1947-05-07 The Auburn Plainsman

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IN THE DRIVE MWM
FOR A BIGGER,
BETTER AUBURN
TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOL. LXXII WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1947 ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA Number 17
ON THE CAMPUS
Students Executive Cabinet . . .
. . . meets today at 5 p. m. in Student Center. All students are
invited to attend.
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International Relations Club . . .
.'. . will meet at 7:15 p. m. in New Building 115 Monday for
business meeting. All members are urged to attend. I
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Skit Night Tickets . . .N
. . . are on sale by members of Blue Key. Cardinal Key, and
Squires.
Marion Spidle Club
. . . organization for veterans' wives, will meet in Social Center,
May i3, at 7 p. m.
Dames Club . . .
. . . will entertain prospective members at an informal party
tonight in Social Center at 8 o'clock.
All Girls . . . ,
. . . who attend Skit Night tonight or tomorrow night have late
permission of the Dean of Women, according to Helen Williamson,
president of Cardinal Key.
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AIO . . .
. . . will hold important meeting tonight at 7:15 in Samford 209.
All independents invited.
DR. LEESE REPRESENTS AUBURN
AT HUMAN RELATIONS MEETING
"The National Conference of
Christians and Jews is a vision
for the responsibility of human
relations."
This statement was made by
Dr. Joseph Leese, head of the
psychology department, upon his
return from a meeting of the
group at Emory University last
Saturday.
The meeting was sponsored by
Emory, Georgia Tech and Agnes
Scott College.
The conference was founded
10 years ago under the sponsor­ship
of the Federal Council of
Churches. Upon receiving a grant
from the Rockefeller Foundation,
they spread out until today there
is a division in every state of the
Union. Members of the group are
bound together by a mutual in­terest
in improving human rela­tions.
It was for the discussion
of these subjects that the group
met Saturday. Each committee
outlined the progress of their di­vision
and received ideas from
the reports of others.
All eleven of the Southeastern
states sent three representatives;
one from the elementaryysch'qolsj
high schools, and colleges.
Dr. Leese represented the col­leges
of Alabama and upon his
return said, "The group is doing
a grand job to improve relations
for all colors and creeds."
When interrogated about the
results of this meeting, Dr. Leese
said that the entire proceedings
were recorded and will be dis­tributed
when all the informa­tion
is condensed. He did say,
however, "the group is similar to
a ray of sunshine coming from
behind a storm cloud," when he
made reference' to the good of
the organization. —•
Rev. Arch MaNair
Speaks To IRC
Monday Night
The Rey. Mr. Arch MaNair, of
Alexander City, spoke to the In­ternational
Relations Club Mon­day
night about his experiences
at the University of Edinburgh,
where he was a member ^of the
IRC. The club at Edinburgh was
composed of foreign students;
with a few Scotsmen invited to
attend, Mr. MaNair attended the
University during 1946-47, as a
graduate student in the School
of Theology.
Mr. MaNair recommended that
every student take at least one
quarter, if not a full year, of stud­ies
at a foreign university. "It
is good for you and it is good for
those with whom you come in
contact," he said.
To those'who do plan foreign
study, Mr. MaNair advised start­ing
out with the correct attitude.
"It is quite essential for our very
life that we become concerned
with other people; we can never
know a people unless we ap­proach
them in a sympathetic
way," the minister continued.
A new philosophy of life was
recommended for the postwar
era. "We have found enough
fault in others as nations. We
suspect the bad, and that is what
we have been looking for," he
concluded.
A student on the GI Bill may
fare better in Scotland than in
America, Mr. AaNair told the
group. Room and board is avail­able
for around $10 per week,
while university tuition and ma­triculation
fees are about $50 a
year. Many students work their
passage o v e r on commercial
ships.
Alpha £eta Initiates
Formal initiation of 14 men re­cently
tapped by Alpha Zeta,
national agricultural " honorary
and service fraternity, was com­pleted
with a banquet at the Ca­sino
last Wednesday.
The group of 43 attending the
banquet included active and fac­ulty
members and the pledges.
Brief welcoming addresses to
the new members were given by
Dr. W. D. Salmon and Professor
B. B. Alvord of the chapter's
faculty advisory committee; Wil­fred
Lord, first chancellor of the
Alabama Alpha Zeta chapter;
and A. E. Cullison, Moore Burns,
Clifton. Cox, E. D. Donnelly, John
Deloney, and J. C. Eiland, fra­ternity
alumni members.
ON COMMITTEE
Cabinet Plans Drive For API Support
Yvonne Cargile, sophomore in education from Auburn, rep­resented
API at the May Day celebration at B'ham-Southern
May 1-2. She was selected by the Student Executive Cabinet.
; An Editorial /
"It's got to stop," Orin C. Leonard, Auburn librarian,
calmly said, as he pounded on his desk and gently jerked his
hair out. "This swiping of periodicals has got to stop."
"At least 200 students, some graduate extension workers,
have had occasion in the last two months to make use of
psychological journals. Now some psychological journals are
missing. '
"This is larceny, I tell you, man! We were trusting souls,
but it slowly dawned on us that Auburn students must be
walking off with periodicals and pieces of periodicals.
"One afternoon not so long ago, I examined an issue of
Collier's and found that many cartoons and a three-page
article had been clipped. Now how in the blankety-blank can
I send it to the binders? It takes time to get a replacement
—time and money.
"That issue of Collier's-caused a lot of trouble, too. It had
only lately been loaned out to a girl in one of the dorms.
Word was.sent .to Dean Cater, Dean Cater apprehended the
girl, and the poor kid was brought in for questioning! It
turned out that she hadn't clipped the Collier's, but the per­son
who did caused everybody a good deal of embarrassment.
"Has it got to the place where the students will have to
present certificates of moral character before stuff can be
used? We are co-workers in the intellectual field—not in
hoarding knowledge!
"Damaging library property is a misdemeanor. People
who commit a misdemeanor, under the Code of Alabama,
1940, can be imprisoned for six months and fined $500. Why
can't the students be considerate of each other?"
'Home Ec Holiday'
To Be Presented
Here on May 16
"Home Economics H o l i d a y"
will be presented at Auburn on
May 16 by the Home Economics
students and faculty to acquaint
the campus and future Auburn
Home Economics students with
Auburn. This will be the first of
a series of annual programs, and
home economics students and
teachers from all over the state
have been invited to attend.
The program for the day will
include a luncheon given by the
Catering Class, exhibits and lec­tures
from every department in
Home Economics and talks from
various out-oi-state experts.
Climaxing the "Holiday" will
be an evening fashion show of
current styles in all types of ap­parel
which' will be modeled by
25 Auburn girls.
The following committee chair­men
have been appointed for the
occasion: Joyce Levins, Wetump-ka,
invitations; Mabel Moorer,
Evergreen, p r o g r a m s ; Peggy
Young, Centreville, publicity;
Betty Ramsey, Atlanta, Ga., per­sonnel;
Sally Brown, Ardmore,
properties; Thomas O'Grady, Au­burn,
stage; Katherine Green,
Lexington, Ga., flowers; Frances
Harwell, West Point, Ga., clothes;
Carolyn Legg, Athens, page com­mittee.
Chairman of the various ex­hibits
are: Frances Cameron.
Dothan, foods exhibit; Nathalie
Lumpkin, Columbus, Ga., cloth­ing
exhibit; Rosemary Dabney,
Florence, home management ex­hibit;
Fern Nix, Pigeon Creek,
home demonstration e x h i b i t;
Martha Ann Gaines, Birming­ham,
child development exhibit.
ELECTED
V.
DELTA SIGMA PI TAPS
TEN FOR MEMBERSHIP
Beta Lambda chapter of Delta
Sigma Pi, international business
fraternity, tapped 10 outstanding
upperclassmen from the Auburn
department of business adminis­tration.
Those tapped are Robert P.
Bentley, N o t a s u l g a ; Donald
Faulk, Macon, Ga.; Kenneth W.
Feltham, Anniston; Reuben' H.
Godfrey, Auburn; Donald Guth­rie,
Notasulga; A. J. Hill, Trion,
Ga.; David E. My rick, Lakeland,
Fla.; Michael N. Parker, Samson;
H. M. Smalley, Birmingham; and
Thomas P. Taylor, Birmingham.
Delta Sigma Pi taps each quar­ter.
JOSEPH MARINO -MERLO.
associate pr.ofessor of applied
art, was elected president of
the Southeastern Arts Associa­tion
during its three day annual
convention held recently in
Chattanooga. The organiza­tion's
membership i n c l u d es
twelve Southeastern states.
A member of. the Board of
Directors of the S o u t h e rn
States Art League, Mr. Marino-
Merlo is also president of the
Alabama Art League and past
president of the Water Color
Society of Alabama and the
Art Education Department of
the Alabama Education Assor
ciation.
METHODIST SOCIETY
INITIATES MEMBERS
Pi Tau Chi, honorary Metho­dist
society, initiated new junior
and senior members Friday night
at the First Methodist Church in
Birmingham following a banquet
at the Birmingham Britling Cafe­teria.
Attending from Auburn
were Ben Byrd, Robert Martin,
Fred Alonzo Sloan, Jr., Sue Car­der,
Mary Moling Kirkman, Herb
Holdsambeck, and Robert Bed-well.
'Bill of Educational Essentials'
For College Is Drawn by Group
The Student Executive Cabinet announced a plan for a
"Bill of Educational Essentials" at a special meeting Monday.
The purpose of the plan is to inform the people of Alabama
of the critical situation as recognized by the students at Au­burn,
and to prompt action wherever possible.
Auburn is asking for an ap­propriation
of $2,775,000 from
the legislature which is the ab­solute
minimum needed for con­tinued
operation under present
conditions. The legislature's
Finance and Taxation Committee
has recommended that the ap­propriation
be only $1,000,000,
contrary to the recommendation
of the interim Committee on
Education.
The Cabinet decided at the
meeting that county committees
be formed. Men from each coun­ty
in Alabama have , been ap­pointed
to serve as chairmen of
these groups. These men are be­ing
notified of their appointments
and will meet in Student Center
today at 5 p. m. Every student is
urged to write to his family re­questing
that they exert all pos­sible
influence to correct the ex­isting
situation at Auburn.
The Bill, as presented in an
open letter is as follows:
"AN OPEN LETTER TO THE
PEOPLE OF ALABAMA:
We, the members of the Stu­dent
Executive Cabinet of API,
on behalf of the student body,
present the following informa­tion
for your consideration and
action.
We appeal to you to help us
correct this situation."
Essentials
(1) Adequate instruction.
a. Instructors with proper
experience and educa­tion.
b. Sufficient number of in­structors.
(2) Educational Facilities. A
a. Classroom space.
b. Laboratory space and
equipment.
(3) Proper living conditions.
a. Dormitory space — men
and women.
b. Facilities for married
students.
(4) Student Activities.
a. Social
1. Student Union
Building.
b. Culture
1. Auditorium
2. Libraries
c. Athletic
1. Gym
2. Stadium
3. Out door facilities
The Cabinet also listed four
primary inadequacies. They are:
1. Many of the instructors are
ill-prepared, and are giving in­effective,
sub-standard instruc­tion
because API does not have
the funds to employ qualified
teachers.
The present enrollment of stu­dents
is four times greater than
in 1945, but the number of qual­ified
instructors has not in-ceased
proportionately.
2. Permanent and temporary
plant facilities are overflowing,
but additional expansion is im­possible
until funds are provided.
3. Even with the present en­rollment
of 6,000, housing facili­ties
are inadequate, and with an
expected enrollment of 9,000 in
1948-49, additional facilities will
be an absolute necessity.
4. Due to inadequate funds,
API has the poorest recreational
facilities of any major state-sup­ported
college in the United
States. The latter fact is based on,
a study of 150 colleges, including
48 land grant colleges through
the United States.
A recent survey of libraries in
nine Southeastern colleges show­ed
Auburn receiving the smallest
library appropriations, conse­quently
students receive limited
access to essential reference ma­terial.
STUDENT EXECUTIVE
CABINET
Frank Keown, President
Job Placement Office Here
WillfAid Graduating Seniors
Bill Flanagan, senior repre­sentative
to the Executive
Cabinet, is a member of the
committee to draft a list of stu­dent
needs to go before the
S t a t e Legislature. Flanagan
was appointed to determine the
needs of Auburn's libraries.
