Tourel Tickets
Available MWM Today and Thursday
Main Gate
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. LXXII WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1947 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 14
ON THE CAMPUS
All New Officers . . .
. . .please go to the News Bureau in Samford 11 a. m. Thursday
f oi\ a group picture.
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Graduating Seniors . . .
. . . may obtain invitations Thursday, April 17 and Tuesday.
April 22 in Social Center from 8 until 5 p. m. These two days will
be the only dates of sale.
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Present and Former Co-ops . . .
. . . will hold a smoker in Student Center at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
April 28. All students interested are urged to attend. This is the
first meeting since t!lc war.
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Marion Spidle Club . . .
. . . organization for student veterans' wives, will meet in Social
Center Tuesday night, April 22.
Informal Dance .
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• " . . . at Student Center tomorrow night from 7 'til 9. A quintet
from the Auburn Knights will play.
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Squires . . .
. . . will meet Monday, April 21, at 7:00 p.m., secori'd floor of
Samford. *
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Oracles . . .
. . . will meet at Social Center at 6:45 p.m. Monday, April 21 to
elect officers. All members urged to attend.
Metropolitan Opera Star
At Alumni Gym Friday
Jennie Tourel, famous mezzo-soprano
of the Metropolitan
Opera will appear in Alumni
Gym on April 18. On this date
students of Auburn will be.privil-edged
tp hear one of the most
distinguished of classical recitals,
and it will be given by a boogie-woogie
- mad songstress whose
specialty is opera and art songs,
but who will sing "Smoke Gets
in Your Eyes" any chance she
gets.
Tickets for the recital may be
obtained by students today, and
tomorrow at the Main Gate upon
presentation of the spring quarter
cashier's receipt. Tickets will
go on sale to the general public
Friday for $1.22 per ticket.
Jennie Tourel has is four short
seasons brought tens of thousands
of concert-goers to their feet
with the brilliance of her art and
voice, and has been acclaimed
as one of the greatest singers of
all times and "the greatest recit-alist
to come up in a decade."
If it hadn't been that her voice
was considered "the voice of the
century" when she was discovered
in Paris, she might have been
a concert pianist, or better still,
as far as she is concerned, a
boogKfcWjoogie.:... expert - on t he
ivories. As it is, she does so much
concert, opera and radio work today,
that she has no time to
learn the "eight to the bar"
technique.
Miss Tourel's French poodle is
her best fan, no matter what
she happens to be singing. He
will sit for hours listening to La
Tourel, but just let anyone else
try to sing and Minos lets out a
howl guaranteed to stop any
aria cold. f
' Minos, like the Victor dog,
knows his mistress' voice. He has
heard her sing in seven languages
— French, Italian, Portuguese.
Russian, Spanish, English
and German.
Freshman Representative To WSGA
Will Be Elected Next Tuesday
Election will be held next
Tuesday at Social Center for
the Freshman Representative to
Women's Student Government
Association, according to La-
Verne Taylor, WSGA president.
The following qualifications must
be met by the candidates:
1. She must have had a scholastic
average of at least
2.5 the preceding quarter.
2. She must be a second quarr
ter freshman.
3. The candidate must not
have been convicted of a
major offense or of repeated
minor offenses.
4. She must plan to attend
Auburn for the next two
quarters — that is, spring
and summer quarters.
A candidate'shall be nominated
by having her name submitted in
writing by 10 per cent of the
group she is to represent. This
petition must be turned in by
noon Monday. Candidates must
appear b e f o r e Qualifications
Board Monday at 5 p.m.
PLAYERS OPEN WITH
'JASON'HERE IN MAY
"Jason", a swift-moving satire
on the life of Saroyan, by Samuel
Raphaelson, will be presented by
the Auburn Players commencing
May 5.
The clever and humorous writing
on the part of Raphaelson
made "Jason" one of the best
productions on Broadway in 1942.
Since then amateur productions
have given the play* nationwide
popularity.
The title role will be played
by George Miller, Hattiesburg,
Miss., who has.appeared with the
Players in "Oliver, Oliver" and
"Noah."
Bob Blackburn, Jacksonville,
Fla., well-known for his activities
with the players, and who
carried both the title roles in
"Oliver, Oliver" and "Noah" has
been cast as "Mike Ambler", the
other major role in "Jason."
Margaret* Hatcher, newcomer
to the Auburn stage, will play
the -female lead as "Lisa", the
wife of Jason.
Other members of the cast include
Wynn Hall, Barbara Elder,
Bill Etheridge, Lamar Rainer,
Owen Munro, Zac Adamson, Betty
Ramsey, and Bob Fowler.
Prof. Telfair Peet, director of
the Players, expressed hopes that
students and faculty will enjoy
this production.
O'Cain New Student Body President
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\ Four winners in Monday's campus election are (left to right) Richard O'Cain, new president of the Student Executive Cabinet
to succeed Frank Keown; Sammy Kirkland. vice president of Executive Cabinet; Seab W. Hayes. Jr.. senior class representative
to the Cabinet; and Tim Miller, junior cabinet representative. These men and 18 other officers will assume duties with the AF1>
student government in September.
WSGA Notice
Realizing that May Day is an
activity in which all women
students should share, Women's
Student Government Association
assumed the responsibility
for, planning May Day
this year. To determine the interest
of the w'omen students in
having a May Day, a special-
Convocation was called. At this
Convocation, it was decided by
a majority vote that May Djay
be held. However, because of
an insufficient number of girls
willing to participate in the
program, it has been necessary
to cancel the plans "that have
been made. WSGA would like
to extend its thanks to Mrs.
Land, Miss Bibza, and Mrs.
Forte, of the PE department,
for their cooperation and to
those girls who volunteered to
participate in the May Day
activities.
La Verne Taylor
Pres. WSGA
Auburn Players Elect-
Blackburn and Miller
Auburn Players met Sunday at
the home of Prof. Telfair Peet to
elect officers and'award quality-point
pins to members for work
done in previous quarters.
Bob Blackburn, Jacksonville,
Fla., was chosen president; and
George Miller, Hattiesburg, Miss.,
vice president.
Plans for /the production "Jason",
to be presented in Y-Hut
May 5, were discussed.
Sphinx and Cardinal Key Tap
Twenty-One New Members
Sphinx and Cardinal Key, Senior
Women's Honor Societies,
tapped a total of 21 new members
in Girl's Dining Hall Wednesday.
The new members are:
Sphinx
Beverly Childs, Cullman, 3AR;
president, Oracles; Owls; Glee
Club.
Carmen Farnora, A t l a n t a,
Ga.;' Oracles"; "President, Owls;
Alpha Gamma Delta.
Marion Gray, Atmore, 3ED;
Kappa Delta Pi; WAA, PE Club;
Rep. AIO; Miss Homecoming.
Doris Holmes, Huntsville, 3ST,
Delta Zeta; B a p t i s t Student
Choir; Co-Editor Baptist student
publication; B a p t i s t Student
Union Council; Glee Club.
Mary Helen House, Birmingham,
3ST; Alpha Gamma Delta.
Ann Huito, Jasper, 3SL; \ Oracles-
secretary; chapter president
Alpha Gamma Delta.
Katie Sue Mackie, Dadeville,
3BA; Oracles; Owls; house president;
vice president WSGA;
treasurer, Delta Zeta.
Bobby Sullivan, Birmingham,
3BA; Oracles; Glee Club.
Cardinal Key
Katharine Cater. Dean of Women.
Rosa Coleman, 3ED, Sylacau-ga,
president, Susan Smith; Owls,
Oracles.
Arlene Marie D a v i s . 2VM,
Jacksonville, Fla., president, Delta
Zeta; assistant editor, The Auburn
Veterinarian; Oracles; magazine;
past president, Owls.
Hazel Edwards. 3ED, Enterprise,
Owls, Oracles. ••,
Edwina Foreman, 2AT, Birmingham,
president, Kappa Delta;
Student Relations Committee;
Student Executive Cabinet; Art
Guild, Owls, Oracles.
Letiie Craig Green. 3ED, Hope
Hull*. ..Qwjs;•._ Qj-.acles;. .president,
Alpha Delta Pi.
Peggy Hartley, 2LT, Georgi-ana,
Owls, Oracles.
Martha Hay, 3SL, Auburn,
Owls, O r a c l e s , co-chairman,
WSSF drive.
Joyce Evelyn Levins, 3HE, We-tumpka,
Owls, Oracles.
Peggy Lowery. 3ED, Birmingham,
Owls, Oracles, president,
Chi Omega, ^outstanding PE major
1947.
Patty Northington, 3PY, Pratt-ville,
Owls, Oracles.
Jacqueline LaVerne Taylor,
3BA, M o b i l e , Owl's, Oracles,
WSGA president. ...
Margaret Weaver. 4ED, Jacksonville,
Owls, Oracles.
Thirty-Two Make Dean's List In Schoo
Of Engineering for Winter Quarter Work
Thirty-two students in the
School of Engineering have been
placed on the Dean's List for
their excellent scholastic work
during the Winter Quarter, according
to Dean J. E. Hannum.
The honored students are: William
V. Bishop, senior in ME,
Birmingham; B e n j a m i n E.
Bridges, senior in AA, Birmingham;
Frank C. Brooks, senior in
EE, Huntsville; W. Clyde Burke,
junior in IM, LaGrange, Ga.;
Clarence T. Estock, senior in EE,
Fairfield.
Freddie Gaines, senior in IM,
Mobile; Onis C. Green, junior in
EE, Cullman; Alex Hancock,
junior in EE, Mobile; Edward N.
Henderson, senior in IM, Andalusia;
William J. Howard, Jr.,
senior in EE, Montgomery.
Luther W. -Johnson, senior in
EE, Montgomery; Lionel Levy,
Jr., junior in AE, Mobile; Clarence
R. McKee, senior in AA,
Fairhope; Charles H. Ray, senior
in EE, Wetumpka; Robert A.
Sawyer, senior in EE, Auburn.
Herbert G. Schiff, senior in
EE, Mobile; Frederick W. Schutz,
se*nior in CE, Auburn; Bill Strick-
(Continucd on page 8)
Kirkland and Gieger Fill
Other Cabinet Positions
In the 'campus election held Monday, Richard O'Cain,
junior in business administration from Durant, Miss., was
elected president of the Student Executive Cabinet. He was
unopposed.
Others elected to key cabinet positions were Sammy
Kirkland, Foley, vice-president; and Hollis Gieger, Gadsden,
secretary. Both were unopposed
Unopposed for Fifth Year Rep
resentative was L e w i s Scarborough,
Columbus, Ga.
Three senior representatives
were chosen, from four candidates.
Bobby Humphrey, Columbus,
Ga., Seab Hayes, Hattiesburg,
Miss., and Charlie Scales,
Decatur, were elected. Gordon T.
Blair, Birmingham, trailed his
nearest opponent, Scales, by 183
votes.
Paul Persons, Birmingham, was
unopposed for the position of
president, senior class. Other
seniors with no opposition elected
were Betty Brown, West
Point, Ga., vice president; Peggy
Hartley, Georgiana, secretary;
and Alice Gatewood, Richland,
Ga.; historian.
New junior class office-holders
are John Lanier, Birmingham,
president; Hugh Gaston, vice
president, Lebanon, Tenn.; Anne
Bonds, Atlanta, Ga., secretary;
and Fern Nix, Pigeon Creek, historian;
Gillis Cammack, Selma,
and Tim Miller, Enterprise, representatives.
For president of the sophomore
class, Lynn Hawkins, Birmingham,
defeated Whitey Overton,
Montgomery. Other sophomore
officers are Patsy Allen, Auburn,
vice president; Gussie Arnette,
Birmingham, secretary; Billie
Smith, LaGrange, Ga., historian;
and Jimmy Duke, Glencoe, representative.
In compliance with action taken
by the Student Executive
Cabinet, the election was held
one quarter early to give students
a chance to vote or to qualify
for office who will not be in
school this ^summer. As stated in
the student constitution, two
weeks notice was given in the
Plainsman before the election
and petitions were presented to
the Qualifications Board by the
candidates. The Cabinet based its
action on Article IX of the By-
Laws which reads: "All matters
of interpretation of the Constitution,
the By-Laws, and the
Regulations of Permanent Committees
of this Association shall
be decided by the Executive
Cabinet."
ALPHA ZETA HONORARY
TAPS 14 UPPERCLASSMEN
SIGNS OF A 'GREATER AUBURN' ARE BEGINNING TO APPEAR
Alpha Zeta, national agricultural
honorary and service fraternity,
tapped 14 juniors and
seniors last week. Students were
chosen on the basis of their
scholarship and leadership in
agricultural activities on the
campus.
Alpha Zeta was founded over
50 years ago at Ohio State University
for the purpose of fostering
. agricultural leadership and
cooperation. The fraternity now
has chapters in 45 of the 48
states. The Alabama Chapter,
activated in 1940, is the youngest
in the national organization.
The. following are the students
tapped:
John E. Butler, junior in ag
science from New Hope.
Albert F. Caley. jufiior in ag
science from Marion Junction.
