THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
To Foster The Auburn Spirit tf>-
SUMMER EDITION
Summer Tours
Going Into
Third Week
By SHERRY SMITH
Tuesday the student government
will begin its third week of conducting
campus tours during the
summer pre-college counseling
program.
These tours are part of the total
program arranged by the Student
Counseling Service and the
University Relations Office to help
incoming freshmen by relieving
some of the pressure and rush of
the fall orientation period.
j The summer presidents and
vice-presidents of the schools have
been responsible for contacting
students to serve as tour guides.
'The 105 boys in each group
leave from the Union Building and
tour the campus from 9-10 a.m. on
the second day of the session. At
11 a.m. of the same day, the 45
girls in each group meet at the
Union to begin their tour. The
tours are held on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Included in the tours are stops
at various spots on campus where
the surrounding buildings are
pointed out to the group. Starting
at Samford Hall, the groups move
to the Music Building, Broun Hall,
the L Building, Tichenor HalL
Dorm 9, Dorm 6, the library, and
artin Hall, the last stop on the
1 ur.
The pre-college counseling program
will end August 18, after 15
two and one-half day sessions. Approximately
2,250 prospective
freshmen are expected to attend
the sessions this year, as compared
with 1,750 last year.
Last year, during the first summer
counseling program, Alpha
Phi Omega was in charge of the
tours.
The first of the 15 sessions began
June 21.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AUBURN, ALABAMA JULY 9, 1965
PRE-COLLEGE COUNSELING
All in-coming freshmen are invited to the pre-college counseling
program. This program consists of tours of the campus and
talks from the school's leaders. The program will end on August
18 and approximately 2,250 prospective freshmen are expected
to attend. 4
Historical Honorary
Recently Installed
By NAN RAINWATER
The recent establishment of Phi
Alpha Theta, historical honorary
organization, has filled the long-awaited
need for recognition of
excellence in the field of history
at Auburn.
Twenty-two students and 17
faculty members were selected
charter members of the organization.
Qualifications for student
membership include having a 2.1
overall average and the completion
of fifteen quarter hours of history.
Officers for summer quarter include
Max Smith, p r e s i d e n t;
George McMillan, vice-president;
Mary Lee Strother, secretary-treasurer;
and Diane Barlow, his-
. orian. Dr. Wesley Newton serves
i s faculty adviser.
The local Kappa Pi chapter was
installed by members of the University
of Alabama chapter.
Six Co-eds Selected As Majorettes
For 1965-66 Auburn Marching Band
By NAN RAINWATER
Six talented coeds have been
selected as majorettes to lead the
1965-66 version of the Auburn
University marching band.
They were chosen from a field
of 30 entrants on the basis of their
twirling a b i l i t y , appearance,
marching ability, personality, and
previous band experience. Four of
the girls served as majorettes last
year.
New members are Mary Clyde
Chisom and Kandy Walker. Returnees
are Alice Johnson, Suzanne
Kelley, Eva Perkins, and
Sandy Waldrop.
Mary Clyde has 10 years of
marching band experience and is
presently twirling champion of
Alabama.
Kandy is a member of Angel
Flight .and the Little Sisters of
AWS Head To Leave
Office After Summer
Jeanne Swanner will continue
in her duties as president of the
Associated Women Students until
the end of the summer quarter although
she will be married this
week-end, the Plainsman learned
Wednesday.
Katharine Cater, Dean of Women,
told a reporter that Jeanne
submitted her resignation last Friday
but had indicated a desire to
continue as president until the
end of summer quarter.
There had been some discussion
of Article Eleven in the AWS Constitution
which stipulates that the
president "shall be a resident" of
a university dormitory,
Minerva. She serves as vice president
of the Auburn Players.
Alice was recently selected a
division sweetheart of Magnolia
Dormitories.
Suzanne is currently president
of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
Eva served as majorette at
Emma Sanson High School in
Gadsden for four years before
coming to Auburn.
Sandy is a member of CWENS
and also serves as senator from the
School of Home Economics.
Summer Enrollment
517 Over '64 Total
By KIM OVERCASH
The total student enrollment
this summer is 517 more than it
was at this time last summer, according
to figures released by the
Registrar's office. Last year's total
was 5,769 for the first term.
This year's count is 6,289.
"With the enrollment of students
in the second term," predicts
Charles W. Edwards, registrar,
"we will reach 6,400 students for
this summer comparing with 5,925
last summer."