To provide professional, year-round
placement service free of
charge to students graduating
from Auburn, an office of the
Alabama State Employment Ser­vice
has been opened by the
State Department of Industrial
Relations in Samford Hall.
In announcing the opening of
the office, S. Fleetwood Carnley,
Director of Industrial Relations,
stated that Alabama is pioneer
for the nation in setting up a
full-time graduate placement pro­gram
under the State Employ­ment
Service.
"Alabama is the f|rst state to
offer such a service," Mr. Carnley
said. "Our purpose is two-fold:
to provide graduates a direct
channel into the best jobs for
which they are qualified, and to
make Alabama talent immediate­ly
accessible to Alabama indus­try."
Headed by Verd V. Mitchell,
Jr., an Auburn graduate as Act­ing
Manager, the office will be
staffed with personnel trained in
the placement of college men and
women. It will have on hand at
all times information on prospec­tive
jobs with specific employers
and on employment opportunities
in specific industries and speci­fic
areas, as well as current data
on labor market trends and de­velopments.
Office space in Samford Hall is
provided by the college, and
Carnley said officials^of the in­stitution
have also/cooperated
wholeheartedly in every other
way to assist in establishment of
the new service.
The office will be open Mon­day
through Friday of each week
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., for the
registration of graduating sen­iors.
It will maintain contact with
leading employers, and a . con­tinuous
state-wide program of
employment opportunity de­velopment
will be in effect to
assist students in securing posi­tions
which they may enter im­mediately
after graduation.
Job development programs will
be conducted, not only by the
graduate placement office, but
also by the 57 established local
offices of the Alabama State Em­ployment
Service, whose person­nel
now average 6,000 employer
visits per month for the purpose
of developing job openings.
Students wishing to avail them­selves
of this service should regis
ter for employment with the of
fice at least 30 to 90 days in ad­vance
of graduation to insure full
exploration of job opportunities
for them commensurate with
their training and abilities. The
registration which will be taken
and maintained in the office will
constitute a comprehensive record
of a student's vocational, acade­mic,
and personal qualifications
pertinent to his application for a
position in his chosen field ol
work.
Designed as a hub of all cam­pus
activity related to job-find­ings
the office will welcome all
students wishing to discuss any
problems or questions of post-graduation
employment oppor­tunities,
either on an industrial
or geographical basis, and in­dividual
attention will be given
to every request for assistance
or information.
A similar office is being es­tablished
on the University of
Alabama campus, and a down­town
Birmingham office will
serve graduating students at Bir­mingham-
Southern, Howard, and
Alabama College.
Traditional Skit Night Opens
In Langdon Hall This Evening
Continues Tomorrow Night; Both
Shows Begin Promptly at 7:30
Skit Night, long a tradition on the Auburn campus, will
be presented tonight and tomorrow night in Langdon Hall.
Performances will begin both nights at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale by members of the joint sponsors of
the show, Blue Key and Cardi-.
nal Key, and Squires, sophomore
honorary fraternity. Prices for
tickets are 30 cents, tax included.
They arc good for one night only.
Organizations in the order that
their skit will appear on.. the
stage are: Tonight—KD, Phi Del­ta
Theta, ATq, Chi-Omega, KA,
SAE, AOPi, Sigma Nu, PiKA,
Theta U, Kappa Sig, SPE, and
Lambda Chi Alpha.
Helen Williamson, president
of Cardinal Key, co-sponsor of
Skit Night
Tomorrow night—Alpha Gam­ma
Delta, Theta Chi, Alpha Gam­ma
Rho, Pi Kappa Phi, ADPi,
Phi Kappa Tau, Sigma Chi, Al­pha
Psi, OTS, and TEP.
Helen Williamson, president of
Cardinal Key, said that permis­sion
had been granted girls to
attend Skit Night by the office
of the Dean of Women. No spe­cific
hour was given but she in­dicated
that all girls were ex­pected
to return to their dorms
upon conclusion of the show.
Proceeds will be used for some
constructive campus project, ac­cording
to. Loyce Turner, presi­dent
of Blue Key.
Last year's winners were ADPi
sorority and ATO fraternity.
Prof. F. W. Applebee
Speaks to Art Guild
F. W. Applebee, professor of
applied art, was guest speaker at
a meeting of The Art Guild last
week.
"Modern Art" and "57th Street,
New York" were Prof. Applebee's
subjects.
Lawrence Skipper, Art Guild
president, presided.
BROADCASTERS ADD
TWO SHOWS TO LIST
Two new shows have been add­ed
to the list of radio programs
sponsored by the Auburn Broad­casters,
president Jim Bradley
said yesterday morning.
"Madman's Holiday," a pro­gram
of records and wit will be
presented Monday nights at 9:30.
Frank Broylcs is master of cere­monies.
It is a 30-minute show.
"Church Review,"- a program
handled by Jim Pharr, will be
presented every Friday at 3:15
p.m. A quarter-hour program, it
will be devoted to campus re­ligious
activities.
Army 'Speaker Team'-To
Address Former Officers
On Appointments
Auburn men who were com­missioned
as officers during the
war, who are expecting to re­ceive
their degrees in the near
future, and who are beginning to
worry about what jobs will be
open to them after graduation,
may find a solution to their prob­lems
on May 9-10.
On these days, according to
Capt. A. C. Anderson of the Au­burn
ROTC, a U. S. Army
"speaker team" will visit Auburn
to give information concerning
Army appointments available to
former Army officers now work-'
ing for degrees. Members of the
speaker team will be in New
Building 108 and Ramsay 314.
Phi Mu Sorority Presents Annual Formal Saturday Evening
Miss. Anna Jean Franklin
Leads With Shel Higgins
Alpha Mu Chapter of Phi Mu will present its annual
formal Saturday evening at 9 p. m. in Girls Gym.
Miss Anna Jean Franklin, chapter president, will lead the
dance with Sheibert Higgins of Auburn. She will be pre­sented
a bouquet by Faye Irvin, retiring president.
The leadout will be pi-esented
with the members and their dates
descending from the "Phi Mu
Castle". Music will be furnished
by the Auburn Knights.
Members and their dates are:
Anna Jean Franklin, Sheibert
Higgins, Auburn; Jeanne Beard,
Joe Vick, Pensacola, Fla.; Jeanne
Charles, Ted Krzmenski, De­troit,
Mich.; Estelle Neal, Bill
Knight, Hampton; Peggy Smith,
Starr Prolsdorfer, Mobile; Jean
Holt, Phil Klinck, • Augusta, Ga.;
Susan Almon, Boyd Hinton, Co­lumbus,
Ga.; Tommy Barnes,
Jimmy F 1 u r r y, Montgomery;
Helen Trippe, Dave Landress,
Sanford, Fla.; Sallie Jean Crews,
Malcolm McCain, Ashland; Sally
Lee, Robert Russell, Birming­ham;
Anne Coulter, Billy Bent-ley,
Columbus, Ga.; Fay Irvin,
Walter Wright, Columbus, Ga.;
Virginia Henderson, H u d d i e
Varn, Cordele, Ga.; Betty Lou
Bagby, Pal Markette, Americus,
Ga.; Francis Dickey, Porter Ken-dricks,
Orlando, Fla.; L a c ey
Nethery, Homer Russell, Birm­ingham;
Peggy Baker, Fred Stan­ton,
Columbus, Ga.; Jeanne In­gram,
Jack Jones, Sheffield; Ce-cile
Hinson, George Ryan, Fort
Worth, Texas; Margie Bently,
Foster Bradley, Bessemer; Billio
Smith, Levis Handley, LaGrange,
Ga.; Ann Simpson, Alex Walton,
LaFayette; Sudie Helen Stewart,
Denton Stewart, Columbus, Ga.;
Mae Cunningham, Joe Evans,
Birmingham; Mary Ellen Sum-merford,
P h i l i p Cornelison,
Scottsboro; P a t r i c i a Jamison,
Jimmy Kendricks, Billie June
Saunders, Charles Bailey, Birm­ingham;
Barbara Reynolds, Tom­my
Lovell, Birmingham; Betty
Borntraeger, E u g e n e Wagner,
Mexico City, Mexico; Jane Mc-
Gowan, Frank Morris, Opelika;
Lucy Jane Arendell, Eugene
Kirkpatrick, Parish; C a r o l yn
Braswell, Jeff Fa.ukner, Birming­ham;
Jo Ann Bennett, Walter
Jones, Griffin, Ga.; T h e r e sa
Mann, Charles Price, Birming­ham;
Mary Catherine Clem, Ware
Gaston, Sylacauga.
The honor guests are Mrs.
Glenna Ritchie, Mrs. Whatwood,
Miss Jane Walden, Mrs. Helen
Trippe, and Mrs. Roger Allen.
Dames Club Party
To Be Tonight
The Auburn chapter of the Na­tional
Association of University
Dames will entertain prospective
members at an informal party to­night
in Social Center at 8 p.m.
There will be games and stunts,
as well as refreshments. Mrs.
J. H. Neal, sponsor for the club
and a member of the Advisory
Board, will give an infornial talk
on the history and purposes of
the club.
Each member is asked to bring
at least one new girl. The wives
of all students are eligible. Spec­ial
guests will be the members of
the Advisory Board.
Tnt camping out for Van Heusen Shirts!"
If you're really intense about Van Heusen (if not, you should
be—they're so excellent!) come in occasionally: you might catch
us unpacking a new shipment. But very soon now, we hope,
you'll be able to catch yourself a complete selection of these
fine shirts at . . «
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YOUNG'S LAUNDRY
Miss Anna Jean Franklin
Unshaven Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Begin 'Women Hater's Week' Monday
No, the Phi Kappa Taus are
not joining the House of David.
It's just time for the traditional
PKT "Women Hater's Week."
Beginning Monday there will
be s o m e slouchy individuals
emerging from the South Gay
Street chapterhouse. On this day
the Phi Kappa Taus will, start
hating women.
Some of the rules governing
the week are:
1. Members and pledges will
not shave for the duration of
Women Haters Week.
2. Baggy, unpressed, clothing
will be worn.
3. Will speak to no women
whatsoever. ,.,..-.
4. Married m e m b e r s .and
pledges may speak to their wives
when at home only, but no oth­ers.
. 5. When answering the phone,
(if it rings), one is allowed to say,
if the voice is female, "I hate
women, and I do not care to
speak to you. Goodby."
6. Any m e m b e r or pledge
caught violating above rules will
be subject to any punishment di­rected
by the Executive Council.
As soon as punishments are
completed, which may vary from
walking to Birmingham in a sack
to nosing a watermelon down
College Street, there will be a
SPEs Entertain
With Lawn Party
A lawn party was enjoyed by
the members and pledges of Sig­ma
Phi Epsilon Friday night in
front of the house on north Gay
street. Guests and their dates
dressed "Joe College" style. The
evening was highlighted by the
appearance o'f Sam Whitely,
comedian.
After the Joe College dance re­freshments
were served to John­ny
Hinds, B e 11 y e Crawford;
"Goat" Morgan, Ann Cowart;
Bobby Ward, Jeanne Barrett;
Jeffery Watt, Julia Holbrook; Ed
Wright, Nancy Waltz; Rob Maub;-
by, Mary Lee; Lewis White, Pat­sy
Allen; J. D. Reynolds, Ouida
Weekly; Bob Vahn, Dixie Doug­las;
Tom Pitts, Doris Holmes;
George Jensen, Arleen Walling:
Bobby Payne, Betty Cotney; John
Garden, Mary Frances Crowley;
Jack Moore, Ellen Machen; James
Adamson, Thco Bess Smith.
Herb Fuller, Alice Gate wood;
Mr. and Mis. A. C. Smith; Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Chalmers; Pres­ton
Bush, Dot Nixon; Roger
Smith, Bettye Sue Eaton; Marc
Royal. Caroline Johnson; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Lawless; Bill Breen,
Sizzy Brown; John Edgar, Jo
Anne Bennett; Claude Sansom,
Anne Coulter^ C l a u d e Crain,
Anne Cawthon; Marshall De-
Shielda, Sally Lee; Bobby Hum­phrey,
Anne Laurie Smoke; Bud
Steele, Eddy Foreman, Jim Brad­ley,
Nell Martin.
