1959-07-22 The Plainsman

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Volume 86
To Foster The Auburn Spirit
Auburn, Alabama, Wednesday, July 22, 1959 Number 33
As Auburn watches—
Legislature considers
school funds measure
Senate public hearings on
the House-approved sales tax
measure get under way in
Montgomery this morning at
10. Various industrial leaders
have asked to be heard by the
Finance and Taxation Com­mittee,
in what is seen as the
first round of a bitter upper-chamber
fight over the ad­ministration-
backed bill.
The legislation under consid­eration
by the Senate, the only
tax bill approved by the House
thus far, would lower the state
sales tax to 2 Mi per cent while
removing nearly all exemptions.
The expected increase in funds
for Alabama schools would be
between $20 and $25 million, or
about three-fifths of what Gov­ernor
Patterson called upon the
Legislature to raise.
Of the additional $42 million
requested by Patterson in calling
the special .session, $3V2 million
are slated for API.
The battle of the Patterson
forces to get the sales tax bill
through the House presages a
bitter Senate fight. Although pro­ponents
of the measure won its
approval, their strength was not
o v e r w h e l m i n g . Administra­tion
forces in the Senate are gen­erally
conceded to be weaker
than in the House. Already six of
the 14 senators on the Finance
and Taxation Committee have
expressed sharp disapproval of
the proposed law.
Several senators have sug­gested
alternate plans for raising
school funds, including upping
the tax to 4 per cent, keeping the
present exemptions, and placing
an additional tax on personal in­come.
Estimates on increased
revenues from the alternate pro­posals
run from $20 to $70 mil­lion.
All tax bills must originate in
the House, which has made no
move to offer an alternate bill,
or even an additional bill to raise
the total to the $42 million
Village Players tonight;
Auburn's open tomorrow
Second run opens
for 'Black Chiffon'
by Auburn Players
The Auburn Players will open
their second run of Black Chif­fon
tomorrow night in the Players
recommended by the Education T h f i a t e r ^ 8 ; 1 5 ^ C o n t i n u i ng
Commission and requested by L H p Les] | g ^s
the governor. I . . , ... , . ..
_ ^ . , ,, , . three-act drama will be given its
The . special session called to '
deal with school revenues ends in
five weeks on Tuesday, Aug. 25.
Xub' goes to press
Editor Jim Phillips announced
today that the 1959-60 Tiger Cub
will go to press Monday. The 6,000
copies will be ready for distribu­tion
during orientation" in Septem­ber.
At t h a t same time, Phillips
will become sports managing edi­tor
of the school's number one
publication.
This fall's Tiger Cub, a booklet
designed to acquaint the new stu­dent
with Auburn as fully as pos­sible,
will have some new features.
In addition to the usual informa­tion
concerning rules, regulations,
sports, traditions and organiza­tions,
will be the new features, in­cluding
illustrations along with a
theory about the origin of the yell,
"War Eagle."
Jim Phillips, last year's editorial
assistant for the campus' foremost
publication, was chosen this year's
editor of the Cub, with Buddy
Wilson holding the business man­ager's
position. Also on the staff
are Dick Perkins, art editor, Peg­gy
Wilson, Peggy Forehand and
Bobby Harper.
final performance Saturday night.
The play is a psychological
study of an upper middle class
family in England. The m o t h e r
goes in for shoplifting when the
marriage of her son approaches
due to her fear of losing him. Yet
she chooses to serve a short prison
term rather t h a n divulge the
reason for her sin.
Directing is Telfair Peet. S e t
designs are by Bill Gentry.
Members of the cast are: H. H.
Conner, III, Eufaula; Pat H a l l ,
Auburn; Sandy Whitinger, Au­burn;
Mary Frances Patton, Au­burn;
J a n e Griffin, Auburn;
Buddy Little, Camden, N. J. and
Fred McDonald, Valdosta, Ga.
The Auburn Players presented
Black Chiffon Wednesday through
Saturday of last week. The play
was given a warm reception by
the audiences.
B l a c k Chiffon has drawn en­thusiastic
audiences in both Lon­don
and New York.
BACK EDUCATION. MAIL THE FORM ON PAGE 4 TO THE LEGISLATURE
'LOVELIEST of the PLAINS'
TAKING A BREAK between classes is this week's Loveliest,
Pat Watson, a freshman in the School of Education. She lives'in
Birmingham, has lived in Venezuela for awhile, and has'been -
to Cuba, but vo'ws that there's no place like Auburn.
Newman Club hears
famed walker speak
John Stahl, famed professional
walker, recounted some of his
adventures to the Auburn New­man
Club last Sunday. Stahl's
honors include recognition by the
Texas Rangers, the city of San
Francisco, and several Popes,
has walked 15,000 miles. A trip
has walked 5,000 miles. A trip
from Balboa, Panama through
Central America to Austin, Texas
accounted for 3,500 miles. Stahl
spoke of a tour across Europe,
and mentioned some of the other
trips he has made.
His appearance in Auburn was
a break in the current walk, from
Washington, D. C. to Tallahassee,
Fla. After the talk, refreshments
were served, and informal con­versation
brought to light more
of Stahl's experiences.
