1944-06-16 The Plainsman

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VOLUME LXVIII ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1944 NUMBER 25
Scholastic Averages For
Fraternities-Sororities
For the scholastic year 1943-44 the following averages were made
by the active fraternities and sororities on the campus. The Inter-fraternity
Council will present a cup to Alpha Psi, professional vet­erinary
fraternity, for having the highest average during the period.
ORGANIZATION
Alpha Psi
Kappa Delta
Tau Epsilon Phi
Chi Omega .
Sigma Pi
Omega Tau Sigma
Delta Zeta
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Gamma Delta
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Delta Sigma Phi
Alpha Delta Pi
Phi Delta Theta
Sigma Nu
Kappa Sigma
Alpha Gamma Rho
Theta Upsilon
Phi Kappa Tau
Lambda Chi Alpha
Sigma Chi
Pi Kappa Alpha
Alpha Lambda Tau
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Kappa Alpha
Theta Chi
Phi Omega Pi
Pi Kappa Phi
POINT RATING
2.462
2.446
2.424
2.399
2.320
2.294
2.282
2.270
2.250
2.241
2.221
2.197
2.190
2.142
2.118
2.116
2.099
2.099
2.089
2.069
2.052
2.042
2.039
2.021
1.996
1.972
1.802
STUDENTS GIVE THE
OPINION ON ALAYAM
Variety Of Answers
Given When Asked
Taste Question
By Sarah Smith
"The proof of the pudding is in
the eating," and so it is with
Alayam. It's all very well to get
out a lot of advance publicity
about a new product, and espe­cially
when there's the fact of its
API origin to build on, but if it
isn't good, it's fated to be just one
of those things everyone will "try
once." However, it may be that
Alayani is here to stay. In a re­cent
poll on the campus there
were a variety of opinions. gj
When asked how they liked
Alayam, the following students
answered:
Marion Baines: "Right good.
Nearly as good as chicken—South­ern
Fried."
Edwin Ray: "Pretty good. Think
they're (here to stay."
Harriet McGuire: "Didn't like it.
Two bites and I nearly fell out.
It didn't taste like anything I ever
had before."
Anne Hopper: "I dunno. I don't
especially like 'em yet. I don't
dislike them. They could never
substitute for candy with me, still
they are something to chew on."
Kitty Alsobrook: "I like alamalt
best. The candy's okay, but the
ice cream is best."
Maxy Howard: "Alamalt is the
best. I like the candy, too. Any­thing
that's candy suits me."
Willodean Jordan: "Alamalt is
better than ordinary malt, not be­cause
it's from Auburn either."
. Fay Campbell: "I tried the
cereal. It was good. It's better
than corn flakes. Wish they
served it more often."
Clytee Johnson: "The milk­shakes
are delicious, but they're
just too much—especially just be­fore
dinner."
Gene Richardson: "Too much is
just too much, but it tastes pretty
good, I guess. I like alamalt, and
I wanta try the ice cream."
Pat Patterson: "Alamalt is fine;
better than anything you get back
home. I'm gonna try everything
else they've made—candy, cereal,
etc. See me after that."
ALUMNUS FLIES
'WAR EAGLE' ON
92 MISSIONS
With 92 missions over enemy
occupied countries to his credit,
Capt. Julius P. (Pat) Maxwell,
former mechanical engineering
student from Selma paid a visit
to the campus this week while on
leave. He flew a Thunderbolt
(P-47) which bore the "War
Eagle" insignia sent him anony­mously
by an Auburn student.
Capt. Maxwell has been award­ed
the Air Medal with three oak
leaf clusters and the Distinguished
Flying Cross with' two clusters.
Entering the service in January,
1942, he received his training jn
Texas. He received his wings Dec.
13 at Moore Field, Mission, Tex.,
and was later assigned to the
Eighth Air Force. His home is in
Selma.
SABERS
ELECT NEW
OFFICERS
At a recent meeting, Sabers,
honorary m i l i t a r y fraternity,
elected officers for the summer
quarter. Those chosen were: Cap­tain,
Norman B. McLeod, Jr., a
junior in science and literature
from Dothan, Ala., SAE chaplain,
and a member of the Executive
Cabinet; 1st Lieutenant, James F.
Luquire, junior in mechanical en­gineering
from Birmingham, pres­ident
of Tau Beta Pi, and member
of Pi Tau Sigma, and ASME; 2nd
Lieutenant, Robert F. Snelling,
junior in mechanical engineering
from Columbus, Ga., and a mem­ber
of Pi KA, and ASME; and 1st
Sergeant, Robert C. Humphrey,
sophomore in aeronautical engi­neering
from Columbus, Ga., SPE
historian and a cheerleader.
'PLAYERS'
NEW CAST
SELECTED
Tryouts for the Auburn Players'
summer quarter production, "Dan­gerous
Corner," were held last
Monday night.
The cast selected will practice
at the Y-Hut under ithe direction
of Mr. Telfair B. Peet.
The feminine lead, Olwen Peel,
will be played by Marie Duchac,
who lhas appeared in "Papa Is
All," Pennywise," and "Yes and
No." She is a sophomore in chem­ical
engineering, from Atmore.
Gordon Argo, freshman in the
School of Science and Literature,
from Central Park, Birmingham,
will play the part of Robert
Chatfield. Freda Chatfield will be
played by Winifred Jean Hall,
freshman in education, from Titus.
Charles Stanton will be played
by William Cole, freshman from
Birmingham; and Gordon White-house
will be played by Lawrence
Allen Callen, freshman in science
and lit, from Auburn.
Elizabeth Deese, junior in sci­ence
and literature, from Ozark,
has been cast in the play as Betty
Whitehouse. She is president of
the Players, and has acted in sev­eral
of their recent productions.
Susan Brown, a junior in sci­ence
and literature from Auburn,
plays the part of Maud Mockridge.
WHEN THE GOING
GETS TOUGH ON THE
GRIDIRON MEN - - -
Once there was a little college
begun at a country cross-iroad. The
town .that built around it bore a
name selected by a young woman
from a poem written by an Eng­lishman.
The name was "Au­burn."
And it became to be known
as the 'Loveliest Village'—and the
friendliest.
As it went through the painful
stages of growth, two things be­gan
to take shape. They were the
football team and a spirit—a spirit
like none other in the land. And
they assisted one another—each
dependent upon the other.
Grim, inexperienced country
boys, (yes, Georgia calls us the
"bold peasantry" in their year
book) caught a little of that spirit
and became ripping tornadoes on
the gridiron. The students follow­ed
them everywhere, keeping that
spirit alive with "War Eagles" and
"The Victory March." It wasn't
killed by an occasional defeat.
That just made 'em mad. And the
spirit prospered.
Last year the gridiron game
wasn't played at Auburn. Too
many problems presented -'them­selves
at one time. But the spirit
lived on. We defeated Alabama in
basketball.
So we say to the football men,
you've got something extra.
You've got the best coach, an hon­ored
name to fight for, and a good
prospective team. But you have
something else to assist you in
your hard, tough training. It's an
undying, all-out spirit.
