1959-01-09 The Plainsman

              QlaJiridmarL To Foster The Auburn Spirit
Volume 86 AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1959
Number 12
API's Monetary Needs
Aired By Committee
Alabama Education Commission Hears
Report On Education Needs
API needs immediately at least $1,059,000 for salary in­creases,
another $1,254,000 for staff additions, more than $17,-
000,000 for new buildings and equipment, and $571,000 in­crease
for operations, the Committee on Higher Education of
the Alabama Education Commission said last month.
The Committee's voluminous
report to the f u l l Commission
dealt with a wide range of sub­jects,
from faculties to quality of
programs to facilities.
Needs of all state-supported in­stitutions
of higher learning were
dealt with.
AEC To Recommend
The report will be studied by
the AEC, and that group's recom­mendations
to the State Legisla­ture
will be based on results of
the Committee's study which
were made public today.
Immediately needed for salary
increases at Auburn is $1,059,000,
the Committee said. Of this sum,
$570,000 would go to the m a in
campus, $139,000 to the agricul­tural
experiment station system,
$343,000 to agricultural extension,
$7,000 to engineering experiment
station, and $7,000 to educational
television staff.
By 1961 the s a l a r y increase
*iem will be up another $l,866,00b
and by 1965 an additional $3,248,-
000, the report said.
$1.2 Million for Staff
Staff additions needed immed­iately
would cost $1,254,000, of
which'$875,000 would be allocated
to the main campus. This item
wiir increase another $1 million
by 1961 and another $2 million
by 1965.
Needed in the corning biennium
will be $9,652,121 for instruction­al
buildings and equipment. Ad­ditionally,
a library, at .$2,458,400,
an auditorium*, a t $1,360,000, dor­mitories
totaling over $10,000,000
and other building needs are
listed.
In a 10-year projection of needs
the Committee came up with a
$42,062,089 estimate for all divi­sions
of API.
In the report by the Commit­tee
on Financing Education, made
public Monday, recommendations
were made for raising $33.9 mil­lion
in new tax revenue for lower
and higher divisions of public
education.
Including in the recommenda­tions
by that committee was the
suggestion that a $65 million bond
issue by authorized, with $15 mil­lion
of the total going to colleges
and universities.
The Committee gave consider­able
study to mounting enroll­ments
and the resulting strain on
the colleges, especially Auburn
and the University of Alabama.
One recommendation was t h a t
consideration be given to the
placement of commmunity colleges
(two year programs) as a means
of meeting increasing needs.
O t h e r recommendations in­cluded:
.
1. State support of higher edu­cation
must be increased; Faculty
salaries must be increased, and
new personnel must be added to
"re-establish acceptable faculty
teaching loads."
No Fee Raises Recommended
2. Student fees should not be
materially increased as a source
of additional funds.
3. Scholarship and student loan
programs should be expanded.
4. A building program should
be initiated which will meet ex­isting
needs. It is recommended
that not less than $15 million be
made available for non-residen­tial
improvements during the
next biennium and that similar
substantial amounts be made
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AVA Derby Plans
Reported Underway
Plans for the Soap Box Derby
sponsored annually by AVA dur­ing
Village Fair are well under
way. The Derby will be held on
Saturday with the same basic
rules being used that were used
last year except for a few modifl
cations.
The race which will run 375
yards will begin in front of the
Library on Thach and continue
down the hill. Sororities, frater­nities,
sny campus organizations
other than AVA, and any inter­ested
individuals may enter the
Derby. The drivers of the cars
must be male students.
The winners will be chosen in
a single elimination contest with
several stop watches being used
to determine the winner of each
heat. The final two cars to run
will therefore be the fastest in
the Derby.
Application blanks may be
picked up by those groups inter
ested sometime after Jan. 12. No­tice
will be put in the Plainsman
as to where they can be obtained.
A $3 entrance fee will be re­quired
of all entries. AVA plans
to issue a rule book to all per­sons
entering when the applica
tion blanks are given out.
Official Soap Box Derby wheels
must be used in the Derby. This
rule has been made for the pro
tection of the drivers and to place
everyone on a more equal basis.
Wheels of this type can be bought
in Anniston and Birmingham.
Receiving trophies will be the
1st and 2nd place winners, the
best designed car, and best up­holstered
car. Prizes donated by
merchants will also be presented.
'Loveliest of the Plains1
MAXINE LOTT, this week's Loveliest of the Plains from Mobile
dons her equally lovely furs for protection from this Yankee
weather. She is a sophomore in Secretarial Training and resides
in Dormitory I. .
Wesley Features
Dead Sea Scrolls
Slide Lecture
"The History of the Dead
Sea Scrolls and their Signifi­cance
in Understanding the
Bible" will be the topic of Ed­gar
C. Blackburn, a Birming­ham
layman, at the Wesley
Foundation, Methodist Stu­dent
Center on Sunday, Jan.
11, 6:30 p.m. Mr. Blackburn
will use color slides in his
presentation.
Mr. Blackburn, a Howard Col­lege
graduate, is a research phy­sicist.
At present he; is the As­sistant
Chief Pyrometrist, De­partment
of Metallurgy, Inspec­tion
and Research, Tennessee
Coal and Iron Division of U. S.
Steel Corporation. For several
years following World War II,
he taught physics at the Bir-;
mingham Center, University of
Alabama.
While serving as a Sunday
School teacher in the Church
School of the East Lake Metho­dist
Church, where he is now
Superintendent of the Adult Di­vision,
Mr. Blackburn became in­terested
in the discovery of the
Dead Sea Scrolls. He has fol­lowed
the research done on these
important scrolls and has become
an authority on them. He is very
much in demand in the Birming­ham
area as a speaker on this
subject.
Mr. Blackburn is one of seve­ral
outstanding persons who will
speak at the Wesley Foundation
during the Winter quarter. ..
Dean Hurst To Serve
On Honor Awards Jury
API Architecture Dean Sam T.
Hurst will serve on the honor
awards jury of the American In­stitute
of Architects' North Caro­lina
chapter this month.
With two other architects, he
will judge panels of work com­pleted
by North Carolina archi­tects
in the last 10 years.
Dean Hurst will appear tomor­row
and Saturday before an AIA
meeting in Birmingham and next
Monday he will meet with the
Atlanta Auburn Alumni Club.
REW To Begin
Here Next Week
With 14 Speakers
By Burton Pearson
Religious Emphasis Week
with the theme, "A Quest for
Truth in a World of Conflict,"
will be January 18-22. The
campus speaker this year is
Dr. J. Winston Pearce, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Deland, Fla.
Sponsored by the S t u d e nt
Council of Religious Activities
and various student and faculty
committees in cooperation with
Auburn churches, REW is a week
in which particular emphasis is
placed on the importance of re­ligion
in college life.
Doctor Pearce will speak at
four campus-wide convocations
while guest speakers from other
churches will be featured at four
other convocations during the
week. In addition there will be
nine seminars, two faculty panel
presentations and a Jewish ser­vice.
The regular noon-day medita­tion
will continue at the Union
Building during the weekend in
the evening house discussions
and services at each of the local
churches are planned. Also sche­duled
are classroom lectures con­cerning
the relevancy of religion
to the particular class. Religious
books will be on sale in the Un­ion
Lobby and appointments can
be. obtained at the Union main
desk for personal conferences
with any of the speakers.
A performance by Bishop's
Company, a religious-dramatic
group from California, is sche­duled
for Monday night at the
Methodist Church. This group is
expected to contribute much to
the success of the week.
Dance Lessons Tot
Be Offered Again
At Union Building
Dance, classes wlll> again be of­fered
in the Union Building again
this quarter. ' . .
An organization meeting was
held yesterday afternoon at 5:00
for those who were interested in
beginning or continuing instruc­tions.
Anyone who missed the first
meeting is urged to contact the
instructor Monday afternoon at
5:00 in the Union Ballroom.
All American and Latin dances
including the Foxtrot, Waltz, Jit­terbug,
Cha-Cha, Rhumba, Tan­go,
and Mambo in both basic and
advanced courses will be offered.
Lessons cost 50 cents an hour
with a minimum course of five
hours.
AEC Presents Auburn
With Grant Of $44,870
The Atomic Energy Commission has granted API an ad­ditional
$44,870 for use in atomic energy training.
"This money is to be used in purchasing equipment for
strengthening the educational and training programs of the
departments of chemical, mechanical and electrical engineer­ing,"
said Dr. Ralph B. Draughon,
president, in announcing approv­al
of the grant.
This makes a total of $152,958
which the Commission has grant­ed
the institution for atomic en­ergy
training.
The first grants, of $74,800 in
June, 1957, $7,306 in January and
$25,982 in June, 1958, were used
in the purchase of laboratory and
other training equipment in the
Schools of Chemistry and Veteri­nary
Medicine and in the depart­ments
of botany and plant path­ology,
chemical, civil, electrical
and mechanical engineering, phy­sics
and physiology.
Equipment procured under the
grants are now being used in
teaching courses in the use of
radioisotopes, radiation chemis­try,
nuclear engineering, advanc­ed
physical metallurgy, radioac­tive
waste treatment and dispo­sal,
nuclear instrumentation, heat
transfer, materials testing, reac­tor
and nuclear physics, food
preservation and medical treat­ment
of animals.
Nuclear research and teaching
in physics and agriculture also
are underway.
With the aid of the AEC, the
Auburn Alumni Association, the
Graver Tank and Manufacturing
Co. and the Aluminum Company
of America, the physics depart­ment
has obtained a sub-critical
reactor it is using in under­graduate
and graduate teaching
programs.
Nuclear energy is being used
by the Agricultural Experiment
Station in experiments by the
departments of agronomy and
soils, animal husbandry and nu­trition,
and botany and plant
pathology.
Since 1950 radiophosphorus has
been used in greenhouse and
field studies.
Cobalt has been used for three
years in experiments to irradiate
ground beef to determine the rate
of destruction of B-vitamins and
the possible formation of toxic
products.
The department of botany and
plant pathology is using radioiso­topes
from Oak Ridge to study
the feeding of nematodes.
Gospel Singers To Present Concert
In Union Building Tomorrow Night
Two Professional Singing Groups
And Plainsman Quartet To Perform
By Linda Teller
Songs of hope, joy, triumph, love and majesty will be
prevelent in the third annual Gospel Sing to be held in the
Union Ballroom tomorrow night beginning at 7:30 p. m.
This one big show will feature Lane Shaw and the Key
Masters Quartet and the Johnson Sisters Trio. A u b u r n ' s own
Plainsmen Quartet will also ap­pear
on the program. This will
be the first appearance on the
campus for Lane Shaw and the
Key Masters, but the Johnson
Sisters have already won acclaim
here by their brilliant and popu-
LANE SHAW and the KeyMasters (top) and Auburn's own
Plainsman Quartet (bottom) will appear in the annual Gospel
Sing tomorrow night at 7:30 in the Union Ballroom. The key
Masters, radio, TV, and recording stars, are: (left to right) Bill
• Shaw, 1st tenor; Troy Benson, pianist; Homer Milan, bass; Lane
Shaw, 2nd tenor and manager; and Hubert Shaw, baritone.. The
Auburn.Plainsman Quartet are Walter Tatum, 1st tenor; Brice
"Marsh, baritone; Curtis Goldhill, bass, John Burdeshaw, 2nd tenor.
240 Apartments For Married Students
To Be Completed By Fall Quarter Of '59
Two hundred forty apartments are under construction on
the campus for occupancy by married students at the fall term
of 1959. Facilities include one hundred sixty apartments with
one bedroom and eighty apartments with two bedrooms.
There will be one structure for the offices and living quarters
for the project manager and a
separate structure for coin-ope­rated
laundry machines. The pro­ject
is well under construction
and is located at the extreme
west side of the campus with
Thach Avenue extending through
the center of the project and West
Magnolia Avenue extension form­ing
the north boundary.
Each apartment will have an
outside entrance with second
story apartments accessible from
a continuous balcony, each build­ing
being equipped with a semi-enclosed
stairway at either end.
Each apartment will be equipped
with a complete kitchen unit con­sisting
of. an electric stove, refrige­rator,
sink and metal cabinet­work.
One bedroom in all apart­ments
will have built-in storage
and wardrobe space and bedstead
frame. Baths are to be tiled. A
heating system will provide in­dividual
thermostatic control for
all rooms. If the tenant owns an
air conditioning unit and it is of
an approved type, an outlet for
connecting same is provided.
