Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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Governor arld Chairmah ofvhia Board of Trusfees Gordon Persons, Governor oT Alabama and Chair- man oT The Alabama PolyTechnic lnsTiTuTe Board of Trus- Tees, has The inTeresTs oT Auburn aT hearT. He is an Auburn graduaTe whose sound ideas oT business and pol- iTics carried him To The highesT oTTice in The sTaTe. Governor Person's relaTions wiTh his old Alma MaTer have been basically sound. The approval oT a large build- ing program Tund soon aTTer his inauguraTion was a large sTep Torward Tor The expansion oT The Auburn physical planT. His acTions concerning The Auburn coaching siTua- Tion were criTicized buT The Tinal resulT gave Auburn an improved TooTball Team. The Board oT TrusTees is The conTrolling hand of The Alabama PolyTechnic lnsTiTuTe and holds The Tinal auThoriTy on all major policy oT The school. The Board is composed oT a represenTaTive Trom each oT Ten congressional disTricTs and The STaTe SuperinTendenT oT EducaTion. The Governor oT Alabama appoinTs The disTricT represenTaTives and serves as chairman oT The Board. The acTion.s oT The presenT Board provide clear indica- Tions oT sincere inTeresT in The conTinued growTh and cle- velopmenT oT Auburn as a well balanced insTiTuTe oT higher educaTion. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Leff To righT, seafedz E. A. Roberts, Redus Collier, Paul S. Haley, Miss BerTa Dunn, secreTary. Sfandinqz Walker Reynolds, Frank P. Samford, Ralph P. Draughon, Jimmy Hitchcock, Ver1on S. Summerlin, W. L. Parrish, and G. H. Wright Nof shown are Gordon Persons and Joe Davis,

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plains ol dixie Iomerata published by 'I'I1e s'IucIenl body of I'I1e alabama polylechnic insI'iI'u+e In auburn JIM SHIELDS 0 EDITOR BILL MOORE 0 BUSINESS MANAGER

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PRESIDENT DRAUGHON Dr. Ralph B. Draughon is a living example of fhe fra- difional American success sfory. l-le began af fhe bol- fom and worked his way fo The fop. In I9l8 he was a freshman af Auburn. ln l948 he be- came Presidenf of Auburn. lnfermediafe sfeps included serving as an assisfanf professor of hisfory and polifical science from I937 fo I944 and execufive secrefary and secrefary of Jrhe Board of Trusfees from I944 fo I947. Following fhe deafh of Dr. Duncan he served as di- recfor of insfrucfion and acfing presidenf befween fhe dafes of Augusl I947 and Ocfober I948, In Ocfober i948 fhe success sfory was complefed when Dr. Draughon was insfalled as Presidenl of fhe Alabama Polyfechnic lnsfifufe. During his period of service as Auburn's chief execu- five, Dr, Draughon has been faced wifh many grave problems. The Korean War fhreafened fo seriously reduce The enrollmenf of The insfifufion. Shorfages of building ma- ferials provided headaches for fhe building program. Rising prices reduced fhe real income of faculfy mem- bers. Auburn had fo weafher fhe sform of an ugly foof- ball siluafion. Dr. Draughon has faced fhese and ofher problems wifh sincerify and honesfy. Solufions have been and are con- finuing fo be provided in a capable manner. Dr. Draughon's maior obiecfive has been fhe balanced growfh and developmenf of all phases of fhe Alabama Polyfechnic lnsfifufe. All branches and cleparfmenfs have been given equal considerafion and none have been freafed wifh favorifism. The resulfs of Dr. Draughon's building program can be seen in ferms of new sfrucfures on all parfs of fhe campus. Truly Dr. Draughon, in a quief and efficienf manner, is providing fhe leadership for a Greafer Auburn.