoned sen­iors.
Kentucky, however, is not to
be lightly regarded, and will be
anxious to spring another upset
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similar to the one in 1954 when
they defeated the. Engineers 13-
6 in Atlanta. Tech has won 49
games during the past five years
including five consecutive ma­jor
bowl victories. Bobby Dodd's
enviable lifetime mark now
stands at 91 wins, 47 losses, and
three ties.
The Mississippi State—Florida
and Vanderbilt-Georgia encoun­ters
will find four almost evenly
matched teams in competition.
Vandy and State will probably
be slightly favored because of
the advantage of playing at home.
Auburn's record of 270 victories
and 34 ties in 508 football games
will be put in the line for possible
improvement next week against
Tennessee when the Tigers open
their 64th season.
Intramural Slates
To Be Arranged
Coach R. K. Evans announced
Monday that all entries for In­tramural
Touch Football should
be made immediately. Applica­tions
by all teams, church, dorm,
fraternity and independent, should
be submitted to the Intramural
office in room 319, Thach Hall.
A meeting of all fraternity team
managers is scheduled for Mon­day,
Sept. 24 at 7 o'clock in room
315, Union Building. The follow­ing
night, church, dorm, and in­dependent
managers will meet at
the same time in 315, Union
Building.
Touch football play will begin
Oct. 8. Schedules are not available
Sports Staff Meeting
There will be a meeting Sun­day
for all students Interested
in working on the sports staff
of The Plainsman. It will be
held at 3 p.m. in The Plains­man
office in the Student Union
Building. Those who are in­terested,
but cannot attend, may
call Ed Williams at 9224 or ext.
489 on the college exchange.
Cross Country Crew
To Start Practice
Auburn's cinder track will be
open for business next Monday
when Coach Wilbur HutselPs
Cross Country team starts whip­ping
into shape.
Coach Hutsell's hopes rest on
SEC two-mile champ Ellsworth
Richter, O. H. Wesley, Vic Tal-bert,
Don Hannah, Glenn Drum-mond
and Bobby Dees. Two hope­fuls
up from the freshmen track
team are Mavern Parker and Jim
Sloan.
Last year, the team won three
of four meets and tied Florida for
the SEC title in Atlanta.
Coach Hutsell announced that
if anyone is interested in running
track this year, to contact him at
the Field House.
The 1956 schedule is as follows:
Oct. 29—Florida at Auburn.
Nov. 5—Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
Nov. 13—Ga. Tech at Atlanta.
Nov. 19—SEC Meet at Atlanta.
as yet, but they will be made up
and given to the team managers
next week.
6—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Sept. 21, 1956
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ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER DOLLAR
Today I begin the third year of writing this col­umn
for Philip Morris Cigarettes, and I am merry in
my heart.
I am merry for several reasons. First, because I am
being paid.
Not, let me hasten to state, that an emolument was
necessary. "Sirs," I said a few days ago to the makers
of Philip Morris, who underneath their dickeys are as
friendly as pups and twice as cute, "Sirs," I said to this
winsome assemblage, "there is no need to pay me for
writing this column. If I can introduce America's college
men and women to Philip Morris's natural tobacco good­ness,
if I can inaugurate them into the vast sodality of
Philip Morris smokers and thus enhance their happiness,
heighten their zest, upgrade their gusto, magnify their
cheer, broaden their bliss, augment their glee, and in­crease
their PQ—"
"PQ?" said the makers, looking at me askance.
"Pleasure Quotient," I explained.
. "Ah!" said the makers, nodding their sweet, shaggy
heads. -
"If," I continued, "I can do these splendid things for
the college population of America, there is no need for
money, because I am more than amply repaid."
We wept then. I am not ashamed to say it. WE
WEPT! I wish the wiseacres who say big business is
cold and heartless could have been there that day. I wish
they could have witnessed the deep, croaking sobs that
racked the gathering, the great, shimmering tears that
splashed on the boardroom table. We wept, every man-jack
of us. The makers wept. The secretaries wept. I
wept. My agent, Clyde Greedy, wept. We wept all.
"No, no!" cried one of the makers, whose name is
Good Sam. "We insist on paying you."
"Oh, all right," I said.
Then we laughed. The gloom passed like a summer
shower. We all laughed and chose up sides and played
stoop-tag and had steaming mugs of cocoa and lit plump,
firm, white cigarettes, brimming full of natural tebacco
goodness. I mean Philip Morris, of corris!
