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Volume 85 Alabama Polytechnic Institute AUBURN ALABAMA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1956 12 Pages Number -?•
Homecoming, Centennial To Draw 34,000
Promotional Events Help
Fund Drive; Committee
Predicts 'Over The Top'
The All Campus Fund Drive today moved into its fifth
day with a prediction from the Campus Drives Committee
t h a t the $2,500 goal will be topped.
Many promotional events have taken place in the first
five days of the Drive, and t h e r e are more to come. A movie,
i a' coed-slave auction, shoe shines,
27 Students Get
Schlaslic Honors
In Phi Kappa Phi
The Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute
chapter of Phi Kappa Phi,
national scholastic honorary, an­nounces
the tapping of 27 new
members.
Membership in the honor fra­ternity
is limited to the top ten
per cent of students selected from
each school on the basis of schol­arship.
Undergraduates selected are:
William Anton Bowden, Jr., Mem­phis,
Tenn; Richard M. Bragdon,
Gardiner, Maine; Donald Sher­wood
Brown, St. Cloud, Fla.;
James F. Bruns, Davenport, Iowa;
Bertram Bernard Burnett, Haley-ville;
Vernon L. Carter, Jr., Wad-ley;
Edron Lincoln Ca to, Traf-ford;
Paul John Driscoll, Spring­field,
Mo.; Elizabeth Ann Burton
Fowler, Tifton, Ga.; Edward R.
Graf, Cullman; Edward H. Hoop­er,,
Sheffield; Frances K i rk
Jones, Auburn; Paul B. Jones,
Montgomery; W i l l i a m Ro­bert
Klemm, Memphis, Tenn.;
Edward O. Landrum, Scarbro, W.
Va.; Patsy Ann Maxwell, Carroll-ton,
Ga.; James Fred O'Brien, Jr.,
Dothan; James W. Snider, El-laville,
Ga.; Sam J. Strickland,
Montgomery; Katherine Up-church,
Atlanta, Ga.; Kenneth
L. Wheeler, South Gadsden.
Graduate students tapped are:
Louis Oswell Abney, Auburn, and
Fairhope; Richard A. Baker, Au­burn;
the Rev. Victor Clark, O.
S. B., Cullman; Edith Hester Fra-zier,
Belgreen; and Annie Seay
Owen, Montgomery.
Village Fair
Village Fair committees are
now being formed. All students
interested in serving on one of
these committees are requested
to report to the Student Govern­ment
office, room 316 Union, to
fill out application forms.
a "change race" and The Faculty
Follies are included in fund rais­ing
plans for the next two weeks.
The Drive Committee feels
that the goal of $2500 will be
topped during the following days
of the drive. Lewis Anderson,
superintendent of Campus Drives
says, "We hope that all students
will donate something to this
drive. It is the only fund raising
drive on campus during this year.
Remember, that with each dol­lar
donation a chance will be
given on a football signed by
the Auburn team."
The All Campus Fund Drive
opened Monday, Nov. 5 with the
•movie "Jim Thorpe AU-Ameri-can."
Donations amounting to $37
were collected and the proceeds
went to the drive.
Another movie "The Egg and
I" is being sponsored by the
Union for Tuesday, Nov. 13, at
3 p. m. and 7:30 p.. m. Ten cents
admission will be taken at the
MacMurry, Marjorie Main, and
Percy Kilbride star in this movie.
According to the Committee,
the whole campus is going all
out in supporting the drive. For
instance, Magnolia Hall has set
a special goal toward which to
work. Mr. Lindy Martin, Resident
Counselor, reports that division
C with 36 men has already given
$33.
Among the special events plan­ned
for the drive are the Kappa
Alpha Theta slave auction in the
Women's Quadrange at 3 p. m.
on Nov. 16 and the Phi Kappa
Tau shoe shine on the corner
of Toomer's Drugs for Homecom­ing.
The Circle K Club will set
up tables the length of Ross
Square on Saturday morning
from 9 a. m. until 12 noon. A
change race will be held on these
tables in the form of a contest
between the Alumni and stu­dents.
The faculty folly on Mon­day,
Nov. 20, will be the culmi­nation
of the drive.
Those organizations supported
Heart Association, Cerebral Pal­sy
Association, World University
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Bennett, Andrews, McHugh and Strauss To Perform Here
'Best Of Steinbeck' Set
To Play Here Wednesday
By Marcia Sugg
Plainsman Staff Writer
"The Best of Steinbeck," a series of John Steinbeck's
novels adapted to the popular theater, will be the second
fall quarter presentation by the API Lecture and Concert
Committee. It is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 8:15
p. m. in the Student Activities Building,
From the pages of John Stein­beck,
adaptor Reginald Lawrence
has put together an omnibus of
engrossing entertainment. A cast * W- *"
Want Date With
Miss Homecoming?
Here's Your Chance
Would you like a chance for
a date with Miss Homecoming?
Here is an opportunity to get
a date with Jeanette Rousseau,
and at the same time to help
out the All Campus Fund Drive.
Tickets may be obtained by a
10 cent donation to the fund
drive at Main Gate or from
members of Circle K Club, na­tional
service organization which
is sponsoring the benefit, any
time from Monday, Nov. 12
through Tuesday, Nov. 20.
The holder of the winning
ticket will be announced at the
"Faculty Follies," slated to end
the fund drive on Tuesday, Nov.
20. Individuals do not have to be
present to win. The winner will
have a date with Miss Home­coming
on the night- of the
"Beat Bama" pep rally and
dance on Thursday, Nov. 29.
of Broadway and Hollywood stars
comprised of Constance Bennett,
Tod Aaidrews, Frank McHugh
and Robert Strauss collaborating
under the.-guidance x>f director
Elliott Silverstein interprets the
"Best of Steinbeck."
Leading lady Constance Ben­nett
is famous as a star of the
screen, theater, and television.
She is from a family of great
actors, and it is only natural that
she embarked upon her acting
career at an early age—fourteen,
to be exact. Before she was
twenty-five, Constance's success
grew to legendary proportions,
with one hit following another.
Some of her films are "Bought,"
"Sin Takes a Holiday," "Cellini,"
"Our Betters," and the "Topper
series. Her Broadway ventures
include "Without Love," "Over
Twenty-One," and "John Loves
Mary." Constance has always
done some producing and she or­ganized
her current ABC radio
show.
Robert Strauss can credit much
of his rapid success in show
business to the comparatively
new medium of television. He
has been seen on such shows as
"Loretta Young," "Omnibus,"
"Medic," and "Ford Theatre."
Strauss has been seen in films
as the lovable oaf in "Stalag 17,"
the brew-happy landing officer
in "The Bridges At Toko-Ri", and
he has been in several films with
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Tod Andrews, handsome star
of television, movies, an'd the
legitimate stage, spent most of
his childhood in Hollywood. This
accounts for his love of drama
and his apparent success in this
field. Tod attended Washington
State College, where he majored
in speech and journalism. Tod
played with the Pasadena Play­house,
where he appeared in over
25 performances. He is most well-known
for his movie roles in
"My Sister Eileen," and "Mr.
Roberts.".
Frank McHugh began his ca­reer
in the theatrical word as
a child. Through the years he
has worked in summer stock and
vaudeville, and has appeared in
125 movies. He made his Broad­way
debut in the comedy, "The
Fall Guy."
With this fine array of stars,
"The Best of Steinbeck" promises
to be a production well worth
attending. Much of the material
to be seen in this production has
never been dramatized before—
the poignant short story, "Molly
Morgan" from "Pastures of Heav­en,"
. . . a comic sequence from
"Cannery Row" . . . the compas­sionate
humanity of the "Two
For a Penny" e p i s o d e from
"Grapes Of Wrath." In addition
there will be integrated excerpts
from "Of Mice And Men."
Students are admitted free
upon presentation of their I. D.
cards.
Campus Gets Set
For Big Weekend
A record crowd of 34,000 is expected to participate in
API's Centennial and Homecoming celebration this weekend
as the college and city play host for two days and nights of
festivities. The Auburn welcome mat will be out as visitors
throng the Loveliest Wlage for a dramatic narrative depict-
Auburn Knights Converge Here For Reunion
BARBARA HUGGINS as Ruth and Richard Lockmiller as the
Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech appear in "My Sister Eileen,"
the Auburn Player's latest production. The play is a light comedy
about two sisters from Columbus, Ohio and their innocent adven­tures
in New York City. The play was originally shown on Broad­way
as "Wonderful Town" with Rosalind Russell and was later
made into a movie starring Janet Leigh. The play will run thru
Saturday then open again Monday, Nov. 12, and will run Tuesday.
The final two performances will be on Thursday and Friday nights,
Nov. 15 and 16. The performances are free to students. Non-student
adults must pay fifty cents and children twenty-five cents.
Founded In 1930's
Famous Orchestra
By jet airplane, by train
and by automobile a group of
Auburn alumni will gather
from such points as Hawaii,
California, Texas, New York
and Chicago. The occasion?
The first annual reunion of
t h e Auburn Knights will be
held on the campus during
t h i s Homecoming weekend.
Most of this group of ex-mu­sicians
grew up in the Alabama-
Georgia area and apparently
most of them decided to remain
here and raise their families.
Among them are lawyers, doc­tors,
dentists, farmers, merchants,
engineers, bankers, officers of
the military services, executives,
civil servants, housewives—peo­ple
from almost every walk of
life. Several Knights gave their
lives in World War II.
Back in the early 1930's several
Auburn students formed a small
dance band to help meet expenses
during those dark days of the
great depression. They called
themselves the Auburn Knights
Orchestra. Each year as the old­er
members graduated, other
promising musicians were re­cruited
and were enrolled on
the band's funds.
Fame spreads
As the band grew in size and
calibre, also did they grow in
stature. Their fame spread all
throughout the Southeast as am­bassadors
of goodwill for the col­lege.
They have been called up­on
to drive their bus to points
as far away as Mississippi, Ten­nessee
or South Carolina to pour
out their well-known style of
music and return in time for
Monday classes.
Thousands of alumni of prac­tically
every large high school
and college in Alabama and Geor­gia
have danced to the music of
the Auburn Knights and have
applauded their antics and novel­ty
skits over the past 25 years.
The Knights have shared the
bandstand with some of the top
names in the country in battles
of the bands. Their summer tours
have included long stands at re­sorts
from Florida to New York.
Unlike many other fine college
bands, the Knights have never
been lured away from the cam­pus
by attractive offers to go
professional and later dissolve
into obscurity. Rather, they have
chosen to keep the band forever
on the campus for the pleasure
of the student body and for the
benefit of many a boy who would
never have otherwise gone to
college.
Fellowship unequalled
Those who have lived and work­ed
with this group through their
college days are unanimous in
aasserting that no social or fra­ternal
order can match the
Knights for true fellowship arid
achievement. They say that no
other college experiences are re­called
with such fondness.
The band is not owned by any
individual or any group other
than those members who are
presently in college at Auburn.
There are no written agreements.
When a boy joins the band he
pays nothing for his share of the
band and when he graduates he
takes with him nothing more
than the musical instrument he
brought with him.
No one knows exactly how
many boys (and girl vocalists)
have worked their way through
college with the Auburn Knights,
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the college's early years, class r e ­unions,
an alumni meeting, cam­pus
dances and the traditional
Homecoming football game.
Registration for alumni will be
held in the Auburn Union Build­ing
from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday and
an official showing of fraternity
decorations will begin at 5 p.m.
A pep rally is scheduled in Cliff
Hare Stadium at 6:30 p.m. and the
Centennial narrative will be in
Langdon Hall one hour later.
Because of the narrative pre­sentation,
the annual alumni bar­becue
will not be held this year.
A Centennial garden in Ross
Square will be dedicated following
the Langdon Hall program. Also
on tap for the evening are an in­formal
dance in the Union Build­ing
ballroom, featuring presenta­tion
of the fraternity decorations
trophy, and a presentation of "My
Sister Eileen" by the Auburn
Players in the Y-Hut.
Saturday's activities will be led
off by a coffee and continued
alumni registration in the Union
Building lobby from 8 to 10 a.m.
All alumni, local and out-of-town
arev-invited to the coffee.
The Auburn Band Alumni As­sociation
will meet at 9:30 a.m.
From 9 to 11 a.m. a tour of the
campus will be staged, with buses
leaving from the Union Building
every half-hour.
At 10 a.m. the annual Alumni
Association business meeting will
be held in the Union banquet
room. A new association president
and three executive committee
members will be elected.
At 11:30, the classes of 1906,
1911 and 1913 will attend a re­union
luncheon in the Union ball­room.
The highlight of the week
end, a football game between the
Auburn Tigers and Mississippi
State Maroons, will get under way
in Hare Stadium at 2 p.m. Over
32,000 fans are expected to be on
hand.
At halftime, Auburn's "Miss
Homecoming," who is Jeannette
Rousseau of Paint Rock, will be
The Centennial celebration will
mark the 100th anniversary of the
chartering of East Alabama Male
College by the state legislature.
The college opened on Oct. 1, 1859,
as a Methodist institution; in 1872
it was turned over to the state and
became Alabama Agricultural and
Mechanical College, a land-grant
institution. By an act of the state
legislature in 1899, the name was
changed to Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
President Draughon
presented and will receive a tro­phy.
Members of her court will
be Ann Freeman, Birmingham,
Ann Spicer, Clanton, and Sara
Alice Stephens, Louisville.
Also during the half, former
Auburn All-America center Walt­er
Gilbert will be admitted into
the National Football Hall of
Fame.
Open house at fraternity houses
and private homes will follow the
game.
At 7 p.m. banquets will be held
by the three classes staging re­unions.
Graduates of 1906 and
1911 will convene in the Union
banquet room and members of the
class of 1931 will get together in
Green Room at Pitts Hotel.