Water and heat will be fur­nished
by: the College. Residents
will pay for electricity.
One bedroom apartments will
be furnished completely and will
rent for $60.00 per month. Two
bedroom apartments will be com­pletely
furnished with the ex­ception
of one bedroom and will
rent for $67.50 per month.
Applications and deposits for
these apartments for occupancy
in September will be taken be­ginning
February 2, 1959. For in­formation,
write or call the fol­lowing:
Mr. A. A. Miller, Hous­ing
Manager, Graves C e n t re
Apartments, Phone: Auburn 960,
Extension 362.
VILLAGE FAIR
Anyone interested in working
on a Village Fair committee should
come by the Village Fair office,
room 311, in the Union Building
and fill out a personnel form be­tween
two and five, Monday
through Friday.
Auburn Progresses During 1958
Despite Many Obstacles, Set Backs
BY BEFKE DeRING
Auburn has made excellent progress during 1958, des­pite
many obstacles.
In a year-end statement Dr. Ralph B. Draughon reported
that a total of more than 11,000 students studied at Auburn
during the year and 1,792 were granted degrees.
The reaccreditation program in Week, Jan. 19-23. Rev. Carl Ad-
Council Of Deans
Approves Program
In Ag Engineering
A doctoral program leading to
the Ph. D degree for agricultural
engineers at the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute was approved at
a meeting of the Council of Deans
late last quarter.
In approving the program, the
Council gave recognition to the
fact that the profession of agri­cultural
engineering has expand­ed
fast during the past 25 years
because of public awareness of
the many technical problems con­fronting
agriculture in the fields
of soil and water management,
farm mechanization, and automa­tion
applied to farm operations.
.Because of the wide variety of
responsibilities assigned to agri­cultural
engineers, the Council
continued, course offerings must
include broad training in such
fields as mathematics, engineer­ing,
- physics",'" and' the •• biological
sciences.
The doctoral program will be
offered in two fields—soil and
water management and power
arid machinery—where the need
for advanced training is most
acute and where the staff and
facilities are strongest.
The undergraduate curriculum
in agricultural engineering at
API has been fully accredited by
the Engineers Council for Pro­fessional
Development (ECPD)
since 1953.
The doctoral program for agri­cultural
engineers will accom­plish
three major results, accord­ing
to the Council of Deans an­nouncement.
(1) The undergraduate teach­ing
program will be strengthened
by the research findings and the
supply of qualified teaching per­sonnel
with advanced graduate
training will be increased.
(2) More research of specific
interest and value to the South­eastern
States will be accom­plished.
In addition, such a pro­gram
will provide well trained
personnel familiar with the prob­lems
of this area for industry,
agriculture, and public agencies.
(3) A better correlation be­tween
the engineering and agri­cultural
sciences will be accom
plished.
lar performance last year. Both
groups are radio, TV and record­ing
stars, and are considered
among the best of the South's
gospel performers.
This is the third consecutive
year for API to be host to singing
groups of this type. Last year's
program was tremendously suc­cessful
in spite of very inclement
weather. Even more interest is
anticipated this year.
Brice Marsh, Union program
committee member, who is chair­man
of the Gospel Sing and res­ponsible
for its instigation on the
campus, will also be the master
of ceremonies. Marsh stated that
a very enjoyable program has
been planned and that a large
crowd is expected since so much
interest and enthusiasm has been
expressed subsequent to last
year's Gospel Sing.
No admission will be charged.
Since an overflow crowd is ex­pected,
students with ID cards
will be given admission priority.
The Auburn Plainsmen Quartet
appeared as guests on the "This
Is Auburn"' program over Educar
tional Television last night.
C&L Series Sets
For Winter Quarter
the Engineering Department has
captured most of the headlines
for API during the past year.
Fred H. Pumphrey, a member of
the three man commission who
studied the accreditation prob­lem
at Auburn was appointed
Dean of the School of Engineer­ing.
The greatest single factor caus­ing
the disaccreditation, the lack
of funds, has been relieved in
part by an Emergency Fund
Drive sponsored by the Alumni
Association. However, the job has
just begun and reaccreditation is
still far from being a reality.
Campus activities for the year
began with Religious Emphasis
kins of Mobile was the main
speaker for the event which fol­lowed
the theme "The Courage
To Be."
Welcome news for API came in
the passing of the Fifth Amend­ment
which provided the neces­sary
funds to construct and equip
agricultural and veterinary re­search
facilities.
To further the building pro­gram,
a $2 million loan was ap­proved
by the Federal Housing
and Home Finance Agency for
the erection of 240 apartments
for married students.
A grant of $44,870 has been re­ceived
by Auburn from the Ato-
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Greek Week Nears;
Ed Kern At Helm
This year's Greek Week will be
held the first week in February,
and will be climaxed on Friday
night, Feb. 5th, with a dance fea­turing
a name band.
Greek Week is sponsored by the
Interfraternity and Panhellenic
Councils and is intended to im­prove
relationships among the
Greek organizations themselves
and among the Greeks, the college
administration, independents, and
the townspeople. The activities of
Greek Week include a tea on Sun­day,
Feb. 1st, a banquet, on Tues­day,
Feb. 3rd, and the IFC dance
on Friday the 5th. Greek Week
includes week-long periods of
conferences and forums on pertin­ent
problems.
This year's chairman of Greek
Week is Eddie Kern. Subchairmen
include: Dance — J e r r y Max
Barnes; Banquet—Kenny Shultz;
Program—Jimbo Rogers; Panels—
Martin Lester; Publicity—Jim Mc-
Ginnis. The combined efforts of
these people promise to make the
forthcoming Greek Week the best
yet.
T h r e e feature attractions
will appear on the A u b u rn
campus early this year.
These are the Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra, Ala­bama's
own Nell Rankin, and
Katherine Anne Porter.
"What is Fiction?" is the title
of a lecture to be given by Kath­erine
Anne Porter on Tuesday
evening, Jan. 27.
To her commentary on fiction
and how it is written> Miss Por­ter
will add readings from her
own short stories. Marked by
their intense drama and psycho­logical
penetration, they have
won her a place among current
literary craftsmen.
Her stories and novels include
"Flowering Judas and O t h er
S t o r i e s , " "Noon Wine," "The
Leaning Tower," and "The Days
Before." Soon to appear is her
novel, "Ship of Fools."
The second attraction of the
year will be the appearance of
the Minneapolis Symphony Or­chestra
on March 3.
Last year saw the orchestra
add new laurels while boosting
American prestige in a five week
concert tour through the Balkans
on to India. This season's trips will
be into the southern and western
parts of our country.
Antal Dorati, in his ninth sea­son,
continues to build his and
the orchestra's reputation. Foun­ded
in 1903, the orchestra's home
auditorium is on the University
of Minnesota campus.
"The playing of the orchestra
indicated that it stands securely
as one of America's top ranking
ensembles," says the New York
Herald-Tribune.
Montgomery's Nell Rankin, the
world's great mezzo soprano, will
appear on April 30.
In 1950 Miss Rankin became
the first American to win first
prize at Geneva's International
Concours de Musique. Sweeping
on to fame, first in European op­era
and now in this country, Miss
Rankin has reached the goal of
opera star that she set for her­self
at the age of nine.
"The most glorious sounds Wig-more
Hall has heard," said the
Times, London, following her ap­pearance
there.
"Flawless tonal beauty; a voice
of power and range as warm and
rich as the red color of the dress
she wore," commented the New
York Times.
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Delta Sig - A
Scholastic Program On Upward Trend;
Chapter Sports Showing Improvement
By BOB JENNINGS and DON LOUGHKAN
The consensus of faculty opinion labels Delta Sigma P h i as a
f r a t e r n i t y that has fallen and now is on t h e way back up. The
judgement—of the faculty members we spoke to—reads, in
effect, that Delta Sig was a poor f r a t e r n i t y four years ago,
t h e y have been improving since, and t h i s year's r u s h was one
of the best, with regard to quality,
among all the fraternities.
Assuming that the judgment
was valid (and afterwards, it
seemed so to us), we wanted to
know what happened, and the na­ture
of the improvement. The
Delta Sigs were quite willing to
talk about themselves. Surpris­ingly,
they were frank and willing
to talk about their embarrassing
predecessors.
Last year the local chapter of the
Delta Sigma Phi fraternity cele­brated
the fiftieth anniversary of
the founding here. Over the course
of the years, they've had their
ups and downs. The lowest point
occurred three to six years ago.
Lack of long range planning hurt
the fraternity. The members were
two cliques. They were party
boys.
There were some members
who wanted to improve the
fraternity. Realizing that meant
improving the members, they
recruited as many of their own
kind as possible. The process
was slow, but eventually, they
formed the majority. Since then,
there has been a noticeable
change in fraternity activities.
Last year the Delta Sigs took
more interest in themselves.
The results showed this year:
Rush Week has been changed
from a seven day binge to a partly
successful attempt to enable pled­ges
to see the members as they
live throughout the year.
The one and two man floats,
decoration jobs, etc., have been
replaced by group efforts that have
surprised some of the oldtime
members. One related to us that
he 'never expected to see the, day
the whole gang would get together
to work so hard and give so much
cooperation to a project.' .„
The Delta Sigs are plagued. In
the sports arena by the •disadvant­age
common to all small frater­nities,
lack of manpower. How­ever,
they manage to field a team
in most of the competitions which
this year have been followed with
a loyal if new-found interest.
In the other arena of serious
fraternity competition, the politi­cal
one, the Delta Sigs are often
described as being moderately ac­tive.
Considering the size of the
fraternity—33 active members—
this is quite an achievement.
There are still parties. The
average attendance of 50 couples
attests the high regard given to
Delta Sig parties. But their spirit
is milder, their frequency less,
with the result that the group is
losing its reputation as a party
fraternity.
Final Thoughts
Don: 'We have met members
who are survivors of the Old
Guard the fraternity has turned
from. But these few seem to be
the exceptions. The quality of. the
members has improved mater­ially."
Bob: 'There are many roads
upon which a fraternity must
travel and be judged. The Delta
Sigs have improved, but the final
story is not written here. There
are still steps to be taken toward
organization and long range plan­ning,
and only a few hesitant steps
have been taken on the path of
scholastic improvement. What
they will achieve remains to be
seen. The long strides they have
taken thus far are creditable and
promising.'
Scholarships Given
In Three Fields
Home economics students are
manifesting interest in a new
"on-the-job" training scholarship
established by the Pillsbury
C o m p a n y for an outstanding
home economics major graduat­ing
from the college in June. Six
runners-up will also receive cash
rds. i •
alstpri Purina Company also
announces renewal of its research
fellowship awards to assist in the
training of additional personnel
for leadership in the science of
livestock and poultry production.
Any individual qualified for
graduate study in agriculture or
veterinary medicine at Auburn
may apply for the $1,800 per year
Research Fellowship Award.
RELAXING in their "home away from home" these Delta Sigs
appear quite comfortable. The members of Delta Sigma Phi shown
above are: (left to right) Ebb Pate and pledge Bobby Cellan.
Education Commission
Lists API Money Needs
(Continued from page 1)
each biennium thereafter during
the next decade.
5. Provision should be made for
broadly coordinating the educa­tional
policies and programs of
institutions of higher learning.
6. Attention should be directed
to what appears to be an un-
DR. C. B. BARKSDALE
Optometrist
Brounfield Bldg. — East Magnolia
Examination of the Eyes
Contact Lens
Two-Hour Service on Broken Lens
U.S. Food Industry
Did 'Greatest Job/
A&P Head Asserts
The nation's food industry did
the greatest job in its history in
1958, and is faced with an even
bigger job in 1959, Ralph W. Bur­ger,
president and board chair­man
of The Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Company, said this
week.
• "The entire industry,; including
farmers, processors and distribu­tors,
can, be proud of its collective
accomplishment," Burger said. "It
provided more good food and
better service to more people than
ever before, and by so doing ren­dered
a real public service.
"I am impressed with the great
progress in our industry during
the past 10 years due to research,
technological advances and the
continuing drive for greater ef­ficiency.
As a result, there has
been a steady and substantial re­duction
in the amount of time the
average American must work to
earn the money to pay for his
food.
NEWS STAFF
There will be a news staff
meeting this Tuesday afternoon..
at 5:00 in the Plainsman office.
