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VOLUME 89 Auburn University AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1962 8 Pages NUMBER 16-
Science Foundation
Grants AU Funds
For Teacher Study
Auburn University has been
awarded National Science Foundation
grants totaling $171,100 for
the NSF summer program for
teachers. This amount will be
used to aid 10 high school and
college teachers of mathematics,
biology, chemistry, general science
and physics during the summer
of 1962.
According to Dr. Ernest Williams,
professor of mathematics
and director of the NSF institute
at Auburn, 20 grants will be
available for college teachers of
mathematics, 40 for high school
teachers of mathematics, and 50
for high school teachers of biology,
chemistry, general science
and physics.
Next summer will be the first
time Auburn has offered a sum-program
for college teachers of
mathematics under the NSF
grants. The summer institutes
previously have been only for
high school teachers.
The summer institute at Auburn
will offer teachers study
opportunities in specially designed
courses to (1) renew their
knowledge of fundamentals, (2)
acquaint them with recent developments
and advancements in
science, mathematics, and engineering,
and (3) familiarize them
with new approaches in the presentation
of subject matter.
Sessions of the summer institute
will be conducted during the
regular summer quarter. Intensive
courses, will be offered with
lectures, demonstrations, discussion
sessions, laboratory work
and homework. The instruction
will be given by the University
faculty. Tuition and fees are paid
for teachers attending the institute.
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Players To Present
'John Browns Body'
The first Auburn Players production
of the winter quarter will
be John Brown's Body, by Stephen
Vincent Benet. It will be
presented at the Player's Theatre
on College St. on Jan. 18-20 and
25-27.
The play is in the form of an
epic poem dealing with the Civil
War. Both the drama department
and the music department are cooperating
in the presentation in
connection with the Civil War
Centennial.
The cast consists of Robert
Knowles, assistant professor of
drama, Billie Jean Walker, and
Dr. Tow Belser of the history department.
The chorus will be directed
by Prof. Craig Hankenson
and Larry Rosenbaum.
Tickets will be available starting
Jan. 15 at Langdon Shop. Students
will be admitted free on
presentation of an ID card, but
since there will only be six performances,
reserved seat tickets
should be obtained by presenting
an ID card at Langdon Shop.
B'ham Symphony Plays
In Student Ac
Orchestra Begins Concert At 8:15
Under Direction Of Arthur Winograd
THE BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Performs Here Tonight At Student Activities Building
AU Greek Week Set For January 2 8 ,
As IFC and Pan-Hellenic Make Plans
By BOB REED
Greek Week, sponsored by the Interfraternity Council
and the Pan-Hellenic Council, has been scheduled to start
Sunday, Jan. 28.
An annual event, Greek Week is a week in which a special
effort is made to promote co-operation among the Greek-letter
organizations on campus.
On Sunday, Jan. 28, there will
be a reception for the representatives
of the IFC, the Pan-Hellenic
Council, and the administration.
Monday night, Jan. 29, is
designated as fraternity night.
Each sorority will send two representatives
to each of the 25 fraternities
on campus. On sorority
night, Jan. 38,"two representatives
from each fraternity will visit
each of the 11 sororities.
On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the
Joint IFC-Pan-Hellenic banquet
will be held in.the Union ballroom
at 7:30. Roland Maxwell, national
president of Phi Kappa Tau
fraternity, will address the group,
and awards will be presented to
the outstanding fraternities and
sororities.
The fraternity representatives
will meet at 7:00 on Thursday
night, Feb. 1, to hear Richard R.
Fletcher, national executive secretary
of Sigma Nu, speak on
"Fraternity Systems." The representatives
will then split into the
seven commissions of the IFC for
discussion. At 7:30 the sorority
representatives will meet at various
sorority rooms to discuss
the commisiso'ns which compose
the Pan-Hellenic Council.
On Friday night, Feb. 2, the
Greek Goddess for 1962-63 will
be presented at the annual Greek
Week dance in the Student Activities
Building at 8:00. Music for
the dance will be furnished by
the Auburn. Knights. The IFC will
not bring any big-name enter-
Loveliest of the Plains .
tainment to Auburn for this
dance, because, according to Sam
G e n t r y , publicity chairman,
"Greek Week is big enough in
itself."
During the week the various
sororities will give teas for the independent
girls in their dormitories.
The Greek Week committee, appointed
by Bill Lollar, president
of IFC, and Sandra Riley, president
of Pan-Hellenic, is composed
of Libby Elder and Lester Crawford,
general chairmen; Carolyn
Egge, Linda \ Ransom, and Ned
Pierce, Greek Week banquet
charmen; Judy Allen and Bill
Halliwell, project chairmen; Sam
Gentry and Claudie Spence, publicity
chairmen; Dot Sarris and
Sue Snelton, sorority night chairmen;
Phil Pauze, Greek Week
dance chairman; Neil Feltman,
Mary Jane McMillan, and Dick
Mosely, Union Building Display
chairmen; Warren Jones, entertainment
chairman.
Others on the committee are
Khaki Moseley, Pan-Hellenic
panels chairman; Owen Brown,
IFC panels chairman; Viv Kester,
Nadine Vogel, and Marilyn Pin-son,
reception chairmen^ Linda
Harrelson, Sylvia Hubbard, and
Marie Lisenby, Pan-Hellenic Banquet
chairmen; Bea Jackson and
Cathy Walker, Dormitory Teas
chairmen; John Dickas, fraternity
night chairman; and Henry Wood,
assistant to the general chairmen.
LOVELIEST CAROLYN MIKKELSON began this quarter by
settling down early to the task of studying. This Mobile lass is
a freshman majoring in Business Administration. She is an independent
and resides in Dorm 10.
Space Center Of NASA Awards
Contracts To Research Foundation
• Contracts totaling $153,754 have recently been awarded
Auburn Research Foundation, Inc. by Marshall Space Flight
Center, National Aeronautics Space Administration, that agency
announced Wednesday.
One contract amounts to $83,-
754. It is to finance research to
determine the correct radar reflectivity
of sea water according
to Adm. W. C. Johnson, Research
Foundation director.
Professor R. D. Spann, head,
AU electrical engineering department,
is project leader and Professor
Henry Summer is technical
director.
"This project is something out
of the ordinary for us," said Adm.
Johnson. He explained that an
airplane with pilot and crew had
been leased to aid in conducting
the study over the Gulf of Mexico
and the Atlantic Ocean.
The other project, amounting
Debaters To Attend
Agnes Scott Meet
The Auburn Univtersity die-bate
squad will participate in
the Agnes Scott College Debate
Tourney this week end, January
12-13. Mr. Richard Rea, varsity
debate coach, plans to take four
varsity debators to the tournament.
Subject for the tourney
will be the national debate topic
on whether labor unions should
or should not be placed under
anti-trust legislation.
Debating the affirmative side
for Auburn will be Brad Pendell
and Jim Vickery. This is to be the
first varsity debate for these men
after an outstanding showing in
the novice tourney at Clinton,
Miss. Veterans Jim Kilpatrick and
Bill Kominos will take the negative
side for Auburn.
Many outstanding d e b a te
schools will be present for the
tourney. Kentucky, South Carolina,
Tennessee Tech, Georgia,
Georgia Tech and L.S.U. are some
of the outstanding squads to be
present. Auburn posted a 5-5 record
in this tourney last year.
Varsity debators have attended
three tourneys and have participated
in some 60 rounds of intercollegiate
debate. The record
compiled thus far is 29 wins and
31 losses. With a young, inexperienced
squad this has been a
pleasing and outstanding showing
according to Mr. Rea. Highlight of
the debate season thus far is the
first place trophy won by Auburn
in the Deep South Tournament
at Clinton, Miss.
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra will perform tonight
in the Student Activities Building. Starting time for the
concert will be 8:15 p.m. Students will be admitted free to
the performance upon presentation of their University ID
cards. Tickets for the remaining available space will be sold
at the door for $2.00 per non-student.
Tonight's program will include
Hector Berlioz's Overture to Bea-trice
and Benedict, an opera based
on Shakespear's Much Ado About
Nothing. Franz Schubert's Symphony
No. 7 in C Major will comprise
the second portion of , the
program. This work consists of
four movements of varying mood
and tempo.
The Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra plays under the direction
of its conductor and music
director, Arthur Winograd. Mr.
Winograd is currently in his second
season with the orchestra. He
has a distinguished record as a
teacher, conductor, and performer.
Mr. Pressler, a young pianist
from Israel, is currently featured
with the orchestra. He has received
numerous awards for his
musical ability and has performed
with the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra, the New York
Philharmonic, the Cleveland
Symphony, and the Indianapolis
Symphony.
The Birmingham Symphony is
performing for its thirteenth consecutive
season. It has grown to
include 56 musicians and has
achieved recognition throughout
the United States.
Swanson Named To Head Research
As New Department Begins Operations
Education School
Selects Committee
Members of the Student Advisory
Committee of the Auburn
University School of Education
are announced by Education Dean
Truman M. Pierce. The committee
was formed in 1960 to help
develop the spirit of a professional
school and make suggestions
about the School of Education.
In addition it functions as
a means of better communication
between students, staff and administrative
personnel.
Appointed for a one year term
are the following: John Thompson,
Attalla, president of the
School, chairman; Judy Allen,
Montgomery, vice-chairman; April
Bennett, Ardmore; Palsy Coursey,
Atlanta; Charles Roberts, Auburn;
Lanier Vines, Tallassee; Wendell
Whiteside, Anniston.
Reappointed for an additional
year are Carolyn Andrews, Louisville;
Jan Howell, Piedmont; Carolyn
Jordan, Montgomery; Ann
Lyle, Wetumpka; Marie McKinley,
Birmingham; Mary Jane McMillan,
Talladega, and Ronald Shu-mack,
Repton.
Faculty advisors are Drs. Robert
J. Stalcup and Wilbur A. Tincher.
to $70,000, will involve research
on telemetering measuring and
radio frequency systems. It involves
radio and television equipment
for missiles research. The
grant is to continue a project
which previously had been set up
between the AU Research Foundation
and the U. S. Army.
The NASA Marshall Space
Flight Center is awarding almost
monthly millions of dollars in
c o n t r a c t s to organizations
throughout the country in support
of its space vehicle development
program. The Auburn studies
are conducted under the direction
of the Marshall Space
Flight Center.
Professors Spann and Summer
also are project leader and technical
director of the study.
Others working on the two projects
are Marshall A. Honnell, D.
O. Noneaker, Charles L. Rogers,
Ben Gregory, Charles Smith,
James Dupree, Robert Donovan,
and William Faust.
UNION TO SPONSOR
DANCING LESSONS
Free Dance Lessons will again
be offered by the Auburn Union
Recreation Committee this quarter.
Two separate classes will be
conducted for a series of seven
lessons each. The first class will
meet every Tuesday evening at
7:00 p.m. and the second class will
meet each Wednesday evening at
the same hour. Registration for
the course, which begins the
week of January 16, can be made
at the Auburn Union Main Desk
beginning Tuesday, January 9.
Each class will be filled on
a first-come, first-served basis.
There will be a maximum enrollment
of thirty students—15 boys
and 15 girls. Registration will
continue until each class has been
filled with thirty students. If you
sign up after registration is
closed, your name will be placed
on a waiting list in the order it
was received.
Alabama Ranks Low
In College Students
The current issue of "Inter-
Corn," a publication of the Auburn
University School of Education,
reveals that Alabama ranks
near the bottom in percentage of
students in college.
