1961-04-14 The Plainsman

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To Foster The Auburn Spirit
VOLUME 88 Auburn University AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1961 8 Pages NUMBER 23
Laumer, Prater
Win Top Positions
Races Close For Prexy, Veep;
Coker Cops 'Miss Auburn' Title
By JIM PHILLIPS
and NOEL LEON
After gaining early leads in vote tabulation last night,
Ford Laumer, Jacksonville, Florida, and Burt Prater, Truss-ville,
held on to almost identical scant margins throughout
the wee hours of morning to win respectively Auburn's SGA
presidential and vice-presidential slots. Official announce­ment
came from Superintendent
of Political Affairs, Jimbo Rogers
at 7:25 a.m.
Running away with the Miss
Auburn contest was Marybeth
Coker, whose sizeable early thrust
out front in t h e returns was
never seriously threatened. Like­wise
successful by wide margins
were secretarial candidate J oe
Sugg and treasurer aspirant Jim­my
Haggard.
In bitterly contested Glomerata
races, Jimmy May took the edit­orship
and Hunky Law the busi­ness
manager's job. By runaway
margins, Jim Bullington was
elected Plainsman editor, and
Tom Fowler his business manager
ager.
THE FINAL tabulations as
submitted by Rogers read as fol­lows:
President, SGA: Laumer—
1874; McKnight—1743. Vice-Pre­sident,
SGA: Prater—1877; Cun­ningham—
1740. Secretary, SGA:
Sugg—2148; Lamb—1469. Trea­surer^
SGA: Haggard—2222; Wil­liamson—
1395.
Miss A u b u r n : Coker—1148;
Wright—823; Fulghum—673; Sar-ris—
542; Ransom—431. Glom Edi­tor:
May—1905; Mitchell—1712;
Glom, Business Manager: Law—
1862; Faucett—1755. Plainsman
Editor: Bullington—2194; Wal­lace—
1423. Plainsman Business
Manager: Fowler—2217; Tucker
1400.
IN EARLY returns Laumer had
an unofficial 1310 vote count to
McKnight's 1084. About 2 a.m.
returns indicated McKnight was
closing the lead when he was cre­dited
with being just a little
over 100 votes behind Laumer. At
this point, major schools had not
yet reported.
But that was as close as Mc­Knight
ever got. The same situa­tion
was true of Prater and Cun­ningham
in the vice-presidential
race. However, until the final tal­ly,
Cunningham was never closer
than 200 votes from the lead.
Sugg and Haggard each took a
snowballing lead which was ne­ver
approached by their oppon­ents.
In the Miss Auburn race, Miss
"Coker maintained a 100-vote mar­gin
until the School of Educa­tion
reported their, votes, giving
her the decisive victory.
In the publications contests
Bullington and Fowler got off to
fast starts and kept them. Glom,
business manager candidate Fau­cett
took an early lead over Law.
Throughout the night, Law shav­ed
off the lead to a mere 10 votes
and, in the final count, went
ahead to win the election.
May and Mitchell traded leads
once during the night in their bid
for Glom editor and by 5 a.m.
May accumulated a 200-vote lead
which he maintained.
THE ALL CAMPUS party took
nine out of 13 senatorial positions.
Fifth year senator by a three-vote
margin was War Eagle can­didate
Dudley Sisk. The official
count w a s Trajan Carney, All
Campus—62; Sisk—65.
Winners in the senior senator
race were Stan Sikes, All Campus
—661; Gary Suttle, All Campus—
598; Lance Hearn, War Eagle—
545; Kay Hathaway, War Eagle—
5.41..
Other.,c.ajjdid.aj.e's. votes were:
Ann Walker, All Campus—539;
Anntearber, War Eagle—525;'tola
Nolen, All Campus—523; Henry
Blizzard, War Eagle-U29; Albert
Mitchell, War Eagle—423.
AH the All Campus candidates
for junior senator were elected to
office. The winners: R o g er
"Bucky" Allen—582; Kitty Fair-leigh—
525; Phil Pauze—469; Bill
Hansford—441. Other candidates:
Stanley Newman—400; Virginia
Morgan—387; Ann Rolling—336.
Sophomore s e n a t o r winners
were: Bill Mayrose, All Campus
—605; Afton Morrill, War Eagle—
586; Danny Paul, All Campus—
574. Other candidates in that race
were Judy Clark, War Eagle—
534 and Betsy Joiner, All Campus
—368.
Laumer Prater
MISS AUBURN — MARYBETH COKER
WORKSHOP DATE
FOR WS6A FORUM
SET APRIL 21-23
Program Evaluation
On Tap For Sessions
BY KATHERINE DAVIS
The annual spring workshop of
the Women's Student Govern­ment
Association will be held Fri­day,
April 21, through Sunday,
April 23. Presiding over the ses­sions
will be Anita Griffith, out­going
WSGA president.
The purpose of the workshop is
to evaluate the total program of
women's student government on
the Auburn campus. This will in­clude
a study of .aims and objec­tives,
the relationship of WSGA
to the students, proposed projects,
means of accomplishing goals, and
suggested rule changes.
* * *
REPRESENTING the women
students at these meetings will be
the newly elected WSGA officers
and dorm presidents, as well as
the retiring officers and legisla­tive
council. New dorm leaders
are Peggy Wilcox, president,
Dorm I; Ginger Morgan, Dorm II;
Dorm III, to be elected; Margie
Mantel, Dorm IV; Dot Swann,
Dorm V; Dorm VI, to be elected;
Andrea Johnson, Dorm VII; Peg­gy
Jo Smith, Dorm VIII; S ue
Grogan, Susan Smith Cottage.
* * *
ALL WOMEN students who
have questions which they want
to have discussed at--the--wt)rk=-)"
shop aire urged to put notes in
the dorm suggestion boxes and
to contact their dorm presidents.
If a rule change is desired, the
WSGA will consider any sugges­tions
which are backed up by ra­tional
arguments.
On Monday following the work­shop,
the new executive officers
and judiciary council will be in­stalled
at the WSGA honors con­vocation.
New officers are Nancy
Culpepper, president; Sally Jones,
vice-president; Janice Tanner,
secretary; Nancy Jackson, trea­surer;
Vickie Givan, social chair­man;
Dana Sturkie, town repre­sentative.
The judiciary council
is to be announced.
PHOTO LESSONS
TO START APRIL 20
Free photography lessons are to
begin the afternoon of April 20
in room 320 of the Union Build­ing.
Sponsoring the series of in­structional
classes on the funda­mentals
of photography is the
Auburn Camera Club and t he
Union Recreation Committee.
JONI JAMES —HERE TONIGHT
APPEARANCE OF JONI JAMES
TO BEGIN FESTIVE WEEKEND
By BOBBY BOETTCHER
Miss Joni James will be the featured attraction tonight at
a free dance sponsored by the Auburn Interfraternity Coun­cil
at the Student Activities Building. Providing accompani­ment
and dance music for the event will be the Auburn
Knights Orchestra,, who will hold forth'from 8 'til 12. Miss
James will appear twice during
the course of the evening.
According to Bobby McCord,
chairman of Village Fair, ". . .
in making the. Joni James dance
opjen arid free to-'all''students—
fraternity and . non-riraternity—
the IFC has given a boost to cam­pus
enthusiasm over Village Fair,
as well as an enjoyable evening
of entertainment for everyone."
Campus enthusiasm over Joni's
appearance here has been over­whelming.
Her visit today has
been looked forward to since the
unfortunate and unavoidable can­cellation
of her scheduled Au­burn
appearance for Greek Week
during the heavy winter snow­storms
in New York.
Miss James will arrive in Au­burn
early this afternoon, for a
rehearsal w i t h t h e Auburn
Knights. The Knights shared the
spotlight with Joni during her
1958 Auburn viist, at which time
she called the Auburn orchestra,
"the finest college band I've ever
heard."
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JONI JAMES' list of personal
appearances includes practically
every major club, ballroom, and
concert hall in the country. She
has made an extensive tour of
one-night engagements through­out
the United States, and has al­so
completed tours of the Far
East, England, Canada, and South
America. She is a frequent guest
on top TV shows.
Traveling with Joni will be her
husband, Tony Aquaviva, who, in
addition, to ..being-- -her .personal
mandger, often arranges and con-,
ducts the music for her concert
tours.
Since her first hit record, "Why
Don't You Believe Me?", (which
sold over a million records) in
1952, the talented songstress has
sold over 40 million records on
the MGM label. At one time, she
had three records in the top 10,
and she has received, to date,
eight gold records. Lately, she
has been a top seller of LP al­bums.
The Auburn Knights will be
making their first appearance
here since Greek Week. Featured
with the versatile and accom­plished
local group will be the
vocals of charming and talented
Sandra Moody.
LATE PERMISSION
All girls will have 12 p.m. per­mission
for the Joni James-Au­burn
Knights concert and dance
tonight, with .the exception of
those on normal 12:30 permission.
This includes visitors staying in
the dorms. The ounce will be from
8-12 in the student activities build­ing.
Dress is semi-formal.