Remember that as you train,
And remember it this falL
*War Eagle" Is Ours
Mr. J. B. Hobdy
Says Cry Originated
In Phi Delt House
President Duncan, at a mass
meeting held last quarter, gave
the student body the true origin
of "War Eagle" as told to him by
Mr. J. B. Hobdy, Director of the
Division of Vocational Education
in Montgomery. The Plainsman
promised to secure the facts and
print them for the benefit of the
student body. Here they are as
given to Dr Duncan in a letter
from Mr. Hobdy:
"When I entered the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute in early Sep­tember,
1894, I had occasion to
visit the hall of the Phi Delta
Theta Fraternity. At that time
the hall was located over Bill
Cullar's Grocery Store on the cor­ner
in front of Shell Toomer's
Drug Store, now occupied by the
Bank of Auburn. Two or three
members of- the Phi Fraternity,
who were accompanying me about
the hall showing various pictures
on the walls, called my attention
to one of a group of former Au­burn
cadets of the early 80's. They
were attired in full military dress
suits consisting of tight-fitting
spiked tail coats with braided col­lars.
The breasts of the coats and
the spiked tails were heavily
trimmed with brass buttons. The
head gear which they wore con­sisted
of a helmet with- leather
strap under chin. On top of the
helmet was perched an eagle with
wings outspread as if to take off
in flight. The whole effect was
that of the dress type West Point
uniform.
"One of the boys called my at­tention
to this picture and said:
"Those are our 'War Eagles' of
days gone by." The military dress,
including the eagle capped hel­met,
prompted the thought that
' Wa* Eagle' was a very significant
name for those full dressed Au­burn
cadets of that full dress era.
"From time to time during the
days and evenings that followed,
members of 'the Fraternity, refer­ring
to that particular picture,
would make some remark about
Auburn 'War Eagles.' Occasion­ally
on /the streets and sometimes
down in O'Hara's Bottom, on those
nights when groups would gather,
some exuberant fellow, stimulated
by Auburn's 'spirits' and feeling
extraordinarily good, would cry
out, 'War Eagle.'
"In 1898, after the sinking of the
Maine, an incident that preceded
the Spanish-American War, while
I was doing graduate work at
Auburn, several of my classmates
entered the armed service and
participated in the Cuban cam­paign.
As plans were being made
for the Expeditionary Force to
sail to Cuba, at which time the
war spirit prevailed, some pros­pective
soldier, who doubtless was
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SEBASTIAN, HARMONICA
VIRTUOSO, TO PLAY HERE
WSGA HEAD
CLARIFIES
RULINGS
Since (there has been some mis*-
understanding concerning certain
rules, Betty Cosby, president of
WSGA, announced the following
two rules. These are not new
rules, according to her statement,
but have not been clearly under­stood
by the students.
First, if a girl goes out to
Chewacla Park and will be gone
after 6 o'clock she must sign an
out-of-town permission slip. If a
girl returns before 6 o'clock she is
not required to sign out. These
slips must be signed in by 9:30.
This, however, does not mean that
the girl must stay in the dormi­tory
after 9:30. She may sign out
again until she is ordinarily due
in.
Second, a girl is not to go to a
fraternity house before 4 p. m. If
she has a date for lunch she may
be in the house during lunch.
Auburn Enfcecs
Fifth War
Loan Drive
Auburn's quota for the Fifth
War Loan, which opened June 12,
will be $382^00, of which $100,750
must be sold in E Bonds, it was
announced by Prof. W. D. Salmon,
city chairman of the Auburn Com­mittee.
Organizations for white
and colored groups have been set
up.
The recreation center band from
Ft. Benning presented music and
a moying picture on Toomer's cor­ner
last Thursday in the first
public rally of this drive. Ralph
B. Draughon, executive secretary
of API, made a short talk stressing
the importance of increased ef­forts
on the home front.
At a committee meeting Thurs­day
night, June 15, Prof. Salmon,,
said, he expected to have com­pleted
committee appointments
and to move forward with the
present plans. The drive closes
July 8.
Theta Epsilon,
Honorary Society,
Elects Officers
Louise Jacks, senior, New Mar­ket,
was recently elected president
of Theta Epsilon, honorary soro­rity
for home economics women.
Other officers elected for the
summer quarter include Ruth Tip­ton,
junior from New Market,
vice president; Theresa Gunter*
senior from Geraldine, secretary;
Mary Evelyn Jefferson, senior
from Auburn, treasurer; and Jes­sie
Mae Moseley, senior from
Montgomery, reporter.
SUMMER, YOU OLD
Football prospects are shown in calisthenic formation on Drake Field as they undergo a part of the
rigid training ihey must have prior to eventual scrimmage. Auburn's entire coaching staff. Head Coach
"Dutch" Voyles. "Shorty" Propst, "Swede" Umbaeh, Wilbur HutselL and Jeff Beard are assisting in
the initial training. ...'•>
PLAYS HARMONICA
Concert Artist, Appearing June 28
In Amphitheatre, Plays With Symphonies
Students, servicemen, and townspeople of Auburn will
have an opportunity to hear, admission free, John Sebastian,
nationally known harmonica virtuoso, when he appears in
concert at the amphitheater on June 28.
Sebastian lhas appeared extensively in recital, including
a concert at Town Hall in New York City. He has* been
soloist with the Philadelphia Or­chestra,
the Rochester Civic Sym­phony,
and the NBC Symphony.
On the radio he has appeared as
the guest of the Coca-Cola Hour,
(the Philco Hall of Fame, the
Chamber Music Society of Lower
'Basin Street, the programs of
Rudy Vallee and of Lanny Ross,
and has also given a fourteen
week series of solo recitals over
the Blue Network.
In nominating the harmonica as
America's basic musical instru­ment,
he likens it to the bagpipe
of the Scots, and the guitar of the
Spaniards. Sebastian, himself, has
been a harmonica player since
childhood. However, he differed
from the majority of American
children in that he did not stop
with sitting on back fences keep­ing
the neighborhood awake. He
has proven that the harmonica is
capable of the serious interpreta­tion
of music in the classic field,
as well as the traditional folk
music.
When John Sebastian turned to
music as his career, he was turn­ing
his back on all that he had
planned, and all that he had edu­cated
himself for. He had been
slated for the diplomatic service.
After graduating from schools in
his home town, Philadelphia, and
from Haverford College, he
studied two years in Rome. Then
he returned to Philadelphia to
take up law.
(Continued on Page 4)
John Sebastian, the harmonica
virtuoso, who plays in the am­phitheater
at Graves Center on
Wednesday evening, June 28, has
played extensively in recitals,
concerts, and for radio. The con­cert
will be free to college stu­dents,
service men, and the pub­lic.
Methodist Student
League Changes
Time Of Meeting
The new time for the Methodist
Student's-League is 8:15 Sunday
evenings, Ralph Porter, newly
elected president of ithe Wesley
Foundation, announced. Ralph, a
senior in veterinary medicine
from Quincy, Fla., said the hour
was changed so students could
attend the combined church serv­ices
in the amphitheater before
coming to League.
Fellowship Hour, a social gath­ering
in ihe lounge of the Foun­dation,
will be held at 9. All stu­dents
are invited to take part,in
both services.
Other activities at the Founda­tion,
located at 111 S. Gay include
church school at 9:45 a. m. with
special classes for college men
and women. Prayer and medita­tion
is held at 7 p. m. Wednesdays.
This program lasts 15 minutes.
The building, equipped with li­brary
and recreational facilities,
is open evenings until 11.
Other officers elected for the
summer quarter are as follows:
vice-president: Bob.Scogin, Dora,
senior in chemical engineering;
secretary-treasurer: Norma Den-ham,
Prattville, senior in com­mercial
art; worship: Gladys
Bently, Notasulga, sophomore in
home economics education.
Recreation: Jean Wilson, Au­burn,
senior in high school; world
friendship: Irene , Long, Blue
Creek, sophomore in School of
Science and Literature; com­munity
service: Nan Williams,
Panama City, Fla., junior in School
of Education.
