1942-01-16 The Plainsman

              API TO GO ON QUARTER SYSTEM IN JUNE
Three Year Plan
Offered Students
Physical Training Program to Be
Required for All Men and Women
The Alabama Polytechnic Institute will adopt the Quarter
System in June of this year, according to a statement made
by President L. N. Duncan Wednesday of this week.
The school will operate on a twelve-months basis, the
year divided into four quarters of twelve weeks each, in or­der
to best meet the educational needs of "our people and
our government in the present war-time emergency," said
Dr. Duncan.
The executive Council of the
college, acting on the request of
governmental authorities t o
"speed up production" in edu­cational
facilities, outlined an
eight-point plan of action, the,
chief point of which was the
change from the ancient semester
system and the announcement
that under the Quarter System
students would be permitted to
graduate one year earlier—to
complete their college education
in three years.
Three Major Courses
Under the new program stu­dents
will study three major sub­jects
daily, five days per week,
plus military training ar.d a daily
period for physical conditioning.
The daily period of physical con­ditioning
will be required for
all students, both men and wom­en,
and will probably involve
some type of group exercise for
one period each day.
Saturdays will be devoted to
required weekly quizzes and gen­eral
military drill and formations,
and war-aid work.
The program also calls for the
"development of devices which
will be effective in stimulating
independent study and in reduc­ing
time spent by students, es­pecially
superior students in class
attendance, thus providing more
largely than at present, for vary­ing
rates of progress for students
of differing abilities and for
making the largest and most ef­fective
use of the time of in­structors."
Uniform Freshman Curriculum
A uniform curriculum for all
freshman students will be de­vised
which properly bridges the
gap between high school and col­lege
and which provides ade­quate
basic training for the var­ious
professional courses that
come later and at the same time
meets the training requirements
for the various armed forces of
the United States.
Deans and faculty staffs of the
various schools and departments
on the campus are now working
on revised curricula for their re­spective
courses. As yet, accord­ing
to a statement made yester­day
by Executive Secretary Ralph
B. Draughon, the entire plan is
in the progress of organization,
and few definite details were
ready for release.
Various Proposals
Administrative officials are
faced with various proposals for
carrying out the plan, and these
proposals will be assimilated and
worked out to produce the final
arrangements.
All students will take a maxi­mum
load of three five hour cour­ses,
under the System, in addi­tion
to military training, war-aid
work, and physical conditioning.
On Saturdays, tests will be given
in the three courses, and military
drills and formations will be
held. One proposal calls for al­ternate
tests on the three five-hour
subjects, one each week, so
that in each quarter each student
will have been tested on his en­tire
curriculum four times. Anoth-proposal
is that these tests be
given in each class on each Sat­urday.
If the alternating test plan
is adopted, students will not pro­bably
be required to meet the
two courses not being tested on
each Saturday.
Lab Courses
Under present tentative plans,
lab courses and courses which
contain laboratory work will be
offered just as will the other
main courses. For example, a
three hour course (under the pre­sent
system) which has a two
j hour lab will meet five hours
per week—three hours to be de­voted
to classroom work, the
other two to lab work.
The system will abolish to a
great extent one and two hour
courses. These will be combined
if possible, or-a system of half-courses
will be set-up, so that
a student may take two full five
hour courses and two half cour­ses
in one quarter.
Attendance Required
Attendance will be required
under the Quarter System, for
the duration of the national
emergency, at all classes, cour­ses,
laboratories, and other for­mations.
The summer quarter, beginning
in June, will be divided into two
terms of six weeks each.
Each dean or head-of-school on
the campus has been requested to
submit to the office of the Pres­ident,
by eleven o'clock Tuesday,
a complete curriculum for his
division for nine quarters above
the freshman year organized and
consolidated so that no student
will be required to carry more
than three degree courses in any
one quarter, plus ROTC and
physical training.
Students taking five-year cur­ricula
will find their courses di­vided
into twelve quarters above
the freshman year.
Student Comment on System Varied and Vague .
By MILTON KAY
Criticism and approval of the
established three year curriculum
for Auburn, starting this June,
has been heard from the students
about the campus, and the com­ments
concerning the quarter
system were varied and in some
cases humorous.
Of the comments overheard one
was''from a freshman who said,
"I might as well enlist in the
army right now." A sophomore
rather emphatically exclaimed,
"My, gosh. How long will it take
me to graduate?"
A bevy of girls in Dormitory 2,
when approached with the ques­tion,
all exclaimed at once, "It's
a pretty good idea. I'm for it. It
makes it possible for students to
get through school quicker. I'm
for it because I can get through
quicker as I have a job waiting
for me."
An operator on the college tel­ephone
exchange, who is a junior
in engineering, heartily approved
the plan in view of the fact that
he was signed up for V-7 in the
navy.
Many students w e r e even
heard to comment, "The big col­leges
up in the East, Harvard and
Princeton, you know, have it so
it must be good."
About seventy per cent of the
student body judging from a
cross-section polled, were found
to be in favor of the quarter sys­tem
with the remaining thirty per
cent opposed to it or else not
caring.
The main objection to the sys­tem
seemed to lie with those stu­dents
who have many laboratory
hours, those that were opposed
to any more military or physical
training, and those who knew
that their work would be much
more concentrated than before.
Students who are supporting
the change are doing so with the
knowledge that they will be able
to finish the college curriculum in
advance of the usual time allow­ed,
which is four years.
Some students who favor the
plan were also in favor of the
extra military and physical con­ditioning
training that would be
installed with the opinion that
"most of the boys look like they
need it."
A large number of the students
questioned stated that they con­sidered
the institution of the
quarter system Auburn's most
progressive step in years.
One student remarked, "That's
the Auburn Spirit for you. Au­burn's
been among the first to do
the most for the nation in every
war since its founding."
Others recognized Auburn's
step as one of advancement in
higher learning which might well
place the school "among the most
advanced in the nation."
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VOLUME LXV ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1942 NUMBER 31
Waterman Retires from Active Duty
RETIRES
Colonel John J. Waterman,
above, Auburn's ROTC Com­mandant,
retires from active du­ty,
effective January 31. Col.
Waterman will remain here in
charge of the Military Depart­ment
for the duration of the
national emergency.
Eighteen Give Up
NYA Jobs for Others
Auburn's Quota For
NYA Students Cut
Thirty-six Percent
By JOHN SCOTT, JR.
Eighteen Auburn students real­ly
appreciate being in college.
That number may exclude a few
others who share that feeling
about the "ole school," but these
eighteen have really proved it.
That clinched their hold on that
honor by giving up something so
that others could continue in
college.