Other activities of the evening
will be highlighted by a dance in
the student activities building and
another presentation of "My Sister
Eileen." At the dance, the Auburn
football player voted most out­standing
in the Homecoming
game will be awarded a trophy.
A complete schedule can be found
on page 3-A,
, Jeanette Rousseau -.•
Alumni To Honor
18 Band Members
Eighteen members of the Au­burn
Band will be honored by
the Band Alumni Association in
ceremonies tomorrow morning.
The alumni will present gold
keys to those members of the
band who have served for at
least six quarters and are now
in their third marching season.
Those to be honored are: Syl­via
Ballow, Livingston; Marion
Conner, Birmingham; Annie Ruth
Estes, Sylacauga; Louise Fulton,
Talladega; Edward Gullatt, Col­umbus,
Ga.; Mary Elizabeth Hall,
Titus; Lewis Jones, Montgomery;
Mickey Kennedy, Phenix City;
Arlene Knox, Albertville; John
Mosley, Evergreen; Jim Nettles,
Demopolis; John Parker, Atmore;
Camelia Parrish, Pensacola. Fla.;
Peyton Sides, M o n t g o m e r y;
George Coats, Anniston; Coleman
Hawk, Nicholsville; Jack McCaa,
Troy; Franklin Edwards, Gads­den.
Auburn's new director Wilbur
Hinton and assistant director
George Corradino, will also be
presented keys.
The awards will be made dur­ing
the alumni meeting at 9:30
a. m. Saturday in the Union.
During their annual business
meeting, the Band Alumni will
elect officers for the coming
year. Dr. Herman Jones, Atlanta,
Ga., is current president of the
Association.
Following the business meeting,
at 1 p. m. the alums will meet
outside the . Stadium and play
several selections before the
game.
Graduation Classes
Of '06, '11, and '31
To Gather Today
Campus Reunions
To Draw Over 100
Three classes will hold reunions
in Auburn during the Homecom­ing
weekend. Over one hundred
members of the classes of 1906,
1911 and 1931 will return to the
Plains for the gala Centennial
celebration and the Tigers' home­coming
game with Mississippi
State.
Reunion programs have been
planned to allow classmates time
for informal visits.
Friday at 1 p. m. registration
will begin in the Auburn Alumni
Association office and will con­tinue
throughout the afternoon.
Homecoming morning's pro­gram
consists of a coffee hour
beginning at 8:00 a. m. and bus
tours of the campus leaving the
Union Building every half hour
from 8:30 to 11:00 a. m. .
The annual business meeting
of the Auburn Alumni Associa­tion
will be held at 10:00 a. m.
Saturday in the Union Building
Banquet Room. The meeting will
be opened with an invocation by
W. W. Hill, President Thomas F.
Hobart, '27 will preside. Execu­tive
Secretary Joseph B. Sar-ver,
Jr., '37 and Treasurer Tra­vis
Ingram will give brief sum­maries
of the year's work
A president and three members
of the executive committee will
be elected. Roy B. Sewell, '22,
president of the Sewell Manu­facturing
Co., Bremen, Ga., will
be officially nominated for presi­dent.
For the three positions on
the executive committee J. Gil­mer
Blackburn '50 Decatur; Ken
L. Lott, Jr., '41, Mobile; and M.
H. (Mike) McCartney '27, Gads­den
will be nominated.
The Homecoming luncheon
will be held in the Union Build­ing
Ballroom at 11:30 a. m., no
formal program has been plan­ned
so that class members and
their guests may attend the Au­burn-
Mississippi State game.
December Grads
Today is the last day for
measurments to be taken for
caps and gowns. All graduating
seniors who have not made
these arrangements should come
by the College Supply Store
immediately.
'Loveliest Of
The Plains
Art Show At Biggins
Three exhibits are now on dis­play
in Biggin Hall Gallery at
the Alabama Polytechnic Insti­tute.
Original color prints, ' the
art of bookbinding, and three-demensional
designs are all dis­played
in the presentation.
The main exhibit, "The Book­binder's
Craft," is circulated by
the American Federation of Arts.
It is designed to show the steps
in making luxurious, full leather
bindings, and the process is dem­onstrated
in each phase of de­velopment.
The display cases
were designed by the Museum of
Modern Art staff.
DECORATING THE GOAL­POSTS
tor Homecoming, Carol
Edwards shows a pretty fair
reach. A freshman in speech,
Carol calls Dorm V home when
she's not in Wetumpka,
Coeds Came To API In 1892
By Shirley Nicholson
P l a i n s m a n Staff Writer
Sixty-four years have passed since Auburn became Ico-educational
back in t h e pioneer days of 1892. Four women
matriculated, and today's enrollment of thousands indicated
t h e steady interest which has been taken in the affairs of
women students.
There is a story about the first girls had taken general courses:
entrance of women students at
Auburn. As quoted from the 1944
Co-Etiquette Handbook:
"One day in 1892 President
Brown was pacing his office won­dering
why his daughter Kate
had conceived the idea that she
wanted to enter Auburn. Winy
it was preposterous! A girl going
to classes at API! It could never
be done—but Kate smiled her
winsome smile and soon she, Wil­lie
Little, and Kate Teague were
registered.
"The men students were aston­ished
and their masculine vanity
was ruffled. Why, for thirty-five
years, they had run the campus
without girls! They could keep
on doing so. However, the girls
maintained that they would pro­fit
by the sober, moral, and re­ligious
tone, and the pure air and
water as much as men."
Equaled boy's grades
These first three girls set the
pace for us. They equaled or ex­celled
the boys in grades, and in
spite of a rule which stated "Af­ter
classes the girls will go at
once to their study room, look­ing
neither to the right nor to
the left," they were usually
booked up for church six months
ahead of time. In 1899 there were
sixteen girls in Auburn who were
looking neither to the right nor
left.
When it became apparent that
co-eds were becoming permanent
fixtures, a full-fledged home
economics department was es­tablished.
Up until this time,
history, math, languages, and a
little science. After ;the home
economics department was added,
secretarial training, n u r s i ng
science, and laboratory technology
courses were also necessary.
First women's dorm
The first dormitory for women
was Smith Hall. When it burn­ed,
Auburn men relented and
showed they really did like to
have the co-eds around by giving
a portion of their contingent de­posits
to reimburse the girls for
their loss. So many girls were
attracted to Auburn that Smith
Hall was no longer adequate.
Again the men relented and gave
to the girls their own dormitory,
Alumni Hall. At this . point Dr.
Duncan came to the rescue and
as a result the quadrangle was
built adding the dormitories, so­cial
center, and the dining hall.
Then came war. Auburn was
chosen as one of the country's
major training centers for sol­dier-
students. The co-eds gladly
turned over the Quadrangle to
the army to be used as barracks
for STAR and ASTP units. The
girls were not left homeless, how­ever,
for the fraternity houses
were practically empty from the
calls of the armed forces. The
girls moved in and decided that
fraternity life was wonderful.
They had a living room for en­tertaining,
a lawn for spacious­ness,
and a small, cozy dining
room. They didn't even mind
sleeping on a top bunk.
When the soldiers left that
AUBURN'S 15 COEDS IN 1898
spring, there was a general turn­over.
Everybody moved! The
girls went back to their dormi­tories,
the boys moved back into
their fraternity houses.
New quadrangle
The. new Women's Quadrangle,
which was completed in 1939, is
a far cry from the original wom­en's
lounge, which was furnished
with a table, a few chairs, a
cracked mirror, and a bucket of
water.
A lot has changed since those
beginning days for women stu-
50 million times a day
- at home, at work or while at play
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but at last count, over eighty had
been located. About fifty have
indicated they will attend the
reunion with their wives or hus­bands.
The Auburn Knights Orches­tra
now playing on the campus
enjoys the reputation of being
one of the finest bands in the
Knights' long and colorful history.
At the Homecoming Dance this
year these youngsters will look
down from the bandstand on a
group of greying, balding figures
who will be quietly and proudly
remembering those days when
they helped build something
that has become an institution at
Auburn.
dent rules, including the dating
rules. First semester freshmen
could only have two dates a week
while the sophomores could have
three dates a week.
Smoking was not allowed in
the dining hall or practically any­where
except in the dorm rooms.
So, girls, we don't have it so
bad now after all. And we have
the three pioneers who started
the invasion back in 1892 to thank.
Kappa Alpha Theta
Will Auction Girls
To Aid Fund Drive
In co-operation with the Cam­pus
Fund Drive, Kappa Alpha
Theta, new sorority on campus,
is sponsoring a slave auction.
Here's the way it works: In the
interest of such a worthy cauase
as the Fund Drive, the Thetas
are auctioning themselves off to
the male bidders with the most
money. After the girls are pur­chased,
they will be loyal slaves
to their masters and will perform
any tasks demanded of them—
within reason of course. These
tasks have been approved by the
Dean of Women and include
such odd jobs as washing cars,
polishing shoes, sewing on but­tons,
ironing, etc, etc.
The auction will be held on
the front steps of the Women's
Cafeteria next Friday, Nov. 16,
at 3 p. m.
So men, start saving your loose
change, if you have any, and get
in on this fabulous bargain. Don't
forget that you will be aiding a
very worthy cause, the Campus
Fund Drive.
Homecoming Parties Capture Social
Spotlight At Auburn This Weekend
Rosary Lost
Suzanne Lally lost a silver
rosary with her name engraved
on the back of the cross. If any­one
finds it, please contact Suz­anne
in Dorm IV.
Cast Of 52 Will Appear
In Centennial Pageant
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute will observe its first
100 years of service to the people of Alabama this evening.
The Centennial pageant will be presented at 8 p. m. in Lang-don
Hall. Fifty-two Auburn residents and students will take
part in this pageant.
2-A—THE PLAINSMAN
In five scenes the dramatic nar­rative,
written by Mrs. Hollifield
Jones and directed by Telfair B.
Peet, traces the founding of the
college.
The Rev. Joel D. McDavid, pas­tor
of the Auburn Methodist
Church, will serve as narrator arid
nine API staff members and
townspeople will take leading
speaking parts; c _
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As listed by Charles Edwards,
chairman of the pageant commit­tee,
those representing people who
took the leading roles in establish­ing
Auburn 100 years ago are:
Robert B. Skelton will serve as
Bishop Robert Paine, who presid­ed
at Methodist conference at
Eutaw in 1855, when both Au­burn
and Greensboro were trying
to obtain the college.
Jerome Kuderna will portray
the Rev. A. H. Mitchell, who
strongly opposed the establishing
of the college at Auburn in favor
of Greensboro.
Louis J. Compton is cast as the.
Rev. O. R. Blue, who served as
chief spokesman for the founding
of the college.
William P. Dome will appear as
Gov. John A. Winston, governor
in 1856 when a charter was grant­ed
for the college.
Dr. Zebulon Judd will take the
part of Bishop K. H. Kavanaugh,
who presided at the Methodist
conference at Eufaula in 1859
when the conference took over the
new college at Auburn.
Clyde H. Cantrell will bring to
life the Rev. C. C. Calloway, who
strongly opposed the college being
located in Auburn and favored
Greensboro instead.
Sam F. Brewster is cast as
David Clopton, a lawyer who took
the lead in the fight for establish­ing
the college here.
Albert L. Thomas will be fea­tured
as the Rev. B. B. Ross, a
Methodist minister and one of the
first professors at Auburn.
Frank B. Davis will portray
Gov. Robert B. Lindsay, governor
in 1870 when the State accepted
Auburn as Alabama's land-grant
college.
Faculty members and towns­people
taking silent parts are: B.
Conn Anderson, Charles P. Anson,
P. R. Bidez, N. A. Brittin, Paul C.
Burnett, P. O. Davis, Jack M.
Dunlop, James E. Greene, W. W.
Hill, Louie James, J. M. Richard­son,
G. H. Wright, Harry F. Lowe,
Mrs. Elizabeth Glenn Wilder, Mrs.
Joe Sarver and Mrs. Mollie Hol­lifield
Jones.
1956 Village Fair Film
Given To Student Body
The Educational Television De­partment
has presented to the
Auburn student body a 30 minute
film, "Village Fair—1956". This
sound film in full color is a pic­torial
report of last spring's Au­burn
Open House. Ed Cobb, stu­dent
body president, accepted the
film for the API students. Public
showings will be announced in
the near future.
The Educational Television De­partment
was able to purchase
the camera which made the film
as the result of a gift of $2,700
from the Concessions Committee
last spring, representing half the
cost of the equipment. The came­ra
is operated and maintained by
the television staff. It is avail­able
for filming significant events
of all-college nature on a cost
basis.
By Juna Fincher
Plainsman Society Editor
Homecoming parties have captured the spotlight for this
week's social events. Most of the fraternities and sororities
have planned open-house for t h e alumni and visitors over
t h e weekend.
On F r i d a y night, t h e r e is going to be a big Homecoming
dance iinn the Union Building
with everyone invited, just to
get things foiling. The PiKAs are
also having a dance that night
at the Clements hotel and the
SAE's are having a house dance
with the Debonaires playing.
On Saturday night most of the
fraternities are having their
homecoming dances. The Lamb­da
Chis are having a house dance
with a combo, the Delta Chis are
having a dance with the Star-dusters
playing. Kappa Sigs are
having the Melotines play, SAEs
are having Robert Moore's combo
for their house dance, Pi Kappa
Phis are having the Dixie Mod-erners
play, and the Phi Kappa
Taus are having two combos—
Knights of Rhythm and the Au­burn
Rockers.
Open house
On Saturday several of the so­rorities
are having teas and open
house. The Kappa Deltas are
having an open house for friends
and visitors before and after the
game. The Delta Zetas are hav­ing
a tea immediately after the
game for friends and visitors.
