Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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,. rg' f- EE,- aa -ra 5.-.it ,J +3 .-fs!! WH!! be true l 'ii' 01:5 A. P I Avo X ADVA OF S l 1 rf this Auburn is not limited to physical expansion alone . . . A faculty that is constantly growing and improving emphasizes that Auburn's primary purpose is to educate-and to educate well. Mutual respect in student-faculty relationsg vital leadership of students, a faculty and administrationg inspiring and enduring devotion for the institutionlwgfhich fills each graduation class as J -. its members spin into the whirlpool of today . . . 5, A- ese are some of the things thag 371. .aff-471' make Auburn. They are the thingsduat make past a necesiity in meeting Q'-fr' ziiii 5:1 f squarely the satisfying, hgfeful-changes aig i f-2 3 lar lj : ygfhege are some -tw' in . an- as 4:31 ,,,. - I ' Li iq . 'l, .i fu : I ' . 1 1 .'-- ,- of the things which malteiall Auburn me ' Y Usflflalile ,-1 ,,-5..s- 4 v-, 4, -, Q. ' - -X 4- ani . . fa A . MS- pride and the future With' Ifif sfo i if -fi , ' 'A QT -' 1 N '.'i 'Y--u .vc - fc' - 'fi l ,ll2+Q12f'5 Ti if ' i JWI' 1: -if . Qi -ef l ' J' '.' l ' r A Ja- V f ' nil rf - 4- if P 3 .,. . ,sy 'if -r. .fi1 .llwi ,llgllli 25 -f 'L-if . .gat , lit nf - 'MN' 9428 ':.??- 4 'ar i LEA iii? li' ' V' V :? 1l., -1 'i 'r it-3354? '41 s is 7 Pix Q 55 RM-ff i ' ' 'i fr. . -'.'-fr!-4'i.'f ' ': :i, i:,if7' C 'I ' V 'Z-, 1 'fr' T.. '1 ff 'S -. 'fi UW? -- - 'im' 1 he Alma Mater was composed by Bill XVood, '2 5. :au MQ, Fm' 1 -fi? 3' A iii-l'.,ali:5iZi1,.-' :'.' ,1f Ls-4 Ji 3' 1 ix' ki ,f F ? T A . A --A-ff'.F:L.'Q3 1' 7'-- ,rv i'ff.1T':f'-'E i'- - L- ..f , A ,A , .....f- 7': .'1'5'+wT-1' , .'-1 5 on.

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Goa Gordon Pemom Gordon Persons, Governor of Alabama and Chairman of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Board ol Trustees, has the interests of Auburn at heart. He is an Auburn graduate whose sound ideas of business and politics carried him to the highest olhce in the state. Governor Pe1'son's relations with his Alma Mater have been sound. He approved a large building program fund soon after his inauguration which was a large step Forward for the expansion of the Auburn physical plant. The Board of Trustees which has the controlling hand of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and holds the Hnal authority on all major policies of the school, is composed of a representative, appointed by the governor, from each ol the congressional districts and the State Superintendent of Education. The actions of the present Board provide clear indications of sincere interest in the continued growth and development of Auburn as a well balanced institute of higher education. HIS EXCELLENCY, GORDON PERSONS Gofvernor and Chairman of Ifze Board of Trusleruv 0 rd 0 f Trufteef Left to right, Doctor Joe Davis, Honorable Redus Collier, Honorable G. H. Wriglit, Honorable Paul S. Haley, Miss Berta Dunn, Secre- tary, Doctor W. J. Terry, Honorable Franlc P. Samford, Honorable E. A. Roberts, President Ralph B. Draughon. l IZ , fiwriaf '. U..i:.,-,,g!r.'. .err l . 2521.-:PV - 1 53 ,ww ,gif