1941-12-12 The Plainsman

              ANNUAL ODK-HUTSELL CAKE RACE MONDAY
Formation on Rat
Field at 3 P-M.
Fraternity Having First Men
To Finish Will Receive Race Cup
Starting at 3 o'clock on the rat football field, all physically
fit freshman will assemble Monday for the running of the
thirteenth annual Freshman Cake Race sponsored by Omi-cron
Delta Kappa and dedicated to Coach Wilbur Hutsell.
Guidons will be placed on the southeast end of the field
and the freshmen will form at 3:00 in their regular ROTC
batteries. Roll call will be at 3:10. The 2.7 mile race will start
at 3:30 and will follow the same course as in former years.
Runners will leave the frosh
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football field, run up Thach to
College Street, down College to
Glenn, then to Ross, across Ross
to Magnolia, up Magnolia to Gay,
and from there to Samford. A
trek up College, from there to Ag
Bottom and through Ag Bottom
to Drake Field.
Freshmen have been urged to
have a wrap available immediate­ly
after they have completed the
race so as to prevent any ex­posure
while overheated.
All freshmen registered in
ROTC are required to compete
in the race, but are also urged
to have a physical examination
if they have some handicap that
might prevent them from par­ticipating
in the event.
'A pilot car will lead the group
around the course and all other
cars are requested to remain off
the course during the ra'ce. Mem­bers
of the A Club and Spike
Shoe members will act as mar-shalls
for the race and will be
placed at different intervals along
the course. They will immed­iately
disqualify any participant
found cutting the course.
More prizes have been offered
the winner and runner-ups in
this year's, race than ever before
in the history of the Cake Race.
The first contestant to finish
will not only receive a numeral
letter on a sweater, a large cake,
and a kiss from Miss Auburn for
1941-42, Margaret McCain, but
also a month's pass to the Tiger
Theater, a three week's pass to
the Martin Theater, and $1.50
worth of dry cleaning service
from Bill Ham.
The next twenty-four fresh­men
to finish will receive smaller
cakes and also one pass each to
the Tiger Theatre.
The second contestant to finish
will receive a two weeks' pass to
the Martin Theater, a pair of
shoes from Koplon's in Opelika,
and a shaving set from Hage-dorn's,
also in Opelika.
The third place winner will re­ceive
a one week's pass to the
Martin, a shirt from Olin Hill,
and a sweater offered by Hol-lingsworth
and Norman of Ope­lika.
Several other prizes have been
offered to the contestants includ­ing
$1.00 worth of dry cleaning
offered by Bill Ham to the men
who come in numbers 13, 25, and
302, which is the telephone num­ber
of the Bill Ham Dry Cleaning
establishment. "
A special award is being offer­ed
this year by Olin Hill to the
runner who is the last to finish
in the race. The award is one
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Students to Report on Draft Status
Only Registered
Students Affected
ATO'S WIN FRAT SKIT NIGHT
CONTEST WITH 'KORKSAPOPPIN'
Tail Epsilon Phi
Places Second;
Alpha Psi Third
Alpha Tau Omega placed first
in the Interfraternity Skit Night
contest on Wednesday and Thurs­day
nights of this, week with an
original drama entitled "Korks-a-
Poppin". Tau Epsilon Phi won
second place with a new slant on
"Hamlet", and Alpha Psi ran
third with several characteriza­tions.
Hugh Maddox, president of the
senior class, which sponsored
Skit Night to raise money for the
class project, stated that he was
well pleased with the attendance
on both nights.
Thirty-one characters took part
in the ATO skit which used the
auditorium. as well as the stage
to present the performance. The
scene was a typical one of the Au­burn
campus and stadium at
night, and was centralized around
a typical romantic couple who
met with typical Auburn disturb­ances.
It included butch boys and
a water gun fight in the audience
Nativij&Scene AgainFeatured
As College Part of Decorations
Community Sing
Tuesday Night
The nativity scene displayed in
lights last year during the Christ­mas
Holidays on the front cam­pus
is now being erected again,
as the College's contribution to
the decorations for Christmas by
the Auburn Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
The scene is being constructed
by the Department of Buildings
and Grounds, with art work by
the School of Architecture and
Allied Arts.
The Junior Chamber of Com­merce
will present a Community
Sing in Langdon Hall Tuesday
night at 7:30, where students
will gather to sing Christmas
carols.
The Glee Club will present a
mixed college chorus Wednesday
night at the Tiger Theater be­tween
the first and second pic­ture
shows, leading the audience
in the singing of carols, the words
of which will be flashed on the
screen. This also is part of the
Jaycee Christmas Program.
Alumni Chapter
Gives Banquet
The Birmingham Alumni Chap­ter
of Auburn's Alumni Associa­tion
will entertain the Tiger foot­ball
team, and all the Auburn
coaches Wednesday night with a
banquet at the Titwiler Hotel in
Birmingham,
banquet at the Tutwiler Hotel in
Alumni and friends of the
school are invited to attend the
banquet.
Tickets may be purchased at
the athletic ticket office from
Mrs. Nichol, at $2.00 each.
"BATTLE CRY"
The new 1941 edition of the
"Battle Cry" will arrive in Au­burn
Monday and will go on sale
on that day at the Glomerata of­fice.
All students who have order­ed
one or want one will please
come by the year-book office and
get their copies. The price will
be $1.00.
Sixteen Juniors and Seniors
Elected to Chi Epsilon
What Happened To
Auburn's Soldier
Boys 24 Years Ago
By GEORGE HEARD
It was almost 24 years and 9
months ago that similar condi­tions
existed on this Village of
the Plains that are in effect now.
We have in particular reference
the fact that war has been declar­ed
and t h a t several of the
students are thinking about their
part in the conflict and during the
national emergency.
It seems that about the time
war was declared by the U. S.
in our last world conflict, Auburn
was again having the same seri­ous
thought that is being done
now by the many students whom
it affects. In fact this should in­clude
all of the students for there
is something that everybody could
do if they would but look around
them. Immediately after the
declaration of war in 1917 the
college officials began to compile
a list of all the Auburn grads and
what type of work they were
suited to do in national defense.
This proved very helpful in aid­ing
the authorities in finding the
proper men to fill certain posi­tions.
Also, about this time, the ROTC
students began to drill two hours
every day and six days a week.
Now isn't that a pleasant thought
to take home during the holidays.
Within about a month fifty of the
senior officers had left for the
Officers' Training Camp. This in
itself is not so bad—in fact it Js
even fine. But, the catch is that
they left one month before school
was ended. And we don't mean
that school was dismissed either.
One pleasant thought about
their leaving is that they still
received their diplomas as if they
had gone ahead and stayed in
school.
Sixteen juniors and seniors in
the Civil Engineering Depart­ment,
were recently elected to
membership in the honorary
Civil Engineering fraternity, Chi
Epsilon.
Faculty member chosen was
Prof. G. T. Dean, who is a grad­uate
of Kansas State College,
having received his B. S. there in
1940, and a Masters in 1941. He
is an associate member of Sigma
Xi, and a member of the Ameri­can
Society of Civil Engineers.
Seniors elected to Chi Epsilon
included:
Frank Tobey, Memphis, Tenn.;
W. W. Clark, Atlanta, Ga.; J. M.
Barton, Lynn; J. A. Jones, Cas­well;
H. F. Rainey, Ellaville, Ga.;
and J. H. Lee, Marion.
Junior neophytes include:
M. H. Wilkins, Bay Minette; J.
D. Wilson, Montgomery; Will
Gregory, Birmingham; W. L.
Samuel, Decatur; C. F. Harris,
Montgomery; W. D. Debardele-ben,
Lowndsboro; L. P. Jenkins,
Gadsden; M. C. Cook, Union
Springs; and E. C. Rodgers, Bay
Minette.
CADETS WITNESS .
DEMONSTRATION
One hundred and eighty senior
ROTC Cadet Officers attended a
Field Artillery Firing Demonstra­tion
at Fort Benning Wednesday.
The cadets were the guests j>f
the 44th Field Artillery Battalion,
commanded by Major W. G.
Bennett.
Traveling in army trucks and
private cars, the cadets, the ma­jority
of whom were from the
Field Artillery Regiments, ar­rived
at the Fort in time for lunch
Wednesday morning. They ate in
the mess halls of the 44th.
The demonstration was con­ducted
on the firing ranges in the
afternoon, under the direction of
Major W. R. Hensey, Field Ar­tillery
instructor in the Infantry
School.
as well as cake race finishers on
the stage, with miscellaneous
drunks and other characters par­ticipating.
TEP corrected a reading of
"Hamlet" with characters from
the recent Auburn Player pro­duction
of "Adam the Creator",
two Napoleons who disputed the
title, two claimants for the role
of "Hamlet", a fire-bug and fire
department, a human butterfly,
and an audience heckler.
A characterization of Prof.
Eaton highlighted the Alpha Psi
skit, which also enrolled Donald
Duck and a jackass.
Pres. Maddox expressed appre­ciation
to fraternities for partici­pation
in the contest; to the Au­burn
Knights, Helen Johnson, and
Bobby Adair, for music; to Tom
Rowan and Jimmy Davis fpr
handling announcing chores; and
to all others who contributed to
the success of Skit Night in any
way.
At the time this article was
written, the financial committee
had not determined the exact
amount of money raised for the
project, but stated that the pro­gram
was more than successful.
The money will be used for
construction of the senior class
project, a fish pool to be located
at the convergence of walks in
front of Ross Chemical Labora­tory.
The pool will be 28 by 16
feet in size, and will be one foot
deep. There will be a tablet with
the "Class of '42" inscribed on it
as the donor group.
Naval Ensign to Be
Here to Answer
Questions Monday
On Monday Ensign Deall, U.
S. Navy, will be in the Military
Office, Samford Hall, from 1 to
5 P. M. to answer questions for
any men interested in naval avia­tion.
At 7:00 P. M. and again at 7:30
and 8:00 P. M. a film "Eyes of
the Navy" will be shown at Dun­can
Hall. This picture is a Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer release and is
one well worth seeing by all
students, faculty and residents of
Auburn. There will be no admis­sion
charge, and should it re­quire
more than three showings
of the film, jit will be repeated as
long as an audience is there to
see it. The length of the film is
twenty minutes.