Gerald Naylor, junior in ag
science from Auburn. .
Lloyd Carl Norrel, senior in ag
science from Dothan.
O. M. Williams, senior in ag
science from Vernon.
Earnest Taff, junior in ag engineering,
Oneonta.
Austin B. Ezzell, senior in ag
science from Belgreen. ,
Bryan Bland, junior in ag engineering,
from Eufaula.
Donald H. Harper, junior in ag
engineering from Shawmut.
Allen Matthews, senior in ag
education from Carson.
Elmo S. Rer.oll, senior in ag
science from Glen Rock, Pa.
Holland Legg, senior in ag education
from Addison.
Troy 'Lee Ingram, junior in ag
science from Remlap.
Charles W. Reynolds, senior in
ag science from Red Level.
These students are requested
to be present at the next regular
meeting of Alpha Zeta Monday
April 21, Ross Chemical Lab.
Room 216.
NEW CHEERLEADERS
SELECTED FOR '47
Three new cheerleaders were
selected- Saturday to serve on
the 1947 squad. The new cheerleaders
are Martha Waterhouse,
Hatch, Phi Delta Theta, sophomore,
from Pittsburgh, Pa.; and
Jimmy Kendricks, ATO, sophomore
from Fort Walton, Fla.
The new members of the 1947
squad were selected in the stadium
as part gf the A-Day activities.
The candidates were judged
on ability by the Cheerleaders
Advisory Board which includes
Jeff Beard, Carl Voyles, Happy
Davis, P. R. Bidez; and all former
Auburn cheerleaders, the head
cheerleader, and a representative
from the S t u d e n t Executive
Cabinet.
Carnival Queen
Miss Eddy Morgan, Chi Omega,
was elected to reign as queen of
the Engineers Carnival here
April 10.
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SCENE OF CONSTRUCTION work on the new Boys' Dormitory on the western part of the eampus. T£e H-shaped building will be
of brick, fireproof construction. It is designed in sections, each of which will house approximately 30 men, and each of which will
have separate entrances. Part of the building will- be the dining hall and kitchen. The entire dormitory plant will face north. Furniture
for the building will cost approximately $82,000 and kitchen equipment around $40,000 which will be in addition to the
expected construction cost of $874,785. Officials of the college would make no estimate on a completion date of the job. (Homer
Russell photo) '
Distributed today with The Plainsman is a special edition
of the Auburn Alumnews which discusses the Alabama Educational
Crisis.
The principal story in this issue discusses the total educational
picture in the stale and shows the handicaps and deficiencies
under which education in your state will have to operate
unless the requested minimum budget of $54,000,000.00 for
lower and higher public educal^i&is provided. The recommendation
of the Finance and Taxation Interim Committee
falls more than $6,000,000.00 short of«amouni needed.
The remainder of the issue is devoted to a presentation of
Auburn's situation and stresses the neeU for money requested.
For maintenance alone our college retftwiied a minimum of
$2,250,000.00 but the recommendation to trie legislature is for
only $1,000,000.00. Thus, .we are $1,250,000.00 short of minimum
operational funds.
You can help Auburn in this critical hour. Read your Alum-news
carefully. When you have finished, mail it to your
parents. Urge them to read it and then to act. The time has
come for friends of education everywhere to join in a concerted
effort to educate the people of Alabama, and through
them the legislators, to the absolute need for sufficient funds
to operate our statewide educational program.
Delta Sigma Phi And Theta Upsilon Present Formals
Margaret Johnson to
With Delta Sigs Faulkner
Only 'Shipwreck Survivors' Admitted
Delta Sigma Phi will present its annual Shipwreck Ball
Saturday night in Alumni Gym. The' dance will begin at
9 p.m. with music by the Auburn Knights. Miss Margaret
Johnson of Birmingham will lead the dance with Chapter
President Jack Faulkner.
Decorations will include a
shipwreck motif as the "USS Delta
Sigma Phi." In keeping with
the traditions of the Ball, everyone
attending must be dressed as
shipwreck survivors. No o ne
Will be. admitted in any other
garb.
Members, pledges, and their
dates are John Wurtele, Trudy
York; Bill Grimes, Miriam Weathers;
James Craig, Mrs. James
Craig; S. G. Nesbit, Mrs. S. G.
Nesbit; Lawson Hanks, "Bill"
Hanks; Guy Mayfield, Betty
Hendon; Bill Dupree, Mrs. Bill
Dupree; Dixon McCormack, Mrs.
Dixon McCormack; Pat Logan,
Modesta Bidez.
Jack Smith, Jean Nazaretian;
Ken Murphy, June Hay; Bill
W i l l i a m s , Ann Montgomery;
Loyle Poe, Mary Ann Kim-brough;
James Whiteside, Betty
Jacob; Doug Stevens, Martha
Lambert; Jerry Wasley, Sara
Neill Easter; Jack Faulkner, Margaret
Johnson; Harold Wise,
Laurie Barganier.
'Steve Mitchell, "Liz" McGee;
Charles Baird, Gussie Arnett;
Jack Rollins, Betty Jane Miller;
Sydney McGee, Kathleen Colson;
Jimriiy McCorstin, Bess Malone;
Ruel Russell, Margaret Sims; Joe
McGee, Barbara Williams; Bud
Irwin, Betty Young; Jasper Hod-gins,
Catherine Yarbrough; Stan
MacLean, Constance Montgomery;
Charlie Boone, Lynn Chit-wood;
DeLome Cumbaa, Bebe
Calhoun; Robert Sawyer, Florence
Underwood.
Ashley Floyd, Jane Harold; Joe
Horsley, Sally McCurry; Howard
Elliott, Martha McDaniel; Harold
JJarby, Billye 'Jean Thompson;
•Mr i v in Scarbrough, Ann White,
'Connie Miller, Ann Blaylock;
James Ray, Evelyne Bryan; Harold
Johnson, Dorothy Davis;
Charlie Busch, Bettie Robbins.
•'.?Tom Wood, Bettye Heaslett;
g p Campbell, Marilyn Wilson;
Jack Biddle, Jinimie Sue Kirk-sey;
John McCabe, Mrs. John
McCabe; Jimmie.Baird, Ann Es-slinger;
Bill Montgomery, Ruth
Winningham; Lawrence Montgomery,
Mary McGahee; W. C.
Ray, Jay Pfaff; Harold Meeks,
Jean Putman; Durwood Gunnells,
Earline Jordan; Archie Ray, Sara
Ann Putman; Sharron Stevens,
Mimi Rains; Tom Gaddis,
Ruth Nell Parr; Thad Ingram,
Jr., Emalen Stover; Herbert Sutton,
Eleanor Lyle; Eugene Cal-son,
Mary Ann Correy; Jack
Biddle, Jimniie Sue Kirksey.
Bob Warren; Solon McGraw;
Reynolds Kerhan; Dehcil Rob-bins;
Curly Dunlop; Bill Gibbs;
Willie Blue; Fred Wilkerson;
Bryson Summer; Harold Darby;
Terry Baynes; Don Forster; Jack
Guilian; Dan Laposer; Carlos
White; Lewis Evans.
REPRESENTATIVE
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Elects Officers
Delta Delta chapter of Alpha
Omicron Pi held initiation recently
for Anne Shotts, Vina;
Ann Esslinger, Fairfield; Marion
Moody, Knoxville, Tenn.; Florence
Lynette Robinson, Dublin,
Ga.; Eloise Killiori, Mobile.
Officers for the coming year
are Jane Pope, president; Carolyn
Knight, vice-president; Helen
Walden, recording secretary; Virginia
Stevens, re-elected corresponding
secretary; and Mickey
Moody, Panhellenic representative.
Mrs. George P. Dean, past na-ticwulr
^president of Alpha Omi-c^>
n Pi,"visited the local chapter
here on April 9 to participate in
installation of new officers.
Dean Turpin C. Bannister
(above) will be the guest of
Princeton University on April
22 and 23 for their Bi-Cenlen-hi'el
Conference on Art History.
Of the 25 guests who will attend.
Dean Bannister will be
the only one from the South.
PiKA Initiates
Fifteen Men
Upsilon chapter of Pi Kappa
Alpha held formal initiation
Sunday for Don Marett, Atlanta,
Ga.; Jack Seay, Louisville, Ky.;
Charles Torbert, Lafayette; Joe
Hammond, Birmingham; Bevan
Youse, Lake Webster, Ind.; Jim
Haygood, Greenville; S o n ny
Swann, Mobile; Billy Ratchford,
Lafayette; Ernest Lundberg, Winter
Haven, Fla.; Alsie Riley,
Greenville; Preston Bailey, Andalusia;
Billy Bradford, Hollywood;
Ralph Pass, Birmingham;
Charles Mills, Birmingham; and
Jimmy Henderson, Millers Ferry.
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Theta Upsilon Initiates
Mother Patronesses
Theta Upsilon sorority held
initiation for three new Mother-
Patronesses Saturday afternoon
at five o'clock. After the ritual
was held, the mothers were entertained
by their daughters with
a tea in the chapter room. The
new patronesses are Mrs. Joe L.
Butler, Montgomery; Mrs. F. L.
Clements, Macon, Ga.; Mrs. John
Hodges Drake, Middleton, Ohio.
Other mothers visiting for the occasion
were Mrs. P. M. Strickland,
Columbus, Ga.; Mrs. J. J.
Charribliss, Hurtsboro.
LOST: Chi Omega Pin. Name
J. Swahn On back. Finder
please call Jackie Swann, 9142.
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Xi Chapter of Alpha Gamma
Rho fraternity held its Annual
Founders Day Banquet Friday
night, April 4, at the Clements
Hotel. After the banquet a dance
was held at the Opelika Country
Club with music furnished by
the Opelika High School Orchestra.
'"
More than 150 guests, alumni
and members attended this banquet.
An interesting program was
presented consisting of a history
of the fraternity by T. A. "Dad"
Simms and a speech by J. L.
Lawson. C. A. Pruitt of Tallas-see
served as toastmaster arid
Mrs. Gulley Simpson and Miss
Mittie Gates were chaperones.
Officers for the year were introduced.
Those present were
Jack Tucker, president, Grove
Hill; Harold Gibson, vice president,
Fayette; Warren Browning,
secretary, Birmingham; Howard
Johnson, treasurer, Tallassee;
Windell Vickery, reporter, Bear
Creek.
Others attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Hunter Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Bright, Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Morton, David Beverly, Margaret
Bell, Tom Taff, Justine
Tucker, M. S. Snow, Evelyn
Snow, Robert Land, Judy Head,
Fred Sherer, Jean Underwood,
John Sellers, Janelle Ingram, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Scarborough,
Mack Shotts, Dolores Wilson, Mr.
and Mrs. Grower Roy, Mr. and
Mrs. E. V. Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Eaton, Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Dykes
Leonard Allen, Seroba Bow-doin,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E.
McMahan, Mr. and Mrs. O. M.
Williams, Archie Gilmore, Mar-garete
Young, Hugh Killings-worth,
Madelyn Holt, J. W. Pace,
Betty Mixon, Mr. and Mrs. James
Smith.
Fred Summers, Doris Smith,
Jack Tucker, Kathryn Wright,
Bill Scott, Yvonne Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Scott, Russell
Thompson, Pat Allen, Fontelle
Wingard, June Hancock, Morris
Arnold, Tommye Jean Sellers,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meigs, Ervin
Fields, Mary Arnett, Howard
Johnson, Betty Heaslett, Bill
Thompson, Inez F l o y d , Tom
Thompson, Anne Bailey, George
Gibson, Feme Dobbins, Warren
Browning, Jeanette B l o c k e r,
Richard Magnusson, Frances Harris,
James Young, Barbara Lock-hart,
Bill Hollis, Mary Sargent,
Mr. and Mrs. Brantley Crawley,
Alton Wales, Mary Fralec, F. M.
Fuller, Jr., Shay Tidmore, Mr.
and Mrs. E. H.. Stewart.
Mr', and Mrs. Owen Reeder, Joe
Chambers, Claudea'n Fleming,
Sammy Kirkland, Evelyn Cor-bett,
Dorman Moncrief, Margaret
Crawford, Fred Murphy, Mary
Bowen, James Crawley, Carolyn
Freeman, Hub Oakley, I r m a
Clements, Fred Clark, Mary Gray
Metcalf, Ben Davis, Vera Tisdell,
Billy Davis, Gay Clower, Olen
Wood, Agnes Hassen, Mr. and
Mrs. Patty L. LeNoir, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Bullington, Henry
Cobb, Doris Pitts, Albert Caley,
May Moore, Buddy Roy, Patricia
Coffman, R. N. Harper, Betty Jo
Hassan, John Conaway, Mary de-
Fee Blue, Miss Mittie Gates, Mrs.
Gulley Simpson.
Stags were John Quincy Hill,
Gerald Bently, John Thompson,
Lyman Woodfin, Windell Vickery,
Bill Richardson, Cecil Poun-cey,
Tom Corley, Morton" Bryant,
Ben Pickens, Prof. J. M. Robinson
and Mr. Lynch Whatley.