All loyal news writers and re­porters
are invited to attend;
and anyone with journalistic
talents who wishes to become a
cub reporter is urged to take
the same action. Possibilities for
advancement as a Plainsman re­porter
are phenomenal.
ENGINEERING
: ; fbr- S€>rliors and Graduates in
y APPLIED MATHEMATICS \
ENGINEERING MECHANICS
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
AND '
AERONAUTICAL, CHEMICAL, .
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necessary practice of dividing
fields of learning into excessive
numbers of courses.
7. Research should be supported
much more fully in the colleges.
Other than in agriculture, almost
negligible amounts of money have
been expended on research. Pro­vision
for a minimum of $400,000
a year for non-agricultural re­search
support is recommended.
8.'Library facilities should be
enlarged at all institutions. Lib­rary
facilities appear to be most
nearly adequate at the University
of Alabama. They are far from
adequate at the other colleges.
9. Emphasis on quality in edu­cation
should be renewed and
given high priority. Concern with
numbers is a legitimate educa­tional
concern but it should not
overshadow the more fundamen­tal
concern with the quality of
education provided. The personal
and societal loss resulting from
neglect of the superior student is
heavy and must be eliminated.
Resources of Alabama colleges
have provided rather limited op­portunities
for this class of stu­dent.
10. Programs for- the training
of teachers require further study.
Practice training program a nd
in-service training opportunities,
as well as the curricula of the
colleges engaged in the training
of teachers, need to be studied
further with the goal in view of
improving teacher training pro­grams.
11. If created, the p r o p o s e d
Alabama Commission on Higher
Education should consider the
data contained in the Sub-com­mittee
on Junior and Community
Colleges.
New Dietitian
To Supervise
Women's Cafeteria
By MARY KATE SCRUGGS
"All complaints willingly ac­cepted,"
says Miss C a r o l yn
Adams, new head dietition at the
Women's Dining Hall. "But," she
adds, "I cannot guarantee any
changes, since I am still under
Mrs. Rush, head of all campus
dining halls."
When Mrs. Jean Armour re­tired
at .the end of the 1958 term,
Miss Adams was named to re­place
her as head dietitian. As­sisted
by Mrs. Eloise Little and
Miss Mary Jo Tucker, Miss
Adams will supervise the prepa­ration
of food, make necessary
changes in the master menu, and
direct student workers. But, as
she says, drastic changes in din­ing
hall policies and menus are
outside her jurisdiction.
Miss Adams began her new
role January 1, when the Cafe­teria
officially opened for winter
quarter. Her presence around the
dining hall is not a new thing,
however, for she has served here
as assistant dietitian since Sept.,
1957. Before that date, she was
assistant dietitian at Magnolia
Dining Hall for a year and a half.
To regress further, she graduated
from API in 1954 with a degree
in Foods' and Nutrition. Years
spent on this campus have made
her well-versed in student likes
and dislikes.
Ironically, Miss Adams has
never eaten her own cooking.
Back home in Andalusia, before
college, she and her twin sister
preferred bowling, movies, and
shopping to domestic perform­ances.
Living at Wittle Dormitory,
Miss Adams naturally eats at the
dining hall where she is em­ployed.
Miss Adams' has the respect of
the cooks and the student work­ers,
even though there is little
difference in the latters ages and
her own. The head chef, Jack
Walker, sums up the general
feeling by saying, "Miss Adams
is mighty pleasant to be around,
and awfully nice to work for." |
API Story Of '58
(Continued from page 1)
mic Energy Commission for use
in purchasing equipment for
strengthening our chemical, me­chanical,
and electrical engineer­ing
departments. . ..
Two "firsts" for Auburn were
instigated by members of the
student body during 1958. One of
these programs was the develop­ment
of a student insurance pro­gram
which went into effect in
September.
The second was the Auburn
Conference on International Af­fairs,
March 27-28. This confer­ence
was attended by influential
men from across the nation, in­cluding
Senator Sparkman, and
students from various colleges.
Joni James was featured at the
IFC dance, February 15 and on
November 15, Auburn was hos­tess
to June Christy who per­formed
at the ODK-Glomerata
Beauty Ball.
Auburn was not without local
beauty in 1958 as Gerry Spratlin
was elected "Miss Auburn" and
Annette Nail was chosen Ala­bama
Maid of Cotton.
A black memory for 1958 came
during the first of the year at the
death of Dean Sugg of the School
of Veterinary Medicine on Jan. 4.
Football at API received an­other
blow in the form of a three-year
probation from the NCAA,
seconded by the SEC, restricting
sports until 1961. However, the
Tigers still undaunted, proved
, their mettle by closing the 1958
campaign undefeated and rank­ing
fourth in the nation.
Coach Joel Eaves' basketball
team ended a waiting period of
fourteen years for a victory over
Kentucky. Placing second in the
SEC, the team held the longest
winning streak in the country—
11 games. This record has been
extended to nineteen games dur­ing
the present season.
The sports limelight was cen­tered
on Auburn throughout
Spring quarter through the ef­forts
of the Tiger baseball nine,
who finished the season by win­ning
the SEC championship in a
playoff against Alabama.
The year 1958 at Auburn both
scholastically and athletically
may be classed as bittersweet.
ASHAMED OF YOUR LODGING?
I f so; try the test in Auburn I
C & C Dorm
Genalda Hall
Cherokee Hall
• Air Conditioned with
forced air heat
• Off-Street Parking
• Fire-proof Building
• Full Time Janitor Service
• Individual Beds—No Double Deckers
• Quiet Hours Strictly Enforced
Contact:
C & C Dorm—Jim Vaughn, 9160
Genalda Hall—Melvin Floyd, 1588
Cherokee Hall—Ray Wiseman, 2031
Student Body Financial Report
Lide Glenn, Treasurer Bill Jones, Supt. of Finance
July 1, 1958—January 1, 1959
Balance July 1, 1958 $1,099.72
INCOME
Student Activities Fees ...
Rat Cap Sales ...
Invitation Sales
Ring Sales .
Village Fair and ACOIA
Miscellaneous
$ 616.60
292.82
125.24
104.25
71.00
100.00
EXPENDITURES
Office Supplies -
Telephone
Student Spirit —
Political Affairs
Student Travel .
Student Drives ..
Village Fair
Postage
Miscellaneous
Public Relations
TOTAL -
INCOME
$1,309.91
$ 187.35
56.00
376.10
72.95
214.90
71.53
3.15
185.97
55.25
67.05
$1,240.25
BALANCE JANUARY 1, 1959
.._. $1,309.91
19.66
_. $1,119.38
NOTE: A breakdown of all items listed under miscellaneous income
and expenditures is posted on Student Government Association bulle­tin
board.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, January 9, 1959
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Students Attend Convention
DANIEL SAVAGE
AEC Offers Fellowship To Grads,
March Is Deadline For Application
March 1, 1959, is the deadline
for application for Atomic Ener­gy
Commission Special Fellow­ships
in Industrial Hygiene,
which lead to the master's degree
in the subject.
These fellowships are open to
* college graduates who hold bach­elor's
degrees in physics, chem­istry,
or engineering, and who
are acceptable for graduate work
at one of three universities to
which they may be assigned. Fel­lows
must also be under thirty-
MEN'S GLEE CLUB
The men's glee club began re­hearsals
on Jan. 5 and all rehear­sals
will be held on Monday night
at 7:00 p.m. throughout the quar­ter.
The instructor has hopes that
r fine men's chorus will be form­ed.
Contact Robert Champion,
President or meet at the next re­hearsal
in the Music building,
room 101, on Monday nights if you
are interested in becoming a part
of this group.
five years of age and citizens of
the United States.
Basic stipend for industrial hy­giene
fellows is $2500 for the
academic year, plus $350 for a
spouse and $350 for each depend­ent
child. Normal tuition and
fees will be paid, as will a limited
travel allowance. Applicants hav­ing
one or more years' graduate
work or industrial experience in
a related field may be eligible
for an additional $200 in the ba­sic
stipend.
Fellowship appointees study at
Harvard University, the Univer­sity
of Cincinnati, or the Univer­sity
of Pittsburgh, and, when­ever
possible, the applicant's
choice of universities will be ad­hered
to.
Application materials and fur­ther
information are available
from Dr. L. K. Akers, Industrial
Hygiene Fellowship Office, Oak
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Stu­dies,
P. O. Box 117, Oak Ridge,
Tenn.
New Daytime Cottons ..
in the midst of this cold weather welcome
spring into your life with our fresh and
beautiful new cottons. New shipment just
arrived.
SALE of Dresses and Underwear continues.
Several groups with reductions to
%
Potty- le£ Sfofr
Ray Daniel And
Morris Savage
Fly To Texas
Ray Daniel and Morris Savage,
Auburn's two delegates to the
Student Council on "National Af­fairs,
were flown to Texas A&M
on Dec. 11 for a period of three
days. While there, they became a
part of the 118 delegate conven­tion
and discussed national and
international problems with stu­dents
from 59 other schools, in­cluding
schools in Canada and
Mexico.
The theme of thf 4th annual
convention held there was "Sour­ces
of Tension." Delegates con­cerned
themselves primarily, with
the problems of foreign aid, ato­mic
welfare, race, etc.
Keynote speakers at the con­vention
were Mr. Ramochandran
from India, Mr. Kenith Holland
from the State Dept., Mr. A. T.
Hadley from the New York Times,
Maj. Gen. C. D. Westover from
the War Dept. staff, and Mr. W.
J. Dorn representing congress.
According to Daniel, the conven­tion
held at Texas A&M was
similar to the Auburn Conference
oh International Affairs held
here annually. Daniel said: "I felt
fortunate in being able to make
the trip to Texas A&M because it
was a meaningful experience and
a very interesting conference."
SAM To Hold
Smoker Monday
.The Society for the Advance­ment
of Management, will have
a smoker Monday, Jan. 15 at 7
o'clock in the "L" building.
All industrial management stu­dents
with a sophomore or above
standing are invited to the smok­er.
Talmadge Donaldson, SAM
president, would like for all old
mlembers to attend, as well as the
new members, and others inter­ested.
Faculty advisor, Mr. C. N.
Cobb, and several other indus­trial
management faculty mem­bers
will be present.
Former API Coach
Dies In Louisiana
Funeral services were held in
Baton Rouge, La. during the
Christmas holidays for Joseph
(Mike) Donahue, 84, former Au­burn
football coach who died af­ter
an illness of several months.
The native of Ireland directed
Auburn teams to 100 victories in
139 games from 1904 to 1922. He
devised the "line divide," a for­mation
that made his team a
football power in the South.
Mr. Donahue came to America
at the age of 12 and was edu­cated
at Yale University, where
he won letters in five sports. Af-:
ter 19 years at Auburn he was
signed to a contract by Louisiana
He was a charter member of
the Football Hall of Fame. His
last visit to Auburn was for API
THE EQUIPMENT used by the Auburn Players to produce their sound effects is displayed by
a lovely member of the Auburn Players, Nadine Beach. These tape recorders are invaluable to the
success of a play and have been used successfully in many plays on the campus.
"Players' Sound Effects
Made By Unique Means
Broken Bottles, Oscillator, Bells
All Go On Tape For Productions
By Nadine Beach
Last quarter many of those
who saw "A Visit to a Small
Planet" w e r e greatly im­pressed
by the sound effects
used and no doubt raised the
question as to how the sounds
were produced for this par­ticular
play as well as for past
performances by the Players.
Before revealing some of the
secret methods employed by Mr
Telfair Peet and Mr. R o b e r t
Knowles of the Dramatics De­partment,
it should be pointed out
that, many times, records can be
obtained for certain performan­ces.
But these records usually do
not include the little extras
Hrhich* enhance the performance
and lend to it a sense of reality.
—JThe -weird sounds for "A Visit
to a Small Planet" were obtained
by Bob Knowles from an oscil­lator
which is ordinarily used to
test frequencies of sound equip­ment
both above and below audi­bility.
After a little experimen-homecoming
in the fall of 1957.
Survivors include three s o n s ,
Julius B. Donahue and Dr. M. J.
Dpnahue, both of Baton Rouge,
and J. Donald Donahue of Port
Barre, La.; two daughters, Mrs.
Eileen Herbert and Mrs. A. N.
Duke, Jr., both of Baton Rouge;
a sister and one brother.
NOTICE
The Collegiate FFA Chapter
will meet Tuesday night at 7
o'clock in Thach. All Ag. Ed.
students are urged to be present.
