Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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PRESIDENT RALPH BROWN DRAUGI-ION The academic year I950-51 was an uncerTain period Tor all Americans. IT was a year which demanded The TinesT leadership in every Tield oT endeavor. No one realized This uncerTainTy more Than Dr. Ralph Brown Draughon, Auburn's energeTic presidenT, Faced wiTh The grim consequences oT The Korean War and American RearmamenT, PresidenT Draughon moved sTeadily ahead in all possible phases of his proposed 254,000,000 building program. Dr. Draughon ToughT To beT- Ter The condiTions in each of The insTiTuTion's IO schools. No one branch or school OT The college received more Than iTs share of aTTenTion Trom Auburn's earnesTly devoTed presidenT. Auburn men and women everywhere had reason To be proud oT The honesTy and characTer oT Their president Ralph Draughon conTinued'To supply The sarnersincere, hon- esT and devoTed leadership which had characTerized his Tenure as presidenT. H ' OLYTECHNI GOVERNOR GORDON PERSONS The gubernaTorial inauguraTion oT Gordon Persons on January I2 broughT an Auburn man back home, Tor wiTh The governorship of Alabama wenT The chairmanship oT The Alabama PolyTechnic lnsTiTuTe Board of TrusTees. Gov- ernor Persons' subseguenT appoinTmenT To The Board OT 'l'rusTees of men who realized Auburn's poTenTialiTies, seemed clearly signiTicanT. Governor Persons' inTeresT in Auburn's adminisTraTive aTTairs became Too well known wiThin Two days al7Ter his inauguraTion when The coaching sTaTT came wiThin his Tire. Auburn men realized This was an unTorTunaTe siTuaTion in which a man was being criTicized Tor demonsTraTing a love.

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Top Row, Ieff To righf E. A. Roberis, IST Disfricfg V. S, Summerlin, Znd Dis nolds, 41h Disfricfp Joe Davis, 51h Disfricf. Boffom Row, lefT To righfz W. L. Frank P. Samford, 9Tl1 Disfridg W. J. T F V fTtQ,, , HIS EXCELLENCY, GORDON PERSONS Governor a'ncl Chairman of The Board of Trusfees . C 'Ve vig- Tricig .Jimmy Hifchcock, 3rd Disfricfg G. H. Wrighf, 3rd District: Walker Rey- Parrxsh, bih DISTFICT: Paul S. Haley, 71h Disiriclg Redus Collier, Bih Dislricfg erry, STa'le Superiniendenf of Educaiion. E ALABAM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Auburn's conlrrolling hand, The Board oT TrusTees, sTruqgled Through anoTher oT iTs quadrennial shake-ups in February, l95l. Governor Persons' appoinTees, HiTchcoclc, RoberTs, SamTord and WrighT, seemed To be old hands aT The game as They wenT aboui Their bu-siness on The Board slowly buT careTully. Auburn supporTers waiTed nervously Through The Touchy coaching siTuaTion Tor some reacTion from The Board: To The saTisTacTion oT True Auburn and sTaTe supporTers, The Board's reacTion seemed Tavorably in agreemeni' wiTh Presi- denT Draughon. Their TirsT move was To approve Dr. 'Draughon's proposed Tour million dollar budqeT almosT unani- mously. The public seemed convinced ThaT The Board and PresidenT Draughon were working hand-in-hand Tor The rapid advancemenT To The one goal--THE GREATER AUBURN.

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'Z C,LIY1iECs 5' FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ARTS BIISHEO 211 xfb 1, sf Q ' IRES EA.RCZH EXTEPJSIOI4 INSTRUCTION.H , c4'L D X O I DR. DAVID W. MULLINS Execufive Vice-Presidenf of A. P. I. needs and wants of fhe sfudenfs come firsi IHE ADMINIS The Ierm Alabama Polyiechnic InsIiiuIe legally cle- noies Ihe relaiively small body of a dozen men Ihai com- prises Ihe A.P.I. Board of Trusrees. Taken more liberally, however, Alabama Polyiechnic InsJriIuIe implies a vas'r sysiem of ins+ruc+ion, research and exiension leaching. The Board of Trusiees has vesred in Presidenr Ralph B. Draughon adminislraiive powers over Ihe insliruiion. Im- mediaiely succeeding Draughon in execuiive posirion is Dr. David W. Mullins, Execuiive Vice-Presidenr of A.P.I. Appoinied by Jrhe Presideni, Jrhe Execurive Vice-Presidenl, as pui forih in his sIaI'emenI' of duries in I949, shall be 'Ihe ranking adminisiraiive officer of all divisions of ihe insI'i- Iuiion and shall relieve 'rhe Presidenjr, insofar as possible, of l'he deiails of his adminisiraiive duiiesf' The disiribuiion of responsibilily on ihe level below Draughon and Mullins is vesied in 'Ihree difsrincily separale deparimenrs: insfruciion, research and exiension. II is 'rhrough Ihese Jrhree Thai A.P.l. serves 'rhe sraie and 'rhe Souih Io Ihe exleni oi which no oiher organizaiion is capable. The insiruciion division is under rhe direclion of Dr. Michel C. I-Iuniley. In This capaciiy Dr. I-luniley, whose official Iiile is Dean ol: rhe Faculiy, coordinaies, correlares and supervises The 'ren schools of Ihe college. The Dean of Ihe Faculiy acrs as chairman of Jrhe Council of Deans and as chairman of 'rhe Curriculum Commildree. In Ihe pasi year, while serving A.P.I., Dean I'IunI'Iey has been honored wiih seleciion by Who'is Who in America. Supervising The research division, which is devored Io finding soluiions Io The many problems conironiing The presen'I' generaiion, A.P.I. is Ioriunaie in having Dean E. V. Smirh. Dr. Smiih srepped inro 'rhe direciorship of Auburn's exiensive research program upon +he resignarion of Dean Ivl. J, Funchess in January, I95I. Dean Smirh was long