Physical Education
Medical Examination
All women students planning
to schedule Physical Education or
to participate in the Intramural
Program of such activities as bas­ketball,
speedball, field hockey,
etc. must have another medical
examination before classwork and
participation can be approved.
Cards may be secured from the
Physical Education Office in
Alumni Gym.
Requested to Come to Basement Of
Samford Hall on Tuesday to Report
All students who were 21 years of age on or before last
July 1, are requested to report to the basement of Samford
Hall next Tuesday and give the Government some informa­tion
regarding their present status in Selective Military
Service.
This announcement was released through the President's
office yesterday morning and was read in all classes yester­day.
All students who are affected by this announcement are
requested to read this carefully
and to have the desired informa­tion
ready on Tuesday morning
when the time comes for them
to write it out on cards provided
for the purpose.
This is merely a routine report
by the Government, and the War
Department has provided the col­lege
with the necessary blanks
and questionaires to be filled in
by each registrant.
Cards will be sent each person
who is affected, telling them the
time to report to the basement of
Samford Hall on Tuesday morn­ing,
Dec. 16. It is very important,
that each registrant bring with
him all information bearing on his
status in the Selective Service.
Some of the most important
information which will be needed
to fill out the cards given the
student will be (1) the number
and address- of his local draft
board, (2) his order number, (3)
his present classification and any
previous classification that he
may have had with the dates
such classification notices were
received, (4) any request for de­ferment
which he may have made
to his Local Board, (5) any re­quest
for deferment made by his
dean, (6) and request of the date
of probable induction made to the
Local Board and the date of such
request, and (7) those students
who are uncertain about their
classification in school should see
their Dean about this matter at
once.
A facsimile of the actual re­port
which the student will have
to fill out is shown elsewhere on
this page. Students should study
this outline carefully so as to
avoid any confusion next Tuesday
morning.
ASCE TO MEET
There will be a meeting of the
American Society of Civil Engi­neers
in room 200 Ramsay Hall,
Monday at 7:00 P. M. All Civils
are urged to attend.
STUDENT REPORT ON SELECTIVE SERVICE STATUS
(To be filled out only by male students who bad reached the age of 21 on or prior to July I. 1941.)
: B.
(Last name) (First name)
Home address: (Street or R. F. D. number)
(Name of institution in which you are enrolled)
Address of institution: (City)
A.
C.
D.
E.
G.
Local Board number and address:
H. Date "of birth: I. Race:
(Use month number (Circle cor-instead
of name) rect no.)
1 White
Month
2 Negro
Day
3 Other
Year
(Middle name) (Date of report)
(City) (County) (State)
(State) (Selective Service order number)
(City) (State)
J. Type of student: K. Major field and subject:
(Circle cor-number)
1 Full time
2 Part time
(e. g., Accounting, Chemical Research)
L. Future line of work after completion of studies:
(e. g., Accounting, Chemical Research)
M. Class in school:
(Circle correct number in a or b.)
a. Students in undergraduate (arts and sciences) colleges, students b. Students in graduate schools, and students in pro-in
preprofessional curricula, and students in professional cur- fessional curricula beyond first professional
ricula leading to first professional degree: degree:
0 Unclassified. 3 Junior or Third Year.
1 Freshman or First Year.
2 Sophomore or Second
Year.
N. Selective Service Classification:
(If not yet classified, write "None".)
! Present classification. -
. Previous classification.
(If any)
. Previous classification.
(If any)
4 Senior or Fourth Yearr
' 5 First Year.
6 Second Year.
7 Third Year.
O. Date Classification .Notice was received:
8 Fourth Year.
9 Unclassified
(Month—Use number) (Day) (Year)
(Month—Use number) (Day) (Year)
(Month—Use number) (Day) (Year)
P. Have you requested Class II (occupational) deferment from your local board? (Circle no. in correct column)
On what date was the request made?
(Month—Use number) (Day) (Year)
Q. Has your school requested Class II deferment for you from your local board? (Circle number in correct column)
On what date was the request made? —
< (Month—Use number) (Day) (Year)
QUESTIONS R THROUGH V TO BE ANSWERED ONLY BY STUDENTS CLASSIFIED
IN I-A OR STILL UNCLASSIFIED
R. Has the probable date of your induction been requested from your local board? (Circle no. in correct column)
On what date was the request made?
(Month—Use number) (Day) (Year)
S. Has the probable date of your induction been obtained from your local board? (Circle no. in correct column)
If so, what is the probable date of your induction? —
(Month—Use number) (Day) Year)
T. Has postponement of your induction date (as distinguished from deferment) been requested from your local 1
board? (Circle number in correct column)
1
U. Has postponement of your induction date been assured by your local board? (Circle number in correct column)
If so, until what date? __
(Month)—Use number) (Day) (Year)
V. On what date does the current school term end?
Yes No
1 2
2
2
(Month—Use numbers) (Day) (Year)
Page Two T H E P L A I N S M AN December 12, 1941
Gone Are the Days—But Yet More Come
Right at the present moment we are
proud of this beautiful Auburn campus,
but can you remember when there were
plenty of trees down by Bullard Field and
you could sit in the shade and watch the
review . . . when the President's Mansion
was really his home and not the Social
Center . . . when "every time it rains", we
walked in mud up to our knees . . . when
lots or most of our fine buildings were
only known on paper . . . when we had
Thanksgiving Holidays . . . when these
"rats" all wore their rat caps . . . when
Auburn did not have any of the many
campus beauties we have now (no re­marks!)
. . . when we did not have that
great of greatest Auburn Stadium in which
to watch those Auburn Tigers trim their
opponents . . . when the ROTC boys and
men went to some nearby city to drill and
perform . . . when we had trains to the
nearby Metropolis of Montgomery free! . . .
Or if these are a little behind your time,
perhaps you would like to see : . . a time
when Prof. Roe did not have that extra
large cigar in his hand . . . more and big­ger
pep rallies and bonfires like the last
one we had . . . no more lines at the be­ginning
of school and fee-paying time . . .
a time when we could pass by the polls on
election day and not be murdered or mob­bed
by prospectives . . . a picture of you
taken when a freshman that looked at least
a little like you . . . more demonstrations
of that great Auburn Spirit like that
shown during Homecoming week-end . . .
those Auburn Tigers next year when they
meet up with the teams they lost or tied
this year (or any team they meet up with
next year) . . . and last of all we would like
to see this school ten years from now after
all of our present improvements are
finished. GH.
Who Gets Least Out of a Picture Show?
We like noise . . . at pep rallies. And we
like to talk . . . at the right time. And we
like to cut up and make a big racket our­selves
. . . but at the right time. In fact
we believe that there is a time and place
for everything.
One place where noise, talking, and
general racket are strictly out of place is
at the theater. We realize that there are
times when it just seems as if you will ex­plode
if you do not say something to the
person sitting next to you. But to con­tinually
keep the conversation up when
there is absolutely no need for it is not
only a waste of time and energy, but also
proves that there is a public nuisance
present, who has little or no manners.
We have been several times to the local
"opera house" and have had an equal num­ber
of pictures ruined because there was
someone who consistently kept up a lot of
remarks, some of which concerned the
picture and some of which did not.
We can hear some of the guilty ones
saying now that if their actions were out
of place in the theater, the manager would
come down and tell them so. If you will
think for just a moment you can see the
manager's position in the matter. In the
first place, if he did tell the guilty ones to
keep quiet or else remove themselves from
the theater, the ones who were the object
of his remarks would undoubtedly be of
the calibre that would spread the word
around that the manager was of the hard
boiled type and would not let anyone say
a word while in his show.
One of the main difficulties or troubles
is that some college students do not rea­lize
that they are supposed to show some
sort of resemblance to that of a gentleman
when they come to college. Or, perhaps
we are forgetting that there are several
other people present who wish to enjoy
the show and would appreciate our keep­ing
our private remarks private.
We wonder who gets the least out of a
picture, the ones who talk or the ones who
have to listen . . . against their will, or for
politeness' sake. GH.
That Firing Demonstration at Benning
Auburn's ROTC seniors Wednesday
were convoyed to Ft. Benning to witness
a firing demonstration by Field Artillery
units stationed there.
Auburn's contingent was a part of a
crowd of approximately three thousand
spectators on the firing ranges, including
officers from the Infantry Training School
and the Officer's Candidate School of the
post.
The spectators watched the firing of
some fifteen thousand dollars worth of
ammunition, which lasted the better part
of the afternoon.
The trip to Benning, and the privilege
of witnessing the demonstration, was made
possible for Auburn's seniors by military
officials here and at the Fort.
To those officials go the ROTC seniors'
heartiest thanks.
The demonstration was indeed a privi­lege
for the future officers. They were
allowed to see firing by artillery weapons
which they themselves may be using in
the near future, some of which none of
them had seen fire before.
The demonstration, being in the form
of instruction rather than as a "show", was
definitely instructive to the cadets. The
connection between the planning and exe­cution
of the firing fitted exactly into the
course of study of the Artillery seniors
present.
They saw in actual practice things that
they had read about, and heard about, in
classes here.
And (and this was important, too) they
were entertained for lunch in the mess
halls of the 44th FA. on the post. They
partook of excellent food, and plenty of it.
An army fights on its stomach.
Auburn's cadets wondered why they
were allowed to witness the demonstration.
That was unprecedented. They wondered
why they were treated (and fed) so mag­nificently.
Lt. Colonel Harry Watts, of Auburn's
military staff, yesterday informed us along
these lines. It seems that Major W. G.
Bennett, Commanding the 44th Field Ar­tillery
Battalion, was largely responsible
for the reception of the Auburn cadets. He
was the gentleman who invited the stu­dents
over to his headquarters for lunch.
That was when he thought there would
be about 160 of them. Later, when he
learned that there would be 180, he re-extended
his invitation. So thanks, Major
Bennett.
Thanks too, to Major W. R. Hensey, who
conducted the instruction on the firing
ranges. Major Hensey is Field Artillery
Instructor for the Infantry School. We'd
be willing to match his loud-speaker com­mentation
with that of any of the nation's
best arfhouncers.
Hw PlaindmarL
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The American Field Service
Recently we received, via a college official, information concern­ing
"The American Field Service," and a letter stating that "In an
organization of this kind, it is essential to have the highest type of
young American. Obviously, the Universities are our best source of
supply."