OUR GREATEST
JANUARY CLEARANCE
Starts Thursday, Jan. 8th at 8 a.m.
All Ladies Fall and Winter Dress Shoes and Flats.
SUEDE AND LEATHER
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California Cobblers and many others.
WAS
$12.95 & 13.95
11.95
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7.95
5.95
3.95
NOW
$8.63
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6.63
5.30
3.95
2.63
Auburn's Only Exclusive Dress Shop
Aline S. DeBardeleben, Prop.
Extra Special
One table men's oxfords and slipons drasti­cally
reduced, some as low as $5.00 a pair.
THE B00TERY
"Shoe Headquarters for Auburn Students"
N. College
tation the correct sounds were
obtained and recorded.
Chirping crickets, clanking
milk bottles and the racking
sound of the lawn mower were
sounds heard in "Our Town." Mr.
Peet produced the milk bottles
effect by having a member of
his family rattle some bottles
while he held the microphone
nearby. He was also responsible
for the lawn mower, for he
mowed his lawn one day while
someone stood by recording the
sounds. One morning at 3:45 Mr.
Peet could have been seen plac­ing
a microphone outside his
window in order to pick up early
morning noises for the sound
tract used in "Rip Van Winkle"
a few years ago.
In "Death Takes a Holiday" it
was necessary to reproduce the
ringing of a bell at midnight. The
vibrating sounds were produced
by having the volume of the tape
recorder gradually increased af­ter
the bell had been struck thus
enabling the recorder to pick on­ly
the vibrations from the actual
ring.
The rifle shots heard in "Arms
and the Man" were produced by
cracking a ruler across the table.
A scheme used to obtain the
sound of broken glass needed in
many instances is simple to ob­tain,
but clever. Several bottles
are broken and placed in a box.
If, for example, a glass bottle is
to be thrown at someone it is
done so in such a way that it is
thrown behind stage where it is
immediately caught. What no
sound! Oh, yes, the box contain­ing
the pre-broken glass is fran­tically
stirred with a stick. Pres­to
your sound of the bottle crash!
In order to produce realistic
and non-mechanical sound effects
a great deal of experiment is
necessary. Mechanical sounding
sounds and tape editing seem to
present the largest problems. But
with the help of their faithful
Ampex, Magne Cordette and Du-kane
tape recorders and their
dramatics professors and students,
the Auburn Players will continue
to be heard.
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To Math Teachers
Many applications are being
received here for the cash sti­pends
being offered high school
teachers interested in attending a
science and' mathematic institute
here June 10-August 22.
Each teacher awarded a stip­end
will receive $75 per week for
10% weeks, a total of $787.50,
plus $15 per week for 10% weeks
for each dependent up to a maxi­mum
of four dependents, a travel
allowance, and all tuition and
fees, reports Dr. Ernest Williams,
director.
Funds for paying the teachers
were made available through a
$111,500 grant to API by the Na­tional
Science Foundation.
The science institute program
will consist of specially designed
courses in botany, zoology, gen­eral
science, chemistry, physics
and mathematics. There also will
be .lectures and discussions by
leading scientists and mathema­ticians,
informal group discus­sions
and field trips to points of
interest in this region.
600,000 Copies
Of Auburn Book
Are Now Used
Over 600,000 copies of "Hubert
Hookworm and Tommy" have
been used by state health depart­ments
in six southeastern states
in combating hookworms. They
were prepared and printed by the
Education Interpretation Service
of the Alabama Polytechnic In­stitute.
States in which the booklets
have been most widely used are:
Alabama, Florida, North Caro­lina,
South Carolina, Louisiana,
and Mississippi. Copies have been
sent not only throughout the
South but into foreign countries
as well.
"The booklet has served as a
major educational instrument in
the public health programs of
these states," reports Dr. Paul
Irvine, director.
The service also continues t«
receive orders from throughout
the United States and Canada for
copies of the booklet "Of Cats
and People," designed to help
combat alcoholism.
3—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, J a n u a r y 9, 1959
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Why Last Minute Quizzes} 4—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, January 9, 1959 A COLUMN
With the feverish din of final exams
still ringing in our ears, we'd like to ask a
small favor of the faculty. Please stop this
trend toward last minute quizzes in the
week immediately preceeding final exami­nations.
There is a growing movement to cram
the odd's and ends of a quarter's work into
that last week and to top the whole thing
off with an hour quiz. Two or three five-hour
tests comprise a pretty stiff challenge
in any week but if finals follow right on
its heels most of us are left with very lit­tle
time to prepare for them.
We're not arguing with the necessity of
covering all the subject matter of the
course. But the period with which we're
concerned is already sprinkled with one
and two-hour finals. We can see few justi­fiable
reasons for a quiz in a five-hour
course when the final in that course is of­ten
only two or three days away.
Perhaps most of the instructors feel that
their subjects demand a cursory review
by way of preparation. To them, this could
easily be so after having taught their cour­ses
for quarters on end. However, they for­get
the uncertainty, the time-consuming
stops and starts which plague most of us
in review.
Winter quarter is always the shortest in
the year. This one will be even more ab­breviated
than one might expect. With
this knowledge we think it is safe to pre­dict
that the last few days in it will be
markedly intense as every instructor
strives to work in the final chapter or com­plete
the lab manual.
Again we ask the faculty to exercise a
measure of tempered judgement. Cover
all the material . . . but incorporate that
last quiz with the final.
0LITHE^«CA»HPUS€r Santa Left Auburn... Disgusted!
Lay Off The Refs
Auburn spirit is a phenomenon which
never ceases. During 24 successful football
games, the cry of War Eagle overshadowed
any opponent's cheering attempts. Now as
the Tiger basketball squad increases its
nation-leading win skein to 20, spirit seems
even greater.
Turnouts at the past two home contests
have been among the best ever. The Sports
Arena rocks on its frame whenever an Au-dWk\
W *Sto\iu\aw
to Foster the Auburn Spirit
DOUG McINTOSH
Editor
George Wendell —
Managing
Dick Roll
News Editor
Ronnie McCullars
Sports Editor
Hoyt Sherard
Art Editor
Carline Stephens
Specialities Assistant
FRANK PRICE
Business Manager
Bryant Castellow
t Editors
Tim Battle
Features Editor
Jim Phillips
Editorial Assistant
Sandy Ross
Society Editor
Bob Jenings
Make Up Assistant
Staff Members: Bobby Harper, BurtonPear-son,
Befke DeRing, Don Loughr£n*!iro,^nr
nings, Nadine Beach, Ramona Pemberton, Linda
Teller, Bianna DeWitt, Dianne Spurrier, Marion
Ward, Mary Kate Scruggs, Pat Armstrong, 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.
Photography Staff: Harriet Bush, Bobby Green,
Bill Lollar.
Make-up Staff: Don Loughran, Tommy Fowr
ler, Lamar Miller and Gordon Vines.
.Advertising Manager
—Circulation Manager
Boyd Cobb
A. R. Lazano
Sales Agents: Randy Rickles, Stewart Drap­er,
Don Loughran.
Plainsman offices are located In Room 818 of the
Auburn Union and in The Lee County Bulletin building
on Tlcbenor Avenue. Entered as second class matter
at the post office in Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
by mall are 81 for three months and 83 for a full year.
The Plainsman Is the official student newspaper of
the -Alabama Polytechnic Institute and Is written and
edited by responsible students. Opinions published here­in
are not necessarily those of the administration. Winter
publication date Is Wednesday and circulation is 6 800.
burn player drops in a shot or an opposing
performer commits a mistake. In most in­stances,
it's something to be proud of—
other times it turns into a rowdy unsports-manship.
Southeastern Conference referees are
screened by the top brass before they are
selected to call court games. Officials are
seldom, if ever, given credit for this fact
at any gym, let alone Auburn's. In De­cember's
Baylor game and Tuesday night's
Ole Miss fracas, packed crowds not only
razzed the referees' decisions, but counted
their steps in cadence and begged them to
"shoot" during times out.
As funny as such action often seems, it
isn't very hilarious to the Conference
front office, which incidentally doesn't re­gard
probation-plagued Auburn too highly
at the present.
And news of what we do on this cam­pus,
as has been evident before, possesses
a marked tendency to spread around. Be­fore
we transfer our attention from the
men playing the game to those officiating
it, we'd better think twice. Let's not give
our aliens something more to rave about.
It could easily happen.—PHILLIPS.
Thanks.,.
The Plainsman's Editorial staff wishes to
thank each Auburn student who entered
his opinion, into our Letters to the Editor
column last Fall.
Through such enthusiastic support, at­titudes
of typical Auburriites from fresh­man
to faculty level were conveyed to the
Student Body. Our lone disappointment
was the fact that the Auburn coed rarely
voiced her outlook toward good or bad
phases of campus life.
As another quarter begins, we of the
Plainsman hope that this evidence of con­cern
for school continues. Remember—it's
your paper. Sound off!
WHY EXTENSIVE READING?
Mature Thinking And Its Effect
BY DIANNE SPURRIER
College students are a strange
breed. Tell them to read a book
which will be of value to their
education and they will hem
and haw, only to end up read­ing
the book in question on
the night before a quiz. The
captains of industry implore us
to read. The weekly magazines
are full of suggested reading
lists which will broaden the
.student, yet not one in twenty
will bother to sit down and
enjoy a good novel. The ex­cuses
given are as bountiful as
they are pitiful. "I haven't got
time" says one, yet for some
reason he never seems to be
able to start his schoolwork
until the night before it is due.
"All that highbrow stuff is bor­ing"
cries another, yet how
many of us really enjoyed "The
Odyssey" when we were finally
forced to read it?
Stop a minute and consider.
Why are all these people try­ing
their best to get us to read
more? It certainly won't put
more money in the pocket of
the President of a major auto­mobile
company if we read
more. It won't enhance the life
of an English teacher in any
material way if we follow his
suggestions to read books that
are not part of the curriculum.
Why all the fuss then?
The object is the unselfish
desire to see the people of this
country broadened in their out­look
on life so that they will
never have to serve a Hitler, or
a Stalin, or a Mao Tse Tung.
Consider a minute. When these
dictators take over, whom do
they purge first? They purge
the.educated middle class right
off the bat; they purge the class
that makes America great. In
China, Mao thought he had
things under control, so he took
the gags out of the mouths of
his educated people. In three
short weeks he had to kill many
of them because they could see
the fallacy of his system. The
voice of those who had read
books was dangerous, therefore
supressed. The ignorant were
herded into communes to be­come
so many ants. If you
want to know more about life
in a regime such as this and
what it can lead to, read Or­well's
"1984." It was written
when Mao Tse Tung was just
another backwoods revolution­ary
fighting over a rice paddy.
Look at it from a view closer
to home. In industry, politics,
small business, everywhere, we
need men who can think. Col­lege
is a part of the process to
teach us to think, but we finish
with college just as our minds
are really beginning to mature.
Shall the process cease there?
It can. And when it does a na­tion
can become a great tech­nological
and military power. It
can publicly burn all its books.
It can be led by a Hitler.
By reading, we can discover
the might of the human mind
and the power of which it is
capable. We can learn how to
use that power to take us, as
individuals, as far as we are
capable of going in any fields
we desire.
Reading is not a painful pro­cess,
it is an enjoyable one. All
it takes is a little practice and
it becomes the most rewarding
habit imaginable. "Ignorance is
not bliss—it is oblivion. Deter­mined
ignorance is the hastiest
kind of oblivion," said Philip
Wylie in "Generation of Vip­ers."
So it is to the hundreds
of us who refuse to read be­cause
it does not seem to be
fashionable in the circles in
which we live.
A man's worth is not mea­sured
by the college degree he
holds or by the books and cour­ses
he was required to digest.
Anyone can get a college de­gree
if he tries hard enough
long enough; The educated man
can think beyond the realm of
the English classroom.
As long as we know why we
are free and why there is a
God, or at least have the gump­tion
to ask these questions and
many more like them, no man
will herd us on to a hillside
like so many ants to work on a
tedious project for which there
is no reward.
MORE UNNECESSARY TENSION
Georgia Erupts... Who's Next?
BY JIM PHILLIPS
The fireworks are on in Geor­gia.
Early in December, three Negro
women brought suit against the
State Board of Regents following
failure to gain admittance to an
Atlanta institution, the State Col­lege
of Business Administration.
Not accepting the registrar's ex­planation
that no one lacking the
required three alumni recom­mendations
may be enrolled, the
party filed their case in Federal
District Court. Racial discrimi­nation,
they argued, was the sole
reason underlying the rejection.