Here's what happened. Uucle
Sam wrote a letter to the local
NYA project informing those con­nected
'with it that there must
be a cut of 36 percent in the num­ber
on the payroll. That, in terms
of students, means that of the
NYA'ers now at work here, some
several dozen will soon be cut out
of their respective jobs.
A meeting of all NYA students
likely to be affected was called
and the announcement was read
to them. That was when the
sacrificing was done. As they be­came
aware that many of that
number might have to drop out
of school with their financial
assistance withdrawn, eighteen
students who thought that they
could manage to stay in school
without the aid of the project
volunteered to resign.
As a result of this volunteer
group there will be eighteen stu­dents
in school next semester that
might very possibly not be here
otherwise. They will owe their
thanks to one or more of these
eighteen: Charles Leath, Jack
Letson, Spencer Wallace, Dan­iel
Phares, Olen Jones, Clarence
Scarsbrook, B. B. Williamson,
Fred Summers, Raymond Azbell,
Charles Presly, Byran Oliver,
Grady Gilchrist, Horace Glover,
Claude Williams, Jean Forbus,
Vonceil Teel, Louise Green, and
Dorothy Zachry. "
Two Auburn Men
Called to Duty
Active army service begins to­day
for David Wittel and Hugh
Wright, both second lieutenants
in the Reserve, who left Auburn
Tuesday to report to Ft. Bragg,
N. C.
Lt. Wittel is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. S. Wittle, and Lt. Wright
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Wright of this city.
Will Remain Here
As Commandant
Retirement January 31 Is Completion
Of 36 Years of Successful Army Career
Although Colonel John J. Waterman, F. A., commandant
of Auburn's ROTC unit since 1939, will be officially retired
from active duty on J a n u a r y 31, he will continue in his pre­sent
capacity at Auburn for the duration of the emergency
by order of t h e War Department.
Upon his retirement, Colonel Waterman will have com­pleted
almost 36 years of a highly successful career as an
Army officer. He has been awarded the Silver Star for gal­lantry
in action and the Purple
Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster for
wound received in action and for
citation by General Pershing dur­ing
the first world war.
Pres. L. N. Duncan expressed
himself as being highly pleased
that Colonel Waterman will re­main
on duty here as comman­dant
and head professor of mili­tary
science and tactics.
West Pointer
Colonel Waterman was appoint­ed
to West Point from the United
States at large by President
Theodore Roosevelt, graduating
June 15, 1910. On graduation from
West Point he was commissioned
2nd Lieutenant, 7th Cavalry, and
served with the 7th Cavalry at
Fort Riley, Kansas, and with the
2nd Cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen,
Vermont, and Plattsburg Bar­racks,
N. Y.
When war was declared in
1917, Colonel Waterman-was com­manding
Troop 1, 2nd Cavalry,
as a 2nd Lieutenant, and during
Sword Dance by Young Cossack
Officer to Be Program Feature
A thrilling sword dance by
young Ivanoff will be a highlight
of the performance of the General
Platoff Don Cossacks Chorus in
Alumni Gymnasium on Monday,
January 26, under the auspices
of the Auburn Concert Series. It
is the traditional "Lesginka",
startling historic dance of the
Cossack regiments in which, with
whirlwind movements, the young
officer balances a dozen knives
on his head, chin, shoulders and
arms as he dances.
An ensemble of Cossacks per­forms
other spirited dances of
their regiment, handed down
from father to son in their old
homeland along the River Don
from which they fled after the
Revolution.
The dances come at the end of
the choral program which will be
under the direction of Nicholas
Kostrukoff and which will in­clude
folk songs, spirited Cossack
songs, the best of classic en­sembles,
gypsy music and a round
of choral novelties including the
"Volga Boat Song" in its original
setting.
The General Platoff Chorus
comes to Auburn in the midst -of
its second season in this country.
SWORD DANCER
Ivanoff, above, young cossack
officer, will present a sword
dance, "Lesginka", as a feature
of the General Platoff Don Cos­sack
Chorus concert scheduled
for 'Monday, January 26. here in
Alumni Gymnasium.
the Officer's Training Camps at
Plattsburg Barracks, in addition
to commanding his troops, Lieut.
Waterman was Provost Marshall,
post and camp exchange officer,
laundry officer, recreation officer,
instructed 800 men in equitation
and taught hipology to the same
800 men.
Captain to Major
At the close of the Plattsburg
Camps, Lieut. Waterman was
transferred to the 18th Cavalry—
a newly organized unit and join­ed
this regiment at Camp Shelby,
Miss., as a Captain. The 18th Cav^
alary was re-designated the 76th
Field Artillary in November
1917, and Captain Waterman
went over-sea with the 76th F. A.
in April 1918. On arrival over sea,
he was promoted to Major and
given command of the 1st Bat­talion
of the 76th F. A. After a
short period of training at Camp
de Coetquidan, France, Major
Waterman moved his battalion by
rail and marching to position at
Chateau Thierry in defense of the
Marne River. For this defense,
Major Waterman commanded a
battalion of french Colonial Ar­tillery
in addition to the 1st Bat­talion
of the 76th American Ar­tillery.
When the German attack
on the Marne failed, the Ameri­cans
and French reduced the
salient by advancing from the
Marne to the Vesle river. During
this action, casualties in men and
horses were severe, and after a
month in action, the 76th Field
Artillery was withdrawn and
received replacement of men and
equipment.
Major Waterman then moved
his battalion by night marches to
the San Mihiel and supported
assault Infantry in that operat­ion.
On reduction of the San
Mihiel salient, Major Waterman
marched his battalion to position
to support the jump off in the
Argonne.
Major to Lt. Colonel
During the Argonne offensive,
Major Waterman was wounded
but returned to his regiment be­fore
the Armistice. On return
to the 76th F. A. he was promoted
to Lieut. Colonel and supported
with fire from the 76th the cros­sing
of the Meuse river and the
advance to Louppy, France,
where the regiment was in pos-sition
when the Armistice was
signed.
(Continued on page 4)
PAN-AMERICANS TO
HAVE CPT TRAINING
Upperclass
Registration
Ends Tomorrow
Late Fees to Be
Charged After
Noon Closing
r
Registration for all upperclass
students will close at noon to­morrow,
Saturday the 17. Soph­omores,
juniors, seniors, and
graduate students 'are to have
completed registration by that
time. The late fee of three dollars
for the first day and one dollar
for each succeeding day, up to
five dollars, will become payable
for registration after noon Janu­ary
24.
The registration line will be in
Student Center, and all students
must register there. The students
will report to Student Center af­ter
getting registration material at
their respective Dean's offices.