The Newman Club is an or­ganization
for Catholic students
attending non-Catholic Colleges.
The Start Of It All — See For Yourself Tonight
Sandy, McDaniel in 'The Fourposter'
on stage of Union Ballroom at 8:15
The stage of the Union Ballroom will be the scene of
Jan de Hartog's hilarious comedy, The Fourposter, tonight at
8:15. Admission is free to the Village Players presentation
starring Margery MacDaniel and Will Sandy.
The Broadway hit tells the story
REWARD
A $5 reward is offered for the
return of a Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority pin lost a week ago yes­terday.
Call Meg Stringer, Dorm 4.
OH BOY, WATERMELON!
All Ag. Education students and
of a 35-year marriage. The play
begins with Michael carrying Ag­nes
over the threshold and into
the bedroom, the single setting for
the two character costume com­edy.
In the second scene, a year
later, Michael must run for the
family doctor. In the third, ten
years later, Michael is prevented
from losing his head over another
woman. The fourth scene details
the couple's shocked realization
that their son is growing up; the
fifth scene takes place on the day
of their daughter's wedding; and
the last scene finds the bedroom
being dismantled and Michael
once more carrying Agnes across
the threshold.
The Fourposter s t a r s Margery
MacDaniel as Agnes and Will San­dy
as Michael. Miss MacDaniel
has won high favor with televis­ion,
radio and theatre audiences
across the country. In addition to
her talented performances as an
actress, Miss MacDaniel has sung
in leading hotels and supper clubs,
both in the United States and
Canada.
As Michael in The Fourposter,
Will Sandy brings to the s t a ge
over fifteen years of professional
acting experience, whicli includes
eight nation-wide tours and many
television and radio appearances
nary—people. Its message is the
simplest of the simple: Mama
loves Papa. Its charm is great—-
the-bed is the play, but The Four­poster
is no sex farce. It is gentle,
beautifully mannered, h u m an
comedy in 'which the article of.
furniture is the symbol rather than
the center of married life. It
stands ungracefully, in a corner
and witnesses the happiness and
the big little tragedies of the wed­ded
state. It sees blissful moments
and angry ones. Besides being the
most successful two-character
play in the history of the New
York Theatre, it is also the most
charming of comedies."
other former high school FFA ! in Chicago, New York and Phila-members
are invited to attend a
watermelon cutting at Chewacla
next Tuesday, July 28, at 6:30 p.m.
Reservations m a y be made by
signing a list in the Ag. Ed. office
and paying a small fee. The Col­legiate
FFA Chapter is sponsoring
the outing.
delphia. He not only is featured in
The Fourposter, but also is direc­tor
of the play.
John Chapman, of the New
York Daily News, wrote: "This
comedy' relates . . . in six brief
scenes, events in the married lives
of two quite normalr—even ordi-
Sabag to retire
next September 1
Prof. L. M. Sahag, an API fac­ulty
m ember since 1928, w i l l '
retire Sept. 1. He has been head
professor of engineering drawing
and design since 1952.
A native of Tabriz, Iran. Mr.
Sahag was educated in an Ameri­can
missionary school there, re­ceiving
his high school and junior
college diplomas. He taught in
the same Presbyterian school for
one year and then was appointed
mathematics and painting teacher
in the Armenian National Schools
at Tehran.
After teaching for four years,
Sahag came to the United States
in 1910. The next year he entered
I the University of North Carolina
(Continuer on page 3)
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DISASTER: WOMAN DRIVER
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Resi­dents
early Saturday reported to
police: (1) a freak windstorm, (2)
an explosion, and (3) an automo­bile
moving without a driver.
It turned out that it was just a
woman trying to park a car.
Police said a car driven by
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backed through a front yard,
: struck a garage at the rear; then
went forward, knocking d o wn
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damaged shrubbery at a third
house; sped across a fourth
lawn; knocked down brick sup­ports
at a fifth home and fin­ally
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concrete steps and damaging a
porch at a fifth residence.
Mrs. Williams said something
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attempted to back into a parking
place and then her brakes failed
as she went forward. She w a s
charged with careless driving and
transporting an open bottle of
liquor.
2—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, J u l y 22, 1959
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The Naval ROTC offers a four-year
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As a midshipman in the
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A student not only may satisfy
the college requirements of two
years of ROTC but automatically
is in a program designed to train
him for a career as a Naval or
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During the junior and senior
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21.
—single, and agree to remain
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—physically sound: have 20/20
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on the Naval ROTC Con­tract
Program may inquire at
the Naval ROTC office on the
main floor of Broun Hall.
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Something New Every Day
New staff members
added by 3 API schools
By Alan Taylor and Don Wheeler
Three new staff instructors
have been appointed to the
School of Education here. The
departments of psychology, sec­ondary
education, and education
administration will receive these
Jnen.
"These people are being added
*S new staff members," says Dr.
Pierce, Dean of the School of
Education, in recommending their
appointment. All three men have
Received their doctorate's.
Those appointed are, Dr. Jack
Frymier, Dr. Joseph Ward, and
Dr. Michael Dummery.
Frymier will join the Econom­ics
Department. He is currently
teaching at Temple University.