Stags were Rex Williams, Wal­ter
Robinson, William Bowden,
Thomas Steber, Al Pfiefer, John
Jennings, Tillman White, Bill
Green, E u g e n e Shelton, and
Charles Hooper.
PHONES 192 - 193
Tau Epsilon Phi initiated Ed
Kaplan, Phil Gookman, and
Harold Lichtenstein, last week
mad scramble for the barber
shops.
Saturday night, May 17, the
doors of the chapterhouse will be
opened to all women with a
dance honoring AOPi sorority.
FACULTY MEMBERS
ATTEND DINNER
AT WEST POINT
The ArClub held a banquet
and meeting Tuesday, April 22 in
West Point, Ga. Faculty mem­bers
who attended the banquet
were Ralph Draughon, executive
secretary of Auburn, Mrs. Ralph
Draughon; Dr. Holiace Arment,
head • professor of music; Lucile
Rice Jones, assistant professor of
music. Faculty members were in
charge of the program.
Mr. Draughon presented a
short talk on the present and fu­ture
needs of Auburn. Mrs. Jones
gave a group of violin solos, ac-x
companied at the piano by Mr.
Jones. A specially prepared bul­letin
of Auburn's favorite songs
and others was used for the group
singing led by Dr. Arment.
Alpha Psi Veterinary Fraternity
Holds Formal Initiation Ceremonies
Alpha, Psi held formal initiation
for eight men Sunday, April 27,
and at the same ceremony, hon­orary
memberships were con­ferred
upon Dr. Nelson D. Cran-dall,
Associate Professor of Small
Animal Clinic, and Instructor in
Veterinary Therapeutics, and Dr.
W. W. Staples, practicioner and
president of the Alabama Veteri­nary
Medical Association, Annis-ton.
New men initiated into the
chapter are John. L. Box, Tus-cumbia;
William Collins, Cobb-town,
Ga.; J. P. Faust, Ariton;
Howard Giddins, Chaucey, Ga.;
Gordon Hazard, West P o i n t,
Miss.; K a r o n Jennings, Law-renceburg.
Tenn.; Richard Mann,
Ocala,, Fla.; and John W. Tis-dale,
Andalusia.
Present for the ceremonies
was Dr. B. F. Cox, president of
the national Alpha Psi Council,
and formerly professor of bac­teriology
at Auburn. Pie is now
at LSU. Also present was Dr. E.
T. Booth, secretary to the nation­al
council who remained here for
a short visit before returning to
his duties as professor of anato­my
at the University of Pennsyl­vania.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Initiates Nineteen
Nineteen men were formally
initiated as pledges of Sigma Phi
Epsilon Monday, April 28, in
ceremonies held at the chapter
house. Presiding officers for the
ceremonies were John Jennings,
chapter president, and Frank
Ruck, fraternity national field
secretary.
The pledge group included: Bob
Windham, John Hinds, and Mar­shal
DeShields, Montgomery;
Grant Carter, James Adamson,
and Preston Jones, Birmingham;
Jeff Watt, Bobby Ward, and
Gorman Bass, Mobile; Hoyt Wig-gonton
and Bobby-Payne, Gads­den;
Walter Robinson and James
Brown, Russellville; Paul Black-well,
Decatur; Rex Williams,
Columbus; J. D. Bankston, Ope­lika;
Bob Vann, Boaz; and Pres­ton
Bush, Grove Hill.
The pledges (announced the
following as their officers for
the present class; Walter Robin­son,
president: James Adamson,
vice-president; and Hoyt Wiggon-ton,
secretary-treasurer.
The pledge group of Theta
Upsilon soroi-ity recently held
elections. Those elected were
Judy Head, president; Nancy
Cobb, vice-president; .Pa.ula
Mann, -secretary; E s s i e May
Crumpton, editor.
Alabama A l p h a chapter of
Sigma Phi Epsilon held formal
initiation for five men Sunday,
May 4. Those men inducted into
the secret rites of the fraternity
are: James LaFayette Williams,
Columbus, Ga.; John Ross Hinds,
Montgomery; Robert W a l t er
Payne, Gadsden; James Marshal
DeShields, Montgomery; and
John D. Bankston, Jr., Opelika.
PHI MU GIVES TEA;
HOLDS INITIATION
Phi Mu sorority honored Mrs.
Thomas Harrison, visiting district
president, with a tea Friday.
Mrs. Harrison is from Knoxville,
Tenn.
Formal initiation was held for
eight girls the following after­noon.
New members are Ann
Simpson, LaFayette; June Saun­ders,
Birmingham; Pattie Jami­son,
Birmingham; Bai'bara Rey­nolds,
Toney; Betty Borntraeger,
Birmingham; Billie Smith, La-
Grange, Ga.; Carolyn Braswell,
Birmingham; and Margaret Ann
Norwood, Decatur.
Phi Mu. held a banquet in hon­or
of the new members at the
Pitts Hotel Saturday night, and
also in celebration of the first
annivei;sary of Alpha Mu chap­ter.
Sigma Lambda chapter of Kap­pa
Delta sorority entertained
Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu, and Phi
Delta Theta fraternities with a
coffee April 27.
Open house was held the fol­lowing
Sunday for Alpha Tau
Omega, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi
Kappa Phi, and Delta Sigma Phi
fraternities.
Both events were held in the
Kappa Delta chapter room.
Alpha Epsilon chapter of Al­pha""
Tau Omega held formal
initiation Sunday, April 27, for
Albert Briley, Columbus, Ga.;
Bob F l e m i n g , Germantown,
Tenn.; Eugene Fitzgerald, Pin-son;
Albert Schmidt, Montgom­ery;
and Bob Willingham, LaFay­ette.
In 1946, 570 persons were killed
and 21,600 injured on bicycles in
the United States. On a bike, play
it safe!
The pledge class of Upsilon
chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha held
an election of officers last week.
They are John W. Breedlove,
Montgomery, president; Waller
E. Wedge worth III, Akron, vice-president;
James R. Ingram,
Martinsville, Va., secretary; Dar­win
E. Pippin, Andalusia, treas­urer;
and Frank O. Baker, Col­umbus,
social chairman.
Delia Delia chapter of Alpha
Omicron Pi announces the pledg­ing
of Anne Prem of. Mobile,
April 23.
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Co-recreational Archery Program
Goes Over In Grand Style Here
By Luther Smith
Auburn has its own miniature bow-and-arrow army of
the greenwood. If the skilled archer Robin Hood were camp­ing
on Auburn's Bullard Field today, he would hang his head
in shame. For A u b u r n ' s co-recreational archery program has
brought out the fact that Ala-bamians
far excell past masters
in bow-and-arrow technique.
Under the guidance of Charles
P. N a d e r , physical education
coach, and Miss Harriet Barnes,
physical education coachess, over
50 students are learning the dart
art at which only Cupid is per­fect.
One of the modernistic co-recreational
activities lately ino-vated
here, archery is catching
hold fast.
"I guess Spring brings arch­ery,"
jokingly said Coach Nader.
"It's very popular . . . The guys
even want to shoot on Saturday,
an off-day."
A good stance and a good body
position are prerequisites to good
archery. The stance must be
regulated in proportion to the
height of an individual. Little
things make a big difference. For
example, if a person place's his
feet too far apart, he's liable to
fire square at the sun.
"But," Coach Nader explained,
"these people are catching on
well. Some can already hit the
bull's eye two out of six times.
They take an end (six arrows),
and at nine points a shot rack
up scores of 26 or 30!"
"Archery is good for women,"
he confided. "It builds agility,
poise, good body carriage . . .
end other things."
Unlike wrestling, boxing, and
tumbling, and other indoor sports,
archery gives the energetic a
chance to get out in wide-open
spaces. Participants may accumu­late
a strong form, sun-tans, and
varied assortments of freckles.
Before this course became
available, expenditures of more
than $300 were made for equip­ment.
Efficient instructors had to
be found, for not many of the
sports elite know anything about
archery. Instructors having beerr
found, the next problem was in­teresting
students in such a new­fangled
Auburn idea. But stu­dents
quickly flocked in. Now
the demand is greater than the
supply.
"Watch this," Coach Nader
whispered, "Take an arrow from
your quiver," he shouted to the
archers. "Load your bow. All
ready on the firing line. Watch
your target. TARGET!"
Members of the Marion Spidle Club, organization for wives
of veteran students enrolled, at Auburn, are pictured with their
husbands at a barbecue given by Mrs. Marion Spidle at her
home recently. .The club meets alternate Tuesdays in Social
Center. Beverley Burson is president.
WAKE UP AND LIVE
Twelve straight
there were!
bull's eyes
Physical Education Club
Elects New Officers
The Physical Education Club
elected officers at the April 22,
meeting. Officers are' Louise
Wright, president; Joyce Wil­liams,
vice-president; M a y m e
Francis Holoway, secretary; Vir­ginia
Ann • Parsons, treasurer;
Olive Jernigan and Jackie Davis,
reporters.
Plans for the fall quarter, with
emphasis on outdoor activities,
were discussed. The club also
made plans for their annual ban­quet.
New physical education
majors were introduced.
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By Wayne Spraggins
A person may be, tired and
weary of backing up and begin­ning
anew after going into dead­end
ways, but this is inevitable,
unless a person gives up trying.
The only way that.you can live
at all is by the habit of making
new starts, adjusting to mistakes,
and changes.
Age has it fears, joys and com­pensations,
to be sure, but age
is not to be feared. Age is to be
with wisdom, in the ' spirit of
youth and in the love of building
a better and more prosperous
world.
People of today seem afraid
to a'dvance into the future and
experiment upon the new ideas
that science has
discovered in the
past four years.
Most of these
people are very
dissatisfied with
today's w o r l d.
They deplore or
r e s e n t w h at
seems to be a
faltering, stupid
Spraggins or selfish leader­ship
on the part of our own coun­try
or of another country's
strife, injustice, self-seeking by
governments groups annoy and
discourage an individual. This
"brave new-free world" for which
we somehow seem to forget
seems more originized in the
darkest day of battle.
Each morning one awakens to
the shock of some new incident of
tragedy or mishap. The facts—
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There is an acute jsliortage of text books all over the nation.
You ean help the situation by selling all of your used books.
MALONE'S STUDENT BOOK EXCHANGE
as the late Texas City disaster—
are continuously increasing de­spite
these new safety devices.-
People must advance with the
times. No longer can tHey find
their old prewar world, and they
seem afraid to advance' and go
forward through "darkness". The
situation is difficult to accept.
The fact,that a new world order
does not spring automatically out
of the destruction of the old
causes some to shirk responsi­bilities
and shrink back into the
past with some undying hope of
finding a solution to a present
day problem.
Slowly, however, t h r o u gh
classes of ideas and will, choices
will have to- be made. Creation
is a tedious process requiring
determination and infiniate pati­ence.
Those, like ourselves, who live
in such a period as today, must
achieve their own shock ab­sorbers
if they are to continue to
be at all satisfactory. This is a
job that each individual must do
for himself. One must accept the
challenge of the future. People of
today should feel it a privilege
to be alive.
Look ahead! Life can scarcely
be lived on any level without a
glance into the future. Looking
ahead gives you more under­standing
and enables a person to
steer more certainly toward a
predetermined goal, so to speak.
Don't- stalk blindly. Look ahead
and see how to carry yourself
where you want to go without too
much damage to yourself and
other people.
The individual of today should
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Auburn Jokers Will Present 'Chasin'
Or 'You Too Can Be A Feature Writer'
By Penn Ames
Did you ever wonder about those mysterious prowlers,
those armed villains who attack suddenly and are gone?
Their motive may be to kill, rob, or just, bum a match. Or
they may be feature writers. Feature writing requires the
pugnacity of John L. Lewis, the strength of two men, and
sundry weapons of mayhem. And there are heartbreaks.
After dashing from Broun to
Comer and back in search of a
victim, too often our hero drags
himself into the registrar's office
at sundown, broken in spirit,
only to learn that his man moved
to Graves Center. Or broke his
leg. But such is the life of a fea­ture
writer.
We took our troubles to Ike
Rambler, noted playwright. Ike
was one-time editor of the 'Cam­pus
Cramp", weekly newspaper
of Reflex Sub-normal, where he
graduated. His sympathies lie di­rectly
with frustrated journalists.