Campus Flooded
By 'Fair' Visitors
EXTRA EVENTS
SPICE PUNS
FOR WEEKEND
Derby, Beauty Contest
Included In Activities
BY MARY MANLY
AND CATHI SLAUGHTER
The Miss Village Fair Contest,
sponsored by Squires, will be
held tomorrow.
Contestants, chosen during reg­istration
in the morning, will be
given a tea in the Social Center
from 1 to 3 p.m.
During this tea the girls will" be
interviewed by m e m b e r s of
Squires, who will choose 15 semi-finalists.
Immediately after the
tea the semi-finalists will be in­terviewed
by the official judges
who will pick five finalists and
Miss Village Fair.
* * *
AT HER presentation at Vil­lage
F a i r Festival tomorrow
night, she will be given a trophy
and flowers, and have her pic­ture
taken for state-wide cover­age
including her home-town
newspaper and The Plainsman.
* * *
VILLAGE FAIR scholarships of
$200 and $300 will be awarded to
two high school students for the
1961-62 school year.
The Village Fair Committee
announced the names of the five
finalists for t h e scholarships.
They are: Mary Ann Cahoon,
Bessemer High School, Bessemer;
Julia McPherson;^ "Murphy 'High'
School, Mobile; Jill Porch, Scotts-boro
High School, Scottsboro;
Charles Max Rampacek, Tusca-losa
County High School, North-port
and Cullen David Scarbor­ough,
Dothan High School, Do-than.
These finalists will come to Au­burn
for interviews today. Win­ners
are selected on the basis of
leadership and character as well
as scholastic ability.
Fifty-thousand juniors and sen­iors
from high schools in Ala­bama
and west Georgia have been
invited to attend the weekend
event.
* * *
THE ANNUAL Soap Box Der­by,
sponsored by the Auburn
Veteran's Association, will be one
of the events of Village Fair.
Soap box buggy enthusiasts can
compete for prizes in a race down
Thach Street, starting from in
front of the main library. The
course is about a block and a half
long.
The race will take place in the
afternoon, and judges will cover
the event from an announcing to­wer
at the starting line.
Exhibits, Parade, Other Events
Attract High School Seniors
By NOEL LEON
News Editor
Auburn will be a scene of buzzing activity today as thou­sands
of high school students from throughout Alabama and
west Georgia pour in for the opening of the 1961 edition of
Village Fair.
Toned to a Civil War Centennial theme, displays and acti­vities
will illustrate Auburn, sored by the Interfraternity
Military and scholastic exhibits,
along with a musical stage hit, a
parade, sports activities, open
house, dancing, a beauty contest
and parties galore will make for
two busy days in the Loveliest
Village.
* * *
INCOMING visitors should reg­ister
as soon as possible in front
of the Union Building, says Vil­lage
Fair Chairman Bobby Mc­Cord.
Girls wishing to enter the
Miss Village Fair contest should
register as early as possible.
The contest is sponsored by
Squires, a sophomore honor soc­iety.
Winner of the contest will
be named at a festival tomorrow
night.
Tonight's activities will be the
presentation of "Carousel," a
musical Broadway hit. The cast
will include Andrew Gainey, who
was in the actual production on
Broadway. Songs such as "If I
Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out
All Over," and "You'll Never
Walk Alone" will be featured.
FOLLOWING the show, which
will start at 7:30 p.m., there will
be a dance featuring vocalist Joni
James, at the Student Activities
building: That event will be' -spon-
Council.
Saturday morning there will be
registration f r o m 8 a.m. until
noon. The Village Fair parade
will take place at 10. a.m.
Throughout t h e day, visitors
will see the various displays put
up by schools and departments.
Among them will be a Marce tac­tical
missile put on display by the
Air Force.
The Army and the Navy will
each have impressive exhibits on
the lawn adjacent to the Social
Center.
As part of their exhibit, the
School of Chemistry will make
blood type tests on the "while
you wait" basis, for all those
wanting to have one.
* # * •
ATTRACTIONS which h a ve
drawn crowds in the past are the
colorful displays put up by the
School of Architecture and the
Arts. The exhibits for that de­partment
will be adjacent to Big­gin
Hall.
Also under t h e Architecture
and the Arts will be displays put
up at Langdon i Shops . by the
Drama Department.
At 10:45 a.m. the Men's Glee
Club'will entertain at the Union
-Patio. - " - • - - -•
F. R. Robertson Assumes Director's Post
As Head Of Auburn Extension Service
BEAUTY FINALISTS
A U Claims Potential Miss Universe Contestants
BY LLOYD BLACKWELL
The Auburn campus is now
graced,with three potential Miss
Universe candidates. They are
Misses Suellen Robinson, Judy
Kay Day, and* Jerolyn Ridgeway.
The three girls were chosen to
compete in the finals of the Ala­bama
Poultry Jubilee April 21.
All three are district Poultry Ju­bilee
winners.
The winner of the April 21
Poultry Jubilee beauty contest
will become Alabama's entrant
for Miss Universe.
Miss Robinson, who hails from
Fairfax, is a green-eyed blohde
lovely in her second year in the
school of Science and Literature.
Before coming to Auburn, she
served her high school as head
majorette, newspaper reporter,
and school radio reporter.
Her past beauty contest tri­umphs
include first runner-up in
the Miss Chattahoochee Valley
contest, semi-finalist in the Miss
Alabama contest, Glom beauty,
and Auburn calendar girl for two
years in a row. She is an expert
in modern dance, and is an ac­complished
pianist, having placed
in the "excellent"
state recital.
bracket in al Suellen is living proof t.h a 11 she was a national merit scholar-
I beauty and brains go toghether— ship winner in 1958.
,..t.,,..,,. .-,„.„,^.-,r/,^,^\v<:,^,,,^.:,,-„,...^ .,,,,,..,*„ Miss Day comes to us from
Gadsden, and is a sophomore in
interior design." In high school
she was yearbook beauty for.
three years, active in Tri-Hi-Y,
student council activities and at­tended
the Alabama Youth Legis­lature.
This is Judy Kay's first try in
beauty contests, and she's off to
a good start. She's the newly-elected
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
She says she enjoys bowling,
dancing, tennis and just about
"anything out-of-doors." J u dy
Kay, one of the smilingest gals
around, says her pet peeves are
people who don't smile back.
Jerolyn Ridgeway, a native of
Fort Payne, is a freshman in Psy­chology.
She was a high school
majorette, and served on her high
school newspaper staff.
Her past triumphs include Miss
Guntersville Lake, and finalist in
Junior Miss Alabama. She has
been 'Loveliest of the Plains' and
is a Glom beauty. She finds peo­ple
fascinating, and enjoys out­door
sports. She likes spectator
sports in general and football in
particular.
ONE OF THESE.beauties will be the Alabama contestant for
Miss Universe. They are: (left to right) Suellen Robinson, Judy
Kay Day; and Jerolyn Ridgeway.—Staff photo by Lloyd Blackwell.
; Dr. Fred R. Robertson has as­sumed
his new duties as director
of the Auburn Extension Service.
A native of Tennessee, Dr. Ro­bertson
is well qualified for the
new post. He holds both a B.S.
degree in agriculture and an M.S.
degree in agricultural economics
from the University of Tennessee.
He received his doctor's degree in
public administration at Harvard
in 1956. Robertson's grade aver­age
at Harvard was the highest
in the agricultural group of about
25.
In his work in agriculture, Dr.
Robertson has written numerous
articles and publications. He is a
member of the American Farm
Economics Association and the A-merican
Economics Association.
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Robertson worked for several
years as an assistant county agent
in Tennessee, and he was also
with TVA for five years as agri­cultural
economist.
'Loveliest of the Plains'
LOVELIEST ANN CUNNINGHAM focusses her attention on
Village Fair through the eyes of one of Auburn's Educational TV
cameras, a far cry from her chief interest and major, home eco­nomics.
Ann, a Piedmont, Ala. product, is a Chi Omega.
VILLAGE FAIR, IN ONLY NINE YEARS,
HAS BECOME ESTABLISHED TRADITION
BY JIM DINSMORE
This Saturday Auburn Univer­sity
will throw open its doors to
the eager eyes of interested high-schoolers
from all over Alabama
and nearby states. These students
will take in the many Village
Fair attractions; they will admire
the huge riverboat decoration;
they will meet the Auburn stu-dent^
Vtltetoseivesf they will get
an opportunity to taste a bit of
the fabled Auburn spirit; they
will see a portion of college life.
And, we hope, they will be im­pressed.
Village Fair for Auburn
has become something so big that
this year the high-schoolers will
almost outnumber the students.
It has become one of the most
important activities on campus. It
is now, with the addition of Joni
James, one of the biggest and
best programs of its type present­ed
by colleges all over the na­tion.
Yet this year's Village Fair is
celebrating only its ninth birth­day.
It has grown from a semi-organized
casual look at Auburn,
with a mere 1,000 attending, to
what it is today.
It all began back in 1952, when
it was decided to combine the
numerous open houses of the in­dividual
schools into one big
weekend. The date thNat year was
set for April 18 and 19, and big
plans were laid for spectacular
entertainment for an expected 1,-
500 visitors. Though only 1,000
actually showed up, the first Vil­lage
Fair was something more
than a small-scale experiment.