For those of you who have never heard of this organization, we
present the following facts about it:
It is an organization of volunteer ambulance drivers. The ambu­lances
are donated by public subscription and its purpose is to carry
allied wounded soldiers from the front to dressing stations behind
the lines.
It was organized at the outbreak of the war in 1914 and first saw
service in the Battle of the Marne. From the modest beginning of ten
hand-made ambulances nailed on to T-Model Fords, it grew until
we had 31 complete ambulance sections which served 66 different
French Divisions and carried from the front line trenches more than
half a million wounded. Some 2500 American volunteers enlisted
with the Field Service during this time.
After the Armistice in 1918, it was decided to keep the organization
alive so that when the present war broke out it was possible to start
immediately duplicating what we had done in 1914.
One section was sent to France and carried over 12,000 wounded
before the Armistice in 1940 put an end to further activities. Equip­ment
waiting to be sent to France was therefore diverted to England
and one section was sent to Greece.
Lastly, we were informed sometime ago that ambulanee units were
needed in the Middle East and the American Field Service has re­sponded
by sending a very substantial contingent of men and ambu­lances
there this month. A second contingent will leave in early
December, but more will be needed.
Enlistment Requirements
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Auburn, Alabama. Subscription rates by
mail: $2.50 per year, $1.50 per semester.
The requirements for enlistment are the following:
Age—18 to 35
A Doctor's Certificate of good health
Four letters of recommendation
Enlistment period—one year
Pay own transportation to New York
Pay for own equipment at a cost of approximately $150.00.
Once having started, all transportation and maintenance is paid for,
likewise transportation back to the States.
The reason for requiring men to pay for their own equipment is
that all donations are used for the purchase of ambulances and their
accessories such as staff cars, field kitchens, motorcycles, etc.
No medical knowledge is necessary. The ambulance driver's job
is to drive a car.
If anyone reading this article is sufficiently interested, information
can be obtained from John H. McFadden, Jr., Southern representative
for American Field Service, 66 Court Street, Memphis, Term. Tele­phone
8-5941.
Campus Leader Of The Week... Nelle Gilchrist
President of Auburn's Woman Student Government Association
is genial, friendly, "everybody's buddy" Nelle Gilchrist.
Nelle is one of those persons who went into the WSGA President's
office without too much sorority
backing—and backslapping. She's
a natural politician—and won most
of her votes without conscious ef­fort
of vote-winning.
To illustrate, in her freshman
year, Nelle attended a frosh con­vocation
of some kind. There some
student leader told the new stu­dents
about the Auburn Spirit—
and how everybody went around
speaking to everybody else. Nelle
took it all in.
The next day she walked across
the campus. She passed an inno­cent
looking young lad, and decid­ed
to try the Spirit on him. So she
boldly yelled, "Hi ya, feller!" The
lad passed by with a shocked ex­pression
on his face, turned around
to stare at her, and kept staring,
walking backwards, for at least a
mile—according to Nelle.
But that didn't phase her. She
kept it up. So when she ran for the Women's head job, last year, she
didn't have to politick.
Nelle is from Courtland, Alabama. She's a senior, of course, and
is enrolled in Commercial Art.
Her sorority is Chi Omega. She's one of the eight members of
Sphinx, senior women's honorary. She's a member of the recently
organized Art Guild.
Nelle's is one of the hardest jobs on the campus.
As head of the WSGA, she's the go-between for the women stu­dents
and their administrative heads. She's conciliator, justice, sym-phathizer,
and executive secretary for the gals from the Quad.
In fact, she does everything down there in connection with student
government—except police work. She doesn't like that.
PI ains Talk
By HERBERT MARTIN
Editor's note: The opinion* expressed
In this column are those of the writer
and are not to be construed as the edi­torial
policies of this paper.
We'd like to ask students to
slow down a little, to keep both
feet on the ground, and to think
beyond the next few years.
* * «
Of course, those dern little
Japs are pretty provoking, and
it may take a lot more time than
some folks think to teach them a
much-needed lesson that they're
a bit outclassed when they tangle
with Unk Samuel, but some day
they'll be under control.
• i • * *
And making believe that we'll
quiet things down in the world
at large in a couple of months or
so is as pointless as a poached egg,
but we're in this thing now and
anything we come into we come
out o f . . . . on top.
But after all of that is over
we're going to have a pretty sor­ry
mess left if all we know how
to do is fight. We're going to need
all the knowledge we can get hold
of, and right now we have a
chance to store up a little.
* » •
The point we're making is the
same as that made by President
Duncan and others. We're saying
that war doesn't make a scholas­tic
holiday, and that a lot of us
had better make the best of the
time they let as stay here, and
that it may be too late when we
finish polishing off those not so
nice fellers across the water.
* * *
And we're saying that Auburn
is becoming a lot more important
to students who are beginning to
be afraid they might have to
leave a little abruptly.
» * *
It's a big temptation to throw
away the books, cut ourselves
out of classes, and have ourselves
one fine time, but it'd be a waste
hardly worth itself.
* * *
And that's that for that.
* * *
It's confoosin', not amoosin',
this conflict between Samford
Standard and Bell Standard times.
It's-getting old to TjRrmarrJtaritstc--
for classes at five after the hour,
Samford Standard, and it's never
a surprise to see students dash­ing
madly about in the middle
of the hour by the bells, just be­cause
Old Unfaithful says dif­ferently.
* • *
And that ain't all. Brother, that
ain't nearly all! At any hour of
the day or night Samford is like­ly
to strike any hour of the day
or night.
* * *
Don't think that this has gone
unnoticed by Mr. Brewster and
the B and G, though. The BGDPT
is thinking heap hard about the
matter, and is faced with this
problem. . . . the clock is old, it
is wearing out, it is getting more
off the beam every hour, and
there ain't no money to get a
new one.
* * *
Someone will no doubt institute
a drive for the cash, which
amount needed is quite consider­able,
and we're for the drive if it
doesn't make the wife and kid­dies
go hungry, but just now only
two remedies seem likely.
* * *
First, we could have a fresh­man,
with three wrist watches,
move in the tower and turn the
hands according to his average.
He could then beatthehelloutaa-bell
on the hour.
* * *
Second, and more practical, is
that someone hang a sign on all
four sides reading, "This time is
unreliable. Any resemblance to
clocks living or dead is purely
coincidental, and not to be taken
as any reflection upon the lives of
those others."
* * *
Karrie, the Kampus Komrade,
list the following people she'd
love to touch. . . . with a crow­bar
at short range:
1. Those who say, "Is that
good?" just after you've recount­ed
a wonderful accomplishment.
2. People who listen to your
jokes, and then repeat the point
questioningly, to ask if they un­derstood
it.
3. People who stop you when
"ttifcy've rioaTcl tKat oTtor- —~
And Now What?
So now it's all three of them.
So now the United States is of­ficially
at war with Germany,
Italy, and Japan. So what?
We might as well have been,
some months ago. Or had we?
What's going to happen to the
country? What will become of the
young men of the nation, and of
the workers of America?
What will happen in Auburn,
not only to the juniors and sen­iors
enrolled in Auburn's Advanc­ed
ROTC courses, but also to the
hundreds of other young men in
school here, and in colleges all
over the nation?
In the last war, Auburn be­came
practically an Army train­ing
camp, they tell us. .Will that
happen again?
There's one thing certain.
Wherever there's any action by
American troops, there'll be Au­burn
men there. Sage Dean Petrie
says there's an Auburn man pres­ent
anytime anything happens.
That Auburn man may be you.
It may be any one—or more—of
us.
And from past war records,
those Auburn men have never
failed to uphold the honor of their
country—and their Alma Mater.
An Auburn man, one whom you
all know, Mr. Bidez, director of
the band, was director of the first
American band to cross into
Germany with the army of occu­pation.
That whole band was
practically an Auburn band. Leg­end
has it that that band strutted
into the Rhineland playing the
"Auburn Victory March".
So some of us will be there,
what ever happens.
Things to come between now
and then are uncertain. Those
questions we ask, those questions
we are afraid to ask, are all as
yet unanswerable. Nobody seems
to know just what will happen,
except that Uncle Sam and his
boys will be in there fighting for
right, to the last man.
And so, in the meantime, the
best thing for us to do, as stu­dents,
is to sit tight, and wait un­til
they tell us they need us.
After the war—and you know
it will be over sometime—we'll
have a job on our hands. We'll
have the job of re-conditioning
the nation. We'll have to plan to
prevent a depression like that
which followed the last war. We'll
have to settle labor questions,
find jobs for millions, keep the
morale of the country to its war
time high.
We can't do that without pre­paredness.
We can't be prepared
if we just quit everything now,
everything we've invested our
money and lives in.
We'll have to stay in school un­til
Uncle Sam calls us. We'll have
to study harder than ever. We'll
have to do without things which
we have come to consider as
"everyday".
But we can do it. We always
have. And we will.
Next Week's Plainsman
Because of the beginning of
Christmas Holidays next week,
there will be only one issue of
The Plainsman.
The issue will appear Thurs­day
afternoon. There will be no
Plainsman on Tuesday or on
Friday of next week.
World This Week
The appearance of the column
above entitled "And Now What"
is explained by the absence of the
regular column feature "The
World This Week". Columnist
Eddie Bermingham, Yale gradu­ate,
who has been enrolled in
agriculture courses in Auburn
this semester, has resigned from
school.
Unexplained is Bermingham's
resignation. One day he was in
The Plainsman office. The next,
we called his landlady, and she
said he had picked up his be­longings
and "went."
So there's an open spot on The
Plainsman staff. We need a cur­rent
affairs columnist.
Sears Club
An important meeting of the
Sears Club will be held next
Monday night in 108 Comer Hall.
All boys holding Sears scholar­ships
and who are interested in
living in a co-op house are urged
to be present.
December 12, 1941 THE P L A I N S M AN Page Three
Pi Kappa Phi/ KA Formals Are Week-end Dances
Pi Kappa Phi
Hop Tonight At
Nine in Center
Jim Morgan Leads
With Miss Dickens
By E. GAINES
The annual Pi Kappa Phi
formal dance will be held Friday
night from nine until twelve in
Graves Center with the Auburn
Knights beating out the rhythms>
Miss Barnette Dickens from
Brundidge will lead the dance
with Jim Morgan, president of
the fraternity.