Ward will teach in the De­partment
of Psychology. At pre­sent,
he is teaching at the Uni­versity
of Tulane.
Dummery will work in the De­partment
of Education Admini­stration.
He will come here from
the University of Tennessee.
In Fall Quarter, the School of
Education will begin an experi­mental
program in educational
TV. Seventeen county school sys­tems
will initiate a guidance and
counseling program in accord
with the experiment, and work
Will be done in the field on a
consultative basis with the
Schools. A weekly half-an-hour
telecast will be beamed from the
Station here to the people who
are responsible for the program.
The staff of the School of Vet­erinary
Medicine gained three
members during June and July.
The new staff members are Dr.
E. D. Home, Dr. J. M. Kling, and
Dr. G. W. Teresa.
Dr. Home is a 1959 API grad­uate
with a DVM degree. He will
be an instructor in s m a l l ani­mal
surgery.
Dr. Kling, is also a 1959 grad­uate
and he holds a DVM de­gree
from the University of
Georgia. Kling will be an in­structor
in the Department of
Physiology and Pharmacology.
Dr. Teresa will be an Assistant
Professor in Bacteriology. He re­ceived
a BS degree from Arkan­sas
A&M in 1952 and his master's
in 1955 at the University of Ar­kansas.
He received his doctorate
this year from Kansas State Col­lege.
The School of Agriculture has
added three men to its teaching
staff. The appointees are Dr. Joe
B. Dixon, Harold Nix, and Peter
C. Grieves.
Dr. Dixon will be assistant
professor of agronomy and soils,
as well as assistant mineralogist..
He received his BS and MS from
the University of Kentucky, and
his doctorate from the University
of Wisconsin.
Harold Nix will be the assistant
rural socialogist. He was awarded
a BS in 1947 at the University
of Georgia, and a master's in edu­cation
in 1951. At present Nix is
studying for a Ph.D. at LSU.
He is from Woodstock, Ga., and
taught vocational agriculture be­fore
coming to API.
Peter C. Grieves is from Sara-nac,
Michigan anl will fill the
position of assistant in forestry.
He helds a BA degree from
Michigan State.
3—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, July 22, 195S
as a member of the division of
engineering drawing of the Amer­ican
Society for Engineering Ed­ucation.
He his written seven textbooks,
including Applied Graphic Sta­tics
which is described as the only
up-to-date text on t h a t subject
in publication. It is used in many
colleges and technical institutes.
Prof. Sahag is listed in Who's
Who in Alabama, Who's Who in
American Education, Who's Who
in Science, and Who's Who in En­gineering.
Mr. Sahag and his wife recent­ly
o b s e r v e d their 40th wed­ding
anniversary.
'Atoms at Work'
Traveling exhibit
coining to Auburn
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"Atoms at Work" traveling
exhibit will visit the Auburn cam­pus
in August.
Known as "The NUEA Science
Training Program on Atomic En­ergy,"
the exhibit will be brought
to Auburn by the Oak Ridge In­stitute
of Nuclear Studies in con­nection
with the Summer Science
Institute being sponsored jointly
by the National Science Founda­tion
and API.
Not only will the 125 mathema­tics
and science teachers attend­ing
the summer institute see and
study the atomic exhibit, but it
will be available to other students
and community residents when
not being studied by teachers.
Eight major topic areas are
included in the atomic exhibit,
reports Dr. Ernest Williams who
arranged for the exhibit to be
brought to Auburn. These topics
are: man and energy; atomic fuels;
fission; nuclear power; radioiso­topes
in medicine, industry and
agriculture; safety; international
cooperation, and fusion.
Prof. L. M. Sahag
Sahag fo retire
next September 1
(Continued from page 1)
and completed his undergraduate
work in electrical engineering in
1915.
During World War I he was
connected with DuPont Powder
Cb. Later he joined Babcock and
Wilcox Co., working first in the
design department at Bayorinne,
N. J., and later as head of the pro­position
department at Barberton,
Ohio.
After teaching mathematics for
a year at the University of North
Carolina, he returned to industry
as assistant railway equipment
engineer for Timken Roller Bear­ing
Co., in Canton, Ohio.
In 1925-26 he taught mechani­cal
engineering at the University
of Akron. Sahag then became as­sistant
professor of engineering
drawing at Texas Technological
College in- Lubbock, leaving in
1928 to come to Auburn.
He has done graduate work at
the University of Michigan and
holds a masters d e g r e e from
API.
During his 31 years at API,
Prof. Sahag as been active in his
field, writing many articles and
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4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, July 22, 1959
EDITORIALS
The difficulties of producing . . .
Our legislators face a tough problem in the school
financial bill. Each legislator must look out for the
interests of his constituents. This is only natural if he
is to have any. hope of being re-elected; it is also his
duty. The fact is the educational system needs more
money. Everyone agrees. However, that is where all
agreement ends. When any tax is proposed, it is immed­iately
protested by the legislators whose constituents
may be affected more than those in another area. In
short, the legislation is damned if it does and damned
if it doesn't.