After several days' hearing, U.
S. Judge Boyd Sloan stated that
his decision would be prepared
by January 12, one month follow­ing
the trial's close. Immediately,
the state rose into one of its big­gest
uproars since Sherman's
ruthless Civil War march. Geor­gia^
policy following the Federal
Supreme Court's desegregation
decision of 1954 was headlined by
(then) Governor Herman Tal—
madge's promise to close public
schools if threatened by integra­tion.
Incumbent Chief Executive
Marvin" Griffin and Gov.-elect
Ernest Vandiver both endorsed
the Talmadge proclamation. Thus
hot and varied opinions of action
toward an unfavorable Sloan de­cision,
came to the fore as a con­versation
.piece throughout the
state.
Many so-called "dyed in the
wool" Southerners cried out for
segregation regardless of cost.
But the more broad-minded citi­zens
of Georgia, even though pre­ferring
a preservation of our ra­cial
policies if reasonably pos­sible,
viewed closing down the
public school system' as a tragic
and Uncalled for blow to South­ern
well-being. The faculty of
Agnes Scott College, a famous
Atlanta school for women, draft­ed
a manifesto demanding con­tinued
operation of public schools
under all circumstances. Signed
by 97 per cent of the instructors
there, the document offered
meaningful advice to Governor
Vandiver, the General Assembly,
and any other interested Geor­gians.
Making schools p r i v a t e , it
pointed out, Would deteriorate the
class of people whose incomes fall
too low to provide for private
education of their children. Other
effects would be the increase in
mischief of idle boys and girls,
and the loss of gifted students
and the better teachers, who
would probably migrate north­ward.
It's become a touchy situation,
but not a necessary one. Essen­tially
because of our pressing
Northern neighbors, the South
has become an -anxiety-laden
battleground. Isn't an era in
which we face total destruction
by foreign power the wrong time
to allow domestic problems to
reign supreme?
The ridiculous characteristic of
the situation remains tha| the
Negro doesn't crave integration'
as greatly as desegregatioriists
claim. Following the recent court
case, J. H. Calhoun, a former,
president of the Atlanta branch,
NAACP, stated, "Georgia is not
yet ready for desegregation . . .
It is possible to establish the pro­cess
of desegregation without
having wholesale integration, and
I think we must be clear on this
point."
Should Southern schools con­tinue
to close as they have in
parts of Virginia and probably
will in Georgia, pending upon the
Sloan decision, the South and the
nation will suffer a staggering
loss. If the rest of the U. S. would
allow the Southern states to set­tle
their own problerhs rather
than cram solutions down our
throats, America would undoubt­edly
benefit.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Sir:
In recent football history
There's still one baffling my­stery—
These so-called "All-Star picks.
When measured with the rest
of them,
His record was the best of them
Yet, none named LLOYD NIX!
Indignantly yours,
WAR EAGLE
* * *
Dear Editor,
Would you please print this in
your letters to the Editor column?
Last quarter, while treating
clinic patients at the College Hos­pital,
my billfold was taken from
my purse in the front office of the
Hospital. There is nothing in it of
any value to anyone, except my­self.
The gasoline courtesy card
that was in it is of no value, be­cause
I stopped payment on it the
next morning. If the person that
took it would either return or send
it to the Infirmary, there would
be no questions asked. All I want
is my driver's license, fishing li­cense,
pictures, and some receipts
that were in it. No one else could
possibly use those and they are of.
value to me. I would be deeply
grateful for its return.
Mrs. E. J. Hammock
* * «
Dear Editor:
Last Saturday night I arrived
at the Auburn-Mississippi State
game an hour early. When I fin­ally
got in, I found that the only
available space to seat myself was
on the floor. That floor got darn
near untolerable before the night
was over.
Then on Monday night, when
Auburn met Ole Miss, I was fort­unate
enough to find a seat behind
the south goal where the view
was only partially blocked. But
when I got back to my room, I
learned that several friends were
among about one-hundred stu­dents
who were denied admission
to the game.
With basketball interest almost
comparable to Auburn's football
following, situations such as this
are certain to occur many times in
following months. The antiquated
Sports Arena has long since fal­len
behind every school's gym in
the Conference, save that of the
University of Georgia, where a
new field house is currently be­ing
planned. With Auburn basket­ball
on top to stay, we deserve
nothing less.
Should a new arena be erected,
API's problems in two other areas
would be solved. The lack of space
for physical education purposes
would vanish, and a suitable hall
for holding the more important
dances would be accessible.
Although dancing on such a top-notch
floor seems a questionable
practice, it's currently being done
with no ill effects at one of the
finest courts in the nation. Geor­gia
Tech's Alexander Memorial
Colesium, a costly structure, has
served very sucessfully as a site
for such activity.
If the rationers of Auburn's
budget would consider the extent
of our need for such' a project, it
seems as though allocation of
funds for a multi-purpose cole­sium
would be planned for the
near future.
Glenn Morgan
They would have us believe
that the jelly-bellied fat boy got
here safe and sound, played his
happy game of philanthropy and
departed this API hinterland with
the long and longing look of a '57
alum or something. They would
have us believe that it was a sad
adieu he made, that he wished,
as the merchants do, for a months
commemoration Instead of a day's,
or that Mary had had triplets.
But we know better.
The fat boy's beard, we know,
was not white this trip. And it
wasn't red for the occasion or
green with envy. It was an un-
Christmas but appropriate pur­ple
after his yearly dose of us,
purple, we might figure out, sug­gesting
disgust, or the like, and
intermittent pity.
The usual soot didn't disgust
our boy and the humiliating en­counters
with chimney-less mod­erns
had conditioned him. His
reindeer were all healthy and the
weather was fine; his psychia­trist
had given him the go-ahead.
What changed the color of the
fat boy's beard was concern for
his wayward Auburn recipients
—high-planned things, no less.
He was concerned by the state
of things, a worse-than-a-year-ago
state of things, We had done
an additional year of fiddling, he
must have noted, if our trans-
BY CARLISLE TOWERY
cripts did term it study. We had
thrown more specialists to an
outside world which demanded
them but which cried underneath
for educated men. We had pro­duced
more reverence for the
White Citizens Council. We had
tied a football game.
The fat boy was disgustingly
stunned. He had believed in pro­gress!
He had been a blind ideal­ist.
He had liked his white beard.
But we must trust that his
Christmas was not totally ruined.
Auburn being as unimportant as
it is, upon his return to the gla­cial
realm the fat boy was able
to overcome his disgust by beat­ing
Mrs. Claus or desecrating an
elf or something.
CHEATING S A POPULAR PASTIME
Improvements... Needed But Improbable
Two subjects we hear discussed
occasionally around the campus
are (1) abolishing final exams,
and (2) the installation of an
honor system. Needless to say, the
former is debated with a great
deal more enthusiasm than the
latter. Both seem impractical and,
perhaps, a litle farfetched for Au­burn.
But there is a reason why
neither of these proposals can be
initiated here.
Cheating at Auburn is becoming
quite a problem. Last quarter,
final examinations were, in some
cases, a complete farce. Negligent
instructors, unknowingly, had
their mimeographed finals stolen
right out from under their noses.
Of course, this is done to some
extent at the end of every quarter,
but we have never seen it carried
out with more zeal and determina­tion
than was the case a few weeks
ago.
The thing that makes this state
of affairs even more alarming is
the attitude on the part of a ma­jority
of the students toward this
type of cheating. There seems to
be no sense of wrongdoing. In
fact, it has assumed a sort of
swashbuckling, Yul Brynner type
of glamour to be pursued only by
the most strong-hearted and dar­ing
undergrad. The old fashioned
fraternity quiz file is now des­tined
to be replaced with a system
which insures the ambitious stu­dent
of a more sUre-fire road to
academic survival.
• In this type atmosphere, would
an honor system stand a chance
of acceptance? The question needs
BY BOBBY HARPER
no answer. We will have to con­tinue
the present policy of in­structors
serving in the double
capacity of teacher and policeman.
What about the other alterna­tive—
discarding finals altogether?
This would probably be as un­workable
as an honor system.
Some plan is needed to compel
the student to retain what he has
learned during the quarter, and
final examinations have been
about the only solution anyone has
discovered. It is unfortunate that
many students approach their edu­cation
with this attitude of doing
just enough to get by.
No, there is no chance for either
of these proposals being adopted
anytime soon. Cheating is popular
now.
IN "RACE TO MOON'
Russia Is Always On The Move
Old Father Time has already
disappeared into the mist of the
past, and the New Year seems to
have started out rather gloomily
weatherwise. The New Year's
resolutions have been made, and
now to follow the tradition cor­rectly
they must be carried out,
not just placed in some dark cor­ner
to catch dust.
Of one thing I am sure . . ..
-tfte' Russians have made their reso­lutions
well in advance and know­ing
them, they intend to keep
every one *of them. They Ushered
in the New Year with a one and
a half, ton Moonik which is speed­ing
into orbit around the sun. This
vehicle, if it adheres to the expec­tations
of Russia's scientists, will
be the first man-made planet.
Perhaps at the moment it does not
seem to be too significant because
of its relative small size, but the
fact that it might well be the first
artificial planet is important. The
Russians are not going to be left
out of anything, much less the
conquering of outer space.- Despite
the many assurances of top U.S.
officials that Russia is behind the
U.S. in various fields I , for one,
do not believe this is so in the
field of scientific techonplogy.
Russia's first outstanding perfor­mance
was accomplished with her
Sputnik, but of course we recipro­cated
with several satellites of our
own, and also attempted to reach
the near vicinity of the moon. Now
Russia has gone further and ' |I
suppose now it is our.turn to'make
a showing.
Naturally Russian achievements
not only portray their scientific
know-how but also serve as great
propaganda methods for the peo­ple
and satellites and other coun­tries
in which she might be in­terested.
A master in propaganda
techniques, Russia exaggerates her
endeavors and knows exactly how
to get the most out of any signi­ficant
showing she might make.
She quietly goes about her busi­ness
and suddenly in a dazzling
performance she is once again in
the limelight and the people are
quite awed by the dazzle.
During the holidays I spoke with
BY NADINE BEACH
an East German friend of mine
who has been here in the states
only five months. Her English is
incredibly good, so we have no
difficulty in conversing. First she
expressed h e r hope that the
Americans will not leave Berlin,
then she went on to tell me about
the German scientists whose ser­vices
the Russians were able to ob­tain
during the Second World
War. It is her feeling that they
obtained more of the top German
scientists than any other country.
She also pointed out that these
German scientists are provided
with many luxuries but are closely
watched and not allowed outside
their immediate home and work
surroundings. Regardless of the
means and methods Russia is us­ing
they are getting results in their
scientific endeavors, and after all
is said and done they are to be
.congratulated for the progress
made in the launching of the
Moonik. Let us hope that the U.S.
(in the near future) can also add
more significant steps in the stair­way
into space.
TWO VIEWS ON EDUCATION
The Argument Of Compulsory Attendance
Recent student opinion polls
have peen conducted in some of
America's top universities and
colleges with the purpose of as­saying
students' feelings toward
compulsory c l a s s attendance.
Nothing has been settled by the
polls, but they have pointed out
one of the features of academic
life which is open to valid crit­icism.
Compulsory class attendance has
been the perennial gripe of many
college students and, through the
academic years, has not waned in
its import to collegians of today.
It has long been argued by some
that it should be left up to the
student as to whether or not he
will attend class. American edu­cators
seem to think that the stu­dent
is of insufficient maturity to
make a responsible decision con­cerning
class attendance.
The student side of the academic
fence is in agreement concerning
some of the aspects of this debat­able
question, but few were able
to render an unequivocal answer
toward the matter.
Perhaps the concensus of stu­dent
opinion can best be phrased
in the words of the student who
said, "It does not make too much
difference as the student who is
interested in his work will get the
material covered in class whether
he is there or not. On the other
hand, the student not interested in
his work will have difficulty in
mastering his courses whether he
is present for classes or not."
On the other side of the aca­demic
fence, one finds the edu­cator
staunchly upholding his col­leagues'
policy of compulsory at­tendance.
He seems to feel that he
should, by whatever means, keep
the student under his educated
care and away from the evils of
BY TIM BATTLE
outside activities. Still further, he
firmly believes that he owes this
consideration to the students' par­ents,
whose litle fledglings have
just untied themselves from the
"apron strings" and stepped into
the cold, cruel collegiate world.