New students to Auburn total
1,113. Incoming freshmen account
for 745 of these and transfers
make up 369.
Last year's figure for new students
was 914. There were 552 new
freshmen and 362 transfers.
The graduate school enrollment
is 1,385 thus far, a 155 student increase
over last summer, when 1,-
230 students were enrolled.
Federal Grant Assures
Auburn ETV Studio Of
Remote Broadcasting
Auburn Campus To Be Closer To
State TVs Via Equipment Purchase
By LEE SENTELL
A u b u r n ' s educational television studio will soon be able
to go "campus wide" with a remote broadcasting unit assured
through a federal grant of $96,351, according to Mr.
Ed Wegener, director of the Auburn ETV studio.
The federal funds will provide for t h e purchase of a truck
or van equipped with two televi
sibn cameras, videotape equipment
and a microwave relay system.
This will be the only studio
equipped with remote facilities in
the state's ETV network.
Mr. Wegener said, "The addition
of the remote facilities will make
our general operation much more
flexible. It will increase our potential
for originating programs for
both closed circuit use and broadcasting."
STUDIO RELAY RECEIVER
A permanent relay receiver will
be mounted on the roof of the ETV
studio which can be positioned to
receive a "direct line of sight"
signal from any point in the general
campus area. The program
can then be beamed to all educational
television stations in the
state network either on a "live" or
taped basis.
Mr. Wegener said that the state
will now be exposed to a truer
picture of campus life at Auburn
University and not just the studio
image which they have seen in the
past. Segments of concerts, lectures,
plays and other special campus
features will soon be taped
for play on state-wide educational
television. .
In the existing situation, when
the studio desires to cover special
events on campus, equipment from
commercial studios must be borrowed.
The total project will cost approximately
$139,000 with the University
contributing $44,000.
Funds were made available
through the Educational Television
Facilities Act of 1962, which provides
federal funds on a matching
basis for building new ETV stations
or improvement of existing
facilities, according to Mr. Wegener.
Officials of Auburn University
learned of the grant approval via
a telegram to President Ralph B.
Draughon from Senators John.
Sparkman and Lister Hill and
Rep. George Andrews.
'Loveliest of the Plains'
BARBARA MEEKER
Loveliest Barbara Meeker visits the Student Government Office
as all new in-coming freshmen do. Barbara is a first quarter
freshman from Montgomery and is majoring in elementary education.
She resides at Dorm 5.
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN July 9, 1965
points is a mark of maturity."
On Wednesday before the Au-burrirGeorgia
Tech football game,
freshmen participate in the
"Wreck Tech Pajama Parade." All
freshmen men wear their loudest
colored pajamas and m a r ch
through the streets of Auburn.
Fraternity pledges carry floats on
which their respective groups have
spent a week's labor. Auburn
freshmen women participate by
wearing school clothes and rat
caps and by cheering the football
team to victory over Tech.
The ODK-Wilbur Hutsell Cake
Race is a tradition which freshmen
observe by running the 2.7
mile course through Auburn. The
winner of the race wins a- cake
and a kiss from Miss Auburn.
Rats Buy Caps To Follow Tradition
Have Any Freshmen
Broken Tradition?
By NAN RAINWATER
Freshman, where is your rat cap? Do you walk on the
grass? Do you know all the college yells and songs? If not,
then you have broken Auburn tradition.
The main Auburn tradition is the famous War Eagle
Spirit that is known throughout the nation. Behind the
familiar "War Eagle" cry lies the
sincere loyalty which binds alumni
and students to their university.
The rat cap which freshmen
wear is symbolic of this loyalty.
Part of the Auburn tradition is
the wearing of rat caps by freshmen
at all home football games.
Their names and home towns are
to be put on the back of their hats.
Freshpien also show their school
loyalty by standing with t h e ir
heads uncovered when the Alma
Mater is played or sung.
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Computer Center
Director Appointed
By MARTHA RUSHING
Dr. Joe H. Mize is the new di-k
rector of Auburn University's
Computer Center, President Ralph
B. Draughon announced last week.
Dr. Mize, who joined the faculty
of Auburn's department of industrial
engineering in September,
1964, is from West LaFayette, Ind.
He received his B. S. degree in industrial
engineering from Texas
Technological College and his M.
S. and Ph.D. from Purdue.
Besides computer science, Dr.
