Mary F. Jackson To
Reign Over Ball
Chosen "Commerce
Queen" by Vote Of
Business Students
Mary Frances Jackson, junior
from Clairmont Springs, was
chosen yesterday as "Commerce
Queen" in the election for that
office. Miss Jackson, who it enrolled
in Secretarial Training, is
a pledge of Kappa Delta sorority.
The 'Commerce Queen" is
chosen each year to toad the annual
Commerce Ball by the vote
of all students enrolled in Business
Administration and Secretarial
Training. The election was
sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi, national
professional fraternity in
Business Administration.
Miss Jackson will be presented
at the Commerce Ball this Friday
night.
The results of the election were
announced last night by Sam
Nettles, president of Delta Sigma
PL Following Miss Jackson, in
second place, was Mary Ann-strong,
freshman in Secretarial
Training from Birmingham. The
other candidates were Sam Botes,
Notasulga; Joan Cousins, Spring
Hill; Madrid Davis, Auburn; and
Monta Mitchell, TaBassee.
Volunteers For
Odd Jobs Given
Opportunity, T«o
Here is information of interest
to all men who wish to volunteer
their services to the War Department
in any capacity which is not
already being handled directly by
the various l o c a l recruiting
agencies.
Your communication should be
addressed to the Personnel Placement
Section, Reserve Division,
Adjutant General's Office, Munitions
Building, Washington D. C.
In order to save time, former
World War officers and others not
now in the service who desire to
volunteer should write the above
section and request that Form
War Department A.G.O. No. 0850
be mailed-to them. ;
When the services of individuals
submitting this questionnaire
have been accepted by the War
Department, they will not be required
to furnish form 178, "Classification
Questionnaire of Reserve
Officers." This questionnaire
will be used in lieu of Form
178.
Saturday Last
Day to Change
New Courses
Notice: The official change of
course period ends Saturday
noon, Jan. 31st. Changes after
that date can be made only with
the special approval of the student's
dean.
This announcement was made
yesterday by Mr. C. W. Edwards,
registrar.
Coast Guard
To Offer
Appointments
Commander Await To
Visit Auburn This
Week to Explain
Commander Await, of the
United States Coast Guard, will
visit Auburn Saturday to explain
to students interested how they
may obtain appointments as Coast
Guard midshipmen.
According to information recently
received by Colonel Waterman,
from Commander Await,
any young man, with a high
school education, or better, can
obtain an appointment as Midshipman,
U. S. Coast Guard
Academy.
Commander Await will speak
to students interested in the opportunity
at 7 p. m. Saturday, in
Langdon Hall.
The course of study offered by
the Coast Guard Academy, is
nearly identical with that of Annapolis.
Midshipmen appointed
spend four years in training, with
Pay-
According to C o m m a n d e r
Await, no political influence, as
in the case for West Point and
Annapolis, is necessary for an
applicant for training.
Jlw VlaJuridmarv a TO FOSTER THE AUBURN SPIRIT
VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1942 NUMBER 33
Hopper And
Johnston Win
Mitec Posts
Ed Hopper, of Birmingham, and
J. L. Johnston, of Anniston, were
elected freshman representatives
to the executive council of the
Mitec Club yesterday afternoon
in Broun auditorium. Hopper
works for the TCI and Johnston
is employed by Monsanto.
Sophomore representatives to
the executive council are W> L,
Dawkins of Pensacola, Fla.,
S. L. Patton of Montgomery. Daw-kins
is a Lambda Chi pledge
while Patton is a member - of
Sigma Alpha Epsilpn social fraternity.
RIDING CLASSES
Tomorrow is the last day for
men and women students to sign
up for the riding classes offered
by the military departmen, according
to a statement made this
morning by Lt. Adams.
These classes, which will be
held from 4 to 5 in the afternoon,
are extra-curricula courses.
AG CLUB MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Ag Club tomorrow night at 7 in
Morgan Elected to Cabinet by Co-ops
Replaces McClanahan
As Representative
RABBI JULIUS MARK TO SPEAK
IN LANGDON THURSDAY, u A.M.
SPEAKER
Rabbi Julius Mark, above, of
Vine Street Temple, in Nashville,
will deliver an address to
all women students and the public
Thursday morning in Langdon
Hall.
130 Out-of-School
Boys Secure Jobs
For Defense
A total of 130 out-of-school boys
have already secured jobs in defense
industries after completing
the Defense Training Courses
here conducted by the Department
of Vocational Education and
..._ National Youth Administra-.
tion in co-operation with the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute.
Salaries now being earned by
these boys range from $960 to
$1320 per year. Upon completion
of the 16-week course at Auburn,
the boys received certificates and
were assisted in obtaining employment
in defense industries by
the Alabama State Employment
Service.
While taking t h e defense
courses, the boys are paid $30 per
month, $18 of which pays their
board and room at Bibb Graves
Center. The courses include aero
mechanics, electric shop, foundry,
machine shop, sn'eet metal, and
welding.
According to George T. Sargent,
NYA project supervisor, Box 290,
Auburn, applications are being
Ross Chemical Labortory. All Ag [received for a few vacancies in
students and new students in Ag- each of the five courses. The age
riculture are invited to attend. limits are from 17 to 24 years.
All Women Students
Required To
Attend Convocation
"The Jew in the World Today"
will be the subject of an address
to be delivered here Thursday
morning at 11 a. m. in Langdon
Hall by Rabbi Julius Mark of the
Vine Street Temple, Nashville,
Tenn. He is one of the outstanding
clergymen of the South.
Dr. Rosa Lee Walston, dean of
women, will introduce the Rabbi.
Attendance by women students
at the convocation Thursday,
January 29, 11 a. m. in Langdon
Hall is a "must" for all women
students. Dean Walston announced
that this is a regular
monthly compulsory convocation.
The speaker will be Rabbi
Julius Mark of Nashville, Tenn.
Dr. Mark has made four trips
abroad, including Palestine, and
has written and lectured extensively.
He is president of the
Nashville Jewish Welfare Federation
and Nashville Council of
Community Agencies and past
president of the Nashville Social
Service Club. He is on the Board
of Managers of the Synagogue
and School Extension Division of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and chairman of
the Committee on Religious Work
in the Universities for the Central
Conference of American Rabbis.
He is director of the Nashville
Zionist District and honorary
vice-president of the United Jewish
Appeal.
Rabbi Mark is a native of Cincinnati,
was educated at the University
of Cincinnati, receiving
his A. B. degree in 1921 and was
graduated from the Hebrew
Union College in 1922. He received
an honorary LL.D. degree
from Cumberland University in
1936. He served as rabbi of Temple
Beth-El in South Bend, Indiana,
from 1922 to 1926 and since
1926 has been leader of the Vine
Street Temple in Nashville.