Compared to Alabama, "Intercom"
points out that:
Utah has 30 per cent as many
pupils in public schools, but it
has 73 per cent as many students
in college.
California has 650 per cent as
many children in public schools,
but it has 1,100 per cent as many
students in college.
Oregon has 50 per cent as many
children in public school. It has
95 per cent as many students in
college.
Washington has 80 per cent as
many children in public school,
but it has 144 per cent as many
students in college.
Iowa has 77 per cent as many
children in public school, but it
has 120 per cent as many students
in college.
Ohio has 250 per cent as many
children in public school. It has
380 per cent as many students in
college.
Florida has 140 per cent as
many children in public school,
but is has 150 per cent as many
students in college.
Georgia has 122 per cent as
many children in public school,
but has 110 per cent as many
students in college.
Tnter-Com" shows further that
compared to the nation, Alabama
has 2.1 per cent of the nation's
children in school, but only 1.28
per cent of the college students
enrolled. Alabama has only 61
per cent of its share of college
students.
REPUBLICAN CLUB
OBTAINS CHARTER
The Auburn University Young
Republican Club will receive its
State Charter from the Young Republican
Federation soon. J o hn
Grenier, Chairman of the Young
Republican Federation of Alabama,
will be the featured speaker.
A meeting of Young Republicans
was held in Birmingham on
Jan. 6, and plans were made for
further expansion of Young Republican
Clubs in the state.
Anyone who is interested in the
"conservative movement" or in
joining the Auburn University
Young Republican Club is urged
to telephone Perrin Bryant at TU
7-3420.
Auburn's new Department of
Institutional Research began operation
on Jan. 1 under the direction
of Dr. John E. Swanson. The
University established the department
"to encourage continuing
improvement in all areas of
operation at Auburn University
through a sound and systematic
program of institutional research."
Dr. Swanson, who assumed his
duties here on Jan. 1 was Budget
Examiner in charge of Higher
Education with the Florida State
Budget Department in Tallahassee.
The new Research Department
director received his A.B. degree
from DePauw, his A.M. degree
from U.C.L.A. and his Ph.D. degree
from the University of Illinois.
Before accepting the position
as budget examiner, Dr.
Swanson held positions at Florida
State University, the University
of California at Los Angeles, the
University of Wyoming -and the
University of Texas.
DR. JOHN E. SWANSON
Dr. Swanson is a member of
the National Association of State
Budget Officers, the American
Society for Public Administration,
and the American Political
Science Association.
AU Library Receives 1405 Volumes
Through Donors During Past Year
By BETTY THOMAS
A number of gifts were presented
to the Auburn University
library during the fiscal year
1960-61. A total of 1,186 titles or
1,405 volumes were included in
these materials. Many of these
books have been of considerable
value. Some have been popular
books while others have been materials
for serious study and research.
One of the larger gifts was the
library of the late Mrs. Edith
Royster Judd, given by her heirs.
Formerly a resident of North
and South Carolina, Mrs. Judd
moved to Auburn about 1917 as
the bride of Dr. Zebulan Judd,
who was Dean of the School of
Education at Auburn prior to his
retirement a few years ago.
Mrs. Judd's library consisted
of approximately 300 volumes.
These volumes have many excellent
titles which are of considerable
value. This collection consists
of material in English and
American literaure, the Classion,
history, government, politics, psychology,
and education.
Among the gifts were titles presented
by President Ralph B.
Draughon, Professor John Needy's
collection in engineering, a three-volume
edition of Scandinavia—
Past and Present, music-theses on
microfilm given by Dr. Ernest
Justice, several books of collected
poems by J. Mitchell Pilcher, engineering
materials from the library
of James H. Chadwick, and
many others.
Of special interest is the valuable
collection from the library
of Professor Dana King Gatchell
given by her sister, Miss Lillian
Gatchell of Birmingham, and
books given by Joe Romano in
memory of his mother, Mrs. Santa
Romano.
Anyone interested in giving
books or other materials as a memorial
to loved ones will have
their gifts properly inscribed on
special book plates which will be
used in these gifts.
Those wishing to assist in this
project may contact Clyde H.
Cantrell, Director of Libraries.
STAFF MEETING
There will be an important
meeting of the PLAINSMAN staff
Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Union
Building office. Those wishing to
begin work on the staff should also
be there.
Sigma Pi Holds Groundbreaking Rites
As Construction Starts At New Site
By BRENDA KERR
The groundbreaking ceremony
for the new Sigma Pi fraternity
house was held last Sunday afternoon
at the site of the new
house, the corner of West Magnolia
and Hemlock Streets, directly
across from the new Pi
Kappa Alpha house.
Reverend Powers McLeod of
the First Methodist Church of
Auburn gave the opening invocation,
after which the fraternity
president, John Donahoo, introduced
Prof. Cleveland L. Adams,
president of the Board of Directors
of Alpha Delta chapter. Prof.
Adams spoke to the large crowd
of members, alumni, and friends
who gathered for the ceremony,
and he thanked all of those who
had contributed their time and
effort in order that Sigma Pi
might have its new fraternity
house.
Among those present for the
ceremony were E. Walter Burk-hardt,
architect, Walter Long of
Auburn Ice and Coal Co., contractor,
Stuart McKnight, president
of the alumni association, Dr.
Henry Goode, faculty advisor, and
James E. Foy, Auburn Dean of
Student Affairs.
A reception was held after the
ceremony at the fraternity's present
home on South Gay Street.
Mrs. Jeff Clay, Sigma Pi housemother,
Mrs. Henry Goode, Mrs.
Cleveland Adams, and Mrs. S. S.
Wittle were hostesses.
Construction of the new house
will begin Jan. 9 and be completed
and ready to be occupied
next fall. The $145,000 house will
have dormitory space for 54 and
dining space for 85. It will be
furnished by alumni and the Sigma
Pi Mother's Club. '
•BREAKING GROUND for the new Sigma Pi fraternity house
are, left to right, Dr. Henry Good, faculty advisor. Walter Burk-hardt,
architect; John Donehoo, chapter president; Walter Long,
contractor; and Prof. Cleveland Adams, president of the chapter
board of directors.
Students Recognized
As Campus Scholars
By JIM VICKREY
Much has been w r i t t e n in the past and more shall conceivably
be w r i t t e n in the future about scholarship on this
campus and on other university and college campuses. We
have read a great deal about why one should study, how
one should apply his intellectual facilities to this business
of learning, on what one needs
to concentrate his mental capacities
and where and when this
judicious exercise should occur;
but in the midst of this voluminous
amount of writing, the one
element vital to the pursuit of
knowledge—the individual scholar—
has usually been neglected.
The how's, why's and what's are
certainly important. However, the
most important ingredient, who,
has often been forgotten. For
this reason, the Plainsman takes
this opportunity, while the year
is new and new year's resolutions
are still hanging in the
chilly January air, to recognize
several of the most outstanding
students in the various schools on
campus who have made and continue
to demonstrate an ability
and desire to make "good grades."
Included in this group are students
with a 2.5 or better overall
grade point average and those
who have been named to the
deans' lists for scholastic achievement
during the Fall Quarter
1961. Due to a partial lack of information
from a few sources, the
following list of "campus scholars"
may appear to be incoherent
and illogically compiled.
Surely, many deserving students'
names have been omitted. Nevertheless,
the main purpos for this
article can still be achieved: recognition
of several meritous students
and an opportunity to offer
a resounding round of verbal
applause for those who care
enough to dedicate their abilities
toward seeking knowledge in a
real and meaningful manner as
manifested in various point averages.
For this reason the Plainsman
offers the following lists of students
for special recognition as
campus scholars:
School of Architecture
W. B. Byrd, Dayton Egger, Linda
M. Leeger, Nancy L. Moerlins,
Robert E. Ramsey, Gene Culver,
Johnny W. Sentell, William A.
Bradfield, Lois Clark, Dorothy B.
Mullins, Mary Anne Hargett.
School of Chemistry
William Crews Askew, Frances
E. Brannan, Robert J. Danos, Karen
L. Dark, John K. Dickinson,
Ullman C. Garrentt, Donald B.
Howell, Leonard L. Ingram,
Wayne L. Jenkins, James C. Lur-ton,
James D. McMillian, Gladys
J. Malcon, Mary F. Ramsey,
James E. Richardson, Clyde L.
Sharpe, James W. Struck.
School of Home Economics
Judy Holley, Patricia Garden,
Emily H. Morgan.
School of Education
Joan Ruth Abies, Winifred
Trent Archer, Ellie Diane Led-better
Barlow, Linda Kerr Bell,
Peggy Idella Crew, Mary Amelia
Fontille, Jerelyn Faye McCall
Grimmer, Julia Frances Harris,
Julie Ann Hoffman, Judith
Brown Holcombe, Annie Lide
Holladay, Shelia Kay Johnson,
Carol McLaughlin, Lila Nolen,
Mary Beth Parker, Sally Ann
Visiting Professor Expounds On India
Technical education in India is
developing at a very rapid pace.
The source of that statement is
Dr. Shankar Lai, a visiting professor
of mechanical engineering
at Auburn University.
A professor at India's University
of Roorkee, Dr. Lai is on
leave for one year while teaching
at Auburn. He said that in the
past 10 years the number of Indian
technical scholars has tripled.
"American loans have made
much of this development possible
and has helped with equipment
and personnel in the setting
up of several technical institutions,
and India is grateful," he
said.
In the opinion of Dr. Lai, there
is little difference between students
at Auburn and at Roorkee.
"The bright students are about
the same at both places," he said,
"but a comparison of the poor
students would be unfair since
Roorkee selects only one applicant
in about every 10 applying.
Here, you have a state institution.
You must take any graduate
of a state high school."
Dr. Lai believes that the mechanical
engineering department
at Auburn is growing and moving
in the right direction especil-ly
with the addition of the doctor
of philosophy program, just approved.
Five Masters Degrees
Conferred By Draughon
;'*-llvet6f the 366 -bachelors and
masters degrees conferred by
President Ralph B. Draughon at
Auburn University's fall graduation
went to students graduating
with honors.
James D. McMillan, Birmingham,
graduated with honor when
he received his Bachelor of Science
degree in chemical engineering.
Of those receiving Bachelor of
Science degrees in education,
Mary E. Orr Adams, Hartselle,
graduated with highest honors;
Jane A. Davis, Columbus, Ga.,
with honor; and Laura Z. Smith,
Tuskegee, with highest honor.
Wayne C. Curtis, Troy, graduated
with highest honor as he r e r
ceived the Bachelor of Science
degree in agricultural education.
Smith, Barbara Joyce Thomas,
Carol Elizabeth Thomas, Robert
Furman Ward, Carolyn Sue Wilson.
•School of Engineering
Caulton Lee Irwin, Kenneth
Leig Milton.Van Taylor Read,
Thomas Al Saunders, John Leon
Schenenol, Fred William Smith,
Bobby Gene Bowles, Thomas Rus
Clements, Rabeshmar Singh,
James Walter Cook, Donald W.
Sutherlin, David Erwin Mischke,
Johnny Merril Rampy, William J.
Barksdale, James Albert Hutchby,
Raymon Allen Heston, Athanasio
Prakouras, Bruce Lynwood Baker,
Freddie K. Ramsay.