Block and Bridle sponsored a
horse show offering $843 in prizes.
The Dolphin Club presented a
"Swimphony." There was a par­ade
including the ROTC units.
The whole affair ended with a
dance held in the Student Activi­ties
Building. The trend was thus
set for subsequent Village Fairs.
In 1953 an Auburn Player,
Vangalia Lukes, dyed her hair
blue for her part in "The Cur­ious
Savage," and almost ran over
a gawking visitor. The Village
Fair issue of The Plainsman
pointed with pride to five new
modern dormitories.
In 1954, Auburn Players taxied
the high school students from
strategic points to displays and
tours. An exhibit of tanks, field
pieces, and radio equipment was
set up in Ross Square by the mili­tary
department.
In 1955, approximately 5,000
people attended what was claim­ed
to be "Auburn's Best Village
Fair." The Phi Kappa Taus won
the best float award for the third
year. The new Auburn Union
Building was dedicated. The Fair
was extended to Sunday when
Auburn churches offered the
visiting students breakfast and
open house.
In 1956, Blanche Baxter, who
2—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, April 14, 1961
Notice
We will have in our store a Zenith representa­tive
from Better Hearing Aid Service in Colum­bus
on Friday, April 14th from 9:30 to 5:00. Free
hearing tests will be given and all makes hearing
aids will be cleaned and adjusted free of charge.
Exclusive in the Auburn-Opelika area, we stock
batteries for ALL hearing aids.
Thomas Drug Company
Southside Shopping Center — TU 7-2985
Meet New Mascot - 'War Eagle III9
Eagle Makes Appearance Today;
Does Well In Mascot Training
By DON PHILLIPS
Anvre, the original War Eagle, was in truth a "war" eagle.
As a young bird he and a lone Alabama soldier were the
only Confederate survivors of one of the bloody battles of
the Wilderness. Wandering aimlessly around the battle field
the soldier stumbled across the wounded baby eagle, kept
him and nursed him back to game. The football team sadly
health.
Several years after Appomat­tox
the soldier, who Lad been
an Auburn student before the
war, returned as a faculty mem­ber.
With him came the now
full grown, tame eagle.'
For many years Anvre and his
master w e r e familiar sights
around the Auburn campus, and
both came to be loved by Auburn.
Then one fateful day in 1892 the
aged eagle finally died watching
Auburn win its first football
was to win several other beauty
title on our campus, was "Love­liest
Visitor of the Plains."
In 1957, Governor and Mrs.
James E. Folsom were among our
visitors as "Governor's Day" co­incided
with Village Fair. That
year it hailed on Wednesday and
rained into the night on Thurs­day;
but the skies cleared just in
time for the big weekend.
Last year, abstract geometrical
decorations turned Auburn vir­tually
into a modern art display.
Though the activities of Village
Fair were compressed into only
one day's time, it was an extre­mely
well-organized day's time.
That night at the stadium TKE
presented their winning skit; the
band played a brassy rendition
of "War Eagle" and other favor­ites;
the Navy Drill team march­ed
in precision. Miss Haden Har­ris
rode in the annual parade as
"Miss Village Fair."
Thus Auburn Village Fair has
grown into the well-put-on ex­travaganza
that this year will
greet the high school visitors. In
just nine year's time it has be­come
a part of Auburn tradition
buried Anvre, and remembering
his history, adopted "war eagle"
as their battle cry. The spirit and
tradition of those two words and
what they stand for has lived
through the years.
From 1892 till 1930 Auburn was
without a mascot. In that year a
full grown Bald Eagle was cap­tured
near Opelika, but being too
wild to tame, he died in a few
years.
Then almost a hundred years
after Anvre another wounded
eagle came to the Auburn cam­pus.
* * *
BY NOW m o s t Auburnites
know the story behind War Eagle
III and his coming to Auburn,
but for the benefit of our Village
Fair visitors, we give a brief his­tory
of our new mascot.
War Eagle III was captured last
November by Carson Whitson on
his farm at Curry Station, Ala.,
near Talladega. He had been shot
the previous day by Negro cot-tori
pickers who had been afraid
to go near him.
The wounded bird was handed
over to Talladega County Agent,
O. V. Hill, who in turn contacted
Auburn authorities through his
son, Dell, an Auburn student.
James E. Foy, Dean of Student
Affairs, gave the go-ahead and
the eagle made the hundred-mile
trip to Auburn by truck.
Here-he was taken to a cage
at the Wildlife Experimental Sta­tion
under the care of the head of
t h e Wildlife Department, Dr.
Maurice Baker. Dr. Baker's re­search
revealed that the eagle
was a Golden Eagle, about six
months old, probably from Colo-
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'Tiger" — A Fearsome, Noble Mascot For Auburn
rado. He weighed in at 12.6
pounds with a six foot wingspan.
Soon after a story on the eagle
appeared in The Plainsman, Jon
Bowden, a sophomore in archi­tecture
from Gulfport, Miss., vol­unteered
his services as trainer.
Less than two weeks after their
first meeting, the eagle was eat­ing
from the experienced train­er's
hand.
* * *
UNDER JON'S guidance t he
eagle, now nicknamed "Tiger," is
progressing normally in his train­ing
program. For the present Jon
is concentrating on winning his
confidence a n d respect. Jon
doesn't want to make any de­finite
long-range plans for Tiger
until he has had a chance to work
with him this summer, but he is
due to make a few appearances
this quarter at baseball games,
the "A" Day game, and other
events.
In addition to training our
eagle for future appearances, Jon
is interested in the possibility of
a falconry club for Auburn. The
falcon is easily trained and could
possible be used for performances
with .the eagle. Jon would like to
hear from anyone in this area in­terested
in falconry.
Several problems are growing
with Tiger, the most significant
being protection. One can ima­gine
what competition there will
be next Fall between our neigh­bors
over who will have the hon­or
of stealing Auburn's new mas­cot
first. Obviously some sort of
guard system will have to be
worked out—not so much to pro­tect
the eagle as to protect any­one
foolish enough to go into the
cage after him. The likely system
is a 24-hour guard which could
be arranged through ROTC, a
general volunteering, or new frat­ernity
pledges.
Meanwhile the new 12x30x10
eagle cage, built by Alpha Phi
Omega has seen a constant stream
of visitors. Wildlife workers re­port
that literally hundreds of
people come to see the new mas­cot
every week. Tomorrow he
will be perched in front of the
'CAROUSEL' SHOW ENDS SATURDAY;
ANDREW GAINEY PLAYS LEAD ROLE
Opening night for "Carousel"
was last night,- and there are only
three more performances to be
given. Tonight's • show and the
Saturday matinee-and night per­formances
are each expected to
draw a big -crowd, particularly
with the many Village Fair visit­ors
here.
Members of the cast are as fol­lows:
Billy Bigelow — Andrew
Union Building fori Village Fair.
We invite everyone who hasn't
to come to the Union Saturday to
see Auburn's .new symbol of
glory.
Gainey and understudy, William
Quarles; Julie—Alice Moss and
Mary Ann Swan; Carrie—Barrye
Ingram; Mrs. Mullin—G i n n y
•Buchanan and -understudy, Ka-ky
Moseley; Policeman—Russ Sten-der;
Mr. Bascomb—Bruce Wil­liams.
The music for the production
was "written by Richard Rogers,
the book a n d lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein II.
ATTENTION SAM MEMBERS
AM S.A.M. members be on the
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Vw PlaLndmani PLAINSMAN FORUM
To Foster The Auburn Spirit
JIM PHILLIPS
Editor
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Editorials Page 4 Friday, April 14, 1961
Is ACOIA Worthy Institution?
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Welcome Visitors!
IN THE past Auburn University has al­ways
extended its warmest of welcomes
to Village Fair visitors. This year is by no
means an exception. Every college facility
will invite your observations, comments
and criticisms. You will find Auburn folks
the world's friendliest.
View the exhibits with an eye beamed
toward the future, for soon, as a current
high school senior, you will begin the ted­ious
but all-important job of career plan­ning.
The exhibits you see this week-end
will not provide you with a vast store of
knowledge, but the important thing is that
they will vividly and accurately give you
an insight into the fields of higher educa­tion.
Exhibits will be open all day tomorrow,
interspersed with demonstrations. While
visiting the numerous displays you are en­couraged
to ask pertinent questions. Should
you (desire particular information concern­ing
a School, direct your question to one
of the faculty members associated with the
exhibit. Village Fair's primary function is
to provide you, as the prospective Auburn
student, with the educational outlay which
we offer and at the same time introduce
you to the Auburn way of life.
Education, to be sure, is our foremost
product here at Auburn; however, enter­tainment
adds spice to the doldrum of con­stant
learning. Saturday will give you a
fine example of our entertainment and
wholesome participation—A brams.
'Engineer1 Bounces Back ...
THE AUBURN ENGINEER, voice of this
institution's progressive Engineering
School, has come far since those melan­choly
days last spring when this informa­tive
organ was having such trouble main­taining
a staff that the whole operation
seemed as though it would join ranks of
the defunct.