After weeks of effort, Ike has
written a two-act drama en­titled
"Chasin". "The second act
of 'Chasin' marks a brave new
era in feature writing", says Mr.
Rambler. ."Archaic methods are
out. In their place we find the
subject, dashing from Broun to
Comer in search of the reporter.
Everything is vice-versa. Why?
Probably a F e a t u r e Writer's
Union. Oh happy, happy day!"
The Auburn Jokers have read
"Chasin" and are seriously con­templating
an early production.
They have spotted Luke Smith
for Chasin Notice and Tom Sell­ers
as Harvey Holdout. The sup­porting
role, Tisa Holdout, will
be unrolled by Ann Tipathy, who
is just back from try outs in New
York for "Margaret is Hatching"
and "Mildred the Lip". It is ru­mored
that "Chasin" t will open
at the "Why" Hut any night the
cash customers think they can
stand it.
' Walter Windshield comments,
quote, "Dash, dot dot dash!
'Chasin' is clever, oh so clever!
dash, dot dot dash!" end quote.
But now, it is .Our neurotic
privilege to present "Chasin" in
its entirety. Here it is!
(The first" act, which consists
of one scene, takes place in Har­vey
Holdout's luxurious trailer
pent house. A runty rack boy,
called "Four Ball", who works at
Kubal' Pool Palace, heard a
rumor that Holdout would make
a good feature for next week's
"Campus Cramp". So the Cramp's
ace feature writer, Chasin Notice
was sent out to run it down. The
scene opens with Chasin and
Harvey seated on a divan.)
Chasin: Where are you from
and why, Mr. Holdout?
Harvey: Didn't your- father
give you the facts of life?
Chasin: I never had a father.
Are you married to any woman?
Harvey: What else would I
marry, a horse-fly?
Chasin: Hmm- (writes on pad
—married to a horse-fly) Do you
like your work?
Harvey: What work?
Chasin: Oh, so you're a senior.
Do you have any hobbies?
Harvey: One
, Chasin: What's that, Mr. Hold­out?
Harvey: Women, Chasin.
Chasing (Chuckles devilishly)
Aren't you the one, though! What
organizations are you in?
Harvey: Well, let's see. (Takes
out memo book—thumbs through
it) Oh yes, here it is. (mumbles
in low voice)—Jimmy locks for
Purple Key, tap kegs for Whiz
Key, swat flies for Don Key, and
let me see—I'm swinging. a bid
for Mon Key. Keeps me pretty
busy.'
Chasin: I can imagine it does,
Mr. Holdout.
(Curtain falls)
(The next act, "which consists
of one scene, is a dream sequence.
Chasin has fallen asleep after
reading Aldous D r o o 1 m a]n' s
"Brave New Boy with Cheek".
The action takes place in the
luxurious barracks office of the
"Campus Cramp". Chasin is seat­ed
at his desk reading a maga­zine
when there comes a knock
at-the door.)
Chasin: (Without looking up)
Come in!
Harvey Holdout enters, all ex­cited)
*
Harvey: Oh, there |you are
Chasin. I've been to Comer and
back looking for you.
Chasin: (Without looKing up)
Whaddya ya want, Holdout?
Harvey: I thought you might
want to write a feature on me.
Chasin: Yeh? (still reading his
magazine) What have you done?
Harvey: Biggest news of the
century! I just got back from
Mars.
Chasin: Yeh? (still reading his
magazine) How were things at
Mars?
Harvey: They're talking about
making me President.
Chasin:'Of Mars?
Harvey: No, the United States.
And next week I'm going to
Venus.
Chasin: (Still reading—yawns)
Give her my regards, Holdout.
Chasin: That's what you think,
brother! Say, why don't you do
something big—like discovering
how to make peanuts out of
vegetable oil.
(There is a knock at the door,
and Tisa Holdout, Harvey's wife,
enters) "
Tisa: Oh, there you are, darl­ing.
We've got to go home right
now! (.Chasin looks up from his
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magazine and sees the lovely
figure of Tisa)
Chasin: Why so quick, chick?
Tisa: This is Friday, and we're
having the Trouts over for din­ner.
But who are you?
Chasin: Chasin
Tisa: I'm Tisa.'
Chasin: You do? (gets up)
Tisa: Take your hands off me!
What's the big idea?
Chasin: Well, if your husband
doesn't want an interview—
Harvey: You can put your
hands back, Chasin.
Chasin: Sit on my lap, Tisa
baby. O.K. Holdout — (yawns)—
what happened at Mars?
(Curtain falls)
Alcohol From Milk
Alcohol from milk is the latest
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It is made by alcoholic fer­mentation
of the lactose, which
is usually dumped in streams as
worthless, now can be used to
ferment alcohol, agriculture de­partment
scientists said.
Tomorrow's cocktails may be
healthy as well as insalubrious!
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College Degree Mania Attacked By Educator
A sharp attack on "diploma mills" and
t h e over-emphasis being placed on "going
to college" is made in the current Ameri­can
Magazine by President Henry M.
Wriston of Brown University who de­clares
that "the importance attached to a
college degree has reached the point of
a b s u r d i t y in many fields."
The ever-growing tendency on the part
of business, industry, and even some gov­ernment
agencies to make a degree a pre- •
requisite for a position places false values
on the degree, says Dr. Wriston.
"Thousands of students now attend col­lege
not so much to gain an education as
to obtain degrees which will serve as
'passes' to desirable positions and advance­ment
after graduation," he states in a
Signed article. "Such a condition is a
menace to our democratic way of life. It
t h r e a t e n s real education, since it tends to
Convert colleges into assembly lines for
t h e production of degrees, instead of in­s
t i t u t i o n s where minds are enlarged and
personalities developed."
Dr. Wriston points out that a; degree
"can mean much or absolutely nothing;"
depending upon the college bestowing it
as well as the competence, character, and
personal integrity of t h e individual reach­ing
it. "It is safe to say," he adds, "that as
t h e pursuit of college degrees for the
prestige they bring becomes more gen­eral
the number of degrees representing
inferior scholastic accomplishment will
increase.
"The current tendencjr to encourage de­gree-
chasing in hostile to true education,
to the long-range interests of the (war)
veterans, and to the public weal."
Enlightenment is not a matter of de­grees,
in the opinion of Dr. Wriston who
feels that "we have been too contemp­tuous
of the intelligence of the common
man. His capacity for sound judgment has
been far too heavily discounted.
"Arrtong the outstanding figures*in the
world today," writes Dr. Wriston, "Stalin
in Russia, Bevin in Britain, Blum in
Britain, Blum in France, and Truman in
t h e United States are statesman who
learned more from experience than from
schools. J o h n L. Lewis, Philip Murray and
William Green are men who rose to posi­tions
of enormous political and public
power and prestige without degrees. The
history of American corporations calls
Andrew Carnegie and the elder Rockefel­ler,
Henry Ford and Walter Chrysler, and
dozens of others who demonstrated that
possession of a degree is not a y correct
criterion of ability."
While tremendous sums are being spent
to supply educational opportunities for
veterans, Dr. Wriston says " t h e r e is clear
evidence that in some' instances the divi­dends
from our vast enterprise will not be
at all commensurate with the time, effort,
and money expanded." Among the pro­gram's
shortcomings he cites is the fresh
accent it has placed "upon degrees as op­posed
to education."
"Over-accent upon degrees," writes the
Brown University president "is a reflec­tion
of too great a concentration of specific
skills, and those are often achieved at the
expense of a broader perspective by which
along the great program of t h e GI Bill of
Rights can become effective in the public
interest. To a large extent degrees are
how offered for such specialized work that
many have almost no relationship to gen­eral
competence. *
"The greatest need of the world is not
people with specific skills. The primary
need is citizens with a broad enough out­look
to lift their eyes from their own job
and both understand and serve the com­munity,
the nation, and the world."
Want To Be A Diplomat?
Since the 'One World,' idea of Wendell
Wilkie permeated the majority of opinion
in the Republican and Democratic parties
t h e foreign policy of t h e U. S. has been one
of world responsibility. Americans know
now, perhaps too late, that this country is
very definitely a member of a world
community of nations and th$t whatever
affects one vitally affects all others. With
this new feeling of responsibility toward
t h e world has come renewed vigor and
life to the U. S. State Department. Now,
more than ever before, it realizes that the
future destiny of our country .lies,'for the
most part, in its hands.
Colleges and universities everywhere
have added foreign service courses to their
curricula because of the demand of re­t
u r n e d GIs who desire to make the foreign
service their life work.
Of interest to many people who know
l i t t l e of our foreign service is a recent
opinion voiced by Dean A r t h u r Burns, of
t h e George Washington School of Govern­ment.
Regardless of your pre-conceived
opinion, there is a great deal to the
foreign service these days. Maybe you
t h i n k all a diplomat must know is: (a)
How to look at home in his evening, or
work clothes, (b) .How to crook his little
finger when drinking tea. Actually the
U. S. Foreign Service is one of t h e Roughest
Facts For The Future
They say if you want to enjoy the fu­t
u r e you should heed the past, i t ' s an­other
way of pointing out that experience
is the best teacher.
The Plainsman has just received some
appalling statistics on street and highway
accidents in 1946 from The Travelers In­surance
Companies. If experience is the
best teacher, these grim facts out of the
immediate past are a precious lesson for
all of «us:
Two out of every three automobile acci­dents
in the United States last year in­volved
mistakes by drivers. Exceeding
t h e speed limit took the heaviest t o l l -
jobs in t h e world, and it has probably the
h a r d e s t entrance examination. Dean
Burns, when he announced the opening of
a special instruction course for about 100
people, warned that "only bright boys
and girls need apply." For the examina­tion
they must take lasts four days, and
is so difficult that only 14 per cent of
those who take it pass.
Why is it so tough? "Because," says he,
"times have changed. A foreign service
man now must know a l i t t l e about every­thing,
and a whole lots about languages,
economics and American history."
Along with these changing times has
come a change in t h e type of person going
i n to foreign service. A recent Associated
Press story said in part, "It used to be
practically hereditary. The child was born.
P a r e n t s saw right off he was foreign serv­ice
caliber. Fancy prep school. Correct
E a s t e r n college." And now? Says Dean
Burns, "We get them from all over the
country." Dean Burns also says that most
of t h e applicants are former GIs, and that
most of t h em never thought of t h e foreign
service until they got into the army or
navy.
So if you have aspirations f o r , t h e U. S.
Foreign Service, now is your chance to
serve your country.
9.460 killed and 230,760 injured.
Over 10,000 pedestrians were killed and
171,910 injured in 1946. Crossing between
intersections was the most frequent cause
of death and injury, accounting for more
t h a n 25 per cent of the casualties.
.Over 800 children were killed and 21,660
injured last year while they were play­ing
in the street. v
The vast majority of accidents last year
—and any year—were caused by more or
less experienced motorists who have had
as least one year of driving experience.
Will you heed the past? Or will you be
a statistic next year?
V cUdfauhtx 'Qfomiwim
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Luther Smith, Associate Editor.
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Do-Nuts and Coffee By Bobs
The Exchange Post By AI Steinberg
Guest to host in new home:
Well, old boy, how do you find
it here?
Host: Walk right upstairs and
it's two doors to the left.
—Birmingham Southern
* * *
The Athletic Federation of
College Women was held at the
University of North Carolina
Women's College April 18 with
125 college's and 35 states repre­sented.
The University of Alabama
players, the Blackfriars, drama­tized
Ibsen's "Wild Duck" in
Birmingham last week.
University of Georgia coeds
found clinched or in other "un­ladylike"
positions in public are
subject to receiving cards good
for one lecture by a dormitory or
sorority housemother. If they
save up enough cards, they're en­titled
to one genuine discipline.
The prizes for the barber shop
quartet contest at the University
of Miami are engraved brass
spitoons. V
Leopold Stokowski hit Duke
and the University of Tennessee
for concerts last month.
* * *
Susie has a nice new skirt
So neat, so bright, so choosy—
It never shows a speck of dirt
But, oh how it shows Susie.
—Illinois Tech
* * *
An alleged conversation be­tween
two Auburn free lancers.
Bill: Wanna double with me at
a Delta Sig party Friday night?
Bob: Can't. My girl's gotta be
queen of the May Dance. How
about going out Saturday with
Dot an' Jane?