Rabbi Mark has lectured at
Vanderbilt University's School of
Religion and has spoken widely
for the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, the United
Jewish Appeal, the Anti-Defamation
League, the Zionist Organization
of America and the Jewish
Chautauqua Society. Two years
ago he delivered the Jubilee sermon
before the Rabbinical Conference
in Washington.
Other organizations of which he
is a director include the Anti-
Tuberculosis Association, the Association
for Crippled Children,
the Tennessee Children's Home
and the Nashville Red Cross.
Program of Religious Emphasis
Werck/ P c & n w r j^Q^tO"Trfje I y y»y y J
Sermons to Be
PlatoffDon Cossacks Sing To
Alumni Gym Capacity Audience
The General Platoff Don Cossack
Chorus sang to an Alumni
Gymnasium capacity audience
last night, as a feature of the
Auburn Concert Series.
Under the masterful direction
of Nicholas Kostrukoff, the Cossacks
presented a program of
music ranging in variety from
Tchaikovsky's religious number,
"Blessed Be the Lord" to the
harum-scarum free-for-all of
"Kozatchok", their own popular
national dance.
The program, divided into
three parts, and punctuated with
two brief intermissions for costume
changes by the Chorus, consisted
of a group of religious
songs, several of the more serious
folk-songs of Russia, and a number
of popular and humorous
folk-songs.
Favorite encore with the Auburn
audience was the chorus'
rendition of "The Volga Boatman",
sung by special request.
Special feature of the evening's
entertainment was the Caucasian
Cossack Dance, "Lezginka", the
difficult movements of which involve
whirlwind dancing by a
young Cossack officer, Ivanov,
who in the course of the dance gram in Chicago that the Choir
balances a dozen knives and presented here last night, Herman
Local Girl Is
Contest Winner
Because of her outstanding
scholarship, leadership and patriotism,
Margaret Toomer, local high
school senior, has been named
Lee County winner in the "Good
Citizenship Girls" contest for
1942. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Toomer of Auburn.
Miss Toomer will participate in
the state-wide contest to be held
this Spring in Montgomery, the
winner of which will go to
Washington. The Good Citizenship
contest is sponsored annually
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution Chapters throughout
Alabama.
Other outstanding senior high
school girls in Lee County who
participated in the contest are
Bonnie Sue Johnson, Beulah;
Rubye Lois Cowart, Beauregard,
and Sujette Horn Smith Station.
Miss Toomer, an excellent all-round
student, served for three
years as president of her class,
she is active in the Junior D. A. R.
and other extra-curricular activities.
swords, and ends his gyrations by
throwing them all with his mouth,
to successfully stick them straight
up in the stage floor.
Popular audience favorite was
the Russian Gypsy Song, "Black
Eyes."
Included in the Religious song
portion of the concert were Arch-anglesky's
"Inspire My Prayer, O
Lord," "Prayers to the Lord" by
Gretchaninoff, "Lord, Have Mercy,"
by A. Gretchaninoff-Lvov-sky,
"Credo," by Gretchaninoff,
and an Elegy on words by Kol-zoff
"Those Evening Bells."
Among the folk songs offered
were "The White Whirlwind",
"Departed Youth", by Vorob-kevitch,
a Waltz by Fogel, a Russian
Ballad by Karnovaloff, a
popular song, "The Snow Has
Blown Over Russia", the Cossack
War Song, "In 1893", "Grandfather
Pahom", "Sieny", and "Ma-lania."
Praised by local critics was the
marvelous voice control of the
Cossacks, as demonstrated in
every one of their songs.
After hearing the same pro-
Devries of t h e "American,"
stated:
"The Platoff Don Cossack Choir
created a sensation by its unique,
magnificient and thrilling performance.
This Choir cannot be
likened to any similar organization
that has visited Chicago,
for the reason that the men excel
as supreme vocalists, capable of
producing the most stunning
massed tone, either when roaring
forth in booming sonority,
or when uttering whispered phrases
of heavenly beauty."
The Choir takes its name from
a celebrated Russian hero of the
early 19th century and from a
river which flows through their
homeland.
General Platoff was one of the
leaders in the war of attrition
which made Napoleon's invasion
of Russia a military disaster. He
was a Cossack from the River
Don where most of the members
of the choir came from and he
was a musician as well as a soldier,
often leading his troops in
the folk music of the southern
steppes.
Delivered In
Langdon Hall
"Christianity and the World
Crisis" will be the theme of the
six evening sermons to be delivered
by local ministers at the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute during
Religious Emphasis Week, February
8 through 13.
The program, each sermon of
which will be delivered at 7:30
p. m. in Langdon Hall, is as follows:
Sunday, "God and the
Crisis", Rev. Sam B. Hay, Presbyterian;
Monday, "Prayer and
the Crisis", Rev. W. B. Lee, Episcopal;
Tuesday, "The Bible and
the Crisis", Rev. Edgar H. Albers,
Lutheran; Wednesday, ' ' T he
Church and the Crisis", Rev.
Walter C. Cowart, Methodist;
Thursday, "Youth and the Crisis",
Rev. Carl Spain, Church of Christ;
Friday "Christ and a New Creature",
Rev. James R. Edwards,
Baptist.
Dr. Paul Irvine will direct the
Jack Joyner Places Second in Balloting
As One Hundred and Ten Co-ops Vote
Robert Morgan, senior co-op from Birmingham, was elected
yesterday to hold the post of co-op representative to the
Student Executive Cabinet for the co-ops now in school.
Morgan polled 67 votes to win over candidates Jack Joyner
and C. J. Bastien. Joyner was second with a total of 41
ballots.
Morgan will assume his position immediately, taking the
place of Harvey McClanahan, who represented co-ops during
the fall co-op quarter.
An amendment to the constitution
passed last spring by student
voters made it possible for the
co-op men to have representation
on the Cabinet.
One hundred and 10 co-ops voted
yesterday, of the 173 enrolled
in school. Although only seniors
were eligible for the office, all
co-ops had voting privileges.
Morgan is a senior in electrical
engineering, and spends his
work periods at TCI in Birmingham,
as do both of the other candidates.
He is a member of
Briarean, co-op honor society, and
has served as secretary and treasurer
of this organization. He has
been president and treasurer of
the Mitec Club, and is now social
committee chairman for Mitec.
He has served on the Engineers'
Council.
Re-Exams For
'40-4I Terms
Scheduled
Condition Grades
Abolished For
Last Semester
Although under Auburn's new
grading system, the grade of
"Condition" has been abolished
beginning with last semester, students
who h o l d conditioned
grades on subjects studied in the
1940-41 regular session and the
1941 summer session and who
were in school last semester, will
be given re-examinations on those
subjects February 2 through 4.
All students who also' were absent
from examinations with permission
during the last semester
coraance witlr tiflT sWJeuure is-sued
this week by the Registrar.
Students concerned will secure
class cards from the Registrar's
Office and notify the instructor in
sufficient time to allow preparation
of examination questions.