Last weekend, the Alpha Gam­ma
Rhos had a house dance on
Friday, and on Saturday, the
PiKAs had a "Bohemian" costume
party at the house. Also having
parties on Saturday were the
SPE's with a house dance and
the Sigma Chis with a lake party.
The Kappa Sigs held a house
party last weekend at DeSoto
State Park near Fort Payne, Ala­bama.
Initiations
Lambda Chi Alpha held for­mal
initiation on Nov. 1 for John
Detwiler, Montgomery; Tom
Parks, Greenville, Mississippi;
Dave Arnold, Sylacauga; Philip
Bonner, Ashland; and Bob Lowe,
LaFayette. The "Most Outstand­ing
Pledge Award" was awarded
to John Detwiler.
The Theta Chis also held for­mal
initiation on Nov. 4. Those
initiated were Lane Smith-, Prich-ard;
Hugh Earnest, Oakman; and
Jim Wiggins, Mobile.
The Alpha Gamma Rhps also
held formal initiation for five
new members. They are: Rex
Powell, Enterprise; Ted Heath,
Enterprise; Gene Rose, Nauvoo;
Billy Maples, Athens and Earl
Ledbetter, Milstead.
Pledge officers
Kappa Alpha Theta has elected
its pledge class officers for the
Fall quarter. They are: President,
Sarah Hamilton, Vice President,
Melanie Tarrel, Secretary, Mari­lyn
Dodge, and Treasurer, An­nette
Moss.
The new pledge officers for
Theta Chi Eire as follows: Joe
Blake, president; Mark Goodwin,
vice-president; Bennie Padgett,
secretary, and Gary Walp, chap­lain.
The Theta Chis have selecte
Sonny Hornung as the "Most Out
standing Senior," and Tom Epsj
Troy, as the man who has con
tributed the most to the frater
nity.
On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the Kap
pa Sigs have planned a Sadi
Hawkins 'day swap with the Al
pha Gams. Swaps for last weel
were: The Kappa Sigs had
"Roaring 20's Party" with the P
Beta Phis and the Kappa Alptu
Thetas, the Lambda Chi's had
swap with the KD"s, the SAE:
had swap with the Phi Mus anc
the Sigma Nus had a swap witl
the Tri Delts.
Watch Found
Man's wrist watch in Sports
Arena and girl's gym suit with
initials P. D. These items may
be claimed by identification at
the main desk in the Union
Building.
MEMORIES
She looked in t h e mirror to see if she
Was still t h e girl she used to be
. . . Miss Sanitation '53.
That was t h e day she reigned supreme.
That was t he day they made her queen
of sanitation—and sewers, too!
"Life," she sighed, "is never the same
.After a girl has known real fame;
After a girl has been like me
. . . Miss Sanitation ' 5 3 ."
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pleasure of a real smoke, no pale
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flavor . . . big satisfaction. Packed
more smoothly b y Aecu-Roy, i t 's
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Don Gundersen (right) discussing characteristics of a transmitting horn on a radio relay tower.
Young man on a mountain
If Don Gundersen isn't in his office, he's
probably on a California mountaintop
making tests and surveys prior to the
raising of a radio relay tower.
That's part of Don's job as an engineer
with Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company. With other young engineers
he makes field studies, then analyzes the
data and decides where to locate equip*
ment for mobile radio, radio relay and
point-to-point radio links.
He has to answer a lot of questions,
such as "How high must the towers be?
How much will access roads cost? What
will the control circuits cost? What are
the chances of transmission interfer­ence?"
And those are only a few.
"The answers have to be right, too,"
says Don. "The recommendations we
make control hundreds of thousands of
dollars',worth of construction. There's
no way in the world of 'burying' a mistake.
"But I like responsibility, and the
chance to make real contributions. The
telephone business is growing so fast, and
technological improvements are coming
along in such volume, that opportunities
to get ahead are excellent. If the business
looks remarkable today, think what it'll
be like twenty years from now!"
Donald L. Gundersen graduated from the University
of Washington in 1949 with a B.S. in Electrical Engi.
neering. Other interesting career opportunities exist
in all Bell Telephone Companies, Bell Telephone Labo­ratories,
Western Electric and Sandia Corporation.
Your placement officer can give you more information.
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API Presidents Have Played Important Roles
In Rapid Advancements Made By School Here
By Marie Peinliardt
Plainsman F e a t u r e Writer
There's a man behind every
great school and in the his­t
o r y of Auburn it is these men,
t h e presidents of the college,
who have played such an im­portant
role.
In' 1859 when Auburn as the
East Alabama Male College open­ed
its doors to a college student
body of 80, a board of trustees
of 51, and a faculty of 6, the Rev-erand
Jeremiah Sasnett was the
first president. Reverend Sasnett,
a graduate of Oglethorpe Uni­versity,
was a teacher of Eng­lish
literature at Emory from
1849-1850, and president of La-
Grange College in 1858-59. The
purpose of the curriculum here
was to prepare men for the min­istry,
teaching, and leadership in
public life. During the difficult
years of 1866-70, James Ferguson
Dowdell was president. He led
the college through their re­opening
period after the war.
From 1870-72, a faculty com­mittee
headed by B. B. Ross
guided the progress of the school.
Ross was the father of B. B.
Ross, Jr., dean of agriculture and
later dean of chemistry, who
served as acting president, of the
school in 1919.
In 1872, with the passing of
the Toomer Bill, Auburn became
the state's college, "The Agri­cultural
and Mechanical College
of Alabama." Doctor Isaac Taylor
DRAWINGS OF PICTURES of API's 10 presidents who have served during the school's first 100
years. Left to right, top row, they are: The Rev. W illiam J. Sasnett, 1856-1866; Dr. James F. Dowdell,
1866-1870: Dr. Isaac Taylor Tichenor, 1872-1882; Dr. William LeRoy Broun, 1882-1883 and 1884-1802,
and Col. David French Boyd, 1883-1884. Bottom row: Dr. Charles Coleman Thach, 1902-1920; Dr.
Spright Dowell, 1920-1928; Dr. Bradford Kna.pp, 1928-1932; Dr. Luther Noble Duncan, 1935-1947 and
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, 1948 to present.
grant college. President Tichenor
and his faculty of eight, five of
whom had taught in the old East
Alabama Male College, under­took
to expand the college pro­gram
to achieve the purposes of
the land-grant college act.
In 1874 President Tichenor de­fined
the new task of the col­lege:
"Men must learn to recupe­rate
our wasted lands; how to in­crease
the productive power of
our labor; how to make our lan­guishing
agriculture profitable;
hope for any great and permanent Thach, English professor, was
how to construct and control ma-
Tichenor was the first president ehinery; how to utilize our im-after
Auburn became a land-1 mense resources before we can
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improvement in the condition of
pur people. No other institution
in this State proposed to educate
men for these purposes." In 1882
Tichenor resigned to become cor­responding
secretary of the Home
Mission Board.
Upon Tichenor's resignation,
Dr. W. Leroy Broun became the
second of Auburn's great presi­dents.
He was faced with the con­flict
of trying to coordiate the old
liberal arts and its new scientific
vocational aims; he recommended
extensive changes in curriculum,
particularly use of laboratory
methods in teaching science.
These proposed changes were
strongly resisted and not approv­ed
by the board so Doctor Broun
resigned.
In 1883-84, Colonel David
French Boyd led Auburn's forces'
toward greater improvement. He
supported the scientific method.
After studying the college's sit­uation
during the summer of
1883, Boyd, in September, urged
the Board to approve the recom­mendations
of Dr. Broun. The
Board reluctantly agreed to his
urgent demands and at the end
of the year, Colonel Boyd re­turned
to Louisiana State Univer-y
sity where he had been president
from 1865-1880.
In 1884, Dr. Broun was again
elected president. His strong
stand for scientific methods had
won approval, but too he helped
preserve the liberal and religious
elements of the earlier college.
During his administration, two
"firsts" were introduced at Au­burn—
women students were ad­mitted
and football began its role
of importance.
In 1902 when Dr. Broun died,
Dr. O. D. Smith, professor of
mathematics served as acting
president for a month. At the
end of the month, Dr. Charles
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elected president and remained
in that position for 17 years. A
literary man, Dr. Thach repre
sented the academic side of col­lege.
During his administration
Broun Hall, Smith Hall as a dor­mitory,
and the old gymnasium
were built.
n i 1919-20, Dr. Bennett Battle
Ross, previously* mentioned as
the son oi B. B. Ross, Sr., served
as acting president. In 1920, Dr.
Spright Dowell, then state super­intendent
of education, became
Auburn's next president. During
his administration, Smith Hall
was converted to house the School
of Home Economics, provisions
were made to accomodate more
women students, and the business
administration of the college was
modernized.
In 1928, Dr. Bradford Knapp,
an agricultural man, became
president. Ross Chemical Labora­tory,
Duncan Hall, and the Tex­tile
Engineering Building were
constructed during his adminis­tration.
From 1932-35, an administra­tive
committee headed the col­lege
for the three years in the
depth of depression. This com­mittee
was composed of Dean
John7 J. Wilmore, Professor Boi­ling
Hall Crenshaw and Dr.
Luther Noble' Duncan.
Duncan, who became president
in 1935, dealt with financial prob­lems
6T the depression years and
enlarged the physical facilities
and the faculty in the latter
years of his administration. The
quadrangle and the classroom
building which is now Tichenor
Hall were built then.
In 1947, Dr. Ralph Brown
Draughon served as acting presi­dent
and became president in
1948. He has served as a guiding
force for Auburn's rise to higher
and higher levels of learning. Be­cause
of the combination of qual­ities
of all these great leaders,
Auburn has achieved a balance
of important elements just as
has its present broad program.
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Homecoming Events
Friday, Nov. 9
"Stomp State" pep rally in
Cliff Hare Stadium at 6:30 p.m.
Centennial narrative of his­torical
events in the life of Au­burn's
predecessor, the East
Alabama Male College, in Lang-don
Hall from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Dedication of the centennial
plaque by President Draughon
in the Ross Square Garden
ar«und 8:30 p.m.
"My Sister Eileen" presented
by the Auburn Players in the
Player's Theater at 8:30 p.m.
Informal dance in the Union
Ballroom with Batman Poole's
orchestra from 8 until 11 p.m.
(no charge).
Saturday, Nov. 10
Coffee hour for alumni in the
lobby of the Union Building
from 8 until 11 a.m.
Bus tours of the campus at
half hour intervals from 8:30
until 11 a.m.
Alumni business meeting at
10 a.m. in the Union Banquet
Room. Election of officers.
Pre-game reunion luncheon
for classes of 1906, 1911, and
1931 at 11:30 a.m. in the Union
Ballroom.
Auburn • Mississippi State
game at 2 p.m. in Cliff Hare
Stadium.
Banquet for classes of 1906
and 1911 at 7 p.m. at the, Cle­ment
Hotel in Opelika.
Banquet for class of 1931 in
the Green Room of the Pitta
Hotel,
"My Sister Eileen" presented
by the Auburn Players in the
Players Theater at 8:15 p.m.
Homecoming dance in the
Student Activities Building with
the Auburn Knights orchestra
from 8 until 12 p.m.
Plainsman Given
First Class Honor
Rating In Contest
Competing with fifteen other
college weeklies of comparable
size, the Plainsman has received
a rating of "First class" from the
Associated Collegiate Press. Only
four papers received a higher
classification in the judging which
was based on the winter and
spring quarter issues only.
Bill Neville was editor during
this period which marked the
first time that the- Plainsman has
received such a rating since the
spring of 1955 whert Herb White
held the office. The Plainsfnan
has not earned the top ACP rat­ing1
of "Adl-'American" since 1944.
Compiling a total of 1665 points,
just 35 short of the 1700 needed
for All-Arrterican, the Plainsman
was evaluated as "Superior" in
three aspects and "excellent" in
eleven others. ,Sports coverage,
news coverage and feature crea-tiveness
received the superior
ratings.
Debate Tournament Set
The Ninth Annual Tau Kappa
Alpha Debate Tournament will
be held here Nov. 16-17 under
the sponsorship of the API chap­ter
of TKA-, National Honorary
Forensic Society. The tourna­ment
is being directed by Dr.
William S. Smith of the speech
department.
Sixteen colleges and univer­sities
have entered and possibly
more coming. The colleges are:
U. of Ala., U. of Fla., F. S. U.,
Howard College (B'ham), Duke
U., API, Vanderbilt, L. S. U.,
Mercer U., U. of So. Carolina.,
U. of Ark., U. of Tenn., Furman
U., Lincoln Memorial, Memphis
State College and Miss. So. Col­lege.
The tournament will be high­lighted
by a banquet, in the cafe­teria
Friday night, which will
feature API student talent.
This is a regional tournament
including southern and south­eastern
chapters of TKA. The
National Intercollegiate Topic
will be debated. It is: "Resolved:
That the United States Should
Discontinue Direct Economic Aid
to Foreign Countries."
API students and faculty are
invited to attend the debates.
A group of Auburn debaters
attended the Eleventh Annual
Alabama Discussion Conference
at the University of Alabama,
Thursday through Saturday, Nov.
1-3.
The program began Thursday
afternoon with a speech by Dr.
Manfried Vernon, Assistant Pro­fessor
of Political Science on
Foreign aid. At the banquet on
Friday night, Laurie Battle, for­mer
U. S. congressman from Ala­bama,
spoke on his trip to Rus­sia.
The conference consisted of
five rounds of discussion on the
question: "What should the
United States do Regarding Di­rect
Economic Aid to Foreign
Countries?"
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November 2, 1956
The Administration
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Dr. Draughon:
On this happy occasion, November 10, 1956 it is a genuine
pleasure to take time out to recognize achievement.
