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Social Board Expects
No Spring Houseparties
Following up on its decision to prohibit winter house-parties,
the Board of Vice and Sin introduced a new motion
last week designed to knock out spring houseparties too. Although
the motion has not been formally voted on yet, informed
informants expect it to pass without a single dissenting
vote.
The motion was introduced by
Boola Boola Nill at the Board's
meeting last week. In a ringing
speech which brought tears to the
glad old eyes of. Dean N. O. Dater,
chairman, Nill eplained that he
had wrestled with his soul before
bringing the matter up for vote.
"The searing sun of torrid Florida
can be a menace to the health of
every Auburn student," he said.
"Not only is the sun a menace
during the day, but at night," he
lowered his voice dramatically,
"at night there is the moon. You
all know what the moon can do
to young, impressionable college
students." "Our motive will be
misunderstood of course but that,
Squares Honorary
Announces Project
Squares, men's sophomore honorary,
has announced the undertaking
of. a new project for and
during the spring quarter of 1959.
The group voted unanimously last
Monday to attempt to set a new
world's record at cramming people
into a telephone booth.
The present record, 32 slightly-built
men, is held by a group at
Modesto College, Modesto, California.
At t h e announcement, t he
Squares' president proclaimed the
project as the most "significant
ever undertaken by this organization."
There were murmurs of
assent from the audience which
Was drawn up before the Union
Building Snack Bar where the
Squares -have often- come -up-mtfth-equally
original but less encompassing
ideas.
According to reliable sources,
the men have already begun training
for the event which they plan
to stage as the grand finale to
Village Fair. To lose weight for
the ordeal every man in the organization
has agreed to diet extensively
from now until Village
Fair. The rigid slimming program.
will require each member to cut
his afternoon coffee break to
three hours and limit his coffee
consumption from four cups to
one—without cream or sugar.
Squares is composed of the outstanding
members of the sophomore
class. All the men tapped for
the organization have supposedly
been active in freshman politics,
outstanding in scholarship, become
leaders of their respective fraternities,
or shown potential in
other ways. Needless to say, they
are very discreet about their potential.
The older they get, the
more discreet they become.
alas, is the price we have to pay
to fulfill our mission in this
troubled world."
Nill sat down amidst shouts of
"Throw the bum out" and "Kill
him dead." It was clear that he
had scored again.
It became even clearer when
Board Chairman Dean Dater seconded
the motion. To make sure
it was crystal clear to everyone
Dean Dater has since taken the
trouble to contact every Board
member individually and explain
the motion thoroughly. Since the
Board votes by a show of hands,
social probaton faces those who
cannot see the issue with clarity.
When the motion is brought up
for vote next Thursday, informed
informants expect it to pass without
a single dissenting vote.
WSGA Mickey Mouse
Same Through Years
The Women's Student Government
Association -takes pride in
announcing its policies for the
coming year. These history making
decisions have been hailed as
bold and daring by their author,
President Snyda Rodent.
"We of the WSGA, being of
sound - mind and skinny bodies,
do henceforth and- hereafter accept
this doctrine as the creed of
our organization. We accept this
creed wholeheartedly as a product
of our own twisted minds
without fear, bribery .or brainwashing."
"We think that the Governor
and the Board of Trustees of our
beloved* i-ns-ti fru t i :o n are-real
ge'orge. They are just peachy."
"We believe that pur president,
Ralphie, is so nice and we do love
him so."
"The inspiration to all women
on our campus is our beloved
Dean of Women, Miss Kathy Caterer.
She above all, stands out as
a bright and shining star. She is
our mecca and when she sings in
the shower, all WSGA representatives
will see that everyone in
the dorms are quiet and that they
are facing the Social Center."
"We firmly and sincerely love
our housem o t h e r s , even the
housemothers in the freshmen
dorms. They are henchmen of
Miss Caterer and are high up in
the party. They will be loved,
comrades."
"Even though we realize that
this creed will anger some o£ our
friends because we are so stern
in our policies we hope that they
realize that we do love them so
and that we still want to be palsy-walsy
with them."
Multi-Purpose Building To Be Erected
Bulletin Is Released By Pres, Draughon
After Holding Recent Summit Confab
By RONNIE McCULLARS
Plainsman Sports Editor
Alabama Polytechnic Institute President, Ralph Draughon,
and Athletic Director Jeff Beard, announced in a joint statement
to the press last night at 9:00 p.m. that work is to begin
on the proposed new; four million .dollar multi-purpose building
that has been under consideration for some years at Auburn.
NEW SPORTS ARENA scheduled for completion April'lyI960,,
was built with funds raised by Alumni. Director Joe Starving.
Starving pushed money from alumni incessantly" to-buiid'this
palace .to race his turtles. It will also be used,-with the permission
of Starving, by. athletic teams, providing that Starving hasn't scheduled
a turtle race for the same night.
The statement was released after
a secret meeting of the Alumni
Board, Draughon, his staff, and
Beard was held in the President's
mansion. No newspaper was to be
able to release the story until it
had .appeared in the Plainsman
was Draughon's request, because
"it is the student's building and it
will certainly be a wonderful,
greatly anticipated, thrill for
them."
Beard and a staff of well qualified
alumni had been working
unceasingly obtaining answers to
the hundreds of questions concerning
the financial situation,
uses of the building, and ques-
Auburn Cave Discovers Cave
Bobsledders Honored With Annual Banquet
The Auburn bobslead team was
honored last week with a banquet
held in the bar of the Union
Building. The team went the entire
season undefeated. As a matter
of fact they defeated nobody.
Highlighting the banquet was
the presentation of Auburn sweaters
to the team members. The
sweaters are pink with eight tiny
reindeer stitched under each arm"
pit.
Early in the evening, the team
was entertained by Coach Billy-goat
Bryant of the University of
Tuscanooga. The coach spoke on
"Bobsledding in the a t o m ic
world."
Members receiving sweaters
were Cryant Bastellow, Rick Doll,
Mug Dacintosh and a few old huskies
that don't work on the
Plainsman.
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THE COVER OF THIS YEAR'S Glumerater is on display now
in The Plainsman office. The cover, one of the nicest parts of the
new Glum, was designed by a Plainsman reporter, Modine Gunch,
in order to put up a good front for all that trashy material.
Last Wednesday night, the 1959 edition of t h e Goumere-r
e r a t c r a arrived in t h e Plainsman office for final proofing. W.
E. Makmistakes, publisher, included these instructions:
"Please proof read this Goumerererater for those irresponsible
ninacampoepes that tossed it together. We read your sterling
Bobble Adams explained it this
way. "The Plainsman photographer
took pictures for us."
The dedication this year is to
Sunnie Slime, president of the
student nobody, to make up for
the- love that was lost between
the Gaum and the president and
also as payment for political appointments
of the editor's fraternity
brothers.
Sports will receive a vast coverage
again this year. Due to a
probation received from the NCAA,
Auburn teams cannot be covered
by a writeup so Sports Edi-toy
Wayne Rung covered the
University of Nairobi 'Coones.'
Favorites offer a delightful surprise.
Instead of the usual freckle-
faced girls, art students and
architects will be featured.
"Advertising will again pay for
ulhe book," quoted Business Manager
Howie Sofa," thanks to an
ad by one of the large rubber
companies.
publication weekly and truly
wish that in your spare time you
would edit the Goum."
Here is a-special service to the
Plainsman's readers is a summary
of what the 1959 Goumerererator
will contain.
As a note of interest and to
attract special attention, . the
schools and administration' sections
are written in the language
of lower Mongolia. This is because
no one ever reads those sections
anyway.
The fraternity section will consist
of one fraternity . . . the editor's.
-
The sorority section was copied
directly from the Farm Journal
and Who's Who in Agriculture.
Kappa Delta snobs will be represented
by a quotation of the financial
pages of. The New York
Times.
As explained by Editor Sunnie
Clinging, the beauties section will
consis.t of wives of the administration
since he couldn't get the
allotted, bonus for having copy
in on time.
Pictures this year are exceptional,
both of them. Art editor
A QUESTION
Why does everyone call Doug
Mcintosh N.B.A.T.?
GBH-CM Daniel
Has His Difficulties
But Doesn't Worry
Ray Daniel, chairman of the
Auburn Conference, on International
:Affairs and a GBH-CM, reported
that the event, now entering'
ilstlast day,, is an unqualified
success "despite what, he termed,
."difficulties:" "We haven't h ad
any publicity in the paper, we
aon't have any delegates, none
of the speakers showed up, and
all my committees quit. But on
the whole, I'd say that this-year's
ACOIA will go down in history."
Asked to whom he was referring
when he used the plural 'we"
Daniel explained t h a t most of
his former committee members
have been attending all of the
cancelled functions to get the
left-over refreshments. Since the
members of the Student Senate
were working on the event before
they quit, we are led to conclude
that the activities of that body
are strictly from hunger.
The Conference was to have
begun yesterday with an address
by a science-fiction writer entitled
"How We Do It There?" However,
the speaker forgot his speech
and suddenly went back "there"
for a refresher course.
The second speech, scheduled
for Thursday night by a member
of the Columnist Party which has
sprung up to harass American
policy-makers, was also cancelled.
The noted editorialist learned
that he would be called upon to
answer..questions from the audience;
As' he left he was overheard
telling his secretary that
he couldn't, face the degradation
of having to defend his assertions.
In fact, all the speakers and
panelists have cancelled their appointments
with one notable exception.
The German Consul to
the United States will be counselling
Germans all day today in
the Union Building Lobby.
WANTED
Talented woman student, to
head WSGA. Official t i t l e -
Neckerchief.
New Find Below
Social Center
The Auburn Cave Club recently
made one of the most startling
discoveries in modern speological
history when one of its members
was pushed into a hole behind
the Social Center.
Montag B. Halifishnpoi, an exchange
student from'Easter Island,
claimed- that -he was-- quietly
serenading' the' .Constellation
Sagarritus with his ukelele when
he suffered an attempted robbery
by a purse-snatcher.
In the struggle, Halifishnpoi
fell into the cavern. As he arose,
his head became wedged in the
strangely formed stalactite.. His
cries for help were heard in the
office of the dean of women and
police were immediately summoned.
Difficulties were encountered
In attempts to extract Montag's
head from the formation and J. R.
McClung, the Cave Club faculty
advisor and a renowned expert
on stalactites, was called in to
render assistance. McClung exclaimed
that this was undoubtedly
the most important speological
discovery of the twentieth century.
"The , pprcelan-like beauty of
this stalactite is enthralling," said
McClung. "Never have I seen a
more beautiful specimen. Just
think, this stalactite has been
forming out of waste material directly
under the dean of women's
office chair since before Auburn
was founded."
NOTICE
Anyone that would like to get
a bid from Pi Kappa Alpha,
please sign the list at the Union
Desk and wait for your pledge
pin in the mail.
WANTED TO BUY
I want a bicycle so I can
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NEWS
The API infirmary reported
yesterday that thy had found a
new cure for seasickness. They
call it lockjaw.
How To Make Men's Eyeballs Click
And Other Sundry Interesting Facts
In view of the fact that the
Miss Auburn Contest is now in
progress, The Plainsman is printing
contest and etiquette rules for
the aspirants.
1) Upon entering a fraternity
house, be certain to wiggle noticeably
across the living room area.
Your success in attracting attention
can be measured audibly by
the clicking of eyeballs.
2) Start your speech by placing
both hands on hips and shifting
weight seductively from one leg to
the other.
3) ..Begin with a low, sultry
voice saying how much you would
just love to be their Miss Auburn.
4) About halfway through, stop,
inhale deeply and stretch, then
start again.
5) As you leave, turn partially
around in the doorway and smile.
At that time, you may measure the
impact of your persuasion. It is
inversely proportional to the
number of people eating.
6) Attire: Wear either a tight
sheath dress with slits up the leg
or a pair of short shorts and a
halter.
Worm Found In Food
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WORM"'F6tfNb in" the food in
the dining hall by roving Plainsman
reporter, Caroline Stephens,
is displayed by Mr. Jumping
Jim Joy. Stated Joy, "This
is one of the largest worms
found in our food to date."
ATTEND CHURCH SUNDAY
tions in general, from other colleges
that had erected such buildings
in the past ten years. "Our
questionnaires could not have
been answered more quickly or
adequately," said Beard, "therefore,
our conclusions were reached
much faster and our argument
presented to the board in such a
manner that they could not refuse
Auburn this great new
building."
The building, to be named the
Draughon Memorial for the extensive
work put into its acceptance
by President Draughon, will
be used multi-purposely. All general
student meetings and gatherings,
athletic contests—such as
wrestling, baskektball games,
gymnastic meets, and indoor track
meets—physical education classes,
graduation ceremonies, dances
and concerts, individual and
group lectures, plays, movies, and
faculty and extension forums and
meetings will be facilitated by
the great new structure.