Graves Center will be decorat­ed
in the fraternity's colors, white
and gold, with blue used as an
auxiliary color. In the center of
the backdrop will be the frater­nity
badge with the Greek letters,
Pi Kappa Phi, underneath. The
backdrop will be bordered with
large white columns that have
vases of red roses at their re­spective
bases.
A house party will start Friday
noon with a buffet supper before
the dance that night; the frater­nity
will give a steak fry at
Wright's Mill at five o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
Members and their dates who
will be in the leadout are: Jim
Morgan, Barnette Dickens, Brun­didge;
Theo Massey, Elizabeth
Buck, Birmingham; Jimmy Butt,
Jane Williams, University of Ala­bama;
Warren Williams, Emma
Lile Fundaburk, Montevallo; Bill
Couch, Flora Underwood, Au­burn;
David Nettles, Betty Nett­les,
Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Kellett, Jr.; Will Gregory,
Robbye Tate, Birmingham; Glenn
LEADS WITH MORGAN
Miss Barnette Dickens, above, will lead the annual Pi Kappa
Phi formal tonight with Jim Morgan, Albertville, president of the
chapter.
Crim, Louise Pollard, Auburn;
Ed Bagley, Doris Odum; Kiser
Whatley, Margaret Peavy, At­lanta,
Ga.; Bob Guillot, Carolyne
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choice. Here are a few hints for a
happy holiday.
• Occasional
Chairs
Studio Couches
Bates, University of Alabama;
Lawrence Woolbright, L a l i n e
White, Auburn; Nimrod Tucker,
Anita Carroll, Montevallo; Eu­gene
Dennard, Marguerite Hais-ten,
Auburn; Bill Pittman, Gale
Williams, Anniston; "Sug" Miller,
Louise Rush, Birmingham; Erwin
Rusisill, Virginia Ingram, Birm­ingham;
David Buck, Doris
Peebles, Birmingham; Leon San­ders,
Jane McCreery, Auburn;
Paul Pawkins, Trances Dean, Bir­mingham;
Arthur Plan, Anne
Denison, Birmingham; H a r ry
Dicus, Evelyn Torbert, Demo-polis;
Charles Grant, Margaret
Pharo, Birmingham; Jack Whis-nant,
Evelyn Borland, Dothan;
James Dansing, Joan Wilder, Bir­mingham;
Morris Allen, Junelle
Stucart, Birmingham; H o w a rd
Wither, Frances Hamilton, Au­burn,
James Foster, Martha Ross,
Birmingham; D. K. Clanton, Julia
Woodroof, Athens; Coley Glenn,
Claire Smith, LaGrange, Ga.;
James McJunkin, G e r t r u de
Thornhill, University of Alabama;
Fay Carroll, Peggy Martin, Hurts-boro;
Price Stone, Floye Van
Landingham, Birmingham; James
KA's Dance
Tomorrow
Night at Nine
Sam Nettles Leads
With Miss Pointer
The Nu chapter of the Kappa
Alpha fraternity will hold its
formal dance of the year tomor­row
night at Graves Center. The
dance will begin at 9 o'clock and
the music will be offered by the
Auburn Knights. This will be the
fourth fraternity formal dance of
the year on the Auburn campus.
The decorations for the function
tomorrow night will be along the
Christmas motif. Colors of the
various drops and decorations
will be in the traditional Christ­mas
colors.
On Friday night the senior
members of the chapter will be
entertained at a banquet at the
Hotel Clements in Opelika. This
banquet will be attended only by
the seniors and their dates. Later
on in the evening there will be
a buffet supper at the new frater­nity
house.
Their dance sessions really get
under way on Saturday morning
when they have an informal
dance at the Girls' Gymnasium.
This dance will begin at ll:00
o'clock and will last until one.
The dance Saturday night will
be led by President Sam Nettles
and Miss Betty Foster Pointer of
Decatur. Miss Pointer is at the
present time a student at Ala­bama
College in Montevallo.
The date list for the members
and the pledges are as follows:
Mr. Nettles, Miss Pointer; Bill
Moore, Mary Frances Jackson;
Thomas Schuessler, Louise Lowe;
Fred Curtis, Louise Pollard; Ed
Lee, Gloria Stallworth; Ed Davis,
Mary Ford Tillery; Billy Harwell,
Berney Pepper; Robinson Har­per,
Mary SowelL
Jim Johnson, Kay Hall; John
LEADS WITH NETTLES
McHugh, Jr., Mary Myrtis Walsh,
Birmingham; Bobby Long, Mary
Ellen Sullivan, Tuscaloosa; Char­les
Morgan, Emily Gipson, Au­burn;
Ed Jernigan, Jr., Reuben
Brunson, Greenville; C h a r l es
Hall, Joyce Barker, Carrollton,
Ga.; Ben Parks, Dorothy Higgen-botham,
LaGrange, Ga.; Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Dairs; Preston Jones,
Ann McWhorter, Anniston; Rus­sell
Ambrose, Elaine Burdette,
Auburn; Jack Hargrove, June
Dawkins, Birmingham; Bubber
Weldon, Dorothy Jean McCarley,
Wetumpka; Joe Baker, Syble Mc-
Cool, Bessemer; Quay Fortner,
Ann Logue, Dothan; Joe Billy
Fain, Winifred Perkins, Wetump­ka.
• Walnut Veneered
Cedar Chests
• Lovely Tier
Tables
• Kneehole Desks
In Walnut, Mahogany,
or Maple
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Miss Betty Foster Pointer, above, of Decatur, will lead tomorrow
night's Kappa Alpha formal with President Sam Nettles, of Tunnel
Springs.
Pelham, Martha Gilbert; Sloan
Fountain, Judy Hendrix; Joe
Traylor, Mary Katherine Moorer;
John Ames, Betty Crump ton; In-man
Cook, Doris Evans; Bill Put­ney,
Lucille Walden; Bob Flana­gan,
Mary Maxwell.
Charles Orrison, Barbara York;
Henry Reynolds, Mary Matthews;
Robert Hill, Luverne Wise; Carey
Shoemaker, Lilly Wood; James
Vance, Virginia Massey; Llewllyn
Fain, Frances Owen; Lyle Malone,
Jean Covington; James Owen,
Sally Cook.
Jack Becker, Edith McGregor;
Earl Jackson, Ann Sherer; Dozier
Corr, Jacqueline Brown; Taylor
Bodkin, Linelle Dobbins; Bobby
Wilds, Oleta Edgewood; Tommy
Guy ton, Mary Armstrong; Rus­sell
Grace, Dot Kilcrease; Billy
Fountain, Corrine Locklin.
Charles Morris, Clay Burns;
Warren Patrick, Marguerite Hais-ten;
Harry Shields, Willie Nell
Biggs; John D. Grimes, Esther
Morris; Mr. and Mrs. James M.
Reynolds.
Also attending the dance will
be several guests of the chapter.
These include:
Joe Spivey, Catherine Thomas;
Allen Martin, Eloise Ainsworth;
Pat England, Carrie Atkins; Char­les
Chisolm, Carolyn Hill.
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Regular Collegiate
FFA Meeting Here
Music and laughter filled Lang-don
Hall Tuesday evening, De­cember
9, as the Future Farmers
of America held their regular Col­legiate
Chapter meeting.
Clifford Smith, a senior in Ag­ricultural
Education, began the
program by giving a short talk on
the method by which automobile
tires are manufactured at the
Goodyear Plant in Gadsden, Ala­bama.
«.
Dale Stanford, also a senior in
Agricultural Education, gave a
short talk on some experiences
that he encountered as a railroad
workman b e f o r e coming to
college.
The laughter began when Jim
King, an Ag Ed senior, started
telling a few of his "dry" jokes.
Following this feature of the pro­gram,
the F.F.A. Band and the
F.F.A. Quartet gave a few musical
numbers in which "San Antonio
Rose" and "Elmer's Tune" were
included.
TODAY IS
BARGAIN DAY
'ALEXANDER'S
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with
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SATURDAY
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Society
By E. GAINES
SIGMA CHI
The Sigma Chis will go to the country home of Sarah and
Kenneth Kirkwood Friday night for an old-fashioned possum hunt.
The date list includes: Frances Ellis, Ed Allen; Faye Wideberg,
Waf'ren Fleming; Margaret Lee Bradford, Bobby Gottlieb; Barbara
McCamp, Kilshaw Clisiby; Mary Jo Edwards, Kenneth Kirkwood;
Lucile Glahe, Bubber Tillery; June Stallings, Tommy Mastin; Erin
Crum, Junius McMahan; Jeanne Townsend, Albert Thomas; Mil­liard
Morgan, Jim Frey; Sarah Kirkwood, Sidney Patton; Betsey,
Dudley Ellis; Sarah K. Miller, Roger Norris; Martha Glenn Rowe,
Harry Donovan.
THETA CHI . »
The Theta Chis honored the pledges of Kappa Delta sorority
with a house dance last Saturday night. Each pledge and her date
were given nicknames. Those who attended were: "Blondie" Flem­ing,
"Roughhouse" Fleming; "Margie" Chambers, "Progressive" Par­ker;
"Weedy" Weideburg, "Highpockets" Loftin; "Chipmonk" Jack­son,
"Speedy Ortagus; "Shortstuff" Beddingfield, "Cutie" Christo­pher;
"Blackie" Torbert, "Lightin" Woodham; "Red" Tatum,
"Smoothie" Stephens; "Bump-'em-off" Bingham, "Country" Walker;
"Simple" Sims, "Blubber" Bryan; "Farmer" Burns, "Tillie" Easter-ling;
"Coot" Cosby, "Gashouse" Brooks; 'Backwoods Kate" Wright,
Bruffy Bonneau; "Connie" Conner, "Frenchy" French; "Doll" Hicks,
"Little Twink" Park; "Freck" Jackson, "Eckie" Knowlton; "Frankie"
Yarbrough, "Baldy" Bolton; "Leafy" Atkinson, "Percy" Binford;
"Leaping Lena" Anderson, "Short Stride" Tollison.
ALPHA DELTA
Alpha Delta will honor its pledges Saturday afternoon, Dec.
13th, from four until six with a tea to be given at Social Center.
SIGMA NU
Beta Theta chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity will give a Christmas
tea dance in the Girls' Gym on Opelika Road Saturday afternoon
from four until six. Cummings McCall, the Sigma Nu social chairman,
is in charge of the arrangements.