All registration cards must be
filled in completely and signed
by the dean before the student
can register. Fees can be paid at
the cashier's office in Samford
Hall.
All upperclassmen must follow
these rules, except in special cases
where exception is made by the
dean of that school. Classes will
start at 8:00 a. m., Monday, Janu­ary
26, and absences will be mark­ed
from that time.
Auburn Given
Quota of Three In
Spring Session
By DAVID ALLEN
Professor Robert G. Pitts, Co­ordinator
of Civilian Pilot Train­ing,
has just received notice that
this region has been assigned a
quota of three Pan-American stu­dents
to receive training in the
spring session. To fill this quota,
the Superintendent of Civilian
Pilot Training, Atlanta, Ga., will
select qualified trainees who meet
the requirements.
Any Pan - American student
who meets the requirements and
is interested in participating in
CPT is urged by Prof. Pitts to
contact the Aero office immed­iately,
as the bids of students in­terested
will be opened on Janu­ary
29.
Requirements
To be eligible a student must
meet the following requirements:
Applicants must be full matricr
ulated students at institutions
participating in the Civilian Pilot
Training Program.
Applicants must be citizens
from one of the following coun­tries:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominican Republic, Eduador,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mex­ico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Para­guay,
Peru, Salvador, Uruguay,
Venezuela.
Applicants must have attained
their 19th but not their 26th
birthday by January 2, 1942.
(Continued on page 4)
Frosh Curriculum Headquarters
For Registration Listed Again
Begins Monday
At 4 P. M.
Freshman registration will be
divided, according to course, and
the freshmen must report to that
place designated for them. Fol­lowing
is the list of curriculum
headquarters as released by the
Registrar's office.
Agriculture, Comer Hall 303;
Ag Administration, Ag Engineer­ing,
and Ornamental Horticulture,
Animal Husbandry 206; Architec­ture,
Art Building 7; Chemistry,
Ross 216; Chemical Engineering,
Ross 204; Lab Technique, Ross
214; Pharmacy, Ross 305; Educa­tion,
Samford 302.
Ag Education, Samford 215;
Home Economics Education, Sam­ford
207; Aeronautical Adminis­tration,
Ramsay 109; Aeronautical
Engineering (A-M), Ramsay 200
and (N-Z) Ramsay 303; Civil En­gineering,
Ramsay 300; Electrical
Engineering, Ramsay 213, Indus­trial
Engineering, Ramsay 304.
Mechanical Engineering, Broun
Auditorium; Textile Engineering,
Ramsay 217; Home Economics,
Samford 314; Business Adminis­tration
(A-M), New Building 115,
and (N-Z), New Building 123;
Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Medicine, and
Pre-Law, New Building 114;
Science and Literature, New
Building 106; Secretarial Training
(A-M), Broun 401, and (N-Z),
Broun 402; Pre-Veterinary Medi­cine
(A-M), New Building 204,
and (N-Z), New Building 220.
Irregular freshmen will report
to the same headquarters as the
regular ones, but will then re­port
to their respective deans. All
freshmen will report to these
rooms at 4:00 p. m. Monday.
NEXT ISSUE
There will be an edition of The
Plainsman as usual on Tuesday of
next week, but not on Friday.
First Plainsman for the new se­mester
will appear on Tuesday,
January 27.
V
Page Two THE P L A I N S M AN January 16, 1942
Auburn's New Quarter System—It Took a War
So Auburn is finally going on the Quar­ter
System. We had heard that there were
definite advantages of war—but this is the
first concrete example we've seen.
'- Some time ago the college authorities
began investigating the feasibility of such
a system, and went so far as to appoint a
committee to look into it.
That was some time ago. It took a
declaration of war and a governmental re­quest
for the streamlining of the education­al
systems of the nation to actually bring
about some quick action.
Auburn's college administration is to be
highly commended for this quick action.
Ever ready to aid in national defense—
and at the same time keeping the best in­terests
of the school and its students at
heart—the officials decided upon the Sys­tem
almost immediately upon the govern­ment's
request for speeding up educational
facilities.
i They, the administration, have not only
made an effort to speed up the curriculum
of the school, but also to cooperate in every
other possible way with national defense
measures. They have planned to institute
physical training for every student, and
courses in emergency defense work.
The Quarter System, as it will be in
Auburn, will begin in June of this year.
Therefore it will not effect this year's
crop of seniors.
It will, however, bless the freshmen,
sophomores and juniors now in school, as
well as, it is hoped, future generations of
college students.
From where those students are sitting
now, the Quarter System must loom omni-ous
on the horizon. It shouldn't. It'll mean
that they'll take a maximum number of
three five hour courses, not including mili­tary
training. It'll mean that they will
have weekly required quizzes on Satur­days.
Those Saturday quizzes should prove a
blessing in disguise. Students who do not
know the effect—on themselves—of week­ly
quizzes, dread them. Those who do are
thankful for them. You'll study more, of
course, knowing that each Saturday you'll
have to answer questions on that week's
work.. But you'll learn more—much more
—and you won't have to worry so much at
the end of the semester about those exams.
You can complete your college educa­tion
in three years—and still be "regular"
in your work. So if you're thinking about
being drafted in the next couple of years,
you may have an opportunity to get a
college 'education first.
The advantages of the System are un­limited.
Many of them will have to be
discovered through practice.
It is to be hoped that Auburn's new
Quarter System will be a permanent one.
Spectator Sportsmanship on the Hardwood
We do not doubt that the students on
the Auburn campus get tired of listening
to lectures, and reading articles concern­ing
their spirit and conduct in the many
things they do on the campus and in the
many phases of college life. But, as long
as there is a cause for lectures and articles
against these "evils", they will be written.
In the last issue of The Plainsman our
Sports Editor mentioned only briefly an
incident which took place in the gymnas­ium
last week-end. His column is not on
the editorial page and we can understand
why he did not carry his complaint on
further.
He mentioned the conduct of the Au­burn
students in regard to our visiting
teams who play on this campus once in
awhile. The students who did the booing,
jeering, or yelling evidently did not think
about what they were doing or else they
just did not know any better. The first
mark of a gentleman is his respect and
attitude toward the other fellow—whether
he be up or down.
The visiting basketball team last Sat­urday
night was not expected to win over
our team, and the fact that they came as
close as they did must have touched the
ego of several members of the student
body. If they can be truly called members
of the Auburn Student Body.
We aren't against yelling, and yelling
loud; or booing, if the booing has some
reason behind it; or having a good time
at any kind of game. But, there is such a
thing as good manners, good taste, chival­ry,
hospitality—which we should all have
to some degree.