School of Science and Lit
Richard Kilison Bond, Mary
Ann Cahoon, Willard Ray Cook,
Margaret Louise Kiland, Hubert
Ray Hall, Cordelia Houston, Harry
W. Hydrick, John David
Knight, Margie Ann Mantel.Char-les
M. Micholson, William Hosea
Phillips, Suellen Robinson, John
Harvey Salter, Paul Maxwell
Smith, Wendell Moore Starke,
William Leslie Stevens, Elmo L.
Torbert, Jr., Alysce M. Young.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Robert I. Jackson, John L.
Brown, William A. Kelly, Robert
D. Powers, Trajan H. Carney,
Robert Greenwall, Jack Lee Nelson,
Allan Victor Carb, George
Lee Tallman, Alan L. McCain,
Melvin H. Davis, Charles H.
Goby, Eugene J. Hollingsworth,
Jerry P. Bedsole, Lynne M. Siegfried,
Charles H. Frith, Wayne
D. Siegfried, Gerald L. Meyer,
John A. McPeak, Haywood B.
Bartlett, William T. Siler.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS Travel Committee Plans
Four-Day Nassau Cruise
On Friday, March 16, t h e Travel Committee of the Aub
u r n Union will sponsor a four-day college cruise for Auburn
students to Nassau. The tour will leave Miami at 5:00 p.m.
aboard the U. S. Bahama Star, a luxury ship of the Eastern
Shipping Line.
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Checker Champion
To Play At Union
Tom Wiswell, Brooklyn, New
York, world free-style checker
champion, will give a simultaneous
checker and chess exhibition
at the Auburn Union, Auburn
University, Tuesday, January 16,
1962. Mr. Wiswell, appearing under
the auspices of the Auburn
Union Recreation Committee, has
presented similar demonstrations
here three times in the past seven
years.
The free exhibition will be held
in the Auburn Union. Ballroom at
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Army Missile School Offers Program
Of Easy Training In Rocket Technology
Army missile educators believe 1962 will be an easier
year for young American soldiers studying complex and
fantastic new weapons.
For nine years now, the faculty of the Army Ordnance
Missile School in the "Rocket City" has been working to
develop mmoorree efficient ways to
teach young soldiers to understand
and interpret blue prints
and manuals dealing with missiles
that have as many as 250,00.0
parts.
The faculty of the Army's only
school devoted entirely to missile
training started from scratch
in Huntsville in 1952 under conditions
of great urgency with only
one instructor and no textbooks,
according to Col. William J. Mac-pherson,
commandant.
Today, Col. Macpherson believes
the Missile School is developing
a pattern that permits
more systematic training in the
new and rapidly changing field of
missile technology.
For one thing, the development
of second and third-generation
missiles has become more orderly,
and designs for different types of
missiles now have many similarities.
This has enabled the School to
cut its requirements for costly
hardware by developing common
blocks of training for all incoming
students.
The first phase of the common
block training began only six
months ago, but Col. Macpherson
says it already points toward a
higher quality of teaching and increased
student proficiency as
well as savings in personnel and
equipment.
Keystone of the new system is
a joint course that is attended by
the great majority of students reporting
here for courses on nine
separate missile systems.
This begins as a week's course
in basic Ordnance missile maintenance
skills attended by students
who previously would have been
divided into 12 classes, each with
an instructor.
At the end of this phase, stu-
The tour will arrive in Nassau
at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
The ship will be docked within a
short walking distance from the
shopping center, local excursion
facilities, night spots and other
municipal facilities. On board
ship, prior to landing, interested
individuals may sign up in advance
with local excursion guides
for sight-seeing tours in Nassau
or particular outings to nearby
islands. Popular means of transportation
on the island' include
horse-drawri surreys and bikes.
Several makes of sport cars are
also available on a rental basis.
Nassau is situated on the north
coast of the island of New Provi
dence in the Bahama group, east
of the island's center. New Provi
dence is twenty-one miles long
and seven miles wide. The mean
tmprature in the Bahamas is
about 70 degrees in March. The
Bahamas is a self-governing Brit
ish colony, the groverning system
being modeled closely after Great
Britain. The Governor is a representative
of the Queen, and is advised
by an Executive Council of
nine members.
The Bahamas government issues
currency on British sterling,
although United States currency
is accepted. There is no advantage
to having United States currency
changed to British money.
Visitors may take back,' duty
free, purchases up to $200 if they
have not received exemption in
the last 30 days and have ben out
dents on the Redstone and Sergeant
ballistic missiles leave the
main group for two weeks of mechanical
fundamentals, after
which they begin their own special
courses.
Ballistic missile repairmen have
a common three-week course on
basic missile electronics, while
the remainder take three weeks of
training in guidance and control.
An advanced guidance and control
course of five weeks is attended
'by' students assigned to
certain new missile systems.'
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of the United States for at least
48 hours. Exemption may not include
more than one wine gallon
of alcoholic beverage, nor
more than 100 cigars. Gifts valued
at no more than $10 may enter
the country duty free provided
it is clearly labeled, GIFT.
Baggage of visitors is subject to
custom inspection at dockside.
Total price of the cruise is
$54.00 which includes eight meals
and three nights lodging aboard
ship. The ship will be used as a
'drydock hotel" on the Saturday
night spent in Nassau. This price
does not include tours and side
trips while in Nassau or transportation
to and from Auburn.
However, if enough people show
interest, a bus may be charterd.
Girls will be required to have
written permission from their
parents on file in the office of
the Dean of Women before being
allowed to make the trip.
No passport or visa is required
for an American to enter Nassau
but in order to re-enter the
United States, each person must
present some proof of citizenship.
Citizenship identification includes
such items as birth cirtificates,
drivers licenses, voter's registration
card, student identification
card, etc. There are no vaccination
requirements.
The Bahama Star will leave
Nassau at 5:00 p.m., Sunday,
March 18, with arrival back in
Miami at 8:00 a.m. Monday
morning.
Only a limited amount of space
is available for this tour, so anyone
planning to go should try to
sign up as soon as possible. All
reservations must be in by February
1, and no refunds will be
given after February 15.
For further information about
the Nassau College Cruise, contact
the Union Travel Committee,
Room 303, Auburn Union, or
April Bennett, Dorm I.
Auburn Student Has Poem Published
Joseph T. Pilcher, Montgomery,
a freshman in pre-engineering at
Auburn University, has hidden
talents of which his engineering
professors are hardly aware.
Recently, "The Poet's Corner"
of The Hartford Times (Conn.)
published Pilcher's "The Wanderer,"
an original poem. Dr. Clyde
H. Cantrell, director of Auburn's
libraries, said that a cereful examination
of Pilcher's poem
shows he has real talent and that
some day he may be one of the
best engineering poets to graduate
from this center of higher
learning.
Young Pilcher is the son of J.
Mitchell Pilcher, who is a well
known author and poet, and
whose works have been published
by magazines and newspapers.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, January 10, 1962
On Campus with
MaxQhulman
{Author of "Rally Round The Flag, Boys", "The Many
Loves of Dobie Gillis", etc.)
RING IN THE NEW
Are you still writing "1961" on your papers and letters? I'll
bet you are, you scamps! But I am not one to be harsh with
those who forget we are in a new year, for I myself have long
been guilty of the same lapse. In fact, in my senior year at
college, I wrote 1873 on my papers until nearly November of
1874! (It turned iQut,; incidentally, not to be such a serious
.error because, as we all know, 1874 was later repealed by
President Chester A. Arthur in a fit of pique over the Black
Tom Explosion. And, as we all know, Mr. Arthur later came
to regret his hasty action. Who does not recall that famous
meeting between Mr. Arthur and Louis Napoleon when Mr.
Arthur said, "Lou, I wish I hadn't of repealed 1874." Whereupon
the French emperor made his immortal rejoinder, "Tipi
que nous et tyler tu." Well sir, they had many a good laugh
about that, as you can imagine.)
But I digress. How can we remember to write 1962 on our
papers and letters? Well sir, the best way is to find something
memorable about 1962, something unique to fix it firmly in
your mind. Happily, this is very simple because, as we all know,
1962 is the first year in history that is divisible by 2, by 4, and
by 7. Take a pencil and try it: 1962 divided by 2 is 981; 1962
divided by 4 is 490-1/2; 1962 divided by 7 is 280-2/7.This mathematical
curiosity will not occur again until the year 2079, but
we will all be so busy then celebrating the Chester A. Arthur
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bi-centenary that we will scarcely have time to be writing
papers and letters and like that.
Another clever little trick to fix the year 1962 in your mind
is to remember that 1962 spelled backwards is 2691. "Year"
spelled backwards is "raey." "Marlboro" spelled backwards is
"oroblram." Marlboro smoked backwards is no fun at all.
Kindly do not light the filter. What you do is put the filter end
in your lips, then light the tobacco end, then draw, and then
find out what pleasure, what joy, what rapture serene it is to
smoke the filter cigarette with the unfiltered taste. In 1962, as
in once and future years, you'll get a lot to like in a Marlboro-available
in soft pack and flip-top box in all 50 states and
Duluth.
But I digress. We were speaking of the memorable aspects
of 1962 and high among them, of .course, is the fact that ia
1962 the entire House of Representatives stands for election.
There will, no doubt, be many lively and interesting contests,
but none, I'll wager, quite so lively and interesting as the one
in my own district where the leading candidate is none other
than Chester A. Arthur!
Mr. Arthur, incidentally, is not the first ex-president to come
out of retirement and run for the House of Representatives.
John Quincy Adams was the first. Mr. Adams also holds
another distinction: he was the first son of a president ever to
serve as president. It is true that Martin Van Buren's son,
Walter "Blinky" Van Buren, was at one time offered the nomination
for the presidency, but he, alas, had already accepted
a bid to become Mad Ludwig of Bavaria. James K. Polk's son,
on the other hand, became Salmon P. Chase. Millard Fillmore's
son went into air conditioning. This later was known as
the Missouri Compromise. ©ioo2MMShuimaa
In Missouri, or anywhere else, there is no compromise with
quality in Marlboro or the new unfiltered king-size Philip
Morris Commander. The Commander does something new
in cigarette making—gently vacuum cleans the tobacco for
Savor and mildness. Get •aboard! You'll be welcome.
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300 Select Students In AU Co-op Program
Students Combine Work And Study
For Financial, Education Benefits
By BILL KOPCHO
Many males faces at Auburn seem to appear, disappear,
and re-appear as a year goes by. These are the faces of working
men who split their time between study and work, who
gain an education through study and practical experience,
who pay their own way through college and have a good job
awaiting them when they graduate.
They are enrolled in Au-
Plainsman Ventures
bum's cooperative program.
The first cooperative program
was begun in 1906 at the University
of Cincinnati. Since that
time this program has expanded
to 40 institutions in America, with
25,000 students participating. This
program came to Auburn in 1937
and is now headed by Charles E.
Gearing. Since that date it has
grown to an enrollment of 300
students. These students are employed
by 65 industrial companies,
engineering firms, and government
installations.
The Auburn cooperative program
is open to students enrolled
in all phases of engineering,
aeronautical administration, industrial
management, textile
management, textile science, and
mathematics. However, before students
in these courses are eligible
to participate in the program,
they must meet certain requirements.
The prospective cooperative
student enrolls as a regular
student his freshman year. He
attends classes for two or three
quarters. This is a trial period
for the prospective co-op student
to prove himself scholastically
suitable for the program. During
this time he must maintain at
least a "C" average. If he does
well in his studies, he is interviewed
and accepted into the pro-
Eta Kappa Nu Offers
Free Sliderule Course
Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electrical
engineering fraternity, again
is offering complete instruction in
sliderule at no obligation to the
student.