This situation is by no means the fault of the individ-
Hal legislator. -They are, for the most part, intelligent
conscientious, hard working men who are caught in-a
vise. It is rather the fault of the people who elect them.
The people say in essence, "We want our schools to be
good, but we don't want to pay any higher taxes." An
old axiom says you can't have your cake and eat it too,
but that it what it seems the people of Alabama expect
to do.
Taxes are high in Alabama; that fact we won't equivo­cate
about. But today Alabama stands on the threshold
of an era of industrial expansion that will make her one
of the leading industrial states in the union. But to take
full advantage c-f this expansion—or even to permit this
expansion!—she needs more and better educated young
men and women.-The money that is put into the educa­tional
system of our state is not being spent, it is being
invested.—Miller.
. . . half a loaf
The House; has passed a bill to raise approximately
$23 million of* the $42 million n e c e s s a r y to main­tain
an adequate school system. Apparently the Senate
is not going to approve the measure.-Certainly it won't
, in the bill's present form. More exemptions will be intro­duced
with "subsequent decreases in revenue. -
Overlooking for a moment that the House has not pas­sed
an alternate measure, we wonder when they are going
to pass a bill to raise the rest of the money necessary;
"Necessary" is the key word. The money-requested of the
legislature, is the amount needed to maintain the ade­quacy
of our schools. In some cases, it is the amount need­ed
to raise the standards of a school to an adequate level.
Not superior. Not excellent. Adequate.
If the Legislature cannot agree upon the present bill,
by all means, let them pass another. The difficulty is that
nobody wants to be taxed. Now is the time to realize that
everyone will have to pay.
Some legislators insist the present bill will stop in­dustry
from moving into Alabama.. Yet other states with
similar taxes are undergoing industrial growth more rapid
than we presently have here. The increase in sales tax
or personal income tax clamored for by several have
"been criticized as measures which would throw too great
a burden on those already poverty stricken. But whether
in the form of increased consumer prices or increased
consumer taxes, Alabamians will have to put up the extra
money.
We do not claim to have a familiarity with Alabama's
economic situation equal to that of the men in Montgom­ery.
Nor do we have their political experience. So we
leave it to the Legislature to decide what tax measures
would be best for Alabama, and can win the approval
of both houses. To so decide is the legislators' job.
We can, however, see what all but the totally blind
can see: education in Alabama desperately needs help
now. To help is more than the legislators' job: It is their
duty.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
In Favor Of Extracurricular Activities
On creating space
Let's face it. Auburn has a growing traffic problem.
Anyone who has tried to find a parking place after ten
'til knows it.. Anyone who has tried to drive. home for
Junch knows it. What creates this-problem? Too many
cars in too little space. How to solve it? Either create
more space, or limit the number of automobiles. Since
the space available is more or less limited by old and
established buildings, the newer infringers must go.
If the problem were so simple! In the past, it. has
seemed "easier to take a chunk off the campus-at Tichenor
or Thach to make hew parking lots than to refuse a por­tion
of the students the right to bring cars on campus.
Some raise the objection that it would not be democratic.
But why be so democratic when it ceases to work a good
for the majority?
The logical place to start slashing automobile per­mits
is with the largest class, the freshmen. This way
the resistance is lowered tremendously. In taking the
privilege from younger students, we might encourage
them to stay in town and study, thus dissolving another
evil of this campus—"home-trotting" every week-end.
But that's another story.
If we "start slashing" with freshmen, where will we
Stop? It could go on through the sophomores,- maybe up
to the juniors M Auburn continues to grow in leaps and
bounds. We'll have to admit it, we're having growing
pains. And unless someone thinks realistically now, it
could get worse!—Kirk
We've all heard the student who
goes around campus complaining
that there's nothing to do here
after classes. We've also heard the
opposite complaint, from stu­dents
as well as professors, that
there are too many outside activi­ties
to get a student's mind off
his studying. We used these two
lines of thinking to arrive at the
question for this; week.
The students ^ho were polled
this week were--: asked which of
the above opinions he agreed
with and the reasons for his or
her answer. Practically every
person questioned felt that the
school didn't have too many out­side
activities, but that the stu­dents
through abuse of his study
time might include too many
of these activities. It was believed
that the individual and not the
extracurricular activities w a s to
blame for poor study habits. Most
of the students felt that the school
has an adequate program for out­side
activities.
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anil am firmly convinced that our present budget for
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requested by Governor John Patterson is a neces­sary
minimum. I urge you to support any reasonable tax
measure(s) required to raise this amount.
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BY B. B.
Mathematics is a very rational
and absolute s c i e n c e . Most
mathematicians,' however, are
very irrational and very vague.
This is true, presumably, because
most mathematicians are people.
Most teachers of mathematics
have a tinge of existentialism in
their make-up. This means that
they hold each and every student
responsible for each and every
mistake that he, she, or it makes
and grades accordingly. Evident­ly
the. math teachers do not see
eye to eye with the psychologists
who tell us that hidden motiva­tion,
for which we are - not re­sponsible,
can control our actions.
This is particularly evident dur­ing
examinations when the sub­conscious
motivation to pass the
course prompts one to look at a
nearby paper. The usual result
is reprimand and failure. The
psychologist would disagree with
this. He would' insist that the
math teacher permit the desks to
be arranged in such a way as to
prevent' the occurance- -of a
trauma.