KAPPA SIGMA
The Kappa Sigs will entertain Friday night with a buffet supper
and house dance in the chapter house for its members, pledges, and
dates. Mrs. Helen Williams, house mother, will chaperon.
THETA UPSILON
Beulah Crawford of Marion, and Charlie Faye Nixon of Auburn,
were initiated into Iota Alpha chapter of Theta Upsilon sorority
Wednesday night, December 10th. Margaret Nash is president.
PHI OMEGA PI
The POPs held open-house in their chapter room in Dormitory
Two tojhonor their pledges Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7th. Ten of the
twenty social fraternities on the campus were invited to attend.
Martha D. Vest, president of the sorority, served.
CHI OMEGA
Alpha Beta chapter of Chi Omega will entertain their pledges
with an open-house, Sunday, Dec. 14th, in the sorority room in
Dormitory Two. Last Sunday ten campus social fraternities were
invited and this Sunday the remaining ten have been invited. The
president of the sorority, Ann Pafford, served, assisted by June
McWhorter, vice-president.
HOW YOU CAN KEEP 'EM FLYING! Salter Works Frosh
Squad for Opener
LOST — Girl's yellow gold,
square - shaped. Bulova watch.
A N T I Q U ES
CHINA, PATTERN GLASS,
AND MAJOLICA
MRS. CRANFORD
Phone 47S-W 200 Bragg Ave.
Black cord wrist band. Lost on
campus early this month. Tele­phone
807-M.
LOST—Silver filigree pin with
pink coral center, 2 or 3 inches
square. Lost Saturday night in
front of Auburn Grill. Reward
for return to Plainsman office.
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Report For
Hardwood Team
Currently facing the perplexi­ties
of sorting out a starting team
from a squad of 67, Coach Elmer
Salter is working his freshman
basketballers out n i g h t l y in
preparation for their opener with
Lanett High School on Tuesday
night.
The game will take place in
Alumni Gym and will be the first
cage exhibition of the year on the
home court. Coach Salter, com­menting
on the large number
which turned out for the first
Seven Former API Students
Complete Basic Aviation Course
Cadets to Enter
Specialized Air
Corps Schools
Graduating its ninth and last
class of Aviation Cadets for 1941
on December 12, Randolph Field
completes its second year as pace
setter for the greatest expansion
in Air Corps history.
This class, 254 student pilots,
represents 37 states and Canada;
135 colleges and universities.
Among them are seven former
API students.
They are: Mortimer R. Torres of
Tampa, Florida, 1937-1941; Alvin
W. Vogtle, Jr. of Birmingham,
Ala., 1935-1938, B. S.; John B.
Stratford of Montgomery, Ala.,
1937-1941, B. S.; Eugene M.
Thomas of Prattville, Ala., 1936-
1939; John F. Pope of Montgom­ery,
Ala., 1937-1940; John H.
Holmes of Selma, Ala., 1934-
1935; and Harold H. Beasley of
Andalusia, Ala., 1935-1939.
Ending the primary phase of
their thirty-week course on Octo­ber
1, these men had completed
ten weeks of intensive flying
training at civilian operated ele­mentary
schools where they mas­tered
the fundamentals of flying
in rugged, low powered airplanes.
Sixty-five hours aloft were logged
in this type of craft.
Moving on to Randolph Field,
the transition to the Air Corps'
speedy, 450 horsepowered basic
trainer was made and 70 addition­al
hours were listed in their log
books.
Night flying, aerial acrobatics,
cross country, instrument and
formation flying all were included
in this secondary, or basic, ten-week
period. Ground school sub­jects—
radio code, weather, engine
maintenance and military law
have added to their skill as future
officer-pilots.
On December 12 these Cadets
will complete Randolph's basic
training schedule and will be
ready for the final ten weeks at
specialized Air Corps schools.
There they will learn to fly
faster, more powerful airplanes.
Cross-country tops of greater dis­tances,
either solo or in forma­tion,
will be accomplished. Night
navigation flights will be stressed.
There they will prove that they
have retained their aerial lessons
of primary and basic flying train­ing.
Later, commissioned Second
Lieutenants in the Air Corps Re­serve
and wearing the wings of a
flying officer, they will go to
duty with units of the Air Force
Combat Command or be reassign­ed
to training fields as instruc­tors.
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Its 550 officers and 3500 enlisted
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Air Corps Training Center that
operates 31 flying training schools
from its headquarters at Ran­dolph
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Forty-five hundred Aviation
Cadets receive their basic flying
training at the famed Air Corps
school annually. New classes are
assigned every five weeks and
as they report, the upper class
transfers to advanced or specializ­ed
schools.
During the thirty-week training
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quarters, medical and dental care.
After completing the course, pay
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$245 if quarters are not provided.
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Reward. Call Frank Wadsworth,
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Auburn
Back to lead Auburn's basket­ball
team through the approach­ing
season is center Shag Haw­kins,
SEC high scorer last year
and among the greatest Plains­man
cagers of all time.
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THE P L A I N S M AN Page Five
STATE COLLEGE GRADUATES
MAY BECOME NAVAL ENSIGNS
Ninety-nine more young college graduates in Alabama
and the Eighth Naval District will have an opportunity to
wear the gold stripe of an ensign in the United States Naval
Reserve.
Young men who are in their senior year at college may
file application within 90 days prior to graduation, but shall
not be enlisted until after they have received their degree.
Each time the quota in the Eighth Naval District for ap
plicants for the officers training
course has been enlarged it has
been quickly filled. The present
opening for 99 enlistments in the
Navy's now famous V-7 class of
the Naval Reserve is due to trans­fer
of that number of candidates
from the deck to engineering
classification. In the engineering
classification there still are sev­eral
vacancies.
Applicants must be unmarried
college graduates between the
ages of 20 and 28. At the time
of enlistment they must present
a birth certificate or an affidavit
of date of birth, transcript of col­lege
credits and three letters
from prominent members of the
community testifying to their
good character and patriotism.
Upon completion of one month's
training as an apprentice seamen,
successful V-7 candidates will be
appointed midshipmen and given
an additional t h r e e months'
course of instruction at North­western
University, the Naval
Academy at Annapolis or aboard
the battleship Prarie State in New
York harbor.
Midshipmen upon graduation
will be commissioned ensigns in
the United State Naval Reserve
and take their places alongside
other officers of the Navy in the
fleet or at one of the Navy's many
shore establishments.
During training the V-7 candi­dates
are furnished with uniforms,
textbooks, quarters and food and
receive a salary. As an ensign
they will receive base pay of $125
per month plus allowances and
plus an allowance of $250 for pur­chase
of uniforms at the start of
their career.
Many young officers are needed
in the rapidly expanding fleet,
and for those who can qualify and
desire to do so there will be an
opportunity to transfer to the reg­ular
Navy after the emergency is
past and find a career as a naval
officer.
Information as to opportunities
and procedure may be obtained
from the Officer-in-charge, Naval
Reserve Recruiting Station, Fed­eral
Building, Birmingham.
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Two Thousand Near Roosevelt's
Message in Front of Langdon
Duncan Speaks At
Citizenship Day
Program Monday
Approximately 2,000 Auburn
students and faculty members as­sembled
in and around Langdon
Hall Monday morning to hear
President Roosevelt's historic
message to Congress which was
received over radio and amplified
through a public address system.
Congressman Sam Hobbs, Sel-ma,
was scheduled to make the
Citizenship Day address here be­fore
students and others from this
section of Alabama who had be­come
of voting age during the
past year. However, Mr. Hobbs
wired that the Japanese attacks
on Pearl Harbor and Manila had
necessitated his immediate re­turn
to Washington.
Before the President's address
was broadcast, Dr. L. N. Duncan,
president of the Alabama Poly­technic
Institute, told the assem­bly
that the real issue of the pres­ent
crisis is a conflict of two
forms of government—dictator­ship
versus democracy. It is a
fight to preserve the rights of the
individual rather than those of
ruthless dictators, he added.
"All of our freedoms, including
those of free speech, free assem­bly,
and freedom of the press, are
now at stake", he declared.
"These freedoms are the inalien­able
rights of mankind which we
count more precious than life
itself."
In conclusion, Dr. Duncan urg­ed
students to find out the policy
of our government and then fol­low
it. He also suggested that
they remain calm and continue in
college until called by the govern­ment.
Presiding at the meeting was
Billy Moore, Selma, president of
the Student Executive Cabinet.
Ralph B. Draughon, college exe­cutive
secretary, delivered the
formal "welcome to citizenship"
to the young men and women
who have become of voting age-
Music was by the Auburn Band
and the invocation was given by
the Rev. Sam B. Hay.
Methodist to Celebrate With
Christmas Musical Sunday
Junior, Chorus
Choirs to Sing
The Christmas season will be
celebrated by the Auburn Metho­dist
Church Sunday evening at
7:30 with a musical program pre­sented
by the chorus choir, di­rected
by Paul Irvine.
The junior choir of thirty-five
voices, directed by Mrs. John Mc-
Gill Self, will assist in this
Christmas music. The entire ves­per
period will be taken by the
musical numbers.
Among the selections to be
given will be:
"The Song of Mary", (Fincher).
"Sing, O Heavens" and "Hark
the Herald Angels Sing" from
Loveland's "New Born King."
A group of Bohemian Christ­mas
Carols will be sung. Special
solo numbers will include: "Silent
Stars", (Loveland), and "Break
Forth into Joy", sung by Mrs.
John McGill Self and Miss Melba
Stone.
Special selections by the Boys
and Girls vested choir. "Hail!
The Glorious Golden City", (Hay-den);
"Silent Night", (Gruber).
The persons taking part in the
chorus choir will include:
Sopranos: Misses Sue Hall, Car­rie
Evans, Louise Hayes, Billie
Owen, Eloise Lapp, Mesdames D.
W. Mullins, Earl Rauber, John
G. Watkins, Paul Irvine, O. L.
Duncan, T. C. Fitzgerald, Miss
Melba Stone.
Altos: Mesdames John M. Self,
Jerome Kuderna, V. W. Lapp, L.
C. Smith; Misses Sarah Atkin­son,
Vernella Fordham.
Tenors: T. P. Atkinson, Leon
Burns, W. W. Cauley, A. W.
Jones, A. G. McMillan, D. M.
Turney.