At a cost of slightly over four
million dollars, the building will
be located where' the Sports
Arena and the Student Activities
Buildings are now standing with
the exception that it will stretch
from the Plainsman Park parking
lot, two full blocks, to the street
beside the Sports Arena which
runs into Graves Centre. The
building will seat 23,000 people
for basketball . games while another
gathering of 7,000 seats with
a stage will be located in another
room. Thus two events may simultaneously
be underway.
April 10, 1959, the low-bidding
contracting concern of Hartwell
and Twigg from Charleston, S. C.
will begin construction. The new
building is contracted to be ready
for use by January 1, 1960. Therefore,
all Auburn home basketball
games following that date will be
held in the biggest gymnasium in
the South. When basketball coach
Joel Eaves was asked of his
thoughts on the massive gym, he
retorted, "I'm quite pleased to find
that now our boys can play before
all of the Auburn students '
who wish to see the games."
Football coach Ralph Jordan
said, "If the floor is removable
we can play our home games in
there if the weather is bad."
The building, Alabama's largest,
is being financed almost
wholly by Auburn alumni. "I
have never been so impressed
with such wonderful cooperation
and a feeling of gratitude before
in my life," said Draughon concerning
the financing of the structure.
"Auburn students are receiving
this tremendous building,
certainly, free of charge."
Plainest Of The Lovely
THIS WEEK'S LOVELIEST is shore nuff goodern dirt and
almost as good as watermelon. However, graft and corruption
are slipping in in more ways than one. This week's loveliest in
addition to being slightly spoiled and a little bit sour is engaged
la Plainsman Mgr. Editor George Wendell.
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2—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, April 3,1959
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Newly appointed Assistant Dean of Engineering—
Columnist To Lead Engineers
As Technology Scores Victory
Carlisle T o w e r y , Plainsman
columnist extraordinary and former
API architectural student, assumed
the position of Assistant
Dean, School of Engineering late
Wednesday night. Purpose of the
move, as stated by an undisclosed
Ramsay Hall dignatary, is to
strengthen the department by adding
an outspoken pro-engineering
radical to the fold.
Towery's duties, as disclosed
yesterday at a press conference
in his apartment will be to rearrange
the engineering curriculum
to abolish such courses as
Classical Literature and English
composition, while emphasizing a
full curriculum of technical courses
.valuable in transforming the
quasi-engineer of today into a
true engineer.
In an official statement, the
nonchalant ex-architect stated,
"It's about time Auburn engineers
started learning a little bit
about what they're going to face
when they graduate." With temper
beginning to flare as disgusting
thoughts started passing through
his mind, Towery continued, "No
engineer need know anything at
all other than engineering. Think
of all the time wasted recently by
members of this school. Why?
Because some ignorant fools on
campus feel t h a t the engineer
must communicate when he steps
out of. college into industry. They
think that engineers actually must
write reports when they get to the
outside." With face now scarlet,
teeth grinding against tongue, and
temper obviously lost, Towery
shouted. "As long as I'm around,
no engineer will ever hear again
of liberal a r t s courses on this
campus. If I have my way. and
take note that I intend to, we'll
soon be an exclusive engineering
institution! A l l no n-technical
courses will be banished from
Auburn's curricula!"
Following yesterday's press conference,
approximately 300 engi-
Airport To Sponsor
Daredevil Troupe
On April 12
Rex Wiseman's Air Show will be
presented at the Auburn-Opelika
airport on Sunday, April 12.
Included in the event will be a
parachute jump, a clown act, acrobatics,
a static display of military
aircraft and Harold Crier, a nationally
known airplane stunt
man.
The Auburn School of Aviation,
sponsors of the event, announce
that students may purchase tickets
for 75 cents at the airport.
The purpose of the event is to
promote and improve airport facilities.
Possible improvements include
a ready-room for ROTC pilot
trainees and the purchase of additional
aii-craft.
Roller Skate Derby
Sees Butts Beaten
derby was held this weekend at
Cliff Hare Stadium. The attendance
was at an all-time high this
year, with more than a lot of people
showing up to watch the
events.
The speed event was won by
Speedy Gongalez—an extremely
fast man on or off skates.
The one-mile relay was won
by a Japanese judo club that happened
to be passing through Auburn.
As a matter of factt, they
are the only team of 11 teams in
that event to finish.
The marathon—which is still
going on—is a deadlock between
Modine Gunch and Ophelia Butts.
Ophelia is over here temporarily
from the University of Georgia.
She is being backed up by a
cheering squad from U of G, and
their main cheer is "You can't
beat our Butts."
There were several nasty rumors
saying that the judges were
honest. I can prove otherwise because
we hired Georgia Tech
football referees as judges.
FLASH—As we go to press, the
results of the ramathon arrive.
Gunch goes—Butts beaten.
VILLAGE FAIR PARADE Chairman Tom Gregory, exhibits
three of the trophies which will be given away when the Fair
begins next weekend. The trophies will be awarded for the best
float, to the soap-box derby winner, and Miss Village Fair.
Auburn Open House Next Weekend
To Show Many Phases Of Campus Life
"The primary purpose, of this
Village Fair is to acquaint future
college students with every phase
of college life, social educational
and spiritual," states chairman
Bob Lynn.
At Village Fair this year, visitors
to API will have an opportunity
to be personally present at
many college functions. Included
in the weekend's activities will
be a parade, soap-box derby and
campus-wide dance. Fraternities
will hold open house on F r i d a y
night. Auburn will play Georgia
Tech in an SEC baseball game on
Saturday afternoon and on Saturday
night, there will be a festival
in Cliff Hare Stadium featuring
widely'' varied entertainment.
Tours through various schools,
(engineering, science, architecture,
agriculture, etc.) will provide
each visitor with a working
knowledge of w h a t the "study
and books" side of Auburn is like.
Any high school student who
wishes to take advantage of the
opportunities Village Fair offers
should contact Bob Lynn in Room
311 of the Union Building.
Selective Service Application Forms
For College Qualification Available
neering students paraded to the
Towery apartment. After several
refrains of "He's A Jolly Good
Fellow," the happy conglomeration
of college men, with the newly
appointed Assistant Dean on their
shoulders, paraded down College
Street blating, "Towery forever!"
It was a touching scene.
FIRST PROM...
FIRST ORCHID...
From first toddling step to first day at school to first prom to off-to-
college . . . the milestones of growing up go past so fast . . . especially
for parents! It seems it's always "later than we think."
Which is why, of course, it's never too early to s^art to plan ahead
and save ahead for the future success and happiness of our children.
Bank Of Auburn
<.<. In Our 51st Year
MEMBER FPI.C
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Applications for the April 30,
1959 administration of the College
Qualification Test are now available
at Selective Service System
local boards throughout the country.
Eligible students who intend to
take this test should apply at once
to the nearest Selective Service
local board for an application and
a bulletin of information.
Following instructions in the
bulletin, the student should fill
out his application and mail it
immediately in the envelope provided
to Selective Service Exam-inging
Section, Educational Testing
Service, P. O. Box 586, Princeton,
N. J. Applications for the
April 30 test must be postmarked
no later than midnight, April 9,
1959.
According to Educational Testing
Service, which prepares and
administers the College Qualifi-
Physics Staff To Travel
Seven staff members of the
Physics Department will attend
the annual meeting of the Southeastern
Section of the American
Physical Society on April 9-11 at
Loyola University in New Orleans.
They are Dr. Howard Carr,
Dr. Paul Budenstein, Dr. John D.
French, Mr. Howard Jackson, Mr.
D. L. Kilbourn, Mr. James M.
Scarborough, Mr. Kenneth Steele.
Dr. Carr is Secretary to the Section
and a member of. its Executive
Committee. He will preside
at the Friday meeting session on
atomic and molecular physics.
cation Test for the Selective Service
• System, it will be greatly
to the, students advantage to file
his application at once. The results
will -be reported to the student's
Selective Service local
board of jurisdiction for use in
considering his deferment as a
student.
National Science Foundation Grants
Are Given Four Auburn Graduates
Four National Science Foundation
graduate fellowships have
been awarded students for study
in the API School of Graduate
Studies.
Three of the students received
the Cooperative Graduate Fellowships.
They are Jimmie D. Gilbert,
Quitman, La., an instructor
at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute;
Paul Hill, Dadeville, and Theodore
S. Worozbyt, Columbus, Ga. Gilbert
and Hill will enter the Ph.D.
program in mathematics, while
Worozbyt will w o r k toward a
master's degree in physics.
The fourth, Earl Kinzer, Birmingham,
received the NSF summer
fellowship for graduate teaching
assistants. He is a teaching
fellow in the API department of
physics.
According to Dean W. V. Parker,
Graduate School, a Woodrow Wilson
Fellowship has been awarded
James W. Hooper, Russellville.
Hooper, a graduate of. Florence
State College, will do work in Auburn's
master's degree program in
mathematics.
Few Are Single
In Vet Medicine
Thirty-seven of Auburn's 51
alumni who graduated last quarter
in veterinary medicine are
married, have 45 children and
are expecting eight more. Only 14
in the class are single.
When the class entered college
in 1955, it had 65 members, 26 of.
whom were married and had 16
children.
These facts were revealed here
as the 51 seniors in veterinary
medicine prepared to scatter all
throughout Alabama, Georgia,
Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee
and Kentucky to serve internships
with reputable practicing veterinarians
between now and their
graduation on June 3.
Jones New Leader
And Top Judge
Oscar Jones, currently the nation's
top college quarterhorse
judge, was recently elected president
of Auburn's Block and Bridle
Club, an organization composed
of students interested in working
with livestock.
By virtue of his medal-winning
performance at Fort Worth's
Southwest Exposition Livestock
Show this winter, Jones achieved
his lofty national position. Until
a medalist emerges from a similar
Chicago event, API's Block
and Bridle head will maintain his
high priority.
Backing up the able Jones are
vice-president Jerry Caldwell,
secretary Bobby Maddox, treasurer
Joel Hardee, reporter John S.
Howie, and marshall Bob Murdoch.
Faculty advisors are Dr. E.
E. Wiggins and Professor R. C.
Gray.
In addition to organized participation
in spotlighted national
judging shows, the club aids this
institution in preparing bulls for
the big school-sponsored sale each
spring. Block and Bridle participants
wash the hefty animals,
clean, comb and assist faculty
members in showing them off at
sale time. On the day of this affair,
the organization provides a
luncheon for buyers.
Staff Member Joins
API Speech Clinic
A new staff member has joined
the API speech and hearing clinic.
She is Dr. Cruz A. Hardigree, a
graduate of the University of
Michigan.
Dr. Hardigree comes to Auburn
from San Juan, P.R., where she
served as speech consultant for
the V.A. Hospital and Vocational
Rehabilitation Office. Her work
there was as director and audio-logist
at the speech and hearing
clinic, Bureau of Crippled Children.
. As an audiologist at Auburn, Dr.
Hardigree will develop the hearing
program including services to
children and the parents of preschool
deaf children. Also, she will
do hearing evaluation, testing and
hearing-aid fittings for adults. A
major part of her work will deal
with development of a teaching
program for preparation of hearing
therapists.
Florida Personnel Boss
To Interview Teachers
Mr. Wray W. Lane, personnel
director for the Escambia County
Schools, Pensacola, Florida, will be
on campus April 15 to interview
prospective teachers. He is particularly
interested in mathematics
and science teachers but will interview
persons in other fields.
June or August graduates, who
qualify for a teaching certificate,
should see Mrs. Joan C. Scarborough,
Thach 205, for an appointment
with Mr. Lane.
The API Campus police have
recently completed a survey that
proves conclusively that if all
the cars in Auburn were placed
end to end, 90 per cent of them
would immediately pull out to
pass.
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(B) complimented?
Bo you prefer a task which demands
(A) the organization of complex details,
or (B) a constant flow of ideas?
3. Would your first reaction to a difficult .
committee appointment be that you had
been (A) "stuck;', or (B) honored?
4. If you were a contestant on a quiz
program which of these question
categories would you prefer: (A) popular
aongs of today, or (B) current events?
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more effectively (A) under supervision
or (B) on your own schedule?
Is it your feeling that close
friendships with superiors would be
(A) a great help, or (B) actually a
hindrance to your career with a firm?
7. Which, to your, mind, has the greater
influence on you in making a good grade:
(A) the instructor, or (B) the subject
matter of a course?
8. Do you believe that the saying "hastes
makes waste" is (A) always true, or
(B) often false?
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To Foster The Auburn Spirit
Volume 86 AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1959 Number 22
ACOIA Reaches
Climax Tonight
Banquet For Delegates To End
Two-Day Foreign Affairs Confab
BY BOBBY HARPER
Forty delegates from 20 Southeastern colleges and universities
arrived here Wednesday for the second annual Auburn
Conference on International Affairs. The first session
was held yesterday at one o'clock in Langdon Hall.
An outstanding group in the field
of foreign affairs are now in the
process of. presenting and developing
the Conference theme "Western
Europe—Key to Foreign Policy?"
