The Auburn eyefuls of 1952

For the May 7, 1952 edition, the editors didn’t even need the excuse of filling the ‘Loveliest of the Plains’ slot: coeds in bathing suits, straight up, front page, extra extra.

3 Responses for “The Auburn eyefuls of 1952”

  1. auburnjunky says:

    “filling the ‘Loveliest of the Plains’ slot”

    Wow. Getting risque’ are we?

  2. [...] of vintage Auburn matchbooks (check the basketball one), and, well, what else is there to say about this other than [...]

  3. Bill Barrow says:

    Obviously not the eye-catcher of that front-page, but notice the top headline. Foy Union projected at a whopping $946,000 construction cost. Its successor — which quite frankly should have been named for Dean Foy, as well, if the board and administration weren’t so willing to sell out to a corporate sponsor — was, what, $30 million or so? Anyway, a lot more than a million.

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