Chi 0 Celebrates
52nd Anniversary
Alpha Beta chapter of Chi
Omega celebrated its 52nd anniversary
at the annual Eleusisia
Banquet, April 7, in the Pitts
Hotel.
Peggy Lowery, chapter president,
presided.
Pat K i r k w o o d , outstanding
alumni, gave a reading from the
Eleusis entitled "Thoughts at
Eleusis".
Mrs. Mary B i c k 1 e r, guest
speaker, gave an interesting talk
on "Personality Development of
the College Student."
Chi Omega alumnae and members
were present. The tables
were attractively decorated with
ivy, and white carnations.
Framed Chi Omega crests were
presented to the members as favors.
THETA CHI HAS FOUNDERS'
DAY CELEBRATION APRIL 11-12
Jan Drake And Gordon
Hill Share Leadout Honors
'April Showers' Theme Has Been Chosen
The Iota Alpha chapter of Theta Upsilon will present its
spring formal in Girl Gym Friday night from 9 to 12.
Miss Jan Drake, chapter president, and Gordon Hill of
Midland, Pennsylvania, will share the lead-out honors.
Mrs. Tom Bullington will pre
Theta Chi fraternity celebrated
Founders' Day Mast^week end
with the Rebel Reunion honoring
the fraternity's 91st anniversary.
There Were 44 visiting delegates,
from Theta Chi' chapters in the
South.
The keynote address at the
banquet in Clement Hotel was
given by Earl D. Rhodes, Theta
Chi national president from Troy,
New York. Following the banquet,
the Rebel Reunion Dance
was held from 9 to 12 in the hotel
—music by the Swingmasters
from Columbus, Ga.
Visiting Theta Chis, other than
delegates were Dean Floyd Field,
Georgia Tech; Roy Grizzell, Atlanta,
regional advisor; Al De-
Fuinak, Birmingham, alumnus of
the University of Alabama; Hold-man
Baker, Ernest Goblsby, arid
James Cofield, API alumni.
Other guests of the chapter
were Dr. and Mrs. L. N. Duncan,
Dean Catherine Cater, Dean and
Mrs. Zebulon judd, and Professor
P. P. Powell. Dean Judd and
Professor Poyvell, are both members
of Theta Chi. ""
The fraternity held a business
meeting Saturday afternoon be-
PRESIDED
SPEs ENTERTAINED
BY DELTA ZETA
"April Showers" was the theme
Friday night as Delta Zeta entertained
Sigma Phi Epsilon in
the sorority room.
• Taking part in the skit were
Doris Clements, Frances Harris,
Lassie Jo Rounds, Margaret Ha-den,
Dorothy Jean Sharp, Martha
Waterhouse, Martha Hester, Gussie
Arnett, and Sara Jane Kent.
Afterwards, refreshments were
served, and bridge and dancing
were enjoyed.
Delta Sigs Pledge Nine
Delta Sigrna Phi announces
the following new pledges for
this quarter: William Gibbs and
Lewis Hollo way, Birmingham;
Fred Wilkerson arid Harold Wise,
Opp; Jack Biddle, Birmingham;
Bryson Sumner, Horse Creek;
DeLome Cumbaa, Columbus, Ga.;
Harold Darby and Harold Elliot,
Vincent.
John Allen, vice president of
Chi chapter, Theta Chi fraternity,
who was president of the
Ninth Annual Rebel Reunion
held here the past week end.
fore the football game. Presiding
over the meeting were John Allen,
Reunion president and Curtis
Gibson, secretary. Official delegates
at the meeting from Chi
Chapter were Greely Moore, M.
W. Lowell, and Joe Cook, the
chapter president.
sent a bouquet of flowers to Miss
Drake.
April Showers is the theme of
the dance and this will be carried
out. in the decorations. The
lead-out number will be the popular
song April Showers.
The date list consists, of Jan
Drake and Gordon Hill; Doris
Dismukes and Melvin Snow, Jr.;
Yvonne Morgan and Bill Scott;
Jean Nazaretian and Jack Smith;
Betty Birtler and Bill Turnip-seed;
Margaret Strickland and
Tommy Meadows; Jean Walton
and Bert Silverman; Joyce Clements
and Henry Cobb; Joy Pfaff
and W. C. Ray; Doris Parker and
Sam McClure; Judy Head and
Max Wright; Nancy Cobb and
Tommy Etheridge; Marion Piper
and Jimriiy Gossett; Grace Poole
and Glenn Henderson; Paula
Mann and Robert McConnell;
Betty Hudson and James Garrett.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKenzie;
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fleming; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Crowe; Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Bullington.
Theta U Initiates
Two New Members
Iota Alpha of Theta Upsilon
sorority held formal initiation
Sunday afternoon for G r a ce
Poole, Decatur; and Doris Parker,
Birmingham.
Following initiation the new
members and the chapter city
association were entertained with
an informal tea in the chapter
room.
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Dr. Johnson of Emory University
To Address Foundation Banquet
Dr. Henry Johnson of Emorj
University, professor of Psycholo
gy arid Religious Education, wil
speak on the subject "Can Heaven
Come To Auburn" at the an
nual Wesley Foundation banquet
Saturday at 7 p.m.
Brooks Moore, recreation chair
man, discloses that Methodist
students and their friends will
experience a few delightful hours
of "Heaven" in a rare banquet
extravaganza including solos and
songs by the Pearly Gate quartet
and a Cherub trio, and highlighted
by a trial for those angels admitted
at the gate on probation.
Chuck Yarborough and Fred
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questionable characters. H e rb
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on the trumpet at Gabriel's
request.
The banquet, held in the Wesley
Foundation Center, will be
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at the Foundation office. Deadline
for making reservations will
be Thursday.
Dr. Johnson, a native of Kentucky,
is a professor of Psychology
and Religious Education at
ihe Candler School of Theology,
Emory; member, Board of Directors,
YMCA of Atlanta and
,;he Family Service Society, Minister
of Education of the First
Methodist Church of Atlanta,
ind has served on the faculty of
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Shaw, Joelle Rush. " Hermion'e
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Burns, Eloise Livingston, Blanche
Carlton, Lamar Brown, Sally
Stuart, Joe Mitchell, Bob Martin,
Sue Carder, John Ed Butler,
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AUBURN
(Over Pollx-Tek Shop)
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Auburn Student Under MacArthur Tells
Of Japanese Interest In Christianity
By Tom Sellers
"Communism is e x e r t i n g - a n evil influence in Japan",- says John H'arvey Thomas,
senior in science and l i t e r a t u r e from Montgomery. "But Christianity is an answer to the
social and political problems of the Japanese people".
John,' a member of General MacArthur's occupation forces in Tokyo for 10 months,
did missionary work among wounded Japanese soldiers in the Tokyo hospitals.
"I was deeply' touched by the
vigorous way those patients embraced
the Christian religion",
he explained. "We presented our
programs in simple, grammar-school
language, and one could
see their whole outlook on life
improving under the effect of
the Word of God. Some of them
would jump up and shout the
Japanese equivalent of I've got
it, I've got it!, meaning they
had just found something beautiful
in their lives for the first
time. It was heart-rending."
Gets Around *
"Versatile" is the word that
describes John. He is majoring in
journalism-English, w i t h two
minors in architecture, but the
ministry holds his primary interest.
He plans to leave Auburn
this summer to attend the Southwest
Baptist Theological Seminary
in Fort Worth, Texas. His
extensive campus activities include
active membership in Sigma
Chi, Blue Key, Spades, Student
Relations Committee and
presidency of the Baptist Student
Union Council. Before his sojourn
John Harvey Thomas
in the Pacific, he completed four
years in the School of Architecture,
finding time to be varsity
football manager for three years,
sports editor of the Plainsman in
1942, and a member of the Glom-erata
staff.
Journalism was one of John's
first loves. He was editor of the
"Print Shop Chatter", a high
school paper at Sidney Lanier,
where he received his diploma.
But that complicated mechanism
which drives men of John's caliber
was not satisfied with the
life of a newspaperman. So he
enrolled in architecture.
The war came along and 1943
found John Harvey an undergraduate
of the largest university
in the world, the Army. After a
spell of OCS at Fort Belvoir he
emerged an "officer and a gentleman"
as the brass-hats would
have it, and in 1945, a captain in
the Corps of Engineers, he was
on his way to join the struggle
in the Pacific with a contingent
of hand-picked Negro troops. ,
"Those colored boys were fine,
outstanding soldiers", said John,
demonstrating his keen understanding
and lack of prejudice.
"I-recall an amusing incident on
Okinawa that would equal any
slapstick comedy of the silent
picture days. We were living in
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tents raised about two feet from
the ground on wooden platforms,
and much of the local livestock,
pigs especially, had infiltrated
our bivouac. One sweltering day
inl August our mess officer was
at a loss for a proper menu to
celebrate unit activation day due
to occur shortly, so he and the
mess sergeant compared notes
and decided to kill two swine
with one stone. They would
round up the pesky hogs and
have an old fashioned southern
barbecue."
Cites Amusing Incident
"A bunch of us were lying
around that afternoon trying to
keep cool, when we noticed a
strange sight. About 20 or 30 fellows
crept stealthily into our circle
of tents from all directions,
with "Big Boy" Haynes, a massive
colored sergeant at their
head. They moved in and proceeded
to barricade the spaces
between the tents with chairs,
cots, and sundry material, and
with this done they scattered on
a pig-catching melee to end them
all. The rest of us soon joined in
the fun, including Lt. Anderson,
a small officer more noted for
his pluck than size. After considerable
difficulty, the lieutenant
managed to get his hands on
a huge hog, practically as large
as he, but the old sow proved to
be h i g h l y uncooperative. It
seemed he was going to be literally
dragged into the woods.
"Big Boy" sensed the danger,
and charged up shouting, "I'll
save you, lieutenant, I'll save
you!", and amid the applause of
a delighted audience he triumphantly
removed the lieutenant
from the disgruntled sow, and
returned up the path, a rosy
smile on his face, dragging a
mess of potential pork chops behind
him."
John entered Tokyo in September,
1945 with one of the early
occupation units. Deeply interested
in the spiritual problems
of the people, as well as his
more pressing duties, he worked
tirelessly with the poor unfortunates
in the city. In addition to
his, work with the Japanese, he
conducted the* Tokyo GI Gospel
Hour, a program by and for the
soldiers in G i n z a Methodist
Church, a block and a half from
McArthur's GHQ in the Dai Ichi
Building. He made s e v e r al
friends among the Christian missionaries
sent over by churches
in the United States.
Praises MacArthur
"MacArthur has done a capable
job with the occupation",
commented John. "There is to be
another democratic election held
in Japan in the near future, and
it is my belief that the Social
Democrat Party, led by a spiritually-
guided man, will carry the
office of Premier. It is an attribute
of MacArthur's leadership
that the masses have been won
over to democracy in such a
short time. A Communist leader
has. openly promised to banish
freedom of speech and religion
sriould his party win the election,
and I feel that the Japanese
like their newly-found freedom
FAMILY LABORATORY FOR MARRIED
STUDENTS OPENS SUMMER QUARTER
By Ray Fowler
A family laboratory for married
student couples will be provided
beginning next quarter
Mrs. Marion Spidle, Dean of
Home Economics, announced this
week.
Mell Street House will be reserved
quarterly for the family
laboratory and will furnish living
accomodations for six people
or three couples and their children.
The laboratory is being established
to take care of a required
course in Home Management
Residence required of e v e ry
Home Economics major. Married
Home Ec students taking this
course will live in the Mell Street
House with husbands and children,
if any, for one quarter, receiving
five hours creait. The
children will be distinctly the
responsibility of the p a r e n ts
while in the house.
Management, marketing, meal
planning, and preparation and
care of the house will be supervised
by Miss O'Kelly with- conferences
and visits. She will not
live in the house.
Students will live on a low
income budget for six weeks
and on a higher income budget
for another six weeks.
The family laboratory has
three bath rooms, two living
rooms, kitchen, large hall,. laundry
facilities, and a large screened
porch for outdoor recreation
and living. Each family will live
a normal life here and entertain
as they wish.
Girls will pay the same amount
of money as paid in the dormitories
for room and board. Money
will be divided and reissued
to them by the business office
on a raw food cost plus basis.
Mrs. Spidle hopes for the possibility
that men will be able to
work out an elective in Marriage
and Family or Family Relationship
while living in the house.
Good Work, Jackson! J
A. Pierce Jackson, 119 East
Magnolia Avenue, has a picture
appearing in the May Jssue of
Popular Photography, leading
photographic magazine.
Entitled "Gridiron Queen," the
picture was selected by the editors
as an outstanding example
of amateur portrait photography.
too much to allow the Communists
to remove it."
Has Varied Interests
It did not surprise us to learn
that John used to do carpenter
work during his school vacations;
perhaps there are other phases of
his life that he forgot to mention.
We wonder if there is anything
in which John Harvey
Thomas does not have an interest.
Auburn should be proud to
include a political thinker, missionary,
minister, journalist, architect
and engineer of John's
stature among her favorite sons,
but above all, she should pay
tribute to a man with such a
beautiful philosophy of life.