Much more of the type of attitude shown
last weekend and the students around this
campus will be journeying to some nearby
state like Mississippi, or Florida to be
spectators. And, there might be the possi­bility
that they would not want us there.
We can show other teams the same
hospitality that we expect from them
when our teams visit their campuses. But,
it is one thing to say something and an­other
thing to do it. Most of you say
you want a good reputation, everywhere,
so let's see if you will all do your part in
getting one. G.H.
Money All Around-And No One Wants It?
Auburn students do not want to borrow
money. That is not j u s t a m a t t e r of opinion
—it is fact. Right now t h e r e is money and
lots of it available to many students in
Auburn and t h e y - d o n ' t seem to want it.
But, it is t h e r e just t h e same.
These are particulars of the case. Sev­eral
years ago the students of the School
of Science and L i t e r a t u r e pooled t h e i r con­tingent
deposits with the money made by
t h e Economics Book Store to form a loan
fund. That fund, the J o h n Winfield Scott
Loan Fund, has grown every year until
now there are on hand ample means to
make loans to many students. But, no one
wants to borrow any money.
The Fund is administered by a student-faculty
board whose task is to pass on ap­plicants
for loans. All students above the
r a n k of freshman who are enrolled in the
School of Science and L i t e r a t u r e are eli­gible
to apply for aid. The repayment is
planned to be spread over a period of five
years after the student has been gradu­ated.
The whole idea was to make money
available to students who need it to com­plete
their college work, and to enable
them to pay it back when they get out of
school and have secured jobs.
Anyone interested in applying for finan­cial
aid by the Fund may see Prof. I. B.
Gritz, treasurer, or call by the Economics
Library for written material about the
qualifications.
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Two printable letters graced box 832 in the local Postoffice since
last Tuesday's edition. We present them for what they may be worth
to you.
The first is from a student, being addressed to the "Plainsmen."
We thought at first he might be writing the orchestra.
"Dear Sir: ,
"As a member of the Auburn student body I would like to take
the opportunity to thank you for the many services rendered the
institution by the "Plainsmen". One cannot attend Auburn and fail
to be impressed by the friendly and genuinely interested spirit en­countered
everywhere. This is indeed worthy of fostering.
"However, there is a very pertinent matter to which the "Plains­men"
might well devote time and space. I speak of dishonorable
classroom practices and the possibility of the "Honor System" becom­ing
the established code at Auburn.
"No doubt there are those who say that such a system is impractical
and human nature cannot bear the stress, however I have seen the
system work and know that it is firmly entrenched in many schools,
and if the faculty and student leaders would strive for it we too
could have the -honor system, with its accompanying privileges, unless
the character and integrity of the Auburn students are very much
lower than I believe them to be.
"I suggest that you run several editorials upon the matter, and that
the debating club give it a going over.
"Yours for a better Auburn, Bill McMurray".
Bill, we thank you for your interest. You're right. Auburn does
greatly need an 'honor system". The institution of one here is the pet
project of our Student Government President. As yet he has been
unable to accomplish much with it. The establishment of such a
system is something which, you understand, requires a great amount
of time.
In the past, The Plainsman has carried editorials on the subject.
Whether they did any good or not, we don't know yet. But we can
assure you that Auburn's "student leaders" have given the matter
quite a bit of thought, and that some of them are working rather
hard on it even now.
And From a Former Student...
The second letter was from an Auburn graduate of the Class of
'38, Bill Stelzenmuller—now Captain W. B. Stelzenmuller, of the
29th Engineers, stationed in Portland, Oregon.
Here it is:
"Dear Anderson:
"Thought I'd drop a line back to you and your cohorts to say I
think The Plainsman's doing all right. Since you probably get more
brickbats than posies, maybe a plug won't hurt matters any. I've
been taking the paper pretty regularly since I left Tigertown in '38,
and I still enjoy it a lot, even tho practically everyone I knew is
gone now.
"I'd sort of like fo hear from some of my old cronies back in the
class of '38, and as it's not unlikely that a few (or maybe more than
a few) still read The Plainsman, would appreciate it if you would
insert a line or two somewhere on a back page, to tell them I'm
still alive and kicking.
"I was in school last year at the University of California at
Berkley and took my Master of Science in Civil Engineering. Just
recently I received notice that I was elected to Sigma Xi, scientific
research honorary fraternity, at their fall meeting at the University."
Student Leader of the Week ... Joe Meadows
He may be "Joe" to his folks—but he's "Alfalfa" to those who
know him at Auburn. The nickname derivation is obvious. In the
first place, he looks like the "Alfalfa" of "Our Gang" movie fame.
Then he lives somewhere on
Route 1 out from Opp. Nobody
can deny that that must be in
the sticks.
Alf's a fourth year student in
Architecture. And he's Editor of
the Glomerata—which' means he
probably has four more years to
go. That is, if the Army doesn't
get him.
He's in the Engineer Regiment
of the Cadet Corps.
He says that after the army
gets through with him—if it does
—he's coming back to Auburn
to get his degree in Architecture.
Then he plans to become a "prac­ticing"
architect. He doesn't plan
to practice in Opp.
Joe is a member of Auburn's
Omicron Delta Kappa circle. He's
the high muckety-muck of the
local chapter of Scarab (Khufu
Temple), honorary professional architecture fraternity.
As for his social fraternity affiliation, Joe says that he's the
president and sole member of the Alpha Alpha fraternity—unorga­nized,
unlimited, and strictly local.
PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
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.
We can kick a thing around as
long as the next fellow, but we're
getting just a bit tired of read­ing
about this foreign language
we college and high school stu­dents
are supposed to speak.
* * *
We'll admit that the younger
set is responsible for more than
a few of the so-called "bright
little phrases," but we mix in, at
least an equal part of English.
It's getting so you can hardly
pick up a popular magazine with­out
running into a story or an
article about somebody who
either can or cannot talk this
stuff. Even the movies are glam­orizing
this new tongue and
inventing additions.
* * *
For instance, around here, you
don't necessarily drag, a bag,
mouse, or cookie, just because .you
are accompanied by a young lady.
In seclusion, do you always mush
a thrush? If the fighting gets
furious, do you hang a pin on a
wren?
* * *
Does it curdle you to leave a
hep brawl? Are all your friends
your playmates? Are all jerks
drips, and does a drip going
steady always become a drizzle?
* * *
Can't you d a n c e without
swinging down, or smoke without
inhaling? Are all musicians horn­ing
in, all vocalists canaries, and
the music always jive?
* * *
Frankly, we've never mouth­ed
"gestanko" just because some­thing
didn't smell like the first
violet. We're getting just a little
fed up with the whole thing.