. flout to OoaUe-Oate inan
Refreshed and exalted, we returned to the busi­ness
a t hand. "Now then," said one of the makers, whose
name is Merry Andrew, "what will you write about in
your column this year?"
"About students and teachers," I said. "About classes
and cutting. About eds and coeds. About Greeks and
independents. About the important issues that occupy
the supple young minds of college America."
"Like what?" asked one of the makers, whose name
is Tol'able David.
"Like how to finance a full social life without a re­volver,"
I replied. "Like how to wear Bermuda shorts
though your knees look like brain-coral. Like how to
double-date in an MG."
"And will you," asked one of the makers, whose name
is Peter-Sit-by-the-Fire, "from time to time say a pleas­ant
word about Philip Morris Cigarettes, which are now
available in two sizes — Regular in the familiar Snap-
Open Pack, and Long Size in the new Crushproof Box?"
"Crazy kid!" I chuckled, pushing my fist gently
against his jaw. "You know I will."
And we all shook hands — silently, firmly, manlily —
and I left, dabbing at my eyes with my agent, and hurried
to the nearest typewriter.
©Max Shulman, 1956
The nutkert of Philip Morris take pleasure in bringing you
this uncensored, free-wheeling column each week during the
school year —and also in bringing you today's new Philip
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Tigers Face Rugged Schedule; Encounter Seven SEC Foes
By Ed Williams
Plainsman Managing Editor
Once more Auburn's grid fortunes seem to hinge upon
t h e outcome of t h r e e important, early-season tilts. As Coach
Ralph "Shug" J o r d a n has pointed out, "We could possibly
lose our games w i t h Tennessee, Kentucky, a n d Georgia Tech
v e r y easily, but we t h i n k we are capable of beating anyone
on our schedule."
But as Jordan has also said,
"In the same sense any SEC
team—almost—is capable of beat­ing
us." All of which adds
strength to the prevailing opin­ion
among observers that the SEC
is more evenly balanced than
ever.
Tennessee is the first squad to
face the Tigers and promises to
provide more than just "good
competition." In fact the Vols
are rated as the dark horse of
the conference. Scheduled for
Sept. 29 at Legion Field in Bir­mingham,
this game will defin­itely
give Auburn's sophomore-studded
aggregation some very
real experience. And the prestige
of a victory would also assure
the Tigers of a high rating in
the initial grid polls.
Oct. 6 will find the Jordanmen
entertaining little Furman at
Cliff Hare Stadium. Although
thin, the Purple Hurricane did a
stout job in the first half of last
year's game before falling apart
and they might extend this per­formance
into the third and
fourth quarters this fall.
A night action in Lexington
on Oct. 13 will be the Tigers next
outing. There they will meet
Kentucky, a team which they
have yet to beat in the current
series between the two schools.
The "big game" with Georgia
Tech is slated for Oct. 20 on
Grant field in Atlanta. The Tig­ers
will try to increase their
winning streak against the Jack­ets
to two in this tilt.
Another home game follows
on Oct. 27. This time the visitors
will be the University of Hous­ton,
the millionaire-backed
spoilers of Western football.
Gainesville will be the scene
Nov. 3, and the University of
Florida will be the foe Auburn
(Continued on page 8)
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LEADING THE AUBURN Tigers this season will be Captain Jerry Elliott (89) and Alternate
Captain Frank Reeves (55) along with head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan who will be starting his
sixth year at the helm of Plainsman football.' Left end Elliott and center Reeves were standouts on
the strong '55 combine which posted an 8-1-1 record.
Ticket Sales Start
Monday At Stadium
Student tickets for all Auburn
football games of the 1956 season
will go on sale Sept. 24. Ticket
offices are located in the East
stands of Cliff Hare Stadium and
will be open from 8:30 a.m. until
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
No student tickets will be avail­able
on the day of a game. Stu­dent
tickets will be $1.00 for each
game.
Ticket sales for off-campus
games will end on Oct. 13.
Identification cards must be
presented at the ticket office for
the purchase of student tickets for
all games this season. ID cards
will be made in Room 108 of the
Union Building Sept. 17 through
27. No registration cards will be
accepted in purchasing tickets.
Student wives may have a
wife's card made upon the pre­sentation
of the husband's ID
card in Room 108, Union Build-,
ing on the above dates. This wife's
card will be necessary for the
purchase of tickets at reduced
rates for on-campus athletic
events.
The fee for having wife's card
made is 50 cents. Rates for stu­dent
wives' tickets are: Furman
and F.S.U. games—$1.50 each, j
and the Houston and Mississippi
State games—$2.00 each. Regular
prices will be charged for off-
| campus games.