THE TI6ER NOSE
Four gobs running up Toomer
Street in pursuit of Auburn track
man who broke Naval formation.
He wasn't caughtl
* * •
That the IFC should be com­mended
for prohibiting flowers
and corsages at all fraternity
dances for the duration.
* * *
A petty thief breaking in one of
the frat houses on the campus was
pledged by that fraternity before
he could escape! Bad. but not
quite as bad as the two freshmen
sporting pledge b u t t o n s who
couldn't name the fraternity that
they had pledged.
ON THE CAMPUS
Interfrat Council Meets
A very special meeting of the
Inierfraternity Council will be
held Monday night at 7 o'clock in
room 301 Samford. All members
are urged to be present.
Also Photographer
Anyone interested in taking pic­tures
for the Glomerata and The
Plainsman, and who has had
previous photography experience,
is asked to contact Mr. Kirtley
Brown, in Samford Hall.
And Reporters
Anyone interested in writing,
cartooning, or doing any other
type work for The Plainsman,, is
invited to come down to The
Plainsman office on Tichenor
Avenue anytime between 7 and
11 o'clock Monday night.
Musicians Needed
Mr. Paul Bidez, bandmaster,
says that he is badly in need of
musicians to fill many empty
places in the band. He would like
to have anyone who 'has ever
played any instrument, in any
band, to see him on a school after­noon
about four o'clock at Lang-don
Hall.
'Any player is needed, but Mr.
Bidez says he particularly wants
those capable of playing clarinets,
flutes, oboes, bassoons, French
horns, a bass horn, and snare
drums.
Red Cross Asks
Now that D-Day is history, and
V-Day is the thing anxiously
awaited, there is a greater need
than ever before that .those who
must remain on the home front do
everything possible to speed vic­tory.
Right here in Auburn there is
an opportunity for girls to utilize
their leisure time in furthering
the invasion. There are bandages
to be rolled and sweaters to be
knitted. Get in touch with Mary
Jo Bridges at Dorm IV, if you
haven't been participating in this
work. No special training or ex­perience
necessary! Volunteer to-day!
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As It Now Stands
A recent emphasis placed upon several
of the rules governing coeds in this insti­tution
has caused much unfavorable com­ment
among the students. After hearing
the student side of the controversy, in
which some misinformation was prevalent,
and hearing the administrative side of the
issue, also considered in some of its phases
as unjustifiable, we want to present to the
students the situation as we think it exists.
The question primarily investigated was
the rule stating that coeds may not visit the
park, Chewacla, after 6 p. m. without
parents' written permission. With parents'
consent they may visit the park until 9:30
on every night except Saturday, at which
time they may secure late permission until
11 o'clock to attend an approved chap­eroned
party at the lake.
According to Mrs. Marion Spidle, dean of
women, this is one of the rules "inherited"
by her when she took over her present
position. It was brought up and passed
upon some years ago by a special commit­tee
composed of some fourteen men and
two women, one of which now is Dean
Spidle.
The rule, according to Dean Spidle, is
one of "protection for the coeds." It was
pointed out that since the lifeguard at the
lake is dismissed at 8 or 9 o'clock in the
evening this leaves the lake unsupervised
for those swimming or canoeing. It was
also pointed out that there is little in the
form of entertainment, other than the
aforementioned, that can be found at the
lake after 9:30.
Actual steps such as trying to catch of­fenders
will not be practiced, nor has it
ever been. Students not conforming to the
regulation will merely run the risk of get­ting
into serious difficulties should some
unfortunate, unforeseen accident occur.
This rule, as are others, is to insure parents
that so long as students abide by the rules
they are well protected.
However, there are other sides to the
question, and some of these were pointed
out to Dean Spidle, who is chairman of the
Social Committee. As a result, it was sug­gested
that a modification of the rule be
arranged and submitted to her to be
brought up before the members of the
committee at the next meeting, some two
weeks, off. Two students, the present Ex­ecutive
Cabinet President, Gibbs Ashley,
and President of WSGA, Miss Betty Cosby,
will be invited to take a part in the pro­ceedings.
We have always considered Chewacla as
a spot of recreation, a place to gather in
the summertime, a favorite spot where
dancing, cold drinks, bull sessions, weiner
roasts, and hayrides might be enjoyed in
informal, beautiful surroundings. If there
be any danger associated with the lake, we
feel sure that most of the coeds will be will­ing
to forego that after-9:30-swim or boat-ride
in order to keep the park open for stu­dents
at any time.
We dislike bringing this up, but we had
much rather see students at the lake than
at the once-famous stadium. After all, it's
several miles to Chewacla and only several
steps to the stadium. And Chewacla of­ficials
charge admission. And who in Au­burn
has tires, and gas to waste, or for that
matter, how many have cars?
It seems that a large number of the coeds
have difficulty in understanding the rules
as they are read out at house meetings.
Some seem to think that the rules are read
in such a way as to leave a hazy, or en­tirely
different picture when compared to
the true meaning. Thus, it would seem
that the proper thing to do, and this could
be referred to WSGA, would be to get out
another written copy of all rules governing
the inhabitants of girls' dormitories and
distribute them, so all may possess a copy.
When additional rules are made they
might be posted on the bulletin board to be
added to the existing list. It seems that the
old book containing such information is
completely out of date.
One particular example of misunder­standing
concerns the park. When a coed
obtains late permission to attend a party
held at Chewacla, she does not have to re­port
back to the dormitory to sign in at 9:30
unless she is to attend another function
held later that same evening, presumably a
formal dance.
The coed enrollment has, in the last few
years, increased enormously at Auburn,
and the conditions have been improved
upon to a very commendable extent. We
feel that much of this improvement has
been brought about by efficient adminis­tration,
a thing that must be exceedingly
well respected. *A good example is the
women's grade point average of last quar­ter—
the highest it has ever reached.
So it is with deep respect and considera-"
tion that we criticize those who make the
regulations, realizing that we probably en­joy
more freedom in social life than any
other college in the state, but also pointing
to our good record as justification for rea­sonable
right to offer criticism.
We invite and encourage the students to
voice their opinions in letters to The
Plainsman. We are particularly anxious for
criticisms or "whys and hows" that may
concern the modification of any rules.
Alayam—Auburn Scores Again
"Over the years the research of this in­stitution
in agriculture has been outstand­ing
with the result that today our Experi­ment
Station enjoys an enviable position
throughout the country." So reads a por­tion
of the annual report submitted by
President Duncan to the Honorable Chaun-cey
Sparks, governor of Alabama, and to
the Board of Trustees at their meeting be­tween
the spring and summer quarters.
Added proof to the statement came last
week in the form of ALAYAM, the new
sweet potato product perfected by one of
Auburn's leading* agriculturists, Professor
L. M. Ware. The product was put on the
market Friday in Auburn and Opelika,
and at this writing there has been no re­port
made as to how sales have progressed,
but comments picked up here and there
are extremely favorable. We congratulate
Professor Ware and his associates on their
contribution to the war effort.
And while we're on the subject of agri­culture,
here is something else of interest
we found in the committee report. It reads:
"It is a matter of interest that the School
of Agriculture and the Agricultural Ex­periment
Station have been one of the
best training grounds in the South for the
development of leaders in Agricultural
Science and Research. The soil fertility
work of the United States Department of
Agriculture is now in charge of an Au­burn
graduate, who completed his. work
here in 1917. The head of the Department
of Agronomy at Iowa State College worked
for this institution for about seven years.