With that situation unimproved last fall,
the Assistant Director of Engineering Ex­tension,
E.- B. Taylor, decided he would
lend every possible effort toward revital­izing
the once popular publication. With
help from a handful of experienced stu­dents,
Taylor has achieved his goal.
This week-end, a thousand copies of the
special Village Fair Engineer edition will
be distributed free of charge at the Engi­neering
booth in front of Wilmore Labs.
When an expensive publication can afford
to give an edition away, it has reached a
high level of financial success. Taylor at­tributes
the magazine's solid balance in
the black to a band of energetic ad sales­men,
paced by Engineering School Presi­dent
Morris Middleton, who personally sold
over $400 in advertising contracts for this
issue.
Thumbing through the 50 pages of this
edition, we find the contents both intel­lectually
stimulating and colorful. Articles
regarding policies, problems, and progress
of each engineering department highlight
the magazine. Of great appeal to those
readers whose interests tend to stray from
engineering lab to quadrangle, is a gallery
of full page beauty photos—each coed a
sponsor for one of the engineering depart­ments.
" w'iMfl
We applaud the meritorious efforts of]
Taylor and his student help in getting The 1
Auburn Engineer back on such solid f
ground. We hope the magazine's present 1
quality may serve to yield the busy Mr.!
Taylor an experienced student editor and
additions to a sparse staff, come future is- j
sues. I
The Leadership Change . . . '
YESTERDAY, the Auburn electorate chose
a new crop of student leaders. They will
immediately begin learning those respec­tive
jobs the voting majority has tagged
them for, and soon they will assume office.
By declaring their candidacies, these
elected leaders have expressed undivided
loyalty to Auburn as the whole. They have
indicated their willingness to forego higher
academic marks if necessary and have ac­cepted
future cutbacks in the occasions
that were once theirs to take life easy or
seek the good time. We trust they will not
deviate from the tedious mean of their res­ponsibilities
to the Auburn student body.
This is easier said than done. Their role is
one of far greater work than the glory that
is oft- erroneously supposed of their posi­tions.
Then too, we trust that this new group
of leaders will ceaselessly think and act on
their very own feet. In student government
activity there are numerous inherent loop­holes
that tend to deter from positive ac­tion
those leaders who are anything less
than hell-bent on leading. Progress does
not come cheap. It will be the responsibility
of these newly-elected leaders to pay the
price.
Fear... With Reason
WORD COMES to us that a group of promi­nent
Southern newspaper editors, char­acteristically
the section's most ardent rea­lists
and most outspoken foes of stale gov­ernment,
have expressed deep concern re­garding
the acceptance of Senator Barry
Goldwater's political line by the searching
minds of collegians. These editors seem to
feel that Goldwater's "reactionary" philo­sophy
or whatever you might choose to
call it, is making marked gains on South- '
ern campuses.
This particular sect of front-office news­papermen,
responsible citizens all, realize
that it will be virtually no time before to­day's
collegians assume national and World
leadership. They shudder at the thought of
having public strength confided in men
whose minds are infiltrated with the Ari­zona
Senator's "back to the good old days"
line. The editors would much prefer an en­lightened,
progressive corps of future lead­ers.
It is not at all difficult to understand
their apprehension toward the backtrack­ing
Goldwater's reported popularity jwith
today's collegiate set.
To name but a very few of his reaction­ary
proposals, Goldwater stands for ab­solute
banishment of the following govern­mental
policies: foreign aid, centralized
government, New Deals, and Federal aid
to education.
We hope Goldwater's enticements, float­ing
in from his perch far across the hori­zon
to the infinite right, are ignored here.
Let Auburn augment a maturing generation
of forward-thinkers.
After only limited success was predicted for last week's
Auburn Conference on International Affairs, delegates and
] guest speakers 'alike concluded that the program was an en-
| lightening one and well worthwhile. Today,. columnists John
"Wallace, Jim Bullington, Noel Leon, and Bobby Boettcher dis­cuss
their views of the latest ACOIA and the conference's po­tential
for expansion.—ED.
DELEGATES ENTHUSIASTIC . . .
Interest Displayed In World Affairs;
Round Tables Foster Student Thought
By JOHN WALLACE
PSYCHOPETH
Solutions Sought To Women's Dining Hall Problems
THE OUTCOME of the latest
WSGA meeting may be of
particular interest to the coeds
who eat in the women's dining
hall and even to those who
just pay but do not eat in the
dining hall.
Attending the meeting were
many visitors interested in the
dining hall problem. Among
them was William T. Ingram,
business manager for the
school. Ingram talked to the
assembled group for over an
hour, most of the time spent
in a question and answer ses­sion.
Two committees have been
set up to attempt to find a
workable solution to the din­ing
hall problems. One com-
By CARL PETH
rnittee is to investigate t he
condition of the food served in
the dining hall. After the in­vestigation,
the committee is
to compile a list of suggestions
and present them to Ingram.
After the list is given to him,
Ingram w i l l investigate the
dining hall himself if he thinks
the situation warrants action
on his part.
The second committee Is to
investigate the possibility of
having a non-compulsory sys­tem
instead of the present one.
The possible success of this
committee is doubtful, how­ever,
because of the resistance
the members of the committee
will run into.
When the funds were raised
to build the dorms, one of the
stipulations of the loan was
that using the dining hall was
to be compulsory for everyone
living in the dorms until the
loan was paid off. If by some
chance the committee is able
to get around the loan stipu­lation,
the school is sure to
balk at the idea of non-com­pulsory
meal tickets.
The committee members are
both WSGA leaders and some
of the aforementioned visitors.
The WSGA, Ingram, and
some girls have shown a great
amount of wisdom in handling
the problem in the manner in
which they are doing it.
THE AUBURN Conference On
International Affairs proved
one bis thing to us and that was
that the American college stu­dent,
is interested, deeply inter­ested
in the affairs of the world.
Thev are concerned about our
relations w i t h other countries,
and they keep up with the events
of the dav. What thev lack in
background and experience they
more than compensate for by
youth's enthusiasm and curiosity.
The round-table groups, one of
which I had the opportunitv to
lead, p r o v i d e d an excellent
chance for the delegates to raise
auestions and thrash out among
themselves governmental policies
and proposals involving foreign
nations. The speakers and con­sultants
at the conference, a sin­gularly
outstanding group of men,
provided the intellectual fodder,
so to speak, on which the dele­gates
could feed. In the round
tables these consultants would
answer technical questions, clari­fy
information and, in general,
stimulate and g u i d e student
thinking into productive areas if
possible.
IDEAL SETUP
It was almost an ideal setup.
The delegates had a free hand in
the discussions and whenever
nece:;sary they could refer to the
consultants for needed facts and
history.
There were several questions or
subjects which reappeared con­sistently
throughout the confer­ence.
Perhaps foremost among
them was Kennedy's proposed
Peace Corps, possibly because of
the' tremendous publicity t he
Corps has recived (so- most of the
students knew the details) and
possibly because of the relative
newness of the proposal. At any
rate it came under c a r e f ul
scrutiny in the groups. Despite its
seemingly overwhelming popu­larity
over the nation the Corps
was not without criticsm. While
many firmly believed in the
Corps' capabilities, no few ques­tioned
its practicality and pos­sible
success. The moot point
seemed to be -whether or not the
Corps volunteers would be either
willing or able to subject them­selves
for any length of time to
the low standards of living which
would confront them in the coun­tries
to which they would be sent.
It was felt by some that a single
failure would do more harm than
a hundred successes and that the
communists would merely be
waiting for a single washout to
capitalize on the propaganda. It
was also held that the gigantic
publicity which it had already
received has seriously harmed the
potential of the Corps. Whereas
students who felt this way were
not in the majority they most as­suredly
were a strong minority.
ENTER CASTRO
Of course, the conference deal­ing
with Mexico and the Carib­bean
could hardly escape pro­longed
involvement with Castro
and Cuba. This was perhaps un­fortunate
because Cuba was only a
minor segment of the area under
•study and it shouldn't have dom­inated
the conference so. At any
rate the most widespread miscon­ceptions
about Castro which the
speakers in general and Dr., J.
Riis Owre in particular, made
note of were the beliefs that Cas­tro
is now despised both in Cuba
and throughout t h e Caribbean
and that he will soon be over­thrown.
According to Dr. Owre
and the others, Castro still main­tains
the support of a vast num­ber
of peasants who have needed
land reform and will follow any­one
who would give them this.
Then too the peasants are lured
by the idea .that if they take
away from the rich and give to
the poor they (the poor) would
be able to live like sav the presi­dent
of the United Fruit Comp­any,
overlooking the fact that
$10,000 spread over 10,000 pea­sants
would mean only one dollar
per person. That Castro will soon
be overthrown is doubtful, Dr.
Owre stated in his speech and
when asked when he thought it
would occur, he replied, "It will
be a long time." This was be­cause,
he later said, of Castro's
continued popularity, great or­ganization
and because of the in­dividualism
of the Latin no con­certed
effort very likely could or
can be raised against him.
