Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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I a HIS EXCELLENCY soma UP1 BIBB GHAVES AND IFE Firsl personages in Jrhe Slaie are Governor Graves and .his charming wife, Dixie Bibb, who was appoiniecl io fill ihe unexpired ierm od Senaior Hugo Black when lhal dislinguished Alabamian was elevale io ihe Supreme Couri. Senalor Graves Jrhus became Jrhe lirsl Alabama woman io serve in ihe Senale ol ihe Uniled Slales. Boih lhe Governor' and his wife are clescendanls of lhe SJraJre's lirsi governors and members oi one ol ihe olclesi, mosi progressive and liberal families in Alabama- We are proud of ihe lad Jrhal The Gov genuine iriencl l ernor and lhe Senaior are s o Auburn. We appreciale Jrheir noble ellorls in behalf of lhe Alabama Polylechnic lnsiiiuie.

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Wm it,-F ADMINI T RALPH BROWN DRAUGHON ExecuTive SecreTary The ExecuTive SecreTary assisTs The PresidenT in all maTTers in- volving The adminisTraTion oT The College. InTo his oTTice come all The problems arising Trom relaTionships oT TaculTy, sTudenT body. and paTrons oT The College. He handles The mulTiTude OT deTails connecTed wiTh The TormulaTion and ex- pression oT policies. His duTies are inTiniTe in varieTy. He acTs as an adviser oT men, secreTary To The ExecuTive Council composed oT Deans oT The College, and as general coordinaTor of college acTiviTies. All Things come across his desk. WhaT- ever The problem. iT is his iob To geT someThing done abouT iT. LT. COLONEL FRED C. WALLACE Head of The School of MiliTary Science and TacTics For The pasT eighTeen years The School oT lvliliTary Science and TacTics aT Auburn has received The highesT possible raTing by The War DeparTmenT during iTs annual inspecTions. The school comprises a Field ArTillery and an Engineer uniT oT The senior division OT The Reserve OTTicer's Training Corps. Upon gradu- aTion Trom The MiliTary De-parTmenT. The sTudenT may make applicaTion Tor appoinTmenT as a second lieuTenanT in The OTTicers' Reserve Corps. The school oTTers courses which noT only Train The sTudenT Tor service in The regular army. buT also Training which is a valuable parT oT his general educaTion. GEORGE PETRIE Dean of The GracluaTe School For more Than TiTTy years The College has conducTed courses in graduaTe worlc. The GraduaTe School oTTers The opporTuniTy To sTudy beyond The Bachelor oT Science degree in nearly every deparTmenT. Auburn is carrying ouT a greaT program of re- search. invesTigaTing The resources oT The STaTe and The m0ST proTiTable way To uTilize Them. Research is emphasized as The chieT characTerisTic oT advanced sTudy: Thus The sTudenT is given Training Tor leadership in The TuTure progress oT The STaTe- The lvlasTer's degree is awarded Those sTudenTs who have suc- cessTully compleTed The requiremenTs Tor iT. ProTessional de- grees are given Tor noTable success in The pracTice OT engineer- Ing aTTer graduaTion. MISS ZOE DOBBS Dean oT Women and Social DirecTor The QrowTh of The women's sTudenT body is a remarkable Teafure OT The recenT developmenT oT The college. ATTracTeCl by The PVGCTical and scienTiTic oTTerings oT The insTiTuTion. mOI'e and more women are enrolling as sTudenTs. The Dean OT Wom' en encourages This movemenT and sTrives To develop CTOSS TeIaT'Qn9hlPS beTween sTudenT and college. as well as Wider P5fJfICIpaTion in campus acTiviTies by women sTudenTs. The Social DirecTor approves all evenTs placed upon The Calendar oT The STudenT Social CommiTTee. arranges Tor chaperoneS Tor dances. and handles all The deTails involved in enTerTainmq The hundreds oT visiTing girls who come To Auburn Tor The dar1C95-