The principle speakers are
Hanson W. Baldwin, Military Editor
of the New York Times; Granville
Ramage, Her Britannic Majesty's
Consul in Atlanta; Douglass
Cater, Washington Editor of The
Reporter; and H. W. Dittman, second
secretary, the German Embassy,
Washington, D.C.
ACOIA, which is sponsored by
the Auburn Student Senate, was
conceived as a means for providing
students with a greater awareness
of international problems.
The aims of the Conference are
to provide information pertaining
to the current world situation and
the role of the United States in
foreign affairs.
Mr. Baldwin gave the opening
address, entitled "Where Do We
Go From Here?" It was followed
by round table discussion groups
from 3 to 5 p.m. Last night at 7:30,
Mr. Cater spoke on "Foreign Policy."
A reception was held in the
faculty lounge of the Union Building
following his address.
Granville Ramage will lecture
on the economic aspects of foreign
policy at 9 o'clock this morning
and two round-table discussions
will be held this afternoon.
The final function of the Conference
will be a banquet tonight for
the speakers, visiting delegates,
and delegates from API.
Ray Daniel, president pro-tem
of the Student Senate, is in charge
of the arrangements for ACOIA
this year. He has been assisted by
the following committee chairmen:
Tom Gregory, Budget; Molly Sarver,
Reception; Hank Elliott and
Frank LaRussa, Banquet; Don
Williams and Joe Tuggle, Publicity;
and Jim Williams and Charles
McArthur, Registration.
Housing for the guest delegates
is being furnished by the fraternities
and the girl's dormitories.
Blue Key, ODK
Set Date For
Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio's concert
will be held here on April 14.
There has been some misunderstanding
involving this date but
according to reliable sources in
Blue Key and ODK, the fourteenth
is definitely the right date,
date.
There will be no more tickets A second test will be offered
sold for the concert due to lack Oct. 31 but candidates are strong-of
sufficient demand. ly urged to take the May 2 test.
Med Examinations
To Be Given
Here On May 1
Students planning to enter
medical schools in the fall of 1960
may take the Medical College Admission
Test at the API Graduate
Office, Saturday, May 2.
Registration for the test may
be made by writing to Educational
Testing Service, Princeton, N.
J. anytime before April 18. A $15
fee, which includes a report to as
many as three colleges, will be
charged and should accompany
applications.
The test is prepared and administered
by ETS at the direction of
the Association of American Medical
Colleges. It will be given by
a single morning session and candidates
must report to testing
centers by 8:00 a.m. The examination
begins at 8:15 a.m .No
candidate will be admitted to an
examination after the test has begun.
Candidates w i l l be tested on
general scholastic ability, understanding
of modern society, and
science achievement. All questions
are of the objective type.
Additional information and entrance
blanks may be obtained
from the office of the Dean,
School of Science and Literature,
API.
Players To Present
First Spring Play
Here April 22
By RAMONA PEMBERTON
The Auburn Players have set
April 22 as the opening date for
their production of. Arthur Miller's
powerful tragedy, "All My Sons."
Starring as Kate Keller will be
Mrs. Ellen Ward. Joe and Chris
Keller will be played by Don
Canty and Terry Cross respectively.
Jane Griffin and Joe Embry
are cast as Ann and George, members
of the "family next door."
Olin Baker is in the role of Dr.
Baylis and Ilia Cheney will play
Sue Baylis. Frank is played by
Tommy Hines and Lydia by Judy
Jowers.
Dr. Robert Knowles, director of
the play, says that experience
characterizes the "All My Sons"
cast. Mrs. Ellen Ward has done
much professional and semi-professional
work; she appeared many
times on Theatre 13, a forerunner
of the television program, Studio
One. She has acted several times
previously with the Players. Don
Canty, speech professor, appeared
in "The Chalk Garden," given
here. Jane Griffin, besides acting
in several Players productions,
also directed "The Chalk Garden."
Ilia Shaw Cheney is remembered
for her performances as Teddy in
"Wish You Were Here" and as
Rosiland in "As You Like It." She
has also appeared in Opera Workshop
presentations. Terry Cross
acted in "The Man Who Came to
Dinner," "My Sister Eileen," and
others. Olin Baker has been seen
in "As You Like It" and in "Our
Town." According to Knowles,
Tommy Hines and Joe Embry are
new to the Auburn Players but
are expected to give very fine
performances.
Knowles has urged everyone to
"come to the Little Theatre and
enjoy this production of one of
Mr. Miller's three greatest plays."
The show will run through May 2.
All students are admitted free and
girls may obtain late permission
to see it.
WARNING!
One of three White Rock hens
missing from the State Diagnostic
Lab on the campus is diseased
and would be dangerous
if eaten, college officials warned
today. The hen, one of three
taken from cages behind the lab
Wednesday night, has salmonella
pullorium and should be
destroyed or returned.
Eating the chicken would result
in illness, and the live hen
itself could effect other birds
exposed to it, officials declared.
'LOVELIEST of the PLAINS'
At 8:15 In Union Ballroom
Spring Show Scheduled April 6-10
This year's Spring Show, written
and directed by Don Leithau-ser,
will be presented April 6-10
in the Union Ballroom. Curtain
time each night is 8:15 p.m.
The Show's plot involves a mil-lionnaire
who pretends to be penniless
and manages to become involved
in various situations while
visiting distant relatives who believe
that he is rich. Director Don
Leithauser says that the show is
progressing steadily despite some
changes in the cast and that
everything should be ready for
April 6.
Included in the cast are Tom
Stull, Sally McCord, Pat Moody,
Dick Hubbard, Jeff Thurman, Mo-dine
Gunch, Jerry Hallman, Tom
Elliott, Amanda Mynatt, Helen
Copeland, Joyce Hemphill, Mar-cia
Tatum, and Adele Eckford.
In charge of arrangements for
the show are: Costumes: Helen
Strother, Terry Simmons; makeup:
Betty Cobb; business manager,
Bob Mawhinney; stage manager,
Ernice Read; choreography,
Mary Lynn McCree, Gwin Gibson;
assistant director, J o ey
Quinn; Technical director, Bill
Bankson; set director, Robert Ortega-
Lopez; music and lyrics, Don
Leithauser.
'. WITH NOTE-TAKING essentials handy, Loveliest Kathy Sharp,
a Dorm 9 frosh, is all ready to quiz the experts of the second
Auburn Conference on International Affairs.
Auburn Student Killed
In Tragic Smash-Up
UNDER THE DIRECTION of Don Leithauser, the cast of the 1959 Spring Show is now putting
the final touches on the musical production whic h will begin next Monday night. The show has
been rehearsed and revised since the beginning of winter quarter.
The cast is shown here as they perform the d ance routine which marks the finale of the show.
Most of the music and lyrics were written by the d ireetor, Don Leithauser.
A tragic accident Thursday,
March 26, resulted in the death of
Joseph M. Norman, Birmingham.
The 20-year-old API student,
majpring in- aeronautical engineering,-
died several hours after
a . two-car % collision which took
place on West Glenn Avenue in
front of the boarding house where
he lived. -
According to an Auburn policeman,.
Norman's small foreign car.
was hit broadside by another automobile
as he backed out of the
boarding house driveway.
Don Amerson Pinson, Macon,
Georgia, driver of the other vehicle,
told officers that Norman
appeared to be waiting for him
to pass, but backed suddenly into
the street as he approached.
An appeal for blood was answered
by about sixty students
living in Magnolia Hall Dormitories.
However, t h e unselfishness
shown by these men was to no
avail for Norman died of head and
Dean Smith Cites
New Opportunities
For Ag Graduates
Opportunities f o r agricultural
graduates are much greater today
than a few years ago, according
to Dr. E. V. Smith, dean of the
API School of Agriculture and
director of the Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Speaking this week at a meeting
of the student Agricultural
Economics Club, Dr. Smith said
many graduates are entering agricultural
businesses and related
industries, banking, and communications,
in addition to farming and
professional work.
The dean stressed that agricultural
graduates need to be well-informed
in the social sciences, in
addition to technical agriculture,
to serve most effectively in the
"agri-business" economy of today.
In tracing the development of the
state's agricultural and industrial
economy, he pointed out the importance
of understanding social
and economic problems and the
ability, to work effectively with
people.
Membership of the. club is made
up of students: interested in agricultural
economics.
internal, injuries several hours after
being taken to the college infirmary.
Later that same evening a second
accident which claimed the
lives of t w o Opelika teenagers
occurred on the Auburn-Opelika
Highway. . '.,•".
William Gary Holloway, 18, and
William Curtis Craft, 15, were
killed when their speeding car
skidded and crashed into a tree
during a violent rainstorm.
The tree was struck with such
force that it fell, crushing the top
of the automobile.
Governor's Day
To Feature Review,
Banquet And Tour
Gov. John Patterson will visit
the Auburn campus April 23 for
the spring review of the ROTC
units. This review is to honor the
governor and show him the campus.
The day will begin with a luncheon
at 11:45 in the Union Building
for Gov. and Mrs. Patterson.
Also invited are the members of
the Governor's cabinet and their
wives, the mayor of Auburn and
local members of the legislature.
President Ralph B. Draughon, Dr.
D. W. Mullins and other school
officials will be present.
The Governor will leave for
Max Morris field at 1:00 for the
review which is being supervised
by Col. Crosthwait of the Air Force.
A 19-gun salute w i l l begin
ceremonies and at 1:20 p.m., 2,300
ROTC cadets and the API military
band will pass in review. At
1:40 the Governor will speak to
the cadets.
Following the review the Governor
will be shown the campus.
Six Will Attend
Speech Convention
Six members of. the API speech
department and two students will
attend the 29th annual convention
of the Southern Speech Association
next week in Louisville, Ky.
The five-day meeting opens
Monday with 200 college students
and 300 professors from a dozen
southern states expected. Those
from Auburn to attend include
Frank B. Davis, J. B. Ranney, W.
L. Smith, Cruz Hardigree, Leonard
Larson and J. A. Stovall.
Students Sundra Harris, Lanett,
and Wayne Boulware, Rockford,
members of the Auburn Debate
Council, will compete in the forensic
tournament.
Program features Include "the
student congress a n d forensic
tournament, and three workshops
sponsored by the Southern Regions
of the American Forensic Association,
American Educational
Theatre Association, and Committee
on Speech and Hearing Disorders.
Dr. Davis, head of. API's speech
department, is chairman of the
tournament committee for the convention
and is a member of the
constitution committee. Both Dr.
Ranney and Dr. Smith will deliver
papers at the Friday morning
session, and Stovall is chairman
of the debate workshop.
Spring Election
Campaigns Begun
Hill, Jones Run Without Opposition;
All Other Positions Stiffly Contested
BY DALE BURSON
Miss Auburn, student government officers, and publication
heads for next year will be selected Thursday, April 10, as
Auburn students register their choices at the polls.
Five finalists for the title of Miss Auburn have been chosen
by a panel of non-student judges. Selected on the basis of
beauty, personality, poise, intelligence,
and over-all impression,
these candidates are: Liz Byers,
Sandra O'Kelly, Evelyn Ray, Molly
Sarver, and Norma Taylor.
Officers of the Student Government
Association to be filled and
nominees for the positions include:
president, Boolie Hill, unopposed;
v i c e - president, Tom
Gregory and Charlie McArthur;
secretary, Harriet Jenkins a nd
Robby Robinson; treasurer, Jim-bo
Rogers and Ronny Seigler.
Those competing for senatorial
positions and the number to be
chosen a r e : fifth-year senator,
Phillip A. O'Berry and Spooky
Pumphrey Reports Engineering Gains;
Sees Re-Accreditation Within Year
VILLAGE FAIR
Bob Lynn, chairman of Village
Fair, requests the cooperation
of the student body in obtaining
housing for high school
students during the Village Fair
weekend. Those who wish to
house one or more of the visitors
for the weekend are requested
to contact Lynn at the Delta Tau
House. -
Road Builders
Honor W. D. Camp
The Alabama Road Builders Association's
honor senior in civil
engineering at Alabama Polytechnic
Institute is William D. Camp,
Munford.
Camp was named to receive the
honor by a special committee of
the association and was presented
a special award at the annual
meeting of the association in
Montgomery on March 11.
A student in the engineering cooperative
program, Camp alternates
school work with on-the-job
training at the U.S. Corps of
Engineers.
Camp is a member of. Chi Epsi-lon,
honorary civil engineering
fraternity, Tau Beta Pi, honorary
engineering fraternity, and Phi
Kappa Phi, scholastic honorary.
By L. O. BRACKEEN
Over and over Alabamians are
asking: What progress is being
made toward getting Auburn's
electrical and mechanical engineering
departments reaccredited?
After having served as dean of
the School of Engineering for one
year, Dean Fred H. Pumphrey this
week answered questions as follows:
Question: Do you feel that the
Engineering School has been able
to make real strides to regain accreditation?
Answer: Yes, I believe that
much progress has been made. In
the first place, we have met the
criticism of inadequate entrance
requirements by establishing the
freshman year as a pre-engineer-ing
program. In this way, the student
and the school have a
chance to find out if the student
is suited to engineering. Only
those students w h o successfully
master the background courses are
accepted into engineering.