AID ANALYZED
Another recurrent subject was
federal aid and how it should be
administered. The students soon
realized as they touched on the
subject that anv aid program
would be faced with the dilemma
of whether to distribute the aid
through the governments of the
countries and risk waste and graft
among the few families that con­trol
so many Latin governments
or to bypass the governments and
go directly to the lower classes
which possibly would alienate the
governments of the countries thus
aided. The use of the new Inter-
American Bank was cited as a-possible
solution.
These were by no means the
only topics brought out. Several
others were discussed quite fre­quently,
but these topics men­tioned
above give some indication
of the type of searching analysis
that went on.
The importance of an event of
this sort goes without saying and
the importance of trying to live
peacefully in a shrunken world
increases daily. The conference,
attendance-wise, lagged from time
to time, but those who did come
out to listen and talk were re­warded
with knowledge and un­derstanding.
In this respect the
fourth annual Auburn Conference
On International Affairs was an
unqualified success.
QUALITY IMPROVES . . .
ACOIA Believed Past Critical Stage;
Now Look To Expansion, Development
By i/M BULLINGTON
THE CRISIS seems to have past
for the Auburn Conference on
International Affairs. The general
consensus now seems to be that
it will continue to grow and en­rich
the intellectual atmosphere
of Auburn.
Earlier this year, it looked like
ACOIA was on its last leg. Inter­est
was very low, among both fac­ulty
and students. Now, however,
under the fine leadership of Ron­nie
McCullars and Stan Sikes, the
conference has eased out of the
doldrums.
People who have attended all
four ACOLA.'s have generally ac­claimed
this year's as the best yet.
Participation, while not as good
as could be hoped for, was very
Food. In contrast -to past years,
lecture attendance tended to in­crease
rather than decrease as the
conference progrssd.
The caliber of the speakers and
discussion leaders also seemed to
be generally improved from past
years.
WHY ACOIA?
Well, perhaps it's here to stay.
If so, why? .
The purpose of ACOIA is basi­cally
twofold. First, it is to help
acquaint Auburn students, faculty,
and student-leaders throughout
the South with some basic prob­lems
of world affairs. Second, it
helps make Auburn a university
more than just in name—it gives
needed publicity on an intellec­tual
plane and it helps buid pres­tige
among other schools.
Another aspect of ACOIA which
makes it desirabe for Auburn is
the fact that it is unique. Several
of the speakers and discussion
leaders commented that it is the
only student-oriented program of
its type in the United States.
I PROBLEMS
Bright as the picture seems for
the future of ACOIA, there are
still some problems. Some have
been solved already, but there are
still some which need solutions.
One of these has been the lack
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL . . ,.
Southern Institution Expanding, Progressing, Broadening
Should Make Use Of Opportunities Afforded By ACOIA
By BOBBY BOETTCHER
A SOUTHERN institution ex­p
a n d i n g , progressing, a nd
broadening its scope to-the extent
that Auburn University presently
is should be constantly aware as
each opportunity presents itself
as a potential of furthering the
progressive goals sought.
Such a potential exists in the
very unique student-born, stu­dent-
operated Auburn Confer­ence
On International Affairs.
Last week saw the occurrence of
the fourth ACOIA conclave of
speakers, visiting delegates, and
Auburn participants. This year's
conference was termed a success
by visiting and local observers. It
was, indeed, probably the most
smoothly operated of the four
held thus far, and the quality of
speakers was worthy of presenta­tion
anywhere. These factors,
along with others, combined to
make the 1961 ACOIA a "success"
—on its present scale, that is.
PRESTIGE BUILDER
However, the full possibility of
ACOIA has not yet been utilized.
ACOIA can be the biggest and
most effective educational publi­city
and prestige-builder Auburn
has ever placed before the eyes
of education in the South, and
the nation as well.
ACOIA's shortcomings are not
at all due to student leadership,
administration support, or quality
of speakers—contrary to what one
might expect—but rather to the
same old problem everybody has
. . . money.
At present, ACOIA is financed
through Student Activities Fee
funds allocated to Student Gov­ernment
and the Lecture a nd
Concert Series. The total received
from these sources is not ade­quate
for producing a conference
of the size that Auburn should
have.
In order to bring regional, and
even national attention to ACO­IA,
there must be included in the
list of speakers at least two per­sons
of international stature and
recognigtion on the subject. Ima­gine
the Auburn Conference On
International Affairs featuring
addresses by Adlai Stevenson and
William Fulbright, for example.
Delegates from other colleges
would swarm to Auburn to hear
these outspoken figures and dis­cuss
their remarks with others
interested, in comparison to the
scant 50 or so delegates at this
year's confab. N e w s p a p e rs
throughout the South would come
to the Plains for extensive cover­age
of the dynamic and progres­sive
Auburn conference. Auburn
University would quite naturally
gain respect and reknown in a
field heretofore not strongly as­sociated
with this institution. And
the personal insight which would
be a f f o r d e d each delegate,
through the opportunity to parti­cipate
in such a high-level meet­ing,
would be perhaps the great­est
justification of all.
ADMINISTRATION INTEREST
The administration of Auburn
University is vitally interested in
ACOIA, and has given student
leaders the necessary encourage­ment
and support to see them
through. But there still remains
the one glaring obstacle to AC-of
a man with long experience in
conferences of this nature to lend
guidance and counsel to the stu­dents
who are putting on the con­ference.
This appears to have been
at least partially if not wholly
solved through Basil C. Hedrick,
the summation speaker for last
week's conference. Hedrick, the
assistant director of the Latin
American Institute of Southern Il­linois
University, took a deep in­terest
in ACOIA and has aereed
to return to Auburn on May 15 to
consult with the leaders of next
year's ACOIA on many of the
mechanics of the conference.
Next year's ACOIA leaders
.should take the fullest advantage
of Mr. Hedrick's fine offer.
APATHY
In the past,' apathy has marked
the general attitude of most fac­ulty
and administration members
toward ACOIA. Their attitude
was somewhat better this, year,
but there is still plenty of room
for improvement. How can in­structors
expect to instill an intel­lectual
attitude in their students
if they themselves haven't the en­ergy
and intellectual curiosity to
attend an enlightening event such
as this?
Students, too, are generally
much too lax in participation.
Anyone who really desires an edu­cation
to meet the problems of our
dynamic age should not miss out
on an opportunity such as this to
broaden his outlook and better
understand the critical world sit­uation.
Another problem in the past has
been that the subject of ACOIA
has been too broad in scope. Sev­eral
experts have suggested that
only one country, or one problem
in a large area, be chosen for. a
topic instead of a subject so broad
as the Caribbean area, Asia, or
Western Europe.
BACKGROUND
It has often been suggested that
students simply do. not have suf­ficient
background in the subject
matter, and this limits the effec­tiveness
of the conference. To
remedy this, preparations for AC­OIA
should start earlier in the
year, >and delegates should be giv­en
time to familiarize themselves
with the subject.
Finally, as with a great many
more things around Auburn,
money is a constant problem. It
takes money for equipment, pre­parations,
and noted speakers.
Money for ACOIA has come from
the Student Government Associa­tion
and the Concert and Lecture
Series fund. If possible, other
sources of additional money should
be found and tapped .
There are other problems, some
large and some small, but in gen­eral,
ACOIA seems to be well on
the way to becoming a lasting in­stitution
of great benefit to Au­burn.
OIA's future success. Some me­thod
of soliciting funds so from
outside sources, such as industry,
must be devised.
Financial support from indus­t
ry has proven, at several other
universities, to be the key to a'
much greater conference. The fu­ture
leaders of ACOIA, by com-miting
themselves to effecting
such a system of support for our
conference, would head Auburn
into a new direction of expansion
which would benefit everything
concerned with it.
ACOIA Provides
Castro Insight
By NOEL LEON
"WHEN THE Catholic Church of­ficially
denounces Castro and
his regime, you can bet that it
won't be long before his downfall."
So stated Thayer Waldo, noted
New York Times staffer, when he
spoke before delegates of the Au­burn
Conference on International
Affairs.
His statement, although some­what
startling, has a sound foun­dation.
The heirarchy—also point­ed
out by Waldo—has, in the past,
taken stands against a regime
when it was on its last days, even
if the indications were that the
regime was Still flourishing.
The Catholic Church will never,
and has never, taken a stand
against a regime or form of gov­ernment
until it was certain of its
impending downfall.
This brings up an interesting
connotation. Once in a while cer­tain
incidents occur in Cuba which
tend to indicate a forming of
opinion by the heirarchy. If this
is some indication, perhaps Cas-tronism
is on its way out.
Throughout the roundtable dis­cussions
in ACOIA, the life span
of Castro's regime was discussed.
Questions were asked whether
Castro would be overthrown soon,
or whether it would be in a few
years or even a decade.
A significant observation was
that knowledgeable speakers as
well as panelists unconsciously
agreed—Castro would ge going out.
Then what next for Cuba?
For a possible answer to t h a t
question perhaps we should turn
our eyes toward one Dr. Ernesto
"Che" Guevara. Again quoting
from Waldo's replies to questions,
it may be noted that Guevara has
much more potential than just be­ing
head of Cuba's Banks.
GUEVARA CRAFTINESS . . .