Absences from class work conflicting
with this schedule will be
excused. A fee of $2.00 is charged
for each re-examination. Students
absent from examinations on account
of illness are not charged
this fee.
A passing grade by re-examination
will be recorded as a "D".
Instructors have been requested
to call to the attention of all
seniors the regulation that "seniors
expecting to complete the requirements
lor graduation in
August must have removed all
failures and deferred grades by
the end of the third week of the
semester.
The following schedule for re-exams
was released yesterday by
Registrar Charles W. Edwards:
Monday. February 2, 10 a. m.
—Aeronautical Engineering. Education,
Economics (first period).
Foreign Language, History, and
Mechanical Engineering.
Monday 3 p. m.—Botany, Ma-
(Continued on page 4)
Information
On Air Corps
Given Here
Recruiting Staff
Located In
Room 107 Samford
Full information on enlistment
in the U. S. Army Air Corps may
be obtained by calling at Room
107, Samford Hall, where Sergeant
Greer and his recruiting
staff will be available for interviews
until January 30th. The office
will be open from 8 a. m. to
5 p. m.
Sergeant Greer has brought a
mobile recruiting unit to Auburn
so that complete information may
be obtained without expense to
the prospective applicant.
The President has set a goal of
thousands of planes for the coming
year and the Air Corps will
supply the men to fly them.
Young men between the ages of
18 and 26 will be commissioned
as second lieutenants for this important
duty after a training
period of seven months.
MARTIN COVERS
AUBURN'S THREE
WEEK-END GAMES
Covering the Tennessee, Se-wanee,
and Vanderbilt games for
The Plainsman this week-end was
Sportswriter Bill Martin, who
wrote and phoned information on
the games to this office, from
Knoxville, Sewanee, and Nashville.
Williamson Represents Local Alpha Zeta
Chapter at Recent Youth Section Conference
MITECS SCHEDULE
DANCE FOR
FEBRUARY 28
The Mitec Club, of the section
of Co-op Engineer's now in
school, will hold its annual dance
on February 28, with music furnished
by the Auburn Plainsmen.
Officers of the Club yesterday
extended an invitation to all coops
in the other section, "A", to
attend the annual affair.
B. B. Williamson, senior in Agricultural
Education and Scribe of
the Alabama Chapter of Alpha
Zeta, was chosen as the delegate
to represent Alpha Zeta at a recent
conference of the Youth Section
of the American Country Life
Association held recently in
Nashville, Tennessee, at George
Peabody College.
This conference, which brought
together outstanding young people
in agriculture from seventeen
states of the Union, had as its
theme the strengthening of youth
and democracy in the rural community.
Round table discussions,
both in large and small groups,
were held and the following
problems facing the youth of
America were discussed:
1. How to bring about closer
understanding between various
associations of the nation that are
interested in the youth of America
and its problems.
2. How to promote discussions
of rural life objectives and problems.
3. How to spread information
for a better understanding and
appreciation of country life.
4. How to facilitate the improvement
of home and community
life.
Says Williamson, regarding the
accomplishments of the conference,
"We all left with numerous
new ideas on how to help solve
the problems confronting our own
communities and organizations.
Too, everyone had the feeling
that by working together the
youth of America could go far in
making the rural community a
better place in which to live.
"It was the opinion of everyone
present that (1) rural life
cannot be made a vital agency of
democracy unless tenancy is conquered—
that is, land should belong
to those who live on it; (2)
that human resources are the
greatest assets of rural life; (3)
that democracy cannot be limited
to geographical areas, but that it
belongs to universal mankind."
In summing up the results of
the conference as a whole Williamson
stated, "This conference
is one of the best things I know
of to inspire the youth of America
to achieve the ideals we long for
in making the rural community a
better place to live in, both for
ourselves and posterity!"
The conference was not all
business—intermingled with\ the
business were banquets, group
singings, socials, and wholesome
recreation for the participants of
the session.
Williamson is Scribe of the local
chapter of Alpha Zeta, member
of Kappa Delta Pi, and is the
Editor of the "Alabama Farmer",
student publication of the School
of Agriculture.
Page Two
T H E P L A I N S M AN Tuesday, January 27, 1942
John Student and the New 6rading System CAMPUS CAMERA
Auburn's first semester under the new
alphabetical grading system has closed.
We hope that the grading system has made
life easier for the college officials who
have to record the grades. It was evidently
designed for that purpose . . . and for
that purpose alone.
It certainly hasn't made life easier for
John Student.
Of course, if he made an "A" in something,
with a bare 93, then he can tell the
folks at home that he had a 99 average in
the course—and get by with it.
But just picture him trying to explain
that he had a 75 average on a course and
made a "D" in it.
When the administration decided on the
grading, system, in spite of student feeling
against it, college officials announced that
instructors, realizing the fact that the
numerical averages for the alphabet
grades were high, would take that fact
into consideration in giving grades—and
favor the student with any benefits of
doubt.
That might work in some courses, with
some professors, but certainly not many
courses—or with many professors.
Professors in general went right on giving
exact examinations and grading them
numerically, and then proceeded to turn
in those grades for their alphabetical value.
While students at other schools in the
state pull down "D's" with sixty averages,
Auburn students with the same mental
abilities, with the same amount of study,
and with the same average of sixty, get
flat "F's" with no chance of re-examination.
And while students in other schools
who make sixty-one on a course get a "D"
for it, Auburn's John Student has to make
a 70 to get that grade—and might make as
high as 75 and still get a "D". Doesn't
sound logical, does it?
A "B" student at Auburn might have
a 92 average in all of his courses. While
John-Student-somewhere-else might have
an 80 average and be classed as a "B" student.
It used to be bad enough, with Auburn's
required 70 for a passing grade, while
other schools only required 60, but then
at least Auburnites who made grades between
60 and 70 had an opportunity
through re-examination to pass the courses.
Now if a professor wants to give somebody
a 69 he oan—and that somebody has flunked
the course, without another chance.
Something's wrong with a system like
that.
Is the Plainsman's Draft Policy Two-Faced?
Some student comment regarding the
policy of The Plainsman toward the matter
of enlistment of students in military forces
has been prevalent on the campus since
the beginning of the war.
Thinking students have wondered why
the paper editorially urges students not to
"volunteer", but to wait until they were
actually called into service, and yet in its
news columns carries press releases about
Auburn men who have volunteered and
about the advantages of the various volunteer
services of the nation.
They say, "what do you think we ought
to do? You say stick around in college as
long as you can, and yet you tell us all
about the various opportunities we'd have
if we did volunteer."
The Plainsman has a reason for taking
Every college student, male and of military
age, faces a problem in these days of
war—the problem of whether he should
stay in college until the army drafts him,
or whether he should volunteer for the
more "glorious" and "honorable" branches
or arms of the service—in which he might
get more pay for more interesting work.
It is our opinion that he can get into
those branches later—and that there is no
need to rush into them until just before
he's drafted.