"There are some who feel that
they are getting away with some­thing
when they cut class, but the
student who has a good reason for
cutting does not worry too much
about his being marked absent,"
are the words which might best
express the educator's point of
view in the matter.
Compulsory class attendance has
been and will be a major argu­ment
for years to come on the
nation's campuses. No satisfac­tory
solution has been evolved;
many have been advocated, but
have long since "fallen by the
wayside." Who knows? Maybe
someday. . . .
JOKES
A lovely co-ed named Loretta
Loved wearing a very tight
sweater.
Three reasons she had:
Keeping warm wasn't bad,
But the other two reasons were
better.
* * *
They were talking about the
difference between men and wo­men.
"Now take letter writing, for
instance," he said. "You women
can never write a letter without
a P.S>
"Don't be ridiculous," she scof­fed
right back. "I'll write you next
wedk and let you see."
The letter came as promised
• -i .»* i • f.V-lr-•«P|r*»«. * • "'
and at the end of it was written:
"P.S.: What did I tell you?"
* « *
Professor: ". . . and that con­cludes
my lecture. Now every­body
poke his neighbor so that
the sound of the bell won't shock •
him!"
* * *
Professor (to student who is half
an hour late): "You should have
been here at nine o'clock."
• Student: "Why, what happen­ed?"
* * *
He: "Do you believe kissing is
unhealthy?" '
She: "I couldn't say—I've ne-ver—"
He: "You've never been kissed?"
She: "I've never been sick."
* s *
Wife: The new maid has just
burnt the bacon and eggs, darl­ing.
Would you be satisfied with
a couple of kisses for breakfast?
Husband: Sure, bring her in.
* * #
There was a young lady named
Banker,
Who slept while the ship was at
anchor.
She awoke in dismay,
When she heard the mate say,
"Now hoist the topsheet and
spanker."
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PRESIDENT HENRY KING STANFORD (right), Birmingham-
Southern College shakes hands with Alex Wilkinson (left), Eu-faula,
who is the 1,792nd API graduate of 1958. President Ralph
B. Draughon smiles approvingly as the last of the 1958 graduates
is congratulated.
Dr. Henry Stanford Delivers Address
To 345 Graduates At Commencement
"Continued advance of the civilization we have known in
the West depends upon the recognition of the value of human
personality in every realm of man's activity." President Henry
King Stanford, Birmingham-Southern College, made that
statement in his commencement address to fall quarter grad­uates
at their commencement exercises.
He warned that the conspiracy
abroad . . . looks upon human na­ture
as something to be condi­tioned,
changed, forced or con­quered.
Two weapons are utilized
to make humanity knuckle un­der
to the all-powerful bureau­cracy:
science and mass murder.
Dr. Stanford said there are
movements at home which tend
also to capitalize upon man as an
inert mass. "Whatever rights the
labor unions may have tried to
vouchsafe for their followers,
some of the unions now seem to
be interested in quelling or si­lencing
those who question union
leadership in any way."
"National organizations alleg­edly
representing vast member­ships
over the country have at­tained
tremendous power of dom­ination
and reprisal. It has ad­versely
affected our sense of hu-mpr
as' a nation."
In his printed address to the
graduates API President Ralph
B. Draughon said, "I believe that
schools and colleges must adapt
to the tempo of our times, just as
you and I, if they arc to provide
for the educational needs of our
people. I believe also that the
education of the individual need
not be limited to formal patterns
and should be a continuing pro­cess
from infancy to life's end."
Concluding, he encouraged the
graduates to look on God as a
refuge, a solace and a never-end­ing
source of good for all man­kind.
Degrees were granted 345 stu­dents.
During an earlier program
52 new officers were commis­sioned
from the ranks of the
three ROTC units—army,. navy
and air. Also a reception was
given for the graduates, their
relatives and friends.
Assists State Families
Ag Extension Service
Practically all farm families
and many town and city resi­dents
in Alabama were assisted
by the Extension Service of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute in
making improvements in their
farm and home making activities
the past year.
Statistics compiled by the coun­ty
and home agents and reported
to P. O. Davis, director, follow:
307,750 families were assisted
by extension programs; 233,630
families made changes in agri­cultural
practices; 182,665 fami­lies
made changes in homemak-ing
practices; 70,666 families
adopted better home management
practices; 151,058 families adopt­ed
better clothing practices; 151,-
427 families adopted better food
practices; 225,077 families adopt­ed
recommended livestock prac­tices
and 446,785 families adopted
recommended crop practices.
Auburn Professor
Gets NSF Award
A National Science Foundation
science faculty fellowship is be­ing
awarded to Dr. L. E. Evans,
professor of,anatomy and histol­ogy
-in- the-Sehool of Veterinary
Medicine.
The period of the fellowship
will be for one year beginning
Aug. 1, 1959. He will study at the
Ontario ' Veterinary College and
Geuelph General Hospital in
Canada.
Under terms of the fellowship,
Dr. Evans will help conduct stu­dies
making simultaneous use of
photographs and x-rays (Pho-toradiography).
The studies will
deal with other contrast media
also. He will take course work in
radiology, neurophysiology and
neouroanatomy.
Dr. Evans received both his
M. S. and D. V. M. degrees at
Kansas State College. He is a na­tive
of Gove, Kan., and is an Air-
Force Veteran of World War II.
While in Canada he will study
with Drs. John Ballentine, James
Archibald, A. E. Broome and D.
C. Eaglesham of the veterinary
college and the general hospital.
MARCH GRADUATES
C a n d i d a t e s for degrees in
March must clear all deferred
grades (Incomplete and Absent
Examination) prior to January
19.
Illinois Tree
Is Dedicated
To Dr. Draughon
Trees have been dedicated to
five Alabamians at the Thor Re­search
Center for Better Farm
Living near Marengo, 111.
They are Gov.-elect John Pat­terson,
U. S. Senators Lister Hill
and John Sparkman, Dr. Ralph
B. Draughon, president of the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
Auburn, and Dr. J. F. Drake,
president, Alabama A&M, Nor­mal,
Ala.
"Because of the great things
that you have done in furthering
American agriculture, we should
like to pay tribute to you and
your work in our own small way
by dedicating one of these trees
in your name," writes Neil C.
Hurley, Jr., founder of the non­profit
research center, to Dr.
Draughon.
"The tree was planted on Nov.
24. When it gets a little bigger, a
plaque will be inserted in the
ground in front of it reading as
follows:
"In honor of his distinguished
work to further American agri­culture,
we at the Thor Research
Center for Better Farm Living
pay tribute to Ralph B. Draug­hon."
"This tree planted on Nov. 24,
1958 is dedicated to our gratitude
that such leaders as Mr. Draugh­on
give so freely of their time,
their talents, and their energy."
Trees also were dedicated to
President Eisenhower, Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson,
governors and U. S. Senators of
all states and other prominent
figures.
Historian Releases
Fourth Publication
The fourth in a series of stu­dies
of the industrial beginnings
in the Southern states has been
released for publication by Dr.
Richard W. Griffin. Dr. Griffin is
assistant professor of history here.
"Origins of the Industrial Revo­lution
in Georgia, 1810-1865" is
the title of. the fourth study. It is
appearing in the current edition
of the Georgia Historical Quar­terly,
and completes the story
begun by Dr. Griffin which ap­peared
last spring in the Harvard
Business History Review. That
study was entitled "The August^
Manufacturing Co. in Peace, War
and Reconstruction, 1847-1877,"
The ante-bellum cotton textile in­dustry
in Georgia is surveyed from
its beginnings through the des­truction
of the cotton mills at the
end of the Civil War.
Dr. Griffin now is writing a
descriptive history of the ante­bellum
textile industry in Ala­bama.
Research for this study al­ready
shows that the industriali­zation
of Alabama was much more
extensive than had been hereto­fore
thought, according to Dr.
Griffin.
GERRY SPRATLIN, Miss Auburn, was the beauty selected to
represent Santa Clara University of California in the 25th annual
Sugar Bowl celebration this.year in New Orleans. Gerry who is
a junior from Birmingham was chosen Miss Auburn last Spring.
Miss Auburn Appears
In Sugar Bowl Court
The 1959 Sugar Bowl Court in­cluded
Miss Auburn, Gerry
Spratlin—who represented San­ta
Clara University of California.
Gerry attended the 25th annual
celebration at the invitation of
Irwin Poche, chairman of the
Sugar Bowl Project committee.
Girls representing all colleges
who have played in the football
classic participated in the parade
and pre-game show. Since Au­burn
has never received an in­vitation
to the Bowl, Gerry was
asked to represent Santa Clara,
Delta Sigma Phi
Initiates Thirteen
The, | initiation of thirteen new
np.embe.r-s- has been announced by
Kappa chapter of Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute.
They are: Terry Washington.
Montgomery; William Khoury,
Ft. Valley, Ga.; James Quick,
Walden, N. Y.; John Warren, Bir­mingham;
Jim McPherson, Bir­mingham;
John H. Lee, Jasper;
Lytle D. Burns, Atlanta, Ga.;
James R. Lawrence, Fayette; Ro­bert
K. Baisley, Mobile; Bob H.
Bostick, Mobile; Kenneth Jones,
Prichard; Carlton Burdette, Line-ville,
and W. Marcus Rountree,
Montgomery.
one of three colleges which were
unable to send a delegate to New
Orleans.
The beauties, sent from various
colleges throughout the United
States, were lavishly entertained
by the Sugar Bowl Commission.
In addition to participating in the
New Year's Day parade and pre-game
show, where the Sugar
Bowl Queen, Kathlene Crombeck,
was presented, the girls attended
a gala New Year's Eve party
staged on a showboat on the Mis­sissippi
and appeared on televis­ion.
Gerry, who was interviewed
prior to her departure for the
celebration stated "Even though
I will represent another school, I,
will still tell everyone that I am
from Auburn."
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Study Abroad
Potential historians, sociologists,
poets and other liberal arts stu­dents
can combine summer study
with vacation travel abroad, by
enrolling in a British or Austrian
summer school program. Applica­tions
of American students are
now being accepted by the Insti­tute
of International Education.
The British University Summer
Schools offers six week courses
in various subjects. Students at
Stratford-upon-Avon will study
Shakespeare and Elizabethan dra­ma;
in London, one can study
either Literature, Art and Social
Change in 19th Century England
or Aspects of English Law and
Jurisprudence; at Oxford, students
will cover English History, Litera­ture
and the Arts from 1870 to the
Present. The European Inheritence
will be the theme of the Edin­burgh
Schol. Although the courses
are designed for graduate stu­dents,
undergraduates in their last
two years at a university will be
considered. However, those study­ing
"Aspects of, English Law and
Jurisprudence" must either hold a
law degree or be enrolled in a law
school. Twelve to twenty nation­alities
are usually represented in
each course.
The Summer School fees, in­cluding
full board, residence and
tuition, range between L80-L84
(approximately $226-238). A fe\v
scholarships are available which
partially cover university fees of
well-qualified students.
In Austria there are two sum­mer
schools of interest to Ameri­cans.
The University of Vienna
will give courses at its St. Wolf­gang
Campus near Salzburg. Stu-
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dents can study international re­lations,
European economic and
social problems, European history,
music, art, psychology and Ger­man
language. All courses, except
German language, are taught in
English. Students who have com­pleted
at least two years of col­lege
work are eligible to apply
for either a three or six week pro­gram.
The cost of the six week
program, including registration,
tuition, maintenance, tours and
attendance at the Salzburg Festi­val
is $220. A few scholarships
are open to six week students,
covering tuition and maintenance.
The Salzburg Summer School,
sponsored by the Austro-Ameri-can
Society, offers a six week
summer program at Salzburg.
Courses begin July 5, 1959, in
German language, Austrian art,
European music and foreign pol­icy.
The cost of the program, $200,
includes t h e registration fee,
board, tuition, text books, several
one-day bus tours and attendance
at the Salzburg Festival. Appli­cants
must be between the ages
of 18-40, and must have completed
at least one year of college work.
Applications for both the British
and the Austrian programs may be
obtained from the Institute of In­ternational
Education, 1 E. 67th
Street, New York 21, N.Y. British
Summer School scholarship appli­cations
must be received before
March 2, admission applications by
March 31. Scholarship applications-for
Austrian schools must be re­turned
by March 1, and admission
applications by June 1.