Light Start
To start research on the atomic
bomb a fund of $6,000 was made
available in February, 1940, according
to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica. This was the beginning
of the $2,000,000,000 expenditure
necessary to complete the
bomb.
Wednesday, April 16, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN--3
Teachers Are Taught
A coed was supervising two
small children digging holes
near Nursery School last week
when she discovered that each
was a child of an API instructor.
"Your mother teaches me in
one of my classes", said the
coed to one little boy.
The other tot, son of an instructor
in the history department,
volunteered brightly,
"My mother teaches my daddy."
Home Ec Club Elects
Officers for the coming year
were elected at the last meeting
Kappa Delta Gives Tea
For Province President
The Sigma Lambda Chapter of
Kappa Delta gave a tea in the
honor of Mrs. Katherine Whit-ner,
province president, from
Sanford, Fla., Thursday night.
Mrs. Whitner, Mrs. James Law-son,
and chapter, president Eddy
Foreman were in the receiving
line. Mrs. Yetta Samford and
Mrs. C. P.. Jones poured.
of the Dana King Gatchell Home
Economics Club. They are: president,
Caroline Johnson, Boca
Grande, Fla.; vice president, Suzanne
Bishop, Irvington; secretary-
treasurer, Caroline Parker,
Thomaston; publicity chairman,
Latane Pitts, Clio.
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;Last month in this space the development
of nylon was traced from a fundamental
research study on linear polymers
to the first synthetic organic fibers, the
superpolyamides. This installment deals
with the complex manufacturing research
problems that followed.
From the start there were obstacles
to the production on a commercial scale
of the "66" polymer—so named because
the adipic acid and hexamethylenedia-mine
from which it is made have six
carbon atoms each.
Although adipic acid was being produced
in Germany, it was necessary to
develop a new process to meet conditions
at Du Pont's Belle, W.Va., plant, where,
because of the catalytic technique involved,
it was decided to make this
intermediate. Hexamethylenediamine
was only a laboratory curiosity, and a
process for its commercial production
had likewise to be worked out. Fortunately
it was found that the diamine
could be made from adipic acid by new
catalytic processes. The results of these
investigations may be summarized as
follows: »
Studying lha distillation of new intermediates
far condensation polymers: T. J. Dickerson, B. S.
Mechanical Engineering, Virginia '43 and E. E.
Magal, Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, M.I.T. '45.
B2
C«H„ i
Benzene
4-NH3
02
C6H.2 >
Cyclobexane
(CH^CCOOHjj
Adipic Acid
Carrying out experimental aufaclave polymerizations
of condensaflon polymers. J. H.
Blomquist, Ph.D. Chemistry, Ohio State University
'4If O. A. Bredeson, Ph.D. Chemistry,
M. I. T. '41f J. E. Waltz, Ph.D. Chemistry, University
of Indiana '41.
- H 7 O (CH2)4(CN)2 —3* (CHj)«(NH2)2
Adiponitrilo Hcxaiuctliylcucdiamiue
(CH2)4(COOH)2 + (CH2)6(NH2)2 >
Adipic Acid Hexaiuclhylcncdiamiue
[HOOC(CH2)4COOH NH2 (CH2)6 NH2JX
Nylon Salt
( . . ; VCQ(CH2) 4CONH(Cll2) 6 N H . . . .]„
A Nylon Polynicr
The synthesis of intermediates waa
only part of the problem. Nylon polymer
was an entirely new material with
properties different from any previous
synthetic product. It provided the first
example of spuming fiber from a molten
polymer (m.p.263°C) and required entirely
different techniques from rayon
spinning. Information waa acquired
only by painstaking experimentation at
each step.
Manufacturing Process Outlined
The process as finally developed for the
manufacture of nylon and its fabrication
into yarn may be briefly outlined
as follows:
Nylon salt is heated in an autoclave
with addition of stabilizers to control
molecular weight and viscosity. A long-chain
linear polymer is formed with a
molecular weight of 10,000 or higher.
The melt is converted to solid chips
that are later re-melted and extruded
through a spinneret to form filaments
at a speed of 2,500 feet a minute. The
filaments are then drawn out to about
four times their original length in order
to develop the desired textile qualities
characteristic of nylon.
These operations sound simple
enough, but some of the problems encountered
were extraordinarily difficult.
For example, a specially designed grid
for melting the polymer was necessary
because of the poor thermal conductivity
of the polymer; pumps had to operate
at 285°C with only polymer as a
lubricant; special abrasion-resistant
steels that did not soften or warp at
285°C were necessary; the spinning assembling
required radically new engineering
developments to produce the
necessary fiber qualities.
All of these chemical, physical and
mechanical engineering problems had
to be solved and dove-tailed into a unified
process before manufacture of nylon
could be undertaken. In all, about •
230 technical men and eight manufacturing
and staff departments share the
credit for making nylon the important
part of American life it is today.
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Questions College Men ask
about working with Du Pont
WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ENGINEERS?
Most openings at Da Pout are for chemical
and mechanical engineers, but opportunities
are also available for industrial,
civil, electrical, metallurgical,
textile, petroleum and other engineers.
Practically all types of engineering are
required in the work of the ten manufacturing
departments as well as in some
of the stair departments. Write for the
booklet, "The Du Pont Company and
the College Graduate." 2521 Nemours
Bid p., Wilmington 98, Delaware.
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4—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 16, 1947
A Minimum Cut In Half
Dr. Duncan and the Board of Trustees
recently recommended a legislative appropriation
of $2,275,000 for operation of
t h e school for the next two years. They
s t a t e d that this amount, was t h e minimum'
upon' which Auburn could operate.
The interim legislative committee on
finance and taxation then reviewed- Aub
u r n ' s budget request and decided to
recommend whittling this proposed appropriation
to $1,000,000, a figure less t h an
half the amount asked for by A u b u r n officials.
Analysis of Auburn's present condition
would demonstrate:
• 1. Half enough instructors at Auburn.
• 2. Present pay schedule is grossly inadequate
and the understaffed faculty
cannot give the highest quality of'
i n s t r u c t i o n while worried' about paying
bills on salaries that have- hr-c
r e a s e d five' to ten per dent since
1942 with living costs which have
increased eight to ten times that
amount in the same period of time1.
3. Courses sorely needed cannot be
offered.
4. Certain departments cannot be expanded
and developed to qualiiy
with other schools in academic recognition.
5. Class rooms are overcrowded, depriving
students of the benefit of open
discussions .
6i Classes are filled and closed to furt
h e r registrants early in registration-because
of a limited teaching staff.
7. Bungling of students' schedules; cont
i n u e for these reasons; prerequisites
to advanced subjects are unavailable
when needed; and closed classes and
subjects offered only periodically disr
u pt planned graduation dates.
If it can be assumed the state of 'Ma-bama
desires to: .
Raise Auburn to- a s t a n d a r d EQUAL to
« t h a t of other schools.
' / - " ' •
; Reinforce Auburn's teaching staff.
'.:• Supply ADEQUATE laboratory facilit
i e s .
-.'. Make available additional' courses now
••'ip d.'mand by students.-
* ) Provide a pay schedule t h a t will:
1. A t t r a c t outstanding instructors.
2. R e t a i n outstanding instructors.
3. Insure staff efficiency unimpaired by
financial insecurity; then you can help
t h e people of Alabama by requesting
your Executive Cabinet promptly to investigate
thoroughly:
1. Present unmet needs of students.
2. Inadequate services for veterans.
3. Absence of complete educational services
for the youth of Alabama.
You can request the Executive Cabinet
to- w r i t e their findings and their recommendations
in form of a Bill of Rights,
submit this to each student for signature,
and present it to the state legislature
through a well* qualified committee at the
a p p r o p r i a t e time after legislature convenes
May 13.
Make your concern over your future
and that of Auburn and Alabama known
to the members of the Executive Cabinet,
whose members are:
• P r a n k Keown, Pres., 214 E. Magnolia
,Ave1,, Ph. 283 or C315.
H a r r y Barnes, Phi Delta Theta house,
Ph. 810:
Seab Hayes, Sigma Chi house, Ph. 376
' D i c k 0? C a i n , ' A TO house, Ph. 898
Buck Hails, SAE house, Ph. 921 .
Bill Flanagan, KA house, Ph. 26
F. M, Fuller, Alpha Gamma Rho house,
Ph. 873
Do-Nuts and Coffee ByBabs Just One Voice
By Jim Bradley
-Reprinted from The Emory Wheel
This and That By Ole TiWr
PiKA, Ph. 869
P a u l Persons, 260 S. Gay, Ph. 259-R
Tim. Miller, Alpha Psi house, Ph. 445
Hollas Geiger, Sigma Nu house, P h 159
Clyde McLemore, Apt. 12B, prefabricated1
aptSi
Lenny Payne, Lambda Chi house, Ph.
247. ' \ N
Vanh Cornelison, Trailer C6urt
Bronze Youmans, Alpha Psi house, Ph.
445
Office of Executive Cabinet, Student
Center, Langdon Hall.
We cannot feed a whole body on half
a loaf. It need not be pointed out t h a t the
amount of money t h e legislature appropriates
to Auburn for operation is of vital
concern to every Auburn student, every
Alabama citizen, and each High School
student planning to seek entrance to this
institution.
"Saint Patrick was ah Engineer, he was . . ."
. Last week in the press of other m a t t e r s I forgot to pay
t r i b u t e to t h e Engineers and their revival of the Engineer's
Carnival. The Carnival and dance were apparently a big
success so here are my congratulations. As a s t a r t e r here's
an old poem about beginners,
You Set Just Wbmk You Pay For
"Alabama Politics" was the topic of the
discussion led by Neil Davis, editor of-'
t h e Lee County Bulletin, at t h e last meeti
n g of the Wesley Foundation discussion
group.
4- Mr. Davis said that the a t t i t u d e of those
people who say they don't want politicians
in office is foolish—"If a man is elected to
an office, he becomes a politician, and
must play politics honestly and intelligently."
He brought out t h e fact t h a t the
voters do not pay enough attention to the
men they elect to t h e state legislature, as
i s shown by their electing J im Folsom- as
governor, by the largest majority ever accorded
an Alabama governor,, and then
electing a Handy Ellis legislature. This
is t h e cause of the present deadlock.
• The group agreed t h a t if Alabama is to
go forward, she must c a r r y out a program
of social reform, even if this means going
i n to debt. Other states have done it, and
found that it pays great dividends in
humanity.
"Reapportionment of representation in
t h e legislature", Mr. Davis said, "is a
necessary step before the people of Alabama
can have a t r u e voice in their state
government. The present constitution was
w r i t t e n in! 1901, a n d calls for reapportionment
every ten years. After the census of
1910, no. reapportionment was made, nor
has there been one since. The legislators
from certain counties c a r r y a weight out of
all proportion to the size of their constituency."
Along the same line, more people must
be brought into the family of voters. Repeal
of the poll tax and the Boswell
amendment would be twp factors in accomplishing
this. "We go to church on
Sundays, and preach 'Brotherhood', and
y e t we keep out of the family of voters
t h e majority of our people. F ew more than
300,000 out of 3,000,000 people vote in
Alabama," the editor stated.
The t h i r d remedy discussed, but by no
means a lesser one, is education. "The
s t a t e needs an intelligent educational program,
such as that the education interim
committee has proposed," said Mr. Da-viSi
"I t h i n k we'll get an $1800 minimum
for school teachers", he continued, "because
the public favors it so strongly that
t h e legislature Would be afraid not to
grant it, but I don't think we'll get much
else."
As is well-known, the opponents of the
Folsom social p r o g r am object to it on the
grounds that it is too expensive. "There
a r e also some thinking people who feel
t h a t we cannot afford to be without it,"
said Mr. Davis. He brought out the fact
t h a t almost any banker is willing to make
a loan to a small businessman, so t h a t he
may enlarge his store, but almost everyone
shudders at the thought of a state
going into debt to carry out a program
of social reform, which would pay the
dividend of healthy, educated, progressive
people.
modified enough to make it fit
to print:
Oh, Engineers with hairy ears
Designing dams and ditches,
Controlling floods and blowing
suds
And never reaching riches.
When you want fun your
tastes don't run
To graphs" or mathematics,
But to "The Pub" or "Clover
Club"
And ballroom acrobatics.
You make surveys of waterways
And plan for irrigation
But H2 0 to gin that's sloe
You add in moderation.
With stress and strain you
ascertain
The way to make frames
, - rigid,
Yet spend the night till broad
daylight
In making dames less frigid.
Oh, Engineers with hairy ears
I find them most endearing,
But awfully odd because, by
Gosh
They don't like engineering.
* * *
Then at some other time along
came a slide-rule happy guy and«
penned the following epic:
Fools may sing of hearts and
love
And eyes and cheeks and
hair,
Write sonnets to a woman's
glove
And swear her wondrous
fair.
Bah! She's an artificial thing
All powder and paint and
lipstick,
But harken to the song I sing—
All hail to my love, the
slipstick-
Women are babbling all the
time
Of dates and drinks and
dresses,
Which wouldn't help at all
If I'm
Computing t o r q u e s and
stresses.