Bill: Can't. Janes elected to
reign at the Textile Ball. Baybe
Helen can go.
Bob: I don't think so. She has
to lead out for the KD dance.
What about Mary?
Bill: She's being coronated at
the Junior Prom.
Bob:Well, what's on at the
Tiger?
Bill: "Queen of the Nile".
Bob: Maybe we can work up a
good poker game at the house.
* * *
Conversationalist: Do you file
your nails?
Witt: No. I just clip them and
throw them away.
—The Big Sleep
Thinking that the Inter-Faith
Council was unique to Auburn,
someone brought a copy of the
University of North Carolina
Women's College publication to
the meeting. The "Carolinian" an­nounced
a meeting of an "Inter-
Faith Council" at their campus
at Greensboro. The fact that
another such council existed was
a surprise to all the new mem­bers
here until Mary Moling
Kirkrnan gave an explanation.
Seems as though Mary is an
alumnus of North Carolina and
helped establish a similar coun­cil
soon after she transferred to
Auburn.
Week's Thought: "Swallowing
our pride occasionally won't give
us indigestion."
.« * *
A GI working at a railhead in
India had been severely repri­manded
for taking over duties
outside his domain without order
from Headquarters. He promised
to reform.
Not long afterwards, Head­quarters
received a startling tele­gram:
"Tiger on loading platform
eating lieutenant. Wire instruc­tions."—
Armored News.
College is just like a laundry
you gel out of it just what you
put into it—but you'd never
recognize ii.-r-Calif. "Pelican."
* * *
New Hubby: "When I got home
last night, ray wife rhet me With
a big kiss. She had a swell din­ner
ready, arid she let me off
wiping the dishes, and^-"-*
Old Hubby: "And how did you
like her new hat?"—Rotary Pep.
* ' * * ..
"What does a bride think
•when she walks into the church?"
"Aisle, Altar, Hymn." (I'll al­ter
him.)
* * *.
Miss Catnip: "It must be three
years since I lafct saw you. My,
you've changed! I hardly knew
you; you've aged SO much."
Miss Nipsip: "Well, I would
not have recognized you in 100
yem-s either. It is THAT DRESS
that identified you."
* * *
Young Father: "What's wrong,
honey. You look flustered. Any­thing
gone wrong today?"
Letters to the Editor
To whom it may concern:
At exactly 11:40 p. m. May 1,
1947, in front of the Auburn Po­lice
Station, the following inci­dents
were witnessed by the un­dersigned
students:
From the Auburn police car
parked in front of the station, a
young man (unidentified), and
obviously intoxicated, staggered
about five paces, where he was
caught by a policeman. The po­liceman
hit him a paralyzing
blow across the back of his neck.
The man screamed, whereupon
the policeman hit him on the
head with a hard object that
rendered a sound that could be
heard for over fifty yards. The
man crumpled to the pavement
and crossed his arms over his
face. The blows continued after
he had fallen and was apparent­ly
unconscious.
The object used to strike the
blows was not identified but as
we ran up, the policeman was re­placing
his revolver in its hol­ster.
Another policeman emerged
from the building and the two
picked the victim up by the
arms and legs and threw him
into the rear of the police car.
The victim was bleeding pro­fusely,
leaving a pool of blood
where he lay for but a fraction
Of a minute. His hair was mat­ted
with blood. The police then
drove off in the direction of the
Methodist Church.
At 12:10 a.m. the Auburn In­firmary,
Opelika Hospital, and
Opelika police station were called
and the incident had not been
reported at any of these.
We, as students and residents
of Auburn, demand and explana­tion.
Robert Bare field
Noll A. Van Cleave
(Continued on page 6) .
Dear Editor:
What I have to say is in all
sincerity, and I hope that it will
be taken as such by responsible
people who are in authority and
used constructively.
In 1941 when I first entered
Auburn, we had a police force
that consisted of approximately
three or four men, and not over
five, if that many. These men
were highly respected by the
majority of A u b u r n students.
We occasionally raised a little
trouble, but nothing that could
have been construed as more
than the silly pranks of college
boys having a little fun. And I
never heard of any member of
the Police Department giving
anything more than a kindly
word of advice. But today we
have a force that is large enough
to quell a large sized riot, and is
composed of men that are so far
below the pre-war standards
that it is tragic.
The incident that I wit­nessed
the other night is not the
reason for this letter. That was
merely the culmination of a long
series of incidences of the misuse
of authority during the past year
or so.
May I ask why it is that all
of a sudden it is so necessary to
have all of this PROTECTION?
Protection from w h a t ? The
townspeople of A u b u r n are
mainly middle class Americans,
and the crime rate in this com­munity
is probably lower than
any other town of this size in
several surrounding states. Con­sidering
the quality and educa­tion
of the citizens and that of
the Police Department, I would
say that it is the people who
need protection from the Police
Department.
Give a little man a little au-
(Continued on page 6)
Young Mother: "It has been a
dreadful day. Baby cut his first
tooth. Then he fell and knocked
it out."
Young Father: "Is that all?"
Young Mother: (biting back
the tears) "Oh, darling, then he
said his first word."—Gateway
Gear.
* # *
The only sure way to double
your money is to fold it and put
it in your pocket.—Pen.
* * *
Percy: "Let's hear you define
a wrinkle."
Dilcy: "Very simple; it's some­thing
that if a prune hasn't got
some of it's a plum."—The Log.
* * * is
Father: "When did you first
suspect your date was not all
right mentally?"
Daughter: "When he shook the
hall tree and b e g a n feeling
around the floor for apples."—
West "Pointer".
£ . ' . * . - .*
Tippler: (to Naval officer):
"Shay, call me a cab, will ya?"
Officer: "My god man, I am
a naval officer."
Tippler: "Awright, then call
riie a boat. I gotta get home."
* * *
Mother: "Do you think our
daughter has a one-track mind?"
Father: "Yes, and I think thfere
is a troop, train running on it."—
Pen.
* * *
Picture Sentence: "With thin
red fingers the sun pinned a
diamond chain of geese against
the white blouse of the sky." —
Mrs. J. C. Stubbs.
This and That Bv 0 , e Timer
The baseball season is well underway and stories of ball
games are floating far and wide. Next time sornedne is telling
an improbably story, just stop h im and tell h im the one about
t h e b a t t e r who singled into a t r i p l e play. Impossible maybe . . .
but it actually happened in the 1940 Southern League playoffs
between Memphis and Atlanta
The game went past 11 innings
of thrilling baseball. In the 12th
the score was 4 to 4 and the fans
were squirrhing on the edge of
their seats. Memphis loaded the
bases with none out and the next
batter hit a typical Texas Leaguer
just over third. The third base­man,
shortstop, and left fielder
all converged on the hit but none
of the could quite reach it and it
dropped just inside the foul line
for a single.
The base runners, sure the ball
would be caught, tagged up. At­lanta's
left fielder picked the ball
up and fired it to the pitcher who
had dashed over to cover third.
That forced one man. Then the
pitcher shot the ball to second,
doubling the runner who was on
first. The second sacker fired the
ball home where the catcher tag­ged
the runner coming from
third to complete one of the most
unusual triple plays in baseball
history. '
* * *•
Meanwhile the batter raced
pased the runner who had been
on first and umpire "Steamboat"
Johnson shouted "You're out."
That actually made four outs in
one inning.
Before anybody could grasp
what happened, Truck Hannah,
the Memphis manager, came run­ning
out of the dugout. He struck
his nose in umpire Johnson's face
and shouted "this isn't quite
clear to rhe. What happened?"
Johnson glowered at Hannah
and bawled: "You got huthin'.
Just look up at the scoreboard
and the whole thing will clear up
for you when they put up that
big '0'".
* * *
Here's a puzzle for baseball
fans: Two tearhs battled for nine
innings, the home team winning
1 to 0. A glance at this box score
shows that neither pitcher allow­ed
a hit, hoi- gave a-base on balls,
nor hit a batsman with a pitched
ball. Neither tearii rhade an error.
How was the run scored? If you
know the answer, let me know
arid I'll publish your narrie along
with the answer in a couple of
weeks. If you answer this you're
entitled to a degree of BBT
(Bachelor of Baseball technicali­ties).
* * *
They called^ her the Village
Queen because every poker play­er
in town had held her.
* * *
Sign at the Laundry: we don't
mangle your clothes with machin­ery—
we do it carefully by hand.
* * *
"All my family are psychic," as­serts
simple-minded Sue. "My
own Mother was. Why mdhths
arid months before I was born
she told my dad she was going
to have a baby:"
FILE THIRTEEN By The
Editor
If you're a veteran and didn't
get your check on time this
month, here's why: Because of
temporary lack of funds for that
purpose in the U. S. Treasury
Disbursing Office in Atlanta, ap­proximately
40 per cent of vet­erans
under Public Law 346 fail­ed
to get their checks on time.
* * *
This week The Plainsman is
printing an editorial concerning
the over-emphasis being placed
on "going to college" and the
e v e r - growing
| practice on the
part of business,
industry, and
e v e n govern­ment
agencies of
making a degree
a prerequisite
for a position.
Dr. H. M.
Wriston, presi­dent
of Brown
University, de­clares
that such
practice tends to encourage de­gree-
chasing and diploma mills,
Furthermore, he says, it is hos­tile
to true education, the long-
Coleman
range interests of war veterans,
and the public welfare.
* * *
A month or so ago I mentioned
something about a dog trying to
commit suicide by jumping from
a third-floor window of Samford
Hall. The dog, art Eskimo Spitz,
made two attempts to jump out
the window, but was caught by
an alert student twice, once while
dangling outside.
This time I'm talking about an­other
dog. Mac Jennings, man­ager
of the Martin Theatre, Ope­lika,
and brother to Ralph Jen­nings,
managing editor of The
Plainsman, owns a black cocker
spaniel that carries his money
around for hirh. *
Everyday when Mac goes to
the bank'a block away, his clog
trots along in front with the
empty money bag. On the return
trip he devotedly carries the bag
laden with small change.
* * *
Theri there's the hunting goat
owned by Jimmy Dudley, former
Auburn student, at Benton. The
goat follows the possum hunt­ers
and dogs deep into the woods,
and even "trees" with the dogs.
Just One Voice
By Jim Bradley
Ralph Jennings and I had plan­ned
to run in the Kentucky
Derby last Saturday but changed
our minds and sent Len Hensel.
Len didn't get to run, as all of
you well know after hearing the
results. I do believe that Len
could have done as well as the
horse that I had my two bucks
on. You might be wondering why
I wanted to send Hensel to the
Derby. Well Len is my pet peeve
and I figured that he might get
his leg broken in the race and
then he. would have to be shot
just like any other old horse.
4 * *
At the last meeting of the So­ciety
for Prevention of Com­munists
Coming on the Campus,
someone made a motion to ap­point
two per­sons
to see to it
that a commit­tee
was formed
to find the par-for
all the not­ices
that have
been written on
the blackboard
in the, men's
room in lower
Samford. Tim-
Bradley berlakesky was
made chairman of this commit­tee.
In case some of you haven't
seen these notices, I wish to givi
you an example of some of them
. . . "Notice—There will Be a
Meeting of Campus Communists
In Comer — Come if You Can,
Call if You Can't . . . " I have all
the trust in the world in this lad
timberlakesky. He will clean the
board . . .
While I'm on the subject of the
blackboard, I wish to congratu­late
API for pioneering in this
sort of thing. It is probably the
first college to offer such con­venience
to its students for
journalistic outlets.
, * * *
The other day a strange thing
happened down at my house.
There stumbled into my room a
Strang looking old alley cat. She
looked ill, Well, I gave her my
last blanket, and lo and behold
three hours later she had started
a" family. Only four. Alpha, Betn,
Garrima, and Delta.
My roommate Louis Vogel and
I have taken on new and greater
responsibilities. As soon as these
fatherless younguns get a little
older and are able to make their
own bread, I will give them to
any deserving students or stu­dent
who wishes to' foster their
progress in this cruel world of
illegitimacy . . . I am, at present,
in search of their father. I have
ah idea that he is lurking in the
vicinity of Auburn, and if I
catch the rascal he will talk or
else . . . P.S. I am in need of a
name for the mother.
Telephone Poll
Question: Do ydu think college
athletes should be paid?