* * *
We're positively livid! We've
got the kruds and the arrayes!
Those beat key-pounders just
ain't on the beam.
* * *
Sabotage has been reported in
the downtown eateries. It seems
that someone has been pouring
salt in the sugar bowls, and until
recently, no one minded very
much. Now, however, times have
been changed.
You see, sugar is being ration­ed.
It all has to do with this war
we are in. Eating places are being
forced to conserve sugar supplies,
and every bowl counts. We have
been asked to mention this mat­ter,
and to ask each playful bug­ger
to please lay off the sugar.
* » *
Reported newspaper ads . . .
"Wanted, to marry, young wom­an
with four good auto tires."
"For Sale. Five almost new
white side-wall tires, $490. A '39
Lincoln Zephyr will be included."
« * *
Now is that time of year when
a book in the hand is worth two
coeds in the brush.
* * *
Any student who learns, in
four years, how to register, should
receive a degree with other re­quirements
waived.
« * *
And a bunch of big beautiful
posies to those behind this quar­ter
system with the crowded sche­dule
for the duration. It will make
it possible for a lot of students to
get a lot more education than
they could have managed under
the present system.
» * *
Some things about it may not
be pleasant, and requirements are
necessarily rigid, but just re­member
that this is no vacation
school, and that Auburn has join­ed
the United States in carrying
on this war. With these two great
powers linked, we are sure of
success, but we'd better not for­get
the reasons for some things
when we familiarize ourselves
with the new regulations.
* * *
i
More boners, from the same
"Book of Boners" . . .
"An octopus is a person who
hopes for the best".
"Possession by spirits means
feeling like the devil."
"A ruminant is an animal that
chaws its cub."
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Kuddler,
visited the Glomerata office the
other day. Struck by the manner
of Editor "Alfalfa Joe" Meadows,
in his treatment of young ladies
who wander into his lair, she ver­sified
thusly:
"I think that I shall never know
An editor quite like Alfalfa Joe.
He doesn't depend on his gift of
. gab;
He does pretty dern well with his
gift of grab."
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 edi­torial
policies of this paper.
One of the first acts of Congress
after the Pearl Harbor attack
was to repeal the law forbidding
the sending of American men
outside this hemisphere. By re­pealing
that law, Congress has
changed many a conversation in
the U. S. today. Where the ques­tion
was once " i f we would have
another AEF, it is now only a
matter of "when" and "where."
When I speak of the new AEF,
I do not mean the soldiers that
will be going to the Orient. While
that certainly will be an expedi­tionary
force, the term AEF has
somehow become connected with
Germany. For twenty-five years
we have thought of the "AEF".
as being an aijny to fight the
Germans, and it as such that I
use the term now.
"When" for the AEF of this
war is only a matter of time, and
as such is not nearly so interest­ing
as "where." When we ask
ourselves "when," it becomes all
too obvious that only supply can
answer the question. We will not
send out an army that is not
equipped for the job it will have
to do. And, conversely, just as
soon as we have an army equip­ped
for that job, you may be sure
it will be sent out. Now that " if
is history and "when" is in the
hands of industry, we can turn
toward that most interesting of
phases—"where."
V V V V V V
There are a complete set of
stages for the various actions
this spring when action will once
again become intense. One or
more of these will be the Ameri­can
theatre of war, and so it is
likely to become a favorite in­door
sport here to do a little
"Supposin"' about which one.
First, the British Isles. Britain
claimed at the first of the war
that she could muster some three
and a half million men. Assuming
casualties to the half, and foreign
duty for at least another million,
we find that Britain will be fac­ing
a spring war-season with
some two million men. To in­crease
this number she has two
sources—her empire and the
United States. There is a need
for men, but not an acute one,
if this guess, which is about half
way between German and Eng-list
claims, is a good one.
Second, the U. S. S. R., Russia
has suffered tremendous losses in
man-power. The actual number is
not known, but it is quite con­servative
to place the number of
casualities at a figure in excess
of two millions. Even despite
these, however, the main short­age
in Russia is in the tools "of
war—not the men to use them.
Third, North Africa. Libya and
the nations flanking it, Egypt
and Tunisia, make up the only
other battle field on which Amer­ican
soldiers may fight German
ones. And it is Libya that ranks
first as a likely choice for the
attentions of the AEF. Other
fields may open, in Turkey or
Norway, but they are not matters
of the near future. The prime
place where American men are
needed is in Africa.
General Rommel, the German
leader in Libya, had something
over 150,000 men in November.
Since then he has lost, by British
calculations, about 30,000. This
would leave him with 125,000
experienced soldiers. We may
expect reinforcements to be add­ed
to this number, if they have
not already been. The Cairo ra­dio
this week admits that the
pursuit of the Germans has
stopped. Just south of the Gulf
of Sirte the Africa Corps of Gen­eral
Rommel has turned on the
British and fought them to a
stand-still.
The British need two things to
continue the westward push. One
of these, material, we are send­ing
now. The other need will be­come
more acute as the Germans
transfer men to this sector from
the Russian frontr That need is
(Continued on Pago 3)
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January 16,1942 THE PLAINSMAN Page ThrSe
Semester Examinations Continue
Through Thursday of Next Week
Social Activities at Standstill As
Students Study in Midst of Exams
Final examinations for the semester reach mid peak this
week-end having startsd Thursday and due to continue over
until Thursday of next week.*
Social activities in the village were at a standstill this
week, as students began last-minute studying for finals. As
this year's Homecoming Dance Set took the place of mid-term
dances originally held annually, next social event scheduled
is the Commerce Ball on January 30, the Friday after the
opening of the new semester on
the 26.
Examinations in one hour cour­ses
and in laboratory sections
which could not conform to the
examinations, have been given
previous to the opening date at
the last meeting of the classes and
lab sections. ,
The 4th hour classes, scheduled
11-12 Tuesday-Thursday and 7th
hour classes, scheduled 3-4 MTW-ThF,
MWF, or MF, were held
Thursday, January 15, at 8:30,
and 7th hour classes, scheduled
3-4 TTh, also sections of Eco­nomics
251, 151, and 255,- and
Chemistry 101-3 were held at
1:30 of the same date.
1st hour classes, scheduled 8-9
MWF, MW, MTWThF, or MF,
were held today at 8:30, and 1st
hour classes, scheduled 8-9 TThS,
TTh,' ThS, or TThF were held
this afternoon starting at 1:30.
• During the regularly scheduled
examination period, which will
last until Thursday, January 22,
two examinations will be held
each day, morning examinations
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starting at 8:30 and afternoon
examinations starting at 1:30 as
before.