It conquers without fear or
i doubt . -^ *
Whole hosts of sines and
surds,
And helps me work in peace
without
An avalanche of words.;
Slide rules are always accurate
And women never so;
And whilte they're not
affectionate
They never answer, "No"
So, hence with woman's wanton
ways,
With eyebrows, lips and
curls,
My little log log deeitrig
Is worth a dozen girls.
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor
Published weekly by the students of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama.
Editorial and business office on Tichenpr Avenue, Phone 448.
Deadline for social and organization news is Sat., 9 a. m.
Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates
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JIMMY COLEMAN, Editor-in-Chief
Ralph Jennings, Managing Editor
Luther Smith, Associate Editor.
Frank Sego; Sports Editor
Beverley Burkhardt, Society Editor
C. RAY MARTIN, Business Manager
Frank Keown, Advertising Manager
Bill Anderson, Circulation Manager
Hal- Breedlove, Assistant Business Manager
Bob Williams, Assistant Advertising Mgr. x
"The person who does not
learn how to appreciate trees,
birds, the smell of freshly-turned
earth, and who doesn't care
about mingling with nature, is
the one most susceptible to suicide."
This I learned in Mrs. Bick-ler's
sociology class last year, and
keeping it in mind I rushed outdoors
amid bright green clouds
my dorsal region
on1 the vel-vetry
carpet of
lawn grass.
Tne sun filtered
its comforting
warmth
a b o u t me, a
mocking b i rd
m e t h o d ically
w e n t through
"bf budding veg-e
t a t i o n and
quickly planted
of chirps and
a t e m p t i ng
odor of cornbread from Mrs.
O'Grady's kitchen passed my
nostrils.
"Ah-h-h", I mused, "now I
know I'll live."
Gazing into the cloudless sky,
and wondering why it turned
out to be blue instead of green
or pink, my attention centered
on some of the most interesting
little creatures in the universe.
There they w e r e , several
chimney "sweeps" streaking hither
and yon through the sunny
atmosphere, chirping their little
chirps which sounded somewhat
like the rusty axles of a little
boy's wagon.
Later, by consulting a dictionary,
I learned that what we ordinarily
call a chimney "sweep" is
apparently a chimney s w i ft
(chaetura pelagica); nevertheless,
Coleman
its repertoire
warbles, and
I will continue to call it a
"sweep".
After observing the actions of
these sleek, racy, little birds, the
more interesting they became.
Two of them kept in perfect—
what the Air Corps called—tactical
formation. On a left turn, for
example, the outside sweep added
"throttle" to keep, the formation,
and on straight flying
"rudder" was used to keep in
close. One bird, probably the
leader, was seen to circle while
his wdngman caught up with him.
Presently the whole area above
me had turned into a practice
area for chimney sweeps. I saw
some beautifuly executed "lazy
eights" and formation flying
from at least eight pairs.
A gawky blue jay winged his
way into the practice area, turning
his head one way and then
the other, as if looking out for
his own safety.
By this time it was getting
late and the chimney sweeps began
to disperse to'ward the Delta
Sig house. They kept making
graceful, speedy, passes at the
chimney until—one by one—they
fluttered in.
How the chimney "sweep"—regarded
as the most streamlined
of birds — can decellerate from
such an apparently terrific speed,
is beyond me.
I leave that for the aero engineers
or Dr. Good to figure out.
The high cost of living in Auburn
will be satirized by Mitch
Sharpe and Tom Sellers with
their latest poem, "The Perverted
Village", which will appear in
an early edition of The Plainsman.
They give credit to Oliver
Goldsmith and his "The Deserted
Village" for technical assistance.
Thought for the week: The
healthy state of mind is the love
of life.
* * *
A flea and an elephant walked
side by side over a bridge. Said
the flea to the elephant after
they had crossed it: "Boy, we
sure did shake that thing."
* * *
If a child annoys you, quiet
him by-brushing his hair. If this
doesn't work, use the other side
of the brush and the other end
of the child.—L & N Magazine.
* * *
A garage man in Mangum,
Okla., answered the distress call
of a woman motorist whose car
had stalled. He made an examination
and informed her it was
out of gas-. "Will it hurt," she
asked, "if I drive it home with
the gas tank empty?"
* * *
Concerned Mamma: "Should
Dozelle have a ehaperone."
Cryptic Brother: "Naw, her
face is her ehaperone."
* * *
One advantage of having a
good- vocabulary is that you can
discard the big word- and- select
a small one that you are able io
spell.—Pen.
* # *
Driver's L i c e n s e Examiner:
"Do you know what it means if
a driver puts out a hand?"
Applicant: "Well, if it's a woman,
it means she is going to turn
right or left, shake the ashes off
her cigarette, or reverse, or stop,
or she's pointing to a hat store,
or admiring her ring, or . . ."
Driver's L i c e n s e Examiner:
"Yeah, and if it's a man?"
Applicant: "Why, he's usually
waving at a woman."
'* * *
Small-Town B a n k Cashier:
(telephoning) "Mrs. Go-to-town?
I'm calling to tell you your account
is in the red, over-drawn
around thirty dollars."
Mrs. Go-to-town: "Gracious!
Well, I'll be right down and write
a cheek to cover it."
* * *
. Helen: "Men. are contemptible
creatures!"
Bill: "Yeah, nuff said: Thats'
why I go out only with women!"
You haven't had a real hangover
until you can?t stand the
noise made by Bromo-Seltzer.—
West "Pointer."
* * *
She: "John, dear, let's' try to
make, people think we've been
married a long time."
He "All right, honey, you carry
the suitcase."
* * *
A man in Chicago was grumbling
about the heat. Said another,
who had just returned from a
trip through the South: "Hot!
Boy, you don't know what hot is.
One day this wek in Alabama I
saw a dog chasing a cat and they
were both walking."
Flowers of all descriptions to
Everett Harwell for adding to
the recreation facilities here in
Auburn. His new miniature golf
course located across the street
from the campus is a fine place
to relax and play. If you will
notice, Everett (an ex - Auburn
football man), has done quite a
bit in helping Auburn solve its
problem of wholesome recreation.
Louis (Scoop) Vogel's article,
"The Pinned Co-ed", has caused
quite a bit of noise on the campus.
"Scoop" has a degree from
API and one from the University
of Missouri and is now trying to
become a dentist. Poor boy—
why, w i t h all
m this education I
II would think that
f§ he would know
something about
: women . . . For
instance t h at
j they are all alike
basically and
that t h e y are
here to stay, and
as someone has
said t h a t we
might as w e ll
make the best of them. Seemingly
they are the hardest . . .
Bradley
The Exchange Post By A* Steinberg
Last year, students of the University
of Chicago, conceived the
idea of organizing a National
Student Association (NSA). A
meeting was held on their campus
March 1, with representatives
of 300 colleges present. The
purpose of the meeting was to
draft a constitution for the organization.
A committee of the NSA is now
drafting this constitution and
will submit same to all represented
schools when completed.
During the convention misunderstandings
naturally arose between
delegates from northern
and southern schools. Several
proposals in contrast to southern
state laws were brought up but
compromises w e r e instigated
and order maintained.
Certainly this organization will
be beneficial to the American
student body as a whole.
Louis Curet, Representative
for LSU.
* * *
Mary had a little lamb, its
fleece was like snow. But everywhere
that Mary went, her calves
stole the show.—McCallie.
* * *
When a boy breaks a date he .
usually has too. When a girl
breaks a date she usually has
two.—Converse College. .
* * *
I just saw the movie, "The Jol-son
Story." It showed how Al
Jolson started out as a boy and
grew up to be a man. Maybe that
doesn't sound so unusual but I
can name 50 women that can't
do it.—Victor Borge.
* * *
Success is the art of making
hay with the grass that grows
under other people's feet.
A husband- is one who stands
by you in troubles you wouldn't
have had if you hadn't married
him.
An acquaintance is a person
whom we know well enough to
borrow from, but- not well enough
to lend to.—Miami Hurricane.
* * *
It was a love triangle. I loved
her and she loved herself and'
the competition was too much
for me.—Duke University.
* * *
Give an example of pro and
con.
Progress and congress.—Draper
Inmate.
* * *
Dr. McNutt' of the University
of NC Women's College opened a
lecture like so, "Don't you let this
older generation try to make you
believe you are the only girls
who ever liked men. All your
female ancestors liked men as
much as you do and those that
didn't aren't-your female ancestors."
* * *
Definition of a censor . . . a
guy who can see three meanings
to a college joke that has only
two meanings.—111. Tech.
* * *
Until next issue . . .
Hasta Lumbago.
GUEST COLUMN
By Wayne Spraggins
Girls do go to college to get
husbands. It's no longer a matter
of speculation—for, when questioned,
a number of coeds a* a
certain- S o u t h e r n university
cheerfully and frankly admitted
that was why they were spending
four years "on the hill."
The above may be disappointing
news to fathers who are
footing the bills, and a few career
women who think their sex
k being let down. But the heretofore
mentioned fact isn't news
to anyone who has" ever taken
part in a sorority house bull
session.
Few coeds have high-minded
notions about making their mark
in some profession. These coeds
don't dream of succeeding the
way college boys dream of
"reaching the top." These girls
want to marry, just as much as
the girls who stay at home. The
only difference is they aren't in
as much of a hurry.
When the girl who is attending
college, however, gets into a profession,
the incident is mostly by
chance, not because the coed had
a great longing to succeed in
some work. Brother, the above
are proved statistics.
Why should anyone look down
his nose at the girl who goes to
college to meet a man, fall in
love, and marry? She has four
years in which to choose a husband,
while a debutante has only
a season in which to make her
choice: H the- college girl doesn't
find a man she wants to marry,
she's not branded as a failure,
for this college gM can make
people believe a career is her
choice. Women are that way.
Then to, while in college she
is learning various and sundry
things throughout those four
years, not only in the classroom—
but learning how to live with an-odd
assortment of people.
Furthermore, if this college girl
marries a man she met (on the
campus), this man is very likely
to come from a home of about
the same social and economic
level as her own. The above fact
makes a harmonious marriage.
Then, in the distant future, she
and her husband will find enjoyment
through the years in recalling
shared college days.
Girls are going to hunt husbands
as long as there are men
and women in the world. Men
will do the same. College is a •
swell place to look for each other
—if Dad can afford the expenses.
* * *
CLOSING THOUGHTS: The
failure to keep open the door of
opportunity for youth is tantamount
to recruiting large numbers
for the marching clubs of
dictators.
The world, once so big, has
become a small f r o n t yard.
Everybody, everywhere, able to
read, knows what happens everywhere
else. To tell a day's news
would require a full newspaper
page, one item- to each line.
My Uncle Jappie was discussing
old school days with my Dad
recently and I overheard them
mentioning something about how
a fellow schoolmate of theirs
collected all A's during school.
There isn't anything so unusual
about a fellow making good
grades in school, but the thing
that amazed me was the fact that
he never studied. All this lad had
to do was carry his books to
school and place them in his seat
and sit down on them during
class period.
"Never missed a question."
cited my uncle. Well I'm not one
to accuse anyone without adequate
proof, but I will say that
I have tried this for the past
week and by gosh it just doesn't
work. * * *
Phillip Wylie says^of professors:
"These tousled wearers of
the flat hat have failed wretchedly
in their assignment of educating
Americans . . . They have led
the teaching of wisdom disappear
altogether from the curriculum,
because, doubtless, they no
longer have any to teach."
* * *
A-Day has come and gone and
if there has ever been a successful
day at Auburn this was it.
Congratulatioss A-Clubbers . . .
Telephone Poll
Ed. Note: With phones inoperative
this could appropriately
be called the "Totem
Poll" this week because the
question man had to walk.
* # #
Are you in favor of lowering
the. voting age in Alabama lo
eighteen?
Sam Bass, PKP: "Yes. If one is
old enough to think clearly for
himself, he should be able to
take part in his government."
Margaret McPhaul. Phi Mu:
"Yes. We vote in Georgia at 18,
and I haven't seen any ill effects
of it."
George Foster, Ind.: "Yes. They
were taken into the army at 13,
then they should be able to vote.
It seems to be working success-'
fully in Georgia."
June Hay. Chi O: "Yes. If they
fight for their country at 18, they
surely can vote."
Lewe Mizelle. ATO: "Yes. Of
course there are exceptions, but
the average person of 18 keeps
up with events probably more so
than one who is 30."
Betty Lou Bagby, Phi Mu:
"No. Because not everyone at the
age of 18 has as much intelligence
as he does a few years later."
Ted Robbins, PKP: "Yes. Provided
that some method is devised
to 'weed out' maturity from
the mass of 18-year olds."
Emily Pruiit. KD: "Yes. Because
there are students in Auburn
who are veterans and can't
vote because of age."
Peggy Pruitt. KD: "No. I think
that 18 years olds don't have
enough judgment and they can
be swayed easily."