Extra care should naturally be
taken with a student who is en­rolled
in both math and psy­chology.
A student who has pre­viously
taken psychology will be
easier to handle since he has- had
ample time in which to forget
what was learned in that course.
Those w.hp remember over a
great period of time are danger­ous
to cope with. Fortunately
there are few of these to bother
with.
The entire situation presents a
problem. The conflicting attitudes
of the two professional groups is,
in itself, a problem. As the result
of recent interest in this problem,.
the new field of psycho-mathe- ;
matics is being explored by a
joint committee. Three mathe­maticians
and two psychologists
are meeting in -a joint. The out­come
will be of great interest to.
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Students.
PRESS
Bob Jennings
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publication date is Wednesday and circulation Is 4,000.
BY JERRY HUIE
If you find yourself in the
group who feels that some things
may be lacking in the extra-
. curricula program, perhaps you
don't know of all the opportuni­ties
offered the student on the
campus alone. These activities,
such as dances, free movies, etc.,
are offered to the student free.
Check the Union calendar and
find what you're missing.
Here are some of the typical
answers this week: ;
Frank Eaton, a sophomore in
pre-engineering from Carbon
Hill; I don't believe there are
enough extracurricular activi­ties
for those who do have the
time and want to participate. ".
The people who don't want
these activities because of study­ing,
nine out of ten times wouldn't
go anyway. I feel the Union could
offer more in the way of free
movies and so forth. The school
could use some better swimming
-facilities close in also. ;
, Gloria Crenshaw, a freshman
in home economics, from Lanette;
-I do feel that many time there
are too many outside activities to
get one's mind off studying—go-.
ing to the movies, dating, going
out for coffee and such. I don't'
believe these things should be
stopped, . though. The student
.himself is the one to see that'
these things don't become exces­sive.
Richard Carlsen, a sophomore
from Atlanta; I think it all de­pends
on the person as to wheth­er
there are too many distrac­tions.
Many students like to get
into -many clubs and activities as
possbile. Some students take col­lege
more seriously and feel that
they're here for ah education
only. They don't participate in
much of anything. There are
things that could be added for
the active student, I'm sure.
Paula Bumpers, a freshman in
home economics from Jackson;
I don't believe there are too many
things to do around Auburn: If
a student really needs study time
he can cut down on some of them
easily. Girls without dates can
even find a few things to do such
as free movies, bowling, and the.
Union activities. As a whole I be­lieve
the set-up here is pretty
good. r
Marilyn Madonia, a senior in
art from Birmingham; I believe
a student can find a lot to do
around Auburn. If you're in edu7
cation or some of the other curri-culi
the outside activities I be­lieve
that some relaxation away
from studies is very necessary,
though.
Ranee Kirby, a j tin i o r in ag.
engineering from Wedowee;
The average student doesn't
study nearly as much as he
should. This can be backed by
looking at the overall averages
that were given in last week's .
Plainsman. The wrong handling
of extra-curricular activities by
the students played a big part in
this. We don't have too many
things to do in Auburn; we per­haps
could use a few more if the
students . learned , when to and:;;
when not to take advantage ipf
them. •
Allen Hunter, a sophomore in|
ag. education from' Evergreen;. If
think we have a good program at.
Auburn. The main fault I find
with the program is the fact that
many of the students aren't
aWare of the activities we do
have. The school could improve
on the student participation in
these events with better publicity.
The student who feels that the
activities stand in the way of his
studying probably wouldn't study
if there were nothing to. do.
Hurst cites shortcomings,
draws plaudits of AIA
By Don Wheeler
Dr. Samuel T. Hurst,: d e a n of t h e School of Architecture
and the Arts, received a standing ovation at the close of a
speech he gave recently, at the annual convention of the
American Institute of Architects, which was held in New
Orleans. His was a profound critique of the professional
aspects of architecture, emphasiz- ...... ......„.......... ,
ing just where he believes the
practitioner stands today and in-:
terspersed with frank int«rpre-
-tations of architectural progress
and responsibility. ;
Dean Hurst expressed 'great
interest in a higher level of per­formance
by many more archi­tects
producing projects which
b e c o m e progressively more
recognizable as useful : art.
"Genuineness" and "honest work"
were the terms used to describe
the type of. project quality in
reference.
"I om concerned for a we'dding
•of philosophy and method which
is comprehensible to the public
and distinguishable from thie ho­cus
pocus which surrounds the
so-called creative process,'* said
Dean Hurst. !
Looking backward, he said that
While knowledge of the physical
and social sciences had expanded
at a staggering rate, architecture
has i n d u l g e d itself in w e r -
Specialized education1 dispensed
too. liberally by underquoted
and underpaid teachers. "
Faults Enumerated
The critique was not pver-cynical
in its analysis oV t he
architects' state in current jvorld
affairs. Dean Hurst said he saw
much cause for optimism in the
diversity of good work feeing
done. His criticisms were turned
largely upon what he chdse to
Call the ugly faces of the profes­sional
image, "faces whicjh no
amount of public relations riiake-
Up can substantially alter.";
He enumerated four of ;these
facades, describing each briefly.