To you, the Board of Trustees, the Staff, and the Students,
we extend heartiest congratulations on the hundredth anniver­sary
of the college.
Reflecting on the make-up of our college, we find with
assurance:
Administration with vision;
Instruction at its widest scope;
Students with desire;
A campus of scenic beauty;
Spirit unconquerable.
This day, we say: "Long live Auburn."
Burton's Bookstore
Lucile Burton
Miriam Burton Langston
Robert E. Smith, Jr.
Centennial Year LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS t»y OlCfc BJbfor
Homecoming this year marks a special
event in the long and colorful history of
Auburn. Our centennial year is h e r e and
will be celebrated a p p r o p r i a t e l y along with
homecoming festivities this weekend.
Auburn's b i r t h came as a result of a
controversy between two communities as
to which would be the location of a col­lege
to be established by the Methodist
Church. The final decision was to build
two schools—East Alabama Male College
h e r e and Southern University at Greens­boro,
now Birmingham-Southern College.
This took place in 1856.
The new college was opened with a,
four story building on the present site of
Samford Hall. The first catalog shows a
board of trustees of 51, a faculty of six
and a college student body of 80. P r e p a r a ­t
o r y enrollment was 100. Five students
were graduated the first year. As the
years passed the college grew. Its original
courses were mostly classical. The pur­pose
of the school was to p r e p a r e students
for the ministry and leadership in public
life.
When the civil war came almost every
student volunteered for service in the Ar­my
of the Confederacy. President Davis,
from his railroad car, reviewed the well-t
r a i n e d Auburn Guard. College instruction
was suspended and the building served for
a time as a hospital for the sick and wound­ed.
With the coming of peace came the
reopening of the college, but without ade­quate
funds. It was in 1872 t h a t t h e school
became a land grant college, t h e Agricul­t
u r a l and Mechanical College of Alabama.
The school broadened its courses. En­gineering
was added along w i t h commerce.
However, the school was not strictly
technical, due to its background as the
East Alabama Male College.
Football came to A u b u r n in 1892 with
Prof. George Petrie as coach. It was at
this time that women came to Auburn.
Those looking for it could perhaps find a
bit of humor in this fact.
Life then was considerably different
t h a n it is now. Women were rigidly con­t
r o l l ed as were the men, although not
n e a r l y to the same degree.
Dr. Ralph B. Draughon, named acting
president in 1947 and president the next
year, has lead the institution during its
period of greatest expansion. The end of
World War II brought a tremendous in­crease
in enrollment and Auburn has
j u s t recently topped this post-war peak.
Now, with a student body of more
t h a n 8,000, a ten-fold increase over the
original 80 students in the East Alabama
Male College, and a campus many times
l a r g e r than the original one building, we
a r e looking toward the f u t u r e for an even
g r e a t e r expansion and to the progress
t h a t has marked Auburn's history since
t h e very beginning.
Letters Make Us Wonder
The Plainsman likes to receive letters,
in fact, encourages l e t t e r - w r i t e r s to give
w i t h what's of their minds. Public discus­sion,
we like to think, is served by this
p a p e r ' s "letters cdlumn", so the more
we receive, the better.
Having said that, let us say also that
to our mind the lowest form of animal is
he who writes a scalding, unfair appraisal
of something he obviously knows nothing
about and then is afraid to identify him­self
by signing his name. We a r e willing
to p r i n t pseudonyms as long as t h e w r i t e rs
identify themselves to us. But we ab­solutely
refuse to print letters by people
who won't even let us know who they are.
All newspapers follow this policy.
This is prompted by t h e fact that The
Plainsman for several weeks has been re­ceiving
postal cards from somebody in
Mobile who classifies himself an Auburn
supporter, but who refuses to sign his
name. He's irate over the Tigers losing
ball games and is ready to take the in­s
t i t u t i o n apart—mainly the athletic of­fice,
of course.
Well, all we can say is t h a t the tone
of his cards and his cowardice do not in­dicate
h im to be a t r u e A u b u r n man.
What's more, as A u b u r n students see
it—and REAL Auburn supporters other
t h a n students—we've still got one of the
best football teams in t h e Southeast Con­ference.
A break here and there and we
easily could have won a game or two
t h a t we've dropped. But aside from that,
when the season's records a r e put together
in December Auburn will be in the first
division. Because we aren't going to drop
another game this season;
Support the Fund Drive
Students have been asked to donate
t h i s week through Tuesday, November 20,
to the All Campus Fund Drive. This year's
goal has been set at $2,500.
This drive is A u b u r n ' s one consolidated
money-raising drive for the year. At ho
other time will students be called upon to
donate to any organization or campaign.
to foster the Auburn spirit
HAL MORGAN
Editor
BOB TARTE,
ED WILLIAMS Managing Editors
Sam Henderson Associate Editor
Terry White Associate Editor
Jay Morris _ Photography Editor
George Wendell Sports Editor
Anne Rivers Features Editor
Juna Fincher _ Society Editor
Martha Webb Clubs Editor
Joann Forshaw Church Editor
Mercer Helms Columnist
Wardlaw Lamar Columnist
Bill Klemm Columnist
Staff Photographer: Charles Smith
Staff Members: Marie Peinhardt, Dale Stamps,
Kit Logan, Tommy Milford, Dale Owens,
Marcia Sugg, Jo Ann Chancellor, Judy
Ingram, Kinnie Holmes, Sylvia Short, San­dra
Ross, Tom Baxter, Annie Ruth Estes,
Gene Williams, Main Honour, Befka De-
Ring, Beth Geron, Ellen Wilburn, Donna
Foster, Betty Hughey and Harold . Grant.
DAN BEATY
Business Manager
Jerry Godard _ Assistant Bus. Mgr.
John Ferguson Adv. Manager
Paul Adamson . Sales Agent
Tarpley Smith Sales Agent
Pat Buntz Sales Agent
Howard Jacobs Sales Agent
Dieter Schrader Sales Agent
Dave Caraway Circulation Manager
Sue Herren Accountant
The Plainsman IH (lie official ntiiilcnt newspaper of
the Alalmnm Polytechnic Institute, and in distributed
free. Opinion** published in The Plaihsuian have been
written and edited by responsible Htudentw and are not
necewiarily the opinions of the administration. Fall
publication date ix Friday, and circulation IH 7,50(1.
Plainxiiiun offices are located hi Room :ilS of the
Auburn Union, and in The l.ce County Bulletin building
on Ticbenor Avenue. Telephone API IX». M%. Entered
as second eJuss matter at the post office in Auburn,
Alabama. Subscription ratex by mail are $1 for three
months, and *:: for a full year.
Advertising rates may be obtained by mail or phone.
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The money raised will be divided
equally between several deserving chan­ties,
who officials feel are supporting the
most worthy causes.
Some students, do not u n d e r s t a n d why
Auburn has such a concentrated effort
d u r i n g one fund drive, but anyone fa­miliar
with the setup can tell you that its
for student's protection.
By having one drive we are able to
stop people representing questionable
charities from coming on campus and can­vassing
for money themselves. Without
such, a situation, both men and women
dormitories and the fraternity houses
would be over run by people with sob
stories and heart-tearing appeals for
money.
And most students, whether they rea-ize
it or not, are soft touches for such
conquests. You would find yourself do­n
a t i n g to some " w o r t h y " cause about once
a week.
The Drives Committee has worked
h a r d selecting these charities and is work­ing
even harder in an effort to get every­one
to donate. No student will miss as
much as fifty cents or one dollar and
should 7,000 of us donate either amount,
t h e drive would be a smashing success.
A number of the organizations on the
campus are working in unique ways to
help raise money for the drive. A "slave
auction" is scheduled wherein girls will
be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
One fraternity is shining shoes to raise
funds. The big finale will be a "Faculty
Follies" s t a r r i n g members of the faculty
h e r e doing dance routines, singing and
other things. We understand a coin race
is slated between alumni and students.
Coins will be lined up and the first line
to reach the end of a long table wins. A
sort of fair is set with all sorts of com-p
e t e t i v e events, entry fees to go to the
fund drive. We are pleased at the origi­n
a l i t y of Auburn students.
This drive could be reminiscent of the
1953 Blood Drive when Auburn set a na­tional
record for a two-day drive. Hard
work by student leaders and an extremely
cooperative student body can and will
be the key to any such successful endea­vor.
Auburn has both.
FROM THE BOTTLE
Heredity Or Environment?
BY MERCER HELMS
"BETTER JUST SMILE AND SAY 'HELlO.*
4-A—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Nov. 9, 1956
I BELIEVE
Happiness In Religion
The search for happiness has
been compared to the quest of
a boy and girl who left home to
find a bluebird. They said fare­well
to their father and mother
and the bird at home and travel­ed
far and wide.
Failing to discover the object
of their quest, they returned to
their parents and for the first
time noticed that the bird in
their own home was blue. Like­wise
happiness is not found by
searching, for it does not depend
on where we are but rather on
how we live.
Many have marveled at the
life of Fanny Crosby, the blind
hymn writer, who was known
for her cheerful outlook upon
life. Instead of becoming embit­tered
by her affliction her life
was transformed into a source
of radiance. When only eight
years old she wrote:
"Oh what a happy soul am I!
Although I cannot see,
BY PEGGY MERRITT
I am resolved that in this world
Contented I will be;
How many blessings I enjoy
That other people don't!
To weep and sigh because I'm
blind,
I cannot, and I won't."
What a change our lives would
be if we would adopt such a phil­osophy!
Is there'any reason why
we could not? The Psalmist has
challenged us to "make a joyful
noise unto the Lord" . . . and to
"serve the Lord with gladness."
"The thing that goes the farthest
toward making ' life worth
while,
That costs the least and does the
most, is just
a pleasant smile.
It's full of worth and goodness,
too, with manly kindness
blent—
It's worth a million dollars, and
it doesn't cost a cent."
(Author unknown)
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Welcome To Auburn
CHARLES DUNLAP
A warm War Eagle welcome to
all visitors of the Loveliest Village.
We sincerely hope you are pleased
with our rendition of a college
Homecoming weekend and that
you will take some part of Au­burn
and place it with your more
pleasant memories.
All visitors of our Loveliest Vil­lage
are considered to be part of
our home, and we insist that you
feel that you are a part of us.
Every facility offered to an Au­burn
student is offered to you—
whether you are an alumnus, a
prospective Plainsman, or just a
plain visitor. So make us feel that
you havj enjoyed yourself by
visiting as much of our campus as
you can. . .
Welcome home, classes of '06,
'11 and '31, to our village. Much
has changed since you were in
school here. . .
Wednesday, Nov. 15, our Lec­ture
and Concert Series will pre­sent
"Best of Steinbeck" at 8:15 in
the Student Activities Building.
This is one of the Series that you
you shouldn't miss. . . .
Our rifle range last week was
host to some keen competition as
Auburn's rifle team downed Mar­ion,
a military institute from Dal­las
county. Impressive recognition
to our Auburn Riflemen. . .
Sororities get a chance for some
really hot Pan-Hellenic competi­tion
next Thursday night when
we have our "Burn the Bulldog"
pep rally. The fire from Biggio
Flats could be seen from all over
the campus last year, and there
are hopes that the new sororities
will make the competition even
keener. Want to see a bulldog get
a hot seat? Be there with us
Thursday night. . . .
Our free movie this week is
"The Egg and I." If you missed it
four or five years ago, here's a
chance to see a hilarious comedy.
After all, it is free. . .
Auburn's election board has
granted a re-vote to the protested
election in the School of Engi­neering.
There was a mix-up of
alphabetical order. The new elec­tion
will be held Thursday, Nov.
15. . .
An Army private was at the
front during a very hard battle.
Suddenly he began running away
from the fighting. A Captain
stepped from behind a tree and
demanded: "Why are you run­ning?"
"Because," said the pri­vate
on the run, "I can't fly."
Coach Eaves and Auburn's var­sity
basketball' men are working
hard nights to make a good show­ing
in this year's SEC race. Prac­tice
has been going on for three
weeks; these boys certainly look
to the future. . .
Little recognition is given our
freshmen football team. These
boys knock heads with the Var­sity
every practice session, and
only three time a year do they get
to don the orange and gold and
meet competition on their own
level. These boys deserve full
recognition as an intricate part of
moulding our Auburn eleven.
Many thanks to the freshman
squad. . .
A question was raised on the
campus last week. Was there as
much fun had in Atlanta over
the Tech-Tennesse weekend as
there was over the Tech-Auburn
weekend? As a Plainsman, I doubt
it. . .
Do you try to give Auburn stu­dents
a ride when you are going
to and from home? Try to watch
for our boys on the sides of the
road next weekend. Someday it
might be you that needs a ride...
The Auburn pastor's are looking
for overflowing crowds at church
this Sunday. Our national situa­tion
could certainly use the pray­ers
of all our students. Attend the
church of your choice Sunday...
How observant are you around
the campus? Do you know where
"Chemistry leads man into the
domain of those latent forces
whose power controls the whole
material world—Liebig" is in­scribed?.
. .
Several freshman girls were
seen playing on the big silver
thing by Samford Hall Halloween
night. They had grease and oil
cans and were working fervently.
Maybe they were trying to prove
something. . . .
Another reminder to support, by
any means, the All Campus Fund
Drive. Remember there's only
one. . .
Who will be the first to be
throw in the Memorial Pond? It
is convenient. . .
There has been much conU"o-versy
over Bill Klemm's ideas.
Everyone seems to know and dis­agree
with him. . .
The student traffic committee
urges you' to get a parking stamp
and put it on your car or motor.
If you lose your stamp, you must
refile for a new one. Cooperate.
It will save you money. . .
Das hit fer now.