Mize has studied in such areas as
operation research, quantitative
methods in industrial engineering,
and statistics. He is a former staff
member of the White Sands Missile
Range and Texas Electric Service
Co.
The director's predecessor, Dr.
Nathaniel Macon, recently resigned
to accept a position with the
Institute of Defense Analysis in
Washington, D. C. While Dr. Macon
was in Auburn, the Center
was relocated in the Physical
Science Center and was expanded
to modernize its equipment.
According to Dr. Draughon, Dr.
Mize's capabilities and previous
experience in the field of computer
science will insure the continued
development of the center
and its expanded use in our instructional
and research programs,
CAMPUS CAPSULE
SCIENCE STUDY
Ten new trainees have been selected
from Auburn to participate
in space-related science siud> under
the National Aeronautics' and
Space Administration pre-doctoral
training program. The new train-eeships
are for a period of three
years, and begin in the fall of 1965,
according to graduate school Dean
W. V. Parker. At that time Auburn
will have a total of 30 NASA pre-doctoral
students, including those
receiving grants during the past
two years.
PTA CONFERENCE
The Alabama Congress of Parents
and Teachers has scheduled
its ninth annual leadership conference
at Auburn July 12-13. The
conference theme will be "Morality—
Foundation of Americanism."
AIR-CONDITIONED DORMS
Auburn offered its first air-conditioned
quarters this summer
to men, other than those living in
Sewell Dormitory, for athletes,
with completion of cooling systems
in Noble Hall in the men's dormitory
complex. Two other air-con-ditionirg
projects on campus are
expected to be completed before
the end of the summer.
FIRST A.FXT. DEGREE
The, first degree to be earned
under the Air Force Institute of
Technology program at Auburn
was awarded Capt. Denver Stone,
who received the Master of Science
degree in electrical engineering.
IRO Sees All, Knows All
Annual Giving
Nets $90,000
By KENNY GRAFF
Since mid-May, more than 2,200
donors have contributed $90,000 to
the first annual Auburn Giving,
according to the Alumni Association
Executive Secretary, Joe Sar-ver.
The main objective of the Auburn
Alumni Giving is the creation
of Alumni Professorships,
which will carry supplements of
$2,000 each. These, supplements
added to the professor's base salaries
should greatly aid in retaining
key professors and interesting
prominent professors in coming to
Auburn.
Annual Giving is a voluntary
support program and is designed
for those who wish to upgrade
the quality of education at Auburn
and in general to accelerate progress.
Members of the Alumni Association
who donate this year will
be charter contributors. Any alumnus
may designate the way in
which he wants his annual gift to
be used. All gifts not designated
will be used for the professorship
program.
By KIM OVERCASH
Have you ever wondered what
the sex distribution of the faculty
is? Or what the distribution of
dishonesty cases is by schools?
These are just several of the varied
bits of data that the Institutional
Research Office, established
in 1962, gathers.
According to Dr. Wilbur A. Tin-cher,
"Institutional research offices
are a new concept in education
and are becoming more important
in the operation of colleges and
universities. The size of schools
today makes it imperative that
someone looks objectively at policies
and practices. These offices
can be much help to administrators
in the operation of their respective
institutions."
The Office of Institutional Research
at Auburn was designed
specifically to encourage continu
DU's Purchase
Beta Pi House
By KIM OVERCASH
Beta Theta Pi fraternity will be
forced to relinquish its present
house to Delta Upsilon Sept. 1,
according to Beta faculty advisor
Edward Taylor.
The DU's bought the present
Beta house from owner J. Sidney
Cook of Auburn during the last
week of spring quarter, Taylor
said, after the Betas had opened
negotiations to renew their three-year
lease.
World Champion
Chess Player
Here July 16th
Tom Wiswell of Brooklyn, a
former world-champion of chess
;ind checkers, will give an exhibition
in the Union Recreation Room
at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 16.
This is Wiswell's second appearance
at Auburn this year; en January
11, he simultaneously ployed
and won 40 games.
Wiswell is the author of many
best-selling books about checkers.
Among these are "Checker Kings,"
'•Let's Play Checkers" and "Learn
Checkers." Wiswell has soJd more
books than any other checker authority.
Wiswell is being brought to Auburn
by the Union Recreation
Comrtiittee.
Players To Premiere
Week From Today
The opening presentation of
"Dr. Sganarelle" by Moliere will
be July 16 at the Players Theatre.
