Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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FOOTBALL WEEKENDS v DANCES 0 PEP RALLIES 0 MEMORIES

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ln dedication of service to Alabama Polytechnic institute Dr. Ralph B. Draughon is without equal. During a period of 40 years association with the A.P.I., his career has en- compassed both extremes, of the freshman in 1918 and the President in 1943. No period in Auburn's history is comparable to the eight years that Dr. Draughon has lead the administration. lts expansion so ably guided and the unification of the lnstitutels branches are achievements which speak for themselves. Dr. Draughorfs character and educational vision have been demonstrated on numerous occasions in his determina- tion to make Auburn non-partisan in state politics and to establish its needs on the basis of its educational value as an accredited lnstitute. Not only has Auburn been so fortunately blessed with such a capable chief executive but also with his first lady. Caroline has been outstanding as the gracious. sincere and much respected first lady and hostess whose Warmth and friendliness have made her a friend of all who know her. The students of the present and the future are fortunate that these unrelenting efforts have made for Alabama Poly- technic lnstitute a position of educational stability and prog- ress through the constant efforts to meet the needs of an expanding institution. Proudly the students make this dedication from gratitude to the Draughons. TO THE GOVERNOR AND BOARD HIS EXCELLENCY, JAMES E. FOLSOM JAMES E. FOLSOM AUSTIN MEADOWS WALKER REYNOLDS JOE DAVIS PAUL S. HALEY V. S. SUMMERLIN DRAUGHO OF TRUSTEES W. L PARRISH REDUS COLI-IER E. A. ROBERTS JIMMY HITCHCOCK G. H. WRIGHT FRANK P. SAMEORD NS

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FILLED OUR AUTUMN DAYS 3 ZSWZQZQVW A Ar .N YN 2' aw t X-.... Keeping the ole Aulwurn War lflagle llying high at all the pep rallies and footlmall games were the seven eheerleaders headed hy Buddy Jaeolvs, Spirit has always heen the pride of Aulmurn and the Spirit Connnittee under john Wiatt made Sure the iliigers were lmaeked lvy the entire student lyody eaeh time they took the field. Ever seeking to improve the intellet-tual and eultural as- pects ol' eollege life at Auliurn, the Coneert and Lecture Series scheduled: Une Plus One with the dranlatie reading duo, Basil Rathlrone and Helen Gahagan Douglas. This yearis Burn the liulldogn pep rally was the most inlpressiye of the year. lfirst the toreh hearing students inet in Ross Square and later proeeeded to Higgio Flats where they' lit the huge harnhre, A War lfagle was heard as eaeh sorority' threw a repliea ol' a Georgia Bulldog into the lilaze. The 1955 Auhurn 'liigers eompleted their hest loothall season in oyer twenty years as they rolled oyer the 'Xlalmania Crimson Tide in Birtninghatn and later niet Vanderlmilt in the Gator Bowl on Deeeinlwer 31, under the eye ol' a nation wide television network. Art lViooney' provided the inusie and twenty-one eharining Auhurn eoeds provided the glamour lor the annual Ullli- CvI.0SlERfX'I'-K Beauty' liall on Oetoher 22. 'lihe Beauty Ball was the most sueeesslul in the history ol the ey ent. :X Nlont- gomery teleyision station eoyered the Ball and the entire judging was laroadeast oyer WJHO in Opelika, At the Ball the nuinher ol eandidates was narrowed down to the eight Hnalists who are appearing in the Beauty Section ol the G1,oytr:Hy'l' y.