Former Speech Prof
Retires At Auburn
A former Missouri schoolmas­ter
has retired at Auburn. He is
Eugene D. Hess of the speech de­partment.
Years ago Mr. Hess promised
himself he would retire on the
day he reached 65. His 65th birth­day
came on Dec. 1. Since Au­burn's
fall quarter ran through
Dec. 17, he stayed on to adminis­ter
final examinations to his
classes. Being from Missouri, he
had to "show" his students he
would stay through final exams.
Prof. Hess began teaching in
Missouri's one-room schools in
1926 after g r a d u a t i n g from
Northeast Missouri State Teach­ers
College and a year's graduate
work at the University of Iowa.
Me moved up to the principalship
of a small high school later. It
was there t h a t he taught the
ninth and tenth grades, coached
basketball, held his regular job
and did janitorial work at the
school for $125 a month. Accord­ing
to Mr. Hess, "Those were the
days."
Later, while teaching at Louis­iana
State University, he met the
future Mrs. Hess. In 1§31 he came
to Auburn, and in his words, "It
was really a village then."
The Hesses will live in Auburn,
but hope to do some traveling.
During summers, they Will, live
at their cabin in. the Colorado
Rockies.
The group of. kindly French
people solemnly placed a wreath
on the little mound of earth, and
paused for a moment with bowed
heads, then walked away. They
couldn't read the English inscrip­tion
on the rough-hewn slab of
wood. It said, "Old Latrine. July
15, 1944."
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SPOTLIGHT
ON
SPORTS
By Ronnie McCullars
Basketball coach Joel Eaves had a problem . . .
It all started back in early December. That's when All South­eastern
Conference forward, Rex Frederick, was told by trainer
Kenny Howard that if he were going to play basketball for the
Tigers at all this season, he had to have a knee operation which
would probably keep him out of action for a month.
A few days later, Henry Hart, a guard who had played a
tremendous sophomore year for the Auburns two seasons before,
injured the same knee that held him out of his junior season.
Hart was only to be out of practice for a few days, although,
but it did send the Tiger cage mentor scampering for substitutes.
All in all, Eaves team, which held the longest win streak
in the nation, was to go into action on December 2, with only
one returning letterman on the starting five.
Hart was able to start against the Jacksonville Gamecocks in
the opener, so that left three vacancies for the conference con­tenders.
Jimmy Lee, the returner, and Hart, the injured, manned the
guard positions, but the two forward slots and a center had to
be found.
David Vaughn
They don't start practicing basketball in October for nothing,
and that is how the respected Mr. Eaves came up with four sopho­mores
who knew what to do with a basketball. Installed into
first team berths were: Jimmy Fibbe, David Vaughn, and Ray
Groover. Right along with them came a sharp-shooting guard
by the name of Porter Gilbert.
This group missed their co-captain Frederick but did a great
job as they stopped J'ville, Baylor, and FSU before the 6-5
forward came back into action in the Birmingham Classic.
Coach Eaves had a problem all right—inexperience and injuries
present any coach with a terrific burden. But the intelligent
graying coach had the answer. Give the youngsters a chance
(Continued on page 8)
WAR EAGLE THEATRE
FRIDAY —SATURDAY
Southeastern Conference Leaders
Take Nation's Longest Win Streak
Into Gater Habitat At Gainesville
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THE GIRL IN THE BIKINI'
THIS ONE IS IN ENGLISH!
SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY
The Navy and Flying Infantry
in a Double-Feature Attraction
'Submarine
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'Paratroop
Command'
Riding high on a 20-game win­ning
streak over a two-season
span Auburn's talented Tigers
lay it on the line against the
tough University of Florida to­morrow
night on the Gator's
home court. The P l a i n s m e n ,
ranked sixth nationally, face a
rugged battle with a team pat-terened
somewhat along the lines
of uburn's own racehorse squad.
With only a pair of men over
6-3, the Gators have turned to
speed to remedy this. Off to a
fine start Florida isn't likely to
forget last year when they burst
to an 11-2 mid-season record only
to end up 13-9 for the year.
Gone from that fine squad are
six seniors including All-Ameri-,
can Joe Hobbs, who averaged
some 23.9 points per game and
is generally considered as the
greatest basketball player to ever
hit the campus down Gainesville
way.
Co-captains Charlie Pike and
Dick Hoban, and juniors Walt
Rabhan and Bobby Sherwood
comprise the muscles for this
year's team. Sherwood, a 6-5 cen­ter
from Tynbrook, N. Y., has
help occasionally from 6-7 George
Jung the only other player over
over 6-3, an Indiana product.
Pike, a 6-1 guard was last
year's third leading scorer with
a 10.8 average. Hoban was right
behind him scoring 10.6 points
per game. These two supply much
of the scoring punch while Sher­wood
and soph Frank Ethridge,
a 6-3. forward are the top r e -
bounders.
Several newcomers are all vy­ing
for the remaining guard po­sitions.
At this point it appears
that Tommy Simpson, a high-scoring
junior college transfer
student has the inside track.
Simpson, who scored 17.8 points
per game and hit 46 per cent
from the field for Northeastern
Junior College of Mississippi, is
pressed by a couple of sophs, Paul
Mosney and Lou Merchant;.
Merchant is one of the best
back court men around and is a
good ball handler. Mosney has
the unique destinction of having
four brothers who played college
ball or maybe his brothers have
the distinction.
Florida's head coach John Ma-ner
has been coaching for some
thirty years in college circles.
Maner, who starter Kentucky on
its road to fame back in '28 came
to the University in 1951 and al­ways
comes up with a tough
home club. Last week the Gators
dumped a rugged LSU squad at
Gainesville and will undoubtedly
be ready for the Plainsmen to­morrow.
Wallace
Auburnites Humble
Mississippi Quintets
By Lance Hcarn
Plainsman Sports Writer
A u b u r n marched through
Mississippi this w e e k e n d,
leaving behind them wins
numbered 19 a n d 20. T h e y
made it seem easy as they
trounced t h e Mississippi State
Maroons 97-66 and r u i n e d Ole
Miss 60-47.
The combination of a hot Au­burn
defense and a cold Missis­sippi
State offense smashed Babe
McCarthy's 8th ranked Maroons.
From the moment they stepped
on the court until the final horn,
the Sugar Bowl Champion Ma­roons
-just didn't have it, hitting
only 26.4 per cent as compared
to Tigers 53.7 per cent.
But percentages don't tell the
whole story. For it was Coach
Eaves' ability to substitute free­ly
and not hamper play that
crushed State and made this
game a team win. The Tigers'
ball control and floor play kept
the Maroons offense off balance
and pulled the State defense out
of position.
With Jimmy Febbe showing
the way by sinking eight points,
the Plainsmen jumped to a 15 8
lead with six and a half minutes
gone. The score stretched to '48-
33 at the half with David Vaughn,
Henry Hart, > Jimmy Lee, Rex
Frederick, Porter Gilbert and
Bill Gregory contributing to the
Tiger fund, while Bailey, How­ell,
Jerry Keaton, Jerry Graves
kept the state fans awake.
After five minutes of the sec­ond
half, Hart, Lee, and Gregory
had boosted the mark to 63-38.
Coach Eaves stalwarts couldn't
it. With two and a half minutes
be stopped and the 3,000 jam-packed
fans in the Arena knew
left and Auburn leading 94-54,
the fans rocked the stadium roar­ing
for a hundred. From here on,
there was more scrambling than
scoring with the final tally read­ing
97-66.
State never stopped trying,
neither did its 6' 7" Ail-Ameri­can,
Bailey Howell. They went
into man to man in the first half
and succeeded in slowing down
the War Eagles but only for a
short time. In the second half,
they tried a full court press, but
it just wasn't their night. Finally
they slow-played the ball which
prevented the Plainsmen from
hitting the bullseye one-hundred.
Howell was magnificent even
in defeat, scoring 19 points, 14 in
the first half and five in the sec­ond
half. Being double teamed,
prevented him from scoring
more. Playing the entire game
he rebounded 15 times which
helped keep the drowning Ma­roons'
head above water. .
Auburn continued to pack the
fans in and at the same time
stretched their winning streak to
20 by smashing Ole Miss, 60-47.
The Rebels set the pattern for
the whole game in the first half
by slowing down the action on
offense waiting for the good shot,
and playing man to man on de­fense.
Auburn started out with
fast breaks and a shuffling of­fense,
but soon followed the pro­cedure
laid down by Coach
"Country" Graham's boys. As
Coach Eaves put it after the
game, "We knew we would have
to take our time and play them."
Auburn's margin at the half
was only 35-22 and Ole Miss still
had a chance to get back in the
ball game. Then with 16:02 left
to play, things started to fall
apart. Ivan Richmann, 6'7" Cen­ter
for the Rebels, fouled out, and
not three minutes later, the Tig­ers'
Jimmy Lee left the game
after having his breath knocked
from him. Lee's injury spurred
the Plainsmen quintet on and the
score widened to 43-28. Auburn
began to quicken the pace, pull­ing,
the defense out of position
and sending men behind the Rebs
to sink set-ups. With 6:29 left to
go, Ole Miss began to' quicken
and move the ball, -buif by tjhis
time it was too late. jj j •
Auburn continued its fine of­fensive
and defensive game and
went on to win 60-47.
Auburn's shooting percentage
came out 47.8 per cent, while Ole
Miss wound up with 42.2 per
cent. The top scorers for Auburn
were Hart with 16 and Fibbe
with 14. Two boys played a good
game for Coach - Grahame, Jim
Atherton, scoring 17 points, and
Jack Waters, dunking 11 tallies.
Good tidings came from the
> (Continued on page 8)
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BfG BILL GREGORY dunks in two points against the Missis­sippi
State Maroons at the Sports Arena on last Saturday night.
The basketballing Tigers outmanned the then eighth ranked team,
97-66 in their surge to the top of the basketball world.
Tigers Place Sixth In AP
Not to be outdone by the char- in the spotlight of the nation as
ges of Ralph "Shug" Jordan and they were ranked sixth in last
his footballing Tigers, Coach Joel week's Associated Press Poll of
Eaves and his all-winning basket- the top ten basketball teams in
eers have also found themselves the nation.
6—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, J a n u a r y 9, 1959
On Campus
(By the Author of "Rally Round the Flag, Boys! "and,
"Barefoot Boy with Cheek.")
THE DATING SEASON
I have recently returned from a tour of 950,000 American col­leges
where I made a survey of undergraduate dating customs
and sold Zorro whips. I have tabulated my findings and I am
now prepared to tell you the simple secret of successful dating.
The simple secret is simply tins: A date is successful whea
the man knows how to treat the girl. •*«»» •**&££-
And how does a girl like to be treated? If you want to know,
read and remember these four cardinal rules of dating:
1. A girl likes to be treated with respect.
When you call for your girl, do not drive up in front of the
sorority house a«d yell, "Hey, fat lady!" Get out of your car.
Walk respectfully to the door. Knock respectfully. When your
girl comes out, tug your forelock and say respectfully, "Good
evening, Your Honor." Then offer her a Marlboro, for what
greater respect can you show your girl than to offer Marlboro
with its "better mdkin's," fine flavor and new improved filter? It
will indicate immediately that you respect her taste, respect her
discernment, respect her intelligence. So, good buddies, before
going out on a date, always remember to buy some Marlboros,
now available in soft pack or flip-top box a t your friendly
vending machine."
2. A girl likes a good listener.
Do not monopolize the conversation. LetJier talk while you
listen attentively. Make sure, however, that she herself is not
a good listener. I recollect a date I had once with a coed named
Grcensleeves Sigafoos, a lovely girl, but unfortunately a listener,
not a talker. I too was a listener so we just sat all night long,
each with his hand cupped over his ear, straining to catch a
word, not talking hour after hour until finally a policeman
earne by and arrested us both for vagrancy. I did a year and a
day. She got by with a suspended sentence because she was
the sole support of her aged housemother.
S. A girl likes to be taken to nice places.
By "nice" places I do not mean expensive places. A girl does
not demand luxury. All she asks is a place that is pleasant and
gracious. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, for example. Or
Mount Rushmore. Or the Taj Mahal. Or the Bureau of Weights
and Measures. Find places like these to take your girl. In no
circumstances must you take her to an oil-cracking plant.
4- A girl likes a man to be well-informed.