The drama group will present the
play ten times for the freshman
orientation program and eight
times for the student body.
The play, under the direction of
Raymond Carver, assistant drama
professor, will feature Roy Kirk-patrick
in the title role.
ing improvement of all areas of
operation of the university through
research, to aid the faculty and
staff in improving their programs,
to carry on cooperative institutional
research with other education
agencies and organizations, and to
obtain information requested by
other institutions about the operation
of Auburn.
Other studies conducted by the
office include such nondescript topics
as the current occupations of
Auburn dropouts, the per cent distribution
of undergraduate grades
by schools, and the enrollment of
students by states, territories, and
foreign countries in the summer,
fall, winter, and spring quarters
1963-64.
• Much of the information - that
the Institutional Research Office
has compiled has been published
in the form of reports and charts
in two booklets. '
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THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN July 9, 1965
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Harry Hooper
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Advertising Manager—Hazel Satterfield, Circulation Manager—
Bill Rodney.
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Verdure
The corner of Thach and South College looks very
bare now that the "Greenhouse" is gone. Where the
rambling old building used to stand is a veritable desert.
Its floor has been leveled by man's machines and it
lies nude in the sun—devoid of the greenery of grass or
of the house. Occasional pieces of brick and broken,
green, dry wood dot the landscape of the desert.
But the desert will soon give way to progress. The
verdure of long ago days will return in the form of
green gum wrappers. And better than just the green
will be the kaleidoscope of colors—red, blue, yellow,
brown—floating in the wind with their paper wings to
the living verdure of lawns belonging to Samford, the
library, and the Player's Theater. Such are the ways of
hamburgers and progress.
It would seem that the minds that allowed lowly
hamburger progress to deface the front of a great university
must surely be as empty of beauty as the "Greenhouse"
desert and filled only with brick and wood.
The New South
On the following page you will find an article written
by Dr. J. B. Key, a former Auburn history professor, on
the development of the "new South." It is an interesting
bit of work that embodies the feeling of the old, the discontent
of the new, and the seeming hopelessness of it all.
Dr. Key graduated from Birmingham-Southern and
received his masters degree from Vanderbilt. He earned
his doctorate, from Johns Hopkins. He has also attended
American University in Washington, D.C. He belongs
to the type of professor, (if you wish to cast types) that
returns- to his home as much missionary as professor.
His analysis of the early concept of the "new South"
y»nveys-well his own feeling of hopelessness. It is the
same feeling, I think, that caused him to leave Auburn.
He, and others, iiave felt their voices rise, falter, and
drop into the abyss of southern despair. Sometimes I
suppose even the most valiant ask, "When will they
ever learn, when will they ever learn."
ETV
The addition of a remote broadcasting unit to Auburn's
ETV studio will greatly enhance Alabama's ETV
network. The continued advance of the educational service,
which was begun during the administration of the
late Gordon Persons, is a great tribute to the foresight
of Alabama educators.
Alabama can also thank two of our long-time Senators,
John Sparkman and Lister Hill, for their help in securing
better educational facilities for Alabama as well as
other states. The federal government can be a good partner
for Alabama in educational programs as well as
other projects.
»TWS IS ONW h SIDELINE. MY MWH INTEREST tf WWBTK POUOf.4'
The Administration . . .
Delaying Tactics On Rules
May Or May Not Be Good
By Bob Smith
Last quarter the product of several month's
work by Student Body officials on the apartment
rule was wholeheartedly endorsed by the Student Body in the campus-wide
elections. However, the administration refused to act on it, and
to this time nothing has been done.
During the winter quarter a proposed
charter of discipline committees
was presented to the administration
at a time when the
Discipline Committee had admitted
that revision of the existing
charter was needed. The proposal
was modified by members of the-
Discipline Committees and by
Student Body officials, but then it
was held on a desk in .Samford
Hall, and to date no further action
has been iaken.
Delaying tactics cf this type usually
are uwl for selfish or unfair
purposes, but in these instances
it is warranted. The reason'for
the delay en those two pro- _
posals, and undoubtedly on several
other new measures, is that
Dr. Draughon refuse? to create
confusion by making such important
decisions just before turning
over the Presidency of Auburn.
He held strongly to this principle
before he knew the identity of his'
successor, and holds even more
strongly to it now that Dr. Philpott
has been selected.