An organizational meeting was
held Tuesday, Jan. 9, in Brown
auditorium with classes to begin
Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. A two
course in one offer is being made
to attract those who already are
somewhat familiar with their slide
rules. . This consists of a three-week
study of the basic scales and
three weeks of the special scales.
Meeting time is Tuesday, 7 p.m.,
in Broun Auditorium.
gram. His main interest is determined
from the interview, and he
is given a choice of job possibilities
from which he can choose.
He then begins the program by
working a quarter.
The main objective of Auburn's
cooperative program is to give
the participating students practical
experience on the job while
allowing them to attend classes
part of the time. The students
alternate quarters of work and
attending classes. This program
benefits both student and employer.
The student acquires
knowledge which he applies to
his class when he returns the
following quarter. He learns what
it is like to work in an industry
and whether he has chosen the
type of work he is best suited for.
On the other hand, the employer
looks at the student as a prospective
employee after graduation.
There is no obligation, however,
on the part of the student to return
to a particular employer.
A secondary objective of the program
is to aid the student in financing
his education from quarter
to quarter.
Although there are many benefits
to the program, there are also
some disadvantages. The student
is out of school on alternate quarters.
This may hurt or help the
particular student. He must review
the previous quarter and
prepare for the next on his own.
A four year regular program will
take five years for the cooperative
student. However, the extra
time spent is advantageous to the
student. He is prep'aring himself
for the business world while attending
school. He will be better
adapted to work than the typical
green, fresh college grad.
The students enrolled in the cooperative
program at Auburn are
select people. They do better
scholastically in school than their
classmates overall, and they usually
get good positions when they
graduate.'The program has grown
considerably since its initial start
in 1937 and it has helped many
students. It will continue to serve
students, who are qualified, in
the coming years.
CHARLES E. GEARING, Director of the Auburn co-op program,
talks to Wayne Bailey, co-op student at the Redstone Arsenal,
concerning permanent employment opportunities. Wayne,
president of the School of Engineering, is one of 300 co-op students
attending Auburn.
AU Has 2nd Peace Corps Volunteer
As Ann Snuggs Sent To Philippines
Ann Snuggs, an Auburn graduate,
has been assigned to San
Enrique, Negroes Occidental Phil^
ippines for her two-year Peace
Corps service. She is the second
Auburn grad to volunteer for the
program, and she received her
assignment after four months of
intensive training, Ann has spent
the last two months of training in
the Philippines, learning first
hand about Philippine culture and
society. ""•
Her demanding training schedule
has her in class six days a
week from eight to five studying
such subjects as Intensive Taga-log
(the Philippine national language),
Philippine culture and
society,- the Philippine school system,
and methods of teaching.
Outside of formal training Ann
has been particularly impressed
with field trips to village schools
where she has helped out in the
classrooms.
' Ann is one of three hundred
Peace Corps Volunteers going to
the Philippines this year as part
of a project designed to help upgrade
the teaching of science and
English in the rural public-
A couple of very
smart chicks!
"They look like
good material!"
Mutual admiration! When a saver meets a saver going to and
from this bank, each knows that the other is hep to the difference
between wishing and having . . . which is systematic saving!
Young people, in particular, have so many
wants, needs and wishes, that regular saving
is especially important to them. Those
who learn the savings lesson early are the
very ones most likely to go places, do things
Now paid on savings
and have things . . . from here on out!
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schools. Her formal job will be
that of teacher's assistant, but she
is also expected to participate actively
in the life of the local community
by working in such activities
as scouting, -£-H work,
adult education or community
development.
The Peace Corps sends its volunteers
to distant parts of the
world to fill the vital manpower
shortages experienced by developing
nations. But the volunteers
are also involved in a vital
learning process designed to help
them and their fellow citizens
understand peoples whose way of
life is so vastly different from
that of the typical American. Volunteers
to the Philippines are already
deeply immersed in this
learning process.
One of the characteristics that
has most impressed the Peace
Corps volunteers is the Filipino's
concern for the feelings of others.
Filipinos are masters at
avoiding embarrassing situations
and will go to great lengths to
enable another person to maintain
a sense of personal dignity
and worth. Most volunteers feel
that this is a lesson Americans
could very profitably learn from
the Filipino.
Equally impressive has been
the overwhelming Filipino hospitality.
Staying overnight on a
field trip, one Volunteer was surprised
to learn that his host, a
school teacher, had stayed up all
the previous night repainting the
inside of his home in his honor.
He was dismayed to find that he
was" to sleep on the only bed in
the house while the rest of the
family slept on the floor.
At times the hospitality has
been exhausting. For the first two
Committee Submits
Religious Program
By JEANNE SWANNER
Through the co-operation of the
Auburn Churches, the Religious
Life Committee of Auburn University
will sponsor two programs
during the coming months.
The first of these will be a series
of lectures of an informative
nature on the Jewish religion. The
lectures will be under the direction
of the Jewish Chatagua Society.
They will be held on Jan. 23
and 24 in the Auburn Union Ballroom.
The second program will be in
the form of an art exhibit entitled
"Behold The Man." This outstanding
collection of paintings of Jesus
and his life will be presented
the week before Easter.
The Religious Life Committee
provides programs to enable stu-weeks
the Volunteers found little
time for study or sleep. They
would discover that one of the
nearby villages had invited the
local Congressman, repainted the
school, and slaughtered half the
chickens in the area for a reception
in honor of the Peace Corps.
Rather than embarrass the village
by the non-appearance of its honored
guests, volunteers would
drop their books and hurry off to
the reception.
In addition to their impression
of Filipino culture, many volunteers
have been distressed to learn
about some of the elements of
American culture that have been
introduced into the Philippines.
Among the first impressions of
the American visitor to the Philippines
are the omnipresence of
American rock n' roll, the flashy
American automobiles in the big
cities, and the overwhelming preference
for American products,
bad or good.
The Peace Corps Volunteers by
their actions hope to show Filipinos
some other aspects of
America's heritage—the idealism,
the pioneering spirit, the respect
for differences among people. By
contributing to the process of
mutual understanding at a deeper
level than the Hollywood movies,
they hope to help lay some small
foundation for the world community
which has so rapidly become
the only alternative to
world destruction.
NEA Doctor Speaks
To Education School
Dr. Karl Berry of the National
Education Association will address
staff and students of the
Auburn University School of Education
Jan. 10. He will speak
before the staff at 3 p.m. Members
of the Student Education
Association will hear him at 7:30
p.m.
Walter "Pudden" Thomas, Auburn '36
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dents to increase their knowledge
and understanding in the religious
field.
AED Honorary Initiates 11 AU Students
Eleven Auburn University students
have been initiated into the
Alabama Gamma chapter of Alpha
Epsilon Delta, International
Pre-mcdical Honor Society.
The new initiates are: K a r en
Ann Holcombe, Mary Ann New-dome,
Virginia Grady, John M.
Owen, David H. Gillard, Jr.,
Chester Lee Nicholson, William
C. Shelor, Jr., John M. Crymes,
and Burton W. Marsh.
Qualifications for membership
include high personal and moral
worth and attainment of a scholarship
average of 2.0 or better
of a possible 3.0 for three consecutive
quarters.
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, J a n u a r y 10, 1962
SPACE, MISSILE & JET PROJECTS
AT DOUGLAS
have created outstanding
career opportunities for
SCIENTISTS and ENGINEERS
B.S. degrees or better
Assignments include the following areas:
Servo-Mechanisms-relating to
all types of control problems
Electronic Systems-relating to
all types of guidance, detection,
control and communications
Propulsion —relating to fluid-mechanics,
thermodynamics,
dynamics, internal aerodynamics
Environmental-relating to air
conditioning, pressurization and
oxygen systems
Human Factors-analysis of
environment affecting pilot and
space crews, design of cockpit consoles,
instrument panels and pilot
Heat Transfer—relating to missile
and space vehicle structures
Structures —relating to cyclic
loads, temperature effects, and the
investigation of new materials,
methods, products, etc.
Aerodynamics-relating to wind
tunnel, research, stability and
control
Solid State Physics-relating to
metal surfaces and fatigue
Space vehicle and weapon
system studies-of all types,
involving a vast range of scientific
equipment and engineering skills
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INDIVIDUAL ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS
with a Douglas representative
Thursday, Jan. 18 & Friday, Jan. 19
We urge you to make an appointment through W. Scott Farley, Manager,
Graduate Placement Office. If you cannot, please write to
S. A. Amestoy, Staff Assistant to VP Engineering
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To Foster The Auburn Spirit
JIM BULLINGTON
Editor
TOM FOWLER
Business Manager
Managing Editors—Bobby Boettcher, John Wallace; Assistant Editor—Katherine Davis; Sports
Editor—Charles McCay; Features Editor—Jim Dinsmore; News Editor—Harry Wilkinson; Assistant
News Editor—Joe Murphy; Assistant Features Editor—Don Phillips; Art—Tom Walker, Pat
Reid; Copy Reading—Grace Harris; Staff Writers—Fran Cooper, Bill Kapcho, Diane Moon,
Emmy Fisher, Sue Bishop, Fred Sullivan, Sally George, Jeanne Sioanner Mary Sparrow, Rch-ard
Bond, Bob Reed, Diane Snoddy,\Liza Sanders; Advertising Manager—Richard Raiford; Assist
ant Advertising Manager—Dan Ennis; Circulation Manager—Winston Pridle; Exchange Editor—
Marian Singer.
Plainsman offices are located in Room 318 of the Auburn Union and in The Lee Co-iuty Bvl-letin
building on Tichenor Avenue. Entered as second class matter at the post office in Auburn,
Alabama. Subscription rates by mail are $1 for three months and $3 for a full year.
The Plainsman is the official student newspaper of Auburn University and is written and
edited by responsible students. Opinions published herein are not necessarily those of the administration.
Publication date is Wednesday and circulation is 8,500.
The Plainsman is represented by the National Advertising Service.
Alabama Moves Toward Anachronism
It seems almost unbelievable, but the
people of Birmingham and Montgomery
appear determined to withdraw from the
20th Century. Because the courts have said
that all citizens have equal, rights to use
the public facilities which their tax money
pays for, these people and their elected
representatives have set a course which
would solve problems which this action
would supposedly bring about. If there are
no public facilities, they reasoned, then
Negroes obviously can't use them.
If these Crusaders are persistent, they
will probably be successful in their Holy
War to close public parks in Birmingham
and airport facilities in Montgomery. And
there would then be other fields of endeavor
to which they could turn. However,
Alabamians should be aware of the clear
choice which is necessarily involved in
such action: either this and similar moves
will be reversed and Alabama will have a
chance for prosperity, a decent educational
system, and progress on many fronts; or
the reactionaries will be successful and
Alabama will remain in poverty and ignorance,
increasingly cut off and isolated
from the main stream of American life.
Surely anyone who is at all aware of
what is going on in the world knows that
federal law must be obeyed or all public
facilities must be closed. There was a time
when Southerners thought they could have
their cake and eat it too, but now they
must face up to reality. The experience of
all Southern states since 1954 has shown
that there is no way to successfully evade
the federal courts except to close down the
public facilities involved, reverting to the
19th Century.
In the modern world, new industries, expanding
economics, and improving cultures
are closely interrelated with civic responsibility
and progress. They certainly
do not follow closed recreation and travel
facilities.