We have heard that the intel­ligence
avearge of the college
student in the United States is
well above the intelligence aver­age
of' the mass of population—
an I. Q. of approximately 105
for the student as opposed to an
I. Q. average of 100 for the popu­lation
in general.
However, if anyone has been
to a midnight movie in Auburn
lately, we feel that they will
certainly not be inclined to recog­nize
these figures as valid. The
standard midnight show around
here, regardless of the quality
of the film, or the level of en­tertainment,
is usually received
in this manner:
Before the show, there is quite
a bit of shouting, jeering, and
hand-clapping, indicating an un­willingness
(on the part of the
persons responsible), to wait un­til
everyone is seated, so the
show may commence.
When the lights go out, how­ever,
the preceding din seems
puny by comparison. Possibly,
isome of our shouting friends
prefer the secure anonymity of
darkness. During this time, the
second category of noisemakers
emerge: the whistlers. Compe­tition
between the whistlers
seems to be more intense than
between the shouters.
Finally, the film starts. The
general uproar has receded to a
few scattered conversations, when
the third category of ill manner­ed
midnighters starts. These peo­ple
are the humorists. Much
more entertaining than the film,
they make clever, witty com­ments
(usually shouted) that are
designed to add immensely to
your enjoyment—comments con­cerning
the wisecrack just pre­ceding,
the antomy of the femi­nine
lead, and whether or not
she is acceptable as a mate. They
seem to think theiri dialogue is
much more interesting than that
going on in front.
This chain of shouted com­ments
continues sporadicaly dur­ing
the major part of the film,
except during a love scene, or a
scene wherein the heroine is
scantily clothed—then, panda-monium.
To top it all off, your evening's
entertainment is usually inter­rupted
about three minutes be­fore
the end of the movie by a
mass exodus. Perhaps our shout­ers,
whistlers and humorists de­sire
to remain anonymous.
The demonstrations that we
have witnessed at these public
entertainments are, without a
doubt, some of the most glaring
examples of bad manners that
we have ever had the misfortune
to see.
We sincerely hope, that these
wisecrackers, etc, do not repre­sent
the sentiment of the Auburn
Student body. As far as manners
are concerned. It is suggested
that those individuals desiring
self-enhancement seek another
medium and place of expression,
for they are certainly not im­pressing
anyone favourably with
their present behavior.
We are even further appaled by
the fact that these persons are
allowed to continue along these
lines, both by the patrons who
desire to see the show, and by
the management, which is res­ponsible
for the uninterrupted
entertainment of its patrons.
Now, what can be done about
it? We cannot expect persons so
lacking in intelligence to listen
to reason. We believe that the
solution to the problem, if there
is to be a solution, will be ar­rived
at by the management of
both local theatres. A possible
solution might be:
For the house lights to be turn­ed
on when the din becomes un­bearable,
and for a warning to
be sent over the public address
system.
Naturally, this would not work
for the first few times, so, when
the din continues, all patrons in
the theatre would be turned out.
After several nights of this,
those patrons who desire to see
the movie would probably begin
to see that order was kept. Those
loud patrons, whom we hope are
in the minority, would probably
yield to the weight of public
pressure and scorn. This method
of calming down the exuberant
spirits of the overgrown children
in the audience may seem at
first to be a little extreme, but,
we ask, what other way could
anyone go about making any im­pression
whatever on the type of
mind that would engage in that
type of foolishness?
Incidently, Diabolique, an ex­cellent
French mystery drama,
was one of the most recent films
to be subjected to a midnight
showing here at Auburn. We un­derstand
that the film will be
presented for a regular run
sometime during the next week.
The story is concerned with a
wife and mistress who murder
the husband. The plot is quite
unusual, and has a very good
surprise ending, and there is
plenty of action, but, we cannot
concede that the acting is any­thing
more than slightly above
average. The film is well worth
seeing, and we suggest to those
unfortunate individuals who wit­nessed
it during the midnight
showing, that they see it again,
under better viewing conditions,
when it comes to Auburn for a
regular showing.
PASSING STREAM
Needed: Thinking Students
In an English class I had this
summer, my professor remarked
to the class that young people,
especially college students, just
didn't seem to concern them­selves
with anything more press­ing
than the total rushing yard­age
of the previous Saturday's
football game. When he was in
college, he said, wherever a
group of students met for coffee,
or study, conversation quickly
turned to world affairs, politics,
ethics, religion, art, philosophy,
or what-have-you. Heated de­bates
could be found in every
drugstore, coffee shop, and dor­mitory
room at almost any hour
of the day. What, he asked rather
sadly, has happened to the nat­ural
inquisitiveness and the cru­sading
spirit that young people
are noted for?
I agree with him thoroughly.
Maybe it's just a peculiarity of
this p'articular campus, but I
think probably every campus has
a shortage of student thinkers
and discussers. Conversation
rarely turns to anything more
vehement than the food in the
L e t t e r s To
The Editor
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should not exceed 250
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pertinent enough it may be
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reserves the right to omit any
letters because of its nature or
content, or to edit a letter to
conform with space limitations.
Upon the writer's request his
name will be ommitted; how­ever,
unsigned letters will not
be printed.
Dear Editor:
I would like to suggest that Mr.
Klemm be made an honorary
general of the ROTC cadets since
he has expressed so much interest
in their marching to and from
drill field.
Also, it would be very fitting
that General Klemm lead the pa­rade
every Tuesday and Thurs­day
mounted on a jackass, with
one or the other marked, for easy
identification.
Name withheld
by request.
local bistros or the outrageous
locations of the students' tickets
to the ball games. When con­troversy
does arise, it's settled
quickly with a lackadaisical
"That's life", or "What can we
do about it?" Even griping, long
the special forte of the collegian,
is half-hearted and ineffectual.
Ben Jonson's coffee house in
Londan was a wonderful, stimu­lating
place. This was the age of
new literature, new art, new the­ories,
new ideas. Taverns, parks
and shops were crowded with
eager young people, all hotly ad­vancing
the cause of something—
it didn't matter what. Enthusiasm
for life ran high. Tempers flash­ed
frequently; quarrels were fu­rious,
and so was laughter. Life
was never routine. And the
fruit of those times -was prodi­gious—
a glance through the prose
and poetry books, the scientific
treatises, the museums of the
period will prove that.
The times we. live in today are
a thousand times more stimulat­ing
than those of Ben Jonson and
his contemporaries. The very
fibre of our existence is charged
with change. Theory succeeds
theory. New schools of art, music,
literature form and break as
rapidly as the human mind can
assimilate and accept or reject
them. There is a conflict of two
basic ways of life -right under
BY ANNE RIVERS
our noses. Science is beside it­self
turning out new fabrics, so
terribly much offered to us to
adapt and use as we will. And
we don't even talk about them.
It's much easier to talk about
football tickets and end runs. It
doesn't take any appreciable out­put
of energy to drum a pencil
on your saucer in time to some­thing
with definite Presley over­tones.
And it's very pleasant to
do these things sometimes. But
what in the world has happened
to the midnight philosophy swap­ping
sessions of my professor's
college days?
I think maybe we're spoiled.
Open a magazine—somebody has
thought things over and written
an article about it. His oponion
will do until we can get around
to worrying about it. Very nice—
but comes the day we're slapped
in the face with something new
and provocative, and not a Sat­urday
Evening Post within miles.
What then?
It's' surprising how talking
things over with a group of in­terested
contemporaries can clari­fy
your own point of view. There's
a vitality in coffee-table philoso­phising
that no magazine article
can emulate. It'll be a sad day
when the only thing left to col­lege
students around a table is
a blank stare and an aggregation
of even blanker minds.
IM A LITTLBW,.AEE Wll?*
Litterbugs Not Wanted
Bud: "Do you drink "
Lulu: "Yes, I drink now and
then—a bottle now and then an­other."
An old fashioned husband is one
who thinks his wife ought to help
him with the dishes.
m
Evidently there are some people
that don't take to much pride in
the appearance of the Auburn
campus. Trash, paper, beer cans
and soft drink bottles are being
strewn all over. People are usually
judged by first impression and
when visitors come to the Love­liest
Village, the sight of trash
strewn around the campus doesn't
make a very good impression.
Millions of dollars, dollars paid
by each of us, are spent each year
to clear rubbish thrown by some
thoughtless person from a moving
car or someone walking along a
, city street or a student walking
across campus. This figure takes
in the country as a whole, but'
each one of us can help cut down
on this heedless waste of money.
Trash containers are provided
around the campus, at service sta­tions,
and along most city streets.
This disfiguration of American
countryside is not only disgrace­ful
and wasteful, but an eyesore
too. We are the only one who can
prevent this. Let's not be litter­bugs.
Let's keep API and America
beautiful'.,'.
Present 96 Piece Band Dates Back To 1897 Group
By Annie Ruth Estes
Plainsman Staff Writer
The band of t h e Alabama
Polytechnic Institute today
enjoys a long and p r o u d tra­dition
dating back a f ew years
before 1900.
It was in the early fall of 1897
that Professor Michael Thomas
Fullan saw, in vision, a real band
at Auburn. Up to that time, the
Auburn cadets had marched to
the drum beats of two drums
played by two old Negro gentle­men
on the campus. One was a
janitor in the Engineering School
and. the other was the campus
bell ringer whose duty it was
every morning to arouse the stu­dents
at 7:30.
Professor Fullan thought out
liis plan for having a college
band, interviewed the college
president, Dr. William Leroy
Brown, and secured his assurance
of hearty co-operation in every
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way except for furnishing funds
for the project. Volunteers were
called for and some twenty boys
responded, only one of whom
could read music. Friends among
the faculty, students, and towns­people
were asked to subscribe
the amount necessary to purchase
instruments. Two-hundred and
fifty dollars was raised and the
brasses were ordered. Through
the years, lack of funds has
been an ever present threat to
the band. Between the years of
1907-20, the college sponsored a
"College Picture Show" which
was held in Langdon Hall and
all profits went to the college
band and orchestra. This was
during the silent movie days and
many times members of the band
provided the music-
The "Cadet Band of the Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute" be­came
a reality in the spring of
1898 under the direction of Pro­fessor
Fullan, later to become
head of the School of Engineer­ing
at API.
The second director was Al­bert
L. Thomas who held that
position from' 1906 until 1920 and
who has recently retired as a
teacher in the engineering draw­ing
and design department.
One of the most interesting
chapters of the band history was
written in World War I. When
KLEMM'S CLAMOR
A Look At Auburn Spirit
Is the Auburn Spirit, as it now
exists, in the best interests of the
school?
Before proceeding further we
need to get an idea as to what
constitutes the Auburn Spirit.
To define the Auburn Spirit is,
as we know, impossible. However
I would think that it would in­clude
the following: (1)' pride in
the school, (2) sportsmanship and
(3) good conduct.
Naturally, the sportsmanship
and the good conduct should al­ways
be Lippermost in our minds.
However the item of pride in the
school raises several questions
that perhaps we should investi­gate.
Now it is not the fact that we
are proud of Auburn that both­ers
me—that is as it should be.
But the thing which I feel may
be retarding the growth of Au­burn
is the degree to which we
take our pride. Perhaps we are
so proud of Auburn that we fail
to realistically appraise the in­stitution.
In fact, to suggest changes at
Auburn oftentimes meets with
considerable resistance. We pre­fer
to feel that things at Auburn
are just fine.
To illustrate how we may be
"overdoing" the Auburn Spirit,
I cite- our attitude of satisfaction.
I have received numerous com­plaints
over some of my columns
these past two years because of
their proposals of change. To pro­pose
change is to suggest that
something is inadequate in the
first place.
As one of the letters printed
last week accused, my columns
imply that I am not satisfied with
certain phases of Auburn activity.
But to that I invoke the time-tested
axiom that the man who
becomes satisfied ceases to grow.
This is especially true of a uni­versity.
Student leaders are often per­plexed
over a lack of student in­terest
in the affairs of Auburn.
BY BILL KLEMM
I think I can tell them why so
many students aren't active in stu­dent
government. Our policies
may have become so cut and dried
that there just isn't much incen­tive
for a lot of students to take
a-part.
I am prone- to feel that our
attitudes and: the environment
of conservatism we create tend
to stifle the birth of new ideas
and dreams for this university.
And we, as all colleges, desperat­ely
need vision and forward-looking
though concerning poli­cies,
facilities, curricula, and
general planning. But unfortu­nately
tradition seems to have
dictated our actions and shackl­ed
our thinking to a prison of
the past.
Since we are interested in Au­burn,
why not couple our pride
with a positive and constructive
dissatisfaction. When talking to
outsiders, sure let's rave on about
the best school in the nation. But
here at home we are among friends
and should be allowed to be com­pletely
honest.
The pretense we exclaim to
each other will never stimulate
this •university to grow. Wouldn't
you rather have an Auburn Spirit
that is not only good public rela­tions
but will also keep Auburn up
with our claims.
Other' universities in this"
country are surging relentlessly
• into the future, training stu­dents*
to have the vision requir­ed
to fulfill that future. Auburn
has made great progress in the
past, but we should be on guard
against conservatism in order
to insure future progress.
Now • I'm not talking about
atomic reactors, rocket research
or the like. There are financial
limitations on what we can do
in such realms. What I am talk­ing
out is that we should provide
an atmosphere for our students to
think in terms of the future they
will help build. Rather than have
our minds geared into a habit of
5-A—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Nov. 9, 1956
Taking the country by storm
t h e IHtdwro
blizzard
The winter winner!
v Rich cordo-brown
to take and hold
a glowing shine.
Plain toe, your
favorite style.
Here now at
;' a pleasing
price.
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SPORTS
FEINBERG'S
N. College Auburn
war was declared, the entire Au­burn
band volunteered as a unit.