Dr. Draughon should be commended
for his thoughtfulness and
concern that he would be encumbering
his successor with decisions
v. ith which that man might n ot
agree.
However, the fact that Dr. Phil-pott
will be confronted with all
these new proposals when he assumes
office could present quite a
problem.
Many people, when entering a
new situation, like to take time to
"get the feel" of the job before
making any decisions of consequence,
or establishing any controversial
policies. Dr. Philpott
will be taking office in the fall, at
vvhich time he will probably be
confronted with many new decis- j
ions to make in addition to the
ones bequeathed to him.
Perhaps it would be possible to
avoid delay in the fall if Dr.
Philpott and Dr. Draughon could
discuss these and other measures
during the transition months of
summer. By learning t h e background
on these proposals, Dr.
Philpott should not be hampered
by an unfamiliarity with the sit-.
uation in the fall.
It is not suggested that Dr.
Draughon's ideas should be adopted
by our new president, but that
Dr. Philpott should begin familia-i
izing himself with the situation.
now so that further delay can be
avoided after he assumes .office, j
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or informal letters to the
editor. No letters of more than
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received on the same subject.
An
Editor's
Views
By HARRY HOOPER
I remember well one warm
morning on Highway 80 near the
Lowndes County line. Where the
four-lane to Montgomery ended
hundreds of so-called freedom
marchers were loading into trucks,
cars, and (I later learned) trains
to return to Selma. Others were
preparing for the long trek to the
Montgomery County line. Here
a n d there in
t h e b l a ck
crowd I saw a
type individual
I have l o ng
since desired to
know f i r st
h a n d —- t he
w h i t e college
youth from the
north who lias v
come to "help
us."
R e c e n t l y I
had the opportunity to meet the
type but not the same people who \
participated in the famous Selma '
to Montgomery march. It was. a
gratifying experience both cur- '
iously and intellectually.
They were two girls, one from
Oberlin and one from Brown; one
was from Connecticutt, the other
from New York. I was impressed .
by their intellect, courage, .and
tenacity. 'One was a veteran' of
COFO work in Mississippi last
summer. The other one was green 25*
but unafraid.
Tuskegee was to be their home
for the summer, one was living
in a dorm at the Institute and one
was trying to find an apartment.
One was teaching under the auspices
of. the American Ethical. Union
which is an organization which
she admittedly knew little or
nothing about. The other was recruiting
for a new . integrated
newspaper which was to be distributed
in Alabama. • . ,..,-..
The one with the newspaper •-
was looking for people to write
both sports and agriculture. I was
unable to recommend suitable *
people for either category.; Also,
I must qualify the definition of
their unborn newspaper. It is to
. be an Alabama newspaper edited
by northerners which is to be -•
printed in Atlanta and distributed
to an integrated audience in
Alabama. It takes confidence to
ask-people to-work-for a newspaper
like that.
In any case idealism was quite ...
evident in the two while at the
same time pragmatism Was noticeably
absent. I wondered what
the motivation had been that had f
caused them to leave their homes
and.venture into this hostile land.
Their question was on the good
they could do for the South in
solving racial problems. They
wondered about that and I did
also. Education came to my mind
as the sole good that could possibly
come out of their missionary
instincts.
But characteristically southern I
still feel that as southerners we
may have bred a terrible problem f
but nevertheless it is our prob- „
lem. And I wonder how long it
will take Oberlin and Brown students
to reach southern understanding
enough to work judiciously
toward solving our problems.
July 9, 1965 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN 5
Southerners Heed
North's Example
Editor's Note—Dr. Key was for
the past year a history professor
here. He recently resigned to take
a position at Oglethorpe.
DR. J. B. KEY
As Professor C. Vann Woodward
has pointed out, the "new South"
has spawned many paradoxes.
Such men as Henry Grady of the
Atlanta Constitution and "Marse
Henry" Watersow of the Louisville
Courier-Journal called upon their
fellow Southerners to build a
"new South" based on industrialization,
thus consciously seeking to
copy the victorious North. While
trying to maintain some of the
distinctive features of the "old
South", they sought Northern approval
for their actions. Grady attempted
to promote an axis between
Atlanta and New York, telling
readers that their future lay
in following the successful businessmen
of the East and their
counterparts in t h e South. He
helped assure that Georgia would
be ruled by the new industrialists.