Perhaps the people of this state fear
that Negroes will pervert the purity of the
park pigeons or that they will pollute the
sweet, pure air of airport bathrooms, but
if they close public facilities in order.to
maintain segregationist customs, they must
be prepared to accept the consequences.
Industry and business will be driven away
and discouraged, there will be no adequate
tax sources to support public education and
a thousand and one other needed services,
and the state will.become more and more
isolated and backward.
These are plain, hard facts of life, clearly
demonstrable wherever irrational forces
such as these have their way. There are
some encouraging signs of awakening, and
even the state press has recognized this for
the misconceived futility that it is. It is
high time for thinking people in Alabama
to Dut an end to this anachronism.
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Rampant Library Vandalism
Auburn's library, already poor enough
because of inadequate resources, is made
even worse by irresponsible students who
steal and mutilate its material. This problem
is increasingly serious as Auburn
stands on the threshold of moving into a
new, open stack library which lends itself
even more readily to such vandalism.
The latest issue of the Auburn "Library
Bulletin" reports that in 1960 there were
100 missing books which were reordered
at a minimum cost of $5 each, and that
periodicals in some fields were mutilated
at a rate of as much as 70 per cent. The
damage was probably even worse last year,
and it would be worse still in an open stack
library.
Two courses of action seem available:
impose a fee on all students to cover use
of the library or take drastic action to end
its irresponsible use by those few students
who abuse their privilege. The choice seems
obvious.
A large midwestern university recently
imposed a fine of $100 or suspension on
any student found mutilating material or
carrying it from the building without charging
it. Action of this nature seems to be in
order for Auburn.
More Members For Honoraries
The two national leadership honoraries
for men at Auburn, Blue Key and Omicron
Delta Kappa, have an average membership
level of around 15 or 16 ^members each.
This was also their membership level in
the pre-World War II era when the school
had some 2,000 students.
Since Auburn now has around 9,000 students,
it seems in order that these organizations
should also expand their membership.
Besides the element of recognition
for jobs well done, there are many needed
projects which could be better carried out
with more members. Also, recognition
should be extended to leaders in fields of
activity which are not now adequately covered.
Many of the present members of both
organizations have recognized the need for
expansion and expressed a willingness to
carry it through. Consistent with high
standards of membership, we hope this
move will be brought to meaningful frui-tition
in the near future.
Registration-A Trip To The Dentist
It happens every quarter. And every
quarter it gets worse. Registration stands
like an eternal Charon at the River Styx
disputing the entrance of all students to
the Auburnian Hades, and this fierce monster
can only be overcome by a Hurculean
effort.
Most of us are successful in the effort,
but not without irreparable wounds—an
extra quarter or two in school, a wasteful
and intolerable schedule, an overabundance
of especially hard courses, or any
number of lesser injuries. And even those
who escape these pitfalls cannot emerge
unscathed by the rugged slopes of Red
Tape Mountain.
Of course the administration is not wholly
to blame for this evil. Uncooperative and
uninformed students contribute a l a r g e
share. Nevertheless the evil is there, a rock
of Sisyphus which grows larger each quarter.
The root of this problem can be traced
back to the bedrock of most problems.here
at Auburn—too many students and too little
money. However, there is one potential
remedy (not solution) to this problem
which doesn't contain elements of the radicalism
of hope for a sensible admissions
program or the futility of hope for an adequate
legislative appropriation, and in line
with our recent anti-freshmen crusade, we
would like to present it for consideration:
Freshmen should not be permitted to go
through the process of registration. That
is, their schedules should be predetermined
by electronic computers, and they should
be presented these schedules when they
pay their fees. No deviation from these
schedules should be permitted except in
extraordinary, hardship cases which could
be considered by the various Deans. If
this remedy did not prove adequate, the
same program could be instituted for sophomores.
Admittedly, this is not a totally pleasant
prospect, but neither is that of having a
tooth pulled; and a visit to the dentist is
considerably better than a continuing ab-cess.
Auburn needs to pay a visit to the
registration dentist.
Fatality Rate Soars . .
GUARDIAN OF THE GATE
'Jack Acid' Attacks.
Ideas Of Communist Infiltration At Auburn Are Existent;
Based Only On Misconceived, Unwarranted Assumptions
ByW.H.Byrd
An Auburn student goes home
for a few. days and is plagued
with the question: "What's being
done about all those communists
you've got down there?" This has
happened, and we wonder just
how common it is.
In any case, some one has the^
idea that Auburn is infested with
the Red Plague. This, of course,
reflects on the students and faculty
to no small degree. It also
exhibits the current trend to
label Communist anything that
one does not understand. Universities
and education in general
are little understood by the man-in-
the-street, and for a long time
now, universities and education
have been- suspect. Auburn runs
this risk as long as it bears the.
seal of a university. Students and
faculty at Auburn are going to
have to be prepared to. counter
such charges—unless, of course,
they happen to believe them.
Other than the fact that Auburn
is a university and deals in
education of a sort, there is little
evidence that a communist witch
hunt is called for—or that a communist
influence is present. Only
two instances come to mind
where communism is referred to
Auburn. From these two the misinterpretation
seems to have
spread.
Last year a faculty member
was charged, in a letter to the
Plainsman, with teaching materialism.
The charge was tossed
around indiscriminately until it
came out spelled COMMUNISM.
Now anyone who can see past the
billboards that line the highways
should be aware that capitalism
is about as materialistically oriented
as is possible. Thus far, materialism
and communism aren't
synonomous. Nor was it an established
fact that the instructor
was teaching materialism. As
other members of the class recalled,
the most that happened
was possibly a teaching aboift
materialism—which is a bit different
from teaching materialism,
and a lot different from teaching
communism. But the word
gets out, and there are plenty of
individuals and organizations
eager to gobble it up and run it
through their propaganda mill.
To some minds, an opposition
to the avid segregationist attitude
about race relations is synonomous
with communism. When
a group of Auburn students
publicly expressed their displeasure
about bus burnings and
mobocracy they were labled as
communist or communist sympathizers.
The Un-Alabama activities
list grew a little longer.
This helped to fertilize the attitude
that Auburn harbors subversion.
If the citizenry cares to
associate a natural aversion to
atrocities with an embracing of
communism, it is not to the credit
of the citizenry; they are in a
very bad way.
It is getting easier every day to
label an opponent as communist
and let some Jack Acid Society
take care of him. It is easy to
gain public approval of an idea
or attitude by labeling its opposite
as communist inspired. The
witch hunters are having a field
day. And the witch hunters' followers
are afraid not to tag along
—lest they fall under the accusing
eye.
We are well aware that it becomes
impossible to publicly express
a sentiment favorable to
public aid to anything. Socialism
is charged; and before the sentiment
can be explained, someone
is already spelling socialism with
a capital C. Education needs public
aid badly, any kind of aid
badly. But some call it communism,
and the schools suffer forever
from depleted resources.
Since a freedom of choice,
which is inherent in democracy,
allows the freedom to choose
socialism or communism if one so
desires; the very freedoms of democracy
are imperiled by the
witch hunters. Academic freedom
usually catches the brunt of the
attack. Without academic freedom,
the university system will
cease to be effective. It could
eventually die of self-congestion.
A mechanical morning recitation
of the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag is not going to make up for
a deficiency of inquiry into politics,
sociology, economics, religion
or what have you. And if we are
not free under the flag, the flag
is not going to mean very much.
The charge of communism at
Auburn borders on the ridiculous.
But then all charges based on
misconceptions and false impressions
border on the ridiculous. It
becomes totally ridiculous when
there is misconception within the
University itself. It is a sad thing
that anywhere there is an open
and thinking mind, there too
points the accusing finger.
The university is the home of
the open and thinking mind. It is
the job of the university to nurture
this phenomenon within our
society. If the university fails, the
open and thinking mind will be
lost, and with it the hope for
civilization.
A lot could be done about communism
at Auburn. Some very
definitive courses could be offered
to investigate it, explain it,
analyze it and understand it.
Without this, there won't be anyone
able to recognize Communism
when it does arrive.
A New Year Begins
AU Does Not Desire Change For '62,
Remains Complacent And Content
By Jim Dinsmore
Another year. Another quarter.
The same Auburn. And we will
remain the same. Our administration,
for the most part, does not
desire change. We, the students,
cling to our somewhat mythical
Southern tradition and are afraid
of change. Auburn will not undergo
sweeping progress next
year or in the years to come unless
the minds, thoughts, feeli
n g s of a great many Southern
folk change completely and adopt
a new policy of liberal progress.
This is unlikely and almost impossible.
One position is set. The road to
Auburn's future has been determined
by a few generations of
Southern thought. It is a long
road, but it is heading in the direction
of progress: slow, plodding
progress, true, but a real progress,
heading straight, not to the
right or to the left.
There are those who want Auburn
to change, to go, go, go. This
would be a great thing and something
to work for, but somehow
I just don't believe it will ever
happen. There is something intangible
involved, something to
do again with minds and hearts
and feelings. There is somehow
entwined in the Southern soul a
feeling of complacency, a resistance
to change. No one can
get into the Southern soul and
uproot what was there from the
beginning. We will remain the
same, though slowly, imperceptibly
we change.
i, In many respects, Auburn is
lacking and due for a few
changes. We are by no means a
great university. We fall short
even of the name "university."
There is a lack of seriousness
everywhere apparent. Auburn
does not present a real intellectual
challenge. Our scholastic
standards should be higher. Seldom
can we find anything resembling
a "pursuit of learning."
At Auburn our pursuit of learning
is turned on and off continuously,
depending on how we
feel. Student leadership is lacking.
Professors are underpaid and,
therefore, not as good as they
could be. Using the usual criterion
for a good university, Auburn
is about average, I suppose,
though better in some respects.
Will Auburn surge to the top in
'62 because of a new emphasis on
scholarship and learning? Can we
change the prevalent student attitudes
any time soon? Will the
self-study program now in effect
propose positive changes and im-improvements
and will these
changes be put into effect as they
were meant to be? Will Auburn
taste the fruits of progress in
•62?
No, I don't believe it will happen.
And yet we have something.
We have what is probably the
best fraternity and sorority system
among all colleges in America.
We have people, a strange
type of people who are interested
in other people, who are friendly
because they want to be friendly,
who adhere to a romantic conception
of the Southern ideals,
always have^ and always will.
There is something abiding here
that makes this place great, and
I don't believe it can be found
in books. This has not changed
and will not change in '62.
What are we left with to begin
a new year? We are left with Aui
burn, as it is, as it has been, as
it will be. What can we do to
make it better? Why, hell, I sorta
like it the way it is. Complacent?
Yes, but I just thought I'd look
at an overall picture of Auburn for
a short while.
Failures Flourish During Fall Quarter;
Teachers, Students And State At Fault
By Harry Wilkinson
Failures for the past fall quarter
at Auburn soared upward and
an ever increasing number of students
failed to pass the necessary
five hours for retaining residence
at the college. Naturally, the big
question mark as to "WHY?"
comes into focus. There are apparently
three outstanding reasons
for this at Auburn.
First of all, the students' attitude
toward scholastic endeavor
is far from being up to par. After
all there are ten football week
ends in the fall quarter not to
mention cake races, homecoming
floats, pep rallies, pledging, etc.,
etc. However, we are in school
primarily for an education. Student
behavior has shown itself to
be such that as long as an activity
of pleasure is going on,
books are out of the question.
Perhaps a curtailment of some
of these activities is the only
answer. It should not be. A mature
sense of responsibility is the
logical solution. Students have
not demonstrated that trait as of
late.