Jerry Roden, Ind.: "No. I don't
think they are mature enough at
18. In fact, too many who are 30
and 40 aren't mature enough as
evidenced by some of the representatives
they send to the legislature."
Bob Janney, ATO: "No. Because
the politicians will exploit-the
ignorant. If anything, the
age should be raised as it is in
some Scandinavian countries in.
order to keep emotion out of decisions."
Ag Club Honors Dean Funchess With
Portrait Unyeiling At Comer Hall
By Jesse A. Culp
The Comer Hall lobby and lower stairways were crowded to capacity last Wednesday,
when students, faculty, and friends of Dean Marion J. Funchess gathered there in
his honor. The occasion was the unveiling by the Ag Club of a portrait in oils of the Dean,
who heads both the API School of Agriculture and the Alabama Experiment Station.
Richard Davis, Ag Club president
and senior from Kennedy,
made the presentation, and President
L.' N. Duncan accepted the
portrait on behalf of the school.
Frank Boyd, former Ag Club
president of the Alumni Association,
was introduced by Dr.
Duncan as guest speaker. Mi-.
Boyd, a close friend of the
Funchess family since his college
days here, spoke of the Dean as
"a scholar, a gentleman, and a
friend of mankind."
"Marion Jacobs Funchess grew
up in that part of. the country
and during the time when farmers
had to work from sunup 'til
sundown for a livelihood," Mr.
Boyd said. "His father was one
of those who made his boys hoe
corn even after they pulled fodder
just to keep them from
wasting their time . fishing. No
doubt it was out of this experience
that grew the idea for the
fish work at Auburn."
Mr. Boyd pointed out that
Dean Funchess' continued hard
work and straight thinking since
he has been at Auburn enabled
him to work his way "along this
road to reach the pinnacle of
leadership in the agricultural affairs
of Alabama, the South, and
the nation."
"There are no peaks and valleys
in his thinking or methods,"
the speaker declared. "He travels
the middle of the road with his
face to the wind."
In conclusion, Mr. Boyd complimented
the artist who painted
the portrait, Mrs. C. J. Moore of
HONOREE SPEAKER
Dean M. Frank Boyd
Auburn, on the,excellency of her
work, which he spoke of asbeing
in order, except for the background:
"It seems to me," he
said, "that the background should
represent the spirit or guardian
angel that has hovered over Dean
Funchess arid , g u i d e d . him
through these 38 years * a t Auburn.
Such a- background painted
in would show the lovely likeness
of his helpmate, Agnes Mc-
Cants; Funchess. Then with the
Dean's likeness simply superimposed,
the portrait would be
true to real life."
Richard Davis read excerpts
from letters arid telegrams from
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agricultural leaders all over the
South who were unable to be
present for the ceremony. All of
them were full of respect for the
man whom they consider one of
the greatest and wisest among
them.
After the program, the group
adjourned to the agricultural library
for refreshments, prepared
by the girls of the Home Economics
Department.
Several were heard to remark
after the ceremony, "I think this
is the nicest thing the Ag Club
has ever done." As for the Dean,
he seemed to be enjoying his
63rd birthday.
ALPHA GAMMA RHO
INITIATES FIVE MEN
, Xi Chapter of Alpha Gamma'
Rho announces the initiation of
John W. Conaway, sophomore in
pre-vet, Marion Junction; Dor-man
Moncrief, freshman in ag
ed, Tallassee; A. W. Thompson,
sophomore in ag engineering
Troy; Herman Wilson, junior in
PE, Weaverville, N. C; and Bill
Scott, freshman in forestry,
Mobile.
Monroe County with* 30 students
enrolled, now ranks 39th
among the 67 counties of 'Alabama
for registration at Auburn.
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Gould Beech Ag
Banquet Speaker
"Agriculture and Human Relations"
will be the suoject of a
talk by Gould Beech, editor of
Southern Farmer magazine, at
the ag banquet in Graves Dining
Hall tomorrow evening.
Mr. Beech, who has served on
the j editorial staffs of both the
Birmingham News and the Montgomery
Advertiser, is one of the
younger and more aggressive
present-day agricultural spokesmen
in Alabama and the South.
The banquet will get underway
at 7:15 with Check Stephens,
outstanding senior in ag science,
acting as master of ceremonies.
Robert Bedwell, banquet chairman,
has planed a brief but interesting
program.
Before the war', the ag banquet
was one of the outstanding events
on the campus calendar each
year, and it has drawn many outstanding
speakers.
After the banquet there will
be a dance in Alumni Gym from
9 to 12. Both affairs are to be
informal. -
Tickets are on sale to the general,
public—a limited number—
at $1.25 each, which grants admission
to both the banquet and
the dance. Frasier Galloway, Ag
Club treasurer, and Robert Bed-well
are in charge of ticket sales.
Jim Pharr Is New BSU President;
HI Serve For Next Two Quarters
Jim Pharr, Fort Payne, will
lead the Baptist Student Union
for the next two quarters as president
of the new BSU Council
elected by the Baptist students
Sunday night in their regular
Training Union assembly. The
new officers will be installed in
special installation services during
the Worship Hour, Sunday
evening, April 27. They -will
serve for the rest of the spring
quarter and the summer quarter.
The Auburn BSU activities are
directed by an Executive Council
of sixteen student representatives
who meet weekly to lay plans
and check results, and by a
Greater Council which includes
t h e executive representatives
plus fifty-three junior officers,
who meet together once a month
in a general business conference.
Cecil Bierley will serve as
Sunday School superintendent
on the new Council, and Jamie
Jones, sophomore in ag ed from
Stapleton, will serve as Training
Union director.
Other key officers on the new
Council include: Junius Ken-drick,
brotherhood director; Jean
Prince, YWA president; Marian
Rutland, director of the editorial
department; Jeff Porter, publicity.
representative1; Leon Marsh,
vice president; Leila Donovan,
secretary; Bob Stanley, Bible
discussion director; Lee Dell
RICE and OLD SHOES
Robinson-Dozier
The marriage of Miss Laura
Frances Robinson of Montgomery
to Joseph Stevens Dozier of
Montgomery will take p l a ce
April 23.
Mr. Dozier is an API graduate
with service in the Medical Corps
of the U. S. Army in this country
and in the Pacific Area of Combat.
* * *
Lee-Caldwell
The wedding of Miss Mary
Jane Lee and John Jay Caldwell,
Jr., took place. March 21 in De-mopolis,
their home. They are residing
in . Auburn where the
groom is finishing his education
at API:'
* *. *
Nichols-Mitchell
Miss Dorothy Jean Nichols,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Mark
Lovel Nichols and Alfred Holly
Mitchell? son of Mrs. Charles
Robert Hixon were married at
an afternoon cerpmony at the
Westminster House, March 27.
Miss Blanche Carlton, of Auburn
and New Albany, Miss., served
as maid of honor and only attendant.
Tommy Guyton, o r Auburn,
served as best man.
The bride is an API graduate
in the school of applied art and
the groom is now completing his
course here.
* * *
Allen-Browder
The marriage of Miss Dorothy
Dolores Allen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Allen of Atlanta to
Frank Nicholas Browder, f Jr., of
Montgomery took place Saturday,
March 15.
The groom graduated from API
with a Bachelor of Science degree
in chemical engineering. He
is a member of the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
and Phi Lambda Upsilon fraternity.
He is now employed by
Tennessee Eastman Corp., at Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
* * *
Dowling-Sfephens
The engagement of Miss* Martha
Frances Dowling of Elba to
Captain Robert Graham Stephens
ORC, U. S. Army Air Corps,
of Elba is of wide interest. •
Captain Stephens attended API
before entering the U.S. Army
Air Forces in 1942. He received
his wings and commission at
Pecos Army Air Field in Texas
and served for 18 months in the
European Theater of Operations.
The marriage will take place
this month.
* * *
Henderson-Taylor
Miss Abbie Chapman Henderson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Henre Henderson, of
Montgomery became the bride of
James Marion Taylor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Doby Taylor, of
Andalusia.
The groom was graduated from
Staunton Military Academy in
Virginia and later attended API.
He was a cadet in the Merchant
Marine and attended, the Academy
in Gulfport, Miss.
* * *
Singleton-Blue
The marriage of Miss Dorothy
Louise Singleton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Singleton, of
Letohatchee, to James J. Blue, of
Montgomery, took place on Friday,
March 21.
The groom, a graduate of Sidney
Lanier High School entered
the Army-Air Force and served
until his discharge in November.
He is now a student at API. The
couple will reside in Auburn.
DELTA SIGS ELECT
Delta Sigma Phi recently held
an election of o f f i c e r s . Jack
Faulkner is president; Joe Mc-
Gee, vice president; Robert Warren,
secretary; Jimmy Whiteside,
treasurer; and Sidney McGee,
house manager. •
Wednesday, April 16, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—5
Jim yharr
Bell, music director; Sarah Smith
Noon-day Meditation director
Ray Barnes, devotional director
Hugh Wooley; stewardship director;
Donabel Pitts, social' director;
- and Jim Barttley, en-rector;
and Jim Bartley, en
'Russia Violated UN
Constitution/ Ivey
Tells IRC Members
Prof. Oliver Ivey of the history
department spoke to the International
Relations Club last
Monday night about the situation
in Greece. Jack Lett presided
in the absence of Hugh Gaston,
president.
Prof. Ivey brought out the fact
that Russia, by her actions in
Greece, is'violating the constitution
of the United Nations Organization,
of which she is a
member. The constitution says
that members shall refrain from
threats to territorial integrity or
political independence of other
countries. "The United States,
however, has also violated the
UN by handling the situation
alone," said Prof. Ivey. "The onfy
way ,to compete with communism
is to have a system of life that is
more attractive," he said.
A very interesting discussion
period followed. It was voted to
continue discussing the topic at
the next meeting, to be April 21
at 7 p. m. in New Building.
There are 12 students from
Pickens County enrolled at A.P.I.
- making the county rank 52nd.
Jefferson County, with 849 students,,
ranks first in enrollment
at A.P.I. Lee and Montgomery |
counties rank second and third,
respectively.
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TUESDAY
3:30 P. M. Ladies Bible Class
WEDNESDAY
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International Grand Champion Steer, /'King Sirloin 1947"
here Saturday, April 19.. in front of Cary Hall on Ag Hill.
will be shown at a free exhibition
'KING SIRLOIN 1947' CHAMPION PRIZE BULL
WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN AUBURN APRIL 19
In keeping with his recently
acquired status of nobility, Royal
Jupiter, the International Grand
Champion Steer, which will, be
shown at a free exhibition here
in Auburn Saturday April 9, at
10 a.m. in front of Cary Hall on
I Vet Hill, travels about the count
ry in a manner truly fitting for
a king. The Auburn showing is
".spbnsorfed by Meadows Garage,
••. Firestone Dealers.
• Crowned "King Sirloin 1947"
by Robert S. Kerr, then Governor
of Oklahoma in a special
. ceremony at Oklahoma A. and M.
College; named Oklahoma's Am-i':
bass;u ir of Good Beef" by the
f:''Sooner state's present Governor
.Roy '"'urner, a widely known
• Herefi :d breeder, Royal Jupiter
• is fully cognizant of the honors
.(V, '. conferred on him and is cspecial-lf
proud of the several pages of
his pictures that appeared in the
'January 27 edition of Life Magazine.
It is fitting that the $14,490.00
Shorthorn, who is being sent on a'
22,000 mile educational tour by
his purchasers, The Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company, travel
like the blueblood that he is. He
is being exhibited in leading cattle
growing communities in
every section of the country.
To keep the Grand Champion
in the same peak condition which
won for him first place over
every other steer shown at the
International Livestock Exposition
in Chicago* Firestone has
provided King Sirloin with an
actual "Palace on Wheels." This
p a l a c e " is a huge and beautiful
truck and has every convenience
any steer born to the purple
could demand.
If the Grand Champion should
want music to soothe hijs noble
heart, a record player built into
the truck can be turned immediately
to the Blue Danube Waltz.
Reports from Oklahoma A. and
M. indicate that Royal Jupiter
prefers light classical music rather
than swing or boogie_-woogie.
He has a definite aversion to
roadside hamburger and barbecue
stands.
Firestone, of course, does not
recommend this as a standard
procedure in handling steers.
Rather, these unusual precautions
are taken to insure that the
Grand Champion does not go
stale, but retains his true championship
form while on this arduous
20,000 mile tour of the nation.
Alpha Psi Pledges
Give House Dance
y
The Alpha Psi pledges entertained
members, pledges and
rushees with a house dance at the
Alpha Psi House, Saturday evening,
. March 30. Guests enjoyed
an evening of dancing and refreshments
served by the house
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Henry.