As the new gospel of industry
gained converts, Grady and his allies
helped create the legend of
the "old South." Often the m o s t
active missionaries of the new order
indulged in romantic fantasies,
unself-consciously worshiping a
mythical past while preaching the
new religion. Joel Chandler Harris,
the creator of Uncle Remus,
saw no conflict of loyalties in his
work as an editorial writer for the
Constitution.
Even more striking is the glorification
of the Lost Cause, given
new life by the formation of the
United Confederate Veterans and
the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The sentimentality was
often mixed with selfish interest
but few would deny the sincerity
of the participants and their descendants.
.
The romanticism was too copious
to be satisfied by shedding
tears for the Stars and Bars. Thousands
of Southerners became amateur
genealogists, who resurrected
-the fading aristocracy, doting on
its fancied vices and virtues. The
fable of the white-columned plantation
surrounded by happy singing
slaves presided over by a benevolent
master was accepted as
historical reality—not as a product
of a fertile imagination. Mark
Twain saw the paradox of men
glorifying a supposedly superior
civilization while seeking to emulate
an inferior one, but few
Southerners did.
The divided mind of the "new
South" is still with us. While still
trying to "catch up" with .the
North, the South is trying to maintain
its own identity, seeking
Northern approval and capital but
demanding that "outsiders" cease
their efforts to make us over in
their image. Many Southerners
boast of our "educational" institutions,
but contend that the majority
of the Negro population is incapable
of voting. While claiming
that the South has a great tradition
of grace and honor, we fail to
see that we have a less admirable
proclivity to anger and violence.
Feeling embattled, the contemporary
Southerner is likely to fall
back on his mythology, which justifies
his region's poverty, prejudice
and pride. Trying to rationalize
his inferior position in the nation,
he is likely to blame the Civil
War and Reconstruction, t he
presence of the Negro or some other
equally insufficient reason. The
majority of the South's politicians,
like t h e i r spiritual ancestors,
preach the gospel of industrialization,
tacitly admitting that emulation
of the North will lead us to
the promised land but refusing to
deal with the implications of a demanding
proletariat. Frequently
claiming that Southerners are
more patriotic than their compatriots,
many spokesmen fail to admit
that we have denied the rights
of man to the Negro populace.
It is doubtful if the South can
reach its full potential until it accepts
changes in its social and political
order. These changes would,
however, endanger its identity.
Many contemporary Southerners
realize the dilemma of seeking to
maintain the tradition of gentility
and grace in a.highly industrialized
and competitive economic
system. Whether we can have the
best of two worlds is unlikely but
it would be wise to ponder some
of the problems of the present
with a degree of detachment—unhampered
by the myths of the
past.
YESTERDAY'S PLAINSMAN
By KAY DONAHUE
TEN YEARS AGO . . .
Sphinx, senior women's honorary,
became the 95th chapter of
Mortar Board, leading national
senior women's honorary. The local
organization had been on the
Auburn campus for nearly 20
years.
The program director of the Union
Building, Betty Hawthorne,
announced that terrace dances
would be held every Tuesday
night from seven till ten, and Saturday
night dances would be from
7 to 10:30.
API officials recently issued an
"urgent plea to townspeople to
provide student housing for fall
quarter" as prospective students
search for accommodations in the
area. (Sound familiar?)
The Plainsman editorial p a ge
commented on the present infirmary
policy which does not allow
male visitors to visit the girls'
wards and vice versa, with the exception
of close family members.
The Auburn campus served as
host to some 750 4-H visitors from
all over the state who were in
Auburn for their annual convention.
FIVE YEARS AGO . . .
Dean Roger Allen announced
the addition of nine members to
•the School of Science and Literature
faculty.
The Southern Universities Student
Government Association
planned to open an entertainment
bureau in New York. The director
of the SUSGA bureau will be Harold
Grant, now on leave of absence
from his duties in the Auburn
University Student Affairs
Office.
Draughon Appoints Head
Of Math Department
Dr. L. F. Burton
NOTICE
There will be an Interfraternily
Council Convocation in the Magnolia
Hall Banquet Room for all
freshmen interested in going out
for fall rush. It is scheduled for
8:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 21.
By BILL BARNETT
The apointment of Dr. L. P.
Burton as head of the department
of mathematics at Auburn, effective
July 1, has been announced
by President Ralph B. Draughon.
The department has been headed
for the past 15 years by Dr. W.