Yet there are certain students, who in
spite of hell or high water, are going to
volunteer, and leave college. To give those
students the best information available
about the possibilities of volunteering,
and with the hope that they will see that
the more training in college they have the
better off they'll be in the army or the
navy, we try to present to them all the
facts available concerning these opportunities.
So maybe it's not so two-faced after all.
Our stand is; It's best to stay in college
with all the college training they can get.
BUT, if you must volunteer, rather than
be drafted, we want you to know all about
your opportunities as a volunteer, so that
you may choose the arm or branch of the
service for which you are best fitted.
Is Auburn Facing a Decreasing Enrollment?
For two years, in the face of decreasing
enrollment in every other state college and
all of the denominational schools in the
state except one, Auburn has had an increase,
and a substantial one.
Last year's enrollment showed a sixteen
percent increase over the previous year.
Huntingdon College's enrollment showed
an increase, too, but the other colleges of
the state booked losses over gains.
The first semester of this year Auburn,
in spite of the international crisis, still
showed an increased enrollment over the
first semester of last year—of ten percent!
Question of the hour now is whether
that increasing curve of student registration
will keep on increasing, or will army
drafts, and army and navy searches for
volunteers bring about a drop in the number
of students for the year.
As yet that question can't be answered.
Registrar Edwards states that there will be
students registering for the next two'
months, and until the end of that time it
will be impossible to know how totals will
read.
If Auburn's enrollment does decrease
this semester, it'll be because of the war,
of course. For Auburn is a growing institution—
and will keep on being a growing
institution. Only a war could cause even a
temporary decline in that growth.
And in the end, the war may serve to
make Auburn grow more, It's already
caused curriculum reforms that make for a
better college—chief of which is the Quarter
System-to-be.
So there's no need to worry about a
decrease in enrollment here.
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A Song for 'Bama, Glenn?
As Columnist Martin says, it's agin the policies of The Plainsman
to publish letters to the editor or to anyone on the staff which are
unsigned. But, as he says, perhaps there is room for an exception
now and then—if the import of the letter isn't too controversial.
We received a letter of that kind upon returning from our post-exam
holidays.
Here it is. What do you think about it?
"Dear Editor:
"I'm just an Auburn student that has crazy ideas just like everyone
else. I've been reading and hearing a great deal of Glenn Miller's
saluting Auburn, and I've been reading a great deal of how the staff
of The Plainsman is trying to create a "good-neighbor policy" with
the University of Alabama, and to show the Auburn Spirit by being
friendly with a rival school. This is a fine project indeed!
"My 'idea' is that we dedicate a song, played by Glenn Miller, to
the students of 'Bama. I don't know how long Glenn's program is,
and how many songs he has time to play, but I think it would
create a kinder feeling over at 'Bama, if this were possible.
"It would naturally make 'Bama a little jealous at hearing us on
Glenn Miller's program, but they would be surprised and greatly
pleased when they heard their own school saluted by Auburn through
Glenn Miller.
"I have tried to get my 'idea' across to you and I hope that you
men guircn aumc ui no meaning or idea ana will try TO promote tins
'idea' after consideration.
"Very sincerely,
"An Auburn Student."
And we reply:
"Dear Mr. Student:
"Thanks very much for your letter. We managed to get your
very clear idea through our thick skull, with little difficulty. And
we think it's an excellent one.
"Evidently you aren't particularly a radio band fan. Or you
don't have time to listen to |the radio much. We don't either. So we
don't know how long Mr. Miller's program is either, or what the
'salute' will consist of. If it's just one number, then we'd hardly
be willing to have them dedicate it to the University. We're that
selfish. If it's the whole program, then you've a great idea.
"Now, if ever, there is a need for the students of the two schools
—the greatest in Alabama—to get together on everything, and cut
out the unfriendly rivalry. Or at least make it friendly rivalry.
"Your idea, if plausible, would help, we're sure.
"So you may rest assured that it will be brought to the attention
of those people here who are responsible for the 'salute.'
"Thanks again for your expression of interest.
"The Editor."
Thank Unk for a War Check
In the contributions corner we found this poem, in praise of one
of Auburn's better institutions—the quarterly war check which comes
to each junior and senior in ROTC.
Here 'Tis.
The privates who fight for Uncle Sam
Gripe about their pay—
Twenty-one Dollars a day—
Once a month.
They think that's doggoned little
For what they do,
What they go through,
In the army.
But the juniors and the seniors
Who wear the grey, . .
Down Auburn way
They don't gripe.
And they get a whole lot less . . .
Twenty-five cents a day . . .
That's their total pay
. In cash alone.
You may say that isn't much.
Maybe it's not
A helluva lot
But it's some.
But it surely comes in handy,
When you're broke
Without a smoke
Or badly bent.
For the bankers know it's coming
And lend on Uncle Sam
When a Kaydet's in a jam
And needs some cash.
And the Kaydets thank Unk for their war checks.
Twenty-five cents a day
Down Auburn way
Is a blessing.
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.
It's not January 1, but it's not
a bad time to make resolutions,
what with the new semester and
all. Of course, they won't last
more than a day or two, but you
will have that much studying
done.
* » *
You may not be happy about
last semester's grades, hut you
can at least be happy that you
were here last semester to. get
the grades you did get, and that
you will be here this semester to
get what you can.
* * *
We believe this story came out
in the Auburn Alumnus last fall,
but it may have been in the Auburn
Forum. Anyway, it concerned
a speech made at an Auburn
banquet in Atlanta back in 1912,
and was made by a Catholic
priest. If we remember the article
correctly, the priest had not attended
Auburn, but he had the
spirit.
* • •
He said: "Mr. Toastmaster, I
can't help it, but God made me an
Auburn man." He went ahead to
list other Auburn men of history,
such as Fighting Bob Fitzsim-mons,
Napoleon, Dante, and even
Adam himself.
* * *
We don't know his proof about
all of these, but we do know he
was right about Adam. In fact,
contrary to that oft-repeated story
about that wintry day many
winters ago when we had quite
a football game, Adam is now believed
by eminent authorities to
have been the originator of the
famous "War Eagle."
* * *
You see, before the snake busted
up that happy home life in
the Garden of Eden, Adam and
Eve used to sit out under the
trees and watch the birds and
beasts, and this ain't no bedtime
story.
* * *
One rather dull day, Eve of
Eden looked up and saw an eagle,
a beautiful bird, and said, "Oh,
Adam! Look at the eagle!"
Adam spat out his wad of
chawin' terbacker, replaced his
eye which he had been cleaning,
and said, "War eagle at?"
* * *
And that's the story. In time
the "at" was dropped, as well as
the apostrophe, and War Eagle
came down through the achin'
ages to us pore sinners.
* * »
It was in looking for the eagle
that Adam saw the snake, and
you can usually bet that when an
Auburn man hollers war eagle
he is after some snake or other.
* » *
As a matter of fact, that's why
we had such trouble with the
Rice Owls, or is that a little farfetched?