Gray Ranson: "No. There is
already too much stress placed
on college athletics, and paying
athletes would over-emphasize
the emphasis."
tfell Martin: "Yes. College ath­letics
have reached the profes­sional
stage. Athletes should be
paid according to the size of the
college, similar to the method
employed by the major and
minor baseball leagues."
Thomas I s b e l l : "Yes. They
could be working in some other
field out of college, but instead
they are doing the thing they
best know how. I think they
should be coriipensated for their
efforts."
Fred Kosack: "Yes. I think it
is a full time job and they rate
pay as much as anyone doing a
job."
Roy Lilly: "No. They ought to
play for the love of the sport."
George Kelley: "No. I think
subsistence is all right but giving
a player a salary isn't."
Joe Doyle: "No. I agree with
Bill Stern. When a college ath­lete
plays for pay, he's a pro­fessional
no matter what uni­form
he wears."
Bobby Humphrey: "Yes, and
openly. The pressure being put
on the colleges today, especially
those in the SEC, to make the
athlete's position purely amateur,
is strictly*" uncalled for. The col
lege ball player puts as much
and more into his end of extra­curricular
work than does the
lab assistant or the paper grader,
and the college derives much
more financially from his work
than from the work of the oth­er."
Gerd Kratz: "Yes. Better play­ers
could be obtained if they
were paid."
Pete Keith: "No. Unless it
made it possible for a man to
obtain an education who other­wise
would not be able to attend
college."
Mrs. Tucker Takes Pride
In 'Her Boys' of Sigma Pi
By Leonard Hooper
Do you know Auburn's two most unusual ball fans? If
you haven't noticed this duo around the streets and cam­pus—
and most likely around Bullard Field in the after­noons—
you may have heard of them anyway; I refer to the
two five-year-old boys carrying a baseball bat. These pugnac­ious
citizens are wont to stare at your fraternity pin and
ask, "Are you a Sigma Pi?"
If your answer is "No," you are
quite likely to earn a whack
across the chins for your trouble,
according to reports. This activity
should not be blamed on any
instigation by the Sigma Pi's,
who do not even know the names
of these two unorthodox support­ers,
much less the reason for this
rather striking demonstration of
their unswerving devotion. The
theory is that, because of the en­counters
generally occurring in
the vicinity of the intramural
Softball fields, the youngsters
have taken an unaccountable
fancy to the way the Sigma Pi
boys play ball—this is borne out
by their using the ball bat for
such a touching demonstration of
their joint preference.
Even these drastic expressions
do not win the palm for the two
hickory-wielding rooters, for the
most enthusiastic supporter the
Sigma Pi softball team has
around is their housemother, Mrs.
C. M. Tucker. When Mother
Tucker is not watching the chap­ter
team doing their stuff it is
quite likely that she is over at
the ballpark watching the varsity
batsmen handing another wal­loping
to one of the SEC op­ponents.
The lady with the
twinkling eyes and the feather-eut
hairdo especially watches the
performance of one of her Sigma
Pi boys—ace hurler Onis C.
Green, IFC representative, En­gineers'
Council lurhinary, and
dean's list electrical engineering-student
from Cullman.
On occasion Mother Tucker
has taken quite an'active part at
practice-time with Capt Cecil
Jernigan's Sigma Pi softball team.
*
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CAKES
DELICIOUS PIES
HOT CROSS BUNS
And Other Delicacies
AUBURN BAKERY
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Housemother Tucker
Mrs. Tucker likes to play short­stop,
but she admits that for a
regular thing she is willing to
stick to her golf. She is an in­terested
spectator at any sports
•event, and she has a special yen
for the beach, especially that part
of it near Daytona Beach, Flor­ida.
Georgian at Auburn
Mother Tucker, although a na­tive
of Georgia, is not a stranger
to Auburn. For several years she
had her home here, and her
daughter Gwen, now Mrs. C. G.
Biddle, graduated from Auburn
with a degree in home economics.
Mrs. Tucker's other child, a son,
Tommy Tucker, is a popular
radio announcer in Columbus,
Ga. «f
Mrs. Tucker attended school at
Norman Institute, Norman Park,
Ga., and Bessie Tift College at
Forsythe, Ga., where she gradu­ated
with majors in dramatics
and voice. Mother Tucker taught
voice and expression for a while
before, she was married. Her first
experience as an Auburn fra­ternity
housemother came when
she helped out the Pi.Kappa Al­pha
boys once back in 1944 when
Mrs. Hill was ill. Before this Mrs.
Tucker had had some experience
as a girls' counsellor, but she
maintains that she likes being
around boys better—Auburn boys
in general and Sigma Pi boys in
particular!
If Mother Tucker has any one
specialty it might be the so
smo-oo-oth punch which she fixes
up for the parties which she and
her boys like to give. One of her
best innovations—or I might say
two—are her young granddaugh­ters,
Misses Pat and Peggy Tuck-'
The Style of Ernie Pyle Continues
To Serve Humanity and Journalism
By Ray Fowler
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
—Aristotle
The soul of Ernie Pyle inhabited the heart of every true
American. He lightened American adversity by sharing its
griefs and anxieties. Humanity was his friend, his companion
and his first consideration.
• Egoism, bigotry, and hypocrisy could not infiltrate his
sincerity and his interest and belief in every man.
Sectionalism could not disrupt
his Americanism. In life terri­torial
boundaries deprived no one
the blessing of his genuine friend­ship;
in his death territorial lim­its
restrict no one from the bless­ing
of his memory. He belonged
to all America; and in keeping
with this reality, his memorial is
intended to benefit people from
any part of America.
Indiana University, his own
school, is keeping the memory of
her Hoosier son alive by training
other journalism students to the
standards he wrote and lived by.
War veterans are given a chance
to study and learn in the Hoosier
atmosphere that produced Ernie
Pyle himself the masterpiece of
Indiana simplicity through the
journalism scholarships m a de
available from the interest from
the $52,000 Ernie Pyle Memorial
Fund. Students from any part of
America are eligible for these
scholarships and students from
half the United States have writ­ten
for information".
"We feel Ernie's real memorial
will be the active work of a good
many men and women in the
newspaper field who have held
Pyle scholarships", said Law­rence
Wheeler, executive director
of the fund.
The standard of honest, sin­cere
journalism maintained by
Pyle is sorely in need of accept­ance
by every writer charged
with the responsibility of inform­ing,
entertaining and inspiring
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Dr. R. S. Sugg Gives
State Residents
Advice On Rabies
Disease Is Public
Health Problem,
Veterinarian Says
Alabama communities threat­ened
with rabies were given a
five-point control program today
by Dr. R. S. Sugg, Alabama State
Veterinarian and Dean of Au­burn's
S c h o o l of Veterinary
Medicine.
"With more than 30,000 persons
receiving rabies vaccine treat­ment
each year, the disease is a
major public health problem,"
said Dr. Sugg. His five control
points are:
1. Vaccination of all dogs at
intervals of six, months to one
year.
2. Impounding of all stray
dogs. • „
3. Confining of vaccinated dogs
for 14 days and all other dogs
for 30 days whenever a rabid dog
has been known to be at large
in a community.
4. Immediate vaccination and
confining for a period of 60 days
of all dogs known to have been
bitten by a rabid dogs.
5. Enlistment of public senti­ment
for rigid enforcement of
above measures.
Dr. Sugg pointed out there are
"two common types of rabies in
dogs, classified as furious and
dumb." "In furious rabies," said
Dr. Sugg, "a dog frequently ap­pears
quite normal, but is irrita­ble
and will frequently snap at
moving objects. Children are fre­quently
bitten during this stage
of disease and little thought is
given to exposure because of
normal appearance of the dog.
Later the animal becomes rest­less,
and excitable, often leaving
home and wandering aimlessly
over the countryside, fighting
other dogs and snapping at any
animals or persons in its path."
"In the dumb type of rabies,
the dog. will try to hide or get
away by itself. Paralysis of the.
jaw develops . . . there is little
or no tendency toward irritabili­ty
. . . persons are bitten only
when examining the animal's
throat."
the people of America.
Too few writers today posse"Ss
a thorough background of know­ledge
that is emphasized in
journalism schools t h r o u gh
courses in history, government,
English literature, sociology, and
economics. Too few writers feel
a profound interest in the people
they serve and a responsibility to
the people in giving honest,
truthful information unslanted
by personal opinion or prejudice.
Journalism schools teach the
technicalities of journalism, but
not all schools impress their
students with their real respon­sibility
to the public.
After pointing out an example
of gross deceit through careless
and untruthful reporting, Neil
Davis, president of the Alabama
Press Association and instructor
of journalism at Auburn, told his
class that if they took nothing
from his course but an allegiance
to honest, truthful reporting, ah
acute awareness of the shortcom­ings
of the workers in the -pro­fession,
a keen desire to steer
clear of-those shortcomings them­selves,
a feeling of the responsi­b
i l i t y of the press, and a social
point of view, their time, his
time, and the expense of the ad­ministration
will have been well
spent.
The memory of sensitive and
sincere Ernie Pyle will not im­mediately
have its influence on
journalists of today, but journal­ism
students of Indiana Univer­sity,
Auburn and other such
schools will become the writers
of tomorrow who will make the
public -realize Ernie Pyle's true
simplicity and s i n c e r i t y , not
through his memory, but rather
through the conscientious ser­vices
of these men and women
whom he inspired.
Education Crisis
Discussed on Radio
In an effort to acquaint Ala-
•i>ama citizens with the desperate
need for increased funds for pub­lic
education, members of the
faculty and administrative staff
of API have been taking a major
part in the recent publicity given
to the educational crisis in Ala­bama.
~- In a series of radio interviews
last week over WJHO, Opelika,
faculty merhbers of Auburn dis­cussed
the need for increased
funds as applied to their own. de­partments,
to Auburn, and to the
state as a whole. Among those
interviewed' were: Luther N.
Duncan, President, API; Ralph
B. Draughon, Director of Instruc­tion;
J. E. Hannum, Dean of the
School of Engineering; Z'ebiildn
Judd, Dean, of the School of Edu­cation;
Capt. J. W. Callahan, Prof.
Naval_ Science; and Coach Carl
M. Voylies, Athletic Director. Ih-
Wqdnesday, May 7, 1947 THE PLAINSMAN—5
terviews were conducted by John
Newton Baker, director of the
API News Bureau. /
Beginning May 1, transcrip­tions
of the interviews will be
presented over radio stations in
Birmingham, Montgomery, and
Mobile.
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er (5 and 3 respectively), of Co­lumbus,
occasional visitors at the
chapter house, who have clinched
their social positions with scores
of Auburn "boy friends" on their
lists. It seems, though, that Moth­er
Tucker has the 'bestest time'
when she plays the piano and
her boys gather around to sing
fraternity songs, hymns, popular
songs—al Ikinds of songs.
By the way, if you happen to
see those two little boys with the
baseball bat, don't say you were
never warned!
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Wednesday, May 7, 1947
FROM ENGLAND TO AUBURN '
Fellow of Royal Sanitary Institute
Now Teaches Vet Medicine At Auburn
Dr. F. H. Manley hasn't found any ex-soldiers in his class­es
at Auburn who became his friends in England—but he is
h e r e p a r t l y because he liked the American GIs who visited
his family at Southampton and Winchester.
"They shared their rations with us," Dr. Manley, pro­fessor
of v e t e r i n a r y medicine at Auburn, said, "and just made
a good impression with me gen­erally."
Visiting a cousin in New York
last September, Dr. Manley ap­plied
for teaching positions in
various U. S. colleges and fin­ally
decided on Auburn. Slim,
mustached, he doesn't have a
very noticeable accent.
"I try to speak American," he
explained, "so my students will
know what I'm saving."
He doesn't like to discuss
the Palestine • question, but will
venture a comparison of edu­cational
systems in England and
America. And America—to him
the land of contrasts—is too big
to discuss, but a good place to be.
He spent 9 years in New York as
a boy.
Auburn girls are very pretty,
he volunteered. 'Almost as pret­ty
as English girls."
'Dr. Manley admits he some­times'
gets homesick for England
and his family. He plans to go
back to see them in September
and discuss the possibility of
their coming to Auburn with
him.