In the second place, we have
been able, with the help of the
alumni and industry through the
Emergency Fund Drive, to make
temporary additions to our salary
budget. This enabled us to increase
our teaching staff from 76
to 94 or about a 25% increase.
A year ago we had two men with
Ph.D. degrees on our staff. This
year we have four a n d expect
about 10 next year. So we are
making rapid strides in developing
a good graduate faculty as
well as a g o o d undergraduate
staff.
A new engineering building is
under construction. This will
supply an additional 20,000 square
feet of floor space. We will still
be required to hold classes in laboratories
and little space will be
available for a rapidly growing
research program.
Question: Is your research program
under the Engineering Experiment
Station?
Answer: Yes, much of it is. On
the other hand, we are also looking
forward to establishing an
"educationally centered" sponsored
research program. We anticipate
cooperation from the Army
Missile Agency at Huntsville, the
Atomic Energy Commission, and
Navy and Air Force.-Tesearch facilities
located to the. south of Alabama.
Many people have asked
why we were so modest in our
askings for the Engineering; Experiment
funds. It is because we
expect these funds to assist in
establishing Alabama as a strong
state in the field of engineering
and science. This is one of the best
ways to bring industry to Alabama.
Question: How about reaccredi-tation?
When do you expect to get
back on the accredited list?
Answer: As I have indicated,
tremendous progress has been
made, but it has only been possible
because the funds were made
available through the generosity
of the alumni and our friends in
industry. The accrediting agency
is not willing to return accreditation
until the legislature acts to
supply funds on a permanent basis
to guarantee the progress that
has been accomplished on temporary
funds. If the legislature supports
our program with adequate
appropriations, we should be able
to ask for reinspection in the
spring of 1960—a' year from now.
If the report on the inspection is
favorable as I trust it will be,
notice of reaccreditation would
normally be received during the
fall of 1960.
Poweone; senior senators B i ll
Ham, Bryant Harvard, Gayle
Jones, John O'Brien, Helen Strother,
Don Thomason, Jr., Darkin
Wade, Lynda Walraven, and Don
Watkins, five; junior senators,
Gene Driver, Ann Hoffhaus, Ronnie
McCullars, Jimmy Morrow,
Joe Pate, Burt Prater, Rod Richardson,
a n d Wayne Thames,
four; sophomore senators, Missy-
George, Marby Huggins, Don
Jones, Ford Laumer, John Morgan,
and Martha Williams, three.
Campus publication offices and
contenders include: editor of the
Plainsman, Jim Phillips and Dick
Roll; business manager of the
Plainsman, Boyd Cobb and Charlie
F. Johnson; editor of the Glo-merata,
Bob Adams and Jim Williams;
business manager of the
Glomerata, Bill Jones, unopposed.
All students may cast votes,
next Thursday from 8 until 4:30
at the voting boxes located at the
individual schools. Members of
both campus political parties, War
Eagle and All Campus, will be
stationed at each voting place.
Senators are voted for by individual
classes, voting one year
ahead of their present classification.
Campaigning "begins officially
on Tuesday night, March 31, and
ends Wednesday, April 8 at midnight.
No solociting of votes will
be permitted on election day.
GRADUATION INVITATIONS
Graduation invitations may
now be purchased in the Student
Government office of the
Union.
Concert To Climax
C&L Series For
Scholastic Year
Nell Rankin, • leading mezzo-soprano
Metropolitan Opera star,
will conclude the API Concert and
Lecture series for this school year
with her concert on the Auburn
campus- April. 30.
A native of Montgomery, Miss
Rankin has been acclaimed in
leading European and American
newspapers as the "greatest Carmen
of our time." She is also the
only American in history to have
won the coveted first prize in
Geneva's famous International
Concours de Musique. After this
accomplishment in 1950, Miss Rankin
returned to America where
she has become not only a leading
singer of the Metropolitan
Opera in New York City, but a
star at Milan's famous La Scala,
the Vienna State Opera, London's
Convent Garden, Chicago Opera
and many more. Miss Rankin also
appears consistently as soloist
with the world's leading symphony
orchestras.
Formidable v o c a l technique,
extraordinary interpretive powers,
and exciting stage presence
have made Nell Rankin a favorite
of the world's major concert halls,
and the leading mezzo soprano before
the public today.'
ALONG WITH THE more or less routine student body elections, Auburn voters will also get
to cast their ballots for one of the five Miss Aubu rn candidates. From left to right they are: Norma
Taylor, Sandra O'Kelly, Evelyn Ray, Liz Byers, and Molly Sarver.
V
A Trip...But Where? 4—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, April 3, 1959 Jim Phillips
I t was a b a d night to be out. Lightning
flashed i n t e r m i t t e n t l y and the g u t t e r s
were overflowing with water: The rain
came down in sheets.
The waiting room of Drake Infirmary
was very quiet. In response to an appeal
for blood donors, a dozen or so Magnolia
Hall residents stood leaning against the
walls or lounged thoughtfully on the
couches. A college administrator explained
the details of the accident, checking
himself with a w r i t t e n police report.
Down the h a l l the atmosphere was
even more intense. Working quickly,
surely, doctors tried to stop the ebbing
flow of life. For two h e a r t - b r e a k i n g hours
t h e y tried—and failed. The accident vict
im died. It was a bad night to die.
In another hospital, less t h a n t e n miles
away, on the same night, under similar
conditions a similar scene w a s enacted.
Only there were two victims. Last year
about this time the count was four. The
nation's total count for t h e i n t e r im period
r u n s into the tens of thousands.
Large numbers, anonymous casualty
lists, r e g r e t t a b l y mean very little to us. It
takes a tragedy much closer to home to
jolt us out of our complacency. It takes
t h e death of a fellow student, a man we
know by name, a human being to whom
we can readily attach the meaning of the
word "life"—or "death."
This year, as last, we are disturbed to
t h e extent that we want to know where
t h e blame lies. If such a t e r r i b l e t h i n g can
happen so near then it might have been
any one of us. For our own safety's sake,
we want a logical explanation.
But the explanation, for all its simplicity,
is illogical. The blame is a t t r i b u t able
to the a t t i t u d e of each of us where
our driving is concerned. To us, t h e automobile
is a useful machine and no/more.
We rule out its horrible potential and in
doing so bring the potential much closer
to reality. Before we step into a car our
minds have already arrived at our destination.
The time and distance between
a r e traversed by conditioned reflex. To
all practical purposes we are unconscious.
Sometimes the trips we take are long
ones. Sometimes they are the length of
a life span.
&imvtim»cwmm
To Avoid Congestion
From the standpoint of time, t h e shortest
distance between two points is not
always a straight line. As proof of this
assertion we offer the creeping congestion
behind the shop buildings after every
class.
Due to the construction of the new engineering
building across t h e street, all t he
traffic to and from the t h r e e shop buildings
must be channeled onto one n a r r ow
sidewalk. Since hundreds are trying to
get to classes in these buildings while
hundreds are trying to get out, the resulting
press crawls at an intolerably slow
pace.
Since there is no room to provide another
walkway it's readily apparent that
those of us who may be in a h u r r y will
either have to travel by another route or
resign ourselves to t h e snail's pace of the
crowd. We don't really have a very extensive
selection of alternate routes but
wider use of those which are . available
would relieve some of t h e conditions prevailing
now.
To those who h a v e classes in Shop
Buildings I and II we would suggest an
approach from the north, or from the
direction of the T e x t i l e Building. This
will save them from having to traverse
t h e e n t i r e length of t h e sidewalk as would
be t h e case if t h e y arrived from the oppos
i te direction. The same plan would be
applicable, in reverse, for those leaving
these buildings for classes on the north,
west, and eastern sections of the campus.
Shop Building III can be most easily
approached from the south, or "L" building
side. And vice-versa.
Having observed the temperament of
crowds in other locations, we would be
amazed at t h e cheerfulness of t h e students
forced to accept the push and pull of so
many compressed in such a small area.
But this is Auburn and therefore their
good humor is no more t h a n is to be expected.
" S t a r t charging 30 cents for hot dogs, Mae. After all, this
is a college town!"
Nadine Beach
Camups To Campus . . .
That Telephone Booth Craze
It is said that "In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to love."
Don't believe it. ,
It is only the vernal madness which gleams in their eyes that you
mistake for spring fever or the like.
student's room and intruding on
• . • • • • - . . - - At Village Fair
The chairman of the 1959 Village Fair
has sent an appeal to the A u b u r n student
body requesting that everyone cooperate
in making this event one t h a t STRONGLY
emphasizes education.
Because the Village Fair weekend has
long been used for concentrated rush activities,
we feel t h a t t h e r e can be no better
time for fraternities to show just how seriously
they consider classwork.
A great number of high school students
will be coming to Auburn strictly for a
With the appearance of the first
blade of grass, the body metabolism
of humans seems to make
sudden changes, the dreary shadows
of winter are over (we hope)
and there seems to be a re-birth
both within and without. With this
re-birth comes an added exuberance
for life which seems not to
find sufficient diversion and consequently
manifests itself in the
strangest ways.
Take, for example, the sudden
craze which has hit college students
all over the world. No, it's
not swallowing goldfish (ugh!)
nor is it extensive panty raids,
both of which were prevalent
years ago. The new craze (to say
the least) is packing as many students
into a telephone booth as \
possible. This craze started about
three weeks ago and oh the last
date reported, Modesto Junior
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to Foster the Aubnrn Spirit
DOUG McINTOSH
Editor
FRANK PRICE
Business Manager
ball, a babe an' a b o t t l e of Bud. They have College, of Modesto, California had
formed exaggerated ideas about what takes
place on a college campus and they can't
wait to place t h e i r pad right in t h e middle
of the wildest orgy in operation. We all
had identical ideas in our prep-school days.
Some, regretfully, still have them.
But the rest of us now know t h a t college
is constituted' of h a r d work and we should
act and speak accordingly during Village
Fair so that our visitors will get t h e same
idea.
We most certainly want to make them
t h i n k about every educational opportunity
Auburn can offer, but it is imperative that
we give them the idea that they should
either enroll here to study—or not at all.
—ROLL.
George Wendell — Bryant Castellow
Managing Editors
News Editor Dick Roll
Sports Editor
Editorial Assistant .....
Features Editor
Photographers Bobby Green, Bill Lollar
Society Editor Sandy Ross
— Ronnie McCullars
Jim Phillips
Tim Battle
Make-Up Assistant _
Specialties Assistant
— Bob Jennings
Carline Stephens
Befke DeRing, Bob Jennings, Nadine Beach,
Ramona Pemberton, Linda Teller, Dianne Spurrier,
Marion Ward, Kate Scruggs, Dale Burson,
Anna Lee Waller, Tommy Fowler, Lamar Miller,
Jean Hill, Paul Spahos, Bennie Sue Curtis, Gayle
Jones, Bill Ham, Modine Gunch, and Janice
Duffy.
Make-up Staff: Don Loughran, Tommy Fowler,
Lamar Miller and Gordon Vines.
Boyd Cobb
A. R. Lozano
-Advertising Manager
. Circulation Manager
Plainsman offices are located In Room 318 of the
Auburn Union and in The Lee County Bulletin building
on Tlchenor Avenue. Entered as second class matter
at the post office In Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mail are $1 for three months and $3 for a full year.
The Plainsman Is the official student newspaper of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and la written and
edited by responsible students. Opinions published herein
are not necessarily those of the administration. Winter
publication date Is Wednesday and circulation la t 800.
The latest word from the Music Department
is that conductors of n o r t h e r n orchestras
are easily outraged by policemen
l u r k i n g backstage, t h e i r outrage being displayed
by baton pointing, jumping from
podiums and shouting in Italian, "It is impossible
to conduct!"
English translation: "In my opinion the
audience is a bunch of uncultured l o c a l
yokels."
Wrong Spot
' I n the first few days of this political
campaign, a hidden danger has t a k e n hold
on campus.
Posters on r e a r windows of automobiles
i n v i t e added tragedy to an already stained
spring traffic record. With t h em blocking
a driver's view, trouble could easily arise.
There's plenty of room in other sections
of each automobile to w a r r a n t removal of
these hazardous signs. And they'll show
up just as well elsewhere on your car.
Protect yourselves and others next week
—move 'em off.—PHILLIPS.
To The Voters
Although the p a r t y system often proves
beneficial to any democratic governmental
setup, it sometimes tends to hinder college
political campaigns when controversial issues
are not involved.
" I 'm going to vote t h e p a r t y ticket next
Thursday," displays a misconception of
t h i s election's purpose. The idea is to place
in office the BEST man for the job. A part
y vote doesn't necessarily achieve such
ends.
I t ' s amazing that the students of an ins
t i t u t i on harboring such fine spirit would
show u t t e r disregard for the school's welfare.