The head of the Department of Agro­nomy
at Purdue University also worked
in the School of Agriculture and Experi­ment
Station for a number of years and
received a considerable part of his ex­perience
and training here. The head of
the Ohio Experiment Station received a
large part of his early experience with
the Alabama Experiment Station, and
probably because of this southern experi­ence
was appointed head of the Depart­ment
of Agronomy at North Carolina State
College a few years ago and has been since
promoted to be the Director of the North
Carolina Experiment Station.
f^-MUST BE THE
JTHEY C/U-L POP QUIZ:
Around The Editor's Desk
Forgetting politics, advice to freshman, tart jokes, and regu­lar
column material, we're going off on a tangent and write
about something we have always wanted to discuss. And that
is the art of fishing. Several visits to Chewacla have convinced
us that the pastime is a fairly popular sport among students
and we just can't help giving the little knowledge we have
accumulated from fishing in this part of the country to those
who care to glance over our humble observations. The only
reason the author pretends to write on the subject is because
he has been indulging in the sport since he was large enough
to crawl to a creek bank. Giving advice on the subject is a
ticklish undertaking; never have we stuck our neck out so far,
but here goes.
First let us classify the fish commonly found in this part of
country, and please pardon us if they're rather "home-made".
It's the way we learned them from the colored people and the
other common "doodlers". There are trout (to most cork-and-line
anglers this includes all the large-mouth, bass-looking pis-catorials),
the sucker, the many species of catfish, bream and
the perch, crappie, "buffalo" or carp, and possibly some of the
larger minnows that grow to a weight of several ounces or,
rarely, over a pound. There are others but they aren't com­monly
found or fished for in this section of Alabama. . . •
Now let us consider the tackle. For river fishing, we use a
long, light, well-seasoned cane with heavy line, a hunk of lead
about the size of a marble, a cork about the size of an ink bot-
> tie and tested line, all of which can be purchased at nearly any
hardware store. The hooks should be of medium size, short-shanked
and the curved portion about the size of a dime. For
creek or pond fishing, use a smaller, long-shanked hook, small­er
cork, sinker, and pole.
Since we have had more experience with bream, we'll dis­cuss
this type first. Find a likely looking location where the
water is deep, preferably clear eddy water. Adjust the cork
so that the hook is a few inches off the bottom.
For bait we prefer the young larvae from a wasp nest. (The
heck of it is getting the wasp nest without considerable regret.)
The larvae are white and seem to be more attractive to the
bream. Since bream have such small mouths, only one larvae
should be used and the line jerked taut at the first good bobble
of the cork. Bream strike viciously for such small fish, and
usually carry the cork under with the first bite.
Live green grasshoppers are very good. Red worms and the
country "wiggler" which is very different from the sluggish,
tender earthworm, are next in our classification for bait. If a
crawfish should be caught, pinch off the tail, peel it, and use
the white meat for bait. It is also good for catfish.
For catfish, (mud, willow or channel, blue, and yellow) the
"wiggler" seems best, but grasshoppers, and crawfish tail are
good substitutes. These, except for the channel cat, are fished
for with the hook and bait on the bottom of the stream. The
hook is well covered with the squirming worms since catfish
have an unusually large mouth and can swallow a large bait.
Minnows, penny winkles, and small whole crawfish are used at
times with good results.
For the trout, the minnow or kicking grasshopper near the
surface of clear water seem best. Trout or bass tackle living,
moving things more quickly than lifeless, dead objects. (We're
excluding the bait-casting rod and fly rod entirely in our dis­cussion
since that is a job for a technician and far above our
capacity for discussion.)
The bait for the crappie is very similar to that for trout or
bream. This type fish is not prevalent throughout this part
of Alabama as is the bream and trout, however.
For suckers and carp, the doughball or bread bait is best.
These fish have a peculiar sucking-like mouth which is very
tender. They feed off the botttom almost exclusively and sel­dom
take ordinary bait such as worm or grasshopper. Addi­tional
hooks placed beneath bait are often used to hook the
fish in the side when the jerk is made.
For minnows, any of the above bait may be used, but the
larvae, worm, and grasshopper in that order seem best.
When stringing a fish up that has been caught, thread the
line through the upper and lower lips instead of through the
gills, and the fish will live longer, since the gills of a fish are
comparable to our lungs. You can figure out the reason why.
We have probably said a lot of things that many of you will
not accept. If so, please drop us a line and correct us. We are as
interested in learning more about the art as anyone.
Campus Cross-Country
By SUSAN BROWN
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Pat Richardson, colunist for the
Purdue Exponent, reports that
while walking across the Purdue
campus he met a V-12 who was
humming "I'll get along . . .", and
noticed later that he, Pat, was
humming the same tune in the
same easy way. Meeting some ac­quaintances,
he stopped to chat.
When the confab disintegrated, he
noted that everyone involved was
humming a snatch of the same re­frain.
From there on every third
person he met was making the
same music and by the .time he
got to the Union building people
not singing "I'll get along . . ."
were being classified as queers.
* * * * *
Nathaniel Peffer, writing in the
January, 1943, issue of Harpers'
Magazine, says a few tilings about
the once-derided "education
through doubt" which were print­ed
Lehigh University's Brown &
White as a front page editorial.
"Does anybody remember how
cogently it was demonstrated a
few yeans ago that our younger
generation (had been de-moralized
by skeptical professors, devitaliz­ed
in spirit by the destructive
criticism of intellectuals, and de­prived
of faith and courage by';
following false literary gods?
What now of these young men,
cynical and without faith and de­moralized,
at Bataan, on Guadal­canal,
in the waters of the Coral
Sea, and off Midway Island?.
"That generation was skeptical,
coolly analytical, hard to ignite.
And it still is.
"The moral—that though nega­tion
is bad, false affirmation is
worse. That men cannot come
genuinely and solidly to believe
anything until they have learned
to disbelieve everything. That a
skeptical generation can meet a
great test. And even perhaps thait
a skeptical generation may be bet­ter
equipped to face the postwar
world — less likely to fall for
adolescent illusions, more likely
to build securely—than one which
took things on authority."
* * * * *
" . . . the maidens who flunk
tests are those who go 'sockless'
from the first of March", accord­ing
to a Southeast Missouri State
Teachers' College professor.
* * * * *
Steve Jack and Mel Woody,
Purdue music columnists took is­sue
in their column with the state­ment,
"Oh, for the good old days
of Jazz", pointing out that al­though
the "influence of these
men and groups of men (Jelly Roll
Moron, King Oliver, McKinney's
Cotton Pickers, and the Original
Dixieland Jazz Band) had on the
music of today will never be for­gotten",
the last few years have
produced an individual "brilliant"
for every one of the "Golden Age"
and have added the spontaneous
playing of t he "Golden Age", with
its accent on "playing the feeling"
by arranging, use of technique
and polish.
* * * * *
"In most instances, the colleges
will revert to t h e pre-war pattern
of higher education", according to
a college survey conducted by
Arthur Brandon, Vanderbilt Uni­versity.
The colleges favor train­ing
for war veterans at govern­ment
expense. Most of the colleges
included in t h e survey plan new
buildings and other improvements
postponed because of the war. The
accelerated program, most of the
educators feel, is here to stay,
but they believe that no student
should be required to follow it
during undergraduate days. The
general trend is to be away from
the technical studies and toward
the humanities, and graduate
study and research will increase
vastly and become more and more
of professional significance.
WAR EAGLE!