* * *
Napoleon, on second thought,
can also be classified definitely
as an Auburn man. Remember
when he tried to take on the
whole world everytime he took
the field? He was one of the first
to take on a real Auburn schedule.
* * *
Nero was also an Auburn man,
and is responsible for the old Auburn
song, "There'll Be a Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight."
He also liked to fiddle around in
a hot town.
* * *
Remember Rome as well as
Pearl Harbor. Julius Caesar racked
up the first stab in the back.
His bridge was built a long time
ago, and was the first construction
work of its kind done by an
Auburn man, and a lot of folks
still can't cross it.
* * *
And who was the" feller who
said, "We'll fight it out on this
front if it takes . . . ?" He must
have been an alumnus.
* * *
Yep, the woods wuz full of
them, and most of them wuz full.
Even some *of the Greek gods
were Auburn men at heart. Remember
Bacchus, or was he
Roman? . .
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kutie, says
"Aw-w-w, Nuts!" Add her to the
list.
Here, There, and Elsewhere
By JOHN SCOTT, JR.
Editor's note: The opinions expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edl-
' torial policies of this paper.
One of the many phases of
Japanese, German, and Italian
action that has attracted the most
attention since the Axis powers
began their war upon the democratic
world is that action from
the inside that we call "Fifth
Column" activities. There have
been many examples of the tremendous
successes due to skillful
German Fifth Column action, and
as our war in the Pacific progresses
we are learning that the
Japanese are masters of this game
also.
We have seen the result of the
years of planning by the Japs
when the attack on Pearl Harbor
and on the Philippines was timed
so nicely. There were signals for
planes, guides for landing parties,
food supplies for advancing invasion
forces, maps for the direction
of- the attack, and even
boats for the penetration of the
river-laced jungles. All of this is
apparently possible only because
we have allowed, and even encouraged,
Axis economic penetration.
True, there was no Axis
then, but these were the "have-not"
nations and we should have
known that their sole aim was to
"have."
It is far too late to accomplish
anything by bewailing the fact
that we had allowed tens of
thousands of Japanese to settle in
the Davao region on Mindinao;
it is too late for the British to do
anything constructive about the
large numbers of Japanese miners
and farmers that settled the Malaya
area during the past two decades.
But, it is not too late for
some very strong action to be
taken about the like penertation
of the Latin American countries.
V V V V V V
To better understand what is
meant by truly comprehensive
economic penetration in Latin
America let us take a look at
Brazil, which because of its size
and location is often thought of as
the focal point of world affairs in
South America. Brazil's size, the
fourth nation of the world, and
her location, the American nation
closest to the Eastern hemisphere,
have led the Axis nations to devote
their best efforts to it. By
taking a look at Brazil we can begin
to understand what is really
meant by "penetration."
Brazil has a population of about
44,000,000, of which something
like one-half are white and the
other half range from slightly
mixed Indian extracts to pure
Negro. For this population Brazil
has an annual national budget of
less than $225,000,000. In light of
these facts, we see plainly that a
dollar spent on propaganda in
Brazil has a relative force of at
least ten dollars spent here. And
the Germans spend approximately
$30,000,000 a year for propaganda
alone in Brazil. It is not too
hard to imagine that they get results
when they spend 14 per cent
as much as the government of
Brazil does for a year's activities.
But, the real force of penetration
lies in the people that live
within the nation who are loyal
to some Axis power. And, in this,
as in propaganda measures, the
actions have been thorough ones.
There are an estimated 850,000
Germans in Brazil who were born
in Germany, and there are 1,350-
000 more who are of direct descent.
That means that there are
some 2,200,000 well-organized, active
participants of Nazi activities
in Brazil, assuming that they
all are pro-Hitler. Such as assumption
is false, but not by a
large margin. The Nazis have
seen to it that all Germans are
reminded constantly that they
owe their first allegiance to the
Father land, and there are the
usual Nazi organizations in the
German settlements. One law
that is peculiar to the Germans
must always be kept in mind—a
citizen of Germany may become
naturalized as a citizen of another
nation, but by so doing he does
not lose his German citizenship.
There are probably 3,000,000
Italians in Brazil, but they are
more apt to be loyal Brazilians
than active Fifth Columnists.
There is also something like a
quarter of a million Japanese,
who may be considered as loyal
(Continued on page 4)
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Tuesday, January 27, 1942 T H E P L A I N S M AN Page Three
VETERINARY CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Veterinarians to Confer Here
Southeastern Meeting
Opens in Auburn
Over One Hundred Graduate Veterinary
Medical Men on Campus for Four Days
Latest developments in veterinary science will be studied
here by veterinarians from Alabama and the Southeast at
the 18th annual Conference sponsored by the School of Veterinary
Medicine at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. More
than 100 practitioners and research workers will attend the
four-day Conference which opens on Tuesday, January 27.
Dr. R. S. Sugg, dean of the veterinary school, has invited
all graduate veterinarians in the Southeast to attend.
Among the out-of-state authorities
in the field of veterinary
medicine who are to be featured
on the program are Dr. James
Farquharson, professor of surgery
and clinics at Colorado State College,
and Dr. A. R. Theobald,
practitioner of Cincinnati, Ohio.
In addition to delivering two
lectures, "Anesthesia in Large
Animals" and "Bovine Surgery",
Dr. Farquharson will take part
in the large animal clinics. Two
lectures will also be delivered by
Dr. Theobald, "Hospital Administration"
and "The Laboratory
and the Small Animal Practitioner".
Dr. Theobald will also participate
in the clinics.
New feature of the program this
year are two forums, one on parasitic
diseases of farm animals and
the other on small animal diseases,
at which ample opportunity
for questions and discussions will
be provided.
Latest information on the artificial
insemination in dairy cattle
will be presented at the Conference
by Dr. J. W. Scales, associate
professor of pathology, Auburn.
Opening sessions of the Conference
on Tuesday have been
arranged by officers of the Alabama
Veterinary Medical Association.
Dr. G. D. Ingram, Florence,
president of the Association,
will preside at the opening session
Tuesday morning. The opening
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in the Present Emergency", will
be made by Dr. Sugg.
Other officers of the Alabama
Veterinary Association include
Dr. I. S. McAdory, Auburn, secretary-
treasurer, and also president
of the U. S. Livestock Sanitary
Association; and Dr. A. L. Hollo-way,
Mobile, vice-president.
Among the out-of-state lecturers
at the conference will be
Dr. M. R. Blackstock, Spartanburg,
S. O; Dr. E. A. Davis, Columbus,
Ga.; Dr. J. E. Severin, Dr.
J. C. Wright, and Dr. J. L. Hopping,
Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. L. E.
Swanson, University of Florida,
Gainsville; Dr. W. L. Stroup,
Cornith, Miss.; Dr. E. B. Mount,
Memphis, Tenn.
Lecturers from Alabama include
Dr. B. F. Austin, acting
State Health Officer; Dr. F. A.