Secondly, the calibre of instruction
might quite likely be inferior.
But what can be expected
from a state that ranks 50th in
education appropriations? The solution
to this phase of the problem
is apparently quite simple.
The Alabama Legislature must
provide more money for teachers.
Teachers too are affected
by our economic system and must
have adequate wages at least
commensurate with those obtained
by teachers in neighboring
states. Needless to say, the
state has not radiated with the
quality of economic abundance to
teachers lately.
The last phase of the failure
rate seems to lie in the various
grading techniques of instructors.
For instance, one physics instructor
failed approximately 70 per
cent of a class last quarter. Similar
reports although somewhat
milder have been voiced loudly
about the chemistry and English
departments to name a few. It
seems evident that quizzes are
beyond reason or the calibre of
instruction is pitiful. In any case,
the full brunt of such misdemeanors
should not be brought
against the student. Due fairness
demands admittance that some
students do not do passing work
and deserve to fail. But well over
half a class? The solution to this
problem is to find out who these
instructors are and conduct yourself
accordingly during registration.
It is the student who signs
up for the course.
Another aspect along this line
is the instructor who adapts his
grading scale to fit the students
whom she or he likes to talk with
or drink beer with. Again, find
out who these teachers are and
register accordingly.
I believe that overall Auburn
has a sincere and devoted faculty.
The prototypes mentioned above
represent a small minority. These
might even be considered sincere
and devoted. But a little second
thought by a few faculty members
and a whole lot of bookwork by
negligent Auburn students is likely
a logical solution to the high
fatality rate on this campus.
For Undirected Lives
To Aim High Is To Live Happily;
Man Lives As Long As Goals Exist
By Jim Vickery
"A man shall live only as long
as the thing he gives his life to
lives" has been written by someone
in an attempt to explain^the,
enigma ;bf the undirected" arid*
goalless life. Somehow, this very
timely and pertinent thought
seems to encompass all that man
is living for—and dying for. This
end of life appears to be the
reality that part of him will live
after him. Whether a man lives
a long, unabbreviated life or a
great deal less than his three
score years and ten matters not
if the whole end of his existence
is the giving of his few short
hours upon the stage of action to
something that will outlive him—
something bigger than - he is—
something that will enable him
to outlive, in effect, the bonds
of temporal death. All men who
care want their lives to be meaningful.
We all undoubtedly want
the "walking shadow" of our life
to do more than strut and fret
away the precious moments that
time allows us here. A life dedicated
to something that shall not
Letters . . .
Liberal Arts Student
Needs Science Too
Editor, The Plainsman:
In his recent column "Conformity
Comes to College Campus;
Leadership Ideal Suffers
Consequences," Harry Wilkinson
makes several good points but I
feel he blundered on the question
of curricula.
If only literature, as such, and
grammar were studied by the
English major, the result would
be acute mental isolation. This is
not a quality to be desired in tomorrow's
leaders.
To appreciate the literature
and history of the world, the student
must have background in
and understanding of the areas of
thought that contribute to the
make-up of the world in which it
was created.
Just as the engineering student
or chemist must study English in
order to communicate with others,
the liberal arts student must
have a background in the sciences
to understand what is being
said.
Finally, I believe the columnist
will find the requirement — at
least, in the School of Science
and Literature — is 10 hours of
biological sciences or 10 hours of
physical sciences, rather than ten
of each.
Sincerely
Helen Neisler, '61
Madison, Ala.
die will be a life that will manifest
meaning and purpose. Such
a life has a rightful license to
stake a claim on the. precious
middle-ground that exists between
the beginning and the end
of temporal living.
A life given to the undying—
to the infinite—is a life that clearly
has goals. And what is a life
without goals? If we are to be
happy here, if we are to improve
man's lot on this planet, if we
are to donate something to those
who live with and outlive us, we
must set goals for ourselves—and
we must set them high. Take a
good look at your goals in life.
For what are you living? Many
times we aim at nothing—and hit
it! Consider your purpose in using
the stuff of which life is made:
time. Life is too valuable to be
wasted. Stop, examine, correct,
aim high and for v/hat you shall
live on. •
In this new year, challenge
your energies with a life dedicated
to and directed toward a
goal worth your life. What is such
a goal? Some might say "Truth,"
others "Good," but many confess
"God."
"A man shall live only as long
as the thing he gives his life to
lives."
JOKES
During the recent shake-up of
Kennedy administration personnel,
the President was rumored to
have been considering Chester
Bowles for a high post in the
Treasury Department. This was
ruled out, however, by Secretary
of the Treasury Douglas Dillion,
who said it would be out of the
question to call Bowles on the
telephone and say, "Hello, Chester.
This is Dillon."
* * *
It's shocking how many pretty
girls these days are detracting
from their beauty by using four-letter
words. Words like won't,
can't, and don't.
* * *
The Southern farmer was introducing
his boys to the visiting
governor.
"Seventeen boys," boasted the
father, "and all Democrats—except
John, the rascal. He got to
readin'.'
* * *
Since we call professors "profs"
it's easy to figure out what we
ought to call assistants.
* $ *
Love makes the world go round;
but then, so does a swallow'of tobacco
juice.
J
AU Students Gain Regional Interviews
For Woodrow Wilson Fellowships
Seven Auburn University students have been invited to
regional interviews by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
Foundation. The interviews will be conducted Jan. 19 in
Atlanta.
The group is the largest number of students from Auburn
in the national competition in one
GRAD SCHOOL GETS
NDEA FELLOWSHIPS
Nine new National Defense Education
Act fellowships have been
allotted to the Auburn University
Graduate School for 1962-63.
Graduate Dean W. V. Parker was
informed of the fact this week
by the Department of Health', Education
and Welfare.
Five of the new fellowships are
in previously approved programs.
Three of the five are in agronomy
and soils and two are in
mathematics. The remaining four
new fellowships are in the department
of zoology-entomology.
This program has been approved
for the first time.
Each NDEA fellowship recipient
receives $2,000 his first year,
$2,200 the second and $2,000 the
third. $400 is awarded for each
dependent. The institution that
the recipient attends receives an
allowance of up to $2,500 each
year to help administer the education
of each individual awardee.
ATTENTION HELL RAISERS
There will be an 8 a.m. party
this Saturday at the Plainsman
Club. Contact . "Deals" Law at
SAE.
year. In 1961 two were invited for
regional interviews. Four of the
fellowships have been awarded to
Auburn students in the past.
The Woodrow Wilson fellowships
are offered to selected students
who plan to do graduate
work in the United States or Canada.
Students must be nominated
by a faculty member in order to
apply for one of the fellowships.
This year 26 were nominated and
21 sent in applications.
The purpose of the fellowships
is to encourage students to choose
college teaching as a career. Dr.
David W. Malone is Auburn's
Woodrow Wilson advisor.
Those students invited to the
regional interviews include: Leon
Hartwell Allen, Katherine Wors-ley
Davis, Judith Clayton Estes,
Robert Allen Hardekopf, William
R. MeLeod, Lila Nolen, and Alyce
M. H. Young.
NOTICE
Arts of Southern California, the
drawing invitational gathered in
the California region, will be exhibited
in the Auburn Union Gallery,
Auburn University, e v e ry
day between Jan. 7 and Jan. 30,
1962.
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throngs Biggin Hall during registration. Final enrollment figures will not be available until later in
the quarter.
AU Researchers Win National Note;
15 U.S. Health Service Grants Here
Auburn University researchers
in many fields have gained nationwide
recognition as a result of
their research at Auburn. An indication
of this recognition is the
growing number, of specialized
experiments being carried on under
grants from the U. S. Public
Health Service.
A recently published summary
of current grants from the agency.
Public Health Service Grants and
Awards by the National Institutes
of Health, lists 15 Auburn University
projects. Carrying out the
studies are 10 teams of scientists
in the Agricultural Experiment
Station, School of Pharmacy and
School of Veterinary Medicine.
• Investigators and their projects
are: Dr. B. W. Arthur, C. O.
Knowles, F. L. Hastings, J. R.
Bourne, Haney Camp, Dr. F. S.
Ararit, and Dr. W. G. Eden, Experiment
Station zoology-entomology
department, "Control of
Blood-Sucking Ectoparasites;" Dr.
W. S. Bailey and Dr. W. G. Dacres,
School of Veterinary Medicine,
"Mechanism of Immunity Against
Hymenolepis Nana;" Dr. W. G.
Dacres and Dr. A. H. Groth,
School of Veterinary Medicine and
Station animal disease . .research
department, "Flourescent Antibody
Investigation of Animal Diseases;"
Dr. D. E. Davis, Dr. H. H. Fun-derburk,
and Donald Roberts, Station
botany and plant pathology
department, "Fate and Mechanism
of Action of Herbicides."
Dr. G. E. Hawkins, Dr. R. Y.
Cannon, and Gary E. Parr, Station
dairy science department,
"Secretion of Bacteriostatic Drugs
in Milk by Cows;" Dr. Paul M.
Newberne and Dr. D. R. Strength,
station animal science department,
"Congenital Defects in Rats Deficient
in Vitamin B12;" Dr. Kirby
L. Hayes, Dr. Henry F. Turner, P.
F. Olsen, and John Shoemaker,
Station zoology-entomology department,"
Ecology of Vectors and
Reservoirs of Trypanoi Soma
Cruzi;" Dr. W. D. Salmon, animal
science department, "Amino Acid
Imbalances and Interrelationships;"
Dr. Salmon and Dr. Newberne,
"Role of Nutrition in Animal
Cancerogenesis" and "Vascular
Lesions of Choline-Methionine
Deficiency;" Dr. Salmon and Dr.
Robert Smith, "Choline and Nucleic
Acid Metabolism in Tumors."
. Dr. Strength, "Interrelationships
of Nitrogenous Compounds
of Tissues; Dr. H. S. Swingle, Dr.
W. W. Shell, and R. O. Smither-man,
Station zoology-entomology
department, "Control of Aquatic
Weeds by Herbivorous Fishes;"
Dr. Swingle and'Ray Allison, "Biological
Control of Snails by
Shellcracker Sunfish;" and Dr. B.
B. Williams and Dr. S. T. Coker,
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M.E. Professors Awarded Fellowships
Two Auburn University professors
in mechanical engineering are
recipients of National Science
Foundation Science Faculty. Fellowships
for study towards doctoral
degrees. J. Grady Cox and
Weldon Frank Swinson are the
recipients of the grants. They are
the second and third persons in
the mechanical engineering department
to receive such grants.
T. C. Min was the first. He began
his study under the NSF faculty
fellowship last September at the
University of Minnesota.
Cox will enroll in the Department
of Industrial Engineering at
Purdue University where he will
major in operations research. His
grant will cover 15 months study
toward a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering.
Swinson's award will be used
for 12 months study at the University
of Illinois where he will
be enrolled in the Department of
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Cox received his B.S. in Chemical
Engineering and M.S. in
Mathematics from Auburn and
has completed preliminary work
on a Ph.D. in Mathematics at the
University of North Carolina. He
has been a member of the Auburn
faculty since 1949. His publications
include co-authorship of
"Stability Criteria for the Numerical
Solution of. Certain Transient
Heat Transfer Problems," a
paper on Couchy's Method of In-
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a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from the Agriculture
and Mechanical College of Texas
in 1960. He has been at Auburn
since the fall of 1960.