As an example of Guevara's
ingenuity, Waldo related an inci­dent
which occurred lust after he
(Guevara) was appointed head of
the banks.
"The day he took over," s a id
Waldo, "the presidents of all the
banks got together to see w h a t
Guevara would be like—what his
policies would be.
"To the surprise of the bankers
their first meeting with Guevara
was conducted through the lat-ter's
secretary, with the exception
of a few words. Guevara simply
told the assembled bankers: I do •
not know much about banks and
banking, I hope you will h a ve
patience.'
"By the end of six months Gue­vara
had learned so much about
banking and national finance, that
it left the bankers, who had done
that sort of work all their lives,
struck with awe."
Such is a facet of Guevara that
is not too well publicized. He has
acted as Castro's spokesman in
trips to Russia and dealings with
the Communists.
It seems that right before Cas­tro's
eyes there is a man who is
perhaps much shrewder than he
is—a man who has virtually mas­tered
any task he has set out to
accomplish in an uncanny short
amount of time.
Castro is more apt to react to
pressures put on him by the
Church and other groups than is
%Guevara. Guevara is much mora
ambitious than he is given credit
for being.
Lest we wish to be in for a sur­prising
change for the worse by
our neighbor to the south, we
should keep a close watch on this
man who calls himself "Che."
Letter
To The Editor
Editor, The Plainsman:
There has been a lot of cam­paigning
on our campus for the
last -few days. Several articles
have appeared in the paper con­cerning
different aspects of cam­paigns.
I would like to express my ap­preciation
for the truthfulness of
some of the articles concerning
the platforms which the candi­dates
and parties have (don't
have). There seems to be a com­plete
lack of direction, dedica­tion
or even serious thought given
to the campaigns of most of those
running for election. \
It would seem to me a logical
approach to require any party
that has the required support to
run members • for offices in the
SGA, or any other political posi­tion,
to have a well defined plat­form
on which to stand.
I hope something can be done
in the future to correct this ab­sence
of direction in our politi­cal
parties.
John M. Huie
Administrators, Students Evaluate Purposes Of Village Fair
Interviewer Gets Candid Views;
Examines Fair's Role At Auburn
By HARRY HALL
Village Fair probably has many various anti diverse mean­ings
to different people. Some interpolate our weekend
"Story of Auburn" in separate phases according to their posi­tion
or standing; whether they are faculty members, stu­dents,
etc. * .
The faculty members, in one
particular exaggerated aspect
may define Village Fair as just
another party weekend. On the
other hand, possibly a time of
learning what Auburn University
can offer a person.
The Auburn student can also
look at Village Fair objectively.
He too may see a grand party or
a period of gaining extra know­ledge
of Auburn. The same ap­plies
to the visitor on our cam­pus.
Here is a series of interviews
of several outstanding faculty
members and Auburn student
leaders embodied in a brief ques­tion-
answer style.
Dr. Robert Anderson, the Exe­cutive
Vice-President of Auburn
University:
Dr. Anderson, in a general
sense, what is Village Fair to
you?
"Several years ago when I was
a student of this Institution, we
h a d a period
for t h e High
School students
and other visi­tors
to come to
our school, but
it was not en­titled
Village
Fair, but rath­er
'Ca r h i v a 1
Time.' To me,
Village Fair is a
useful way for
the prospective, serious, a nd
thoughtful student to find out
exactly what Auburn can offer
him. The visitor receives an ex-
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TO VISIT
Burton's Book Store
Where Students Have Obtained Their Supplies
Since 1878.
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T-Shirts - Sweatshirts
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"Something New Every Day"
cellent chance to gain knowledge
of the things he cannot read in
the catalog.
What is your opinion as to
the exhibits, and what part do
they play in relationship to the
newcomer?
I shall answer this question by
the use of an example. One par­ticular
student who had already
made up his mind, had filled an
application blank and had been
accepted by another school, de­cided
to visit Auburn during Vil­lage
Fair with some of his
friends. He noticed the exhibits
of the school of Veterinary Medi­cine.
Consequently, he cancelled
the acceptance at the other school
and registered in Auburn's Vet­erinary
Medicine School.
Dr. H. F. Vallery, the Assis­tant
to the President:
Does Village Fair actually
benefit the High School visitor?
Yes, it definitely helps. Village
Fair starts with t h e student
group. The Auburn students ' are
available to answer many ques­tions
on a high school level. Be­cause
of the many students we
have, more information can be re­ceived
on more subjects for more
people—a grand tour, so to speak.
Does this period of familiar­izing
help the high school sen­ior?
Yes, one student from Georgia
Tech came to Village Fair with
his friends just for the trip. He
saw the exhibits of our Engineer­ing
School, he felt the friendly
atmosphere — t h u s decided to
come to Auburn University.
How do you feel about the
exhibits?
Very good. They contribute a
minute carnival spirit by dressing
up the campus to honor the school
and to honor the guest. The ex­hibits
also add good taste and
beauty—to tell the story of Au­burn.
What changes vjould you of­fer?
The changes I would offer
would be against anything that
tends to monopolize or be con­trary
to the educational empha­sis.
The real meaning of Village
Fair.could be lost in a carnival
atmosphere or too much emphasis
placed on entertainment and oth­er
carnival attributes.
HURST
NOTICE
Lt. Cmdr. John Schriber of the
Naval Officer Procurement Office
will be" on the campus today, to
interview all students who are in­terested
in a naval career. Schri­ber
will be in the Union, Room
213,, from 9:00 until 4:00.
Samuel T. Hurst, The Dean of
The School of Architecture:
Dean Hurst, from your posi­tion,
what are the advantages
of Village Fair?
I shall answer this question
f r o m two
stand p o i n t s .
First, the justi­fication
of the
High S c h o ol
student: V i 1 -
lage F a i r is
justified only if
it is a serious
a t t e m p t to
show the stu-d
e n t s w h at
goes on at Au­burn.
It should present before
them a proper choice of a college
career. It should be a time of
education and not a time of en­tertainment—
not a board-walk
type of show.
' Second, a report to the parents,
townspeople, and citizens of Ala­bama:
Village Fair offers an an­nual
report to the stockholders
of how the activities of the Uni­versity
function in form of ex­hibits
the different schools put
out.
Does it assist the administra­tion
?
Not from my point of view. We
have room for so many students,
and the waiting list for the school
of Architecture is quite long. If
you are speaking of recruiting, I
don't see any motive that Village
Fair can bring students to the
administration.
What are its shortcomings?
There is considerable emphasis
on entertainment to attract peo­ple
here. Entertainment competes
with student time if he comes to
Auburn to find out what is going
on at our University.
How do you feel about the
overcrowded condition?
The larger the crowd the less
likelihood there is for the visitor
to investigate the information de­sired.
There is a small chance of
talking with the Dean, Depart­ment
head, etc. . . . without some­one
else crowding or rushing him.
What changes would you
propose?
I would propose a reorienta­tion
of events towards the goals
of. serious guidance of work. I
would also like to see better stu­dent
planning of exhibits with­out
using-an envolvement of fa­culty
opinion.
Tommy Fowier, of the PLAINS­MAN:
What does Village Fair offer
you?
It gives me the opportunity to
meet people in
the same at­mosphere
as I
was in t h r ee
years ago, in
d e c i d i n g a
school, ignor­ant
of the fun­damentals
that
e n c o m pass a
g o o d college.
T h e r e fore, it FOWLER
opportunity to present arid ex­plain
the advantages Auburn has
to offer. • •
Do you see the need of ex­hibits?
They are important not only
as aspects in showing students
what schools can do but also the
fact that the students can and
do work together on common
projects and interests.
What changes would you
propose?
If I h a d any changes to pro­pose,
I would place my services
along with many capable hands
associated with Bobby McCord's
Village Fair Committee.
What purpose do you see as
to the high school visitor?
The purpose is to familiarize
him with the general understand­ing
of campus life and more im­portant
it is to familiarize him
with the friendly spirit that pre­vails.
This is a facet he will not
see anywhere else.
What gain do you see as to
the Auburn student?
The greatest gain is the fact
that he is recruiting a high cali­ber
person by portraying the ex­cellent
qualities of t h e school
through exhibits, events and con­ferences.
BLAST-OFF THAT PAYS OFF. Roy Woodle, Convair Flight
Engineer, supervises an Air Force Atlas Satellite Launch that
will relay information from outer space to increase knowledge
of the earth and aid weather forecasting and communica­tions.
This brilliant, young space engineer smokes Camels.
He says they're the only cigarettes that give him real satis^.
faction every time he lights up.
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BENCH
BY BUDDY DAVIDSON
Did You Know That . . .
In Wilbur Hutsell's 40 years as track coach at Auburn, his
teams have won 129 dual meets while losing only 25. . . . The base­ball
team is hitting .317 overall after 13 games and leads the
Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference with a 6-2 record.
The mile relay team broke the SEC record in the Florida
Relays with a time of 3:16.0 but finished fifth. . . . Auburn will
better its last year's football record, (8-2), and go to a major
post season bowl. . . .