Clark, department of Public
Health; Dr. H. N. Johnson, acting
director, Rabies Laboratory of the
International Health Division, the
Rockefeller Foundation, Montgomery;
Dr. J. M. Bryan and Dr.
M. K. Heath, Birmingham; Dr. W.
W. Staples, Anniston; Dr. J. E.
Threadgill, T r o y ; Dr. Paul
Vaughn, Montgomery; Dr. A. L.
Hollo way, Mobile; and Dr. H. B.
Belmar, Dothan.
Members of the Auburn faculty
and staff to appear on the program
include Dr. D. C. Boughton,
protozoologist; Dr. R. O. Christen-son,
associate professor of zoology;
Dr. C. J. Koehn, associate professor
of animal husbandry; Dr.
P. D. Sturkie, associate poultry
husbandman; and Dr. B. T.
Simms, director of the Regional
Animal Disease Laboratory, Auburn.
Features of Tuesday's program,
which has been arranged by the
Alabama Veterinary Medical Association,
are "Practical Points of
(Continued on page 4)
Two outstanding authorities in the field of veterinary medicine.
Dr. James Farquharson, professor of surgery and clinics at Colorado
State College, and Dr. A. R. Theobald, practitioner of Cincinnati.
Ohio, will lecture at the 18th annual Conference for Graduate
Veterinarians which opens Tuesday, January 27, at Auburn. Dr.
Farquharson is widely known for his work in large animal surgery
and Dr. Theobald is a specialist in small animal practice.
society
by E. Gaines
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
SAE's who remained in Auburn between semesters entertained
themselves and their dates with a supper and house dance. Other
information could not be torn from the fraternity correspondent, but
we gather that they had a rather merry time.
Chi Omega
Margaret Day, a senior in education, became the bride of Lt.
Victor Ball last Thursday in the Twenty-Second Infantry Chapel at
Camp Gordon in Augusta, Ga. After the ceremony the couple were
taken for a ride in a jeep. The groom is from Chicago, 111-
In Columbus, Feb. 7th, Mary Mullen, and Lt. James Love will
be married in the Episcopalian church the bride's grandfather helped
organize. The bride is a junior in Science and Lit. The wedding
will be a military one, with the fellow officers of the groom in
uniform.
Next Saturday, Jeanne Goodin, a junior in Commercial Art from
Jackson, Tenn., and Lt. William Miller of the United States Army
Air Corps, are to be married in Decatur. Lt. Miller attended Auburn
where he was a member of Kappa Sigma social fraternity.
Kappa Delta
Lillian Luke, an ODK-Glomerata beauty of last year, was married
to Lt. Aquilla A. Calhoun of Florida in Columbus, Ga., Saturday,
Jan. 10th. The wedding ceremony was performed in one
of the Columbus churches.
Sadie Edwards, of Union Springs, who was Miss Auburn in
1938-39, married Capt. David Roberts in the Baptist Church in
Union Springs Jan. 14th. The groom is from Mobile but is now
stationed at Camp Blanding.
Chapin-Huger Rites
Two Auburn alumni, Agnes Chapin of Auburn who completed
her course in Home Ec this month and Richard Huger who finished
here in industrial engineering last August were married Jan. 23.
They will reside in Joliet, 111., where the groom works for DuPont.
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NAVY TO APPOINT
SUPPLY OFFICERS
The Navy will appoint 350 officers
in the Supply Corps of the
U. S. Naval Reserve from college
graduates and college seniors, according
to information received
this week by Dr. L. N. Duncan.
Applicants must be not under 19
nor over 26 years of age.
It is intended, said the official
announcement, that officers so appointed
will be ordered to active
duty for a course of instruction at
the Naval Supply Corps School,
Graduate School of Business of
Adminstration, Harvard University,
at various intervals commencing
July 1. Upon-completion
of this course, qualified officers
will be re-appointed in Class
SC-V(G) and will be assigned to
duty wherever their services are
required. Those who fail to complete
the course will be discharged.
Candidates most desirable are
those graduated or to be graduated
from engineering schools. Next
in order of preference are those
possessing a basic engineering
background of at least two years
of their four years' collegiate
work. The least desirable candidates
are those whose major fields
of study have been physical education,
art, literature, journalism,
romance languages, and philosophy.
Foundation to Launch New Drive
Against Infantile Paralysis Here
"Mr. Happys"
Contests in New
Polio Fund Plan
A new plan for celebrating the
President's Birthday to aid crippled
children has just been announced
by Judge Leon McCord,
Alabama State Chairman.
"Mr. Happys" Contests in every
community and every school will
give every citizen a chance to
have a delightful part in this national
effort to wipe out Infantile
Paralysis and bring smiles and
health back to the eight hundred
victims of the disease in Alabama
this year.
"Happys" is a contest of skill
and art—so simple and easy a
child may enter, yet so intriguing
that everyone becomes enthusiastic
once they try making "Happys".
The two Alabama adults
who win will each receive a $100
defense bond. The two children
who win will have a free trip
with their teachers to Washington
to see President Roosevelt.
The "Mr. Happys" booklet is
the story of a crippled child written
by a grateful father in heartfelt
gratitude that his children,
stricken with Infantile Paralysis,
miraculously regained t h e ir
health and happiness. This story
by Troy Hails, of Montgomery, is
the centre of the Alabama plan of
celebration this year.
(Continued on Page 4)
Drive to Culminate With President
Roosevelt's Sixtieth Birthday
Spurred on by the vastly increased need for funds resulting
from three consecutive epidemic years, the Committee
for the Celebration of the President's Birthday for the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis is now ready to launch
its most forceful and extensive drive in the war against the
crippling plague.
Besides the emergency requirements created by the sequence
of epidemics of 1939, 1940, and 1941, another incentive
is added to the impetus of the
1942 Campaign. For this year the
drive will culminate with the
Diamond Jubilee Celebration of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
sixtieth birthday on January 30.
It was in 1934 that our President
first authorized the observance of
his birthday as the occasion for
enlisting all of the people of
America in the fight against infantile
paralysis. Since then, this
humanitarian movement has made
tremendous strides. 1942 will be
the ninth in this annual series of
fund-raising drives.
A veritable army of workers,
organized under State and Local
Chairmen, • will penetrate into
every state, every city, into virtually
every community in America
in a supreme effort, to gather
in an unprecedented number of
dimes and dollars with which to
fight the fearful malady.
President Roosevelt, speaking
informally to a group of leaders
in the fight against infantile
paralysis who gathered in Washington
last month, said:
"The public, I think is coming
to realize the importance of what
we are doing. We are pretty well
rid of certain scourges that existed
in the past. The status of tuberculosis
is so much better than it
was in our grandparents' day.
There is absolutely no comparison.
We can go back to any family
Bible and read about the
death of young people from—they
didn't call it tuberculosis in those
days—they called it 'they went into
a decline and died.'