Final examinations will be
given in all subjects and the re­mainder
of the official examina­tion
schedule, as given below,
will be adhered to by all instruc­tors.
Changes in this schedule
will be made only with the ap­proval
of the Executive Council.
All examinations are to be
completed by the time classes be­gin
for the second semester,
which will be on Monday, Janu­ary
26.
The remainder of the examina­tion
schedule running through
Wednesday is as follows:
Saturday, January 17: In the
morning all 2nd hour classes, 9-10,
scheduled MWF, MW, MTWThF,
or MF. In the afternoon all 2nd
hour classes, 9-10, scheduled
TThS, ThS, TTh, or TThF.
Monday, January 19: In the
morning all 3rd hour classes, 10-
11, scheduled TThS, ThS, TTh, or
TThF. In the afternoon all 3rd
hour classes scheduled, TThS,
ThS, TTh, or TThF.
Tuesday, January 20: In the
morning all 4th hour classes 11-12,
scheduled MWF, MW, MTWThF,
or MF. In the afternoon all 6th
hour classes scheduled 2-3.
Wednesday, January 21: In the
morning all 5th hour classes, 1-2
scheduled MWF, MW, MTWThF,
or MF. In the afternoon all 5th
hour classes, 1-2 scheduled TThS,
ThS, TTh, or TThF. Also at this
time will come the 4th hour
classes, 11-12, TTh. Instead of be­ginning
at 1:30 as the other exam­inations
will, this one will begin
at 4:00.
Thursday, January 22: In the
morning at 8:00, classes which
meet at 4-5 MWF, TTh, and MF.
In the afternoon at 1:30 all sub­jects
which have a conflict with
this schedule or which are not
scheduled elsewhere.
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Robert Morris Trulock, son of
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Ga., is enrolled as an aviation ca­det
in the Southeast Air Corps
Training Center, which has its
headquarters at Maxwell Field,
Montgomery.
Trulock, who attended Ala­bama
Polytechnic Institute, was
scheduled to begin flight train­ing
this week at one of the Train­ing
Center's primary schools af­ter
finishing a brief period of
military processing and ground
school instruction at the replace­ment
center.
After completing the course, he
will. be commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army Air Forces
and assigned to active duty with
a combat group or training unit
as a flying officer.
Before enlisting in the Air
Corps, Trulock was employed as
a clerk. At Auburn, he was a
member of the Aero Club and Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity.
society
by E. Gaines
SCOTT
(Continued from Page 2)
personnel, and this means Amer­ican
personnel. This fact places
a bit more motive behind the
Army's move to equip many of
our new soldiers with desert
wear. Whether or not it seems
like the proper time to be send­ing
men away from ou rown war,
the United States must build an
AEF for Africa. If Hitler is to be
kept behind the Mediterranean,
there is no choice.
V V V V V V
Here is a cry in the dark. It
has been heard before, but not
often enough. The United States
is waging a propaganda war with
Germany in Argentina. We are
losing, and have been losing, be­cause
we pass up the little trick
of subsidizing newspapers and
radio stations. The nucleus of
trouble in Argentina is its.strong
German colony. That organized
and compact minority has sev­eral
German-language newspa­pers
which also print Spanish
editions. Of these papers, all are
pro-Axis except one, the "Ar-gentinisches
Tageblatt," which
is as anti-Hitler as we could
desire.
This is the complaint. Why
doesn't our government, after
seeing what propaganda can do,
give that anti-Hitler paper some
real support? It is losing ground
every year due to the violent
competition of at least a dozen
leading pro-Hitler papers there.
We have ignored such opportun­ities
long enough. Tuesday the
Argentine government refused to
sign the anti-Axis pact at the
hemisphere meeting in Rio de
Janeiro. The German influence
is making itself felt more every
day, and we balk at giving
aid to a newspaper courageous
enough to take the anti-Axis
stand in a region that becomes
more pro-Axis every day. "Too
little, too late" can pertain to
more than actual arms.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon -
A communique was left for us in The Plainsman office yesterday.
We quote: "Alabama Alpha-Mu of Sigma Alpha Epsilon elected
officers t'other day. They wuz: President, James L. Rouse; vice-president,
Sanford D. Lee; treasurer, Henry Poellnitz; secretary,
Goree Johnson; correspondent, John Scott; warden, James Cooper;
chronicler, William Ryan; chaplain, George Austin.
"They are to hold office during the second semester, draft per­mitting.
" 'Remember Pearl Harbor'."
Beta Kappa
Doris Carpenter will lead the Beta Kappa formal Jan. 31 with
Jacque Houser. She will probably be gowned, in a white dress. The
BK's are expecting a large number of old members to attend the
dance, although some of their alumni who are in the army will be
unable to attend.
Alpha Psi
Mrs. Ann N. Stover will begin her duties as Alpha Psi house
mother some time next week. The Alpha Psis are just now settling
down in their new house on West Magnolia. Mrs. Stover served for
three consecutive years as house mother for the Delta Sigs.
An Alphi Psi alumnus, Dr. Guy W. Norman, was married during
the holidays to Anna Frances Clower.
Delta Sigma Pi
Each year the business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi, holds a Com­merce
Ball. To lead the dance a woman student enrolled in secre­tarial
training is elected Commerce Queen by students in business
administration and secretarial training. The election will be held
Monday, Jan. 26. Candidates for queen will be announced soon. A
bid to the formal will be given to each person who votes. The presi­dent
of Delta Sigma Pi is Sammy Nettles.
Alpha Gamma Rho
Holt Stuart was married to Jeannette Anderson of Silver Hill
over the holidays. The groom is back in school.
Alpha Tau Omega
Bill Gaines got himself engaged to Florence McQueen of Bir­mingham
recently. They have made no plans for their marriage,
however. He is from Birmingham also and is a co-op junior in
mechanical engineering.
Eubanks—Lindsay
Elizabeth Eubanks, of Tallassee, and Gene K. Lindsay, of Roa­noke,
a sophomore in engineering, were married last Saturday after­noon
in the home of the Reverend Cunningham of Tallassee.
The bride is a graduate of Alabama College. The groom plans
to continue his education here at Auburn.
Auburn Wesley Foundation
Delegates Attend Conference
The students in the Auburn
Wesley Foundation have already
begun receiving the benefits
which have been transmitted to
them by their delegates who at­tended
the Second National
Methodist Student Conference.