Come prepared with a few interesting facts that you can
drop casually into the conversation. Like this: "Did you know,
Snookiepuss, that when cattle, sheep, camels, goats, antelopes,
and other members of the cud-chewing family get up, they
always get up hind legs first?" Or this: "Are you aware,
Hotlips, that corn grows faster at night?" Or this: "By the
way, Loverhead, Oslo did not become the capital of Norway
till July 11, 1924."
If you can slip enough of these nuggets into the conversation
before dinner, your date will grow too torpid to eat. Some men
save up to a half-inillkm dollars a year this way.
® lDju Max Suultiion
To the list of things girls like, add Philip Morris Cigarettes.
Girls, men—everybody, in fact, likes mild, natural Philip
Morris, co-sponsors with Marlboro of this column.
St. Bernards Trip
Auburn Freshmen
St. Bernard out rebounded
and out-hustled the Baby Tig­ers
to take a resounding 77-
42 victory at the Sports Arena
last Monday afternoon. Coach
Lynn's Baby Tigers suffered
their first defeat of the season
against two previous wins. The
more experienced St. Bernard
Quintet won their third game
in seven starts.
St. Bernard took a quick 5-0
lead and the Tiger team could
never close the gap. Halftime
saw St. Bernard ahead by a 43-
26 score, despite a late first
half rally by the Tigers. St.
Bernard continued to control
the boards and gained a 59-34
lead with nine minutes left to
go in the game. The Baby Tig­ers
found themselves faced by
a stiff defense that allowed
them only 16 points in the final
half of play.
Nelson led the visitors with
17 points, followed by Sullivan
and Hames with 15, and Lynch
with 12. The Tigers top scorer
was John Darby with ten points,
Gary Suttle had eight, and
Jimmy Devenny scored seven.
John Helmlinger and Bill Ross
both had five points.
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IT'S TWENTY NOW
By Wayne Ringer
Assistant Sports Editor
The powerful Auburn Tig­e
r s of Coach Joel Eaves'shoc-ked
two Mississippi basket­ball
teams, and a few loyal
fans, with an unstopable shuf­fling
offense, as the men of
t h e Plains set Mississippi State
(and Baily Howell) down 97-
66 Saturday and Ole Miss fol­lowed
suit by biting the dust
60-47 on Monday night.
Baily Howell, S t a t e ' s Ail-
American candidate, hit only 19
points for the stunned Maroons
mainly because of the fine de­fending
of Rex Frederick, Bill
Gregory, and Jim Fibbe. Howell
was also unaccustomed to the
style of ball played by his team
in the second half. Coach Babe
McCarthy praised Auburn's per­formance
and their high shooting
percentage, but he said that he
doubts if the Plainsmen can
match these feats on the road
.against Tech, Kentucky and Ten­nessee.
•
Kentucky, the nation's top
team, pushed Tech down from
ideas of. upsetting the Cats by
outrebounding Tech 73-39. Coach
Rupp's charges defeated Tech 72-
62 and still only hit 29.2 per cent
of their shots. The Engineers held
Johnny Cox, Kentucky's lone
starter from last season, down to
only five points.
Blemker had 18 for Tech and
Bennie Coffman, a junior col­lege
transfer, led the Wildcats
with 19 points. Rupp, the old
master of the SEC, predicted Au­burn
over Miss. State, and he
says that the Tigers' offense c:m
break any team's UHCK in nothing
flat.
The LSU Bengals, that grid­iron
power of last season,\is not
• (Continued on page 8)
AUBURN'S REX AND MISSISSIPPI State's Max wait for a
free throw in the final minutes of the game. Rex and Max are
brothers and have a cousin, Clyde Frederick, at Alabama to
round off a truly basketballing family.
By John Wallace
Plainsman Sports Writer
Few students are aware of
the fact that Auburn has one of
the top wrestling teams in the
country. In 1946 the first API
wrestling team took to the mat
and for twelve consecutive sea­sons
P l a i n s m a n grapplers
have been victorious in win­ning
the SEC wrestling title.
This season's team features
eight r e t u r n i n g lettermen,
five of whom were SEC cham­pions
in their respective weight
groups. George McCrary, Ger­ald
Cresap, Walter Keller, Leo­nard
Ogburn, and Arnold Hau-gen
are the returning SEC
champions. Other returning let­termen
are James Clihkscales,
Buddy Bellsnyder, and Charles
Vann. Garner Hastings and
Charles Irwin finish out the
varsity lineup.
Interest and competition are
so keen that a junior varsity
team is now in existence. They
compete in ten scheduled mat­ches
this season. The junior
varsity has had one match so
far, defeating Birmingham Sou­thern
23-10. Members of the
squad are Ray Moody, William
King, Brownee Chanell, How­ard.
Tutwiler, Neil Barnes,
Henry Bailey, James Grimes,
and Madaglin.
Under the skillful guidance
of Coach Arnold Umbach, who
has coached the team since its
beginning, the mat men have
won both of their matches this
year. In a Triangle Meet at
Lexington, Va., they defeated
Citadel 31-5 and VMI 17-13. On
January 34 VPI will invade the
Tigers lair for what should be
one of the best matches of the
season. Last year the VPI squad
defeated Auburn in a match
played up at VPI.
Auburn wrestling was ser­iously
injured when the NCAA
clamped its ban on API athle­tics.
As a result of this ban the
wrestling team is not allowed
to participate in NCAA compe­tition.
In football and basket­ball
a player can make Ail-
American even though his team
is oh probation, but in wrestl­ing,
in order for a player to
gain national recognition, he
must compete in NCAA mat­ches.
Not being able to compete
in these matches, three of Au­burn's
varsity members trans­ferred
to colleges which are
eligible for sanctioned compe­tition.
There is no doubt that
the athletic restriction has kept
other fine wrestlers from mak­ing
Auburn the school of their
choice.
High school wrestling is an
important' factor to the success
of college wrestling. Colleges lo­cated
in areas which support
a large number of these high
school teams have a natural
advantage over colleges not
centered in such a locale. Such
teams as VPI and Illinois have
access to a large numjjerof
high school wrestlers anjKJ^e
therefore well aheSpt -tiflien it
comes to experiencedr^and
trained men. L a s t ^ f e a r only
seven high school Mns" • were
organized in Alabama. This
year the number of teams will
more than double. Opelika^lj^r
(Continued on page 8)
Cow College
Confidential
In 10 years the number of
farms with milk cows has been
reduced one-half; but those stay­ing
in the dairy business have
doubled the size of their herds.
Sausage accounts for orte out
of every 12 pounds of meat pro­duced
in the United States.
Almost five hundred million
broilers grown by southern poul-trymen
found their way to the
nation's dinner tables last year.
'59 tigers Seem
How does Auburn's football
picture look for next fall .. .
dark and dismal, bright and
hopeful, or only cloudy and
uncertain. There is, of course,
no way of telling what the
future holds but a lot of facts
and figures usually give a
good indication.
First of all, of the 32 lettermen
on the 1958 squad, eighteen will
be back. The names of Jerry
Wilson^ Mike Simmons, Ken Pa-duch,
Cleve Wester, Jim Jef-fery,
Morris Savage, Frank La-
Russa, Don Braswell, Jimmy Ric-ketts,
Lloyd Nix, Tommy Lorino,
Jimmy Laster and Billy Kitchens
are now only a part of Auburn's
football past history. But the
records that were set this past
year are an indication of the cali­bre
of the men on the gridiron
for the Tigers.
Returning ends are not names
that are unfamiliar to the Au­burn
football fans. Bobby Was-den
and Leo Sexton are back for
their last year but glue-fingered
Joe Leichtman still has two sea­sons
to go.
Of the six tackles who shuffled
in and put of the games last year,
only Teddy Foret, Ken Rice and
Leon Myers remain with the lat­ter
pair having two years of ex­perience
left.
Stopping up the middle of the
line for the 1959 defensive Tigers
will be Zeke Smith and Hawood
Warrick back for their last go
against Auburn opponents arid
G. W. Clapp with their last two
pigskin parades to be seen.
Everybody's All-Amcrican last
year, the blond and burly Zeke
Smith needs just one more out­standing
season to make him the
best guard and possibly the best
lineman in the history of Au­burn.
The lone man riding back in
the center saddle is Jackie Bur-kett
for his senior year. Burkett
was everybody's hero this season
and played his position to per­fection
and more of the same can
be expected this season.
Richard Wood, who wasn't in
(Continued on Page 8)
AUBURN'S RAY GROOVER takes a jump shot against the
Maroons as Henry Hart and Jimmy Fibbe anticipate the rebound.
The shot was good and the Tigers went on to drop State, 97-66.
7—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, January 9, 1959
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doing so bad on the hardwood.
The Bengals outshot Georgia Sat­urday
night 79-66, to bring their
record up to 8 and 3 overall or
1-0 in the conference.
Tennessee rallied in the last
two minutes last Saturday to de­feat
Vandy 65-60. Jim Henry led
Vandy with 22 points, while Gene
Tormohlen paced the Vols with
18 points.
Why did State get a technical
foul before the game started last
Saturday night? Southeastern
Conference rules specify that
player • numerals must contrast
with their shirts.
Saturday's schedule in the
SEC: Alabama vs. Georgia at
Columbus, Auburn at Flonida,
Ga. Tech at Miss. SJtate, Ken­tucky
at LSU, Vandy at Ole Miss,
and Tennessee at Tulane.
the Auburn football picture at
the start, but came in sharper fo­cus
toward the end of the season,
will be back for a last shot at the
SEC passing record. Johnny Kern
comes back for his final fling,
which promises to be a good one.
At left-half, Jimmy Pettus,
stands alone and has two more
seasons to tear up opposing de­fenses.
Lamar Rawson and Bob­by
Lauder with one year each are
set to battle it out for the right
half slot.
Fullbacks stand three deep
with Jimmy Reynolds and Ed
Dyas eligible for two years and
Ronnie Robbs back for the last
time.
Well, there's the negative, but
you will have to wait until next
Fall to see how the picture comes
out. HEARN.
AUBURN FOOTBALL STARS Tommy Lorino and Jerry Wilson
are pictured on arrival in Honolulu where they participated in
the annual Hula Bowl. Both were selected along with sixteen
other college stars to play against a team of. professionals in the
post-season classic. As the picture shows, Tommy and Jerry
enjoyed their trip to the utmost. Flower leis were not their regular
dress after meeting the coaches though, say the Auburn greats.
8—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, January 9, 1959
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Intramural Sports Editor
_ George Wendell
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Staff Writers: Lance Hearn, Bill Ham, Irby McCalla, John Wallace
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Wrestlers Look
Stronger In 1959
(Continued from page 7)
be cited as an example of this
increased interest in high school
wrestling. Seventy boys turned
out for their first wrestling
team.
Wrestling is fast becoming
one of the most popular sports
in college athletics. Here at Au­burn
is found a top-notch team
which should become even
greater as the high school pro­gram
is intensified. Plan to at­tend
the first home match—
Jan. 24—at the Sports Arena.
See you there.
Auburnites Humble
(Continued from page 6)
Rebels' C o a c h "Country" Gra-hame,
after the game. "In my
opinion," he said, "Auburn has
one 'of the top teams in the SEC,
and is a strong contender for the
Championship." He further stated
that if Auburn won three out of
four on the Northern route, they
would be in. He started to walk
away, then he turned and said
with a twinkle in his eyes, "And
if you beat 'Bama."
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Spotlight On Sports
(Continued from page 6) -:• I
and they'll prove ability and good coaching will out weigh in­experience.
With Rex back into action, the shuffling Tigers overpowered
all comers with seemingly little effort. The sophs had dene their
job, the old timers were up to par, and the subs were battling
to gain a starting position.
This combination of Frederick, Lee, Hart, Fibbe and Vaughn
were quickly becoming the most talked about team in the 8EC
as they dropped everyone that-got in their path. They nov hold
the nation's longest winning streak at 20 and have already begun
setting scoring records. .
The "Eaves shuffle" was their weapon and thus far, every
opponent has had to change their style of play to try and stave
off the illusive offense.
The sophs took to it like ducks take to water.
After every conquest a happy, broad smiling, modest, Joel
Eaves is ready to praise his youngsters along with the highly
recognized returnees. And not only does he talk about the two
starting sophs but names like Gilbert and Groover, and his juniors
and seniors; Gregory, McManus and Samples also come forth.
They're young and inexperienced, but they have the desire and
ability. You can't count any one of those sophomores out because
they have been depended on greatly to bring Auburn to the No.
6 spot in the basketball nation.
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