' His daughter will be pleased to
receive a message Dr. Manley is
sending by Jennie Tourel, Met­ropolitan
Opera star who sang
in Auburn recently and sailed for
England on the Queen Eliza­beth
April 24. Miss Tourel, meet­ing
Dr. Manley at a reception
here, promised to see the 19-year
old girl, who is studying to be
an opera singer. Miss Manley,
her father tells proudly, is now
being considered for a role in
Richard Tauber's„ new show in
London.
Dr. Manley also has a son, 17
years of age, who has been at­tending
Epsom College since 1942
on the Densham Scholarship
"limited to sons of men who have
done meritorious service for the
Empire."
Saw War Service
A veteran of World War I,
Dr. Manley received the B.V.Sc.
from Liverpool University in
1924 and spent 9 years in the
Colonial Service, holding import­ant
positions in Nigeria and
Cyprus—and getting in a bit of
game hunting in his spare time.
Some of his work in Nigeria
was carried out in collaboration
with the International Sleeping
Sickness Commission. Investigat­ing
an outbreak of cattle disease
in the British Cameroons, Dr.
Manley diagnosed tuberculosis,
the first time the disease had
been "confirmed in British West
African territory. He was sent to
Cyprus to organize the Research
Service, and a number of articles
have been published on investi­gations
conducted there.
During World War II, Dr. Man-ley
was with the Ministry of
Agriculture in England.
An examiner for the Fellow­ship
of the Royal College of Vet­erinary
Surgeons, Dr. Manley has
been a member of the Board of
Examiners of the Royal Sanitary
Institute on meat and food in­spection
since 1936. He is also a
Fellow of the Royal Sanitary In­stitute.
National Officer Is
Honored By Theta U.
The patronesses of Theta Upsi-lon
sorority entertained Mrs. Wil­liam
D. Sims, of Cullman, visit­ing
national publications chair­man,
with a tea in the chapter
room Monday afternoon from five
to six o'clock.
Acting as co-hostesses with the
patronesses were the active mem­bers
of the chapter.
In the receiving line were Jan
Drake, sorority president; Mrs.
Sims, Judy Head, pledge presi­dent,
Mrs. Bob Smith and Mrs.
Tom Bullington, chapter advisor.
Tea was poured by Mildred
Chambless, retiring president of
the chapter; Miss Lucille Mal­l
e i and Mrs. Joe Rash assisted
serving.
Mrs. Sims visited Auburn Sun­day
evening through Tuesday
noon for a follow-up inspection
of the sorority.
Letter to Editor
• (Continued from page 4)
Lloyd M. Malone
Joe L. Greene
George L. Kelley
Lenwod Payne
Frank* H. Goodman
We, the undersigned, after
the abgye statement was writ­ten,
proceeded to the Auburn
Police Station to make inquiries
at 1:00 a.m., May 2,. 1947.
As we neared the station, one
officer got out of the police car
which was parked in front of the
police station. One officer re­mained
behind the wheel of the
car, xand one remained in. the
back seat. When asked who the
boy was, the policeman outside
the 'car stated that he was from
the Valley and wasn't an, Auburn
student; therefore it was hone of
our business.
When we asked where the.boy
had been taken, he answered that
he had been taken to jail.
One of our party commented
on the blood all over the pave­ment,
and the officer agreed that
there was blood spilled_ and
made the statement that the
same thing could happen to/any
one of us Auburn, students un­der
similar circumstances.
At this point, one officer told
the other to .shut up—he wasn't
even there—he didn't know any­thing
about it. We then departed
without further questions.
William M. Hadaway
Ray Traylor
C. Lenwood Payne
Lloyd M. Malone
Joe L. Greene
Miss Katherine Cater
Elected A.A.U.W. Head
•"'ty-isp Kathevine Cater was elect-ed~
president of the Auburn chap­ter
of A.A.U.W. at its regular
dinner meeting held last week.
She succeeds Mrs. E. V. Smith
who served during the past year.
Other officers named were
Mrs. Marion Spidle, vice presi­dent;
Mrs. G. W. Patton, record­ing
secretary; Miss Wathena
Temple, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. R. L. Haggard, treasurer;
Miss Dana Gatchell, parliamen­tarian.
Mrs. Neil O. Davis gave a talk
to the group on the functions of
a community newspaper.
Letters to Editor
(Continued from page 4)
thority, and it goes to' his head
like old wine. Won't they ever
realize, that those blue uniforms
that they wear were bought by
the tax payers and that they are
the servants of the people, and
not arrogant,, sadistic thugs.
And incidentally, if cigarettes
must cost 23c a pack in Auburn,
why not use the money for more
constructive t h i n g s , such as
schools? You might even conde­scend
to use some of the money
to educate the colored kids too.
No. On second thought, there
wouldn't be any use for that
new $70,000 jail then, would it?
The cops can always project their
own inferiority on' the colored,
boys when a white boy stands up
for his rights. No. Better not
spend money on schools. That
might e v e n be approaching
Christianity.
A Returned Prerwar
Student
THE
COLLEGIATE
WORLD
By Associated Collegiate Press
They tell about the student at
Indiana University who was giv­ing
a report in World Politics
class the other day. One sheet of
his notes had disappeared. Un­abashed,
the student said, "As
Mahatma Ghandi said when he
was caught in a wind storm, I
wonder where that sheet went."
"Beg pardon, but aren't you
one of the college boys?" asked
a Bryn Mawr visitor.
"No," replied the young man,
"I couldn't find my suspenders
this morning, my razor blades
were used up, and a bus just ran
over my head."
A definition of golf, now that
spring is luring the enthusiasts
of the links out: Golf—a futile
attempt to put an insignificant
ball into a obscure hole with a
totally inadequate weapon, for
no apparent reason.
* * * S-"
At Missouri University two fel­lows
held an eating contest. The
winner won the prize money, but
more important, he won a con­trast'
from the Goodyear Blimp
Company.
& * *
The Rocky Mountain Collegian
tells of -"a student, apartment
hunting, who qame across a rath­er
nice arrangement the other
day. "Yes, I think this will- suit
me very well," he said to the sup­erintendent.
"But what are- all
those small stains on the ceiling?".
"Well, sir," was the reply,."the
last occupant of this room was a
professor who was always exper­imenting
with a new chemical."
"Oh," oh'd the student, "then
those are the marks of the chemi­cals?"
i. "No," said the superintendent,
"they're the professor."
A polit|cal science professor at laughter that- interrupted his
lecture. It seems he had said,
the University of Michigan was
taken aback by the roar of
'This blanket clause also covers
control over the Indians.
Thought for the week: Every
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in which to bury the faults
of his friends.
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Cinder Speedsters Tackle Tough Tech Team; Loop-Leading Batters Face Mississippi State
Top Conference Cinder Powers Vie
For Championship Warm-up Saturday
By Frank Sego
Auburn and Georgia Tech, boJ,h loaded to the hilt with
ranking SEC track and field personnel, lay their unblemished
1947 records, on the line here Saturday afternoon in one of
the season's most heralded cinder meets. Field events are
scheduled to get underway at 1:30 while the pathman answer
their starting gun at 2 o'clock.
DASH FLASH
This eagerly-anticipated meet­ing
of the top conference aggre­gations
marks the first of a trio
of Tiger-Tech matches, which are
carded for successive week-ends
during the remainder of the cam­paign.
Following Saturday's entangle­ment,
Coach Wilbur Hutsell's
crew will face the Engineers in
the annual SEC .tournament at
Birmingham on May 16 and 17.
One week hence, the Jackets re­turn
to Auburn for the SEAAU
meet.'
Coach Norris Dean of the Engi­neers
is expected to. parade a
striking array of thin-clad talent
led by Spider Jim Nolan, with
his deadly javelin and discus
heaves, Herb Bergman, putting
both the shot and discus, and
Jack Corridan, who works the
880 and mile run with consistent
accuracy. To date he boasts a
record of 4: 24. 4 at the mile. „
Tigers Annex Tri-Meet
Paced again by their crack
distance men, Fred Carley and
Whitey Overton, the Plainsmen
found little difficulty in captur­ing
their fourth consecutive meet
of the season as they stiffled
Fort Benning, 88-30, here last
Saturday. The Bulldogs of How­ard
College placed third, scoring
only eight pointers. • '
Overton continued his record-shattering
streak by slashing
Auburn's frosh mark in the two-mile
run.
Summaries of Saturday's meet:
100-yard dash: Christian (Au­burn)
and Fearing (Auburn),
tied for first; McClurkin (Au­burn),
third...Time, 10.1.
. 220-yard dash: Fearing (Au­burn),
first; Christian (Auburn),
secorid; Norton -(Auburn), third.
Time, 22 flat.
440-yard dash: Farrar (How­ard),
first; Flournoy (Auburn),
second: Jones (Auburn), third.
Time, 51 flat.
'880-yard run: Taff (Auburn),
(first; Hudson (Auburn), second;
Grunther (Benning), third. Time,
2:03.9.
Mile run: Carley (Auburn),
first; Lowe (Auburn), second;
Baker (Benning), third. Time,
4:26.3.
Two mile run: Overton (Au­burn),
first; Lowe (Auburn), sec-
.ond; Wahl (Benning), third. Time,
9:51.5.
120;yard high hurdles: Pen­nington
(Auburn), first: Macln-tire
(Auburn), second; Demedi-cis
(Auburn), third. Time, 15.1.
220-5'ard low hurdles: Demedi-cis
(Auburn), first; Maelntire
(Auburn), second; Lamar (Ben­ning),
third. Time, 24.8. • •
Pole vault: Sprague (Benning),
first; Payne and Pelfrey (Au­burn),
tied for second. Height, 11
feet, 4 in.
Shot put: Snell (Auburn), first;
Chynoweth (Benning), second;
Hefling (Benning), third. Dis­tance,
44 feet, 7 inches.
Discus: Herring (Auburn), first:
Colman (Benning), second; Tolve
(Benning), third. Distance, 128
feet, 4 inches.
Javelin. Chynoweth (Benning),
first; Brnilovich (Auburn), sec­ond;
Gardner (Benning), third.
Distance, 190 feet, 6 inches.
High jump: Knowles {Ben­ning),
first; Wideman (Howard)
and Reeves (Benning), tied for
second. Height, 5 feet, 11 inches.
Broad jump: Morrissett (Au­burn),
first; McClurkin (Au­burn),
second; Tucker (Howard),
third. Distance, 22 feet, 1 and
% inches.
SEAAU Meet Here
{Teams slated to compete in the
annual Southeastern AAU track
and field championships at Au­burn
on May 24 are Alabama,
Georgia Tech, Georgia, Tennes­see,
Mercer, Ft. Benning, How­ard,
and Auburn. Also competing
will be a powerful flock of un­attached
entries.
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TIGER TUTOR
(This is the second in a series
"of sketches designed to famil-of
sketches to familiarize Au­burn
fans with Coach Wilbur
Hutsell's 1947 track stars. Next
week: Joe Pennington.)
Carl Christian (above is a
product of Bessemer High
School and one of Hutsell's
finest dash men. At Bessemer,
under Snitz Snider, the dazzl­ing
Christian won four track
letters and three football mono­grams.
In 1942 he received the
Luke Ward Trophy as a re­ward
for this outstanding
athletic career in high school.
After a stretch with the Navy,
Christian enrolled at Auburn
in January, 1946. As a back-field
member of Coach Carl
Voyles' grid eleven last fall,
he tied into a long Florida
aerial and sailed 78 yards for a
Tiger touchdown. With Au­burn's
undefeated track team,
the stocky Christian work run
He wil be seen in action in both
the 100 and 220-yard dashes.
Howard J. "Danny" Doyle
(above), former Boston Red
Sox receiver, who has steered
the Auburn Tigers within sight
of the coveted SEC diamond
championship. In his first cam­paign
of collegiate coaching af­ter
passing up numerous Sox
offers, Doyle has spirited the
Plainsmen to 11 wins against a
single loss for the season. His
charges face the Mississippi
State Maroons here Friday an3
Saturday.
Danny Doyle's High-Riding Nine Host To
Delta Maroons Friday and Saturday
By Frank Sego
Coach Danny Doyle's Tiger baseballers, perched high atop
the Southeastern Conference after Monday's 11-7 win from
Georgia, are setting their sights for the Mississippi State in­vasion
on Friday "and Saturday of this week. Friday's en­gagement
on Drake Field will begin at 3 o'clock and Satur­day's
first pitch is slated for 2 o'clock.