Pick out the best man whether in
your p a r t y group or not—then cast your
ballott for him. Next year you'll be glad
you did.
claimed the record by packing 33
slightly-built students i n t o a
single booth. What a rage! (Evidently
AubUrnites are behind the
times for we have not yet attempted
to set a new record. At least,
I haven't heard of an attempt.)
As I said before, It is not necessarily
ideas of love which dominate
college students' thoughts dur
ing the spring but, on the conr
trary, the results of vernal madness.
.
Another example is the astounding
feat accomplished by a group
of university students who labored
through the pre-dawn hours
and hoisted a jaguar to the top
of t h e campus music building.
How? That's the secret of the
trade.
I understand Cal Tech possess
a novel method of torture. The
ingenious effects are produced by
lowering a hi-fi speaker into a
his sleep with the shrill sound of
a train whistle, or the loud
thumpings of heart beats. The
screeching of owls and sobbing of.
hysterical women are also quite
effective in this method.
Or what about t h e professor
whose entire class did not show
up for class one day and later the
students convinced h i m it was
Saturday. This is rather far fetched
but one college does claim
the feat.
Then there is always the story
of various statues which mysteriously
stray or wander off from
their sites to only later wander
back just as mysteriously. Ummm.
Spring pranks and gags continue
to baffle policemen! There
seems to be no rhyme or reason
for certain actions, consequently
the police are unable to use their
usual logical methods of investigation
and naturally many pranksters
still roam.
It has been stated that pranks
are not so prevalent as they were
at the turn of the century because
more students have cars and do
not spend as much time on campus.
The pranks of today are also
more subtle and more scientifically
executed.
Vernal madness is not anything
new for it extends back to the
time of the Greeks and Romans
where records show that "Athenian
undergraduates tried giving
Socrates a hot sandal in the market
place."
Oh! Wednesday was April Fool's
day. I almost forgot, and here
I've filled no telling how many
heads with Wild ideas. Well that's
ok too, for it's no fair using any
of the ideas you just read about.
Think up some of. your own April
Fool.
JOKES
The man at the bar had just
finished his second glass of beer
and turned to ask the manager
of the place, "How many kegs of
beer do you sell in a week?"
"Thirty-five," the manager answered
with pride.
"Well I have just thought of a
way you can sell 70."
The manager was startled,
"How?"
"It's simple, just fill up the
glasses."
On a gravestone in Georgia:
"Beneath this stone my wife
doth lie;
Now she's at rest, and so am I."
* * *
Judge: "So they caught you
with this bundle of silverware?
Whom did you plunder?"
Thief: "Two fraternity houses,
Your Honor."
Judge: "Call up the downtown
hotels, sergeant, and distribute
this stuff."
Perfectionist, Slave Driver, Friend, and Teacher Was 'Scoop';
Greatness Shouldn't Elude the Capable Paul Hemphill
Phillips
"Phillips, I've warned you and
McCullars about writing these
long bulky leads. For gosh sakes,
boys, will you ever learn that the
newspaper reader doesn't care
about that riff-raff, covering the
game played a
week ago? And
this grammar,
it's autrocious!
When are you
guys going to
s t a r t d o i ng
some d e c e nt
w r i t i n g f or
me ?" T h o se
w o r d s w e re
c o m m o n not
too long ago.
Carlisle Towery
No Excuse
For Laziness
you probably thought i was going
to write a column this week well
i was going to write a column this
week but the damn dead-line got
here too quick just like it did last
week a n d the
week before after
j . phillips
said yes i could
have a l a t er
dead-line j u st
like he did last
week a n d the
week before well
i just sorta sat
back and drank
a b e e r or two
and well then i went home for
the weekend and then i got back
and the other damn dead-line was
already here and well i looked
and looked for something to write
about and i was slap out of old
magazines and the library was
closed and so was my brain i guess
and things just didn't look too
good and since i never was one
to do anything at the last minute
or anytime if i could help it and
since somebody once said (it was
me) that a fellow ought to have
a right to not do something every
now and then well i just didn't
write a column this week but already
i'm sorry i didn't write a
column this week because i can
tell already how disappointed you
are.
Towery
TELLER
Linda Teller
With Open Mind
Look 'em All Over
"Vote, I don't care who you vote
for, just vote," is a phrase of
meaningful words heard many,
many times by all of us. Spring
elections are here, and any election
presents a
problem.. Now I
have my candidate,
a n d you
have yours, and
I am not going to
vote f o r yours
because mine is
better, a n d you
won't vote for
mine f o r the
exact same reason.
But, we will agree that the best
man should win. That would be
the only fair and right thing. But
the best man does not always
carry the victor's flag. Doesn't this
seem wrong?
Everyone of us cannot meet and
talk to each one of the candidates
running; that would be ridiculous,
but we can listen to every thing
said by, for, or against each "contestant"
with an open mind, and
then with that same open mind we
should vote. The results may not
be perfect, for who is to say who
is good or who is bad, but at
least we can kaow that we tried.
Very seriously I am suggesting
that you follow the plan I just
mentioned. It may not change my
vote, and it may not change your
vote, and if so, we should be voting
for the same person.
He was a perfectionist, without
a doubt, perfectionist extraordinary.
Sometimes working under
him became a real strain, almost
unbearable. But we always knew
that the boss was right, however
unmercifully he chewed us out.
This former Tiger athlete who
gave up baseball playing in order
to write about the game, was a
good man to learn under. There
was a lot to Paul Hemphill.
"Scoop" was the sort of fellow
who'd sit you down for an hour
if necessary, scanning your copy
and pointing out every mistake, to
your own benefit. No one on campus
could have had less time to
spend on other folks, but the colorful
Plainsman sports editor was
ever willing.
It always amazed me that
Hemphill was able to stay in
school. It seemed as though he
never found time to study. He had
three hangouts, and it was an
easy matter to find him at one of
them almost anytime. Writing or
editing copy in the Union Building
Plainsman office, working on
makeup detail in the composing
room of the Lee County Bulletin,
or serving tables at the old Wilson's
Cafe were my boss's pastimes.
As sports editor, Paul never received
a penny for his work. Under
the Plainsman sports staff setup,
only the managing editor is salaried.
Sp it was no duty of Paul's
to show up at the Bulletin on Monday
nights to spend long hours at
the dirty job of composing type
into set pages. But I still recall
Tim Battle
the murmurs each week of staff
members who just couldn't understand,
"Scoop stayed around this
morning 'till six again. The guy's
going to kill himself!" That was
Paul for you. He'd never stop until
all was satisfactory.
And it paid off! After a brief
stint behind Jess Outlar as an
Atlanta Constitution intern writer
last summer, Scoop moved on to
a better job in Birmingham. Under
the able direction of Zip Newman
and Benny Marshall, Hemphill's
writing has become one of
the first things many readers look
for when they turn to the sports
pages of the Birmingham News.
That daily's staff regarded Paul's
work so highly that they insisted
on his covering various college
ball games for them this winter,
while he came back to the Plain
for that final quarter and a cherished
degree.
If you listened to the ill-fated
Kentucky massacre this past February,
you probably heard Auburn's
gift to the News' readers
voice his opinion on the contest
at halftime. It was the same sincerity
and firmness, the same cool,
level thinking and confidence in
himself, the identical color of expression
that George Wendell,
Ronnie McCullars, Ronnie Harris,
and I used to know. These are the
characteristics that should make
Paul Hemphill great someday,
Auburnites. Famous or not and
wherever he is, somehow Scoop
will always be one of us!
Teacher Supply Now Dwindling
. . . Public Posts No Notice
Leaders of higher education are virtually unanimous
in asserting that the single most pressing
need of today's colleges and universities is "strengthening
the teaching profession." Spacious campuses, magnificent college
buildings, well-equipped laboratories, comfortable dormitories-all
will be utterly meaningless without teachers to bring higher education
to life. There is no point in giving every intellectually competent
youngster the opportunity to enter college if the college lacks able
teachers.
The people of today's society
have a virtually unlimited faith
in higher education. They know
what it means for their own children,
and what it means to the
future of America.. But'they do
not yet understand that this precious
national resource is built
squarely on the vitality of the
teaching profession. And they do
not realize that the teaching profession
is slowly withering away.
This is the central fact which
must be communicated to the
American people. They must recognize
that their dream of higher
education for every qualified person
is dependent upon prior recognition
of the importance of the
teaching pofession. If the American
people come to a clear recognition
of. that fact, then all
other objectives with respect to
the strengthening of higher education
will fall into line. If this
goal is not achieved, nothing else
will come out right.
Just the bare fact of widespread
public recognition of the importance
of the teaching profession
would go a long way toward solv-
! ing our problems. Professors are
human', .and they wish to be respected.
Youngsters who consider
the possibility of a teaching career
are heavily influenced by
the degree of public respect for
that career. Too many Americans
have come to think of. the professor
as a patient and rather ineffectual
person who has resigned himself
philosophically to a life of poverty.
But able teachers are leaving
the profession, and promising
young men and women who enter
teaching do not wish to get rich.
But if college teaching so impoverishes
them that they cannot
afford to give their own children
as good an education as they obtained
themselves, they may take
a cold second look at their career
decision.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Sir:
The entire week was one of
utter misery, especially as I knew
the next one would be worse. I
didn't see how anything could be
worse, but there was certainly
nothing to look forward to.
The particular week I speak of
was the week before finals began
on Wednesday, the 11th of March.
My schedule, beginning Monday
the 2nd, ran like this:
Monday—Hygiene Quiz
Tuesday—History Quiz
Wednesday—Term paper due
Thursday—Classes
Friday—History Quiz and
Hygiene Final
Saturday—Classes!
Monday—Final Design Problem
due
Tuesday—Final Drawing Problem
due
Wednesday—Finals! (two)
This situation, a little better in
some cases or a little worse in
others, was probably duplicated
all over the campus. I'm sure I
wasn't the only person who slept
little, if at all, the week before
and during exams and who ate
just as little because of the lack
of time and because of upset
tummies from taking too much
"stay-awake" medicine.
Winter quarter is the shortest
quarter of the year and it is not
hard to understand the difficulties
an instructor encounters in
trying to adequately cover the
material. However, the question
arises: Is it better to skim over
the material and take a quiz over
it immediately preceding finals
or to use the time the quiz consumes
in becoming more thoroughly
familiar with the subject
matter and having the material
included in the final? The latter
seems by far the most sensible
solution.
At Emory and other schools the
practice is to schedule a completely
free day before finals begin.
Classes end on one day, the
students have a day for study,
and finals begin the next day.
Perhaps this sounds like a dream,
but other dreams have come true
at Auburn. Maybe someday professors
will catch on and quit
giving quizzes when finals are
staring students in the face and,
too, maybe, a "catch-up" day will
be scheduled for Auburn students.
Carline Stephens
Befke DeRing
Three Years Of Ease. ..
Then You're Scared To Death
Graduation, to a freshman, is a dream which
automatically comes to life after four, five, six years
of studying (one quarter) and socializing. Approximately
one quarter is wasted determining when not to study. As a
result, a few unsuspecting individuals are sucked into the academic
Whirlpool before they become aware of the college social life.
However, the fun-loving ma- stronghold at college. Combos are
jority embrace an atmosphere as
cool as the mountain air in Bavaria.
Thoughts of graduation, a
job, and life "outside" fade as the
student enters the small world of
the college campus.
Majors change and minors disappear
as the demands on one's
time are increased. The colloquial
phrase "school night" drops from
the freshman's vocabulary through
lack of use.
The first evidence of development
into a true collegiate is to
begin one's weekend on Thursday.
Monday, of course, is recuperation
day, a fact recognized by
an increasing number of professors.
The remaining profs are being
indoctrinated by the alert,
bright-eyed students who do not
fill their class on that day.
Those who complete the matriculation
(not measured in time)
to sophomore status no longer
realize that someday they will
have to leave. Genesis and exodus
are blurred by frivolity.
Since the "in here" is secure
and pleasure-filled, t h e "out
there" becomes vague and preparation
for it reaches a virtual
standstill.
The art of party-giving, seemingly
lost to Americans who must
read books on the subject, has a
replaced by records, decorations
by strips of crepe paper, and
punch by ice water; still the party
rolls on undimmed.
Sophomores, masters of. t he
social arts, are the Bohemians of
the college community.
Reaching a junior classification
is not a moment of rejoicing, for
juniors are jittery. The present,
pleasant way of life is shadowed
by thoughts (hastily drowned) of
the future.
Parties are no longer attended
with an air of spontaneous gaiety,
but are scenes of determined efforts
to "have a good time." This,
however, is a period of worrying,
not of. action.
Upon the realization that one
is a senior, pandemonium grips the
heart. The bleak awareness that
time is running out has decended.
The social whirl must spin with
the senior's aid, as scholastic endeavors
become supercharged. His
panic-stricken face appears repeatedly
on Samford's second floor
(the Graduate Placement Office).
As the d a t e of the Exercises
(Execution) approaches, the fifth
and final stage, that of graduating
senior is experienced. Various
reasons are conjured to remain on
campus at least one more quarter.
But, soon all delays end and life
"out there" is inevitable.