Mr. Thomas was sent to Fort
Sheridan, Chicago, where he
trained a 100-piece band.
Solo clarinetist in this band
was P. R. Bidez, at that time bet­ter
known to AUDurnites for his
football record. Mr. Bidez was
given the rank of warrant offi­cer
and placed in charge of the
Auburn musicians when they
were ready to go overseas. Mr.
Thomas returned to Auburn. The
Auburn Band was the first
American group to march into
Berlin after the armistice in 1918.
After the war, Mr. Bidez suc­ceeded
Mr. Thomas and directed
the band from 1922 to 1951.
Mr. David Herbert became as­sistant
bandmaster in 1948, and
was named director when his
chief retired. (Mr. Bidez is still
in Auburn where he serves as
chief chemist for the chemist's
office.)
Girls were first permitted in
accepting things as they are, we
should think in terms of what
they should be.
Sure this may lead to some wild
and radical ideas. But this is nor­mal
to youth; and when- it is tem­pered
by growing maturity,
thoughts are diverted into the de-sireable
state of progressive mod-eratism.
This raises the forebod­ing
question as to just what will
happen when our conservatism is
tempered hy maturity.
the Auburn Band in 1946 when
majorettes started marching with
the band. Four years later, girls
were allowed to play instru­ments
in the marching band.
The band's next director was
Burt Leidner who took over in
the fall of 1955 and remained
here for1 one year.
The present band is under the
leadership of Wilbur (Bodie)
Hinton and his assistant George
Corradino, who took over this
past summer. The band marches
96 people with 4 majorettes and
a drum major and is the pride
of all the students, faculty, and
alumni alike. It is indeed unus­ual
that a band as old as the Au­burn
Band still has living all of
its former directors, three of
whom live right here in Auburn.
The Auburn Band holds a uni­que
position in the student life
at API, playing for football
games, pep rallies, performing as
a concert organization, serving
the military department, and
participating in the training of
directors for Alabama's high
school band.
Nor ice
The television station, on cam
pus, is looking for a young lady
to act as hostess on the weekly
television series "This Is Auburn"
The new hostess will assume her
duties in January. All interested
persons should contact Bob Bo
han, of the Auburn TV staff, at
Ext. 485. .
•GLOM PICTURES
Anyone desiring to have their
Glom picture made or remade
come by the Glom office after
12 p. m., Nov. 12 or 13. This will
be the last chance to have pic­tures
made.
WANTED
ONE STUDENT with shoefitting experience to
work part-time during vacancies
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Church News At API
By Joann Forshaw, Church News Editor
The college groups of the Auburn churches present ex­cellent
opportunities for fun and fellowship as well as wor­ship
for the students of Auburn. Plan now to become an ac­tive
member of the church of your choice.
Catholic
Monday evening, Nov. 12 at
7:30 p. m. initiation will be held
for all new members of the New­man
Club. Initiation will,be held
at the Sacred Heart Student Cen­ter
on 135 S. Gay. The Newman
Club is the official Catholic
society representing the Catholic
students on the campus, an'd all
Catholic students are invited and
urged to come. Rachel Murray,
the treasurer of the Newman
Club, anticipates a large number
for the initiation.
Men students of the Newman
Club have volunteered to serve
the Mass. Mark Jackson, vice-president
of the Newman Club,
plays the organ for High Mass
during the week.
Louise McGuinn has donated
the lumber to build a basketball
backboard for the Sacred Heart
. Student Center. A Committee has
been formed to erect the back­drop.
Ranald Jaet reports that the
Newman Club has won 3 out of
its four football games. More
students, however, are needed to
participate.
Episcopal
Next Sunday night Canterbury
is presenting a film on India.
Anyone interested in this fasci­nating
land should be sure to
attend. The Forum will begin
with supper at 6 p. m.
The new meeting time for
Daughters of the King will be on
Tuesday afternoon at 4 p. m. All
women students are invited to
attend.
Service schedule for the week:
Monday-Friday:
7:00 a.m.—Holy Communion
Wednesday:
10:15 a.m.—Holy Communion.
Sunday:
7:30 a.m.—Holy Communion
10:45 a. m.—Morning'Prayer
5:30 a. m.—Evening Prayer
Lutheran
Gamma Delta, Lutheran Stu­dent
Group, meets each Sunday
night at 6 p. m. at the Lutheran
Student Center at 446 S. Gay St.
Supper is served at 6 p. m. fol­lowed
by the program which
consists of a topic discussion and
vesper service. Rev. David Fried-richs
is the Lutheran Campus
Pastor.
Presbyterian
On Sunday night, November 11,
at the 5:45 p. m. Westminster
Fellowship, Dr. Merle C. Patter­son,
pastor of the First Presby­terian
Church of Montgomery,
will present the program. Dr.
Patterson will speak on "The
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A graduate of Presbyterian
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Seminary, Dr. Patterson
has served in pastorates through­out
the South. This will be a very
interesting program an'd all Pres­byterian
students are urged to
attend. All other students are
welcome.
Methodist
The Fall Spiritual Life Re­treat
for the Wesley Foundation
was held last weekend at Camp
Rotary. Over 60 students, attend­ed
the retreat to hear Dr. Fran­cis
Christie of the Dept. of Re­ligion
at Birmingham-Southern
speak on "Campus Gods on Trial."
A Homecoming Luncheon will
be held Saturday from 11 a. m.
to 1 p. m. at Wesley Foundation
for all students, guests, alumni,
and friends. An Open House is
also planned immediately after
the game.
On Tuesday at 6:45 p. m., Chap­el
of Prayer, a 15-minute mid­week
devotional, will be held.
Homecoming Dance
Set Saturday Night
An all-campus Homecoming
Dance Saturday night, Nov. 10,
will climax Homecoming activi­ties.
The dance, sponsored by the
Committee on Student Affairs,
will be held in the Student Ac­tivities
Building.
Tickets for the dance will be
$1, stag or drag, and may be pur­chased
at the door.
The Auburn Knights will fea­ture
more of their "new sound",
enthusiastically endorsed by all
who attended the Glom-ODK
Beauty Ball. They will continue
with more of the same at the
dance tomorrow night from 8
until midnight. All girls in at­tendance
will have 12:30 permis­sion.
Club News On Campus
By Martha Webb
Plainsman Club News Editor
More new awards are being established for deserving
students; our Debate Council is winning more honors for
Auburn, and the Art Guild has tapped new members. These
are some of the most important events happening in the Clubs
this week.
SAM speaker
Fund Drive
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Service, American Cancer So­ciety,
Crusade for Freedom, and
the Auburn Community Chest.
Contribution boxes are placed
at convenient spots all over
the campus. There are boxes in
the Union Building, the Union
cafeteria, and major class build­ings.
The Drive Committee urges
all students to give freely to this
worthy cause, thus making this
year's drive one of the best in
Auburn's history.
E. J. Barnett wil speak to SAM
Nov. 12, in the Union Building
Auditorium. All Wages and Salary,
Industrial Relation, and Labor
Problem students are invited. The
time is 7 p.m.
Mr. Barnett is affiliated with
the State Federation of Labor and
holds the position of vice presi­dent.
Art Guild
At a recent meeting, the Art
Guild tapped the following for
membership: Ed Black, James
B. Jennings, Montgomery; James
Cochrane, June Powell, Birming­ham;
Walter Cherey, Panama
City, Fla.; Bill Francke, Becky
Myers, Decatur, Ga.; Lawrence
Jones, Castleberry; Neil Lewis,
Memphis, Tenn.; John Reed, Mo­bile;
Charles Stokes, Gadsden;
Carol Watford, Dothan; Eleanor
Walton, Atlanta, Frank Warren,
Tallassee; and Kathryn Wooten,
Covington, Tenn.
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Rebounding Plainsmen To Battle With State Tomorrow
Back In Friendly Cliff Hare Again,
Villagers Seek 13th Straight Win
By Maurice Hargrove
Assistant Sports Editor
The Auburn Tigers will be seeking their 13th straight
win in friendly Cliff Hare Stadium tomorrow when they
meet the Mississippi State Maroons in the Plainsman Home­coming.
A sellout throng of 34,000 is expected to witness the
affair which will begin at 2:00 p. m.
Coach "Shug" Jordan's Plains­men
will attempt to get back on
the victory trail after having
dropped a miserable 20-0 decision
last week to Florida, a team which
whipped the Maroons 26-0 earlier
in the season. The Auburn record
for '56 now stands at three wins
and three defeats while the State
mark is 3-4.
The Tigers hold triumphs over
Kentucky (13-0), Furman (41-0),
and Houston (12-0), while losing
to the SEC's top 3 clubs, Tennes­see,
Georgia Tech, and Florida, by
scores of 35-7, 28-7, and 20-0.
Both the Plainsmen and the Ma­roons
are loaded with inexperienc­ed
but talented sophomores and
juniors and appear to be in the
process of rebuilding. Auburn lost
nine of 23 lettermen from last
year while State is missing 12 of
27.
So far this season, the Mississip-pians
have beaten Georgia 19-7,
Trinity 18-6, and Arkansas State,
19-9. They have dropped decisions
to Florida (26-0), Alabama (13-
12), Tulane (20-14), and Houston
(19-6). Auburn and State both
have identical 1-3 marks in SEC
play.
If the scores of the, last three
encounters between these two
schools are any indication of what
is in store for the old grads to­morrow,
then they should not be
disappointed. The Maroons were
the last team to win over the Tig­ers
in Auburn and that victory
was by a 49-34 score in 1952. The
following year they fough't to a
21-21 draw in Starkeville, and
last year before record breaking
attendance at the War Eagle
Homecoming, the Plainsmen came
out on top by a close 27-26 mar­gin.
Tomorrow's clash will be the
30th game between the two teams,
with Auburn holding an edge of
15 wins, against 12 losses and two
MISSISSIPPI STATE, co-captains, Frank Sabbatini and Ronald
Bennett are putting their heads together for a little strategic plan­ning,
in preparation for tomorrows homecoming game. The Tigers
will see plenty of these two Maroon stalwarts.
ties.
Mississippi State is coached by
Wade Walker, former All-Ameri­ca
tackle at Oklahoma, and op­erates
from the Sooner type split-
T offense. Walker is in his first
year at the helm of the Maroons,
having succeeded Darrell Royal,
another Bud Wilkinson protige.
Walker served two years under
Royal as line coach and turned out
two All-Americas, Center Hal
Easterwood a n d guard Scott
Suber.
The versatile Maroon offense is
sometimes patterned after the
race-horse type instigated by Ok­lahoma
and features as it's princi­pal
weapon the quarterback op­tion
play with variations which
find the halfbacks occasionally
throwing running passes.
Tomorrow's affair is expected
to be wide open and high scoring
with the air full of aerials from
both squads.
Auburn, which usually relies on
its crushing ground attack and in
general plays a conservative type
of game, has been opening up with
an air attack of its own during the
past three weeks and will prob­ably
continue to throw against
State.
The Plainsmen, with Howell
Tubbs and Jimmy Cook injured,
have been badly crippled at the
quarterback post lately, but with
soph Frank Riley improving stead­ily
and Cook and Tubbs ready to
return to heavy duty, the Tiger
attack should be in high gear for
tomorrow's meeting. Also, Tommy
Lorino and Jim Walsh, who were
slightly shaken up in the Houston
game and could not go full speed
against the Gators last week, have
shed their hurts and should give
the Maroons plenty to worry
about.
Lorino and Walsh are both
among the conference's leading
ground gainers.
Bobby Hoppe, who is rapidly
becoming one of the SEC's better
football players, continues to turn
in outstanding performances since
his shift to the starting righthalf
slot. One ot Hoppe's best games to
date was against the Maroons in
last year's battle.
The usual crowd will start in
the forward wall for the Tigers,
but second line men such as Jer­ry
Wilson, Dan Presley, Tim
Baker, Mike Simmons, Jimmy
Ricketts, Jeff Weekley, and James
Warren will be in for a large
share of playing time.
The Maroons are sparked by
sophomore Billy Stacy, a 180-
pounder who runs and passes well
enough to be the conference's
leader in total offense. Stacy has
given several outstanding per­formances
this season and usually
gets off at least one long run on
a "keeper" play in every game.
Other backs in the opening
lineup will be co-captain Frank
Sabbatini, a driving runner at
fullback, Molly Halbert at- LH,
and Jim Tait at RH. William Earl
Morgan, possibly the team's best
back, went out with an injury be­fore
the season started but might
be able to play tomorrow.
In the line, Jimmy Dodd at
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AUBURN MOVED . . . . BUT FLORIDA DID ALL THE SCORING
Old Time Tiger Teams Were Tops,
But There Were Some Dark Days
Some sports scribes like to refer to the past few years as a period
of revival for Auburn football, and this is true to a certain extent,
but it really hasn't been long since Tiger teams were more often on
top than underneath the conference pile. Still it does take a pretty
good memory to recall when the War Eagle ruled the roost as it does
today. - ,,_,,
Football first came to Auburn in 1892. The Tigers opened that sea
son with a 10-0 victory over Georgia and then went on to finish with
a 2—2 rGcord.
Dean George Petrie was the Tiger coach the first season, and even
after his retirement from the post, "One Rock" as the boys called
him still took an active interest in Auburn's football fortunes.
It was not until 1904, when Mike Donahue arrived from Yale,
that the Plainsmen became consistent winners, but during the
'90's they really took their football seriously and set at least one
all-time mark for Auburn. In 1894 Georgia Tech was the 94-0
victim of the largest Plainsman scoring effort to date (and touch­downs
only counted five points then.)
- The turn of the century brought Auburn's first undefeated eleven
The Tigers only had to get by four opponents to do it, but they set
the all-time high against Georgia (44-0) and swamped Alabama
53-5 in the process.