V. Parker who has also served for
the past 12 years as Dean of the
Graduate School. In a letter to Dr.
Draughon, Dean Parker asked to
be relieved of the departmental
duties in order that he might devote
full time to the Graduate
School.
Enrollment during the past 12
years has almost tripled at Auburn.
At the time Dean Parker became
head of the department there
were only four or five graduate
students in mathematics — now
there are 60.
Dr. Burton joined the mathematics
faculty at Auburn in 1954 as
assistant professor, becoming professor
in 1960.
In announcing the appointment,
Dr. Draughon noted that a recent
self-study by Auburn University
drew attention to the growth and
expansion of the department and
the Graduate School and included
recommendations that each be
headed on a full-time position
basis.
"While I deeply regret that
Dean Parker's services will no
longer be available to the department
of mathematics, I am confident
that Dr. Burton will most
ably assume these responsibilities
and that the many fine programs
will continue."
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War Eagle IV . . . And Chinaberry Bushes
War Eagle IV, is coming home to roost. At least he is
as soon as buildings and grounds puts the finishing touches
on his cage.
And it's none too soon.
His present cage, a chicken wire and tar paper contraption
overgrown with chinaberry bushes and ragweeds out
by the hog pond, is hardly a fitting home for a university
mascot. v
The new "roost," being built just south of the Duplicating
Service, is close to Cliff Hare Stadium and should give football-
viewing visitors a good chance to see our famed War
Eagle in action.
According to Elwyn Hamer, the stately bird's trainer, the
ten-foot high cage will be decorated in "appropriate" colors.
It's a safe bet that "appropriate" means blue and orange.
What else?
Coaches, Pens And Dotted Lines
All the coaches have gone and their inked pens and dotted
lines and hopes—that is except Doug Dickey and Chuck
Rohe of Tennessee.
Their hopes have just begun. Their dotted line underscores
the scrawled signature of Richmond Flowers Jr., a
highly-sought after and much pressured young man from
Montgomery.
And we'd like to say "I told you so," but we honestly can't.
When Alabama began their fourth quarter surge into a
track building program, complete with new coaches, new
track, California shotputter and Kansas javelin tosser, we
figured young Flowers would head for Tuscaloosa.
But he sure didn't. And we can't say that we are glad
or sad.
The youngster's future is great—trackwise. With just a
little luck, he could return from Mexico City in 1966 bearing
gifts of gold—the kind they give for winning the 120-yard
high hurdles.
And whether he went to school at Tennessee, Alabama or
Nowhere State, he would still represent Alabama and above
all, the United Statesv
And we'll close the book on Richmond Flowers, believing
that you can say too much about anybody—good or
bad—with this:
At least the Plainsman did narrow the field in the last
few weeks. We didn't keep playing the same broken record
about "Alabama, Auburn, Florida or Tennessee."
Chaos In The Kitchen
Football players are known for their ability to knock
people down—and eat.
And a sure way to set off chaos in a kitchen is to tell
your wife that a hungry tackle is stopping by for dinner.
A more frantic—and helpless—look you've never seen.
At least that was the way Mrs. Pat Lee, the girl I get to
doctor my sunburn, reacted when I burst into the kitchen
and announced that Jack Thornton, Coach Jordan's No. 1
offensive tackle and 225 pounds of growing young man, was
stopping by to eat.
Pat's first reply was, "Oh, you're just kidding." And her
second one was, as Jack came through the door licking his
lips, "Oh, no!"
"Boy, those hamburgers sure smell good," said Jack.
"Yeah, both of them," replied the wife rather weakly.
But thanks to Jack's good nature—and an already full
stomach—his intentions of dining were not for real.
And we enjoyed another supper of hamburger.
Auburn mascot ready to trade bushes for new cage.
War Eagle IV Moving
By DAVID HOTJSEL
War Eagle IV, the living symbol
of Auburn athletic prowess, is
spending a quiet summer at the
forestry plot waiting for his new
cage to be completed.
According to Elwyn Hamer, A
Phi O President and War Eagle's
keeper, the new cage, located
south of the Duplicating Service,
will be ready for the mascot as
soon as Building and Grounds can
put the wire on the cage. The new
cage, a hexagon, is 25 feet on each
side and 10 feet high.
"We have the wire fittings ordered
and expect to complete the
cage before Fall quarter," said Col.
L. E. Funchess, Director of Build-
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Future plans include making
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has been set for completion of the
project.