The Maroons will be out for
Grant Sparks Tigers
Despite the loss of sight in
one eye, Captain Joe Grant,
Andalusia, Auburn's ace catcher
this baseball season, is ranked
as one of the top-notch maskmen
in the Southeastern Conference.
The 185 pound Grant, a great
competitor and hustler, is a
smart receiver and is timely with
the willow. He has received sev­eral
professional offers, but like­ly
Will decline them in favor of
a teaching and coaching position.
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sweet revenge after Auburn's 4-1
margin in the Delta city several
weeks ago. Also they are clue to
bounce back into the circuit
limelight after dropping three
of a four-game setto to Alabama's
Crimsoi^iTide last week.
The Plainsmen swarmed back
to the Village today after an-o
t h e r successful r o a d trip
which saw them overpower Mer­cer,
Talladega, and Georgia.
Against the Bears in Macon
last Monday, the Tigers lam-blasted
three opposing hurlers
for 20 hits and a 15-8 triumph.
Slugging Ray Williams continued
his dizzy batting pace by rapping
a triple and four singles in six
trips while Lyman Woodfin was
collecting four for six. Onis
Green was credited with the Au­burn
win.
Williams Turns Pitcher
Oh the week-end, Doyle's men
converged on Talladega where
they snared both ends of a two-game
series from the strong Bem-iston
Cats, 6-1 and 5-4. Seeking
to preserve^his pitching strength
for the Georgia series, Doyle
called upon the versatile Williams
to turn back the Cats in Satur­day's
struggle.
Then to Athens for the big con­ference
encounter on Monday,
the Tigers pounded out a" total
of 14 safeties for their seventh
straight victory. All in all it was
their eleventh win against one
loss for the season, including five
SEC conquests, and the fourth
consecutive triumph for Fresh-rn
a n Willard , Nixon. Johnny
White was the big • gun at the
platter with three hits for five.
Probable
Auburn
Stepp, 2b
White, 3b
Knowles, lb
Williams, rf
Akin, ss
Finney, If
Martin or
Woodfin,
Grant, c
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cf
•ling Lineups:
Miss. State
Grace, If
Self, ss
Bledsoe, lb -
P. Grammas, cf
A. Grammas, 3b
Schneider, 2b •
Hamilton or '
Brumley, rf
Barry, c
match of the season.
One of the ranking members
of Auburn's 1947 net team is the
Tigers' head cheerleader for next
football season. Bill Newman of
Columbus, Ga. Cheerleader New­man,
a junior, is one of Auburn's
first three performers in tennis
singles and a top ace in doubles.
j —
Last year, 30 per cent of all
p e r s o n s killed on America's
streets and highways were pedes­trians.
Watch while you walk!
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TIGER SERVERS MOVE
TO NEW ORLEANS FOR
SEC TOURNEY PLAY
Coach Luther Young's Auburn
tennis combination, in search of
its first win of the 1947 campaign,
journey to New Orleans for the
SEC tourney tomorrow.
Rained out in their attempt to
match Mississippi State at Stark-ville
last week, the Tigers have
undertaken some fancy polishing
to ready themselves for the
three-day Bayou meet...,.
Following tournament play the
Bengals return home, meeting
the Delta Staters' in their final
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SUNDAY SERVICES
10 A. M. Bible School
11 A. M. Worship
6:30 P. M. Young People's
ALWAYS BETTER-BETTER ALL WAYS
8—THE PLAINSMAN Wednesday, May 7, 1947
Joseph BeSI Concert to be Presented
At Opeliba High Auditorium Monday
Joseph Bell, brilliant young
baritone, who will present a con­cert
in the Opelika High School
Auditorium Monday at 8 p. m.,
is one of the few young artists
whose recent training includes
study on the continent. He stud­ied-
languages and music at the
University of Heidelberg and at
Munich. Unable to utilize schol­arships
to the conservatories in
Milan and Florence because of
the outbreak of the war, Mr.
Bell returned to New York and
continued his studies at the
Julliard School of Music and Co­lumbia
University.
Tickets for students are on sale
at the office of the Director of
Students Affairs, 101 Samford,
for $1.20.
As director of the American
Red Cross Collegiate Service, Mr.
Bell has recently given much of
his time to war activities. He has
also appeared as baritone lead in
"Tales of Hoffman" and as singer
in Ethel Merman's "Something
for the Boys".
Joseph Bell is a native Ala-bamian,
having been born in
Alexander City. He now claims
Mobile as his family home.
Mr. Bell, will be accompa­nied
by Billy Tamblyh, junior in
chemistry from Auburn.
UNDER THE SPIRES
Newman Club Initiates
The Newman Club, Catholic
organization which fosters Cath­olic
fellowship, culture and social
interest for Catholic students,
held formal initiation April 27
for 21 new members.
The group was welcomed into
the club by old members and a
buffet supper was served.
New members are J i m my
Brown, Meme Elizondo, Noll Van
Cleve, Joe Mocivteuski, Nadine
MacNamee, P e t e r Napolitano,
Fred Duart, J u l i u s Kilburn,
George Bring, Jim Lyle, Robert
Johnson, Ernest Fievert, Serge
Coval. James Cassidy, James
Lombardo. Will Mellvaney, Jo­seph
M a c B r i d e, F r a n c es
Mulherin, James T. Brown, Rob­ert
Sanders, and Joe Lee.
Brotherhood
Auburn Brotherhood, sponsor­ed
by Auburn BSU, will meet in
the Green Room, Pitts Hotel,
Sunday at 8 a.m. A special pro­gram
on local missions has been
prepared. Members of the Royal
Ambassadors chapter, Pepperell
Mills will be on hand to show
how work is being carried out
by local mission teams.
Every male student on the Au­burn
campus is invited to have
breakfast with the Auburn Broth­erhood
group.
Gaston Chosen
Hugh Gaston, Junior in archi­tecture,
from Lebanon, Tenn., has
been chosen new Presbyterian
representative to the Inter-Faith
Council.
CONCERT REVIEW
By Dick Inlow
Lucile Rice Jones, violinist,
and S. Turner Jones, pianist,
were heard in joint concert Mon­day
night in Langdon Hall. The
program was divided into three
sections: Mrs. Jones soloing in
the first, Mr. Jones in the second,
then both joining to present a
Sonata for Piano and Violin in
the third.
Mrs. Jones started off, in com­parison
to her later selections,
somewhat weakly, but seemed to
acquire better control and feeling
as she progressed. A point of in­terest
in her program was the
omission of any work of Lalo,
Saint-Saens, or Sarasate. Al­though
the works of these three
are generally considered as the
peak in concert violin music,
holding a place comparable to
Chopin's in the piano field, Mrs.
Jones is nevertheless to be con­gratulated
for breaking away
from what might be termed "the
beaten path".
Mr. Jones was definitely at
home with the type of selections
he choose for his part of the pro­gram;
music of the low, softer
kind, intended to create moods.
Such was the Beach Chorale, the
Debussy Prelude (an encore), the
three short pieces by Shosta­kovich,
and the intriguing work
intitled "Four Moods" by Mr.
Jones himself. It seemed to me
he was more at ease with these
then with his other selection,
Chopin's E Minor Waltz.
To me the most interesting
music of the evening was Mr.
Jones' own composition, "Four
Moods". I believe that if I had
heard this music without know­ing
the title or subtitles I would
hive been puzzled indeed, but
with the titles at hand etch sec­tion
painted a perfect picture of
just what it was supposed to
present. The best, I believe, was
the second named "Vacillation"
or indecision. The third division
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Players' 'Jason' Commended
By Tom Sellers
" 'Jason' is greatest theatrical treat of local season," says Fletcher Hicks, representative
of station WBGA, Columbus, Ga. He was effervescent with praise of the Players. In a
backstage interview at the Y-Hut after the final curtain Monday night, Mr. Hicks invited
the entire cast to his station for a program Sunday.
With a smashing finish and four curtain calls, "Jason" made its Auburn debut. After
three acts of superb acting and
brilliant dialogue, a packed house
burst forth with ringing applause
as the troupe took their bows.
The spectacle unfolded like a
sunrise over distant mountains;
a bit turgid at first, but slowly
revealed in all its thrill packed
drama. It had its rough spots, its
slow-moving moments, but the
forcefulness of the dialogue more
than made up for its weaknesses.
And our only words for Bob
Blackburn, as Mike Ambler, are
"he lives the part".
Your first-night reporter, fol­lowing
the old saw about early
birds, was on hand a good 30
minutes before the opening cur­tain.
The audience was a hodge­podge
of informally dressed un­dergraduates,
chiefly girls. By 8
p. m. the seats were filled, the
doors jammed, and our eye was
cocked on the overhead wiring,
wondering if it would support a
few spectators. A bevy of pretty .
coeds, led by Yvonne Cargile of I R?gF g _ h » J ^ ^ ! ™ . * ™ " ^
Auburn, manned our right flank.
who has grown bored with his
artificial existence-. With his bub­bling
personality, Mike finally
sells Jason on the idea that "the
common man is beautiful". And
proves it, to Jason's satisfaction,
if not to his drama critic friends.
Margaret Hatcher, as Lisa Otis,
Jason's sophistiscated wife, re­veals
a conflict of personalities.
Posing as a scion of Southern
aristocracy, in reality she is an
unemployed mill worker's daugh­ter
from South Carolina. In as­suming
a shocked attitude at
Mike's "common people" whom
she calls "lint heads", she reacts
naturally, but not * truthfully.
Mike peers beyond her veneer
and falls in love with her.
In the second act, George Mil­ler
warms to his task and puts
excellent depth of feeling into the
part. He rounds up a medley of
bourgeois from the New York
streets and invites them to a
The lights were dimmed, voices
muted, and we were ready for the
extravaganza.
The cast weathered first-act
jitters in fine fashion. Serving
mainly as a vehicle for introduc­ing
the characters, it had its
vague moments and jagged edges,
but they were surprisingly few.
Mike Ambler, playwright dis­guised
as a messenger boy, en­ters
the home of Jason Otis,
drama critic for the New York
Evening World to induce him to
read his latest work, "Hooray for
the Madam." Mike is a bubbling,
earthy character; convinced of
his own genius. Jason, ably por­trayed
by George Miller, is a
skeptical, 'polished drama critic,
i
of this work, which the program
notes said was "capable of dif­ferent
meanings", presented to
me a picture of a man atop some
high edifice contemplating the
things that lay far below him
(or perhaps life itself).
The Franck Sonata for violin
and piano brought both soloists
together for a well-performed
and fitting climax to the even­ings
enjoyment.
point the drama moves with the
speed of a locomotive. Lisa finds
her true self amid a mixed group
composed of a retired seaman, a
steamfitter and his wife, and
other uncultured characters who
add high comedy to the scene.
The climax comes at a drinking
party, when Jason unwittingly
catches Mike and Lisa in a pas­sionate
embrace.
The third act finds Jason torn
between love for his wife and
loyalty to his friend, Mike Am­bler.
His chief fear is that of los­ing
them both; he wants to lose
neither. He attends the openine
performance of Mike's play.
While he is away, Mike and Lisa
plan to go away together. Tense­ly,
we watched the action boom
to a smashing crescendo, like a
well-written symphony. Jason
fights back with his most effec­tive
weapon, words. Beginning
with high praise of Mike and his
play, he changes to a torrent of
barbed criticism, a masterpiece
of sharp invectives. The per­formance
ends with Jason pictur­ing
Mike thusly, "call him a fool,
a mountebank, but you must
call him an angel."
Supporting roles were played
with adeptness and finesse. Flow­ers
to Bill Ethridge and Lamar
Rainer, as George Bronson and
Bill Squibb, drama critics, Owen
Munro as Humphrey Crocker, re­tired
seaman, Robert L. Flower
as Nick Wiggins, Zack Adam-son
and Betty Ramsey as Mr. and
Mrs. Kennedy, a steamfitter
and his wife, Barbara Elder as
Violet, the colored maid, a nd
Wynn Hall as Miss Crane, Jason's
secretary. And a special bouquet
for Prof. Telfair B. Pcct,- Direc­tor
of the Auburn Players, who
welded the several parts of the
play into a sparkling, dynamic
whole.
Kappa Sigma entertained with
a hayride, house dance, and
weiner roast Saturday for mem­bers,
pledges, and dates.
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