Bassos: George Moxham, John
H. Farnham, Max Burns, Doug­las
Baker, John G. Watkins, Hor­ace
Williamson, Rena Bidez, C.
I. Patterson.
The public is cordially invited.
Sears Club To
Occupy Co-op
House Here
Secures Old
Alpha Psi
Frat House
The Sears Club has secured a
co-op house, the old Alpha Psi
Fraternity house on West Mag­nolia
just beyond the Infirmary,
and will occupy it the second se­mester.
The house will accommodate
32 boys, all of whom will be hold­ing
Sears scholarships; however,
a few outside boys may be taken
in this year in order to get the
co-op in operation, since.many
Sears boys have already made
definite plans for the remainder
of this year.
The co-op is to be maintained
and operated through the college,
and the maximum cost for each
boy will be $21 per month for
room and three meals a day; if,
at the end of the year, any of this
money has not been used, it will
be refunded to boys living there.
The house is also to be used
for meetings of the Sears Club,
and the club invites everyone to
visit them there when they have
become established.
The Club recently held its an­nual
weiner roast in the woods
near the Scout lodge. Ten mem­bers
and their dates were present.
Those attending the event were
as follows:
Clifton Cox, Frances Ingram,
Pete Turnham, Henrietta Story,
Byron Tompkins, Doris Piper,
Mixon Byrd, Katherine Houston,
Chalmers Bryant, Ella Owens,
Randolph Snell, Elizabeth Clink-scales,
Richard Davis, Johnnie
Hogan, Jasper Jernigan, Mary
Hicks, Hugo Whitley, Helen De-shazo,
Howard Johnson, Evelyn
Martin.
Pilot Training Applications Now Available
Physically Fit
Sophs, Juniors,
Seniors Eligible
Applications are now being
taken and physical examinations
are being given for the spring
program in the Civilian Pilot
Training Program. Applications
may be obtained in the aeronau­tics
office in Room 108, Ramsay.
Students are eligible for the
flight training if they have had
at least one year of college aca­demic
work and are physically
fit.
Professor Robert G. Pitts, head
of. the Aeronautics Department
and in charge of the CPTP school
here, said yesterday that the ap­plications
were being given out
now so that all of the details
could be taken care of before the
holidays began. He urged all
those students who are planning
to enroll in either of the two
courses, primary or secondary, to
come by his office as soon as
possible and get their blanks to
fill out. The physical examina­tions
are already being given for
those students who have turned
in their blanks properly filled
out.
Professor Pitts also announced
that the cross-country course in
the program will be offered again
next semester. This course is open
to those students who have suc­cessfully
completed their secon­dary
course. The course was of-
NO REPLACEMENTS
ON NYA ROLLS
BECAUSE OF CUTS
Because of an estimated 25 to
50 per cent slash in Alabama N.
Y. A." appropriations, there will
fered once before last summer
but was discontinued when
school began in the fall, due to
lack of funds with which to carry
on the work. Students who wish
to take the course should come
by and see Professor Pitts as
soon as possible because it neces­sitates
the students dropping out
of school or else taking a very
small school load.
be no replacements on the college
N.Y.A. rolls at present, Dr. J. V.
Brown, Director of Student Em­ployment
and Housing here an­nounced
yesterday.
At present, Dr. Brown has re­ceived
no definite statement that
students already on N.Y.A. will
be dropped, despite recent an­nouncement
by Dr. J. E. Bryan,
Alabama N.Y.A. administrator, to
that effect.
Dr. Bryan announced that ap­proximately
3,500 of the 12,000
college students and secondary
school pupils in the state will
have to be dropped Jan. 1. The
reduction in appropriations was
brought about by the action of
the Federal Budget Bureau in
Washington.
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THE PLAINSMAN December 12, 1941
First Frosh Basketball Game Tuesday
Coach Elmer Salter
Begins Squad Drill
Is Pleased With Interest Shown As
Approximately Seventy Report
By BILL MARTIN
Coach Elmer Salter began drills Wednesday for the largest
freshman basketball squad to report in Auburn in quite a
while. Seventy boys reported and were immediately put
through stiff practices in lieu of the first contest which is
scheduled for Tuesday night in Alumni Gym. The game will
begin at 7:15 p. m.
The coach was well pleased with the large turnout and is
quite confident that he will have a hard time selecting a
team from the excellent material
that showed up. Quoting Coach
Salter, "We are all glad that so
much interest has been shown in
freshman basketball this year.
From all indications at this early
stage of practice we will have a
fine team, however we will have
a difficult time standing up to
the record left by last year's
freshmen. They won twenty-one
of their twenty-five games, you
know. The squad probably won't
produce two fine stars such as
Williams and Dyar of the last
year's bunch but we still have
some great material and are look­ing
forward to a profitable
season."
Finding the squad so large, the
boys have had a congested time
trying to get some real practice,
but they are getting the swing
of things now and seem to realize
the job ahead of them, that of
preparing for their first game
Tuesday. Only three more ses­sions
are ahead of the team be­fore
the game with Lanett High.
Last year's game with this team
resulted in the first win of the
season for the frosh.
The first two drills have been
taken up with the reviewing of
the fundamentals of the game and
the general conditioning due at
the beginning of any season.
Wednesday night the boys be­came
acquainted with their coach
and listened to his plans for the
season. Following this they enter­ed
into the limbering up exer­cises,
went through some wind
sprints, and did only a very little
shooting.
Last night they got down to
brass tacks and did some hard
work. Wind sprints helped them
get their wind for the sessions to
come and these were followed by
other fundamental conditioning
routines. The Coach then put his
pupils through a fast period of
dribbling, pivoting and criss­crossing,
helping them get the
feel of the ball. Following this
program came a little actual team
work. The squad was divided into
a number of different teams
(about fourteen) and Salter be­gan
teaching them the methods
of handling the takes off the
backboard and working them
down the floor.
The last year's aggregation had
an enviable record in winning
twenty-one of their twenty-five
games. They lost only to Clanton
High Alabama, state champions,
Pensacola Y.M.C.A., and the Pen-sacola
Naval Station (two games).
They received excellent tutorage
under Coach Salter, incidentally
this was his first freshman coach­ing
job, and a number of the team
is out for varsity ball this year.
The freshmen play prelimi­naries
before every varsity home
game and they offer a swell op­portunity
for the spectators to
look into the future of Auburn
basketball. The game with Lanett
will be the only contest before
the Christmas Holidays.
There will be no indication of
the starting line-ups for the in­itial
cage battle until just before
game time and since there have
been so few chances for the coach
to view the merits of each ball­player
all factors point to a large
number of substitutions being
made in order to find the right
working combination. The squad
is graced by several of the out-
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Yesterday a center coach and
scout for the Tiger gridmen, to­day
head mentor of the basket­ball
squad, is a routine with
Coach Jordan. He's an Auburn
grad.
standing high school players of
last year and these boys will be
mighty valuable with their ex­perience
in this first game.
Believing, as the varsity does,
that to win ball games a team
must have a sure-fire offense, the
remaining practice sessions will
undoubtedly be full to the brim
with shooting, the learning of a
set style of offense, and learning
the offensive habits of the differ­ent
players.
CAKE RACE
(Continued from Page 1)
quart of sweet milk of any brand.
The fraternity having the four
men to finish the race first will
receive a loving cup presented
by ODK. This cup was awarded
to the Sigma Chi fraternity last
year.
The cake offered the winner of
the ODK-Hutsell Cake Race and
the loving cup presented to the
winning fraternity will be on dis­play
at Burton's Book Store.
Awards to the winners will be
presented Monday night of the
race on the stage of the Tiger
Theater starting at 9 o'clock.
The Cake Race was first in­augurated
in 1929 by the Omega
Chapter of the national honor
society ODK, with the purpose of
keeping the freshmen as physi­cally
fit as possible during their
first year off at college. Since the
founding of this race, it has be­come
one of the most famous tra­ditions
on the campus.
Last year the race was dedi­cated
to Coach and Trainer Wil­bur
Hutsell because "of his many
years of unequalled service to
Auburn as a track coach and
trainer of our athletic teams."
John C. Ball, ATO fraternity
member, holds the all-time record
for the course with a time of
14:05.6, which he made in 1939.
The first winner of the race in
1929 was Marshall Caly who
finished with a time of 15:26, and
the first fraternity to be present­ed
with a loving cup was Kappa
Alpha.
Other winners and their time
and the winning fraternities who
were presented with cups are as
follows: 1930, Lawrence Lewis,
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FRANK MANCI
Auburn
Frank returns for his third
year as a regular with Auburn's
basketballers . He's a forward
and teams up with Hawkins to
account for the greater part of
the team's points.
Oil Portrait
Of Dr. Cotton
6iven to API
Members of AVMA
Present Painting
At Ceremony
As evidence of their "great re­spect
and admiration for his out­standing
service to Auburn, the
State, and the Nation," an oil
portrait of Dr. William E. Cotton
was presented to the college Wed­nesday
evening by student mem­bers
of the Junior Veterinary
Medical Association. The presen­tation
was made at an impressive
ceremony before a large audience
in Duncan Hall auditorium.
The portrait, which will occupy
a permanent place of honor in
the veterinary school building,
was unveiled by Miss Cornelia
Cotton, Washington, D. C , daugh­ter
of Dr. Cotton, who came to
Auburn for the ceremony.
The portrait was painted by
Mrs. Clyde J. Moore.
The portrait was officially pre­sented
first to the School of Vet­erinary
Medicine by Kenneth
Whittington, senior from Midway
and president of the Association.
Dr. R. S. Sugg, dean of the veteri­nary
school, accepted the portrait
and in turn presented it to the
college. Acceptance by the col­lege
was made by President L.
N. Duncan.
"We are fortunate to have this
great man on our faculty," said
Dr. Sugg. "His friends are num­bered
by his acquaintances, and
his life is the embodiment of the
virtues of honesty, industry, and
loyalty. In these stressful times
if is particularly gratifying that
the students of this Association
have paused to pay tribute to a
man who posseses these virtues."
Before coming to Auburn in
1937 as consultant and lecturer
on infectious diseases, Dr. Cotton
was for many years with the Bu­reau
of Animal Industry in Wash­ington.
His contributions to the
field of infectious diseases have
been outstanding. He is recogniz­ed
by veterinarians throughout
the world as an authority in this
phase of veterinary medicine.