"Well, we are headed to do the
same thing with infantile paralysis,
but we haven't got there yet.
I think that is why we need to
keep these birthday parties going
until we have achieved the
ultimate objective.
"I can say personally that it
gives me an awful lot of pleasure
and happiness to have you carrying
on this work, not for me, but
for the country as a whole."
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Plainsmen Win Two, Lose One in Tennessee Trip
Tennessee Champs
Take Tiger Team
Push Tigers into Third Place in SEC
With Defeat in Knoxville Friday Night
By BILL MARTIN
KNOXVILLE, TENN.—The boys from Tennessee threw
aside their names and proved themselves more like professionals
than "Volunteers" as they gave Auburn's Tigers a
sound whipping here Friday night. The score was 43-23 and
the Plainsmen could do everything but drop the ball through
the hoops.
The Vols are all that has been said about them. They are
t r u l y great. Everyone who expressed an opinion said that
they are a more balanced and
greater aggregation than the 1941
conference champions. The difference
comes in the fact that
Mr. Mehen now has two sons on
the team instead of last year's
one. Dick, the younger and taller,
racked up 14 points for his night's
work and outshone his brother
and Captain, Bernie, in all-around
play.
Bernie, six foot four inch All-
America forward, and Dick, six
foot five inch sophomore center,
would really have been human
skyscrapers had it not been for
the fact that they had so much
"turned under." Each wears size
12 shoes.
Tennessee broke into the lead
in the first couple of minutes
with quick field goals by B. Mehen,
Herman and Balitsaris and
was never threatened the rest of
the way. The lead increased
steadily and at half-time the
mountain team was out in front,
26-11. Mehen's 14 points were
high for the night.
Hawkins broke the ice for Auburn
with a charity toss with
about five minutes gone in the
first half and went on to be Auburn's
outstanding hardwooder,
posting nine points. Frank Williams,
star sophomore, showed up
well in his varsity debut playing
an outstanding floor game.
BOX SCORE:
Auburn (23) Tennessee (43
Manci, f 6 B. Mehen, £ _ 9
Williams, f 3 Freeman, f .... 0
Canzoneri, f ....1 Herman, f _ 8
Burton, f 0 Clark, f 7
Hawkins, c -.9 D. Mehen, c .14
Motley, g 2 Shaw, c 0
Tanner, g 0 Balitsaris, g .. 4
Park, g 2 Crowe, g — 0
O'Neil, g _ 1
Cook, g 1
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VETERINARIANS
(Continued from Page 3)
Municipal Inspection", Dr. Paul
Vaughn, Montgomery, with discussion
by Dr. R. B. Belmar,
Dothan; "Milk Sanitation", Dr. F.
A. Clarke, Department of Public
Health, Montgomery; and "Farm
Security Program", Dr. J. E.
Threadgill, Troy, with discussion
by Dr. J. H. Ryland, Selma.
First of a series of four large
and small animal afternoon clinics,
for which a large number of
cases will be available, will be
held Tuesday afternoon. The annual
business meeting of the
Alabama Veterinary Medical Association
will be held Tuesday
evening with Dr. G. D. Ingram,
Florence, president, presiding.
Other officers are are Dr. I. S.
McAdory, Auburn, secretary and
treasurer, and Dr. A. L. Holloway,
Mobile, vice-president.
Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of
the Alabama Polytechnic Institute,
will open the Wednesday
morning session with an address
of welcome to the visitors. This
is to be followed by technical addresses
on "Anesthesia in Large
Animals", Dr. James Farquhar-son,
Colorado State College;
"Hospital Administration", Dr. A.
R. Theobald, Cincinnati, Ohio;
"Immunizing Properties of Rabies
Vaccine as Determined by Experiments
in Mice and Dogs", by
Dr. H. N. Johnson, Rockefeller
Foundation, Montgomery; and a
forum on small animals led by
Dr. J. E. Greene, Auburn.
The Wednesday afternoon program,
with Dr. F. P. Woolf serving
as chairman, includes discussions
of "Practical Anatomical
Regions of the Ox", Dr. T. C.
Fitzgerald and Dr. K. S. Harmon;
"Diagnosis of Pregnacy and Sterility",
Dr. E. S. Conklin; and
"Artificial Insemination in Dairy
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Saturday
Purple Tigers Lead
At Half, 15-12
By BILL MARTIN
SEWANEE, Tenn.—In making
its last appearance against Auburn
as a major athletic opponent,
Sewanee dropped a 38-23 decision
Saturday night in the Sewanee
gymnasium.
Sewanee, who, at the close of
the current season, is discontinuing
major athletics for the duration,
fought hard to take this contest
and leave a stinging impression
on Auburn until relations
are resumed, and the 15-12 half-time
score led the spectators to
believe .that this end might be
possible. The Plainsmen, however,
couldn't see their point of view
and came back strong in the second
half to run a<way with the 15
point victory.
It was Tiger against Tiger as
the Auburn Orange and the Sewanee
Purple clashed in the gym
on the beautiful University of
the South's campus. The Au-burnites,
still not hitting on all
cylinders, found the going hard in
the first half and were unable to
penetrate the Sewanee tight zone
defense. The Tennesseeans were
ready to meet the Alabamians
and had the defense so planned as
to close three men in on Auburn's
captain, Shag Hawkins, every
time he got his hands on the ball.
On this point their strategy worked
well and they held Hawkins to
two field goals and four free
tosses for a total of eight points,
but they didn't count on the
eagle eye of Frank Manci, senior
forward. Before Frank left the
game in the last half he had accounted
for six field goals and
one charity throw for 13 points
and the night's high score.
Frank Williams, playing in his
second varsity game, was probably
the outstanding man on the
floor. Playing smooth and level
headed ball, he worked the backboards
like they were his own
and handled the ball like a veteran.
He played a dual role at
guard and forward and sank four
points during the evening.
Johnny Yochem, who gave Auburn
so much trouble in Alumni
Gym last season, was again Se-wanee's
best. He snapped the
cords for seven points.
Coach Jordan used every man
who made the trip in the contest.
BOX SCORE:
Auburn (38) Sewanee (23).
Manci, f 13 Yochem, f 7
Finney, f 0 Wetzel, f 4
Burton, f ...... 0 Diffenbaugh, f 3
Hawkins, c .. 8 J. Roberts, c —.4
Williams, g-f 4 Ames, c 0
Young, g 0 Apperson, g 4
Canzoneri, g _ 3 G. Roberts, g-c 0
Park, g 4 Welch, g 1
Motley, g-c .. 2
Tanner, g 4
Cornell, g 0
Cattle", Dr. J. W. Scales, all of
Auburn. Technical movies will
be shown that evening with Dr.
E. S. Winters, Auburn, in charge.
With Dr. M. O. Robinson, Auburn,
presiding, two addresses
will be given Thursday morning,
"Veterinary Contribution to National
Defense", Dr. B. F. Austin,
acting S t a t e Health Officer,
Montgomery; and "Practical Dog
Feeding", Dr. C. J. Koehn, Auburn.