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
in this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
Fraternity rush week has come
and gone. The going, we believe,
was more welcome than its com­ing
to both the upperclassmen and
the freshmen. At its best rush
week is a hectic period—and the
freshman who finds himself in an
unfamiliar environment and faced
with .the obstacles of orientation
is especially confounded by the
entire procedure.
The freshman leaves the fa­miliar
board fences of his home
town, the friends he has known
all his life, and sets out for college.
The college may not be more than
ten miles from his old haunts, but
to him he is entering an entirely
new world, a world that will pre­sent
varied and engaging prob­lems.
But no problem at any time
in his life will be as baffling or as
unique as the major one he will
encounter during rush week.
Before coming to college the av­erage
freshman considers from all
angles the feasibility of pledging a
fraternity. He weighs the pros
and cons carefully. He discusses
the matter with his parents and
perhaps with some older person
who has been affiliated at some
time with a fraternity. All in all,
the chances are that he has prob­ably
decided that he will pledge
a fraternity as soon as gets to col­lege.
About the time that he makes
'this decision, the monster "Doubt"
rears its ugly head, and our fresh­man
begins to wonder if he will
get a. bid to a fraternity. But
cloaking his fears beneath his
youth he boards the train and
heads for his college career.
The train arrives, and h e is met
by a howling mob of fiends who
stage a tug-of-war game (this is
meant more literally than figura­tively)
over his luggage. Before
he can introduce himself, he is
whisked off to a fraternity house
—and then the fun begins.
If our freshman smokes, a hoard
of cigarettes are at his disposal—
any brand he prefers. If he wishes
a steak for dinner—a steak it
shall be. He finds himself seated
in the softest, deepest overstuffed
chair that the house possesses. If
things are proceeding according
to schedule, about this time the
faint tinkle of the dinner bell will
be heard, and the mob will make
its way—led by the rushee, of
course — into the dining room.
After the meal is over, the good
brothers will crowd around him
and sing their repertoir of fra­ternity
songs.
When the singing is over and
the scrap books, trophies, and the
autographed pictures of successful
alumni have been examined and
the rushee seems visibly im­pressed,
several of the more ex-„
perienced elders of the fraternity
will take him aside into one of the
back rooms and proceed to give
him the works. Among the ex­perienced,
this is prosaically re­ferred
to as "the hot box."
He will hear a vivid history of
the glorious organization—which
winds up with the version that
their credit is good in any store in
town and that the fraternity
house has long since been paid
for (later the freshman will grad­ually
learn that the house is well
covered with vines and mort­gages).
Then the good brothers
really get down to serious busi­ness.
They tell the beknighted
frosh that they have had all kinds
of letters from alumni recom­mending
that he be pledged im­mediately.
They tell him that he
is wonderful, his character is a
shining example of the true per­son
he is—and that he is just the
type of boy that they want in
their fraternity. And won't he do
them the honor of wearing this
little pledge button—as an act of
good faith of course.
If the freshman's tongue is
dragging on the floor, chances are
that he'll make a desperate lunge
half-way across the floor to get
it. But, if on the other hand, he is
a little hesitant, he'll probably ask
if it won't be all right for him to
write his parents and perhaps
think it over for a little while.
However, our wily upperclassmen
are prepared for that one. Alex­ander
Graham Bell wasn't born
for nothing — so out comes the
trusty telephone and the last line
of defense crumbles. And so, an
hour later, out staggers the fresh­man,
a glassy look in his eyes—
buit wearing a pledge button none
the less.
Frankly, we believe that the
poor frosh doesn't stand a Jap's
chance during rush week. There
are a number of stories spreading
about that s e e m remarkably
(Continued on Page 4)
J u n e 16, 1944 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
SERVICE PERSONALS
Aviation C a d e t Donald A.
Waitzman, of Birmingham, former
Auburn student, has reported for
duty at the Big Spring, Texas
Bombardier School, where he will
begin his bombardier training.
Cadet Waitzman was a member
of SAE fraternity while at API.
* * *
William T. Callen, Ctenton, was
commissioned Ensign in the Na­val
Reserve this week following
completion of training at the Na­val
Air Training Center, Pensa-cola,
Fla. Ensign Callen was a
student in chemical engineering
while at Auburn, and a member
of PiKA fraternity.
* * *
L/t. Hubert Loosen, Auburn, for­mer
API student, has been award­ed
itlhe Ah- Medal, it was an­nounced
from the Headquarters
Tenth Air Force in India recently.
Li Loosen is now or. duty with
the Tenth Air Force Fighter-
Bomber Unit in the Eastern Air
Command.
* * *
Cecil L. Champion, Hope Hull,
former student of mechanical en­gineering
at Auburn, was com­missioned
a Second Lieutenant in
the Marine Corps Reserve recent­ly
at the Naval Air Training Cen­ter,
Pensacola, Fla. Lt. Champion
visited the campus last week.
* * * ,
Marine S e c o n d Lieutenant
Theodore McGuire, Centerville,
graduated r e c e n t l y from the
Forty-Seventh Officers' Candidate
Class, Marine Corps School® at
Quantico, Va. A former student
at Auburn, in Agricultural Edu­cation,
he was a member of Alpha
Gamma Rho fraternity.
* * *
Jose M. Silverstein, Birming­ham,
a graduate of API, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant
in field ar-tillery upon completion
of the Field Artillery Officer Can­didate
course at Fort Sill, Okla.
* * *
Second Lt. John C. Lindsay,
former student at Auburn in aero­nautical
engineering, has been as­signed
to duty at Seymour John­son
Field, N. C, for combat flight
training.
* * *
Pvt. John Belue, Jr., of Camp
Rucker, recently visited his par­ents
in Auburn. He is a former
student of Landscape Architecture
at API and a member of Kappa
Sig fraternity.
* * *
Pvt. Tom Simms left recently
for Vancouver, Waslh., where he
Miss Doris Pope .
Weds Pfc. Shuler
In Chattanooga
The marriage of Miss Doris
Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. O. Pope, of Chattanooga, Ten­nessee,
to Pfc. James Mead Shuler,
of Aiken, South Carolina, took
place recently at the Brainerd
Eaptist Church, Chattanooga.
The Reverend B. F. Collins per­formed
the ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father, and had as her
maid-of-honor Miss Bettye Under­wood,
of Chattanooga.
Bridesmaids were Misses Jo
Matlhis, Shirley Anderson, Mary
Louise Bigley, and Betty Hiltz, of
Chattanooga, and Miss Anne
M o o r e of F o r t Lauderdale,
Florida.
Pfc. Shuler had as his best man
his brother, Lt. Col. Cyril O.
Shuler. Ushers were Dunlap
Brown, Bill Shirer, Eugene Castel-low,
Pfc. Dan Moseley, and Pfc.
Claud Mauberrett, all of Auburn.
A reception at the home of the
bride's parents on Green Lake
Road in Chattanooga followed the
ceremony.
The bride will live in Auburn,
where Pfc Shuler is- stationed
with the ASTP Vet Unit.
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University of Oregon* in October.
He is a former pre-med student at
API, and a member of Kappa Sig
fraternity.
* * *
Aviation Cadet Henry C. Jones,
who attended API in '42, Jerre L.
Pearson, 1942-43, and William C.
Reid, graduate of '43 in Chemical
Engineering, have reported to tihe
pre-f light school a t Maxwell Field,
to begin another phase of their
•training in 'the U. S. Army Air
Forces.
* * *
xLt. Roy T. Fuller, former Au­burn
student of agriculture -and
member of Alpha Gamma Rho
fraternity, was a recent visitor on
the campus.