Dr. M. O. Robinson is the facul­ty
adviser for the association and
other officers, besides Mr. Whit­tington,
are Grover C. Thornton,
president-elect; Tom Sutton, vice
president; Lamar Blalock, treas­urer;
John Riddle, secretary; and
Jean Thompson, Harry Morgan,
and Billy Caplinger are members
of the executive cabinet.
Complete List
For All Books
Given Here
The following new books have
been Catalogued in various camp
us libraries in the past month.
Basso, Wine of the country;
Birnel, Ann Carmeny; Cain, Mil­dred
Pierce; Cerf, Three famous
murder novels: Before the fact,
by Francis lies; Trent's last case,
by E. C. Bentley; The house of
the arrow, by A. E. W. Mason;
Eisenberg, There's one in every
family; Freeman, His own place;
Gordon, Green centuries; Lan-ham,
Thunder in the earth.
Sasoon, Memoirs of a fox-hunt­ing
man; Sholokhov, And quiet
flows the Don; Smith, Ladies day;
"Welty, A curtain of green; Wolfe,
The hills beyond; Woolf, Between
the acts.
Lief, Brandeis; Dangerfield,
Victoria's hair; Wellman, Eugenie,
star - crossed empress of the
French; Gill, Eric Gill; Gutt-macher,
America's last" king;
Heath, "Yankee reporter; Taylor,
Leonardo the Florentine; Brant,
James Madison; Hull, William
Penn.
Seton, Trail of an artist natu­ralist:
the autobiography of E. T.
Seton; Seabrook, Doctor Wood;
Jastrow, Getting more out of life;
Guthrie, The psychology of hu­man
conflict; the clash of motives
within the individual; Young,
Personality, and problems of ad­justment.
Smith, Psychology for execu­tives;
a study of human nature
in industry; Cantril, The psy­chology
of social movements;
Smith, Y o u r foreign policy;
Stuart, American diplomatic and
consular practice; Slichter, Union
policies and industrial manage­ment;
Cole, The American carpet
manufacture; a history and an
analysis; Connolly, Navy Men;
Mayo, Your navy: organizations,
customs, strategy, tactics, the
nine principles of war, and the
place of the U. S. navy in national
security; Giles, Teacher - pupil
planning; Russell, Student per­sonnel
services in colleges and
universities; Corwin, The com­merce
power versus states rights.
"Back to the Constitution;" Buell,
Verse writing simplified; Rogers,
A mathematical study of crystal
symmetry.
. Tutton, Crystallography and
practical crystal measurement;
Synder, Medical genetics; Nation­al
Geographic Society, The book
of wild flowers; Parsons, The wild
flowers of California; Ridgway,
The birds of North and Middle
America; General Electric Co.
Lamp Dept, Abstract bulletin of
Lamp development laboratory;
Cantril, The psychology of radio;
Robinson, Ships that have made
history; Jeffries, A narrative of
the two aerial voyages of Doctor
Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard;
Demaree, The American agricul­tural
press.
Kellogg, The soils that support
us; Westveld, Forestry in farm
management; Bradley, Tables of
food values; Sumption, Breads
and more breads; Bailey, The
table graces; setting, service, and
manners for the American home
without servants; Baten, The law
stenographer; Blanchard, Twenty
shortcuts to shorthand speed;
Dvorak, Typewriting behavior;
psychology applied to teaching
and learning typewriting; Gregg,
American readings in Gregg
shorthand; Nelson, Artyping.
15:35, Kappa Alpha; 1931, Carl
Pihl, 15:05, Pi Kappa Alpha;
1932, W. I. Findley, 14:58, Sigma
Nu; 1933, Von Chandler, 15:52,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; 1934, Jeff
Stinson, 15.44, Alpha Tau Omega;
1935, James Swanner, 15:17, Sig­ma
Alpha Epsilon; 1936, Tom
Turner, 15:43, Sigma Alpha Ep­silon;
1937, H. E. Drake, 14:56,
Sigma Nu; 1938, H. C. Russell,
15:16, Pi Kappa* Alpha; and in
1940, Harry Binford, 15:29, Sigma
Chi.
Draughon Appointed
To Commission
Ralph B. Draughon, executive
secretary of API, has been ap­pointed
to the Commission on In­stitutions
of Higher Learning of
the Southern Association of Col­leges
and Secondary Schools. Mr.
Draughon was elected to the
Commission at the Association's
recent meeting in Louisville, Ky.
Other representatives of the
college at the meeting were Dr.
Zebulon Judd, education school
dean, and Dr. Roger Allen, dean
of the School of Science and Lit­erature.
"KEEP #EM FLYING"
AT MARTIN ON
SUNDAY, MONDAY
Carol Bruce, beautiful Brook­lyn
thrush, definitely establishes
herself as a ranking screen per­sonality
in Universal's "Keep 'Em
Flying", which opens Sunday at
the Martin Theatre in Opelika.
Portraying a USO hostess and
singing three outstanding songs,
she shares featured honors in the
Abbott and Costello picture with
Martha Raye, William Gargan
and Dick Foran.
Signed by Universal after she
became the toast of Broadway
through her exceptional perform­ance
in the footlight production
of "Louisiana Purchase", Miss
Bruce made her cinematic debut
in "This Woman Is Mine", in
which she was the only feminine
member of the cast. That role
served as a stepping stone to her
stellar spot in the air comedy.
Born in Great Neck, L. I., the
talented singing actress moved
with her parents to Brooklyn
when she was fourteen. A few
months later, the family fortune
was wiped out and she obtained
Enlistment Provisions For
Naval Reserve Class Stated
Kappa Alpha's
Initiate Wednesday
On Wednesday night, December
3rd, the KA's held an Initiation
in the Episcopal Church. At this
time the following were initiated:
Malcolm Morgan, Gadsden, Ala.;
Bill Putney, Farmville, Va.; J.
E. Branton, Leland, Miss.; and
Ihman Cook, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Among those present at the initia­tion
was Mr. J. E. Branton of
Leland, Miss., who came to see
his son initiated. Mr. Branton was
a KA at Millsaps.
Technicians And
Radar Maintenance
Men Needed Now
The following provisions gov­erning
enlistments in Class V-6,
of the United States Naval Re­serve,
for Technicians and Radar
Maintenance men, were recently
released by the Public Relations
Office of the 8th Naval District.
1. It is desired to supplement
immediately t h e procurement
program for technicians and
Radar maintenance men outlined
in enclosure "G"a. The purpose
of this program is to obtain ex­perienced
radio service men who
can be trained in the shortest
possible time.
2. Effective immediately, en­listments
as Radioman Second
Class are authorized in Class V-6,
U. S. Naval Reserve, of applicants
for duty as technicians and Radar
maintenance m e n . Applicants
must fulfill the requirements
listed in enclosure "J" and in ad­dition
the following:
(a) Be a high school graduate.
(b) Hold or have held an
Amateur Class A or B license.
(c) In the absence of qualifica­tions
under (b) above, must be
actively engaged in radio repair
or service work or have had ex-an
after-school job in a depart­ment
store. Upon graduation, she
landed a spot as vocalist with an
orchestra appearing in a Mon­treal
hotel.
From Montreal she moved to
Miami with another band, then
into New York, where she was
singing in a fashionable night
club when Irving Berlin discov­ered
her and induced Producer
Buddy DeSylva to spot her in
"Louisiana Purchase", for which
Berlin had written the score.
After her opening appearance
in the musical, talent scoutsvfor
practically every Hollywood stu­dio
began bidding for her serv­ice.
Universal, however, won out.
Originally ticketed for one pic­ture,
she was recently handed a
long-term contract.
perience in connection wih high
frequency design, transmission or
reception.
3. Men enlisted under the above
program will be ordered immedi­ately
to active duty and forward­ed
to the Naval Training School
(Radio) at Los Angeles, if enlisted
west of the Mississippi River, and
to the Naval Training School
(Radio), Noroton, Connecticut, if
enlisted east of the Mississippi.
The San Francisco Radio Material
School will probably be ready to
receive students about February
1, 1942. Thereafter, enlistees will
be sent direct to that school or
Radio Material School, Bellevue,
D. C, until their capacities are
filled. When these capacities have
been reached, the Recruiting Ser­vice
will be notified, and new en­listees
will be placed on inactive
duty until they can be accomo­dated.
4. Men who successfully com­plete
the course of instruction
may be recommended to the
Bureau of Navigation by the Of-ficer-
in-Charge of the School for
advancement in rating up to and
including Chief Radioman, Act­ing
Appointment, in accordance
with their qualifications.
5. Men failing to qualify in the
above school will be discharged,
or, at their own request, may be
retained in the Naval Service in
a rating they are considered
qualified to hold.
6. In view of the technical
qualifications required of appli­cants
and the urgent need to ob­tain
personnel for this important
development in the field of Naval
radio equipment, commandants of
districts will be directed by sepa­rate
correspondence to designate
one or more Reserve officers of
Class C-V(S) to act as liaison offi­cers
to assist the Recruiting Serv­ice
in obtaining suitable candi­dates
who have had a background
of previous radio experience.
7. The procurement quota for
this program is five thousand. It
is desired to enlist one thousand
men within the next sixty days
and the remaining four thousand
by October 1, 1942.
LOST—1940 High School class
ring. Inscribed with initials, "S.
R. S.", and "Americus, Ga." Lost
near gun shed Thursday. Call
59-J.
everi/hodi/...
your old friend
lhis time I'm coming to you
With a timely shopping tip . . .
Drop in at your tobacco store
Take a look at the handsome way
Your Christmas Chesterfields are packed.
You never saw the like
Of these swell gifts . . .
Big ten package cartons
Cartons holding four tins of 50
And brand new this year
Special greeting cartons
Holding just three packs.
lhis year It's Chesterfield
For more pleasure than
Anything else you can buy
For the money.
Copyright 1941, Liccnr 4 M»M TOBACCO CO.
Milder
Better-Tasting
...that's why
Chesterfield
Professional Advice from Hollywood — Ruth Hussey, lovely star of
stage and screen, returns to her Alma Mater, Pembroke College, to give tips
on acting to undergraduates. Here she is photographed backstage on the
sets of Sock and Buskin, dramatic society of Brown University and Pembroke
College, giving advice to budding thespians.