Donahue Does It . . .
With Donahue at the helm, Plainsman fortunes reached an
even greater height. His first season was an undefeated one. In
the next 18 years, Donahue-coached squads won 100 games and
tied five out of a total of 139. The Tigers went through the fall
of 1904, 1908, 1909, and 1913 without a loss or tie.
Mike developed 25 All-Conference players during this period in­cluding
R. J. "Moon" Ducote, who liked to kick long field goals off
(Continued on Page 4-B)
*.And Georg
Wendell
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Plainsman Sports Editor
Jordan Brings The War Eagle Back
With Potent Teams, Fine Records
In 1950, the Auburn Tigers had one of the most dismal seasons
in the history of Plainsman football. They won none and lost ten. But
one good thing did result from that dreary year and that was the
hiring of the man who was later to be known as the "Builder of Au­burn
Football"—Ralph "Shug" Jordan.
In the first game under the tutelage of Jordan, the Tigers stun­ned
the experts, fans, and Vanderbilt Commodores, as they turned
in a 24-14 upset of their SEC rival in Cliff Hare Stadium.
This victory was their first at home since 1949 when they dropped
Mississippi State 25-6.
But against Vandy, Auburn showed the fans a preview of
what to expect of future teams coming from the Plains. They roll­ed
up 366 yards on total offense with senior fullback Homer Wil-
' Hams and sophomore halfback Charles Hataway accounting for
over 200 yards.
This game marked Shug's debut at Auburn as a winning one and
since then it has been nothing but just that..
A Surprise For Florida . . .
Later in that same year the crew from the Loveliest Village of
the Plains pulled another major upset when they tumbled the Florida
Gators 14-13. Quarterback Alan Parks passed to end Lee Hayley
with less than three minutes to play for the game-winning TD.
The Tigers of 1951 finished the season with a 5-5 record but the
'52 squad was not quite as fortunate.
They won only two out of ten games, tripping Wofford 54-7
and Clemson 3-0. In the Wofford game, Dudley Spence, subbing
for the injured Vince Dooley, tied an SEC aerial mark as he hit
on eleven straight completions good for 214 yards and three touch­downs.
Later in the year "Automatic" Joe Davis split the uprights from
18 yards out to give Auburn a field goal and a hard fought 3-0 vic­tory
over Clemson. His game winning kick came with only 90 seconds
of playing time remaining on the score board clock.
It was also during this year that Pat Meagher, present Tiger
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IB—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Nov. 9, 1956
Frosh Tie Bama, 26-26
To Close .500 Season
Coach Dick McGowen's freshmen wound up their 1956
season last Friday with a 26-26 tie at Tuscaloosa against
Alabama's Baby Tide. This gave the frosh a final 1-1-1 mark
on the basis of a previous loss to Florida and a victory over
Georgia.
The Tigers scored last against
the Tide and had J e r r y Hocutt's
attempt for the extra point not
been blocked, would have won.
Auburn scored first and held
a 14-7 lead at halftime, but in
the third quarter, 'Bama tallied
twice and held a 20-14 lead be­fore
the Tigers could come back
with another touchdown. Then in
the fourth period both teams
crossed the other's goal line to
leave the game deadlocked at
26-26.
The initial TD came when Au­burn's
Bobby Lauder drove over
to climax an 83-yard drive.
Quarterback John Kern convert­ed,
but 'Bama moved 58 yards
in seven plays to tie the tilt when
quarterback Rosie Ryan scored
and Billy King kicked the extra
point.
After two drives failed, the
Tigers got a 16-yarder started and
on the sixth play the fullback
Bobby Wasden slammed over
from the ten. Kern once again
converted.
Following the first Tide TD
in the third quarter, quarterback
Bryan Harvard tossed a 46-yard
pass to Lauder who hauled it in­to
the end zone. Then the Tide
scored twice in succession to set
up the final act.
With little more than a minute
left in/the game, Harvard sneak­ed
over from the one to cap a
73-yard drive that look almost
ten minutes. ' •
Auburn rolled up 20 first downs
to Alabama's 17, and had 289
yards rushing to 270. Through
the air the Tigers also had the
edge with 96 to 12. Tiger quarter­backs
completed five of eight
tosses and the Tigers connected
on two of five with one inter­cepted.
Each team lost one fumble.
Enlarged Stadium Can Hold 35,000;
New Scoreboard; More Seats Added
Possibly the largest football crowd ever to watch a
game at Auburn will be on hand to witness homecoming this
year. Now that the new end zone additions have been com­pleted,
Cliff Hare Stadium can accomodate 35,000 fans.
Besides the permanent end zone seats, a new score board
has also been added. Until the
renovation of Cliff Hare was
started a little over a year ago
with the initial construction of
6,500 more seats for the west
stands, Auburn was on the bot­tom
of the SEC list in stadium
seating capacity. The Tigers
played very few home games and
s p o r t s writers dreaded the
thought of an afternoon spent in
the aniquated press box.
Since that time a new press
box has also been added. Just
Plainsman Crushes Graft Wave, 1 2 - 0 . . . Really!
Great Newspaper Star, Tom Duke, Misses Game
By Tom Duke
Absent Grid Great
Unbeaten, untied, and unscored upon, the invincible
PLAINSMAN, Plainsmen rolled to a 12-0 victory over a
surprisingly stubborn Glomerata Graft Wave Sunday. A
crowd of 25,000 screaming fans, spilling onto the playing
field itself watched t h e Newspaper Boys march up and down
the Graft Wave and the well-paid
officials.
Often referred to as the No. 1
newspaper football team in this
entire hemosphere, stratosphere,
or any other sphere, the Plains­men
amassed a total offensive
yardage gain of 729 yards, only 21
of which came on rushing. Penal­ized
almost 200 yards, the victors
still were never forced to kick
while the Glom failed to move in
any direction but backwards.
To open the annual slaughter,
team captains Ed "Tennessee"
Williams of the Plainsman, and
Ivan "Butter-'em-up" Butgereit
of the Glom met in midfield with
the Freshman football field al­most
at will, but only scored
twice.
Tom Duke, the great Plains­man
star, missed the game and
this undoubtedly accounted for
the relatively low score which
was much less than last year's
106-0 Plainsman victory. Duke
was injured the preceeding Fri­day
in a scrimmage against the
Plainsman Sports Staff.
The Plainsmen pushed across
one tally in each of the first two
periods and then spent the rest
of the game within the Glom's
40-yard line trying to score
against the combined strength of
won the toss and elected to take
the south goal to have the wind
at their backs. Williams decided
to kick off.
In three plays the Glom failed
to move and punted to the Plains­man
10-yard line. Tailback "Dy­namite"
Don Stevens immediate­ly
hit receivers Tom Collins (alias
Clyde Taylor) and George "Wild
and Wooly" Wendell with a pair
of 20-yard passes, moving the
ball to midfield.
Then running out of the Plains­man
version of the Tennessee
single wing. Stevens faked a run
and connected with wingback
Jerry "Gorilla" Goddard on the
12-yard line.
Two aerial attempts went bad,
but in a shrewd maneuver, block­ing
back "Dangerous" Don Coug-lin
snagged a flat pass on the
five and scored standing up.
A fake conversion attempt,
ending in a pass to Wendell, was
broken up and the first quarter
ended.
Receiving the kickoff to start
the second quarter, the Glom got
in only a single play before
Couglin intercepted one of Rod­ney
"Sloppy" Summers' errant
aerials.
Stevens then threw to Goddard
in the flat and Collins (Taylor,
that is) over center to move 30
yards to the Glom 45. On the
next play Stevens went wide to
his right and with almost the
entire Glom team pulled in that
direction unleashed a heave to
end Jay "Mauler" Morris far
downfield on the left. Defending
halfback Bill "Bullethead" Amos
never got a shot at Morris as
Wendell and Goddard formed a
perfect phalanx of interference.
In the second half the Glom
continued to show an offensive
ineptness, but their d e f e n se
tightened and with the aid of
the official, held back the Plans-men.
,
Taking the kickoff, the Plains-
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this fall it received an award
from the National Football Writ­ers
Association as the best in
the nation with the best facilities.
Auburn doesn't yet compare
with Tulane's Sugar Bowl Sta­dium
in New Orleans with a ca­pacity
of over 80,000, but neither
is it the smallest stadium on an
SEC campus. By way of compari­son,
here are the seating capaci­ties
around the Conference and
the nation.
Michigan's gigantic structure
tops the collegiate scene with
97,000. The Rose Bowl in Pasa­dena
seats 100,000, but is pri­marily
maintained for the New
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Maroons, Tigers
Spori New Togs
For Homecoming
Cliff Hare Stadium will be
shining tomorrow with a beautiful
green turf and ball-players dress­ed
in new togs for Auburn's Cen­tennial
and Homecoming. The new
uniforms have improved both
Mississippi State's and Auburn's
appearance on the grid-iron this
fall.
Although Auburn will be deck­ed
out in their traditional blue and
white, the team has a new white
uniform which they have worn
on all but one road trip. The
white perseys are made of ace­tate
rayon, with black numerals
and one orange and two black
stripes on the' sleeves. The pants,
made of an elastic fabric so they
can be slipped on, have a black
stripe down each side.
State's nylon and" cotton togs,
with clip on hip pads, are white
with Maroon stripes down each
side. The cotton jerseys, which are
exceptionally cool and light, are
easy for the player to breathe
through. The color of the jerseys
is varied with the opponent. Ma­roon
jerseys with white numerals
or the opposite are worn depend­ing
upon the team colors of the
opponent. They will probably be
in the white jerseys and pants for
tomorrow's game.
Hutsell's Harriers
Speed Past 'Bama
Toward SEC Title
Co-Champions of the SEC in
1955, Coach Wilbur Hutsell's
cross country crew seems headed
in that direction again. Actually
the Tigers may improve on their
previous showing since they have
already taken a dual meet from
Florida, the team with which
they shared the title last year.
Monday the harriers sped past
Alabama at Tuscaloosa, 25-30
(low score wins). Ellsworth Rich-ter
led the Tigers in with a win­ning
time of 22:08 over the long
course. Vic Talbert finished sec­ond.
Jim Christman of Alabama was
(Continued on page 6-B)
SPORTS PUBLICITY DIRECTOR Bill Beckwith holds a picture
of the new press box which was built in 1955 when Cliff Hare
Stadium was enlarged, between the two top awards which Auburn
received from the Football Writers' Association of America. Au­burn
is the first school to win both of these awards in one year.
One certificate is for service to the working press; the other is for
outstanding press box facilities.
Three
Beat
Gator Homeruns
Plainsmen, 20-0
By Charles Neal
Plainsman Sports Writer
The Florida Field jinx was as strong as ever last Sat­u
r d a y as an outstanding Gator eleven rolled to an impressive
20-0 win over t h e punchless Auburn Tigers. The Tigers lead
in every statistical department except scoring and could not
seem to muster enough drive to push over a six pointer.
Auburn displayed plenty of
running ability in the first half
and drove at will through the
Gator line. Two fumbles and
several hefty penalties hurt their
chances for scoring drives.
Florida's three tallies came as
the result of so called "home
runs". Jackie Simpson passed to
Jim Rountree for 47 yards and
a TD on the first play of the
second quarter.
The Gators scored again in that
same stanza when quarterback
Jimmy Dunn went back to pass,
but could not find a receiver and
elected to run. He then proceed­ed
to zigzag 55 yards for a per­fectly
executed TD.
The Gatoi's struck again in the
third period when three onrush-ing
linemen hurled in to block a
Lorino punt and tackle Ray Mid­den
scooped up the ball and ran
unmolested 45 yards.
Two of the outstanding defen­sive
players for the Plainsmen
were Ben Preston and Jerry Wil­son.
Preston made two tackling
gems in the first quarter when
he broke in to throw Florida
runners for terrific losses.
Wilson, a sophomore star, snag­ged
two passes good for 27 yards
and also made two sparkling
tackles to throw opposing backs
for a total of 26 yards lost.
Bobby Hoppe led Auburn of­fensive-
wise as he scampered 40
yards on ten plays. Tommy Lo­rino,
hampered by shin splints
on his- legs, carried five times
for 21 yards.
Frank Riley, sophomore quar­terback
passed 12 times and com­pleted
5 for 67 yards. He also
had one pass intercepted. Cook
picked up 41 yards via the air
lanes as he connected on two
passes in six tries.
This victory gives the Flori-dans
a record of 5 wins, 1 loss
and 1 tie while they have a 3-1
SEC record.
Auburns record is now 3-3,
with triumphs over Furman,
Kentucky and Houston. Their
losses are at the hands of Ten­nessee,
Georgia Tech and Flori­da.
2-B—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, Nov. 9, 1956
TOMMY LORINO shows why he's so hard to stop. In the Hous­ton
game last week he picked up 104 yards, breaking through for
seven of them in the above sequence. After eluding two taeklers, he
was finally stopped. Auburn won the game, 12-0, but produced an
offensive display which just missed three more touchdowns. Lorino
shared rushing honors with fullback Jim Walsh who also gained
over 100 yards.
Lost
One Zone A parking sign. If
found please contact Sam Brew­ster
of Buildings and Grounds.
No reward.
Curtis Kuykendall set the all-time
Auburn record for the best
yardage per game in 1944. He
gained an average of 105.1 that
season.
DENNIS HOUSEWARES
and
DENNIS BEAUTY SHOP
Welcome Alumni and Visitors to Auburn
We Sincerely Hope You Will Enjoy
Your Stay in Auburn
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Tennessee,
SEC Crown
Tech Tangle Tomorrow;
To Be Victor's Trophy
By George Bruner
Plainsman Sports Writer
Tomorrow is t h e day. The long-awaited meeting between
mighty Georgia Tech and powerful Tennessee, the nation's
second and third ranked teams, will take place in Atlanta.