* * *
Lt. Frank Wyatt, recent gradu­ate
of OCS at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
visited Auburn this week. Lt.
Wyatt is a former student at API,
and a member of Sigma Chi fra­ternity.
* * *
Captain E. G. Ruth and Major
F. H. DuBose, formerly connected
with the military department at
API were on the campus last
week.
* * *
Shirley A. Smith, former stu­dent
of Science and Literature,
visited Kbe campus this past week
before leaving for a new post in
Los Angeles, California.
Tomlinson-Gardner
Wedding To Occur
In Early Summer
The marriage of Miss Sara
Louise Tomlinson to Mr. Harmon
Austin Gardner of Auburn and
Fort Payne, Alabama, will take
place in the early summer.
Miss Tomlinson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Tomlinson
of Falkville, Alabama. She gradu­ated
from Athens College, Athens,
Alabama, and has served for the
past year as an assistant on the
staff of the dean of women at
API. She has continued her-col­lege
work here and received her
degree in Home Economics from
API in May.
Mr. Gardner is the son of Dr.
and Mrs. W. A. Gardner, Aubum.
He is a graduate of API and re­ceived
his Masters Degree from
Rutgers University. He is at
present employed by the Depart­ment
of Agriculture in Fort
Payne, Alabama.
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
Omega Tau Sigma
Fetes Housemother
And Old Members
OTS fraternity entertained last
Saturday night to welcome its new
housemother, Mrs. N. C. Petty,
and its members who have just re­turned
to civilian life after the
disbandment of the Fifth Com­pany
ASTP.
In addition to members, the new
housemoliher, and other guests,
were Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Fitz­gerald,
who have recently return,
ed from Florida.
Refreshments were served and
Mrs. Peddy was presented to
those attending during the eve­ning.
Miss Virginia Adams
Marries Lt. Mundhenk
At Fredonia, Alabama
The marriage of LaMerle Vir­ginia
Adams, of C h a m b e rs
County, Alabama, to Lt. Robert
Lee Mundhank, of Pearl River,
New York, has been announced
by Mr. and Mrs. Auber F. Adams,
parents of the bride.
The wedding ceremony took
place at the Fredonia Methodist
Ohurch and was performed by
Reverend W. O. Wade, of Lang-dale.
Mrs. Mundhenk attended API,
receiving her Master of Science
degree in 1941. She is a member
of Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa
Delta Pi honorary societies. Dur­ing
her junior year she was secre­tary
of WSGA, and president
during her senior year. She was
a member of Cardinal Key, Phi
Omega Pi sorority, and was rep­resented
in Who's Who in Ameri­can
Colleges and Universities, as
well as being chosen a "Favorite"
for <Hhree volumes of the Glomer-ata.
Lt. Mundhenk attended API
two years and graduated from the
United States Naval Academy in
1941. Since graduation from An­napolis,
he has been assigned to a
ship in the Pacific area.
WSGA ELECTION,
VICE-PRESIDENT,
TO BE TUESDAY
Election of WSGA vice-presi­dent
is to be held Tuesday from
8 a. m. to 1 p. m. Polls are to be
at the door of the WSGA office in
social center.
Junior and Senior girls are eli­gible.
Those who wish to qualify
are asked to meet the qualifica­tions
board Monday at 5 p. m.
CAMPUS DANCE
SPONSORED BY
THETA UPSILON
Theta U sorority sponsored a
Moonlight Dance last Saturday
night on the terrace in back of
Social Center.
This was the first of a series of
all-campus dances to be presented
this quarter on Saturday night.
These dances are informal, and all
students, servicemen and towns­people
are cordially invited to at­tend.
During the past year the all-campus
dance has proved to be
quite a success. At first they
were held on Samford Terrace,
and later held in the gym. Music
is recorded and there is no charge
to those attending.
Any organization on the cam­pus
interested in sponsoring the
dance one Saturday night is asked
to contact a member of Theta U
at Dormitory IV, and ttiat sorority
will be glad to turn the dance
over to the organization for that
weekend.
This Saturday night, however,
there will be no all-campus dance,
as it would interfere with the one
to be given by the Naval Radio
School (trainees.
Alpha Gamma Rho
Elects Officers
Alpha Gamma Rho held its first
regular meeting on June 8, and
elected the following officers: Roy
Gregory, Vice-President, who will
serve for the president. Malcolm
Dykes was elected new Interfra-ternity
C o u n c i l representative,
while Warren Browning was
elected reporter.
The following is a list of pledges
now living in the Alpha Gamma
Rho house: Milton Meadows, Col-linsville,
Clifton Barrow, Red
Level, Fontelle Wingard, Mont­gomery,
Jerome Glaze, Athens,
Ralph Hartzog, Clayton, John
Wayne Thompson, Bear Creek,
and Buris Boshell, Bear Creek,
Alabama.
Mrs. Henry H. Trost is now
serving as housemother for the
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity.
KEEP 'EM }
Contest:
What To Call
New Clubroom
WSGA is sponsoring a contest
to name Khe new clubroom, lo­cated
in the basement of Dormi­tory
I.
The contest is open to all wo­men
students and the suggested
names are to be handed in to the
WSGA office in Social Center by
6 p. m., Saturday.
The club room is to be dedi­cated
to the first three women
graduates of Alabama Polytechnic
Institute — Kate Broun, Willie
Little, and Kate Teague.
The winner is to receive a prize
of $3.00 worth of war stamps. The
girl who hands in tfae winning
name is to be announced Tuesday.
Mrs. N. C. Petty
New Housemother
Omega Tau Sigma, professional
veterinary fraternity, whose house
is at 138 Toomer Street, (has a new
housemother, Mrs. N. C. Petty,
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length... write often. And
to make these frequent
visits-by-mail more en­joyable,
use Eaton's Fine
Letter Papers . . . they
carry a message of good
cheer between the lines.
formerly a resident of Lochapoka,
Alabama.
Mrs. Petty is by no means new
to the majority of people in Au­burn,
as she has lived and worked
here since the death of her hus­band,
who was in the dairy busi­ness
in Lochapoka.
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THIS IS IT! This is the big push
you have been waiting for!
Our fighting men are storming the
beaches of France in their march to
Berlin.
What about you} Are you ready
to match this spirit with your War
buy is so much more power be­hind
the big push . . . the push that
will send Hitler and Tojo into ob­livion.
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Get behind the invasion drive!
Invest MORE than ever before!
Double. . . triple . . . what you've
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ALABAMA NATURAL G A S CORPORATION
THE IDEAL LAUNDRY
Auburn. Alabama
Observance of the following suggestions will aid in handling your laundry in Ihe
shortest lime and most satisfactory way to you.
1. Use the laundry bag as furnished by the laundry wilh your number on it. Using
your room-mate's or friend's will cause unnecessary delay on account of your
package having to come back unlaundered. Tie your laundry bag.
2. Write your name and street address plainly on yoilr laundry ticket and make
out an accurate list of garments you place in the bag. Responsible white ladies
check the contents of each bag. A difference in your count and ours is recounted
by two ladies and error noted on ticket.
3. Be sure that you put only your own laundry in your bag. Articles bearing
another number will be returned unlaundered.
4. Da not attempt to erase or change numbers on garments as
it will delay the laundering of the garments. If marks are
to be changed get an order from the office directing the
marker to make the change.