Guests included "Hap" Hazard,
Mittie Cook; Sidney McCain, Betty
Friday; Loyce Turner, Betty
Calhoun; Agee Wiggins, Ann Irving;
Tim Miller, Rene Hodge;
Bronze Youmans, Delia Garrett;
Philip Cornelison, Evelyn Brooks;
Paul Moore, Sarah Ward; Jim
Chambers, Billie Davis; Ray Dun-lap,
Bobbie Sullivan; "Thud"
Kidder, Sally Stuart; Rayburn
Bartlett, Mildred Chambliss; Stuart
Burnett, Virginia Capps; Karon
Jennings, Frances Harris; Elliott
Martin, Sparky Johnson;
Wilson Childress, Iris Parker;
Tommy Kinnard, Peggy Hartley;
Dick and Sally Wilhite; Ben Willis,
J e a n M u r p h y ; George
Hughes, Virginia Clark; Tommy
Whitworth, Martha Nichols; Sam
Strickland, Margaret Jones and
Watson Matthews, Anne Sum-merour.
*
'CONGRATULATIONS! MR. LIVERMAN G—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 16, 1947
Allen— 'Who Can Twist Fame
Around His Thumb Anyday*
- By Luther Smith
If you'll turn to page 49 of the current Who's Who, and
shuffle your finger down the page, a stimulus of sudden
recognition will come over you. For there you'll find the
name of an Auburn man who can twist fame around his
thumb any day of the week. But you'd never discover from
this mild-mannered person that
and respected throughout the
country.
From 1941 to 1947 alone, the
number of students in SL has
tripled, until now the school contains
approximately one-fourth
of the entire API student body.
Additional instructors have been
added, and the curriculum kept
in contact with time-trend.
In this period of educational readjustment,
Dean Allen has expertly
conducted the many problems
coming under his jurisdiction.
His way is not flambuoy-ant.
Friends say that if a riddle
arises, his philosophy is, "the
simple way to solve it is the best
way."
And such a philosophy has resulted
in success. In fact, it has
resulted in fame. Dean Roger Allen
has certainly helped make
Auburn a better place for future
students.
Eugene Goossens, conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra,
is shown congratulating J. Hubert Liverman of the
music faculty after the world premier of Mr. Liverman's work,
"American Folk Overture," in Auburn, March -29. The overture,
which is modern yet essentially simple and easy to hear, has enjoyed
nationwide acclaim since its presentation by the Cincinnati
Symphony. Mr. Goossens remarked that more of such American-inspired
work should be written and published.
Baptist Men's Group
Entertains At Pitts
The Baptist Student Brotherhood
entertained as their special
guest, Mr. E. E. Cox of Montgomery,
at their regular breakfast
Sunday morning in the
Green Room of the Pitts Hotel.
Mr. Cox, the Baptist executive
Brotherhood president for Alabama,
brought the morning devotional
on "Personal Evangelism".
Approximately 50 attended.
Miss Cynthia Jo Hall of Montgomery,
Baptist state student
secretary, also a t t e n d e d the
breakfast as an honorary member.
Miss Hall is spending the
we^ek in Auburn helping the Baptist
coeds in their personal evangelistic
work during the revival
at the First Baptist Church.
TMJEJ8
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ACS Hears Dr. Rehling
Speak On Toxicology
Dr. C. J. Rehling, state toxi-coligist,
addressed a meeting of
the American Chemical Society
at its last meeting on the functions
of the toxicology laboratory.
He explained that its purpose is
to aid the law enforcement agencies
in their protection of human
life and property. Dr. Rehling
then showed a series of slides
and cited instances illustrating
the combined uses of the various
sciences in crime detection.
The next meeting of the Society
will be 7 p. m., Thursday,
April 17 in Ross 216.
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APRIL 16 & 17
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love and regret!
ANN SHERIDAN
in
NORA PRENTISS
with
KENT SMITH
BRUCE BENNETT
ROBERT ALDA
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he's one of the few Americans
who has achieved a note in the
book chronicling America's great.
Who is he? Why, Roger Allen,
Dean of the School of Science
and Literature. And here are a
number of answers to why he
is listed in Who's Who: He has
served as chemist for six major
chemical institutions, including
du Pont, the U. S. Chemical Warfare
Srevjce, and Inccto; he has
been a professor of chemistry at
two colleges, Howard in Birmingham,
and Alabama Polytech,
and is a member of over ten
organizations, three of which arc
the Kiwanis Club, ODK, and Pi
Kappa Alpha social fraternity.
Now that would be more than
enough for any ordinary man.
But not for Dean Roger Allen.
Qn top of chemical institutions
and those organizations, in 1930
Dean Allen' wrote a technical
book entitled ."Fundamentals of
Chemistry." And before the book
—in '27—he obtained a doctorate
in philosophy at Columbia. *
However, the factors mentioned
are secondary. First in Dean
Allen's life come his family and
children, Patsy, Jane, and Roger.
Running a close second to his
family is his present work in the
School of Science and Literature.
No believer in intensive college,
specialization is Roger Allen.
When a student graduates
from the SL school, whether he
has majored in psychology or
economics, foreign languages or
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Pelfrey Leads Oranges To 33-0 Victory
Obscure Soph Slithers Across Blue
Goal Four Times Before A-Day Throng
By Jack Simms
The Auburn Tigers unveiled a host of Unproved holdovers and
several promising new. players in their second postwar "A-Day"
football game. The Orange squad, whlcn included virtually all
available lettermenj showed plenty of power in running over the
lighter and less experienced Blue eleven 33 to 0, with Ray Pelfrey
scoring four of the five touchdowns.
With Travis Tidwell absent because
of his participation in baseball,
Pelfrey and Jocko Norton
were given most of the assignments
at tailback. Their passing
attack wasn't up to par, but both
men displayed plenty of prowess
in carrying the ball. Bull Cochran
looked good at fullback and
Bones Klasnic, a McKeesport Pa.,
boy, gave Bull some first rate assistance
in line plunging. The
line, which was definitely weak
in spots last season, showed a
big improvement with Harold
Lannon, Max Autry, Bob Cannon,
John Adcock. and Dick
Hayes doing most of the heavy
work.
The Orange eleven lost little
time in asserting its supremacy,
scoring the game's opening touchdown
in less than ten minutes.
Cochran spearheaded a drive into
Blue territory, but Gilliem intercepted
a pass by Norton to
stop the drive. On the next play
Pelfrey intercepted and ran the
ball back to the Blue 17 before
being tackled. Klasnic pounded
through for a first down on the
blue five and Pelfrey scored
standing up on the next play.
Fulmer converted and the score
was 7-0.
Midway in the second quarter,
the Orange team scored again.
Klasnic started the 47 year drive
with a 12 yard gain, and after
several short gains; Pelfrey broke
loose on a fancy 15 yard touchdown
run. McDaniel converted
to wind up the scoring for the
first halfv
Bones Klasnic set up the third
Orange score when he intercepted
.a Blue pass and returned to
the "Blue 27, . Inman. got 5 and
Clifford Grubbsr made a bea'uti-1
ful 17 yard run to put the ball on
the Blue five. Again it was Pelfrey
who smashed his way into
paydirt for the third time. Ful-mer's
attempted placement was
blocked.
A fourth touchdown drive
started with Jim McDaniel breaking
away for 17 yards on a
quarterback sneak. Norton passed
seven yards to Calvin "Red"'
Emmert, the Ennis," Texas fire-ball,
for the score.
The" last score, also by Pelfrey,
followed Norton's_ interception of
Flournoy's pass, which gave the
'A-DAY' STARS
Johnny Adcock (above) and
Bob Cannon (below), former
Emma Sansom High School
greats at Gadsden, were outstanding
at the tackle positions
for the victorious Orange eleven
in last l a s t Saturday's
'A-Day' skirmish.
Orange the ball on the Blue 15.
Norton drove to the two, and
Pelfrey came back into the game
to drive it over. Pyburn added
WHERE EVERY GARMENT
IS A
Village Thinclads
Smother Banning
In their initial dual meet of
the season, the Auburn Track
team won a decisive victory over
a weak Ft. Benning team at the
Auburn Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Coach Hutsell's thinclads
showed their prowess in winning
twelve first places out of fourteen
events. All in all the Tigers
piled up a total of 98 points while
the soldiers netted 28. Results of
the meet are as follows:
100-yd. dash—Won by Christian
(A) F e a r i n g (A) second
Flournoy (A\ third. Time—10.1.
440-yd. dash—Won by Jones
(A); Lancaster (A); second, Taff
(A). Time—52 flat.
Mile run—Won by Lowe (A);
Overton (A) and Carley (A), tied
for second. Time—4:41.6.
120-yd. high hurdle—Won by
Demedicus (A); Pennington (A);
second; Knowles (FB), third.
Time—15.4.
Pole vault—Won by Payne (A);
Lutz (FB), second; Sprague (FB),
third. Height—11 feet, 9 inches.
Shot put—Won by Snell (A);
Chynworh (FB) second; Lutz
(FB), third. Distance—42 feet,
3V> inches.
880-yd. run—Won by Carley
(A); Wahl (FB), second Hudson
(A), third. Time—2:02.8.
Javelin—W6n by Chynwonh
(FB); Brriilovich (A), second; Zi-linski
(FB), third. Distance—192
feet, 6 inches.
High jump—Won by Brillheart
(FB); P e n n i n g t o n (A) and
Knowles (FB), tied for second.
Height—5 feet, 11 inches.
Broad jump—Won by Morris-sette
(A); McClurkin (A), second;
Watson (FB), third. Distance—22
feet, 10 inches.
220-yd. dash—Won by Fearing
(A); Christian (A), second; Flournoy
(A), third. Time—:22.3.
Two-mile run—Won by Overton
(A); Lowe (A), second; Ko-sack
(A), third. Time—9:56.4.
Discus—Won by Herring (A);
Thomas (A), second; Coleman
(FB), third. Distance—124 feet, 11
inches.
220-yd. low hurdles—Won by
Pennington (A); Mclntyre (A),
second; Lamar (FB), third. Time
—:25.6.
"SPECIAL"
B I L L H A M
DRY CLEANERS
Tiger Linksmen Meet
Mercer In Columbus
Auburn and Mercer will clash
in golf in Columbus Friday afternoon
in the Tigers third duel
match of the season. A return
match between the two teams
will be played in Macon oh May
2.
Coach George Hargreaves likely
will select a foursome of Jack
Key, Columbus, Ga.; Bill Dowl-ing,
Enterprise, and two local
youngsters, Homer Wright and
Jack Hill, to compete for Auburn
against Mercer.
the extra point, making it 33-0.
The Lineups:
Sports Script
By Frank Sego
Inman Receives Adam Hat Trophy . . .
Never could there have been a wiser selection than that
of "Sugarman" Inman for the Jack Dempsey Adam Hat trophy. The
mild-mannered, hard-hitting Birmingham junior' is, without. a
doubt, one of the more versatile Tiger backs; Fresh out of Ensley
High in 1944, "Sug" established a magnificent record with Coach
Carl Voyles' first Auburn eleven. Off to the Army Air. forces several
months later, Inman continued .his outstanding grid accomplishments,
starring with the Personnel Distribution Command' of
Louisville, Ky., in '45. .He returned to the Plains shortly after the
Tigers' 1946 season had been launched. And with only a few days
practice, the hardy Inman was ready' for action. His remarkable
success at.gouging through Geoi-gia's famous line, was- one of the
season's top eye-openers. But the presence of Leon Cochran and
Don Brause in the fullback slot' and the introduction of the new
"A-T" system forced Coach Voyles to shift Inman's power to the
blocking back position. Here he is set to deal loads of misery.to
Auburn opponents for the next two campaigns^ To top this off, he
is an excellent team spirit man. So it is no wonder that members
of the Tigers' spring training squad voted Russell Inman to receive
this coveted honor. Congrats, "Sug". . ' ,'
Tiger Baseball Off With A Bang . . .
Coach Danny Doyle's baseball Tigers departed Monday for a
week's jaunt into the state of Mississippi where they will receive
their first' test against Southeastern Coherence competition. While
in the Delta regions, the Plainsmen are scheduled to engage the
potent nines of both Miss. State and Ole Miss. ,in successive* two-day
stands. The Tigers have already served notice to the effect
that they will definitely be a loop title contender after their roaring
start last week. In their 16-3 lashing of the Mercer Bears oh
Tuesday, Doyle's hustlers were inspired by the five-frame, no-hit
flinging of Freshman Willard Nixon. This boy Nixon will be" the
talk of the conference before the 1947 campaign is over too, if
he keeps up that kind of work. Again on Saturday, the Bengals
received the backing of another plebe when stocky Hubert Finlay-son
stepped to the mound and baffled the Bobby Neighbors-led
Maxwell Field outfit. But it was not the pitching alone that constituted
the Tigers' success. In both games the hickory power of
Outfielders. Ray Williams, Travis Tidwell and Lowe Knowles, a
first year first sacker, has driven across the wide margin-of runs.
With this array of hurling and hitting ability unfolding, Coach
Doyle may have a.job out talking some of these persistent major
league scouts. Remember what happened last year?
Auburn vs. Alabama In Softball . . ~
On the Auburn campus there are approximately 15 fraternity
and 12 independent softball teams. Naturally, both will hold their
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Auburn's Revised 1947 Baseball Schedule
Apr. 157& 16—Miss. State at Starkville.
Apr. 17 & 18—Univ. of' Miss, at Oxford.
April 22—Maxwell Field at Montgomery.