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6—THE PLAINSMAN AUBURN, ALABAMA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1962
SPORTS
SPOTLIGHT
By
CHARLES McCAY
Sports Editor
Harvey And His Fan Club-
A belated Happy New Year to you all.
Harvey Johnston, reserve forward for the Tiger Basketball team,
must have felt every inch of his six feet and four inch height after
the game with the University of Chattanooga last week.
No doubt about it, he was a big man after this game. Let me
hasten to say at this point that Harvey didn't sink the winning basket
or anything nearly so spectacular. As a matter of fact, all Harvey
did was play. And this was only in the closing minutes of the game
when Auburn was way out in front.
But this was good enough for the fans in "Ye Olde Sports Arena,"
who had spent a large portion of the second half, chanting "We want
Harvey,, we want Harvey."
Their pleas were not in vain. With time running out, Coach
Joel Eaves sent the 185-pound sophomore from Ozark, into the game
and the old barn shook. The crowd was wild with glee.
•—Four Points No Less
But, wait I have neglected to mention a very important aspect
of it all. Harvey scored four points already!
The last man off the bench shot twice and just as many basketballs
went sailing through the air right on target. This was too much
for the jubilant fans. As the game ended, the supporters of Mr. Johnston
rushed onto the playing court, hoisted their hero' onto their
shoulders and carried him off in the direction of the Tiger dressing
room.
As he rode high above the milling crowd, a smile was much in
evidence. It was not hard to see that he was quite pleased by all the
commotion.
Well sir, 01' Harvey had better get used to this sort of thing because
he's got .himself, a fan club!
•—Plenty of Post Season Action
Even though the football Tigers didn't play in a bowl game, Auburn
fans did get plenty of post-season action. A quartet of the Tigers
played in at least two all-star games apiece. The first was the
Blue-Gray game in Montgomery where Bobby Hunt, Wayne Frazier
and Dave Edwards started on offense for the Rebels.
Hunt, who quarterbacked the Grays to victory, was co-captain
of the team along with Tennessee's Mike Lucci and was voted the
game's most outstanding player.
Frazier and Edwards went from the Blue-Gray to the Senior
Bowl in Mobile, both as first-stringers. Hunt played in the first U. S.
Bowl in Washington, D. C, a game pitting the draft choices of the
Eastern Division, of the National Football League against those of
the Western Division.
The fourth member of the aforementioned quartet was big Billy
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Freshman Basketball Squad Undefeated;
Down Walker College For Third Win
By JOE FULLER
Plainsman Sports Writer
Auburn's freshman basketball
team, which is rapidly shaping up
to be one of the finest in many
seasons, won its t h i r d straight
game Friday night by outshooting
Walker Junior College of Jasper
75-71. All five Tiger starters scored
in double figures.
The well-balanced attack was
led by Joe Newton with 21 points.
Lee Defore and Freddie Guy, two
Georgia boys, were next with 19
and 15 points respectively. Tim
Pearson, from Tuscaloosa, had 10
points. Ronnie' BaynesT who was
filling in for injured Billy Biles,
bucketed 10 for the Tigers. Ronnie
excells in football also, as he
manned an end position for the
Baby Tirers this past season,.
The Tigers held a 35-29 lead at
intermission, and came back
strong in the second half to increase
their lead by 10. Walker
could never quite catch the taller
Tigers, but in the last quarter
they used a full-court press to cut
the lead to only two points, 73-71.
With a little over a minute left to
play, Walker missed a shot and
Auburn got the rebound. Newton
was fouled and sank both shots on
a one-and-one situation.
The 21 points scored by Newton
was an individual high for the
Baby Tigers this season. Newton
also led the team in rebounds
with 14.
After three games, Newton, De-fore
and Guy are all averaging 15
points a game. Biles has an 18-
point average for two games.
Pearson is averaging 11 points for
three games.
The Baby Tigers have beaten
Columbus Junior College 65-62,
and Andrew College1 119-68 in
previous games this season. The
next game will be against Alabama
ion Jan. 20. On Jan. 23 the Baby
Tigers will journey to Atlanta for
a game with the Georgia T e ch
freshmen.
SPORTS
Anyone interested in working
on the sports staff of the Plainsman
should contact either John
Wallace at TU 7-7006, or Charles
McCay at TU 7-2259. Positions are
open for writers, proof readers
and beautiful female typists.
Wilson, who participated in the East-West Shrine Game in San Francisco
and then in the Hula Bowl in Honolulu.
•—A Little Money Too
Auburn did rather well in the financial department as well. With
four conference teams playing in bowl games, the return was excellent.
The cut for these schools will be huge and the stay-at-home
schools will get nearly $7,000.
Still this is not the big money. Television receipts, not counting
the four,bowl games, will net Auburn and the other non-televised
conference teams a total of $16,736.65 each, according to a Birmingham
News report. This coupled with the seven grand mentioned earlier
plus the TV receipts for the bowls will sweeten the athletic kitty
considerably.
And this $25,000 plus that will come Auburn's way is a very thin
slice of the financial cake for the SEC.
Football is a big business, boys.
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Auburn Splits Pair On Road Trip;
Tigers Scare Maroons, Beat Rebels
By JOHN WALLACE
Managing Editor
Auburn split a pair of games
on their road trip through Mississippi
dropping the first to Mississippi
State by a 51-48 score and
rebounding to top Ole Miss in another
thriller 64-58.
The ninth-ranked Maroons led
by W. D. Stroud's 20 points trailed
throughout much of the game before
easing into a tie with three
minutes left. A stall kept things
under wraps until only six seconds
remained, when sophomore Doug
Hutton dropped in the winning
goal for the Bulldogs. W. D. Stroud
intercepted an Auburn pass and
scored the last point on a free
throw.
Center Layton Johns was the
high point man for the Tigers with
14 points.
The game played in Oxford was
marred by a slugfest late in the
contest. The Tigers trailed thrpugh
most of the evening, but fought
back to win going away.
With four and a half minutes to
go Auburn led by one and went
into a freeze. Two minutes later
forward Mack Kirkland dumped
in two for the Plainsmen. F o ur
straight free throws by Billy Tinker
put the game on ice. A hassle
under the. Ole Miss boards put
Layton Johns out for the .remainder
of the game with a minute
left.
Johns was the leaning scorer
again dumping in 18 followed by
Larry Chapman's 17 markers.
Tinker and Kirkland dropped in
12 apiece.
Auburn connected on 24 of 59
attempts from the floor for a percentage
of 40.7 and hit for 66.7
from- the free throw line. Ole Miss
had a percentage of 41.8 from the
floor and hit on 75 per cent of their
charity tosses. The Rebels also
out-rebounded the Tigers 41-39.
The split leaves the Tigers with
a 7-4 season's record as they move
into three more road games. They
face the "University of "Florida in
Gainesville Jan. 13 and meet Alabama
in Montgomery Jan. 20. A
non-conference match against
Georgia Tech in Atlanta Jan. 23
will complete the road trip.
The Tigers' Holiday schedule
included walking off with the
championship in the Birmingham
Classic December 15-16. In the
opener Auburn ran over Louisiana
State 67-50. In the finals the Tigers
took measure of VPI by a
77-63. Billy Tinkler's 23 points
paced the Plainsmen.
Auburn placed Billy Tinker and
Layton, Johns on the All-Tournament
Squad.
The Houston Classic on December
22-23 proved disastrous for
the Plainsmen as they lost to a
pair of top southwestern teams.
Texas A&M bounced the Tigers
by a 62-50 and then Houston did
the same by a 54-49 count.
Auburn got revenge for an earlier
loss on the home court to
Florida State when they invaded
the Seminole's homeland and returned
with a 62-57 win.
In the first game of the new
year Chattanooga fell 67-47 in a
listless game played in Auburn.
Auburn Matmen First
In Holiday Tournament
By WAYNE CHANCEY
The Auburn wrestling team
continues to chalk up some important
firsts as the season moves
along. The Plainsmen matmen
combine to make a very notable
team and won't be taken easily
by anyone.
In the Chattanooga Tournament
before Christmas, where no team
score was kept, Auburn managed
three firsts. Gerald Cresap and
Jeff Maurer took first places in
the 137 and 147 weight classes,
respectively. Henry Starnes came
home with first place also in the
157 pound weight class.
Jack Miller, Mark Hyman, and
(Continued on page 7)
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Plainsmen Represented
In Five All-Star Games
Professional Football Teams Seek Talent;
Auburn Seniors Ink Pacts At Season's End
By DAVID KNIGHT
Auburn's official football season
ended with the Auburn-Alabama
game, but Auburn fans have
had plenty to be interested in
during the holiday season. Auburn
was represented in five different
All-Star games by four
outstanding senior Tigers.
In the Blue-Gray game in Montgomery
Decemeber 30 were Bobby
Hunt, quarterback; Dave Edwards,
end; and Wayne Frazier.
center. All three started on the
South's offensive team. Hunt,
who beat out former Auburn
freshman Don Fuell, was chosen
by sports writers as the outstand-
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ing player of the game. The South
won 9-7 with Hunt scoring the
South's only touchdown. Hunt also
completed seven passes for 85
yards. Edwards caught four of
Hunt's tosses for 63 yards.
On the same day in San Francisco,
Auburn tackle Billy Wilson,
started on the East offensive team
in the annual East-West Shrine.r's
charity game. Wilson was on the
same team with All-Americans
Ernie Davis, Bob Ferguson and
Roman Gabriel. The West team
won in an upset victory.
Edwards and Frazier also start-ad
for the South offensive team in
the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Jan.
5. Frazier did some outstanding
inebacking before leaving the
rame with an injury. The South
werpowered the Yanks by a 42-
I count. The winning South players
received $600 each and the
•forth team members were presented
with checks for $500.
Hunt played a starting defensive
back position for the East team
in the new .U. S. Bowl Jan. 7. The
Yearns in this bowl, played in
Washington, D. C, were made up
of college stars drafted by the
Eastern and Western divisions of
the National Football League.
Wilson was an offensive starter
for the East in the Hula Bowl
played in Honlulu, a game also
played on Jan. 7.
Abbeville, Ala., is planning a
"Dave Edwards Day" this month
for the All-SEC end who played
his prep football there. Wayne
Frazier, who made the All-SEC
scholastic team is also being given
a "Day" by "his hometown,
Evergreen, Ala.
All four of the afore-mentioned
players have signed contracts to
play professional football. Frazier
signed with the San Diego
Chargers, the Western division
champions of the American Football
League. Hunt will play for
the Dallas Texans, also in the
AFL. Edwards signed with the
Dallas Cowboys of the National
Football League after the Senior
Bowl while Wilson .has inked a
contract with the St. Louis Cardinals
in the NFL. John McGeever,
star linebacker for Auburn in '61
has signed with an AFL team, the
Denver Broncos. Dave Edwards
has been drafted by Pittsburg in
the NFL, and Denver in the AFL
but has not signed as of this date.
Fraternity Basketball Schedule, Winter
L1
ATO—1
SP—2
TC—3
AP—4
LCA—5
PDT—6
L2
PKA—7
K A - 8
SC—9
PKP—10
SPE—11
DTD—12
L3
SN—13
TX—14
DC—15
OTS—16
SAE—17
AGR—18
L4
PKT—19
DSP—20
TKE—21
KS—22
DU—23
DATE
Jan.
9
11
16
18
23
25
30
Feb.