5. The $12.00 laundry fee allows you $3.00 of laundry, cleaning, and pressing each
week and includes wash suits and wash trousers, also heavy sweaters 50c. sleeve­less
sweaters 35c. double wool blankets 75c, single wool blankets 50c, double cot­ton
blankets 50c. single cotton blankets 35c, quilts 35c, overcoats and top coats
$1.00; coveralls 40c. polo shirts 25c, sweat shirts 25c, bathrobes wash 50c, DC
75c, trench coats $1.00, comforts $1.00, jackets 75c—last three articles done at
owner's risk only. Government rulings prohibit laundering of curtains. Socks
and handkerchiefs are done at owner's risk because of Government ruling.
All over $3.00 will be charged list price less 25%.
Claims will not be honored without laundry ticket, and presented with 24 hours
from date of delivery.
We handle rayon fabrics according to National Association formula, but do not
guarantee colors nor shrinkage.
COLLECTION SCHEDULE
Those rooming in private homes shoud have their laundry made up an4 bring to
plant Monday.
Those rooming in Garden Court should have their laundry made up and should
bring it to plant Tuesday.
Those rooming in Women's Dormitories should have their laundry made up so
that it can be picked up Saturday afternoon.
Failure to bring your laundry in at time specified will delay completion at least
48 hours.
If you have not received your laundry back with regular bag, put in pillow case
and bring it here on lime.
All laundry, except from Women's Dormitories, will have to be called for at office.
Laundry begins week of June 5.
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COACH AND PROSPECTS
Summer Intramura
Softball Tournament
Will Start Monday
New Backstops Added To Playing Field
Promise Faster, More Interesting Games
Intramural softball will get under way Monday after­noon,
beginning the sports events for the summer quarter.
Games will be played from 6:30 until 8 in order that Bullard
Field might be used. New backstops have been added and
it is hoped that much in the way of speeding up the progress
of the playoffs will be obtained by these aids.
There will be three leagues,
each league being made up of five
teams. A . triple round - robin
schedule will be followed. This
will allow each fraternity to play
12 games besides the playoffs. The
playoffs will be between the lead­ing
team of each league and Will
be played on the double elimina­tion
basis.
Each team must elect a manager
and also an umpire and these two
names should be turned in at the
P. E. department or given to
Coach Evans or Council Sapp. The
deadline for handing this in will
be Monday noon.
Schedules have been printed
and may be obtained at the PE
office. The games on the schedule
that are called off on account of
rain, or that are tied, will be
played on the Friday following
the unfinished game.
Boys that are in restricted PE
or who have permanent excuses
must have a note from a doctor
stating that they are physically
able to participate in softball
games. These must be turned in
before the first game. All boys
that have medical discharges from
the Army are eligible to play un­der
this set up.
Other sports that will be offered
this summer will be tennis, golf,
swimming, badminton, and table
tennis. Fraternities are urged to
be considering whether they will
enter a team in these sports or
not. All fraternities planning to
have an entry in golf and tennis
should get their entries in by
Wednesday noon at the PE office.
League I
Alpha Psi (1st Team), Phi Delta
Theta, Lambda Chi, Sigma Nu-
SPE, and Kappa Sig teams.
League II
Alpha Psi (2nd team), OTS (2nd
team), Sigma Chi, P5KA, and
Faculty teams.
League III
OTS (1st team), KA-Theta Chi,
SAE, Phi Kappa Tau-Delta Sig,
and ATO teams.
I Program Begins
Five On Dean's List,
School of Engineering
J. E. Hamnum, dean of the
School of Engineering, announced
the following students as compos­ing
the Dean's List for the sum­mer
quarter. The selections were
made on the basis of grades made
in the past spring quarter.
William Clayton Cook, senior in
electrical engineering; Clarence
Thomas Estock, junior in mechan­ical
engineering; Warner Randall
Sinback, senior in electrical en­gineering;
and Norman Otto
Walker, senior in aeronautical en­gineering.
Two of these, Cook and Sin-back,
will complete their require­ments
for graduation on June 30.
Coach "Dutch" Voyles instructs two prospects in the finer
points of blocking, something he has stressed since the first day of
practice.
Presbyterian College
Homecoming Opponent
'WAR EAGLE'
Games to be played next Mon­day
are: League I, Phi Delt vs
Lambda Chi; League II, Alpha Psi
vs Faculty; League III, Phi Kappa
Tau-Delta Sig vs SAE.
Tuesday: League I, Kappa Sig
vs Sigma Nu-SPE; League II,
Sigma Chi vs PiKA; League III,
OTS vs ATO.
Wednesday: League I, Alpha
Psi vs Sigma Nu-SPE; League II,
OTS vs PiKA; League III, KA-Theta
Chi vs ATO.
Thursday: League I, Phi Delt vs
Kappa Sig; League II, Alpha Psi
vs Sigma Chi; League III, Phi
Kappa Tau-Delta Sig vs OTS.
(Continued from Page 1)
acquainted with the pictures of
other days on some fraternity hall,
while walking down the streets of
Auburn, would give forth a 'War
Eagle' yell.
"In 1926, while in conversation
with an Auburn student, who, too,
was a member of the Phi Delta
Theta Fraternity, I was asked
whether I had ever noticed the
kind of uniform the cadets at Au­burn
wore in the early days of the
institution. He doubtless had in
mind that old 'War Eagle' picture
handing on the wall of his fra­ternity.
"We boys call them 'War
Eagles'," he said, "because of the
eagle surmounting the helmet of
those Auburn warriors of other
days."
"It may be that the picture I
have referred to could be found
amoi^ the archives of the Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity at Auburn.
If not, similar pictures doubtless
hung from the walls of other fra­ternities
in Auburn about that
time and might be found.
"The Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
was organized in 1879. The Alpha
Tau Omega Fraternity came into
being the same year. These were
followed by Kappa Alpha in 1883
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 1886;
then by the Sigma Nu, each of
which probably dated back to Au­burn's
full dress eagle crowned
cadet period.
"In the above I have related cer.
tain facts which, to my way of
thinking, bear on the origin of the
expression 'War Eagle.' I have
mentioned facts which I think
may throw light on the use of that
term, which later developed into
an Auburn slogan."
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Seventy-three Men
Enter Saturday
Scrimmage
Presbyterian College will be
Auburn's opponent in the annual
Homecoming game October 7, ac­cording
to Coach "Dutch" Voyles
in a statement issued late today.
Announcement of the Home­coming
opponent left only one
game to be scheduled as spring
practice advanced into the third
consecutive week with prospects
for a top-notch team looking
somewhat better than most Tiger
fans had expected. Coach Voyles,
along with Coaches "Swede" Um-bach,
"Shorty" Propst, and Bob
Evans, seems to have polished up
his charges remarkably well con­sidering
that most of the boys
were both young and inexperi­enced.
Most of each afternoon's sideline
spectators seem to think that
Voyles has acquired a great deal
of material physically as plenty
of weight is present on the prac­tice
field. Few eye witnesses can
determine exactly how the team
will stack up mentally. Morale
will no doubt pick up as practice
continues and each individual be­comes
more familiar with that
Auburn' spirit and those things
concerning it that we as students
cherish so much.
With one or two exceptions the
linemen still look rather clumsy,
but constant blocking practice has
improved that phase of the work
a great deal.
Little can be said concerning
the backfield prospects. Punting
has been fain with only one or two
men producing results all Tiger
fane hope to see. Curtis Kuyken­dall,
only varsity letterman Voyles
has from the '42 Tiger team is one
of the best ball carriers on the
field. Clifford Grubbs, All-State,
All-Southern player from Auburn
High, is another back slated to
give the opponent trouble. Most
speotators viewing practice each
afternoon pick Kuykendall and
possibly Grubbs over 73 prospects,
six full teams, as the only sure
starters when Auburn opens the
season against Howard in Mont­gomery,
September 29.