1
April Schedule Heavy
With Special Events
Elections, ACGIA, Sports Events,
Village Fair And Concerts Planned
Twenty-five special events will-be
held on the Auburn campus
during April.
First big event now in progress
is the second Auburn Conference
on International Affairs. Theme
for the conference is "Western
Europe—Key to Foreign Policy."
Hanson W. Baldwin, Military Editor
of the New York Times; Douglass
Cater, Washington Editor of
The Reporter, and Granville Ram-age,
British Consul in Atlanta,
will be principal speakers.
A five-night run of the 1959
Spring Show starts April 5. This
year's musical production concerns
a millionaire who pretends he has
no money. The fun begins when
he visits distant relatives. Two
dozen persons are writing, producing
and staging the show.
On April 9, students will flock
to the polls. They will elect student
government officers, Miss
Auburn, and editors for The
Plainsman and Glomerata, student
publications.
API's annual open house, Village
Fair, will be held April 10-
12. Approximately 3,500 high
school students will have an opportunity
to see Auburn at work
and at play during the weekend.
Chairman of. the event this year
is Bob Lyrin, Atlanta.-
A popular recording group, the
Kingston Trio, will make their
debut on t h e campus April 14.
They will be followed by Montgomery's
opera star, Nell Rankin,
whose appearance is set for April
30.
April 23 has been set aside for
Governor's Day. The governor and
members of his cabinet and their
wives will be entertained at a
luncheon and subsequently will
review Auburn's Army, Air Force
and Navy ROTC units.
Representatives from 60 colleges
have been invited to the campus
for the weekend of April 24-25.
The occasion is the Southern Universities
Student Government Association
convention. Sonny Col-vett,
Opp, and Harold Grant, faculty
advisor, are in charge of arrangements
for the meet.
Student leaders from a majority
of colleges in the state of Alabama
will be here on the same weekend
for the Alabama Student Government
Conference.
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Fifty-Seven Meetings
Scheduled This Month
Fifty-seven county-wide meetings
are scheduled this month for
Auburn alumni, parents of students
and legislators. Each county
in the state will hold such a
meeting during the week of April
13-20.
It is hoped that through these
gatherings the general public will
become acquainted with Auburn's
problems and needs. An official
of the school will be present at
each meeting to explain the details
of API's drive to obtain more
funds from the legislature.
Joe Sarver, executive secretary
of the Alumni Association, emphasized
that the success of the
county meetings depends largely
on Auburn students. He explained
that the meetings will not be
publicized very extensively in
each county. Therefore, he urged
each student to write his parents
and inform them of the time and
place of the meetings. A complete
list of each county's meeting date
and location is printed below.
A 30-minute film will be shown
entitled "Blueprint for Progress"
after which the school representative
will answer questions directed
from the floor. The film is a
graphic presentation of the areas
in which the school is considered
lacking.
Autauga—April 15, 8 p.m.; High
School auditorium, Prattville;
Chairman: C. L. Breedlove, '48.
Barbour—April 21, 7:30 p.m.;
High School Auditorium, Clayton;
Chairman, R. E. Mooty, '26.
Bibb—April 21, 7:30 p.m.; Community
Bldg., Centreville; Chairman:
Jimmie P. Nix, Jr., '46.
Blount—April 14, 7:30 p.m.; Activities
Bldg., Oneonta; Chairman:
Melvin W. White, '42.
Bidlock—April 20, 7:30 p.m.;
High School Auditorium, Union
Springs; Chairman: Alfred F.
Cook, '50.
Butler—April 20, 7 p.m.; Community
House, Greenville; Chairman:
Wm. B. McGehee, '39.
Calhoun— April 23, 7:30 p.m.;
Cafeteria YMCA Bldg., Anniston;
Chairman: Tull C. Allen, '32.
Chambers—April 14, 7:30 p.m.,
E.S.T.; Recreation Center, Shaw-mut;
April 15, 7 p.m., C.S.T.;
Court Room, LaFayette; Chairman:
Judge DeWitt Alsobrook,
'43.
Cherokee—April 24, 6:30 p.m.,
Activities Bldg., Centre; Bar-B-Q
Dinner; Chairman: W. Andy
Ellis, Jr., '49.
Chilton—April 22, 6:30 p.m.;
Foundation Seed Stocks Farm,
Thorsby; Bar-B-Q; Chairman:
Herbert T. Salter, '43.
Choctaw—April 24, 2 p.m.;
Court House, Butler; Chairman:
Jack A. Q. Haynes, '49.
Clarke—April 21, 7:30 p.m.;
Baptist Church basement, Grove
Hill; Coffee; Chairman; Merwin
B. York, '36.
Clay—April 16, 7:30 p.m.; City
Hall, Ashland; Chairman: J o hn
W. Sentell, '30.
Cleburne—April 20, 7:30 p.m.;
Amer. Legion Bldg., Heflin; Dr.
Alwyn J. Atkins & Visitation
Team; Chairman: T. A. Ventress,
'32.
Coffee—April 15, 7:30 p.m.;
Elba Theatre, Elba; Chairman:
Dr. Wallace Miller, *57.
Colbert—April 16, 7 p.m.; Home
Demonstration Kitchen, Tuscum-bia;
Chairman, G. W. (Ripper)
Williams, '34.
Conecuh—April 14, 7:30 p.m.;
games during April are: Alabama,
April 6; Georgia Tech, April 10
and 11; Troy, April 24 and Mercer,
April 25.
New Recreation Center, Evergreen;
Free Meal; Chairman: J.
H. Witherington, '18.
Covington—April 15, 3 p.m.;
Sheriff Memorial Bldg., Andalusia;
Chairman: Bellaire JKrudop,
'40.
Crenshaw—April 13, 8 p.m.;
Court House, Luverne, Chairman:
Lewis Gholston, '32.
Cullman— April 20, 7:30 p.m.;
City High Auditorium, Cullman;
Chairman: Edwin C. Bottcher, '28.
Dale—April 13, 7:30 p.m.; Community
House, Ozark; Chairman:
Dr. J. P. Faust, '50.
Dallas—April 28, 7:30 p.m.;
Parrish High School Auditorium,
Selma; Chairman: Jack N. Nelms,
'27.
DeKatb—April 23, 7 p.m.; Activities
Bldg., Fort Payne; Chairman:
Davis G. Morrow, '37.
Elmore—April 16, 7:30 p. m.;
Court House, Wetumpka; Chairman:
Roy F. Moon, '34.
Escambia—April 16, 2:30 p.m.;
Grammar School Auditorium, At-more:
Chairman: Dr. Frank Phil-lippi,
'38.
Fayette—April 13, 7:30 p.m.;
City Hall, Fayette; Chairman:
Wilbur C. Davis, '50.
Franklin—April 16, '7 p.m.;
Home Demon. Kitchen, Court
House, Russellville; Chairman:
Shelton C. Pinion, '39.
Geneva—April 15, 10 a. m.;
Community Center, Geneva;
Chairman: J. Clyde Lewis, '37.
Hale—April 13, 7:30 p.m.; Court
House, Greensboro; Chairman:
Dr. Joe L. Sledge, '43.
Henry—April 14,10 a.m.; Headland
Experiment Station, Headland;
Chairman: Grover W. Ray,
'21.
Houston—April 16, 6:30 p.m.;
Sanitary Dairy Farm; Dothan;
Chairman: Maxwell E. Jones, '29.
Jackson—April 14 7 p.m, Caldwell
Elementary School, Scotts-boro;
Chairman: W. Jake Word,
'53.
Jefferson—April 20, 7:30 p.m.;
Thomas Jefferson, Terrace Ballroom,
Birmingham; Chairman:
Everett C. Easter, '21.
Lauderdale—April 17, 77 p.m.;
Municipal Bldg., Florence; Chairman:
Frank G. Crow, '26.
Lawrence—April 15, 7 p.m.;
Court House, Court Room, Moul-ton;
Chairman: Theodore B.
Weatherwax, '29.
Limestone—April 13, 7 p.m.;
Elementary School Auditorium,
Athens; Chairman: Chas. T. Bailey,
'29.
Lowndes—April 27, 7:30 p.m.;
Co. Act. Bldg., Assembly Room,
Hayneville; Chairman: Davis M.
Lyon, '44.
Macon—ApriJ 16, 7:30 p. m.;
Community House, Tuskegee;
Chairman: Joe M. Edwards, '27.
Madison—April 13, 7:30 p.m.;
Huntsville High Auditorium,
Huntsville; Chairman: Arthur H.
Sims, '47.
Marengo—April 13, 7:30 p. m.;
Health Center, Linden; Chair r
man: Willie. G. Little, '32.
Marion—April 14, 7:30 p.m.;
National Guard Armory, Hamilton;
Chairman: E. L. Pearce, '28.
Marshall—April 21, 7:30 p. m.;
Court House, Albertville; Chairman:
Jesse A. Culp, '48.
Mobile—April 21, 7:30 p.m.;
Alabama Power Auditorium, MoT
bile; Dr. David W. Mullins and
Visitation Team; Chairman: Wallace
R. McKinney, Jr., '25.
Montgomery—April 13, 7:30 p.
m.; Normandale Shopping Center
Auditorium under Grant's Montgomery;
Chairman: Clyde C.
Pearson, '26.
Monroe—April 16„ 7:30 p.m.;
Community House, Monroeville;
Chairman: B. H. Stallwowrth,
Jr., '29.
• Morgan—April 14, 7 p.m.; City
Electric Bldg., Decatur; Chairman:
Ed Price, '27.
P.erfy—April' 30, 7 p.m.; Court
House, Marion.
Pickens—April 20, 7:30 p. m.;
Court House, Carrol ton; Chairman:
F. Harold Davis, '53.
Pike—April 15, 7:30 p. m.; Activities
Bldg., Troy; Chairman:
Robert M. Howard, '32.
Randolph—April 17, 3:30 p.m.;
American Legion Bldg., Roanoke;
April 17, 7:30 p.m.; Court Room,
Court House, Wedowee; Chairman:
Judge Henry M. Brittain,
•13.
Russell—April 14, 7:30 p. m.;
C.S.T.; Court House, Phenix City;
Chairman: William H. Dudley,
'40.'
Shelby—April 17, 6:45 p.m.;
High School, Columbiania; Dinner
Meeting; Chairman: Albert
L. Scott, '25, Alabaster.
St. Clair—April 21, 7:30 p.m.;
High School Auditorium, Pell
City; Chairman: Kenyon B. Davis,
'49.
Tuscaloosa—April 23, 7 p. m.;
Alabama Power Auditorium, Tuscaloosa;
Chairman: Rufus O.
Moore, '38.
Walker—April 16, 7:15 p. m.;
Central Elementary School, Jasper;
Morris Savage and Visitation
Team; Chairman; J. Huey
Deason, '28.
Washington—April 23, 7 p. m.;
Frank Turner Hall, Chatom;
Chairman: Don R. Stallworth,
'55.
Wilcox—April 17, 8 p.m.; Experiment
Station Auditorium,
Camden; Chairman: James E.
Lambert, '24.
/ / dinner meeting is scheduled
in your area, contact County
Chairman or County Agent for
reservations.
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Local Sigma Chi's Have
Birthday, Honored Man
The Sigma Chi chapter of API
is celebrating i t s 25th anniversary
as an active chapter. The
activities for April 4 and 5 will
include a social hour for the national
officers and a banquet honoring
the alumni, national officers
and guests. There will be a
25th year dance and an investiture
given by the active members.
Winner of Sigma Chi fraternity's
National Balfour Award for
the southeast province is Bob
Long, a student here in Auburn.
The award is based on scholarship,
personality, fraternity service
and campus activities. Long
has been designated the most outstanding
member of the fraternity
from chapters located at Emory,
Universities of Georgia and
Alabama, Georgia Tech and Auburn.
He is president of Omicron
Delta Kappa, national honorary
fraternity. He also holds membership
in Spades, which is limited
to the ten most outstanding seniors,
and has been active in numerous
campus activities.
Auburn Debate Council Announces 12th
Annual Intramural Debate Tourney
The Auburn Debate Council has
announced the 12th annual Intramural
Debate Tournament April
29 through May 1. Faculty advisor
is John A. Stovall, Jr., director
of debate.
All participants will enter the
same competition. Separate divisions
will not be provided for fraternity,
sorority, or independent
groups. Each organization c an
enter as many teams as they desire.
Each team is composed of
two participants who are fulltime
undergraduate students at API.
No one who has participated in
intercollegiate debate shall be eligible.
Trophies will be awarded to the
first and second place teams. These
trophies will remain in the permanent
possession of the teams
or organizations which the teams
represent. In addition, a l l debaters
who reach the semi-finals
will receive individual awards in
the form of gold or silver keys.
The proposition for debate is:
"Resolved: That the United States
Should Adopt a System of Socialized
Medicine." This question has
created a controversy over the
years and is today still receiving
much attention from politicians
and the general public. Each team
will be required to debate both
negative and affirmative during
the tournament.
