“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson
Looking toward the future By Jim Killian
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he way John and Rosemary Brown decided to attend Auburn almost seems whimsical, although it really wasn’t. They were both students at FreedHardeman University (at that time a junior college) in Henderson, Tennessee – a small, private institution where enrollment even now is just under 2,000. John and Rosemary both applied to Auburn sight unseen. One of their good friends, Ken Fike from Jasper, Alabama, was an unabashed Auburn fan, and John and Rosemary drove down to the Plains with him (he had a car!) and they ended up as students at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The two, who first met in math class at Freed-Hardeman, took their studies seriously, and did well. 12 Auburn Engineering