A Phi O and the Spirit Committee
are in charge of caring for
and transporting War Eagle IV to
ball games. The Golden Eagle attends
all home games and Birmingham
games, as well as some
out-of-state contests. When Auburn
and Georgia meet, War Eagle
and Georgia's Bulldog are almost
sure to exchange a "cross growl
and schreech.'
Because War Eagle has his own
private pilot on trips to games out-of-
state, people throughout t he
world have read about him and
seen his picture. Stories about the
big bird have appeared in papers
in London and Germany and other
European and international publications.
The Spirit Committee, A Phi O,
and Dean of Student Affairs,
James E. Foy are presently trying
to get an additional eagle for Au-
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Sparrows Storm Stadium—
Wildlife Dept. To The Rescue
As Athletic Equipment Custodian, Milton Thurston
has to get Cliff Hare Stadium ready for fall football
action. He has decided that this part is for the birds-^
or, at least, for the sparrows.
"They're everywhere," says Thurston. "We have
sparrows under the seats, in the press box, in the concession
stands and in the restrooms.
"We've had the problem before, but it's never been
this bad. We've tried everything, but they're still there."
Dr. Morris Baker of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
is working on the problem, and has expressed surprise
at the bird's choice of a home.
"Sparrows usually settle where there's food,?! he said,
"and there's certainly no food around the stadium."
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Fencing Club Practicing
On Tuesday, Thursday
"Everybody's welcome," is the
way Dan Palmer, president of the
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The team is now practicing
every Tuesday and Thursday at
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Tim Christian, an All-State product
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Auburn's 1965 signees.
Christian enters Auburn t h is
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8 THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN July 9, 1965
Intramurals . . .
League Two Has No-Hitter
As Intramural Softball Begins
By EDWIN TEW
The Redbirds' Greeson pitched a no-hitter and four teams
grabbed 2-0 records as softball action got under way in all
five leagues last week.
Greeson, picking up his second win, allowed the Old Men
only two baserunners as the Redbirds coasted to a 14-0 victory.
He struck out six and walk
ed one in the five-inning game.
LEAGUE ONE
SN defeated Day House behind
Martin's five-hit pitching to take
the league one lead with a 1-0
record. Three teams are tied for
second at 1-1 each.
PKT used a five-run fourth inning
to overcome a 1-0 deficit and
rolled to 12-4 victory over Graves
Center. Sutherland collected three
hits for the victors.
In other action, Graves Center
defeated Forest Hills 6-4, and Day
House downed PKT 14-6.
LEAGUE TWO
The Redbirds combined Gree-
• son's no-hit victory with an 8-5
victory over the Mets to give
them a 2-0 record and the league
lead.
LCA's 21-9 thrashing of the Old
Men gave them a 1-0 mark, good
for second place. The Mets scored
a 16-9 victory over the Gulls in
the loop's other game.
LEAGUE THREE
Trailer Park downed Wesley 13-
4 and picked up a forfeit from
SAM to take the league three lead
over Plainsmen Dorm, 7-5 winners
over PKP.
SAM also forfeited to PKP.
LEAGUE FOUR
Jim Massey and Jim Davenport
turned in strong pitching performances
as SAE picked up two victories
and the league four lead.
Massey stopped PKA 9-3, and
Davenport downed TKE, 6-2.
The Vets were in second-place
by virtue of a 11-3 decision over
ATO.
In other action, ATO downed
TKE 8-7.
LEAGUE FIVE
High scoring characterized league
five play, with W2's two victories
leading the pack. W2 picked
up a forfeit from Y2, and then
slashed out a 15-11 decision over
E, while X2 pounded Y2 19-13,
and E edged G 16-14.
War Eagle...
(Continued from page 6)
burn. Because a Federal law prohibits
keeping an eagle in captivity
for over one year, they are having
a difficult time getting permission
from authorities.
Secretary of the Interior Stewart
Udall, has turned down Auburn's
request. Other methods are now
being tried. Congressional channels
and a direct appeal to President
Johnson are possibilities that
might be used. War Eagle III and
IV did not come under the Federal
law since they were in captivity
when the law was passed.
Hamer feels that a second eagle
is necessary in case something
should happen to the present bird.
"As best we can tell, War Eagle
IV is about 25 years old, and while
this isn't especially old for eagles,
he's hardly a 'spring chicken'
either," remarked the handler.
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