The tournament will begin Wednesday,
April 29, and will continue
until all debate rounds are completed.
Detailed instructions and
entry blanks will be sent to all
organizations. Additional entry
blanks may be obtained in the
Speech Department. All entries
must be returned to the Speech
Office, Room 201, Samford Hall.
Deadline for entries is April 17.
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By RONNIE McCULLARS . . . Sports Editor
A very big factor in Auburn's try for Southeastern Conference
domination in track is the mile relay team, coached by Wilbur
Hutsell and his assistant Melvin Rosen.
Hutsell and Rosen agree that the Tiger milers will give LSU
the battle of their lives for the conference championship. "Our
boys have the desire and certainly the ability to take the conference
crown in the mile relay," says Coach Rosen when asked
of Auburn's chances in the SEC.
Two veterans, Paul Krebs and Tommy Waldrip, both seniors,
give the team a firm foundation while the other two positions
are manned by sophomores, Bobby Webb and Benny Overstreet.
To give you a better view of the Tiger hopes I will break the
team down into positions and give their statistics.
LEADOFF MAN — BENNY OVERSTREET . . . Overstreet
is a soph from Coffee County High in Georgia where he was
state champion in the quarter mile. An outstanding athlete
Benny was the most sought after trackman in the state upon
graduation from the prep ranks. As a freshman he was on the
mile relay team who won the SEC crown and add to that his
accomplishment as being the 440 yard dash champ in the league.
NO. 2 MAN — BOBBY WEBB . . . Webb is a product of the
Birmingham high school track system. A sophomore and a terrific
runner, he also was a member of the frosh relay team to
win the conference diadem. Bobby should give the Plainsmen
a runner who will bring home the bacon in another season.
NO. 3 MAN — PAUL KREBS . . . Rosen compliments that
Krebs is having his best season yet on the cinders. "He's no
surprise to us, but his great running this year is something all
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who will be a prominent figure in Auburn track notes this year.
ANCHOR MAN—TOMMY WALDRIP . . . The fastest of the
foursome is always the anchor man and this position contributes
greatly to a relay team's success. A better anchor man for the
mile would almost be impossible to find in the south. Tommy, a
senior, who has turned in some mighty good seasons for the
cindermen on the Plains looks to be having another great year.
A graduate of Lanier High School in Montgomery where he was.
the state 440 champ is being favored by SEC coaches to win the
quarter mile this year.
ANOTHER NAME you may add to this speedy quartet is
Leonard Allen, a junior who is pushing all of the four above for
their positions.
With this abundance of potential I must agree with Coach
Rosen, they look like they have a fine chance for the conference
title. LSU had better come up with a couple more Billy Cannons
to outrun this group.
Auburn's track hopes are looking brighter than they have in
the recent past with this fast relay team and the shot and discus
man, Richard Crane, giving such stellar performances.
AND NOW BACK to a rigorous but enjoyable political campaign.
Auburn, NCAA Tangle Up Again
Get Two More Years Of Probation
ONE OPINION
By SONNY STEIN
Ace Copy Boy
Thursday afternoon, SEC commissioner
Bernie Moore held a
special press conference in
which the following facts were
disclosed. Moore, speaking in
behalf of the SEC and the NCAA,
came out with the startling
announcement that Auburn
was being dropped from the
list of schools under athletic
probation.
Moore said, "This important
decision was reached after extensive
investigation of the
whole matter was carried out. It
is the finding of both the SEC
and NCAA investigating committees,
that the serious charges
brought against API were
lacking in truth and based
wholly upon the jealousy and
ruthfulness of various individuals
associated with the University
of Alabama."
Commissioner Moore gave
details of the investigation.
On the night of April 16,
coach "Bear" Bryant, at that
time head coach of Texas A&M
talked with several representatives
of the University of Alabama's
alumni association. This
meeting was held in the Silver
Slipper Motel, located several
miles outside of College City,
Texas. During the course of
this confab agreement was
reached that Bryant would accept
the position as head coach
at the U. of A.
Two days later, April 18, Bryant
gain met with these unscrupulous
gentlemen. At this
meeting Bryant stated that he
must have asurance of being
able to capture the best material
that Alabama, Georgia, and
other surrounding states had to
I offer. Several suggestions were
proposed and agreement was
finally reached that the best
course of action would be to
get Auburn put on athletic probation.
By doing this, athletes
would be discouraged from go-oing
to a school which was athletically
disaccredited.
Now that the plan of action
was clearly understood, all that
remained was to bait the trap
for the NCAA bloodhounds. For
this segment of the story ex-coach
"Ears" Whitworth gave
investigators the name of another
Alabama alumnus who
took care of this part of the
shady deed.
This other Alabama alumnus
went to GuntersVille, Fuell's
hometown, where he immediately
contacted Fuell. He told
Fuell that he was a representative
of the Auburn Alumni
Association and produced forged
documents to remove any
doubts or suspicions that Fuell
might have.
The most crucial point of this
well laid scheme was now coming
up. Fuell had wanted to
come to Auburn for some time
and now that the opportunity
had arisen he was ready to
jump at the chance. The Alabama
men bestowed several
gifts on Fuell and told him that
he, or one, of his associates,
would return the next day with
a football contract, knowing
full well that an Auburn scout
was to see Fuell the next afternoon.
Before he left, the Alabama
man made sure that Fuell
understand that these gifts
were from the alumni and were
not to be mentioned to the
scout.
At any rate the trap was set
and all that remained was to
tip off the NCAA officials. The
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Auburn's 1959 edition of its
baseball team now riding along
with two wins to its credit
meets two Southeastern Conference
foes this weekend. The
Tigers are on the road with
Vanderbilt at Nashville today
and tomorrow and Monday
back to Plainsman Park for its
first encounter with the Alabama
Crimson Tide.
At Nashville the Tigers will
be seeking their third win of
the season. A double-header is
scheduled for tomorrow's fracas.
The Commodores are having
a very good season—thus
far they are unbeaten—and
they will be looking for a Tiger
scalp to add to their illustrious
collection.
A strong pitching staff is the
Vandy boast while Auburn will
be swinging away for those
long hits which tend to contribute
to a baseball team's winning
ways.
Monday afternoon in Auburn
the Plainsmen will be facing
another undefeated SEC contender
when they meet the
cross-stale rivals, Alabama.
The Crimson Tide downed
Tulane twice last week and
have had little trouble with an
opponent so far this year.
Always a good game is the
Tide-Tiger contest and with the
Auburnites a new hope has
been found and they will be
looking for an upset over the
victory-seeking Tiders.
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By PAUL ADAMSON
Riff-Raff Reporter
Already on probation until
1961, the Auburn Tigers received
another stiff blow at the annual
meeting of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
meeting last week as they were
handed another two year penalty,
which now makes them
ineligible to participate in NCAA
sponsored events until May
of 1963.
The Tigers were accused of
giving more than a grant in aid
to one of the outstanding players
in the state of Georgia.
They were said to have offered
Theron Sott, ex-Georgia peach
picker his pick of the peaches
at the Loveliest Village of the
Plains. Now this doesn't include
Dorm 3 where there are no real
peaches to pick from.
Sott w a s interviewed after
he found out that the Tigers
drew the suspension and had
this to say, "I don't care if
youse guys are on prohibition
or not, if'n youall will let me
get at them Auburn coeds I'll
play ball for you whether the
NAACP cares or not."
When asked about the suspension,
Jeff Bored had this to
say, "Sure, we offered Theron
the pick of the peaches; sure,
we're in the wrong; sure, we're
guilty; sure, we done i t . . . but
how in the world can you expect
us to produce a winning
football team if we don't pull
the same stunts as the University
of Alabama, Kentucky and
Georgia Tech."
Also the reporters who were
swarming the Auburn campus
approached head coach Ralphie
Jergans, better known as the
"Sugar Daddy of the Plains."
When asked what he thought
of the unfortunate situation, he
replied, "Whaddaya mean . . . .
GUILTY? We never done anything
wrong in our lives . . .
we been took in again by dem
lousy bums who call dem selves
da governing body of aihletics."
This marks the third time in
the last four years that the
Tigers have been accused of
trying to buy their players. The
other two times the Tigers were
guilty but this time this writer
thinks that they are in the
clear. Just because "Sugar Daddy"
was seen at Theron's house
last week at 3:00 in the morning
with a contract and one of
the Awburn coeds; just because
Theron was mysteriously given
a 1959 Thunderhawk, equipped
with an Awburn coed; just because
Theron's father was given
a new outdoor woodworking
srop, equipped with a Vander-built
coed (Mr. Sott was a
graduate of Vandy and is partial
. . . besides this took quite
a bit of daing for "Sugar Daddy"
to lure one of the Commodores
coeds to the Cow College
and it deserves a little
recognition). These are some
. of the outlandish, wild and absurd
reasons that the NAACP
thinks the Tigers are guilty.
One more violation by the
Plainsman and they will be
expelled from the SEC. This
fact was noted at the last meeting
of the Board. And we are
not using the word last in the
sense of being the latest but as
if to mean final. The Board will
not be able to meet again because
several of the members
have been reported missing.
This is a strange coincidence
(Continued on page 7)
Jordan Fires Draughon
API head man, Ralph Jordan
announced today that R. B.
Draughon has been relieved of
his position as president of the
school.
Jordan (pronounced Jur-dan),
said that Draughon (pronounced
Smith), "was being removed
for the good of the athletic
department" and that "he
Draughon) had become more of
a hinderance than an aid to a
championship athletic program."
The rift was caused by repeated
requests to the athletic
department on the part of the
ex-president for funds with
which to improve Auburn's educational
facilities. Jordan had
refused to relinquish any money
on the grounds that it was
necessary to provide for more
football scholarships.
The disagreement soon developed
into a bitter fuel and
has now ended in Draughon's
dismissal.
Likely successors to the president
position are Tom Pilgreen,
Mort Sahl, Alfred E. Neuman,
or maybe John Wallace already
yet.
However, if Jordan has anyone
in mind, he's not saying.
6—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, April 3, 1959
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Tiger Golfers
Face Alabama
By JAMES ABRAMS
Plainsman Sports Writer
If predictions hold any truth,
then Auburn's golf, team will
have a good chance to even up
their season record next Monday
when Alabama comes to the
Plains. Coach Dragoin, a man
who will tell you right off the
bat just what he thinks his
teams chances are, gives Auburn
the green light against Bama.
Last week Bryant Harvard
took over as the Tigers top
stickman, moving up from the
number three spot. Johnny Cross
shifted from number five to
number two, Langston McNice
dropped to the number three
man and Lewis Ray found himself
number six man after the
qualifying rounds. Roy Abell
made his first appearance this
season in the varsity ranks as
he took over the number four
place.
Geoi'gia, playing like seasoned
veterans, came close to shutting
out the Tigers, 24-3. Lewis Ray
picked up two of Auburn's
points, while Johnny Gross and
Roy Abell collected one-half, a
point apiece. Sophomore Frank
Eldridge led the Bulldogs by
posting a one under par, 18 hole
total of 71.
Friday - Saturday
Return Engagement
Before After
"Erks' Astonishing" Say The Girls
Stalag 17
starring
WILLIAM DON OITO
HOLDEN - TAYLOR • PREMINGER
Hundreds of the nation's top
scientists and doctors converged
on the Auburn campus today
to examine the freak phenomenon
which cropped up out of
nowhere this week—Erskine
Russell's hair. Highways and
hotels were filled to overflowing
as the unprecedented outgrowth
gained international attention
and curiosity seekers
flooded the plains.
Milling throngs ringed the
Russell household under Cliff
Hare Stadium hoping for a
glimpse of the fuzz which gave
new life to the world's bald-headed
millions.
Russell, head coach of Auburn's
baseball, badminton,
mumbletypeg, pole, (API spelling
pool), and curling teams,
could not be reached for comment.
It is rumored that he
locked himself in a room with
thousands of mirrors, combs,
hair tonics, etc., sent to him
since his dome resprouted.
In an early press release
Ebullient Ersky, as he is not
known, stated that the whole
development stemmed from a
bet with Lloyd Nix, a pitcher
on the baseball team. The bet
stipulated that Russell would
attempt to grow hair if and
when Nix pitched a winning
ballgame. Last week Nix went
the distance in Auburn's 8-5
conquest of Georgia, and last
week Russell concentrated on
hair growing with remarkable
results.
At first light fuzz appeared
was mistaken for dirt during
daily polishings. Later when it
became obvious wha twas happening,
the country was informed
and immediately Russell's
head catapulted into worldwide
prominence.
(Continued on page 8)
'59 Schedule Lists
All-Girls Team
For the first time in the history
of Auburn, the Tigers
have a girls team on the schedule
for the 1959 season. This
new 10-game slate was released
by Athletic Director Jefferson
Frederick Brood.
Last year the Tigers finished
with a 9-0-1 record and this
year they are not expected to
do as well since they lost their
number one piledriver Maggie
McCullars, one of the shaplier
coeds from dorm 7.