George Bagwell, the number one man on the tennis team,
learned to play the game from Jason Morton, Alabama's tennis
coach. . . . Based on the International Decathlon point system,
Richard Crane is the South's greatest all-around weight man. . . .
In eight years of competition, Kentucky has never beaten Auburn
in baseball. . . .
And That . . .
Auburn won its 15th consecutive Southeastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Association championship last month under the coaching
of Swede Umbach. . . . Two-miler Hal Buckalew is only 11 seconds
over the Auburn record for the two mile set by Whitey Overton,
who went to the Olympics his sophomore year. . . . A-Day, April
29, is only two weeks away. . . .
Fifteen of Larry Nichols 22 hits this season have been for extra
bases, and he has already driven in 27 runs, six more than his
team-leading total of last year. . . . Sophomore 880 man Bobby
Keenan holds the SEC freshman record in the half mile with a
time of 1:56.4. . . .
And Also That . '. .
At the present stage of spring training, 10 of the 11 men play­ing
on the first team are seniors; left halfback Jimmy Burson is
the only non-senior. . . . Track Coach Wilbur Hutsell has produced
67 SEC champions, plus seven others who have tied for first in
28 Conference meets. . . . J im Douglas is leading the baseball team
in hitting with a booming .416 average on 25 hits in 60 trips to
the plate. . . .
The SEC track meet will be held in Auburn on May 12-13. . . .
Power: hitter Larry Nichols is leading the team in home runs,
triples, doubles, and runs batted in. . . . Potentially, Auburn has
the best 440 relay team in the Conference, but they can't get past
the first leg; the first time they ran there was an illegal exchange,
and the second time, Bobby Webb, the number one man, pulled
a muscle.
LOVELY LINDA RANSOM gets in the spring swing after
hanging a "Gone Fishin' " sign on her Dorm 3 door. Linda is a
sophomore from Rome, Ga., and a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
Games Are Important For Both Teams
In Race For SEC Eastern Division Title
BY DAVID YOUNCE
Plainsman Sports Writer
The power hitting Auburn Tig­ers,
sporting a 6-2 conference slate
and sitting on top of the Eastern
Division of the SEC, play host to
the Georgia Bulldogs today and
tomorrow in a series which may
prove to have a great deal of
(bearing on the final outcome of
the standings in the Eastern Di­vision
race. Both games are slated
to begin at 2 p.m. at Plainsman
Park.
Georgia Coach Jim Whatley will
probably send his two aces, Ron­nie
Braddock (2-2) and W. L.
Hall (2-1) to the mound for these
two important contests. These
hurlers will be backed up by the
hitting of Tommy Vandiver (.366),
Bob Sapp (.405), Phil Ashe (.333),
and Phil Durden (.333). Vandiver,
no relation to the governor of
Georgia, has 14 RBI's to his credit
so far this' season.
The Bulldogs, hot after the Tig­ers
in the pennant race, have a
5-3 record in league play to date.
If the Tigers can sweep the series,
Erskine Russell's diamondmen will
be well on their way to their first
TIGER TRACKSTERS DROP GEORGIA 7 4 - 57
With four men winning two
events each, Auburn defeated the
University of Georgia 74-57 in a
duel meet in Athens Saturday.
Weightman Richard Crane set
a new Georgia record in the dis­cus
with a throw of 171 feet.iy2
inches. He also won the shot put.
The. old .discus .record was 165-8
set by Carl Vereen of Georgia
Tech in 1956.
Auburn miler Jimmy Dozier set
an, Auburn-Georgia meet record
with a time of 4:20.2. His winning
880 time was 1:57.6.
Georgia's Mark Carr won the
broad jump, tied for first in the
pole vault and high jump and
placed, third in the 100 and 220
yard dashes to take individual
scoring honors.
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street (A). 3. Cottle (A). :49.7.
880—1.. Dozier (A). 2. Squires
(G). 3. Keenan (A). 1:57.6.
Mile Run—1. Dozier (A). 2.
Buckelew (A). 3. Hawley (G) 4:20
2.
Two-mile Run—1. Buckelew
(A). 2. Brewer (A). 3. Hawley
(G) 9:56.6.
120-High Hurdles—1. Winter
(A). 2. Davis (G). 3. Crawford
(G). :15.4.
220- High Hurdles'—1. Winter
(A). 2. Davis (G). 3. Crawford
(G). :24.9.
High Jump—1. Leichtnam (A)
(Continued on page 7)
Gates Open at 6:45 p.m.
F i r s t Show at 7:15 p.m.
Re-Opening Friday
with a
'Road-a-Rama'
Friday - Saturday
APRIL 14-15
'Roar of the Crowd'
— P L U S —
'Hot-Rod Gang'
— P L U S —
'Road Racers'
Sunday-Monday
Tuesday-Wednesday
APRIL 16-19
Where the
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• M-G-M PICTURE
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APRIL 20-21
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Eastern Division Crown since Au­burn
won the SEC championship
in 1957.
Georgia, on the other hand, has
no intentions of letting the Tigers
get away with anything like this.
The Bulldogs have not won the
Eastern Crown since 1955, and last
year Auburn swept all four games
from the Bulldogs in regular sea­son
play, therefore revenge and
victory will be uppermost in the
minds of the men from Athens,
Ga.
Auburn, possessing one of the
best hitting teams in the confer­ence,
will send a bevy of heavy
hitters, to the plate' against the
'Dogs. Dependable Jim Douglas,
power hitting Larry Nichols, Soph
sensation Wayne Fowler and slug­ger
Jack Bludwdrth make up the
nucleus of Auburn's batting corps.
After the two game series with
Georgia, Auburn will journey to
Nashville on Monday and Tues­day
for two tilts with the Vander-
•bilt Commodores. Vandy, with one
of the most inexperienced teams
in the league, stands with a 0-3
league record. Overall, the Com­modores
have won 3 and lost 5.
Football Rundown:
Top Tigers Named
Left End—Dave Edwards, Jim­my
Bonner, Howard Simpson and
Dennis McDuffie.
Left Tackle—Billy Wilson, Da­vid
Hill, Winky Giddens and Ger­ald
Dill.
Left Guard—Jimmy Putman,
Davis Brock, Billy Haas, and Carl
Smith.
Center—Wayne Frazier, J im
SPRING TRAINGING—PAGE 7
Price, Don Irvin, and Sam Gallo­way.
Right Guard — Jerry Gulledge,
Joe Baughn, Herman Wilkes, and
Buddy Hale.
Right Tackle—Dave Woodward,
Jimmy Jones, George Gross, and
Bobby Rogers.
Right End—Bobby Foret, Don
Downs, Richard Guthrie, and
Troy McClendon.
Quarterback—Bobby Hunt, Joe
Overton, Mailon Kent, and Frank
James.
Right Halfback — Don Machen,
George/Rose, and Reggie Allen.
Left Halfback—Jimmy Burson,
Cary Senn and Bobby Lee.
Fullback—John McGeever, Bill
Burgess, Larry Laster, and Larry
Rawson.
LARRY NICHOLS, Auburn centerfielder, is leading the team
in home runs (5), triples (3), doubles (7), and RBI's (27). He is
hitting at an even .400 d ip with 22 hits in 55 trips. '
6—THE PLAINSMAN (( Friday, April 14, 1961
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Coach Mel Rosen On Way To Becoming Rebel
BY BOB NIXON
Plainsman Sports Writer
Until Mel Rosen, assistant track
coach at Auburn, enrolled at the
University of Iowa, he had never
been farther from Manhattan Is­land
than the Bronx, where he was
born, and Brooklyn, where he was
reared.
But eight years in the Iowa
farm country gave Mel a taste for
small-town living, so he came
south. Now in his sixth year at
Auburn, he is well oh his way to
becoming a confirmed Rebel. Giv­en
a little more time, he may even
learn to speak our native tongue—
you'all.
j Mel's interest in sports began
at an early age. In the Brooklyn
high school which he attended, he
first tried out for football. Since,
at 130 pounds, he was too light
for this form of athletic endea­vor,
he turned to baseball. Ac­cording
to Mel, he was' a pretty
good fielder, but his batting left
something to be desired. Basket­ball
came next, and while, his
speed on the hardwood was good,
his talent at ball-handling led him
to- think of some other sport.. As
Mel puts it, "When the coach
tossed the ball onto the court, I
decided to go out for track."
And a wise decision this proved
to be. He ran the 440 and the 880,
and wound up his senior year-as
captain of both the track and the
cross-country teams.
Following graduation from high
school, Mel enrolled at the Uni­versity
of Iowa, and since he had
long before decided that his future
lay in coaching, he majored in
Physical Education. Although he
helped pay his way through school
by working at various part-time
jobs, he still found time to earn
his letter in track.
After graduation, Mel decided to
continue his education. While
earning his Master's degree, still
at Iowa, he worked as an assistant
coach at the University.
It was while serving in this ca­pacity
that he coached three boys
who were all later to become
members of Olympic track teams.