1
8'
13
15
22
27
7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00
1-6
3-4
6-4
1-4
12-8
16-14
13-14
14-17
7-11
6-4
13-16
1-3
1-2
7-12
9-10
12-10
7-10
18-14
21-19
3-6
21-22
1-5
12-10
22-20
7-9
7-8
March
1 13-14 3-6
2 Playoff Begin*
Check Your Number Carefully.
13-18
15-16
18-16
13-16
1-3
22-23
9-12
1-6
20-21
14-15
7-9
12-8
11-12
9-12
20-23
19-22
23-21
22-20
7-9
6-5
15-18
7-12
13-17
19-20
1-4
18-14
17-18
15-18
2-5
1-5
2-3
5-3
13-15
11-12
4-5
13-18
15-16
2-3
17-15
4-2
6-5
4-5
8-11
7-11
8-9
11-9
13-19
17-18
10-17
20-23
19-22
8-9
6-2
10-8
22-23
10-11
14-17
13-17
14-15
17-15
4-2
1-2
16-17
2-5
3-4
18-16
11-9
13-15
16-14
16-17
21-22
20-21
19-20
6-2
10-8
7-8
8-11
9-10
23-21
5-3
23-19
21-19
Auburn Matmen . . .
(Continued from page 6)
Brook Smith managed third spots
in the 123, 157, and 191 pound
weight classes, respectively. Warren
Bruner was second in the 157
class, and Charley Allen took
fourth in the heavyweight department.
In an attempt to retain their
high status as a wrestling team,
the Tigers meet the Bulldogs of
Georgia here Friday night at 7:30.
Improvements In Football Equipment
Could Lower Number Of H ead Injuries
CHICAGO, 111.—Improved protective football equipment
which could lower the number of disabling head and neck
injuries will be designed by the Armour Research Foundation
of Illinois Institute of Technology in a study sponsored by the
Brunswick Foundation, it was announced here.
Armour Research Foundation,
announcing initiation of the comprehensive
project, said that the
advanced program will consist of
four phases, at the conclusion of
which prototype equipment will
be tested and compared with gear
now in use.
Under the first phase, Armour
will compile and study existing information
to establish what performance
protective headgear
must achieve to be effective. Data
will be obtained through medical
records of specific causes of major
football injuries; interviews will
be held with football officials,
coaches, and players; and a study
will be made of government reports
covering development of
protective headgear for military
personnel such as astronauts, pilots,
and tank drivers.
Henry M. Pe.rnini, senior design
engineer for ARF, will direct the
program. "Before we can begin
to design equipment," Pernini
said, "we must find exactly how
much motion and impact the head
and neck can tolerate. Our studies
should be able to tell us specifically
what degree of protection
must be afforded to prevent
injury, and yet will not result in
an uncomfortable protective device
which will hamper the player
in executing normal maneuvers."
Outlining some equipment changes
he thought might come about
Pernini said, "The apparent low
incidence of head injuries, where
resilient material has been used in
conjunction with rigid or semirigid
helmet shells, may suggest
some inherent advantage to the
more resilient construction.
"It may be advisable to initiate'
work on the development of a
composite helmet structure made
to have greater inherent resilience.
Such a composite may result in an
inner and outer plastic shell of
lighter gage than the current plastic
headgear, to be filled with an
expanded resilient foam material."
Armour Research Foundation
in the past has conducted a large
amount of related human factors
research for several U. S. military
agencies.
Scholastic Team
Picks Frazier
Auburn's outstanding -center
and linebacker for' this
past season on the gridiron,
Wayne Frazier, has received
attention for his outstanding
work in the .classroom. Frazier
was named to the third
team on the 1962 All-America
Scholastic Team as selected
by the American Peoples
Encyclopedia Co.
The players were selected
by a poll of sp'ortswriters over
the country after each
conference submitted an 11-
man eligible list of players
averaging B or better in their
studies.
Frazier has maintained a
B average in the School of
Education.
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taken June 3 at Toni and Dick's
wedding. If found, please mail
(pictures) to 20216 37th N. E.,
Seattle 55, Washington.
Dormitory Basketball Schedule, Winter, 1961
League 1
League 2
League 3
League 4
League 5
A.l
B.6
C.ll
D.16
E.21
G.2
H.7
1.12
K.17
L.22
N.3
P1.8
P2.13
R1.18
R2.23
S1.4
S2.9
T.14
U.19
V.24
W2.5
X1.10
X2.15
Y1.20
Y2.25
DATE
Jan.
8
15
17
22
24
29
31
Feb.
2
5
7
12
14
' 21
26
28
C1
2-5
18-19
7-8
23-25
13-12
20-16
21-23
2-5
18-19
7-8
23-25
13-12
21-23
20-16
C2
7-10
8-10
12-14
1-2
9-7
25-21
24-25
7-10
8-10
12-14
1-2
9-7
24-25
25-21
C1
12-15
1-4
17-19
6-7
4-2
1-3
8 C2
17-19
6-9
22-24
11-12
19-20
6-8
End First Round
12-15
1-4.
17-19
6-7
4-2
1-3
17-19
6-7
22-24
11-12
19-20
6-8
C1
22-25
11-14
3-5
16-17
24-22
11-13
22-25
ll'-14
3-5
16-17
24-22
11-13
C2
8-9
16-19
23-24
21-22
5-1
16-18
8-9
16-19
23-24
21-22
5-1
16-18
C1
3-4
21-24
13-15
4-5
10-6
14-15
40 C2
13-14
2-3
18-20
9-10
15-11
19-17
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League 1
League 2
League 3
League 4
Independent
l
ASAE
7
Zombies
13
Navy
19
Tigers
Basketball Schedule,
2
Eagles
8
Blocks
14
Newman
220
Rangers
3
Thumpers
9
Forestry
15
Wesley
21
Kings
Winter,
4
Sports
10
Rebels
16
BSU
22
Hubs
1962
5
Fots
11
A5
17
Beta Pi
23 •
Sharks
6
SAM
12
Nets
1 18
PGD
24
Aces
DATE
Jan.
8
9
11
15
16
17
18
22
23
24
25
29
30
31
C1
1-6
2-5
3-4
1-5
6-4
2-3
1-4
5-3
6-2
1-3
4-2
5-6
1-2
3-6
C2
7-12
8-11
9-10
7-15
12-10
8-9
7-10
11-9
12-8
7-9
10-8
11-12
7-8
9-12
C1
13-18
14-17
15-16
13-17
18-16
14-15
13-16
17-15
18-14
13-15
16-14
17-18
13-4
15-18
C2
19-24
20-23
21-22
19-23
24-22
20-21
19-22
23-21
24-20
19-21
22-20
23-24
19-20
21-24
1
2
5
7
8
12
13
14
15
19
21
22
26
27
28
CI A
Feb.
4-5
1-6
2-5
3-4
1-5
6-4
2-6
1-4
5-3
6-2
1-3
4-2
5-6
1-2
3-6
March
1 4-5
C2
10-11
7-12
8-11
9-10
7-11
12-10
8-9
7-10
11-9
12-8
7-9
.10-8
11-12
7-8
9-12
10-11
C-1
16-17
13-18
14-17
15-16
13-17
18-16
14-15
13-16
17-15
18-14
13-15
16-14
17-18
13-14
15-18
16-17
> C2
22-23
19-24
20-23
21-22
19-23
24-22
20-21
19-22
23-21
24-22
19-21
22-20
23-24
19-20
21-24
22-23
March 3 and 4—Playoffs—Single
Elimination.
8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, J a n u a r y 10, 1962
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Round ball Bounces
In Intramural Play
By BOB MAYFIELD
Intramural Sports Editor
Winter quarter has begun and
with it comes Basketball. The tip-off
for this season was Monday afternoon,
Jan. 8, when ASAE and
SAM of the independent league
took to the hardwood courts at
4:00 p.m. Dormitory play began
Monday night at 7:00 p.m. with
divisions G and W2 starting the
fireworks.
Last year, in fraternity competition,
ATO, under the leadership
of John Darby, took their league
title and then breezed past PKA
in the finals to capture their second
straight basketball championship.
In the consolation game, SN
edged PKT for third place. These
f o u r teams head the fraternity
leagues this year and ATO is
again the heavy favorite to repeat
their triumphs of the last two
years. Many of the games look interesting
and you should check
the printed schedule for the games
you would like to see.
The two minor sports of the intramural
program for winter
quarter are bowling and ping-pong.
PKT, bowling champs of last
year over PDT, will be looking
Experts Eye SECCagers
AUBURN'S RUGGED center, Lay ton Johns, has proved to
be the key man in the Tiger attack this year in both scoring and
rebounding. Johns is averaging around 16 points per game and has
dominated the backboards. Quite a departure from the "dwarves"
of seasons past, Johns stands 6-7 and throws a lot of weight around.
By GORDON MURPHREE
Plainsman Sports Writer
The Southeastern Conference,
noted for its football but seldom
mentioned in basketball, has made
some of the so-called experts sit
up and take notice about the
brand of basketball played in the
Deep South.
The last Associated Press poll
showed, two SEC teams listed in
the top ten basketball teams in
the nation. Baron Adolph Rupp's
Kentucky Wildcats were ranked
third behind Ohio State and Cincinnati
while Babe McCarthy's
defending conference champion
Mississippi State Bulldogs w e re
listed ninth.
The Wildcats, led by sensational
sophomore Cotton Nash, called by
Rupp the best prospect at Kentucky
in the last 25 years, have
stormed past ten opponents while
losing only by two points to powerful
Southern Cal.
Mississippi State, undefeated in
their first ten games, had little
trouble in their first nine games
but were hard pressed to win from
Auburn in their conference, opener
51-48.
State, down by 12 points in the
first half came on to win in the
final seconds . when sophomore
guard Doug Hutton scored w i th
seven seconds left to play. Auburn's
throw in.after the goal was
intercepted by State's W. D.
Stroud who was fouled and added
the other point.
With four of last year's starters
back, State is expected to be the
team to beat for basketball supremacy
in the Southeastern Conference.
For the first time in years Auburn
coach Joel Eaves is working
his famous shuffle offense with a
big team. Layton Johns, 6-7, Mack
Kirkland 6-6, and Billy Ingram
also 6-6, make the Tigers a definite
threat in the SEC.
Auburn, with six wins and four
losses on the season, have proved
they can play with the best in the
conference. Besides playing Mississippi
State right down to the
wire, the Tigers beat a strong
Florida State five on their home
court.
Several other teams opened conference
play Saturday night. Besides
the Auburn-Mississippi
State game, Kentucky blasted
Georgia Tech 89-70 behind Cotton
Nash's 35 point spree.
Alabama surprised Ole Miss as
senior Gary Blagburn scored 28
points for the Tide.
LSU got into SEC play in fine
fashion by downing the Florida
Gators 74-57. Guard George Nat-tin
led the LSU scorers with 18
points.
forward to a repeat performance
in bowling and seeking revenge
in ping-pong.
AP slipped past the Phi Taus'
in the finals to take last year's
ping-pong title.
All in all, it looks like another
good quarter of intramural sports
with many victories and upsets
being sought by strong independent
and fraternity teams.
Sigma Nu Battles Oxen
In Annual T-Bowl Game
This Saturday the mighty teams
of Sigma Nu and Theta Chi will
grapple in conflict on • the freshly
manicured Cliff Hare gridiron for
what promises to be the best bowl
game of the season. The annual
contest between these two' perennial
football powers is now known
as the C-Bowl, though in p a st
years is has been called the T-Bowl
or Toilet Bowl because of
the quality of play. All proceeds
go to charity.
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