Tennessee Game
A "War Eagle Special" train
will be run' from Columbus, Ga.,
to Birmingham for the Auburn-
Tennessee football game Satur­day,
Sept. 29, Central of Georgia
Railroad said this week.
An advertisement in today's
Bulletin lists time of departure
Special Planned
from Opelika as 9 a. m. and time
of arrival in Birmingham as 12
noon. The return trip schedule
is depart Birmingham at 6 p. m.-
and arrive in Opelika at 8:30.
Buses will meet the train and"
Feturh passengers from Legion
Field- to the station.
7—THE PLAINSMAN Friday; Sept. 21, 1956>
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TUX RENTALS
Tiger Hopes Bright
As Cook Shines
In Preseason Drills
Remember the 1955 A-Day
game? "Lopsided" would have
been a polite word for it, with
the first string Blues running
roughshod over the inexperienced
Orange squad.
One of the few bright spots in
the undermanned Orange attack
was a sophomore q u a r t e r ­back
who s t u m b l e d and
staggered his way through the
backfield but somehow managed
to throw two touchdown passes.
Jim Cook was his name.
Jimmy Cook
Now, a year and a half later,
the "new" Cook stands an even
chance of starting the season as
first string quarterback against
Tennessee.
And he won't look like a high
school girl at her first prom eith­er,
when he drops back to pass.
Sharing signal-calling duties
with Howell Tubbs last fall, Cook
developed the poise and confi­dence
which has led many to be­lieve
he is one of the top passers
in the Southeastern Conference.
During the 1955 campaign, the
6-foot, 193-pounder completed 12
of 32 passes for 134 yards. His
only scoring toss was a 7-yarder
to "Red" Phillips in the Gator
Bowl game against Vanderbilt.
All this talk of Cook's passing
ability is not meant to imply that
he has only that one talent. Such
adjectives as "brilliant" and "dar­ing"
have been used to describe
his signal calling and ball handl­ing.
Cook is never afraid to gam­ble,
even if deep in Auburn terri­tory.
Though admittedly not a tack­ier
of Tubbs' class, and lacking
the speed of some, Jim is one of
the smartest defenders on the
squad. His two touchdowns last
year came as a result of scooped-up
fumbles.
Cook prepped at Georgia Mili­tary
Academy in College Park,
Ga., where he twice gained Mid-
South honors.
One of the most popular boys in
Graves Center, Jim is studying
Industrial Management.
K. CoffegelSf. Auburn
Auburn has never finished last
in SEC baseball.
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Auburn has played more conse­cutive
scoreless ties in football
during one season than any other
SEC. team. The Tigers set this
mark in 1938.
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a little prognosticating. If you'd like to try your hand at out-guessing the so-called experts, whip off
your list of winners with some fairly legiblei penmanship and turn it in at the Union Building desk
before 5:00. The Plainsman can't afford to offer any prizes, but all those who do better than the
consensus will find their names printed in this space.
Turner Returns As
Zoology Teacher
Henry F. Turner has returned
to the API school of agriculture
and agricultural experiment sta­tion
as assistant professor and as­sistant
zoologist after two years
doctoral study at Iowa State Col­lege.
A native of Andalusia, Turner
was on the zoology-entomology
department staff from 1950 until
beginning his leave of absence in
1954. He received his B. S. de­gree
in 1948 and his master's in
1950, both from Alabama Poly­technic
Institute.
Tiger Schedule
(Continued from page 7)
holds a 17-13 edge through the
years, but the Gators have been
the winners on Florida Field
every autumn since 1948.
The long-standing Georgia se­ries,
dating back to 1892 resumes
on Nov. 17 when the Tigers and
Bulldogs tangle in Memorial Sta­dium
at Columbus. Having done
it for the last three years, the
village crew will once more t ry
to beat Butts and his boys.
Florida State comes to Auburn
on Nov. 24 in the midst of the
Thanksgiving holidays and may,
or may not, bring their famous
circus-style halftime show with
them. If they don't bring the
show, absent fans may not miss
much, but the Seminoles could be
capable of some surprises.
Dec. 1 will be the final ap­pearance
for the Tigers and Le­gion
Field in Birmingham will
once more be the place. "Ears"
Whitworth's Alabama eleven will
be the competition although pre­season
prognostications by the
"experts" would seem to indicate
that "competition" is an over­statement
of the highest magni­tude.
8—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Sept. 21, 1956
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