They were: 1) the thin-face of
professionalism, 2) the fat-f^ce of
materialism, 3) the all-fabe of
Superficiality, and 4) the no-face
of conformity.
Expediency Hit
Other pertinent quotes , from
Dean Hurst: •
" . . . We too often compromise
the quality of our work in order
to build it and we compromise
the truly professional quality of
Our service in order to keep the
package dealer or the matginal
professional, from rendering it.
, Thus . . . the professionalism is
imperiled from without and with­in
. . .
Potential Yet To Be Realized
"Ours is an age in which the
great potential of our technology
i s still too-largely the servant of
military preparedness orf the
•ne hand and capital concentra­tion
on the other. It is an age
which produces the finest housing
in the world for its machines, its
merchants and its actuaries, but
has not yet organized itself to
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adequately house its schools or
its people. By volume of ideas,
architects have made great con­tributions
to these fields,: but by
volume of construction it is-slight
indeed.
. "I believe the embassies done
by American architects abroad
are a clear statement of genuins-ness
as they capture the spirit of
the culture's in which they -are
built. Why is this so difficult at
home? Are we in America so het-erogenious
as to show no char-i-acter?
I'-am .-not willing to think
SO.". .:•. -,
After the convention, Dean
Hurst and his family vacationed
for a few days in Berkley, Cali­fornia.
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which will be available for rent
in September.
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API. prof, chases
frogs in Mexico
A zoology-entomology teacher
of the API School of Agriculture
is collecting amphibians in Mexi­co
as part of a basic research pro­ject
supported by a National
Science Foundation grant of $7,-
400.
Dr. John S. Mecham, assistant
professor, is in charge of the ba­sic
research project on speciation
and evolution that is beings fi­nanced
by the two-year. NSF
grant that was awarded last
month. The work is a continua-/
tion of his research conducted
during the past two years at Au­burn.
The two-week Mexican trip is
for collecting frogs that the re­searcher
uses in his study of spe­cies
development.
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SCHOOL OF VET MEDICINE
CONDUCTS RESEARCH PROJECTS
L. O. Brackeen
Numerous research projects on domestic animals, re­sults
of which may help humans as well as animals, are be­ing
conducted by professors of the School of Veterinary Medi­cine
at Auburn.
Dr. T. C. Fitzgerald is conducting basic research on the
thigh bone.
Dr. Charles W. James is study­ing
the blood supply of the thigh
bone. "This is an important part
of basic research, in t h a t the
blood supply of this particular
bone is not a known anatomical
fact."
pleuritis or peritonites.
"In some cases the disease ap­parently
has been of a very short:
duration. Some of the animals,
have been able to hunt on the day
prior to their death. The causal
agent has not been postively
identified either by our group or
It is hoped that some of the Q t h e r s .t o d a t e T h e o b j e c t i v e of
findings of these .two projects will
aid in improving technics for
handling fractures of the hip and
understanding more thoroughly
the factors of bone repair.
Dr. Robert D. Whiteford is
working on the nerves and speci
fie areas of the canine brain.
Dr. W. S. Bailey has started a
research project on the esopha­geal
worm. Supported by a grant
from the Smith Kline and French
Foundation, "these studies may
provide another tool for the study
for the cause of certain cancers
that occur in man as well as ani
mals," he says.
With funds from K. A. Scott
and other individuals interested
in dogs, heart disease in dogs is
being studies by Dr. B. F. Hoer-lein
and Dr. Allen W. Hahn.
"Because of better care dogs
are receiving their life span has
been prolonged," they report.
"However, with the ageing pro­cess,
the onset of disease of the
heart often occurs, just as in man.
"By injecting a dye opaque to
x-rays and then recording its
progress through both chambers
of the heart, the Auburn vet­erinarians
feel that they can
diagnose the severity of infec­tion
in many cases of heartworm
disease and can then remove the
worms surgically."
Dr. J. R. Lindsey is conducting
a study on the incidence of the
heartworm and another related
parasite which lives in tissue
under the skin. "This latter para­site
has only recently been
demonstrated to occur in dogs in
this country," he says. "It does not
cause any serious disease as does
the heartworm, but it makes the
problem of diagnosis difficult,
since both parasites have the
same type of immature stage in
the blood."
Dr. H. P. Shields is conducting
basic research on a disease often
referred to as Marie's disease. It
often occurs in man and many
domestic animals. This disease
consists of marked enlargement
of the long bones of the ex-tremites
and is usually associated
with some other condition affect­ing
the lungs or other structures
in the thoracic cavity.
"The information obtained will
be of value in the study of the
disease in man as well as that oc­curring
in dogs," he says.
Dr. James E. Neal is at present
studying bacteria from a large
number of animals which either
have the disease or have died of
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SQUARE DANCERS
Lefty Feltner, singing caller
from Lanett, w i l l be featured at a
special square dance Friday night
on the terrace of the Student
Union. Rain would move the dance
to the Faculty Club. All square
dancers and visitors are invited to
join the fun. The program will be
from 7 to 11:30 p.m. Admission is
$1 per gent.
this project is to identify this or^
ganism as the first step of a
means to establishing a method
of control. The small animal clinic
and pathology department are
cooperating in this project."