Both squads boast perfect
records and warmed up for their
important battle by downing At­lantic
Coast teams last week.
The SEC championship will un­doubtedly
hinged on the outcome
and possible a national crown
for the victor. At this stage of
the grid season, a Sugar Bowl in­vitation
appears to await the
winner while the loser will prob­ably
be the Cotton Bowl visitor.
With the aforementioned pow­ers
leading the way, the SEC
made a clean sweep over ACC
foes last week. The four clashes
were all fairly close but only a
safety given to Virginia by Van-derbilt
kept the SEC from scor­ing
a complete whitewash.
Kentucky trimmed Maryland
14-0, Tennessee toyed with North
Carolina 20-0, Tech got by Duke
7-0, and Vandy edged Virginia
6-2.
In another big game last week,
Florida continued to surprise
with a 20-0 decision over Au­burn,
the fourth straight victory
for the Gators and their longest
winning string in over 25 years.
It was the first time the Tigers
had been blanked in 39 encounters
dating back to 1952.
Ole Miss downed LSU 47-17,
Tulane beat Miss. State 20-14,
and Georgia marked up its first
conference win of the year 10-13
over Alabama.
Tomorrow's slate will find
Miss. State at Auburn, Alabama
at Tulane, Vandy at Kentucky,
Oklahoma A. & M. at LSU, Ole
Miss at Memphis State, and
Georgia vs. Florida in Jackson­ville.
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Tennessee _ 2 0 0 1.000
Florida 4 1 0
Mississippi 2 10
Tulane . 2 10
Vanderbilt 2 2 0
Kentucky ...
Auburn
Miss. State
Alabama
Georgia
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Plainsmen Hope To Bounce Back
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center is rated one of the Confer­ence's
finest pivot men and along
with co-captain Ronald Bennett
at left end, anchors the Maroon
forwards. Bennett is one of the
best flankmen in the country and
is playing his third year as a reg­ular.
Probable starting lineups:
Mississippi State
Wt.
Ronald Bennett (C), le 195
Ernie Galloway, It, 208
Don Conkel, lg 210
Jimmy Dodd, c 195
Wylie Drayton, rg 200
Gil Hastings, rt "• 210
Levaine Hollingshead, re 195
Bill Stacy, qb 180
Molly Halbert, lh 190
Jim Tait, rh 180
Frank Sabbatini (C-C), fb 195
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21
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Auburn
Jerry Elliott (C), le
Ben Preston, It
Ernest Danjean, lg
Frank Reeves (A-C), c
Chuck Maxime, rg
Paul Terry, rt
Red Phillips, re
Howell Tubbs, qb
Tommy Lorino, lh
Bobby Hoppe, rh
Jim Walsh, fb
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men moved quickly to the Glom
30,'but there "Five-Second" But-gereit
intercepted a pass and
relieved the pressure.
Glom quarterback Summers
was rushed heavily by Collins
(Taylor, that is) and after throw­ing
two wild passes, picked him­self
off the ground a third time
to find Goddard clinging to the
ball at the midfield stripe. Set
back by a 155-yard penalty, the
Plainsmen could only move to
the Glom 45 where the ball went
e " T on downs.
The Glom had even more
trouble moving and on the third
play, Summers got off a beau­tiful
quick kick which went out
of bounds at the three.
Not discouraged in the least,
Stevens hit Taylor (Collins, that
is), for nine yards and then ran
19 more himself for a first down
at the 41. At that point Stevens
and Couglin switched places.
With three men riding his back,
Stevens hauled in Couglin's ini­tial
toss on the Glom 40, but there
the referees once more stepped
in, marching off two penalties in
succession. One of these nulli­fied
a 35-yard pass completion
by the same duo.
The Glom finally got posses­sion,
but Stevens intercepted
Rob Collins' (no kin to Tom)
first attempt, literally taking the
ball out of Summers' hands.
The game ended with the
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jerry Wilson
"Jerry Wilson is rapidly becoming the best end we have." These
are the words of Coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan in reference to one of
the most rugged defensive ends the Tigers have seen in a long time.
Wilson, a sophomore star, has been outstanding in every game
in which he has participated in this year, but in Saturday's fracus
with the Gators of Florida, he
proved his excellence not only as
a defensive whiz but also as an of­fensive
standout, snagging two
passes that were good for 37 yards.
Also in the Florida game he
made two sparkling tackles to
throw opposing backs for a total
of 26 yards lost.
Wilson has been handicapped
by the fact that he is playing be­hind
an All American candidate,
Jimmy Phillips and the senior
Captain of the team, Jerry Elliott.
According to offensive end
coach Gene Lorendo, "Jerry is a
real hustler and is very conscien-tous
of his job. He has speed, de­sire,
and size and is an excellent
down-field blocker."
Jerry Wilson The 6-2, 210 pounder attend­ed
prep school in Birmingham
v^here he was chosen to the All State, All Southern and AH Ameri­can
teams while a member of the Phillips High School squad.
To sum up Wilson's offensive and defensive ability, Shot Senn,
offensive line coach had this to say "I only wish he were a tackle."
Plainsmen at the Glom's 30,
knocking for another TD.
Veteran sports scribes agreed
that the expert handling of the
spirited Plainsmen team was an
outstanding factor in reducing
the number of injuries on the
Graft Wave team. In contrast
to last year's game, only the
three ambulances were kept busy
carrying injured Glom players
to the small animal clinic.
Found
Zone A parking sign on lawn
in front of Lambda Chi Alpha
house. Will owner please come
by, identify and claim such
sign as we are tired of the pro­fessors
parking on our grass.
Not only that but everyone
thinks that we are in the used
car business.
On Campus with
Maxfihuhan
(Author o/ -Barefoot Boy with Cheek" etc.)
A GUIDE FOR THE UNMONEYED
R. L. Sigafoos was a keen, ambitious lad, and when he
finished high school he wished mightily to go on with hi3
education. It seemed, however, a forlorn hope. Crop
failures had brought his father to the brink of disaster.
(R. L.'s father raised date palms which, in North Dakota,
is a form of agriculture fraught with risk.) Nor could
R. L.'s mother-help; she had grown torpid since the death
of Rudolph Valentino. '
R. L. could ga to college only if he worked his way
through. This was a prospect that dismayed him.
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Racked with misgivings, R. L. paced the streets, pon­dering
his dilemma. One day, walking and brooding, he
came upon a park bench and sat down and lit a Philip
Morris. (There is no occasion, happy or sad, pensive or
exuberant, when Philip Morris is not entirely welcome,
as you will discover when you go to your favorite tobacco
counter and buy some.)
R. L. was suddenly interrupted by a small, quavering
voice which said, "My boy, you are troubled. Can I help?"
Seated beside R. L. was a tiny, gnarled man with
wispy, snow-white hair. His skin was almost transparent,
showing a delicate tracery of fragile bones beneath. His
back was bent, and his hands trembled. "Do you think,
sir," said R. L., "that a boy can work his way through
college and still enjoy a rich, full campus life?"
"Why, bless you, son," replied the stranger with a
rheumy chuckle, "of course. In fact, I did it myself."
"Was it very hard?" asked R. L.
"Yes, it was hard," the stranger admitted. "But when
one is young, all things are possible. I, for example, used
to get up at five o'clock every morning to stoke the
furnace at the SAE house. At six I had to milk the ewes
at the school of animal husbandry. At seven I gave a
fencing lesson to the Dean of Women. At eight I had a
class in early Runic poets. At nine I gave haircuts at the
Gamma Phi Beta house. At ten I had differential cal­culus.
At eleven I posed for a life class. At twelve I
watered soup at the Union. At one I had a class in
Oriental languages. At two I exercised the mice in psych
lab. At three I gave the Dean of Women another fencing
lesson. At four I had qualitative analysis. At five I
went clamming. At six I cut meat for the football team.
At seven I ushed at the movies. At eight I had my ears
pierced so that at nine I could tell fortunes in a gypsy
tea room. At ten I had a class in astronomy. At eleven
I tucked in the football team. At twelve I studied and at
three I went to sleep."
"Sir," cried R. L., "I am moved and inspired by your
shining example!"
"It was nothing," said the stranger modestly, shaking
his frail white head. "It was just hard work, and hard
work never hurt anybody."
"Would you mind telling me, sir," said R. L., "how
old you are now?"
"Twenty-two," said the stranger.
©Max Shulman, 1966
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Fraternity Footballers Finish Season;
SPE, DC, ATO And KA Victorious
By Bob Black
I n t r a m u r a l Sports Editor
F r a t e r n i t y footballers have finished their regular sea­son
with ATO, DC, S P E and KA emerging as t h e League
winners. These teams will go into p o s t s e a s o n playoffs soon.
These teams sport unblemished Jsf.'' .?;•' n
pant over hapless Theta Xi, 26-0.
Scoring for the League 4 cham­pion
were Crowder, Tyree, James
and Sparks each making one
touchdown.
Sigma Pi won their first game
of the season defeating Theta Xi
22-7. SP took fourth place in
League. Alpha Psi rolled over the
Sigs 20-0. Alpha Psi is in a three
way tie for second place in League
3.
Taking second in League 4 be­hind
the SPE's, Sigma Nu downed
PKT, 12-0. to put PKT in third
place. Sigma Chi played AGR to
a 0-0 tie and moved 32 yards to
AGR's 18 yards in the overtime
period. In the SC-DSP game
which also went into an overtime
period the Sigs again came out on
top moving the ball AVz yards to
1 yard. Sigma Chi took third place
in League 2.
PDT downed TKE 21-0 with
Graham and Earnest leading the
scoring. The Phis took second
records having not lost a game
in regular season play. The writer
does riot care to make any predic­tions
on the outcome of the play­offs
after his foul-up of last week.
Sizing up the Lee County—Tallas-see
high school game at half time
with Lee County leading 41-0
yours truly made a wager for a
cup of coffee. When one takes the
underdog a nd
gets a 75 point
handicap, then
loses, it is time
to go slow on
predictions. Lee
County won by
a r e s pectible
76-0 margin.
Last week
the ATO grid
machine de­livered
its usual
well-oiled per­formance
hand­ing
t h e Phi
Delts their first defeat of the sea­son,
13-6. Denson and Fay scored
the counters for the ATO's. Yar-brough
tallied for the Phis. Thurs­day
the ATO's clinched the league
title blanking OTS, 6-0. A Den­son
to Cauthem aerial accounted
for the scoring play.
Delta Chi was idle the last week
on the schedule. The Delta Chi
crew finished the season with a
4-0 slate to win League 2.
Kappa Alpha eliminated SAE
in the League 3 race in an over­time
game. The KA's gained 25
yards to the SAE's 6 in the over
time period.
In league 4 the SPE's ran ram-
Bob Black
place in League 1. LCA hung on
to second place in League 2 by
Beating ARG 13-0. Bridges did all
the scoring for the Lambda Chis.
The following standings are
compiled from the Plainsman's
records and are not official.
F R A T E R N I T Y STANDINGS
League 1
Pos Team W L
1. ATO 4 0
2. PDT _.... _ 3 1
3. PKP 2 2
4. OTS 1 3
5. TKE 0 4
League 2
1. Delta Chi 4 0
2. LCA 3 1
3. Sigma Chi 2 2
DSP 1 3
AGR 1 3
League 3
KA 4 0
2. PiKA 3 2
2. Alpha Psi 3 2
2. SAE .... -- 3 2
5. Kappa Sigs —. 1 4
6. Theta Chi 0 4
League 4
1. SPE . 5
2. Sigma Nu 4
3. PKT / ,-— 3
4. DTD 1
4. Sigma Pi 1
6. Theta Xi 0
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K, E Lead Dorm Pack;
Season In Final Stage
The Mag Hall teams are head­ing
down the home stretch of the
football season. Games are sched­uled
through Nov. 14, but there
remain only two undefeated teams
in the two Dorm Leagues.
Div. E is still removing all op-
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position offered in League 1. Div.
E preserved its unbeaten record
defeating Div. S2 for the second
time of the season, 15-0. Directed
by passer, John Little, Div. E
scored in the second and third
periods. The second quarter score
came on a Little to Archer aerial
that went 15 yards. In the third
quarter Little connected with
Charles Henter on another 15 yard
aerial. Div E beat Div V 12-6.
Archer and Travis scored for the
winners.
In one of the top intramural
games of the week, Div. K de­feated
Div. SI in a sudden death
playoff, 18 yards to -2 yards. The
regulation game ended in a 0-0
deadlock. Div K then completed
four consecutive passes for 18
yards. SI had four straight pass
plays broken up.
Julius Gray, Div. K quarterback,
completed 9 out of 19 passes for
63 yards as well as being one of
the defensive standouts along with
Richard Looser, "Doc" Holliday
and Charlie Helms. Two of his
completions were to center Daryl
Murphy and came at a vital point,
in the sudden death portion of the
game. Thus far this season Div. K
is undefeated in five games.
In the church league Tatum led
STARTING TACKLES for the Tigers this season are Ben Pres­ton
and Paul Terry. A 215 pound, 6'3" junior, Preston towers over
his teammates while Terry, a 6'0", 215 pound senior is no midget
himself.
Plainsman Cagers Begin Rough Work;
Speed, Height Added For 1956-57
By Don Coughlin
Plainsman Sports Writer
The Auburn Sports Arena has been lively- these recent
evenings, a& t h e round-ball artists have been going through
t h e i r chores. g e t t i n g ready for t h e coming season.
The t e am is v i r t u a l l y filled with sophomores and juniors.
There is only one s t a r t i n g senior,' c a p t a i n Henry Sturkie.
Last season Henry dropped 190
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