At this conference, which was
held from December 29 to Janu­ary
2, the Auburn youth group
was ably represented by Alma
Bentley, Notasulga, Alabama;
Beulah Crawford, Marion, Ala­bama;
Elizabeth Jones, Snow-doun,
Alabama; Helen Mosley,
Montgomery, Alabama; Leon
Burns, Talladega, Alabama ;~Mel-vin
Hixson, Gadsden, Alabama;
Ralph Porter, Quincy, Florida;
and the Foundation director, Rev.
Griffin Lloyd.
The Conference theme was "The
Student in Christian World Re­construction";
t h e Conference
was held at the University of Il­linois,
at Urbana, Illinois. The
University of Illinois Foundation
group was the host group. The
meetings, which were very in­spirational
and uplifting, were
enhanced by the presence of
widely-known consecrated Chris­tians
from all over the world.
At the January 11th evening
meeting of the Auburn Wesley
Foundation, Leon Burns, one of
the delegates, presented a Relax­ation
Program. The major De­votional
Feature was the rendi­tion
of a reading which related
the life of Christ: "Gentlemen—
the King!" The Foundation mem­bers
then separated to their five
usual groups. The group devotion­al
leaders, all delegates to the
Conference who passed on their
experiences to the groups were:
"Group A", Beulah Crawford;
"Group B", Ralph Porter; "Group
C", Alma Bentley and Leon
Burns; "Group D", Melvin Hix­son;
"Group E", Helen Moseley
and Elizabeth Jones.
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(Editor's Note: The following
letter was received by the Editor
too late for placing it in its
proper place—on the editorial
page. However, as it concerns
women students, its appearance
on this page is perhaps justifiable.
The Plainsman, according to its
policies of printing student let-
"BAHAMA PASSAGE"
IS TIGER FEATURE
Sun-bronzed, stalwart Stirling
Hayden, Paramount's six-foot-five
gift from the sea to the
screen, was more at home during
the filming of his new Techni­color
picture, "Bahama Passage",
which will be shown Sunday and
Monday at the Tiger Theatre than
he ever imagined he could be in
any landlubber occupation.
Hayden, the blonde erstwhile
sailor, was delighted when he
read the script of "Bahama Pas­sage"
in which he is co-starred
with Madeleine Carroll and found
that he didn't have to dress up
for a single scene. Most of the
time, he would be required to
stripfto the waist; the "balance of
the time he would be wearing
bathing trunks.
ters, if they are signed, presents
this letter purely as a statement
of the opinion of its signers, and
not as the policy of the paper.)
January 15, 1941
Quadrangle
Dear Editor:
Please put something interest­ing
and LONG to read in the
Tuesday issue of The Plainsman,
since all freshman and sophomore
girls after finishing their exams
will be sitting in their rooms all
the rest of the week, due to the
Student Government's short­sightedness.
The Woman's Stu­dent
Council is composed of noth­ing
but juniors and seniors, who
are allowed to date every night
of the week, and they seem to
have forgotten how it is to be a
freshman and have only two
dates a week or a sophomore with
a three-dates-a-week budget.
What the heck do they think
we will be doing, studying for
next semester's exams?
Sincerely,
Six Women Students:
Jean Thomas
Jean Gittings
Faye Wideburg
Jessie Mae Ford
Nellie May Pike
Eloise Hicks.
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Page Four THE P L A I N ^ i l AN January 16, 1942
Tiger Cagesters Face Vanderbilt Tonight in 'Gym
Hawkins May Play
In Auburn Line-up
Freshmen to Perform in Preliminaries
Against Jefferson Insurance Squad
Vanderbilt's Commodores invade Alumni Gymnasium to­night
in offering the first SEC competition of the new year
to Auburn's undefeated Plainsmen. Game time is 8 o'clock
and the varsity contest will follow an exhibition featuring
the freshman quintet and Jefferson Insurance Company of
Columbus which starts at 6.
Capt. Shag Hawkins made his return to the squad this
week and it is certain that the 1941 Conference high-point
man will see at least part time
Busiest Man on the Plains
duty in the center position for the
Plainsmen. Playing a prominent
part in pre-holiday wins over
Mississippi and Mississippi State,
he soon afterward underwent a
neck operation and was forced to
miss the Auburn-Spring Hill
games of last week-end.
If he starts tonight Auburn
fans will see the Tiger lineup at
full strength for the first time
since the '41 season. Marvin Mot­ley
and Fagan Canzoneri will man
the guard posts, Frank Manci and
Herbert Burton will be the for­wards.
Hawkins," Motley, Canzon­eri
and Manci all are lettermen
and were regulars last year.
Vanderbilt can offer no Pinky
Lipscomb this year but are certain
to offer a serious threat to the
clean record of an Auburn outfit
which was shaky last week
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as it was twice forced to come
from behind to take a pair from
Spring Hill's Badgers, the scores
being 32-30 and 28-23. Coach Jor-don's
team of last year played
Vanderbilt twice, winning in
Alumni Gym and losing in
Nashville.
Chief scoring threats for the
Tigers tonight should be the Haw-kins-
Manci combine which for
two years has stood high in Con­ference
standings. In the event
that Hawkins takes the floor as
only a part time performer Mot­ley
will switch to center, Manci,
Burton and Canzoneri will see
time at the forward posts and
guards Park, Tanner and Canzon­eri
will take turns in the back
court.
PAN-AMERICANS
i
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must obtain the consent
of their parents or guardian.
Applicants must have satisfac­torily
completed at least one full
year of college work acceptable
to the institution.
All applicants must pass the
physical examination required
for Civilian Pilot Training.
The applicant must satisfy all
concerned, especially the flight
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of the English language
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Applicants need not sign a
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Pan-American trainees will pay
the same medical examination,
insurance, and course fees requir­ed
of other Elementary Course
Civilian Pilot trainees.
Salter OutgrabsAII College Press
Agents in Amount of Space
Pictured above is Auburn's
ace publicity drum-beater.
Squire Elmer Salter, who led all
the college press agents of the
nation in space-grabbing in 1941.
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Fairbanks Stars
In Martin Show,
"Corsican Brothers"
Robin Hood's son showed up in
Sherwood Forest recently and he
turned out to be just as dashing a
swashbuckler as his colorful sire.
In fact, the chip off the old block
turned out to be a couple of
swashbucklers. The multiplica­tion
was due to the fact that the
son, who is Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr., was playing the famous
twins of Dumas' romantic thriller,
"The Corsican Brothers", which
starts a run at the Martin The­atre
on Sunday and Monday.
The picture was made in a
hundred-acre glade of giant live
oaks some fifty miles from Hol­lywood,
a location called Sher­wood
Forest, ever since Douglas
Fairbanks, Sr., chose it as the
spot for filming one of his great­est
hits, i'Robin Hood". Doug, Jr.,
immediately felt at home in the
Forest—not only because his
father christened the location, but
because he was playing a sword-fighting,
wall-scaling role which
his father too would have enjoyed
to the hilt.