Dr. Richard A. Arnold is in­vestigating
the specific breed
characteristics of the chest and
abdomen of the greyhound. "The
development of the heart, lungs
and abdomen of this very athletic
animal offers a wide source of
information for basic research,"
he says.
NOTICE
The Civil Engineering Student
Wives Auxiliary invites ail C. E.
wives to attend their next meet­ing
July 23, at 8 p.m. in the So­cial
Center. The program will be
on first aid, conducted by Dr.
Raney.
The Auxiliary meets on the sec­ond
and fourth Thursdays of each
month.
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The Forestry Club of API will
be host for the third annual con­clave
of. forestry schools and de­partments
in the southeast to be
held in early 1960.
The second annual conclave just
held at LSU was attended by more
than 150 forestry students from
fourteen forestry schools and de­partments.
A committee named to m a k e
plans for the conclave are Dennis
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Kenwood Nichols, Suttle,
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By Wendell Mitchell
I guess it's only natural that we are beginning to catch the "foot­ball
lever" even.though the opening whistle will not blow for some
time yet. This premonition could well be attributed to the fact that
Auburn fans have so much more to look forward to than the average
football team supporter.
When our Auburn grid team takes the field this fall, the fans
will be cheering "on to victory" a group of athletes that have been
undefeated in 24 consecutive games; that have lost only four out of
their last forty starts; that are defending three consecutive years of
national ranking; that are defending a runner-up position in the SEC;
and that are defending the national defense crown. Now this is no
ordinary football team!
Of the talented '58 group that led in the accomplishment of these
feats, only eight were lost by graduation. But among this group are
£tars that Head Coach Ralph Jordan feels will be impossible to re­place.
Coach Jordan says, "I anticipate another good Auburn football
team but feel that we will not be improved over 1957 or 1958." Ac­tually
it would be nearly impossible to improve, as the record for the
two years stands at 19 victories, no losses, and one tie.
Coach Jordan feels that the main weaknesses of the team are
kicking-punting, extra points, kickoffs—and depth. Beyond the first
team, the line is largely dependent on sophomores with no varsity
experience.
The Tigers will have 19 of 32 lettermen returning from the '58
squad. The complete roster will total 66 men—12 of which will be
seniors, 11 juniors, and 43 sophomores.
Five regulars are back—LG Zeke Smith, C Jackie Burkett, LT
Teddy Foret, RH Lamar Rawson, and FB Ed Dyas. These men are ex­pected
to contribute their share, but there are still several -question
marks as to who will f i l l some of the positions.
The end corps will be built around three veterans—Leo Sexton,
Bobby Wasden, and Joe Leihtnam. Behind them are a capable lot of
(Continued on page 8)
Tigers' success hinges upon
Harvard's return to form
by Joe Beasley
I heard someone say the
other day t h a t t h e Redsox had
beaten the Yankees five
straight games. Until t h a t re­minder,
I had completely for­gotten
about t h e baseball sea­son.
This could be due to the
fact that my one-track mind
is on football. If A u b u r n were
to schedule t w e n t y games this
year, I would see all of t h em
if it were humanly possible.
Thinking about Auburn's fate
on the gridiron this fall brings
to mind another question. Will
Bryant Harvard be able to return
to the Tiger lineup this year?
Of the many questions that con­front
Coach "Shug" Jordan as
the 1959 football season ap­proaches,
this one ranks near
the top of the list in importance.
As the second string quarterback
on the 1957 national champion­ship
team, Harvard's fine field
generalship set up the field goal
that beat Georgia Tech 3-0.
Against Florida he. gambled on
his own twenty three yard line
with a fourth and six situation.
The result of the gamble was a
score of Auburn 13, Florida O.
After a good year in '57, Bryant
suffered a broken right leg dur­ing
the first week in September
when tackled by Burkett in
TIGER QUARTERBACK BRYANT HARVARD (14) crashes
opponents' line for valuable yardage in '57 grid contest.
scrimmage and missed the entire
'58 season. This didn't keep him
away from the field however. He
was in the press box every game
on the phone, relaying informa­tion
to the coaches and quarter­backs.
A split T specialist, Harvard is
considered by his coaches as a
wreckless signal caller (team­mates
call him brilliant). Har­vard
has the ability to diagnose
the opposition's weaknesses im­mediately
and take advantage of
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Bryant, son of a Thomasville,
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the Year in Georgia in '55, earned
21 letters in football, baseball,
basketball, golf and track at
Thomasville High. Top golfer for
Auburn in '57 and '58, he was
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Norm Carlson
Norm Carlson, former Atlanta
Journal sports writer, has_ been
appointed to the Auburn athletic
staff as Sports Publicist. At 26,
Carlson is the youngest sport
publicist in the SEC. His job will
be that of dealing with the press,
handling press releases and cor­respondence,
managing the press
box, etc.—duties that until Carl­son's
appointment had been in
the hands of Auburn sports pub­licity
director, Bill Beckwith.
