The first thing you see when you open this book is great clip art. They chose a lot of fabulous line art, the first being a hand that would, a generation later, mean something to the Monty Python crowd. But here we're interested in the photographs.
This outdoor lecture is taking place at the lathe, which was donated to the University in commemoration of Auburn's contribution during the Civil War. It was built in Selma to make canons for the Confederate army, but was buried in central Alabama to avoid capture by the Union Army. A Birmingham company used it until 1936 when it was donated to the University. Auburn, for its part, closed as an institution during the war and served as a military hospital.
On the right margin you can just see one of the front corners of Samford Hall. Those trees in the background? Some of them are still growing. I've never seen classes held at the lathe, but traffic patterns on that part of campus have changed a bit over the years.
Love those white socks with the wingtips on the professor.
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