Another team on the ten-game
slate is the Academy for the
continuance of Ontarian Indian
Athletes (ACOIA). This game
should prove to be a thriller as
they cannot understand one
word of English and they never
know what the referees are
talking about.
Probably the best team that
will show on the Plains this
fall will be the Liquid Lapping
Eleven coming to the public as
a courtesy of the Plainsman
Club. They will show at Cliff
Hair Stadium in an exhibition
game against Archie.
The girls team that is coming
will be the Sexy Sisteen from
Julian Tutwiler Prison, just
outside of Wetumpka. The Tigers
voted unanimously to play
this team, much to-the amazement
of Dean of Women, Kitty
Kater. Don't get the wrong idea
— she is the dean of women at
the prison, not at good -ole API.
All in all the Tigers should
do all right next year, after all,
they pay their athletes enough
to enter a team in the National
Football League.
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good for entire spring quarter.
Coming In April
Alec Guinness in THE HORSES MOUTH
Mr. Hulot in MY UNCLE
Marilyn Monroe in SOME LIKE IT HOT with
her bosom pals Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon
Ingrid BGergman in I NN OF THE SIXTH HAP-PINESS
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Yul Brynner in SOUND AND THE FURY
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(Continued from page 6)
rest of the story you are quite
familiar with, so further details
are unnecessary.
When asked what action would
be taken, coach Ralph Jordan
said, "We well all along that
we were not at fault—it was
our word against that of the
NCAA and the judging commh>
tee decided to take that of the
latter. As far as I am concerned
court procedings should be
started at once against Bryant
and the. rest, of his monkeys. A
zoo would be the best place for
them and I'd much rather thrtrw
peanuts to them than footballs.
Adamson
Adds
(Continued from page 6)
because at the time they wer&
discovered to be missing a few
of the Auburn coaches, "Shoot
'em up" Sinn, "Bear" Lorendo,
"Halibut" Herring (This name
sounds a little fishy) and Vin-sin
"Tom" Dooley were taking
their vacation in the same town
where the meeting was held.
At the present that is all of
the dettails, but should more
light be thrown on the subject
it will be published in the Alabama
Farmer, the Grit, or the
Glomerata, or some other such
publication as the aforementioned.
8P0RTS STAFF
Managing Editor
Sports Editor
Assistant Sports Editor
Intramural Sports Editor
Typist
_ George Wendell
Bonnie McCullars.
Wayne Ringer
Ronnie Harris
Joyce Hemphill
Staff Writers
Roy Bain.
John Wallace, Lance Hearn, James Abrams and
7—THE PI^AINSMAN Friday, April 3, 1959
ScU 'Ztam $ecute>u
On Campos Mth
JfexShulman
{Bij the Author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys!" and,
"Barefoot Boy with Cheek.")
THE CARE AND FEEDING OF ROOM-MATES
Room-mates are not only heaps of fun, but they are also very
educational, for the proper study of mankind is man, and there
is no better way to learn the dreams and drives of another man
than to share a room with him.
This being the case, it is wise not to keep the same roommate
too long, because the more room-mates you have, the
more you will know about the dreams and drives of your
fellow man. So try to change room-mates as often as you can.
A recent study made by Sigafoos of Princeton shows that the
best interval for changing room-mates is every four hours.
How do you choose' a room-mate? Most counselors agree
that the most important thing to look for in room-mates is that
they be people of. regular habits. This, I say, is arrant nonsense.
What if one of their regular habits happens to be beating a
Chinese gong from midnight to dawn? Or growing cultures in
your tooth glass? Or reciting the Articles of War?
lwitftitfitiMswrtrote,
ws
Regular habits, my foot! The most important quality in a
room-mate is that he should be exactly your size. Otherwise
you will have to have his clothes altered to fit you, which can
be a-(Considerable nuiBahce. In fact, it is sometimes flatly impossible.
I recollect one time I roomed with a man named
Osage Tremblatt who was just under seven feet tall and weighed
nearly four hundred pounds. There wasn't a blessed thing I
could use in his entire.wardrobe—until one night when I was
mvited'to a masquerade party. I cut one leg off a pair of Trem-blatt's
trousers, jumped into it, sewed up both end?, and went
to the party as a bolster. I took second prize. First prize went
to a girl named Antenna Radnitz who poured molasses over
her head and went as a candied apple.
But I digress. Let us turn back to the qualities that make
desirable room-mates. Not the least of these is the cigarettes
thpy. smoke. When we bum cigarettes, do we want them to be
shoddy and nondescript? Certainly not! We want them to be
distinguished, gently reared, zestful and zingy. And what cigarette
is distinguished, gently reared, zestful and zingy? Why,
Philip Morris, of corris! Any further questions?
To go on. In selecting a room-mate, find someone who will
wear well, whom you'd like to keep as a permanent friend.
Many of history's great friendships first started in college. Are
you aware, for example, of the remarkable fact that Johnson
and Boswell were room-mates at Oxford in 1712? What makes
this fact so remarkable is that in 1712 Johnson was only three
years old and Boswell had not yet been born. But, of course,
children matured earlier in those days. Take Mozart, who
wrote his first symphony at four. Or Titian, who painted his
first masterpiece at five. Or Hanso Felbgung, who was in many
ways the most remarkable of all; he was appointed chief of the
Copenhagen police department at the age of six!
It must be admitted, however, that he did badly. Criminals
roamed the city, robbing and looting at will. They knew little
Hanso would never pursue them—he was not allowed to cross
the street. oigMMuShuimu
If you are allowed to cross the street, hie yourself to a tobacconist
and stock up on Philip Morris, outstanding among
non-filter cigarettes, or Marlboro, the filter cigarette with
better "makin's." Pick your pleasure.
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Myers
Leader
Of Ring
Leon "Smiley" Myers was apprehended
early this morning
by the API Campus Police in
a crackdown on gambling and
dope rings operating on the
Plains. Myers, an erstwhile
football tackle, was exposed as
the head man in the outfit
whose weekly busisess in the
whose weekly business in the
mark.
The entire force of the campus
police descended upon Myers'
residence in Graves Center
in the wee hours of the
lis*''" s-^£ 'i
"SMILEY" MYERS
morning, catching the ring
leader and several associates
by surprise. Myers, Bobby
Lauder, and Cary Senn were
counting the daily take when
the police burst through the
wall to put an end to the illegal
gambling and narcotics
trade. The criminals surrendered
meakly to both of the officers.
Subsequent investigation unearthed
a supply of slot machines
and a football filled with
heroin valued at approximately
$2,500,000. The cabin was also
reported to be easily converted
into a casino for night-time use
complete with gaming tables
and a bar.
Other athletes living in the
vicinity were shocked to learn
of the arrests. "I never would
have suspected them," said
Jimmy Laster when told of the.
raid. "Such nice boys, too," added
Benny Catchings.
It is not known just how involved
the organization had
become or how greatly it extended.
A conservative estimate
placed the number of addicts in
this area at some 28,000—almost
200 per cent of the total
population.
The Campus Police, however,
could not hold the criminals
overnight since they only have
had training in writing parking
tickets. Myers and gang
have reportedly taken political
asylum in the Cuban Embassy
in front of API's main gate.
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In the SEC
By WAYNE KINGER . . . Asst. Sports Editor
The SEC baseball race is beginning
to resemble a horse
race, with twelve darkhorses
and not a single favorite. With
the season only two weeks old,
Alabama and Vandy are the
SEC's teams with perfect records.
Including conference and
non-conference games Bama
leads the Western division 2-0,
followed by Ole Miss 2-1, Mississippi
State 4-3, LSU 6-5, and
Tulane 1-3.
In the Eastern loop Vandy is
3-0, Georgia Tech 4-1-2, Kentucky
4-2, Georgia 3-3, Florida
2-4, Auburn 1-5-1, and Tennessee
0-0. The Auburn Tigers in
vade Nashville this weekend
for a three-game series with
unbeaten Vanderbilt. Bama will
move into the Plains Monday for
an encounter with Auburn.
Coach Happy C a m p b e l l 's
Crimson Tide of 1959 has few
familiar names missing from
the roster in Jack Kubisyn,
Bobby Ledford, and Lagrant
Scott. Those players are still in
the state, playing with Mobile
of the Southern Association.
Campbell is expecting great
results from shortstop Gene Gi-annini
and third baseman Ken
Chapman; both are sophomores.
Bud Blemker of Georgia Tech
seems to be ragaining some of
his sophomore style (9-0) in
giving up only one hit in 13 innings.
Blemker led Tech to win
the Miami Sports Carnival, a
baseball tournament between
Yale, Miami and Tech. Tech has
an all-soph infield, which has
been getting the job done very
well. Georgia Tech could be a
contender for the SEC crown
if Blemker can continue his
winning pace, and if the sophomores
don't turn green in the
clutch.
Coach Dave Fuller of the
University of Florida calls his
centerfielder Bobby Geissinger,
one of the best defensive outfielders
in the league. Bobby
is also captain of the '59 U of F
nine.
The 1959 Auburn basketball
team set a national record this
season for over-all shooting efficiency
by making 54.2 per
cent of all points attempted—
both field goals and free throws.
Coach Bobby Dodd of Georgia
Tech is trying to emphasize
the idea of fewer mistakes to
his spring training troop.
Keith Molesworth, player
personnel director of the Baltimore
Colts, has been touring
the SEC spring training camps.
After observing about ten teams
Molesworth commented that Auburn
has the biggest players
that he has seen in the South.
Mississippi State's B a i l ey
Howell has been drafted by the
Detroit Pistons to play professional
basketball. Gene Tor-mohlen
of the University of
Tennessee was drafted by the
Syracuse Nationals. "Wilt the
Stilt" Chamberlain—the 7-foot
former Kansas star, who is now
playing with the Harlem Globetrotters,
has agreed to play
with the Philadelphia Warriors,
next year in the National Basketball
Association.
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Dinner served 11:00-1:00
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Coach R. K. Evans, Director
Intramural Sports for men, has
for many years desired the widest
possible participation upon
the part of the students. With
this in mind, he has devised an
entirely new program which
includes the sports Auburn students
are most interested in.
In free-style beer-drinking,
individual and group contests
will be held. Casino, Pinochle,
Poker, Blackjack, Gin, Red Dog
and all types of card games Will
be featured. Thenn, of course,
there will also be the whiskey
and vodka chug-a-lug competitions.
Men taking part in the "guzzling
exhibitions must furnish
their own drinks. The winner
will be declared when his opposition
disappears under the
table or when nature's reverse
law of gravity overtakes his opponent.
In the card games, all participants
furnish the money. The
man winning the greatest
amount of cash will be the winner
and the champion retains
his earnings.
No co-recreational e v e n ts
have been decided upon so
far. However, Coach Evans has
been noticing the increasing
number of cars headed toward
the lake and has some very
good ideas for this league.
Intramurals got off to a flying
start this quarter with a
track meet Tuesday and Wednesday.
The action has thus begun,
and there are no indications
of it letting up.
The calendar of intramural
events is crowded to everflow-ing.
On April 6, play begins in
the tennis and horseshoes leagues.
Softballs will be whacked
in earnest the following day as
that league officially opens.
"Birds" will fill the air on April
14, when the boys step on the
badminton courts.
As there is still indecision on
the type of tournament for golf,
no tee-off date has yet been set.
If you have nothing to do in
the afternoons, why not take in
one of the intramural games.
The same sun that shines on the
lake shines on these fields. And
even if you don't want a sun-tan,
you will be supporting
your favorite team and a very
worthwhile endeavor.
Erk . . .
(Continued from page 7)
Now Auburn has become the
target of mobs of the perenial-ly
bald, all craving the secret
of success. So far Russell has
resisted all efforts to uncover
the knowledge of his method,
but the effects of the constant
uproar are telling upon his
health. A reliable source says
that he is losing hair with worry.
Alabama Governor, John Patterson,
is considering imposing
a state of martial law if conditions
in the area do not show
improvement soon.
8—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, April 3, 1959
L < r v ^ *£ ^
The problem was not that
Marty had fallen in love with
a shirt. After all, he was
a Philosophy major.
The trouble w a s . . . Marty
was in love with two shirts.
With Shirt No. 1, the Van
Heusen Century, the serious
Marty spent hours in heavenly
bliss. He worshipped the
revolutionary soft collar that
won't wrinkle ever. It was
Century's one-piece construction
that drove him wild.
(Other collars never did anything
for our boy Marty, except
wrinkle madly. You see,
other collars are three pieces,
fused or sewn together.)
' With Shirt No. 2, the amazing
Van Heusen "Vantage,"
the gay, frivolous Marty lived
tbelifeofcarefreeabandon.Ho
could wear it and wear it—
wash it—drip-dry it, or have
it tumble-dried automatically
—and wear it again in a matter
of hours. I t was the most money-
saving love he ever had.
But when Marty was with
one shirt, he missed the other.
It was terrible. Like so many
others with the same problem,
Marty wrote to us. And so
it came to pass that the Van
Heusen " Century-Vantage"
was born. This shirt combined
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