A Megaphone Could Do the Job! — Probably the country's most exclusive broad­casting
station is BBS (Baker Broadcasting System), operated by Ohio State University stu­dents
for the sole benefit of the 550 residents of Baker Hall. Commercials are banned and
educational programs are strictly taboo. Bill Baughman, right, serves as news commentator
while Richard Ohlemacher holds the job of chief technician. Photo by Kicnz'lc
Most Romantic Tradition to spring up during Ohio
Wesleyan's first century is the Sweetheart Serenade.
Fraternity brothers of the man who 'gives his pin to a
co-ed put on a serenade beneath her window — usually
at one in the morning. Here Kay Kelley is serenaded
Two in O n e — Muhlenberg and Cedar Crest, neighboring A l l e n -
town, Pa., colleges for men and women respectively, symbolize
their "good neighbor" policy in Helen R. Jones, Cedar Crest fresh­man
who has been named drum majorette of the Muhlenberg band.
She is the first girl to be elected to that position in the history of the
two colleges.
What Do Hormones Do? Dorothy Rodwell, senior honor stu­dent
at Rockford College, is intent on answering this question
with the help of a white rat and a set of precise scales in the
zoology laboratory. The rat has been injected with a secretion
of the pituitary gland.
It's "Business A s U s u a l " through the Christmas holidays for these students who are hard at work on de­tails
for the seventeenth annual convention of the National Student Federation of America to be held on|
the University of Minnesota campus from Dec. 27 to 31. Left to right are Peggy Anderson, Howard L.n-dow,
Glenn Bakken, Monie Eyler, Herb Gurnee, and Bill Dunsworth.
CAMELS PRINCE ALBERT
There's an added pleasure in giving Camels at Christmas. You know your gift
will be so genuinely welcome. More smokers prefer Camels than any other
cigarette. And that preference holds for men in the Army, the Navy, the Marines,
and the Coast Guard, too! So remember those lads in uniform... remember all the
cigarette smokers on your list...with the cigarette of costlier tobaccos—Camels. Your
choice of the package of four flat fifties or the popular Camel carton.
-/[ If he smokes a pipe, a big, long-lasting pound of cool-burning Prince Albert
5y£i spells smoking pleasure 'way into the New Year...at camp, on ship, at home.
af^ Prince Albert is choice tobacco, "no-bite" treated for mildness and "crimp cut."
It's the National Joy Smoke. There's no other tobacco like it. Your local dealer has
two handsome Prince Albert "specials"... the pound tin (above) or the special glass
humidor jar. (The humidor itself makes a handsome gift!) Get yours today.
II J Hr! imM. TobtrcoCompany. VtfaftM-BlLm,N. C.
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From a cellar position among th<
years — that was the start of the
Institute, Peoria, III. Now unde
Bradley's Braves have branched
per cent of their games from sue!
U. C. L. A . , Oregon, Yale, Corr
This story-book rise to fame
thousands follow the team to C
theaters feature newsreel motion
games from coast to coast have n
seen a game,- from high school be
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Team Play is Main Factor in Bradley's Success
Bradley's regular style of play is the ultra fast-break type, typical of midwestern basketball. Excellent
teamwork characterizes the Braves' play and examples of some of their intricate plays are pictured in
this panel. Circles denote Bradley players and X's indicate opponents in the thumbnail diagrams.
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In the famous "come and get i t " play, the ball is thrown back and forth be­tween
three players in a line. It tantalizes opposing guards so that they are
drawn in close, permitting man with the ball to break away down the floor
for the basket. This is a successful scoring play, not a stalling game.
A set out-of-bounds play under the opponents' basket. Jim
O'Brien (23) has freed himself by a legal screen, occurring
around Chris Hansen (21) and his guard at the free throw line.
The other players are advancing toward basket, following the
play for possible rebound shot.
stball's Giant Killers
[colleges of Illinois to the national finals in two
JJmenal basketball story of Bradley Polytechnic
(n their own conference for five straight years,
major competition with a zest, winning ninety
lams as California, Indiana, Illinois, Temple, Pitt,
(Paul, N. y . U., and a long list of others.
fpt Peoria into a basketball frenzy. Fans by the
and even to New York in special trains,- local
ps of the games,- broadcasts and rebroadcasts of
sid fans of hundreds of persons who have never
iies in old people's homes the fever has spread.
Bradley has taken the same showmanship methods which helped to popularize big-time
football and applied them to the hardwood court. Just prior to the opening of a
home game the Armory is darkened entirely and spotlights are thrown on the pennants
of the two opposing teams while bars of music of the schools are played. Immediately
afterwards members of the starting teams are introduced individually and they run to
the center of the floor and stand facing each other as the flag is raised from between
them while the band plays the national anthem.
But the play is the thing, and this small school's ability to humble the nation's top­flight
college and university teams is what has created this basketball hysteria — a fervor
which is not trumped up or artificial but something that is real and unparalleled in the
history of the Sport. Collegiate Digest Photos by Barclay
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Man responsible for the spectacular
Bradley success is b a l d , jovial
Coach A . J. Robertson.
le game
Expensive season tickets are sold out
long before the season opens. A l l
Peorians, from shine boys to industri­alists,
back the team to the limit.
The basketball bug has bitten the Alumni Clubs,
too. Clubs all over the country have been formed
with the visit of the team as their first inspiration.
Here the New York club honors the boys.
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Announcer Hank Fisher and Engineer Harvey Day of sta­tion
W M B D follow the team from coast to coast to sencT
back by direct wire play-by-play accounts to thousands of
fans throughout downstate Illinois and even in Chicago.
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JJim O'Brien and Don Case work out some accounting
(problems as their streamlined train carries them across
Ithe Arizona desert toward the West Coast. Studying on
Itrains has become a habit with them.
Players know that they'll be dropped from the squad if their
scholastic standing falls off. Here eight of Bradley's traveling
squad of 11 players are seen pouring over the books in the rear
of the club car of their train.
Sightseeing and educational tours are arranged for
each trip. Players have dined with big-wigs in
Washington, inspected movie lots in Hollywood,
visited stock exchanges, factories, and fairs.
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This " t h r e e - i n - l i n e " screen out-of-bounds
play has freed Ray Ramsey, at
top, for a " l a y - u p " shot coming in to
the basket.
Here's an outside block play in which pivot man, Chris
Hanson, is loose for a "dribble around" shot at the wicket.
Notice how Hanson's guard is blocked by his own man.
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Breaking Training with Gusto — Except for Bowl games football season
is a thing of the past, so Jack Gain, Texas University's great bacUfield star,
satiates his sweet-tooth (by drinking four sodas at a time. With him is pretty
Vivienne Johnson, alsoia student at Texas. w.de World
Picketing Pig-Tails — Earl Ashworth and George Sharp, students at West
Virginia University, show their distaste for the new-fangled " p i g - t a i l " hair
style being proudly displayed by three members of Pi Beta Phi. The West
Virginia co-eds who seem to be indifferent to the sign are Kathleen Peel,
Rose Ann Pearcy and Mildred Moon. Colics^ Di3c« Photo by Powell
Kappa Delts Win Prise Decorated with 30,000 napkins, this float won
first prize in the Homecoming parade at Coe College. The float was patterned
after a river boat and the " n i n n y " in this case was Coe's closest rival, Cornell
College. Coiies.atc D.9.-st Phoio t>, r«ti
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Working U p Football Pep — This group of H o l y Cross College seniors are serenading the
student body at one of the regular Friday night pep rallies, an institution at the eastern school
before each football game. The accordionist is senior football star, Tom Sullivan. Photo by Lore
Blind Students " S e e " History — Twenty fingers "sight" the stone face
of an Egyptian beauty at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art as an­cient
history students from the New York Institute for the Education of the
Blind explore history through priceless sculptures. Acme
Paging M r . Einstein — Nelson
Blachman, sophomore at Case
School of A p p l i e d Science, Cleve­land,
O . , has spent the past year
trying to prove into how many
parts a line divides a plane and into
how many parts planes divide space. A l n l e t i e Handyman - In school on a football scholarship, James J.
He works on the problem rust for r L u I LI * »• • « *L » . L - L I
_ , i , i j . '. i. Lorbett, Jr., was unable to participate in the sport this year because of a
amusement and mental discipline, i • • L J .L »LI •• LI- •. . I_I i .1 .
A 1 , 1 . 11 .1 r 1 leg injury, so he assumed the athletic publicity post. He pays that posi-
A n d we have trouble with our a - .• 11 . 1 L L LI J 1 . r LI- •» t c A.
• 1 tion well, too, for he has obtained plenty of publicity for young bouth-lOWanCes!
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Feller Scholar'— James Steck of Sidley, la., is attending
Morningside College, Sioux City, la., on a scholarship
sponsored by fellow lowan and ace Cleveland Indians'
pitcher, Bob Feller. Feller also sponsors three other boys.
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Dumbo Goes to College — Walt Disney's latest brainchild, Dumbo, the little elephant with the big ears,
has made a big hit with collegians. These two Alpha Omega Pi's relax from studying by running through a
few of the hundred songs in the Dumbo Song Book.
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Grease Paint is not the only kind a college dramatics group dabbles in as these members of the
Bates College play production class can testify. Here under the watchful eye of Miss Lavinia
Schaeffer, dramatics director, the co-eds go to work mixing the paint which will do much to trans­it's
H a p p e n e d To A l l of Us — That old problem of getting your bow
tie fixed properly stared Mallory Vaughn in the face, so he enlisted the
aid of roommate Eddie Taylor. This delay caused the boys to be late for
the Interfraternity Dance held at the University of Delaware. Photo by Weidin %
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Gladys Swarthout, Metropolitan Opera star, is shown above taking
the oath which made her the first woman member of M u Pi Delta, 19
year-old honorary music fraternity at Colgate University, Hamilton,
N. y . Shown around the initiation table are M u Pi Delta members.
' " A l l for the Love of the G a m e " — This photo spills the mathematical apple cart by proving
that 3 + 2 = 3. Take three Ball State (Indiana) Teachers College students, add one late November
football game, one umbrella, and what do you get? Three sore throats! Collegiate Digest Photo by Minor
New Headgear — Joseph A . Brandt, new president of the Uni­versity
of Oklahoma, wearing the specially-designed matriculation cap
at the fall ceremonies. Designed by a professor of art, following a study
of medieval college caps as well as modern academic headgear, the
caps were worn by President Brandt and 1 3 marshals.