| API President L.N. Duncan welcomed FDR with a handshake
as the visitor's Cadillac stopped behind the Quad Dorms. President
Roosevelt got a booming ovation from the crowd occupying special bleachers
when he started his speech with the familiar, "My friends." In his
address he urged Auburn students to work toward helping the South become
self-sufficient. He also said he had been strictly neutral about
the Auburn-Georgia football game, noting that he was a part-time resident
of Warm Springs, Georgia, but added: "Perhaps (next fall) I shall lean
a little bit more toward Auburn." Auburn beat Georgia 7-0 in Columbus
eight months later. -- Photo: Ann B. Pearson |