Coach Voyles recently listed the
following linemen and backs as
the men he will pick this year's
Tiger team:
Ends
Russell
Adams
Reid
•Ballard
Williams
Garrett
Simms
Hoffman
Stringeu
Barnett
Davis
Yearby
West
Brooks
Ezell
Gregory
Brewer
McKenzie
Tackles
Pate
Snell
Wozniak
Jones
Mayo
Mertz
Silverburg
Willoughby
Sourherland
Barker
Harper
Grimes
Whiteside
Guards
Cahoon
Harris
Simms
Woods
Hillegass
Wilson
Ponder
Centers
Calhoun Crump
Robinson Autry
Galbraith Lewie
Kelly
Backs
Kuykendall
Thomson
Taft
Dupree
Barton
Paul
Garner
Trussell
Hawkins
Holly
Lang
Bowles
McLein
Batdrof
Stevens
Henderson
Tabor
McDaniel
Lawrence
Smith
Grubbs
Swindell
Goode
Condon
Inman
Thames
Reynolds
SEBASTIAN
(Continued from Page 1)
However the appeal of the har­monica,
on which he had always
been an extraordinary performer,
grew, and that of embassies
waned. After his first professional
appearances, it was clear that
American audiences heartily con.
curred in his choice.
The concert here will be open to
the public, and no admission will
be charged. Wednesday evening,
June 28, a t 8 o'clock is the time.
WAR EAGLE
(Continued from page 2)
funny. We understand that one
fraternity sends out pledge but­tons
through the mail to prospec­tive
incoming freshmen advising
them to wear them to Auburn.
Another tale concerns two fresh­men'
who were wearing pledge
pins and when asked what they
had pledged they weren't exactly
sure—but they did have a hazy
idea of where the house was. An­other
kid—and we checked on the
authenticity of this—walkecV_into
a frat house wearing the pledge
pin of another fraternity. The
members of said house questioned
him about it, and the poor kid
said that the fraternity down the
street had given it to him—but
evidently lihey forgot to tell him
that wearing a pin denotes that he
is a pledge.
In all sincerity we can't believe
that fraternities are acting in
their own best interests. We know
for a fact that some of the fresh­men
don't realize the importance
attached to such a step—and we
believe that the fraternities them­selves
are pledging boys so rap­idly,
Without giving them the
chance to get out and look around,
that in the long run the boys so
pledged will not make the good
fraternity men that they want.
We don't know what the reac­tion
of the fraternities would be
to a closed rushing plan. Perhaps
not so closed as that by which the
sororities aire governed, but a
more rational plan nevertheless.
We believe that in the long run
all the fraternities would profit
YOU'LL ALWAYS
BE PLEASED WITH
The
S
Food
erved
AT THE
GRILLE
The Grille is Auburn's
finest and most modern
restaurant.
The Grille invites the
students to come in of­ten
for "the best food
in town."
THE AUBURN
GRILLE
JOHN GAZES, Mgr.
RENT A BIKE
CHIEF
(ACROSS FROM CHIEF'S U-DRIVE-IT)
Graduate At Vanderbilt
Dietetics Department
A new class of twelve internes
one of which is Miss Marrjorie
Prince, Auburn graduate, in the
dietetics department of Vander­bilt
University Hospital has just
been announced by Miss Maniza
Moore, director of the department.
These internes have all recently
completed an undergraduate de­gree
in nutrition' or home eco­nomics,
and will complete a year's
in-service training at Vanderbilt
before qualifying for membership
in the American Dietetic Associ­ation.
Vanderbilt Hospital, like most
institutions offering the Associa­tion's
training program for in­ternes,
has stepped up the sched­ule
so that 12 internees are ac­cepted
each year rather than nine
as was the case before the war.
Many of those completing train­ing
here are now serving in mili­tary
hospitals in this country and
abroad.
by it immensely—and we surely
feel that the freshmen would.
According to a ruling establish­ed
by the Interfraternity Council,
a pledge can break his pledge
whenever he wants to — but he
cannot repledge in another fra­ternity
for a period of six weeks.
So look here, you freshmen, if
you feel you were roped into any
thing, don't feel hesitant about
backing out now. You may find
that the group you have elected to
associate with is not what you had
expected a t all—and your years in
college may be happier ones if you
settle with a more' congenial
group.
SATURDAY
ANN MILLER
JESSE BAKER
in
'JAM SESSION'
Technicolor Special
'WINNER'S CIRCLE"
Sport Reel
"Snow Sports"
Owl Show Sat. 11 P.M.
DONALD O'CONNOR
PEGGY RYAN
in
'CHIP OFF THE
OLD BLOCK'
Animal Special.
"EAGLE vs. DRAGON"
Sunday - Monday
CARY
G R A N T
in
'ONCE UPON
A TIME'
with
JANET BLAIR
Pete Smith Novelty
"Water Wisdom"
Latest Invasion News
EXTRA! EXTRA!
AUTHENTIC
INVASION SCENES
A 10-minute "Latest War
News" film will show the act­ual
scenes from the invasion
coast of France, both from the
sea, land and air. The first
time ever shown in Alabama.
TUESDAY
ALLEN JONES
JUNE VINCENT
in
'SING A JINGLE'
Color Cartoon
"No Mutton For Nuttin'
Popular Science
and Sport Reel
"Back Yard Golf"
SICK BAY 1
Patients1 at Drake Infirmary in
the week of June 12-16 were as
follows:
Students: Joe W. Branson, J. C.
Denton (out), A. D. Miller (out),
Jack E. Catlin (out), Harold Bar­ker
(out), J. D. Carroll (out).
Naval Radio Trainees: Ernest L.
Lamberth, Walter Mikrut, Nathan
Litman, James Sullivan, James
Gingrey, M. M. Koogler, William
Copenheaver, C h a r l e s Hansen
(out).
BUY WAR BONDS
AND STAMPS
"SAY IT WITH
FLOWERS"
King's Flower Shop
Phone 611 Nite 365
MARTIN
"THE PLACE TO GO"
Saturday, June 17
Double Feature
No. 1
OVERLAND
MAIL ROBBERY
With
WILD BILL ELLIOTT
No. 2
WEIRD WOMAN
With
LON CHANEY
ANNE GWYNNE
Also
Chapter 3: "Masked Marvel"
Cartoon:
"Great Man In Siam"
Sunday & Monday
June 18-19
It Will Raise the Roof!
UP IN MABEL'S
ROOM
With
MARJORIE REYNOLDS
DENNIS O'KEEFE
• GAIL PATRICK
MISCHA AUER
You've Never Seen Such
• Goings-On!
Latest War News
Cartoon:
"Jasper Goes Fishing"
Tuesday, June 20
Double Feature
No. 1
SLIGHTLY
TERRIFIC
With
LEON ERROL
ANNE ROONEY
EDDIE QUILLIAN
No. 2
OUTLAW
ROUNDUP
With
DAVE O'BRIEN
JIM NEWILL
Also
"Hollywood Snapshots"
Wednesday, June 21
HIGHER AND
HIGHER
With
FRANK SINATRA
MICHELE MORGAN
JACK HALEY
Sport: "Touchdown Tars"
Novelty:
"Sportsman's Memories"
Thursday, June 22
THE HEAVENLY
BODY
With
WILLIAM POWELL
HEDY LAMARR
It's Sky High Funl