One of the scenes shot in the
Forest required 150 extras and
about 70 horses; it showed how
the members of a noble Corsican
household and all their retainers
were put to the sword and ex­terminated,
root and branch. It
was war on a small scale and
pretty gory, but after all, it was
paper blood that was spilled.
It was quite a fight in spite of
the fact that the swords were
made out of plastic and the dag­gers
were rubber and the pistols
fired blanks. Men fell off horses
and other fighters rolled around
on the ground and women of the
clan threw breakaway furniture
made out of papier mache. Fair­banks
thought it was a swell
brawl and Director Ratoff smiled
all over at the enthusiastic fash­ion
in which his extras gave their
"lives" for their art.
LOST—Dark brown wallet in
or near Langdon Hall. Liberal
reward for return intact to Don-nie
Parker, Lambda Chi House.
Phone 247.
By JOHN PIERCE
Some months ago in New York, Eddie Brietz sat himself
down behind a typewriter to summarize a year of sports for
his nationally read sports column and before he had finished
the following was headed for the wires of Associated Press:
"And Col. Elmer Salter of Auburn grabbed off more space
than any other college press agent."
And there, in one sentence, Brietz had summed up the re­sults
of a function so vast, so wide in,'its import and aspects
that it couldn't help but surprise
the average individual not up on
the intracacies of the work of an
athletic publicity office.
Being one of those average in­dividuals
who like surprises, we
decided -to hike down to the field
house and gather in some of the
real information behind the Au­burn
publicity director and his
work.
Auburn's Busiest Individual
Month in, month out Mr. Elmer
G. Salter is the busiest man in
Auburn. He covers every sport,
major and minor, all athletic
functions related in any way to
A. P. I., and keeps up with the
doings of athletes of the past and
present, coaches and alumni or­ganizations.
Greeting us with the smile so
characteristic of the publicity
man he obligingly forked otfer
the desired facts. Maybe a few of
'em will give you a general pic­ture
of the reasons for a publicity
man's worries.-
Let's take as an example the
busiest part of the year, football
season. During the period ex­tending
from August through
December he sends out weekly
stories t o 350 newspapers
throughout the nation. His dis­patches
find places in papers of
Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles, New
York or any other given city.
Daily stories, usually three in
number, reach the local papers
and give complete day by day
coverage of Auburn sports act­ivities.
Mats are sent regularly
to newspapers as well as to syn­dicates,
magazines and program
publishers. Up to the minute in­formation
goes to radio sports
casters, to a dozen or so of the
most widely known rating sys­tems,
to sports questionnaires.
Mail flows in by the bundles
requesting information as to a
left-halfback's right ankle or on
team morale or appearance of the
team in practice sessions. All-star
pickers frequently send ques­tion
sheets; bettors deluge him
the game. There his work in­cludes
writing of stories for pa­pers
there, radio appearances and
ample distribution of information
wherever else needed.
With the basketball season Mr.
Salter takes on a new job in ad­dition
to his drum-beating duties,
that of freshman cage coach. Then
comes track, baseball, spring
football, tennis, swimming, etc.
He's an Auburn Grad *
An Auburn graduate in 1928, he
managed the renowned Plainsman
basketball team which went
through its season with a record
of 20 wins and only two losses,
those both to Mississippi and
both by one point margins. After
a year of post-graduate work he
took over the publicity job and
has been with it ever since.
In 12 years he has seen every
Auburn football game, a record
equaled only by Coach Wilbur
Hutsell. His travels on athletic
trips usually average about 8,000
miles a year.
"Most enjoyable trip I've ever
taken," he says, "was the one to
New York on the week of the
Manhattan game."
Biggest thrill for him, as for
just about any writer, is "seeing
my stories in print. Most of the
time I send them out without any
idea of whether they'll be used.
Then seeing them in the papers
seems to smooth out everything."
He won't name any one Auburn
athlete he's seen as outstanding
above others because there have
been so many—contents himself
with dreaming of what an all-star
Tiger team of the past 12 years
could do against a similar organi­zation.
All in all it's a pretty thorough
job for Mr. Salter and his N. Y. A.
helpers. To him can go a great
portion of credit for the success
and renown of the Auburn ath­letic
set-up.
"I'm crazy about the job," he
told us in closing. "I'd like to
stay on indefinitely but—well,
with requests for predictions; 'I've a reserve commission and.. "
professional clubs ask for past
records of Auburn players now
in the big leagues.
All of which means a whole
lot to do and in a fairly short
time.
"Football season is my busiest
part of the year, witout a quest­ion,"
Squire Salter will tell you.
"You see, football supports the
entire athletic schedule with its
intake. The more publicity, the
more interest in the games. From
September through mid-Decem­ber
I'm working day and night."
Maybe the list of duties given
above seems abnormal, but con­sider
that the majority of the
writing must be done in less than
a week's time and you'll see the
whole thing expand to nightmar­ish
proportions. For on the foot­ball
weeks he must leave two or
three days early for the site of
We got out without ceremony.
Loss of two coaches already with­in
a two week period has been
enough without hearing any more
talk of the army and its plans.
WATERMAN
(Continued from Page 1)
He then marched the regiment,
as part of the Army of Occupa­tion,
to Coblenz, Germany, and
remained in Germany, returning
with his regiment to the United
States in September 1919.
From then until the present
time Colonel Waterman has been
on routine duty connected with
re-organization of the Army and
training troops, perfecting equip­ment
and taking school work for
higher military education. He has
completed all the courses at the
service schools.
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Table Tennis Exhibitions
Postponed Until Later Date
Canadian Champ
Will Replace
Schiff in Show
The Table Tennis Champion
exhibition scheduled for Satur­day
night has been postponed
temporarily, according to a state­ment
made by Intramural De­partment
officials yesterday.
Sol Schiff, U. S. Singles and
World's Double Champion will
be unable to take part in the ex­hibition.
Mr. Schiff has been
called into military service.
In his place, Harry Cook, Ca­nadian
Singles Champion, will
put on the exhibition in Auburn
with Southern States Champion
Doug Cartland, probably during
the last week in the month.
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THIS WEEK
The Auburn Grille
ANNOUNCES THAT
CHARLIE SCOTT
has been selected to receive
a Steak Dinner for his out­standing
service to Auburn
during the last three years.
• Each week the Auburn
Grille will select an out­standing
student to re­ceive
this award.
The Grille is Auburn's
finest and most modern
restaurant.
The Grille invites the stu­dents
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