Rich Ferguson was national col­legiate
two-mile champion in 1952
and ran for Canada at the Helsin­ki
games that same year. At Mel­bourne,
in 1956, Ira Murchison
placed fourth in the 100 meter,
arid Ted Wheeler, an outstanding
Big Ten half-miler, ran the 1500
meter. •
In due time, Mel received his
Master's and began work on his
doctorate. About this time - the
bugle blew, and Mel answered the
call. While serving With the Ar­my
at Ft. Benning, Ga., where he
coached the post track team, Mel
first met Wilbur Hutsel, head
track coach at Auburn.
After his discharge from the
Army, Mel returned to the Univer­sity
of Iowa to continue work on
his doctorate. In March, 1956, he
accepted a position as assistant
track coach and physical educa­tion
instructor at Auburn.
The track situation at Auburn
is quite different from that at the
University of Iowa, according to
Mel. Many boys come to Iowa on
track scholarships, and therefore
much talented material is on hand
each season. Although very few
boys attend Auburn on track
scholarships, Mel says there has
been much improvement in the
MEL ROSEN
Transplanted Yankee Track Coach
caliber of Auburn track teams dur­ing
the past few years.
As a PE instructor, Mel teaches
some classes in track, among oth­er
things, and it is interesting to
note that, in these classes, he of­ten
finds a few good prospects who
have never had any track exper­ience
at all.
Asked about currently outstand­ing
members of the track team,
Mel pointed out that Jimmy Do-zier,
junior half-miler and miler,
placed third in the Southeastern
Conference mile event last year,
and looks good again this year.
He also noted that Hal Bucka-lew
finished fifth in the Florida
Relays this year. His time for this
event was the third best time in
the conference so far this season,
and was ten seconds faster than
the winning time in the same re­lays
last year.
Mel works mainly with middle-distance
and distance runners.
Much of his interest in track lies
in the fact that it is an individual
sport, where each participant can
work against the stop-watch and
tape, and thus measure his own
improvement, regardless of his
success in competition.
An innovation of Mel's, now
adopted at Auburn, is the applica­tion
of an ice-pack to the abdom­inal
region of track competitors
between events. Mel believes this
helps renew their strength by in­creasing
the blood supply to the
legs. This theory formed the ba­sis
of his thesis work at Iowa.
Mel resides here in Auburn with
his wife Joan, and their two-year-old
daughter, Laurie.
In addition to his abilities as a
track coach, Mel is blessed1 with
a rare sense of humor, as this in­terviewer
discovered when the
coach invited him to join a 7 a.m.
swimming class. The offer was
politely, but firmly, declined.
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Jim Shirley
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Bill Breakfield
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John McCree
Bob Garrison
Ken Tucker .
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Bill Breakfield
Jim Shirley
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Plainsmen Meet
Bama Saturday f
Auburn and Alabama, the two
strongest track teams in the SEC
will test each other Saturday
afternoon in Cliff Hare Stadium.
Starting time for the field e-vents
is 1:30, with the first run­ning
event to begin at 2:00.
^~^6'.fllJin7r's hopes received a' big
beoj^^heh. it was learned that
Corky" Frost, who pulled a leg
muscle two weeks ago, will be
able to participate against the
Tide. Frost is an outstanding
hurdler and broad jumper.
The Plainsmen are counting
on weightman Richard Crane in
the shot put and discus, Jim­my
Dozier in the 880 and mile,
Hal Buckalew in the two-mile,
Joe Leichtnam in the javelin,
Gary Ray and Jimmy Morrow
in the sprints, Frost and Ken
Winter in the hurdles, and Ben­ny
Overstreet and Herb Cottle
in the 440, for most of their
points;
Georgia Track Meet
(Continued from page 6)
2. Whaley (A). 3. Carr (G). 5 feet,
10 inch (three-way tie).
Broad Jump—1. Carr (G). 2.
Davis (G) 21 feet (two-way tie).
Shot Put—1. Crane (A),. 2. Ho­well
(G). 3. Ramey (G). 56 feet,
4% inch.
Javelin—1. Leichtnam (A). 2.
Scarborough (G). 3. Stringer (G)
189 feet, 11% inches. .
Mile Relay—Won by Georgia by
forfeit. Squires, Bernha.rd, Dutton,
Pressman.
AUBURN CHIEFS look to the 1961 football season. Co-cap­tain
Don Machen, head coach Ralph Jordan, and co-captain John
McGeever discuss plans for the fall.
Auburn Sailing Team Finishes Second
In Southern Intercollegiate Tourney
BY DAVE WALL
Plainsman Sports Writer
With a good, steady effort, des­pite
erratic winds, the Auburn
sailing team, composed of Jack
Andrade, Billy Joe -MacDonald
and Jack Henry, captured second
place in the Southern Intercolleg­iate
Sailing Association Spring
Championships on Mobile Bay last
Saturday and Sunday. This event,
co-sponsored by the Spring Hiii
Sailing Club and the Fairhope
Yacht Club, has seen Auburn
bring home the first place bacon
every year except this year.
The event was composed of
three races, two Saturday and one
Sunday, and was sailed with winds
of 20 to 30 knots blowing into the
sails of the 22 foot sloops run­ning
the course.
The Auburn team took two sec­ond
places and one third place for
a total of fourteen points. Missis­sippi
State won top prize with an
18% point total. Following in their
respective order were the remain­der
of the six participating col­leges—
Tulane, LSU, Spring Hill
and Alabama. The Alabama team
finished ony one race.
The Southern Intercollegiate
Sailing Association was organized
in 1957 and has since grown to
include six colleges and univer­sities.
Within the next two years,
the SISA hopes to affiliate itself
with the National Intercollegiate
Sailing Association and the mem­ber
colleges wil hence be able to
compete with college sailors all
over the country and to vie for
the national championship.
In the past, the Auburn sailing
club has been loosely organized,
but steps are being taken to im­prove
the organization and strive
for increased membership and in­terest
in sailing on the campus.
There is a meeting of the sail­ing
club to be held on Monday
night, April 17, at 8 p.m. at the
Delta Tau Delta house. Interested
parties are asked to contact Jack
Andrade at TU-7-3551, or to be
present at the meeting.
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AUBURN'S OFFENSE IMPROVES
AS SPRING DRILLS CONTINUE
By GORDON MURPHREE
Assistant Sports Editor
With three weeks of spring training under their belts, the
Auburn Tigers are displaying a strong running and passing
game to go with their highly touted defense.
The Tigers have no less than four quarterbacks who can
throw the football and throw it accurately. They have three
halfbacks who are among the fas­test
in the conference. They have
at least five big, strong ends who
can catch the football if thrown
anywhere near them. All this adds
up to what should be a touchdown
producing offense for Auburn. .
Leading candidates for the
starting quarterback slot include
senior Bobby Hunt, junior Joe Ov­erton,
sophomore Mailon Kent
and soph Frank James. Hunt is
currently running with the f i r s t
team and Kent with the second. .•
In the two big scrimmages held
thus far, it has been the quarter­back
that has shone on offense.
Bobby Hunt has thrown touch­down
passes of 22, 26 and 54 yards
in leading the first unit while
Mailon Kent has sparked the sec­ond
unit by connecting on a 47
yard TD pass play and continually
hitting his receivers on short tos­ses.
Joe Overton, quarterbacking
the second and third units, showed
his running ability as well as his
passing arm as he ran for two
touchdowns and passed for an­other
in the first big scrimmage of
spring practice.
Sophomore Frank James has al­so
shown well at quarterback and
is expected to improve as he gamins
mors experience.
The halfback situation seems to
be in good hands with little Don
Machen, speedy George Rose, and
Jimmy Burson set for action.
Any combination that started
any two of these three would give
the Tigers a pair of halfbacks that
are as fast as any around. Rose,
though only a sophomore, is ex­pected
to see plenty of action. The
6ft., 185-pound native of Bruns­wick,
Ga. is the fastest man on
the team'. He runs the 50-yard
dash in 5.6 seconds.
Auburn has four fine pass re­ceivers
in ends Bobby Foret, Don
Downs, Dave Edwards and Jimmy
Bopher. Each man has looked
goodi during the spring and should
bolster the Tiger passing attack.
The field goal, which was an
important part of the Tiger of­fense
last season, is getting atten­tion
thi> spring. Herman Wilkes,
Gerald Dill and Woody Woodwall
are currently doing the kicking.
Woodwall'is also doing placement
booting.
if. halfback Bo Davis returns
this fall,' he will proabably in­herit,
the punting chore.
G. W. Clapp, who missed last
season with a knee injury, has
been • working out on his own this
spring and is expected to be at
full strength for the opening
game with Tennessee this fall.
Sophomores who have drawn
praise from head coach Ralph
Jordan for their performances
this spring include Davis Brock,
No. 2 left guard; Howard Simp­son,
No. 3 right end; Bobby Rog­ers,
No. 4 right tackle; Mailon
Kent, No. 2 quarterback; George
Rose, No. 2 right halfback; and
Larry Rawson, No. 3 fullback.
For those who want to see for
themselves how the Auburn team
is progressing, a game scrimmage
is set for Cliff Hare Stadium to­morrow
afternoon at 2:30.
The Auburn Veterans As­sociation
will hold their an­nual
elections at their next
regular meeting Tuesday.
7—THE PLAINSMAN Friday, April 14, 1961
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