A forum on parasitic
diseases of farm animals follows
led by Dr. B. T. Simms, director
of the Regional Animal Disease
Laboratory, Auburn.
Thursday afternoon, with Dr.
Harmon presiding, two papers on
poultry diseases as follows: "Practical
Poultry Problems", Dr.
Scales, and "Breeding Chickens
for Disease Resistance", Dr. P. D.
Sturkie, Auburn.
Friday's sessions, with Dr. W. E.
Cotton, Auburn, presiding, will
be featured by the following
technical addresses: "The Laboratory
and the Small Animal Practitioner",
Dr. Theobald; "Bovine
Surgery", Dr. Farquharson;
"Seasonal Vitamin A Content of
Milk", Dr. Koehn; and "Mastitis:
Discussion and Demonstrations",
Dr. Robinson and Dr. Woolf.
FOR RENT—A desirable corner
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gentlemen; private entrance and
adjoining bath. 335 So. Gay St.
Phone 760.
Defeat Vanderbilt In
Game Last Night
Defeat Commodores 50-45 for Second
Time Since Opening of Current Season
• By JOHN PIERCE
Auburn last night took its fourth Southeastern Conference
win in five s t a r t s and tightened a hold on t h i r d place in the
league a$ the Plainsmen came from behind to outscore Vanderbilt,
50-45, in Nashville.
F r a n k Manci tossed in 19 points to lead the winners, who
were forced to close a 17-point margin before taking the lead.
Also outstanding for t h e Plainsmen were Capt. Shag Hawkins,
who counted ten points, and sophomore forward F r a n k Williams
with 15.
"The Chocolate Soldier" To
Show at Tiger This Week
HAPPYS
(Continued from Page 3)
Alabama, which suffered heavily
in the polio epidemic this year,
will use its own new plan of celebration
in place of the Birthday
Ball of former years. The new
plan has the advantage of carrying
the story of crippled children
to everyone, old and young, and
it offers a lively, entertaining
contest in which everyone may
compete.
The "Mr. Happys" Contest folders
will appear soon in stores and
schools so that everyone may
read the story and try his hand
at making "Happys", knowing
that every cent realized from this
contest will aid crippled children.
Half of the money will be used to
find a cure for Infantile Paralysis;
half will be used to provide
treatments for victims of the
disease in Lee Courtty.
The plan has been approved by
college authorities and a campaign
will be conducted on the
campus.
RE-EXAMS
(Continued from Page 1)
chine Design and Drawing,
Laboratory Technology, Mathematics,
Secretarial Science, and
ROTC.
Tuesday, 10 a. m.—Applied
Art, Home Economics, Horticulture,
Industrial Engineering,
Physical Education.
Tuesday 3 p. m.—Agricultural
Engineering, Architecture, Electrical
Engineering, Physics, Sociology,
Zoology, and Entomology-
Wednesday, 10 a. m.—Animal
Husbandry, Chemistry, Dairy
Husbandry, Pharmacy, Religious
Education, Veterinary Medicine.
Wednesday, 3 p. m.—Agronomy,
Bacteriology, Agricultural
Economics, Civil Engineering,
Economics (second period), English,
Textile Engineering.
Conflicts in the above schedule
are to be arranged within the
special examination period at a
time approved by th6 instructor.
Vandy jumped away to an early
lead and at the end of the
initial five minutes of play were
out in front by 17 points. A comeback
by the Plainsmen cut the
gap down to 28-21 at the half,
and, after throttling the spectacular
Red Dehoney following the
intermission, they took the lead.
Dehoney was high point man during
the game, dropping consistently
for a total of 26.
The thriller rounded out the
current Tennessee road trip for
the Auburn squad, showing a
record of two wins and one loss.
Next game for the wandering
Plainsmen is against Georgia
Tech Saturday night in Atlanta.
Auburn (50) '• Vanderbilt (45)
Manci (19) — F (5) Webb
Williams (15) ...F (7) Olsen
Hawkins (10) ...G (26) Dehoney
Canzoneri (2) _..G.-_(1) Jenkins
Park G :(4) Owen
Substitutions: Auburn—Motley,
c & g (4); Vanderbilt—Corcoran,
c.
Score at half: Vanderbilt 28,
Auburn 21.
The long-heralded debut of
Rise Stevens as Hollywood's newest
singing star becomes a reality
on the screen with the showing
of "The Chocolate Soldier" Wed
nesday and Thursday at the Tiger
Theatre.
Coming directly to films from
the opera and concert fields, Miss
Stevens practically was whisked
from the train to the M-G-M studio.
The importance of her debut
is indicated by the fact that Miss
Stevens is cast opposite M-G-M's
number one male singing star,
Nelson Eddy.
A Jealous Husband
M-G-M chose a colorful, romantic
light opera, set in the background
of old Vienna, as a fitting
medium in which to present the
opera star. Eddy and Miss Stevens
play a married couple who are the
musical comedy toasts of the
town but whose fond endearments
on the stage turn to quarrels
the moment the curtain falls.
This is due to Eddy's intense
jealousy of his wife, who takes
her flirtations where she finds
them. In an endeavor to test her
faithfulness he disguises himself
as a Russian and then begins an
ardent campaign to woo his own
wife, a plot which results in uproarious
complications.
LOST—Black silk coin purse
containing bill-folder, about $17
in silver and bills, and small gold
fountain pen with name "Kate'
engraved on it. Beryl Walker,
449 N. Gay, Phone 909.
FOR SALE—Model "A" Ford
Coupe, body and motor in good
condition. Call Bob Anderson,
448 or 215.
Lost—In or near Burton's Monday
afternoon. Black coin purse
containing money, lady's wrist
watch, boy's high school ring
and pair of wings. Catherine
Bradley, 449 N. Gay. Phone 909.
SCOTT
(Continued from Page 2)
to the Rising Sun in every conception
of the term loyalty.
Such is the penetration of only
one South American country, and
there is a parallel for this in almost
every other one of our
friends to the South. This infiltration
by large numbers is what
has cost us more than one battle
in this war, and will cost us
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Tennessee Is
Riding Crest
In Conference
Tennessee's Volunteers, beaten
this season only by Duke, this
week continued to ride the crest
of the conference basketball wave
with a record showing four wins
and no losses. Alabama, winner in
nine of ten contests, stood in the
second place spot. Auburn held
third with three wins against one
loss.
The ratings do not include
games played last night. The
leaders (conference games only):
Team W. L. PR. PA. Pet.
Tennessee _ 4 0 168 117 1.000
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Vanderbilt
Florida
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SIGHTS TO SEE!
SONGS TO HEAR!
It's Packed with
Pleasure!
On wings of song . . .
on gales of laughter
. . . a dazzling screen
entertainment is on its
way to thrill you!
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