Carlson is a native of St. Louis,
Missouri where he attended
Normandy High School. As a
high school athlete he earned ten
letters in four different sports—
basketball, football, baseball, and
track. As captain of his basketball
squad his senior year, Carlson led
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PLAY GOLF
CUB GOLF
INTRAMURAL LEAGUES SET FOR
SECOND HALF OF SPLIT SEASON
,L .... by Peyton McDaniel
League champions BSU, Sigma
Pi, and Sigma Nu began the de­fense
of their first-half titles
yesterday as action got underway
•^for the second half of the split
season in intramural Softball.
-One league title remains unde­c
i d e d as the weatherman got the
best of the Delta Sig-Tiger play­off
title match in league no 4.
The leagues have been r e ­organized
for the second half of
the season putting fraternities-
PKT, SN, DC, SP, PKP, and SAE
•—and Wesley Foundation in the
same group. There should be
some keen compeition for the
•titles with two of the four first-
Jiaif title winners in this league.
BSU, winner of league no.
•three, was put in a league with
;Kappa Sig and Delta Sig fra­ternities,
AVMA, and the Tigers.
Pending the outcome of the play­off
match between the Delta Sigs
and the Tigers, this league will
also have two first-half league
champions.
Coach R. K. Evans, director of
intramural sports, decided that
in order to promote more interest
in softball, the teams from Mag
Hall would be divided into two
leagues among themselves. This
was due to so many softball
games being forfeited by the
different divisions that entered
the competition. A, D-F, G,
J, and Y-2 were put in league
no 3 while B, E, H, K. and N
divisions will make up the last
league.
ATTENTION
Watch for the 'Zeke Smith
story' by Auburn's own Bill Beck-with
in the September issue of
Sports Review, national sport
magazine.
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sophomores led by Bobby Foret and Dave Edwards. While this position
is not weak, there's still no Jim Pyburns, Jimmy Phillips or Jerry
Wilsons around.
• The tackles present more experience than any other line position
end also have good depth. Ken Rice and Foret, along with Smith at
guard, provide possibly the best interior line in the SEC.
Smith, two-time Ail-American, Hayward Warrick, and G. W.
Clapp will hold down the front line guard positions, but there is no
rfurther depth.
Burkett is possibly the finest center in the nation, but Auburn is
greatly lacking in reserves. Soph Wayne Frazier is- the best prospect
. among the reserves.
Quarterback could be the strongest backfield position if Bryant
Harvard and Richard Wood's leg and knees hold out. They have color­ful
young Bobby Hunt to back them up.
Lefthalf Jimmy Pettus is the team's chief breakaway threat, but
unlike his predecessors, Tommy Lorino and Fob James, he is suscepti­ble
to injuries. Former QB Johnny Kern adds experience to this po­sition,
but additional depth is unproven.
The righ-halfback position features a good one-two punch in
Rawson and Bobby Lauder, both seniors, and a good reserve in holdout
Bo Davis, star of the A-Day game.
Veterans Jimmy Reynolds and Dyas return at fullback and they
are expected to be improved. Sophomores John McGeever, Bill Bag-gett,
and Jimmy Bonner offer good reserve strength.
The consensus of the coaches is that the whole SEC is stronger
this year—but I feel that with this lineup of talent Auburn is ready
for their biggest year!
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the team to the state champion­ship.
He was selected to the all-state
basketball team twice.
Upon graduation Carlson at­tended
the University of St. Louis
on a basketball scholarship for
one yoar. During that time he
served as co-captain of the fresh­man
team while leading them
through an undefeated season.
Due to a leg injury, Carlson was
forced to quit the team the fol­lowing
year.
Carlson finished his collegiate
work at the University of Florida
where he graduated in '56. For
the past three years he has cov­ered
Auburn sports as a sports
writer for the Atlanta Journal.
Carlson is married and the
father of a 10 month old daugh­ter.
He and his family are resid­ing
just outside of Auburn on
the Birmingham highway.
Harvard returns-
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elected president of the A club
by the monogram winners. A
sandy haired blond without the
rugged features of a gridder,
Bryant is intellectual and a good
student in business administra­tion.
Sine the '58 season will count
as a redshirt season, Bryant will
have two more years to play
counting this one. But, there's
one big if that steps into the pic­ture.
Will the leg injury he r e ­ceived
last fall have healed ade­quately?
Will the two operations
he has undergone in the past year
prove satisfactory? Will the leg
be strong enough to withstand
the bumps and bangs of college
football? If the answer is yes,
the picture will brighten con­siderably.
If the answer is no,
things will not be so good. Here's
one sincere wish that when the
football season opens Bryant
Harvard wil be there, ready for
any kind of action.
Local Delta Sigma Phi
appoints new treasurer
AUBURN, Ala. — James A.
Hammond, of Rome, Georgia, has
been .appointed to the position of
treasurer of Auburn's Kappa
chapter of Delta Sigma Phi, ad-cording
to a recent announcement
by Ronnie Tabor, chapter presi­dent.
Hammond succeeds Will
Bendall,. of Florence, Alabama.
Hammond is a junior at Au­burn,
majoring in business ad­ministration,
and a member of
the Auburn Players.
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