Apr. 25 & 26—Florida at Auburn.
May 2 & 3—Talladega at Talladega.
Apr. 28—Mercer at Macon.
May 5 & "6—Georgia at Athens
May 9 & 10—Miss State at Auburn.
. May 12 & 13—Florida at Gainesville.-
May 19 & 20—Ga. Tech at Auburn.
May 21 & 22—Georgia at Auburn.
May 26 & 27—Georgia Tech at Atlanta.
regularly scheduled playoffs to determine a champion. Now, after
the best in frat and independent circles has been decided upon,
why not have them play each other for the campus championship.
Following this the winner would schedule a meeting with the University
of Alabama charnps—just as the Sigmi Chis did in basketball,
this year? These are some of the little things that might help
to promote goodwill between the two institutions and eventually
bring about resumption of varsity athletics rivalry—that is if it
can't be brought about any other way:
Coach Wilbur Hutsell (above)
watched with pride as his Tiger
track crew amassed 98 points
against Benning Saturday.
INSTRUMENT SPECIALIST
The Story of
JIM GOSS
ARKANSAS '30
WHEN James H. Goss was granted the
Coffin Award recently, he received the
highest honor the General Electric Company
0bestows upon its employees. The story behind
the award went back to the days before
Pearl Harbor.
Then, drawing upon his nine years of
special studies in meters and instruments
with General Electric, Jim was able to develop
a glass Vee jewePas a substitute for
the hard-to-get sapphires used as instrument
bearings. Mass production of the jewel
cracked the bottleneck in bearings and enabled
us t o meet the wartime need for instruments.
Jim began his specialization in meter and
instrument problems when he was first assigned
to the Works Laboratory of G.E.'s
West Lynn, Mass. plant in 1931. His work
with instrument magnets, bearings and lubricants
made him a leader in the field. In
1936, at the age of 28, he became the Engineer
in Charge of the Laboratory, and
was later named Technical Assistant t o the
Works Engineer.
Next to schools and the U.S. Government, General Electric
employs more college engineering graduates than any
other organization.
Jim Goss became a registered pharmacist
at sixteen. By working as a relief pharmacist,
he helped pay his college expenses.
In his work today as Engineer in Charge of
a G-E Works Laboratory, Jim directs research
on meters and instrument problems.
GENERAL ® ELECTRIC
CHIEF'S
WILL BE GLAD TO
SERVE YOU
Sinclair Service Station
Chiefs U-Drive-lt
Chiefs Bike Shop
WHERE STUDENTS TRADE
JL
8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, April 16, 1947
Letters to the Editor-
Dear Anonymous:
In response to your bulletin of
last Thursday morning, I would
like to clarify several statements
made concerning the Auburn Independent
Organization.
In the first place—we are not
in ANY line-up and secondly, we
never will be!
I, as an individual, may attend
a meeting of a group of students
and discuss the possible and best
candidates for an election having
in- mind to back the best candidates
with as many votes as possible,
which I believe is entirely
all right. I, as an individual may
back the suggested men as long
as I think they are the best men
for the offices. I realize that my
position with the AIO might influence
a good many votes, but
as far as AIO being in a clique
to control campus politics—someone
is terribly misinformed. With
just a little thought, I believe you
will realize that we, as a whole,
would not have to affiliate ourselves
with any fraternal or social
organization to greatly influence
politics. This, however, is
not our purpose and if you will
obtain one of the copies of our
constitution, I believe you will
find our purposes set forth, and
I believe if you will try just five
more minutes next time and get
correct information, then you
will not make such a gross untrue
statement about the AIO.
If you are still in doubt as to
the truth of my statements,
please talk with some of the
members of AIO, or better, come
around to see me at Apt. 12-B,
Graves Center. I believe I will
be able to set you straight, or at
least I'll be able to see who, and
what organization (or organizations)
stoops. so low to have
printed such bias untrue statements
about the AIO as were
found in the bulletin of Thurs-
'day morning.
Thank you.
I remain,
Clyde McLemore
President, AIO
Apt. 12-B, Graves
Center
Pear Mr. Voge,l:
Before I get myself into the
issue perhaps too far for com-
,'fort, let me stress the fact that
the Ideas and opinions expressed
herein are entirely my own and
are in no way intended to contradict
your views so aptly set
forth in the recently published
"The Pinned Coed."
While there are many schools
for thought and discussion pro
and con about "pinning"- a nd
"being pinned", it is my contention
that the fairer sex should not
be judged harshly until her object
or goal sought has been taken into
consideration.
If a coed's object is to be riotously
popular, have her beaming
countenance seen at every social
function, keep a list of her coni
quests in her notebook instead of
notes on last week's history
lectures, and live in a whirl of
ringing telephones, picnics, dances,
and all the other niceties that
accompany popularity . . . then
let her shy away from frat pins
like a mouse from a cat.
If, on the other hand, our
young hopeful really feels that
incomparable emotion for "her
man," if she prefers checkers at
the "house" and coffee at the
Grille afterwards to anything
else if HE's around, if she prefers
to keep her feminine wings
yet untired except on HIM, if
she voluntarily gives up 91 percent
of her social activities and
99 percent of her study hours
just so she can be with HIM, then
for heaven's sake, let "her wear
the pin. It seems to me she deserves
it! She wouldn't be any
fun around anyone else anyway
if she feels that way.
And; it also seems to me that,
instead of writing about the evils
and confinements brought on by
becoming "pinned", someone who
has experience from both behind
the pin and in front of it should
present both good points and bad
to those coeds with gleams in
their'eyes, and let them figure it
out for themselves. After all, the
entire matter depends upon
what you're after.
Only slightly critically yours,
Mrs. M. A. Ziegler
News Bureau
Will keep a limited number
of children—ages two to four
years — from 2 to 4 o'clock
p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Phone 266-J or inquire at 3Q2
West Glenn.
One of seven prize-winning houses in a contest sponsored by the Auburn chapter of Scarab,
architectural honorary, is being examined by Al Williams, Scarab president.- left, E V/alfer Burk-hardt,
API professor of architecture; Charles Waggoner, former Scarab president; and Turpin C.
Bannister, dean of Auburn's School of Architecture and the Arts. "Designed especily for moderate
income families in Alabama, the houses will be exhibited in a number of department stores
throughout the state following the Auburn showing beginning April 20 from 3-5 p. m. in the Arts
Library for a one-week exhibit.
Thirty-Two Make
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land, senior in EE, Hartford;
Robert H. Wallace, junior in C£,
Birmingham; William O. Whitt,
junior in EE, Haleyville.
James E. Williams, senior in
ME, Jasper; Glen Wilson, Jr.,
senior in ME, Mobile; Leonard
C. Wilson, senior in IM, Birmingham;
Thomas D. Wood, Jr., junior
in EE, Birmingham; Joe H.
Appleton, senior in CE, Albert-ville.
Glenn W. McCracken, junior
in EE, Auburn; John P. McKin-non,
senior in EE, Auburn; Walter
L. Roark, Junior in EE, Auburn;
Jack B. Davidson, senior
in ME, Birmingham; Alonzo H.
Kelly, Jr., senior in AE, Rich-lands,
Va.; Dorothy B. Russell,
senior in AA from Huntsville;
William E. Stephenson, junior
EE, Hartselle.
Dames Club
Mr. A. B. Marshall of the State
Department of Toxicology will
present a program on Scientific
Criminal Investigation at the
Dames Club meeting tonight in
Social Center at 8 p.m. The talk
will be illustrated with slides.
There will be a very important
business meeting. All members
are urged to be present.
Wives of all students are invited.
Auburn Methodist
Collection Sunday
Next Sunday will be observed
in the Methodist Church as Auburn
Day, when the local congregation
will participate in a
special offering to be made by
all the Methodist Churches of the
Alabama Conference for the
purpose of expanding the auditorium
and classroom space of
the Auburn Methodist Church.
The appeal was authorized by
the last session of 4.he Alabama
Conference of the Methodist
denomination held in Mobile last
November.
Methodists students at API are
especially invited to take part
in this offering which will be
taken at the morning worship
service on Sunday, April 20. No
special campaign is being made
in the student body but the Auburn
Day committee, of which
Dr. L. N. Duncan is chairman,
has expressed the hope that every
member of the Methodist student
GASTON IS ELECTED
TO IRC POSITION
Hugh Gaston, president of Auburn's
International Relatione
Club, was elected president of
the Southern Conference of International
Relations Clubs April
12 at Randolph-Macon men's college
in Ashland, Va. The Conference
includes the clubs from the
colleges and universities in Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, Georgia,
and South Carolina. Gaston
was one of 139 delegates to the
Conference.
He .will serve as president for
1947-48. The next meeting of the
Conference will be at Auburn in
1948.
group will take part in this effort
to provide more adequate
facilities for the enlarged student
body in the local Methodist program.
Sixty students from Cullman
county now attend A.P.I. The
county ranks 21st in enrollment
at Auburn.
Coaching in algebra, Trigonometry, Physics
202 or 203. Phone 25 or stop in at 126 Burton
Street after 6 P. M.
Under The Spires
Heavenly Banquet . . .
. . . Saturday, 7 p.m.,
Foundation, semi-formal.
Wesley
Drama Work Shop
. . . Saturday, 9
Foundation.
a.m., Wesley
Political Affairs Discussion Hour
. . . Tuesday, 5 p.m., Wesley
Foundation.
Coffoe Hour . . .
. . . Wednesday, 3 p.m., Canterbury
Club, Parish House, Episcopal
Church; Tuesday, 4 p.m.,
Wesley Foundation. Each evening,
Westminster House, Mother
Hay, hostess.
* * * :. \
Westminster Wives . . .
. . . Thursday, 7 p.m., Student
Center, Westminster House.
Social Hour . . .
. . . Wednesday, 4-6 p.m.,
rish House, Episcopal, dancing,
bridge and ping pong.
Saturday, 8:15 p.m., open house
social, Baptist Church.
* * *
Supper . . .
. . . Sunday evening, Canterbury
Club, Parish House. Sunday
5:30 p.m., Wesley Foundation.
* * *
Prayer . . .
. . . Noonday Meditation, Monday
through Friday, interdenominational,
Social Center, 12:45-1:00
p.m.
Meditation, Thursday, 7 p.m.,
Wesley Foundation.
Evening Song, Prayer & Praise
Service, 7 p.m., Thursday, Westminster
House.
Baptist Student Union, Thursday,
7:15 p.m.
* * *
Student Bible Discussion . . .
. . . Saturday, 7:15 p.m. Baptist
Church.
Wesley Foundation
Among daily activities found
in the rooms of the spacious
Wesley Foundation is a Coffee
Hour each Tuesday afternoon "at
four followed by a political affairs
discussion hour which is
open to all students regardless
of denominational preference.
The Methodist students also enjoy
a supper in the foundation
each Sunday evening.
Baptist Student Union
One of the most active student
groups is the Baptist Student
Union with lounges and recreation
rooms in the basement of
the Baptist Church. The Baptist
Student U n i o n sponsors the
Noonday Meditation services held
Monday through Friday from
12:45 to 1:00 p.m. in the Social
Center of the quadrangle.
Room with a view
-of 11,000,000 miles!
In this room, telephone circuit specialists
maintain accurate and instant
control over some 11,400,000
miles ol long distance lines.
Merely by referring to this huge
diagram they can tell at a glance the
exact status of telephone circuits
from Montreal to Mexico City and
from Havana to Seattle. For, as
quickly as new lines are added or extended,
or as quickly as circuits
reach capacity or again become available,
the change is recorded on this
master chart.
Simple, yet effective methods like
this are important to the smooth and
efficient operation of the telephone
industry.
Men who can produce such ideasj
who can inject enthusiasm and ingenuity
into their work, find telephony
a fascinating and rewarding career;
There's Opportunity and Adventure in Telephony
.-
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM (I
SPHINX SING
"Some Times I Wonder Why"
. . . have you heard that strain
ringing in your ears the past
few days? Don't let it send you
running for the nearest train—
it's only campus warblers practicing
for the sing Sphinx is
holding Thursday night, April
24, in the amphitheater.
Nine groups of hopefuls have
entered the race for the right
to claim the title of "singing
champs" of API.
Each group will give out with
two numbers of their own selection;
and two awards will be given—
one to the men's group staying
in key the lqngest, and one to
the coed group which can convince
the judges they possess the
most musical ability..
The five judges will remain
anonymous.
The contesting song birds will
be judged on harmony, which
will count 30 points, performance
ability, 30 points, attack and release,
30 points, and originality
in presentation and interpretation,
10 points.
Jive/ love songs, rounds—hot
and sweet—you'll hear them all
that night, when Auburn's hidden
talent gets discovered. From
this point on it's anybody's sing.
LOST: Phi Delta Theta fraternity
pin. Pearls with ruby
point. No. on back 779. Initials
T.P.O. Please call Tom Olling-er.
810 or sec at Phi Delta
Thela House. Reward.
ALL OVER AMERICA-CHESTERFIELD IS TOPS!
CopyrigiU 1947, LIGGETT & MYEJA TOBACCO CO*-
